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The times., 1898-02-06
S5.OS.

Not suit or -overcoat in the lot
sold for less than SfO-and most of
them brought $3.50, s13, and sl4.
That's a Dig saving, gentIemen-you
can't afford to neglect il. can you?
Among the suits you have the pick
of stylish oaeviots. and fine cassimeres
and wOrstetis-made in the finest fash
iOn-as perfect fitting as any tailors
can make them. Among the overcoats
you have nobby kerseys and beavers
cut according to the latest fashion,
well lined with Italian cloth and satin
sleeve linings-and velvet collars.
You can buy them On credit. of
cOdrse-an1 without a penny more TO
pay than If you gave us all cash.
We accord every upright person the
privileges IF our liberal credit system
don't be afraid to ask for the accomo-
datIon-
The times., 1898-02-06

Choice or light and dark tan covert
coats, with plaic-lined backs-half-silk
lined and sil-silk lined, black and blue
cheviots-some with velvet inla id collars
-ot hers with high STORM cola rs-warm,
irish frieze Jackets and black bouc!es-
garments which sold up To SI6-for
1898.
The times., 1898-02-06

$40 for boys worombo cfinchiIla
and astraEhan REFERS in sizes 3 to
16-not all sizes in each sort-soId up
TO So.
The times., 1898-02-06
Circulation Of washingtoa Newspapers

From Printers mi
The times., 1898-02-06

choiceof landsome back a nd blue silk
lined and half siik-lined kerscys, i'm
ported tan ;overts. fine black bouclcs-
seine with stiap Seams-some fancy
stitched-the most fashionable garments
of the season, which sold for as high
as S24-for So 80. This includes every
high-prlce garment in the house.
The times., 1898-02-06

S2.49 fJr yrur choice OF a lot OF
also a lot If vestie suits-which sold
up to S5-rroken sizes but all sizes in
the lot.
The times., 1898-02-06
.SI.Z5 "W. B." cor
sets, 60C.

Entirely too many pairs of corsets-
SO tomorrow take the regular Sl.25
W B." Houtil corsets. with heavily
boned busts. lace trimmed satin strip
ped-tor DC. A new pair FOR any that
breaks
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

ed are lying. Motors will be used B
work machine guns. while the gunners
lie under cover until reioadlng n nee
essary. Wires may be stretched
around camps and guards. and when
touched sound an alarm. Mines may
De exploded by electricity miles away
uhuer cover, smokeless powder has
made new conditions on the field, the
absence OF the shelterlng smoke max
ing the attacking party distinctly WIS.,
ible To make smoke and cover an at
TACK the English have invented bombs
winch when broken. give out dense
smoke like a fog. Hand grenades
are also made which can be thrown
INTO intrenchments and give out gases
Nhich choke and sunocate without
Ailling. The dynamite gun has had a
FAIR trial In Cuba with the most sue
eessful results. and will be used In
cases OF extreme necessity. cruel and
inhuman as lis use may seem. These
are but a few Of the many aew inyen-
lions suitable for use In war. but a
description OF these will serve TO show
there are more things In heaven and
earth than are dreamed Of by the ay-
erage peaceful citizen.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

once more IN the wilderness OF South
western Mexico delylng In the ruined
remains Of the prehistoric inhabitants
OF that country. There he will remaln
many months 10 come. The following
letter, which was written by him from
bis camp, possesses both popular and
scientific interest: "our journey was
rough one. We had some trouble in
hnding the old roadway. but finally
struck H. and shortly afterWard began
to encounter the little detached groups
OF ruins. Presently. az we began 70
get near the great mass OF decaying
grandeur that once formed the anciegt
metropolis Itself got a good view Ct
the ruins They seemed TO me most
wonderful. II must have been an I'M
mense nation. and tails city. or district.
! should Judge. was fully az large as
Babylon. or Thebes or other famous
cities OF remote antiquity. rs build
ings. save those that we're built on TIRE
tops Of huge pyramids. we're Of rather
low construction. but exceedingly mas
sive As We journeyod along through
the tangled underbrush We could eco
The faint outlines Of a great mass Of
ruins that rose maiestioally up from
The plain some distance ahead Of us
This We have since found 10 be an I'M
mense arch, or doorway. and Il seems
probable that Il may at one time have
been one OF the chief entrances into
the city Il is made Of great unhewn
stones piled closely together and held
IN place by a clay substance resembling
cement. The next day We began ex-
ploraions IN earnest We came upon
the foundations Of huge buildings In
fast cecaying state. and that have
no doubt IN the next few centuries will
have crumbled away Altogether. and
upon the walls that had sunk until now
only a few feet remained standing
above the ground Many q these
measure from 20 20 % feet square. We
made a general survey % the place
and on every hand encountered monu-
ments and walls Of the greatest inter-
est In many places great mounds q
decaying stone marked the sites where
huge structure measures 3o0x200 feet
IN the center OF u We found a huge
altar OF solid masonry fifteen feet
square by nearly twenty feet high. and
To- a remarkably good state OF preser-
walton. There are many such affairs
scattered throughou, these ruins. They
appear 20 have been used Tor sacriicc
purposes. and some o. them are built
upon the very apex OF huge pyramidal
piles. evidently constructed solely Tor
their foundation.
AZ each corner Of the foundations Of
the building mentioned We unearihed
circular towers six feet Ia thickness.
and most remarkably designed. AFTER
digging through a thick layer % ma
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30
FEAR OF LIGHTNING.
The Electric Tiuld FriEhtsas Many,
Hits Few. aud Knis E,en Fewer

AAaMNf
Hits Fsw, and Kills E'sn Fewer.
A current news item gives the re-
suits OF an investigation carried out
by Dr. @. Stanley Hall. president Of
Clark University. on the things that
most excite fear In people OF the 29s
classes Of objects Of fear TO which 1901
persons confessed. thunder and light
ming led all the rest. although In GER
tain localities. as. for Instance. those
subject 10 cyclones. etc. the fear Of the
latter predomlnaies. Il may be accept
ed az probably true that thunder
storms constitute the most pronounced
source Of fear with the majority Of
people due. no doubt. 10 the always
impressive and not inirequently over
towering nature Of the phenomenon.
But Is there any justification. in fact.
Tor this fear 90 FAR 40 fatal results are
concerned? We believe there Is not
but. on the contrary. that many other
causes which barely have a place In
Dr Halls list are infinitely more enti-
tied TO the distinction as fear producers
than lightning A. proof Of this We
may cite statistics OF the United States
weather bureau. These show that for
the four years isg0-s3 the deaths from
lightning numbered 1Si. or an average
Of 1886 a year Again. A. =. Kre,zeF Of
g. Louis found from the record Of
nearly 200 newspapers that Tor the i've
years lss3-SS there were 1880 deaths
caused by lightning. or an average Of
FOG a year We doubt whether Of the
number Of deaths classod as "nccIden-
tai" Ia the whole United States any
one group can show 90 small num-
Der. In New York city alone over 200
people are drowned every year. while
nearly $50 are burned or scalded TO
death. and close on TO 300 persons meet
their end hy falls OF one Kind or an
other Comparing the record OF 200
lightning fatalities Tor the whole coun-
try With the above records for New
York city. with To- total Of nearly / 800
accidental deaths every year. 70 will be
seen how groundloss Is the popular fear
Of lightning u D. a survival. an In
hefited superstition. But there Is an
other point in connection with this
matter which ought 10 be particularly
comforting 90 city dwellers. albeit
country jewellers may not be- affected
Ia like manner. and that Is that sta
tisiics show that the risk Of light.
ming o. ave times greater Ia the coun-
Try than 10 the city The cause Of this
immunity for city jewellers Is not Gar
10 seek. u is doubtless due 10 the pre-
dominance OF metal roofs. the well.
grounded water pipes in houses. ana
probably az much as anything 20 the
protective network OF overhead cleo
trio wire of an kinds The popular be-.
llei that a stroke oi lightning Is lava.
riahly fatal Is also not borne out By
facts Indeed. one record specially Dc.
voted 20 this feature shows that OF 2is
persons struck only seyenty-four we're
Killed. Taking b an In an. there seems
10 De- no more groundlcss popular fear
than that Of lightning Indeed. u one
can 80 hy statistics the risk OF meeting
death hy n horse kick Ia New York
Is over ffiy per cent greater than tina,
OF death by lightning New York Ia.
change.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

ming manners alone would have COM
manded admiration. even II she had
not been granddaughter Of King
George III and a iayorlte cousin Of
Queen Victoria She had many suit
ora' and one Of them was Napoleon
III She did not favor his proposals.
and Eugenie became empress Prince
Louis Napoleon had been living about
two years In London before he re-
turned to France In lSis. No mem
Der OF the English aristocracy was a
more familiar figure In fashionable sd
ciety, yet In spite Of his amiabllity he
was generally distrusted a. an insln-
cere. dreamy man. The beautiful and
Viriuoua princess seems 10 have shared
this prejudice.
She finally married an oficer OF the
Austrian army. the Duke OF Teck. who
was four years younger than herself.
u was a happy marriage. and rs the
Duchess Of Teck and the mother OF
= future queen Of England. she re.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

AK. Peterson. Nho has been fshIng
In the Fraser river. says that the pack
Of hsh there and In Alaska Is large.
and that the oannery men have ALREADY
more nsh than they know What 20 do
with. on the sound fishing L. SIN 20.
ing on. and the amount Of second-grade
hsh packed will be- enormous. Mr. Pc.
tersun save the fishermen on the Fraser
river aud IN Alaska attribute the in
creased amount % nsh caught yearly to
the killing on OF the seal herds by
pclarir sealing AZ the fsh seem TO be
Increasing instead % diminishing. not
withstandlng the vast quantities
caught. there may be something IN this
theory. The hair seals. which frequent
the mouth of the Columbia eat salmon
and kill lots Of them. and probably the
fur seal does the same, A good. healthy
seal should eat a salmon a day. or two
or three uf the hluohacks they catch
10 the Fraser and On Alaska. The I'm
mcnsc herds OF seal which 30 up 20 the
RehrIng sea every year consume vast
numbers n the herd Of sea lions
which have their headquarters al Seal
rocks. Just south of False Tilamook.
were oXtermiuatod the number OF TAT
hlnook salmon coming into the CO.
lumhla would d. greatly increased
Portland Orogonlan.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

people are aware that magazine
breeeh loading rifles and steel breeeh-
loading cannon have been sub
sututed for the old muzzle-loading
musket and east iron muzzle-loading
cannon that there are now such things
~ Satiings. and Nordenfeldts, and
ho'chklS ana Driggs-shroeder ma
.hihe guns; that bicycles are coming
70 the front as a necessary part OF
soldiers equipment. and that tao
ties nave been changed and troops
no" hght In the manner OF Indians
rather than on the "serried columns
OF The days Of Frederick the Great
but how many know OF the other new
Things In warfare. Of which little r.
saidf Some OF these novelties will
De here described An entirely new
feature o. warfare is likely TO be an
extensive use Of kites Tor photograph
ing an enemy's country. forces and
works Tor signaling. and Tor lifting
and dropping upon an enemy high ex-
plosives. Kites. too. will III great
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30
4 MuRpEnER rLEcTHoouTsp.
Charles Burgess Goes 20 Death 10
Auburn prlsan.

Charles bufGeas Goes 20 Death 10
Aahurn Prlssn.
A. Albany. ~ v. the other day.
Charles Burgess. the murderer "
Farmer Henry V. w-ltlock OF North
Victory. was electrocuted in Auburn
prison. The execution was highly
successful and everything was over In
less than 20 minutes. including the
signing Of the report by the witnesses.
Burgess met bis death with the sane
imperturbable manner that has char.
acterized the man during his imprls-
onment and trial. lie had nothing 70
say except God have mercy on my
soul, as he took his seat In the fatal
chair The frat shock was inflicted az
1854 a. m. when 1000 volts went
crashing through his body. ,unnlng
even 10 degree OF 100 ampheSts. This
was maintained for seven seconds, aft
er which Il was reduced gradually 70
300 volts. four ampheres being indl-
Gated and maintained for IS seconds
When this was shut on Dr. Conant
Sawyer. the prison physician. stepped
forward and placed bis ear 20 the
barred breast Of the condemned man.
Tie called up several other su' hons
from the Witnesses and al dsteN' 7 a
slight muscular contraction OF lho
heart The medical men stepped 4 lex
from the chair. and at 1879 another
shock Of 1900 volts was administered
FOR 20 seconds. after which the man
was pronounced dead.
Burgess entlced Farmer Henry "
whiilock. his employer, out to the
barnyard on the night Of Aug. 6. 1895.
and murdered him with an Ak. He
afterward assaulted the farmers wife
The murderer pas convicted April &.
1896. and was sentenced 70 die May H..
1896. An appeal was taken and the
conviction was affirmed BY the Court
OF Appeals. lie was sentenced 10 die
the week beginning Nov p last, but
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

loads Either the Hargrave box kites
or Eddy Kites could De- used 90 llft
30 pounds % dynamite into the air
with a slow match attached. when
The Kites were over the enemy Uhe
direction Of the wind and time re-.
Qulred 10 bring the kite over the enc
my being. % course. iactorsl. this
match, burning out. would se, on ERE
cord tying up the box la which the
dynamite was contained. and. the cocd
burning through. the bon would open
and drop o. load No human power
could AFFORD protection against the e.
piosive dropped from above.
Since rifles with great power have
come into use. shelter for the attack
ing party IL an absolute requirement.
and trees. houses or packed earth will
not DO. The balls 20 through the
wood and through three feet
OF packed earth. and even
through Tain plates OF steel.
In This omergency. only so-called bull
lei-prooi cloth seems tn be- available
Tor hasiy protection. and vii probably
b. used. hung from light frames OF
steel. In screens Cor sklrmishers Il ls
not suitable Cor clothing. Tor while u
stops a ball when worn on the person.
the hall innicts a terrific shock upon
the welrer q has been found. how
ever. that when % BE- hung up and al
lowed 20 swing freely like a curtain
it'will stop a Krag IorEensen BAN.
which nrsi indents q and then drops
90 the ground Consequently q can
he used In portable screens The
United states signal corps now has
a telephone outdt which weighs only
rs pounds. and can easily b. carried
BY one man. and messages have been
sent 800 miles with this equipment and
additional wire. Dogs are extensively
used a. sentrles. ammunition carriers
and ambulance men" IN Germany. and
could BE- 50 used here No WORKOUT. hun.
gry soldier can possibly be- as alert
az night when on sentry duty a. A
watchdog. which can he easily trained
20 distinguish an enemy from a friend
even when disguised. and by relieving
men ipm picket duty. one.thlrd OF an
army obtains rest % would not other
wise get large dogs can carry along
a line Of battle hundreds Of cartridges.
and how well dOes may be- trained 10
bring succor 20 the wounded can De
learned from The exploits % The Ia
nous dogs OF st. bcrnlrds hospital In
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

by refusing 10 accept the plea OF in
toxieation advanced by an illegal voter
IN extsnuation o, his ofense. a Phila-
aelphia Judge has taken a stand which
good citizens will generally support.
and which has reason. Judgment and
common sense back Of II. In a vigot-
Gus manner the Judge charged the jdry
that II they found the prisoner had yot-
ed Illegally. az charged. Il was their
duty 10 convict him without regard 70
his condition al the time. whether be
vas drunk Or sober. The jury prompt.
~ convicted the man.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

The Secolo Of Milan publishes the
budget Of Monte Carlo for the lat
financial year. ending Oct. 81. From
the statement here given {, would seem
that the profits OF the salon are much
below those Of 1856. for We have a
return Of lt55O.00o francs. as against
is.75O0Oo No reason BE- assigned 'ul
this falling on The outgoings Of the
bank are interesting. First comes the
oompany's yearly allowance 20 Prince
Albert OF Monaco; that is written dowa
AZ 1900 o0O francs. The outlay on po-
lice, gendarmerie. instruction and
public pleasure grounds l. stated a.
100000 francs. What instruction is
meant Is not very clear. Perhaps the
children Of the principally get their
education gratis from the patcrnal ca-
sino. A. 90 the directors. admins
traitors. crouplors and servants OF the
establishment they cost 1000 900
francs a year. while the orchestra. rae
ing. rogattas and pigeon shooting run
away with 100000 francs more. but In
this item there Is also inserted costs
Of charity" The charity Of the casino
must be larger than Is generally linz
agined. for We have three separate
items which belong TO the quality Of
mercy First, charity" tout court.
secondly. the viaticum given 90 the
ruined gambler. now no longer proud.
and consisting Of a hrst-clsss return
ticket. outlay stated at 100 900 francs.
aud. thirdly. a similar sum invested
In the prevention OF suicides" a
husiness-likc entry at the end Be- Sui
cides for the financial year. total IS.
Where did the Secolo SET the last twJ
details?
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

ONE OF Mr. NIvEN's ASSISTANTS.
sonry We effected an opening and found
ourselves In an immense circular
chamber filled with dust and fragments
Of timber. This wood had remained
so long sealed up here that upon con-
tact With the air u became soft a.
finder and crumbled at the slighte-t
touch. The chamber also contained
a quantity OF broken plaster painted
a brilliant red and white. and which
had undoubtedly once formed the coat
ina OF the inner walls. The plgmcnt
appeared 10 have been Of excellent
quality Mixed With this debris were
large bouldcrs, gravel and many parts
Of broken statues In the center %
this remarkable building was a long.
carved al,arand In an adjoining cham.
Der We were asionishcd to dnd sk,le-
tons aud human bones.
We cleaned out the chamber. ami
on the noor lying under a mass of
rumhlings, found large quantities a.
stone beads. idols. masks and heads
made % dlorile. These idols are of
various shapes and appearances. but
an of them. even The most weird LOOK
ing. have the human form. some OF
them are fairly vel proporuoncd.
while others are ot che most hIdo1us
conception. with huge heads and ABB
normally Ions faces Others. again.
have small bodies aud exceedingly
large legs. each leg being almost as
LARGE as the entire rest 90 the body
Then. there are stlu others with small
heads. small legs. and great vide
bodies. while others. agaln. 40 not
bear resemblance 20 any form Of be-
mss known % today These idols un-
douhicdly represent the religious wor-
ship OF this forgotten people. The
masks which We have found are mos.-
y Of stone, and IN nearly every case
the face bears stolld expression.
with the mouth wide open. They vary
In size from that Of a mans head down
TO but a few inches. and an Of them
seem to be carefully made.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30
No More whi.ulns.

An old gCuilcman recently remarked
De to how much less whistline l. now
heard on the streets than whom he Was
a boy, Why said he. when I was
an apprentice lad we an whlsiled
There was whistllng. whlstllng by
every bright young lad you met" Re
ms asked how he accounted for tho
change In this respect. he replied.
Well. will tell you one reason. Our
young lads can't whistle now because
they have cigarettes In thciirye,hs g"
And there Is too much trulisin that
remark.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30
noe AMRTLANCE SERVICE

che Alps Tho German wardoFs are
trained 90 stea out wounded men ON
the neld az uigbt and In bushes.
thlck,ts and marshes. They carry On
pannicu water and simple remedies
and aaisgos. and stand by sup.
poscl.y wounded man and bark until
aid comes In NO department has a
greater advance been made than In
the medical doparimcnt-thc ambu-
lance service. And In the next war
the at OF treating viii almost sue.
coed In overcoming the ravages OF the
art Of destruction. Electricity WIN
play lie part In the next war Ed
son has suggested that armies should
be equipped with fre engines and dy-
namos. and shows that a powerful
stream Of water into which a strong
current was diverted would disable
every man whom Il touched. The
searchueht viii be used Tor preventing
nleht attacks. which viii be oftener
made than formerly, for signaling, and
10 urh, up Geld wheru Che wound.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30
ALBERT GILES.

officers into the hiding place OF he
Van Buren, county mooushlncrs last
September. when Taylor and nodson
were Killed. was shot from ambush
and Killed instantly The killing oc.
CURED in the vicinity oi the Taylor
murder and a placari was left on
Gilea body warning others 90 keep
their fingers out ot the moonshlnors'
pie. Giles was a prominent Van nu-
rem county farmer. aud was en- route
TO Russelvillc TO furnish information
Of another gang. Collector Remmcl OF
this district has dispatched a detail o.
deputies TO Van Buren, county to run
down the murderers II possible.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

The seventeenth Ear, OF Calthnoss
began life as a cowboy In the southern
states, and was by no means pleased
when his fathers unexpected success.
sion to the earldom heralded his recall
from America to the uncongenial al.
mosphere Of West End drawing rooms.
Lord CaithnesS who Il nearly forty,
has the sandy locks. the rudy com.
plexlon and blue-gray eyes which are
tie heritage Of The slnel,ln.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-30

malned until her death one Of the
most popular prIncesses OF the royal
house She was beloved Tor her good
ness and sweetness OF character and
Tor her homely. domestic virtues. Her
NE was hlici with good deeds and
teal Tor public charities Royal mar
rlages have played 30 important
part in the drama OF European history
that imagination toys with the thought
that the course Of the worlds great
events would have been different N the
most famous o. the Princess Mary's
rejected suliors had been successful In
his addresses TO her. The alliance with
the English royal house might have
impaired stability 90 the fortunes u
Napoleon M. Il certainly would have
been more influential In European
councils than his marriage With Eu-
genie from an obscure Spanish family.
Napoleon M was by nature an in
triguer who worked In the dark. was
mysterious In bis methods. and never
admitted bis advisers 20 HE FUN con-
hdence He was. however. powerfully
Influenced by the empress. who. with
al her brilliant qualities. lacked sound
Judgment In public Affairs. Il may or
may not be- true that she dragged him
into the Mexican Invasion and lnto
the war With Germany. Certainly The
English princess. with her strong. we'll
balanced judgment and clear. gooi
sense would have dIssuadcd him from
those rash UNDERTAKINGS The prla-
cess influence would have been very
great In Franch Affairs u might have
Involved a different ending 20 several
chapters % European history. but her
serene character and useful example
have no, been wasted In quleier Eng.
llsh scenes.