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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Four leading Chinese odirini,
have been pat IA death an,lrr sen
tence imposed hy The Tribunal o.
The allies, oil acennt Of outrage.
against foreigners. Que va.
ylcrroy of l'ee,4i ii. and another =
general il, TIE Chinese army.
Reports nf the death of TIRE
empress ,lnwagrr of China are
circulated, i,nt not confirmed.
The election III Kentucky result
ed in the success os the dern"cralie
ticket, th"neh TIE republicans
charge fraud and aad may con
teS..
President Mckinley telegnphs
Bryan cordial thanks for The lat.
ter's congratulations aud extends
good wishes.
Chicago packers have raised the
price of meat eept pound,
which means an increase Of % per
cent TO consumers.
S:xto Lopez, the Filipino, who
is now in the United States, SAYS
the FiiipinoS will coutiuae to fight
for independence.
A terrific fire at Biloxi. Miss,
destroyed a hundred buildings,
among them the Catholic church,
school and convent, two newspaper
Offices and several 6ne bIck stores.
Hundreds were left homeless.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
PURELY PERSONAL.


Frank Garrisn f'om the poiet is
a visitor Ia The ciry.
l.ry, tef:a Hale aud wife y we're :.
passengers up from Point ISABEL
last evening.
SIR. aud Mrs Egan did rot leave
today. MS they expected, owlrfg to
the stage befiig engaged by Other
passengers:
Deputy United States Marshal
John Haynes and Alberta ae"u lett
on the stage this morning en- r'tute
To San Antnnio, to attend federal
court. Mr. Jagou goes as 4 wit
ness.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
PASSED TIE EXAMINATION

a Canadian gentleman, Casey
by name, was appointed to a gov.
eminent place which technically
had TO be occupied by a lawyer,
which Mr. Casey was not. The
bencherS of the Law society, how
ever, undertook toobviate the tech
uica!ity and appointed one Of their
number as special examiner to
examine him Is to his knowledge
Of The law.
"Well, Casey" said the exam,
liner, "wbat do you know about
law anyway"
"To tell the trnth," replied the
candidate, 81 don't know single
thing"
The examiner reported, stating
in his affidavit "that he had exam
ined Mr.. Casey as to his knowledge
of the Law and to the best Of his
information and belief he had an
swered the questions that he hgd
put to him correctly"
The aspirant was thereupOn sd
mItIed to the bar.-lIaw Notes.
THE WORTH OF HIS MONEY
at takes four persons a whole
year to make a high grade cash
mere shawl"
"That's all right. Ny wife
bought one, and it took me four
years TO pay fer it.-DetroIt Free
Press.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
M very quiet.
laredo Times.

laredo Times.
Capt. J. a. Brooks and !lin ran.
gers who were ordered To Carrie,
Zspata county. to remain daring
the election last Tuesday, arrived
here asst might aud left this morn
ing for their station at Alice. In
conversation with Times report
er, Capt. Brooks said thar the day
could not have been passed more
quietly than it did at Carrizo.
There was not a difficulty aud no
disturbance of any nature.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. CHENEY & CO., Propso
Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have
known F. j. Cheney for the last Is
years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transae-
tons and financially able to carry
out auy obligation made by their
firm.
West 6 Traax, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WaIding, Kinuau & Marvin,
Wholesale, Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternaIiy, acting directly upon the
blood al l mucous surfaces of the
system. tEice 75c. per hottie. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills ere the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
ABOUT TOWN.
Delightful weather.

Knights OF HorOt meeting to
night.
There was light toneh of froSi
visible early this morning, aud al
SO yesterday noruirg.
The official count of the votes
gives Bryan two majority aud Kle,
berg SO majority in the county.
The schooner Mary Ann sailed
from Point Isabel this morning at
eight o'clock, with load of ksh,
for Corpus Christi.
The commissioners finished can
vasSing the election returns this
Inorning and this afternoon trans
acted routine business.
The fne photograph which is to
be rafled will be PLAYED tonight at
G Jagou Sons at eight o'clock.
Be sure TO heal it.
Two schooners, the Lake Austin
and the Perkins, are expected at
Point Isabel this evening: from
Il ilveSton, with merchandise.
Miss j. Bo1Iaek is moving her
millinery store from the Putegnat
bailIling to the Sau Roman bnild.
ing on the opposite side of the
street.
WANTED a I'VE agent in
Brownsville to sell the BEST"
Lamp, Best made. Hundred can
dies. Southern Gas Lamp Supply
Co. Dallas
The correct tabulated returDs of
of the recent election Will appear
in TIE HERALD as soon as we are
able to get the copy which will be
IN day or two.
The Caller reports the death of
Capt, James Grant, who vas a pi-
l,l at BRACES Santiago during the
Civil war. He died at Corpus
Christi last Thursday.
FoR sAbE:-One large second
hand FIRE proof safe, in FIRST class
condition. Will be sold cheap.
Can be seen at Mrs. Geo. Krausse's
store on Elizabeth street.
For fresh vegetable aud garden
seeds, candies, canned fruits, bnt,
ter, canned meats, cheese and
crackers, go TO Leopoldo Ruiz, at
Barreda old stand, Washington
street.
John Moore, indicted for assault
with intent to murder In this coun-
~, and a change of venue to Hidal-
60 county, left this morning in
charge of two deputy Sheriffs for
HldaIgo.
a telegram has been received by
General Manager j, Celaya of I'll
r. g. company, stating that the
steamship Clinton will make au-
osher trip to Brazos Santiago as
soon as sufficient freight is secur-
sd.
The marriage of Nathan Light.
hurn, one of Point TSabel's best
known young men. and Miss ANA
liza Lieck, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs K. A. Lieck, will take place
ou the 2Sth. instant. at the ranch
home OF the parents of the bride
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
NOT HE.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
"You have a good deal of asSur-
anee to come to me for charity, -
said the man of the house, with
your face all bunged up from fight
ing. fOu're nothing but bruis
erl'
"No, SIR" replied the seedy
vagrant, who was not wanting in
spirit. "The other fe.Ier wuz the
bruiSer. I'm the. bruisep.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
THE WORTH OF HIS MONEY

Wealthy Russians, after death
seek repOse IN glass collins.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
20 cure a Uold In OneDay.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
rooney if it fails tn. cure. EW.
Groves signature is ON each box.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-11-13
YOUR
HYSICTAN 90
AIMS

20 put all his knowledge, ex2eri-
ence and skill into the prescrig ton
he writes. 1t is an order for the
combination OF remedies Your case
dem2n Is lie can not RELY On re-
suits unless the Ingredients are pore
and reliable, and properly COM
pounded ..
BE fair to your doctor and 10 your
self by bringing your prescri ptiOns
here They. will be cOmr Ounded
only by Registered Pharmacists,
who are aided by the large st stock
OF drugs intthis part Of the state.
Eyerything'Of the finest quality
that NOR All buy or e1 perience
select.
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ed 10 use it can bear out In the statement that It will cure any case of Catarrh if taken accord Ing to directions"
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I believe that straightness of direction Is the feature of my play which has con tributed most to my success. That is why I have dWelt so much here upon this point. It is in this respect that my experience is most likely to be of value to the player. However you grip your club straightness is the great thing.
 Golf is rich in lessons to the man strug- gling through life. The player who drives his ball straight forward toward the hole is like the man who pursues an object in life steadily. The player who makes a long drive with pull or slice is like the brilliant man who wastes his energies in wandering from his true course.
 A great many players, especially anna teurs, have adopted my grip with sue cess. I would advise every player to try it, at least in practicing. Every golfer by the way, should practice, and not always be trying to win a match or make a score.
 1 keep the same grip on all my clubs down to and including the butter 1 find 1t equ- ally valuable with all of them. In making short mashie shots, where a perfect con trol of the ball is so desirable, it is par ticularly useful. Players who find ditfi- culty in making wrist shots accurately will be helped if they try this grip.
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very. very many who fall in accuracy or straightness.
 If you are an ordinary player 1t must often have been your experience to strike the ball hard and full and to see it soaring away through the air, while you are thrilled with the thought of a 1SO-yard drive. Then, to your disappointment, 1t turns in or out at the end of its course and .rhaps stops at the bunker, or if 1t clears that, rolls off in the wrong direc- tion. Another time you do not strike so hard, but follow through straight, and al- though the ball has not the same impetus, 1t goes further in the direction fthe hole.
 It is just accuracy which, believe, Is gained by the ten-ingered grip. In practic- ing 1 have frequently tried the loose grip, and clearly proved to myself that 1t i'm crosses the tendency to pull or slice. can drive at least as far in the old way and possibly I might gain ten yards or so by using 1t, but that Is of no consideration in comparison with straightness.
 The ten-fingered grip enables one to play with almost mechanical accuracy. This seems to me very desirable in golf. By using this grip man of fair muscular de- velopment should be certain of the course of the club, which he cannot be when four ishing it looseley. It should be always re- membered that the object of drive in golf is to send the ball in an absolutely straight line, and one should strive by every possible means to do this.
 I am satisfied with a drive of from 1S0 to 200 yards. In some matches have eX- ceeded these figures, but it is by no means necessary in order to win.
 But the straight drive is the great thing. The pulled sliced drive never carries good bunker. I maintain that a bunker should be placed at a distance of 150 or 1G6 yards from the tee Only a good drive will carry such bunker. The great test -1,@ r.ar portunity to the best player to show all his skill If it is not so planned he will be placed upon an equality with m inferior rlayer
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ODD SIGNS THAT
 MEAN MILLIONS Wonderful Silent Language by Which Wall Street Brokers
 Transact Business

Millions change hands daily in New York's famous Wall street without the scratch of a pen. The trading is carried on by means of signs made with the hands and fingers. It is not generally realized that men must be scrupulously honest in these dealings, more honest in fact than in almost any other business. The tempta- tion and the opportunity to be dishonest are so great that many rules are in oper- ation which would seem curious indeed anywhere but on the floor of the exchange.
 The visitor who looks down upon the floor of the exchange during an exciting session concludes that the brokers are all crazy together The layman can see noth- ing but bowling mob. As a matter of fact the activities below him are carried on according to strict rules, but the action is so rapid that his eye cannot follow it.
 A considerable part of the business of the country, involving millions of dollars daily, is tranacted by sign language. The scene of these great transactions Is the floor of the Stock Excange. Any one who has seen the antics of the brokers will understand that it is always difficult and often impossible for them to make them selves heard The confusion on the floor
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the left. In this way I get the full power of both hands and arms, while both of them act together in perfect unison
 The old method was to exert the force of the swing with the left arm while guiding the club gently with the right. Does it not stand to reason that two arms acting together and aiming the club with equal accuracy should be stronger and better in every way than two arms doing different things2
 However, it is not for the sake of force that I use this grip, but for the sake of accuracy.
 From the time I address the ball until I finish the stroke l maintain my firm grip or the club. I even put pitch upon the leather to insure a good hold. This frmnesS l con sidered to be another point which conduces very greatly to accuracy of direction. At no time during the swing can the club turn in my hands in the least bit. Such thing could not happen unless l were sud- denly stricken with the palsy or some oth- CT catastrophe occurred, but 1t must nap pen occasionally to excellent players who use the loose grip.
 This grip of mine is sometimes called the ten-fngered grip J. H. Taylor and my self were the joint originators of 1t.
 Still another feature of my grip is that l hold the club right up near the top of the shaft. The top of the club just clears the left palm. This, too, l believe, is good deal of an aid to accuracy. The two oI three inches of spare wood which sticks above the wrist in the old way of driving is worse than superhuous. Many drive is spoiled by it.
 I have not the slightest doubt that the old method of holding the club loosely with the right hand leads to unsteady driving
 My driver is a comparatively short one 3S inches, I think-but as I hold 1t at the top it has practically the same length as an ordinarily long one. I always put a piece of leather in the face of the driver, in the place where the ball should be struck. I think this is an aid in aiming. I also have the leather fastened by wooden pegs
 After all, accuracy is the great essential in making a stroke at golf. There are few players who have not sufficient strength to make fairly long drive, but there arc
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TIE RIGHT GRIP
 IN PLAYING GOLF
Hands Must Hold the Club With Equal Firmness and Both
 Arms Act in Unison
By Harry vardon.

4 great deal of curiosity seems to have been aroused among golfers in this coun- try as to my method of gripping the club This is not surprising, seeing that my grip is so different from that used by the great majority of players.
 For three hundred years men, l suppose, have been playing with the right hand loose and now I come along at the end of the nineteenth century, take a tight grip with both hands and succeed very well. l do other surprising things, such as putting both thumbs down the club and overlap ping my fingers. These innovations have even been known to arouse indignation in some conservative quarters
 I will give you clear description of this grip and statement of the advantages which I have found it to possess from practical experience.
 take hold of the club with equal firm ness with both hands. I place both thumbs down the shaft, and with the little finger of my right hand overlap the forefinger of
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by signs. One finger pointed vertically and upward signifies that bid is offered at one-eighth of a point; two fingers, two eighths or one-quarter, and so on Ihe price of the stocks go up or down, moving by eighths of point
 All these signs are used so quickly and the antics of the brokers to attract atten- ton are so violent that an untrained eye can scarcely recognize them. man may be seen, for example, to rush excitedly to a group of wildly shouting men and, after he has attracted attention to himself by shrieks, move his chnched fist rapidly up and down, though delivering series of upper-cut blows to an imaginary foe,
 Instantly a dozen men start for him, ges- ticulating wildly. In response he tries to rush toward them, meanwhile appearing to beckon them on with his partially closed hand.
 As soon as he has attracted the attention of the crowd he waves his hand rapidly back and forth, with one or more fingers extended He repeats these menacing signs over and over again. and just as free fight seems inevitable, he exchanges quick jerk of the head with some one before him, the crowd falls back and he walks off un- molested.
 When the excited broker rushed into the struggling mob he was merely joining the group trading in some commodity, like Su- gar. The upper-cut blows of his fist merely signified that he wished to trade in 100 shares of the stock. When he appeared to be beckoning on his adversaries he merely expressed a desire to purchase this stock, and his excited jabbing of the air with ex- :Snded fingerse indicated that if the pre- vailing quotation was, say, 117ss, he would pay A. The gentlemen who rushed at him merely desired to attract his attention, and the jerk of the head signified that the offer was accepted, and the sale, which perhaps involved hundreds of thousands of dollars was complete
 The rules of the exchange governing all such transactions are very rigid, and yet 1t is surprising how many disputes arise. A committee of half a dozen or more men are constantly patrolling the floor to en- force them. A man with authority to de- eide disputes also sits on a seat overlook
 ing the floor, but these precautions are rarely needed. A thousand disputes which 1t would seem must inevitably end in free fights arise each day and as quickly sub side. It sometimes happens that two men will misunderstood each other in quoting price, and that after the sale Is made each will have different quotation in mind The disposition, of these cases is peculiar The disputants immediately go before the presiding officer and state the trouble. The friends of both parties crowd about them. The office in charge then calls for a vote of hands on the dispute, and the majority rules.
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MT. ralfour's Uniucky Golf stroke

From the Philadelphia Evening Post.
 Mir Arthur J. Balfour, leader of the House of Commons, is a philosopher, a student, a yearner for shady seat by a quiet stream and a choice book. But poli- tics have forced him to the front and oblige him to stay in the face of the public, and so he sits on the front bench In the house with his long legs in terrible tangle and his arms spread all over the place.
 MT. Balfour is always animated when he sets foot on a golf green. He Is an en- thusiastic golf player, and no golf green in the kingdom can be looked upon as proper ly open unless the leader of the House Of Commons has played a game over 1t.
 His enthusiasm for golf was the cause of an amusing accident-amusing to the spec tators, that Is, but most embarrassing to a man of such @ nervous temperament as MT. Balfour. He was standing on Padding ton station platform, waiting for train to Windsor. In his hand he held an un- brella, gold-handled and exquisitely done up As he leaned upon this, gazing ab- stractedly at the platform, his eye became aware of a cork that lay on the boards.
 Evidently forgetting where he was, MT.
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Is often so great that broker cannot even make himself heard shouting in the ear or the man next him.
 When d broker wishes to buy or sell stock with his customer several feet from him or perhaps across the room conVer- sation is impossible. If the broker used megaphones the confusion would be mere ly increased. To obviate this they have devised a sign language something like that used by the deaf and dumb. With this vocabulary of finance a man can buy or sell stock no matter how great the tur- moil.
 The vocabulary enables a man to bid or make offers on a stock and announce the number of shares and an exact fractional price rather more quickly than he could speak.
 A single finger of either hand held hori- zontally signifies ten shares of stock or 1000 bushels of wheat. Two fingers together mean twenty shares or 2000 bushels of wheat, and so on. Fifty shares Is signified by an "O' formed with the thumb and first finger. One hundred shares or 0,0O0 bush els of wheat are indicated by the closed hand
 When a broker wishes to purchase stock or wheat he makes known his want by rapidly extending his hand, partially open, and drawing it slowly toward him. To sig nifty that he is prepared to sell he pushes his partially opened hand from him.
 The sign language does not attempt to in- dicate the name of any stock The brokers dealing in each rally around sign board on the floor of the exchange which bears it's name.
 It sometimes happens that the crowd will be pushed or will swirl away from this cen- ter, but the frenzied shouts of the brokers always serve to identify 1t. It will be seen how a broker by joining one of these howl ing struggling mobs, with the aid of his signs, may make known the number of shares he may wish to buy or sell.
 The price of the stock is also made known
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100 Miles of Rock BdlIdSt6d ROddb6d. l75 Large, Clean Cars. Convenient Schedules. To Fair Grounds, East Lake, North BIrmlngam And Ldk6V6W Park
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Most sordid of Arguments

From the Grand apids Democrat.
 Boss Hannas full dinner pail' is the most sorid argument ever advanced in an American political campaign Followed to it's logical conclusion, it would mean that the voters of the country would not ob- ject to the establishment of an empire with moneyed aristocracy so long as they were well-fed. It is in keeping with the party which relies upon buying another Presi- dential election. If accepted it would make stomach instead of brains and conscience the power which controls voters.
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Balfour took his beautiful umbrella in both hands, sauntered up to the cork, struck the proper golf attitude, and made stroke at the cork
 Sure enough he hit the object, sending 1t spinning, but unfortunately the tip of that umbrella snapped off and the bulk of that article went floundering across the line in the wake of the cork leaving in MT Bal four's grip only the plain handle.
 A look of blank amazement took posses sion of the Conservative leaders face, while the crowd on the great platform burst into a shout of laughter.
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Proud of It

From the Chicago News.
 The curtain went down on the second act of Uncle Toms Cabin"
 Lemonade" shouted the boy with the pail. u The lady in the end seat glanced down Are you sure that lemonade Is cool? ? Cert! Soon as Liza was across l went back and got all the ice on the river"
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Call at Davidson & Band mans. 2Ol4 1st avenue, and make your selection for any garment you want and they will do the rest.
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CATARRH

catarrh has become such common disease that a person entirely free from this disgusting complaint Is seldom met with. Itis customary to speak of Catarrh as nothing more serious than bad cold. a simple inflammation of the nose and throat. It is, in fact, complicated and very dangerous disease; if not at first, it very soon becomes so.
 The blood is quickly contaminated by the foul secretions, and the poison through the general circulation is carried to all parts of the system.
 calves, washes and sprays are unsatis- factory and disappointing, because they do not reach the seat of the trouble. $. S. S. does. It cleanses the blood of the poison and eliminates from the system all catarrhal secretions, and thus cures thor ougbly and permanently the worst cases.
 Mir. P H. McAlister, of Harrodsburg, Ky, xvr,tes. Having been a terrible sufferer from
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Tarpaulins made to order. Wm. Reckling, 215 North 2Oth street The old reliable Black Horse.