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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-07
cfcburne Notes.

cleburne, Texas. April 5.--Assisiant SUI
perintendent Of Motive Power sauderson
OF the Atcblson system spent yesterday in
the city and inspected the immense shops
He was en- route home tTo7eka, kan.),
from Austin. and continued on his Journey
last night.
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watcrspout Caused a wa.hout.

San Antonio. Texas. April 6.-Heavy
rains deluged the entire southwestern par5
of the State last night. A wate.spout
struck the Sunset railroad at Devils river
canyon, washed away the bridge and
track beyond and cut off telegraph COM
munication. Tourists for California turned
back here and went by Fort Worth. II
will be several days before bridge and
track are repaired
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ro cnnvn.r the netnrn..

The city council will meet at 10 o'clock TINS
morning TO canvass the returns of the late
city election and declare the result.
At the regular meeting Monday the new
onieers-elect will qualify by taking the oath
OF Office, etc
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srec,.I Authority Granted.

Austin. Texas. April e.--In approval OF
joint application of the Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe railway and international and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-07

Great Northern Railroad company. submit
ted under No. 167 OF the Cult. Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway company, authority
Is hereby granted for the adoption OF the
following rates for the transportation OF
eggs from all stations on the Intcrna-
uonal and Great Northern railroad aud
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railway, locat-
ed In the common point territory. to the
following points
Station Rates In cents Nor 100 lha
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faIns arrive ana depart from the Grani
boi except the Missouri. Kansas and Texas
n have depot in the Fifth ward. the In
and Great Northern ana Columbia Tap,
)he International and Great Northern depot
IS avenue. The Missouri. Kansas and
Galveston. Houston and Henderson trains
lternational and Great Northern DEPOT
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I. q g. N. n, n.
c., H. a III. r.. II.
Depot foot Of Congress Avenus.
C,Ixe.tou Tro,us

'E-Trains leaving Houston at 4:sy p.
arriving at Houston s:4s q. m. and
|n. also run into Grand Central depot,
BIZ ten minutes earlier and arriving
4utes later than time given above.
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Grand Central Depot.
b p. m. Express Train .Arrivs $40 q. m.
report. Kansas City and Clneinnat.l
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26

People down in Texas don't know
anything but the Ell PasO carnival"
said w. B. Cross of Dallas at the Shell
don. AT any rate that is all they are
talking about. 1 thought l would have
story for you when 1 came this time
but failed, for every man 1 talked to
wouldn't let up on the carnival and
that is all I have heard since 1 was
here before. That show is going to sur
prise eve nthe most sanguinary advo-
Gates here, for really believe half the
state is coming. They all have money
in the cotton section, and they are COM
ing out to turn some of it loose here"
81 see Senator-elect Bailey has intro
duced a bill in congress appropriating
a large sum of money for government
building at Gainesville" said a Sher-
man lawyer this morning. This is
the first bill Joe Bailey has introduced
for an appropriation for his district
during the ten years he has been in
the house. This is the first case on rec
ord where a representative served ten
years and never asked for an appro-
priation for his district. Joe came near
breaking the record but has Joined in
at the last moment and asked for
something for his home town."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
GAIN IN TEXAS POPULATION.

That gain of 1868 per cent in Texas in
tie past ten years is the highest rate
of growth made by any large state in
the decade. Texas has more counties,
246, than any other state. 1t also leads
all the commonwealthsi in area. Nobody
is in any doubt that it has a great flu
ture. Many Texans believe that their
community will be the empire state in
population some time. 1t is the sixth
state in number of inhabitants at pres
ent, being led by New York. Pennsyl-
vania. Illinois, Ohio and Missouri. in
this order. Its population. 3.04S, 1928, is
less than half that of Pennsylvania
which is 6,301 1865. and is considerably
less than half that of New York, which
is 7,26S. 009. The room for increase,
however, is much greater in the Lone
Star state than it is in either Of the
other two. The census of 1910 or 1850
may see Texas running a very close
race with New -Globe-Democrat
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26

The Impromptu Dancing club gave a
most delightful little dance last Sat
urday evening at Chopin hall. The
club is comparatively small in MEM
bership, but they always entertain their
guests most royalty. Among those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards
and Mrs. Akin. Misses Falvey, Kemp.
Lockart, Wilcox, Julia Wilcox, MARI,
Rogers, Thurmond. Shelton, Laridmar.
Davis, Irwin. and Green; Messrs. Hub
bard, Mari. Loughborough, Rogers,
Hughes, Frank Hughes, Vogel, Hagan.
Kayser, Edgar Kayser, Longuemare,
Howard. Willie Schultz, Pomeroy, Will
lie Forbes. Bishop and Section.
Last night the dining room at the
Orndorff hotel was a scene of beauty.
The occasion was a dance given to the
young people of the town by Mr.. and
Mrs. De Croft. The music was splend-
id and eleven o'clock the young people
stopped dancing and pulled candy and
popped pop corn, till a late hour. Mrs.
De Croft did the honors of the occa-
sion with that grace which makes her
such charming hostess. Those par
ticirdting in the evenings pleasure
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs.
ane. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dillon, Mr..
and Mrs. Grosvenor. Mrs. Hartman,
Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Carr, and Mrs. Stock
well; Misses Kelly. Rogers, Marshall,
Hay, Rapier, Schultz. Hague. Motley,
and Martin; Messrs. Fish, L. Rogers.
Petticolas, McKelligan, E. H. Rogers.
Martin, E. Hughes, Orndorff, Wilson,
Schultz. Paul. Grayson. Townsend, Left
witch, Howard Dillon, Lane, Walsh, and
Murphy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26

The LIBRARY TABLE
Written Especially For the HERALD.

memory haunted Alamo. The story is
told by the hero who has succeeded in
politics in the Lone Star state to the
extent of securing two terms in con-
gress and who aspires to a seat in the
senate The opening chapter relates
something of his campaign as it is
started. The second chapter is called
| THE Cradle of Valor," and contains
delightful description of the Mexican
American city and a striking account
of the unyielding bravery of the Amer
leans in the Alamo and of their last
desperate hours of fighting.
The story is one of live. Alamo MEM
cries, and Texas politics, with the love
story decidedly predominating and de-
cidedly psychological. There is fun
| in the book and something of Texas
and on the whole it well worth perusal.
The holiday number of Outdoor Life
contains some more of the flash light
photographs of deer by George Shiras
who contributed series of deer photo
graphs to one of the summer numbers
of the magazine. Shiras is without
doubt the master of both the art and
science of photographing the shy deer,
| for no other pictures are equal to his.
| In this number there are four of his
deer pictures, three of deer at the wa
ter's edge. one cropping,and two alert
and wondering, startled by the flash
light. Outdoor Life can always be
counted on for good fish and bear pic
/ lures too. The Tuna and Sea Bass Fish
| ing at Santa Catalina article is illus
trated by many photographs of fish
longer than the fishermen who caught
them. The bear pictures are excellent
and a picture of one of our coyotes
slipping through the grass is perfect.
The magazine has also an article of
local interest; A Chihuahua Game Pre-
| serve.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
AN OLD TURQUOISE MINE.
London Prospector Stumbles on Rich
Find in Wyoming

Col. ]. Nelson Eldredge of London,
brings to this city news of a turquoise
mine which he found while prospect
ing in Converse county, Wyoming.
Col. Eldredge accidentally ran across
the old workings. His miners follow
ed the prehistoric tunnel for some dis
lance and found the mutilated remains
of two men, supposed to be Indians.
The bodies had been buried so long
that they had become thoroughly os-
sified. Near the bodies were found
several fine specimens of turquoise.
Col. Eldredge filed on the property and
will return soon and begin develop
ment work on the find.-Denver
Times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
A VISITING CARD OF 1860.

The state archives of Venice are said
to possess the oldest visiting card Of
which there is any record-of course,
leaving aside the probable use of such
articles for some thousands of years
in China. Ciacome Contarini, profess
sor at the University of Padua, sent
the card in question as a curiosity to
Venetian friend. saying that the Ger
man students who came to Italy had
the elegant and laudable custom of
leaving such little cards with their
name and place of origin, at the house
of friends when they called and found
them absent. The card referred to
bears coat-of-arms with the motto:
'Espoir me comfort" and beneath,
etat Patavil Martii London
Tablet
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
The Pecos System
Pecos Valley &
Northeastern by Co.,
pecos Il Northern
Taxas Ry On

New Towns! New Opportunities
Last year 100, 900 head Of cattle passed
over this new thoroughfare. This
year the number will reach zoe, 900
head.
Stations from Roswell east are within
thirty to thirty-five hours of Kansas
feed lots and no need o. unloading
stock in transit
Shipping stations on the line in per-
feet order. Portales, Bovina, Here
ford and Canyon City can accommo-
date with feed and water 5000 to
10000 head of cattle each.
Bona-fide settlers wanted. Every eff
fort will be made by the railway to
assist them.
An abundance of wateri Rich soil
Cheap lands! Quick transportation
and fair, honest rates.
For particulars as to the various OPEN
ings in the Pecos Valley and its
neighborhood, address
d. H. NICHOLS, Gen. Manager. or
e. W. MARTINDELL, G.. F. p. A.,
Roswell, N. NJ. Amarillo. Tex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26

CgPTD'S GARDEN. By Ellen Thorney-
croft Fowler, Published by d. Apple
ton & Company, New York. Price
sI5s
This collection of short stories by Ell
len Thorneycroft Fowler is rather dis
appointing to anyone who looks for as
good abook as her Concerning Isabel
Carnaby' or "A Double Thread The
stories are rather immature. But her
wit flashes out through them and many
of the stories are told with surprise
in the last sentence and ,.ere is good
deal Of human nature in her lovers and
their lasses Notwithstanding their rath-
er sta and heavy speeches. Each story
is a love tale and one finds her favor1te
phrases cropping out through every
ene but some of the stories betray
positive genius for telling the short
story To write short story is sep
arate art and there be many writer's OF
stories that are short who are not ar
lists in writing snort stories.
Miss Fowler has a nice balance about
her stories. a good deal of fun in them,
and a pretty way of ending them and
she is not overly given to gush or SUI
perfuity of sentiment. Her heroines
are inclined to poke fun at the heroes
which is eminently as it should be, and
her heroes are apt to be big, serene
true hearted Englishmen which is not
bad Altogether the book is worth
reading on an idle afternoon or in an
evening by the, fire.
IN THE ALAMO. By Opie Read. Pub
hshed by Rand, McNally & Company,
Chicago. Price s1.25.
opie Read is well known as writer
Of sooa characteristic stories of every
day life. In this one he has come down
to Texas, to San Antonio, and has
placed several of the scenes in the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Although connected with Dr. Lind
says Excelsior, Mrs. Ulery will give
massage treatment at your home or at
her office at Excelsior
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-26

LA UNION CIGAR FACTORY.
The best grade of Mexican cigars.
The Victoria Colon a specially. We
do a strictly wholesale business. Mail
orders promptly filed.
A. ALVAREZ, Prop,
204 Mesa Avenue, Ell Paso, Tex.
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will not go under water except sc far
as it sinks beneath the water in passing
through the monstrous waves against
which it will contend in it's long vayages.
The elevations at the bow and stern
are not the observation towers of a sub
marine boat, but are the companion ways
by which the boat can be entered. Ow-
ing to the fact That the craft is SO
serve as promenade decks and will give
room for the navigation of the boat.
The lookout win be located on the for
ward tower and the pilot will stand at
his wheel in the tower at the stern.
THE INTERIOR.
This interior of the boat is divided
much like that of an ordinary Warship,
in which space is necessarily limited.
The space that is to be allotted to the
of the engineers room, while the state
rooms and living compartments for
passengers will be located aft the ma
chinery. Owing to the small amount
of space within the boat freight could
scarcely be carried, but there will be
plenty of room for passengers and am
pie facilities for the carrying of mail.
In fact, it is believed that these boats
will Immediately a the place of the
ordinary steamers in the t~ransporta-
ton of the post between the two coun-
tries.
Mr.. Gresham has already completed
all arrangements for the inferior opera
ton of his unique craft. The ship will
be lighted and heated by electricity,
and electric bells and signals will con"
meet every part of the boat. This,
however, is commonplace as compared
to the motive power, which is to be as
great a surprise to the world as the
"serpentime ship" itself. The machinery
of the ship as we'll as The electrical
machinery will be run by means of a
motor of an entirely new character, the
fuel for which will be a chemical pre-
paraalon, tae composition of which is a
secret that the inventor refuses to dis
close. He says, however, that SO much
power can be obtained from such a
small amount of this fuel that he can
easily store enough of it to enable him
to run his vessel for a long distance.
In fact, he say it takes up less space
than either petroleum or gasoline.
Mr.. Gresham is the nephew of the
late Secretary of State Walter Q.
Gresham, and several members of his
family have been inventors of note.
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is rHE FIRST TIME HE MONOGRAPH AS gGEN USED IN wARFAREr TO RDcoRDr EL LAST WORDS

vention and all his patents. Sad of heart
lie left Mainz and went to ~Strasberg, and
there today, on the heights OF Strasbe:g
stand a statue Of Gutenberg erected in
his homo by the grateful people who feel
that to have had him 1--we among them Is
the greatest privilege a people could en-
Joy.
Gutenberg returned to Mainz just be-
tore his death. but he did not succeed in
making a fortune and in 146S, still in the
prime Of life. he died very poor.
Some of the histories will place has
birth at a slightly earlier date making
him seventy-one at lifetime of his death,
but the most authentic records say that
he was born in 14O0 and died in 1863.
The world was young in those days.
Just how young can be better pictured
by recalling that what VIZ now know to
be the globe was then considered a fiat
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anniversary
Of GUTENBERG

To be remembered for five hundred
years IS a feat which few men can &C
complssh; to so manage ones own self
ane ones talents that ones individuality
is stamped upon, mankind indelib,y, is a
matter which few men would undertake
and fewer still could guarantee to accom-
Fplish.
In the ohden days there We're heroes of
war whose names have descended to us;
and there was a CrOesus who was the first
erich as mud" Alexander MINOR
taMzed himself by weeping because he
had no more worlds to conquer, and a
confused memory of Mark Anthony In
gers in everycody's mind because he play
ed the lover to Cleopatra SO ideally.
ButsWhen it comes to being remembered
becau9f OF hard work and invention it is
a efficient matter. Yet such a feat was
ACCOMPLISHED by Johann Gutenberg, a
German Of five hundred years ago who,
by thought and work, succeeded in. doing
that VIII. oh men for centuries had tried to
do bur had failed.
Gutenberg invented the art of printing
and in June his native place, Mainz-ln-
lthe-Rhine is Ito hold a great festival to
celebrate thesive hundredth anniversary
of his birth.
ION that day the cables VIII fash the
news OF the opening of the exhibition all
over the world and that very evening
thousands Of newspapers will appear tell
11l6 vi tuC S1Cdl uO-lI5S at ludIilAs
r. HIS POOP DAYS.
Johann Gutenberg, born in june, 1400,
was a poor man. He was a m2ch.nist
who did odd jobs of the very rue ma
ture which We're called for in those days.
He had a partner named Faust who was
rather tricky, and after Gutenberg did
the work Faust, it is said, was very apt
to claim the money for it; for Gutenberg
was an %inventor and not a business man,
and he shared thefate of inventors from
time immemorial down to The present
day.
The stories of how Gutenberg happen
ed to invent the art of printing vary. One
of them is that he dealt in a substance
which correspondent to our lead of the
present day, and after he had completed
his work he formed a habit of signing it,
as it were, with a little die of lead which
he dipped into a colored substance and
pressed upon the work stamping it indel-
IDLY.
One day it occurred to him that he
might change the die by making letters
n using them as required. So. during
his leisure, he made small wooden char
acters which spelled out the word Guten-
berg and, dipping these in ink. he would
stamp his name upon his work and upon
his documents. 1t was a singular idea
and attracted a great deal of attention.
Meanwhile Gutenberg was sitting up
nights inventing a machine which would
print. The result was a crude printing
press which he offered to the world in 1850.
History tells US that no sooner was the
printing press upon the market than
Faust claimed part of it. and the result
was a lawsuit which ended five years
later by depriv.ng Gutenberg of his m
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-24

extended course of study in Europe. If
we had the same facilities here IN our
own and what al impetus it would be
to the growth of music!
The people would receive better re-
suits for their money, l believe, in the
long run If opera were subsidized; the
w of music itself would be greatly
advanced. In my experience in other
countries / have found a far greater
familiarity and owe for music among
the common people than exists in AM
erica. There music is a part of the
life, n who shall say that existence is
not happier and fuller of color by rea-
son Of the important factor which music
plays in it?
in Europe opera is an accepted in
stitution. Good seats are to be had al
extremely low rates. and no excuse can
be offered for unfamiliarity with the
to be ignorant indeed. Under the in
fluence of popularized opera the love
OF all music increases. Who knows ii
the greater courtesy of speech and
manner to be found among the Latin
races does not come from the refining
effects of music in their daily lives?
1t is ar almost incomprehensible thing
to American minds Ito observe the init
mate acquaintance which even the peas
ants of Germany show with the most
classical music. In Eayreuth, for in
stance-that glorious shrine to the men,
DRY of Richard Wagner-the spirit OF
music seems to be in the air. The very
children are as familiar with the works
of the maestro as with the popular coon
songs of the hour. l have myself, when
in R~ayreuth, listened with amazement
to the hostlers as, when busy aAbout their
work, they whis'tled and hurnmed compli-
Gated portions Of Tristan and die
Wankeure."
oh, if subsidized opera means greater
diffusion of musical knowledge among
our people-and 1 think II does-ther
/ ann heart and sou in favor OF TIT
Dian.
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NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR MUSIC

BY all means I approve of the subsi-
died stage for America.
Then opera would be placed upon a
more solid basis and we should feel mat
it had become a permanent institution
in our country. AS it is, We are entirely
dependent upon private corporations
AND we do not know from me year to
lthe mex whether we shall continue to
have the benefit of grand opera in our
midst.
l scpeak advisedly. Opera is a great
benefit to any community. By it's means
the love of music is diffused throughout
the land, and the advantages of music
are too we'll known to need repetition.
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surface. Columbus had TOT yet discov-
cred America, and the whole world was
a great plain upon which lay mountains
and lakes and beyond which there was
terrible disaster for him who should dare
to venture so far.
Guterberg's inven ton was taken up at
ter his death and was carried triumphant
ly Onward until Columbus himself a few
years later actually saw a newspaper
though it was so crude that in our day We
would scarcely dignity it by the name of
circular.
Within a hundred years G~utenberg's
invention had been developed into a very
respectable printing press; not our rapid
cylinder presses of today, but a very fair
press which was capable of turning off
good work.
The festival at Ma.nz-o Rhine in
June is to be an international one to
which all nations will contribute. Print
ers from all over the world will assemble
there and great will be the display.
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JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE GERMAN PRINTER WHO INVENTED THE
PRINTING PRESS AND T HE ART OF USING IT.

with the lodgment of flying particles Of
powder. had the effect of driving the
blood back from the wound, during which
time the injured mar calmly examined
his mangled hand; but when the blood
did come back it came with a rush, ana
fairly Dubbed out in a torrent. The mans
calmness left him as If by magic at the
sight of the blood, and With a loud
scream he keeled over in a dead faint.
They used to- tell a story there of two
men who were working on opposite sides
of a buzz saw. The attention of one be-
coming momentarily districted, he ran
his finger against the saw, and the sew
cred piece dropped on the other side,
where his partner was working. That
worthy picked it up, and with the CASUAL
remark, Bill, you've dropped ~something,i
handed 1T back to, the owner. Bill didn't
faint, but 1T is owing TO the superior
burst of sped developed by his partner
THAI he is not doing time for homicide,
with e~xtenuating circumstances, at
YhOmastOn today"
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EFFECT OF THOUGHT.

Think twice before you answer!" hiss
ed the hero, addressing the heroine.
Here the author broke mo a cold
sweat.
what If she should gasped this
person.
Anybody who has ever written a tru>
great novel we'll knows that the effect of
the heroine thinking twice in the opening
chapters would be to render any further
complications quite impracticable.
Pretty much everything depends upon
the heroine being a girl who thinks spar
in~gly.-Detroit Journal.