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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-23
MINUTE WONDERS OF Ma
TURE.

Human hair varies in thick
ness from two hundred and
fifthieth to the six hundredth
part of an inch.
The fiber of the coarsest wool
is about the five hundredth part
of an inch in diameter.
The thread of silk spun by
the common silkworm is only
the fifteen hundredth part of an
inch in thickness.
Some of the common garden
spiders spin webs so fine that
10000 of them laid side and
side would not cover the space
of an inch.
The very finest Of sleeps
wool is three times the diane
ter Of the coafsest mentioned
above, or only fifteen hundredth
part of an inch thick.
beDenhock and Humboldt
both say that single pound
Of the finest spider webs would
reach around the world.
The pores Of the skin are so
fine that it is estimated that
there are thousands of them to
every square inch of surface.
Miss Henrietta Rhodes says
that there is silk enough in a
single cocoon to extend a dis
lance of 535 miles.
The diatoms, singly called
plants of the seaweed family,
are so small that 5000 of them
laid end to end scarcely suffice
to cover and inch Of space on
the rule:
The microscopes say that in
the milt Of a Goldfish, or in water
in which decaying vegetables
have been infused, animalculae
to the number of 10000 can be
found in every drop as large as
a wheat grain:
The smallest known species
of hog is the pigny swine 70
Australia. They are exactly
like their larger brethren in
every particular except size,
being not larger than a good
sized house rat.
The sting Of bee, when
compared with the point of a
fine needle, under a powerful
microscope, is hardly discerni-
BILE. The point of the needle
appears to be about an inch
in diameter.
Woods, the naturalist, says
that when young spiders frs
begin to spin that 400 Of theil
threads are not equal in size tt
one of the full-grown insect.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-23
THE HAYWARD TRIAL.
Important Evidence for the
Defence Was Ruled Out.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. is.
The defense in the Hayward
murder trial came up smiling
to-day after the staggering blow
dealt it yesterday by Livery
man Wilson's evidence.
The reason for the smiles lay
in the confidence that the first
witness this morning would
completely shatter the evidence
of Claus A. Blixt by her testi-
mony. But there was a slight
slip iii the calculations of Mr..
Erwin that prevented for the
time the full fruition of his
hopes.
The witness was Miss Maggie
Wachter, who is the steno-
grapher Of Blixt's attorney. On
the day before Christmas, the
attorney took her into Blixt's
cell for the purpose Of taking
down a statement from the
prisoner. No one else was
present at the time, and she
took down such words as the
attorney directed.
Erwin then read from state
ment imputed to Blixt, saying
that he and Adry Hayward
planned the murder, and had
gone out to Lake Calhoun to
arrange the details the week
before. He asked Miss Wachter
if Blixt had made the statement
that he had just read. Before
she could answer, the State in
terposed an objection on the
ground that whatever statement
had been made by Blixt to his
attorney was inyiolable under
the States statute. The court
finally ruled that under the cir.
cumstances the evidence was
inadmissable, but gave the
defense until Monday to pro
, duce authorities which may
change his opinion. So Miss
Wachter was dismissed and the
skull on which the wounds Of
Miss Cling were illustrated, was
T sent for:
Three physicians were put OF
the stand by the defense and asb
ed hypothetic questions bearing
on fractures on skull. DR.. Nor
e rad Thought it highly improb
4 able that the double fracture
4 had been caused by the fal
$ from the buggy, as explained
D by Blixt. DR.. D. G. Myers sale
!. that he had had a long army
a experience, but he had. neve
}. known of a case where a fall @
h three feet, like the one describ
s ed; produced such fractured o
Il the skull!
d Court then adjourned unit
o Monday morning.
. 4 tasteful waste trimming /
;, made with a yoke of heavy EN-
broidery or passemsntefie; fror
= the edge Of which falls a fouI
! inch tufie Of plated chiffon
: The stock-t61lar is of 9elve
u drawn loosely around over
IS foundation and fastened undo
q rosttte.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-23

A woman's smile will some
times move a crowd of men
sooner than with the clubs of
six big policemen.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-23


New York journal Of Com
merce: The Atlanta Constitu-
ton has analysed the vote on
the gold bond bill and remarks
thereon that ''of the twenty
one southern democrats who
voted for gold bonds and to re-
tire greenbacks, the cities of
Louisville, Nashville, Memphis,
Richmond and New Orleans
send six" The significance of
the fact that the representatives
of the leading cities of the
south supported the admins
tration is oferlboked: Among
those who voted for the bill
were Mr.. Berry Of Newport,
Ky, across the river from Gin
cinnati; Mr.. Caruth of Louisville,
Mr.. Clark Of Mobile, Messrs:
Cobb and O'Neill Of ST. Louis;
Mr.. Tarsney Of Kansas City,
Mr.: Cooper of Jacksonville;
Fla, Messrs. Dovey and Meyer
of New Orleans; Mr.: Gresham
of Galveston, Mr.. Wise of Rich-
tnond, Mr.. Patterson of Memp-
his, and Mr.. Pendleton of
Wheeling, w. Va. Here are
thirteen representatives of i'm
portaut commercial centers who
voted for the gold bonds. The
only gentleman who belongs to
this class who voted against
the bonds is Mr.. Lester of Sa-
varnah. Charleston and Allan
ta are not represented in the
house.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

all of his life. The trouble came on
gradually when he was about sixteen
years. of age. A film slowly came
over his eyes, and the quiet, shaded
streets of sleepy Bristol grew fainter
and fainter, until they faded away
completely. But he had already ac-
quired a love of building of boats and
the water. In the old days Bristol was
something of a seaport town, but now
the docks are decayed and the old
hulks of former queens of the deep lie
rotting at their SIDES The only signs
of maritime life at the place are the
busting shops of the Herreshoffs
Until the last few years the concern
has mainly been identified with the
building of wonderfully fast steam
craft, notably the torpedo boat Sti-
letto, which created a Juror in naval
circles the world over ten years ago by
her marvellous speed. 1t was deemed
an experiment when the brothers took
up the building of sailing craft. But
it was in this very work that the blind
man gained fame forty years ago.
HE WAS A BOY DESIGNER.
Friends say that when a small boy,
as soon as he was trusted with
pocket knife, he whitfield out minia-
ture yachts and boats of all styles. AT
the age Of fifteen he built goed-sized
catboat for sailing on the bay, and it's
lines We're so full of power and speed
that it won all the scrub races of the
day. That boat gave the young de-
signer local fame which is now only
bounded by the circle of the earth
All that he had seen prior to his
affection he car summon up before
him, and his memory in this respect
down to the mfnutest detail is most re-
markable. From description he can
set up himself a 1 most intricate
piece of machinery and explain
its workings and defects. * 1t
was he who invented the coil boiler as
applied to extraordinarily fast steam
vessels He attends solely to the MAX
ing of contracts for steam craft, and
only a week ago was in Washington
consulting with officials of the navy
department concerning the construc-
ton of new torpedo boats. h
HOW HE WORKS.
Mr.. Herreshoff is at the shops every
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
A Blind WONDER.
How John B. Herreshoff Builds
the Most Famous OF
Yachts.
HIS MEMORY IS WONDERFUL
4 Very Acute Sense OF Touch
Tells Him When Things
Are Wrong.
HIS MEMORY is WONDERFUL
IN MODELS OR MACHINERY.
He Is at the Shop Every
Morning Before the Hour
of Nine.


Special Correspondence of the Globe.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., March "a
Much has been written, deep has
been the speculation and varied has
been the guessing about the new
cup defender-the yacht which is
being built to race against the En-
glish challenger for the tin1e-honored
Americas cup. The wonders of the
Herreshoffs, of Bristol r. l., the
men who have designed and are con-
structing the craft, have been elab-
orately described, but absolutely
nothing has been said or written
about the most unique and wonder
full feature of the whole enterprise.
The last is John Brown Heres
hoff, famous today and for past gen
GRAFTON in New England as the blind
shipbuilder. Nat Herreshoff, who
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

morning when he is at home before
9 o'clock He goes to a stand in the
outer office without any assistance
and hangs his hat and coat on. their
accustomed pegs. Without a seconds
hesitation he walks some distance to
his desk, takes out a bunch of keys,
selects the right one in a flash, and
throws open the desk. It's many
pigeonholes are filled with papers and
documents of all kinds, and although
he has never seen one he can pick out
any particular paper he may want
simply through memory and his sense
of touch, which has been developed
to a truly wonderful degree.
A secretary reads all the mornings
mail to him, and when each letter has
been gone over Mr.. Herreshoff dictates
the answer. He is kept infinitely in
formed on all the doings in the yard,
and in this way he keeps perfect pict-
ure in his mind of the workings of the
whole vast establishment
HIS METHOD OF PLANNING.
Mr.. Herreshoffs method of planning
inventions is unique. Sometimes for
half day he sits at his desk with his
head resting on his hands, thinking.
Great problems in mathematics he can
work out in this way, and wonderful
devices in mechanics are evolved with
out the aid of secretary, pen or paper.
All the models of vessels to be built
are submitted to him. His brother Nat
invariably has a tiny model made on
the lines to be pursued in the construc-
ton of a new craft, and this model is
given to the elder brother. If the work
is of extreme importance,li like the build
ing of a cup defender, the elder Heres
I'hoff sometimes sits for days rubbing
his hands lightly over the model, thus
getting a perfect picture of the lines
of the boat in his mind. Many changes
suggest themselves to him, and he
works them out with mathematical pre-
cision to show their correctness. A
few inches more of depth at a certain
point may mean the added power of
several hundred square feet of can
vas, or the alteration of an angle, even
the fraction of degree, may reduce
the friction so that the speed of the
craft is accelerated without injuring
its heavy weather capacities.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

has Just recovered from dangerous
illness, is the man most spoken of in
the newspapers in connection with
the new boat. He is popularity re-
garded as the designer and the
head and front of all the successes
of the famous concern, but the real
head of it, to those familiar with its
workings, is the blind man.
John B. is the president of the
Herreshoff company, and his young
er brother, Nathaniel, is the gen.
eral superintendent. The latter at
tends to all the outside work and the
actual supervision of the men. But
most of the head work and the pre-
liminary planning is done by the
elder man. He lays the foundation
and lines out the skeleton structure
for the others to put together and fill
in.
JOHN B. HERRESHOFF.
The average day spent by John
Herreshoff is unlike that of any
other man who is at the head of a
great business institution. Being
SlOllS Dlll4N, ll-0SCiilS illlPOSolOil-
ity that he could attend to such in
tricate matters as yacht designing
and machinery making. Every figure
and calculation he must carry in his
head. Writing is of no service to
him, as he cannot read. Of course he
has men about him 10 do work of
that character, but he only employs
than fn1. n1arina1
He has probably the most reten-
tive memory of any man in the
world, and as he in not annoyed by
seeing anything of an interrupting
character, his powers of concentra-
ton are wonderful. An incident
which happened in the latter part of
the seventies illustrates his peculiar
mental machinery perfectly.
AN EXTRAORDINAR FEAT.
While working in the Bristol shop
one day he received a telegram ask
ing him to come to New York at a
certain time to meet representatives
of a South American government
The telegram was from the New
York consul of the government, and
when Mr.. Herreshoff reached the lat
ter's office at the appointed time he
was informed that three torpedo
boats of novel design were wanted.
These boats were to be built in sec
tons, so that they could easily be
shipped on the deck of a steamer to
their destination. Several other I'M
usual conditions were attached TO
the proposition, and then Mr.. Herr es-
hoff was asked how much he would
build them for.
Il must have time to think it
over" he said.
How much time?''
about twenty II inutes."
Then this man Simply sat still and
thought. He carefully considered
the plans and specifications CT the
boats, the cost of material, the time
it would take his n en- to pdld, the
mechanical possibilities OF building
them in sections as desired. These
and a dozen other features of the
proposition were gone over. As soon
as one part was duly considered, lie
made a mental note of the result,
and took up the next, finally totaling
up the various items. AT the ex-
piration of the twenty minutes he
had his answer ready, and it was in
the affirmative. The boats We're con-
structed and shipped as ordered
This reads like feat of lcgerdemain
but similar, ones are executed day
after daV in the Bristol ShOp
Mr.. Herreshoff has not been BLIND
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

This blind man with his wonderful
mental powers and his acute sense of
touch accomplishes more in a day than
many men do in month. He never
refers to his affection; he seems to have
forgotten it. He is close to sixty years
of age now, and so perfectly has he
accustomed himself to work without
seeing that some of his friends say that
he has converted his misfortunes into
an advantage.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31
Interesting information

That Helps You to Buy and Us to Sell.
That Makes Lot of Money for You Makes Little for Us
The Golden Rule has earth
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-04-21
MUY BIEN D1CHO |
Oopiamos gustosos 10 siguiente
de nuestro colega neoyorkino Las
Noueaddes.
"LOS "MUOHACHOSs DEL
EJEROITO ESPAEOL.

Algunos perl0dioos de Dor ao6,
haci6ndose eco del odio de los la
borantes separatistas, ,empefados en-
desprestigiar & los individuos de
uuestro valeroso ejercito enviados
4 Cube, dicen de ellos, entire 0tras
cosas, que SON meros muchachos
Pues esos muohachos b @ n
bastado y segulran bastan do para
derrotar 4 los VstsrGn0s maCheteros
de la manigua.
Esos "muchachos" llenos de vida
y de entuslasmo patrio, esos bata-
llones de caSadores agiles, impe-
tuosos que dessfian alegremente Ia
muerte por las armas 8 por el cli-
ma, son de ls MADEIRA de los que
tantas proexas han realixado y tan.
ia gloria conseguido On la PENN
snla. en- Africa, en- Cuba misma.
Los laborantes sa0en que Espa-
he estS segura de 50 poder mien.
tras tenga 'muchachos" como esos;
= la ra6is de la impotencla 60 la
que les hace denigrarlos , matar-
los. -. en- letras de molde.D
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-04-21
ReViSta de la Peninsula.
Madrid, Abril s de 1895.

Solo han transcurrido sells dias
desde ell 30, fecha de mi anterior
revista, con6ada al vapor corre0
que Fetraso su ss'ida para la con-
ducci6n de tropas 6 Cuba, y ade-
lantR este otros dos para llevar 4
aQuella isla nuevo contingente de
nuestr0s valerOsos soldaoos; aun-
que SON pocos los dias, muCho hay
que cor tar, porque en- los momen-
tos criticos que atravesamos, cada
hora nos ofrece nuevas emociones,
por eiertO NADIA halsgHeiias.
Ya va csmino de Cuba ell cruce-
70 Maria CT'stiRa, llevando & 90
Oordo Martinez Oampos CON su
EstadO Mayor; el 8 por Ia tarde
le despedimos en- el anden de esta
Corte, siendO dificll pintaF CON YER
dadeEos dolores el entusiasmo CON
que le dierop IN carifioso adi6s to-
das las classes de 10 Bociedad Ia
Reina envio su representante; ell
Minhterio tOdo, los generates y 10
Ohcialidad, las persoDalldades mas
distiDguidas scudieron al acto, es-
trechsndo ls mano oil Caudillo, al
que Dios conserve 81 periCia y al
Ouena estrella para VerIe v0lver
triunfante, despuSs de sotocar la
maldita insurreccihn que tsn tos
males noe causa J tanta SaDgre &c
nercsa puede o. stsr; al partir el
tren, los vivas fueron atEonadores,
y 10 emocion &c retratada en- todos
los semblsDtes. 81 vapoE Earp6 de
OadiE el siguiente dla. con rumbo q
Guantanamo; el general dijO que
solo vsriaria de pensamiento Ousn.
DO oil tCcar en- Puerto Rico recogie-
ra noticias que 10 obligasan , ir .
10 Habana.
Antes de msrchsrse sostnvo Mar.
tie OampOs en- el Senado 81 pro-
pOeie On en- favor de que la jueticis
mliitar entienda en- los delitoa de
la pFer 90.
Los d timos telegFamas anun-
eiaDdo el dekembarco de Maceo
con gente, = el easi SECURE de Jos
oabecillas Maxine Comes J Marti,
ha caDsado penosa impression ma
da mas digo de Ia campafiA porque
sstando ustedes mas ceroa sabrAn
mas que 20.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-04-21
CRONICA EUROPA.
CORRESPONDENCE ESPECIAL
PARA EL
1oAMTIM MalCAMTYA'
Paris, Mario 1895.
BELGICA.

La "Estrella belga" ha publica-
do los motives del proyesto de ley
relative q 10 toma del Congo por
B6lgica.
Dicho documento recuerda el
testgmento politico del rey de los
Belgas, testAment0 de que liable en-
el BOLET1N, que entrega el Congo,
propiedad del rey, 4 B6lgica !; ade.
m4s'de una reseiia Historical de las
emrresas del rey de los belgas, y
de las raxones que han motivado la
situaci6n actual, habls del estado
financiero que no corresponds 6 las
esperansas abrigadas.
El convenio del 3 de Julio de
1890 estableci6 I'm presupuesto del
EstsdO del Congo sobre bases bien
fundadas y aun mejor espeCifica-
dae.
III Estsdo tenfa ell comprom 90
de contlnuar la guerra y de pre-.
yer los peligros que ofreciA la al
tuaci6n del Congo, interiores asi
como exterioIes. Tenian que limi
tar el poder de los arabes; recha-
carlos hacia los territories situsdos
mas ALA del Aruwini y del Iona
nj !; ocupar les fronteras norte u
desalojar los tratantes de escla-
voe; activar la 0cupaci6n de Ka-
tanga; aumentar el prestigio de
la civiiisaCl6n y de 10 politica On |
todos los dlstrltos, y haCer, progreai-
vamente, que las poblaCiOnes par
tlcipasen de las CaFgas del Estado, |
esta bleciendo impuestos y el seFvi-
clio miliEaF.
El Estado 90 ha esfOrEado para
con "a misiOn, y el CO.
cnmento insiate sobre Ia Eapldea
con 10 Cual 10 hA efectuado Ii Or.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-04-21
81 ST. Molina y NebOt.

Nos escribsn de 10 OarolinA 10
sentido que ha sido por aqusIla
culta sociedad 81 fallecimiento
del digno AleaIde do dicho pue-
bio. Sf D. Francisco Molina Ne.
bot, triste euceso del cual hab'6
sl BoLETrN On el ndm sro ante
rior. RArA coincidencia el II
de Abril de 1890 tom6 pose
si6n do 10 Acadia el Sr MoIins.
81 II de Abril de 1895 sntreg6
% alma { Dios.
Del entierro del amigo que -
no existe, y oil eual consti.uy6 8
una solemns manifestation de
due!o. prueba de 10 mucho que se
considerable en- 10 Carolina Al di.
funso Alcalde, nos comanican los
detalles que van 4 continuation :
"fuvo efscso el sspelio del 81
Molina en- 10 tarde del dia de su
musrte, y fu6 muy lucido. Iba
el eadavsr On Iujoso tren de Ia
aefedisAda agsncia del Sc Pinero.
Presidisron el eortejo, tan hume.
roso como distinguido, el Sr Al
calde accidental D. Francisco il
m9nsa 6icard6, el Excmo 8r d.
lgnacio Arsuaga y el Sr D. Lean.
dro Lars. Diputado Provincial ,
Notario.
Las cintas eran llevadas por d.
Jose G.. Mendss. AIca;ds de Rio
Piedras, D. Tom4s PaE, AleAlde
de Rio Grande. D. GAspar Blrrio.
., Sindlco de este Ayuntamienso,
los Tenientss AIcaldss d. Emilio
Pinsro, d. Juan SuareE y el Con-
esjal D. Francisco Ysrsgui.
CubriAn el f9resro varias coro.
mas dedieadas p0r los esposos
Lars, familia Veronne de Gallar-
dc, familia Garcis, ChArito MoIi-
ns, sobrius del 6nado, y senoritas
PereE, Hernhiz , Cruz.
81 Sr Pbro D. Jaime Bsnnas. Z
deSpidi6 el duelo CON elocuentea
feases y haeiendo una ligera bio.
graha dol 6nado -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1895-04-21

81 Ano 1898 ss export6 rosO |
Ia moEeda postsrior ., aiio IS, en- |
viata de los acuerdos del conner
clio de Ponce J Mayagiiez que h
depreeiaron.
e., pueg, evidents que solo en-
sstos dos casol exeepcionalss ae
IA exportado moneda ; que los
compromises se han cubierto
siemprs con el valor de nuestros
frutos, y que el mesSlieo hl "a
ms ntAdo en- ID isla con relacioa al
existente en- 1885, que fu6 cHsn-
do % proh;bi6 10 importation.
Esto demuestra palmsriamente
que Por regla general el sAlor de
las importaciones supera al valor
de las exportaciones, J qne teue-
mos baIanxa favorable.
Pues si tenemos balanSa favo-
rable, On aaimismo evidente que
con moneda especiaI, como nc
puede haber frAudes, ,-el saldO
tiene que venir en- orc. plata ma
cional 8 plata mejieans, pero a
Itipo de cosixac oa. L 9 giros on
este aenGido seEian tambi6n fAvo
rAbiee.
Pero admitisndo 10 hip6sesis d.
lque 10 isla esta quebrads, qus
eonsumimos mas de 10 qae pro-
ducimos { 10 cual no 90 Verdad J
IL, por consiguiente, que tenemo'
que saldar parse de nuessros com
promises en- moneds, resu!tari
ensonces que 10 moneda espt cial
de 10 misma ley ? peso que Il
cireulAnse. nunca valdrA meno'
COMO pasta que 10 mejieana: en-.
tendemos que Siempre UGtdr'
Imds, porque ga Acunaei6n es limi
taGisims, porqus con ella pued'
el comercio exterior adquiri
Inuestros frutoF, mientras que Il
Imejicana solo % Il tomAriamo
al tipo de colixaci6n como mer'
IsaneiA.
| Un peligro envuelve eata mo-
neds, J 90 que se siguiera acuaan
do conforme 70 exigieran las de-
mandas del msrcado. J esto b!
que oponerse debe reacunArs'
10 que hoy cilculA y quedar pro
hida nueva aeufiacion. 81 el pai
prospsrs, como 90 de esperar. col
esta soluci6n, el pAis W 4 buscal
en- plAso no Iejano Ga patron orc
sin violeneia', ain psrtuI bAciones
sin deuda, dsjando Iibre 90 credi'
to para hacer operaciones finan-
cieras , para rsso.ver sl prob emf
econ6mico.
Antes que sl StatU qao, debe-
mos todoe aunarnos para propo'
ner una soluci6n cualquiera qu'
nos librs de mayores peligros.