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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

ALTOONA, Pa, March 17.-For the
first time in the coal mining history
of Central Pennsylvania working
scale has been satisfactorily establish
ed by means of an arbitration board
composed of miners and operators.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
Want Higher Wages.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March IT.
Three hundred employees of the B. &
o. railway shops here went on
strike to-day for higher wages.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
To-Day's Boats.

-Pittsburg, Ben Hur, a. m.
GAINESVILLE, Lorena. a. m.
Pittsburg, Kanawha, 5. a. m.
Pittsburg, keystone State, a. m =
Sistersville, Leroy, a. m.
Cincinnati, Virginia. 5 a.. m.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
THE RIVER.


Charleston, Greenwood.
I Newport, Jewel.
) Parketsburg. H. X. Bedford.
Steubenville, t. NJ. Bayne.
Darlington, Leroy.
Sistersville, Ruth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

w. Mccoy is the attending physician.
At an early hour this morning she was
still living.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Chas. n. Williamson has closed
Il most successful season with his
house, Longley, Lowe IL Alexan.
der of Chicago, standing first on
the list of twenty-five statesmen
and increasing his sales $4,000
over last year lie will leave in a
few days for the great lakes &C.
companied by Mrs. Williamson,
Misses McLendon and Miss
Frances Parker.
Allen Academy, with course Of
study extended and faculty increased
offers superior advantages. Now Is
the time to enroll. We shall be- glad
to call or mail you catalogue. Adj
dress, j. II. and Il. O. Allen, Princi-
pals, Bryan, Texas. dlg3tf
For Rent-South rooms upstairs
In brick building corner of court
house square. Apply to W. G..
ITaliaferro. ig7
See - NJ Derden's offer Of lands
for sale ON long time and low rate Of
interest Four places are Offered ~
bargain prices. w.-rptl
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
La Port Encampment.

July % to 30 1900 II. IL r. G..
will sell round trip tickets from
Bryan 10 Houston fare $3.50; La
Port SI.lO, Galveston 1896, limit
tickets July 3Oth.
July % to ~ inclusive Sunset
route will sell round trip tickets at
30 cents between Houston and In.
Port, Galveston and Laport, La
Port and Houston. La Port and
Galveston, good only on date sale
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Now, brethren, listen TO reason.
Don't make the penalty Of losing
your wager on the election this fall
such foolishness as pushing the
winner around in a wheelbarrow
or other like nonsense. Make it
something useful, such as a weeks
work on the streets or something
like that. Your neighbors will he
pleased and you'll be saved from
making fools of yourselves.-Nava-
sofa Examiner
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
Tho Pullman trimming school.

Chicago, July 90 Executors II tho
will OF George W. Pullman have turned
10 the board Of directors Of the Pullman
free school Of manual trimming, Sl,l2j..
900, the amount degrocd Tor building
such institution, aud for tho pUpose OF
carrying into execution tho stipuhtions
of the will. The school will be- located
NJ pnllmnn
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Bceyille, Tex, July 2O.-Bce county's
frst bale ~ cotton Tor the season WA,
ginned aud marketed here Thursday.
IL was raised by w. L. Connolly Of
Clareville and weighed ii3 pounds. It
sold for lOi, cents. Another bale was
ginned and sold here for ~. cents 1,
weighed as pounds. aud was raised by
l. j. Kinkler.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
I'ronnsal.

Sealed bids will D., received 10y the
Observation-Disclosures Bryan
Graded school with eighty cords of
good, dry, straight split wood.
Bids Will be received up 10 August /.
Wood must bc ON the ground by
September !, 1901. The right to
reject all bids Is reserved.
NJ Parker,
wlld2lS Chairman.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Texas holds over $4,000, 600
in notes given by purchasers Of
school and other public lands.
The states leases amount to
l5,322,73S acres the receiphts and
interest from which ammounted TO
sS95,O00 last year, and this year
may reach $500, 600.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Twelve cotton mill charters
have been filed in Texas since
Jan. | with an average capital
stock OF 100000. Other com.
panies are being organized and
there is also much activity in the
way OF building railroads and
grain elevators.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Angloton, Tex, July O.-The three
white prisoners who were recently
brought from Matagorda county ON a
change Of venue and who are charged
with burglary, broke jail
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Calvert, Tex, July 2O.-At the grad.
ing camp Of the railroad on the Briggs
farm. several miles north Of here, Henry
Quinn was shot and seriously wounded.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
Jno B Mike. Tyler Haswell.

sho ID Mike. Nier fiaSWell.
Trade display. W. Johnson.
chairman; J Allen Myers, Burt
Norwood, & NJ Brandon, Floy
Dansby, w Coulter, Luther
Taylor.
Base ball-John X Davis, chair
man; Seth Mooring, Ed Sims, r
L Knowles, Joe Hearne.
Dancing %. L. Saunders, chair
man; Curtis Oliver, George smith,
Robt Howell, Malcolm Carnes.
Shooting tournament - II G
Rhodes, chairman; o + Saunders,
TIC Num-, Will r Thomas, A +
Wilson, John X Parker.
Public speaking-Dr. Geo. r..
Tabor.
Parade OF secret orders, fire de-
partment, etc.-Gen. II. B. Stod-
dard, grand marshal.
Water and ICE. p. Boyett.
Press and neutrality-suspicious.
Carnes, A J Buchanan.
Bread, pickles, Coffee, dishes,
etc-D c Zuber, chairmen.
Finance l. McInnis, chair
man; Jno NJ Lawrence, J W I'm.
glisb, NJ II James, Il W McMi.
chael, John d DAILY.
All the ladies are invited to co..
operate with Mrs. Sims and Mrs.
Anderson aud to that end it is sug.
gested that a public meeting of the
ladies be held as early as conyen.
lent at such a place as may be
designated to form plans for that
part Of the work.
This concluded the work Of the
meeting which was adjourned. the
executive committee being called to
meet in the afternoon.
II is proposed to make the cele.
bration grand success in every
particular and ample provision will
be made to take care Of the thous-
ands from surrounding towns aud
counties who are expected to at.
tend. It is intended to make il
the biggest day in the history Of
the town. Let all join in and bel
make it 80.
At the afternoon meeting
the following were appointed
neighnorhood chairmen to secure
donations Of beeves, etc, and are
requested TO notify the secretary
at once if they will kindly serve,
Each neighborhood chairman i.
requested to appoint committee to
help secure donations and to re.
port all donations to Chairman ;
| b. Buchanan. Each of the neigh
borhood chairmen is also requested
to name a lady chairman in hi,
community who viii appoint q
committee Of ladies to secure and
report basket donations: W {
Boyett, College; J + Farquhar
Wellborn; p II Arlington, Mill,
can; Jim Cooper, Rock Prairie; {
5 Jones, Bethel; w II Morgan
Reliance; Henry Kurten, Kurten
I W Frame, Edge; DR. A J White
Macy; J 5 Francis, Cottonwood
K II scale, Benchley; J c Blume
Henry School House, J L Astiu,
Midwife; c A Glenn. Stone City
J A ID Robinson, Wickson; q A
Foster, Providence: Jacob Shra
mex, Smetana; A G. Steele, Allen
farm; Geo Echols, Womble neigh
borhood.
The executive committee is re
lQuested 10 meet at the office o.
Doremus e Buffers prompt.
ly at > o'clock Wednesday after
noon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Dewey wisely refuses to be
made the dupe of any disgruntled
political faction who want to give
him decoy duck nomination.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Navasota, Tex, July 2O.-Two negro
men living near Courtney got into dat.
hculty. Lee Frccr was shot and ia.
stantly killed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
wlll9s

lee cold watermelons, qua antccd
not only ripe hut good, weight over
~ pounds. Il. IL. Knowles. If
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

Let everybody help to make the
big celebration rousing success.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

ms candidate for recollection to the
office of county treasurer of Brazos
county at the ensuing November
election.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
THE DAILY EAGLE.

Entered at the Postoflicc at Bryan,
Texas, as Second Glass mail matter.
NY CONNOLLY, PALMER a cARNEs.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
Ter Week, Toe. Per Month, Zoe.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

JNO. NJ. LAWRENCE
as candidate for county treasurer
~ Brazos county at the ensuing
November election.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
A. w. BUCHANAN

The Eagle is authorized to an
mammal
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1900.
ANN0UNCEME NTS.

The Eagle is authorized to AN
nOunce
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
NJ. NAGI.E

The Eagle Is authorized to an
nOunce
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21

ms a candidate for county attorney Of
Brazos county at the ensuing Novem-
Der election.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-21
DO YOU SEW 2

\ little work can be- done so
easily aud elegantly ona
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
Paid For His Joke.

The editor is fond of joke and has
the good sense to appreciate one at his
own expense. A few weeks ago he
was walking with a friend, and at the
corner of a busy thoroughfare he saw a
dilapidated looking Hibernian standing
at the opposite corner gazing listlessly
into vacancy.
"Watch me surprise this old fellow"
said he to his friend. Look right into
his face and see If it won't be study
. A second later they were abreast of
the son of Erin, and the editor pulled
out a silver coin and said as he thrust
it into the mans hand: Here's that
half a crown l owe you. Now, don't
go round any more telling people that
| don't pay my debts"
For second the mans face was a
study. He was amazed at the unlock
ed for kindness, and then. as it's pur-
port dawned on him, he raised his hat
and said: Heaven bless yer 'onner!
I'll never say another word ag'in ye.
But" and his eyes twinkled merrily,
"are We sure it wasn't a crown ye
owed meP
The friend roared: ooh, pay the man
in full! Don't try to beat him out of a
paltry half crown" The Irishmap got
his crown, but the editor no longer
pays his debts at sight now.-London
Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
The Land of the Guitar.

In Portugal men play upon the gui-
tar as naturally as Yankees whistle.
The peasants are universally given to
the instrument, chiefly as an accom-
paniment to the voice. In towns and
villages the artisans are often expert
guitar players and walk in groups to
and from their work, enlivening the
journey with music and song. The
carpenter who comes to your house to
execute small job brings his guitar
with his tools, and the blacksmith is a
far better performer on the guitar than
the anvil.
When the Portuguese day laborer or
workman has finished his long days
toll, he does not HE him to a wineshop
to squander the few cents he has earn
ed; he does not even lean against a
post and smoke or whittle a stick
while swapping yarns with his fellows.
If he did not bring his guitar with him,
he goes straight home and gets it, rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper is being prepared. After
ward he spends the evening singing
doggerel songs to a strumping accom-
paniment, tilted back in a chair against
his own house or on the doorstep of a
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
Chinene Lenther.

The process by which the Chinese
leather acquires its peculiar character
istics is described as follows:
The skins are put into tubs contain
ing water, saltpeter and salt and after
80 days are taken out, the hair is shaw
ed off and the skins well washed In
spring water. Each hide is then cut up
into three pieces and well steamed,
which Is done by passing them several
times backward and forward over a
steaming oven. Further, each piece is
stretched out separately over a fiat
board and secured with nails, so as to
dry gradually and thoroughly in the
sun. The smoke Of the oven makes
the leather black, and if it is desired
to have it of yellow appearance it is
rubbed over with water in which the
fruit of the so called wongchee tree has
been soaked.
Of the offal glue is made by heating
1t in pans for IL hours over slow fire,
and the glue so obtained is poured into
rough earthen vessels, where it re-
mains three days in order to coagulate.
The solid mass is cut into pieces with
sharp knives and carefully laid upon
gratinglike trays to dry, the time taken
in drying varying from 5 days, with a
northwest wind. to 80 or 40 days with
a southwest.-Boston Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
The Truthful Prince.

In his book about Persia, 1.-THE Land
Of the Lion and the Sum-" DR.. Wills
says that he was once conversing with
the kings son, and large circle of
courtiers and priests filed the room.
The prince narrated his exploits in
hunting the antelope the previous day
and gravely stated that while pursuing
& pair of ahu when riding a very rest
i've horse his headstall broke.
What should you have done, doc
tori" asked the prince.
81 should have tried to stick on as
long as the ground was good and, ex-
pecting an accident, have awaited it."
"Ah, that was because you were not
prince" he said. "I leaned forward,
and, unclasping my belt, placed it in
the horses mouth as a bride, and,
thus directing him, pursued my game
md killed both antelope"
All the circle applauded, as of course
they were bound to do. DR.. Wills was
silent.
"You don't mean to say you don't
believe that?" said the prince. Speak
out if you don't. 1 shan't be offended
in the least"
"Well. your highness. don't believe
it."
"Quite right, darogh bood" Gt was a
lie), unblushingly replied his royal
highness and burst into fit Of laugh
ter quite unabashed. The circle Of
courtiers, of course, were conyulsed.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
ROYAL NAMES A HOODOO.
One of the Strongest Superstition
of the English Navy.

One of the Strongest Superstitions
of the English Navy.
One of the very strongest and most
lneffaceable of all superstitions in the
royal navy, a superstition that is al
most as strong today as ever it was, is
that vessels bearing the names Of roy
al personageS are doomed to i'll luck,
and, strange as it may seem, there is
an undeniable historic basis for this
feeling
Some Of the most terrible disasters
Wy have concerned war vessels with
royal names. Two vessels called the
Royal James came to disastrous ends.
One of them exploded, and some 800
officers and seamen perished. The 9TH
er ship so named was actually carried
out of the mouth of the Thames by the
Dutch Admiral de Ruyter under cir
cumstances disgraceful to those in
charge of the craft
Then there is the forever memorable
disaster to the Royal George, an un-
lucky ship previously, that turned over
and sank in sight of crowds at Spit
head, over 1000 souls, among whom
were 300 women, being sacrificed. And
second only to this hideous disaster is
that which afterward befell the Royal
Charlotte, which, after a career Of
much vicissitude, was consumed by
fire off Leghorn, over 800 of the very
flower of the navy perishing with her.
When in 1893 the Victoria, a new
vessel and the very triumph of modern
invention so far as naval architecture
went, was rammed and sank at once
in sight of the whole fleet and when
hundreds of lives were lost, there was
not a sailor, however matter of fact he
might be, who did not remember the
dire fate of the royalty named craft.
These instances are only the greater
ones. A score of smaller ones are reel
ed off by every royal navy man.-Tit-
RitS
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
Used Olive OIL.

A mistress before going out told her
negro cook to fry some Saratoga chips
in olive oil. The first thing that greet
ed the mistress upon her return was
an unrecognizable and awful odor that
penetrated every Granny Of the fiat.
Rushing to the kitchen, the mistress
found the chips sizzling away in a
pan full of what proved to be vinegar.
"But I told you olive oil?' cried the
mistress.
Eyes, ma'am, know, ma'am," re-
turned the cook, who, by the way, can
read and write and is ''up" upon mat
ters Of geography and history. but,
you see, ma'am, didn't know what 1t
was, and saw that bottle there.
pointing to jar of olives. "and just
poured the stuff out of that over the
potatoes. 1 s'posed that where there
was olives there must be olive oil."-
New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
SweIIed the CoIIection.

A man came up to me one day after
service in a frontier town and was
pleased to address me in this manner:
"Say, parson, that there service and
sermon was grand. 1 wouldn't have
missed 'em for So"
When suggested that he hand me
the difference between the amount he
had put in the collection basket and
the figure he mentioned for my mis-
sionary work, he stopped suddenly,
looked at me with his mouth wide open
and then slowly pulled from his pock-
ct $4.90, which he handed to me with
out a word.-Rev. Cyrus Townsend
Brady in Ladies' Home Journal
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
His Pnranhrase.

"You often see the phrase Memphis,
the Queen of the Valley. God bless
her," remarked a newspaper man the
other day. "The birth of that express
sion was the wherefore of one of the
wittiest things Ned Carmack ever said.
"It was in the lifetime Of The Appeal
Avalanche and while Mr.. Carmack was
editor of The Commercial. There was
municipal election of minor impor-
tance on hand, and the editor of The
Avalanche was just happy enough to
do two column editorial of gush con-
cerning the life and death issues of the
election under the sentimental headline
Memphis. the Queen Of the Valley.
God Bless Her!
"Mr. Carmack came out in the morn
ing paper with no other comment on
the all important subject under consid-
GRAFTON than this epigram, which COM
pletely covered the case and made the
phrase immortal, Blank, the fool of
the Valley, God help himp memphis
Scimitar.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
"SilencIag q Gun )"

There is great deal of ignorance as
to what "silencing gun" means. A
gun is silenced when the gunners are
disabled or driven back and the gun or
gun carriage damaged. 1t is a common
enough phenomenon for weapons
which have thus been silenced to re-
open fire after repairs have been made,
the gunners rallied or fresh gun crew
obtained. 1t is a rare thing for a gun
to be so damaged by hostile fire that it
cannot be refitted and brought into ac-
tion again. Il saw" says Prince Kraft
of the German artillery in the battle of
Gravelotte, many guns during the
cannonade lying miserably on the
ground 'winged'-that is, with broken
wheel But not one was withdrawn
The injured guns were always speed
lily repaired with the help of the wag-
ons, which were near, so that at the
close of the battle l could not tell ex-
actly how many pieces had been put
temporarily out of action."-Army and
Navy Journal,
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
A Forgotten Counter.ign.

"War with raw recruits in the begin
ming is apt to lead to many amusing
experiences" said the old army officer
who saw service in Cuba. Now, you
couldn't ask for better soldiers than we
had in Cuba, but large number of
them were new to the business and had
much to learn, and, much to their cred
it, it can be said that they soon learned
it.
81 had occasion to leave our lines one
night soon after we arrived in Cuba,
and upon my return it suddenly struck
me that l had forgotten the counter
sign. l puzzled over it for some time,
but for the life of me 1 couldn't recall
the word that had been given out.
While was thinking it over heard
the command:
"'Halt! Who comes there?
Friend l answered, thinking that
the countersign would come to me in a
moment.
advance, friend, and give the coun-
tersign,' said the sentry.
"As the countersign had slipped from
me completely walked up to him and
said sharply:
"'Call the corporal of the guard!
"'Gosh,' answered the sentry, I
knew 1t was something like that, but
I'm derned if I hadn't forgotten it,!
Mosey onp
81 'mosied,' but took the trouble to
look up the corporal of the guard and
have him give the sentry further in
structions regarding the duties Of a
sentry."-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
Sham Antiqu uities.

A few years ago, in Soho, London,
there was factory for antique cop
pers which is probably still in opera
ton. The legitimate business of the
place was the manufacture of stew
pans and kettles, but when trade was
dull in that way any sort of antiques
for which there happened to be a de-
mand was produced instead.
An old incense burner, for example,
would be reproduced by the dozen by
hammering over a chuck. If orna-
mented with pierced work, the copies
would be coated with asphaltum,
through which the design would be
traced, when 1t would then be eaten
out in an acid bath, saving the time
which would be required to cut out
the pattern with a piercing saw. The
bath leaves thin edges, by which such
work may be detected.
The work would then be annealed
and would be permitted to oxidize and
scale. Picking with muriatic acid and
salt, to produce good coating Of YER
digris, would complete the job. Some
times these antiques would be pur-
posely broker and would be clumSily
mended with solder or with pure tin if
the piece was to pass for very an
cient one. Chiseled metal was repro
duced by casting and clubbing" over
with the hammer, then picking. an
nealing and bending. In such ways
helmets. copper and brass castings for
| antique furniture and the like were
made Art Amateur.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
Curious Facts About Coal.

Australian soft or bituminous coal
produces twice as much gas as Euro
pean or American coal. For this rea-
son the Australian coal is imported
into Europe, although it is very costly.
This is case of the best coal going
to Newcastle to oust an inferior kind.
Pennsylvania anthracite weighs twice
as much as European anthracite and
takes but half the space. This fact
enables it to compete on favorable
terms with the European product be-
cause Of the advantage in railroad
freights.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
nur neht tn the Rnrn EnuL

1t is quite possible, though Of course
not demonstrable, that the humble
barn fowl has been a larger benefactor
of our race than any mechanical in
yention in our possession, for there is
no inhabited country on earth today
where the barn fowl is not mainstay
of health. There are vast regions of
South America and Europe where it is
the mainstay, and nowhere is there
known anything that can take its
place, which is probably more than can
be said of anything in the world of
misunderstanding.
Amador ledger., 1900-05-18
She Smoked.

A patient of one of the leading spe-
cialists who treat polypi in the nose
and throat is a woman well known for
her work in Sunday schools in this
city. She has record as the organizer
of a number of anticigarette leagues
among the schoolboys. She came to
her doctor the other day. He cheered
her greatly by telling her he could cure
her quickly and without the use of the
knife.
"But you must promise to follow my
directions" said the doctor, with the
suspicion of twinkle in his eye.
"Oh, promise" said the lady.
without qualification? asked the
physician.
Absolutely without qualification"
answered the lady.
"Well. then. you must smoke ciga-
rettesw
The lady gasped. Visions of what
might happen if she were seen with a
cigarette between her teeth by any of
her pupils foated before her. and she
almost tainted. But the doctor was
inexorable. The lady followed his di-
rections, and in a week the foreign
growth in her nose had disappeared.
But that doesn't mean that the lady is
now a confirmed cigarette smoker
United States Tobacco Journal.