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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

One OF the drawbacks and annoy
lnces experienced by the curaiors Of
astrological museums has been the
mpoaslbility OF securing luld which
aould preserve the original color OF
he specimens to be put on exhibition.
Especially have the lungs and the
rain been hopelessly faded or diseol-
,rcd BY the fluids At present In use.
new process just introduced Is said
o Be most encouraging as far as It has
peen used. Il IL composed Of forma-
IN, Distilled water. nitrate OF potash
md acetate OF potash. The specimens
be preserved are arranged as nearly
a possible In their natural form. and
he vessel should be large, IN order 10
iold quantity OF the prcseryative
olutlon. The specimens should re-
main Immersed for at least twenty
our hours. but a longer period viii
90 no harm. They are then trans
tered TO an 50 per cent alcohol bath,
ghero they are kept for twelve hours,
hen IN a 95 per cent alcohol bath for
two hours They are now ready for
their FINAL disposition. which Is i'm
meralon In equal parts Of water and
glyccrine with 80 parts Of acetate o.
potash. The inventor Of this meihot
has succeeded In retaining the natura
color Of the blood and the Transparent
ey Of al Of the organs. especially III
brain. Tuborcular disease and aiec
lions OF the marrow are all preserve
IN a surprisingly fresh and natura
Way.
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HIS PloTAlL SAVED HIM.
John Chinaman Escaped Horrible Death
nccausc OF Ills Queue.

John Chinaman Escaped Horrible Death
because OF Ills Queue.
Fron the ST. James Gazette: John
Chinaman has penetrated even to the
heart OF Mataheleland. Al least there
Is one adventurous Chlnee who
reached there and who now owes his
life 10 his plgtall and the quaint peg
sonal peculiarltles OF his race. lie was
on his way to certain mining district
10 act as cook. etc. 10 some prospec-
tors when the present disturbances be-
gan. Poor "Plgtail' found that to con-
tlnue his journey OF to return would be
rather risky. but decided on the latter
plan. lie had passed the remains OF
many murdered whites lying along the
road. when he was oyertaken BY some
ten or twelve Maiahcle bloods on mur-
der bent and armed In various ways
on reaching him and andlng that DC
Was no, a "BeoonEar," or white man.
they consulted among Themselves and
/ hnail;. after clrcling round the celas-
tial one Ia a hesltating manner. theg
/ drew nearer end with respectful awe
touched him. TO make sure that be wa.
In reality derh and blood lie wa.
certainly not a Cape half breed Hot
tentot. nor anything else they had evel
seen. so. after an exchange OF compli
monts. carried on In best Matabele ant
Chinese respectively. they withdrew
nresahly thinking that he was pow
erful witch doctor." who might hayl
annlhllaied them by some mystic pro
cess.
Poor. frlchicnci "plgtail" was over
taken by a small armed party OF fuei
dives who. with the assistance OF M
Indian cody. hail.ng from Natal
where our hero had also soiourncd. ex
traciod from his quaklng lips the par
ticulars OF his race They had them
selves been attacked by the same BAN
OF Matabeles However, iriumpha
entry into Buluwayo was finally ao
compllshCd.
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country. After the cartridge has land
ed, It's occupants can make a survey OF
the surroundings. and II conditions are
favorable they can open trap door
conveniently constructed by Mr.. Custer
for that purpose. and sally forth. The
inventor. with that admirable fore
thought which distinguishes a great
military genius. suggests that the plo-
neers take with them supply OF Ian
terms. so that their sallies may be made
AZ night. Anybody who will listen for
ten minutes 20 Mr. Custer will become
convinced that a great wrong has been
done him by the officers OF the United
Safes government. Mr. Custer applied
for letters patent In May, iSSS. but the
dull people In the patent office, whose
faculties seem 10 have become In q
manner dazcd and henumbed by the
startling character Of hls invention,
ouibhled over some OF the details. and
Il was not until September n Of that
wear that he obtained place on the
books. Then his specifications secured
Official standing Us "sories No. 2s5.659. -
After Mr.. Custer obtained a serial
number for his invention his progress
was blocked until a few days ago when
in response 10 letter Of Inquiry. Sec
retsrv Francis interested himself IN
Custer's effort 70 get a patent The
inventor does not intend TO let Mill
tarv science stop with the Pioneer
shot While the Pioneer Shot" was
sufRclently formidable In is original
shape. It will be an the more TO be
feared when II receives the addition
which Mr.. Custer now proposes TO
make.
Having heard Of the acrobat who. In
leaning from an eminence, broke the
force Of his fall by kicking violently
lust before reaching the ground. thus
giving TO himself an upward motion
and causing himself to fall lightly To-
the earth. Mr.. Custer resolved to apply
| this principle to his marvellous project
ne. This he viii do By means Of large
pneumatic tires. which viii cnyelop the
cylinder on an sides lie has also ar
ranged to place bombs az both ends o.
the Pioneer shot." which viii then b'
a long cylinder. instead OF a sphere
The pluusers. O. they find the speed Of
tho shot diminishing. ana do not wisl
TO stop. viii touch of the rear bomb
the explosion Of which viii force th'
pioneer Shot forward with renewo'
impetus. A second and third boml
may be exploded, as necessity requires
and each explosion, Mr.. Custer says
win impart a force and speed equal Il
that Obtained when the shot first lef
the cannon. The pioneers can stop IN
cannon ball IN which they are travelling
by dlscharging bomb placed at III
'front.' end Of the projoctile.
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In Egypt" which made his reputation
Just ave years before his hrst picture
was hung In the academy. Az that time
he was 26. At the present Mr.. Poynter
is 60. Mr.. Poyntor was born In Paris
OF English parents. His hoyhood was
spent at the crack English public
school OF Westminster and at the
Ipswich grammar school. Three years
were spent In Paris under Gleyre. Then
he went TO London and took studio.
In 1869 Mr.. Poynter WIS made an as
sociate OF the Royal Academy. and two
year later the Water Color Society Of
Belgium elected him a member II
was about this time he was ap-
pointed slade professor Of art at
the University College Of London
In 1873 this appointment was r.
newed for four years. In $3.50 ha
Royal Academy opened iis n
him and he became a member iic T'7
made director Of the National Gallery
two years ago. Some Of Mr. poyntera
pictures have caused internal discus
sion. This especially true OF hia
"Dindumene." when provoked so much
question as TO the morality Of the nude
in art. One OF his best-known paint
ings Is "perseus and Andromeda.
Scarcely less familiar &c his "Atalanta's
Race" His when the World Wa'
Young" and THE Meeting Of Solomon
and the Queen Of Sheba" are vel
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Among the many curious optical H.
lnsions produced by contrasting lines
and forms some Of very astonishing
character occur for which no salts
factory explanation has been furnish
ed. II a card perforated by a pinhole
be placed close 10 the face resting
against the nose as shown in the Illus
,ration. and a pin be held by It's point
in such a way that rs head comes be-
tween the eye and the plnhole in the
card. the pin being held quite close TO
the eye. the pin. strange TO say. will
appear on the other side Of the pinhole,
reversed and magninod. You see the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30
this lack OF accuracy set Gown to ig-
norRnce or carolessness.



GLOW old are the Niagara Falis7" e.
a fascinating question 20 which geol-
oEists have given replies varying by
tens Of thousands Of years Al first
Il was estimated that the Niagara riv-
er came into existence. through
changes In the level Of the land
around the Great Lakes. about 5000
years ago. Later this was reduced to
only $4,000 years. Tho celebrated geol-
ogist, Sir Charles Lyell. increased the
estimate again to $4,000 years: but
more recently others have lowered It
to about 1900 years. The latest estl-
mate Is that OF DR.. J. w. Spencer. who,
basing HIS conclusions on the most re-
cent investigations. places the age Of
the river At $1,000 years. and that Of
the cataract At $1,000 years. Al one
period. many thousand years ago. the
height Of the falls was four hundred
and twenty feet
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Even II il were possible for man TO
live without breathing air he could
not exist on the earth II q were With
out an atmosphere. Plants derive
carbon. the most lmportan, element OF
their food from the air. ana without
plants there could be no food for ami
mails. and therefore no human be-
ings. Water also comes from the al
mosphcre. bu; Il there were no water
there could be neither plants nor AMI
mails. n food and water could be sup
Piled In some other way the world
would stin be unlnhahitable by plants
and the animals, owing 10 the severity
Of the cold. without an atmosphere
there would be no winds and conse-
cucntiy no waves or ocean currents.
Thesca-ifwe may suppose one TO have
been supplied by some unknown cause
would be a stngnant pool. uninhah-
table by soawoed or hsh.-DeIrol,
Free Press.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30
FOOTBALL IN AUSTRALIA.
Women on the Fisid aaAs u Hot for
Umpire and Players.

Women On the Fisid Stake u Hot FOR
Umpire and Players.
A football match between Colling-
wood and North Melbourne was play
ed az North Melbourne last month aud
the incidents which occurred show that
the 20, OF a football referee In Aus
ualla Il no better than that OF his
English confrere. says the Blackhurne
STANDARD. The moment the fnal bell
rang there vas a rush OF people In the
reserve 10 The pay gate. The moment
the umpire stepped through the gate
scores Of men rushed al him like
wolves AID a scene OF inde5crlhable tn
multi followed. Fists ami sticks were
going and one man In the thick o.
tho crowd. with some implement
wrapped IN paper. was making desper-
ate efforts to fracture some ones skull.
In the 6rs, rulh Roberts was seized BY
the hair and dragged down. but sp,en-
did help was given him just then. not
ably by Proudioot a player OF Collng-
wool. who holding one arm over his
head to shield himself against a rain
OF blows and with the other around
the umpire. literally carried him
through the pack with one Of his foot
ball brushes A lady" mad the cnvlable
honor Of starting this disturbance. As
the players were coming In at half.
time she waited near the gate AMI
struck Roberts In the face. Af,crward
her shrlll voice. as she leaned over the
fence. added a high treble 20 the tor
rent OF ahufe ralncd on the unfOrtu-
nate umpire Whenever he approached
/ the pavilion. which. strangely enough,
seemed to be- the musierlng point OF the
roughs The woman "harracker." in
deed. has become one o. the most OBJ
icc;ionahle OF football surroundings
on some grounds they actually spit
In the faces OF players as they come 10
The dressing rooms or wreak their spite
much more mallciously with long hat
pine. In the height OF this melee some
Of the women screamed with fear: 9th.
ors screamed Kill him" One OF thess
gentle maidens at the close Of tn,
struggle remarked rerretiully that II
WIS pity they let or" the umplr,
In the Geclong match. as they should
have killed him. Yet these women
consider themselves respectable and
ihey Support" foot hail which is con
seoucntly In q serious decline.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Dr. Temple. after coming out OF the
house OF lords one evening. hired a
cab and was driven home TO Fulham.
lie rendered the cahman the exact
legal fare. two shillinga The cab
man. hoping the bishop would prove a
good fare" expos,ulated with his
lordshlp and asked for another shll-
ling. The bishop. however. firmly re-
fused 70 be drawn. Thereupon cabby
became abusive, and las a Parlhlan
shot 10 his lordship. who had turned
on his heols to enter the palace, said,
"You call yourself the head OF ST.
Paurs caihedrall Dye think 81. Paul,
n he were alive and were living hero
with ten thousand a year. would try
and. do a poor cahby by giving him
only two shllllngs for a drive from
Westminster 10 Fulham3"
NO" said pr. Temple, III ST. Pau
we're alive he would live at Lambeth
palace. where the fare from westmins.
ter Is only shilling"
Cabby collapsed. Westminster Ga.
sette
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Dr. Malnot. whose statue Gen. Bill
IT. the French minister OF war. will
soon unyeil az Briey, was the frst sur.
geon to employ Quinlne In the French
army. lie made his experiments with
the drug In Algicrs His greatest dif.
acuiy was 20 overcome the repug.
nance thai fever patients felt FOR Il. A
mrceon who was attached 10 The stan
a pr. Neillot IN Bone. relates that
once a soldier who appeared to be In
the last stages Of marsh fever. begged
the nurse with tears IN hls eyes 20 take
away the "hlttor powder" which ne
was sure was poison. DR.. Ma.llot dis.
solved the quinlne IN a glass of water
You fool" he said, will you take a
drink with me2' and he swallowed
half a tumblerfull The soldier. con.
ylncod chat everything was an right
then drained the glass.
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Of In one OF the large pigeon holes In
the once Of the commissioner Of pat
ents. In Washington. while Mr.. Custer
had been vAinly pursuing them
through the tortuous mazes Of Official
correspondence Now that Secretary
Of the Interior Francis has Interested
himself in them. Mr.. Custer expects
soon TO revolutionlze warfare BY the
introduction upon the scenes Of the
worlds battles OF the pioneer shot. "
the composite gun and several other
deadly devices.
Mr. Custer has drawn up plans and
specifications describing a big cart
ridge within which Is compartment
large enough TO accommodate three or
four men. with arms. ammunition and a
supply Of food This cartridge. Mr..
Custer proposes to Gre into the enemy'a
lines. Port holes are provided through
which the passengers may view the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30
shoots and Kln. M. vito.

Rufus G. Clark, farmer living near
Cumberland. VIA. deliberately shot
and killed hls wife In his own house
the other night as the result OF a GUAR.
rel. Clark Is now under arrest. Ac-
oording to Clark's own story he got
into a quarrel with hls wife. finally
calling her a liar. She retor,ed that he
was a liar. whereupon he took down
a iO-callber rife aud. aiming At her
heart. fred, The Es=s.s Of The sun
was less than three feet from hfs-
Clark's person when the weapon was
discharged, and the bullet made a
fearful hole through her body. killing
her instantly. the bullet lodfinE IN the
side Of the house. CLARK spread the
news himself and was soon in tho
hands Of a posse Of neiehbors. who
caused HIS arrest. ne admits the MUIR
der and now awaits examination.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

Austrian millionalres seem to be un-
duly sensitive TO criticism. An unlor.
tunate capitalist In Vienna has COM
mlttcd suicide He left a letter behind
him explaining that he could no longer
endure The attacks Of the antl-Semltls
party. and especially the unioundec
allegation tina, he had Imported goods
into Vienna without paying the proper
oetroi duties. Il seems an excess o.
scruple. Imagine an American mil
llonalre cutting his throat BECAUSE
somebody said he had been trying t
dodge the payment Of his taxesl-Nev
York Journal.
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The CITY Of csla.r

THE City OF Cold" It 80 rumorcd.
Win be 10 the Parls exhibition Of 1900
what the ElHel tower was TO the las
great show. ten years since There
had always been an idea OF recon
s,ructing In efigy the Point du Change,
the Rialto Of medieval Paris. and this
suggested TO 81. Huelhsrd an lmaglna-
tive journalist. the Tar more grandioso
project OF Illustrating the whole his
tory OF money and the industries con-
ncc.cd herewith He aims. In the
frat place. at tracing gold. silver and
copper coinage from mine TO mint aud
from mint to mart each step In the
progress being exempllhed by work.
ing models. n no, by the machinery
IN actual use. lie hopes. moreover. 10
extend his display so as 10 cover the
monetary operations OF all countries
and all ares. The substitution OF paper
/ Tor specie will then be dealt with. and
/ &c Is proposed 10 reveal the intricacicg
o. the entire credit system az carried
out In great banking establishments
though one can hardly conceive how
such an object lesson can be rendered
Ineligible or interesting to q passing
crowd Of sightscers.-St james Ca
zeite.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

for the boat. believing like mad and
beating the water into a great foam
But the beleagured fishermen were
onto their job" and raised such n
pandemonlum OF sounds upon his ap-
proach that he again fed. and 80 the
retreat and fall back" RACED for about
an hour. and then the lion broke" for
the deep blue sea" rurh 20 the graft
foation OF the entire boats crew. who
had been engaged In more prolonged,
energetic and exhaustive labor than
they had barsained for.
Il was a big fight with a big Ash"
and. while they were not at all alarmed
during the acrlmmage. two-thlrls OF the
participants are willing TO make an.
davits that they don't banker after
such iish a. sen lions, especially whor
20 far away from land.
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-oHosT cAME ID soIENTIsT.
Great Naturalist Declared ito Had sssa
=, Aonafltion.

Great Naturalist Declared iis Had sesn
~ Apparltlon.
Frank auckland. the well-known En-
gllsh naturalist. was the last man IN
the world whom one would expect 10
be supcrstltlous. hu, In a remarkable
letter Of his. addressed TO a friend NJ
eeihurst. Surrey, he solemniy declares
that he once saw a ghost at Westmin
ster abbey, says the New York Press.
Buekiand's father was dean OF the alb
hey and his son lived with him In the
ancient house attached to the church.
occupied by the deans for hundreds OF
years One night. so auckland de-
clared. he had returned home rathsg
late after an evening et the theater'
lie opened the window and sat At H.
smoking a last cigar before retiring
His room overlooked the cloisters. A
curious legend was attached to door
almos, directly opposite the ~'rdoW
Il was 10 the effect that the door was
covered with human skins and certain
/ ~ the fragments OF the dark leather
still hanging 70 Il help. by their APP
rearanco. 10 support this assertion.
auckland was sitting smoking ana
watching the quiet clolslers, Hooded
with bright moonlight. Suddenly ne
saw the dark figure OF a man come out
Of the door and walk down the olois-
ters. auckland knew that no one
should be around the abbey at that
hour and supposlng Il was some IN
terloper ran downstairs and searched
the clolsters for the Intruder To hi
surprise he could hnd no one and on
trying the door found Il securely bolt
ed. having not been opened evidently
for years. Much mystlhod he returned
to his room and continued 70 watch
In little while he saw the same figure
which appeared 10 be dressed Ike
monk. return along the clolsiers and
enter the abbey by the same door
Thoroughly alarmed. Buckland ran
down agaln and found The door " ex
aetly the same condition ard sllll bolt
cd on the outside. In the morning h
inquired OF some OF the old attendant
. around the abbey and found that mor'
than one OF them had seen or hear
others speak Of the apparliion. Som
time aiterward he found among som
ancient archives Of the abbey an &C
count OF the behcadlng Of one OF IN
monks for terrible crime and Il wa
added that he Was layed and his ski
uGed % cover ore Of the doors leadin
20 the ololstors. auckland afierwar
said he nrmly believed that Il was IN
ghost OF this monk which he had sect
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

James Ncllis. who was released from
prison In Philadelphia the other day
set Gre 10 the building No. 1896 Cal
lowhill street. by lrnitlng rubbish IN
the cellar. Fourteen persons weg
aslecp IN the house al the time. amphg
them being Nellis' wife. and for the
failure to support whom he had beer
imprisoned The flames were extln-
Fulahed by aremen before they had
extended beyond the lower portion o.
the structure The inmates OF the
building were psnl,.siricken. but no
ono vas injured. Nellls was arrested
on charge q arson and was held
withD-1 bail for court. The FIRST floor
OF the building is occupied by Air. Joha
Wilson as a grocery store. al the
hearing Mr.. Wilson testified tina, Nellls
told him that the place would be
burned within two weeks. and thaishe
CNollis) was golng 20 have revenge tor
being sent to prison.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

shopktepOrs have discovered that
slfts for the young collog.an az Christ
mas time, or when he enters college.
are much IN demand. Il Is easy now to
and many pretty tribes offered In the
colors OF Princeton. Harvard and Yale.
and the smaller colleges are not with
out some representation In knlcknacks.
Exquisite etched glass loving cups and
,ankards with tiny naga IN the college
colors etched on them and lettered
with "Rah. rah. rah. Yalor or what
ever It may be. are Justly rcckoned
handsome as they are expensive. M.
morous other glass utensils IN similar
designs are seen, and ne choice ex-
tends from .hem to tho pretty shaving
hails Of crepe Paper IN college colors
quite AZ the other end Of The list In
eost.-New York Tlmos
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-30

the barn the other night and killed her
with an ak. Palmer Is IS years old
and had been adopted by Marshall from
the state school for dependent children.
North Bend Is a hamlet with about
seventy-ave population. and Is In
Jackson county. Excitement runs high.
and Il was for n while feared that the
youth would be lynehed before the
officers could get him In iall nj the
county seat IN Black River Fails. Dur
ing the day Mr.. Marshall had occa-
sion to roprimani the boy. and n the
time the latter showed some resent
ment. but Il was thought ;hc matter
would end here. Hazel was plaj .-g In
the yard and. her father having eft
he place for awhile. Il was an easy
matter for Palmer TO coax her into the
barn. Then he seized an Ak and dealt
her several blows on the head. any one
Of which would have been enough 20
cause death. From the barn Palmer
went toward the house. carrying the
Ak. lie intended TO KIN Mrs Marshall
but as he ncarcd the house his courage
failed him and he turned back. drop
ping the bloody * on the steps II
was quite late when Mrs. Marshall
missed the child and made search
which ended In finding the body iyial
In a pool OF blood on ne barn floor
The child was still breathing. but died
few moments later. Palmer was cap
,urcd while feigning uneonsclousn0al
frcm pretended attempt. 10 poison
himself lie made a complete comics
sion. relating the details as givsi
above lie said that he had been read
Ing stories OF murders ana admitted
that he got his idea Of securing 70
yenge from one OF these tales. Threat
Of lynchlng we're made. but bette
counsel prevailed and the officers wor
permitted 10 start with him for th
county jail At Black River Falls.N