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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-11

Wedding announcements-HER
AID printery.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-11

Clean cotton rags wanted at THE
HERALD Office.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
.|MB|BERS SOBERED
BY A HANDORGAN
Menagerie of Fancy Dispersed
and Babel DispeIled in
Cleveland Jail.

Music s the thing" declares Chief
of Police Kohler of Cleveland, o. cit
soothes the savage breast, and ] be-
lieve it would be good to have music
at every police station every morning. -
Chief kohler S statement was caused by
a unique experiment at central station
Tuesday morning An Italian with an
organ had been arrested last night for
intoxication. Desk Officer Potts used
the organ to subdue and sober up pris~
eners before taking them into court in
the morning. One prisoner was on the
verge of delirium tremens and Potts
recled off ''Annie Laurie, Star-Span-
gled Banner" and then "Father, Dear
Father, Come Home With Me Now, -
1t sobered him up and he walked
straight.
In the women 6 prison one prisoner
was being entertained by a menageric,
the creation of her own fevered fancy.
Coward, Christian Soldiers, reduced
her to tears and prayers. Then Potts
marched through the prison, which rang
with ribald songs, oaths and hysterlcal
laughter. "Won t You Come Over to
Ny House3' subdued the babel of
tongues.
Never before was there such a bunch
of orderly prisoners.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
HERE ARE SOME ODD STORIES
Civil War Veteran Who Bears Charmed Life

thirty-one miles day, as shown by the
colonel's diary. This was in November
of 1864. and on $50 miles of the dis"
tance many of the soldiers tramped in
their bare feet. Mr.. Cassell was one
Of them. The snow was ankle deep
and his feet were frozen.
He carries the scars of many battles.
He was shot in the left shoulder, and
Ia a nund- to hand conflict with the en-
cmv he was almost hacked to pieces.
Two sword cuts in his right knee felled
him on the battlefield, and he was taken
prisoner by the enemy and sent to
Nashville. Soon after an exchange of
prisoners between the armies was made
but because of his injuries he was left
with the enemy until he recovered, He
with other prisoners was later re-
leased. They started to tramp If to
the Union lines After day out they
were recaptured by scouting party
and were going TO be shot, but they
| effected an escape, and after walking
200 miles reached the Union forces.
While facing fire in another battle
the stock of his gun was shattered by
bullet and he was seriously injured.
The middle finger of his right hand
was almost severed by the leaden ball
and splinters from the gun stock were
buried in his skull, leaving two deep
dcpressions, one at the back of the
head and the other on top.
In 1862 he was taken sick while in
camp at Indianapolis and was carried
to the dead room in the hospital,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
Fy-Day Happenings, But
Which Are Out of the
Ordinary
WARNED BY TE[EPATHY
WAS THIS WOMAN
When Boy Was Brought Home,
She Knew Why She
Cried.

'fIf j had been born hundred years
age" said the woman TO the New York
Press. 81 believe / would have been
burned for witch Such strange things
happen to me- AS it is, living these
days think | would make good tele-
pathetic station for wireless messages.
That is, if the messages were trans
mitted to those | love.
F.There is a girl who is very dear TO
me and whom ! cannot keep very far
from me, because when she is IN trouble
she calls to me and | hear her. | must
be near enough to go to her when L
hear her. She lived a while IN London.
She was very i'll there. In the night
she called my name constantly and L
here in New York awakened and ans"
wered her. l said what is it? What
is it, dear?'
.'Wheu she came home she was oper-
ated on in hospital / went with her.
| sat in the waiting room, much wor-
red about her until they gave her
ether She was no sooner under the
influence of the ether and her mind at
rest than mine was, too. j fell sound
asleep there III the waiting room, wait
ing for them TO send for ne to come
to her. ., ao,. ,o,. who 20 ,s dear
TO me, if not dearer, underwent an oper-
alton for tonsilitis. ] was not AFRAID.
1t seemed slight operation. dldn I
know till afterward that he might have
bled to death, They never told me
that of course. 10
"We took him TO the hospital at lo
o'clock and left lin there. We sup
posed the operation would take plaSe
M about IL worked TRANQUILITY
enough until clock, thinking little
of this slight operation or ITS conse-
ouenccs. Then at 4 o'clock all at once
I began to,scream and cry. | vent INTO
violent mysteries, 1 couldn't tell why
.'At clock they operated on hlm,
That was why. He in all probability.
under the influence of ether, was not
"When we brought him home the
next morning, white as little ghost.
his beautiful face like a faded flower,
! knew why it was l screamed and
cried, -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19

be pay day and ! strolled down to
the station about noon TO get my coin,
saw the station agent s dog going
along ahead of me with his master s
lunch bucket. II was his daily duty
to see that his master got warm
lunch.
''As Tige happened along by the
crossing bellpost' Tremens was Just
being relieved from duty, the bell hay-
ing been repaired. When Tige spotted
Trc- Us dropping from the bellbox the
gre u-eycd monster within him over
came his fright, and letting his mas
ter's dinner pail shift for itself, he
made jump for the snake.
"Tremens curled himself UP to strike
and succeeded in sticking his fangs into
Tige s neck, but not before the dog had
sunk his teeth into Tremen s publicity
bureau and snapped off his thirteen rat
ties. Trcmen e deadly fangs fixed Tigc
up right, and that dog died before the
sun set that evening.
"That night Tremens was on duty
as usual. But he was no longer anv
use rs assistant night operator Tige S
teeth had put his Ere alarm system on
the blink, and he couldn I crcate any
more of disturbance than a katydid
in boiler shop.
"Along about midnight | heard a
peculiar noise over near the cells of
the battery, and there ID. T. had gone
and drunk some of tho blue vtriol wa
ter from the battery jar. Ho died in
great agony,
Gan Of which goes to show Just how
muc stranger than fiction truth really
! is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19

Twice pronounced dead and each time
almost buried alive. Seriously injured
many times in the course of sixteen
battles. Pinioned to the earth by fall
ing tree and hurt several times in other
ways AT daily labor.
This is the remarkable record of Sam
uel Cassell, resident of Hartford City,
Ind. and a Civil War veteran who,
apparently, bears charmed life, ac-
cording to the Chicago Tribune.
Perhaps no other Indiana man has
faced almost certain death as many
times as has Cassell Certain it is that
but very few other Hoosiers, if any,
have spent two days and two nights in
morgue awaiting burial, TO be res
cued and restored to good health
Mr.. Cassell is a native of Blackford
County. He was born in Hartford City.
April 26, 1s43, and with the exception
of five years i'll Kansas he has always
resided in the county. When the Civil
War broke out he enlisted as a member
Of Company G., S9th Indiana Infantry.
He was Is years old when he enlisted.
and at the close Of the war he returned
to Hartford City. His discharge pa
pers show that he engaged IN sixteen
different battles.
On one march his company "hoofed
it 720 miles. making an average of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
.LADYBUG TO PREY
UPON THE GREEN BUG
Texas Agriculturist Wants to
Give Practical DemOnstra-
tiOn of Theory.

R. T. Miller, State commissioner of
of ladybugs upon the wheat fields Of
Texas to kill the green bugs which are
destroying that crop. Tho Legislature
was asked to make an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the purpose of gathering
vast numbers of the ladybugs together
and colonizing them upon the wheat
lands. The request was made IN all Sc
rlousness, but the committee to which
the bill was referred looked upon it as
joke and 1T WIS killed.
The State has bug farm in opera.
tion at College Station, 1t is conducted
by a. +. Conradi, who has demonstrat
ed TO his own satisfaction that the
green bug is the natural prey of the
ladybug.
The latter is voracious cater, and
feasts all day on green bugs without
satisfying her appetite. The appear
seven years IS attributed to the fact
that the ladybugs, having wiped out
their natural prey, starve to death
themselves.
When the ladybugs are all gone or
greatly reduced in numbers the green
bugs begin to multiply with marvellous
rapldlty, and in short time they be-
SoibC pest utN COulIUll lUtlT TdNhOPS
Tor year or two, until the ladybugs
learn about 1T and increase in numbers
sufficiently to destroy them.
If the Legislature had made the ap-
preparation asked 1T was planned by Mr..
Conradi TO go TO some of the east Texas
counties, where vast numbers of the
ladybugs arc found, and gather a few
million of them and ship them into the
suffering wheat growing region Of the
State. Mr.. Miller says that if the ap
preparation had been made promptly so
that the ladybugs could have been dis
trbuted over the wheat fields earlier in
the season, several million bushels of
wheat would have been saved.
1t is estimated that the green bugs
through their ravages this season will
cause a falling of of not less than
100000 bushels of wheat in the Weld
in Texas. Mr.. Conradi thinks he could
have gathered enough ladybugs in one
county in east Texas to destroy every
green bug in the wheat-growing region
of the State
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19

where for two days and two nights he
was left with FIVE corpses. When they
came to bury him 1T was discovered
that life was not extinct. and he was
taken back to the hospital, where after
a time he recovered
He was mustered out of service at
indianapolis and went back to Black
ford County. In 1884, while living
hero. be had another serious illness.
Again be was pronounced dead and ar
rangements were made for his funeral.
w. Fl. Gable. at that time the only un-
dertaker, but now a retired citizen, was
called to take charge Of the body. After
visiting the Cassell home Mr., Gable re-
turned to his shop for his paraphernalia
but before he got back the supposed
dead man came to life and the funeral
arrangements had to be postponed.
Twenty-Five years ago this apparently
immortal old man had another miracul-
GUS escape from death. While cutting
logs Oh his farm north Of the city he
was caught under falling tree. The
tree was a large one, and in the very
top, where three heavy limbs formed
fork, the trunk was dead. When the
tree was cut it began to fall the wrong
way and there was scatterment among
the workmen TO escape being crushed
The dead fork broke off and fell in
Just the opposite direction from the
tree. The prongs of the fork were
several feet in length, and Mr.. Cassell
who thought he was on the safe side,
was caught under 1T.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
CLAWED BY LEOPARD.
Lad Has Narrow Escape From Death
by Beast.

Joseph Riley. four wears old, son OF
judge Hugh Riley. of Vidado, Cuba,
coming 10 New York on the steamship
Havana. of the Ward line. was clawed
by a leopard and nearly lost his arm.
The animal was one Of l31 in men
agerie which was being brought from
Havana.
An engineer s assistant and one oil
the crew were bitten by some OF the
animals There being no regularly aP-
,ointed ships physician aboard, DR.. w.
Keller. of the Isle of Pines, who is on
a visit to the United States, treated
the patients. The injured boy was re,
moved from the ship when II arrived
Yesterday and taken TO the New Am
sterdam hotel
With 242 first cabin passengers and
total complement Of about 800, the
Havana left the Cuban capital last
Sunday, having been delayed from the
day before by the task of loading the
animals aboard, These were part oil
what was known as Benson s show.
To the children aboard the animals
we're source of great amusement un'
til the accident to little Joe Riley
occurred He was frolickin~ near the
cages. when the leopard thrust It's paw
between the bars and caught the lad S
left arm at the elbow. Three gashes
were torn all the way 10 the wrist
carving away the sleeves Of the coat
and shirt DIR. Keller, who volunteered
to dress the wound, took eleven stitches
in the boys arm and said afterward
that if the leopard had made another
claw at il the child would have lost tho
| limb
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
FAMOUS WEATHER
MAN PASSES AWAY
He Made His Forecasts With
the Aid of a Goose
bone.
ALL PENNSYLVANIANS
HAD FAITH IN HIM
Was Consulted by Farmers
About Seasons, and When
to Plant Crops.

Elias Hartz, the famous goosebone
Friends Asylum, near Philadelphia,
says the Philadelphia Ledger He was
known all over the country on account
of his peculiar weather prognostica-
tions. Mr., Hartz was % years OF age
and he has foretold the weather as in.
dlcated by the markings of the goose
bone for nearly 20 years. Some months
ago he was taken to the Friends Asy-
lum because of infirmities incident TO
old age. He gave goodby TO many
friends and said that he had made his
last prediction from the goosebone. He
was picturesque old man: was person
ally known TO thousands of people in
Reading and Berks County and had a
large number of followers. who. with
him, never took any stock in govern
ment reports but had implicit faith in
Mr., Hartz's s method of foretelling the
weather. He received letters from all
parts of the country.
He was born in Western Berks. near
the Lancaster County line, and when R
youth was apprenticed to miller. who
had local reputation as a goosebone
weather prophet. Mr.. HartZ always
declared that the art of reading the
goosebonc correctly was science, and
he became an adept. For the last forty
years his forecasts have been eagerly
looked forward to by the people of
Pennsylvania aud neighboring States,
II was his custom TO select a goose
born in the spring of the year. This
he would carefully raise and watch
until the following Thanksgiving Day,
when he would enjoy the fowl for his
dinner. On this date he would be be-
sleged by neighhors, friends and news.
paper men to give them his reading
Of the goosebone. No one ever ques-
toned bis accuracy, and if he predicted
billiards., severe cold weather and heavy
SHOWS. 1t was taken as a fact that that
would be the state of the weather for
the ensuing winter.
In January he would give supple
mental reading of the gooscbone Mr..
HartZ never despised the lowlv ground
hog and admitted upon all occasions
that it was a valuable adjunct IN deter.
mining the state of the weather
He claimed that in his long career
he only made one mistake, and that was
when wag palmed off on him the
fully looked after the goose from whose
bone he made his forecasts. Farmers,
particularly believed in his predictions
and they frequently consulted him as to
putting out their crops in spring
About ten years ago the country en-
ioyed a mild fall, and during the
Thanksgiving season Mr.. Hartz issued
his famous warning. Fill your coal
bins at the same time issuing a por-
tend of disastrous winter. MANY
)aughted Mt Hartz Hundreds took his
advice, 1T was the severest winter in
generation, and Hartz E reputation
was more firmly established than ever
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19

HIS CRANIUM FRACTURED;
WAS STRUCK BY DOOR
Then Surgeon Was Called, and
Doggie's Skull Was
Trepanned.

Baby Boy is to have gold plate In
serted in his skull This is a distinc.
ton, indeed, for dog, even though the
dog is French silk poodle of the toy
variety, weighing only four pounds,
saws The New York Tribune. The in
sertion of the gold plate is part Of
the operation Of trepanning Baby
Boys skull because he sustained a
fracture.
His owner, Miss Ida Sheehan. daugh-
ter of !. A. Shechan. a retired mer-
chant. Of No. pa Park Place, Brook
lyn, has been prostrated over the acci-
dent and the danger to her pet. Miss
Sheehnn had recovered somewhat last
night, although she admitted that she
was still nervous. SIT has been the
most severe shock l have experienced
since Harry died, three years ago. she
said. "Harry' Why, he was my dear
little Maltese poodle. -
She pointed mutely at a painting of
a fluffy looking animal, under which
was the legend in heavy black; "Har'
ry Died December l, 1904. Aged 10
years" Within the frame was lock
of his hair entwined with immortelles.
"'But this latest blow said Miss
Sheehan, "camc on Thursday night
Baby Boy was playing with ball in
the back parlor, when gust of wind
blew the door closed. The heavy door
struck his head and knocked him sense
less. | almost tainted. but | had moth
er telephone TO the New York Veter-
mary hospital, at No. III West Twen
ty-hfth street. Manhattan. We wanted
DR.. Andrew Armstrong, who is head OF
the dog ward, to come. but he sent an
assistant with the ambulance.
DR., Armstrong called US up at mid
night TO tell us that Baby Boy had a
compound fracture of the skull, with
deep indentatiou. and that TO save his
life it must be trepanned. Much as
feared the danger, placed implicit
trust in DR., Armstrong; s Judgment, so
/ consented to the operation.
"All night | was III with worry At
I clock this morning DR.. Armstrong
telephoned that the operation had been
performed, but that Baby Boy was still
weak. Twice since then we have re-
ceived bulletins, and the doctor says
my dear little pet has great vitality
. and will recover. DR.. Armstrong told
me ii would be necessary TO insert a
geld plate in the skull, au inch long
By half au inch wide. ] told him to
go ahead. for what matters expense II
my pet S life will be saved!
"My only regret now is that [ cam
not nurse him. DR., Armstrong tells me
that Baby Boy is still so weak that IL
1 should come near him he would be
excited and might suffer relapse.
Therefore, I must wait four or five days
before | may see HIM y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
BABE WEIGHS TWO POUNDS.
Little Hands Clenched Are No Larger
Than Marbles

At Elma, Washington. Thursday,
there was born to the wife of Mil
ton Spurgeon a child which weighed
hut two pounds. So light and frail
was the tiny piece of humanity that
DR.. Blair, in the absence OF better
facilities, ordered a chicken incubator
provided for the babe, and that the
temperature be kept AZ blood heat.
With careful watching and attention,
the child has continued to live. 1t is
kerj wrapped in the finest and softest
of batting. Although the child was
born four months before its time, it
now gives promise Of living, It's no
longer than foot rule. aud is just
aole to make noise when il cries.
IFS little hands, clenched, are no larger
than ordinary marbles. Its breathing
is perceptiblc and regular, aud the high
temperature that is maintained causes
The little thing TO Pcrspire freely. The
father and mother of the child live on
farm three miles from Elma, The
babe is their first born. and is a girl,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
BOUGHT JOB LOT C0FFINS.
Pennsylvania Farmer Believed in Pre-
pairing for Worst.

Six children S collins, at cents each,
was the wholesale bid made by the
father of a Bristol, Pa, family of the
size approved by Roosevelt. outbidding
competitors at the sale of the stock
and fixtures of Joseph Brelsford, a
dead undertaken, AS he put aboard
his WAGON the entire lot Of the smaller
size of coffins the presumably fond
father was heard 10 observe, "It's al,
ways we'll to he prcnared for the
worst, The score of large coffins
went for a cent apiece till the last half
dozen was reached. when the price was
run TO %. "They re worth more than
that for kindling!' remarked the
thrifty housewife. whose afterthought
had caused the rise in price.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
)DEN LEGS DEFY ELECTRICITY

Pnkerton's legs being nonconductors, the
dispatch. enabled h defy electricity release dog that
by the wi of extinguish blaze that
to destroy building, and finally to throw switch This
2ed In Allegheny.
xcHng little incident occurred the prescription of
Wadschmdt drug Federal and North
h The dog, Gyp, blooded Irish setter and prize.
SHE also dead when picked up The trouble caused
off the wires placed under the floor and
Ating the current TO the waer-soakcd floor.
rton is the night operator in police headquarters in Allie
~ hail. and passing along Federal his way
wnen he heard loud, pul yeps from dog He into
Store In time to DR. John Yeggy the clerk, thrown from
f1ption with terrific
ggy hurredy explained that the floor charged and he
get TO the dog. which being elecrocuted Pinkerton
walked INTO the kicked the dog from bowl
gen she was drinking stamped blaze. and
hc dog dead and Pnkcrton learned that
ne insulation from the hoor causing
floor
" was valuable dog. She by Dan, Jr, who eigh
w "yp won first prize the local kennel show
laughed when DR. Ieggy said he had been knocked from
yio"r times while trying the dog
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
MOTHER LIKE DOLL.
Smallest Woman in World Resides in
Missouri.

Mrs. Minnie Shaw. the most diminu-
tive, wcll-developcd and perfect human
being who ever grew to mature years
resides in Richland. Mo. She is the
smallest mother in the world and has
two living grandchildren who are bright.
healthy and we'll developed. Her height
is just 27}a inches.
Mrs. Shaw is very quiet, rctir-
ing little woman, who does not court
publicity or general attention. She
lives quietly in her modern home in
Richlsnd with her daughter, Mrs T. F.
Williamson. The furniture IN her part
of the house was built especially for
her and is doll-like in its diminutive.
ness.
Her parents were Mr.. and Mrs. James
Z. Foster of Steubenville, o. They
had five children, but the present Mrs.
Shaw was the only dwarf.
When she was year or two old her
parents, realizing that she was not
was prcyiug on her, consulted physi-
clans, who, upon careful examination,
pronounced her healthy child in every
way, Her growth was always slight.
and at the age Of 10 years ceased en-
tirely. In her girlhood years she at
tended public school III Steubenville,
the same as other girls of her age, and
made rapid progress III her studies, but
so small was she that her father, fear
ing to trust her alone on the crowded
streets. carried her in his arms TO and
from school. even when she had arrived
AT her full growth.
A few years later she married. She
has given birth to two children, one of
whom is alive-Mrs. Williamson. She
has travelled with many shows, but grew
weary of that life few years ago,
and, having a competence, took up her
homo with her daughter. She is de-
hghtful conversationalist and has
great fund OF circus anecdotes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-19
TOWNS WITH TROUBLES.
Many Cities Throughout the World Are
Afflicted.
London s trouble is her fog.

TTUUHIV IURl
Toxic s trouble is earthquakes. In
her worst 100000 residents were killed.
Calcutta g trouble is cholera, and the
bubonic plague is the trouble of Bonn
bay. Each city pays to her trouble an
annual tribute of 1000 souls
Madrid S trouble is the solano. a
summer wind from the southeast. IT is
exceedingly hot. and lis accompanied by
binding, choking clouds of dust. so
that, notwithstanding temperature of
105 or 10 degrees, all windows must
be closed,
The mistral is the trouble of Mar
seilles-an east wind that increases the
citY's death rate 30 per cent.
Bagdad s trouble is tho Bardad but.
ton q sore that attacks practically
every resident and visitor. leaving a
button shaped permanent scar.