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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17
HUSBANDS ORGANIZE
Will Start Crusade Against the All Ab'
sorbin6 Euche Cane.

Twenty-one husbands who reside
n Bayonne, N. j.. have met and
organized the Married Mems Anti
Euchre and Home Preservation
Society. They declare it is high
time their wives and other men,
wives were cured of the progressive
-euchre habit, and propose to use
all their efforts to establish such a
cure. Several letters from other
towns and cities were read indoors
ing. the movement.
A gentleman of the name of
Kicks, in accepting tine presidency
of the new society, said:
1t is high time we asserted our
manhood and made a determined
effort to down this habit, which
threatens to wreG; Our homes.
Many a night l had to walk the
floor with the baby until or 8
o clock waiting until my wife re-
turned from a euchre party. 1t
has got so. that the clubs meet every
afternoon and evening, and are
now talking about playing on Sun
day"
Other men spoke in similar
vein, and resolved to ccrb the pop
ularity of euchre by every means
in their power.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17
PROPOSALS FOR
ROAD IMPROVEMENT

Sealed proposals for grading the
military road between near Ian
drum s to or near HollOway's at
Barranco, as per profile to be seen
in the county clerks Office, and
including the construction of one
twenty-five foot wooden span
bridge, all material and construc-
ton to be furnished by bidder, will
be received by the county COM
missioners' court until noon on
Wednesday, June l, 1904. A bond
of two thousand $4,000 is requir-
ed to accompany each bid. Said
bids to be addressed to the COM
missioners' court and filed with the
county clerk of Cameron county.
The court reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
By order of the county commits
sioners' court of Cameron county,
Texas, this 9th. day of May, 1904.
WIN. J. RUSSELL,
May 10. 1904. County Judge.
-1Ods.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17
SAN lSlDRO WnIM.WnAMS.
Heavy Rains and haiIstorm Reported
One Hail Stone that Breaks the
Record.
To THE HERALD:

To THE HERALD:
San Isidro, Texas, May g.
Since my last, can no longer
write that we have had no rain.
On the 3Oth. we were blessed by a
good rain, that lasted an hour.
There was some thunder and light
ming, and high n. E. wind, that
drove the rain smoking along.
There was quite a fall of hail. more
than l have ever seen. 1t whiten-
ed the ground, but soon melted.
On the night of the 3rd. inst. at
$50, we had most tremendous
rain. 1t was the heaviest since
March of last year. 1t lasted
bnt half an hour, but was a real
gully washer. The water is still
standing in pools alongthe roads.
There was hail with it too, with
much lightning, very vivid, and
plenty of thunder, though not loud.
The wind was from the North, and
was furious for two or three min
utes.
Celso Villareal, returning home
from La ReforIna, saw such a large
hailstone april 800 that he pick
ed it up, wrapped it in piece of
cloth, put it in his moral, and
took it home, (about league and
a half Distant. There he weighed
it, and found it to be about half a
pound!
Every body is planting more
corn. Some are planting cotton.
ID. Manuel Elizondo, of FL Porve-
mir, close by, has fifty acres In cot
ton.
Yesterday l attended the celebra-
ton of FL Cinco de Mayo, by the
private school (Mexican) at d.
Florencio Alvarado's. The chill
dren did very well, and quite a
pretty display. Two ladies made
patriotic speeches from the tribuna,
add did very well. No man spoke,
and indeed the FAIR sex made, by
far, the best showing.
Our post-office is granted US, and
will be in running order by the end
of the month or first week in June.
d. Amado Pefa goes to Laguna
SEGA next Wednesday, to give
bond, etc.
d. Bias Peha is still i'll at Davis.
| hear that he is worse, and that
his case IS hopeless
The bishop paid us visit yes
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terday, and left to-day. There
were many baptisrns, and confrma-
tons.
Mr.. Wells carload of wire is all
in, and another is expected. D.
Encarnacion Rodriguez is busy at
the fence.
There is report abroad that the
Aransas Pass will not build to Hi
dalgo, but win run straight to Rio
Grande City, passing close to OF
through this place. / doubt it.
The Russians are most uniucky
on water. l am curious to see
what Fortune will give them on
land. My wishes are for them.
Ell SoLrERo.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17

IT looks more and more like
Parker.
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Notice.

Be it known that the firr, OF
Eulogio Cara & Co. has this day
been dissolved and that the under
signed is no longer connected with
the same, and that all responsible
tiles in collections and payments OF
all accounts pertaining to the here
tofore Brownsville Grocery Co.
rests exclusively with Eulogio Gar
"a, the present proprietor
TEoFILo CRIxELL-
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BASEBALL will be tried by Chi
cago institution as a cure for in
sanity. IF it does not succeed, II
might be a good idea to try foot
ball instead. That would probably
cure some of the non compos sub
iects by breaking their necks.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17

Hon. JNO. n. GARNER,
as candidate for reelection to Congress
from this, the Fifteenth District. subject
the action Of the democratic party
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17
ANNOUNCEMENT

We are authorized to announce the
iame of the
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-17

See those beautiful samples of
wall paper at L. Kowalski's Office
Reyes and Nunez paper hangers
4-l-tf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13
A Drop in Values.

An odd story of Emerson was told
the other day by a Cambridge man.
"a New York woman" he said,
"called on Emerson one morning. The
philosopher was reading in his study
and near him on plate there lay a
little heap of cherry stones. The Wis
itor slipped one of these stones into
her glove.
Some months later she met Elmer
son again at a reception in Boston.
She recalled her visit to him, and then
she pointed to the brooch she wore
brooch of gold and brfIliants. with
the cherry stone set in the center.
"T took this stone from the plate
at your elbow on the morning Of my
CALL she said
"tAh,' said Emerson, IN tell my
amanuensis of that He will be
pleased. The young man loves cher
ries, but L never touch them myself "
Enquirer.
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The Methods of Writers

MY method of work?'' said Jules
Verne. We'll, until recently 1 inyaria-
bly, rose at and made a point of doing
three hours of writing before breakfast.
The great bulk of my work was always
nearly all been written when most folk
are sleeping. l have always been a wide
reader. especially OF newspapers and peri
paragraph or article strikes me to cut it
out and preserve it for future reference"
All his life the elder Dumas, author
of Monte Cristo," The Three Musket-
GERS and many other famous works, was
tainted with his negro descent; the carl
caturiSts and lampooners with exeGable
taste. made the crisp hair and lean
Vulnerable gibes. A person more remark
able for inquisitiveness than for correct
the romancer rather closely concerning
his genealogical tree. You are quad
Was a mulatto." And your grand
Dumas. whose patience was waning fast
too fast for him to trouble about accu-
raey; And d. may I inquire ne what your
Numbered the great man-'an ape, sir.
My pedigree commences where yours
Joseph Conrad has achieved what is
probably the most noteworthy descriptive
style of any author writing in English.
He has recently allowed himself to be
quoted in regard to his literary creed as
answering devotion to the perfect
blending of form and substance; 1T is on
ly through an unremitting, never-discour-
aged care for the shape and the ring of
sentences that an approach can be made
to Elasticity, to color; and the light of
magic suggestiveness may be brought to
play for an evanescent instant over the
commonplace surface of words: OF the
old, old words, worn thin. defaced by
ages of careless usage The sincere en-
deavor to accomplish that creative task,
to go as far on that road his strength
viii carry him, to go undeterred by fall
tering. WEAKNESS, or reproaeh, is the only
valid justification for the worker in prose.
And If his conscience is clear, his answer
to those who, in the fullness of wisdom
which looks for immediate profit, demand
specifically TO be edited. consoled, amused
who demand to be promptly improved
or encouraged or frightened or shocked
or charmed, must run thus: My task
which am trying to achieve is, by the
power of the written word to make you
hear, TO make you feel-it is, before all,
to make you see. That-and no more,
and it is everything If succeed. you
shall find there, according to your deserts,
encoura cement. consolation, fear, charm
AN you demand; and. perhaps, also that
glimpse of truth for which you have for
gotten to ask"
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she quietly replied. IF the doctor said
it would harden you up, then, of course,
it will. Don't put the blame off on me,
however"
Blame? Blame? How can I blame
your
II don't know, but you probably
WILL,
TN probably do nothing of the kind.
By George, but wonder if there is an
other such aggravating woman on the
face of this earthi'
Mrs. Bowser had nothing more to
say. Mr.. Bowser kicked things out of
his way as he walked, and the cat rub
bed against the legs of the piano and
saw fun ahead. Half an hour later the
hammock was slung between two of
the clothesline posts. 1t was a fairly
dark evening, and Mr.. Bowser con-
graduated himself that none OF the
neighbors had got on to his little
scheme.
At 10 o'clock he was ready to try the
cure He tried to draw Mrs. Bowser
into an argument about it, but she
kept clear and went upstairs as he
started out Bareheaded and with coat
and vest off, he fell into the hammock
with a grunt of satisfaction and began
counting the stars in the vault above.
Unnoticed by him the cat had fol-
lowed at his heels. The night cure was
nothing new to him, and he went wan
dering about the yard in search of
summer novelties Ten minutes had
passed, and Mr.. Bowser had just in
dulged in a sneeze which set the ham,
mock swimming, when the head OF a
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With the Rhrmsters

Here are a few books of verses which
have accumulated during the spring sea-
son of the publishers:
Malone" One is addressed to Geraldine
Gray:
Geraldine Gray. by your ruined home
The Negroes build huts and the gypsies
The cattle browse there by its quiet
And the. truant treads with his school
In its gnarled old elms the woodpeckers
call,
The lilies decay in its shattered urns
And overgrown weeds choke the noun
tain's ferns
Geraldine Grey. when you broke your
I whispered to you how hate you now.
L will tread far lands. will gather gold !:
I will harden my heart, be crafty and
will sweat and starve. win stint and
All dangers will dare. all buffets will
I viii then return and win laugh to see
How you long. too late. to return to me-"
To find the outcome of this sad situa-
ton the book must be had.
Here is one of the ..F-ancies'' of Henry
A. Wise Wood. 1t is called The Cloud
Flowing in rivulets. rips and rills
Cheering the valleys. twirling their mills
Rain that has risen will fall again.
:
''On to the sea! On to the seal
Rushes the Cloud Child merrily.
Mad with his play, he scampers away;
larry him not; he can not stay,
But leaps to the back of the oceans
spray,
And is off to his far sea nursery.
Then the calm sun lifts him from the
main
And he rushes back as the summer rain"
Charles G. Bladen, whose book is call
ed The Unremembered God and Other
Poems" gives up good part OF it to
what he labels "Driftwood-' This is a
sample weed:
Ocean, thou gray-haired troubadour
That singeth round the earth,
Never, alas, dost thou outpour
One little song of mirth.
Said Ocean: 'Of Gods choir am I.
And brother to the Sun:
A thousand strings my fingers try,
And dost thou hear but oneT'
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BowsER's HAMMOCK.
He Puts Up One by the Advice of the
Doctor.

Soon after the BowSers had finished
dinner the other evening a package
arrived at the basement door, and as
the girl brought it up to the family
room Mrs. Bowser glanced at it and
said:
saThere must be some mistake.
have ordered nothing sent up today
There is no mistake about it, re-
piled Mr.. Bowser. THAT is a ham
mock
but we have no place for a ham
mock"
Haven't we got back yard ?''
for a hammock.
ct am not looking for shady spots
Mrs. Bowser. 1 want you to talk SEN
sible for once in your life. Do you
know that 1 have got to harden my
self up for the coming hot weather
or run a terrible risk of a physical
collapse with the advent of the next
hot wave %
mo. I didn't know it. I thought
you were in splendid health. Only last
night 1 heard you telling Brown
Never mind what I told Brown.
A man may be at deaths door and
yet not like to have people talking
about it and sympathizing. I may
look well and have a good appetite,
but the fact remains that puff would
kept this fact from you for weeks
to know it,
"And that hammock is going to
save you from being pulled out ?'' she
asked. as the family cat came out from
under the piano to take a hand in
the game.
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noblest aspirations, his affection and de-
votion, all within him that was grandeSt
and most excellent. 1t is not a place to
which he goes, but condition of utter
delight, in which sorrow and pain are i'm
possible.-C. w. Leadbetter, Theosophist,
New York.
DYNAMIC ENERGY.
Every life must have force of power
1t must have a reason or compelling mo-
Religion supplies all three. Religion is
motive, religion is dynamic, religion is
ideal.-Rev. N. NJ Waters, CONGREGATION
alist, Brooklyn.
DO NOT DRIFT
When a man begins to drift his con-
science gets harder Things that would
once cause blush become trif1es. Peter
started adrift when he attempted to give
the Lord advice; Daniel started when he
looked upon the woman; Samson when he
surrendered to Delilah. No life hits bot
tom at one leap.-Rev. D. r. Broughton,
Baptist Atlanta, Ga.
The differences between denominations
largely. One man expresses his love in
one way and another in another way.
Some souls climb up to God by broad
stairs; others come to him bird flies.
Tt does not matter how we get to him
if we love his fellowship and walk in hui
toward him.-Rev. Lyman Abbott, Con-
gregationalist, Brooklyn.
MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL RICHES.
Whatever we may say about honesty
being the best policy and the financial re-
wards which come to sobriety and frugal
ity, we shall have hard work in proving
that Christianity pays in dollars and
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81 hope and trust it is. Acting I'M
der the advice of one of the best doc
tors in town, L am going to try and
harden myself up before torrid Au-
gust arrives. shall put that hammock
up in the back yard this evening""
And will that harden you ?"
And I shall pass the night in the
hammock--many nights. The doctor
says 1 must have a free circulation of
air, and that instead of avoiding the
night dews / must revel in them, so
to say. Man was never born to sleep
in bed, as we do. Adam rested at
night under a tree. So did all other
men for hundreds of years. When
ever you find the hardest men YOU
find men who keep in the open air by
day and night. L have coddled my
self up too much
well, when you have a sore throat
a cold in the head, and are aching
from head to foot with rheumatism
perhaps you'll keep on coddling," she
answered. "Any doctor who told you
such stuff for truth is an idiot
There you go!" exclaimed Mr. Bow
ser, as he began to pace up and down
the room, followed by the cat. Il might
have known you wouldn't talk sense.
never start in to better my health but
you oppose the idea. If you are hoping
may collapse on the street and be
brought home as dead as a doornafI
why don't you say so and have done
it,"
Go ahead with your hammock cure"
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Esl.IIIIIIIIIIIIIII..Is I;IIs.lIsI.s~
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.

The fly leaf of Stewart Edward
Whites book. THE Forest" bears the
inscription; To Billy" In explanation
has come forth with the statement that
the book is inscribed to Mr.. Whites
half-breed guide. Billy let it be
stated authoritatively here. was Mr..
Whites special name for Miss Grant, of
Santa Barbara, Cal, who is now Mrs.
Stewart Edward White.
Conan Doyle's last book was "The
adventures of Gerard" mcclure
Philltps). His first story, written at
the age of six, was about a tiger that
swallowed a man. DR.. Doyle began
MS experience with the syndicating of
his hteary output at an early age. He
used to tell stories to his schoolmates,
Tor which they paid him in jam-tarts.
Dung Doyle had his own way of ex-
tracing the price he wished. He
would get his story worked up to some
such climax as this: while holding
the rocky edge of the cliff with q grip
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cents. The man who disregards the Gold
en- Rule is tricky and dishonest, often ac
cumulates more money than his neighbol
who is unselfiSh and absolutely honest. II
money is of larger value than anything
else in this world then 1t does not pay tC
be a Christian.-Rev. L. A. Garfield, Bap-
fist, Chicago
GREED.
The greed of mutual wealth is strong
wheels of competition go around at a dan
gerous rate, the struggle for existence
the fittest is a commonplace Men are
needed to stop the drift and to stem the
ness. There are needed to vindicate Faith
in human character and to declare the
and strongest. courage.--Rev. J. G. Mitch
ell, Episcopalian, Hoboken, N. j.
MARRIAGE.
I have seen innocent young girls who
hope of saving them. But they have al
most invariably failed to do what loving
m met e or or sympathetic sisters were ug
that word in its broadest sense. A gem
tleman is gentle, generous and unself ISL
and discourteous to his mother is just the
man you want to avoid-.Rev. Madison C.
Peters, Baptist, Philadelphia.
DIVINE IN THE HUMAN.
In the physical realm the universe bears
witness with our physical nature that we
are sons of earth, and we go SO far as
lationS to all that is beneath us. Man is
a link between the lower andathe higher
Son of man and son of God, he lived in
two spheres, and with Paul the spiritual
sphere was real as the physical Can
we know of the spiritual life? Paul SEEM
ed to know, as did our faithful teachers.
Job cried midst despair: II know that my
Redeemer liveth." Paul with equal GER
tainty says: II know in whom L have be-
lieved." John says: I'VE know that
when he shall appear we shall be like
him" Again, Jesus said to his disciples:
Unto you it is given to know the myS-
terieS." Their power is our possibility
Rev J. c.. Harris, Universaiist, Atlanta,
Ga.
RIGHT USE OF TIME.
Religion teaches US the right use of
Gods gifts, the proper exercise of moral
faculties. the value of moderation in all
things, the duty of cultivating a well bal
anced character. LAS using the world and
not abusing it" suggests this theme and
supports this thesis. The world has its
use to the religious man. We are foolish
to try to conceal ourselves from the world
for it is our schoolhouse, our training
place, out battlefield. Hence we prove
our souls The right use of time, its
right decisiOn-how much to gfev to labor
and how much to leisure, what proper
ton to devote to books and what proper
ton to recreation-these are among the
serious problems of every life. The right
use of our talents is the lesson of one of
Jesus finest parallels. The trouble with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-13
The Kansas Wesleyan Business College

Largest and best equipped Business Col
lege west of the Mississippi; highest
standard. national reputation. Seventeen
professional teachers. Positions guaran-
bookkeepers from our school, Graduates
sent to all parts of the world. Tuition
low Board cheap. For Journal address
L. w. ROACH, Supt., Salina, kans.
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the average man is not that he has no
special talent, but that, having only one
talent he wastes it by disuse or turns Il
to selfish use. The gift of song, of elo-
quence, of leadership-how are you using
it? The right use of power brings more
power. The reward of Christian work is
increased capacity to work.-Rev Charles
Carroll Albertson, Presbyterian, Roches-
ter
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

The greatest advantage of all human
beings, exceeding even mere intelligence,
is their power to combine, to agree to
help each other-Rev. D. Utter, Unitar-
ian, Denver.
WHAT HEAVEN IS
The second stage of the postmortem life
is what has been symbolized in all relf-
gions under the name of heaven. Heaven
is no mere dream, but a living and glo>
popular conception of it. for in this case
also each man has made it for himself
and therefore it is perfectly adapted to
him. 1t is simply the result of the work
ing of the higher part of his nature-his
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scored ono on pepew.

A few days ago Senator Spooner
told a story to an appreciative group
of senatorial listeners. When the
laugh had subsidized Senator Allison
asked:
Us that one of Depew's stories?"
Not yet" retorted Senator spoonas.
Washington Post.
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EVENING AUGUST 49, 1904

your passage" The results of this trip
were Incorporated in the second half of
Life on the Mississippi (Harpersl
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Turgenef and Auerbach and Dickens
and Thackeray-a novelist who does
not ponder how to make a book of
the six sellers-a novelist to copy ma
ture and thus teach and amuse at the
same time-a novelist to whom hu-
mainly and art are one"
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Here are a few books of verses which
have accumulated during the spring sea-
son of the publishers:
Among them comes Poems by Walter
Malone" One is addressed to Geraldine
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-02-11
Equal 70 tire cesasisn

As one Of the few occasions when
the wit Of Rufus Chozrs vas fol2eA
an incident is recalled When thai brEl
liant lawyer vas eKamirinE ere nsck
Barton. mate o. the good ship chzl-
ienge Choate had crosseKamiued the
sailor for over an hour. hur1ng gees
lions with the speed o. 8 npstHre
q
was there q moou ths; niEht-
Yes sir.
did yoa see rg
NO. sir
Then how Go yoa know taers vas
8 moou
The Nautical Almanac sid So.
and Tu believe that sosZer NNn any
lawyer n the world
BE civil sir
And nov tell ne in shat latitude
and ionptude you crossed TIE cgaa-
tore
Al, yo1 are hkinE
NO. sir. I am In earnest zn4 I &c.
sire IN answer
That's nor than Z a give
Indeed. Y0u a chief nate and an
able 20 answer 50 simple a Qaestionr
Yes. the simplest qnestioa 1 ever
MAS asked th0aght even 3 tozN %
a lawyer kneW there's no latitude ~
the equator.