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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
smoking In spain.

In Spain people smoke necessarily
under all conditions. at all hours and
In all places. except In church. Men
smoke In the railway carriages; they
smoke In all the tram cars; they smoke
IN all the minor theaters; they smoke
in all the restaurants. I'm the hotel din
ing rooms, and. Of course, In the cafes.
In business offices the merchant ANA
his clerks smoke. In shops the shop
man, while trying TO sell goods TO a
lady. will stop TO roll cigarette.
which. when lighted. he will pun In
her face. You see conductors ami
drivers OF tram cars smoking. All the
hackney cabmen smoke all the time,
while even coachmen and footmen ~
private carriages sometimes smoke on
the box. Beggars approach You, cisa-
rette in mouth. 10 whine for aims. II
you ask for tickets at railway Office,
the clerk lays down his cigarette ms be
hands you the dingy bits Of pasteboard
The innumerable peddlers all smoke
cigarettes all the time.-J. a. Hart In
Argonaut.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
AN ALL AROUND CITIZEN.
No one state Was Large Enough Fes
This SON OF Erin.

There was an Irishman connected
with the suffers department In the
civil war" said an old veteran. "whc
fell asleep on the battle field after Bun
Run. A party OF Confederate scouts
saw him. and as he had no uniform
their leader proddcd him awake and
asked: who are your Where do you
belongy What's your namef
"'Begobs.' says Pat, rubbing his eyes.
'them's too many questions, und, be
yure leave. III be afthcr askln' yen IN
same
"'we're McClellan's men. Just from
Washington
81 knew yez ware. gintlemen. and
I'm thot same
"'oho. That's where we've caught
you. Put him under arrest. men! We
belong to Beaurrgard's army
"'Thln ye lied TO me, an, suspectin'
that same. | told ye the same thing yez
told me. retorted the freshman prompt
". Now give me the truth. an I'll dc
the same by yez. What state do ~
come fromr
"'From South Carolina
$50 do /, an from all the Other
states, begobs, an that's where In
thinkin' I've got the best OF yez. ie'
don't think I'd be SIGH n fule as tt
come all the way from Ireland TO be
long to wan state, do year New
/ York Tribune.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
The Raindrop.

The falling OF drop OF rain Is a
commonplace. everyday matter, but a
FASH OF lightning ah. that is something
out of the ordinary. something TO Won
der at 80 most men think. The hum
bic physicist plodding on tn trail OF
these manifestations OF physical energy
thinks otherwise. To him the drop Of
water falling gently i much more Of
mystery than the sudden rupture OF the
air gap and the hoadlong rush OF elce
trical energy in a disrupive DISCHARGE
Although rain has fallen since the
dawn OF creation. man knows very NJ
lie about the origin. the structure OF
the ralndrop. The reason Tor this II
that the simple looking drop OF rain y
In reality marvellous mlcrocosm
Some day when the mechanism OF
drop of rain shall be- made plain Il vii
be- found that the universe itself j. NO
more wonderfully held together
The size OF the drop Is not the obsia
Gle IN the way OF a clearer knowledg.
OF the drop structure, for the averngN
diameter of ruindrops Is not FAR From
one mllllmcter. and men 81 science
have TO deal with quantities inhnitoi.
smaller.-Sunset Magazine.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
AN INFANT MAGICIAN.
Mozart at the Age OF -Four Composed
q Dimcuit Concerto.


As a child OF three wolfgang Mo-
Eart's wonderful playing on the harp
sichord was the talk OF Salzburg, and
a year later his compositions were be-
ing played In public by his father. lie
was only four years old when he COM
posed a concerto so difficult that even
his father. one OF the most skilled vio-
llnlsts In Germany. could not play IL.
"Of course" said the infant magician,
"no one can be expected TO play II with
out dlligcnt practice" A year later
when wolfgang was only FIVE years
old. he was invited to give recital In
the hall Of the university, when the
magic OF his tiny fingers worked his
auditors to a pitch OF the widest en-
thusiasm.
At six he made tour OF Germany
and became the idol OF the courts, the
empress herself taking him on hei
knees and hugging him In an ecstasy
OF admiration. while Francis |. EN-
braced him and called him my little
magician" Shortly after he had pass
ed his eighth birthday Mozart was
electrifying England, was being pettcd
and caressed by George Ill. and hi,
queen and was publishing sonatas.
symphony and an anthem, which Great
ed furore among music lovers froH
one end OF the country TO the other.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

Ivory was used as a medicine up TO
the end OF the eighteenth century.
In Schroder's Zoology" 1859. trans
lated into English by 7. Bateson' II Is
thus described under tho heading.
"Elephas:" Ills teeth are only used
In medicine. vulgarly called ivory. The
virtues: IL cools and dryes, moderately
binds cuts. strengthens the inward
parts. II is good for the jaundlce' II
ehaseth away wormes. II Is good for
inveterate Instructions. II takes away
the pains and weakness Of the stom-
ach, IL heals the Epilepsie. drives away
Melancholy. reslsts rottenness and
poysons. II Is used IN infuslons. and the
powder is given In substance. The
dose is half a dram. Preparations
l.. Burnt ivory. called Spodium. and TO
distinguish II from the mineral Spo-
dunn. Spodlum OF Ivory H. Ioches
OF Spodium"
Ivory ground fine and made into a
sort OF Jelly has been used as
strengthening food in more recent
times by medical advice.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
ORIGIN Of the rnmntn.

The English word OF direct Indian
origin most frequently in use is 10
mato. A native Of tropical or sub.
tropical America. II was cultivated b.
the subjects OF the Incas and Monte
zumas. as well as by the other semi
civilized natives. long before the All
vent OF Europeans on this hemisphei
under the name Of tumatl or tomntl.
Though introduced into Europe al
most as early as its congener. the po-
tato. Il was many years before II made
It's way into popular favor. There IL
was first known TO the English as love
apple. TO the French ms pomme damour
and to the Italians rs pomi damore,
and these names are still In use, per
petuating the old, widespread notion
that its use as food had an influence
on the amatory passions.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
AR.markabIe Clock.

Japan possesses remarkable time
Niece. IL il contained In frame three
feet wide and five feet long, represent
Ing a MONDAY landscape Of great beau
". In the foreground plum and cherry
trees and rice plants appear In full
bloom. In the rear is seen hill, grud'
ual in ascent. from which apparently
flows a cascade. admirably initiated in
crystal. From this point a threadlike
stream meandcrs. cncircling rocks ANA
Islands In It's windings and finally los
ing itself In a faroff st""ich of wood
land. In miniature ssy golden sun
turns ON a silver wire, striking the
hours on silver gongs as Il passes
Each hour Is marked ON the frame 10y
a creeping tortoise, which serves the
Mace Of a hand. 4 bird Of exquisite
plumage MARBLES at the close OF each
hour. ana as the song ceases a mouse
sallles forth from a nelghboring grot'
10 and. scamporing over the hill to the
garden. is soon lost 10 view.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
schnnI cu.tom. bod chInn.

Many strange school customs prevail
IN China. The girls In that country
seldom 20 TO school unless they are the
children OF very rich people. School
work begins before daylight. and after
studying their lessons aloud for two
hours the pupils rcclte them. They
then 20 home to breakfast. after which
they return and study again tlll din.
ner time. In the afternoon they 20
again 10 school 10 prepare lessons for
the following day. by this time IL IS
night. This goes on every day OF the
week. for there Is no such thing as tie
Sunday holiday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
work For Hts sheep.

A resident Of London with a taste FOR
devlled Kidneys found himself recent.
ly In remote west Of England village,
where a sheep was killed about once
a week. Not knowing that mutton was
a luxury and kidneys, for obvious rea.
sons. therefore. rarity, he presented
himself day after day at the village
butchers with the same request for bis
favorite breakfast dish. The butcher.
looking upon his customer ms lunaiic'
bore Il as long as he could, but on the
nth day said Indignantly, III you
think. young man. that my sheep have
nothing better 10 do than 20 lay KID
neys for your breakfast YOU be mortal
mlstock "-I.ondon Answers
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
million and TriIIIon.

There are two systems % numera.
ton In use at the present day. common
Is called the English and the French
systems. In the former the billion i
n million OF millions. trillIon a mill
lion OF billions and each denomination
IS n million times the one preceding.
In the latter (which is the system used
In the United States the billion is %
thousand millions. and each denomina.
ton is "a thousand times the preceding
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
The HONG Of Mn.leaI rI.h.

Lake BattIcaloa. Coylon, has the
probably unique distinction Of being
the home OF musical fish. The sounds
emitted by these are said to be as
sweet and mclodious as those which
would De produced by a scrIes OF 30
liam harps Crossing the lake In boat
one can plainly distinguish the pleas
ant sounds. NJ On oar "a dipped 10 The
water the melody becomes louder aud
more distinct
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
rnsy divorce In old Timc-.

The code of King Khammurabi u
Assyrln. whose date IS approximately
2aOO y. G.. which las been deciphercd
from pillar discovered nc Susa. deals
exclusively with the subject Of DE-
vorce. ono OF the most Interesting
clauses is the following III the wife
OF a man who dwclls in the house OF
that man has set her face go go forth
aud has acted the fool and wasted h's
house and Impoverished his house.
they shall emil her 90 account TT tlr
husband shall say 4 put her away Doc
shall put her away. SHE shall goo he-
WAY: FOR her divorce be- shall give Dor
nothing"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
j. w. Bats
REAL ESTATE
a c z N I
Have IN once the only set OF Abstract Books OF
BIaIos County Land Titles.
FOR SALE.


FOR SALE.
About los acres located one mile
from court house, rs acres In cultiva-
ton aud balance In pasture. Fenced
with 9 wires. Price $4,000.
About 81 g and one-quarter acres
near schoclhouse In southeast part
of town. Snail ~ cottage, tenant
house aud we'll on premises. Price
s7b0.
ak room house and two lots OF
round located four blocks from
Main Street. Brick cistern on pre-
misses. Price $3.50.
One half OF a block near Allen
academy. Price $4,000.
About ~ acres Of land ON south
Side OF town. good new i-room house
with well. cistern and out-houses'
Price $1,000.
l-room house, with pantry, hall
and two galleries. Tub cistern, bor-
cd we'll, stable and garden. Locat-
ed 4 blocks from Courthouse. Rents
for se.O0 pss month, Price $65OVO.
.4he Joe b Reeu no,aa place; one
,duarter block of ground and = room
two-story frame dwelling slzoo
one half block Of ground adloin'
ing the ID & DeMaret place Price
$500
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

While waiting in the reception room
Tor their hostess some visitors were
entertained by that ndy's fouryear-
old daughter. one OF the callers no
marked to thc other:
"shc Is not very pretty
"No.r instantly replied The child; Il
am not very pretty. but ] ann very
s.m.a.r.t"-Ncw York Times.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
wnrm. a. soil nrnerntar..

Earthworms are not soil formers
for they are seldom met with In soils
that are destitute OF organic matter
They are simply renovators. Every
time worm Is driven by dry weather
or any other cause to descend deep u
brings 10 the surface, when II empues
the contents OF It's body. a few part'
Giles OF fresh earth. At the same time
Il fertlllzes the subsoll by opening up
passages. which encourage the roots os
plants 10 penetrate deeper, these pas
sages being lined with eXcreted mat
ter which provides store OF nourish-
ment for the roots on meadow lhni
Darwin found that these worm casts
amount annually 10 eighteen tons an
acre aud on good arabic land 10 about
ten tons.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
VII, 10 Mn. single.

"why don't you mariy| asked ono
Frenchmln 81 another
"Bccause ] must do 10 on certain CON
dlt.0us"
"What conditioner
"won. sou know. the lady must be
beautiful rich and o fool II She isn't
rich and beautiful, won't take her.
aud ~ sire isn't fool she won't take
mcw
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
rho rnhIl.hrr.. Error.

"The publishers told Arthur that ha
would have to rewrite @ good portion
OF bis book before they could bring u
out"
"Humph. / should think they would
have had him rcwritc some OF the bad
portions. "-Kansas city Journal
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

"But we've shall not begin our
married life with secret shall we,
dcawstT
"No. dearest" he murmured. There's
plenty OF timc."-pittshurg Gazette
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

'T'm sorry. but / really can't let you
see my wife II you wear that beautiful
new hat. she's quite sick. and the
doctor has expressly suited that Moth
ing must be- allowed 10 excite her
Mecgendorfer Batter
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

A New FORK paper asks. "will man
become obsoleteT
Don't most OF them get parriedi--
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12
Musical Diagnosis.

"what am awful voice that mans
gotg' said the manager. who was hs
tenlng 90 the throaty tenor.
"Call thai a volceT said his friena
"Its disoasev'-Punch.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-12

Customer CCntering poultry shop)-l
should like 20 see nlcc Tat goose.
Small Boy-Yes, sir; mother VIII b.
IN directly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06

people and has therefore not reduced
mercantile sales to the extent which
might have been anticipated. LuXuries
have been Hoped off to a considerable
extent, but the business of those who
supply commodities that enter into gem
eral and necessary consumption keeps
up surprisingly.
Background prosperity has not suf-
fered appreciably. There have been
more bounteous harvests, but the farm
ers and planters of the West and the
South are getting larger net returns
for their surplus products than in any
previous year, with possibly one excep-
ton. Everything that grows out of the
ground brings remunerative prices, and
wealth of the country. Speculative ac-
cumulations have in many cases melt
ed away, leaving their former possess
Sors in a very uncomfortable state, but
this is a misfortune the Importance of
which is very likely to be exaggerated.
In fact, it has been grossly eXaggerat-
ed, and the impression cultivated that
because of the ill-luck which has be-
fallen the gambling element the whole
country is in danger of a business re-
vulsion which may grow into a panic
ultimately. Everybody now realizes
that the reaction which has taken
place in stocks and bonds was some
thing which could not have been avoid
ed, and that II represents simply a re-
turn OF values 10 something like a nor
NAL basis. In this decline the good
things have suffered with the worthless
or speculative securities Recovery OF
the good things VIII inevitably occur.
and already investors are in the mar
ket for securities which have in them
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
WALL STREET AND ITS DOINGS
What the People are Doing With Their Surplus
Cash
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, Dec. 5.-The tendency is
conditions. Governing indications
point to the accumulation of funds in
New York and other important fiscal
centers after the first of January. The
fear with bankers, trust companies and
money lenders in general is not in a
scarcity of cash, but that it will pile
up uncomfortably This condition, if
it materializes, will be due quite as
much to the timidity of borrowers as to
any other cause, a development which
can hardly be looked upon as wholly
favorable in a broad sense. Such a
condition will reflect a reactionar-y ten
dency in general business and a lack
of confidence in the near future. The
effect, however, will be corrective of
the speculative eXcessses which have
been such feature of recent financial
and industrial history.
The business world has been taking
in sails for months and the tremendous
liquidation which has been going on has
curtailed Indebtedness to an extent
hardly dreamed Of This is not wholly
reflected in the bank statements which
appear periodically, but the process has
nevertheless been going on insistently
and on a tremendous scale. Personal
expenditures have been cut down in
every direction where the pinch has
been felt in the least This 10 a con-
siderable extent Is a mere curtailment
OF wastefulness VI has not 10 far been
al impairment ufN the comfort Of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06

is said to foreshadow the erection of
a big wire and wire nail plant, and
thereby beginning active competition
with the United States Steel Corpora
ton. Looking beyond that some
shrewd people see in the move a cam
paign to compel the trust to take over
the Independent property. Negotia-
tons to that end have been commenced
and dropped a half a dozen times in
the past. Close friends of Mr.. Gates
say that he will not take an active per-
sonal part in the management of Re
public Steel. His health is far from
robust and he has confided to his as
sociates that his main care hereafter
will be his own physical well being.
He was badly frightened about him
self last summer, when at Saratoga.
He rallied quickly. but of late has not
been well. He is at present at or near
Port Arthur, Tex, where he has i'm
portant interests, and advices from him
as to his condition are not as reassur-
ing as they might be, although he says
he is feeling really better than for a
year or more. He is supposed to have
gone into Republic Steel to oblige
friends more than anything else and
to show them that he had confidence
in their judgment as to the future of
the property.
Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan is not Civ
ing vigorous denials to reports that
he intends to take trip to Europe
very soon after Jan. /. Mr.. Morgan
is understood to have his affairs in
superb shape and to be situated so
that he might easily spend six months
or a year out of the country without
the slightest inconvenience or inter-
ruption to his business. While the
general public has been interested
with the frequent publication that he
is being ground under the iron heel
OF Mr. Rockefeller and the Standard
Oil crowd he has in fact been putting
his house in shape. and in the whole
world tlmre is probably to-day not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
A StOrefu| Of Choice Holiday Gifts! We could
not begin to mention them all. Here are Exquisite
Fans, HandkerChefs, silk Umbrellas, Furs, Chiffon
Capes, Neck Pieces, silk Hosiery, Collars and
StOIeS, Ebony. COCpboIa and Ce||uOid Cases with
Beautiful Fittings Photograph Albums, GentIemen's
Slippers, MufferS and silk NeCkWear

their enterprises with their personal
credit. They have shown confidence
in their properties through the worst
stages of depression when the out
look was most threatening and when
the prophets of evil filled the newspa-
pers and market reports with the
gloomiest of forebodings. Now that
the outlook has frightened and there
is a certainty ahead of relief the en-
tire securities situation feels the
change. Until the current supply of
desirable bonds and the new issue,
which are impending are pretty well
cleaned up by the investment public
it will not be safe to bank too strong
ly on hopes of a marked permanent
Improvement in sticks. This will come
later.
AS the bond market hardens there
are likely to occur sharp recoveries
in stocks, but hardly a movement
quotations that will stick. Banks IN
every large city are carrying securi-
ties which they will unload at the
first opportunity that offers for es-
Gaping without loss. Every consider
able rally will bring his stuff out and
there is a mass of it to come. A few
of the sturdier banks have already ap-
piled the AK but a large majority of
them have unsold collaterals on hand
which, if disposed of at present prices,
would show a loss. The extent to
which this has been done is not suf-
fieient to jeopardize the safety of the
Institutions but il is, nevertheless, a
source of discomfort to the people
who are carrying the load and they
make no concealment Of a desire to
get out from under. 1t is the selling
for account OF banks and trust COM
panies which checks every important
rally in the market. The bearish pro-
fessionals eely upon liquidation Of
that kind to aid them in their cam
palgns on the Stock Exchange. Here
tofore they have not been disappoint-
ed and on every advance they put out
short lines with the utmost confidence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06

Lately, however, they have not met
with their usual measure of success.
the market having developed more
stubborness than they like to see. Elk
perienced traders who are neither
welded to the bull nor the bear side.
but who are governed by impartial
Judgment of conditions have been
buying moderately in anticipation of
a December or January boom. Conse-
quently prices do not react and the
bears are having some trouble in get
ting back their commitments. This
has produced a market situation akin
to deadlock, and once more commits
sion houses and brokers are wailing
and discussing dull times.
The passing of the preferred dividend
of the Republic Steel and Iron Com
pany, Is Variously construed. 1t is ac-
cepted as a confession of an unpleas-
ant truth in connection with the steel
and iron trade. but it is not upon this
point that discussion hinges. In some
quarters the action of the directors is
held to be belated admission that Dre-
Vious dividends were unjustified. and
that the earnings which were distrib-
uted to stockholders should have been
held in the treasury as working can
ital. In other quarters this view is
combatted, and the theory exploited
that the property is in sound shape.
but will have need for earnings to
properly carry on the business. The
Republic Steel and Iron Company is
looked on as one of the strongest of
the independent concerns, being able
to supply itself with most every kind
of raw material and of working IL into
finished products. The only thing it
seems to lack is a wire mill. and it is
on that account that the election of
MIR. John w. Gates to the directorate
is given news Importance. Mr.. Gates
is popularity supposed TO be one Of
best equipped wire manufacturers in
the United States. His investment in
a large block Of Republic Steel stock