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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

"heaven-wOrld."
They are warlike race, and before
they learnt the methods of civilization
they had a peculiar code of honor in
warfare, which involved the giving of
notice of an intended attack to their
enemies. In this respect they acted
like many other pagan" and savage"
races.
Their constitution was originally
very interesting. No extremes of
wealth and poverty were to be found
and the land was held 10 common, no
sale, or transfer, being possible with
cut the consent of the majority.
The picture presented, shows type
with many lines of refinement and
strength. There is nothing to prove
that the Maoris did not originally
come from Egypt. and much of their
inner history will no doubt come to
light in due time. Did the Crusaders
stop there to get anything? We think
not A work was started which will,
in time, bring shout great results, and
change the ideas of men regarding the
origin and evolution Of many races
whose history is now shrouded in mys-
tery.-The New Century.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
ABOUT THE Ell DORADO MYTH.
How the Term Came to be Applied to
Uncommon Riches.

Ell Dorado is the term now heard on
every side in connection with the new
mining discoveries. Its derivation is
of interest. In the fiftsenth century it
Was rumOred that there existed in the
northern part of South America city
of great wealth called Manoa, whose
king, Ell Dorado by name, was periodl-
caily smear ed with Oil or balsam and
was then powdered with gold dust, uu-
til his whole body had gilded appear
ance. 1t was said that on these occa-
Ions he threw gold, emeralds and
other precious metals ana gems into
a sacred lake, in which be afterward
bathed.
Beginning in 1882 the Spaniards sent
many large expeditions to search for
this phantom city, and most of them
being lost. One explorer, Orellano,
averred that he found Ell Dorado in his
voyage down the Amazon in 1910.
This was disproved, but the search
was continued down to the eighteenth
century.
Some Of the results were the conquest
and settlement of New Granada, the
making known to the world of the
mountain region of Venezuela, the
discovery OF the noble rivers, the
Orinoco and the Amazon and the
exploration of the vast 10. es,s west of
the Andes. About the end of the six
teenth century an English expedition,
either sent out by or under the person
al leads rship of raleigh, penetrated
into Guiana, thereby obtaining claim
on that country which has resulted in
the requirement of the modern British
colony of that name.
Il has been supposed that the origin
OF this fable arose from the yearly
celebration of a tribe OF Indians near
BOgota. whose chief was on these oc-
ca>lons gilded with gold dust, but this
CT remcny was never witnessed by the
S paniarIs, and the story may simply
be another version of the Ell Dorado
my tn.
Toe name Ell Dorado was commonly
Us. d to de:crlbs the city or country
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

THERE is fair prospect of a bloody
conflict between he authorities of the
United States and the ever recalcitrant
state authorities of Kansas, accor ding
to Ex-Governor Lewelling. Insurance
Commissioner McNall revoked the
license of the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York because it re-
fused to pay certain claim. The COM
pany went into the United States court
and had McNall enjoined against in
reference with its business, and ex-
Governor Lewellipg thinks the court
will certainly perpetuate the injunc-
ton, in which case, he thinks, the state
authorities will proceed to arrest the
local agents of the insurance company
aud thereby place themselves in con-
tempt of the court. Then if marshals
are ordered to arrest and imprison the
officers for contempt, Mr.. Lewelling
thinks, Governor Leedy will call out
the state militia to resist the marshals
and there you Are. Injunctions APP
pear to create world of trouble.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

WHILE all Christendom is sympath-
izing with the Christians of Crete and
denouncing the ''unspeakable Turk, -
the Mussulman notables of that island
have felt constrained to issue pathet-
ic appeal to humanity in which they
say: "Our position is becoming I'M
besrable. Winter is approaching and
we are without a shelter, almost naked
and living on a hectogram of flour per
day, given US by Mussulman charity.
Our Christian compatriOts have burned
our olives, and the island will soon be
denuded of timber. Public charity
has expended 100000 plasters, and it
Is doubtful if that source of relief can
support US another month. We, too,
are God S creatures. In the name of
humanity put an end to our desperate
pOSitiOn.n
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

The fact that silver is falling in
price at about the same rate as iron ore
and other commodities of that general
character has suggested to those who
are studying the question closely that
the matter OF transportation has cut an
important figure in determining the
supply, aud consequently the value, OF
the stock of silver in the world. Prior
to the building of the Pacific railroads,
the silver producing sections of the
United States were devoid of transpor-
tation facilities, and simultaneously
with the creation of these transporta-
began to Increase enormously and the
price began to fall.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

"THE improvement has come rapidly
and permestes all lines of industry. 1t
begins with the agricultural class.
The farmers have large crops and are
getting good prices for them. The cat
tle-raisers are benefited by substan-
tial increase in the price of cattle, and
the same is true with the sheep raisers.
The improvement in agricultural in
terests has had its effect upon the rail-
roads by increasing their earnings. 1t
has put the money into circulation.
and has enabled people to discharge
their debts, and thereby benefited
the mere hauts. "-Comptroller Eckels
lDem.l
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
Fire Department


DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
This is the best medicine in the
world for all forms of coughs and colds
and for consumption. Every bottle is
guaranteed. L. Will cure and not dis
appoint. 1t has no equal for whooping
cOugo, asthma, hay lever, pneumOnia,
bronchitis, la grippe, cold in the head
and for consumption. IL is safe for all
ages, pleasant to take, and, above all, a
sure cure. 1t is always well to take
DR.. Kings New Life Pills in connec-
tion with DR.. Kings New Discovery,
a, they regulate and tone the stomach
and bowels. We guarantee p.rfect
satisfaction or return money. Free
trial bottles at w. A. Irwin & Co.'S.
Wholesale 81 retail drug store. Regular
size 80 cents and 81 90.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

in one of his characteristic epigram-
matte and thought-provoking lectures,
recently delivered at the First Unitar-
ian church in Oakland, CAL, Professor
David Starr Jordan, of Stanford Uni
versity, declared that it would be better
to have no courts than corrupt ones,
aud that if it is right to execute a sane
man for murder, it is right to hang an
insane one. He held that it is as prop
er to prevent a pauper, insane person
or criminal from reproducing his kind
as it is to punish him. A Utopia, with
all work equally divided, he declared
to be an abomination. Children should
be given homes on farms instead of be-
ing lodged in orphan asy lums.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

which was the object of the search,
but later usage of the term has been
its figurative application with regard
to any region of more than common
richness. Ell Dorado county, in Cali
fornia. was the scene of The ia nous
gold finds of 40, and since then the
expression Las been used to describe
many gold oamps.-Pittsburg Com
merci al-Gazette.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

VIM. PINKERTON, the noted detec-
tive, had his pockets picked of $3.50 in
Denver one night recently. He attend
ed the carnival to instruct the police
how to deal with pickpockets.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

THE wheat and flour exports since
July 1, as reported by Bradstreet's,
aggregate 5S,927 ZOO bushels against
al POP 900 bushels the same time last
year, an increase of II, 724, 900 bushels.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
Pure Hygeia Ice.

Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physici- or druggist as to
purity and hea1tbfulness Of our Ire; tel
.phone Il.
GL PAso IoE & REFRIGERATOR 90
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

ONE pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply it.,
saws q Persian Proverb.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
THE WEEKLYHERALD.

THE WEEKLY HERALD.
a large eight page paper giving the
local events of the week. published
every Saturday. just the paper to
send friends for information regard
ing FL Paso. Price 50. 90 per year
elk months Sd. 90.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
JOB PRINTING .

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
SrnE HERALD is fully prepared to do al
Kinds of plain and fancy JOB printing In az Al
She latest styles. Work perfectly ana
promptly done.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

A BUSHEL of wheat now calls for two
ounces of fine silver. Last year one
ounce was more than sufficient.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
Southern Pacific Excursions.

The Southern Pacific will have
on sale Septemer IA, Il and % every
Tuesda y October 5-12-19 with final
limit of ten days from date of sale, pcs
sage to be continuous IN both direc-
lions, Ell Paso to ST. Louis ard return,
one and third fare S52.75. Chicago
same conditions and limits $50 55.
Also to San Antonio for account of
the Grand Chapter O. E s., $3.50 for
the round trip; date of sale Nov. Sth,
limit for return, Nov. 18th. In connec-
ton with this meeting, we will place
on sale round trip tickets to Monterey,
Mex. from San Antonio at rate of
$3.50; tickets to be limited to 10 days
from date of sale. Tickets sold to San
Antonio, will be extended 10 days by
depositing with our agent at that
point, at the time the Monterey ticket
Is purchased.
The Southern Pacific management
takes pleasure in announcing the re-
sumption of tourist car service between
Ell Paso and Oakland pier, twice q
week, leaving Eel Paso Mondays and
land pier. evening of third day: and
leaving Oakland pier tuesdays and
Fridays at 9:2S a. M, arriving Ell Paso
at l: 40 p. IN. , on Fridays and Sundays.
A new through sleeping car line
from Houston to ST. Louis, has been
established via Houston u Texas Cen
trail; Houston to Ennis, Texas; Texas
Midland, Ennis to Paris, Texas; and
ST. Louis and San Francisco; Paris to
ST. Louis, leaving Houston at 900 q.
M, reaching ST. Louis at 7:4O p. m. the
following evening.
T. E. HUNT, Com1. Agent, Ell Paso.
HARRY TURNER, City Ticket Agent,
Ell Paso.
G. W. BE1N, Traf. Mgr, Houston, Tex.
L. J. PARKS, Asst. Gen. Psgr. & Tkt.
Agt., Houston, Tex.
The Darlington, Wis, Journal says
edi orally of a popular patent medicine
1--WE know from experience tina,
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is all that is claim
ed for it, as on two occasions ii
stopped excruciating pains and pos
sibly saved US from an untimely grave
We would not rest easy over night
without it in the house." This remedy
undou btedly saves more pain and suffer.
ing than any other medicine in the
wOr Id. Every family should keep it in
the house, for it is sure to be needle
sooner or later. For sale by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

Bank leases for houses or storeroon
best form. For sale Ct HERALD job
vmce,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
SOCIETY DIRECTORY
Masonic.

Ell Paso odge, No. $50. A. F. & A. M.
Meets every first and third Wednesday al
Masonic hall, San Antonio street. Visiting
broth ers cordially invited.
A. KAPLAN, Secretary
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising in the Daily or weekly
Ndttlon made known on application at inc
publication office. Or ring up telephone num-
Ger lis. and representative of the business
department win call and quote prices ana
0ontract for space.
Locals 10 cents per line in every instance
Tor first insertion. and cents per line Tor eacn
additional insertion.
Legal notices of every description u per
nch each insertion.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
Ct. A. r.

emmett Crawford Post, No. 10, q. a. r.
Meets 1su Sunday of each month at $3.50 D. M
d all on san Antonio street. All comrades In
GOOD standing Invited to visit the post.
GEO. NJ. McJONAUGHEY. Commander
d. z. TUSTkN, Adtutant.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

Canton del Peso, No.
Patriarchs' Militant.
Night of meeting second Wednes lays in Odd
Fellows hall.
w. M. PRICE. Captain.
w. E. SHARP, Clerk.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21
I. O. Q. F.

Border Lodge 374, !. o. or
Meets every Tuesday night
Claude Minor. Will l. Watson, N q
Secretary
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

EI Paso Chapter, No. 1877. r. A. NJ.
Meets the second Wednesday of each month
at Masonic hall. Visiting companions cor
daily invited. w G.. HOLMES, Il. P.
A. KAPLAN, Secretary.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

II Paso Oommandery. No. ID. x. T.
Meets fourth Wednesday of each month at
III ason!c hall Visiting Sir knights cordially
In vited. II. @. NJ LES, E. o.
W. E. RACE. Recorder.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-21

Alpha Chapter No. I7e,
ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Regular meeting second Saturday of each
month. Sojourning members of the order
cordially invited.
MRS. JULIA MAST,
]. O. Baugh, Worthy Matron.
Worthy Patron.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Our Wheat Crow,
rom the Review of Reviews.

heT1eW OF Reviews.
Precise agricultural statistics may be DOS
sible In the next century. but they have
not been obtained hitherto The United
States governments estimate of this years
American wheat crop is 4j0,O00.OO0 bushels.
But some private expert estimates go al
most as high as GO0,OO0,0O0. Bradstreets S
considers 5JO.OO0.0O9 a reasonable forecast.
Full allowance having been made for the
home demand. it is estimated that We shall
have about 160, 0,000, 900 bushels available for
export. For the year ending June 30 we
exported 140.00O,0O0 bushels. The shortage
in the European crop Is estimated by such
continental authorities as Beerbohm to be
more than 100, ,000. 900 bushels as compared
with last year. The demand for the Ameri-
can surplus, therefore, is certain to be very
firm. with the result of better prices than
farmers have been accustomed to obtain
for a number of years. An interesting de-
velopnnent of our wheat trade is the rapidly
increasing demand that comes from China
and Japan, this being fostered in part by
the changing customs of the orient and the
gradual Improvement in standards Of liv-
ing. and in great measure also by the
across the Pacific, which has reduced
freight charges and has made wheat an
available return cargo for the great steam
ships that bring oriental wares to Puget
Sound, Portland and San Francisco. When
once We actually secure a waterway across
Nicaragua or the Panama isthmus there
will be a large outflow of breadstuffs from
the Mississippi valley to the orient by way
Of Galveston and New Orleans.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Saved. by an ExDlosion,


James Horan. q rancher living on the
Occur d'Alene reservation in Idaho. met
with q little accident recently which nearly
resulted in the loss of his life. The story
is told by ME-. Horan. whose yeracity can
not be questioned, as follows:
MY house Is a small building. 10 by II,
and 9 feet high. with wing kitchen SOM
ing down to Z feet at the caves. had Just
started q fire to get my dinner, and had
gone fer . bucket Of water some 900
yards from the house, when, upon my re-
turn. saw the reef OF the kitchen en-
velpped In q sheet Of flame. attempted TO
save the house by getting upon the roof Of
the. Kitchen with an AZ. for the purpose
Of cutting the kitchen roof from the roof
OF the main building. I stepped by the
stosepipe and fell through to my armptts.
and was unable to move up or down, with
that flame Of fire and smoke about me. In
. few seconds. ii would have Fixed me had
It not been at that instant that q i've
pound can Of powder had isnited and puff
ed me out onto q s.ft garden bed had
made the day before The IRE burned my
oreralls on me. and one Of my shoes. bat
the fan from the top Of the building to the
garden bed did not hurt me- at al"
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Electricity an Aid to Dentistry.


From the Chautauluan.
In dentistry. cataphoresis Is supplanting
many of the primitive methods from the
rtproach of which even that progressive,
profession has for many years past vainIy
endeavored to escape. and has made act
rally painless operations at last possible.
For by this method cocaine can be applied
not only to the soft tissues of the body.
but to the hard substance of the tooth.
The teeth, although coated by superficial
skin-the enamel-internally are COMPOSED
OF a tubulous structure called dentine
quite capable of conveying current since
within the little tubules is inclosed a gela-
tinous flament rich in salts and ffIlid
which makes 1t good conductor Of cleo
trfcity.
II a cavity in the tooth-which is consti-
tuted cavity for the reason that the en-
amel has been destroyed and a portion Of
the dentine has been encroached upon-is
filled with pledget of cotton saturated
with a solution of cocaine. and to this
pledget Is applied piece of platinum
wire connected to the positive pole of the
Ordinary galvanie battery. and a very
small current is allowed to flow in a period
varying from six to thirty minutes, accord
ing to the ability and knowledge of tho
operator-the shortest period recorded is
minute and a half-the cocaine will be con-
veyed by the electric current down the
tubules to the nerve itself, and the dentist
can proceed with the dreaded preparatio
of the tooth without pain to the patient.
The tooth can be excavated. filled or even
extracted without the infliction Of the
slightest suffering.
If one takes into account the steady and
accumulated agony of dental operations
throughout the world. and considers the
wear and tear of protracted pain which
they entail, he may easily comprehend
what an enormous boon to suffering hui
manity such a process as this will be when
generally applied in dentistry.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
A Cure for Flies.
From the Morning Oregonian.


Nowadays people in civilized regions en-
deavor to keep flies oat 81 their houses by
having screens placed over the doors and
windows. This keeps cut the greater num-
Der Of the little pestas but a few always
me mage to find an entrance through some
crevice or Granny, and half a dozen of
those enterprising insects can cause about
as much annoyance t6 a bald-headed man
during his after-dinner hap as the whole
brood OF them could 40 II turned loose in
the room. In order to rid the house Of the
few files who straggfe past the screens.
hytraps OF various sorts are frequently re-
sorted to; but 1t Is nnw found that these
are not necessary. Wtatsbseeret, which Is
bound to be boon to suffering humanity,
has been divulged by q dealer in fiytraps.
who. when customef.caffed a day or two
since was out of traps In this emergency
ne impaired TO his wouldsbe customer the
flies:
Near the tops Of tie screen doors and
window screens punch several holes from
the inside with some instrument about the
size OF lead pencil, thus leaving slightly
funnel-shaped apertures, having a rough,
tagged edge on the outside. This renders
Il impossible for the flies to enter through
these holes, while the flies which have
strayed into the house the first time they
light on one Of the screens crawl to the
upper part, and. seeing these holes I'm
agine there is some piece where they are
not wanted on the other side, and out they
SO. Aln this manner" said the fiytrap
dealer. "a house can bs kept perfectly free
from fiies.'
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Cripple Creek Gam bling.

rrUH Tue NeDTdSku ctdte JOurudl
Out in Cripple Creek the gambling houses
are running in every saloon. They are huge
gilded affairs where the hard-working
miners, after coming from their eighth ,ur
shifts. go to while away their time and
money instead Of thinking Of home and
mother and filling their socks with money
to pay off the mortgages on The farms back
home The men stand five and six deep be-
hind the wheels watching the players as
they risk their money. the less adventurous
hardly having the courage to make the
play till. havirg 6 seen some man quit
winner. they, too, step up and bet on the
black or the red. On the tables are stacked
piles of silver coin and gold eagles. and
the operators of the machines every little
while take occasion to show that the game
Is backed by much more than the thous-
and or SO that is in sight by displaying
stack Of bills In receptacle behind the
table where the notes are thrown when
paid In. with kind Of reckless abandon
that Is quite taking.
At other tables policy wheel will be
running with so many drawings a day. In
another corner of the room a crowd of men
Will be shooting craps, large and intensely
absorbed crowd witnessing the play at each
place. on at one side stud poker game
Is running. The old miners seem to favor
this game particularly and their grfxzfed
features show the intensity Of their interest
as the chips come and go.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Cost of Trolley Power.

From tie Street Railway Journal.
table taken from the annual reports
of the railroad commissioners of New York
and Massachusetts, for nearly all Of the
street railway properties shows the cost
of the electric power required to run
car one mile under average conditions of
load. etc. The table gives the number of
cars owned tie car mileage per year and
the cost of the electric power per mile and
per passenger. OF the nineteen companies
operating less than 10000 car miles four
are obtaining power at a cost of less than
cents per car. six between and ) cents
five between and cents. one between 4
and cents. and three at more than 5
cents: of the five companies operating over
5,WU.OO car miles per year one obtains
the power for less than l cent per car
mile. three between = and l cents and
one between and cents; other similar
figures are also given between these limits.
The Brooklyn Heights Company has the
cheapest power. O.Sj per car mile, followed
by the Binshamton with O.94; the cost of
pc wer for Massachusetts roads includes re-
pairs and depreciation of the station plant
which is not the case of the New York
roads