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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27
What Touched rhask.r.y.

At the sale OF Lady Blessington's
household furniture, her library. her
pictures, porcelain, plate and some Of
her jewclry, which were disposed OF
before she left London for the last time.
one little incident ought not to be for.
gotten. A French servant OF Lady
Blesslng,ons wrote her letter In
which he told her that he had observed
many OF her friends passing through
the rooms and he added that "Mr.
Thackeray had to cover his eyes to hide
his tears The Speaker
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

FeW people realize the extent o. ,he
pulp buslnts1 IN pcnosscot county.
Maine. Some little idea Ray be formed
from the tact that the Mills Of Grea,
works. lovland and Me- ague furnlzh
tram lead q pulp a dsy. This con-
slsts Of from seventeen 10 twenty ears.
Penohscoi ialy also hss mills AZ
orono. nscU 81. basin = Is aud LIN
coin. in addition to the three Included.
In sending tac amount Of pulp men
toned. Slil there are eroakers who.
Instead Of counting hos many are
helped BY his enterprise. sigh: That
cuts on Just 80 many large logs In The
future"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27
WATERWAYS.

The Thames OF England Is 22o miles
long. The river OF the same name ln
Canada Is ieo.
The Rhine Is only go miles long. bu,
drains a territory nearly double al
area OF Texas.
There are twenty creeks In the coul
Try which have been diguihed with lhl
name Of the Tiber.
The Columbia river OF Canada Is i.lO,
miles H. length; the stream OF the sans
uame In Oregon Is COO
The Arkansas river Is 2.i7o m, g.
long. but at various points In rs eou n
a very thin Tor lis length
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

An examiner asked the bible lesson
class to tell him what the chief differ
once between Elisha aud Elijah, and
after a pause one little lad held mp his
hand and said; please. sir. Elisha
walked with God, but the carriage was
sent for Elijah"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27
HIRING A SERVANT.
HOW A LITTLE WOMAN WAS
MADE TO BLUSH.
Too Much to Expect Of the Large Maid
and Fiaally They Failed 90 Come 20
an Agreement About Wages -Compre-
mise on a Chlnaman.

OF see, there are
only two In the
family and It's a
very little house.
so I thought we
could get along
with just one for
awhile. anyway. %
explained the little
woman. anxiously.
yes. ma'am. %
said the big won
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

John Phast. a farmer near Elizabeth.
W. Va. was using a double-sided Ak
chez ting wood. In It's descent the blade
struck a wire clothes line, swerved. and
struck Phast In the face. killing him
Instantly.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

5 A north Missouri paper has adopted
the plan of running the name OF de-
linquent subscribers upside down In
the paper whenever It has occasion to
.taser 10 thom.-EX.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

VERY REMARK
able ethnologlc al
collection from the
Andaman isla nda
has just reached
the National Mu-
ieum. says Wash
ingtoa correspond
ent OF the Phila
delphla Times. Il
comprises a NUM-
Der OF objects a.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

Farmers al over the south are busy
hog Killing now and there Is strong
competition Tor the honor Of having
raised the biggest pig. A Kentucky
iarEicr % scosiYilic seems 10 have the
record 70 iar. with a hog Weighing 500
pounds and measuring 6 ieet inches
from nose 90 tan. feet Ia height ana
feet across lhe shoulders. Hogs
weighing from coo to almost Shi
pounds are not At an uncommon thls
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27

"A harsh word to child hay destroy
xnlahEel
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-27
A RACE OF DWARFS.
THE ANDAMANs CALLED BY THE
SAILORS LITTLE NiooERs."

Must Primitive savares In the World
bid Not Know How 60 Make Iirs
tntil 'Quie Recently Are Almost
Naked. a
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
THE LESSON THE ENVELOPE
TAUGHT.

I've learned lesson, boys! No doubt
that sounds strange to you. for probably
you think that grown people never have
any lessons to learn. But / do not mean
lessons out of book. though grown
people sometimes learn those too. l
know several women who never at.
tempted to learn foreign language
until after they were forty years of age,
and they acquired them we'll and even
learned to speak them fuently.
But grown people are learning lessons
every day of their lives-lessons of patti
ence from the spider-lessons of hope
from the motherhood who sits for weeks
on the tiny eggs waiting for the little
birds to hatch-lessons from nature
everywhere.
But these are things from which all
may learn lessons. There is another
class, however, that comes to individu-
als. and is the result of personal expert
ence. This is the kind of one l have
just learned, and it was taught me by
what do you think? An envelope! l
had four folded enclosures for one enve-
lope and they made what is known as a
tight it," had no larger envelope
and those things must go in, Three
were in safely. but when attempted to
put in the fourth the envelope began to
split little at the corners. was in de-
spair. just at the time had no other.
so the fourth one must go in. Then it
occurred to me to separate two that
were already in and slip the fourth
one between them, thus bringing the
strain to bear upon different place.
And, boys! 10, everything went in nicely,
with no split anywhere.
learned two lessons that time. One
of them was that there is more than
one way of doing everything. and an
other was that meeting another half
way is often the best way of gaining
ones point. Force, you see, would only
have destroyed my one envelope alto
gether, and then where would l have
been! But accepting the fact that it
would not go in my way, and being will
ing to try some. other, came off tri-
umphant.
Don't always be too sure of your
selves. 1t is we'll for every one to be
sure of his own convictions, but it is
also we'll to remember that others may
be right as we'll as ourselves, and that
we are not the only ones in the world
who possess brains.
Different people think out things in
different ways, and the same conclusion
may be reached by two entirely differ
emit paths. There is true saying that
there is right way and wrong way
for everything, but there may also be
several of each. Or rather, while the
number Of wrong ways of doing things
may be infinite, there may very readily
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
be more than one right way Of accom-
plishing almost everything. Christian
WOrk
HOW THE WILDFIG GROWS.

OF all the vegetable inhabitants of the
tropical woods the strangest is that one
whose seed. it is said, will die il it falls
upon the ground. and which only grows
when it finds resting place on rock
or fence or on another tree. where
there is not particle Of earth or moist.
ure: and in all the West India forest
this tree is the greatest criminal. 1t has
long and beautiful Latin name. which.
it might be supposed, would have some
subduing influence upon it, but it does
not seem to. This plant is the wild fig.
Let us imagine that some hungry bird,
taking in it's beak one of these figs, flies
to neighboring tree and, alighting on
lofty branch, eats the fruit. One seed
is left. The sun is warm and the air
moist. and after while the tiny germ
begins to sprout. and the minute leaves,
breaking their thin shell, shoot upward
tender little innocent. putting up it's
slender arms in please help-me" sort
of way, while its spider-like legs are
reaching out to get firm hold on it's
aerial home. The little plant seems so
harmless. and the hospitable forest giant
cannot know to what robber and mon
ster it has given resting place. After
a while the fig sends up stem, and it's
root. peeping over the edge of the lofty
branch, finds the ground eighty or one
hundred feet below. But nature has
endowed this sprig with daring, and
nothing daunted the slender thread leaps
into the air, and, feeding upon the mois.
ure with which the hot atmosphere is
laden, it drops slowly and boldly to the
ground and there takes root. AS the
plant grows it let's fall other long feed
ers, one by one. which descend to the
earth.
Some of the tentacles have by this
time found that the tree itself affords
an easy descent, and one day a root
starts along the branch, and reaching
the trunk trips lightly down it's spiral
stairs and thus reaches the soil. Others.
finding this way 30 easy. follow. and 80
the roots increase in mum Der and size.
nourishing their master above. 1t has
now grown in strength and vigor, and,
wrapping themselves around the trunk
of the three that supports them, the
roots strain and press upon it cruelty.
II is a struggle for life, but their forest
host is doomed. Slowly and surely they
envelop it. The embrace of the fig is
death. At last the great tree dies. and
little by little, rotting branch by branch
it falls to pieces. and its place is taken
by the ogre that has strangled it.
The wild fig belongs to the same fam
lily as the banyan. 1t is found in the
East and West Indies and in Australia,
and has the same destructive habits
everywhere. Sometimes it grows to an
immense size. The wood is soft, and
the natives make bowls, trays and spoons
of it. The fruit is about as large as an
apricot.-St. Nicholas.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
DO FISHES SUFFER PAIN?

All fishes have nerves, and in some
respects fishes are extremely sensitive.
A fish that has buried itself in sand or
mud so completely that only the tip of
it's tail fin is above the bottom will feel
upon that the slightest touch and in.
stantly dart out of it's sandy bed. A
fish is very sensitive to movements in
water surrounding it. A shadow falling
upon the water will startle fish into
flight. But sensitive as fishes are in
some respects, it is probable that they
do not suffer pain from injuries re-
ceived.
Fishes are extremely sensitive at the
nose. A fish that had in pursuit of prey
run its nose against rock might shake
its head violently, perhaps in pain; but
fishes sustain serious injuries from act
ual wounds without showing any indi-
cation OF pain. In fact. the indications
tend to show that they do not suffer-
A fish that has been hooked by an an
gler. but has escaped, perhaps carrying
off hook in its mouth. may few min.
utes afterward bite again at another
hook. Such instances are not infre-
quent. In such cases the hook would
probably be concealed by the bait and
the fish would not be likely to see it, but
the fact that it is ready to take the bait
shows that it is continuing to feed,
which it would scarcely be likely to do
il it were suffering great pain. A shark
from whose body all the viscera has
been removed has continued to feed.
Sensitive as fishes are obout the nose
many of them use the nose in pushing
stones and gravel about in building a
nest for the female to spawn in. The
salmon VIGOROUSLY often wears its snout
down to the bone in excavating cavity
for a nest, and often it wears off it's tail
to mere stub in brushing out stones
and gravel. Yet such fishes frequently
recover from their injuries and return to
the ocean.
Timid and sensitive as fishes are in
some respects. they fight one another
vigorously. In such fights they may
receive injuries that might be de-
scribed as terrible. To these injuries
they may pay so little attention that
after the fight is over they go on with
their feeding or with whatever occupa-
ton they had been engaged in.
Injuries which would throw human
being into state of helplessness do not
interrupt the current of fish life. The
fish may atterward die of his injuries,
but apparently it does not suffer pain
from them.
Fishes sometimes survive injuries of a
remarkable character. The stomach of
a captured Goldfish was found to be
pierced by spine of founder which it
had swallowed. The sharp, thorn like
spine projected about half an inch be.
yond the outer wall of the stomach into
the fish's body. Apparently the Goldfish
had suffered no inconvenience from this.
The wound caused by the spine had
healed around it. and the Goldfish was
fat and in good condition generally
NeU York Sun.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
BE A NATURAL GIRL.

cannot understand why it is that 30
many girls make the mistake Of trying
to adopt the manners OF their most ad
mired friend instead of studying their
own style and behaving as will best set
off that style. The little, round Miss
Dimples, who would be perfectly deli
cious il all a-purr and smile, who could
clap her little soft hands and run about
with her sunbonnet hanging by the
strings. who could curl herself up on
cushions, and tumble her pretty curls
and be carressing, impetuous and pout-
ing-she is the girl who straightens
out that dear little back Of here, and
puts down primly the little feet that
would twinkle 80 prettily. She pulls
down the corners of her rosebud mouth,
and is grave, olite and dignihed. Oh,
save the mark! Think of it! or course,
sometimes she is only delicious. being
digified, but now and then she succeeds
in being stand offish. and then all one
can do is to contemplate the ruin of her
child-like charms and wonder why che
does it.
This spectacle is sad enough, but not
30 dismal as that of the Juno creature
who refuses to be Juno and attempts
the happy soubrette. She is the one
who cuddles, is chic and skips about.
Her figure is made for fine dignity. her
features are we'll cut and somewhat
classic; repose is what she wants. Those
wide. serene eyes are splendid if allowed
to illuminate one with level loneliness,
but they are ruined in trying to twinkle
and sparkle. Her shoulders are magni-
hcently poised in statueeque quiet, but
when they are wiggled and shrugged
they are only clumsy. OF course, the
Juno girl is always sure to admire her
little pussy friend but she must remem-
Der that she cannot be pussy, and that
many people admire her own type. 1t
is only fair to them that she should not
spoil it. Then there is the big girl, who
must cultivate touch of hauteur-not
the Indifferent serenity OF the sclasric
girl, but the hauteur of the perfectly
poised mondaine. Here is high-bred
scorn of commonplace; she holds her
head aloft, cultivates all elegant conven-
tionality, associates herself with the i'm
perative rustic of petticoats, is adept in
the latest social forms, always perfectly
groomed, always faultlessly armored in
manner. This is difficult type to sue
tain, but so rare and beautiful is one
that it is a shame to see such girl vast
ing her chances doing the ingenue. The
aesthetic type is out of style. but the
tall. very slender girl. with well-shaped
hands and wistful beauty, little wan,
who looks best in soft lights and loose
gowns. had better go in for graceful
languor, for an appealing lassitude.
She will ruin herself by being energetic
and athletic.
Then the snub-nosed little ,girl, who
freckles, whose figure is stumpy. who
has head of hair that will make itself
into shock, whose muscles are easily
hardened, and whose health is perfect
why should she rob the world of the de.
lightful tomboy for which she was meant
and try to be an airy airt of ballroom
tendencies? Oh, girls; study your own
style. 1t may not be the style you pre-
fer, but remember, in these days it is
individuality that counts.-Modern So
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24
A MYSTERY.

know of dry little, sly little man
Who comes DER our threshold whenever he can,
Though little. he cares for the sunshine and
light.
He haunts our big library when 1t is night.
When papa is reading his paper with care,
And I'm doing all snug Ia the cushioned arm
chair,
When mamma looks up from her sewing-"My
dear,
Perhaps you don't know that the sand man s
been here"
Then hunt round the curtain, on top of the
books
Meath the table and sofa, and all sorts of nooks
And out on th stairwsy. and d wn in the hall;
But can't find the sly little sandman at ALI
CLARA LOUISE ANGEL.
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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

The weather for the last few
days has been very good for the
ripening of the sugar beets and
should il continue some OF the
crops will soon be ready to
harvest. The sampling is going
on every day and the per cent OF
sugar shows quite favorable.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

The Ogden Standard is oft
when II talks about the reelection
of Senator Frank J Cannon this
fall. Mr.. Cannon's term is for
three years from date Of taking
Office.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

John Henry Smith in his letter
to the ratification meeting held in
Ogden last Saturday night by the
followers of Mckinley shows
plainly where he stands, if he is
quoted right, His letter closed
with these words, "All hail Re
publicanism and William Nc
Kinley, its great standard
bearer"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

The Enquirer OF Aug 2Ph In
its editorial column has an article
on the decentralization Of silver
which shows very clearly that
there is a great misunderstanding
in regard to that question and ii
friend Graham has given The law
correctly he is right for while the
law Of 1873 demonetized silver
the act Of 1873 remonct'zed d so
far as its purchasing power Is
concerned. Its free silver chat
the west vans.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

The speakers ON Sunday alter
noon at the meeting house were
S. w. Ross and Edward South
wick. The experience AND
practice these Young men have
had in the Old Country for the
past two years is plainly seen in
their manner and address Then
talk on Sunday was most
excellent.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

Surely some papers are not
doing much good to the silver
cause when urging to follow
Mexico on the silver line
and then show what a de-
graded set of citizens live in that
country.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

Ex-Governor Francis OF Mis-
souri, is the successor Of lIoke
Smith in the cabinet.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-08-27

The Republicans of Salt Lake
county are talking Of holding two
conventions.
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w. Il. RACRrR, SAM'tl iN' No'
WALTER ]. WEBB
" RAcKER, Sec. and lros.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-09
Preventing and Lessening Frost Injury.


upon plants and other objects, and the
temperature lowered below freezing by
radiation of heat. Radiation is most
rapid through dry air accompanied
by clear sky. Clouds or any other
distractions have tendency to retard
it. 1t takes place more rapidly from the
surface of plants, etc., than it does from
the air surrounding them, so that on
Quiet nights plants are frequently cooled
several degrees below the temperature OF
the surrounding air. At such times,
also, the air arranges itself according to
density with the colder, heavier layers
near the surface of the ground, thus in
creasing the liability to injury of plants
and trees. This is reasonably uniform
on level fields, but where the ground is
uneven, the cool air accumulates at the
lowest points, frequently causing severe
frosts on the lowlands while the hillsides
remain uninjured. On windy nights
frosts are less liable to occur, from the
fact that the different strata are mixed
and the temperatures kept more uni
form.
Early frosts cause great destruction,
particularly to fruit growers and gar
deners. To prevent them, it is neces-
sary to diminish radiation of heat from
the plants, add heat to the air, drain off
the cold air, or mix the air so as to pre-
vent the cold layers sinking to the sur
face of the ground. In level country
some means of obscuring the sky by
forming a smoke or vapor cloud over
the fields to be protected, has been most
successful. 1t is practiced on the level
the orchards of the Pacific coast. Heaps
of rubbish are placed along the edge of
the field, so that when the fire is lighted
the smoke and vapor will be blown over
the surface. The material for making
the fire may consist of hay, straw, old
leaves, tar or any other material which
will produce large quantities of smoke.
The danger does not appear until past
midnight, consequently these heaps
should be prepared beforehand, the
thermometer watched during the night,
and when it becomes apparent that frost
will appear, these should be lighted. On
the Pacific coast it has been determined
that at the following TEN peratures the
various crops are liable to frost injury
after the period Of fruit setting: Apples
26, apricots 3d. asparagus 26, beets Is,
cabbages 1927, celery %, grapes 28,
lemons %, lettuce 1928, okra 81, onions
30, peaches 20, pears %, peas 25, plums
90, potatoes 81, radishes Is, strawberries
80 and turnips &c.
The presence Of steam and vapor in
the atmosphere is also means of pre-
venting radiation, consequently it is adj
visable to spray the fires lightly with
water, causing fog or vapor cloud IN
addition to the smoke. This plan is al
most certain protection on the plains,
but in valleys it is not useful. The heat
of the fire causes the air at the lowest
point to expand and rise. It's place
must be supplied, and the cold air flows
down the sides of the depression, settling
at the bottom and endangering not only
the plants at the lowest point but also
those on the hillside, which would other