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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
THE WOMAN WITH 4 MISSION.
nsr Love Of Sosoriesy- Oftsn Neslesu
Husband and chndr.n.

ltrr Love 81 Notoricty-Often Neglesfl
Ha.band and Chlldrsn.
Il Is surprising to know hoV many
women there are wlfh a deep aad burn
ing interest in humanity viii. a big u.
Individual humanity. as Represented by
those hohave direct claims upon them.
does not interest them in the least.
says Leslle's Weekly Their own hus-
bands. their own children. do not APP
peal 10 them. and they have but
languid Interest in their own homes.
The writer was visited one day re-
Gently by a humanitarian OF this type
Her mission was the uplifting OF all
humanity. She had. she said conse-
Grated her life 10 that end. During her
call she revealed the fact that she was
1000 miles from her husband and Ave
children. They could, she affirmed,
get along nicely without her" and
she felt that she could do a far great
er and nobler work for humanity by
working for this glorious cause Of tenn
perance." This was her mission. Il
had been but week since had met
the mother OF several small children
who was trying 70 "uplift humanity
by going about organizing clubs for
the development OF "The New
Thought" After listening for nearly
an hour to an outline OF the plans and
purposes Of this New Thought"
scheme was more than ever con-
WINGED that old thoughts are best. par.
tieularly the thoughts Of our grand
mothers regarding the first duty OF a
wife and mother.
There ls much exaggcration and
cheap wit In the comic papers regard
ing the neglect Of uieir homes and
families BY the new women" who
have branched out into fields hereto
fore occupied by men alone. A good
deal Of the criticism Of the now woman
Is unfair and unjust. but the fact re-
mains that the woman with a mission
Is In many cases woman with pain
fully distorted views regarding the
duty she owes to herself and 20 others
The writer not long ago heard a wo-
man. addressing a large gathering OF
people, say: Il have given up my
home and children. my husband and
parents. 10 70 forth and spread the
glorious gospel and Try TO win men and
women to Christ. My life heneeforth
Is 20 be devoted to God and humanity
The question naturally arises: Can 4
wife and mother devote herself to any.
thing higher or better or nobler thar
the proper training OF her own chill.
dren7 And does not her duty to heI
children. her husband and her home
transcend any duty she may owe &c
others! The enthusiast may say nc
TO these questions. but every true ant
loving wife and mother will say ".
10 both questions When a woman hai
home and children no call 10 duty 4
higher or more Imperative than IN,
call that comes to her from her owl
home and In no sphere can she do
greater or better work. The good sh,
might do elsewhere cannot be offere,
as an excuse for the neglect OF thos'
who have the FIRST claim on her low
and care. II is sometimes true that
love Of notoriety and overpOwering de
sire 10 be seen and heard is the chic
motive Of the woman with a mission.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
fife In Japan A strange Tombstone
The typewriter and It, Eject on
Health Time-Lock Tobacco Boxcs
Music aud the HAIR.



Pile Cs the logsi the bright flames start
And up the roaring chimney race.
How grateful should We be-. sweetheart,
For just this little fireplace.
I said to-day that I was poor.
And poor IN some things ! may be,
But here's a shclter-who needs morcf
And your bright eyes to shine for met
Draw near. and sum our blessings, sweet.
While We are housed and clothed and
fed
The bleak winds bound from street to
street,
Souls that share not lifes daily bread.
While We, safc-harbored from the storm,
Have all our happy hearts desire
There's many weak and wounded form
Bends DER a hearth without a IRE.
Thank God for home, and n knock
Sound al the door this icy night,
oh. let us hasten 20 unlock
And bring a brother TO the light
n was Tor this Gods gifts were lent
To light the way Tor those thai roam;
II was for this the Christ was sent
To shelter those that had 80 homci
Prank l.. stanton In Atlanta Conau-
tuition.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
BRIDESMAID A BRIDE.
Maid Of Honor Elopes on the Day Of
the Wedding.

the Wedding.
A substitute bridesmaid took part In
a fashionable wedding In Derby, Conn.
recently. because the original maid Of
honor suddenly took IL into her pretty
head that she herself wanted to be
married. so she eloped on the day in
question. Miss Minnie Reynolds was
to have been the maid Of honor at the
wedding Of her sister. Miss Elizabeth
Reynolds, TO Thomas Macdonald at
81. Mary's church. Al an early hour
on the wedding morning Miss Minnie
went downtown. ostensibly on a little
errand Of her own, and nothing was
thought OF II. but when she had not
returned an hour before the time set
for the ceremony the entire household
was greatly wrought up. Messengers
we're sent in every direction In search
Of the young lady, but no trace OF her
could be found. A large crowd fioeked
to 81. Mary's church. but. although the
brlde-elect, the bridegroom and the
best man came. Miss Minnie came not.
In place Of the absent one the BRIDE
elect was attended by a younger sister,
Miss May Reynolds. The truth OF the
matter was that William Parsons and
Miss Minnie Reynolds had departed for
New York city. Their elopment is
said to have been due to the fact that
Parsons is Protestant. while the
young lady Is a Catholic. In New York
they were married by a Dominican
Father. The bride was attlred In the
very pretty costume which Il was
planned she was to wear as brides
maid Tor per sister on the arrival Of
Mr.. and Mrs Macdonald at the Grand
Central station, New York. they were
met there by Mr. Parsons and Miss
Reynolds The sisters made up. and
Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald acted as best
man and bridesmaid az the wedding
% their sister and Parsons.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

ifat OF ttAhRAiH W NAhsAh NffNAfNhs
Rabblts-the ordinary cotton-tails-
are so numerous In Kansas and 30
destructive To orchards that Wellhouse
& Son. OF Omaha have been compelled
to build 100 traps In one orchard In
Usage county. In three orchards In
Leayenworth county they have built
] 100 and in Miami county orchard
400 traps. The trap consists OF box
twenty-five inches long. made Of ordl-
nary six-lnch lumber one inch thick.
closed at one end and with an inward
swinging wire gate In the other end.
which Is shut by contact Of the rabbit
with a trigger after he has fairly en-.
tered.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

est people does not exist than In this
dear old county"
Cameron. Just az this point.
thought Of what be had forgotten. and.
interruptlng buchanan. said
""l am requested by the sergeant
Of police to state that several persons
In the audience have had their pocket
books stolen, and to ask you to be on
the alert to intercept the guilty ones. %
OF course. there was great laugh
ter. but Buchanan passed Il OF casually
and proceeded with his speech"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

Among the general population, IL
llteracy Ia most prevalent In the Slavic
states Of Russia Servia and Roumanla.
the Latin races In Italy, Spain and Bel
glum being also very backward In edu-
cation, while In tho purely Teutonlc
states the percentage OF illiterates Is
merely nominal In Switzerland Ii IS
30 per cent. In the whole German en-
plro only per cent, aud In Sweden.
Denmark, Bavaria. Baden and Wurtem-
berg there Is practically no one who
cannot read and write.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

There are at present at Berlin uni
yersIly j,s2l students. 1000 Of whom
are studying medicine. 1921 law. lis
theology. The theological department
IS on the decline. and has the least stu
dents Of any time In the past i've
years. There are over 500 foreign stu
dents In this university. 100 from Ao
United States.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

As our readers are well aware all
sorts OF remedies have been proposed
and tried for the purpose OF curing the
excessive craving for tobacco, but, I'M
happily, the results have been. for the
most part, very uncertain. A remedy
Of a different order has been patented
In the shape of a tlme-lock for tobacco
boxes. The victim Of lnordinate cray
ing for tobacco can adjust the torture Of
deprivation to suit his moral and phys
teal limitations. Having made up hls
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

A literal case Of biting on more
than he could chew" resulted In the
death Of a sailor in San Francisco. An
autopsy disclosed a slab Of unehewed
mutton four inches long aud three
inches wide rolled into a ball and hrm-
ly wedged In the mans larynx. where
II had effectively shut of his wind.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

Orchids must bloom as they are ad-
vcrtised to. the English court Of APP
peals has decided. A man who bought
bulb for 500. which he was told
would produce a white flower, aud after
cultlyating II for two years obtained
a purple blossom, has recovered $3.50
and cost from the vendor.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
soon rhereII DO Apaehe KInaerrarln

soon Therc'n he Apache Kindergarten.
An Arizona paper asserts that the
most savage Of Indians. the Apache. IL
conquered by civilization. The main
tribe OF Apaches. about 5000 lndividu-
ais. Is clustered about San Carlos. In
the last five years this tribe has fur
nlshed only one serious criminal, a
murderer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

a Kansas widow, whose husband lost
caste and fortune through strong drink
and who finally died with dellrium
tremens, had marble monument erect
cd over his grave upon which a snake
OF many coils has beer hlseled. as also
this inscription upon the pedestal. and
Just beneath the hery eye and forked
tongue OF the serpent: "At last II
biteth like a serpent and stIngeth like
IN adder
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

Moscow has a hospital large enough
to hold 1000 persons. Il was founded
In 1864. and at present takes IA children
al the rate Of forty a day, or about
1900 a year. There are twenty-six
physicians and about 900 nurses.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

sNAha AoA AtA ~
the evening between watches. The
child was a true daughter OF the brave
and weather-beaten tar, and she loved
the sea and trusted It. SO Sunday.
when the sky's hlne changed TO yell
low-gray and then deepened into black.
and the water grew dark and sailen
under the nor'easter's lashlngs. she
only pouted little and pressed against
the cabin window a face 20 rosy and
smiling that the men all made excuse
70 run by to see II shining through
the mist because Il heartened them so.
Then the night came and she laugh
ed as her mighty cradle rocked peril
ously In the deep trough Of the sea.
Her father could not sing her his
usual song-he was keeping on the
bridge. with his tarpaulin hung with
ieicles and his hair and beard white
with frost. shouting to the men. who
ran hither and thlther quite wildly
about something for hours at a time;
while the boat staggered and shiyered
and groaned so she could not find a
level place on which to knesl to say
her prayer.
But her mamma held her in her
arms. and the little girl noticed that
her voice was fervent as she begged
for the safety Of the ships a; sea Then
Lena sank into sleep with her head
pillowed on the best and safest place
a head may ever rest upon in all thG
world-a mothers breast.
Aloft the work went on. the voice Of
the captain cutting a way for his com.
mands through the wild storm. But
when his FIRST officer, Cook. was near
him once. he spoke 20 him In tone
broken and harsh with anguish.
''Mr. Cook" he said. Il think were
going to pieces on the shoal-. You
will look out for little Lena. and stay
with her 10 the endi"
The first mate touched his visor,
"Ayi ayi sir" be replied. and went
on with his duty.
Yesterday a man and little girl were
washed ashore at Nantucket. The
mans face was grim and stern. but
the chlld's was still and smiling. ant
her little arms were fast clasped
around the neck Of the sailor. who had
given his life In frultless effort to save
her and had stayed with her until
the end"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

The dust Of charcoal Is gathercd up
aud mixed with the chat nom wheat.
barley and other grains, and with
chopped straw. in Japan. II Is then
moistened into a paste. rolled into halls
about as big as a billiard ball. and
makes excellent fuel.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
Tho TynewrIlsr nna nr,i,h-

The typewriter has won Us way SO
completely wherever much writing Is
done that any evidence Of the innu.
encc which Il may exert upon health
deserves attention The Phonetic
Journal publishes a note from a cor
respondent who, In response TO the
question Has any one ever known OF
genuine case OF typewriter cramp
induced In a normal constitution by
the use Of any standard machino?' re-
plies that he suffers from cramp 80
produced. and has heard OF two other
cases. The Phonetic Journal was. In
the FIRST Instance disposed 10 doubt the
existence OF typewriter cramp but
admits that the case of Us correspon-
dent Is genuine example OF the aiioc-
ton. Typowrlters' cramp belongs 20
what Dr. poore calls the professional
impotencies and los occurrence after
the uimble. oft-rcrCatcd movements OK
the typCwriter's hand and fingers g. a
thing no more To- Doe wondered nc than
pianisls' crUmp compusitOw cramp or
milors crImp m The course Of time
it o. but too probable that IypewritcrE
camp wl become. II no, as we'll
known. at lens. ca recognizable as or
binary writer's cnmp hut N the
spread % the typewriter brings TO It's
user the risk ~ cramp there Is. II an
American Journal is to be believed. a
balance OF advantage 10 be set down
On los favor The dcath-doaling cor
set" We are told. has found In the
typewrltrg machine aud the bicycle
two implacable foes" No expert can
manage the typewriter or the bicycle
while she Is held In "a close-httlng
cage Of whalobone aud steel II the
wheel and the typewriter have done
much for woman. not the least Of the
blessings they may bring IS In helping
to set her free from what THE New
Education describes as tho cramp-
ing. uncomfortable. health-destroylng.
ugly and barbarous medieval inyen-
ton called the corset" This Is Wig
orous language. but n the contention
is good and capable OF proof, then the
influence OF the typewriter on the
health Of at least the female section
Of those who use Il must In spite Of
the risk OF typewrlters' cramp be re-
garded as beneficial.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

An old woman stood at the edge OF
the group. looking at the bulletins OF
war news In the window OF a morning
paper yesterday. She was wan and
gray and her garments were thin and
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21

In Toxic there Is q large government
paper making and money printing Cs-
tablishmcnt. where hundreds OF labor
ers and operatives are engaged. In
connection with the works there Is an
eating house. where food is supplied
to all who desire to obtain their meals
on the premises. Tho scale OF prices
for meal is from a penny TO three
pence. The lowest wages paid is i've
pence a day Il will be seen that a
laborer working for the smallest slip
end can get all the food required for
a small proportion Of his earnings. All
the operatives In this establishment are
good specimens OF what japanese food
VIII do In the way Of sustaining
strength and robust health No more
healthy set OF men and women or
youths can be seen In any part OF the
world: none more capable Of enduring
the strain and drain upon the system
that continuous labor entails. The
writer has taken the trouble TO aseer.
tain the measurement Of the lower
limbs OF a number OF the draught
coolies In Yokohama. and he IL able to
assure us that. by actual measurement.
very many OF these chaps have a calf
TO their leg measuring seventeen
Inches. and even larger. the height Of
the man being not over five feet and
four or i've inches. II takes good
strong food 10 put such muscle into the
frame Of the human being. and that Of
the japanese does It. Doubtless. had
not the long centuries OF secluslon from
the outside world compelled the Japan
ese to marry aud lntormarry among
themselves as they have. they would
show a much taller race than they now
do. Every species % animal life Is
dwarlcd from the cause OF lnterbreed-
Ing. The cattle are small, and the
horses are much smaller than the Cal
ifornia mustang: In fact. they can only
be called ponies. There may. perhaps
be yet another cause for the short
stature OF the race. Their interclnC
wars have destroyed the lives OF my.
riads Of the fighting population. It's
known that the wars ~ Napoleon
served TO shorten the stature Of thC
French people very materially. and
doubtle Che destruction uf NE caused
by war has effected the same result
here. The japanese are a war-llks
race, and when they Ugh, they fight Ia
kill. using the most effective edged
tools made Tor the trade o. war.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-21
ONE MINUgTE ROMANCE

A p T. DAKINs
little daughter was
the life OF the ship.
and the sailor.
homesick. some Of
them. and longing
for certain little
chaps a 8 h o re.
played with her on
the Asla's white
decks and spu n
yarns for her In
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-12
Fits Convicted of Murder.


GUTHRIE CENTER, Ia, Dec. 11.-(Spe-
cial.)-1saac Fitz. who has been on trial
here for several days on the charge of mur-
dering his brother-in-law, James McClel-
land, was yesterday found guilty Of murder
In the second degree. Sentence will be pro-
nounced next week. The probability is there
will be no appeal taken. Fitz lives about
four miles west Of Yale. this county, and
McClelland lived about four miles south of
Fitz. On the morning Of the murder Fitz
was assisted by McClelland and q neighbor
to load a large hog into a wagon. The
neighbors went home after the hog had been
loaded. There had been q family feud ex-
listing between the brothers-in-law for some
time. Fitz Is a man Of very ordinary in
telligence; McClelland was man of fault
finding and picking turn OF mind. 1t Is said
by Fitz and presumed by the neighbors that
McClelland ssid naughty words about Fitx's
family and about a fence that was in dispute
and Fitz ordered McClelland off Of his prem
ises. McClelland refused to leave. Fitz then
went from the barn to the house, several rods
away, got his shotgun and returned When
about two rods Of McCleland he shot and
McClelland fell dead from his horse. Fitz
drove to Yale, sold his hogs. returned home
In about two hours, loaded the body of Nc
Clelland in his wagon, hitched McClelland' g
horse to the rear Of his wagon and took the
body home. Mrs. McClelland, seeing her
brother with her husbands horse, asked
where he was. Fitz said he got him this
time and he was in the wagon. The only
defense offered was a weak mind and his
own rights on his own premises, as he
thought they were.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-12
4 30 P0lSONER Of HUSBANDS
Mrs. Lulu johnson, who Has Been
Wife to SIX Men, to he Tried for
Murder Of Two of Them.

PERRY, Okl., Dec 1l.--Mrs Lulu John
son, 60 years old. has been indicted by the
grand jury charged with the murder OF her
last two husbands, Shirley and J. W. John
son. She has had six or seven husbands
altogether and has been a widow as many
times. The body OF johnson was taken UP
recently and arsenic was found in the stom-
ach and liver by Prof. Edward Barlow,
chemist, from the University Of Kansas.
Her next previous husband, Shirley, with
whom she lived near Caldwell, Kan, died
four years ago. Prof. Barlow has now found
shirley's liver well preserved by the ar
senlc in It. p"
johnson was strong and healthy, but soon
after his marriage he began to have at
tacks Of nausea and headache and finally
succumbed after an illness OF thirty hours.
No doctor was called and Mrs. johnson and
her little boy were the only persons pres
ent at the DEATH Sometime after the funeral
there was SO much gossip among the neigh
bors that the body was taken up and ex-
amined. -.-. ....,
Mrs. Johnson's husbands were: Leonard
Davis, Humphreys, Parks. Shirley ant
johnson. Her trial was set for Friday.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-12

preached by Lewis and asked into the 6eal,
but had refused He informed Sheriff Nor
gan AID at his request AMI approval, when
Lowis again asked him to join in the hog
theving expedition, consented ind fixed the
night OF November 10 for the raid.
There are some strange condolences In
the case In the first place both the men
indicted and the man whose hog pen vas
raided bear the name Of Lewis, but are not
related. In the second place, on the night
OF the raid Charles Brooks and John Lewis
drove out to Nelson Lewis place In Lewis
township in a wagon loshed hem by VIII
| liam Brooks. who Is not any relation to
Charles Brooks.
Sheriff Morgan and his deputies claim
that John Lewis Is an all-found bad man
and that they have been laying for him for
some time past, but had nor been able to
| catch him in the act Of stealing until the
| night he fell into the trap at Nelson Lewis
place. They say John Lewis was run out
| OF Woodbury. county for similar thievine
practices. Much speculation Is INDUCED
In as to what bearing the arrest Of Brooks
will have on the trial Of John Lewis on the
charge OF conspiracy
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-12
Fu.Ion Fail. in Iowa.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 11.-(speciai.)-lt
is evident from the conditions now existing
in the northwestern part Of Iowa that
fusion between the free silver forces OF the
democrats, populists and free silver re-
publicans is out Of the question. The fusion
forces received bad blow in this state In
the last election. Populism Is also on the
wane in this section. and conservative men
say that a majority Of the followers OF
Weaver will vote with the republican party
In future elections. From the statements
Of men who have been prominently identi-
fed with the populist party In the past II
is understood they will oppose any attempt
in the future to Join forces with the demo-
Gratis. ..