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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-21


ie N eeis 1sagng hsM 20
90 prrSaas
lmpFesea lands ia hts eenh-
Is ~vll a. isem s. 10 S2S l,el
acre. Nelmesovvd a. - 10 So
The AVERAGE taxal 10 value al
land Is 81 9'hese are 81 24N
acres al sehenl laHd in tbs
sAanty iiamessekvFs are grad
aally tiaaiag their way Go sAls
land. where FARMERS eau work
in The open air asaEly a3a aAys
ia the year.
al that Is needed "a aeveler
The rich resources at shls fertile
valley is The saNslFNelleN at a
railroad to eeaHeel II With .he
northern markets. oaoe the
great iFoA horse tiRds ils way
hilher, the maR with the hoe
will promptly follow te claim
these natural riches Ter himself.
In fact, many have already
foand their way into the coun-
ty. and small colonies of active
farmers have been settled a.
various points within the past
few years, while the numerous
letters inquiring about the
country which are received con
slanily by THE HERALD show
that many others are looking
this way with a view of locating
in The far-famed lower Rio
Grande valley. There are also
excellent prospects of the early
construction Of a railroad con.
meeting Brownsville with San
Antonio, and it will probably
not be long ere that magic de
vrloper will turn a mighty lid.
of immigration this way.
BROWNSVILLE.
There is probably no othel
town In The United States a!
large as Brownsville and pos
sessing such numerous natura
advantages which is as We
without rail communication
with the outer world. With 1
population of nearly 1000, sur
rounded by lands fully EQUAL il
! fertility to the famed valley o
1.-The Nile and blessed with /,
most salubrious climate, this
place lacks only a railroad
outlet to make it one of th,
most important cities in Texas
| And there is every reason why
/ railroad should be- construct
led 10 this point. Resides Tia
city of Brownsville itself, there
| is located here the jInpOrtaD
army post of Fort Brown
which, with tue constant chang
ling of troops and transporta
ton of baggage and supplie'
would pay "a large sum annually
10 the support Of a railroad
1.-The towns of Point Isa bel, San
tta Maria. Hidalgo. Rio Grand,
| CITY and Roma would also Re
ceive all of their freight Owe
Esucb a line, while several i'm
tportant up river towns aud set
Elements OH the Mexican sid
! of the river would likewise he
come its supporters, as nearl,
all freight for these points nov
icomes via steamer to BTaZo
Santiago and through Browns
vile whence il goes to it's DIES
ltinatioA either by river or b,
tcarts. And, better than These
lust opposite Brownsville lie
the important Mexican city q
Matameros, with d population G
lover 10000, which also receive
all of lis freight via Browns
: Vile. Here we have then a POP
EuIatioB of upwards of twenty
! Thousand isolated through lac
; Eof rail- facilities, and ready t
posn rich contributions Il
wards the support OF tn
railroad, which there is ever.
reason to believe will 500
reach here Nor is this ell, fn
il should be remembered tha
Brownsville lies directly in To
EIiDe of the shortest route eoI
Meeting The North with Mexic
? City. 1t is the natural gafewa
- k1,,f -~r.oF- NJ rfto
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-21

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Is prepared to execute all orders for Job Print
ing. such as Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Busi
ness Cards. Wedding Cards. Envelope Cards
and in fact all kinds of Printing
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-21
PRODUCTIONS.

The lea0lng lhouSfry OF this
region at present is stock grow
ing. cattle, horses and sheep
constituting the Iead.ing g
export product. Bat It's
agricultural resources have
been proven to ba almost end
less in variety. Its s-mitropi-
cal climate permits such fruits
as the orange, lemon, citron
guaVa, fig and banana, tt.
flourish, while peaches pears
and other fruits also do we'll.
and grapes grow and field in iht
greatest abundance. The ebiei
products Of the soil, however,
are coin, cotton aud sugar cane.
Besides these sorghum, broom
corn, and all vaFities of vegsta
hles yield most ahnndan,ly
Il may be said without fear oil
contradiction that all OF thes.
will yield more per arra thar.
any other portion of The state
Experiments with Havana 10
6acco and ramie have also
proven most sncGessfu4. Tn.
latter, once pla44~d brcomes
almst PERENNIAL. TIE cullur+
of sugarcane in this rich valley
hlnd deserves spsei;sl laenlis
-Four lhIsaBe. paHnds of sngal
p-r acre is the return mad
from land planted in cane, aud
this sugar is pronounced by
government experts To- hp eenq
tn the fslest Louisiana pro
duct
POPULATION AND TOWNS
Camprnn coiaiy. according
to The census of 1890. contain,
y population of 1920. TIL.
s>ouaty seat IN SroWsusvilI.
with a.hom 1000. Inhabitants
Point Isabel, q seaport. 2.
miles from Brownsville, on til
l.agn w d.-l MadSe. has ahon
z0 inhabitants, and SAINT,
bss2ia, s growing little riVei
t~stk sess, aboEt 49, Thes'
L.. : !. m -. n r.nIl a.-f
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-21
Few
Facts
ABOUT CAMERON COUNTY

At The extreme son heFR lip
ef the grpa, state of Tsxas lies
Cameron county. itself q small
principally in extent. In area
ii covers no less than 3,30S
square EuiIes. Its southern ex-
trelnity lies about the sixteenth
of a degree below tue 26sh. par
aIei, while its northern latitude
is about 27o 90. hts greatest
width from east 10 west is some
thing over Forty miles and FROM
north TO south 100 miles.
CLIMATE.
Though so near The trop 5
yet the climate of this county
Is comparatively cool in sum.
n+r. It's entire eastern froni
of about one hundred miles, be
ing laved by the cool waters oil
the Gulf of Mexico, which great
by lempers the heat Batural Il
southern Iatitudes. The pre-
waiting wind throughout the
greater portion of the year is
from the Southeast and coRrs
directly across the Gulf. The
winters are also extremely mild
snd make this az ideal place
for any who seek escape from
The rig0rs OF a northern winter
Indeed, no place1n zS United
States enjoys a more soaHb5iow
climate during the winner sea
sou that Brownsville, the eoHn
ty seat of Cameron comfy
Here tie average Temperature
for thiriy-nine years was 73 de
eress.-
The land lies nearly level ,th,
attitude at Brownsville belns
only AZ feet. The soil lie ricl
with the alluVial deposits o
endless years, ana it's treasures
Of fertility are az yet aImos
untouched only a limited por
zion of lis surfaces ever having
heen disturbed by the pillow
In many places the soil lie
from six to twenty feet deep
being practically inexhanstible
and this of the finist and riches
ReiI known ranging from a Fiel
dark allu7ial to a sandy loom
The county is watered by tn
Bio Grande, which skirts IL
entire southern Boundary, {
distance Of seventy-tive miles
Besides this there are numerou
small streams called "resaeas'
and "arroyos," throughout tb'
eouAtY.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

Providence Journal
1t is great pity that the Inter ma
tional Council of Women should break
up with bitter feelings among the
members. These excellent ladies gath
cred at London from all over the world
to celebrate the triumphs of their sex.
Why, then, was discordant note
struck? Women cranot take q firm
stand against Tyrant Man unless they
are united among themselves. The
advanced" ones, we are told, were
repressed for fear of offending English
suscepti bilities. In other words, the
shadow of the British matron was over
the council. But the British matron
is among the things to be reformed.
She is highly conventional and she rep
reseu to the old order of male domino
tion-the day of chaperons and such
obstacles to the emancipation of the
young unmarried creature who wants
to do everything that her brothers do.
1t was mere cowardice to shrink be
fore her. One speaker, it is true, cleo
trified her audience by proposing that
there should be no more marriages and
that the future of the race should be
provided for by setting apart mum Der
of highly trained and well paid ''gen-
eral mothers" But this seems to have
been single flash amid the darkness.
The women talked snd talked, but
they did not get anyW here and the
world really knows no more than it did
before they met.
Thisis not what we ought to expect
from the leaders of the race.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

THE preaching and practice OF di-
versified farming would be of infinitely
greater value to the communities OF
the south than the foolishly wicked
vsporinRs of the demagogue Bryan
and his friends about free silver-that
last straw grasped by men who have
made failures of themselves, in their
effort to drag the successful down with
them. The Greenville Is. c. News
thus briefly and concisely states the
case: diversified farming is redeem
ing this state from financial depression
and illiteracy; it is improving the land,
putting money in the farmers pockets,
and making everything different"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

ABILENE, Kansas, ia talking up
street fair. The Commercial club is
taking charge OF the preparations.
The street fair will be carried on in
connection with carnival and num-
erous attractions will be provided for
the visiting crowds. Ell Paso has
never had such an entertainment, and
there is no city better situated fnan-
cially and commercially for such an
institution than this, as there is no city
likely to. benefit more from the publ
city to be obtained. We have no COM
mercial club, but we have the Nc
Gintys :and we have a great many pub
lilo spirited citizens if they only
knew it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

SOME Sundays ago at Newport the
Rev. Braddin Hamilton startled his
large and fashionable audience by
preaching q singing sermon on the
divorce evil. It would be hard to find
q more fruitful field for such discourse
than Newport, and it ia of record that
the minister made the best of it. AT
ter stating that divorce under the
present loose laws is one of the greatest
evils threatening the institution OF the
family he said that "the people of
the evil than the combined efforts of
all the Christian churches from
Maine to the Pacific coast" He
elaborated his plan, which was based
on the proposition that fashion
would have greater reformative power
than religion in the matter. 'Do you
think" said he, "that q man could be
under the influence of q church and at
the same time be "persuading some wo-
man to desert her children-leave
them orphans, worse than orphans, OBJ
jects Of pity and ridicule? Do you sup
pose q woman cares for the censure of a
church who so coldly Is wrecking some
mans life, getting him to turn his
children adrift to be cared for by legal
guardians and other sharks who have
no interest in them, only what they
can get out of the poor things? But
these persons are very sensitive about
their social standing, and Newport is
the acknowledged social head of this
country. If home wreckers are receiv-
ed into society and into all the homes
of the land, if the home wreckers get
society's sanction here, they do not
care about the church's censure any
where" That is plain talk, but let US
ask ourselves if plain talk is not nee
esssry. There is a difference of opin-
ion on the divorce question, and many
people have plenty of arguments to
present for the broadening rather than
the narrowing of the limits allowed by
law. But with all that can be said in
their bshalf, it is admitted by every
one that the increasing laxity of the
divorce laws has q definite ten
dency to destroy the sanctity of
the marriage bond and make
it mere civil contract
like a business partnership, to be
broken at will. AS for the suggestion
of the Newport preacher, it may be
said to have a far wider application
than he has given it. Without assum-
ing to say that official ostracism would
cure the manifold evils of the social Or
ganization, we do assert that more
care in choosing associates on the part
of the social leaders in our cities would
go long ways toward curbing the
prevalent evils of gambling, drunken
ness, libertinism, and other practices
that breed corruption aud are not
frOwned down.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

lions, particularly as stenographers
and typewriters, know the first princi-
pies of these very necessary accom-
plishmente. Spelling, capitalization,
and punctuation are hooked upon as un-
important, apparently. and it Ia only
after the.young people have succeed
ed in getting position
in some Office that they pick
up these things they should have
learned in the lower grades of the pub
lie schools. 1t is undoubtedly true
that the schools do not pay the atten
ton to these things that they should.
The teachers Themselves are often
very shaky in their knowledge and
practice of the technical details o.
writing. This is all wrong. Men Of
wide experience will say that clear
and correct knowledge of the rudiments
of English expression, in reading, writ
ing, and speaking, is OF more direct
and Immediate benefit to the young
graduate from the public schools than
any other single accomplishment.
More than one case comes
to mind where young men
have got good positions
and have been quickly advanced on
account of their ability to write good
letter. Most men know nothing about
the go called science of reading charac-
ter from handwriting, but the great
majority of business men unconsciously
Judge q person at once by the appear
ance of the letters he writes. Too
much insistence cannot be placed on
the overwhelming Importance OF
grounding the young while they are in
school in the principles and practice OF
the most scrupulous accuracy In all
matters relating to spelling. punctua-
ton, and disqualification.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising in the Daily or Weekly
HERALD will be made known upon applica-
ton at the business ONCE. Those who pre-
fer can have a representative of the business
department. call upon them, who will quote
prices:and make contracts for space. Gall
telephone No. 115-
Classified Advertisements or locals. ten
10cents per line for first insertion and five
% cents for each additional insertion.
pecial rates upon five hundred 900 or one
thousand QOO0) lines of local, to be used in
one month. will be furnished upon app]ica-
ton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

MR.. HAMILTON's sermon at New
port hit some of his hearers so hard
that they protested formally to the
committee who have in charge the
matter of selecting summer preachers,
and asked that more care be used in
future in choosing pulpit sup
plies. Let US hope that the committee
will have the decency to spurn the re-
quest. If society will condemn itself it
10 not the business of the Christian
churches to truckle to it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Hotel pdIdCiO

Messrs McDermott and: Carpenter
have assumed charge of the above
hotel at chihuahua, Mex, and will con-
duct the same on the American plan
MIR D McDermott ia we'll known to
the travelling public as having for
many years conducted the .Robinon
house. Everything has been refiitted to
the comfort of the guests and good
treatment is guaranteed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

GENERAL WOOD might serve his
country excellently in any one of three
ways-as secretary of war, governor
general of Cuba, or secretary for tho
colonies
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Pure HYgienic Ice.

Made from distilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist as to
purity and healthfulness of our ice.
Telephone No. IA.
Ell PASO ICE g. REFRIGERATOR Co
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

BUSINESS men in various cities are
complaining that the common schools
do not teach the pupils how to spell
and punctuate. It Is said that very
small proportion of all the young men
and women who apply for Office posi-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea, twenty
five cents bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Low Rates To Mexico.

The Mexican Central Railway will
sell round trip excursion tickets to
Mexico City for $500 U. S. Cy., July
22nd, 23rd, Goth, Both, August 5th, 9th,
18th and 18th. Good for returning (3O)
thirty days from date of sale. See B.
]. Kuhn, mmercial agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Now.

The Shalam Dairy in the Sheldon
block. facing little plaza is ready to
supply Ell Psso with their celebrated
Pasteurized milk and cream: also Sha-
lam butter at 30 cts. per pound.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
HO For CIOudcrOft,

When going to Cloudcroft to spend
your vacation go to Twins and get
good hammock, the latest magazines
aud story books, and take life easy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

IT is good time to talk up q mid
winter carnival owing to the compar-
atively quiet political situation.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

1T is not day too early to begin
hard work for the mid winter carnival
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

BRYvN has got q gang about him
that might do world of harm if they
were against him. That may be the
reason he cultivates them 80 assidu-
ouslY.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

McGarry, Conkling & Drehner have
meved to their new quarters 3l2 San
street, Slade building.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
Not a Success,

WHAT news of Fitzhugh Lee? Is b
alive?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15
BY CARRIER.

The Daily HERALD is delivered by carrier
in Ell Paso, Texas, Juarez, Mexico. and at the
Ell .Paso smelling works, at fifteen cents u5c)
per week, or sixty cents (60c) per month.
Subscribers failing to get the HERALD re-
gularly or promptly should call at the office
or telephone No. lis. All complaints will re-
ceive prompt attention.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

A cow belonging to S. A. .Dupree Of
Waco gave birth to triplets all COW
calves. They are lively lot and look
like they will live and grow up to be
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-15

The fruit and vegetable growers of
Henderson, Texas, formed an associs
tion Saturday last, and will work to
secure the best prices for their pro-
duce. They will ship to distant points.
.BOnham News.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31
You VIII Never be Sorry.

YOU win never be sorry for serving
the Lord you may be- sorry for al
most every thing else. Says Joseph
Berry:
"There are men and women who de-
clare their regret at almost every step
in life they have taken. I could find
married people who tell you they wish
they had never been married, and sin.
gle people who tell you they wished
they had I could find carpenters who
would say, The worst trade you could
put boy at is carpenters, and doc
tors who would say, Better be chin.
ney sweep than doctor = and | could
find a chimney-sweep who would say,
Better he anything than chimney
sweep; mine is the dirtiest trade 60
ing Now I am going to throw out
challenges: Will someone find me
person who will say, L wish I had
never loved Christ? p Blessed be God,
you can't do it; the consecrated life
bears the test of experience. He saved
me when I was a lad, and / began tc
preach the gospel when was sixteen
He is the friend who has never failed
me, who has never left me, who has
come close in trouble, and been nearest
and dearest to me when needed him
most"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31
"The Queen Home"

Honor the dear old mother. Time
has scattered snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep burrows on her
cheeks, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful now? The lips are thin and
shrunken, but those are the lips
which have kissed hot tear from the
childish cheeks, and they are the
sweetest lips in the world. The eye is
dim, yet it glows with the soft radi.
ance that can never fade. Alb, yes,
she is a dear old mother. The sands
of life are nearly run out, but, feeble
as she is, she will 60 futher and reach
down lower for you than any other
upon earth. You cannot enter pris-
on whose bars will keep her out. You
can never mount a scaffold too high
for her to reach, that che may kiss and
bless you in evidence of her deathless
love. When the world shall despise
and forsake you when it leaves you
by the wayside to die unnoticed, the
dear old mother will gather you in
her feeble arms and carry you home
and tell YOU all your virtues until you
almost forget your soul is disfgured
by vices. Love her tenderly and
cheer her declining years with holy
devotion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31

Fresh shipment of sNunnallies' candy at
Milford e. DuPre's the Druggist. Phone 1O7.
When you want DIR. Neuffer's lung tonic, 60
to Milford j. DuPres.
Why suffer when you can call up Phone l07
and get Milford's neuralgia powder tnat Will
relieve you at once. For sale by Milford
DuPre.
Harris Lithia water and ginger ale. For
sale by Milford & DuPre. Phone l01.
Remember Milford e. DuPre carries the
most complete line of stationary In the city.
When In need OF nice box call on thence
Phone l07.
We make prescrlptionse speciality. Phone
US and we will place IT In your hands before
DuPre the Druggist Phone lB.
Velvet candy fresh at Speeds.
On these hot afternoons nothing is so re.
freshing as "Lolly Pop" Sold at Speeds
soda fountain.
"Dew drop" in as you pass by and be re.
freshed at Milford & DuPre's the druggists.
We cheerfnIy refund yoHr money when
tar heel cholera cure falls to cure hogs or
fowls of cholera. p. B. Speed.
Fresh and good tanglefoot fly paper sold at
Speeds.
Now is the time to get rid of bed bugs. Use
kill-a-bug For sale by Speed.
All the best cattle powders for sale by Speed
Tar Heel cholera cure Is positively guaan-
teed and when 1t falls to cure hogs or fowls Of
cholera you can get your money hack. For
sale by Speed.
For driving out dull bilious feeling
strengthening the appetite and increasing the
capacity OF the body for work. Milford's syr-
up hypophosphites is a golden remedy. Sold
only by Milford DuPre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31

Don't fail to try hox of cacti soap. For
sale by Milford d DuPre. Phone 107. The
Druggists.
DR.. Hill's famous headache powder has no
equal. For sale by Milford & Dutre.
Phone l0i.
Call at Milford d DuPre's drug store and
be refreshed with one OF their Ice cream
sodas.
Fresh shipment OF Nunnallys candles Just
received. 5, 10, 30 and 60 cents boxes. For
sale by Milford & Duore.
By using bottle of Speeds lightning reno
vator you can make your last summer cloth
ing look like new. Price l0c. at Speeds.
A fresh lot ofsweet potatoes, irish potatoes
and lemons this week. Amos b. Morse.
For tired, swollen, sweating feet, nothing
equals Aliens foot ease. For sale by Speed.
XIII all the flies in your house with insect
powder. For sale by Speed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-05-31
Wish They Were All Blind.

Robert Burns friend, DR.. Black
lock, the blind poet, was licentiate
of the Church of Scotland and used to
preach occasionally.
One Sunday he was supplying a
country pulpit. Certain deaf old wo-
men, as was the custom in those days,
had squatted on the pulpit stairs to be
as near the preacher as possible. Like
the mass Of the Scottish people, they
abominated sermons that were read.
One of them, as soon as the dis
course was begun, said to her neigh
bor in tone that was audible through
the whole church, SIS he readin'?"
"Tuts, woman! No. he Gamma read
-heis blind.n
"Blind, is he' eh? That's raal fort
mate. I wish they a. blind'