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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
Engineer Punished for Boiler Ex-
ploSiOn.

A jury in Detroit, Mich, last month,
after listening to the evidence in 8
trial lasting over six weeks, which was
conducted on both sides by skillful at
torneys aided by experts, found that
the engineer who was in charge of
building when they exploded
on November 6, 1S95-over three years
ago-was criminally negligent for leav-
ing his boilers for nearly half au hour,
and permitting them to explode from
over pressure. Thirty-eight persons
were killed and a large number wound
ed.
This verdict is somewhat unusual. as
it generally turns out that there are
some extcnuati, e Or MYSTERIOUS cir
cumstances, which will clear the re-
sponsible parties of any direct biame.
This verdict means that the crime of
mepslaughter is proved: and sentence
has been passed against the engineer of
a term of years'in prison.
The lesson Of this verdict will be
that boilers must receive proper care
continuously: looking around once in
steam pressure are correct and safe
will not suffice.
These boilers were fired with fuel
oil.
Anent the above: ~ the case of re
cord boiler explosion at TIE hospital
connected with the retormatory at
Ionia, Mich, an expert testified that
he could tell the exact hight of the
water in the boiler at the moment
of the explosion, stating from his
examination of the boiler some days
after the explosion, that there was
about 81 inches above the crown sheet
ard f1ues at the time it blew up. When
asked by what process he arrived at
No Information to be given out at pres
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
Carrie Springs
MINERAL WATER
The Greatest Blood Purifier
in the World.

This famous Mineral Water is now used and
prescribed by the best ply 81 ians in the coun-
try and is proving itself a wonderful adju-
want to the medical profession.
If you will but study and compare its anal
ysis with that of other Mineral Waters you
will observe that it is combination of the
four greatest classes of Mineral Waters
known to science. viz. SA LINE, ALKALINE,
PURGATIVE and @ LOIC. II acts upon the
Stomach, Kidneys, Liver and Blood, rnd I'M
| Ike other waters it does not purge, grippe or
irritate. Its action is prompt gentle and
healing.
1t is the first and on y Mineral Water ever
introduced into the Hos lis in San Antonio,
where it is now un versnlly used,
DR.. Amos Graves Sr., and Dr.. mos Graves
Jr., prescribe it for the Southern Pacific Hos
pital at San Antonio Texas.
am putting this water upon the market
strictly upon its nre-itS and in q leg innate
way through first; ass druggists and grOoers,
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 70, 1897.
To whom it may Toncern.
This is to certify thst have used and am
now using the CarrzO priu9s Miuer1l Water
Z case Of catarrh in The heao. OF years
standing, and I'M receiving more benefit from
1T than any other t~"3 niont ever used, and L
have used m ANY. L have been right at the
wells and consider 1t the best Mi. eral Water
ever discovered. ". B KERR
Gall on me for strictly f-st-class Groceries.
We aim to please and your pat
ronage is solicited.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09

ent. The rumor that the shops would
be built at Alpine was neither denied
nor affirmed.
"You are hesitating. then. concern
ing the changer" asked the reporter.
We'll, no, we are not"
why then are you not reconstruct
ing the shops at Valentine?" was ask
ed.
"We do not feel any immediate need
for them. We are using but very few
engines at that point at present.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
APPLICATIONS FOR WORK.
They Reach Here In All Shapes of
Which the Following Is Fair
Sample.

The officials on this end of the line
are subjected to some very difficult
tasks at times in trying to figure out
the proper meaning of applications
for work. They arrive here from all
directions and some eff them contain
very pathetic appeals for employment.
The following, which reached here
yesterday on postal card, is re
produced to give the reader an idea of
what the officials have to contend with.
It reads as follows:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
LINK AND Pm.

his conclusion, he said that it was a
pr OCCASIONAL secret. -.i
Now the question comes up, is such
q statement credible? It's effect on the
jury in that case was to discredit the
evidence of the expert. That was
quite proper, too, for the would-be
expert was a humbug and liar
Locomotive Engineering.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
Remains SHIPPED.

The remains of the Western Union
Operator, Schwartz, will be shipped
tomorrow by Ross to Sheffield, Mo. :,
where deceased's wife reside.
A dispatch arrived this morning
from E. w. Anthony at Sheffield, a re-
lative of Schwartz, who authorized the
shipment of the remains.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
They Would Not Talk.

Three of the G. II. & S. A. officials
reached here on No. 20 yes
terday afternoon and q reporter of the
HERALD tried to extract from one of
them some information regarding the
possible change of location of the
Valeu tine roundhouse. But there was
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-09
Railroad Time Tables.

SANTA FEE ROUTE,
Arrives. 1850 a m Leaves, $50 m
TEXAS s. PACIFIC.
Arrives. 1905 m Leaves, 2:1O p m
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Arrives, 1:3O pm Leaves. $3.50 p m
G.H. & 8. A.
Arrives, 2:45 pm Leaves $50 p m
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
Arrives. 1886 m Leaves. 1:4O p m
r. G.. 8. M. & PACIFIC
Daily Except Sunday. 8 4 -
Arrives Juarez. 3:55 p m mad -.
Leaves JuareZ, 1926 m
Ell PASO & NORTHEASTERN.
Arrives, $50 p m Leaves, 1890 a m
SUNSET LIMITED.
West Bound, Tuesda IS and Fridays.
Arrives, $50 p m Leaves, 1905 p m
East Bound, Mondays and Thursdays.
Arrives, 500 pm Leaves, 5:35 p m
PACIFIC COAST LIMITED.
West Bound, Mondays and Thursdays
Arrive s, LOO pm Leaves, 1:15 p m
East Bound, Wednesdays and Saturdays
Arrives, 1890 pm Leaves, 1916 p m
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
THE BULLFIGHT.
An Eyewitness Describes the Cruelty
of the Spaniards and Bravery
of the Animals.

The trumpet sounds again and the
espada takes his sword and his muleta
and goes out for the last scene, says the
Saturday Review. This, which ought to
be, is not always, the real climax. The
bull is often by this time tired, has had
enough of the sport, leaps at the bar
rier, trying to get out. He is tired of
running after red rags, and he brushes
them aside contemptuously; he can
scarcely be got to show animation
enough to be decently killed.
But one bull that l saw was splendid
ly savage, and fought almost to the last,
running about the arena with the sword
between his shoulders and that great
red line broadening down each side of
his neck on the black; like deep layer
of red paint, one tricks ones self into
thinking.
He carried two swords in his neck,
aud still fought; when at last, he, too,
got weary and he went and knelt down
before the door by which he had en-
tered and would fight no more. But
they went up to him from outside the
barrier and drew the swords out of him
and he got TO his feet again and stood
to be killed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
A PRIME FISH CHOWDER.
Directions for Preparing n Delicious
Dish Which Dates Back to
Colonial Times.

And now for that promised fish chow
der. This is a genuine New England
dish 1t dates back to the earliest CO.
lonial times. 1t is said to have APP
peared on the tables at Plymouth on
the very first Thanksgiving day that
was kept as holiday, when the first
harvest was gathered. Perhaps we
shall have an added respect for the dish
knowing that it is historic.
You will please observe the following
proportions in preparing your ingre-
dents:
To every pound of fish-cod or had-
dock is the best for the purpose-use
a one-inch cube of salt pork, half ar
onion, two potatoes, speck of pepper,
one tablespoonful of -four, one table
spoonful of butter, one cupful of milk
and two crackers.
See that the fish is carefully cleaned
and cut into pieces after the bone S
removed. You may bone the fish your
self, or the marketman will do it for
you. 1t will save you trouble if you
have it done. Cook the bones of the
lSl anu tue AVdh III hdtCl lOl
half an hour, then strain the water and
save it. Cut the salt pork and the onion
into dice and fry until they are light
brown. In the meantime peel and slice
the potatoes and let them scald for five
minutes; pour off the water and add to
the scalded potatoes the water in which
the bones We're boiled, and the pork fat.
which has been strained to remove the
pieces of onion and the solid bits OF
pork. Put this over the fire in stew
pan, and when it is boiling add the fish
and simmer ten minutes, or until The
potatoes are tender; last of all, add the
pepper, butter, milk and crackers.
am sure if any of you try this recipe
sou will find that the chowder is de-
licioGs, even if you do not care much
ahou: the ordinary fish chowder. But
you see that this is an extraordinary
one.-Sallie joy White, in Woman's
Home Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
THE NEWEST NAPOLEON.
If He Succeeds He VIII Be Entitled
the Fifth of That IlIustri-
Gus Name.

France has the best army in the
world-on paper. Insulted by England,
afraid of Germany, uncertain OF Rus
STA, and worse than all, uncertain OF
herself, she lacks number of things,
but most, perhaps, a man. 1t is ru-
mored that there is coup d'etat in
preparation, and that presently the
man will appear. The latter is Napoleon
V. We must not believe erything
we see in the papers, yet, should the
rumor be correct, he would not be un-
welcome. In the present circumsta nces
word or two concerning him may be
of interest.
At present colonel of the guards at
st. Petersburg, he has three character
istics. He is a great chap with the
girls. That is promising. He wears no
decorations. That is the mark of a
really distinguished soldier. He in
sists on being addressed as imperial
highness." That is the prelude to "sire."
Still young, good looking without be-
ing alarmingly so. at his hours what
the French call charmeur, he has sue
ceeded in charming the car. In view
of Frances spaniel crouch at that door
this means a good deal. His name, too,
is potent. Napoleon may rhyme with
Sedan, but it rhymes even better with
Austerlitz.
but why, it has been asked should
the grandson of Jerome Bonaparte be
Napoleon "? For two reasons. First,
because the prince imperial would have
been Napoleon IV.-would have been.
that is, provided other things were fav-
orable; second, because there is luck in
odd numbers-particularly in his fam
lily. 1t is worth noting that the third
emperor, in spite of the king of Rome,
intended to call himself Napoleon H.;
but after the coup d'etat, when his
name was billposted. that which the
printer had intended for three excla-
nation points after it was mistaken for
the numeral III. Being of good augury,
it was accepted. 1t is in this way that
history is made-Collier's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
MEN GET SHORTER.
IL Is Said This Happens When They
Climb to the Top of High
Mountains.

One of the most remarkable facts
known TO all our mountain climbers is
that the height of man is diminished
to an extraordinary degree by the time
he has reached the summit of a con-
siderable mountain.
So much is this the case that six
foot man is actually diminished in
height by full inch by the time he
reaches any of the best known of the
great Alpine SUBMITS, though the
usual diminution, produced in very few
hours, is three-quarters of an inch.
The extent of this diminishing of
height has caused much discussion for
some time, but doctors generally at
tribute it to the peculiar position most
ly maintained in climbing. One note
worthy feature is that the more heavily
laden the climber may be the greater is
the diminution.
Although the height ofhll men grows
less to the extent of three-quarters of
an inch, the diminution varies greatly
in individuals of the same normal
height beyond that extent, and the nor
NAL height is not resumed for some
hours after the climb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
SOCIETY IN sITKA.
Sarnnge as 1t May Seem, Dress SUITS
Are Important Requisites at
Social Functions.

That dress suits should be consid erred
important requisites in Sitka is some
what startling anomaly, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. The fact remains,
however, that the most rigid social rules
prevail. Whether it be ball, tea
fight or muffin struggle, evening dress
is imperative. Dinner parties of ten
and twelve courses are frequently on
the tapis, and, since none of the officials
come prepared to entertain on lavish
scale, every prospective hostess bor-
flows from her neighbors. All the day
long preceding an important function
more or less intermittent procession
of men, women and children and hand
carts may be seen carrying lamps and
furniture, punchbowls, crockery, glass
ard silverware and other araphernalia
to the scene of festivity.
Everybody lives in small, cramped
quarters, and when an entertainment
of unusual scope is desira BILE vacant
store or other unoccupied building is
appropriated. Sometimes the court
room is denuded of its cumbrous furni-
tuTe, lHe Walls decorated Win uagS,
punches of scarlet elderberry, festoons
of spruce and cedar, moss and ferns,
and behold an attractive ballroom. A
guitar and concertina, or perhaps a
couple of banjos and flute, compose
the more or less tuneful orchestra.
Sandwiches of cucumbers or nastur-
tium leaves and blossoms are among the
surprises of the refreshment table.
The courtroom is over the Jail, and
tie rhythmic tread of the dancers and
enlivening strains of music are vastly
enjoyed by the prisoners. In fact, they
look forward to these festive occasions
with quite as much pleasurable antici-
patton as the invited guests. The court
room is also used for divers other enter
tainments. the inmates of the Jail draw
ing the line at amateur concerts. They
think that they have already suffered
enough, and that it is taking an unfair
advantage of their limited sphere of ac-
ton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
Salaries of Presidents.

Very few persons would suspect how
small the salaries of presidents of re-
pubics are, when the enormous
amounts crowned heads receive are
taken into consideration. The foreign
er often thinks the 900 salary of the
president of the United States is merely
Il joke, and that he receives ten times
as much in reality. but the same for
eigner may not know that the French
president, in a country where the
wealthiest monarchs once reigned, re-
ceives only 100000 year. The presi-
dent of the little Andorra republic con
tents himself with salary of SIS a
year, and the president of the Swiss re-
public must be satisfied with $1,000
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
The Government Tonsorial Annex.

The United States government shaves
its senator's; likewise it cuts. their hair
and trims their whiskers. Three me-
groes, one drawing $1,000 per annum
and the others receiving $s40 apiece,
are paid to keep our senators we'll
groomed as to their heads. No one has
ever been able TO tell precisely why the
government looks after the personal
appearance of its senators. AS the dis
bursting officers of the senate said re-
Gently, this is the custom which has
prevailed from time immemoria. 1t is
assumed that the custom is adhered 10
because there is a precedent for it, and
the senate is welded to precedents.-
Chicago Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17

bodice of scarlet stuff, trimmed along
the edges with gold lace or ribbon. The
bodice is always the part of the dress
which most lends itself to ornament,
and its decoration depends on the
wealth and good taste of the wearer.
The skirt-which, as is always the case
in mountainous districts, is not long
enough to conceal pretty ankles-is of
dark green or dark blue, and on their
heads the married women wear most
becoming white muslin cap. But I'M
married girls must not fall into the err
Tor of wearing these caps simply be-
cause they are SO pretty and lend such
a softness to the face, for in Norway
the young girls go bareheaded, and the
cap is as much the symbol of matron-
hood as a wedding ring.
The costume is completed by the
Eammel solo, or old silver ornaments,
which were formerly handed down as
heirlooms in the Norwegian families,
but which now are fairly common, as
the farmers and peasantry, tempted by
the high prices offered by tourists, have
sold them in large quantities. These
ornaments, which are silver or silver
gilt, are worn round the throat as neck
laces, or round the waist as belts, and
give a most striking finish to the cos
TUNES. They are easily initiated, and,
indeed, many of those sold as real old
Leirlooms cannot justly claim to be
anything more than the most modern
of limitations. Near Bergen tue people
wear sabots, footgear which is very
little used in any other part of Norway;
hut shoes are not incorrect, and Of
course would have, to, be worn at a
1anoo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
LOTS OF WAR WIDOWS.
Pension Report Shows Remarkable
Facts In Regard to Lon
gevity.

One of the curiosities of the United
States pension service is the astonish-
ing survival of war widows. The re-
port of the United States commissioner
of pensions, just issued, shows some re-
markable and interesting facts in re-
gard TO the longevity of the widows of
soldiers. For instance, while there is
not n single soldier of the war of the
revolution alive to-day, there are still
IL widows and daughters of soldiers of
the revolution. OF the war of 1912
there are only three soldiers still alive,
but of their widows there are still sur
viving and drawing pensions the aston
ishing number of 2,407, says the New
Orleans Picayune.
The war of the revolution closed in
1888, and period of 115 years has
elapsed and, while there are no male
survivors, there are still some of their
widows alive. This state of affairs can
only be possible on the ground that
some of the soldiers, after they had at
tanned old age, married young wives.
The war of lS12-14 closed with the bat
tie of New Orleans on January s, 1918,
SO years ago. Surprising that the
youngest soldiers were Is years old, n
period of 10l years has elapsed since
the birth of such soldier. Evidently
many of them, after they were old, mar
ried young women, so that, although
all the men but three are dead, they
have left behind more than 1000 wild
ows. BY the same rule of procedure it
is plain that there will be widows of sol
diers of the civil war on the pension
rolls in 1880, and even few in the year
1000, more than century hence, for if
soldier of 1861 should marry when he
has reached the age of so years in 1923,
girl 16 years old, she might hope to
live II years longer, or to the age of 90,
which would bring her up to the year
1000. OF course, it is not likely there
will be many such. but there will, in all
probability, be some.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
ART OF MAKING SOUP.
Every HOusekeeper Should Acquire
1t as 1t Is the Most Important
Part of Home Cookery.

The making of good soup should be
one of the first lessons in the art of
cookery mastered by the housekeeper.
Soup is one of the most nutritive and
inexpensive of foods, and if properly
made contains all the necessary nour-
ishnent for an entire meal.
The stock pot should be put on the
back of the range, fresh and clean, each
morning, and should be kept there most
of the day. Into it may first be placed
the remainder of the previous nights
soup, all remaining GRAVES, pieces of
cooked meat and vegetables that can
not otherwise be used; then to each
quart of cold water added allow a
pound of lean meat cut in small pieces
and whatever bones are to be had. The
bones will cause the soup to jelly when
it is cold; bring the pot gradually to the
boiling point, when a small onion,
carrot, stalk of celery, all cut in small
pieces and bouquet containing sprig
of parsley, bay leaf and half dozen
peppercorns may be added.
The pot must then be placed on the
back of the range to simmer gently for
five or six hours before it is removed
and the contents strained into an
earthen bowl to cool. The fat then
rises to the top and can be easily re-
moved, clarified and used for other
cooking.
Salt should not be added until the
stock is ready TO be taken from the
fire.
This stock is the foundation of many
varieties of soup.
To clarity soup, after removing all
particles of fat and sediment, stir into it
the crushed shell and the white of an
egg and allow it to boil for five min
utes; then add half cupful of cold
water, draw the pot to the side of the
range and allow it to remain there for
five minutes. Strain through a fine
muslin or flannel cloth. 1t is essential
TO reheat the soup before it is served.
1t is best to make stock a day before
it is to be used.
When a deep color is wanted for the
soup a very little caramel (made by
melting and browning graduated
sugar and adding water to it) may be
used. or the same effect may be OBJ
tanned by browning the meat and veg
etables over quick fire before adding
them to the soup.-American Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
The Professional Burglar.

The professional burglars belong to
special class, stereotyped and exclu-
sive, forming a community of their
own. These men take peculiar pride
in their profession" and certain
amount of union exists between its
members. If burglar is in trouble,
his friends will pay for the defense,
though they are not above betrsying
each other occasionally if circum-
stances require it. The receiver of
stolen goods works hand in hand with
these men, and without them the
profits of the robberies would be small.
1t is difficult to state as to how far the
love of excitement and adventure in
stigates the burglar to crime; but that
it plays an important part. of his there
can be no doubt. To creep along house
tops in the dark, to mount ladders and
lay wire traps for the upsetting of in
mates. should they run out to give an
alarm, TO screw up the doors of dress
ing-rooms and tamper with domestics,
all these pursuits doubtless have their
fascination to the criminal mind
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
THE GIRLS OF NORWAY.
They Have Clear and Bright Com
plexiOns, Heavy Blonde Hair
and Deep Blue Eyes.

The women of Norway are fair, and,
Us a rule, broad and stately, but not
tall. They are frequently very hand
some, with regular features, clear and
bright compilations, blond hair and ex-
pressive blue eyes. In nearly every ma
tional costume the basis is fine mus
lin chemise, beautifully embroidered in
the front and exquisitely soft and
white.
A full-sleeved chemise of this descrip-
ton is an important part of the Har-
danger dress, and over it is worn a