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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
FIDDLE AND BOW
Governor Tay1or's Famous Lecture
To Be Given On April 2

President A P. Coles, of the Tennes-
see Society, is in receipt Of a letter
from Gov. Bob Taylor's secretary
stating that tie distinguished lectu t r
will be in Ell Paso 90 April2, and will
deliver his famous lecture, "The Fid-
die aud the Bow
The governor only promises one
lecture here but every effort will be
made by the society to secure two
dates.
There are thousands of people
about Ell Paso who never heard the
governor lecture and the Tennesseeaps
feel that without hearing him, life Is
in complete, and that all may have the
opportunity they insist on second
lecture.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

81 think would 60 crazy with pain
we're it not for Chamberlain Pain
Balm" writes Mr. w. II. Sta pleton,
Herminie, Pa. II have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without mum Der,
but Pain Balm is the best medicine I
have got hold Of" One application
relieves the pain. For eale by all drug
0fsts
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
Working Night And Day

The busiest and mightiest Ettle
thing that ever was made is DR.. King q
New Life Pills. Every pill IL q sugar
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness in
to energy, brain-fag into mental power.
They re wonderful in building up the
health. Only Csc per box. Sold by
Irwin & Co.'S drug store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

On account of the twenty-fourth an
nusl meeting of the Cattle Raisers'
Texas & Pacific Railway company will
sell on March 11th and 18th, tickets
from Ell Paso to Fort Worth end re-
turn at rate of $14 20. Tickets to
be good for return from Fort Worth
until March Is.
For further information, apply to
B. F. DARBYSHIRE, S. W. F. & p.
A., Ell Paso, Tex.
A. w. MONTAGUE, Depot Ticket
Agent, Ell Paso, Tex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
He Said NOthin0.

City Clerk Catlin bad an interesting
conversation on paper with Robt. L.
Jenkins this afternoon. Jenkins 10
deaf and dumb and broke and psralyz-
ed, and wants to GET to San Antonio
where his people are. Mr.. Catlin ask
ed the G. 81. people to give him tran
aDOrtA tiOn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Msdre line, and Casas Gran.
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1925 daily except Sundays.
J. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
FL paso To Have a Stock Company

It is announced on good authority
that G. 81. Riggs, lately in advance of
Scalchi, will return to Ell Paso withip
. few days, and will proceed 1T once to
make arrangements to have here dur
ing the summer q stock company, and
to give a.performance each evening.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
500 Reward

Will be paid the finder of a pin with
three diamonds No questions asked
Leave at A. 81. Richards jewelr1
store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

G. b. Appleton, justice of peace,
Clarksburg, N. j., says: "DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the best pills
made for constipation. We use DO
Others" Quickly cure all liver and
bowel trouble. Fred Schaefer, drug
Qiet,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
Marriage License

A marriage license was Issued yester-
day to Guy MCGEE and Miss Bridget
Dauphert
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
MOOueV'S.

New and second hand store Is now
improved so that he wants light
horse and wagon and harness.
Stanton and ST. Louis street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
Notice.

Notice.
Have you paid your city tsxese The
same become delinquent and penalty
attaches on March 1st, 1900.
J. b. SMITH,
City assessor and collector.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
A Man DrOpped Dead

While looking for life saver. II
he had only reached the Ruby Ss-
loon, opposite the Post Office, he would
have been sll right
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
THE BATTLE OF THE CLOUDS.

Describing General Buffers flash.
light messages on tn. clouds toward
Ladysmith, the Daily Telegraph war
corr espondent says:
"As th e strong light glanced to and
fro, and made the dot and dash signals
the Beers kept wrigRling their beam
about aud winking tremendously in
order to spot the blink, bliukesy eigns.
But the electric light apparatus, which
was another of the contributions OF th e
navy, manned by sailors. caet a beam
of great strength and length, to which
the Boer flashes we're as q tallow dip to
a brilliant gas jet or an incandescent
lamp"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
A Relic Of Early Days Unearthed In
FL PaSO.

FL PaSO.
Last week q house comfort range
found its way back to the Office that
bad been in constant use for 20 years
in the home of Mr.. w. G. Wslz. 1t
Ia in excellent condition and can be
aeen at the Office of the Wrought Iron
Range Co. Mr.. w. G.. Wall is re-
placing it with q more modern range
from the Wrought Iron Range Co. 319
Ell Paso St.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
EXCHANGING COURTESIES

still pursue their habit of signaling all
sorts of questions. The other day it
was flashed from Grobler's Kloof,
"How's Mr.. Butler? When is he COM
ing for his nextlicking?' There is an
Interchange of martial ohaff, and, he
says, II am Constrained to add, strong
language, in which even British Tom
my is no match for the low unfit-for-
publication slang of the Trarsvaal
Boer."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

Fresh cut flowers daily at Potter &
Whites.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
Cement Sidewalk.

II you want a desirable walk consult
W. S. Holtzman, 507 Wyoming St.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
SIDE LIGHTS
ON THE WAR
Men At TIE Front Describe
The Stirring Scenes
TRANSVAAl PiCTUR RES
Picked From Many Sources For
Readers OF the Herald.

Bugler Major Million, OF the Third
Grenadiers, writing to his parents at
Stroud of the Modder river battle,
says: tine Beers could not hit US
much VII le we were on the ground,
but the moment we commenced to rush
| the bullets rained. Poor old O'Sulli-
van s(of the bhyones tean) very soon
| dropp-d with one clean through his
brain, AID my sect on commander was
killed and set sll on fire bv bullets
from their Nordenfelt gun. The Scots
guards very soon retired on our right,
but our captain told US we were G en-
adiers and could not retire, so we still
advanced and hal got to about 5OO
yards from the enemy's trenches when
do nothing but lie down fat on the
ground and our captain would net re-
tire. l myself had fred no less than
200 rounds and had not seen single
Boer to aim att
COOL BIT OF WORK.
'Our BRIGADE" continues Bugler
Major Milton, ''stsyed rs We were all
the day and night, and next day the
division WAS ordered to retire to Mod
Ger river, aud my battalion was told
off as rear guard to protect the retire
ment. The retirement of my battsl-
ion from under fire was the steadiest
and coolest bit of work 1 ever saw, and
[ believe our G. o. got complimented
by the general afterward, as he told
| the battalion that he was proud of
them. The b. ct of it all WAS we only
lost one killed and two wounded.
You would ell laugh to see me boiling
rice or spud- for supper. and when we
can get them We think we are In lux
uries, although the rice is nearly al
ways burnt. l see the queen Is
sending out some chocolate, for which
we thank her very much, but would
sooner have q wee drop of short
stuff. -
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22
TRIBUTE TO THE Beers.

This same correspondent asked some
of the men how they had been treated
by the Beers. Two of the men who
were wounded at Nicholson's Neck aud
taken to Pretoria said they were treat
ed like gentlemen. One remarked
that after he was wounded two Beers
lifted him up and took him out of the
firing line. They laid him under a
kopje, and while one gave him brandy,
anpGher bound up his wound. General
Jou bert spoke to him and said: 1--WE
don't blame you men. It's not your
fault. Your are fighting because it's
your living, but we are fighting for our
nomesteads and our rights" He took
a coat from one OF the Beers who had
been sho. and gave 1t to the wounded
Gloucester. That ss me coat he still
has in his DOS es-iop.
TO THE VICTORS THE SPOIL.
This ia from an account of the search
on the bat'lafe Id of COlenso:
An elderly Boer, with red beard.
seemed greatly excited He said that
Chamberlain had brought on the war
for gOlL; that the Beers had no enmity
against the soldiers, who simply did
their duty. We English, he declared,
trested the Boer prisoners disgraceful-
ly. In the middle of his haraugue he
saw one of the ambulance men, loaded
with field glasses and revolvers taken
from wounded officers. He thought
spoil too good to be missed, and rode
- IL
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

n LOTS-On Boulevard avenue, north of
Mart1neZ's residence, $500 each. Horace
b. Stevens, Real Estate and Insurance.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-22

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ta.
blets. All druggists refund money If IL
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has
B. Q. L. on each tablet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Chioess Lady's Toilet.

The style Of Chinese lady's wear
ing apparel seldom alters. II she hap
pens to be wealthy she dresses entirely
in silk, the first garment consisting of
sort of apron or plain piece of silk
tied around the waist and overlapping
behind. Then comes the underjacket,
then the overjacket, trousers and
apron. Finally, II she is going to pay
calls, or for any other reason wishes
to appear particularly charming, she
paints her face with paste made of
wet rice flour, which dries and gives
most deathlike appearance. She
then removes the paste from her eyes
and lips with wet cloth, and, wet
ting finger, draws it three times
round her throat, and the three red
marks thus left complete the toilet,
which is to render her absolutely ire
sistible. A stiff, fiat fan and powder
box, with little mirror In the lid by
which she can see to periodically touch
her face with the powder puff, invari-
ably accompany the Chinese lady
throughout the day.-London Mail.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
HER LAND REWARDS THIS GIRL
For Her Goodness.

mother, and little housekeeper and
kitchen maid during her fathers abb
sence, always denying to herself first
childish and then girlish pastimes.
both indoors and out of doors, which.
even in the midst of utter poverty are
generally sought after by the young in
the growing period of life. There was
certain delicacy her mother always
liked. and she went many a time sew
eral miles to fetch it for her. Her
mothers pain increased, and she often
sat up whole nights, robbing herself
OF needed sleep after hard days
work. Her mothers smile was hers.
and everything hers was her mothers
her only wish being that her mother
might recover.
But heaven decreed that the mother
must not. and she died on January II
last. Riki's heart was broken, but she
must now live for her father, and she
is said to be working harder than ever
at home doing piecework to tighten
the burden of her sole remaining pa
rent.
The story reached the ears Of the
authorities and brought her the honor
and reward. In the midst of all her
sorrow and trouble she had had time
to teach herself reading and writing.
Her mother. though an invalid. was
able to help her. having been a woman
If some education. like her husband,
Who also assisted his daushtAr at
light.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

"A IUCh ED bhlLLlANllNE.
such as suppleness, luster and dura-
bility. and besides affords a wide
range OF possibilities along the lines of
decoration.
Just now the brilliantine gown that
obtains the greatest degree of fash
ionable success is the tucked one.
A design which forms part of
very wealthy young woman's trous-
seau is developed in Ladysmith green.
The skirt shows many groups Of tiny
tucks extending from belt to hem. The
tucks also extend all the way around
the figure save at the narrow space at
the front. The skirt is made upon a
separate foundation of green silk An
ished at the foot with an accordion
plated hounrs of the same material.
The bodice. too, is tucked. The
tucks, however, are only caught at the
bust line and at the waist, leaving the
front to fall in very delicate puffed
effect. A tucked yoke meets vest
Of green silk and extends in deep
points on either side of the vest. A
jabot of chiffon cascades down the
right side of the plastron.
To go with the toilet there is a soft
French hat of Ladysmith green. 1t is
relieved by folds of. cream satin
blended with green silk roses. The
satin is appliqued with tiny lace me-
dallions. Delicate pink roses and
green leaves are massed under the
brim.-Helen Grey-Page in Chicago
Daily News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

1t is a pretty story, although SIM
pie one. that comes from Japan to
brighten the image that the mention
of the Orient involuntarily suggests
now. 1t is the story of the good little
girl Riki Wakayama of Totsuka and
of the government that watched her
and rewarded her for her virtues and
patience.
Riki Wakayama is Is years old. and
it is her devoted conduct toward her
parents which has just been officially
rewarded by the governor of Tokyo
fu, who has presented her with di-
ploma of praise and a sum of money.
In the days Of her babyhood her
family was living in fair way; in
deed, her father is man of education,
being the holder of decoration which
was given him after the civil war Of
twenty-three years ago. But subse-
quently fortune began to turn against
them, when they moved to Totsuka,
from Mito City, where they had lived
originally. By the time Riki had en-
tered on her sixth year the family had
become so reduced in their circum-
stances that the father had to pull
jinrfksha to earn them a living; and,
to make things worse, the mother be-
came about this time helpless in
valid, having contracted incurable
From that time on for
line ears Riki remained the eyer-con-
tal nnana0e nd companion Of hey
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Pspe, A storp Of porto Rico


moment" would be an English equiv
alent of what was said, but does not
correctly translate the polite Porto
Rican Spanish employed. l must tell
you that Latin-American children are
always courteous, and, for example,
if you ask the name of one of the
tiniest Of them, he or she will give
1t in full and then add: Your little
servant, SIR In this instance the
voice came from behind the open door
and, when stopped, Pepe's head APP
peared.
Come out Of that, Pope. What's
the matter with your" 1 said.
Il can't come out. Mister. l amt
got no cloes. And l can't bring you
no more papers cause de perlice run
me ir if they see me naked,' he re-
piled. There is a vernacular in Span
ish as we'll as in English.
We'll, your father must get you
some Clothes"
Il amt got no father, Mister"
Then your mother must get Them"
Il amt got no mother, neither"
Poor child! What do you want
to talk to me about?"
Mister Americana. won't you
stake me? Please lend me some
money to get suit of cloes with.
TIL polish your shoes and fetch your
paper every day for nothing Pepe's
eyes shone like black diamonds.
OF course ''e little fellow was ire
sistible and the loan was made, hap
PLY upon more advantageous terms
for the young borrower. One Ameri-
can dollar was worth nearly two in
provincial coin; and to encourage
thrift as much as to try Pope, agreed
to let him work it out, with the men
tai reservation of paying him in full
for his services if he proved trust
worthy.
And for week no one could have
been more faithful. Every morning
La Correspondence duly made it's ap-
pearance and my shoes were neatly
polished. And then-Pepe stopped
coming!
More than the paper l missed the
smiling countenance, the large and
dark eyes, the shock of blue black
hair. of my little friend. His graft
tude 1 could not doubt, because, not
content with fulfilling his part of our
bargain, he had several times brought
me fruit, and only desisted from such
practice upon my resolute and almost
angry command Apparently Pope
was lost. 1 was loath to believe him
unfaithful, and inquired for him in
the basement of the house in the
Gale del Cristo, from which he had
accosted me. but the inmates could
give no tidings Of him. And never
saw him again, which is a bad and
unsatisfactory ending for this simple
little story, but. alas! it is a truthful
one!
Shortly after this episode left San
Juan. and a few weeks later re-
ceived letter from the army surgeon
in charge of the smallpox hospital in
that city, of which the following is a
true extract:
From the description given me by
the little fellow, and the fact of your
speaking Spanish with these people,
am sure that you must be the officer
in question. He did not remember
your name, but said that his own was
Pepe. In his last moments his chief
concern was not himself, but that you
should receive the dollar bill which
enclose. You need have no fear.
as it has been thoroughly disinfected."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
BY Captain H. R. Lemly

1
When the American governor gen
eral issued his famous order requir-
ing all children to be properly clothed
In the street there was CONSERVATION
in San Juan. Previous to our occu-
patton the lower or working classes
had never thought of putting clothes
upon a young child, especially in the
country; and as a result the island
was filled with brown little Adams
and Ewes. without even the biblical
fg-leaf to hide their nakedness.
Porto Rico, you must know, is near
ly as thickly populated as Belgium,
and many of the people are very poor.
To some parents 1t was positive
hardship to clothe their numerous Off
spring, and, moreover, it was not con-
sidered necessary, because of the mild
climate. The governor general, how
ever, entertained other views. To his
military and somewhat stern eye the
picturesqueness of the landscape was
not enhanced by any number of naked
babies. He would have liked to put
uniforms upon them, such is the force
of habit and education.
Clothing them was at least step
in their "Americanization. and. TO
do him justice, he believed that the
somewhat abnormal mortality among
the infants was due to their naked
ness, especially during the season Of
"northers." And so the fiat went
forth.
For a few days the streets were al
most abandoned by the Juvenile popu-
lation of the lower classes. With diff
ficulty could l procure a paper or get
my shoes polished; and when the
street Arabs gradually reappeared in
motley array the style and fit Of their
clothes was somewhat startling. An
adults sack coat was not infrequently
the only garment, and in one instance,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
done more to help him along than

done more to help him along than
anything else.
The judge is modest withal. He
does not claim to be either wonder
or a hero. He says he is just making
a plain canvass among the plain peo-
pie, and naturally is putting his best
foot foremost. AS domestic matters
are ever uppermost In the minds Of
all good married men he has learned
the arts Of cooking, of tending babies,
of sweeping carpets, Of peeling pota-
toes, of mending socks and other SINH
lar things by observing Mrs. Holt do
them. Thus it is, he says, that he
has impressed his neighbors with his
qualifications for the governorship,
for they see by his very actions that
he can govern himself, and, therefore,
are free to assume that he can gov
ern the state.
J.. D. POTTS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Mother-of-Pesrl.

An article much sought after at the
present day is mother o. pearl shell
from the colony of Queensland. the
raw material from which is made
knife and fork handles, pearl buttons
for garments, and the thousand and
one ornaments retailed at fancy shops
The commercial pearl shell Melea-
grina mergaritfera, is fished in Torres
Straits, Thursday Island, the north
ernmost settlement in Queensland, be-
ing the headquarters of the industry.
The shell is brought to London and
sold by public auction five or six times
year. Buyers from all parts of the
world attend these sales. The value
Of pearl shell has increased Of late
years, the present price being about
s16O to 922O ton for bold" Queens
land shell. In 1899 the colony exported
e 100000 worth of pearl shell. Free
quently pearls are found embedded in
the interior surface Of the shell, on
one occasion a perfect spherical speci-
men was found, the first price for
which was f4O0
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
STILL THE TOUCH OF GOLD

The touch OF gold seems to be used
on every genre Of costume. The street
suit. the elaborate dinner gown and
the unconventional negligee are all
conspicuously indebted to it. Gold
lace has appeared as dress trimming,
but the lace is Of such delicate threads
and is SO odd as to pattern that it
is not at all suggestive OF military
lace. 1t is used a great deal.on fancy
blouses. Boleros of guipure, point de
Venise and Carrickmacross are APP
piled upon gold tissue and finished
with gold buttons or tassels Bands
of the lace also are applied to bands
of gold tissue and used on cloth or
silk. Collars and boleros of cloth Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Want INSULATING CLOVES.

A prize of 5000 is offered by an In
dustrial association of France for the
best insulating gloves for electrical
workmen. They must be strong enough
to resist not only the electric pressure,
but also accidental perforations by
wires, ETC., and must in addition be
easy to wear by hands of any size, and
allow the workmen's fingers sufficient
freedom to execute their work. The
competition is international.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

It is said to cost $4,000 year to
maintain all of the Moody educational
enterprises, over and above receipts
from hymn book royalties and tut
tions. The latter are low even below
cost. because Mortified is intended to
help those students who are compelled
from financial considerations to help
themselves or 20 without an education.
Every year many sons and daughters
OF vell-to-do families are denied adj
mission. This year the deficit has
nearly all been made UP AID receipts
for the endowment fund are coming
slowly but steadily.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

The ordinary revenue OF the domin-
ion of Canada is derived from vari-
ETY. of sources. which, may. however,
be divided into two classes, viz, taxa
tion," and "other sources" The
amounts raised by taxation consist
solely OF customs and excise duties:
those raised from other sources con-
slst Of money derived from the postal
service, railways, public works. etc.
The ordinary expenditure provides for
FA0l charges Tor DEL and provincial