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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
NOTICE OF MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS.

/ Office of st. Louis, Brownsville s
Mexico Ry, Co., Corpus Christi, Texas:
Notice is hereby given that a special
stockholders meeting is called for Sept
%. 1903, at the temporary Of
fees of this company at Corpus
Christi, Texas, for the purpose OF au-
thorizing an increase of the capital stock
to a total of Three Million Eight Hundred
and Fifty Thousand [s3. $50, 000l Dollars.
Also for the purpose of authorizing the
board of directors TO file an amendment,
or amendments, to its present charter
providing for the extension Of its main
line from point at or near Sinton, IL
San Patricio county, through Refugio,
Victoria, Calhoun, jackson, Wharton.
Matagorda, Brazorio and Fort Bend
counties to the city of Houston, In
Harris county; with a branch from said
extended main line from a point not
more than SIX miles distant from Che
mango, in Brazorio county, to the city
of Galveston, in Galveston coun-
ty. Also for branch from its
present main line at Kingsville
in Nueces county, southwest through
Hidalgo county to q point sixty miles
distant therefrom in Starr county.
Attest: URIAH LOTT,
President.
CAESAR KLEBERG,
Secretary.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
HOW,s THIS.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co,
Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known f.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
ieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
ably to carry out any obligations made
by their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDISG, KINSAS & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
Il acting directly upon He blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price Toe. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
Strict Quarantine.
State Health Officer viii Have All
Bail and Freight Disinfected.

Austin, Texas, Aug 31.-State
Health Officer George R. Tabor
said today that extraordinary
measures are to be taken to prevent
abe spread of yellow fever to this
State. He will issue an order to
al border quarantine inspectors
rot to permit any person who has
sven passed through a place in
Mexico where yellow fever exists to
gross the border. Passengers on
through trains on the Mexican
National from points situated south
Of Monterey will be permitted to
cross the Rio Grande, however,
provided the trains do not stop at
Monterey. Otherwise they will be
detained in quarantine at Monterey
Tor FIVE days. No mail or freight
rom the infected towns in Mexico
sill be permitted to cross the border
until they have been just disinfect-
sd.
1t is reported here that the Mex
oan government has granted the
petition of citizens of Monterey and
issued an order suspending all
srafiic on the Gulf division of the
Mexican Central between Monterey
aud Tampico.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04

For every 10000 inhabitants of
Germany 100 acres of potatoes are
planted, as against III acres in
Austria, 80 acres in France, 80
acres in the United States, and 81
acres in Great Britain and Ireland
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
NOTICE OF MEETING.
CAESAR KLEBERG,
Secretary.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brownsville and
Gulf Railway Company will be
held at the office OF the company,
Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday,
the 18th day of September. 1908,
at 10 O'Clock a. m, for the purpose
of eIecting directors, and the trans
action of such other business as
may be brought before the meet
ing.
The transfer books of the COM
pany will be closed at 8 o'clock p.
M, on the 10Th day of September
1908, and will remain closed until
three days after the final adjourn
ment of the meeting.
The regular annual meeting of
the board of directors will be held
at the same place and on the same
date.
Il De- Coo.o4,,,-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
Temperature: Mean maximum.

Temperature: Mean maximum.
9S0; mean minimum, 20; mean.
So: maximum, 81; date, Sth.:
minimum, 80 date, 3rd other dates
also: greatest daily range Do.
Total precipitation 3. inches.
Greatest in u hours, 1.65; date.
18th Aug. 3.
With OF inch or more precipita-
ton, !; clear, l.; partly cloudy, IL:
sioudy. 3.
Thunderstorms, 10th. 18th, ord.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD

Month of August, 1903, Station Fort
Brown, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-09-04

MULES AND HORSES. Just arriv-
ed, car load Of mules and Horses. For
sale at my stable, with guarantee or
money refunded. Come early and get
choice. ". B. BARBEE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

cooled by ice manufactured in plant
specially constructed, with capacity
of ten tons daily. Fresh air will be
pumped into the tanks to keep the
water pure and furnish the swimming
citizens the necessary oxygen.
To hold the salt water from the sea
a huge tank has been built at one side
of the fisheries building. This will hold
$4,000 gallons of the native brine,
which will be brought to st. Louis in
the governments tank cars. Four
tanks, with capacity of 5000 gallons
each, will contain the filtered river
water.
In the center of the building a pool
twenty-five feet square is being built,
in which seals will disport themselves.
HOLSTERS, crabs, oysters and CLAIMS
will not be overlooked in this exhibit.
AS proof of what the lobster is capable
of doing for himself when he
has an opportunity to live long enough.
a specimen about four feet long will be
shown. Oysters clinging to the stones
or other material which is their native
habitat, will be there. Methods Of tax
ing Holsters and shellfish Of all kinds
will be illustrated. There will be
Matching apparatus of all kinds, in
Guiding the troughs for trout, the shad
and wlitefish tables, and other modern
inventions for the propagation of food
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Bunch of Mississippi
River SuperstitiOns

act of lifting a corn knife. With that pres
ence of mind that comes from long years
of training the pilot shouted:
MY God, they're after us! Run for
With a howl of terror the would be as
sassin dropped his crude weapon and
plunged headlong down the narrow stairs,
landing in frightened heap on the bur-
ricane deck An officer, rushing out of
his apartment in the texas, seized him
and asked what he meant by raising such
a disturbance
'Lemme go, faw de Lawd sake. Days
after me. Doan you see de niggah raga-
mint a-comin' over de water?"
And sure enough there in the ravine
were the ghosts of the massacred negroes
executing their lantern dance.
A little cross questioning revealed the
fact that the rouStabout had been hired
to murder the pilot and wreck the boat
on the rocks of Fit. Pillow, and it was due
to his superstition that. passengers and
cargo reached st. Louis in safety.
There is one story the old river men
tell that has in it an element of mys-
ticism that is pathetically beautiful The
heroes are Will Cribbin and Sam Bowen,
intimate friends of Mark Twain in the
days when he was a-learnin the river"
Those of us who have followed the work
of the Mississippi river commission know
of the sluggish old rivers tendency to
import a farm from the banks of the Mis-
souri,. carry it down stream a few miles
and then dump it into the first con-
venient deep water pool. dam having
been thus formed more sand is piled
around it until a towhead is constructed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

made at an exposition by the United
States fish commission.
Previous expositions have proved
that nothing attracts so much attention
as display of living fish. At the Co
lumbar exposition in Chicago the
fisheries building was crowded at near
ly all times, and the popularity of the
denizen of the deep, not to speak of the
citizen of the stream. is such that at
every fair the fish exhibit has been one
of the chief centers of interest.
just what it is that causes men, wom-
en- and children to crowd eagerly about
a transparent tank in which swim fish
es of various kinds Is not a matter of
discussion here. That belongs to the
domain of psychology. The fact is I'M
denfable, and therefore Uncle sam IS
preparing for his children next year q.
visual feast In this line. Specimens OF
fish from sea and river, lake and
brooklet, gathered afar and anear, will
be on view in the government fisheries
building; and in keeping with the gen.
eral spirit of the Worlds Fair, there
will be also an exhibit of the processes
Of propagating and catching or mar
keting all water foods
Ranged around the walls inside the
building will be thirty-five tanks with
glass fronts. Most Of the tanks are to
be twelve feet long and five feet high
They will be filled with the kind OF
water best adapted to the species of
fish which each tank is to contain. For
sea fish salt water from the ocean will
be provided. For fresh water fish the
water piped from the Mississippi river,
thoroughly filtered by means of plant
underneath the building, will be used.
This filter has capacity of 100000
gallons daily. For trout from the cool
mountain streams the water will be
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

Soon crop. of willows springs up. and
the townhead is transformed into an ISL
and In due time the island is named. or
numbered. and placed on the map. Then,
the chances are, the river will decide it
didn't really want an island there, after
all. and out goes the island, to be depos-
tied farther down stream.
An oasis in the yellow water, with such
a history as this, was Island No. 6S. One
night a vessel stopped here where no
freight had ever before been landed. and a
rude wooden box was carried up the gang
plank In the box was the body of VIII
Cribbin, the junior pilot. Quarantine was
not maintained so strictly in those days
as it is now, and this boat had carried the
yellow pest from New Orleans. a part of
her cargo that was not listed. Many OF
the negroes had died and had been thrown
overheard, but the pilot must have better
treatment. The officers, who were not al
ready ill, assisted at the simple obsequies,
Between Sobs he demonstrated with those
who were digging the grave
HE said he wanted to be buried in the
river. Don't you think you ought to re-
Spect a dying mans last wish?" Then he
added: If / die on the way / want you
to promise not to bury me. I'll stick to
the river as long as I live, and when
am dead want it for my grave
AT Jackson Point the steamer landed
again. and, despite his recent protest. Sam
Bowen was buried in the sand. Before the
willows had grown over the two sunken
graves reef was deposited above, and
the current directed against those two
islands. In less than two years Will Crib
bin and Sam Bowen had found the de-
sired resting place in the bosom of the
river.-St. Louis lobeDemocrat.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
DEFENDS The TURKS
American Calls Them Best PEG.
pie In Southeastern Europe.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 21.-The
Post prints the following letter from
Constantinople:
am known to you and to many of
your readers personally, while Wash
ingtonians generally. 1 fancy, are not
unfamiliar with my name. Therefore
/ pray for space in your columns for a
few words regarding Turkey. This is
my fifth visit to Southeastern Europe.
have been twice in Roumania and
Greece, and resided, at different times,
about six months in Constantinople /
therefore have a fair acquaintance
with the people of this section, includ-
ing the ArmenianS and Syrians
Take it from me, without qualif1ca-
tons whatever, that, of all people in
Southeastern Europe, the most honest
the most clearly, the most generous
the most hospitable and the least bigot-
ed are the men that we Americans,
looking through foreign political and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Hleuor or ELEc E ab

American missionary eyes. call the
"unspeakable Turks" / am not re-
ferring to the Turkish officials or up
per classes-as 1 would not refer to the
Tammany chiefs or the blase Newport
set as representative of the American
people-but to the ordinary, common,
toiling. taxpaying man Of the soil, the
loom and the shop.
Ask any sane man who has been
here and knows-your past and pres
ent diplomatic and consular agents,
even your missionaries-and they Will,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
TWO BARGAINS

Chickering Grand Piano, in handsome ebony
case. One we took in on trade; regular $500
style. Goes at this sale, G17S
for only 49,. 80. .... ~ ~
Caller Upright Piano, walnut case, ono OF the
best pianos made; really worth S425. 500
For this sale only -. -. ........ PEEO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
Our Advantaue.

$50 you think 1t IS an advantage to
q boy tc be reared in the country?'
ITO be sure" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "a boy has a heap better chance
in the country. For instance, when a boy
Is surrounded by orchards and melon
patches, he can have stomach ache
clus.or that he's got 'pendicit.s wash
tngton Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

A $3.50 piano player. works as good as
new. and $275 piano used short time in
studio. Combination price of piano and
E player new sS25' Sale Prios &CQS
Tor both ................. OZOO
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
All VIII Be Discovered.

Barnes Tormer-I am in a quandary.
have been offered an engagement by two
managers, and l don't know how to act.
Sue Brette-Well, don't worry; they'll
soon find it out.-New York Times
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

Dfarien
rushing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
fishes. Such processes or methods as
cannot be shown in reality will be
given representation through muta-
scope pictures.
Human Nature.

Mike" said Flooding Pete, what
an find yourself a railway PRESIDENT"
1T dunno" answered Meandering Mike.
Human nature is human nature.
s'pose I'd git mercenary an begin to
worry about all de rides I've been beatin'
de company out of."-Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
f., IIolart CoIpo5llaAoleEA Gakxaga

German inventors Promise Great Things For Experimental
Railroad Which Speed of 125 Miles An Hour Was
Reached Recently. How Feels Rush Through Space
at Rate of Two Miles Minute
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boschee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. 1t contains
the specifice, such as pure tar, ex-
tracts of gum, etc, ETC., which have
been so highly endorsed FOR the cure
of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, aud be free from the
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, healing and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free and easy ex-
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief. Small
bottles % cents; regular size, con-
tanning nearly four times as much,
Is cents. AZ Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01

the Companys service. Again, = the
young man who came to this country
over thirty years ago, penniless and
friendless, and who, during the first two
years, earned only $500, working beside
a tank foul with the smell of oil but
to-day, there is scarcely a drop of oil
consumed in this country which has not
been purchased from his stupendous
organization, the Standard Oil Company.
In another walk of life, we see at the
head of a great college, man who
chopped wood to pay his way through
school. a n
The great captains of industry of to-
day were the poor boys of thirty years
ago. 1t was not wealthy parent nor an
influential friend who started these men
on the road to fortune; they made their
own opportunities /; they fought their own
battles; they have won.
What is the secret of their success !?
What is that irresistible force which has
enabled them to overcome all obstacles.
to surpass their fellow-men? Every am
bilious young man is searching for this
secret. He believes that honesty, So
briefly, perseverance, and determination
are essentials In the foundation on which
to build successful career, and yet he
realizes that he must possess something
more than these mere prerequisites if he
would achieve conspicuous success q
Whose who have studied the lives of
successful men will tell you that they all
possessed certain force of character
the power to mould the opinions and
direct the actions of others. John D.
Rockefeller has often said that he at
tributes his success largely to his ability
to influence and control the minds of
men. How to acquire that power is told
by Mr.. Edward Box in his Lecture. "Kevs
to Success, the most inspiring address to
young men ever heard from an American
platform. Mr.. Box does not preach
theory; he gives good, sound, practical
advice. He tells young men Just how
they can develop those qualities indis.
pensable to success, and win both money
and power. Every word is suggestive
and inspiring.
The Publishers of this Lecture, 1ohn
u. Morris and Company, 1903 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, are DESTROYS
that every ambitious young man should
possess copy of keys to Success, =
and they will send, mplimentary.
complete copy of this Address to every
reader who will write for it, mentioning
this paper and enclosing six cents to
cover mailing expenses. "Keys to Sue
cess" is one of the many inspiring
speeches contained in "Modern Flo.
quence," library of famous After-Din-
ner Speeches, Addresses and Lectures, in
ten volumes, edited by the Hon. Thomas
B. Reed.C The Publishers believe that
these complimentary copies of Mr.. Bok's
Keys to Success I" will prove effective
advertising fer the sale Of Ex-speaker
Reeds remarkable work, hence this lib
eral sfsr.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.

coat of light hard wood filters, prop.
erly rubbed down smooth and given
two coats of light brilliant flooring
varnish.
The sink in the kitchen is of steel
agateware, with back and brackets of
same, and the water is supplied from
the main in the street.
This is a coy and comfortable couD'
try home which can be easily modified
in many ways to meet special or per-
sonal requirements. Intending build.
ers will do well to consider it care
fully.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01

Harvest Hand rate.-The North
ern Pacific Railroad will sell one way
harvest hand tickets for parties of
FIVE or more on one ticket as follows.
Washburn to all points as far north
rs Grand Forks and Pemoina and
west as far as Bsmsrk. N. D.
Mary Jennings, N. Yamhill, Ore,
Gould not get along without Rocky
Mountain Tea. Makes women strong
and beautiful. Keeps them well.
IS cents. Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
Date conditioralIy Fixed.

Fantanno-What was the date
the PRONUNCIATION of Ben JON
IS play, 'The Silent WoInan?"
Dunno While | cannot fix the
e with exactness, yet from the
e / feel perfectly safe in Judging
vas before the Gays of realism on
stage. Baltimore American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
The Wisconsin Central Railway

Offers up-to-date transportation
facilities to Manitowoc, Milwaukee,
Chicago and all points east and
south. Pullman Sleepers, dining
and cafe cars and modern coaches
make up the equipment. Agent can
give you complete information.
JAS. G. PoND, Gen. Pass. ACT.
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville,
ILL.,, writes: II had bronchitis for
twenty years and never got relief
until | used Foley's Honey and Tar
which is sure cure" Sold bv
Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
Its Sworn Foe.

Why are you so insanely jeal,
f.? | don't see how YOU could
Ty woman whom you will not
st."
My dear girl, don't you know
the union is the sworn foe OF
trust ?" Town Topics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
Watch the Kidneys.

when they are affected, life is in
danger. says DR.. Ahernethy, the
great English physician. Foley's
Kidney Cure mades sound kidneys,
Sold by Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
NEAT COUNTRY HOUSE.
Six Room Dwelling That Can BE
Built For From $500 to ST. 200.

BulIt F'Or ITO" YSUU 10 PI,%UU.
Copyright. 1908 by Dennis & Gastmeyer.
architects, ESQ Broadway, New York;
Intending home builders who desire
a low priced dwelling will be pleased
with this modern six room country
house, which can be built for from
$500 to $1,000, according to location
and finish.
There is a cellar under the main
front of the house, with eight inch
brick walls; also a cemented floor
The frame is built of hemlock lum-
Der and timber. balloon style. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
The Latest Slot Machine.

The latest application Of the principle
Of the penny in the slot is reported
from Australia, says the London Chron
fcle. In the post offices of the common
wealth If time or opportunity does not
permit the prompt purchase of stamp
the person in hurry will in future be
able to drop his letter into one orifice
of machine and his penny into the
other, and when this process is COM
pleted Zone penny paid will be found
impressed on the envelope as an equiv
alent to the orthodox stamp. The limo
walton has its advantages. Attaching
the stamp to the envelope is perhaps
the greatest nuisance connected with
letter writing. In spite Of many sani-
tary warnings the practice of clicking"
is still considerably more the rule than
'ha axcaDtion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
KEYS TO SUCCESS.
Mr.. Edward Box, Editor of the Ladies' Horne
Journal, Tells Young Men How
Success is Won.

Every young man wants to succeed.
There is nothing SO self-satisfying as the
bountiful rewards which await the man
who struggles and conquers. Fame,
honor, wealth and power are the laurels
which Success bestows.
The present century is replete With
examples Of young men, who, alone and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
FRONT ELEVATION.

walls are covered with three ply paper
and narrow pine novelty siding boards.
and the gables and dormer windows
are cedar shingied.
The main roof is put on with spruce
laths, properly spaced for same. The
porch columns are Of whitewOod.
The exterior walls are painted with
prepared paints, the body cream, this
trimmings ivory white, the sash green.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01
81. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Services svsrys Sunday evening: n 7:sS
Sunday school Az D. IA.
REV. @. N. HITonCoCx, Pastor.
ROMAN CATHOLIC

ROMAN CATHOLIC
REV. FATHER URIC PRrRI
First Mass Z a. M; high Mass, 1920 q. M f.
Baptism. Up. M; Instructions, $50 b. m. /;
Vespers. D. m.
Friday 7.80 p. m. Stations and benediction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01

the very highest pin
nacie of success in their
chosen calling ~Here
we have the striking
example Of the presi-
dent of the largest
manufacturing corpora
ton in the world, rising
to this position from one
of the lowest places in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-10-01

GERMAN EV.cLUTHERAN.
Services will be held at 1000 q. m. except
last Sunday of the month. Sunday School,
everyt Sunday at Hoe, C. GUTEkUNsr.
Pastor.