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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

Kingston, Oct. 2i.-Lstters rscsiv cd
here from Panama say Colombian troops
lost heavily In Q battle near there last
week. Troops are concentrating In the
camp in the neighborhood and both
sides are preparing for olrsh which Il
expected. probably viii dstsrmine the
fate Of the revolution
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

srown prince. and on that account Is de-
srous Of having the son present when
the trial trip IL made. He wants the
prinoe 70 study American methods In
bodybuilding. The yacht win be nady
In April Thecrown prince. IL he comes.
will be accompanied by several naval
oaicers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22
TO con.oIld..s on Companies.

Austin. Oct. 2i.-Ex.Governor James
8. Hogg and James w. Swayne arc in
Sow York City and IL is understood
that the object Of their visit Is to inter
CT cau.ial in tia formaiQn of a BIZ
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

combination OF all tho independents OH
producers Of the Beaumont held who
have not the means Of handling the oil
as indivi dual concerns.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

Two lots and old 5-room house In
southwest part Of town. Price $500.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22
]. W. BATS,
6saf Estate AGENT.
Have In once the only sei Of sbssrsot
books OF BrAsos county Lard st,es.
FOR SALE.

-Four room house and two lots ei
ground on west side Of town. Well
and stable on premises. Price $3.50,
terms easy.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

Six room house aud one lot q
ground on west side Of town. Price
t6O0.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

Six room house and two lots Of
ground located four blocks from
Main Street. Brick cistern on pre-
misses. Price si250.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22

ALSO other city property
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-10-22
JUST RECEIVED

new line OF Window Shades; prices run from
ioc each up. : Call and see them.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
The English Are UnmiIttary.

Partly from historical aud partly per-
haps from racial causes the English
are essentially unmilltary. They resent
the control Of soldiers They distrust
military ideals. No government that
ever existed in this country was more
unpdpulev than that " Oliver Cromwell
and his major generals. Its unpopu-
larity left an lndcliblc marx on English
institutions. For many years il made
II impossible TO have n standing army.
Even when the course OF cvcnts'made
il necessary TO conccdc that much Ia
The military necessities Of the time II
still remained maxim for centuries
with all politicians that as little power
as possible must bc granted to the sol
diers; that their business was to fight
our wars, and. this being done. that
there was little or no place for them in
the body polite.
We do not think II necessary TO de-
fend this attitude Of mind. Like most
popular feelings, IL Is largely unjust.
but also, like many popular feelings, IL
is based TO some extent on true con,
ceptlon. Politically, using the word In
Its largest sense. the domination Of the
military idea In state is calamitous.
II tends, we believe, TO destroy individ-
uality and Is a serious menace to indl-
vidual liberty. - English Monthly Re
view.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
The Third Handle.

The best account Of the origin Of the
loving cup comes from the late Lord
Lyons, British ambassador at Paris.
Henry " Of France while hunting be-
came separated from his companions
and. feeling thirsty, called at wayslde
inn for n cup OF wine. The serving
maid on handing II 10 hlm as he sat on
horseback neglected 10 present the han
ole. Some wine was spilled. and his
majestys white gauntlcts were soilcd.
While riding home he bcthought him
that two handled cup would prevoat
recurrence OF this, So his majesty
had two handled cup made at the
royal poitcrles and sent IL to the inn.
on his next visit he called again for
wine. when, to his establishment, the
maid. having received Instructions
from her mistress 10 be very careful of
the kings cup. presented Il to him by
holding II herself by each of its han
dies. At once the happy idea struck
the king Of n cup will three handles,
which was promptly acted upon, as his
majesty quantity said. surely, out of
three handles | shall De able to get
one" Hence the loving cup.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
DEyOURtD THEIR COMPANION.
Horrible Incident OF the Far North-0ne
Pr0spectOr Starved.

A story OF death from starvation
at the mouth Of the Agiapuk river, in
the Agiapuk mining district, was
brought from Nome last week by
passengers on thesteamcr Centennial,
and as result OF 43 days of unparal-
leled hardship George Dean, miner, is
dead and his two companions, Jack
Houston and Joseph G. Thiery, ure
at deaths door. Houston will prob
ably recover, but there is little hope
that Thiery's life will be saved.
Added to the story Of starvation Is
horrible tale that, In their despera-
tion, Houston and Thiery severed the
thigh OF their dead companion from
his body and were cooking it when
help arrived and saved them from
practicing cannibalism.
The men had been in the Good
Hope country prospecting. On June
7th they started for Nome by way of
Agiapuk river. Before they reached
Teller City their provisions gave ou.,
and after wandering along hunger
compelled them to eat grass, bird
eggs and anything they could find.
Dean left a letter, partly written,
bidding his family, who live in Can
ton, Ohio, farewell. He was a MEN,
ber OF the Masonic order. Thiery Is
from Davenport, Iowa, and Houston
was formerly mate on the Yukon
river boat Sovereign.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
AALhH@NH
S-r3S4s-s&
Es@Es.E
A COUNTRY COURTSHlP.
How Jim and Mandy Courted Each
other.

How Jim and Mandy Courted Each
other.
He came In the early twilight. When
he knocked, she opened the door and
pretended TO be surprised at seeing
him.
'Be II you, Jim?'
Jim admitted being "it" by a curt
"yes' and followed her into the par
lor. He sat down on chair without
leaning back, placed his hat In his lap
and clasped his hands over his knees.
She sat on the far side of the room.
with her hands lying idly one in the
other. After lapse of Ii minutes
he opened the conversation:
"Fokes well?"
"All 'cept pap. He's down with
roomytiz."
Another long and ominous silence.
perhaps 90 minutes.
"Goin t. begin harvestin t'morrer,"
he said.
"Dew tell! Must hev alrly crops"
from her.
Then the clock had the floor for an.
other II minutes.
"Hoss is SICK" she said.
"Waal, I'll be durnl Which un?" ex.
claimed Jim.
"Bay mare"
"Ep'zootlcks"
"Ep'zootlcks"
After this outburst nothing was said
for 80 minutes.
"Goin t. tn singin skule Saturday
nightT queried Jim.
"Nobuddy axt me-" she said.
II axes you," said Jim bravely.
"I'll CO." she said.
Twenty-Five minutes elapsed.
"Ole Boss he'd a kaff," said Jim,
Frightening.
"Law mer' she said.
Twenty minutes passed. Then Jim
unlocked his hands, put on his hat and
stood up.
"Goin" she asked.
"Goin," he said and walked out on
the porch. She followed him to the
door. and they both stood thus In ST.
lence for ten minutes.
Must be after o." he said.
"Must be-" she said.
Good night, Mandy" he said,
Good night, Jim," she said, and shut
the door as he walked out of the yard.
And yet this is the twentieth cen
tury.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Seven Years in Bed.

"Will wonders ever cease?" Inquire
the friends Uf Mrs. l.. Pease OF Law
renee, Kan. They knew she had been
unable to leave her bed In seven years
on account Of kidney and liver trou-
BILE, nervous prostration and general
debility; but, "Threc bottles Of Elec-
trio Bitters enabled me TO walk" she
writes, "and in three months felt
like eanew person." Women suffering
from Headache, Backuche, Nervous
ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy,
Painting and Dizzy Spells will find it
a priceless blessing. Try 1t. Salts
faction IL guaranteed by O. II. VIII
liams. Only 30 cents.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

where the discovery was made oil
comes to the surface to such an ex-
tent that drinking water was scarce
aud ponds have glistened with crude
oil. Two years ago boys discovered
a scum on pasture pond which was
pronounced crude oil. The strike
W as made in a well ninety feet deep.
At that depth stratum Of black
jack was encountered, and the dig
gers, expecting water in 1t, stopped
work and fitted up n pump. Sixfeet
OF water and six inches OF thick black
oil stood in the well the next day.
The Selby Smelling works at Val
lejo, CAL, were robbed OF $3.50, 600 In
gold bullion last week. The robbery
was the work OF experts who tun-
neled underneath the vault where the
gold was kept and abstracted 1t dur
ing the night. The property stolen
was as follows: Four gold bricks,
all numbered and containing the fol-
lowing: No. 1896, 1,l90 ounces and a
fraction; No. 1887, $500 ounces; No.
123S, LIB ounces and a fraction, No.
1899, l,037 ounces and fraction; also
10000 ounces oigold In various shapes
and little silver. The gold in the
bricks is worth $50 an ounce. A
number Of the bricks amounting to
Sl30, 900 have been recovered.
Lord Kitchener has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation in South Africa:
"Allcommandants, field coronets and
leaders OF armed bands, being burgh-
ers of the late republics and still en-
gagged in resisting his majesty's forces,
whether In the Orange colony, the
Transvaal or other portions of his
majesty's South African dominions,
and all members Of the late govern
ments Of the Orange Free State and
Transvaal, shall, unless they sur
render before Sept. 18th, be perma-
nently banlshed from South. Africa.
The cost of the maintenance of all
burghers in the field who have not
surrendered before Sept. 18th shall be
recoverable from such burghers and
shall be "a charge upon their prop
erty, removable and immovable, in
the two colonies"
1t is not generally known that dla-
monds of rare value are found In the
United States, aud treatise on the
subject Is now being prepared by the
geological survey. The diamond
fields are located ~ in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, In the
vicinity of the Green Bay lobe of the
continental glacier; (2) In Georgia,
Noeth Carolina, Tennessee and South
Carolina and Kentucky; and (3) i'm
California, adjacent to the water
sheds OF the San Joaquin and Sacra-
menta rivers, where they were first
found In the United States. A dia-
mond offour and one-half carats was
discovered In Shelby county, Ala
bama, thirty miles south of Birming-
ham. The stone was found i'm gar
den. 1t was sent to New York for
examination and was pronounced a
stone of the first water. which would
make a gem Of about one and one
half carats whencut. Two diamonds
were found recently in Tennessee,
npar X kDDxyilla
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Missed the Name,

Guest of the Doctors date home from
the theater)-Hurry up, old chap, and
let me In.
Absentmlnded Doctor (who has for.
gotten all about his visltor)-Who are
youI
Guest-Mr. Trane.
Doctor-Missed train, have you?
Well, catch the next.-London Fun.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Objectionable In Either Cas-.

"Why did she break the engage.
mentT
"IIe told her that she was the only
girl he had ever kissed"
"What Of itT'
"Why, she naturally reasoned that he
was either untruthful or absurdly fool.
ish, and he was hardly worth having
In either case."-Chicago Post.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
ANOTHER Thief CAUGHT.
Chief Clerk in the San francisco Mint Taken
Into CUSTODY.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Chief Wilkie
of the secret service treasury depart.
ment has received a telegram an
nouncing that Walter Dimmick,
former chief clerk OF the San Francisco
mint, had been arrested by secret
service officials there on two charges.
One was preferred by Geo. Wllkie,
secret service agent, charging Dim.
mick with the theft OF $50, 900 In gold
from the United States mint at San
Francisco. The other charge was
made by Superintendent Leach, ac-
cusing Dimmick OF misappropriation
OF funds placed In his hands for the
purchase Of supplies.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Stuck 10 II.

Barnes-Synnex will have II that all
marriages are unhappy marriages.
Howes-What nonsensel But It's like
him. III bet he'd go so far rs TO say
that even the marriage of Adam and
Eve was no exception TO the universal
rule.
Barnes-I mentioned Adam and Eve,
and he said that he hadn't The least
doubt that the trouble they got into be.
gan by twitting each other on their
past llves.-Boston Transcript.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
II isn't the Cooks Fault,
II isn't your GrOCAT'S Fault,

that the bulk coffee you just
purchased turns out to be differ
entfrom the "same kind" bought
before. Coffee purchased in
bulk is sure to vary.
The sealed package in which
LION COFFEE is sold insures
uniform flavor and strength. It
also keeps the coffee fresh and
insures absolute purity.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Safely Perpendicular.

Uncle Joshua-Say, mister, what'i!
you charge me fer nice cool room to
set up In all night?
Hotel Clerk-Don't you want bed
Uncle Josbua-No, stree. None of
your foldin beds. promised Martha
I'd sleep settln up the whole week, an
I'm a-goin TO do II II 1t kills me-
Chicago Record-H Herald.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Had Enough.

Oh. yes. the summer came
Wiih song birds triiling lays
In manner much the same
As In the former days.
The mercury Is up.
And we are almost down;
This high grade heat
Is hard 10 beat;
Oh, yes, It's hot In townl
Oh. yes. the summers here.
And thirsty are the daysi
The summers sun Is near
With suprrheated rays.
]. melis the collar high.
II willis the polished cuf,
And We would deem
It's MONDAY gleam
Distinctly hot enough.
Oh, yes, the summers warm,
And ditto We also;
All gone its early charm,
We wish Il, too. might 90.
We dc not want 10 kick
Or seem unduly grud. %
But once for all
Wen loudly call.
Oh, yes, it's hot euouehi
-Chicsgo News.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
A Dlmcult Problem.

"Do you think that money is the real
test of success? asked one eminent
citizen.
81 don't know about that" answered
the other, "but 1t strikes me that the
lack of II is pretty accurate measure.
ment Of failure."-Washington Star.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Domestic.

Entering the kitchen hereupon /
found a policeman bugging the cook.
"A nice cuisine, this!' exclaimed ].
with all the irony could summon.
"Ah. a nice squeeze scene indeed"
faltered the cook, blushing violently.
At this the officer laughed buoyart
laugh and admonished me to chase
myself.-Detroit Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
An Appeal to the Injunction.

"Are you sensitive about your fiery
hued halr?"
"Not II there is any money in IT,"
"Well. | am going 10 hire you TO
stand out In front of my drug store
right next TO my self raising thcrmom.
eter want TO make folks believe
when they look at you that It's SO blaz-
ing hot that they'll all have TO come
into my place and drink my cold drinks
or shrlyel on the spot.
Plain Dealer.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
UuyfeldiuR.

81 suppose there's no use Of asking
you to go with us?" said the shirt waist
to the corset. "We'll all be in negllgee
of course"
THANK you." replied the corset stiff.
ly. II have pressing engagement at
home."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

"Many years ago." writes a New
Hampshire clergyman In the Boston
Journal. at was the custom TO store
liquors In church cellars in Boston;
not all of them, but many of them.
As late as 1880, and probably later, the
cellar OF the stone church on Bowdoln
square was used by the Trull dlstillery
near by Pitts street, IL am right for
the rlpenlng In hogshends OF New Eng
land rum. Some one found hymn
book In n pew and copied in there the
following verse:
"1'bcTe are spirits above and spirits below,
The spirits of love and tLc spirits ot woe.
The spirits above are the spirits ~ love;
The spirits below are the spirits q woe.
The spirit hboyc is the spirit Giyine;
The spirits below arc Tie spirits of wine.
81 have myself frequently watched
the men putting hogsheads OF rum into
the cellars or taking them ont"
Typewriter erasers, oil, ETC., at the
Arorss office
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Homeless Case.

Hell have been In the next room
asking your father for your hand in
marriage.
She-What was the result?
"Did you hear any noise while was
In there"
Gracious! I should say sov'
"Well, suppose you've heard that
silence gives consent."-Yonkers States.
man,
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
AmiabiIity.

"She has an admirable trait" re-
marked one woman. "She never gos.
sips"
at Is indeed an admirable trait"
answered the other. ANY one who
keeps perfectly quiet and lets others
monopollze the conversation cannot
help being esteemed" Washington
Star.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Ensier.

DO you raise your tomatoes and
green corn?" asked the visitor.
"No," answered Farmer Corntossel.
I'VE find Il easier to take In summer
boarders an raise money TO buy en-
Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Woe of Eliza.

ClutchIng her child to her bosom,
Eliza looked out despairingly upon the
rushing waters.
"What am | to doT she moaned,
wringing her hands. "The sheriff has
attached our last cake Of Ice"
Was there no escapei
Were she and her innocent offspring
to feed the ten-count 'em-ten fierce
bloodhounds yonder?-Detroit Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
At the Seashore,

II was down TO the seashore the
other day." remarked the stage come
dian, "and I fell in with high roller"
What were you doing" asked his
friend. "talkingT"
"No; bathing."-Yonkers Herald.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
All Run Down.

Hubbubs-Why are you moving from
your suburban homer
Subbubs-I am all run down.
Hubbubs-Malariaf
Subbubs-No. Cosby nelghbors.-
Philadelphia Record.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
One ADVANTAGE.

She (at the museum)-I wish I were
the two headed girl.
He-And why. pray?
She-Then I could wear two hats
and tell myself II they were on straight
New York Sun.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14
Revised I'm Time.

"Miss Strong" lie began, twill you
be miner That is to say, err
She had knotted her fair brow in q
frown.
"Er-that is, may be yoursT
"Yes," she said, with smile.-Phlla-
delphia Press.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

ebanksw be address mail
blank listed wiz @
thereafter In stock We
to- ou
We extend credit blanks
Fergus County Ar9us,
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

Typewriter erasers, oil, ETC., at the
Argus office.
Fergus County argus., 1901-08-14

Ing to gain control of the soft coal
trade of the northwest. 1t is under
stood that the PlttsburgS COM
pany elready controls two of the
big northwestern concerns, the Pion-
eer Fuel company and the Youghi-
ogheny & Lehigh. These two sell
more than half the soft coal con-
sumed In the northwest. Negoti-
ations are said to be pending with
the Northwestern Fuel company and
the Ohio Coal company. and II these
are acquired the combine will have
the whip hand In the twin cities and
the northwest.
The London papers nre severely
criiicisina Euglunds lack Of naval
strength as shown by the lnte naval
maneuvers. The Outlook points out
that the defense squadron mnnenvers
were practically the same that would
have been called on to, guard the
channel In case of actual hostilities.
The attaching fleet was Inferior
numerically bu. superior In mobility.
Ii held the channel commerce ut its
mercy from the declaration of hostil-
titles and whipped the defenders by
sections through the possession OF
swift cruisers and destroyers which
sailed around the home squadron.
Petroleum has been discovered ]:
miles from Sioux City. and an Ohio
company have engaged an expert to
prospect the locality. In the region
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-17
a FLAG FOR THE POLE.
Explorer Baldwin PreseT ted With
One by New York NasOns

NEW YORK, April 17.-Having com
Pleted the details Of the expedition to
search for the North Pole during the
coming summer, Evelyn 3. Baldwin viii
sail tomorrow on the Deutschland for
Hamburg. He win make a four weeks
trip to Norway and Sweden and to Dun
dee, Scotland. From Dundee the expedi-
ton viii leave in June.
The main party, consisting of forty pro-
fessors, viii leave New York on Junne Is,
accompanied by William Zeigler, finan-
ciaI hacker of the expedition. They viii
sail from Dundee on the America, the
flagship of the expedition.
Mr.. Baidwin's present trip is to perfect
arrangements for handling supplies along
the route of the expedition These are
now being shipped to various Norwegian
ports
In Sweden Mr. Baldwin viii confer
with a brother Of Captain Andree. who is
supposed to have lost his life in an at
tempt to find the pole Mr.. Baldwin ex-
poets valuable information from Andree
The America has been Te6tted, over
hauled, and strengthened. Supplies Will
be distributed along the route Of the ex-
petition before the America leaves Dun
dee
a farewell reception was given Mr..
Baldwin by the Kane Lodge of masOns at
Masonic Temple last evening. The ex-
pIJreT was presented with a historic fla 2
TO take with him to the North Pole. The
Tag has been TO the arctic region with
other explorers and has been in the DOS
session OF the lodge over twenty years
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-17
CAPTAIN EMERSON RESIGNS.
To Give Up the Command of the
Maryland Naval Militia

BALTIMORE, April l7.-Capt. Isaac z.
Emerson has sent in his resignation as
commander Of the Naval Brigade. Mary
land National Guard
special meeting Of the officers of the
brigade has been called for o'clock to-
night TO take action upon the resignation.
= communication from Captain Emers-
son formally notifying his subordinate Of
feers OF his resignation will probably be
read at this meeting and resolutions
passed.
II Is said that Captain Emerson has re-
signed because he expects to leave about
the middle of Nay on a tour around the
world, and may be gone over fourteen
months There was talk some time ago
that Captain Emerson intended TO resign
on this account. but it was also rumored
that il would not be necessary for him to
do so. as he might obtain d fuUlOugh suf-
fciently long to permit him to make his
lengthy tour
Captain Emerson has been identified
with the Naval Brigade since the forma-
ton of the First Naval Battalion, IN De-
cefnber, 1885. He was appointed paymas-
ter, which position he held for only = few
months He was elected commander in
1891 when the battalion held its drills at
Hollins Hall. la January. 1885. the prac-
tice ship Dale arrived and was used for
drilling purposes Ia May, 1892 Com
mander Emerson was elected captain
which position he has since held.