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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-03-23

1st- 800 acres of land, two must
from city hall of Brownsvil e. situ.
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and
horseshoe afHnent Of such resaca
on mail road, suitable for fruit or
ehards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, ehestnuts
plum, peach, pear, apricot, cherry
Japanese persimmon, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-diVided
into . or 10 acre lots, giving each
szundant waller supply, there being
a depth of 3 to Is feet IF water all
seasons of the year. Price SO TO
$50 per acre. according to location.
Will sell in a body at special rates.
I'd. Two pieces adjoining, one of
200 and the other of 100 acres, stu
ated on Resaea Rancho Vieio, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 TO Is feet in depth, 40
acres under irrigation. This land
is eqdal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made a paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Gan be sub~divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price SO to $50 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of Brownsville, on
resaca. with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, Blackberry
and other timbers. AIluVial soil.
10 one who desires to sub divide IN
small tracts, this is a paying in
yestment. Sold III bulk only. Price
SO per acre.
4th. $4,000 acres IN one BODY,
having a frontage of about six
miles on the Rio Grande Railroad
on the south, and the Arroyo Col
OradO on the north. Well timber,
ed along the streams and lakes: ha-
lance prairie. Includes within It's
limits the famous battle fields OF
PalO Alto and Resaca de Ia Palma
Arable and pasture. Price So, pei
acre.
5th. A tract adjoining No. 4
which together with that tract will
include 100000 acres in one body
very desirable. Special terms tc
colonizist.
9Th 10000 acre tract about
! three miles, from the Arroyo Pos
Office. ] his land is we'll timbered
and watered, soil alluvlal, adapted
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc
Special terms to any one buying
tract, Obligating to cnIonizp.
7th. 1860 acre trset, fronting on
the Rio G'si de. abont twenty mile,
from Brownsville and s miles from
Santa Maria. 500 seres under cnlti.
vaton on lcw lands on river front
All good arabic land. Price IS PEI
acre.
8ib. 725 acres. triangular form
fronting on Rio Cran6e, Is mile:
above Brow sviile good land. Vel
ws'ered. Price So 600.
9Th Numerous tracts of pastur.
lands from 1000 to 5000 acres eacl
10 different parts of he county.
10th. This is a very dfsirabl.
place for email fruit or truck farm
containing 10s acres. with a rev
brick dwelling Of 6 rooms, frame sta
bic snd other out ousss. ard lerge
underground cisterD: shree miles from
Brownsville On Resaca de ia Palms
and on the county road.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-03-23
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workings of plan and highest refer
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other information sent FREE.
GILsIEoE IL Co, Bankers AID Brokers'
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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-03-23
For sale.

Parker Row, one of the best pro
perties in Brownsville, centrally
located on the corner Of Washington
and 18th streets, for $4,000 q. S.
currency.
Also 600 acres Of lard, at 10
U. ,. cuTren cy. John W. HoYT.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

Certain streets in the city of Bos-
ton have been in dreadfully con-
gested condition, owing to the great
number of street cars which have been
obliged to pass through them. Prob
ably half of the cars make their way
through fremont street and the other
half through Washington street. The
windings and twistings and tho mar.
rowness of the crooked streets often
stopped traffic, and the cars would be
blocked for several miles through
these two crowded thoroughfares. A
subway is now being built by means
of which large portion of the street.
car traffic will be accommodated and
relieve the streets. The cars will en-
ter the subway Mt the Public Garden
and leave it in the extreme northern
part of the city. The cost will be,
probably, about $1,000, 900, includ-
ing 81, 800, 900 for land damages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Popnlnr i,xnrcssIons.

"Tcll that to the marines, indicates
the contempt, even to the present day,
professional sailors feel aud express
for the soldiers who form portion
OF the complement on board man-of-
war.
"Do nt Rome ns Romans do" is
credited to no less m authority than
ST. Augustine, who advised convert
doubtful about the propriety OF come
custom observed at Rome, to do as
other people did.
Tho term "blue stocking" is ms old
ms the year 140O. at which date in
Venice society OF literary ladies aud
gentlemen was organized. the members
OF which MS distinguishing badge
wore blue stockins'
GAS tight as Dicks hatband" origi-
mated in the days Of Richard Crom-
we'll. son OF the great Oliver. who, in
tho humorous parlance OF the time.
found the crown 10 tight that he could
not put il on his head.
"By the holy poker" is q popular
abbreviation OF an oath which became
common during the crusades. 'By
the holy sepulchre" was in the mouths
Of all Englshmen during the centuries
that the crusades went on.
Gas deaf as an adder" is an allusion
to the fact that the hearing OF many
kinds Of serpents Is far more acute,
owing TO the circumstance that their
auditory apparatus is covered by the
outer skin or epidermis. which is she'd
every season.
"The dog watch,"a term used by
sailors. was once the dodge watch a
short watch being introduced between
those longer in duration. in order that
too great amount Of work should not
be put upon the same men io the
course OF the day.
"To haul over the Goals" recalls the
former legal custom Of trial by fire,
the accused walking barefoot over
bed of glowing Goals and his innocence
or guilt being deducted from the con
dition of his feet after certain num-
ber Of days had elapsed. Ohio ,go
News
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Outwitted the Detective.

"Moonshiners have great clever
ness," said New York detective who
formerly was revenue officer in the
Southern States. 81 once received in
formation that great deal OF Illicit
whiskey and brandy was being made in
Polk County, Tennessee, and went
over on quiet reconnoitering tour.
Leaving the train Mt Cleveland took
horse and started for Polk County,
representing myself as timber buyer.
At the first house where 1 stopped for
the night, I told the man that was
looking for timber.
"'Yo' amt lookin' fer no timber,
he said: 'yo air huntin' stills. Thar's
several right aroun' hyar an i don
min helpin' yo', and I kin git enough
men to make up posse. Whatll yo'
give?'
al made him an offer. Next day he
and his sou joined me, and we de-
stroyed several small stills. but found
no large ones. He also gave me in
formation as to who owned them, and
list of witnesses in each case, until l
had sufficient to indict forty men.
Returning q week later, all were
arrested and the grand jury indicted
them. When the trials were held,
however, the evidence fell through
and / could not convict man. Tho
witness fees amounted to several thou
sand dollars. Subsequently / learned
that the man whom took for an in
former WAS the ringleader of the
gang, and piloted me away from all
the large stills. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
The Last Of the Drmids.

Historians of the present day are
never tired OF declaring that Druidism
disappeared from England many cen.
turies ago. The Duke OF Buccleuch.
however, can prove that this is not
correct, as the last of the Druids still
exists in his own person. although he
appoints representative to oificiate
in curious old ceremony which has
been preserved since long before the
days OF William the Conqueror.
1t consists OF the payment of what
is called "Wroth money" the
principal householders OF the
parish in which he is lord OF the
manor being compelled to pay him
certain sum in silver coins every Nov
ember. The money is thrown into
hollow cross of Saxon design and col
iected afterward by the bailiff of the
estate. An amusing feature of this old
time ceremony is that any parishioner
failing to make the payment is liable
to forfeit of twenty times the amount
or is compelled to procure q white
bull with pink nose rs substitute.
This curious custom was witnessed
few days ago by large number of
spectators, drawn to the place not SO
much, / think, by the imposing event
as by the sumptuous breakfast pro-
vided at the local inn by the Duke
Of Buccleuch. - Philadelphia rele-
graph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Eggs Forty Years Old.

DR.. G. ID. Mccoy is exhibiting an
egg which he says is forty years of
age. II weighs 2S1 grains, while a
sound one weighs 1,10O grains II
was brought to my office b y Mrs Nor
man Wall OF Silvercreek. who tells the
following story: Forty years ago her
husband built his house. He began it
in the fall and finished it in the
spring. Last week large piece Of
plastering fell from the wall, and Mr..
Norman, upon going to rspair the
damage. discovered nest fall OF eggs.
which had lain securely hidden and
protected for the last forty years -
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

The Ameer of Afghanistan is n re-
former. He has given orders for the
introduction of calf vaccination in
Cabul, in order 10 stem the annual
ravages Of smallpox, which destroys
no less than one-ffth Of the infant
population every time IL appears. At
a recent public cememony the Ameer
made speech calling upon the people
to aid him in enforcing the universal
vaccination of children.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

The appearance of the Hon. Henry
w. Blair in the Legislature OF New
Hampshire, after having served as a
United States Senator for the same
commonwealth, recalls to the New
York Mail and Express n long line of
famous Americans who likewise occu-
pied places of lesser importance after
having filled larger ones. John Quincy
Adams went to Congress after having
been President, and President
johnson was elected Senator from
Tennessee. Linn Boyd became Lieu
tenant-Governor of Kentucky, after
having served as Speaker in the House
of Congress. Henry Clay, John J.
Crittenden, Richard M. johnson,
Joseph r.. Underwood and David
Meriwether all served in the Kentucky
Legislature after having held seats in
the United States Senate. Jesse ID.
Bright was member of the Kentucky
Assembly after he had been United
States Senator from Indiana. Caleb
Gushing of Massachusetts,, and De
Witt Clinton OF New York, held State
Offices after retiring from the Federal
Senate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

1t is claimed in tho New Orleans
Picayune ''that the once famous
Henry Clay Dean was the original
Reuben who had hay seed in his hair.
Dean went to Iowa in the early days OF
that state and settled on small farm.
The first year he raised q considerable Q
quantity of oats and assisted in cutting
and placing them in his barn. After
the oats had been disposed OF Dean
started to dig we'll. task that occu-
pied two or three weeks. owing to its
caving in before he completed it,
nearly burying the orator. Some
time after the we'll was finished he
complained OF headache, q trouble he
seldom had. In a week or two after
the headaches started they became SO
severe that he called upon physician
and was given medicine which did no
good. Another visit resulted, and the
doctor concluded to examine the head
and sos where the trouble lay. Mr..
Oesn. go and have 1t moved. was his
oommsnt The dirt from the we'll had
lalIsn npon oats, and the result was q
rood crop starting In the unkempt
hoir lot the preacher. He had the
hnir ont. The only time. 1t is said. that
~ al|e9ed auoh ~ operation after be
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06
Electric Lights for Mail Carriers.

The Belfast (Me.) letter carriers
claim they are the first in the country
to use electric lights 10 delivering
their mail. They use a small lantern
fastened to their breasts, which IL
lighted by small battery carried in
their pockets The lights last two
hours. = Boston Globe
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

Fur-bearing animals arc becoming
90 scarce that the feasibility Of breed
ing them is being discussed. 1t is
conceded that Siberia would be the
most desirable place for the establish
ment of farms for this purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

A schoolmaster in Cleveland. Ohio,
offered prize of one dollar to the
pupil who produced the best aphor-
ism. Here is the wise advice that won
the prize: ''If you have good tenn
per. hang on to it; and il you have a
bad one, don't lose it,"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

The Charleston News and Courier
calls for the protection and perseva-
tion OF tho forestsin North and South
Carolina. If action is not speedily
taken, it says. tho streams will dry up
and the industrial and agricultural in
tcrests of the two states will be seri-
ously menaced.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

1t appears to be common practice,
about both New York and Boston, not
to have school on rainy days. No
doubt the objection is that the chill
dren catch cold sitting in damp
clothes. explains Harper's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

Tho Industrial Aid Society of Bos-
ton found work during 1896 for near
3.700 people
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-01-06

Petrocar is the latest addition to
The vocabulary of motor vehicles,
signifying petroleum motor carriage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30
ONE BOTTLE DID II.
1urpentine Cured a Tramp of Rheuma-
tism and Sobered Him Besides.

1urpentine Cured a Tramp of Rheuma-
tism and Sobered Him Besides.
Mack Hollister of LawrenCeburg,
Ind, found an inebriatcd tramp com.
planning of severe attack of rheuma
tism and kindly furnished him bottl,
of turpentine to rub his stiffened limb
with.
The tramp retired to the fair grounds
stables, disrobed and began bathing hi
denuded body in the penetrating fluid
but five minutes later he was prancinp
around the race track without a stitcl
of clothing and yelling like a Comanchc
Indian.
A crowd was soon attracted to thu
spot, many believing that the man wa'
insane, and when he plunged into thu
chilling waters of the miniature lake
several rushed to his rescue, believing
he was attempting suicide. But as the
turpentine burned as strongly under the
water as it did out of it the tortured
tramp rushed from the cold waters and
resumed his race through the mud,
bowling more feebly each moment until
he fell exhausted. Goa
He was attended to by kindly hands
and when reclothed was not only per
fectly sober, but entirely cured of thu
rheumatism, and now the reputation o
Hollister as sure cure, doctor is as
sured. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30
THOUGHTFUL THIEVES.
Mice Replace With Other Articles All
the Things They Steal.

Mice Replace With Other Articles All
the Things They Steal.
There is mouse in Florida locally
known as the trading mouse. 1t is COM
monty woods mouse, but it quickly
adapts itself to human habitation. A
colony of such mice carried two bushels
of shelled beans 30 feet during six
nights recently and replaced the beans
with seed pods of weed.
Jewelry, too, has been taken by these
little traders. One woman ON the east
coast of Florida at an Indian river win
ter resort found number OF seed IN
stead of pair of earrings that she had
left ON the bureau. A search i'll the
Mace where the seeds had been taken
disclosed the earrings.
A man who had box of poker chips
in his room in an open topped box was
surprised to find in their stead a string
of PRAYER beads, a small crucifx and a
number of shells. He started an investi,
CATION Immediately. A priest who hac
roomed near by was equally puzzled by
finding the colored poker chips IN Ms
room.
II is generally believed that the trad
ing mouse learns its curious ways by
robbing squirrels or blue jays OF nut
laid by for future use.-Cincinnat
] Commercial Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30
whist Keeps Them Busy

Tho enthusiasm over whist by tins
an1 Of Lvnn, Mass, has excited the
Condemnation ~9%en Of the Rev W. . t. wOrt on
90 that town. In a recent sermon ~, =.
o. Gaming ing and on whist nparticulaT, mr..
Worth cited an instance where re o nne'o Of
have navel been accustomed to play IN ONE =,
the fashionable clubhouses al aa, menced
and evening and have lately com at te lose
to play mornings, and so a. their mir lunch
any time, are said to :. carry :, ' sntbusiasm
con: - n Loads some women to neglect
, when families mile An effort had been made ie
; tn tha ,I denten season to hold appropriate
eTsst was a so great in whist parties sa
om,v four persons were present one , e,.n .,
only On, at aUa the meeting, while number ,S o.
ing s;s ~ M, napties were in progress at the
| same time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30
QUERY ABOUT MONKEYS.
Are They Ferocious Animals or ARR
They Not a.?

Are They Ferocious Animals OF As
They Not ;?
Justice O'Dwyer and a jury III the
oitv court. New York, listened recently
20 evidence about monkey in an action
Of Mrs. Mary Hamilton against John
Cramer. master blacksmith, as owner
ond Higgins 81 Condor, saloon keepers
az barborers of the animal, to recover
60 600 damages because the monkey
bit her son. t1ou,;,tor
II was shown that young Hamilton
had been invited into the saloon py
Iohp Carey. the bartender, to see the
monkey. and that the animal jumped
from barrel to his shoulder ana Dl,
h;m ON the cheek. One witness testineu
thnt the bow leased the monkey first.
ON a motion to dismiss Justics
o,nuver quoted an English case ana
said that the point was whether OF moi
a monkey is ferocious. oo.sor,
If IL is ferocious, it was not necessary
70 show that the owner of this monkey
ia notice that it was ferocious, put II
n"r ,nonkev is not naturally ferociou'
an;mal Il was necessary in law TO snow
that this one was ferocious ana tna' Wv
owner own had notice of it. Decision w"
reserved.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30

The following is the program ior Tue
Hancock Choral society concert at ! NJ
c. A. Hall May 3 Seats are now On sa'e
at the ASSOCIATION rooms;
pugrim Chorus-From Verdfs u Lomoarui .
'"s'' Choral Society
>,a.a,,,,, and Guitar Ouartette........ ''''''''
Messrs. Weismiller, scneuei n'"""
Rees and Washburn cos,o
uoi Italia. Italia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eae"0''
Chorus. coo Cow
CT Choose But Thee" ..;.:.;..''' "i"''
Mr. nj. f Wright. ,,srs onera
"Grandly Thou Flowest"-From verdi 90 opoi.
Bass Solo, Quaftette AND angs Sn9 Mgascheroni
For All Eternity. Anscio
Mrs. G. Wright. nganbacb
Mountain Miners Song JACQUES
Chorus.
Mandolin and Guitar QuartettSe,, II !, Rishop
"Daughter of Error ...:sI G n, ~
LA" Soprano Solo, obligato and G pnn Rodney
Mr.. o. A. l.. Borresen' pellini
"Wben Daylight's Going" ;...,,, -,
phantom Chorus from Ia soh''"F' p Tosti
Gould I?"... .''''''' e. B. Smith
Nreo'o Mrs. ". A. Courtney, q, Costa
"Witt, Sbeathed Swords" SIR m nDnmascus
Grand Triumphal March from pai""'''''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-30
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Prince of Wales possesses a curl
Gus paperweight 1t Is the hand Of an
Egyptian mummy.
At ST. Joseph, Mo. Johnnie Dunmier
aged 10 years, son of the travelling au-
Gitor OF the Standard Oil comapny. was
accidentally shot by Clifford Williams
and died an hour later Williams did
not know the rifle was loaded
The aggregate gross earnings OF all
railroads i'm the United States report
ing for April to date Is $l0,505, 456. de-
crease of l.6 per cent, compared with
last year, and of SO per cent compared
with the corresponding period of 1892.
After the doctors had given up a New
Jersey man who was dying of hiccoughs
he was cured by eating a dish of ice
cream. which he craved as a last boon
before bidding a final adieu to the
world
Rock Island officials deny a rumor
that their road is TO be extended from
| Fort Worth to Galveston, Tex. this
! summer.
Miss Emma Weiser of Dubuque, Ia,
saw team owned by a neighbor start
| ing to run away. She tried to stop the
| horses. but was thrown under the wag-
on wheels and instantly killed.
j S Talbot, assistant general freight
agent Of the Iowa Central, has resigned
TO accept a like position with the Wis
consin Central.
Calvin A. Wright Of Burr Oak, Mich,
dropped dead of heart disease at La
Porte Ind. aged SO years. He was
there on a visit
Walter Hansen, 10 years old, while
attempting to board freight train al
Kenosha. Wis. fell under the wheels
and was wounded so that he died
Triplets born in the household Of Mr.
and Mrs. Lc;!s Hard of Carnegie, Pa.
have been named Mckinley, Hobar
and Hanna
Charles Peterson of Kewanee, Ills.
was fatally kicked by horse.
John w. Creation. the well-knowi
chemist and metallurgist who invented
the alloy used i'm the nickel 5-cent pieces
died at his home in Brooklyn.
; Glenn Butcher Of GAINESVILLE, o., 2
] years old, took poison. Unrequitted low
/, was the cause.
Some of the English journals repor
J that the queen has again offered peer
age to Gladstone, which he has agar
y refused. -----.-
Henry Studer, IA years old. was In
stantly killed at Geneva, Ind, by bein
y whirled around the line shaft in moo
i factory.
An interstate mass convention is
he held in Topeka or Wichita, kar
in June in an effort to compel railroad
4 to reduce freight rates to the gull.