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selves; this consists in one perfect
implement which found not made of
flint but from silver of red boulder,
which is quite common in the glacial
deposit that covers this part of the state.
This implement has rounding point
Clipped to nice cutting edge. It is
two inches long by one and quarter
wide and is very creditable piece of
work. 1t was doubtless made from one
of the rectangular, broken boulders re-
ferred to in prior article, as the material
is in every way similar to them. Of
course this may have been made else
where, but there are quantities of chips
Of this material in many of the ledge
circles and this leads one to believe they
were made on the ground. also found
pieces of the same material which showed
unmistakable signs of work but had
never been Clipped to recognizable
form.
Of the specimens not brought from
the Kansas ebert beds there is quite
variety; clouded pink or flesh color
and white specimen was found; have
not been able to trace this to it's original
home but it is a common material for
arrow points in Illinois. The substance
is very Opaque, resembling very white
celluloid in color and the pink clouds
are beautiful in their shading. This
flint is lighter in weight than the ebert
of Kansas but the workmanship on the
specimens found does not seem so good
The points are rounded like the point of
an apple leaf while the Kansas specimens
are pointed more like willow leaf. In
time may be able to trace this kind of
flint to the original quarry; now it
seems from the data at hand to belong
east Of here.
The pure white glassy-looking speci-
mems are common in Iowa and Missouri;
the implements made from this substance
seem to be brittle as nearly every speci-
men is broken in some way, frequently
only the point is found.
Another substance, which enters into
the composition of the arrow-points
found, is greyish white material, very
hard and very tough; it has spots about
the size of pin-head which have every
resemblance to fossil ; the groundwork
which contains these curious fossil-like
deposits is semi-opaque and also contains
little threads running in all directions
through it. 1t resembles very much the
substance usually called "moss agate"
but if I understand it Alright, is not the
same. A bed of similar deposit is found
along the Kansas-Nebraska line west of
the center. The deposit crowns the
bluffs in many places, is an unstratiied
mass about a foot thick and may be
volcanic lava of some kind. I observed
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Roca site are certainly from the ebert
beds described by Mr.. Brewer; he has
this to say in reference to the ebert beds,
in his memoir "Quivira:
"The remarkable deposit of blush
gray flint found in the neighborhood Of
the village described, and from which
nearly all the Clipped Implements Of the
region were made, is abundant in places
east of the Dakota formation of this
region, which borders the surface limit
of the permo-carboniferous limestone
and ebert, not farther west than Linds-
borg and Salina, situated on the Smoky
Hill river. That fact was perpetual
invitation intensely attractive to the
barbarians who depended upon Clipped
implements for the arms of the chase,
the weapons of war and as necessity
in peace, and the supply, conveniently
available about the fertile region of the
upper course of the Kansas river, must
have characterized the locality as so
very desirable, and it's location was
known so far abroad, that contending
tribes fought for it's possession, with
herds of buffalo, fruitful valleys and
quarries of flint, the prizes for which
the savage man staked his life.''
Quite one-half of the arrow points and
flint knives found at this Roca site are
undoubtedly from the above described
deposit, nearly all the spalls and bits
found strewn so thickly about the lodge
circles are of the same material. The
presence of these spalls on the ground
indicates one of two conditions; either
the inhabitants of this village site
brought the blocks of flint thither and
made their weapons with their own
hands or they carried innumerable
quantities of spalls here for some pur-
pose. One would expect to find pieces
of flint large enough to form an average
arrowhead if the former condition
existed; but this is not the case. Among
the thousands of spalls not one can be
selected that would make respectable
arrow-point or knife, although each
piece has invariably very thin sharp
edge and seems to have been selected on
this account. Some of the larger pieces
show signs of having been again Clipped
to give better cutting edge and not a
few show marks of a milestone as
though they have been rubbed on some
hard substance to enhance their cutting
powers.
Flint Brought From Distance.
From the above observations one is
led to the conclusion that the flint was
not worked into arrow-points on the
ground, but the implements were brought
from distance after they were Clipped
into form; that these innumerable spalls
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CLIPPED FLINTS AND IMPLEMENTS
FOUND AT THE ROCA INDIAN
VILLAGE SITE.


sas, so graphically described and so
thoroughly explored by Hon. j. V.
Brewer, to the great mounds along the
Missouri, is one continuous bed of chip
ped fiints, stone axes and pottery shards.
After every summer rain the farmer
boy gathers his harvest of flints to throw
at the birds or to destroy in some man.
ner which boy only knows the inward
ness of; at least many thousands of
valuable specimens are lost to the realms
of science in this way every year. And
what wonder when not one out of
thousand knows the manner of making
their find available even if they appre-
ciated the value of the find, which they
do not. You find stone axes of exquisite
workmanship adorning piles OF cobble-
stones by the roadside. You see arrow
heads, perfect in their every outline,
used for playthings by the youthful
progeny of toiling husbandmen-possi-
bly, an embryo ethnologist, who knows?
This condition should not exist; every
citizen should know valuable specimen
and farther, should know how it's value
could be added to the sum total of exist
ing evidence, and the many questions
now puzzling scientists would soon be
definitely answered.
Nebraska Flints.
In describing the fiints taken from the
Roca site, 1 might well caption the
article Nebraska fints" as the variety
covers nearly the whole range of flint
implements found in the state; in fact
we might almost say the variety found
in any ancient village site covers the
variety found in the basin of the Missouri
river. So extensive an area covered as
it is by some fifteen or twenty varieties
of f1ints is in it's self a startling PROPOSE
ton. Shall we suppose then that but
one stock or stem of the human race tree
has shadowed this particular part Of the
earth? How shall we account then for
an expression from the pen Of Professor
Petrie, the renowned Psychologist, when
he says that flint implements, no matter
from where they come nor by whom
found, so nearly resemble each other
that it shows Enthusiastically common
origin for the art of making them. So
need we wonder that the specimens
found scattered over the whole broad
area of this one little state are so
similar?
Of course, they are all Neolithic, the
archaeology of this state has not yet been
developed beyond the surface stage and
has been handled by amateurs almost
exclusively, and we can scarcely expect
unframed hands to bring to light the
older types, even if they exist-which is
exceedingly doubtful.
;,,% &c I, Jc
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
lpleased to learn that that there is
east one dreaded disea Sc that science
has been able to cure in all its stages
and that is Catarah Halls Catarrh.
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
quiresa constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, hereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offer one Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address. F. J. CHENEY Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 7jc.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Marriage Licenses.

License to wed was issued by
County Clerk Webb during the
past week to the following couples,
on the dates named:
Sept. 30-H. P. Lister and Emil
liza Diaz; TeOdOro de la Fuente and
Expectation Villareal; Pablo Cor
tinas and Petra Gomez.
Oct. trinidad Infante and
GenOveva Robes; Juan Arambul
aud Eduardo Guajardo; EleuteriO
Perez and Andrea Zamora.
Oct. 2-Primitivo Cruz and An
tonia ZamOra; Felix Castaneda and
Maria Lopez.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
PURELY PERSON.aL.

Miss z. Marks came down today
from Bio Grande.
Judge Bartlett returned from
Hidalgo this afternoon.
E. p. Combe returned today
from a short business trip to
Hidalgo.
Judge Wren and Phil. Barbour
were passengers to the Point this
morning.
Francisco Labordi of Rio Grande
arrived by the Matamor0s train
this afternoon.
P. Gonzalez and j. del Bosque
were arrivals this afternoon IN
Matamoros from Monterey.
Antonio Guilerrez Pena, the
drummer, arrived here from Heb
bronville al two this afternoon.
Lon e. Hill, Esq, and
Brooks from Beeville arrived by
the Alice stage last night. They
went ont early this morning to
visit the rice farm.
Floyd Layton, the gallant young
ranger of Capt. Brooks company,
came in from Brownsville this
week where he has been stationed.
Mr.. Layton will return this week.
Alice Echo.
w. NJ. Radcliffe arrived by stage
last night, having visited New Or
leaus, Dallas, FIT. Worth and Hous-
ton during his absence. Mr.. Rat
cIiffe's trip to New Orleans was for
the purpose or buying machinery
for the rice plantation
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Only q Mask.

Many are not being benefited by the
summer vacation as they should be.
Now, Notwithstanding much outdoor
ife, they are little if any stronger than
they were. The tan ON their faces is
darker and makes them look healthier,
but it is only mask. They are still
nervous, easily tired, upse5 by trihes,
and they do not eat nor sleep well.
What they need is what tones the
nerves, perfects digestion, creates appe-
tite, and makes sleep refreshing, and
that is Hoods Sarsaparilla Pupils and
teachers generally will fiD1 the chief
puspOse of the vacation best subserved
by this great medicine which. as we
know, builds up the whole SYSTEM
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. WINsLow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
soOthes the child. softens the gums. al
lays all pain; cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. twill
relieve the poor little sufferer imme-
diately. Sold by Druggists in every
part OF the world. twenty-five cents a
bottle. Be sure ana ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. and takes
other kind.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
ABOUT. TOWN.

Dt Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills San
20 free Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or N.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05

While crossing the bay alone the
other day from Padre Island to
Point Isabel in small sail boat,
Geo. Stowe. Jr., was accidentally
Knocked overheard by some of the
rigging. into the middle of the bay.
The beat moved away short dis
tance and hv some good fortune
was stopped. SD that George man
aged To swim Ia her. He had mar
rows escape. however. and If The
boat had gotten entirely away from
him. he might not have come out
alive. And he WAS in luck also
[" escape HI sharks which are
>aid I" nhnund there. A. it is. he
>ntf-r' d ,llprhlug wur>r than an in
Voluntary -ali hath. which George
w"nld ""' have mIn4e,l, if he
had been IN has bathing costume
nrsf~ad "f his good clothes.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF

PROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF
AND MUTTON. Office Chief Commits
sary, San Antonio, Tex, Oct 1, 1901.
Sealed proposals will be received here
until Ii A. NJ, Nov /, 1901, and opened,
for furnishing and delivering Fresh
Beef and Mutton, called for by Com
missaries at Forts Bliss, Brown, Clark,
Mcintosh. Ringgold, Sam Houston, and
Camp at Eagle Pass, Tex, during six
months commencing Jan. l, 1902. Pro-
posals received and opened same hour by
Commissaries of those posts, each re-
ceiving proposals for his own post only
Proposals will also be received stating
prices at which bidder will deliver fresh
beef and mutton of temperature not
greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. In
formation furnished on application.
Envelopes containing proposals should
be endorsed proposals for Fresh Beef
and Mutton and addressed to under
signed, or TO Commissary at post bid
for. Jno. L. Glenn, Lieut.. Col, Chief
COMFY.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Columbia Won Again.

The third race between the
Columbia and the Shamrock Ii was
run yesterday, instead of today. re-
Sulting in another victory for the
Columbia, who completed the
course IN forty-one seconds ahead
of her competitor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Twentieth Century Medicine

Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as
far ahead of ancient pill poisons and
liquid physic as the electric light of
the tallow candle. Genuine stamped
c. c. c. Never sold in bulk. All
druggists, Ioc.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Baptist Mission.

Levee street Opposite Opera
House Services every Sunday at
IL a. m. and Z p. IN.
Pastors residence in same build
ing. Visitors always welcome.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05

NERVOUS troubles are cured by
~ Hood SarSapHri..:.. wllich en-
riches and puriiies the blood. Its fhe
'est medicine for nervous PEOpI
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Legislature Urges the War De
partment Not to Abandon
Fort Brown.
San Antonio Express.

Austin Tex, Oct. Lion. Viii
liam j. Russell of Brownsville and
Hon. j. o. Nicholson of Laredo.
the two members of the House
now here who represent the lower
Rio Grande frontier districts, are
IN receipt of information that the
United States War department has
In contemplation the abandonment
OF Fort Brown as military post
The same intention is said to also
exist with regard TO Fort Ringgold
the latter post being located at Rio
Grande City
This information came to Messrs.
Russell and Nicholson teday in the
form of a letter from Hon. James
b. Wells, of Brownsville who urged
upon them the Importance of the
State Legislature adopting a resell
utiOn memorializiug the President
and Secretary of War to leave
these posts undiSturbed
In addition to this letter they re-
ceived copy of telegram sent by
Augustin Celaya of Brownsville,
chairman of citizens committee,
addressed to Congress man Rudolph
Kleberg, who is now in Washing
ton, urging the latter to lay the
matter before the Secretary of War
and get the latter to f0rego bis in
tention of abolishing Fort Brown.
This telegram sets forth the i'm
porlance of keeping up that post
The title to the site of the post was
purchased by the Government
AT large cost and the build
lngs and Improvement thereon
cost more than 100000. Mr.
CeIaya says that two companies
of cavalry could be placed there
without additional cost to the
Government. The main reason for
the Governments contemplated ac-
ton in abandoning the post was
that supplies for the troops were
hard to .obtain owing TO the re-
mOteness from railway communica-
ton. Mr.. Celaya .overcomes this
objection by stating in his tele
gram that the obstacles heretofore
existing in obtaining these military
aud other supplies no longer exist,
as the Rio Grande Railroad is now
operating regular line Of vessels
between Point Isabel and Calves
ton and New Orleans. 1t is point
ed out that the city of Matamoros,
situated in Mexico, on the opposite
side of the Rio Grande from
Brownsville, is considered by the
Mexican Government as Il point of |
much military and strategic i'm
portaDce; that 1t is the headquar-
ters of the military zone of the
lower Rio Grande frontier III Mex
leo and garrison of several hnn-
dred men is constantly kept there.
The Importance of maintaining a
garrison at Fort Brown is all the
greater in view of the fact that it
is the only military protection of
a wide section OF frontier, extend
ing from the mouth of the Rio
Grande 10 Fort Ringgold,a distance
of 40 miles. 1t is 165 miles from
Fort Brown to the nearest interior
railroad point
Senator Turney Of Ell Paso, in
ii concurrent resolution in
the Senate this morning. memnr
the President and Secretary
of War not to abandon Fort Drawn
The resolution was adopted.
For Over Fifty Years
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bronco uinine Tablets cure a
cold III one day. NoCure, No Pay. Price
% cents.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-10-05

Matrlm0ny seems to nave oeen
epidemic in Brownsville this week,
eight licenses having been issued
1.-The Sacred Heart of jesus
society will hold its sixth meet
ing at the Catholic church tonight
at 8 o'clock.
The beer famine was relieved
4 yesterday by the arrival of con-
signment of beer on the Mary Ann
from Corpus Christi.
The HERALD is requested to an
nounce that the Sunday school of
the Church of the Advent will
open tomorrow, at $50 a. ID.
Some extensive repairs will be
made on the lighthouse at Brazos
Santiago, bids for the work having
been called for by Capt. Stowe.
The 1estas in MatamOros will
doubtless be we'll attended tonight
and tomorrow, as tomorrow night
will be the last of the feStaS for
this season.
The schooner Pierce Simpson ar
rived in Galveston this morning
and is advertised to sail from there
for Point Isabel on Tuesday, the
9Th. instant.
The Baptist Mission will hold
a services tomorrow for the first time
in their new head quarters opposite
the Opera House. The public cor
daily invited.
The body of Sabas Hernandez,
the drowned man, had not been re-
covered from the river up to half
past three this afternoon. The
daughter of the unfortunate man
who with her fourteen-year old
son constitute the only survivors
of the family-is very much dis
tressed, and sits weeping at her
home, waiting for the body to be
brought in A coffin has been pur-
chased and stands there waiting to
receive the remains of the suicide,
if the waters of the Rio Grande |
give them mp.
Three men who were indicted by
the grand jury recently for false
swearing, and who have been visit
ing POtrO lddO since then, have
come over and surrendered to ar
rest, two coming yesterday and one
this morning, having previously
made arrangements for giving
bond. Their names are Francisco
Garcia, Donaciano Perez and Pau
limo q. Sayas. They Immediately |
gave bond in the sum of $500 each
and were released. e.. II. MariS
and Frank Combe went security
lsr the first named, Frank Combe
and Andres Cueto for the second.
NJ. Barre,ia and VIM. Kelly for the
third.
Our poet was so rejoiced over
the arrival of quantity of beer on
she schooner Mary Ann yesterday.
70 relieve the famine which had
existed here for several DAYS. that
be WAS inspired ." perpetrate the
following:
o, Mary Ann, dear Mary Ann.
To me you're ever dear
was indeed thirsty man,
And you've brought in the beer.
You re the finest little schooner
That ever sailed in here,
Aud we'll drink TO you schooner
OF this very welcome beer.
: o, Mary Ann. dear Mary Ann.
You've brought US all good cheer.
From Corpus Christi down you ran.
And now we've got the beer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-24
FACTS THAT ARE EFFECTIvE.

Baltimore Manufacturers Record.l
Col. J. B. Killebrew, industrial
and immigration agent Of the Nash
Vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway Co., has done an excellent
work for Tennessee, Kentucky, AL
ALBANIA and Georgia, through which
the road runs, by issuing a pamph-
let descriptive of the opportunities
for farming, grazing and poultry
in the territory tributary to the
road. The pamphlet is unique in
many respects. Crops that are ex-
tensively grown in the North are
mentioned briefly, while those
rarely grown in the North are
deliberately treated. The author
does not confne himself to an an
nouncement Of the twenty-eight
crops ranging from corn to cotton
and from peanuts to sweet potatoes
but in lucid style gives directions
Nor their cultivation based upor
actual experience. In dealing witt
live stock he describes the kinds
which have been successfully raised
and directs attention to the lands
particularly available. He has
something to say also about the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-24

The Nashville Christian Advo-
cate has this to say of the four-mile
law:
Gas far as it goes, it is the best
temperance legislation in the Unit
ed States; it has absolutely closed
the saloon in four ffths of our ter
ritory; it is as well enforced as any
law; it is backed up by a public
opinion which not even the whisky
men themselves would dare to af-
front; and it has recently become
operative as above indicated, not
only in the country districts, but
also in more than thirty incorpo-
rated towns"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-24
HOtiOl8

Our Notion Depart
meut is as good as the
tow u affords Hosiery.
Handkorchiefs, Neck
ware, Collars aud Cuffs,
Fans an prices Trim
miugs, Buttons, aud all
the little Notions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-24

labor supply and about The towns
and cities along the line Of his rail-
way. Other pamphlets issued by
Colonel Killebrew are devoted
especially to tobacco culture, water
powers and eligible sites for manu-
featuring Industries, timber re-
sources, mineral deposits and min
ing interests, all Of which will be
found valuable for the homeseeker
or the large investor
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-24
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
without Good Roads We Can Not Secure
This Great Convenience.

Knoxville Journal
The acknowledgement declares
that rural free mail delivery will
not be established where the roads
are bad His position is neither
unjust nor unreasonable. There
is no reason why the government
should undertake to serve people
with the mails at their doors daily
unless it can be done with reasoua-
BILE expense. Where the roads are
bad neither can be done.
1t would be folly for the post
Office department to attempt to
serve a people with daily free mail
delivery, whore the roads over
which the service is to be rendered
are practically impossible from
three to six months in the year
Mail carriers are employed by the
year and must be paid, and the
acknowledgement willnot employ
and pay men doing that which can
not be done, on account Of bad
roads.
Besides, the authorities might
reasonably conclude that a people
who are content toput up with bad
roads care little, if anything, for a
daily mail. They are not much in
terested in the outside world and
don't care to have the world inter
ested in them. Their world is a
small one and they don't care to
have it larger. Contentment, with
bad roads does not indicate a desire
for improved mail facilities.
The interest in good roads is on
the increase, all over the country.
In many localities roads are being
improved. The time is close at
hand when those communities that
are without enterprise sufficient tc
have good roads Will be left behind
and alone, they will be isolated
the wide awake men who live IL
them will seek other localities
where there are good roads, the
line Of demarcation will be clearly
drawn and there will be retrogres
sion instead of progress.