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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
PRAIRIE FIRES.
They Are Raging In the Western Part
Of BIG Pasture.

Guthrie. Nov. 1-Destructlve prai-
rle fires are raging In the western por-
ton Of the Big Pasture" which is
soon 10 be opened for settlement. The
opening occurs on Dec. 3 10 8. and
the Indian agent fears that the remov-
al OF the vegetation from the surface
NAV iniure the sale OF the land. as
many bidders will be inclined to Judge
the land by vegetation
II Is claimed that the fire was set
by persons who desire to purchase the
good land cheaply.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Deeds OF Neuro.

Chattanooga, Nov. while resist.
ing arrest in a South Chattanooga sa.
loon VIII Hurd. a negro. shot and
killed ODE Musgrove. a policeman, and
dangerously wounded Dave Drennen.
who was assisting the officer The ne
gro escaped
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
BOIL wEEvIL SEARCH.
Efforts Being Made to See II Pest Has
CROSSED Mississippi River.

New Orleans. Nov. IA search to
determine whether the boil weevil has
crossed the Mississippi river from
Louisiana into the state OF Mississippi
is being prosecuted in the vicinity Of
Natchez by officials OF the state crop
pest commission. At the beginning OF
the year IL was announced by govern.
ment experts that the weevil would
probably make fits first crossing OF the
Mississippi this fall. as II was agreed
the river would prove no barrier TO
the pests eastward progress The re-
cent cold weather, however. retarded
migration. and the present search Is
being conducted under the hope that
the weevll may be found still confined
10 the western side OF the river.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
FIVE THOUSAND.
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Wants That Many Laborers.

San Francisco. Nov. The South.
ern Pacific wants 5000 laborers. This
Is the statement Of one of the local
officers. Orders have Just come from
Hartman to hasten development OF
Pacific slope lines within the next two
years. over s25,OO0,000 will be spent
In construction OF lines on Pacific
coast by the Hartman system. Il Is
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
coUoHep UP aucKsHoT.
Soon After Doing So Nephew Of Gen
Lee Expired.

Portland. Ore. Nov. LIN a violent
III Of coughing shortly before his
death at a local hospital II. l.. Mills,
an Oregon pioneer OF 1876. and a
nephew OF General Robert +. Lee
raised from his lungs a buckshot that
he had carried in his body since the
civil war when. as a. member OF the
Fifteenth New York engineer corps.
he fought against the army command.
ed by his mothers brother
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
STRIKERS sANoUiNE.
Have Enlisted the Assistance Of Hous-
ton Business League.

Houston. Nov Local Southern
Pacific strikers have enlisted the as
sistance OF the Houston Business
league in endeayoring to effect a set
Element with the company. The strik
ers are permitted to do picket duty
around the Southern Pacific yards
Some newly employed clerks have
ioined their ranks.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
surnris,d and AnnlhIlated.

Zunugru. Nigera. Nov. News was
received here that a French camel pa
troll. consisting OF one officer and sixty
men. was surprised and annihilated
by a Zenoussl force at the end OF
August 200 miles northeast Of Lake
Chad
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Blow Was Fatal.

Waco. Nov 2.-Charles Schroeder. a
farmer. who lived below Mart, was run
over near there by a passenger train
and killed. His team was also killed.
Schraeder only received one blow. and
that was on the head.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
SHIPPING ACTIVITY.
Nothing Like II Ever Before Witnessed
at Galveston.

Galveston. Nov. More than $50
steamers are scheduled to sail from
this port during the present month.
forty OF them going TO Liverpool. all
10 have full cargoes. All records for
export will be broken. Shipments are
being made to all ports Of the world.
one steamer goes direct to Japan with
a cargo OF cotton.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
To Teach Farmers.

Washington. Nov /. - The depart.
ment OF agriculture. through Or. II W
Wiley. chief OF the bureau OF chemis'
try. has undertaken to educate farmers
regarding the manufacture Of dena-
tufed alcohol. Two bulletins were Is.
sued on the subject
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Arrested a, ST. Louis.

st Louis. Nov LIE. Houston
Fitch. who says he is a Methodist
minister. was arrested, charged with
passing forged checks in Chelsea. l.
r. several weeks ago.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Receiver Appointed.

La Crosse. wis. Nov Judge
Fruit. In the circuit court, appointed
c. S. Van Auken receiver Of the Mex
lean Plantation company. The com
pany Is capitalized at 100000
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
MAY BUILD BRANCH.
Katy viii Probably Extend Line From
Dallas TO Egan.

Dallas. Nov. 1.-The Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Railway company, II Il
can secure right OF way and other es-
sentials at Dallas. will build a line
from this city to Egan. Johnson coun.
~. This will give Dallas two direct
lines 10 Cleburne.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Has ResIaned.

Hot Springs. Nov. l.-E A. Nickels.
United States commissioner at Hot
Springs, has resigned He was recent
~ indicted on charge Of malfeasance
In office
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Pleased With Fair.

Austin, Nov. l.-Governor Lanham
has returned from San Antonio. He Is
pleased with the International fair.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02

julius Dana. brother OF the late
Editor Dana 81 New York. died near
Newark. o. He was a pioneer school
teacher.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
Chinese WarshIp Asho re.

Shanghai. Nov. THE Chinese war
ship Chy Wa Is ashore at the entrance
OF the river Assistance was sent her.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
In Markham Indiana.

Indianapolis. Nov. l.-Vice President
Fairbanks made speeches at seve:d'
points in northern Indiana Thursday
BY an explosion in n wooden factory
al Webster. Mass. one man was Killed
and over a score Of other persons
hurt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
LAST SONG WRITTEN.

Author Of Sweetest story Ever Told"
and Nancy Brown" Dies.
San Francisco. Nov. William
Reynolds. a we'll known composer and
musical director. died at the Lane
hospital after a short illness. The
Sweetest Story Every Told" and Nan
cy Brown" are two OF his most success.
full songs
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-02
MAMMOTH BATTLEsHIP.

Displacement Of Twenty Thousand
Tons-cost over Six Million Dollars.
Washington. Nov. L. Plans for a
new battleship call for a displacement
Of 10000 tons. The vessel will cost.
exclusive OF armament and armor,
Ss 600 900
, 1906-03-07

In addition to this single natural
beauty Lincoln began to think In Il lit
tie while that a couple of trees would
look well and might even be useful if
judiciously planted in the vicinity of
his bare house yard. This enterprise he
actually put into execution, and years
afterWapd three decayed pear trees
constituted the only memorials of him
or his family to be seer about the
premises.
In that solitary cabin, on this DESC
late spot, the illustrious Abraham Lin
coin was born on the 10Th day of Feb
ruary, 1909. The Lincolns remained ON
Nolin creek until Abraham was four
years old. They then removed to a
place much more picturesque and of
far greater fertility. 1t was situated
about six miles from Hodgensville. on
Knob creek, a very clear stream. This
farm was we'll timbered and more hilly
than the one Oh Nolin creek. 1t con-
tanned some rich valleys, which prom
ised such excellent yields that Lincoln
bestirred himself most vigorously and
dNludlly SOl ilto CuliiNdlloH llc Nlolt
of six acres, lying advantageously up
and down the branch.
This, however, was not all the work
he did, for he still continued to pother
occasionally at his trade; but, no mat
ter what he turned his hand to, hie
gains were equally insignificant. lie
was satisfied with Indifferent shelter,
and Il diet of corn bread and milk"
was all he asked. John Hanks naively
observed that Happiness was the end
Of life with him." The purchase of the
Knob creek farm must have been n
mere speculation, with all the pay
ments deferred, for the title remained
in Lincoln but n single year. The deed
was made to him Sept. 2, 1913, and
Oct. 81, 1914, he conveyed 200 acres to
Charles Milton, leaving thirty-eight
acres of the tract unsold. No public
record discloses what he did with the
remainder. If he retained any interest
In it for the time it was probably per-
mitted to be sold for taxes. The last
of his transactions in regard to this
land took place two years before his
removal to Indiana.
, 1906-03-07
Lincoln Desolate Birthplace.

Thomas Lincoln soon wearied of Eliz-
abethtown and carpenter work. He
thought he could do better as a farmer,
and shortly after the birth of Nancy
Tor SARAH removed to a piece of land
on the south fork of Nolin creek, three
miles from Hodgensville and about
thirteen miles from Elizabethtown.
What estate he had or attempted to get
in this land is not clear from the pa
pers at hand. 1t is said he bought it,
but was unable to pay for it. 1t was
very poor, the landscape Of which 1t
formed a part was extremely desolate,
and it was nearly destitute of timber.
On every side the eye rested only upon
weeds and low bushes and barren
grass" 1t was, on the whole, as bad a
piece of ground as there was in the
neighborhood and would hardly have
sold for a dollar an acre. The general
appearance of the surrounding country
was not much better. A few small but
pleasant streams-Nolin creek and its
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. through the val
legs. The land was generally what Is
called "rolling"-that is, dead levels in
terspersed by little hillocks. Nearly all
Of it was arabic; but, except the mar
gins of the water courses, not much of
it was sufficiently fertile to repay the
labor of tillage. Here it was only by
incessant labor and thrifty habits that
an ordinary living could be wrung
from the earth.
The family took up their residence in
a miserable cabin which stood on a lit
tie knoll in the midst of a barren glade.
Near by a romantic spring" gushed
from beneath a rock and sent forth a
slender but silvery stream, meander-
ing through those dull and unsightly
plains. As it furnished almost the only
pleasing feature in the melancholy
desert through which it flowed the
place was called after 1t, Crock Spring
Farm"
, 1906-03-07

yer. Have been a captain of volunteers
in the Black Hawk war. Postmaster at
a very small Office. Four times a mem
Der of the Illinois legislature and was
a member of the lower house of con
gress."
To a campaign biographer who APP
piled for particulars Of his early his
tory he replied that they could be Of no
interest; that they We're but "the short
and simple annals of the poor"
THE chief difficulty | had to encoun-
ter" writes this latter gentlei"an. was
to induce him to communicate the
homely facts md incidents of his early
life. He seemed to be painfully i'm
pressed with the extreme poverty of
his early surroundings, the utter alb
sence of all romantic and heroic ele-
ments, and | know he thought poorly
of the idea of attempting a biograDh-
zeal sketch for campaign purposes"
, 1906-03-07

death Of his mother, and of the birth
and death of Thomas Lincoln. The rest
of the record Is almost wholly devoted
to the Johnstons and their numerous
descendants and connections. 1t has
not a word about the Hankses or the
Sparrows. 1t shows the marriage of
Sally Bush first with Daniel Johnston
and then with Thomas Lincoln. but it
is entirely silent as to the marriage of
his own mother. 1t does not even give
the date of her birth, but barely recog-
nizes her existence and demise, to make
the vacancy which was speedily filed
by Sarah Johnston.
An artist was painting his portrait
and asked him for n sketch of his early
life. He gave him this brief memoran-
dun: Il was born Feb. II, 1909, in the
then Hardin county, Ky, at a point
within the now county of La Rue, a
mile or n mile and n half from where
Hodgens mill now Is. My parents be-
ing dead and my own memory not
serving, | know of no means of identi-
flying the precise locality. 1t was on
Nolin creek"
To the compiler of the Dictionary of
Congress" he gave the following: Born
Feb. -, 1909, in Hardin county, Ky.
Education defective. Profession, a law
, 1906-03-07

~ Plate Glass
Accident
q Health
- Employers Liability
~ Elevator Liability
General Liability
Teams Liability
n Workmens' Collective
X Physicians Liability
Druggists Liability
a Steam Boiler
Fly Wheel
NJ Burglary
~ Larceny
Theft
Automobile
Fidelity
For Insurance in all its
- branches
JOHN
C~onveyancer
nv Dxyn0n 4nJ
, 1906-03-07
Sounds More Reasonable.

"There is still a law in some states
against a man kissing his wife on
Sunday"
"Say, what do you take me forT
Don't you believe it,"
Guess my believer must be out OF
repair today"
But | read it all right"
"You look again and see If it doesn't
say another mans wife"
, 1906-03-07
The Follow Up.

One cold wave, as the bard hath said,
Upon another's heels doth tread.
We hardly speed the parting guest
Until another from the west
Has slipped in ere the door was shut
And handed us an upper cut.
, 1906-03-07
Young Abe's Close Call.

In the meantime Dennis Hanks en-
deayored to initiate young Abraham,
now approaching his eighth year, in the
mysteries of fishing and led him on
numerous tramps up and down the
picturesque branch-the branch whose
waters were 50 pure that a white peb-
bic could be seen in a depth of ten
feet. On one occasion when attempting
to coon" across the stream by swing
ing over on 4 sycamore tree .&BraAam
lost his hold and, tumDling into deep
water, was saved only by the utmost
exertions of the other boy. But, with
all this play, the child was often seri-
GUS and sad. With the earliest dawn of
reason he began to suffer and endure,
and it was that peculiar moral train
ing which developed both his heart and
his intellect with such singular and as
tonishlng rapidity.
1t is not likely that Thomas Lincoln
cared Il straw about his education. He
had none himself and is said to have
admired "muscle" more than mind.
Nevertheless, as Abraham's sister was
going to school for a few days at Il
time he was sent along, as Dennis
Hanks remarks, more to bear her COM
pany than with any expectation or de-
sire that he would learn much himself.
One of the masters, Zachariah Riney,
taught near the Lincoln cabin. The
other, Caleb Hazel, kept his school
nearly four miles away. on the
'Friend' farm, and the hapless chill
dren were compelled to trudge that
long and weary distance with spelling
book and dinner" the latter Il lunch
of corn bread. Hazel could teach read
ing and writing after a fashion. n IA
little arithmetic. But his great quallf-
cation for his Office lay III the strength
of his arm and his power and readiness
to whip the big boys"
But as time wore on the infelicities
. of Thomas Lincoln's life in this neigh
borhood became insupportable. He was
gaining neither riches nor credit and,
being a wanderer by natural inclina-
ton, began to long for a change. His
decision, however, was FASTENED by GER
tain troubles which eliminated In q
desperate combat between him and one
Abraham Enlow. They fought like saw
ages, but Lincoln obtained a signal and
permanent advantage by biting off the
nose of his antagonist, so that he went
bereft all the days Of his life and pub
lished his audacity and its punishment
wherever he showed his face. But the
ARRAY and the fame of it made Lincoln
more anxious than ever to escape from
Kentucky. He resolved, therefore, to
leave these scenes forever and seek q
r~ooftree beyond the Ohio.
The lives Of his father and mother
and the history and character of the
family before their settlement In In
diana were topics upon which Abra-
ham Lincoln never spoke but with
great reluctance and significant re-
serve.
The Family Bible.
In his family Bible he kept a register
of births, marriages and deaths, every
entry being carefully made in his own
handwriting. 1t contains the date of
his sisters birth and his own; of the
marriage and death of his sister: of the
, 1906-03-07
Not For the Wise BOYS.

"When is a joke not a joker"
"When it is on you, of course"
"Nay, nay; when 1t Is on the boss"
, 1906-03-07
fro BE Continued
AS 1t Scented to Him.

"Pa, what is an insurance company
anyway
at is a corporation that sustains
business relations with you very prof
table to them until you are about all
in, and her they cut the connection"
, 1906-03-07
A Bad Germ.

"Some fellow broke into the depot
and stole thirteen grips"
THAT sinner must be a regular grip
microbe."
, 1906-03-07
The Family Bible.

In his family Bible he kept a register
of births, marriages and deaths, every
entry being carefully made in his own
handwriting. 1t contains the date of
his sisters birth and his own; of the
marriage and death of his sister: of the
, 1906-03-07
Practical.

do you know what to do In Ease of
fireT"
Put 1t out"
, 1906-03-07
WARD
HILL
LAMON,
His Friend, Intimate and
Bodyguard

BY her family her understanding was
considered something wonderful. John
Hanks spoke reverently of her high
and intellectual forehead" which he
considered but the proper seat Of fac
ulties like hers. Compared with the
mental poverty of her husband and rel
atives, her accomplishments were GER
tainly very great, for it is related by
them with pride and delight that she
could actually read and write. The pos
session of these arts placed her far
above her associates, and after a little
while even Thomas began to mediate
upon the Importance of acquiring them.
He set to work accordingly in real
earnest, having a competent mistress
so near ut hand, and with much effort
she taught him what letters composed
his name and how to put them together
in a stiff and clumsy fashion. Hence
forth he signed no more by making his
mark, but it is nowhere stated that he
ever learned to write anything else or
to read either written or printed let
tiers.
Nancy Hanks was early sent to live
with her uncle and aunt, Thomas and
Betsy Sparrow, and became so COM
pletely identified with them that many
supposed her to have been their child.
They reared her to womanbood, fol-
lowed her to Indiana, dwelt under the
same roof, died of the same disease at
nearly the same time and were buried
close beside her. They were the only
parents she ever knew, and she must
have called them by names appropriate
to that Relationship. for several persons
who saw them die and carried them to
their graves believed that they were in
fact her father and mother.
The Hankses claim that their ances-
tors came from England to Virginia,
whence they migrated to Kentucky
with the Lincolns and settled near
them in Mercer county. The same, pre-
cisely, is affirmed of the %Sparrows.
Branches of both families maintained
a more or less intimate connection with
the fortunes of Thomas Lincoln, ard
the early life of Abraham was closely
interviewer with theirs.
Lincoln took Nancy to live in a shed
IN one of the alleys of Elizabethtown.
1t was a very sorry building and nearly
bare of furniture, was about fourteen
feet square, had been three times re-
moved and twice used as a slaughter
house and once as a stable. Here a
daughter was born on the 10th day of
February, 1907, who was called Nancy
1uripp the life of her mother and after
her death Sarah.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

He who thinks no evil can do nc
wrong.
Waiting works wonders If you work
while you wait
A man may do the best he caA and
still get the worst of it,
Wings of riches are as unsatisfactory
as the stings of poverty.
A mans most bitter enemy is the ex-
friend who can no longer work him.
Even the man who expects the uneX-
pected is apt to be surprised when 1t
happens.
A man is seldom as old rs he feels
or woman as young as she says
she is.
The faster man lives the quicker
he will occupy ground floor space in a
cemetery.
It's an easy matter to obtain peace.
All you have to do is let the other fell
low have his way.
Some things are rather difficult to
understand, especially when they are
explained by some one who doesn't un.
derstand them. Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-19
LIKE cRUSoE.
Scientist Will Spend Three Months on
a South Sea island.

New York. Aug. 1S.-Like a Robin
son Crusoe. only without a man Fri
day and with a certainty of rescue
Alfred J. Klein will spend three
months on Kergulen Island. away
south of she Indian ocean and half
way between Tasmania and the south.
ern end of the continent of Africa. He
is being sent thither by the Museum
of Natural History for purposes OF
research. and expects to sail from
Boston in September
Through the voyags of whaling YES
sci the museum obtained information
about Kergulen Island. which leads to
a belif that the island contains many
specimens of plant and animal life en-
tirely unknown to the world Of
science
Kergulen Island is situated 40 de
grees south latitude and 20 degrees
east longitude. half way between AZ
RIGA and Tasmania. II is 90 miles long
and contains VOLCANOES and glaciers.
Its temperature seldom rises above
80 degrees or falls below zero. It has
never been Inhabited for any length Of
time A whaling vessel will leave Mr..
Klein at the island. returning for him
after a three months cruise in South
ern waters.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-19
COLONIAL CARELESSNESS.


Distressing accidents, sucl, as we find
chronlcled in the newspapers Of our
colonial era, bring home wildly to
posterity the fact that dangers TO life
and limb existed before the day of the
dynamite cracker ANA the automobile.
Children, rambling outdoors, and
grown persons besides. says the author
OF Americans of 171G," would pick
and eat strange berries, roots and veg
etables that turned out poisonous, and
In vain did newspapers warn against
mushrooms, hemlock, Ivy and other
growing things.
Clumsiness at work Oh the part of the
Injured or injuTer did much mortal
mischief. A man dropped from his
ladder or scaffoldlng while repairing Il
house or was scalded to death by an
overturned kettle of potash or maple
sap. We read of father and three
sons who were killed by suffocation,
one after another, while descending
into n pit without first testing for car
bonic acid
NppiW NtiC IultitSSy IlbWfONtl, III
the use Of powder and firearms when
the Revolutionary era began. At Hart
ford the legislature voted joyfully to
the townsfolk two barrels of powder
for volleys In honor of the repeal Of the
stamp act. The powder was kept in
a schoolhouse, and the militiamen.
when filing their horns with IT, left
some spilled on the floor
The school children, playing with
the black grains. set them on fire and
the train led to a powder barrel. which
exploded with tremendous conclusion.
The schoolhouse was blown up and
many children We're killed.
A fire In Andover in ITO burned to
the ground an old house next the meet
ing house, and its three lonely and
aged inmates persisted in the flames.
But ''providentially," as one newspaper
the church escaped I'M
harmed
Two old maiden sisters, it seems,
were In the habit of smoking their
pipes after they got into bed, whence,
probably, the disaster Therefore,
adds the chronicler, ut may not be
lmiss to caution people against such a
practice"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-19
The ChangeIess Moon.

Under existing conditioHs-and the
conditions have existed on the surface
Of the moon for perhaps millions of
years-lt is physical impossibility
that the face of the moon should
change one iota. There are neither
outside nor inside influences that can
be brought TO bear to make Il change
In the configuration of our silvery Sis
ter world" Her internal fires have
long since died out, and there is an
utter absence OF both air and water.
Existing under such conditions. it is
utterly impossible that the face Of the
moon should undergo change or dis
Indignation even In the course of a
hundred million years.