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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-05
An.Irs satI IacterY.

New York, Sept. i.-E. Gonzales Es.
tavcs, the Venezuelan consul general
here, received brief personal letter
from President Castro informing him
that the president considered that affairs
were in good condition in Venezuela.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-05
demanded without hail.

Collinsville. Tex. Sept. a. - Scott
Hill, charged with criminal assault.
was remAnded to Jail without hail by
Jns,ice Farrer. He was taken TO sher.
man Immediately.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-05
OIL We'll a. Gr.nIl..

Guthrie. o. T., Sept. 4.-M orunits.
o. T.. an oil well was struck a., depth
of 300 feet The flow IL vssy seavy and
has created great exciisnsat.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
Getting Biograph Pictures,

"Br-r-r-r-ring! Br-r-r-r-ringl Br-r-r-
r-ringP a quick connection with the
desk phone Of the city manager, and
in another moment 1t is known at bio
graph headquarters that a fierce fire
and series of explosions have devas-
tated a downtown business block, and
that the loss of life is estimated at 300.
The camera operator and his assist
ants receive word; there is n scamper
for fire badges, and two minutes later
the biograph outfit, which takes 1000
pictures a minute, is handed into the
emergency wagon, which has been
waiting all day for just such a call.
The city manager arrives on the
scene to arrange with fire chiefs and
police sergeants for favorable posi-
ton for the picture-taking apparatus.
The camera is set up on its tripod, the
film-boxes attached, the lens focused,
and the operator begins turning the
crank. Three minutes, five minutes
the shutter snaps and every movement
Of the exciting scene is faithfully re-
corded. The film, which may be from
100 to 800 feet in length, is then car
ried to the biograph factory, where it
is developed in its entirety ON reels
that carry 1t through developing solu-
tions, dried by power-fans, and pos
tive" is printed from 1t by electric
light The process takes from two to
sour hours.
That night the catastrophe Of the af-
ternoon, projected on a screen, seems
almost as real to the theatregoer as
the actual occurrence was to those
who witnessed it-Everybody's Mag
azine.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
nnildInr Gond Ronda.

State Engineer Bond is the execu-
e head of the good roads movement
New York. 1t involves a vast
mount of hard work, but he is inter-
ted in 1t personally to such q degree
lat the labor of travelling about the
ate and inspecting the roads under
Improvement or of drawing up the
3ans for improving the roads here In
bany ia done with pleasure and zest.
5'The good road, the trolley, the au-
4moblle, the bicycle and the locomo-
De-" be said few days ago, "will de-
roy the anarchist party, for they will
Ike the workingman out Of the city
TO the country and give him a pleas
ht home. Those blocks Of tenement
buses In New York, we shall all hope,
fill In time be superseded by the man
Factory and other business concerns,
|nd the underground road, the troll
fys, automobiles, the good roads and
be bicycles win enable the working
pan to live five niles In the country"
win you expend the $4,000 APP
|rOprlated by the Legislature this
ear for good roadsT Mr.. Bond was
,sked.
Yes, every penny Of It. I have just
Peen- down to Newburg to have a chat
Rlth Governor Odell concerning the
Improvement of the roads and other
.nbjects relative to the work Of this
apartment. The Road Improvement
company, organized by Edward Fl.
hartman, which has the contract for
improving the roads OF Orange Coun-
" has already expended $4,000 on
'oad Improvement machinery. We are
building and Improving dirt road for
Iourteen miles west Of Newburg. /
'old the Governor it was an expert
nent | don't know whether such a
'oad will last Where We can we put
gravel on such a road. The cost of
'ue orange County road1 will not be
'eer $500 a nile"
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
Pony and RnttlesnaIte.

A California farmer, who has three
small children, owns a pony which is
their constant companion. They have
ridden him, rolled over him, fed him
and have come to consider him as one
Of the family. When the children
went on an expedition and did not
want to ride, the pony went along as
IL he had been a pet dog. The San
Francisco Chronicle tells the follow
ing story of the pony's presence Of
mind:
One day the three children went on
a nutting expedition, and while they
gathered the nuts the pony grazed
near by. Suddenly, almost beneath
the feet of the nut gatherers, there
was an ominous whir, ard they saw
with horror huge rattlesnake colled
ready to strike.
The children huddled together, too
much frightened to move, but as the
deadly head went back there was a
quick trample of h,ofs, a rush through
the bushes and the pony appeared.
With his four little sharp hoofs
brought together he shot up into the
air, landed squarely on the snakes
coil, and was of again before the
wicked head could strike.
The interruption had released the
frightened children from the charm,
and they ran a short distance away,
and stopped to witness the contest.
The RATHER was wounded but full Of
fight, and coiled again, and again the
pony landed on him and got away
safely. This time the snakes body
was nearly severed In two places, and
the snake was conquered. The pony
walked around 1t, and apparently sat
listed, gave a cheerful wbinny and re-
turned to his grazing.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
RuLEs AGAINST HAzINc.
Regulations Promulgated For the. West
Point Cadets.

Point Cadets.
The War Department has promlA-
gated the regulations prohibiting haz-
ing at the West Point Military Acad-
envy, as prepared and submitted by
Colonel Mills. the Superintendent of
tho institution. The regulations are
more stringent than any heretofore is
sued, and in them hazing is thus de.
fined.
"Any cadet who shall strike, lay
hands upon, treat with violence, dis
trrb in his room or tent or offer bodily
harm to new cadet or candidate with
intent to punish, injure, annoy, modest
o. harass the same, or who shall with
the same intent invite, order. compel
or permit a new cadet or candidate to
sweep his room or tent, make his bed,
bring water, clean his arms, equip
ment oraccoutrements or perform any
other mental service for him, or to as
sumo any constrained position or to
engage In any form OF physical exer-
else, or who shall with the same in
tent, invite, order or compel any new
cadet or candidate to eat or drink any
article of food or to take into his
mouth any article whatever, or to do
for him anything Incompatible with
the position of a cadet and gentleman,
or any cadet whose duty 1t is to en-
force camp, barrack or mess regula-
lions who shall permit any new cadet
or candidate to eat or drink any article
of food or to take into his mouth any,
article whatever in violation of said
regulations shall be summarily dis
missed from the Military Academy"
Hazing also includes any other
treatment OF "harassing, tyrannical,
abusive, shameful, insulting or humil-
iating character" Dismissal is the
penalty of violation of these regula-
lions. The practice Of duel or person
al combat is also prohibited, and the
principals and other persons involved
or any cadet abusing or condemning
another for declining to accept chal-
lehge will be dismissed.
The regulations are considered very
sweeping In their character and such
az to cover without question all acts
of hazing committed by the cadets
Washington Times.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
Treating seed oats For Smut.

After running through the tanning
mill as for speed, the oats were spread
on the barn floor about three inches
deep, twelve bushels at a time for
convenience in handling then
mixed formalin with water in the
ratio Of one ounce Of the drug to one
gallon Of water for every six bushels
of oats. With garden watering can
sprinlSled the mixture evenly over
the oats, then with hand rake stirred
thoroughly, and with a scoop piled
into snug, elongated heap, two and
a half or three feet high through the
centre. The sacks that had contained
the oats were then turned and shaken
and then spread over the heap. over
the portion not covered a light
blanket was thrown. Forty-eight
hours after, commencing at one end
with scoop, stirred and turned
the heap into another like the first,
and covered rs before, and left 1t two
days more. When found the moisture
applied so thoroughly diffused through
ouu ubeoLDSu Wy thS uiJ BAoAh 40 W
be no longer perce?t.ble, the oats were
then sacked ready for use when
wanted.
Running q little short of treated
seed, and to test the value of the treat.
ment, l finished the field with bushel
and half of seed from the same bin,
untreated. That strip was very badly
damaged by smut, and seemed so
weakened and retarded In growth that
the difference was plainly noticeable
from q considerable distance after the
oats were In head. The crop from
treated seed was entirely free from
smut. 1 think this treatment so
much easier Of application than the
hot water treatment as to very much
more than Offset the very trihing cost
of the formalin.-P. +. Nyo, in Ameri'
can Agriculturist.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

"Vhat do you say2" said the Work To
BE Done;
"Shal we start bravely together,
I'm with the earliest peep OF the sun,
Singing, whatever the weather!
Come, little busy,follS, what do, you sayg
Let's begin fairly together to-day.
"shall we keep step with laugh and
song,
All through the runaway morning.
And when the noontime comes speeding
along,
Whistling his chorus Of warning,
Then" said the Work To Be Done, "let
us see
Who has kept up in the hurry with me.
"Hark, in the midst Of the long afternoon,
When you're little bit weary,
How all the meadows keep sweetiy in
tune,
Toiling and prattling and CHEEKY.
What do you sayS' said the Work To BE
Done, -.
"Shall we be comrades till setting of sunr'
Youths Companion.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
A Friendly FIELD. nronse.

Many stories have been told In the
past tending to show that wild AMI
mails, when In trouble, will display
surprising confidence in man--in fact,
will often seek his assistance when
sore beset. The writer, when a boy on
a farm in Minnesota, had an expe-
r.ance with a field mouse which pref
lilly illustrates this trait in wild Great
ures. 1t was stacking time, and the
men were all busy in the fields lifting
tie shocks of cured grain and stacking
them In hive-shaped stacks in the barn
yard. The writer, barefoot boy at
that time, had been following the
wagons In the field all the morning
In vain endeavor to capture some
field mice to take home as pets. He
had seen number Of the drab little
creatures with their short tails, but
had failed to lay his hands upon any
of them, owing to the thick stubble
and the nimbleness Of the mice. At
last, as a particularly large shock was
lifted, a broken nest was disclosed,
and the youthful mouser was put upon
the qui viye by the slender squaks of
seven or eight hairless little. beings
that were so young as not to have
opened their eyes as yet, The mother
disappeared with awhisk. whereupon
the young hunter sat down in a criti-
cal attitude beside the nest and began
to examine his find. He had already
put one of the young mice in his trous-
ers pocket when the mother reap
peared out of the stubble beside the
nest The boy held his breath and
awaited developments. Much to his
surprise, the mouse-mother, after care
fully examining the ruined nest, en-
tered his pocket. which, as he sat,
opened very near to the nest She
seemed to come to the conclusion very
quickly that her lost little one had
found a very good home, and in about
two minutes had transferred the re-
mainder of her offspring from the
nest to the pocket, carrying them one
at a time in her mouth.
The writer has had many varied ex-
periences with wild animals, but none
of them impressed him so strongly as
the episode Of the mouse-mother in
the wheat stubble.-Clyde Hayden, in
Birds and Nature.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
A BroadenInE Influence.

man is social being. soclabilIty
is broadening and should be culti.
waited. The city and the country have,
unfortunately for both, only bowling
acquaintance. Lack Of social inter.
course, which leaves room for the
growth of prejudice and jealousy, is
largely responsible for this unwbole.
some cramped condition. Bad roads
are largely responsible for the slight
acquaintance that is maintained be.
tween the city and the country and
for the absence Of the sociability that
would naturally follow a closer &c.
quaintonce.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

c. Blaggi holds that stammering is
a degeneration of speech, resulting
from an arrest of development in the
powers of coordination of the move
ments essential to speech Children
who stammer usually exhibit other
signs Of nervous faint The remedy
consists In gradual patient training
Of the individual muscular movements
producing speech BY degrees they
can be co-ordinated and combined.
At the same time the pupil SHOULD be
taught to control the bodily contor-
lions and facial grlmaces which are
so apt 70 accompany their efforts to
speak. In this systematic method Of
exercise, comparable to the patient
and constantly repeated efforts neces.
sary for the learning Of the scales and
exercises on the piano, the child viii
gradually acquire control Of his speech
instrument and become perfect In Its
technlque.-La Tribuna Medica.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
,..rnlenrn ror Rond nIakLnr.

In Petroleum For hoho mhAihRs
tornia has discovered a new
y a Of making good roads. 1t is in
"a Of hot, crude petroleum as a
bung material.
~ art of road making is proba-
n more important than any
one of mans accomplish
n II is only in recent years that
Beans, outside Of a few Of the
settlements, have begun to APP
ne the full commercial and So
advantages OF good roads, and to
.Irage their building through lib
\ appropriations of public money
state, county and township
{urles.
n sooner was such work begun
n there arose serious questions In
localities as to what material
A best for the local production Of
roads.
mere stone was cheap. and plenti-
naturally became the accepted
making material, but even in
sections a stone road is not al
the most satisfactory. Earth
|. made Of sand or gravel, which
I'm good cementing material, such
,roppr admixtures Of loan, clay or
ores, make roads much smoother
more pleasant to drive over while
SO likely to be unpleasant from
Lon roads are much cheaper to
for hardly a locality can be
Nj which does not contain some
dy bed of fair road-making ma
IN, In many sections the natural
Is all that is needed to make good
Is for fair weather use. Such roads,
feyer, are sure TO suffer under the
IS Of winter rains and frosts and
Inner droughts, and break up badly.
hon was the situation in Fresno
In the working Of CALIFORNIA; new
find made petroleum cheap and
.rested its use on the roads. The
4 probably came from the use Of
koleum refuse on railroad tracks to
ID down dust. Using the petroleum
is a new idea.
be hot oil cements the sand, loan,
n and gravel and makes the road
\ both dustless and waterproof. 1t
|kes the roadbed material pack un-
heavy use and its qualities Inn
I've as the doses Of oil are repeated.
reports from San Bernardino Coun'
say that $50 barrels OF oil a year
used per mile Of road, and that
IN at S110 q barrel the oil is found
eaper than sprinkling with water
keeping down the dust, while all Its
Ter advantages are, as 1t were,
,own in.--New York Journal.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
EVOLUTION OF The cENsus.

Taken in tho Middle Ages For the
Purpose of Taxation.
The term census" had its origin In
Rome, and was applied to one group
OF the censor's many and varied func.
tons, says a writer IN the Paris Mes.
senger. The Roman census was chiefly
concerned with fiscal matters, and we
may suppose that the enumerators
were not too effectively welcomed by
the Inhabitants. In the middle ages
the census meant neither more nor less
than tax, and the final, formal, ma.
terial, and efficient cause Of every
numbering Of a people was the desire
of Its castle-clad government for
money or the actual sinews Of war.
Under the absolute monarchies
which appeared In Europe after the
decline and fall Of the feudal system,
the tendency to Capitalization for ad-
ministrative purposes prepared the
way for statistical inquiries, into the
numbers Of the inhabitants Of partic-
ular districts. The necessity of such
stock taking was first clearly pointed
out by Adam Smith, but it was not till
long after his death that the first
census Of Great Britain-it did not
extend to Irtland-was carried out. A
census bill, which passed the Lower
House in 1853, was thrown out by
the Lords az being "profane and sub
versive of liberty" Accordingly, up
to 1901, the number of inhabitants of
the British Islands was as much a
matter of guesswork as the popuTa-
ton Of China is to-day, and, as IN
variably happens In such cases, the re-
suit Of the enumeration was a great
disappointment to all the statistical
prophets.
The progress Of the census methods
since the first year of the last CEN
fury may be Illustrated by the de-
velopment of the occupatlonal returns.
In 1901 there were but three divisions
those employed in agriculture, those
engaged in trade or manufacture and
those engaged in neither. In the next
two censuses no material change in
this respect was made, but in 1881 the
overseers of parishes were required
to give details respecting the occu-
patlons Of males over 20. In the CEN
sus Of 1S41, an enumeration most
facilitated by the uniform system of
registration Of births, marriages, and
deaths which came into force in 1887,
the enumerators were instructed to
enter each persons description Of his
own occupation.
An interesting feature Of the census
Of 1851 was an attempt to supply the
ecclesiastical and educational stalls
tics of the country, but no effort was
made to elaborate the occupation re-
turns. The census of 1861 was also, ia
certain degree, experimental. In
1871 the first imperial census was TAX
en-and the census paper Of that date
AN interesting article, by the way
could be written on the series Of clever
lis obviously the great grandfather
of the present form.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
Tea Growing in tho United states.

AS soon as American inventive ge-
MUS and the adaptation of machinery
render 1t practicable to perform by
machinery such share Of the labor
now done by hand in China, Japan
and Ceylon as to render competition
with them practicable, the United
States may produce all Of its own tea,
and much more. The tests have been
conducted for several years apd
through several trying winters and
show that the plants thrive in our eli
mate, while the quality Of the tea and
the quantity per acre eoAmpare favor
ably with the highest average, In the
orient Everybody's Magazine.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
The Care of Harness.

1t is beyond doubt that a harness
properly taken care of will last nearly
twice as long as one that is poorly
taken care Of. The most essential
thing In the care Of harness Is to
keep it clean and well oiled, and the
second thing is to have straps, reins,
buckles, ETC., repaired or replaced
with new ones, Immediately, when
they are noticed to be out Of order or
unsafe for wear.
1t bespeaks very poorly for n mans
business management Of his private
affairs, to see him have the harness
on his horses tied together with pieces
of rope. Irvine, wire, etc. Give the
harness good oiling at least once a
year, and IL soiled 1t should also
be cleaned by washing. Soak 1t In a
tub of soft water In which has been
dissolved some emulsion made by dis
solving a bar of soap in one quart Of
water and boiling, adding to it one
pint of kerosene oil and stirring, beat
ing and churning 1t until a creamy
emulsion is formed. Take the harness
apart in order to. get it well cleaned.
Let 1t soak until all soil can be readily
rubbed off with stiff brush.
Allow harness to dry slowly IN a
shady place so the leather viii not be-
come stiff and hard. When the leather
seems to be thoroughly dry on the out
side but yields readily to the pressure
of the hand apply some good harness
oil thoroughly to every part. After a
couple of hours II there be any super
huous oil that did not penetrate the
leather, wipe 1t of with a soft rag
or 1t win become sticky and accumu-
late dust. AS an example Of what
good care Of harness Will do, / viii
say that we have on our farm, stu In
fairly good condition a set Of harness
and leather fynets that has been IN
use every season for sixteen to nine
teen years. As dollar saved is
dollar made" it becomes equally
necessary to look well after the thing
we have as TO try to obtain the mos
profit from the produce we raise Of
our farms,--L. O. F.s in the Epltomls'
Many Etruacan torahs have been four
=. llI. Il. 80.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
Trner of navana aEuses.n

The "buses" of Havana are odd
looking wagonettes, painted most In
enormously, some Of them showing
admixtures Of green, blue, white,
brown and yellow, with now and then
a stripping Of red. The Cubans seem
partial to q pea-green and bright blue,
often associating these colors and yell
low. There are buses which accom-
modate but four passengers and others
carrying six, eight and twelve me
smaller ones are drawn by a single
mule, the larger by two or three
ponies, some of them by four, depend
ing upon their routes and distances.
The buses are old. dingy and dilapi-
dated. The drivers are an unclean-
looking lot, the occupants usually Of
the commoner classes. A lady or we'll
dressed man is rarely seen in one Of
them.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

endowed with a natural energy to
overcome all obstacles by its own IN.
herent vitality, must needs sufrer nm
oer the drag Of a running mate which
Is destined to crawl slowly over preiu.
ace, financial Instructions and Official
uilatoriness.-Automoblle Topics.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

Mrs Nebb--"I ara going to an OBJ
servation party this afternoon, dear"
Husband-"An observation partyi
What sort Of a party Is that?" Mrs
Nebb-''Afrs. Qulzzer's next door
nelghbor is moving. ana Mrs. Qulzzer
has invited a few friends to watch
through the windows ana see what
they have" Boston Traveller.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

The device herewith shows how the
pig can be kept away from the trough
until everything is in readiness for
him to eat. The swinging door IL
closed until the trough has beer
cleaned and the milk or other food
poured in. Then 1t is raised and all
the usual bother obyiated. Have a
ring on the rope to avoid the necessity
of having to tie it whenever the
swinging door is ralsed.-New Eng
land Homestead.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

There is a vast territory in Northern
Maine from which gum comes, a re-
gion larger than the State Of Massa-
chusctts, covered by deep spruce for
est broken only by lakes and streams.
Out NJ this region in the spring come
many men bearing their packs Of gum
on their backs. Some have devoted
their whole time for the winter to
gathering gum. Others have com
Fined with this work trapping fur
bearing animals, A number of guides
who in the fishing and hunting sea
son traverse the. woods with paroles
Of sportsmen. devote their winters e
Gathering gum.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03

Many Etruscan tonbs have been found
IN Central Italy during ahe last two
years.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1901-10-03
| FARM TOPICS !
A Safety Pig Trough.

The pig viii get into the trough
when one wishes to clean 1t out, and
he viii put his head under the spout
when one wishes to pour In the milk.