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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-11-14

The report Of the Civil Court OF
Appeals, First district, In yester'
days Galveston News contained the
following: Reversed and rendered
Hattie &. Harbers et al vs.. Samuel
Levy et nj from Brazos county"
This suit involves the home OF Mrs
HArbers In Bryan. Judgement was
rendered for Levy et al In the dis
trict court. As indicated the higher
cour has reversed and rendered for
Mrs. Harbers et al.
The Eagle was informed yesterday
by Prof. r. II. Marshall, associate
professor Of animal husbandry, of
the A. 4 NJ. College, that he will
bring his students In stock Judging
10 the hog show next Saturday, TO
give them the opportunity OF study
ing the merits Of the different ami
mails on exhibition Prof. Marshall
is 10 Judge the swine for the award
OF the Eagles prizes.
Robert owen and Herbert Laven-
der were here from Grimes county
yesterday after a coffin for Mrs,
Minnie Stewart, age 20 years, and
wife OF VIII Stewart, who died at
her home near Keith yesterday
morning at . o'clock and will be
buried today. Mrs. Stewart was u
daughter Of Mr., Owen and greatly
beloved by friends and neighbors.
Joe Edmonds was here from lola
yesterday making arrangements to
move with his family 10 Bryan.
Tom Gloss OF Edge made u ship
ment Of two cars Of cattle 10 Hous-
ton this week.
Mat Sheppard and wife were here
from the Kurten neighborhoood yes
terday.
Jap Prater and Henry Casey were
here from Willow Hole yesterday.
Tom skies and II. T.. Manley were
here from Benchley yesterday.
Dr, and Mrs. Gilmore of Keith
were In the city yesterday.
A. n. McSwain was here from
Rock Prairie yesterday.
James Wilson Jr. was here from
Edge yesterday.
Mrs. NJ. Nagle is improving after
an Illness
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-11-14
HLocUTIoN RECITAL.

Miss NJ. Helen johnson and
class gave =. elocution recital at
TIP opera house last night which
vas much enjoyed by the audi
snce. Miss johnson has fine ability
and the faculty OF imparting q
knowledge Of her art 10 her pupils.
This was evidenced by their clever
work last night. The program
was well chosen.
When the Cows Come
Home"
Readiug-"An Oversight OF Make
up".............,.....H0lm Holmes.
Miss Lillian Bate.
Piano Solo-KsTgAnOll Tarntelle
Miss Irma Harris.
Reading-Molly .... Anita Kellogg.
Miss Louise Harris.
Rsading-AuX Italiens ............
.................. Bnlwer-Lytton.
Miss NJ. Helen Johnson.
Pantomime-Saleo OF Old Bachelors.
Misses Louise Harris, Alma Cole,
Trina Harris. Lucille Bate, Edith
Johnson and Erin simpson.
Reading-Charlie ..........E T.. Cook.
Mise Stella Johnson.
Pantomimc-Jesus, Lover OF My Soul.
Misses Louise Bate, Bessie Dean,
Aline Rohde, Stella Johnson, and
Lillian Bate.
Monologue-Playing the Society
Belle............ Bertha Wilson
Miss NJ. Helen Johnson.
ReAding-Sandy's Romance. .....
..............,.....H. Davenport.
Miss Lucille Bate.
Reading-Seein' Things at Night.
................... Eugene Field.
Miss Aline Rohde.
Drill-Scarf fantasies.
Misses Alma Cole, Edith Johnson,
Bertha Adams, Louise and Irma
Harris, Lucille Bate, Maggie Nc
Dougald, Erin Simpson ana Adlint
Sanders.
Monologue-Nydia, the Blind Girl
Of Pompeii ................ Lytton
Miss NJ. Helen Johnson.
I Drili-Upside Down Drill.
Misses Aliue Rohde, Louise and
Lillian Bate, Stella Johnson, Bes.
sic Dean sud Warren Tilley Withers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Hunting the Cave Tiger
Is Exciting Chinese Sport

There is good hunting in China-eX-
citing enough to suit any sportsman. 1t
Is thoroughly sportsmanlike, also, for it
is an equal contest between the hunter
and his quarry. The quarry is a tiger.
A returning American who tried this
strenuous sport once-only once-was
telling about his experience the other
day. This Is his story of the most ex-
citing hunting trip he ever took or ever
expects to take:
II happened to be near Annoy not
long after the recent unplea Santness
in China he said, land there I met a
friend who Is employed In the Chinese
customs service. He is a keen sports
man, and l thought then that I was.
Naturally, when he showed me several
fine tiger skins and told me that he
had shot the tigers himself in the coun-
try around about there, I wanted to
shoot tiger myself.
II said so. My friend explained that
the tigers were found among the caves,
but l didn't raise any serious question
to that, hearing that there was little
jungle about there. You see, 1 didn't
know.
my friend said he'd fix it for me.
When was so set on the tiger shooting
he was as anxious as /. He lent me a
rifle found a native tracker and the
next morning the tracker and l set off.
I'VE went by boat up the river to the
tiger country. After an hour or two
we came to a spot where the banks
were high and rocky and honeycombed
with many caves and openings. Then
we landed and my guide began to ex-
anime the cave mouths for tracks.
Eat last, at the mouth of large,
dark f1ssure, he pointed out some marks
in the sand which he said were the
tracks of a tiger. He wasn't satisfied
that they were fresh, but nevertheless
he lit torch and signed to me to enter
"I confess freely that didn't like IT..
/ think I'd have backed out If / could,
but there l was, committed to the en-
terprise. There was no getting out of
it, so, reassuring myself with the no.
ton that if my friend could kill tigers
that way I could, I saw that my rife
was properly loaded and stepped in
front of the tracker.
1.-THE cave widened inside and in the
floor of clear white sand the tracks
were plainly visible. The cave was not
large, though, and there was no tiger
inside. Being sure of that we went on.
1.-The guide said 1t was not the regu-
lar haunt of the tiger, but he occa-
sionally used 1t, and now he was pretty
sure he knew the cave where the tiger
| WOulu DC. I1G lOOh " oiiOthOA No' S'
There were many tracks at this one.
They led into a narrow, dark opening
which you couldn't enter upright. But
the tracker relighted his torch, signed
to me to get down on my hands and
knees and get in.
again I was ashamed to refuse.
went in.
"Behind me, blocking the passage,
came the tracker, with his lighted
torch just over my shoulder. Cropping
on hands and knees along winding
hole, I could see only two or three yards
ahead.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
C|C|NNATI MONEY
PAYS FOR CASTLE
Manchesters Are Ripping the
Inside of Ancient Kylemore
Castle to Pieces.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service.
ONION. Nov 21-Beautiful Kyle
l. more castle is undergoing transfer
nation since it came into the hands OF
the American Duchess of Manchester.
The experts who pronounced 1t, before II
was sold recently, to be one of the finest
mansions in Great Britain, will not know
it in few months from now. Exter-
nally there will be no change. but inside
the ancient place is being pulled to pieces
as fast as the builders men can move.
perfect system of heating on American
principles is being introduced, and in
other ways the castle is being made COM
Potable in accordance with modern Ideas.
special suite of apartments is being
arranged for the nursery and playroom.
The servants quarters are also under
going a change. Hitherto they were
distributed all over the building, but
when the alterations are complete they
will have a section of the mansion en-
tirely to themselves. Some of the oak
staircases which were creations of the
carvers' art and which visitors to the
castle in the days of its late owner en-
We'd so much will not do for the duchess
They are being pulled out and replaced
with the finest Connemara marble In
which the immediate neighborhood
abounds.
little interest in the change that is be-
ing effected, everything being done under
the direction of the duchess There ap-
pears to have been a difference of opin-
ion between them with regard to the dis
posal of the estates to the tenants under
the new land act The duke would like
to be an Irish landlord, but the duchess
didn't want to be responsible for the
maintenance Of the estate, and she would
not hear of the trouble of having to col
lect rents from a people in a semi i'm
poverished state. In this, too, she is
having her way, and the farms and small
holdings will be sold to tenants according
to their necessities. The duke is al
lowed to retain a small portion of the
estate for shooting purposes
The duchess has given to the tenants
her assurance, through her agent, who Is
now administering the estates that she
will spend a good portion of the year
among them and that she will be always
ready to lend them any reasonable as
sistance. The presence of the family at
the castle will be a material benefit to
the locality, and every one is looking
forward to a good time when the Man
chesters take up their residence there.
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clubs, by broadening the chest and
strengthening the arms, keeps the rest
Of the body in proportion.
Titled Ones Are Taller.
Numerous titled people are indebted
to Prof Atkinson for their height and
figure. The son and heir of the Earl
of Meath, 1t is noteworthy, had six
inches added to his stature in the space
of four months. And while the craze
for tall women lasted the professor
was rushed to the point of exhaustion,
by society girls whose inches were not
up to the standard required by the
marrying men. The average number
of society women who subjected them
selves to the stretching process was
about six a month
Unfortunately, however, a reaction
has set in and tall society women are
going out of fashion in the matrimonial
world, and short, petite brides are the
rage. great opportunity exists for
a scientist who will discover a method
of making the tall short. The Japanese
do this successfully with oaks, frs and
other forest trees, which they are able
to dwarf to the dimensions Of a small
geranium. Why should not twentieth
century science, now 1t is able to make
the short tall, be able to converse it's
methods and make the tall short?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
PULLING HIS LEG TO MAKE HIM LONGER

Royal Veterinary college, and is an
authority on wrestling. He 1T was who
after curing the Dowager Duchess of
Sutherland, who had suffered nightly
from stiff joints, was called in to at
tend the king, then Prince of Wales,
when he had sprained his knee from a
fall down the steps of Lord Roths-
childs house some five or six years
ago.
A Convert Tells Secrets.
A friend who became a convert to
the system and was permitted to take
some photographs Of it says that the
patients, after the removal of some of
their outer garments, are placed in a
seat that looks like a cross between
bath tub and BARRIERS chair, and an
afr-proof macintosh, which fits tight
round the throat, is fastened around
them. Beneath this Is fixed pipe
which conducts hot air. After sitting
in high temperature for some time
the patient is massaged by a brawny
professor Then the height increaser
starts operations by placing his left
.'hand on the spine, and his right on the
back ''Of the neck, gently but power
fully manipulating the cervical bones,
squeezing them apart, to put it in un-
technical language. The same process
is repeated with the spine, the joints
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

N A ADRID, Nov. 21.--Sir Mortimer Du-
I'VE rand, who is to be British ambassa-
dor at Washington is man of the
world who has won the warm approval
of the high society of Madrid In the
course of the three years of his sojourn
here he has given several brilliant fetes
in the Embassy palace, aided by Lady
Durand and her pretty seventeen-y year
old daughter who recently made her first
appearance in society. Sir Mortimer pre-
scented also at one Of these fetes his son,
cavalry officer, who had come to re-
cover In Madrid from the Injuries he re-
ceived in the Boer war.
Sir Mortimer, who is fifty-three years
old, leads a youthfully active life. Gem
orally, he turns out betimes; takes long
ride on horseback, and after breakfast
devotes himself to his work for the rest
of the day.
IT Think he said to the writer today,
that my new work in Washington will
be most agreeable. Between America and
England there is no question impending.
Moreover, / am sure that England will
always endeavor to maintain excellent re-
lations with the United States. and to
avoid all disagreement. That is proved,
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for instance, by the manner in which the
contest between Canada and the United
States, concerning Alaska, has been set
tied. In these conditions my mission per-
haps will be more 'mondain' than diplo-
matte. If some question should arise, 1
fully believe that it would be arranged
promptly and satisfactorily to the senti-
ments of both powers.
II have never been in America; but
that nation is very sympathetic to me.
and 1 am delighted to go to Washington"
There has been great revulsion Of
feeling in Spain toward England since
Sir Mortimers stay here, and it is not too
much to say that his quiet dignity and
tact have been largely responsible for 1t.
The British sympathy for the United
States In the Spanish-American conflict
gave the ambassador hard row to hoe
when he came here, and it speaks vol
rmes for his ability that there is now a
popular cry for closer alliance with
England. I think 1t would be permissible
to say, also, that Sir Mortimer has been
Of material assistance In smoothing the
path Of the American minister, Arthur
sherburne Hardy, the British diplomats
old colleague In Persia.
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ship, become British subject again.
stand for seat in parliament and cut
a dash in the house of commons as
follower of John Morley. The only
shadow of truth in all that rubbish was
that Mr.. Carnegie really is the closest
chum of John Morley, and is probably
one of the very few persons who saw
that literary stateSman's Life Of
Gladstone" before it went to the pub
Usher. If anything could tempt Mr..
Carnegie to go into British politics it
would be his personal fondneSS for Mr..
Morley, but 1 am assured that the great
distributor of libraries is as jealous Of
his American citizenship as he is OF
his fame as patron of books.
The number of acceptances of his
offer of free libraries to British towns
is said to have fallen off greatly Of
late. Several such offers have been
stiffly declined and several others have
led to such violent local rows that Mr..
Carnegie has become slightly bored
with the whole business, and inclined
to pay more attention to British In
dustrial undertakings. He is inter-
ested in more of these than is generally
known. A few months ago he came to
the assistance of the South Wales
quarrymen in their fight with Lord
Penrhyn, the owner of the quarries,
and now he is doing something for his
own countrymen in the Highlands OF
Scotland. The crofter question has
been exercising his mind for years and
he has sent anonymously many thou
sands of dollars to relieve immediate
distress. He prefers to remain in the
background now with regard to any
thing he is doing to revive industries
among the grofters, and the money
that he contributes is always in an as
sumed name. When asked sometime
ago why he did not want his identity
disclosed he replied: America is my
commercial home; / am in Great
Britain to spend money, not to make
it,"
The announcement made recently
that an important scheme was on foot
to develop the Scottish peat fields is
the outcome of a suggestion on the
part of this millionaire. A community
known as the Scottish Labor colony,
has been for some years working the
peat fields in a sort of haphaZard way.
Now the Scottish Peat Industries,
limited, at the instigation of Mr.. Car
negie, have bought the colonys under
taking and intend to put down a new
plant in the district The capital of
the concern is 100000, and it is be-
lieved that Mr.. Carnegie has given
sufficient to provide for working ex-
penses free of any interest. The in
dustry will open up a new era in the
Highlands.
No definite news has been given yet
concerning the great plan for the con-
struction of model tenements, but in
response to Mr.. Carnegie's request the
representative body Of housing exports
who have been interesting themselves
in obtaining better living accommoda-
ton for the very poor, have now pre-
pared a complete scheme for his APP
prevail, involving the initial expendi-
ture of a good many millions, although
it is claimed that when once the tene-
ments are built they will be self-sup-
porting.
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Beyond that was inky blackness.
More than once l thought 1 saw the
tigers shape In front of me. But each
time the guide behind prodded me to go
on. hated to, but went.
I'VE must have penetrated fifteen or
twenty yards in this way when found
the passage widening and saw 1t led
into larger cave. / was just about to
enter this, congratulating myself that
here at any rate l could stand upright
and move, instead of being cramped on
hands and knees at the mercy of what
ever there was ahead, when the track
er seized my arm from behind and
pointed over my shoulder into the dark
ness.
II couldn't see thing at first and I
couldn't describe my feelings, but then
the guide raised his torch little, and
perceived only few yards in front Of
me two burning eyeballs, apparently
close to the ground.
1T was case of acting quickly and
making no mistake. 1 raised my rifle,
and with the light of the torch behind
me on the sights, aimed straight be-
tween the two points of fire and pulled
the trigger.
1.-THE concussion, in the confined
space, almost deafened me. At the
same moment the tracker damned his
torch into the sand and eXtinguished II,
leaving us in total darkness. Before
knew what was happening I felt him
dragging me backward through the
passage, and in few seconds we were
in the open air.
Il asked the man what was to be our
next move l didn't tell him so, but I
was determined on one thing Nothing
would induce me to enter that cave again,
with possibly only q wounded tiger in 1t.
However, the man was jubiiant He
declared that had killed the beast. How
he knew, seeing that he had extinguished
the light the moment / fired, I couldn't
imagine and he didn't explain.
Now, l was by no means sure that
had hit the tiger at all, but after relight-
ing the torch the native said there was
no danger and he was going in to see.
He went, / stayed outside and registered
a mental VOW that nothing should ever
persuade me to so tempt Providence
again.
seemed to be an interminable interval,
and he was beaming with joy. He said
that the tiger was stone dead, shot
through the brain. Then he went to fetch
the two boatmen to help us haul the beast
out.
1--WE did 1t by tying a rope around the
body and the three OF us pulling on 1t,
while the fourth guided the weight over
the rough spots 1t took an hour of haul
ing to do 1t.
1T proved to be a male tiger of not
very large size, but In excellent condi-
ton, with a beautifully marked skin. By
afternoon we had that off and were on
our way home
Now, my friend assured me later that
tiger hunting of that sort was as safe as
such sport could be- Among the many
expeditions after these cave tigers that he
had taken part in. he said. he had never
known a mischance. The tiger whether
missed or hit, never charged Whether
the light and its sudden extinguishing
confused him or not he didn't know but
no accident ever occurred.
"It may be true" concluded the man
who had tried it once. "but I'm all III on
that sport Never again for me-"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

eliminate the submerged TENTH to
work social revolution in a compare
lively small city like Dunfermline."
The Laird of Skibo' has inspired
some of the Scotch newspaper cores
pondents to occasional flights Of i'm
agination that would do credit to the
yellowest of American yellow journals.
One of them divulged to the writer
the other day-and was prepared to
write it all out, for e a thousand
words-the astonishing fact that Mr..
Carnegie was behind big Liberal pa
per which was to be started in Glas-
gov, and that as soon as he had made
sufficient Roadway with it, be was go
ing to surrender his American citizen
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the Pended tower into museum, by
giving $4,000 for baths and gym
nasium, by providing Carnegie bur-
saries for secondary education, and for
years he has contributed to the funds
of choral and orchestral societies.
TN his letter announcing the gifts to
the people of Dunfermline, Mr.. Car
negie says: 1T is more than twenty
years since I provided in my will for
this experiment, for experiment it is.
Ny retirement from business enables
me to act in my own lifetime, and the
fortunate acquisition Of Pittencrieff,
with it's lovely glen. furnishes the need
ed foundation on which you can build,
beginning your work by making it a
recreation park for the people. Need.
ed structures will have an admirable
site on it's edge, in the very center of
the population With commission
such as this and an income of &25,000
a year, it should be possible, If not to
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den1esne' bought by Andrew Carnegie
for the people of his native city. The
gift of a romantic glen and park, with
$2,5O0,OOO thrown in, has no parallel
in recent years in this or any other
country. Twenty-Five thousand pounds
a year-the income of the $2,5OO,OO0-
means nearly two golden sovereigns to
every inhabitant of the city, provid-
ing the steel trust bonds, in which the
money was conveyed, hold good.
iii c1S76 Mr.. Carnegie founded the
Carnegie bath at Dunfermline, and he
followed this gift up by establishing
a free library, by presenting to the
city a technical school, by converting