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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
THE DEATH Sentence.

The supreme court of Kansas In a
recent decision with regard to q boy
murderer holds that persons convicted
of murder In the fret degree must be
given the death sentence without re-
gard to age, The death sentence in
Kansas means imprisonment for life.
The Missouri supreme court has
rendered q similar decision, holding,
against the plea Of attorneys that
youth full crime could be punished only
with light penalty or q reform
school term, that age has no signifi-
canoe and is no bar to the full pen atty =,
The decisions of our judges and
juries are not to be overturned light
ly. These decisions are full of mean
ing for every community. There Ia
always some sentiment slizlng over the
youthful offender, but he is often as
great menace to the community ss
the criminal whose possible years of
crime are shorter.
If the boy criminal gives any promise
of reform, sentiment over him is bot
wasted, but oftener the criminals come
from the homes of crime, they are
born to it, sucked to it, learned its
numbers and abc's with their first
lispings, and return to it after any
intervals In prison as inevitably as the
night follows the day.
There is not much reform possible
among the adults Of the criminal clae.
ses. The most profitable effort for good
can be accomplished by seeing that the
young children of crime are sent to
good schools and are educated and
Influenced towards the ordinary aver
age sense of honesty and right of the
community. while the half grown Of
tenders should be given every oppor.
tunity to do better, not thrown under
the bIighting influence OF old Grimm Is
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

ceedipe Glow and exceeding sure. The
German is not to be frightened by a
straw man, militarism. He knows the
real thing, and between the safety
from the straw man that the dem9-
pops promise him and the one hundred
cents worth of dollar that republican
ism assures, the German is likely to
know his own profit and to vote as he
did in 1896.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
Heartburn.

When the quantity of food taken is
too large or the quality too rich heart
burn Is likely to follow, ard especially
so II the digestion has been weakened
by constipation. Eat slowly and not
too freely of easily digested food.
Masticate the food thoroughly. Let
elk hours elapse between meals and
when you feel fullness and weight in
the region of the stomach after eating,
indicating that you have eaten too
much, take one of Chamberlain g
Stomach and Liver Tablets and the
he artburn may be avoided. For sale
by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

BISHOP Joyce of the Methodist
church takes his stand along with the
fighting bishops and asserts that if II
be necessary to protect Christianity
and commerce with a gun, the guns
should be loaded and ready and the
aim secure. He advocates war to guard
the rights of missionaries in China
whose rights he holds to be as sacred
as the treaty rights protecting the
ministers and consuls.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

THE Omaha Svenska Journalen says:
"Ignatius Donnelly har mer an en- till
draRit sig uppmarkshamhet genom sin
CODA talformsga," which may be true
or not; in either case Ignatius Donnel-
ly's chances for nationsl honors are
simmer than he says Shakspere's
claims to writing Shakspere are.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
BLANK BOOKS

When you want a Ledger or blank
book of any kind. remember that the
Herald does the finest work in this
line. Give US chance to figure on
your books. We employ the best work.
men obtainable. We will give you bet
ter work at the same prices that you
would have to pay in St. Louis.
Herald Ruling and Binding Depart
ment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

All users of telephones are invited
tt call at the office of the Independent
Telephone Co.. Chat IL to construct and
operate as fine telephone system In
this city as 1t will be possible to build)
and inspect sample of the finest
and best telephones manufactured,
admitted to be such by many managers
of Bell Exchanges.
The Independent Telephone Co.
100 Mesa Avenue. Near San Antonio St.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

The law holds both maker and circul =
ator of counterfeit equally guilty.
The dealer who sells you q dangerous
counterfeit of De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve risks your life to make a little
larger profit. You can not trust him.
DeWitt's is the only genuine aud origi-
nal Witch Hazel Sslve q well known
cure for piles and all skin Diseases.
See that your dealer give you DeWitt's
Salve. Fred Shaefer druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

IT is not that Hoar loves expansion
any more than be used to but he can't
learn to love demopopulism at all, SO
he sticks to the republican party.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
BY CARRIER.

The Daily HERALD is delivered oy carrier
in Ell Paso, Texas, Juarez. Mexico. and at the
Ell Paso smelling works. at fifteen cents ubc,
Der week, or sixty cents eoc) per month.
Subscribers failing to get the HERALD re-
guIarly or promptly should call at the office
or telephone No. 115. All complaints Will re-
ceive prompt attention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

EVERY day the demopops count up
the German vote in q different way to
try to get 1t to come out demOpopulis-
tic. The German, however, thinks ex-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

One Minute Cough Cure lie the only
harmless remedy that produces i'm m e.
date results. Try it.-Fred Sohae fer,
druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

There are no better pills made than
DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Always
prompt and certain Fred Schaefer,
druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23
During last May an infant child of

During last May an infant child of
our neighbo WAS suffering from cho-
lera infantum. The doctors had given
up all hopes of recovery. 1 took a bot
tie OF Chamberiain's Colo, Cholera and
Disrrhoea Remedy to the house, tell
ing them 1 felt sure it would do good If
used according to directions. In two
days time the child had fully recover
ed. The child is now vigorous and
healthy. 1 have recommended this
remedy frequently and have never
known in to fail.-Mrs. Curtis Baker,
Book walter, Ohio. Sold by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
famous little pills for liver and bowl
troubles. Never gripe.-Fred Schaefer,
druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

TO ADVERTISERS.
In order to insure proper changes in adver-
sising, copy for same should be at the bust
sss flee not later than,10 .. m.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

Entered at the postoface at FL Paso. Texas
for trans mission through the mails At second
class rates.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

burg district, closely centerlng about
the metropolis of the western portion of
the State. Some coal from the eastern
portion of this district reaches tide
water by rail over the Pennsylvania,
but the hopes of those who expect an
export business in PittsDurg coal are
based upon the fact that during certain
portions of the year cheap transporta-
ton to the port of New Orleans may be
by way of the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers.
In Maryland the famous Cumber-
land coal is produced, but this is de-
cidedly soft, breaking into small pieces
rather than crumbling, yet not in favor
with foreign consumers n~otwithstand-
ing its richness in fuel properties. The
foreign trade demands a lumpy coal,
and for that reason the Cumberland can
be left out of calculations concerning
export trade.
In West Virginia three important rail
road lines handle the products of the
Elk Garden and Fairmont ~rcgions-in
which Senators Davis and Elkins are
widely interested-the New River and
Kanawha districts, and the Pocahontas
regions. OF these sections the New
River, the Fairmont, and the Elk Gar
den mines promise to contribute the
greater share of the States coal for ex-
port. The Pocahontas coal, however
will be in limited but strong demand
for naval steaming. In Alabama the
coal fields lie in the northern part OF
the State, near Birmingham, and the
way of outlet will be through Mobile
or Pensacola.
With these Goals from these States
and paying even So a ton for ocear
freights, the American shipper may
have q margin of $1.5G profit at Glib
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
why He wanted to Know.

A rather amusing story is told in con.
nection with a certain learned profess
sor. He had been asked to deliver q
l~ecture-which he readily consented to
do-in the village schoolroom, and Oh
the important night the place was
packed with an expectant audience.
The front seats were occupied by a
few of the shining lights of the neigh
borhood, and apparently the lecturer
was addressing the select few, for be
talked completely owe the heads of the
rest of the audience.
At length, at the expiration OF a cou'
Die Of hours, the professor dropped his
lofty style and blandly remarked:
And now, friends, in conclusion, al
low me to say that If anyone has a
question to ask l will do my best tc
answer him."
1t was a very old villager in the bach
seat who slowly rase to his feet an6
asked the first and only question.
AVID be vurry mich obleeged, meas
ter he remarked, "if ye'd jest tell u.
wot on airth it is that we've been praich
ing ab0ot."-L0ndon Spare Moments
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

Mine operators from the United
States and their agents are all over
the European continent in the interest
of American coal and almost every day
vessels loaded with the product of
American mines are clearing for Euro
pean ports, where they are to lay down
bituminous coal at English prices.
Great Britain. with an estimated coal
supply for only 200 years, has been ex-
porting 55,000,OOO tons annually. The
British public has been looking upon
this with disfavor. An export tax upon
the product is anticipated, and in the
event of 1t the Mediterranean ports
must draw upon the United States for
their fuel. Already the United States
has been supplying the best coal for
use in naval vessels.
In Europe coal deposits cover $1,000
square miles In Russia, 5000 In Great
Britain, $500 in Germany, 1880 in
France, and in all the rest of Europe
are only 1,400 square miles. In Great
Britain, France, and Germany especial
ly these fields have been drawn upon
for HUNDREDS of years. Every square
mile of resource has been sounded.
Some of the English veins are
worked to a depth of 1887 feet,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
Not Versed in Romance,

By way of practical joke a typewrit-
ten copy of SCOTS "Ivanhoe'' was re-
Gently sent the rounds of the London
publishers, under the title, "When John
Was E%ngland's King" 1t was returned
in every case. The London Academy
amuses itself by imagining the form
taken by the letters of rejection. 1t
thinks Messrs. Macmillan might have
written somewhat like this:
"Messrs. Macmillan & Co. regret to
have to return When John Was Eng
lands King but they fear that interest
in historical fiction is diminishing.
Their readers report of the story is in
the main favorable, but he points out
that the charge of initiating The For
est Lovers one of Messrs Macmil-
lan's recent publications, might per-
haps be difficult to rebut. In his opin-
ion the author of When John Was En-
glands King would perhaps have made
a better and more readable book had
he studied Mr.. Hewlettmore carefully"
Here is another burlesque letter:
Mr.. John Murray hegs to return the
MS. Of When John was E~ngland's
King and to quote a passage from his
readers report thereon: Il do not rec
ommend this novel, although it Is
painstaking and thorough. The author
would, l think, have been wiser had he
chosen another name for his hero.
Ivanhoe has already been used by Sir
Walter Scott"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
Curious Cradles,

In the palm region of the Amazon
River there is a tribe which cradles
their Infants in palm leaves. A single
leaf, turned up around the edges by
some native process, makes an excel
lent cradle, and now and then 1t Is made
to do service as a bath tub. Strong
cords are formed from the fibers of an
other species of palm, and by these
this natural cradle is swung alongside
a tree, and the wind rocks the little
one to sleep. Long ago the Amazonian
mothers discovered that 1t was not wise
to leave baby and cradle under a cocoa
palm, for the mischievous monkey de.
lighted to drop nuts downward with
unerrlng precision. An older child Is
stationed near by to watch the baby
during his siesta, and the chatter of
monkeys overhead is enough to cause
a speedy migration.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

with 1000 the estimated maximum pos
sible. Russia, of all these countries,
may develop unexpected deposits.
British India shows only $4,000 square
miles of coal beds, and the total OF
all these is only 1880 for Europe and
India. As against this are the United
States deposits of 1914 900 square miles,
with thousands of possible miles uneX-
plored and undeveloped. To this Alas
ka is promising inexhaustible deposits
of anthracite, which at least must re-
place the English coal that is now sup
plying the Pacific slope of the United
States.
Aside from the United States in this
coming world supply of fuel, only China
and Japan can be looked to. These
countries have deposits about as large
as those of the United States, but are
lacking in means of development. Their
positions upon the map, too. are not ia
voraDle to the European trade.
Worlds Yield of Coal.
AS to how the mines of the world
have been drawn upon, the figures for
1898 are accurate enough for compari-
son. They show in long tons of 2,240
pounds:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

raltar, 1920 at Marseilles, and $2.6S at
Naples, in addition to the profit in the
home price of $3.50 a ton. Yet this
freight charge is vastly greater than
would hold If golfers, especially con-
structed, were to do the carrying.
All of the possibilities leading to this
new exploiting of American coal have
found source in the high rates of
freight in Great Britain, the cost of
mining, and in the unmistakable limita-
ton of the coal supply. The foreign
production of coal Is not decreasing, of
course; it is increasing steadily.
Freight Chief Factor.
With freight rates from the United
States at So Il ton, some one has figured
the comparative showing that the Uni
ted States product cah make with that
of Great Britain in continental ports.
Bitumlnous coal, with the mines
profits already added, is worth $3.50 a
ton. The freight to the Mediterranean
Is 80 Il ton, making the cost, with only
local profit to the mine, $3.50 a ton at
the several ports on hat sea.
Welsh coal is worth 81 n ton at Car
diff. and the freight to Gibraltar is
$2.l6, making it $9.16 a ton. These
freights vary until this Welsh coal
brings 500 a ton at Marseilles and
$9.5S at Naples. Over this coal the
American product has a margin of
$1.56 a ton at Gibraltar, $500 at Mar
settles, and $2.6S at Naples, even after
the mine profit has been received on the
American side.
These figures are reached, too, with
the inadequate present means of trans
porting coal across the Atlantic. Most
of the vessels now carrying coal were
designed for package freight and are
about as we'll adapted for the coal bust
ness as is a box car compared with one
of the modern 100000 pound steel coal
cars. Golfers especially made for the
coal trade will be indispensable to
transatlantic business. 1t has been
calculated that the cost of operating a
I,O0O-ton steamer to such an accessible
port as Gibraltar, making the length
of the voyage and time Of unloading
fifteen days, will be as follows:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
LONG FINGER NAILS
Indicate Rank and Good Breeding in
Many Oriental Countries.

Indicate Rank and Good Breeding In
Many Oriental Countries. =.
The countries where the long finger
nail is o affected are Siam. Assam,
Cochin China and China. The approved
length varies from three or four to
t~wenty-threet inches. A Siamese exqui-
site permits the nails on his fingers to
grow to such an extent that his hands
are practically useless. The aristo-
Gratis who affect these nails can not
write, dress themselves, or even feed
themselves.
The Siamese hold the long finger nail
In the same reverence we hold the
family tree. Many of them never have
had their nails cut from the dayo of their
birth. On the first finger the nail is of
moderate length-three or four inches
while on the other fingers the nails
grow occasionally to two feet. The
thumb nail, which is also allowed to
grow long, after reaching a certain
length curves around like a corkscrew.
In both China and Siam the owners
of long nails wear metal cases over
them to preserve them, made of gold
or silver, and jeweled. While long
nails are not regarded as singular in
China, they are rarely met with ex-
cept on fanatics and pedantic scholars.
Among the fakirs in Hindoostan a
peculiar custom is that of holding the
hand tightly clenched and in one posi-
ton so long that at last the nails grow
through the palm, emerging at the back
of the hand, and growing thence al
most to the wrist. When the wasted
muscles refuse to support the arm any
longer it is bound in position with
cords.
In Nubia the long nail is regarded as
indicative of good breeding. The aris-
tocrats constantly subject their finger
tips to cedar wood fire to insure a good
growth.
The Inhabitants of the Marquesas
Islands are among the most expert tat
tooers on earth, and not even the crown
Of the head, the fingers and the toes are
exempt from the needle. The hands
are Ornamented with utmost care, all
the fingers having their own pattern,
SO that the hand would look as though
incased in a tight-fittig glove were it
not for the finger nails of enormous
length which complete the hand adorn-
ment of the Weather natives.-Chica-
go News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

of honor with her youthful sovereign.
The present Queen is SO years old
some say she is 42-whereas the King
only attained his 25th birthday in Au-
gust.
When Alexander welded Nine. Ora
ga Maschin he created a decided stir
in the regal realm. The new Queen is
snubbed by ladies of the diplomatic
corps at Belgrade, but the young King,
who has the military body ON his side.
cares naught. When his father, eX-
King Milan, attempted to thwart the
marriage, Alexander caused him to be
intercepted, w%hereupon the sire resign.
ed command of the Servian army. Re
Gently Alexander has abandoned his
tendency for carousing and is leading a
fairly respectable life. His wife is one
of the most charming women in Servia.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
The Natural Limit of Pain.

A famous Belgian surgeon stated re-
Gently that he thought suffering could
not pass a certain limit and that mos
Of US had reached that limit when hav.
ing a tooth drawn. Il have been forced
to the conclusion" he said, that after
a certain point a sort of Supplying in.
sensibility to pain is produced in the
patient and he suffers no more; his
nerves refuse to transmit any more
acute sensations. Therefore, the horri
flying stories of agony which have been
written are purely efforts of the imag
ination."-Brussels Gazette.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
What She Wears.

The famous woman, Annie s. Peck,
who has been noted as having scaled
the Matterhorn and broke the record
on Mount Orizaba, going 5000 feet into
the clouds, wore flannel undergar-
ments, a waist Of serge, a wooden
sweater, knickerbockers and leggings
of sage-green duck canvas, which she
made herself. She wore the heaviest
kind of winter boots, and a shoemaker
in Switzerland put an extra piece Of
heavy leather over the whole lower
part Of the shoes, toes and heels, and
then nearly covered them with nails.
In many of her trips she has worn fur
topped gloves, but for the Matterhorn
she wore wooden mittens. A substan-
tial canvas hat, tied on with ribbon,
and veil, as well as smoked glasses,
complete her outfit. She takes the pre-
caution to put cold cream on her face
before facing the severe weather.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08

The turban holds high favor among
the new hats. and this Spanish shape,
lifted coquettishly from the head at one
side, is particularly chic. The turban
is made of folds of crushed gray velvet,
with an over-drapery of white lace,
which hangs Over the brim. The un
derbrim is of closely crinkled gray peau
de sole of a lighter shade than the vel
vet, and a clusteer of gray roses caught
close to the hair completes the artistic
whole.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
The Cook Got Even.

A cook here who quarreled with the
owner Of the restaurant got even in this
way: After making the soup he i'm.
proved it by the Introduction of several
foreign ingredients, such as a quantity
Of sand, half a cupful of red pepper a
pound Of lacks, a bunch of kindling
wood chopped fine and a couple of old
kid gloves a la noodles. The feeders
sat down as usual last evening, but as
soon as they sampled the soup they
rose up again en- a and almost
mobbed the whole shooting match. Ac-
cording to the evidence produced at the
preliminary hearing a more fearful
brew than this soup was never con-
cocted, even by Macbeth's weird sis
ters. The cook is now in the consomme.
New York correspondent Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-08
Sorry He Learned,

did you ever know the difference
between a boy who has been brought
up with girls and one who has not?
The one whose acquaintance with girls
of his own age has been slight is apt to
be awkward and unobserving; where
as, the boy who has breathed an at
mosphere of feminine influence notices
the occasions for the small ~politenesses
of life.
The speaker was a young woman
who had had experiences, and she pro-
ceeded to unfold them.
II was thrown last summer" she
went on, with a college boy who had
no sisters, nor cousins, o aunts, to
polish him off. sAt Yale he had studied
hard, and had not wasted his time as
he would have called it, on girls af-
fairs. He didn't know how to do the
few thousand small services that
women like, and as he was really
clever and nice, l proceeded forthwith
to polish him. l never went for any
thing l wanted. He had to go on all
my eriands. l dropped my scissors, or
book, or parasol, fifty times a day to
teach him to pick them up At first I
had to remind him, but after a while he
did 1t quite naturally; and ut the end Of
the season be thanked me sincerely.
1.-THE sequel came a few days ago.,
when l received a letter from him re-
preaching me ruefully for having made
him ridiculous. I'm always jumping
around to help people when I'd better
let them alone he says. The fellows
can't drop a pencil in class but I find
myself sprawling on the floor after it
before l stop to think. 1t will take
years to undo the direful work Of last
summer."-New York Telegram.