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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-05-30

The saving on insurance rates alone
would soon pay for IN adequate wa
ter service In Roswell.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
Men Living In Nests.

Several travellers who have re-
turned from the heart of Africa and
the Australasian continent tell Won
derful stories of nest building peo-
pie who inhabit the wilds Of those
countries. The bushmen of Austria
liza are perhaps the lowest order of
men known. They are so primitive
that they do not know enough to
build even the simplest form of hut
for shelter. The nearest they can
approach to it is to gather a lot OF
twigs and grass and, taking them
into thicket or jungle, build a nest
for a home. The nest is usually
built large enough for the family,
and if the latter is very numerous
then the nests are of large size.
Sometimes the foliage above will
form a natural covering, but there
is never any attempt at construct
ing a protection from storms.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
A Defective Memory.

Mrs. Ferguson had just returned
from an entertainment and was in
ecstasies over a young woman elo-
cutionist who had taken part in it.
"She had on a trained gown of
dark purple velvet" she said, with
bodice trimmed in deep cape collar
Of real Irish lace and lace cuffs. She
wore her hair pompadour and had a
diamond cluster at her throat"
"What did she recite?" asked Mr..
Ferguson.
Something about a little girl
whose mother lost her in the park OF
somewhere. Pve forgotten the name
of il. You know well enough what
a wretched memory I have. But il
was awfully pathetic. What are you
grinning about, I'd like to know?"-
Chicago Tribune.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

SINCE the first of the month the
street lights have been shut of,
md those who have occasion TO be
in town al night must lumber
around i'm the darkness. The street
lights OF Becville have been one of
Us best advertisements for being a
progressive town and have been
supported entirely by public sub
scription. OF late this has fallen
below the cost Of the electricity
used IN them number OF bust
ness firms and property owners not
subscribing anything TO their
maintenance. -Becvillc Bee.
The people of Beeville can now
sympathize with Brownsville citi-
zens, as we have been numbering
around in darkness for a long time.
But the light is brcaking and we
viii soon have our city lighted by
the bright glare of electricity.
Arrangements have all been COM
pleted and work on the light plant
viii begin in a short time
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

A writer in an English automo-
bile paper claims that roads could
be kept permanently damp by the
application of strong solutions of
calcium chloride, and that this
would be cheaper than oils and
without their Objectionable odors.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
He Wished the Earth Well.

An Evanston boy was saying his
prayers the other night. He had
got along to ~thy kingdom come,
thy will be DONE" when he hesitat-
ed. ''Well," his mother said, ego
on-'Thy viii be done" 'Thy viii
be done on earth as it is in Evans
ton" he continued. It should be
said in justice to him that the boy
was born in Evanston and has never
lived anywhere else.-Chicago Rec
oTd-Herald.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

The number of cattle destroyed
by wild beasts in India last year
exceeded 5000.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

"Have you got anything for q
hungry man to eat 2" inquired the
unwashed tourist in the frazzled
trousers plaintively.
81 don't know, my friend" an
swered the man Of the house, who
was reading his morning paper on
the back porch. Il called the girl
forty minutes ago, and she hasn't
got down vet. / don't believe it
will pay YOU 10 wait to find out. You
don't have TO wait, and l do Good
morning. Don't step on the cat as
YOU 90.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
Interesting Facts.
to your advantage.

Cannons were first used in 1916.
A mans heart beats %, 100 times
a day.
The first newspaper advertise
ment appeared in 1852
The first United States mint was
established in 1892.
The first balloon ascension was
at Lions, France, in 1888.
An eel has two separate hearts.
One beats 90, the other 100 times
a minute.
The custom of numbering houses
in cities did not begin in Europe
till the Eighteenth century.
Cornwall is the only county in
England which has no theater. A
scheme is on foot to build one at
Falmouth.
The Fijian fossil coral is the best
building stone in the world. Soft
as cheese when first cut it hardens
in the air to the consistency OF
granite.
Not long ago there was held a
| funeral service at Goeschenen, III
Switzerland, over the remains of q
man who had been engulfed eigh-
teen years earlier in a glacier.
A Kansas woman has, lost her
husband in some careless manner,
and advertises a reward of SO foI
his return either dead or alive.
Kansas love is a dangerous thing
The imperial post in Germany
requires for its service p, S5l rail
way trains daily. In year these
trains traverse 100000, 900 kilom.
eters, or about the distance between
the earth and the sun.
! Vaccination was made com
pulsory in the city of Madras il
1884. Before that date there wer,
hundreds, often thousands, o
deaths a year; now the deaths
rarely exceed ten.
Census figure just published
show the population in France las
year was o,ll9,095, an increase o
only Isl, $50 on two years.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
". o. ". BALL.
A Very Pleasant Affair Despite the Wealth
er. Given by Frontier Camp.

Although the sky was murky
and dark, and frequent gusts OF
rain made the night very unpleas-
ant without, all was light and
warmth within the opera house last
evening, the occasion being the hop
given by Frontier Camp, w. o. w.
Great preparations had been
made for the success of the even
ing, and while the weather seemed
to be in its worst mood the affair
was very enjoyable, and to the
rythmic swing of splendid music
the hours fitted by with quick
wings
The occasion was one OF the most
pleasant IF the season, and 70 the
members Of Frontier Camp is due
the praise for the success of the
hop. Those present were as follows:
Misses Motter and Heaney, Of
Corpus Christi; Misses Brulay,
Katherine and Hazel Childress,
Josephine and Beatrice Hooks.
Anna and Sarah Kennedy Edna
Walker, Eliza Kelly, Misses Kraus-
Sc, Rohde, Sherwood, Edwards,
Mrs. kennedy. Mrs. Sprague, Mr..
and Mrs. Besteiro, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. W. Davis, Messrs. Hinkley,
Harper, Brulay. More, bennett,
Hicks, Maher, Wreford, A. l..
Campbell, McGary, Newman. l..
Kowalski, Wagner. Woods, Ash
helm, Verhelle, Russell, DR.. Rob
erts, Wilfred Kennedy and perhaps
others.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

The cold snap of a week S dura-
ton, noted as being one of the
longest ever known to occur in
this section, came 10 an end Tues
day morning with the Thermometer
standing at IS instead of 25, the
mark at which the mercury had
fingered tor seven successive days.
After a week of hiding behind
misting clouds, the sun came out
and has once more resumed his
sway, restoring one of the most
pleasant and valuable features TO
this latitude-its sunshine and
balmy air. The effect of the freeze
has been inconsiderable, as there
was little garden truck growing OF
a nature that could be affected by
a temperature Of no lower than 25.
Orange trees came through the
ordeal without i'll effects, but their
more sensitive rclatives-lemous-
were entirely killed. -Beeville Bee.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

Census figure just published
show the population in France last
year was 80, ll9,0 e5, an increase of
only Isl, $50 on two years.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
Despite the Weather.

The meeting of the Ladies Card
Club, which was postponed from
Wednesday TO Friday on account
of bad weather, was held yesterday
afternoon, despite the fact that the
weather was even worse than usual,
and although the steady rain did
It's worst to discourage the ladies,
about the usual number assembled
at the home of Mrs Ira ID. Kill
Tough, who entertained the club
very pleasantly. Ii was in fact,
one OF the prettiest meetings the
club has enjoyed The members
who braved the clements for an
afternoon $ pleasure at cards were
Mrs. John ID. Hill Mrs Benz. Kow-
alski, Mrs. A. Celaya, Mrs II G.
Lecllie. Mrs. r b. Crcagcr Misses
Josephine and Beatrice Hooks,
Miss Gaines Miss Julia l.. Bollack
and Miss Anna Kennedy Several
guests were present also-Mrs. J
B. Sterns, Misses Stone, Beatty and
Levy. All were delighted with The
unique score cards, which were IN
the form of dainty pink shoes OF
cardboard with gilt trimming, q
brass button being attached foi
each game won. On counting
buttons at the end of the game
Mrs. Celaya, Mrs. Creager and Miss
Kennedy were found to be tied foi
the first prize, the last nameC
young lady winning on cutting The
cards. The prize was a very pretty
brass wire waste basket trimmed
with pink ribbon. There wer'
equally as many contestants TO
second honors, Mrs. Hill and thu
Misses Hooks cutting for it. Mrs
Hill carried off the prize, a dainty
Mexican drawn work pin cushion
The refreshments were quit
tempting, consisting of mousS
frappe, gelatine with whippe'
cream. fruit salad, cakes and salt
ed peanuts.
Mrs. Radcliffe will be the hostes
of the club next week
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11
Sur. II. Would Whistle.

She with an arm around his neck)
1t makes YOU happy to know that
/ am pleased, doesn't it, dear?
He-Why, yes.
"And you are happy when you
whistle, aren't you, dear?"
"Why, of course"
"Well, love, l know YOU are going
TO whistle when you see this MILL
nery bill."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

By invitation of the Board OF
Trade, T. ]. Outerbridge, of New
York City, will talk to the onion
growers of this vicinity, at the
Board of Trade rooms, this even
ing at 8 O'Clock. Mr.. Outerbridge
is a native of Bermuda Islands, and
what he has to say should be OF
special interest to growers in this
section, the facts having been gain
ed by actual knowledge of existing
conditions in the islands. Teneriffe
islands, where all onion seed used
in Bermuda are grown, are in the
same latitude as Brownsville, and
the onion will be talked about to-
night in an interesting manner
Don't forget to attend the meeting
tonight. You will learn something
to your advantage.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

To keep cider sweet allow II to work
until Il has reached the state most de-
sirable 70 the taste, then add one and a
half tumblers Of grated hOrseradish 70
each barrel and shake well This ar
rests further Fermentation. After re-
manning a few weeks. rack or and
'.sr9 IN closely In clean casks
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-02-11

Rockport committee at Calves
ton comforting with Chairman Sex.
ton relative TO location of Epworth
League permanent encampment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14
GOTHAM LETTER

New York, Oct. 14.-Municipal ad.
ministrations in this country, particu-
larly in large cities are not famous for
their economy and it is safe to say that
nobody ever suspected the municipal
government Of Greater New York to
be more economical than the govern
ments of other American cities. As a
rule figures showing the extravaganza
Of city administrations, are more exas
perating than sensational except in
some few instances. The figures con-
cerning the cost of maintaining the
county Jail on Ludlow street, however,
are so extraordinary, that even the
most pessimistic critics of the admins
tration find it difficult to accept them
as correct. According to the figures
submitted by Sheriff Erlanger to the
board of estimate the cost of maintain
ing and conducting the Ludlow street
Jail is $1OO,75O a year, not including
the 100000 which constitute the sher-
IFS salary AT the present time there
are only three prisoners in the Jail and,
according to tho figures their mainte.
nance costs the city over 800 day for
each prisoner. Once in a while there
are a few more prisoners in the Jail,
but their number has not exceeded nine
for over a year. Taking the maximum
figure as the average, the cost Of main
tanning the prison would be about $50
day for each prisoner. One Of the
local papers has figured out that the
city could save about $45 day by
sending its prisoners, each accompanied
by trusty guard, TO the st. Regis ho-
tel, and board and lodge them there.
The prisoners and their guards could
enjoy luxurious quarters, delicious
meals, drink champagne with their
meals and smoke fine cigars and II
would cost the city only one-half Of
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

The coming visit Of the British
squadron under the command of Prince
Battenburg will be the occasion of an
unusual display of good will and
friendly sentiments. Extensive prepa-
rations for the reception and enter
tainment of tho visitors are being made
and, IL tho program is carried out, the
British visitors will have no reason 10
be dissatisfied with their American
cousins hospitality. The sailors OF the
American ships in and near New York
have contributed $4,000 to defray tho
expenses of entertaining the visiting
British sailors. They know that the
officers win bo we'll taken care Of and
win conhne themselves with making
things pleasant for the crews.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

While trying voices for tho Studio
Evening club, Or. H. Holbrook Curtis,
one of New York's leading musicians,
discovered young and unframed ten
or, who is said to possess marvellous
voice. Dr. Curtis, as well as other ex.
perts who have heard the young sing
or, agree that he promises to become
one Of the worlds greatest singers
The young man is Polish Jew, named
Isaac Routman, and has been earning
n living for himself and his mother
by peddling on the Bowery. Mr.
Charles Dillingham;, the manager Of
Miss FRITZ Scheif, has taken the young
man under his wings and viii have
him educated for the operatic stage
At Miss scheff's suggestion he was
given the stage name Of Raphael Car
uske, a combination Of Caruso and De
Reszke. During the present season he
will sing in the chorus Of the emile.
Modiste" company to get some stage
training and at the end of the season
he will be entrusted to some great mas
ter to be prepared for the opemtic
stage.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

"The German beer garden is a typi-
cal institution. Every city has one or
more Of them, according TO its size. On
summer evenings and Sunday after
Moons there is generally good concert
music in these gardens, rendered by an
orchestra or a military band. They
are visited by multitudes of people,
with very little distinction of station.
The people are all neatly dressed, sit at
tables-.men, women aud children, fam
lilies usually grouped together-and sip
their beer, listen TO the music and chat
in the intervals Although everybody,
regardless Of sex and almost regardless
of age, drinks beer, it is used very mod
erately, and there is an entire absence
Of the treating habit. This, and the
presence of women and children, ex-
elude the possibility Of excess, and the
whole is permeated by an atmosphere
of refinement and cheerfulness. If
beer drinking is condemned by some as
an ODJcctAOhhuio haDAt @AN NNNAg W.
has a right to an opinion on that sub
ject--it must be admitted, think, that
the Germans practice 10 in the least OBJ
jectionable way"
OF GREAT BENEFIT TO FRANCE.
"What astOnished me very much
was the remarkable increase of beer
consumption in France, in spite of the
abundance of cheap wines. When /
was in Paris "a years ago, a great
many people an the boulevard cafes and
in the tabaSets drank absinthe, a
drink which, aside from its strong al
cohOlie properties, is very injurious TO
the health, Vow the Partisan often
drinks beer, not only Of domestic
manufacture, but also imported from
Germany, and be orders 'un Doe with
a nOnehalance which does not in the
least betray any averSiOn to its Ger
man origin. Ia the northern provinces
beer takes very frequently the place
OF wine, and IL almost seems a. If beer
were becoming the popular drink In
some parts Of France. This remark
able change in the drink habits Of the
French people, especially in the aban-
donment Of the vile, poisonous alb
sinfhe, viii, unquestiOnably, prove 20
be Of great benefit to the French"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14
.nf a nerYons

Of nervous OF functional break down.
Nature has prOUtded remedies most
abundantly for all snch conditions in our
native medicinal plants. With the use
. OF chemically pure glycerine, Of proper
strength and alta proper sustained temp
erature, Or. Pierce extracts from Golden
Seal root. Queens root, Stone root. Black
|Cherrybark, Bloodroot and Mandrake
root. medicinal principles which. when
combined in just the right proportions,
CONSTITUTE his widely famed Golden Med
icdl Dkc0rCrH' IL restores the tone of
the stomach. the activity OF the liver
and the steadincss OF the nerves, pouring
vitality into the blood It'll the once sick
and debilitated one is so renewed IN
health, strength and power that he can
resume his work. whatever IL Is. with
vigor and elasticity.
All medical authorities, OF whatever
school, agree that Hydrastis, or Golden
Seal - one OF the essential roots I'm the
makeup OF DIR. Plerce's Golden Medical
.Discovery-ls OF very great value as a
pure tonic, and as an alteratlve-valuable
.In chronic affections OF the stomach, in
testines and bladder.
.[SNhe,c.a Not. only the Original but the
ECSNVn best Little Liver pills, frst nut
XeWsSH up over 40 years ago, by old
DIR. Il. V. Pierce, have been
Bands attest They're purely vegetable.
being made up OF concentrated and refined
medicinal principles. extracted from the
roots OF American plants. Do not gripe.
One OF two for stomach corrective three or
four for calhartlc-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

The wave of crime which swept over
the city a few weeks ago has by no
means receded and the number OF
crimes against the person and property
in all parts Of greater New York is per.
fectly appalling Burglars, in particu.
lar, have become so bold and fearless
that the citizens are becoming desper.
ate, Many inhabitants Of certain sec.
tions Of the city, much visited by burg,
lars, have armed themselves to protect
themselves and their property against
burglars and thugs, as they are unable
20 get adequate police protection. Com
missioner McAdoo says that tho mum
Der Of policemen and detectives in
Greater New York is insufficient, but
slOeptieal citizens are inclined 10 believe
that II is not at all a question OF num-
bers. II inability to discover and APP
prehend evil doers is a proof of the
incapability of the police force, the
police force Of New York displays, un-
deniably the most astounding lack Of
ability. Some critics Of the admins
tration are Of the opinion that the po-
lice force is numerically adequate and
clever enough, but is compelled by or
ders from above to devote 80 much time
and effort 90 the persecution of trivial
offenders guilty Of minor misdeneanors
that they have neither enough time nor
energy left to cope with the real Grim
inals.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

Never before in the history Of this
city has there been such an eagerness
and rush on tho part of the owners of
real and personal property to pay their
taxes at the first possible moment as
this year and the result has completely
shattered every previous record Of re-
eeipts for the first day. When the Of
fee closed on the afternoon Of the
first day $l2, 100000 had been received
in Manhattan and g., 2,5OO,0O in Brook
lyn. The largest individual payment
received ON the frst day was that Of
tho Vanderbilts, consisting Of sixteen
checks aggregating 100000. One Of
these checks drawn for $S5O,OO0, repre-
sented taxes due from the New York
Central railroad, while the others rep
resented accounts on real and personal
property from the various branches Of
the family
The remarkable Promptness Of the
citizens in paying their taxes is inter
preted as a proof of the existing pros
perity and of tho fact that prosperity
is resting upon more solid basis than
ever before.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

Accounts are given in Jack London g
Dow book, "Tales of the Fisk PATROL"
DOW being issued by the Macmillan
sompany, Of seven adventures during
bis year or two Of service with the
ash commission, at which time he was
20 or IL years old.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

Tho anal volume Of the Biographical
Edition Of Robert Louis StovensoD's
works, edited by Mrs Stevenson, will
contain "ESsays of Travel and in the
Art of Writing"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14
SCENES or REFINEMENT
AND OF CHEERFUENESS
THE GERMAN BEER GARDENS so CHARACTERIZED THE
AMERICAN SCIENTIST. HARVEY w. WILEY. FRENCH NATION
GREATLY BENEFITED INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF
BEER

Harvey w. Wiley chief of thO Bureau of Chemistry of the Do
prment Agriculture Europe October
visiting the different canning establishments breweries and
spirits producing establishments in Great Britain Germany
inspection the United
States speaking consumption
Germany and France, he stated;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

@. p. Putnam's Sons have in prepa-
ration for early issue now volume
in their Questions Of the Day Series
"sOeial Theories and Social Facts, "
by William Morton Grinnell.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

send Tor a doctor
W h en- he gets
bed : fast, but the
wiser one Is ho
who adopts
proper precau-
tionary, preven-
tive and curative
measures W hen
first appear the
Ills which, II un-
checked and un-
cured, grow into
serious Illness.
Impaired diges-
tion and nutri-
tiOn are generally
81 F,~.-........
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

The postal authorities are looking for
a man who signs himself j. e. A.
Smith and who seems 20 be man Of
original ideas. lie offers himself as
the matrimonial prize in lottery,
which is TO cost each Of the players
So. The one who guesses a certain
number, which, he says, he has put in
escrow, draws Smith as a husband.
Those who fail 10 win the capital
prize each get s5 worth of stock in a
company which is to be formed to EEK
ploit a valuable proposition. The com
test closed on October 20, and aspirants
who do not enclose $5 will receive no
confederation Smith also offers a
prize of 800 to the newspaper which
is most often mentioned in his applica-
tions and another prize Of $lO0 TO the
paper in which his future wife first saw
the proposition. The prosaieal postal
authorities do not appreciate the orig
inality Of the scheme and are Of the
opinion that Smith has violated the
postal laws and is liable for fraud.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

2O,76s marriages during the first six
months Of this ycaA against 1925 dur
ing the corresponding period Of last
year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-14

Probably the largest bottle Of mixed
drinks ever eOnoOcted is on its way to
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, in rec
Ognition Of certain eOurtesies extended
TO a number Of prominent men who
have obtained valuable railroad, min
ing and other concessions in Nicaragua.
The battle is three feet high and has
seven compartments extending from
the top Of the bottle to the bottom.
Each compartment has its individual
cork and contains, respectively, claret,
Pennsylvania rye, Kentucky bourbon,
yellow ehartreuse, Scotch whisky, creme
do Menthe and Creme Yvette. The
bottle was made to order by the Pitts
burg Plate Glass company and cost
800, not including the contents.