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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04


The London correspondent Of the
Manchester Courier publishes re-
markable account Of a new illumlnant.
which. u al that Is said OF II "a true.
will push both gas and electric light
very hard. For its production no ma
ehinery ia required save that contained
In a portable lamp neither larger nor
heavier than Is used with COLA oil or
parafin. This lamp. Il is declared.
generates It's own gas. The substance
employed Is A preoent n secret. jeal-
oualy guarded By some inventive ital-
ians. The coat is declared 10 Be az
most one-hfth Of that OF ordinary gas
and the resultant light is nearly az
bright as the electric light and much
whittier A single lamp foods a large
room With light The apparatus can
be carried about as easily as a candle
stick and seems both clean and odor-
less.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

"You seem TO be In a penslve frame
Of mind said the young womaa's
mother.
Il am. was thinking OF Harold"
kindly. hopef'
VERY kindly. | was just thinklnk
that he is a man OF thousand"
My dear. you wrong him. He's bet
ter than that. He's a man Of at leas,
twenty thousand year" - Boston
Globe.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04
IN. ch..rful Ia,.,.

THE sun. n mistake me not" said
the bright boarder. was the original
ecorcher."
while stating that undoabted fact
said the cheerful idiot. you should no,
forget TO mention that Joshua was the
first to make an arrest Tor ecorching "
indianapolis Journal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

servant-"There's newspaper man
downstairs who says he wants to inter-
view you. sir" Eminent Statesman
"Tell him I'm out and James
Eyes, cir" "BarrlCade the Gre escape
and close up the hole In the root.
Detroit Free Press
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Mexican PuiQue Ia made intoxicating
10 a madoenlng degree by the addition
OF an extract made from what IA known
~ jlmson weed In this country. Tha
number q deaths from hghts In pull.
que rias Is said 70 Be incredible.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

The deepening Of the Hudson River
to twelve feet. as far as the state dam.
seven miles above Albany, win proba-
bly, be completed within the next two
yeara The Improvements being car
Tied out by the national government
call for a channel twelve feet deep and
600 feet wide 70 Broadway. IN Troy
and a channel Of the same depth. bal
only 800 feet wide, TO the ssaie dam, a
lhe head Of navigation. The eeasFael'
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Decker sat In a poker game for
iwenty-sevon hours stralghtaway las,
week, hut as won I am satisfied"
shufle-"How much dld you VIM"
Decker-"oh. finished IS cents
ahead. "-North American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Yea; realise that Jack was fas,
before our marriage. - | make "a al
lowance for him"
"Yes: but how. prayf"
well, till recently By teaching me-
slc, but Tn nov tSyins ussnography.-'
Brooklyn Life.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Il wonder what that man Is 50 angry
NJ himself about7" said the mosquito.
During the halt hour have teen iy-
sng around his head he has done moth
ing but hit himself In the Jaw every
half minute or so."-lndianapolls Jour
nal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

The scarlet fuehsla ls symbolic Of
good taste. There Is nothing preltler
han a bed Of these flowers. the brill
llancy Of their hue being admirably oct
Of by the green Of their foliage
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Cascon-Here. waiter what DO you
mean By charging me q for your
iemonadesi Walter bcs pardon. ar.
hat you had Ice IN them. Phllaaelphls
Nprth American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Canada. and has q cartridge tube at
tached 10 the hook bar and arranged
with a spring hring pin. so that the
least touch Of the point Of the hook ex-
plodes the cartridge and shoots the
fish.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

World g.voa a picture OF the latest
type Of electric locomotive. II Is IS
feet long, feet 6 inches wide and -
feet 6 inches high. weighing 10000
pounds.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

One can now 20 Cunning" after ish.
still we apprehend that this will not
bar the usual amount OF liquid bait. {"
The hook shown Is the invention Of
James II. Booth Of Barrie. Ontario,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

lvr this work. let IN 1898, cover the
removal Of 100000 cubic yards Of
earth. and 10000 tons Of earth. and
the building Of eight miles Of dlkes
The estimated cost Ia $500. 900.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES or SCIENCE
AID INDUSTRY.
80 bleach straw Hats - ny ErtsFmi-
nAtor a IIshhook which shoets-AR
Electric Motor-Sotss % seisaos and
IndustFy.

N a small scale.
With such an arti-
Gle as n straw hat.
q bonnet. a basket.
etc. the following
method may be fol-
lowed: Well wash
the straw with
weak sodalye. rinse
In clean water.
thea shake lightly
remove superfluoua
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Supposed To-" sr Supposed 20 De-
In q review published recently Nr
Grant Alien oonnonds q certain %
thor for having the courage 10 use J;
print the eolloqulal are supposed
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04
THEEMPEROROFELBA
HOW NAPOLEON CONDUCTED
HIMSELF IN EXILE.
Ehs Powers which swaysd the Larger
world sheva % Coed Advantage In
Iils PIEmy KlaEdon-nis Letter, 20
Marie Loulse.

LBA was an island
divided against IL
self. there being
both imDerialista
an d rOyalista
among its inhabi-
tanta. and 4 con
siderable party
which desired indie
pendenoe. by rep
resenting that Ma
po.eon had brought
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

wise been opposed 10 Governor All.
geld and the governors political aaso'
clates. lie was candidate for secretary
Of the interior from the time that IN,
ilrst rumors Of Hoke Smiths retire
mont was puhllshed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

cioruman-"I married a dear ana
dumb couple yesterday. Reporter
"All right; IN say Il was a sllli we'd
dang. "-Tll-BltA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

In Germany water pipes are being
made Of glass. with asphalt covering
to prevent fracture. Il Is claimed that
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

Magistrate Ito elderly wltnoal--
Your age, madam
Witness Thirty.
Magistrate Thirty whail
Wilness-lears
Magistrate Thanks. thought Il
might - months Comic cnls.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

they give thorough protection against
moisture In the ground and against the
action OF acids and alkalles. and thai
they can not be penetrated by gases.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04

+ you desire 10
knew hoW many
particular and de-
termlned old gen
tlemen there are
In the world you
need only begin a
life OF Lincoln In
one OF the popular
periodicals. Of tho
country. Ida NJ.
Tarboll, who has
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-04
is A HARD WORKER.
THE BIooRAPHER OF LINCOLN
A STEADY PLopDER.

Mics Ida ~. Tarben Has showa
Marked Asiil,y aud splendid Judr-
msat In Her Recent Artieles-Liis Ia
the Mountalns.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

7oW s+atS Ha6H2
CONS ph TN dollar p- t|Jr-.Iv t,~r 4l-a-
/ G"thrs. This would encourage ;lm.it ami
animat" enterprise.
| hold tina the states would he fur-
Their blessed il half of the $50. Onn.om
capital in state banks We're shrunken To
half their deht-paying power. This
would help the farmer.
| believe It would be a blessing to
towns if the fire insurance COMPANIES
We're SO crippled that they could pay only
half the face value of risks.
l believe that it would fall like a bene-
diction upon the holders Of thirteen bill
lion dollars worth of life insurance. on
which they had paid 100 cents to the dol
lar, to learn that they can realize only
80 cents on the dollar of their policies.
l believe that it would be an en-
enlargement to home makers to know
that the four hundred and fifty million
dollars in building association shares
were to shrivpl to half their y,Iua
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

among other changes. To work a surpris-
ing Indifference to the value of the safe
guards of the constitution. From old
habit. there is the customary profession
of allegiance to 'thOse great essential
principles of justice and liberty upon
which our institutions are founded" only
to be followed by a series of propositions
destructive alike of the principles ant
Institutions. On whatever other points
the makers of the constitution may have
differed. they were entirely ut one as to
the obligation both of nations and of in
dividuals to make an honest provision
for paying their Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Difficulty is the Tariff.
In a recent speech at La Grange. Ind.
Senator Burrows said:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

TF'T' TFllN - N"r HHN. aud I'M Tho IaSt
Wcrr hunting for work AT - crut~. ami
for thu most part. not finding ii. Tho
WintS were turning ont as much money
in lS:5 aS in 1891. But the mills were
not turning out 50 many yards of cloth
or tons of iron.
Start the mills and the minis will be-
come active. Return to protection, and
the currency will settle itself.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Free Silver and Wages.
A correspondent attempts to explain
how wages would be increased under
free silver coinage by asserting that
Grades unions, through strikes and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

labor to a higher standard" This
sheer nonsense.
Experience has conclusively demon
| strated that wages, under a debased sys
tenn of currency, never increased in tn
| sam me degree as the money cost of com
modities. If there was ever Il condition
&C nffoirs uhich WnS fnvnrn hIo To crnl
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

We were not only on a cheap none
basis, but the ranks of labor had bee
enormously depleted to send men to tn
front to battle for the republic. Yet
what actually occurred? Judged by tn
purchasing power of his wages the la
borer in 1863 received only 76 cent
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

1IrNdH TIHIIUI rs IHtI Ut UIIICP III the de.
manl for the free and unlimited coinay f
of silver at IL to l, and To that question
Mr.. Bryan devoted Il goodly portion of
his time in his speech of acceptance. He
declared that times are hard. prices are
low. and something is vitality wrong 1t
/. not tho crime of II hnwnrnr LIZ IL.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

ont sfan1ar Of v3fnc was adortcd ~
tn" government. DO YOU think it fair
ar iU.r t. impair h. (. per cent. Or by
even ! per cent. the vllur pf the money
in which the~e deposits We're earned and
in which today they would be paid?
sioners. They drew from the govern
ment last year nearly S14.O 900. 900. Com
sidering the nature of this debt of honor
when justly due-can you look with ia
vor upon any policy that might result in
Is. There are in the country 1888
41S are in New York. These a~ssocia-
tons nave 1.745.1 25 shareholders-all of
the working and saving classes. Their
assets last year We're $45O.66 .594. repre-
scented chiefly by mortgage loans to
homcseekers. of whom 455. q are MEM
bers of the associations. These associa-
tons have nearly all been organized with
in the last fifteen years under the exist
ing money standard. Can you think it
fair or beneficial to the working people
to reduce by A. per cent. or any lesser
sum. the value of these investments of
the thrifty poor:
II. Is it not a fact worth consideration
in proposing a descent to the silver stan
dard that the thirty-nine old-style life in
surance companies alone doing business
in this state last year had in force here
nearly 100000 policies. insuring over
S 5000, DOC. 900. The assessment compa-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

I"fHi' me IRE" "iro1'ation OF both money
HiH'i.>, 3S tho fitl" ,t IL fo I has u.,rr
done When you say that Won f,ynr
Tree colnl%e 10y the United STATES with
out wanting for TIL aid ar consent Of
any foreign government. do Won mean
that the concurrence of III. great com
mcrcial nations with which we trade is
not desirable and even Indispensable if
the country is not to sink to n silver
basis! DO YOU really favor the none
tary isolation of the United States in
the family of great nations: Do we not
want our money to be accepted at it's
face value all over the world? Yon in.
sist upon the right of the peo-
pie of the United States to legislate
for themselves upon all questions"
This right is not questioned by any.
so far as we know. But the right does
not imply the duty or the wisdom. Con
gress has the right to declare that our
surplus agricultural products shall be
sold abroad. But would such an asser-
ton OF national independence benefit
the country: Would it have helped the
farmers of the United States to have
had the $4,000. OOO.0 of exports in
the last ten years kept in the home mar
ket, or to have sold them for a depreci-
ated currency while buying in return If
gold prices! If You would not favor tho
isolation of the United States wbv
should you desire its financial isolation
In the interest of a clear understand.
ing OF your position, and TO allay if pos
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

silver would not permit the metal TO he
coined into dollars for Americans when
it was worth more to export than to
coin. although coinage was free and nm
limited. owners of silver are unseli>h
patriots in desiring to coin unlimited sill
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

a chance to do so at twice the worth of
the silver at the market price and half
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-10

:" cheap in Fn-lana MAT the Straw wns
moor" Nnluahl- than Ma" grain. Yin" DO
pr"~~l"u j. not exclusively Nmrrican.
The tr"uhl" y acknoNl,el=t, -W hat T..
the remedy? Whatever may lee wrong.
and however difficult it may be to right
the wrong. there should not he Il farm
er in all America SO ignorant as not to
know that the man who has lone most TO
frame a tariff law TO help the farmers is
William Mckinley.
What Mckinley Has Done.
What did he do? Consider sugar bOun-
| ties. for one thing. If the law had been
| allowed to remain as he drew it Nebras-
ka by this time would nave teemed with
beet-sugar manufactures. every one a
help to the farmers, and the soil Of
Nebraska is better for sugar beets than
that of Germany-Only needs a good
start TO establish an enormous and in
valuable industry. The Mckinley duty
on barley caused the raising of millions
of bushels additional to the average of
former crops. and this reduced sensibly
the excess of wheat production. This is
an example of what we mean by the d.
versified industry that the protective sys-
TEN promotes. We want more of it, and
that is McKinleyism.
Why are wheat and butter down? As
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
Carnrgie Extensions.

Pittsburg. Pa, Nov. 9.-The Carnegie
Steel Company dImiteO at Its meet
Ing to-day resolved to proceed with
the building Of two additional blast
furnaces and to expend more than half
a million dollars In additions to Its
plant. The total expenditures at the
works authorized, exceed one and n
quarter million dollars. 1t was also
decided to push to rapid completion Its
new railroad to the lakes, requiring
the expenditure of $3,5OO,OOO. Mr..
Carnegie also accepted bids to-day for
the erection Of a new library and hall
at Homestead to cost 100000. He
said that he was certain the country
was entering n period of great pros
perity and he was SO certain of this
that he was willing to spend his sur
plus.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
AFTER THE ELECTION.
MIL. and Drummer. to Star. Again.

Cleveland. o.. Nov. THE announce
ment is made on good authority that
orders have been placed by the rail-
roads OF this country since the cleo
tion for 10000 new traffic cars and 200
locomotives. The Cleveland, Lorraine Il
Wheeling railway has ordered that its
shops at Lorraine. Ohio, in which opera
tions had been suspended. be complct-
ed at once. In this city the commercial
travellers Of nearly all the big jobbing
houses Will be sent out on the road
next Monday. The Lamson & Session
company, nuts and bolts. has been
working on half time. and next week
will work full time. The Otis Steel
works will at once start all Its depart
ments. The GObiIle Pattern company
will employ more men and fill contracts
conditional upon McKinley's election.
The Wellman-Seaver Engineering COM
pany will start at once on contracts
calling for SGO.OOOO worth Of work.
Several new business blocks will ut
once be commenced.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

cago. during the campaign. The dec
orations were somewhat emblematic
OF the issues of the campaign. q llt-
tie gold and silver ship being provid-
ed for each dinner as Q souvenir.
There were also presented to each Of
the guests a gold medal, the size of
$40 gold piece. with the name Of the
recipient, and the fact that 1t was
presented by the National committee
inscribed on 1t, and also the words:
Mckinley and Hobart, sound money
and protection"
Col. Perry Heath, VINO had charge
Of the press bureau at Chicago; Jules
Guthridge, the head Of the bureau IL
New York; Cornelius n. Bliss and Mr.
Hanna were the only diners who Were
not reporters.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
M'KINLEY'S PLANS.
Mr.. Hanna says an Extra besssse VIII Be
Called After the InsuguFaktee.

Ham. s.ys m Extra BesaSae VIII Be
Called After the Insus.r.tsss.
New York, Nov. s.-The World this
morning says: Mark Hanna,Eave the
World the following outline! Of what
he understood to be PresAent-elect
McKInley's general policy:
"I have had but Comparatively brief
conversations with Major Mckinley
since his election. Next weef expect
to meet him ut Cleveland, aid. as he
has had time to think over the matters,
7 presume he will have mon details
than 1 am at present aware Of But
this much 1 know, he feels that he
owes much to the patriotic Demo
Gratis who prefer principle = strict
marty ties. Indiana, for instalee, was
unauestionably carried against fusion
Democratic votes.
He recognizes the very f'eat ser
vice performed by Democratf and IL
dependent newspapers during pc CAM
paign.
major Mckinley will enf4vor to
see collected great nation4 party
that will give prosperity to p coun-
try. He expects and hopes thflmen OF
all shades of former political fhef will
he united to this end. hak talked
with some of the most inftntiai OK
the old Democratic leaders, M am
glad to say they are in accord"ith Ma
jor McKinley's hopes.
1.-The first movement he ytil make
will be to obtain sufficient rven"e 10
conduct the government. Further Is
sues Of bonds would be alt0ethtr 100
dangerous. Business prosIeitY and
stability demands that as sooh ~ pos
| sible the government should Aeon
payinc basis. To this end al 1tra
session of Congress will be nec3ary'
and President Mckinley will uh4ubt-
edly call one soon after his ina iura,
ton.
Legislation will be required p Sc
cure the desired revenue, and Nc
Kinley will do everything in h$ower
to secure 1t, as well as the {al es-
tablIshment of policy which ? il tend
to put everybody at work. I4ll this
he hopes and expects that heTnl be
backed by patriotic men, regatess OF
party lines.
"As for myself, am not tiel any
office, and will endeavor to attT to
private business affairs which neeNny
personal supervision"
Asked what Democrats of notfe
uau talked with on the subject fAe
future, Mr.. Hanna said: Il d4ot
wish to name them all, but may m
ton Messrs. W. G. Whitney and Aim
8. Hewitt as examples"
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
REJOICING AT CANTON.
Delegations Continue to Visit tho AI
dent-Elect

Delegations Continue to Visit tho HI
dent-Elect.
Canton. Ohio. Nov. S.-Much as Ps-
ident-elect Mckinley has desiredo
get his wife from the excitemt
about his Canton home, 1t was decid
last evening that 1t was best for v.
Mckinley not to attempt the trip :
fore Wednesday or Thursday of MT
week instead OF Monday. as expect:
The scenes of congratulations sl
jollification have continued witht
cessation. and yesterday thousandSf
people marched through the stres
and gathered about the house ho,s
before last nights big jollification =
gan.
At the breakfast table Major McKi-
ley was signalled by farmers 1o
have travelled miles to come to Canh
and who tapped at the window I'd
beckoned to him their greetings. te
responded to their manifestat tionsbf
good will by selling jardinier fikd
with immense chrysanthemums nd
going to side door made them hapy
by giving them such floral beautie3as
are seldom seen anywhere. All lay
long the Joyous people marched the
streets and filled the sidewalks. hey
came in special trains and special ars,
on regular trains and by cafrhee,
horseback. bicycle and afoot. &rkral
Manager Woodford Of the Cleyel4d.
Lorraine & Wheeling railway, brsu,ht
a carload of Cleveland people, incAd-
ing Miss Lillian Hanna. sister of be
national Republican chairman.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14
bryan for Senator.

Seattle. Wash. Nov. "a boom has
been started here for William J. Bry-
an for United States senator from this
state. The silver fusionists will con-
troll the senatorshIp. The constitution
OF Washington provides that to be el-
igible to the office the candidate shall
be merely an ''inhabitant" of the state
at the time Of his election. so that the
fusion party could elect Mr.. Bryan
without any trouble. Richard Win,i-
sor. Sr.. the Populist leader in WASH
ington. and James Hamilton Lewis,
Democratic fusiOnist and member
elect of congress. are rival candidates
for the senatorship. and Mr.. Bryan has
been suggested as compromise.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

1t is announced by Bradstreet's in
advices from Washington that the re-
port Of the Venezuelan commission on
the British-Venezuela boundary line
dispute will be made to the president
shortly before congress convenes In
December 1t was expected that the
report might be ready by Nov. l, but
complications in connection with the
work in Holland have caused delay
The members OF the commission have
been at work on different branches of
the subject all summer. with view to
reaching decision as early as pos
sible. Justice Brewer, the chairman
OF the commission, had called q meet
ing of the commission for October 9,
and 1t was thought that at that meet
ing all the data could be submitted and
a decision reached. A delay has, how
ever. occurred incident to the work Of
Professor Baer, who has been ransack-
ing the Dutch archives in Holland.
His Investigation led him to London.
Justice Brewer has now received
cablegram from him saying that his
work in London has been completed
and that he will return to Holland.
with the submission of the re-
port Of the commission its functions
will come to an end. No hint as to
the nature of the report is forthcom-
ing.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-14

Mrs. Margaret Adams is the captain
Of canal boat that bears her own
name and she Is also a member of the
society Of New Womanhood from start
to finish. all the time, let ultra" One
Of her crew. Michael Haynes. made a
break at the petticoated commander
with knife. whereat she tapped him
on the head with a marlin spike and
easily put him out in the first round.
This was all right. of course. but un-
fortunately for the cause Of New Wom-
anhood. Mrs. Adams had enough Old
Womanhood left In her makeup to i'm
mediately retire to the cabin and have
a good cry, after which she recovered
sufficiently to get good and mad In
earnest. and throw everything NOV
able overheard. She seems to be pret-
ty feminine, after all.