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FAME-AN ALLEGORY.

A temple in the morning light
Rose fair upon the mountain height
And shot it's turrets high
Against the vaulted sky.
The youth set forth, with heart af1ame,
Full armed with faith to write his name
Among the deathless great
Who conquer adverse fate.
He leaves his home with pouch and staff
And answers back with easy laugh
The warming and distrust
OF those whose hearts are dust.
The mountain roads are hard to climb
The solemn centuries of time
Have pressed the wrinkles deep
On every rolling steep.
Wild hungry beasts crouch in his path,
And Shiny serpents hiss their wrath,
While from the trees the owls
Hoot in black robes and coWls.
Then follows Night pilgrim old,
A miser hiding the suns gold,
His dark breast declzed with stars
Won in celestial wars.
Still through the gloom the temple shed
Its radiance round the travellers head,
But in it's pallid light
His brown hair turns to white.
By colder winds his face is famed.
He longs to clasp some friendly hand
Or feel the welcome touch
OF lips that love him much.
At last the temple gates are won.
He enters in, his journey done,
Then sinks in blank despair.
No living thing is there.
He cannot breathe the sitting air.
The light, phosphorescent glare.
That round his path was shed
Falls only on the dead.
Theodore P. Cook in New York Sun.
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White OF Navy Beans.

The culture OF tho white or navy
beans seems to be lin itod to certain Sec
lions of the country, notably New York,
Ohio and In diana. Professor GeorgesOn
OF the Kansas experiment. station, writ
ing on the subject, says:
Why this crop is neglected is mys-
terry. The culture of these beans is not
limited to the places named by the pc
culiarities in soil or climate. They can
be grown successfully nearly all over
the United States and Gre an article for
which there is a large demand. Beans
are used in every household and can be
obtained in every grocery store in the
country over, and to supply the demand
it is stated that nearlJ 81, 900, 900 worth
are annually imported from foreign
countries. They are easy Of culture, ma
ture inside of three months, yield we'll
with skillful culture and usually bring
the grower in the neighborhood Of So
per bushel. With such facts before us it
seems strange that this crop should be
neglected. The reason must be sought in
two causes-frst, general ignorance as to
the crop and it's value; second fear on
the part of those who know about it
that they cannot harvest and otherwise
handle the crop properly.
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Odd Mention.

"The estimates sent in by our CORE
spondents, says the Texas Farm and
Ranch, "show that there is no danger
of overplanting Of tobacco or long staple
cotton.
The navy bean is an excellent crop to
grow for home consumption.
A good many growers will use print
ed wraps for their tomatoes.
Professor Massey's expression, "You
want not only to grow good crop Of
tobacco, but a crop Of good tobacco. "
The corn worm, or bud worm, is
identical with the cotton bOllworm,
and crushing the first brood in the young
stalk prevents four more broods.
The Texas Farm and Ranch says:
"Kaffir corn has given such splendid re-
suits in the semiarid regions +. wher
ever tested elsewhere in the south that
we think it perfectly safe for Texas
farmers to give it trial.
EVERY married woman looks as if she
needed little more love, but what che
really need is @ little more money.
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was bright as if lamp g1owed behind

was bright as if a lamp glowed behind
it.
The other man saw it, too, and his
white claws shot out, burying them
selves in her breast. When he had fin
ished, he held in his stained and drip
ping hands the woman's heart. It quiz
cred, like the bruised human thing it
was, but the light shining from it never
wavered, lighting the hollow of the
mans hand and the hollow of the great
room, his face and his loose, white lips
smiling widely, and the pit of his
throat, that was black as the gate of
hell; lighting, too, the tumbled, tram
pied body and the star dust of spilled
diamonds.
He paused an instant, he whose name
was that Of the dead, then he turned
and bounded toward the window. There
was smash of glass, and the cabman
felt those smeared fingers at his own
neck.
CHOW take me back where came
from. Be. quick, or else -" He did not
finish his threat
The cabby gave sick gulp, as if his
throat were full Of paste; then he was
dragged over the ground and flung into
the seat of his cab. The creature sprang
after him, grinding him against the
dashboard with it's bony knees, where
the poor cabby chung, frantic with ter
ror, as they fed, pounded, flew down the
road.
When the cabman opened his eyes
again, there was great burst of sun
shine Above his head shone the heav-
ems, deep as the core Of a sapphire, and
far away he could see the blue haze Of
the city streaked with gray plumes of
smoke. In the grass lay his shattered
cab, and high over his head, it's pearly
summit seeming plunged in the eternal
azure, rose a marble shaft. On it were
carved these words: "To Judas Withers
Erected by his loving wife.
The letters were Of gold, but the
morning sun had touched them into
words Of fire-Julie Closson Kenly in
San Francisco Argonaut.
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A GHOST IN THE CAB.

It was past midnight; the city streets
were deserted, and it was time to 60
home. So thought cabby No IL, SILVER
ing in his rusty overcoat. He had watch
ed the electric light on the corner until
it's ring Of rainbow needles seemed to
stab his eyes and the big shadows on the
street below it to shake with the cold.
"Not a fare this whole blasted night!'
he muttered, reaching down and pulling
the blanket from his horse.
AS he did so he felt the carriage give
a great jar on it's springs. He turned
quickly; some one had flung himself in
to the seat behind him.
"What do you want?" said the cabby
roughly.
There was pause, then a voice came
through the darkness, thick and nasty
as gurgle of black oil:
"Drive me to Judas Withers', and in
the name of heaven, drive fastl"
"Judas Withers has been dead and his
soul with the devil this many a year,"
answered the cabman, staring behind
him.
"The house still stands, but have
lost my way. Go on, you fool!''
The figure reached over, and catching
the whip from it's place gave the horse
a lash. The old beast plunged forward,
banging and rattling down the street,
while the cursing cabman tried to clutch
at the reins, but a hand, chilly and
clinging as the belly of snake, fasten-
ed on his wrist, and the thick voice
came close to his ear:
CHOW will you show me my way?"
The driver sank into his place again,
while the old cab rocked like ship.
On they rushed, past closed stores and
1ampless blocks Of houses, now ripping
and wrenching across the Car tracks and
now swinging along the deserted road,
on and on, until the pavements had been
left behind and the frost looked back
from the ruts like million little green
eyes.
At last came the command, "Stop, |
see it now!" and the next instant the
cab was empty
''My farrell yelled the cabman. leap
ing down.
There was no answer. He looked
about him. 1t was very dark where he
stood, but the waning moon, with it's
gnawed and crumbled edges, hung on a
line with the fir tops Before him rose
vague blackness, the house Of Judas
Withers, tenantless but for the old wife,
who still chung like some pale lichen to
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For one dollar, you may buy bottle
of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which, if taken
in time, and according to directions,
may save,a great many dollars in doc
tors bills. and thus exemplify the truth
of the old maxim, "Preyention is better
than cure.''
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ChuEas Tor Hogs.

A correspondent of Home and Farm
expresses himself Oil the subject of
chufas. He says:
In my opinion chufas are by far the
best and cheapest feed for hogs we have
in the south. They have all the fatten-
ing properties of corn, and hogs don't
tire of them as of corn, proving that
they are a complete ration. The fat TAX
en- on from chufas is equally as solid as
that from corn. They will grow in most
any soil, but the best is rich sandy
loan. Cultivate the same as corn rows,
2 to 21a feet apart, planting early. The
best way to get a good yield is by plant
ing them in bed and then draw and
plant same as potato "draws. - They
need no harvesting, keeping perfectly
the severest winter in the ground.
Sufficient hay can be gathered from
them to more than pay for the cultiva-
tion, as they can be grazed all summer
without apparent injury. With us they
yield from 400 to 500 bushels per acre,
according to the fertility of the soil.
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had been a miserly carcass, grudging
the very skin that hung his bones to-
gether.
The house stood back from the road
and was surrounded by garden, now
lying gray and lonesome under the
moon. AS the cabby peered toward it he
saw the figure Of man come into the
moonshine. 1t sprang across the open
space in soft leaps like a great black
bubble, it's every movement full Of a
dreadful vitality. Then it was gone. AS
the driver himself turned to go, he saw
tiny red spark flash out from the
house before him, and one after the 9th
er the windows on the lower floor
glowed red, as crawling blotch of
sparkles will eat across SCOT.
The man was there-the man who
owed him money-and all fear fed but
the fear of loss The cabby tied his
horse and went creeping up the path
under cover Of the hedges When he
reached the house, he raised himself
gently and looked in at one of the win
dows. Before him lay an empty room.
On the floor, thrown from window
opposite, was a great checkered flag Of
onlight-nothing more, nothing but
those blue squares in the darkness
Suddenly the cabman ducked his
head, for he saw that a man had glided
into the room. He carried candle high
above his head, and his great pale face
was bloated and loose as a curd.
The cabman crouched low. A gust of
wind set the fir trees whispering, and
shutter slammed far away in the house.
"Guess I'll get out Of this" he NUT
tered, rising. But he did not go, for the
figure that stood in the candlelight had
turned it's back to the window and was
digging among the bricks, ripping and
scratching like a leopard, while his long
shadow clawed on the ceiling above
him.
"Thief!'' said the cabman, between
his teeth, pressing his ear to the broken
panes. ''There is treasure hidden there
perhaps gold, perhaps" Just then
the man inside gave joyful grunt
He lifted an iron box from the hole
he had been digging. There was no key
in the lock, but at his touch the cover
flew open, and out poured the contents
blue, green and gold, like glittering
rush of water broken beneath the sun.
The cabby's heart stopped beating.
"Diamonds!'' he cried softly. Then he
grasped at the window ledge, for the
creature gave howl Of anguish.
Good God, they give no lightp'
And the echoes chartered back, "No
light! No light!
There was long silence. The huddle
on the floor rocked to and fro his face
buried in his thin hands.
The moon had sunk and the sky was
clear as dark glass. A cock crowed
| somewhere in the east. At that sound
the wretched figure raised it's head. Op-
posite him was door with fan shaped
transom over it, and as he looked it
grew gray and then rosy. Some one was
coming; now even the cabman could
hear the light creak Of steps, Nearer
they came, nearer. The door opened,
and little figure peeped into the room
the little figure OF awoman, shriveled
and very old.
The man by the fireplace sprang up.
AS the woman's eyes met that CHASTITY
face she gave a cry. "Judas'' she
screamed, "Judas!" Then she tottered
and slid in heap at his feet He kicked
at her, but she only lay there, gibber-
ing: "What do you want? What do you
| Want?"
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Transplanting Onions.

r. H. Price of the Texas experiment
station reports successful results with
method of transplanting young onion
plants with the common Planet, Jr.,
turning pillow. A furrow is opened with
the pillow, and the young onion plants
are laid along on the straight side of
the furrow and then soil is thrown back
on the roots with the same plow. After
the earth is thrown on the roots it
should be pressed with the foot by walk
ing on it, or a small roller may be used
for the same purpose. In this way all
the work may be done without bending
the back except i'll dropping the young
plants
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ArCTIONl

The fine two story, brick, family
dwelling on the Southwest corner
of Levee and Seventh streets, now
occupied By 10. Wheeler, will be
sold a, Pablo Auction, to the
highest bidder, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
on Thursday, Dec 18th. 1896.
Term, Cash. in U. S. money
or half cash and balance in equal
payments iii one AMI two years, with
Interest at eight per cent.per annum,
secured by vendors lien, at option
of buyer
Brownsville, Tex, Nov. 25th 1886.
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TIE TINE To SUBSCRIBE.

The ora newspaper saying, "now
is the time TO subscribe" was never
more true than at present. The times
are so full of incid ent, SO many inn
portant national and State affairs are
shaping themselves for change,
that no one can afford to be without
a metropolitan daily or weekly. The
st. Louis Republic, the greatest DEM
ocratic newspaper, is making a spe-
cial offer of its daily and Sunday pa
per for three months at $1.50. 1t is
Sc year by mail. The Twice-a-
Republic is sent two times week
-104 papers-for only 81 year. It
addition to all the political news, b
prints every day spread of general
news and features not equalled in
any other paper.
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ACHING JOINTS

Announce the presence of rheu-
matism which causes untold suffer
ing. Rheumatism is due TO Tactic
acid in the blood. 1t cannot be cur
ed by liniments or other outward APP
plications. Hoods Sarsaparilla pu-
rifles the blood removes the cause of
rheumatism and permanently cures
this diseases. This is the testimony
of thousands of people who once
suffered the pains of rheumatism
but who have actually been cured
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. Its
great power to act upon the blood
and remove every impurity is the
secret of the wonderful cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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RECEE FED BF
A. p. 3 A r a e o A,
On Last Steamer

Fresh California, evaporat'd fruits,
prunes, mince meat, pigs feet, sour
kraut, preserves jellies, spanish olives
in kegs, pickles, roasted peanu 3. citron,
currants, dates, raisins, fine assortment
of candies, eNtrae S, Scotch bacaIao,
resh grated cocoanut, cocoanuts, fnee
rcaekers fresh fruits and new California
pears, peaches, aPricots, etc,, in heavy
syrup.
Will receive by next steamer, cram
berries, peach nd apricot Jelly, etc.
Will keep on hand Aas5 line of
groceries, at lowest price. Also fine fuls
niture.. Give ME a call.
y. p. BAR2EDss
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SPANS POLICY.
She will not Consider Reforms
Until the Rebellion is
Put Down.

j Madrid, Dec. 1.-THE COZ
versant with the plan of thu
Spanish Premier state tina
since the debate in the Chan
Der OF Deputies the govern
ment has not thought of the
proposed reforms in Cuba,
being solely occupied with Pre-
viding means for the success
of the war. While they consi
der the death of Antonio Ma
Geo as a great blow to the in
surgents it is pointed out that
a time must elapse before it
can be fully felt. When Ma
Geo and Gomez were asked at
an earlier stage of the insur
rection whether they would or
der their followers to lay down
their arms in the event that
autonomy was granted to
Cuba they refused and
said they would only
consent to complete indie
pendence and a Republican
form of government. Spain
therefore is convinced that the
rebellion must be crushed by
force of arms, and that to dis
cuss reforms at the present
would be equivalent
to making an arrangement
with the insurgents which
would secure a peace that
would not last six months. It
is maintained that as long as
the slightest doubt of the supe
riority of Spain exists in Cuba
the war will continue, but that
when he superiority is establish
ed Spain will consider the ad
visibility of granting such re
forms as she may think neces
sary.
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NOTICE.

Until further notice the First
National bank will discount city
school vouchers 6 per cent and
county school vouchers at per cent.
Teachers wishing to arrange Tor the
discount of their vouchers at above
rates will pleace notify bank before
Jan. 1st.
j. d. Anderson, Cashier p
Brownsville, Dec. II, 1885,.
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w. F. bennett, sales agent for
Wanamaker 81 Brown, Oak Hall
Philadelphia, has received a fpll line
of fall and winter samples Of clothr
ing, ready made or made to orde-
suits, gents furnishing goods, ETC.,
etc. Sample room on Washington
street, opposite Mrs. J. Sauder. Open
from 10 to II O'clock every morning
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500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foun
dation OF the disease, and giving tbs
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have SO much faith in curative pow
ers. that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case thai il fails to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address, Ed CHENEY Il co,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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j. D. Anderson, Cashier.
DRoposALSFoR BRAN-OFFICI

PROPOSALS FOR BRAN-OFFICE
4 Chief Qnartermaster, San Antonio,
Tex, Dec. IL, 1896. Sealed proposals, in
triplicatc, for furnishing Bran at Forts
Brown, Clark and Ringgoll, Tex, dur
ing remainder of fiscal year ending June
80, 1897, will be received at this office
until Il O'Clock m. Dec. n, dSo6, and
then opened. Proposals will also be re-
ceived by the Quartermasters at the
posts and opened at the SAME time. Spe-
cifcations and blank forms of proposals
will be furnished on application. G. C.
SMITH, D. Q. NJ. g., U. S. A, CO NJ,
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FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

Mrs. WISsLow's SooTHINe Syrup
has been used fer over fifty years by
millions of mothors for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
1t soothes the child softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world. 25c. bot
tie. Be sure and ask for 'Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup" and take no
other kind,
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Memory is little treacherou
ow and then, and causes one to
forget some things worth remember
ing, unless one has an experience
like that which came TO Mr.. d. E.
East, Moffatt's Creek, Va, who says :;
81 had been suffering for years with
a torpid liver and found no relief un
till | took Simmons Liver Regulator
when was entirely relieved of my
troubles. | never intend being
without Simmons Liver Regulators
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The Il. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
sunerfor to aM Others.

A full line of ladies' Misses and
children's shoes at Mrs. j. Dreyfus,
which will be sold cheap from now
until Jan. Isl.
F. IL. Ulhmieier and wife OF San
Antonio, arrived on last evenings
stage. Mr.. O., viii probably re-
main in the city prospecting.
The sale Of the Gomilla residence
on Levee street. asper advertisement,
took place at 10 O'Clock this morning.
The property WAS knocked down"
TO Hon. Thomas Carson, the highest
bidder, for $3.50.
Iregorio Estrada has the honor to
offer his services as tailor at his
shop in Brownsville opposite the
railroad Office, also in Matamoros
half block from Main plaza, Com
mercial street. Satisfaction guaran-
teed.
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NOTICE.

The Regular Annual meeting OF
the Stockholders Of the First Ma
ItionaI Bank Of Brownsville Texas
will be held at its Office at 3 p, NJ.
OH the second Tuesday in January
1897 for the purpose of electing di-
rectors and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before it.
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NOTICE.

Having been appointed on the
2lst inst by Mr.. Wm. Neale as his
agent and attorney in fact, all per-
sons indebted to Mr.. Neale will
please cali on me without delay, at
my residence, Cor. l4th and Eliza
beth streets and make satisfactory
arrangements. A. i. COWEN,
Agt. and Atty.
Brownsville, Tex, Nov. 23rd. 1896
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THURSDAY, DEC. Il, 1896.
ABOUT TOWN.

Why not advertise your holiday
goods.
All kinds of fresh cheese at c
Jagou's.
TOYS! Toys!, Toysiil at Mrs. j,
Dreytus.
E. B. Raymond is in the city from
Ell Sauz on business.
French and Bologna Sausage just
received at G. Jagou.
Genuine "Key West" Monte Girls
20 cigars at G. Jagou's.
A complete assortment OF fire
works at Mrs. Dreyfus.
Fine cardials at Jagou's for christ
mas and new year presents.
Mexican dollars are quoted in
New York to-day at 81 cents.
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award
French and Spanish wines at
Jagou's. just the thing for the
holidays.
The Alice mail stage passed FL
Sa& at 1O;1e this morning; one
passenger.
Dorotea Tamayo, a Mexican wo-
man, died yesterday at p m. at the
age of 20 years.
The soldiers were made happy
last evening by the distribution OF a
g;w Of Uncle Sans dollars.
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DISEASES OF THE EYES,

DIR. Nigel Barragan, having spr-
nial instruments to examine the eyes
of persons suffering with diseases of
the eyes, sttch as myopia, etc, should
call at his drugstore for .onsulta-
ton. lie will prescribe the appro-
PIRATE eyeglasses TO overcome any
defect in the vision.
AT the Bot ca del Loen, Matamoros
DIR. Barragan has complete assort-
. ment eye glasses, with all kinds Of
+ len 49, crystal rock glasses, a..
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THE PAST guarantees the future.
1t is not what we say, but what
Hoods Sarsaparilla does. that tells the
story. Remember HOODS CURES
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