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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-15

lsmsnts ranging from so tc
100 parsons
Improved lands in this eoun.
J sell al from s. 10 s25 PEI
.rre, unimpIGved at 81 10 Sc
fire average taxable value al
and is 81 There are 50 &c
'errs ri school land in The
onnly Iion.seekers are grad
tally finding their way to this
and, where farmers can work
in the open air yearly $50 days
in he year.
All that is needed to develop
the rich resources of this fertile
valley is the construction Of q
Erailroad le connect il with the
nortbern markets. Once The
great iron horse finds lis way
Ehilher, the man with the hoe
viii promptly follow TO Claim
these natural riches for himself
IU fact, many have already
fonnd their way into the coun-
Ity. and sm al colonies of active
FARMERS have been settled al
oarious points within the past
few years, while the numerous
letters ihquiring about the
country which are received con
stantly by THE HERALD show
THAT many others are locking
his way with a view of locating
in the far-famad lower Rio
Grande valley. There are also
excellent prospects of the early
construction of railroad con
Meeting Brownsville with San
Antonio, aud it will probably
not be long ere that magic de-
veloper will turn mighty tide
Of immigration this way.
BROWNSVILLE.
There is probably no other
town III the United States "a
large as Brownsville and pos
sessing such numerous natural
advantages Which is as y+l
without rail communication
with the outer world. With y
population of nearly 70G0, sur
rounded by lands fully eqnal IL
fertility 10 the famed valley o..
he Nile and blessed with 3
most salubrious climate, ihi,
place lacks only a railroad
utlet to make il one of til.
most Important cities in Texas
Aud thsre is every reason whs
J railroad should be construct
q 10 this point Fesides ths
.ity of Brownsville itself, Their
IS located here the importau
arny post of Fort Brow.
.vEicll, With the constant chang
ing of troops and transporla
lion of baggage and supple
would pay a large SUN Annually
0 the support OF a railroad
Fbe towns of Point Isabel, Sal.
"a Maria. Hidalgo, Rio Grand
City and Roma would also 7.
ceive all Of their freight or.
=uch a Rhine. while several In
Dortant up river towns and ST;
dement's on the Mexican sit
# the river Would likewise T..
ONE It's supporters, as nearl
all freight for These points no
eomes via steamer 10 Braze
santiago and through Brown
siiIe whence i; goes TO its de
inalion either by river or h
arts. And, better than Ties.
inst opposite Brownsville Ii.
he important Mexican city
datamoTos, With q population {
,ypr 10000. which also receive
all of its freight via Brown
vile. Here We have then a pei
nlation of upwards of twent,
thousand isolated through la
of rail facilities, and ready
pour rich contributions 4.
wards the support Of ii.
sailroad, which there is ever
reason to believe will SOC
reach here Nor is this I'll, {,
it should be remembered tia
BrownsVilfe lies directly in ll,.
line Of tie shortest route cor
Meeting the North with Next,
=. l.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-15
I.oPUlATIoN 80 TowNs

Cameron county. according
Il. 4lls eens.fs of 1890. contains
= population of I420. TIL
ennsliy seal is Brownsvilir
with asonf LOCO i..ha hitanie
P.isst Isabel. a seaport y
miles from BrownsViIl-, on the
4agtsna del MadFe, has abont
Msa hnha hifapis, and Santa
Marin, a gss,wis4g ti1fle river
s~1sfenrnl. about 80 Iiissr
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
The REWARD OF THRIFT
How a photographers Trraud Il
Became an Astronomer.

How a PhotoErarher's Trrand Boy
Became an Astronomer.
story is told of one of the great
men of to-day which has the added
charm of being romantic as well as
| true. As in the story books, it begins
with "Once upon time'-though not
SO long ago-a small boy, looking for
| employment found 1t with a photog-
rapher in Nashville, Tenn. Unlike
most Southern boys this little fellow.
working for small stipend, saved up
all he could spare, until it had become
a snug little pile that turned the whole
tide of his life.
He was at his work one day when a
young friend came to him, and, wish
| ing to borrow some money, left his
book for security. The young photoc-
rapher did not wish security. but told
his friend, PAY me when You can" at
the same time fearing he would sec no
returns from his loan.
The friend left the book. and it
proved TO be q work on astronomy, so
the youth examined it. and found 1t
most interesting and then resolved TO
know all he could of the heavens, read
ing every book he could find on the
subject.
He purchased telescope and spent
his nights on the roof. studying the
stars. He worked faithfully for his
employer, but never grew tired of
studying the wonders of the worlds
around him. AT last. as a reward for
his labors, he discovered two comets
before the watchful scientists knew of
them, Notwithstanding their greater
advantages, This made the lads
name familiar to all the le.irned world.
and he was asked to see what he could
do with the six-inch telescope at Van.
derbilt College. Within six years he
was the happy discoverer of six com
cts. Later, at Lick Observatory, he
| discovered eight more, and astounded
the world by discovering the fifth
satellite of Jupiter. He 1t was who in
vented a new method of Photographers
the nebulae of the Milky Way.
This boy, who. by a small loan to
his friend, became so great. an as
tronomer, is Prof. Il. Il. Barnard. in
charge of Yerkes Observatory. of Chi
cage University.-New York Tribune
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

In the season and sown to wheat. There
is but little doubt that they will de-
stroy red clover and wheat in early
spring under the conditions previously
indicated.
If your ground was thickly shaded
last fall, and especially if there was a
rank growth of clover during the late
summer, these insects, in all probable
ity, laid their eggs among the clover
plants, and these Matching to maggots,
shown at left in the figure, became half
or two-thirds grown before the winter
set in. do not know that there is
anything you can do to stop the depre-
dations of these worms. If am no.
badly mistaken you will soon see the
ground full Of holes; in many cases out
of these will be sticking empty shells,
shown at right in figure, and your
fields will be quite thickly populated
by these large, long-legged flies.-F. NJ.
Webster, Ohio Experiment Station.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
suggestions for Matings.

Beginners will find in the following
suggestions help in selecting breed
ing poultry stock: ''The male bird
should be model and exhibit the dis
tinctive character of the breed to which
he belongs. He should be good sized,
healthy and full of activity, with no
constitutional defects. He should
have a clear-eut profile, with smooth
glossy plumage and keen eye. He
should have broad chest and carry
himself with a proud, yet graceful air
The females should be chosen to COM
bine good size, pure and even color
strong constitution and symmetry in
form. When selecting hens for breed
ing we should look first for good layers
and the most perfect in general appear
ance, and by this combination we are
sure to obtain superior offspring"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

thought he owned US. He had q dead
inch on his own country and he imagined
lie had the same on this one. H. taxed
our tea, he did, and used the money to
sport around with the boys. When we
began to cave around about it he sent q
iob-lot of his soldiers over here to hold us
down. This caused more indignation and
one day the matter was brought to focus
when lot of our boys got together and
held a square mems meeting. Among
those present were Patrick Henry and
George Washington. Pat made a ringing
speech and told them that the people ought
to rise up out OF their lethargy and make
this q free country. A declaration of in
dependence was written out and signed
and the bell was rung, as we have said.
When old George Threetimes heard OF
this he sent over more soldiers and tried
to wipe out the little band parading tnder
George Washington.
But Mr.. Threetimes' gingerbread sol
diers couldn't fool our George-nit! Our
George let them chase him around New
Jersey and Pennsylvania aud when fhey
finally did catch him they at once tried to
let him. go. But George didn't go-not
much. That night our George crossed
the Delaware river and made old George
Threetimcs' army look like boiled lobst ers.
Our George found the most of them / t a
50-cent dance, but he sailed right in, rev.
ertheless. and history tells US that he
broke up the ball. Because he won, the
war we made our George Presider. Seld
we have been having Presidents and
Fourth of Julys ever since.-Exchange.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
Crane Flies.

A correspondent sends specimens of
worms that infest his strawberry, rasp-
berry and dewberry fields. He says:
They work on the roots and cut them
Off; cut off leaf stems and fruit buds
OF strawberries, and work similarly on
dewberries; cannot see that they are
injuring raspberries. Land was all in
crop rotation before planting berries.
Berry patches are one and two years
old. What are they, and will they do
serious damage?"
The worms sent are the young of
what are known as crane flies, the long
legged, mosquito-like insects that are
sometimes mistaken for Hessian fly,
and are supposed by others to be the
parent of cut worms. This is the first
time that these insects have ever been
reported as Injurious to strawberries
or dewberries. so far as known TO me-
In England they are called leath ar
jackets, and are sometimes destructive
in fields l have known them to de-
stroy fields of young wheat in Indiana
in early spring, where the land had
been devoted to clover the previous
year, and the ground broken very late
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

that the milk from these cows has
been tested and analysed again and
again, but thus far no germs have
been found in it. So that, from n scen-
tific point of view, these cows have
produced clean and healthful milk. One
criticism of this achievement points
out that, although no germs have been
found In the milk, 1t is not safe to say
that the milk had never contained any.
The germs may be found in unsuspect-
ed corners, and in one milking and not
in another. The testing apparatus, too,
is not yet perfected. The general effect
of these Investigations. however, is TO
make the public much more comfort
able as to its dairy milk supply.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
Neutrality-suspicious. Milk.

1t seems that, after all, much of the
public alarm as to the danger of the
spread of tuberculosis through the
drinking of milk is unnecessary. For
some years the station officials at the
New Jersey experiment station have
been closely observing several tubercu-
lous cows, formerly part of the sta
TONS general herd. When the animals
reacted under the delicate tuberculin
test they were not slaughtered, but
were segregated and studied. They find
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
TO BE HEALTHY, EAT SPINACH.
Specialists Have Discovered that the
Plant Is Unusua'IyW holss me.

| Specialists Have Discovered that the
| Plant Is Unusually Who1es me.
If you want to be healthy eat spinach.
| The specialists have discovered that
this plant is the most precious of veg
etables." 1t contains salts of potas-
SUM, iron and other things which con-
due to good complexion, long life
and a cheerful disposition. The man
with disordered liver and a woman
| with bad complexion should contract
the spinach habit, and these things will
be rectified. If the system needs iron,
eat spinach and the yolk of eggs. The
chemist BiDgo says that these two arti-
| cles of food contain more iron to the
| square inch than 1.-The most renowned
| ferruginouS remedies" French beans
| and lentils contain much iron, but
spinach beats them both. For that
| tired feeling eat spinach.
Perhaps, when all the earth's supply
! of iron has been dug up and put into
| railroads and machinery the Andrew
Carnegie of that far-off day will draw
| his supplies from vast fields of spinach.
This most precious of vegetables" has
| heretofore been only side dish at din
A., ner, but in the future the real hygien;c
| family should make it the principal
dish and bring up the children on it. II
is said to possess more medicinal prop
| critics than almost any other article of
food. So convinced has the medical
profession become of the value of the
once despised spinach that, according
| to the Sanitary Record, sit is already
an active ingredient in several new and
salable tonics."
Hereafter we expect to see the chill
dren gathered at breakfast table, each
having in front of him a large plate of
boiled spinach, with plenty of butter
and hard-boiled egg sliced up on top
OF it. Spinach really has some taste
and IS palatable, and after breakfast
Of this most precious vegetable" the
child can go to school without feeling.
as some of us did under the oatmeal
regime, that a glue pot had been swa!
lowed. Spinach is cheerful in color,
and will especially recommend itself to
the American from the Emerald Isle.
The iron in spinach is easily assm
Hated and the vegetable is easily di-
gested. The fact that spinach has such
a remarkable effect upon the complex
ion will recommend 1t to the girls, and
its beneficial effects on the liver will
recommend 1t to the men. In short,
the virtues of the vegetable are so nu-
merous that it would take a long time
- 4an I,,4 . I'll, l. Il.
grows to anything like the proportions
reached by the oatmeal habit we shall
shortly turn into strong, iron-built,
fresh-complexioned, anti-bilious nation.
New York Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
The Village Fourth.

Within the shaded doorway
The eager children stand,
For the strains Of stirring music
Announce the coming band.
r'he roar of distant cannon
Mingles with the chime of bells.
While nearer ST i'll and nearer
The joyous tuinult swells.
Dear grandma leaves her knitting,
And with baby on her knee
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
rnculcatins Lessons OF Patriotism

Slowly and impressiyely the prominent
citizen who had been selected to read the
immortal Declaration Of Independence be-
gan:
when in the course of human events
IL becomes necessary for one peopA TO
dissolve the political
(Boomi BangD
Unheeding this interruption, which was
caused by the patriotic small boys on tie
outskirts of the crowd. the prominent citi-
zen kept right on. He was there to read
the immortal Declaration.
With another. and to assume,
among the powers Of the earth, the sep
arate and equal station to which
Bang! Booml Snap. Crackle! Sput-
ter9
--"Deelsre the causes which impei
them to the separation. We hold these
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

take one six-inch board the desired
length and bevel its edges a little for
the bottom. Nail to this two more six
inch boards for the sides, so the tops
will flare little. Use four-inch
board for guard rail with supports
at each end at the middle of long
trough. The figure shows a view of
the end of the trough in perspective
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
A sheen Trough

A correspondent of the Iowa Home
stead has q trough which he considers
peculiar to his own view of what a
sheep trough ought to be. 1t is so con-
structed as to be convenient for both
sheep and lambs. No sheep will jump
into the trough, and lambs will not lie
in it as they will In larger ones. First
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
One Little Firecracker.

One little frecracker, eager for a lark;
Two little shayings ready for a.spark;
Three little papers in pretty little blaze;
Four little flames going all sorts of ways;
Five little dry sticks just in trim to burn;
Six old timbers waiting for their turn;
Seven great stories full of fire and fright;
Eight burning buildipgs-such a sorry sight
Nine big blocks-up in flames they leap!
Ten million dollars In blackened heap!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
When He Was n Row.

WHAT'S the matter with Boggles' handf
notice that he has it bandaged."
''Eie was showing his small boy how
they shot frecrackers when he was
boy"
did he show him?"
Eyes, exactly. But it wasn't till after
he had done it that he remembered that
it was so."-Chicago Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
A Good Butter Record.

The cut herewith represents regis
tered Shorthorn cow Sally, the proper
ty of the Lyndon Sh0rthorn Stock
record of pounds Is ounce per day,
and transmits her dairy qualities to her
offspring, as is shown by her three.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

year-old heifer's butter record of II
pounds II ounces. During the butter
test they were fed four quarts corn
cob and oats ground and one pint cot
tonseed meal once per day. Sally rep
resents an ideal dual purpose cow,
great size being combined with good
dairy qualities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
Historical,

eral Washington do anyway on de Fourt
o July?
Mammy-Why, he dun invented dem
dar fab crackahs, child, an dey cele-
brates de fac by shootin' EN-. Read up,
chile, read I'D.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

Hall Game strikes quite heroic atti-
tude when cGafronted by the personal
paragraphist. He values attacks, how
ever silly and however much inspired
10y paltry feelings. as recognition of
the fact that am a factor worth count
ing with and an adversary worth fight
ing. Mr.. Han Game goes on 10 say
that when the most false, the most
mean anu the most belittling of the
hihu mas ceased to appear shall know
mat ! am no longer of the least ac-
count"
Nearly every woman has something
TO cry about
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

HE American people
have been celebrating
the Fourth of July,
drinking red lemonade
and firing rcd crack
ers ever since that
time back in 171e
when grandpa crawl.
ed up in that ivy-man-
tied tower at Philadel.
phia and rams the big
cracked bell.
You see, it was this
way: An old rooster
over in England nam
ad Ganrua rINh %aatiy1oac
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
Making Harness Safe from Rats.

Making Harness Safe from Rats.
Take half gallon of good castor oil
to one gallon of best neats-foot oil.
Put all in large iron kettle, two-thirds
full of rain water. Have a moderate
fire under kettle, Dip the harness in
this.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28
GRANDPARENTS FOURTH.


Grandfather Watts used to tell us boys
Ihat Fourth want Fourth without any
noise.
He would say. with thump of his hickory
stick,
That It made an American right down sick
TO see his sons on the Natso- day
Sit round In a sort of Iistless way,
With no Grafton and no train band
70 nre- work show and no rootbeer sfnnd,
While his grandsons. before they wsxe out
of bibs,
Were ashamed great seott!-to ere or
squibs.
And so each Independence morn
erandfather Watts took his powdar-forn.
And the fiint-lock shotgun his father md
When he fought under Schuyler, eountry
lad.
Aad Grandfather Watts would stast and
tramp
Ten miles TO the woods at Beaver Camo;
For Grandfather Watts used to say, -and
scowl-
That decent chlpmunk or woodchask or
owl
w, Was better company. friendly or shy,
Than folks who didn't keep Fourth VI July
And so he would pull his hat down oa his
And march for the woods. sou east by SOU.
But once-ah! long, long years ago;
For grandfather's gone where god men go
one hot, hot Fourth, by ways Of our own.
Such shortcuts as boys have always known,
we hurried and followed the dear old nan
BEYOND where the wilderness began
To the deep black woods at The foot of the
Hump,
Ard there was clearing and a stump
stuInp In the heart of great wide wood:
ana there on that stump our grandfather
stood,
Talking and shouting out there In the am,
And firing that funny old fint-lock gun
Once in a minute, his head all bare,
Having his Fourth of July out there
The Fourth of July he used to know
Back In eighteen-and-twentyo or so.
First, with his face to the heavens blue,
He read the Declaration" through;
And then, with gestures to the left and
right,
He made an ration eruGttc,
Full of words six sylables long:
ana then our grandfather broke into song,
ana soaring the squirrels in the trees,
Gave Hail, Columbia!" TO the breeze.
And tell you. the Old man never heard
When we Joined in the chorus. word ~,
But he sang out strong to the bright blue
sky,
And II voices Joined in his Fourth Of July,
He heard them as echoes from days gone by.
And when he had done, we all slipped back,
AS stlli as we came, on our twisting track;
While words more clear than the flint lock
shots
Rang In our ears.
And Grandfather Watts?
He shonldered the gun his father bore,
And marched off home, nor west by nor
-Harper's Young People.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

No! it is not claimed that
Foley's Honey and Tar will cure
CONSUMPTION or ASTHMA in ad-
yanced stages, it holds out no such
false hopes, but DOES truthfully
claim to always give comfort and
relief in the very worst cases and in
the early stages to effect cure.
A. j. JOHN son CO. DRUGGISTS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

tlltib. llN iAbAlC TIA MAS
unequal to the struggle,
and its life was yielded
up to the fearful poison.
For six long years l suf-
fered untold misery. I
was covered with sores
and ulcers from head to
foot, and no language
can express my feelings
Of woe during those long
years. l hai tho best
meflical treahceEe. Sew
eral physicians success.
sively treated me, but all
- n
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

curry and potash seemed 10 add fuel 10 the
awful flame which was deyouring me. | was
advised By friends who had seen wonderful
cures made by it, to try Swift's Specific. We
got two bottles, and felt hope again revive in
my hreast-hope for health and happiness
again. improved from the start. and a CON-
plete and perfect cure was the result. S. S. s.
Is the only blood remedy which reaches des-
perate cases. MRS. 7. W. LEE,
Montgomery, Ala.
or the many blood remedies, S. S. 8.
is the only one which can reach deep
seated, violent cases. 1t never fails to
cure perfectly and permanently the
most desperate cases which arc beyond
the reach of other remedies.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-06-28

truths 70 be self-evident 49,"
(F.za. Sputter. Bang! Snap. Crackle
Boom! Nhish-sh sh-shD
-'he has refused his assent"
(Cracs! Snap! Boom! Bang! Boom
Boom. Bang! BangD
II Formidable to tyrants only"
(Boomi Crack! Snap! Fizz! Sputter
Woosh! Crackie! BoomD
-'inyGsions on the rights of the PEG
pie"
(Bangs Bang! Fizz! Snap! Boom
Boom! 1saom! FlooshD
''Wl'hout the consent of our legis
latures-"
(Sputter, Bang! Boom! Fizz! Fzz
Fizz! Crs.'kD
Imposing taxes on us without ouI
consent"
(Snap! Crack! Tizz! Bangl Boom
Boom Bang! Vhish- sh- sh-shD
domestic instruction against
us"
Boom. Boom. Bang! Crack! Snap
Sputter! FizzD
Nor have we been wanting"
(Snap Bang! Bang! Boom Boom
Crack! SnapD
For the rectitude of our inten
tons"
(Sputter! Snap! Boom! Bang! Bang
BangD
-"Our lives, our fortunes and oul
sacred honor!'
cloud applause.)
Somebody called out: "Three cheers for
the grand old Declaration of Indepen
dence! Hip! Hip"
Boom! Snap! Bang! Crack! BoomD