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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-16

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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-16

william Koonsman. q farmer near
Kokomo. Ind. Ia ouriousiy demented.
A few weeks ago he conceived the no.
iion that u was elm 20 wear clothlng.
To prove the correctness Of his theory
koonsman cast on bis clothing and
Nenl about for a week entirely nude.
nticf tho belief that his body would
he q covered With a growth Of hair
- sftilon against The cold. IN
.liaa n, SlaYea On The roof
been IA existence roi3e
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-16
QUEER OCCURRENCES.
SOME RECENT EVENTS AND o.
THE ORDINARY.
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Mayors Duel with . FeFocious Hawk
Girl Expires IN nallroom-sneeses
his rye Cat.

peculiar transac-
ton In wives took
place In Wilkes
barre. Pa. the 9TH
or day. There was
quite a crowd In
Mr. Joseph Roth
STEMS saloon
Stanley Maklinsky
excited the envy Of
his friends by
showing them a
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-16

Death attended a ball at New Drums.
wick, N. J.. tho other night. Miss Mel.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-16

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

German machines and methods go so far toward perfecting it's application that it must be conceded to be new departure.
 At Dusseldorf the shrapnel shells for the German field artillery are made by the Erhardt process. There is proyi- ded matriX which is to form the eXte- rior of the shell. Into this matrix a piece of steel rod three inches in diame- ter and about ten inches long, heated to cherry red, is dropped Then by means of a hydraulic press solid steel core, or mandrel, is pushed into the red-hot steel With one noiseless thrust it penetrates the hot steel like so much wax, spreads the plastic metal out evenly and shoveS the end of 1t into the bottom of the matriX, where 1t is tapered to point, The exterior or the shell is conformed perfectly to the shape of the matrix; the interior to the shape of the core. The process re- quires but two seconds. An advantage much in it's favor is its economy In the manufacture of some articles there is a saving of as much as fifty per cent At the same time there is a decided su- periority of quality Shells, gun-bar- rels, cannon, boiler tubes and bicycle frame tubing thus made are of homo" genous internal structure, and vastly stronger than when made by other methods.
 In the making of a gun barrel, for eX- ample, the solid heated metal being driven by lateral displacement into it's new form by a steady, resistless power, is compressed in high degree. Every flaw is obliterated, and the interior sur face is made the densest and strongest. So great is the pressure that when the mandrel or core is withdrawn the sur face it leaves has glistening appear ance, as if polished by friction. Flasks for liquid carbonic acid are made four or five feet long by eight inches in di- ameter, being shaped by a single move ment. Such is their quality, being without seam or flaw, that they readily
 sustain a pressure of two hundred and fifty atmospheres. Steel cannon tubes of six-inch calibers and over are thus | made, and the government requires all makers of guns and projectiles for army and navy use to use the Erhardt process. Other metals are used in like | manner care being taken to subject each to such conditions of temperature, etc, as its special qualities require, | Copper tubes are made of all ordinary | sizes and of lengths up to twenty feet. | There seems to be no limit to the appli- cation of the Erhardt process as re- spects diameter, length and shell thick
 ness of the hollow body produced, ex- cept such as is fixed by the size of the
 machinery employed. Any malleable
 metal may be worked and at saving
 in comparison with the methods hlther- | to in use.
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ONLT.


 "Is anything known of the prisoner or his habits?" Officer--Nothing, your honor. He lives opposite the police station.-Judy.
 Yes" said the retired premier dan seuse, looking over her bank book, q seem to have kicked up good deal of dust in my time. .''-Chicago Tribune.
 Wife-Death brings the only repose to a wife like me. Husband-You for get the repose it would also bring to her husband d,--Cleveland Leader.
 New Maid-Missus, that man who cut yer grass did bad job. l wouldn' t employ him no more. Missus-I must, Maria; I am married to him.-Chieago Record.
 you, Grace?" pleaded the hapless youth whom she had just refused. Yes, George" gently answered Grace. T snore dreadfully. y."-Chicago Tribune.
 He is good natured, is he?" Good natured? Why, I have known that man to wear a smiling face when he was speaking of taking off porous plasteri''-Boston Courier
 How could the Chicago young wo- man, who was engaged to man who forgot ner name when he went to pro- cure the wedding license, ever have trusted him to bring home a spool of thread ?-Kansas City Star.
 'Yes, sir; that mans indolence has actually made him rich"
 "How so?"
 Well his father left him a little property and he was too all-fred lazy to spend the income. ."-Detroit News.
 MT. Haicede-By gosh, eff I loafed around like you do it would nigh kill me. I ain't happy 'less'n l got some work to do. Dismal Dawson-That list goes to show what hold a bad habit will get on man in course of time.-Indianapolis Journal
 Harold, dear, why were you so very noisy this morning? You walked me with shouting. don't like to be reused So. like to sleep until I wake natural ly"
 "Yes, but, mamma, isn't it natural to wake up when you hear noise? ?"-Life
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exactly seven and one-half per cent advance from cost. Such business l believe to be as beneficial to the public as any philanthropic institution The people should purchase the necessaries of life at a margin above first cost suf- flcient only to pay for the actual hand | ling Of the goods. That is fixed prin- ciple of mine"
 But" said the boy in puzzled, hes itating way, you had an invoice of lace cutains to-day at three dollars a | pair, and I heard you give instructions to mark them $4,69," The old man leaned back in his leath- er-cushioned swivel chair smiled blandly, and told the boy to take pencil and paper.
 "The expenses of this business last year," he said, were ten per cent of the sales. Add ten per cent, to your l three dollars"
 Three thirty"
 "Thereis always possible shrinkagein in value of stock, always a percentage of | bad debts, always q hazard of unfore- seen contingencies Add ten per cent. more.
 Three sixty three" DO you know how much it costs your father to maintain himself and his family? Have you any idea Of the | expense of educating and dressing three boys and three girls, paying their way in society, providing them and their mother with country home and city home, with servants and car riages and everything they desire?'
 T am afraid have no idea, father v Well, it is simply frightful It is, in 1 fact, twenty per cent. of the entire sales of the house. Add twenty per cent Never mind fractions" | -Four thirty-fve."
 There You have arrived by pro cess as clear and open as day, and by the use of simply business sales at the cost of those curtains billed at three dollars. Now add seven and one-half per cent profit"
 -Four sixty-nine."
 That's what I'm going to advertise them at, and you will see a great run on them tomorrow, for the public has learned that all my announcements are absolutely reliable"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
He Had a Shine.
(From the Buffalo Express }


 Apropos the passage of the Raines bill a good story is told of one of the country legislators who helped it through. The legislator was in New York recently for one of the many pur- poses that so frequently call legislators to the metropolis. A city associate got together a party of friends and under took to show him the sights of the town. After seeing the Eden Musee, the Central Park menagerie and other objects which are supposed to interest countrymen, the city member thought he would try an experiment and led his party into the Hoffman House bar room.
 The country legislator did not realize where he was going till he was safely inside and had been lined up to the bar with his companions.
 Now, then" said his guide, what are you going to have?" The country legislators face fell
 What are the rest of you going to have?"he asked.
 Never mind that" said the enter tainer, you just name anything you want. It is my treat"
 What will it cost?' asked the man from the country, dubiously.
 Any sum from twenty-five cents to five dollars" replied the other. Don't worry about the cost"
 "Ill tell you" said the countryman, desperately, T don't drink, and I don't smoke, but if you'll excuse me this time, I'll get my boots blacked here"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
The German Woman in Revolt. {From the Lady's PictoriaI.)

The German woman is beginning at last to assert herself. The Berlin cor respondent of a morning paper states that a great protest is being made against certain clauses of the proposed new civil code. The position of women in Germany has long been unsatisfac- tory, and there were hopes-fallacious, as 1t has turned out--that the new code would redress some of their grievances, The German married woman, accord- ing to the Berlin correspondent, has, unless a special contract has been made, no right to dispose of her own fortune without the permission of her husband, who is besides solely entitled to administrate and to have the usu- fruct of her money, even of that which she earns. Should a woman enter upon any financial transaction without the knowledge and consent of her hus- band, it can be cancelled; women are also excluded from family councils. No wonder that they are discontented
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
mosoU1ros FOR THE PROFESSOR.

MoSQUITOS FOR THE PROFESSOR.
 Professor Vincent, who is a member of the London (England) Geographical Society, has come to this country on rather odd mission. He is studying the mosquito here, as he has studied it in other parts of the world. He says he finds the most ferocious specimens in Greenland, on Cat Island, and in the Gulf of Mexico. We hope that before he leaves he will spend few hours on the east shore of New Haven harbor. It would be interesting to know what a mosquito expert thinks of the winged devils that inhabit that otherwise fa
 vored locality. Of course our east shore mosquitos are not as efficiently savage as are the Alaska mosauitos which catch bears in swamps and kill them, but they can do good execution on bare place and even on a place that is not covered with pretty thick raiment. They could doubtless give the English professor some interesting lessons in his favorite study. We call his attention to them and theirs to him.
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made before forks, and hands before knives" No government with the wholesome fear of bankruptcy before it's eyes would dream of undertaking to supply the people with alcoholic liq- uor in sufficient quantities, and there fore barrels and tubs of water were placed within easy reach of the thirsty mooshiks who might be unluclSy enough to miss their share of the creature comforts" par excellence, which were also supplied in vast quan- titles free of charge Between the ta- bles, at intervals along the thirteen miles over which they extended, lofty arahusque- covered fountains were erected. whose capacious reservoirs were filled to overfowing with Crimean wine and the curious drink called myod. The national vodka, however, was conspicuous by it's absence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
QUEER BELGIAN CUSTOMS.
Burning the Dead and Renting Graves to
 tho Indigent.


 {From tho Providence Journall
 There is nothing in Belgium, not even a marriage to which so much pomp and show belongs as to funeral, It is the most important show occasion of a career, and the expense must be q heavy tax on the average family, for one will not economize in the details that custom says are necessary for the dead if such econorhy can be prevented When a death occurs crape is not hung upon the door but a notice Is sent to all friends and relatives. This, when fold- ed, is about the size of sheet of com mercial note paper, not placed in an envelope, but folded so the address is written on the outer section, which has black border an inch deep.
 On the receipt of this notice cards are left at the house by men, who call and represent the women of the family. No woman attends a funeral though 1t may be her nearest and dearest who lies dead, nor does any woman go to the grave Grief always appeals to ones sympathies, but it is difficult for a foreigner of Anglo Saxon stock to as- sociate grief with the usual funeral procession that one sees in Belgium. The hearse is gaudy with gilt and looks top heavy with it's ornaments It is much like circus chariot in all but shape. The driver wears a fantastic hat and cloak The hearse is drawn by black horses with trappings of black, and two, sometimes four, men, follow it a1a sr 1,i intn hot Iuit II, streamers quite to their waist, long 1y- ing capes of black with more stream CTS. Then comes a line of carriages, the more the better for popular esteem. It is not necessary to have anyone in them Often the men who ride are smoking. I have counted twenty-five carriages, half of them empty.
 Only the very rich can buy land out right for their dead. The other people hire the grave for as long a time as they can afford may be year, ten years and very rarely, twenty five years; then it is taken for another oc- cupant
 Those opponents of cremation who have sentiment as an argument against it are asked to think of this
 
 the only alternative near the large cit ies. The new coffin is placed upon the remains of the former, unless one cares to remove what may be left of what was once the home of soul. For the very poor there is harder lot still, as they cannot hire a grave. The pot ters field' is large ditch, into which the bodies are placed and covered With quicklime. Does not cremation seem. even in a sentimental way preferable to this? Letting out graves explains why there are no oldtime gravestones. I asked the workmen around the place, "Where is the old part of the burying ground?" and received for answer. There isn't any" which a stroll around proved. The oldest grave l could find was but twenty-five years. and was a concession perpetuite. l The workmen explained to me the let ting of graves, and inquiries elsewhere verified all their statements.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

of stitching above the hem, in addition to rows of braid at regular intervals that terminated in bows at the bottom. The jacket bodice had a short ripple basque with pocket flaps at the sides, and was designed to be worn either open or closed with cord loops in the manner indicated by the small dia- gram. The blouse front was of white satin with a draped satin belt and col lar edged with a narrow lace frill. In front there was a yoke-like jabot of ecru lace
 This is just the sort of rig with which to don a shirt waist, but in choosing the latter be sure to avoid the many monstrosities that are on the market. Gauzes are made up with stiff linen collars and cuffs, and as if that were not violent enough assault on the proprieties, the collar is pierced and ribbon run in and out through the holes to tie at the neck in a bow. Think of that. And women buy these things! So remember and be more wise. Let the waist be either gentlemanly and perfectly simple or else let it be as fanciful as you like, and don't pretend that it is a shirt waist. Let it then be what it is meant to be-a fancy waist. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
FASHION NOTES.
Why Tailor Gowns Come High.


 It is great deal better to have a simply made gown that does not pre- tend to be a tailor-made than badly finished tailor rig. Remember that in a tailor gown there is no half way, It is like an egg, either perfectly good or bad, and there is no more place in the proper order of things for tolerable tailor rig than there is for pretty good" egg In the tailor gown every wrinkle, every slight detail all show and must be exact, It may seem as if tailor-made dress Is inexpensive, but to secure tailor fit and exactness you must pay. Don't try to save money on such a rig; save it on your ball gown instead, It is safe to say if you see an absolutely perfect tailor gown that it did not cost a cent less than one hum dred dollars, and it may have cost two hundred dollars.
 That is good deal for one gown, so most of us think, and for us more serviceable medium for attaining jaun- tiness is the sort of gown pictured here, It was found in mode colored cloth, it's moderately wide skirt having two rows
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion, Five cents word for | full week (seven times)
 Display Advertisements--Pe inch, one tn- sertion, s 20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; QUO week, $8.20; one month, Slo; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, lS cents per line. Notiues or births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, 16 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedite business (all matter to be unob- 1ectlonable) and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per oent on four inches or more, one month and over. l5 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
IMPROVED METAL WORKING.
Recent Inventions are Simplifying the Processes Heretofore in Use.
 (From the Baltimore Sun.l


 A most important invention in metal working is the Erhardt process for the production of tubular bodies by thrust ing steel core by hydraulic pressure into a hot mass of metal. The process has been patented in Europe and America and for two years past has been in highly successful operation in the works of the Rhendish Metal Ware company at Dusseldorf. According to the description of the invention and its practical results in consular reports No. 1S3, for December, it promises to revolutionize the manufacture of gun barrels, hollow projectiles, acid fiasks and, generally, all tubular forms, with in certain limits of size, which must combine lightness with strength. The principle may not be wholly new. In England an analogous method has been employed on limited scale, but the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

Thirty-thr million dollars have been raised by the London Missionary Society during the hundred years of its existence, and two hundred thousand heather have been converted. Each conversion costs s165
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
LESSON IN BUSINESS.
The Basis on Which the Selling Price is
 Reached.


 (From the Kansas City Packer.l
 Now, my son." said the old mer- chant, while you are applying your self to the details of this business, learning how to buy and sell. how to gauge the taste and needs of the great public, how to avoid mistakes, how to seize pportunities-while you study these things, keep always before you the fact that the basis of all true busi- ness success is absolute, uncompromis- ing honesty"
 Father" said the young man, ''your business has always been one of large sales and small profits, has it not?" You know what advertise, my son: l buy everything direct from the man ufaeturers and sell to the consumer at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

France has 529,ooO officeholders, whereas in 1853 she had only 100000. The population is now sS,OoO, 900 as com pared with S6,O0o, 900 then. About one man in every ten must hold some place under the government
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
NOtice.

wecannot aooept anonymous or return re- footed communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required, not for publication, hut as a guarantee of good faltn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

A cycle-cleaning brigade is proposed for London, the boys to be stationed at street corners like the bootblacks,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

The Michigan Supreme court has de- cided that the author of a book has no right to damages from a newspaper to which he sends his book for review and which reviews the same in a sharply hostile manner. The author in the particular case had recovered $500 in a lower court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

It is figured that when the trans Siberian railroad is done, which will be in about four years, it will be possible to go around the world in thirty days. "A traveller can be in St. Petersburg forty-five hours after leaving London, and 250 hours will see him in Port Ar thur. A Russo-American steamship company now in course of formation will land him in San Francisco seven days later, and from that city he can proceed via New York to London in about ten days more. The price of a round "trip ticket, it is said. need not be over $40O, and might be as little as s25o.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

Confusing What kind of a wheel are you going to get?" ITO tell you the truth haven't decided; there are now over 2,0O0 best makes to choose from, and each of your friends goes the other one better when he is telling you how much better the make he rides is than any other best make made."-- Brooklyn Life
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

At the coronation of Alexander IT., says the Moscow correspondent of the London Telegraph, there were no less than thirteen miles of tables {672 in number) laid symmetrically along the Khodynsky field. just outside of the city, and on the eve of the historic day they were covered with various kinds of eatables for the multitude. Thus, on each table were placed five roasted sheep, the horns gilt or silvered, and on each side of the improvised tables stood frs or pines, like the traditional Christmas trees of the Germans. from which hung. not merely the usual ap- pies, pears, sweetmeats and fancy breads. but likewise roasted ducks, chickens and hens galore. There were 10 plates, and the venerable old saying was acted upon that ringers were
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06
THECARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OTSIoE 400 STATE STREET.

DELIVERED DY CARRIERS IN THE CTY, lb CENTS A WEEK, b0CENTs AMoNTH. 8 FOR SIX MONTHS, SB A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BYMAII.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-06

Atlanta university at it's commence ment will begin a series of conferences of it's graduates to discuss the condi- tion of negroes living in southern cit ies. There are said to be about 1,250,0o0 such negroes, and their condition diff fers so widely from that of the planta- tion negroes that problems of great in terest and importance are presented. The special subject of the first confer ence will be the reduction of mortality among negroes in cities. The prelimi- nary direction of the conference is in the hands of George G. Bradford of Boston, one of the trustees of the uni versity, in consultation with Professor Edward Cummings of Harvard and others.