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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

J l. Conner Of Conner. Madisln
county, 10 here visiting relatives.
Nice i've room cottage for rent. Ap.
ply to I y, Castles. l2l
Mrs. TIasNeil len yesterday TO Wit
her daughter In nAllas.
The b III selection Of Oh Cloth. Le
nonium and Carpets At Levy BrOs. l2o
Some Of the young people enjoyed b
picnic on Carriers creek yesterday.
College Creamery Butter 25c per
pound a. Ed Halls g6,f
The crowd came b. town yesterday
morning and remained all day.
For Sale-A lady's Rugby bicycle in
hrit'elasa condition. Apply at this Of
flee. A.
Miss Mollie Patterson went b Led.
better yesterday ON visit 10 relatives
Only eighteen hundred and ninety.
seven designs Of wall paper At Lev,
Brothers. l20
The nov city officers assumed the du.
lies Of lhoIr respective Offices yesterday
mjrnlns.
Corn, oats, hay, bran, chops, cotton
seed meal aud condition powders al
Edge Bros. lOBi
&, f. Wilmington, ]. r. McGee. W.
II. Why and W. W. Weaver wef,
among the visitors 10 the city yes erday
Choice Butter for Sale-See McP
Beard, residence near Presbyterian
church lO9.lm
uu, NJ. ". Sims and daughter. Mrs
Chas. (. Mills, arrived from Dalla.
" teriay.
Now Is the time 10 buy your cypress,
cis,erns The best are made by OFT
Behme. no I'm
About seyenty.one dollars were re-
a ted On the Bucknet orphans HON,
n,instr benefit.
Call and see Ouo Boehme's stock o
crpress cistelns. lie is selling them a
hart tune prices, holm
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Manhattan, Rss., April 10 decld.
"a stir was caused here when Il bccams
known that Professor George r. Fair.
child. who ~ president. has been a, ne
head OF the Kansas Agricultural col.
l,Se FOR IS years hes been succeeded
by Professor Thomas + VIII, who
came 10 tho conafe from Harvard uni.
vsUry two yers ago az professor Of
coonomscs. Professor Will Who has
"ncw and advanced ideas Of political
economy" 10 aScut " years Of age.
For many mOutAs b. has found par,lc.
ular tlyor in The ewes Of Popuilit LEAD.
ers but his RpPolntmeat ~ president
q 10 rsseNts q the university came ~
= decided surprtR
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
BID FOR ARMOUR FLATE.
Pror rsal, R.Jss,cd aud the y tier To
fsrrsd a. ronFr~ss Co No .ls

Nfnf nahla " leNANh AhN NnN = wv ~
fsrrsd - ropFr~ss Co NJ is
Washington. April 10Th secro,A-
~ OF the navy has formally rejected
the proposals Of the Illinois eel CON.
PAM Tor furzlsAiHs armor . e IN ne
navy aud has referred the al ior plate
Ques ion 10 congress
Upon the RECOMMENDATION OF Capt
VIM. T. Sampson OF tho burc-u Of ord
mace the secretary has sddrcss a COM
muLicauon 20 congress requ ling an
iucr-ase In he limit o. cost %. each ton
o. armor fiVm $500 % 500.
With the LANCER Limit be feels sure
thai there Will be general competition
among the armor mGnufatm rrs ~ the
country for the contracts tor the S0ol
tons Of this material for the l'ttleships
Alabama, Illinois and WISCONSIN
Wise President Palmer u tie Illinois
Steel company says that the PROPOSE.
ton submitted by hls firm had beon
prepared with the idea tina. congress
would act upon H. In his letior to con.
gress Secretary Long rocite0 the fact
that the department. IN accordance
with the provisons OF the reCont naval
appropriation law. advertised for bids
for the armor plate FOR the battleshipl
above named but one bid was rccely.
ed-that OF the Illinois Stec. company
and the propositions tlrercil contain.
ell we're u salch a character Oh required
action upon thom by congress
The company admitted that Il had
no armor manufacturing plant. and
considerable time would have 20 bs
spent In the erection Of such a plant
In the mrantime. the secretary explain.
cd. the hubs VI the rhree baitlcships
under construction would be- completed
and the gDysrOment would be compel.
81 70 pay heavy penalties Tor delay In
the delivery ~ the armar.
For this rcasm he had decided that
he could not award the contract 20 the
Illinois Steel cympany and requested
the incnosse Of the limit Of cost. "a,
eEpresScd hops that early action
would BE- taken upon his recommends.
ton.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
II. 4 t. c. Time Gard.

CbAs, II. Edge, dentist, Bryan Tex.
Corn fed Beef At BuchAnan's City
Market today.
Call for "iioney Boy" at Ed Halls. q
d.. Pugh OF HeArne, was In the city
yesterday.
All kinds o. fresh feed siufis at Edge
Bros. Phone l6l. lOBlf
DR. West loil yesterday 10 ON his Bre.
mond appointments.
The only c eanable low price Reffiger.
Ator At Levy Brothers, 100.
Chss McLendon came down from
Calysr, yesterday.
The latest patterns In wall paper At
Levy broiherL 100
Pit Barnes vas here with his sample
cases again yesterday.
Red Seal Roasted Coffee l.pound
packages Tor 2tt Vt 4. II. Halls. p6u
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
TRYING TO AGREE.
RsPubihsass sad Dsmserats In the
senate TtghtinE over Committee

RsPublhsass sad DsmscFsts In the
senate Ttghtia1 over Committees
Washington. April i0-The commit
t-s representing respectively the Re-
publican and Democratic sides Of the
senate resumed their Efforts yesterday
To reach an agreement on a basin Of ~
organisation q the senate committee
The Republicans have gone 20 work
with the SERIOUS intention q tsking
charge Of the committees. but they hnd
thst In assuming this task there arr
many delicate points 10 be settled The
tariff IL giving the managing commit
tee and oil the Republican senators
more concern than any other factor
Il " doubtful whether they would at
tempt TO proceed with this bill They
fear. hswever. that II they do not take
the work In hand the bill might b. Sc
riouAly dslayed. some Of the Democrats
having practically warned them they
would object 10 any further legislation
Of any character unless the cOmit,ees
should be hllcd. There IS also a feel
ing on The Republican side that any
allotment which might appoar 20 dis
crimina,s invidlouay against the Pop
ulisis and silver Republicans would
inperll the tariff bill by precipIiallus
an unsoemly wrangie on the eve % ~
presentation 10 the senate. A. the con-
oluslon Of three h0us ses ton OF the
Republican committee Senator McMll-
Ian sad satisfactory pragress had been
made az to warrant the prediction that
Reorganization would b. accomplished
Notices were ordered sent to the Re
pablican senators asking them TO spe-
city the committees on which they
would prefer 20 serve.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
SISTER OF CHARITY GONE.

she DlsaPpsas Fren ciaeiaasti SD
Caanst Ne Fosaa
Cincinnati. April io-The mysterious
DISAPPEARANCE Of a sister Of charity IL
reported 10 the polAe here she was
Mtss Marie Flood OF Louisville, and has
been In no sisters home ~ NJ. An.
drews ,vo years
On last SATURDAY evening. April ;,
she laid do~n a book and stepped into
the hack yard, and has not been seen
since. Her brother, J. W. Flood o.
Louisville. hes been herr aiding In the
so,rch. but has faiod
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Eagle Ford. Tex, April William
Phillips sho, hero willis More. A
shotgun was the weapon ued and
M5orc's right arm and side was perto-
rated with birdShJt The physicians
Ny that the wount-d man viii survive.
Both parties 10 TIE ahoatlng are ne
Eroes ard Moore has been employed At
Lucks mill Tor 80 zen ycars OF more.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
A CRAZY MOTHER.

she Triss - Drsva Her Two Chndrsu
Aad DFsvas Herself
st. LO,hs. April iO--As the ferry
boat Or. Hin was nearing the Missouri
Hhore from tn Illinois side OF the
river an nknsNp woman passenger
threw overheard her two children aged
about three and ave years She then
Jumped In after them The children
were rescued and are In a dangerous
condition. nut the mother. who was
evidently crazy. did not come up.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

, san Fran lsco, April MIS-. 10
land Stamford has insured her life &c
N.Oo0 900 THIS IA probably he arg.
co polry ever written. Ire money
VIII 90 to the Leland sicatori uni.
vsrliiy on her death.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

waShangtca. April lO.-Douocrats Of
the house held a oaucus Immediately
after the session 70 decide upon their
policy. The oAucus call was a result q
differences among the Democrats whboh
devsl0ped In the Debate to-day Mr
Bailey Wa IN favor Of permitting IN,
Republicans fire. svi1I IN their policy
Of saiOurnihG three days At a time and
o. no, attempting legislation, but some
Of the Democrats favored more active
policy.
Ths honse adjourned to meet
"Wednesday.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Lexington. Ky. April lO.-A the
torse sales here A Inland WAKES, a Ia
nous trotting stallion, Is years old. and
sire Of John R Gentry, 2:eOis Sold TO
Brook Curry, Lsxlns,on, ior $500. lie
sold at private sale . year ago Tor $500.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
Kisl.a by = Hsr,s

psaDoa. Tu.. Apr lO.-foe Jolly
Sorhing on the ByHs p,acs, ,'as k.ok,.
in the brSaas By a horse AID severely
tntIn1a.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Galveston April lO.-John W. Al
brighi has aeld sun hor 1880 damages
agalns, james 3tewcr. 4 Co Tor al
legged personal injuries sustained by a
saw while IN the p,alnt6s employ.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Camanche Tribe No IS. I. o. r. VI.
Bryan. Tcx-Council fie kind'ed the
hfst and third Wednesday Of every
month a. the seventh run and thirtieth
breath In wigwam at Mikes hall.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Tie latest rasou assigned TO- the ne
pub lean losse- IN the ele tons Of tue
nori ueru states j. tina, uea j, al the te.
PUB lean voters were in Waship ton on
election day hunting offices
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

luy rypre p cistsrn Il Otto Boehm,
anu prerarr Tor summer with god
su ply Of purJ water. 40 I'm
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

4 c Hsrg owe ald Frank link ri
We're uken TO The zen ieutiary
II melville. BIB hslia J. Andrew
) ack on and Nelson Handy were tai 81
To W j. Moore's conyir, fam
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to utter. If you listen for them you will
recognize them plain as plain. Listen to the
little biack-capped titmouse introducing
himself: "Chick- chicks a-dee J. ne
says, hopping from twig to twig above you
surveying you first with one bright eye.
then with the other, as though wondering
why you do not reciprocate his politeness
by telling your own name. Ii you hear
towhee call you will never wonder where
he gets his name, and the meadow-larks
have hal: dozen plain words. There is
one lark that hear every morning up on
the hill. He always seems to be calling
just as 1 open my door in the early hours
and he says, "Miss McCarty! Miss Nc
Cartyl making delicious musical
mouthful of the "a" and rolling out the
''r'' with a bubbling trill that sounds
right from the "ould sod.' l must go up
there some day and see if Miss McCarty
ever comes. l am sure she ought to.
1t was the second day after hearing his
song that l started out to find the black
headed gro sbeak. His whistle seemed to
come from every direction at once. 1t
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rang from the tree tops, and the hills sent
it back. 1t sounded simultaneously in
the willows by the stream and from the
pasture above my head, but l came upon
him quite Unexpectedly at last in pile of
half-burnt brush, singing away as if he
would burst his throat.
There are two other birds with which
the novice may confound the black-headed
grosbeak. One OF these is the Oregon
towhee, or ground robin, which sometimes
appears about here in the early spring. l
do not remember 10 have seen one this
year, but last year in the late winter
encountered several. Pipilo Oregonis is a
bird about the size of our common ground
robin, with shiny black head and back,
upper part of the breast black, with the
sides Of the body and under wing coverts
a reddish brown. Ee is black and white
in wings and tail and the lower parts of
his body are white. He has black bill,
which is more slender than that of the
grosbeak, and bright red eyes. In fact,
upon analysis. about the only mark he
has in common with the grosbeak is the
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SELF-DEpENDENCE.
myself, and sick OF asking

Weary OF myself, and sick OF asking
What am, and what ought to be.
At this vessels PROV l stand which bears me
Forward, forward, DER the starlit sea.
And look of passionate desire
Ger the and 10 the stars send;
"Ye who from my childhood up have Gained
me,
Calm me, ah, compose me to the endl
"Ah. once more" cried, "ye stars, ye waters,
On my heart your mighty charm renew;
Still, still let me, as gaze upon you,
Feel my soul becoming vast. like your
From the intense, clear, star-sown vault of
heaven,
Over the lit seas unquiet way,
In the rushing night air came the answer,
''Wouldst thou be as these are? =? Live as
they?
"Unaffrightened by the silence round them,
Undisturbed by the sights they see,
These demand not that the things without
them
Yield them love, amusement sympathy.
"And with JOY the stars perform their shining
And the sea its long moon-silvered roll;
For self-poised they live, nor pine with noting
All the fever of some differing soul.
Bounded by themselves, and unregardful
In what state Gods other works may be.
In their own tasks all their powers pouring,
These attain the mighty life you see"
o air-born voicei long since, severely clear,
cry like thine in mine own heart hear;
'sResolve to be myself; and know that he
Who finds himself loses his miseryp'
MATTHEW ARNOLD.
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tanned where the number of students is
not unduly large
AT Chicago, President Harper reckons
that professor is doing his duty if he
trains thirty pupils. In the universities
OF the past several score of students were
taught by one professor, and all were ed u
Gated on one uniform plan. But young
men are not uniform; they are all unlike
the training which develops one will be
thrown away upon another. To do his
duty o professor must know the aptitude
of his scho lars. and treat each of them ac-
cordingly.
Again, it is great teachers who make
great universities, and great teachers, like
great lawyers and great doctors, are high
priced. House your university in a tent
if need be- said Cardinal Newman. "but
stock it with the ablest men YOU can find
anywhere"
Some forty odd years ago the University
of Toronto wanted professor of natural
history. Among the applicants was an
Englishman named Thomas Huxley, who
was known as the author of ingenious
papers on science. 1t was evident that
he knew his business, but he had a COM
petitor in the person of graduate of the
university, and the authorities, desiring
to foster native talent gave the post to
the Canadian and declined Huxley's SER
vices. They may have been wise in their
day and generation. But as a matter of
fact there are well-informed people to-
day who never heard of the University of
Toronto, whereas if Huxley had been a
professor there it would have become
famous and would have attracted stu.
dents from all parts of the world. 1t is
strong men who make universities strong.
Some one may say that the aspira tions
of the advocates of higher education con-
template an expenditure which people
cannot afford. Suppose we reckon what
ignorance and its consequences--crime
and pauperism-cost. and calculate how
much money, would be spared for the
right training o. mankind if the outlay
for these ex penditures were reduced. At
the present day the people. of France and
Germany are kept poor by the enormous
expense of their armies and navies. The
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black head, and this in our bird is marked
off at tho back by distinct light collar,
which the Oregon towhee does not have.
The grosbeak has heavy oIive-hued bill,
flesh colored at the base; his throat, breast
and under parts are light cinnamon
brown, the middle of belly and under
wing cover;s pale yellow that at times
looks whitish; there is white band across
his wings and some white in his tail on
the turee outer prime ries, near the tips.
His eyes are brown.
Ii had not made great many mistakes
of my own, l should wonder how the
varied thrush could ever be taken for the
grosbeak, yet experience teaches me that
this is rather a frequent blunder. mex
perienced students 20 afeld to find the
black headed bird, and eagerly greet any
feathered creature bearing this somewhat
common mark. The varied thrush has
handsome black head, a throat and breast
of deep orange red, set off by glossy black
crescent from shoulder to shoulder. There
is patch of orange above the eve. con-
tinuing 10 stripe back of it; his belly is
white; he bas two light orange.coloreG
bands across his wings, and most OF his
tail feathers have terminal patch OF
grayish white. He has a rather long,
slightly curved black bill and yellow feet.
These thrushes, also called the Western
robin, are quite frequent visitors about the
bay during the winter, and are said to
have pleasant song, which 1 have never
heard. During the earlier spring there
were several pairs about the house, but
they seen all to have disappeared fort
night since.
Except knowing the plants there is no
greater delight when we take our walks
abroad than to be able to recognize the
birds we hear and see. Scientific accuracy
is by no means necessary to this pleasure.
For all practical purposes it is enough to
know that yonder little brown bird on the
mustard stalk is fiycatcher. Whether it
be Townsend's, Hammond's, Says, TraiIPs
or Cassin's flycatcher need not trouble
your mind any more than it does his as
he sits there elevating and depressing his
tail and shaking his wings in true fiy-
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catcher fashion. In general he IS your fly
catcher and mine, and in the ultimate he
belongs to the great scheme of nature, and
there is One who knoweth should he fall
to the ground. You may know that he is
a f1ycatcher by observing him at his work
He goes at this in characteristic fash ion,
perching in favorable spot, watching for
passing insects, then darting forth, seiz-
ing his prey and flying back to his perch.
Nosother bird feeds in quite this way.
Then his constant trick of jerking his tail
up and down and shaking his wings will
serve to Identify him. The flycatchers
belong to this continent, and are not
singers.
81 long to get out into the country and
see the creatures perform" some one said
10 me recently. All, but admission is not
so easily obtained as that. If we hold sea-
son tickets and walk worthily as we go
about the woods and fields we shall see
what we shall see and be blest in the see-
ing, but to go out from the city, to climb
well-worn trail with goodly company
OF congenial people, will not bring one
into the haunts of the birds. We must
leave the mainly travelled roads and take
10 the byways. Goldfinches, yellow war
blers, buntings and robins, are to be seen
readily enough in frequented places, but
in the deep canyons are the shy thrushes,
among the high-growing woods are the
wood warblers and tanagers, the wrens,
vireos and the feet-footed ground birds,
quail, partridge. woodcock and half hun
dred others that we can get to know and
love in their life. 1t is not necessary to
kill a bird to know it. John Burroughs
tells somewhere of meeting on his tramps
a thrush of a variety unknown to him.
He had never seen the bird before, so he
shot it to get good look at 1t. 1t proved
TO be the gray-cheeked thrush. rare va
riety of the Turdide. 81 would give
much to hear its song" says the writer in
closing his account OF how be silenced the
songster. The man abroad with q gun
abandons pro tenn. his responsibility to
nature. The sportsmar's instinct seems
stronger than the human.
On the coast of Nova Scotia some years
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Proposed Fastest War Vessel the World the xpss

The English Government is engaged in
building what 1t hopes will be, when CON-
plete, the fastest boat in the world. Its
object in constructing this craft is TO
possess 4 vessel that will be superior to
the Admiral Porter. owned by the United
States and until a short time ago known
as Torpedo boat No. 6. This craft that
Britain is building is designed to steam
SO knots an hour-a trife less than SO
miles.
The Expression that is the name OF
the proposed record breaker-is now in
process of construction at the shipyards
of Laird Bros. at Birkenhead. Her en-
gines are 20 be capable of attaining 10000
indicated horsepower. The tremendous
power of this tiny boat-for she is of only
$50 tons burden-can best be appreciated
by considering the fact that she will be
able, if the plans succeed, to develop fully
as great an engine-power as the Renown,
a battle-ship now building for England
which will have displacement of 1850
tons. The Express will have as an arma-
ment one 12-pounder quick-firing gun,
five 6 and 8 FOUNDER quck-firing guns
and two Whitehead torpedoes.
While it is not known with certainty
how the machinery will be arranged or
the exact dimension thereof, it is under
stood they will be as follows: Each set of
engines will have four cylinders, the
diameters OF which will be: High pres
sure. 1S54 inches; intermediate, 321z
inches; two low pressure of 331z inches
Each engine is OF the three stage COM
pound type, the stroke for all cylinders
being eighteen inches. The most
noticeable point about the engine lies in
the arrangement of the valves. The high
and intermediate pressure cranks are
similarly located, although at right angles
to the high and intermediate cranks.
The Arrangement described renders the
design of valves adopted possible. All
the valves are com bined in pairs. one
above another, in one cham Der, each pair
having a common valve-rod. The result
of this is a reduction of the number of
moving parts and renders possible that
very desirable arrangement of placing the
engine in less fore and aft space. The
air-pump is worked. direct from the main
crank shaft This latter is prolonged
through a small crank shaft, a coupling
joining the two. The diameter of the
pump is nineteen inches and its length of
stroke four inches. The material used is
such as TO render breakages necessarily
rare, for both piston and top cylinder
covers are made of forged steel.
A cylindrical copper condenser, each
with 500 5s-inch tubes, is attached to every
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and are familiar to most of US. What is the
color? Has the bird any conspicuous
markings, and how are they distributed2
1t there are none is the color cf the upper
parts uniform or are these parts mottled?
Tne wings may have one or two bars os
white. There may be white markin s on
the tail. Note the shape, length and car
riage OF the tail. White, particularly
where it shows in fight, is about the
easiest of identification marks to remem-
beT. The white bars on the goldfnch's
wings are very conspicuous when he flies.
The snowbrd shows two conspicuous
white tail feathers in flying and may be
known by them. The song sparrow also
has two white tail feathers. This little
bird has way of running along the road
before one, flying ahead little distance
as he Is approached. and the white feath-
ers show very plainly then. The wrens
may be known by their short wings and
saucy, up-tilted tails. In time the differ
ent varieties become familiar to US and
easily Identified. The bill should be no.
ticed. Is it longer or shorter than the
birds head? What is it's co,orp Is 1t fat
OF round, hooked, crossed, blunt, pointed
or unusually large and heavy? The color
of the feet is often of Importance as q
guide in Identifying.
The birds are suspicious and he who
would observe them must go about with
an air of having plenty of business of his
own to attend to. The fieldglass must be
raised cautiously. have frig htened many
bird by neglecting this rule. We may
make note of all these points and when
we reach home look them up in some re-
liable bird book. Perhaps Chapman's
birds OF Eastern North America" is the
best for beginners and, If not relied upon
too i'm mplicitly, Cooper's volume on birds
in the California geodetic survey may be
suggestive and helpful. The study will
seem blind sort of one at FIRST, but pa
tience and perseverance, will eventually
bring system out of the tangle and con-
family increasing pleasure as well.
ADELINE KNAPP.