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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

! fateful Friday night, when one of the
saloon stewards smelled smoke and
promptly communicated his discovery
to Captain Ingram, who was on the
bridge.
An investigation was Immediately set
afoot by the captain and the first Off
Ger, and as the smoke came through
the floor OF the saloon, they determined
that the fire must be in the hold A
sailor was dispatched below, and, COM
Ing back. reported that undoubtedly
fire was concealed in the cargo, but
that the hold was so filled with freight,
he could not exactly locate it. Some
OF the passengers had not yet retired,
and, watching the proceedings, were
assured that there was no immediate
danger. They remained quiet and did
nothing to disturb their fellow passen-
gers. Holes were cut through the
saloon flooring and lines of hose
stretched to pour water into the hold.
While every effort was made to stide
the fire, the course of the steamer was
so changed as to bring her as near as
possible to shore, which was only q few
miles distant. While part of the crew
fought the fire, the other half made the
boats ready for instant launching. But
the ire had made more Roadway than
was at first supposed, and when Cap
tain Ingram came to that conclusion.
he considered 1t his first duty to save
his passengers and men.
The moon shone brightly from q
cloudless sky, and the sea was smooth
and CLASSY, as the Jersey coast so often
is during the summer months. Orders
were given to arouse the passengers.
acquaint them with the danger as dis
creetly as possible, and assure them
that al would be saved, if they would |
hnr
discipline of the commander of the
ship. The warning that there would |
be time for nothing but to put on the
necessary clothes was needed by all.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
Carbide of Calcium.

Carbide is packed for shipment in
sealed tin cases. protected externally
oV wooden ones to prevent denting or
piercing during handling or shipment,
says the Progressive Age. AS these
cases cost above SIS per ton of carbide
they add materially to the price of this
material. To overcome this expense
and trouble, John NJ. Buckley, of De-
troit, has devised method of coating
the Jumps of carbide with waterproof
material which prevents water or
moisture from attacking the carbide.
enabling it to be shipped loose or in
boxes. Before the carbide humps are
put In the generator space about two
inches square is freed from this coat
ing by bre aking the lump or by scrap
ing. The water attacks the carbide at
the exposed spot. giving off gas and
raising the temperature, the latter
being sufficient to gradually remove
the waterproof coating. The genera
ton OF gas is thus said to 60 on pra-
dually instead of violently, as is the
case when clear carbide is thrown into
water. The inventor claims for the
p1ethod: ~ convenience in shipping
and storage:(2) convenience and cleanli-
ness in handling: (3) immunity from
accidents liable to occur through con-
tact with water when not in use: f4)
free from color:and % no deterioration
and waste when in storage. The idea
seems good one: certainly the end
striven for is desirable, and one that
Will tend to make acetylene popular by
removing some valid objections. AS
to whether the method proposed is the
most satisfactory remains to be de-
monstrated in practice.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
BURNED AT SEA,
How American Sailors ACted.-A
Striking Contrast To The Bour-
gogne Tragedy.
st. Louis Republic.

Sc. Louis Republic
Like an object lesson in times when
humanity despairs of it's own kind
stands out the heroic conduct of the
crew of the Delaware, which was des-
trOyed by fire at sea few days after
the sinking of La Bourgogne startled
the world.
So strikingly opposed are the &C
counts of the handful of survivors of
the French steamer, and the unaui-
nous and enthusiastic praise of the
passengers of the Clyde liner, that
they stand out like picture, the fide-
lily of which in one case is horrifying,
in the other soul inspiring.
A magnificent example of discipline
and courage was put on record by the
crew of the burning ship, which carri-
were saved. The Delaware steamed
from her dock in New York harbor q
week ago Friday afternoon. bound for
Charleston and Jacksonville. Off Bar
negat, N. ..she was entirely destroyed
by fire. Not until every passen-
ger and member of his crew in bis
care was safe on board the frail life
crafts the steamer carried, and when
it was no longer possible to stand on
the burning deck, did Captain A. D.
Ingram leave the fiery hulk. The men
stood back and waited in patience I'M
til all the women had been placed on
the first boat. Only a young bride on
her wedding trip refused to be sepa-
rated from her husband, and remained
to go with the men. Not until even
the male passengers had been safely
landed in boats would the stewardess
be persuaded to look out for her own
life.
This heroine, who was Miss Helen
Hills, of 100 West Fifty-Sixth street,
New York, provided all the passengers
with life preservers, inspired them
with courage, by her own GOODNESS and
determination, and insisted on the
privilege of standing by the officers
and crew.
A short time after abandoning the
burning ship, the Delaware sank out of
sight, and with her all the possessions
Of her passengers and crew, but there
was scarcely any regret for what they
had lost. for they had Just Witnessed
such noble conduct as would never be
eftaced from their memories.
The voyage Of the Delaware was
without incident until 9o'clock on that
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
Anger is a Disease.

An English Journal thus comments
on the injurious effects of anger: can
ger serves the unhappy mortal who in
dulges in 1t much the same as intoxi-
cants constantly taken do the inebriate.
1t grows into a sort of disease which
has various and terrible results. Sir
Richard Quain said, not loug ago. He
is man very rich indeed in physical
power who can afford to be angry.
This is true. Every lime man be-
comes white or red with anger, he is
in danger of his life. The heart and
brain are the organs mostly affected
when fits OF passion are INDUCED in.
Not only does anger cause partial
paralysis of the small blood vessels,
but the hearts action becomes inter
mittent; that is, every now and then it
drops best-much the same thing as
is experienced by excessive Smokers !"
St. Louis Globe-Dcmocrat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

Stevens was the only man to quit, and
Mcfarland, Gardiner, Becker and Mer-
tens remained to the finish. The time
for the five miles for Mcfarland. who
tioished it out, was l0:23 Is.
The great national meet, the nine
tenth OF the League of American
Wheelmen, is over, and after the great
battles In the three championship
races, Bald energies in the lead with
l29 points; Mcfarland is next with III
and Kimble follows with 80, Cooper
with 50, Gardiner with %, Freeman
with 46. Stevens with Al, these men be-
ing far in the lead of anyone else. Blu,
one outsider gained anything in the
championships-John Fisher got 10
points today, and is the twenty-fourth
man in the championship race.
Martin tainted today after the tan
dem race, which he won with his part
ner, Mertens, and yet he went out and
rode In the team pursuit race and ran
MS partners OIL their feet. Martin was
cut last night and all bandaged today
yet made great ride. About 5000
people witnessed the. closing races
Two semi-tinals in the one-mile nro-
fessional championship were run. each
a race TO the finish, two qualifying in
the slowest and three in the fastest
heat. Pacemakers were emploved
bald ran of the track near the start
ana getting back was fourth in line
back OF the pacemsker, Hal of Omaha.
Oldheld, SCARED like a war veteran
from his fall last night, and only lust
from the hospital, had the pace, and
Gardiner and Monroe fol-
lowed. Gardiner allowed the field to
get to the front of him and then start
ed. getting by Bald rounding into the
last bank.
Both Bald and Cooper rode like
lopsters and as has been the case in so
many championship races, unknowns
land, John Fisher and Benny Monroe
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
A Storm In the Painted Desert.

Although rain fall Is infrequent upon
the expanses of the plateau in summer,
thunder-showers of terrific violence
sometimes sweep across them. And
know OF no more severe test of serenity
OF spirit than to face one of these in its
unmttlgated violence. III there were
but rock or tree or bush under which
you could secure at least the moral
support OF q shelter, the strain would
De less severe. But you may summon
fortitude at last to face the rage and
fury Of the wind and rain, and even to
eXult in the flash and roar and clatter
of the bolts which fall in quick success
sion all about you. When the demon
OF the storm Is once in possession you
fairly regretful when at last. with
sudden swish, the last pulse of the
oown-pour sweeps by, and the black
chaos goes roaring off. But when, rs
not rarely happens in these violent
showers, out of the seething alembic
monstrous hailstones are hurled down
upon syou. neither serenity nor
brsvado is OF much avail. You get
black and blue wells upon your back
Just the same, and your horses go wild
with the terror and pain of the bonn
bardment. These hailstones are often
from half an inch to an inch in dame
ter, occasionally as large as a hens
egg. And L have assisted at one of
these way-side dramas-my head and
shoulders under a saddle which a re-
lenting fate had thrown beside me on
the ground-in which the larger mis-
s1les measured between three and four
inches in their brutal diameters. But
they lent enchanting beauty to the
scene as, few minutes later, we |
cruuched our rueful way over them |
sparkling in.the sun.-From Under |
Inc Spell OF the Grand Canon" by II. |
Prudden, Nj. D.. in Harper's
Magazine for August.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

/ of Memphis gained the three posi- tions
| with Gardiner, Bald and Oldfield shut
out. Ths time was 2:l0 Is.
In the second heat the men caught
ems, Kimble, Eaton and Cooper. The
pacemaker was Venier, and when he
dropped at the bell Taylor went to the
lead looking under his arm. Kimble
and Stevens shot to the front side by
side at the front of Taylor, and Cooper
came to the side of the cOlOred boy
This placed Cooper in a bad position,
but Ktmble swung a little aside and
Stevens also. and The negro managed
to shove his nose up to third position
ahead of Cooper. who was wide of the
trio as they finished, Kimble in the
lead by a few inches over Stevens, and
Taylor on the pole and up to the side
of Stevens.
This closed Bald, Gardiner and
Cooper out of the final of the most i'm
pOrtant race of the meeting and
brought into the field kimble of Louis
Vile, Mcfarland, of San Jose, Cal.
Stevens, of Ottumwa. Iowa; John Fish
err, of Chicago, and Major Taylor, of
Indianapolis. They lined up 10 their
order as given.
The summaries are as follows.
One mile, professional national
championship. First semi final: Joe
Mcfarland, San Jose, first; Fisher.
Chicago, second. Time. 2:IO 10
Moore, of Memphis; Bald, of Buffalo:
Gardiner, of Chicago, and Barney Old
field, of Toledo, also rode.
Second semi-fnal--Kimble, Louis
vile, first: Stevens, Ottumwa. Iowa.
second: Major TAYLOR, indianapolis,
third. Time, 2:04 40
Jay Eaton, Elizabeth: Tom Cooper,
Detroit, also rode.
Final Heat-MacFarlsnd first, Major
Taylor second, Kimble third, Stevens
fourth, Fisher fifth. Time, ! :5S 3-5. !
{ Worlds single paced competitive rec
ord. breaking 2.01, by Gardiner at
Louisville. August. 1896.
One Mile. National Championship. |
Amateur-F. l.. Kraemer, Newark, |
wo: Earl Peabody, Chicago, second; o. !
+. Hausman. New Haven, third: c. NJ. |
Ertz, New York, fourth: George H. |
Collett, New Haven, fifth. Time, 2:O4 |
3-5
Two miles, amateur championship
George Walther, Dayton, t21O yards,
won: Archie Ferguson, Terre Haute,
$50 yards, second: j. d. Syephani,
Chicago, (225 ysrds), third; G. W.
Donnavan, Chicago, ESQ yards. fourth:
J: n. Nelson, Chicago, 200 yards, fifth.
Time, ALL.
Two-mile tandem, PROFESSIONAL
Martin. Lowell and Mertens, Min
1espolis. first: Tom Butler. Boston, and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
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Results of The Championship Races
At Indianapolis.

a dispatch from Indianapolis says
Floyd A. Mcfarland of California, the
great long distance handicap rider o.
last season, is the one mile champion
of America. and Fra k L. Kraemer OF
Newark, N. j., is the amateur cham
pion of America through his winning
OF the mile championship today from
Earl w. Peabody. the Chicagoan: e
5. Hausman of New Haven, Charlie
Erb of New York, and G. Fl. Collect, of
New Haven, winners of first and sec.
ond positions in the other champion
ship races.
Bald, Cooper and Gardiner failed to
qualify for the mile championship, and
Major Taylor was beaten by a better
man when Mcfarland shot in ahead of
him.
Kimble, the twO-mile champion, was
third in the contest. Records went by
the board again in the closing hours
of the national meet, and Indianapolis
gathered in a good crop, the most i'm
portant of these being the one mile,
single, paced, competition. mark of
2:Ol, made by Gardiner at Louisville
in 1896.
Mcfarland wins the championship
in / :5S %, breaking the record by 2 3-5
seconds.
The second mark was the two-mile
b handicap mark, which went to Krae-
mer, the new champion, in 4:19. The
third record was the quad mile, which
Naucoot, Ashdown, Lishner and Ben
nett cut from 1:47to l: AS 3-5, the former
mark belonging to what is known as
the Cincinnati quad team.
There was plenty of excitement at
the meet today, the single races being
all close, but the pursuit team race,
and east versus west,
coming in for share of the interest.
beat New York, Indianapolis
and Connecticut in the inter-urban
race going six and three-sixteenths
miles to q victory. Connecticut sue
,umbed first, Indianapolis second,
md then Illinois caught New
ork.
But the pursuit race of the east
against the west, long talked of but
never before brought to an issue, was a
treat for the men which they did not
relish. 1t took the west just three and
miles to lower the col
)rs OF the east, of which latter team
Martin, the plugger, remained to the
,lose. Bald, Eaton, Hatfield and Yer
,ier all quit the game. For the west
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
Merritt's Witty Brother.

General Merritt has brother in H.
llnois who Is one OF the best politicians
in the state. For many years he sat in
the legislature, and then became dis
tinguished for mind of the humorous
bent and amplitude of Lincoln.
n striking trait in Tom Merritt's
character is the delight he takes in
telling stories on himself-stories of the
KIND that are intended to make a fell
low chase around the corner. or to
nave some very important business to
transact, when told on one by a friend.
Just to keep his hand in Tom Mer-
rltt has put In circulation recently the
alleged facts of humorous experience
AT 81. Louis that will bear repetition.
IL should be remembered tha. this ell
dest brother OF the three Merritts
shutters hopelessly. and extracts droll
augmentation the embarrassments
he thus causes others in conversation.
Not long ago, upon going to St. Louis
on business trip, Merritt's sister urg-
ed him not on peril of his life TO return
from the city without talking parrot,
OF which she wished to make pet
After having attended to his own af-
ialrs he sat about executing the COM
mand OF his sister. Finding a notion
store where several parrots were for
SAFE ne went In and looked them over
with great care and patience. Finally
one clever-looking green bird of anus
ing agility, caught his fancy and he
called the proprietor. -
"S-s-ay," asked Merritt, pointing
out the parrot of his preference, Xxx
Kan th-a-at-oo- p-p-r-rot
,whlstlel t-t-t-alk:r
AS the last syllable OF the query es-
capped the Illinois statesman the pro-
prietor had grown lurid under the
gills.
''Well, by the almighty" was the
furious reply, "if he couldn't beat you.
I'd kill him. "-Chicago.Chronicle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

w. f. Becker, st. Paul, second Nc
tarlaud, San Jose, and Stevens, Iowa,
third: Bowler, Chicago, and Ben Mon
roe, Memphis, fourth. Time, 4:57 I-5
Last quarter in O:24.
East against West, fve-mile pursuit
race, five men to team, was won by the
West by five sixteenths Of mile in
1923 10 for the five miles. Western
team, mcfarland, .Mertens, Becker,
Gardiner and Stevens; Eastern team.
Bald, Eaton, Martin, Vernier and Hat
field.
The result OF the professional cham
pionship races has altered the standing
considerably, the present figures being
as follows:
CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

heaven for "Home, Sweet Home" may
he also murmur. and teach his child
rem to lisp, the sublime refrain of
Keys immortal anthem
AND the stsr-spangled banner, oh, long may
1t wave
DER the land of the free and the home of the
braV %
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

Payne-Badger Coal company, Nc
Alester, Cerrillos and anthracite coal,
cord and stove wood, yard Second and
Chihuahua streets. Telephone No. IL.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

Valley bran, wheat, choice clipped
oats, Cerrillos coal, wood and kindiing;
building material of all kinds. Ell Paso
tuel Co. Phone ITO. All S. Santa Fe
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

The leading winners in races of all
kinds, counting four points for firsts,
two for seconds and one for thirds
rank as follows:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20
HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY.

The accompanying diagram table is
designed to show how the people of the
United States spend their money, or
the greater part of it. 1t shows, says
an exchange, that we spend over three
times as much for liquors as for flour,
and nearly ten times az much for chur-
ches. This liquor bill is even bigger
than the meat bill, and about six times
as great as the money we spend on pub
lie education. The table appears in
an interesting little pamphlet, "The
Prohibition Handbook" published by
the Funk & Wagnalls company.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

Pure Hygenie,Ice.
Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as.
to purity and healthfulness of our ice.
Telephone No. IA.
hi PASO ICE & REFRIGERATOR Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-20

Brick. ........................... 5000. 900
observation-disclosures 10000 600
ohurches...................... 1a5.oooo0O
Public Education ............ 165.cOO,OOa
Silk Goods. 165,OoO.OOo
Furniture. ........~ 17s.oOo.ooo
Sugar and Molases.~........ 2s5,OoO,oOO
Wooden Goods ............. e5OOOOOO0
Boots and shoes......... :rs5,OOO.OoO
Flour...."................-... 345,OOo,OOO
Printing and Publishing s7O,ooO.OoO
Cotton Goods............-.... 80, 900
Sawed Lumber.................. 495,OO0,OOO
Tobacco. 515OOO,OOO
Iron and Steel.................. $50 600 900
Meat....................~....... s1OOOO,Ooo
L1quors........ 1850, OOO,OOO
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-02-05
Greensburg

There has not been snow enough to
take the rust off the soles of the
sleighs.
Little Garnet Lemaster, who has
been suffering for some time from an
attack of infammatory rheumatism
in his arm, is somewhat better at this
writing.
Rumor has it that Mr.. John Ben
der's little boy is down from an at
tack of dyphtheria.
Mr.. John lambert, his sister, Minnie,
and Miss Florence Hoffman, were
visiting Mrs. Fannie DeGrange, Mon
day. evening.
Our school here seems to be getting
along very nicely under the manage
ment of the new teacher, Mr.. Champ
Shepard
The literary society had very in
teresting meeting last Friday even
ing.
Mr.. VIM. Bender and Miss Fannie
Byers were married in Shepherdstown,
last Wednesday, Jan. 20. Their
many friends serenaded them Satur-
day evening, w. j. S.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-02-05
PUBLIC SALES.
to move

Below is complete list of sales so far
as we have been able to ascertain. Any
persons intending to have sale will
confer a favor by informing us. no mat
ter where you may get your printing
done. We are not in any combine, have
no one drumming up work for us, but
do print better bills and secure better
results than can be had elsewhere and at
as low or lower prices than any other
Office in this section. Give us call, at
least.
February 0, Wednesday. +. p, II. Har-
rison will sell large number of fine
horses and other property at Mr.. J.
Nj Porterteld's on the Hedgesvilie
road, "a miles from this city.
February 10, Thursday, George w. Ben
der will sell his large lot of stock and
farming implements at his home near
Bedington.
February 15, Tuesday, w. A. Lemen will
sell stock and valuable personal prop
erty at his home on the Herman Lemen
farm, one mile west of Billmyer's Mill
and two miles southeast of Swan
Pond.
February II Thursday, John w. Mer-
chant will sell stock and farming i'm
plements at his home on Tuscarora, 2
miles from town.
February 21 Monday, j. w. Dodd, as
administrator of the estate of the late
Benz. NJ Shepherd, will sell the per-
sonal property of that estate at the
home of the widow on the Hedges
Vile road, "a miles from this city.
February 20, Tuesday. David 0. Bartles
win sell all his stock and farming inn
plements at his home at the Big Spring
on the Winchester turnpike.
February %, Monday, Geo. d. Atkins
will sell stock and farming IMPLEMENTS
at his residence on the Arden road, two
miles from Martinsburg.
March /, Tuesday, John w. Sperow win
sell his stock and farming implements
at his home near Hainesyille, on the
Williamsport turnpike.
March 2, Wednesday, E.. d. Lochbaum
will sell his personal property, one
mile northeast of North Mountain.
March 3, Thursday, Z. s. Tabler will
sell his personal property at his resi-
dence near Greensburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-02-05
MingO.


Rena Shriver and Laura Albright
were in Morgan county Sunday.
Harry Hasenbuhler, of Snyders,
came over Sunday evening.
Louis Kidney is attracted to Provi-
dence quite often.
Dora Kesecker was at Bedington
Monday.
David Slonaker, Sons & Co., who
have been in the lumber business in
this locality, are removing their ma
chinery above Shanghai.
The pulpit at Hedges chapel was
efficiently filled Sunday, by Rev. An
thony, Of Bunker Hill.
Some of our people attended the
dedication of the u B. church at
Jones Spring, Sunday.
The United Brethren revival held
at Providence has closed with twenty
seven conversions and twenty one
accessions, Mr.. Slower going to
Ganotown to begin a revival there.