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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-13

low stream had reached height of
about nine feet along their sides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-13

Solid oak chilfoniere, G6 7E
drawers, just like cut. OOs u
40 different styles in Birds-E Eye maple,
solid mahogany and quarter sawed
oak chiffonieres, with and without
mirror, handsome Gil m
ones, as low as ........ lsUU
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

some places the last crop is grazed
off Often the previous ones have
been made into hay.
Another very important feature
connected with alfalfa is that it is
great land improver. We know
of one farmer in Missouri who had
heard OF the good qualities of al
falfa and determined to try some.
His neighhnrs told him it would
not do any good in that locality,
but he sowed some anyhow. He
made great success of it. Cut three
fine crops of hay each year for sew
eral years, and concluded it was a
splendid crop. Then his neighbors
began to tell him that it is al right
to make hay, but that it would ruin
his land, so it would never grow
anything else. Not knowing but
that this might be true, he conclud-
ed to pillow it up and see if the land
was still good. He raised crop of
tobacco first, on the land, then
wheat. The crops were better than
be ever made on the land before.
So he went back to alfalfa and has
q large field of it all the time since.
For every farmer who wants to get
out of the rut he is in, OF raising
cotton and CO., we earnestly sug-
yest that they try alfalfa. If it will
10 on the land it will certainly
prove to be bonanza.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
Charter Notice Number 1902.

Treasury Department, Office of
Comptroller of the Currency, Wash
ington, D. c. Oct. Is, 1903,
Whereas.-By satisfactory evil
dence presented to the undersigned,
it has been made to appear that the
Merchants National Bank of
Brownsville, located in the city of
Brownsville, in the County of Cam
eron and State of Texas, has COM
piled with all the provisions of the
statutes of the United States, re-
quired to be complied with before
an association shall be authorized
to commence the business of bank.
ing
Now Therefore,, Thomas P
Kane, Deputy and Acting Comp
troller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that the Merchants National
Bank Of Brownsville, located in the
City of Brownsville, in the County
of Cameron and State of Texas, is
authorized to commence the busl-
ness of banking as provided in Sec
ton Fifty One Hundred and Sixty
nine of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
In Testimony Whereof witness
my hand and seal of office, this
10Th. day of October, 1903.
-, J. ?. KANE,
SEAL Deputy and Acting Com
49, troller of the Currency.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

-. J. P. KANE,
SEAL Deputy and Acting Com
49, troller of the Currency.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
BARGAIN FOR INVESTORS
Frontier Ice Plant For Salel

~Prospectors visiting Brownsville
looking for good investments would
do we'll to investigate the ice man.
ufactory and cold storage business
at this point.
The Frontier Ice Works are for
sale, and to the right party this is
the chance of a life time to secure
an established and paying business
with the best of prospects in the
near future.
For price and other information
call on or address the undersigned.
Come and examine the works.
G. w. Kendall.
Brownsville, Tex.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

CARPENTER AND BUILDER.-Con-
tracts taken for both frame and
brick buildings, and all other work
in my line. Also painting and
Cypress cisterns made to
order. Address,
w. S. CORKILL.
Brownsville, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
Notice.

For RENT.-The WoodhouSe ware
house, Levee street. Apply for terms
to Herbert E. Woodhouse, or az
THE HERALD office.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

WANTED.-We wish to secure a
tract Of land of 3 to 5000 acres on
a good stream of water that will
furnish ample supply for the above
land, for the raising of rice.
ALLEN & COUDIT.
Care of BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

AMERICAN RESTAURANT have
opened the American restaurant on
18th. Street opposite First National
Bank. First class American cooked
meals, everything clean and agree
able, 25 cents U. S. cy. Board by
month SIS. VIM. FORSTER.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
Magnolia Dairy Farm,

Shears & Putegnat. Proprietors,
Will deliver Fresh Milk on and af-
ter June 1, 1903, at 10 cents quart,
Mexican coin.
Leave orders at Botica del Leon
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

Cows WANTED.-Will pay SO.
year rent for good fresh milch COWS.
Good shady pasture, water plenty.
Mrs. J. K. Powers.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29

0TRIAL NUMBERS of our beautiful
- magazine, with particulars of new
plan of home money-making, on receipt
of only ten cents. Address, WoMAN's
WORK" Athens, Ga.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
j. A. OTTMANN,
BRICK MASON

BRICK MASON
Is at present IN Brownsville and
is ready to fill any order for brick
work, clustering, or setting stones.
Has lime for sale.
Residence Cor. St. Charles and
9Th Sis. Work Guarantee.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-10-29
Garcia
UphoIsteT and Mattress Maker.

l make and repair mattresses of all
kinds, mattings, chairs, etc. Prices
reasonable; work guaranteed.
North Corner Sixth and Washington
Streets.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
HOW MUCH CORN PER ACRE.
One P1Ows-Deep Flowing In
suPes Heavy Crops.

There are one or two important
points in growing good crops of corn
which We omitted at the proper place.
If you wish large yield you must
have plenty of stalks upon an acre.
With 1000 stalks you can hardly make
more than 20 bushels. But with 1000
stalks you can hope to get 40 bushels.
And with 5000 stalks you can make
from so to 100 bushels. 1t usually
takes 100 stalks to make one bushel.
But many are ready to say you
must not crowd corn. You must give
each stalk room or you will have no
ears. Well, with three inches of soil
that is true; but with IL to Is in
ches of soil the chance is different.
Corn needs cubic space of soil to feed
on, not square space. So you can
have a great deal more cubic space to
furnish food and water to 5000 stalks.
on land broken IL inches. than you
can to furnish 1000 stalks on land
broken three inches. Once below the
hard pan. your roots can 60 on down
indefinitely and will go six feet.
Again. your three inches is liable to
get SO dry that il win furnish very
little water or food.
We had rather risk 5000 on II
inches than 1000 on four inches.
Plant plenty of corn per acre. You
have seen it grow thick on bottom
land, so it will grow thick on upland
that has been broken deep and fer.
tilted heavily.
1t is not safe to risk much fertilizer
on land that has been plowed shallow.
But you can afford to risk a very
large quantity on land that has the
hardpan broken so that roots can find
water in dry times.
A ton per acre on deep soil is safer
than 1000 pounds on shallow soil.-
Dixie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
CONSERVATION OF LABOR.
Thinking and Planning Now TO De
ThinGs with the Least Labor
In Not Lasiness.

There is much in heredity. The
leopard will be spotted. the bear
black, and the sheep white, because
they are born that way. A man will
be tall. or short, or dark, or light, or
conscientious. or constituencies. or
energetic or lazy. as result OF
heredity. and that much he can not
help. But in mental and moral con-
xtitution, and to some extent in ply
steal form, one may overcome heredi-
4y to . large extent. And even where
hut little impression can be made ON
natures handicap. It may be counter
acted. and the result be the same -
q the hereditary obstacle had never
existed. One Of the best farmers We
Seve knowp Was The ahanDion AZ
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
AGAINST SECRET MARRIAGES
Oenunciation by q Minister Of . Cas-.
tom That In Growing In
This Country.

There seems to be a prevalent and
growing custom in some localities for
persons who intend to marry TO go
away from home to place where they
are not known, and, with none of their
friends present, to be clandestinely
married by some total stranger, who,
for a small compensation, is willing to
be the instrument of their union, even
though he has no assurance that the
parties have right to marry. Some
actually appear to think that they have
accomplished a very brilliant ma
neuver. and that they are to be COM
plimented for their smartness in keep
ing the news from their friends until
some time after the event. or until the
fact leaks out through the list of mar
riage licenses granted. which appears
in the newspapers. writes Rev. Arthur
Gorter, in the Living Church.
The time waswhen a secret marriage
was either direct indication that the
consent of the parents had not been
obtained, that the parties were under
legal age. or that there existed some
other very good or. we might say.
"bad" reason why they should have
"'oved darkness rather than light"
In the eyes of those who look on such
matters in reverent and sober way.
secret marriage is considered to be
shameful and improper; yet it is
claimed that there are reasons of an
other and different sort which make
secrecy desirable and in some cases al
most necessary. IT is said that in some
communities public" marriage,
done in stylish way, is attended by
such expense that it is greater than
circumstances can afford. Also. that
the thoughtless ridicule and horseplay
of friends is so unbearable that the
only remedy 1t to escape from them by
fight.
The way to correct such a condi-
ton is to have the marriage per-
formed in SO simple, unobstrusive.
modest and devout a way that the
expense is of small consequence and
the ignorant lack of consideration
and propriety of ones friends is
avoided.
As long as the present state of af-
fairs is allowed TO continue. when
one hears of secret marriage, while
not wishing to be harsh in his judg-
ment. he cannot but feel distrustful
of the cause; for. il all was right,
the marriage ought to have been
done in an open and fearless way.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

man Of the neighborhood. His body
loved ease, but his mind was active
and energetic. His neighbors were
solicitious lest his family starve, and
much sympathy was la-ished upon
the wife and four children. But when
they found that his crops were better
and more varied and his horses. cattle
and sheep and hogs fatter than any
others in the neighborhood. they said
unto each other: "How is this thus?"
The true explanation appeared after
awhile, when it was found that our
neighbor. Andrews. lay awake at
night. thinking and planning and
scheming. how he might do a large
amount of work with a small amount
OF effort. The result was. that il
he made a fence or gate. or any
building, he was long time at it,
but ii never had to be rebuilt, at least
during his lifetime. When he planted
crop or cultivated it, the soil was
prepared with great care. and when
he followed the plow no stalk was
passed until ii was properly plowed.
He did this TO ''save labor" He culti-
waited but little land, but did it well.
There is really no excuse for being a
poor farmer. If one is born wrong in
any way he can rectify himself. II
he lacks knowledge he can acquire II.
II he lacks industry he can put in
good substitute in the way of brains,
which is the greatest labor-saving in
vention of this or any other age. If
man does not rise superior to heredi-
ty, it is not because he can't. but be-
cause he does not want to. IL he
wants TO he will. You can't keep a
man down who wants to rise. The
place to begin reforms is at the top.
Make a mans head right and he will
soon be standing upright and ready
to move forward as soon as he is
sure of his footing.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

When the different members of the ed.
tors family ask, why don't The Four
Track News Gomez it is getting to be like
Castoria, even "the children cry for il" and
this tells the story. 1t is the most inter-
eeting publication that comes in our ex-
changes, and the reason is easily told. Mr..
Geo. II. Daniels, the General Passenger
Agent. who has charge of it, has the Gar
negie faculty" of getting good men around
him, who know their business, and the re-
partment of the New York Central dis
tributes it is call right. Brooklyn, N. Y,
journal.
The subscription price of 'The Four
Track News" is so cents per year. A sam
pie copy will be sent free, for cents by
Geo. d: Daniels, General Passenger Agent,
New York Central 4 Hudson River Rail.
road, Grand Central Station, New York.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
THIS Is THE PULP AGE.
ORacuIaF Observation Of Are ana
Wisdom which May BE
True In Part.

"Yes, sir" said the wise old chap
in the corner of the waiting-room, as
he pounded the sill until the window
ratified, and drew the attention of all
the travellers as well as the quiet man
20 whom he was speaking, this is
the pulp age-the pulp age, and moth
ing else."
Seems pretty fair sort of age"
mildly remarked the quiet man, re-
lates London Tit-Bits.
pretty fair sort of age? Sir, sir,
you astonish me! Yes, you do. Ever
hear of the stone age, sir?"
II. wasn't here then"
II should say not! No, the stone
age, sir, was a paradise to the pres
ent pulp age. Yes. it was. In the
stone age, sir, man was in his infan-
cy, sir-yes, he was. Now-well, he
is in his pulpacy, yes. he is-and
mighty poor quality of pulp at that"
I'm the stone age man was an an
imal and lived in cave, didn't hep"
gently asked the quiet man.
He did. He enjoyed life to its
fullest when he hammered out hole
in the rock with stone cutter. He
lived on berries, the man of the
stone age did-he and his wife and
little stonemasons. They were peace
fully content among their stone
euarries, the
Newspapers printed on stone.
eh?"
Didn't want newspapers then.
Didn't have no football games to
bother then. No one bothered about
things then. Glorious times when
you compare it to this pulp age.
Why. sir, at the present time we buy
magazines printed on pulp. What
will be the result in two or three
hundred years from now? Maga-
zines will be dust. simply dust. Ter
rible havoc thus pulp age is creating
for future generations"
But you and will not be there"
''Oh, of course you fall back on
that old, selfish fancy that you and
l need borrow no trouble about the
morrow. Every man of sense and
reason should look out for the NOR
row. But If this pulp age keeps on
clinching things the morrow will
of no earthly use to human being
500 years from now. Ever think of
'that?"
ats too far off"
"Ycs; same old weak excuse of hu-
man nature. We must have our noses
rubbed against the grindstone of
1000 years in the future before we
begin to look out for what is to come
and mend our ways. Our paper mon
ey is pulp. our shoe buttons are pulp,
and our tiles in winter are pulp. Our
very bread and cakes on the dining
room tables arc pulp. Our-well. our
brains are pulp. Four thousand
years from now the entire world will
be ball of pulp"
But why bother?"
"Why? I've just put G 500 into-the
pulp business, so that my offspring
will be millionaires 10000 years
from now But here's our train"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
A REsoURCEFUL BRIDE.
6hs Get the Syrup for the sauce with
out Sending Out
After IL.

Her hrst venture at cooking dinner in her
own home had passed successfully and they
sat in silence at opposite ends OF the table
wondering at the novelty of it all and gaz-
ing at each other, relates the New York
Times.
Honestly, honestly-cross your heart
did you like it, Fredy" she asked finally.
Never enjoyed anything so much in my
Ge," he said, and swallowed lump.
Everything, everything-from soup to
puddingy"
Every mouthful, from soup to pudding" I"
be said, bravely.
"Oh, I'm so relieved, then," she said, as .
huge sigh escaped her. You see, forgot
to order the sirup for the sauce for the pud-
ding and | had to have something, 50 /
took the cough sirup, and 1 was so afraid
YOU d taste it."
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
HERE AND THERE.

-"Contentment is fat" and every
little thing that adds to the comfort
of the animal or makes him more con-
tented increases the gains which he
makes from each bushel of grain.
If a cow kicks. try kindness
get into her confidence. Try to un-
derstand her. She may have some
Just cause for kicking, and be thus
expressing her intelligence. You may
be the cause. Absolve yourself be-
fore you condemn her.
An excellent way to feed corn
that is easily shelled to fowls is to
chop it into two-inch lengths with a
hatchet and throw it on the chaff-
covered scratching shed floor. The
birds are compelled to eat ii slowly
and to take exercise while doing so.
The successful dairyman is the
one who is in it to stay in-his farm,
buildings, dairy and himself properly
equipped for the work. One essential
for the proper equipment of the dairy
is uniformity of individuals. This can
be had only by raising ones own
cows.
Let the cow be fed promptly at
regular times. in the same order and
so far as possible by the same feeder.
Feeding should be done as quickly as
possible, only insuring thoroughness.
When the cow is excited Or expectant
she is using potential energy from
milk-making.
The apples exported from the
United States mainly go to Liverpool,
London and Glasgow. The largest
number of barrels exported was in
1896. the total number bsing 1913, ,s46,
or nearly double the usual amount.
The exports OF 1902 equaled, if not
exceeded, those of 1895.
Many of the cows of commerce
are siscards from herds that wise
dairymen are breeding up. They have
been skillful feeders and tenders, and
all their cows have been given =
chance. The reflections have been
weighed in the balance, and not
wanted. If not good enough fcr them
why for you?
The census Office reports show
that the following states lead in the
production of Irish potatoes: New
York. Wisconsin. Michigan and Penn
syivania. The leading sweet-potato-
growing states are North Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia. Alabama, South
Carolina and Texas, but in onions
New York. Ohio, Michigan and Massa-
chusetts lead.
According TO the Hay and Grain
Reporter the hay crop is one Of the
most profitable, and costs less to
harvest and market than most other
crops. The fact is overlooked, how
ever, that there are other crops, such
as Kafhr corn. sorghum and millst.
which are much. more certain and re-
liable in localities subject - mid
summer droughts.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

medicine have ever taken. used it
faithfully for two weeks, and it COM
pIetely cured me. have not had any
pains since, anywhere, but feel like :
new woman. am truly thankful for
what Peruna has done for me."-Bar-
bara Alberty.
Mrs. Kate Mann, sos BATH urst street.
Toronto, Ont. Can, Vice President Of
the Ladies' Aid Society, writess 81 am
pleased to give praise to Peruna for the
blessed relief found through its use.
suffered for years with backache and drag
ging down pains and often had to go to
bed and stay there when was so busy that
1 could lily be spared 1t was therefore =
simple godsend TO me when Peruna was
brought to my notice. Every drop seemed
to give me new life, and every dose made
me feel much better. and promised myself
that IL found that It cured me would ad-
vocate II so that other suffering women
should know of It. / have been In perfect
health for one year. enjoy work and
pleasure because In such fine health, and no
trouble seems too heavy to bear when you
are In good health Peruna has simply
been a household blessing. and never will
be without 1t again. Mrs. Kate Mann
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Cautious Investor-If that mine Of youn,
it is, how does it happen that the stock
isn't all grabbed up by the people out
there:
Promoter-We are not letting them know
anything about it. They're disgustingly
rich already, and we want to get a better
class of people out there, anyway.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16
DISGUISED CATARRH
Stealthy sidous
Suffer Needely Cause.

There are = multitude of women, es-
pecially housewives, and all other wom-
en- obliged to be on their feet constant
ly, who are wretched beyond descrip-
ton, simply because their strength and
vitality is sapped away by catarrhal
discharges from the pelvic organs.
These women get up in the morning
tired, drag themselves through their
daily duties tired, only to go to bed at
night as tired as before.
Mrs. Eva Barth0. 133 East 18th
street, N. Y. City, N. ", writess--'1 suf-
fered for three years with what Is generally
known as leucorrhea in connection with
liberation of the womb. The doctors advo-
Gated sn operation which dreaded very
much, and strongly objected to go under It
Reading of the value Of Peruna, thought
1t best 70 give this weil-known remedy q
trial, so bought three bottles of II at once
Now am changed woman. Peruna cured
me; 1t took nine bottles but felt so much
improved kept taking 1t, as dreaded an
operation so much. am to-day In perfect
health, and have not felt SO well for fafteen
years."-Ars. Eva Bartho.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Alhambra, H., Mar. 23rd:-Physicians ara
much puzzled over the case of Mr.. F. J. Os-
wald, of this place. Mr. Oswald suffered
much with Rheumatism and was treated by
doctor after doctor with the result that he
got no better whatever. They seemed un-
able to do anything for him and he contin.
ned to suffer till he heard of Dodd' kidney
Pills.
Mr.. Oswald began a treatment of this
remedy which very soon dad for him what
the doctors had failed to do, and they cannot
understand it.
This is the same remedy that cured Hon.
Fred A. Busse, our State Treasurer, of .
very severe case of Rheumatism some years
ago, and which has since had an unbroken
record of success in curing all forms of
Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble.
There seems to be no case of these pain
ful diseases that Dodds Kidney Pills win
not cure promptly and permanently.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Daily until June Is, 1908, the M. X. 4 T.
Ry. will sell second class tickets t. Cali
sornia at low rates-St. Louis, 5000; Kan.
sas City, $500. Tourist car, through to San
Francisco without change, leaves st. Louis
on The Katy Flyer" at S32 p. m. Tuesdays.
Ask for particulars. Address KATY" " 303
Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

The most hazardous section of the
Manila telegraph cable is that COM
pleted between San Francisco and Hon.
olulu, in which the sea bed is precip-
itous. with valleys $1,000 feet deep.
The next two sections. extending to
Guam, will cross plains Of mud at a
depth of about $4,000 feet. while the
last section is over series of noun
tains.-Scientific American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Finnicky Fat Dweller-Ofiicer, 1
wish you would reprimand those inn
pudent men who continually gaze q
my windows as they go by.
Officer-How can you expect any.
thing else as long as you keep that
rubber plant in your wipdow?-Bol-
timer. American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Bizziebodie (discouragedly)-'T did every.
thing in my power to make those two young
people see that they were not fitted for each
other" Wyzacre-"And when is the we'd
ding to occur baltimore American.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
hon has an equal for coughs and colds-J
Z. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

A little Tioga boy was looking at drop
Of water under a microscope, and seemed
much impressed by the presence of mi
crobes. Now know what bites you when
you drink soda water" be said.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-05-16

1t is not what man thinks but what h9
thinks he thinks that determines his men
tai status:-Judge.