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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30
CITY OFFICERS.
U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
COURT CONvENES

\ N San Antonio, on he first Mondays
~ May and November.
In Austin. on the FIRST Mondays in Feb
fusrv and July.
n Brownsville, on the first Monday in
January end second Monday in June.
II RI Paso. or trst Mondays in April
ard 0ctoteT
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30
TRADE CIRCLES
STIRRED UP.
New England Business Men
Hurrying to Texas.
San Antonio Express.

A prominent wholesale mer-
chant from Boston was in San
Antonio yesterday morning on
his way to Arkansas Pass. A
reporter for The Express hap
penpd to run across him at the
depot and in course of con
versation told him his business.
The gentleman seemed rather
disturbed and earnestly re
quested that his name should
not be used.
Il am fully convinced" he
said. "that we Boston shippers
are going to lose much of our
trade in the near future. | am
interested in a steamship line
that loads for Europe at the
Boston wharfs and. our freight
comes from Texas almost in
evitable and to be successful
must realize trade Influences
before they are actually appa-
rent to the world. We can find
plenty of business for our
steamers by starting them from
Arkansas Pass instead of from
Boston, which we intend to do
as soon as there is water
enough over the Arkansas bar.
Before coming down here | saw
the engineers familiar with tile
conditions and the Baltimore
people who are putting in the
money for improvements and
found that we would hardly
have time to make our prelimi-
nary arrangements before the
steamers could enter the har
Dor.
"The building of this -harbor
simply means a shifting of base
of operations for a thousand
different enterprises dependent
upon the manufacture and
transportation of the raw ma
terial of Texas and the West
and it takes no prophet to see
in the near future a fine bust
ling city built up at the waters
edge.
"What brought me here in
such a hurry was the news that
the harbor company was about
to put its lands upon the mar
ket. Knowing the character Of
the leading spirits in this en-
terprise as well as do, | con
slider this equivalent to an an
of twenty seven
feet Of water on the bar and |
was bound to be in the van of
the rush that is already started.
In my opinion, and | am back
.ng it up with a large amount
Of my own and other peoples
money, the mining eXcitements
IF the past few years will sink
nto insignificnncr compared to
he stir this new deep water
1ort will make in the CONNER
.iaI world "
Subscribe for FHE HERALD.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30
Fresh Groceries,

Mince meat, tomatoes, bird seed
tapioca, sage, farina, tea, sugar, sal
gon cinnamon, shoe polish, sausage,
sapolio, French mustard, creole mus
tard, peas, dates, olives in kegs, pick
les, pigs feet, corn beef, sour kraut
asparagus Moss Rose butter, preserves
citron. lemons, oranges, apples, NAL
aga grapes, chestnuts, walnuts, Brazil
nuts, bananas, onions, potatoes.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30

18Th JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
District Juage -......-.---..-J. c. Russell.
District Attorney -..... ohm l. Kleiber.
District Clerk - Louis Kowalski.
District Court meets as follows;
Cameron County First Mondays ia
F-5-2 lr s7d SIP m Der; continues IN
aes.5oa Sour u-crss
fsiss g. Oouuiy ourth Mondays ar
fer TIE frs Mondays in February and
September continues in session two
Stzrr County Sixth Mondays after the
frs -iondays in February and Sep
TENDER; continues in session three
weeks.
Ereces County-Ninth Mondays after
first Mondays in February and Sep
TENDER; continues in session six
weeks.
U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30

1t is said that Sir Francis Jeuhe
is the only judge in the British
courts who does not shave.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30

George ". Price, an old
sailor, who is living at Prov
idenre, Il. l., has made an in
vention whereby the pitching
and tossing of a ship by means
of a swinging cargo may lie
utilized to store up energy in
the shape of compressed air.
which is to be used to propel
the ship.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30

KNIGHTS OF HONOR
LODGE NO. $780,
frank Champion, Die
tator: N. Ha ason, jr.,
Vice Dictator; Jesse o.
Wheeler, assistant Die
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30
AMBASSADOR RUNYAN.
Expires Suddenly at Berling
of Heart Failure.

dore Runyon, United States
ambassador to Germany, ex-
pired suddenly and unexpet t
eddy at 1 o'clock a. m. OF
heart failure.
Mr.. Runyon had been in
feeble health for some time
past, but no immediate fatality
was anticipated. No longer
ago than last Tuesday evening
he was presented at a dinner
given in his honor by ex En-
press Frederick, mother of
Emperor William. Last sum
mer he had planned to make
an extended trip though Nor
way, but on the advice of his
physician he abandoned this
trip and went to Carlsbad.
where he took the cure. He
subsequently, went to AiXten-
stein, and went there for the
purpose of taking the cure.
Since that time, however, he
has manifested great activity
in the discharge of the duties
Of his Office, which have been
more than usually onerous en-
account Of the complications in
European affairs, which have
more or less demanded the
attention and care of the diplo-
matte representatives of all ma
tons. His death will come as
a great shock to official and
social circles in Berlin, where
he was great favorite.
Theodore Runyon was born
at Somerville, n. j., October %,
1922. He graduated from Yale
college in 1912 and in 1916 was
admitted to the bar. In 1858
he was made city attorney and
in 1856 city councillor of New
ark, N. j., position he re
tanned until 1864, when he be-
came mayor of the city. He
was appointed in 1856 com
missioner to revise military
laws of New Jersey, and in
1897 was made brigadirr gen
eral and subsequently major
general of the New Jersey ma
tional guard. At the outbreak
of the civil war he was placed
in command cf New Jersey
brigade Of volunteers. In 1865
lie was democratic candidate
for governor of his state, but
was not elected. In 1873 to
1887 he was chancellor of New
Jersey In March, 1898, he
was appointed by President
Cleveland United States minis
ter to Germany, and shortly
afterward was made ambassad
or in accordance with law of
congress that the United !
States representative in Ger
many should be raised to the
rank of ambassador reciproc
ally with the similar action on
the part of Germany concern
ing its representative in the
United States. A L L d was
conferred upon him by Yale,
Rutlrdge and Wesleyan col
eges.
George " Price, an old
.ailor, who is living at Prov /
denre, r. l., has made an in
,entiOn whereby the Ditchinp
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-01-30
FRUITS.
ron EsENT.

The Miller's Hotel building have
ing been completely repaired is Of
fered for rent for hotel purposed
Reasonable rates. Apply to Fran
cisco Ytarria,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
The Seasons in Iceland.

The Icelanders divide the year into
the light and dark seasons. 1t is a
strange sensation to foreigner who
goes to the far North between the
months of March and August to find
that he is beyond the region Of night.
To one accustomed to wait forretIr
ing until shut in by darkness, the con
tinuous light soon becomes wearisome.
With the sun above the horizon and a
singularly rare atmosphere an even
ing walk may be unconsciously con-
tinued until midnight, and an interest
ing book may cause one to forget the
hours for sleep until the maid enters
the room with the moruingcofee AT
ter a few days Of this activity, nature
begins to assert her claims, and instead
of the sun dial, the watch is entrusted
with nocturnal registration. A nap
in the middle of the day may be rest
full and pleasant, but regularly to re-
tire in broad daylight seems unnatural.
During June and a part Of July the
sun does not set, though for a few
hours about midnight it is visible only
from the mountain tops, while in the
valleys is seen all the glories of reg
ular sunset, and no Italian sky can
boast of greater splendor At times
the colors are intensified, as if each
would claim by contrast the richest
beauty; then by hands invisible the
scene is shifted, until all is enyeloPed
in a calm Ioveliness, betokening the
rest and harmony Of an unseen world.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
A Quiet Wedding.


did you attend the Bircher-Jack-
long wedding out at Billy-bee Dam
last night, Ike?'' asked the editor of
the Hayville Clarion.
cav, yes, answered Alkai Ike,
YEARLY; 81 was thar
"Of course there was lively time
and all that?"
"AccOrdin to how you looked at it.
I called it mighty slow Out Of the
regular routine and the eatin' nothin
happened worth mentioning. To be
sure, the preacher and the groom got
into row because the divine wanted
his pay in advance but that is COM
mon occurrence. The Rev. Mr.. Harps
is too old bird to take any chances.
Of course Jack Howcome, the fiddler,
had had too much, as usual, and this
time he fell off the table and broke
his bow arm; Jack always was more
trouble than he was worth. The
brides mother, who didn't like the
groom anyhow, jumped onto the poor
feller's neck with a rollin'-pin and 1t
took half a dozen of US ten minutes
hard work to tie the old lady fast in
a rockin chair and carry her few
hundred yards out on the prairie.
Durin' the rumpus somebody stole the
feed and we never saw hair nor hide Of
it all the rest of the evenin'. They
accused me of it but | was as inner
cent as a lamb. I hain't that kind Of
a man and besides, had private
snack of my own. That was every
blamed thing that happened except
that a deputy sheriff slid in and ar
rested Coyote Pete fer horse stealing
or a little suthin' that away, and some
feller had a fit. Shucks Weddin's S
hain't noways what they used to be a
few years ago. Lord Them was the
times But now everything is glttin
to be too much like it is in the East.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
Isolated People.

Men who isolate themselves from
society, and have no near and dear
family ties, are the most uncomtorta-
bic of human beings. Byron says;
Happiness was born a twin. But
the phrase, though pretty and poetic
does not 90 far enough. We are gre
garious, and not intended to march
through life in single or in double file.
In pairing time, /. C., during the hon
;eymoon, individuals of opposite sexes
may find it very pleasant, not to say
delightful, to walk apart from the un-
sentimental world, two and two. But,
as a general thing, they are ready
enough to rush back into the crowd
when the billing and cooling season is
over. Petrarch would have grown
tired of Laura, and she of him, had
they been condemned to a lifelong tete-
a-tete in the wilderness and Sappho
would have jumped into the sea to es-
cape ennui, had she been compelled to
matrimonial solitude with the man for
lack Of whose love she made "a damp
body" of herself
1t has been well said that the vital
principle grows weak when isolated.
The man who cares for nobody and for
whom nobody cares has nothing to live
for that will pay for the trouble OF
keeping soul and body together. You
must have heap of embers to make
a glowing fire. Scatter them apart,
and they become dim and cold. So'
to have brisk, vigorous life, you
must have group OLIVES, to keep each
other warm, as it were, to afford to
each other mutual encouragement and
confidence and support. If you wish
to live the life of man, and not that
of fungus, be social, be brotherly, be
charitable, be sympathetic, and labor
earnestly for the good of your kind.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
Don't Worry the Eyes.

The eve is a very sensitive organ,
but it will stand a great deal, if you
will not nag or overWork it. 1t is so
much in evidence, and so constantly
in use, that it is natural for people to
be nervous if there is the least thing
the matter with it, aud to so to tink-
ering with it as if it were some piece
of metal machinery instead of flesh
and muscle.
if some little soreness appears we
are not satisfied until we have deluged
it with "eye water" This as often
brings on inflammation as it keeps it
away; it may be that all the eye needs
is little rest.
A great many people use speetaoles
many years before there is any need
of it. Instead of giving their eyes
rest, they keep them at work, with
the aid and encouragement OF glasses,
sometimes i'll fitted aud really inju-
rious.
We now have in mind an old gen.
tleman, who, at the age of sixty
thought that his eye-sight was failing,
and wished very much to get some
glasses. But he lived at a distance
from the places where good glasses
were sold, and had to go without them,
at least for several months.
This necessitated a complete rest
for the eyes, so far as reading was con-
cerned; and they soon appreciated and
took advantage Of it. At the end OF
a few months he found, to his surprise,
that his eyesight was becoming better.
again. Day by day it improved, and
he finally found that it was as good as
he had ever known it. He began to
read again with new zest and vigor,
being careful not to Oyerdo the mat
ter. He soon decided that he had no
use for spectacles, and continued to
the end of his life without them. He
died at over eighty years Of age, with
his eyes as young as ever.
So, when the eyes give out, y let us,
if we are situated so that We can pos
sibly, give them a chance to see what
they can do for themselves, and may
be they will come out all the stronger
and better for the chance
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland.

Mrs. Cleveland always refers TO her
husband as "The President" both in
his presence aud in bis absence, says
the Chicago Record. a member Of
the cabinet says that be once heard
her call bin Grover" when they were
skylarking little on a fishing trip,
but he thinks she was only making
fun. He does not know that she has
ever called him "Grover" since, al
though be has been with them great
deal. Sometimes she addresses him
as "Mr. Cleveland" but when che
speaks Of him in the third person she
never uses his name. u Is always
"The President says," or The Presi-
dent went 10 town, or "The President
likes TO live at woodIey better than in
the White House" When the chill
dren are present she invariably adj
dresses him as para" he calls her
Frank" almost invariably, except on
occasions Of formality or in the pres-
enoe Of strangers. When be speaks
Of her IN her absence to the members
Of the cabinet and other friends he
usually says my wife.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
A Tongue Twister.

Try it yourself, very slowly and
carefully, until you can say it easily.
Then pass it along to your friends
Here it is:
"She stood at the gate, welcoming
him in"
Ten to one person trying to pro-
nounce the sentence for the first time
will fumbleit laughably. These tongue
twisting sentences, however, are good
elocutionary exercises. They give you
control of your vocal organs, so that
you can enunciate properly, just as I'm
ger exercises on the piano or organ
give control of the fingers.
What an immense amount OF me-
chanical practice does it require to es-
tablish anything ike close sympathy
between the brain and the physical or
gans.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
THE SECRET GOOD.

No stream from its source
Flows seaward, how lonely snever its course
But that some land is gladden'd. No star
ever rose
And set, without influence somewhere VINO
knows
What earth needs from earths lownest crea-
ture? No life
Can be pure in It's purpose and strong in its
strife
And all life not purer and stronger thereby
The spirits Of just men made perfect on high
The army OF martyrs who stand by the
throne,
And gaze into the Face that makes glorious
their own.
Know this surely at last. Honest love- hon
est sorrow,
Honest work for today, honest hope Tor the
morrow;
Are these worth nothing more than the
hand they make weary,
The heart they have sadden'd the life they
leave dreary?
Hush! the seven-fold heavens TO the voice
of the spirit
Echo: He that overcometh shall all things
inherit.
Lord Lytton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
sHEPHERDsTOWN W. VA, THURSDAY JANUARY 80 1896.

as we retreat slowly in the direction
of the bridge, we drag our guns with
the muzzles pointing toward the enc
my, loading as We march, halting
second to aim and fire, and so retire,
stubbornly contesting every inch Of
our journey back The enemy seem
to have wholesome respect for US.
They have learned from bitter expe-
rience that we are an ugly foe to face,
and they hesitate to make dash to-
ward our black muzzles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
THE BALTIMORE WEEKLY Sun.

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
sI.oo A YEAR,
NEW VOL. 31---NO. IL.
The st;ugy Husband.

The man who begrudges his hard
working. long suffering wife every doll
lar that she spends for her own pleas
ure or comfort, deserves to be made
reprOach. Secretary Morton, of tho
Department Of Agriculture, is report
ed by the St, Louis Republic as hay-
ing lately expressed himself sOme-
what freely about husbands Of this
class Their meanness is indeed sur
prising; and 50, in a different way, IS
the meekness with which their wives
submit to this unworthy behavior.
Says Secretary Morton
happened to be in store IN my
town one day during the war when
an old fellow whom ! will call Jones
came in with his wife to buy goods
J,9es had settled in Nebraska when IT.
was stun territory, and by economy
and thrift he now Got farm Of
something Ike one tnV1sand acres.
He was considered wealthy Sa-riW
after be entered the store Mrs Jones
took up a piece of calico and admired
it very much. As she looked at IL
she said to her husband
PA, ought TO havea new dress,
and | like this very much Don't
YOU think We could afford to buy it,
"oh, I suppose so, replied the old
man, aud he thereupon asked the
clerk the price He was told it was
/ fifty cents yard. Old Mr. Jones
raised his eyes at this. and asked his
wife how much 1t would take She
replied she didn't think she could get
along on less than twelve yards, and
he answered:
why, ma, twelve yards of That
is pretty high2'
"Yes, she replied, 1T is but need
the dress
well, said the old man, "times
are hard, and wish You could got
along without it just now. Couldn't
| you2
"Yes, I suppose could, replied
the old lady with a sigh, and the calico
was dropped.
A moment later Mr. Jones asked
the same clerk if he bad any tobacco,
and whether he had any Of that good
old Virginia leaf which they used to
keep in stock.
The clerk, said Yes, we have,
but it's awful high. It's two dollars
a pound, and think it will 30 higher
before it gets lees. We have just one
caddy left.
you think it will go higher re.
piled Jones.
yes, said the clerk, tits sure to
go up"
well, you might put me mp FIVE
pounds, said the old man, and NO.
ment later saw him carrying il out
Of the store. lie had not ak dollars
to spend for bis wiie's calico dress,
but he thought nothing Of putting ten
dollars into plug tobacco.
| | don't suppose o!d Mr.. JopssIe'
allied his sel6shness. lie probably
loved bis wife, but he had been brought
| up the wrong way,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
The Sultan's Joke.

"Did you ever hear the-story Of how
the Prince of Wales asked the Sultan
to 90 and see the Derby run ?" said
Orlando Jones recently. "Well, it was
this wise The race for the Derby was
about to be run. and as the Sultan was
then visiting England the prince sent
one Of his lords-in-waiting to inquire
if the Eastern pOtentate would like to
90 and witness the classic contest. The
Son of the Moon and Stars was seated,
propped up by cushions, smoking pla-
cidly, when the Royal Emissary was
ushered into his presence.
"'His royal highness bids me ask
your majesty if it would please you to
witness the race for the Derby? ? said
be, bowling low.
"'Does his royal highuess mean that
I should go and see a horse race I? IN
quired the Sultan, blandly.
"'He does, your highness.
"'Tell the prince that ! cannot dc
So, replied the ruler of the Faithful
why should I want to go? All mer
who are not fools know that some
horses are swifter than others.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
E..congre.smaa Bsn CabIe Of IIIi.

Ex-Congressman Ben Cable Of Hi
nois has little daughter who has the
making Of a great fnaDeier in her.
One day her father called her to him.
my dear said he, "a man this
morning offered paPi this room fulI Of
gold if be would sell little brother. II
| se;l little brother for that sum ] shall
be able 70 buy you everything IN the
world you want. Shall ] sell ham
eYO. papa" answered the little girl,
promptly, and then before her delight
Cd father could embrace her for ex-
pressing 20 much unselssh affection
she went or Keep him till hes Big.
ger"