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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

SUMMIT aAA - So
now has his third wife. with two ex-
wives claiming allmony II Benson
Egsers keers on In the ways he has
has begun Chicago will have 70 hide
her head In shame and Indiana may
claim the honor OF having the highest
divorce rate. As Il Is AZ present. with
Benson Eggers SIN an Infant IN the
eyes Of the law. divorces have Increased
10 per cent In the state. indianapolis
gives one divorce for every 80 mar
riages and furnishes one-sevenih Of the
divorces OF the state. As yet both Ill
nols ard Ohio are ahead Of Indiana In
this lire. but give her time and Benson
Eggers and she viii yet claim the
pennant. There Is nothing In the sur
face history OF young Benson 70 indi-
cate the strong current of romance that
pervades his nature. that impcls him 70
contract marriages so rapidly that the
divorce mills cannot keep up with him.
His last marriage bells rang before the
law had freed him from Mrs. Eggers
No ?. That. though, Is probably the
fault OF Benson's parents. who neg
Iected 70 teach him the old and useful
adage. BEST 10 be OF with the old love
before you are on with the new" In
the summer OF 1850. one soft. balmy
day. the good storks who look after the
interests OF mankind brought a tiny
stranger 10 the home Of Daniel Eggers
Of Floyd township. Putnam county.
The little stranger was made welcome
ard was kissed and caressed by the
seven other little Eggers. his brothers
and sisters when Il came time 10 wear
his finest robe and be carried TO church
be was christened Benson Eggers
Little Benson lived a happy life. for
he was the youngest and none OF the
burdens OF farm life fell on his little
shoulders. but he ran and sang and
whistlcd at play. What be sang and
whlntled no one remembers. but evil
IDENTIFY II was not There Is only one
girl In the world or me-" Hlstory has
proved that he never once showed a
fondness Tor that tune. Time few
apace and soon Benson celebrated his
fifteenth birthday lie felt that he was
a man. and that he must set up his own
vine and ng tree and. Of course. a man
who wants a home wants a pretty little
wife 10 preside over H. He escorted
Miss Lulu Belle Coifman, a young girl
OF his liking. home from school a few
times. whispered airy no,hings to her
and msfrled her. What the parents Of
these children did Is not reported. but
the children played at matrlmony for
Just six weeks. when one fine morning
young Mrs. Eggers tired Of Benson and
left him to hunt a lawyer. She told a
story OF cruel and inhuman treatment.
for Benson treated his wives much as
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

uraliy came and took her back % her
fathers home. she asked for sl.0oo
allmony and her maiden name OF Lula
Belle Conman.
Benson posed as a single man Jus.
sly weeks. though he sincerely mourn
ed the fact that Mrs Eggers No. /
was enjoying the allmony which the
cruel court sald he must hand her
Six weeks OF freedom. and he began
TO sigh for the chains OF matrlmonyl
Besides he was now Is and what Is
a man OF rs without a wife, This
time he found a eongenlal spirit 10
Alias Rhoda Morgan OF Terre Haute.
For a second time there was brides
cake. white ribbons, white gloves
and orang, blossoms All went well
for one week Benson seemed truly
happy ard loved his bride and treat
cd her wei Then. owing 70 the fac,
that the hrsi Mrs Egsers bad no,
knocked him out Ia their irst quar-
rel and made a man - him Mrs *.
gers No. , caugh, the 5eneh, o. his
temper. In Just three weeks before
the rice thrown on the bridal party
vas all combei oui % her locks. De
gave her suca a beating that she pack
cd her trunk and went on, % End the
courthouse. She wanted her own
name and she wanted 90 Sc. out % The
matrimonial meNies % Benson Eggegs
as quick as she could She was only
u and no doub, could marry q do1eu
times. az any rate she refused 90 take
the inhuman treatment q Benson 10
December she employed lawyers Co
bring suit Tor divorce Tor her. 30 C-
Jan, 3. In the superior court o.. Terre
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31
mARRIEs AN INDIAN.
White Teacher at Port shaw Elope,
with Pull Hooded Piegan.

White Teacher at Port shaw Elope,
with a Pull Hooded Piegan.
Mrs. Minnie Cushman. a white wo-
man and teacher In the Fort Shaw
schools. was clandestinely married to
Carrot White. a full-blood Piegan In
dian. at Dupuyer. Mont. the other Gay
The bride Is daughter OF c. c. Bate
man, chaplain OF the United States ar.
my at Fort Belknap. and formerly OF
Fort Assinaboine She is a handsome
brunette 20 years old. and has been
In the employ OF the government since
she was 20 years old Some weeks ago
the couple applied for a marriage H.
cense, but White being a ward OF the
government Il was refused They then
proceeded to the Blackfeet agency.
where Major Fuller declined them o
marriage license. They next drove u
a ranch near Dupuycr where they were
MET by notary, and 1t Is alleged that
be, under a misrepresentation. secured
them license The ceremony was
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

vegetable farmers On an parts % the
United States As a student 1, those
microscopic plars that cause diseases
In the vegetable kingdom. De IS taking
Fank with The best 90 the German sci
eniists DC that line of pl,ieut research
ard experiment Mr. smith Ealucl tht
cegree OF doctor % science AZ the Cu.-
Fersi'y % Michigan. vherc De vas
known il he Laboratories AZ one 90
the most dlllEeut aat thorough stu-
dents. and since Their De- has been cn-
p.oyed hy thc division % vegetable
physiology ana pathology % tFs Co.
iartmtai % agriculture a, Washing
Ton. As 'hc board % health sends cui
an inEeftsa'or when a case 90 small
pcx or other Contagious disease 11r-
gerous 90 The public health IS d.sc7y-
cred. s0 ths agricultural department
sends oui pr Smith whenever % Is
found that some disease .s ravac.r-
any crops 10 this country For o long
time Dr. Smith studied me disease In
peaches commonly known as "ysl-
lows" and while be was able 90 roln,
out some valuable preventive measures
20 owners Of peach orchards. be ara
not succeed 90 discovering the cause
Of the disease. a cause so deep-soated
as 10 battle an the learned scientists
who have ever given Il time Tie had
his laboratory and greenhouse expert
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31
A soUDANEsE MUSICIAN.

The British advance In the soudan
has reached Merwai. on the way TO
Khartoum, and a further march will
probably be considerably delayed. Cor
respondents accompanying the expedl-
ton oil the home papers with sketches
OF the strange things they see by the
way. This primitive musician. one OF
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

The Dairy Farmer-The business Of
the dalryman does not begin and end
with the care OF the cows. but reaches
into every detail Of farm management.
dairy farm should become one which
Is unusually productiye.-Mirror and
Farmer,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Mouldy Hay Feed.-That mouldy hay
Is a good food Tor cattle OF any class
or age cannot for a moment be admit
ted In short. II may almost be asserted
without fear Of contradiction that such
fodder Il injurious II makes. never
theless. most inferior litter. and GER
iais'v does not tend to the production
o. a high-class manure Rough hay. on
the other hand. may not be palaiable
20 the beasts In the state Il comes from
the stack. and yet may be converted
into servioeable food by the expeudl-
ture Of /. small amour, In labor and
the purchase Of appetlzing materials TO
make Il more tasty. Such hay should
always be chaffed. and u II can DO
steamed. so much the better. Roots,
n pulped. would doubtless induce most
animals 70 eat such chat with a relish.
but. on the whole. consider better re-
suits would be forthcoming II llnseed
jnlly we're thrown over the chan. and
80 thoroughly incorporated with the
Get hay that every particle should be
molstened to some extent. The llnseed
may be slightly stepped before Il ID
poured into the furnace OF boiling wa
ter, but II must be thoroughly stirred
for several minutes or Il will surely
stick to the furnace and become burnt.
Farm and Home london.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

A railroad building race involving
tho expenditure OF Si6.O0O.O 900 has been
commenced by two wealthy corpora
tlons. each OF which desires to own the
Hrst railroad into the Yukon country.
Each road will be about 400 miles
long. running from Pyramid harbor.
near the end Of Lynn canal, to points
on Lewis river. below Five Finger
rapids
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Trotting Horses for Market.-There
are now about l.iOO trotters In the
2.2O list That Is a very small per cent
Of the two million trotting-bred horses
In America Breeders have been bend
ing every energy TO get speed. The
2.3O limit for recording Is now too slow
to be OF any special value. Indeed
speed has lost It's commercial value,
and trotting horse breeders begin to
realize the fact that the American
trotter must have more size. style and
beauty to get into the best city MARI
kots.-EX.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

It Is estimated that over eighty tons
Of diamonds have been unearthed in
the South African helds during the las.
eighteen years.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31
FARMERS SCIENTIST.
VALUABLE DISCOVERIES ~ :
MICHIGAN MAN.
studies Diseases sf Piants-rhe yAiaahle
werk % DR.. Erwin o. saith. . Grad
uats Of the Ann Arbos uz,ver.ity-Aid
for Agricuiturtsts

MICHIGAN m a n.
Or. + " IN p.
Smith. has been
earning fame In
the scientific world
by his work In a
homely neld OF
practical invesil-
cation. and ne has
won the gratitude
o. hundreds Of or
chard owners aud
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

The supreme court OF Minnesota has
decided that a man who builds house
On anothers lot has no claim 10 the
house nor can he enforce lien against
the lot Tor Its value.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Under proper methods Of dlstribu-
ton people would eat double the frvit
they do at present.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

The orchard and garden win both
pay their way II given Q working
rhanee.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Peanut vendors might be accused o.,
working a shell game.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Repeated inquiries come 10 the Okla.
homa Experiment Station as to the val
ne Of cotton seed as food for animals.
There Is a widespread fear that II Is an
unsafe food There Is some foundation
for this feeling, but. used judiclously.
cotton seed may be wisely fed TO either
cattle, horses or sheep sometimes 10
hogs. Young stock are more liable to
Injury than older ones. Rarely Is Il
wise to make this the only grain food.
Long continued high feeding with cot.
ton seed sometimes gives bad results
But whore II Is not practicable to have
the seed sent 10 an oil mill. Il certainly
should not be allowed 10 80 to waste
IT'S high percentage OF oil and good
amount Of "nesh-formlng material"
makes Il a good food TO use In connec.
ton with straw, corn stoyor. etc. II is
not advisable TO let young calves. lambs
or pigs have free access TO the seed
bot older animals, except hogs. may
have a supply before them, II other
grain or SUFFICIENT "roughnoss" Is also
given. .f.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

Beginning With Poultry.-A writer
advises a beginner. II he has 81 900 10
put only half OF Il into the poultry
business at first. We would advise
him to start with little or no capital. At
most a very little. Get a few hens and
hatch the flock. One does not need
costly hen houses. bone cutters, Incu.
bators and so on to start with. Many
Of the most profitable focks have never
seen anything Of these luxurles. Most
farm focks are kept In the barn with
the other stock, though shut away from
II, and as to bone cutters. etc, no barn
flock needs them. Woe unto the one
who starts In with a large capital. One
Of the strongest points In favor Of poul.
try keeping is that II requires very m.
tie capital.-Dakota Farmer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

band who played for the leaders at
their headquarters one evening. shows
how primitive Is the land into which
the English are again carrying their
peculiar. rapld-nre civilization. Prob
ably the form OF the instrument upon
which this savage Is performing has
not been changed since the day when
history hrst heard OF his conquerors.
when woman and a cyclone mako
up their minds to 80 anywhere moth
ing on earth can stop them.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31

The great poultry show held AT Chi
cago Jan. 20 to rs was a success Of
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-31
MANIA FOR MARRIAGE
BENSON EooERs or NORTH
SALEM BEATS All RECORDS.
kssnme. Matrimonial Bursieas when Jas.
rasi fiftsen-IIl. Chlld wife Appeal.
20 ccurt Alleging Cruel rrrsim~at =
A strange Career.

+ Benson EgEers
OF North sAicz.
lrd.. lives to vote
he will have broken
the divorce record
CT Indiana and set
a new pace IN the
matrimonial race.
for De will not ccle-
bra.e his clshtesnth
birthday until next
summer and ye, he
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
A Relic of Feudalism,

Shall there be a freeing of the five
toll bridges at Pittston, Wilkes Barre
and Plymouth or a new court house?
This is the question now before the
people of Luzerne county. 1t is said
the county can find means to do one
or the other presently but not both.
Therefore it is a matter of prefer
ence and the public Is invited to ex-
press its wishes.
This invitation probably does not ex-
tend to outsiders. yet as a matter of
general interest it would seem as If the
new court house could wait. The pres
ent court house In Luzerne is not q
thing of beauty but il serves. The
chance to improve 1t can be exercised
advantageously on the interior by bet
tering its juries and requiring among
the officers and attorneys a high stand
ard of conduct.
As for the toll bridges, these are a
nuisance and an abomination TO thous-
nnds of persons every day In the year.
The exaction of toll on a public thor
sughfare OF on thoroughfare which
represents to the travelling public a ne-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
Dismissed.

We shall not continue a controversy
with a paper so destitute of principle
as the Scranton Times, but once for all
we desire to say that neither The
Tribune nor any one i'm its employ has
ever said or intimated that the reason
for the nom assignment of the Thir-
leenth regiment to active service in
cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines
was because its officers shirked such
an assignment. We could not truth
fully make such a charge because we
have never had the slightest basis for
it. The officers of the Thirteenth had
far less reason to fear fighting than
the prvates under their command. The
lot of officers in a fighting campaign
their food, shelter and liability to
death or disability--is generally much
better than that OF the privates in the
ranks. In addition, they get the hon
ors Of battle-the recognition, the pro-
motions. Unless the men who COM
mand the Thirteenth are a mean and
contemplate set, they would have had
fully as much reason to court active
service as the men under them. We
will leave it to a gutter journal like
the Times to insI It them and their
friends in and out of the regiment by
charging them, without a sCintilla OF
basis, with beirg sneaks and towards.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

we can see no just ground for conf
plant against either the Cuban or the
Filipino insurgents who decline to dis
arm until they are Officially Informed
where they are at II will be time
enough to call upon them to disarm
when we have disarmed their Spanish
antagonists. 1t is all very well for the
government at Washington to say that
1t has declared an armistice with
Spain, but that does not bind the
Spanards to desist from firing when
they please on the third parties to the
quarrel. If we were a Cuban or Fill
irino insurgent living several weary
miles out of range of a protecting
Yankee warship or a safeguarding
American land force we should post
pone a general disarmament until we
knew for certain that the Spanish gar
rson around the corner had laid down
its shooting irons first. Give the in
surEents fair shake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
THE REG'LAR ARMY MAN.

He amt no gold-lace "Belviderc.'
Ter sparkle in the sun.
He don't parade with gay ccckade,
And posies in his gun;
He amt no pretty soldier boy"
So lovely, spick and span,
He wears a crust of tan and dust,
The Reg'lar Army man;
The marchn', parchin',
Pipe-clay starchin',
Reg'lar Army man.
lie amt at home in Sunday school,
Nor yet at social tea,
And on the day he gets his pay
He's apt ter spend it free;
lie Gin't no temperance advocate,
He likes to fill the can,
He's kinder rough an maybe tough,
The Reg'lar Army man;
The rarin', tearin',
Sometimes swearin'
Reg'lar Army man.
No state'll call him noble son."
He amt no ladies' pet.
But let a row start anyhow,
They'll send for him, you bet!
He don't cut any ice at all
In Fashions social plan,
He gifts a job to face a mob,
The Reg'lar Army man;
The millin', drillin',
Made fer KILN
Reg'lar Army men.
They amt no tears shed over him
When he goes off ter war,
He gifts no speech nor prayerful preach
From mayor or governor;
lie packs his little knapsack up
And trots Off I'm tho van,
Ter start the fight and start it right,
The Reg'lar Army man;
The rattlin', battlin',
Colt or Gatlin
Reg'lar Army man.
lie makes no fuss about the job,
lie don't talk big or brave,
He knows he's in ter fight and win,
Or help fill up a grave;
He amt no mammals darlin'," but
lie does the best he can,
And he's the chap that wins the scrap,
The Reg'lar Army man;
The dandy, handy,
Cool and sandy,
Reg'lar Army man.
Joe Lincoln in J.. A. w. Bulletin.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14

The explanation elsewhere by Major
Parke of the circumstances of his ar
rest as the surgeon in charge of the
Second division hospital at Camp
Meade puts the matter in a light not
only eXonerating him but also tending
TO illumine much of the complaint
which has arisen concerning the medl-
cal department of the army. Failure
to transmit a change of orders is as
great dereiiction as failure to give
the necessary orders In the first place;
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
The Regular Army.

ReorSaniZa ion of the army staff to
fit the lessons of the war must await
the results of the thorough inquiry
which is to be made. Ii is not a mat
ter to be determined off-hand. In a
general way the conviction exists that
We must. abandon TIE old system of
divided authority which makes the
commissary, quartermaster's ard sur
geon generals departments virtually
autonomous and distinct spheres of Of
fetal influence yielding obedience to
no central military head and put the
whole matter of caring for soldiers
away from the fighting line under the
control of general staff the head of
which is subordinate to the general in
command: but the working of this idea
out in its various details is something
which will require expert study and
time.
Apart from that, the suggestion of
a peace footing should he in proportion
to the population, comprising. say. one
soldier to every 1000 of the population,
meets with favor. This would be in
line with the adjustment Of the police
force in our municipalities and would
insure the maintenance of an army
tending gradually but not dangerously
toward expansion. The system hereto
fore in vogue of keeping the army
strength at a standstill while the pop
ulation and the responsibilities of the
country are continually increasing
stands condemned by common sense
and by the bitter teachings of expert
enCe. We know now. If we did not
know year ago, that in any large
emergency calling for the assertion of
military strength the regular army is
the basis upon which we must depend
for national safety. 1t is no less a ma
tional protection than is the regular
navy on the high seas; and we can no
more improvise an army out OF volun-
teers in time to be of swift and uner-
ring usefulness in a sudden emergency
than we can improvise a fighting navy
out of passenger steamships and mer-
chantmen.
If we reorganiZe the standing army
so that in peace it shall have a mini
mum enrolment of 10000 to 75 600 men
we should SO arrange its composition
that at the first sign of trouble it can
quickly be multiplied by two without
necessitating the appointment of more
than small per centage of new oGic-
crs. The same line officers who COM
mand 20 privates in peace can take
charge of Ice privates in war and lose
little time in lifting the 30 raw recruits
to the level of trained soldiers. But
the late war has shown, as the civil
war also taught, that it is out of the
question to improvise fit officers in a
hurry. With regular army of 75 ,OOO
men in peace and capable of swift eX-
pansion to double that number i'm an
emergency, and with a sufficiently
large navy to give us control of the
seas In at least the immediate neigh
borhood of our coasts, we can engage
any enemy and keep him occupied un-
Ill our volunteer reserves are got in
shape to take and hold a place at the
front, alongside the regulars.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
Reorpanize the Volunteers,

The Army and Navy Journal of Sept.
10 says there is considerable talk in the
War department of dischargng from
the service the entire volunteer army
enlisted during the war, except the
troops in Manila. Nov that the actual
fighting is at an end the volunteers"
it notices, ARE clamoring to he must
cred out. and show no inclination to
serve either in Cuba or Porto Rico, as
armies of occupation. The president,
Secretary Alger and Adjutant General
Corbin are seriously considering the
proposition of enlisting an entirely new
army for such duty. The plan as sug-
gested is to discharge all the volunteers
in this country, Cuba and Porto Rico
and give them another chance to enlist
with the understanding that they will
be either sent as part of the armies Of
occupation, or used for garrison duty
in this country" Thus those volun-
teers who are really needed at home
and no doubt there are many such
could leave the service honorably while
those without home ties or of advent
urous disposition tending to incline
them toward further service could have
opportunity to remain without embar-
rassment or disaffection in the ranks.
The plan, of course, presents some
difficulties in the way of reorganza-
tion; hut we believe that on the whole
il would be far better than to depend
upon the service of discontented troops
whose thoughts are centered rather
on home than on army needs and dis
clplne. The prospects OF service as
troops of occupation in Cuba or Porto
Rico during the winter months would
undoubtedly appeal to "A large propor-
tion of the unmarried men among the
volunteers; and if, in the interim, all
volunteers We're allowed a months
rnrlough for the purpose of visiting
their families and friends and adjust
ing personal matters preparatory to a
winter in the tropics we have no doubt
that the required number could read
lily be secured. It is a plan worth
trying.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
STATE.

Governor-wILLIAM a. STONE.
Lieutenant Governor--J. L. S. GOBLIN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-JAMES w.
LATTA.
Judges of Superior Court-W. w. PoR-
TER, w. ID. PORTER
Congressman at Large - SAMUEL A.
DAVENPORT, GALUSHA a. GROW.