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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

needful. not TO assign to II the respect.
ful appellRtIoa OF a second Edinburgh
or the Athens Of America. but 10 bean.
tify Il. 10 revere Il. 10 make lie politics
and lis inner life az wise and pure az
ne outward appearance Is destined 10
be fair In all this coming welfare, the
noble structure on copley square win
receive aud contribute its full share.
The visitor will be impressed by the
fact that the public library is lodged
In a building far more attractive and
splendid than tho structure which con-
tains Bottoms art treasures In the same
square. Il seems most fitting that the
cause OF education should thus be en-.
nobled and all the resources OF archl-
lecture. painting sculpture. etc. be-
brought 10 bear 10 lend dignity and
beauty Books are very well: the books
Of a commonwealth set In ouch a noble
casket are much better Here Is the
environment that stimulates study and
educates the untutored In matters OF
art. Within that structure one seems In
sulated. as II were. from the petty an
noynnces OF the outside world: here Is
the majestic calm that should exist for
the student and the scholar; here Ia
another and better world. perhaps.
than may be found without those four
walls. Thus one may forgive the self
complaceney OF the Bostonian. thor
oughly New Englandish. and by few
words Of commentator express In his
stumble western manner admiration for
lie way they do things down east"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16


The following incident In the life Of
the iron chancellor recently appeared
In one Of the New York papers:
Bismarck and a friend after a heavy
days shooting. sat together slipping
their wine and comparing notes OF their
days adventures. Bismarck's friend
complained that he was excessively
tired and would be unable TO get up al
! o'clock the next morning 10 join the
sport Bismarck assured him that ne
would see that he 20, up at the right
time, whether he would or not.
ION retiring TO their bedrooms. which
adioined each other. he barred and bar.
ricaded his door. 10 prevent Bismarck
from carrying out hls threat
AT half-pas, on the following
morning the chancellor knocked az the
door, calling on his friend 10 get up
Ills friend didn't but turned on his
pillow TO enjoy another snooze. Then
Bismarck seized his gun. went into the
ard and ared through the window Of
bis friends bedroom. hitting the CELL
Ing above the bed. and bringing a
shower Of plaster down on the head
and shoulders Of the sleeper.
In the greatest alarm hls friend
sroso and looked out Of the window 70
Gee what was the matter. Seeing no
body. he hastily donned bis clothes and
ran down s,alni Here he met Bismarck
who graVcly babe him good morning.
and added I hope you slept well: Il
IA just otriking e"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

o. All the reminiscent echoes from
the toriedcfaey. there are few lr The
journalistic line. says the 81. Louis
Globe Democrat Once In whlls
somebody runs across Vicksburg
newspaper printed on wall paper dur.
ing The siege. Memphis Avalanche. or
a Richmond whig; but journalism IN
the south during the civil war was OF
minor Importance, Prossmen. editors
and reporters were needed at the
front" and courier could bring the
news OF a battle sooner than a Grip
Piled printing ONCE could set the type
to tell the direful news There were
newspaper Of course. with their lists
Of killed. wounded and missing. and
their more or less authentic accounts
Of victories and sklrmlshos: but those
that could be depended upon for news
were scarce and literary publications
had but few days and were full OF
aorrows
OF these latter. which eked out
precarlous existence and struggled
through three or four volumes. was tho
Southern illustrated News. an eight
page publication. four columns 10 the
page. published in Richmond by men
who were at once editors and proprle.
tors. and probably " the truth were
known. compOsitors and prcssmen. re-
porters and general "hustlers" Two
copies % this weekly. yellow with age
and poor ink. have drifted into the
writer's possession, They are valuable
souvenirs now Of the late unpleas.
antness." but In a very few years they
will be more valuable curios Of a period
that has quite passed into history. The
editorial page OF one bears the date
April %, 1854. and Is followed by an
announcement OF terms" that. In the
days Of penny papers. rather takoa
away ones breath Il reads: Sub
scrlptions. $50 per annum; $40 for six
months mo subscription taken for
less tlmol The trade supplied At SIS
per 100 No county or individual money
taken"
Il II unnecessary 10 say that the
Southern Illustrated News Ia 1864 paid
no dividends pcrceptible 10 the outer
senses. The stockholders surely neither
saw nor felt them; which Is not fact
10 be wondered al, since, outside OF the
topsy-turvy condition OF the country az
that time. and the shaklness OF the
money question, there Is only one "ad"
TO be discovered In the entire edition
Of April %. and I've In the succeeding
issue. There Ia no reason TO suppose
that ads" we're any more plentiful
during the rest Of the year than In
these two copies as the clouds gathered
more thlckiy with the opening OF the
summer months and business became
more paralyzed ms Johnstons weaker
force skllliully retrelied before Sher-
mans mastery movements; 1s Hood
mad hlf fatal mistake. and sherman
E.alcheG vlctorioualy TO the sea, with
Atlanta In ashes behind him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16
TINY OXEN.
oas Of the Great Geological csrlosltlss
Of Fsr-Oh dapaa

OF iaron Japan
One OF the greatest curlosities
among the domestic animals OF Ceylon
g. a breed Of cattle known 20 the zoolo-
i.si az the sacred running oxen"
says an exchange. They are the
dwarfs OF the whole OK family, the
largest specimena Of the species never
exceeding 80 inches In height One
sent TO the marquis Of Canterbury In
the year 1891. which Is still living and
Is believed to be somewhere near 10
years OF age. Is only twenty-five inches
high and weighs but 1914 pounds. In
Ceylon they are used for quick trips
acrom the country with express mat
ter and other light loads, and II Is said
that four Of them can pull a driver OF
two-wheeled cart and a 20O-pound
lead OF miscellaneous matter sixty TO
seventy miles a day They keep up
constant swinging trot or run and
have been known to travel 100 miles In
a day and night without either food
or water. No one knows anything
concerning the origin OF this peculiar
breed OF miniature cattle. They have
been known on the island OF Ceylon
and In other Duddhistie countries for
more than a thousand years. One story
told TO account for their origin Is to
the effect that they were originally cat.
tie OF the ordinary height and bulk.
that Buddhlstlc priest was once i'm.
rrisoncd In a stone building. one-hali
Of which was used as a cattle stable.
During the night he managed 10 dis.
lodge one Of the stones In his prison
walls. The stone in question was ex.
aetly two and a half feet square. Il
was almost daylight when this apostle
Of Buddha felt the air rush through
the opening he had made and he real.
iEled that he was all but free. He
knew that he would be unable to get
out Of the enemy's country on foot.
80 he prayed that he might be pro
yided with beast Of burden that
would safely carry him TO the homes
OF the followers OF Buddha. No soon
er had he done this than one OF the
large oxen which had been quietly
feeding In stall AZ his side walked
leisurely 20 the s0-lnch square open
Ing and miraeulously passed through Il.
Tie priest followed and mounted the
now sacredly dwarfed beast and was
soon safe In his own country. Since
that time. 20 the story goes. there has
been a breed Of sacred running OK.
en-" In ceylon which never grows too
tall to pass through an opening the
slle OF that made In the prison wall
by Buddha's representative on the
night when he mlraculously escaped on
the back OF the hrst famous dwarfed
OK,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

Ia lara. Col. telegram: siRmund
Guss has for the past year had a BIG
black bear chained to a post IN HE hack
yard. This afternoon AZ $50 The anl.
NAL got loose and started on . ram
page through town. Women ana chll-
dren were assailsd. and enc little girl
was only rescued from q horrlbls
death By the timely appearance q q
little fox terrier. which ran up ana b.
barking and swapping at the bear a.
verled lie attention from the child. Mr.
Ouss. wishing TO reeapture the animal
alive. offered $40 to anyone Who would
catch him. A party OF Mexican csu-
boys we're In town and took 10 his
offer. After running the animal
through town and out among the sart
brush for an hour and a half they sue
ceeded In lassoing him. vhersupon The
battle began. About ssvsniy-nve men
were following the cogboys and watch
Ing the fun. uhen the bear. On q tes-
perate struggle 70 fFes himself, grab
bed one Of the ropes With hls mouth
and cut q IN TIVE e. clean as could b
done with a knife. THIS lefl but one
rope on him and he made z isFocloua
attack upon the man Who vas q he
end Of a. The Mexican dropped TIE
rope and ran for his horse. reaching Il
just az the beaFs caught him. BY .
dofge he eacaned Nv leaVlna hla horra
and escaplng On foot. The next victim
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16
rr...r,a,loa Of naaqa.s..

A florist Of many years experience
gives the following recipe for preserv-
ing bouquets; When you receive q
bouquet sprinkle Il lightly with fresh
water; then put Il into a vessel con-
tanning some soapsuds. which nourish
the roots and keep the flowers as bright
as new. Take the bouquet out Of the
suds every morning and lay It sideways
In fresh water. the stock entering irst
into the water: keep Il there a minute
or two. then take the hovers out and
sprinkle II lightly by the hand with
pure water. Replace the bouquet in
the s0apsuds and the flowers will bloom
as fresh as when hrEt gathered. The
soapsuds need to be changed every
third day. by observing these rules
a bouquet cen be kept bright and beau
tiful for al least one month. and will
last still longer In very passable
rtate. bat the attention to the fair and
fFall creatures. as directed above must
be strictly observed.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

a D.s.- c--'r's=-, sr- cv-s-'--s -
ths uaaie.

ths uaale
An entire magazine IN a pistol Il the
latest idea. Il Is not the Invention Of a
cowboy or q train robbcr. but Of a citi-
zen OF the quaint town Of Worcester.
Mass. From an external view the new
magazine pistol locks very mvlh like
regulation revolver. except that Il has
no visible hammer and lie trigger 4 a
peculiar little steel plate with a hole
IN II for the finger. Il is The moving
OF this little finger plate which works
wonders The cartridges. q dozen Of
,nem AZ time. are placed in the han
Ole OF the pistol. 90 that they lie IN .
neat row one beside the other. The
hammer IL a square bit OF steel which
hes nat At the handle end Of the bar
rel ending In a sharp point 10 strike
the cartridges In the center. and nov
ing backward and forward on a
straight line BY means OF q powerful
spring. The interior workmanship Of
the revolver Il seemingly complicated.
but Is really a simple set Of springs,
drop lock and automatic catches. One
movement Of the trigger acts on q steel
bolt, forces the hammer back and fast
ems Il In position. pushes the FIRST cart
ridge Into the barrel and acts on a stii
spring that urges the remaining cart
ridges OF the barrel up 4 peg TO BE-
ready for the next shot. The second
pressure Of the trigger releases the
hammer and discharges the first cart
ridge. The second and subsequent shots
are hred a. from a self-cocklng reyol-
yer Of the ordinary type. The trigger
is pressed backward. and with this sim
pie movement a catch Ia opened sud
denly from the barrel. The hammer
Is set back, another loaded cartridge Ia
put In position and the remaining cart
ridges are forced upward and toward
the barrel. so that the revolver ia all
ready to be discharged. The inventor
believes that the simplicity OF the wea-
pom Will recommend Il. while the ad-
vantage Of Airing a dozen shots from
a compact. perfect working. easily car
ried revolver can be appreciated even
BY a noviee.-New York Herald.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

said to contain a deadly poison. one Of
the salts OF prusslc acid. That night
when the terrors Of a shaken reason
oEapowered him. h IL believed that he
swallowed the drug Instead OF oblivion
came agony. and his valet. rushing 10
his masters bedside at the sound Of
bitter cry. claimed TO catch the words.
"MArmont has struck me the final
blowl Unhappy man. loved HIM
berthier's desertlon has broken my
honrtl My old friends. my comrades IN
armsf Ivan, the Emporor's body ply
sieian. was summoned. and admins
tered an antidote: the spasm was a.
layed. and after a short sleep reason
resumed her seat, II ls related IN the
memoirs Of Caulalncourt and probably
With n sort of Homerie truth, that
when the reputed writer was admitted
In the early morning Napoleon's ivan
and sunken eyes seemed struggling 10
recall the objects round about: a uni
verse Of torture was revealed In the
vnguely desolate look" Napoleon IL
reported as saying: IT IL not the loss
o. the throne that makes existence I'M
enduraale. my military career suiiicea
for the glory Of a single man. DO you
know what Is more difficult 10 bear
than the reyerses Of fortune? II is the
baseness. the horrible ingratltude. Of
men. Before such acts OF oowardlce
before the shamelessness Of their ego.
tlsm. ] have turned away my head In
disgust and taken my life in horror
. What have suffered for
twenty days no enc can understand. -
CLlfe Of Napoleon: The Exile and Hls
Return" by Prof W. NJ. Sloane. In the
September Century,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16
Deasls shots a, dame.

The pride Of a sportsman Is to max
a good double at game. Take a rune
grouse hunter for instance. He puts
up two Of the birds at once. They 70
whlrring of through the brush and are
hrough, down one after the other. Tia,
makes the hunter happy. A Texas
cecr hunter riding along on horseback
once saw a couple OF deer leap from
their beds and start on on a jump. he
dropped both. one with each barrel.
They were big buckle A hunter In
Wisconsin saw three bears fleeing away
through the timber. lie killed two OF
them and wounded the third so tina,
he got Il the next day. A German
hunting hares with a l6-eauge shotgun
loaded with No. . shot saw two deer
running. one behind the other. Tie
killed them both at twenty yards Men
on the plains in the days when ante
lopes were FAR more plentiful than now
used 20 get within shot Of bunch and
then. by shooting the leaders. MANAGE
TO get all the bunch. Il was the same
VITA elk. while huiialooe were Killed By
dozens. hu; such shots were not pleas.
Ing 20 the men who made them In any
other sense than that they brought SO
much money. This was market hunt.
Ing.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

public-splrited article. has pointed ont
that the public library is safely lodged
IN one ~ the most beautiful buildings
In the world. and that Il win no longer
be possible 10 nay that America has no
structure OF continental dignity and inn
prestivenees. Il has an enormous col
lection Of books. and adds yearly an
Increment 80 large a. 70 constitute a
good working library in itself. Il has
every modern appliance 10 facilitate
both the public and It's working force,
which Is composed OF well-trained and
competent men aud women. many OF
whom are giving q tone and reputa-
ton 10 their profession and 10 the in
etitution which they serve. With such
an equipment and IN such surround
lngs. supported and reyered by a CON-
munlty conspicuous for the high aver
age OF The culture OF lis citizens. facing
a future full OF the promise OF new
birth In arts and letters. the public
library OF the city OF Boston has every
reason 10 be sure Of fulfilling lis most
confident hopes. What the present has
been 10 those humble beginnings Of half
century ago. so shall the end OF the
next fifty years see an institution 90
robust. 20 progressive. 50 powerful In
influence. that It's possibilities can be
prengured only in the mind Of the YER
lest dreamer Of to-day. Excess OF con-
fdence. not timorousness. Is wanted to
carry on great objects: the task rests
lightly on a coming generation. born Of
those who made a nation safe after
perlls OF civil war. A belief in the CON-
Ing greatness OF Boston Is Just now
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

The straaEs Freak Of IN Obstinate maA
For fifteen years the town Of Ear
Hills has had one Of the most remark
able specimens Of human obstlnacy 10
Be found anywhere. lie Is silas Hun
man. who lives In one OF the many fine
residences In the little hamlet. -EoE
the length OF time mentioned
not left his bed. This Is not b
Of any injury. but simply becau
wished 10 spite his brother, VII
fore Silas retired for his long I'd
held mortgage on the house in which
Huffman now is. sllas' slster-ln-law
wife Of the brother to spite whom sllas
retired to bed. takes care Of him and
has repeatedly told hin that he win
not be put out II be will get up. bu, he
VIII not trust her. His hair and beard
which he win not allow to be cut. al.
most cover the rickety old bedstead
For six months At the outset sllas ala
rot remove the fastenings from his
eoor. and did not speak to anyone. al
though many people called to Gee him.
D. this iirle silas was the most famous
man around there. and many plans
we're put into operation In order TO
make him give up his bed. Noisy
country bands performed under his
window and cannon were fred on. ST.
las did not mind them and ignored
the many inducements that we're Offer
cd him n he would leave his bed and
would speak 10 his former friends who
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

The decorations have been frequent.
~ described. Mr.. Sargenrs scheme Is
done great things In Egypt And they
vast and difficult 10 grasp. lie has
himself outlined his Intention TO repre-.
sent the triumph Of religion-a mural
decoration illustrating certain stages
Of Jewish and Christian history" The
portion which has been completed rep
resen,s the strife between Monothelsm
and Polythelsm. so much Of sargent's
work as Is In place consists OF lu-
nette. frleEe and a section OF the cell
ing The text OF his subject. con-
densed from the i06th Psalm. has been
inscribed by Mr. Sargent In dark blue
letters upon a Gilt background: They
iorgat God their saviour. which had
served idols. which we're a snare
unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their
sons and their daughters unto devils.
and shed innocent blood. even the blood
Of their sons and Of their daughters
. unto the idols Of Canaan.
- Therefore was the wrath OF the
Lord kindled against his people .
And he gave them into the hand Of the
heather; and they that hated them
ruled over thom. Their enemies also
oppressed them. aud they were brought
into subsection under their hand. New
ertheless he regarded their aiilction,
when be heard their cry; And he re-
memhered for them his covenant"
Lindsay swifl, In an admirable and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

noYcottluE Northefn Atttfhtufes
Al the outbreak Of the war between
the states the people OF the south were
bitterly opposed TO everythlngoi north
ern origin. and they very naturally
decided TO boycott the literature OF
that section. This was an that they
could do. The blockade was effective.
and northern books could no, crons the
line. At rare Intervals a shipmcn.
came through and was al once conis-
Gated. The southern people aud their
newspapers began TO ridlcule the IT.
eralure Of the north. All that was
original was Mandy PANTY or immoral
and all that was readable was plagiar-
lied. This was the way the southern
press and people talked.
But could the new republic create a
literature In a day There we're bold
spirits who made the effort william
Gilmore Simms wrote stories which
were not at an comparable with hls
early productions. John Es,en Cooke
laid aside the pen Tor the sword, and
dashed through the country with Stu
arts cavalry James d. MeCabe. Jr.
came to the front and wrote The Aide.
de-Camp." a novel Of the war. while a
member OF the Washington artillery
wrote "Clarlmonde." a story nov for
gotten. Miss Evans OF Mobile wrote
"Macarla." the weakest Of her nov
els. because II was sectional After a
year or 90 the contederates gave their
literary craze a rest Edward Pollard
and others continued to write upon
historical and literary subjects. but the
noyellsts and poets took a vacation
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

Some Of the stronger advocates OF
the extension 81 the American Nation
al guard TO every public school In the
United States are calling attention to
TIE standing army Of Switzerland
which numbers 10000 effective sol.
ders. and Is maintained by the govern
mcnt at cost Of t35 per annum per
capita. The schoolboys OF switEer.
land are trained In gymnastics. the
manual Of arms aud the elements OF
company drilL Every Swiss Is a good
rife shot There are 5000 target shoot
ing societies In the republic. with a
membership OF about 10000. and the
government encourages skin and com
petition among the marksmon by an
appropriation Of 100000 annually.
The soldier in the Swiss army serves
for ten years between the ages Of
twenty-five and thlrty-two. being
called out for drlll forty-hve days In
The 6U, year and sixteen days In each
succeeding year. Each man keeps his
uniform. knapsack and rife al home.
and must be prepared for a strict in
spcction yearly. The training at school
ITS the future soldier or milltlaman Cor
service. and after his first year he needs
but little additional training. The
Swlrs landwear. composed Of veterans
between thlrly-two and forty -four
years. numbers $4,000 men. The Land
sirum, the final reserve OF men and
boys capable Of bearing arms. numbers
10000 Hence the mountain republic
II prepared 10 repel the invader with a
force OF nearly 100000 skilled rlfemen
aud disciplined soldiers
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16
Mo,,s. and M. POEM.

One morning at Versailles. In Janu-
airy. 1871. the letters from home were
being looked through while Mollke was
present. In one Of them was a long
poem In his honor. full Of all lmagln-
able euloeles. such phrases as the sage
ordercr OF battles" the great silent
man." etc. constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out. and when 4 was
over he smiled calmly TO himself and
remarked to Us: We'll. you know. II
We had not conquered. the poem would
have begun with the words. Thou old
fool The Forum.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-16

Newtown creek locks as 4 q mlahs
.be dipped ~ and used a. Inn. n ne
world had any use Tor such fonl-smsll-
Ing gases Il could b supplied With
them. In any quantity. fron Neutoua
creek. Persons Who slmply ride across
Il on the trolley ears may eomb ODER
ferrous remnants Of its atmosDhers oul
Of their hair for weeks aflsruard. Yes
men and boys habisually hathe m chat
Stygian pool. which 10 the uunccua.
toned nose seems allied from the cen.
ere Of the Internal Fsglona. They nsl
only battle IN Il, but the amnslnH ~.
ton Il current that q cuses certain
skin diseases and Rheumatism. Il 4
affirmed that two seasons AGO q Ger.
man man, living IN Neu York. used -
20 over there 10 haths daily ail sum-
mer long. lie was accustomed 10 %
away up near Calvary cemelery uhors
the stream l. shallow And the ti6es
have carried and leit vast quantities
Of sludge acid from the Oh works and
other unutierahle nlth. II vas e lone-
y place where no one would interfere
with his bathing IN a state o. nndsiy.
and he used 10 paddle about IN the
semi-nuld mass or he silll In shalieW
luxurious spots where Il vas thlckesl
Tor hours together. Al arsi be coult
lnly hohble 10 hls horrible ordeal. bai
before autumn came be used 70 waih
veil ana declared himself cured. Bul
most persons Who see and smell New
Town creek win doubt II death would
no, have been preferable 10 such .
cure-NeW York San.