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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15
Key Stone Md.

That Is the brand OF our lndle.
si.JO shoes, oXfords aud slippers.
Every pair guaranteed.
s3'sb Webb Bros.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

The Woman's Reading club met
Tuesday, March tenth, with Mrs.
IaliaferrO. II was u great pleasure
10 have present at this meeting Mrs.
j. Allen Myers, lOrmer president Of
the club, and Mrs. W. ;. Wilson.
IL was decided that the club should
| donate set of standard works tU the
school library of lrsuliue convent
on feast day, auI when che wealth
/ or CLERK permits, would plant iluw-
ers on the grounds OF the graded
school; the latter decided with Prof.
Winters approval. Mrs. Hudson
read an excellent paper on Walt
Whitmau's Peculiar style of Poe
| try which was prepared Tor pre-
NlOus meeting, but which the lruWu-
ing aspect of Mature prevented from
being read. The study was social
studies as follows:
Life aud Work VI Helen Hunt
Jacksou-Mrs. Anderson: The Work
Accomplished by one Book, "Ka-
mona, Mrs. Doremus; studies un
the Pr bicm OF Poverty Socialism.
Bellamys Looking Backward
The Laborer: Markham The Man
With the Hoe. Leader, Mrs. Hen.
dcrsou.
lhe history lesson was followed by
a Iahlu Talk ou kubeust,iu, Mrs. ".
>. Wilson rendering Rubcnsteiu's
song, Thou Art Like Unto Flow
~ 90 a beautiful manner, singing
the German words 90 the guitar ar-
compartment. The club then ud-
lourued 90 spend dcu4utlul social
time, the hostess giving 10 charming
rendition of"Oid Rubr a, 600. cuuu
irynan called him playing BOO New
YORK, while refreshments were spJy-
ed aud 30 interested We're an that the
old man : expression, Hot music uu
half shell Tor two, must have be-u
echoed 900 all hearts. Iu, next msrt-
ing Will be- with Mrs. j. ID. Allen.
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For Sale.

Six room house, three lots OF
ground, outhousos, underground els
tern, and all In hrst-class condition.
Price. 81 300. A. W. Holman.
o. lm.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

Hoods brigade meets in reunion
at Marlin this June.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15
For Sale or Peni

For sale now, or for rent after Apr.
LIST, our home place. Apply 10 VIII,
Lawrence. "a
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

The solons at Austin are now
working at two dollars per day.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

The home OF Mrs. h. V. kernole
was The scene of "A much enjoyed
card party given Tuesday night A.
Mr.. aud Mrs. sam Allphin. High
Five was the game. The urst prize
went 90 Mrs. Allphin and Mir. lyey
Foster, aud the second Co Mr.. Ali
phin aud Mrs. Beaseloy. Others
present We're: Mr.. aud Mrs. Jno. Is.
Alike, Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Knob
LAUGH, Misses Paris aud Drew, and
Mcssrs. Cnancie kcruule aud Rich
ard kuOblauch.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

Amid the first ray. oi SUNSHINE,
that have visited u- Tor two long
weary months, The Shakespeare club
called their friends together ou Nom
day aft moon for AN hours recital
10y Mr.. W. Powell Hale 40 the ever
hOspitable home OF Mrs. Milton
Parker. The program was unusually
good and consisted not only OF selec-
tlOns from the dramas OF shakes
peare, but many other beautiful
things from the pens OF our modern
poets.
Perhaps Mr.. Hale was 40 his best
IA expressing the exquisite lines aud
sentiment of fenuysOu : "First Quar-
rel. Ills Riley selections met-as
kiley's things always dO-with great
applause. The hour was delightful
10 all. The guests Of the club were:
Mesdames Crawford (WisJ. Frost
tMoJ, NJ. Parker, Balm (Houstoni.
e.. >. Parker, NJ. W. Sims. Sr., RAY.
sor, Mcqueen, Butler. Hall, W. &.
Fountain, DeMaret, Ernest Parks.
Robt. Webb, Juo. NJ. Lawrence. j 4.
Parks, J. Webb Howell. Winters.
cartwright, Taliaferro, Winter. All
ired Wilson, Dorcmus, Mckenzie.
Sims, Friley, Myers, Adams; Misses
Robinson, Cayitt, Howell. Doremus.
smith, Keeling, Read. Tabor tious-
toni, feverly, Ethel Cayitt, Rhodes.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

a domino party was given Thurs
day evening by Mr,. A. Il. Bate Ia
honor OF Miss Maud Howell OF Dali
lac. The guest OF honor was also the
victor in the game aud received a
handsome boquet OF yiulcts and
Terms. The party included Misses
Maud Howell Jennie Howell, Boat
wright, Bate, Ethel Cayitt, Parks;
Mossrs. Dyer, Carter, Farley, Davis,
Outal aud Adams.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

Monday night Miss Jennie Howell
entertained "a few couples OF young
friends most churmiugly with music,
gaines aud conversation 40 the ele-
giant home of her parents. Dr. and
Mrs. j. W. Howell. Refreshments
were served. Tho party was Misses
Ethel Iavltt, Emily Thomas, Bate,
Parks and Howell; Mossrs. Farley,
Dyer Carter, DR.. Howe and Geo. A.
Adams.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

Refreshments were served. Vocal
numbers by Mrs. j. Webb Howell,
Mrs. Frost OF Kansas CITY, aud Miss
Zuber, and an instrumental selection
by Miss Howell added greatly 10 the
pleasures OF the afternoon. Those
present were Mesdames Frost, T.. ].
fountain, Pryor, Gordon, Tilson, W.
q. Fountain, j. Webb Howell, Bain
of Houston; q. ;. Parker, Hall, n.
q. Rhodes, Mcqueen, ED >. Derdon,
Adams, A.. ]. buchanan, Coulter,
Cnrnes Misses Cole, Ethel Cavitt.
sadie Cavitt, Howell, Carnes, Coul.
ter, Zuber.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

In honor OF their wee daughter,
B,ss, Mr.. aud Mrs. Juo. B. Hines eu-
trriaiucd 40 dinner on sunday those
VINO formed her christening party,
ald few others. Those who en-
loyed this charming hospitality were;
ar. aud Mrs Frank Clarke, Or. ana
Mrs. oliver, Mr.. aud Mrs. 4. Is. Law
renee, Mis-. brandon, Mrs Martin,
Miss Porter, aud Master Geo. Bran
don.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-03-15

Mr.. aud Mrs. w. Wipprecht en-
tertainod IN their delightful way on
Sunday last with small dinner
party. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. >. Tiison,
AR. aud Mrs j. Webb Howell were
the fortunate guests.
ia
The musical club OF College, or
ganlzed recently, met at the assem-
bly hall Thursday night aud spent "a
very pleasant evening singing old
time songs.
W " "
a delightful reception was ten
tered to the legislative party visiting
az the College ma the mess nall par
Tors last night.
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Miss Sims was hosLass 10 The
Shakespeare club on Thursday. Dur
ing the business session strong plea
Tor less business aud longer lessons
was entered and will receive the at.
tentluu of the Year Book committee.
Owing 20 the condition Of the club.
Affairs business was easily aud quick
~ dispatched, and the twenty ladies
present entered into the real preas-
IRE oi the meuting-the program.
The discussion, Was Katharine at
heart womauly woman" had long
been anticipated, and realization
brought Eu disappointment. Mrs.
lilsuu and Miss Boatwright took the
lead la this discussion.
The ladies are going into their
chosen work of furnishing the
woman club room in the new H..
brary with much enthusiasm. Mes.
DANES Rhodes, Carr. Oliver. Has
we'll and TIlsOu have each contrib.
uted a picturc, and this will raise tho
club donation far above the hundred
dollar mark The club adjourned to
meet with Mrs. =. >. Tilson at the
residence of Mrs. Milton Parker
Mrs. Edward Hall was hostess 10
The Mutual Improvement club on
Wednesday afternoon, aud the meet
ing proved a most pleasant and pro-
iltablo one 90 all present. Marion
Crawford was the author Of the day
and Mrs. Sims gave very interest
Ing sketch Of his life. Mrs. Naple
read "a most excellent paper on The
Eternal City, aud had the thanks of
the whole club for the charming way
In which she treated this subject 80
full of interest 90 every one.
The discussion OF Gen. Lew Wal.
lace and his works was the next on
program and every member took
part. This part of the weekly pro-
gram FOR this year has proven to be-
one uf the most instructive the club
has ever had.
The members are very much In
terostod in the work on the Library
edition of the Pilot and are bending
every effort 90 make IL success.
They are meeting with much encour-
agomont from the business men of
the town and from the public ut
large.
90
Mrs. Malcolm Carnes entertained
the Sewing Circle Tuesday after
noon. The rooms showed tasteful
arrangement OF flowers aud vines aud
pot plants, among the latter being
an exquisite Gala lily. The ladies'
spent charming evening with
fancy work and social conversation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
RAILWAY TO EUROPE |
New Interest in the Project of New
York to Paris by Rail.
The Idea Is Not So Chimericnl ms 1t
Would Seem Mt First Thought
To Tunnel Beneath
Behring Straits.

When a few years ago some eXplor-
ers and engineers suggested an all-rail
route to Paris via a tunnel under the
Behring straits, it was considered as
the widest of dreams. But that there
is more to the scheme than idle spec
ulation is evident from the fact that
the projectors of the new road
(French ana Russian capitalists and
American bankers), have just filed
petition with Secretary Hitchcock, of
the interior department, for approval
of the proposed route. This petition
will undoubtedly be followed by an
application to congress for land
grant through Alaska. Col. James
Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, Holmes
Conrad, former solicitor for the de-
partment of justice, and Charles II.
Aldrich, of Chicago, are the attorneys
for the projectors. The petition, it is
believed, is a forerunner to asking the
United States to neutralize the straits
as between nations, so that, in the
event of war with China and Japan or
Russia no advantage will be given to
the enemies of Russia.
It lulllGl ultuGI lllt Sll dllo MOulh
be between Cape Prince of Wales, the
most westerly point of Alaska, and
East Cape, the most easterly point
in Siberia, and will, according
to report of the engineers,
prove a comparatively easy task,
for beneath the water, which in no place
is over 90 fathoms, the formation is
not of rock, but schist or slate. No
blasting would be Eecessary, and the
Diamede islands in the straits are so
placed as to offer the most convenient
means of ventilation Of the tunnel. The
straits, commonly reported to be from
II to 80 miles wide, are actually 40, and
the first island is Is miles from East
Cape; the second is 10 miles from that,
and the third five miles from Cape
Prince of Wales. Harry de Windt, the
explorer, journalist and engineer, who
with a party of Russians visited the
straits in 1898, declared after he had
carefully surveyed the situation, that
the difficulties to be encountered in tun-
neling and constructing roads in Alaska
TO connect with the trans-Siberian road
were not one-Quarter those to be en-
,countered in the construction of the
White Pass railroad, dreamed of ten
years ago by j. ]. Hill, for further north
the mountains diminish and the valleys,
thickly wooded to within so miles of
Cape Prince of Wales, run north and
south.
According to the present plans the
Trans-Alaskan Railroad company, of
which Mr.. j. ]. Frey of Denver, Col,
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DICK LEAVING LIGHT SHIP.

Immediately won the hearts of the keep
ers, and soon he was supplied with all
the food he wanted Not only this, but
every day, without break, the bird,
which by this time the men had named
"Dick," came back, and just as regularly
was he supplied. This soon grew into
habit; and the preparation of Dicks al
lowance became one of the cooks fixed
duties.
There would have been nothing very
remarkable in wild sea fowl following
an instinct that led it to repeat a search
for food so regularly and so bountifully
successful, were it not for it's later his
tory. One day near the first of the first
April following Dicks appearance at the
lightship he was missed, and was not
seen again until about the first of the
next October, when the same pro-
gramme of daily feeding was resumt d
and kept up as during the previous year.
Then, as the first of April drew near,
Dick would again take himself off to his
summer home, wherever that might be,
only faithfully TO return with the fol-
lowing October.
This repeated going and coming, with
the constant round of daily feeding, was
kept up for "a consecutive years; and
Capt Edward Fogarty, in charge of the
lightship, writes to us that the last seen
of the old fellow was in April, 1895,
when, according to his custom, he left
for his summer vacation, but, for the
first time in "a years, failed to return the
next October
What became of him no one knows.
His great age may have so enfeebled him
that he was unequal to the long flight to
and from his unknown summer home.
He may have chosen to stay there, or he
may have died of old age.
1t was noticed by the ships keepers
that during his last visit Dick plainly
showed the effects of his increasing
years, and that he was no longer able to
hold his own with the other gulls in
maintaining his exclusive right to the
bounty thrown out from the lightship.
The Smithsonian institution knew the
history of Dicks visits and was desirous
of obtaining his remains when he died,
but, while it is possible that in his later
life he might have been captured and
forced to end his days on shipboard,
there was not on board the lightship
so false as to make the attempt or permit
it in others.
The reports of Dicks arrival and de-
parture were faithfully recorded by the
captain in his ships records as if they
were an important item of marine news,
and in the neighborhood of Newport, at
least, he was as well known a character
as any pet elephant or monkey within
the safe confines of a geological garden
is to the girls and boys in the cities,
Dicks cage and playground was the
whole Atlantic ocean, if he had wished
but he was faithful to the friends whom
he had always found faitful to him.
st. Nicholas.
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TAN-TI, THE GREAT.
Little Dog of Pntrician Ancestry THAT
Was Drought to This Country
from China.

Eyes, indeed he belongs to the no.
bility and the gentry" said Miss Helen
Jackson as she looked admiringly at
the microscopic dog that was present.
ed to her by DR.. Decker during her re-
cent visit to California. This same
specimen of the pocket edition variety
of dog has excited the envy and ad-
miration of every one of Miss Jack
sons friends who has beheld his royal
highness, reports the Denver Post.
Just note the naughty pose of his
aristocratic little black nose and the
majestic flourish of what promises in
time to be a caudal appendage worth
mentioning" said she. "He is as much
impressed with his own Importance as
any viceroy with the peacock feathers
and yellow robe of the oriental king
dom, where a long line of his an
cestors have lived for years and years" "
His patrician blood is evinced by
numerous fine points and the black
ness of his satiny coat is accentuated
by the whiteness of his feet At pres
ent he is barely visible to the naked
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
STORIES ABOUT RAVENS.
Fidelity to Mates and Formation of
Peculiar Friendships Character
ize These Birds.


The raven always pairs for life, and
the strength of affection, the fidelity,
the dignity which this implies seem to
me to raise him infinitely, as it does
the owls above birds which congregate
in flocks, and so abjure family ties and
duties through a greater part of the
year
A raven kept at the "Old Bear" inn at
Hungerford struck close friendship
with Newfoundland dog. When the
dog broke his leg the raven waited on
him constantly, catered for him, forget
ting for the time his own greediness,
and rarely, if ever, left his side. One
night, when the dog was by accident
shut within the stable alone, Ralph sue
ceeded in pecliing a hole through the
door, all but large enough to admit his
body.
Another kept in yard in which big
basket sparrow trap was sometimes set.
watched narrowly the process from his
favorite corner, and managed, when the
trap fell, to lift it up, hoping to get at
the sparrows within. They, of course,
escaped before he could drop the trap.
But, taught by experience, he opened
communications with another tame
raven in an adjoining yard, and the next
time the trap fell, while one of them
lifted it up, the other pounced upon the
quarry.
A female raven, known at that time
to be 60 years of age, and who had passed
much of her early and middle life with
strange companion blind porcupine,
was given, in the year 1854, by Mr.. j. H.
Gurney. the well-known ornithologist,
to the rector of Bluntisham, in Hunting
! donshire She seemed so disconsolate
at the loss OF her surroundings that her
now owner, failing to get another raven,
managed to secure a seagull for her as
a companion. A warm friendship soon
sprang up between the two birds. They
followed one another about everywhere,
and the raven often used to treat her
companion to pieces of putrid meat
which she had buried for her own con-
sumption in the strawberries. These
were delicacies in the eyes of the raven,
but they were not so good for the gull.
In course of time, whether from indi-
gestion or not, the gull fell i'll and the
raven became more assiduous than ever
in her attentions, never leaving him
and plying him with her most nauseous
tit-bits. The gull grew worse, as was
perhaps natural under the treatment,
and less companionable, and one day,
when he positively refused to touch a
more unsavory morsel than usual
which the raven had denied to herself
and doubtless thought to be panacea,
the raven, in a fit of fury at the ingrati-
tude of her patient fell upon her friend.
killed it, tore it to pieces, and, burying
half of it for future consumption, de-
voured the rest-Nineteenth Century.
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wntchful Stone singers.

When the wheat is growing in the
fields near the banks of the Nile, Egypt,
great quantities of birds of every kind
pounce down upon the tender grain and
would soon destroy the whole crop were
it not for the watchful stone singers. f"
These are men who stand all day
perched on little platforms here and
there throughout the fields with slings
and pebbles, shooting any bird that
comes within reach The work of a
stone singer is a regular profession in
Egypt, though poorly paid one. it be-
ing thought that simply standing still
all day is not very hard labor, 1t is only
for few weeks twice year that the
stone singer can hnd employment
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
IN DISPUTE
The Tiny Specks That Both Amer.
lea and England Now Claim.
Why Those on the COnst OF British
North Borneo belong to Us
Where They Are and what
They Arc-The People.

When the sultan of Sulu (or Jolo)
first saw an American, he asked:
why did you come here to get more
land ?"-having heard that Americans
were very rich and possessed immeas-
urable lands. And if he now knows, or
ever happens to hear, that our govern
ment has taken the trouble to put her
seal on those tiny specks of land lying
off the northeast coast of Borneo, the
wee isles of Bagnau, Taganac, Bak-
kungnau, Lihiman, Boaani. Siebeung,
and Lankkayan, he may, indeed, doubt
the tales of boundless wealth and wide
domains belonging to the United
States. But these wee islands have
strategical value, and therefore we
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07

eve, but promises to be fully eight
inches long when he gets his growth
He answers to the euphonious name
of Tamil, which name has probably
descended to him through a long line
of royal dog ancestry. His mother,
trembling with fright, was found in
the emperor's palace during the siege
of Peking, was rescued and brought to
California by American sailors. Pinky-
Panky-Poo was recently in Denver and
had train of admirers, but the rule
Of Tamil the Great begins at once
in Denver dogdom, and all aspirants
for high places must bow to his su-
premacy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07

Is president, will construct the road
of $500 miles to Cape PriSce of Wales.
The Russian government will operate
the Siberian side of the road. The
White Pass railroad is paying enor-
mously, and it is certain that the pro-
posed new road would pay equally we'll,
for there are vast forests, tin deposits
at Cape Prince of Wales, copper depos-
its and gold fields of value which is
not yet known or realized.
The entire cost of building the con-
Meeting lines in Alaska and Siberia, and
constructing the tunnel would not be
as great as that of the New York sub
way 1t is planned to make the road
single tracked for freight with sidings
and will enable train to pull out of
Paris, and three weeks later enter New
York city.
Forty engineers who were sent out
by the Russian government for the sole
purpose of surveying the proposed road
have planned no mountain climbing OF
tunneling. The road by tacking would
avoid the mountains from Irkutsk tc
Yokutsk, distance of 1000 miles. This
section is now under construction. From
Yokutsk the road will extend half way
to Verkoyansk, and then strike due
northeast to Verin Kolymsk; then south
100 miles, and thence TO East Cape. Con.
'vict labor would be used in Siberia, ant
the forests would supply the ties and
lumber for 1000 miles of sheds in Siberia
and Alaska.
NJ. Locqui Lobet, member of the
Geographical society, and one of those
interested in the great scheme, passed
through San Francisco recently, ant
in talking of the plans declared tha
IL years would see the road and tun
mel completed and trains running.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
CONSUMPTION OF JEwELRY.
What Bccomes of Good Watches and
Other Articles of value is some
thing of II Mystery.

A periodical devoted to the jewelry
trade tries to account for the continued
sale of certain lines of merchandise. AS
cheap plated stuff is thrown away as
soon as the coating wears off. one can
understand why such articles disap-
pear. Rings, pins, and other objects of
real value, as we'll as jewelry, may be
lost, of course, but they don't wear out
They last lifetime. Owing to a change
in style, possibly they may be laid aside,
but this does not happen often.
Perhaps the most puzzling phase Of
the question is the demand for watches
and watch movements. This is encour-
aged by the fact that really good time
keeper in a nickel case can be bought
for $5 or SO, yet the number of watches
sold increases much faster than the pop
ulation. Where do all these go? So
durable are the old watches that thou
sands which have been in service for
nearly lifetime may be seen still in use.
A Pittsburg dealer said the other day:
The railroad man is about as fair an
example as you can find. While his case
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
THE MERRY-Go-RoUND.

Across the way there s a merry-g -go-round.
] can see ii whore lie.
can see the hobby horses glide across
the twilight sky.
Aud when the merry round goes round,
the music begins to play,
And the people laugh, and the children sing,
and all are blithe and gay.
And the merry -go-round goes round and
round,
And the horses never tire;
And the bright lights blaze,
And the music plays,
And the mirth rolls higher and higher;
As the merry go-round goes round and
round
And round and round goes the merry go
round.
MARY NJ. Parks, in st. Nicholas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-07
TRICK IN BALANCING.
After n Few Trials 1t Can BE Mastered
by Anyone Whose Hand Is
Reasonably Steady.

If you want to amuse some young
persons, get a decanter, a plate, ladle
and skinner, and then tell them that
you intend to balance the ladle and the
skinner in the manner shown in the
accompanying picture. OF course, they
will be incredulous, but, if your hand is
reasonably steady, you will be able to
do the trick.
First, hang the skinner by its handle
from the edge of the plate and keep it in
position by means Of small wedge