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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
DIAZ

The writer who would crilicise the
perennial president of the Republic OF
Mexico and write truly as he under
stands the man and the position is GER
tain to be misunderstood, writes J. M.
Ward in the Denver Post. One will
say things of Mr.. Diaz fully intended
to be praise and many readers will per-
ceive nothing but blame in the quail
ties ment toned or the deeds done. In
respects he reminds of Cromwell, who
found England weak and despised and
left it strong and respected. Again,
he reminds of Louis XII, who found
France divided into a dozen powerful
duchies and left it consolidated king
dom. AS Napoleon rose from revolu-
ton to a throne Diaz rose to "chair."
Lincoln's edict freed the American
slaves and Diaz forced the means of
emancipation upon the Mexican poems
by giving them free education. But
parallels are unsafe and often mislead-
ing.
Porfirio Diaz is today the most abso-
Lutte monarch ON the face of the earth.
The others in his class, the czsrs and
sultans and shahs. are restricted by,
royal conventionalities, tribal customs
and Inherited obi cations. Being an
elected preside pt Mr.. Diaz has no such
trammels and Inherited obligations.
TIE constitution of the re-
public expressly prohibits the re-elec-
tion of q president,yet this is his fourth
or fifth term-no one counts them any
more. The constitution was suspended
in his case. Congress is shadow and
state governors are civil lieutenants.
1t is joke for the president to talk of
congress giving him permission to visit
tie United States, a diplomatic joke.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
No Right To UgIineSS.

The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac-
tive must keep her health. If she Is
weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to pu-
rify the blood. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. It will make q cookbook
ing, charming woman of a run down
invalid. Only so cents at Irwin & Co.,
Drug Store
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
Unequaled By Any Other.

1have been in the drug business for
twenty years and have sold most all of
the proprietary medicines of any note.
Among the entire list 1 have never
found anything to equal Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for all stomach and bowel troubles,
This remedy cured two severe cases of
cholera morbus in my family and have
recommended and sold hundreds of
bottles of it to my customers, to their
entire satisfaction. 1t affords quick
and sure cure in pleasant form.-O.
w. WAKEFIELD, Druggist, Colum bus,
Ga. For sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
The governors are required to send to

The governors are required TO send to
him each day an account OF every &C.
currence of Importance in their states
that day. These reports are perused
by Mr.. Disz himself and if he desires
further enlightenment on any subject
the governor involved ia telegraphed
to come at once to the City of Mexico,
and he goes. When a governor is no
longer acceptable to Mr.. Diaz he is
given a hint to resign and he does not
return to his state until he has resign
ed. If he has been good or must be
placated he is sent on q mission" to a
foreign country and thus afforded a
pleasant vacation at the public's ex-
pense.
THE DUMMY ELECTION
Then comes an "election" for his
successor. 1t is probable that nine
tenths of the people of the state con-
cerned do not know there is to be an
election. Those cOgniZant do not care.
for they have been informed who Ia to
be elected. A gendarme with ballot
box is seen on q street core err for an
hour or so on the day of election and it
ia possible that few bond fide ballots
are cast, but it is unnecessary to take
all that trouble. II there are two can
didates one is voluntary dummy, for
it is conceded that the aspirant favor
ed by the president will be installed.
The system possesses the merit of
saving expense and pother. No coloniz-
ing from an adjoining state, no pur-
chase of votes and election officers, and u,
above all, no campaign literature. On
its face it is as regular as an election
in the United States, as all the forms
of law are complied with. Next morn
ing the newspapers announce the cleo
tion shy an overwhelming majority
of the man designated by the presi-
dent. "Practically 70 opposition, :"
they say. with gentle humor, ard tables
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
A Cure For Cholera Infantum.
Never Known to Fail.

During last May an infant child of
our neighbors was suffering from chol-
era infantum. The doctors had given
up all hopes of recovery. 1 took q bot
tie of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Disrrhoea Remedy to the house, tell
ing them l felt sure it would do good if
used according to directions. In two
days time the child had fully recover
ed. The child Is now vigorous and
healthy. 1 have recommended the
remedy frequently and have never
known it to fail-MRS. BURTIS BAK-
Err, Bookwalter, Ohio. For sale by all
druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
AND SOME RECENT
CHANGES OF SENTIMENT

of the votes cast are given, showing
scattering ballots for the obliging dunn
my.
AMAZING GENIUS FOR WORK.
Nor does the presidents care cease
with the choice of q governor. They
cay in Mexico that he knows the
executive and judicial ability of
every Juaz de Paz in the republic, and
the Juaz de Paz, like the American
Justice of the peace, is the officer near
est the people. Ali officials are under
bottom They come and go as he
wills.
To possess this mastery over q sys-
tenn of his own construction q man
must have genius for work. This
faculty Mr.. Diaz possesses to an extra
ordinary degree. ALI the mplicated
affairs of state obtain his personal at
tention, and there is nothing too small
In the internal administration of the
republic for his scrutiny and revision.
His ca binet officers are his clerks. No
man can boast of his confidence. They
come and 60 at the national palace but
Por6rio Diaz stays.
His routine of work is amazing. In
the winter he lives in the palace and
begins his official duties two hours be-
fore his cabinet think of opening their
desks, frequently remaining at his Ia
bors till after dark. In the summer
his home il at the castle of Chapulte-
pee, six miles away, and he wastes no
time in getting to and from the palace.
A magnificent team of American hor-
ses make the trip morning and evening
at their top speed.
THE "MAN ON HORSEBACK"
It Is not difficult to understand how
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

Mr.. Diaz rose Co power, now that the
way he cut Is clear. He was Mexico's
imam on horseback" The country was
torn by civil Discussions, crime ran
riot, property was unsafe, life a gam
BILE and often death was relief in the
years before he was elected by the
bayonets of his army to the presidency
When his first term expired in 1880,
they tried General Gonzalez for four
years but reelected Mr.. Diaz in 1884
and he has remained in the presidents
chair ever since. He has given Mexico
q strong, stable government under
which the laws-electionl laws excepted
are respected, property is safe and
life secure.
The poems andIndians idolize him be-
cause he has Indian blood in his veins
and is backed by an army. The com
mon, middle and wealthy classes re-
spect him because he has removed or
suppressed the elements that threats
ened their holdings. The foreigner
are unanimously for him because he
safeguards their investments.
How he brought about this result is a
long story, too long for this article,
but there is remarkable feature
which is worth considering for Sec
ond or two: Each of these classes thinks
it is specially favored by the presi-
dent.
Mr.. Diaz is now SO years old, but
there is no suggestion of that age in
his person. He has cold eye and
more of jowl than his pictures repres-
emit. This must be the result of former
good living for he is abstemious now
aud regular in his habits. The gossi ps
of Mexico say he was once a devil of
fellow with the ladies, but not his
worst enemy says q word against the
purity of his later life.
GREAT POPULARITY.
His personal popularity is simpl
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
Southern Railway.

The 'summer homes" In the noun
tains of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee are reached
with so much ease and quick time that
they are more popular than ever. The
rates for board have been made so very
reasonable that it is cheaper than re-
msining at home. You can secure any
desired altitude from two to ten thous-
and feet. For map folders, circulars,
summer homes" booklet, or other in
formation, please address J. @. An
drews, South western passenger agent,
Hutchins House, Houston, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
Hotel PdldCiO

Messrs McDermott and; Carpenter
have assumed charge of the above
hotel at chihuahua, Mex. and will con-
duct the same on the American plan
Mr. D McDermott is we'll known to
the travelling public as having for
many years conducted the .Robinon
house. Everything has been refiitted to
the comfort of the guests and good
treatment is guaranteed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
Price Bros. GrOcerS
PHONE ID.
HOW TO CURE BLOODY FLUX,
Never Known to Fail.

AS druggist 1 have handled various
remedies for bowel complaints for the
past five years, but have never found
anything so beneficial or certain to eff
feet a cure as Chamberlain's Collie,
an absolute specific for bloody fux, di-
arrhoe and summer mplaints in gen.
eral. 1 have never known it to fail.
JOHN X. TAYLOR, Druggist, Cromwell,
Kentucky. For sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
BuckIen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts +,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box, For
sale by w. A. Irwin 81 Co., wholesale
and retail agents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea, twenty
five cents bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

cans Armour's celebrated Vienna
Sausage, 25 cents.
10 10 pail pure Leaf Lard, White La
bel, IS cents.
70 Id pail pure Leaf Lard, White La
bel, 81 As.
. 10 pail pure Leaf Lard, White La
bel, 40 cents.
Ell PASO GROCERY Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

Sewet. Refreshing sleep is given by
Hoods Sarsaparilla which strengthens
the nerves, tones the stomach and
overcomes all dyspeptic symptoms. Y GU
should try it,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia
blets. All druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. Csc. The genuine has
B. Q. L. on each tablet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

Hoods Pills are prompt and efficien t
easy to take, easy to operate. 25 cents
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12
CHRIS FEWEL PROMOTED.

Army
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

Fresh cut flowers a specially. MRS.
J. b. ComstOck.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-12

Payne-Badger Goal 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, 1899-07-12

Ell PASO GROCERY Co,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
SIAMESE FOOTBALL.
The Ball Is Struck Generally with
the Knee and Kept in
the Air.

The Siamese youth have only one
game worth considering, and that one
is indigenous-or native to Burma
the question of parentage being much
mooted one, says Harper's Weekly. At
all events, the game requires a certain
amount of activity, and is very inter-
esting to the onlooker. 1t is a kind of
football-in fact, l have heard it called
Burmese football--played with a ball
about four inches in diameter, made of
braided rotan, entirely hollow, very
strong and resilient. The number of
contestants is not arbitrarily fixed, but
play Is sharpest when there are enough
to form circle about ten feet in diam
eter. The larger the circle after it has
passed the desirable diameter the slow
er the play.
The game is to keep the ball tossing
into the air without breaking the circle.
AS man fails at his opportunity he
drops out, and when there remain but
four or SIX, the work is sharp and very
pretty. The ball is struck generally
with the knee, but also with the foot,
from in front, behind and at the side.
Some become remarkably clever. have
seen player permit the ball to drop
directly behind his back, and yet, with
out turning, return it clear over his
head, and straight into the middle of
the circle, by a well-placed backward
kick of his heel
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
WHITE HOUSE CHINA.
A New Set Specially Made and Marked
for Each Incoming Ad-
minfstratiOn.

The white house china is manufac-
tured and decorated especially for the
presidents house, says the New York
Mail and Express. When a new admin
lstration comes in, a new set of china is
made and marked with the name of the
president. Of course, the Old china Is
kept, the new being only of sufficient
quantity to make up for the breakage
and loss during the last administra-
ton. The decoration of the china con-
sists of a dark blue border, with gold
tracings in shape of cornstalks and
ears, while in the center of the white
plate is the coat-of-arms of the United
States in colors. The best of artists
are employed to paint these plates, and,
as each one is marked with the name of
the administration, each has a value.
1t is often quite an interesting part of
a white house dinner for the guests,
while waiting for the courses, to turn
their plates to see to what administra-
ton they belonged.
The china of the white house is in the
special charge of the steward, and he
is responsible to the government for it.
1t is rare that any of it gets out of the
white house, and therefore the appear
ance of the two plates in the auction
room last week caused comment. The
price paid for them flour dollars
aplece) was certainly remarkably low,
in view of their value to collectors.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
KEEP YOUR WITS AT A FIRE.
Advice of a Man Who Has Had Plenty
of Experience in
Hotels.

81 have been an actor for 20 years."
said Thaddeus Shine. 81 have crossed
the continent nine times. Naturally, 1
have slept in a good many hotels here
and there. [ have been caught in three
hotel fires. The first time | came near
being cremated. 1t happened because
l was bounced out of bed at the first
alarm, felt satisfied that | was as good
as dead, bounded out of the room and
rushed down the hallway. 1 didn't
know where l was going. Like Kip
ing's stampeded soldier, didn't stop
to see. The consequence was that /
ran into the part of the building which
was burning, turned to go back, found
my escape cut off by smoke, fell insen-
sible in little while and was dragged
out by fireman who stumbled over me-
There is but one thing to do when
you are sleeping in a strange place and
the fire call is sounded. Get out of bed
swiftly but quietly, put on your shoes,
trousers and coat and pick up your val
uables, if you have any. You can do all
this in five minutes or less by working
steadily and coolly. By the time you
get it done you will know in what direc-
you want to go, and how to get there.
Hotels don't burn down in ten minutes
these days, and with the present eff
ficiency of the fire departments in the
large cities not one in 100 of them that
catch on fire burns down at all. When
thing of this kind comes up make
haste slowly is motto that every man
and woman ought to remember. It is
the crazed ones who die"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
We Amaze the FOREIGNER.

From Plymouth to Calais there is q
chain of decayed seaports and idle ship
yards-a chain of rotten wharves, tum-
ble-down piers, shipless harbors and
old sailors, says II. Phelps Whitmarsh,
in Atlantic. All speak eloquently of a
great carrying trade, Of great foreign
shipping interest, of great marine
power-that was. The foreigner, when
he looks at all this for the first time,
and realizes what has been lost, stands
aghast, and finds himself wondering
whether the high estimate set upon the
American people as an energetic bust
ness nation is not, after all, an unmer-
tied one
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
METAL TRADING CHECKS.
So General in Parts of Minnesota as
Almost to SuppIant Govern
ment Coin.

The use of metal trading checks has
try districts in Minnesota as almost to
supplant the use of government coin,
and suit has been instituted against
the stamping concern making the
checks to determine whether the pro-
duction of them is in violation of the
federal coinage laws. These checks,
says the Chicago Tribune, are about the
size of a silver quarter. They are
stamped with the name Of the firm for
whom they are made, and bear state
ment that they will be received for
certain amount in trade, the amounts
ranging from five cents to one dollar.
Country merchants use them in ex-
change for produce. They are good for
trade only at the store issuing them.
But from the fact that the stores re-
fuse to pay for produce in any other
currency, they soon come to be ac-
copied by ali other stores, as the farm
ers selling produce have no other coin
to spend. In this way their circulation
becomes general in certain localities.
The storekeepers maintain that as they
have an unquestionable right to give re-
ceipts good in trade, it is inmaterial
whether they are written on paper or
stamped on metal. The practice is a
profitable one for the merchants, and it
enables them to do business on bor-
rowed capital on which they do not pay
interest,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
THE OLDEST JOB YET.
Hiring q Woman to PersOnate a Coll
lection Agent in Need of
Beating.

ST used to work for collection
agency in one of the northern Cities"
said lady perfumery drummer to
New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter,
"and my experience was tolerably ex-
citing. My duty was to sit at roll-top
desk in the office and impersonate the
proprietor. Light work, did you say?
Just you wait. All day long men would
come in red-eyed to lick the boss.
where's the fellow that sends out
these Matchmaking letters?'' was the
usual salutation. Then I would smile
sweetly and say: I'm the proprie-
tress; what can [ do for you?' At that
the visitor would look dazed, mutter
things under his breath and walk off.
Occasionally the real proprietor would
peep through an inside window to see
whether I was still alive, for must adj
nit our letters were calculated to give
a man the homicidal mania.
"Well, things went on all right for
wiry chap walked in carrying thick
cane. Where's the boss?' he said. I
gave the usual fairy story. Don't be-
lieve word of it, he replied, still 1
can't beat woman. He thought
awhile, and something in his eye made
me feel creepy. I'll have to take it out
of the fixtures he said, finally, and,
upon my word, he broke up every
blessed thing in the shop. He did it
quickly aud Systematically, and you
never saw such an awful ruin! Iyelled
murder, but it did no good, and he went
right ahead. AS wind-up he smashed
the chandelier and babe me a polite
good-day. When the proprietor came
in he had a fit. 1t was after that went
into the perfumery business. The
work is harder, out it is much less try
ing on ones nerves."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23

THE Lake Mills Leader pays the
following deserved compliment to
the senator from our neighboring dis
trict, the Twenty-second: eve have
no special passion for praising public
men, and still there are occasions
when, on account of marked WORTH
ness and stability, men deserve praise,
and at such times we feel that a
failure to accord such the notice
they merit, is an injustice to them,
TO their constituency, and to the
people at large for whom they have
faithfully labored. The legislature of
Wisconsin contains some brilliant
men, as the last session has gwen
proof, and we are of the opinion that
our own senator, Hon. j. M. White
head, by his tact, ability, honesty
and force, exhibited during his service
at Madison the past winter, placed
him very near to the top of the list
of valuable, sound and reliable men
of the legislature, and of the state,
and marks him as one who would do
honor to the highest position within
the gift of the people of this COM
monwealth."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
Cprious Christian Name.

In the Canterbury Diocesan Gazette
there is an interesting and authentic
record of the use of Acts of the Apostles
as a Christian name. The entries are
in the registers of Boughton-under-
Blean. Actsapostle, son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Pegden, from Dunkirk, was
baptized August 2, 1895, and the burial
of this Actsapostle Pegden, aged 70
years, took place November IA, 1865.
The name seems to have been abbrevi-
ated to Actsy, for the vicar of Bough-
ton has heard parishioner speak of
her uncle Actsy Pegden. Again, Acts
of the Apostles, son of Richard and
Phoebe Kennett, was baptized at
Boughton church April, 1888.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23

IT was a grand sight to look upon
the parade incident to the Grand
Army encampment in Milwaukee last
Wednesday. The old soldiers of the
civil war and the new soldiers of the
Spanish-American war, together with
representative of the state militia,
made a splendid showing as they
marched down the street, to the in
spring music of bands and drum
corps.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-05-23
SCARCE SORT OF MAN.
Chicago Real Estate Dealer Makes
Startling Discovery in HUI
man Nature.

Two facts hardest for the average
man to credit are the love of God his
Father and unselfsh motives on the
part of his brother man. Prof. Graham
Taylor, of Chicago, had a startling
demonstration of the latter when he
tried to rent a house for his college set
tlement, says the Christian Endeavor
World.
Two brothers had control of the prop
erty, and one of them asked:
what are you going to use it for?"
''To live in
eyes, but how are you going to make
your money out of it?'
"Don't expect to make money out of
it,
81 mean how are you going to get
your expense back?"
Don't expect to get it back"
What is there in it for you, then?''
Nothing-eXcept home"
do you mean that you are going to
live there?"
Exactly
do you mean to say that your peo-
pie, who could live on Ashland boule-
ward, are going to make your home de-
liberately down here among Italians
and Polacks, in this dirt and smoke?''
"That is precisely what l mean"
"And not to have any home but this?"
''That exactly"
The young man looked at the pro-
fessor long time, and then, turning
to his brother, exclaimed: "Well,
brother, there are such people in the
world, | suppose, but this is the first
one / ever saw!"