Bryan Morning Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. TENTH YEAR, No. 274, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 22, 1905 Page: 3 of 6
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ABOUT OLD MEXICO.
C A. Harris Write the Earte so Eo
tertslnlor Letter from Brownsville.
Brownsville Tex.Oct. 18 Xtf.
Editors Brjan Eagle:
Possibly tome of your many
readers would like to hear the ex
perience 1 bad in old Monterey
Mexico. Saturday was ''Fiesta
Day" there and at an early hour
all the pretty 4ienoritas" boys
women and old men dunned their
Sunday togs all waiting eagerly
for the fun to begin. There are
two plazas which were decorated
in the usual fashion and on all
T sides tlowers in full bloom as if it
was .May instead of the
last of October; music on all
hT&ob and everyone seemed bent
on getting as much fun out of the
day as possible. Here and there
groups of Mexicans were gsmb.
ling. This is permissible there in
the open.
After viewing the crowd of
merry Mexicans until we got
tires) with Mr. Ilargraree who
spoke Spanish fluently we con-
cluded to visit the old Mexican
p burial grounds and as Monterey
J t one time had 05000 inhab-
L itante this was quite a place. The
lots are owned and rented by the
state and when the family of a
dead Mexican can no longer pay
this rent the corpse is dug up and
thrown on the pile of old dry hu-
man bones. This pile of human
bones is at least twelve feet high
and skeleton feet hands and grin
ning skulls are peeping at you
from all sides of the ghastly heap.
Well we next went to the bull
fight and what a sight! The poor
horses are blindfolded and the
"matador" or rider dashes at the
bulls waving a red Hag and the
mau who fights the bull will stick
a "banadera" or javelin in its
shoulders which has a tassel like
ball on the end of it made of col-
ored tissue par until the brute
is covered with these many col-
ored Uresis and blood streaming
from dozen of wounds. It makes
many derate dashes at horee
and man and finally gores one
poor old horse wide open. Theu
the real work is at hand. The
man now jumps before the mad
animal waving a little red hand-
kerchief right in iU eye. It
plunges and dashes at the tighter
but he nimbly jumps aside. At
last toth being tired the man
slowly walks up squarely in front
f the bull and making a quick
leap plunges his short sword into
its lrin and the fight is over.
Before returning to Brownsville
we went to an old Mexican mis-
sion which was simply grand in-
side with its silver and gold
ornaments candlesticks etc. Then
I noticed how narrow the street
were only about thirty feet and
the sidewalks about four feet
wide hardly room enough for
two to walk. The houses are all
iron barred arid it lok like a
city of jails. A great many adobe
or mud houses uan be seen cov-
ered with grass and this covering
lasts as long as the house lasts.
Well the crowd at the hotel are
all going to the fandango and are
calling 'or me to come in so will
clofe.
Yours truly
C. A. IIaiikis.
T. R. Batte A Co
11 ION K liLiU
WE SELL
All KINDS
INSURANCE
and Buy Life Insurance
Policies.
KI Hl-Meic.intile buildings
fixtures and Mocks; public build-
ing school houe; country prop-
erty dwelling and content barns
gint and machinery.
TORNAIJO-We cover
your property with a Tornado pol-
icy if desired.
LalKli We hill the 1IEST
I'olicies at low rates.
A O U 1 D tt. N T-Our Com.
panies Usuc policies at the same
price as others and give larger
ncreiiti. i.o per month buy
from ioo to fftoo death fiom acci-
dent. 1 15 to $oo per month acci-
dent indemnity. $15 to f p per
month sickness indemnity. $50 to
300 for loks of one hand or one
foot all for li.oo per month.
IaIVR STOGK-We
insure the life of your horse mule
or cow.
COTTON - Special in-
ducements to those holding cotton
in town or on your farm.
"Cheyenne was a wide open towp in
tli old days sud every hotel suit bar
bad Its little faro asms and roulette
wheel and stud toker game." said a
111 a 11 wlio was there. "Our art wis
staying at the luter Ocean hotel. A
long. .e Jointed MUsourlan auibletl
In ow nlKtit and butted I u to the poker
game. There were two or three card
sharps at the table and every cltlxen
carried bis shooting Iron. This long
Mlssourlan looked rather easy but be-
fore he had been play lug an hour lie
was loo to the good. John Chase
proprietor yf the hotel became Inter-
est) uinl watched the game. lu a few
moments he saw the MUsourlan turn a
trick that was not strictly according
to Hoyle and he railed the Mlasourlan
outside.
' 'Now see here' said Chase 'I want
to warn you. You'd better be pretty
careful. Those fellows are all prof ra-
tional gamblers and are armed to the
teeth. You don't seem to realise what
you're dolug.
"'Hay' replied the long MUsourlan
with a look of childlike Innocence 'are
they cheating iuer"-ttaa Francisco
Chronicle.
I'raraatlaa Bur Tbaa Car.
In theae days when luosl medical
ineu are on the atlll hunt for miracu-
lous eurea spec! flea In one or other
form. It Is eaay to lose eight of at
least to fall to give sufficient attention
to the matter of the cause or causes
of disease and of the mean of preven-
tion as well aa of the really scientific
because ao often simple measure cal-
culated so to help nature aa to enable
ber to successfully perform a cure.
We all remember how the profession
ransacked the entire earth for some
medicament that should "cure" scur-
ry. No better illustration of what good
old Ir. OUrer Wendell Holmes de-
clared to be shameful to the profession
could be given than the various treat-
menu" for scurvy till some thoughtful
layman discovered the true cause of
the disease to be lack of vegetable
food. A rational auppty of vegetables
or fruit and fruit Juices and a dimin-
ished ration of aalt meat sufficed to
render all the armies navies and camp
dweller of the world 'Immune."
Ilealth Culture.
BlaHaa taa.leta.
8om loteeesttng phsses of Hlherlan
life are described In Kstuuel Turner's
book on that country. Of the eiJIes be
writes: "When I told a Klberlan friend
that I carried a revolver aa a p rota-
tion airalnst wolves I wss promptly in-
formed that I bad much more res hi
to fear the human wolves I might en-
counter and Ibis. I found wss a geu-
eral view of the caae. About one-third
of the criminal eilles escape all con-
trol. Armed with a stick to which la
attached a strong piece of cord or cat
gut they will approach the unwary
traveler from behind throw the cord
round liU neck and uuletly strangle
bim by t lifting the stick to rob him
st their leisure of whatever be may
poam-sa or secure his passport In order
to uinke their ecae from the coun-
try." A SlkxrrUa Waaaer.
The scientist have for years been
perplened orer the wonderful froven
well st Yakutsk Siberia. As loug ago
ss lCt It was announced that the
ground was frozen to an abnormal
dejth st the place referral to. In the
summer of 1 !. a Kussian merrbaut
set a g.mg of ini'll to the task of ascer-
taining the depth of the froieu stratum.
They gure up the Jol after digging
some thirty feet In solidly frosen
ground. The Kusalan Academy of Rcl
ences took liie matter In baud sud lie-
tween K'W snd 1M dug to a dejith of
IIM'J feet and then abandoned the shaft
because the earth mi still frozeu as
hard us a rock. Nstnral cold could nev-
er penetrste to such a depth and the
phenomenon Is still uueiplalned.
Tae Horse aa a J a a per.
A lir cnu certainty Jump higher
than a man. There is at least one au-
thentic cane of a buutor clearing a
seveu foot paling sud a century or so
sco a Mr. Utngbani leaped hU horse
over the wall of Hyde park which was
stl ami one half feet hlu on the Inside
and eight feet on the outside. Tbo
horse clesred this obstacle twice In
rapid succession and we are quite cer-
taiu that no man who has ever lived
could do U -IahhIou Answers.
tnSTee la Uaalrmala.
The UlMitvra tu the coffee plantations
In tiuafemela get only 3 to 'JO cenU
(goldl a day. The capitalists get as
profit TiO to 00 per cent of the market
value. iMirlng harvesting time the
coffee business gives employment to
more than one-half of the (Herniation.
A single coffee tree under the most
favorable condition has been known
to yield twenty-five pounds of beans.
Work aad Talk.
(enerally speakltig. It Is true of wo-
men as of men that those who think
most say least. Womnn's talkativeness
Is the result of her sedentary oceupn-
tlon. Tailors shoemaker and weavers
-nil men who sit clone at their work-
have tn coicwioti with women uot only
hypochondriacal fancies but also a
tendency to great talkativeness.
Kt.htcr.
The Ward ( lar.
Tlie wonl cigar oivur In a (3er-
msn dictionary for the first time In
11.1 and lu the IHctlonualre of the
French Acadeinle in 1XUY Kant used
the word "zlggaro" In 17tW. In Hpaln
st the present day the word "clgsrro"
means a cigarette for which the Span-
lards have the wont pttlllos" Tlielr
name fit a ctgar Is "un puro."
Thrrrla la the DIBTr-reaee.
A meddler Is a person who falls In
bis attempt. The meddler who auc
reeds Is no meddler but a bero.-Pu
lutb Herald.
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That new Fall SuityouVe been think-
ing about is waiting for you here.
Better get it to-day and have the use
of it these brisk Autumn days.
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SCHE0SS BR0S.5c C?
Fine Clothcs.Makers
BALTIMORE NEW YORK.
$05.
is the price although we have better
ones up to $20 others as low as $10
Cue i To-ftf an see mm
Of course the sooner you come in the better selection you will have for
these swell suits will go fast and we will not be able to duplicate them
later. The picture gives an idea of one new style. We'll be glad to show
it to you along with others we know you'll like. All are made by
mum & co. of mmm?t
a sure guarantee of quality.
BRYAN TEXAS
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laESrSBBBW aEBraa"a TaaBaBaBaBaV
Trtrk al is lras Trad.
"Never ask for tlie copy of a pre-
scription at the time you buy the medi-
cine" said the dyspeptic looking man.
"In nine out of ten drug stores they
will tack 10 or V cents to tlie regular
price of the medicine If you do. Unit
of course Is contrary to professional
etiquette. I'ruggUts are not upMNcd
to charge extra for furuUhing a copy
of a prescription. If you will wait a
few days and ssk for it unaccompa-
nied by a Ixittle of medicine they
won't have the nerve to do It. but
when tho two are prepared together
they can gain some coiiipennntlon for
their eitra work and the loss of a pos-
sible customer svlthout anylxsly Itclng
tho wiser." New York l'rc.
Are l.ar Iloa.r. talsarf
Are large houses vulgar? Certainly
a parvenu who should build himself a
house the sise of Chatsworth or Itaby
would be vulgar as lscklng a seuse of
proportion In a matter of taste. The
Inheritors of such places are of course
not vulgar to live lu them though they
are sometimes most unfortunate. Knor-
mous houss survive the time of neces-
sary retainers and a warllko stste.
They are useless for all modern pur-
poses except display; pathetic then
when old they are certainly vulgar
when new. O. 8. Street to London Outlook.
NOTICE.
Notice la hereby given that on the
27th day of October A. D. 1903 same
being the 4th Friday In said month
the city council of the city of Bryan
will receive proposals from any
banking incorporation association
or individual In Ilrar.oa county
State of Texas to act as depository
of the fuuds of the city of Bry an.
The proposals of such banking In
corporation association or individ-
ual banker shall be sealed and de-
livered to the City Secretary on or
before 2 o'clock p. in. of said .Tth
day of October A. I. 10.
In such proposal said banking in-
corporation association or individ-
ual bauker shall state the rate of
Interest that such banking Incorpo-
ration association or individual
banker otters to pay on the funds of
said city for the term between the
date of such bid and the next regu
tar time for the selection of a deposi-
tory which will be the first regular
meeting after the city election In
April llfciG.
The banking Incorporation asso-
ciation or Innlvldual banker will be
selected ollerlng the highest rate of
Interest. The said city council
however reserves the right to reject
any and all proposals or bids.
A certified check of not less than
one-half of one per cent of the city
revenue for the year 1!M shall ac-
company each proposal or bid as a
guarantee of good faith on the part
of the bidder In case such bid Is
accepted and aaid banking incorn-
ratlon association or iudlvidu
falls to comply with the terms of h
proposal. It. H. Harrison Mavor.
C. M. Spell Becretar
Bryau Tex. October 1319u5. dZTo
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