The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 178, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 27, 1897 Page: 4 of 4
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IHE SARATOGA HOP
WILUAH D. HOWELLS DESCRIBES THJ
SAY FUNCTfON.
TiaMm J. tfae Cliapcron Wittered
AwayAieas Smoldering Mother h-
i ttc Tenzfg aa the 3Tot Ysksr.
Kr. W. D. Howells' novelette "An
-Open Eyed Conspiracy " in The Gen-
".try contaxas the following description
of that laportsHt Eocial ftmction &
Saratog a hop:
Sfeeand the evening were equally fit-
ted S the event to "which they seemed
BqmUy dedicated. The dancing was to
3)6 ot of doors on a vast planting or
jdatCoraa set np in the heart of that
"boifcy ocarfe which the hotel incloses.
jArnnd this platform drooped the slim
U 8ratogan trees and over it htmg
ibeifcratof xn Ekyr of a nocturnal bine
"very rare in our latitude with the stars
faint in ita depths and hy and by a
white moon that permitted itself a
saodesfc competition with the electric
flights effulgent everywhere. There was
great crowd of people in the portico
e the vestibule and the inner piazzas and
o the lawn around the platform where
"the trodden weed'' sent .up the sweet
oent of bruised grass in the cool night
air. My foolish eld heart bounded with
a puis of youth at the thought of all
the gay and tender possibilities of such
" a seen.
But the young people under my care
seemed 5a no haste to mingle in it. We
oldsters are always fancying youth im-
patient but there is no time of life
which has so much patience. It behaves
as if it had eternity before it an eter-
nity of youth instead of a few days
and years and then the frosty pow. "We
who are young no longer think we
would -do eo and so if we were young
as women think they would do so and
so if they were men but if we were
really young again we should not do at
all what we think.
We should not; hurry to experience
our emotions; we should net press for-
ward to discharge our duties or repair
our mistakes; wo should not seize the
occasion to make a friend or reconcile
an enemy; we should let weeks and
months go by in the realization of a
passion and trust all sorts of contingen-
cies and accidents to help us out with
its confession- The thoughts of youth
"are Tery long and ita conclusions are
deliberate and delayed and often with-
held altogether. It is age which is trem-
ulously eager in these matters and can-
not wait with the fine patience of na-
ture in her growing moods.
As soon even a3 1 was in the hotel I
was impatient to press through to the
place where the dancing was and
where I already heard the band play-
ing. I knew very well that when we
. got there I should have to sit down
pomewhere on the edge of the platform
WJth the other frumps and fogies and
begin taking cold in my dress coat and
want to dcze off -without being-able to
while my young people were waltzing '
together or else promenading up and
lown ignoring me or recognizing me by j
the offer of a fan and the question
v.hcTC&r I wa3 not simply melting. I
L'ive.?ecn i3-7 t'ie poor chaperon fares
zz sujh tiu-'ts. But rhey secure of their
Ii?n vrre uy no means desirous to have
it ever or evt! to have it begin. They
dawdled through ihe thronged hotel
rHir ht -e other irresponsible pairs;
were tjuiinp and going under the ad- J
r.iixu.jn es of the hotel loungers and !
t':r wandered up and down the waste
parlcrs and sat on tote-a-tetes just to
try thra apparently and iliss Gage
venhed m ne mirrors the beauty which
was reflect d in all eyes. They amused
themselves with the extent Gf tbe richly
enrppted and upholstered desolation
around thorn where only a few lonely
and agiug women lurked about on sofas '
''and ottomans and they fell to playing
with their compassion for the plebeian
spectators at the long veranda windows
srying to penetrate with their forbioden
eyes to the hop going on in the coart
far beyond the intermediary desert of
the parlors. 1
When they signified at last that they
were ready for mo to lead them on to
the dance I would so much rather have
pone to bed that there are no words fcr
the comparison. Then when we got to
the place which I should never have
been able to reach in the world if it had
not been fcr the- young energy and in-
? eppraticn of Hendricks and they had
pat ma in a certain Eeat with Miss
Gage's wraps beside me where they
could find me they went off and danced
. for .hours and hours. For hours and
- hours? For arres and ages while Iwith-
- ered away aniid moldering mothers and
eaw my charge through the dreadful
half dreams of such a state whirling in
the waits hopping in the polka sliding
in the calcn and then endleEsly walk-
ing up ana ciown Dfitween rue aances i
mcea I
snd eating aud drinking the chill re- ' events I got three tens and made a small-
freshmen ts that it made my teeth chat- bet. A big red shir ted Hcosier opposite
ter to think of. raiseu mo. I raised him back and ho
I suppose they decently came to me . came back at me with another raise
from iime to time though they seemed j " 'Well J1I have to call yoa: Isiid.
to be always dancing for I cculd after- Jiy name i mud.
ward remember Hiss Gage taking a "He raised up from his ehaii seized
wrap from me new and tlu.n and quick-' my hand in his big paw and shaking it
. ly coming back to shed it upon myjap j enthusiastically aid in all senonsuess:
cgaiu. I got so cbtfled that it they had j Glad to'kiiow you Mr. iiud. l&y
irtbeen umristU;ably women's wraps ' naino is Jrnkins.'-5 San Francisco
1 should hive hundled thtm all about
i-:y
shoulders which 1 could almost
hear creak with rheumatism. I must
haveiailen into a suri of drowse at h:t
frtr I was 1 aviug a difpute with some '
f.xt of authority which tume'H cut to
Lv Mta. l!rcb and upbraiding her wiih !
4he fact that there were no women's '
vrapi which wculd also do for a man
when tbe young people stood arm in
cro before rue and 2Iiss3ago said that
tiie was tired to death now and they
t are going.
Differentiated.
"Ostriches swallow recks to help
grind their food."
s'Ycs and poor downtrodden man
grinds his own iced and gives the recks
to his UuidUoy " Detioit Free Frcat
3Crte &ad the Death Kate.
It is of coots impossible to state x-
actly what part noise in Isfew Tork city
plays in the death rate and the Mcfc
list bat every physician knows it ramst
be considerable. Often th physician
in hi daily rounds finds it necwanry
to prescribe "perfect quit" in order
that the flickering spark sf life. t-
maining in the patient may be broiHjjfet
back to a healthy flame yet in nine
cases out of ten that perfect quiet he
deems so important cannot be had
wing to the noise from the street. Es-
pecially is this true in warm weather
when windows must be kept open.
u.ne maters or unnecessary uoise in
New ork are not confined to any one
class. All are more or less guilty from
the church people to the organ grinder
and the street peddler. Any one who
studies this subject and o'-ves care-
fully will be astonished : 4W disgusted
at the reckls disregard of each for the
health peace and comfort of all others.
If yoa should go for a walk in Fifth
avenue on a fine afternoon and all sorts
and conditions of people were to begin
to assault you with switches you would
call the police. They would be prompt-
ly arrested and properly punished.
What for? They have not killed you or
maimed you or drawn any blood and
you are apparently none the worse for
these assaults. What they have done is
to irritate the nerve terminations of one
of your five senses viz. that of touch
or the tactile sense and through the
nerves of this sense they have made you
conscious of painful sensations. This i3
exactly the treatment you do receive
from these same people by their un-
necessary assaults on another sense
viz. that of hearing. But should you
ask the authorities to interfere in this
case you would likely be arrested your-
self and your sanity inquired iuto.
North American Review.
Naval Experience.
Unhappily for naval science happily
for all other interests experience dur-
ing the 40 years of the life of modern
warship3 has been rare and inconclusive.
The effect is that the opinion of navl
architects and naval officios is left halt-
ing between experiment :md experience.
And the very infrequency of acturl
fighting at sea during a period in which
the navies of the world have been com-
pletely transformed is liable to lead to
a one sided or vastly exaggerated esti-
mate of the historical data at our dis-
posal. There is a tendency to exalt tho
weapon which has proved its efficiency
most lately into the one ponderable
factor beside which all others may be
neglected.
The school of experiment needs correc-
tion but the school of experience often
lacks balance. It is apt to forget.that
the experience which it generalizes is-j
always fragmentary and often irrele-
vant Thus after the American civil
war with its Merrimac and its Moni-
tor armor became the one thing need-
ful. After Iiissa because Tegethoff hap-
pened to sink the Re d 'Italia the ram
was to be the (tasding factor in all fu-
ture combats. The engagements on the
Danube and Black sea coast in 1877 and
1878 brought about a similar apotheosis
of the torpedo. And the China-Japanese
war is likely to sow as confident a
conviction that the navy which has
quick firing artillery and high speed'
has every necessary element of force to
secure an impregnable supremacy.-
Blackwood's Magazine.
Tlio Kussian Translator of Dickens j
IrinarchlvansvichVredenskywasthe dnction of oranges bngar cane is
son of a pcor but intelligent village nlsn one of the most important pro-
pope or priest who tilled his glebe to puets of this vallev. The Rio
feed and clothe his laijje family of Grande plantation of 'Mr. Geo. Bru-
daughtersand this only son to whom iavana fcne Rabb Starck plantation
he still found tuna tc iranart the rudi- .. t i-i t
wu u iiu.H w uiioi.iiiuiuui prinuce grat quantities of cane
meats of education. Irmarch was a .." n -. '
sickly and lonesome bov cut off from !11C 1S 11 ;in"0irtiir ?n th(1
all playfellows by his ascetic though-0 wrande plantation 1 his cane
well meauiug.fathar and he grew up makes sugar which is produced by
to manhood in bitter poverty having experts to be even superior to the
sometimes literally nowhere to lay his best Louisiana product. Havana
head. Yet in SDite Of all Obstacles he frvKQn hud iiln nrnvpn n enr-pocc
became a distinguished scholar avers?
tile lingnist and r. beloved pedagogue in
the military schools at St. Petersburg.
He was growing in fame and favor
with the authorities and had been called
upon to'undertake educational work of
ne n:guesc importance wnen nis mina-
ness and premature death cut short his
brave career. His translations of Dick-
ens Thackeray Frnimore Cooper eta
are classical 4.nd laid the foundation of
the wonderful popularity which their
works still enjoy in Russia. Notes and
Queries.
Had JTcTer Heard of Him Before.
"A new slang i hrase is picked up
and worn o.rt in a day in the great cit-
ies of the country" said a commercial
traveler "but sometimes years elapse
beforo they are ever heard in rural dis-
tricts. I was rido tracked in a little min-
ing camp in southern Oregon a few days
ago and was playing fitezo out with
some of the natives. In the course of
Pot.
Csrlyle ta Tljsckcmy.
Tbarfcrray had s:.od Orlj lc to send
in pnniei Inner for The Cornhill Maga-
zine cud tl:s is Cari.3t's replj:
0t. ro. 133.
Utah 1vcwrr.w !ih.lit phuT.y I wmlti if
rnly I .fnM.i'r I "-an y-t Tjjthinkinoi-f rco'.li
f 2 1 1 tb- IfaJUtcly. Indeed I aia fq rnrJifd
tod-jth am-i Prus-U:n j-nLbi&h iire?o djns
ibia&Ing-ta r-iy fora rmd am iws.-jd by one !
sad fntUo tl'ost of a thought xtuw am 1 ty '
gr.totot!rscurotdtoi2jraliT5.'ljLcvt.rII.r.
i live" to get onJ of it aud. find tbs Thackeray
;rav
: Ejagaziap and c'itor till lively thca I
Slcanwhilo I do rot quite give the natter cp
vonr mzitr 1 ni'-an as dcsnrrzto sn J if
acy po&dMlit- do oiler lie rare 7 will ly hoH
lnlfo'XTla
yon yours -error J.. cauxtu.
--ConihillMazine
The Goodrich Real Estate
ANi)
Southwest Texas
JES1I 9 WIEl&ia Secretary-
Brownsville. Cameron Co. Texas.
Cameron County is the extreme
southern county of Texa3. It is
separated from Mexico by the Eio
Grande on the south and has about
100 miles of gulfcoast as its east-
ern boundary. Tfc was organized in
1848 and contains 3308 square
mile3. Farming and stock raising
are the principal industries of the
people the location climate and soil
being admirably adapted for both.
The greater portion of the soil is a
rich loam and produces an exceed-
ingty heavy yield of both cotton
and corn the chief farm products.
Two and sometimes three crops nf
corn averaging from fiftv to seven-
ty bushels psr acre are raised year-
ly while cotton will easily yield
from one to two bales per acres.
Grasses grow all the year and stock
find pasturae without being fed or
sheltered during the winter. But
the soil and climate of the Lower
Rio Grande Val'ey are by nature
best adapted for the production of
vegetables and fruits. Vegetables
af all kinds grow all the year
oround and northern people are as-
tonished to find tomatoes lettuce
spinach English peas etc. served
fresh from the gardens in midwin-
ter. This is undoubtedly ihe par'
adise of tr.ick gardeners and so
soon as rail transportation is ob-
tained Cameron county vegetables
by the car load will be shipped to
northern market? during winter and
early spring and ill obtain the
highest prices as there will be no
competition. This is due to our
exceedingly mild climate. Fre-
quently the entire winter passes
without a single frost and there is
rarely ever any cold weather before
Christmas. Fruit culture has not
bpen attempted in this county on a
large scale but there is one large
banana plantation on which this
delicious fruit yields most abund-
antly and in the greatest perfection.
Grapes are also raised extensively
growing in almost every yard. They
ripen from two to four weeks ear-
lier than in any other section
Many planters here make
all of
their own t.ible wines. U ranges
and lemons also grow in profusion
and this section could easily be
j !. i i.m :n. - it. '
man- to rival r turwa 111 me pro-
here Col. J G. Tucker
made some most successful
havinj
ex pen-
iuenfs with it; his samples were
classed by New York buyers
as
equal to the best Havana
. . r.
I l e Ponk? s watered by Hie Rm
Grande with its ample flow alonj:
'the southern boundary and num
.erous small streams ca led arrova.
and uresacas."
The population of C.smeron coun-
ty according to the census of 180H
is 13424. Brownsville the county
seat has a population of about
17000 Point Isabel the seaport of
I the countv. has about 400 inhabi
tants and Santa Maria a grow ins
little river settlement has aboul250
Improved lands sell for fron? 5
to S23 peracn1 unimproved for
frmi 2 to 86 per aere. The aver-
age taxable value of land is 1.
There are 82.240 acigs of school
land in the countv. Tin comity
has a total s- hoirl population of
4400 ad gives employment to 80
teachers. "1 he average .length of
the school term is five mouths. Thp
total tuition revenue recpivpd from
the State is 13 000 There are a
number of public schools in the
county affording ample educational
advantages. "
Hosrigseekers arp gradnallyJie-
ginning to find their way n this
land u iiege farniors can work in the
open air"365 dasdn the year but
.it is comparatively undeveloped as
vet. Wrth the building of the
Jail road p Oorpvs hrih. however
u crrp.ih infill of setters UiaV ' bp
nL l: l l
at. 11 U 1';!
riiirnrn uu "- v .-u "i- ii'.n:iur
rpected
welenmpd.
Thi valley is capable
of
nnnnrhinr nniiiniis Oi npnnlt
. 'W . 1
THE HeHALD Will he pleased to flir-
nithanv further information re-'
- . -5
eardmg the Lower Rio- Grande
lini
pel
Bureau
1st. 300 acres of land two must
from city hall of Brownsville sil i-
ated on Resaca la Guerra and
horse-shoe affluent of such resaca
on mail road suitable for fruit or-
chards 30 acres now in irrigation
with pecan walnut chestnuts
plum peach pear apricot cherry
Japanese persimmon fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
into 5 or 10 acre lots giving each
abuudant water supply there being
a depth of 5 to 15 feet of water all
seasons of the year. Price 810 to
825 per acre according to location.
Will sell in a body at special rates.
2d. 32 pieces adjoining one of
200 and the other of 120 acres situ-
ated on Reaea Kancho Viejo five
miles from city haU on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded bv
water of 10 to 15 feet in depth 40
acres under irrigation . This land
is eqaal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands and can
be made a paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Can be sub-divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price 10 to 25 per
acre; whole tract on sppcial terms.
3d. 10 acre tract two miles
from the city of Hrownsville on
resaca with .good water supply.
Ebony Mesquite Ash Hackherry
and other timbers. Alluvial soil.
To one who desires to sub divide in
small tracts this is a paying in-
vestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
$10 per acre.
4th. 25000 acres in one body
having a frontage of about six
miliS on the Uio Grande Railroad
pn the south and the Arroyo Col-
orado on the north. Well timber-
ed along the streams and lakes; ba-
lance prairie. Includes within its
limits the famous battle fields of
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Pal ma.
Arable and pasture. Price 3 per
acre.
5th. A tract adjoining No. 4.
which togother with that tract will
include 100000 acies in one body
very desirable. Special terms to
colonizist.
6th. 10000 acre tract anout
three miles from the Arroyo Post
Office. '! his land is well timbered
and watered soil alluvial adapted
to fruits cotton corn cane etc.
Special terms to any one buying
tract obligating to colonize
7 lb. 1600 acre trct fronting on
the Rio Grande abont twenty mile?
from Brownsville and 8 miles from
Sunta Mria 300 cops undfr enli-vat-on
on bw lauds on river frort
AU good arable land. Price $3 per
acre.
8th. 725 acres friaognlnr form
frontins on R:o Grand 16 milet-
above Brow? svhle good land. Well
waerrd. Prict- $3000
9tb Nouiernn tract of pnstnre
lands from 1000 to 5000 ncrps each
in differf-n parts of tbe connfy.
10th. This in a very dfsirable
place fr a pmall frr.it or trrmk farm
eontainii.E 10 nor? with a new
brick dwelling of 6 rooms frame eta-
hie nd other oat'hoosps and large
nndergrnn&d cistern; three miles from
Brownsville on Resaca do Ja Palma
on the conntj road.
ft Save Monev
The GhxagoDonta
-.!
Parlors
of San Antonio are now in their new of-
tices 404 E. IIousNm St- (one block
vest of Pofct-otiice) and are making
SPECIAL BEDJ;CI;10HS
until Januarv 1st.
Ui in Sold Sivsn Inf.
to thp person writing the. best advertise-
ment for the
iJCMIll PIPE
he advertisement can be in e'ther prose
r poetrv to contain not over 75 words.
Pffze Paid FBbfuary 1st. '86.
'Remember this is the only Dental In-
stitution in S m Antonio.cliartered under
the State laws to practice den ibtry.
west Wrk. ( foapgs.l.ies
Dr. A. Grant Goodman
President.
Dr. Robert Lee Hays
Sec'y and Tears.
fiiiVCyfi! oro TzrosS Pimple3 CqpperR
KKlnf ! I tlu ColcrtuS Spots Achca Old Sorea.S
Quissrs in HoBtfa Halr-FaHIasl Writo COC0f
MSIT CO. GST ASanontc TmleJg
UBCkIcare XKi ior proofs of esres. Csipi-jB!
Stal S509JQOO. Worst esses cared la 1TI
R "MONARCH"
AND
"Kentucky Club"
EIRE WEiSEiES
FOR FAMILY USE AND 3IEDIC-
INAL PURPOSE
Genuine only when bottled in this
StylePackage.
L'ut up in
Quarts Pints
half Pints.
and One-
Ask your dealer for these brands ihe
Hasn't them wriie us.
H. MONARCH BOTTLRB GO.
uwmmumo it-
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For Sale hy
JNO. Q. PAREDES & CO
ACCESSOR TO 9f. SCHODTS.
DEALER IN
LUMBEE
Rlinds. Doors
Sash. Paints.
Oils and "y"tirnis-
ALL KJJSD OF
SUILBIN MATERIAL
The verv highest Cash prices paid
01 Hides Wool Cotton
Bones Hair Etc.
m
Z?rownsville
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The modern stand-
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Machine in the. World. Took
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the recent C!nn;hian
World's Fair.
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AMMUNITION.
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AW we ask is to investigate our
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& Hints" how to make money and
other information sent FREE.
Gilmkoe&Oo. Bankers and Brokers-
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For Sale.
Parker Row one of the best pro
perties in Brownsville centrally
located on the corner of Washington
and 12th streets for $5000 U.S.
currency.
Also 600 acres of lerr1. at 10
U. S. currency. John TV.Eoyt.
CONCORDIA.
Boarding and Lodging Boust
Thirteenth Street.
PASCUAL A. BfUSENO Prop
(Late of Millers's Hotel:)
Meals at all hoars Coffee and
Chocolate Fish served at all hror
of day and night.
Brownsville Tessas
CUSTOM HOUSE
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Consignments ulifiteur.
Bronmsnille Texas
H. G. Krausse
Is now Prepared to do all kinds of
Watch and C ock wort
Repairing Jewelry and Silverware of au
Kinds a Speciality.
ELIZABETH f- street.
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