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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-25
MORE TIME.

Mr.. Ctz also wanted 20 have more
time 20 consider The matter. lie did not
object so much 20 the grade Of the
bridge. but 10 the overhead bridge.
While he would be willing TO vote FOR the
Improvement. If il came TO him IN 4
different form. he would not vote for &.
I'm its present shape. He also deemed il
wise 10 confer with tho Bridge Commits
siOners on the subject.
Mr.. Sims then moved that tho Council
request the Bridge Commissioner 10 con-
slider the agreement prepared by the CITY
Attorney, which wa. published in detail
IN the columns Of The Times last week.
The motion also provided for a subss-
quent meeting Of the Council with the
Bridge Commissioners AT a time 10 be
subsequently arranged.
Mr.. Perdue. secretary OF the Bridge
commissioners thought IL was entirely
unnecessary 10 adop: Mr.. Sims motion
and refer the matter back 10 the Commits
sioners. The latter simply awaited IN
structions from the Council as 10 what
should be done In the premises.
Mr.. Sims then changed his motiw 20
that the Bridge Commissioners cosxosr
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28

THERE seems no doubt that
the Gulf coast along the shores
of Louisiana is gradually sink.
ing, or the waters of the Guli
rising. If these encroachments
spread all along the coast, we
shall have plenty of deepy wa
ter, without any more govern
ment aid.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
TEXAS SANDWICH:

TEXAS SANDWICH: Our pop
ulist friends appear to think
the best way TO make converts
is to keep up hurrah and
induce men to join them so
they may be with the crowd.
Bnt that plan will not work
very we'll. In The first place
they can't make the more in
ielligent people believe there
is much except wind about the
party, and then If they could
fool some they would have nc
better reason for going off with
the pops than to want to go tc
hell just because more people
are going that way.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
If THE capitalists on board

IF THE capitalists on board
the steam yacht Argo are com
ing, like the Argonauts of old,
to seek the golden fleece, they
could not have chosen a spot
more likely to reward their
search than the lower Rio
Grande region. The country is
just covered with a rich golden
fleece waiting for some far-see-
ing capitalist to come along
with a long, sharp pair Of
shears and clip it.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28

THE .growelling submission
of King @ Prempeh of the Ash.
antees to the British expedition
lately sent into their country
should console the South Afri
can Britains for the sturdy and
effectual resistance with which
President Kruger of the Beers
met the Jameson expedition.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28

NEARLY ten thousand Arme-
mans have been slaughtered
and ten thousand more are
starving, yet SO far nothing,
beyonda few impotent protests,
has been done by the powers
of the enlightened world to
check these outrages.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28

81 METALLIsM TO many PEG
pie has no meaning. II is used
as a subterfnge by the gold
party knowing as they do that
bimetallism is impossible with
gold as the standard.-Laredo
Times.
And what does the Times
mean by hi metallism ? The
silver standard advocates use
the term with even less justifi-
cation. At present the gold
standard prevails in the United
States and silver circulates or
a par with gold, and is used as
extensively as gold. In Mexico
where free coinage of bott
metals obtains, silver circulates
at its bullion value, and golc
coins are not used at all. Mex
leo has what free silverites
want the United States 10 have
and what they allege to be
bi-metallisW.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
TUEsDAY,JAN. rs. 1896.

THE Arkansas Pass Beacon
calls it the "old, toothless Brit
isb lion" No doubt, the animal
IS quite old enough to be tooth
less, but then it does bite some
times. 1t must have secured a
sst Of false teeth.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
THE Turkish butchers dom

THE Turkish butchers don't
seem to be much affected by
good Queen Victoria's auto.
graph letter in behalf of the
Armenians. They continue 10
grind their meat axes, as they
read her letter and then go out
and STAY a few more "Christian
dogs"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
THE CHATFIELD
IRRIGATION COMPANY
(NOTICE)

A meeting of the incorporators of
the Chattield Irrigation company
will be held at the office of the sec
rotary in Brownsville, Texas, on
Monday, the second day of March,
1896, for the purpose of receiving
and acting on the report Of the pres
ident and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
it.
BY order of the president,
WILLIAM KELLY,
Secretary.
Brownsville, Tex, Jan. %, 1896.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28

Mr.. GRAIN is still exerting
himself in behalf of his district,
and tries his best to give every
portion of it anything it asks
for.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
OUR ELECTORAL COLLEGE
It's Only American Precedent
is Found in the Maryland
Constitution.

FIX President Harrison, in
writing of "The President Of
fee" in February Ladies'
Home Journal, presents an in
teresting bit of information r.
garding our method of choosing
a Chief Magistrate "The orig
in of the Electoral College" IL
says. "has been the subject of
much speculation. The only
American precedent. is fonnd
in the first Constitution of
MARYLAND. where provision was
made for the choice of State
Senators by electors chosen by
popular vote in specified dis
tricts. In the massachusetts,
convention Mr.. Bowdoin said:
This method of choosing the
President was probably taken
from the manner Of choosing
Senators under the Constitution
of Maryland. An attempt has
been made to find the sugges
ton of the Electoral College.
as we have come to call it, by
some in the method then in
use of choosing the German
Emperor, and by others in the
method of choosing a Pope, by
the College of Cardinals. Sir
Henry Maine thinks that the
members of the convention
were to n considerable extent
guided by the example of the
Holy Roman Empire. And as
Maryland, where the Electoral
College was first used, was a
Catholic colony, the suggestion
seems plausible Bnt there was
this difference: our electors are
not a permanent body, but
fresh men chosen every four
years"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
CONGRESS HEFUSES
TO REFORM

the cost Of burying members OF
the congress has come to
naught. Senators PETERS bill
has brought ont in full force
the disgraceful scandals attach
ed to these official funerals,
which are merely Junketing
trips for the committees APP
pointed TO attend them, and
yet The senate has virtually de
clined to reform these glaring
abuses, by side tracking the
bill. Thus they avoid putting
themselves on record by di
rect vote against the proposed
measure, and yet continus 4"
conntenance the shameful sean
dals attached to the eXlrava
giant raids upon the peoples
mohey for the purpose of bury
ing dead congressman. The
members of the house are more
open in their opposition to such
reform movements, and have
defeated by actual vote a pro-
position 10 do away with con-
gressional eulogies upon dead
members, which are pronounc-
ed quite as farcical as congress
sional funerals are scandalous.
The measure commanded just
81 votes while those voting in
the negative numbered 100.
The cost of printing eulogies
of deceased members in a single
congress was over 100000.
These eulogies are read to
empty seats, and are the merest
sham. 1t has cost up TO date
over 100000 to bury dead sen
ators, and the abuse is con-
stantly growing. Up to 1647
there had been forty eight
deaths of Senators, and in only
eleven of these cases was the
Senate called upon to spend
any money. When Senators
died at their homes or during
a recess of the Senate, it was
not deemed necessary for the
Government TO turn undertaken.
| Now, however. no senatorial
death is allowed To escape the
contingent fund. Down 10 1S47
no senatorial funeral cost as
much as $1,000 Since 1877
every Senator bnt one who has
died has been buried at Gov
eminent expense. Mrs. Leland
Stanford did not permit the
Senate to pay any of the bills
Of her husbands funeral, bul
the Hearst obsequies cost the
Government S21. 322.55. A
sample of some of the items ir
these expense accounts for con
gressional funerals may be
found in the charge for "com
missary supplies. meals and
lunches" for the senatorial
committe which accompanied
, the remains of the late Senator
kenna to his home at Charles
ton Vast VIRGINIA iusf oloyoy
hours ride from Washington
City, the item amounting t.
t exactly s432,4s Yet congress
l refuses to check these growing
abuses. Verify, the time vii
come when the people will hav,
to reform congress.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
Danger Signals

More than half The rieffns Of eonsnmp-
tion do not knosD they bapS 1t. Hereis list
of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected
Cough. one or two slight efforts or
rising, occurring during the day and fire.
quently during the night.
Short BREATHING after exertion.
TigbfNsSs of fbS chest.
Qmek palse, especially noticeable in the
evening and after full meal
CbfIiiress in the evening, followed by
Slight ftofr.
PRESERVATION toward morning and
PALE face and IaHgHd in the morning.
Loss Of ritaiftp.
If you have these symptoms, or any of
them, do not delay. There are many
preparations which claim TO be cures, but
Dr.. Heser: ess.lss Re-.dg for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
stood the test Of years. It will arrest con-
sumption in its earlier stages. and drive
away the symptoms named. It is manu-.
featured by the Acker Medicine Co., 10
and 10 Chambers St, New YORK and SOD
By all reputable druggists.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-28
JIM BRowNING's STORY

JIM BROWNlNG'S STORY
Dallas News.
Hon. james n Browning of
Clarendon, who represented the
Panhandle in the legislature a.
long as he could b. made to
serve, is in Dallas Speaking
of Governor Gibbs recent inter
views in the News, he uaid:
They remind me of a story.
There was an old lawyer who
had been in the criminal prac
tice for about forty years. One
Sunday lie went on a bat and
while wandering down the
street heard the sound Of music
aud concluded he would GO in
and see what it was all about.
IT happened to be church and
so the old fellow lurchpd down
the aisle and took seat in the
amen corner. Dire city the
preacher began his sermon and
when he said anything that
pleased the lawyer, the old
fellow would indicate his con
currenca. When the lawyer
disagreed with the latter he
showed an inclination TO argue
the proposition. Directly the
preacher got tired Of the joint
debate aud said: My friend
there is coming a day when VT
must all stand before the iudg
ment bar Of God and account
for the sins done in the flesh
| hope it will not be necessary
for me to he found t-stifyine
against your on that dreadful
day
} The old lawyer raised him
self up and pointing his fingp
at the parson, said in lhunde
tones: II have been praciicins
criminal law for nearly thirty
years and it has been my IN
variable experience that tn,
blankedest rascal in the Who'll,
bunch always turns State evi
denca."
That" concluded Mr.. Brown
ing, "may apply to Goyerno
Gibbs"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
LANSING AMAZED
At the Case OF MIR. and Mrs. Horton
Their Friends Lost in Wonderment.

Our representative called on Mr.. A. Horton,
OF Andy Horton as he is familiarity called at
No Engine House, and the story he gives of
the experience OF his wife and himself is one
of intense interest. Many a feilow-citizen of
Lansing is congratulating both Mr.. Horton
and his wife. He told the circumstances as
follows:
- feel that anything could do in the in
terest of Doan's Kidney Pills would be little
indeed in comparison with what they have
done for me. My wife has had as O result of
severe attack OF the grip whatthe physicians
VINO attended her pronounced rheumatism
OF tho Heart, and during the last two years
she has been almost totally helpless. No less
than seven different doctors have treated her
without doing her any apparent good what
ever. Some of them gave her up to die, and
few months ago just about gave her up my
SELF To tell what she has taken would hardly
be believed, and nothing seemed TO stay the
disease. She got so weak had to lift her up
In the bed and she could only speak above a.
whisper / read about Doans Kidney Pills
and got box at the drug store of Gardner &
Robertson. She took tho box and said she
must have more, as the urine did not scald as
before, and the pain in the back and lungs
was gone, so / got them and she has now
taken SIX boxes, and the result OF their use
has filled us all with JOY. In two weeks from
the first dose she was up and around. / could
hardly believe my eyes. Her spirits have
turned and she Is actually doing her own
homework, which she has been unable to do
for year and half But our expert
ence does not stop here i must tell you
about myself. About year and half ago
strained myself from heavy lifting, and /
have since been troubled with kidney dis
orders. My symptoms were those OF diabetes.
i was compelled to pass urine from sixteen TO
twenty times a day, and 1t caused me to lose
my rest at night as well. l suffered very
much from pain across my back, which
affected me whether sitting or standing. 1
did not improve, although tried everything.
When my wife began with Doan's Kidney
Pills, also started taking them. have used
five boxes and am also entirely cured urina-
ton is natural, back all right, and 1 am once
more as Spry as a boy. DO what you like
with my statement for the good news about
Doan's Kidney Pills cannot be spread any too
far or any too quickly in the interest of suf-
fering humanity. Credit should be placed
where It's justly due. Since being cured by the
pills have undergone medical and physi-
cal examination and have been pronounced
sound. owe IL to Doan's Kidney Pills"
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers
price so cents. Mailed by Foster-Miburn Co.,
Buffalo, MY, sole agents for the u. S. Remem
Der the name, Doan's, and take no other.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
THE DEATH RECORD.

GEORGE T. ANTHONY, ex-governor Of
Kansas, at Topeka, Kan.
Mrs, ANNETTE HICKs-LoRD, at New
York.
ROBERT FRAZER, actor and author at
New York.
WILLIAM JENKINS, ST., an old resident
Of Paw Paw, Ills.
Judge ALFRED THOMAS of the United
States court, at Fargo, N. ID.
PETER FRITCHER, well-known contract
or and builder, at Amsterdam, N. Y.
THOMAS RAwsoN, wealthy retired farm.
er, at Beloit, Wis.
Baroness TENNysoN, widow of the poet,
at London.
DIR. JAMES NoRTHRoP, old physician of
Woodstock, Ills
REUBEN NOBLE, noted Iowa jurist, at
McGrcgor, In.
SAMUEL X. MARTIN, wealthy Chicago
lumberman. at Alma, Mich.
Bishop JEREMIAH O'SULLIvAN, at Mo-
bile, Ala.
DIR. s. T.. ANDERSON, prominent physi-
clan of Bloomington, Ills
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
PALMER Is NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.
Call Adopted for National Convention to
Meet Sept. 2.

Call Adopted for a National Convention to
Meet Sept. 2.
1t was $40 when the committee reas-
sembled. The visitors filled the assembly
room. Senator John M. Palmer was given
an ovation when he entered the hall. 1t
was announced at the afternoon session
that General Bragg was delayed by a
washout on the Pennsylvania. At the
night session the announcement was made
that he could not get here. General Chas.
Tracey stated that they had taken meas
ures to perpetuate the greatest of all par
ties, and needed the foremost of leaders.
He nominated John M. Palmer for chair
man of the national committee. Palmer
was selected unanimously. He said he
sympathized most earnestly in the pur-
pose of the meeting. The Chicago conven.
ton had forgotten the honor as we'll as
the principles Of the Democratic party.
John r. Wilson, Of Indiana, was elected
secretary; John p. Frenzel, of Indiana,
treasurer John H. Cultivate, of Ohio,
as chairman of the committee on call for
the National convention and plan of Or
ganization, reported the following, which
was repeatedly Interrupted by applause in
its reading and adopted unanimously. 1t
Is addressed ITO tho Democrats of the
United States:'
"a political party has always been de-
fined to be an association of voters to pro-
mote the success of political principles
held in common. The Democratic party,
during its whole history, has been pledged
to promote the liberty of the individual,
the security of private rights and property,
and the supremacy of the law.
1T has always insisted upon a safe and
stable money for the peoples use. 1t has
insisted upon the maintenance of the
financial honor of the nation, as we'll as
upon the preservation inviolate of the in
situations established by the constitution.
These, its principles, were abandoned by
the supposed representatives of the party
at national convention recently as
sembled at Chicago. The Democratic
party will therefore cease to exist unless It
be preserved by the voluntary action of
such of its members as still adhere to the
fundamental principles. No majority of
the members Of the convention, however
large, had any right or power to sur
render those principles. When they I'M
dertook to do so that assemblage ceased to
be a Democratic convention.
1.-THE action taken, the irregular pro-
ceedings, and the platform enunciated by
that body were and are so utterly and in
defensibly revolutionary, and constitute
such radical departures from the princi-
Piles of the Democracy, which should
characterize sound and patriotic admin
istration of our country's affairs, that its
results are not entitled to the confidence
or support of true Democrats. For tho
first time since national parties were
formed there is not before the American
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
SWAP COMPLIMENTS AT CANTON.
Bryan Committee Visits McKinIey-Recep-
ton of the Democratic Leader

Bryan Committee Visits Neutrality-suspicious.
tion of the Democratic Leader.
CANTON, o., Aug. 1.-THE first thing of
interest in this town yesterday, the day
the Nebraska candidate for the presidency
was to stop at the home of the Ohio can
didate, was the arrival In town of a COM
mittee from Pittsburg which, getting here
too early, put in the time with visit to
the major, who received them courteously
and thanked them for their visit. They
told him that the candidate for president
of the United States was always man
whom it was an honor to know and he
told them that all parties desired the
honor and prosperity of the American
government and people.
Among the distinguished callers on Ma
jor Mckinley were the Hon. Richard p.
and Mrs. Bland. They came here with the
committee from Pittsburg. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bland had gone to Alliance, city twenty
miles east of here, ahead of the Bryan
party, as 1t was a part of the programme
to have O speech of some length at that
place by Bryan. While there Bland was
told that an address would be made here,
and he was prevailed upon by the Pitts
burg committee to return to Canton. The
and Mrs. Bland was apparently very
agreeable to both the honored callers and
to Major and Mrs. Mckinley.
These were the preliminaries to the ar
rival here of the Democratic candidate,
whose train rolled into the station at 1920
and was received by very large crowd
from this city and the surrounding coun-
try. Bryan spoke from car near the sta
ton and said a number of pleasant and
graceful things about his political oppo-
nent. He did not forget, however, to say
that this was campaign of principles, not
men, and likened himself to the Good
Samaritan who rescued the man who had
fallen among thieves, the inevitable logic
of which was that Mckinley was one Of
those who "passed by on the other side"
and the American people was the man
fallen among thieves.
He said that there were plenty of his
own neighbors who would vote against
him at Lincoln, Neb, and he only hoped
that every man would feel free to vote as
he pleased. He was loudly cheered at the
close of his speech, which was made at
point of much interest on his journey from
Chicago eastward. The whole trip up to
this point had been like the one west of
Chicago, very gratifying one to Bryan.
All through Indiana there had been /
crowds at each station and when Ohio
was reached there were crowds at Dixon,
Delphos, Lima, Lafayette, Bucyrus,
Crestline and elsewhere At several Of
the towns he made brief speeches and at
all he was enthusiastically cheered.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Mr. Bryan and
party arrived here at = O'Clock Tuesday
evening and was met by Vice Presiden-
tial candidate Sewall, Chairman Jones and
others.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-14
AMIN AL NOTES.

Oysters live from ten to twelve years
when they have the chance. In this
country they don't have the chance.
A dog fancier in New Haven is the
owner of black and tan dog which
weighs not an ounce more than a
pound and half.
The large horned beetle can carry
315 times its own weight. One has
been known to walk away with az
pound weight.
A hen belonging to Joseph Bishop on
Licking river, near Pleasant Valley,
KY, discovered large birds nest in
the top Of an apple tree, and flew up
and deposited an egg in the nest.
The eye of cat, like that of the
horse, is provided with false eyelid,
which may be moved independently of
the outer or true lid. 1t is often en-
ployed by cat when obliged to face
very bright light, and Is believed to act
as a shade.
Live bees are sometimes shipped on
ice so as to keep them dormant during
the journey. This is particularly the
case with bumblebees, which have been
taken to New Zealand, where they are
useful in fertilizing the red clover that
has been introduced into the colony.