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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-15
AND M. COLLEGE PROPOSALS


By authority OF the lionfd of Drcc.
tors bids viii be- received In their
rooms In the Mces.lInll NJ nine o'clock
Wednesday June 10Th, for supplying
the Mcaa.ilnl with beef for the Sea.
sion Of l00s.0. Bids will be received
for the entire beef carcass, loss the
liver and ono.hnlf the neck The mini.
mum weight for dressed carcass 10
be- $50 pounds No stays or butts 10
ho slaughtered. Also for choice cuts
OF beef that have been inspected AMI
approved by United states Govern.
mcnt Inspector Grass fed beef from
the opening OF the session IN Septcm.
der 20 the first of January Corn fed
beef from January FIRST 10 close OF
the session IN June. Tho right N re-.
served by the College 20 furnish, sub
icct 10 contract price, such boeyes ~
n may have on hand from the College
herd Bids Will also be- received for
furnishing pork during the above hoa'
sion with The same reservation for
the College 10 furnish hogs that they
may have on hand. ut the contract
price A certified check for $500 must
accompany each bid A bond of sui,
nclent amount viii be required Of tho
bidder tO compel faithful
compliance with the contract. The
ilpht N reserved TO reject any or all
bids,
l.. l.. Mclnnla
n. II. Harrington,
June 10. ana w. Committee.
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NOTES FROM the LABOR WORLD

Hhop girls OF Little Rock, ARK are
forming a union to work for better
pay and shorter hours OF labor
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barcelona, April IA Three dyRa
mite bombs were found Tuesday Ia
Angel square,
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PEANUTS NOW TACKLED
Night Riders Directing Their Ef.
forts After That Nut
STEAMBOAT MEN WARNED
Growers NJ This Edible Product Along
The Tennessee River and Captains
Of Vessels Receive Hints, and Drum
mefs Take Departure,

Nashville, April Adyloes from
,he peanut section along the Tonnes.
see river IN This state are 20 the Of
feet that nlnhi riders have extended
their operations int that territory
Il II said the commanders Of the
steamboats, Savannah and Kentucky
have been warned by notes sent out
by nlsht riders not 10 carry any more
peanuts These boats carry large
quantities. OF nuts 20 ~ Louis from
The Tennessee river section
The trouble has been brewing for
some time Dfummers report That
some OF their number who denounced
violence were run 0ut Of the section
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fsvsRlsH sxeIteMeNt
Recent Assassination OF Governor Has
Brought This About,

Vienna, April 1.-THE whole OF 0al
ella II IA state OF feyerihh excitement
over the assassination ~ LENDERS
April ~ OF Count Andrewa polookl,
governor Of that province, by u Ruth
enahlan student named Alera0lan
HziosyneM while the count was giving
an audience 60 n delegation Of stu
dents
A young nuihenanlan IN the Aus
TRAN parliament declared such crimes
were n national necessity Ia order 10
put stop 20 Polish oppression, Ruth
efahlan students ~ Vienna are reluc,
Ing over The assassination at l.emherg
ANA Monday nlnhl thouHandH Of Poles
participated IA an aniliiuihenanian
demonstration, They gathered IA moha
aud broke the windows 0f lutheran
Ian clubs of that city
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LEAPS INTO WELL.
Prominent Officer Of Odd Eel.
lowe EndA E.Niatenee.

earmi, Ill., April lleney c. Felt,
man, former mayer Of Salem near
here, aud grand scribe of the enoamp,
ment OF Illinois odd Fellows, commit
ted suicide Al his home by jumping In
20 a we'll Mr. felman has been In M
health and breeding over hia nhyaioal
condition ID believed 10 have been the
cause OF hls act he wnH a prominent
Democratic politician and served a.
postmaster during President Ceyes
lands last administration
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VIII Renulre anvsrnl nnu,.

Plttaburg, Aprl at will take
several days 10 obtain the official
figures OF Saturdays primaries, but
conditions warrant tho statement that
Senator ponfoao will be- supported for
reelection by practically all the M.
hembled candidates, aud delegates 10
the state convention will be- instructed
for Senator Knox for the presidency
while tho delegates 10 the Democratic
state convention Will probably send
unlnatructod delegates 20 Denver,
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LUMBERMEN IN SESSION.
Tweniy.second Annual Gather.
ina Held ai Dallas.

Dallas, Apfll 1.-The twenty ser'
ond annual convention " The Lumber
mems Association of Texas WAS called
10 order by Chairman ~ " Lingo
TUESDAY morning IN The Majestic thea
ter Mayor Hay welcomed the dele
yates IN happy address, 20 which
President Stoves appropriately fe'
spondod. United States District A.
t0fney Aiwell also welcomed the mem
bors and Colonel Paul NAPLES
Acknowledged The greeting
The report ~ Heereinfyffensufhf
Bwlnfotd showed The association had
Jared well the past year and was IN a
most healthy condition Various stand.
Ing committees then reported
j T.. Thompson OF Houston read hn
Interesting paper on behalf A0f tho
manufacturers
George g. Vaughan Of Fan Antonio
contributed a timely article, plea
for The wholesalers
A well written nnd instructive nhurf
by v Il Mash Of Waco praised tho
retailer
The address of President Stoves waa
al able and Interesting one and given
close attention by The large number
OF delegates and visitors M attend
anco
An Interesting general discussion NJ
matters material 10 the welfare ~ tho
association WAS participated IN by
several delegates
Among gentlemen present from dla.
tant cities ARE boiling Arthur staff
correspondent ~ The American Lum.
herman, published NJ Chicago, WIN
originated the lloo.lloo feature OF The
organization w u barnes, who was
the third charter member OF the Hoo.
ilooh, and Justice Woodward ~ the
Now York supreme court aud lady
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SUPREME COURT Aere,
Board OF Education Cannot interfere
Win Oklahoma University

Guthrie, April ll=fhe supreme
court handed down an opinion grant.
Ing the board of regents of the state
university u writ Of prohibition 20.
hlnlhlng the state board Vt education
from interfering with the affairs 0f
that institution The argument of the
regents attorney w A, Ledbetter Of
Ardmofe, WAS upheld IN every IN
stance
II Ia understood here the election pf
IN A Grant Evans aa president, a.
made by the educational board, viii be-
confirmed by the regents The deois.
Ion fevefHeH the ruling OF Attorney
General West
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oomnlotnlv Wr.nknd.

Chicago. Aprll i3,-Tho separator
mill Of the Aetna Powder company al
Miller, Ind, was completely wrecked
by an explosion OF nitroglycorln. No.
body was In or about the min nc tho
tlmo and the cause OF the explosion
N unknown
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HAWAII RepupLleANs,

Elect Delegates 20 the National Con-
ventlon, Who 90 unlnstrueied
honolulu, April ~ The Repuhlls
can territorial convention met here
aud elected Representative g, A, Rice
chairman The platform endorses tho
administrations OF prealdent Rooae,
Welt ana Governor Freer ana services
OF Representative kuihio lANor tarft
revision, shlp.aubHldiea ana fortified
tions a. Honolulu and an available sta,
ton ~ Pearl llarhor naleRAtpB Va
the national convention viii go mln'
sifueted and the unit rule viii prevail
Delegates 10 the convention are
Representative kulhl0 ana W A.
Remefb, allemates, h W nr0okonH
aud !, N, n0Wseit
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A. ANp NJ. coLLror pRopoeALe.

Bids win DO received NJ the oncc Of
The President ~ 90 o'clock April
goth for l,i00 cords Of good merchant
able wood I'm minimum OF 800 cords
1860 cords 10 be- delivered along the
aide Of the l. a q. N. Railroad spur
0a dcIgnntod by The President OF the
college $50 cords 10 be- delivered nt
tho NoHs.llnll Grade OF the wood and
cOrdng subject ~ approval by the
President of the College Throoflfihs
OF lhc whole amount of each contract
of wood 10 bo delivered by January I,
lp0Ni The remainder 900 called for by
tho President of the College A cor
Ungd check for ono sixth the value of
uob bid must accompany such bid
a bond OF sufficient amount VIII be- n.
OuIrcd OF the WcccHalil bidder to com
pet faithful compliance with the con
tract Tho ight ~ reserved 90 ro
Sect amy Oud oil bids
T., T., Mclnnla,
H. H. Harrington
(AprIl 90 d and W Committee
Great Scott what's up2 Summer
time here ana NO screens nXod ling
D. W. Allen aud he viii fix thom for
you Phone 900 12l
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enNtrNese pRoNeuNeee,
Mother Of one Condemned Man allps
Knife 10 Ruiz

barcelona, April ii-After sen'
tenee had been pronounced upen the
anarchists who were convicted at
bomb throwing the mother ot Ray
mond nufguet given four mentha,
Hlpped a knife into the hand OF Her
man Run, with which he tried 60 com
init suicide, hut wac prevented by the
guards, Herman Rull was sentenced
10 death, also Jean Rull and Maria
Iueffalta,
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Knight Held Without Dali

Fort worth, April lille a.
Knight who shot and killed lgd Lar
mon nnd seriously wounded chief ~
Police Montgomery aud eNMafshal
Dick Howell IN run battle on The
streets OF North Fort Worth Saturday
waived examining trial lie WAS held
without bail.
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can RuNe INTO MILL,


Number BADLY Injured,
Butler Pa ApHl Al a wreck
on the new plttsburg Harmony nut.
Ter and New Castle railway At Evans
CITY, near here, twenty7one workmen,
n majority OF whom are Foreigners,
were severely injured, three az them
pefhapa fatally
While mounting a Bteen grade ear
loaded with wofkmen and e0al broke
from the engine and started backward
with great speed A sharp curve was
encountered and the ear LEFT the track,
pluhglng into a flour mill
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Reaume rhln WAX.

Jamestown Pa April Ia Cambria
Steel company rcsumcu operations
This week glvng employment q 1900
men.
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Nobody Ever "at" London.

A case of irregularity occurs in =
cablegram that announces from New
York the residence of certain at
cused person AT London" You will
perceive at once the absurdity of those
words-"at London" A New Yorker
may want to get at London. but those
who live there live Sin London" And
It is one Of the triumphs of London
and language Though most irregular)
that no one Is ever "at' London. You
can drop off Eat" Paris on the way to
anywhere, and you may spend the win.
ter at st. Petersburg or lat" New
York. You may change cars "at" Chi.
cago. But there comes moment when
the English language gets irregular. Is
It when the fifth million is passed. No
Englishman was ever "at' London. 1t
would be as irregular as being lat
Asia or "at" heaven.-London Stand
ard
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StraIohtened Out tn, $Ssundoe.

/ Beef was very scarce In Ladysmfth
Guring the siege, but General Sir Ian
hamilton, then Il colonel, insisted that
N4orse Is not half bad when properly
cooked and when ohe Is used to 1t.
IN fact he said, concluding a discus.
oon, II have joint cook ed tonight.
cthich hope you will all sample. OF
course. there's beef, too--tonight! Ev.
sxy one at the table preferred the beef,
With the exception of ColoEels Ward
and Ian Hamilton, who ostehtatiously
carved generous slices from the "horse.
flesh" The dinner was nearly over
when one of the servants whispered a
communication to Ward. Up he sprang.
I'm distressed. gentlemen" he an.
bounced to the startled company. "A
Hlly mistake has been made. Those
)oints We're mixed up somehow, and
Heu have been eating the horse. I'm
really annoyed. But 1 hope you'll be
convinced now that the meat Is splen.
did eating. I'm sure you all seemed
20 enjoy It," Chances were exchanged;
mustache were twirled Nobody seem.
ID ready with response Then
voice from the bottom OF the table
piped up: "Oh, don't distress yourself.
Ward! thought some mistake had
been made. so I just changed those
dishes as they stood on the sldeboard-
at was you and Hamilton who had the
all right
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TESTING the Insane,

Sir Douglas Straight told an anus
ing story at the dinner of the Journey.
men Hairdressers' Trade society. He
remembered, when young barrister,
going into barber shop to be shaved.
He was a little startled to see the yo.
man behind the counter staring at him
from time to time through the glass
door. When he got outside the shop a
policeman said. 81 am very glad TO
and you have come out" explaining
that his anxiety was due to the fact
that the barber came out Of a lunatic
asylum the previous week, and as be
had been acting queerly again his rela.
dves were wondering whether they
would have to send him back to TIE
asylum.-London Standard
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Limit Of Human Strength.

Experiments upon number Of men
have shown that man five feet high
and weighing 1875 pounds will lift. or
IN average. 100 pounds through YER
teal distance of eight inches or PIT
pounds through height of IL inches.
Others 81 feet high and weighing 1873
pounds could lift the 1855 pounds to a
height Of thirteen inches, or Eli pounds
10 a height Of six inches. Other men
stx feet three inches high and weighing
198 pounds could lift 1853 pounds to a
height Of sixteen inches, or PIT pounds
to height Of nine inches. By great
variety Of experiments 1t was shown
Chat the average human strength is
equivalent to raising thirty pounds
through distance Of two and one-half
feet in one second.
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The joke Was on Her,

A woman member of the bar in New
York gives to our correspondent the
following correspondence with the res
srvation that no names shall be quoted.
Il am one of the few women she
says, "who can see a joke even if aim
cd at myself. l do not feel that in this
case l came off first best"
The first letter was from man law
yer and was as follows:
Dear Miss Rlank-We agree to the com
promise as proposed in your favor Of this
date. Not because your client has JUS
tight to such settlement, but from the
Iact that we do not care to open q con-
test with woman lawyer.
To which this reply was sent:
Gentlemen-I note yours agreeing to a
settlement, although l cannot congra tu-
ate you on your gallantry In begging the
question. Like the original Adam, you
seem inclined to hide behind woman's
pstt1coat.
And the following letter closed the
correspondence:
Dear Miss Blank-If you will turn to thu
early pages OF Genesis you will discover
that Eve did not wear petticoat
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Find tho Answer.

A certain young man took his best
girl to the theater. During the evening
abe complained Of not feeling we'll, and
they left before the show was over
He took her home. and when lie said
good night the girl was pretty sick.
Next day it turned out that she had
diphthera. Then the young man began
to wonder If he was booked for a siege
with the disease too He called on g
physician he knew to ask about it.
The physician heard the young mans
tale. well" said he at the conclusion
Of 1t, II think your chances to catcl.
the disease depend on how you said
good night to the young lady"
The young man was quiet moment
Then he said: Doctor. I'm much oblia
cd. II that's the case, I'm not in ds.
ger"
The young man went out. A minu:5
later he stuck his head in the doc"
Say, doc" he said, "diphtheria DON
60 very hard with strong. health,
young men, does it :"-Denver Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30

1iaxat and ajOjol%oe.

In the first number Of the At!aotD
Monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson had q
seem called "Brahma," which puzzled
both critics and common readers,
Some said 1t was the greatest poem Of
the century. Some said 1t was non
sense. The first verse ran as follows:
II the red slayer think he Stays
Or II the slain think he Is slain.
They know not well the subtle ways
keep and pass and turn again.
That winter it happened that rela.
i've OF the poet l.ongfellow, living IN
another state. bought a sleigh, and In
. family letter to the cousins In Cam
Ridge there was wall lest the Janu
= thaw which had followed the pur.
ase should keep them from enjoying
gay cutter that season. When the
ter was answered, J ongfellow con.
Ibuted this verse. wla.ch, 1t Is said
~2s never been printed before:
70 ON THE PURCHASE OF 1
SLEIGH.
X tho red sleigher think he sleighs,
Or II the sleighin think 1t is sleightn.
They know not we'll the subtle ways
Of snow. that comes and goes again
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
A Monster Rodent.

The Brazilian capybara Is a lar~f
stoutly built rodent. Imagine q ~
weighing $50 pounds with a huge hea,.
an upper lip foot long and close S.
eyes and one has an idea Of the beas:
He Is the largest of the rodent tri,,,
and has harsh, coarse hair. more li,ie
bristles than fur This hair is mixe;.
black and yellow. of dingy appearance.
In his native haunts the capybara has
huge. fat stomach which almost
drags on che ground He is a water
loving animal and can dive and STAY
under for eight or ten minutes at !;
time The .iaguar Of South America
preys upon the capybara. and the In
dams kill him for his flesh, whicl.
when smoked Is said to be as delicious
rs a Kentucky ham, although 1t has i
certain musky flavor The capybara
makes a sound when alarmed some
what between dogs bark and a pigs
grunt. He was once called the hydro
choerus, or water hog, and lives on a
vegetable diet.
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The Oyster and the Cookie.

II the average person We're asked
what was the strongest living thing II
y probable that he would name the
bon or some such huge denizen Of the
forest and would not even think of the
Unassertive bivalye But so great Is
the power possessed by the oyster that
b open 1t force equal to 1905 times
The weight of its shell-less body Is re-
CURED. The shell-less rmpet pulls
1854 times it's own weight when in the
air and about double when measured
In the water The Mediterranean coo
k1e Venus vurrucosa) can exert n pull
Ing power equal to 2,071 times the
weight of its own body. If the human
being possessed strength as great In
proportion as that the average man
would be able to lift the enormous
weight of . 976,00O pounds, pulling in
the same degree as the limpet. And II
the man pulled in the same proportion.
ate degree as the cookie he would sus.
tain weight Of no less than 3,1065 600
DOIndS
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Surprised tho Ghost.

A ghost. vague white form which
0ttted about small neglected grave
yard In Galway, much to the alarm OF
those who lived near by. one Of the
gentlemen Of our party undertook to
ny. Going out not far from midnight,
he did indeed soon become aware Of a
white figure looming toward him
through the darkness Our friend
however, held on his way undeterred.
Ghost" he said in sepulchral tones
when he came near, could you drink 8
glass Of whisky?"
II could so. your honor" blithely re-
sponded the ghost, taken Off his bal
ance by the unexpected offer and
standing revealed as the principal
poacher Of the neighborhood, who had
avafled himself Of this spectral guise
TO set his night lines and carry on his
other depreGations undisturbed.-Black.
woods Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-30
Iceland From a Lava Wall

The general impression that Iceland
ID cold country is false one, says a
writer in Travel Magazine. In Reyk,
jayik, the capital Of the island, l one
day perched myself on one Of the lava
walls and looked at scene Of summer
warmth and beauty. Familiar cows
and cats and hens were busy In the
sunshine. Children, thinly clad, We're
playing about with shouts Of merri.
ment Potatoes were In full blossom.
and cabbage and various vegetables
added to the sense OF homelike comfort
But such days are GASES In vast deserts
Of rain, for If Iceland In summer Is
not cold 1t Is not comfortable
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How to Mako Oil of Swallows

Among the valued specifics of by
gone age was oil of swallows IN tha
Countess Of Kent's Choice Manual
167G there are the following curious
directions for making It; Take one
handful of mother thyme, of lavender
cotton and strawberry leaves Of each
alike, four swallows. feathers and all
together well bruised, three ounces of
sallet OIL beat the herbs and the sWai
.ows, feathers and all altogether, until
hey be so small that you can see nc
feathers, then put in the oil and stir
them well together, and seeth them IL
posnet and strain them through s.
canvas cloth and SO keep It for your
noe"
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Room Doors on the STAGE.

In real life room doors always opei
In toward the room itself. On thr
stage, however, room doors. as q rule
open outward, or away from the room
Exits are one Of the most difficult parts
OF the actors art. and if he or she Mad
to tumble with the handle, pull tbs
door toward them, step round it anu
pass through they would probably
make a clumsy dodge Of It. That is
why, as rule. doors are constructed
to open outward at push.
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Ducks and BRAKES

The momentous day had arrived. and
he inspector was putting his usual
series of inauiSitiye questions to q
class Of small boys
"Now. lei! me-" he said, why 1t Ia
that duck can swim and a hen can :. -
Because duck has webbel feet.
piped one Of the miniature phloso.
piers.
Yes" said the inspector. "Now, car
any Of you SWIM"
Stony silence. during which the IL
spector and the teacher whispered to
gether
Come, come" said the Inspector
you should ALI know how to swim
Your teacher tells me he can swim.
Why is it you can't II he cam"
please, sir" said the same little
BOY, "the teacher has very big fact
London Answers.
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A Standing Rule.

Jones had just run over to see /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blank would go to the
theater with them. Mrs. Blank Wa
awfully sorry-she would so much liz.
to go-but unfortunately Blank wa
out. Probably he was at the ch!h
She would telephone. The followin .
conversation ensued:
"213A Gerard. please. Hello, Is
this the - club? Is my husband
there? Hello! Not there? Sure:
Well, all right then. But hold on. How
do you know? l haven't even told you
my name"
"There amt nJbody's husband here
-never. was the wise attendants re-
ply.-London Tt tier.
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Easy RNyminq.

William Malsepeace Thackeray In hia
dnes Peg Of Limavady" acknowledges
himself a cockney. It was hardly nee
essary for him to do this, as not only
IN that poem. at In others. he makes
the syllable "ilg" rhyme with sylla-
bles like '1n" and EN-" failing to sound
tie concluding .'g." Richard Harris
Barham Of 1ngc,dsby legends, most
facils rhymer. hts done the same thing
over and over again. thus Tightening
h1s labors greatly in the pursuit OF
rhymes.
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What thu Noise Did

OF the noise OF London streets caused
By the hackney coach Taylor, the old
water poet, wrote: ut makes such a
hideous rumbllng In the streets by
many churches doors that peoples
ears are stopped with the noise, where
BY they are debarred Of their edifying
which makes faith so fruitless, good
works SO barren and charity as cold
1t midsummer as II it were a great
frost. By this means souls are robbed
and starved Of their heavenly mama +"