The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-27


guess that he is something Of a lingu-
ist, and the guess would bsygoTrect Re
IA also an amateur chemist. success
full fisherman. a notable hunter and an
enthusiastic wheelmab3 IN c.D y pc
the language Of one OF bis friends. be
has -as many fads as sepinAfy girl.
In figure and face helis tthelS 'He'is
of middle size. standing feet slt
inches In his shoes. and balahqirB pew
ny-ln-the-slot machines at i65 pounds.
His features are regular, his eomplaS
Jon Is free from blemisitss. llsees esHAre
clear. and he shayes clean with the ex-
ception OF mus,ache. which - hant
in romantic curves. lie parts-his -haif
IN the middle and trains, y also "a lp9k
sweet He Is IS years uld.s0 -''
He never attended a plain American
public school, When a boy he and the
other Harrison children Ters taken by
their mother 10 Germany. where Car
ter and his brother entered the Heidel-
berg Gymnasium. For some reason
the boys dld not fancy Heidelberg over
much. and after ten months stay there
the family migrated. travelling for
summer through southern France, the
Tyrol and Switzerland. after which the
boys entered the Gymnasium al Alien
burg. While there he was a schooliel-
low OF a number OF juvenile royalties
and other younEstersof uuszbisiiHeugs
and between him. and the young Prince
of SaxoBy a genuine close friendship
sprang ,ip. Later as 1 son Of the mayor
while ne worlds iairlwas on. he made
the acqaaihtakoe Of many other OF the
worlds great FOLK. among them the
Duke Of veragla, The Marqglf q LIS
'boles. Eulalia. NE spanish la.eEtAzAa
Porfr!o Dlaz. the president Of Mexico.
After finishing Al AItshburv ne pse-'
pared for college In a Chicago JsJnif
school. after which he vent through
Yale and later studled Inv aud vas adj
mitted. His practice never amounted
10 much. .hOEeFsF, aud when his father
was made worlds tllr mayor. young
Carter y, took qlef the fathers real
estate buslnsss and. with his brother.
William Preston Harrison. carried 70
on I'll the old man bought Tic Chlcagn-
Times. Their conduct Of the paper was
a terror TO mnny In chiaase- Y. i.s.i =
circulation OF perhaps 10000 when they
took H. but they supported the Pull
man strike cut the price 20 a cent. and
raised the sales 20 $4,000 a day. Theyt
thought they had a cinch on Chicagos
journalism then but they must havos
been wrong. for they we're afterward,
glad enough 10 sell ont. and the paper
A now merged with the Chicago Herald
under the title Of the Chicago Times
Herald.
When they began with the Times
young Carter took the chair Of manSs-.
ing editor and his brother was made
business manager. Af,eta a. Z or fwo-
perhaps month-esfhFN Al a II
fed with their Job. and they ekaufsd
places. Perhaps the fcsultins eScn |
tricitles Of management bpth ubstalr |
and downstairs had sonethlnk 70 10 !
with their ultimate abandonment OF the !
publishing business.
Carter II. Harrison's chemical lnyes. !
LEGATIONS were mostly conducted when
he was a boy. His den used TO be M
the cupola Of me famlly rcsilelct. anh
he took great delight n makwing I
with explosive and eohp1uuds Of .
fearful smell. Once a friend Of tha fam.
lily. who Was passing the house. Eaa /
horrlhed by thu sound Of mufiea a.. .
donation, the crish 81 glass and Nd.
spilniering % wood Glancinx upward I
he saw that ths cupola wax bsaiy-i
wrecked. while voiraans OF blaci tan~l.-l
were pouring from the paneless sashes.
AZ the same time the yilost odur ina
ginabie sainted his nose. ana ia a mo- !
inent young Harrison. smudgod IN the
face and with torn clothes. emerged,
from the wreck. In his hands the hp5 J
carried a dish Of some liquid. from
which more Of the black smoke was
rising. fastening 70 thc ddrs ~ the 4
roof, he put the dish down. but 20 care
lessly AZ 10 spill the liquid. which ras4.