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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-18

Erownsville, The county sea OIL
Camsron county. is situated 10 The
southern part of the county on the
Rio Gsaude, about thirty miles above
its mouth, and directly opposite the
Mexican city OF Matamoros. 1t has
a large trade with small towns alonn
the river for yer 300 miles. the ez
eut of steamboat navigation. 1t hae
commercial relations with the gulf
ports by the port of Brezas de San
,iago, with which it is connected by
the Rio Grande railroad. Il also has
communication with the interior By
stage to Alice, connecting With the
Z xas MezicaD and The Aransss Pass
railwey. Another frequent mode Off
transportation to an from Browns
vile S via the Matamoros and Mon
terey railroad to Rio Grande City,
and thence by stage to Pena Station.
Brownsville is laid OF sqnare|y With
.t,eels CT good width. aud is built up
with solid bgick buildings. snd has a
fne city market, whsre all vegeia-
bies, meats. fresh fish, gene, etc, are
on zeal at remers ably low prices
The city fire department is well
equipfel and most effective There
are three churches. Catholic. Episco-
pal aad Piesbyterian. The educa-
tional advantages Of Brownsville are
unsurpassed By any town, and oue-
quSIed By few Of its size. The pub
lie schco: binding. valued at $4,000
is one of the hanIsome2t AMI best
sqaipped in the State, aud s'auds is
= monument to the progress of tie
city. Il employs fourteen teachers,
aud aboat six hundred pupils are ia
daily attendance. There sre three
Catholic schools. ST. JOSEF his Col
lese for boys, thu convent school for
girls, and ST. Aiosyius' school foE
bays, both of the latter being Taught
by tbe Sisters Of tie Inearnlte Word
cou7oat- Another school for gals is
tie Presbyterian mission school.
among ether public Bulldogs c6}r5
he mentioned the conrt house, p
large ard costly building which is 0
credit to The county, and !hs custom
house, which ia oae CT ihs hand
soonest federal buildings 10 tbs snrLh.
The posloihce il this building is very
handsomely equipped. TheIe are
also many bsn isome pirate resi-
dences.
The population numbers about
1000, about ihree-fourlhs Mexican.
It is one of-the pTettiest little towns
10 the State, eo1 On account Of lis
mild and equable climate Is destined
to bscome a popular resort, espe-
eiaiiy Ia the winter season.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-18
WHY ARE We IIGHr-uAND-
Ell?
q princeton Professor AncweTs 10y
Experimenting with His
Ch.li.

Prof. j. Mark Badwip, of
Princetoa University, has been per
forming a series of experiments
upon one of his chil1crn with a
view to TN ling cut the origin of
right-handcdncss. There is no ap
parent scientific reason why a man
should use one hand any more
than another, II why the muscles
of n arm should be stronger
than those of the other.
A number Of theories have been
advanced to account for the pheno
menon. Oae OF the rA5st plausible
is that people become right handed
from the manner in which they
are held and carried when small
children. The mother carries the
child in such a way as to leave its
right hand free, aud from this early
experience the habit is acquired
which runs through its whole life.
1t is also a curious fact that the
observation OF animals fails to show
an uneven development Of the
muscles or limbs OH one side Of the
body as compared with those on
the other. Monkeys especially are
known to swing freely by both
arms equally we'll, although this is
a point that Prof. Garner might
we'll have studied in the jungles
of Africa.
The experiments made 10y Prof.
Baldwin, of Princeton, extended
over a period of many months.
beginning while the chill was an
infant. This, however, was only
in regard to objects placed at some
distance from the body Of the
child, and where il had to reach
ont for them. When Objects were
placed near the child it used both
hands equally.
More than one thousand expert
ments of this kind were tried by
Prof. Baldwin, aud when the
objects reached fer we're near liz
body it used both hands about al
equal number Of times. In stretch
ing out, however, it almost invaria
bly, used lis right hand. From
this he argued thai the tendency
is inherited. Lefthanded children
are it is said, generally descended
from left~handed mothers or fathers.
Those that are right~handed learn
to shake hands moro easily than
left handed children, who have to
stretch their arms across their body
in an awkward fashion TO perform
the act.
Pref. Baldwin thinks that the
right handed function has some con
ncction with The power Of speech.
They both belong in the same
lbbc Of tie brain, and before 4
cliild learns to speak it has been
observed that It cndeayors to OK
press emotions with lis hands
There are sumo people wio are
neither left nor right handed, Tut
who can use both hands equally
well, even in writing, tic mu-elcs
On either arm being the am siz'.
Prof. B.ldwin tried his expert
Ihents on his ciiild while it was seat
I'd in front ot an arrangement Of
sliding rods, and the results were
noted down from day to day.
Dir. Gn.hcr i self satisfied bore;
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-18

Dir. Gn.hcr i self satisfied bore:
lean tell Just whei people are
thinking Of me. Mss Pert: In
drcol How vc'y unpleasant il
must be for you.-Beooklgn Life.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-18

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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-04-18

Homeseekers are gradually begin
niDg TO find their way to this land
where farmers c4a work il tho open
air 3G5 diys IN Tie year. but il is
comparatively uaGoved!ped go yet
With the building OF tie railroad TO
Corpus Christi, Lowsyer, e great IT,
fax Of settlers may be expected. ADD
they will be heartily WELCOMED.
This valley is capable of supporting
millions OF people. The Herald viii
30 pleased 10 furnish Rny further in-
formation regarding the loser Rio
Gr4nle valley thai readers abroad
10y GesEe
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
The Widest River.

We're II not for a decided differcnco
in the color of the water you would
never know when the Atlantic Is left
and the Rio dc Ia Plata entered, says a
writer TO the Philadelphia Record.
The high-rolliDg, white-cappcd billows
arc the same, and no land is visible,
for the great river which James Diaz
dc Soils discovered is ono hundred and
twenty-five miles wide at the mouth,
though with an average depth of only
fifty scct. Sebastian Cabot, who mr.
rived in the year 1920, soon after the
natives had murdered poor Don Soils,
dubbed ii River OF Silver, not or ac-
count of lie color, which might have
won for 1t the more appropriate name
of Golden River or River of Chocolate,
but because he had wrcstcd quantities
of silver from the Indians who swarm
cd on ltb banks,and naturally imagined
that an abundance of precious metal
remained in the vicinity. La point OF
fact the terms Argentina aud Rio dc
In Plata (bolh meaning the same thing
with reference to silver arc misno-
mers, for no metals of any sort. pre-
cious or otherwise, arc found along the
banks Of the mighty stream or any
where near il, and The scanty argentif-
erous deposits in the hills Of the inte-
riOr have never bccu worked. The In
dians aforesaid probably obtained the
silver which so excited Spanish cupid
iiy from Peru and Bolivia, by some
primitive system OF internal commerce
known only TO themselves. TO this
day metals do not figure in the exports
of the adjacent countries-Uruguay,
Paraguay and Argentina, but such
prosaic articles as hides aud iallOw,
horns, woods, preserved and refriger-
aled meat, eic-for their wealth lies
solely in grazing facilities and fertile
sOil.-Ex.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

/ have lodgings now just of Pic
cadilly, having made the change
two days ago. My former landlady
sent me up an egg that was intend
ed FOR Parliament. IL was q good
egg for a riot, but not for eating
purposes. II looked on the outside
rather tottering. At looked as an
egg might that had been laid under
the Tower and forgotten Tor n few
sluggish centuries. Ii popped like
a rife when / tapped II with my
knife, and II the window hadn't
been open | should have been as
phyxialed. What n terrible death
il must be 10 cork up room tight
ly, make ones will and then turn
on an egg like thai-an egg that
had been left to itself ever since the
Saxons came here, an interpretive
egg laid by a morbid hen.
/ spoke TO the landlady about il.
"This egg" said ], turning away 10
avoid seeing its still features,
"should not have been disinterred.
Will y0u take il back to The ceme-
terry again and see that the grave is
resodded at my expense 2"
She thought l was sarcastic.
"That N mistake" sho said.
Yes" / made reply; ''it has
that air about it,"
"NO," she said 81 mean that
the cook has made a mistake and
sent } ou up a cooking egg"
"Oh, you use these eggs for cook
ing, do you ?" j asked, with we'll
feigned astonishment. "You use
them 10 raise bread with and make
angel food. Instead Of using them
in the interests OF home rule you
make buildings OF them. Very
WE'LL" / answered in broken voice,
''if you have no other excuse TO of
fer than that it is a cooking egg, /
must say iarewell.T
/ had been there most a week,
mostly because she was like the
Kentucky landlord whom Griswold
asked why he charged 81 for a 20
cent lunch. "Well, sir,7 said the
Kentuckian, putting his thumbs in
his vest, 81 need the money I" /
shall do no more such charitable
work and then buy pepsin and liv-
er pills all winter as a result.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

Abiding to the quarrels and
scandals among the Third Party
people in Kansas the Times-Demo-
crat says:
Pretending to bo great reformers,
with the purpose of correcting the
abuses which had grown up under
the older parties, they have shown
themselves TO be political humbugs
demagogues and hypocrites, hun
cry after the Offices rather than ar
ter reform.
Their administration has been
barren OF good results. Claiming to
be no politicians, they are politicians
Of the worst order, squabbling over
the smallest offices. There was the
bitterest of fights over the steward
ship of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
and the superintendency Of another
asylum, for even the charitable in
stitutions were not free from their
raid for the Offices.
The present difficulty between
Gov. Lewelling and Mrs. Lease is
shedding some light on this subject.
The Governor has a great deal 10
say about feminine meddlesomeness.
while Mrs. Lease replies that the
present administration Of Kansas IS
the worst and most rotten the State
has ever had, much worse than any
thing in Republican days.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

How many women will wear aigrotics
of heron's plumcs in their hats af-
ter they hear the true and shocking
details Of how they arc obtained
These light and pretty trimmings arc
the ornamental plumcs of the heron
during the breeding season, and then
only can they be obtained. Very few
are yielded by each bird, aud they are
shot In the heronics after being driven
from of the nests that contain their
young. The feathers are pulled out,
The birds are thrown on the ground
frequently alive, where they decay
while still alive, and the young are left
to perish of absolute starvation in or
der that tboughiIess women may have
cockado in their hate. Tue fashion
of wearing birds feathers is response
BILE for the Disappearance Of many
song birds and forthc almost extcrmi-
nation of the humming bird in the
southern statcs.-N. Y. World.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

In the United States the Methodist
churches stand first in point Of num-
bers, having $1,000 families aud 4,59S,-
900 communicants the BapiIsts arc
second, and have $4,000 families and
S,743,000 COMMITMENTS the Prcsby-
terians the third, 1880 families and
1,278OO0 communicates the Roman
Catholic families number 1920, with
6,25s, 900 individuals in them, all ol
whom arc counted By that body M
members of the church, thus making
IL appear that the membership is lal g
or than that of any other church
Judged by the communicate standard
the Catholic membership is less than
that of some other bodies. The Luth-
Grams have 1896 families aud n com.
municant membership OF 1891, ,00O.-
N. Y. World.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
The wssson Mills.

The history of the manufacturing
enterprise at Wesson is remarkably
interesting and instructive. Begin
uing with capital of $3.50, 900, il
has declared one dividend-sl75,
600. The management has been
putting all earnings back into the
establishment /; to-day the plant is
worth 1000, 600, and is rapidly adj
vancing in prosperity. In cotton
manufacture there is not only econ0-
my in transportation, but the eli
mate here is specially adapted to
weaving the fibre the moisture in
the atmosphere facilitates IFS hand
ling. 1t is notable fact that not
only is the fabric more economical
ly produced at Wesson than at Low
ell, but the earning of awards
whenever exhibited proves that il
is Of superior quality to The prod
uct of mills anywhere. .-Woodyille
Courier.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

Capt. Alexander Russell, the old
est citizen of Lawrence county, died
at his home near Monticello lew
days since at the ripe old age of 90.
He left numerous children, grand
and great grand children, James A..
Russell, Of Lawrence, being his son.
Capt. Russell was one Of the early
settlers of Lawrence county. He
had many peculiarities. He never
used tobacco in any form and he
was so much opposed to the use oil
spirituous liquor that be would not
take it even when prescribed as a
medicine. He was never known to
utter a profane word. He had great
federation Of opinions of others
while adhering tenaciously to his
own amid obluquy and even ecorn.
His only fault was his disbelief in
the authenticity of the bible. which
continued until he breathed his last
-Wesson Mirror.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

A the service at the Presbyterian
Church oil Sunday morning, Rev.
DR.. j. B. Stratton read the list oi
the eleven surviving members OF
that church who were members
when he began his pastorate, now
moro than fifty years ago. All OF
them are still residents of our city
and theirnames are: Mrs. Isabella
Marsh, Mrs. Sarah Walworth, Mrs.
Sarah Marshall, Mrs. Mary E. Post
lethwaite, General Will T.. Martin,
Mr.. Oren Metcalfe, and Miss Martha
Patterson. Most of those named are
remarkably we'll preserved, and
some of them more spirited and nc
tive than others not more than hall
their age. Long may all the vener-
able cncs be spared.-Natchez Dem
ocrat.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
PIentYt 10 Est.

A gentleman who has been trav-
cling over Yazoo county for six years
said to the Herald Saturday that he
has just returned from an extensive
trip over the hill portion of the
county and he could truthfully say
that he never saw as much TO eat
before in his life. Such reports are
encouraging and we know from what
the people themselves say, that
Yazoo county was never in better
fix TO start a new year. Barns, cribs,
smoke houses, pastures, poultry
yards, all show evidences Of a de-
cided change for the better. May
1T continue so.-Yazoo City Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
Brief Mention.

In Rankin there are 571 acres OF
state lands and it can be purchased
at 81 per acre. Smith county has
2088 acres, and Scott 4100.
The farmers OF east Mississippi
are supplementing their admirable
plan of raising farm supplies at
home by giving more attention to
fruit culture.
Meridian has a mayor that is the
right man in the right place. All
the gamblers, blind tiger manipu-
lators, and the lawless element in
general are made TO "walk the
chalk"-Pascagoula Democrat Star.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

aGive me thy dreams. she said; and /,
With empty hands and very poor,
Watched my fair howery visions die
Upon the temples marble floor.
''Give ICY" she cried. let Joy 90.
saw with cold unclouded eyes
The crimson OF the sunset glow
Across the disenchanted skies
''Give me thy youth, she said. gave;
And, sudden-clouded, died the sun,
And ON the green mound Of grave
Fell the slow raindrops, one by one.
"Give love" she cried gave that Too.
"Give beauty Beauty sighed and fed,
For what, on earth, should beauty do
When love, who WIS her life. was dead1
She took the balm Of innocent tears
To hiss upon her altar-coal;
She took the hopes of all my years,
And at the last she took my soul.
With heart made empty OF delight,
And hands that held no more fair things,
I questioned her: "What shall requiie
The SAVIOR Of my offeringsT
"The gods" she said, "with generous hand
Give guerdon for thy gifts Of cost
Wisdom Is thine 10 understand
The worth OF all that thou hast lost"
London AthenaeuDi.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

Wild geese and wild ducks show
knowledge as to the resistance OF the
atmosphere and sagacity in Overcom-
ing II. When flocks of them have to
20 long distances they form triangle
TO cleaye the air more easily, aud the
most courageous bird takes position
az the forward angle. AS this is q
very fatiguing post another bird erc
long takes the place Of the exhausted
leader. Thus they place their availa-
bic strength at the service Of the So
ciety.-Chicago Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
Old Maids.

Miss Pratt was an old maid but
that is a no more definite description
than IL | had said she was in the au-
tumn of life. Was it autumn when
orchards are fragrant with apples, or
autumn when the oaks are brown, or
autumn when the last yellow leaves
are fluttering in the chill breeze 7
The Miss Linnets, too, were old
maids: but the Miss Linnets we're
10 Miss Pratt what the apple-scented
September is to the bare, nipping
davs of late November. They were
in that temperate zone OF old-maid-
lam when q woman will not say but
that Il a man of suitable years and
character were to offer himself, she
might be induced to tread the re-
mainder of life's vale in company
with him Miss Pratt was in that
arctic region where woman is con-
fident that at no time of life would
she have consented to give mp her
liberty. and that she has never seen
the man whom she would engage to
honor and obey. II the Miss LIN
nets were old maids, they were old
maids with natural ringIets and EN-
bonpoint. not to say obesity bliss
Pratt was an old maid with cap, q
braided f.front." a back bone and
appendsges. George Eliot.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
Now or Never.

Nobody questions the fact that
this Mckinley tariff was the pre-
dominant if not the sole issue i'm
the campaign Of 1892. By slow de-
grees the Democratic party had ar
rived ut an understanding with It.
self, and had proclaimed in trump
ct tones that that was Its present
raison d'etre. The people took the
party at its word and raised it 10
power by splendid majorities. Old
Republican states like Illinois, Wis
consin and California Joined with
New York, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey and Indiana in giving a thund-
ering verdict against McKinleyism.
Even in Ohio, McKinley's own state.
the balloting was so close that one
Of her electoral votes was cast for
Mr.. Cleveland, and all would have
been but for a misunderstanding of
the ballot law. In consequence OF
this victory the party finds itself i'm
possession of all those parts OF the
government which are necessary to
make and unmake tariffs. What
will happen now it, for any reason
whatever, it fails TO do the work
committed to its hands2 Will not
the people say; "Cut it down I;
why cumbereth it the ground 2"
Ought they not to say so 2 Surely
they ought. A party which cannot
execute its own policy when the
means are put in its hands has no
further excuse or reason for being.
The Democratic party is in the very
crisis of its life. Ii must act now
or never. N. Y. Evening Post.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
Killed by Pssvines.

A great loss of cattle is reported
in certain neighborhoods. All have
died after grazing in pea fields after
the frost had bitten the vines. One
who has suffered most is firmly con-
vinccd that frost poisons these vines
for cattle. The theory is at least
worth our earnest attention. If this
is found to be the case measures
ought TO be taken to prevent such a
calamity as Tar possible. We have
no cattle to lose in this way.-Ex.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
Hoo KIIIIna.

A number of our farmers are kill
ing very fine hogs this winter. A.
mong others we note that Mr.. Frank
Mitchell has recently killed three
Berkshires, 15 months old, that
netted in the aggregate 1890 pounds.
One weighed 800, another $40, and
the third $40 pounds. There is
considerable profit in such hogs as
those. e.-Kosciusko News.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

In pamphlet form, brief, pointed, re-
liable and intensely practical. Writ
ten to meet real ioant. The work
contains valuable information to be
had nowhere else. Written especial
ly for beginners and prospective
dairymen. Worth many times its
cost. Price 80 cents by mail. Pub
lished by the author, Edwin Mont
gomery. StarkvilIe, Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

arown-up TrIpIeis.

Henry Price of Arcola is spend
ing a day or two with his brother,
]. F. Price. These two brothers and
sister, who lives in north Missis-
sippi, enjoy the distinction OF being
the oldest living triplets IN the Unit
ed States. .-Clarion-Le
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

For two hundred years Tho paper
from which Bank OF England notes
are made has been manufactured at
Lavorsloke IN Hampshire.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19

In China, when pupil Il vocilIng
his lesson, he turns his back TO sbo
teacher.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-01-19
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

"What a strange genius Reyter is p
"ln what way?" "His fiction is so
matter-of-fact and his facts are so fc-
titions. "-Ohicago Record.
The Columbus journal., 1894-05-02

The true friends of home govern
ment have never been pleased with the
Nebraska Township law, the like Of
which was never before known. Seem
ingiy it was designed by politicians to
become odious and. in the near future
perish out OF sight. because of offensive
features. There has been no limit to
the amount of curses. loud AMI deep,
that have been heaped upon the princi-
Pile Of township organization, when they
properly belonged To a defective system
lnaugurated for the purpose Of making
the principle obnoxious. Those citizens
who in other states lived for years under
just systems of township organization.
have known all along that our statutes
could be greatly improved upon, and
bring them somewhere near what other
states east of US had been enjoying and
thriving under. A convention has been
called 10 meet in the senate chamber.
Lincoln, May 18th. to discuss much
needed amendments TO our laws. Platte,
Holt, Cunning. York. Hall and Gage
counties send committees. and seventeen
out of the thirty counties OF the state
working under township organizations"
have signifed their Intention of being
represented. Platte cOunty's contingent
Will be Supervisors LIsco and Herman,
and Clerk Phillips.