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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

Musical Instructor 10 Arrested on
Grave Charge.

Musical Instructor 10 Arrested on .
Grave Charge.
Professor Harold Land. director OF
the Ladies' Military Band OF Cresion,
la, has been arrested CO a charge Of
abduction. lie represented himself rs
a wldower, and has had living with him
two young women whom ne introduced
% his sisters. Mabel and Helena. They
were both members Of the band. May
or Scurr OF Creston last week received
a letter from Mrs. Gilmore Smith. OF
wlngham. Ont. In which she asserts
the two womea are daughters OF hers,
who disappeared from home over year
ago and Of whom no trace could be
found. She charges that Land IL an
assumed name and that his real name
Is Duncan Summers. and that he has a
wife and children living In Canada
MrA Smith Enclosed letter she re-
eeived frpm her younger daughter.
Helena. which implores her mother to
forgive her and TO aid her. representing
that she is badly treated by Land and
her elder sister The chief Of police at
once Investigated the matter aud the
two young women confessed that the
facts stated In the letter were true.
Land was Immediately taken into GUS
todV
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

seems to suit their pretty daintlncss
10 we'll as the snow-white. fur trimmed
rigs they wear 90 universally nova
days.
A cunning little sprlte, who wears the
dignified name OF Dorothy and who
claims two and a half years az tho por-
ton OF her time spent on earth, Is a
most bewltehlng sight In her snowy
cloak, hat and furs. She looks like
an invigorated snowflake. Shaggy,
silky white astrakhan forms the body
OF her short cloak. which barely covers
the chubby knees. II is doube-breast-
ed, and cut much as our umbrella skirts
are, TO hare all about in a succession OF
godets, while It fits the small shoulders
smoothly. Immense mother-ot-pearl
buttons fasteu Il down the front The
sleeves are big puiis reaching to the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
CAST BREAD ON WATER.
\ iirookiyn Man Receives 100000 70,
BefrleE iing M old Woman.

\ iirookiyh Man Receives 100000 70,
BefFleE ding m old Woman.
About four years ago Henry Lewis, q
contectioner who lives with his wife
and six children In Brooklyn, found al
aged woman sitting on the stoop OF his
house. She was poorly dressed and evi.
IDENTIFY without funds. AS she showed
evidences OF culture. he invited her 70
his home. She accepted. and Mrs. Lew.
Is refused to let her So The aged Wis
iior remained with them until six
months ago. when Lewis found Il a
difficult matter TO support his family.
Then she told them she would not con.
tinue TO be a burden to them. and In.
sisted on going TO the poorhouse at
Flatbush. where she remained until q
few weeks ago, when she returned She
had gone away comparatively pauper
but returned worth over 100000. which
she has turned over to Lewis for hk
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
noo1oR wlrH A REooRp.
ne h MIXED Up with Many Clvm aas
Criminal Cases

~ - MAANM ~ WIN MANN NANA AAa
Criminal Cases
DR.. william d. DeKmft. now a prls-
oner in Bellevue hospital. New York.
possibly has more charges Of fraudulent
practice hanging over his head. Is linz
plicated In more litigation and has more
unsatisfied judgments recorded against
him than any man in the city. lie has
had civil and criminal actions brought
against him for defraudlng people OF
sums OF money aggregating nearly
100000 He has been arrested numer-
GUS times. and In some manner has up
TO now eluded punishment lie has
readily found victims In all classes OF
hfe, who have invested large sums Of
money In his plausible schemes and
bogus companies lie has conducted an
"Electropathlc Institute" for some time
at 30 West Thlrtleth street, and has
been dispossessed for non-paymeni OF
rent Men and women alike seem TO
have fallen under his mysterious in
fiuence. He has been accused Of alien
ating the affections OF wife from her
husband. lie has had others arrested
on all sorts OF pretex,s. lie has brought
actions claiming damages for false Inn
prisonment. and is now held for the
grand Jury ON a charge Of perjury COM
mitted during his examination In bank
ruptcy and for having claimed as cred
itors three men TO whom he says he
owed more than $4,000 and who de-
clare that he never owed them a cent
lie has been In contempt Of court over
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07


than slx weeks ago she arrived In this
country. Her remarkable personal at
Effectiveness was made the subject oil
many newspaper articles. not a few OF
which were accompanied by pictures OF
her lovely face and wavy hair. Appar-
emily the fame OF her beauty has tray-
eled TO the far northwest, for a couple
81 days ago Miss Studholme received BY
mail an offer Of marriage from Haines
Webster Of Fort Casper. wyo. Nc.
Webster explains In his letter that he
has frequently seen pictures OF Miss
Studholme In the papers: that he Is an
Engiishman, that be owns a ranch; that
he has 300 horses--fhe can have fresh
one every day IN the year u she wants
II. he says-and cattle galore, and that
a bank at Green River. Wye, 0F the
Chemical National Bank IN New York
city will give information as 10 his
wealth He wants Miss studholme 10
enter into correspondence with him
with matrlmony as the ultimate object
aud be will either send her his photo,
or. better still. II she desires II, he Will
come on TO New York " see her, There
Is much more than this m the letter
Of course. every line breathing RFdens
devotion and assuring the recipient tina,
the writer. though be has thus suddenly
declared his admiration. Is not one TO
change his opinions or falter In his re-
gard.
Miss Studholme was astonlshed on re-
ceipt Of this letter. not so much on ae-
count OF the subject discussed as OF her
correspondents evident sincerity. Like
most stage beauties, she Is familiar with
the maudlin sentlmentality usually
found In such misslyes, but declares
that never before has she received a
letter from an admirer who seemed to
mean 80 much. II Is understood IN
New York that Miss StudhOlme is al
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

NMNNA ~ N'NNANNNA hANaAhNNNNNAf
Nathan w. Baker proprietor OF the
Baker house at Lewisburg. Pa, asserts
that he was wholly cured OF acute in
fammatory rheumatism, from which he
was sufferer for a score Of years,
through the mysterious power OF Fran
els schlatter. the Colorado healer. None
Of the local doctors were able to help
Mr.. Baker. and Il was only by the aid
Of crutches that he was able to move
about when not confined TO his home
entirely Miss Fasnaught. a Lewisburg
glrl who was visiting Denver friends.
had Schlatter bless handkerchief. and
then she sent It to Mr.. Baker lie
rlaced Il over the affected part Of bis
body. and says he was able to walk
without pain or trouble In twen,y-four
hours. Now he claims to be better than
he has been for years.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

These burn only on the surface. give
out no smoke or smell. and produce
but 2 or 3 per cent OF ashes The pro
cess is, OF course, his own secret.
The finest grades OF anthracite coal
make at least 10 per cent Of ashes and
bitumlnous coal fully 20 per cent OF
ashes. In this respect solidihed petro-
leum has an immense advantage as a
fuel sufficient to render Il far prefer
able to coal In household use, on
steamers. on railroads and In manuiac-
turing the removal Of ashes 81 an eX-
ponsive itom
The new fuel Is also Ear cheaper and
far less bulky. A single ton OF II, In
blocks OF whatever size may be
wanted, represents az least thirty tons
Of coal. possibly nearer forty, and Its
cost TO the consumer. as now figured
out. will be- only from s. to $40 ton.
u has still one other admirable quail
lty. Il requires very little draught to
burn II and very little trouble TO set u
ablazc. A cubic inch os u will pro-
duce light blue lame many hundred
times larger In volume and a flame
which with strong draught will travel
long distance. The experiments al
ready made have proved that after oxy-
gen It supplies the greatest heat OBJ
I tainable
From this Il follows that Us greatest
value will be- where enormous heat Is
required. where there must DC great
supplies OF fuel and wherever every
Inch OF space has value Nowhere are
I these conditions more evident than IN
the cases OF warships. ocean steamers
and the colossal steel factories that dol
England aud the United States. Shir
I designers are now greatly Handicapped
by the provision they are forced IA
make for the coal-bunkers. Men-of.
war carry from 5000 10 5000 tons oil
coal.
Then. too. every war vessel must sloT
frequently for coaling This has en-
tailed enormous expense England has
very nearly the whole surface " th'
globe punctuated with ooaling stations
rhe necessity OF coal has stared her 10
The face at every step OF her foreign
/ policy.
The space saved could be devoted L
extra machinery guns. ammunition
and men, and IL would nj once relieve
The present cramped quarters In whicl
,lhCers and others have 10 live on boar,
The ships OF to-day. To the transat
bn,B rrevhouuds soildincd petroleum
would also be OF the greatest Import
Ance. a big ocean liner now uses IRON
$500 TO 3OOO tons Of coal a trip.
/ Compressed petroleum Is especial.
adapted for use In the manufacture o
steel, Tor Il contains no sulphur Il
England coke Is generally used In th
steel furnacea About two and a hal
tons OF coke are required to make
ton Of steel. and the cost OF this :
from Si250 10 SIS. To get the sam
quantity OF unvagylng intense hoa
necessary 10 manufacture ton q
steel about 800 pounds OF solidlhe
petroleum would be necessary. Thi
would cost about $3.50. equal 10 10 pc
cent. Of The present cost
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

Very comfortable are some Of the
huge, roomy capes. measuring several
yards about the foot, and fitting smooth
~ over the shoulders.
Some OF the cloth capes are exceed
lngly smart. made Of medlum-welsht
melton. and laid In broad tucks from
collar 10 bottom. the edges OF each tuck
outlined with the narrowest beaver fur.
A broad collar Of the same fur. set
out over the shoulders. and was stiiien.
ed with wire so as to flare up about the
face when desired
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

A gold medal has been awarded 90
Herr Prosch as reward Tor his sue
cess In introducing tropical birds into
German forests. With the exception OF
oanaries and African parrots, all the
birds imported from tropical regions
have been accllmatlEed aud even the
young OF the former have survived the
severity OF last winter The new bird
colony Is situated In sOuthgh Sax
eny.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

assumed the entire management d her
vast interests upon the death OF her
husband and II was her lifes ambition
to make the wine bearing her name
wine OF the real arlstocracy. How well
she has succeeded r. apparent 70 all.
Her discerning judgment In appointing
the right man TO the right place wae
one Of the most striking traits OF her
character. The successors and present
owners Of the Pommery establishment
are NJ. Henri Alexandra Louis Pom
merry, Nine. Jeanne Alexandrine Louise
Pommery Comtesso de Poliguae and NJ.
Hcnri Dominique Washer, the patriotic
Fronchman who distinguished himself
by his transformations work In charity
and as a promoter Of the higher indus
tries Of France. In recognition Of his
services he was decorated by the late
President Carno, with the cross OF the
Legion Of Honor. In Keeping with tho
system OF the late Nine. Pommery. tho
present management. confident that
Pommery could rely upon Us own mer-
It's, uses none but strictly legitimate
channels In placing Il before the public
and caters only to the better class OF
customers Pommery Sec commands the
highest price all over the globe,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
Inc KIND % VITO ManteA.

An Engllshwoman Who is not very
new woman, says she knows per-
feet woman from mans standpoint
Being woman" she said, Il know
exactly what sort OF a wife | would like
II / we're a man. Il would be one who
would never say. ! told YOU 40, or
You're not getting any younger my
dear or You d-d-dont love me as much
as you used. II would be one who
would never stay home and sit up Tor
me when went 10 the club. but would
take her own pleasure 10 a reasonable
way. one who wouldn't wan, her mo-
ther. her aunts. her sisters aud her
cousins to stay with her, nor have
family party on Christmas day, nor
expect me to 30 to church when ! want
ed to play golf. nor irowu II ! lit cigar
IN the drawlng-room. nor sulh when !
bring home Zola's novels or my chum
Smith to take pot buck, would have a
wife who would never get tat nor old.
nor bad tempered, nor jealous when l
talked to pretty Mrs. Blarney,on! one
Who never said silly things, one who
always looked bright. smart, capable
and better looking than any other mems
wives: one who dressed on nothing a
year: who never had Irritation, and
who never called In the doctor. This
Is all I should want"
And the women all said In concert;
lis that all?"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

The alg Is clear at AreQuipa. Peru.
From the observatory at that place. $3.50
feet above the sea, black spot one inch
In diameter, placed on a white disc, has
been seen on Mount Charchanl, a dis,
lance Of eleven miles. through a thlr.
teen inch telescope.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

AZ ldaville, Ind. Levi Benney. In at.
tempting to remove some obstruction In
4 corn husking machine met with 4
horrible death. His sleeve caught IN
the machinery. pulling his right arm
from lis socket and grinding It to blta
aud his head passed between the roll.
ers. smashing It TO pulp.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

CIENCE now
comes TO the front
with a substitute
for coal. A French
engineer. Paul
D'Humy, know 8
how to soildify pc
troleum. He re-
duces Il into small
blocks. " &c h ,
when burned, give
out intense heat.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

kindness IN taking her IN and caring
for her when she was without friend.
The discovery that she was heir to the
money was made when the surrogate
Of san Francisco inquired for hci
through the Brooklyn surrogate. and il
was discovered that she was au inmate
of the poorhouse.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
FACT OR lroENp7

Queer story About the Way In witch
''LeonABIs" Was wnt,eB.
In the house OF a gentleman in this
city We recently saw a paem written ON
the iiyleaf Of an Old book, says the
KokOmO dnd) Dispatch. Noticing the
initials. "E. A. r." at the bottom. Il
struck us that possibly we had run
across bonanza. The owner OF the
book said that he did not know who was
the author OF the poem. His grand
father. who gave him the book. kept an
inn In Chesterfield. near Richmond, Va.
One night a young man raped at the
door and asked II he could stay all night
and was shown to a room. That was
the last they saw OF him. When they
went next morning TO call him TO break
fast he had gone but had left the book
on the flyleai OF which had been writ
ten these verses:
IEONANIE.
.eonanie-angels named her
And they took the light
OF the laughing stars and framed her
In suit Of white
And they made her hair Of gloomy
Midnight and her eyes OF glowing
Moonshine and they brought her
TO me
In the silent night.
In a solemn night OF summer
When my heart Of gloom
Blossomed up TO greet the conner
like rose In bloom.
All forebodings that distressed me
forgot aa Joy caressed me,
Lying Joy that caught aud pressed
me
IL the arms OF doom.
only spake The little ilsper
In the angels tongue
Vet listening heard her whisper;
Songs are only sung
Here below. that they may grieve
YOU
Tales are told you to deceive YOU
So must loonanie leave you.
While her love Is young.'
I Then God smiled. and q was morning
Matches aud supreme.
Heavens Aory seemed adorning
Earth with ltsesteem;
Every heart but mine seemed gifted
with the voice OF prayer and htted
Where my Leonanie drifted
From me like q dream.
K. A. p. lRoally o. Whiteomb klleyJ
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
FOR WOMAN AND HOME
UP 70 DATE READING ron
DANES AND DAMsELs.
soms Currsni Notes Of the mods,-Ths
Kind Of wife the Average Man
seeks How to Iaunder Embroidery
The Household.

NJ Nc all tho
quaint snd pretty
forgery shown In
the shops for chill
dren's wear. moth
ing obtains so very
generally as pure
white, that Is, for
young children
ranging from in
fants to 4 or . years
OF age. Nothing
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

Mrs. Fred seibert, OF Middletown.
Ohio, found some funny looking powder
which she threw into the stove. Mr..
selbert now has a new stove and Is
paying a doctor 10 get his wife back
into shape.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
REPLACES COAL.
LITTLE CHUNKS WHICH GIVE
ENORMOUS HEAT.
COAL.

smoktisss. Cheap sud Not Dulky --EA-
traordinary Advantages TO ships. Rail-
roads aud Factories -Fuel for Army
Campo
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

eLDOM has a won.
ans beauty re-
ceived substantial
recognition more
speedily than In
the case Of Miss
Marie StudhOlme.
the English act
ress who Is the
theatrical sensa-
tion OF the hour In
New York Less
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
WANTSTO MARRY HER
WEALTHY RANcHERS OFFER
TO AN ACTRESS.

he Writes Her = Latter aud Tells Of
Ills Vast wealth aud what she
Nigh, Expect =. his wlfe-csn Have
= Fresh Horse Each Day In the Ysan
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

Santa Claus cannot come down the
thimneys now. but he gets there Jus,
the same SOmefville Journal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

she norc wcll.Known Name
A remarkable woman IN every re-
soset was the late Mme Pommery. she
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

wrap Is lined with rose-colorod satin.
Cozy and useful capes for elderly la
DIES are shown In rough bouclcs, ohcvl-
OTIS. and a score OF rough cloths. all
black. cut With two deep. wide capes,
sometimes trimmed with row upon row
OF graduated black silk braid, from the
bo.'om up 10 the shoulders These
capes are very casiiy made, when once
they are cut and can Is had at a mush
less cost than isc shops demand
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-07

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Evening star., 1896-07-02
Woman Who Shoes HOrsen.

From the Chicago News.
Miss Alva Reed, a good-looking colored
girl. who resides with her parents at Ar
mour avenue and 49th street, is probably
the only woman IN Chicago who can shoe
a horse.
Miss Reed Is a plump little woman,
weighing 14O pounds. She is slightly more
than feet in height and Is twenty-five
years old. She was raised in North Caro-
lima, where her father owned a blacksmith
shop. The girl had no brothers, and SO
after school hours, when her dishes were
all washed. she would go into her father 3
him. She could blow the big bellows, do
errands and keep shop when her ia
Tiers business called him away.
Il had learned how to trim a horses
hoo1s, said Miss Reed yesterday, land
had seen father fit the shoes; so one day
when a stranger brought a horse while
papa was out and wanted him shod inn
mediately, l concluded to try my hand on
the job. l was eighteen years old and a
big, strong girl. 1 blew up tho fire. took
off the old shoes, pared the animals hoofs
put new shoes on his front feet and tight
encd up the old shoes on his hind ones
charged the man 81 and turned the money
over TO father when he returned. He was
both Indignant and surprised. He declared
that l had ruined a prospective customer
Tor him and that the man would be back
the next day, leading limping animal
ana uttering blue streaks of language
But nothing of the sort ever happened
MISS Reed has lived in Chicago since the
worlds fair. Her father liked Chicago
sold out his business in the south and ia
now engaged in the coal and express bust
ness near his hoile. Miss Reed Is cashier
IN downtown restaurant, but there Is a
blacksmith shop near her home where she
occasionally turns a horseshoe lust to
keep her hand in"
Evening star., 1896-07-02

Gath in the Cincinnati Inquirer.
1 live, whenever I can. in a country
place. Some time ago was clearing up a
piece of terribly rough ground. full Of
stumps. each stump In which required
near half day of labor. when I went to
a rustic city in my neighborhood, possessed
with the idea that might find a tool to
obviate SO much wages.
l observed 4 saw, about seven feet in
length, of the finest steel, with teeth like
the DEVILS. l thought TO myself:
Perhaps there is some solution of the Diff
honlty with my stumps. But l suppose
those saws would cost me $40 apiece which
l cannot afford"
Said to the hardware man: "How much
for that seven-foot saw?'
He said: ''One dollar"
Afraid he had made 4 mistake I pi .k ed
up saw, handle and all. and carried it off
to the railroad station. In about an hour
after 1 arrived all my formidable stumps
had been sawed off to the ground
A little later | thought to have masons
ments 1 had seen in the hands of my me-
chanics, who charged me galore. 1 supposed
that the square would cost me about S3
The price was % cents. quit the hardware
shop with the square in my hand, lest the
price might rise in transit.
About the same time I thought of lux
urlating In country porch, some 81 feet
oy IL In dimensions. covered with a roof,
etc. 1 went In Washington to a lumber
yard. The entire equipment for the said
perch cost me about $50.
left the lumber yard, as the hardware
shop, wondering where l could find a real
grievance against our times.
Evening star., 1896-07-02
Where Mnthematic. Failed.
From the Hartford Courant.


The story told by New Haven corre-
spondent of the Evening Post of the locat-
ing of meteor by Prof. H. A. Newton of
Yale from data obtained from a chance pho-
tograph Of the meteor's flight, recalls an
other story recently related hereabouts by
Yale graduate This young man. when a
student, occupied room in Divinity Hall.
One night he undertook with toy rife to
hit one of the lights on the campus. His
aim was poor and the ball passed through
the window of an eminent and venerable
professor of science (not Prof. Newton) and
1mbedded itself in the WALL This was the
opportunity for the professor and for sci-
enoe. He. too. set to work and ..comm1tsd
the curve. and with the exact skill of in
Iaiilbie hgures he traced the ball right back
10 tne room OF an innocent colleague. who
d,dh even know the rifle had been fired
Inc uni1edged minister fatty denied ali
knowledge of the affair. But men. even
ministers. have been known to make denial.
IN sei1-oerense. and the professor had the
PROOF with him. There was the bullet fhere
were the marks of its course and there was
the computation worked out 1t looked 40
II pulpit career was to he nipped In tho
Dud But the guilty student heard what
was going oIo He called on the professor
confessed the ofense. pointed out that ~.
man OF science was 200 feet out in his con,-
putatton. and advised that the natter -.
dropped right where 1t was. And thai ms
done. ""S