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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-12-12
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THE NEW ORLEANS MINT.
An Effort Is Being Made to Close
ItUp.

New Orleans, December New
Orleans is making a determined
fight to retain the United States
mint. Director Roberts, in his
annual report, recommended that
the machinery be moved to Denver,
Colo, and the building converted
into an assay office, and he has
followed this up with the statement
that he will 90 before the house and
senate committees and urge con-
gress not to make an appropriation
for It's maintenance. The report Of
Mr.. Roberts and his attitude toward
New Orleans has aroused all the
business organizations of this city,
and they are using every means
possible to prevent the directors
recommendations from being carried
out. The Louisiana delegation in
congress has enlisted the support Of
the Mississippi and Texas delega-
tons and number of other South
ern congressman and senators and
they propose to make a vigorous
fight for the mint. The closing of
the mint would work a hardship on
all of the banks in the Southwest
and Gulf States, who depend on It
for their supply of coins, and they
are joining the New Orleans bus
mess organizations in the fight.
Practically every bank in Mis-
sissippi has protested against the
closing of the mint and the Alabama
banks will follow suit. If the New
Orleans mint is closed, the banks
In this section will have to send to
Philadelphia or Denver for their
silver dollars and fractional cur
rency.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-12-12
BRIGHT'5 DISEASE

The largest sum ever paid for pre-
scription, changed hands in San Fran
cisco, Aug %, 1902. The transfer in
volved, in coin and stock SIP, 800, and
was paid by a party of business men for
a specific for Bright's disease.
They commenced the serious investi
cation of the specific Nov. Is, 1901
They interviewed scores of the secured
and sried it out on its merits by putting
over the three dozen cases on the treat
ment and watching them. They also
got physicians to name chronic, incur
able cases, and administered it with the
physicians for judges. Up to Aug %,
eighty seven per cent Of the test cases
were either well or progressing favor
ably.
There being but thirteen per cent of
failures, the parties were satisfied and
closed the transaction. The.proceed-
ings of the investigating committee and
the clinical reports of the test cases
were published and viii be mailed free
on application. Address John j. Full
ton Company, 40 Montgomery St. San
Francisco. Cal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-12-12

You would scarce expect to find
the author OF the ~Recessional'
turning out as daint5- a BIZ 81
society verse as Austin I,obson
could do, but apparently there is
nothing that Rudyard Kipling
can't do. 4 remarkable volume
about to be published here at the
modest price of $1.GO each. edited
bv Mrs. Harcourt Williamson, and
entitled, a Book OF Beauty con-
tain, the following surprising con-
tribution from the 'unerowned
laureate:
Roses red and roses white
PIucked 1 for my loves delight;
She would none of all my posies-
Babe me gather her blue roses.
Halfthe uorldI wandered through,
Seeking where such flowers grew
Half the world unto my quest
Answered but with laugh and jest.
Her came at winter tide,
But my silly love had died,
Seeking with her latest breath
Roses in the arms of death.
1t may be beyond the grave
She shall find what she would have,
Mine was but and idlejest,
Roses red and white are best.
London Letter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-12-12
no NOTFAIL TO
~ CONSULT ME.

Do not go through life suffering
because you have been told that your
disease is incurable l can prove
that my knowledge ofPhysic Science
and Allloidal Dosimetric Medication
viii be boon to you. II l cannot
cure you 1 can at least relieve your
sufferings and make life a little
sweeter to you. My reputation is
based upon my success. l viii visit
any partof the county day or night to
attend the sick. Consultation conf
Dental Calls left at the Botica del
Leon will be promptly answered.
c. c. FORD NJ. d.
OFFICE: -Schodtz Building Cor Wash
ington and 18th. streets.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1902-12-12

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
PECULIAR PEOPLE Or THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL COUNTRY

The population of Colombia Is estl-
mated at 1900, 0O0 the civilized portion
Of It being confined generally TO the
northern and western highlands and
plateaus East OF the Andean cordl-
leras the vast forests are Inhabited by
savages and semlciylized Indians The
part of Colombia that is best known to
he world at large, the lsthmus OF Pan
ANA, is comparatively thinly populated,
and the population here is of a more
heterogeneous character being for the
most part foreign.
To see the real lndIgenes one must so
into the mountains and to the coast
country along the Caribbean sea. OF
.he population IN general probably
three-fourths are OF Indian extraction
or Of mixed blood from a union with the
white people, though the negro element
Is very small Work on the great canal
has brought to the lsthmus a most mis-
callaneousloto Of people including, besides
French and Americans, Italians, Span
iards and Portuguese, Chinese coolies,
Jamaica blacks. etc. particularly the
last named who have done most Of the
labor on the great ditch and thousands
Of whom have persisted from the fatal
climate. The Jamalcans are hardly to
be compared with the American me-
groes, but on the whole, are orderly
and hard working They lack the pic
turesqueness OF the native Colombians,
especially Of the soldiers, the hucksters,
the water carriers with their big earth
en- Jars, and the mozos or servants, who
do the drudgery All the natives Of
Nicaragua and Panama, however,
whether found in Managua, along Lake
Nicaragua, at Colon or In the city OF
old Panama, are very lndolent and ease
loving. They are early risers as the
coolest portion Of the day Is near sun
rise, but by II o'clock all the most i'm
portant business of the day Is done, and
the better classes take their "almuer-
90" or breakfast. Then they all turn
in TO snooze during the heat Of the day,
INDUCING In what Is known as the sizes
ta," and do not recover their wits until
after 3 o'clock In the afternoon, when
they are too llstless to do anything de-
handing greater exertlon than a walk
In the paseo or an amble along the
shore or through the parque, II there
be a shore or parque adjacent to the
town.
In point Of fact, there Is little differ
ence between the natives OF the several
states OF Central and South America,
the difference being one Of degree and
not OF kind, depending wholly upon the
sort Of aboriginal Indian the Spanish
blood is mixed with. AS a tropical eli
mate prevails In the isthman regions,
as there exists neither incentive TO ef-
fort nor ambition, all that man really
needs being provided almost without
exerton on his part II Is quite natural
that he should be indolent. If he has
not In him the making Of good clti-
gen." as we imply by the term II Is
more the fault Of Mother Nature than
Of the individual
FREDERICK A. ODER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

The native country costume in Mica
ragua is quite simple, whether the
wearer be white, red, brown or black.
The men wear yolumlnous pantaloons
Of light cotton stuff, with or without a
shirt, which when worn Is always dis
played outside the trousers, The wo-
men are also scantily clad, their cos
tune consisting Of a full cotton skirt
and low cut chemlse slippers into
which they thrust stockingless feet,
aud sometimes reboso or mantllla
over their luxuriant black hair The
men OF the common classes generally
90 barefoot, but always sport a broad
brimmed sombrero or hat as expen-
sively ornamented as the owner can af-
ford.
The head covering is also about the
only really distinguishing feature OF the
soldiers, whose uniform consists OF al
most anything they may choose to
adopt. This is also true Of the soldiers
OF Colombia to which pertains the 18TH
mus Of Panama, Their hats are more
conspicuous II they are not more ele-
CANT, than any other portion Of their
apparel; but In addition another dis.
tinguishlng feature Is the square
blanket or poncho, with slit In the
center and the corners sometimes drag
glng on the ground,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

Ing Of land. with farmhouses. etc, and
the experiment VIII be entered upon as
soon as the necessary formalties for
the transfer Of the property have been
completed.
Glasgow II seeking parliamentary
powers to borrow AO0OOO0 to build
houses for the poor This sum will
build 400 tenements Of three stories, ac-
commodating 5000 families.
Owing to the tax on cocoa being but
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
PAnAt1A WATER CARRIERS.

warfare and liable to get up q "revolu-
tion" on the slightest proyOcation or on
no provocation at ALL Like the Dam
bury News MANS horse, they win get
up from a dinner Of quail on toast for
the mere sport OF fighting and prodding
one another. They are indeed peculiar
people, the inhabitants of the country
which has Of late years come so promi-
nently before the world as likely TO be
crossed by an lnteroceanlc canal
To stranger, viewing the natives Of
Central America from afar and In the
dim perspective afforded by second
class books Of travel, these same ma
tiyes seem lneXplicable phenomena. but
TO one who has given them some atten-
ton and Is more or less familiar with
them they are easy TO explain. In the
first place, the present mixed race had
It's origin in two quite different peoples
the Spanlards coming to the conquest
Of America from Europe in the fifteenth
century and the Indian abOrigines
whom they found In possession Of the
land. II must have been a union in
tended by the Almighty, Of course, else
II would not have taken place; but the
result has been a more incongruous
mixture than the mind Of man could
have conceived. Take Nicaragua for
example, which has scant population
Of less than half a million, more than
half Of which Is Indian and the other
half pretty much a mixture resulting
from the union OF the white race and
the red, with an intrusion here and
there of the African or negro, which
has not improved 1t any. The result is
a heterogeneous population without Gle.
waited aim or high ideals, easily swayed !
by passion and indolent to the core
Much of Nicaragua's population may
be classed as semiclyilized. though in
the few cities and towns and on the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

often crammed 90 sufocation and
whose means OF exit are lamentably de-
fcient Some Of these have only one
exit and take at least ten minutes 10
empty when people are going out in the
ordinary way
A communisuc community is about
TO be established at Midaren. In
Drenihe, By a number OF Dutch an
archists from Grsningen. To this end
property has been purchased consist.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

likes TO express himself in the same
tongue
The yearly interest upon Frances
debt IS equal to $40 for every man.
woman and child In France as com.
pared with a yearly charge Of a cents
per capita IN this country.
The London county council has given
the theaiers considerable attention. It
is now asked to extend IT'S supervision
to minor halls and chapels, which are
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
eoYs SOLD AS SLAVES.

Slavery still goes on in Egypt and
along the borders Of the Red sea, as
was brought out at the recent trial OF
several Arabs on the charge of kidnap-
ing and selling as slaves the black
boys shown in the illustration. These
boys were enticed from Cairo into the
country, where the Arabs bound them
and then took them on camels across
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
"PAsSING THE PLATE"

Churchgoers who pass the plate" at
the collection may congratulate them
selves that they do not attend a certain
church in Boston. Finding that many
Of the congregation contribute nothing,
the church wardens send round a small
box with a bell, which rings when a
coin Is dropped in, This little device is
said TO have worked wonders with stin-
BY people
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
INTERESTING SNAPSHOTS.

WANTED for a lucrative business a
artner who must be a practical lock
NTH" This advertisement appeared
q q Budapest paper recently, The ad.
ertiser is now in JAIL the police hav-
ng discovered that the lucrative busi-
ess referred TO was burglary
In recent experiments with a SUBJ
ierged bell for signaling to ships from
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

penny a pound while that on tea Ia
sixpence. the former is rapidly gaining
In popularity In England 4 further
tax on cocoa Is now suggested.
Berlin overhead and underground
electric railways began carrying pas
sengers, and for the first two days dou-
bic fares were charged, the proceeds
being devoted 10 the foundation Of an
aid fund for the employees.
The experimental Underground cleo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

been a type Of fierce lighters, always in
hot water and dclghtIng In 'revolu-
lions" The habits and customs Of the
Indians Of Nicaragua have hardly
changed since their ancestors were first
discovered by the Spanlards nearly 400
years ago. They occupy the same style
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

plantations the people are elegant and
refined.
The aboriginal Nlcaraguan is sup
posed 10 have been allied to the A2tecs
Of Mexico and was as fierce and warlike
az any encountered by Cortes when he
whipped the warriors OF King Monte2u'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

-, galway Of Paris. which, although ,l., h
but eight and three,a Il.. ~ a day. has
length. handles 10000 fares res important po
Sssp 81 will be added to It dun' w
current year ~. soublu every
The earths population
$50 years. c,,ada increases
1917 per cent in the ds'A''
1901
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

dangerous coasts an eight hundred
pound bell was struck with a nfty
pound weight falling one foot The
sounds were startlingly distinct on
board vessels one mile away
English IS more and more taking me
place Of French as the language OF Rus.
sian court circles. The czarna speaks
English constantly and the car too.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

said TO stlll practice the barbarous
custom Of sacrificing children 10 their
sun god, as in the good old Aztec times
when the Indian priests stretched their
victims upon the sacHhcial stone and
made blood offerings to the NIcaragnan
NnlcnnOea.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
Won KETELER's MoNuMru-

The monument designed by Herr No..
man Kidding in honor Of Baron M,
ketteler who was assas'inated by n,
Boxers of Picking two years arc ~,
June Is impressive and stately q, N.
illustration shows. Itisto be erected !,
Munster Germany near which the vm
Kettelers have large estates. It win 3.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
PORTO Rlco's DELEGATE.

In the next congress the delegate
from Porto Rico" will be accorded all
the rights and privileges to which dele
gates from the territories Of Arizona,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
Observation-Disclosures
AN AMERICAN PEERLESS.

BY the death Of the second Baron Of
Cheylesmore, holder of the title which
was c. lted in 1887, Major General
Hon. Herbert Francis Eaton now sue
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
ANOTHER COWBOY ARTIST"

The last cowboy artist TO be heard
from is the original of this illustration,
Mr.. Charles NJ, Russell, who lives on a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

" IHAT particularly puzzles the
n student OF human nature
NM down in Nicaragua and the
v v Panama country Is the fact
that while the people OF
those regions are extremely indoent by
nature they are also very active in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

oeeds as Lord Cheylesmore, and his
wife, who was a Miss French, makes
another In the already long list Of
American born peeresses Lady
Cheylesmore is q daughter Of the late
+. o, French OF New York city and q
sister Of Mrs, Alfred G. Vanderbilt
She was married in 1892 to Major Gen
sral Francis, who is hfty.four years
Did and is now an officer on half pay In
ais majestys service. lie Is known
somewhat as the author Of a book on
naval and military medals and is de-
Toted to coaching, rowing and shooting
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02

ma, The spaniards OF the early years
of our history were not very gentle of
disposition, and the result OF their un-
ion with the original Nicaraguans has
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

NINE lots IN the town W Ennis, two blocks
Of shops; also machine repair shop IN one
Of the best railroad towns IN the State
cheap for cash or win trade Tor good stock
cattle ADDRESS Byran, 20li Rusk avenue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18
BIDS AND PROPOSALS..


sEAIpD BIDS will be received at the Of
ice Of and addressed TO Ole j. Lorehh'
architect 3lG and 81 Binz buhdlhS'
Houston, Texas, until l. noon, lhursua!,
the 4th day OF December, lJu2, Tor Inc
LrIck lumber iron and mill work now IN
tbp main building OF the old liutchins
House, said material TO be removed ny
the successful bidder In fifty days AFTER
he Is notified that his bid is accepted
Bids viii also he received for the work
of wrecklng said building clearing up
and piling all good and sound material
that can be Used In the construction OF
the proposed new building ana removing
all debris nom the premises For Iull
particulars see the undersigned. Inc
right Is reserved to reject any ana all
bids ole j. Lorehn, architect. -
Z0TIIE no CONTRACTORS Sealed pro-
posals VIII be received by the under
signed until O'Clock p. m, November
N ut the First National bank OF Bay
city, aud opened Immediately thereafter
for erection Of a 2-story brick bank build
ing g5XGJ, and a Oue-stOry brick store
building 60S125, for Bay city Grocery
Co, and also for a one,story brick store
building lOXl2j for Bay City hardware
Co. These buildings are combined and
bids TO be received for all three build
fngs together but stating the price OF
each separately. EGch bid 10 be ac-
commanded by a certified check OF SOU
payahle TO us, as a guarantee that the
Successful bidder VIII furnish bond at
M least 80 per cent OF contract price
the lob IS awarded him. Plans ana
snecihcations can now be seen az the
First National hank Of Bay CITY ana az
our office In Victoria. Texas, ana also
81 M Ford stone a Ford's office lover
south Texas National bank) Houston,
'rexas. Hull a Leniaud, Architects.
Victoria, Texas, November "a, lD0l -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

LOO ACRES or LAND ON rice canal
this arst 10 be watered 500 acres plant
ed In rice this year; good residence lhfge
BARN all improvements necessary 70 make
il Grst-clasB rice plantation; OIL fenced;
telephone in the house; price go per
acre half cash. balance to suit, VIII sen
all farm implements and teams with the
proprrfy IL wanted; a great bargain.
500 acres on a rice canal, fine landi three
miles from railroad stationi thlA tfacl
can be subdiyided; price S23 per acre.
partial payments accepted. 80
GO acres on rice canal, cheap, VIII
sen in half sections; price aud terms
400 acres OIL fenced. several farm
houses, runnlng stream OF water throqsh-
out the property half prairle, half timber,
within Il mile OF two rGllroadsi 80 per
acre; half cash, balance TO suit; great
Several tracts Of me land on the Day,
ton prairie, Liberty county from ApO
acres ~ TO 1000.
Two splendid tracts Of prairie land In
Harris county. near railroad; 1916 acres
in each tTaeti paiee 70 Pr acre. hs.,d dhls
il win pay either the settler or the speeu-
lator 10 look Ht IL.
100 acres 10 body, COO acres Of which
Is black bottom prairie land. Joining d
rice canal, part of which vas in rice for
the Arst lime this year; balance OF the
land timber, but heavy black soil, $22 per
acre, half cash first land on the canal
TO be watered; npc proposition; cheap.
Agents for kuuntEe Bros. lands Ia
Wharton. Mntagorda and Jackson counties
ia tracts OF 100 acres up 70 5000; prices
50 10 $40 per ccre; great development will
take place IN these counties durng the
next twelve months lands are sure to 10.
crease "A value; they are suited 70 the
culture OF rice, corn, cotton. sugar Gaze.
oats and other South Texas crops; write
for maps aud price list; NE have many
tracts that are harrhins froM the Sabine
river 70 the Guadalupe.
W. z. Moore d Co, Houston, Texas
puson. Moore q Co., III Campo, Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

dence, oueQuarter block. on Crawford
street. BEETLE Bryan. 31TA Main street.
0B
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

1910 ACRES 81 dice rloo land. Liberty coun.
~, near Haywood canal Ninety.niLc
years lease this valuable property, as
feet front on Main street by 1875 feet
deep. so feel, south OF Lomar; beautiful
loCntion for lease for ninety-nine years,
10 be rcyHlued nc end OF IL and 30 years.
Eight choice residences, Third ward, city:
close IN. Choice building lots, Third and
Fourth waiils 10000 acres choice rice
land cheap, IN Chambers county; spien-
did canal proposition Ten acres for man
ufacturlng site, bounded ON the east by
Southern Pacific railway on the north
by Washington avenue. 100 acres thor
oughly drained; no coffee weeds rich
land; Eve miles southwest OF Houston:
on gravel road, 1000 acres choice rice
lnnds, Eve miles west Of Alvin, Texas 10
acres, three miles from Alvin. As acres
IN cultivation. 90 pasture; no weeds; good
drinking water and shady yard; ideal
truck farm; well dtchcd aud wire fenced.
Excellent location for brick yard close
IN, lueXhaustiblC supply dirt and clay for
brick making, 10000 acres. short leaf
pine, oak and hickory one body, railroad
running 1--WE miles either side Of It. Half
bloch fronting Main, Clay aud Fannin.
Ideal home. Two.story frame; elegant
porcelain bath tub; fve-ncre yard wi h are
shade trees; fenced In with about TOO
acres OF choice rice land; Dickinson
bayou; near c., ii. and III. railway GHl-
weston county, Apply 20 James n, Treze.
want, 20 Binz building, old phone 1880.
81
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

FIRST CLASS business for exchange for
farm, ranch or city property, In one Of
the best towns N this State. 120-acra
rico farm on canal near Eagle Lake, for
enge chenn II taken at once. We have amp.
thing you want in the way OF vacant lots
nnd nice homes. Have a FIRST class ranch
with beautiful s-room house near Hous-
ton or Will exchange for city property
oliver Cranston - Co., 110 Main. Il
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

LARGH ROOM with board for two; am
modern conyeniences; private family. 1913
Travis street. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-18

FlFTH WARD Fourroom cottage on Har.
rington, two blocks Of s. r. shops sI325i
hve-ruom cottBge on Chestnut i've blocks
&c shops. Sl3j0; two four room cottages
on Everett, 5000; four-room house, with
hall, on corner Freeman, $1,000. Wealth.
pr8by < Co, 11OTi5 Congress. 81
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THIRD WARD six lots on Congress,
a nice residence on Austin. hnlf block
on Mcllhcnuy; 7JSi2A on IN Rranch cor
nor. Wepthersby & Co, iiO1h Congress