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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-27
st. Louis, Brownsville g. Mexico Railway
Co. Notice of Meeting of Stock
holders and Directors.

Notice is hereby given that the DireC-
tors of said Railway Company do hereby
call a special meeting of the stockholders
| of the St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Railway Company, to * held at its Cen
/ eral Offices in the town of Kingsville, III
the State of Texas, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of November, 1904, at the hour of
eleven O'Clock a. III. of that day, for the
following purposes:
First To authorize the execution of a
contract for the construction of the said
railroad company's line of railroad from
| its present terminus at RObstown through
( the county Of NueCeS to the town of Sin
ton, and thence through the counties Of
San PatriciO, Victoria, Jackson, Calhoun
and MatagOrda to the town of Bay City,
III the county Of MatagOrda III the State
of Texas, a distance Of about one hun
dred and forty-twO miles.
Second: To authorize the making, IS
suing, execution and delivery of a series
of first mortgage, so, gold bonds, not
exceeding the aggregate of the principal
thereof Four million Dollars face value,
10 be issued at the rate of Seven Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars per mile
upon the Companv's constructed line of
railroad from the crossing with the Tex
as-BIexican Railroad, known as Robs-
town, through Nueces and Cameron
counties to the town of Brownsville, and
the branch line of railroad from point
about twenty-five miles north of Browns
vile through Cameron and Hidalgo
counties. about fifty-six miles III the di-
rection of the southeast corner of the
county of Starr, and also of continu-
Z Of ,-aTl-
way from the aforesaid crossing with the
Texas Mexican Railroad known as Robs-
town, in north-easterly direction
through the county of Nueces to the
town of Sinton III the county of San Pa
tricio, and thence in a north-easterly
direction through the counties of San Pa
tricio, RefugiO, Victoria, Jackson, Cal
houn and MatagOrda to the town of Bay
CITY in the county of MatagOrda, and also
upon the combinations and branch of the
company's authorized line of railroad
from Bav CITY to the town of Houston in
the county of Harris, and from a point
on said main line within five miles of
ChenangO, IL the county of BraZorla to
the CITY OF Galveston III the county of
Galveston III the State of Texas; said
bonds TO be of the denomination of
81 10000 each and to bear 81. interest,
both principal and interest being pay
able in gold; and to authorize the execu-
ton and delivery of a mortgage or deed
of trust upon the said lines of railroad
and branches, and the property and
franchises Of the Company pertaining to
the same, to secure such issue Of bonds.
Third: To amend the bylaws of the
Company in such respects as may be
deemed advisable
A meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Company will also be held imme-
diately upon the adjournment of the
stockholders meeting aforesaid.
BY order of the Board of Directors,
[. LOTT, President,
St. l., B. & NJ Ry Co
II. ". ADAMS, Secretary,
St i B s. N r. Co
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-27

A petition and statement of facts
covering the Seventeenth Senate
rial district middle laid beforeChair
man Frank Andrews.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-09-27

Mrs. Mary Reeves, Brooklyn,
falls dead over casket of a friend.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
The First Post HOHNea.

The first posts are said TO have origi-
mated in the regular couriers estab-
lished by Cyrus about $50 B. c., who
erected post houses throughout the
kingdom Of Persia Augustus was the
first TO introduce this institution among
the Romans, 81 b. c., and he was imi'
tated by Charlemagne about 500 A. ID.
Louis NJ. was the first sovereign to es-
tablish post houses in France owing to
his eagerness for news, and they were
also the first institution of this nature
In Europe. This was in 1410, or about
1000 years after they were started in
Persia.
In England in the reign Of Edward
w. Q4SD riders on post horses went
stages Of the distance of twenty miles
from each other in order to procure the
king the earliest intelligence of the
events that passed in the course Of the
war that had arisen with the Scots. A
proclamation was ISSUED by Charles /.
in 1851 that, whereas TO this tine
there hath been no certain intercourse
between the Kingdoms of England and
Scotland, the king now commands his
postmaster Of England for foreign parts
to settle running post or two between
Edinburgh and London to 60 thither
and come back again in six days"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

"Over Niagara Falls" Rowland
& CliffoId's magnificent scenic pro-
duction, which will be the offering
at the Auditorium on Tuesday,
March 18th Is heralded as tie sen.
sational success of the season. It Is
said to be superbly mounted, to
abound In heroic scenes and start
ling situations. Several mechanical
effects new to the stage are intro.
duced, the principal one being a re.
production OF Niagara Falls, over
which the leading lady makes a
thrilling descent In most sensa-
tional manner. An especially
strong cast will be seen In the va
rious roles.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Wakeful Children

For long time the two year old
child of Mr.. P. L. Mcpherson, Sc
N. Tenth street, Harrisburg, Pa,
would sleep but two or three hours
the early part of the night, which
made 1t very hard for her parents.
Her mother concluded that the
child had stomach trouble, and gave
her half of one of Chamberlain S
Stomach and Liver Tablets, which
quieted her stomach and she slept
the whole night through. Two
boxes of these tablets have effected
permanent cure and she Is now
we'll and strong. For sale by CIV.
Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
The First Wedding Ring.

The wedding ring, according to Henry
Swinburne Of the seventeenth century.
was first designed by Prometheus and
fashioned out of adamant and iron by
Tubal Cain. He says that 1t was
given by Adam to his son to this end
that Herewith he should espOuSe a
wife" Men were, as all women know,
deceiverS ever, and some Of these un-
scrupulouS creatures were wont TO wed
with rings made Of rushes, imagining
them to be less binding than strong
and valuable ring. The bishop of Sails
bury, however. stepped In and forbade
this practice in 1917.
Silver was more frequently used than
gold for wedding rings, and they were
made in all kinds Of shapes, some
twisted, like two joined hands, or a
pair of hearts stuck together with an
arrow. Often they were adorned with
precious stones and had ''posies"
Is, scraps of verse-inside, such as:
Fortune doth send you. hap 1t we'll or ILL.,
This plain gold ring to wed you to your
will
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
"Sir Mortimer" in Book Form


Mary Johnston's novel Sil
Mortimer will be published BY
Harper & Brothers In book form
on March ~. The interest In thi:
romance during Its publication In
Harpers Magazine has been evident
In the receipt of orders from all
parts of the country, and In the
markedly unusual number of let
tiers from individuals irquiring
when the story would be issued as
a book. The publishers will give
the book very attractive make
up. There will be frontispiece
printed In four colors from plates
prepared by a special process to re-
tain all the colors of the original
painting. In addition, there will be
eight pictures printed on India
tinted paper, mounted on the white
pages In the Kramer of photo
graphs. The illustrator Is F. c.
Yohn. This book will be for sale
at McCoy's Book Store not later
than March 10. Special prices 81 IS.
IL ct
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

"Just In the nick of time our lit
tie boy was saved" writes Mrs. w.
Watkins of Pleasant City, Ohio,
Pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and a terrible cough set In
besides. Doctors treated him, but
be grew worse every day. AT
length we tried DR.. DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, and
our darling was saved. He's now
sound and we'll" Everybody ought
to know, It's the only sure cure for
coughs, colds and all lung diseases.
Guaranteed by D. A. Henderson,,
druggist. Price so and 81. Trial
bottles free.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Too Many Doctors.

In his opening address at the recent
convention in New Orleans Of the
American Medical association DR.. Bill
Nngs of Chicago, its president, advo
Gated restriction in the output Of ply
sicians. There are too many doctors,
he thought, and ascribed the oversup'
ply to the excess of medical colleges
About $500 medical graduates a year
are enough, he considered, to supply
the country, but we are getting 10000
or 10000. He would have the medical
schools reduced to twenty-five or thir-
ty. Possibly that would be expedient
If it were practicable, for anything less
than a first rate medical school must
have abundant resources and certain
advantages of situation which can new
er be common. But that the supply of
new doctors should be so much restrict
ed is at least debatable. - Harper's
Weekly.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

A staff of Eminent Specialists
from the Electro Medical Institute
at the earnest solicitation of num-
erous patients under their treat
ment In this section, have decided
to establish a permanent branch OF
the Institute In Sistersville, at 5o7
Wells street.
The Doctors treat all kinds OF
diseases and deformitiss and give
written guarantee to cure every
case they undertake.
At the first interview thorough
examination Is made and If incur
able you are kindly and frankly
told so and advised against spend
ing your money for useless treat
ment.&
Male and female weakness, ca
tarrh, weak lungs, deafness, goitre
cancer, vericocele, rupture and al
skin disease are positively cured BY
our new method.
The chief surgeon of the insti
tute Is In personal charge.
Office Hours 9 to II a. m. 2 t.
D. m. and 7 to 8 p. m.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

History of the Three Balls.

Lombard street, noted in history as
the great London street for bankers, de-
rived its name from the Longobards, a
race of rick bankersNwho settled there
In the reign of Edward II. and whose
badge. the three golden balls. taken
from the lower part Of the arYs. OF the
dukes Of .Medici, continues tOsthis day
to be the sign of pawnbrokers-money
lenders. The balls on the rich crest Of
the Medici were blue and only since
the middle Of the nineteenth century
have they. in the. pawnbrekers. signs,
been gilded. The position of the balls
is popularity believed to indicate sthat
there are two chances to one that what
is brought there will not be redeemed.
st Nicholas.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Mary Johnston's Plans

Mary johnson has sailed tor
Sicily to stay indefinitely, and to
live out of doors In the hope of re
gaining her health, Her novel Sir
Mortimer, to be published by the
Harpers on March II, Is a remark
able example of the triumph OF
mind over the handicap of illness.
So far from containing the least
suggestion of having been written
under difficulties, the story Is run
ming over with vitality, and Is so
rich In pure romance and an al
most military virility that had Miss
Johuson's name been absent from
1t the story would surely have been
credited to a man of the hrst ability
as a romance writer. We have had
no such refulgent pictures of sea-
fights for many years of fiction. AS
to her future work Miss Johnson Is
who'll; uncertain. 1t will probably
be a long time before she under
takes another story.
"Sir Mortimer" will be on sale
at McCoYs Book Store. Special
price $1.25, IL 1t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
The Name Witch Hazal.

The uame Witch Hazel IS much
abused. E. c. Dewitt & Co., Chi
cago, are the inventors of the orr
ginal and only genuine Witch Hazel
Salve. A certain cure for cuts,
burns, bruises, eczema, letter, piles,
etc. There are many counterfeits
of this salve, some of which are
dangerous, while they are all
worthless. In buying Witch Hazel
Salve see that the name of E, G..
Dewitt & Co., Chicago, Is on the
box and cure Is certain. Sold by
Opera House Drug Store
Stotler & Corbett Props.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Moro Riots

Disturbances of strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual
disorder of the system. Overwork
loss of sleep, nervous tension will
be followed by utter collapse, unless
a reliable remedy Is Immediately
employed. There's nothing so ef'
fcient to cure disorders of the liver
or kidneys as Electric Bitters. Its
a wonderful tonic, and effective
nervine and the greatest all around
medicine for run down systems
It dispels nervousness, rheumatism
and neuralgia and expels malaria
germs. Only soc, and satisfaction
guaranteed by D. A. Henderson,,
druggist.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
MIR. MaIcolm's Partially For Eggs
and the Cause of 1t.

"On this day, the day of our wed
ding, / shall eat nothing but eggs.
for it was through an egg that
won my wife," said George Malcolm
of Cleveland as he ordered dinDer
which consisted of eggs in every
style and description known to the
chef of Chicago hotel.
81 have said that it was because
of an egg that | first found the wo'
man who has become my wife," he
continued, with a glance at Mrs.
Malcolm, "and ! will tell you how
it occurred. Just one year ago |
arrived in Chicago and registered at
the Wellington hotel while making
a pleasure trip in the lake region.
The first thing that | ordered was
an egg, and on receiving it l found
in dainty penciied lines on the shell,
Rose Edmond, Aberdeen, o. l
wrote to her the following night,
and today she is my wife," he add
ed. "That is why [ am so partial to
eggs. Can anybody blame me?"
Mrs. Malcolm admitted that she
had written her name upon the egg,
but said she little thought at the
time it would win her a husband
"It was while packing eggs to be
sent to Chicago" she said, "that /
thought it would be fun to write my
name on one Of them and see if I
would ever hear from where it was
sent."-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
The Chinese Love For the ZiGLaS.

The Chinese Love For the ZiEzaS.
The straight line is an abominatlon
to the Chinese. They endeavor to
avoid it In their streets and buildings
and have banished it completely where
country field paths are concerned.
They will always substitute a curve
whenever possible, or they will torture
1t into a ZigZag.
In districts not subject to the intiu-
ence Of the foreigner the houses and
temples are characterized by curved
often peaked, roofs, ornamented with
fantastic notifications of the myriad
stroke pattern" The inhabitants OF
such regions are soon found to have a
mental world to correspond. The
straight line is secuted. They think in
curves and zigzags. To the Chinese
mind the straight line is suggestive OF
death and demons. 1t belongs not to
the heaven above or to the earth be
Meath In a true horizon line are seen
the "undulations of the dragon" There
fore. argue the Chinese, the straight
line pertains to hades.-Contemporary
Review.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
THB UPROLSlERER
Rug. and Rag Carpet Weaver Of lanes
vile

Vs. -FS HSs WSoNSs - @~@seS~
vile
l have issued an instruction card
for those who desire rugs and drug
gets made from their old carpets
and rag carpets woven which / mail
to any address on application.
have the largest and best equipped
weaving rooms In this section.
Save your old carpet; 1t makes
beautiful rugs and druggets. Up
holstering In all Its branches,
Awning and tent manufacturing.
Carpet layer, Feather renovation, etc.
Mattresses window shades, pillows,
feathers, etc. The largest and
latest style of upholstery goods al
ways on hand,
HENRY c. MYLIUs,
The Upholsterer,
South 9th ST., GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Sym
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Working Overtime

Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless, little workers-Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. Millions
are always at work, night and day,
curing indigestion, biliousness, con
stipation, sick headache and all
stomach, liver and bowel troubles.
Easy. pleasant, safe, sure. Only
25c at D. A. Hendershott's drug
store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
11R
Lets
You
Down


Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
vent the ruin and suffering
that would ensue without It.
It lets you down easy--sus-
tains you until you get anoth-
er footho1d.
I represent a score of the
oldest and best FIRE insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now. TIE probability Is that
they will not be so much lon
ger. Better take out sufici.
ent insurance without delay.
AS every Company now
charges exactly the same rates
why not have your property
insured with a company that
Is we'll known In this City and
one you know has and will
pay all Its losses promptly
Here Is my list and everybody
knows that there are no better
companies on earth.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
res Favorite Stories.

Augustus W. Hare, the
tier, used to tell a story
anley, who was a cousin
tanley was proverbially
ed. On one occasion he
; in Sicily with a friend.
,erly' cold. Stanley had
2 bag with him and de-
on an extra wrap. Roars
from the street urchins
oley at last to the fact
put on a nightshirt over
MIR. Hare was fond, too,
g a story of the Khedive
Egypt. Nassau Senior
received by his highness,
cen warned that Senior
Y. "Oh, yes, I quite I'M
said Ismail. an. Senior
npet and l am to blow
Every story teller has his
hoolboy's answer. Mr..
this: "a lie is an abom-
to the Lord, but a very
D in time of trouble"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
IL Saved His Leg.

P A. Danforth of LAGRANGE, Ca,
suffered for six months with a
frishtful running sore on his leg;
but writes that Bucklen's Arnica
Salve wholly cured 1t In FIVE days.
For ulcers, wounds, piles, 1t Is the
best salve In the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25cts. Sold by
D. A. HendeTshott, druggist.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Gas
Engines

How many people, when
buying gas engines stop to
consider complications2There
are few. If they would only
investigate the different max
es before deciding on the pur-
chase. there would be fewer
repair shops over the land.
A spring here and a gear
there; and loaded down with
a lot of inventions, most
people say, "That must be a
good engine. Well, they
buy it. In a little while, to
keep 1t going, they com.
mence to tinker, and the
more time and money spent
the more she gets out OF
whack. Then they real.
lie that 1t takes an expert
to do anything with 1t. Now
If they had OILY bought 4
simple engine. one that they
thought would not run be-
cause 1t did not have q lot Of
fixtures, they could have
avoided the expense and de.
lay.
Our advice to you Is to not
overlook the "Stoner" when
you are thinking of buying
an engine, as we can prove to
you that 1t is the simplest en-.
CINE built, and we feel salts.
fed that 1t will give you but
very little trouble. Repair
shops all hate the "Stoner"
as 1t gives them but little
work.
The Stouer Machine Co.
Sistersville, w. Va.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Happy, Healthy Children.

Any child can take Little Early
Risers with perfect safety. They
are harmless, never grippe or sicken
and yet they are so certain In re-
suits that robust constitutions re-
curing drastic means are never
disappointed. They can not fall to
perform their mission and every
one who uses DeWitt's Little Early
Riseys prefer them to all other pills.
They cure biliousness. Sold by
Opera House Drug Store.
Stotler & Corbett Props.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
ClaSsined.

Here's an account of a big Hnd-
Slide" said the new reporter. Under
what head shall put it?'
Put it with the real estate trans
fers," said the city editor, as he wrote
Continued on the forty-fourth page
in the middle of four line paragraph.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
House and Lot For Sale

The handsome home of AS, Nc
Coy, corner of Main and Catherine
streets, including the lot, Is for sale:
House has gas, water, bath and
electric lights, Possession given at
once. For terms and price rpply
at the house. tt
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14
Medical Treat
ment Free

The Doctors Extend their Free
Treatment to March 31st at the
request of many invalids who
have been unable to cali on &C.
count of the bad weather.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

One dollar and fifty cent books
at,McCoys Book Store for seventy
FIVE cents.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-14

Easter novelties at McCoys Book
Store
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30

w. T. Toung-bakery ana grocery
I'll West Main street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30
CARELESS RAILROADS.

The committee of German railroad
men that was sent to the United States
to study the roads has not yet made
it's report, but it is known that the
members of the committee are not en-
thusiastic over what they found. One
member of this committee is quoted
as follows:
I'VE may learn a great many things
from the Americans, but in railroad
ing we are certainly ahead of them.
The Pullman cars are, of course, far
more luxurious than any on this side
of the ocean, and many of the Ameri-
can limited trains compare favorably
with the trains used here by the rulers
of great countries. But the private
companies which control all the rail-
roads in the United States, show very
little concern for the safety of the
great. travelling public and the fact
that the already large number of rail-
more TO luck than to anything else.
1T is evident to any practical rail-
road man that the railroad companies
in the United States have only one OBJ
ject-that of making money-and APP
paratus tending to make traffic more
safe, which we adopted on oursgovern-
ment roads ten or more years ago, is
still missing. on even what are called
first-class railroads on the other side
of the Atlantic.
The roadbed is quite good OH the
main lines in the eastern states, but
in the west we much oftener found
it entirely too light for the heavy cars
used"
The American public has suspected
for some time that there is more or
less carelessness on the, part Of many
of the railroad companies as to the
safety of the travelling public. If the
roads are not to fall into the hands of
the government sooner or later, at
least some sort of government super
vision will be demanded.
We are willing to give up our lives
for our country-some Of us, but we
are not willing to give them up to pay
dividends on fictitious stock.