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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-06-26

Handsome is as handsome does
and the handsome girl usually
does as she pleases.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-06-26

BASHFUL ZELTA.
A bas hful girl my sister Le,
The bashfulest ever see,
Her feller called luther night,
An tho l knew it twern't Jest right,
Afore the keyhole did crouch,
And there they sat on the couch
An, honest Injun! l declare,
Her Teller And Zeely she
he wuz sittin' WINS sittin'
here. here
l never did see such a chump;
He sat there deader than stump,
An think on it, they were alone,
But still they sat there just like stone,
He just starin' round at things,
While Zeely played with her apron
strings;
To court like that 1 wouldn't care.
To have your An you sittin'
girl a-sittin' over
here. here
An then l wentto put out Mouse,
An when l got back in the house
I thought I'd take another peep
Afore l went upstairs TO sleep.
So fore the keyhole did 1 crouch,
An there they still sat ON the couch,
But land o goodness Honest Really
Her Teller he wuz
sittm' here, an err
er-er 50 WIZ
Zeely
Hays County Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-06-26

mind was made. However, by an
other day we will know the whole
truth OF the matter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Felt His Part.

Southeastern Virginia is SCARED
with deep bitches that give the farm.
ers great trouble. Last spring a. moor
farmer lost his wife and only horse
just as the blowing season opened De.
termined to have his fields in readi-
ness, he harnessed himself to a light
plow and babe his daughter drive,
All went well for a dozen or so Of
burrows, but just as he for
a trip through the turnip beds ha
slipped and went down into the miro
at the twelve-foot bottom of one Of
the bitches.
Scrambling out, wet, muddy and
angry, he was in no mood to answer
properly his daughters gentle in.
quiry:
Il hope you're not hurt, father?"
mo, gosh darn IT," he spluttered.
but it 'twasn't your fault I wasn,t
killed! Why don't you attend to your
work! Why the devil didn't you saw
'Whoa'?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
All Well Looked After.

n day last week when Secretary
Shaw was debating a letter to the
Charles McCaul Company of Philadel-
phia, which was complaining because
n contract for the construction of
the new Federal building in Cleveland
mad been awarded to a rival bidder
the door leading into his office sud
oenly swung open, and there stood a
man with a IA calibre Colts revolver
In his hand. The weapon was about
a loot long, and was loaded with cart.
ridges the size Of a mans thumb. The
mans finger was on the trigger, and
ne seemed ready for business. A
friend of the Secretary was sitting in
the office and it seemed to him that
there soon would be "somethiny
doing"
But there was no shooting. The
Secretary looked curiously at the
intruder, and the next instant the lat
ter was apologizing.
Did you ring?" he asked.
NO." replied the Secretary.
The signal went off downstairs
and I thought you rang. Excuse me
sir?" "
All right" said Mr.. Shaw. and
the man with the gun retired. He
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

Now the golden sunshine fingers
On the meadows as of old,
When we stood there mid the clover
And life's sweetest tale | told.
In my heart there's one fair picture,
AS alone tonight | roam,
And / long to be with Nellie
When the COWS are coming home.
My boy, is that what you will sing
her? That night when you call on
her who is all the world to you?
It is in the parlor and dark. You
heard the song at a show on the lot
opposite your hall room. It's p~laintive
melody came to you while you twisted
your fingers with the mysteries of a
four-in-hand tie. The words sank deep
into your memory; you paused; you
looked out upon the streets; you said
to yourself: Il will sing it to her"
And so you sit at the piano and fasten
your baritone into the melody and
she breathes gently and thinks!
Her old mar sitting in the back
room hears you singing about the
cows, and it reminds him that he has
not paid the milk bill since April, and
he grows cross and says things
to ma.
Your voice goes jolting along the
bars like a cabOose running on the
ties, but she-ah! she is leaning
among the sofa cushions, drinking it
in; it Is so sweet and soothing.
And now you say, "life's sweetest
tale l told" Boy, boy, do you know
the sweetest tale you will ever tell
her? Some day you will come home
to her. She will be your wife then.
You will take her in your arms; you
will press her close to you; you will
look into her eyes and say with all
the passion of your soul: Dearest,
dearest. it is all ours. have paid
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

was a member of the Treasury waNa'
Accidentally the alarm connecuns
the captains room and the sece
tary's desk was sounded, and ne nsa
fastened upstairs to defend M'
Shaw against a possible assailanL
There is a pearl button at the emu
of an electric wire at the Secretary
elbow, and If he needs ASSISTANT.
against assault, a slight pressure WIZ
bring the treasury guard to his au
This contrivance was installed tnse.
years ago after Frank H. MOTIFS "
Cleveland, the War Department Au
ditor, was assassinated in his omos
by a ~disgruntled clerk. Lyman "
Gage was then the head of the uess
ury and Frank A. Vanderlp was ;.
assistant secretary. Threats "0s
uttered against both Of them anu
they Immediately prepared for a..
contingency. Each was given a W.
revolver which reposed on a i"".
shelf upon the lid of his DESK az.
then the desks were connectea I"
electric wire with the office or the COY
tain of the guard. But no one WV
offered to modest either Official an'
their successors likewise have oe0.
free from annoyance.-Cle'e''u'
Leader.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
RAT STORY FROM MANILA.
How the Transport Sherman was
Cleared of 1000 Rodents.


When the United States military
transport Sherman arrived at Mania
recently she was, as is the case Win
most other ships that arrive from or
touch at Hong Kong on h way 10
Manila, detained for inspection to see
IL she had any rats on board. When
the big transport dropped anchor IN
Manila bay, therefore, the Official rat
inspector went on board to see what
was doing in the way Of rodents. IN
less than fifteen minutes he hurriedly
left the ship, and, going ashore, re-
ported that there was on board the
Sherman, according to the patent rat
enumerator in use at Manila, no fewer
than $4,000 rats.
The Sherman was Immediately Or
dered to the quarantine station at
Mariveles, as no ship on which the
disease carrying rodents are found is
allowed to dock at Manila until they
are exterminated. Accordingly the
Sherman steamed back to Mariveles.
When she arrived there her matches
had been opened up and enough sui
phur carried below to kill millions OF
rats. AS soon as the anchor was
dropped the sulphur fires were started
in the hold, and in a few minutes the
work of the fumes became apparent.
Out of the matches there poured
such a stream of rats as was never
before seen in the Orient. First by
the hundreds, and then by the thou
sands, they appeared at the matches,
and then leaped into the water. Every
one tried to swim ashore, but the dis
lance was far too great for any rat to
swim, and soon the great black line
of padding rodents began to thin out.
Some of them reached a point about
300 yards off the ship, but none got
any farther. After the fumes had
been working for about an hour the
stopped appearing. An inspection
OF the ship was made and not a rat
discovered. The Sherman then re-
entered Manila and discharged her
American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

(ConcluSiOn.)
The day broke at last, and the
guards entered the tent and cut the
bonds that bound the prisoners legs.
The upper part of his face was envel-
oped in a thick wooden muffier, and
thus blindfolded he was led out to die.
His grave was already dug, and they
stood him beside it. The firing party
consisted Of four men; three of the
rifles held blank cartridges and the
fourth was to deal the death blow,
but none of them knew who held the
deadly weapon.
The firing party were in charge of
an officer who held a revolver in his
hand. Should the prisoner be alive
after the party had fired, it was the
officers duty to execute the sentence
himself.
Present! Fire!"
The rifles rang out, and Hendrick
stood by his grave unhurt. Without a
word the officer advanced to within
three PAGES of the doomed man, rails
ed his revolver, and a bullet crashed
through Hendricks brain. He fell
forward, and then rolled on his back,
the bandage slipped from his eyes, and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
When Hiram Couohs.

When Hiram coughs the kittens nev
The dog the kitchen door strides tho.
The blinds fly back, the windows shaka
AS II the glass in them would break
When Hiram coughs.
Wnen Hiram coughs folks look around
For some big opening in the ground.
Inc terror in their faces show
An earthquake is at work below
When Hiram coughs.
When Hiram coughs he throws his arms
Ana all his dearest friends alarms.
IN rear they move about the place
Because he turns black in the face
When Hiram coughs.
When Hiram coughs! Men sane, dfscraet
Clalm 1t must come up thro' his feet
While other folks, not over Grave.
mink 1t a voice from out the grave
When Hiram coughs.
A thousand ~things-drugs. nostrums Mills
tnought to relieve such human Ills
he mas tried, and they have his c1rse
For constantly his case grows worse
And Hiram coughs.
l trust he soon lay get relief.
because 1t Is my firm belief.
he does, that frightful cough
Wli very shortly take him Off
Still Hiram coughs.
-Ihomas F. Porter in Boston Journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Strasburg's Astronomical Clock.

The celebrated astronomical clock OF
Strasburg is in the minister, or cathe-
dral, and was originally designed by
an astronomer named Isaac Habrecht.
In the early part Of the sixteenth CEN
fury. Previous to this time, in fact as
early as 1854, Strasburg had an as
Economical clock. 1t was in three
parts. The lower part had a universal
calendar, the central part an astro-
labe, and in the upper division were
figures Of the three Magi and the Vir-
gin. AT every hour the Magi came
forward and bowed to the Virgin: at
the same time a chime was played, and
a mechanical cock crew. This clock
OF the Magi, as it was called, stopped
In the early part Of the sixteenth CEN
fury, and was replaced by a clock
made by Habrecht, which ran until
1883, when it stopped, and all at
tempts to put its works in order
failed. In 1888 a clockmaker m
SchWilgue undertook to remodel the
machinery, and finished it in
1912.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

the face Of the dead man lay upturned
to heaven. His executioner took a
step forward, and then a cry of agony
startled the morning air.
"Hendrick! Hendrick! My God!
My God! Hendrick! My brother! And
I have killed him. Oh, God, forgive,
forgive!"
Paul Hoopstad placed his revolver
to his forehead, and fell across the
corpse of his brother. They loved each
other in life, and together they joined
the great unknown.
That morning the English army
stormed the heights of Glencoe, and
the Beers were defeated with heavy
slaughter, and side by side with Cap
tain Dick Harvey rode John Martin.
In the engagement Captain Harvey
was wounded, and sent to Durham,
where Nancy nursed her soldier lover
back to health. He told her the story
Of Hendricks death as he had heard
it from one of the Boer prisoners.
"He loved me-" she said, as the tears
ran down her cheeks. "He said he
would serve me to the death, and in
rescuing my father he lost his life!"
CThe Enid
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
HE SMASHED LIKE MOSES.
Ohio Mayor Willing to Break a Few
Laws to Defeat the Coal Trust.

Laws to Defeat the Coal Trust.
While the price of coal was soaring
during the dead of last winter Mayor
Bellmeyer Of Bellevue, Ohio, took
vigorous methods to relieve the situa-
ton. With the consent of the coun-
ellis he had a riot call sounded on the
fire bell.
There was an immediate response
OF citizens. From these a brigade of
shovelers was organized and marched
to the railroad. Six car loads Of
coal. lying on the tracks, were ordered
confiscated by the mayor. The needy
people were then relieved by the
coal distribution, which was made in
ton lots.
Ihls action naturally brought re-
monstrances from certain sensitive
citizens, but remained unheeded by
the determined mayor.
1t is wrong, sir, entirely wrong. to
thus take the law into your own
hands" said a remonstrant.
But l have a biblical example for
my action" protested Billmeyer.
What! for stealing coal?"
No; for taking the law in nv own
hands" said the mayor. you recollect
that when Moses came down the
mountain he smashed the ten com.
mandments on seeing the people kneel
before the golden calf. Well, sir tbe
Goa oarons may worship the golden
calf, but I'll smash a few laws while
they are doing it."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Take to Indian Sp0uSeS.

1t is announced from Fort Leaven-
worth that the government is taking
notice of army officers who married
Filipino girls after the loose fashion
Of the islands and then abandoned
them. The particular case Is one in
which a young officer became engaged
to a ~Leavenworth girl. 1t was known
that this officer had lived with a Fill
pino girl near Manila after some sort
OF a marriage ceremony. The Leaven-
worth girl is said to have no objec.
tons to the facts in the case and will
marry her lover when he gets a
divorce from his Filipino wife.
However, there is nothing particu-
larly new in the revelations with re-
spect to "morganatic" marriages by
United States army officers. Before
the civil war it was almost the GUS
tomary thing for officers stationed
in Oregon or Washington territory
to consort with Indian girls. At Ia.
coma or Seattle the visitor often has
pointed out to him half-breeds who
bear the names of some of the most
distinguished civil war generals and
who are known to be the sons or
daughters OF these officers. It is ex-
planned that when these officers were
young l~ieutenants they were stationed
III the Wllds of the northwest far
from the society of women of their
own kind; that they needed house
keepers; that it was the custom of
the region for white men to consort
with indian maidens; that, according
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Got Joyful Too Soon.

What's the matter, old fellow, !.
he said, as they met the morning
after. "You look blue"
Il feel blue"
But last night you were the FOL.
Hest member of the party"
II felt jolly"
"Yo acted like a boy just let out
Of school,"
II felt like one."
You said your wife had zone aw.v
Tor the first time in three wears ana
there wasn't any one to say a word -
you went home and kicked over tho
mantel clock"
Il remember it."
.ou said II you stayed out till
o'clock there was no one to look
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

at you reproachfully and sigh, an'
make you feel small" 800.
Yes, and l stayed out till 4 oo~S
didn't II"
You certainly did" -.
And / gave a warwhoop on
doorstep?" ~.
Yes: and then you sang a va
from q comic opera song ana -"
to dance a jig" -.
Yes; and my wife had missed
train. Now, go away and leave
l want to kick myself a little -.
for not taking the ~precaution Us
an affidavit from the station ""
that she went with the train"
And he gave himself several pau i
on the ears, and then shook hi"
till his hair began to fall out
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

the last dollar a week on ~.
SUIT to-day, and the instaImo, pS1
VIII come no more" c NJ
breathe a sigh of relief and sDs ., \
following Thursday she will W
pink brocade satin tete.a.teta Guy
same terms. %
But the song. We are gett,,, !
the second story of its meto.as "
ment, up near the gables Of Nv seq
touching lines. You are usp
picture. You are roaming ahon.
you long to be with Nellie "wS", y
cows are coming home" Dossa. ,
strlke you as a matter of pron,,.
pure and simple, that inst !. "
moment Nellie would rather NJ.
you see her, driving the cows ~
perhaps. She has on her fado,
ham. mothers sunbonnet and t,sas
a hole in her left stocking that shsv
over the heel of her shoe W.
sing and think how romantic
with Nellie, when she Is mad 49,
she had to drive the cows hon.. : i
cause brother is fishing and ..aJ
has gone to town to attend a c,..1
meeting and buy a car Of fortiu.s
Yet you would be with Nellie.
My son. where is your galla,t,1
Why not let Nellie sit on the no,.I
among the moss roses, while ~
big brute that you are, go after n
COWS for her?
Yet you sing you long to be w.
her just at that particular mom.,,
when the cows are very sensiblv =.
ting into the barnyard, where tbers,
something else to eat besides ch,n,u
grass and garlic.-Wells Hawks I
New York Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04

to Indian standards, there was moth.
ing wrong about it and that from
every standpoint it was adyantagsou
to the girl taken for a temporay
wife.
At the little town Of Puyallup, ten
miles from Tacoma, there are two
fine-looking men who bear the nam,
OF a general who for a long time va
at the head of the q~uartermasterl
department Of the United States
army. These men are the sons q
the general. He married their
mother, a Pupallup Indian, when bel
was a lieutenant and stationed at tho
Puyallup Indian agency long before
the civil In later years he mar
ried an American oman in the far
east and reared a family. But be did
not abandon his family on the Pacific
coast. His sons were taken east and
put through one of the leading COL
leges. He frequently visited them
and openly acknowledged them. On
one occasion, at least, he was accom-
panied by his American wife, who
seemed to know the circumstances
and to have accepted them phile
sophically. His Indian wife lived for
some years after he had married bis
American spouse, though he never
visited her. But old-timers about
Tacoma will tell the visitor how he
made her old age comfortable while
caring as a father should for the sons
of their observation-disclosures City jour
nal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Miss Kate Reed.

Thomas B. Reeds daughter, Miss
Katherine Reed, was among the forty
eight young women who received the
Chancellor's certificate of the wom-
ans law class OF the University of
New York the other evening. The
Hall OF Madison Square Garden. The
young women have completed the five
months work which teaches them the
elementary principles OF Jurisprudence
and gives them a working knowledge
OF commercial and business law. The
University prize scholarship was
awarded to Miss Louise Brewer. and
an essay prize Of $50 to Mrs. Frank
Northron
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
Six From Wnnd

The threads OF silk made from wood
Germany have eighteen strands a
single n OF which is hardly visible
to the naked eye. Real silk n two.
stronger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-04
The Mercy of the Boer
A Wartime
Story Of the TronsvoaI

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-20
DOG EATS UMBRELLA
Two Hundred Dollar Suit Starts
in Consequence.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-As dog be-
longing to e. A. Aaron has not died
from the effects Of eating an umbrella
belonging to r. j. Mulroney, Mr.. Null
roney has sued Mr.. Aaron for the price
of the rain protector. In the precipe
filed in Justice Gibbons, court yester-
day he estimates 5000 as fair price
for the dogs meal. s9a+ 81 rof ?
-. It was sim the balmy1 autumn time
when he was riding on one of the
suptuous cars Of the Union Traction
company that the dog ate Mr. Null
roney's umbrella. The animal was on
the tailboard Of a delivery wagon be-
longing to e. A. Aaron & Bros, and
Muironey had incautiorsly poked his
,rainguard at it as car and wagon
waited at the Clark street bridge. All
that he arecoxered'sw sothe handle in
a badly chewed condition. ssD a1 : !,
2 Suit was then started. In Justice Ev-
erett.s court ITO recover the price of
the umbrellas The plea was made that
the dog was about to die from the
effects offhis unusual lunch Mulroney
was threatened with arrest on a charge
of poisoning the dog and with prosecu-
ton by the Humane society for cruelty
to animals. : He dropped his suit. But
the dog recovered. "A second sum
mons was 7then served fone Aarenof from
Justice Gibbons court. The case will
come up again Nov. 25. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-20

skeleton, sat down With 1t before the
broken down, -riekety piano. and, strik-
ing the keys, played an impromptu, but
incoherent, air. 1t was indeed droll to
see the skeleton Of man seated before
the skeleton of q piano. Chopin seemed
greatly impressed by the sight. He drank
a goblet of white wine known as win de
Vouvray,' and, as If seized with an in
comfortable inspiration. shouted:
T" oh, OH rushed at the piano pulled
Polignac away from the human skeleton,
and, taking the skeleton In his hands,
swung 1t lover his back. the arms and
hands hanging over his own shoulders.
and the skull in ,juxtaposition1 with his
own head.1tsr 05.sve. ss cesan
TN this position Chopin sat and played
the rickety piano. The first notes were
so stirring, solemn and Impressive that
suddenly we all became silent. We were
enraptured. by the music, notwithstand
ing the wretched condition of the instru-
ment. After listening for a few minutes
we burst forth into genuine admiration
and applause. 1t was then that we real
lied that Chopin had composed one of
his finest works. 1t was a delightful and
memorable evening. I remember it as
If 1t were yesterday. All the other
strange stories that have been related
about the composition Of the famous Flu
neral March are imaginative exaggera
TONS"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-20
AssembIymen Surprise
Frank Arnold, Who Re-
Gently SIyIy Became a
Benedict, With a Chest
of ,--Presenta-
ton Is Made at the Close
of the Session of the
Assembly.

Assemblyman Arnold was last night
presented by his colleagues with
handsome and costly chest Of table sill
yer.
The presentation took place at the
close of the assembly meeting at the
city hall and was in recognition of his
marriage two weeks ago.
The tender Of the gift was made by
Assemblyman Michael Doran, who, in
the course of his speech, remarked that
as the only single survivor of the body,
the pleasant task of surprising Mr.
Arnold had devolved on him.
When the handsome chest, with its
silver contents was brought from its
hiding place beneath the presidents
table and deposited on Mr.. Arnold's
desk, the surprise was complete, and
Mr.. Arnold's efforts at a response were
for a few moments somewhat labored.
He warmed to the task, however, and
thanked the members for the gift.
The chest was a duplicate Of one