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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

will see Il yet. Mark my words. u
will come 10 you some time when you
least expect t.
Il laughed and proposed that We take
a swim. as the sun was getting very
warm. and the fish were not biting at
al. Ny friend assented. so We I'M
dressed and plunged into the lake.
dove straight down. and catching hold
Of the jagged end Of large rock. opened
my eyes 10 look about ne for a mo-
ment.
Never. II live 10 be a hundred.
will the sight that met my eyes Al that
instant be efiaccd from memory. Com
ing toward me. silently. and yet with
incredible swif,ness. was the bleached
and snowy skeleton Of a gigantic bird.
with wings outstretchcdl Il made no
ripple. no pulsation Of the water. II
seemed 10 have no means OF propulsion.
for the ghostly wings were rigid and
motionless Yet on Il came. swift and
still; and. TO my horrifed imagination.
In the white sockets OF the skull
cleaned those same reproachful. con-
demning eyes which the dying eagle
had turned upon me a year ago.
To say that was fairly paralyzed
with fear but inadequately describes my
condition. Though beginning TO suffer
for lack OF air, could not 10 save me
| Jet 20 OF my grasp OF the rock. ! was
fascinated. enchained. Every muscle In
my body was rigid and beyond control
Ct the brain. And still that horrible.
mysterious specter was coming on 10.
ward me. and could neither avoid Il
nor ward II on.
How long clung there. sufiocating
and helpless. know not only know
that, just as the waier-ghOst was abodt
10 strike me In the face. a 1.-THE. white
form flashed In between. a strong hand
seized my arm. and ! was dragged for
chilly up 10 the surface OF the water.
Then lost consciousness: and the next
thing remember was being rolled over
and over on the beach. and punched In
the ribs. and then opening my eyes on
the pale. anxious face Of my friend, who
had dlved down and saved me.
When, an hour or two later. | told
him the story Of my deop-water apparl-
ton. he smiled incredulously. even as
he said, Did not tell you you would
see Il sometlmeT
But the mystery was solved. a feE
days later. when. picking up a Stock,
holm paper. I read the following para.
graph:
"a CHASTITY TROPHY.
"a recent writer tells what may b,
truly regarded as one Of the most curl.
Gus incidents OF natural history. II
some Of the Swedish lakes. ne saws
large birds Of prey are In the habit o.
: swooplng down on the pike basking :.
7 the surface OF the water. IN thee cases
II the pike be more powerful than M
, bird the latter. unable to eKtrlcaie hi
ialons. Is borne 70 the bottom and b
. drowned. Incredible as the story seems
I Ecksrom. the Rev. Mollcr. and olhc
. writers state that the iiesi OF the pix
heals with the talons OF the bird In II
p back, while the bird becomes CONVERTS
} into a skeleton. which % carried abou
by a pike. One skeleton. which Ia
long been exhibited by a pike In LAX
+. wetter. had acquired a greenlsh tlng,
c and was regarded by the fishermen a.
1 harbinger Of misfortune
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
victor. Of ynias. F.rm.

Since the advent OF Ed Geers in 1891
the Village farm stable has won more
races ard moro money than any other
on the circuit since lis commencement
many years ago. Mr.. Hamlin pays
Geers something like 5000 year and
In addition he has outside privileges
worth to him several thousands each
season. With Hal Pointer. 2.0iis Rob
ert j.. 2Oiis: Bright Regent, 2'0sA;
Nightingale. 2,OS. and a host OF others
they have practically swept the board.
Last year a reversal Of form let In
others and this season 10 date has not
been a profitable one to them. hut
later on they may win good races. The
Buffalo horseman has been very active
for forty years and Is now well toward
Sd years old and leaves much 20 his
son Harry aud IA Hawley. the trusty
secretary Of the Buffalo Driving park.
AZ the farm John Dradburn has com
plete charge. with numerous assistants
TO DO bis bidding.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
AAnln.lI. nI,llnr,Inn.

The report comes from India that
Charles Rockwell Lanman. professor OF
Sanscrlt In Harvard University. has
had conferred on him the distinction
Of being elected an honorary member
OF the Asiatle Society Of Bengal. In
Calcutta. In recognition OF his distln-
guished services as a Sanscrlt scholar
This mark Of recognition Is the more
70 be valued lnasmuch as the Asiatie
Society is the Oldest and most famous
Of an existing oriental societies. hav-
ing been founded by Sir william Jones
90 1854 The list Of honorary member
ship numbers but thirty names.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

almog. on the spot where he started
life .Aany years ago. a humble country
storskeeper. young in years. but with
great stock OF ambition and a fac
ulty Of taking care OF the stray pen
nles.
To-day he Is a multi-millionaire and
a power In turf circles. From ocean
TO ocean are to be found Bcions OF 'he
Village farm stud and representatives
bred by their owners al distant poinis.
From boyhood Mr. Hamlin had a great
fancy for horses and when circum-
stances admitted he bought a fast road
horse to act as little shift OF scenery
from the busy store and TO rest his
active brain by spins over the Buffalo
roads. When he bought the farm.
way back early In the breeding era.
he started sut with Hamlin's Patchen.
son Of George NJ Patchen. 2:i3h,
which was. you remember. the stallion
king during his day. Hamlln's Patchan
had for dam a daughter Of Addison.
son OF Black Hawk VermonU. the
sire OF Ethan Allen. 2.35ls. the stall
lion king when that was made. You
see. even then his theory was all right,
the combining OF the best blood each
way TO produce a successful sire.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
s,,r,lns ,h. wass. ncem.

Mr.. llamlin. when the wilkes boom
i,arted back In the early SOS. came
out strongly against the wilkes fam
ry. and not a few remember the stir
his articles anent "Sapplng the Vital
lty OF a Sire. which. applying 10 fully
developed record sires, appeared In
wallaces Monthly and in the weekly
turf papers. Every owner OF de-
scendant OF George wilkes sprang to
arms and a wordy war was imminent.
but fortunately publishers refused to
continue the argument through their
columns, so Il ended Isabella. by Al
cantara must ever be regarded as the
greatest nick Mamhrino King had, as
from that union came Heir-at-Law,
2l2 uotting. 2i24 pacing; Prince
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

llt-l latt III AhN
waiting room Of the hotel. and here We
used TO gather every evening to smoke
our cigars. compare notes on the sport
Of the day. and swap yarns"
remember In particular the story
that Lloyd told US. the night before We
parted. II was unique and weird.
Lloyd was a tremendously big. athletic
fellow, and he had a way Of saying
things In that deep bass voice Of his
that made them doubly impressive.
lie had been sitting for some time
with his chin In his hand. looking
steadily into the open lre. Benson had
been telling a rather commonplace
ghost story. and the res, OF as had du-
tifully oh-d and ah-d and pretended to
SILVER at the proper places but Lloyd
said never a word. When silence set
tied upon the little group once more.
however. Lloyd sat up In his chair. I'M
crossed his feet, and remarked:
Now. boys. am going 10 tell you a
ghost story the like Of which you never
heard before. and the best Of Il Is It's
all true. for Il happened to me exactly
as ! shall tell Il.
when ! was In Sweden. some fifteen
years ago. had an opportunity TO do
considerable cunning as my friend and
host was a landed proprietor and con
trolled the hunting and fishing rights
Of a large and valuable territory. In
this tract was one large lake. called
Lake Fryksdal. which ahounded In flns
hdh. particularly pike OF remarkable
size lowering over this lake almos'
constantly were few pairs OF whltish'
gray birds which the Swedes called
sea-eaglos- great. magnificent, broad
winged creatures. whose food consisted
OF the large iish that were so plentiful
In the waters OF their habitat
Il had strong desire to shoot one
Of these birds. although knew them 4
be held In almost sacred esteem b.
the inhabitants. who believed that I
anyone should XIII one OF them, h
would be haunted by the sprlte Of III
bird as long as he lived. hut not beinl
the least BIZ surerslitious. my passion
for obtaining a specimen Of each mes
bird or animal | came across In N.
travels easily overcame all seruplei
and forthwith laid my plans tosecur
one OF these soa-eagles.
Il shall never forget the e.rcum
stances connected with the shooting q
this bird. II was a bright. still after
noon. had been lying Tor hours he
hind a large rock On the shore OF IA
lake waiting for one Of the birds &
come within range Of my fowllng-plec'
pair OF them were sailing hither an
thither above the surface OF the lak'
waiting Ter an opportunity to pounc
upon scme pike or other FISH that Nigh
be summing itself at the top Of th
water. At length / saw one OF u
eagles drop like a shot from a hc.gl
n more than a hundred feet aud siril
he water In a cloud Of foam and spra.
The next moment he rose. bearing
sood-sizod FISH In his talons. and he
heavily toward the shore. My heal
began TO thump against my ribs, as
Jaw that. II the eagle held TO b
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
w..tlns Good Mstsrlal.

From the Chicago Post:
Il don't think very much OF him"
said the girl In blue.
why. I thought I saw him throwing
kisses 10 YOU on the beach. cXpostu-
lated the girl In white
You did.' answered the girl In
blue. THAT Is why I say don't think
gerS much OF him. lie isn't as strong
mentally as should like a man TO
be-"
Il don't believe quite follow you. ."
why. think OF the absurdiiy and the
waste OF throwing from distance
what ought to have been delivered In
person?"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

and only trained sound $40 to old
style sulky would not have stopped
him, and he was a dead game fellow.
His son. Bright Regent. 2'Osh. paced
heat at Detroit dead lame In 2:0sh
over a track quite heavy where he had
10 20. They think II he could be got
ten sound he could defeat any PAGER
on earth. and It must be remembered
they own Robert J.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

Late reports from West Africa cay
that France will soon have iOO. 900 men
under arms In the neighborhood Of
wadelai. on the upper Nile. Prepare
tons are also being made at Loango Tor
an expedition Of 1000 men. including
many white troops and SenegalesC
sharpshOOters. TO Lake Tchad. TWO
large steamers from France reach 10,
ango every month now.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

The mos, violent hailst0rm ever Wit
messed In that section ragged south Of
Button. Ind. Tuesday afternoon about
: o'clock. Hall fel In immense guam
Titles. breaking window panes. smash
ing In roofs and destroying corn hslds
and orchards A section Of country aee
miles wide was affected and showed
the violence with which the hail fell.
The stones were extremely large and
some that were picked up weighed
eight ounces. Montpelier suffered eR-
tremely. There IL not plate glass IN
damaged In the town and many build
ings were ruined. A credible witness
states that one hailslons vas picked "
weighing = pound and seven ouncea
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

Regent. 2.lGA, and the sire OF Bright
Regent. 2OSA Fitz Royal. 2l9,a, etc,
aud bred to Chimes. Isabella pro-
duccd the sensational young mare
Princess Royal. 2-year-old record
made twicel OF 2.20. As said. at the
time the Village farm AlmOnts were
az their best the wilkes family was
booming and owners had II In for MIR.
Hamlln's horses he paid si2.50O for
Chimes In his 2-year-old form and
Horace Brown. then bis head trainer,
took him In hand. and had he remained
sound he would have had a brilliant
record. but his tendoas gave way, SO
he closed his career with a record OF
2:S0A, As sire he has brilliant
record among young slres Fantasy,
present record 2;O6. has the best-on-
record mlle-2OSA-as a S-year-old.
Merry Chimes paced 10 a record Of
2OSh; I'D Eas,on got one Of a0sh;
then there was Slxty-Slx. 2:i5A; Mid
night Chimes 90. 2ieM; Carlton,
2ish. and many others fast At beth
gAlts.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

Il seems that Marblehead boys hav
the reputation Of being the worst IL
the state Of Massachusetts,, and Z
worthy minister who went there 10 on
a vacant pulpit one Sunday lad occa-
sion to verify the truth OF this. for on
his way 10 church he was numerically
hoo,ed and stoned. FILLED with right
eous indignation. the worthy divine re-
marked from the pulpit In mournful
tones upon the depravity manifested By
the towns boys Some time later be
again visited the place. and this time
he met with no insults and did not even
see a single hoodlum on his ehurchyard
walk. Being a Jus, man. he desired 70
praise as well a. blame. and 80 he sali
be was truly rejolced to see that the
youths had seen the error Of their ways
and had turned aside from the path Of
the evil-doera Thereupon arose a
small boy In the gallery. who shrleked
forth In gleefui mallgnity; Don't you
believe ~ They've just gone down to
Barnegat 10 stone a funeral. and when
they come back they won't DO a thing
10 your
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
n.cysll.,s NEAT Enplrs ssals ErpFssA

When the westward bound Empire
State express was about two miles west
OF Syracuse, N. Y. the other afternoon.
Il raced with six athletic young men
on a sextuplet. Arrangements for the
race were quietly completed several
days before. Al thls point ls a stretch
Of cinder path about four feet vide
and a mile and half Ions. Az soon
as the Empire hove In sight the sex
tuplet got under way. The Empire
vas soon abreast and the sace began
For a quarter Of a mile Il vas an esea
thing. At the end Of half mile the
sextuplet was then obliged to SLOW
down. owing to a short bridge q quar-
ter OF a mile ahead. A number Of rail-
rad Oficers and bicycle men witnessed
the race and four photos Of the race
were secured.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

Woman" said he, In agonlzed tones
you have broken my heart"
She laid her head on his manly boz
som.
NO" said she. after listening intent
Is. there Is not the slightest evidence
OF organic lesion There Is a slight
palpliation. due. perhaps. 10 cigarettes.
That Is ALL" And now the young man
swears that hereafter when he mikes
love to a girl at summer resort. :
will be sure she Is not a medical stu.
dent.-Cl Cincinnati Enquirer
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
a Matrimonial Comedy ~ three A~ts-
Affection Deicstsly oppressed 90 A
Cool spot-Msntal strength -- In tho
Museum-ue Liked Jam ana Cake

She thought he had a title and fhe
loved him so for that.
lie knew she had the plunkets-Im not
cynical. you know
But ! fancy that's The reason that he
loved the maldn 80.
"A week OF welded bliss was theirs,
when the parental gent
Assigned aud shufled on this coil and
left her not a cent
And lncompatlbllity Of temper was tho
plea
That caused the learned Judge to grant
the usual decree.
So then she went upon the stage and
made great success
And he Is doing every one that he can
dol guess.
-.R. r. o.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

They we're anxious to break Il to her
gently. for she was very fond OF the
homely dog with the pink ribbon
around his neck.
where Ia Hector9' she asked.
"Oh. he's out"
Playing"
"Um-yes-I s'pose you might cell
Il a frolle.'
where Ia he?"
well. the last ] saw OF Hector he
was on his way TO a pound party
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
a. Was Natural.

lie had dared to make a gold speech
IN a Colorado town around which we're
many silver mines and when the au-
dlence finished with him the coroner's
Jury brought In verict Of suicide. -
Judge.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

Mira. wiggles-was that a good box
Of cigars. Ephraim. that bought you
for your birthday
Ar. wlsgles geIAlliiyl--I never sAw
= better box. -somerrills JournaL
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

"That was tough on Davis"
WHAT"
"ho stepped on a banana peel, tel.
and was arrested for giving a street
performance without a llcense."-
Truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
A KING OF THE TURF.
c. J. HAMLiN CUTS A FIGURE
IN THE TRoTTINo WORLD.
How ne Game 90 owa the studs That
Have Won Him Fortaas aud Fame -
Country storsksspsr 90 Mailimillloh-
Airs stock Raissr.

OsT Of you have
seen Mr.. Cicero J.
Hamlin. and I pre-
sumo all know his
position among
leading trotting-
horse people Of the
country His i'm
mense breeding es-
adjustment. VII
lage farm, In East
Aurora. n. Y. Is
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

An sweetest bells are ringin'-
The world IL rollin' right!
In spite o. tempests blowin'
The dove IL sure In flight;
Beneath the winter sn0win'
The lily dreams in white.
An still the blooms are swingin'
In Wild winds sweet with singin'.
An stu the vines are elingin'-
The world ls rollin' right
In spite o. tempests BLOWN
The stars are still as bright:
The rose O. love is CROWN
In gardens sweet with light.
Here's homo with all lis hlissPs--
With little ohildren's kisses:
No world's as sweet as this Is
The world ls rollln' right
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

There are several uays q pag blil.
eus TIE majority are pala nth Es,ss
An1A !.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
IN THE ODD CORNER.
SOME QUEER AND CURIOUS
FEATURES or LiFE.

a nieysls beats the -E~plss SITS ~.
presr'-A chrlstlsa selsnslst Heats 81
Animal 90 Another Monster q ths
Desp-Othsr steFlsa
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18
4 DEEP WATER GHOST

+ WE'RE four
bronzed. jolly
sporismen. " h o
happened 10 meet
during the par
fridge shooting
season at a little
ho5telry In the
southern part Of
Virginia. There vas
real old fashioned
fireplace In the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-18

N spite O. tempesil
blowin'--
In darkness an
IN light.
In reapln' time an
soWin'
The world IL roll
In right
For stili the flowers
are sDringin'
An stlll the
birds are aims.
-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Rumors Of a Proposition which Inclo4s&
the Retirement OF Gr~~nt,scks.
WARRINGTON Ian n --Secrefarv Car


the Retirement OF Greo0l,Ncks.
WASHINGTON. Jan. H.--Secretary Car
Isle and Senator German were In closo
conference for an hour or SO yesterday
at the Treasury on financial matters.
During the past week the two have been
I'm almost daily communication. Rumoru
are afoat that Senator German recon-
mends a plan which Secretary Carlisle
understood at once favored authorixing
the coinage OF all silver bullion and de-
clarirg and coinlng the seignorase. and
that, In the form I'm which the matter n
being considered by the administration.
II Is coupled with the proposition advo-
ca,ed by President Cleveland OF retiring
gre 'nbacks and allowing national banks
issue notes up to the par value OF the
bonds held by them. Some color OF proba-
bilty is given TO these rumors by the fact
that Senator German Is the chairman OF
the Democratic Steering Committee or
the Senate. and has been sounding the
senator's within the last few Jays. on
the probability, OF such scheme passing
the Senate.
The tariff bill was not taken up In the
Finance Committee OF the Senate this
morning. The time of the session was
spent In the discussion OF several meaures
pending, but no definite action was taken.
After adjournment the members engaged
In an informal discussion OF the proposed
compromise on the bond bill
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

words 10 describe. and Miss Handy. as
/ Virginia. presented such a picture OF per
feet womanly lovellness, that an ade-
, quate description Of the tableau Is out
/ of the question.
Teanyson's dream OF fair women is
incomplete. and none of the beauties
which he describes could In part equal
the exquisite perfectness OF the Virginia
beauty.
"Of here. whose gentle will has chang
ed my fate.
And made my life a perfumed altar
flame:
And over whom thy darkness must have
with such delight as theirs of old. thy
great
Forefathers Of the thornless garden.
there.
shadowng the snow-limb'd Eve from
whom she came. .
Miss Handy represented Virginia. and
never was Sic Semper Tyrannis' more
gracefully or beautifully presented She
was posed by Mr.. Horace +. Smith.
Her corselet was Of steel links, and
she wore a helmet. and I'm every parti-
cular her attire was the exact counter
part OF the State seal. When the cur
tain rose upon the tableau the applause
was deafening. II was but just homage
paid 10 perfect beauty. Never has Miss
Handy looked more queenly or possessed
more stately and imposing grace She
presented a picture that Will be remcm-
memories live. Further comment upon
the tablcau or upon Miss Handy person
ally Is useless. for she was last night
just what she always has been. and is,
the perfect type Of perfect woman. II
was with lingering feeling OF regret
that the audience saw the curtain drop
upon the inspiring tableau.
TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME.
Director Macdonnell viii present to-
night "A programme consisting of all the
fa-orite and popular numbers In the
kirmess. IL VIII open with the Nile
and Sphynx Worshippers. The Spanish
wedding dancers viii appear in their
fascinating castanet dance.
The captivating Grecian maidens In
their Cymbol dance, with Diana and her
suite OF attendants. will be seen again,
and perhaps for the last time as there
aye so many dances 10 be performed
Miss Mary Hayes I'm her charming
Painbow dance will appear tonight.
Cns dance has been one OF the hits OF
the kirmess.
There VIII not be any living tableaux
tonight. so The performance will end
earlier than last night and carriages
may be ordered for 1915.
There has been a very large sale OF
seats for the matinee IL promises to
be one OF the banner matinees OF the
year.
Mr.. Nacdonnen may introduce tonight
a novelty In the way of Japanese Skip-
ping Rope dance, 10 be danced by an
accomplished young lady.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
The Catalonia Ia Distress

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.--The White Star
freight steamer Cevic arrived from Liver
pool this morning. She passed the cunard
Line steamer Catalonia January I'D. one
thousand miles from Fastnet, IN distress.
with Il shaft broken. The Captain de-
sired 10 be t6wed TO Boston. but Captain
Nicol, of the Cevic. declined. because OF
the great distance. and he felt that he
could not afford to turn back and tow
her TO Ireland The Catalonia Is d.
rectly In the track OF transatlantic
steamers. and doubtless has been picksS
up. Before the Ceyic LETT she signalled
.'Report me 10 my owners. all well"