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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Insurance Against Shot.

From the Springfield Republican.
Risks from war 10 any form are exclud-
ed from the Standard Massachusetts
fire insurance policy, but the companies
are apparently besleged with appllca-
tions for such insurance, and the at
torney general has been asked to give
an opinion to the insurance commits
siOner respecting the right of tue
companies TO waive the war risk
clause.
AS he has already decided that fire
policy cannot be N Ade TO cover loss by
explosion, he will presumably decide
that it cannot be made to cover loss by
bonn bardmeot or by fire which has
been started by shell explosion or
other war device. This would leave
the seashore cottages and exposed city
property to seek insurance in some
other direction against the shots of
Spanish cruisers.
Some of the fire companies in New
York are writing war risks on shore
prope ties, notably the expensive villas
maintained on L ,ng Island and Jersey
coasts.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Texas & Pacific
EXCURSIONS
mo Trouble to Answer Questions"

FL Paso to New Orleans and return, sss. 20.
Tickets on sale May 16-17-1S good until June
4. Account General Assembly Presbyterian
Church.
FL Paso 70 Dallas and return, FAY ID, S19. 40.
Good until May is. Account Texas State
Coursiug Club and Rabbit Races.
FL Paso to Cisco and return, May % and %.
$50. Good until May 81. Account District
Conference Nj. +. Church.
Tourist Cars from Ell PasO 10 ST. Louis via
TeNarkana to st. Louis, every Wednesday,
and via FIT Worth aud Kansas City to Chi
cago, every Thu rsday.
These cars are Clean, Well Furnished and
Cool; especially adapted to summer Travel.
Look out for. rates in this paper. account
American Medical Association, Denver, Col. !;
Confederate Reunion, Atlanta, Ga, in July
National Educational Association, Washing
ton. ID. c., in July; Christian Endeavor Nash
vile. Tenn, in July; knights Templars, Dali
las in June.
Tickets are now on sale from Ell PaSo to
Mineral Wells-the Great Texas Health Re-
sort-at S24.60, good for sixty days from date
of sale. For other information inquire Of
A. W. MONTAGUE. Depot Ticket Agt., or
b. Z. DARBYSHIRE,
Southwestern Freight and Passenger Agent.
No III Ell Paso Street. Ell PaSo, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
DIR. v. R. REGISTER,
Chief Consulting Physician to the
New Cure ediCa1 and
Surgical Institute
of Hot Sprip gs, Ark, has permanently
located in FL Paso on account
of climatic advantages.

of Hot Springs, Ark, has permanently
located in FL Paso on account
of climatic advantages.
In Offering his professional services to
the publsc, he laysiclaim to two medical
diplomas, gold medals for excellency in
medical studies, two years experience
and ASSOCIATE on with eminent specialists
in. Philadelphia and New York cities.
Also, five years association and exper-
fence with leading specialists at Hot
Springs, Ark. He is dlscOverer and
perfector of New Cures for Diseases
of Women and the originator of a new
system of treatment for Diseases of
the Blood, Tumors, Ulcers, Cancers
and ScrofuIa. and all lnflammatory
CONDITIONS Of the Eye, Ear. Nose and
Throat.
DR.. REGISTER maintains that in
this advanced age of medical skill and
discoveries, every physician who has
made imp" rtant discoveries or is in
possession of special skill and advan-
tages, should make it known through
the public prints. His extensive
experience, with the advantage of COM
bined skill from his associates. gusran-
tees to sufferers in FL Psso aud vicinity
the very best treatment known to med
ical science All Sufferers from a.y
cause should call in person or write
and get an honest expert opinion.
Afflicted women are especially request
ed to Investigate DR.. Registers new
cure for their sex, A home treetm Mt.
References to cures of prominent
people all over the outhwest-mspy
in Ell Paso, CONSULTATION FREE.
OFFICE
FREUDENTHAL BLOCK. Upstairs.
Cor. Ell Paso & San Francisco SITS.
Opp. Grand Central Hotel.
HOURS:-9 a. m. to II m., to 4. and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

liquid air. by Chas. E. Tripler. Mr..
Tripler's big vat of liquid air was
a source of great interest to the 600
people who.were crowded into'the hall
His experiments were many and
amusing. An egg dipped in the vat
became as hard as rock, and when
struck with hammer broke into bits,
as though made of stone. A piece of
rubber pipe became so hard that it
could be snapped like stick, while
the effect of the air on piece of metal
tubing was to corrode it, so that it
could easily be broken in the
hands.
At the conclusion of the lecture Mr..
Tripler dumped his vat of liquid about
on The platform, to the CONSERVATION
of the people sitting in the front rows,
who imagined they were going to get
wet. 1t all went up in smoke how
ever.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Corner in CantaIOupeS,

a Galveston dispatch to the Globe
Democrat says: Nathaniel Wetzel, of
the Western Poultry and Game com
pany, of St. Louis, is credited with
having cornered the early canta oupe
market. He made a trip through the
coast country of Texas recently and
has con tracted for the product of be-
tween 700 and 800 acres of Rocky Ford
cautaloupes in the great melon-grow-
ing district on the line of the railroads
between here and Houston. Mr.. Wet
Eel j. understood to have furnished the
seed and is to have expert pickers on
hand at harvesting time, which begins
the latter part of May. According to
the contracts made Mr. Wetzel will
pay about $4,000 for thu melons he
gets within twenty-five miles of Gal
weston. These are the first cautaloupes
to reach the IN D. ket each season.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Many Cd soldiers now feel the eff,

Many Old soldiers now feel the eff
fects of The hard service they endured
during the war. Mr.. Geo. s. Ander-
son, of Rossville, York, county. Penn.
who saw the hardest kind of service at
with rheumatism. 81 had q severe
attack lately" he says, land procured
a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
1t did 40 much good that 1 would like
to know what would you charge me
for one dozen bottles:' Mr.. Anderson
wanted it both for his own use and to
supply it to his friends and neigh bors,
rs every family should have a bottle
of it in their home, not only for rheu-
matism, but lame back, sprsins, swell
ings, cuts, bruises and burns, for
which it is unequalled. For sale by all
DRUGGISTS
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
WhOOpinG Cough.

dead from an attack of whooping cough.
My neighbors recommended Cham ber-
lain's Cough remedy. | did not
think that any medicine would help him
but after giving him few does of that
remedy noticed an improvement, and
one bottle cured him entirely. 1t il
the best cough medicine l ever had in
the house,. l.. Moore, South Bur-
gettstown, Pa. For sale by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

runs from Barstow, Calf, to Los An
geles. operating 1920 miles. The New
Sonora railway from Benson, Ariz., to
Guaymas. NJ xico, operates $40 miles,
and their Kansas aud Missouri
branches operates about 400 miles in all
In addition to the above the Mexican
Central is owned principally Santa
Fe capitalists and it is operated in full
est cordiality with that great Amer
lean system.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
SOUTH SEA ISLAND CUSTOMS.
How LOve-Making Thrives Among thu
Fiji Islanders.

Fiji Islanders.
! One would imagine that love-makipp
j IN FIJI was very tame affair from the
fact that marriages are often arrang.
ed while those most nearly concerned
are still in their infancy. However,
courtship there is quite as interesting
as anywhere else, and it has some pc
culiar features.
Cupid's happy hunting ground is
generally q garden or plantation,
and on moonlight evening he is gen
high up n the branches of the bread
fruit trees, those who have eyes TO
see, may say many a pair of human
love birds perched on the branches 40
feet or so from the ground. F'iiian
etique5 seems to demand that the fair
one and Der lover should occupy ditferen
branches and should be separa ed by
the trunk of the tree-this, at any rate
list he usual custom.
Spare the bite and spoil the child, {"
would probably be The South Sea Isl land
motner's rendering of the wise man s
saying, for she knows nothing of the
rod a, means or correction.
Inste ad of publishing her offspring in
ways known 70 European mothers, she
pulls it's hair and bites some part of it's
body, generally selecting the feshy
part OF it's arm for the purpose. Thus
1t happens that travellers note among
little South Sea Islanders many bear
Ing wounds or scars on the body which
have been produced by their mothers
teeth.
The mode of caress is as queer as
that OF punishment. 1t is either to
gently take hold of the child's neck
with the teeth, or toJpass the thumb
oeftly over it's eyebrow or cheek. The
ru obing OF noses is also sign of affec-
tion among the islanders, just as it Is
with the Maoris of New Zealand.-Ex-
change
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Bucklen's Arntca SaIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, teter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions
and positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give pei,
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by
W; A. Irwin s. Co., wholesale and re.
tell agspss.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

THE Globe Democrat voices SEN
timent which is sweeping over the
country from Maine to Cal ifornia when
it says: While the people are in an
American mood the thing to do is to
secure plenty of coaling stations abroad
and then maintain a navy of sufficient
extent to render the stations useful.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
THE WARTS NOT WON YET.

We must not delude ourselves into
the belief that this war is going to be
a little thing. We have reviled the
Spaniards, and called them all sorts OF
hard names, but the one fact that
stands out after a weeks history, is
that the Spaniards mean to fight, to
the death. We are going to lose ships
and men. We will meet with reverses,
and we must be prepared for them
The transport Gussie, which started
out to carry arms and ammunition to
the insurgents, has been forced to put
back to Key West, because the Amer
leans, one hundred soldiers of the reg
ulsr army, were unable to effect a
landing.
Now our fleets are divided, the au-
thorities cannot even guess at the
plans of the Spaniards, and the respop-
sibility that rests on Rear Admiral
Sampson is tremendous, indeed appsl-
ling. We do not doubt for moment
that in fair and open fight Sampson
would win. But it must be remem ber-
ed that this fleet of the Spaniards is a
far more formidable one than that at
Manila, and not only are its posi- bill
ties OF inhicting damage immeasur-
ably greater, but also it's ability to run
away from Sampson al make quick
and unexpected strike some unpro-
tected quarter. 1t would seem that
our safety depends on Sampson forcing
q fight and winning it in dec sive &C
ton that means the total destruction
or capture of Admiral Cervera's squad
rom
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

Take the r. G., S. M. & P.
Ry for Cases Grandes, San Buena-
bentura, and the Yaqui gold fields
Trains leave Oiudad Juarez Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at $50 4. m.
A rive Ciudad Juarez TUESDAYS,
Thursdays and Saturdays at 4:30 p. m :,
Mexico City time. Depot opposite
Mexican Central passenger depot.
j. T. LOGAN,
Gen1 Traffic Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

AMATEUR strategists have been Civ
ing the war board and Rear Admiral
Sampson all sorts of advice how to
destroy the Spanish fleet. We feel
that we have valuable word to int err
pose 1t is, First, catch your fleet. :"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

IN ordinary y ears, cabinet states FOR
1900 would already be under way. Up
to this time it hasn't even been decid-
ed who will be the next president.
War has its blessings.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

| She-Are typewriters as expensive
| this year as ever?
He-Well-er-thati ia, I'm not in a
| position to answer. l have q young
man taking my dictation at present.
| Detroit Free Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
He Poured out Liquid Air.

New York sun.
The fifth annual exh bition of New
York Academy of Sciences was opened
on Wednesday evening in the museum
OF natural history. Bv far tia most
interesting feature OF the evening was
8 lecture, rtih deponstratiols, on
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

WHO was the Spaniard who said war
with Spain would mean for us another
internal struggle compared with
which the civil war was child's play?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16
Evasion.

EVASION.
"Ain't l little bowlegged?'' asked
the dubious young man.
"Bowlegged ?'' said his tailor. ''The
idea. Your lower limbs, sir. are abso-
lutely without a parallel. "-Indiana-
polls Journal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

WITH the Philippines and Hawaii
on our list, the Nicaragua canal will
be military necessity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

FOR the tenth time warship has
LEU port to asc ertain the cause of the
heavy firing off shore. Sixty-nine
shots were distinctly heard by fisher
men, light house patrols, and idiots
walking along the beach. The flashes
of the guns, as usual, were plainly Wis
ible. Strange these war vessels never
came back to port. Strange no ships
or men are reported missing. The fact
is we may as we'll give up this war
now, and acknowledge ourselves beaten.
The Spaniards have got all the spirits
of fire aud water, of earth and sky, on
their side. There are at least seven
Spanish fleets now on the ocean. Two
weeks ago there were only two, and
we destroyed one of them. But now
there are seven, and they are scattered
along our eastern coast all the way
from Buepos Ayres t" the north pole.
What can we do? Hoist the white
flag. Americans are not afraid of any
men on earth, but spirits ard phantom
warships and uncanDy firing of invis-
ible heavy guns-these are too much.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

MEMORIAL DAY will be observed
two weeks from today.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

THE suggestions that come from
Washington to the effect that the adj
ministration is worried" over the
evident unfriendliness of France not
withstandipg her declaration of neutra-
lily, may be the invention of some
bright young correspondent. But if
there is good reason to think that
France is aiding the enemy overly.
our government can take only one
right course. That course is to address
a strong note to France, reciting the
facts and calling upon her to declare
herself. If we mus fight France we
should prefer to do it above board, aud
not have to play detective in watching
en- old time friend. This is not the
= ~ tny fk1ik
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-16

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
raE HERALD is fully prepared to do all
Kinds of plain and fancy job printing In al!
promptly done.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05
Brnq Out the EIan.

The star spangled banner floats from a
window Of The Age-Harald office. In this
crisis Of the republic, when a war en-
phatically demanded by the people of this
country is going on against a foe that no
one befrends. whom all detest, 1t is meet
and proper to fling out the nag. It is The
flag of 177e. and of the glorious days CT the
republic, 1t is the flag thas Alat ANA
troops have taken from the hands of the
fair ladies of the state, ana which they
will defend, If need be, with thei. blood.
This is the flag that should stream from
every bank and hotel and warehouse in the
city, and from the residences as well. Let
ors-with big flags, little flags, flags of
any size or sort. 1t is so in other cities.
Let Birmingham set an example to the
lesser towns. Cover the buildings of this
town with bunting.
Remember that 1t is the flag Commodore
Dewey carried when he fearlessly steamed
into Manila harbor. 1t is the flag that
Colonel Higdon's regiment will fight under.
1t is the flag of the fathers of the state
and of the republic, and it is the flag that
covers and protects every man and wo-
he or she may be, or where he or she may
go.
Remember, too, what valuable lesson
such a display of the flag will be to the
bright-eyed boys and girls of the city at
this particular time. 1t would teach them
love of country. 1t would say to them
that the country is engaged in a holy war
less 1t would tell them that Spain is to be
punished for the dastardly destruction of
the Maine and of 266 sleeping seamen. If
for no other reason, cover the walls of
the city with bunting that the children may
remember the occasion, and gather from it
the valuable lesson of patriotism in a
great national movement. The country is
at war. Fling out the flags.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05

Quoted. The landing win be made, too,
with an eye to its moral effect both upon
the people of this country and upon the
governments of Europe. Matanzas seems
the more probable point of landing. A for
gents, and altogether It presents SO many
advantages, and is withal SO feasible under
the powerful guns of the governments
In Cuba within the next ten days is re-
garded as an almost certain feature of the
situation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05
In the Atlantic,

The question connected with the heaviest
settled at Manila; for neither were pres
ent; but the battle did strike the Pacific
ocean out of the question. Spain has no
vessels that she can send there to re-
cover the Philippines, and Admiral Dewey S
glorious victory completely eliminates that
part of the world from the Spanish prob
process in the hands of the United States.
There is no need to await news in order to
see that far into the milestone. The Pa
cific ocean is no longer a part of the the
alter of war. Admiral Dewey's victory and
the withdrawal of the Oregon have de-
termined that much.
Hereafter all effort and all interest will
be concentrated in the Atlantic ocean, from
Cadz to Cuba at least. The Spanish ves-
sells in Atlantic waters are all the United
States has to deal with now The war scene
has been narrowed one-half, even If 1t be
held to include Spain itself Practically the
four cruisers that recently left the Cape
Verde Islands, and the battleship Pelayo,
with three or four attendant cruisers in or
near Cadiz, are what this country has to
reckon with, together, of course, with Blan-
co.'s army In Cuba.
Unless all experts are at fault, lack of
money is supplemented on Spanish ships
with lack of discipline and lack of gum
merry practice and squadron drills. If this
be so, even such fine cruisers as the vizcaya
and the Oquendo will not be able to accom-
plish much in battle with American cruisers
of their class. Certain 1t is that Spanish
perior skill. Straight and cool-headed
shooting counts heavily in sea warfare.
and there is no evidence that the Spanish
gunners at Matanzas or Manila were up
to-date, or even measureably good At Ma
tanzas the shots of the land batteries fell
short and were wide In range, and at Ma
Mia 1t does not appear that any serious
damage was done to unarmored ships
But all the seamanship and gunnery of
the American fleet will be unavailing, If
Spain keeps her vessels at home, avoiding
a pitched battle. In that case this country
will be compelled to take Cuba by heavy,
decisive blow, when she will be free to
follow the Spanish ships to the ends of the
earth. When Cuba falls, Cadiz becomes a
war center, and the Canaries a base.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05
God Bless tho Yankee Tar

From the Chicago News.
Oh! see our Yankee sailor, with Havana
on his knee!
He is nur-iny little Cuba and soon will
make her free;
He has heard her cry for Freedom, as II
rolled across the sea,
For peace npon her shores.
He has heard the clank of letters, locked
by cruel parent Spain
Upon the souls of little ones, who writhe
in mortal pain;
Who. famished, gaunt, with blood1ess lips,
mark the wake of 'Weyler's train,
AS he marched acvoss the sea-
He has heard the groans of weary men,
oppressed, faint and sore,
Who have labored on without reward to
fill the tyrants store,
While Spain looked on with naughty mien,
demanding more and more,
So great her lust for greed.
He has heard the prayers of women as they
cried to God for bread,
For the babies they to their bosoms
pressed, tho long since cold and dead;
He has heard their death cry bitter. as the
towards bullets sped.
Even women to destroy.
He has girded on his armor and has sailed
across the sea,
While before his mighty ironclad proud
Spanish vessels flee;
Scuba Libre" is his watchword and his
cannon thunder Free
Are you from Spanish rule"
Soon he'll land and "oid Glory's'' stripes
will float DER Cuban shore.
And it's white stars shine more brightly
than they even shone before,
And our noble bird of Freedom shrek as
the scene 1t hovers Ger.
God bless the Yankee tart
JUDITH SHAKESPEARE."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-05
Paste This in Your Hat.

From Town topics.
The thickest armor on American warships
is the eighteen-inch armor on the barbettes
and the water-line belts of the battleships
of the Indiana class.
The main battery guns in the United
States are all breech-loading rifles of four,
five; six, eight, ten twelve and thirteen
inches calibre. Some of the six-inch and
rapid-fire kind. The guns of the secondary
battery are one, three, six and twelve
Founders rapid-fire and machine guns of
several types, using musket bullets.
The boarding pike has been abolished but
cutlasses are retained. Vessels may yet be
carried by boarding, especially when at
close quarters, as in ramming. Machine
guns are deadly on boarders.
A searchlight may defeat its purpose by
revealing the position of the ship using it.
Besides, searchlights are good targets for
small rapid-fire and machine guns, and
thus may be quickly put out of action.
Very few of the guns in any ships are
protected by much, if any, armor. The old
rule that the ship whose men stand to
their guns the longer is the one that will
win is as true as ever.
When a warship goes into action, she
either leaves all except one or two of her
boats on shore or drops them overheard
This is because they would probably be de-
stroyed ten minutes after firing began, and
would also make dangerous splinters. II
the ship goes down her people go down with
her.
A commanding officer may make what
disposition he chooses of his forces. 1t Is
customary to assign commissioned officer
to the duty of gun-polnter in the big tur-
rets, but an enlisted man might and would
be given this vitality important position II
he was thought to possess the necessary
qualifications to greater degree than the
officer