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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
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The government report on the
amount OF live stock in the country
Jan. 1 makes the hogs $3.50. 900. de-
crease Of sac. 900; the mileh cows TO-
$40 900. a decrease for the year Of 1907
sal; the oxen and other cattle. 29.2si.-
900. decrease OF $4,000. and the
sheep. 1855. 900. an increase Of $685.
900.
The hog supply Is the smallest since
1881. when there were S6,227,6oS re-
ported and 1000. 900 less than the year
" average for the sixteen years since
then. Not only that, but the number
OF hogs reported Is i.Tl5,OOo head less
than the average for twenty-thres
years previous to this year. The num-
Der OF cattle Is 100000 less than six
years ago. The number OF cattle, hoss.
and sheep reported by the government
for number Of years past Is as FOL
lows
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

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bgs BuEsard WIN Teezla.
A bird Of uncanny mien. with a bell
around It's neck. has been lowering
around certain sections Of Howard
county. filling the breasts Of the coll
ored population with terror. for thu
descendants Of Ham In this billy and
picturesque county believe that the adj
vent Of the bird Is a sign Of impend-
Ing war. The visitor Is a buzzard-
Those who claim to have obtained a
near and clear view Of the bird assert
that the bell was plainly visible. but
they could not determine whether u
was attached by a cord or a wire. II
Is an extraordinary buzzard. as are all
the birds that give the first Fremont
ton Of approaching direful events.
The other buzzards that float over
the crags and along the course OF the
Patapsco. ever alert for the stray car
casses Of COWS and horses that escape
the fertilizer factory or the sausage
manufacturer. regard this strange Wis
itor with a great deal OF awe. The
feathered seer. wrapped In It's own or
lglnality. avoids the company OF bird.
beast and man. II seeks the widest
rocks In the county. where for hours u
looks far into the future. Visions OK
bloody fields. or flashing steel. OF thun-
dering cannon. and the music OF des-
pairing groans entertain Il during Us
long yigils, so the superstitious say.
firing OF such amusement. Il leaves It's
solitary rock and spreads It's wings, the
broad shadow Of which moves appre-
hensively over the housetops. across
the fields and streams. causing alarm
and dread.
No one has as yet seen this weary
bird take sustenance. II Is said II has
been fasting long. and that It's days
Of feasting will not begin until carnage
arrives. for Il is so constituted as "a
be unable TO swallow anything but hu'
man flesh or TO slake It's thirst In any
thing but human blood. II Is a stran'
ger to sleep. Nothing can wrap Il IL
slumber but the lullaby Of the roar o.
battle Such are the impressions which
have been made upon the minds Of th'
superstitious who dwell In the neigh
borhood Of Roxbury Mills. In th'
fourth district OF the county.-Baltl
more American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
MISS sEDDIE ANDERSON.

MISS sEDDIE ANDERSON.
Where all the summer long. In careless
play.
The peaceful waves come ripping DER
the sand.
So calm. so still. We canno, UNDER
stand
That ever sailors wives should sit and
and weep.
That ever they should wake while
others sleep.
Because Of tempests on sea and land.
All. walt till winter waves assail the
shore.
And beat away this level floor Of gold:
For where twas wrecked and buried
years before
A ghostlike ship shall liz It's timbers
old.
Or. sorrow OF the heart. thou Hest as
deepl
Heaven grant no storm Of time may
break thy sleep.
In watching the ships the poetess
gives us picture from her mountain
home:
How strange II seems. walled in. Sc
eluded so.
SO sheltered from the noisy worlds
unrest,
Looking through tsathery tree tops to
the west,
To see yon stately strangers come and
gol
Great ships OF trafic. borne from Car
We know,
Followed and waited by the self sane
breeze
That lightly tossed some crested bill
lows snow
Three thousand miles away, In foreign
seas.
So. hither and thlther, Just beyond
our own,
Great souls. like stately ships. as talr
10 view.
SO near, yet ever to remain unknown.
Our ports OF daily life are passing
through;
And We, In peaceful shelter softly pray:
Fair ships. brave souls, God speed
thee on thy way"
With all her solitude the poetess does
not grow melancholy. In the summer
time she supplies the campers who live
about her with eggs and milk. and b
this way and with her writing chs
makes comfortable living. But al,
Is not fond Of campers. They are to,
much company and really too much o
a nuisance. SO she likes Il best In win
ter. when she can be entirely alone
Miss Anderson was disappointed Il
love during her college days.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

When the River Nile is full enough,
at the time OF It's annual overflow.
dams In It's banks are cut. allowing
the water TO flow In canals which car
~ Il into the country. From the
canals, bitches and cutters distribute
Il among the farms. which are divided
into squares by ridges OF earth few
inches high. The peasant regulates
the flow OF water with his feet. BY
skillful use OF his toes he makes an
opening In a ridge or closes II up. and
thus causes the water to so where IL Is
needed. This was a very ancient way
Of irrigating the land. and Moses prob
ably refers TO II when he contrasts the
rains and dews Of Palestines with the
artificial watering OF Egypt. For the
land where thou goest In to possess Il
Is not as the land OF Egypt from
which ye came out. where thou sOwest
thy seed and waterest Il with thy foot.
as a garden Of herbs; but the land
whittier ye 90 to possess IL Is land
OF hills and valleys. and drinketh water
OF the rain OF heaven"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

A single-rail road is now quite ex-
tsnsively used In the French colonies.
In Africa and elsewhere. A single rail
weighing from ten TO thirty pounds to
the yard Is laid on short steel cross
ties. The rails are short 10 secure
portability. No ballast and often no
preparation OF the way Is required.
The cars are carried by two wheels
placed bicycle fashion. From the sides
bars extend at right angles to the
body Of the car. The ends OF the bars
are supported by the horse, ass or
man who propels the ear walking
alongside the rail The car-wheels are
about ten or twenty inches In diameter.
A man can propel six wheelbarrow-
loads on one OF these roads
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
BUILT IN A HURRY.
LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT.
An American Firm Did the work with
In = Menth-So English Concern
wouIa Take the Contract withia the
Time Allowed.

-Four locomotives were recently
turned out at an eastern locomotive
works at a record-breaking pace. They
we're constructed upon the order OF
the consulting engineer In London for
the Soudan railroad. II was under
stood by the locomotive works that the
engines were for the English war Of
nee. for use In the transportation OF
troops and munitions Of war over the
soudan railroad in Lower Egypt. and
there was consequently urgent need
that they should be completed az soon
as possible No English firm would
agree TO turn them out within a short
er period than four and a half months.
The British government was conse-
quently Obliged to turn to American
manufacturers to an the order In time.
The original agreement. which was
received In this country on January
last. did not call for the completion OF
the locomotives until March 6. but sub
sequently the makers we're asked whe-
ther the work could not be completed
at an earlier date To this Inquiry a
reply was sent stating. I'VE will be able
TO ship engines by Feb. Is" This as
tonished the EpSllshmen. and they
cabled that an inspector would be sent
over to make a final examination Of
the locomotives. but the makers cabled
back that the engines would probably
reach their destination before the in
spector arrived. This brought another
telegram. directing them not TO shiT
the engines until the government in
spector arrived. and the firm wal
obliged 10 comply. although the loco
motives were completed and ready {,
ship within thiriy-one days from tbs
time OF placing the contract. Ever
this time could have been broken has
the makers been told at the start hov
great was the emergency. The inspec
tor. who arrived on the Lucania Feb.
found the engines already set up ans
with steam up when he reached tn
works. Several changes to conform q
his ideas were quickly made. when III,
motive power was dismantled AM
boxed and the engines actually shippe'
from the works on Feb. 2. On the FOL
lowing Friday they were taken aboarl
the steamship Italheim at New Yorh
which sailed the next day for Alexan
dria. Egypt.
Under the terms OF the contract IN
locomotive works sent a competent en-
gineer and representative with the en-
gines TO attend TO their unloadin
from the steamer and their reloadln
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

r. @. Lodeman. Department Of Agrl-
culture Report: Another system %
post training differs radically from the
one stated last week. Instead OF being
spurred or branched near the surface
OF the soil the stem Il carried upward
In spiral 10 the top OF the post, aud
the short arms. Of which there are gen
orally two or more. are formed at the
summit The canes are cut back 10
the desired number OF buds. and the
shoots grow freely downward. This
system. which IS followed In some
parts Of western Michigan. really
should be included In the third class.
but a. Il Is commonly known a. va
rle,y % the post system Il Is here con.
sldered with the othera
Leaving these simple systems. IN
which the method OF training presents
no complicated features. a much more
complex group will be considered. The
shoots are still trained upward. but
their position Is. theoretically. deter
mined with almost mathematical pre-
clslon.
The Horizontal Arm Spur. or Fuller
system-This system presents the
above features In a particularly formal
manner. and when the details OF this
method are carefully mastered the
other methods present no special dim
eultles. II Is not so fully discussed on
account OF It's wide use flor. as a mat
ter OF fact. the horizontal arm spur
system Is little In favor among vine
yardistsl but rather because " offers an
opportunity 10 show in an almost ideal
manner most OF the points which arise
In connection with nearly all the other
systems in this as well as In the other
two groups It's principal merit. there
fore, lies In tia value for illustrative
purposes.
when a grapevine Is FIRST set In a
vineyard II may be one or two years
old. the former being preferable In the
majority OF cases. The cane Ia cut back
10 two buds. and during the first season
lis shoots are allowed 10 lie prone
upon the surface OF the soil.
Assuming that all the pruning Il
done a short time before the arrival oi
the growing season. at the beginninl
OF the second year the newly-set yin'
will have a wellestabllshed root system
and two canes OF varying length. Thu
weaker OF these canes should now b.
removed entirely and the other shoul'
be cut back. 80 that II remains abou
IS inches In length. II cut In this man
ner the cane Il sufficiently long 4
reach TO the lowest wire when the trel
liz Is made. BY some. however. III
cane is cut back again TO two buds, a
In the previous year This causes tn
stem TO branch near the surface o
the ground. instead Of at the loves
wire Either method may be followe
10 advantage. although single stem
render cultivation more easy. Thl
cane. whatever It's length. Is to form
the stem OF the vine. and as there ar
20 be two arms. only two OF th
atrongest shoots need be retained afte
the growths are sufficiently advance
for their comparative yigor TO be seer
II ia better that all the other shoot
be then removed. so that the two tbs
are TO remain may become the strong
err But IL the unnecessary growths ar
not removed until the following sprin
no material injury win be done to III
vine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
sImple Edwin neoih.

A printer once brought 20 Booth
for inspection the proof Of a new
poster, which. after the manner Of It's
kind. announced the actor as "the emf
nent tragedian. Edwin Booth" Mr..
Booth dId not fully approve t. Il
wish you'd leave out that eminent
tragedian business. ia much rather
have II simple Edwin Booth. he said.
Very good. sir" The next week the
actor saw the FIRST OF his new bills In
position His request had been carried
out TO the letter, The poster announo-
ed the coming engagement OF simple
Edwin Booth"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
A nnr.. nr..a.r. cen,en,Iea.

In view Of the present situation in
horse breeding and the limited supply
OF good horses for the worlds mar
kets now open TO America. a number
OF prominent horse dealers and breed
ers have united In calling national
convention 20 meet In Chicago on
wednesday. March 30. at the Palmer
House. at 10 a. m. 20 encourage prompt
vigorous breeding " the best classes Of
horses to suit the increasing domestic
and foreign demand. TO discuss togeth-
er the market requirements as 10 The
best class OF horses to breed FOR the city
and export trade. with due oonsldera-
tioa Tor the wants and interests 81 the
farm. and TO orgas.ze a National Horse
Breeders and Dealers Association to
permanently advance these Interests. 20
encourage the improvement OF Amesi-
can horse breeding up to the standard
OF the worlds best markets. An at
tractiye program OF able speakers will
entertain the convention. which. with
the free discussion by horsemen and
delegates. will make the meeting one
OF the most important ever held in this
country In the interests OF horse breed
Ing. Horse breeders and importers %
ali the recognized breeds and classes
are invited to meet with the exporters.
dealers and shippers at this convention
and unite In organizing a national as
ISOLATION. that Is more urgently needed
now than ever before to encourage and
direct American horse breeding. For
program and particulars. address +. J,
Berry. Chairman Com. Union Stock
Yards. Chicago. III.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

who has twice been a leading repub-
lican candidate for nomination as gov
ernor. The colonel Is a man OF great
wealth. having large railroad interests
In Ohio and valuable mines on the
Pacific slope. 4 few years ago he az
tracied attention In New York BY
taking the part Of a newsboy against
a Gerry agent and was arrested. Col
onel Stevenson was fined $50, and be
declared that II was cheap. He has al
ways been a good man and charitable.
But no one was prepared for the sen
sation he precipitated the other night.
A Salvation Army meeting was In
progress when he entered. After qui-
city occupying a rear seat for half an
hour he arose and In few sentences
declared that he believed the army TO
be doing a good work. He concluded
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
elias. Hospital WARDS.

An "aseptic ward" OF the London
Temperance hospital contains novel
features Il is II by II feet in area,
and 10 feet high. being intended for
only one patient at a time. The walls
and ceiling are OF enameled glass. with
rounded angles. and the floor OF marble
mosaic. with angles also rounded. A
plate glass window. with outside blind.
forms three-nfths OF the west wall.
The door IL OF ground glass. and the
frame-the only wood about the ward
lis OF hard teak. No pipe or drain
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

by requesting permission to Join, which
was. OF course. joyfuily given. and with
even more than the usual Salvation Ar
my jubIlatlon. The colonel thereupon
filled out a check for 5000. which he
presented 10 the captain OF the bar
racks. When the meeting was over the
entire army escorted Colonel Stevenson
10 his fine residence. playing and sing
ing the entire route. All were invited
In. and. after brief services In the par
Tor. refreshments were passed around.
Colonel Stevenson declares his inten-
ton TO lead the Salvation Army pa
rades frequently.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

A fresh egg is known by the dull APP
peaance OF lis shell; bad egg looks
glossy. Drop an egg into water; II Il
sinks quickly and remains at the bot
tom II is probably fresh. II Il stands on
end II Is doubtful. and II Il floats II is
quite bad. The light test Is applied
by placing the egg In or in front OF a
paper tube and holding II up to a
candle. II, on looking through II. the
yolk appears round and the white sur
rounding It Is clear. the chances are
that the eeS Is fresh.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

The latest subject to which the at
tention OF the lovers OF the science OF
statistics are Invited is the calculation
Of the number Of steps a man takes In
walking during the course OF a year.
This number Is found to be $3.50. 100.
or an average Of 1910 steps day.
Going still further into details. Il Is
declared that over 100000 OF these
steps are taken on going up and down
stairs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

opens into the ward. Great care has
been taken with the ventilatlng ar
rangements, and the ward is cut Of
from the rest Of the hospital by a ven
tilated lobby. The bed. chair. patients
locker. etc. are Of metal. Everything
in the room can be washed In hot water
without harm. and Il Is suggested that
future houses will give similar protec-
ton against the entrance. growth or
escape Of harmful germs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27


Saddle Z. Anderson, poetess. all
alone. Young and pretty. high
lyz educated ans well connected.
she has chosen to withdraw herself
from the usual occupations OF woman
hood 10 commune with nature al nrst
hand. Miss Anderson has learned all
that the University Of California can
lmpart. She Il a true woman. with
all a wOmans love for the frivolities
and follies Of the cities But she loves
nature unadorned and In the open air
stiil more. She has pitched her camp
on the mountain side and IL engaged
In writing sOnnets and raising chick
ems. Miss Anderson read the passage
In the good book about the lion OF
Hepsidam, so she bestowed this quaint
name on her abode. Standing az the
door Of the cottage Of Hepsidam. she
can see the sails OF ships on Monterey
bay and the broad Pacific beyond It's
limits. In the qualities Of peace and
rest Il Is an ideal home. iust such a
one az a poet would choose for a safe
and coy retreat But Il Is a singular
home for woman possessing so many
attractions and 20 much Of youth as
does Miss Anderson.
HER FAvoRITE POEM
Here Is her favorlte sonnet among
her own poems:
How swiftly here oblivion set her seali
What has the vanished century left
OF each.
The Spanish rooftree and the Spanish
speech.
The music and the roses OF Castilef
A newer generation comes TO kneei
Where erumbling walls and broker
tiles OF red
Become the dust above forgotten dead.
The unregarded dust beneath ths
wheel.
The call 10 vesper hath a different
tone:
Even the mission bells were cast anew.
From crowded streets. where once the
wild flowers grew;
New speech. new shrines. new hopes
and cares and fears.
To usher In another hundred years.
The hull OF an old schooner that an
nually rose with the winters tide in
the Monterey bay on Santa Cruz called
forth In her this sweet song:
The sunshine falls upon a golden
strand
Beside sea that stretches far away.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

Perry GARNER entIced VIII Rogers
into an unoccupled building at Pulaski.
H.. and beat his brains out with q
club. He then escaped. and although
officers are searching for him he has
not been found. GARNER and Rogers
were playmates. aged i6. Tie former
had a grudge against his companloa
and took this means Of avenGing Il.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

In the Diesel gas engine. which Il
now attracting much attention In Ger
many. the mixture Of air and gas which
moves the piston Is not suddenly ex-
ploded when I, takes FIRE. but burns
slowly enough to impart a more grad
ual impulse TO the engine. A 1000
horse power motor OF this type Is PROM
lsed for the Paris exposition OF 1900.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

Briton-Do you know that Il IL a
matter OF history that Wellington
never saw Napoleon? Yankec-Is that
soi always understood that he saw
him and went him several better
Truth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

That artichokes are valuable Ia I'M
necessary to prove. the experience Of
generations having fully demonstrated
thai fact. Like all crops whether or
40, II "a 10 be cultivated depends on
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

Pisek, Bohemia, is probably the only
"dogless' town In the world. In con-
sequence OF death from hydrophobla
the authorities ordered every dog In
the place killed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27
srI.n,lne renI,r, R.I.lnr.

Little has as yet been done for the
poultry industry by our experiment
stations or otherwise Even private
investigations have been OF an imper-
feet character. and many Of the re
suits obtained have been very uRsat-
lsfactory II not deluslve We have
formed a great many opinions on our
observations. but Il will doubtless be
found that both opinions and observa-
tions have been wrong In many cases.
Such has been the result In other lines
Of farm industry. We thought that
We knew that In the milk OF the dairy
COW the food made the richness or the
poorness according TO It's quality. but
we found that all Of our observations
in that matter were deluslonS SO u
will doubtless be with the poultry
facts CD that We have secured. what
what we need Is extensive lnvestiga-
tlons into the principles Of poultry cul-
ture. Both public and private atien-
ton should be given to the matter, II
may be that In time We will be able TO
exterminate the roup and kindred dis
eases over wide areas OF country. We
may even be able to exterminato the
louise OF the chicken variety as thor
oughly as we have In many .oeallties
the louise that fastens on the human
head.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

Frisnd-That's great picture OF
yours In the Rogues' Galiery7 Burglar
Think sog Frlend-Yes: II don't look
a bit like you.-Judgs
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

MIX Food for Calves.-IIow many
persons know that no bird that files.
save one. feeds its young on anything
but flesh food. There 10 only ono bird
that know OF that does not feed It's
young on insect food. even our own
sparrow. which has the power to partly
digest grain In their crops and sive Il
to their young. The young calf must
have food that its delicate stomach can
digest. and II isn't ground feed; II is
flesh IN a sense, because II Is milk. he
has not a good digestive stomach a,
that age.-Jonathan Perlam.
One hundred quarts Of milk weigh
about si5 pounds.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-27

The following discussion took place
At an Illinois institute:
(Which Is the most effective. the
one-horse weeder OF the two-horse?
A-The two-horse. where you have
good deal OF land. The one-horse ma
chine covers eight feet. the two-horse
fourteen feet. For an orchard about
eight feet Is big enough. but II You
are going 10 use Il In corn and want 10
cultivate forty acres you had better
have two horses
o.-Is Il practicable TO put Il into
corn?
Ayes. that Is what Il was made
for originally. corn and potatoes. eul-
tiyate my strawberries with H.
Q-lt viii dig them right out. won't
IT,
A.-No. 1t Is too light a machine for
that
o-whai will 1t do II the ground Is
baked?
A.-You can't use Il at all then. II
Is like any other machine II has It's
place. You cannot get a cultlvator that
will answer every purpose.
OIL would like to know how that
can 90 by the side OF corn stalk and
take the weeds and leave the corn!
All you DO Il just right you can
take even a garden rake and scratch
right into your corn. The weeder teeth
turn back, they do not slide in ahead
like shovels. but turn back have used
II three years. II you have pigeon
grass that is well rooted you cannot
take Il out In order to get the benefit
Of that machine you have got to use
II before the weeds get much OF a
start