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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

my triumphs: IN my nne royal robes q
purple and gold and ermlne; win my
glorious jeweled crown. And ! snail
kiss your hand Ia homage TO your
IN homage to your beauty and Jay these
laurels, these triumphs az your rect
my queen! my COletteT
"Just then appears a farmer win ms
grist and the happy. frightened gifi
fiits away like q startled bird.
bon Dieur' said Brabon. Il see.
The stage was his yagary"
yes" said the notary. bowling his
head as before some great mystery.
AT the college entertainments. while
struttlng through the plays OF these
great masters IN the little hall, with its
small stage and crude scenery before
the common village audiences, he nrst
heard the siren voice Of Art. And Il II
as a sirens voice to some. you know,
Rrabon. En- bien. What Il the differ
cnceY lie Is playing a role now-how
tragic a role"
But about C0letteT interrupted bra
bon. with some impatience. The gentle
scntlmentallty Of the notary escaped, 10
an extent. the blum. practical drummer.
"Ahl there Is the role-the role OF
beauty and Distinction Think Of w.
All along she has believed In him
vaguely. From the day be had fright
ened her with his strange talk, seem
lngly ~ Irrelevant 20 her happiness.
her poor. small mind was filed with
visions OF mysterious greatness and
Joys % be- In the future-much as are
our visions Of the life 10 come. He
asked her TO walt She must never be
the wife Of q common miller, but o. a
great man. n man whom the whole
worlr would applaud. Aud 10 she
waited; trusting. loving, believing In
him Infinitely: and even when her rea-
son Il fallen into decay-see the de-
voiioni Each day. all these years. she
goes TO the mill and attends upon him.
performing the household duties, con
I Quoting the business Of the mill, detail
Z ing the work and instructing the men
: hired to do the milling. Thus has she
cared for him as no one would care Tor
a child. and IN all. save the matter Of
( this vagary, he Is obedient 10 her slight
est within"
Babon touched the notary's arm.
''Scel They come again"
once more the bizarre figure str0llcd
past. followed by the woman. They
had walked 20 the church where Co
lettc was making a novena for Leph'
rims recovery.
To look upon the notary one would
suppose an angel passed. but there was
on the face q the drummer only look
Of pcrplexed incrcdullty,
When they were gone a little way
the notary arose. looked az his watei
and made a. 10 set forth. Brabon de
tanned him.
zone word. monsieur. They are mar
ricd n0wf'
ooh. no! That could not be" he an
swered with something like a sigh
They are stlll counting and lookinl
forward 10 day Of greatness ans
making ready for the wedding. Mol
Dlcu Brabon. That Is love, ehi-Si
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

"wcll. says Zcphrin TO her very
grnvcly aud with new, strange look
IN his eyes a look that trighicns her
not n little.
"'rhcy cali me Ia contempt tho
King Of the Mill." hut they shall bow
before me yet as before a king. Aud
indeed shall wear the ro,~s OF a
King and speak the noble words Of a
King. which I am getting by rosc each
night where they see my lamp burning
In the dorncr window. lleinl They
shall VIC like rats the rats whose enl-
peror they say ! am now, while hold
Them In spoil with the brave lines Of
Mollere OF Cofuelllcl OF Racine.
efhe good 81 Ann protect usl Whs
arr lhey ally egles Colelle, now mncl
pcflnrhcil. nrl the miller continues
without Noticing the interruption,
~sAnl | shall come 70 yon then wlll
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29
ESCAPED nv PSYCHIC POWDER
4 Hypnosist's Encounter With Three
Very Determined burglars.

4 Hypnotlst's Encounter With Three
very Determined Burslars
''The narr0west escape ever had
from Instant death" said the hypnotist
81 the company. "was when | found
myself looking into the barrels Of three
reyolvers held by the hands Of three
burglars. and each Of the rcvolvers
aimed az my head"
"Dld you hypnotic the revolversf'
gentleman. my life on that occa-
sion was saved through the interven.
ton OF extraneous power. you may call
II what You will. hypnotism or will
power. bui Il was the supreme effort
~ the subjective mind acting entirely
upon is own responsibility
1T happened many years ago when
was on visit 90 The FRS our old
homestead az Petite Cote. Our house
was filled with company aud we were
expecting newly.marrlcd sister and
her husband. ~ had left the large H.
hrary lamp burning against their COM
ing. My young brothers were at home.
but ! happened to be the only man In
the house who was available In an
emergency. No thought or fear OF
burglars was In our minds, and We had
no extra sum Of money In the house 10
tempt their cupldlty. Bu, Il was true
that my mother had gone 10 Detroit on
that day intending 20 draw $500 from
the hank. but had changed her mind
and returned without the money.
That. however was the cause OF my
peril. when heard a cry Of fear from
my mothers room | rushed ont on the
landing aud saw the three robbcrs by
the light Of the library lamp. which
they had now moved into the hall.
was only half awake-that h. my or
binary SELF. but my dual personality
was at work. and my subjective mind
lad compelled those three murderer
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

An account has recently been given
Of a journey round the world which
was undertaken By a young German
upon a bicycle. lie started from New
York. crossed the continent 70 San
Francisco. then went by steamer 10 ia
pan. and from that country 10 China.
Near the large cities In the latter
country he was allowed 10 pass freely.
but In the remote provinces he and his
machine were regarded as a dying
devil" and he was assailed with stones
and clubs Mobs OF laborers rushed
from the fields and pursued him with
their hoes and spades Twice he @=s
surrounded. and his camera. which
was strapped TO his back. was shat
tered.
How aid you save your iiIeY" a
friend asked.
u made them laugh" the adventurcr
replied. 4 began iooling with the ma
chine aud tumbling on Of L. Then !
persuaded one Of their number 70 try
the wheel. gave him a header. and
down he vent In a few minutes every
man wanted TO mount. and the crowd
was shouting with laughter"
In another locality. when he was met
by an angry mob. he produced a mouth
organ and arrested their attention By
a few lively tunes
While they we're wondering at Thu
he took from his pocket a set Of puzzl'
rings. knowing that every Chlnamal
Is attracted by a mechanical puzzle
and gave Il TO them 20 work out
With the music and the puzzle \
quickly converted the men who Ia
thlrsted for his life into friends.
The friends. however. we're almost
!. Troublesome a. enemies. a. they 4
!. sisted on accompanying him 70 the n
4 in . body. and watched him sup II
prepare for sleep. staying round the b
with vice. unwinksnr evsa.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29
THE KING OF THE MILL

One summer evening. after supper,
Monsieur In Rose the village notary.
came out upon the veranda Of the Iio-
eel Castor, his hat In his hand, his
smoothly-shaven face ruddy and pleas
ant TO look upon. Brabon, the drum
mer, who came up from Montreal 10
Saint I'yx occasionally on business,
sat smoking quietly In a chair that
was Tilted against the wall.
Good evening" said NJ. In Rose.
Good evening. Monsieur L. Noiarie!'
answered hmhon. iidolenily.
Then there followed n little spell Of
silence that was intensified by the
elaticr Of distant COW bells.
Presently there appeared In the
street. Immediately before the hotel.
a sort Of living fantasy-a singular,
lark-faccd old man. who strobe slowly
past. clad In a loose robe Of many
bright colors. HIS eyes had the un-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

trlcan Association. and sort OF drive u
to high grass The players generally
do rot take any atock In the story that
there Is TO be a new organization. one
player. who was mixed ~ In the Broth
erhood Of 1890. says:
"Therc have been mutterlngs amonr
some players for years over the pros
pect Of a new league being formed
And there are some players who would
be foolish enough to follow the for
tunes Of euch an outlaw organization.
iusI as there are people who go against
the game on the electric light outlaw
races. There Is no doubt that there are
largo number OF dissatisfied players
In the business. for players become dis
ratlahed with their managers just the
same as any other workingman be-
comes weary OF working for one hos
all the time. stlll. most Of the players
have heard the story OF what the Broia-
erhood was. and its consequences. ani
they would be leery In Joining hands
with another wildcat scheme knoa
that In 1894 there was a scheme on foot
to organize m opposition league. aud
things were getting on more swim
mingly and had progressed further
than was known. Premature publica.
ton spoiled that enterprise So far a.
am concerned. want no more war.
In mine."
Let no one be frightened and take
TO the woods on account Of the report
cent out from New York about the lat
est war In base ball circles These ro
ports break out At Intervals on th'
slightest proyocaiion: they please some
amuse others. aud are harmless Th'
attempt 90 ring the minor leagues int
It shows that the promoters OF th
scheme do no. know the men back o
the so-calied minors.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

n he journey through Thibsl 1ad
Asia Minor the young hleycllsi lo8k no
weapons but his mouth organ aud
puzzle.
MY best safeguard" ne said. Is iha
fact that ] can trust my own temper.
Whatever happens. know I shah Be-
cool ana patient. and can play with a
mob until make them laugh. There
= fraternal feeling In the breast q
nearly every savage. II Re laughs with
you. you are safe"
The adventurer's maxims would hold
good In journey through life a. well
A. through Asia.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

Although o'Br.en ia one OF the few
good hlllcrs on the Louisville team, and
apparently can put up as good second
base as any man In the country, YET,
he was unpopular In louisville, and
there win be few regrets at his depart.
ure. writes a Louisville core.
spondont Just why this is 20 have
never been able TO understand. as he
was always gcntlomanly player on
and on the field and seemed to try
hard. IN, he never had the sympathy
Of the crowd and seemed TO realize Il
and felt that no had been here too long.
n IA believed he viii strengthen the
Senators. las, year he played coed
hall. For some time past the man.
apemeni has had good reason 10 be-
Hove that there were two factions IN
the team. and finally decided 10 get rid
of the faction OF which o'nrien It IL al
legged was member. and Il Is believed
that more players will be released,
nBrlcn was a great friend Of ex-Man-
arcr McCloskcy. aid has not appeared
10 be IN harmony with the new ordsl
OF things. and apparently did not rel
ish the Idea Of being relieved Of ~
team captalncy. Il il believed III
change viii have q good effect on n
team.
I'd nl,hor and his partner. John Con
ley. are hpllalne hotel a the Read
! tIlla felas.t track
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

greater part Of this season. Holmes dli
some very clover batting last year u
each o. thro games he was crediic
with making four cafe hits. and IL
each Of four games made three saf
hits. In oaly eight Of the thirty min
championship games that he PARTED
rated IN with the Louisville team Lac
year ala be fail 10 make a safe bit
During those thiriy-nlne contests h
PLAYED third base shor, stop. pitcher
center and right field
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

Two negroes had agreed TO settle the
question who was the better man.
They also agreed that ~ soon a. ous
was satisfied he should indicate he lael
70 the other BY simply crying.
"SuGlclents~
After pounding each other lcr sunw
time. one sang cut
"eunlclcntf
WhefeapoA, mush % his DISGUST. tie
ether negro exclaimed
THERE I've been srslnr 4 think a
- uord cor the lass saenir nslnassz''
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

10 lower their weapons and althougs
they were calm and co1l aud ! wildly
excited. their aim was dcilcctcd and |
escaped with my life, although wound.
ci IN three places. none Of which was
fatal That was my first knowledge
OF power ! can now evoke az will.
Now. gentlemen. II | did mol fOil those
robbers by psychic force, what was
uy'
And then the man who does not be
llcve In scientific theories growled;
4 should say that Il was very sue.
ccssful game Of hluif. "-Detrolt frs
rrcsA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

large. and bears and cows, and animals
wild like that
parading around most all the time. and
great big plooshy cat
Ny Pa came into that room one day
10 sec who was blowing the horn,
And before be looked where be walked
he stepped on top Of a unicorn;
And the fast express from old Bureau
ville--as fast as the wind Il goes
Came whistling over the carpet track.
and ran right over his toes.
And when he jumped back TO get out
Of the way big man-oi-war sailed
by.
And clipped the end OF his heel. II did,
and a eannon-hall hit his eye.
A eannon.baIl shot by General Zinc
bombarding a Brownie band.
That peeped from the edge Of the old
soap-dish We keep on the oak
wash-stand.
And once in the dark he trlpped on the
ark. and fell on the Ferris wheel.
And bumped his head on a wagon red,
and broke OF my s,eam-launch
keel:
And when be go, up TO leave the room.
the very frst thing be knew
Tie got In the midst OF some lead
Arabs, and made a great hullabal-
loo.
And that's why say IT'S a dangerous
place for those who've not been
there before,
VITA lions and boats and bears and
carts strewn everywhere over tn.
floor.
And unless I'm home when you visi
me, there isn't a bit Of a doubt.
Instead Of a-venturing In there alone
you'd better by far keep out.
Carlyle Smith In Harper's Run,
Table.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT DoiNos ON AND OFF
THE DIAMOND.
"a fs Now nsliev~d That There IL No
Prospect for riayerf LesEue Next
Year The Empires Troablcs--Oid-
Tlme rltehera
IE lannon's roar

lie lannon's roar
has subsidized per
haps temporarily.
perhaps forever
for the past few
daya has brought
no further news re-
garding the new
League" lhatisto be
run In opposition to
the present Nation
al League and Am
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

A strange bird capiurd On the river
Tyne fnrix YEARS AVA. llailled tnxitlpr.
mist until recently, when n WAS dla-
covered a. b. ,l'p barred haemaserla, a
native q the hlnplsAn monnsalnA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

tho scaeon Of 1894. and has been with
that club ever since. lie "a not spe.
oially brilliant fielder, but Is a hard
hitter and thrower and a clever base
runner.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29
CHILDREN's CORNER.
INTERESTING READING FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
IL the Narssry-A Dimeult Uord-A
Iioy's Brays Aet-teatrslllar . Mob
--Anscdets and Insldsnt and Amas-
lag Sketches

s a dangerous
place so N g
times for those
who don't
know my nur-
sery aoor.
I'd I'd advise
those who are
timld at all 20
keep well out
side the door
- -
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

I'd nlshcr and his partner. John Con.
ley. are building q hotel q, the Read.
vile giass1 Hask
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-29

There are lions II
large. and bears and COWS. and animals
wild like that
parading around most all the time. ana
a great big plooshy eat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02

upon the New York side. Each tower instead of being d solid mass all tbe ,voy Up, will consist of two nearly sc,,a,.1 towers placed some little distance apart and connected by stiffenihg girders and srusses between. Itis probable that the louhdatlon for each part of each tower Wlll be solid mass of masonry 60 feet by S0 feet, the narrow end bein9 toward the river, and will taper upward nntil at the point 20 feet above tbe water level where the steel work begins. twill measure some 50 feet by 70 feet.
 This single member of single tower IS as large on it's ground as a bio citv church; and is an absolutely solid mass ef masonry. It is also about he size of the base of a single one of the four solld and nearly triangular piers which support the vast dome of St. Pefer's church in Rome.
 Building church is one thing and using it after it is built is quite another. he present bridge between New York and Brooklyn is a fine structure capable. faulty as it is, of conveying a traffic many times greater than it ever will have simply because it's approaches are harrew and it's terminal facilities inadez qaate, although slight improvement in them is nearly completed which will for awhile somewhat mitigate the fierce crush and struggle even in the bridge stations which have grown to be dis graceful in the extreme even if they are not positively dangerous to life and limb.
 1t is in the matter of approaches and terminals, thanks to the experience and keen foresight Of Mr. Buck and to the able seconding which he has received from the commissioners charged with the work, that the new bridge will make inc most radical departure, not only from the old one, but from every pre- viously existing structure in the world. When completed it will take it's place, and until a mightier successor arises. hold it as the engineering marvel of the early years of the Twentieth century.
 The old bridge has two footwaFs. fwo carriage ways and two railroad tracks. The new bridge will have six railroad tracks, two carriage ways, two footways and two bicycle paths. Two of the rail- road tracks are for elevated cars. which, without doubt, will secure connections on both sides of the river so that pas sengers can go 20 or 9 miles, say from Jamaica to Yonkers, without once de scending to the level of the street, pos sibly even without changing cars. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02

four other tracks are for surface cars driven either by electricity or by com pressed air; two of them approaching and leaving from the north and two from the south to serve the different parts of the city. An architectural eX- pert will early be called into consultation 10 keep in mind the aesthetic quality of the great structure. It will have, in stead of pinched terminals debouehing upon narrow streets, broad plaza at either end, perhaps 600 by 900 feet in size, equal to several city blocks, along winch can be ranged car stands for 20, 30 or 40 different car lines if necessary, each falling into it's place, receiving it's passengers and joining in the line for the procession across the bridge. 1t is calculated that some so per cent. of the traffic will be passenger traffic.
 Yet if q person wishes to walk or wheel over the river and enjoy the unequaled panorama from the summit of the arch he can do so without danger to his neck, for on either side of the wide plaza footpath and a bicycle path will sweep in an easy curve toward the big towers, gradually arising at somewhat higher gradient than that of the carriage track, until as they reach the bridge proper they are directly above the carriage ways. By this arrangement the width of the new bridge is kept at 11S feet. Even at that, it is fully 50 per cent. wider than the old one.
 After this statement of the dimensions of the plazas at the terminals of the bridge, it will hardly be necessary to add that there is no congestion of traf- fic to be apprehended in any of the streets approaching it. It is as II the thrones which will pass over are to be buttered out thin over wide area, so that each stream can seek it's channel without interfering with any other. Still it is likely that the main lines of approach on either side will be widened by the city authorities, although With this the bridge commissioners and ehgl- neer have nothing to do.
 In another regard the builders of the new link between the two cities nave learned a valuable lesson from the dis astrous experience of the old, and that is in the matter of administration. It has cost the people of New 1ofN ana Brooklyn more than $32,000 00o 10 build and administer the present IrooA- lyn bridge up to date. Its income vast as it has been, has been an ln- adequate compensation for the cost of the structure, partly because of the ex- pensive and antiquated ways in winch it's various activities are eonducted' which are, again, rendered necessary oy inc limitations of the termini. 1t has q complete engineering staff a sepa- rate police force, separate lighting con tracts. it's own cars, cables, engines ana railway staffs. It costs many times as ,o,,cb F, switch the cars back and forth = E ]. 7, :, ,,x, A II, s,.sr.r ft f;t \ m he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02

lyn man may board his morning ear, surface or elevated, and, instead Of changing at the bridge entrance and joining in the scramble for q seat or standing room only for a ride of but six or eight minutes, will roll on across the bridge in the same ear without stay or detention, and the same at night upon his return. What sum per pas senger the ear lines will be required to pay for their use of the bridge E question which, of course, the future will be left to determine. but however small the rate. it is easy to see that the immense throngs which use the bridge will provide a sufficient revenue to pay the interest upon the cost of the strue- ture, because it's maintenance expenses will be almost nothing.
 Probably this decision to make the new span a thoroughfare for all who wish to use it upon the commissioners terms is the wisest which could be made. It is the wisest economy of the time of the passenger and of the money of the taxpayers.
 It should be added that engineers do not begin planning for great works by drawing pretty pictures to show how they will look when completed. They begin at the beginning. The unofficial illustration which accompanies this ar, ticle is drawn from the description to show the general character of the structure and the grouping of is lines of traffic. and is not supposed to he accurate in detail.
 IQlIM [ A Nrcn0N 1IEA TON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02
N ENGINEERING MARVEL.
New Bridge Over the East lns River to Be 9 Colossus.
u,,, Be a Record Breaker Six Rail- Y -aad Tracks, Two Roadways, Two Footpaths and Two Bicycle
 Paths on 1t.
fcopYRIGHT. 1s9e.l

vsw York, July 28.-As the sapient nason M Jasper, of Richmond, re- @i. arted "the world do move.'
 npea an the 24th day of May, 1884, when .,o - prooklyn bridge was opened to traf- .ps ;t was one of the engineering won lis ssrs of the world. In 12 years it has be- eome back number.
 eVl How much of back number, it is ..,aswhat surprising to learn by a ss ornnarison of the present bridge with ssapew one whose construction, about -. miIA and a half further up the river, ;s now being busily pushed. For that ,atter the Firth of Forth bridge a, 1nened near Edinburgh a number of v Tpsrs ago, was bigger and higher and iiosaer and heavier than the Brooklyn hr;doe. but it will, in turn, be sur sasspd bv the structure which Is now lhant to rise from the waters edge. .,;ting the sundered sections of Great er New York. For the new East river brdpe. although 100 feet shorter in is central span than that over the Fortb is wider, heavier and bigger in every other dimensions, and will ac- eommodate a traffic immensely in ex- eess of any that Scotland is ever likely tosee.
 Stated in bold figures, there are some sbarp contrasts between the new Brook Irn bridge and the old.
 The new bridge probably will cost a rife less for actual construction, and as will be shown, immensely less for op- eration hereafter than the old yet it will be practically five times as power hl. The towers will be from TO to p feet higher than those of the old bridge. This additional height allows the cables to take Q more decided curve in their huge loop across the river and thus subjects them to strain which, relatively 10 the weight imposed, is considerably less than in the old strue- ture. Yet. tall as they are, the towers of the new bridge will be very much lighter than those of it's predecessor, be- cause, instead of being constructed of