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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Explosive. In Your Body.

The human body contains no fewer
than four substances which are SO in
flammable that in pure state they
will ''go or by spontaneous combus-
ton For instance. there Is phospho-
rus The body of a person weighing
100 pounds contains twenty-five
ounces of this substance. which. as
everybody knows. readily takes fire Of
its own accord If exposed to the air.
II is combined with lime to make the
bones. taking the form Of phosphate
lime The body Of human being
weighing 100 pounds contains nearly
one and half ounces Of magnesium,
two ounces of sodium and nearly two
and a half ounces of potassium. The
first Of these. substance Of silvery
wilderness, is so readily and fiercely
combustible that 1t has to be kept
tightly corked in bottles to prevent 1t
from igniting of fits own accord. So
dunn will take fire II thrown into
water. and so likewise will potassium
the latter with great violence. finally
exploding and throwing shower OF
sparks into the air.-New York World.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

Jack Graham was here today from
Harvey.
Miss Malcolm McInnis is visiting in
Houston.
W. W. Rudisill, of Taboy was ip
Bryan today.
J. H. Ferguson. of Harvey, was in
the city today.
Sam Hicks was here today from
Grimes county.
Mack Mimms was in today from
Holligan Chapel
p L. Barron was in the city today
from Steep Hollow.
Charles Manly was in the city to-
day from Grimes county.
]. B. Carroll was a visitor to the
city today from Rock Prairie.
DR.. w. G. Drummond was a visitor
to the city today from Kurten.
Mrs. ]. L. Hensarling, of Wellborn,
was a visitor to the city today.
Have your lawn mower sharpened
and repaired by Evans & Foreman.
Don't envy a beautiful figure. Wear
a Parisiana corset and have one.
Evans a. Foreman sell Fairbanks
Morse gasoline engines and windmills.
Be sure to go to the auction sale
tonight or you will miss some real
bargains.
Buy your breakfast bacon and have
IL sliced on our American slicing ma
chine. Bell Bros.
We will give out at each sale infor-
nation that will pay and interest you.
j. NJ. Caldwell.
Bacon will cook evenly all the way
through II our slicing machine slices
II. Bell Bros.
Did you attend the auction sale at
Caldwell's jewelry store? 1t was a
hummer
Portion Mays, of Grimes county,
was among the visitors to the city
today.
iAdut WIN us anu Set yOuI DdNOu
sliced on our slieing machine. Bell
Bros.
Don't forget the date, Saturday.
April 8, The Passion Play" College
chapel Admission, 25c. Special car
leaves Bryan at o'clock
Better meat and more slices if it's
cut on our American slicing machine
Bell Bros.
The excavation for the trunk line of
the sewer system has reached point
over quarter of mile from the sep
tic tank. The work on the tank has
been rapidly progressing, and 1t is
now over two-thirds completed.
The Passion Play illustrated en-
Seventy slides used in
By Mrs. G. II. De-
Jarnette. College Assembly Hall, Sat
nrday, April s. at $3.50 p. m. Admis-
sion, Csc.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
The Word "Chao.r

Chap" IS simply an authorization Of
chapman, the merchant of former days.
and is derived from the Anglo-Saxon
''ceap." a bargain. The word almost
brings before us the loud voiced
cheap Jack" as he cries his wares in
the. cheaping or market. Chap seems
to have come into common use at the
end of the sixteenth century and II
rarely mentioned in books before 100.
Johnson does not recognize 1t, though
Steele uses 1t In 1712 in the Spectator
eff you want to sell, here is your
chap'), and it is found in Bailey's Die
tionary. 1871. Its original meaning Of
4 buyer or seller still fingers in the
dialects of many counties. Coupled
with the adjectives old. young, little,
poor, it was and is used in familiar
language, as is its relative, a queer
customer" Todd, 1918. affirms that
good chap meant one to whom credit
might be given. whereas not qualified
by good 1t was a term Of contempt
London Standard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
LONG HORN NOTICE.

For the benefit Of those Bryan PEG.
pie who desire copies of The 1911
Long Horn tickets emitting the pur-
chaser to copy of The Long Horn
will be on sale for ten days only, April
s to II, inclusive, at Smith Bros.
studio. Long Horns" can be pur.
chased only with these tickets.
B. F. WRIGHT,
Business Manager 1911 Long Horn.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
Enral Nrn1a

Spanish seed COOLERS at Sanders
Bros.
I S. d. Jones, OF Harvey. was in town
today.
, viii Jones. OF Harvey, was in town
today.
Jack Conway was in today from
Reliance.
w. H. Buchanan, of Kurten. was in
the city today.
w. r. Crenshaw was in town today
from Reliance.
Devalson Buchanan, of Harvey, was
in the city today.
Car second cutting Bermuda hay on
track. Wick Bros.
Have your lawn mower sharpened
by Evans & Foreman.
Herbert Lavender was in the city
today from Grimes county.
Mound City paints may cost trine
more, but! z. j. Jekins. II
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
TO SPEAK AT WLLIcAN.

Prof. ]. H. Allen, t~hsfrnan of, the
prohibition forces in Brazos county,
went to Millican this afternoon and
will speak there tonight on prohibit
ton. A prohibition club has been re-
Gently organized at Millican, and it is
said to, be one of the strongest in the
county. Prof. Allen swill advise with
the club in regard to plans for the
campaign.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

Mrs. Laura Hoppe, of Houston, is
visiting in the city.
Clarence Britton, of College, re-
turned today from visit to Houston.
f. S. Wickes returned today from
Houston.
NJ. B. Parker was in today from the
Brazos bottom
Hugh Goen, of the bottom, was in
town today.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
A. g. M. COLLEGE VS..
ST. EDWARDS COLLEGE.

The A. & NJ. baseball team is play
ing game this afternoon with the
team from ST. Edwards college at
Austin. This is the third engagement
of the season, and so far A. & NJ. has
lost only one game. st. Edwards al
ways has good team, and this after
Moons exhibition is expected to be
interesting.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07
AGED NEGRO FOUND
DEAD AT HIS HOME,

George O'Neal an aged negro, well
known in this city, was found dead
at his home yesterday. He was very
old and lived alone in a little cabin
in the western part of town. When
his death was discovered an inquest
was held and his death assigned to
natural causes. The funeral was held
this afternoon.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

Parisiana oorsets embody the latest
Partisan styles and are especially
adapted to the needs Of the American
woman. Sold only at the fashion shop.
Eugene Edge, on the corner.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

You will be satisfied with the fit
and admired for the stylish appear
ance the Parisiana corset creates for
your figure. Eugene Edge, on the cor
ner, sells them.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-07

Evans & Foreman are ready to fix
up your lawn mower and put a keen
edge on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
SIMPLE FLOWER
 FOR BUTTONHOLE

London, May 13.-(Special.)-As the re- suit of its being considered unfashion- able to wear anything but the simplest flowers in the buttonhole this spring, the delicate blooms from the hothouse are being displaced by the harder though less showy flowers from the garden. It is strange that while the simpler flowers are now in vogue, the ladies garments are more gorgeous and brilliantly colored than usual. Perhaps the contrast Is deemed effective by the leaders of fash ion. Bond street florists and those of the West End are experiencing an un- precedented demand for daisies, lilies, wallhower mignonette, buttercups. etc., while the exotic hothouse blooms are whitening on the shelves. Instead of pay ing fabulous price for a buttone hole one can now purchase fashionable nose gay for a quarter.
 Instead of adorning themselves this spring with the more showy artificial flowers, such as clematis, iris, orchid or large roses ladies are wearing little bou- quets consisting of cluster of butter cups and daisies, with clover or forget me-nots, tucked away in their coats or muffs
 With many men the wallfiower nosegay finds special favor. while instead of a loose cluster of carnations or roses or one stiff tuberose, mosaic posies-revivals of the early Victorian posy-are now having great sale at half a dollar each. These consist of tiny flowers tightly packed In a stiff pattern to form fiat round posy with a border of ivy or other leaves or heather, and center of 8 larger flower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
SURGEONS SUICIDE
 DUE TO OVERWORK

London, May 13.-tSpeciaL)-A yer dict of suicide by poisoning himself with prussic acid while in an unsound state of mind, produced by i'll health and prolonged hours of duty, was re- turned at an inquest held at Wroxall, Isle of Wight, on Serg.t Ethelbert Rob- ert Stokes, R. A NJ. C., the dispenser at Parkhurst Barracks whose body was found in a cove on the downs between Shanklin and WroXall.
 The jury suggested that representa- :. tions should be made to the war office with view to an injury being in- stituted as to the conditions of empoly- ment of the medical staff at Parkhurst In a diary found upon the body de- ceased had written that his poor old / brain was going fast" He made charges of. unfair treatment against two non- commissioned officers of the staff but the jury added a rider freeing them from all blame.
 This. 1t appears, the second suicide in connection with the medical staff at Parkhurst within 12 months traceable to overwork, and the coroner pointed out to Lieutenant Colonel Donegan, commanding the medical staff there, mat the HlSIOFN OI tHe SldH Seemu 10 be a very unfortunate one. The colonel said he had reported officially that he was understaffed and he regretted that assistance had not come in tim. Io avert this lamentable occurrence. He gfye the deceased all the assistance he coulda
 Two non- n-commi ssioned officers of the medical staff who attended as wit nesses looked so thin and i'll that the coroner commented upon their un- healthy appearance. They admitted that they were in a chronic state of over work at Parkhurst, working from [ in the morning till Il al night, seven days a week. Even then they were un- able to cope with the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
Life of Mrs. Jackson

Paris, May 13.-(Special)-On December l5 last Mrs. Rebecca Clara Jackson, a lady of English origin, who was known under the name of Realgi, as a musical composer. died at the age of 50 in her villa at St. Giniez, near Marseilles. Re- cent investigation has brought to light some intefesting facts concerning Mrs. Jacksons past life.
 She was said to be close friend of Prince Louis Napoleon (son of the Elm perior Napoleon III), who met tragic death during the Zulu war. A number of letters dated from 1873 and signed Napoleon Loulou' have been found in her house
 She left fortune of a40, ,O00-E20,0OO for the establishment of two asylums for abandoned children f10.00o to sailors fund at Marseilles. and the rest to be divided among her servants. Her pictures and bronze statutes she left to the Mar seilles Museum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14

Obbac Treatment, is purely vegetable, contain Ing positively DO mineral poison whatever, no produced remarkable changes in only 30 days. Treat yourself privately at home, and become as fr0e from tpint as . new born child. l The wonderful Wasserman Test, the only blood poison test known to scientists, has proven that man has been completely purified by the Obbac Treatment,
 life, and destroy your health forever by taking mercury and potash which doctors commonly presUribs. Write today. Send your name and addreee and comBlete description of your case to tho Obbao Co, 1881 Obbac Bldg., Chicago, and they will send you aS once ln an absolutely plain firmly sealed package, full aodsy treatment obeClutely free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
WE INVITE HARRISON

of our work and prices. Having our own complete engraving and embossing plant in our own estab- lishment, we can produce work more promptly and as economically as any concern anywhere. We simply await opportunity to serve you.
 The imprint of Roberts & Son is a recognized guarantee of correct style and highest quality in en- graved goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14

pOlSOn DECK IntO tne SySt6m
 and smother 1t for several
 years. Then when you think you are cured. pitiful mercury symptoms often break out, and you find that your bones have been rotting all the wbile. Your teeth may begin to loosen and your tissues. glands, brain and vital organs show the terrible destructive power of the mer- cury and potash. LocomotoF Ataxia, Paralysis, Imbecility and Premature Death are then almost inevitable. Medical au- thofities admit that this is so,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
Aids to the Memory

From PUCK
 What's that string tied on your an- ger. Bilby?"
 That? My wife put that there"
 ''To remind you?"
 "Yes to remind me toto Bless my soul. What was 1t to remind me of now? Oh yes know! My wife tied that string on my finger SO that if anything wor- ries me I'll remember to forget It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
"TRADE IN BIRMINGHAM"
 WITH 1.-THE BIG ALABAMA HOUSE"
JUNE WEDDINGS

deserve the best and most artistic preparation. When the Invitations or An nouncements are ordered of us, their style and ele- gance are assured.
 Glad to show samples of all the new things in en- graved goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-14
Blood Poison 30-Day reatmeni
 FREE
Remarkable Results Produced By New Vegetable Treatment Without Use
 Of Mercury or Potash.

The terrible results of mercury and potash on blood poison are well known. The most these drugs can do is to drive tho blood
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-28

mother Of ]. Pierpoat M H're i ard ~,
scended The American Picrrcpon;s
Ward 's no DpsssD snn howGwer pnt o."
ors and estates OF Evelyn Picrrepuut
inc last Duke OF Kingston, since thc
ably after the other branch Of his fam
ny had emiGrated to America
poni we oun Si, R ., me Lamlay OF Picrre
the Castle OF Picrrepont. on the border.
o. Picardy. the ruins OF which arc
stl an enisifns9 He vas w GTc OF H.
Conqueror at the battle OF Haattnea.
ana received from that monarch the
haI Of a@ime Picrpont. in Noting
lord and which Is to-day one OF the
two remaining country seats OF tho
present Earl Of Manyers. Thoresby,
Manners Is also in Nottinghamshire,
and famous for It's beautiful forest
scenery. Its fine old Elizabtthan man
In circumference.
The chief CT the family in the sew
enteenth century in the male line di-
rect from the comrade IN arms of vii.
nam the Conqucror. was Sir George
pierrepont. Of Holrne Pierpont. mem
Toned above as ancestor of the Amer
est son became Earl OF Kingoton-upo
Hull, Marquis OF Dorchester. and Duke
OF KinGston HIS son. Evelyn. the Gee
nous beauty, Elizabeth ChudlciEh, and
died without issue, the English Pier
rePonts thereby becoming extinct in
me ma, male line The duke left the whole
tates to the duchess, whereupon his
nrother-in- law. Philip Meadows, mar
Red TO the dukes only sister, Lady
against the duchess. to the effect that
her marriage had been OF 4 bigamous
character. and was therefore Invalid
= trial OF the duchess in tho House OF
age to the duke, she had been secretly
welded to Augustus Hervcy, then an
OBSCURE lieutenant OF the royal navy.
VINO had meanwhile by inheritance be-
come Earl of Bristol and from whom
she had never obtained q divorce She
was consequently convicted of bigamy
oy her peers, Invested OF her ducal
status OF Countess OF Bristol. She.
however. retained possession OF the
great fortune of the duke. while her
brother, law. Philip Meadows. re-
found himself completely ruined. He
vas descended from Sir Philip Niea-
dows, master of the household OF
II was found that she had left the
whole of tho Pierrepont properly 10
Charles Meadows. son Of the man who
had robbed her of her title of duchess,
ing into tho fortune. Charles Meadows
assumed. by permission of the crown,
the patronymic and arms of the Pier.
rePont family. and was eventually
Pierrepont. Of Holme Pierpont, and a.
forwards rs Viscount Newark. ana
Earl Of Manvers. The present Lord
m Manner Is the fourth duke of the
Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-28
4 Jews CHRISTMAS GIFT.

That was fne spirit shown by j..
5 Grooming in Detroit Christmas day
He haunted a telegraph office part Of
the ds evidently waiting for tele-
gram came and his face was sur
fused ith Joy as he read g. lie
buried his face in the yellow paper.
saying: Ny children, ny little ones.
are safe" Grooming then eyplain.d
that he had feared that the Russians.
aggriered at the attitude the United
States would take toward Jewish pass
ports, would be infatuated and mas.
sacre the Jews in Russia lie had
sent money for his wife and children
to leave for tho United States i'm
mediateiy and mis- telegram told him
that they were safely across the Rus
sian frontier
What did Grooming do 10 show his
srautnde to God for the safety OF his
family? u wan, to mako every one
happy he exclaimed u have ius, had
great happiness and want 10 share
1t am an Orthodox Jew. and Christ,
mas means nothing to me bu, II does
|" many and am glad my happiness
came at this time. He walked on,
into tho streets, found dozen heart.
sick ana hungry men out of Jobs,
to9k them INTO private dining room.
'"nd the meal was the bcs, the hotel
could provide
! marty and the spirit OF inc Samari-
"a" 'e'ons TO no single sec, nor creed.
hni I" thht gree, church buildcd upon
nc rock Of the brotherhood Of man.
rms warn-hearted generous act was
no. ne leaa; Of the good and noble
deeda Of Christmas Day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-28

month after being raised to the peer
age. and was succeeded by his son,
VINO had served in the Life Guards az
entirely blind. losing first the sight Of
one eye and then OF the other. He
ma makes kes his principal homo OF Ramsey
INC famous monastery and Abbey OF
RAMSEY OF ante reformation days II
was bestowed ct the time OF tho Dis
;Sr9hiution by King Henry VIII upon
cd through the Titus family to Coulson
removes, from whom the present Lord
dc Ramsey is descended In the direct
male line Coulson Tcllowes owed his
nrst name TO the fact that his grand
uncle, Thomas Coulson. NJ p. for Tot
mes and director OF tho East India
70 his sister. Mrs William Fellowcs.
His wealth was indeed the foundation
or the fortunes or the Fe!lowes family.
Ramsey's elevation to the pcerage Ind
REPRESENTED Huntngdonshire in Parlia-
inent for the greater part of cen
Lady de Knmscys hobby is dog
fancying, and Pekin puppies arc her
speciality. At Haverland Hall. her place
In Norfolkshirc, there is on the Dor
which is maintained entirely by tho
sales OF the Pekins which she raises
h LORD G De namsey u.s. among other
Ely. which although situated within
she county Of Cambridge. is the only
division in the country that>is subject
to custos Rotulorum (appointed by
the crown. and enjoying the right to
appoint magistrates). who is not also
Lord Lieutenant Indeed the Island
Of the marshes and fen land OF Cam
bridgeshire. Ia wholly independent OF
the Lord Lieutenant OF Cambridgeshire,
m Gl ~
Ethelreda founded her great abbey in
a. D: 673. which was restored In $40
BY Bishop Ethelwold, and settled with
Benedictines; where Hereward formed
his court of refuge. captured in 1871
by William the Conqueror and where
the rebellious barons. after the battle
e ias7 Eve'Aa"' made their last stand ="
Lord Manvers, after having disposed
last year. of most of his family cs-
shire, In consequence OF the heavy
duties imposed by the Lloyd George
budget has now given orders for the
sale or an his perbysaire property,
than the almost complete disposal OF
one of the former great ducal es-
tates Of the United Kingdom, namely.
Earl OF Manvers is head of the Eng
lish Pierreponts, who, like him, are
,p,ierreponts only through tho female
of this historic house in the malc line
Is here in America. The American
Pierreponts arc descended from Sir
George Pierrepont, grandfather of the
first Pierrepont Duke OF Kingston. Sir
George had a younger son Of the name
of william, whose son. James Pierre
pont., came to America, and died at
seventeenth century, leaving two sons.
John and Robert From these Henry
Evelyn .Pierrepont. of Brooklyn, New
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-28

collected in this way every Christmas,
and but small percentage OF this
money Is afterwards returned, except
to those who demand II. Who gets
this money?
1t is especially embarrassing to de-
cline to pay the charges on a Christ
mas box and then write to the sender
for the express receipt. so that It may
be refunded. Thousands pay such
charges and say nothing about II.
Tho express people claim that the
errors are due to the rush OF the sea
son and incompetence of employees.
Both arguments are poor. for the rush
business comes regularly every year.
and at the same time It Is well known
that such conditions will take place
and should be provided for. and 1t is
passing strange that the incompetent
force OF employees always know how
to charge too much. but never too lit
tie.
am confident that IL the citizens
demand II this practice can be stopped.
A CITIZEN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-28
A aDryr Reply.

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-In your issue of December 81.
l.. G. G. among other things says:
Prohibition does not prohibit and has
nowhere expelled drink or sensibly
reduced intemperance." This is n
bold assertion and can easily be
proven untrue. Viii IL. c. G." an
swer a few simple questions? II pro-
hibition does not prohibit nor reduce
the consumption of liquors, why
should the Equor men oppose and
spend large sums Of money to prevent
prohibition? IF prohibition brings the
law into contempt, why should there
be moro smuggling and blind tigers
convicted for selling without a license
in tho licensed territory than there
are In the unlicensed territory? If It
is morally wrong to force prohibition
In a community that a majority of
her people want license and liquor.
why should 1t be right to ship liquor
to n community that the majority OF
the people don't want It sold IN?
Since the liquor trahic belongs in a
class to itself so different from any
other business that you can name why
should any object to the majority rule
for any State or even nation?
c. P. GRIZZARD.
Drewryville.