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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
woMsN fouRlNo ALONE.
American wiveaa source Of wonder
ment 20 EoreiEa sisters.


ment 20 EorsiEa sisters.
Among Europeans OF what are called
the upper classes much surprise Is con
stanty expressed at the freedom with
which American women travel unes-
corted through Europe. A recently re-
called American minister to a contl-
mental court was once asked by court
official. HAT American wlies no hus-
bands at all. them They come-three.
four. six AZ once to court They ask
10 be presented 10 the king: they ask
10 be .nvltsd to state dinners: they
must walk In NIT a duke There are
not dukes enough 10 go round. Why
do not their husbands come and walk
In init some duchesses?" AZ the Aus
trian court no Americans outside OF
the diplomatic circle are presented
very few at Berlin; while Queen Mar
gherita OF Italy. who has been more
hospital to our people than any other
continental sovereign. has recently de-
cllned 10 receive any married woman
unaccompanied by her husband. Have
they no homes In their own country,
these moor ladies?" asked a French
woman. that they spend months or
years In Europe wandering about
alone?" II was explained to her that
American men often remained at home
earning the money necessary 10 send
their wives and daughters abroad for
the education which foreign travel
gives. ~ that be So" she replied
they will study art and language hard
30 as 10 return quickly TO those who
work for them They will not buy
costly clothes nor push their way into
every court In Europe"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

the rule. when a girl Is Of an age TO
be introduced into society her friends
and relatives Immediately look out for
suitable husband. whom Il Is con-
sIdcred highly desirable to obtain be-
fore she has reached the age Of 81,
that she may not be proclaimed nile
majeure when the banns are published.
The principal considerations are equal
ily ~ birth. % position Of fortune, ani
iu the last particular the scale is
usually expected ,o weigh rather more
on the slide OF the young lady, especial.
~ n the young man, In addition 10
Sufficient present advantages. can hriag
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
THE BETTER WAY

The mind. like the lens. may be con-
cave, and scatter brain power. or con.
veH. aud concentrate a.
The man who denounces the cxlstlnA
order Of things should speedily suggest
some means Of improvement
When the X rays ATE 80 perfected "a
TO reveal a mans thought there viii he
a radical change Ia thinking.
81. John saw In heaven "a great mul.
tltude which no man could number"
81 what on earth are called FOOLS"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
HELPED the COLONIAL CAUSE
women who owned Newspaper DuTinG
the American Revolution.

women Who owned Newsrspsrs burina
the American Revolution
To the women Of the revolutionary
period Is due AZ much credit al 10
the men who spilled their blood Tor
the success of the revolution % tho
thirty-seven newspapers printed IN
the American colonies az the time sey-
eral we're owned and managed by
women In nearly every ease they adj
yocatcd the colonial cause, and their
editorials did much 10 arouse the splr-
u Of patriotism in the men. In l711
Clementine Reid was publishing a pa
per In Virginia called the Virginia
Gazette" fayoring the colonial cause
and greatly offending the royalists;
two years later Mrs n boyle started
a paper under the same name. advocat-
Ing the cause OF the crown. Both we're
published AZ Williamsburg and both
we're short lived In i753 Elizabeth
Timothy started a paper Ia Charles
ton. $. C. After the revolution Ann
Timothy became To- editor and was
appointed state printer which position
she held for seventeen years About
the same time Mary Crouch started a
paper In Charleston. To- vigorous oppo-
sliion 20 the stamp act. She after
ward moved u 10 Salem. Mass. and
continued o. publcaaon for many
years. The hrst newspaper published
IN Rhode Island was owned and edited
by Mrs Anna Franklin. and establish
ed In i782. She and her Two daughters
wrote the items and SCI the type. aud
their servants worked the printing
press For her quicknoss and correct-
ness Mrs. Franklin was appointed
printer TO the colony supplying
pamphlets 10 the colonial officers.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Among the hackwoodsmen Of china,
So 10 speak. the bow and arrow stlll
DO duty In removing objectionable per.
sons from The earth The Chinese bow
and arrow are not trinlng little AZ
fairs. means Tor pretty archery con.
tests. either The bow is an enormous
thing. much higher than the man who
uses u. and the arrows are proportions
ately big
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

feels forced to be
disagrecable to everybody else. The
cattle collected In the farmyard felt
the pervading influence The Brah-
mas hooked the shorthorns. The
shorthorns vented their spite upon the
MULES. The mules. though laboring
under natural disadvantages. displayed
their vindictlveness on the poor calves
and butted them into the great mud
hole In the center OF the yard. and
when they ossayed 10 escape on the
other side the fierce. longhorned oxen
most ungallantly lifted them back. 20
they stood IN that slough Of despond
and bleated mlserably Their cries now
mingiing and now drowned by the I'M
earthly squcaling OF two hogs, before
driven from their snug retreats In
field and wood. and now standing and
shlvcring. they made their old haunts
resound with .nlf'R-.e echoes. Dis
: .GaraAe MOO and sounds resoundod
on all sides. The day was dark and
mercileHs. but the deed TO be enacted
upon Il was darker aud more mercl-
less. The sun had entered his protest
upon tho occasion by Withdrawing be-
hind the broodlng clouds. Heaven
help all It's creatures az such a time"
sighed the anxious and tlmld mistress
Of the mansion. as she closed her doors
70 shut out what she might.
Everything within and without wore
a half-acared and hopeless look. Even
the great turkey gobblcr. who had
siruttcd forth bravely. gobbllng his
defiance 10 the gathering crowd. had
been put 10 an inglorlous fight by a
great yellow dog. and now stood In
dropping. silent detection upon the
top Of the smoke-house.
People came In rapidly from all d.
reetions Il was the largest property
that had been offered for sale for many
q day IN that primitive neighborhood.
II was 10 take place ostenslbly for a
partition Of property. but In reality for
a different purpose. The crowd fell
back right and LEFT a. the sheriff came
walking up the avenue.
lie was a little man. but he stepped
firmly. AZ though troadlng on heart.
strings was an everyday affair. The
widows heart gave one sudden bound
with a strong presentlmont OF coming
evil. She rose and laid the rosy little
infant twho had never known his
father In his crib The prcsentimcnl
took form In one asonizlng question
Had she trusted her an. and that Of
her helpless little ores. and been be.
irayed3 This was no time for delay
or inquiry She felt the hush In IN,
crowd. She heard the clear. loud tone,
Of the sheriif's voice. She gave on,
glance az the baby. who was sucking
his fst with disconsolaic foriitude. sh,
opened the door and passed up 10 tn
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
Not Mh.t %. E,r..t,a.

Lord Norhury and Councillor Parsons
were passing the Mas Jail In the
judges carriage when Norburg. notic-
Ing vacant gihhct. observed. "par-
sons. where would you be-. u that gall
lows had its duc9" without sec
ond's hesitation Parsons responded.
Riding alone London Daily News
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

years an the upper lake. viii Discharge
into the Illinois river, the Detroit and
ST. Clair rivers will now backward.
carrying the water ot Lake Erie into
Lake Huron, and the Niagara river
will run dry.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
ne stu HAD Them.

She-"Very slippery coming home.
was /, not?" He-"oh. very" She
Couldn't keep yorr feet. suppose7"
Hc-"Oh. yes. did manage to keep
them: hut they changed places with
the back Of my neck several tines.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Kansas villaser claim 10 have
the Queerest town In the state" East.
cru Vistor-"ln what respect II ap-
pears TO me 10 be- just like hundreds
Of towns hack east In lts ways" "Ex.
actly. That's what makes u queer
Tor Kansas e. indianapolis Journal
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Dora THAT elevator man IA very
impettinenL" Cora-"Why. what ala
he dog' Dora said was going
down, and he told me to hurry up
Philadelphia Record
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Muscles used IN Consersaiion.
Foriy-four muscles are called into
play In the production OF tAo human
voiea
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Femais Pack reddisrs h. Maine.
The female pack peddlor b becoming
] nuisance IN Maine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Il takes about three seconds Tor a
message to go from one end Of the Al.
lantle cable 10 the other
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15

Astronomers say that IN our solar
system there are at least seventeen
million comets OF an sizes
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-15
WHO WON2

- -
T WAS a raw. BIT.
ter day, such a day
only as can come
the last OF Deem
Der to open the fun
on the holidays,
Yes, the weather
was spiteful. mali
clous. one OF those
aggravating days
when everybody
feels forced 20 be
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Married in Red.

l. as t Sunday afternoon
there occurredin Waynesville
an unusual wedding scene,
the Courier says. Miss Annie
B. Carder, who came to her
lovers bedside when S h e
learned that he had been
slot, has remained his faith
full nurse forHbOut five weeks.
Her lover, Mark Rhineheart,
is still iu bed but his wife
nurses him instead of Miss
Carder. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. II. j
Rodgers. pastor of the Meth.
odlst church in the presence
of Mr.. Rhineheart srelatiyes
1t was the elimination of q
pretty romance, but they
are now man and wife, if one
of them was too i'll to stanc
up while the magic words
were being spoken, says tht
| Times Democrat.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14

London, April Con the
highest authority. the A $
SOciatpd Press can announce
that the British. government
has assured the Z. 5. of it's
fullest and most cordial sym
pathy in it's Cuban policy.
This assurance was given
with the most complete
knowledge of the latest de
vplopments in the negotia
tions between the United
States and Spain and on the
understanding that even
these are steadily toward
armed intervention in Cuba.
The British government is
even IN )re friendly to the
| United States than the news
papers here, having more ac
cnrate knowledge of the zeal
nature and purpOrt OF the
dealings bet wepn the United
States and Spain.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Mrs. Thorpe Tells How She Came to
Write "Curfew Must Not Ring To.
Night"

NiS Hts
Mrs. Rose Hartwick Thorpe
who wrote Curfpw Must Not
Ring Tonight, lives in a pret
tv frame cottage at Pacific
Teach, near San Diego, Cal.
When asked recently to tell
how she came to write the
poem that has made her ia.
mons, she replied:
81 cannot remember when
| did not write poetry. Ihave
done it ever since ] was a
child. My mother did not
approve of ms writing. One
day after school | went to
my room. | had been study.
ing the histol ic period Of the
poem, and the incident i'm
pressed itself so strongly on
my mind that | felt impelled
to write about it ! was
about halfway through when
my mother came in, saying a
young friend had come to
spend the afternoon and
take tea with me. In gren
distress called out: 'Oh,
mother, can't she wait Il lit
tie whiIe?' My mother, think
ing | was solving II hard
problem in arithmetic, said
she would annuse my friend
until | could leave. At last
finished it and put it away.
"TwO or three years later
wanted a poem for publica
ton in Il Detroit paper, t.
which | had been in the habit
of contributing short poems
g'atultously. | was unable
at the time to write, as MS
ual, and, on looking overm!
papers, found this one, whlci
! decided to send, though
doubling it's acceptance, a
it was too long. A day o
two aftorwaII | received ;
note from the editor, compli
menting my last contribu
} tion highly, and prophecyin!
J FOR it great and immediat
: success. Exchange.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Stump Speaking by 'phone in Georgia

BY an ingenious arrangement
OF long d S ance telephones,
State Senator Robert l.. Berner,
candidate IOr Governor, spoke
from here to the citizens of four
counties simultaneously.
He had lsecn announced Tor an
address here today, and the tale-
phone people obtained his per-
mission to connect their instru-
ments so that his voice could be
heard in all the towns in the
three surrounding counties. At
the same time the citizens OF
Swainsboro' were listening t O
him.
The speech was caught by a
large transmitter on therOstrum
near Beruer, and conveyed ovel
the different lines to powerful
magnifying receivers in the diff
fprent towns and thrown out &c
large audiences. The words were
distinct and the fiery elocutior
of the orator lost none of its pow
er in conveyance.
People IN all four cOuntip.
cheered, and at the conclusion 0
the address Mr.. Bernet. confess
ed that never belor had he reach
ed such large audience on asin
ole orcassion. This method o
campaigning will probably grow
in favor with other candidates
BY this means they are able tc
cover several times as mucl
ground as otherwise their limit
ed time wOull allow them.-
SYainsboro, Ga, Dispatch.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Editors to the Front.

| was talking yesterday
with a gentleman who won
honor and promotion as a
Confederate soldier bout the
prospects of war. He is a
strong anti-war man, and ex-
presses his hostility to war
vigorously and emphatical-
l.y.
81 thought" he said, that
| would never go to war a.
gain. | am beyond the age,
and | had my share during
the four years of the civil
war, but | have about decid
ed to enlist il we have a war
with Spain upon one condi'
ton"
| ventured to ask what his
condition was,
81 think of writing to the
governor and Offering to vol
untepr il he will let me com
mand a company composed
exclusively of those editors
and congressman who are
clamorlng for war, and who
will be satisfied with nothing
but war. | want to take
them into the very front
ranks, and where the fight.
ing is the hottest, and let
them get a taste of what
they say they want"
T.ns anti-war man coutin-
ued:
81 have no heart to See the
flower Of the country killed
and ruins and trouble come
to give freedom to Il lot OF
negroes who are not fit fol
i e f-government. L hret
Southern States by law dis
franchise the negroes, saying
that they cannot govern, anC
vet we are asked to go t(
war to procure independence
for men not a whit better
qualified than those whose
votes gives us bad govern
mpnt here. News and Oh.
, ser\ er.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Russell and Caldwell.

Mr.. l.. C.. Caldwell is still
railroad commission commits
sioncr and chairman of the
commission SO far as he is
advised. Up to last evening
he had had no intimatiOn
that the Governor wanted to
dispose OF him, and it is pre-
sumed that bis pXcellency in.
tends to allow him to hold
on.-Statesville Landmark.
After the Governor S stump
speech in tie railroad com
mission Office, it was suppOs-
en he would Immediately ac-
cppt the tender of Mr.. Cald-
wells resignation. L h Il I
was the only course he could
pursue If he had any pretense
Of consistency and hoped to
disprove the accepted charge
that he had become a vassaI
of the Southern Railway. Ev
en- that wonld not have con
vinced those who know the
inside Of the IDEALS and
"dickels," but it might have
helped carry out the grand
stand performance arranged
to fool the spectators. As il
is, even the farce is Il failure
News and Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
Egg Rolling al the White HO; Sc.

Easter Monday in Wash
ingtOn is n great day for the
children. II it is pleasant
hundreds and hundreds o I
them gather in the back yard
of the white house grounds
and have a big egg rolling
celebration. Every boy and
Girl in The city. black or white
is welcome to come on that
day as the guest OF the Pres,
idpnt of the United States.
At the rear OF the white
house there is a slopin9 back
yard, covered with softerass
and trees. Early in the morn
ing the children begin come
everyone bearing hard boiled
eggs OF all colors. The child
with the greatest number of
eggs Is the king or queen of
the day.
The players stand at the
top Of the hill, and one boy
will match bis eggs with an
other one to the bottom of
tbe hull. The one that ar
rives there first without
breaking is the winner. llthe
egg pops on the way down
the victor may eat the egg.
OF course, after Il few egg rae
es the players are full of eggs
up to their chin. but there
are still plenty of Jolly little
negro boys who are always
hungry and who can eat an
unlimited number of the bro.
ken eggs. In tlis way hun.
drpds il nor thousands OI
eggs are crushed and eaten
every Easter Monday in the
Pre- sidpnt's backyard.
Easter eggs-rollihg i S q
German custom, and the ma
tives have indulgpd in it it
Bavaria for centuries
Grown men and women play
the game there. Two meI
will pit their eggs against
each othop, and roll them 81
that they will collide. The
egg that breaks Is eaten b!
the owner of the egg Whicl
suffers the least damage, ant
the sport keeps up until ON
the otherl oosps all of his eggs
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
What is the Difference.

Toward the close of tie Lpgis-
laturc a substitute for the Coy
ernor's anti-lease bill was intro
duced in the Senate, the effect of
which was tn ratify the lease of
the North Carolina Railroad for
30 years. Governor Russell vio-
lently opposed it, and in an in
terview on February 25th said:
"It simply gives. the North Car.
Olina Railroad to the Southern
on it's own terms.
"lt puts them in a more profit
able posi- Jon than they were in
before the Legislature met.
at drives the State ont of its
own courts, confirms and ratifies
the lease for 36 years, and puts
the people IN sbackles so that
they are to be prostrate and gag
oed without a voice to protest
against the spoilation of their
State.
Il oppose any attempt tolesal
lze the larceny of the peoples
property and / o strike them
dumb so that they cahnot be
heard to complain.
81 suppose they are expected
to be thankful and daily grateful
to the money kings for allowing
them to keep the old capitol
With an empty treasury"
At that time Vice-President
Andrews was willing to comprc-
mise Russell denounced any
compromise then as can attempt
to legalize the larceny OF the peo,
Pies property" when it was to
reduce the lease from 80 to 3C
years.
Now, the Governor has made
a IDEAL" by which the 90 yeaI
lease is ratified and confirmed. |
by confirming a 3O-year lease il
was to "put the people in shack
les SO that they are to lie pros
trate and gagged without a voice
to protest against the spoilntiol
of their State" what shall We
say of the action of the Govern
or in confirming t he 99-yeal
lease? II it was a hensious crime
to ratify the lease for 80 years
is it not three times as Great ;
crime to confirm t he lease for 9!
) years, as the Governor has vi
tually done?
: The more the Russell Andrew
"dta!' is stirred, the more III
savorS it is found to be.-New
: aud Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14

Charlotte Observer: T h @
news comes from Washing
ton that the war scare has
not driven the Office. seekers
away from there and that to
one pertinnciOuS applicant
last week the President felt
moved to say: 9Th" man
who feels he cannot wait fora
pOstOfice at Il time like this
does nOt deserve the place
and will not get it." Mr.. NJ.
Kinley Is not famous as II
PIN lasemakpr, and h e. has
never uttered IL sentence
worthier of respect and re
me:nberance than the above
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14

Thomas Wilson, who was sen
fenced to five years imprison
ment for attempted rape in Al
leghany county, has been pardon
ed. He has paid $3.50 into the
school fuud AMI has also to pay
all costs. The Judge who tried the
case recommending that there bt
a fine and both Judge and jury
thought Wilson ought not to be
sent to the penitentiary at all
Landmark.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14

shortly. We have borne with
her till patience has become
almost a crime. She will he
better off, on the whole, with.
out Cuba and she does not
desel We to hold the island;
her title has passed from her
through oppression and cru
city.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14

81 feel it my duty to give
you a truthful statement OF
what Chamberlain's COLI,
cholera and diarrhoea RENE
dy did," writes j. S. Collins,
of Moore. S. C., 81 had Il child
about two year old, thatl had
thediarrhoea for two months.
| tried all the best known
remedies, but none gave the
least relief. Wien this remedy
came to hand, | gave it as
directed and in two days the
child was completely cured.
Sold by NJ. B. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-04-14
JOHN ~. DYER,
BLACKSMITH and WHEELRIGHT
(ST. JUDE, N. C.)

Imake a speciality of repairing
wagons, hacks, buggies, etc.
nT Wagons made to order on
short notice: Nothing but t he
best material used and satistac.
ton guaranteed. A trial is all |
ask.