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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-05-29

can give them a lease for a long
term Of years.
"This system would also mean
that stores would be opened up on
the campus and town would re-
suit at College Station. This
would make US practically inde-
pendent Of Bryan. Now, am
friendly to Bryan. want fret to
see the College grow, and / want
to see Bryan's growth commen-
surate with it.
1.-THE other plan is the trolley
line TO Bryan. This would mean
that this large increase Of students
would be allowed to board in
Bryan"
Prof. Harrington stated that
he thought that the small expense
Of daily car fare would not prevent
students from boarding in town.
He also declared his deep interest
in the move and said he preferred
to have the boys in town under
proper conditions TO having them
under the cottage system.
Judge Doremus stated he be.
lieved that when our business men
saw the real conditions that
enough stock would be subscribed
TO finance the road. In turn each
member ofthe committee expressed
himself to the effect that Bryan
could not afford TO miss this her
greatest opportunity. Mr.. Bran.
don said be thought Bryan had
been up TO this time very back.
ward in establishing closer rela-
tions with the college.
Mr.. Edge said he was ready to
pull hard and long for the trolley
line to the extent Of his means.
Mr.. Saunders said he believed
that a long, persistent, earnest
effort would land the road for
Bryan, and that be had no doubt
in his mind about It's being a good
thing.
Mr.. Wilkerson said he would 90
on record as saying that it was tn
one thing for Bryan to do at this
time. And so each member of the
committee might be quoted. They
all went on record as favoring the
move, and Chairman Butler finally
put the question: Gentlemen,
the Business League has put this
responsibility on you. Are you
willing TO assume il and stay with !
this enterprise to a tinish?" The |
response was a chorus Of ayes and |
not a nay. On motion a sub-com- |
mittee was named by the chair.
man to outline a general, system
attic, campaign. Messrs. w. +. |
Saunders, Haswsll, Webb, and /
Law were appointed.
On motion Messrs. A. j. Buch-
anan, J. w. Doremus, j. T. Ma
loney and Malcolm Carnes were
added TO the committee.
Chairman Butler asked that he |
be relieved as chairman as he ex-
pected 10 be out Of town much Of |
the time during the summer at his I
farm. He said he was perfectly +
willing to keep his membership on /
the committee. Judge J. W. Dore- /
mus was unanimously chosen az .
chairman. The meeting was nota- /
ble for its earnostness, It's enthusi- I
asm and its optimism.
These men mean business and il /
would inspire the most skeptical 20 /
have witnessed the quiet but deter .
mined deliberations Of the com I
mittee.
The subcommittee will meet to- |
day and the main committee ad-
journed subject to call Of Chair.
man Doremus.
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Crickets Taught to Fight.

: A. L Parker has returned from a
trip to San-hui, n large walled city in
Kwaug province, and while there
visited the guardhouse. where he saw
six or seven earthenware bowls OF
fighting crickcts.
He was much amused rs TO the de-
scrlption of the methods of stabhng
and dieting these insects. During the
day the male and female cricket are
separated, but as soon rs night falls
they arc mated. Their diet consists of
water, boiled rice. and q little ginseng,
the latter to give them stamina.
I'm matching these insects TO fight
they are weighed and light weight
would not be pitted against a welter
weight. The insects are spurred on TO
combat with fine piece Of glass, which
troatment naturally arouses their an
ger.
The belief that crickets are distin-
guishable by pieces of colored wool is
fallacy, They are recognized by
their owners as we recognize our ca
nine pets, In a contest the first
cricket TO run away is adiudged the
loser.-South China Post.
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Long ago it was settled to the salts
faction Of all who had given the facts
due attention that the human race has
had long career upon the earth How
long none can tell, even approximately
But II is certain that proofs of the ex-
lstence of man upon the earth reach
back to distant epochs variously esti
mated at 10000 to 100000 years ago
and even further. Lyell in his " An
tiquity of Man. published in success
sive editions from thirty-fve TO forty
FIVE years ago, adduced the main proofs,
which have since been confirmed by
unanswerable further discoveries Of
similar kind
The human body is pershable and
not much sure and certain proof of
mans high antiquity can be had from
human bones or remains of human art
with them, for there may be dispute
or at least uncertainty as TO the periods
to which such discoveries belong But
mans indestructibe tools and imple-
ments, including his weapons of war
fare and OF the chase, have been found
in situations innumerable, buried deep
In beds Of glacial drift and gravel that
certainly have lain undisturbed through
countless ages. No forces less potent
than those which produce cosmic or geo
logic changes could so have placed
them.
Implements and weapons of flint and
stone found in such situations tell a
story which all minds open to facts
must receive. No human theory, no
creed of theology, no cosmology or re"
ligious belief is good for anything that
disputes or ignores them. Man has been
upon the earth during a period incon-
ceivably long, and such remains as we
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have of his life in those distant ages,
prove that he was then in a very low
stage of being or existence This must
have been the original condition OF
every race.
That condition was simply the condi-
tiou of other animals, yet relieved by
a germ, instinct or capacity of progressI
which has carried the Development Of
the human race from low to success
sively higher stages, from the weak and
helpless state Of infancy TO the matur-
ity and power of manhood. from n rude
and barbarous phase to more refined
civilization. 1t reverses the idea that
man has fallen from high estate to a.
from lower TO higher. They who
deny this conclusion, as Lyell has said,
lowe their opinion or belief to veryI
strong possessions in favor of an op-l
poslte hypothesis. -
But the appearance Of man in the,
Western hemisphere was probably much
more recent than in the Eastern. NoI
sure proofs or probable indications of
as high antiquity for the human race I'M
America have yet been produced as
those discoveries in Europe admitted by
common consent. The relics of the
mound builders Of America, it is be-
lieved, are not very old, and we think
no sure proof Of the existence of pre-
in America has yet been produced.
Thus, while the antiquity of man in
Europe is an established fact, the like
proofs are wanting IN America, thought
there are those who hold that the EskiJ !
mo IS surviving representative Of
ancient man IN the Western hemisphere 4
Portland Oregonian.
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About Socialism,

Socialism is so much TO the front at
the present time that 1t seems hardly
possible TO believe that many people
had the vaguest idea as TO what So
cialism meant only few years ago.
Here is true story illustrating an
ignorance which was common, 4
young scion of the aristocracy was
eager TO master the methods of Jour
nalism, so entered daily newspaper
office, One of the tasks which the
editor set him was to compile an index
of the contents of each days paper
for the use of reference, lie went on
with his work for some time, Then
one evening a leader writer wanted
some recent references to speeches on
socialism. Not a single speech was in
dexed " But whatever are all these
references under the heading "Social.
ism7' asked the editor, to whom the
matter was referred.
fOb,' said the young journalist.
GIVE entered all the balls, parties and
festivities. That all s socialism, ism t
it?''-Londou Daily News
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FRATERNAL UNION OF AMERICA
Large Attendance, Followed by the
Election of Officers.

Evergreen lodge No. 10 held its regu-
lar meeting on Monday evening last,
which had the biggest attendance of
any meeting this year and which, no
doubt, was due TO the election of Of
icers. The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term: Fraternal
master, Henry f. rawlings; Justice.
James Stirling, secretary, S. Chalker
(re'elected); treasurer, H. f. Rawlings; !;
Truth. Rose T.. Smithen; Mercy, Mrs
La Gala; guide, Milo Daley; guard,
William T., Jones; sentinel, Frederick
Miller; steward, one year, A. n. + Or
lob; steward two. wears, B. W. Mayo;
steward, three years. Alfred Smithen;
degree captain. Mrs. e. A Johnson;
pianist, Miss Mamie Frees
The degree of fraternity was con-
ferred upon Harry A. Barger, who was
initiated into the mysteries of the or
der, Three more applications for mem
bership were presented. 4 grand card
social will be given in their hall on
Monday evening. December 10. TO which
everybody is invited; tickets, IL cents,
Prizes will be awarded and genuine
good time is promised to all All mem
bers and their friends are invited TO
participate in one Of the best card
socials of the season
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Great Sale.
Mehesy's 100000 stock of furs-.
Knutsford Hotel
Great Sale
History of 'Foreipn Devil, -

NOW we are IN position 10 answer A.
question at the outset of the paper. as
to. the origin of the term translated
1oreign devil. II is literally ''ocean
demon, forcible Chinese term forI
pirate. The usual term "'sea robber' ri
became ''ocean Demon after this Chi
nese experience OF INSCRIPTIONS foreipn
pirates who became marauders on shore
as wei. From the Chinese standpoint.
was not the term justified in those daysf
AND not only did the Portuguese nation
furnish one or two unworthy specimens
OF europeans, but so did Holland, andI
so did England, in the years which foil
lowed
The China seas, in addition to their
own bands of native pirates, became in-
tested In those carly years with far
more daring piratical spirits from these
three nations. And at first confined to,
the coast. the term ocean Demon or
pirate, gradually spread into the inte-
rIor, being propagated from place to-
place In reports and ruinors which
doubtless magniicd the actual doinosl
OF the lawless Europeans into deeds of
hendlsh atrocity. Then after a pener-
alton or so the term foreign demon =
was utilized by mothers with fractiousl
ehlidren, much as the name Bonaparta|
was for while in England: "If vou
don I stop that noise, III tell BoneY
to come and take you'll The mention
OF 90 ocean 6ends - was found to afford
potent sedatIve for blatant juveniles
and so 1t has continued in use since
the sixteenth century until the presents
generation, an Interesting if unpleas-
ant instance OF Chinese conservatism.
We suggested at the start that it is
dvirg down in many places. Havinrl
been so long-lived in the past. il is
dying hard. And. as all will admit, it,
has been the missionary foreigners, or,
the more genial men and women OF that
class. who have been the chief agents
i'm changing it for something better.
Not that the foreign babies have not!
helped. When in the sixties DR.. Porter
Smith of Hanhow walked in the Chinese
streets with his little child on his
shoulder the Chinese exclaimed: "Hs
cannot he a foreign devil See He
is smiling at his little child. East Of
Asia Magazine.
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PRESIDENT TO DECREE
CUBAN SEATS VACANT
All Members of Both Houses
Elected in 1905 Will Be
0uSted.

| HAVANA. Dec. 2.-''By decree to
of the president Of the United States,
| the seats of members of the Cuban
Congress elected in 1905 will be de-
clared vacant"
This was the announcement by Gov
ernor Magoon today to twenty-five Sen
ators and members of the House Of
Representatives whom he had invited
to attend a conference in the palace.
After reviewingall the facts developed
by the Peace Commission sent to Cuba
by President Roosevelt in response to
tion, Governor Magoon called the at
tention of the members to the fact that
the determination as to the status of
the Congress had been reserved by the
Peace Commission for consideration at
Washington. He then communicated
TO them the final determination of Pres
ident Roosevelt that the seats of all
Senators and Representatives elected
in 1905 shall be considered vacant from
Oct. II, 1906. the vacancies thereby
created being filled by an election under
the provisional Government in accord
ance with the proclamation Of Governor
Taft September 90.
First Series Remains.
The first series of Senators and Rep
resentatlves elected in 1904 will be
continued in Office if moral peace. tran
guilty and public confidence be re-
stored TO such an extent that an cleo
tion for the vacated seats may be held
during 1907, and there may be at the
same time an election of the success
sors of Representatives whose terms ex
pire December 81. 1907 without short
ening these terms, thus avoiding the
necessity for two elections. The sala~
ries of the oustcd members will be paid
TO October II, the date fixed by the
Peace Commission.
Governor Magoon explained TO the
members of Congress that he considered
it only fair and courteous to submit to
them the terms of the decree prior TO
its formal promulgatiou so that they
might decide what attitude they de"
sired to assume. After all the facts
had been placed before them, Senators
Dolz and Tamayo spoke in behalf Of
their colleagues and the conference then
adjourned.
The decree probably will be promul
gated tomorrow.
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Sir and HMa am. -

A question has arisen in Los Angeles
concerning the proper form of address
inculcated in the public schools. it
seems that the children there are
taught TO say "sir'i and ."ma am. -
Some of the parents consider this "pro-
vincial,' - and think that they should be
taught TO add the name Of the person
addressed But the Los Angeles school
teachers say that children cannot re-
member the names of many people,
and it would be impossible so to burden
their memories.
Is tho contention correct OF those
parents who think that sir and
',.ma am thus used is provincial
usageI There can be no doubt that
this usage is found much more FIRE.
qucntly in rural districts than in cities,
In is certainly a very old usage, 10 is
etiquette thus to address the king and
queen of England. it is not etiquette
to address him as "your Majesty but
simply "sir. - Among well bred Ameri.
can mon the habit of using ''sir' is
NOT uncommon, notably in addressing
strangers. or possibly men of advanced
age, or men for whom great venera-
tiou is entertained. Among equals the
custom. in ordinary conversation. does
not exist. We speak more particularly
of city dwelers, There can be no ques-
tion that the use OF eyes and "nop
without any supplementary title is
somewhat curt, but there can be no
question, also, that among the educated
city dwcllers of tho United States tho
custom OF using 'sir' and "'ma am -
has fallen into desuetudc,-San Frau
ci:co Argouaut.
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MAN IS IMMORAL,
ANIMALS ARE NOT
This Theory Is Advanced by Min
lister at the Social Educa-
tiOn Congress.

BOSTON, Dec, 2,-Three addresses
delivered before a large audience to-
night brought TO close the Social Edu-
cation Congress. Rev. William NJ. Long
OF Stamford, Conn, in dealing with
" Natures Message to Moral Educa-
tiou,' said that man seems to be the
only creature that is immoral, although
the child is born a moral animal. The
beasthness Of nature in man was
shown, he declared, in a personal un,
cleanliness, the envy and greed aroused
by the setting up of wealth against
poverty, .glnttony and drunkenness, and
sexual vices. None of these, he assert
ed, was found in the animal kingdom
except IN man and monkeys. He de-
scrlbed the struggle for individualism
and said that the message of nature
was mutual cooperation and common
brotherhood
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IMPORTANCE OF TOYS
Children s Playthings Reflect the Spirit
Of the Age.

Va cAS <ASCe
4 little Of every age of civilization
is in its toys. The future historian
will have no difficulty in reconstructine
our age if he finds merely a few toys
in dusty garrets or museums. Do YOU
know what the little children in early
days of the prosecuted Christians
played withY I have always thought
it at once pathetic and horrible; they
played with little toy instruments of
martyrdom. So today childhood plays
with the things of science. What went
oversed this year from Paris and Nu-
remberg were toys of wireless telegra<
phy, electrostatic machines, electric
tramways, automo biles driven by alco-
hol or electricity, electric torpedo boats
that plunge and come to surface again,
clncmatographs, for the magic lantern
is declassed, and chromatropes, that
present colored moving pictures; these,
scIent)hc fancles of the moment and q
dozen others. I looked at them one
and all and amazement grew upon me.
What kind of little boy is he who
vii! play with these somber and intri-
cate toys' And [ pictured him as n
dreary and learned little man, buttoned
up IN black blouse, one finger lifted
to hls enormous forehead and his eyes!
wnnkied with uncanny thought
., And then | remembered that even
tic little twentieth-century boy is ono
wisdom he knows that toys-even'
Rphmkorf coils and Geissler luminous
{taoes and voltameters-are best when.
broken, and foresaw for him splendid
moments, inquiring, estructiye-Vancsl
thompson, IN EYerybody's
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-03
More Girls Than Bows,

The rural village OF Toppesfeld, in
North Essex, has become prominent on
account of remarkable phenomenon
in the births recorded there.
During the last decade the great pre-
ponderance of girls born in the parish
over boys has been noticed, and at the
present moment the scholars attending
the village school comprise 93 girls, but
only IL boys. In consequence of this,
the county education authority is con
templating the substitution Of a school
mistress for the present schoolmaster
But among those belonging To the
place, the present state of affairs has
aroused considerable concern, and the
question is being asked where the farm
laborers of the future are to come from
If matters do not change, The medical
officer for the district has been con
suited, but he can ascribe no cause for
the greater number of girls,-London
Chronicle.
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HOW DOLLS ARE MADE
Uncanny Process in the Creation of !
the Little People.

"Many large things are needed to
make a small doll,' writes Vance
Thompson in Everybody's, "She has
her beginning in great trough where
workmen knead up into dingy paste
old cardboard, even old gloves, old
rags, and gum tragacanth. They are
great brawny fellows, these men, naked
to the waist, wearing leathern aprons.
In an adjoining room the paste is
poured into moulds for the busts. the
arms, the legs of dolls innumerable.
There is q special machine for stamp
ing cut the hands. l should not like
to confess how long l stood IN front Of
it, fascinated by the steady stream of
queer, little hands that fell ceaselessly
from the iron monster-it was awful,
upcGnny, hypnotizing. Indeed, tho
whole sight was grim and monstrous,
The low factory rooms were misty with
steam and lit by strange, red glowing
fires; always the great steel machines
pulsed and changed; and through the
mist sweaty giants of men went TO and
fro with heaps of little greenish arms
and lcgs-until you began to think
that some new Herod had killed all the
little people in the world. -
outsk-Sw, ,ofEHo fhen' txneclunge
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Grand Officers VIII Be Entertained by
Lincoln Lodge No %.

Lincoln lodge No. %, knights Of
Pythias, will bc favored with an official
visit from grand lodge officers on Sat
urday evening, December Is, and an
interesting programme will be arranged
for the occasion, Members of the order
solourning in the city are invited. The
following officers nave been elected;
prelate. Henry Evans; NJ A., George
3. Evans; NJ. W., Mark Redal: X. Of
K. and S, l.. =, Judd; NJ. F., Dir c. /.
Douglas; NJ. f., j. n, Courtney: |. G.,
M. Bach: o. g., Ed Leatherwood; trus-
tee, three yenrs, L. p. Judd
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E,ERN wooDMEN.
ticaticns for Membership
a.e During Month.

LeSa s@SAo fNA a SA'AF L
"a During Month.
aoodmen OF America, camp
.ltheir weekly meeting on
Esaing, Three applications
zted, making a total of
month. This speaks we'll
llarity and prosperity of
lFhe team gave an exhibi-
'hich added 10 the enjoy
evening. Capt. Weber has
shis team. having eighteen
Ter his command. He has
~ up In some splendid
:1nts, which are well exc
" uniforms have been
when these arrive there
litter equipped team in the
nannual election of officers
lFnext Friday evening, and
Noodmen are requested to
,ole circle No. l05, Women
~, held its regular meeting
s. hall Friday evening last.
naian Neighbor George
chair. Visitors from Mon.
slorado, Woodbinc and Salt
we're present. Ida Geist
Through the mysteries of
Two application cards
Liand accepted The ba II
circle Wednesday night
success. Officers elected
Eng term; Guard ian neigh
saer; past guardian neigh
y Prince; adviser, Bee
:.aeian. Annie Herrick I:
M. Free; attendant, SalIie
inner sentinel, Hattie
uter sentinel. Mollie G.
ausician, Margaret Free;
guards, George NJ. Cramer;
John Hersler, Laura
correspondent, Nora +.
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Sf Civil War Re-
Become Members
rand Army.
g. WELCOME
)IALLY EXTENDED
! of George R. Max
'lst Officers Are
tied for Year.

Z star meeting of George r.
'N =. G.. A. R., held last Sat
w a great deal of interest
az. d by those present, as it
rz,ieeting of the year. The
ksl issued by Commander
e Brown and B. NJ. Sperry,
q commander of Utah, were
y \, s:ommanders dwelt upon
IA as the duty of all the
~ Members OF the Grand
3 xe united and strenuous
Ser into the posts, as early
= II the old soldiers who are
= Membership.
the Grand Army is
. karity and loyalty. Nobody
lver doubt the loyalty of
rmy of the Republic-or
hs thereof. That fact was
Y slring the well-remembered
!: y days from 1851 to 1865,
: rank and file of the Army
! xaffiliated comrades to help
/ Of fraternity and charity.
Ga needs the Army and the
Sles the veteran. Applica-
,smbership should be sent
lis possible, with the requi-
sthe applicant has it-and
saey, if the applicant has
Ire. The following officers
ling year were elected Sat
mmander, Philip Nederi
commander, Wm. Possler;
-commander. w. 7, Wilson;
u, Joseph Miliron; chaplain,
herd; quartermaster, Alfred
y of the day, j. d. Dilling-
of the guard, Chester
tees, G.. B, Squires and j.
ad.jutant, Henry II, Kins-
aotic Instructor, George b,
of delegates and alternates
t.to the department encamp-
; will be notified by card at
.lme.
Mexican Post No. ] holds a
ling on next Saturday
1.-The annual election of Off
: post will take place. All
uld be in attendance.
Z Maxwell w. r. C. will
'slar meeting on Wednesday
!, 2:30 clock. Election of
s.he ensuing year will occur,
Z concerning the fair 20 be
t,ourse of ten days, will be
Every member is requested
x.
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AMERICAN YEOMEN,
Election of Officers for Term Will Occur
This Evening.

Salt Lake homestead No. 1872,
Brotherhood of American Ycomen, held
it's annual nomination of officers last
Monday night and tonight will hold the
election, All members should attend
Yeomanry is on the boom, the same rs
real estate in Salt Lake, When once
the plan is understood it requires no
cosxing to become member. The
accident feature connected with it. is
drawing card, as is also the social
feature, both men and women being
eligible