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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23

mand for it will probably keep it at
the figures quoted for come time to
come, ard may never go as low as the
prices quoted in 1897 and 1898.-New
Mexican Miner.
At Jarilla, Otero county, on the Ell
Paso & Northeastern railway, new
camp. good paying ore is found in the
most unexpected places, and good finds
are being made day after day.
This camp. JariIla, shipped in one
day last week thirteen car loads of
gold and copper ore to the smelters at
Ell Paso. The railroad has now reached
the mines, and big shipments will be
made from now on. Yesterday the ore
in the Mamie Baird niue assayed 800
in gold per ton, and there appears to
be big lot of the stuff in sight. The
May mine in this camp shows in the
last week assays of 81 per cent of cop
per and SO per ton in gold. The shaft
Is down only 40 feet, and is increasing
in value with depth. l.. o. Smith has
refused cash offer of $4,000 for this
claim. It is within 80 feet of the Ell
Paso & North eastern railway. The
Lucky mine in this camp now as the
tram road to the railway completed. 1t
has a very large quantity of very high
grade ore on the dump, and will begin
shipping in few days. Mex
icaa.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
He vainly endeavored to wr,sgls out

He vainly endeavored to wr;sgie out
of it-by telling Mr.. P that he
must have made inquiries of the wrong
doctor, as there were two by that
name, living very near together.
Mr.. P was quite prepared, how
ever, for this remark, and promptly
informed him that he had commune
Gated with both.
With a few words of salutary advice
and counsel, from his erstwhile en-
ployer, Sidney Stanton, with detected
c~ountenance, sad heart and slow step
walked out into the street.
Where is he today? He, the bright,
promising young man; with culture
and grace of anyone might al
most envy?
Walking the streets without a char
acter.
That is what a "lie' cost him.
In conversation upon the street.
with one who knew under what Pc
culiar circumstances he had left Mr..
P--'s employ, Stanton said: 81 have
lost n of the best situations l ever
had, and all through a lie! God help
ing me, l will, never, never tell an
other"
Would you give him another trial.
and his position back again if you
were In need of a clerk" asked a
friend. interested in Stanton.
That is no easy question to give
an immediate answer to-" said Mr..
P. "If it was only a slip from
sobriety which he had made, 1 would
have no hesitation in receiving him
back again, for he was, I think, the
smartest young man behind the count
er that I have ever %met\during a busi-
ness career of more than thirty years;
and that is saying a great deal. But
he is a liar. l would never know
where he was spending the\time after
the way he has deceived me-" and
judging by Mr.. P--'s facial express
sion and voice, he uttered thu words
with a sad heart-a fair prospect and
success, which seemed so well assured,
suddenly extinguished by a falsehood.
Wherefore, putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his neigh
Dor, for we are members of n an
other" Eph. 4:25.
If Sidney Stanton had done this.
what humiliation and disgrace, what
loss of character and unhappiness he
would have spared himself.-Ram's
Horn.
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HE HEALS BY MAGIC,
THIS MAN CURES CHILDREN
WITH A STRHG.
Strange Power Attribute, to Mayor
james Il. PIessinger, of BIuffton, In
diana Quaint Germa Folklore
superstition Successfully kacticed.

II the strange power attributed TO
Mayor James B. Pessinger, II Bluffton,
Ind, could be extended to physicians
everywhere, there would b an end to
apprehension that the hunn race isv
deteriorating in size.
Fol- Mayor Pesslnger clans to be
able to correct improper growth of
children while in infancy, nd his as
sertion is backed by man years of
successful practice. His nethod is
simply to measure them VIII a string,
according to a system hand down in
German folklore, and poessed by
Few persons. NOTWITHSTANDING the SUI
perstitious nature of this re of meas
urement," many physicianhave wit
messed the working of thttreatment.
and, while they offer no sutton. adj
nit that it possesses some n eff
cacy. At any rate, the p.ctice bids
fair to spread throughout he United
States, If Mayor Plessingeran be in
duced to part with the sect. Long
or short growth among limits is not
an uncommon complaint. ne of the
peculiar diseases that befalsmall hui
mainly is a tendency, betwel the age
OF six weeks and two yearsto either
grow too fast Or too slow. he more
common of the two is short growth.
The child seemingly ceasesto grow,
and, instead of waxing sting and
hearty, dwindles into a pun and in
significant creature, for wlm there
seems nothing in view but lie grave,
and that possibly not far dtant. 1t
is at this point that some nurs or some
old lady, who thinks she is ersed in
child lore, advises "measurennt." In
fact, it Is the only %eff1caciou remedy
in such a critical crisis. say ta old la
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dies. The child must be measured by
a person who is endowed with the pow
er to controvert the malign influence
that overshadows it.
A common piece of Irvine is used,
and the child is measured from head to
foot. Then the string is wrapped in
the hinge of the front door in such a
opens and shuts. Of course a mystical
incarnation goes with the ceremony.
When the string Is worn out the child
begins growing long or short just as
the nature of the case demands.
Mayor Plessinger says he has been
gifted with the power of this mystical
measurement since nineteen years of
age. 1t is an old German custom, and
the person who can apply the formula
is greatly esteemed. The secret was
impaired to the mayor by Mother Val
entine, an old lady highly respected in
Bluffton for her nursing ability and
her knowledge of homely remedies.
Feeling that she was unable to pursue
her calling much longer, she summoned
Mr.. Plessinger, who was her favorite
among the young men of the place,
and made him her heir to the secret.
BY no means must the incarnation be
given to one of a sex similar to the
possessor. 1t came from a woman, and
the mayor has picked out the young
lady to whom it will be given when he
feels called upon to lay down his
crown of healing.
There are hundreds of people in
Bluffton and over the country general
ly who believe in the treatment, and
cases can be cited in Bluffton among
men and women whom no one would
suspect were ever cured by the string
method. One of the city's leading So
ciety ladies was measured, not by the
mayor, however, when a small child.
Immediately after the measurement she
set up the first energetic cry of her ex-
istence, was given a slice of bread and
butter, which she ate greedily, and
grew rapidly out of her infirmity.
An incident worthy of note was that
of an old man neal the Huntington
county line who was belfast. He was
four and one-half inches longer than
normal, but two weeks after the meas
urement was reduced until he was only
an inch and One-half over the correct
limit.
The reader must not imagine that
because such belief exists in Bluffton
that the city is a little backwoods vii
lage. 1t is the only city in Indiana
outside of Indianapolis that has three
miles of asphalt streets. 7. is a hus-
Ting town of 5000 inhabitants, with
out a negro in its population.
The only colored man who ever
voted there walked out of town at a
rapid gait, with a crowd of men in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
CHEATED OUT OF THEIR LANDS
Indian Commission Gains It's Point by
Shameful Tactics.

inuian Com mission Gains Its Point by
Shameful Tactics.
I was present at a reservation in the
Indian territory when a commission
was negotiating with the Indians TO
induce them to take their lands In
severalty and to sell the surplus. The
commissioners made no secret of the
fact that the administration had urged
them to carry through the sale, be-
IL at the next election they wished
to go before the people with the state
ment that they had thrown open to
settlement by the public a certain num-
Der of acres of Indian reservations.
This statement would influence many
votes in the West; it would be a good
political cry.
The negotiations began, and by per-
%suasion, promises and at last by
threats, about one-third of the Indians
We're induced to sign the agreement.
After that signatures came in very
slowly. The commissioners hired their
interpreters to assist them to obtain
signers. The attorneys, who claimed
that they had been retained by the In
dams to defend their rights, worked
hard to induce the people to sign.
These attorneys were working on a
contingent fee-"the usual 10 per cent
for collection"-and of course would
receive nothing unless the treaty went
through and the sale was made.
Indians who were corrupt were hired,
! was told, to vote more than once,
signing first the name at which they
went at the time, then the name which
they had borne earlier in life, and
later perhaps some still earlier name.
The names of absent schoolboys were
added to the list on the mere state
ment by some Indian that they were
in favor of the sale. So, by cajoling,
promising, bribing, browbeating, bully
ing and using illegal votes the sale,
which was bitterly opposed by one
half the tribe, was at last carried
through by a bare majCrity.-Ex.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
l HAVE CALLED, SIR.

tor, and that the injury he had re-
ceived was a d~islocation of the shout
der blade and the doctors orders were
that he must rest himself for some
days."
Mr.. P. could not forget altogether
what had been told him about his
drinking habits, and wondered if, after
all, Sidney Stanton could possibly be
playing a trick on him. In order to
confirm the truth or otherwise of his
story, Mr.. P. the same evening dis
patched a junior clerk to the house in
which Stanton boarded, giving him
particular instructions not to allow the
message with which he was entrusted
to be delivered secondhand, but to see
Stanton and deliver it himself.
And so he did. AS he was ushered
into his room he was amazed to see
Stanton reclining upon his bed, with
both arms thrown up, resting on the
pillow, his fingers locked within each
other, resting across his head.
1t was nearing the end of the week,
and a part of the message the junior
/ clerk was given to deliver was for him
to make every effort to be at business
or Saturday. If you cannot use your
arm for taking orders Or for parceling,
you can take the Office and act as
cashier, and the cashier will assist us
at the counter"
A question which Mr.. P. had in
structed his messenger to put to Stan
ton was: TO what doctor did you go?"
His reply to that question was re-
ported to be prompt and positive, as if
1t had the ring of truth in it; but
unfortunately it had not-rather was it
the deathknell of disappointed hopes.
Between then and Saturday morning
there was ample time for making full
inquiries as to the truth of Stanton's
statement. He had given the name OF
DR.. M, but as there were two doc
tors whose names were so nearly alike
as to be somewhat confusing unless
very distinctly pronounced, and as they
resided in very close proximity to each
other. Mr.. P telephoned to each
in turn asking If a young man answer
ing to the description given, had called
in their services during the past TWEEN
ty-four hours for a dislocated should
er blade and had he called Upon then
at 9 o'clock a. m. today; the hour al
which Stanton, in telephoning, men
toned that he had seen the doctor?
They both stated, most positively
that no young man had called upor
them at that hour; nor had they beer
asked to set a shoulder blade.
Saturday morning came, and Stan
ton came. too, carrying his arm n
sling. They solemnly informed hin
that his story from beginning to end
was false, and a fabrication.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH

An atrOcious crime committed in
Clay county, Georgia, by white cappers,
the particulars of which are coming to
light on account of the remoteness of
the scene of the crime, has shocked
the people of the state, and the case
is before Governor Gambler, who will
offer a large reward for the apprehen-
sion Of the guilty men. ALT Boynton
and his wife, who resided near FIT.
Gaines, were assassinated, and sus-
picion is strongly directed to white
citizens of Baker county. Boynton was
called to his door by several men about
midnight. AS he stepped out two loads
of buckshot were fired into his body.
His wife, with her young babe in her
arms, was then ordered to come out,
and she, too, was shot to death. The
assassins then left, and another per-
son in the house gave the alarm. The
sheriff of the county and a large posse
Of indignant citizens traced the assas-
sins into the adjoining county, Baker,
following buggy and horse tracks.
1t is suspected that Boynton and his
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
U

OF a title, though he claims to be we'll
born and that he has an estate of no
inconsiderable proportions in the
Fatherland.
All OF the persons connected with
the institution are watching the out
come of the romance with interest, and
every n admires the handsome girl
the titled foreigner says he will take
across the water when the minister
says the words hat will make Miss
Nichols Mrs. Wittenstein.
Mr.. Wittenstein is a mystery. He
has kept his W counsel since he ar
rived in st. Louis, and his exact social
standing is not known. He has plenty
Of money, and though he makes his
home in the s%anitarium, he is not I'M
der treatment.
Six years ago, when he came to st.
Louis, he was sick, and he became a
patient there. He was not i'll long, and
when he recovered he liked the place
SO well that he asked and obtained a
position as clerk in the office. Remit
tances came regularly from his home
in Germany, and the young mamie
was not more than "a or % when he
came-was always Immediately dress
ed and spent his money freely.
In course of time Mr.. Wittenstein
tired of his duties as clerk and resign
ed. But he did not leave the %institu-
ton. He secured one of the best ap-
pointed rooms on the lower floor and
passed his time as he saw fit. He al
ways had plenty of money, and as he
paid his bills promptly no questions
were asked. There were rumors of
several little love affairs, but nothing
came of them.
Six months ago Miss Estelle Nichols
came to st. Louis from a town near
Cleveland, O. She had served her time
in a training school and was duly in
stalled as a nurse. Miss Nichols is a
tall, well-proportioned woman She
is probably 20 years old. Clad in her
neat-fitting Bingham uniform, with the
small lace cap adopted by the nurses,
she is a striking figure. Her eyes are
large and black. Her hair is jet black,
thick, and parted in the middle.
1t is no wonder that when the young
German saw her he ]capitulated. He
was lot slow in making known his
intentions, She encouraged him, and
when the proper time arrived she said
Yes"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
Horse Nearly Frozen,

One Of the oddities of life occurred
in Coldwater, Mich, the other day.
One afternoon, when the mercury. was
lowering around the zero mark, a man
tied his horse in front of the county
Jail, which is just opposite the Baptist
church. After putting a rather thin
blanket on the animal, he left it about
2 o'clock. The intense cold soon made
the suffering dumb brute almost fran
tic. The wife of the sheriff watched
it for over two hours, and when her
husband came home pleaded to have
the horse taken to a barn. This was
done, the sheriff thinking it belonged
to some owner who was toasting his
shins in some saloon. But what was
their surprise when the owner, a min
lister from a nearby town, rushed into
the Jail office and wanted some one to
help him find his horse, which he fear
ed had been stolen. When the preacher
learned that his horse had been taken
care of because of his neglect, he went
and paid for its stabling, hitched up,
and drove home.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
TOO LATE.
1he Mosquito Had Saved the Snal
Bitten Man-An Apue Crr.

1he mosquito Had Saved the Snake.
Bitten Man-An Ague Cure.
new YORK Press: "Talkin' about
rattlesnakes," said an Erie railroad
brakeman, did you ever hear how the
mosquitoes saved a mans life up near
Gulf summit last summer? Well, while
getting out railroad ties in a slashln'
over back of the Summit. Abe More
mousse was bitten in the leg by a rat
A Susquehanna doctor was
at once sent for and the leg was band
aged tightly above the wound. 1t
was expected that Morehouse would
die before the doctor could come IN
the pike on his bike. Just as soon AS
the leg was barred to put on the band
age II was attacked by a swarm of
mosquitoes, and when the doctor ar
rived he found the man as lively az q
cricket Il in no need of a doctor. but
the ground was covered with lead and
dying mosquitoes. They had sucked
the poison from the wound and saved
Warehouses; life. The mosquitoes pre-
sented their bills and died. The doe
- PNNSNAtSN IIo Jill anu SOL MS
money. This was hard on the mos
q%uitoes, but | presume Warehouses;
life was worth savin'. There was Sol
Timson, another brakeman. Sol used
to brake on the Delaware division.
from S~usquehanna to Port Jervis. He
had the ague awfully. Had it so bad
that some OF his teeth shook out, and
he shook the buttons off his coat. A
lot of his friends had sure cures for
the ague, and each gave him the pre-
scription. At last when he had 13
prescriptions, he took them all to a
Port Jervis drug store and had them
put up. He took them home and nut
them all into one jug. Then he shook
the jug, mixed the 10 prescriptions
thoroughly, and took three doses. He
never shook again until the hearse
struck a stone"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-04-29
AT THE PARIS FAIR.
Ample Preparations Being Made 10 Show
Bicycles.

The wheel, according to the New
York Herald, will occupy an honorcd
place at the Paris exposition. No
where in the world are there more en-
thuslastic wheelmen than the members
OF the famous Touring Club de France,
and they have not been slow to avail
themselves of this opportunity to draw
the attention of the civilized world to
the modern wheel with all its latest
improvements. A committee was APP
pointed some time ago to see about
the construction of a building in which
the wheels could be exhibited, and
about the selection of a suitable site,
and now the news comes that an ad-
mlrable site has been granted by the
authorities in charge of the exposition,
and that on it a stately building will
be erected within a very short time.
Inc site is near the Eiffel tower, and
close to the entrance of the Champ de
Mars. Anyone who knows Paris will
see that no better site could have
been selected. All the visitors to the
exposition, whether they are interest
ed IN bicycling or not, will be sure to
pass by this spot, and cannot help be-
ing attracted by the artistic ediice that
Is TO be reared in honor of the ubiquit-
Gus wheel. The building has beer de-
signed by NJ. Gustave Rives, and Is
described by those who have seen his
plans as a marvel of beauty. No pains
Will certainly be spared so far as orna-
mentation and other decorations are
concerned. Contracts for this and all
other necessary work will soon be
awarded, and it is expected that the
building will be completed at an early
date. American as we'll as foreign
Wheelmen will doubtless spend many a
pleasant hour in this building. Hard
ly a week passes that some attempt is
not made to improve the bicycle in
n direction or another, and if we
would find out about these so-called
improvements and learn how many of
them are really worth anything we
must study them at our leisure in
thls place. That thousands will do so
Is certain.
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Valuable Swords of Honor.

A carved sword of honor, owned by
the Gackwar of Baroda, India, is by
far the most valuable in the world,
it's hilt and scabbard being encrusted
with diamonds, rubies and emeralds
of the rarest kind, the whole being
valued at f220, 900. Several of the IA
tive Indian princes have swords of
honor of more Than half the value of
that belonging to the ruler of Baroda.
the golden hilts being studded with the
most valuable precious stones: The
Shah of Persia had a sword valued at
upwards of f10, 900 which he wore on
his visit to Great Britain. The car
of Russia and the sultan of Turkey
possess swords, set with diamonds and
other precious stones worth thousands
of pounds. The sword of honor pre-
scented to Lord Wolseley by the Egyp-
tians is set with diamonds and valued
at f2, 900.
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Fayorite Pastime of Children.

The fish may be represented by OBJ
long pieces of cardboard Gf mamma
has time, pictures of fish may be past
ed on these, the under side of each
having a number to tell the child the
weight of the fish he has caught. On
the upper side place small double
pointed tacks, into which the hook is
caught. The fishing hook may be
made Of a bent pin, and for the pole
a long pencil will answer. On a rainy
or snowy day the little ones will en-
Joy this sport hugely, and there will be
no catching cold.
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A romance in real life, in which a
German, said to be of noble birth, and
a dark-eyed Ohio girl are the principal
actors, is being woven meath the roof
of the Missouri Baptist sa~nitarium in
st. Louis.
Theodore Wittenstein, who, the Cos
sips say, is a count, a baron or the pos
SCISSOR of some other title, is the man
in the case, and Miss Estelle Nichols
Is the woman.
The principals admit that they are
deeply in love, and that some day they
will be married, but Miss Nichols de-
clares that there is nothing out Of the
ordinary in the way she was wooed
and won, and the man who won her
vii! not admit that he is the possessor
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pursuit, and none other aver repeated
the operation 1t is a modern city, but
many OF us good citizens believe in
the theory that children can be cured
by the mayors process, because it has
been tried in their families and they
know it.
Nor must it be thought that the
chief executive is an old hoary-headed
doctor of the root, bark AID herb the
ory. He is a veteran of the late war,
an Odd Fellow of state standing, and
an energetic gentleman who is unas
Stunning and makes no ~pretensions to
extraordinary powers.
He knows that he can cure children
suffering from long" and Short"
growth, and he does it for the pleasure
it gives him in doing an act of hui
mainly. Never, in over five hundred
cases, has he taken a cent of money
as a fee, but n OF his most highly
gifted possessions is a handkerchief
which a grateful mother presented him
in a successful case.
A few days ago the incident crept
into the metropolitan press and in a
vague and skeptical manne misrep-
resented the working of the worthy
mayor. 1t referred to the fact that he
could remedy sufferers from dwarfdom,
which is not the truth, for no consti-
tutional infirmity can be cured. Many
letters have reached him relative to
the matter, and when the inquiry was
a sincere Il an answer was return
ed, but many of the letters reached his
waste basket.