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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

she Gussssd ns Riddle before n
slated ~.

she Ousssed nis Riddle Before lie
slated H.
There vas nothing special TO take
BlTby downtown the other night 80
he decided TO stay q home and give
Mrs Blxby the rare &. 4 Of hls com
pany for the EVENT. M (Ss the San
Francisco Post. Wide glanclng over
the paper a. she sat sewing Bixby
thought how happy she must be at be-
Ing allowed 70 bask in bis presence
and later on. In burst Of amiable
generosity. he decided to besiow upon
her an intellectual treat. HE had. after
reading the advertisements. cast his
eye upon the puzzle column OF the pa
per and the thought was born In him
to spring upon her a puzzle originated
IN his own head. After long study he
concluded 70 invent an enigma. lie
decided upon the word Poe" a. an
easy one. suited to Mrs. Bixby's feml-
nine and therefore feeble perceptions.
The enigma was 10 reclte three words
In which the letters Of the name are
found and 10 wind up with MY whole
Is well-known poet" Clara" said
MI Bixby. suddenly and explosiyely-
Mrs. Bixby started out OF her dreamy
state OF mind and almost dropped her
sewing What is II. dearY" she ask
ed. 4 have three letters" said Bixby.
distinctly and lmpreEslvely. MY nrst
Is In pocket but not In box: my"
Josiah Blxby." said Mira Blxby. stern
~ fixing him with her eye. "of all the
thoughtless. careless. negloctful. incon-
sideraie men | ever saw you are the
worst One OF ems that letter 20
mamma gave you 20 mail last FRI
day asking her 10 see Aunt Susan and
get that skirt pattern 7 loaned her last
week and a copy OF that recipe for
cough strip that dld Johnny 30 much
good and TO come up and stay a week
or two with a.. as ! need her assist
ance IN selecting shades for the sit
ting room. az they are faded and not
% 20 be- seen even n you do sheer az
her behind her back aud make re-
marks about her that you never would
do n you had any love for your wife
and IN be bound one Of them Il that
letter ] wrote that New York agency
that offers SO a day for work In your
own home, samples free, though I'm
sure you'd never give me any credit for
trying 20 earn money and help you
along and the other one Is the letter
wrote 20 my old schoolmate Jennie
Armstrong. who limited she was golns
q come and see us and told her that
We were undecided about moving yet
the sly. deceltful mink she thinks
don't know you were ENGAGED 10 her
once pushing herself right In on as.
the brazen creature and the chances
are she'll BE- here any day and you
carry those letters around in your
pocket for weeks after ! gave them 70
you 10 mail and you sitting up here
and telling me about Il A. n u were
Of no importance In the world. though
goodness knows I'm OF none myself In
this house Shaving and scraping and
saving TO try and help" Blxhy
jumped out Of his chair. threw hls pa
per NJ the lamp lammed bis hat on hli
head and shouted. Mrs. Blxby. I'm
going out to look a. the airship When
you recover your senses. madam. !
win return"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

A writer In the London sketch says.
The primitive manners and customs
are fast dying out In Ireland. What
with light railways and a developed
tourist lraflc. old times and old ways
are rapidly being assimllaied TO those
OF England Even the language Is
fading along the western coast. where
d was otcs dominant. and where the
rich gutterals can sim BE- heard from
the older peasants; but irs going In
spite Of every effort Cor lts retention.
Yet enough remains In ireland At the
present day TO interest deeply not only
the chronological student. but also the
average tourist
The iauntlng car d known 10 most
people. but the earlier means OF car.
rage still IN use. are little known.
pannlers arc common two large has.
kcts. one on each side Of an as. with
a great pile Of turf In each. ls an every
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Mazas. the great Paris prison. viii
soon be q thing Of the past. Like The
English Pentonvilie. Il vas built 10
carry out the cellular system borrow
Cd from Philadelphia In the early for
ties. but the doors were not thrown
open to unwilling guests before 1850
Among its earlier tenants may be not
ed many victims OF the Coup a. Fiat.
The lmpossibillty of escape made Ma
tas unpopular with the criminal
classes Pierre charreau mado an a.
tempt IN 1850. and by penetratlns into
the sewers actually reached the river.
but finding exit impossible returned
shivering and exhausted to bis cell.
His story may have suggested 70 Vie
tor Hugo a well-knoWn chapter In Les
Miscrables." In future the convlcis II
Paris viii enjoy country air az Fre-
sncs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

An automatic photograph Of q deer.
taken AZ midnight. Is one Of the lates,
marvels Of photography. This was &C.
cured By means OF an automatic ar
rangcments devised by Charles Hughes
Of Red Bun. Cal by mechanical de-
vice the deer. On touching a linen
thread while moving along a trail a.
midnight put IN action the movement
which opened the camera. flashed the
magnesium powder and then closed the
shutter
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

day slght This turf Il brought down
from the mountain BY steep. rugged
paths, In crccls fastened on rude
shafis. the ends OF which. sometimes
shod with iron. tail along the around.
Between the shafts the horse. OF don.
key, Il tied with many cords and strsr
ropes and very little leather. The next
type Is that seen In the ILLUSTRATION
a common Kind, where the wheels ana
axles are one and revolve together IN
a staple fastened 10 the shafts me
wheels are solid. and the body Of the
cart Is tilted mp from the shafts be-
hind In order 10 DO away with the
sloplng position. All the cottages have
spinning wheels. where the busy moth.
or spins enough for her large family
that Is, enough Tor the winter time
Cor the summer Is easily pulled
through. and stockings are not In de-.
mand.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

"Mussins is a pretty shreui pollti.
elan. Ho Is roine around over The DIS.
tr.ct nov showing farmers how high
pr.c's have gonc since the election Of
Mckinley"
"Oh. there doubtless has been o
slight rise but rothlng extraordl.
nary"
Yes. but Mugglns takes Alaska by
way OF illustration"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

New York Edilor-"Cood heavens.
but Philadelphia Is a slow town. Just
run across new illustration % the
fact"
Assistant What was o. Did The
sun oct a couple a. hours after dark!
Ediior-"No. ,hry lad a case OF mi.
eide there the other day and there
wasn't O reporter on ihe scene undl
amer the police had been notified.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Farmer - Mckinley promised NJ
prosperity and high prices. What ha,
he done to bring EN-. ia like tei
know"
"iumphl Better read
the papers. ANNinlcy hadn't been
elected six months before wheat ln
Alaska was selling for fourteen dollars
a hushel. You can't complain"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

i don't suppose there will ever be
another American play like Uncle
Toms Cabln.'" said the theatrical
man.
rs II sim before the publle7" In
quired the man In the sweater.
"Of course Il is II has run 'or
nearly fifty years And lt'li run Tor
ffiy years more"
We'll. that's pretty good. Of course;
but ! don't see any sense In making
30 much 10 DO about a little thing like
a century run. '-Washlngton Star.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

cities. or IN furnishing beautlhh
homes Tor Inc industrial classes o. iOl
wealthy people. In a soft and temper
ate climate. where nature reyels IN the
beauty Of flowers and the richness OF
fruits and the DEMONSTRATING produc-
lions for the support Of dense popu.
latlons. How the United States can
do without this harbor-to say moth
Ing Of the other islands-ls the quea-
ton that this generation must answer
at w peril. JOHN T. MORGAN"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

The spider IL a good example Of the
living barometer. Close observation Of
the work on its web castle will soon
enable one to forecast the weather.
When hlgh wind or a heavy rain
threatens the spider may be seen TAX
Ing In sail with great energy-that 4.
shortening the rope flamen,s that sus.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

A German doctor. who has been col.
Letting information ebout the habits
OF long-lived persons. hnds that the
majority Of those who attained old
age INDUCED In late hours. Eight out
Of ten persons over eighty never went
70 bed until well into the small hours
and aid not get up again until late IL
the day.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Hurly-"up to thirty womans
great fear IN life seems 20 b. lest iho
won't set the right man"
nurly--"Ycs. aud after that her chief
concern seems 70 be loli ass won't ST
any man q an.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

ierlng az the troops TO Brussels.
The sscind act shows all the char
aciers AZ the historic hall OF the Ouch.
css Of Richmond. The next act shows
the home OF the Rawdon CFawleys. In
Curzon street, and OF course closes
with the great scene one Of the most
dramatic In the whole range OF modern
English Action IN which Rawdon
Cfawlsy comes homo and finds his
wife with the marquis OF S,eyne. The
hfst Of the two scenes IN the Jas, act
shows nccky IN lodgings with the Ger
man students. and the second repre-
scnm the gambling HAN At Pumper-
nickel. Thus. as IN Beau Brummel.
the play closes with a picture Of ne
chief actor ending a brilliant career IN
miserable state.
The continued success Of Secret
Service" makes the publication OF =
por,ralt Of william Gillette Of inter-
eat Mr.. Gillette never dld better work
az dramatist or actor than In this fasci-
mating play OF the war !, was a dar-
lng idea 20 make the hero a spy "a
Northern soldier In Confederate llnesl.
but Mr. Gillette accompllshes the feat
40 successfully IN his story and IN his
acting that prejudice. for once Is over
come Ia the telegraph scene, In The
third act. where he Is sending false
dispatch. which win ruin the people
whose hospitality he has enjoyed
the people Of the woman he loves
the tension IL 20 great that the au-
dionce grows fairly heslde itself with
excitement. The coolness with which
- Gillette carries this scene Is al
siost wonderful sho, Ia enc hand, De
Fs,,ty proceeds to send bis message
wt.s -. o.@is smokivr his tigar the
. -uli TIE 'Sesr, sor'ses COMPANY
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

tends Il for a farce or a serious drama
Herbert Kelley and Eine shannon In
the leading parts do % well as posi-
BILE but they are not stars. despite the
fact that this Is their own com
pany.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

an the swing bridges across the riv-
er within the llnlia Of the city Of Chi
case are now operated BY means Of
electricity.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15
1T. MORGANs LETTER.
WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF
ANNEXATION.

GATED siaiss Mat Occupy Pearl Hsr-
bos--Tts PresIpiious shores Cas- Easily
BE Fortified -Eresllsat Naval station
for unels Bam.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Artineiai Teeth Tor oermaa seidlsrs.
The German war once has deter
yr'4ed to furnish artificial teeth grath
10 such soldiers a. may need them.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

HILE Senator Nor
gan was In Homo
lulu he wrote a
letter on the sub
iect Of Hawaiian
annexation 10 the
New York Herald.
The following ex-
tract from II refers
to the beautiful
Pearl Harbor. the
proposed station.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Casey tpolntlng 10 person Wearlng
cycling sweater .-"Git onto De dude
wid his shurt on wrong"
Clancy .-"Phwat wrong about it,
Casey-"cant yea soo he's got N
bib beholnd inslid az In frontl l. q
blolnd yea are"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

A visitor 20 the WORKS. fair Ia 1884.
who was kicked BY horse and who
sued the exposition company Tor sso.-
900. has Just found ou, that Re had rs
....
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

The Cock and the 0as stove or the
Tragedy Of the KlteheR-The nleycis
Freak Uadsr a Celtic Lens Flotsasn
and Jetsau,.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

"ne "He. Fhfer NJ n aN The Play
z players are something Tor the
erlcan theater 10 be proud Of.
e u considerable witty dialogue
ldeleine Lucetie Ryley's comedy,
Vle else. The author is clever
but she Is trying 10 do 200
" Bright lines do not make a
lone or two situations are neces-
y. As they are eliminated from
Coat Of Many coiors." Il cannot he
"a a successful production. The
ame Is awkvard In the first place,
|nd 80 much depends on the title OF
play. Tlv "hero'-if a comedy may
De said TO have a hero-ls played by
Herbert Kelley, and Is a most exem-
plary young man. on whom. however,
are shifted all the adventures OF his
brother because they happen TO have
the same initials. Complications of
the most absurd kind onsue on this
account, and serious interest Is awk.
wardly brought In. The rapldity with
which Mrs, Ryloy changes from farce
TO sober earnest Is remarkable and not
In the bes, taste. Her play lacks sym.
meiry and artistic unity. just as Il
lacks situations. and sometimes Il Is
hard work 10 know whether she in
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

Georgia Calne l. a clever young ac.
treas. who can also sing and canoe
successfully Last season she played
the god-mother most chaFmlngly IN
Lost. strayed or Stolen" and she o.
now assuming the title role IN one Of
Rice's Girl From Paris" companirf.
Miss Calne has an arch manner. o
piquancy and a decidedly fetching
style. which accord perfectly
with such part We present a hand.
some and striking picture OF Miss
Caine In this issue.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

II r. rumorcd that Emma Fames has
decided TO accompany Jean and "a.
Guard de Rosz1ke to Russia next win.
ter 70 take part N a series 81 Wagner
performances NJ ST. peleuburg Jean
a. ResEake win - he MANAGER Of ;hs
cs'naany.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

JN|5sl 80. Joseph r.
Whiting and Miss
Una Abel. The
heroine OF this play
is a Cassaiie. The term Is strange 10
most readers no doubt. but was once
~ell-known IN New Orleans. and IA
stu understood there. Il was applied
long ago TO girls banlahod from France
10 Louisiana. These cassattes we're
oulcasts. commonly from the reform
Aiory Institutions. The authors. Frank
IN Fylea and Eugene Presbry. have
Instead created the character Of an In
nocent victim 10 the system OF Danish
~ ment They introduced her At lrst
~ pupil at a convent school In
haffe where she Il kregn "a ian or.
phan OF the revolution" her father
having been sentenced TO the gullo-
TINE a. an aristocrat- She Is taken by
military force from this quiet and pure
ilie. thrust into a gang OF cesaaites as
one of their Kind. and sent TO New
oheana' the fate Of a cassatte being
designed Tor her by a relative who
would thereby obtain for himself the
title and estates belonging 10 her fam
ny four sets ere devoted TO the VI.
cisstudea and adventures OF this girl
m New Orleans. Her father. whom
ahe believes dead. Is there IN quest OF
hef, and the ploiter against her IA act
I've Tor her destruction while his two
sons. hali-broihers are her rival Low.
frs
Many novels viii be dramatlred this
season. but not one Of them viii awak.
en- any deeper interest In the minds OF
educated reading people than Vanity
Fair" IN which Mrs Minnie Madden.
Flake ls 70 appear There are three
or four plays In Vanity Fair" but
the dramatic form which Mrs.. Fiske
viii use is 10 deal with the rise ana
progress and subsequent fan OF Becky
sharp The play "a 10 open with a
prologue. which shows Becky at Miss
Plnkerion's school At the moment
where the parting Of the ways OF life
lies before her. She can choose either
4 road. but circumstances and her own
ambition. combined with her relations
with Mas Pinkerion and the force of
early associations. lead her 10 choose
the one which brings her eventually 70
disgrace. After the prologue We see
----- her a. the home Of the sedleys In Rus
sell square The act closes With the
ruin Of the Sedley family and the or
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

And that lusirouH azure eyo
Recognizes In the sky
Every star
You have pouting piauant lips:
You can doubtless an tlilpse
Calculate
And but Tor your eye of blue,
I had certainly from you
Met my fate.
But though ~ beams b. bright o. ever.
A Harvard man they never
Could prevail
Since from out those depths Of blue
Beams too plain ihe hated hue
or "old Valet" Jan
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

: hns ore Taken ~ IN IN che pias
~ players are something Tor the
erlcan theater to be proud Of.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

from 1850 TO i7il, the best were admit.
iedly written by William Congrevc
Perhaps the most effective. certainly The
most amusing Of Congreyea plays -
Love for Love" the style 81 which Is
as brilliant and eplgrammatic az ,ha
most witty plays 81 our modern writ
ors. This play viii be given shortly
BY the entire senior claso OF the Amer.
lean Academy ot The Dramatic Arts
Charles Coghlsn. who has not been
seen on the boards slnoe his engage.
ment with Minnie Madden Flske In
Tess Of the D'Urberynles." Is golns
starring In one Of his own plays. Mr.
Coghlans play ls Of an hlstorlcai char.
acier. laid In England, Of the time u
Goorge ~.
"rrllhy" Is being put into operailo
form. Leoncayllle Is dividing his time
now between attending the first per-
formanecs Of his new opera based upon
Murger's novel, la Vie de Boheme."
and writing the score OF "Trllhy." for
which he viii prepare both llbrctlo and
score
Helen neftram, the American prlma
donna. d now singing IN London with
excellent prospects Of speedy rise ana
recognition. u Adele Richie finds
way to success In Londcn. there can
be no doubt about what win result
from the Bcrlram onuit.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15


ALDEN. very fair
are you.
And your eyes are
bonnie blue
OioleD.
Your face Il a. the
sweetest.
Your fern the trim
~ neaiest.
Ever rlet
And the aoftneaa of
your cheek
And your algebra
and Greek.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15

on all the plays produced IN that
memorable epoch OF dramatic history
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-15
SOME cURosrrlEs or RURAL IRELAND.

The COS, Of land for these works
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With the approach of cool weather
and the closing day g OF the Nashville
Exposition, interest in that occasion
steadily increases. aud the movement
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S7me time ago he had q severe i'll
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lousy. A reporter hearing Of this. in
tervlewed him regarding his eZpe
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hearing.
"a year z lest fall" said the pro,
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haustion, and was uneble to properly
attend to my duties I tried different
phYsiciens but With no relief. and also
used many d.ferent proprietary medi
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