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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

cnaree can observe the reduction OF 'n-
bodies. Whom only ashes regain lh-
door is opened. the shelves shd out 'i-
ashes are removed. and cine shelves re-
loaded With bodies.
d takes two and three hours 10 cremate
body n o. regular cr.maloi}. IAS
te accogIlne TO the size OF sac nody' inc
tiue for children being much less yer.
I.ree. heavy persons take longer TO Gre
rnle. m tine crematories am extra piic-
D.. CHARGED for them. Children under yea
years are only SIS. Stout, elderly persons
.r, So, and upward. These details are
quietly settled by the officers oil the ere
matOry.
rut with the travelling ONE upon the
cola of battle much better time is made.
,rho entire crcmatory FUN of bodies can
D.. incinorated in an hour. Experiments
,.,.o becn made with the bodies OF
,--ba with the rcfort heated as mgh
,s the machinery viii allow. the WORK
goes ON very rapidly. OF course 'ne
.,ebes I'M this case are charred ana plac-
from the great heat hul Tins cannot DC
,rfo arguments TO be used by the IN
Vcntor are. first. the sanitary piop'Iti,-
OF the crematory The hoIil"ie .oN,''-
tions Of blttieirlds will bee brought lorth.
and The fact ilNt iN'f Nt' f''
,..i..s over after as cities. Also the
,..r,..lsabie horror of the immediate after
condition. After % battle the pA,'ene'-
cam Doe located miles away by inc WI
lures that hover over IL.
Another argument will be the comfort
90 is 40 families 20 know their dea0 arc
disposed Of dccently. 1'oe terrible dea'@
hole into which battle heroes are 'sWep-
in The hurry OF the march has maze
many "a soldiers iaet thoueht q torture
The danger Of coming 20 life alone WIN
sha dead will also be banished' Tor.
.houah IT, is not pleasant 10 think o.
beinr incincratcd before death. II IS .
thousand times more agreeable than 10
,hiok Of returning to consciousness IN
pit OF the dead.
- is expected that there will be wal.
81 sentiment from the feminine relatives
~ soldiers The warriors themselves
viii see the beauty Of this cremaior.
and urge Il. but there is always "a dea!
or old focy sentiment which fights any
thing new.
The old orthodox argument against
Incarceration was tho reincarniaion Of the
body. But since lIeber Newton. Bishop
Potter Phillips Brooks. and Cardinal
Newman refused 10 accept this as a
literal argument against cremation there
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

of the work that. although many OF the
editors engaged upon II are, like tresi-
dent Harper of the Chicago University.
of the orthodox faith. the books now
about to make their appearance cannot
but profoundly affect the ideas, th-
teachings. and the beliefs of all Chiisten-
dom.
The new translation of the Bible has
been undertaken I'm precisely the same
spirit that the plays OF Shakespeare and
the early histories Of Greece and RomS
have been studied. The aim has beef.
TO apply this same method Of literary
and historical criticism 10 the sacred
books Of The Old Testament. 10 find out
bv whom each of them was written, and
when. and whether Il given book was the
work of different authors and dineren.
ages. to find out how nearly each book
has come down TO us in what was prob
ably its original form. how II has been
rewritten and added to. and what cor
ruptions have crcpt in.
just what has been done will be lit
tie clearer by taking specific example.
In the view of Matthew Arnold. the book
OF Job belongs 90 the worlds literature
But II this book Is read closely IL viii
be found 10 contain many strangely con-
Trajectory ideas. 10 seems as IT, i'm many
cases. its author had written in one vein
az one moment. and then turned directly
about and written in exactly the opposite
vein IN the very next moment. 50 that
q single chapter will contain scntments
that are difficult 10 reconcile. Indeed
If al the commentaries and explanations
Of the book Of Job were put together in
parallel columns. II would make one Of
the strangcst jumbles possible TO litera-
ture.
It is owing TO all this that there has
grown up in the minds OF Hebrew
scholars the conviction that the BOOK
OF Job was not written bv single man
but is the work Of several hands. and no
the new translation the attempt Will be
made 10 mark out what Is probably the
original text Of the book. and TO separate
this from the polemic interpoations
against the tendency of the poem. made
undoubtedly many years after Job wac
dead. and from various corrective inter-
pretations or notes added making Jobs
speeches 10 conform 10 the spirit OF the
orthodox doctrine Of a later dav
In just The same way the attempt has
been made TO End out what part of the
book Of Isaiah was written by that
prophet and what was written i'm at n
later day; what part OF Jeremiah is the
prophets own words and bov much Is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

The oven OF the travelling cromatory
can be heated 80 100 degrees I'm an
hour; and when The dead are gathered
nom tho field the machine Is ready tor
the incincration process
In the crematorics as they are it,
daily use I'm different parts OF the world.
the utmost care is preserved as 10 the
neat. the conveyance of the body an
the disposition OF the ashes afterwards
The body is siid in IT'S coffin from p
shelf into the rctort and the great doo-
lined with fire clay g. closed The side
are of glass. and through them the
relatives can watch the reduction Of
the body 10 ashes The coffin crumblo-
FIRST and becomes charcoal Then tbs
body succumhs TO the heat and takes
tho form of pearl white ashes. If the
oven is accidentally heated too hot tho
body turns TO charcoal Ike the coffin.
and a charrcd heap OF dirty ruins arc
all That is lcfi OF 81.
With tho travelling crcmatorv many
Of thcec difficulties ere obviated. Tho
heat need not Doe so carefully regulated
as long as So reaches 1900 degrees. and
Sc cam be allowed TO 80 as much higher
as tho engine in the oven below viii
allow Three thousand degrees have been
obtained
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18
IHE POLPCH ROME BIBLE.
some Of the Changes in The King James

From the press Of Johns Hopkins Uni
vcrsty OF Baltimore this fan will come
the first volume Of new translation OF
the Bible or rather OF what Is known
as the old Testament, undertaken by
the greatest biblical scholars I'm the world.
that viii aim 10 sum up in a single
series OF books the result OF modern
biblical criticism. IL Will be much more
than mere translation. II Will amount
to demonstration Of the Bible. And
such IS the very revolutionary character
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18
, Fool and His Honey.

~ fool and his money are soon parted.
Rrvan and George Fred Williams ask
wcrkmen to part the dollar as good AZ
gold into two pieces. and 10 take MY
cent dollar for their own work while the
other Gfty cents is passed over 10 the
silver miners for their profits. What a
fool workman would be 10 part
his money in that way.
PETER PORCUPINE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

agcment Of the tennessee Centennial Ex-
position up 10 the present time Is the fact
that its leading officials stand high In the
good opinion of the People OF the state
AZ resourceful business men. as patriotic
citizens. and ror their loyalty 10 the en-
te".fi-e ~ which their services are en-
listed. "-Phiiadclphia Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

Scientists say that the banana is per-
feet food and will support life for an IN
lednite time. The people OF tie United
States appear - have found ont IT'S mer-
its. An enormous Icrease Is reported
in the importations. reaching last year
an AGGREGATE of Il i21s is lunches.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-18

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je2-tu. th.su ~,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14


Chicago Building Trades council VIII
hold iis annual election OF ofioers next
Friday evening.
Michael J. Carroll VIII preside al tho
big Sunday rest mass meeting 10 be-
held a. the Peoples institute this even
ing.
4 stone planning machine costs abou,
$1,000, and that's the reason so many
OF the smaller cut stone contractors
haven't any.
The newly orgaE lied colored walters
union starts out with the proposition
that Il doesn't believe In strikes on gen
oral principles.
Tomorrow Is the day on which the
supreme court will take legal advice
upon the question whether the Cody
law Ia constitutional or not
Tomorrow delegates from the Stone
Masons' International union will as
semble In this city to take part in the
annual convention Of that body The
headquarters will be at the Briggs
house.
Delegates from the local bridge apd
structural iron workers unions through
out the country will assemble In Pitts
burg on Monday. Jan. 20. when steps
will be taken TO organize a national
body Of iron workers.
The Dorcas Federal Labor union will
meet hereafter at Hull house on the
second and fourth Wednesdays OF each
month The second meeting In the
month Will be- devoted to the reading OF
papers Of interest TO women wage
workers.
All the wire nail mills In the country
have shut down for a period OF at least
thirty days In trade circles It Is said
the suspension Is for the purpose Of
sustaining prices. The manufacturers
deny this. and say repairs and renewals
require the shutting down
A portion OF the recently issued re-
port Of the labor department Of the
Board Of Trade Of Great Britain Is ths
statement showing the extent Of nrovi.
sion for old age made by seveniy-eighl
trades unions In 1898. Taken by indus
tries. In the engineering and shipbuild.
Ing trades. t3S3.5O have been paid
away In approximation allowances
during 1898 TO asa persons,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14

bishop Hall lEplscopaD, Of Vermont
who was recently taken W In BOSTON
IL recovering fast
Il Is said that OF the 10000 Indians
belonging To the sioux tribe, 1000 be-
long to the Episcopal Presbyterian and
Congregational churches,
Rev. Dr. Williamson, professor OF as
ionomy At Queens universally Kings
ton. ont. who died recently, VAS 81
years old. he became a member Of tho
university faculty in lSi7.
Rev. William c. w'nslow, Of Boston
vice president OF the ..syp, exploration
fund. has received the decoration OF the
Society OF Science aud Arts OF Great
Britain for honorary fellowship.
The annual report OF the Scottish
Baptist Total Abstinence society states
that more than 90 per cent OF the Bap-
list ministers In Scotland are total alb
stalners. and the theological students
are without exception ahstainers.
4 certain Hebrew church In Callfor.
MIA is irylng hard TO get lls rabbi TO
cease from the old custom ot praying
In Hebrew. aud lead tho devotional eX-
crclses ga English Many eastern SYM
aeogues now conduct the entire service
In English.
A new plan OF lessons Tor Congrega-
ticnal Sunday schools Is announced ln
England A special feature viii be the
training VI the young In distributing
Congregational principles. The feature
Is strongly condemned as opposed To
the fundamental idea ot sabbath school
teachings
Presiding Elder North, Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. announces that
the ministerial committee appointed
10 investigate The charges Of indecent
practices by Rev. Rufus 7. Cooper. Of
New Haven. have reported that they
find no ground for ecclesiastical In
qulry. and are satisfied that Mr.. Cooper
l. lnnoeeut
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14

Uncle Jack's Views Of "a, Ampuat al
1rpssaph1 Roe ,irei.

Uncls Jaek's Views Of "a, Amsuat ai
or'ssaPhI Roe ,irei.
When the war on lc AM the ne.
groes were free thcre vas gro en-.
lhusiasm ior educating tlem. Oleof
the first schools siaricl vas built on
the edge OF his p.aco hy Cnlonol
Irlgg who 90; q lhtie .ohoolmarm"
rs hey were termed To como down
and teach IL II Was s,on filled by
the colo ed populate. lhc pupils
ranging fram TO - yel-s al study.
lng nh ab e.h ca 'yoa Uncle
JACK Scott Tho colonc! head nan
one OF tho old timers went Ia aud
was trans erred from ia, stable to
the SC DOL room but soon dropped
out
II was several years ago that this
Uncle Jack was work NJ one dny al
wafer gate when tho children came
down the Foad ir0m s. aal They
stepped and pcepel slu ily through
Toe fence Aud Among them was
'Jawnie Mrs SCOTS opeful who
had proved an ap,er scholar that his
father Ills Gag was an MS arm lie
elimbol over the fence I'd iron. the
bank ga ed down alphabetically at his
father 10 the water below. Presently
be said;
oh poppa Dc teacher says you
mns Gil We a ge0aronhg.
Uncle Jacks jas saL lie dug OF
~ 10 ho bal not heard Then he
repeated 10 himIel 'Goog Apply -
geography Marse Conn. whus dat
Whut Is geog 'phy' he askel iooh.
INK up
"a geography - said HE masteN
,Mhy "a geography Is a is a book
that tells about pllcct and where
they ara q | 20 on, lie "a Q q
comprehensive sweep around The
horizon,
Vas sui; now understands 4
sad Jack, & ny back To digging
Presently he stopped aad looked ug
Of 'Lawnlo' i say boy. you tel
DO tea her ! say you letter sti k Il
y a b abs aad yo e 3 chs an lei
geography alone You lows do way
now TO dc spring an do wood pile
an de mill and when ycI get li,tl,
bigger Is gwlno to sho "a Go way
10 do hoo handle an do ,awn iurrer
an dats all DO gcog Apply a Blggey'
got to know,
lie dug on -Ihom" "asaa Tag,
/ In Harpers
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14
NOTES.

Yveite Guiltert's repertoire embraces
coo songs
Denman Thompson's forthcoming
play Is entitled The Sunshine in ths
Alley"
Charles Frohmah says that receipt
generally through the country on
Christmas day were about % per cent
less than last year The maiinees wcr'
bad everywhere,
More places Of amusement are nov
open In New York than are to be found
In London or Paris. Il takes $4,000,
900 capital 70 run them. and they give
employment 10 5000 persona
The London Times says OF W. D
HoWel's one-aet comedy. "A Dangerous
Rufian": 1T is not likely 10 enhance
his literary reputation or to lead to his
mOVe Intimate connection with The
stage"
After an absence OF i've years Miss
Minnie Palmer renewed her acquainf.
ance with the American public IN New
York last Monday plghs IN The sehoo.
Girl. a musleal farce In three acts. by
GEORGE Manchester aud Albert Maurice
the comedy vas pronounced poor stun
but Mlss Palmer was we'll received.
A Cuban war drama has been ineyi.
table for some time and Manager Lltl !.
first In the ring wlth play that deals
with the struggles OF the patriots To-
freedom. Il Is TO be called The Las
Stroke" and viii be produced In 81
Paul. February 30 The drama Is 81,
work OF Isaac n. Morris. whose "Riva
Candidates" had brief bet prohtabl,
run at Hoyts two years ago. Tie b
one Of the youngest Of the suceessiu
playwrights OF the day, and h a great
| grandson Of Senator Morris, OF Ohio
the presidential candidate Of the oil
Liberty party-New YeTk World.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14
WRITER'S or BOOKS.

The announcement that Mrs. Hum
phry Ward is at work on another short
story raises the suspicion that some one
has cut her yard stick
Allison l. said TO have consumed
twenty-four years In the preparation Of
his History Of Europe" but many i'm
portant literary enterprises we're car
ried on by him during this time
Ella Wheeler Wilcox declares that
she believes In the doctrine Of rein
earnatlon. and that threc-iourths Of the
inhabitants OF the world believe In H..
too She thinks she was cat, once.
Il may be encouraging 10 young au-
thors TO know that Of 1856 books pub
lished In one week during the month Of
October. a representative house In New
York took only forty. leaving l25 un'
touched
u Il said that Jules SimOns real namC
Is Suisse. and that when his first book
was written. Victor Cousin advised him
to change II on account Of the number
OF Swiss acting In the capacity OF con
ciergc In Paris
Alphonse Daudets home Is In the
Faubourg Saint German. and the street
IN which he lives Is a quiet one. who's,
sparse shops have not changed then
style OF window dressing since the
death Of the Due de Berri
Rhods Bronghton T. still living Al
Oxford. stately, charming woman
just beginning the autumn OF lie. She
rarely goes 10 London nov. but Is al
ways pleased to welcome her literary
friends to her home IN the classic old
university town,
Victor Hugos statue ior the Place
Victor Hugo will not be- ready before
1900. Al that. time also will b. pub
/ llshed tao volumes containing some un-
published papers written at Guernsey
and the letters which he wrote TO In
Innate friends during his exile.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14

"lleu'y said old Mr. b. ,ersock
solemuly have you read this piece ln
lhe paper
y haze not father. answered Henry
imthmlIy
For BE- was an amateur musician.
"Oh you never saw anybody who was
more 3d.
IL Is a piece" pursued old Mr Bow
ersock. sloomily about a New iiamp
shire man who played the violin"
And what what happened 20 D.
iather3" ialtecd Henry
BE knew instinctlyely that Il must
he something
The other day while playing on hli
fiddle said Mt Bowersock. sinking bill
voice TO a hoarse whisper. he suddenly
struck a loud discord and Tell over
dead"
Eyes es father" siammered lienry
taking hla aching heart In bic hand and
passing ont under the silent fiara Wiih
b. New York Recorder
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14
kV WENT.
A Man Who Killed Nsp WIN IN. Great
eti Of Etsr.

est 81 tNr,
Il cav Ben Thompson the motor
ious TeSas de pcrado kill two nor
and dog In les than elk second. >
said l. e. Gildorsleoye. a member o
the "Reminiscences club 4 see Il
stated In "a Enstcrn magazine tina,
Thomps0n allied altogether eighteen
men. lie told mo few days before
he was r.ddled with bullets In tho
Fashion theaicr nj san Antonio that
he had put twonty seven men TO sleer
all Of them In seli-deicnse
'Bens Idea Of what constituted
seli-de'ense may have been n ir 10
crude but do not believe be was
ever guilty OF cowardly cold.
bl0oled murder mot him fro.
quently during my travels m TeNna
and always found him sociable and
good natUrei shortly after he be.
came city marshal OF Austin ho was
s.tllng 10 front OF the hotel whers
was stopping talking 10 m when
some one informed him that there
was an ugly row In progress at a
Mo lean dance house Tires or four
blocks away. OH let the groascrs
fight said Thompson queru Ously
II they Kill eaca VI eE 10 much the
better
lie did not move but continued
hls chat with mo. In a fcw minutes
the mayor came up and said Ben
you ought 10 stop that row among
the MeAieans They re ra sing par.
ilcular Ill and disturbing the entire
neighborhooi' AN right said Hen
III 20 over and ring down the cur,
laln on their show To asked me "a
90 along with him and ibid 50. " hoa
We reached the place the row had
subsidized ana only hve or six Mexl.
cans and a big savage dog w.ro on
the premises One OF tho Mexicans
had an ugly knife woun in the nee,
and was slowly hlooi TO death.
Hen asked him who sla,aod him aad
he replied that he foll % ihs railroad
bridge and cnt his goo o
O. That's the way with these greas.
ers said liea 10 ms they'll eight
among themselves ana ont uul slash
bat they % never peach A Mexican
seldom turns states evidence lie
seat for a doctor 10 attend the wound.
ed man then arrested the oiherA
They reused 10 20 viii him and
made an ugly demon ,tra'lOa An old
bag set the dog on us via 10 the men
drew knives Quick a. a hasa fen
shot the dog and two Of The mei TIC
latter falling a. though struck by
lhundorbolla Now will the rest OF
YOU fellows goF asked Ken Thor
went
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-14
REMEDIAL Food.
FurnipI for nervous dI1orderl and ior


Turhips Tor nervous disorders ana for
scurvy.
Lettuce Is useful to those suffering
from insomnia.
Blsckberrles - a tonic. Useful IN
all forms OF diarrhea.
Honey Is wholesome. strengthenine
cleansing. healing and nouriahlng.
Pie plant Is wholesome and apioriont
~ excellent for rheumatic sufferers and
nseful for purifying the blood.
Lemons for fcverish thirst in sick.
ness. for billlousness. low fcvcra. rheu.
matism, colds liver complaint otc.
Figs are aplericnt and wholesome.
They are said 10 b. valuable "a a food
for those suffering from cancer. they
are used externally as we'll a. inter
nally.
| Fresh ripe fruits are excellent foi
purifying the blood and toning up the
system. As specific remedies, oranges
are aperient. Sour oranges are highly
recommended for rheumatism.
Tomatoes are a powerful aperient foi
the liver. a sovereign remedy for dys.
pepsla and Indigestion. Tomatoes are
invaluable In all conditions Of the sys-
tenn In which the use Of eal0mel Il indl-
Gated
Eggs contain a large amount Of nutri-
ment In a compact, quickly available
form Beaten Up raw with sugar thel
are used 10 clear and strengthen the
Voice. With sugar and lemon iuicc
the beaten white Of egg Is used 10 re-
lleye hoarseness.
Raw beef proves OF great benefit to
persons Of fraii constitution. aud to
those suffering from consumption. Il
Is chopped fine. seasoned with salt and
heated BY placing Il In a dish In hot
water. Il asslmllates rapidly and az
fords the best nouriEhment.
Peanuts for indigestion. They are
especially recommended for corpuleni
diabetes Peanuts are made into
wholesome and nutritious soup, ar,
Drowned and used as coffee. are eaten
a. relish simply baked, or are pre-
pared and served as sailed almonds.
Apples are useful 10 nervous dyspep'
sla; they are nutritious. medicinal and
yltaliIlnE; they aid digestion. clear the
voice. correct the acidlty Of the stom.
ach, are valuable In rheumatism, 10.
somnls and liver trouble. Az apple
contains as much nutrimen, as 20
tato In a nleasaater and more whole
some form,
Onions are almost the best norvinS
known. No medicine Ia so useful n
eases Of nervous pr0slrallon. and ther'
Is nothing else that will 50 quickly re-
lleye aud tone up a worn-out system
Onions are useful In an cases OF coughs
oO,aa. and influenza: In consumption
insomnia. hydroptobla, scurvy. grave
and kindred liver complaints Eaten
every other day they soon have clear
ms aud whitening eaec, on the com
nlexion,