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Evening star., 1901-09-26

There has naturally been much excite
ment among Chinese Otfice-seekers since
the necessity of appointing an extra force
Of tax collectors asserted itself
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Congress will have enough material on
hand to make business activity take the
place of social gaiety this winter.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

If the cost of meat and vegetables con-
tinues to go up, epicures will cease talking
of terrapin and begin to- brag about their
corned beef and cabbage.
Evening star., 1901-09-26
Linen Department.

dozen Sample Napkins soiIed reduced from
S1.65 TO 81 IS dozen; dozen. reduced from 81 .75
to $1.50; dozen. reduced from $20e to 81 75
dozen: dozen, reduced from s2.65 to 81. .25.
Second floor.
Evening star., 1901-09-26
A RanaOr.
From the Detroit News.

The report that Postmaster General
Smith will retire may have been started
by the railway mail contract or second
class matter grafters.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

The country can always afford to enlarge
the White House to accommodate The ia M
lily of it's Presidents and be pleased at the
necessity for more room.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

1t should be understood by anarchists
that Chicago does not present them with
their liberty as token of esteem
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Prince Chun thought of coming to Amer
lea. but has decided to save his money for
repairs in Pekin.
Evening star., 1901-09-26
SHOOTING STARS.

The old scouts definition of "a good In
dian" also applies to "a good anarchist.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

1t is expected that the Duke of York will
soon be made Prince of Wales, But it
won't seem like the same old prince.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Aguinaldos body guard has SURRENDERED
Evidently the chief has recommended the
board at American headquarters
Evening star., 1901-09-26
war President.,
rom the Proridence .Iournal.

From the Providence journal.
The revolution gave us Washington for
President. the war af 1S12 gave us jackson
the Mexican war gave US Taylor, the civil
war gave US Grant and the Spanish war
has given US Roosevelt,
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Secretary Hay has had the unfoue ex-
perience of being in close relations to tie
three murdered Presidents just before their
death. He was secretary to Lincoln he
stood as friend and comforter at the bed
side of Garfield and he was McKiniev,s
chief of cabinet.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

President Castro of Venezuela is evident
ly dissatisfied with the local supply of
trouble.
Evening star., 1901-09-26
Blanket Department.

25 pairs 1914 Wool Blankets subject to sligf
imperfections. Reduced from $500 to 81 95 pair
Second floor.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

OIn order to avoid delays. on nc
rount of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
TO amy Individual connected with the
Office. hut simply to THE STAR. or TO
the Editorial Business Depart
menfs. according to tenor purpose.
Evening star., 1901-09-26
Woodward & LOthrOp,
New York-Washngto
Fridays Our
Remnant Day.

Articles OF comfort home
anu " person are In the list tor tomorrow and they all marked
quick selling Scores OF odds and ends short lengths
ngs-and attention called
Couch Covers single pieces Art Furniture Upholstery Fabrics
and Art Squares suitable covering pillows seats eta
collection
lar prices. Every department is represented
Evening star., 1901-09-26

% yds. Black and White Striped Satin.
55e. yd. Regularly 75c.
First floor.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Is5 yds. is-ineh Black and White Changeable
Taaetas.
SOC. yd. Regularly 75e.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

295 yds. Fancy Hair-line Striped Tanetas.
soc. yd. Regularly 75c.
Evening star., 1901-09-26

Sc yds. 21-inch National Blue Surah.
55c. yd. Regularly 75c.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Be Not Afraid.

One of the questions that is al
ways before the people of the Arkan-
sss valley is "when will the limit be
reacbed?" meaning the limit of our
industrial development. The ques-
tion is certainly a very important
one, for upon the correct answer to
it rests the determination OF final
value and the outcome Of a great
many Investments. The fear has
been voiced that the limit has already
been reached and that 1t is time to
call halt. Those holding this view
are certainly mistaken. If they stop
now they will be run over just as
surely as the Arkansas continues to
flow to the Mississippi with apollo
gies to Kansas). The timid ones
need have no fear as to the outcome.
The relation between our Possibili-
ties and the limit of development will
adjust itself as surely as Natures
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Sugar Producers viii Compromise.

Sugar Producers viii comprom Sc.
Washington, D. G., Dec. 21.-Spe-
cial. )-"Cuban reciprocity will be
taken up by the ways and means
committee Immediately after the re
assembling of congress. 1t is likely
to come before the house soon after
action on the Nicaraguan canal bill.
It will be the big fight of the ses-
sion. l wonder if we have made a
mistake on this Philippine tariff
bill"
Thus spoke prominent member
of the ways and means committee
this evening. The possibility that
in putting up high tariff wall
against the Philippines the house
acted hastily and did injustice, is
dawing on few high tariff repub
lIcans. 1t now bids fair to work to
the advantage of those who are
fighting for concession to Cuba. The
recommendations of the Philippine
commission for a reduction of so per
cent in the Dingley rates of leading
products of the islands has opened
the eyes of several Republican lead
ers and it is safe to say that had this
advice come before the bill came out
of the committee, 1t would not have
passed the house in its present form.
The president consulted Senators
Lodge and Platt of Connecticut to-
day on the question Of Cuban tariffs,
and soon afterwards Henry L. Ok
nard, as head of the beet sugar or
ganization, called at the white honse.
The allied sugar forces have conclud-
ed that the administration is deter
mined to force a reduction of the
tariff on Cuban sugar, and MIR. Ok
nard called to propose compro
mise plan which provides for
bounty to Cuban planters. in order to
put their business on paying basis.
This scheme contemplates exacting
the full Dingley rates and then pay
ing enough back to encourage the
industry in the island and prevent
bankruptcy. Mr.. Oxnard thinks this
will help the Cubans and do no in
jury to home producers. He said
after the conference today that the
president would give it attention.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

week, and caught the town with a
coal famine on its hands.
The freezing cold weather has not
yet stopped the shipment of sugar
beets. Numerous loads of them are
coming in.
Our cattle men have had to hustle
during the past week. The cold snap
coming SO much eallier than usual
this year caught some of them unpre-
pared.
Ten dollars and trimmings is what
Judge Frybarger thinks about right
for carrying concealed weapons If
the rest of the officials in Prowers
county would follow his example it
would be we'll.
Broom corn is now at price cal
culated to thoroughly disgust those
who thought they would grow some
and didn't. The price is fabulous
and still going higher. For several
years broom corn has been a profita-
BILE crop.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Hanna and the Labor Conference.


Senator Hanna speaks very en-
couragingly about the work OF the
peace conference between represent
atives of labor and capital. He says
he does not expect that all strikes
will be done away with, but that
labor and capital will be brought in
to such close ralntiona that the evils
of strikes will be minimized.
Certainly long step toward the
establishment of harmonious rela-
tions between labor and capital has
been taken by the appointment OF
committee to prepare plan OF &C.
ticn and agreement for the settle
ment of labor questions. When men
get to the point where they all desire
to confer the outlook is good for a
happy termination of their troubles.
Mr.. Hanna shows that he believes
that the great organizations of capi-
tai have come to stay and that the
same is true of the labor organizs-
tions To what extent and in what
particulars this is true is q matter
fox the future to solve and answer,
but it is evident that he bases much
of his hope Of a peaceful solution OF
the labor problem upon the prospect
that great industries on the one hand
and labor organizations on the other
will be controlled by comparati vely
few men. When power is wisely
and temperately exercised there Is no
doubt that the problems in which 1t
is involved is simplified by its con-
centration in the hands of few. In
that case smaller number of per-
sons have to be consulted and a
smaller number of persons have to be
reconciled.
The question of labor and capital
may both to some degree be left to
the solution of time and evolution.
The growth of new conditions gives
rise to new questions, and many, II
not all, these find their answer in the
progress of events. On every hand
it must be admitted in any event that
the solution of the problems that
arise between labor and capital is
not to be found in a resort to vio-
lence on the one side or of oppres-
sion on the other.-Denver Republi-
can.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

County Notes.
[From the Holly Chieftain. ]

From the Holly Chieftain.1
J. G. Christopher went to Iowa
last week, where he will devote some
time to working up party of immi
grants to this section.
A. J. Myers died this morning at
his homo in Amityville after long
illness of typhoid fever. He leaves
q wife and five children.
J. w. Phillips returned from Iowa
yesterday. He said they had som g
pretty cold weather there during the
past week, being 81 below zero on
Saturday morning.
The new livery barn of Howell &
Jones is about completed. A large
room on the second floor has been
fitted up and rented to the Woodmen
of the World.
Monday was pay day for the beet
growers, and we haven't seen one
since but what looks happy and con
tented. This will be a happy Christ
mas to all, thanks to the profitable
beet industry in which the farmers
have engaged SO extensively.
g. H. McVey, the pioneer well man
of Colorado, brought his outfit to
Holly last week, to put down an
artesian we'll for the farmers in
Amityville settlement, about seven
miles northwest of Holly 1t was
taken out on Monday and the we'll is
being bored at rapid rate. Mr..
Mcvey has contracted to put it down
1900 feet but if necessary to get a
flow he will go farther. He expects,
however, to get a flow at less than
that depth.
From the Granada Times.l
Winter struck US pretty hard this
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
MCLEAN BROS.

Patterson mansion. The cololed
maid who answered the ring cheer
fully gave the desired information
about the voters Of the house. There
was Mr.. Patterson and Mrs. Patter-
son, and Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell, and
the butler, coachman and the female
servants, with their names.
"Do you mind telling me-" asked
the canvasser, persuasively, "what
party Mr.. Patterson belongs tor"
"'Deed, 1 doan know" replied the
girl, without the slightest hesitancy,
she amt been home since mawnin.'"
Globe Democrat.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Patterson's Politics.

r. Nj. Patterson, successor OF Ed
ward o. Wolcott as United States
senator from Colorado, has not yet
arrived in Washington, having been
delayed by the trial of mining suit
in Iowa. The fact that he has agreed
to stand hitched with the democrats,
according to the data furnished by
him for his sketch in the congress
sional directory, is responsible for a
good story that is being told by mem
bers of the Colorado delegation. The
senator was in Congress once as a
democrat. He bolted Cleveland in
1892 and for number of years was
the head of the populist organization
in the West. He also took hand
in the organization of the silver re-
publican party, the national silver
party and kindred factions, and was
the chief promoter of the many fu-
sion deals that has been engineered
in Colorado. In county and city
elections the senator lead civic feder
alton, good government clubs, tax
payers leagues and all sorts and con-
ditions of Independent political or
ganizatlons. If he did not like the
political situation when he came down
town in the morning he went to work
and had new party in the field be-
fore he went home in the evening.
This was certainly disconcerting to
the people who were trying to follow
in his political footsteps. But here
is the story: A canvasser for one OF
the political organizations, who did
not know the senator, called at the
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
Unanimous Verdict.

From our many articles the past
few weeks received from various sour
ces it will be seen that the comedy
farce, "a Wise Woman," is strictly
first class attraction, with more orig
inal and novel features than any
company that has yet visited US. 1t
remains to be seen how they will be
appreciated.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
laws control.

laws control.
The development of the great
Arkansas valley has only just begun.
The surface only of the possibilities
that lie at our doors has been touched.
The possibilities of the Valley have
simply been guessed at. And the
realities will not be fully developed
in this age and generation. So long
as there remain great areas of land
untouched by the plow; 80 long as
there remain tracts of eighty acres or
more under one ownership; so long
as the wealth beneath the surface in
the shape of coal, oil and gas remain
untouched and undeveloped; so long
as the great systems of water storage
and irrigation that are sure to be in
augurated are uncompleted, just 80
long should our people have no hest
tation in investing capital and i'm
proving their holdings. The devel-
opment of the coal, oil and gas de-
posits and the tilling of the surface
to the highest state OF cultivation
aided by the storage of the flood
waters, will bring to us new and now
unthought- of industries and improve
and develop this country to degree
that is at present hard to determine.
No one living in this day and age
need be afraid. Only the future
generations will witness the consum-
nation of the great industrial de-
velopment now under way in the
Arkansas valley. Instead of only
one, there will be several sugar fac
tories near this city, and to those will
be added manufacturing and indus
trial concerns that will bring great
wealth and valuation and a large
population of happy, prosperous and
intelligent people.-Rocky For d
Gazette.
The Lamar register., 1901-12-25
We Wish You All a~
Merry Xmas& HappyNew Year

And thank you for the liberal patronage you
have given US for the year about to close.
We have few HOLIDAY GOODS left
which we will close out at cost, so if you want
a New Years present now is the time to buy
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
Quicksilver FIasks.

The bottles or TASKS used for trans
porting quicksilver are generally
made of boiler iron and are cylindrical
in shape, about IL inches in height
and four inches in diameter, with a
screw plug inserted in one end. The
capacity Of a flask is 1914 pounds and
its weight about II pounds. Such
TASKS are used by ell producers of
quicksilver, and pass through the
hands of various dealers till they
reach the consumer. The total num-
Der used in this country cannot be
very large, as the total product last
year of quicksilver in the United
States was but 2s,S79 TASKS, and the
same flask can be used again and
again till it gets too rusty inside A
flask can easily last 25 years. We IN
derstand most of those now in use are
made abroad, but an American firm
also has made them. Most Of the sec
ond-hand TASKS can be bought for IS
or 80 cents apiece.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
He MADE A NAME
PAINTING HORSES
From the Kew York Telegraph

From the Kew York Telegraph
John McAuliffee, the famous
PALMER nt horses, who fell from
rear window Of his fourIh-foor
apartment Saturday morning aud
was killed, had for Gfty-fve years
painted horses, and was known to
every horse owner and jockey of
note In America. Outside OF that
class he was little known. Horses
were his friends, aud he loved
them. lie knew every bone and
siuew in them. Ills pictures were
real. lie frequently received 5000
for q picture, and never painted
Que for less than 500. Ills color
iugs were marvellous, and he had
ne knark said to be possessed by
70 other artist-tIat If cachiug
aoyse gait in his painting a
hoGsaman could tell at q glance
from cue of his paintings whether
the horse was trotter, PAGER or
runner.
He had painted portraits of
every horse of note III America in
the last half century.
The Marques of Waterford call
ed on him to paint his Deroy win
ner, Ballentine, after he had also
painted horses for Garret Barry of
Cork. lie came TO America while he
was in his sixteenth year, and had
painted horse portraits here ever
siuce, with: the exception of Oc-
casiOnal trips to the :otLer side to
execute canvasses Of turf kings.
He was always a we'll known fig
ure at the Horse show, and a great
friend Of the late Colonel Kip. He
painted all the prize winners the
Colonel hal at the horse shows.
He perpetuated on canvass all the
famous horses owned by Robert
Bonner and was frequently guest
at that gentleman's country place.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
LEG NOTICES.
The STATE OF TEXAS.

The STATE OF TEXAS,
Coacty OF Cameron. To 81 Per
sons OWE :ng OF haviaIg, q claiming ~
interest ia the following described land
delinquent 10 the State g Texas, ard
County of Cameron, for taxes. to-yyit.
Lot No, l2, ia Block No. 81, n the city
Of Brownsville, Texas, ana according %
George Lyon 5 map Of ssj3 oijv. front
ing 80 feet ca Adam strs55 azsd rrn,,i- =
back between parelial upes T. ~ sBsy
dividing said block, ,7slch s85a ,anf 4
delinquent for taxes for the follovirg
amounts: S19.sS for State Tezes and
S74.05 for County Taxes, aud penalty,
interest and costs, and you are hereby
notified that suit has been brought by
the State for the collection Of said Tax
es, and you are commanded to appear
and defend such suit at the February
Term of the District Court for Cameron
County, and State Of Texas, to be begun
and holden at the Court house, in the
City Of Brownsville, in said county and
State, on the fifth Monday after the first
Monday in Januare, 1901, and show
cause why judgment shall not be rem
dered condemning said lot and ordering
sale and foreclosure thereof for said
taxes, penalty, interest and costs of suit.
Given under my hand and seal of said
Court at my office in Brownsville, Tex
as, on this 9th. day Of January, A. D
1901.
LOUIS KOwALSKI,
Clerk District Court, Cameron Co., Tex
A true copy l certify:
Caledonia CARA, Sheriff.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

To Keep Blue Cotton From Fad
ipg-Dissoive ma ounce of sugar
of lead, soak the print or lawn IN
this solution two hours aud let II
dry before being washed and iron
ed. In thls way any shade OF blue
eau be kept from fading when
washed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
Times.

The great multi millionaire beef
packer, Phil Armour, has paid his
last debt 10 nature, and gone to
that bourne, whence no traveller
returns. He took none Of his
millions with him, but they are
doubtless a welcome s0lace to his
heirs-unless the oder Of the pack
cry ShOuld cling to them and rem
der them distasteful. In some
cases, the source of the wealth of
the mouUeaa1 riches has proven n
drawback socially, but this is
rarely so in Chicago, where mil
lionairedom has the beef packery
aud soap factory for its chief
basis.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

The reported resppearauce OF
the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots,
IN the London tower, may be a
hint on the part of the ghost seers
to Queen Victoria, that it is about
time for her to make room on the
throne for the Prince OF Wales.
The unhappy Mary's ghost is cred
tied with reviAitiag the scene of
her tragic exit from life just before
the death of each reignlng sover-
elgn of Britain, hence. it is said
that many of the court are afraid
Ihe report of its late appearance
may seriously disturb her majesty.
The latter statement sounds silly
enough, hut ii is highly improb-
able that such a we'll balanced old
lady as Queen Victoria will pay
attention to such nonsense. True,
at her advanced age, death may be
expected at almost any moment,
hut it will not be recorded in this
day aud age that the queen o.
EnxlaDd VIZ scared 10 death.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

WANTED.-Capable, reliable person
IN every county to represent large COM
pany of solid financial reputation; 1886
salary per year, payable weekly; % per
day absolutely sure and all expenses;
straight. bona-fide, definite salary, no
commission; salary paid each Saturday
and expense money advanced each
week. STANDARD HOUSE, CAX-
Ton BUILDING, CHICAGO.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

That MayhrIrk pnen WAS ouly a
gold brick 1t Seeun~, though it did
not fool every body. 1t doubtless
sympathy for rile prisoner, but the
discovery that it was plagiarized
will soon cool the sympathy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

The individual who strives to
please everybody seldom pIeascs
any body. Better do what You
think is right and proper under
existing conditions regardless of
what tlfe other fellow thinks or
dues.-YOakum Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
II the federal government ca!

II the federal government can
expend millions to reclaim the
arid lands Of certain portions Of
the West, by constructing irrigat-
ing RESERVOIRS aud bitches, why
should it not as well devote money
to the construction of the long
talked-of "Picket Line" railroad
from Laredo to the month Of the
Rio Grande, thus retaining a vast
territory that wOnId rival the Nile
I'D productivenessi This project
was recommended by the late Capt.
John q. Bourke of the Third Cav
airy, who more than once wrote
articles highly favorable to the
construction of such line by the
government, and other prominent
men have also spoken encouraging
ly of it. Why should it not be
duue2
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Cameron County-Greeting:
You are hereby commanded, that you
summon, by making Publication Of this
Citation in some newspaper published
in the County of Cameron, if there be a
newspaper published therein, but if not,
then in any newspaper published in the
98th. Judicial district; but if there be no
newspaper published in said judicial dis
trict, then in newspaper published in
the nearest district to said 2Sth. judicial
district, for three weeks previous TO the
return day hereof, Mary G. Smithwick
is nonresident OF the State of Texas
to be an appear before the Honorable
District Court, at the next regular term
thereof, to be holden in the County of
Cameron, Texas, at the Court House
thereof, in the City Of Brownsville in
said County and State, on the fifth Mon
day after the first Monday ia January,
1901, then and there to answer a Peti-
ton fled in said Court, on the 9th. day
Of January, a. d. 1901, in a suit mum
bered on the docket of said Court No.
1176, wherein the State of Texas Is
plaintiff and Mary G.. Snilhwick Is de-
PENDANT.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-01-10

Not least Of the l,rltY worries of
President Mckinley lIfr at pres
enl is probably l'eltigrrw OF South
Dakota.