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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

Chief of Police J. M. Robinson of New Decatur Is attending the meetin1 of chiefs and marshals of the State at Talladega this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

W. K. Lancaster. formerly of Hunts ville. has opened a brokerage ofice in the new Jones & Echols block on Bank Street. and will do general brokerage business.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
Election Notice.

Pursuant to the Election Procla-
nation issued by the Governor Of
Texas, notice is hereby given that
an election will be held on Tues
day, the Eighth day of November
1904, in the various Election Pre-
cincts in the County of Cameron
State of Texas, for the purpose OF
voting for
Eighteen Electors for President
and Vice President,
Member of Congress,
Governor,
Lieutenant-Go Governor,
Comptroller,
Treasurer,
Commissioner of the General
Land Office,
Attorney-Genera1,
Superintendent of Public IN
struction,
One Railroad Commissioner;
One Associate Justice of the ST.
preme Court,
One Judge Of the Court of Grim
inal Appeals,
One Associate Justice of the
Court of Civil Appeals for the first
Supreme Judicial District
Two Representatives to the
Twenty-ninth Legislature, and a
District Judge and a District At
torney, as named in the Governor s
Proclamation. and such County
and Precinct Officers as the law re-
quires to be elected, and for or
against amending Section 81, Ar
ticle 5; Article 3, Section ST.. and
Section 10, Article 10, Of the Con-
stitution of the State of Texas.
VIM. ]. RUSSELL.
County Judge, Cameron County,
Texas. 10-14-f1-7.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
YaIe's Cosmopolitan Attendance

The Yale University CATALOGUES
f0I the year 10000 shows that the
university enrolment is 1909, this
being an increase of 238 over last
gear, and altogether the largest en-
rollnlent in the history of the uni
versity. Students have come to
Yale this year bearing degrees from
over $50 different colleges and uni
yersities. In state representation.
Connecticut leads with go stu
dents, en- increase Of 100 over last
year; New York is second with 500
Pennsylvania POI, Massachusetts
IS, Illinois III. Ohio II3, New
Jersey Io8. Foreign countries are
largely represented, Japan leading
with ri students, and Canada sec
ond with 10. Among the others
represented are Australia. Brazi.
Chile, China, England. France
Greece, Holland, India, Sweder.
Sn.1 Turlkevv
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
A City Planting a Forest.

Los Angeles, Cal, has 5000
acres of brush land called Griffith
Park, which it intends to convert
into a commercial forest This
will be the first instance of a CITY
in the United States creating a for
est. The practice is quite COM
mon in Europe, where the forest
parks have not only contributed to
the pleasure of the people, but
have been more than self-support-
ing through their timber output.
Under its cooperative offer the
Bureau of Forestry had last sum
mer at Los Angeles four of its ex-
perts. making a comprehensive
planting plan for the forest. This
plan was completed at the end OF
September. The idea is to convert
a waste piece Of land into a produc-
tive forest, which will not molly pay
for its creation and care through
the sale of mature timber, but will
prove = constant source of pleasure
and recreation for the citizens of
Los Angeles. Il IS an entirely
practical plan. and Los Angeles
deserves credit for Its progressive
spirit. Other cities could very
proftably follow this excellent eN-
ample.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
An Old Garment.

There is on exhibition at the Art
building an old relic in the shape
ola coat, every stitch of material
and workmanship of which was
produced in Lavaca county. Mr..
J. H. Haynes, a Confederate vet
eran, placed it on exhibition and
before doing so brought it to this
office and explained its history.
The coat was made by his wife.
Mrs. Nancy Haynes, during the
war and while he was absent fight
ing in the ranks of those who per
formed such valOrous service for
the Lost Cause, Mrs. Haynes
planted the cotton, (Sea Island va
riety) cultivated it, picked it,
ginned it by hand, carded and
spun it and made it into cloth on
an old fashioned hand loom, after
which she dyed it with wild indigo
which she gathered on the prairie.
She then cut the garment, made
the thread and stitched the coat by
hand. Having completed this part
of the work, she made buttons of
gourd rind, which she covered with
the same cloth as that employed
in the making of the garment. The
coat is i'll a good state of preserva-
ton TO day, and IS a silent testi
monial Of the unfaltering courage,
patience, and self-cOnfdence that
characterized our forefathers. Mrs.
HAYNES died in 1872, but the coat
she made during the troublous war
time, pays a mute yet eloquent
tribute TO her skill and to her in
domitable will. Mr.. and Mrs. |
Haynes lived on Bushy Greek, one
mile from the mouth of Clark |
Creek, and it was there the gar
ment was made in 1S63.-Yoakum
Times.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26

Entered attic Postofice Brownsville. Texas.
as second class matter
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
Homan's Sunraue.

Experience with woman SUI
rage in New Zealand shows that
,vomen's voting spurs the men
% attend to their political duties
when they had the field to them
selves it was rare that 90 per cent
Of those registered went to the
polls, but the proportion rose to
900 per cent in 1895, and by 1899
to % per cent, and it was 1874
per cent last year. Says New
Zealand paper: Our ten years OF
universal suffrage shows that the
women's interest in politics has
heen we'll sustained"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26

Consolidated in 1898 with the Daily" Cos
mopolitsn which was published IN
Brownsville, for sixteen years.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
Msy 5ub-oo1a 3pos ave.

Il re suit instituted hy x
To'c5. an atto-nev Of Brnin xe74..
nst John M:tctell. president .
AIineworkers, for Seo0.cc
terra yes, comes I'D for trial 4
e.anlt0n, the defense nav sr.a
>aa President Roosevelt and Sea
rs Plat. Quay and Pea~3
Tres asserts that II October +
POSED the plan which resu.teI ;
settlement o. the s:Tike and TIA
y his services he has never bee
Louis \. HanmerEne, con
--IaI agent 70 Mr. Mitchell. SAY.
=: President Roosevelt and SEN
IS lAEay, Plat. and Penrose W
lied = testify that the plan W
aea before. Wales vert :.
a-Te and made his sugges
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
Bermuda Onion Seed

Our last consignment now in
Only a limited quantity left
Also headquarters for Alfalfa seed
Place your orders early.
1O-19-tf. MCDAVITT BROS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26

News from republican hsad
quarters conveyes the intelligence
that President Roosevelt Is con
Quoting his own campaign almost
entirely. This will largely explain
the frost that seems to hang 10
things republican throughout the
nation. -Wharton Eagle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-26
1row Gcatal.

"Aou 10 YOU Ike I.pton
lie seems cold ana reserved"
lie does At hrst, but 1t soon
.2ES. liter You have me- him 5
-, times ne will come up and
ar YOU on the back and ask YOU
az dollar, just as cordial a csn
Dc
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
Mourning in Korea.

Koreans wear full mourning for
their fathers. The dress is of hemp
cloth, with a hempen girdle. A face
shield is used to show that the wearer
is sinner and must not speak to any
one unless addressed. The costume
is retained for three years. the shield
for three months. This is worn for
father only. Secondary mourning
if worn for a mother and no mourn
ing at all for wife. The hat is OF
wicker. During the China-Japanese
war the United States minister od-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
! Well, the people treated their stamps

Well, the people treated their stamps
as absurdly in 1854.
Som folks would put the stamps
inside their letters, out of sight.
Here is the official notice that we is
sued to stop the practice"
The clerk took from the drawer
an aged bulletin that said:
The stamps upon all letters and
packages must be affixed on the Out
side thereof and above the address
thereon"
He put back this bulletin and drew
forth another one.
"People would pin the stamps on
their letters instead of cumming
them," he said, "and when they did
gum them they would not do it right;
hence this second bulletin" and he
read:
Persons posting letters should
afiN the requisite number of stamps
previous to depositing them in the
letter receivers. and when posted in
damp state the stamps arc liable to
rub off and thereby cause the letters
to be treated as unpaid. Do not pin
On the stamps
''Still,' said the clerk. the public
didn't understand. Think of it-did~
Mt understand the simple matter of
sticking postage stamp on letter.
So we go out a third bulletin"
The third bulletin, in big, impatient
letters, said:
The simplest and most efectual
method of causing stamps to adhere
firmly is first to moisten we'll the out
side of the stamps and afterward the
gummed side slightly taking care not
to remove the gum"
The clerk said a philatelist had Of
fered him S12 apiece for these three
queer bulletins
Galveston Tribune.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
Political Finesse.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
Senator" asked one Of his trusty
hencEmen. did you see those two
articles about YOU that appeared in
two different papers last week? One
Of them described you as penur-
ious man OF immense wealth who
gave begrudgingly to charity because
it was necessary in your business, and
the other said your wealth was vast
ly exaggerated, and you really could
Mt afford the style you were putting
ON but that you had to present bold
front to keep your creditors from
closing in on you
INV dear fellow" said Senator
Lotsun. "your lack of penetration
mortihes me. Don't you know I
inspired both those articles myself?
That sort of thing is necessary to
keep me before the public"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04

Walter Kittridge, author and COM
poser OF the famous wartime song,
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"
lives in Reeds Ferry. N. H.. few
miles below Manchester. He still
keeps up song writing. His royalties
from "Tenting," still come in to him,
and, while not large, help to make the
old mans last years comfortable. He
offered to sell the song at first to a
Boston publisher for SIS, but it was
refused Afterward this same pub
Usher took it up, and alone has sold
more than 100000 copies of it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04

history of the United States which
beat those figures. 1t was the fiscal
year ended with June, 1908. Then
the patents to homestead law settlers
covered 22,65o,o2S acres. In these
two years the national government
received for public lands over SIo,-
$4,000. The average was nearly
S1o,ooo,ooo year. The receipts
constituted an important item in the
business of the treasury, even with
its operation covering such immense
sums as are handled in these days Of
An1eican wealth and greatness. Such
cinditions cannot last long, for the
government is gradually reducing it's
landed professions to limits which
preclude the possibility of transfer
ring many millions Of acres to indi-
vidual owners every year There
are vast areas remaining unsold, but
they are mostly inaccessible or other
wise undesirable for homesteads. The
Rocky Mountains will never be dis,
posed of in that way. But for the
present the public domain is still
wide, and the business of providing
homes for settlers goes on at a rate
little imagined by the average resi-
dent of old and well-settled parts Of
the country.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
Dreary Life of Poor in Russia

Social Service
As a rule Russian village is a
forlorn looking place. where the huts
OF the poor are made of birch logs,
with upright oak or pine supports,
ceiling OF strips of the same birch
and the walls lined with crude
branches. In these huts there are
only two rooms, one of which is not
for everyday use, bu tis kept for best
occasions. This room houses those
sacred images so dear to the heart of
every member of the Greek church,
to which belong the great mass of
the Russian people.
The other room serves the purpose
OF both kitchen and sleeping room,
as one of the principal ideas Of COM
fort to these people, ice and snow
bound for SO many months Of the
year, is warmth. In many of the
peasant huts no beds are used, and
the top of a great stove, reaching
nearly to the roof, is a much sought
sleeping place. Although the con-
ditions make dirt and accompanying
results inseparable in the life of these
peasants, they are devotedly fond of
bathing The vapor bath in crude
form may be called national insti-
tuition, and not unusual picture Of
summer afternoon is the village
pond filled with women and children
bathing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
Important Notice.
The Farmers Oil Mill Offers The
Following Exchange Rates Per
Ton of Seed.

115o pounds of No. meal and
900 pounds of hu1ls, or 400 pounds of
No. meal and 900 pounds of hulls.
We will not make the No. meal
(that is, meal with hulls in it) but We
have just perfected arrangements
whereby we can furnish it at that rate
to persons desiring low grade arti-
Gle.
To further prove that our mill is
run ii the interest Of the producers,
we now announce that at the end of
the season we will substract from Our
gross income the legitimate rnnning
expenses of the mill together with
10 per cent. on the capital stock and
pay the rest to the people who have
either exchanged or sold us seed and
that in the proportion to the amount
of seed furnished us. This is your op-
portunity to make the mill pay and
to share in the profits. All we ask is
seed enough to run s months. Fur
nish them and we will pay a hand
some profit to you. You get your
share if you bring us but one load of
seed
Beginning today we will pay rs
cents for seed at Our gin. Next week
we hope to be able to have room for
all the seed offered us.
We want to express our apprcla-
ton of the large business already
given US and we regret that we have
not had the room to take all the seed
offered
Farmers Oil Mill
Newberry, S. c., Sept. 2,3 1904.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
The Gear to Kuropatkin.
the country

>. w. Gillllan ii Baltimore American.
Peterhof, September 26.--Dear Pat
AS you have probably noted already
by the papers, I have helped along
your Manchurian gymnastics by di-
viding the army into portions aid
giving half Of it to some one else.
Gymnastics? Yes, I said gymnastics.
You have been having the army DO
hiphops, ground and lofty turnbling,
mysterious disappearance and mar
velous sprints, and I thought I'd have
it do the split for my own amuse-
ment. Some of the officers have been
lingering too much around the hor-
izontal bar, also. They'll get their
reward at no far distant date This
man l have sent to take your
track team away from you-this man
with the influenza name-Grippen-
berg, is great fighter. Perhaps l
speak hastily. I should say he used
to be one. But so did you, for that
matter. But 0, what wazzer you
have turned out to be. Sometimes
as I read your reports-necessari
written in a running l1and-I repeat
softly to myself:
How doth the busy used-to-be
Improve each shining hour
And simply knock the spots all out
Of Russia's boasted power.
This is a great turning time. The
leaves are turning. the turnverins are
having their various tests, the jap
anese are turning your tanks, YOU are
turning my stomach. and l am turn
ing you out Of your job in the hope
of turning the tide of war in our di-
rection. So far all the tide has been
against us, though you've fought
about as hard as man who was tried
I notice, Pat, that the plot against
Won Plehve was Matched in the Alps.
No wonder it was cody carried out
after being hatched in such chilly
incubator. Isn't it strange that all
plots are hatched? I suppose that's
why so many of them are foul. O.,
I know that's pretty fierce, but you
see have lost all respect for you and
don't care a whoop what I say. You
are persona non grapevine to me, and
I'm going to use you as dumping
ground for every joke / can think Of
that's so bad little Alex himself
would cry if I sprung them on him
even in his sleep. The admiral at
port Arthur has been Wren me that
he's coming home to Europe. It's
my opinion that if any Of him ever
gets here it will be on the wings of
mighty strong east wind just after
Togo has blown him and his escaping
vessels sky high. AS the weather
en- route will be pretty cool and the
transit rapid, I expect such fragments
as arrive to be in fairly good condl-
ton. Stoessel says he's in dick
I ems of a fix and I have no reason to
doubt him, I'd come and relieve him,
personally. were it not for the fact
that I must give some personal atten-
tion tc the baby.
Vo1r Reck1ess1v
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
When Stamps Were New.

when postage stamps first came
into use," said the veteran postal
clerk, "the public didn't know how
to handle them. You remember how,
when tea and coffee first appeared
among us. the people fried the tea
leaves and the coffee berries and
served them with salt and pepper.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04
Settlers on Public Lands.
Cleveland Leader

OI6VtIdllQ LSdueI.
A surprising fact of national
growth in the last two years has been
the breaking OF all records IN patent
ing public lands for settlement under
the homestead act. In the fiscal Year
ended June 80. 1904, the number of
acres so disposed Of was 16,25S,Soo.
here has been only one year in the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04

A man working by the day is paid
or the time be puts in at work, but
when that man saves dollar for his
days labor it works for him nights,
as we'll as days; never lays off on
account Of bad weather and never
gets sick, but goes right on earn
ing him an income It's nice
thing to work for money, but it's
much nicer to have money working
tor you. Try it-open savings
account with us and get some money
working for you. Make a deposit
in the Savings department today
and let it begin to work for you.
Interest computed at 4 per cent
January I and July of each year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-04

dered every American citizen to have
in readiness dress OF this sort for
disguise in case OF fight.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-08
A RAIL HAD BROKEN.


Holden, Mo-, Dec. 5.-Missouri Pa
cific passenger train No. l was wrecked
about mile east of Holden. The
train was crowded, among the passen-
gers being many Knights of Pythias,
on their way to Kansas City for the
pythian big night. The train was Is
minutes late and was running fast to
make up time. The train rushed down
through the Post Oak valley at the
rate Of As miles an hour. The engine
and first baggage car, went over the
Post Oak bridge all right, but just as
they reached the other side there was
a crash, and in a moment the remain
der of the train, consisting of five
coaches, including one Pullman car
and a diner, were thrown into heap
A rail on the bridge had broken or
spread. Some of the coaches went In
to the bed of the creek and down de-
clivity of 80 or 40 feet. Heavy 90
pound rails were bent like hoops and
thrown clear outside the right-of-way.
Ties were crushed and part Of the
bridge was broken down. Most Of the
coaches were turned upside down, and
some of them were badly broken.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-08
SINGS OKLAHOMA'S PRAISES.


Washington, Dec. 5.-'The flag OF
our republic will not be complete UNI
til on its field Of blue is placed the
rising star of Oklahoma" says the an
nual report Of Gov. T. B. Ferguson, OF
Oklahoma. The report adds: with
100000 people, $54O,OO0,00O worth of
property, the major portion Of our
public expenses bestowed upon QUE
schools, unprecedented advancement
along all lines of enterprise, 1t seems
that congress should give us the au-
thority to exercise in full the rights Of
American citizens"
Speaking Of the growth of the terri
tory the report says: "The immigra-
ton of Oklahoma during the past year
has been quite heavy. Over 100000
acres Of public land has been taken
up by the homesteader. This alone
means an increase in population Of
from 10000 to $4,000 people. The
larger portion Of the buyers of farm
were homeseekers from other
states" The total immigration is
placed at nearly 100000.
The increase in the assessment value
Of property in the territory is placed at
S6, 475,601 and that of the bank de-
posits at $1S,3S4,318 Six hundred and
eight-nine miles Of railroad were
built in the territory during the year
and "the only bonded inde><adness
over incurred by the territory ($4S,00O)
has been paid off with accrued interest
some 20 years before 1t was DUE"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-08
CHG jim" GETS A WELCOME
Former NeiRhhOr of Roosevelt on
the Ranch In North Dakota Calls
at White House.

Washington, Dec. flames S. White,
of Omaha, Neb., who was a nelghbor
Of President Roosevelt in 1885 when
the latter lived on his ranch at Me-
dora, N. D., called on the president
yesterday. The president recalled his
face and asked him II he was not big
jim" Mr.. White answered that this
was his soubriquet when he lived near
the president and knew him well.
They exchanged memories Of bygone
days and the president invited his
caller to take luncheon with him.
big Jim" accepted and enjoyed his
chat with the president over old days.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-12-08
HIS BODY WASHED ASHORE.
Nissen's Balloon Boat Could Not
Weather the Gale and Its Occu-
pant Was Tossed About.

Stevensville, Mich, Dec. 2.-PeteI
Nissen, who started across Lake
Michigan In his balloon boat, fool
killer No. g." was found dead on the
beach IN miles west of here. Nissen
is supposed to have been washed
ashore during the night. His Fool
killer" was about 20 rods down the
beach from the body and was con-
sidefably damaged. A life preserver
and his overcoat were fastened to the
basket-shaped car in the boat. The
hands and face are frozen and the
features reflect his suffering. The
clothing on the body was somewhat
torn. 1t is thought that Nissen could
not have been dead great while when
the body was found, as rigor mortis
had not set in.
1t is almost certain that Nissen
practically reached shore alive about
four o'clock after he had been out of
Chicago "a hours. The "Foolkiller
No. 8" was then seen about 200 rods
from shore off Livingston, six miles
south Of Stevensivlle. A heavy gale
was blowing and it Is presumed he
was unable to land and was probably
tossed about up shore all night. 1t is
believed that Nissen was either I'M
conscious or so thoroughly chilled that
he was unable to save himself when
the ''Foolkiller" finally collapsed and
that he was drowned.
When the wrecked aquatic balloon
was examined one of Nissen's bust
ness cards was found, on the back Of |
which was a note from the dead ad-
venturer saying an air hose, upon
which he depended to renew his sup
ply of air, had broken and that he
was doomed to die of suftocation.