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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07
Neighb0r-
hood Notes.
Texas.

There were thousand people at
Galveston Sunday bathing in the surf
Elk.
Workman in East Dallas stabbed by
highwaymen and Is dying at the city
hospital.-Ex.
Blunt allows mail, but no mail clerks
to come into Texas from New Orleans.
San Antonio Light.
At Commerce on the inst DIR.
Horace Bailey rs years of age sshot and
killed himself. Post,
Corpus Christi continues to report
heavy shipments of vegetables and that
melons are abundant.-San Antonio
Light.
Miss Alice Scoonner has been desig-
mated as q member of the civil service
examining board for the postOffice at
Greenville, Tex.-San Antonio Ex-
press.
Judge V. w. Grubbs, chairman of
the state Industrial education connie
tee, has issued call for q meeting of
the committee at Galveston on June %.
Houston Post.
The finance committee of the Gal
weston city council have signed a note
for 800, 900, having negotiated for
loan in that sum from parties in New
York.-San Antonio Express.
The indications now are that there
will be an increase of from $50 to 200 in
the scholastic population of Sherman.
as compared with last year. The total
mum Der enrolled so far is 1942.-Sher-
man Register.
The Confederate veterans met at
Georgetown and decided to have
joint picnic on the Fourth of July at
Toyah with the veterans from Taylor.
ALI friends of the veterans are invited
and good time is expected.
A school election was held at Sinton
recently for the purpose of deter
mining whether tax of cents on
each 500 worth of taxable property in
district No should be made. Only ID
votes were cast, which were all for the
tax.-Houston Post.
The Austin Tribune says: "The sp-
preparation made by the legislature for
running the state government one
568.92. The daily expense is $7313.S8;
s3O4.74 is expended every hour and
S5. OS every minute"
The waterworks of Baird are near
ing completion and the city will soon
AoSO Oh 0Ouuoduo supply VI auo VIGIL
water. It is procured from the wells
in the hills three miles west of Baird,
and it is SO elevated that it requires no
pumping up at all.-Houston Post.
Material is being placed on the
ground for the Clark Public Library at
Lockhart, and Contractor T. S. Hodges
will push the building to completion.
Work has also commenced on the
Catholic school building. Lockhart
feels proud of these two improvements.
San Antonio Express.
It is learned at Lockhart that the
people living along the San Marcos
river in this county are considerably
stirred up over a dam at the head of
the river at San Marcos, which OBJ
structs the river and seriously i'm
pairs the flow down the river. Several
meetings have been held and vigor-
GUS protest is being worked up.-Ex.
The finance committee of three,
which was appointed by Distict Judge
Stanley WEIGH at the present term of
district court to examine into the fin
ancisl and general condition of this
(Nueces) county have submitted their
report to the court. The report shows
that the county is in good financial
condition and that the county in gen.
eral is in excellent running order
San Antonio Express.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07

Recently in chihuahua a woman
living in the San Nicolas ward was
terribly burned by the explosion of 6
kerosene oil lamp-Ex
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07

and the milling capacity increased
from $50 barrels of flour daily to 200
barrels. A new 400 II. P. engine will
be put in in anddynamos for 1000 more
lights. The present capacity is about
1000 lights. all in use and great de-
mand for more.-Ex.
Played Out.
Dull Headache, Pains in various
parts of the body, Sinking at the pit of
the stomach. Loss of appetite, Fever
tive evidences of impure blood. No
matter how it became SO it must be
purified in ord to obtain good health.
Acker's Blood Elixir has never failed
to cure Screfulous or Syphilitic poisons
or any other blood diseases. It is GER
tainly q wonderful remedy and we sell
every bottle on q positive guarantee.
M. II. Webb druggist.
Sick Headache absolutely and per-
manently cured by using Moki Tea, q
pleasant herb drink. Cures constipa-
ton and Indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep, work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. Is cts.
and SO cts. M. 81. Webb, druggist.
Experience is the best Teacher. Use
Acker's English Remedy in any case
of coughs, colds or Group. Should it
fail to give immediate relief money re-
funded. % CITE. and SO cts. M. 81,
Webb, Druggist.
Dyspepsia can be cured by using
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets. One little
tablet will give immediate relief or
money refunded. Sold in handsome
in boxes at 25 cts. M. II. Webb, drug
gist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07

The railway from Guadalsjara ha
been finished to Zamora, Michoacan
and will soon be inagursted.-Mex
Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07

The Nogales Oasis says: Sunday, q,
Magdalena, Demetrio Martinez, or
derby for Colonel Kosterlitzki, com
mitted suicide, blowing out his brains
by shooting himself through the
mouth, Mexican Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-07
Mexico

It is complained that the prisoners
taken to the jail in Mazstlan, for the
slightest cause are severely logged
Elk.
There are many cases in Guadalaja-
ra of measles, and the same disease
and smallpox has appeared at Coculs.
-Ex.
The railway from Guadalsjara has
been finished to Zamora, Michoacan,
and will soon be inagursted.-Mex
Herald.
Recently in chihuahua q woman
living in the San Nicolas ward was
terribly burned by the explosion of a
kerosene oil lamp.-Ex.
The charter for the erection at this
city of large beef packing house has
been given by the federal government
to Gen. Louis Terrazas, Enrique c.
Creel and others Elk.
While in Guadalajsra repairing q
house on MERGED street mason tried
to walk across rotten beam, which
broke under him. He fell some so
feet, being badly injured.
An order has issued from the state
supreme court at Hermosillo, to bring
in from Ures Mrs. Collier, the woman
in Jail there, whose case was detailed
in these columns recently.-Mexican
Herald.
The Sonora railway is crowding
work upon the many Improvements
projected to bring the roadbed track,
bridges, machinery and buildings up
to the Southern Pacific Standard
Mexican Herald.
The Nogales Oasis says: Sunday, at
Magdslena, DemetriO Martinez, or
derby for Colonel Kosterlitzki, COM
by shooting himself through the
mouth, Mexican Herald.
Late last Saturday night Otero Ze-
peda, who ran q bar room on the PaseO
Bolivar in Chihuahua was shot and
were present at the time were arrest
ed, among them the alleged murder
err.
Several days ago party of bandits
stopped q freighter's train of carl s
near Mapula and stole all .they could
OF value, among other things %
sewing machines, valued a. 81, 800. A
day or two after the state mounted
police found the machines about half
mile from the scene of the robbery,
hidden in a ravine, where the robbers
had left them until they could get
means to carry them of.
At Hermosillo the big Touring mill
has this week put in q new machine
for regrinding the rolls used in the
mill. 1t grinds either the smooth or
corrugated rolls, as wanted. Hereto
fore all such work has been sent to San
Francisco and ST. Louis, costing sever
al Thousand dollars annually for the
work alone. The new machine comes
all the way from Austris.-Ex.
Last week woman at Hermosillo
whose baby was quite i'll, called in q
doctor who left her some laudanum to
administer, with instructions to give
the child few drops of the medicine.
Thinking that if few drops would be
good a teaspoonful would be better, she
gave the little one the latter quantity,
following up the dose with another
tesspoonful quarter of an hour after
wards. Then she sent for the physi-
clan again, but the child died before
he reached the house.-Ex.
d At Hermosillo arrangements are un-
Ger away for increasing greatly the
apacity of the roller process Touring
mill and the electric light works. near
the railway building. The spacious
building will be extended forward to-
ward the main track of the railway,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
VIRTUES OF SALTWATER BATHS.

For a hand bath Ga bath given TO the
body by use of the hands only. or by
sponge or cloth) place "A handful OF salt
in a basin as ordinarily filed for wash
ing. Allow the salt TO dissolve or
hasten the action by stirring il with
the hand. The water should be as cold
as you have vitality to withstand. Use
no soap. Battle the entire body. Do
not neglect the face and neck in the
free use OF the salt water. This bath
has an exhilerating influence, tones the
entire system, and gives to the skin
healthful condition that amply repays
for the time and trouble involved IL
used in the winter IL will be an excel
lent preventative Of colds, besides be-
ing a substitute for face cosmetics. No
chapptng. no rOughness OF the skin and
no clogging of the pores will trouble
the perscn who systematically and reg
ularly takes a bach OF this sort Or
dinary table salt or rock salt will do
but viii not do 80 we'll The sea salt
contains medicinal properties not found
i'm the others. Whether one Exercise or
not. the body should receive a daily
band bath OF cold or cool water. es-
pecially in the summer. either upon ris-
ing or Before retiring Edward r.
Warman in the August Ladies' Home
q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
THE RIGHT KIND or BOYS SCHOOL

There are great differences in schools
differences in the way boys are
housed, fed, doctored taught, and dis
cipline; differences I'm atmosphere and
associations--so that thoroughly good
school Is one OF the best .hings going.
But schools don't make boys, and.
moreover. the social advantages of Sc
Iedt schools for boys are apt to be ex-
agerated There are some advantages
about the schools where your boy is H.
able TO meet Heaven knows who that
schools which do not expose him to
that possibility lack. To know more
than one kind of boy enlarges lads s
experience. ant is likely to do him
good AS a rule, school friendships are
less important and less lasting than
those made a little later in life-in coli
lege. for example, when the tastes are
more fully formed and the process of
selection of which friendship fs a result
can proceed on more intelligent basis.
Schoolboy friendships are apt 70 lapse.
unless the association which they
spring from II continued, whereas col
lege friendships being more mature,
hast much better. Willie whites loss,
therefore. i'm d. ssing the close assocla-
tfon with the likely little boys that
one always finds at Skidmore. will not
be so serious as his mother thinks. nor
will Tommy Green's associations with
the scsons OF solvent houses be as de-
morallzing to his ideas about standards
OF living as his mother fears. A good
school is one where a boy has good
chance to work out what is in him, ana
no grow up under wise Supervision. A
good school is. clean, and its atmos-
phere is cpsan. Its standard or con-
duct Is high: II stimulates industry;
NJ dfscourages lies, and. In so far as
possible. 1t eliminates viciousness III
schools. but It does not create. II takes
what IL gets and makes what 1t can
OF II: but, after ALL il Is the raw mate
rial that counts most. Even hrst-
rate school does not make first-rate
men out OF second rate boys. and IL rs
a bad school indeed out OF which
first rate boy does not get advantage.-
E S. Martin. in Harper's Bazar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
LIFE AND DEATH IN MAusER BULLET.

We have expert American embalm-
ers here, who tell me they have tried
every method OF embalming and have
failed. To this small calbre bullet OF
the Insurgents Mauser the wounded
boys owe aheir lives ard a continuance
OF their usually friendly association
with good arms and legs. IN the bony
structure of the body the Mauser 0ores
clean little hole. rarely fracturing
limb; IN the skull II takes a centre shot
TO Kill. know Of al least dozen men
shot through the brain with Aausers.
VINO are still alive ana in good health.
l know OF fully a hundred cases shot
through the chest cavity in every por-
ton except the heart that have recoy-
eled--in fact, they rarely die. know
OF cases where the main artery supply
OF a limb was totally destroyed, yet
the Integrity OF the parts rema ned
good. helped, last week, TO ligate the
Iemoral artery in the left ghign OF
Nebraska boy, and although a brass
outlet had gone through the leg side
ways, severing the large blood vessels
ana terribly lacerating the flesh the
coiateral circulation established IN
sureS TO him a good deg eventually.
BUT through the soft abdominal tis-
sues the Mauser is always fatal, eX-
cepting wounds of the liver. Those
wounded I'm tie inltestines stomach.
ana spleen always die. Every one op-
Grated on for resection of wounded in
testines died, and the operation is
now entirely abandoned.
wounds OF The lead excite the most
wonder. AT the battle of Mariquina.
March 25th, Priva.e avery Grimes of
my company. fell close TO my left A
Mauser entered beh ad the right ear.
passed diagonally forward through the
posterlor wall OF the throat, with it's
exit near the left corner o. his mouth.
taking along rhree teeth. He is prac-
tlcally we'll today. A Colorado man on
cur right that day had Mauser bull
let traverse the same Identical course
except that the points OF entrance and
exit We're reversed. he returned 10 his
company in two weeks in good health.
Ahotner man was struck behind the
ear high up. the ball passing down
ward and forward and out the middle
portion OF the lower Jaw. He lost a
couple of n .ut IS making a nice
recovery. A Montana boy was struck
an inch back of the outer angle OF the
left eye, the bullet passing through his
skull and making its exit in the same
locality ON the other side. He has lost
the sight or one eye, and j fear the
other will soon follow, although he
Will recover his rSual health. A Ne
braska man was shot directly over the
len eye, the ball passing down and out
underneath the edge OF the jaw, re-
entering the shoulder and out near
the elbow. again entering the wrist
AMI out the back Of his hand. He is
out of commission for a couple OF
months but viii have one good eye left
TO turn on the "googoos. Manila
Correspondent in Leslie's Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
OUR TRICKS,
Journal.

Sometimes as old age comes TO peo-
PIE there is a sloughing away OF the
smasl courtesies or charms of manner.
Yet when / hear young people criti-
C.se such lapses | wonder If they are
not. many of theI~ forming habits that
age will confirm. and which will prove
more Objectionable than those they to-
day criticise.
SO, after all. are not the habits OF
Cthsrs who are older than we excellent
object LESSONS to US who are daily
growing older? They may teach us to
avoid the small lapses from good
bree ding. the little needless tricks in
which we are sometimes tempted to
indulge. one woman on the shady side
of 80 has a way OF shaking her foot al
ways during "A church service. Through
hymns, prayers, and sermon her shape
ly foot beats a light tap. tap, tap on
the floor Of her pew-a seemingly
harmless habit. but one that threatens
20 drive TO nervous desp pair those whose
seats are near hers.
As one advances i'm years Il is only
too easy to acquire nervous tricks
which, after a while become almost in
durable habits. When one is no anger
young she Is too old 10 he schpoled = I'D
young people should be too respe,si al
1 TO atleYapt it.-lIa-pers Bazaar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
COLOR OF SUMMER CLOTHING.

"I must call attention TO the most inn
portant factor TO be considered I'm re-
gard TO proper dress for summer-that
is, the necessity for paying more atten-
tion to the color OF the clothing than to
It's weight during the day. and vice
versa in the evening" writes Edward
". Warman I'm the August Ladies'
Home Journal. IF i'm addition TO his
regular summer clothing. when ex-
posed 20 the sun. man should add
thereto n winter overCOat Oight In col
orr he could outwalk. outwork. out
wheel Quito a man OF equal strength
'khn in~tend Of the oVercoat wore "A
black. linlined. thin alpaca coat. This
is not theory ! speak from experience.
MY conclusions concerning UNDER
wear are that tn weight ~ authority.
as well as experience and observation.
all tend To the decision that fair com
pr0mlse between cotton AMI wool Is the
most rational settlement uf the Ques-
ton. 7 believe that during the hcltf,l
y lson the underwear FOR the uppos'
part OF the body should consist OF the
combination of these two agencies. For
wear while taking vigorous exercise.
causing profusc persr' alton. | advise
light cotton undergarmen and a
heavy wOolen overgarment. When one
wears a white shirt I would advise
woolen underwrap-vcry light: but
when one wears "A flannel nsgligce the
cotton underwrpp IL moro desirablc'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
AMOS PERRY

i cannot say and I will not sav
That he Is dead, he is lust away
with CHEEKY smile, and a wave Of the
lie has, wandered into an unknown
land. " -
And left us thinking, how very fair !,
neeis must be, since he fingers
there.
His youth was innocent his riner ogo
Marked with some service everv daS
And watched by eyes that loved hin,
calm and sage '''''''
Faded his last declining years av,av
Cheerful he gave his being up and
went
To share the holy rest. thar waits 4,
lfe we'll spent. q
Why weep ye then for him. who hav-
The bound OF a mans appointed years
at last. ''''s
done. '"po'
Serenely 10 his final rest has rassoa
Whlle the soft memory OF his virtues
Vet - '"'e
Lingers like the twilight, hues when
the bright sun Is set.
our departed friend was such ,h,,
those who knew him We're made hettor
an happier tho world Is made richer
for his lifc "''
THOMAS GALLAGHER.
fToNldence, Aug. "a, 1899.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14

ton looking 10 an overhauling OF the
liquor laws with the purpose of max
ing them more stringent. In the protec-
lection Of their business interests. or
ganization in the liquor trade is 10 be
| expected and respected. But organiza-
| ton TO protect the trade in breaking
| the laws will never be countenanced by
public sentiment and suspicion OF such
| an undertaking viii only result i'm stir
ring up the whole liquor question i'm
way that viii hardly prove OF advan-
tage 10 the trade. The liquor laws now
ON the statute books are. we should
say. generally satisfactory % a ma
jority of the people who are neither
identified with the business nor dis.
posed 10 prohibit 1t. But IL II is de-
monstrated that any part OF the laws
Is dead letter, or that the reasonable
regulations they contain can be defied
there will be a revival OF anti-saloon
agitation that will not end until laws
are made more rigorous. SO far the
Anu-Saloon League has confined it's en-
deavor 10 seeking enforcement of the
laws as they stand. Doubtless tho
League is ambitious TO go further than
that and place greater restrictions. on
the trade-indeed. wipe ii out altogeth-
er. Public opinion does not follow the
League so far, but ii is strong on the
side Of law enforcement There isn't
any question as TO that. And IL the
keepers Of places against which the on
ly complaint is that they violate the
laws OF the States get to-
gether TO fight i'm defense or their acts
they will only succeed in getting a far
bigger fight on their hands before they
are through. That ought to be very
plain to them unless they lose their
heads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
AMONG THE JEWELLERS.

The firm of Fontneal a Cummings.
chain manufacturers. ocated at Attle-
boGo, was dissolved. Fontneau has re-
tired and che business viii be conducts
ed by y. John Cummings. under the
name OF p. S. Cummings & CO. Frank
Barden is the representative of the
new firm on the road.
The engagement of Clarence w.
Fisher OF T.. l.. Franklin & Co. North
Attleboro, was announced a few days
ago. The other party 60 the agreement
is Miss Irene w. Day librarian at the
North Attleboro Public Library
Samuel M. Einstein. head OF the At
tl1boro Manufacturing Co, a mail
order concern, and :. NJ Einstein *
Co. "A manufacturing concern, both To-
Gated at Attleboro. has purchasa "a lot
OF land 80 by 1856 of Edward Il. Clalin.
formerly head of the Attleboro Tool
co. and intends 10 erect a large jew
elry factory thereon for his own use.
Al present Mr.. Einsteln Is located in
the Make place building and the Hay
ward factory. but these quarters are
growing too small for his business
The Globe Jewelry company OF North
AttleborO, of which III. l.. Allen was
manager. has been sold out to G. &.
Hudson of New York, formerly West
ern .presertative OF III. r. Barrows
& Co. and John Riordan OF North At
tleborO. formerly foreman OF the old
concern. The business Is 10 be- incor-
porated uu Ter the name OF O.. q. Hud-
son q Co. with "A capital OF $4,000. and
will be located I'm the Whiting building
as before. The New York office OF the
company Will be in charge or Andrew
Morris.
The concern Of W. III. Wilmarth e.
Co. corpora ton. Attleboro OF which
Edward A. Sweeney is treasurer, last
week filed its annual report with the
secretary OF state. The items are as
follows: Machinery $3S000; cash and
debts receivable. s33. .5SS: merchandise
and stock $34,S75; total. il6 463; cap
ital gtodk. 500. 0.O00; debts, $36 10; profit
ar1 loss. sl9.753
Wrliam IL. Riley OF Riley, French G.
Heffron North Attleboro. has been
Q ected one OF the three vice presidents
of the New England Manufacturing
jewelers. association.
jesse CARPENTER of the New York Of
fee OF Horton. Angel & Co.. Attleboro.
called at tho factory this week. He Is
about to remove his family to New
York
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
THE TREATING CUSTOM IN HAITI,

OF course there is i'm Haiti a small
circle of native-born creoles. who are
naturally born ladies and gentlemen,
exquisite in their courtly manners. and
most desirable as friends. Then the
white men who are living there. as
have already mentioned. are charac-
ters If they take liking to you, all
they have or can capture is yours. The
following will illustrate this character
istic:
Mine host and friend were walking
through. the leading thoroughfare OF
one of the towns, when the friend sud-
denly came to a standstlll. and placing
his long nervous index finger on mine
hosts breast, remarked;
My dear boy. in here they make the
best cocktails in Haiti I have spent
three fortunes i'm assuring myself OF
the truth of this. Let's go in and try
one"
There was n prompt adjournment
from the pathwalk to the interior of the
building "A few minutes of delightful.
expectant silence as the ingredients
followed by disappearance of the
LIQUIDS.
Friend-How do YOU like that?
Mine Host--Delicious"
Friend--Let US have another.
Mine Host-Certainly. only this Sec
ond one Is on me.
Frieni--Make no mistake. my boy:
they are both on you. I've no money.
IL ~ the UNEXPECTED that happens
especially in Haiti the unknown
Henry Sandman, in Harper's Magazine.