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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08
TIE depths Of ignorance ant

THE depths Of ignorance and
superstition in which the Chin
csc are still immured is shown
By a recent decree issued by |
the emperor of the Celestial
empire, announcing that, in
view Of the fact that an eclipse
would occur on the Chinese
new year. he would subject
himself to some sort of abase-
ment, in order to propitate the
wrath of the Chinese deity, as
such an astronomical event al
ways foreshadows disaster to
the nation. That his empire is
indeed in danger of great dis
aster is indeed only too appar~
emf, but tie emperor, instead OF
making preparations by means
diplomatic or military tactics
to fend off tue dire misfortune
awaiting hin viii depend upon
the sun TO aid him, on account
of his refusal to allow his sub
ipcts to crawl before him. Such
simple ignorance is TO be pitied,
aud The probable disappear
ance of such an old and unique
empire as that of Chinais also
in some sense segretable, yet
il cannot be denied that the
substitution of Christian en-
Iightenmeat aud Western pro
gress !or such forms and
methods, such supeTstilions, as
now check the growth and de
vplopment of her millions Of
inhabitants will be for the best
Even though he prime motive
of8Ae Europeans b greed q
errnory yet fbpy must and
RilE GIVE much in return foi
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08
-ssa are the 1aEorite idAn1.
Hood S FI1IS cathartic. Prise 25c.

RUDOLPH KLEBERG is writing
letters to let the people know
that he does not approve OF the
Cuero Stars comments on the
manner of voting i'll the lower
Rio Grande country. 1t ls
mighty kind in Kleberg to take
up for the lower Rio Grande
country. Kleberg might be OF
more service to that section II
he would shed his coat, get
down TO labor and sea what
could be done TO have a picket
line railroad built along this
side of the border riyer.-Vlc-
toria Advocate.
THE HERALD agrees with 1he
Advocate that Mr.. Kleberg
should try and accomplish
something for the material
benefit Of the lower Rio Grande
He might secure an approprla
ltion TO make greatly needed
improvements on Brazns Har
Dor which is slowly but surely
alIing up with sand as the re
suit of previous badly directed
work. All engineers who hav'
examined the bar and harbo
agree that for comparatively
small sum, the depth of waite
which formerly made this on
, Eof the finest land-locked har
Dors on the coast might easil.
; be restored. The picket lin
railway, however. would b
/ equally acceptable to this SCI
ton, as its construction woul
doubtless soon cause the in
d provement on the harbor to b
! made. Both projects shout
u claim the governments atteI
y lion as military necessitie
II The lats Capt. Bourke wro
II much on the need of q pick
e lide railroad along the &
K Grande, and prominent mort
Ct ern papers endorsed bis plan
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

E. Il. r GREEN recently said,
in a newspaper Interview that
almost any new railroad in
Texas, two hundred and fifty
miles 10 length, would pay
well. He might have added
with truth that none would
prove a better investment than
one connecting Brownsville
with the outer world. There is
in all Texas no section so rich
in natural resources as this
lower Rio Grande valleys and
It seems strange to any who are
acquainted with the real situa
tioD that this region is still
without rail connection.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

News comes from Rome OF
the death of Count TvIfener, the
brotherinIaw of John Mackay
Felfener was well known in
Texas, having made his home
IN Victoria during the eonstFuc
ton Of the "MacaFoni" railroad
otherwise known as the New
York, Texas s. Mexican, which
was built by Hungerford, con
meeting Victoria and ROsen
berg
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

tricycles abreost OF each other
on any said streets of this city
Article w. Any and all
reckless riding Of said Vehicles
is hereby especially prohibited
on the streets of said CRY.
Article v. No person or
persons shall rest their bicy-
Gle, tricycIs or velocopide
against any baiidinE, where
said bicycle, tricycle. or veloco-
pide will be on any of said
sidewalks especially referred
10 in Section ! of Ibis Ordinance,
but the said bicycle, tFicy Gle, or
velocipide may be left at the
edge of said sidewalks, in a
sianting or upright position
leaned against any of the
curbsiones, trees or posts there
at.
Section ". Any person OF
persons violating any Of the
aforesaid Bicycle Regulations
shall be fined in any SUN mol
more than S25 90 twenty-five
doIlarsj or imprisoned in de
fault of same.
Section Y. Be it further or
dained that all ordinances Of
parts of ordinances in contlic
with the provisions herein con
tanned be and the same ar
hereby repealed.
Adopted in open session o
city council Dec. ooh 1897 b.
unanimous vote.
Attest: Approved:
: NJ. b. KrSGsBURY, THOMAS CARsol
Secretary. Mayor
, Brownsville, Tex, Dec. % 1885,
4
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

THE soliciiude of England
and Japan for China is truly
touching Each of them would
like nothing better than to COB
BILE up the celestial empire her
self, but they will not stand
quietly by while Russia and
Germany do the gobbling act
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08
FROM foof TO KNEE

Ohio Woman Suffered Great Agony
From q Terrible Ssre-tier Story OF
the Case, and Her Cure.
For many years was afflicted with e
milk leg, and few years ago it broke out
in sore and spread from my foot to my
knee. I suffered great agony. 1t would
burn and itch all the time and discharges
a great deal. Ny health was good with
the exception OF this sore. TRIED great
many kinds OF saITe, but some would
irritate the core so that could hardly
stand the pain. could not 60 near the
gre without suffering intensely. Scneo
sent ne papers containing testimonials OF
cures by Hoods Sersaparilla, and told
my husband would like to try this med
icine. He got me bottle and found II
helped me. kept On taking it until my
limb was completely healed. l cannon
praise Hoods Sarsaparilla enough for the
great benefit it has been TO me- Il
eIeanses the blood of all impurities ant
leaves it rich and pure" Mrs. ANNA Z
EAKEN, Whittlesey, Ohio
You can ouy Hoods Sarsaparilla OF al
druggists. Be sure to get only HOODS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08
Mothers Friend -

Be it ordained By the city
council of the city of Browns
vile:
Section 1. That for the pur
pose of improving the roads;
streets and bridges, within the
city limits, there shall be and
is now hereby levied for the
year 1897, upon all the proper
ty subject to taxation within
he city an annual tax offifteen
cents on every one hundred
dollars valuation.
Section 3. That said tax
shall be paid in lawful money
of the United States, or in duly
registered warrants of the city
Section 8. That said tag
shall be paid on or before the
31st day of March 1898.
| Section 4. That this ordin
ance shall take effect from and
after its passage
| Adopted in open session o
city council Dec goth 1897 by
a unanimous vote.
Attest: Approved.
I'M. B. KINGsBURY, THOMAS CARSON
Secretary Mayor.
Brownsville, Tex, Dec. % 1897
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IT looks very much as II
there were "something the mat
Ter with Hanna" In fact, the
indications are that the sena-
torial career of the president
maker may end before it has
fairly begun. Still, he will be
cared for, as it is said that be
will be given a place in the
cabinet, should the Ohio re-
publicans turn him down.
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SATURDAY, JAN. s, 1895.

MRS. LEASE seems determin-
ed 80 try all things aud will
hold fast Whatever she can get.
Her newest ambition is 20 be
elected to the house of repre-
sentatiVes.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

AN ORDINANCE to prohibit
the riding Of veioeopides, bicy-
Giles and tricycles on the side
walks of certain streets in the
city of Brownsville, and to re-
gulate the riding of said behi-
cIes on the streets of said city.
Section l. Be it ordained by
the city council of the city of
Brownsville, Texas. that in so
far as it has become great
nuisance, and on account of the
accidents and great risks TO
which pedestrians are liable.
| il shall hereafter be deemed uu-
lawful fer any person or per-
sous TO ride any velocopide,
bicycle OF tricycle. on the side
walks of the following streets
of the city of Brownsville, Tex
as, to-wit: On LeVee. Elizabeth
and Washington straets, ex
tending from the Quartermas
ter's Wall of the Fort Brown
Military Preservation, which is
at The southern extremity of
said named streets, to where a
street known and distinguish
led as Third street intersects
respectively each of the said
LeVee, Elizabeth and ashing-
ton streets. On Fourteen, Tbir-
teen, Twelfth, Eleven, Tenth
and Ninth streets where each
|, of said streets intersects Levee
street towafds the West along
said streets 10 where each Of
said streets intersects street
known as Adams street towards
, the East along said streets.
Section II. And any person
or persons thus violating the
provisions of Section | of thi:
; Ordinance shall upon conVic
ton lie fried in any sGtn no
: less than s. 90 five dollars
! nor more than $25 90 (lwenty
five dollars( or Imprisonment
f for a period of not more thai
' 10 (ten) days.
Section HI. For the bette
safety of the public and for tn
better protection of pedestrian
the following regulations 10 b
:. known as,
bicycle Regulations
7 Are now hereby adopted.
8 s Article T. al persons ridin
= any bicycle tricy ;le or relncc
> pide on any of the streets of III
city Of Brownsville shall b
: supplied with a bell or bicyci
horn which shall at all tine
be rung at all crossings an
intersections of streets.
Article Fl. All persons rif
ing any bicycle or tricycle. 0
the streets of said city al nigt
shall have a. suitable lanteT
or lamp attached to their bic.
| Gle or tricycls which shall EN-
a suita bic light
Article H. It is especial
=: prohibited that three or mo-
il persons shall ride bicycles
-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-08

An ordinance to levy a tax
for the year 1897, to provide
for the interest and sinking
fund OF he bonded indebted
ness OF the city of the year
1889.
Be it ordained by the citv
council of The city OF Browns
Vile:
Section I. That for the pur-
pose of paying the interest on
and creating a sinking fund
for The bonded indebtedness OF
the city of The issue of 1889
there shall be and is now here
by levied for the year 1897,
upon all property within the
city limits subject to taxation
an annual tax of twenty-five
cents on every one hundred
| dollars valuation.
Section 9. That said taz
shall he paid in lawful money
of the United States.
| Section 8. That said ta1
shall be paid on or before th'
31st day of March 1898.
Section 4. That this ordin
ance shall take effect from ant
after its passage.
Adopted in open session o
city council Dec. 10Th 1897 b.
a unanimous vote.
Attest. Approved:
NJ. i. KINGsBURYj THOMAS CARsoH
Secretary. Mayor.
Brownsville, Tex Dec. % 1897
o-d;1opr,o RI ylrovida fO
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able in United States currency
or in duly registered city war
rants.
Section s. That the said tax
herein provided for; shall be
REQUIRED by the city collector
10 be paid before any person,
firm or association shall be al.
lowed to engage f4fany oceupa-I
ton coming under the proVis-
ions of this ordinance.
/ Section 4. That any person
firm or association OF persons
who shall pursue any occupa-
ton taxed by this ordinances
without first having paid the
tax herein provided for, aud
: required, shall on conviction
: be fined not less than ten dol
lars nor more than one hundred
, dollars.
Section 5. That all ordi-
nances or parts Of ordinances
] v hich conflict with this ordi
nance are here by repealed.
y Section 6. That this ordi-
nance shall. take effect from
: aud after its publication as re-
quired by law.
Adopted in open session OF
city council Dec goth 1897 by
q unanimous vote.
9 Attest. Approved,
r NJ B. KrsGsBURY, Thomas ChRsoS
s Secretary. Mayor.
e Brownsville, Tex, Dec. % 1897
If An ordinance to provide fol
il the levy of a tax for city up
# poses for the year 1897.
It Be it ordained by the city
At council of the city of Browns
Is vile:
c Sec. 1. That for the purpos
of defraving the current expen
re ses of the city government TO
- the year 1897, there shall b
and is now hereby levied, o
ID all property subject to tax
al alton within the city limits. a
q annual tax Of twenty-five cent
on every one hundred dollar
valuation
ID Section 2. That said ia
r shall be paid in lawful none
- of the United States, or in dull
; registered city warrants.
e Section 3. That said ia
ed shall be paid on or before I'll
ye 31st day of March 1893.
Section &. That this ord
u nance shall take effect from an
~ after its passage.
er Adopted in open session
ne city council Dec. Goth 1897 b
a numerous vote.
II Attest. Approved:
ly N: B. KINesBuRf, THOMAS CARse
ne Secretary. Mayor.
Brownsville, Tex, Dec. % 139
An ordinance to levy t;
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An ordinance to provide for
the ley OF a tax for the year
1897 for the improvement OF
Roads Streets and. Bridges,
within the city limits.
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Christmas sllverware at
Electricity aud Cats.

From Cassells Magazine.
Strangely enough, | once had an inn
preston that a cats tendency was TO
travel north, and to face the north as
n magnet does, and that this tendency
had some intimate association with the
electrical strength Of its fur. In brief,
/ looked upon a cat as a lightning con-
ductor on a small scale, and that ac-
cording to its temperament, negative
or positive, did 1t face north or south.
or Just as the points Of its fur were
attracted by tho negative or positive
poles of the earth. | was led to this
by some o~bservances i had made some
years previously i'm the London suburb.
Then | noticed that the cats of that
particular district had a tendency 10
walk face toward the north rather than
to walk on walls that ran east and
west.
AS to the idea that cats are good
weather gauges, ] do not credit that.
! believe that the reason a cat washes
itself over The ears or not is bound up
with the particular method by which
the particular animal cleans itself. Its
main object in washing. to my mind,
Is just to complete an electrical cir
cult. for by so doing II generates heat,
and. therefore, a pleasing sensation in
it's fur.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
BUTTE BRIEFS.

The Lynch brothers of this city have
received news of the serious Illness of
their brother. Gus. at Nermilion, Da-
kota.
Mrs. w. J. Rodda died yesterday
morning. aged IS years. at the family
residence. No. COO West Diamond
street.
A delightful mask party was given
Friday evening by Miss Emma Stoltc
to "A number OF friends at her home at
Silver Bow.
D.. +. Hallahan. treasurer of Deer
Lodge county. accompanied bv his
wife. spent yesterday i'm Butte inspect
ing the dazzling displays in the store
windows.
BY enrolling now at Butte Business
college a special inducement can he
secured. Demand for office assistants,
bookkeepers and stenographers con-
tinues undated.
Undertaken Sherman Is e~ndeavorinC
to locate the parents or other relatives
of jake Barrett. who was murdered n
few nights ago by Nellie Wilson. He
has t~elegraphed To every place where
the dead gambler is supposed TO have
had a relative. but thus far has re-
ceived no response. and nothing has
been learned of Barrett's anteced-
ants
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
IT WAS A GROSS OUTRAGE
The Miners Foul Attack on
Mayor Harrington.
ON THE SMOKE QUESTION
No Politics In Smoke and No Excuse
for the P~artyiess Newspapers
Screed-The Message as
II Was Sent.

Ii is true that some Butte corre-
spondents Of outside haye
made more on the Butte smoke than
was really justihable. and many of the
outside papers published grossly exag-
gerated reports of the condition Of
things in Butte. but that does not ex-
cuse the Butte Miner for the outrageous
attack 1t made yesterday on Mayor
Harrington, accusing him of sending out
false reports and as In fact being a
correspondent for the San Francisco
Examiner. There is no politics In the
smoke question N because the mayor
and the Butte Miner differ politically
is not sufficient GROUNDS for the paper
without a party to attack the chief ex-
ecutive of the city just because he hap
pens to be a straight democrat.
1t is true that Mayor Harrington sent
a dispatch to the San Francisco Exam
.ner. II was I'm response to the follow
ing request. which he received:
ITO the Mayor of Butte: VIII you
kindly wire at our expense a brief state
ment as TO the conditions prevailing as
the result Of smelter fumes. We have
advices that -four people died to-day
from breathing fumes. Ploase answer
tonight. EXAMINER"
Mayor Harr ngton sent the following
reply:
The fumes from the smelters sur
rounding the city continue dense and
the people are suffering rs a conse-
quence. Many are preparing TO leave
town, as the conditions are u~nfavora-
BILE. Il. :. HARRINGTON"
That was the reply as the mayor
wrote II. He did not know about the
deaths. and so sent his dispatch to 70
lice Captain Dawson with the request
that he add any Information he might
possess in regard TO deaths. Captain
Dawson added to the above dispatch
just the we words. Two dead"
That a all there was to II, and Who
will clam that the mayor exaggerated
I'm the slightest degree the conditions
that existed in Butte when the dispatch
was sent? The Examiner changed the
sentence Two dead" to the following:
Two Of our citizens are dead from
inhaling the deadly gases"
Nothing but political antagonism on
the part of the Miner could construe the
mayors dispatch into an Endorsement
of any eNaggsraton which might nave
appeared in the report furnished the
Examiner by a correspondent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
BUTTE SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs. Adolph Wetzstein Is visiting
Mrs. Mentor Wetzstein In Livingston.
Miss ARgle Belle Steele Of Helena
has been the guest OF Mrs. James W.
Forbis the past week.
Miss Wilson of Helena Is the guest OF
Miss Reta Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Connell have gone
To California TO spend the holidays.
Mrs. Frank T.. Corbett has gone TO
New York to spend the holidays with
her mother and sisters.
Adjutant h. r. Calkins left Manila
Nov. 2s and will arrive in Butte about
Jan. l.
Mrs. James Ingram has returnes
from a visit with friends in Waterloo.
Mrs. VI. Silverman and sisters Mrs.
A. w. Goldsmith and Miss Frank, VIII
leave for Cincinnati this evening.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

this evening at the Grand opera house.
From here the company goes to Ana
conda for Monday. to Missoula for
Tuesday and from there to Spokane.
The play has been greeted In Butte
with good houses and the prospects are
that the closing performance tonight
will have the largest audience OF the
engagement The play Is a most inter
esting and taking ms n the COM
pany which Manager Aston presents II
with could hardly be improved.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

Yoder e. Jackmah have sold their
insurance and real estate business to
Mcmillan a Floyd. a. East Broadway.
Mr.. Jackman will work for the new
firm. All persons having unsettled ac-
counts with Ycder * Jackman will
please call at their office. 80 East
Broadway, Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
AN ABUSED GERMAN.
The Cold Hearted Auditor Would Not
Help Him Out.

Joe Klein. the German who was held
In the county Jail for - days as a wit
ness in a saloon fight case. was a caller
on the county auditor yesterday. Since
the county would not pay him for the
time he lost while in jail. he demanded
transportation TO Cheyenne. He said
he was broke and had to get to Chey-
enne quick. i'm order to do representa-
tion work on some mining claims.
The auditor refused 20 help him and
Klein got angry. lie talked about the
outrage committed on a German-Amer-
lean citizen by throwing him in Jail
without cause and holding him there
until he was lousy. He said he was
going to lay the matter before the pres
ident and demand reparation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
Tobacco Law in Norway.

Norway has recently enacted a law for
bidding the sale of tobacco to youths
under Is without slgned orders from
adults. Tourists who offer cigarettes rem
der themselves liable to prosecution. while
the police are empowered to confiscate the
pipes. cigars and cigarettes of youths
who smoke in public streets. a fine for
the ofense being likewis imposed. which
may be anywhere between 2 shilllngs ond
c5.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

See the calendars of old and modern
They are works Of art. CAL
kins, 209 North Main street.
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The funeral OF Mrs. w. j. Rodda viii
tai place tomorrow afternoon at ?
o'clock from the residence. No. COS West
Diamond street. Stephens addition, pro-
ceeding TO the Mountain lie church,
where services will be conducted by
Rev. John ski
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

Total for system. 50. s36.3il s2.34?. ABS
Five months To Nov. 3:
81. Paul NJ. & NJ.
East. Ry. of MINI. 1,693.s $50 1.i47.1 s
Montana Central &C.. S2h.63 925. 1928
TntaI fnr srstem 80 org a,h S11 log an7
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

It's nice To eat with silver table wave.
isn't IL? Meals taste so much bet'Ir
when you use "A silver knife. fork and
spoon. Expensive? Not at all. ~
sells silver table ware at pricasS<kS
you can afford 10 Jay. Roger y
Bros knives or forks. s225 per set: tea
spoons. $3.50 per set.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

IThe closing performance OF 'Tennes-
sees Pardner' In Butte will TAXI place
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-11-24
IN THE FLowERY KINGDOM.
An Interesting Incident I'm the Daily
Life of Her Majestic High
ness, the Empress.

Her majesty, Tsi An, empress Of China,
sat in her palace in the purple forbidden
city, with her brow resting on her thumb
and her index finger pushed up through her
bang. Rousing herself presently from her
profound absorption she beckoned to a pea
nut-colored person plastered up against the
yellow silk tapestry.
"Swat him." she said, where is the en-
peror?
"Dash your ignominious slave into mil.
lion atoms, oh, amethyst flower of the
celestial Kingdom" he responded, lying fat
on his stomach before her, "but your slave
wotteth not"
"Wot?" she screamed.
mo, most purple Of our -yellowest lilies
Of the Yankee Use Kiang, / do not wot
where the emperor is"
"And this to mef' she cried.
Most beauteous descendant of all the
gods, your vile slave speaks but the truth,
though he lies here on his very stomach
He wotteth not where the emperor is"
Slave, dog, canine, wretch, scum of the
Yellow river, did not tell you what to do?"
Truly, most divine of all the gentler
purple peones of Peking, and your slave did
it to the queens taste, so to speak,"
aha, then he is dead?"
"As mackerel, oh, yellow anemone of
the crystal sea.
why liest thou, knowing that he is
dead?
How the dickens, most marvellous of man.
DARN matrons, do l know where he is? I'm
no fortune teller"
"Oho, aha," smiled her majesty, again re.
lapsing to thought, bring ON another
Washington Star.