davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

car at the stern. which allows the craft
to be drawn up on the shore. All OF the
machinery Is placed In the bow, thus
leaving sufficient room at the stern for
the accommodation OF a limited num-
Der OF persons
Can Roll Over safely.
In order that the position OF the car
may be indicated at night. a large col
ored light Is fixed near the bow, and
when electricity Is the motive power Il
also serves TO light the lamp. Il Is
tightly closed and can pass safely
through heavy seas. II by any chance
the car should turn on lis side while
going through the water II might be
unpleasant for the occupants. but Il
need not interfere with the progress OF
the craft nor would II lnjure those in II
beyond a general shaking up. The pc
culiar construction Of the rudder and
the side wheels makes Il possible to
steer the craft In any position, even II
II should turn upside down. When
used as a means OF transferring per-
sons from the stranded ship TO the
shore this life car has many advant-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
nlea In m.r Turning Home.


With q piercing scream. Mrs. Con
Roardon dashed into her burning house
at Mahanoy Plane. IA. TO rescue her
e-ycar-old son. but both persisted In the
flames. and Il was with the utmost
dlfcusy that the father WAS prevented
from sharing n similar fate. While
two miners were returning from work
about 2 o'clock IN the morning, they
discovered smoke and Games eomlng
from the neardon homestead. They
kicked In the front door. and. running
10 the upper stories succeeded with
scmo difficulty IN awakening the In
mates. Mr. Roardon, pulling on some
clothes. turned his attention 10 saving
some Of the household effects. while his
vito carried two small children out OF
the building. The flames spread with
great npldlty. and when Mrs. Roardon
thought Of her 9-ycar-old son asleep
In q back room. the house was a mass
OF Gre. with a wild shrek, she dashed
into the fiery furnace before anybody
could stop her. Her cries were heard
above the roar Of the Ere. and Il was
with difficulty that four men held Mr.
Roardop and prevented him from fol-
lowing his wife. Women tainted and
a;out-hear,ed men wore compelled TO
turn their heads TO conceal the tears
The charrcd remains Of mother and
son were taken from the ruins several
hours later
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
rios AND THIsTLEs.

Tho Ella Of a moment may blight the
whole life.
God never made anything too small
for his use.
To give and s5uige. Is no better than
not to give at all.
The prompting motive OF all cheer.
ful giving must be love.
Whoever will obey God, will be sure
to find his way to him.
Where there is no self-culture, there
Is no knowledge Of true life.
II ma-l has no friends. Il generally
means that he deserves none.
To close our hearts against brother.
Is to shut heaven against ourselves.
No trial can come to the Christian
that may not tell him more OF God.
Some preachers forget that sheep do
not stand on their hind legs to cat
The man who takes the Bible for
his guide, cannot live an aimleBs life.
Showing our best side TO others. will
cause them to show their best side 10
US.
We arc sure 10 be bound In the
devils ropes, n We fail to break his
threads.
The devil can meet eloQuonce without
trouble. but he has never been able 70
stand before love.
The man who spends his life IN try.
ing to make this world like heaven.
does sodlike work.
a right state OF heart cannot b,
maintained, without keeping close
watch on the tongue.
Bread from Gods table cen be count
cd on In super-abundance by those who
faithfully do bis work.
Many church member makes toe
much noise In his politics. and keeps
too still In his religion.
Hoardlng up money In a misery way.
can never DO done without making 0
beggar OF the man who does H.
The only giving that Is real giving,
IL giving that IA done according 70
ablllty.--Ram's Horn.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
"lF YOU WANT A WIFE
You Mus, Keep Your Rye Open for
Warm nundlc OF Femlninlty."

Warm Humble Of Femlninity."
The Rev. Charles II. parkhursi, d.
H.. discusses 1.-THE Young Man and
Marriage" In the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Marriage 10 certain degree
he says, "a young man is to look upon
from a unitarian standpoint A good
wife Is 20 much capital. She makes
him 10 be. By hind Of grace, a great
deal more than he Is By nature she
contributes the qualities needed In or
der 10 convert his ylgor into a safe rs
well as productive ealcloncy. She In
PRODUCES. for instance. into hls intel
lectual nature that ingredient Of sen
timcnt which intellect requires IN or
der 20 be able to DO Us best work.
Heart and brain need 10 conspiro In or
der 10 the attainment OF the true, and
without caring TO assert that man IA
naturally hoarilcss any more than !
should Wish 20 assume that woman Is
by Stature bralnles. yet heart In iis
way is Just as precious as brain IN "a
way. and woman, so long as she b un-
tainted by the passion OF wanting 10 be-
a man. will be that member Of the con-
nuhial corporation that will In par
tlcular contribute TO the capital stock
It's afleciional element Some women
may resent this. but I would like to
caution young men against ohcrlghlng
matrimonial designs upon any woman
who Il likely TO resent H. II what you
want Ia a wife. and no, merely house
keeper. you must keep your eye well
open for warm bundle OF femlnlnily
that will be TO you In a personal way
what the Ere on the hearth Is to you IN
physical way-a fund OF tropical
comfort that will keep the stiffness out
Of your thinking. ihe Aosi 90, Of your
feeling, and the general machinery OF
your life In condition Of ploasurabls
activity"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
clvlLlzINo THE INDIAN.
lie Has white Man. Chance, aud Must
Take II or Perish.

lie Has White MAN. Chance, and Must
Take II or fcrlsh.
Ex-presldCnt Harrison. writing OF
THE Indians. Tensions and Agrlcul-
tuye." In the Ladies Home Journal. ok.
presses himself with directness regard
Ing the education Of the Indians. THE
efforts OF the government, 10 promote
the civilization Of the Indians have
been constant and costly. but not al
ways lse. /" he says, I'VE have bought
our peace by promises no: always kept:
have recognized and even dlgnihod the
chiefs. and so porpetuated the tribal
relation and land ownership, when tho
deposition Of the chiefs. the breaking
up Of the tribes, and the allotment ~
lands In severalty offered the only
permanent solution Of the vexed In
dian question. This policy has now
been adopted: the Indian has citizen
Shlp and "A white mans chance offered
TO him, and mus, take Il or perish. The
schools q, Hampton ana Carlisle have
done a great work for Indian children,
but n the education there received AMI
the recent habits Of lie there acquired
are to be lived and made effective. the
pupils must rot be returned to the
topeo and TO a nomadic life. but to
households and 10 farms, or village
trades"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Mrs. George Binder. who would be
called pretty. II she literally had not
been starved for the last three weeks.
was taken 10 the Detention Hospital
ate Sunday night, and as the result Of
worry and her long prlvatlons she Is
now almost ravinE maniac. When
Mrs Binder was found by the Warren
avenue police she had been without
.ood for two days. Her two little chill
iren had been fed. while she herself
was starving. Several years ago, II
q said, her husband went TO Denver 10
Ind work, and nothing has been heard
.oi him since. The family lived at no.
li0 Washtonaw avenue Il was hero
hat Mrs. Binder was discovered by tho
police. She had taken her Bible. and
was preaching 10 the nelghbors when
The ambulance arrived. Mrs. Binder
has a sister who lives at No. l02 Fran
,lsco street. and the two little children
have been left IN her care. The ply
riclans at the Detention Hospital be-
lleyo that Mira Binders mind viii re-
Turn gradually now that her hungry
children have been taken away from
her and she is herself being provided
with food.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Dora Deancsan secured bail In Jus
ticc Richardson's cosrt after having
been arrested iog what tho Harrison
street desk sergeant said was tho
ihougandlh time. Dora has a re.rausl,
nose and a sallow complexion. She o.
30 years old. She has hardened feat.
urcs. Her reputation among The police
is that OF "a "bai" woman. Whea Dose
meets a man from Elgin or Oshkosh
and smiles on him he feels Gaitored.
Dora dresses tas.e,ul'y ana locks bad
only to the police That o. The way J.
+. Clark Of Elgln felt when Dora smI-
ed on him and spoke pleasantly 10 him
al Madison and Dearborn streets Sun
day night lie did not feel battered al
an when. as he says. Dora snatohed
his pockc,bcok containing s!25. Il was
on this charge that Dora appeared be-
fore Justice Underwood yesterday. She
had her case continued.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
ol,lr. nnrl.a hr snna.stnrm..

sven Hodin. the Norwegian traveller
has discovered on the north side Of
Inc Kuon Lun mountains, and IN IN,
edge Of the great desert OF Cobb. the
ruins OF towns which he thinks were
buried by sand-s,orma about 1000
years aro. The largest town was near.
IL two ana a half mllca long. and a en-.
nal connected Il and the surrounding
country with the Kerija river The
houses had walls Of plated reeds COW
cfed with mud and then coated with
white plas,or. and on these plaster
walls we're wen executed Ialntlnes Of
men, animals and flowers, poplara
nprlcots and plum trees had evidently
aourlshcd there before the invasion Of
the sand.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
Two omssrs AMI a Goat.

when Policeman Alexander crandal
and Operator John Mccarthy OF the
i'iftleth street station left duty the
,thor morning they were proud men
and full Of complaisance. They had
lone a good nights work and we're
clad OF Il. They met a Forty-nfth
street goat. The goat charged upon
Mccarthy and did weird things to his
trousers. After that Mccarthy backed
lp agalst a brick wall and waited until
ne patrol wagon came crandall mean
while was holding the goat by the
horns. II wasn't the easiest fob on
Forty-hith street. The goat was feel
ng good. He enjoyed most everything
hat happened. Every now and then
he would throw Crandall into the air
lust for fun. and when crandall came
town the goat would laugh at him.
This happened four timea. Then the
wagon came. Twelve policemen got
oh They arrested the goat and sent
Tor an ambulance for Crandail. Also
they ordered a shroud for Mccarthy
There will be mutton stew on tap AZ
tho Fiftieth street station for several
lays. Mccarthy win cat standing up.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

An EnglIshman quoted by the New
York Tribune writes that he has kept
a rather good story OF the recently de-
parted III Hung Chang until now for
obvious reasoas; bat the time haa
come when q may be- told without Of
Tense 70 suscepdhilltlos. Not very Gar
from the great Chlramans temporary
abode dwolls a benevolent gentleman.
who IL the proud poslcs1or OF a par
tlcular breed Of dogs. In order TO
chow his respect for our august visitor
he decided TO present him with one OF
these beautiful creatures and acted
upon tho decision at the very earliest
opportunity. The animal sent was
practically priceless and the donor
awaited with interest the recognition
Of his slit. Il came A letter bearing
the mandarln's autograph expressed
grateful thanks and went on to say
that Ii himself was too old to risk the
luxury but his stan had enjoyed the
present very much. This was lsd
enough. but to add to the mischief tie
story got about and when, his iocular
friends met the glver OF valuable dogs
they would bark as though by accident
and give him 20 understand that the
story waa too good to be lost. Now
that Che excitement has died down
cannot rcais, the temptation OF plae-
ing Tie case upon ecord. Il la amusing
and y Ii absoluiel true"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
EUROPEAN STUDY FoR VOCAL
lists


Madame Meiha says America HAS Nos,
Excellent Music Teachers.
nor the average singer America OF.
fers most excellent teachers: she can
End all she needs at home" writes
Madame Melba In an article on Tho
Vocal Student" In the November Ia.
dies Home Journal For operate
singers some foreign training Is prac.
tically necessary 50 long as impress.
aries consider Europe their market.
and retired artists make Il their home.
But no girl" she adds, "unleas
she has money to throw away mean
by this large fortune 10 spcnd-should
70 abroad for vocal instruction until
she has been passed upon. muslcally.
by at loaa, two or three arilsts-peo.
pie who value the glory and fair name
OF their art. and the life. and pcrAaps
the honor Of the would-bc singer torn
highly TO advise her 20 enter upon
career Of prlvaton and hardship
where there Is for her by Natures a..
ed decree, no possibility OF SUGGEST n
possible, these artists should be s,rang-
crs 10 the oingcrs people who win no,
be moved nor swayod by any personal
interest and will. therefore. sneak
only truth. hut only those 90 passed
upon and those others who can afford
to indulge a hobby. should ever 20
abroad for instruction"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

- "ss' Sixteenth street on Sunday. |
ana annoyed the DAY Waterman. Frank
browning. Ono Of the boys, Tommy
Wilson, who lives at i0i West Six.
tenth street, was playing handbail
against tho door OF the warehouse
when Browning, the Waterman. rushed
out and began firing a revolver at tho
boys heels. The report OF the shoot
Ing brought the Italians and slavs to
the scene In great numbers, and they
angrily threatened tho life OF the
Waterman. The crowd was armed
with sticks and stones. and fearing for
his life Browning barrlcaded himself
In the freight warehouse. lie then held
the crowd at bay with his revolver. bat
II was some time before quiet was re-
stored and the unlucky Waterman
dared venture forth IN search Of his
dinner.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
THE CRANK, THE GUN AND THE
MAYOR.

Swift may do all this because Joseph
Maruslsa, who was described as a crank
or an anarchist. was prevented from
carrying into execution threat TO kin
his worship Maruska. who lives at
30 Thomas street, entered the lower
corridor Of the city hall shortly after
noon the other day and exciiedly de-
manded Of a policeman that he be
shown the mayors oflce. The officer
questioned him closely and. suspect
ing that the mans intentions were not
right. marched him into detective
headquarters where he introduced
Desk Sergeant Mcclure as the mayor.
Maruska became much excited. and
drew his revolver remarking as he did
so that he would kin the mayor. whom.
he said, was an enemy OF society. Po-
lice officers grasped the weapon. and
after a sharp struggle he was hand
cufied and taken TO the Harrison street
station. While resisting arrest he an
nounced his intention Of going to Can
ton and putting an end TO President.
Elect Mclilnley's life.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
The Magic Nine.

Figures arc funny things. They
may be and often are manipulated In
a most marvellous manner, 80 as en-
ilrely 10 deceive the uninitiated. OF
course these remarks do not refer 10
ladies' figures, but TO the common
numeral Of arithmetic. Strange tricks
may be played with them; tricks as
amusing and perplexlng as with those
lime-honored coniederates Of conjurors
"a pack Of playing cards In most OF
these the figure . Is the important fac
tor. There are some peculiarities about
that little bullet-headed gentleman
which are rally startling. lie has a
phoonlx-i;Ge power OF raising himself
from his ashes. Smother him up as
you will. multiply him by any group Of
his fellow figures until his identity Is
completely lost. and he will bob up
again. II not In shape. at least in splr-
Il and substance. as the sum OF the re-
suit obtained by the process % multi
plication.
Thus-Twice 0 ls IS. Add one and
eight together and you get Q. SO. for
example, II mines are 1853. which. add
ed together make nine. or i3S mines
makes i.2i2. and thus the same self
assertlve little chap pops up again in
different form. A seeming exception
Is when applied to II. or 10 a multiple
OF eleven; then the little Joker comes
In pairs. as % mines give 1893, or sew
onty-seven mines make COS. But even
then the exception Ia only apparent.
for adding l and . and gives Is. aud
, l and gives 3; 6 and 3 and 0 make
10.
Perhaps n more puzzling trick pro-
ylded by the eccentrleitles OF the fig
ure IL the following: Let your sub
iect put down any odd number Of fg-
ures. three, i've, seven. or even more;
then add them together and subtract
the result. Now he may cross out any
one figure and tell the trickster the
others. II ls easy. by mentally add
ing them. to discover the value OF the
figure crossed out. as this Ia the ono
needed TO make up the result 10 the
nearest multiple Of .. Thus:
iaG-i0 sa.4Oi-i4 7,6e3. tss-35
10 or Il or IS
ix6- % ax,3o0-is 7.6xl. ls3-17
2
Perhaps the ncatost trlck with ng-
ures is that by which one can discover
the day aud month any one was born.
and also his or her age. II Is not a
popular performance with ladies'. Il
IL done as follows: The subject must
FIRST put down. concurrently. making
one group Of figures, the day OF the
month and the number OF such month
reckoning January "a aud December
az ~. This. Of course. the performer
does not see. but he asks the subject 10
double this number: then 70 add 5 u
Il. The result he must multiply By
fifty next add his age. then subtract
fifty next add his age. then subtract
S6j. and tell you the grand total. BY
mentally adding rs % this. In every
Instance the figures plainly show. Glst
the day, second the monih, aud finally
the age OF the subject Thus. for m
lance, II woman were born on the
frst OF April and she was Is years old.
her hsurooscopo would be worked out
Is follows;
lnayl IL month";
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Attorney Jones and Attorney Under
had a debate In Justice Richardson's
SQUIRT the other day. The debate "a
sumed such proportions that people
,ame in from blocks around 10 find out
what was the matter. Dora Parker. a
solorod woman, was the bone OF conien-
ton. Dora was a pretty big bone,
She IL seven feet high IN her stocking
feet, and she had her shoes on. At,or.
ney Jones declared the woman took
things from a trunk. The trouble abou,
The whole matter was that the trunk
was not her own "That wom1n Is
Eyed In guilt your honor" shouted At
torney Jones. bringing his ast down
with resounding smack upon the en-.
laid mahogany desk. Attorney Llndcg
shook his est at Attorney Jones. and
Jumped M and down IN his race. 10
denied that Dora was dyed In guilt.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
49,. oe.5is


A trick much more dllllcult to ex-
plain Ia the siOSs mystery. but Il
should only be doal once during an
evening or among the same set Of
friends, for. unfortunately. the answer
never varioa Il ls curious fact that
any sum OF money. dollars and cents
manipulated In a certain manner will
produce the inevitable total OF si0.Sa.
provided the original capital Is no,
more than $40. This looks like a
proatahle buslness-on paper. The
process is this; The tortured trick
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Those who are given to smoking
viii be glad TO learn that smoking can
be made free from an m effects. DR..
Cantrelet directs that a piece Of cot
ton wool may be stepped In 5 per
cent solution Of pyrOsallic acid and in
serted In the pipe or clgar-holder. He
claims that this method will neutrailze
any possible IN effect Of the nicotine.
Such III effects as headache. turing Of
the tongue and more serious Ills can
be avoided by the above process.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23
q " q

Another use OF the magic . Is made
In the following effective trick: let
A put down any number Of figures and
show them 10 you. Then. on another
piece Of paper. you privately write the
answer, fold Il. and give Il 10 some
one TO hold. Then u adds another row
Of figures. under which you write a
row. taking care TO place under each
OF his the particular figure which will
complete the sum Of nine. Then c may
write another batch. beneath which
you again place numerals, making up
a string OF mines. The result upon adj
dltion OF the whole will be found oX
actly TO correspond with your written
answer. which you had made a repetl-
ton Of the FIRST group Of figures, less
two: and with the figure 2 added IN
front, thus;
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Crank Seeks 90 KIN the Mayor
George d. Swift, mayor OF the city
which cast nearly $4,000 more votes
than the seaport town down near the
BaFtholdi statue. may shake hands
with himself because his body Is not
lying In great state in the city hall and
banked all around with broken col
umns, gates aiaF. open books. with In
scriptlons and a whole lot Of other
pleasant floral reminders. Mayor
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

front Of the saloon, and In his memory
their fingers the picture Of the man
who drueged his glass OF beer. Mr..
Rawlings remembered that this man
bad a large scar on the side OF hia
lnce, and when he made a report Of
tho robbery 10 the police the doacrip-
lion Of the aforesaid scar was duly
noted In the archives Of the depart
mont The other morning Rawlings
vas at Clark and Madison streets when
he saw approaching the man with the
scar. Hastily calling Ohicer Wilson
Rawlings told his story and the strang-
or was placed under arrest AT the
central police station the description
81 the man who robbed Rawlings was
found 10 correspond exactly with tbs
prisoner and he was locked up 10 stand
trial. He gave the namo Of Ton
Quinn.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

bearer n told to pa, down a sum OF
money lagain on paper, he probably
viii not do 4 otherwlsel. then 10 re-
verse the figures and subtract the less
er from tho greater Again tho figures
must be reversed and the two lines
added together. The uufalling answer
Is siO.S9. Here are examples
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

John Casad OF Labolto county. Kas.
who Is the father Of nineteen sons and
ok daughters. IL Vigorous and happy
at y. But there Is no telling what
hls condition might have been lad h,
been the parent Of nineteen dauAhtsrl
and six sOas.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

purpose Of keeping the craft In a
proper position while In the water.
The motive power Is supplied by a
motor whleh ls placed in the forward
end Of the craft When carried by ships
the lie car Is suspended from daylis,
In the same manner as an ordinary
liieboat.
Choice Of Power.
Either electricity or spring motor
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

What are your hopes for tho ia.
turef' asked the solemn man.
4 have none Just now" replied tho
youth. Tomorrow is my best glrln
birthday, and I'm worrying about ne
present"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Just to see how his wife would take
on" Vim. McCurdy, Of Allegheny City,
Pa, took a dose OF rough on rats. Nc
Curdy was present when Mrs McCur.
dy took on but he was IN a colin.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Don't spend minute In trying tc
count the hypocriios IN the church. Bet.
ter Try 10 count The mercles Of GOD,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

BOUT ten days ago
Graves Rawlings Of
as Warren avenue
was drugged IN a
saloon at Thirty
third and Armour
avenue and robbed
OF a diamond stud
and o watch. When
he recovered his
senses he was lying
on the rideSalk IN
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-23

Walking with 0od must begin IN
very short steps.
Alfred, MaiHa. utilities lls lrampa In
mAfinE sewer tcpalts.