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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08
PERSONALS.

City Attorney Kibbe went to
Hidalgo yesterday on legal bust
ness.
Geo. Copley of Sherman, Texas.
was an arrival by the Alice stage
last evening.
M. H. Holloway and family are
in town today::from their ranch home
up the river.
w: S. Corkill and Frank B.
Armstrong returned last evening
from a short visit to the Point.
Toe Bollack left on the Steamer
TODAY en- route to St. Louis and
other western cities for an indefinite,
period, combining pleasure with
business.
County Commissioner Raymond
spent Yesterday in the city on bust
ness and to see Mrs. Raymond and
the children. He returned to the
Ell Sauz this morning.
Geo. L. Crum arrived last even
ing from Hidalgo, where he has
been sometime doing some survey
ing. He reports that section IN
good condition and every body
busy preparing land for different
crops.
A. w. Amthor and Charlie Arm
strong, accompanied by a rodman,
left Yesterday for Fordyce, about
| fifteen miles out on the Lott road,
to do some survey work in connec-
ton with the sidings to be built
there.
Frank Alonzo of Victoria, Texas,
is here buying horses for the Cuban
government. He has purchased
about 400 head in Mexico, near
Matamoros. which he expects to
drive to the nearest railroad station
and ship to Tarnpico, thence by
boat to Cuba.
Mrs. Jennie Lynd Devine OF
Laredo, Texas. arrived by yester-
DAVIS Alice stage, and is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Martin Hanson.
Mrs. Devine expected to reach here
in time for the funeral of her la
mented father, Mr.. Lynd, but was
unable to do so.
d. L. Slataper of Alvin, Texas,
IJ. H. Meyers and Walter F. Breath
of Galveston, A We'll of Victoria,
Texas. Carlton King of Washing
ton, d. c., and F. Worster of New
York, were passengers leaving by
the Point train this morning to take
passage on the steamer for Calves
ton.
If your watch fails to keep time
take it to Rutledge, the expert on
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08

The Alice stage came In by four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. /
If you don't believe Barbee sells
the cheapest, ask for prices.2-2e-tf-
The prolonged drought is max
ing cistern water quite scarce IN
Brownsville.
Swiss and Limburger cheese, pigs |
feet and Dill pickles at Leo Wise's.
2-26-tf. |
The regular meeting of the
Knights of Honor will take place |
tonight at 7:3O. All members are
requested to attend on account of
the adoption of the new bylaws.
Losr:-Yesterday afternoon in
the Post or in town lady's unmount-
ed (watcb) photograph. Finder
will please leave same at HERALD
Office. 1t.
The special schooner chartered
by F. T. Sargent for the purpose
of bringing the material for the
steel water tower and tank for Fort
Brown is due at Brazos Santiago
this afternoon. The cargo also in
cludes about ESQ, 900 feet of various
sizes of iron piping and other ma
terial for Mr.. Sargent's plumbing
shop.
Fresh Malaga grapes, oranges
and cabbages just received at Leo
yyise's 2-26-tf.
A. Curry, the photographer, has
abandoned his tent and turned the
rear of his studio into permanent
operating room with an excellent
new skvlight and all modern facil1-
ties for picture making. A new
gallery will also adorn Mr.. Curry s
studio in a few weeks.
Baskets of superior finish and
style are kept by the Brownsville
Undertaking company. BURT E.
HINKLEY. manager. lot.
Plans are now being designed
for two story brick store building
which Charles Lindsey will erect
on the lot adjoining the First Ma
tional bank building, on Elizabeth
street. AS previously reported in
THE HERALD, Mr.. Lindsey will
make this a strictly modern struct-
ure in every respect. 1t will be
fifty feet wide by eighty feet long,
and the front of the lower story
will be almost entirely covered with
huge plate glass windows. w l..
LAYTON is the architect who is max
ing the plans. Some of our other
local capitalists should emulate the
enterprise of Mr.. Lindsey and erect
buildings to accommodate the fast
growing needs of the community.
/ wonder why Barbee sells feed
the cheapest and delivers free. Be
cause he buys from the best and
cheapest houses. 2-2o-tf-
A piano show room has been es-
tablished by John Viano in the of
fee of George Champion on Eliza
beth street, where the public is in
vited to call and examine the finish
and tone of the instruments, and
where orders for tuning and other
repair work on pianos may be left,
as well as at Putegnat' drug store.
2-2e-tf.
There is on exhibition at the
Offices of the Brownsville Land and
Town company sugar beet which
tips the scales at thirty -one pounds
being raised by ]. V Adams, the
progressive truck farmer, on hi:
place six miles from Brownsville OF
the Alice road, where he has abou
eight acres of these beets, III ad
dition to quite a large acreage o
various other vegetables. 1t /.
estimated that the saccharine mat
ter obtainable from each beet o
this weight would be about siI
pounds. The value of the suga
beet for the manufacture of suga
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08
CUSTOM HOUSE REPORT.
February this Year Shows Large Increase
Over Last Year.

As an evidence of advancing
prosperity in the lower Rio Grande
valley, the record of exports
through the custom district of Bra
EOS Santiago for the month of Feb
ruary, 1904. may be quoted as
showing a large increase over those
of the same month last year. The
following report of Brownsville
custom house for February of each
year substantiates the claim:
Exports. Feb. 1904.
Domestic AO,ooI.oo
Foreign,
Cotton thread $1,000
Coffee 1850
Linens LOCO
Other Items 1871 7.7e1.0O
Imports, Feb. 1904.
Total free $685.. 90
du,;abIe $500
Mexican pesos, valuein gold, E,ZzI-oo
Exports, Feb. 1908.
Domestic A,4io-oo
Foreign l,/So.Vo
Imports Feb. 1908.
Total free N,ooO.O9
=. dutiable 441.O0
Mexican pesos, value in gold, $4,000
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08

A new line of up-to-date jewellery
and sterling silverware Just recelv-
ed. Rutledge Jewellery company. st.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08

If your watch fails to keep time
take it to Rutledge, the expert on
watches. Of
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-03-08

Eyes treated free by Rutledge
the jeweler and optician. St
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
WILL INVESTIGATE
RECENT COAL FIND
Product Of First Discovery Is
Very Bright, Unlike the
N. o. Ignite.
SHAFT BEING PUT DOWN
Occupant of the Land Tells Of the Vein
Being Fourteen Feet Thick and
Ranging to Two Feet-Believs
There 10 a Largo Deposit.

Aberdeen, s. D., Jam. 25.-Arrange-
ments have been made for a thorough
investigation OF the extent Of the coal
find recently located south OF Aber-
deem. The coal Is very bright and does
not resemble the North Dakota Ignite.
Soon after the first strike was made
North Dakota experts sent for sam
pies and these being sent they came
down to a a personal inyestiga-
ton. The result OF their examination
Is a contract for the sinking OF a shaft
to the vein, which is down 800 feet.
Moses Lupient, who occupies the land
On which the first strike was made,
tells your correspondent that the vein
is IA feet thick. but in the vein there
is other matter intervening TO the
thickness of 2 feet. TINS is on what Is
known as the Rozelle farm. Five miles
north, on the Hoilien place, a vein or
similar thickness and quality and as
far below the surface has been found,
and the coal men are sanguine that
there Is large deposits.
The Scottish Rite Masonic reunion OF
four days closed last night. the attend
ance being the largest in the history or
the consistory. Glasses of about twenty
received the degrees from the fourth to
the thirtieth, and a dozen took the
thirty-flrst and thirty-second. The
gathering wound up with a banquet in
the evening, followed by a reception
md ball.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
EDWARD D. LEWIS e A
Cashier and Owner of Farmers n
Merchants Bank at Worthinq.

Canton, s. D., Jan. 25.-Edward d.
Lewis, cashier and principal owner of
the Farmers and Merchants bank at
Worthing, and one of the foremost citl-
zens of this county, died very unex-
pectedly yesterday afternoon after an
illness OF only a short time caused from
blood poisoning. MIR. Lewis had burned
his left hand at a stove, while fixing
the fire, and afterwards went out in
the country to clerk a sale, caught cold
in the sore, which contracted blood
poisoning and his death Is the result.
He was A years Of 6 and caves his
wife and one child in good circum-
stances. Mr.. Lewis located here
about twenty years & and engaged In
the general merchandise business at
WorthinE. After he had been in sue
cessful operation for about four ear
his entire stock, with building, and all
he possessed in the world, was con-
sumed by fire, while the insurance COM
panies In which he was insured proved
unreliable and he realized but very lit
tie. AS a result OF this he was obliged
to start over again. He then went to
Sioux Falls, where he was for q time
engaged in the shoe business as chief
clerk in one OF the stores. Later he re-
turned to Worthing and started a flour
and feed store. A yea after this he
purchased an interest in the Farmers
and Merchants National bank and was
connected with this institution as CASH
Ter and sole manager when he died.
He was married at Spring Green,
Wis, in 1885, and has been a happy
and contented man. Mr.. Lewis was
prominent in the politics of the county
and state, and also In the fraternal or
g~anizations of which he was a mem
Der. He was a member OF the Masonic
chapter Of this city, being one of the
few thirty-second degree Masons in
this state. His funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon and a special train
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
Cat Sucked Breath.

Medical Talk: Clyde, the lS-months-olo
baby Of Mrs. Emma Proutt, while lying
at its mothers side, was nearly killed by
a cat yesterday. The cat sucked the childs
breath and then Its blood, after biting the
little fellow. The mother awoke In time
to save her sons wavering life. The chilo
was scratched badly in getting the cat
away.-The Dispatch, Columbus, o.
The above quotation is going the rounds
of the papers. AS 1t gives expression to
a notion that has been In existence ever
since we could recollect, we thought II
might not be out or place 10 comment
on it.
Can a cat do any such thing as Is i'm.
piled by the article? Can a cat really suck
the breath Of a child?
We nave always heard that 1t could
Away back in early childhood, we dis
tinctly remember of frequent warnings
to look out for the cat. Do not allow the
cat to get into bed with you. Especially
to get into bed with the baby, as 1t IL
liable to such the baby's breath, which
would cause the baby to die.
Is there any foundation for such a no
ton as this? We never could discover any
real meaning to the belief that a cat car
suck the breath of a child. Indeed, the
sentence is totally unintelligible.
What is meant by sucking the BREATH
It may be true that the cat, attracted By
ln6 UI6dlll vi q I'LL "lO loN ~
been nursing, might attempt in some man.
ner 10 interfere with the child's mouth
In young cats the impulse to nurse NIGH
be excited by the smell Of the childt
breath. 1t is barely possible that the cal
might be seized with a desire to bite o.
to devour the child's lips or tongue, lure'
on by the smell of milk. We are not 10
a position to deny these possibilities
Maybe they are true.
R1t NOT 1nV of these SllnnOSitiOnE FUR
nish a basis for the statement that the ca>
is liable to suck the child's breath. We
nave always heard this statement will
a shudder of horror. 1t seems to conve!
some weird, horrible tragedy that car
hardly be imagined. But 1t Is a men
fancy, the origin of which is hard to ex
plain.
Yet we would advise mothers to be care
full about leaving the infant with a cat
We do not favor the idea Of cats sleeping
with children. Nor do we favor the prao
tice of children playing with cats, hand
ling them, hopping them around the floor
fondling them, dressing them up as dolls
It Is not good for the cat. 1t Is not goot
for the child. Neither cats nor dogs ough
to be treated in this manner They an
all right in their place, but they are no
fit for playthings.
If the superstition that a cat can suck !
child's breath has operated as a prevent
i've to mothers allowing their children t.
play with cats, 1t has served a very goot
purpose, but such childish notions arr
hardly compatible with mature reflection
1t is one of the old wives fables which
may have served a good purpose, but Il
too ridiculous for repetition. There ar
other and better reasons why the cat an,
baby should not be left together than thu
vague, unintelligible fear that the ca
will suck the child's breath.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
A Dentists Advice.

Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 25th.-Mr. Harry
l.. Lewis, Dentist, GOT Sumit street,
this city, says: II certainly advise any
one, no matter how severe they may
have Kidney Trouble, to take Dodds
Kidney Pills.
II was troubled with Kidney Disease
for several years and Dodd's kidney
Pills cured me. l had used many So
called remedies without any benent.
Four months ago, l was fat on my
back with this painful troubles n must
say that l almost gave up hopes OF
evcr getting any better. Through a
friends advice l purchased six x
Of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"At first l could see but little benefit
but after two weeks, l could see an i'm
provement. / had been getting up sew
eral times at night and pains in my
back were very severe. When l had
taken six boxes l felt better than 1
had for years. The pain had all gone
aud | didn't have to get up during the
night at all. l continued the treatment
until | had used several more boxes,
and now l am glad to say that am
completely cured"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
FIRST THINGS" IN NEW YORK.
Events to Be Recalled in Connection
With the 25oth Birthday.

Events 10 DC TlCSdltSb !"
With the 25oth Birthday.
New York World: The New York we
celcbrate-it was New Amsterdam then
was a year old when, In 1854, its first
Thanksgiving was appointed. In that
same year the first steps were taken to-
ward formal police regulations.
Flour had been first bolted in the city
IN 1850, and in that year, too, the first
licensed lawyer opened an office.
The first public school was opened In
1862. This suggests a quarter-millenniaI
that was missed last year.
Events Of 1856 were the use Of the first
city hall by the magistrates and the open
ing in that same building Of the small
room which constituted the city's first
prison.
The year 1856 was marked by the first
local census, showing a population Of
1000 persons, a large number of whom
were negroes.
1867 the first fire company, the ::Rattle
Watch" was organized with eight men.
$50 fire buckets and the hook and ladder
outfit Of the day, made in Holland"
The city was twelve years old before,
in 1865, it had its first Mayor. He was
Thomas Willett, after whom Willett
street ia named.
The first nat:ve-born Mayor was Ste
phanus Van Cortlandt, appointed in 1877.
Other first things and their dates, some
before and some after the birth Of local
self government, are these, according to
the histories:
First building on Manhattan island, 1915.
First children born on the island Of
European parents, a boy In 1914 or 1915
and a girl in 1926. The latter date is au-
thentic; the former is approximate and
doubtful.
First clergyman the Dominie Bogardus,
for the first regular church built on the is
land, 1888. First schoolmaster the same
year, also the first graveyard.
First whipping post set up in 1885,, the
year which-no connection of events-saw
the establishment Of the first artist, Dirk
Hermans.
First regular physician in practice, 1886.
First ferry to Long Island, landing near
Peck slip, 1887.
First murderer sentenced to be hanged,
1641. The condemned man was a negro.
First building lot sold, 1912. A plot 30
feet by 10, where Bridge street runs now;
price $3.50. Try how much land you can
buy there today for the same money.
First poet, Jacob Steednam, known from
1869.
First merchants exchange, 1910.
First l~etter-carrier, 1913, with a dubious
route, extending to Boston by way OF
Hartford.
First dock, 1877.
First undertaken, 1853.
First printing press, William Bradford's,
1894.
First poorhouse, 1898.
First public money appropriated for
cleaning the streets, 1886.
First lighting of the streets, 1897. A Ian
tern was hung on a pole at every seventh
house and the expense of keeping up the
lights was divided among the h~ouseholders
in blocks of seven"
The first newspaper, the Gazette, was
published In IT'S; the first public library
was opened in 1870 and Kings college,
which has expanded into Columbia uni
versity, was opened in 1855.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
MEETING OF STATE MUTUAL.
Leading Fire Association Held Session
at Canton.

at NdHtOus
Canton, s. d., Jan. 25.-The annual
meeting of the State Mutual Fire as
ISOLATION, one OF the leading mutual in
surance companies doing business In
this state, was held in this city at the
home office of the company yesterday.
The took official action on
the reduction in the rates Of insurance
recently declared by the board OF mu-
tual underwriters, n elected a new
set of officers, who are as follows:
John Kielbaugh, president, Tyndall;
Hon. o. A. Ringsrud, vice president,
Elk Point; j. u. Wolgemuth, secretary
and treasurer, Mitchell. Hon. H. E.
Thayer, Ed l.. Wendt and N. G. Nash
Of Canton and the three officers were
also elected members Of the board OF
directors. The report OF the secretary
showed that the company Is carrying
nearly 81 800, 900 worth Of risks; that
its business has increased very rapidly
during the i'ast year, and that the
company has 10000 Of cash on hand
to meet It's losses.
The question Of holding a session OF
the circuit court for this county at the
regular term on the first Monday In
February has been disposed OF and 1t
has been decided to hold court. There
has been so little court business to be
transacted in this county for several
years that it is sometimes considered
doubtful If 1t will pay to hold court at
the regular terms.
The prohibitionists are beginning to
work UP interest in the coming spring
election. Rev. H.. f. Froehawk, state
superintendent Of the Saloon
league, will q series Of tenn
perance meetings tomorrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
|6be Black sAg
VOLTS. Breed;
eoD,-'.A, ,... 8 3, Henri. Dickson

This while we sat without passing a
word. Truth to tell 1 was loath to leave
the governor, for / knew even better
than he how much of treachery there
was in those about him. Besides that
/ had no confidence in my lieutenant,
and yet hated to acquaint Bienville
with the fact for fear he might mis-
trust my motives. 1 "a heavy at
heart and dreaded the future.
When, somewhat after midnight, /
arose to go he came around the table
and taking me by both shoulders gazed
steadily into my face. / met his
glance frankly and quailed not.
Forgive me, Placide, these are such
days Of distrust / doubt every one
about me. Forgive me, lad. but your
old commanders reputation, aye his
honor even, depends now so much upon
your fidelity"
/ could say nothing. I felt a stealthy
tear tremble in my eye, yet was not
ashamed, for its mate glistened in his
own, n he was a man not given to
over-weeping.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
shnoed OF tha Iion..

London Mail: Few people, even
among hunters OF big game, have met
with an adventure so exciting as befell
q ships officer, who, fortunately, has
survived and now relates the story In
the Field. When on a shooting trip In
the interior of east Africa, accompa-
MED only by a native boy. he sud-
denly came to a standstill. "Immedf-
ately facing US, scarcely twenty-five
PAGES distant" he says, standing quite
still, their heads and shoulders show
Ing above the long grass, their ears
cooked forward, their eyes fixed
straigh on us, were four full-grown
lions" 1t was a thrilling moment. He
was at once face to face with a prob
lem as complex as 1t was weighted
with important Issues. There was no
cover, and If he attempted to retreat
all the animals might spring upon him.
IL he fired he would make sure of kill
Ing one of them: he might even kill a
second-but what of the survivors,
The hunters brain worked rapidly, and
when one of the lions Shove signs OF
restlessness he had decided that IL
would be madness to fire. christening
his case of field glasses, he caught IL
by the strap, and rushing forward with
a loud yell hurled IL at the enemy. The
field glasses won the day, and all four
lions turned tail and bolted, yelpfng as
they went. Thus ended" he says. my
first, last and only chance of baggins
q liOn."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
Once Lived in Clay County.

Vermillion, S. D., Jan. ga. w.
Brown. who was found unconscious in
the Northwestern depot at Madison.
Wis. and who later died at the police
station as the result Of an overdose Of
morphine, was at II time a prominent
school teacher in Clay county. He got
to drinking heavily, and finally became
a slave to the use OF morphine. He was
q married nan when he went to Juda,
Wis, having married a Clay county
young lady. But the devoted wife was
forced to apply for a divorce in the
end, which was given.
Brown had been in the employ Of the
Northwestern company for a time, but
lost his position On account of the NOR
phine habit. His father resides in Dali
las county, Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
DR.. E HIMSELF,
Found the Food that Saved Hin :,

Found the Food that Saved His Life
4. A good old family physician with .
lifetime experience in saving people
finally found himself sick unto death
Medicines failed and-but let hin
tell his " story: "For the first tim,
in my life Of 81 years l an impelled t,
publicly testify to the value of a large
ly advertised article and l certainl,
would not pen these lines except that
what seems to me a direct act of Prov
idence, saved my life and l am i'm
pressed that it is a bounden duty Il
make it known.
"For 3 years l kept falling with
stomach and liver disorders until fwai
reduced 20 lbs from my normal weight
When i got too low to treat myself, |,
Of my associate physicians advised me-
to put my house In order for l would
be quickly going the way of all man
kind. Just about that time / was put
on a diet of Grape-Nuts predigested
food. Curiously enough it quickly be
gan to build me up, appetite returned
and in 10 days 1 gained G lbs. That
started my return to health and really
saved my life.
"a physician is naturally prejudiceiI
against writing such a letter, but III
this case l am willing to declare Il,
from the housetops that the multiple
thousands who are now suffering as !
did can find relief and health as easily
and promptly by Grape-Nuts. If they
only knew what to do. Sincerely and
fraternally yours" Name Of this
prominent physician furnished Ivy
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