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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11
A GRAND OLD MAN.

nl.bep Newman one % the Most Front
nent Figures of Mrthodism.
President Mckinley. ON his first sun
day In Washington. attended divine
service with his mother. at the Metro
poll,an Methodist Episcopal church.
They occupied the presidential pew,
Al called In remembrance OF General
Grant. who was accustomed TO attend
church here during the two terms OF
MA administration as chief executive
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

Prof. McMasters plan Of writing
American history will place the school
children under the necessity Of read
ing the truth when they are older.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

sir David Hunter Blair ls monk who
does missionary work IN the swamp dls.
tricia OF Brazil. ho ie one o. those
good EnkiiHlrlcn nnn can hc q monk
Without waiting until hv become, siek.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

The orange shipments from River
side. Cal. IN one week recently
amounted to si.S5S boxes. So far this
season 1904 carloads have been sent
out.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

Cast your bread upon the waters and
lhose who benefit by your generosity
viii grumble because you didn't cast
cake.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

There IL only one black man In con-
fress. and. strange to say. his name Is
waite.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

HARLEs A. DANA
Of the sun Is stlll
president OF the
United Press, re-
naming like the
white cap on a
mountain after
nearly all the other
snow has melted
away In spring
sunshine. Mr..
Dana Is called "the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

n Gleason IL elected mayor. Greater
New York will have to stand Pat
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

There Is at least one encouraging
sign. loaierB are less popular than they
ever were before.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11
DEAN OF THE EDITORS
NEW TITLE BESTOWED ON
CHARLES A. DANA.

The Greatest Journalist Since oreelsy's
Tine Would Not ChsaPen the style
Of the sun-Its Old Rival Only a
shadow Of It, Former SELF.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-11

You can't fool a lot Of people, though
4 Il easy to fool one.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
Gifts for Men.

When YOU are about to purchase
Christmas present for brother or hus-
| band, get something that will be of per-
sonal benefit to him. and do not get
something for the house" or some non
descript article that he cannot possibly
make use of The following list may
help some sister, wife or fiancee to
satisfactory conclusion:
blanket bathrobe amply large for
comfort
A large roomy travelling satche1
A wallet of the new German hand
An outfit for his desk in dark green
leather.
A field glass
A set of we'll bound books by some
favorite author
Some wall decorations for his own
particular den.
A handsome cane of penang or part
ridge, with carved ivory or tortoise
shell head.
A black satin shield to wear with
dress suit.
A four-in-hand dark and rich, or
handsome tie for evening wear.
A table arranged for smoking room
with all the necessary articles, as we'll
as a musical attachment.
a leather box for collars and cuffs.
A dress suit case with a plainly
marked tag.
\ cigar case ana SILVER nlaICn nuN.
\ comfortable chair. Well supplied
with pillows.
\ reading lamp.
A meerschaum pipe, pipe cleaner, or
a channels bag of tobacco.
A handsome carving set
a shaving cup and brush.
hat brush, pocketknife and scarf
pin.
y set Of buttons and studs.
A scarf retainer or Scarfpin.
a travelling rug.
Bright smiles and happy faces when
| he comes home at night, which are
worth more to him than anything that
can be bought.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
THE TIME is EXTENDED
Railroads Have Two Years in
Which to Equip Cars.
REVIEWS THE TESTIMONY
All Common Carriers Engaged in Inter
state Commerce by Railroad Are
Amenable to the Active
Years Adequate

Washington, Dec. 24.-The interstate
commerce commission has issued a cir
cular TO the railroads promulgating the
order extending for two years the time
within which the railroads shall equip
their cars and engines with automatic
couplers and driving brakes. The COM
mission, in It's order, reviews the testi-
| mony given at the hearing accorded the
railroads. The arguments advanced are
not discussed. The commission how
ever, says
Some misunderstanding and confu-
sion appear to have arisen in respect
to the question as to what carriers are
subject to the provisions of this act.
Some appear to understand that their
amenablity to this law is deV0lvent
upon their being subject to the act to
regulate commerce. 1t will be seen by
reference to the first section of the act
that 1t applies To any common carrier
engaged in interstate commerce by rail
road
Whatever ground may exist for uues-
ton as to particular carriers being
subject to the act to regulate commerce
it will be seen that their amenability to
the act under consideration in no way
depends upon the former. They are
subject to this statute if they are en-
gagged in interstate commerce by rail-
road
In granting the order of extension, the
commission says: 1T is believed, upon
consideration of the facts stated, that
sufficient cause exists for an extension
Of the period referred to, in conformity
with the provisions of section of the
act. and that the extension should be
uniform to all the petitioners. 1t is also
believed that an extension of two years
is adequate. This WILL of course. make
ii more difficult for some than for others
to get ready their equipment within
that time, but there is no hardship in
this, for the reason that the former have
not done as they might have in. the past
and, as before indicated it is difficult
10 see how extension of the period can
be made in some cases and not in others
or for one period in some cases and a
different period In others, without prac-
tically Furnishing those who have been
the most diligent and putting q pre-
MUM upon the delinquency of those
who have been most tardy 1t is not to
be understood by anything in the order
herein made that the commission I'M
dertakeS to relieve carriers of their duty
under section ] to so arrange and place
cars equipped with train brakes that the
speed of the train will be controlled by
use of that appliance whenever posi-
bile
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
PRISONER OF cHiLLoN A MYTH.
Slight Basis of Fact for Byron's CeIe-
brated Poem.

From the London News.
Romances Of history are nearly as
evasive as ghosts. The latest impostor
upon whom the cold light of our med
ding intellect" has been thrown is the
Prisoner of Chillon,' and in future the
sad floor" which was trod
Until his very steps have left a trace,
Worn, as if that cold pavement We're a
sod
BY Bonivard,
will no more be shown to the awestruck
tourist. A correspondent at Zurich re-
ports that in the course of restorations
recently carried out at the Castle of
Chillon, the marks of footsteps round
the pillar to which the prisoner was
chained have been effaced. Mr.. Neat,
the surveyor of works, having proved
to the satisfaction of the cantonal coun-
Gil that those marks were not authentic,
but had been artificially made and re-
newed every few years.
ByronS most narrowing story seems
to have been almost n pure invention.
He tells of a Boniyard whose father
was burned at the stake for his faith.
Imprisoned along with his two younger
brothers for their fathers faith. Boni-
ward sees them both droop and die, and
becomes himself a lettering, gray hair
ed man. who has no desire to escape
from captivity, because, having lost all
that binds him to life, the whole earth
would only have been a wider prison to
him.
But, unfortunately for Byrons poem,
the real Bonivard seems to have been a
very different sort of person. 1t is quite
true that he was imprisoned at Chillon
by the Duke of Savoy for his Calvin
istic sympathies, but when six years
later his friends got the upper hand he
was liberated and pension was award
ed to him by the town of Geneva. He
continued living in the enjoyment of
that pension for "a years. during which,
time he produced considerable mass
of not very scrupulouS party literature
and was. in short, anything but the
profoundly detected and prematurely
decrepit being whom Byron depicts as
'regaining his freedom with a sigh, .
after making friends with the mice and
spiders in his dungeon. Whether the
murdered father and his brothers and
the rest Of the grisy details in Byrons
story originated entirely in that poets
imagination or were derived from the
rigmarole of some guide. there is prob
ably no means of ascertaining, but it
seems fairly clear that beyond the
name of the prisoner and the fact of his
Imprisonment, the story is n fabrica-
ton
OF course. there is no reason why
anyone who feels moved to write verses
about the Eternal Spirit of the Chain
less Mind should not do SO. inventing
whatever stories he may think fit to
Illustrate his theme. But il is a pity
that Byron should have associated elo-
quence of that kind with the name of a
man who suffered nothing very terri
BILE and profited so well by his suffer-
ings. The sacrifice of a lucrative Curl
osity in the interests of historical truth
seems highly creditable to the cantonal
council of Naud.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25

Free-Calendars for the ladies and
pictures for the boys at John TasselIs
slipper sale, - West Park.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25

within three miles of u.s. and they
hain't bin at work over 10 days. but /
already feel their corruptin' influence
on my moral trainin'. We must riz up
and drive 'em out before it's too late!'
'Old Jim Tyson was then showed for
ward to have his say. Back in the
states he had been q great hand at
wedlock, having had i've different
wives, but as he stood up on the box
he admitted that he wasn't much of a
speechmaker.
In course said he, as he waved
his hand in mild and uncertain way
toward White Horse creek, in course
Chinyman are heather, and in
course heather hain't got no more
rights than the varmints of these
mountains. | CANT exactly remember
whar'bouts in the Bible we are COM
manded to go forth and STAY the heath
en-, but that don't make no difference
He orter be Stayed. He shall be STAY
ed. L amt sayin' as / want a claim
up thar, but I'm actin on principle
We don't want our morals corrupted
by them heather, and fur that reason
they must git
THAT was the sentiment of the meet
ing, and Sing Lung went away to pre-
pare for move. Soon after IL o'clock
next forenoon we headed for China
town, calculating to take possession.
We expected to find few Cinnamon
in sight, but every one of them had de-
parted We We're congratulating our
selves on the easy victory when we
saw sight which stopped us short.
Their claims were in a narrow ravine
at least 10 feet lower than the creek
fhey had blasted out the bank and
Ger in, and every claim
was under six feet of it, and more
coming on the June rise. The judge
stood with feet wide apart and gazed
at the spectacle for several minutes in
silence. Then he turned and said:
Gentlemen, We've bin beat by lot
of wall-eyed heather, and it was be-
cause we was so good and kind and re-
ligius. Does anybody else who has
rifle want to go up and find the trail
with me and see if we kin find airy one
of the lot and put him whar his corup-
tin infiooence kin no longer endanger
society?
Two or three went up with him, but
they We're too late. The heather had
too long start
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
4 RnII.Hendcd nencon.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Death did not end all With Deacon
Cobble Of Fairyiew, Ind. Not by a long
shot. lie fought the Introduction of Il
pipe organ in the Baptist church, Of
which he was a pillar. and when his
sister died he did not propose To have il
play at her funeral. Ere she closed her
eyes 70 earthly scenes the sister re-
quested that the choir should sing her
faNorite hymn with the organ accom-
paniment. The deacon entered a pro-
test and was partly assured that his
will should take precedence Of the dy-
ing wish of his relative. The mournerS
had no sooner taken their seats when
the organ began to give forth the notes
OF Nearer, My God, to Thee. where
upon the deacon rose and quit the scene
OF the obsequies. When the procession
reached the graveyard IL WAS there.
and noticing that the flowers that dec
GRATED the organ in the church We're ly-
ing on the casket. h bade the funeral
director remove them II he wished Ia
prevent a scene THE pfofaned fefal
tokens were tax n away and the dea-
con was then wiling To attend the COM
mitment Of the casket TO lis narrow
house. But the deaconry of the Baptist
church is minus member
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
IN THE DIVORCE COURT
Mrs. A. P. Rowan Brings Suit
Against Her Husband.
TREATED HER CRUELTY
She Alleges That He Knocked Her Down
and Pulled Her Hair-G. A. Cobban
Brings Suit Against Samuel
Heckler for Land.

| Mrs. Althea p. Rowan took her
troubles into court yesterday by an ac-
zion for divorce from her husband, John
p. Rowan. They We're married in Hell
ena some years ago and Mrs. Rowan
complained that her husband has treat
ed her most cruelty, especially during
the last six months. One day in last
May he knocked her down and pulled
her hair, and often since then he has
cursed her and threatened TO kill her
and called her vile and abusive names.
On one occasion he drew a revolver on
her and threatened to shoot her.
For more than year he has also been
guilty of habitual intemperance, ana
Mrs. Rowan says that by reason of his
actions toward her she believes that she
is in danger Of her life in longer living
with him. They separated last Tues
day and have since been living apart
from each other They have one child,
a 6-year-old boy, whose custody the
son of his habitual intemperance the
father is incapable of properly providing
for and educating the child
George A. Cobban yesterday brought
an action against Samuel Hecklen for
the restitution of a lot on the summit
Valley placer. The plaintiff says that
he and Z. A. Largey and Il. A. Day
are the owners of the ground and that
on Nov. /. 1894, Largely and Day leased
a lot to the defendant at monthly rem
tai of 81. On the 22d of last July the
plaintiff purchased the interests of
Largey and Day and on the LIST of Sep
TENDER gave the defendant notice in
writing that the lease was Cancelled ana
demanding possession, which was re-
fused. Cobban demands judgment for
abe property. $50 attorneys fees and
$3.50 as damages for the unlawful de-
tention of the property.
William Wilson brought suit against
Dennis Driscoll to establish his owner
ship TO an eighth interest in the Big
Bonanza quartz lode claim. located
about mile and a half northwest of
Walkerville. The complaint alleges that
the lode was located on Aug. 81, 1883,
by John Sweeny with the understand
.ng and agreement that Wilson was to
be the owner of three eighths in it
Sweeny three-eighths and Silas King
one-fourth. On March IL, 1883, Sweeny
decided to Wilson and King a quarter
Interest and no more. BY reason of the
understanding and agreement he had
with Sweeny the plaintiff expended con-
siderable money in performing labor ON
the property and for obtaining patent
the intent to defraud the plaintiff out of
an eighth interest held in trust by
Sweeny the latter conveyed it to the de-
PENDANT DriScoll. who now holds it ad-
Tersely to the plaintiff. 1t is claimed
that there is now due Wilson 1853 as roy
atty on his eighth interest for which
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
Ladies Appreciate

A good remedy, and there is not anything the
market thai equals French Tansv Tablets for the
relief and cure OF painful or irregular menses
These tablets remove all distractions no matter
what the csuse, Manufactured BY A. Augendre
Paris, France. and for sale only BY D. NJ Sewbro
Drug Co. Butte Mont Sole Agents. Price 81
per boxI sent BY Rail securely sealed
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25
HER SMILES WON THE CASE.
4 kentucky Maiden Uses Her Winning
Ways to Good Advantage.

Down in the chivalrous state of Ken
lucky winsome young woman charged
With the crime of selling whiskey with
out a license won immunity from fine
or imprisonment by captivating the
hearts of the judge and jury who tried
her. The culprit was a typical noun
tain beauty, l6 years of age and had
the musical and uncommon name of
Alabama Brown. Among her own people
she is known as The Merry Mountain
Maid" She appeared in court, comfort
ably, but not gaudily. attired. with large
dark hazel eyes. cheeks reddier than the
cherry and most innocent, but Win
some smile. The case was tried at Gov
ington in the United States circuit court
before Judge Barr. When the first wit
ness was called on the side of the prose
cution she bolted from the prisoners
chair and walked up alongside the
judge. There she stood calmly defiant
until the last one was heard. cross-ques-
tionlnS them after the prosecution had
finished. She then took the stand and
Informed the jury that she had given
the witnesses WhiSkgy. but that it be-
langed 10 her old grandmother, and that
she had not sold ii with the view of
making money ber manner and actions
and that lN-karat smile had its weight
with The jury, who We're only out of the
court room sufficiently long 10 write
upon the papers Not guilty" When
Tie verdict was read Miss Alabama
could hardly contain herself, but sud
denly jumped upon the floor and wanted
L. kiss everyone of the good men who
sci her free She was restrained, how
ever, by one of the marShals, who es-
cetted her cut of the building.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25

amount he asks judgment from the
court, with a decree adjudging him TO
be the owner of the eighth interest and
that the defendant be debarred from as
sorting any adverse claim to it. An at
tachment was issued on the claim for
royalty.
The transcript on an appeal from the
police court in a case Of the city against
Edith Somers was filed in the district
court yesterday. The appellant was con-
victed and fined on the charge of con-
Quoting a house of ill-fame.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25

Copies of the Christmas Standard on sale
Mt all offices of the Standard, in wrappcrc
ready for mailing, price 3 cents and by
newsdeaIers. Domestic postage, cents;
foreign, 6 cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-25

You can't resist the reduced prices on
holiday goods at GallOgly's. One dollar
here equal TO two elsewhere.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-19
Damper fer Love-Makinr.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 16.-Premature
lovemaking is to be discouraged in the
village of Sun Prairie, ten miles north
OF here. BY n curfew ordinance passed
by the village board a week ago, no
person under the 9 of sixteen may
go on the streets after 8 O'clock, be-
e Oct. l and May 1, unless at
tended by grown company. From May
l to Oct. l an hour extra will be given
them. The village marshal will toll
the village bell at those hours, to give
the warning. and arrest all who vio-
late the ordinance. This is intended
primarily to discourage young people
of opposite sexes from too frequent as
ISOLATION.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-19

Power of Sunshine.

French scientist calculates that In
u average day the sun will pour on
= and a half acres of ground heat
,nich might be turned into energy
I,usI TO the muscle power Of 4,l63
horses. -.
ont be utilized and made to do the
rork now done by steam and electric
r. He found that by condensing the
sat pIayed on less than a yard and n
nm Of ground he could boil a quart or
later. By arresting sunshine and
SOudepsing 1t, small steam engines
AVE been operated successfully in
bsrls: but nothing has yet been done
realize practically the great hopes
reyolutionizing civilization by using
Trectly the enormous power which
E0mes to us daily from the sun. This
IOwer is calculated at that of two hun
red and seventeen trillion, three hun
red and sixteen billion horses, and a
boCsandth part of l per cent or 1t
Ioad run all the factories the world
n ever need.-New York World.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-19

We congratulate the American wool
growers upon their outlook. After
nearly five years of steady deprecia-
ton in the value of sheep and wool.
brought about solely by the Democrat
ic policy of free trade in wool, our Am
erican sheep owners will hate protec.
ton restored to their agricultural In
dustry and with 1t, we trust, an increase
In the number and value Of their fiocks.
While we wish no harm to Australian
sheep owners, the following extract
from the monthly wool circular of
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., of
Melbourne, dated May Z. is of inter-
est
The pastoral position almost through
out Australia is at present one of great
gravity; the severity of the drought is
almost as acute as 1t is widespread.
| The preservation Of stock requires in
cessant effort, and mortality is increas-
ing with painful rapidity, while the
prospects of a lambing season nave sell
dom, IL ever. been more unpromising.
Even in stronger confirmation of the
uuldfOTdDlc OuLiOOh lOI IHc SAuoti oiioh
| iocks, with a consequent decrease in
the production OF Australian wool, Ia
the following extract from a printed
letter dated at Sydney. Australia,
May s:
Here we are passing through a Sc
we're drought-one of the worst expert
enced for many. many years. and ]
! think that nearly the whole crop OF
lambs will be lost and possibly eight
to ten millions more sheep, 80 that you
| may look for the numbers in this col
ony New South Wales) going down
from AZ millions at December 81 last
year to about 35 to 81 millions at the
| end of this year, because, even though
rain may come now there must be a
tremendous mortality as the ewes are
lambing and the sheep generally are in
a very weak condition in most parts
Of the colony. The bad season will al
so initiate largely against the crops"
II IL be possible to collect a duty up-
on all foreign wool imported In antict-
patton of the enactment of a protec-
tive tariff, either in such n rs has
been suggested by Senator Warren or
by an internal revenue tax. then the
Improvement in the outlook for all
American wool interests will be even
quicker, stronger and surer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-19
ELEVATORS cHAxen HANDS.
Brooks Elevator Company Sells Ga
n Duluth Organization.


Brooks Elevator Company Sells 60
a Duluth Organization.
Grand Forks. n. H., Aug. 16.-An inn
portant transfer of property took place
In which the Brooks Elevator company.
sold it's entire line of elevators, thirty
five in number with a capacity of a
million and a half bushels, to the Du-
luth Elevator company. recently or
ganized, with headquarters in Mime
apolis. Some of the stockholders of
che new company are interested in the
Globe Elevator company, owners of a
large elevator in Duluth. and the two
concerns viii work together. The sale
includes the entire equipment and
stocks on hand of the Brooks elevator
here, the largest ia the state. The
ouses are mainly on the line Of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
The Brooks brothers will continue
their grain commission business at
Minneapolis and Duluth.