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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19
sMlLas REfwEEN sERMoNs.

Aunt Sarah Go nephew from the Ct.
ty)-"Is Uncle Cyrus through milk
ing Teddy" Teddy-"Not quite He's
finished two faucets. and has Just be-
gun on the other two Judge.
Mamma" Georgy. II you eat any
more OF that pudding youll have a
headache In the morning" Georgy-
We'll. therell be one satisfaction that
shall know just what 20 lay Il to-
Boston Transcript
what do you Think" asked the day
boarder, "of man who will keep his
nelghbors awake half the hight 10y
practlclng Rocked In the Cradle Of
tho Deep on a bass horng" ION a
bass horny" repeated the cheerful
idiot. that y what should call play
lng Il pretty low down. indianapolis
Journal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Gold O. so very tenacious that a
piece Of ii drawn iuto wire une-twen-
ucih % no. inch n diamotor win sua-
tain a wclsht Of 600 pounds without
breaking. lts mallcahiiity is-ro great
that a single grain riay BE- divided into
2.Ooo.0o parts. and a cubic inch into
9.5g3 Sog5eJ parts each OF wAlch may
De distinctly seen hy the naked eye.
a grain and q half % gali may be
beaten into leaves OF one inch square.
which u lntcrl,cicd hy parallel lines
drawn M right angles 20 each other,
and distant only one-hundrcith part Of
m inch. will produce 25,oOoOp0 little
squares. each u which may De dis
tlnctly recn without The aid o. a glass.
The surface Of any given quantity Of
gold. according 90 the beat authorities.
may be extended By the hafnmrr 5lO.-
/ Sii times The thickness Of the metal
| thus extended appears 90 De no more
than the 5G6.O2oh part OF an inch.
+ Eight ounces OF this wonderful metal
would rild a silver wire Of Sufficient
length TO extend entirely around the
Globe.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Was Ao.ent-Min isd 60 the Last De.

gree
Thora tomethnE a, once amusing
and pathetic In the fact that Robeiy
neyor married. says ,he Detroit Free
Press. he was /, bright. healthy, cheer
,ul young man twenty years ago Tn
ser these conditions Il was inevitable
hat be should iall in love and his az
lection was redprogatod by a beautiful
Young lady. who was as happy "a he IN
building air castles. In everything they
we're fitted Tor each other, unless IN
he fact that Roholy was the most alb
sent-mlndod young man that ever went
l-wooIng
Occasionally he would start 90 see
lis girl and wander In some other DE-
l-cctlon. forgetting his dorellction un-
ln q was too late TO make amends
Twice Dc called for the special purpose
llf proposing and left without attending
% the matter. Even when the time
anne TO appeal Tor @ parouial constu,
md blessing The matter escaped h.a
mind until the Indignant old gentleman
llppolnted d special conference and
urtly insisted that failure 20 meet the
lato would prove disastrous. Theaiog
engagements aud parties were over
cooked In the same way. and u vas all
passed happily over because u was
2obcly Il was not expected that b,
would comply with any special code oil
I conduct
I but when the church chimes wcr,
, )oallng the bride was " a nuiter Of
/ Anticipation. the bridesmaids an,
groomsmen were on hand the minister
vas ready. the families were there an,
ne wedding festival needed but IN
, presence Of the bridegroom. lie wa
, missing This was different Their
. ass no way OF doing without him. n
lad been urged. wrrned and cautioned
put he was allowing that absent min
o II his 10 drift him down the river q
a 4 rowboat unmIndful OF the ponalt
q ate would exact The pitcher ha
% gone 20 the well once too often. an
be wedding was never celebrated
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19
Tnrv NOT rHE BELL.
rae Grocer Held the Deacon 10 His
promlse.

NrunAaos
The trustees Of a church near De-
trolt found Il necessary 10 establish
fund 20 purchase a bell. says the De-
troit Free Press. The membership was
small and composed principally Of per-
sons who were unable TO do more In
a financial way than they had already
done toward building the church edihce
Grocer Smith. one Of the trustees. be-
lievod Il would be a good plan TO So
liclt contributions 10 get the $500 re-
CURED among the few well-to-do men,
bors OF the congregation.
III Deacon Briefly took a notion
said the grocer 10 another trustee, he
l. able TO buy the bell. He won't
though. because he's the closest man In
the village. I'm going to him just the
same TO do my best TO make him see
his way clear 10 give us 800"
The first man the grocer solicited the
next day was Deacon Briefly. The
deacon was unusually grumpy that
morning and was nearly unnerved
when the grocer explained his mission.
Il know I'm a member Of the church.
but things are so close that can't do
much just now
How much will you give toward
buying the bell?' asked the grocer
well. / reckon IN give as much o.
anybody" declared the deacon.
"You were always good at your word
deacon. 80 YOU and viii buy the bell
The grocer held the deacon TO hi
promise. The grocer was not a wealth!
man. and Il came a trife hard for hin
TO spare 800 from his capital. but
did him a world Of good to hear IN
bell tolllng a few months later.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

uut They Ar. Not AZ Innocent Nc
Vino 60 90 .ILarla.

iut They Ar, Not AZ Innocent Sion
Vino GO to siberia.
There Was q popular idea that the
wastes OF siberia are pcoplod with mcu
Nho have been unlustly oXl.l from
Russia and that che criminal really
IS difficult 20 end as The traditional
leodle in thn hunth OF hay. says Ti.
Bits. Facts. however DO not sutr,al-
late this theory rny more than thcg
10 the large majority OF popular lm-
lrgsllns
A great sensation was created TWO oy
hrsc years ago hy tho finding of seven
Russian exllcs or prisoners who had
made their escape from siberia. They
we're IN an open boat 90 The Pacific and
Koro taken 90 san Francisco. where
hey became the objects OF popular
confederation. as well ns the text for
De donounclng OF the Russian mc.h-
DDS Of dealing with political offenders.
The CalliOrnians. ever ready with
ympathy. gave them clothes and
ound them work 20 DO. 10 now APP
lcars that during the luicryal that has
lapsod between their arrival CO. san
francisco and now every one of them
Ilas been punished by the law OF %,
and The last OF the party has just
zen sentenced 90 twenty years impris
.umCut Tor burglary. while enc Of Dbl
| 'omralcs only O shor, time aso wal
hanged Tor two murders which De ha,
| lmmiticd.
/ Investigations which have been mad
! ,how that every one OF these men ha.
Ileen sent TO Siberia for reasons whicl
would have earned hia a correspond
ng period Of exile from The hauuts O
Ills fellow-men 30 not absolute denlria
Ion from the country in any other par
llt the world.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Customer Cvho has purchased q pair
n KID gloves They w.l do very well.
though they are O trino large.
Salosvoman But. then. your hands
are fo fmalN % there anything else'
Customer Yes. thoro are q Few
THINGS I wanted. Let me sce-o Oh. yes
o gallon of molaFos. a pound Of ien-
penny nails aud a hIndquariCg o. lamb
saieswomsu-WW you take then
with you or have them seutf
Customer Perhaps you may aa vel
send them. a- ! am not so.ug directly
lomc. boston Transcript
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

feet IN length and bulky tn proportion
a black bass In general shape. elao'
GRATED and grown ~ all semblanoe
10 itself. so that Il ghed nearly hye
hundred pounds. a be Of power and
strength among hshA.
"You want see homeless codg" said
one OF the fishermen that's him.
So then, the secret was out Bonoless
cod was neither cod nor homeless, but
the famous santa Catalina black sea
bass that was caught by the wholesale.
cut up into great slices or steaks. and
sailed down as coda very good deep
ton.
our FIRST capture was. after q was
Killed. fastened as,ern. and later sew
eral other nsh were hooked some Of
which must have weighed several hun
drcd pounds. as they carried on the
lines and strllrhiened out the big iron
hooks. Sometimes they would follow
up the small dsh that were heing
caurhi for bait. and would strike heav-
/ ny against the bottom Of the boat w,
had struck q school Of these giants Of
the bass tribe. and nearly a dozen Of
them were taken. ranging from one
hundred and fifty TO Eve hundre,
pounds IN weight
Late IN the evening the heavily
laden craft came 10 anchor In the llttl
bay. and the great FISH were towe
ashore. cut mp and salted down withou
their bones. to be sent out later a
homeless cod
The great hsh Is closely related {
the groupers. and may be termed
gigantic bass. and Is known 10 scienc
as the Stereolepsls glgas. Il lives
deep water In winter. though occasion
ally coming In shore 20 deposit U
eggs. az this time being caught In gre.
? numbers "a water from thirty 10 hil
feet deep. In summer its capture COZ
s,ltutes one Of the sports OF The islam
r visitors going out 90 The various poln
or even watching tho Dis fsh from q
y wharf The capture Of 30 gigani
q and powerful q fsh S. an experience
De remembered hy the uninit.aiod. al
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

"Do you believe that there is any re-
'atida between weather ald crlmey'
,kCd Mr. suarge % The obseryant eli-
tor
"Cf course I DO" replied the wise
man. "As soon as a balmy day comes
the spring poets resume activity
Piusburg Chronicle.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Numerous pedestrians, while pass
lng a dark corner In Kansas city, were
startled by the loud alarm OF a bicycle
bell. and instinctively lcaped away.
some mlsehlevous boys had attached
the bell to a house on the street corner,
and were In the habit OF ringing H. BY
means Of a string. at the proper mo-
ment 10 make the pedestrians jump.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

John wahrmon, farmers boy, who
lived near Kansas City. pursued a rab-
bit that had entered a ground hog hole.
The boy was unable 20 set out Of the
hole. and perishct there.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

when one "a hrough, into Avalon at
the beginning OF the season there Is
srcat excitement and the big fish Is
duly photographed with the fortu-
nate fisherman.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Jerry Brown. colored. has been SEN
fenced to death Tor criminally ASSAULT
ing Mrs. Isaac Radford. a widow. u
Dcopwater. W. Va.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Her Dearest Fr.end-When VIII tho
wedding take piacc2-Brooklyn LIE
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19
MITES AT CHURCH.
WITNESSING THE woRsHiPINo
OF THE AFFLICTED ONES.

The Effectiveness Of the sermons-An
Ideas Are interpreted by signs and
aistlon.-Eyes DO Duty for the Us"-
less Ears
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

MONG the many
religious services Of
an unusual charac-
ter which are reg
ularly held In New
York. none. even
In the least Ameri-
canlzed OF the for
eign quarters. pro-
ducss a stranger
eject upon the
spectator than the
The morning times., 1897-01-31

the opinion of lawyers that the existing
statutes should be more stringent in their
provisions concerning the marriage con
tract.
emblyman Austin, of New York, lB at
work preparing the draft of II bill with this
purpose in view. 1t will probably be pre-
sented early in the session, and the present
indications are that il will be made a Re
publican measure aud will therefore he
come law, 1t is proposed to amend at
least ten sections of the existing statute,
so that it will hereafter be necessary to
secure Il license before the ceremony of
marriage can be performed i'll this State.
The main intention is to prevent the evils
arising from common law marriages, and a
certain class of will contests Propertv
rights will thus be protected if the law IS
amended. The amendments will be fram-
ed so as MOTTO Interfere with the legitimacy
of children. According to the plan in
contempla ton, it will be illegal to perform
the marriage ceremony without the pre-
scribed State license, ana all such marriages
must be reported to the State Board of
Health within five days a fine being pro-
vided as a penaltyin case of failure to com
ply with this provision. The record of
marriages will be kept in the bureau of
vital statistics and in the archives of the
State Board of Health, and thus will fur
nish yaluable,means of reference
''In the cases OF what are known as
common law marriages it is intended
that no such compact shall be legal un-
less the parties appear before justice
of the peace and declare their intention.
which becomes matter ofrcccrd other
object of framing the proposec statute so as
to fully meet the needs of the complex
situation.' lss
This quotaffaE from the files of a re-
cent Jaw pabIication will explain the
reason for stheS following article That
the State of-Srw York needs a revision
OF her marriage laws is more astonish
ing than the. We'll known fact Of the cry
ing necessity fer such revision in many
of the other States. We cry out against
divorce, but. as one eminent Jurist per
tinentIy remarked. Take care of the
marriage laws and the divorce cases
will take care of themselves iaxity
in marriage laws begets laxity in tIi
vorce laws.
William L, Snyder, in a work called
The Geography. of Marriage" makes the
following assertion:
''It is remarkable fact that. not
withstanding the vital Importance which
attaches to the marriage contract. the
rules of law which govern il are con
flicting and contradictory anu lack uni
formity and harmony to a degree un-
known in connection with any other
species Of contract, Every country, ev-
cry State, in view of its political soy
ereignry, prescribes the rules which shall
prevail within it's borders as 70 social order
and domestic life. The law of marriage in
England differs radically from that which
prevails in Ireland In the United States
every State and every Territory enacts its
own peculiar code of laws on the subject
of marriage and divorce and these are so
varied and diverse as to give rise to a
seeming interminable jumble and eompli.
cation
The many systems which prevail in
th;rty-eight States. nine Territories and
The morning times., 1897-01-31

to the IaXity of Washington State. In
short. we have chaos
There is a large group Of States in
which the law is well settled that no cere-
mony at all is required. People marry
themselves and heed no Officiant. They
need no witnesses, although it may some
times be hard to prove the marriage with
out them. still, they are rather conven-
fences to establish the fact than necessities
to make the union. These points have not
all been affirmatively held in every state,
but the general principles of the Scotch
law of marriage have been established
in half of our States.
1t seems to he fact that the only thing
necessary to constitute marriage in New
York and the other States following the
same policy is mutual consent, and that
is not always necessary even. IL strikes
me as monstrous that the State should hold
to be married persons those Who in point
of fact, did not mean to marry each other.
or Go not know that they are married; that
the State should force into matrimony those
who never consented and who are un-
willing TO marry.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
BYRON as n Lady Killer

What lady-killer Byron was is wit
messed by this extract from the lately
published Jermyn letters. Lady caro-
line Lamb is now enamored with Lord
Byron and has. it seems, forebOre the fash
ionable Business OF WaItzin because he
diSapproved Of it. A few nights since,
at a ball at Lady Heathcote's she was
overheard askin Lord Byron TO Let her
Waltz. His reply was that it was indif-
ferent TO Him what she did. and his Last
answer TO a whisper was Then take the
knife This was passed at Supper and
when the Ladies retired she went ,lp with
them into a Bed chamber. took a glass
OF water and smashed it to pieces IN her
Hand, by which means she was very much
Cut; then in a moment produced a Knife
and put it up to her throat. She was.
however, stopped from doing serious Mis-
chief. and they now say She is out Of her
Senses"
The morning times., 1897-01-31

State, Territory and country has legislated
independently on these important subjects
the rules with regard TO marital rights and
obligations are as diverse and varied As
the geography OF the world
1t is apparent from these observations
that, iii order TO determine whether a mar
riage is valid, or whether in view of a sub
Sequent marriage the first marriage has
been dissolved; in order to ascertain
whether offspring are legitimate, whether
property rights attach, whether the crimi-
nal statutes for the punishment of bigamy
or polygamy have been violated, the first
and essential inquiry must involvea question
of geography: Where, in what Sta te or coun-
try, was the marriage contract, or in what
locality was it sought to be dssolvedo
Questions of sentiment give way to ques-
tions of geography in solving matrimonial
problems and in determining the rights
which pertain to the matrimonial state
y well-known lawyer once put three
questions to the assembled guests at
large dinner party. There were between
twenty-five and thirty persons present,
and though he received replies from
every one, not one was correct in every
respect The questions We're these:
What is the least service or ceremony
required in the State You live in TO con
stitute marriage?
what is the youngest age at which
man or woman can lawfully marry with
out regard to the parents consent?
what are the degrees of relationship
within which marriages are prohibit
cd?''
Try this for yourself" he said. ASK
the first half-dozen people you meet,
write down their answers, and YOU will
probably be amused and aStonishcd at
the diverse ideas on these matters. But
all these good people are supposed to
know the law and govern themselves 10y
it. The replies made 20 me We're such
that more than half of those who answered
might commit bigamy and not know
that they Were breaking the law.
They thought they could absolutely CON
troll their children's marriages, when they
had no legal power. They imagined
the law to be more strict in the matter
of prohibited degrees than it is How
can we ever reform our bad laws until
the general reader VIII understand
their badness? People must know the
facts before they VIII be ready to CO.
operate for an Improvement Most peo-
pie find it almost impossible to be in
terestcd in dry Statistics yet ii is rot
dry to learn how young was the most
youthful bride in their State"
Since, therefore. marriage and divorce
are regulated not by national law uni
form throughout the whole country. hut
by State laws, We have as fnanv diff
ferent sets Of laws as there are differ
ent States or organized Territories The
strictness Or laXity varies according to
the latitude and longitude. One State
will be strict in one matter and lax in
another. The question. What ceremony
is necessary to make u valid marriage?"
can he answered in ways which vary
from the strictncss of Maryland to the
laxity Of New York; or, perhaps it would
be better to say. Ito the layity OF Indian
Territory or AIaSka," for the decision as
to Indian unions vary greatly In Mis-
souri,, after some hesitation, they have
The morning times., 1897-01-31

There is nothing 10 prevent the pro-
feSsional nurse Of the new order from being
either a frivolous poseuSe, animated by a
mere craving for adventure, and for the
consideration of which her status and her
uniforn command, orelsc designing young
woman, unscrupulously bent upon turn
ing the unique advantages OF her position
10 the best personal account There is TO
denying that examples of both classes are
sufficiently numerous. The airs and graces
OF the selr-conscious young trained nurse,
VINO assumes control not merely of her pa
tent, but OF the entire household, who
delegates two-thirds OF her legitimate du-
ties TO the servants, and who does not hest
tate to disparage and even improve upon
the doctors treatment, are endured too
often, and. as rule, with a too exemplary
patience. But she. after all is harinIes IS in
in comparison with the siren who deliber-
ately sets herself to utilize the
position as Il means of practicing
upon the susceptibility OF oftheeIigible patient
i'Idy tie that some mcn itie mortified
at first at the discovery that their sick
room mas been handed over to the gllardi-
ahShlp OF stranger of the superior sex;
put the cases are probably rare in which a
young anu preSentablc nurse does not
speedily succeed in combating any such
initial coyness, and in rendering her pres
ence, first, agreeable, and finally indis
pehSabie To the patient. lie may even he
forgiven in his hour OF weakness If he
comes to regard the devoted ministrttions
o. his attractive nurse as the one oornpeu-
sative circumstance in connection with the
illness that has laid him low. This state
OF mind necessarily affords unrivalled
opportunities to the Certified siren at
his bedside for the furtherance of her de-
signs; ana that she well understands now TO
ayall herself of them, has been proved in
not a few instances. the details Of which
have been aired lately in the daily press.
or the other pecullarities of nurse.
"ari patients in hospi6ias are often elo-
quent Etincielle,
The morning times., 1897-01-31

been Upheld as being marriages, but else
where, because they are polygaInOus and
allow divorce or repudiation at will, they
have not been treated as marriages at all
In some States certain races are under
disability to intermarry, which is not
the case elsewhere. In one State q license
law prevails, in another none. The pro-
hibited degrees vary from the Indiana
strictness to the New York Iaxity. In
causes for divorce, they vary from the
prohibition OF all divorce in South Caro-
lima, or from the structures of New York
The morning times., 1897-01-31

the District OF Columbia, embracingthe geo
graphical dominions of the United States,
excepting Alaska, are so radically different
In many instances, and this difference is so
1mperfectly understood throughout the
country, that these novel and embarrassing
controversies growing out of matrimonial
entangiements result as necessary con-
sequence of systems so complex and varied,
and concerning which, though the subject
has been widely discussed, no legislative ef-
fort TO render uniform and harmonious
has thus far been enaccomplished. Sinceevery
The morning times., 1897-01-31

fact that the nurses uniform sets off an
attractive figure TO very considerable ad-
vantage, and that the role of professional
nnnistering angel is not only effective in 1t
SELF, but has conpensations which may well
suffice TO CONNIE nd it to some who are not
inpelied TO its adoption 10y purely dsinter-
eSted motives. The observer who is not
superficial. and las had opportunities of
studying the modern lady nurse at close.
quarters, is obligcdto regard lrcrprevalence,
and sometimes her method Of sustaining her
interesting assumption with more qualified
feelings. Andthe closer and mere varied The
experience has been the stronger is likely to-
be the conviction that something is needed
to be said about the little ways of the up
to-tiate esickroom ninstrant. and the motives
by which she is too often actuatcd.
The morning times., 1897-01-31
And Good for Mallory,

One of the rich men Of Jersey City is
Mike Mallory, Contractor DE has
bought fine Carriage and pair One OF
his friends who saw him driving the other
day suggested that he should have a coat
of arms on his carriage.
DO you see that mud on the wheeIs?'
said the contractor, Indignantly Il made
me money out o mud and stone, and mud's
all the coat Of arms I need -
The morning times., 1897-01-31

picturesque habit are becoming hardly
less familiar in public Llaces and convey
ances than in the hospital ward itself
Noting all this, the superficial observer
is naturally Impressed with such evidence
or the epidemic Of scif-sacrificing de-
votion, that seems to have so largely in
iee'eu Tie Dung anG lar Oh Soou tu-cation
and presentable appearance within recent
years.
Unless misnogynist by temperament
or conviction, LIT: IoLn to rtcOSIlIzc ti.dG
any discount should be allowed for the