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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-03
\ HISTORIC HOTEL.
The Famous New Orleans Ilotc
Which was Burned Saturday
Might.
Galveston News.

The St. Charles hotel was bui
in 1898, the work "f CONSTRUCTION
having Deon coinmenc, d in 1885
The Cost of the tnildiug was 5000.
00G, and of the ground 100000
The dining room was enc OF tie
finest finish d apartments in Amer
Ics, The ceiling being composed of
three beautiful elliptic doin"s for
ch'nIeliers. The ceilings AMI wall,
were handsomely flescocd by Ca
nova, nephew of the great Italian
sculptor, aid the hnildlrg contain
ed some hand-nme siataary.
This binding Was destroyed 10y
fire in 1851 Tie binding of the.
new hotel was at orce commenced,
and the building then completed
WAS the one destroyed last night.
At the time it attracted attention
throughout the world tccause Of he
fact that il was the finest hotel in
the world and the first great hotel
Of The United States. The new
building was of the same style nnd
srcI lie: ure as the old onc, with
exception of tie cnpola. The new
hotel @As leased by Messrr: Hi
Ireth IL Halle and Was elegantly
fitted up, and opened for business
in less than year after the fire.
Then followed q long era of
prosperity for the state, She city
and the hotel. From 1851 TO The
time of the discovery OF the fire
last night The histor building was
C o=eIy associated with the history
of the st t.. and city: In p rI"r +.
j ffcrson Davis ard the adm"
southern politicians met sn1 agreed
upon the cuurre Ia be pursued AT
the Charleston c,pv-htiOn OF 1850.
and siuce thrn the fate OF huudr, d.
of aspiran's for public honcrs wcre
sealed in lis historic prccincif.
Since the war the S.. Charles
has been the central point of th.-
very stormy politics OF Louisiana.
Ia itS r"'unIa democrats, 'rpubli
.""s aud members Of every ppIiii-
cal party lave met to exchange
views and to discuss the affairs Of
The state aud nation. Pnrior Z
alone has made for Itself national /
l. has bren occupied |
by m"re than SIX Congressional ill.,
c.mm tees, trying to
lndr&tArd that chaotic condition
ii If irs, which, at that time, be-
;am': knowm over the c"un'ry rs
The L'uiSiann Question:"
Bat IT is not in political history |
'loue that parlor r is famous.
JuunticSs other associations, to die
;uss srra, questions of trade coin
ne,cr, have been held Their; meet
ng to build new railroads, and
Of ladies Ia solve great
Problems of balls AMI dress. There,
900, Comes Rex when a visitor tn
NJ Orleans, parl"r p being his
rccognlz Il "tiicidl headquarters lo'
MS short reign of two days during
.he carnival. M. uiidrcth, one
If ihr proprietors,at the Commence
nent of the war, was relative OF
General Ben Buffers wife, WHOSE
maiden name WAS Hildrcth.
When Butler took charge Of the
city in 1862 Mr.. tIildreth refused |
to r, ccive him in the hotel and
riot was narrow prevented in conf
St quencr.
The doUrs were thrown open to
returning ex confrderates at the
close OF fine war, and there they |
were welcomed. risSout money
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-03
MIL &ERgECE.
DEPARTURE.

EPkETURE.
For Alice, Texas, daily at.....e 4. IN
Rio GFande CITY. Mon
day, Vel and Friday at. sc a. III
For Point Is abel. daily ats a. IN.
Matamoro5, Mexico, Except san
dIy, -.-----.-.S aI S:.sS 4 IA
AsRiyAL3if...' = Il
From Alice. TaSa7.dallg :.iaat 10. p n.
ti1 ,irall,ie. :Ttri-W ae.iy atvL p:5il'
Point Isabel, daiiy at r. III
q Mai ,moros Mexico. "a 80 p III
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
Ants Larger Than Foxes.

Pliny, that rare old gossiper, tells,
among his rather extraordinary sto-
ries, that Of the Bactrian method Of
obtaining gold. The sandy deserts
Of Bactria in the days Of that histo-
fian were, so the old man says, liter
ally swarming with ants slightly
bigger than foxes" These gigantic
representatives Of the genus hOmen-
optera burrowed deeply into the
sandy wastes, their tunnels and gal
ferries often being hundreds of feet in
extent. The earth removed from
these burrows was always carried to
the outside and thrown up in hills
remember Pliny says this) "of big
ness exceeding that OF a palace. I"
This debris-sand, earth, etc. was
soon found to be wonderfully rich in
small nuggets OF gold. The danger
from the ants was greater, however,
than that from the Indians in the
early days Of gold-digging in the
western United States, and many
stories are told Of men who were lit
orally devoured in a few moments by
the fierce owners Of some disturbed
burrow. Some observing old hunter
at last discovered that the giant ants
slept during the hottest hours Of the
day. After that the seekers after
the yellow metal only made their in
cursions at the proper time, and even
then they only stayed long enough in
Che deserts to fiji their sacks with
the golden sand, which they took
home to sift at leisure. With all
this precaution the ants often swift
~ pursued the heetest horses, and it
was only by using various stratagems
that the invaders managed to escape
alive"
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with laughter at the idea Of man
making song on such subject. 1t
was pronounced low, coarse and vul-
gar, and Carey was denominated the
Alley Poet. He was thrown into
despair by its reception, and swore
he would write no more. He did not
keep his VOW, nor was there any need
of his doing so, for he lived to see
his song make its way into the best
society, and had the satisfaction of
knowing that it had been sung at
court concert.
Character Songs.
Character songs, like the "Fine Old
English Gentleman" are almost in
variably inspired by some incident,
or the sight OF some face, or the con-
temptation Of some particular person
who in such cases poses as a model.
Not consciously as a rule, for although
some songs OF this class are compli-
mentary the majority are either seriO-
comic or satirical. The BOLD Soger
Boy" one Of Lovers best character
songs, was the result Of seeing
young friend, Donnie Blannigan by
name, for the first time rugged out
out in his uniform. Dennis had en-
listed, and after being received had
donned his uniform. and spent the
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and magazines he remained "a tramp
printer. Never content to stay in
one locality more than few months
at time, he wandered from place to
place, living in desultory fashion,
but always contented and generally
happy. One hot day in the summer
OF 1917 he left the office in New York
for the purpose Of taking some re-
freshment, and went across the street
into saloon freQuented by his fellow
workmen and ordered brandy. 1t
was set out on the bar and he poured
liberal bumper, slipped it, and
called out TO an acquaintance, "There
is no better drink than this In the
world" Eyes there is," rejoined the
other. What is it?" asked Wood
worth. "a draught from the old
oaken bucket that hung In the we'll
at home, was the reply. Woodwork
made no answer, but swallowed his
brandy, and setting down the glass,
went back to the printing Office and
sat down at desk reserved for the
use Of printers For an hour or two
he was closely employed, and then
calling to him the man who had
made the remark, he read to him the
now famous lines.
"Oid Folks at Home"
A similar trivial incident inspired
the equally famous song, "Old Folks
at Home" Stephen Foster, the
author, was once passing through
Kentucky, and while the stage coach
was stopped at a wayside inn to per-
NIT the horses to be changed, Foster
stood near, watching the operation
with some degree Of interest. The
darkies were slow and lazy, and made
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
or not so long as it is pretty, and the
business Of the song-writers has al
ways been to sketch pretty picture.
How to SpOiI a Horse.

The great superiority Of the horse
to all other dumb animals, according
to Mr.. II. G. Merwin, is the fineness
OF his nervous system. Almost all
the fastest horses, says the same
writer, have been remarkable for
their nervous, high strung" consti-
buttons. Others have had as good
legs and as good lungs, but have
lacked the necessary courage and de-
termination, the "do or die" spirit,
which makes horse keep on after he
is tired. But this very nervousness
renders the horse the most irritable
of creatures, the most easily worried
and distressed. Upon this point Mr..
Merwin makes some observations that
are worth reading by all who have,
or expect to have, horses Of their
own.
Harsh treatment, though it stop
short OF inhicting physical pain, keeps
a nervous horse in state of misery.
On tie other hand, it is perfectly
true, as besotted but intelligent
stable keeper once observed to me,
"a kind word for boss is as good
sometimes as feed of oats"
A single blow may be enough to
spoil racer. Daniel Lambert,
founder Of the Lambert branch Of
the Morgan family, was thought as
three-year-o to be the fastest trot-
ting stallion OF his day. He was a
very handsome, stylish, intelligent
horse, and also extremely sensitive.
His driver, Dan Mace, though one
of the best reinsmen in America, once
made the mistake, through i'll tenn
per or bad judgment, Of giving Daniel
Lambert a severe cut with the whip,
and that single blow put an end to
his usefulness as trotter. He be-
came wild aud ungoyernable in har-
ness, aud remained so for the rest Of
his life.
In dealing with horse, more than
with most animals, one ought to ex-
ercise patience, care, and above all,
the power Of sympathy, so as TO
know, if possible, the real motive Of
his doing or refusing to do this or
that. TO acquire such knowledge,
and to act upon it when acquired, is
large part OF the ethics OF horse
keeping.
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from FIRST 30 last, over !, 900, 900 cop
les were sold, and even now. set to
religious words, 1t Is In frequent use
at revivals.
Songs OF Sentiment.
OF songs OF sentiment almost every
one Is due to some trlfling incident.
Thomas Noeps song, "The Pauper's
Drive" In which the chorus is COM
posed of the lugubrious refrain Rat
tie His Bones Over the Stones" was
caused by the sight OF funeral, In
which the hearse was cart driven at
full speed by driver impatient to
get rid Of his load. The "Old Sex
ton" was from the pen of Park Ben
jamin, who wrote it after casually
passing an English grave yard,
crowded with tombstones and monu-
ments. The old man who served the
church as sexton was digging grave,
and, as he worked, his spade threw
up fragments Of bones. The old man
was not moralist, and even his
grewsome surroundings failed to prey
on his spirits, for while he worked he
crooned an old English dirty. The
scene made vivid impression on
Benjamin, who produced such a song
as he imagined the old man ought to
have sung under such circumstances.
But Benjamin was not different from
other song writer's. All have de-
scribed what they saw, not as it was,
but as they imagined it ought to be.
OF course they made mistakes of fact,
but that has not in the least i'm
paired the value Of their writings,
for the world, when viewing a pic
ture, does not care whether it Is true
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Ways OF Song Writers.


1t Is interesting TO notice In what
trivial circumstances many popular
songs have,had their origin, for the
poet, however full his soul may be Of
the spirit OF poetry needs a provo
cation; that is TO say, he finds his
inspiration in circumstances which to
other people would be or very trifling
moment 1t is popularity OF the
poetic mind that it is able to see the
poetic side OF everything Where the
ordinary mortal beholds only COM
monpIace and everyday incident, the
poet ices an inspiration which he at
once proceeds TO utilize.
No object could be imagined more
destitute Of attractiveness than an
old oaken bucket hanging in an old
we'll and yet 10 this homely feature
OF country life the world owes one OF
its most dearly cherished songs. "The
Old Oaken Bucket" was written
about 1917 10y Samuel Woodwork.
He was queer genius. With excel
lent opportunities for self-advance-
ment he failed to improve any
OF them, and to the end
OF his days, in spite OF his
various attempts to found newspapers
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
Difficulties I'm the Way.

Il wonder IL you will be as much
surprised as l was, the other day,
when l learned that women are only
partially eligible 10 benefit by an &C
cident insurance policy?" asks cor
respondent. ut is true that wom-
an may take out such a policy; and
IL she is killed outright in some kind
OF disaster, her heirs may profit by it,;
so long as the breath Of life can he
kept In the body the woman herself
gets nothing. Two points are adj
vanced in explanation OF this course.
Tn the first place it is presumed that
accident insurance is only for people
who are deprived of the whole or a
part OF their income because OF in
jury received. and it is also presumed
that women are not selfsupporting,
and that their income is not affected
IL they are hurt. The second point
is this: Although there are more men
hurt In the aggregate than women,
women are more liable to lie hurt,
consequently the companies decline
to take what they consider, in their
theory, at least. heavy risks"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
ABig Nugget of silver.

Supt. Read sent down from the
Diamond Company's mine last Mon
day nugget of ore weighing $3.50
pounds, which was shipped Wednes-
day to the Midwinter Fair In San
Francisco, and which is to represent
Eureka County. The nugget is 3 feet
10 inches long, Is inches wide, and Is
inches thick. 1t assays 50 per cent.
m silver per ton, and Is per cent. in
lead The nugget when quarried out
in the mine was about double its
present size, but was too large to
haul up the shaft, and had to be
broken. Eureka New Sentinel.
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4 French Ducl.

IL the French are prone to chal-
;enge each other 70 fight duels on
the smallest provocatlon, they are al
20 prone to bring them to an end
with very little lighting.
1t is credibly related that, on the
occasion of duel between two mem.
bers of the chamber Of deputies, one
Of the combatants was taken with a
ut Of bleeding at the nose just as
they came upon the field.
Blood" exclaimed one Of the sec
onds OF the other man. Blood has
been shed. The honor of my prlnci-
pal las been satisfied"
And the parties and their seconds
thereupon gravely left the field.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02

rhey Were Not Desired In the Portland
Postoffce.

Postonics.
Persons engaged In making cOllec-
tions Of postage stamps should not
obtain situations In the postofilce, as
two subordinate employees In that In
stitution here have just been dis
charged on this account, says the
Portland Oregonian. For some time
complaints have been made that
stamps were taken from letters and
packages before they were delivered,
and at last this became regular
nuisance. 1t was not possible to
find out who was taking the stamps,
30 the matter was put In the hands
Of an inspector, and after considera-
bic trouble he ascertained that car
rier and distributor were the cul-
prits.
Sometimes stamps were taken oil
letters or packages, and sometimes
the carrier would go out of his way
to deliver letters with foreign or rare
stamps to beg the stamps from the
owner. Sometimes packages ad-
dressed to persons not known here
were thrown into the waste basket in
order that the stamps might be ap-
prOpriated. Foreign stamps and Co.
lumbar stamps OF the higher de-
nominations were the ones chiefly
desired.
Persons making collections OF
stamps frequently have letters sent
to them from "out-of-the-way" coun-
tries merely TO get the stamps, and
when their letters turned up minus
the stamps there was trouble. Some
times letters arrive at the Office here
with the stamps gone, showing that
there are stamp collectors at other
offices. AS soon as 1t was found out
who the culprits were the depart
ment ordered their dismissal from
the service.
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mis- was always known as "The Bold
Soger Boy"
OF reminiscent military songs the
annals of music are full. "The Girl
! Left Behind Me-" according to ira
dition, became the parting tune Of
the British army and navy about the
middle OF the last century. In one
of the regiments then Quartered in
the south Of England there was an
English bandmaster who had the not
uncommon popularity Of being able
to fall in love in ten minutes with
any attractive girl he might chance
to meet 1t never hurt him much,
however, for he fell out again as
readily as he feu in, and so acquired
new sweetheart in every town the
regiment passed through. When
ever the troops were leaving the
place where he had sweetheart he
ordered the band to play the "Girl l
Left Behind Me-" which, even then,
was an old Irish melody. The story
Of his accommodating heart soon
spread throus h the army, and other
bandmasters, at the request OF Off
GERS and soldiers, began to use the
melody as "a parting tune, and by the
end Of the century it was accounted
disrespectful to the ladies for regi-
ment to march ~ay without playing
"The Girl / Left Behind Me-"
Our Own War Songs.
Our civil war originated many
songs, most OF them, however, writ
ten by men who stayed at home.
They accomplished wonders, howev-
er, in firing the blood of the country.
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" did as much
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no great degree Of haste in perform
Ing their duty, chatting meanwhile
IN the manner and dialect peculiar to
themselves. Finally one, deploring
his hard lot. said: Il wish l was
back with the old folks at home"
~Where was that?" asked another,
and the first re'oned, sway down
upon the Suwanee river" The
novelty of the expressions caught the
quick ear OF the poet. He recognized
in them and the theme they suggested
an appropriate subject for song, and
that evening when he reached his
destination wrote both words and
music A chord was touched in the
human heart, the song was in
simultaneously successful. Over AGO.
900 copies were sol3 in the next few
years, and even now no song OF
Renaissance is dearer TO the public
than the familiar strains OF sway
Down Upon the Suwanee River"
Every wanderer who remembers with
anything like affection those he has
left behind finds in this plaintive
melody "A wealth of suggestion equaled
only by that other song OF home
written by man who never knew
what it was TO have a home.
A somewhat more unusual incident
originated the famous song, Minute
Gun at sea-" II. S. Sharpe, the
noted song writer OF England, was
once during an exceedingly tempest
uous winter visiting some friends at
brighton. A severe storm came on
one evening during his stay, and
while the entire party were solacing
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ing OF their deadly peril. Sharpe
saw in the incident an excellent sub
ject, and being for some cause unable
TO go with the rescung parties he
sat down in the deserted tap room
and wrote the song.
Sallie In Our Alley.
"Sallie in Our Alley" a song which
has been lately revived with marked
success, was the work of the equally
brilliant and unfortunate Henry
Carey. AS author, poet and drama
tist he was successful, but of his eX-
tensive and talented works the only
portion which has endured is this
one song. 1t was written as the out
come Of days merrymaking. While
wandering one day in the outskirts
Of London his attention was at
tracted by young workingman and
his sweetheart. The young fellow
was evidently determined to make
the best Of his holiday. He took the
girl to the various sights in the vicin-
ity, treated her to boat ride, then
TO few minutes of the merry-gO-
round, after which he escorted her to
cheap lunch house and gave her
treat of bacon and onions, cakes and
ale. During the whole course Of
their outing they were followed by
Carey, who was pleased with the sim
plicity of the courtship Returning
home, when the activity Of the young
people proved too much for his en-
durance, he wrote the song, which
he shortly afterward published him
self, az no publisher could be induced
to touch it. 1t was greeted with a
storm of ridicule. All London roared
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
AIIigators Not Extinct in China.

1t seems strange, but it is fact,
nevertheless, that the Chinese alli-
gator, which has long been supposed
to be extinct, has been rediscovercd
and specimens OF it sent to the Royal
geological Gardens in London. Marco
Polo was the last author to describe
1t. In his description he mentions
curious superstition, etc, that its
gall was a specific for the cure OF n.y.
dronhobia. st. Louis Republic.
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themselves In the tap room Of The
Old Ship, an inn on the beach at this
now celebrated watering place, the
dull boom OF a cannon was heard.
All rushed TO the windows, and by
the flashes of lightning they could
see large ship stranded in the
ofiing. Busy preparations were at
once made to rescue the unfortunate
sailors, and while boats were being
launched the regular boom OF the
cannon came across the waters tell
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wit, and Dennis, after hearing the
song for the first time, registered a
vow, to use his own language, ito
bate the head of OF Lover for max
ing sport of him. He never carried
out his intention, however, for friends
succeeded in dissuading him from his
warlike intentions before he could
carry them into execution, but he
never quite forgave the author, for
during the remainder of his army
life, which lasted twenty years, Den
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-03-02
Montenegrin Priests.

Montenegro was one OF the few
countries where until recently clergy
men wore the n ltional costume and
bore weapons Prince Nicholas, how
ever, has decided that the custom
shall be discontinued, and has or
dered the priests TO adopt clerical
costume similar to that worn in other
Greek Catholic countries.
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last day OF his liberty in strutting up
and down the streets OF Dublin, the
admired OF all beholders Lover saw
him, and amused at his innocent
self-conceit went home and wrote
the song. Full of fun as it Is, its
innocent sarcasm was far from being
appreciated by the subject Of Lovers
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Walter Kittredge, who, in 1852, was
drafted into the army. While max
ing preparations to go TO the front he
sat down on the eve OF leaving his
home and wrote the song. It's sue
cess was enormous. Publishers could
not get out editions fast enough to
satisfy the demand. 1t is said that,
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A RECENT poet writes: "a song
sleeps in my soul unsung." There is
a place for that young man in the
dime museum at remunerativc sal
airy. lie is the only one of his kind
on record. -Atlanta Constitution.
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DELAWARE has 1900 farms, valued
at S37 100000. The State produced in
1889 1000, 600 bushels of corn and 1. 2OO.-
600 OF wheat. IL exports every year
100000 quarts of strawbei ries and
5000, 900 baskets Of pea hes.
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SOME POPULAR SONGS.
THE TRIVIAL INCIDENTS THAT
CALLED THEM FORTH.

circumstances Under Which Many Fa-
nous Airs Have Been Written "The
Old Oaken Bucket" and "Swanes River"
Inspiring Songs of the War.
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"WAs it specialist you went to to
have your lungs examined" IL don't
think so. He couldn't and anything
wrong with them. Life.
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MILLIONS for defense. not a cent for
tribute.-Charles Pinckney, in speech
made concerning the Jay trt q " with
England. These words were used with
reference to France, the treaty being
ill-received by the Directory, which
limited that money payment would
smooth over the difficulty.