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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24
FROM BoER SOURCES.
New. Of the situation ~ the Upper Tu-
geia River.

New. Of the situation ~ the Upper Tu-
geia Rivsr.
Boer Camp Upper Tugela River Jan
10 The British now occupy three posi-.
tons along the Tugela river. Theirnay-
al guns have been firing steel-pointsd
armor piercing shells. Reports are being
received that 2OOO British cavalry aro
attempting 20 outAank rs along the
Drakensborg ridge, strong patrol pro-
ceeded 10 the kopie from whence a ter
rifle rifle and Maxim gun fire suddenly
opened The Beers lost II men killed
and 90 wounded The British loss was
probably insignificant
Bomharlmeut of the B1er positions
from Swartz kopie was resumed yestor-
day chiefly from a battery brought
across the river In the afternoon can.
uouading became exceedingly brisk and
under the cover thereof the infant
~ advanced In three lines 20 the second
row Of little kopies which they occu-
pied At nightfall, but later they retired
10 their old position During the night
n score Of shells were fred boy tho Brit
ish aud balloon sent up 10 spy out the
Boer position
Naval guns resumed the lombard
ment this morning from new position.
but without results
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

In view o. the new and critical
phase into which the war is now enter.
ing send 70 the people Of America .
few words on the subject Of any svsntu-
al proposals in regard to the suspension
Of hostilihsa q desire for which appears
to be gaining strength on both sides Of
the Atlantic
Il am a. confident a. ever Of the ulti.
mate triumph Of our cause A tempo
rAry success OF the British army would
merely have the effect Of infusing into
our msu and strengthening their deter
mination to hold out At whatever cost
while tbs actual fighting strength
Of both forces is only about equal. Eng
land might even double her army now
in South Africa without crushing our
powers Of resistance
But however. resolved TO continue
the struggle, We have svsr been dssir.
Gus to take advantage Of any turn in AZ.
fairs which might leave the door open
10 terms Of honorable settlement
And am grateful 10 Mr. Stead and
that proportion OF the population OF
both British and American. who are Agi
tAting the discontinuancs Of the war on
terms satisfactory TO both beligsrents
Although not signer 10 the peace
conference. the TrAnsvaal has ever bseu
willing 10 p,oht by that portion Of The
Hague convention which invites friend
ly interference on the part Of neutral
power Moreover. indications have not
been wanting since tho outbreak OF hos
Utilities that President Kruger would
never bar thu door TO resumption Of
those negotiations which were broken.
II not through the bad faith Of the Brit.
i.h government, at least by an unfortu
nate Misunderstanding which friendly
conference might at that time have
settled
But Il is not our place especially
while England is hurrying fresh troops
TO South AfricA-to make the first ad'
vance Past events absolutely preclude
such a course and am equally conf
dent % the future
Yet this does not alter the fact that
President Kruger's attitude il and will
will remain one Of Cancellation and that
he would be both ready and DESTROYS 10
treat on any terms which assured the
South African republic that indepen.
dence so much insisted on in a British
statement during the earlier period Of
the negotiations
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24
County PopuIist Convention,

By virtue of authority invested
in me as chairman Of the Peoples
Party Of Brazos county, | hereby
call a mass meeting OF the Popu.
lists Of the county, to be convened
on Saturday, January p, 1909 a
the court house in Bryan at /
O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
eiectiug delegates to the congress.
ional convention which meets at
Waco. Saturday, Eebuary 3, 1900,
for the purpose Of electing dele
gates to the National Peoples Party
convention, and transacting such
other business as may come before
it, w. j. Brogdon.
Chairman, Brazos Co.
W. W. Weaver, Secy.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

The Galveston Tribune makes a
strong point in the following
Sometimes we think our politics
unhappily adjusted and imagine
that stronger opposition party
would make for the good Of the
public affairs. But when we look
back over the records Of democra.
tic administrations we find no
scandal, no waste, but unfailing
economy, low taxes and gradual
improvement in revenues, with
enlargement of schools and col.
leges, increased accommodation
for the helpless and stricken Of so-
ciety, the insane, the blind, the
mute, and altogether a history Of
prudent and Intelligent admins
tration. Comparing our condition
with other states Of swift ways and
doubtful politics; the conservative
and air-minded critic is bound to
acknowledge that Texas has much
So be proud Of and little to blush
ior."
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

Through Hon. Guy NJ. Bryan
Jr., member of the Brazos River
Navigation PIenary Committee,
the Eagle has received a copy Of
the official minutes Of the Naviga.
ton convention held in BRENNAN
last October. The minutes are
embraced in neat twenty page
pamphlet. On the cover page is a
steamboat picture and the words,
"0n 20 Waco"
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Hotel Arrivals.

II w Thornhill, Dallas; A 5
Roberts, Austin; A ? Wilson,
Houston; X ? Jones, lola; John
Walthall, Galveston; J 4 Semple,
Winston; ] W knight, Dayton; W
II Brown, Dayton; Mrs Euna
Nolen, Palestine; Ike Rosenfield,
Houston; c w Carr, Houston, W
p Herms, Dallas; D B Hatch,
Houston; W b Matthews, J c
Boyd, Austin.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

Lon Erwin, Texas; W II Brown,
Dayton; l. + Hanes, Huntsville I
S Raggin, Austin; W L Barnes, B
f Hicks, Bedias; Will Dowell,
Pankey.
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Jenhsrl In ugh spIrIl..

Head Laager, Ladysmith, Cape Colo.
ny, Jan. 20 The sixty birthday
Of General J0ubert was celebrated by
General Botha making reconnaissance
force towards Drakonsberg mountains
and turning the British advance after a
short engagement
General Joubert accompanied Presi.
dent steyn 10 the Free state laagers
south Of Ladysmith They are IN high
spirits lie proposed 10 make tour Of
all the laagors
Ladysmith sent mp many colorel rock
cts last night
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY "a 1900.

BY vote Of II TO 20 the senate
declined to require the president
to provide them with a full state
ment Of the transactions between
this government and the Philip.
pines. Such proceedings may sat
isfy the administration heelers fol
the present, but the people, who
are entitled to information on the
subject, will demand a full state
ment of the whole affair before the
campaign has proceeded very far
Brennan Banner.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

London. Jan. % There il nothing
hero 10 confirm the report on the Berlin
bourse Of the defeat Of General Butler.
or rumors on ths Stock Exchange here
Of the capture Of two British battalions
by the Beers The fact that General
Butler was heard from early this morn
ing when ha sent the list Of casualties
Of the British troops seems TO disprove
these stories
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no.r. mslaIar No. 0wn.

Pretoria. Jan. 2i-A dispatch from
Colcsberg says the British attacked tho
Boer positions there 90 lOo.clock this
morning. There was heavy firing. but
with what result ia not known Ac-
cording 20 the latest account the Beers
are holding their positions
Another dispatch from Colenso Of Jan.
II says a patrol Of 200 men under Field
Coruet Opperman was cut of while
scouting and surrounded but succeeded
in fighting his way back II Is reported
that four mon were killed and that 80
who were wounded were made prison
erA
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

London. Jan 23 1t is reported on tho
Stock Exchange that two battalions Of
British troops have been captured by the
Beers
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

Kimberley, Jan. 2i.-The Beers con-
linue in active and heavy bombardment
Of this place.
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Rumor Iiullsr Defeated.

Berlin. Jan '1 There Is a rumor on
tho Bourso that General Butler has suf.
fered defeat
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-24

Jamaica rejects Joseph Chamberlain's
scheme 10 divert the fruit trade Of that
country from America 10 England.
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READY FOR PEACE.
Or. Lsyds Says Kruger wni Aot u Given
His Former Demands.

New York, Jan. g. The Brussels cor.
respondent Of The World obtained the
following statement from Dr. Leyds.
the TrAnsvaal envoy extraordinary in
Europe before no left for Paris on bi'
diplomatic mission.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
STILL VERY PRIMITIVE.
Life In Portuguese Colonies Much Like
1t Was 300 Years Ago.

The Portuguese colonies in Africa
are the Rip Van Wrinkles land Of real
ity. After three centuries of white
dominion they remain pretty much in
the condition in which Da Cana and
his bold successors left them. In the
years report OF our consul for Angola
these Portuguese peculiarities stand
out strongly Thus, from Loanda, the
capital, to Cape Town. is about 1850
miles and the journey should take
about six days. What actually hap
pens Is this You first take trip OF
5000 miles to Madeira, where you way
lay the next mail steamer, and then
complete the excursion by another
journey of $500 miles to Cape Town.
In short, $500 miles have to be tray
eled to cover distance of 1000 miles.
= letter between Cape Town and Lo-
anda takes about two months. Here
Is picture Of what trades mean in
the favored region of Cabinda bay,
where there is a single trader, who
occupies a house Of three rooms, with
shop" of 90 by feet attached. The
place is stocked with puncheons of some
vile stun called rum" which are ex-
changed for palm kernels. Knots OF
natives from the interior villages with
loads Of kernels begin to present
themselves at the shop at 6 a. m, and
when the trader at last makes his ap-
TcaranCe there is noisy crowd OF kerr
nel-sellers and thirsty hangers-on. The
exchange OF rum for kernels Is quick
ly effected and by in the morning
the entire population may be seen ly-
ing under the shelter Of the cocoanut
palms, either stupidity drunk, or noisily
quarreling. On good" day, which
Is often enough Sunday, the trader at
Cablnda bay gets rid of about 100 gal
Ions OF rum. And he AYERS that the
scene described is repeated every day
In the year. Next to rum and "ciyili-
cation" the greatest curse OF West
Africa are smallpox and the sleeping
sickness. From the last no case Of
recovery has ever been known, and so
contagious is 1t that in the native
Christian communities every COM
municant has a separate vessel from
which to partake of the sacramento
wine. 1t is true there are labor ar
rangemonts which look uncommonly
like slavery-but then, so there are in
Rhodesia, and some are gleefully an
tcipating the time when johannesburg
will be better.-London Leader.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Funny, to Be Sure.

The Lancaster Excelsior has
noticed some funny condolences in
names at the Missouri University.
That paper says:
At Columbia +. l.. Drum is bus
mess manager of the University
Cornet Band, Miss Minnie Organ
is treasurer of the Choral Union,
IL, c. Penn is professor of Eng
fish and literature, Roger y.
Hatchett is instructor in the work
shop, Il. b. Price is treasurer of
the school and John Gore plays in
the football team. 1t might he
added that Prof. Newcomer is II
newcomer at the University; Clyde
Williams, Of Grubbville, is presi-
dent of the University Boarding
Club, and X. +. Feaster is vice
president.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29

chance to wait on the table at
Randall for his board. He got an
other chance to tend furnace for
his room. He CARR cs messages for
men for odd money He will get Il
scholarship for his tuition and his
grit has won him an education.
Huntington lives in Walter
Hastings Hall. The dormitory is the
best in Cambridge, but it does not
rank with the luxurious buildings
where millionaircs usually dwell.
The rooms cost about $4OO per
year. Other buildings charge as
high as 81 900 year.
But lluntington's oddity is
shown i'll his choice of boarding
place. He does not like the swell
boarding places. He does not
like the men he would meet there.
Instead, he goes to Randall. At
Randall a man buys what he wants.
Men live there for 81 pei week.
Huntington does not stint him
self, but man cannot spend over
- per week.
Before he came to college, Hunt
ington worked as civil engineer
i'll California. He is used to rough
ing it, and likes simple, whole
hearted men.
He is - years old, IL simple.
good hearted fellow, who has the
best interest at heart. He felt the
need of college training and the
furtherance of his education as an
engineer. He likes Harvard be-
cause he has found men of the
right stamp in the college. He
has found that it is not solely a
rich mans college.
Crosbic likes Harvard, too. He
has found men generous, good
hearted and sympathetic. He finds
men willing to help, but he does
not need it, He can take care of
himself. He always has.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29

chapel, near her old home. But the
Baron de Moril.ac and her aunt want
n grand homecoming in the old castle
In Brittany, and you are to be sure to
come over for the rejoicing. 1t will
take time to restore the old pile. It's
magnificent place. You must promise
to be there when the home fires are lit.
VIII YOU"
viii we? or course we will. :"
Julie saved your life. and she is beau
tiful, and | wish you and her-all
happiness. Goodbye"
She drew her hand from his, and.
turning. left Jack with Mrs, Seton.
1t was at the close OF winter Just
one year since Jacks rescue.
When Jack Hamilton sprang up the
steps his was an ELUSIVE greeting
from Antoine, who announced special
culinary preparations in his honor.
Mr.. Drouhet's back again, sir.
Mademoiselle's at the cottage. too"
Antoine said, while hustling around
the sideboard with ice and lemons and
various decanters. Jack laughed
The mists Of the marshes beckoned,
and he followed.
Nearing the cottage on the knoll,
Jack drew long breath OF utter and
perfect content.
On the steps leading down into the
tapping water stood slender young
girl waiting for him, as he had so
often seen her in his dreams.
"Ah! Fauvette Fauvette!" Jack
whispered.
The church will be a bower OF
flowers. And we will have grand music
and the children will have tables set
out under the trees, and the whole VII
lage will rejoice" Pere David said,
joyously looking with n loving pride
at Tonic. as she stood on his narrow
porch with Jack Hamilton the next
day.
And listening to her gay, sweet
voice and loving plans for the future.
Pere David whispered a yoiceless
prayer. S. RHETT ROMAN.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Badly Hurt.

This man married a Miss Mamie
Gamble, of Mexico. The follow
ing dispatch regarding him is from
Eureka, Kansas:
y quarrel, caused by IN attempt
to levy on 300 head of horses, re-
suited in the dangerous wounding
of Luther Fountain, junior MEM
Der of the firm of Mcintyre x
Fountain, proprietorS of the Grand
Avenue Horse and Mule Company,
of Kansas City. This firm held IL
chattel mortgage for - 40 on the
horses, which Fountain had begun
suit to forcclose. When he and the
sheriff went out to the farm of j.
W. Street, the owner of the horses,
to make the levy, Street and Foun-
tain quarreled, whcrcupon Street
struck Fountain with pitchfOrk,
laying bare the skull. Fountain
is in Il serious condition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Three National Reforms.

The Republicans have positive
majority in both the Senate and
House of the present Congress.
They will have Il larger majority
III both bodies when the new Con-
gresS shall meet. and the national
legislation for the next more than
two years will be dictated by the
Republican party.
The Philadelphia Times ventur-
cs to suggest some reforms in our
national governmental system
which it asks the present Congress
to consider Immediately after its
meeting on the first Monday of
next month. They are proposed
amendments to the national con
stltution to accomplish the follow
ing reforms:
|. That hereafter the President
and Vice President of the United
States shall be elected for term
of six years, and that the Presi-
dent shall be ineligible to re-elec-
ton as his immediate successor.
>. That the people of the ma
ton qualified to vote for members
of the popular branch of Congress
in the United States and Terrific
ricS, shall vote directly for candi-
dates for President and Vice Pres
ident, and the candidates receiving
the largest number of votes shall
be declared elected
3. That United States Senators
shall be chosen by popular election
as other State officers are elected.
1t must he obvious to the leaders
of all parties that the extension of
the Presidential term would con
tribute very largely to our tram
guilty in industry, commerce and
trade. We are now never free
from the influences of Presiden-
tial contest, and the administra-
ton as Il rule, Immediately after
Inauguration, begins the work Of
assuring second term. The pat
ronagc of the government and inn
portant legislation are shaped and
used with the single purpose of re-
elccting IL President, and there is
really no time during the four
Years Of the Presidential term
when the succession is entirely
eliminated from the legislation and
Of the political power of
the administration.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
STRATIFIED ROCKS
Grow Foot In from $50 to $500
Years.

Grow IA Foot In from $50 to 0,sOO
Years.
On a reasonable computation the
stratitied rocks attain an average
thickness of 100000 feet. We find that
while stone of the sedimentary rocks
have grown foot in $50 years, others
have taken $500 years to rise to that
height. Thus the period of time that
was required TO build up 100000 feet
Of sedimentary rock has varied ac-
Cording to locality, from 10000, 900
years to GS00OO0O0 years. and this
world is. The active work of creation
lasted at least for a cycle intermediate
between these two figures. Since man
began to observe there has been no
change in the forms of animal and
vegetable life. A few species has dis
appeared, but not one new species has
been evolved. The fauna and fora OF
ancient Egypt, depicted on monuments,
which are probably 10000 years old,
are identical to those that are found
in that country today, and shells which
Inhabited our seas before the ice age
are precisely the same species that
are found in the waters of Chesapeake
today. But how vast the shortest
period We can assign to the gap that
divides us from the remote period
when these animals and vegetables
were first created. Gradually the geo.
logist is lifting the veil which covers
the prehistoric record of our planet
Selected.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
DhOw MINI Al SEA.


Experiments showing How IL Can he
Avoided.
Anatomical experiments have shown
that the weight of the body Is about
equal to the same bulk of seawater, SO
that persons falling overheard who
cannot swim, if they do not attempt
to keep more than their mouth out of
water, can sustain themselves for a
considerable length of time. Most per-
sons who fall into the water lose their
presence of mind, and either draw
their hands up or wildly dash them
through the air and water. OF course,
the instant the weight OF the arms Is
added to the weight of the head above
the water the body sinks, and few
repetitiOns of this ends in another ac-
cidental drowning" The same strug-
giles with the hands and feet under
the water would have preserved life.
What all persons should impress upon
their minds is this: That in case they
should fall overheard they must retain
control of their senses, the hands and
arms must be kept under water, and
the feet and hands in motion to sus-
tain the head out of water. SO long
as the mouth and nostrils do not get
submerged there Is no danger.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Sheriff Ordered to Act.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 22.-Sher-
if Freeman, of Lincoln county.
has been ordered by District At
torncy McAlliStcr, of Colorado
Springs, to proceed against the
members Of the mob who burned
Preston Porter, Jr., at the stake
last week.
The order was issued after cor
rcSpondcncc between Governor
Thomas and Mr.. McAllistcr. Just
how the Grand Jury will be chosen
has not yet been decided. Mr..
McAllistcr says it will be com
posed of men who will do their
duty ut all hazards. The Govern
or insists on II prosecution.
Governor Thomas today, in re-
ply to II letter from an Ohio man
criticiSing him, wrote II bitter let
ter, of which the following is an
extract;
'AS long rs Porter was in the
hands of the class of men You
stigmatiZc rs anarchists, he was
all right, 1t may comfort YOU to
know that Lincoln county is the
banner Republican county of the
State, Every man belonging to
the party, SO far as | can learn,
including the sheriff, was present,
participated in and seems to be
satisfied with the affair"
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Why Is 1t?

n farmer from johnson county
interrogatcs in Colcman's Rural
World as follows:
why are the harvcsters left Just
where the work stopped, some
holding the last sheafl Often the
owner is paying interest on the
harvester or mower. Yet he leaves
these machines to take the rains,
dcws and hot sunshine. He did
not have the money, but must have
machine to harvest his crops, 50
it is bought. \ note hearing in
tcrcSt is helping to eat up the prof
its. When wanted the second
year the machine does not run so
well, and perhaps Il few trips to
town is all the loss; but the third
year it costs so much for repair
that it is considered useless. and
left just out of the way, while Il
new one takes its place, to he
treated as was its predecessor.
Why The interest and money
paid for repairs, also time lost,
would have built shed to shield
it and all the machinery on the
farm. In winter the woodwork
could he painted, the gearing kept
polished, oiled and in order. Often
! see harrows, plows and rollers
left, not in the fence corner, but
sticking in the ground, where the
team was unhitchcd at the call for
dinner. Oh, the patience required,
as well as time, to get them in
good working order.
"Why do men with small houses
move their heating stoves out UNI
der Il tree to take the summer
rain? When wanted they are COW
cred with rust. Labor and all the
patience one can sum up for the
occasion can't make the stove look
as well as before. Rainy DAYS
during summer often call for fires:
why not leave your stove in place.
and enjoy the comforts it gives
when the weather is damp and
chilly?
"Why leave the gate hanging by
one hinge? \ few moments before
breakfast would fix it; if let alone
soon the other hinge is off and the
gate set aside or propped up so
when one wishes to pass thru it
must be moved. See the time con-
Sumed, and then it looks so badly.
These are only few things that
wear the nerves, make us cross
and unpleasant at home-crosS,
grabbed and unwelcome every
where because of our continual
grumble of hard times and bad
luck of which every one gets
tired hearing"