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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-23
Holiday Excursion Rates.

December "a, %, 81, and January l,
the Santa Fe route will sell round trip
tickets to all points in New Mexico,
for one fare, good for return january
4th.
j. S. MORRISON, F. B. HOUGHTON,
City Ticket Agent. General Apant
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-23
MRS. WALLY,

A bove is ~ rtrait of Mrs. Geo, oe
Wal'y. w f. Ct .i:e basso prrfrn1o a.
tie Nsshv1i'" ~p'",. she is the
+ on = J o IT,. troupe, and has a
strong, heavy voice that fills 10 we'll
and makes a GO impression.
The herald., 1897-03-18
niaes That Paw

SALT LAKE, March 1.-THE Bullion
Beck mine has declared a monthly dividend
OF $50 600, and the Mercury Mining company
has declared its regular monthly dividend
of $4,000. These dividends will make the
total amount paid by the Bullion-Beck
s.. III 200. and the Mercury, s650,000 A well
known mining man Of Los Angeles, Gala,
says of the above that these mines are all
that they are represented to be, and that
there is no doubt as to the dividends they
pay. He furter says that he is familiar
with the Volcanic mine of Arizona and that
in his estimation, with the new machinery.
the company can readily pay a dividend
of 100000 per month, as previously stated
by the president. which actually gives a
dividend of s1.60 per annum to each of the
900 shares of that company.
This company has recently issued $500
in ten years six per cent semi-annual gold
coupon bonds. secured by first deed Of
trust on its property. These bonds are
being sold by the company at par in de-
nominations of s1OO, 5000. $500 and $1,000.
With each bond you buy the company gives
gratuitously as many shares as the face
value of the bond; par value of the shares,
81 each. With a$100 bond100 shares are given.
and so on up; or in other words. 10000
shares are given with the s150.000 bond
issue. Figuring the dividend at $l.60 per
share, would make these bonds very de-
sirable bond to invest in. $500 so invested
would earn you $3.50 per annum. These
bonds are being rapidly disposed of to our
coast people, where principal and interest
is payable at their own bank. Particulars
of this bond issue may be had by address,
ing The Volcanic Copper Mining and Smelt-
ing Co., 1856 South Broadway, Los Angeles.
Gala.
The herald., 1897-03-18
cOYNH MUST SERVE HIS TIME
The Supreme Court Afflrms the Judgment Il
His Case

The Supreme Court Affirms the Judgment In
His Case
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1.-THE su-
preme court has affirmed the judgment
of the lower court, which convicted
Harry L. Coyne of felony in defacing
the residence of T. D. Stimson, capital
ist of Los Angeles. The question on ap-
peal was the error Of the court in fail
ing to admonish the jury when its MEM
bers separated at the noon hour. The
supreme court holds that in this particu-
lar instance the matter is within the
discretion of the court
(Coyne was convicted of conspiracy
to blackmail Mr.. Stimson by means of
threatened dynamite explosion, by which
his magnificent Figueroa-street resi-
dence was to be demolished. A small
bomb was one night exploded under one
of the basement windows, intended as a
scare, by means of which Coyne could
work the millionaire for alleged protec-
tion against, the dynamiters. His
scheme fell through and he was arrested
and convicted, after making a hard
fight for 1iberty.)
The herald., 1897-03-18
| all Of these particular proceedings from
| the record
DEADLOCK ON THE PRISON.

Al OF tnees particular pruceeoiHBs AAvs'
the record.
DEADLOCK ON THE PRISON.
But the trouble In the council is not
ended There has been a deadlock for
four days on the prison removal bill.
This morning Ming, the uncertain, broke
the deadlock by voting against prison
removal. A motion to reconsider is
pending, however, and no one expects
the council to do much more work be-
fore final adjournment. which occurs on
the 18th.
The assembly has declared with en-
phatic vote that bicycles Is baggage. :"
and Mr.. Rogers house bill that leaves
the fine imposed for carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons optional with
the jedge" has also been approved by
the house 1t took a long time to de-
eide the momentous question, Are the
Tempe News daily?" but 1t was finally
voted to daily newspapers allowed II.
Mr.. Rogers is one of thu hardest work.
ers in the house, and claims the floor
often, so often, in fact. that he Is fire.
quently impelled to excuse himself for
"monopulating'' so much of the time.
Both the appropriation and the de-
flciency bills have passed both branch
eS.
VIII the president name the new gov
ernor In time to have the new govern
or's appointees concurred in by the
council?
This is the only question worth dis
cussing in the territory today. The
present officeholders are hoping that
he will not.
JAMES H. GRIFFES.
The herald., 1897-03-18
A Chinatown Sidewalk Dispute

On Apablasa street, In Chinatown, last
night about IL o'clock, young fellow
named Frank Bacon met Chinese
called Wong Ben, and, affecting to the
Celestials taking too much of the mar
row sidewalk, jostled him off. To this
Wong Ben objected, whereat Bacon hit
him a Fitzsimmons punch in the face.
laying him out for moment. A Lively
mill was in progress when couple OF
police officers came up and stopped fur
ther proceedings by sending both COM
batants to Jail. Wong Ben put up $40
bail and was released, but Bacon had
no money and consequently went behind
the bars
The herald., 1897-03-18
Attic hofeIs

Mrs. Gould Rockwell, New York NJ L.
Pool. Yuma; Walter Buhl and wife. De-
troit; w. Ferguson. Reading, Pa; Chas
Van B. Carroll, Springfield, ILL.,; Francis G.
Riggs Henry G. Riggs. Baltimore. Md;
DIR. Cephas L. Bard, Ventura Mrs DIR. Ma
los, Tucson; c. G. Fottz. and Wife Miss
S. L. Cahoon. Doane Merrill. John D.
STANCE San francisco; A. II. Butler. Calf
fornia; Mrs. S. White, San francisco: NJ.
A. Stuart, Scotch Plains, New York; w; II.
mona; Mrs. John c. Wunder. Sa- DSgo:
c. o. A. Lyckburg. r. j. Davis. Chicago;
C. F, Fischer. San Francisco; Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown, Detroit: Fred H. Solomon. Japan
Ezra Hukil, New York; J. r. Mussen. Chi
cago; Thos. P. Winter, Mrs. e. ]: Starr. San
Francisco; Mrs. S. NJ. Kiser Chicago: w.
E. Hampton, San Francisco; V. .vezetti,
Kansas City: VIM. Walsh and wife. Chi
cago; 7. B. Dalton, San Francisco; Henry
Eiiers. Chicago: w. F. Perry. Perris; E. M.
Peters, Riverside.
WEsTMINSTER-H. C. Field, D. Bab-
A. Mahan, Cortland, N. Y: F. Sinclair, San
Francisco: Geo. s. Gray. Redlands w. A.
wilkins. Wainesboro, Ga; Frank Crandnll
and wife, Detroit; +. Z. Clark. Cedar Rap
ids. Ia; Jno F. Blake. Kansas City; Mrs.
Givens, Geo. T. Dinwiddie and wife, Frank
ford; Geo. c. Wickware, San Francisco: M.
Diego VIM. Davis and wife. r. H. Davis
and wife, Toronto, Can: L. B. Eaton, Mrs.
H. E. Slate, w. II. Ellis, Chicago; H. Bart
lett. St. Joseph, Mo-. Mrs. ]. H. Thorp.
Brooklyn; Miss Emily Burr. Orange. N. T.:
Mrs. d. Z. Robinson Miss Robinson. San
Diego; w. w. Wetzell. San Diego; Mrs II. I.
T. Webb. Miss Eva H. Webb. New York;
]. H. Conrad. Chicago: Mrs. Mollon. Miss
Katherine Mollon. Minneapolis.
VAN NUYs-A. G. Hubbard and wife,
Redlands; John H. Carruthers. w. d, Rich
ardson, Rialto: Mrs. Frank T.. Commons,
Minneapolis; Dr. and Mrs. Chas. 7. Poor.
New York; Ward Ames and wife, Duluth:
r. n, Draper and wife, Honolulu; Mrs; ".
water, Mimi; Miss Helen Parish Miss
Sarah Mcdonald. New York: L. Langley.
London, Eng. c. p. ColIns, NJ Matson and
wife. VIE Bradford, Pa; ]. L. Mcintyre and
wife. Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Glenn
ents. New York; L. B. Eaton, Mrs. II. II.
Slate, Chicago; Philander Moore. r. NJ.
II. Coyngham, Wilkesbarre: E. P. Ripley.
W. G. Nevin, c. M. Higginson, Chicago:
Mrs David Atwood, Miss Atwood. Madison,
Wis; Mr.. and Mrs Thomas r. Bard. Hue
meme.
NADEAU-Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. Bannak,
]. d. Friech, Felix Coblentz Sig Simon.
San francisco: Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Palmer,
Bangor, Me-. Mr.. and Mrs. e. d. PEBBLES,
f c. Tinkle, San Bernardino: j. s. Josephs
New York: F. W.. Wren, Fresno; r. f.
Fulton, Stockton; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Osborn,
Napa; J. G. Mcintyre, Mrs. Mcintyre. Chi
cago: Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Maxwell Kansas
city; L. Onway, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs
L. Michel Carrie Michel Brooklyn: Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Fisk, c. H. Martini Chi
cago.
RAMONA-Dr. Chas. e. Lee. Anaheim;
Frank Scovile Corona, CAL: Thos. r.
Foote, M. Dawson. d. c. Wachtel, H. c.
BsntSn v1ns'ana IL arfb Ga W. w VIZ fWcox Col
s. D.: Geo. T. Knight and wife, s. H. West
fall, New York.
The herald., 1897-03-18


evidence to his and there little doubt but that he
Police
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The herald., 1897-03-18
WISDOM TREASURED BY TIME

A handful of good life is better than
bushel of learning.
He that studies his content, wants Il.
He that stumbles and falls not mends his
pace.
Building and marrying Of children are
great wasters.
A good bargain is a pick-purse.
Light burdens. long borne. grow heavy.
Not long day, but good heart rids
work.
When friend asks. there is no tomorrow.
Benefits please like flowers while they
are fresh.
All came from and will so TO others.
He that sends fool, means TO follow
him.
God oft hath a great share in little
house.
A cheerful look makes a dish feast
Evening words are not like to morning.
Never had Ill workman good tools.
He stands not surely that never slips
Every thing Is of use to housekeeper.
He that goes barefoot must not plant
thorns.
He that lives well is learned enough
George Herbert's 'Jacula Prudentum."
The herald., 1897-03-18
ALoN0-Losr UNCLE
Specimen Letter sach as Is Daily Received b.
Chief Glass

Specimen Letter sucn - te Daily kecetveo Nv
Chief Glass
Queer letters of all sorts are contin-
ually being received by the head Of the
police department of this city, the mis-
sives covering all manner of grounds,
humorous and pathetic. Some of the re-
quests Of the writers, which they always
desire carried out instanter, are rather
far fetched, to say the least, as witness
the following, which asks for immediate
information regarding man for fifty
years lost to his relatives:
MILWAUKEE,. wis. Mar. 12, 81.
To the Chief of Police
Dear Sir-I take the pleasure in writing
you few lines asking a faver OF you to
look up an old Gentleman in your City by
the name of Antoine Fondulagen he is a
brother TO my Father my Fathers name Is
Nicholas was told he is in your City he Is
abouth 76 years old wish you would look
him up II you find him answer at once
my Father lost track of him abouth 50 years
ago hope you will answer soon
Yours truly
ALEXANDER
FONDULAGEN
3S3-26-Ave
The herald., 1897-03-18
Milwaukee
3S3-26-Ave

The urgent request of Mrs. Fondula-
gen was placed on file with number of
others, and a search will be made for
the long-lost uncle.
The herald., 1897-03-18
Three Nights to chlcseo

II you travel east by the Santa Fe
route you need spend but three nights
in sleeper You can't do 1t In less than
five any other way.
The herald., 1897-03-18

Arcadia was granted, and also the ap-
plicato of E. j. Baldwin for a saloon
license at Santa Anita.
The herald., 1897-03-18

WAS required, ana asking him to secure the
same, and that he. the said real estate
broker, did In obedience to the request and
direction 80 made. purchase the said real
therefor for the expressed sum Of $3.50.
made to the territory Of Arizona, which
latter sum was paid by the sald board with
out investigation a. to its real cost. or other
means, at least. OF this piece of strange
negligence on part OF the said purchasing
agent Of the said board. and OF the board
itself. the territory was loser In this small
lieve ordinary duty In the discharge of the
office Of the purchasing agent of the sail
board, and due care on the part Of the Gull
board, would have prevented.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
The Worst Boy in school.

He was about the worst boy in the
school and the teacher had punished
him again and again until she had be-
gun to consider him in the light Of a
natural enemy, and she felt that the
boys feeling for her must be almost
one of hatred. So it was in the nature
of a surprise when, in view of IL APP
preaching holiday separation, other
boys of the school brought to her desk
little gifts of remembrance, to have the
bad boy approach with some hesitation
and place a box of candy ON her desk.
But l don't think / can take It,
Tom" she said "You have been too
bad boy; you have seemed to do
everything yeu could to displease me-"
"Oh, please take 1t. Miss Blank
said the bad boy in entreating tones.
81 worked after school hours to get the
money to get it."
And someone felt tears coming very
near the surface then, for the bad boy
was poor boy and had not so many
pleasures in life that he could be ex-
pected to sacrifice any Of them for any
oiles--Exchanae. ----zzzs
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Last year the only four states that
produced asphaltum were California,
Colorado, Texas, and Utah. Indian
Territory also contributed some.

The government reindeer farm near
Fort Clarence, Alaska, in the vicinity
Of the lower Yukon, now has more
than one thousand animals, and they
are multiplying rapidly. The herd
was started five years ago. None Of
the animals have been utilized as yet
for any purpose, although it is said
that some of them may be put to SER
vice in transporting the mails. The
Boston Traveller now suggests that a
certain number of the deer be sold to
the seekers after wealth in the Klon-
dixie. The revenue derived from their
sale, it is argued, would reduce the
heavy expenses attending the main
tenance of the rest Of the herd, and
they would be the greatest possible
aid to the miners.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Our Prickly Plant.

All the thousands of varieties OF
cacti are at home only in America.
They belong exclusively to this cour-
try and are found nowhere else, ex-
cepting one variety, which Greece
knew and named cactus. These
strange plants are unlike anything
else in nature and in the United
States the varieties range from the
giant candlestick cactus of the Arizona
desert, which grows sixty feet high,
to tiny half globes no bigger than a
marble. Arizona and New Mexico
produce nearly all our cacti, Utah and
California sharing the glory. Mexico
and South America have many plants.
Sixty years ago there arose cactus
craze which babe fair to rival the
famous tulip craze of Europe. Col
lectors in America and Europe went
wild over this peculiar plant and as
high as $3.50 was paid for single
specimen. The best-known members
of the family is the night-blooming
cereus, though the commoner century
plant is we'll known. Cacti are inter-
esting because of their odd shapes.
Nearly all have snowy blossoms.
The cacti are children of the arid
lands and do not like moist climates.
Every cactus is reservoir, storing
water for its needs, water which is
often the salvation of dying humans
in the desert. In bad year the cacti
pull the cattle through, ''the prickers"
not seeming to hurt them. Those
who have seen the vision of the dry
desert transformed by the spring
rains have seen one of the loveliest
sights in America. The gray sand is
instantly transformed, carpeted with
millions of tiny wild flowers, starred
here and there by the brilliant bloom
of the cactus.
From some varieties of the cactus
many things can be made-food, drink,
rope, paper and cloth, needles, thread,
fishhooks, pins, fences, candles and
even houses.-Chicago Daily News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
The Hairs of the Head.

Those who are thirsting for the
knowledge of the average number Of
hairs on the human head will now be
able to satisfy their longing. A num-
Der of savants have just been counting
q square inch of hairs on the heads Of
several persons, and have come to the
conclusion that the average number is
1865 hairs. By measuring the sur
face of the entire head it will be easy
to calculate the number of hairs on the
average pate. Another set of chair
scientists" have made different calcula-
tions. According to them head Of
fair hair is made up of 146, COG hairs
(the six at the end of the round figure
is fine; it might almost be reckoned
among the hair-splittings) /; a dark head
produces 1O5, 900 hairs and red poll
only $4,000. The reason for this diff
ference is that fair hair is Of the finest
and red hair of the coarsest quality.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

The crime of kidnapping is COM
paratively rare in this state with refer
ence to children, observes the New
York Sun, most OF the cases in the
law reports relating to the carrying of
of grown persons. The guilty parties
in the Conway case at Albany, have
rendered themselves liable to i'm
prisonment in the state prison for
term not exceeding fifteen years, I'M
der section oil of the Penal code, the
second subdivision of which declares
that a person is guilty of kidnapping
who willfully s'leads, takes, entices
away, or detains a child under the
age of 16 years with intent to keep
or conceal it from its parent, guardian,
or other person having the lawful care
or control thereof, or to extort or OBJ
tain money or reward for the return
or disposition of the child, or with in
tent to steal any article about or on
the person of the child" In the early
part of this century the law against
kidnapping was most frequently in-
yoked in the northern states in behalf
of free persons of color who were un-
lawfully seized for the purpose of en-
shaving them in the South. OF late
years sailors have frequently been the
victims of kidnappers. The offenders
in the Conway case when ascertained
and convicted should be punished
with such severity as to prevent any
epidemic of this form of crime.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
THE JOURNEY.

think of death as some delightful journey
That I shall take when all my tasks are
done,
Though life has given me a heaping meas
OF oil best gifts and many a cup Of pleasure,
Still better things await me further on.
This little earth is such merry planet,
The distances beyond 1t so supreme,
have no doubt that all the mighty spaces
Between US and the stars are filed with
faces
More beautiful than any artists dream.
like to think that shall yet behold them,
When from this waiting room my soul
has scared.
Earth is a wayside station, where we wan
der,
Until from out the silent darkness yonder
Death swings his lantern and cries, CAN
aboardi''
I>think deaths train sweeps through the
solar system
And passes suns and moons that dwarf
our own,
And close beside US we shall find our
dearest,
The spirit friends on earth we held the
nearest,
And In the shining distance Gods great
throne.
Whatever disappointment may befall me
In plans or pleasures in this world OF
doubt,
know that life at worst can but delay me,
But no malicious fate has power to stay me
From that grand journey on the Great
Death route.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in the Pathfinder.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

prolific and versatile writer's of mod
ern times. Ever since her first novel
was published. when she was 81, she
has had place in the hearts of very
large class of readers. She was an
exceedingly rapid writer, turning cut
with great regularity three-volume
novel every year. She published over
forty works of fiction in addition to
numerous biographical and historical
works. Beside, she was a frequent
contributor to the periodicals and was
the editor of series, Foreign Classics
for English Readers.
Mrs. Oliphant was 20 years old when
she died and was born in Midlothian,
England. Her maiden name was Will
SON.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
A Monster Tortoise.

= A tortoise weighing $50 pounds is
almost large enough to satisfy any one
in search of curiosities.
This is the weight of the monster
tortoise which the Hon. Walter Roths-
child has imported from Mauritius and
placed in the London 800" The
new arrival is supposed to be about
three hundred years old, though its
history can be traced for only $50
years, during which period it was
owned by branches of the same family.
The tortoise is five feet six inches from
head to tail over the curve of the shell.
1t eats cabbages and coarse vegetables
and is very fond of carrots. 1t is not
possible to say whether it has attained
It's full size. This is by no means the
heaviest of these creatures known.
Mr.. Rothschild imported one eighty
years old which weighed $40 pounds
and was still growing when it died.
These great tortoises were at one time
very numerous round the Aldabian
group, but the number is now greatly
reduced.-Chicago News.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
Water Drinking

To keep in health a person should
drink from two to four quarts of water
each day. The system requires to be
cleaned and its organs flooded with
water. Besides its cleansing efficacy.
water absorbs effete matter and car
ries it through the system. The purer
the water the greater the power of alb
sorption. Some diseases of the kid
neys have been known to yield to gen.
erous drinking of pure spring water,
Beer, tonics or alcoholic drinks cannot
take the place of pure water. In many
cases kidney and liver troubles have
been traced to the use of beer or alco-
holic drinks. 1t has been ascertained
by the medical experts that rheuma-
tism, local heart trouble, indigestion,
painful swellings, eruptions, liver and
kidney disorders are caused mainly by
general or local impeded circulation.
The best tonic and blood purifier is
Natures own medium-pure spring
water.-Hygienic Magazine.