Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-01-27
RECEIVE ODD GIFTS
Pretty Compliment Was Thss Paid q
President FsiIisres BY His Fellow
To~nsmsn-curIous custOm
Among Indians.

A very pretty compliment vas paid
by his fellow townsmen 70 PresIdeut
Fallieres OF France upon the occasion
Of his visit TO his birthplace. the little
town OF Mexin. To widen the street
The house 10 which the President VS.
,orn had been pulled down some ycau
ago. What. was TO be done. The
people OF Mezin put their heads To-
gether and when their distinguished
'ellow citizen arrived. imagine his d.
light at finding an exact reproduc-
ton OF his old home In papief mache!
| All was perfect. down TO the very fur
niture. part OF which had been ool-
lected from the country around and
part reproduced In fac-simile. The
president thanked his friends IN .
voice broken with emotion. and team
actually streamed down his checks -
he finished his little speech
The late French president n Lou
bet. was once the recipient Of an In
teresting present II consisted OF a.
immense album filed with thousands
OF press cuttings relating TO his visits
TO Italy and to England. The album.
which Is of enormous sire and scAly
bound. contains not only cuttings. but
photographs and illustrations Of al
kinds. II forms. indeed. q compIece
chronicle If his life written By many
different people. and In more than .
dozen different languages
In India the native rajahs consider
It the highest possible compliment 10
be presented with fine specimens o.
wild beasts. and consequently both
King Edward and the prince Of Wales
has been the recipient Of many gins
Of this description. But when. ono
fne day. two splendid tigers arrived
Unexpectedly at sandringhasa. King
Edward was driven TO remonstratc. \
have accommodation" he said. for
horses. dogs. cows. cats. mice. and
even rats. but must draw the line as
tigers"
An odd gift was received By he
crown prince OF Germany upon his
coming OF age. A deputation Of butch
ers attended. bearing an enormous and
magnificent steak. upon the surface
OF which was worked In suct their
greetings to the future mcrarch-
The late Prince Bismarck once ~
ceived from some miners In West
phalia a bust OF himself carved In
coal, and II IL said that this odd pres
ent was always carefully preserved By
- - t.~N~l ..x<.~ .<...ou,tuf A f<<
light Of luck bringer.
A complaint which had serious ~
suits was paid to an actor named Han
son at q little mining town In British
Columbia. The audience was %
stirred by Mr.. Hanson's acting t,sAs
some persons began throwing lsrcs-
ents upon the stage. like spectators
at a Spanish bullfight- One ourly
miner, having nothing else handy.
hurled q lump OF gold ore. Unluckily
Il hit the actor on the head and knock
ed him down. He was badly injured.
and II was weeks before he was able
10 play again.
Perhaps the oldest idea OF paying
a compliment belongs TO . tribe OF
Indians on the Alaskan coast When
a chief wishes TO do honor to . dis
tinguished visitor he invites him to
a 'potlatch," or feast Than when
all have eaten their nh the chief goes
TO the edge OF the cii1 and solemniy
casts into the sea as many OF his pos
sessions as ne thinks he can AFFORD.
This Is held 10 be the highest form
OF compliment aaa sarch superior to
merely giving presents to the guest