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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
ONE TYPE OF rNoLlsHMEN.
startilneiy Clean. Pcrslstcntly Agreeable
and Nery Uninterc.ting.

startiingiy Clean, rcrslstcntly Agreeable
and Ncry Unlntere.iing.
The Grand hotel al zell-am-Zee has,
as many know. a garden bordcrcd by
the lakes where In the very necessary
shade Of lilac trees oontemplatlve Aus
trians slt at slnall tables and consume
the deep-coiSred beer. 80 called. OF
Munich. says McClure's Among these.
and within sound Of thslr sober oxcla-
nations OF wonderment at the beauty
OF the prospect. sat a young Engliah-
man. gracefully Idle. and wearing with
a becoming indifference a most trying
headcoverlng at that time fashionable
and still known at Cambridge as a
beast" hat he was watching the ap-
preach OF countrywoman-y young.
wholesome. sunhurned aud energetic
who had just emerged from the door
OF the hotel. The Engllshman was
starilingly clean, with thin soft hair
carefully brushed back from a bland
forehead. His face Was narrow. with
a prominent nose. suggesting the fire.
duont use OF soap and water The
countCnance was expressive OF one
dominant quality. as nearly an coun.
tonanccs are n studied with under.
standing. and that nothing less than
the desire TO be- instantly and persist
entity agreeable Ladies' given Go "a,
exercise OF that species Of hospitality
which has for lta aim the bringing TO-
Eo,her Of young people and Tor its end
the hope that some OF these may olecl
20 remain together AN death do then
release invariably secured Algornor
Augustus passavant Algernon. q ap.
pearcd. made things go. Some vea
Young girls thought him stupid and dlt
not always understand his humor
They thought that he lacked poetry
and was undressing Ills hair. IN
fact. was too thin and too short tn,
.aore elderly sirens engaged IN the pur'
suit OF eligible Junior attaches, KEEP
an eye upon rassavant as a sheep dos
keeps an eye upon the shepherd. \
few mistaken mammas set little trap.
FOR him. end he made himself lnvaria'
bsy agreeable 10 the bait Without bcing
hooked.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Prof. De Candolle OF Geneva has re-
sently brought together many interest
ing facts about the latent life OF seeds
and their ability to Withstand very
low temperatures After recalling In
stances IN which seeds have sprouted
after lying apparently dead for hun
dreds OF years-ln one case 1900 years
he gives the results Of experiments
on subiectlng seeds 20 a freezing cold.
Corn. cats. iennel and some Hover
seeds were exposed during IFS days TO
a temperature OF 40 degrees Fahrenheit
below zero. Aflerward. when placed In
suitable surroundings. nearly all OF the
iennel. oat and corn seeds. and many
Of the others terminated. lie concludes
that the protoplaam. or the principle
Of life IN a resting seed. Is Ia a state
Of lnactlon not comparable to that OF
smoldoring Ere, but rather like that Of
a chemical mixture. which Is capable OF
forming a combination whenever the
required conditions Of temperature
and illumination are present
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
PLEASANT DREAMS.
The Nervous NounE Ministers Night Of
Peace.

The Nervou. Young Ministers Night Of
Peace.
A nervous young minister In visiting
a remote village had an unpleasant ex-
perience. says the Boston Traveller. The
old lady AZ whose house he stayed. In
showing him 10 his room, said: 1T
Amt everybody ia put In this room.
This here room Is fun Of sacred asso.
elatlons TO me she went on. MY first
husband died In that bed. with hls head
on these pillows. and poor Mr.. jerks
died sitting In that corner. Sometimes
when I come into the room In the dark
I think sse rim sitting there still. Ny
own father died lyln' right on that
lounge right under the window there.
Poor pa, he was a splrl,uallsi. and he
allus said he'd appear In this room after
he died and sometimes / am foolish
enough % look Tor him. n you should
see anything OF him tonight you'd
better not tell me. ird be a sign 70 me
that there was something IN spiritual
ism. and ld hate 90 think that Ny con
by my nrst man fcll dead from heart
disease right whore you stand lie wa
a doctor. aud there's two skeletons In
that closet there belongs 10 him. and
half dozen skulls IN that lower
drawer 10 yo1 are Up early and want
something to amuso yourself With be-
fore breakfast. just open that cupboard
there aud you win End lots Of dead
mems bones. My poor boy though, q
lot Of them. Well. good nlght and
pleasant dreams"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

From the Atlanta Constitution; A
worthy colored deacon. who had early
Impressed upon his only son and he;i
the moral OF the George Washington
cherry tree story. was fortunate
enough TO find a Eat 'possum recently
Tie bore n In triumph to his dwelling
and, assisted by his son. cooked Il TO a
Juicy brown.
Nov" said he, de bes' way ter eat
a possum Il col; so Wen jes' let him
stay in De pantry. en- when mawnin
comes he'll be mo- iucler den everF
His son seemed sadly disappointed
but he made the best OF Il. and both
retired for the night
The old man was up early next
morning. but the boy slept on.
On opening the safe the as,onished
parcnt discovered nothing but bones
In the dish that had contained the
'possum. He brought tho drowsy
younes,er 10 his feet with one vigor'
Gus Jerk. and dragging him 10 Oh,
scene OF the wreck. he said
What does dat mean. ehg'
The boz feli on his knees and cried
paddy. / can't tell he; got up in
de night en- eat Il wild my llt;lc mouf'
The old man said not a word. bat
dragging the boy TO the front door h'
held him by the collar while he
ierked a piece Of wcathorboarding
from The side OF the house.
Daddy" cried the boy. rs ser
ewine TO lick me fer tellin' de TRUTH
"Nol You klnky-headed debbn
vonr' Numbered the old man. -
ewine ter frall de hide on ye for eat.
I'M de 'possum"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

The dolngs OF ants are amoag the
most interesting things that naturallsis
find TO study. No members OF the In
sect world present more startling sug
sections OF Intelligence and fore
Thought governing their actions. Il ls
not correct however To explain the
habits and conduct OF ants by human
analorlos. For instance. 10 was once
supposed that the ao-called "parasol
ants" living In no, tropical countries
carried little leaves above their heads
Cor the sake OF protection from The sun
Later Investigations have shown that
the ants actually do carry leaves. sus.
pended by the stem which they hold IN
their Jaws aad that columns OF them
thus Furnished with leaves. like AN
army with banners. mlrch In regular
order: but that the leaves. instead OF
being Intended 10 shelter the ants from
the sunshine are deposited by them
around their nests 70 form a soil IN
which grows Kind of fungus that they
are fond o. SO the plrasol ant d no,
a dandy. but a farmer
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Summaries OF the results OF estab-
fishing postal savinEa-bank systems IN
q few important countries have been
printed. Among these countries are
England. France. Russia and Austria
Hungary. The main feature OF the sys-
tens Il that the government. through
~ posi-ofilcea. IA the custodian OF de-
posits IN small amounts. especial at
ieniion being paid 10 encouraging the
young to acquire the habit OF saving.
IN England one person In every seven
h a deposition In q postal bank. and the
total amount Of the deposits IN the
keeping OF the government u more
than four hundred million dollars. Al
though the system has never been test
q In the United States. its adoption
has been urged BY various public ON
Gals Of high rank. and Il Il probable
than the more than satisfactory results
In foreign countries win lead 10 Is
establishment here.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

less. Fashion them as well as you can
out OF cardboard and glue them 10 the
inside OF an ordinary dish shaped like
that IN the cut You will notice that
they are arranged In regular order. &C.
cording 10 the position OF the arms
First. there Is one with Us arms hang
Ing straight down. then comes one With
ne ar:ls Slightly elevated. and so on.
TO the last which has ~ arms straight
up over a. heed. Now place the dish
In a plate larger than Il "a. and by
giving Il a turn you may make q re-
volvo freely. pour half an inch OF water
into the plate. and that will facilitate
mattera n you make a hole alih a
pin IN a piece OF cardboard and look
through Il AZ the figures as the dish re-
wolves. there will appear 10 be only one
figure. whose arms are moving up and
down constantly. In other words. this
arrangement Il a homemade Eoctrope.
You may also use the device 90 play
game Instead OF cardboard imiin-
lions Of the human form. use strips on
which are marked certain numbers.
say. from to 8. You may therefore
have Eve players. each 10 select a num-
Der. Now set the dish TO revolving
and the PLAYER whose number stops
nearest the goal wins. The goal may
BE- any figure that IL stationary. like
the little bust shown In the cut. Tbs
game may consist Of any desired mum
Der OF revolutions.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

The German kaiser is evidently not
among the mon who never trouble
themselves ahou, what they shall eat
Though the details OF the royal meals
are ordinarily arranged hy the em-
press. set on state occasions the om-
pcror himself dcisns TO give the mat
ter his attention. Ia this case the monf
is prepared q week Ia advance. The
actual cooking ls done on iron stoves,
The ronstIng-room contains huge
stoves Oi special construction let into
the walls and a great turnspli worked
hy machinery Tho department Of tho
pastry cook D. one OF Immense impor-
lance. Cor the pastry must be- emhcl-
lishod with an manner Of elaborate
designs around The edges of the dishes
They are made Of dough. sided or sil-
vcrad over ani are lirictiy for orna.
mcnL an kinds OF Oruamonlatlon la
tne shape of figures. hunting scCac1
and castles are 10 be- sem on ihe dishes,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
DRIED UP ON AN ISLAND.
-Four sailors Turned Into Hummlss b,
solar Heat.

Four sailors Turned Into Mummiss by
solar Heat.
THE warmest weather that I ever
experienced" writes a navigator who
has been all over the world. was on a
small island called Johns Biscuit. on
Cape Graoias, on the coast OF Hondu-
ras. The Elizabeth Jennings, on which
! sailed In 1879 from Portland. stopped
there for water. and a boats crew went
ashore for Il. Il was a little volcanic
island and awful dry and hot. We
didn't know whether there would be
any water there or not. but We ala flnd
a spring with a stream as large az
a broOmhandle pouring out all the
time. And. do you believe me. the
water was dried up and soaked up be-
fore Il had run four feet In the sand.
The place was covered with dried trees,
and a little distance away was what
looked like a hut--a hahltation for
man. We went In and found the
shrunken remains OF four men, sailors
probably. who had died In one night. q
Judge from appearances. One was
leaning against the wall In a sitting
position. There was dry food on n,
table. dry meat In a box and everything
was burning dry.
"A letter In the pocket Of one mar
was dated Liverpool. 1916. and on th'
table was a bottle with a note IN Il
evidently intended TO be cast adrlft
Il said they were four English soamon
marooned by the captain, left 10 die
The note was dated 1916. and suppose
they had been there dead In that I'M
for over thirty years. and they mus
have died OF heat one day and dries
right up. We left them where VI
found fhorn -
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
rh, rs,.,n J. 30 Arll,I. % reea.

ANAAAN - - aAfAthAN - AN"Nf
While Il Is probable that millions OF
persons have suhsistcd largely upon
the potato. Il d a dletotic fact that this
important article Of food is going on,
OF fashion. and that at a very rapid
rate. The best authorities iroWn upon
a. Hygiene experts speak ~ OF u. and
those who are In the habit OF giving
very close attention 10 the subject Of
scientific feeding viii have none Of o.
and are much given TO declaring that
the potato is responsible Tor more dys-
pepsla than anything else In the world
The hrs, potato planted Ia England
went into the ground In 1895 and o.
introduction m ireland was almost al
the umo date. For a couple of hun
drcd years the potato vas looked upon
as a sort Of ycreinhle curiosity. 10 was
occasionally eaten. but always as a del
lcacy. 70 was preserved. Clnilel. done
In swcc,mea,E and spices. roasted With
marrow or stepped IN sack Marie
Antolnctto we're the flowers and con
sidorcd them wonderfully beautiful
The Pommeranlan farmers planted po-
taioes at the point Of the sword, Tor
/ Frederick the Great had said, PLANT
potatoes" and that was the end Of g.
| In i75i and i772 a famine In Germany
made the inhabitants OF that country
familiar with the food value OF the po-
tato. I, Is thought that the spanish
brough, the potato 10 Virginia. Il
Erows Wild In Chill and Peru. and was.
according TO accounts. taken by the
Spanish to Spain. and there planted
until n became an article Of common
use. u ir generally supposed that the
potato IL a root. but this Is not true.
Il Is an underground stem. which IL
swollen and increased by stores o.
starch laid up for some. "a yet. undls-
covered purpole The eggplant. TO-
hacco and the potato belong to the
same genus. and 10 Is an in,crcs,inr
item that both the potato and tobacco
wers hrst taken TO Europe from Amer.
lea.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

From its windows could be heard the
ring OF steel and the din Of warriors
In the plaza when Onate set up his
camp IN 1862. and when the Pueblo
Indians conquered the city In 1850.
burning the archives and sacred YES
sells. while twelve years later. In 1899.
the same plaza witnessed the triumphal
entry OF Diego DC Vargas. after his
vow and the victory which followed u.
which again placed the city under
Spanish rule Here General Kearney
elevated the Stars and Stripes In lSiG.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

This court Is laid out as a garden. and
entered from the street by a wooden
gate let into the wall Of the house In
line with the doors and windows This
gate at once shuts out intruders and
the gaze Of the outside world. while
the house and gardens together form
an ideal hons
Fruitful orchards and fertile lands
he round about the city. which h at
once a monument TO the spirit OF the
past and the activity. beauty and prog.
ress OF the present day.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

A dog who has eaten up a farm and
+, set Of bulldlnes has been found IN
eastern Maine. This dog killed a
neiehbor's y iep The neighbour Of
Tered to cal A square II the dos was
Killed. The dogs master refused 90
aeroo 70 this. and a lawsuit came next
ro nay ue Gusts and damages assessed
hy mo court iho owner Of the dog had
q moriEafo DIS farm for Sioo. The
morigaro had a bigger appetite than
the dog. and soon his farm was gone
ana ne owner bed 70 moye away. The
dog Is uoE dead.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

slightest touch aud instantly dart OUT
II its sandy bed. a fsh is very senai-
live "a movements In the water sur
rounding Il. A shadow falling upon ene
water will s,artle a fish into hishI bul
sensitive as fishes are In some respfsss'
Il IL probable that they do not suheI
pain from injuries received. flahe.
are extremely sensitive at the nose =
aah that had In pursuit OF prey run it'
nose against a rock might shake lt'
head violently perhaps In PAIN oV'
fishes sustain serious Injuries from
actual wounds without showing any In
dicaticn OF pain. In fact. the indlea'
lions tend to show that they DO no
suffer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

a short time ago some OF thopupila
attending the Riverside school In Mon
troal took into the school a quantlty
Of cured smoking tobacco. by way OF
Furnishing them. W. A. Kneeland. the
principal. made an infusion Of the
weed In q glass Of water. and compelled
n number OF the offenders to swallow
some Of The nanscating dose. Mr, Knee
land was summoned before the board
Of school commissioners and repri-
manded for lnfractlon Of the regula-
tons on punishmenis The board de-
clarod that IN future the authorized
modes OF punishment must be adhered
~
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Some Of the experts employed dur
ing the trial Of Maria Barberi charged
$500 a day for their services. The en-
tire cost Of expert testimony IN this
trial was $4,000. and In the case Of Or.
Meyer the expert testimony cost f62.-
600 District Attorney Olcott intends
20 draft a bill TO be presented TO the
New York legislature enabling the city
20 employ 70 own experts At a stated
salary.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

q Just hate that old Mr. Browne.
said the Newest Girl Really" Real.
ly We girls are going ln for hunting
you know. and when told him how
had killed a dozen birds he only said
on. that wasn't so bad, but I've got d
dog that killed thirty rats Ia thlriy
minutes. Hateful old togyr- Cincln-
natl Enquirer
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

most OF them being made 81 dough o.
Fat and colored or gilded The em-
peror Is evidently not extrayagant. for
he pays only stated sum for each
cover at dinner, 90 that strict care
fulnoss must be observed For ordi-
nary meals the rate Is about $3.50 a
cover.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

IN 1891 The prepondcfanee OF opln.
ion lncllnes to Portsmouth street.
which Is ln a nelhborhood repicte with
associations OF Dickens The street
which originally bore the queer name
OF touches building. takes lts present
name from Portsmouth House, built
b. lingo Jones Cor the Earl OF por,s-
mouth. the front Of which ls still stand
ing. but the interior has been entirely
transformed 20 meet the requirements
OF modern daya The quaint old house
we illustrate Is believed 10 BE- the REM
nant OF the dairy house OF Louise Dc
Korhoncl. Duchess OF Portsmouth. the
"baby-facrd" beauty. who 30 long held
Che too susceptible Charles a. in thulL
Thus the uamo OF the street De- some
timos derived from the duchess rather
than the earl.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Only what We have wrought into our
characters during life car we take away
win ua
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

The fact that you cannot change the
whole world should not prevent your
trying 10 smooth over a few Of the
rough spots In the path that somebody
has 10 walk.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

The sheriff Of Crown Point. Ind. sold
Buck and "Jlm." his two man-hunt-
ing bloodhounds % the state OF Mln-
nosoia. for a handsome price. Mime
sofa VIII use the dogs TO watch The
state prison and track criminals who
cscnne. A great many have recently
succeeded in setting away and the
state win now adopt this method OF
catching them.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
An Aiming rheh.

IT, little figures shown In tie ae'
companying illustration are IN no way
remarkable for the grace OF their per-
sons or their attitudes. but they VIII
give you some amusement. neyorthe-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Clarence Foster OF New York has
just been sentenced 70 Sing Sing Tor
nfe years Cor having within a year or
50 marir0d i've young women. when
De entered cour, and saw an Of his
Visos waiting 20 tcsliy against him
be promptly pleaded sullty. Each OF
tie Mrs Fosters was delighted. and
one Of them voat 90 Ger as TO call her
husband e gay daofitcr Clarence wall
knew better arxi timo.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

she. why is o. dear. tha, when
You gei -o1ts AZ The theaicr YOU always
gci them 70 FAR hackl' ION account
Of your hat like other people 90
see lhe pay. - Brooklyn Life
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

There Is nothing which marks more
decidedly the character Of men and OF
nations than the manner In which they
tIcai women.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES or Discov-
cry AND INVENTION.
do Pish suffer Pain An Amusing
Trick for Home Pleasure The sleep
Of seeds "Old Curiosity shop" 20
Como Down About Vaccination.

LII FISHES have
nerves. and In some
respects fishes are
extremely sensi-
tive. A Ash that
has buried itself In
sand or mud 30
completely that
only the tip Of It's
tail I'm Is above the
bottom will feel
upon that tn g
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

taxlnesn Is contagious. while Il Is al.
r'oet impossible to spread Industry
evca BY incubation.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

a man can pass unno,iced IN a
crowd unless he does something TO ex-
cite envy. and then notorloiy comes al
him on wheels.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

There are TOO many people who i'm
neine they are privileged 20 worry their
living out OF their nelehbors.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

A Chicago street band makes is tours
about the city ON bicycles.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

WuuN h.liOui or cosiive. eat q Casrarrt.
candy caiharili. yurs guaranteed ioc, gsc.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Baltlmoreans want negro teachers
exclusively In negro schools.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

70 crrr a ruap ~ crr rer.
Take Laxative liromo Qainlne Tahlota An
prugglala refund the monoy u g fails 20 cure 80
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Mexico sends coal TO the United
States.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Hope is believing that some stranger
win saw your wood while you sit In
the shade.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

Tho annual Arctic owl precursor Of a
hard winter has been captured. this
time on Care Elizabeth. lda
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-03

When Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention Thn Paper.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-27

Mr.. Ward L. Smith. of Fredercks-
town, Mo-, was troubled with chronic
diarrhoea for over thirty years. He
had become fully satisfied that it was
only a question of short time until
he would have to give up. He had
been treated by some of the best ply
sicians in Europe and America but got
no permanent relief. One day he
picked III newspaper and CHANGED to
read an advertisement of Chamber
lan's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. He got a bottle of it, the
first dose helped him and its continued
use cured him. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Benson. Smith &
Co., wholesale agents for II. 1.