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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28

FROM the very nature OF its ingredients
possesses extraordinary powers I'm re-
storing and Strengthening the whole
system; so cleansing aud enriching
the blood that IL not only stops the
carrying new and pure blood to every
organ and tissue OF the body IL re-
establishes strength and vitality
throughout. Thus IL PERMANENT
LIZ CURES all diseases arising from
impure blood or low condition OF the
system.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04
HISTORIC NAMES.

Jean Racines Place In french Lltera'
turc-Iiis style.
Educated like Eliachim. In the
shadow Of the sanctuary" Jean Racine
(G39-99l stands In French literature
as the most melodious and many-sided
wielder OF Alexandrine verse the ma
tional twelve-syllabled heroic verse OF
France. says the ChautauQuan. There
Is something feminine tender, appeal
ing and pathetic In this pupil OF Port
Royal which places him In vivid con-
trast with his passionate and manly
rival. Corneiie. as one might con-
trast "Eurpidos the human with his
dropplngs Of warm tears" with the
rugged and gigantic figure Of Aeschy-
lus towering like his own Promctheul
20 heaven. The great dramas Of Ra-
cine -"Phrdrc." "Andromaque." Brit
annlcus." otc.-trayersed almost the
whole field Of antiquity and by thell
covert and nattorlng illusions 20 the
great king" prepared the way Tor hii
ostentatlous reception into the acade
my Ills scrupulous, irreproachabl'
style. the splcndor and opulence Of hi
imagination. the grand forms OF mon
archlnl courtesy under which hl
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04


OF all the animals that walk the
earth the man-eating tiger OF the Tar
east Is the most terrible and lerocious.
Mr., Claes Ericsson. who went to SUI
matra TO collect orchids. tells some
stories Of the daring OF tigers.
we had taken possession Of a small
hut" he writes. standing a couple Of
feet from the ground. on the slope OF
a mountain, As Il would not hold an
my men. about half OF them were
Obliged TO sleep outside. shortly be-
fore daybreak l was aroused by shouts
and a loud knocking at the door.
"'Tuan-Tuanl Rimaul lSir-slr!
TlgerD Let Us come inr'
"Sprlnging out Of my clambo Cmos-
quito curtainsl. reached and unbarrcd
the door before the Malays who shared
the hut were on their feet I was only
Jus, IN time. As the last OF the terri
lied fellows rushed past me the tiger
struck the door violent blow Had a
Malay been holding q the brute would
certainly have been among us. but /
pushed with all my might. shouting
for my Winchester Half dozen OF
the coolies came 10 my assistance. and
between MS We got the bamboo which
ss.vcd as a bar into position.
Finding that he could no, break IN
there. the tiger walked around the hut.
snlaing At every ereyice and striking
the bamboos until they shook again.
Getting hold OF nay rifle tried Tor a
shot. but the howell was packed with
men. However. when they had re-
covered from their panic. persuaded
them 10 follow. and We dashed out,
yelling at the top OF our voices The
tlger made on. but a Malay caugh,
sight Of the brute In the tall Alang-
Alang grass below. and drew my al.
tentlon fred. but the light was toe
bad. Anyway. I missed"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

From the san Francisco Post: A.
Decourtleux's wonderful fesh-eatlng
horse Is one OF the chief subjects Of con
vorsatlon nowadays among the mar
ket men and meat dealers OF the city.
Mr. Decourtieux Is himself IN the same
line OF business. and Il Is that fact.
indeed. which led 10 his discovery Of
the queer taste possessed by the steod
In question. he has owned the animal
for about Eve years. but Il was not
until comparatively recently that he
discovered his PECULIARLY. Then the
knowledge came 20 him NJ the cost OF
quarters worth OF very nice loln
chops The horse with the carnivor-
Gus propenslties Is q very handsome
bay, and his business Is 20 drag around
one OF DecourtieuX q Sons delivery
wagons. On the occasion In question
while he was awaiting the time TO
start one OF the attaches OF the shop
happened to lay the package OF meat
down temporarily where the horse
could reach Il. The next that was
known OF II there was nothing left but
the paper and a few fragments OF bone.
But In the bay horses eyes was an
expression Of great satisfaction. The
Measrs Decourtioux. both father and
son, were naturally much amused at the
strange popularity OF their eccentric
steed. and have encouraged Il by from
time 10 time giving the bay choice tid-
bits, all OF which he doyours with the
greatest apparent relish. Beef or NUT
ton, steak or chops. whatever the va
riety or form OF what Is offered him
he never seems 20 lack an appetite foI
q. 4 rumor did gain currency a few
days ago that he wouldn't have any.
thing bu; fish on certain days. and that
on certain others he declined pork
but this is believed 20 be a campaign
prevarlca,Ion. The truth Is as stated
that he takes everything that Is given
him. AZ the same time there Scent
little doub, that be has preferences
and one Of them is understood 10 be fol
ham and eggs FOR breakfast Al pres
ent he lekles the eggs turned over. bu
few weeks will probably see his tast'
rectihed In this particular. The onll
thing that troubles his owners just a
present Is the fact that he has ono,
or twice been detected and stoppe,
while In the act Of stretching a hungr.
set OF teeth toward the plump cheek
OF a young aitache Of the butcher shop
The youth In question doesn't like Il
either. and he has been heard TO max
threatening remarks about "brainln
the bloody cannibal."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

the competing club while they are
members second-Gold. silver and
bronze medals. struck from the club
dies. and suitably engraved, TO be
awarded to c. r, c. members taking
first, second and third places In the IN
diyidual mileage century ride oompe'
tltlon Of 1897. Thlrd-Gold. silver and
bronze medals struck from the CLUB
dies and suitably engraved, to be
awarded TO c. r. c. members taking
FIRST, second and third places In the in-
divldual mileage competition OF 1897.
State Competitions medals TO
be competed for by state divisions hav-
Ing memberships Of ten or more, said
medals 10 be awarded by the state cen
turions at their discretion 70 the mem
hers Of their respective divisions max
ing the greatest number Of centuries
or the greatest amount OF mileage. OF
the most merltorlous ride OF the year
The divisions entitled 10 these medal
are Massachusetts,. New York, New
. Jersey. Pennsylvania. ohl0. Mary
; land, Indiana. Illinois, Canada, Wis
b consin. Iowa. Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
0 hraska and Colorado.
8 The state conturlons oi these dlvil
y ions who desire 10 claim and awar
3 these medals Tor their competing men
Il beers will decide upon the winners.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04
Pointer for whcsimen.

Every boxer knows" says an OK
pert hin climber, "how impossible Il
Is 10 deal an effective blow unless the
bodily weight seconds the stroke. and
precisely similar Is bin climbing. You
cannot climb hills unless you hring
your center OF gravity over the falling
pedal. In these days OF exceedingly
rapid pedaling racing men are not
nearly 90 attentive 70 ankle action as
formerly. but the hill climber must be.
since without Il the machine viii stop
when the pedals come 10 the dead cen
ter Il must be borne IN mind that on
hill there Ia no momentum. and the
machine will only run Just as far as
you can shove Il. Therefore. a. the
pedal rises the heel must be dropped
and a forward push made. assisted by
a little pull At the handles, pull which
drives the rider forward and downward
70 that his center Of gravity u kept
exactly over the moving crank Only
experience can gauge how FAR forward
one must lean to DO this II the sad
die Ia pitched well over the cranks
very little leaning down Is required.
but then the forward thrust az the
commencement Of the stroke becomes
corrcspondlngly difficult Generally
speaking. the extreme back Of the sad.
ile should be about II inches behind
plumb line dropped through the
crank axle. and the handles seven inch
es IN front aud about level With the
saddle To have them very far apart
or low down Is the stamp Of a novice
and viii probably result In the rider
being dragged out Of his saddle In pull.
ing on them, his center OF gravity
thrown IN advance instead OF over bis
pedal and he himself unable TO sll
upright Tor rest when faugued
Change OF position from time 10 tim,
Is essential on a long hill or the ridel
will become exhausted.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

Greeks and Romans. kings and queens
address each other. the infinite charm
OF his ldiom. the subtle grace OF his
transitions most difficult mas
terwork OF poetry" as Boiloau called
lt-make the tender and melancholy
profile" OF this great artist stand out
In captivating relief on the coins and
IN the pages OF contemporaries.
The one regal incident royalty SUI
preme over all others. connected with
the institution In the eighteenth CEN
tury. Ia what might be called the
Coronation OF Voltaire" uG9i-l77Sl.
Francois Marie Arouet-"Voltaire
was an assumed name. like "Moliere"
and "Buron"-had been repeatedly re-
icc,ed on presenting himself as a can
didate and going round. as In duty
bound. soliciting the votes OF acade-
mlclans. but In l7i6 he gained admit
lance and varied the monoiony OF the
eulorles on Riohellou and Louis by
presenting a magnificent picture Of the
great French writers and the unlyer-
salty OF the French tongue. leading In
1855 to the abolition OF these cut-and.
dried panegyrics and a substitution OF
oratlons on the celebrated figures 10
/ French history,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04


The latest snake story comes from
South Africa Il Is recorded IN the
Trlnsvaal. published IN Cape Town. as
cold fact. that In sekuklnlland a native
ran across n boa constructor measuring
about forty-seven feet. which had Just
swallowed a young koodoo buck. al
except the horns The horns stuck out
on each side Of the reptiles mouth
The native recognized the horns as
those OF a buck he owned. and be ran
and got sticks and pinned the serpent.
which was dormant. 10 The ground.
Then he got hold Of the horns and
pulled and twisted. Ne got the buck
out inch BY inch. until half Of i,s body
showed. and then q came with a jerk,
and the boy fen over on bis back be-
fore he had time to think twice tho
snake. relieved Of his load Of mutton
was upon him. and u seized his head
IN ne mouth and In three minutes tho
native had taken the place Of the buck.
only he was an inside. there was moth
INK left out 10 pull on. even u a rcscucr
had come along Having swallowed
the boy the boa deliberately swung his
head around, and. grabbing its tail.
swallowed clgh, feet OF u. then closing
the mouth and throat down which the
native had disappeared. ana making
escape absolutely Impossible
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

J. 81 Barrie the Scottish novelist,
o. thus described by Mr. @. W. Cable.
the we'll known American writer. In
the author o. A Widow IN Thrums' /
found a smallish. sodate. retlcent man
OF a breadth and sluarcness Of brow
that would claim the attention Of any
passing stranger His shoulders. too
were square and sturdy his eve pen.
slyo. and his hands prone 70 seek his
pockets for rest and hiding while ne
let his fcllow-trayclou order matters
as seemed 20 them best when he spoke
his words came In slow procession. "a
though be were writing them. and yet
with an effect neither studied nor Ian.
guorous Ills voice ia sofi In tone. and
l do not remember that IN my three
days Of constant intercourse with him
q ever rose 90 a high note. His mlr,A
lies deep below the surface. kept, like
a choice wine. Tor moments OF choice
intimacy; but then Il flows a. pure
and nne as an honest boys Ills slow
smile Is never Tar on. and when sur
prised by some sudden call Tor a polnt.
cd uttcrance the fash Of his wit Is a.
bright as Il Is kind"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04
An Awful right

when / was on the Zulu ironilor.
said a traveller recently. stopped for
a week with a native. q splendid fell
low. who had q fine farm. Among 9th
er animals he had o young bull called
Hulo. which he and his children fond
ly believed could vanquish any beast
on earth. Hulo was a great pet. and
not In the least vicious. 80 ! was sur
prised on the second evening OF my
stay 20 see liulo smiling the air and
paving the ground In evident rage. |
was about TO ask what Il meant when
out Of the forest came an ugly rhlno-
ceros My host and I hurried for our
guns and Hulo dashed at the beast with
dauntlcss courage s rush. a crash.
and the bull was hurled twenty feet
Fortunately the horn OF his enemy had
not caught him and the FIRST rush had
taught him a lesson. His horns we're
like sharp swords. but the hide OF tho
rhlnocoros Is remarkably thick and tho
young bull soon showed signs OF IA
tlguc. SO he resorted 10 strategy and
lodged behind his clumsy foe giving
him vicious s'abs In the thighs This
was rapidly weakening the rhlnocoros,
and just az this time we found some
steel bullets. loaden bullets having no
effect on this animal. and quickly com-
ple;ed the work Hui1 began Then the
bull stood on the carcass and beloved
his Joy.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

Among the popular and well-known
trap shooters now on the road Is John
Parker. OF Detroit. Mich. lie Is known
among his friends as "Dcs Chree She's
IA Jack. and Is a jolly. whole-souled.
open hearted. honest fellow. who Is O
favorite with an sportsmen. Parker
Is an an around athlete and has a fine
collection OF badges. trophies aud prizes
that be has won In rowing. boxing and
shooting contests. lie won the mid.
die-welghi boxing championship foi
the state Of Michigan. Junior Rowing
association championship. was one Of
the four 70 win the senior champion.
ship Of National Amateur Rowing as.
ISOLATION. besides several other team
rowing prizes He won the Leiovef
Arms Co. diamond championship
medal IN a i0O-bird match. the expert
championship Of Michigan al targets
and was one Of three men 10 win tins
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

rule came out Of the water With their
big companion. sacrificing their lives
rather than be parted. while those
which had not secured a hold swan
about where the shark was pulled OUT
evidently much disturbed.
The shark has another friend In the
little pllotdsh. a member Of the mack
erel family. | have seen dozen or
more swimming about the head OF
man-cator. dartlng on 10 every small
object that met their eye or scent ana
returning 10 their bis consort have
seen the pilot swim ont ten feet to a
floating dead hsh and return 10 the
shark that was swimming on the sur
face. upon which the latter would move
IN that direction. This may have been
a coincidence. but serves the plan OF
friendship very well. This association
OF animals Is so common among ma
rine forms that Il Is dimcult TO dis
avow the idea OF friendship and pro-
lection. Up among the tentacles OF
tho Portuguese man-of-war, which are
30 deadly that the slightest touch viii
KIN a sardlne. | have found In the Gull
Of Mexico numbers OF little fishes allied
10 the mackercl and OF the exact tint
Of the tentaclcs, undoubtedly finding
protection In this resemblance. As l
lifted up one OF the mon-oi-war by the
tain the fishes darted about In great
confusion and returned Immediately
10 their companion as ! replaced Il In
the water and there was apparently
some bond OF friendship between them.
Nearly all the large iellynshes have
their trains OF nnny courtiers, In near
ly every case allied 10 the mackerel
family and probably born on the high
seas. 90 taking up with the umbrella.
like Jelly for a protector
Tho trcpang the tayorltc nah Of the
eelcs,ials. who spend $4,000 annually
for this dainty. affords protection 10 a
small nsh. was once wading over O
coral reef and noting q large trepang,
lifted q up. when. 20 my amazcmcnt.
out came q delicate, sllyery FISH, SO
Transparent, that print could almost be
read through c. I caught the curious
visitor and placed u IN the water,
where Il swan about Tor few min
u,es and then died. This incident re-
suited IN the examination Of other tire
pangs and found that nearly all had
an occupant In no instance did ] see
hsh return 70 is protector. though
the naturallsis OF the Naples aquarium
have been so fortunate. curious 10 say
the return being made tail nrst, the
process OF drawing water In aiding the
I return.
The presence Of q sea anemone on
the back OF a crab might be consld-
cred an accidental occurrence but
there Is every reason TO believe that
there Is bond OF friendship between
certain individuals. A distinguished
German naturalist found IN his explo'
rations a large crab. which bore upon
one Of liz claws. jus, al the joint
sea anemone. the mouth Of the latter
being so situated that Il fell Just be-
meath the mouth Of the crab when'the
latter was eating.
10 prove whether the crab bad any
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

James T. Fields. the Boston publish
or. had q good memory. and his knowl-
edge OF English literature was well
known to be both accurate and extern
slye. An exchange relates an amusing
story OF a would De wit who once tried
to entrap him, Tho incident occurred
az a dinner party, Before Mr. Fields
arrival one OF the gentlemen Informed
the other guests that he had written
some lines which ne intended to sub
init to Mr. Fields rs Southey's, and 20
ask In which % that authors works
they could be found. AZ a lun In tho
conversation after the dinner was In
progress the would-he wit began;
MI Fields. ! have been somewhat
puzzled Of late in searching ont In
southey's poems hls woll-knovn lines
running thus" repeating the lines he
had composed. "Cau you tell me when
De wrote them and whore they are TO
De founde'
Il do no, remember 10 have me;
with them before" replied the publish
or; "and there were only two periods
In Southey's lie when such lines could
possibly have been written by him"
when we're thoses"
Somewhere. said Mr.. Fields. about
that early period OF his existence when
he was having the measles or cutting
his FIRST teeth. or near the close OF his
life when bis brain was soi,onod. The
yerslncatlon belongs 20 the measles
period. but the ideas betray the ldloiic
one"
The company reared.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04
WHAT Fons arr
statistics SHOW How They Aneet the
Death Rate.

nHAAN nate
a convenient though not strictly sell
entnc classification OF fog types is sea
or coast fog. valley OF hill fog and town
or dust fog, says Harper's Magazine.
The last-named has been given the
euphonlc designation nebula pulverea.
II Is an artificial rather than natural
condition. The Rev. Clement Ley
who gave large portion OF his life to
cloud study. says. In his book on
"Cloudland." that In some parts OF the
globe nebula pulyerea Is occasionally
so thick as 10 obscure almost totally the
sunlight and In Abysslnla has led TO the
tradition that the plague OF darkness
In Egypt was In reality an unusual
dust fog" The amount Of moisture
varies 20 much In different logs that
the terms "dry" and wet are used,
the scientific name Of the latter being
nebula silllans. In wet fog the parti-
cles are apt to be larger than In dry
fog. a eth further division. due, We
believe. 10 Mr.. Robert H. Scott, Is an
u-cyclonic fog, or fog In which no rain
falls. while the temperature generally
low IN the morning. continues 10 rise
during the day, and cyclonlc fog 10
which rain does occur, while the TEN
pcrature remains about stationary. Be-
fore leaving these town fogs We may
notice the part played by them 10 ar
fectlng the health OF q community. Mr.
Scott has given figures showing the
mortality from diseases OF the
respiratory system Tor some OF inc
more memorable fogs Of London. We
have room for but one Of the many
periods he gives. From January 20 70
February 6. 1850. London experienced
eight days Of fog The average tenn
perature at o'clock IN the morning
was % degrees Fahrenheit The total
death rate was iS1 per 1900. rate UNI
oQualed since the last cholera epidemic
and there were no less than 1871
deaths from diseases OF the respiratory
| organs. 10 a. not always an easy mat
ter 20 trace direct relationship even
where the statistics are carefully gath
cred but there can be- little doubt that
these town foFs are unWholes'me. In
directly they AFFECT the health Of the
community IN a way few would mag
Inc. a town fcg d an excellent trap
Tor noXlous gases. holding them Close
90 the ground Dr H. Barnes. study
lnr this question. found by inspection
81 gas plants near London that 90 fog
SO weather thc escaping gas was held
90 concentrated form IN and near the
works There are other sources Of
contamination iu foul carnations from
the ground. sewers. etc on clear
bright days. even % 90 wind is blow
ing. the law OF diffusion o. gases acts
more effectively and helps dispeue the
gases.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

Mr Brown. a farmer near Montroso.
Pa. recently succeeded IN capturing a
snake. or a pair OF snakes, hltchcd to-
gcther like the slamese twins. The
twins have two heads and two tails.
and the rest OF the body Is like that Of
single snake. with the exception Of
a slight depression above and below.
extending the entire length Tho
bodies Join six inches from the head,
The tails are each almost foot long.
The length OF the Joined body Is feet
2 inches. The twins were arst seen
last summer by a little son Of Mr.
Brown. who told his father about them.
and showed him the track crossing the
road. He ran across u few days
ago when blasting a rock and succeed.
ed In taking Il captive. The twin
snakes are Jet black. with yellow
ring Just behind the head. Both
mouths eat. and In travelling seem 10
be wholly OF the same mind aboa,
everything.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-04

may ~ any time be withdrawn by an
order-in-councr. In Scotland anybody
Is at liberty TO print Bibles. but no edl-
ton may be lawfully published unless
II has been read and licensed for pub.
lieation.
All this, however. refers only TO tho
authorized" version OF the Scriptures.
The expenses attending the recent re-
vision OF the sacred books were very
heavy something like f2O 600. and the
queens printers, who we're invited 20
contribute share. preferred not to do
So The two great universities alone.
therefore, have proprietary rights In
the revised edition OF the Bible, and all
editions Of Il emanate from the oxford
and Cambridge presses. II Is a remark
able fact that although the revised
Scriptures have now been before the
public for fifteen years. the old or au-
thorized version Is still the one In gen.
eral use The revised Bible was pro-
duced at immense cost. and by the
highest scholarship OF the day. and No
competent Judge Is likely to dispute
that Il is more accurate. and upon
the whole. a better translation than
the authorized edition. Yet the oxford
press sim annually prints at least fy'
times as many OF the old version as 4
does OF the new. and Cambridge doe
practically the same,-Chambcrs' Jour
nal.