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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-06-14

4 game Is promised for next Sun
day between tho Green Club OF
Brownsville and Company H's team
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

The decision of a meeting Of mothers
held somewhere recently to eliminate
Mother Goose from the nursery curricu-
lum will possibly not be accepted as
final and authoritative by all mothers
in different parts of the country. We
have no doubt that these excellent la
dies were overburdened with reasons,
psychological and pedagogical, for their
stern derogation of the traditional
rights of childhood, and that they could
argue down any opposing opinions with
neatneSs, if not with dispatch. Doubt
less the principles of philosophy and
humanity are violated repeatedly in the
pages of that volume which has been
the literary pabulun of youth for so
many generations. For it, in their
calendar, will be substituted nice, cir
cumstantial and strictly truthful ac-
counts of the termination Of the seed,
the evolution of the egg into the Bird
the transformation of the steam into
water and back again, the revolution Of
the planets in their orbits and other
useful, scientific and incontrovertible
facts. From the horizon of childhood
in the South. and Little Nan Etticoat
will disappear, and even the King Of
France, who marched up the hill, ETC.,
will make his entries and exits in an
eXpurgated form, with all doubtful
points impartially discussed. For the
irrelevant converse Of Tommy Snooks
and Betsey Brooks we shall have i'm
aginary conversations between teach
er and pupil, or between mother and
child, and the delightful and inconse-
quent vagaries of Mother Hubbards
dog will be relegated to a limbo, where
Santa Claus, Jack and the Beanstalk,
and the Man in the Moon may be eX-
pected to follow them speedily. For the
sake of psychology and the moral and
intellectual advance Of the race we are
willing to pray in public that the day
may soon come when these things shall
be. But with the prayer is a mental
reservation to the effect that if we are
to be reincarnated again into this par
ticular human sphere it may be before
Mother Goose has been forbidden pas
sage through the mails. For, with all
respect to the wisdom and sagacity Of
those who are patiently revolutioniZing
the discipline Of the nursery, we main
tain that for the child who has once
known Mother Goose no other invention
of human fancy will ever take it's place.
Its inspiration is as unquestionable as
who wrote them was one of the true
mothers of the race, who made it her
business to sweep the cobwebs from the
sky with a cheerful broom.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

1t has taken long time for the Inter
national Marine Conference held in
Washington six or seven years ago to
bear fruit. But it is now expected that
the revised rules governing the move
ments of vessels at sea will go into
effect on July next. Nearly twoscore
nations have accepted the rules and
agreed to abide by them, and these ma
tions represent about five-sixths of the
worlds Shipping. With such a moral
influence back of them, it is fair to
assume that these rules will soon be-
come universal. The safety of shipping
of all Kinds will be materially increased
thereby. For time it looked as if the
labOrs of the conference had been in
vain, but at length the value of its work
has been recognized by all but few OF
the maritime powers, and these viii
no doubt soon give in their assent.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
Quicker than Lightning.

"AS quick as lightning Is a phrase
colloquially used to express the maxi
mum Of rapidity. But according to a
well-known scientist, electricity itself is
outstripped by that old-fashioned ma
chine, the human body, by which it
appears powers can, so to speak, be
generated in the brain, transmitted
through the nerves, and developed in
the muscles in an infnitesimal fraction
Of a second.
1t is stated that a pianist, in playing
a presto Of Mendelssohn, played 5,595
notes in four minutes and three seconds.
The striking Of each Of these, it has
been estimated, involved two move
ments of the finger and possibly more.
Again, the movements Of the wrist, ell
bows and arms can scarcely be less
than one movement for each note. AS
twentyfour notes were played each
second, and each involves three move
untary movements per second.
Again, the place, the force, the time
and the duration of each Of these move
ments were controlled. All these mo-
tor reactions were conditioned upon a
knowledge Of the position Of each finger
of each hand before it was moved,
while moving it, as we'll as of the audi
tory effect to force and pitch, all Of
which involves equally rapid sensory
transmissions.
If we add to this the work of the
memory in placing the notes in their
proper position, as we'll as the fact that
the performer at the same time partici-
pates In the emotion the selection de-
scribes and feels the strength and
weakness of the performance, we ar
rive at truly bewildering network Of
impulses, coursing along at inconceiva-
bly, rapid rates.
Such estimates show, too, that we are
capable of doing many things at once.
The mind is not a unit, but Is compos-
ed of higher and lower centers, the
available fund of attention being dis.
tributed among them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

In sequestered spot in Mount Mora
Cemetery of st. Joseph, Mo-, with
scarcely a vestige of marking, is the
grave of Robert NJ. Stewart, one of the
early Governors of the State of Mis-
souri,. Neglected and seemingly forgot
ten, the grave of Gov. Stewart is no.
ticeable and discernible only by a small
slab which any marble cutter would
give for the asking. Upon this piece of
marble is cut in an awkward manner
the name of the man who lies buried
beneath. Col John Doniphan appeals
to the people of st. Joseph to erect a
suitable monument to his memory. He
SAYS that ''at the nomination of Mr.. Lin
coin in 1864 he had been selected by
party whips for the position of Vice
President, and would no doubt have re-
ceived the nomination and, in the light
of future events, occupied the position
held by Andrew Johnson, but, unfortu-
nately for his fame, he celebrated in
anticipation and his appearance in the
hall in such a mellow condition marked
his defeat. In 1855 all the preliminar-
les of duel were made to take place
between him and B. Gratz Brown ON
the land of Gen. Minor, just east of JEFF
ferson City, at sunrise, which was ami
cably arranged by mutual friends at 2
o'clock in the morning prior to that
time"
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
Some Old Jokes.

The Cornhill Magazine publishes GER
tain extracts from an old French Jest
book which prove at least that jokes
are not very much changed, for some
of these are dull as the pleasantly of
our own day. They are comprised
under the heading Menagiana, and are
extracts from the conversations which
.ook place at the house of Giles Men
age, a student and writer of the seven
teenth century. He was the author Of
much literature, both poetry and criti-
cal prose, and was considered wit;
but whether he and his friends actual
ly sparkled at their Wednesday gath
erings may be guessed from a few SAM
pies of the conversation there:
81 had taken the hand of Madame De
s.. When she drew it away Mons.
Pellitier said to me, That is the most
beautiful work which has ever gone
out of your hands,"
Assume, sir" said a gentleman in a
business argument with another, ''that
you owe me ten thousand crowns"
pray, sir" said the other, interrupt
ing him, "have the goodness to make
some other hypothesis"
Above fireplace were two figures,
Justice and Peace, kissing each other.
Look said some one. "They are
saying 'Adieu,' never to meet again"
The Archdeacon of Auxere, who was
in the habit of screaming in the pulpit,
said Of Bourdaloue, 'He breaches fort
bien, and l bien fort
The Marquis Del Carpio, Viceroy Of
Naples, was going into a church at
Madrid, and saw lady entering at the
same moment who wore an extremely
beautiful diamond on very ugly hand.
81 should prefer the ring to the hand"
said he, with no expectation of being
heard; but she Immediately touched
the collar of his order, which he was
wearing, and said, 81 should prefer the
halter to the donkeyw
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

A sensible theatrical firm in New
York City owning many travelling at
fractions has determined to confine its
advertising hereafter to the columns
of newspapers. 1t is safe to predict
that it will not lose dollar by aban-
dOning the bill boards. The latter form
of advertising is most expensive and
has proved anything but effective. The
rivalry in business has led managers
to indulge in Autographs costing a for
tune to print and paste Some of these
are beautiful from an art standpoint,
but they do not draw" Besides the
enormous cost of lithOgraphing and
printing there is the eXpressage, the
handling by local bill posters and the
seats given in exchange for window
privileges. There is no doubt that much
OF the money thus spent is practically
thrown away or that the plain display
ad" in the newspaper is better than the
most beautiful picture ever drawn.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
strike.

The microscope seems likely to again
prove the arbiter of destiny in murder
trial in New York, where the life of
George Buckley, a Coney Island fish
erman, hangs upon the identity in color,
texture and other minute details, of
three hairs found clutched in the dying
grasp of Mrs. Charlotte Sanderson,
found murdered on the island last Oc-
tober As she fell before the hatchet
blows of her unknown assailant she evil
IDENTIFY grasped his beard. Some vague
suspicion attaching to Buckley, who
lived near by, the police managed to
secure some of his hairs, and expert
examination seems to prove that they
match the three held by the dead hand.
This, Joined to other circumstantial
evidence, seems likely to fix the crime
upon him and bring upon him the MUIR
derer's doom.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
MORE POWER TO THEM.
This Family Has Been Increased D.
Twins, Trip1ets and bankruptcies.


In a colored colony near Sodus
Point, n. Y, lives John Newport, a
boatman, his wife and an interesting
family of pickaninnies. Mr. Newport
and his family are brought into public
notice at present from the fact that
Mrs. Newport not long ago gave birth
to quadruplets. This fact in itself
would not be so remarkable were it
not that Mrs. Newport had on two for
mer occasions presented her husband
with twins and triplets.
The Newports were formerly slaves
down in Virginia and came north in
1865. They were married in 1873, and
six years later Mrs. Newport present.
ed her husband with twins, which
were named Robert E. Lee and George
Washington. In 1890 triplets were
born. They were christened James A.
Garfield, ChesterA. Arthur and Ulys-
ses S. Grant
Two weeks ago there was another
birth, this time of four little New
ports. In 1892 the father became a
Democrat, but Mrs. Newport remains
Republican. SO when it came to
naming the new arrivals, Bryan's
three names were utilized, coupled
with his opponents surname as a sop
to the wife and mother. Mother and
children are progressing finely.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
A WOman's Witty Protest.

Duclos, the cynical philosopher Of the
eighteenth century, was on one occa-
sion supping with two or three great
ladies, and he advanced the PROPOSE
ton that the women who lead bad lives
are the ones who take offense at a racy
story or licentious expression; that
good women, secure in their own vir-
tue, are amused by and smile at them.
From this he went on to relate one
story after another, until finally one Of
the ladies exclaimed: ooh, stop! stop!
Duclos; you are taking US to be alto
gether too virtuousv'
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
Cork Makes Ideal Pavement.

No American city has as yet tried the
ideal pavement which unites all the
good qualities possessed by other paw
ing substances, If we are to believe a
writer in the Boston Medical and Sur
gical Journal. 1t is a cork pavement
that is so superior to all other kinds in
his judgment He says that it is exten-
sively used both in Australia and Great
Britain, where it has given entire salts
faction. In Australia it has been in
use for q number Of years, while in
England 1t has only been tried in the
neighborhoOd of hospitals and churches
In order to deaden the sound. Its noise
lessneSs is one Of its greatest advan-
tages, but it appears to be fully equal
if not superior to other pavements in
almost all respects. The following
statement gives a more clear idea of the
merits claimed for it.:
''This designation cork pavement" )"
says the writer in the Boston Medical
and Surgical Journal, 'is perhaps a
misnomer, for the material consists Of
granulated cork, mixed with mineral
asphalt and other cohesive ingredients,
compressed into large blocks. Strictly
speaking, then, these bricks are formed
of a mixture of which cork Is the most
characteristic and important element.
The advantages alleged in behalf Of this
combination are cleanliness, nOiseless-
ness, durability, elasticity, freedom
from slipperiness whether wet or dry,
and moderate cost. Unlike wood, it is
non-absorbent and hence inodorous; it
presents the minimum resistance to
traction; it is elastic under passing
loads and thus does away with the vi
bration caused by heavy teaming, one
Of the most disagreeable features Of
our narrow, congeSted streets. The
blocks are imbedded in tar and rest
upon concrete base six inches thick"
1t seems a little strange that so per-
feet a pavement should be so little
known.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
A RELUCTANT READER.
Read Scott's Fascinating Tales as IF
in Dream.

in Dream.
1t is very old proverb that you may
lead horse to water, but you can't
make him drink. 1t might be added
that IL you could make him drink, you
certainly could not make him enjoy the
draught. A recent writer in Black
woods Magazine gives an amusing ac-
count, which yet bears the impress of
truth, OF his experience with an honest
hearty, jolly British schOolboy, appar-
emily Of good general intelligence and
good student, whose family began to
worry about his aversion to books He
regarded them as something to be duti-
fully studied when necessary, but to be
avoided like the plague out Of school
hours. At last a promise was extracted
from him to read one of Scotts novels.
He gave the promise reluctantly in a
hoarse and melancholy whisper, as he
stood dejectedly staring around pleas
ant library, but he kept it with entire
fidelity. The volume given him was
''Ivanhoe," which he volunteered gra-
ciously to call a funny name," and
this slight observation was regarded
hopefully as forerunner of interest.
For a whole month the lad had devot-
ed himself to 'Ivanhoe" Such was his
conscientiousness that he never skip
ped word, and so great his sense Of
the injury which the intellectual effort
was infiicting on his leisure that he
never took a single word In.
"Well, old fellow, how is Tvanhoe
getting on?"
Pretty well, thank you"
'How far have you got?"
"Oh, I've nearly read"-and he con-
suits the top of the page-'one hun
dred and twenty pages"
"And whom do you like bestY
A hasty glance at the page to see what
name came handiest. "Oh, Wanda"
(Wamba Is the jester, or fool)
He looked so extremely woebegone
over the questioning that the
questiOner made a feeble attempt at a
joke.
"a little fellow-feeling, eh, my boy?"
Blank gaze.
"You don't know what mean, sup
pose?"
'No."
"Well, you know what Wanda was?"
eyes," rather obviously.
"Well, what?'
Zone Of the chaps in the book"
Now the unwilling reader stood well
at school in history, so week later
they tried him again on different tack.
"Have you found any old friends in
Tvanhoe?
mo"
"WelI, you know King Richard"
"King Richard?"
eyes, Richard the First.
'Oh, yes; he was king 1889 to 1199."
"Well, you came across him in the
tournament"
81 didn't know it was the same chap"
He was a sincere boy, but he will miss
a great deal of pleasure with a mind so
lmpervious to the charms of literature.
With most young readers the Richard
Coeur-de-Lion Of the tournament soon
usurps the throne Of the matter-of-fact
Richard of history; and it is certainly
a rare youth who prefers the Richard
of plain history to the splendid being
with a battle-axe who rides through
"IvanhOe."
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

A jury at Portland, Oregon, took only
five minutes to decide that doctor
was entitled to his fee of $1,000 fol
attending Mrs. Katherine B. Verdier
although he admitted that the work he
did took only a few minutes. The doc
tor also stated frankly that he would
perform the same services for poor
person for a very much smaller fee. The
jury evidently accepted the view of the
doctors lawyers, who cOntended that a
professional fee should rise in proper
ton to the patients ability to pay.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

A Brooklyn Congressman, who is go
ing to introduce bill making the met
ric system the national standard of
weights and measures, says that by its
adoption 100000 years of human life
can be saved each generation, as it will
relieve school children, merchants,
clerks and scientists of so much strain
on the BRAIN He will have to make
allowance for the tax on the brain in
understanding the new system, which
is not the easiest thing in the world to
a nation drilled in the old standard.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

Referring to the proposed expert
ments with horseless mail wagons by
the New York postoffice department,
Harper's Weekly says if they are found
cheap and efficient their Introduction
for other purposes may be expected to
follow at once. 1t was only about a
month ago that the electric and steam
wagons in England got the privilege
of unrestricted use of the highways
Now word comes from London that fif-
teen large factories in England are at
work ON this class of vehicles, and that
London is likely to swarm with them
by next spring. American manufac-
turers are ready to rush into the same
field, and only wait for the hour to
strike.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
Mobility.

A Korean nobleman will step aside to
let a peasant woman pass him In the
street. The rooms of a woman are as
sacred to her as shrine is to it's image
indeed the rooms of his wife or of his
mother are the sanctuary of any man
who breaks the law. Unless for trea-
son or for one other crime, he cannot
be forced to leave those rooms; and, so
long as he remains under the protection
of his wife and his wife's apartments,
he is secure from the officers of the law
and from the penalties of his misde-
meauOrS.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

When the Tennessee exposition opens
at Nashville next May its most striking
feature will be a development of the
Ferris wheel idea. The wheel will be
as large as the one in Chicago, but in
stead of resting on fixed towers it is to
be moved by electricity along circular
elevated track. Passengers will face
every point of the compass in success
sion. The highest point reached by the
circular railroad is 200 feet.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

the increase being two and one-half
times that of men. In the Eastern prov
inces-Posen and Silesia-the increase
of men is much greater than that of
women. This may be laid to the fact
that the new census was taken in sum-
mer, when many Poles from Russian
and Austrian Poland come into Prussia
to work in the fields during the har-
vest months. The relatively small sur
plus in Prussia of females over males,
viz, 540,S05, may also be ascribed in
part to the stoppage of emigration to
the United States since 1892. This af-
fects more men than women, since men
emigrate more readily than women.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27

WM. d. MHUGH. Sh0emaker'S trade,
serving three years as an apprentice
and working for some years as a Jour-
neyman shoemaker. He then attended
the Illinois State Normal School at Nor
NAL, and thereafter taught school IN
and about Galena. He studied law at
night while teaching, and in October,
1882, was admitted to the bar Of the
Supreme Court of Illinois. He began
his practice at Galena, joining the firm
of d. & Z. ]. Sheean & McHugh. In
the early spring of 1888 he went to
Omaha, and in 1889 united with Gen.
Gown in the firm of Gown & McHugh.
which relationship he has since main
tanned. Mr.. McHugh has been a stanch
gold Democrat, and is warm personal
friend of Secretary ]. Sterling Morton.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
AItgeId and the Convict.

While Governor Altgeld was going
through the Joliet penitentiary with
the board Of managers, one day this
summer, says the Chicago Times-Her-
aid. he noticed convict who worked
at soling shoes in a listless and slip
shod manner, and remarked, You
don't seem to be doing that work very
thoroughly, my man" See here"
retorted the convict shoemaker, II
didn't apply for this job, and I'm not
dead stuck on it, anyway. If you don't
like my work, I'm ready to quit any
time you say So"
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-27
The Temptation.

"Whatever induced you to marry me,
anyway, if / am so distasteful to you"
he asked, fiercely.
II think it was the advertisements"
he said.
"The whatT'
"The advertisements The household
bargains, you know. thought it would
be so lovely to go to the department
stores and buy ice picks for cents,
real Scent dippers for only 1 cent, and
all that sort Of thing. OF course, l had
no use for that sort of stuff as long as
remained single. e."-Cincinnati Enquirer.