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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30
FUNERAL OF col. WOODS.
Citizens Of San Marcos Paid Tribute
to His Memory.
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE DEAD MAN,
Raised Company for the coured.
crncy and Aftcrward Commanded
u Regimcnt--.AIason Fifty Years.

San Marcos. Texas, January ss.--san
Marcos witnessed the most wonderful DEM
onstrton OF love to an individual today
al the funeral OF pr Peter C. Woods.
Every business place IN the town Was
closed aud the people turned out en- masse
The services were held In the commodlous
Methodist church. which could not hold
half the attendance aud the streets lead
Ing each way from Il were lined on both
sides for a block away with vehicles.
Key, John ". stosall, pastor of the
church, assisted By Rev. w. J, Joyce. chap.
lain Of the y g Woods camp, United Con-
tede ate Veterans, conducted the very i'm.
pressivo services Of he church. Ths 70
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~, e;Ioslns quotations on bonds at Now York
MONEY AMI BANKING.

Houston. January ga--.There Is little
mers activity IN the dumupe tor ,ncne, on.
ncGuurt Of contemplated good spring trade
Hatta ays steady ut 7QS per cent.
exchange le quoted ms follows. New York.
buying, elb00s,0 90; selling. SOC discount TO par
New Orleans. buying ii to par, selling VI TO
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30

ern people for honest deaA
When the truth is knoxu ~
that these sharp practios n
deals are mostly the 4
have come from other pe,s
There are honest real 81.
we need more Of that go ri r
tell the truth about lana. ~
sonable prices and give ~ \
Real estate men, IN snYss Z
around, rarely give Msn
To talk with old settlers
truth and speak from =
of the climate. soil ana ~ y &c.
should locate until be y. ~
many old settlers az e NJ =
done this myself ] woilia n ~ 4
time aud labor. ] have
perience, perhaps, not M r
have for theirs. but CERT n 7
South Texas Is gooa ~
spects. The climate Y .sisa ~
pie, and in some !ceasc..r &
fertile, but 1t Is ridicu,sv.
rieh lands everywhere
scrse 10 tell NortneII y
can grow wheat and osni
In the South Texas !. soS ~
and some crops VIII q ,,nss'
will prove an utter la''s 4
/ can say much mcrs ~ 4
I feel II my duty TO sss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30
\ Complaint.
10 the Editor OF The Post.


houston. Texas. January Pol have read
something Of what has been said in The
fos' the past few months In regarl to the
location OF Mennonite colonies in South
ieAas' and beg space TO say few words
~ 'hat subject, know OF what speak
from personal experience AMI contact with
so'i'e OF the people who have come 20 seek
homes among MS
- me FIRST place, want to say that
s'ea' harm Is being done our Southern
'""'s ana our Southern people. II from
nv o'ner consideration than matter Of
ao'afs and cents, we should look more
eaieiu'iy at this question, and il necessary.
, NV, me strong arm of The law to deal
MIN parties who are Working ,roh i,
ss,,,r me lands OF South Texas are fast
~ ,hs n,s, in,o such condition. because Of
nv, ,Ss Methods OF some real estate dsaIer~
"a. Northern people viii NOT INV mr.,
~ price, The reputation Of eur south.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-30

LuIins, Caldwell cou s's:,i
A very cold norther " " 3
Ing the first sleet q Va
sround being dry, - 8
10 be the coldest o. ~
tertalned that all run ~
recent warm weatheS "a
buds 70 bursting, IA
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anu efficient. For twonty years he was SUI
perlntendent of public instruction In HAYS
county and always leader In the work
,or Inc advancement OF morals and educa-
sioh' Camp p. G. Woods. United Confeder.
T ~. veterans, San Marcos. was named for
~, WOODS as tribute to his civic virtues
as Meh Us MS lervice to thu Lost Cause.
pr. Woods leaves wife and thirtoe,
ca ldren--eight by his first wife and five
b! his last--all living.
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weekly Hank Statement.


London, January s9.--consols for money AMI
tho account lie ii-l6; Mexican ordinary. 2ais
Mexican Central. new ", 70; bar silver uncer-
tain, &c 5-l6d per ounce. Money, q. per
cent The rate of discount In the open mar
ket for short and three months bills, sAGJ
e7-S per cent.
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HOUSTON RANK cLnARlNGs,

The following are the cloarinps OF The
Houaton barks Tor the week thus lar ana FOR
tiIs corresponding time last year. togothcr
With the Increase or decrease;
S{ This Last In-
y yenr. yenr cr5cs,
\ saturday $685.. so76,er sSS9.ecI s2sS.7is
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III 81. Z Now York Moncy.
4. ~ 4egk, JanNary 81 Money ON rail- easy
i ~ leee = per aspt. Prime asrcan,
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Kid Gloves.

Kid Gloves.
si.oo quality SHOOK Glace Kid Gloves, E0o
i'll tan, mode and black ....e............ We
Sl.25 quality 4-button white and yellow 60,
Glaze Kid Gloves ....................O W.
$50 quality S-button Mosquetare Suede 90,
Gloves, in white, tan, mode and black -. voc
$3.50 and $500 quality 10 and S-buon Suede Even
ing Gloves, in white, black, yellow, pink, %
light blue, nile and lavender ........ 100
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
Danger In Poaching.

No offenders against the British law
are punished SO severely as the poacher.
The fields and the woods of all Eng
land are now overrun with game. Hares
are as plentiful as flies almost, while
cartridges, pheasants and the like are
so numerous as to be in some places
actual pests. Yet they are not for the
laborer, or the plowman, or the rus
tic of low degree. Should some poor
cottager, with larder lean and pocket
empty, steal out at nightfall to spot
where he knew hares were feeding,
and making his way through q field
gate or through some well known open
ing in the hedge, fire and kill single
hare, he makes himself liable to prose-
cution for trespass, for carrying gun
without license, and for having game
in his possession unlawfully. If it
should happen that he is near the
highway when hessshot is fred, he is
also liable to be prosecuted on the
charge of firing gun in proximity to
the public road. If he is arrested
there is no escape from long imprison-
ment IN the jail.
1t is this stigma that turned poach-
ing over to the moral delinquents Of
the parish, although the amateur
poacher" is still to be found in every
observation-disclosures sport-loving rus
tic of good name and standing from
whom the rigor of the law and the dis
grace that would follow detection have
failed to drive the fascination of q
night spent among the rabbit runs and
hare paths. The amateur poacher is
an eager spirit, and he argues that a
law which declares that the love of adj
venture in the field and genius for
woodcraft are criminal when possessed
by those unfavored by birth or for
tune, is law against higher law of
nature, and one against which it is no
crime to wage war.-New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A single candle, to give its full
light, requires 100 cubic feet of air
per hour.
Professor Alsnel says that between
the ticks of a watch ray of light
could move around the globe.
If the sun was to be divided into
smaller planets, it would make l, $40,
900, each the size of the earth.
Professor Bilslik says: The right
hand, which is more sensitive to the
touch than the left, is less sensitive
than the latter to the effect Of the heat
and cold.
All deserts are situated where the
winds from the ocean, before reaching
them, are exhausted of their moisture
by passing over mountains or across
extensive tracts of land.
In France tuberculosis causes one
out of every six deaths, and claims
twice as many victims as typhoid
fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, small
pox, cholera, and all other infectious
diseases.
The Foraminifera are protozoans
which secrete one-or-many chambered
shells. They occur in great album
dance at the surface of the ocean, and
in fossil in most Of the geological
formations.
An eminent Prussian statistician,
Sussmilch, estimated in the time OF
Frederick /. of Prussia that about one
twelfth Of the population Of Europe
died of smallpox and that nearly every
body had the disease.
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rneumaonla.

Very many of the cases of pneu-
monia which are constantly reported
owe their existence to negligence.
The disease, which consists in an
Inflammation of the proper substance
Of the lungs, is often brought on by
prolonged exposure to cold; and it is
always dangerous, as can be seen by
the weekly records of mortality in
this city, which shows that it destroys
more lives here than any other dis
ease. The ordinary symptoms Of it
are coughing, pain in the side, fever
ishness, accelerated breathing; and
just as soon as any one is affected by
these symptoms doctor should be
sent for, while the sufferer must keep
indoors. The doctor will at once or.
der the patient to bed, If he be not
there, and then try to give him relief
by the administration Of those drugs
chat have the approval Of experience.
A cure can thus be effected in good
proportion of the cases Of pneumonia.
Many of the diseases that prove
fatal can be successfully treated, il
UredUeQ III bILlc. AuCtlCouS, WuCu
taken i'll, are apt TO postpone the
duty of sending for doctor, fancy
ing that they will soon be well again;
they dislike to be ordered to bed and
kept away from their business, they
can't bear to make fuss over their
ailments; they hate to take medicine;
they would rather not run up doc
tors bills Lives are very often lost
because of such foolishness. Innu-
merable people wouldliv through dis
eases that prove fatal to them il they
would act with Judgment and pru-
dence when first taken i'll.
Better be particular about catching
cold at this season of the year, and
In all the other seasons. II you catch
it, better try TO get rid Of it as soon
as you can. Many are the diseases
to which it renders people liable.
Naw York Snn
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
Eye~lasse, and spectacles.

'sYou say you never wore spec
tacles?" said the near-sighted man.
''Well, if you ever put on pair you II
never wear anything else. I wore
eyeglasses for years. I thought they
looked better on me, and then I i'm.
agined that they were more conven.
lent; that I could take them off and
put them on more readily and all that.
But after wearing pair of spectacles
once for few days-I had put them
on, as / thought at first, temporarily
II discovered that spectacles were
the glasses for comfort.
"There are, to be sure, people who
do not wear glasses all the time, but
only for reading or writing, and so on,
to whom eyeglasses may be more con.
venient; and then ] believe that eye
glasses are made nowadays that have
more scientifically adjusted grips, and
all that sort of thing; but I tell You
that the thing for real comfort il
spectacles. New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
/, NEW CURE FOR POISONING.
Han Bled Almost to Death to Save HI
~sssx< Life.

Nan Bled Almost to Death to Save His
Sssy Life.
The bleeding of man almost to
death in order to save his life seems
like contradiction in terms, but it is,
nevertheless, fact, according to the
statement Of the chief of the medical
staff of London hospital The case
was common enough one, poor
wretch tired OF life having taken a
large dose of laudanum in order to put
an effectual end to his miseries.
As soon as he was taken to the hos
pital the physicians set to work with q
stomach pump and exhausted all the
usual methods known to the fraternity
in treating cases of poisoning, but to
no avail. The poison had passed from
the mans stomach into his blood, and
in spite Of everything he sank lower
and lower, until he was actually breath
ing only Eve times in Ave minutes.
The patient, according to the
physician, was practically dead, his
blood, which was circulating slowly in
his body, being impregnated with the
poison, when suddenly, with a brill
liant inspiration, which it is believed
marks new era in the treatment of
this form of poisoning, the physician
decided that the only way to get the
poison out of the mans body was to
remove the blood which contained it.
He knew as everybody knows, that
the body ordinarily is equal to any
demand made upon it, and will soon
manufacture blood for itself, provided
that the quantity Of blood Withdrawn
from the veins is made up by CORE
spending quantity of q solution of
salt and water of the same degree Of
sadness as the blood itself.
The risk was, of course, enormous,
but the circumstances warranted the
taking of it, for such life as there was
in the mans body was good only for .
short time, and was hardly life at all,
seeing that consciousness had almost,
if not entirely, vanished.
Accordingly, two pints ofblood were
taken from the man, and it was found
to be tas black as ink" Two pints
of salt solution were then injected
into his veins, and in the course of Q
few minutes he began to breathe more
rapidly, and one by one the organs
seemed to begin to resume the nor
NAL exercise of their functions.
For days the man had to be care
fully treated, but now he's thoroughly
well and without any suspicion of
having gone through the valley of the
shadow of death.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12

Governor was satisfied that the haunts
were made known, and no one else
inquired very closely into the matter.
On the return of the expedition
Tacon was about to pay to Captain
Marti the promised reward, when the
latter interrupted him with peculiar
proposition. He said he was inn
mensely wealthy, and cared not for
money, while the treasury of Cuba
was poor. He proposed that, instead
of the reward, to him should be
granted monopoly of the fish trade
of Havana, and that he be permitted
to employ his contrabandists As fish
ermen. In the event of such grant
he promised to build the finest fish
market in the world. and at the end
of twenty-five years to return his
privilege of monopoly and the fish
market to the Government.
Tacon accepted the proposition,
seeing in it his opportunity to hold
control over Marti. And for quarter
Of century the Havana market was
supplied with the finest Of fish caught
by smugglers, absolutely safe from
the law in all that they did.
This monopoly filed to overlooking
the already well-supplied purse of
Marti, and he looked about him for
another investment for his money. He
conceived the idea OF theatre mon
opoly, somewhat on the plan of his
fish market. He communicated with
Tacon, who granted him the privilege
for twenty years, on condition that
the building be made the largest of
the kind in the world and named
Tacon.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
Sea water a. Medicine.


''Sea water isn't as palatable as
chocolate ice cream soda, remarked
young doctor with q merry look out Of
the corner Of his eye, "but neither il
castor oil or quinine or any medicine,
SO far as that goes. One grows really
fond of it, however, and in time longs
for it. The trouble is that most PEG.
pie take their sea water as they would
q bite from mad dog. I1Unake
faces, get excited, fairly froth y the
mouth, and then chase of and take a
drink of something that doesn't go
with it. All mixed drinks are bad for
the stomach, you know.
saThe way to take salt water is to
take il quietly with your sen bath and
leave it to do the rest. followed the
sea when q boy for years, and went to
many strange countries with many
green crews, and I never yet saw an
old sailor who was q dyspeptic, who
suffered from insomnia, biliouoness,
nervousness, headaches or any Of
mans everyday ailments, and whyi
As soon as an old salt feels the slight
est symptom Of any sort Of physical
arrangement he let's tin pail down
into bis medicine chest, the ocean,
hauls up . pailful Of fresh sec water,
blows off the foam with the airy grace
of Bowery sbeer bibber, and takes q
high ball. Sailors are good-tempered
and even in their dispositions, and ]
believe IL is due to their fondness fo1
and faith in the effectiveness Of SEES
water rs . medicine. You people al
give it : fair trial and il you arenf
benefited in body and mind I'll tear NJ
my sheepskin. New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
.pouring OH ON Troubled waters"

"Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters"
Lieutenant Charles M. McCarteney
writes an article on 'Ocean Storms"
for st. Nicholas. In describing the
great hurricane off Nova Scotia on
August 80, 1891, Lieutenant Mozart
eney says:
The Indiana was kept dry by the
dripping of oil from both bows; and
although tremendous seas were run
ming and breaking, they could not
come on board.
This was certainly . most practical
illustration of the old saying as to the
pouring of oil on troubled waters
proverb as old as the Bible, but
only very recently applied, thanks to
the photographic Office of the United
States, and now very generally fol-
lowed by seamen the world over. II
was an American also tRedfeld) who
first thoroughly found out and ex-
planned the true character of these re-
volving storms, and to him all seamen
are forever indebted.
In using oil, it is astonishing how
small quantity will sufice-iust q
quart or two, in bag stuffed with
oakum, hung over the bows, and al
lowed to drip, drop by drop, on the
sea, where it spreads out in thin,
greasy film over the surface Of the
water. Over the film the wind slips.
as it were, and has no power to bank
the water up into waves which would
break over the ship. Hundreds ofre-
ports are on file in the Office, attesting
the marvellous results Of this simple
agent of safety.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12

In %. Postage Stamps. Post-ofRos Money Order. or
Express Money Order.
a TO our reliability. refer to b. q. Dun's or
Bradstreet's mercantile agencies
NEW YORK UNION SUPPLY CO..
lS7 Leonard Street, New York City.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12

The Yellow River in China has
changed its channel four times in the
past 1000 years, and the point at which
it empties into the sea has from time
to time moved up and down the coast
q distance Of 300 miles. It's floods
have drowned over 10, 000. 600 persons
during the past three centuries, and
tie destruction Of property has been
proportiopAte.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace Slespers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct conneo.
lions with first class lines to I'll points
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed, and all
trains freight and passenger now run.
ming regularly over it. Thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident to trans.
Ter By ferry boat.
A. Fl. HANSON. Gen. Pas Agt,
Chicago.
Juo. A. Scor1. D. p A.. Memphis.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-12
CHAPTER x.

THEY SAILED AWAY IN A GALLANT BARK. y
well, with tho love Of such girl as
Cousin Lea assured" said Valentine
Dayton, the morning following the
events narrated in the preceding chap
ier. athe battle is more than half won.
[ am sure Uncle Nehemiah Hedges will
come round in time.
Il do not blame Doctor Hedges for re-
iusing me the hand Of his daughter; In
Ills position L think might do the
same, said the captain.
Il ask your pardon. Ralph, but don t
think you would. Genealogies may be
light in the old world, but in this land
men don't win through their grand
fathers" said Valentine. with much
sorce.
you are right. perhaps; but before |
ask Lea to join me at the altar, shall
sonyince her father that there is moth
ING in my origin for which /. at least,
should blush. However, / am very
happy as it is It seems to me that the
fog through which have been feeling
py way and taking soundings for years
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-19
There Are No Files ON Him.

Benjamin Berdell, a wandering clock
repairer. Is death on flies. Three years
ago. when at Railway. N. j., during a
storm he was picking cherries. when the
tree was struck by lightning. Berdeli
received a severe shock. IL Transformed
him into an electric man. Amy one who
shakes hands With him now receives a
severe shock. BY pressing the blades Of
a knife between his thumb and forein-
ger during a storm he charges the met
al SO strongly that heavy weights can
be lifted. When flies alight upon him
they drop dead. When he IL In a dark
room sparks nash from his flesh and
his eyes shine like incandescent lights.
Whenever q storm approaches Berdell
comes highly charged with electricity
and IL Is dangerous to touch him. He
says he feels no inconvenience. except
that he will not go near a moving loco-
motive for fear of being raw against
1t and kiiled.-New York Press.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-19

clergyman Of the city said yesterday:
The efort now being made TO ave
the A. n. E. church to thu colored peo-
pie should meet with favor from any
public spirited man or woman in Butte.
The number Of colored people In cur
city In not large-they are generally
poor. they cannot worship with the
whites and they ought by all means TO
have q place OF their own where they
may meet and worship. The pastor.
Rev. Nj. Taylor. Is far above the aver
age Of coiored ministers and deserves
the respect OF the people. He Is
working hard to save the church and
should succeed.
"some OF the most prominent workers
In the churches n various benevo-
lent workers are enlisted to help him
to pay on the debt. i learn that all
the churches AVE appointed a COM
mittee Of ladies' to make a vigorous
anvass from house to house. and 1
hope they will meet with success Those
called upon will understand that the
money donates goes to a good cause.
The committees will begin the canvass
the first Of the week"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-19
BUTTE CURRENT NOTES.
Silver COS.

silver 6Oh.
Rent pianos from orion Bros.
Read Hight & Fairfeld's ad. page s.
Fred orion. plano tuner. LOT e. Bcwy.
d. c. Kyle is in the city from Glas-
gov.
DR.. Hagenberger mas gone East on a
few weeks visit.
f. f. Congdon came over yesterday
from Philipsburg.
Mrs. II. Dahlman of Boulder is Wis.,
iting In the city.
George Kervin Of Park City, Utah,
is at the McDermott.
We rent new pianos. Montana Music
Co., 119 North Main street.
Skates and skates at Davis & VEINS
cary company, 20 Main street.
Compare the Boys Suits we sell for
One Dollar with others. Boucher.
Fleischmann's compressed yeast. yell
low label. 2 for 5 cts, all over Montana.
MI. and Mrs. Dan Tewey and son
of Race Track are visiting friends in
Butte.
Dan Malone was arrested yesterday
for making trouble In front of a Main
street saloon.
A handsome daughter was born
Thursday to the wife of Harry Mellott.
~NO. ~vS MiocOuia aNChdC.
The most complete line of cigars
(both clear Havana and domestic) in
the West are to be found at Newbro's.
Heavy, warm Irish Frieze listers for
Ten Dollars. They are made well, of
good material. colors are fast. Boucher.
Mccarthy. the o~ne-legged vag. was
run In again yesterday for creating a
disturbance and otherwise making a
nuisance of himself.
Hattie, the 1~5-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. p. Morgan. died yes
terday morning at the family residence,
No. 934 Walker avenue.
An unusually large number OF new
students enrolled at Butte business col
lege this week. Scholarships in that
chool are absolutely safe.
The funeral OF Robert McFadden was
held yesterday afternoon and was very
largely attended. McFadden was the
miner h sustained fatal injuries in
the Berkely shaft.