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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

Cloth printing. 20 managed that the
two sides are Of entirely different pat
tern. 70 among the recent achievements
OF the dyer's art. The two-faccd ef-
feet Is produced by first dyelng the
entire fabric through and through OF a
single color. The goods Is then finished
In the usual fashion Il Is afterward
passed over rollers. which are engraved
with fine lines running diagonally In
both directions. A careful adjustment
Of the pressure Of the roller carrying
the aye Is made. thus preventing the
color from striking through. The Sc
cret Of success In this lies In the care
ful adjustment and In the accurate reg
ulation OF the quantity Of color ap-
piled. There must be just enough 10
go half way through the cloth, but no
more. The results are very satisfactory
and will be particularly pleas ag on
heavy fabrics. a. by this means they
will give the effect Of Innings OF diier-
eat colors from the outside.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

OF the jungle ls-obey." This also
seems 10 be the law OF Yellowstone
Park. There is a lunch station az the
upper basia. near Old Faithful. kept by
very intelligent and ingenious man
lie got acquainted last year with a she
bear. who used to come to his house
every day and walk into the kitchen for
food for herself and her two cubs. The
cubs never came. The keeper got ON
very Intimate terms with the bear. whd
was always civil and well behaved and
would take food from his hand without
taking the hand.
One day toward sunset the bear came
to the kitchen. and. having received her
portion. she went out OF the back door
to carry Il to her cubs. To her sur
prise and anger. the cubs were there
waiting for her. She laid down the
food and rushed al her infants and gave
them a rousing spanking. "she did not
cuff them: she spanked them" and then
she drove them back into the woods,
eufing them and knocking them at
every step. when she reached the spot
where she had told them to walt. she
left them there and returned TO the
house. And there she ataid In the
kitchen for two whole hours. making
the disobedlent children walt for theiT
food. simply 10 discipline them and
teach them obedience.
The explanation Ia very natural
When the bear leaves her young IN
particular place and goes away IN
search OF food for them. II they STRAY
away In her absence. she has great dif'
fculty In finding them. The mothel
J knew that the safety OF her cubs and
her own peace OF mind depended upof
strict discipline IN the family. Oh. iha
We had more such mothers In th'
United statesl-Harper's Weekly.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

rs,.i Hsaur.psssr'

Il will be observed that In this test
the smaller application Of manure has
been relatively the more profitable. but
this may not be borne out by subse-
quent results. At the sub-station Their,
has been but little difference thus Tar
In the apparent effectiveness per ton,
whether used az the t-ton or 20 the h
ton rate per acre The results show
an immediate recovery Of about a dol
lar and a quarter on the average In
Increase OF crop. AZ recent prices. Tor
every ton OF manure used. But the
long continued experiments BY Laves
and Gilbert at Rothamsted. a descrlp-
ton Of which Il given In bulletin a q
the Ohio station. show that not more
than one-half to two-thlrds the possible
increase from barnyard manure IL re-
covered In the frst crops grown from
n We may therefore safely Offset the
residual effect Of the manure against
the cost Of application and consider the
Immediate increase as clear proat In
another experiment at the central sta
ton. potatoes. wheat and clover are
grown In a three-crop rotation. and IN
this test the increase from manure ap.
piled 10 potatoes has reached g. 80 per
ton. potatoes being valued atsgl.g
cents per bushel Baruyard manur Is
relatively deficient In phofphore acid
as compared with ammonia and potash
and the experiments Of The Ohio sta.
ton indicate that phosphoric acid is
the constituent most needed on the ma.
/ iorlty Of Ohio soils. bu, tha, Il only
produces ia full eject 10 TIE presence
OF ammonia and potash. The price OF
acid phosphate has fallen durlae re-.
cent years until Il can now be bought
for delivery anywhere In Ohio. Al prizes
which bring iis actual phoaphoric acid
below 8 cents per pound and o. the
sprinkllng OF acid phosphate or super.
phosphate on baruyard manure 10 be-.
llovcd to have a beneficial cnec, In pro.
venting the waste Of ammonia Nom the
manure. Il would seem that the use oi
acid phosphate IN this manner might
serve the double purpose oi preserving
the ammonia 81 the manure and IN.
croasing the effectiveness Of bob be-
ammonia aud potash. Experiment ,r
this point are nov IN progitss Al the
Ohio station.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

Backwoods has heard u the build.
lngs In New York called sky-scrapers.
and desires 20 know how tall some Of
the highest Of them are. Answer The
American Surety company building
has % stories. with a height Of JOG feet.
The American Tract socieiy's building
has the same measurements. but Is a
much larger structure. The Bank %
Commerce has 20 stories. With 30 feet
skyward. The ST. Paul building has 20
stories and towers above its fellows. be.
Ing S0s feet from the ground. From
this there Il a gradual descent until
ordinary old-fashioned structures are
reached. There have been attempts to
restrict the erection Of these sky.scrap-
ers. but there are always some inter
ested persons 20 induce law makers TO
delay the passage OF the law yet . few
days longer 30 a. 10 allow Just one
more building TO 70 up,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

An English paper says Tho proios.
alonal mole catcher was quite an I'M.
stllutlon iu my youth Like mi-esifb-
ing. poachlng. blrI-snarng and AN.
netting. nighttime setting. and even
spcarlng Of salmon In the close rr,-
son. mole catching ran n families
and ! have known @ to mn through
several generations These mon
went on circuit and carried their
implements Of destruction with thom
and undertook. Tor a stipulated price
per dozen carcasos, 90 clear the farm
Of molos. on a large farm where I was
employed a lengthy stretch OF perma-
nent grass aad about thirty acres Of
arabic land, lying between a Wild moor
and a large river was Infested" with
moles, and many a hard days work
have had In leyoling the hllloeks and
scattering the soil over the surface oI
the land The farmer who employed
me was greatly In advance Of hi
times. and his theories as 20 the prac
/ teal usefulness 90 molcs. woasels, an,
almost every kind Of Wild bird, wcr'
the subject Of much hucollc rldlculo
That is nearly forty yesrs ago. ant
/ that farmer Is dead. but not Me thco.
rics, These we're founded on long and
close personal obscrya .ona. and their
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

Ieeuwenhoek. the FIRST mlcroscopln
wrote In 1885 as follows: Il have often
compared the size OF the thread spun
by full-grown spiders with a hair of
my beard. I placed the thlckest mart
OF the hair before the microscope. and
from the most accurate Judgment I
could form. more than a hundred OF
such threads placed side hy side could
not equal the diameter OF one such
hair. H. then. We suppose such a hair
20 BE- Of round form. Il follows that
10000 threads spun by the full.grown
spider when taken together will not be
equal In substance TO the slie Of a
single hair. 10 this. n We add that
four hundred young spiders. at the
time when they begin 70 spin their
webs. are not larger than one full
grown one. and that each Of these
minute spiders possesses the same Or
gans AZ the larger ones. Il follows that
the exceeding small threads spun by
these little creatures must be still four
hundred times slenderer: and conse-
that 100000 OF these minute
spiders threads cannot equal In sub
stance the size OF single halr."-Mi.
,rcscope.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

One OF DR.. A. J. Gordon's favorite
sayings was that God never makes a
half-proyldence any more than a man
makes a half-pair Of shears. A good
many years ago a little Scotch boy.
four years old. vas caught In a thresh-
ing machine. and his right arm was
torn on. That was a terrible accident
In every sense Of the word. for the boy
not only lost the use OF his arm. but
was deprived OF a future livelihood.
lie was a farmers son. and. II was
supposed. could himself be nothing but
a farmer. Now what would happen TO
him when he grew up? This problem
the boys mother took 90 her heart
There she held her mutllated laddle.
and prayed that God would make him
a prophet. A. his service on the farm
was out Of the question. she prayed
that he might be used for a nobler
husbandry. Thus the boy grew up.
with his mothers prayers Of dedlca-
ton ringing In his heart. and In
spite OF himself. they formed his life.
lie could not eyade them. Her pray
ers shut him In with God. The lad
grew and studied. and was admitted
10 the University Of Edinburgh. He is
the student OF whom the story has been
often told. how Doctor Blackie asked
the country boy TO rise and reclte.
Geggie-for that was his name-aross
and held HIS book awkwardly In his
left hand
Take your book In your right hand.
mon" said the teacher. sternly.
Il hae nae right hand" answered
the youth. holding up his stump.
There was a moments silence. which
was broken by the Misses OF the class
Tears Of modification were in the stu.
dents eyes. Then Doctor Blackie ran
down from his desk. and putting his
arm about the lads shoulder. as a faith.
er might, said
= did not mean to hurt you, lad. I
did not know"
Then the Kisses were changed 90
loud cheers. and Doctor Blackie thank
ed the students for the opportunity OF
teaching class Of gentlemen.
II was about that time that Major
Whiitle came to the university, and In
the great awakening that followed.
Geggie was the first TO give himself
up 10 the service OF Christ. Some time
afterward Doctor Gordon was telling
this story 20 his congregation In Dos
ton. There was an impressive still
ness. and after the service had closed
with more than usual solemnlty a
stranger walked up the aisle. The
congregation noticed that he had only
one arm. With q feeling OF peculiar
presentiment, Doctor Gordon came
down the pulpit stairs 10 meet him.
Il am your Geggie." the stranger
said. with great emotion.
Doctor Gordon. with ringing voice
called his congregation back and told
them that his Illustration was befor,
them. The student was asked 20 sneak
lie related the story OF the accident
his mothers prayers. and how he hat
now oonsecrated his life.
As the congregation left the church
that morning. the thought came "a
more than one; Every mans life 4,
divinely planned. II adversely Is IN.
eviiable, God makes this misfor,pn,
NJ the plan. Many youth. without
knowing H. Is working out the M,
TO which his mothers piety devoted
him; and her VOWS and the Inhnit,
Wisdom are parts OF a perfect proyl
donce."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

The train had stopped for few min
uies at a station out on the plains. and
two or three hare.footed little boys and
girls had their backs against the depot
and their fingers In their mouths. while
they stared Al the passengers.
suddenly a boy Of about 10 years
dashed round a corner Of the station
and called to his brother and sister;
you. Joeyl Ma says II YOU an Mag.
gle don't come right straight home
sheT- shell-well. iorgit what. but
she'll do Il. sure. for you know what
ma is when she gifts started: so you'd
better git home straight on
Joey and Maggie evidently knew
what ma vas when she got started d"
for they started homeward az fast a.
their bare little feet would carry them
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

sand away from her sides by
means OF heavy pumps. Very
little force would then be re-
quired 20 pull her into deep water.
Il was rumored then that mastery in
activity was the policy Of some OF the
parties concerned In her release. Since
that time there has been a great deal
Of discussion as 10 the best methods
Of raising sunken vessels and lifting
those that we're stuck on sand bars
II Is unquestionably the fact that II
powerful pumps could be so arranged
that streams Of water would pour into
the sand around the hull Of the ship
there would be very little time lost In
releasing H. In connection with this
means Il has been suggested that heavy
Iron cylinders be attached 10 the sides
OF the weasel rs low down AZ possible
These are pumped full OF air or gas
and would assist In lifting the vessel
and floating her out Of harms way. Il
II predicted that this will be the sal
wage process OF the future. Heavy
bands Of webbing made Of strong and
suitable material can be worked under
the bottom Of the ship. To the ends
OF this webbing these iron cylinders
can be attached. Pumps are then APP
piled and gas or air Ia forced into
them. Then the pumps are started and
as the sand IL washed entirely away
from the sides OF the ship the buoyancy
u the cylinders slowly lifts the great
body to the surface. Either means used
by Itself might not have the desired
Eject. but applied together this IL un.
iueStionably the most practical method
BY which such enormous bulk can b.
raised. The webbing or bands could
De- plared 20 close together that they
would practically form a network I'M
Ser the hull OF the ship BY means Of
slender rods. ropes could be pushed un'
derneath and the webbing could b.
arawn through and properly adjusted
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

MNNI ~ AaAhhhHh
ThcNeconomy aud practlcahlity OF
using. electricity In mining coal has
been demonstrated and rs more gen
erpl introduction should greatly cleap-
en- the price OF our winter fuel. Only
few days ago a Philadelphia operator
said that In the course Of a few years
coal will probably be selling At tide
water for the price now paid Tor MN
ing lt--namely. As cents a ton.
The picture shows an electric drill
which il used for making hol9s In the
face oi the coal seam. II IL capable OF
drilling a six-foot hole In one minute.
In this connection u Is interesting to
note that coal undercut by machinery
does not require as powerful cartridges
for the blasting a. coal undcrcut by
hand and the rapldity with which the
holes are drilled by electric power ei-
fects a great saving and largely increaa-
ed output. The weight OF the drill rep
resented with pos, for a ,iV-'oot vein.
In only i52 pounds. This can cnsily be
handled by one man. The drill works
20 quickly that II takes The greater
part OF one mans time TO a.tcnd to the
feed mechanism and augurs together
with starting and stopping the drill
while the other man IL arranging and
picking the places for the holes. by
the time he has another place ready
the drill has finished the preceding hole
and Is ready to be moved. Two mel
can very quickly reset the drill tnt
then get Il started again. This machine
has drilled enough holes In ten hour
to shoot" or blast down so tons d
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

Detecting the Dsnsctions % Rails
A foreign publication announces the
completion Of an apparatus for record
ing by means Of photography the de-
Elections Of bridges or rails under NOV
ing loads The arrangement. az de-
scribed. consists OF camera. OF
which the plate holder is fitted Go
slide across the back BY clockwork. $50
that a series Of successive images may
be- taken upon one and the same plate
AZ uniform intervals Of time. The rail
or beam TO be observed has attached
10 1t a brilliantly polished bead. which
Is photographed as a point OF light
and the successive images OF this point
show the reflections. a second lens
causes the images Of a similar station
AIRY point 10 be photographed upon the
same plate In a line just below. thus
furnishing a base line for comparison
The Images are so close together that
they practically form a continuous line,
the detection images giving an irreg-
ular curve, showing the movements OF
the rail. while the spacing Of the points
upon the base line are clearly enough
defined to enable the intervals OF time
20 be noted. Il Il. Of course. essential
that such an apparatus should be
mounted upon a very solid foundation.
a. the least vibration OF the camera
would BE- fatal TO the accuracy Of the
record. and the objective used must
have great llghtgathering power. ow-
ing 10 the feebleness OF the illumina-
tion. The apparatus. as Installed In
the Nordbahnhofe. In Vienna. Is nxed
upon a masonry pier. Is fitted with q
zelss anastlgmat objective and has
given excellent results In practice"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

A reconstructed adage reads. Bier
aal vigilance is the price Of safety OF
valuable property. and In pursuance OF
this idea an ingenious inventor has de-
yised an electric safe. which Ia made
with an electric lining. consisting OF
thin metal sheets and strips Of such
dellcacy that the slightest rupture will
close the circuit and give the alarm.
The thrust OF pin point will penetrate
this metal. The csRing Is Of steel and
h built inside srcoyer. which Is also
lined with thK metal There are sew
eral sets q Volts. which are 20 arfang-
ed that eonslderable length OF ume
n reQped 10 move them. The aiighs-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

absolute accuracy has long since been
recognised by all intelligent neld nat
uralists and agriculturallaia. As far a.
moles were concerned, the land where
they mos, did congfegate" vas natur-
ally poor. but In course Of time the
moles improved Il. and out Of curios-
ity ] visited the old stealing and land
last summer and found Il rich. inhn-
itely superior In heart to that Of many
other holdings where the demon mole
catohers were still employed In the ex.
pensive and destructive work.
The mole. like ourselves. IL not per
fect-@it has more than one ''redeemlng
vice." but taken as a whole. IL IL a
friend OF the farmer. II destroys a vaAt
quantity OF Injurious grubs. and In ia
searohlngs for these insects. Il GER
talnly does injury to the roots OF GER
eals and other plants. more particular
ly when the soil is light and In very ury
seasons. The destructive lea'he'
Jacket" is a great source Of lie suosiS''
ence: Il destroys mice. and II even does
good as a Kind OF subsoli drainer OF
the land. may conclude with an eA'
tract from a letter addressed some
years ago by a Yorkshire farmer 10 a
we'll known naturalist. poruoh VI
which appeared some years ago ~ :
work dealing with ornithology' eh'o-
mology and mammology In relation 70
agriculture. To Kill moles Is to leave
the corn and turnip crops upon hsn'
lands. such AZ sand aud deeply-so,'eu
void land to the rayages OF the NlFe
worm. the grub Icockchaier) aud oihei
insects. / farm. and have farmed iron
thousand 10 fifteen hundred acres u
different parishes. and have noticed
that when you Try 10 exiermihau
moles rocks. sparrows. etc, you hay'
far more destruction Of crops An OLE
. mole-catcher came TO me and asked m'
whether would have the moiea kille'
ON my land said. NO. ]
had no moles should have o.
, erops." lie said. You are the mrs
b man whom have heard say that. bu
, YOU are right" lie then proceeded &
! say: Il vas employed by a gentleman
/. who had a large. sandy field. 20 XIII ol
b the moles. II used to grow nice crops
[ though Il was 30 full OF moles. ] kille
ID them all. and the field never grew any
A thing to speak Of afterwards Ih
p grub. wlreworm. etc. used TO eat 70
a roots Of everything that was sown' an
a the young plants died on
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

An Oakland (Call man. wilhelm Won
Knapp. familiarity known as Baron"
stepped on a live wire the other day
and narrowly escaped death. The
baron" IL nursing a very sore leg. bu,
manages TO hobble about with the aid
Of two canes. His injured
member Il quite a. marvellous
IN appearance as some OF those OF
tattooed persons exhibited In shows
Various were the curves which the
lightning seemed to take when he
stepped on the wire. The auld fol-
lowed the veins OF the leg. depicting
some queer. nower-like tracings from
ankle TO knee. Won Knapp was thrown
heels over head by the shock aud IL
wondering how he escaped instant
death. Aside from feeling the jar to
his system when he returned 70 earth
he experienced slight pain AZ the time
Several hours later, however. severe
pains began 70 shoot through the iniur-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30
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Lord Kelly had a very red face. Sai-
Foote: Il wish you would look over
my garden wall. Ny cucumbers are
very backward"
"Haye you ever been to Cork asked
a gentleman Of Foote. mo" said
Foote. but I've seen many drawings OF
A."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

Daughter Osentimentallyl-Ah. moth.
err tho summer wanes. How boautl.
fully Il doesl Soon We will have the
frost
Mother twho has tried ten seasons 10
get the girl Oh her hands, oh. pshawl
You have had nothing but a "fros," Az
summerl
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

A novel Idea In vacations has been
adopted In Boston. The lrcmen there
are allowed annual vacations. and the
commissioners have decided 10 send
every horse owned by the department
out 10 country pasture two weeks
every rear.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

given which indicated that baIhyaiu
manure had produced increase OF crop
10 the value OF $3.50 per ton oil man
use In the three grain crops OF h'e'
crop rotation. leaving the residual ei'
feet on the two grass crops yet 10 DC ~,
eertained. BY an unfortunate lapse OF
memory. however. the mistake was
made OF computing only half the guam.
tity of manure actually used, as II hau
been used on two crops In the three
years. namely. corn and wheat. at the
rate OF tons on one plot and tons on
another on each crop. making toIa'
application 20 the two crops OF sixteen
IONS and eight tons respectively ana
reducing the value Of the increase que
to the manure 10 about ii.25 per ton
The manure used In this test had been
accumulated from horses and cows 10
an open barnyard during the winter
and summer previous to its applleA'
ton. and was under. rather than aooN'
the average open yard manure In quar-
ity. A similar comparison OF manur'
and fertilizers has been made al th'
central station. beginning immediAtell
after the relocation Of the station II
Wayne county. on the same crops corn
oats, wheat. clover and timothy, grow
In a fye-year rotation. -Four "hea
crops have now been taken In this TO
tation, three crops each OF corn an
oats ana i've crops OF hay, the mead
ows thus far being mown but once
year. Five tracts Of land are include
in the test. each tract containing ihiru
plots OF one-tenth acre each ana .
managed that each crop will be repre-
sented each season after the hrt rota
ton Is completed. Al this stage OF To
work only partial results can be glve'
as a full rotation would include Nv
crops each Of the cereals and ten crop
Of hay: but Il may be useful TO nor
the results already obtained. which ar
"A follows. the value Of the increai
being computed on the bases OF 80 l.
cents per hushel for corn. % cents -
oats. 6s % cents for wheat, 81 ~
ton Cor straw and stoycr and 3 q
hay:
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

"a les. and Won Knapp was forced 10
resort TO the use OF canes In walking.
4 was about TO cross a car track. said
The baron" which was In bad condl-
ton. The wires connecting the rails
must have been exposed. Ny feet we're
thrown from under me the instant
ytepped on the broken wire. could
eel the hot, blisterlng current passing
up my right leg. yet Il aid not glvc me
much pain at that moment. When |
rcgalned my feet Il seemed "a n my
right LEG had gone 20 sleep. Il was
numb, but reached home unasslsted.
later my leg panied me drcadtully."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-30

est displacement starts on the alarm
and long before the burglar can get TO
the treasure in the heart Of the safe
the neighborhood gets altogether too
warm q, him.