The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 86, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1884 Page: 1 of 4
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BROWNSVILLE, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1884.
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BONNERS SUCCESS.
Mr. Bonner is one of the
few really self-made men, and
one of the substantially few.
His history of sixty years is
well known to most readers,
but I think the following
anecdoles illustrative of him
have never been properlyjtold.
He had beeu advertised quite
largely in his way in the Herald
sometimes taking as much as
two columns to announce a
bloodcurdling tale by Sylvanus
Oobb, Jr., or some other of
hit sengptional story writers.
On one occasion he went to
the Herald, with a six-line
advertisement, which he
wished inserted once in each
column of one of the advertís
ing pages, the rest of the
column and page to be blank.
The clerk, taking the advertise-
ment, referred it to Joseph
Elliott, thea the publisher of
the Herald, to whom Mr.
Bonner said: 'Can't I liavc a
page to myself?' 'Certainly
you can,' was the reply. 'Can't
I have two?* Bonner asked.
•Yes.' 'Can't I have four?' 'I
guess so.' 'How about eight?'
Elliott had to consult with
Hudson or Bennett, and there
was some mechanical
difficulty.
Bonner liad to content
himself with his six-line
advertisement insertéd twenty
four times, at a cost for the
single day's publication of
about $2,000. But he always
claimed to have 'bluffed' the
Herald. The apparent
absurdity of repeating the
same little announcement in
twenty-fonr columns caused
bis minister to remonstrate
with Bonner on bis extrava-
gance. lWhy do you adopt
A STRANGE ACCUMULATION.
Thomas Dick puts the
hoarding of wealth in this
striking way:
Suppose a man could lay
up a stdckofclothesand provi-
sions sufficient to last him for
300 years, what would it avail
him, since he can live at uiost
but from 70 to 100 years'?
Suppose he laid up in a store-
house 70,000 pairs of shoes,
to what end would it serve if
he could make use, during his
whole life, of only the one-
lmndredth part of them1? He
would be in the same condi-
tion as a man who had 100
dishes placed before him at
dinner, but who could partke
of only one; or of a person
who had 100 mansions pur
chased for his residence, but
could occupy only one. How
ridiculous it would appear if
all that could be said of a
man while yet he lived was
simply this—that his whole
life had been spent in collect-
ing and laying up in a store-
house 70,000 mahogany chairs
which were never intended to
be used for the furniture apart-
ments, or 70,000 pairs of
trouseis which were never to
be worn! And where is the
difference, in point of rational-
ity and u ility, between such
absurd practices and hoarding
thousands cf guineas and
banknotes which are never
brought forth for the benefit
ofmankind.Thcre is no conduct
connected with the pursuits
of human beings that appears
more absurd than such practi-
ces (however common) if ex
amined by the dictates of
reason.
MATTER Ob' SPIES.
HOW FREDERICK THE GREAT
OF PRUSSIA, REGARDED
THEIR DIFFERENT
DEGREES.
Frederick the Great, of
Prussia, was a contemporary
of Vattel, says the Gentleman's
Magazine, and in November,
1760, he published some in-
structions for the use of his
generals which, in tho matter
of spies, was based on a wider
practical knowledge of the
matter than of course belong-
ed to the more specific
publicist. He classified spies
into ordinary spies, double
spies, spies of distinction and
spies of compulsion. By double
spies be meant spi*s who also
pretended to l e in the service
of the side they betrayed By
spies of distinction he meant
officers of hussars, whose
services lie had found useful
under the peculiar circum-
stances of the Austrian
campaign. When lio could
not procure himself spies
among the Austrians, owin;
to the careful guard which
their light troops kept round
their camp, the idea occurred
to him, and he acted on it
with success, of utilizing the
suspension of arms that was
customary after a skirmish
between hussars, to make those
officers the meaus of conduct-
ing an epistolary correspon-
dence with the officers on the
other side. Spies by com-
pulsion, he explained in this
way: 'When you wish to
convoy fülso information to an
enemy, yon take a trustworthy
soldier and compel him to
pass to tho enemy's camp to
report there all that you wish
the enemy to believe; you also
send by him letters to excite
the troops to desertion.' And
in tho evert of its being im-
possible to obtain information
about the enemy this distin-
guished ohild of Mars prescribes
the following military recipe:
Choose some rich citizen who
has land and wife and children
and another man disguised as
his servant or coachman, who
understands the enemy's lan-
guage. Force the former to
take tho latter with him to
the enemy's camp to complain
of injuries sustained, threaten-
ing him that if he fail to bring
the man back with him after
having stayed long enough
for the desired object, his
wife and children sIihII be
scourged and the house burned.
'I was myself constrained,'
adds the great warrior, "to
have recourse to this method,
when wo were encamped at
—, and it succeeded." Such
were the military ethics of the
groat philosopher and king,
whose character in the closer
intimacy of biography proved
so disagreeable a revelation
to Curlyle. Pagan antiquity
might be searched in vain for
practice cr sentiments so igno-
ble. Satoriup, the Roman cap-
tain, was one of tho greatest
masters of stratagem in the
world, yet how different his
language irom that of the
great Frederick. ''A man," ho
said, -'who has any dignity of
feeling should conqner with
honor, and ndt use any baso
means even to save his life.
On the Charcos Hacienda,
near Celaya, some fiendish
bandits caught a child, Ban-
gel by name, and after cntting
out his tQngue chopped him in
pieces. The human hyenas
es°aped.
CITY OF MEXICO.
City of Mexico, Nov. 2C—
The City of Mexico sino
Saturday has beeu in a state of
intense excitement, on account,
of discussion *>y congress of
the conversion of the English
debt. This measure is im-
mensely unpopular, owing to
a clause devoting $13,000,000
of new bonds to paying the
commissions of those wliojma-
nipulated the transaction.
Every afternoon the hall of
congress is crowded by people
boisterous in their opposition.
The congressional opposition
is in the minority.
Every night after the ad-
journment of congress angry
mobs, crying death to Presi-
dent Gonzales, 'Down with
the English debt,' rush
through the streets. Many col-
lisions with the police and
soldiers have occurred, and
large numbers cn both side*
killed and wounded.
Yesterday stores were closed
at 4 p. m., and to-day at 11 a.
m. Wild rumors are afloat
of pronuueiamentos near the
city.
In to-day's session of con-
gress the opposition gained
their point on a motion passed
by acclamation, and all dis-
cussion of the debt was sus-
pended till the installation of
General Diaz.
After the adjournment of
congress the populace mobbed
a squad of mounted police.
The Rurals guards charged
tho people and many were
hurt.
The government's parlia-
mentary defeat is complete.
FRANCE.
Paris, November 20.—A sharp
frost occurred last night. It ia be-
lieved it will have a beneficial effect
in repressing oholera.
.furia, November 20 —Thirty
deaths from cholera occurred in
Paris yesterday All but five ocour-
r< d in the hospitals. Up to noon to-
day there were eight deaths, five ia
the hospitals and three ontoide,
The Conqueror Cortes pre-
sented Valladolid. now More-
lia, with a clock oven now in
operation in the Cathedral.
But the ancient time piece,
that has watched out threp
centuries is now to rest, and
a modern clock from Elgin,
Illinois with transparent dial,
is to take its place.
Two prisoners being brought
from Leon jumped from the
Mexican Centra] Express on
Friday night between Leon
and Salto. The train wa«
stopped as was supposed to
pick up two dead men. Bnt
they bad escaped safe and
sound.
Spings have been found in
Atlixco, Puebla, whose wa-
ters have the properties of VI-
chey water,
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The Daily Cosmopolitan (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 86, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 26, 1884, newspaper, November 26, 1884; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177889/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.