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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-11

BALANCE, fund for new buildings...S2I ,59S.N
July appropriation from City -
Council SO. s..- A-iovF.'
Received from County Tax Re-
ceiver H. G. Rettew, negro
school taxes ......y... 55Sb4
riosfeis fpsipine ,t Supplies @ Hi High school,. $3.50
From School No. 14.........-..... al
From School No. II. ............... 80
From School No 27, loo
overdraft current expense fund.- 7.sl6l3
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03
BIcYcLE RAILROAD At rATcHoGrE. l.. l.

three times the depth Of the Aangos OF
an S-foot engine wheel These hold the
car firmly In position upon a single raj
cardrmly position upon single rail-
The car structure ltaself Is odd, but II i'
ny firm as the Rock OF Gibraltar 80 Tar
as falling from the track is concerned.
The motor carrying wheels are really
double Hanged They are set In rigid
frames. connected by stlll other frames
running up through the ear In a YER
teal position and acting as guides or
pllots 10 the carrying wheel In the
event ~ wheel breaking, the car
would drop one inch only and would
he caught on the rail at either or both
ends upon the metal double-llanged
keels or shoes referred TO- which are
made fast to the bottom Of the car
ne drop not being sufficient 10 allow
he guide or pilot wheels 10 leave the
,,srhcad support. and the car would
,l,de along on the rail- until stopped Dos
IFS friction. So much Tor the railroad
structure. The car In use Is nfty-0yo
feet long and Eve feet wide In the
clear Il IA pointed at both ends In
order that It may offer less 70 I5tancc
to the wind aud so facilitate the speed.
The entrances are from side doors
and therefore no platforms are needed.
The ear is divided into compartments,
hu, the dividing partitions end within
short distance OF the top The seats
are arranged IN the same fashion a.
those NJ an ordinary sleeping coach
though the narrow width ~ the car
renders the existence ~ an aisle I'm
possible. Each car Will seat comfort
ably from 30 10 GO persons. From the
arrangement of the car II will be seen
that % is not unlike the European rail
road coaches. These latter are enter
cd by doors leading into each compart-
ment and so Il Is with the, bicycle rail-
road car ! believe that the increased
cleanliness. convenience privacy aud
speed make up for what We do not
have and the ordinary railway car
possesses. When run at rs maximum
speed q car on this railway can make
IA hundred miles an hour but In order
/ On demonstrate this % will be neces'
snry for as 10 have much longer line
Of track than We have AT Patchogue
The best We can do on that IL sixty
. ID cat
speed on very short notice II Is moi
the idea to transport passengers anc
baggage by the same train. We be-
lleye that greater speed and more com
FORT can he attained by making thi0
distinction. one Of our vestlbul'
trains would consist Of three passen
ger coaches. each seating G6 passen
gers. and two motor coaches that is
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

Il is O. happy fact. and one NJ which
more account ought 10 be- taken. that
good does live and that % always lives
better than evil does. Good has rlre
scIt-pofpetuatIng power than evil The
good shall be- held lu everlasting re-
membrane. but the name ~ the wick.
ed shall rot What is true uf rood
and evil people is true Of good and evil
IN thcmselycs There Be- constant
tendency toward disIutcgraiiuu in evil.
but the good is constructive. alive. PRO.
gr,sslyc The good N always stronger
than the bad Tho reason Is chat God
Is on the side Of good AND only the
devil Is on the eide of the bad We're
there not more vitality 10 good than iu
evil. then the world could never grow
better n evil were. as some seem tu
think. stronger in fo.fpCrpctu,tiur
power than the good than the world
would De- on "a constantly downward
course. n they were exactly alike. as
some think, then there could be- mo-
change either way Hul the world is
growing better thus indicating plain.
ly that there is % power that make,
for righteousness. and that that power
Is stronger than the utmost force ui
evil
Good lives 70 lives In the world
even though sometimes the doer ~
the good Is forgotten Who wrote some
oi the beautiful anonymous hymns we
sng? We do not know the writer's.
but their hymns go on In their mission
Of help and cheer The good those
good people did still lives and will
continue 10 live
Good grows Mems works follow
them sometime, In a way that brings
Increasing recognition Shakespeare
is more alive today than he wa when
no. was on this earth Then ne was a
lonely and almost unknown man: now
he Is loved wherever the English
tongue IA spoken Milton Is more alive
today than he was when he was alive
so are many ~ those most reyeret
among men. John Browns Soul goes
marching on. and 30 does the soul.lif,
and action-ll'e % every well-doer ~
God. John Harvard put seven hundred
pounds into Harvard college Ills nam,
will never perish on the earth Eth,
Yale's gift 10 the institution which
bears his name was less than two hun
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

Goodness r. an attribute that Is not
only resident Of the soul. bat lis
quantity and quality are determined
by h. Manifestations u can not live
unless 70 does h must be- doing. Nor
does IL wait the bidding 10 those who
crave its display. II asks permission.
.t seeks opportunities We an pray
that we may be- good but what ia our
motive d IL simply that We may en-
Joy 10 ourselves Il Is delightful
state ~ heart and mind. greatly To- be-
coveted, richly 20 boz enjoyed bat Il
prompts us 90 be- doing exercising thS
virtue Nor Is % difficult ASK
rather q pleasant duty, while. on the
other hand those who go the round
oi official duty in e. perfunctory and
mechanical style Ind those duties irk-
som. ana dlstasttful and the service
| l.tkIne the proper and right motive
I 6. mole of q burden 90 others than 90
| thsmselyes We must DO good Tor the
/ love Of b.. and though not as wisely
done as some think. perhaps for lack
% experience. % might be better done.
Rut the spirit 10 which u Is done more
than compensatcs Tor the order Of IT,
doing n one has the goodness he viii
learn how best 90 use a.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03
said, With a merry twinkle In her

said, with a merry twinkle In her
bright brown eyes;
Now what II show you how 10
play a game used TO play when was
little? Do you want ! shouldY'
oh. yes lndeedl" / should say they
did 4 game which Aunt IIetty had
played must surely be well worth play
ing.
III Is called the GARDEN" went on
Aunt Hetty. still with that funny lit
tie twinkle In her eye. though her
face was sober enough. and ] will be
the gardener. ard do my planting In
the kitchen so Il win he a kitchen
garden. won't ~ And YOU boys must
be the vegetables. and each one come
when ! call him. Aud YOU mustn't
tell your names 10 each other. do you
understand"
"Oh. yes, ma'amw They thought
they did.
So Aunt lIclty ranged them a little
way apart. and went along the row
whispering 10 each hoy.
Now. I'm going TO stand In this
door," said she. "and when cali the
name ~ vegetable the boy 20 whoa
u belongs must get 10 the kitchen as
quick as he can" And almost IL. the
same breath he sung ont. "Carlager'
Such q scramble you never saw,
with every one of those eight boys try
Ing to yet 10 the kitchen drst. Aunt
Hetiy GTcenlclf laughed until the
tears came into her eyes: and right In
the midst OF II al woodIe stopped
| short.
20 boys, ljys" he cried. we're
cabbage-heafs sure enough, It's
April Fool day. don't YOU know. and
/ Aunt llci.y fooled us an
but there wasn't any iooling about
the pans Of snow on the kltchcn-table
and the kettle OF maple candy on thJ
kitchen stove. 4. {. S.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03
The Lord, Ny shepherd.

For me. writes Mr s. r. Crockett
the popular author Of the Raiders"
and many another delightful romance
there Is 40 hymn like The Lords Nv
Shepherd. III not Want think
must have stood by quite a hundred
men and women as they lay a-dyins
and can assure Won that these wosd,
the first learned by the child-wer>
also the words that ushered most OF
them out into the Quiet To me. and
20 most among these Northern hills.
there are no words like them"
Or John Kerr says Every line Of
II. every word of II. has been engrayen
for generations on Scottish hearts. has
accompanied them from childhood 10
age. from their homes 10 an the sess
aud lands where they have wandered.
and has been TO a multitude no man
can number the rod and stan OF which
Il speaks 70 guide aud guard them In
dark valleys. and 90 last through the
darkest OF ils helpfulness In times
~ fhANANH many NA"NNNANN NlN ElNfna
one IS the story Of Marion Hsrve-~
the servant lass OF 20. who was execu,-
"a AZ Edinburgh with Isabel ALISON for
having attended the preaching Of Don
aid Carglll and for helping bis escape.
As the brave lasses were being led 10
the scanold. a curate pestercd them
with his prayers. Gone Isabel" said
Marian. "lct a. sing the 23i psalm"
And sing q they did. a thrilling duet
on their pilgrimage 20 the gallows tree
Il was rough ON the Covenlrtcrs In
these DAYS. and their paths did not ox-
actly. TO outward aecmiig. lead them
hy the green pastures and stlu watetr.
hut they got there somehow. the g7f'
psalm helping them DO little This
was the psalm John Ruskin nrst learn.
ed at hts mothers knee d was this
which Edward Irving rcclied "a, the
last as he lay dying.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

the coaches that contain the motors
that receive the power through the
electric conductor-e seating 20 pas
sengers. We are positive that with an
engine OF 400 horsepower moved nn-
der so pounds steam pressure, a steady
speed Of 100 miles an hour could be I'M
parted to one OF our vestibuled trains.
The only employees necessary TO run
with the train are the mo,ormen. VINO
open and close the doors by
means Of compressed air. The agents
AZ the stations collect fare from pas
sengers. Again, so FAR as expense Is
concerned. we only use = hfty-pound
rail. where the ordinary railroad uses
a seventy-nye pound rail. and yet our
structure and ears are the safest OF
the safe To make long story short
the one rail- railroad is no longer a
theory. hut a practical success. ana !
venture 10 predict that before halt q
dozen years Il will have come Into such
general use as to be considered gen
uine common carrier"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

And he that takcth not his cross.
and foliowcth after me Is not worthy
OF me Matt. 4. -.
Follow Ne" erie. the Savior DO
not let Him call in vain. Follow Him
boz the denying of myself which means.
DO not let the old sinful body become
master. but may the new soul. the
Spirit Of christ. help thee 10 act at all
times as Tie would have done In thy
place But Il II be hard for thee. cry
nightly 10 Him. and lie will stretch
out Ills hand and not allow thee to
siLk So live and struggle, and Then
the woudrous aurora OF the love OF
God will arise In thy soul and viii let
Itself be- known like the ringing Of the
morning bells and the sound ot sacred
hymns. and II will pray and sing ana
triumph In thee. "Our Father, my
name be- hallovcd. Thy kingdom come
10 us. and Thy holy will be- done over
all and for All time. Amen."-Alban
Stoly.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

n DO good 90 have good parents \
child ought 10 count h blessing when
he can look up with honor and rcvcr-
euce 90 bic father and mother II BE-
sad 90 have bad parents A child Is 10
be pltied when be- must Boz ashamed
~ his father aud his mother But good
parents cannot save us. and bad pa
rents cannot destroy Ms Each one of
us must give account Of himself 10
God. old Thomas Fuller calls aiten-
lion 90 four remarkable changes In four
succeeding generations ln The genoa
logy of the Son OF David ~ Rohoam
berlt Alba. that Is. a bad father b.gat
q bad son. g. Abba hcg1t Asa, that BIS
a bad father q good son g. Asa be-
rat losaphat that Is. good father
q good son g. Ioslphat begat Ior-
am. that is a good father a bad son. %
Fuller adds quantity. Il see, Lord.
from hence that my fathers plety can
not be- eniailod. that is bad news FOR
me. But see also that actual inn
picty Is not always hereditary, that
Is good news Tor my son. Both warn
Ing and hope are in this truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

70 Tip on uut TO Zip" that rs the
question. aud. like good many more
Of the public, / have been somewhat
startled by the announcement that the
waiter Of today is dead against the
practice u appears that be- is more
In favor of regular wage. which
would render him free of the caprice
or moanncss OF those upon whom he
has To- walt Hut, as far as can be
gathered this Is view which docs
not commend Itself To- the employer
because iu the event ~ his being
called upon 20 pay regular wages he
will be- compelled to demand higher
prices Cor his dinners. ! suspect that.
whichever way the question Is oven
mnlly settled. Il win boz the public
who will have 20 pay the piper Many
years ago attendance was not
charged In the hotel bills. but travellers
objected 10 being laid In wait for
on departure hy waiter. chambermaid.
boots. etc. and the system Of making
n charge Tor servants was adopted.
with the result that nowadays one first
PAYS the proprietor for the use NJ his
servants and then lips these expectant
individuals themselves London
Truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

a Christian faith. like the nightIng
ale pours forth its sweetest melodies
la The hours of darkness The Bible
says God. our maker glycth SONGS 10
the night God gives us the song and
the spirit OF praise that will give light
Ia the darkness. There Is a prepare
ton NJ heart that prcccdos the trial of
strength An incident corroboratlng
this truth Is among the traditions ~
the great railroad disaster 40 Ashtabu.
Ia. Ohio. Dec 90. 1876 The Inflated
train Was over two hour late The
night was cold ard the air was nllod
with snowGakos Il was q night %
dread and gloom
T. T. bliss the sweet singer. and DTS
wife. were passengers IN the train The
storm ragged DO the darkness outside bat
the light ~ the coach fcll on q happy
and i1yful company 40 E.nrsv'llo
six rallies cast ~ me bridge p q Bliss
began 20 sing one Of his hymns IIis
sweet voice sounded through the car
An conversation ceased iu o slow
sweet voice. the singer breathcd % at
a prayer that melody which has con.
solci many troubled hearts
Il know not the hour when my Lord
will come
To take me away 20 Hls own dear
home.
But ! know thar Hh presence win
tighten the gloom
And that win he glory Tor mo.
~ know not the song tha, the angel,
sing.
! know not the sound o. the harps
glad ring.
But | know that thercll De mention OF
Jesus our King
And that viii be music Tor mo
Il know not the form Of my mansion
faIr
know not the name that ther
shall bear.
But ! know that my Savior will vel
come mo there.
And that will he heaven for me-"
The hymn ended. aud Cos sweetness
rested on an hearts likc iho augelI
benedic,iou. % was as lta hidden doc
had opened. bringing tIdngs from m,
heavenly shore Then came tho awm
crash as thc bridge one hundred an,
sIXiy-fyo feet in length went down thO
gorge. and the lelpiug flames vnppe.
its holplcs. victims boz is folds. unit
not "a yestige ~ the singer could b
recognized God gave the song In tina
dark night Faith had irIumphed an.
sang % know Tint Ils presence vii
tighten the gloon"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

Aunt Flora was making some wal
nut-creams the last afternoon In
March. She had TO crack the nuts
very carefully TO get them out whole.
and some halves Of shells were not
broktn at all Jacks sharp eyes dis
covered them In the coal-hod.
"Oh. goody" cried he. they'll be
Just the thing 10 fool Teddy with to-
morrow. Aunt Flo III stick EN- to-
ge,her and he'll think they're regular
walnuts.
Il wouldn't" said Aunt Flora. "Ho
Is such little boy. and he will be so
disappointed wouldn't. Jack"
Hut Jack would IL picked out
shells enough TO make three walnuts.
then he got the glue-bottle and stuck
them together so carefully you
wouldn't have kaown they were ever
cracked.
Don't they look Just good enough 20
eat?" laughed he Now. when they
get dry III put them in a paper bag
and give them to Teddy in the morn
ing"
Then he ran out to his play. whist
ling. and he played so long and hard
that he didn't think Of the walnuts
again until he came home from school
next day. NJ noon. Aunt Flora had
put them away for him. however. She
told him where TO find them
"On the second shei, u The dialng
room closet IN pIpcr-bag." said she.
Jacks face had a sober look. lie
thought perhaps Aunt Flora didn't
like his Joke
Maybe / hadn't best fool Teddy"
said he. Guess III take 'erl out and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03
ON A SINGLE RAIL.
UNIQUE SYSTEM OF TRANSIT
AT PATcHooUE. L.


There Is In operation at Patchogue.
L. l.. what is perhaps the most singu-
lar railroad in existence. Its ears
move upon a single rail II Is no
ehimerical idea. but a genuinely prac-
teal invention. The father Of the
idea. Frederick W. Dutton, has this 10
say In regard to the road. lis build
ing and its equipment; 1T has been
truly said that Il Is as necessary TO
have five rails upon which 10 trans
port railway vehicle as two. and that
a multiplication Of rails is simply a
multiplication Of evils. Any vehicle
supported upon two bearings. the cen
ter OF gravity falling between them.
must by reason Of that vehicles con-
slant efforts 10 maintain It's equilibri-
nm. be Of a very excessive weight II
any speed whatever Is undertaken. Ia
order that Il may be kept upon these
bearings and be safe for the transmits
sion OF passengers and freight. A We
hlele thus supported must consequent
" be heavy. while a vehicle supported
directly below the center OF gravity
may be light Consider these facts.
and you will az once discover that our
bicycle road. as We call II. Is really
the greatest step yet taken In the adj
Vancement % transportation facilities
Inc track upon which our cars run Is
elevated In accordance with the topog-
raphy Of the country over which IL
passes. In some places the elevation
Is very slight. while in others Il atta.ns
an altitude OF from twelve 10 fifteen
Feet This elevation must not be con
founded with the trestle work OF the
ordinary railroad. We are governed
IN constructing line by the advisable
iiy OF having our structure upon the
| ground or built In the fashion OF the
elevated roads OF cities The road al
Patchogue Is an electric one. At a
distance Of twelve feet from the road
bed and directly over the car itself
Just ~ the trolley wire runs. is A line
OF timber. light. but exceedingly dur.
able. This Is known az the rigll over.
head guide FOR the electric conductor
power being transmitted from wire
that runs along the guide from the
power house. II will be seen that hy
this means We obtain an the advan.
tages OF the trolley system with mono
OF It's disadvantage. We never car
he troubled hy our trolley wheel losing
ia wire. In regard to our method ol
maintaining power there is. OF course
small difference between the tr7llo,
system and ours the method OF trans.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

day. UH N.N NNf HlfAA
who made ihe Ola days immortal 20
shall men.
Garlng hack 30 this forthcoming hour
Say. Then the time when men were
truly men.
Though wars grew less their spirits met
the Cost
Of new conditions coulusring civic
wrong
SAVING he state anew by yirtuous lives.
Guarding The country's honor a. Their
own.
And their own as their couutry's and
their sons.
pefying ltagurd fraud with single truth.
Not frar.ug loss and daring tu De- pure
when error through che land ragged IKE
pest
They claimed the madness caught from
mind 40 mind
Hy wisdom drawn from Old and counsel
sane.
And al thf martyrs Of thc ancient world
Gave Death for man. so nohly gave they
Life.
Those tho rr,at days. and that the Dee.
role ,ge"
Richard Watson Glider.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

Gentle words disarm hostile criti-
clsm. or o. the Proverbs express u,
"A soft answer turneth away wrath.
what H. said by he one who Is spok-
ON 10 sharply. or In m nature, has
more To do with bringing a pleasant or
a bitter ending TO the Interview than
what IL said by the other at the start.
Il takes two to make quarrel. or to
keen one up "a grlevous word stir
reih nm anger" In an angry heart And
n one refuses 10 do the stirring In an-
others heart, the anger must sub
side For lack Of wood the fire go
eth OUT" and las Goals are TO hot emf
hers. and wood 70 FIRE, 30 Is a contep-
tious man 10 innamc strife" II Is Of
less importance that man Is angry
and speaks spitetully TO you, than thai
Won speak gently In reply, and calm
him down by your calmness. N on'
tries to anger you. see 10 II that hs
faii.. II he Is In anger himself LET
him not have your heln In making 4
ouarrel-s. s Times,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

II was April Fools day. ana snow
Ing. too. as hard as Il could snow.
Think OF A. Noodle Nelson had
thought OF Il until 1t did seem az if he
should ny all 70 pieces. he felt 30 bad.
ITS too mean Tor anything he raid
10 mamma, when we'd planned on
such lots Of fun. What makes every
thing go crossways. mammal"
1T doesn't always. does ~" laugh
ed mamma. who was busy painting a
very natural-looklng lily on velvet
banner. why don't you run over and
see Aunt Hetty Greenleaf little while.
n you want TO. dcar?"
Noodle frightened up. Aunt Het-
~ wasn't his own aunt. really. but he
couldn't have loved her any better u
she had been. She was full OF fun.
and ala not mind how much noise
you made. and woodie had been &C.
quainted with her ever since he was
very little boy. indeed.
"Mayn't call and get Charley
Banks and Teddy 10 20, too?' he ask
ed. pulling his cap down over his ears
II II was the FIRST Of April. They'll
like to. mamma. And Meddy Davis
and Bert and"
"Oh. not too many" said mamma.
smiling. you'll make Aunt Hetty
think she's taken. Not too many. re-.
member. dear"
Nom" Noodle answered I'm re-
member"
But when he opened Aunt Hetty's
garden-gate half an hour afterward.
there wasn't one less than eeyen boys
behind him. Eight boys' And an go
Ing to see Aunt Hetty Greenleaf.
Aunt He,ty spied them coming and
laughed until her glasses dropped on
Then she hurried 20 the kitchen and
put a cake Of something that looked
like brown bread In her prescrye-ket-
tie. with some water and set Il on the
nre. And then she hurried back to
the front door just In time to open IL
for her visitors
Come right In" she said I'm
proper pleased TO see you"
Woodie was glad 10 hear that, be-
cause he was beginning 10 be afraid
she couldn't be. and he said so In a
whisper to Aunt lleity when he got a
chance.
Mamma told me not too many" he
confessed. little anXiously. but they
all wanted 10 come. you know. and I
couldn't tell EN- they mustn't. you
know. Aunt IIetty"
once remembered that II was April
Fools dap II didn't seem as n they
had been there more than halt an
Bless your heart o. course you
couldn't, and wouldn't want you to-
said Aunt Hctiy Now have just as
nice a time as Won can
She showed them into the little site
tlngroom whore she kept her canarlcs.
aud a parrot that could talk and a
wide shclfiul Of story books. mud a
Kaleidoscope that never showed you
the same picture twice and dominoei
and a checkcrh11ti and SOME Jack.
stones. though what Aunt iluly dId
with these tho boys couldn't imagine