The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-02

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Have I.rtame iiistarir.
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Albert Way. cros'ns Pall-Man. can-
noned against So Oh rentleman. says
the New York Mail and Express After
mutual apologies cards we're exchanges.
on each card was printed Afr Albert
Way" The older geaiieman. dying.
left his fortune to The other Albert
Way.
The planet Neptune. valch had for
countless ages revolved il the heavens
unseen BY any one on earth. were dis
covered simultaneously and independ-
emily IN 1876 b. profs. Adams and b.
Leverrier. the two most brilliant as
tronomers Of the day.
Some few years ago a shepherd boy
placed a sleeper on the railway line BE-
tween Brighton and Palmer. With the
result that a traia was thrown on the
rails. One year later 10 q day-almoal
70 a minute that same youth was
struck BY lightning and instantaneous
~ killed within a couple Of miles Of the
spot at which the accident occurred.
Sir Walter Beaaut tells OF the follow
Ing curious coincidence which happened
himself n was consulting" he says.
~ artist with regard 10 the face and
feature Of q character which he vas
illustrating for me and ! briefly de-
scribed to him the kind Of face had Ia
mind. He was meanwhile rapidly
sketchins a face on 3 piece Of paper Ne
had before him. 'wlli that DO? he
asked. showing me the exact portrait Of
the man had been thinking Of
The four King Georges Of England an
died on the same day OF the week.
A lady lost a ring on ~the Under
ground" She returned and reported
her loss. Al that moment a train en-
tered the station, when her ring vas
found on the step Of her carriage. hav-
ing completed the circle in that posi-.
ton.
Al place Of worship IN R0therhlihe
some little time sgo the minister was
telling how Wellington said az crisis
Of one Of bis great battles. II dark
ness would only come u would save
him. Hardly had he uttered these
rords when the gas went out IN the
hapcl.
In 1880. a few weeks before the cen
sus taker began hts cnnneration Of the
people Of Elm Grove. Va. the town
authorities counted their own popula-
ton, preparatory TO Cling articles Of
Incorporation. The folioEiag was the
remarkable result: NnmAer OF males
over q years OF age. ifs. number Of
males under n years Of asc. AS. num-
Der Of females over iG years Of age.
iis; number Of females under i6 years
OF age ifS.
Some four years ago IN Teheran an
English sailor vas caught In the acs II
carrying OF some precioas stones from
the saah's palace Ths thief was
brought before the king Of kings. =
who swcre thar next time the sailor
crossed his path be would al once Be
PIT to death. Il is a curious fact that
this very sailor vas crossing the stree.
when the shah was driving in Berlin.
now some years ago. ani was knocked
down and instantly killed.
Some Zulus we're on exhibition In
Aberdeen and a gentleman who had
been In South Africa himself vent and
began 70 talk with the men in thai
own language One Of The natives va.
exceptionally shy. which rather a.
tracted the gentieman's attention. n.
looked al him more closely and rccor
; mixed him as a man who had worke.
= tor him In Natal and had run away VIII
! pair OF trousers which did no, beloni
] to him.