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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24
International Y. NJ. C. A.

The International Young Mems
Chr stian association convention has
been in session at Mobile, Ala. TIE
biennial report of the internal COM
mittee showed among other things
hat the number of associations have
ship has incre ased 1857. Thu number
of bui digs owned by the association
hs 5 increased to $50, and the net value
of property, less all debts on the same
has increased from $l6,2S4,37S to ST.
464 1925, an increase of S1.lS0,O5O with
nearly 81 ZOO, 900 in addit on in pied ges
for buildings and in misrel aneous
associations state and International
commit tees during 1896 amounted to
S2,6O3,3S5. Paid secretaries and other
emploVed officers have in .reased from
1859 10 1851, witt over fifty vacancies
unprovided for.
There are I'll libraries, containing
500, $50 volumes, and 1920 edu "ational
classes. with %, 269 different students
ID them.
There is a slight increase in the
rumb.r of bible Ella sas. and an increase
decrease in the nam oer of yourg meu's
meetings, but an II C ease of II, 900 in
attendance. the report 81 Ows that
the com uittee received curing 1896 for
h"me work $73, O19. and expended S72,-
976, leaving a SIN Ill bala cs in the
treasury, and for it's foreign work it
rec ived 9,747, and expe ND d Sl4 AS,
leaving balance in the treasury.
The following officers were ell cted:
Pres dent, Major Joseph Hardy of
B rmingh IN. Ala; vice president. r b.
ert Seward of o tawa; A. G Ros crany,
Evansville, Ind W. P. He. lex, Chi
capo; E r Pay-on, Portland, Me-; F..
H. CT ,rke, Oweusb no, KY; G. A, Kill
len. San Antouio, Texas; T G. Fresht.
MIMI; F. E. Tucker,
Washington: Secretary T. Willis,
Omaha; Assistant Secretary F. G..
Marshall, New Glasgow; f. L. Mat
thews, tlanta, Ca; j. B. GrIggs,
PittSbu Pa
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24
HOldtn's + Ositive Pile Cure.

Sufferers u,e it. Belief will be
speedy aud cure positive and perma-
pent If directions are strictly fol-
lowed. For sale by Kelly & Pollard,
druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

"Swipe" has been passed on by the
Iowa -upr me court. Tue WORD came
uD IN t! tse of the state VS. r bert
Lee. appellant of Polk strict Some
body sad "swipe" in the lower courts.
ar it b came an issue. So the grave,
dignified and august bighe" nench h ~
to axe official notice IF it AID Incl
d ut H. Gpsss upou its mraalag. il
affirm ug tie ase, tn- colrt id d
that "swioe" meas ''tp L. an
cited tb d on y 81 al o "
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

Two years ago R. J. Warren, a drug
sist at Pl, a.anS Brooks N. Y bought
a small supply Of Cham berl AIMS Cough
Rem dy. He sums up the result as fol-
lows: SAT that time the g DDS were
unknown in this section; today Cham
barlain's Cough Remedy is household
word" 1t is the same in hundreds of
com muuities. Where ever the GOOD
quail les of Chamberlain's Cough Re-
medy become known the peop will
have nothing else. For sale by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

The Qua r."'id rur, lest NJ. h
Ame i.an G.m; ass.c o. Il, be nj
in ST. Louis. Mo Ma, h tn 9tn + r
the above u cal tn "Ei P1Sn
toute," T,XAs & Pacific railwa, vii
ST., you r:,und trip tickets Ell Paso
t. ST Lou AMI 'etIrn a. on. fare
39.55; t ckets o. sale My / h and ). b
good for re u'n to May 12'h.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

DR.. Pie"ce's Pleasant Pellets are
small, sugar-cnat- d granu es: agree
able to take. Cnlldre Ike hem If
the druggist wants to sell you some
Other pill that pay him bet er. lust
think of what pays YOU. You wi i receive
a sample packa free If yon VIII send
your name ard address to tn. World 3
Di-pensary Medical Association, Buff
falo, N. Y.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

Certain news shows the museum of
the Greek Syllog $, at dia, 10 be
in serious danger, owing to the present
disturhanc S. Amongst its lat &C
quis tions there are some archaic t ira
Gotta pi hni with figures in relief of
NEUROLOGICAL character, beirg the most
remarkable pieces of this k nd which
have been found on Greek soil. They
are still unedited, and their d. struc-
ton would be a loss for archaeolos ical
science.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

HOGS AFTER CATTLE.
Some time since we promised to give
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

A. Q. y. W.
Meets in g. A. B. hall on the first anc
third Tuesdays in each month. VtsitinS
brothers cordta -ly invited.
Erred WIDMAN. NJ, W
j. O. KEIFa. Rs3o rder.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

Angora goats. it is claimed, will
protect fi0cx of sheep from dogs.
TIL price of sheep aid lambs are
from 80 t, Sc cents higher than year
ago at this time.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24
BUFFALO GNAT CAUSING TROUBLE.

BUFFALO GNAT CAUSING TROUBLE.
A Wlnona. TeSa-, dip itch saws:
Since tho recent heavy rams the but
falO gnat5 are doing n vast amount of
damage to stock and cattl, of all kinds.
They are so bad that cattle can not
Craze, but are running through the
Some farmers have been forced to stop
blowing on account of the gnats. Their
horses are so bad y worrie that they
cannot work for fighting and kicking
A great many horses are dying from
blind staggers and gnats CON ned
II We heard of six head dying re Gently
All farmers behind with their
work, caused by the ra MS, but corn
is looking well and cotton is coming
up.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

Among the musical Instruments used
ON the Congo we notice the long and
short drum. Some drums are used to
beat the time of the dance Some other
drums are used as telephones for the
transmission Of messages to neighbor-
ing villages The stringed Instruments
represent the African harp The ivory
horns are used for the conyocation of
popular assemblies. The double bell is
used to call the attention of the people
to some proclamation of the chief The
Africans everywhere are very musical,
but their music does not always suit
European taste.
The African dance is not always in.
dulged in for amusement alone. Dane
ing enters into some of the most solemn
ceremonies, as, for instance, the in
auguration of new king. Then the
chief elect Of the tribe dances very
gravely before the assembled elders and
the people.
The madimba had been called tho
African piano. 1t is made of calabashes
OF graded sizes, which are surmounted
by boards Of graded sizes also, all Le-
ing attached to a semicircular frame.
Each board represents note or half
tone and emits its appointed sound
when struck by one of the two rubber
balls at the ends of two sticks, which
are cleverly handled by the musician.
While almost every native can beat the
drum or play some of the minor musical
instruments, the playing Of the madim-
ba is an art which only few special
lists learn. They must be paid for play
ing at festivities or ceremonies, and
their art supports them, either partly
or entirely. journal of American Folk
ore
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Dinsmore Family Reunion.

The 32d reunion Of the Dinsmore fam
lily was held at the old homestead. the
residence Of Sumner and Pred Dinsmoro
IN Arson, Wednesday, September 10.
II was beautiful day and the guests
began TO arrive early and kept coming
until O'Clock in the afternoon. They
numbered l0l and Of these y sat down
TO delicious dinner prepared by the
ladies' OF the company. The day was
passed in pleasant conversation and many
visited the old cemetery where the early
settlers Of that part Of the town are
buried, as we'll as other spots Of interest
about the farm which was settled by
Arthur Dinsmore in l793 and has never
passed out Of the family name. Those
present besides the Immediate family
were: Austin Dinsmore. 4. {. Dins-
more, Ed Baker and wife, T F. Hough-
ton and wife, Bin cham; William Tibbetts,
Newport K. l.; L. Dinsmore and wife,
{ hares Mantor, William Remic, Emma
Caldwell Hattie Nitham, Rev. T. G.
Mitchell, Rev. +. A Fuller and wife,
Mrs b. p. J. Weston, I g. Bovee. Mad
ison; Will Wasson, Mrs J. " asson. Ariel
Rogers and wife, Norridgewock; w. 3.
Snow and wife, J. Viles and wife. Mrs.
" F. Bacon, Mrs. Levi Weston. Show
hogan; NJ. :. Ward, Lewiston; James
Badger and wife, Rangeley; l.. Badger
and family, Industry; Mrs. Susie Ed
wards and child, Brunswick Mrs. Betsey
Hilton, Foxcroft; A. J. Tinkham, Mrs.
Chas. Atkinson Boston; Carl Luce and
wife, ". Caldwell and wife, Mrs. 5
Bracket and son, Starks; NJ. T. Bailey
and family, J. r. Bailey, Woolwich; 5.
". Tinkham and wife, L. F. Houghton,
wife and daughter Sherman Houghton
and wife, g. Head and wife, Mrs. Dolly
Heald and daughter, Susan Dinsmore,
Hattie Dinsmore, Fred Head Katie
Luce. Susan Beal Sylvia Beal, Ed Brew
ster, Emma Brewster, Mrs {. Brewster,
Mrs. N. Hilton, F. :. Hilton, Mrs. Matte
Landers, Irwin Hilton, Nancy Gilman.
J. Gilman and wife, Ida Gilman, j. K.
Fletcher, wife and daughter, Mile
Hilton, John Tinkham and wife. Arson !;
Ben Steward and wife, Frank Steward
and wife, \. q. Hilton and wife, Mrs.
Nancy Cookson and son, Marshall
Houghton, Henry Moore, Olive Moore,
Mrs. Betsey A. Moore, William Moore,
North Ansop
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
TELLS A LONG STORY.
A Granite Monument at Antietam Re-
calls Family History.


Major Kingsbury had daughter as
well as the son who fell at Antietam.
The daughter married Simon Bolivar
Buckner Of Kentucky some time before
the war. When General Bucbner decided
to go with the Confederacy, the danger
Of confscation of his wife's interest in
the Chicago estate confronted him. A
family council resulted in the transfer of
Mrs, Buckner's property to her brother
Colonel Kingsbury fell in battle with
out leaving a will to protect his sisters
inheritance When the war closed, the
return of Mrs Buckner interest in her
fathers estate was asked for in behalf
of her CHILDREN Mrs Kingsbury de-
clined to concede it. She claimed all
that had been left in her husbands
name for her son and herself Litiga-
ton followed and dragged along for
years. Major Kingsbury' 40 acres We're
in the heart of Chicago when the fire
occurred.
In the years Immediately following
the war Washington had few women
more talked about than the beautiful
widows Mrs. Becky Jones and Mrs
Kingsbury, the nieces of an ex-presi-
dent of the United States. Mrs. Kings
bury became the wife of Gallatin Law
renee, son of one of the wealthie t
manufacturers in Rhode Island. Gala
tin Lawrence had chosen diplomatic
career. He was sent to Costa Rica as
minister. When he came back, society
at the capital had "a great sensation over
the talk of duel between Minister
Lawrence and Captain Won der Hass OF
the Belgian legation because of the cap
tain's attentions to the beautiful Mrs.
Lawrence. The Belgian sailed for Eu-
rope So did Mrs. Lawrence. Gallatin
Lawrence followed There was a duel
aud then divorce case. Won der Hass
went to Egypt. Mrs Lawrence went
there too Gallatin Lawrence returned
to the States
The son Of Colonel Kingsbury was
sent to Oxford. His inheritance was cut
in two by decision restoring to her
| heirs Mr.. Buckner's share in the 40
acres. One day young Kingsbury came
home from Oxford, bringing a college
friend Between the English student
and Mrs. Lawrence an attachment
quickly developed. Mrs. Lawrence was
twice the age of her son chum She
married him and is or was the last that
friends in this country learned, living
with him abroad. Kingsbury married a
Levantine, and he, too, is in a foreign
country The fortune acquired through
the Chicago investment has been much
reduced Mrs. Becky Jones, after a long
career in Washington, travelled exten-
sively and st tiled in Canada, where she
is still living, by all accounts This is
the complicated sequel, briefly told OF
the events which the granite monument
above the stone bridge at Antietam
commentaries st. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

General Horace Porter, in his Cam.
paigning With Grant, " In The Century,
says, after describing the battle of Five
Forks:
Sheridan had that day fought one of
the most interesting tactical battles of
the war, admirable in conception, bril-
liant in execution, strikingly dramatic
in its incidents and productive of ex-
tremely important results.
said to him, at seems to me that
you have exposed yourself today in a
manner hardly justifable on the part of
commander of such an important
movement. His reply gave what seems
to be the true key to his uniform sue
cess on the field, Il have never in my
life taken q command into battle and
had the slightest desire to come out
alive unless / won. &"
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
800. Reward. 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there IS at least one dread
ed disease that science has been able to
cure IN all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarh Cure is the only positive
cure now known TO the medical fraternity
Catarh, being a constitutional disease
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur,
faces of the system. thereby destroying
the foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength By building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers. that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
tiat it fails TO cure. Send FOR list Of tes-
hmonials, Address,
F. J. CHENEY Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Brigandage In Maine.

A very unusual occurrence is reported
on an electric road under construction
near Norway last week. The contract
ors did not come to time with the money
to pay the Italian laborels and they. at
tempting to introduce Italian methods
in Maine, seized three of the men con-
nected with the work, Wilson. Davis and
Bssset, and proposed to hold them in
duranee until they got their money.
The sheriff of the County and the
Catholic priest at Norway tried to in
tercede for the captured men but with
out avail They would not give them up
and 80 after about two days the officers
resorted to strategem and succeeded In
lioerating the men, but one of them
barely escaped with his life. The
officers went to the camp with two
carriages aud two men succeeded in get
ting aboard and were driven off. The
third one, Basset, was then set upon by
the Infatuated Dagos, but succeeded In
getting away under shower of bullets,
one of which took effect in his left arm.
Basset had a revolver and returned their
fire while making his best speed away
from them. He got into some woods
near at hand, eluded their search and
escaped, much the worse for his hard
usage.
This is the first instance where these
Italian methods were carried out to this
extent. In Hartland last year it would,
perhaps, have been even worse had the
Italians captured the men they attempt
ed to there. Contractors have wronged
these poor, ignorant, vicious men In
many cases and while of course not iusti-
fable it is not strange that they should
resent it by force. Contractors and rail-
road builders should be sure of their
money before they hire these men aud
should stop working them just as soon as
their money gives out, Otherwise there
are liable to be lives sacrificed, This
event should be Il warning.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
CUBANS REJOICE.
Three Big Expeditions Reach
the Island In Safety.
Carried Large Quantity of Dynamite,
Other Amunhtons and Medicines and
Number of Men President Palma says

New York, Sept. 21.-The Cuba junta
has received authentic advices Of the
safe landing on different parts of Cuba
OF three big expeditions between the lst
and 18th of the present month. They
were the most important that had been
dispatched since last winter. and great
JOY prevailed at the headquarters of the
junta when the news arrived that they
had eluded the Spanish. who were be-
lieved at one time to have been on their
track.
The three ships carried large guam
tity of dynamite and other munitions
of war, together with an immense sup
ply Of medicines for the army of the pa
triots. In all, there were over 40 men on
board, going either to join the Cuban
army for the first time or returning to
the ranks. There Were two doctors and
two dentists. Three of the most i'm
portant members Of the expedition were
Carlos Duble, Carlos Buenocose and j.
J.. Ahumanda, former officers of the
Gillian army, who had been in New
York for several weeks, awaiting an OPP
portunity to go to Cuba to help in the
fight for independence.
Among the leaders were BriFadIrr Ra-
fael De Cardenas, Manuel NJ. Coronado.
the editor of the Havana paper La Dis
custom, who had to flee from Cuba last
winter; Ge:ardo Forrest Of the Porto Ri
can Junta, all of whom are well known
in this city, where they have lived many
years. The doctors in the party were
Juan Bruno Zayas and Francisco Villa,
and the dentists, Federico Trujillo and
Antonio Fontanillas. Other interesting
members of the expedition were num-
Der of the Cubans who escaped from the
Spanish penal settlement in Ceuta. AT
rlca. and recently arrived in New York.
This Is the opening Of the fall cam
paign," said Thomas Estrada Palma.
speaking of the expeditions 1T is an
earnest, moreover, of our intention TO
pursue vigorous policy during the COM
ing winter
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
SECTION TWENTY-FIVE.
Attorney General McKenna Announce
His Opinion In Inr1m Mnttrr

Attorney General McKenpa Announces
His Opinion In TnrlT Matter.
Washington, Sept. 2l.-Attorney Cen
eral Mckenna today announce his
opinion in the matter of section - Of the
new tariff law. He holds in effect that
goods coming directly into the United
States from foreign countries through
Canadian ports are not subject to the
discriminating duty of 10 per cent He
also holds that foreign goods shipped
from countries other than British pos
sessions in British vessels are not sub
ject to discriminating duty
Two questions Were asked the attor-
ney general, the first Of which was. in
effect, whether the discriminating duty
of 10 per cent provided for in section ~
should be assessed against an invoice of
tea from China, which had arrived at
Vancouver in British Vessels and thence
shipped through Canada IL Chicago. The
second question was whether the dis
eliminating duty should be assessed
against a cargo of mangant Sc ore from
Chill which recently arrived In British
ship at Philadelphia. Both these ques-
tons the attorney general answers in the
negative.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

Mozart method of composition was
such as could only have been pursued
by child of genius. He would rise
early, eat hearty breakfast and then
stroll for several hours in a forest near
his home, where, inspired by nature S
beauties, heavenly melodies came troop
ing through his brain. Repairing to his
cottage, he would summon his wife,
a very witty woman, and bid her tell
him stories. He would then mount his
high stool and proceed to commit these
inspirations to paper, his wife telling
him jokes and funny stories while he
wrote. These he enjoyed immensely
frequently interrupting her with hearty
bursts of laughter and sometimes even
falling from the stool and rolling on the
floor But amid all this hilarity and
uproar the flow of music which was to
move the world went steadily on. His
productions were wrought without the
least thought or study, but came almost
lnbidden direct from heaven" Like
Shakespeare, he was purely the creature
of inspiration, genius of the highest
order C. G. Heat in Housekeeper.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

A Boston lady stood ON the deck of
the little bump nosed Ocklawaha steam
er in Florida, notebook and lorgnette in
hand, asking ponderous questions of a
darky roustabout
as the alligator amphibious?' was
one of her questions.
The darky scratched his head. He
was a bit puzzled as there had been
more corn pone than dictionary in his
bringing up, but his quick wit and
natural logic did not desert him as he
replied:
Il reckon he am, miss He done bite
yo' shuah eff yo' monkey wild him. -
New Orleans Picayune
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Arrcch ON a Scnle.

Terre Hate. Ind. Sept. lS.-The In
diana operators and miners held "a joint
conference yesterday to agree on a scale.
The miners and operators were more
fully represented than ever before in the
state. All agreed on Sc cents, but the
operators say they want the assurance
that the miners at Danville, Ills. viii not
work for less
The Danville miners sent three dele
gates to give that assurance. The oper-
ators at DanVille are reported to be will
ing to pay IS cents, but unwilling to
recognize the miners labor organiza-
ton by signing with a committee.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Remote AncestrY.

ut has long been supposed, sac
The Outlook, that the most startling
genealogical claim is that of the negus
of Abyssinia, who insists that his de
scent has been in straight line from
the union of Solomon with the queen of
Sheba, but some one has discovered a
noble family in France, the counts OF
Noe, who not only claim Noah as their
remote ancestor, but show on their fam
lily blazon that veteran seaman in the
ark -
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Facing the Music.

The spirit of this smile is used by
John Bunyan in the meditation "Of the
Horse and Drum, " in his Book For
Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhymes For
Children, published i'll 1886. OF the
genuine Christian he says, inter ALA:
Let drummers beat the charge or what they
will,
They Il nose them, face them, keep their places
still.
Notes and Queries.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

The senseless practice of scuffling, in
dulged in by many large boys and some
men, ought to receive check from the
narrative of an event in Calais, as fol-
lows: civilian Walker was fatally in
Jured Sunday night. He was scuffling
with another and fell through the plate
glass window of the restaurant of John
Miller. The upper half of the window
Tell across his abdomen, almost disem-
ooWeling him. he cannot recover
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

Lancaster, n. H, Sept. 2l.-Ford
Moore of West Stewartstown, who was
lost in the woods near the Connecticut
lakes Thursday while hunting, has been
found. He was in a famished condition
near the point from which he started
He had subsisted on raw deer meat and
SQUIRRELS for three days
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Brighton, Sept. l9, 1897.

The nomination of John A. Peters for
resppoiutmeut rs Chief Justice Of the
supreme Bench Of Maine was confirmed
MONDAY hv the Executive Council.
Councillors Mayo and Spofford were ap-
pointed to wait upon him at Belfast.
where he Is how holding court, and
qualify him.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

The PAGERS John r. Gentry and
Robert j., Wednesday, on the Belmont
track, Philadelphia, lowere the worlds
double team record for a mile TO 200.
The quarters were; %, 1.04, 10y, 200.
The previous record was 2.O94 held by
Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes Miss Rita and
j Osie B.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23

The report of referees, Judges Foster
and Strout, has been received In the
case Vira E. Ridley vs. Henry Ridley
and Is In favor of the plaintiffs In each
of the two law cases and also the equity
case referred.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
Reception to DlngIey.

Rockland, Me, Sept. 21.-Congressman
Dingley arrived here last night to speak
1T the G. A. r. fair. Mr. Dinghy was
given an impromptu reception at the
Thorndike, some 300 of tho prominent
Republicans from the leading towns Of
the county being present to shake hands
with the representative from this dis
trict