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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
Local NesOS


Robt. Armstrong went 10 Houston
yesterday.
w. B. Yardley Of Bethel was In the
city yesterday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. r. wier went to
Houston yesterday.
Arthur jenkins arrived yesterday
10 spend Christmas.
For Christmas suggestions glance
nj Coulter's page ad.
Mrs. Caldwell Of Reliance left yes
terday TO visit In Alabama.
MRS.. u. Poole Of -fiempstead Is
visiting Mrs. X. NJ. Conner.
Mrs. r.. V. Kernole aud Mrs. 5. II.
Allphin are visiting al Palestine.
For sale-lO0O good post oak posts.
Apply at my home ia Bryan. ;. NJ
Derdon.
Mrs. NJ. F.. Carroll and ID. p. Car
roll left yesterday to visit In Lake
county Miss.
twill pay youto buy from us what
YOU need before the Big Racket
Store closes.
Mrs. Knox Williams returned 10
MilllcAn yesterday after visiting
Bryan friends.
Miss Fannie Morgan and Miss
Buena smith Of Millican were visi'
tors 10 Bryan yesterday.
The Racket Store Is cutting prices
on toys and dolls aud holiday goods
on account Of closing out. >
Mr.. and Mrs. J. y. Holland re-
turned TO Milan county yesterday
after visiting relatives In Bryan.
Bryan has received this season
over 5000 tons Of cotton seed foi
which an average Of $1,000 per ton
has been paid.
The colorod knights Of Honoi
grand lodge Of Texas meets In Bryan
December ~, ~ and 81. Chas. II
Thamas Of Waco Is grand dictator
"The other Fellow" will be ~ the
opera house Mon lay night. Like
fellow will sometimes do, he got hi'
dates mixed and did not get here
Saturday night.
i Numbers of people are taking ad
vantage Of the low excursion rates e
return on visits to the old states
There will be many glad Reunion
and happy Misunderstanding In the ole
states, when 1.-THE boys return from
.rTexas," to spend few days with th'
lid folks at home.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

Notice the skirts In Coulter's page
al this issue.
Buy your toy dolls and holiday
goods at the Racket Store. 3
Il. l.. Brogdon left yesterday for
Chicago with two cars Of fat cattle.
Mrs. +. r. Pryor Is visiting her
mother In Bolton and will remain
until after Christmas.
Save money while you can and buy
your toys, dolls aud holiday goods at
the Racket store. s
Mrs. II. r. White arrived yesterday
from South Cdrolina, where she has
been spending the past year.
Henry 4 Brogdon have a big
stock Of feed stuff on hand which
must be sold at once to make room
Tor seed corn, etc. For prices, phone
%.
"The other Fellow" company got
their dates mixed aud did not reach
Bryan for q performance last night.
The manager communicated with
Mr. Jonn b. Mike from Houston
aud stated that the company would
be here aud give the show Monday
night.
The Bryan telephone exchange
now has 3S3 phones la use, including
those reaching the Brazos bottom
Tabor, Kurten aud points In Madison
and Grimes counties, and with long
distance connections, gives perhaps
tho best aud most complete service
enjoyed by any Of the smaller cities
Of the state.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

the Thames. forty foot drop. Down
they went. striking sar water. which
instantly put out the flames, and they
were actually rescued unhurt Moth
ing else could possibly have saved the
baby from a terrible burning. II noe
from death.
Another feat almost as wonderful
occurred some time ago In the great
floods In the English north country. A
farmhouse on some low lying land
was swnmpcd out during the nlght.
and cradle containing a baby was
set anoat There was nearly seven feet
OF water all over the fields. and the
n other. a brave woman named Reyn-
oids. who happened to be a swimmar.
swan nearly a mile over the flooded
country. pushing the cradle before her.
through a stormy night and bitter cold
water.
She reached the higher land az last.
exhausted 10y cold and exposure. ana
was rescued and cared for at another
farmhouse.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

Little Montague was awake when
santa Claus came, dad.
Fathcr-wcre you? And what was
b. like. ehl
Little Montague-oh. I couldn't see
him. II was dark. you know. But
when he bumped himself on the wash
stand be said
Father (hastllyl - There. that II do.
Monty. Run away and piay.-Punch.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

Have you kept your New Years
rsolutlonsT"
"Ycs. / have faithfully kept a New
Years resolution that made three or
four years ago"
what was itT''
"Ncycr TO make any more resolu-
tons" Washington Star.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
Al Webb Bros. This Week.

A good bleached domestic 80 In.
wide, soft finish (no starch) DC.
Lonsdale domestic &c.
The best iOs. percals at TIC.
Amoskeag Teaseldown outing &c.
No Name outing Mt DC.
One that deserves no name" &c. :.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
MARY Had a Llttle Lamb etc.

MARY Had Little Lamb" etc.
Now, II Mary hadn't loved thai
lamb, but had damned her love In
stead. That Chestnut poem wouldn't
exist and you WOULD not have read
80 much about wool. all wool, free
wool, Australian wool, lambs WOO ,
dear wool. sheap wool and woolly
wool.
But IL pays 10 study this wool
question just the same, for We have
put some very small prices on big
wool blankets. We have them that
are all wool, good wool. cheap wool,
and some that's no wool at all.
Prices zoe a pair up.
II Webb Bros.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

Mrs. r. Nurius-l dreamed last night
that you gave me n diamond ring for
Christmas
MIR. r. NurluS-That's Just your luck.
Dreams always go by contrarics.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

There's a Christmas touch In the air.
I feel Il. somehow. cverywhere.
I feel u NJ home: II makes me blue
feel II M the once too.
My bank account IL tinged with sare:
There's Christmas touch IN the air.
--T4fa
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
GOOD THINGS TO EAT

Our store is full to overlooking
of many good things to eat for
your Christmas trade. Our line
Of tennessee canned goods is
also complete and will be sold
at eye opening prices; these
goods were all bought before the
advance and will be sold accord
ingto market price when bought
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
Leaped From Bridge
To Save Her Child

Among the wonderful things mothers
have done for their children perhaps
the most marvellous feat was that Of
poor woman named Ellis. the wife az
Q London costermonger. last year. The
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

Robblns-I didn't think you had any
idea OF marrying the widow.
Newlywed-I didn't II was an idea
OF hera-Smart Set.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14
III. IInnnr Calls.

wllkins-How many calls did you
make yesterday
Dilkins-Thrce. and, say, II was the
best game OF poker ever sat I'M
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

10 per cent In price and 25 per cent
in freight Is what save by buying
trunks by the car load. q
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-12-14

woman was hae
twenty-th three
years old. She
was wheeling
across the wesf
minister bridge
a barrow On
which lay her
baby. At one
corner Of TIA
barrow a naph-
tina mare amp
hung from In
support A pasa
ing cab collide1
with the bar
row. knocking
down the lamp
W hich poured
out a hood OF
blazing naphtha.
setting the ba-
by's clothes On
IRE I'M n mo-
ment. Inthe fash
Of an eye thu
mother caught
her baby up her
own clothes also
on IRE. and leap
II over the
bridge wall lnfn
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

1--WE been meditatin, Pete about de life I'm eadn'
Which makes DISCONTINUED, Ike cause why amt
ceedin;
80 I've made resoooon fggered wild greatest care
An which I'm ckin to- you bet all through de comm year.
de fust an eadin' thing dis don't mo wood
OATS all wayback number an it wernt good.
Dy gives you breakfast anyway de grub all de sme
De wmmin fails you wen you works de pous game
Pm goin' to do mo ridin', an / don't tramp any mo-
III work de rods de blind baggage else de empty car:
III travel fast any, an I'll think Of pay,
All watkins played-Fve got de right ride well dey
Pm gon' to snake teakitte likewise frying PAN
I'm done a-brlin' de Goals, an bin' in a can:
I've got as good coat in sight warmed back
Dis greasy bag the deuce-Ive hooked carpe-sack
I'm done wild soap, an water wahn or for drink
Dey both chill de soul man. an cause his heart to sink
I'm gon right up ain de stuff dey says will your senses
An live Jist like fghtn cock, an take de consequences
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
PAY the Bills.

The beginning of the new year brings
with it not only good wishes for happi.
ness and prosperity from friends and
acquaintances, but many billet doux
reminiscent of the comforts and pleas
ures which We enjoyed in 1902 but for
which we have not get paid. These
Bills, whether little or big, rarely seem
to the recipient sweet Williams, COM
ing as they do so quickly upon the
heels of Christmas which generally
leaves the average man short both Of
funds and amiability. They are among
the New Year callers to whom most
persons are inclined to give anything
but hearty and cordial greeting, and to
whom they would say mot at home"
II it We're possible to get rid of them
in that way. But it is not. They are
worse than mosquitoes. and the more
they are put off the more persistent
they become. They are precisely the
opposite of the bright but diminishing
little Mamie Netticoat of nursery
rhyme. The longer she stood the
shorter she grew. But the longer
these New Year Bills stand the bigger
they grow. Today they may be such
little Bills that we may feel that we
can afford to treat them with good
natured indifference and can put them
aside for a more convenient season
without harm to ourselves or anyone.
But pleasant, smiling little Bills.
when thus dealt with, soon deyelop in
to big, scowling Williams, carrying a
club called interest and bent on MAX
ing life miserable for those who failed
to meet them in the right way at the
beginning of the year. The best and
only way to disarm and render them
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

silly. That water mark across the
face looks suspicious? l spilled a
glass of lemonade on my desk one day
last summer. Really!
Finally the bells began to ring ana
the whistles to blow and we opened
the windows and drank our toasts.
It's because | sneezed that your
picture was spoiled. The bells kept
on ringing. but before they stopped
Margaret had still another idea. She's
full of them. She put down her glass
and took up my copy of Thomas a
Kempis.
IN open it at random she said,
and the first verse l see will be
prophetic for u.s.
Then she made some queer. weird
gestures and-you can't fancy how
pretty she looked with her yellow
curls floating down over that pink
gown or how uncanny it was to be
all alone at that hour of the night.
in the ligh, of the dying fire with all
that noise going on outdoors and the
chocolates and-and the other things
scattered about. She made a great cere-
mony of opening the book and what
do you think it was she read. This
and Phyllis put down her empty
cup and reached over to her desk for
little leather covered volume.
This: And thou shalt travel securely
in the path thou hast Legun'"
"The Lord forbid" said the man
energetically. Phyllis, that was your
first and last bachelor New Year
celebration. Thomas Kempis to the
contrary Notwithstanding"
"Oh," said Phyllis.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
Old Sunerstitions.

Among mcny other old superstitions
associated with new years is belief
that If lamp or candle be taken out
of a house on that day some member
of the family will die within a twelve
month, while to throw out dirty water,
ashes or anything whatever, no mat
ter how worthless. is regarded as GER
tain to bring ill luck during the whole
of that year If the first visitor to
dwelling on new years day is fe-
male, and she is admitted, misfortune
and misery are said to be sure to fol-
low that household for the next IL
months, while it is also thought to
bode serious evil to lady if her first
new years caller be dark complex
Toned, dark haired man instead of one
whose hair and skin are fair.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

harmless, to make them messengers
OF peace and prosperity, instead of bull
lies and barrators, is to put a check
OF cash In their hands when they make
their New Years call and send them
TO join the other annoying ghosts of
1907. This will make 1903 brighter
and happier for ourselves, as well as
for those whose claims are satisfied
will make the wheels of prosperity go
round, and prove Tor the general and
individual health an ambitious treat
ment better than any financial serum
yet suggested by monetary theorists
for business stringency
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
a DREAM OF VIOLETS.

The breath of violets by my pillow
blowing
So stole upon my senses that
dreamed;
Methought along a mountain patti way
going
came where starry hosts of vliolets
beamed.
So thick they grew, such heavenly
fragrance strewing,
A very paradise on earth 1t seemed
Then spoke my heart, Her eyes have
rested yonder,
And left where'er they shone this pun
pie wonder"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
THE NEW YEAR.

Here's a happy NeW Year,
SamsAine's IN the sky.
Join an the Hrong
Ind sloeH the song
That comes a-foatim' By.
Wear a smile far Strangers;
Welcome all ger KIM;
CdrUe the roast
and gre a toast
TO folks that happens IN.
Wish a0e all mag prosper
In aUhate' er ne do.
An ne nMst
IF eachW Just
Help the others through.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
\ u
But She Didn't.

Tommy--What does "credulous"
mean, ma?
Mother-Why, If / were to take any
stock in your fathers New Years res
olutions. then / would be credulous.-
New York Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
A Peculiar Custom.

AT Coventry it used to be the Gus
tom to eat what were called Gods
cakes on New Years day They were
of a triangular shape, about half an
inch thick and filled with kind of
mincemeat
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
Make IL Unanimous.

There's just this thing to say;
Concerning January bills
If everybody paid us we
Could everybody pay.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

At Springfield, H., Clarence Forbes
OF Chicago, knocked out Jack Kelly of
Brooklyn in the fifth round of a 90
round bout.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

there's no reason, as have lntlmated
on several occasions, for either OF us
being so classified.
That's neither here nor there" SAID
Phyllis, reversing the coffee machine
and settling back into her Bombay
chair to watch the Pickering alcohol
blaze. THE fact remains that each OF
us is a bachelor and that each of us
is plunged into deep indigo blues at
holiday time-Thanksgi and
Christmas and New Year--and yes,
birthdays, too, think. Easter goes
well enough-your new clothes to
brace you up and bunch OF violets
to pin on your frock when you go to
morning service is quite enough to
make Won happy. Easter isn't a
family affair, you see. Neither is the
fourth of July. That only makes you
nervous. not blue. But it's the three
holidays that come along towards the
end OF the year and the birthday that
is ready to pounce on you at any time
that bachelors should be legally ex-
cused from observing. Thanksgiving
and Christmas and New Years mean
home. and bachelors have only apart
ments, while a birthday merely serves
to emphasize your lack OF achieve
ment along certain lines"
"As l remarked before there's 40
reason"
you like your coffee clear and
frightfulIy black, don't you?" asked
Phyllis, gazing critically at the spoon
full she had poured into cup. Then
it will have to boil a bit more. And to
return-can you tell me of more
forlorn specimen of humanity than
bachelor man or bachelor woman
isn't it nice we don't have to call
ourselves old maids in these days-at
Christmas time? Who was it that
wrote that clever story of the bachelor
who invited all the other bachelor
men and women he knew to Christ
Xmas celebration from which me
things-at-law were rigidly excluded?
Robert Grant? I'd forgotten, but any
ay The fact that you and remember
magazine short story so distinctly
rs TO prove that it was tased on IN
isputable fact It's a curious
=. ing that after so many years Of
chelorhood one can't go back and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
Ney Years Week In Society.

Nowadays it is fashionable in New
York, Philadelphia and other large
cities for hostess who intends to en-
tertaih to make up company and go
to the country, either to the hostess
country place or one secured for the
purpose, and there spend a week III
plays, sleighing, skating, games, the
atricals hunting and attending the
evening entertainments anywhere at
the schoolhouses and churches about.
These frolics are diversified with all
the old fashioned amusements they
can hear of, from barn dances in the
evenings to straw rides in the day
time. Necromancy, magic, ghost par
ties and fortune telling, tossing apple
skins, naming chestnuts, eating sailed
eggs, floating apples, drawing straws
from the stack, etc, make up a vari-
ETY. that affords endless fun. New
years in town is rather tame, the usu-
al dinners, gifts and suspension of
work being about all that calls for no
tice.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
The God Of the Seasons.

On one Of the seven hills of Rome
there is a spot where 1t is said st.
Peter was crucified, and over this spot
is built a little temple in his honor
The hill upon which is reared this
temple was named after Janus and
called niculum-changed in these
later days to Montorio, or Gold noun
tain. Janus founded a city, and after
his death he became a god in the pop
ular fancy. To him were dedicated
temples for heather worship. He was
the god of the seasons and is gener-
ally represented with two faces-the
one dark and gloomy, % an emblem
OF the history Of past ages. the other
bright and smiling. as a symbol of a
promising future. Sometimes four
faces are used, representing the four
seasons of the year, In his hand he
holds as many rods as there are
months in the year. one of which
bears his name. January. The tenn
pies erected to him had four doors and
three windows each. The doors rep
resented the seasons and the windows
the three months in each season
Pictures of Janus are frequently used
In decorating new year cards, stories
and magazines.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
Fer Bachelor neW Years Eve

OIllt1 l. - WSA
(A1 not intended for
p bachelors, re-
q marked Phyllis
sententiously.
Meaning you or
J me?" queried the
man from the depths
of a many pillowed
couch. [
Both"
'Well," came a
drawl, punctuated by
sundry carefully
manufactured rings
of blue smoke,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

and We read to each other between
times. Margaret was awfully serious
and so high-minded, don't you know,
that it really was funny when she
rolled off the couch and hunted
around in the pockets of her ulster
until she produced a little package
Of"
Cigarettes, I'll be bound" said the
man.
The very idea," said Phyllis.
And what if it was? Isn't it Just as
moral for woman to smoke as it is
for man, and is it a question of
morals anyway? It's merely a matter
of taste
bad taste" interrupted the man,
fiicking the ashes from his cigar.
ITS merely a matte. of personal
taste" Phyllis went on, 'and you've
got to stop interrupting me. | may
not like cigarettes myself, but then |
may not like nougat. Neithers any
reason why should preach pious
sermons to other women who do.
And besides, this was New Years eve
and-and-yes did. | smoked one.
Ugh! And SO did Margaret. And we
tried making rings but we couldn't,
and we burnt out fingers and the
smoke went down our threats and
they really weren't as nice as the
chocolates. don't you knew. 1t wasn't
much more than 10 o'clock then and
we had to do something to keep
awake"
Did you say this was New Year
celebration"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

Il haven't got to the end yet. AT
exactly 1880 o'clock we brought in
the bottle and-no we didn't crack
1t. We put it on the table by the box
of chocolates and near the remains of
the cigarettes and looked at it. Have
you ever noticed the extremely festive
and altogether wicked appearance of
a champagne bottle, just the bottle it.
self. Beer bottles are plebian, ginger
ale is pious, but even the label of the
champagne bottle fairly winks at you.
| suppose you can't imagine, being a
man, just how Margaret and felt.
sitting there, surrounded by the evil
dences of our depravity and perhaps
you can't be expected to know the
thrills we had when we started TO
open the bottle. I'd seen it done. So
had Margaret, but seeing and doing a
thing are two widely divergent acts
and some way, when that cork finally
came out it shot across the room and
Knocked off the nose of the Venus de
Ailo before it fell to the floor, taking
my one Bohemian glass vase with C.
I've never seen such an cratic action
on the part of cork and we were
both so startled that a good deal of
the wine foamed our and ran over on
the rug before we had sense enough
to fill our glasses. 1t was only a
pint originally and in the end it
made just two small glasses apiece.
Yoh A..
them poised, waiting for the bells to
ring. Then Margaret had another
idea. You know--no, you don't either
that she carries Harry's picture in
her watch. Fearfully absurd thing to
do, but Margaret is such a sentimental
goose. And what do you think she
did? She opened her watch and said
she was going to toast the picture. +?
| should say not! / wouldn't be so
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
The Growth of Time.

Well give no thought to our increas.
ing age,
Nor signs because another year has
flown,
But write upon each new and spotless
page,
"Our minds have wiser, hearts have
warmer, grown"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25
Tennyson--up to Date.

Ring out the old! Ring in the new!
Wiring out the hotel napkins. tool"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-25

silly. That water mark across the
face looks suspicious? l spilled
glass of lemonade on my desk one day
last summer Really!