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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
THE Trs.As RANcA...


IN To-Days Civilization.
This type OF ranger Is an bat gone.
A few may yel he found IN outlying
ranches says Harper's Magazine. One
OF the most celebrated resides near San
Antonio Big-Fcot Wallace" By mama.
He says he doesn't mind being called
"Blsioo.," because he ls g feet lnchol
IN height and Is entitled 20 big feet.
His face is done Oh ia a nest OF white
hair and beard and ls palr.archal Ia
character Do 1896 he came ont from
Virginia TO "tcte tolr OF the Mox.caus
for killiug some relatives cf DIS iu the
fannin massacre. and ho considers that
ho has squared bis accounts. but they
bad hlm on me debit eide for CwhilC.
Being captured in tho Molr expedition.
Doc Walked as O. prisoner 20 thc City OF
Mcxlco and ala public work for That
country with "a bali-ard-lhain attach
men, for two yeau Tho prisoners
oycpoFcred the guards and escaped ul
enc occasion. hut were o,cgtak,n d.
I sNNAtNMN NAHHliN NNIif NN lN. 90 tNtAHt
In q desert Santa Anna ordered their
defamation which meant that every
tenth man was shot. their Dot bging de-
iermlncd by the drawing OF a black
bean from an carthon pot containing a
certain proportion OF white ones. Big
foot" drew a white one. l'c was also
O member OF Capt Hayes company
anorElrl a captain q rangers. and a
noted Indian fighter Later he carried
the RAIL from San Antonio TO ~ paso
through q bowling wilderness but al
ways brought % safely through n
safely can Dee called lying thirteen days
/ by o water hole in The desert, waiting
for a broken leg 10 mend aud living
meanwhile on one prairie walf which
De managed 90 shoot Wallace was "a
+. professional huaier who fought Inc
dams ana hated "groa.cra' BE be-
long 90 the pact. and haf hoca '0nt-
/ s1anned' under a civilization iu which
. Doe BIAS no place and D. to-day living Ia
poverty
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
ART or GETTING ON.
Have Definite Knouiris, Of Some
one Tliug.

Have Definite Kuouirdsf Of some
one rling.
recall with shame how earnestly
end how ,a.uly a well-u.ahos Of mine.
an eminent publisher tried many years
ago 20 imprrE thia act upon my mind.
you viii succeed he used 10 lay. "aa
soon as yol produce what somebody
wants. hut not ro long as your merit
Be- only that OF o. woman who is strug-
Giles" ln common with great many
other women not hrou1ht up 90 work /
bad a vague sort OF ii.a that nay mls-
fortunes were pa-p1r. ANA would
ga.n me an Income. rsys % writer DO
Lip ncoita. Lct re assure every
woman Gimi.asiy placed hat they never
wll. Sympathy ls readily awakened.
bu' % 90 90 the na,lre o. things short
lived Rcspcc, Tor cnor. Carnes. and
continued o. much tctcr ally. In an
experience ranging over many years
! must honestly say that every time l
have failed @ has been through my own
ifnurlnce ara incoMpcieHcY. ana thAi
my success has been built u.on faiurel
many and severe. The bes, equipmon,
THAI either men or wcmCn could have
ia definite knowledge. n % De- only %,
one ih'ns. Tho FIRST question ! ask o.
those who como 90 me 10Y advice o..
what can sou do II the answer is.
as it almost Invariably proves TO be-.
Anything" my heart f'B with de-
spalr Cor the applicant In ihc money
making world anything means moth
ms" u Is oyorrun VITA a vast army
Of inCapablcs ready 70 rush ln and
undertake anything" What "a need
ca ls some one who can 40 something as
opposed 20 any one who can DO any
thing Competency g. the only equip
Iont that o. worth anything nowadays
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

The making OF phrases has frequent
~ been OBJ. solo distinction OF many
a prince Perhaps the most remark
ahla phrase uttered by a modern SOW
efci-a aas spoken by King Humbcrt
o. Tails CESS years ago. when cholera
was mglns in Naples. he had been
invited % a banquet by the municipal
ity OF Genoa and declined in the fol-
lowing words; "Mon are fcasting az
Genoa. Mon are dying In Naples. 80
io Naples."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
BOTH A TENT AND A BOAT.
An Austrian Army Omccr in,ents
NaInahln nIl u nmlnr. IInInmrnt.

An Austrian Army Ouirer tnvents =
Valuable nit Of Military Equipments.
Tho importance OF enabling small
dcachm,nt 90 troop Co cross rivers
Irrespective 90 existing lrdsCs or fcr-
rIos lCd Lieut. Czcrny of the Austrian
army % tho Invention 90 a l'rht boat
which may De- constructed anywhere
from young sapllngs or branches Of
willow with The aid of the ordinary tent
canvas carried by iho military Tor use
when camping. The boats thus con-
s,ucted are exceedingly light and per
iccily available ard practical Ia mill
tary operations The construction "a
OF The simplest, ana after short practice
tao carpenters OF Lieut. Czerny's COM
pany succeeded In building a float Of
three OF the little boats inside OF forty
minutes Strong sapllngs are cut 70
the right length and are tied together
with strong cords into frames cor
responding 10 the size OF the tent can
vas. Three sap'lngs are bent 10 give
the boat the necessary shape at The
bow. stern and in the center The
framework OF this boat only weighs
about six pounds. u Is placed upon
T The canvas. which is then taken up and
laced tlghtly over the frame. whom the
boat win De ready Tor use wherever
f Do can be obtained % is practicable Co
place a board at the bottom OF thc boat
.cg greater rlrllIty Three OF these
mrroy.srd boats fastened together
with cross poles win carry across o.
rIyortRo men with their iul equipment
of h1rmge or three men without tho
ugHaec Tor r.c1nuo.tr.nE purpose.
lor the transmission ot dispatches and
other military duties tha means OF
transportation v.'l bo % enormous
yalue
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

the Trans. siberian railway Is expccte'
to Weld stimulating trading tcnden
cv IN the Eastern empire. There
hardly doubt that the Impulse u
construct the Tmns.slbcrlan railv
line was largely derived from ihe
cossful completion Of the Cam,
Pacific railway and Us subfequent
ycloumcnt of the British North IN
can possessions. f1r Ia many respe l.
siberia Is 90 Russia what Cannda u
England @ great landed HERITAGE,
of magnificent resources. only waltz
90 De- dcvclopcd.-Loudan Graphic.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

cheering skin and pccuu.ary outlay.
n Is expected thai the section be-
tween kpsnoyarsk aud lrkutsk. the
Eastern siberian capital viii he com.
plcird hy the end of 1897.
like the Tram caspian line 10 Sarm7.
cand. The Trans siberian railway was
decided upon with very little picllm-
nary discussion or Investigation. Alex.
audcr III. simply wrote. let there hc
a llnc," and q lpc there d., every day
more rapidly approaching completion.
Ike the Caspian line alsu.
which has now funded over % Russia
the Persian aud Afghanisian markets.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
THE NATIVES OF SIBERIA

Leaving the city of OmsS GA hi'
Journey 20 the eastward. the siberian
traveller secs for the first time yhr gem
ulnc ncppc 90 thc full sense of the
tcrm-n country level as thc sea, with
not hlllock ur even ecailc uudulailm
TO break the straight line of Gaze horl-
tou. aud not % patch OF cultivation.
tree. bush or even % stone 90 diver
slfy the m1uotmous cymnHc. lu'-
cs'nr gch region a, ! need scarcely
say. very weary work. 900 thc moro as
incr, are uo mllr stones Or other land.
marks tu show y0u thn progress You
arc making son. 90 b DOB so over
uhC.um-'y wc1fiumc as might De
supposed. ln the morning sen mi,
watch thc vast ias.s, with their rug
eed prououUi.rlgs lul We'll Uo1ic,
. mnl.. which tlc m.w- crvaiDs q.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

ono OF tho eldest 81 actual specified
diseases would probably De smallpox.
which. on the authority OF Masudl. al.
tackled the African tribes who made ok.
curslons into Arabia and laid sicgc 10
Mecca On the latter half OF the sixth
century A y.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

"Pat." said Tommy 20 the gardener
what h nothing There Amt any
such thing as nolhin," replied Pat
"beca'so whln yc End no,hln and come
70 look al o. there elnt noihln thore
aarpors Round Table.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

smiley Cues That new coal dealer
down che street va. have 10 change
his name if Dee expects people to patron.
itr him.
langs Why1 VII O. his nancy
smiley lyitlcion. some people
flshi uui u0tIcc h.. nut I'm afraid
Most people would shy 90 nauif, ike
That on q coal dealers sign. ~
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

sht. Il would not marry you n I
were 10 live 100 yeau." lie: "Well.
I should say you wouldn't n had any
thing 10 say In the matter New York
Tribune.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

Several bogsars IN Pera own a large
amount OF property. one wcll-known
man has e house worth 1900 lras. aud
yet b 10 Dc seen begging In filthy rags.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

Celery acts upon the nervous sys.
TEN. and Is a cure Cor rheumatism and
neuralgia
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
MORPHINE HABIT.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST Ply
slClANs OF PARIS.
fi'ty Thousand Victims Ia that city
noctop aud Their wives Found 90 80
az the Top 90 the list some sonsa-
tionni Develop mcnti.

GRAVE charge he's
been brouEht
against phyliclans
"a charge 80 ggave
thar one would De-
lcath TO believe 20
true Ifit were mo-
Tor the fact tha. 81
has lcln made by
O. man who Is him
s,lf a famous phy-
stefan and special
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

YER In the san
Ramon valley one
sunday recently
performed
a strange religion
ceremony q cere
mcny thlt lnaugu
rated O novel and
important move
mont the outcom
Of which will b,
watched with inter.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22
FOR Ex-G0EVICTS.
SALVATION ARMY scHEME IN
CALIFORNIA.

Experiment Was Tried In England.
aud the Statistics There SHOW that u
Was success Practical and ne-
notoient.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
OHIO THE MOTHER OF PREsI.
DENTS.

In the American Woman's Home
Journal" which is supplement to the
New York Sunday Journal of March 9TH,
is a sketch by Mrs. Kake Brownlee
Sherwood of our city, of three women of
the Buckeye State who followed their
sons from the cradle through childhood
days and manhood's struggles to the
Inauguration in Washington. These
good women are Hannah Simpson Grant,
mother Of Ulysses s. Grant; Eliza Ballou
Garfield, mother of James A. Garfield;
and Nancy Allison Mckinley, mother of
William Mckinley.
The sketch says: at is coincidence
that these three Presidents we're not
only born on Buckeye soil, but found
their inspiration in that part of Ohio
known as the Connecticut Western Re-
serve"
Mrs. Sherwood also says in her sketch:
"a native Buckeye and brought up in
the Western reserve myself, these men
and their mothers have been known to
me personally" The three men are
named "as true products of the Western
reserve, and their mothers the typical
Buckeye mothers who have given the
nation its foremost sons"
The Journal is also finely illustrated
by excellent portraits of the three worthy
mothers. The sketch is we'll written, as
those knowing the author may well be-
lieve. Indeed we know OF no one more
capable of doing such a piece of fine
lace work than Mrs. Kate Brownlee
Sherwood.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11

he insisted upon holding it for me. II
was astonishing how thoroughly knotted
and tangled became that nice skein OF
silk during the operation. After spend.
ing half of my evening in untangling
it, the work was at last done" 1t was
that same evening that the young girl
began to wind herself around Henry
Beecher's heart, for in less than year
they were engaged.
The young couple went to housekeep.
ing in Lawrenceburg. Mr.. Beecher' s
salary was $500 a year, and if the young
minister stripped off his coat, rolled up
his sleeves and ted on big apron to
"help wash the dreadfully dirty win
dows" of their first little home the de-
voted wife matched his sacrifice in TAX
ing in sewing and keeping boarders.
Side by side they struggled through the
succeeding years. On June l3, 1S47,
Plymouth church was formally organ
lied, and on the following day a unani-
nous call was extended to Mr.. Beecher,
and hencefOrth Brooklyn became the
scene of his labors.
Mrs. Beecher was devotedly attached
to her husband and children. OF the
latter four are living and four are dead.
One of the living is Herbert Beecher,
captain Of a steamboat at Fort Town.
send, Wash.
Mrs. Beecher lived in a small but at
tractive red house at the corner of
Hicks and Orange streets, Brooklyn. 1t
was quaint, cozy home, full of me-
mentoes OF the distinguished divine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
GROWN RICH eY MURDER
Prominent Men Murdered Poor Peopi
Tor Iusuranos For Years.

Prominent Men Murdered Poor People
Eor Iusuranoa For Years.
MERIDIAN, Miss. March lo.-A pei.
soning case, which promises to become
famous, has been brought to 'ht in
Kemper county, Miss. Dr. w. - lips
comb, prominent physician. and Guy
Jack, wealthy merchant OF Scooba,
have been indicted by the grand jury
for the murder of O. II. Stuart, for the
purpose of obtaining the value of in.
surance policies on Stuart's life, aggre.
eating $4,000 held by Guy Jack. A
pOstmortem examination was made and
enough strychnine found i'll Stuart's
stomach to Kill herd of cattle. DIR.
Lipscomb was placed on trial at Delialb.
There have been more than dozen
deaths similar TO that of Stuart's IN
Kemper county during the past few
years, and the authorities say they have
positive proof showing that there has
been an organized gang composed Of
prominent business and professional
men in Kemper county who have grown
rich by insuring the lives of poor peo-
pie and then poisoning them for the in
surance money.
The Equitable, the New York Life
and the Mutual Reserve Fund Life In
surance companies of New York and
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance COM
pany of Newark, N. j., have been
mulcted for large sums by the alleged
conspirators, and the insurance com
panies are prosecuting the case with
great vigor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
THE FREE LIST COMPLETED.
Chairman Dingley Talks on the Pros
pective New Tariff BIZ.

Chairman Dingley Talks on the Pros
pective New Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Chairman
Dingley Of the ways and means COM
mittee says that he expects the new
tariff bill will be ready to introduce in
the house very soon after congress as
sembles. Speaking of the repSt that
the law might provide that the duties
assessed should go into effect imme-
diately upon the introduction of the
bill, Mr.. Dingley said that it would be
impossible under our constitution to
make a law retroactive. Duties, he
said, must be assessed according to the
law on the statue books at the time
goods were imported. The law could
provide that goods still in bond should
pay the new duty If they had not been
withdrawn from bond at the time the
law went into effect.
The free list schedule has been COM
pleted. Nearly all the remaining ar
ticles which had not been disposed of
md which were dutiable under the Nc
Kinley law have been restored to the
dutiable list at a rate somewhat less than
the Mckinley rates.
The pottery schedule has not yet been
completed, and there is yet considerable
question whether the advalorem rates
of the Mckinley law shall be restored
or specific duties imposed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
NO GOLD STANDARD IN JAPAN.
Merely a Compromise Measure Intro
duced In the Diet.

Merely Compromise Measure Intro
duced In the Diet.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-In view of a
cablegram received at the japanese le-
cation, the announcement recently
made that Japan had adopted the gold
standard seems to have been premature.
On the I'd inst. bill was introduced
into the diet for the adoption of the
gold standard with the following pro.
vision
The present gold yen, the standard
coin of the country will, according to
this measure, be circulated at double its
present value, while the one yen silver
piece will circulate at half its value
until abolished by an edict of the
emperor. The subsidiary coinage Of
the country will remain untouched and
free coinage will be abolished from the
date of the promulgation of this edict,
which is set for Oct /, 1897.
The status of this bill up to date is
merely that of any bill introduced into
one house of our own congress. 1t has
not yet been passed, and it is not GER
tain that it will be. The sentiment in
Japan favors a reorganization of the
money system, and during the past year
a mixed commission of bankers, mer-
chants, politicians and professional men
was appointed to consider the subject
Their report was by no means conclu-
Hve.
Some favored the retention of the
free silver coinage, some were in favor
Of ratio of l6 to /, such as was advo.
Gated in the last campaign in this
country, while others favored the gold
standard. The present bill is a com.
promise measure, but whether or not it
will be passed members of the legation
hesitate to predict.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11

The tobacco trust is also one that has
been making the millions. 1t was
organized with capital stock Of $40,
100000, which has since been increased
to $35, ,OOOOOO. The total paid for live
assets was s5,OOO,OOO. The rest is water
And on this dividends are paid at the
rate of - and Is per cent on the com
mon and preferred stocks. This has
been going on since 1890, with the addi'
ton of total surplus last year of IS,
100000. In the great fluctuations Of
1896 the stock fell from III to 63, not
withstanding the dividends and surplus
1t is suggested those on the inside sod
out at lis and bought back at SO. Al
the outset there were less than 30 stock
holders, while at this time there are about
5000. That is the way to make money,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
NRMFUM.
What IL "a end How the Indians Used Z.
Make 1t.

What IL "a and How the Indians Used TO
Make 1t.
When Columbus discovered America,
he found the Indians carrying ON trade
from tribe to tribe with wampum. Any
thing that has value may be used as
money. In ancient Syracuse and Britain
tin was used as money, and we find that
iron was so used at one time in Sparta,
pieces Of silk in China, cattle in Rome
and Germany leather among the Car
thaginians, nails in Scotland, lead in
Burma, platinum in Russia, cubes Of
pressed tea i'll Tartary, slaves among the
Anglo-S Saxons, salt in Abyssinia, etc.
Wampum is from an Algonquin word
meaning white. - The Indians have
ever been fond of ornaments, particu-
larly of beads They used to make beads
of seashells in the following way: A
fragment of stone was with much care
worked down" to the size of a small
nail, having one end quite pointed, and
it was then fastened to piece of cane
or reed. With this simple tool the In
dian workman Clipped off bit Of the
inside of a conch shell or part of the
shell of hard clam and rubbed it down
to the size desired. This bit of shell he
held in his hand, placed the sharp end
of the stone against it and then turned
the stone around and around until a
hole was drilled entirely through the
shell.
The shell beads thus tediously manu-
factured were called wampum. These
beads were either white or of purple
color, the last being valued much higher
than the first. 1t was the very laborious
way of making wampum that gave it
value. The wampum was artistically
strung upon hempen threads and used
as necklaces, bracelets and rings. Often
it was woven into belts about 3 inches
in width and feet in length.
The wampum belt served many pur-
poses, 1t was sent from tribe to tribe
with solemn promises and messages, it
was used in making peace, in asking for
aid in time of war, for personal adorn-
ment and also as circulating medi-
um." The coast tribe Indians were the
wampum makers. The interior Indians
spent their time hunting and exchanged
| Bullu VI hllltS lDI buO Iuuuc
by the coast tribes
For long time after white people
had settled in the new world small
coins were scarce and wampum was
used as "change." Finally the "pale-
faces" set up lathes by treadles for the
purpose of making wampum quickly,
and soon the Indian wampum makers
were, as we say nowadays. "out of a
job. ."--Philadelphi Times.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
psA1H oE MRS esEchER.
Occurred on the Tenth Anniversary oi
the Demise OF Her Husband.

Occurred on the Tenth Anniversary of
the Demise OF Her Husband.
STANFORD, Conn, March o. The
death of Mrs. Henry Ward Beechcr oU.
CURED on the death of her famous hus.
band William Beecher, one of her
sons, reached Stamford Saturday even
ing and remained until Sunday night,
when he left for New York. Her
death was feared then, but her marvel.
Gus constitution had so frequently
enabled her to rally from sinking spells
that her son deemed it safe to leave his
mothers bedside. At the deathbed
were gathered the family of Rev.
Samuel Scoville, including the clergy.
man, his wife, who is the daughter Of
Mrs. Beecher, and Mrs. Scoville's two
children, daughter and son. and Mrs.
Billiard of Massachusetts, a niece of
Mrs. Beecher.
Eunice Beecher was born in 1918 in
Sutton, Mass, the daughter of DIR. Blu
lard, physician. Several of Mrs.
Beecher's brothers won high distinc-
tion.
Her first meeting with Henry Ward
Beecher, one learns from her reminis-
iscences, was in the early part of May,
1880. He was a classmate of her
brothers in Amherst College. At that
time young Beecher was not quite z
years old. "After supper" she says,
II prepared to wind skein of silk by
putting it over the back of a chair, but
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-03-11
sCOVeL SET AT LIBERTY.
The State Department Made Strong Rep
resentntions In His Favor.

The State Department Made Strong Rep
resentptions In His Favor.
HAVANA, March l0.-The Santa Clara
court h wing jurisdiction of the charges
against Sylvester Scovel, the New York
World correspondent, who was arrested
in the early part of February while
travelling in train between Tomas and
Sancti Spiritus, has rendered decision
releasing him from custody. Mr.. Scovel
is now at liberty.
WASHINGTON, March 10-Consul Gen
eral Lee has cabled the state depart
ment that Sylvester Scovel, the Amer
ican newspaper correspondent, who has
been under arrest in Sancti Spiritus for
several weeks, will be released
This action is taken as the result of
strong representations thin government
has made in Scovel's bnhalf on the
ground that be was in Cuba solely in O
newspaper capacity and was in no
sense a cOmbatant or abettor of the in
surrection.