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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
LABOR or LOVE.

The San Antonio Express OF lasf
Monday has the following regard
ing this section of Texas. That
paper has always been regarded as
the friend of South Texas, and her
warm words are very much appre-
ciated. The Express says:
Now. since the opening of the
railway to Brownsville. the idea Of
de7clo2ing new industry, the
growing of citrus fruits for the
general market, IS beginning to
take root. For q long while oranges
and Lemons have been grown in
private yards and gardens, mainly
for ornament, and the markets Of
Corpus Christi and other Texas
coast towns are said to have been
supplied, to a large extent at least,
from local orchards, yet, strangely
enough, 10 special effort has been
made to cultivate the fruit on a
more extended scale. Now, how
ever, it is reported that in a sec
ton of the State between San An
tonic and Brownsville, where
orange trees have sprung from the
seed carelessly dropped on the
ground and without special care
have grown up and borne delicious
fruit, orchards are to be planted on
an extensive scale and cultivated
under expert direction.
The possibilities Of the portion
Of Texas lying along the southern
portion of the gulf coast and be
tween that and the Rio Grande are
yet only partially known, though
there has been wonderful develop
1neut in the last two years. There
is a garden spot which will appeal
to the world when it has been given
the attention II deserves, and part
OF It only awaits the coming Of the
projected railroad which will unite
1t with san Antonio on the north
and Rio Grande City, san Miguel
or some nearby point on the south.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
He CAUGHT Che Kaiser.

One of Emperor Williams favor
ties is a young man named Doerain-
ger, d theological student, says Am
bassador Charlemagne Tower. lie
found his way to the war lords
friendship in an interesting man
ner. William, walking one day IN
the street near the palace, met the
student and said to him abruptly,
"Where DO YOU come from :" II
am Berliner,' was the reply,
''Pshawp said the emperor. The
berliners are good for nothing. I
know 5wo Berlin boys who are ex-
eepuons to that rule" returned the
student. Whom % 'EYour maies-
ty and myself" The emperor COM
manded him to attend at the pal
ace.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Shopping.

Like armies Oh invasion bent
They march and surge and sway,
Descending on department stores
In bold and fierce array
The shoppers Who lay in their wares
Before the Christmas day.
They surge around the busy clerks
ANA pull and jam and haul,
And load themselves with heavy weights
And let their bundles fall,
And push and punt ard kick and squirm
And slam against the wall
The fat, the lean, the short, tie tall,
The big and little, too,
They mingle in the mighty fray,
y frantic, fighting crew,
And all desire to talk at once,
And that is what they do,
At early morn the rush begins,
The clerks begin to wrap,
The women come with frm-set jaws,
All ready for the scrap;
They fill the stores and then of course
The trouble is on tap.
They jab each other in the ribs
And gouge each others eyes,
And pound each other black and blue
Nor stop to sympathize;
They riot through the stores in droves
To bluff and tyrannize.
They struggle madly to and fro
And mingle in the fight,
And every woman in the bunch
Is soon perfect fright,
And many have some Scent toys
When they get home at night.
Chicago Chronicle
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Roast Wild Duck.

SINCE and clean the ducks and
wipe them inside and out with a
damp cloth, but dc not wash. Cut
of the pinions and tie the wings to
the bodies. Rub the insides with
salt, pepper, vinegar and salad oil,
then put a spoonful Of currant jelly
into each duck Put into your roast
ing pan, pour a httle boiling water
under them and cover closely. Cook
for half an hour. basting four Or
five times. Remove the cover from
the roasting pan, wash the ducks ali
over with a mix ure eli butter and
lemon Juice and brown. Serve with
eurrant Jelly
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Sc Whsel rlrs e.

Many of the towns II New Jer-
sey, even including SO large q place
as Long Branch, have steel wheel
fire alarms, which arouse conmuni-
ties around them il a very vide
radius The wheels are merely the
steel rims of big locomotive drive
wheels. They are given 20 all towns
desiring them BY the Central Rail-
way Of New jersey from It's disabled
rolling stock. Sometimes the alarm
Is mounted N a wooden tower frame
and again IS hung from the arm Of :
stout post. A big hammer hangs on
a post. and any enc discovering a
IRE elangs the alarm and calls CHI
zens 10 action.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Preparing EGGS For InvaIids.

Miss Farmers book, GOOD and
Cookery For the Sick" gives direc-
tons for preparing a soft egg which
have been tried and found to be ex-
cellent. Her directions are: Break
an egg into a china cup and place
the cup in a pan of hot, not boiling,
water. About 175 T. is the proper
temperature. AS soon as, the white
of the egg begins to cook stir away
from the sides of the cup with a sill
yer spoon. When the white Is of a
jellylike consistency break the yolk
and mix it with the white. Add salt
and butter and serve in the cup~in
which it was cooked.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Notice

The regular annual meeting OF
the Stockholders Of the Merchants
National Bank Of Brownsville Tex
as VIII be held al its banking house
on Tuesday, Januarys l0th:. 1908,
at ; p m for the eleeuonof Dlrec-
Tors and the transaction Of such
ether business as may properly
come before tie meeting
J Q FERNANDEZ, Cashier.
T2of0
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Extraor5inary Consideration.

sWhy don't you make your hus-
band promise never 70 bet on a
Because. answered young Mrs.
Torklns Charley has regrets
enough without burdening his con-
science with broken promises
Washington Star.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
Saving at the Spigot

Mrs. Grimes-Yes. the electric
lights are awfully nice bnt 4ney
must cost you lots
Mrs. Grant-Of cours- ley do
cost a good deal. but then, you
know, a bunch of matches lasts SO
much longer. Boston Transcript.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21
The Strenuous Shopper.

Here is a lot more advice to
the early Christmas shopper. "
What rubbish Where would
be the fun of stopping if YOU
couldn't get into a jam and use
your elbows? '-Cleve Gland Plain
Dearler.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21

Eyes accurately fitted free by
Rutledge Jevelry Co You only
pay a far price for the glasses.
No-chargea for testing tic eyes
12-17-24
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-21

tn house and senate are dead
loclc over the question OF where
To kold the inaugural ball, which
apr 10 be the oaly legislation
for TIE week This IS about as
coed 2 sway to spend the time rs
auy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
What TIE Russian Heir May Mean.

From the London Spectator.
The czaI may see In the birth of his son
a reason for still more jealousy guarding
his autocratic power. His readiness to
make pilgrimages in order to pray before
special shrines for the gift of son sug-
gests a mind prone to superstition as well
as faith and he is said to believe. with a
conviction unusual even in kings, that he
stands between God and his subjects, and
is responsible i'm some special way alike for
their destiny and the safety of the ortho-
dox church. He can not, in his own Judg-
ment, shake off that responsibility, can not
share it with counselors, can not part with
any portion OF II to parliament, ana
must therefore, If he is resisted or his ac-
ton so freely criticised as to be hampered
by opinion, continue, and even intensity,
the policy of repression which the bureau
cracy so strongly adjures him to pursue.
1t is not he thinks, to his people that God
has confided absolutism a trust. but to
him alone. That is always the ground
thought of a theocracy, and the Russian
monarchy always wishes to be thought
theocracy, and, in many respects, is one
that is, 1t places In theory the supremacy
of certain religious or dogmatic ideas above
even it's direct interests.
Add that much of the prevailing repres-
sion is intended to preserve the emperor's
life, and that every emperor with baby
heir must earnestly wish to live until that
heir is competent to govern. and We have
conditions in Russia which we fear will
prohibit the smallest movement in the di-
rection of liberty, even such liberty as ex-
lists in Germany or Austria. Men will still
be liable to be sent to Siberia without trial
Criticism will still be forbidden under ter
rible penalties The legislative power will
still be denied to any but committees OF
bureaucrats appointed and removable by
the soyereign's will. That policy means
anarchy in the end should great disasters
occur or should the springs of power dry
UP as they dried up in France for want OF
money and anarchy in Russia, though so
many liberals write as if they wished for
it. might produce grave disasters for Eu-
rope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
I IOUSE=
FOLD
lINrS

Fhe servant question was settled by one
woman this past summer in way that she
declares quite the best thing that ever hap
pened all around. The summer home, a
beautiful one for the family is wealthy, is
in the Berkshires; but year after year the
struggle to find help willing to go so far
from the city, and stay after they got
there. has made the vacation season any
thing but a time of rest and pleasure. There
were six children in the family, all boys.
the oldest sixteen. When the annual strug-
gle began in the spring to find the neces-
sary help the boys finally suggested that
they would do the work If their mother
would pay them The idea was novel, but
upon consideration seemed feasible. A
schedule of the necessary work was made
out andst divided. The two older boys
agreed to do the cooking. stipulating that
their mother show them how first. Two
others were assigned the cleaning, and the
last two the chamber work. The mother
was a first-class manager the boys apt and
willing pupils. The result was a summer
the most restful in the family annals; extra
company was no bugbear; the boys thought
the whole thing no end of fun, and each
one comes back with a substantial little
bank account of his own. The boys VINO
had the cooking in charge learned to make
the most delightful bread and biscuits,
could broil a steak to perfection. make de-
licious coffee as well as egg dishes and
desserts.
Men Servants Instead of Maid Servants
There seems to be no reason why in the
dearth of maids, men and boys should not
be pressed into the domestic service. Chi
nese and japanese already rang ahead of
women. both as cooks and house servants;
Indian boys are taking more kindly to the
work than the girls; colored boys are ex-
ceptionally clever porters and cooks on
all the railway trains, so why not in the
home kitchen? Men have so much more
strength than a woman, and can adapt
themselves to such variety of work that
II seems though the solution of the
vexed question might come by substituting
men for maids.
Some Manly Men.-Some men are natur-
ally more handy" than others but in
the last decade with the frequent
eruptions and interregnums in the
kitchen, nearly every family man has
had occasion at one time or another to
step into the breach. and that with credit
to themselves. The most manly men /
know Of said 4 noted traveller recently,
ARE two men / met on the Pacific coast.
one was sea captain a man OF great
dignity and force. He has a wife not over
strong, and several small children. Not
long ago that man came in from voyage
and found his wife sick and their one SER
want, after putting the family wash in
soak. departed. He got up early the next
morning, washed the clothes, hung them
out. got breakfast with the childrens help,
and then had to go down to the wharves
TO attend to his duties. Before leaving he
made his wife promise that she would leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
Negro Vote Eliminated.

dispatch from New Orleans last night
says: The completed registration figures for
Louisiana show how effectually the suf-
frage amendment and the poll tax qualifica-
ton have eliminated the negro vote of the
state. The total white vote registered Is
102 723. against only LAT negroes The
poll tax has completed the elimination of
the blacks from state politics. What is
true of the state as whole is equally true
of the individual parishes.
The poll tax provision has cut down the
negro vote of the state at least 130, 900.
Only about $4,000 whites have allowed
themselves to be DISTINGUISHED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Ryan, Mrs Jennie Fette
Stafford, Miss Martha
Yale
Sampsell, Mrs r II
Sanders, Miss Carrie
Schliach, Mrs Eva
Schuman. Miss Annie
Scott. Mrs Albert
Scott. Mrs A +
Scott. Mrs Estelle
Scott. Miss Fanny
Scales. Maria ]
Seldom. Miss Sadie
Shaw. Miss Violet
Shields. Mrs Carrie
SILVER. Mrs g w
Shon- Mrs Maud
Shutter. Miss May
Sickels. Mrs J E 90
Sylvester. Miss Jane
Simpson. Miss Sarah
Slaughter, Miss Ella
Smith. Mrs Annie
Smith. Mrs Bernard
Smith. Miss Cathrine
Smith, Miss Z r
Smith. Mrs ] N
Smith. Mrs Lucy
Smith. Miss Martha
Smith. Miss Mary 49,
Smith. Mrs Mary
Smith. Mary A
Smith. Mrs Nina
Smith. Miss Rosa
Smith. Miss Sarah
Smith. Mrs 7 Anna
Spaulding, Mrs Alice
Speck, Miss Rosie
Spineal, Miss Lizzie
Spinn, Miss Jennet
Sprague. Mrs N NJ
Sprigg, Miss Anna
Spriggs, Miss Dora
Stafford. Miss Sarah II
Stahl. Miss Margie
Stanford. Mrs John
Staunton. Mrs ] r
Stefanelli. Filimeno
Steptoe. Miss Maria l.
Stewart. Mrs Florence
Stewart. Mrs W G
Shorty. Mrs Clinton
Studfin. Miss Susie
Sullivan. Mrs Mary
Sweeney. Miss Julia
Swinburn. Mrs Ella
Tailor. Miss ]
Talmage, Miss A
Tally. Mrs Peter
Tailor. Mrs A e
Tailor. Miss Annie No
Tailor. Mrs Caroline
Tailor. Miss Lucie
Temple. Miss Grace
Lincoln
Thiele. Miss Emma
Thomas. Mrs Eliza
Thomas. Miss Tottie NJ
Thomas. Miss Mary
Thomas. Mrs Mary
Thomas. Mrs Mamie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

Baldwin--"Rambo, didn't you tell me you
had promised your wife you would turn
your wine glass upside down whenever you
attended banquet like this?"
Rambo-"Yesh, but after had turned IL.
OLD fell 1 found ii was downside up, and
JUS had to change it again. How could 1
help it. old feP ?'-Chicago Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is list OF advertised ie en-,
naming in the Washington 3D. C., post ONCE sd'-
urday October %. 1904.
To obtain any of these letters the applicant
shenld call for advertised Letters. I'll,
r. not called for within two ~ weeks they VIII
-, ~ tha Dead Letter Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

Ryer-"So Miss Fuller married Old Bull
lion. I thought she was engaged to his
son.
Dyer-"She was. But Bullion threatened
to disinherit him II he married her."-Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

thereby defeated him for the SEN
ate, but Lincoln became President
rs the ultimate reward for his hero
ic and brave utterance Of the honest
convictions Of his heart.
Would to God We could have
more men OF that brave, true spirit
se ated in the White House. But
we may not expect hat again, fel
low citizens, until we have done our
work, and seated a Prohibtionisl
az Ch ei Magistrate of our beloved
country. Standing here beside the
home of the Great Lincoln, let us
consecrate ourselves anew TO ouI
grea duties. For the sake of the
coming generations let Us ma ke
KIN ,wn 10 the world the truth Of the
close sociations of his whole life
with our cause. Let US see to il
that the historians no longer unite
with the arch enem es of our homes
and C mccall fron the world the fact
that Abraham Lincoln was the pio-
neer of US all, in the great fight to
free this nation from the curse OF
King Alcohol.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

be. The spirit shall pass from thee
in the form of the creature thou
most resemblest-a doe, timld Of
heart, fleet OF foot and spotlessly
white None may slav thee, vet
thou wilt ever long for the dart that
would release the spell. Thy speed
shall shame the heetest of the herd,
and thy matchless beauty shall ever
lure the hunter to his death"
And with these words milk
white doe darted from the palace
walls, trembling with fright. 1t
hides in brakes and canyons and
fees when no hunter is nigh.
Hundreds have seen il, and many
have been lured to pursue it. The
fallen rocks from canyon walls hide
the corpse of many hunter who
sought to slay the milk white doe
None has ever returned to tell the
story of those chases. And those
who escaped the canyons dangers
their bones lie bleaching in eternal
snow.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Roman Epieures
ion

A certain Roman epicure once
gave a little dinner to nine friends.
II cost $4,000. Oysters brought
by footmen from Britain were con
sumed in quantities. The Roman
gastronomy favored such delicacies
as peacock, guinea hen. nightingale,
thrushes, perhaps a whole boar stuff
fed with the flesh of other animals.
But fish was the especial dainty.
Vitellius, we are told, had his fish
weighed alive before him at the Ia
bic. Bets were made on the dura-
tion of its expiring gasps. His broth
er once served him a dinner at
which 1000 OF the choicest fish were
used. He often dined out, and none
OF the meals ever cost his host less
than $4,000. Apicius, after vast
ing nearly S3,0O0,O0O in feasting,
discovered to his dismay that he
had but a little over 100000 left
This being too little for a gentle
man to exist on, he calmly killed
himself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
A CUT OR TORN ARTERY.
How to Stop Dangerous Bleeding In
Cases Of Accident.

1t often happens in cases Of ac-
cident that the danger 10 life IS
greatly increased by, if not solely
dependent upon, the loss Of blood,
the injury itself being compare
lively trivial affair. Whether light
or serious, the wound can wait, ln-
deed in most cases must wait, for
the arrival of the physician, but the
bleeding waits for nothing. IL
must be arrested speedily, and II il
is not stopped by some one on the
spot or If it does not cease spon-
taneously the coming of the physi-
clan may be useless, for the wounds
of dead man need no binding.
In classes of instruction IN first
aid TO the wounded this point Is al
ways insisted upon, and rightly, but
unfortunately how bleeding from
cut or torn artery can be quickly
and certainly arrested % not always
clearly enough explained. The pu-
pills study diagrams depicting the
course and direction of the large
arteries, and round black OF red
disks are placed az the points where
pressure can be effectively applied
to shut off the flow of blood from
the parts lower down on the limb.
The application of tourniquet Is
taught, and sometimes even the
mode of tying an artery (Which Is
surgeons work and not to be at
tempted by any member of first
aid class is elaborately explained.
But sometimes the lecturer forgets
TO say that the most copious bleed
ing can always be arrested tenn
porarily and often permanently by
simple pressure made directly on
the bleeding point. If YOU can put
you finger literally on the source
of the hemorrhage and keep it there
your wounded companion will not
bleed TO death, at least not while
under your care.
One must make sure in doing this
that the finger is really making
pressure on the bleeding point,
which may be deep down at the bot
tom of the wound, but the contin-
uance of the bleeding will soon
prove that the finger or the cloth
pad or the rounded stick or what
ever is used to make pressure with
is not pressing on the right spot.
Care must be taken not TO soil tie
wound with dirty fingers or a dirty
rag. If time and opportunity per
nit the finger should first he washed
or at least wiped with clean cloth.
and if cloth pad is used the outer
LAYERS at least must be free from
visible dirt.
In almost any company some one
NAV be found who has clean hand
kerchief in the pocket. One which
has not been unfolded is best, for
this can then be folded inside out
and made up into a clean pad Of any
desired shape. = Youths Compan-
,nn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ne Had the Laugh on the Well Dressed
Lover.

nc Had the Laugh on the Well Dressed
Lover
As the two rivals faced each 9TH
er while waiting for the beautiful
girl who was 10 choose between
them the one in the gray morning
suit laughed short, sharp laugh.
"lt would have been well for
YOU" he observed, IF at such an
important interview YOU had at least
made yourself presentable. Your
hands are those OF a mechanics, 5,
your clothes are covered with oil
spots. your face Is grimy, your
At this instant the girl burst into
the room and threw herself into the
arms of the man in overalls.
Darling, she murmured, 81
have just heard that YOU fixed pa
pas crank shaft and brought hin
home in time for dinner, while this
man here passed by without even
blowing his horn"
1t was then that the hero of {
hundred breakdowns, as he toyeC
lightly with the golden hair thai
was hanging down his back, sneereC
pleasantly at the man who was toe
well dressed.
My dear bow" he observed
"elothes don't make the man. Next
time learn to repair your own au.
to. Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Willing 20 Help.

The London Chronicle tells OF .
warm hearted omnibus driver. 4
woman who occupied seat near ths
driver saw a man friend inside an
omnibus proceeding just ahead.
Signs and telepathic communics-
tions alike failed to attract the at
tention Of the unconscious psssen-
ger, though Of course everybody elss
on both omnibuses was wreathed in
interested smiles. Then the drivers
heart was melted. Leaning forward,
he prodded the conductor Of the
foremost bus with his whip. Tel
the gentleman to smile at the lady,
he saiA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Well Meant.

One Of our city parsons told q
good story the other morning and
called it "A Doubtful Compliment" "
There was an elderly or middle
aged woman in my town who wal
not just exactly what we call quick
thinker. One day q circus came tc
town, and she was one Of the frs,
ones TO be there. She stood IL
front of the tent for hours till final
ly when the show began the people,
seeing that she did not have any
money, let her in free. Some time
later she met me on the street and
said in her queer way, 'Parson, I'd
just as soon hear you preach as to &c
20 the circus. I" - Lewiston (Me.
Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

On one occasion Joseph Chamber
laih was invited to Liverpool to
make q speech. 1t was to be great
celebration. The mayor, who was
to preside at the meeting, had ar
ranged fine dinner for the guest Of
honor. A distinguished assembly
surrounded the table, and at the
right Of the host sat Mr.. Chamber
lain. For a couple of hours the
committee chatted over their food,
and finally the coffee was served.
1t was at this juncture that the
mayor leaned over and whispered
to Mr.. Chamberlain, "Your excel
lency, shall we let the crowd enjoy
itself awhile longer or had we bet-
ter have your speechy