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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22

Marriage licenses have been issued
20 W. II. Cole and Miss Emma Gus
tavus, Willie Bishop and Annie
Davis, John Brown and Alice Hol
loway, Horace Wilson and Mary
Brown. Antonio Depmterneo and
Biogio Comarota, Henry Kurtsn and
Miss Mittie Tobias, Hesakish Jones
and Amanda Robinson.
Prof. h. Z. Pittuck, who has for
some time been In charge Of the
Texas pure feed law, has resigned
10 take effect at once. We have not
learned who will succeed him In the
work he has organized and admins.
tered so satisfactorily 20 the Texas
users Of mill feeds.-Farm and
Ranch.
The Eagle Is requested 10 call the
proper authorities attention 70 the
condition Of the road near the con-
vent. IL ~ reported 20 be almost
impossible with loaded wagon
and shonld be fixed.
Calvert has received In The neigh
borhood Of 100 balss Of cotton 10 date
aud her buyers are payicg the tor Of
the market tor the stAple.-Courier-
Chronicle.
For fine fresh bread and cakes Of
all kinds call At the Texas Bakery.
Careful attention 10 special orders.
Phone 50. Mrs. Otto Boehme. ~
Beall Chatham left for Hsarne to-
day 20 make arrangements for an
extended trip 20 Denver and other
points.
W. l.. Gloss left yesterday for
Mineral Wells TO spend bis vaes-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. &. Marek left
for their home In Marlin.
Mrs. :. VI. waldrop left yesterday
on visit 10 relatives In Calvert.
Mrs. O. Z. Ingram OF Hutto l..
visiting Jack LAwless Of Kurten.
Mrs. Edna Minkert returned yes.
,erdAy from a visit 10 Greenville.
Jim Mcmillan was pleasant
caller on the Eagle yesterday.
Mrs r. ID Perkins returned 20 her
home In Mckinney yesterday.
Mrs. b. II Knox left yesterday on
a visit 90 relatives In Houston.
W. W. Cloud and wife Of Kurten
were in the city yesterday.
Rillie Hanover was in the city
yesterday from Wheelock.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Smith were In
rom Tabor yesterday.
Darby Cahnl was in yesterday
rom Thompson Greek.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
DIED At MUMf0RD.
hr. {. Fitzgerald. Age SiSiy.ihree Years
Manager Of Astin Plantation for
Twenty-oue Years.

Mr.. E. Fitzgerald, age 60 years,
died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock
and will be buried at Frameyille.
Burleson county, this morning.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was the manager
Of the Actin plantation in the
Brazos bottom for twenty. one years.
Was a good man. lived a quiet life
and will be missed by those who
knew him.
He leaves a wife.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
lnIimaiiOns Of What the Coming stsie
Fair VIII be Like.

De- ss, Texas, aug. 2l.-The
sta'elsir people are putting into
the ios'hcoming show, October 10
to October IS, 800, 900 more than
they have ever before invested 10
an Entertainment, and all the de.
poriments will be arranged on a
eorrespondingly greater scale.
Exhibits aud attractions will ex.
tend all the way around the race
track. The very best attractions
to be had are being engaged, regard.
less OF cost. Some very strong
features will shortly be announced
Tor the auditorium The Pike will
be made up Of the very pick and
choice amusement successes Of the
year in the East and North. The
racing department will have all the
elements Of interest Of any Of the
great turf meeting Of the country.
The purses snd stakes aggregate
nearly 10000. Each day during
the thirteen week days Of the car.
nival, there will be from Ave TO
seven running races, and from two
to four harness events, in which
some Of the greatest horses in the
United States and Canada will try
for the money.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
Startling Statistics.

St Petersburg. Aug 2l.-Last
Eeek's statistics show that fifty-elght
officials were murdered and forty Tree
wounded In Russia proper: that no
bomb despots were discovered; mat
six safes were rifled Of money and six.
ty.three persons were robbed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
BOUNDARY DEFINING.
Governor Frartz viii Soon Issue a
Proclamation on Subject

Guthrie. Aug. 2l.-Governor Frantz
will soon issue proclamation defin.
ing the boundaries OF the constitutions!
convention and declaring that the elec.
ton OF delegates shall be on New. s.
under the election laws 81 Oklahoma.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
ISLAND DESTROYED.

ventures Of Robinson cruso.
New York, Aug. 2i.-A report reach.
ed this city Monday that the South
American earthquake destroyed the
island OF Juan Fernandez off the Chill
can coast. II belonged 20 Chile. and
on Il were a penal settlement and
fort.
This Is the island made famous by
Daniel De Foe as the scene Of the
thrilling adventures Of Robinson Cru.
soc.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
0. E. S.

A regular meeting Of Bryan Chap.
ter No. 222. Order u Eastern Star,
will he held This afternoon AZ pm,
At Masonic Hall Officers for the
ensuing year will be elected, there
fore 10 Is very necessary that all
members be present.
Mrs. Edna Minksrt. w VI.
Mrs. Lena F. Reed, Secretary.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
GIRLS AWFUL FATE.
Miss Of Sixteen Years Outraged and
Stranded 10 Death

Raleigh. n. C.. Aug. 22.-The body
OF the sixteen-year-old daughter Of
George waddell was found near Ere.
mont, his home. While on her way
20 visit a girl friend an unknown man
outraged and strargled her.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22
NOTICE ELKS.

There will
be n regular
meeting OF
the lodge TO.
night at s:3l
o clock. A
good attend
ance is re-
quested.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-22

r. f. Cotton Of Grimes county was
here yesterday.
w. ;. Howell returned from Gal
weston yesterday.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20

to only as So-and-sos fish. Usually 1t
receives for a pseudonym the name of
the tax collector of the nearest village.
as lie is generally tie one least liked:
In the Hawaiian Islands when the
fishermen are ready to embark they are
greatly cxasperated should II person
come along and stand lnlolently gaz-
ing at them with his hands behind him,
us tl.ey believe 1t gives them bad luck
The ear bones, or otoliths, of the lake
drum are often carried as amulets by
the negro fishermen and others of the
south and are also prlzel by the boys
Of Wisconsin ana elsewhere In the
west who call them "lucky stones,"
perhaps In alluslon TO the fact that
they are marked by figure which re-
scmbles the letter L. The New Eng
land fishermen carry Il lucky bone
which they find in the head of the cod
fish. II is shell-like and narrow, with
Il length of three-fourths of an inch.
The edge Is notched, while the color
Is pearly white. Many of them con-
slider it a good plan to carry two bones,
as that will make their luck doubly
sure, but they both should be from the
head of the same fish.
In the Hawaiian Islands the appear
Gncc of the ului Il small fiat fish which
visits the Islands only occasionally, Is
regarded us sure precursor of the
death of a high chief or one of the roy
al family.
The ancients supposed that the seal
enjoyed immunity from lightning, and
among those who borrowed the protec-
tlon of its skin was the Emperor Au-
gustus, who always wore a belt of seal
fur. The idea arose from the fancy
that the seal sleeps most profoundly in
thunderstorms The crab was believed
by the ancients to grow only during the
waxing of the moon, and this is still
current belief, the writer having found
1t in various parts Of this country, par
ticularly in Alaska. This seems to
have more foundation than the belief
that In thunderstOrms Holsters cast
their large cutting claws. The brain
VI 'hC carp was SupppHtu ny Nhc uh-
clients to grow and diminish as the
moon waXed and waned. Pearls were
supposed to be sea dew which the oys-
ter drank in and by some mystic chem
istry transformed into gems, which
were soft until the sun shone on them,
and then they hardened 1t was sup
posed that on cloudy nights the oyster
secreted dark pearls and on moonlight
nights clear white pearls.
The japanese fishermen rarely IL
ever utilize the turtles taken In their
nets, but, writing some characters on
their backs, turn them loose 1t is be-
lieved that turtle so treated will
guide the fisherman back to land
should he ever be lost at sea.-New
York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Money Wisely Expended Is Safely
and PrOntabIy Expended.

Beautifed utility is never too costly.
Over and over again the cost benefits
of public improvements have bee
proved, defined, established. 1t is tru
of public betterments of a sanitar
character; it is true of public bette
ments that look to commercial aC
vancement; it is true Of public better
ments that have primarily an art val
ue. The practical and the ornamental
betterment are alike in this-that mon
ey wisely expended for good purposes
is safely and proftably invested.
The limitations of expenditures for
civic betterment are of course very OBJ
vious. The work undertaken must be
good in itself and serve some good
purpose. Money expended for worth
less filtration plant, for example, is
money worse than wasted. Money
spent for bad art is not always consid-
cred as SO completely lost as money
that might be wasted for worthless
sanitary apparatus. The statue causes
no i'll health and may be avoided by
passing down the next street, while an
impure water supply brings death and
destruction to many helpless persons
Homes and Garden.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20

The japanese are ruthless In their
tamperlng with nature. If they de-
eide that they want bird or an an
imal of a certain shape or color they
set about manufacturing the article, so
to speak, by the exercise of exceeding
ly clever ingenuity and untiring pa
tience. Here, for example, is how the
white sparrows are produced: They Sc
lect a pair of grayish birds and keep
them in u white cage in white room,
where they are attended by a person
dressed in white. The mental effect on
n series of generations of birds results
in completely white birds. They breed
the domestic cock with enormously
long tails after the same principle
They first select a bird with a good
tail, giving him very high perch TO
stand on: then with weights they drag
the tail downward, carrying on the
same system with the finest specimens
of his descendants till a tail almost as
long as peacock's is produced at last.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
YearIy Picture Taking.

Some families make it custom to
visit the photographers yearly, all 60
ing together to sit for portraits singly
or in groups. 1t Is good custom, but
has to be strictly observed or it may
begin to be honored in the breach. One
family permits no postponement Of the
yearly trip to the photo gallery. A day
is set, and every one must go. There
are no penalties for nonattendance at
this family reunion before the camera,
because there are no infringements Of
the rule. The custom began with this
family many years ago, when the first
baby came to 1t. To-day It has a CON-
piete Photographic record of family
life for almost a generation. Some Of
the children are married and are pow
photographed with their own children.
while death has made vacancies In the
lates groups.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
HOG MON EY.
Origin of the Curious Old Brass
Coins of BERN udn.

Origin of the Curious Old Brass
Coins of Bermuda.
Hog money" is the name by which
the brass money which began to be
struck in Bermuda In 1850 came to be
known. On one face Of 1t was hog,
on the other ship Of that period.
These old coins are very rare and high
ly priced by collectors.
The history Of this device is curious
and interesting. A Spanish vessel,
commanded by Juan Bermudez, on its
way to Cuba with cargo Of hogs, was
wrecked there. This was In 1915. Lat
er in the same century, when the Eng
llsh discovered this land, they found a
country Inhabited by hogs
1t is also interesting to note that the
English discovered 1t in the same way
as the Spanlards. An English ship
was wrecked there. Is 1t any wonder
that the treacherous coast got from
Spanish and English alike the name Of
DEVILS Land? Yet 1t Is one Of the
most beautiful coasts In the world, and
1t has been claimed that in brilliancy
Mediterranean effects are not at all
equal to those of Bermuda.
Bermuda is said to be the island of
Shakespeare's Tempest" The strange
noises which mariners heard coming
from this island, and which they did
not then know were produced by hogs,
caused them to say that it was haunt.
ed and to report weird things of it,
Pearson's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
HOW BEAST MEN AXE MADE.
The Hideous and Cruel Practice of
Flesh Sculpture In China.


"yictor Hugo In The Man Who
Laughs" said an ethnoogist, tells Of
the sculptors of living fesh-those hor-
rlble people OF the middle ages who kid
naped tender little children and turned
them into all sorts Of monsters, dwarfs,
hunchbacks and the like, selling them
afterward for testers or for showmen's
freaks.
THE hldeous and cruel practice Of
flesh sculpture still continues. There is
tribe of Chinese gypsies who steal
children and turn them into so called
wild men. The practice is, Of course
illegal.
"a kidnapped child Ia fayed alive, bit
by bit, and the shaggy skin of a dog
is grated on him. This takes year.
At the years end the poor creature is
shaggy, like bear from head to foot
'"The child's vocal chords are destroy
ed with charcoal In an unspcakably
cruel way. He can never speak there
after He can only growl and moan
like beast.
HE is imprisoned in perfectly black
hole until every vestige of reason leaves
him. Nine months Is usually suf-
ficient confinement to accomplish this.
FINALLY, speechless, shaggy, lunatic,
the victim Is sold to travelling show
man and Is exhibited throughout China
as genuine wild man or beast man.
am bound to say he looks the part"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20

The words Of the good are like stan
ln slippery place.-Hindoo Maxim.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
English and Scotch Precedence.

At the coronation of Charles l., the
kingdoms of England and Scotland
having been united during the reign Of
his father, considerable friction took
place with regard to the order Of pre-
cedence of the English and Scottish
noblemen. An arrangement satisfac-
tory to all parties was finally conclud-
ed, in virtue of which English peers
while in England took precedence Of
Scottish peers OF the same rank, while
in Scotland this order was reversed,
and the Scottish peers went first.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
The shenherh,s crnnl,.

Although most people have seen q
shepherds crook, many do not know
the use of it. Some people think that
all the shepherd carries it for is to use
it as a walking stick when he tramps
to and from the fold. But the crooked
end itself serves purpose. 1t enables
a shepherd to catch refractory sheep.
If a sheep shows signs of running
away the crooked end has only to be
placed round his leg, and he Is cap
tive.-London Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
THE HUMPBACK WHALE.
Most Desperate and Dangerous of
All Marine Monsters.

A whale factory" is always located
in some scantily populated seacoast
harbor, for the odors that rise from the
chimneys when n whale is being tried
out would speedily arouse an urban
population to mob violence. The steam
er Is stout little craft of 100 tons
burden, capable of making twelve
knots an hour, and Is strongly built
and braced to enable it to withstand
chance blow from the mighty flukes
OF a maddened levlathan. Usually n
single shot from the harpoon gun re-
suits In speedy death, but occasionally,
when the weapon fails to strike vital
point the frenzied monster will career
wildly about the ocean for hours, drag
ging the ship, with engines reversed,
over the water like n cork.
Most desperate and dangerous of all
marine monsters Is the humpback
whale. When wounded, the humpback
will charge the ship and attempt to
destroy it, there being case on record
where small Norwegian whaler was
sunk and all hands lost In such an en-
counter, while another steamer had a
narrow escape from a similar fate in
Newfoundland waters.
On one occasion an unusually pow
erful bull blueback, harpooned In a
nonvital spot, towed whaler for
twenty-six hours around Placentia bay
doubling back and charging the ship
repeatedly and requiring three har-
rooms to dispatch 1t. Another time a
l4umpback made fourteen hour fight
against whaler off Cape Race, the
ships winch being demolished by the
furious tugs the creature made as 1t
tried to rid itself of the harpoon. A
third instance was where whaler,
having shot one FISH" Just before sun
down, transfixed another soon after
ward and spent the whole night In a
most perilous fight with his two vic
tins, whose diverse movements fire.
quently threatened to overturn the
vessel.
When a whale is harpooned he usual
ly Sounds" or dives downward until
he can go no farther. The rope at
tached to the harpoon Is drawn out
through the ships hawse pipe so fast
that the chatting causes the woodwork
to smoke, and 1t has to be sluiced with
sea water at intervals to prevent COM
bustion. The wounded monster next
bounds upward and projects himself
clear out of the sea, believing madly
the while and falling back into the
brine with a noise resembling thunder
Then he races off furiously over the
ocean, towing the ship behind and div
Ing or rising at intervals until ex-
hausted, when the whaler can ap-
proach and finish him. A full grown
fish, If not vitally hit, can tow the ship
for hours and may often require sec
ond shot to give him his quietus. This,
however, is more often done by launch
ing boat with two or three men, who
row up to the spent victim and pierce
him to the heart with thrust from a
sharp spear, when he sends up last
spout of snray and blood and expires
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20

If you have anything to sell, try
our Want Column.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
His 0ue chpf

Colonel Evans in his book on Califor-
MIA speaks of "buck fever" as being
one of the most violent diseases which
ever attacked the human system. 1t
has been the undoing of many an ex
perlenced hunter, but in the case cited
by Colonel Evans 1t proved to be the
making of a reputation.
--A A farmer In Illinois named Wheeler
had never fired a gun. One winter,
however, he heard so much talk about
the sport of hunting that his ambition
became excited, and, borrowing Il gun,
he started out. When he came back
he brought magnificent buck. shot
by himself square in the middle of the
forehead. He said little about his
achievement, but got the credit of be-
ing a crack shot. reputation which,
although he went hunting no more, he
held for several years.
Then one day he told his story and
lost his name as a sportsman.
He had seen a doe drinking out Of a
creek at the foot of bluff about twen-
ty feet high. With wild excitement he
got his gun to his shoulder, shut his
eyes, set his teeth and pulled the trig-
ger To his establishment he saw the
doe bound away unhurt, while at the
same time glorious buck pitched
headlong from the bluff into the creek,
stone dead.
The buck had been looking down at
the doe, and Wheeler had not seen
him at all, but his shaking gun sent its
shot on fatal, although unintended,
errand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
A Long Way on.

Creditor (determinedly)-I shall call
at your house every week until you pay
this account, sir. Debtor dn the bland
est of tones)-Then, sir, there seems
every probability of our acquaintance
ship ripening into friendship.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
Lots OF Chatter.

what is he playingr
"Oh, Mendelssohn's Songs Without
Words you know"
Him! Well. the audience seems to
be doing their best to supply the def.
iency."-London Bystander.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-06-20
DENTIST,

Office on second floor Of the First National
bank building, Main street. si
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24
CTo be continued.l
A HeartIess Family,

There had been severe thunder
storm In the night, and old Mrs. Top
ham had, for wonder, slept through
1t. Uusually she rose, lighted hel
lamp, dressed herself, and sat down
in a chair whose legs were set In
glass tumblers.
Instead Of being grateful that she
had not been aware of the storm, the
old lady was filled with wrath when
she heard OF 1t the next morning.
II declare. l should think was
boarding stead of living among my
own folks!" she said. Want there
one Of my children nor grandchildren
that thought enough O. me to wake
me? There I might have been struck
by lightning in my sleep and never
known what killed mel"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24
Hard to Lose,

go where you may" said the pa
triotic Chicago man, "but there are
some things about thu old town Of Chi
cago that will cling to you still"
"You betr' replied the south side
man. "C;nders and mud"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24

In Washington they have school
for chauffeurs in which women ara
enrolled, and the general opinion Is that
they make as good II not better chauf.
feurs than men. They are not learning
as professionals. however, but as own.
ners and would-be runners Of their own
machines.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24

Mrs Ethel Beatty, of the British
navy. daughter and only surviving
child Of the late Marshall Field, be
comes, by her fathers death, one Of the
richest women In the world.
She was married first to Arthur
Tree, son of Lambert Tree, of Chica.
so. After some years residence In
England they separated. Mrs. Tree
later was married to Capt. Beatty.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24
More ERectfYa.

Miss Singleton-I suppose you wear
your sweetest smile when you have oc-
casion to ask a favor of your hus-
band.
Mrs. Wedderly-Oh, dear, mol turn
on the flow of my briniest tears.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-24
woman's Aim.

Dick-I am surprised that you told
Katharine to throw kisses at Reggy
Sapp when you are around.
Tom-Why not7 Women can't throw
straig' :, and when she aims them at
Reggy they come toward me.