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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
woMAns CURSE FULFILLED.
Homes Of village Drunhard Dragged
from the Grave by Ground Hogs.

bones Of a village Drunkard Dragged
from the Grave by Ground Hogs.
The grave Of Thomas Watt. at Bry-
ants chapel, near Cenieryille. Ind. was
burrowed into by ground hogs and sew
eral OF his bones dragged 10 the sur
face. The discovery Of the above facts
makes interesting 9 prophecy uttered
years ago Thomas Watt was the
neighborhood drunkard. His children
ran wild as colts and but little more
clothed. His Worthlessnt and depraV-
ity aroused the indigm(tlon OF his
nelghbors. and particularly Of an old
woman who. II was said. had the gift
Of dlvlnation.
She demonstrated with him. and upon
his failure 10 heed her advice pro-
nounced a curse upon him. She proph-
esled he would die Of violence and his
bones would not find repose In the
grave. Thomas Watt was drowned
while In an intoxicated condition In at
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
"sLuMP" IS A DANISH WORD.
Not slang AZ Has nssn Commonly sup

Not slang a. Has nsen Commoaly sup.
posed.
A good deal has been heard lately
about the slump" In the city. The
word Is expressive and Is generally be-
lleved TO BE "slangy." but at one time
Il was In general use. although Il Is
nov only to be heard IN out-of-the-way
districts OF the provinces. says tho
Westminster Gazette. The African Re-
view points out that Il Is OF Danish
origin and, according 20 Dr.. Raven.
was applied In many a metaphorlcal
way. In his recently published His
tory OF Sunolk" Dr. Raven says that {,
Is still Of common use In this country.
Unsucoessful lltigants were slumped.
"slumped again says Palmer IN bis
"Perlustration OF Great Yarmouth. .
was shouted derlsively to one who had
been a second time unsuccessful For
by explains Il TO sink suddenly into
deep mud or rotten ground" and
Moore cites Il came In such a slump.
But. then. he never knew what a
Throgmorton street slump was like.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
nnrn. on nsman nrlnr.

There can be no question that hu-
man beings have developed horns,
There Is one eleven inches In length
aud two and a half inches In clrcum-
ference IN the British museum. Dr,
Erasmus Wilson made collection OF
ninety OF these horns, and found that
au. with the exception Of three. had
grown on old people. Old agc seems
indeed. 70 De a prcllsposing cause OF
these special growths. A. a rule, they
grow upwards from the top Of the
head But one old lady had a horn
from above her len eye. and In an.
other case the horn grew from th'
side OF the head.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Familiarity breeds contempt. no,
only when applied 10 men. but Il is IN
reference 20 our relations with thingl
that are beautiful and things that are
true. The religiously inclined people
Of Christs day aid not appreciate him
because they were so often IN his pres
cnce. To them He was but a common
person. grown up from childhood
among them-just the son OF a carpen-
ter. Had lie come from a far country
with that air Of mystery abou, him
which lack Of acquaintance favors. Hll
words would have been far more q
thom.-Rev. @. d. BAKER.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

The saloon Is a natural incubator OF
OWL Its twin eggs are human ignor-
ance and Satanic cunning. whence
spring the horrld brood Of social mad
political monstrosities which. locust
like. spread themselves through the
land. deyouring everything before them
or. dying under the hot breath Of pub
lic opinion. smell rank to heaven No,
only are crimes Of an sorts plotted In
saloons. but frequent outbreaks OF
many social theories Ia strikes and
other combinations against social order
are planned there. Rev. J. c. Allen.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

~ nr back as l5sO thcro was In
Paris "a man dressmakcr aud probably
thc hrsl ot bis kind. His name was
Rhombcrg. and be was the son Of a
pa,arian peasant from the ncighbor-
hood OF Munich. lie owed his success
40 his genius Tor conccallng and rem
edylng defects OF figure. lie drove a
beautiful carriage on the boulevard,
ana had an escu,cheon In the shape OF
a pair Of corsets and an open pair OF
scissors painted on the panel OF each
door. lie left a large fortune To ais
heirs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

The Young parson-"t tell you | am
discouraged, sir ! don't seem 10 stir
up a bl, Of enthusiasm IN my parish.
They listen 10 me In sort OF perfume
tory way. but know I'm making lit
ne or no impression on them. What
can I do"
The Old Parson-eThcro Is Just one
thing left for you. after yoa have tried
everything else"
and that isg"
"Pitch into Jonah's whalew-Ciove-
land Plain-ncaler.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

A huge meteor burst over the house
OF David Leisure Of New Martinsburg.
Ohio. Tuesday morning and Mr. Lois.
ure was rendered unconscious Short
~ after recovering consciousness be
went 10 his barn and discovered three
holes In !ts side. each about ave inches
IN diameter. Inside the barn one OF
his horses was found dead In he stall
with one aide OF he head blown OF,
In another stall stood a horse made
totally deaf BY the ooneussion,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
SAVED BY A HUMAN ROPE.
Iircmcn Make nra,c Rescue Of an
aImnrrIIrd nar.mnn.

timprflru harsmnns
-Four brave nrcmon OF Paterson. =.
J.. formed a real span Of NE that saved
Frederick Blllson from being dashed to
pieces at the foot Of Passaic falls. says
the New York News. The human chain
was the only means by which the i'm
pcriled man could be rescued, Blllson
is an expert oarsman OF the Excelsior
Boat Club. 90, though the river was
unusually strong. he thought moth
Ing OF going out In his she'll Tor a short
pull. The current was too strong for
him. though. and he and his boat were
soon swept over the dam aud toward
the falls The frightened oarsman
Jumped overheard and swan against
the current so pluckily that few yards
farther downstream he was able q
clutch and cllng TO a rock. But prcci.
plcc eighty feet deep confronted hin
and he would have persisted miserahly
had not Capt. Stewart Taylor OF truck
3 OF the local Gre department seen him
Calling 10 Foreman keamcy, Engineer
Nichols and Fireman William Kin
nsee. the chief rushed 10 nills3n's a.
sls,ance The four men formed a ehail
wlth Klunane at the lower end, an
Bnlson was seized and dragged to M
land. just as he was abou, 10 loose hi
hold on the rock Bilson Is rapldl
recovering az his home les Libert
street An Paterson Is pralslng n
heroes who formed the living lltc.unl
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

II painted a winter scene the other
day that was 80 true 70 nature that the
thermometer In my studio fell 20 de-
greos" "Humphl That's nothing. I
painted a portal, OF old Brown hsl
year that was 90 niellke that had 10
shave Il regularly. "-Harpera BazAA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Mrs. Pigments not the frost work
on the panes beautiful this morning
James, Mr.. Adorable. Mrs. p
Oh! Art can never reach such pcrfec-
ton. Mr.. P.-Noycr' Mrs p.-Con-
adercd from the tariistic standpoint
what Kind ot work would you call that
Mr. P.al should cali 10 a triezo. Boz,
ton Courier
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

tempting 20 cross a swollen stream.
Now that the latter part Of the dismal
prophecy has received literal fulhli-
mont the old woman. who Is yet alive
aud Ia the divination business. Is great
ly feared and her power as a fortune
teller receives much credence.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
csnlan., Il.,.n 20 TN.

A sharp Yankee went into Wall
street about two years ago with 81 900
and has since cleared $500 900. AZ thla
was someihing really remarkable. a
weli-known broker was asked the Sc
eret Of the Yankees success. and he
replied; He Is stone deaf. and there
iore cannot listen 10 worthless tina
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Mecullom. Katie Gormban and Clara
Mullen IRE alive and we'll A. least.
this belief will be entertained by tsa
police and relatives OF the missing ones
until something Is discovered 70 dis
l nell H.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Weary waikins-wot you think Of
this scheme Of free bAthai Hungry
Higgins-They won't sit none from
mo. No man Il goln' to sit me 20
bathc without payin' me for it.-lndi.
annapolis Journal
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

De Garry Why Is 1t that when a
fellow is alone with a girl be loves they
seldom play cards1 Mcrritt-ne because
A they did she would have to hold bol
own hand.-judge.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
what lie Needed

Doctor-You want some strengthen
ing medicine. sir. Mr. Mulllgan tenn
phatlcany)-oi do that, dochter shure
my wolfe Is much stronger than o.
am. an she beats me onmereitullyt-
Fun.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
Evil

Evll under the cover OF betinselcd
gauEe Is more inslnuatlng and demor-
allzlng than when Il naunts l,s uneoy.
cred nakedness. Rev. J. ID. Stanley.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

Old Gentleman Seriously don't re.
member ever having told a lie In my
life. Young Gen,leman-So9 Well, do
you know. am getting a little forget
ful myself.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

HE exploration OF
Quechmictoplic an.
In the state OF Guer-
zero. Mexico. begun
last year by Mr..
William Niyen. will
be continued in
May. and Mr. Nj
ven Ia now making
arrangements for
the extended work,
asva the New York
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11

HE Cincinnati po-
lice are still work
ing to unravel the
mystery OF the dis
appearance OF Mary
McCullOm, Clara
Mullen and Katie
German. Within a
short period these
three girls have
disappeared from
their various
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
AN ORDER FOR RATS.
THE QUEER DEMAND FOR LIVE
STOCK SENT BY MAIL.
Rodents Used In Mines 20 Eat Refuse
These Animals Held ~ whole Town
On Fsanoo-Ths citizens Pied.

ATS. az a rule. are
undesirable tenants
and In large cities
there are men who.
as a means OF live
lihood. follow the
ancient and honor
able profession OF
rat-catchlng. Saya
the New York Jour
nal. Bull-terrlers.
blaek-Rn-tans and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
TIE LAND OF BONES.
VAST MEXICAN TERRITORY OF
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.

Many Evidences OF Great Antiquity
Explorations Begun Last Year Attend
ed with Much Success a Large
Cemetery.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-11
THREE SULTRY GIRLS.
oUITTHEiR HOMES FOR HARSH
NESS OF THE WORLD.

othera Depart for Reasons of Like
Triviallty Three Families Made Mis-
cradle Cincinnati Police Have a Hard
Yah
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03

Per diet. All the chopbcuses have not
put it On their bills OF fare. Int IT can
be found at "a number CT v.soln. SCl.-e Of
them know how to grill the bc2es prep
erlv and others do not One striking
instance Of the way in which grilled
bones should not be served : 10 b
found IN a popular luncheon rcCna Gown
town where. with q view 10 gaining
greater favor fer what the groG1ieiors
call new dish, the bones are Dreaded
like outlets. This. q course. does a
great deal toward ds srroying their del
icacy Of favor. The CHILLED tcEe habit
is one that is acquired ty New Workers
chiefly through 4 visit 10 London. where
the dish enjoys considerable popularity.
The question Of cocks Is ore that
furnishes the householder with ever in
creasiEg perplexiries. A New Yorker.
however, believes he has solved the
whole matter. Quire story is involved.
when l was III Syria. says he, Il
had an Arab boy for q groom. and be
became very much attached 10 ne. l
could talk to him in his own language,
and he knew that l was aware when he
was lying. Arabs Of that class are not
truthful, you know. 1t was nearly a
year ago that ! returned 10 New York,
leaving my Arab behind. Imagine Iny
surprise when he turned up here just a
month later and Looked me up. l didn't
know what 70 DO with him. l GiGn'r
want a groom, but l did need q cock.
A;ery Arab is something of :. cock. and
! decided that l would Try this boy. He
learned readily, and for the past SIX CT
seven months be has been doing all CT
our cooking, and doing it well This Is
a solution of the domestic problem. that
never occurred 10 me until this Toy fol
lowed me 10 New York, and then l
wondered why / hadn't thought CT it
before leaving Syria. 1 might have
brought over half dozen Arab cooks
for my friends. JOSEPH RUSSEII-
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Nashville Centennial.

On account of the Tennessee
Centennial and International Ex-
position at Nashville. Tenn. The
Texas & Pacific Railway will sell
tickets to Nashville and return as
follows:
Class A-on sale any date up
to and including Oct. 18th. Final
limit for return Nov. It'll. Round
trip rate S27.10
Glass Bon sale any date up to
and including Oct. 18th. Final
limit for return twenty 900 days
from date Of sale. Round trip rate
S19.S5
Class Con sale every Tuesday
and Thursday up to and incl udinp
Oct. Goth. Final limit for return
ten t1O) days from date of sale.
Round trip rate StS.45
The above rate will apply either
via Texarkana OF New Orleals
Gateways.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
His Best Impression.

Teacher-Define the word ''objectiv-
ity' and give a sentence Which it is
used correctly.
Boy latter several moments Of pro-
found coeitation }-Objectivity is the
quality IF Icing Objectionable Some
persons have great obiectiyiry to
working Chicago Tribune.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Vast Possibilities.

ator smghnn's friehdfas they paused
before a confectioner's window, how
much talent for sculpture these candy
makers display in putting their wares
in attractive form? There is a wonder
full variety of shapes. Yes, 5" replied
the senator pensively, 81. has always
interested me TO note how much could
be made out of sugar. Washington
Star.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Important Changes.

Brooks, how DO you like my new
coat"
Rivers, there ere two things / could
suggest that would improve its appear
ance. II ought to be a little fuller
''Yes:''
And then you ought to fill it cut a
little better. Chicago Tribune
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Summer Excursion.

summer excursion tickets at re-
duced rates are now being sold at
all stations to Galveston. Aransas
Pass, Boorno, Comfort. Corpus
Christi, Ganaf1a, Korrville. Rock
port. Sour Lake station and Woot-
en- Wells, Texas, via the Shreye-
port Route. Ask agents for rates.
+. ID. Yoakum, G. 7. & p. A.
II. Everett. A. G. p. A,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Trouble Ahead.

"Grinns, the comedian, was in to see
you twice already said the office hoy.
Il think he wants 10 start somethin -
Have any idea what was the mat
teri" asked the dramatic critic
II guess il was that stuff you dictated
about his jokes and antics Ii came out
antiques '"-Cincinnati Enquirer
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
Fun at the Boarding House.


THE original bill Of the play" be-
gan Asbury Peppers-"the original hill
of the play
Well asked the fdGety boarder,
what was the original bill Of the
play"
bill Shakespeare, suppose" said
Asbury Peppers Enquirer.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Late Owner Of the Famous Spite
Houss--A Buffalo Outbreak Ad-
vso. OF the drilled Bone.

and died III New York none was more
passed from life recently in his singular
home known as .'SpiIe House" This
srr-rrule. five fest wide ard four stories
b,.t.. will Dc a monument 10 his odd
i'i's Of character as long as il stands
IT, wealth OF Mr.. Richardson. esfin5at-
! ut various su'rls ranging as high as
so. 600, 900. had its foundation in his
erection of TIC waterwCrks at Bridge
port, Conn, soon after re came from
England. long years ago. Later be be-
came interested with the Gculds in rail-
way construction ard Id! many of the
securities identified VIII iheir name
He YVES chief owner II "a line of steam
boats plying between this city and
bridgeport, and one of bis latest enter
prises-interrupted by his mortal illness
was proposition 10 sCpTlv govern
tnens buoys with pintSch lights, which
he held could he arranged TO need 10
attention for months At n time. His
ra3sroad and steamboat holdings were
widely distributed, and I1;~ collection of
transportation passes IL believed TO be
one OF tho most complete i'll the couu
try. While i'll he sold "a short line run
ming ont of Santa Cruz, Mexico, for
$500, 600. He prided himself on being
the only man who could have rebuilt
the fraction stables on Fourth avenue,
as be did. in FIVE days, when fire de-
stroyed the old structure four years ago.
He was often employed by the Wander
bilts, the annex 10 tie Grand Central
station here having II on one of his jobs
for them.
A western man Oh lis wedding tour
had an amusing experience recently at
. New York hotel. He was popular
man, and every baega-C handler along
the road was interested in his marriage.
He left town with his bride promptly
after the ceremony, ard when be in
spected his trunk at the station there
wis no distinguishing mark TO indicate
that it was the property of newly
married man. The funk was checked
hight through to New York. and when
It's owner arrived in Jersey City he gave
his baggage checks to Il transfer agent
and asked that his baggage be sent at
once to a we'll known Broadway hotel
There was no rice in bis pockets, and
when he arrived at the hotel and regis
tered "Mr. and Mrs. John BLANK he
dastered himself that no one would sus-
pect him of being a newly welded man.
An hour later he heard great noise in
the trunk room. and he went in TO in
vestiRate. In the center OF q crowd Of
bellboye, porters and hotel loupgers
was his trunk, which had left his native
town in good condition. Some one had
vanished it with glue and then sprin-
killed. rice all over il. Half dozen pairs
Of old shoes were fastened TO the top
with screws, and every baggage man
along the line had tackled on message
conveying his congratulations and ad-
vice. The trunk was a curiosity, ard it
took one of the porters half a day 20
ecrape it clean.
The park commissioners are some
what puzzled over question Of buffa-
1oes
When the Austin Corhin estate lent
IS of these animals TO the city. the park
department did not expect to get 50
many white elephants. Eighty acres Of
So -
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
People Talked About.

George NJ. Pullman died suddenly in
Chicago.
Miss Cisneros was given an ovation
in New York.
Gen. John 4. AIcClernand is serious
ly i'll at Springfield, Ill.
Bessie O'Brien, the new Patti. scored
a tremendous success Mt Chicago,
Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart. of'Wal-
ton, Warwickshire, Eng, is dead.
Very Rev. Charles John Vaughan.
NJ. A., D. D., dean of Llandaf, is dead.
David Folsom, president of the Herd
Folsom Arms company, died in New
York, aged tifty-six years.
Sam Jones Friday celebrated his
flftieth birthday with notable gather
ing at his home at Atlanta. Ga.
J. F. Hartley. ex-assistant secretary
Of the United States treasury. is dead
at Saco, Me-, aged Lightweight years.
Gen. Frederick Puga, former secre-
tary of state of Venezuela and late
consul general for that country at
Philadelphia. died at his home in New
York, aged fifty-siX years.
Frank Haveland. newspaper man
known throughout the country and
formerly a member of the staff of the
New York Mail and Express, died at
Denver of consumption. He was sixty
years old.
John Andrews, member of the
sophomore class of the Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, high school, was stabbed in
a row at the freshmen's class party.
being cut near the iuguIar vein. He
barely escaped fatal injury.
Jacob Bum, ST.. president of the Ill
inois Watch company, Springfield, ILL.,,
was found dead in his private office at
the factory. His death was caused by
acute gastritis and old age, he being
in his eighty-fourth year.
A dispatch from Mentor, Ohio, says
Zeb Rudolph, the father of Mrs. James
A. Garfield, the widow of the late
president, is dead at Lawnfeld, the
Garfield home. of old age. The de-
ceased was ninetyfour years Of age
and had been in feeble health for
some time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
General,

General.
Circle City, Alaska, has been prac-
tically abandoned.
The new comet is in Cepheus, 49,
100000 miles away.
The potato crop is 174,OOO,OOO bush
els, against 245,OOO,OOO in 1896.
The Methodist Women's Home Mis-
sionary society spent $127,969 last
year.
A tunnel from Brooklyn to Jersey
City, under Manhattan island, is pro-
posed.
Emma Goldman was refused permis-
sion to address an open air meeting at
st. Louis.
Authority has been granted for the
organization of the Alma National
Bank of Alma, Kan, with capital of
$4,000.
Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz. Ger
many, in q report to the state depart
ment urges Americans to make every
effort to secure a good exhibit at the
Paris exposition in 1900.
The will of Former Senator John r.
Mcpherson has been filed in Jersey
ollJ. Liz cStdtC dulOuIlS " ScFcIdl
million dollars, and is all left to the
widow.
The Ohio Society Of the Sons of
Revolution has ratified the recent &C.
ton looking to the consolidation of the
Sons Of the Revolution and the Sons
Of the American Revolution.
Attorney Henry S. Boutell was NOM
ipofa1 Inv porublinono. ne 4bo
Sixth Illinois congressional district to
succeed the late Representative Ed
ward D. Cooke.
f. Ruggles Brice, director of convict
prisons of Great Britain, arrived in
New York. He comes with the object
Of visiting some Of the most famous
and most progressive American pris-
ons.
Col. Thomas +. Barr, assistant judge
advocate general. has been transferred
from the department of the East to
the department of Missouri eXchang-
ing places with Lieut.. Col. John w.
Clous.
Miss Emma Rue of Hartland has
had a neighbor, Miss Helen Sibelrud,
arrested, the charge being SANDER.
III l1Iu JOuLslOllc VI MllucdpOllS HAS
sued the st. Louis, Keokuk Il North
western Railroad company at Burling-
ton, Iowa, for $4,000 for injuries al
legged to have been sustained in q col
lision near Hannibal, Aug. 16.
The Swedish Lutheran ministers of
the Chicago district held their regular
convention at New Richmond and
Huntingdon, Wis. A large delegation
was present and profitable time was
had.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

The Turkish authorities have the
suspiciousness of pursued criminal.
In every novelty they see device to
make the government less secure. They
look not for peace. but for plots, and
naturally conspiracy is easily mag
ined when none exists. A bowling out
fit reached Jaffa. The suspicious Of
ficers opened the box, asked what those
dangerous looking balls contained, and
finally cut one of them open. Finding
nothing within, they confiscated the
articles. Ultimately the balls were sent
to the arsenal at Damascus, and the
Minister of War ordered the authori-
ties at Jaffa and the commander at
Jerusalem to be vigilant. A government
which rests on suspicion is sure to
make itself ridiculous, as well as to
show itself revengeful. In England a
like condition of affairs exists. Royalty
is on key of dynamite.