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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

severe and fatal illness followed.
Mr.. Headley was So years OF age and
was one OF the few historians pro-
duced by America. His contributions
to the historical literature Of the United
States have a distinct value, while his
writings on history OF other countries
are among the most entertaining works
In a sometimes undressing field.
lie began life In the church. but az
ter a ministry OF two years he aband-
oned the arduous duties Of the pro-
iesslon and went abroad for his health.
On his return he tried writing some
sketches OF his profession. which we're
90 well thought OF that he determined
TO devote his life 10 literature. For
time he sat al the editorial table In the
New York Tribune. After spending a
long time In the Adironadcks for health
he wrote a book about life In the
woods and mountains. which was ac-
eepted with a public gratitude equal
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

Ladies' and gentlemen" said the
candidate. I'm no spcech-maker.
That's an right" yelled an enthusiast.
encouraglngly. Tell us about the
things We don't knowr'-Philadelphia
North American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

In an advertisement for a Young gem
tleman who left his parents It was
stated that ~ Master Jaeky viii re-
turn 10 bis dlsconsolaie parents he
shall be allowed to sweetcn his own
tea "-Tid-nits.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

Iovcrly: "Miss ncary, I can con-
ccal my thoughts no longer" Miss
Deary: why Mr.. Loyerly' Have you
really had thoughts an along' How
perfectly you have concealed them. TO
BE- sure. on. what a capital actor you
are. philadelphia American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

Florence wallack tsewelD, a grand
laughter OF Lester wallack. will short
~ make her debut. modesily but hope
fully. In a minor part. in support OF
a well known star who h to present a
series OF plays at waliaek's Theaier.
she IL now about 10. She is not with
out some stage experience. gained
however. In amateur theatricals, aside
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

T Barbourvllle. Ky,
the other day a
Jury returned a
verdict OF guilty
against Joseph Ad-
klns and sentenced
him to the peniten-
tlary for life for the
murder OF Judge
Josiah Combs. I'D
klns isa member OF
the French faction
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

written. Condemned by the critics,
they were read largely by the public
and 90 Gar back as iorty-iour years age
his books had reached an issue Of 200.
600 volumes lie wrote In all twenty
four books
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

Nervous Prisoner-"Had better &c,
hold Of a lawyer. do you thinkl It's
three years II they convict me"
Friendly Consiahle-"Humphl In
that case you'd better get hold OF a
luryman. Truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03
tn. IRISH Language.

Irish IL sull generally used through
out a considerable part OF the west Of
Ireland. There are six schools In
which the language\ls taught.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

from a Eve weeks engagement 70
Gently In a small part In support Of
foreign star at one Of the local play
houses Miss wallaek is slender, rath-
e. above the medium height.
decidedly fair. with blue eyes and Of
a type which has furnished many de-
lightful actresses TO the American and
foreign stage.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

She IAN men are conccited." He
Not all. see a man every day who
Is not concelted" She-"Whore" Tie
In the mirror. detroit Free Press
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

DEL T. HEAD
ley. ex-secretary Of
state Of New York
and a historian OF
some note. died in
that city the other
morning. While
walking about his
room he fell. strik-
ing his head on
the floor. Paraly-
sis resulted and a
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03
K ENTUCK US FEUDS
JOSEPH ADKINS THE LATEST
VICTIM THEREOF.

lie Has neen Convicted Of the Kllilnf
Of Judge Combs and WIN Have e.
spend Ills Life In Prison - Thirty
eight KILLED.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

A man Is never beaten until he ad-
mlts Il: a woman Isn't beaten then.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03
LATE Mr.. HEADLEY.
WAS ONE or THE FEW AMERl-
CAN HISTORIANS.

Compiler of "washingion and ITS Gen
erals" aud other Notable Works, In
Guiding the Campaigns Of Napoleon
the First.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03
II A HAUNTED CAMP.

N W ! = CO N 3 l "
some years ago
there was no little
excitement over a
haunted" cam p,
and the stories OF
Il came in a very
weird manner. The
daily papers ran
with throttle wide
open ON the sub
sect In 1881. and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-03

money. Fields and Adkins being with
out means. while the commonwealth
pays witnesses for both sides. Thirty
eight men In all have been killed in
this deadly feud.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS.

Domestic occupations unfit women for
self support, because they belong to
what Miss Adams, of Hull House, calls
the debated" trades. Eighty-two per
cent of the almshouse women have been
married, but the kind of housekeeping
which they carried on in their own
homes fitted them only for the lowest
class of domestic labor. The married
life of an uneducated woman is con-
sumed in the most exhausting of duties,
child bearing, which frequently re-
suits in lack of ambition, and in round
of small routine duties and petty details
of the most unsystematic sort. Her au-
dience is small and uncritical. The wo-
man who sets type or works at the loom
knows that punctuality, SKILL energy,
are essential if she keeps her place; the
wife has no such incentive. Whatever
cleverness or ambition she had is worn
away in domestic processes, SO if wild
owed or deserted, even before middle
life, domestic service is her only re-
source, and for that her home life has
wholly untitled her. Most almshouse
women frankly regard marriage as a
means of escape from self-dependence,
and many of them grieve for dead hus-
bands and children chiefly because sup
port is no longer forthcoming,
Itmay be objected that there are not SO
many housekeepers and servants in the
almshouse, in proportion to the mum Der
in those occupations in the population,
as of men in any occupation in which
there is an equal number engaged. 1t
must be said, however. that the world
recognizes the inevitable dependence of
women by considering it most dis
graceful thing for relatives or children
to allow an old woman to go to the aims
house. On the other hand, men are sup
posed to have had their chance to lay
up money, and if they have not done so
they must take the the consequences
This one-sided filial obligation keeps
large numbers of women out of the aims
house who are wholly dependent. One
instance may illustrate: A professional
man, with a wife and children, also sup
ports three sisters-in- law and two sisters,
because they are "ladies," and the sense
of family obligation will not allow them
to become a public care. They are all
able-bodied, and housekeepers of the
conventional type. If they were men
the situation would be absurd. The
almshouse women are for the most part
the dregs of society. and perhaps not SO
much worse than the much larger mum.
Der whose incapacity makes them abso-
lutely dependent on private support
Lend a Hand.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
SHEEP.

1t requires but small amount of
capital to get a start with sheep, and in
opening up new farm they will help
materially to commence the income,
consuming much which would other
wise go to waste. both in the pastures
and in the stables.
Lambs are valuable property to have
in the fall. II kept growing gradually
through the winter by careful, generous
feeding, they will double in value. or
more, by spring. Fat lambs are always
in good demand at that season of the
year, and at good prices.
1t will be stroke of enterprise if a
farmer will go about his region in the
late summer and buy half grown lambs
whether in good flesh or poor, il he is
prepared to keep them cheaply. To feed
and prepare these for the early spring
market is a profitable labor.
To keep the heeces of your sheep free
from chat and grass seeds, have the hay
racks for them resting on the ground,
that the sheep may eat from the top or
sides. Endeavor to fill these always
while the sheep are away from them. and
avoid the fouling of the fleece.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
The Ears" of Insects.

The naturalists have not as yet been
able to answer the burning question:
"Can bees hearP" but their researches
along that line have resulted in many
queer discoveries. Simply because
bee has no ears on the sides Of his head
it is no sign whatever that he is wholly
without some sort of an auditory nerve.
This last assertion is proven by the fact
that grasshoppers, crlckets, locusts, and
flies all have their ears situated in queer
places--under the wings, on the middle
of the body, and even on the sides of
their legs. The common house fly does
his hearing by means of some little rows
of corpuscles which are situated on the
knobbed threads which occupy the
places which are taken up by the hind
wings of other specie of insects. The
garden slug or shell less snail has his
organs Of hearing situated on each side
of his neck, and the common grasshopper
has them on each of his broad fiat
thighs. In some of the smaller insects
they are at the bases of the wings, and
in others on the bottoms of the feet!-
st. Louis Republic.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
The Egyptian AfterglOw." "

One of the grandest of all meteorolog-
ical phenomena is the celebrated "Egyp-
tian afterglow." We all know what
Egyptian darkness" is. and that in
most tropical countries sudden dark
ness after shutdown is one of the pecu.
liarities. In Egypt at certain seasons of
the year there is marked exception to
this sudden drawing of the curtains of
the skies" The sun goes down, and
darkness comes on very suddenly and
continues for space of 20 minutes or
half an hour. Then, all of a sudden,
the hills and sands take on a CHASTITY
paleness. and in another moment every
thing begins to brighten, and it appears
that the sun is about to rise out of the
west. These tints of gold, purple, orange
and lilac attain their maximum degree
of brightness in about ten minutes after
they begin, and in 20 minutes every
thing has faded into darkness. and you
are only conscious of the fact that you
have just witnessed the phenomenon
known as the Egyptian afterglow."-
st. Louis Republic
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
Timekeepers.

The earliest continuance for keeping
time was the hourglass, which, of un-
certain antiquity. was still employed at
the beginning of the present century,
and indeed is now in use on some read
ing desks in English churches. On the
pulpit of the queens chapel at Windsor
there is 20 minute glass, which time
the orator for the Sunday is advised not
to exceed. The clepsydra, or water clock
OF the Romans, was invented by Scipio
Nasica 1873 B. c.. and toothed wheels
we're introduced into these pieces of
mechanism by Ctesibus about 40 B. G..
The earliest complete clock of which
there is certain record was made by a
Saracen mechanic in the thirteenth CEN
fury. The most celebrated clock in the
world is that Of the cathedral at Stras-
burg, which tells not only the hour, but
the day of the week, the month, the day
of the month and the year. 1t contains
large number of automatic. figures of
angels, saints and animals, which ap-
pear at regular intervals, and a crowd
always assemblies at the hour Of noon to
witness the procession of automatic at
that time.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
Plum Pudding.

The present are the days of darkness
and doubt. when deadly germs have
been proved to Turk on all hands in what
we eat and in what we drink. Science
has warned us off with emphatic voice
from cooked saveloys, from ice creams.
from underdone pork and from good
many other more or less toothsome deli
cacies. 1t has shown that timed meats
and stale soup often spell poison in
large letters, and that ordinary filters
are no better than so many death traps.
In the midst of all these disquietipg
dangers it is pleasant to be able to say
good word on behalf of our old friend
the English plum pudding. Properly
made and properly cooked. it undergoes
complete sterilization in the boiler, and
can then be kept for year and a day
in a dry place, not only without being a
bit the worse. but even with absolute
advantage to its favor and general at
Effectiveness. Indigestible it may be to
the stomachs Of our weaker brethren,
but dangerous never. With confidence,
then, all halesome folk, whether in the
green bud or the sere and yellow leaf.
have our sanction to indulge discreetly
in this most sweet and seasonable dish.
Medical Press.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
OSTRICH HUNTING.

An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport, or rather the sale of booty is 30
great as to attract hunters, says Paris
Illustre. The Arabs give themselves to
it with real passion. Mounted on their
fine little horses they try as much as
possible to fatigue the ostrich. for as it
is eight feet high and has very strong
legs it possesses a quickness of move
mept which the best horse cannot at
tain. 1t has great endurance. Over
taken by the hunter, it seeks to defend
itself with it's feet and wings, but more
often it still strives to escape by flight,
uttering plaintive cry. In fact, the
ostrich is deprived of the power of flight
by reason of itsgreat size. The muscu-
lar force with which nature has endowed
it is not equal to lifting such weight
Its peculiar organization has made it
the courier of the desert, where it is
able to quickly traverse the almost
limitless expanse. The Arab knows very
we'll that it is the habit of the ostrich to
make great detours about its nest in a
circle. He chases it then without ceas-
ing until it is almost there, when, worn
out, it succumbs. concealing it's head in
the sand in order not to zee it's enemy,
or instinctively hoping to escape dan
ger which il cannot see any more. This
chase requires eight or ten hours. but it
offers large rewards. The plumes are
worth a considerable sum, the skin
makes good leather and the Arabs are
very fond of the flesh. Besides, in spite
of the fact that it reproduces its species
rapidly, the ostrich is all the time be-
coming rarer, and it is hunted for ex.
port and domestication in other coun-
tries. 1t is one of Africa's greatest re.
sources and may become new source
of prosperity to Algerians if they are will
ing to make the effort. The truth of the
popular saying, "the stomach of an os-
trich." has been confirmed recently by
an autopsy on one. doubtless for time
captive, when the following was found
in its stomach: A parasol handle, two
keys, two great pieces of coal, a glove, a
handkerchief, pair of eyeglasses, a
ring, comb. three large rocks, the necks
of two beer bottles, the sole of shoe, a
bell and little harmonica.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
POLITE Y.

A man who keeps 70 COWS and 400
hens says that the hens pay the most
profit in the end, as he feeds them pro-
perly and has a stream of eggs going
to market all the winter. when the de-
mand is great and the prices remunera-
tive.
Keep the droppings under the roosts
we'll cleaned up. There is no better way
of caring for them than to mix them,
either on the floor or in the barrels after
taking up, with an equal quantity Of
dry sand or road dust. They thus be-
come most valuable fertilizer.
When live fowls are to be shipped do
not make the coops SO large as to
be hard to handle, lest they receive
rough usage from those who have to
handle them. Let them be strong
enough to be secure and light enough
to avoid heavy express charges.
Chickens, like sheep, can not be
crowded together in large focks with
out breeding disease and becoming an
easy prey to prevailing maladies. Keep
them awake and the blood stirring
by making them hunt for their food, .
even il it must be scattered among the
litter.
Linseed meal is excellent for poultry,
containing the nitrogen which is of
benefit to them. A spoonful once a
week is not out Of proportion, and it will
serve as a tonic to the bowels as we'll
as food. 1t is not intended as a daily
food.
Bone feathers and shell contain and
demand phosphates. therefore lime
should be a factor in feeding. To this
end broken oyster shell is valuable and
easily got, usually. Elements instru-
mental in the growth of bone are more
needful at times than food.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
AGRICULTURE.

However true the old saying that
"auy fool can be farmer" it is now as
certainly true that no fool can be good
farmer. Any fool can be lawyer. too.
but IL he is destitute of energy and good
sense he soon goes to the wall. Farms
are no more properly asylums for human
failures than are law offices, dissecting
rooms or halls of commerce.
Neither in words nor numbers can be
told the work accomplished by farm
journals in uplifting the agriculture of
the country. Silently their teaching
falls into the soil. and we behold the
harvest in the better returns which are
reaped and gathered. They are enab-
ling the farmer to place the foundations
of his methods on the rock of correct
principles.
The dead plant is prepared for feed
ing the growing plant through the &C
ton of that which we dominate fermeD-
tation of the same low order Of plant
life which raises bread or ripens cream.
There is much yet to learn, but we
know that each successive step is taken
by different living organism.
The present condition OF our roads
and highways is an urgent appeal to our
better senses. II any one will travel for
any distance from any of our American
towns or cities he will not consider the
subject debatable whether or not our
road laws need readjusting to our
changed conditions and our higher pro-
gress in science and civilization.
Always avoid growing two straw crops
on the same land in succ ession. Sue.
cess demands system in rotation. He
who thoroughly understands his bust.
ness would never think of raising any
cereal on land where similar crop had
been grown the year previous.
Sow crimson clover the last of Au-
gust or the first of September. and
never seed it with fall grain, as it ma
lures too early. This clover is of little
value sown in the spring, and it has
proved failure at this time in whatever
climate tried.
The time spentin turning under weeds
and other refuse will bring back much
more than its cost. Vegetable matter is
natures fertilizer, and all which cannot
be used to good purpose in feeding
should be turned under. This is rule
which should have very few exceptions.
An item of knowledge is not jewel
in every ones possession, for he who re-
ceives good advice must be able to ad-
just it so that it will fit his own latitude
and conditions. Every farmer must do
a little thinking for himself before en-
deavoring to apply the wisdom of agri-
cultural teachers and writer's
With almost 00000,000 acres devoted
to corn culture in the United States,
perhaps not one-fourth of the stalks was
last year converted into cattle food.
The waste is large enough to support all
the horses and COWS in the country, and
yet in many districts contiguous to the
corn belt thousands of cattle starve to
death every winter.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
HORTICULTURE.

Do not think it waste of labor to
give the orchard attention before it
comes into years of bearing. for during
its early years OF growth the care is
needed most. A we'll grown. thrifty
tree may survive few years of neglect,
while the younger tree would die of
such treatment.
The horticultural of the future will
be an entomologist. His knowledge of
insects will enable him to discriminate
between insects beneficial to horticul-
ture and the deadly foes which wreck
his hope of profit. Science will help
him to success. He will know friend
from foe.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13

The dairy deserves success, in that
the enterprise is credited with retaining,
all the fertility of the soil on the farm
furnishing skilled labor for the people,
and effecting saving of .freights upon
raw products.
The oleo interest must henceforth rise
or fall upon its merits only. 1t is inter-
esting to note that the question is now
viewed from purely business point by
the dairy interests of the country.
By means of the separator is the most
clearly way of removing the cream. 1t
is taken at once from the milk, and the
bulk necessary to hold and guard
against destructive ferments is reduced
at least seven -eighths.
The milk for ensiIage fed cows has
been found to yield as much cream and
is as sweet and good as that from COWS
fed upon summer grass. A Rochester
man feeds 100 cows for nine and one
fourth cents day by means of his silo,
and finds silage and cotton seed meal a
pOihOCb loIdBCs
A supply of succulent food for COWS is
necessity to economical winter dairy
ing. Farmers have been accustomed to
look to their root crops to meet this re-
quirement, but certainly in ensilage we
appear at last to have found a better
and cheaper article.
Half the milk cows of the country are
continually cheating their owners. and
these owners are none the wiser, be-
cause the cows are all MIXED into one
common pail, and the composite pro-
duct is all that the owner has for de-
termining the worth of his herd. 1t is,
not possible to locate defects, doing
thus.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-13
THE LEGEND OF ST. MARTIN.

n the freezing cold and the binding snow
OF a wintry eve in the long ago,
Folding his cloak DER clanking mail,
A soldier is fighting the angry gale
Inch by inch to the camp-fire's light'
Star of his longing this wintry night
All in a moment his path is barred,
He draws his sword as he stands at guard;
But who is this with white, wan race
And piteous hands upheld for grace
Tenderly bending, the soldier bold
Raises a beggar, faint and cold
Famished he seems, and almost spent,
The rags that cover him worn and rent
Crust nor coin can the soldier lind;
Never his wallet with gold is lined;
Rut his soul is sad at the sight of pain;
The sufferers pleading is not in VAIN
His mantle of fur is broad and warm,
Armor of proof against the storm!
He snatches it off without word;
Ono downward pass of the cleaning
sword,
And cleft in twain at his feet it lies,
And the storm-wind bowls meath the
browning ShlSo'
.sHalf for thee''-and with tender art
He gathers the cloak round the oeggar
heart
uAnd half for me-" and with jocund song
In the teeth of the tempest he st1loes
along,
Daring the worst of the sleet and snow
That brave young spirit so long ago.
IIo. as he slept at midnight's prime,
His tent had the glory of summertime;
Shining out of a wondrous light
The Lord Jesus beamed on his dazzled
sight.
81 was the beggar, - the Lord Jesus sald'
AS he stood by the soldiers lowly bed
ssHalf of thy garments thou gavest me;
With the blessing of heaven l DOVER
thee
And Martin rose from tie hallowed tryst
Soldier and servant and knight of Christ.