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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
THE CUBAN ARMISTICE.
No Notification of the Report
ed Peace Agreement
Reached Washing
ton

Washington, Nov. 20
There is no official verihcation
of reports which have been
current here and in London of
a Spanish-Cuban armistrce,
and in fact every avenue OF OF
fetal information on the Cuban
question is closed.
The United States in the
present Cuban war sought to
bring about an agreement for
an armistice. The main diff
Guilty in conducting peace ne
gotiations was in securing the
assent of the insurgents. Sec
rotary Fish, on Jan. 6, 1869,
secured the signature OF Mo
rales Lanes as the authorized
agent of the revolutionary par
ty of Cuba ito a document
agreeing to an armistice, pend
ing negotiations for a settle
ment contemplated the indie
pendence of Cuba, and for this
reason was not accepted by
Spain and the armistice failed.
The government sought to
bring about a truce for the
reasons that it thought in
three or four months the pas
sions might have cooled sufi
GENTLY to make possible a per
manent peace arrangement.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
GILLIAN CABINET.
A Crisis Again Brought on By
the Vacancy of the
War Portfolio.

New York, Nov. 2o.-A spe
cial to The Herald from Valpa
riaso, Chill, says: The minis
terial arrangements have again
collapsed. Ismail Tocornal,
who had accepted the portfolio
of war and navy departments,
has withdrawn his acceptance,
owing to the affiliation with the
cleri ;als, who objected to the
presence in the Cabinet of We
r ga, a prominent member o.
the Liberal alliance.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
'EBREWS OFFENDED.
Eelands Reference to
Christ in His Proclamation
} Not Relished.

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 20
The Hebrews OF this city are
indignant over the language in
President CLeveland's Thanks
giving proclamation, exception
being taken to the words TASK
ing a continuance of heavenly
favors through the medium of
him who taught us how to
pray"
The proclamation will be
discussed in the synagogues
tomorrow.
Rabbi Wise, the venerable
editor and theologian, is out in
an interview stating that the
President panders to the pas
sions of those bigoted secta
rians who have been endeavor
ing to undermine the pure
secularism upon which this
government is based"
Other rabbis are more
severe in their language. Rab
bi Phillipson says the Hebrews
feel exclured from the invita-
ton to observe the day.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
INSURRECTION FEARED.
The Blacks in Hayti Suspect
Frauds in Finances.

New York, Nov. 2o.-A
dispatch to The World from
Kingston, Jamaica, says:Grave
fears of a revolt are entertain
ed in Hayti, according to ad
vices just received. The pop
ular impression is widespread
in the black republic that there
have been many heavy frauds
in the ministry of finance, and
it is suspected that General
Simon Sem is suppressing
facts.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24

LIST. 300 acres of land, two must
from city hall of Bro@nsvil e, Sill
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and
horseshoe affluent of such resaca
on mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, chestnuts
plum, peach, pear, apricot, cherry
japanese persimmon, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
into 5 or 10 acre lots, giving each
ABUNDANT water supply, there being
a depth of 5 to 10 feet of water all
seasons of the year. Price SO to
S25 per acre, according to location.
Will sell in body at special rates.
I'd. 80 pieces adjoining, one of
200 and the other of 100 acres, stu
ated on Resaca Rancho Viejo, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 to Is feet in depth, 30
acres under irrigation. This land
is equal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made a paying investment for
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Can be sub.divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price SO to $25 per
acre; whole tract OH special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of brownsville, on
resaea, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, Hack berry
and other timbers. AIluvial soil.
TO one who desires to sub divide in
small tracts, this is a paying in
vestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
$40 per acre.
4th. $4,000 acres in one body,
having a frontage of about six
miles on the Rio Grande Railroad
pm the sonth, and the Arroyo Col
orado on the north. Well timber
ed along the streams and lakes; ba>
lance prairie. Includes within its
limits the famous battle fields of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
Arabic and pasture. Price So, per
acre.
9Th. A tract adjoining No. 4,
which together with that tract will
include 100000 acres in one body
very desirable. Special terms to
colonizist.
9th. 10000 acre tract about
three miles, from the Arroyo Post
Office. This land is well timbered
and watered, soil alluvral, adapted
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc.
Special terms to any one buying
tract, obligating to coloDize.
18th. 1000 acre tract, fronting on
the Rio Grande. about twenty miles
from Brownsville and 8 miles from
Santa Msria, 800 scoes under cul,i-
walton on lev lands on river trout
All good arabic land. Price So per
acre.
9Th. 725 sores, triangular form,
fronting 90 Rio Grande, Is miles
above Brownsville good land. Well
ws'ered. Price $4,000.
9th. Numerous tracts of pasture
lands from 1000 to 5000 acres each
in different psrts of the county.
10th. This is 8 very desirable
place for email frnit or trnok farm,
containing 10i acres, with a pew
brick dwelling Of 6 rooms, frame eta
bic and other ont houses. aud large
underground c'sterp: three miles from
Brownsville on Resacs dc la Palma
on the comfy road
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
A GIRL WITH

5000 WARTS.
The most hideous looking
human being that has ever
been seen in Germany is Bar
bara Blattner, a young woman
of II who lately applied to the
Berlin City Hospital for treat
ment. She was found to be
remarkably tree from organic
disease but her skin was lite
rally covered with warts. the
physicians who examined her
estimating the total number on
her body at not less than
5000. A similar case al
though hardly as bad, was that
ofLizzie Kench,a girl who was
in the Baltimore Hospital a
few years ago. She had about
5000 warts on different parts
of her body.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-24
HUMANITY'S
PECULIARITTES.

In OLl1 A led.
Color blind persons seldom
Or never have blue eyes.
Taken the world over, three
women wear false teeth tc
every two men.
Rapid growth Of the finger
nails is said to be one Of the
signs Of good health.
Statistics show that blind
ness is on the decrease, but
that there are still 100000
such unfortunates in Europe
alone.
Oculists say that there is not
one matchmaker in twenty that
suffers from eye strain or 9TH
er eye complaints.
Or. Prices CreaHfBaking Powder
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aiming his eye there was found TO be
a loss OF the right half of the visual
field. The man remained under the
constant attention of the physicians.
With regard TO his power of reading
there has been a slow but steady I'M
provement during the past six months.
At the beginning of that period he be-
gan to learn the alphabet all over
again. Just as he had learned II when
a child He practiced hard every day.
and at the present time he can read.
but only slowly and laboriously, spell
ing out the words. letter by letter, like
a child Some words give him more
trouble than others, and these he UNI
derlines His behavior is exactly like
that OF a child learning TO read. Meet
ing with the letter r. for example. he
hesltates begins TO run over the alpha
bet from to +, and then recognizes
the letter as r. Meeting with he hes
ttates for some time. although he says
almost at once that this is the last let
ter but one of the alphabet. BY giving
him plenty OF time the physician. DR..
James Hinshelwood. has brought him
10 a condition where he can slowly and
with a great deal OF pains spell out
printed matter One point very OBJ
servable in his reading Is that he has
no difficulty with some short, familiar
words-like the. The patient has not
had the same success in learning 10
read writing.
While word blindness is a very novel
disease (the case recorded here being
the only one known Of its kind. there
have been instances OF a malady that
resembles IL in a general way. one case
is on record Of a woman who had lost
the power TO recognize once familiar
objects. She was constantly running
/ against people in the street and against
such objects as chairs in her house.
/ She lost all her knowledge OF bearings.
| and could not tell her own house nor
| the street I'm which IL was situated.
No cure for ''word-blindness' except
| that above pointed out. OF learning 70
| read again. has been suggested. This
case was reported last week by DIR.
/ Hinshelwood. who is assistant surgeon
/ OF the Glasgow eye infrmary In Scot
/ land
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FORGET HOW TO READ.
Singular Biindness Which Causes the Vic
tim Great Annoyance.

tim Great Annoyance.
From the New York World.
Word blindness is the latest disease.
A curious case of IL has just come to
light A man, educated and rehned,
who had been for years able to read
French and German fluentiy suddenly
forgot every atom of his knowledge
about those languages. Not only that,
but he could not even recognize a let
ter of the French or German alphabet.
The man was So years old, and had al
ways been well. except that he occa-
sionally suffered from attacks OF bron-
chitis. His Occupation was that or a
teacher of French and German. OF re-
cent years he has had a large amount
of mental work, and before his present
trouble appeared he had worried good
deal about his private affairs.
The discovery of his peculiar blind
ness was made in a rather startling
manner One day he took up a French
exercise handed him for correction. and
was greatly surprised to learn that he
could not read it, on the previous day
he had read and corrected the eNer-
cises Just as usual Greatly puzzled, he
went into the adjoining room, and hav-
ing summoned his wife he asked her If
she could read the exercise. She read
IL without the slightest difficulty lie
then took up a printed book to see II
he could read II. and found that he
could not read a single word. Upon ex-
animation by a doctor IL was found
that he could not read even the largest
type. He could make out all the letters
plainly. but was unable to tell what
they were An "A" had a different look
from that of a b" but he was quite
unable TO say which was which. What
attracted the attention of the physician
was that he could read at once the
number at the top of the page. on
further investigation IL was found that
he did not experience the least difficult
ty in reading any number of figures
auite fuently. and without making any
mistakes whatever IL was thus shown
that his inability TO read was not due
/ 10 a failure Of sight. but to loss OF
memory OF letters. The pages OF a
/ printed book appeared to him exactly
/ as IL would appear 10 person whC
| has never learned TO read. He sees each
| individual character plainly enough
/ but the characters mean absolutely no
/ thing.
/ The mans difficulty with writer
/ characters was equally well marked
and IL was the same for Latin ans
/ Gothic characters. He had completed,
lost the memory of all the printed ant
| written characters with which he wa
| previously familiar. He could, how
| ever. write with perfect ease and huen
| cy TO dictation. although afterward h
could not read what he had written. NJ
| other mental defect existed. He ha'
/ never experienced the slightest difficult
" with his speech. The doctor va
also struck with the fact that in trying
10 read he always carried the book wei
10 the left hand. and could not see a
all when carried to the right. on eN
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-22
HEALTH AND ELECTRICITY.
Human Bodies Are Natural Conductors of
the Subtle Fluid.

From the London Lancet.
1t is possible, and even probable,
that the electrical conditions of the at
mosphere have an important bearing
on bodily health. AS evidence of this
may be instanced that tendency to
headaches, irritability and general ma
laise experienced by many persons just
previous to a thunderstorm. Among
the conditions that predispose to sun
stroke in India there has been noticed
that peculiar condition of the air in
which the hairs of a horses tail repel
each other. in which the hairs of the
head stand on end, in which a man
exposed to it's influence becomes irri-
table, headachy and restless without
knowing exactly what is the matter
with him." Various observers have
remarked that a thunderstorm is often
preceded by an increased frequency of
cases of heat apoplexy. Whether this
phenomenon be strictly attributable to
electrical conditions. to the heat, to
some alteration in the respirability of
the air, or to other causes IL is difficult
to determine.
As to the source of atmospheric cleo
tricity there are many hypnotheses,
but little positive knowledge The
problem of the thunder cloud still
awaits solution; yet this would seem
only to require series of well arrang-
ed laboratory experiments on a suffi-
GENTLY extensive scale. In the mean
time it is safe to say that the electri-
fcation of the air is in some way con-
nected with the presence of water.
Whatever be the determining cause,
the air before a thunder storm be-
comes charged with electricity. and a
charge of opposite sign is induced upon
the earth: in other words, the differ
ence Of potential between the earth
and the air goes on increasing. The
| body of a man standing on the earth 5
potential may be regarded as a dis
Charging point doing its best TO effect
| the restoration of electric equilibrium
| between the earth and the air in its
vicinity. This process will continue
until. either by a steady discharge or
by the descriptive discharge Of a thun-
der storm, tension is relieved and
! equilibrium is effectually restored. The
man has really been suffering from an
/ accelerated rate Of electrical discharge.
Now. II his body be regarded as con-
/ nection between earth and air. IL is %
be remembered that the difference OF
1 potential between the two latter. and
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The Banana champion.

Two Broad street observation-disclosures.
Talman and Perkinson-indulged in a
banana eating match last night. The
conditions of the match were as fol-
lows: Talman was to eat more ban
anas in 10 minutes than Parkinson or
pay for the lot, otherwise a collection
was to be taken up among the crowd
of sports present to pay for them. The
conditions were faithfully observed.
under the watchful eye OF Referee An
drew Ginter. At the end of 10 minutes
Talman had concealed 80 bananas and
Parkinson had stored away but "a.
TtaIman is therefore the champion
banana eater. with a challenge open
10 the world.-Richmond State.
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PecuIiarities They Manifested When Called
Upon to Kiss Pretty Women.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
Great men have their peculiarities-
usually accepted as the eccentricities
and weaknesses inseparable from gem
Jus. One of these peculiarfties is the
fondness which many of the great men
have for kissing. Recently a dispatch
in the daily press announced the fact
that Prince Bismarck was enjoying
himself at Kissingen, adding that he
had kissesd a young lady. The young
lady in question desired, II appears, to
kiss his hand, but the man of blood
and iron" was too gallant for that He
seized her and kissesd her ruby lips
with all the ardor of his 10 years, end
ing with a good squeeze by way of
making the oscillation more impress
sive.
The incident is suggestive. not only
of the fact that pretty girls like to be
kissed-provided the other party Is a
famous man and of discreet age-but
the more instructive truth that kissing
pretty girls has been a favorite occu-
patton of nearly all great men of ma
ture age, military men being particu-
larly given to IT. General Grant was
perhaps the notable exception. This
recalls an incident which came under
the observation of the writer at Ga
lena, Ill, shortly after the close of the
war. General Grant had returned on a
short visit to his old home. A great
crowd was assembled at the railway
station to welcome him. AS the gen.
eral alighted from the train he was
greeted by a procession of a dozen or
more young ladies. AS the first bloom
ing miss grasped the hand of the hero
she held up her ruby lips-the lips of
brave and tender girls like this are al
ways ruby-with the firm but mex
presibly sweet compression which ev-
cry experienced osculator recognizes at
a glance as meaning business. The
general seemed surprised. flushed
slightly, glanced down the line Of wait
ing beauties. drew a long breath, and
then. with the resolute look of man
determined to fight il out on that line
If il took all summer. he deliberately
and with praiseworthy impartiality
kissed every girl in the procession.
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a Singular Rebuke.

IL you have TO reprove a man Il Is
better, as a general thing. 10 do Il d.
rectly, but there are times when Il is
allowable TO come at the matter in a
more rouna bout course. Two young
clergymen were engaged in a warm Dis
pu;< over some deep theological ques-
ton and finally raised their voices I'M
III they disturbed a dog that had been
living by the fire sleeping soundly.
Thus. suddenly awakened. the dog be
gan barking loudly. At this. an old
preacher. who sat az a table slipping his
tea. turned and kicked the dog. BE
stflIr' said ne. What have you q
say about II. you silly brute? You
know no more about IL than they do.
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Pat Mullins q CO.. eco y. Main sell
Whitest -four. very best sl.25 a sack.
Gilt Edge butter: no equal. % cents.
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MARRIAGES.

In Harpswell, Jan. A. Scott B. Storer and Miss
Grace G. Allen.
In Ellsworth Jan. s, by Rev. Fl. f. Day, David
A. McRae of Everett Mass, and Miss Nellie o.
Grindal of Ellsworth.
In Brooksville. Jan. 1, Brooks W. Grindle and
Miss Annie E. Blake.
In Sedgwick, Dec. 25, Melvin r. Sellers and
Miss Mary E. Drew, both of Sedgwick.
In Damariscotta. Dec. 25, Roscoe H. Knowl-
ton. Jr., and Miss Laura L. Davis.
In DamariscOtta. Dec. 25. Leland H. Feltis
and Miss Lizzie n. Shaw.
In Wiscasset, Dec. 25, Europe M. Kenney and
Miss Lulu .. Paterson.
In Thomaston, Dec. 20, Lawson B. Cobb and
Miss Lanra A. Gray.
In Norway. JAM j. William III. Knightly and
Miss Ella SWEET, both of Norway.
In Auburn, Jan. /, John M. Lane of Upper
Gloucester and Miss Ada S. Hartman of Au-
burn.
In Ludlow, Jan. /. M. X. Sreeve and Lillian
Ingraham.
In Newport. Jan. l. John E. Stephenson and
Miss Julia X. Thompson.
In West Casco Dec. %, Salome F. McKeen
and Miss Flora G. Dillingham;.
In North Waterford. Dec. %, Herbert f. Lord
and Miss Effie L. Knight both Of Waterford.
In Rumford, Dec. 81, Francis 8. Lord aud
Miss Nettie B. Stevens -
In Paris. Dec. 26, Arthur s. Hall of Buck
field and Miss Alice M. King of South Paris.
In Greenwood. Dec. rs. Daniel R. Cole and
Miss Nettie B. Swan.
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DEATHS.

In this city. Dec TO- John HELLER. aged 20
years 9 months % days.
Funeral Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, at
his late residence. No. 134 North street.
Boston papers please copyl
South Portland. Jan. 8, Daniel j. Gott,
aged Sc years months days.
Funeral Sunday AFTERNOON at 2 O'Clock, from
his late residence No. West High street. New
York and Brooklyn papers please copy.
In South Windham. Jan. 3, Wills, INFANT son
OF Howard French.
In Conway. N. FL. Jan. 8, Alpha Thorn, aged
Sc years.
In Auburn, Dec. 20, Isaac c. Currier, aged
II years 2 months.
In Dry Mills, Gray. Jan. 5, infant child of Mr..
and Mrs M. G. Morrill,.
In Houlton, JAM A. George N. Astle.
In Wales. Jan. /. Robert IL. Clark, aged 30
years.
In Belfast. Dec. 20, Jane Davidson, aged 81
years.
In Orland, Dec. 20, Mrs. Alta Saunders. aged
In Hermon, Dee. 30. Mary A. Smith. aged
sc years.
The funeral of the late Almlra L. Hatch will
take place this Saturday afternoon at $50
O'clock from her late residence, No. 10 Lincoln
street. Burial at convenience OF the family.
1.-THE funeral of the late William Sylvester
will take place Sunday afternoon at O'Clock. at
his fa<s residence. No. 26l s. John street.
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Contrary to the established custom the
players will report away from home,
either at New York or Jersey City. The
preliminary games will include games
with Springfield and Providence of the
Eastern league, which is an excellent
idea as naturally the season is much ear
lier in that section of the country. Bos-
ton is thinking strongly of drafting
Mains, hence there Is woe in Lewiston.
The Lewiston club will receive $500 for
the loss of his services in case he is
drafted.