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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-27

Many deaths from the grip are re-
portca In Maine and New Hampshire.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-27
HAD A PRIVATE MINT.
AN OHIO FARMER WHO MADE
BIG DOLLARS.

They Circulated Freely and Finally
Landed the Farmer and Ills wife In
the Clutches OF the Law The Mystery
of the Mine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-27
GRANT ASA WRITER.
HIS STYLE WAS VIGOROUS AND
ALWAYS TERsE.

He HAD Great Concentration Of Mad
and Nothing Disturbed nlm-some OF
M. GRAPHITE scniences-Vory Little
Recommendation.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-27

ENERAL Horace
Portors Cam
paignIng with
Grant deals vita
the siege OF Peters
burg IN the Cen
tury" General
Porter exprCsse
the following opin-
OF Grant as a writ
C-: His powers q
concentration OF
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
SELF--HELP.

Booker T. Washington, the colored
crater, constantly impressss upon the
minds of the members of his race to
whom he talks the advantages to be
gained from self-help. In a recent
speech he told good yarn to illus
trate his point. 'There isn't much
that we get in this country without
working for it," he said. 81 remem-
Der story of an old negro who want
ed Christmas dinner and prayed
night after night: Lord, please send
a turkey to this darkey.' But none
came to him. Finally he prayed: o
Lord, please send this darl1ey to tur-
key And he got one that same
night
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
RIGHT FOR ONCE.

In Buffalo many years ago, when
Judge Stryker was on the common
pleas bench, there was an elderly law
yer named Root, who sometimes ap-
.peared in court when he had taken
drop too much. On one of these oc-
casions he persisted in interrupting
the court with irrelevant remarks.
Every time he was ordered to sit
down he obeyed, but soon popped up
again. Finally the exasperated judge
exclaimed: "Sit down, Mr.. Root, and
stay there. You are drunk" 81 will
cheerfully obey your honor" said the
offender, ''inasmuch as it is the first
correct Judgment rendered by the
court this term -Harper's Magazine.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
A POOR SCHEME.

give just worked up good story
about our star being kidnapped by
bandits in Italy" said the press agent,
'and the villain being caught and SEN
fenced to prison for life
won't do said the manager.
'Some fellow will be sure to say some
thing about the severity of the sem
tence being out of all proportion to
the crime of stealing a ham. "-India-
napolis Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
WRITTEN IN THE INTEREST OF A
CATF

A calf with three legs and no caudel
appendage was born one day last
week ON the farm of Robert j. SUIT
ton near Burlington, n J. It's moth
er, an aEistocratie Attorney, was very
much Disguised at first and was dis
posed to withhold the milk of bovine
kindness, but natural affection pre-
vailed at last, and the unfortunate
animals immediate wants are now
cheerfully supplied. The calf gets
along very well with only three legs,
but misses it's tail sadly. It's pretty
tough to be born in New Jersey with
out a tail in mosquito time, and the
case is one that should be looked into
by the local S. P. c. A.-Syracuse
Standard.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
"LET HIM COME"

An oldtime Lord Mayor of London
whose sporting experience was limit
ed, rode forth one day to join the city
hunt in the fields about Marylebone.
Placed by his escort under a tree, His
Lordship heard the hounds give
tongue in the distance, and the
sounds grew louder and louder, till
one of the city scouts shouted out,
"The hare comes this way, my Lord!'
The Lord Mayor rose to the occasion,
and, drawing his sword, he exclaimed,
heroically: 'Let him come! I thank
my God [ fear him not!"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
THAT SETTLED 1T.

A painter scaled the heights Of a
skyscraper and climbed the fag-pole,
pointing up like thin line of black
against the smoky blue of the sky.
From the sidewalk below he seemed
like toy man climbing slender pen
Gil. Strapped to his side was pot of
paint. Coolly, as if he were on the
ground, or even down celler, the
painter took his brush and began to
decorate the wavering pole.
On the sidewalk below the crowd,
which moment before had been in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
A GREAT LITERARY FIELD.

A Georgia author, who is now in
New York, has high hopes for his fu-
ture there. He writes:
''Plenty of literary work here. I
delivered a message to William Dean
Howells and he gave me a dollar; went
to market for Mr.. Glider and got a
dinner from him; worked one day as
ianitoF in Edmund Clarence Sted-
mans bank, and made So, and | am
now nursing Richard Henry Stoddard
at dollar a ight.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
1T WAS NECESSARY.

''Is it necessary that you should go
to lunch now, Miss Premier?" asked
the business man. II have some i'm
portant let eyes, it's quite nee
essary," she said pinning her hat. He
looked at his watch. He frowned.
Then he smiled in a winning way and
said: "These letters are quite i'm
portant. Would your friend mind if
you missed the regular lunch hour
just this time?'' cts not the FRIEND"
said she. 'Worse than that" 'Yes?"
81 should say so. The restaurant al
ways runs out of strawberry short
cake by 1915 o'clock"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08

tent on shop windows, paused and
looked up.
'Oh, dear me, wouldn't it be per-
fectly dreadful if he should fali?'
said Mortified young lady.
Her escort merely observed: Even
if he should fall he would come down
with colors flying"
'Good-by forever" returned the
young lady, icily.-Chicago News.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
WITH THE JOKERS.
JOHNNIE AT THE PICNIC.

1--WE had an awful time with john
ny Potts at the Sunday school picnic"
What was the trouble?"
"Why, Johnnie wore one of these
belts with metal clasp"
Yes
''And after he ate his dinner we
couldn't unclasp it,"
"Good gracious! What did you do?"
eve tried to file it off and couldn't
get at it. Johnnie squirmed and yell
ed like an early Christian martyr all
the time. At last Rev. Mr.. Gusher
hired a man to take Johnnie in a boat
and row him out to where the water
was real rough. Johnnie wasn't used
to rough water, and in little while
the belt dropped off Of itself"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
SOMETHING ON HER MIND.

Queen Victoria always looks SO
solemn
you'd look solemn, too, if you had
the prince of Wales for a son all these
years.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
ONE BENEFIT.

Everybody will be riding wheel
two years from now"
eve won't have any walking dele
gates Them
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
OVERWORK KILLED HIM.

Muddy Niles-So Bill has killed his
self. Wat was Their reason, work?
Ragged Rohmer-Yep; he had the
asthma, an his breathin' got labored.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-08
nothing lost
SCOTS Emulsion

SCOTS Emulsion makes cod-liver oil taking next
thing to pleasure. You hardly taste it. The stom
ach knows nothing about tit does not trouble you
there You feel first in the strength that it brings
it shows in the color of the cheek the rounding of the
angles, the smoothing of the wrinkles.
It is codver oil digesed for you, slipping easily
into the blood and losing itself there drops lose
themselves in the ocean.
What satisfactory thing this isto hide the odious
taste of cod-liver OIL evade the the stomach
take health by surprise.
There no secret of what is made of-the fsh-fat
taste is lost, but nothing is lost but the taste.
Perhaps your druggist ha a Emulsion
the ali equal you TO
sand Ioo
SCOTT & BOVINE
Chemst York
The times., 1897-06-16
''KAFFIR KING" BARNAT0
Marvellous Career of the Multi
Millionaire Suicide.
HIS RAPID STRIDES TO RICHES
Born in the East End SIums Of Lon.
don, He Amassed Wealth that
that Drove British Spectators
Wild-His Faith in the Transvanl.

Barney Barnato the famous Diamond
King Of South Africa, whose suicide by
Jumping overheard from the British steam
er Scot was reported yesterday, was In
many respects man without counter
part in the world. He was certainly the
most remarkable speculator of the century.
There seems to be nothing Absolutely cer-
tain about Barnato's early childhood and
boyhood days. He is supposed to have been
the son of roor Hebrew who dwelt in
the East End of London, and whose name
was Isaacs, and 10y thatname Earnato was
called in the earlier stages of his life The
other cognomen suited him better, however
AT first he used il as a sort of stage name
when twenty-five years ago he began i;fe
in South Africa by exhibiting a trick
The times., 1897-06-16

duce in their sketches He had u keen
sense Of lsumor and could tell a good story
with genuine comedy effect. At one time
ne announced his intention of collaborating
with Haddon Chambers, the drarDatisJ,
In writing n play on his experiences.
On the occasion when play was being
presented at Drury Lane Theater, with a
scene depicting hotel at Koppensburg,
he appeared In the crowd as one OF tie
supers.
His private generosity was frequently
expressed; and in the autumn OF 1895 he
sent $50 200 to the lord mayor or London
for distribution among the poor.
Barnato took a prominent part In the
complications Immediately following the
Jaues0n raid, and at the very height Oh
the crisis had an important interview with
President Krueger in regard to the griev-
anoes of the Uitlandfrs, which was be-
lieved at the time to have moilified the
harsh feeling of the Transvaal executive
toward the raiders. He subsequently sub
srribed $50, 900 to the fund which paid the
fine. About a month ago 1t was rninored
that his health was suffering from the
severe tension OF speculation, and In the
latter part of May it was reported from
Cape Town that he was suffering from
nervous prostration, and had been placed
by his friends under restraint. This was
subsequently denied by fis London repre-
sentative, who said Barpato was suffering
from a slight attack OF Cape feyer, not
likely to prove serious.
He was, in fact. modern Moat. cristo.
he had scarcely been in South Africa
three years before he was able to begin
his speculations. He then purchased
claim in the Kimberley mines He kept
on digging until 1881, when he acquired
four claims, which he floatcd into com
pany for approximately $Ie5.000. That
WAS his first effort as a promoter. The
The times., 1897-06-16
TWO COMMISSIONS SIGNED.
Treasurer Roberts and Assistant
Treasurer Jordan Now q Fact.

United States Treasurer Roberts COM
mission was signed by the President and he
will pfobab,y take charge of his office some
day this week although such acton is not
certain 1t was said at the office of Sec
rotary Gage that Mr.. Roberts had not Zip
to yesterday afternoon signified when he
will assumes the cares and responsibilities
of his high position.
Assistant Treasurer Jordan is busy or
ranging his bond. He called On Secreta y
Gage yesterday and had long conference.
His commission WAS also sigEed yesterday,
and he viii resume his position with the New
York sui,-t1easury next week.
The times., 1897-06-16
GOO on q single aay.s dealings.

600 on a single days dealings.
These tremeAd dous sums accrued 10
narnato and Its immediate friends Tho
smaller investors who had bought the
''Kaffirs" at the high premiums soon found
That they had overstepped their limits. A
great slump followed The crash of the
Barnato boom was threatened The
.sKafftr King avoided this by one OF the
audacisns moves he was ever known to
have made He spent 81 8 200, 900 in one
day in bracing the South African shares,
with the result that the total market value
of the shares or the Barnato Bank reached
$11, 100000 after the slump. These
shares had a nominal value Of only $12,-
sac, 900
While these operations were under way
Barnato also noated So $50 900 of Bar
nato onnsois. which attained market
value of $31, 900. He made the
Karfir market dominate the whole financial
world.
His wife and three children were with
him on the boat when he threw himself
overheard. Her sister, and, of course,
Barnatos sistei-in-iaw, Miss Alice Hoi-
brook, who is an opera singer, is in New
York This lady sa Us that she had received
"A cable from her sister advising her of the
fate Of he. husband. Miss Holbrook also
says that the ages OF Barnato's three
children were four years. two and a half
years and one year, and that Barnato had
left his entire fortune to his wife and
children. with the exception or few com
paraiveiy small requests to EoOr relatives
The times., 1897-06-16

Hundreds OF thousands have been In
duced to try Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
by reading what it has done for others,
and, having tested its merits for Them
selves, are today its warmcst friends For
sale by Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail
Druggist, 93S F street northwest, and
Connecticut avenue and 8 street north
west
The times., 1897-06-16

Miss Harriet Barnes NEEDING and Mr..
Eugene Cissan Gott viii he married at noon
today, at st John s Church.
The b:ioe viii be attended by Miss E.
Belle Gott and AIr. Ii. Freeman Clark VIII
be best man.
Mr.. Charles W. NEEDING, Mr.. John W.
johnson, MIR George Cox, and Mr.. w. II
Dempsey will serve as ushers. Upon thsiT
return from their bridal trip the couple
viii reside ut No. 1909 II street. where
they viii be at home to their friends after
July /.
The times., 1897-06-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
MarbIenead Doing Police Duty.

The Navy Department has ordered the
Wilmington TO stop her search for fill
busters and to anchor off Key West. The
Marblehead has been substituted for tn.
Wilmington, and is now engaged in the
police duty Of looking for the expedition
which Minister Depuy de LONE says has
been formed On the Florida coast
The times., 1897-06-16
MARRIAGE BELLS RING ON
The Wheatley-Veazey Naptials at
Christ Church This Evening.
Several Other Weddings Announced
for Today-The Fassett-Delano
Marriage Yesterday.

A wedding that is attracting a great
deal OF interest In social circles is that
of Miss Marion Dorothy Wheatley, daughter
of ex-Conlnissioner Samuel wheatley, TO
A lbin Bcara YeaZey, son OF Gen. Veazey, OF
Vermont, which viii take place at Christ
Church, West Washington, this eve ening, ut
8 O'Clock.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mr.. Fred Supplee and bride, who have
been visiting Mrs. Josephine Henley. OF
street, left last evening for Virginia Beach
for q few weeks sojourn before returning
to their home in Baltimore
The times., 1897-06-16

An excursion party of about 100 Balti-
noreans left that city yesterday mornin &
at $50 O'Clock by special train for this
city, and Were met on their arrival by
Miss Clara Barton, president of the Red
Cross Society of America. Half Of the
party went direct TO Mt Vernon by boat
and the remainder, after visit 10 the
Congressional Library, followed by trolley.
Basket lunches were taken in true picnic
style. During the afternoon Miss Barton
read part OF her journal. written on the
battlefield during the Fran CO Prussian
war, and gave an account of her recent
experience in Armenia.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Atkins. of Colum-
bia Heights. left Sunday evening FOR Bos-
ton for a weeks stay with friends, after
which they will spend the summer in brief
visits to Narragansett, Bar Harbor and
other resorts along the Northern coast.
The times., 1897-06-16

SLIPS To Baltimore and Re- $1.25
turn via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tickets will he sold Saturday and Sun
day, June 9 and 90. valid for return pas
sage until Monday, June 81. Good on any
train.
je15.1G.17.1s,19e 9e- 1e, II, Il 9.20m
The times., 1897-06-16

Mrs. Theodore Cole leaves Monday for
her summer home In Massachusetts,
The times., 1897-06-16

Mise Sal1ie A. Wmttefnore, Of Norfolk
Va, is the guest OF Mrs George jackson,
OF No. 1S42 Thirteenth street northwest
The times., 1897-06-16

Mrs. Carrie Mansford and her daughter,
Miss Lncille, of Memphis, Tenn, are visit
ing Washington for two weeks, prior to
their departure for their summer home at
Cranston, near West Point.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mrs Vance and family are delightfully."-
located for the summer at their mountain
home in North Carolina.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mrs Carroll Mercer will leave shortly fol
Atlantic City.
The times., 1897-06-16

For Tropical Suiting place your orders
with Keen, merchant tailor, 1910 F st NV.
The times., 1897-06-16
SHOOT THE CHUTEl

Second Grand Excursion OF
Potomac Lodge, No. q, therHoOd Of
Locomotive FireInen, TO
RIVER VIEW,
On Thursday, June IL, 1897
TICKETS. 5....-.....25 CENTS
Steamer SAMUEL j. PENTZ Ieayea
her wharf at 10 a.. III, 2 and 6.45 d. n,
stopping at Alexandria ON each trip, 90
ing and returning jel52t
The times., 1897-06-16

Anottscr wedding ofinterest % take place
this evening is that OF Miss Eleanor LASER
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs Thomas ] Lasier,
t. Mr.. James Wilson kenserry. of Pueblo.
Col. The service will be performed by
Rev. ] Is. Perry, at st Andrews Church,
at S:3o o'clock Miss Harriet c. Lasier
the brides sister. viii act as maid oil
honor and the usiiers will be Messrs Alouzo
H. Stewart. A b. Seibold. F. T. f. John
son, W. o. Roomc, Frank Butts, and
Lawrence BIainerd, OF st. AIbans, VT.
AIR. A b. Cooper via be the best man.
The marriage Of Miss Clara Fassett, the
daughter OF Mir and Mrs. 8. II. Fassett
and Mr.. wilbur West Delano was solemn
lied in the presence OF a large gathering
OF relatives and friends yesterday at noon
in the New York Avenue Church, Rev.
Dr. Ratcliffe officiating, assisted 10y Rev.
Dr. Little
The lIide, dainty Ia white silk and null
and wearing a large white hat, came into
she church with her father. She was at
tended by her sister, Miss Violet Fassett,
and MI. Arthur Hendricks served the groom
as best man The gsheTs were Mr.. Harry
May, Mr.. Alan Il. Houghtman, Nj. BenJa-
min White and Mr. Mallum- After bridal
tIip the couple will make Washington their
home.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mr. J. Dudley Monroe. wife, and daugh
ter, Mrs Mary Mullen, from Birmingham,
Ala. are the guests of Mrs. 2. W. Pegram,
No, 1115 Rhode Island avenue.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mr. Ernest Frederick limerick, OF Chi
cago, and his bride, nee Emma Eliza
beth Wagner, of Baltimore, who were
married recently at the home of the bride,
are spending portion Of their honeymoon
in this city prior to their departure for
Atlantic City.
The times., 1897-06-16

MI. A A Folger, OF South Carolina, at
present residing in Washington. viii be
married to Miss Rhea McMahon Jun q lat
her home In Philadelphia.
The times., 1897-06-16

Mrs. Wayne W. Cordeli and daughter
May. leave today for Scott county, Tenn,
where they will spend their summer among
relatives and friends on the Cumberland
Plateau.
The times., 1897-06-16

The commencement exercises at the
Academy OF the Visitation will take place
this morning at the academy, on Connecti-
cut avenue, at 1 o o'clock.
The times., 1897-06-16
SHOOT THE CHUTE
At RIVER VIEW

Steamer Samuel J. PentZ-Daily at 10
a. m., and 6:45 %. u. Sundays, at IL
q. III. 2:45 and ID. IN.
PERSONALLY Conducted Excursions
Dancing. day and evening, except Sun
day.
Sundays-Concert by River View Orches-
tra. CHRIS Aruh, IT., Conductor
Tickets. % cents; children. Is cents.
FAMILY DAY EVERY SATURDAY.
Tickets. L o cents TO all on the 10 a. LII.
and p. III. trips.
Steamer viii leave River View. Wednes-
day and Saturday at 12.l5,5 8. and 1890
p. III. and undays, l (, ), Z: 30 and $50 D. m
l.. 5. RANDALL. Sole Proprietor.
The times., 1897-06-16

I,1G.17.1s,19 9e- 1e, II, 4 8. .20m
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-11-09

monies the work in the various coun-
tries. The advantages of this are
very obvious. For instance, the adop-
tion of universal color scheme which
has been made by the Congress. Any
geologiost, no matter of what nation
ality. on seeing map colored in con-
formity with this scheme, can at once
determine the various formations.
Besides this work the congress
hears an exchange of views on various
problems which are before the geologi-
cal world for solution. French is the
official language of the meeting, all
the papers relating to the proceedings
are written in this language, but each
speaker when addressing the congress
speaks in the tongue which best suits
him. The congress is composed of
about two hundred Of the most emil
nent biologists in the world, and des-
pite the fact that so many different
languages were used in It's discussions,
proceedings were of the utmost inter-
est to myself However, the slight
difficulty met in understanding every
thing which was being done, was
overcome by a knowledge of French
which the University has given me,
and that gained at the same time of
German, was of inestimable benefit
during the trip. The congress closed
on September 5th, after one of the
most successful sessions ever held.
During its progress we were CIV
en- a reception by Prince Constan-
tine, who is the closest of anyone
to the Gar We found him a simple
unaffected, very genial gentlemen.
The function was remarkable for it's
simplicity. An affair of similar size
and character in this country would
have been marked with much more
formality than this one was. The
Prince chatted with every one in the
room, and did much to remove our
preconceived idea of the GOODNESS and
impossible hauteur which surrounds
the members of the royal family
Nowhere were we received with more
open-hearted hospitality than here in
the shadow of what has been termed
the most despotic and cruel of royal
families
Tomorrow we will take pleasure
in giving our readers the remain
der of the interview, telling of the de-
/ lightful experiences of the rest of the
trip, and of the impressions gathered
of the countries through which the
distinguished party travelled.