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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

More than 5000 people ln Toronto.
Canada. have organized themselves IN
10 an association called the "Ptdes-
TRAN Protective Association Tor Con.
serving the Rights OF Non-Blcycle
R.dcrA' While the number OF bicycle
riders IN the Canadian city counts up
into the tens 90 thousands. the ridlur
craze Is nevertheless confined % ths
more Juvenile members OF the com.
murliy Asphalt pavemonta are uttls
known Ia Toronto. and. a. the gran.
iic blocks % which the roadwaya are
composed form but On unatiractivt
course 90 the rider OF a wheel. the
granollth.c sidewalks are uonopolized
BY the cyclists. with the result that
they have become a public nuisance
There exists certain ordinances re-.
siricting The usc % the sidewalks &c
pedestrians bui % has been futile foi
few policemen 20 cope with the law.
breaking thousands Of b.-yclista a
mass meeting Was held lu me cl,y hal
the other day al which INDIGNATION
speeches wero made by the mayor and
other prominent citizens With muN
cathusiaam tho proposition 90 form th6
protective association Vas acted upon.
and more than ave thousand cltifsnl
have enrolled themselves Another
large meeting oi uon bicycle riders VIII
Do bella Co act upon che rcp0r, q a
committee -Troiutel 10 iadulrllnio ths
. test method OF aoatios thc hmsaacc.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

AZ the population Of the country In
creases 40 does the number OF farmers
who own no land but depend on rent
ing from ethers In order 10 make a llv-
ing. writes S. H. Pile In Rural Wor, !!
All through this section land for lease
Is scarce. and competition has grown
among renters for what available land
there Is. until Il has gotten to that point
hat In many instances a man can make
more out OF his land by renting Il than
by farming Il hlmselt especially n he
depends upon hired help largely. In
many cases a farmer who owns a good
~ number % acres win move his family
90 the nearest town. and only oversee.
renting out everything 10 the tenant.
claiming that q Is moro agreeable and
profitable 90 DO this than 90 live on
and cultivate his own land. This meth
cd Is not the best IA my opinion. be-
cause q works a hardship on the poor
renter 20 pay such high rents. and In
many cases these renters try 90 see.
% would apro3r. how much damage
they can DO the farm IN the time they
have g. II some slight repairing is
needed, they lct DO alone. thinking they
pay more than the worth OF The place
anyway; and boy the time the year De-
ended The slight breaks that were have
become quite serious Then the owner
90 the farm comes around. and seeing
how everything has been run down, re-
fuses 70 rent 90 the man again; con-
scqucntly he must hunt another farm.
The time that he then dovoles rlding
from one place TO another. n spent In
profitable work. would support him Tor
many months; while as Il Is. Il Is vir-
tually thrown away. | knew one man
who once was nearly every day from
October TN the following March look
ing for a place. and after he found one
that suited him he only lived there two
weeks. when he got tired and moved
again. AN this time spent looking and
moving around could have been en-
ployed at good wages. and he need not
have moved az all had he been willing
70 DO his part. There are few that ar
a. hard 10 please as this man. yet mise
out Of every ten renters move at least
once every year. and many are thrown
clear out somo years, and have {. move
10 town and there tgy to exc out a
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

night. and often b The iirh, q, IN.
moon. The spir4 are somet,me.
called blockade" II the reason that
1nose VINO sell Il ve to run the block.
ade In order tc ~ the stuff 10 a pur.
CHASER No ono would suspect the In.
hocent looking Dad Of cotton rolling
along the road Of containing moon
shine hidden Somewhere down amone
those aaky balee but a load OF pota-
toes may be equally as guilty. and
wagons fun OF corn. cotton seed. hay,
or any other kind OF produce or grain,
all lend a haad to aid the moonshiner
IN getting his goods 10 market. The
finest article IS manufactured from
pure corn. and II Is intended principal.
~ for smuggling; but only tho larger
stills engage ia the export business
The smaller affairs are run IN DIFF
ferent way. The very small ones are
really FOR family use only" the pro-
duct being intended wholly for home
consumption. Except the larger ones.
most Of the stills are run on the CO.
operative plan That Co.: You bring 30
much grain 10 my mill and / will re-
turn you 30 much grist.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20
That Eternal Grind,

A few days ago a noighbor came over
to our place TO ask why her hens we're
dying. / said l would go over and see
the sick or dead ones. She replied
that the hens were buried. On inquiry,
| learned that she had been feeding
oats and corn and corn and oats right
along. She said the hens got sick and
died. usually with a lot OF watery feed
In their crops Well. knew what was
the matter indigestion. / had adj
yised them 20 feed less grain. but no
heed had been paid TO my advice. They
argued that grain was the proper food
for fowls. and that was proven by ma
ture. Therefore, there could be no
harm In feeding the food that nature
provided. That "a jus; the trouble. the
argument stands upon one leg OF fact.
but the other leg Is error. Il IS true
that nature intended fowls TO eat grain.
but not grain entirely. The fowl In
a wild state goes through the fields.
picking at the head OF a weed or n
spear OF grass. gathering a few grains.
but with Il come all kinds OF food
many OF them not hard 20 grind up into
proper shape for dlssolving. But in a
confined state. and with n whole grain
ration. the thing Is different. Then
Il Is grind. grind. grind. the year round.
The birds are fed 20 repletlon. and
that makes them DO all the grinding
possible. In fact. from birth TO death.
their machinery Is required to run nj
high pressure. That is the reason we
have 30 much indigestion among our
poultry. hope the readers OF the
Farmers Review will heed the sugges-
ton 30 often made. that a too heavy
grain ration be not fed. truly believe
that next 10 lice Indigestion kills more
fowls than anything else.
MARY ANN.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20
oRIBBINo AT HARVARD.
Il IL No Longer winked at by tho Tn.
struotors.


struetors.
The faculty OF Harvard university
has announced rs intention 10 separate
the college students handing IN writ
ten work not their own. and TO post
their names on the college bulletin
board. says Harper's Weekly. The Of
Tense thus TO be dealt with "a Familiarity
known as "crlbblng" The Harvard
faculty has determined and announced
that It Is d.ahonorablo and merits pub
l.c expulsion. The conclusion thus
reached ia somewhat revolutionary and
the action taken has only been taken
with reluctance and after solemn
thought and full discussion. In
old times at Harvard. as IN most
other colleges where what Is
known o. the honor system" In ex-
amlnailons does not prevail. crlbbing
was not regarded as dishonorable.
though is expedioney has always beCa
freely questioned. even by the patrons
OF the practice. Il used 20 be the cus-
tom. when written examinations were
held. to garrison the examination
rooms with proctora. who patrolled tho
a.sles and made Il their business 10
restrain as far as possible the propCua-
/ rs OF the examined 90 cheat. The re-
suit was that Il was regarded On a
| fair game TO beat the examiners and
| students OF honorable character often
used what iuriivc aids thcy might u
exc out their haltiug scholarship. On
lY when The examinations were IN go PEA
degree competitive. as where students
were trying Tor high rank or Tor acho.-
auhips. was cr.bhlng felt 70 Involve dis.
honor bur conditions are declared Ia
have changed a. Harvard. The rela-
lions between instructors and students
are more familiar than they used 20 b,
and the majority ~ the students ar,
believed 90 take their work more serl'
ously than they once dld and 20 l0ol
upon their instructors more ~ ioun'
tnlns Of Information and less ~ hind
rance 20 ease The faculty feels thai
there are certain chlldllh things thai
ought TO be- put away from Harvard
forever and cribbinE Is one Of them
Hence this severe penalty ior an Of
Tense which. d seems, q suil verl
prevalent among the more t.voloul
undergraduates
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

their way up the mountain side by the
light Of the moon. and a faint gllmmer
In ravlne far ahead indicated the loca-
ton OF the siill As they drew nearer
the tro grew brighter. and a jolly
crowd Of men could be seen going
about their work and talking among
themselves AZ signal the posse.
With drawn revolvers. made a dash for
the spot, and the Jolly crowd" jumped
Tor their arms. A pitched battle fol-
lowed. In which more than one
"shiner" vas shot down; but after a
stubborn resistance the whole OUTFIT /
was captured. marched on 10 JAN and /
their property conhscated. II there Is /
one thing a moonshlner hates worse I
than a snake Il IL an iniormer. Moth I
ing Il more detes;able 20 the elan than /
a SPY. and no mercy IL shown should
one fall into their hands. This broth
crhood OF moonshlners Is somewhat
similar 10 the old kuhlux arrange
ment. for they will stand by each other
90 the last The moonshincrs really
have no grievance against the revenue
officials. and will rarely shoot or even
injure them. except Ia seli-deiense.
but an lnformcr Is their common enc
my. and woe 10 one Of this class SHOULD
he ever be found cut or even sus-
pecied.
There are individuals IN every dis
tslci looklng f1r this sort Of Job. and %
a. dangerous Tor a stranger 20 be- seen
wandering about the mountains alone.
let his mission be- ever 10 innocent A
pair Of suspicious eyes are following
every movement. perhaps a woman'a
or a childs eye. and should anything
appear 20 these watchers 10 be- OF a
questionable nature a rough clap on
the back and a gruf whats yer doing
IN these paris3" may be very dlnlcult
% explain satisfactorily Not long ago.
near Waco. Ca. q young man OF excel
lent character was afphushc1 by three
desperate m1onshlners. who spotted
him rs an informer. and Il might have
gone hard with him had Il not been for
his rare pluck and rapid work with his
muscle. Young Robertson d a rustic
athlete. who was written down ln the
catalogue OF the moonshinera a. a SPY
and plo, was laid 10 make away with
him on the quiet The opportunity
came one midaight a fow weeks ago.
when Robersoa was ridlng home from
a visit 10 a nelghbor. In a very dark
part OF the woods the "shlnors" waited
for their victim. and pretty soon he
was seen coming up the road. mounted
on a mule As be arrived opposite the
place OF ambush. quick as a ilssh three
men Jumped before bic stecd. and
ordered him % halt Tho rider. good
naturcdly. said be had no objection.
and quietly dismounted Ono OF tho
men whipped out his pistol and de-
mandoi 20 know why be reported them
o. the revenue officers.
"shooi the id SOY" said one. NO.
thrash tht liie ont OF him. said another.
Tho third was 10 favor OF logging but
Robertson decided the question for HIM
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

How do you put away your roses to
prevent them from winter killing2-
p. A.
Our rose bed s. long and narrow, con-
tanning two rows Of bushes. says the
Farmers Guide. Last winter a board
was put up each side OF the bed and
fastened with stakes The bushes were
bent over all IN one direction and COW
cred with straw. and this held down
with boards This year we have made
coverings out OF wide boards BY nail
ing them together V-shGped. These
will be inverted over tho bushes after
they have been bent over and covered
with straw. We And Il a good plan
after bending tho bush over to hill Up
some dirt around the roots. With the
small bushes this Is especially bene.
fetal. We do not cover our roses until
We think settled cold weather Ia with
uA This year we will cover them after
tho ground Il frEen. We have the
covering In readiness 80 that Is will not
take long to 90 the work at the proper
time.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

Clean the Cow. There is no farmer
who win rciur, to- clean hls horses. but
how about the COW. 10 o. certainly
moro impor,au, 20 clean thc cows. ul
they easily become covered with nl,h
while iu the stalls az night when o.
ls considered that d Be- almost impos-
sIble Tor the udlor and toa,s 90 escape
the urine and Eclld manure yoidcd. and
that during the act OF milking the oh.
jcctionablo matter is dissolved In tho
milk. being beyond the reach Of the
strainor. the Importance OF carefully
wishing the uddcr and tcats before
milking. a. well as the hands OF the
mixer, cannot BE- too strongly urged.
Soluble matter cannot be arrested BY
the strainor. and Il follows tho milk
into the pail.-Ex.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

county. Mich. It's members claim 10
belong to the Baptist faith, but they
vary much from the orthodox Baptists
In many details Of everyday life, They
believe In the teachings OF the Bible
IN a purely literal sense and try to
follow out iis advice In every act The
greatest desire among them is 10 be-
come missionaries and to expound the
Christian religion. a. they understand
u. by prcccpt and example. TO benight-
Cd foreigners The head OF this simple
community Is Rev. u. Ashton. an Eng
llshman 80 years old. who emlgrated
20 Canada twelve years ago. After
residence OF two years In the dominion
Rev. Mr. Ashton went TO Michigan.
Ho entered the ministry about six years
ago and has been preaching In Union
City only year This clergyman lives
up 70 his convictions Tie refuses 20
accept a salary. takes with him neither
scrip nor stan and despises the rich
things Of the world In a word he tries
In every way TO follow the advice Of;
the founder Of Christianity IN his pro-
iession OF preacher Of the gospel Ho
will not marry unbelievers or divorced
persons. caring nothing Tor the fees
Ho says 10 would not preach a funeral
sermon bat Tor the fact tha, he can
thereby reach persons who would not
otherwise hear the word. Rev. MT.
Ashton and his followers are regarded
with much curiosity by Christians ol
iho leading orthodox denominations
ana by ether clorgymou. who DO not
rgo tho biblical lessons On the same
i.hi TRAIT Dc does Tho Union Cit.
ulptss are scupulously honest "a
their dealings among themselves and
their neighbour.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20
MARY ANN.

Home Grown and Imported FiaH seed.
There Is not a great deal OF didor-
enco In the competition OF the ash OF
imported and home grown samples.
The imported seeds are no richer IN
their Etored-up food for the young
plants than are our own seeds; u any
thing the Minnesota seeds are a little
richer In phosphorlc acid while the i'm
ported seeds are richer In potash. The
difference between the imported and
the home grown seeds. u indeed there
Is any difference whatever. Is more a
physiological difference. such as the VI
tality Of the germ. etc. rather than a
difference In the chemical composition
Of the seeds. The home grown seeds
we're richer both In Oh and total nitro
gen particularly so In total nitrogen.
The total heterogeneous matter IN the
foreign seeds amounted 90 20 ~ per
rent. while IN the home grown seeds
the amount was 27.eS per cent In
stead Of the extensive importation Of
foreign grown seeds. an exchange and
improvement Of our home grown seeds
should frs, be triod.-Bullet.a.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

A publisher OF a statistical turn OF
mind has been compiling some figures
about the newspaper business that are
astonishing. The total number OF
copies OF newspapers printed In a
single year Is twelve billion. a figure
which looks mos, imposing when set
out IN numerals, thus. 1905, 900. 600
The approximate weight OF this masn
OF paper is 7Sl.siO tons. or 1862. iSo. 900
pounds. II the newspapers Of the
world should consolidate Il would take
the tastes. press IN the Journal plant
and Il contains the fastest presses IN
the world-a matter Of $50 years 20
print the edition OF one year. Folded
In the usual manner. and stacked on
md the pile would be 10000 feet. or
ioarly hfty miles high.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20
LoulslANNs UNSTABLE son.
4 Man with q Paddle Dug Channel
Iuur Nile Ntar

4 Man with Paddle Dug Channel
Pour MILES Wide.
As Il well known. the Mississippi
river Is a very crratlc stream. and the
nature OF the soil at and near o. mouth
az New Orleans % such that the force
Of the water continually changes the
channels. opening new ones and clos
Ing the old An important channel
owes ia origin 20 the work Of one
man. I, q known "a Morrison's cut
Of In 81 Mays parish. Il was once
solid land. but some forty years ago
a man named Morrison. fading that
be had 20 20 a long way around to
reach S. Bernard bay. Jumped ashore.
and. with a paddle. made ditch
through which he was able 20 iloat his
boat When he returned two weeks az
ter by the same route ho found that
the waters Of bayou Sale and s. Der
nnrd bay had taken the new channel
and that tho ditch was goo feet Wide. Il.
O. four miles wide to-day and the land
hc cut OK has been gradually wafhod
away until 10 now consists only OF a
string % small islands MorHs1na
cutoff o. now the route Tor numerous
.ol7 running along me coast OF
South Louisiana 10 was made lu the
course OF "a few hours With au orl.u-
uy uoroUc paddle and hy one man.
bu. would probably have cost ho
United S,1ic thousands of dollars DC %
had boon undertaken ot am engineer
ing enterprise and o. me ga,f waters
had not dorc lho work.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

Commercial Fertilizers Most farm.
era IN purchasing commercial fertill-
GERS buy only what are needed for I'm.
mediate use. This Is partly 70 escape
losing the interest on Investments not
IN use. but malnly because there g. 4
popular idea that fertilizers detcriorato
by exposure 90 the air. 10 they are kept
from becoming wet they will be as
good the CCc0ul year as tho first OK
cent that absorption OK moisture from
damp gir win mako the mineral harden
into Jumps which win mako % diMeult
90 drIu Tho best way 20 keep any
surplus % mineral fertilizer IS 90 scat-
GER GO from time 90 time over the stable
manure heaps. and apply g with that
Both the stable manure and phosphate
will boz made more Efficient by this
combination. as each kind OF fertilizer
will supplement the deficiencies OF the
other.-Ex.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

rest. for want OF better Fairgrounds.
and the truckman has abandoned the
fight. and where they crowd thickoat
Fairgrounds OF their own aye bclng
fitted up for them In school and park.
Hereafter no school house shall be
constructed IN the city OF New York
without an open playground attached
to or used In connection with the
same" says one OF the hrie(ost but
most bonodoont laws ever enacted by
the people Of the state OF New York.
q o. an there o. OF o.. but u stands for
o good deal so child OF New York.
poor or rich. shall hereafter De de-
spoiled OF bis birthrIght-a chance TO
play, and as Tor the streets. does ans
one imagine that New Workers viii
ever be- persuaded 10 barter away their
clean and nolsolcss payemcnts and
|purC air Tor the whIrlug dust-clouds.
the summer sionches. and the winter
floughl OF old. seasoned with no mat
Ter what mess OF political pottage7 u
90. be Is grleyouBly mistaken. Colonel
Warlng has shown ua that Che streets
Of New York can be cleaned. and any
future city government. no matter how
corrupt or despotlc. will have 10 reck-
on with him. And right well the en-
envy knows Il. he may not refrain from
picking our pockets 10 future. but be
viii AZ least have 10 DO Il With due ~
Eard 20 the deconcies o. NE.
Mulberry Bend is gone. and In ~
place have come grass and h3wers and
sunshine Across the Bowery. wher,
$4,000 human beings we're shown "a
live out o. Sigh, and reach Of a green
spot. four Of the most crowded blocks
have been seized Tor demolition. q,
make room Cor he two small PARIS de-
handed By the Tenement House Com
mission Bone Alley. rodolent with flu
and squaloT and wrctchcdncss. o. 90 40
aud the children Of that tceming neigh
horhood are 10 have a yeritablc uttl,
Coney Island. with sandhills and shells
estai l!ahed at their very doors VIII
can doub, the influence Il will hay
upon young lives heretofore framed Il
guttors9
] question whether he grcatc1
wrong done the children OF the poo
IN the past has not been the os,hct!
starvation Of their lives rather tha'
the physical injury. Against the o.,
b ter provision has been made by striu
b gent tenement house laws. hy he VIC
orous warfare upon child labor. by Oh
extension Of the laws protection {
stores as 90 factories. aud by the ri
sirIction OF the swcat-shoD evil ln o.
park 20 be- laid out by the schin iouu
b tain, ln The shadow Of the Hebrew lr
sl,ute-one o. the nohlost OF chariti,
"a great publ, bath o. 10 rise upon On
: sltc of che present rooaerlos. harding.
of others io come. An about ne
school houses are going up. on a pla
of structural perfection and archfort
raj excellence no which earlier echo.
, boards would have stood arllst To
FIRST battle Cor thc schools hls bee
, fought and won. ana though thore 0
! campaigning ahead without stint O.
, that scorc. thc day o. ln sight who
! every child who asks shall nad q SCI.
, provided ior him in the public s,aoo
/, and when that scandal of the age. Oh
mixing OF truants and thieves in "a.
. shall have finally ceased. oven as q
now forbidden by law. Light ln Oar
/. Places" by Jacob a. R!ls. 90 the Cci
, fury.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

scanty living until they can ma an.
other place. This. the poorest class Oh
farmers. Is the one that needs help' the
most The renter may have a ior'u-
nate year or two, and get a little aheau'
but then should he miss a year or pay
too high. he loses what little he mas,
and must begin all over again. It Is NOT
my fault. reithcr IS It yours. that thlS
man Is as toqr0s he Is. Perhaps II Is
largely his wn fault. but 1t matters
no, how he ~ ame that way. we should
each OF us lcsIumaiely 10 improve
this mans condition. II he rents your
land. encourage and help him as much
as yen can; try 10 make him conienleu'
70 do his part. and want 10 remain WIN
you year after year. or until he can buy
land OF h.s own. You will be prohteu'
for he will grow better and larger crops
as his condition improves. and Il Is 50
much more satisfactory TO deal with q
man you know can be trusted to do as
he agrees. Every man who owns land
o. depends for a living from the soil
should try to improve agriculture. and
II the tenant farmer DO made 10 do SC
there will be no trouble about the bal
ance.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-20

Sorghum for shcep.-sorghum fod-
der "a no, a NJ food Tor sheep. unless
q IL cut when quite young. after which
the next growths. also cut when young.
may be used. The leaves are sharp
edged and tough and the stalks ox-
coedingly hard and fllnty. These quail
tiles make this plant unfit for the flock.
Corn OF the FIRST early kinds IL ex-
collont IN every way. and n Il Is mown
Il will make a new growth. but tho
best way IL 10 cut Il clean as you 20
and then roplant. 80 having a success
sion Of paintings during the whole sea-
son. II Is well TO mix the corn with
some other crops 10 be fed between
the corn feelings shcca love change.
especially OF ieed.--AEi Sheep Breed
or.