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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

New York, December 1.-THE Of
ficers Of the confederate Veterans of
New York met in special executive
session and unanimously adopted
the following resolutions:
Whereas, the message of the pres
ident, submitted this day TO congress,
marks a critical stage in our rela-
tons with Great Britain, and while
we trust that the difficulty may be
amicably adjusted to the ga i>faction
and honor of the two greatest nations
on earth; be it.
Resolved, That the president has
taken a position heartily Endorsed by
us, and from which there should be
no backward step; and be it further.
Resolved, That we, the Conferate
Veterans camp of New York, do
pledge ourselves IN the event of wal
to raise in New York and offer to
the people company Of Confederate
Veterans to battle for the honor of
our country and the glory of our
fia0
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
RosENTmAL VS. CROWLEY.
A report From Washington That
the Former VIII Be
Seated.

Forth Worth, Tex, Dec. H.-Hon.
j. J. Butts, who has just returned
from Washington, says there is no
doubt in his mind from what he saw
there that Rosenthal will be seated
from the Galveston district.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
A FANCY DRESS DINNER.
New York Herald.

New OK Herald.
The ordinary Christmas family
dinner party, where all the guests
know one another only too well and
all have heard the pet story of each
of the others, and every subject of
conversation has been thoroughly
rehasbed on former occasions of tile
same kind, is sometimes a dreadful
bore.
This awful question Of entertain
ment at family feasts was very clev-
erly settled by one hostess last year,
and the idea is well worth repeating.
She sent out her notes of invitation
and in each requested the recipient
to appear in costume which would
suggest tire title of some well known
book. Some of the ingenious de-
vices caused a great deal OF amuse-
raent, and thus the dead level of
monotony was relieved.
The largest man IN the family,
standing six feet two in his stock
ings, wore across his chest ribbon,
bearing the legend. "By Sir Walter
scott" he was the Craftsman" OF
taflest man. Another, young girl
this time, had for necklace three
blown eggs, on each Of which was
painted, "Rome B. c. 500,' and she
was finally found to represent the
LAYS of Ancient Rome"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
1900 TINES IN VOLUME.

INsTRUCTfONs:-fn order to use this
Microscope place in the insect holder
and then attach Ia The lentil: water in
which flowers have been soaking 4S
hour; a small quantity of leavened
paste made OF L;rouldy rye -four or some
maggotty cheese; dried insects and
other objects can be attached by slight
ly wetting the lentil.
To Students is also invaluable for
Minerslogy. Botany anc Insectology;
sent registered free by mail on receipt
of $l.00: worth $3.50.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
FIELD AND MARINE,

This glass is most useful, both as a
Marine and Field Glass. 1t has
achromatie lenses. three in each side.
finely mounted and covered with black
morocco leather, and has great magnify
ing power. 1t is provided with sun
shades. and brought to focus by turn
ing the thumbscrew until the object
becomes clear and distinct. Every
Glass is sold with tine leather case and
shoulder strap. Sent registered free by
mail ON receipt of $500; worth S14.O0.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
IRISH NATIONAL
ALLIANCE.
The Executive Council Issues q
Manifesto to the American
Public.


The following manifesto has
been issued by the executive
council of the Irish National
alliance of America and a copy
of it has been sent to President
Cleveland:
To the Members of the Irish
Alliance and the American
Public.
It has been publicly charged
that the policy of the Irish
National alliance is an Irish
policy of hatred to England
and is therefore contrary to the
interests of America. This calls
in question the loyalty, to the
Republic, of our people.
We declare it lncontrover-
tible that no more bitter, more
perfidious or more unrelenting
enemy than Great Britain to
the United States has ever eX
fsted. England has ever been
the vengeful foe of American
liberty and republican institu
lions. Imbued with this con-
Siction and seeing that Great
Britain has avowed her inten
ton to trample upon the Mon
roe doctrine by her attempt to
rob Venezuela of her territory
and has dared to violate the in
tegrity Of our territory in
Alaska, we hereby offer as a
proof of our loyalty and devo
ton to the country of which
We are citizens, to place at the
disposal of the president of the
United States without delay
100000 soldiers as brave as
have ever shouldered a rifle and
every man of whom is a be.
liever in the principles and
teachings of the National al.
iance.
Our army which is now or
ganized, is ready to serve the
American Republic in any par,
of this continent and should
the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine need its aid, will either
on Irish soil or on English
ground, establish the fact tina
The intrepidity, the valor ant
the bravery of the Irish brigade
will again prove the loyalty o
Irishmen to the United States
Whether the nation which
dares to interfere with Amer
lean principles be England Oh
ether foreign power, we care
not. The men whose faiths art
with the National Allianc.
stand ready to fight for ths
sights of our country.
We have proven our loyalty
on many a hard fought field
whether the enemies of the
Republic were Englishmen
tories or rebels.
As to our relations with Eng
land, We have no apologies te
make, no excuse to offer. Should
1t be possible to embroil bel
with any power on earth We
shall not hesitate TO do so. The
chief object of the Irish Ma
tional Alliance is to create the
opportunity which will enable
as to drive the British enemy
from Ireland as 1T was driver
from the United States.
E8gland's cruelty, oppres
sion aad usurpation of th'
rights of American citizens
fastened their utter defeat il
America. We pray that tin
day may soon come, when we
the exiles of our land, shall as
sist in the force to- whom W,
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
The St Louis C|obe-Democrat
1.-THE Great
National and Representative
Republican Newspaper,

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-21
| a Willie Opera Glass.

This Opera Glass is suitable for
sahies' use having Mother-of- Pearl
covered bodies. and can be had either
in White. Oriental or Black Pearl. The
mountings are handsomely finished in
fIickel plating and gilt. he whole.
lifting in a flexible leather case with
achromatic lenses forms a useful rres-
EFT. Sent registered free by mail on
receipt Of $500; worth $1,000.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
How TO cure yourself while using il

The tobacco habit grows on man
until his nervous system is seriously
affected, impairing health, comfort
and happiness. To quit suddenly is
too severe shock to the system, as
tobacco, to an inveterate user becomes
a stimulant that his system continu-
ally Graves. Baco-Curo is a scientific
cure for the tobacco habit, in all it's
forms, carefully compounded after the
formula of an eminent Berlin Physi-
clan who has used it in his pri-
vate practice since 1872, without
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teed perfectly harmless. You can
use all the tobacco you want, while
takink Baco-Curo, it will notify you
when to stop. We give written
guarantee to permanently cure any
case with three boxes, or refund the
money with 10 per cent interest.
Baco-Curo is not a substitute, but a
scientific cure, that cures without the
aid of will power and with no incon-
venience. 1t leaves the system as
pure and free from nicotine as the day
you took your first chew or smoke.
Sold by all druggists with our ironclad
guarantee, $1.OO per box, three boxes,
(thirty days treatment) So so, or sent
direct upon receipt of price. SEND
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
FACTS ABOUT SCHNEBELI1E
New and Powerful Explosive Whose
Manufacturc II Simple and Chean

a New anu Powerful Explosive Whose
Manu'acturc IL Simple and Cheap.
The advantages of schnebelite,. the
new explosive, are thus enumerated bv
the New Science Review: Its manu-
facture is simplicity itself; it is adapt
ed for ali war. sporting and mining
purposes: it is almost smokeless. with
a very slight recoil; it is not perrna-
nently damaged by heat or wet: the
gun does not foul or become oxidized:
no noxious gases are produced from its
combustion; it is very cheap to make:
a temperature of $40 degrees Fahrcn-
hcit is required to produce a combus-
ton; when lighted match is applied
to 1T In its unconfined state it simply
burns. no explosion being produced:
the pressure developed by the charge
OF schnebelite. required to give the
normal velocity to the bullet fred from
military rifle, is from 1000 to 1,sO0
atmospheres, as compared with 1900 to
5000 atmospheres, the pressure devel-
oped by charges of other explosives
when the same velocity is impaired to
the bullet, and as compared with the
best dynamite its force is as IS to As.
or 20 per cent. greater, while it does
not pulverize the surrounding rock as
dynamite does. The inventors assert
that schnebelite can be manufactured
and sold at least so per cent. cheaper
than any other known explosive of a
similar character. It's adoption by the
French government would, it is be-
heved, result in q saving of $4,000, 900
francs per annum.'
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01

that is struck. He, like themselves, is
in sympathetic accord with the tints
and tones of plain mountain and for
est, and while endeavoring to match
their craft against his they are salts
fed with trying to avoid him without
abandoning the region where he abides.
1t is when white hunters of the
sportsmen variety invade its haunts,
their presence heralded by the tread of
their booted feet, their clio theS alien in
appearance to the hues and contours of
the creatures of the wilds, and their
purpose shown by the crack and crash
of firearms, that game begins to mi
CRATE to other feeding grounds. Add
to this the incre asing ana indiscrimi-
nate slaughter for slaughter sake that
characterizes the white mans hunting
and it is easy to see why the depopula-
ton of the forest and plain, when I'M
restricted by law, is speedy and sure.
Ever since the general adoption by In
dams of firearms for thei. hunting it
has not been found that large game
has diminished materially in regions in
which the white man is an infrequent
visitor, although Sir Samuel Baker, the
explorer, asserts of African game and
predatory creatures that animals can
endure traps. pitfalls, fire, and every
savage method of hunting; but fire.
arms will speedily clear them out from
extensive Districts
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
STRANGE EASTERN CUSTOMS.
Prominent Men of India Who Pass into
Utter ObscuritY.

$500
Utter Obscurity.
Some five or six years ago the son of
the late rajah of Tanjore, man Of
some forty or fifty years of age, and,
OF course, the chief native parsonage
In that part of India, made up his mind
to become a devotee. lie one day told
his friends he was going on railway
journey. sent off his servants and car
rlages from the palace to the station,
saying he would follow, gave them the
slip and has never been heard of since.
Ills friends went to the man who was
known to have been acting as his guru,
who simply told them: You will
never find him. Surprising the G.. O.
Nj. or the prince of Wales were to re-
tire like this--how odd it would seem!
To illustrate this subject, says u Lon
don. Times writer, l may tell the story
OF Illleinathan Swan, who was the
teacher of the guru, whose acquaint-
ance am referring to in this chapter
Tllleinathan was q wealthy shipowner
of high family. In 1850 he devoted
himself to religious exercises till 1855.
when he became ''emancipated" After
his attainment he felt sick of the world
and SO he wound up his affairs, divided
all his goods and money among rela-
tives and dependents, and went off
stark naked into the woods His
mother and sisters were grieved and
repeatedly pursued him, Offering to
surrender all to him if he would only
return. At last he simply refused to
answer their opportunities and thcv
deslated. lie appeared in Tanjore after
that IN 1857. 1859, 1864 and 1872. but has
not been seen since. He is supposed to
be living somewhere in the western
Ghauts.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
ROMANCE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
The Story of Fugitive Pirate and the
Disappearance OF His Daughter.

The Story of Fugitive Pirate and the
Disappearance of His Daughter.
Seventy years ago, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, there came to the
county named from Massachusetts,
young man named James Hoar. son of
a prominent citizen of Boston, edu-
Gated at one of the leading eastern
colleges. Beyond this nothing could
be learned of his life. He secured
work as day laborer at the old Whar-
ton furnace. Everything about this
stranger bespoke the gentleman of
culture. This fact, added to the mys-
terry of his life, led to the conclusion
that he had left Massachusetts for rca-
sons which he did not care to divulge.
One day as ne was handling a large
piece of metal it fell and broke his
leg. He waa taken to the homo of
Benjamin Bronson. Bronson had a
daughter named Jennie. a typical
country girl. When Hoar was taken
to her home her spare time was de-
voted to the care of the new arrival.
After the patient was able to be about
his, attentions to Jennie became APP
parent, and a quiet country wedding
followed. They took up their abode
in a little log house about mile east
of Dunbar. A household of children
came to their freside. James Hoar
had become a typical woodsman, and
many stories of his prowess Us an ath-
letc are still told. The tranquility
of the little mountain home was
broken by the appearance of a south
ern planter named Lc Clair. He was
accompanied by his wife, and together
they secured quarters at Hoar's cabin.
The latter had a daughter. LIE Clair
pretended to have become enamored
of the fair-haired mountain girl. The
secret Of his pretended love was kept
from his wife, and when the LIE Glars
left she disappeared. What became of
her is still a Mystery and it is be-
lieved that she was kidnapped by the
lie Clairs ana taken south. The broken
hearted mother never recovered from
the loss, and from that time life for
her was one long sorrow. James IIoar
died at the age Of eighty-threc. 1t is
now known that his connection with
some of the Cape Cod pirates drove
him into this mountain exile. He was
a cousin Of Senator Hear, of MaSsa-
chusetts. Jennie Hoar made a liveli-
hood after the death of her husband
by selling roots and herbs.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
EXPERIMENT WITH TADPOLES.
Extraordinary Results of German Scion
lists Operations.

Extraordinary Results of German Scion
lists Operations.
DIR. Born. of Breslau, has expert
mented OH the embryos and tadpoles
of frogs, with reference to the subject
Of regeneration OK parts with some
striking results. For example. says
the New York Independent, he by ac-
ci1ent partly cut off the tail of tad
pole SO that it hung by the skin; in
twcnty-four hours the gap was filled
in. He then cut portion of the tail
off, and found on putting it on again
that it grew together.
lie has cut pieces off from one part
of the body and spliced them on to
another individual; at first he spliced
together two parts of the same tadpole.
lie then cut number of tadpoles into
two and let the two parts grow to-
gether again Encouraged by his sue
cess in these plastic operations he took
the anterior half of the body of one
tadpole and applied it to the posterior
half of another tadpole, and the two
parts grew together again. Then he
took the two anterior halves of two
tadpoles, making double-ended
creature, which lived little while.
He also took a minute larva and
grated the anterior half Of one to the
tail end Of another; also the dorsal
half of one tadpole Of the one genus
was made TO grow to The ventral half
Of the tadrole of the other genus. He
then sliced off enough OF the ventral
surface of two tadpolcs to make a
double-tailed animal. Finally he cut
Off the ventral surfaces of Bu1nbinator
and frog and applying the freshly
cut ventral surface to each other pro-
duced a double monstrosity which
lived for several DAYS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
USES OF THE CACTUS.
Serves as n Reservoir in u Thirsty Land,
Also Used for Medicine.

Serves rs a Reservoir in Thirsty Land,
Also Used for Medicine.
In the arid plains of Brazil and Mex
leo, where all rature seems parched up
for six months in the year, the cacti
serve as reservoirs of moisture, we are
told, and not only the natives, by
wounding the feshy stems with their
long forest knives, supply themselves
with cool and refreshing juice, but
even the cattle cOntrive to break
through the skin with their hoofs and
then to suck the liquid they contain,
instinct teaching them TO avoid wound
ing themselves with the spines.
Where the pricllly pear cactus grows
to an immense size the branches are
fed to cattle and sheep after the thorns
are burned off. The fruit is large and
pear-shaped, blood red IN color when
ripe and very sweet. The fruit is used
III the fall to color preserves Or jellies.
The fruit of all kinds is edible and
some very palatable. The leaves of the
priclxly pear are used for poultices for
wounds or bruises, and the root is rich
in medicinal qualities. The Mexican
Indians are said to be very fond of the
leaves of different varities of opuntia;
they fry them in batter like cakes. A
luscious beverage is afforded the thirs-
ty traveller by some Of the larger speci-
mems. The tops are cut off in such a
manner as to leave q basin-like cavity,
which is soon filled with the Juice of
the plant. 1t is said that beautiful
furniture, tables costing as much as
four hundred dollars, are made from
the largc-growing varieties, and vari-
Gus ornaments, napkin rings, paper
knives, match safes, inkstands, etc.
are made from the beautiful wood of
the candle cactus. 1t seems strange,
says the Ladies' Home Journal, that
human habitations can be made from
thsese queer succulent plants, yet we
are told that huts are built with the
lumber of cereus giganteous. Fences,
impenetrable to man or beast, are made
of Opuntia tuna and of various rapid
growing cereuses, and hedges from a
variety known as the strawberry
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
INDIANS As HUNTERS.


rhey DO Not Brighten the Game Out OF
Districts. as White Men Do..srs
1t is remark often made by old
timers who knew the western country
when the red man was as common there
as the tenderfoot is now, said sports
man from the Rockies, that Indians
never scare away game from region
IN which they hunt. But, they saw.
wherever the white man comes with his
firearms game is bound to be killed off
or driven away. These sayings are
true, with the Qualifying statement
that by reasonable game laws game of
all kinds can be lreser yed and even
when nearly exterlainated restored to
almost its original p1entifulness in dis
tricts not too fully occupied by man
and his domestic ere: lures.
Note the Indian in hunting as he
searches out and steals upon the deer
or wild turkeys with his soft tread of
moccaslnef fe: q the twang of his
bow stri !. NJ flight CT the whist
ing arrow ls'. 10 explosive sound
to alarm res near the ona
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
SAILED THE SEAS So W.
One Of His Experiences.

For thirty-eight years Capt. Loud fol-
the sea, most of that time as master OF u
sci, and upon retiring from the water Wa
pointed by the Secretary of the United Sta
Treasury 10 superintend the seal fisheries
Alaska, which position he he'd five years. /
relates one experience as follows:
For several years had been troubled vii i
general nervousness and pain in the regics,
of my heart My greatest affiction was
sleeplessness; it was almost impossible at any
time to obtain rest and sleep. Having seen
DR.. Miles remedies advertised began using
Nervine. After taking a small quantity tie
benefit received was SO great that was posi-
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tanned Opiates which would finally be injuri-
GUS to me; but on being assured by the drug
gist that it was perfectly harmless, contin-
ued it together with the Heart Cure. Today
l can cOnscientiously say that DR.. Miles Re-
storative Nervine and New Heart Cure did
more for me than nything had ever taken
! had been treated by eminent physicians
in New York and San Francisco without BEN
eft. owe my present good health to the
judicious use of these most valuable remedies,
and heartily recommend them to all afflicted
as was."-Capt A. z. Loud, Hampden, Ne.
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are SOLD by all druggists on positive guara n
tee, or by DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart,
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-03-01
Tho Field Of LIZ.

The Field of Lies was the battle
fought by Louis the Good Natured
against his three sons. The unfortn-
maze monarcA was deserted by his own
army; ne was twice shut up in .
cioister. twice compelled to do public
penance and twice released to nac;fu
the quarrels OF his family. He finally
died IN campaign against his own son
Louis. -.
The morning times., 1895-11-09
OLMSTEAD WILL CASE.
Mrs. Forney Te~tifies That the Hus-
la nd COmp pletely Controlled he wife.

The trial of the olmstead will case yes
terday was filled with objections by
Attorneys Wilson and Davis, for the defense,
and exceptions by Attorneys TOtten and
Perry for Mrs. Webb.
Mrs. Catherine Forney and Mrs. Nash,
Ella Nash, and other servants We're on
the stand.
Judge Bradley ruled that Mrs. Forney, in
her testimony, continued through three
or four hours, had given no evidence of
the mental incapacity of Mrs. Olmsjead,
upon which question as to her opinion
could be based. After some argument,
he finally admitted question as TO Mrs
ForDey's opinion whether Mrs. Olnistead
was dominated by her husband. The de
fense noted an exception.
Mrs. Forney said she considered Mrs.
Olmstead wholly controlled by Mr.. Ohm
stead.
c. II. Smith testified that he saw Mr..
Olmstead examining papers where Mrs.
Hutchinson kept her will and he never
saw it again till Mr.. Olmstcad produced it
in court in this case.
The morning times., 1895-11-09
PLANS. OF LOYAL WOMEN.
Several Entertainments Being Pla nned
for Early Dates

The Legion of Loyal Women will hold
a very important meeting at their han,
Al 8 Tenth street north west, Monday even
ing next. Among the items of interest
will be the approaching conference or con-
vention, November 20 and 80, and Dec
cember 2, many papers for which are
being prepared and Will be of unusual inter
est and value.
Friday evening will be devoted to the
business committees and officers, and Sat
urday night to the committees covering
their relations to society relief, employ
ment, home, hospitality, visiting the sick,
greeting and treatment of members, etc.
Mrs. j. d. Crossant has consented to de-
liver her address Tales of Traveller"
for the benefit of the relief fund, to the
legion and its friends, at their han on
Friday evening next.
Several large entertainments are being
considered.