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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
HOW CATS REGARD MEN.
Think Human Beings We're Created for
Their EsperlaI nenent.

Think Human beings Were Created for
Their Especial ncnent.
The cat was a solitary roamer. whose
companions were the trees OF its native
forests Il found home In the hollow
trunks and safety among tbs branch
es. How do we know that the cats
ancestors were jewellers In the forests
Because every kitten takes to tree
as readily "a a duck to water. Also
because nearly all forest jewellers are
notified In color, SO tina; they may not
be conspicuous among the light and
shadows beneath the trees. While
was considering what was the probable
view held by cats about human beings.
It was suggested by one ingenious
friend that probably they regard a man
as a kind OF locomotive tree. pleas
ant to rub against. the lower limbs OF
which afford q comfortable seat, and
from whose upper branches occasional.
ly drop tld-bits Of mutton and other
luscious fruits. We may laugh az the
theory. but Il has quite a respectable
string OF facts behind II 10 back Il up.
I. the Kanakas argued from the pig
to the horse. why should not the cat
pass from the familiar tree to the I'M
familiar organization called man? The
cat. In spite Of the domestic character
Il has acquired. Is IN reality the least
tame Of our animal servants. As far
as its duties are concerned. man has
taught II practically nothing.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
TRAVELLERS TALES


In Ceylon there Is mountain over
1909 feet high, which Is named after
The iirst man. The summit Ia a bare
mass II granite. ending IN a narrow
platform. upon which r. a hollow some
Eve feet long and two and a half feet
broad. bearing a rough likeness 10 a
mans foot step. According to the Mo-
hammedans. after Adam had been
lrlven from Paradise. he stold on this
very spot for one thousand years, do
ing penltence for sin. and 30 caused
he mark. The Buddhlsts say this is
mistake. for the footprint was made
by their holy teacher, Prince Buddha.
when he left Ceylon. Not to be out
done, the Hindoos claim Il as the foot
mark Of their god. silva However all
that may be. every year crowds OF de-
voices Of these different creeds lock
10 the peak "a to a sacred shrine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
rEsLA.s NEW lNrERRuPTER.
An Electrical Current BROKEN so.ooo,ooo
Times a second.

AAtAfa n NffNNNs
Nikola Tesla. the great electrician.
has Just taken outs patents Tor a device
Tor producing almost lncalculahle cleo
trical vibrations. and the Electrical Re-
view gives a full description Of the in
vontion and Us uses. Il was by the use
OF this device that Mr.. Tesla has been
able 10 demonstrate the scientific pos.
sibility Of producing brilliant illumina-
ton by means OF vacuum tubes that
were not In mechanical contact with
the electric source Under the influence
OF a current OF electricity interrupted
6O.0O0.O00 or S0.0OO.O0O times a second
the tubes with which Mr. Tesla was ox.
perlmenting burst into brilliant white
light, which was demonstrated by
photography to be much more power.
tul than the arc electric light. although
the tubes we're entirely disconnected
and stood so FAR away from the exciting
coils that Mr.. Tesla sat In a large arm
chair between the tubes and the coll
while he was photographed by the
light OF the tubes No such effect has
ever been produced by any other
means. and this gives only a rough In.
dicatlon OF the ways In which Mr.. Tos-
las latest patented device may be OF
use In the arts. For the production
Of Roetgen rays. the making Of ozone
and crgon. and for eloctro-therapeatlc
treatment the new device will hnd i'm
mediate use The interruption OF cleo
trical currents for the purpose Of break
ing these currents into electrical waves
or vibrations has heretofore been a
mechanical operation. In is simplest
this Is done by the eommutator or vi
bratlng armature Of the Rumfkof In
duction coil. The vibrations OF such an
armature or even OF the needle with
which the armature has been replaced
In some devices, must be confined with.
In the narrow limit OF a few hundred
to the second. Rotating lnterrupters.
connecting and breaking the electrical
circuit, with a change in the position
OF their teeth a. they reyolyed. added
much TO the number OF Interruptions
which could be obtained but even their
best speed bore but pltlful relation.
ship TO the i00,0O0,OOO or more vlbra-
lions a second which Mr. Tesla calcu.
lates that he has obtained from his
device.
The simplicity OF the latter Is one Of
les remarkable features.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
nalfour and marsourt.

A well-known London hostess. whose
dining-room Is neg'ral ground for
politicians OF all shades. says that
Mr.. Balfour. having accepted an ind
ton to dine with her on a particular
night. her heart was filled with de-
sire to have Sir William Harcourt also.
The idea struck her as she looked
down from the ladies' gallery In the
Eouse Of Commons. Il was time
when Mr.. Balfour was still chief secre-
tary. He had made a singing reply
TO an attack that had been made upon
him by the Irish members and Sir
w. Harcourt followed. belaboring MT
Baliour numerically. From time L
time Mr.. Balfour jumped up. and lean
ing half way across the table seemed
es II he were going to seize Sir vii
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

The feature Of English lie which
most as,onished ii Hung Chang and
his companions was the evening dress
OF the English women. A member OF
the ENJOYS suite thus recorded his i'm
prosslons: Il was much surprised at
the reception given by an Englishman
nob'eman 10 see ladies with uncovered
shoulders. arms and neekG | was still
mole surprised TO see gentlemen take
ladies' arms. because In China taking
a lady's arm or even shaking hands.
Is not known. The question has been
asked me many times Why the Chi
nese never wear gloves. whereas in
England Il Is the custom to cover the
hands with gloves In genteel society.
But Il seems to me so very strange TO
cover the hands and expose the arms.
neck aud breast. feel that would
rather that Chinese ladies did not
wear gloves than that they should
show their bare arms and chesss."-
Exchange.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

Among the novelties In marine engl-
heering Is an invention OF Mr.. James
c. Walker. Of Waco. Tex. His plan ls
to propel vessels by forcing water
against water, and having found by ex-
pertinent that his idea Is practical. he
is now securing patent rights IN dii-
feren, countries In a boat Of any sort,
series Of compartments are con-
structed in the hold. From these the
water Is forced. under enormous pres
sure. through pipes to a ball-like en-
closure OF armor-plate. situated where
the screws usually are. From this big
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

When the Dutch landed at the Cape
two centuries ago. the most important
In number and most widely spread Of
the natives were the ilottontots. a
small wiry folk. with yellow faces.
black wool In little hard knobs on the
head, proiruding jaws. low foreheads,
and small eyes. Their condition OF civ
illzation was not high compared with
that OF many other African peoples
they had large nocks and herds on
whose flesh and milk they lived. but
they had little agriculture. Their round
houses, made Of slight wooden frames
with mats fastened over them. could
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

tho accounts. When Anderson got
ready to leave he fred a salute OF thlr-
teen guna, az you know. lie had plant
cd a number Of hand granades along
the ramparts. and the grass catching
Gre caused one OF them to explode, kill
ing one Of his men. He was buried
near :he walls OF the fort, and his
grave was marked so that the body
could be removed ailerward. suppose
Well, | witnessed the burial. and, In
1869. when the federals bombarded the
fort In their turn, witnessed his resur-
rectlon In n most unexpected manner
The spot where he was buried was ex-
posed 10 the federal Ere, and suddenly
a SOO-pound PARROT she'll went scream
ing through the air and fell plump
on the soldiers grave and exploded.
Ii toro a hole In the soft earth as big
as a small house, smashed the coffin
into a thousand fragments. and scat
tered the remains Of the poor fellow to
tho four winds OF heaven.
Il remained In the service during the
four long, weary years that followed.
and escaped without a scratch"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

In fifteen years the worlds output
OF coal has nearly doubled rising from
S6i7S7 .i05 tons In 1850, to CPS. S05. 2sg
tons In 1895. The Increase In Great
Britain has been from i6l.6O5. 7as "a
2i2. 800. 725 tons; In the United s,ates
from 7i.4Si $50 to i93.ii75SO tons; in
Germany, from 65.i77.6sl 10 lll.52i 1856
tons; In Austria-Ilungary. from 1913.
600 to SS,b7O,S5S tons; In Belgium. from
iS.ei7.5S5 to 22,l53.i7l tons: In Russia,
from S.57O.liS to S.se7.S57 tons; and
in all other countries. from S.62i. l2S 10
it,25O,Os3 tens.
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Ro..lnrs Ready wi.

Ardltu prints In his "reminiscences
pleasant little mot OF Rosslai. Whom
Nine. Ardltu was first presented 10 him
the great composer bowed and said:
Nov know why Ardittl composed
II Baclo' ('The Kiss1." Again. when
Arditti had done Rosslnl some trstiins
service the composer was profuse In
thanks, and cordially offered him as a
souvenir zone Of my wigs" which were
arranged on stands on the chlnlonlcr.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

One Of the creates, prizes that ever
fell 10 the lot Of medical man was
that awarded 10 Dr. Dimsdale. Tor
many yearaA HEREFORD England ply
slclan. That gentleman went to Rus.
sla in the year OF i76S and lnoculaied
the Empress Catherine and her son.
FOR this service be received q fee Of
$4,000 and was also awarded a PEN
sion for life Of $500 per annum and
she rank 81 baron Of Tie empire.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
rrlnAL ArpnoAcH.
very Peculiar structure Erected ~
I.aallnna. MIN.

"~H"""H"H"I"N H""H7H""H
Hastings. MINI. H. a town that boasta
Of a high wagon bridge, the first OF lta
kind over built In this country and
probably the only one Of is kind In the
world. It's peculiar feature Is the spiral
approach at the south end. On account
Of the great height Of the channel span
OF $50 feei-whlch Il placed ifty-nye
feet above high water mark--it was
necessary TO have very long approach
al either end In order TO avoid a steep
grade. The town being close to the
river. II would have been necessary TO
run straight approach TO such a dis
tGneo as to spoil the looks OF the busl-
ness streets. In order 10 overcome this
difficulty Il was decided to make use
Of a corner lot 60xi2O feet. adjoining
The foot Of slbley street. and to build
thereon a spiral approach Beginning
at the heart OF the city the approach
starts with a rise Of seven and three
fourths feet TO the 100. forming an
earth grade banked between massive
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

steel bail nozzles extend In every diree-
ton, and through them a series OF Jets
OF water are forced under increased hy-
draulic force. This pressure-water,
finding resistance against that In which
the boat floats. urges the boat forward.
The water used to propel Il Is acquired
through tubes from the boats prov.
The discharge OF the water. which fur
nlshcs the power. Is controlled by a
series OF valves and levers situated at
various points between the inner COM
partment and the nozzles. and arc
manipulated by the pilot or engineer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

the crowd surEea around The amou.
lance. cheering and shouting. until Il
was driven away. Mr., McMeeney
looked pale. but happy. lie said that
10 ches, hurt him a little. and that
he thought perhaps his ribs were In
jured. but otherwise he felt all right
he was taken 70 ST. Mlohaels Hospi-
tai About $3.50 were subscribed for
him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

where his right Jaw rested In the eof-
I'm was also found a plain gold ring,
which Wells had worn on the fourth
finger Of his right hand. In view OF this
terrible discovery the undertaken and
the doctor who had attended Wells de-
cded not to send the body east unless
forced TO do so by a legal process.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
To raae cold from tho Missouri River

To Tase Gold from the Missouri River.
The Helena Herald Is authority for
the statement that company COM
posed Of Great Falls. Mont, people is
going TO try the experiment OF washing
gravel from the bottom OF the Missouri
river between Townsend and Canyon
Ferry. with the view OF saving some OF
the gold known to exist therein. The
company Is styled the Great Falls Min
ing company. and Is co1r5scd Of sew
eral wcll-known mining and smelling
men. who just at present do not care TO
have their names made public. They
have expended a couple Of thousand
dollars or more building a large fat-
boat and eQuipplng the same with some
specially designed machinery invented
by a citizen Of the Cataract City. The
boat Is propelled by steam. which will
also iurnish the power needed for treat.
ing the gravel and sand from the river
Bottom, by a system Of cups or Gle.
yaiora running In an endless chain, the
material Is scoopod up and run over or
through sluice-hoxcs carried upon the
boat BY special arrangement OF the
after, IN connection with some lnge-
nlously devised and specially Invented
machinery. Il Is hoped that enough Of
the gold can be saved 70 make the un.
dcrlaklng pay.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

at any moment be taken up and re-
moved. and the little clothing they
wore was OF skins. But they were q
versatile. exeiiable. lively little folk,
as their few remaining descendants are
to-day. rather gentle than fierce. and
very emotional. and loving dancing and
annr
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

1T NMNANN ANNh y AWNN AAMNAAH
Parrot stories are always good so
long as they are true, says the Phlla-
delphla Inquirer And. Of course. noao
but true parrot story ever finds Us
way into print A well-known resident
OF Tloga Is telling one which he de-
claros hc Is willing to stake hard
earned reputation for veraclty upon.
This particular parrot Is the property
OF a Tioga household. the head Of
which Is lnordinalely fond Of a quiet
little game OF poker. For years Il has
! been his custom 10 get three or four
OF his friends together az least twice a
week In the snug library OF his house
and while away four or Eve hours OF
an evening by means OF scent ante
with a quarter limit The parrots cage
hangs In the same library. except on
state occasions. when I, Is taken into
the dining room. The mans wife Is as
devoted TO the church as he Is TO his
favoriie game. she never misses a
meeting and as often as the good man
viii come. has her pastor at her home
FOR Sunday dinner. he was there two
or three weeks ago So were num-
Der OF other friends Of the family. The
master OF the household presided over
the dinner and the conversation was
as lively and vlvaclous as the sanetiiy
OF the day would permit. The clergy
man was, and IL. one Of the liberal
r'inded. np-to-date class OF men who
are bringing religion into closer touch
WIKI the masses. OF the masses In clos
or touch with religion. than It has per
hnps ever been before His ulterances
when out Of the pulpit are frequently
puncluated With everyday expressions
the use OF which by a preacher would
have been thought strange q decade
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

A cyclone IN the viclnity Of Decatur.
Ind. gathered up all Of the corn shucka
In the nelshborhood and deposited them
en- one farm The farmers cannot idea
ilsy their property and the man who
owns the land refuses to give It up I'M
81 they can.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

shall be separated from the BODY pelore
burial. Another form tliat this feeling
has taken Is the arrangement In burial
vaults Of an electrical annunciator'
which Is Immediately excited 20 give
an alarm should there be the slightest
movement inside the coffin. The lat
est means OF making assured the TACT
that death has taken place Ia the use OF
the Roenigen ray. Hands Of the liv-
Ing and dead. taken on the same plate
BY the y ray show a decided differ
ence. The bones OF both are about
equally well defined. but the soft parts
OF the dead hand are noticeably dark
q. II The picture be taken within a
few hours after death. II Ia sometimes
not easy to diilerentiate between the
dead and the living hands; but as the
change IN the tissue begins to take
Place. the X-rays show a decided differ
ence IN penetration. DR.. Carl Brown
states that this method will determine
positively whether death has occurred
or whether the patient Is In e trance
since dead flesh offers more reslsianc'
to the passage Of the rays than the liv
.ng-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

Hurled for rwenty-Four Hours.
Whllc 1000 persons threw their hats
into TIE cir and cheered vOclierously.
4r. Bernard McMeoney. q laborer Of
Newark. was carried on a stretcner up
through nineteen feet Of New Jersey
soil 20 the surface OF the earth which
Ne had left Just twenty-nine hours
OF bis life. During those twonty-nine
hours gangs OF men were constant
ly az work with shovols and picks try
ing 20 dig ont aa escape from the sower
which threatened az any moment to
become the mans grave. For the lrst
70 hours Mr.. McMooncy was buried to
he shoulders IN loose art. A con-
Flomeration OF snoring and railor
formed shelter above that kept tons
OF sand from falling and crushing him
10 death. Nc McMeenoy was digging
sewer trench 90 feet below the
ground when ihe accident occurred.
Owing 70 the fact that the main sewer
was dry only q short time ago the
ground was loose aud unsiable and
the Snoring should have been extra
firm instead Of the opposite as Il was
The work Of .cicue began at once, but
proceeded slowly bsvause Of the eyer
present danger Of second eave-in'
which would surely have made the
sewer tho iAlcscrs grave. a chum OF
The unfortunate nan kept him COM
pany IN the trench all night and both
helped the rescuors from time to time
with suggestions ard ENCOURAGEMENT.
Just a few minutes before six on the
night following upon which The cave
N occurred q alrclcher was carried IN
10 lhc irenth There warc calls for
|rnre lsnitrns and a rope. The crowd
Irrtrd forward. The mcn gave con-
.,ylld put and released Mr. AeAeeney
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

TX FEET cs noun
tain manhood. with
an eye like an eagle
peerlng out from
under his bushy
VS.. stood
Thomas w, Wheat,
tho man who load
cd the FIRST car
fridge fred at Fort
Sumter, says a sDe-
cial dispatch from
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
he STARTED THE WAR
TOM WHEAT LoADEpTHE FIRST
GUN AT FORT SUMTER.

Just Went Into the Fray for Fun Had
Dropped Into Town from the Country
and the voys Asked Him 10 Join
Them.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

The deepest running stream in the
world n said to be the Niagara river.
iust under the suspension bridge.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07

ANY people have a
haunting fear Of
being buried alive.
and It's existence Is
attestod by the Oft
noted legacy to a
local hospital or
medical practitlon-
err. which has been
left under the pro-
vlso that the head
Of the deceased
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-07
CANE BACK TO LIFE.
SOME STRANGE CASES RE-
GENTLY REPORTED.

4ho gAnuary Notices Published hut ne
suddenly Arose from his CONN
Carlton p. Wells Was IN his Grave
when lie Auoke.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

against the wall. After that he lay
quite still. I believed at the time that
/ had killed him, but we know after
ward that il was that blow which pre-
served his reason.
"Tho rest can be told in few words
After that [ lay there like one IN
dream, while the Presidential air slowly
did it's work. Sometimes ! fancied l
could feel cool breezes blowing down
on me, and ut others heard some one
telling mo to wake up, for that tho
whistle had sounded at the pits. How
long | lay so, can only conjecture
really knew nothing more until | was
reused by the sound Of that coal bar
rier crashing down before the picks
and spades of dozen rescuers, and
the hubbub from a dozen throaIs as
they broke into our tomb.
"Only just in time. Old Jim's face
was only Just out Of the water and
they said that no human being could
have lived in that atmosphere for an
other two hours. And young Jm?-
well, there was just enough life left IN
him to last three days.
"Till the end Of that third day, l
kept to my bed; and then they sent to
say that he was going, but that he
wished to see me first. / reached the
house just in time to catch his last
whisper,
'You-you'll take her, mattel Marry
her-no one elsel Only--only, you'll
let my ring stay there. Promise--me
that
"What could I do but promise? I
had no thought then of marrying his
weetheart--but it was his dying wish,
and for years jim and had been like
brothers.
"Just a year later ] asked her if
there was room in her heart for me,
-and--well, that's enough. Now
you know why my wife wears two we'd
ding rings. "-Tit-Bits.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12
soap From sunnower Seeds.

Those interested in new industries
may be glad to bear that it is possible
to manufacture good soaps from sun
flower seeds. Sunfowers grow easily,
and need little attention. A company
has been organized in the United
States to manufacture this sort Of soap.
1t is claimed that the average yield Of
plants to the acre is $500 pounds gross !;
percentage Of oil is one-third the
weight Of the seeds, so that coo pounds
of seed will make 200 pounds of oil.
The latter, when refined aud ready TO
use in making soap, is worth about
81 pound, aud is said to make the
finest Of toilet soaps The net profit
Of the sunhowers to the grower is put
at 81 an acre.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-12

ut was in the San Juan country. in
Colorado, in 1876, that / had an expert
ence that few men would be likely to
forget in lifetime, said J. i. Iantrv
last night IN the office Of an uptown
hotel much frequented by Western
men. "A party Of five of us had gone
Ia there to prospect ahead Of the rush
that we knew would come next wear
u was one night toward the end Of
September that we We're in camp in the
open air, every man lying rolled up in
his blankets, for the nights we're getting
cold and frosty. Next to me was man
named Adams, from Illinois originally.
I believe. About the middle Of tie
night he awoke me by calling my
name.
" What's tho matter, Bill, 1 asked
"be answered ne in most peculiar