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SAVED BY SINGING.
Lady So Charmed Mountain Lion That
He Did Not Devour Her.

TIC SN1 wv SNNSA'
Chicago. July l2-Mrs. John Under
wood OF New York. says Record
Herald special from OMAHA, who has
been camping with her husband in the
Black hills. owes her life TO songs,
which saved her from a mountain lion,
which attacked her Tuesday night
The animal leaped on the lady. knock.
er down and stood with its forefeet on
her breast. Mrs. Underwood screamed,
but suddenly remembered that Zero.
cious beasts sometimes are tanned by
music. and began 20 sing. As long as
she sang the animal stod harmless. but
whenever she ceased II growled and
appeared as II about 20 kill her. All
night long she kept up her song. and
yesterday morning. when almost over.
come by exhaustion. she was found by
her husband with the lion st-nding
over her. Mr.. Underwood shot the
animal. a,srv -EI<fS
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TRAINS COLLIDE.
Both Engineer and One Brakeman
Were Severity injured.

Philadelphia. July IAN express
train known as the Philadelphia spe
cial on the Pennsylvania railway col
llded with a freight train which was
being shifted al Glenn, Pa, about
twenty-five miles west OF Philadel
phla. Passengers on the express were
shaken up and bruised. but none seri
ously injured The engineers on bot1
trains and a brakeman on the express
train were severely. but not fatally
hurt. owing to a fog the express was
running slowly. which probably pre-
vented more serious results.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-13

Judge J. y. Henderson, Une OF
members Of the criminal court Of
appeals, whose term expires this
year, and who j. candidate for
reelection 70 the Office he now
holds, was in The city Yesterday
and spoke after Judge Bell con.
cluded hiz speech Judge Hen.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-13
LARGE AMOUNT STOLEN.
over One Hundred thousand Dollars
Taken From q Steamer

Seattle. Wash. July l2.-More than
500 600 consigned 10 the Alaskan Pa.
cifc Express company has been stolen
from aboard the steamer Ida May and
no clew been discovered as TO who the
robbers are. The shipment was sent
from Fairbanks and transferred at
Nenenna The Ida May was 10 trans
4 fer Il 20 the Sarah 40 Fort GIbbon, and
il was there the loss was discovered.
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DEPnsnORY Bins MANTED.

sealed bids will bee received by the
city council of the city Of Bryan at
its next regular meeting Friday,
July a.. 1906, Tor the depository Of
the funds Of the city for the ensuing
year. J +. Butler. Mayor.
Frank Clarke. City Secretary lso
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START ON TOUR.
Sixty Automobiles Expect to Travel
Eleven Hundred Miles.

Buffalo. July l2-Three score auto
mobiles started from here Thursday on
the l1OUmiie TOUR Of tho American
Auto association through northwestern
New York. Quebec and the New Eng
land states 10 White mountains. They
are in competition Tor 70 cup donated
hy Charles y. Glldden N Boston Two
pilot cars will distribute confetti alor 9
the route f1 -uidc the tourists
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-13

H.&T.C will sell Houston and
Galveston tickets Saturday $40 D..
m. aud sunday 2:is a. m. July 18th.
limit Tor return sunday evening
rate sl.05 Houston aud 1920 Calves
ton. is
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For -ale-Qu.te number of la-t
springs hatch = e. White Leghprn
cockere's and uuI,et. ~ reasonable
price. iu I0fs up ru Sd. Geo \.
Adams dlstwa9
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-13

J. II Roman Hi Jester. Navarro
county, spent the past few days In
the city ~ the guest ui bis klusman,
W. b. Roman aud family He also
attended tle Farmers Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

phenomenal, and his knowledge Of other
countries is more considerable than one
might imagine from the meager sources at
his disposal. He can discourse on the
United States recent war with Spain, and
more summarily on the war Of indie
pendence with Great Britain.
President Roosevelt he has evidently
learned good deal about, and seems to be
much interested in his personality. Hav-
ing heard that the President is a sports
man, he expressed the hope Of seeing him
sorne day In Ethiopia, inquired his age and
was eager to have the story Of his election
narrated.
The Empress Taitu rarely or never as
sists at the reception of visitors, unless
come public ceremony is involved abso-
iutely requiring her presence. She is said
20 be a woman Of great force of character
and to have been in her youth Of striking
beauty.
She is now forty seven years Of age, and
Is the daughter Of a former Ras of GOndar
and one Of the hereditary princesses of the
absorbed kingdom of Siemen, the inhab-
itants Of which are reputed for their white
skins. Several times married previously.
she became the wife Of Menelik in 1883.
They have no children.
Menelik calls himself ''the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah, the chosen Of the Lord,
king of kings of Ethiopia"
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W. B. MOSES s SONS, F St., Cor. 18th.

objects. Yet, despite this accommodates
ness. many find their way to the rubbish
heaps. and are eagerly bounced upon by
the "homing' Kaffir.
The tins are cut open, hammered fat and
nailed to the upright battens. In a couple
of hours-given a sufficient supply of ma
terial-the citadel walls are complete, and
this sound box Of house only requires the
corrugated iron roof and a tin chimney-or,
rather, smoke outlet-to finish it. The lux
ury OF fire CRATES is unknown. The fire may
be lighted anywhere and the dense volumes
or smoke are expected to ascend skyward
in the manner provided.
Those of the 5000 Kaffirs in 80 burg
who do not dwell in mining compounds
Town streets. Seen from a distance in
the strong glare of the African sun the BIZ
zarre collection of human dwellings looks
like some enchanted dream city. The tin
of silver, and even the dull roofs Of CORFU
gated iron are transmitted into something
mystic. wonderful by the philosophers
stone of the sun. At close quarters the
scales fall from the eyes, and the awaken
Ing Is rude indeed
The Kaffir multiplies politically, and
these unsavory roads are always filed
with their naked, copper skinned offspring.
They crawl about the ant-infested roadway
and paddle or founder in the hollows OF
foul-smelling water With evident enjoyment.
They are plump little mites, these children.
They are much more precocious and de-
velop more rapidly than European infants.
and they certainly take life much more
good humoredy
The male population Of "Tin Town does
not arrive home until evening, but always
before o'clock, for by the law Of .'Jo'burg'
no black, save those in charge OF rickshaws,
is allowed on the streets after this hour.
Then he can loll up against his tin walls
making them crackle and rattle like con-
centrated thunder-and smoke his clay pipe,
while he discusses his short, but seditious,
cuts to freedom.
In the frail habitations of Tin Town.
the flames of revolt have been steadily
famed since the Anglo-Boer peace, and 10
the present menace or to ignore what is
behind it.
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children and some young women Of twen-
ty-f1ve who by rights of looks and points
OF view belong in homes for the aged.
The point of view you take toward on
coming years is more important than any
thing else, IL you intend to keep young.
look forward to the time when people will
have learned to care for themselves so
sensibly and so nationally that most Of the
fear of old age will be groundless. At
present however, you still see the woman
of thirty watching out for gray hairs. or
saying with that air of inality, Yes, I'm
getting older every day. this bromide
remark is so obvious that one wonders
duty of the woman who wishes to stay
young to put such phrases on her index
expurgatorius at once.
OF course, each one of us Is growing
older every day, old In experience, wiser,
and we should also be growing happier,
for experience should teach us the road
to happiness. But unfortunately the ma
Jority of people do not learn by experience
and the chief cause of what we call old
age. or rather the unpleasant Characters
tics which we ascribe to 1t, as due to the
absolute disregard mortals have for tie
welfare of this much-abused and faithful
machine-the human body.
You will constantly hear women saying:
"Oh, i can't do that any more! ! used to
be able to work all day, dance all evening,
and be none the worse for 1t. but I'm get
ting Old The reason that we cannot do
as much In middle age as We do In youth
Is because we are constantly wearing out
or using up our physical endurance, with
out getting to the source of supply and
drawing from the different elements the
vitality which we need. Take, for in
stance. that much abused organ, the stom-
ach While one is growing it requires a
large supply of nutriment, which OF itself
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Alaska's Promised Land.
From Leslie's Weekly.

rrom Leslie weekly.
Under the act recently signed by the Pres
ident, Alaska gets a delegate in Congress
and is raised virtually to the full territorial
rank. For the previous thirty-nine years Of
her history as a United States possession
she had been called district, and was gov
erned directly and solely from Washington.
Hereafter she will have an approach at
least to home rule, or almost as much as
our few remaining territories now nave,
Alaska Is an interesting region. In area
she Is twice as large as Texas, with Cali
fornia thrown in. but her resident white
population numbers only about 10000,
though In the summer she has from 10 600
to 10000 more whites. In fur, fish and min
erals she is rich. Since her annexation she
has furnished 100000 of -furs. 500, 600 600
of fish and $O.O00,000 of minerals, chiefly
gold and silver. Her output of gold, which
was $9,000,0O0 in 1904, was $4,000 900 in
1905. and will be fully 5000, 600 in 1906. In
gold production Alaska has far passed the
Klondike and the rest of the Canadian re-
gion. few years ago the Klondike and
general Canadian country produced from
$40 600 600 to $25, OO0, 600 of gold a year, but
this had shrunk to $1O,O00000 in 1905, and
will probably be down to 5000 600 in 1906
Railway facilities are lacking in Alaska,
but these are being furnished, and when
they come the coal, copper and tin deposits
will be developed to an extent which will
surprise the country. Some important
towns-Nome, Fairbanks. Sitka, Circle,
Eagle and others-have been built up in
Alaska, nearly all of them in the midst Of
gold-producing regions, and they are grow
Ing with considerable speed. The region
which was annexed to the United States
back in the days Of Andrew Johnson has at
last, in Roosevelt's time, been treated by
Congress with something like the considera-
ton which an American growing communi-
ty deserves. Alaska has a bright future.
The country Is proud Of her. Persons are
living now who will see three or four states
carved out Of the present territory OF
Alaska
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MENELIK A KING.
The Man Who Has Made United Ma
ton Out Of Tribes of. Savages.

Robert Skinner, in the Independent.
Perhaps the most interesting of reigning
kings is Menelik of Abyssinia. He was
bern in 1912 and claims to be the descend
ant Of the Queen Of sheba, whose own SOM
of the same name, was reputed to be the
son Of Solomon.
The visitor to the capital Of what Menelik
has made a united Abyssinia is agreeably
surprised to find himself travelling over
smooth and well-constructed roads.
The imperial palace occupies the crest
Of hill and dominates the whole city.
Standing in garden grounds inclosed by
a matched stone wall, it comprises num-
Der of buildings, to which access is OBJ
tanned by traversing several courtyards and
a spacious campus where are stationed the
only body Of regularly European trained
troops in the Ethiopian army.
wide doorway of Indian design admits
the newcomer, to the audience hail. large
half-churchlike structure, with roof sup
ported by timber bridge work. at the far
end Of which stands the throne. The floor
is covered with oriental rugs, mixed with
certain products of French and German
looms. Back of the lines formed by the
pillars are massed on ceremonial occasions.
in either AISLE hundreds of the CHIEF people
of the capital. dressed IN many-coiored
raiment.
The throne itself Is a sort Of divan. and
occupies platform surmounted by gilded
canopy, the gift of France. At receptions
each side Of it is defended by two young
princes with guns, while behind and around
are grouped the ministers. judges and ef-
ficers Of the court
The first impression made by the en-
peror Is a distinctly pleasing one. His face
is full of intelligence and his manners are,
those of gentleman no less than of q
king. He sits In oriental fashion, his
legs crossed and his arms sustained by two
cushions.
He wears as outer garment red velvet
mantle, which affords glimpses of snowy
white Undertaking, and about his head
is wound white handkerchief Diamond
eardrops hang at either cheek. and both
hands are adorned with rings.
To converse with the stranger he makes
use Of his private secretary, who is also
his interpreter, since he speaks no other
language than that of Abyssinia. Some
scraps Of French he can, upon occasion,
employ apropos, s0nd to an English-speak-
ing person he will. as compliment, say
''howdo."
The emperors thirst for information i
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come round-shouldered and hollow-chest-
ed. even IL you sit all day at a desk; others
have retained straight and pretty figures
who are employed in the same occupa-
tons. There is no reason for the SWELL
ing or lump at the back of the neck, which
is usually the forerunner Of the middle
age figure. This lump has been success
fully combatted and obliterated by hun
dreds Of women Of fifty. who maintained
that youth was theirs, providing they were
willing to work for It. And they did work
for 1t. The bump was massaged away:
or, IL they could not afford that, different
bending exercises and neck movements
were gone through until all the muscles
were Embered again, and the lump was
absorbed.
The next thing that faces the middle
aged woman in her fight for youth Is the
question of hair. Shall she or shall she not
have white hair? Shall she or shall she
not go through the fearful stages of gray,
yellowish and multi-colored locks that pre-
cede the white hair, 30 becoming to both
youthful and middle-aged faces? That is
a question each woman must solve for her
self. If she wishes to dye her hair she
certainly has a perfect right to do so,
though she will soon find out that 1t is
not only slavery, but Is often the cause Of
unpleasant comment. Very often the natu-
raj color can be restored to the hair by
scalp massage, as the stimulation which
this produces is sometimes Capable Of
bringing back, or rather of producing, the
color pigments in the hair. Where, how
ever, the hair cannot be restored in this
manner and the woman insists on having
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the locks of her youth, this physicians
prescription may aid her:
Sugar lead, Y ounce; lac sulphur, "
ounce; essence Of bergamot, Y ounce; al
cohol. II gill; glycerine, ounces ;tincture
of cantharides, " ounce; ammonia, "a
ounce. Mix all in 1 pint Of soft water. APP
ply to roots of the hair, which must be
clean.
Personally. always believe that home
made dye is only to be used a last re-
sort. II you can afford 1t, by all means
have your hair touched up by a specialist.
If necessary, economize on something else.
If the hair is turning gray and has a
rusty look to it, after washing thoroughly
with good shampoo rinse 1t out the last
time In water to which has been added a
little blueing; this will take away that yell
low look. If you have perfect figure,
the most beautiful hair in the world, with
out thread Of gray. You viii be taken for
middle-aged If your face Is what is called
settled in expression. The girl Of fifteen,
walking down the street, had the settled ex-
preston of hard and rather disagreeable
woman of almost any age If she had
been in the habit of trying very conscien-
tiously to do her duty, and of making 1t a
cheerful sacrifice instead of a regular nui-
sance, she would not have had the wrinkled
forehead and that distressed look of the
woman who has all her life long tried to
do right and worried about 1t. The habit
ual expression, the habitual thought or
trend, makes the middle-age or the youth
full face. You cannot be peevish Or snarl-
ing or disagreeabfe for thirty Years or even
thirty months and not have it show tn your
face.
At the back OF the middle aged or youth
full woman Is the middle-aged or youthful
soul. The woman of fifty who has faith
In her Maker and charity toward her neigh
bors need not fear for her looks Youth,
ideal youth. at least. is made up Of trust,
hope and love. Those attributes shine out
of the eyes of the young woman of sixty
just as they do out of those of a child.
Youth Is a question of spirit, first of all;
without that, even diet. massage, the best
hair dye In the world and a f1rst-class
dressmaker cannot make you young but
with these qualities no woman need fear
the onconling years.
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MILES OF TIN STREETS.
Peculiar Architecture of the Kafir
Quarter of johannesburg.

From Correspondence Of London Express.
After struggling for half an hour through
pungent brtckfeldS of arid clay, cracked
by the heat of the sun into a thousand
assures lodging shunting trains and snort
ing engines on a may goods siding. the
inquisitive visitor to johannesburg finds
himself on the outskirts of Tin Town"
geographically, the district is Yvede-
dorp; technically, it is the appropriation
area actually. it is the Kaffir quarter of
the Golden CITY," Here the black man
foregathers with wife and family, and here
the fiery cross Of revolt is being raised;
with what results only the future can show.
Tin Town is more than a mile in length
and three-quarters of a mile in breadth.
1t is laid out with great regularity on the
American block system.
The streets are unpaved, and the attempts
at the construction of sidewalks are pitiful
in their primitiveness. The roadways of
red earth-dotted with crawling Kaffir
babieS-are marred by unpleasant undula-
lions and hollows filled with stagnant rain
water, near which myriads Of pugnaciOus
mosquitoes are forever buzzing
The GROWING feature of Tin Town" is
its architecture. Never were houses more
strangely built nor the weird structures of
nightmareland more accurately realized.
The principal materials from which this
great living area has been constructed are
petroleum tins, the tin or zinc Innings of i'm
pOTtcQ packing cases duu nc 4udLtiticS
of the lead used in the tea trade. From
these limited MEANS with battens of wood
for use as framework, are constructed
dwelling places very similar to that made
by Peter Pan and his youthful crew for
the protection of Wendy.
Every man Is his own architect and
builder, and the work of erecting. these
twelve or fourteen feet high sites is sim
plicity itself. First the ground Is marked
out, generally exactly square, and at each
of the four corners sturdy stake, some
ten feet in height Is driven in. These are
strengthened and supported by cross pieces
Then the architect, his wife and eldest
children wander abroad in search Of tin
In the colonies one seldom sees petroleum
In cask. It is generally sold in two, four
or six-gallon tins. The consumer purchases
a specially manufactured pump and draws
Off the oil as he needs 1t. AS the tins are
not returnable, they are pressed into all
sorts of strange services. Filled with earth
they are used for building walls; painted
green they are turned into flower boxes;
they are in common use as pals, drinking
troughs for cattle, boilers, cooking utensils.
besides a thousand and one other familiar
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that as he grew older he required less and
less food; that the best foods for him were
such as contained only nutriment and very
little waste matter. He lived to be 102,
brated book on diet and old age, which
outlines clearly his plan of living. His
diet was SO ordered as to give to the sys-
tenn only such material as 1t needed to re-
plenish the wasted vitality and strength
used up during the day.
The first thing, then, for woman to do
who Is determined to remain young is to
make up her mind that she will not fear
for her pleasures and interests of which
the younger years were barren. Filled
with this interest let her make a careful
study Of what her diet should be, in order
to nourish the body without giving it ex-
ira work. Probably half the amount Of
food she eats now will be sufficient to nour-
ish her we'll and yet not clog the system
firmly believe that this care of the diet
and moderation In eating, combined with
very careful mastication, will keep our
middle aged woman young just as it did
the veteran italian. By masticating every
particle of food carefully, you will find that
at once you are both enjoying your meals
more and that you are gaining more 9utri-
ment from them. Fletcher, whose book on
-mastication should be rfsd by all who are
interested in -tlie diet question advises
people to masticate even the fluids and
YOU will find that by retaining swallow
of milk you will gain more than II you
were to bolt tumblerful of milk down at
once.
\
After the question of diet is settled. the
middle-aged woman seldom has to trouble
about her figure; providing, of course, she
holds herself correctly. There is no reason
for the cumbersome outlines known as the
middle-age figure. You do not need to be-
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History Of the Dime.
From the New York Mall.

From the New York MAI.
That neat and lovable little coin. the
dime. has had q most useful history. AS
far az we are aware 1t is unique among
the worlds coins, having no nearer equiv
alent than the English six pence, which is
worth two cents more. It Is one of the
handiest of coins. being about as small
as a silver piece can conveniently be. Be-
ing less In size and weight than the nickel.
which Is worth only half as much 1t is
vastly more convenient to keep and hoard,
and that is one reason why 1t is becoming
extraordinarily scarce in spite Of the fact
that more dimes are now turned out Of the
mtnts than ever before In the countrys his
tory There Ii rage for dime banks.
and some OF these mechanical contrivances
are SO pretty, 30 ingenious and so ,alluring
that they force people to save dimes who
have no earthly occasion to do SO.