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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Wire Fences and Lightning.

Since the use of wire fences has
become so extensive that the num-
Der of cattle killed by lightning
has greatly increased. Farmers
insurance companies have investi-
gated the matter, and now come
forward with a warning to policy
FOLDERS. Nearly all of the cattle
Tiled by lightning have met their
death in the open pastures,
where in many instances there
was not even a tree to at
tract the electric fluid. AS many
lead cattle were found near wire
fences this led to the discovery
that the lightning was carried
along the wires composing the
fences. During a severe storm
cattle are liable 10 run until stop
ped by fence. There they stand
huddled together, ready for the
bolt. A remedy is suggested in
running a ground wire every ten
rods several feet into the earth.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Black FRIDAY.

The American Black Friday
was September "a. 1869, when
Jay Gould and James Fisk, Jr.,
attempted to create corner on
the gold market. The whole
country was in ferment for sew
eral days, but the day was saved
by the report that Secretary Bout
we'll had thrown $4,000 600 en-
the market. The English Black
Fridays are two. One, the Friday
on which the news reached Lon
don that the young Pretender
Charles Edward had arrived at
Derby; the second, May II, 1866,
when the failure Of Overend,
Guerney & Co., London, was fol-
lowed by widespread financial
ruin.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09

IF reports are to be believed the
country will have four years more
ofRoosevelt strenuosity. OF course
there is nothing to do but make the
best of what we consider a bad
, bargain. It is now up to the dem
ocratic party to disorganize and
start in afresh, and perhaps from
the brains of our great men, and
the debris of the old party, may be
evolved some platform upon which
a united and successful stand may
be taken against the party which
we now think is a menace to the
best interests Of the country at
large. OF course there are many
who see in the Republican party
all that is needed for the prosperity
of our people, and with these we
do not propose to take issue, allow
ing to everyone the same liberty of
opinion that we take ourselves.
Roosevelt has already conceded his
own election, and in statement
last night extends his thanks to the
people of this great nation for the
confidence in his administration,
which was shown by electing him
to the highest Office within their
gift, and with the positive assur-
ance that he will not under any
circumstances be a candidate for
president four years hence. Judge
Parker also sent a telegram to Mr..
Roosevelt congratulating him upon
his success. Now, that it is all !
over, lets put Our shoulders to the
wheel and push Brownsville's in
terests to the front. No use>to sulk
over what can't be helped. The
voice of the people has been heard, |
and we are no worse off at present
than we have been for some time.
Don borrow trouble for it will
come soon enough, and when it
does come we can find the means
to meet it as heretofore. Here's
to the Brownsville of the future.
May she blossom and thrive as the
green bay tree, Teddy or no Ted
DIV
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Eats Everything Raw.

God never meant man to cook
anything. Cooking is a man 5 great
est folly, and the curse of his health.
Cooks are not needed on this earth.
The Lord made food, but the devil
made cooks. "
So says Stewart McDougall, a
wealthy old resident of Brooklyn,
taking issue with Owen Meredith,
who closed a somewhat famous
verse with the line: But civilized
man cannot live without cooks.
From this mansion, which, with
its grounds, occupies a square block
at Forty-third street and Second
avenues, Mr.. McDougall has GUST
ed cooks and scullery maids. His
kitchen fire is as extinct as the
dodo. Never an egg nor even a
cup of coffee is now cooked for Mr..
McDougalls use, and he said last
night that there never would be.
Mr.. McDougall is 6S years old,
a widower, and formerly was prom
minent in South Brooklyn society.
l am not a faddist nor even a
vegetarian, said Mr.. McDougall
last night, for one year now l
have had three meals day and
not a particle of cooked food. 1
feel 20 years younger and to-day
l am in better health than have
been in so years.
I eat anything j feel like, meat,
fish. and cereals. l believe the
chemical action in cooking poisons
more or less all cooked foods. Cot
fee cooked is injurious, but coffee
raw you will find to be a beneficial
and healthful food.
God never meant :hat his food
stuffs should be cooked. If had
my way all the cooks in New York
would be shipped off Then you
would find all the doctors follow
ing them voluntarily. Ny own
doctor friends are now trying MY
cure, after having treated me for
years in vain. l suppose for so
years, until l started eating every
thing raw. was troubled with my
stomach. ate the best in the land.
/ never felt well. l had always
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Mexican Dollars Disappearing.

The decline and fall in the cir
culation of what was once an al
most universal coin-the Mexican
silver dollar-is described in a
recent issue of the Harvard Quar-
terly Journal of Economics by
Professor A. Piatt Andrew. The
causes of the worldwide circula-
ton of this coin lie in the fact
that for many generations Mexi-
co was the greatest silver pro-
ducer of the world. From the
discovery of this continent down
10 1850, so per cent OF the world 5
supply of the white metal came
from the mines of AIexico anC
Spanish America. This coin had
also the good fortune to escape
debasement almost entirely. Be
tween I497 and Our own days its
metallic content declined less
than 6 per cent-an almost unique
fact in monetary history. The
approaching extinction of this
dollar as a medium of interna-
tional use has been due to the en-
larged output Of silver, and its de-
'nOnetization in the gold-using
world. In Japan the Mexican
dollar has been driven out. In
Philippines the new American sill
yer peso (redeemable in gold, and
therefore non-exportable) is rap
idly supplanting the Mexican dol
lar. The situation is very similar
in Porto Rico.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Edwards Costly Coronation.

The cost of the coronation of
King Edward VIII, details of which
were recently published, establishes
a record for modern times. 1t was
considered, until yesterday, lordly
and magnificent thing for the sub
Iocts of George " to spend 9238,-
900 in putting a crown on his head,
but King Edwards subjects have
ecllpSed their lavishness b. 9I2I,-
900. William ~ and Queen AIDE
laide were content with a modest
/ 10000. 1t is not easy to under
stand IN what King Edwards
/ $4,000 was sunk-not so easy. at
least, as in the case OF George ",
a sumptuous record OF whose coron-
alton proved too costly 10 finish.
The part which did appearIconatined
q colored drawings, finished
Ike enainels, on vfvet and
white satin" ssc>el, portrait cost
50 guIneaS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
QuarreIs in Society.

A leader Of New York society
said recently: 1T is almost i'm
possible to give large dinner any
more. There are too many feuds
md quarrels, and women that hate
each other are the cause of too
much embarrassment 10 a hostess.
OF course, they try to gloss their
enr1ity for the time, but the re-
suit is worse than open warfare.
At one dinner a cabinet officer sat
between two great women OF
fashion. He talked to one ana
;hen to the other, and tried, to
draw them into three-cornered
conversation. The women OBJ
stinately refused to exchange
word, and finally the man-and
he was supposed to be a diplomat
introduced them. A chill fol-
lowed. They had known each 9th
er for twenty years, had been
friends for ten, and loathed each
other for the other ten"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Remarkable Clock.

One OF the most remarkable
forms OF clock III the world IS a
clock fan manufactured by a
Swiss jeWeIer The clock consists
OF twelve leaves hinged like an
ordinary fan The number of the
hour is marked from I. to II at
the end of each of these leaves
The fan timepiece starts at 9
o'clock and expands regularly for
twelve hours, when it suddenly
closes up and starts all over
again. The half hour is indicated
by the leaf of the fan being only
half extended.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
How TO Make Money Quick.

If you desire TO get rich quickly,
invent catch words or phrases that
will grip the attention OF the pub
lie. Big sums are paid for the
right article The inventor OF a
word now used for a brand OF
crackers is said TO have received
$1,000 for it. Manufacturers of
various things, from soap to nuts,
have paid nearly as high. A rail
road company gave SIoo to q girl
who suggested a name for one OF
It's trains.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09

some ailment. This last year I
have not had single pain.
To prove his agility Mr.. Nc
Dougall ran upstairs. Later he sat
down to a seven course dinner,
ranging from cocoanut milk (Which
is his soup, y with raw meal
dumplings, to olives and big glass
of water.-New York Herald.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-09
Latin a Useful Language.

Latin, the pure Latin of Cicero,
Caesar and Virgil, supposed to be a
dead language, is living tongue i'll
New York City, and a mighty use
full one, too. In all Roman Catholic
colleges Latin is taught, of course,
very thoroughly and carefully. In
many Of these institutions Latin
conversation is practiced, as it is in
Catholic schools in France, Italy,
Germany and Ireland. Educated
Catholic immigrants, unacquainted
with the English language, find it
possible to get along away from
their own country by use of the
common tongue. For instance, the
other night reporter wanted to in
terview an Italian woman who spoke
no English. A German priest, igno-
rant of Italian, offered help. He
found an Italian boy just two weeks
in this country, hailed him in Latin
and pressed him as an interpreter.
The reporter would ask a question
in English, the priest would turn it
into Latin, and the bow would put
it to the woman in Italian. The an
swer would travel back from Italian
and thus TO English. The priest said
that he used Latin in a third of his
parish work and that it was really
OF more practical use to him than
any living tongue except English.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
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: BUSINESS LOCALS. I


For gUod job Of wagon repairing,
go to N. HUGHES, Dallas, Or.
DR.. Hayter, Dentist. Office over
Wilson's Drug Store. Dallas, Oregon.
One of the best horse -shoers in the
state will be found working at Wagner
Bros shop. Give him trial and be
convinced.
Go and see those fine bath tubs,
sinks and lavatories at Wagner Bros.
A first-class plumber is in their en-
ploy, and will satisfactorily do your
work.
Wagner Brothers invite you to call
and inspect their stock of bath-tubs,
sinks, toilets, etc, as they now carry
the largest stock on the West Side.
They have engaged the services Of a
first-class plumber, and would be
pleased to call and figure with you on
any work you may have in the way of
water pipes or plumbing Of any kind
for your house, store or Office. The
finest and most skillful work guaran-
teed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
HOP MARKET LIVELTER
Nearly Seven Hundred Bales Changed
Hands in independence
Wednesday,

The hop market has livened up
again, and number of large sales
were reported in Independence
Wednesday. The Dallas buyers, as u.s.
ual, led the market in buying, and in
all 629 bales changed hands. J. A.
Griggsby sold his crop of 1O3 bales to
EN-. Young at 81 cents and E. c. Kirk
patrick soon after gave Young bonus
Of $37. so for his contract Kirkpatrick
also bought 18O bales of Pierce Riggs
at 80 cents and 107 bales of Jess White
aker at 304 cents. 7. A. Riggs pur-
chased n bales of J. E. Hubbard and
76 bales of A. M. Mclaughlin, paying
301 cents for each lot Riggs also
closed contract made ten days ago
with L. Damon for Sc bales at 80 cents
Ralph Williams bought the Walker
Bros. crop. 273 bales, at 80 cents, and
140 bales from Walter Roy at the same
price. A number of growers were
offered 81 cents Wednesday afternoon
and declined the offer All the hops
sold in Independence in the past few
days have gone to Dallas buyers.
E. @. Kirkpatrick bought the A. H.
Harris lotof n bales yesterday after
noon at 3O4 cents. He also purchased
the Charles Mattison crop of SO bales
at Independence yesterday paying
3O2 cents.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
POLK COUNTY GOATS WIN
RiddeIl & Sons Take Many
Prizes at st. Louis.

Polk county has sustained her repu-
tation as the leading Angora goat
county in the United States. County
Commissioner William Riddell re-
ceived word from st. Louis this week
that out Of his flock of pure-bred An
goras recently sent to the big Fair ex-
hibit, he was awarded first sweep
stakes, two f1rsts, one second and one
fourth prize. His fine stock has been
the center Of attraction for goat men
visiting the Exposition. The honor Of
winning these prizes is one Of which
Polk county may we'll be proud, and
Mr.. Riddell and his sons are to be
congratulated for their enterprise in
showing the Eastern people what Ore
gon can accomplish in the way Of pro-
ducing fine Angora goats.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21

Fl. G. Campbell, agent McMinnville
Insurance Co.
Mrs. T. A. Riggs arrived home
Tuesday from a five weeks visit with
friends in Portland and Kent, Wash
ington.
Mr. and Mrs. Armand Smith, of
Endicott, Wash, are visiting at the
home of their uncle, J. D. Smith, in
Dallas.
County Clerk E. M. Smith issued
license to wed this week to Willard
Ireland and Minta J. Taylor, e. E.
Holcomb and Grace Harmon.
J. A. Cornes and family have moved
into the dwelling house formerly oc-
cupied by J. Gorke and family near
the Southern Pacific turn-table.
Glenn o. Holman. of Portland, will
address the voters of Falls City on the
political issues, from Republican
standpoint, on next Tuesday evening.
On October oath, we start cutting
price on Cloaks and TailoE-made Suits.
Every garment must be sold, all
marked at Eastern wholesale price.
The Bee Hive Store.
County Assessor-elect @. S. Graves
moved his family from Ballston to
Dallas this week. He has rented Mrs.
Jane Browns dwelling house at the
west end of Mill street.
Reader! IF you are afflicted with
any Chronic, Nervous, or General
disease, deformity, or affection of the
Spine, Joints or Muscles, I want to
interest you in Osteopathy to the ex-
tent that you investigate its theory
and results. 1t is natures method Of
healing. Call for free examination,
and illustrated booklet. Hours to
80 o'clock. Offices in Uglow Bldg.
DR.. BARTLETT.
The city council held busy meet
ing Monday night, the session lasting
until 10 80 o'clock. Sidewalk matters
were discussed at length, and a reso-
luton authorizing an ordinance pro-
viding for about fifty pieces Of new
sidewalk was passed. Few property
owners appeared to offer objections to
the building of the new walks, and the
objections offered were over-ruled. By |
a unanimous vote, the council in
structed the City Marshal to close all
gambling games in the town.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
OREGON TOWNS ARE GROWING
II. V. Gates Tells What He Saw
While on Tour of State.

portland people little realize how
the state at large is growing in popu-
lation," said H. V. Gates, of Hills
boro, who is in Portland today.
Mr.. Gates owns electric light and
water plants at Heppner, Prineville,
klamath Falls, Elgin and Dallas
and his business keeps him on the
move throughout the state all the
time.
Il see houses going up by the score
everywhere" he said, "and I should
judge that the smaller cities of the
state have grown fully one-third in
population within the past year. Even
a little town like Dallas, in Polk
County, has a hundred new houses.
This means a housing capacity of 400
persons added to Dallas, which had a
population year ago of 15OO The
new houses are filled with occupants
as fast as they are finished, and other
new foundations are laid.
"There is growth. growth, every
where. In Eastern Oregon new farms
are being cultivated on what have
heretofore been sheep ranges, and the
sheep are daily being restricted to
closer quarters. Lands that were
formerly considered 'scab' and worth
less, except for grazing, are producing
good crops under improved systems
of cultivation. and the farmers are all
prosperous, Evening Telegram.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21

But the clerk had tainted and fallen
inside the Inside Inns desk, and bell
boys were hurrying with water for his
outside and brandy for his inside, but
in their excitement they got that which
was meant for his inside outside and
that which was for his outside inside" !"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
REIMBURSEMENT For Sale.

REIMBURSEMENT on 160-acre home
stead for sale. Settler has lived on
place six years. Four acres in culti-
vation: seven acres in pasture; all
kinds Of fruit; house, barn, and out
buildings; good river bottom land /;
road runs through place; on mail
route, and close to school; near
neighbors. Will sell cheap for cash,
or will trade. Inquire Of w. v.
FULLER, Agent, Dallas, Or.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
s10o Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is CatarTh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the med
icaI fraternity. Catarrh being q constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient strength
By building mp the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietoFs have
SO much faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that IL
fails TO cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address, P. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo o,
K Sold bV Druggists, re.
Hall's Family Pulls are the best.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
Shingles and lime at Rraes.'

Shingles and lime at RIGGS
Goldfish and mackerel at Loughary
& Ellis
Linen-fnish visiting cards for sale
at this Office
Peacock hard-wheat -four at Lough-
ary & Ellis
Mocha and Java Blend, 25 cents per
pound. RIGGS.
The OBSERVER Office wants the print
ing you are particular about.
Miss Olive Smith visited friends in
Portland the first of the week.
Fine line of Ladies' and Children S
Kid Gloves at Mrs. Metzger's.
Walker Strauss has returned to
Dallas from a several weeks stay in
Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Leet, Of Falls
City, went to Sherman county on a
visit this week.
e. L. Naylor, prominent stock
raiser of Forest Grove, was Dallas
visitor, Wednesday.
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Boals on Thursday,
October 81, at 80 o'clock.
Miss Louise Gilbert returned to her
home in Corvallis, Sunday, after
visit with relatives in Dallas.
Charles Farley has been seriously
i'll with fever at his home in this city.
He was reported to be improving
yesterday.
Claude Hubbard left Monday for
San Francisco for a stay of two
months. Mrs. Hubbard accompanied
him as far as neutrality-suspicious.
Enterprise.
Don't fail to come to our Cloak sale,
Anisfield standard Of style garments
at wholesale prices. This is better
than you have ever been offered be-
fore. The Bee Hive Store.
The season for sowing grain is here.
Farmers can buy Formaldehyde at
Belt & Cherrington's drugstore for 40
cents a pound, or two pounds for rs
cents. Never case of smut known
where this preventive was used.
Miss Belle Elliott and Miss Mabel
Holmes were delegates from the Ep-
worth League Of the M. E. Church to
the League convention in Portland
last week. Miss Lima Stouffer, of
Dallas, was elected fourth vice-presi-
dent of the League.
The brick Touring mill in Salem,
known as the Scotch mill,
burned Sunday night. The fire was
Of incendiary origin. The glare Of the
flames was plainly visible in Dallas.
The loss will probably reach 100000.
partially covered by insurance.
Hon. J. M. Stark, of Independence,
was county seat visitor yesterday.
Mr.. Stark says that his company is
preparations to begin an
active and systematic canvass for a
right-of-way for an electric road be-
ween Independence and Salem. The
work will be taken up as soon as the
preliminary survey is completed.
L. Rice, member of the hardware
1rm Of Frazer & Rice, of Independ-
,noe, has purchased the large farm {
1elonging to Jacob Brown, the con-
jideration being $4,000. The farm is {
south of Independence near Buena {
Vista, and is one Of the best in the val {
ey. Mr.. Rice expects to add about t
o acres Of hops to what is now grow ,
ng, making a 1OO-acre hopyard. {
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
Entertained Large Audience.

The people of Dallas enjoyed a de-
lightful hour of song and story at the
M. E. Church last Friday evening, it
being the occasion of Miss Elizabeth
M. Pollock's elocutionary recital The
program was an excellent one,
and the large audience was
more than pleased with the enter
tainment. Miss Pollock is an elocu-
ZIONIST and impersonator Of rare
ability, and presents a wide range Of
work. She is graceful and natural in
her readings, and holds her audience
spellbound by her character portrayal
and expression. 1t would be hard to
say that one number on the program
was better than another-they were
all good. Miss Pollock was assisted
by Miss Halle Morrison, Miss .Irma
Smith, Prof. H. H. Dunkelberger and
Carl Williams, who gave some ex-
cellent vocal solos and Duets. The
entertainment was financially sue
cessful and will net neat sum for the
treasury of the Epworth League,
under whose auspices the recital was
given.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
EstraY Notice.

Strayed from the French place one
registered Angora nanny goat, about
five years old; hole in right ear which
has been torn out; tag in left ear,
numbered 52O1; initial, A. G. B. A. /;
end of one horn broken off: had bell
on. Return to or notify w. A. AYRRs,
Dallas, Or.