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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

Mark Twain was once talking Of war
and OF the hardshlps and privations Of
sleges.
"a Frenchman." he said. called one
day on a woman who had two dogs.
They were ugly little brutes. and when
they came near him the man pushed
them ont Of the way with his foot
81 perceive. sir said the woman
coldly. that you are not very fond OF
dogs
The man started in surprise
81 not fond OF dogs he exclaimed.
Why. madam. ate more than twenty
OF them during the siege OF Paris""
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
white Ant. OF Africn.

Natives OF the east coast OF Africa
do not object 10 the presence u the
great white ant colonies In their neigh
borhood. The ants exercise great fer.
tllizlng power on the crops. 4 resi-
dent Of that country. writes: Every
season have seen the wonderful ef-
fccts the white ant hin produces on the
Katiirs' maize and corn. Whenever
there happens 10 be an ant hill In n gar
den It's immediate vicinity can be- az
once distinguished. as the maize and
corn are fully double the size OF the
surrounding crop. The bush country
n few miles from this place Is swarm.
ing with white ants and has also a
large native population. The ants do
not attack green crops TO any extent
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
The sardlnIans.

Sardinia was wild place In the gild.
die OF the last century. A travaler
says; "rhe men are clothed In goat.
skins, one before and another behind.
without brecches, shoes or stockings.
and wooden or skin cap on the head.
The women finve no other hablllments
than long wooden gown aud II wooden
cap. The peasants always go armed
to defend themselves from one another.
so that travelling In the Interior Is ex-
trcmely unsafe without an escort. aud
IL is even dangerous for ships to send
their people on shore for water unless
they are well armed. In short. the
sardes are the Malays OF the MedIter.
ranean."
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
Paul Jones Promise.

After the great fight in which John
Paul Jones in the Bonhomme Richard
made spllnters and shreds Of the Rrit.
ish vessel Scraps the English govern
ment generously decided that. though
vanquished beyond n question. the cap
tain Of the lost vessel had behaved
with becoming bravery and deserved
promotion 20 the rank OF commodore.
John Paul Jones heard Of this promo
ton and It's cause and said. "Well. by
George. II ever meet that chap again
I'll make him an admiral"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
MIX In the siekroom.

MIX Is the chief article OF food and
nourishment In every sickroom and
hospital, and every physician and
nurse should know the source Of sup
ply, is purity. before ordering IL In
any form for lnvallds and GONZALES
cents. II Is not enough that IL comes
rs "country milk" There must bee In
tegrity and experience back OF II. IL
has been scientifically demonstrated
and proved that pure milk products
are the most nutritious. economical
and easily dIgested foods when the milk
Is obtained Ia all its purity and kept
so from pasture TO consumer.-Charies
Elley Hall In Leslle's Weekly
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

lie reJoiced In the not very humor-
Gus name Of Wood. and he prided him
self on his Jokes and smart repartec.
Few 81 his friends had escaped the
lash Of his tongue. and he had victim
lied many by his practical jokcs-ln
fact. he never lost AN opportunity %
being funny. one day lac met friend
whose name was Stone, and naturally
a name like that was too good chance
TO miss.
Good morning. Mr.. Stone" lac said
gayly: "and how Is Mrs Stone and all
the little pebblesT
"Oh. quite well. Mr.. Wood" was the
whitening reply. Flows Mrs. Wood
and all the little spllntersT"-Stray
Stories.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
A DRAMATIC ARTIST.
The winning Ways OF the Man Dress
maker OF Paris.

The drcssmaker Is a slim young man
with a long nose aud big. winsome
eyes. Wearing a gray frock coat and
patent leather shoes. corseted and pow
dered and perfumed. he Is more than u
man: be Is n dressmaker. lie Is sat
urated with dandyism. II Is not OF an
offensive kind. His manners are a
strange mixture Of humility and In
science. for he IL at once salesman
and an artist. And he talks. talks
talks. bending his slim body into polite
curves. gesticulatng with his thin
white hands. rolling his eyes In their
painted orbits, the while he fumblcs
silks and velvets and satIns and lace
and wool.
The mere man who comes into a
drcssmaker's shop OF an sfternOon-ln
Paris no one goes 90 the dressmaker's
save only In the acknowledges 10y
sneering az this fantastic creature
That mood does not last long. Con
tempt gives way 10 admiration. There
Is something marvellous I'm the way this
lord Of lace and ribbon dominates the
women. the royal highness as well rs
the spoiled actress. lie Is charming. pc
Is frivolous. Then Of sudden his
face darkens. he becomes serious, he
stares at her royal hghness, studying
her form from head Co foot: he smites
his brow and cries despairlngly NO.
no! can't see you in that gown-to-
day / can't see you In any gown-l
wiz study-an inspiration will come
you must wait" And royalty goes
away hattered. she knows not why
Vance Thompson In woman's Home
Companion.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
tanned BY KINDNESS.
The Method. az Oh. Elephant Hunter
In the Far East.

In the Far East.
This Is how elephants are hunted IN
Ceylon: The people begin by clearing
an open space near n forest. part OF
which Il strongly fenced In with trunks
Of trees. with open places for doors.
Then the elephants are found and with
blazing torches. rattling Of noisy in
struments and spears are driven 10.
ward the open doors.
At last. with rush. the great herd
enters. the entrances are barred. and
the poor giants Of the wood find them
selves hopelessly imprisoned. An ele-
plants rage Is dreadful 10 witness. but
the ingenuity ~ man has found n way
~ subduIng Il. one by one each pris.
oner + freed again. and tame Gle.
plants. remarkable FOR their sagncity.
come up % him. stroke him with their
trunks and otherwise caIole him until
they lead him on 10 good strong tree.
The natives creep up behind. and In n
minute the elephant Is made fast 20 the
tree by his leg
All the time this Is going on the tame
elephants arc humoring their deluded
victim. but as soon as he Is secured
they go awsy and leave him. Then
the men bring him cocoanuts and
leaves 20 eat. which. Of course. he re-
fuses, n he + again IN great passion
and struggling 10 be free.
But hunger subdues even the fierccst.
and NJ last his Wild roaring ceases. and
he eats. From that time the tanning
process l. comparatively easy. Again
and again he Is fed. rs he requires n.
by a kind hand. and the elephant. sus-
ceptihle 20 kindness. becomes NJ last n
docile servant Of tbe man.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

Every human being. unless he lacks
utterly the capacity to love, Is an Ideal
list. No man can boast that he accepts
only the plain facts" OF existence as
his guide posts. Love makes ldeallsts
OF us all. Through love we are given
the power 10 look beyond the crude
husk we call the fact. ANY great
achievement Is impossible without this
power. Life thrills with meaning and
magic for the true ldeallst.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

In the center 81 sulphur island. on
New Zealand. Is a lake OF sulphuric
ncid fifty acres In extent The wnter
contains vast quantities Of hydrocnloric
acid and sulphuric acids. Kissing and
bubblIng nc a temperature ~ 10 de-
grccs T., and great care has % he
taken In approaching Il 20 avoid sur.
location.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
Cap.icine.

The active principle OF capsIcum. or
red pepper. Is n volatile oil known as
eapslcpe. IL Is so exceedingly acrid
that quarter OF grain exposed 10
the air In n room will dlffuse Itself
throughout the apartment and cause
oil present 10 cough and sneeze as
though the pepper haze been taken into
the mouth or nostrils
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
A Patient Man.

The endurance Of the music lover who
sits out one Of wagner's long Ring"
operas has often been commented
upon. but perhaps not more forcibly
than In London Well up above the
stage was n bury figure In homespun,
evidently a Scottish farmer who had
come 90 London 90 see the sights and
hear the sounds. After sitting through
three long acts he murmured audibly.
Twas patient mon that wrote all
thlsr'
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

Mr.. Gotsum-M Maria. how long has
that young Smoothley been coming
here 20 see Nellie? Mrs Gotsum-Let
mo see. You remember when the pa
pers published that story about your
having sold a gold mine for half a
mllliong Yesg Well. as nearly rs '
recall II. that's the time when he be-
gan coming. Chicago Tribune.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
Had Hard Luck.

you've spent most OF your life In a
clrcusg" asked the reporter.
Yes" said the freak. Il started out
as the Fat man. then I married. and
now I'm the living skeleton. Detroit
Free Press
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
The Change OF q word.

A prospective woman tenant through
the fypewriter's omission OF one all I'm.
portant little wori ot two letters r.
celved the following startling state
ment: Dear Madam: You can have
the fat. provided you repaint and re-
decorate yourself.''
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
Hi. Resource. About Exsa-.,es.

Father-Do you think you can sup
port her In the style TO which she has
been accustomedl suitor-Not In the
style 10 which she has been accus-
toned since we became engaged
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
The Retort Courtron..

Miss Oldwun-I've refused many.
many offers OF marriage. Gayboy lab
sentmindedlyl-Nery thoughtful and
OF you. I'm sure-Meggcn-
dorfer Batter.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

Man carries under his hat a private
theatcr. wherein q greater drama f.
acted than Is ever performed on the
mimic stage. beginning and ending In
eternity Carlyle.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24

Every age has rs problem. by solv-
Inc which humanity Is helped forward.
-Ifeiue
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-07-24
w. G. FOU NTAIN
Dentist.

Crown and Bridge work a spec
ialty. Once up stairs over Burt
Norw9 DDS store
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Radium ClocsS.

We can not say that perpetual mo- tlon has actually been discovered, but the radium clock comes very near to 1t. A small quantity of radium Is put in q glass tube, at the lower end of which Is an electroscope with two long strips of silver. The activity of the radium induces the minus beta" rays to be conducted to the tips, when the leaves of the electroscope expand and touch the sides of two conducting wires. Of course, the currents are at once released and the leaves fall back again. The beats are repeated every two minutes, and the caluculatiOn is that 1t will continue for no less than 30,000 years, which is about as near to perpetuity as any one need trouble about.
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Too Much of . Good Thing.

"Even assuming that hli:nor Is the salt of life, we don't want to eat salt with spoon. But here in America everything seems to be sacrificed to humor. Your politics have to be made humorous. Your courts of justice have to amuse. Before great time has gone by you will be having funny ser- mons. We shall hear that Rev. Mir. So-and-So's Sunday morning sermon was real screamer-that 1t was re- ceived with roars of laughter. Then tho church service will be considered bit too slow, and will have to be rewrit- ten by some bright young humorist from newspaper office. Your very murder cases will have to be made bright It is foregone conclusion that domestic tragedies shall be side splitting. l really am not sure that In time America will not get comlcal funeral service, with low-comedy undertaken. ."-Jerome K. Jerome in the Cosmopolitan.
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TEA GROUND UP AS POWDER.
Simple Infusion the Form used in
 China for Centuries.


 China for Centuries.
 History tells us that when coffee was first brought to the cities of western Europe the first makers of 1t were Turks. They roasted and ground the berries and served the liquor as It is served to this day in the east-grits and all. We still drink coffee as we drank 1t then, with this difference, that we mostly omit the grits and drink an infusion instead of decoction. It was not so with tea. No Chinaman was i'm. ported with the first pound of tea to teach us how to make and drink 1t. The consequence has been that we have never drunk tea in the Chinese way that Is, as simple infusion.
 At first there seems to have been great doubt as to how to deal with the new herb. It Is even said that 1t was sometimes boiled, with salt and butter, and served up as sort of spinach. The old phrase "a dish of tea" seems to bear out this legend. Finally 1t came to be settled that the most wholesome and pleasant way to treat tea leaf was to make 1t into kind of sweet soup, with sugar and milk and cream. I have personal knowledge of no country in Europe but one where tea Is used as in China-Portugal, which got its knowledge of tea-maklng from prov ince of China, with which at that time no other nation of Europe was in con- tact.
 It was while. travelling on horseback with guide in the wilder parts of Portugal, away from the shops and inns, where we had perforce to make experiments in the most economical use of the few ounces of tea and coffee that we could afford to carry with us, that we hit upon discovery. Having no milk, we drank our tea, as most Portuguese drink theirs, as simple infusion, sweetened with sugar remembered to have read I believe in the travels of Abbe Hue, that when the Chinese desire to be thrifty In the use of the finer and more expensive teas they grind the leaf to powder and use less for the infusion. We found that tea could be ground in a coffee mill as easily as coffee; that tea made with the powder is as good as or better than when made with the whole leaf and that the powder, as 1t naturally would, goes further than the tea leaf.- London Times.
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Divorce Increasing.

Dlvorces seems to be growing more prevalent every succeeding year. In 1895 there were POP divorces in New York City. In 1904 there were S43
 The same increase Is true of Chl- cago, where in 1895 there were 1,145 divorces, and in 1904 there were 2,35O. In Philadelphia in 1904 GA divorces are on record, against 3G4 in 1895. In Boston there were 2G0 cases of divorce In 1895, and 512 in 1904.
 Nearly all the larger cities show a corresponding increase of divorces
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GREAT TUNNEL PLANNED.
Central Pacific to Pierce the Sierra
 Nevada Mountains.

Nevada Mountains.
 "The boring of what will be the long est tunnel in the United States, and one of the longest in the world, has very recently been determined upon by the Central Pacific Railroad Company" says J. Mayne Baltimore in the Techni- cal World Magazine.
 "Chief Engineer William Hood has finished plans and reports for the pro- posed gigantic siX-mile hole to be bored through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, short distance west of the town of Truckee, Ariz.
 The object of this great tunnel Is to cut down the present mountain climb of 7,O17 feet by fully 2,OOO feet, and thus eliminate many of the present curves and much of the grade. Chief Engineer Hoods reports contain some notifications of his first series of sur veys, made some years ago, and these will doubtless be approved by Presi- dent Hartman; and work, it is expect ed, will very soon be commenced on this great tunnel.
 Tt is estimated that the tunnel will cost not less than $1O,OOO,O0O and that among other things 1t will cheapen the annual expenses of operating trains over the mountain division by fully $1OO,O0O. Being over 36,O0O feet in length, the tunnel will be one of the longest in the world and certainly the longest in the United States. The long est now in existence on this continent Is the 1G,OO0-fOOt bore the Cascade range in Washington, on the Great Northern Railroad"
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How Good Food may
 Turn to Poison

The lntestines are also lined with mil- lions of little suction pumps, that draw the Nutriment from Food. as it passes them in going through.
 This Nutriment Is then carried into the Blood, and spread over the Body as Brain, Bone and Brawn.
 But, when the BowelMuscles are weak, the Food moves too slowly to stimulate the little Gastric Mouths and there is no flow, or too little flow of Digestive Juice, to change the food into nourishment.
 Then. the food decays in the Bowels. and in the thirty feet of lntestines.
 When this Decay begins the little suc- ton pumps draw Poison from the decayod Food, into the blood. instead of the Nutri- ton 1t should have drawn.
 Now, Cascarets contain the only com bination of drugs that Stimulates these Muscles of the Bowels and Intestines just as Cold Bath. or open-air Exercise, stimulates Lazy Man.
 Cascarets therefore act like Exercise.
 They produce the same sort of Natural result that Six Mile walk in the country would produce. without any injurious Chemical effect.
 The Vest Pocket Cascaret Box Is sold by all Druggists. at Ten Gents.
 Be sure you get the genuine. made only by the Sterling Remedy Company. and never sold In bulk, Every tablet stamped "CCC."
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Bill-Although birds are credited with sense of smell, an English ex. pert finds turkeys indifferent to all odors.
 Jill-Well, don't know; I've seen turkey trying to get a long distance away when motor car was, in the VI, cinity.-YOnkers Statesman.
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Achievement,
Oakland, California.

Rich Uncle-Leonard, have you ever succeeded in carrying out one single pur pose in all your life?
 Spendthrift Nephew (deeply hurt)- Uncle, have! Six years ago l formed a resolution that would cut loose and have good time, and to-day I owe $13,. 900.
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mN ECAY Is not digestion. you
 N know, even when it takes
 O place in the stomach.
 Food decayed in the body after being eaten is as dangerous to health as food decayed before being eaten. Food nourishes or poisons, just accord Ing to how long it remains in the Bowels undlgested.
 Cascarets are the simplest and surest safeguard against Delayed Digestion yet discovered.
 Sold in a thin Enamel Box, half as thick as your watch, which fits into the vest pocket or lady's purse as If 1t grew there.
 In this round-edged Enamel Box are found six small Candy Tablets.
 One of these toothsome tablets works wonders for digestion. Soon as placed in the mouth 1t starts the Saliva flowing, which at once gets to work dissolving 1t.
 The Saliva becomes blended with the Candy Cascaret tablet, and from the moment they start going down your throat together they start working to- gether.
 Now. what do they work atl Bowel- work. of course-Digestion.
 Most of the Digestion occurs in the thirty feet of intestines that connect with the Stomach. @ They are lined with set of little mouths, that squeeze Digestive Juices Into the Food eaten.
 The Digestive Juices thus mix with the food, just as Saliva mixes with Cas- caret tablets. dissolving and changing that food into nourlshment. as 1. passes along the channel.
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Side Lights on History.

The Hessians at Trenton had surren- dered.
 "Ah, we'll" they said, think low much more disastrous it might lave been if we had had to make hurried retreat"
 Later as if to verify their words, came the Hessian fly.
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Wasted Effort.

"It takes time, trouble and infinite pa. tience, of course to be goo, Sunday school teacher, but you have the sati* faction of knowing that you are helping to mold the character of the rising gen. eration."
 "Yes, but it makes me sad to think how quickly years work is undone when green apple time comes."
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hiCo anu dhoIuo comfort to ev- cry home, in
 dining room,
 sleeping room,
 and all places where flies are
 trou b lesome. Clean, neaIand will not soil or in .iure any
 thinp.TrY them
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No Chance.

Stranger-If you think curfew law would be good thing for the town why don't you bring the matter up Eefore the city fathers?
 Native-That's the trouble. We haven't any city fathers. Some of 'em are old bachelors, and the rest of lem live in apartment houses.
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You Can Get Aliens Foot Ease FREE

free Sample of Aliens Foot-Ease. It cures sweating, hot, swollen, aching feet. It makes new or tight Shoes easy. A certain cure for Corns 1ngrowing Nails and BuniOns. All lLrng- gistA sell It. 25c. Don't accept any substitute.
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Usual Result.

One day, just to try new, plan, The office went hunting the man;
 But it hunted too high,
 For the man he was shy And it bagged the old boss of clan.
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HOWARD E. WURTON.
 ASsAYER and CHEMIST,

Specimen prices Gold, Silver, Lead Sl Gold, Silver 75c; Gold, soc; Zinc or Copper, sl. Cy- anide Tests. Mailing Envelopes and full price list sent on application. Control and Umpire Work solicited. Reference: Carbonate Ma tional Bank.
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E11C St. Vitps' Dance and all Nervous Dis
 ITO eases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE s2 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 83l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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How He Knew.

Wedderly-That milllner of yours must be bird.
 Mrs. Wedderly-Nonsense! She has neither wings nor feathers.
 Wedderly-Yes, but just look at this bill of hers.
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once and you will never be without them. If not kept by dealers sent prepaid for 200. Harold SOmers. l40 DeKalb Ave. Brook lyn, NY.
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Lewis "Singlc Binder" straight Sc cigar made of extra quality tobacco. You pay l0c for cigars not 50 good. lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
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Greenland has about 12.OOO inhabit. ants. The largest two villages have only 382 and 333 inhabitants.
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The more children a woman has, the fewer. fads she is likely to cultivate.- Philadelphia Record.
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Opposed to the Process.

"Come, Tommy; it's time for you to take your bath"
 T don't want to be washed mamma l Give me dry cleaning, like they dc papa's white vests.."
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Germany has on an average of SOC or chard trees to the square mile.
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ECAY Is not digestion. you | know, even when it takes place in the stomach.
 Food decayed in the body