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NOTICE.
Alexandra, Va, Nov. 81, 1897.

Alexandria, Va, Nov. 81, 1897.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of
the VIRGINIA MIDLAND hallway COM
PhNY will be held at No 212 King street.,
Alexandria. Virginia, on "WEDNESDAY, De-
cember 9Th, 1897, al IL o'clock N tor
the purpose of eloctine directors and the trans
action of such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting
Notice is hereby especially given that there
will be submitted to vote oi the stock hold
er, at said meeting proposition to sell and
transfer to the Southern Bai way Company
all the pi operty and franchies of the Virginia
Midland hallway Company.
JOSIAH F. HILL,
noy3O I'd Secretary.
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]. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, o., was for
thirty wears needlessly tortured by physicians
for the cure of eczema. He w4s quickly cur
cd by using De"itt's Witch Hazel salve' ihe
famous healing salve for piles and SKIN ols-
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noy30 I'd
NoTIcE.

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Alexandra, Va. Nov. 27, 1897.
The annual meeting Of the stock kolders OF
the CHARLOTTESVILLE AND hhflDAN
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212 King street, Alexandria, Virginia on
WEDNEsDAY. December 18th. 1897 at 2
o'clock noon, for the purpose of electing de
recto,s and the transaction OF such other
business as may come before the meeting.
JOSIAH F. HILL,
o,2o ,d Secretary.
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MEETINGS.

TINE ANNUAL MEETING of the sock
4 holders of the LINCOLN HALL AssO-
CATION for the election of Directors viii
be held at the office of the association, No.
III south Fairftx street, Alexandria, Va.
on TUESDAY, December Id, 1897, at 3:30
O'Clock p m.
GEOBGER BEPETTJ, Secretary
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oure 25 cents Sold by CHARLES Il LENNON
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MEDICINAL.
Love
IS
LIFE.

> II w " u VI OC d
I. good place to emil
2- CRATE from. With
out it, even money
would be a worthless
commodity, and all
the jewels in the
world as valueless as
a clod of earth. With
out it the human
race would die-and
be glad of it. Too few
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Encourage Horne cg.:1. c::se.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09
sn.rrnu. KIN = rlrenn.

This story deals with the sagacity
and pugnaclty Of the English sparrow,
and also shows how curiosity may get
an innocent creature into trouble. The
Riddle mansion. that stands Ia Glen
Riddle. Delaware county. has for some
time been the nestlng-place for several
families Of sparrows. and the birds
had become a regular pest One day
last week Miss Riddle decided to get
nd Of the birds. and mounting a lad
der. she tore out az least dozen
nests from the caves Of the porch The
old birds returning later and finding
their homes wrecked. held a noisy
meeting on the roof and then dis
persed. A stray pigeon that had been
roosting around the place for several
days came back late In the afternoon
and few under the porch caves AZ usu-
al The pigeon evidently noticed
something wrong for several times he
few from the porch TO where the dis
mantled nests lay This caused the
trouble. for the angry sparrows no
tlced Il and suspected the pigeon Of
being the cause Of their despair. The
first thing the unlucky pigeon knew he
was attacked by AZ least twenty
screaming sparrows, who began peck.
ing at him. and despite a brave resist
ance the sparrows came on victorious
and lefi a mangled corpse on the field
-Phlladelphla Record.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09
lrglns to MAJ. Diamond.

The experiments Of Molssan and hls
success In producing microscopic crys.
tails Of carbon which. technically a
least. We entitled 70 BE- called arti.
hcial diamond Il. arc well known. We
nov have further contribuuvns 10 the
subject Of the equalization of carlos
By the vell-known electro-chemlst. 81.
Borchers. who contributes an articll
to The Zeitschrift fur Elektrochelmer
reviewing the ptsl attempts in tnll
direction and describing his own "a.
perlments. MClsFan worked upon ths
line Of capitalization Of fused carbiG
under immense pressure. while 8orcbs
err attains he same or similar results
BY maintaining q carbon rod az the
high temperature Of the electric fur.
mace for considerable time. the surface
Of the rod Allowing distinct evidences
OF capitalization. The experiments
have been carried out upon a snail
scale only. and. being unable 10 con-
tlnue the researches. Dr. borcncrs
gives a fun account Of his method and
apparatus. trusting that further IN
vestlgations may b. carried on By
those who hsve powerful. currcnts a
their disposal. and opportunity e car
~ out an shs conditions which 49,
cess demands
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

From Superior. Wis. Citizen; We
have read OF Maud on a summer day.
who raked. hare-foo,ed. the new-mown
hay. We have read OF the maid IN the
early morn. who MIXED the COW with
the crumpled horn. and we've read the
lays tha, the poets sing. Of the rustllnf
corn and the flowers Of sprlng. but Of
all the lays OF tongue or pen. there's
naught like the lays OF the Badger hen.
Long. Ions before Maud rakes her hay,
the Badger hen has begun TO lay. and
ere the mllkmald stlrs a peg. the her
Il up and has dropped her egg. The
corn must rustic and flowers must
spring II they hold their own with tbs
barayard ring. II Maud L. needing Q
hat aud gown she doesn't hustle hei
hay to town: she goes 10 the store and
obtains her suit with a haskeiful OF
fresh hen fruit; n the milkmaid's beau
makes a Sunday call she doesn't feed
him on milk at all. but works up egg
IN custard pie and stuhs him full OF
chicken fry. and when the old man
wants a horn. does he take the drug
gist a load OF corn9 Not muchl Ne
simply rohs a nest and hies him town.
ward-you know the rest His pooi
wife stays at home and scowls. but Is
saved from want by those seli-same
fowls; for while the husband fingers
there. she watches the cackllng hen
with care. and gathers eggs. and the
eges she'll hide AN she gets enough &C.
stem the tide Then hail. an hail 90
o., Badger hen. who lays and cackles
and lays againl Corn may be king
but its plainly seen that the Badger
hen Is a rustic queen.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

Mlss Augusta cOttloW viii soon rs.
turn from Europe to her home n Shel.
byville. M Miss Cotilow. althoaeh
not YET done with her studies. has
managed 70 amaze and delight the
leading musicians Of Europe with "a.
perb performances on tke plano Fol
the past two years she has been study
log under Herr Tappert and Prof
BusonL Miss Coitlow began her musi.
cal studies AZ three years Of age. A 8
ahe made her debut In public. AZ nine
she went 20 Chicago and was placed
IN charge Of Prof Wolisohn and ~.
san her studies In harmony under
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

and went 10 bed. Meantime the BIG
dog was keeping the little girl warm
IN the porch. He nestled close TO her.
and the tired child slept. In the
morning. when the man OF the house
came out. he was asionished TO and
his savage dos keeping guard over a
little shivering girl At HE door. He
did not share the dogs disposition 10
adopt her. however. nor did he. on the
other hand. restore her to her unklnd
stepfather. He took her TO a eharit-
able institution near by. and thence
she was bound out" 10 a Quaker fam
lly who lived on a farm on the battle
ground Of the Brandywine. In those
days binding out" meant a solid SER
vl,ude until the ehild's majority. In
Hannah's case. Il meant helping IN
he work OF the kitchen. In caring for
the pigs and poultry; Il meant ris-
ing early In the morning and going
10 bed early AZ night: Il moaat wear.
Ing coarse. nnsey-woolsey clothes and
sleeping IN an attic: Il msant very IT.
tle schooling. but Il also meant a larr-
or measure OF happiness than she had
ever enjoyed before. One Of her pleas.
ures was the ranging OF the battle.
around OF the Brandywine. where she
often picked up bullets and other relies
Of the nght-sometimos CHASTITY ones.
whose full meaning she did not know.
but which greatly impressed her i'm
Animation. Al the age Of twenty-five
Hannah married a young man named
william Chard Though her life had
begun 90 hardly, a. u some fate had
turned lls hand against her she found
now that heaven could be Kind a. we'll
a. severe. With the husband Of her
youth she lived happily and serenely
Cor seventy years william Chard was
nlncty-one years old when he died.
ana though hls wife mourned him
deeply. and with reason. she had two
good sons. William and Joel. with
whom she spent her remaining years
She celebrated oUn more birthday az
ter the one which came a century after
her runaway. and was very near 10
celebrating her northumberland
ninth; Tor It was on the Esd Of March.
1897. that she died. An her birthdays
after her one-hundredth were really
celebrations She was always ready
to relate the Incidents Of her childish
ne In the time which seems now 10
belong to an age long pasi--ana par
tleularly did she like TO tell abou, the
strange and gruosome things she found
on the battle-ground Of the Brspdy-
wine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

70 se iassF.is<ss z the tla..sAll -
fan. Mrs. Steel, the Ansio-lndian hofsfi
e, expresred some interesting oplas
Ions about the social condition Of m
ala:
THE result Of my own personal OBJ
seryssion IL that marriages IN India
are slnGularly happy. There are few
or cases Of unkindness and vlolenco
than IN this country. The dowry syn~
TEN Ia a great protection to the wife
Every bride takes her husband a dow
~. which Il kind Of marriage set7
Element against unklndnesA II she
IL badly treated ana thus compelled
10 20 back 70 her fathers house. tha
husband has 10 return Der doWFy.
probably be has spent Il. and a. Il u
not often convenient Tor him 70 refund
the money. he takes carn 70 treat his
wife we'll. ! think that a similar syH-
TEN here would be q rood thing" Mrs.
Steel thinks the British rule d DE-
stroying the primitive Ideal. which
makes no distinction between rich and
POOR. Our standard Of civilization Il
personal comfort-luxury. a thing abb
soIutely unknown in native Indiz-
There IL scarcely any difference In the
mode Of living between the rich and
the poor. II you 20 into the house Of
a rAiah there ID the same bare nooI
and only a simple platter TO eat FROM
such a. II seen In the home Of the
poorest To put Il erudely. there viii
probably not be even the luxury OF q
wash basin and towel. for the rich
man, like his poor brother, washes IN
the open and dries In the sun. Such
is the extreme simplicity Of life that
wealth is still buried In India. a man
may spend Il on jewels for bis wife.
but not on pleasure or personal com
fort This simple life. which fosterod
no distinctions Of class. had been pre-.
served for three thousand years By In
dian civilization. but ours viii de-
siroy Il IN atty years"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09


rusi vas added 10 the Gre OF Italian
wrath by a letter from Prince Henri
published BY the Figaro. IN which the
following comments upon the battle Of
Adowa were made:
Not one Abysslnlan has a bayonet
wound. and nearly all the iutians show
sword cuts. Now the Ably fans are
not expert with the swordh u Italian
OF the highest rank IL sels q by the
collar by an AbyasinlaE. The European
draws bis revolver. Why should We
kin each otherT says the Abyssinian.
Let us embrace Whereupon the Italian
pockets his revolver and embraces the
Abyssinlan, who takes him. Several
Italian soldiers were taken by women.
Humble In battle, many Italians
tried to show themselves naughty In
defeat. They made proposals which up
set our ideas OF honor A certain
Frenchman has told me Of two prison
ers who we're brought 10 him In rags
and barefooted. and when he strove 20
aid them he was dumbfounded 10 hear
these words from an Italian mouth:
What swine the Italians arei What
have they brought us to-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

var and the captivity Of the Italians. !
an bound 20 say that ! am no longer
IndlgnCnt. but simply dlsgusted a.
what hear each day about them. Out
81 respect for a nation with whom We
were friendly ! should have been sil-
ent n the Italians had not shown. In
regard 10 ourselves. the most repre-
hensible conduct. Have they not
confessed that. had they entered Adds
Ahaba victoriously. they would have
given no quarter 10 any Freedman.
not even the small tradesmanf They
added. moreover. with an lronical air
hat they would not have inflicted the
death penalty on the French wohen.
Events did not permit them 10 accom-
pllsh their wishes, Although they
came 70 the capital AZ prisoners. they
40 not seem 90 realize IL, some OF their
officers were not ashamed 20 take part
IN the celebration Of the anniversary
Of the battle OF Adowa. others wore
a. cuii buttons coins with the image OF
Menellk. Il was Alberione himself
who. drinking a toast 20 the health
Of the great emperor. turned toward
one OF our fellOW-countrymen and said
Are We not courteousy to which the
Frenchman replied: Mon diou. sir, I
never saw a Frenchman drinking to
the health OF Emperor william This
same Alhertone received from the EN-
pcror music box. which Menellk had
loaned him TO amuse him. on the
departure Of the general the music box
disappeared. probably carried Oh by
some subordinate. The empress asked
n people had the habit OF doing such
things In Europe. Not everywhere,
was the answer she received. II seems
that these Italians DO not have much
confidence In their ollow-countrymen.
The officers asked the Abysslnlans 10
give them guards TO prevent their men
from deserving while going back to the
coast"
This letter aroused IN France great
resentment toward Italy and the ltal-
ian army. and iis writer at once became
a popular idol though be was stlll FAR
from home. The announcement that
the Italians had intended an awful fate
Cor these French women found In Adds
Ahaha had they entered that city as
conquorors. made French blood boil
French ire was soon directed toward
I Rome rather than Berlin. But n the
letter aroused a storm la Paris. q ere
atcd a simeon IN Rome. An insult had
been put on the entire Italian army
such as required blood 20 wipe out
Certain Italian papers replied 90 Prince
Henrls lettcr with epllhets that were
too low Tor reproduction In the Paris
Ian press.
Then the Italian officers just back
rom their captivity at Uarrar drew lots
10 determine which Of them should de-
mand PREPARATION from Prince Henri.
The choice fell upon Lieutenant PM.
the brother OF the celebrated mallre dc
lrmes Lieutenant Pinl In spite OF ihe
stock from which he comes, Is a physl
al weakllng. and moreover he Il Tar
below Prince Henri In rank. Herce
this challenge was overlooked, But
whea one written by the Prince Of
Tourin reached the distinguished
Frenchman Il was quickly aeeupsed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

lnvallds often need some obice, 20
take their attention for a long time
We suggest. when they live In the
country and have land. that they try
experiments Ia planting trees. and we
suggest the black walnut as a tree
which grows rapidly and will return
a profit Il requires a rich soil. Ia
which Il Slows very fast W. j. Moyle
tells Us that he has taken the measure
meht " twenty trees set out forty-one
years ago. They have attained a
height o, ATTY feet. and for beauty and
shade almost equal the elm. They fur.
nish. besides. many bushels Of nuts for
the boys and girls Of the village. For
twenty feet from the ground the trunks
are without a limb. and an old logger
estimates that the lumber from each
tree Is worth 800. The walnut Is q
fast and robust grower. and when the
value OF the timber Il taken into con-
sideratlon. Il is surprising that this
tree Is not more largely planted
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

Miss Irene stockton Of Lambertvllle.
n. Y. Is a social favorite and a lover
Of sports She can row a boat. play
ball. run a foot race. IRE a gun. aud
hold her own In an argument About
a month ago a gang OF men came onto
her property to place poles and wires
Tor the Western Union Telegraph
Company. One Of the gang was Percy
Cunningham. He met Miss stockton.
and Il proved a case Of love al hrst
sight They became engaged and the
wedding day set. but before Il arrived
Percy's father came and took him
home.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

through the house; her heart beat; sh,
felt Il must be Plerre'a arrival tina
caused such excitement. She g0ult
have flown but that she realized hel
helplessness. Another instant and sh,
saw him appear In the doorway. Now
he comes down the steps and advances
toward Alice She rises and he looki
fondly on the pale face and bent form
so unlike that OF the Alice In former
days.
Poor children. they are on a level
now. Pierre takes In his hands the
head he loves 80 much and kisses her
forehead. she stretches out her armi
and a. he olrsps her in a loving en-.
brace whispers:
'You hee-thore Is a God for lovers
we are matched now-my dearest-my
wife"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

a nEosLIya aIII asa boz nsy Hs.b.aa

A nrookiyn Girl and Her hoy Husband
Trnmpine A 20 Florida
James Dewitt Pierce. 10 years old.
and his wife. ono year younger. both
Of Brooklyn. N. r.. are In the county
Jail At Lancaster. Pa. because the
woman was found by a Columbia con-
stable dressed In male attire. The sto-
~ they give IL that the woman IL the
daughter Of Joseph r. Jarvis. a dealer
IN tobacco at Clinton and Water
streets. Brooklyn. who objected TO the
girl marrying Pierce. but whose OBJ
iections we're ignored. Pierce met mis-
fortune after misfortune. and finally
determined 10 beat his way 10 Florida,
where he thought he could get a Job.
His wife decided 10 accompany him,
and TO better facilitate her movements
concluded 10 dress In male attire. pass
ing herself OF as q boy. They reached
Columbia In this way without creating
suspicion, but there the constable saw
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09


She grew serious and then sad. with.
out her companion. Her parents urged
her 10 ride and her father gave her a
beautiful horse.
From that time she never missed a
DAY taking Ions rides through the coun-
try. Her mother. who relied on Allces
strength and fearlessness. never allowed
herself any uneaslness on her ae.
count.
"she Il forgetting him." she thought
And indeed. Alice seemed 20 think no
more Of Pierre. and once or twice. when
her mother had spoken 81 marriage 10
her she had replied;
certainly. am ready. ANY one
would please me. provided he Il tall
Il he a gllnli II 90. the thing is
done"
Pierre often wrote 10 bis family. bu,
ne never mentioned Alice In bis letlers
and the young glrl felt much hurt al
hls silence,
She had started very early that morn.
inr. but was expected TO return Cor
breakfast. The hour had gone BIZ,
though. and Alice had not ye, returned.
Her parents grew uneasy and sent In
every direction. but no one haa noticed
which way she went
Toward noon a wagon drew M In
front OF the house. the grief stricken
mother rushed out TO meet a peasant
who explained that an hour before ne
had seen the daring rider thrown from
her horse. Her insenslhlo form was
now lying on mattress inside the
wagon
An anxious period followed. Alice
was three months In bed. and long be-
fore she left Il they knew she never
again would be able 20 resume her for.
mer life. The poor child was lame
and Instead OF the wild. active life
which had been hers. she saw herself
forced 10 drag ont a welry existence.
"A slow walk through the garden and
then the long rest In the reclining chair
were now her only modes Of dlstrae-
tlon.
Pierre had been advised Of the sad
accident to his former playmate. and
while he dreaded a meeting. he knew he
would be expected TO come Al such
time.
Allies from her favorite nook IN the
.gafdcn hard some unusual commetion
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

"There are a great number Of laws on
the statute books which don't seem to
command much attention" remarked
the political protege.
Young man" replied Senator sorg-
hum. you are looking In the wrong
place. Some Of those laws may not
amount to much on statute books. but
they have made a heap Of difference
In bank books. Washington Star.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

to Mrs. Or. James Fowler. Woods
grandmother. and wife Of the murdered
doctors partner In dentistry. Mrs.
Cunningham made a conhdante Of Mrs.
Fowler. because the latter had been
Kind TO her. Mr.. Woods said the secre,
would not have been dlvulged but for
recent unpleasant experiences Il has
cost the Woods and Fowler families in
making claims to the estate Of Or.
James Fowler. who died a year ago at
Bordeaux. France, where he established
himself az a dentist one year before the
Burdell murder The claims Of the
Woods and Fowlors brought out threat
enlng letters to Mr.. Woods. who was
one OF the most active claimants. The
letters referred TO made mysterious
references 20 the Burdell murder.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09
auGLIELMo MARcoNI.

erai years. Although only % year,
old. II IL said. that he has accomplished
something that Tesla and Edison en-
perimented for without any great sue
cess. Marconi claims 10 Be the lnven-
tor Of the wireless telegraph. Wills
the Idea Of wireless telegraphy" y not
new, Il vas deemed by many 10 be Al.
most impossible 10 bring Il 10 such per-
lection that Il might be made OF prac-
teal utility. The Italian says that the
distance 10 which he has transmitted
messages. twelve miles. Il only limited
BY the imperfection Of bis present ap-
planes. Nicola Tesla declines 70 CON.
ment Al length Of Marconrs Inventions
on the ground that he himself has De.
voted a number Of years 20 the studs
Of the great problem Of Transmitting
dispatches without wires.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-09

John Walters OF Green bay. wis.
divided his property into nine lots and
put nine slips OF paper. each repre-.
sonilng portion. into a hat His
children each drew a slip and took
possession OF the property Indicated
thereon. Tho children are to give him
$40 each every year for hls support.
Walters says he don't want any llll-
gatlon over bis possessions after he ls
dead.