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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
St. Louis, Brownsville & 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 be held at its Gen
eral Offices in the town of kingsvllle, IN
the State Of Texas, on TUESDAY, the 18th
dav Of November, 1904, at the hour Of
eleven O'Clock a. IL. Of that day, Tor the
following purposes:
First: TO authorize the execution OF d
contract for the construction of the said
railroad COMPANIES 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,
i'll the county of MatagOrda III the State
of Texas, d distance Of about one hum
/ bred 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.
to be issued al the rate of Seven Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars per mile
upon the Companies constructed line of
railroad from the crossing with the Tex
! as-MeXican 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 fiftv-six miles i'll the di-
! rection of the southeast corner of the
county of Starr, and also of a continu-
alton of its said constructed line of rail
way from the aforesaid crossing with the
| Texas Mexican Railroad known as RObs-
| town, in northeastern direction
through the county of NueCes to the
! town of Sinton in the county of San Pa
tricio, and thence i'll 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
companvs authorized line of railroad
from Bay City to the town of Houston III
| the county of Harris, and from a point
on said main line within FIVE miles OF
| Chenango, III the county of Brazoria to
the CITY Of Galveston in the county OF
! Galveston in the State of Texas; said
bonds to be of the denomination OF
! 81 ,000.00 each and TO bear sc 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-
I diatelv upon the adjournment of the
stockholders meeting aforesaid.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Z. LOTT, President,
St. l., B. & NJ. Rv. Co
H W. ADAMS, Secretary,
St L, B. & NJ. Ry. Co
o-I6-ll-16.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15

Jas. Barlow, interested with Peter
c.. Rucker in truck farming near
here, who has been in California
for several weeks On a pleasure and
business trip, returned last night.
HerepOrts passenger trainsrunning
to the Arroyo now, which is some
consolation to our people, who have
been waiting so long for evidences
of traffic being resumed to Browns
vile. Patience on a monumena
smiling at grief, " is not circum-
stance as compared with out people
during the suspension of railway
traffic. 1t IS safe to say the second
advent of a passenger train into
this city will be hailed with as much
genuine delight as was displayed
on the 18th of last July, when the
first one came in.
For SALE-Three lots in Browns
vile. one block from passenger
depot. Also 90 house blocks.
Apply to A. H. Weller. 7-25 If
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
Election Notice.

Pursuant TO the Election Procla-
nation issued by the Governor OIL
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,
Northumberland,
Comptroller,
Treasurer,
Commissioner of the General
Land Office,
Attorney-Genera1,
Superintendent of Public In
struction,
One Railroad Commissioner.
One Associate Justice of the SUI
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 Ne elected, and for or
against amending Section 81, Ar
ticle 5; Article 3, Section 81, and
Section 10, Article 10, of the Con
stitution of the State of Texas.
VIM. J. RUSSELL.
County Judge, Cameron County,
Texas. 10-14-11-7.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15

It had been planted ten years before,
and had produced cotton all these
years. This shows what may be
expected in this section, when prop
er methods are employed. No
care has been taken of this plant,
and it has been allowed to take all
kinds of weather, and from ap-
pearances is good for ten years
more.
Rev. w. H. Petty will preach at
the Point tomorrow, morning and
evening. Sunday school at Post
chapel Sunday morning at 9:45.
LOST-At Puentes de los Ne
gros one open face gold watch, FL
gin movement. My Boy" en-
graved on back. Reward if left
with Brownsville Transfer Co.
1O-15-3t.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
has cost 3: I: Cainsabout ; cents
per pound freight for. bringing but
ter from Raymondville, he IS selling
it at the same price, and he also
charged the same when there was
no other butter in town.
For the information of the citi-
zens Of Brownsville and Matamoros,
will advise that on Tuesday Oct.
25 the St. l., B. & NJ. R. R. will
rnn a low rate excursion from
Brownsville to San Antonio account
the San Antonio International Fair.
The rate from Brownsville will be
$3.50 and tickets will be limited
to leave San Antonio Oct. %. In
addition to above will also have on
sale from Brownsville tickets to
San Antonio at rate of S11.10, on
sale any day October 10Th to Nov.
1st. inclusive, limited to return
leaving San Antonio Nov. 3rd, ar
rive Brownsville Nov 4th.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Fresh supply of Flofesville
Creamery butter just received by
B. L. Cain. lo-Io-1o
H. G. Baylor, came III on hand
car from the Arroyo last night, and
is registered at the Miller.
Collector c. H. Maris has sus-
pended Jno. Seaman, customs in
spector at the ferry.
Joe Putegnat, who has been sick
for several days, IS improving, the
HERALD is glad to learn.
WANrED--20 pounds clean cot
ton rags. Pay 5 cents pound. APP
ply at HERALD Office IT,
Mrs. c. H. Frazier, who has been
sick the past few days IS GONZALES
cling. and we hope to soon report
her complete return to health
B. Z. Thomas says he has about
so acres in corn, and has a stand
ing offer of SIS cents, good money
per dozen for his roasting cars.
Truck land for tent or sale III
tracts of : acre or more. Office
under Masonic Hall on Levee
street Peter q. RucEer.
Only two marriage licenses have
been issued since last report, as
follows: Jose P. Reyes and Elvira
Moran; Rafael Rendon and Manuela
Levrier.
The Brownsville Telephone COM
pany has placed an order for TWEEN
tv-two additional phones to supply
the increasing demand for helo"
machines.
Attention is called to the ad. of
Van Ripper, Merriwether & Gore,
civil engineers, in THE HERALD
today. All are practical engineers
and ask a share of your patronage.
LOST-Black morocco folding
rocket book, containing a sum OF
money, receipts from Woodmen OF
the World, and other papers, and
three small keys. Reward if re-
turned TO the International Steam
Laundry. lO-lo-lS-
MIS-. Fannie d. Putegnat return
ed Thursday afternoon from HOus-
where She has been visiting rela-
tives for several weeks past. The
last 65 miles of the return journey
was made by stage, and the lady
is somewhat indisposed from the
effect of the hard trip.
The Fernandez gin was started
last Monday, and up to the present
about IS bales of cotton have beer
turned out, with some SIX or sever
in the gin house to be Einned
Cotton is coming in very slowly
and there Is still considerable vet II
the fields.
During a pilgrimage through tht
eastern part of the city recently
HERALD reporter came upon
stalk of cotton, growing in tht
fence corner of a small Mexican
iacal, which was about twelve fee
high, and contained squares
blooms. half grown. full grown anc
open bolls. On inquiry it was found
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
JAMESB WELLS
attorney
at Law.

Successor to Powers & .Maxan,
Powers & Wells, Wells & Rentfro
Wells, Rentfro & Hicks, Wells &
Hicks, Wells, Stayton & Kleberg.
buy and sell Real Estate and
investigate land titles. 4 complete
abstract of all titles of record IN
Cameron County, Texas.
Practice in all state and federal
courts, when especially employed.
Land Litigation and corporation
practice.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
ST. L., B. & NJ. R.R.
PASSENGER TRAINS.

No. l leaves Brownsville every
aay except Sunday at $50 a. N.
No. 2 arrives in Brownsville
svery day except Sunday at 4:25
.. n.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
No. II leaves Brownsville Tues
dave Thursdays and Saturdays,
only, at $50 a. m.
No. Z Arrives in Brownsville
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, only at us d: hi,
Nos. and z pass each other at
Rudolph at 1888 p. N,
JEFF \. MILLER,
Vice-pres. and Gen. Man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-10-15
TIME TABLE
fENNX a - A " Nv
Rio Grande Railroad.

On and after Sept. 18th. regular
trains over the Rio Grande Railroad
will leave as follows:
Leave Brownsville daily 9 a. n.
Arrive Point Isabel 1915 a. m.
Leave Point Isabel 3 p. m.
Arrive Brownsville AIS P. M.
AVG. CELAYA,
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
She Went Zoo Far.

"You were cut out for the newspap-
er business" remarked Cleopatra to
Julius Caesar, one day during his So
journ in Egypt.
"What makes you think sof" smil-
ingly asked the conqueror of Gaul, ex-
pecting the answer would be that it
was on account of his fighting ability.
because you are perfect Roman
type" responded the beautiful Cleopa-
ira, who, as will be seen, had lead OF
humor running through her.
Well" said the general, after he had
laughed, forcedly, to show his appreci-
alton of the joke, switch letter do
resemble?"
Her wit getting the better of her, she
replied:
"You look like j. s.
That very night Caesar sailed for
Rome.-Puck's Library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

China, the land from whence it first
came. Possibly the weaving of silk is
not very great civilzing agency but
the silk itself is certainly almost
necessity to certain forms of our civili-
zation, and perhaps has done as much
toward raising the standards of life, as
gunpowder ever did
Another Chinese invention, ,notso i'm
portant as that of paper, type, the
compass, etc., but still very useful
one to the ordinary person, is that Of
the sulphur match. Yes, l know that
the flint and steel were used two hun
dred years ago, but not IN China. [ do
not wish to detract one iota of praise
from the Yankee who made the first
American match. l am part Yankee
myself But [ do believe that the
Chink should also receive credit for
inventing it many hundred years be-
fore the American discovery
China ware first came from China
another gift from the East that helps
to make life little more easy, and the
Chinese porcelain has never been dup
Heated The box kite that some of
our scientists believe may lead to the
solution of 18th century problem
navigation Of the air--first came from
| China.
How many other discoveries have
been made in China and claimed in the
West it is impossible to say, but peo-
pie of the West are constantly being
surprised at the unexpected knowledge
of the Cbinks, and only recently it has
been found that claim is now being
kmade by a European to discovery
which the Chinks have used for GEN.
turies. refer 10 the "violet rays" used
in the practice OF medicine. The
] whole scientific world has been heap
ing praise upon the man who ''discov
cred" that if persons afflicted with GER
tain ailments were placed under the
influence of violet or red lights, the
result was a marvellous cure. Now
they have learned that Chinese pbysi
clans haye, for the last 600 years, beer
accustomed to treat those diseases BY
placing the patient in room entirel!
papered in red. Practically the same
treatment as the recent discovery. O.
course scientists are amazed and, tht
they have been laughing for years a
the Chink's medicine, they are nov
paying good deal of attention t.
Chinese treatment.
No, Gunpowder is not the only inven
; tion from China.
r w
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Length of Days and Nights.

By simple rule the length of the
days and nights at any time OF year
can be ascertalned by simply doubling
the time of the suns rising, which will
give the length of the night, and by
doubling the time of the setting, which
will give the length of the day. For
instance, if the sun rises at five o'clock,
the length of the night will be ten
hours, and if it sets at seven o'clock
the length of the day will be IA hours.
-EY
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

ing of sins forgiven before he comes
here, or whether his coming here has
caused him to repent and look for
higher guidance than that of man, is
something that in justice to those near
and dear to me, who have passed to
the great beyond, would hesitate to
say a word against.
l do not believe that any man who
is classed with the world can tell a
genuine diamond from paste. The
fact that one of our fast men las
stately quit the church because he
fonnd hypocrites therein, proves moth
ing more than that he was as great
hypocrite as there was in the church,
otherwise he would not have been so
weak as to say, IN ow there is Mr..
don't believe or think he lives up to
his professions, therefore l will with
draw and let my soul be damned"
W. s., makes use of this sentence:
"Some men never get religion and they
keep out of Jail and church." Ibelieve
that getting religious and experiencing
sins forgiven, are two different phases
for thought. l think if W. S. had
broadened out and given his thoughts
more latitude he would have discovered
that where there is a Christian that
falls from grace and breaks the laws of
his country, there are hundreds out
side of the church who end in the same
! place.
1t is easy enough to find counter
feits in men outside of the church,
but it is unreasonable to expect that a
counterfeit worldly man can detect a
counterfeit Christian.
1t is highly commendable for any
man to strive to be Christian. The
truers Christian life he lives, the less he
will be able to condemn those whose
standard of life is not man but his
Maker.
G.. l.. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Not So Funny
After All.


TO doubt many readers of THE
mi MIRROR read the short article.
i Y "Why Is It." which appeared
in last weeks issue, and felt
that the true Christian and the church
had been slapped in the face.
In the first place let me state that
personally 1 do not pretend to be a
Christian. What l have been and
what l hope to be, lay to one side for
the present, and will consider some
phases of w. SIS article from purely
worldly standpoint.
Christianity. as [ understand it, is
not commodity to be bought and sold
in dollars and cents. 1t is something
that cannot be compared with veneer.
A Christian must be like the true
diamond or else he is like the paste
some wear, imagining that those they
come in contact with will believe them
to be real stones. The man who knows
a true diamond from fake will notice
the difference at glance.
Now let us suppose that the man
who knows the genuine stone, saying
to himself or writing articles for pub.
lication, suchras this: "Now this man is
wearing fake diamonds, and because
he is wearing the fake diamonds / will
not have anything to do with the rea
diamond" We would say that such 8
man was bigger fool than the mar
who wore the paste diamonds.
Whether man pretends to be
Christian or not, is something | would
feign from commenting upon, because
l am not a maker of mems souls,
Whether man experiences the feel
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
The Parental Plot.

aNeIlie DEAR" whispered the Wash
ington youth, 81 see my mother and
yours are in earnest conversation over
there, wonder what they are talking
about"
"Maybe," said the Washington maid
en-, with q bright blush. "they think
they're holding steering committee
meeting &c Chicago Tribune. =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
my prosiness, and bid them all an
affectionate "farewell"
Your loving father,
IT SIOWGO. SR

The Old Man has said "farewellw
and / can do no better than follow suit
There are many in this institution
whom L have learned to honor and to
respect. There is warm spot in my
heart for them, and if my wishes could
but fruitify showers of blessings would
fall on them We may never meet
again, but / shall always remember
them-even when the Angel of Death
bids me follow him to
1.-THE undiscovered country, from whose
bourne
No traveller returns"
HIRAM SLOwGo, JR.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Chinese Inventions.

+ you Will take the trouble to ask
the next man you meet What in
ventions have the Chinese given to
civilization ?" he will in all probaZ
bility, answer promptly, "Gunpowder"
| Now I do not believe that we should
| give China or any other nation
great deal of credit for having invent
ed gunpowder, l don't know that the
world is much better off because of the
tdiscovery of gunpowder. Schoolbooks
say powder was first made in China,
and make no mention of the other
discoveries more important in their
eff cts upon mank;ads that owe their
birth to the Chinese.
Did gunpowder ever civilize
nation? Most of us believe that prog
ress is made through edueation-not
war; through books, papers, literature
not >gunpowder and dynamite. If this
is true why not give China, credit for
the inventions tending to promote
peace rather than strife? She has
enough of them to her credit.
Take paper, for instance. 1t was
first made in China. Think of the
step forward made possible by this one
invention. When the Romans were
writing upon sheepskin, the Chinaman
used paper, paper finer than has ever
been made outside of China. How
could the great number OF books need
y ed to supply the world of today be
furnished if some Chinaman had not
given it paper2 Yet every one says
"Gunpowder."
Closely related to the discovery of
paper and just as important from an
educational point of view, was the
discovery and use of movable type.
A Chink did it. Tho we usually say.
and most books tell us, that Guten-
berg first invented type, history shows
that movable type made from wood
were used in China $50 years before
, Gutenberg's adoption of the same
. principle in Europe. AS communica
tion with China was open at that time
it seems reasonable to suppose tina,
+ the printer of Europe received his
hint from the printer of China and moi
: from the initials he carved upon {
tree, as an old school reader used tt
have it. True, the Chinese still us'
? their wooden blocks while we have tn,
linotype. A long step, and China's non
progressiveness does not show to ad
v vantage, yet it still remains true tina
e China's wooden type was the first con
o ception of the modern machine.
Turn to navigation. l believe tn
:. city of Genoa boasts of being the hom
7 of the man who invented the compass
q Now the truth of the matter is that
>. Chinaman, history says an emperor o
n China, invented the compass in the sec
y ond century B. G., and I believe tn
q gentleman of Genoa admitted that b
N first saw the instrument in the Eas
% When one stops to think what th
ID compass has done to develop the worl
ir and how lost we would be without i
IL the invention of gunpowder sinks int
a. insignificance. Nor is this all. Will
70 China took the first step towards NAL
e ing maritime navigation easy, she wa
ar also prime factor in developing th
Of navigation of the earth.
We owe steel to China, also bronz
r. At least so history says. Turn next
IN the weaving of silk. No country eve
To produced as fine silk as is made
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
A Gentle Hint.

Lsnders-Do you ever think of that
"ten spot" you borrowed of me?
Borroughs-Don't worry. 1 still
have it in mind.
Lenders-Don you think it about
time you relieved your mind ?-Ex-
change.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

TO doubt many readers of THE
Il MIRROR read the short article,
Y "Why Is It." which appeared
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-03

granted this week: Reported by G.
A. Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys,
Washington, D. &C. G. Billings,
Eau Gale, Wis, corn husker, c.. P.
Bossert, Milwaukee, leach clearing
mechanism, j. S. Brennan, Milwau-
kee, radiator connection, S. B. Har-
ding. Waukesha, travelling carrier for
metal working machines, r. Hartman,
Madison, composite building material,
G. Honold, Sheboygan, casket holder,
.. Hove, Ellsworth, Wis, engine
governor, G. w. Levalley, Milwaukee,
Wis, shaft hanger, w. A. Marshall,
Washburn, apparatus for handling lum-
Der Or laths, j. Naidul, Milwaukee,
plow, E. I. Reilly, Evansville, box
fastener. A. N. Ritz, Milwaukee, Wis.,,
paste receptacle, D. II. Walrath, Mil
waukee, Wis, FIRE extinguishing de-
vice, R. H. Welles Kenosha, jack.
For copy of any of above patents
send ten cents in postage stamps with
date of this paper to G. A. Snow & Co.,
Washington, D. G.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-03
Stanchfield Will Quit,

City Lngnineer, George H. Stanchfeld
who has Leen employed in the city SER
vice for the last seven years will not be
candidate for the position, having de-
termined to quit the service of the
city and go into sone other inc of bus
iness. Els determination in the mat
ter was made known to members of the
G Z, council when the ! preliminary
meeting wiis held to determine salaries
for the ensuing year. Mr.. Stanchfeld's g
intentions are not kuown at present
and he will remain in the city until
May | at least and possibly little long
er. In the meantime he will fix up the
street work intended to be done this
year in such manner that it can easily
be carried cut.
It is possible that the city council
may hire man by the month this year
to look after what street work is con-
t lp.ateJ and the. name of Thomas
Ir.ing has been sugg ted ls a. po-sible
successor to Mr.. stanch6eld. Mr.. Irving
assisted the engineer on the Main street
plsing and will finish his junior year at
the Wisconsin University in june
Oily Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-03
Anniversary. Celebration.

A triple celebration was held last
Monday evening at..the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. F. W. Oelschlaeger-in other
words three shows under one canvas.
Celebration No. i, Mr.. Oelschlaeger's
34th birthday anniversary; No. 2,
thirteenth engagement and No. 8,
tenth wedding anniversary. The
rooms were neatly draped in green,
and the table decorations were carna-
tions and roses. A jolly good time
was had by all, and it was after mid
night when the guests departed.
Among those present were:
Anthony Stauffacher. Zion City,
ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. David Evans.
Mines. Louisa Goeldner, Fred Ahrens,
Lottie Podewell, Hattie Merkel, VIM.
DUDE, Anna Lotz, and the Misses
Emma Podewell, Wanda Rose, Erna
Rose, Hattie Dube, Lille DUDE. Mar.
garethe Evans, Gladies Evans, Clara
Lotz. Masters Edwin Lotz and Milton
LOtZ