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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
THE WALKING WOMAN.
A a.--, Ola Iss(as OF ~. CIT, 81
Msnlco.

A 10 generally known. senor. many
bad things are met with al night In
the streets OF the city. but this waillng
woman, La Llorona. Is the very worst
OF them all. she Is worse by far than
the vaca de Lumbre. that at midnight
comes forth from the potrero OF San
Sebastian and goes gallopIng through
the streets like a blazing whlrlwind
bfIpthlng forth from her nostrils smoke
az flames, because the fiery COW. Ne
N. while a dangerous animal To look
at. really does nobody any harm. and
In Llorona Is as harmful as SHE
can be.
Seeing her walking along quietly
at the times when she Is not running
and shrleking for her lost cpildren-
she seems respectable person. only
odd looking because OF her white skirt
and the white reboso with which her
head Is covered. and anybody might
speak 20 her But whoever does speak
70 her In that very same moment dies
No one who has stopped her TO talk
with her ever has lived TO tell what
happens AT that terrible encounter. but
II Is generally known that what does
happen Is this: Slowly she turns. to-
ward the one who has spoken. and
slowly she opens the folds OF her white
reboso. and then Is seen bare grin
ming skull set fast 90 bare skeleton
and from her fleshless Jaws comes one
single ley cold breath that freezes Into
instant death whoever feels H. After
that. shriekIng again for her lost chill
dren. she PUSHES onward. the white
CLEAN OF her gashing the darkness. aud
In the morning the one who spoke 20
her Is found lying dead there with a
look OF despairihg horror frozen fast
In his dead eyes.
What Il most woaderfui Is that sns
Is seen In the same hour by dlffcrsnt
people In places widely apart. one se.'-
Ing her hurrylng across the atsnm Of
the cathedral. another beside the Areos
de San Cosme and a third near H."
Salto del AIgua. over by the prison Df
Belen. and all In the very same mo-
ment OF time.
She Is so generally known. senior. and
so greatly feared thar nowadays few
people stop her TO speak with her. and
that Is fortunate. But her loud. keeu
the sound OF her running |
feet are heard often and especially on
nights OF storm. / myself have heard |
them. seror. but have never seen her.
God forbid that ever shall.-Thomas
A. Jsnvier In Harpcr's. /
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
THE TRADE RAT.
Odd ways OF This Peculiar Little
California Rodent.

One OF the oldest little animals IN
existence is the California wood rat.
better known rs the trade rat" II
owes the latter name to the fact that.
though Il Is n great thief II never stoals
anything without putting something
else In Us place. II Is said that n paste
pot which had been left overnight In
the assay Office of q silver mine In that
state was found Ina the morning with
the oldest collection OF rubbish. This
was the work Of trade rats. They had
stolen the paste and left ia exchange n
piece of stick. n length Of rope. some
odds ami ends Of wire and an uDbrokcn
glass funnel. The object OF the trade
rat In so scrupulously paying FOR what
he takes Is something 81 a mystery. but
these same rats certainly take the
greatest pleasure IN the odds and ends
which they steal and collect.
In Llndsay's "Mlnd I'm lower AMI
mails a description Is given OF trade
rats nest found In an unoccuplcd
house. The outside was composed en-.
tlrcly OF iron spikes laid In perfect
symmetry, with the points outward
Interlaced with the spikes were about
two dozen forks and spoons and three
large butcher knives. There were also
n large carving fork. knife and steel.
several plugs OF tobacco. an old purse.
quantity of small carpenters tools
Including several augcrs. and a watch
OF which tie outside casing, the glass
and the works were all distributed
separately. 80 as 20 make the best
show possible.
The trade rat has its South American A..
counterpart In the vlscacha. a pretty
little relative OF the chlnchllla. which
lives In families OF twenty or thirty on
the pampas. Everything that takes it,
fancy and Is portable Is carried by the
viscacha and piled In neat little heaps
az the mouth Of IFS burrow. II a ranch.
man drops his watch or any similar
article he always searches the vlscacha
Burrows In the nelehbOrhOod aud gen.
orally finds his lost property. Chicago
News.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
WHEN NOT TO KICK.

When you get a bad shave or hair
cut. Neither lasts long.
When you find you're going TO die
poor They haven't begun making
pockets In shrouds yet.
When your health goes back on you.
Life isn't very long. anyway. and q
healthy man dies just as dead as %
sick one.
When you discover a mean streak Ia
your neighbor. lie has 10 stay with
that mean streak day and night, and
you don't
When you can't pay all your debts NJ
once. Your creditors would a great
deal rather get the money in driblets
than not at all.
When you have had bad meal set
before you You may get over IL be
fore the next meal even u you eat II.
and you don't have TO eat II.
When your wife isn't In good humor
She Is partially balancing the books
against acme OF your numerous dis
agreeable spells that you never make
note Of Chicago News.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
CHINESE SKILL WITH AXES.
Carpenter Of Cathay VIII Compar,
with Orridcutais.

Carpenter 81 Cathay VIII Compare
with Ocridcntais.
In julg.n- the performance of the
native Chinese workman Ia Is almost
impossible @, avoid the popular bias
ihat addiction % their own methods
and tools invariably bcspeaks fatuous
conservatism. THOUGH this Is Ia many
cases true. &c win often be- found Oh
careful observation that what ha, pass
cd Tor o. stubborn blindness 20 tie v,r
tue of innovation is ln reality O. keeuer
perception OF comparative merits thaa
The judge himself was aware Of
This is particularly true OF Chinese
carpenters. While most of their com
mOnrst tools differ IN some radical
way from our own. II Is never safe 90
assume the 800 .erloriiy Of the western
product Their snail ax. Tor example
Is a beautifully balanced tool and tbey
are remarkably adept 90 the use o. T.
being able % work as trve q SUFFICE
herewith as can Ice obtained with On
,dz IN the hands % the white man.
on heavy work Il Is customary ior
two % hew together on opposite side.
striking alternate blows Both hands
are used. aud the recover l. over the
shoulder. alternate right aud left
There Is a freedom of swing with an
accuracy OF delivery that Is a treat -
watch. and the rapldIty OF blows Is NJ
most hewlldering Engineering Maya
9ina
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
EARLY GENIUS.
Men Who Were Young In Years. but
ola Ia Hours.

Men Who Were Young la Years. but
ola In Hours.
Davy made his epochal experiment
OF melting ice 10y friction when but
twenty. Young was uo older when be
made his first communication To the
Royal society aud was In his twenty
seventh year when he first actively
espoused the uudulatory theory. Fres-
mel was twenty-slx when he made HIS
drst important discoveries In the same
field. and Arago. who at once became
his champion. was then but two years
his senior.
Forbes was under thirty when he dis.
covered the polarization Of heat. which
pointed the way 10 Mohr. then thIr.
ty-one, 10 the mechanical equivalent
Ioule was twenty-five In 1870. whoa
his great work was begun. and Mayer.
whose discoveries date from the same
year. was then twelty-slx. which was
also the age % Helmholtz when ,hc
published his independent discovery
OF the same law. William Thomson
was "a youth Just past his majority
when he came 10 the aid % Jou.e he
fore the British society and but seven
years older when he formulated hts
own doctrine o. dissipation OF energy
And Clausius and Rankinc, who are
usually mentioned with Thomson ne
the great developers of thc-mody
uamlcs. wero Soth lar advanced with
their novel studies before they were
thirty Wc may well agree with the
father 90 inductiyc science that "the
mau who IS young Do years may DO
old In hours. o. Exchange.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
NO REQUEST MADE.
President Has Nothing Through OF.
fetal Channels Of Pope.

Rome, Dec. li.-Since the recall OF
Bellamy storer from the pest OF am.
bassador OF the United States to Aus.
tria-Hungary last March several al.
tempts have been made 20 induce the
vatican authorities 20 set forth what
pressure. II any had been brought TO
bear upon them from President Roose-
welt 10 make Archbishop Ireland car.
dinal. and the vatican declared semi
officially Il could not make such a
statement. as President Roosevelt had
never asked anything through official
channels
II is expected that. while several
Americans who declared they spoke
with President Roosevelt's authority.
had attempted influence the giving
OF the red hat. they do not agree that
the archbishop was to be thus honor.
ed. The vatican authorities do not
consider that President Roosevelt was
responsible for these recommends.
tons.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
| WANT TO SELL YOUR LAND

If you have land for sale
call at my office and list it
with me. 1t will then be
sold. | have customers for
several tracts of from 100 to
200 acres, and | make a
specially of selling arg e
tracts. Charges are reason
able. | have the customers
and You Lave the land and
by seeing me it will be to
both our interests.
MONROE EDGE
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13
SHARPE ARRESTED.
Charged With the Murder OF Man
Whose Body Was chsrred.

Brentwood. Tex. Dec. 1e.-.John T.
Sharpe. charged with the murder OF
II. c. Pride. was jailed The residence
of the dead man. with whom Sharpe
and his wife were living. was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning.
Sharpe claims to be eighty years old.
He as Confederate soldier. His wife
Is much younger woman. Some days
ago Sharpe and his wife quarreled and
she went TO a friend's home.
Pride. who was widower. has a
mother. brother and three children
near Paris. where he formerly resided
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-13

a leg OF John Dellahunt was cut off
by car at Chickasha. I. T. He
died. -
About 500 bales OF cotton at Chick.
asha. r T.. were damaged 50 per cent
nv fire
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

h : experience before the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce several
months ago, when Senator Elkins cross
examined him for six hours after hay
ing given direct testimony for 80 min
utes. a railroad attorney sat at FL
kin's elbow and suggested the. ques-
tons to be asked.
Said the Governor: THE associa ton
between Elkins an that railroad lawyer
was 80 loving that they sat with arms
entwined. And when | observed the
attitued Of that man who had taken an
oath to represent all the people, and l
realized the closeness of the associa-
ton, | said that as long as l have
strength | shall denounce the spec
tacle from one end of the country to
the other"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

Paul Morton, but lately President
Rooseyelt's Secretary of the Navy and
and now representing the Ryan inter
est in he Equitable Life Assurance
Company, seems to require new
clean bill of political health from time
to time The President and his at
torney General have issued letters
which entirely eXonerate Morton and
incidentally blame the special counsel
Messrs Harmon and Judsol, as pro-
posing an unjust indictment. The
bubble whether Morton or the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
corporation is guilty of violating the
Interstate Commerce law is remark
able, for the corporation can only act
through its officials and if the guilty
officials are convicted and punished
the corporation would be good as long
rs fear of the law prevailed with the
officials. There appears to be no dis
pupe that Morton authorized rebates
ID be paid or that the Santa Fe Off
cials paid the money but the Presi-
dent seems bound to protect Morton
from the grasp of the outraged law
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

The startling statement il made 10y
Secretary Hitchcock that he expects
remarkable disc osures of land frauds
in Kansas. Already twenty-fo ur cat
tlemen have been indicted by the Fad =
eral court in that state and only two
counties have been investigated. The
charges are conspiracy to defraud the
United States, subordination of per-
jury and for Illegal fencing of lands. 1t
can hardly be possible that these fraut :
ulent entries of land cold have bee /
consumated without the conniVance
of the government land officers whic h
il the more probable, for about all
these rich cattle men are Republicans.
The Republican partisans who have
been appointed to federal office in
Kansas and other states have been
the most active workers for Republ-
can Senators and Cong e,smen and
the lavish use of money at elections,
obtained from insurance companies,
ilroad corporations, tariff protected
Industries, cattlemen and other tainted
so frees, is the fundamental cause of
these frauds on the government. The
or fitting compensities exposed in the
h CHEST Republican quarters has ev;-
deltly pervaded the machine in most
states, so that the grating has become
almost universal
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

The feeling is growing that the sam
to Domingo treaty is likely to be re-
jected by the Senate on the ground
that it might establish new and
dangerous policy. President Roose-
velt's plan to have this country collect
the debts against these Latin American
republics would radically change our
good relations with them and lead to
Complications with both the debtors
and creditors. The Monroe Doctrine
was never intended to make us the
debt collector for foreigners or the OPP
presser of our neighbors.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1906.

A. u
The Wall street banker, Henry
Cfews, says sit is quite evident that
no, radical legislation will be put
through during this session of Con-
or sss affecting either railroads, cor
porations or the tariff and he adds
thltlS'W street oreathes easier
Meanwhile the railroads and other
corporations and the tariff protected
trusts have firm grip on the threats
Of the people and they are. struggling
for breath, but Republican Congress
will not, aecor ling TO this high Re
publican authority, give them any re-
lief. Mr.. Clews and the frinzied fl
ma nciers of the country may not feel
in such a commanding situation after
the election next fall, for the people
may take it into their heads to elect a
Democratic majority to Congress that
will not be 20 subservient to corpora
ton influences. In that event Wall
street might not breath so easy but
The plundered people would have u
chance for a square deal.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

shippers for that's what money col
leeted for hauling either freight or pas
sengers really is-just so long will rail-
r1a1 managers have the power to
built up their friends among shippers
and kill oil the men in comp etiticn
with their friends.
And just so long will they be able to
kill Off communities by discrlmlnat-
ing rates and rebates where organized,
labor gets strong enough to protect its
rights. And just 50 long will the money
kings who control the railroads be able
to silence any big shipper who might
have the temerity to stand by the peo-
pie in any contest against the encroach
ment of greedy, unscrupulous and pre-
d4tory wealth.
The place for all railroad employees
is shoulder to shou lder with all other
men who earn their bread in the sweat
of the face, and right back of Presl-
deut Roosevelt in his fight for the
people.
Away down deep in the very heart
of things, the fight of the people in
America is not essentially different
from the fight of the people in Russia
against the nonproducing cars and
grand dukt S. 1t is fight for human
liberty. And the fight here is for the
freedom of all who work from the
grand dukes of finance and industry,
who are as much our overlords as the
grand dukes a re the overlords of the
working classes of Russia.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
Is IT RIGHT

Is it right that property owner
should lose S4.20 to let dealer make
80 cents? A dealer makes 80 cents
more on fourteen gallons of ready 70
use paint, at $50 per gallon than our
agent does on eight gallons of l.. d
NJ. paint and six gallons of linseed oil,
which make fourteen gallons of the
best paint in the world, at $12O per
gallon the property owner loses just
20. Is it right?
1t only requires gallons of l.. & N
and 3 gallons linseed oil to paiut a
moderate sized house.
Ten thousand churches painted with
Longman & Martinez l.. & NJ. paint
1t makes paint cost about $1.2O per
gallon.
Liberal quantity given to churches
when bought from
III. l.. Doll 4 Co., Martinsburg.
c. Fl. Child Il Co., Harpers Ferry.
c. w. Meyers Shenandoah junction
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05
impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov
'rished blood, needs a proper
crtilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ny the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
YOU need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
iced a tonic, but more likely YOU
eed Il concentrated fat food,
md fat is the element lacking
IA your system.
There is no fat food that is
} easily digested and assimi-
ltcd as
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

There are but few Industries more
highly protected than glass making
in all its.branches, the tariff tax rang
Jag from 40 to over 100 per cent. VIM
dow glass is taxed by the tariff from
! rs cents pound to twenty cents
per square foot, according to size and
a laIity. This enormous tax which
ranges from 40 to over 100 per cent does
not appear TO protect the workmen
from disaster, although plundering the
consumer. for the president of the
sAinalgamated Window Glass work.
ers' Association in a special letter
fnely sent out to the members of that
org inization advocating that a redu c.
ton of wages be accepted Sin order to
prevent disaster to aIlwho ar. not in
ter3sted in the machine made product"
says
Tls proposed cut in wages is one
thir Land the workmen will have to
{, sotit or be idle.
Bltnot withstandng this great re-
~ -. III. III W $50 IdCtliS ln- ass
writers, the pretectionists still persist
in protesting that n, revision of the
ter,ll'law must be undertaken, or labor
viii suffer The facts show that
large proportion of the window glass
warsers have compulsory holiday for
nearly half the yer. Their high
Wages are a myth aud the Window
t,iaas Trust with machines that do
many m EMS work has them at its
IN sr.y.
Is II eanwaile the public are paying
two prices for window glass because
Inc trust has no competition and the
high wages of the workers who man
ufacture glass by hand, ecures the trust
n home competition with it's own
To- eost ma chine glcss.
Tbs Cong ress controlled by the Re
nlt.icans has been organized to pre-
v5nt tariff revision in any form and nc
leli, TO the people from the plunper-
ing Of the trusts and combines can be
j. cSrce. ed from the party. Those who
= fSel the pinch of trust high prices can
l'y get relief by electing Democratic
Congress, which party is pledged to
reaspuable tariff revision.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-01-05

The other day thirty labor leaders
got together in Chicago and adopted
resolutions, referring to President
Roosevelt's message in the whereas,
and then resolving, that 'any inter
ference with the earning power of the
railroads will be detrimental to the
railroad employees and make harder
the conditions now existing and would
be used as bar toward any future
movement for the betterment
of wages or conditions, and for
this reason we are opposed to placing
the rate making power in the hands of
any commission.
No doubt many honest railway en-
ployes will be seduced into making
the same serious mistake of fighting
against the president when he is advo-
eating a policy that will take arbitrary
power out of the hands of the few in
order to protect all the rights of the
many.
The presidents policy does not de-
mand a crippling of the earning power
of railroads, and does not menace the
well-being of railroad employees. What
he demands is that the people OF
this country, through their govern =
ment, shall control railroad rates and
prevent rebates.
So long as the railr Dads are permit
ted TO take the law into their own
hands and levy a railroad tax on all
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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-03-31
PETITION GOVERNMENT
Scheme of Yuma Valley People to
 Sell Useless Irrigation Plant

The following from the Yuma Sun illustrates the practical workings of the Reclamation Services policy with re- gard to the purchase of ditches and property to be incorporated into recla- nation projects:
 "J. E. Ludy and others merchandising for signatures among the farmers, mer- chants and other business men of the town and Valley a petition, asking the Reclamation Service to take measures to immediately irrigate the farming lands in the Valley below town, stating that the coming of the Reclamation Ser vice project has stopped private canal enterprises and consequently stopped farming, to the ruin of the farmers.
 "There is more, however, than that in the document, which calls special at tention to the damage done private can al enterprises and urges the government to buy one of the said canals.
 "Mr. Ludy states that the petition has been drawn up by the "United Water Users," but makes no effort to impress on the prospective signer that the canal owners are interested in the move.
 "A number of people signed the peti- tion, but many declined generally on the ground that the only effect such petition could have would be to inter- fere with and annoy the officials of the reclamation service, who are doing all they can for the farmers of the Valley, but have declared that they will not buy canals they cannot use.
 "Some months ago an effort was made to induce the government to purchase the Farmers gravity canal, but it came to naught, the department giving Mir. Lippincott, who had originally favored the plan, to undersia,.d that the matter could not be effected, It is safe to as- sume that neither ME. Lippincott nor the department will aIt fer their deter imitation at this time