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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
A Spanish Friend.

We may not be able to think very
highly of Spain as a nation, but opin-
ion of individual SpaniardS is another
matter. One of them certainly deserves
kindly consideration from all Amer
leans, for he once showed effective
good will to a representative of the
United States. Most people, says the
New York Times, know Capt. Eulate,
late of the ViZcaya, as the man who,
when he left New York, promised in a
rather threatening way to come back
again soon; but there was a time
when Capt. Eulate-he was not captain
then-got himself into serious trouble
by helping an American.
1t was at La Guayra, Venezuela, in
1891, when the city was raided by one
of Dictator MendoZa's generals, and all
the foreign merchants and seventeen
foreign consuls were thrown into pris-
on. The American consul happened to
escape the net, and rowing out to the
only foreign warship in the harbor,
asked for aid. The ship was the Jorge
Juan-destroyed at Nipe not long ago
and its commander was Capt. Eulate,-
then a subliestenant.
The consuIs story was heard with
sympathy, and the guns and men OF
the Jorge Juan were instantly placed
under orders. The dictator's general
was informed that unless he released
the prisoners in twenty minutes the
town would be bombarded. The gen
eral released them.
But this was not the end of the mat
ter. The Spanish government, less
generous than the lieutenant, was in
dignant at the action he had taken.
He was ordered back to Havana, de-
prived of his command and sent to
Moro Castle. A court-martial was Or
dered, and the lieutenant was charged
with piratical acts while at La Guayra,
Ruin seemed to stare him in the face
But the court-martial and disgrace
were not to be the end. Again public
opinion changed. Before a decision
could be rendered, the Spanish govern
ment received the thanks of nineteen
foreign governments, ranging from the
gigantic empire of Russia to the little
kingdom of Hawaii. This opened the
eyes of Spain. She did not disgrace
her lieutenant. She recognized the in
justice that had been done to him. He
was released from custody, received
one OF the highest naval decorations,
and was placed on waiting orders.
Within short time he was made
pointed chief of the arsenal in Havana
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Lincoln's Magnetism.

'He is the ablest diplomatist and the
shrewdest politician L ever knew" said
the Hon. Robert J. Walker, on coming
from an interview With President Lin
coin. Mr.. J. r. Gilmore, to whom the
remark was made, reports in his Per
sonal Recollections" several remarks
how much MI. Lincoln's diplomatic
and political power was due to his
wonderful personal magnetism.
President Lincoln, having been often
and severely arraigned in the
Tribune for what Mr.. Greeley consid-
cred his slowness in prosecuting the
war, had said, "If he (Greeley) objects
to my policy, I shall be glad to have
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Among a large number of persons
waiting in the room to speak with Mr.
Lincoln On a certain day in November,
1864, was d small, pale delicate-look-
ing boy, about 10 years old. The pres
ident saw him standing, looking feeble
and faint, and said: Come here. nv
boy, and tell me what you want" The
boy advanced, placed his hand on the
arm of the presidents chair, and,
with bowed head and timid accents,
said:
Mr. President, l have been a drum
mer in a regiment for two years, and
my colonel got angry with me and
turned me off. l was taken sick, and
have been a long time in the hospital
This is the first time L have been out,
and 1 came to see If you could not do
something for me-"
The president looked at him kindly
and tenderly, and asked him where he
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
TIA me Squirrels.

Harry had gone with his mother to
market, and had spent the only three
pennies he had in the world in buying
peanuts for the squirrels in the
grounds Of the State House. There
were a great many of these little ami
ma S, and in the trees were boxes in
which they made their homes.
AS Harry and his mother entered the
grounds an old woman with a big
basket on her arm full of provisions
brushed past them. She had gone only
a little way when she noticed the
squirrels skipping over the grass. She
seemed surprised, and stopped to lock
at them.
The moment she stood still the
squirrels ran toward her from every
direction, thinking she wanted to feed
them. Not understanding this, and ter
ribly frightened, the old woman gave
a yell, and dropping the basket ran
off as hard as she could go. When
she thought she was at a safe distances
she looked back and saw that the bas-
ket was almost hidden from view by
the squirrels, which were greedily de-
vouring a bag of pop corn they had
broken Open
Harry could not help laughing at
the old woman's fright; but he brushed
the squirrels off the basket and then
carried it to her. the little animals
running after him.
The old woman was very glad to
get her basket again, and very much
surprised to see Harry stand still and
let the squirrels run all over him to
get the peanuts in his pockets, under
his collar, and in his little red mittens.
1t was great fun for-him and for the
squirrels, too; but the old woman
thought it very dangerous sport.
eff l were your mother you
shouldn't do that" she said, as she
walked away.
Harry looked up at his mother and
laughed.
I'm glad l have a mother who isn't
afraid of tame squirrels" he said.
Florence B. Halloweu.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Extremes of Artificial Heat-

The greatest heat produced arti-
ficially is that of an electric arc fur
mace, the kind that is used in the
production of artificial diamonds. cal
cium carbide, etc. 1t is so intense
that nothing exists with which to
record it. 1t is estimated, however. to
be of about 1000 degrees Fahrenheit
The coolest known temperature is that
of liquid air, which freezes alcoho, and
mercury and distances all means of
measuring. 1t is claimed for it that
with it a temperature of 400 degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit is reached. The
present limits of heat and cold are,
therefore, represented by the arc fur
mace and the liquid air.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Two peasants, man and wife, lately
made their appearance at the vatican.
bearing a letter of Introduction to an
official. AS soon as it was presented
they found themselves the objects o.
the most distinguished considera-
ton" as the French have it, and witt
good reason. They brought with them
f3 200 as an offering from a donor VINO
did not wish TO De known and dis
trusted ordinary means of conveying
cash. 1t was to be delivered into his
holiness own hands. and all obstacles
imposed by etiquette were speedily set
aside in favor Of such valuable visitors.
Just now the calls on the papal re-
sources are exceptionally heavy, and
his holiness did not hesitate to, accent
the gift, and to say that it was es-
pecially timelr-Westminst Gazette.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Extraordinary Death frances.

There are cases on record of per-
sons who could fall spontaneously in
to death frances, says the Edinburgh
Scotsman Monti, in a letter to Hal
Ter. mentions several. A priest of the
name of Caelius Rhodaginus had the
same faculty But the most celebrated
instance is that of Col. Townshend
mentioned in the surgical works of
.Gooch; by whom and by DR.. Cheyne
and DR.. Beynard, and by Mr.. Shrine, an
apothecary, the performance of Col.
Townshend was seen and attested.
They had long attended him, for he
was an habitual invalid, and he had
often invited them to witness the phe-
nomenon of his dying and coming to
life again; but they had hitherto re-
fused from fear Of the consequences to
himself Accordingly, in their pres
ence Col Townshend laid himself
down on his back, and Dr.. Cheyne I'M
dertook to observe the pulse, DR.. Bey-
nard laid his hand on his heart, and
Mr.. Shrine had looking-glass to hold
to his mouth. After a few seconds,
pulse, breathing, and the action Of the
heart were no longer 70 be observed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
wa-li!ss Fishes.

So aggressive is the plakat, little
| fish from Siam, that the entertainment
| it affords E2S become a national pas
| time, but no1 g very creditable one, to
say the least.
The fishes are trained to go through
regular battles, and are reared arti-
ncially for the purpose, while the Ii
cense to exhibit them to the general
public is famed out, and brings a
large amount of money into the Royal
Golfers every year.
They are kept in aquariums built
for the purpose, and fed upon the
larvae of mosquitoes, and every posi-
bic care is taken of them.
Several years ago few of them
were presented to an English gentle
man by the King of Siam. When the
fish is in a quiet state, with the fins at
rest, the dull colors are not at all re-
markablo.
But if two are brought together or
within sight of each other, or even if
one sees its own image in a looking
glass, the little creature becomes sud
denly excited. The fins are raised, and
the whole body shines with metallic
luster and colors of dazzling beauty,
while the projecting gill membrane,
waving like a black frill round the
throat, makes grotesque the general
appearance.
In this state of irritation it makes
repeated darts at it's real or reflected
antagonist.
If, now, two are placed together in a
tank they rush at each other with the
utmost fury. The battle Is kept on I'M
til one is killed or put to flight, but
not until they are entirely separated
does the victor shut his gaudy fins.
that, like flags of war, are never low
cred until peace has been declared.
In South America there is a small
fish that not only attacks its fellows OF
the sea and river, but is greatly
dreaded by the natives, who, during
certain Sc sons, have to ford the
streams in which the carbitos is found.
Bathers are often attacked by them.
the sharp, chisel-shaped teeth taking
bite from the flesh wherever they at
tack. They are perfect scavengers,
eating the animals that float down the
river-dead or alive.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Give Little Gifts.

A woman's paper recently gave
true story which should carry sug-
gestion to every reader. Mrs. Blank,
woman of means and culture, suddenly
discovered one day that she was grow
ing DID, Her house was filled with
beautiful objects, the accumulation of
lifetime.
'I have enjoyed them long enough"
she said. ct is time that 1 was done
with the care Of things If 1 give
them now to the right people they
will be useful. If they are disposed
of Unfortunately when 1 am dead.
they will be of little value"
She proceeded, therefore, to give
away her treasures where they were
needed and would be valued. To a
worker among children in the slums
went a stereopticon; books to poor
libraries in the country, photographs
to schools. To hospital for sick chill
dren she sent a collection of scrap
books, filled with pictures which, in
the course of years, she had cut from
the illustrated papers. Most of her
bric-a-b rac treasures were given where
they would afford pleasure
Gather up the fragments, that moth
ing be lost was her motto.
None of US realize how many hun
CRY poor are waiting for all the
crumbs that fall from the rich mans
table. The old magazine, thrust into
the waste-basket, would bring a hap
py hour to some tired woman on a
Western ranch. The odd bits of silk
and muslin on the floor of the sewing
room would give delight to the Grip
pied children in a hospital ward.
1t is much easier to give a note or a
check in charity than to find where
trif1es are needed, and then to send the
trifies.
81 have no time for such work. we
plead every day.
But Christ found time, not only to
bless the children, but to take them in
His arms before He blessed them, al
though He had but three years of pub
lie life in which to do His Fathers
business in the world. Was not that
His Fathers business?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Once I sang in April weather
ooh, 1 sang it all in vainD
Come and welcome, April showerl
Tap your message on the pane.
April rain.
I can guess the merry meaning
OF your musical refrain.
For he loves me. loves me trulyi
Summer showers and winter snow
Bring the happy message to me,
And the widest winds that blow.
Oh, 1 know
What the birds mean by their singing
What the brook says, laughing low.
He is coming! April shower,
With the bonny buds of May,
Bid the lilacs and the lilies
Don their loveliest array.
Dance away!
Let your kisses speed their blooming
For my merry marriage-day"
So I sang in April weather,
And my voice was wild with glee
AS the streamiet's. ripping downward
To it's marriage with the sea.
But, ali me!
Never while the tides flow onward
Shall my merry marriage be-
For he did not love me truly;
TITS the way of honey bees.
Having sucked the flowers sweetness
Just to wander as they please;
Will the breeze
Hold the flowers incompleteness
Limitation unto these?
Comes again the April weather,
And the sudden cloud hangs low,
And the rain-drops dance together
With a measured fall and flow.
But I know,
They will bring the MESA ge never
That they brought me long ago.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Each Of the witnesses satisfied himself

EdCn OF the witnesses SSCl6ucu ulmbe1I
IN the entire cessation of the phenom-
sna. When the death trance had lasted
half an hour, the doctors began to fear
that their patient had pushed the ex-
pertinent too far, and was dead in ear
nest, and they were preparing to leave
he house, when slight movement Of
he body attracted their attention.
They renewed the routine of their OBJ
servation, when the pulse and sensi-
ble molten of the heart gradually re-
turned, and breathing and conscious
ress. The sequel Of the tale is
strange; Col. Townshend, on recover
ing, sent for his attorney, made his will
ard died, for good and all, in six hours
afterward.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Gen. Miles Rebuke.

A story .of Gen. Miles is told by one
of the correspondents, which, whether
it is true or not, is founded on the gen
erals habit of meeting all sorts of diff
f1culties in a way peculiar to himself.
The anecdote relates that. directly
after Gen. Miles arrival in Porto Rico.
young volunteer, belonging to one
of the rawest regiments, was among
the soldiers who were assigned to spe-
cial guard and orderly duty at the gen.
erals tent.
The young man, quite innocent OF
knowledge of the conduct due from a
soldier to an officer, was ordered to re-
port to Gen. Miles for some duty. He
appeared before the general, touched
his hat in imitation of a salute, and
said:
well, Miles, what can 1 do for
you?"
officers, looked up. The officers ex-
pected to see him order the voluntee,
under arrest, TO receive severe pun
ishment for his impertinence. But the
general simply said, very quietly, and
in a tone CT mock entreaty:
why don't you call me 'Nels?'
Miles is so formalv'
general, who was once volunteer
himself, knew, a sense of humor, and
the lesson was not lost on him. He
made haste to learn the proper way to
address an officer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
The Hall OF American History.

The National Museum, an institu-
ton known to everybody who has Wis
tied Washir gton, is sending special
agents to Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, for the purpose of max
ing collections illustrative of the
Spanish war and of present phases
of American history. Souvenirs of
such a conflict are too apt, says the
Washington Post, to get into the hands
Of private parties-just as the bell of
the battleship Maine is said to have
passed into the keeping of a foreign
consul at Havana.
TITS exhibit will be to some extent
chronological, representing the native
peoples of our new possessions. The
Porto Ricans, for instance, are ex-
ceeGingly primitive in some ways, and
have advanced along lines peculiar to
themselves. They have made their
own machinery, their own arms, and
their own household utensils. Exam
pies of these objects must be obtained
before they are buried under Yankee
improvements.
Divers are expected to recover many
articles of future historical interest
from the Spanish wrecks in Manila
Bay. Special requests for personal
souvenirs will be addressed to Dewey,
Schley, Sampson and Hobson. There
will be relics of Cervera's fleet and
of the Inflated Maine. The typical
weapons of the present time will be
shown. So, also, will models of our
warships, transports and hospital
ships.
This Spanish-American collection
ranging, jocular custodian says, from
a jug of Porto Rico molasses to a piece
of the shell that smashed the COM
mandant's house at Cavite-will be
only a part of great permanent ex-
hibit. to be called the Hall of Amer
lean History.
1t is a lamentable fact that the gov
eminent at present possesses compar-
atively few memorials of our past.
Save for the Grant relics, given by Mr..
w. H. Vanderbilt, even the civil war
is practically unrepresented in our ma
tional collection of curiosities.
The display will have sort OF
synoptic form, so that the visitor will
be able to follow it as he would read
series of chapters. Illustrating the
period of discovery there will be, for
example, a statue of Left Ericsson, a
model of one of Columbus caravels,
and a fac simile of Martin Behaim's
globe, made at Nurem6urg in 1892,
which showed no America at all.
Next will be illustrated the period Of
colonization A model of the May
flower will be conspicuous here, and
the period will be further illustrated
by specimens of cloth and other man
ufactures, by old china, and by gar
ments and bonnets of styles that look
very funny nowadays.
In that section OF the exhibit which
pertains to the revolution will be
shown many relics of Washington, in
his camp-chest, the rude metal
plates and saucepans which he used in
the field, his sleeping tent of linen, his
marquee tent of wool, his uniform and
his shaving table.
Other sections will be devoted to the
war of 1912, the Mexican war and the
civil war; and others still will exhibit
the great inventions that have kept
this nation in the forefront of indus
trial progress.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
The Dancing of Grouse.

A correspondent writes relative to
an account in these columns of the
dancing of grouse and prairie chick
ems. 1t was first brought to his at
tention five years ago in Northern AL
berta by a Stony Indian, who brought
in large quantity of prairie chick
ems, who had evidently been shared in
some way. At his urgent request, the
Indian showed him how the birds had
been captured. Our correspondent
writes:
Next morning we started off very
a piece of open country, and there
right in the center of it was a good
sized piece of ground with hardly
blade of grass on it. The Indian goes
off into the long grass and Immediate
ly returns with some willows about
four feet long, pointed both ends; he
plants these all over the bare spot,
sticking both ends into the ground
good and firm, making a half circle
with each one; from his blanket he
produced a couple of dozen or more
brass wire snares and hung two or
three Of these to every hoop. After ar
ranging these very carefully, we
struck off at right angles and walked
another mile and found a place sim
liar to the one we had just left, and
did the same there. When everything
was completed to the Indians salts
faction, he gave me to understand that
we would have to quit that vicinity
for an hour.
The creek being close by, we both
meendered down to it and had some
splendid fishing, the Indian producing
the fish lines from some mysterious
place in his blanket. He watched MS
fish pole with one eye and kept track
of the country surrounding the snares
with the other and every once in a
while would give a grunt of satisfac-
ton.
81 guessed that was when he heard
or saw chicken heading in the right
direction. We managed to get quite
a string of trout, before he decided to
move When we got within a hun
dred feet of the first snares, up flew
a whole mob of birds; but when we
got in view of the snares, we found
fully one half had done their work.
The majority of the birds were stran-'
gled, but some had been caught by
wing and a leg, or both wings. But
it was all the same; try as they would,
there was no escape for them. The
same thing had happened ct the other
dancing ground.
Now, I'll try and explain this dane
ing that grouse indulge in. At certain
times of the year prairie chickens
bunch into a covey and then make for
the nearest open space; mostly early
in the morning, and there commence
a series of promenades. with consid
cradle amount of billing and cooling,
Just for all the world like pigeons or
doves, with tail and wings spread and
trailing along the ground. 1t is quite
natural for the grass to get worn right
away, leaving nothing but the bare
ground, and when once a dancing
ground is picked out, they very seldom
leave for fresh place. That is where
the Indians up north get their deadly
work in and kill so many off; they just
know the time of the year to day al
most. when chicken begin to dance,
and they also know the exact spot they
will dance on, and if an Indian can
get SHARES he will never starve while
the dancing season is on.'-Ex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
A Childish Fancy.

Oh motheri see how pale and wet
The flowers on fathers grave are 1y-
ingi
1t must be watching you has set
The little daisy-buds to crying!
Poor child! and do you think the earth
sorrows because our hearts are aching ?
Look, then, with what a careless mirIh
That sunlight on his bed is breaking.
Yes, but you called the great blue air
Gods home, to all His a. gels given;
And so perhaps the sunbe~-n there
Is father smiling up in heaven
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS

An Inspiring Story-How Poor Cana
dian Boy Fought His Way to aiEh
Position aud Fame-AIr. Lincoln and
the Drummer Boy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

The Hall of American History to Be
Replenished with War Relics from
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
Gen. Miles Rebuke.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Some Extraordinary Death Trances-The
Dancing of Grouse-warlike Fishes
Have Been Observation-Disclosures Print
Ident 6catfon.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1899-10-19
Y FL TRANSVAAL

Kimberley, plaza inglesa, esta sitiada
por los beers.
La stuaoitn de los sitiados es en- ex-
tremo apurada.
Tai resoluci6n y energia adoptada ha
causado en- toda Europa una profundf
sima sensaci6n.
Los beers desean capturar todo
trance al odiado personaje Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes, causante en primer t6rmino de
los sucesos que agitan aotualmente la
bltuaci6n del IFonS0adI. 5000 libras
ofreoe 81 gobierno de la Repdblica por
la cabeza del mencionado Rhodes.
En- medic de grandes trasportes de
entusiasmo, ha embarcado en- Londres
con rumbo al Africa del Sur Mr.. BU
Tier, general en- Jefe de las fuerzas ex.
pedicionarias.
Lleva . batertas de artillerta de cam
pana de las que estuvieron en- Egipto J
en- Creta.