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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

The politicians are furnishing their
armor preparatory to taking the field
after the holidays. Meanwhile the
people are blowing and planting, spin
ming and weaving, buying and selling,
and getting gain. The politicians
will have to start something besides
personal chickering's to get the peo-
pie interested.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

years ago. According to the members
of the National Broom Manufacturers
Association, who began their annual
convention at the Palmer House here
today the steady advance in the price
of broom corn renders it impossible
to lower the price OF brooms.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

The best boost for a candidate we
have seen in several moons is this
from the Gainesville Register: The
latest information concerning Col
onel Randelrs senatorial race, is that
the colonel had met himself coming
back" The candidate who can come
back is sure winner.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

The Ladies' Anti-fat club of Chica-
go recommends tree-climbing as
means of reducing flesh. If the la
dies of Bryan inclined to corpulency
would organize and give a tree-climb-
ing performance in Dellwood park the
gate receipts would pave every street
in tho CITY
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28
Kaiser Honors Cincinnati Club.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 2S.-Arrange-
ments have been concluded for the
formal presentation tomorrow of the
jubilee edition of Schiller's works
sent by the German emperor to the
German Literary Club of this city.
The emperor's gift was made in recog
milton Of the services of the club in
promoting German culture
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

If that comet that is coming to-
ward the earth should hit in the cen
ter of Shady Bend, Kan, there would
be no grieving anywhere if it punch
ed hole in the earth's crust and car.
ried that community of tattling wo'
men and dastardly men through to
ShaO1
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

The senatorial special investigating
committee didn't discover any stolen
goods in the possession of Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin, but it found
one article purchased at hugely eX
travagant price.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28
Brooms to Cost More.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-There appears to
he little prospect of immediate relief
for the housewife who complains now
a1ays that she has to pay twice as
much for her brooms as she did few
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

They say there is some good In
every human being, but We can't ad-
nit it without excepting the people OF
Shady Bend. Kan.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

Subscribers will confer e favor on
the management by telepLoning the
office promptly when carriers fail to
deliver the paper. or when change OF
residence occurs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

Some day a hole will be bored deep
down into the earth under Brazos
county and the hidden riches there
deposited will be brought to light.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

Texas objections, outcattles, out
mules and outhoneys every other
state in the union but is outcorned By
five other states.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

After Thanksgiving, Christmas shop
ping. The woman who shops early
will be well rested for the yuletide
revels.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28
Motor Drivers in Session.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 2S.-Members
of the Motor Racing Drivers Associa-
ton will hold their annual meeting
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

When John d. acquired those Lake
Superior iron lands all the Merrtts in
the case were left out
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

Clothing that's guaranteed in every
particular A new suit is our promise,
If one proves faulty. Brandon & Law
renee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-11-28

If the price of cotton should be
good next year there will be several
politicians shouting: II done it,"
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
The Grip This Dreadful Disease Takes
Upon Its Victims.

The Grip This Dreadful Disease Takes
Upon Its Victims.
The course of the dreadful disease,
sleeping sickness. is an extremely slow
one The first stage is said to last
year or more, and the cause Of the dis
ease may be in the blood long before
any symptoms whatever present them
selves. The patient has occasional
fever; indeed. a disease hitherto called
Gambia fever has recently been recog-
nized as the first stage of sleeping
sickness. 1t is said that the swelling
Of the lymphatic glands of the neck is
a characteristic early symptom. This
was known in 1903 to DR.. Winterbot-
tom, who states that slave traders,
recognizing the symptom 0f fatal
disease, would not buy slaves who had
this giandular enlargement. The pa
tient feels well and strong and is able
TO so about his usual occupations.
The second stage is indicated by a
distinct change in the appearance Of
the patient. His expression grows
heavy and dull; he becomes apathetic,
lies around a great deal and cannot
exert himself With the progress Of
the disease these symptoms become
more marked; walking and speech be-
come difficult and finally impossible
During the last week the sufferer lies
in state Of complete coma, from
which the illness derives its name.
Often during the second stage Of the
disease the brain becomes affected,
and some of the patients try to run
away into the forests or swamps.
where they die Of exposure or starva-
ton. To prevent this the relatives Of
a sufferer frequently chain him down
until the time comes when he can no
LONGER mOve.-McClure's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
FIRE EATERS.
The Trick of Breathing Flames and
Sparks From the Mouth.

The Trick of Breathing Flames and
Sparks From the Mouth.
Fire tricks were pracuced in very
ancient times. The first known fire
breather was a Syrian slave named
Eunus, leader in the ServiIe war in
Sicily, 130 h. c. He pretended to have
immediate communication with the
gods. When desirous of inspiring his
followers with courage he breathed
flames and sparks from his mouth.
In order to accomplish this feat Eu-
nus pierced a nutshell at both ends,
and, having filled it with some burn
ing substance, he put it in his mouth
and breathed through it. The same
trick is performed today in a more
approved manner. The performer rolls
some fax or hemp into a ball about
the size Of a walnut, which be lets
burn until il is nearly consumed.
Then he rolls around il more fax
while it is still burning. By this
means the fire is retained in the ball
for a long time. He slips this ball
into his mouth unperceived and
breathes through it. His breath re-
wives the fire, and be suStains no in
jury so long as ne inhales only through
his DOStrils
Various theories have been advanced
to account for other feats of this sort
performed by the ancientS. An old
ordeal was the holding Of a redhOt
iron by the accused who was not
burned if he were innocent. Probably
some protective paste was used on the
hands. The peculiar property Of
mineral salts, such as alum in pro-
tecting articles Of dress from fire has
long been known. An old MiIanese
devised a costume consisting of a
cloth covering for the body which had
been STEPPED in alum. A metallic
dress of wire gauze was added 10 this.
and thus protected a man might walk
on hot irOn.-HaTper's
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
COLOR AND SOUND.
Hues That Humans Cannot See and
Tones Louder Than Thunder
That Are Unheard.

The primary colors shown in the
rainbow vary from red to blue and
violet, and the vibrations or lengths
Of the light waves that give Us violet
grow shorter and shorter and at length
give us red. These vibrations can be
measured One day, quite by chance,
I CAM sHross the statement that there
were inASmerable light waves longer
than those which give violet At once
the question Sprang. Were these longer
waves represented by col0rs which we
don't see, cOlOrs for which we have no
name, cOlOrs Of which we can form
no conception? And was the same
thing true of the waves which grow
ing shorter and shorter, give Us the
sensation Of red? There is room. Of
course, for myriads of colOrs beyond
this other extremity of our vision. A
little study convinced me that my
guess was right, for all the cOlOTs
which we see are represented TO our
sense of feeling in degrees of heat:
that is, blue shows one reading on the
thermometer and red a higher read
ing, and by means of this new stand
ard / discovered that mans range Of
vision is not even placed in the mid
die Of the register of heat, but occu-
pies a little space far up toward the
warmer extremity of it. There are
thousands of degrees of cold lower
than blue and hundreds of degrees Of
heat above red. All these gradations
are doubtless represented by cOlOrs
which no human eye can perceive, no
human mind imagine It is with sight
as with sound. We know now that
there are noises louder than thunder
which we cannot hear. the roar that
lies on the other side of silence. We
men are Poor restless prisoners. hem
med In by our senses as by the walls
of a cell, hearing only a part of ma
lures orchestra and that part imper-
fectly; seeing only thousandth part
or the color marvelG about us and see
ing that infnitesimal part incorrectly
and partially,-FOrum.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
NOT A GAME OF CHANCE.
After Test the Jury Decided That
Seven up Was Decided
ly Scientific.

One Of Mark Twain's old time sto-
ries concerned the game of seven-up,
or old sledge Some Kentucky boys
were arrested for playing this game
under the usual charge Of playing a
game Of chance When they were
brought before the judge their lawyer
claimed that this game was not q
game Of chance. but was "a game OF
science. The court. puzzled, asked for
a suggestion. and the lawyer declared
that if a jury Of six gamblers well ac-
quainted with the game I'm a scientific
way and six deacOns be impaueled
with q pack Of cards their decision
ought to be determinative So the sto-
y goes:
There was no disputing the fairness
of the proposition. Fouredeacons and
the two dominies were sworn in as
the chance jUrymen. and six inveter-
ate old seven-up professors were
chosen to represent the science side
Of the issue. They retired to the jury
room.
I'm about two hours Deacon Peters
sent into court to borrow So from
friend. In about two hours more
Dominic Miggles sent into court to
borrow a stake from a friend. Dur
ing the next three or four hours the
dominic and the other deacOns sent
into court for small loans.
''The rest of the story can be told
briefly. About daylight the jury came
In, and Deacon Job, the foreman, read
the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury in the case Of the
commonwealth Of Kentucky versus
John Wheeler ct al, have carefully
considered the points Of the case and
tested the merits OF the several theO-
ries advanced and do hereby unani-
mOusly decide that the game common
" known as old sledge or Seven-up,
is eminently Il game Of science and
not of chance. In demonstration
whereof il is hereby and herein stated,
iterated. reiterated, set forth and
made manifest that during the entire
night the chance" men never won a
game or turned a jack, although both
feats were common and frequent TO
the opposition and furthermore in
support of this our verdict we call at
tentiOn to the significant fact that the
"cbance" men are all broke and the
Science" men have got the money.
It is the deliberate opinion Of this jury
that the chance" theory concerning
seven-up is a perniciOus doctrine and
calculated to iufict untold suffering
and pecuniary loss upon any cOmmu-
nity that takes stock in it "
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Disoreditina an AstroIoasr.

A certain king. says a tale from the
Persian, asked an astroIoger, How
many years Of life remain to me?" The
wise man replied. Ten" The king
became very despondent and betook
himself, as one stricken with a sick
ness, TO his bed His vizier who pos
sessed great wisdom, sent for the seer
and in the kings presence asked him,
How many years have you to liveG"
He replied, Twenty" The vizier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
Sagacit- Of his minister and no longer
attached any Importance to the astroI-
Oger's saying.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Unavoidable Delay.

A woman went before the magis-
trate and modestly inquired:
"YOur honor, can have a warrant
for the arrest OF my husband? He
boxed my ears yesterday"
"Certainly. maam," replied the
judge Il will make out a warrant on
the ground Of assault and personal in
juries."
''Can I fetch the warrant in about a
month";
''In a month? Why won't you take
it at OnceF'
Please, your honor when my hus-
band slapped my face I took my roll.
ing pin and hit him OF the head so
that he had to be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say, however. that
he viii be on his legs again in a
month"
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
MIGHTY ARCTURUS.
u TINS Star Were Our sun 1t WoUId
instantly Consume the
Earth

The paralIax Of a star is its angular
displacement as seen from two op-
pOsite points on the earth's orbit The
base line employed in this gigantic spe-
cies of surveying is 1S6,OOO.OO0 miles
in length, but the calculation is re-
duced TO the semidiameter Of the orbit.
The results are at the same time amaz-
ing and instructive.
Let Us take the famous star Arc
turus, often called the star of Job"
because in the Old Testament the
Almighty is represented as saying to
the unfortunate patriarch, who main
tains a certain dignity in spite Of his
helplessness and his sufferings, "Canst
thou call forth Arcturus and his sOns?"
Many conflicting measures of the
parallax Of Arcturus have been made,
but the latest made at Yale seen more
probably correct than their predeces-
sOrs. They fix the parallax at OO66
seconds. e, SiXty-siX One-thOusandth
Of a second Of arc. From this it is
easy to calculate the distance Of the
star. 1t comes out at nearly 29O,OOO.-
OOO,OOO000 miles two hundred and
ninety trilliOn miles,. This is more
than 100000 times the distance Of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, we can calcu-
late the actual amount Of light shed by
ArctuFus, or, in other words, its ac-
tual brightness as compared with that
OF our sun, on the suppOsitiOn that
both were at the same distance from
US. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun as a light giver about
$500 times! 1t is a sun 1900 times
brighter than ours.
Put the earth as near to ArctuTus
as 1t is to the sun and all life would
disappear from its surface as if swept
or by blast of incOnceivable heat
The summer temperature would rise
70 tens Of thousands Of degrees. The
oceans would boil away Vegetation
would be burned up in a twinkling,
The eyes Of living beings would char
in their sockets The plains and
mountains would burst into fame.
Minerals would run in molten streams.
There would be no comfort for a liv-
ing world nearer to Arcturus than
about 40OO,OOO.OO0 miles. If he has
planets he must keep them at a re-
spectful distance And yet nearly
3O0,OOOOOO.OOO,OO0 miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
only a bright star.
Still, DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace
maintains that this little earth, this
tiny attendant of a tiny sun. is the
only seat of intelligent life-outside of
the misty midregiOn of disembOdied
spirits-that the universe contains,
and DR.. Wallace is a learned man. But
his learning is not that which astron-
Omy OfferS.-Garrett P. Serviss in New
York American.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
THE DEATH OF A CAR.
Dramatic Story of the Way Nicholas {.
Committed Suicide.

Dramatic Story of the Way Nicholas {.
Committed Suicide.
There are various stories of the death
OF the Gar Nicholas I. Here is one
which the great singer Mario heard
from doctor of the court and which
is, told in ''The Romance of a Great
Singer"
When the Russian army was meet
ing with reverse after reverse in the
Crimean war the czar sent for his doc
tor and demanded to know which was
the quickest and most painless poison
that he knew Of, bluntly telling the
startled physician that he had re-
solved to commit suicide. He further
warned the doctor in the stern manner
which was his characteristic that if he
were not Obeyed the doctors life would
be worthless. He sharply silenced the
mans nervous remOnstrances ana com
manded him TO bring the poison. The
doctor did not dare to refuse and few
minutes later brought a small vial
containing the poison, which he as
sured the czar would deprive any one
OF existence in a few minutes. To be
sure that he had been Obeyed and that
the doctor was speaking the truth the
car obliged him to remain in the room
warning him that if the poison failed
his life should answer for it. The ear
took the poison without the least tre-
NOR or the movement Of muscle, and,
although twice told by the doctor, who
held his watch in his hand, that there
was time to save him by an antidote
should he alter his mind, the czar re-
fused, answering the second entreaty
by simply waving the man away, he by
that time being unable TO speak 1t
was given out that the czar had died
from the effects of a severe chill. but
those who knew the facts also knew
that he had committed suicide rather
than face the defeat of mis- army
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
HIS DOLLAR BILL.
preeiated, and the Bill Was
Poeketed by Another.

Diplomacy doesn't always work, as
certain kinL hearted business man in
West Philadelphia has Just found out.
He says that the lesson was cheap at
the price, but at the same time he viii
employ more direct methods next time
he wishes to play the philanthropist.
It happened on the subway the 9TH
or night He had Just closed a real
estate deal at considerable profit and
was feeling very generous, so when he
saw a poor woman I'm a threadbaFe
dress carefully count out five pennies
for her ticket and saw that it was the
last money in her worn pocketbOOk
he determined TO help her. Of course
it wasn't easy, but the man prides him
sell upon being a diplomat SO, crum-
ping a dollar bill up in his hand. ns
stopped over as if picking something
up and then, holding it out to the wO-
man, said:
MADAM, here is some money you
dropped" He tried to smile signif-
cantly as he said it, but she didn't
seem TO understand and said simply:
''Tain't mine"
You'd better take it." he said. lit
isn't mine, and it was lying right by
you"
The woman shook her mead at first,
then took it slowly out of his hand and
looked at it glOatingly. The man
smiled, well pleased with himself, but
an instant later the woman, seeing a
man looking down at the platform,
rushed up and cried, WAS you look
iGg for a dollar billP
I sure was" answered the man
promptly.
We'll, here it is" said the woman,
and the man with a delighted "Oh,
thanksw calmly pOcketed the sum and
walked away.-Philadelphi Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
CARLYLE an Intemperate Smoker.

For about seventy of his eighty-six
years Carlyle smoked and made most
Of his contemporaries smoke. The
trouble with him was that he was too
fond Of smoking a rank pipe on an
empty stomach. That gave him pains
and his contemporaries particular
pains, for ''puir auld Carlyle" was as
savage as a meat house dog all the
time. He cared for but two men in
the world, TennysOn and Dickens.
All the rest were ''puir, feckless. reek-
less, Incorporate bladders and gas
bags" and all because Tom did not
know how to clean his pipe and keep
it clean and would smoke before break
fast-TObacco Leaves.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Lsndon,s DRAMATIC censors.

London has had its absurd dramatic
censors even If it cannot quite come ND
to Vienna. Colley Cibber in his auto
biography tells Us Of one master Of the
reVels who was responsible for the IL
censing of plays in those days expung-
ing the whole first act of Richard III. ~
on the ground that the distreSses of
Henry VI. would remind weak people
Of King James, then living in France
In fact, Shakespeare has more than
once been censored, for King Lear
was inhibited during the illness OF
George III. George Colman when
reader Of plays banned the use Of such
words as angel and heaven.-LOndon
Chronicle
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Some Famous Men Of Old.

The nine worthies" were Joshua.
David, Judas Maccabeus, Hector of
Troy. Alexander the Great, Julius
Caesar, King Arthur of Britain, Charlie
magne Of France and Godfrey of Bou-
illon. The list varies somewhat, but
this is the most popular one. The
seven wise men Of Greece" were So
Ion. IhaleS, Pittacus, Bias, CleObOlus.
Myson and CheilOn of Sparta. The
supposition is. Of course, that these
We're not the only wise men in Greece.
but the wiseSt.-New YORK American.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Getting into German.

In the use Of legal terms the Ger
man lawyers gain In a saving Of
number Of words over cur equivalent
expressions seems to be lost in multi
plication Of syllables in the words used
by him. For example, he says s'Zu-
ruckbehaltungSrecht" for right Of
Hen and 'gesammtgutSverbind
keiten" FOR liabilities of common prop
erty." What an awful word he must
have as an equivalent for our 'impre-
scripdbility. docket.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Rreakino the Sabbath

Two Scots. one old and the other
young, set out one bright winter Sun
day morning to walk ten miles to kirk.
The sun shOne glOriOusly. The frozen
road rang under their feet. The cold.
pure air was as exhilarating as wine.
The younger Scot looked up at the
glittering blue sky and said:
IT'S a fine day"
The older man frowned and an
SweTed:
AYE, it is a fine day. but is this a
day to be talking about daysF'
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Te Make Him sIeen.

Unfit for duty because Of insom-
MIA" was the record of a New York
policeman fer several weeks.
Inspector ByTnes sent for the man
and gave him a little bit OF advice,
thus: Tonight, about midnight, put
on your uniform, belt, hat, revolver,
take night stick in hand and go TO
some corner house. Lean against it, and
lean against it hard, as If you were
really on duty. You'll go to sleep, all
right. New York Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
WAITING For Hin,

Yes. mum. said Poetic Pete as ne
twined an autumn leaf through his
buttOnhOle. 4 am great lover of the
romantic. l stopped at dis gate be-
cause l saw de sign lakewood.
You did," approved the housewife
Well, there is a lot of idle wood down
at the wood pile, Just take this ak and
split up half a cord. .''-Chicago News
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Runq In an Acton

How did you enjoy the vaudeville
performance
1t was good They had performing
cats a baseball player, a champion pu-
gilist trained cockato0. and, / give
yOu my word, they even had an actor
doing turn. ."-Lonisville COuraer-
Journal
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
No Skill Required.

Liigant-YOur fee is outrageous.
Why, it's more than three fourths Of
what 1 recovered. Lawyer-I furnish
ed the skill and the legal learning for
your case. Litigant-But l furnished
the case. Lawyer-Ob, anybody can
fall down a coal hOlel-Boston Tran
script
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
A Greater Attraction

Herr Harden told Of a meeting at
Gastein between William /. and Fran
els Joseph. The Austrian sovereign
commented impaiently on the too
pressing attentions of the crowd. 1T
won't last long" returned his ally
soOthingly. Bismarck will be here di-
rectly, and then no one will look at
us."-London Spectator.
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Doubtful VocaIisn5.

There is only one trouble about a
Chinese cook said the man from the
west.
What is that?"
You can never tell whether he is
singing at his work or whether he has
burnt himself and is moaning with
pain. Washington Star
The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Alarmed Her

Servant-Heavens! | have knocked
the big howerpot of the window
ledge and it struck a man on the head.
Aistress-What! My beautiful ma
jolica -F'liegende Batter.