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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
4 GENEALOGICAL
PARADOX.
The Oldest the Youngest, and
the Youngest the Oldest.

Living at 2oI7 Lubbock
street in Houston is a family
of four generations, and they
have a picture showing ''the
oldest to be the youngest and
the youngest to be the oldest. "
This picture contains four
faces: P. d. Bowles,-great
grandfather; w. B. Bowles,
son of P. D., and grandfather;
w. F. Bowles, father, and son
of w. B.; Floyd, son of w. F.,
and great grandson of P. D.
Bowles. P. D. Bowles, the
great grandfather, is the young
est of his fathers children and
was born in Cumberland coun
ty, September, 1928, while
Floyd Bowles is the eldest of
his father and was born in
Monticello. Arkansas, in 1890.
Hence, the youngest the
oldest and the oldest the
youngest. Houston Post.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

MAJOR G 'RDoN, due here
soon In the interest of a rail
road from Brownsville to San
Antonio, will meet with a
hearty reception, provided be
means business. The vast eoan-
try, rich but undeveloped, ly-
ing between here and San an
tonic, would soon blossom like
q garden, and its products
would add much to the comfort
and happiness of man. lhons-
ands of people could then find
semuneratiYe employment, and
this would soon become one of
the weaItbiest portions Of Tex
as. So much has been said and
written on the sabjsct of a rail
road that one almost grows tir
ed of what has heretofore prov
I'd q fraitless dream. All need
ed rs capital, and action. 1t is
we'll enough to talk, but We
also want a nan who will act
TO undertake the task of put
ting ns in communication with
the ont side world. Such man
would not only prove a bene
factor to Matamoros aud to
Brownsville, but to all who
would BE- benefited by the pro-
ducts of the richest, aud yet the
heaIthiest country in America.
A trip the across country from
here 10 San Antonio will show
the vast possibilities awaiting
Development, and the people
along the route stand willing
20 aid in every way possible.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
OLD PLANTATION
HOME BURNED.

Nelasco, Brazoria Co., Tex,
Feb. THE Ellerslie resi-
dence, now owned by M. Hunt
ington, and built before the
war by Greenville McNeel,
and one of the most beautiful
plantation homes in this sec
ton, burned down Thursday
night, only the furniture of the
lower floor being saved. The
little children built a fire on
some sacks OF oats in the morn
ing and the fire smoldered all
day, breaking out at night.
There was no insurance and
the property was a great loss,
being one of the oldest land
marks and costing $4,000, ex
elusive of the plantation labor
used at the time.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

MR. HANNA is having seri-
Gus trouble in his effort to put
on Sherman's shoes, and Forak
er is thoroughly enjoying the
fun. Tbe triumphant days of
the last campaign seem to have
gone away forever, and Mark
BOW realizes, with Solomon, that
call is vanity and vexation of
spirit"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

THE Big Six companies, the
most powerful, richest, and
most far reaching Chinese or
ganization in America, has
gone out of existence. For
years it was the banker, coun-
sellor and diplomatic agent of
every Chinaman in America,
while be lived, and the admin
5strator of his estate after death.
The sums of money handled
were astonishing, and even the
state department dealt, through
It, with the people.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS
SATURDAY. FEB. 6, 1897.

COTToN planting on a large
scale is now contemplated in
this region, and, being a tap
Foot plant, cotton is expected
to do well. The soil is rich, and
labor cheap, and We see no
reason Why it should not prove
. paying investment.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
REQUESTS IN A WILL.

Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 2.
The will of Charles Willard,
the eccentric bachelor, who
died Sunday, bequeathes $40,
900 to be expended in the
erection of a library building
here for the city schools, $40,
900 for a Young Mems Chris
tan association building here,
and 10000 to the Baptist col
lege at Kalamazoo. The heirs
are also well provided for. Mr..
Willard a few days before his
death decided the city sixteen
acres on Goguac lake for a
park.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
TO AMEND THE
FISH LAW.

Austin, Tex, Feb. REP
resentative Turner of Corpus
Christi this evening received a
strong petition from Pockport
people asking that the fish and
oyster law be so amended as
to prevent fishing except with
hook and line within one mile
of the corporate limits of Rock
port.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

HoUsToN PosT: The mishap
TO the great new cruiser, Brook
Ign, may at least serve to di
vert criticism from our big
namesake in the navy. 1t be-
gins to look like it was about
time to put the harbor pilots
in the East in the dock.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
eeeI

ing is positive proof Of thin, weak, i'm
pure blood; for, II the blood is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, 1t imparts lifeand
energy to every nerve, organ and tissue
of the body. The necessity Of taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, ana
the good It will do you is equally beyond
question. Remember that
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

Kansas City Journal: 1t is
said that the injury to Henry
Irving's leg, though not serious
will cost him $4,000, which
means that the public's leg
would have been pulled to that
extent if the accident had not
occurred.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
The Most Powerful Chinese
Organization in America.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. g.
With the Chinese new year,
the Big Six companies, the
most powerful, richest and
most far reaching Chinese or
ganization in America, goes
out of existence. For years
it was the banker, counsellor
and diplomatic agent of every
Chinaman in America while he
lived and the administrator of
his estate after his death. Its
sources Of revenue were varied
and the sums of money it hand
led were astonishing 1t was
the arbiter Of differences and
quarrels, business and persona +,
between the Chinese through
out the country and the agency
through which the police and
even the state department dealt
with the people.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune:: Now that Senator VOL
colt has gone to Paris, we feel
called upon to warn him
against wasting his time by
drinding that Swiss wine which
so signally failed to have any
effect on Henry Watterson.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: The
Jagou ranch near Brownsville
is a fine advertisement for
Southwest Texas. The enter
prising owner bas banana
groves, lemon and orange Or
cbards and many Ct Ter evil
dences Of tropical vegetation
we'll established, and the fact
that they have been in bearing
for several years, is proof pos
tive that they can stand the
average winter as we'll as those
particularly mild. The illustra-
ton of what can be accomplish
ed by energy and enterprise is
"A splendid argument in favor
of railroad being built from
San Antonio in that direction
to develop the section to its
full possibilities.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

Feeling by great force of win. But this
Is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon the
nervous system, which viii not long stand
such strain. Too many people "work on
their nerves." and the result Is seen In un-
fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros
tration," In every direction. That tired
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
IMPORTS OF CATTLE.

FL Paso, Tex, Feb. dur
ing the months of December
and January last $4,000 head
of Mexican cattle were brought
Into the United States through
this port and T. E. Peters of
Kansas City has 1900 now
in Mexico to be brought in.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
FISH AND OYSTER LAW.

Austin, Tex, Feb. 2.-House
judiciary committee met this
evening and took up Repre-
sentative McFarland's bill TO
amend the fish and oyster law.
and which the committee de
cided to report favorable.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
hat

Extreme tired feeling iHicts nearly every
body at this season. The hustlers cease to
push, the tireless grow weary, the ener-
getic become enervated. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
ANENr THAT RAILROAD.
How the Express Views the
Situation.
San Antonio Express.

proposition 10 Dultd q railroad
from San Antonio to Browns
vile and even beyond. The
proposition is in line with sng-
gestions made by the Express
for mahy years past, and it is
almost unnecessary for this pa
per to again go over the ground
involved. The Express sincere
ly trusts that the present move
ment will result in something
being done, but it will not IN
less the people who are expect
ed to contribute are fully con
viDced that this is mol another
attempt to build railroads with
naught but wind as capital.
Maj. Gordon, who is now look
ing into the matter, comes well
recommended and he will
find a unanimous sentiment all
along the proposed route in
favor of the project. He will
find the property owners will
ing to give of what they have
to any enterprise which prom
Uses him a connection with the
railroad system of the United
States. He will meet with no
disoouragements anywhere he
may go.
He will find, however, that
the psople Of the lower Rio
Grande are weary of fair words
and anxious to see something
Sin sight" TO repay them for
the labor of getting their sub
scriptions in order. He will be
shown, if he SO desires, deeds
to vast tracts OF land which
have been placed in escrow in
the past to be delivered when
this proposed road shall be
built. The time for these deeds
to be delivered has expired
however and the labor of get
ting them in shape again is
tremendous and the people
have refused 10 be fooled again.
The prospects arc good that
something will come Of this
latest agitation aud none will
be more rejoiced at such an
outcome than the Express,
which has labOred long and
faithfully that it might come to
pass.
A railroad from San Antonio
to Tampico and eventually 10
the City of Mexico would be
come at once the great trans
continental line from the North
to the extreme South. 1t would
come nearer being an air line
than another which is already |
built or could be- quilt ON any |
other route. 1t would tap a
new country rich 10 resources
as yet entirely undeVeloped
aud full CT possibilities Tor great
cities, extensive industries and
farming communities. 1t would |
mean another harbor on the
Eastern coast of Mexico at Soto
de la Marina and give atre
impetus TO the bus
mess of the Republic far into
the interior. San Antonio woul1
then possess all added import
ance as a great commercial CEN
ter. She would be the entire :
port for all this immense traffic
and would grow apace. This
enterprise is greater in its in
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
SCISSORINGS.


Authority, many times, con-
verts good men into demons.
Many people, without know
ing it, are members of scandal
clubs.
Old bachelors have no one
to caress them or to scratch
their backs.
An honest man does with
out that which he has no
means of paying for.
People spend lots of money
for things they can't eat, wear
or burn for fuel.
Many thousands and MIL
lions of new year resolutions
have already been broken.
Lots of men are looking for
rackets, but when the ball
opens up they are the first
run.
Girls don't talk so confident
ly of what good cooks they are
in the presence of the family.
Old newspapers for sale at
this Office, % cts a hundred.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06
GREENS BRIGADE
REUNION.

The fourteenth annual re-
union of Green's Brigade asso
citation will be held at Victoria,
Texas. on Monday and Tues
day, February 22-23, 1897, un
der the auspices of w. r. Sour
ny camp. United Confederate
Veterans. who are making ex-
tensive preparations to enter
tain the members of that old
command in a hospitable man
ner. The railways have autho
rized a rate for this occasion
on the distance plan, that is,
within seventy-fve miles Of
victoria, the rate Will be $500.
and from all points 100 miles
distant and over the rate will
be one fare for round trip.
Tickets will be on sale Febru.
airy 20 and 81.
Inasmuch as the people of
Victoria have given us such a
cordial invitation and the rail
ways have extended us the
lowest rates we have ever had,
we urge every member who
can possibly do SO to attend
this meeting.
HENRY Use, President.
JOHN G. RANKIN. Secretary.
Texas papers please copy.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-02-06

CO.'S OUT OF EXISTENCE.
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Old newspapers for sale a
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
Some Tested Points In Diet.

Formerly fever patient was forbid
den to take milk, while in modern prac-
tice it is about the only food allowed,
and well nigh exclusive diet of that
liquid is said to be very efficacious in
diabetes At the German spas, Carlsbad,
Wiesbaden, etc, very little bread is
allowed, the diet being mostly made up
of milk, eggs, grapes and lean beef. A
nonstarch diet is the rule, bread, starchy
vegetables and cereals being almost ex-
cluded. Rice is easily digested and an
excellent food, except that it abounds
in earth salts. Fruits are not only di-
gested i'll the first stomach, but they
have a large part of the nourishment
already in condition to be absorbed
and assimilated as soon as eaten. The
food elements in bread and cereals have
to undergo a process of digestion in the
stomach and then be passed on to the
intestines for still further chemical
change before being of use to the hui
man system, showing the advantage of
a diet of lean meats and fruits. North
American Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
Sunshine In Religion.

Sunshine has its uses in making our
religion what it should be--a thing of
brightness. There is danger of making
it too cold and gloomy. God did not ia.
tend it to he thus. 1t is difficult mat
ter, at any rate, to induce men to accept
religion, and if they are left under the
impression that when they unite with
the church they are going into the sun
less and gloomy region of an arctic land
it will make it all the E:o:e difficult to
induce them to choose the better part.
Let joy, brightness, geniality, tempered
by the spirit of Jesus, characterize our
religion, and these persons will lay hold
of it with earnestness. Let us make use
of sunshine everywhere. Do cares come,
let us 60 at them with sunshiny hearts.
They will soon melt away under its
power. If Affections come, nothing will
80 brighten the sickbed as sunshine Is
the home darkened by the shadow of
death? Sunshine will Tighten it and
show us the golden stairway up which
our departed have gone. Sunshine, sun
shine everywhere-in the world, in the
home, in the church. There is Joy and
brightness in heaven. Why should it be
wanting here?-Christian Register.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
Topic For the Week beginning Oct. 81.
Comment by Rev. 5. III. Doyle.
"a. IL LII.


Topic For the Week beginning Oct. 81.
Comment by Rev. $. III. Doyle.
ToPIo.-Trust Clrrist-for what III Tim. 1,
liz.
In the closing verse of the topical
reference we have one of the most sub
lime expressions Of profound trust in
Jesus Christ TO he found anywhere in
sacred or secular literature. For the
gospels sake Paul was suffering. He
had met with opposition and persecu-
ton, he had suffered untold pain and
anguish, and yet in prison he is not
dismayed, he does not doubt or waiver
in his faith. Instead his trust is only
intensified. 81 know" he says, sin
whom have trusted and am persuaded
that He is able to keep my deposit till
that day" He looks upon his soul as
having been deposited into the care of
Jesus Christ, and not even persecution
was able to shake his belief in Christ's
ability to save him.
We should trust Christ for everything
and under all circumstances in life. In
the midst of privation and want, when
the temporal affairs Of life are not as
we would like, we should trust Christ,
knowing "the Lord will provide" In
times Of persecution and trial and tribu-
lation, because of our faith in Christ,
we should still trust Him, knowing
that He is able to keep that we have in
trusted to His keeping till that day. In
time of bereavement and sorrow, when
the sun seems darkened, when God
seems to have hidden His face from rs,
we should still trust Christ, knowing
that His grace is sufficient for us. III
time of temptation, when the tempter
seems about to gain the victory ovcc
us, we should trust Him who is able TO
overcome even Satan himself.
Christ has been tried and has always
proved sure and faithful. Paul was not
putting his trust in severe trials in an
unknown, untried person. 81 know"
he says, sin whom / have trusted"
Paul is not the only one who has
learned from experience that Christ can
lie trusted for all things. Christians in
all ages have learned by experience TO
say 81 know in whom have trusted. F"
Jesus Christ is the only enc to whom
W. van intlubb NIC lHNNlNHl5 VI Jul cOulos
'"There is no other name under heaven
given among men whereby we must be
saved" 1t is folly to trust in anything
else than Christ for salvation, for there
is salvation in no other name. What a
comfort, then, that salvation in Christ
is sure; that we may know Cor a GER
tainty; that we may be fully persuaded
that He is able to keep all that we put
in His care. Let us trust Christ for all
things, but, over and above everything
| else, let us leave in His care the eternal
interests of our souls.
Bible Readings. -Ps iv. 5; xxxiv,
1-15; xxxvii, II; XVI, Iii; lvi, 10;
Prov. iii, II; XVII 90; xviii. %, 20;
lisa. XVI, 8, A; !, 10; Jer. xvii, z; Mark
x, 23 20; Rom. X, S-11; II Cor. /, 8,
10; John ii, 1917.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
Recruit the Young Men.

One who notices the character of the
soldiers in our own army and also in
the armies of European nations will be
surprised to fipd how many of them are
scarcely more than boys in years The
age of the soldiers in both armies in our
civil war was surprisingly young. This
means much also in religious work.
Young men for war are as truly needed
as old men for counsel. The aggressive
work of the kingdom of God must be
done by the young. The young men
should be reached in every community.
They can be reached if the church puts
ON the strength of God and earnestly
purposes to save them. 1t may disturb
some of the old notions and rearrange
some of the accustomed ways of doing
things but the army of Jesus Christ
needs the young manhood Of our land.
Unless the young men are converted and
enlisted in Christian service they will
soon have joined the great army of the
vicious or Indifferent. Enlist them for
Christ
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
Signs of Church Activity.

The past year has been one of what
many call hard times, yet it is a re-
markable fact that very considerable
number of new church buildings and
improvements and repairs have been re-
ported. This may be taken as sign of
church life and activity. When the
church is growing, it makes room for
itself. New houses of worship and ma
terial betterments are indications of
prosperity. The inward and spiritual
expresses itself in these outward ways.
Our Zion seems on the kings highway
to future growth. Reformed Church
Messenger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
Peace of Mind.

The one most precious and priceless
possession ON earth is peace of mind. 1t
is the mental capital out of which all
worthy work springs. 1t is the first and
the one Indispensable condition of any
achievement worth the name. And
when enc comes to think of it his peace
of mind is seldom invaded by others,
but instead by his own moods, his own
trains of reflection. Life should be
radiant, Astounding, serene, with tho
positive serenity of high purpose and
noble exhilaration, not the mere passive
repose or even inertia that is sometimes
mistaken for serenity. Serenity is the
state Of Astounding purpose, of generous
enthusiasm, of the continual outgoing,
not at all of passivity or of brooding
over ones real or imaginary trials. -
Lillian Whiting
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28

An Amiabie Greenhorn.

Mrs. G. of Staten Island had in
ner employ greenhorn. Her only quail
ification for the position of waitress
which she possessed on her arrival i'm
this country was pretty face. She
was voluble of speech and slow of COM
prehension, and many a housekeeper
would have given her marching orders
at the end of the first week, but Mrs
d thought there were the markings
OF good servant in her, and SO kept
her.
After the girl had been with her a
month and had learned how to serve
soup without splitting it down the backs
of the diners Mr.. c. gave dinner
to which were invited two very digni-
fled people in whose home everything
ran with the smoothness Of a chronom-
eter' and she was naturally anxious to
approximate that smoothness in the
service of her dinner
For two courses everything went as
heart could wish. Bridget refrained
from speech, spilled not thing, was
attentive to the wants of the guests
and looked as pretty as fresh young
Irish girl can, which is saying 4 great
deal
But when she removed the fish and
attempted to take it down stairs to the
kitchen she tripped on the top step, and
with scream and series of bumps
and crashes she and the fish accomplish
ed the descent.
Mrs. G. and her family vainly
tried to keep from laughter There was
such cheerful bumpy sound" in her
down going. The two dignified guests
were adamant They evidently heard
nothing. But even their risibles were
not proof against what followed Mrs
c. sat irresolute for moment, hop
ing that the girl would not require as
sistaDce. And she did not In the rich.
est of accents voice came up the base
ment stairs:
odd we hear me? Fell arl the way
down shtairs and landed on me fut loike
a burrd. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-28
A Curious Indian.

DIR. Chauncey M. !Depew tells how,
after the Pawnee Indians had extermi-
mated the Crows, when he was a boy,
he journeyed from Feekskill to New
York to see the great Pawnee war chief
who was being exhibited at Barnum S.
1T happened to be the 18th of March, "
said Mr.. Depew, land as the parade
passed the museum, the band playing
THE Wearing of the Green, the great
Pawnee war chief rushed to the window
aud exclaimed to the medicine man,
'Bedad, Moike, I'll see that procession
if lose my jobl' Exchange.