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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Items From Corpus Christi.

From Daily Caller.
Mr.. Randolph Robertson went
to Harlingen last Saturday to COM
mence his we'll boring business
again for the Gulf Coast line. Sue
cess TO him.
Mr.. ID. nahne. who has just fin
ished a job for the government at
Brownsville, left here this morning
with his family for the City of Mex
leo.
Hon. F. Treviio Canales, the
Cuban consul to Mexico, stationed
at Matamoros, is here with his
wife at the New Constantine for a
few weeks.
Miss Josephine Hooks, of Browns
vile, who has been attending the
Summer Normal here, left this
morning with her friend, Miss
Hester who will accompany her as
far as Harrington.
Rev. w. H. Petty, of the Baptist
church of Brownsville, passed
through Corpus on his way back
from holding meetings in Live Oak
and Bee counties, having filled the
pulpit in Rockport Sunday.
Thomas Parry, time keeper for
McCabe and Steen, track layers for
the Gulf Coast Line, left yesterday
morning for the lower Rio Grande
country for $50 additional men for
the surfacing and track laying
gangs at Refugio.
B. Stoddard, resident engineer
for the southern end of the Gulf
Coast line, after a day in Corpus
left this morning for the Los Oh
mos bridge, which is under course
of construction at Sarita, from
whence he will return to Browns
vile.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
WORK WELL DIVIDED.
DR., Florence OF Brownsville Has South
Half Of the Border.

The quarantine on the east border
of Texas against fever points of
Louisiana is under the direct
management of Drs. ]. II. Flo
renee Of Brownsville and DR. +.
Eaves of Shreveport, appointees of
DIR. Tabor. DIR. Florence has charge
of the south half of the border of
the state and DIR. caves of the
north half. Each has two assist
ing physicians and a number OF
guards.
DIR. Florence is today in Hous-
ton. He met with the local board
of health and discussed the situa-
ton with authorities informally.
The doctor has represented the
state health department on the
Mexican border for several years.
his jurisdiction extending from
Brownsville TO Laredo. He has
pronounced ideas OF the subject of
sanitation and says that Mexican
cities are exceeding in many res
poets those of the Southern states.
The cities of that country are prsc-
ticing the most rigid rules of
cleanliness. In Vera Cruz there
have been two or three cases of
fever, but due to the perfection of
the system employed in isolating
the foci and quaranting the cases
there has been no spread.
The doctor has established his
headquarters at Beaumont, but he
makes a trip daily to the border
and personally suspects the re-
stricting forces. - Houston Chron-
icle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Esascdote of Senator Elkins.

There was a time" said Sena-
tor Scott of West Virginia, when
my colleague Elkins was a hust-
ling young freight agent in New
Mexico. His Office was box car,
and his principal troubles were in
making his receipts of freight tally
with his bills of lading. One day
he had a carload of household
furniture switched to MS siding.
The seal of the car door was
quickly broken, as young Elkins,
then, as now, always liked to keep
up with his work. He was greet
ed with the bray of an ass as the
door slipped back OH its rollers.
The bill of lading was at once
scanned, but there was nothing to
show that the animal should be
passenger on this particular car.
The goods were all checked out
and then Elkins wired the general
Office thus:
I'm a bureau short and
jackass long on this carload of
furniture. "
After little delay the answer
came: All o. K. The bureau is
a burro. "
Last night slapped mosquito
on the face
How absurd"
What's absurd"
Shaping a mosquito on the
facet"
You didn't let me finish. l
slapped him on the face of my girl;
and her father thought it was the
smack of kiss he mad heard and
he bounced down stairs and chased
me block"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
They WOrk-Not Whine.

Karnes County Citation
People who are made of the
right kind of material do not make
excuses; they work. They do not
whine: they keep forging ahead
They do dot wait for somebody to
help them. they help themselves.
They do not wait for an appor-
tunity: they make il. Those who
complain of no chance confess heir
weakness-their lack of efficiency.
They show that they are not equal
to the occasion-they are not
greater than the obstacle that con-
fronts them.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
RIO GRANDE RAILROAD.

Leave Brownsville daily......5 p. m.
Arrive Point Isabel daily ... .6:30 p. m.
Leave Point Isabel daily. - a. m.
Arrive Brownsville daily. $50 a. m.
AUG. CELAYA,
Pres. and Gen. Man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Letter to Peoples Ice & Mfg Co
Brownsville, Texas.


Dear Sirs: Mr. -- Presi-
dent of cotton-mill at Union, S.
Che don't want to see his name
in print-had two offers of 500 gall
Ions of paint; $3.50 and SIPS.
Took the S1.25; and got skinned.
He'd have got three-quarters skin
ned if he'd taken the other.
The Sl.3O was full-gallon; the
SIPS was Is per cent short. The
full-measurc paint was adulterated
40 per cent; the short-measure
paint was adulterated rs per cent,
besides benzine in the oil. don't
know how much.
Devoe lead-and-sinc wasn't sold
III the town then.
II don't pay TO monkey with
paint.
Devoe costs less than any of EN-;
not by the gallon, of course; by the
house and year. That's how to
reckon il. Go by the name.
Yours truly
F w DEvoE & Co
81 New York
P. S. The Frontier Lumber Co, sells
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Made a Great Mistake.
Lockhart Post.

Lockhart Post.
When the average citizen says
that he can not do his town any
good he Eever made a greater
mistake in his life. OF course there
are some who can do more than
others, who take greater pride in
the work of upbuilding than others,
but no man is without his influence
and there i not a man who cannot
help out wonderfully. For that
reason every genuine citizen OF
every town should make of him
self a committee of one TO see that
the town in which he, lives gets all
the advertising and pushing that
Is coming to it even If he has 10 it
all. So help to build. You can
do it if you want to.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Rice Journal
SOuthernFarmer
CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

The well known authority on all
matters connected with Rice Rails
ing, Rice Marketing, Southern
Agriculture, Live Stock, Poultry
Raising and kindred pursuits.t#
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
Whitewashina.

II is often thought that white
washing over dirt will restore the
clean appearance. This Is a mis-
take, and the walls VIII never look
nice unless they are cleaned before
EhitewashinR
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03
For Sale.

Stock of hogs, or will sell boars,
sows and pigs in pairs or singly.
Call at Lake View farm. or tele-
phone 1922 rings. LIST
BEEF Horns WANTED. Address
C. w. Geiler. p. o. Box 1910
Bsoton Mass. 7-4-S-1
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03

w. s. Dougherty & Co., wood
yard. Stove and cord wood. Free
delivery. Phone or leave orders at
Putegnat's drugstore. Yard near
Peoples Ice factory 1884
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03

A fine beef steer. Call at Lake
View farm. or telephone lO2-4
rings. 7-1S-tf
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-08-03

FoR RENT-My home place
corner Jefferson and 18th. Apply
10 Mrs. Katie f. Leahy. 6-7-tf
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
CLOUDS.

Considering
and weather indicators
method
knowledge essential
arnedby heatra
plants and with which
up thin
considerably lowered The amount of which
warm air Therefore when the moist air
minute globues
s a
The cumuu heapcoud 'front.'
summfc rolling
the
they continue until raj
This the
The rom o miles
The highest
like extremely light
of floating ice dust 1t
eight miles
nmbu last primary
orm. $500 r"-'
Besides these four there varieties and
combinations bearing
Clouds changing heavy cunuu some
times travelling twenty-five miles
ninety miles This explain why the clouds much
heavier The wind probably
thistle the earth Yet clouds and ben
~ "s
looking
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
WHEN SCHOOL OPENS.
SOME "DON'TS" FOR PARENTS

Do not believe all that your children
tell you about school. There was only
one George Washington, and he IL
dead.
Do not tell the teacher that Willie
ter.
Do not condemn the teacher with
out fair hearing. That is accorded
to even the worst criminal. There are
usually two sides to story.
Do not send a scathing note to tbs
teacher by Nellie, the contents OF
which she knows. Her aggressive look
of triumph is not soothing, and the
teacher is only human.
Do not make unfavorable comment
upon the methods of the teacher in
the presence of your child. Send him
to carry in the wood while you are
doing SO, If 1t must be done.
Do not plead lack of time to visit the
school. There is no excuse for shirk-
nix q duty.
Do not reproach the teacher with
the fact that Tommy has not learned
single thing the entire year" She
is not responsible for his lack OF
brains.
Do not send verbal request to have
Jessie's seat changed. There is often
no vacant seat. and one change usu-
ally means at least half a dozen.
Do not expect the teacher to man
age without friction a child whom you
yourself have never been able to con-
srol.
Do not insist that the teacher is
keeping your child back through spite
She will hardly risk her reputation al
an instructor to crafty a personal
grudge- however disasreeable the chilli
may be.
Do not forget that the parent owe
4 duty to the teacher just as surely a.
the teacher does to the child.-Alice
Cook Fuller.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
A High Standard of Devotion to Duty
IL Maintained.


IL Maintained.
One clerk was busy throwing mail in
combination smoker and baggage car,
when suddenly, without an tnstant's
waAaarlg, he felt the car leap from the
track ard SesSd a terrific crash. When
he regained consciousness the wreci-
presented this chaotic condition: This
two forward cars had been plunged
down a seventy-foot embankment; the
combination car landed in an upright
position with the rear trucks on the
roof, every seat In the smoking COM
partment being utterly demolished.
while on the floor of the mail compart-
ment was a huge angular stone weigh.
Ing not less than half a ton. How the
mail clerk escaped unhurt will always
be mystery, says the Worlds Work.
There Is probably no department Of
the government service in which
higher standard of devotion to duty is
maintained than in this During q
heavy freshet on the Susquehanna Riv-
er, in 1890, all bridges were swept
away and the railroad tracks along the
banks practically destroyed. Four mail
SiSA no lCnldAuc0 III Luelr CHI uul1l the
water rising and flowing through the
doors compelled them to take to an i'm
provised raft which consisted of pieces
of floating sidewalks and other debris
Of the inundation, dashed together. On
this frail craft they put their pouches,
and carefully propelling by poles along
with the current, gained the postoff1ce,
mile away. They found this aban-
doned, with eight feet of water in the
street at that point They were almost
exhausted and their condition was pre-
carious. Finally, however, they were
rescued by boats and taken into
houses through the second-story win
dows. The letter mail was all intact
and in fairly good condition.
Some time ago the run" On a West-
ern road was short" a clerk because
of sickness. An official of the service
happened to be on the train and volun-
teered his services. For fifteen hours
he stuck to his work at the letter case.
In the journey of more than 500 miles
he had only q sandwich or two for
food, and stood on his feet without re-
lief. There are other instances on rec
ord where entire crews have stood to
the work without food for twenty-four
hours.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20

When the early TRANSACTIONS of the
Bible were being made, history was
unfolding itself at rapid rate in the
British empire. Much of the work was
done by Protestants, who were driven
into exile for their religious beliefs.
The Geneva translation was the out
come Of such an exile.
After Henry Wills stand against
the Pope, the cause of Catholicism
as the established religion was a lost
one, but-it was not until later, during
the reign of King James, that the au-
thorized version of 1911 was translat-
ed for use in the Church of England.
The American version is the King
James version revised, annotated and
brought up to date.
Other books of reference here are
the Cyclopedias of Biblical Literature,
the Jewish Cyclopedia, commentaries
of various sorts and concordances. A
Catholic dictionary contains a descrip-
ton Of the doctrines and rites of this
church, and was published In England.
Washington Post
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
A Japanese War Charm.

The custom of the Sen Min Riki Is
one that has risen in Japan during the
present war. Ever since the war be-
gan, at all times of the day, and even
night, small groups of women can be
seen gathering in the streets; one OF
more Of the women will have a piece
of cotton cloth with one thousand
marks or dots stamped upon it. "Sen"
Is the Japanese word for one thou
sand. "Nin" is the word for human
being-either man or woman. "Riki''
is, in the Japanese language, strength.
In combination the words mean 1.-The
strength of one thousand people,"
Each one of these one thousand dots
or marks in the cloth are to Indicate
the place where a stitch or knot is to
be made by woman, who, while MAX
ing this knot, gives her best thought,
wish or prayer for the safety and pro-
lection Of the soldier who will wear
this piece of cotton cloth as an "obi'
or belt while fighting for his country,
The prayers of one thousand women
for one man are believed to protect
him from all dangers and to give him
strength to overcome and conquer the
enemies of his beloved Japan--Les-
lies Monthly Magazine
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20

them
a Of
which
lin S
a OF
sufficiently
gelatne
acknowledgements
Dispensers of their will probably noticed that
a
often turn brown color after they bottled This is often due
bottle swi
Dyed
a
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
ALL ABOUT THE BIBLE.
Washington Library Well Stocked with
Lore of the Book.

1t may be an interesting fact to
some people that the Bible is one of
The reference books in the Washington
Public Library, that four shelves are
filed with an excellent assortment of
biblical literature, and that every Sat
urday one or more ministers of the
gospel seek this place of books to look
up references for the sermons with
which they instruct the public from
their pulpits on Sunday morning.
Information concerning the Bible is
about as limited as can be. Probably
very few persons, If told that the Ii
brary contains the "three versions of
the Bible" would be able to say what
these three versions are. In point of
fact they are the Douay, the King
James and the American version.
Ever since the events that made
biblical history occurred have accounts
of these same been written. And as
civilization spread and gave rise to
new people speaking new tongues,
these earlier accounts were translated
into different tongues to meet human
needs.
In the first place, there is in the H.
brary a book which contains all the
English translations from the original
Greek text. The book is called the
English Hexapia. The Greek text &C.
cupies the upper part Of the page and
the six TRANSACTIONS are side by side
in columns underneath. These trans
lations are the Wiclif, published In
1880; the Tyndall, in 1884; the Gran
mer, 1899; the Geneva, 1857; the
Rheems, 1882, and the authorized YER
sion, 1911.
What is called the Douay version is
made up of the New Testament, pub
lished in Rheims in 1882, and of the
Old Testament of the Douay version,
published in 600 A. D.. This is the
Bible of the Catholics. 1t was publish
ed with the appreciation of Cardinal
Gibbons by the great Catholic publish
ers, the John Murphy Company, New
York. The title page bears the Inscrip-
ton: Printers TO the holy see."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
Preferred Arrest.

A thief broke into a large mansion
early in the morning and found him
self In the music room. Hearing foot
steps approaching, he hid behind a
screen
From to o'clock the eldest daugh-
ter had a lesson on the piano.
From 8 to 8 o'clock the second
daughter took a singing lesson.
From to 10 o'clock the eldest son
had a violin lesson.
From 10 to IL o'clock the other SOD
took a lesson on the flute.
At IL o'clock all the brothers ant
sisters assembled and studied an ear
splitting piece for the piano, violin.
flute and voice.
I The thief staggered out from behind
the screen at half past IL and, falling
at their feet, cried, For mercy's sake
have me arrested, but stop"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
MEASURING THE EARTH.
Recent Appliances Used In the Science
Geodesy.

Recent Appliances Used in the Science
Geodesy.
The science of geodesy is making
rapid strides along the line of accur-
acy and there is not much left to be
perfected in the way Of method, says
the Philadelphia Record The all-im-
portant problem of modern as we'll as
ancient geodesy, Of course, is the
measurement Of the dimensions of the
earth, which enters into all practical
work Of surveying navigation and ter
restrial physics The International
Geodedc Association several years ago
undertook the problem, the different
nations having agreed to contribute
their share toward an accurate deter
mination. AS has already been record
ed, the determination was undertaken
In Ecuador, In 1901, and extended
from the Colombian to the Peruvian
frontier, and every possible refinement
to attain the maximum degree Of &C
curacy was adopted. The greatest diff
ficuity Is to secure an accurate base
line, which Is complicated by so ap-
parently trivial a thing as the expan-
sion OF the measuring medium. The
latest refinement in the bar method is
that originated by the United States
coast and geodetic survey, using a sin
gle bar immersed in melting ice, the
containing trough being carried on a
suitable car upon a temporary track.
Later still, NJ Guillaume discovered
an alloy Of "a per cent steel and SO
per cent nickel possessed an exceed
ingly low coefticient Of expansion and
consequently offers the best medium
for accurate base-line measurements.
This alloy is known as "invar' and Is
usually employed in the form Of a wire
supported by tripods and stretched by
a definite weight. A very valuable
piece Of work on the island of Spitz-
bergen was completed with the use Of
this alloyed wire.
Even the infinitesimal variation In
the force Of gravity at different por-
tons of the earth is not too insignif-
cant to be regarded and must be de-
termined and a correction applied.
This delicate determination is made by
observing the pressure Of the atmos-
phere by the determination Of the boil
ing point Of water and comparing the
same with the barometric. reading, the
difference, If any, being considered
due to variation in the action of the
force of gravity upon the mercury.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20

Ola, may be regarded as a very inter
csung person. tnasmuch as she fur-
nlshes connecting link between the
war Tor independence and the present
oay-a time-break of 125 wears
Though she herself did not witness the
pirtn OF this great republic, her hus-
pano Deheld that event and took part
IN the doings which led to the forma-
non OF our government. 1t seems won
oerrul to think that a.man whose wife
Is now alive and drawing a stipend
from the treasury was old enough to
bear arms when the shot fred at Lex
1ngton was heard around the world.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
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Popule.E:!!''5
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In the "Petrified Forest of Arizona
there Is a natural bridge, across mar
row canyon. consisting the petrified.
or agatized, trunk of a truce, Ill feet
in length. The petrified trees in this
region are believed to have 1ourished
in the Triassic age Most of them are
allied to the Norfolk Island pine (Aru-
carla) of to-day, but some resemble the
red cedar. Professor o. O. S. Carter
thinks that the petrifaction was due to
soluble silicates derived from the de-
composition of the feldspathic cement
found in the sandstone of that locality.
Professor II. B. Smith, of the Wor-
cester Polytechnic Institute, says that
it Is to-day possible 10 deliver on the
coast of California, for use in factories,
electric power derived from the melt
ing SHOWS and glaciers of the Rocky
Mountains, at a smaller cost than that
Of an equal amount of power produced
by steam, even If the fuel were deliv-
few years ago, in San Francisco, an
electric-power current cost 10 cents per
horsepower per hour. but now the
same current costs only one-seventh as
much.
From Russian sources 1t is learned
that streams of colonists are still pour
ing into Siberia to develop its agricul-
tural resources, and ON the shores Of
fifty rivers homes are rapidly being
made. Farms as large as those of I'LL
nois, Iowa. the Dakotas and Minnesota
are cultivated either by single families
or by combinations OF men and women
In local communities, the basis Of each
Of which Is mir. or village. But these
Siberian farmers are still backward in
the use OF agricultural machinery. al
though there is steady progress In that
regard.
Readers of 1.-The Thousand and One
Nights" will remember the islands Of
Wak-Wak," and the marvellous adven-
lures of Hassan OF Balsora and the
princess with the dress Of feathers.
DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace suggests
that the islands were real, and that
they can be identified with the Aru ISL
ands, the home of the great bird OF
paradise The name "Wak-Wak." he
thinks. may be an imitation of the call
OF the birds. and the story of Hassan's
visit to the islands of Wak-Wak may
be based on the actual adventures of
some traveller who discovered the
haunts Of the birds of paradise.
Olona, the textile of Hawaii, is found
to have promising qualities. The plant
belongs to the nettle family, 1t resem-
bles ramie without the troublesome res
in of the latter, and it hourishes in
tropical forests at height of 1000
feet. The fiber proves to be extraor-
dinarily fine, light, strong and durable.
A rope of ordinary size appears like
silk and has the strength Of a ships
hawser, and strands no heavier than
Irvine are as strong as wire. Nets and
fish lines resist the action Of salt wa
ter, having been used for scores OF
years without loss of strength. Gar
ments from the fiber have the delicate
texture of silk, are practically indie
strucible, and may last a lifetime.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
What Is the Date of This Year.

OF course you would say 1904, but II
that is meant to denote the number of
years since the Christian era 1t is prob
ably wrong. Look In some good au-
thority and see If this year should not
rightly be at least 1908. 1t is worth
your investigation If it happens to be
subject you have not yet carefully con-
sidered--St. Nicholas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20

Mrs. Esther s. Da-
mon, and she lives
at Plymouth Un-
ion, VT. Her maid
en- name was Es-
Their Summers, and
she was born In
Plymouth in 1914.
When she was p
years old she was
married to Noah
Damon, then 20
years old, who had
----T
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-05-20
Not Able to Ruy.

LAND is mighty cheap here. You
can buy a good farm for song"
"Just my durn luck. 1 can't sing
New York Sun.