davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
TICKETS 70 THE GRAVE.

The Cemetery Association" of
Del Rio, Texas, has discovered a
scheme to help its business. 1t is
sued tickets which, with fifteen
cents, entItle the holders to can
of alum baking pOwder-One Of
the cheap powders sold from fif-
teen cents to twenty-five cents a
pound-keeping secret, of course,
the fact that it contained alum.
The Cemetery Association" evil
IDENTIFY got the idea from the Senate
Committee on Public Health of a
neighbnring state. which recently
said: "Alum is a poisonous miner
al acid, which is chiefly employed
for dyeing and bleaching. but
which in recent years has been us
ed by certain makers of cheap bak
ing powders because of it's low
cost"
If good for dyeing, why not good
for dyIng7
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
District Court.

The court was occupied with
snne civil business this morning
winch was not completed, but con-
iinued
The committee appointed tn
draft resolutions on the death of
the late Hon. X. b. Rrntfro report
.d and the resolutions were order
al spread upon the minutes of the
court.
The grand jury came into court
and reported number of indict-
ments, in which the persons in
dieted have not yet been arrested,
a. follnwS:
Two for negligent homicide, one
for aggravated assault, one for as.
Sault to murder, two for murder,
two for theft of cattle, and one
against HereuIano Berbier for as
sauTt to murder.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
FEBRUARY 8, 1902.

The Ansef is Plain.
more b siness how to obtain,
The answer exceedingly plain.
To win the great prize,
You must advertise
Again and Again and Again,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
CLOUDY IN NEW YORK.
Ground Hog Was Unable to See
His Shadow in the Metropolis.

New York, Feb. 2.-Aceording
to the best authorizes on the
grounding legend, winter here is
over. If the ruler of the change
of seasons saw his shadow to-day
his official inspection day-he
must have used artificial light.
More varieties of weather greet
ed the ground hog aud the adven-
turous citizen here to-day as they
ventured forth than the oldest
friend of the animal can remem
ber A cold rain, changing at in-
tervalS to furries of snow, icy
water and slush on the sidewalks
and gale from the southwest az
dusk marked a disagreeabIe day.
Had the sun shone to-day, ac-
cording to the legend, the ground
hog would have Scurried back into
his hole to wait until six weeks
more of winter weather had passed.
AS it did not shine, i'll New York
at least, be will remain above
ground to enjoy mild spring wealth
Or FROM uOU On
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
Experience COnvinces.

Prove its value by investing 10 cents in
trial size of Ely's Cream Balm. Druggists
supply it and we mail it. Full size so cents.
ELY BROS, 56 Warren St., New York.
Clifton, Arizona, Js8aSO, 1899.
Messrs. ELY Bros. Please send me a so
cent bottle of Cream Balm. find your
remedy the quickest and most permanent
cure for catarrh and cold in the head.
DELLM POTTER, Gen. Mgr. Ariz. Gold M. Co.
Messrs. ELY BRos.:-I have been afflicted
with catarrh for twenty years. It made me
so weak thought had consumption.
got one bottle of Ely's Cream Balm and in
three days the discharge stopped. 1t is the
best medicine I have used for catarrh.
Proberta, Cal. FRANK E. KNDLEsPIRE-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
ABOUT TOWN.

More rain.
More grass.
This rain is fine for the truck
gardener.
A fresh norther sprang up about
two this afternoon.
The condition of Frank Combe
is still very serious.
The Casino MatsmOrense gives a
dance at the opera house in Mat
amoros tonight.
Fort Mcintosh gets two CON-
panies of the Fourth Infantry.
Where does Fort Brown come in?
The market is we'll supplied at
present with cabbage, lettuce, car
rotS, turuips, butterbeans and
cnulifiOwer.
At the special meeting of the
Eastern Star chapter last night,
Mrs. j. H. BIoomberg of Mon.
terey was initiated.
The resolutions on the death Of
Hon. R. B. RentfrO which were
adopted by the district court this
morning will be published in The
HERALD next Monday.
The well known piano agent,
A. Nordman, solicitS orders. Tun
ing or repairing pianos and guar
antees frSt-class work. Also sells
grade pianos. Leave orders
at Miller Hotel.
The masquerade ball given at
the opera house last night by the
Obrera Mexicana society was large
Iy attended, and passed off very
successfully. The Recreatiye so
ciety gives ball tonight.
The family of Captain Newt
Curry of the schooner Lake Aus
lin, living at Point Isabel, are
greatly distressed at not learning
anything of the vessel. kilograms
ure being sent daily iuquiriug
about the missing ship. 1t is sim
rrrely hoped that she may yet be
found to have taken refuge in some
P"rt.
StOckmen are delighted with
the rainy weather which has pre-
vailed more or less for The past
two weeks, as it will insure gond
paSturage, if no killing frost<
occur later. Cattle in this region
nave so far stood the winter very
we'll. Although rather poor on
account of scaut paSturage, the
comparatively mild weather has !
been in their favor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation OF diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. c. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
LADIES.

LADIES.
CurlIar, Sra. Porfria
Delgado, Sra. Maria Antonio
Navarija, Sra. Prudencia
TSdIa, Sra. Angvlita K.
Yati$, Miss Be*S.
GENTLEMEN.
Bocauegra, ErueSto
Cantu, Julio
Fidlroa, Jose Maria
Flores, SirIldJ
Gutirrez, Simon
Hale, ). p
Lane, a. q.
Lackey, John
Lucio, Teodoro
River, Francisco
Stewart & Ellington
Silguera, Gumesindo
Sauseda, Manuel
Torres, Simon
Ybarra, Juan.
Persons calling for the above letters
will please say advertised.
j. B. SHARPE, Postmaster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
Would Not Be Hobsonized

In one of the Washington school
wards the teachers signed joint
note to w. j. Bryan asking that he
permit them to kiss him. Mr.
Bryan had just delivered lecture
to the children aud it was after the
lecture that the teachers preferred
their osculatory request Mr. Bryan
refused with regret, be said, but as
his wife read the newspapers, etc.
That must have been about the
most trying experience Mr.. Bryan
ever ran against, having to refuse
to play the right gallant gentleman.
Those teachers should apply to
Richard Pearson liobsOn.-LaredO
Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-02-08
TO CUREA COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo-Q uinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E w. Groves signature
on each box, 25c.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-20
PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

highest interests of Nevada will be best
election of bona fde citizen who by actual
with the people large
ouainted with of the public and
such citizen we submit Judge Thomas P. Hawley.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-20

our nominees to the legislature 10
work for law embodying that prin-
cipe.
SENATORIAL ELECTION.
We earnestly advocate the election
of United States Senators by direct
vote of the people, without the inter-
vention of legislative bodies.
EXPANSION.
We participate with the National
Republican party in declaring in
favor of territorial expansion. The
craftsmanship of the peace of to-day
is freedom for the oppressed people
of all lands acquired by the victory
of our arms Those victories mean
an expansion of civilization and Il
guaranty to the inhabitants of our
acquired territory of free schools,
free churches, open courts and equal
rights to all.
OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
We hold in undying honor the hero
ism and the sacrifice of the sol
ders and the sailors of the Repub-
lie. We denounce the Democratic
party for the hostile spirit shown to
the soldier boys who are giving val
orous service in the swamps and
jungles of the Philippines. The Re
publican party is the firm friend Of
our soldiers and sailors, and it i
ever ready to defend their honor and
to stand pledged to pensions for all
who are disabled and to the care Of
the widows and orphans of those who
fall fighting for the stars and stripes
TARIFF.
The Republicans of Nevada are un-
compromisingly in favor of the police
of protection to American industries
and to American labor. We point to
the present unparalleled era of pros
perity and confidently appeal to the
people for their judgment in support
of the protective principles of tariff
legisla ton The Republican party
pledges itself to correct any inequal-
ties in the tariff laws as the same
may become manifest and to provid :
for such adjustments as will destroJ
all trusts and npnopolies.
PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
We denounce the repeal of the pur-
| ity of elections law, and demand the
re-enactment OF u law which will
guarantee an absolutely free and
honest popular ballot.
STATE LAND CONTRACTS.
We declare our opposition to any
/ legislation intended to decrease tn
rate of interest upon State land CON
! tracts, and we are unalterably OPP
posed to the leasing OF the public
domain. MINING.
We rejoice that the State of Ne
vada is entering upon new era Of
prosperity and development and that
the awakening of the mining industry
is bringing our vast mdeveloptd re-
sources to the attention Of capital.
We favor every form of legislation
! beneficial to mining and recommend
the passage of law permitting the
discoverer of mining claim upon I'M
improved and unfenced land held in
nrivate ownership in thi, State to
acouire a title thereto for a reasona.
hle racomnanea
~
w. ,,,,.,, ,ho aoo,,;.;,;o, ond ,ho
we :"'o' W. ~ qI h' .ho T.;t ,'I
e S.. e. oono,Il y s"o t"a'IT -
2'a'eS iI' n"S'G ~. ,o5e' 70 Wv" 'L ~,
Law al,"e 'nu ~, Ua9," W. U bo
S INA! Nv 'o' 'lon Vi no ""'oi > 'iay y.
u il Iteu l'o'ii '''e'i Il" WI al o"'ie'
anu SOURCE no,,u
In A,po,;co tho land in which a
complete liberty in the enjoyment of
all civil. political and public rights
is established and etfectuully main.
tanned, there should he no place for
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-20
LAKE TAHOE.

We favor the acquisition and the
exclusive control by the United
States for national reservation of
Lake Tahoe and its basin in order
that no portion of its waters may be
diverted from their natural outlet
and source.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-20
AN APPEAL.

With friendship to all and with
malice toward none we earnestly
invite all good citizens of Nevada anc
especially all of Republican antece
dents, to unite with US in the achieve
ment of Republican supremacy, gen
eral prosperity and the welfare o
the people
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1902-09-20
PURITY OF ELECTIONS.

We denounce the repeal of the pur-
ity of elections law, and demand the
re-enaclment OF law which will
guarantee an absolutely free and
honest popular ballot.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

"There Is the man who was bonds
man for the construction of the Moni-
tor"
This remark is often made at the
capitol as Representative Sperry of
Connecticut is pointed out. 1t was
forty years ago that Mr.. Sperry signed
his name to the instrument that
pledged every dollar he had in the
world on the success OF an experiment
an absolute experiment-that the
United States Navy Department was
not willing to back, which a great
many people thought was a foolish
one, but the success of which marked
the turning point in the naval fights Of
the war of the rebellion.
Mr. Sperry's story OF the bonding OF
the constructors of the Monitor, the
fiscal act which was antecedent to the
great military drama, is very interest
ing.
81 was a young fellow" said Mr..
Sperry, but was full of patriotism
and ardor for the success OF the Union
cause, and | guess that was why the
projectors of the Monitor approached
me to back the scheme with bond for
the successful building of the vessel.
John A. Griswoid of Troy, at that
time member of Congress: Cornelius
S. Bushlell of New Haven and West
ern man named Winslow were the
builders. The vessel was designed by
Ericsson, as Is well known, but the sc
/ three men were to construct her The
Navy Department was skeptical of the
practicability of Ericsson's idea, ant
declined to advance the money unless
bond could be provided to secure the
department against loss if the plans
should not work out successfully.
There was great commotion abou
the building of the Confederate ran
Merrimac. We knew that she was go
ing ahead at the Gosport navy yart
and would be the most formidable yes
sci aaoat She was iron-clad, and thu
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

Judge Hor2ce Russell tells the fol-
lowing story of the late Irish 'barris
ter" Tom Nolan:
The barrister was flushed with ora.
torical enthusiasm as he started in to
argue from his brief, point by point.
before the late and equally eminent
jurist. Chief Justice Shea of the Ma.
rine Court. The thunder of the bar
risters voice ceased to reverberate for
the moment as he rested after deliver
ing Point 1.
Denied" came from the Chief Jus.
tice of the Marine Court.
Thin" said the barrister, rising
81 thrust your honor will hear me
with patience during me prisintation
of Point 2, for It is aqually conclusive
New York Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

Perhaps there is nothing else so
productive of cheerful, helpful service
as the expression of approval OF
praise of work we'll done, and yet
there is nothing so grudgingly, so
meagrely given by employers Many
OF them seem to think that commen-
datlon is demoralizing, and that the
voicing of appreciation will lead to
listlessness and the withdrawal of
energy and interest This evinces but
a poor knowledge of human nature.
which is always hungering for ap-
probation; but how mistaken such
views are is shown by the loyal and
unstinted service given to those large
minded men who treat their employees
RS members of a family committed to
their care.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15
The Pin-PonK Language.

Ping-pong is game of pygmy para
phernalia, to which. however, a giant
may enjoyably set his hand, though
not necessarily with success Although
game of ball and that, at ping-pong
the greatest sluggers at either base
ball or cricket may easily bite the
dust at the feet of the pet of the school
room. Form" must be acquired by
practice, but the Sun can help educate
it's votaries by presenting the correct
infection of the present tense of the
indicative mood of the verb to ping
pong"
| ping; We grovel on the floor;
Thou nge3t;Ye tear your trousers;
He pung They break the furniture.
Local dialect may vary this some
what, but what we give is. we believe.
the veri-"table Sanscrit New York
Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15
CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND CON-
FISCATED IN NEW YORK.

Judge Clarke of 81. Louis has CON
victed and fined heavily a number OF
grocers for selling baking powders
containing alum,
The week before the Health Depart
ment OF New York seized quantity
OF stuff being sold for baking powder
which they found was made from
alum mixed with ground rock, and
dumped It into the river.
The Health Authorities are thus
taking effective means to prevent the
Introduction into our markets OF in
furious substitutes in place Of whole
some baking powders.
As alum costs only two cents
pound. there is a great temptation for
those manufacturers who make sub
stitutes and imitation goods, to use
1t. Alum baking powders can be de-
tectvd by the health authorities by
chemical analysis, but the ordinary
housekeepcr. whose assistance in pro-
tecting the health of the people Is inn
portant, cannot make a chemical ex-
animation. She may easily know the
alum powders, however, from the fact
that they are sold at from ten 10
twenty cents for pound can, or
that some prize-like spoon or
glass. or piece OF crockery, or wooden
ware-is given with the powder as au
| inducement
AS the people continue to realize tho
/ importance of this subject and con-
sumers insist on having baking pow
der OF established name and charac-
ter, and as the health authorities con-
tinue their vigorous crusades, the
alum danger will. 1t is hoped, finally
be driven from our homes.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15
@ - - 80 - -
SCARED THE SHARK
of Diver Who Was Work in the Magdaena River
Colombia.


Few men lead more adventurous
lives in these latter days than divers;
and few divers have survived more
'perils of the deep than one known to
his fellows by the name of Tim
mans" This is how he describes one
adventure with a shark-a more excit-
ing than dangerous one, as it happily
proved:
Il once had an experience with a
shark" he said, while we were trying
to save a 3,000-ton steamer of the
HamburgAmerican Packet Company,
wrecked on a bar in the Magdalena
river, Columbia.
''I'd been working for days patching
her keel, hung on a swinging shelf
we'd lowered along her side, and every
time went down l saw swarms of red
snappers and butterfish under my
shelf, darting after the refuse I'd
scrape off her plates; and there were
big Jewish. too, and used to harpoon
'em for the men to eat In fact,
about kept our crew supplied with
fresh fish that way.
well. on one particular day I no.
ticed sudden shadow against the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15
eGSS9g:$ 2@1SS.g gG-sS = -DG-S$2 2G-SSg ~
IS He Helped Ericsson 81
How Representative Sperry Connecticut Proved Himself Patriot
[. "a Sx =: - "a Ss ~ Ss.1
- 1&@ DNS| = DN%% HASNS D0

thought Of that invincible ship being
turned loose among the wooden ves-
sells of the coast was terrible one.
"she could have levied tribute on
every city along the coast from the
Chesapeake to Maine, and would have
had everything her own way. We'll.
when the Monitor was proposed, peo-
pie said that was just the thing IL II
would work out But many people
were doubtful about the cheese box
as they jeeringly called Ericsson's ves-
sell
"Mr. Bushnell thought she could be
built SO Mr.. John Drew OF New York
and myself went on his bond with the
Navy Department and the work was
started at Greenpoint. n. Y. Every
body knows how the Union vessel was
finished. went down the coast and was
in Hampton Roads when the Merri-
mac came out
81 will never forget the day OF the
battle. IL was an exciting time in
New Haven, for we had a kind of local
pride in the Monitor, on account OF
Mr.. Bushnells connection. All day
long crowds clustered around the tele
graph Office, receiving bulletins of the
fight.
"Mr. Bushnell and were there, too
you may depend upon it. At last
along about or o'clock in the even
ing came the news that the Merrima'
had been disabled by the Monitor anC
had put back to port. Bushnell, whC
was strapping big fellow, with I
hand in proportion to his size
brought his hand down on my shoul
der with a whack that nearly knocked
mo down.
"'Sperry says he, your bond 1
safe tell you. there was great cele
brating in New Haven that time.
peculiar thing is that the origina
bond we signed has never been found
No one knows what became of it,
Washington Star
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

The Woelffel expedition which re-
Gently traversed a region of dense for
ests back of the ivory coast of West
Africa found there large number of
cannibals comprising several tribes.
When the white men in the Woelffel
party asked these cannibals why they
INDUCED in the practice of eating hu-
man flesh they replied that men are in
the habit of washing their bodies three
times day, and their flesh, therefore.
is cleaner and sweeter than that OF
cattle, which are never washed.
When Mr.. Stanley sent Captain Co.
qullbat to occupy the station he had
established among the fierce Bangalla
cannibals of the middle Congo he
found the natives ever ready to defend
the practice of eating human flesh.
This is horrible" said Coquilhat one
day to a chief whom he saw at his
meal. "On the contrary, 1t is delicious
with salt" was the reply. Another
time the Belgian soldier expressed his
abhorrence to a chief who was about
TO sit down to a cannibal banquet.
The latter replied to his protests;
when you kill goat do not In
terfere This dead man is my proper
ty. | did not steal or capture him. bur
bought him with good cloth and
will eat him II please"
One day Coquilhat pointed out the
difference between man and mere AMI
mails, and tried to convince the natives
that to eat man was to make very
bad use Of him. and to degrade their
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15
Oldest Man In IIlInnis.

Frank M. Anthony OF Mclean coun-
ty claims to be the oldest man In I'LL
nois, and his friends say that he has
the documents to prove the fact. Mr..
Anthony IL now in his one hundred
and second year. and there is every
ordinary indication that his lamp OF
life will burn brightly for some time
to come. The centenarian resides with
his daughter. Mrs. ID. c. Freeman. on
her fine farm three miles south OF
Bloomington. He was born in Mayo
county, Ireland, on May s, 1900, and
consequently has been so fortunate az
TO have lived in three centuries. At
the age of 20 he emigrated to this
country with his parents. who them
Ielves lived to be over so years old.
Mr.. Anthony served as Captain In
the French rebellion of 1887 In Can
ada. He FIRST came to Illinois in 1873.
and was 80 favorably impressed with
The country about Bloomington that he
resolved to stay there. He possesses
AL Of his faculties. and talks enter
tainiugly OF the days when the repub-
lie was in the beginning OF its life
Freeport Qll) Journal.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

light, and there was a shark sure
enough not such an enormous one,
but twelve feet long anyhow-Sig
enough 20 make me uneasy. He swan
slowly around me, and then kept per-
fectly STILL looking straight at me with
his little wicked eyes.
81 didn't know what minute he
might make a rush, so | caught up a
hammer | was working whit was
my only weapon-and struck it against
the steamers side as hard as | could.
You know blow like that sounds
louder under water than Ii does in the
air, and it frightened the shark, so he
went off like a flash.
"I'll tell you how hungry those
sharks were. They'd swallow big
chunks of pork. sir, nailed and wired
to barrel heads, as fast as we could
chuck 'em overheard; swallow nails.
wire, barrel heads and all; and then
we haul 'em in by ropes that did for
fish lines. only it took twenty or thirty
men to do the hauling. And there
were plenty of sharks round about.
only they never seemed to tackle a
man in the suit"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-15

Ex-Judge Miles Hoffman. formerly OF
Arkansas. who was at the Waldorf-As-
toria few days ago, told this story Of
a personal experience;
About two weeks ago I woke up in
the night sick. weak and nearly faint
inS. My wife became somewhat excit-
ed and slept no more that night Next
as. when she was telling OF the oc-
curreBcs 20 friend. she put 1t in this
way Mr.. Hoffman soon got better.
but he became SO quiet thought he
was dead. and | was afraid to touch
him for fear he would wake up -
New York Tmss