The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-13

.N1ssA IN Maine reported
~ that Deceased
l9-5T came to his death
WI by excessive drink
ing. producing apo
plexy In the minds OF the jury"
An old French lawyer. writing Of an
estate he had Just bought, added.
There Is a chapel upon II In which
my wife and wish to be buried, II God
spares our lives"
On a tombstone In Indiana Is the tol-
lowing inscription: This monument
was erected 10 the memory OF John jim
kins. accidentally shot as a mark OF
affection by his brother"
a Michigan editor received some
verses not long ago with the following
note OF explanation: These lines were
written fifty years ago by one who has.
for a long time. slept In his grave
merely for pastime."
A certain politician. lately condemn
ing the government for its policy con-
corning the income tax. Is reported 10
have said They'll keep cutting the
wool on the sheep that lays the golden
eggs until they pump Il dry"
An orator at one Of the university
unions bore on the palm when he de-
clared that the British lion. whether
Il Is roaming the deserts Of India or
climbing the forests OF Canada. will not
draw In lis horns nor retire into rs
she'll"
A reporter in describing the murder
Of a man named Jorkin said: THE
murderer was evidently IN quest OF
money. but luckily Mr.. lorkin had de-
posted all his funds IN the bank the
day before. 90 that he lost nothing but
his life"
a merchant who died suddenly left
In his bureau n letter 10 one Of his cor
respondents which he had not sealed
His clerk. seeing Il necessary 10 send
the letter wrote al the bottom "since
writing the above have died"
An Oklahoma editor expresses his
thanks for a basket Of oranges thus.
I'VE have received basket Of oranges
from our friend. Gus Bradley. Tor
| which he will please accept our COM
plimonts. some Of which are nearly six
inches In diameter"
The Morning Post IN 1912 made the
following statement: I'VE congratu.
late ourselves most on having torn on
Cobbett's mask and revealed his cloyen
foot Il was high time tat the hydra
head Of faction should be sound,y
raped over the knuckles."
An English lecturer on chemistry
said: zone drop OF this poison place.
on the tongue OF a cat Is sufficient g,
kin the strongest man." and an Eng
lish lieutenant said that the Roya
Niger company wished 70 Kill him &,
prevent his going no the river uau
next year.
A clergyman In aneas,orn town warn
cd his hearers lately mot 10 walk In
slippery path. lest they be- sucke,
understandable. into Us meshesw Til
metaphor suggests that OF anothe
clergyman who prayed iha, the woru
might BE- as a nail driven IN a sur
place. sending rs roots downward an
lts branches upward"
The present duke Of Leeds Is re-
ported 20 have accused the late govern
ment OF making a direct attack on N
brewers by means Of a side wind.
was during the late administration tina
one OF the Irish whips telegraphed {
Dublin that the silence OF the Iris
members would be heard In the hous
Of commons no longer"
: Il was the celebrated Sergt. Arab
= who. at the Central Criminal court IL
I formed the prisoner before him tbs
] IL there was a clearer case % man rot
, bling his master that case was III
= case" and. after passing sentence. COT
3 cluded. Il. therefore, give YOU the Of
h portuni,y Of redeemlng a character q
e retrievably lost"
e In the Irish house OF commons
1895. during a debate on the leather "a
the chancellor Of the exoheQuer.
John Parnell. observed that. in q
a prosecution Of the present war evei
/. one ought to be ready TO give his Ia
guinea 20 save the remainder OF b
fortune" Mr.. vandeleur replied th
"a tax on leather would press We
heavily on the barcfooted peasant
Of ireland"
At recent temperance gaiheril
an orator exclaimed The glorio
work will never be accomplished un
the good ship Temperance shall n
from one end Of the land to the 9TH
and with a cry Of Victory at ca
step she takes shall plant her bann
In every city. town and village OF {
y United states" Another speaker "a
that IAN along the unirodden pat
Of the future We can see the hidd
: footprints OF an unseen hand" ~
pursue the shadow. the bubble burr