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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19

The Alice and Brownsville stage
il making good time lately.
Fresh lemons, oranges, dated,
catmeal, pigsfeet. kraut, cornes
beef, ETC., etc., just received by
bennett, the Fourteenth street gro
ser.
The signal Office w&s notified
yesterday that the temperature
weuR scontiuue very low last
night and would moderate today
and tonight.
There was mora les Sunday
morning, and light fross vas Wis
ible early this morning. Bansnas
and other tender plants that were
exposed were blighted.
THx HERALD learns from Col.
Hudn2il, who wss here yesterday
on oliciai business, that Federal
court will probably not meet in
Brownsville until March 10, ptox.
The cleaner .wGs stiii at BrszoS
today, being VI bic 10 DO any-
thing OF account Of the wind.
LATeR.-The ship sailed from
, Brszos Santiago at 2 30p IN. She
will 90 TO New Orleans. instead of
Morgan City, in order tc bring
freight that has accumulated at the
former city for his point.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
School DENOMINATIONS.

J.
The regulsr Serdi-annusl exani
nation at St. Josepa' 3 college Wal
held last week from Tuesday tc
Thursday inclusive. in the presence
Of Rev. Father Superior, FIR. Pres
ident aud Father.
They expressed themselves as
very pleased with the department,
abilities and progress of the boys.
At the conclusion of the exami-
nations in each Of the several class
rooms, Rev. Father Superior ad-
dressed a few words of encourage
ment to the boys, bidding them
strive to become an honor to what
ever state in life they may adopt,
In the college the curriculum
embraces Arithmetic, Algebra,
Reading, Spelling, Physics, Phys
iology, History (Texas and q. So
Geography, Cateehism, GRAMMAR.
Book keeping and Penmanship.
FIRST CLASS.
The boys who showed most pro-
ficiency, in First DIVISION are:
Theodore Morales, Robert Kings
bury, IgnaciO Trevipo, Frederic
Havre, Edgar Hicks, and William
lureganO.
In the Second Division; Peter
Morales, Andres CuetO, Genzalo
Fernandez, Charles Tursgano,
Crescencio Rodriguez, Harold JET
ferds and Henry Havrs.
SECOND CLASS.
The leaders we're:
Alph0uSo Hicks, Justo Guerra,
Jose Cara, Juan Cantu, Daniel
Tcevino, Bias Olvera aud Sarciso
Cantu, in First Division.
In Second Division: Henry Val
entin, Iguacio Flores, Alberto
Fernandez, Daniel Lopez, Henry
Kiagsbury, Jose Celaya and RO-
dolfo Herrera. r
THIRD CLASS.
First Division: Ricardo S&is, |
Esteban Guajardo, Ricardo Bautes,
Eilsrio Reina, Manuel Rodriguez,
Jose Cara and Jose Castillo.
While the shining lights OF the
Second Division were: Miguel
Guevara, Jesus Qniroz, Telesforo
Soils, Andres Garcia, Manuel Rod
riguez, Rosslio Rodriguez, and
MaeedoHio Rodriguez. t
FOURTH CLASS. IL
First Division: Bonifacio Con
zslez, Felipe 0lvera, Emilio Dive
"a, Emilio Hinojosa, Miguel Maris-
,al and Rosalio Torres.
Second Division: Angel Barho-
So, WlldebaldO Cantu, Adrian Ia
mayo, Angel Rodriguez, Jose Gar
,ia and Manuel Vazquez.
Finally it was announced to the
Boys by the Rev. Father President
hat Friday would be holiday.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
PURELY PERSONAL.


7. Laroebe returned to the Point
yesterday.
NJ. B. KinGsbury zsut to the
Point yesterday.
D. ". Hoe res, is in town from
his ranch * arroyo.
Nat Werd arrived in the city
from Alice ahis afternoon.
S. ". Brooks Was passenger
TO the Point on themornirg irain.
Rev. Fathers Pieoye and Wig
vnolle wsnt TO the Poius this morn
ing.
Mrs. Jone Simo vent :he Point
by yesterday mornings train and
returned to town liz the afternoon.
Mrs. A. S. Wolff and Mrs.
Blanche Loew went to the Point
sgsiu yesterday, to take passage
4 on the steamer for New Orleans.
L. W. r. Cawan let on this
mornings up-river train 10 resume
his commercial travels. after 8
short visit to Mrs. Cowsn and
children.
Fl. C. Neer, the expert OF 'pock
male trainers, returned to Fort
Brown Saturday evening, after
an absence of several weeks, visit
ing Eagle Pass.
w. o. Relchel, the bookkeeper
for Jno. G, Kennedy at La PARA
ranch, came in Saturday evening
By stage, on short vsisit to his
old friends in Brownsville.
Louis Champion, a prosperous
young stockman, Of the Naranjo
ranch, was ia town today, aud had
his name inscribed on the list Of
the regular subscribers of The
HERALD.
Mrs. A. Nichols and daughter
Miss Jennie left this morning
ON their return to Hlda!go, having
spent few days pleasantly as
the guests of Mrs. Z. j. Kene-
fdy in this city.
W. F. Sprsgne lstt this morn
ing for his ranch in Hidalgo
county. He was accompanied by
Wilfred Kennedy, who will remain
several days at the ranch, return
ing with Mr.. Sprague the latter
part of this week.
Maj. j. A. McEnery and Col
Walter Hudnall, special q. S.
treasury agents, arrived by train
via Mstamoros Saturday after
noon. They completed the bus.
zuess which brought them here,
d left again this morning, en-
e to Fl Peso.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
F. j. CHENEY 6 co,

Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have
known T. J. CT eney for the last
ID years, and + .lieve him perfectly
honorable in all business transac-
tons and fina, cially able to carry
out any obligt; lions made by their
firm
WEST & TRU4x, Wholesale Drug
gistS, Toledo, o. WALDNG, KIN
NAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, O.
Halls { etarrl Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and rue0uS surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 1856. per bottle. Sold by ali
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19

Andree's balloon seems to be a
hard proposition, as it has not as
yet been found, but when you find
a cough or cold that will not sue
cumO 10 a few doses of Gatlin s
Cough Syrup Andree's balloon
will be as easy found rs the noon
day sun. Get your money back if
not cured.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
Notice.

For sale at the troop library al
Fort Brown, History of the Negro
Soldiers in the Spanish-Americar
war. The book contains l47 pages,
also handsome portraits OF our
nrmy officers, and Of the book is
not worth the money, you can re-
turn it. Price $l.O0, U. S. Cy.
Call on Robt. VinsOn, agent,
any time between 10 a. IN. and /
p. m. at the Troop Library.
For sALE:-One "Gem" steel
wind mill, all galvanized steel.
Tower and wind mill in It's original
package. Never been used. Price
5000, United States currency.
For further particuls RS address
Jesse o. Wheeler, Brownsville,
Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
Republican County Convection.
Brornsville. Ter. FEB. II. 1oOO

AD-O " HAsACf IL ~ wv
AT a mass convention of the Re.
pubiicans of Cameron county, Tex
as, held in the Opera House In
Brownsville in said county on the
18th. day of February, 1900, in ac-
} cordaDee with the published calls"
of Mr.. George More, Chairman OF
the Republican Executive Commit
tee for said county as attached
hereto, the said Chairman, Mr..
More, having failed to open said
meeting at the hour named in his
said calls, 10 witt o'clock D. M,
q committee consisting Of three
Republicans VIZ RI B. Rentfra, jr.
c. 81. Maris, and Jesus Vlllareal
was duly appointed by said Mass
Convention to wait upon said
Chairman, Mr. More, aud advise
him that sSid mass convention was
awaiting his pleasure, ard to re.
quest him to appear AID open said
! meeting. Said Commits 6 at abont
3 80 p. m., returned ard reported
that the SAID Chairman, ar. More
through them notified the conven-
tion that he was too unwell to pre-
side and could not fhersfore appear
aud open said meeting whereupon
the convention was called to order
| py iir. Thomas Cortez, me- Der
of the Republican Executiv Com
mittee for said county, wfo stated
tie object of the meeting and call
ed for nominations for temporary
chairman and temporary secretary,
and Hon. 9. F. Tilghman was
nominated and unanimously elect
ed IS such temporary chairman,
and z. K. Goodrich Nas nominated
and unanimously elected as tenn
porary secretary.
Thereupon on motion duly made
and seconded and adopted the
chairman was authorized to ap- !
point committees First, OF two on
permanent organization second Of
four on pIatafcrm aud resolutions,
and third, OF three me nbers on |
the selection of delegates to the
State and congressional conven-
tions, respectively. |
R. B. Rentfro, jr., and Frank
ESparza on permanent organiza- i
ton, R. B. Rentfro c. II. Maris,
Alberto Gonzalez and Eleuterio
Lopez on platform ana resolu-
4ions, aud ). A. Maltby, Thomas
Cortez and j. L Lsndrum to select
AL propose delegates as above
were daily appointed.
Mr.. Maris then Introduced the
following resolutions which were
duly referred to tie committee on
platform and resolutions, VIZ; l.
awe affirm our adherencs and
devotion to the principles Of the
Republican party as eaunciated ii
the national and State platte runs OF
1886, the more so because Of the
present. condition Of uns4smpied
and unprecedented prosperity pre-
vailing in our country, One as we
confidently assert, to the wise aud
faithful enactment into laws by
the representatives of our party of
the pledges AID promises therein
made. !
And in this connection, we as s
sert that the hopes Of prosperity
to our country and our advance
ment rs a nation rendered possible
by our party pledges, have been
made realities by the wise and pa
triotic administration of public
affairs by President Mckinley and
those associated with him. As the
head Of the American Government
both in war aud in peace his course :
meets with the unqualified endorse ,
ment and approval Of all citizens
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
HOW's TFiS 1?
Texas

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward Cor any case Of C",.tarrh
that cannot be c:lred by II; IFS
Catarrh Cure.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-02-19
ABOUT TOWN.

The Alice and Brownsville stage
In making good time lately.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
Odd Coincidences.

Winfield (N. J.) Special Brooklyn Times: Homer F. Candee, the new postmaster at this place, has remark able family history. To begin with his father fought in the revolutionary war, ealisting when he was q years old from Connecticut in 17S3, six months before the war closed. After the war he was granted pension. He had three wives. He lived sixteen years with his first wife when she died. Sixteen years with the second, when she passed away, and sixteen years with the third when he departed. The third wife married again and lived six teen years with her second husband, when be died and she survived him ex- actly sixteen years. Postmaster Candes was born iu 1928.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
4 merlcan ostrich Farming.

4 writer in Popular Science describes ostrich farming in southern Califor- aia as a growing industry. The first birds were imported about B years ago, and now there are farms at Nor walk and South Pasadena stocked with hundreds of ostriches born in Califor' aia. Every few months the male birds are stripped of their white plumes, eacn bird yielding about s30 worth of feathers annually. The birds are also sold to menageries, a fine pair being worth from S250 to S30o The hatch Ing Of the eggs requires forty-two days, the hen covering them in the daytime and the male bird at night. The pre- vailing color of the hen is gray, and that of the male black, so that their choice of the hours for sitting on the eggs corresponds with the time when each Is less easily seen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
POINTERS ON MOSQUITOES.
Male Is Musician, but Female Is
 Bloodthirsty.


 Bloodthirsty.
 When man hears for the first time that it. is the female mosquito that does all the biting it makes him feel right glad. Further comfort is afforded oy the knowledge that the male mos- quito has probably the keenest musical sens1bilities of any of his class of in- seets. He has quite a brush of hairs oA his antennGa, and with them he hears. Mayer stuck one of his kind on a glass plate and sounded tuning forks about. When one tone was made certain hairs would vibrate. while al; the others were still. Another tone would start another set to vibrating. and so on Also, if the tuning fork Eere at one side of the mosquito, the hairs on that antennae trembled most violently, so that when the male hears CT, rather, feels-the voice of his be- loved in one antennae, he wheels about SC that vibration is equal in both and flies straight ahead to meet her. That $ about al there is to the male mes- quito, though, except that he cannot bite, for the sufficient reason that he has no apparatus with which to saw through the skin. So to speak, he has the pumps, but no drill. But the fe- male is thoroughly equipped for get ting through even a politicians hide. The only mystery is what possesses her to want to bite at all. How did she come by her harkering for blood? The scientists give it ID. If she laid her eggs ill the wound, like tke carrion fly, it would be easy to answer the question, but she doesn't. If she stung to defend herself, like the wasp, it would be easy. 1t must be her brutal passion for blood that prompts her to attack helpless human beings. She cannot get this craving by inheritance, for the chances are that none of her ancestors as far back as William the Conqueror ever had a taste of human blood, and yet sit out on your front stoop of an evening, and a mosquito, not half an hour out of the water, will make as straight for you as if she had been born for that purpose. When one thinks of the great clouds of these torments that live and die in swamps where no warm-blooded animal ever comes, for fear of being mired, one can easily believe the estimate of entomo1- ogists that not one in a million ever samples red bleed.-Ainslee's Maga- gina
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
TESTING A NEW SHELL.
The Isham Projeetlle Astonishes a
 Number of Experts.

Number of Experts.
 The first considerable quantity of high explosive to be fired from an or- dinary gun against armor was sent against a 12-inch Harveyized plate at the Sandy Hook proving grounds re- gently. The projeetile was a shell in- vented by Willard s. Isham, carrying 12945 pounds of explosive gelatine and weighing, loaded, little more than 1000 pounds. It was fired from an or- dinary 12-ineh sea-coast defense gun, with a reduced charge, so that the velocity of the projectile at the plate was about the same as if it had been fired with a full service charge of pow der at a distance of two miles. The plate was backed with square oak beams and 20 feet of sand. The beams were so arranged aS to represent more strength than the ordinary framing be- hind the armor of a battleship. TO make the test conform yet more to the condition of firing against an armored battleship, the plate was set at an angle of 45 degrees to the line of fire. There is no form of armor=p piercing shell made that will perforate Harvey ized armor plate set at that angle, and 1t was not expected that the Isham shell would penetrate 1t. In fact there was considerable diversity of opinion as to just what it would do, and good many persons were interested in the results of yesterdays test. There was still doubt as to what had happened when the testing party started for the scene of the explosion from the firing point. The thick, dark smoke from the explosion of the shell showed that the full energy of it's contents had not been developed, owing to an imperfect detonation. If perfectly detonated, perfectly white smoke is made. Tn spite of the imperfect detol 4 the plate of armor was dented in about two inches and was blown through its oak backing and through a corner of the big sand pile, F feet from where 1t had been set up.-New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS
Unmarried Men Are More Sumerou.

onmarrisu Men Are More Numerous
 Than Are Single Women.
 From the Cincinnati Enquirer: It appears that people generally are greatly mistaken in their notion that there is an enormous surplus of unmar- ried women in this country. The truth Is that 10 such excess of spinsters ex- fsts; in fact, 1t is quite the other way. the bachelors outnumbering the maid ems. At the present moment there are in the United States 2,200,000 more un- attached males than females similarly situated, the exact figures being 5,427,- 761 bachelors against 3.224.494 spin ste~a q ages from 20 years up. Thus i; -zus that if girls do not find
 ], Is not for lack of plenti- II. ' of the article. What is re- quift zeemiHgl4, is q general migra- tion af spinsters From the north and east to the great and growing west, in parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark, however, it must not be infer red that there is actually an excess Of unmarried women in the northern and eastern states Even in those parts Of the country there are more bachelors than spinsters 20 years old and upward. notwithstanding the theory to the con- trary so widely accepted. No state in the union has as many maidens as bacbelors-not even Massachusetts, where the figures are 2f9,255 spinsters, against 226,085 bachelors. Massachu- eetts is the banner state for spinsters, the bachelors outnumbe~ing them by only two-tenths of 1 per cent. Next comes Rhode Island where the excess of bachelors is 2 per cent. The ex- cess of bachelors in the District of Co., l0mbia is s per cent, in North Carolina g per cent, in New Hampshire 9 per cent, in Connecticut % per cent, in Maine 37 per cent and In Vermont 54 per cent. In Maryland the bachelor surplus is 19 per cent, in New Jersey 1t is 9 per cent, in New York it is 26 per cent and in Virginia it Is az per cent. All Of these are low percent ages so far as the superiority of Baehe- gors ia point of numbers is coDcerned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
Interesting Belgium.

Belgium is the most confused little nationality on earth. In the great cit tes the population is made of inextriea- ble mixtures of Flemish races and the Walloons, pure French and Germans. Add to this broad sp,ashes of the Span- ish blood that came in with the princes of the last century and you have a curious conglomerate man-the brave little Belgian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
GIRL WHO HAS 4 1AMg DUCK
odd Pet of Young Woman Who Lives at Lake Bluff and Goes in Surf.

Odd Pet of Young Woman Who Lives
 at Lake Bluff and Goes In Surf.
 When the uelgnbors first observed Miss Stella Tunnison in the rolling waves of Lake Michigan on the sandy beach at Lake Bluff they thought it- tie of the occurrence. Even when close observers noticed duck swimming around in close proximity to the young woman it was looked upon as a coin cidence. But when on other occasions 1t was observed that the young woman and the duck took the water together, left at the same time and walked across the beach side by side to the bathhouse, then the watchers knew they had something to talk about. Miss Tunnison is perhaps the first society girl to make pet of duck and go bathing in company with her quaeking friend. Other girls have taken In" their pet dogs on occasion. but a duck for a swimming companion is certain. ly an innovation. The fowl makes no attempt to swim far from it's mis- tress when they take their daily trip. It accompanies her s0lemnly across the sand to the waters edge and when she wades in with little screams over the ehfllfgess of the water the duck boldly breasts the waves and paddles around delightediy. While Miss Tun- niscn is splashing in the shallow wa ter the duck remains lear until sha has finished her dip" and then con tarfelly aeeomnanies her to shore.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
Halibut tn Alaskan Waters.

Washington special Minneapolis Journal: One of the most remarkable things on the North Pacific coast is the large number of haHbut in Alaskan waters. Small steamers catch eargoes iD a few hours time, and it is no strange thing to see a hundred thou sand pounds caught in from two to three days. Last month an Ameri- can steamer on her way to Tacoma had 133 ,00o pounds of halibat caught eff the Alaskan coast in three and a half days by eighteen men. At three cents per pound this cargo was worth 6, ,906.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Much Sickness Prevented by It's sub- stitution for Gas.


 There are no stronger advocates for electric lighting in houses than medical men, who say that an immense amount of sickness has been saved since the electric light took the place of gas in modern houses. There can be no doubt that in the matter of maintaining the purity of air during incandescence. electricity stands without rival. Air is composed of four parts of nitrogen combined with one part of oxygen. The nitrogen, in a sense, modities the too active powers of oxygen, which, if undiluted, would make every one in- haling 1t so excessively energetic that the human framework would speedily be raeked to pieces. When combus- tion takes place oxygen is absorbed. and carbon dioxide Ca poisonous gas) is given off. The act of breathing pro- duees 8 similar effect, and thus resem- bles the burning of lamp or candle. Air containing as little as per cent of carbon dioxide is difficult to areathe in, and when it is considered that a medium gas burner produces as much Of this gas as eight or nine men (ab0ut six feet per hour) it naturally follows that air in a room so lighted soon be- comes dangerous. Besides carbon di- oxide, there are other impurities in gas, such as sulphurous acid, ammonia, sUlphuretted hydrogen, etc, which vary in quantity according to the purity of the gas. Each has it's own deleterious effect on the air and surroundings, and most of them cause flame to be less luminous. With an electric ineandes cent lamp there is no combustion. The tilament merely becomes incandescent by reason of it's resistance to the pas sage of the current, which is compelled to exert a certain amount of energy in travelling through it. This energy is given back by the flament in the form of light, but the whole being hermetic- ally sealed in vac''o there is no ex~ halation from }cess of inean- descence, and U tide air remains unyitiated by it
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-21

and s Ere s Healing Power Almost Miraculous The eest Family Medicine bO Gent Bottle contains 100 DOS Two Weeks Treatment for Ca
 aocR
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-27
AuRRY,no TROOPS TO CHINA.
The Hancock Will Make Special Tip to
.Taku July 28-GAronns, Meade and
Warren to Follow.

Washington, July 24.-The war de-
Partment is considering the advisable
ity of sending the Hancock, which
sails from San Francisco July %, with
four batteries of artillery and 500 ma
rines, direct to Talxu instead of to
Nagasaki. These troops were to have
gone on the Meade which sails August
I, but it has been decided, owing to
the urgent necessity of getting rein
forcements to China, to have the Han
cock make a special trip. She will
carry stores and provisions only for
the troops in China. The Meade on
August 1 will take out one battalion
of the Eleventh infantry, one squad
ron of the Third cavalry and one COM
pany of engineers from West Point.
in all LII men and 60 officers. The
Garonne, carrying two squadrons OF
the First cavalry and 100 recruits, 81
officers. and $50 men, will sail from
Seattle the same day for Nagasa6
The place of the Hancock, which was
originally scheduled to sail August
16, will be taken by the Warren if she
arrives at San Francisco in time. She
viii take out two squadrons of the
Ninth cavalry and recruits, in all A
officers and 1,242 men.