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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

AZ o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs.
sheehar. living at 90 Ruggles street
heard a loud knock al her door Her
husband had been out OF the city for
some time. and she supposed that he
had returned by q late train. 20 she
opened the door without hesitation.
Instead OF her husband appearing be.
fore her a white-sheeted figure. which
she made out TO be a young man.
glided past her without speaking a
word. lie then passed into the kitchen
sgd Mrs sheehan. greatly alarmed
followed. finding the visitor lying fun
length upon the stove. She gained
presence Of mind enough 10 ask n he
was M. and. receiving no reply. she
determined to light a match and get
look at the young mans face. With
much surprise she recognized the fea-
lures Of William Doolan. who Is
messenger and a near nelghbor. Mean
while al 10 Ruggles street. having
been awakened By the slammlng OF a
door. John Doolan was looking around
the house for his son: and not being
able to find him. he dressed and went
out on the street in search OF police
man. a. be hurried down the street
he noticed a bright ligh, in the house
Of Mrs. Sheehan. and knocked upon
the door TO learn what was wrong IN
the house Of his nelghbor al that hour
OF the night Mrs. Sheehan came TO
the door and her first remark was.
Have you come after wil?" Stories
we're quickly exchanged. and Mrs.
Shcehan led the way to the kitchen,
where the cause OF 80 much disturb.
anoe was found upon the stove. fas,
asleep. The father tried TO take him
home without awakening him. but he
was aroused on the street. and a more
surprised mortal would be hard 10
nnd.-Boston Transcript
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

proposed buyln' a lot Of hens I fined
ris1s II viii 'im bat iAey So - 1azs-
ln' round and hlc.a' their nests. and
Eiihu says. We've Setter slsp :"
how'fe ye goin' ter do IT." aays J
III show ye.' says he. I've been
a readin' bout the sagaciouaness Of
animals. an I'm gclng' ter turn Il Ter
account
So what do you think be did,"
don't know, I'm sure"
He started In ter train the hens. lie
gol a LOT o pasteboard crates. an he
put EN- In the hen house. Now, be
says. when a hen gita sense enough ter
go an lay her egg right where Il be-
longs In the crate she'll git double "a
tons. an TN she does she'll 90 without
any. fe know how enthusiastic these
Inventors gitA Why, he KEEP a-iellln.
me, it'll git 80 after a while tibet our
poultry bnsiness'lI jes' run itself In
the course o. time itn be hereditary
weth the chickens ter 90 an lay their
eggs tibet way. an I kin take an the
time l need fur tendin' garden. an 70.
In ter town. an dickerin with the
produce men.' He's a mighty stubborn
man. an he spent days an weeks tryln'
Ter make them hens understan' what
was wanted Of EN-. The farm run
down. an the hens couldn't stand the
excitement Now we've got neither
eggs ner chickens. an not much farm
ter speak about; but tbs a lesson. an Il
Elihn hez learnt that It's better ter
stick ter farmin' an let fool schemes
alone, dunno's III begrudge the year
er 30 he'll take ter pay the mortgage
on."-DetroIt Free Press.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

Efforts tiade 70 furuith ChIIlr1a aIl0
whaissssne foaa
IN Boston the plzu o. giving and 10
cent lunche0ns has been zuccoasluiIr
tried. 20 far as the Latin and high
schools Of the city are concerned, says
the New York Times. A menu ci
wholesome. appeiizing feed. consists
Ing OF a choice o. bsoiha and Soups.
sandwiches. pork and tcans. milk and
chocolate o. cocoa % drink. and sea-
sonable fruits. IS prepared and much
appreciated By the students. The price
81 everything is placed a. minimum
cost and the good Offices Of the Ncw
England kitchens are drawn upon %
provide the most enlightened cooking.
A few cents. the pennies that used 70
Be spent at the corner bakeshop or
pastry cooks. are thus Invested IN
much better way. Il Is not. however.
the abolition Of sweet food-ples. cakes
and the llke-at which che promoters
Of the scheme aim. On the contrary.
Il Is recognized that the proverblai
sweet tooth" Of the young exists for
a purpose In the human system and Is
not 70 be ignored At the proper tins
and under proper conditions. On an
empty stomach. however. At the end o.
three hours mental effort. tnrta.
merIngues and sweet spongy buns are
not what the system needs for its re-
freshment. In Philadelphia some
philanthroplc women have been expert
mentlng with a penny luncheon. II one
stands i've minutes In front Of one OF
the penny candy stores that flourish IN
the poorest districts Of the city. and
invariably about the dig DaSllo schools.
one can readily be convinced that pen
MES are not denied to children whose
restitution Of almost everything elso
4 apparent Ragged. poorly clad. hun
gry-looking little creatures. dirty and
dlareputable-looklng beyond descrip-
ton. file continuously into the little
stores al noon hour with at least one
penny In their grimy fingers This Is
quickly exchanged for some dreadful
confection or sweetmeat and Is per-
laps many times the youngsters Lole
luncheon, or al best a questionable dea.
sert 70 a Eeanty. tastelcss neal Women
Of the Quaker city undertook TO oaer
better investment Of this penny
capital and 10 this end started some
penny luncheon places Il vas found
that for this sum two large Jam sand
wiches. thickly spread with apple Jam.
and weighing two ounces. could Be fur
nished. An alternative was a large
piece OF gingerbread Of two and a quar-
ter ounces. From this beginning pala-
table articles Of many kinds have buen
added 10 the penny luncheon and the
children have been glad 10 patronlxe
il. Chicago has also made experiments
IN this direction. but New York and
brooklyn. 80 far a. the public schools
are concerned. have undertaken no
concerted action In the matter.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24
MINI. Ahsu, Hsr...

A few horses. like people, are bad
tempered and vicious by nature, but
they are more rare than human belngs
CT that class. The majority Of bad
horses are made so BY unkind or IN
wise treatment. and most OF the evil
Is done while they are yet colts or in
the process OF breaking. A horseman
cannot be too gentle. The only way TO
feed grain 10 a horse economically. 90
that be viii get the most good from
the amount consumed. Is to feed Il az
ter the stomach has been partly filed
with coarser food; then digestion and
assimilation will be more complete, but
these minor things are those Of which
the average person nsseT thinks, says
New York Farmer The time 10 sell
4 horse. after you have raised him and
made him ready for market, Is when
ever you are offered a good price for
him. BY holding for a fancy figure you
are very apt 10 LEI the best customers
slip BY, and the expense Of keeping will
begin TO rapidly diminish the possible
profit. II IL desirable to have the colt
foaled In the fall rather than in the
spring. He IL then weaned in spring.
when fresh grass is ready for him 70
feed upon. Kept In the stable through
the winter. he can be trained and han
died as he should be from the very flrst.
II he comes in the busy season he 4
more apt to be neglected. Fast horse
men condemn the draft horse as too
large for the farm and too slow for the
city streets. while for IRE engines and
the express wagons the American trot-
ter was the only suitable horse; the
clumsy draft horse could never be Of
any practical use. How much they
were mistaken.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

had In this and other countries after
biz practical defeat in France.
But ell such iniatuatlons have an
end, and. as usual, the pan tired hrsi.
an through TIC year q 1880 the couple
had ffcancnt auarrols, and az la6t. one
nigh,. ih a ardhken rage. Sullivan
throw, htg down and beat her
Eyeashis did not klll the womans
love-. she. stuck 10 him ARMY. Al
last Que day they sat down and had a
quiet ;alk. he told her that he had
ceased TO care for her. He gave her
$500 In money. ana told her to keep
the iewelTy he had given her. and
never. under any circumstances. al.
tempt to see him again. The woman
kept her bargain. From that day until
the day OF her death she never wrote
him. t,f ''
Some weeks ago. when IN straitencd
circumstances. a friend OF hers. wired
Sullivan and asked him to send Anna
Livingston 500. To this Telegram
there was no response Al that time
the woman was living In q furnished
Nat At No. II Third avenue. New York.
She was obliged TO sell her effects there
20 pay the rent, and took up her
residence In furnished room on the
top floor Of the house kept by Miss
Fannie Reynolds at No, 81 East Tenth
street. She was very IN at the time
aud while Sullivan was listening 10
the plauaits OF the thousands in Madl.
son Square Garden after his successful
bout with Tom sharkey. the companion
Of his other and better days was lying
alone without friends. wlthou, food
Without the attention OF a much-need.
90 physician.
Alter the separation with Sullivan
Miss Livingstone lie was o. such
nature as TO hasten her death. Sne
started a boarding house at No. eos
East Fifteenth street, but she had
either naturally or through long asso.
citation with the nuellst acquired the
same habits Of extravaganza that left
him. alter having earned over $780,
ooo. At the end OF his career without a
cent
hapy anecd0tes are told illustrative
Of hrr'lhsuence over the once famous
pusilisl Il ls said that in the Wind
cor Theaier Chicago, one night Sulli-
yam made q savage attack on Duncan
Harrison. who was then his manager.
lie had picked mp a stool In the dress
ing,room and was about to brain Har-
riaon with It when she entered the
room and said. quietly; "John. drop
that ;stool."
The big fellow hesl,ated a moment.
then said: "All right. little one" and.
dropping the stool. walked over to
where she was sitting and kissed her.
Then he turned around TO Harrison.
and. Offering his hand. said:
"Dcncan. forgive me. . wouldn'l
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24
SUDDEN rAmr-
cathsr!ae Beach,. Hsad Wa. Turned b.
Newspaper Notori.ts.

~NfHNt Hf"t"NtNNNf
There Is at present In the alcohol.
ward at Bellevue Hospital. New Yorh
city. a woman who has had a meteorlG
career and who has beert'amed as q
beauty In many ciiiea. calHerine Beach
Is an Illinois girl. her father being
Col. Thomas J. Iareson Of Lincoln. and
as Q girl Miss Lareson was noted for
her good looks. II was she who really
posed for the Montana silver statue for
which Ada Rehan was said to have
been the model. This success Is said
to have been the beginning Of her
downfall. She sought wider fields to
charm By her beauty: she had tired Of
Chicago and could not return TO her
fathers home because she thought the
town too small and stupid. so she went
to New York city. She thought she
would 90 into journalism and secured
O position on paper that had pub
llshed columns about her In connec.
ton with the silver statue affair. She
soon tired OF this work. however, and
went on the stage. AZ first she was
great success; her face and figure won
her instant recognition. but soon she
discovered she waa not an actress and
the theater-goers began TO tire OF mere
good looks She descended TO minor
roles. vaudeville. and finally when llv-
ing pictures came In she found con-
slant work. stlll she was respondent.
took TO drinking. threatened suicide
and finally went crazy through exces-
siye drinking. She fancied men we're
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

and their rough cases and rich burial
baskets. finished and unfinished stood
81 an incline against the wall. and on
low tables the entire length OF the
room were long lines OF those finished
Tor Immediate Use. silently waiting
their occupants.
As my eye took In the situation. |
conceived a bright idea. Taking the
arm OF my pard. | hurried him away
and, when by ourselves. told him my
plan and the ease with which that safe
might be examined.
~ shall put on my rubber shoes
said /. and sneak in that back door
some time before Il IL closed for the
nlght. Then I'll crawl under one Of
those low vide tables. where nobodyn
notice me. II I'm discovered. I'll play
the dead drunk dodge. At precisely
midnight. IN enter the front Office and
open the safe. Al that hour exactly
. | shall expect you to be on the watch
IN the alley or hallway on the other
side Of the street You shall give me
certain signal that you are there
and we'll agree on another should any
eerson pass the building when IN get
out O. sight. Another whistle shall
tlgnlfy that the coast h clear. We may
get only little jag. and then again we
may get a good big pull"
4 had quietly orawled under the
table. Soon afterward. the rear door
OF the building was closed. barred and
locked for the night Customers and
others we're coming and going. and
collins were selected and removed
within a few feet OF me until after II
o'clock. began to think | was to be
q prisoner for the night
"Just as could hear talk OF closing
ND the establishment. an elderly man
haAtily entered and In low tones con-
u sed with one imagined 10 be the
rfoArielor. ] caught a few words. II
was impossible for me 10 get here ear
Her he was saying, but here's the
money collected this afternoon. and.
from my hiding place, looked toward
the desk and saw a roll OF bank notes
pass to the hand OF the funeral dlrec-
tor. who quietly deposited II In the
safe The knob clicked as Il fastened
the bars In place and then all parties
passed out Of the building. leaving the
one gas Jet full blaze In the ONCE.
The instant all was quiet on the
street, ! crawled ont from under my
poinn table. Quickly turning on the
~. ! waited for the low whistle OF
y ~. hearing which. went 10 work.
WA mf dars lan,ern In one hand
s = ~ ava msn~sas had I'll tAs
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

The history OF a quarter acre lot IN
Chicago reads like a romance. In 1880.
when the population Of the city num-
bcred ffty souls. this quarter acre Of
raw prairie was worth Gao. Al $3.50
per day a man could have earned In
10 l-2 days enough to buy II outright
To-day II is worth si,a500O0 As ne
report Of the Illinois Butcan Of sta
iistics puts a.. SIX hundred average
Illinois farms would not nov exchange
for that quarter acre Of .rare Rrairle
land. and nearly 5000 years OF the labor
OF one man would BE- required 70 buy
u. n 500 years before thC Christian
era some man had Obtained employ
ment at the equivalent Of one dollar
and dity cents a day. had. like some
wandering Jew. been preserved through
an the uelssitudcs OF the centuries
had been miraeuiousiy, sustained With.
oui expense Tor any of,the neocssaries
or Injuries Of life. bad done hirwork
regularly from that dAy y this 400
days In the year without, losing q day.
and had boarded al his wages his saw
ings would not yet be enough TO buy
this quarter acre'oi pfdli1e lana 4, the
mouth of the Chicago Rivers y o. s
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

ways natural taste for working In
metals, and was now In a position TO
crafty my ambition to become an ex-
pert In the business. At the age Of "a
was selected from the force OF thlr-
" hands to expend all my time and tall
emf IN one particular branch OF the
YORK namely. the locks and doors.
lhis was many years ago and the mod
ern improvements had not been dream
"a Of. But several kinds Of comblna-
ION and Formulation locks had been
patented and one OF the best OF these
! was placing upon our hardened steel
aoors. No ordinary burglar. however,
would have thought OF wasting his
Tine and taking the risks with such
lock; consequently. our sale OF safes
was large and profitable.
I was receiving a good salary for
my special work and imagined. like
many others in life. that I was a favor
ne OF fortune and that Il would always
last.
From the position occupied II was
Easy TO fall into the companionship OF
the sons OF the wealthy classes. and
TO drift with them into expenaiye-if
not obiectlonable-hablts. The allur-
Ing games OF chance soon fascinated
me with their golden favors. Intern
peraie habits In everything. together
With loss Of sleep. soon untitled me for
q fair days work and was discharg-
ed. Going from bad 20 worse ! sooE
found myself the welcome companion
Of thieves and gamblers. and often not
knowing where my next meal was to
come from.
Wandering almlessly about the city
with fav0rlte companion one day, we
were passing the shop Of an under
takeF. My ehum called my attention
10 safe. which stood near a desk
and fronted the open door Of the ONCE.
and suggested that Il might contain
money. Of which We we're both In great
need.
THAT lock and door are both my
own make said ]. a. we halted a mo-
meat 10 glance at II. and | can open
Il In i've minutes
You don't say that you can open
that safe door In Ave minutes without
knowing the combination OF the lockf
said my friend. with astonishment
~ certainly can. answered. al
though the game might be too small
Tor the risk. II We could get into the
room. It's possible twould pay 10 look
into Il. on account Of this smallpox
epidemic. Notice that the back door
Il open. continued That docr opens
Into an alley. In passing here before
when that door was closed. I've noticed
q heavy lock on IL and there's an iron
bar across Il on the inside
Let's wander around to the alley
and look over the situation. said my
companion. and maybe We can get in
tonight
''The alley seemed deserted. COINS
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

There Is AZ least one country IN tho
world where Il costs nothing 70 die.
In some Of the canions OF Switzerland
al the dead. rich a. well as poor. ara
buried at the public expense COINS
and all other necessary articles are fur
nlshed on application By the govern
ment. Everything connected with the
lnterment Is absolutely sratuitous. in
Guiding the grave and religious seryice.
All classes avail themselves freely q
The law.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

a correspondent Of the Nadonai Pro
visioner In discussing lean hsgs for
the British trade says: have 0sen'
preaching the same thing since the
year 1876. when I first got my eyes
opened to this subject. At that time
was packing hogs and shipping live
stock across the water. I was much
struck with the appearance Of the live
hogs which I saw In Liverpool. Man
chester Shefheld and other markets In
England. My brother Is In the live
stock business there. and handles large
quantities Of Irish. Danish and English
hogs. One day passed the remark 70
him that the hogs in those markets
we're OF a very poor quality and not
nc 10 compare with the hogs Of cur
country. Long legged. long backed.
slab sided. lobe cared razorbacks could
not be sold In our markets at any
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24
Prom raiay', s,.nep =.

An freshman whose ehief occupation
In life has been rock blasting obtained
a position on a farm, and was one day
seated outside vigorously chutnlnp
butter with an Old fashioned ehurn.
Two former companions passing BY
caught sight OF him. and, after stopping
to contemplate the situation a momont
one OF them suddenly exclaimed;
Pom me conshlnse. Terrence, but
there's MoManns. and he's gone crary,
sure enough.' He's sitlln' dhere wild a
wooden drill preparln' to.put a llashl
face. indianapolis Journal. .l.A
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24
conpar.,,,. Nnr,AlI,, 81 IN. wasa.

Comparative NarshlIty % ths wsad.
An eminent Italian Atatistltiaa- ha,
been maklng Inquiries lnjo the eompa.
railye mortality OF the countries Of tbs
world. and be has arrived at gone in
teresting conclusions. The death rate
per 1000 inhabitants In iS92-sf was ~
follows Australia. i3.2. sweden. lie
England. 1873: Scotland. lS4; Ireland
1856. Holland. 1876: Switzerland. 20.l
Belgium. 202: France. s2Ss Germany
23.7. Italy. ISL; Austria. 27s. Hun.
gary. s3.s, An thes countries excepl
France and Ireland have redneed theft
death nte during the last tweptysysara
In ireland Il has increased, and II
France Il has remained stationary. In
France, too. the death rate Of person,
In the prime Of ne Is hlghvf than IN
most other countries. and shows No
tendency TO decrease. In England tho
mortality n feeble In childhood and
youth. relatively strong in the prime
OF life and old age, hut issgradually
diminishing.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

valuable contents OF that safe a my
pocket. had reioeked & ana " csa
tiouniy unbarrlng he rear loot. That
done, and the key pithdravh. Idodged
back into tho ofiicc. listened an lnqi3nf
ana heard the signal from by pbl that
the street was deserted. Then Isdtiakly
felighted the gas Jet. glldtd Though
the rear room and stepped into the al-
icy. i was careful to close the door
after me, and plainly heard the iron
bar IAN INTO is place in The bracket as
did SOL bad placed II in such a pol
si'lon that | knewii II would WheEI tiql
door closed. Thon locked It and
placed the key In my pocket.
Everything was absolutely as when
the proprietor left the building. save
the fact that the key to the rear door
was missing-also the small matter Of
me contents Of that safe. = az.
THAT small rbll DfhhnE Hot9 ron
lained 1850. and I fmhd 4 eussp
another draNer-a fair7 hIkihs worn
Tor two penniless thieves.
But " gods and little lsheG what
an lnexiFicnble mmnus A. ldeHef a
IN MAJ arm. TheSe wR hdt aafF
mere. and, as everything was found In
such good condition the following
morning, with the slngle exception
that the man who locked the alley door
In the evening must have placed the
Key In his pocket and should account
Tor lie loss, Il was Supposed add talk
ed OF openly-that. fOr some uhknOWn
reason. the firm had robbed itself. as
no outside party could 9l1se sulered.
worked asitbe safe flthAhs gaa,burn-
lng-the police on hutn tastlaed that
u was burning constantly mat night
and left the building with the safe
locked on the same combination and
with every door locked or barred. De-
ieeiives employed laughed at the Idea
OF any outside pasiiesi being impll-
Gated and winked significantly at each
other. :
The business has since changed
hands and the newcomers are morn
careful With tho premises. y
i never made such an.essy haul be.
fore. nor have alHcs," concluded Mr.
Burglar. laughing heartily. te,s.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

Detroit has an industrial farm where
people out Ola sob and hungry can get
food and shelter In exchange Tor work.
The tramp Is kindly but ARMY escort
ed 20 the farm aud a choice OF various
occupations Is offered him. II none o.
them suits him the unwisdom Of his
fassidiousncss Is brought forcihly to
his notice when the dinner heIl riags.
Hence Detroit has been purssd Of thu
tramp nuisance.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

The selsn,las Reasons for Ous Dias
Mussasa Curioutlsa

The scientific Reasons for Our Disns
Mussam turioursG
Three weeks ago the Journal pub,
iished very Interesting illustrated ar
iiele on the medical diseases which pro.
dnee the strange freaks OF nature seen
In the dime museums BY error the
material in the article was credited 10
Dr. J. {. Mcclure. an eminent physl.
sian OF Washington. Some Of The facts
we're obtained from namphlet
Freaks, as pertaining 10 Diseases OF
the skin" written by DR.. Mcguire and
read originally before the Medical SO.
e.eiy OF the Disirie, Of Columbia last
February. The Illustrations and many
OF the Deductions and statements were
not. however. from pT. Mcclure. and
for this reason he writes to have the
Journal state that the article pubhohe1
was not his New York Journal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-24

Kansas City has a youne man who
Is troubled with the mapping habit lie
easily falls asleep AZ any and an times.
particularly on stree. cars He haa
narrowly escaped numerous times from
being thrown on 1t sharp curves. Thia
his happened 50 often that some Of the
ccndueiors have learned 70 know him.
and occasionally punch him In the ribs
to keep him awake.