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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-01-12

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1905-01-12

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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02
PERSONALS.

Geo. Murphy arrived frons
Laredo yesterday afternoon.
CT. Grain and E. J. O. Brien
arrived in the city yesterday after
noon.
Gus Celaya and son spent the
time between trains yesterday at
the Point.
L. Lechenger, of Houston, is a
visitor to Brownsville, arriving yes
terday afternoon.
Jno. J. Finnigan, treasurer Oh
the Gulf Coast Line, came down
from Kingsville yesterday afternoon
and returned this morning.
Mrs. J. J. Fromme, accompa-
MED by two children, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. B. Pickett, at
Hidalgo, and will be absent about
a week.
VIM H. Burgre and E. R. Wit
man, of the United States Coast
and Geodetic survey, are in the
city. These gentlemen are engaged
in some work in this section.
J. J. Guerrero. bartender at
Crixell's saloon, accompanied by
his family, left for San Antonio
this morning, carrying one of the
children there for medical treat
ment. Their STAY in the Alamo
city VIII depend upon the condition
of the sick child.
Rev. Smith, new pastor of the
Methodist church here, has gone
to Palacios for his family, and
will return in a few days. When
he gets back ard becomes settled
Rev. Smith informs us he will
make arrangements for holding
services every Sunday.
Capt. and Mrs. Dalzell, who
have been spending the summer
at San Antonio and Boerne, arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon and
will be the guests of Capt. Vim
Kelly and family for several
months. Capt. and Mrs. Dalzell
are old residents of Brownsville,
and their many friends are glad to
welcome them here again.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02

wish him every advancement his
merit deserves. Mr.. Buck was
checked out" yesterday, and G.
T. Porter, late of Kingsville, was
installed in his stead. Mr.. Porter
is a man of wide experience in this
class of work and we welcome him
to our city.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02
prognosticating.

THE HERALD is sorry to an
nounce that A. E. Buck, who has
been station agent here for several
months has been transferred to the
construction end Of the St. l., B.
& NJ. Mr.. Buck will be terminal
agent with temporary headquarters
at Bay City, and will leavei in fey
DAYS for his new location. The gen
tleman and family have made many
friends since their residence in
Brownsville, and all very much re
gret the fact that they will more
elsewhere. Mrs. Buck and the two
children will remain here some
time before joining Mr.. Buck at
the other end of the line. While
the gentleman IS a strict railroad
man in every sense of the word,
looking out for the best interests OF
his company at all times, his uni
form courtesy and fair dealing with
patrons of his road, have won for
him the universal esteem OF the
people of Brownsville. all of whom
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02
TISSUE AND CREPE
PAPERS
HUYLERs
CANDIES

There's no end to the
from tissue and crepe
to make quite a few
you begin now. "
Our stock is complete
made and the papers
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02
PURE FRUIT
TABLETS

fancy things you can make
papers. You all have time
handsome gifts for Xmas if
" Y " " v
with all the beautiful tints
are of the best quality. v
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02
LOCAL ITEMs.


cheap for cash. Caledonia Cara.
11-S-tf.
The train today is an hour and
a half late. The cause is not
known.
Ribbon cane seen for sale in any
quantity. Apply to c. Cara.
11-27-tf
Christmas IS coming. Patronize
home and save money as well.
Rutledge Jewelry Co.
If your stationery is getting low,
notice how low is our price. Eagle
Drug Store.
J. Jacobs, a commercial traveller
from Baltimore, arrived in the city
Yesterday afternoon and is in
terviewing our merchants today.
Shipment of winter vegetables
continue to go out by express, this
mornings shipment being four
barrels of elephants and seven
crates of tomatoes.
The finest line of jewelry. silver
and silverplated ware to be found
anywhere in the Rio Grande coun-
tay, as low as the lowest at
Rutledge Jewelry Co.
Bring your catalog to us. We
will get you any article in it for
10 per cent less money, or forfeit
to you $780,
Rutledge Jewelry Co.
l have on hand a number of
ehiffoniers, beautiful goods, that
I will sell at cost and carriage.
Nice christmas present.
HANCoCK's Furniture Store.
Fine diamonds, gold watches
and gold jewelry of every descrip-
ton. Quality and prices are
right; patrouize home. Rutledge
Jewelry Co.
The following couples have been
licensed to wed since last report:
Feliz de la Rosa and Paula Mar
tinez; Pedro T. Cantu and Emilia
Herrera; Valentin Noyola and
Juana Hernandez,
The December term of federal
court will open next Monday for
the transaction of such business as
NAV come before it for disposal.
The officers of the court will prob
ably arrive this afternoon.
Tonight is the regular business
meeting of Orange Grove Wood
men circle. Every member is
earnestly requested to attend, as
the regular election of officers will
tate place tonight. If you are
not present and the election does
not suit you, remember you have
no kick coming.
You see what you buy and run
no risk when you buy from
Rutledge. We make good any
article purchased of us that proves
unsatisfactory from any cause.
We back our word and stand
ready at all times to make it good.
Give us a trial is all we ask.
Rutledge Jewelry Co.
I have on hand one dozen Mason
sewing machines, which l will sell
at following prices; $40, S25, $50,
S35. I guarantee them to do as
good work as any machine ON TIE
market. Furthermore, you can
take the machine home, give it a
thorough test, and if not perfectly
satisfactory, it viii be brought back
to the store without cost to you.
HANCOCK S Furniture Store.
Work on the new Methodist
church will begin shortly, the
foundation having been completed
some time ago. The Baptists will
also erect a house of worship in the
early part of the new year. Funds
are being secured for building
church for the English speaking
Catholics. When these churches
have been completed, with the
edifces already erected for public
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02

public, this being the only spare
time at the disposal of Rev. Reavis
at present.
A special train came in last
evening having on board Jeff N.
Miller, vice-president and general
manager of the Gulf Coast Line,
W. ]. Church, auditor, Jas. B.
Wells, Duval West and Will West.
The object of the visit was to at
tend a meeting of directors of the
Rio Grande railroad company, at
which meeting new directors and
officers were elected, which will be
found in report of the meeting
elsewhere in today's HERALD.
At this meeting the management
of the Rio Grande railroad was
assumed by the newly elected
officers. No change will be made
for the present in the conduct of
the road, although President Mil
Ter, as expected to return to Browns
vile in a short time, when some
definite information will probably
be given out as to the future Of
the road. The party, with the
exception of Judge Wells, returned
on tie special at 5 o'clock this
morning. -
The weather prognosticator pre-
diets frost almost to the coast line
tonight. Those who have been
watching the weather forecasts the
past few weeks will know how to
govern themselves. In order to
predict weather in this section with
any degree of chance 10 strike it
correct, the prophet must &c on
the ground. The representations
for other sections of the coast
country in no wise apply to this,
and while the weather is often
correctly foretold, as would happen
if the matter were merely guess
work. Of course the man who
does the predicting draws his
conclusions from the conditions
which exist in the section where
he is located. But as before stated,
these conditions are not the same
here. There can be more different
kinds of weather here within a
given twenty-four hours than any
other place under the sun, and
the man who could predict just
what will come next, would be a
gem of the purest ray serene, and
worthy of a better job than weather
prognosticating.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-02

Pass has revised and changed its
schedule, and change will be
necessary with the Coast Line, in
order to make proper connections
at Sinton. The change on the Sap
was made without notice to the
ST. L. B. & NJ, fact not under
stood by this road. According to
the prospective change the train
will arrive here much later than
the present schedule, which will
throw the mail very late, a matter
very generally regretted by the
people of Brownsville.
THE HERALD is requested to an
nounce that Rev. Jas. o. Reavis,
D. D., of Nashville, Tennessee,
will preach in English at the Pres
byterian church Sunday morning
at II O'Clock. Rev. Reavis is one
of the secretaries of the executive
committee of foreign missions of
the Southern Presbyterian church,
and is on his way to visit the mis-
sion fields of Mexico, especially
those of the State of Tamaulipas.
He will arrive this afternoon, &C.
companied by Mrs. Reavis, who
will go with him to Mexico. The
couple will spend two weeks in
specting the work in our sister re-
public, this being the only spare
time at the disposal of Rev. Reavis
at present.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06
CHAPTER XVIII.

Another two days passed, Yoande do.
ing her best to make the time 60 by
briskly and pleasantly. They walked
on the promenade or the pier; they drove
away inland, through quaint little vii
lagos and quiet lanes; when the weather
was wet they stayed indoors, and she
read to her mother; or they rigged up
the big telescope in the bay window, to
follow the slow progress of the distant
ships. And the strange thing was that as
Yolande gradually perceived, her moth
er's intellect seemed to grow clearer and
clearer while her spirits grew more de-
pressed.
II have been in a dream-I have been
in a dream" she used to say. II will
try not to go back. Yolande, you must
help me. You must give me your hand"
"You have been Ill, mother; the sea air
will make you strong again." the girl
said, making no reference to other mat
ters.
However, that studied silence did not
last. On the evening Of the fifth day
of their stay at Worthing, Yolande OBJ
served that her mother seemed still more
depressed and almost suffering and she
did all sshe could to distract her atten-
tion and amuse her. At last the poor
woman said, looking at her daughter in
curious kind of way:
"Yolande, did you notice, when l came
away from the house with you, that 1
went back for moment into my room? p
"Yes, l remember you did,"
"I will tell you now why 1 went
back"
She put her hand into her pocket and
drew out small blue bottle, which she
put on the table.
1T was for that" she said, calmly.
A flush of color overspread the hither-
to pale features of the girl; 1t was she
who was ashamed and embarrassed and
she said quickly:
Eyes, l understand, mother-I know
what it is-but now you will put it away
you do not want it any longer"
II am afraid" the mother said, in
low voice. Sometimes l have tried, un-
til 1t seemed as if was dying; and that
has brought me to life again. Oh, I
hope shall never touch it again-I want
to be with you, walking by your side
among other people-and like them-like
every one else"
"And 80 you shall, mother" Yolande
said; and she rose and got hold of the
bottle. II am going to throw this
away"
mo, no, Yolande give 1t to me-" she
said, but without any excitement. "It
Is no use throwing 1t away. That would
make me think of it. / would get more.
l. could not rest until had gone to a
chemists and got more-perhaps some
time when you were not looking. But
when 1t Is there, l feel safe. l can put
it away from me-"
CTo be continued)
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

About 125 lonely maids on claims
Of the Rosebud land lottery in South
Dakota scorn matrlmony. What is
more, they are giving hundreds Of
suitors the mitten each week. There
may be no giving and taking marriage
In heaven, they admit, but they insist
that marriages should be made there.
Stoutly they stand out for love and
romance and frown upon the marriage
Of convenience.
Well 1t is that they do 80, other
wise they would have been snapped
up long ago by men too lazy to work
for living, incompetent or mere for
tune hunters. For each one Of these
adventurous young women is the own
er, in her own right OF many acres
Of good farm land.
From Bonesteel, s. D., which is the
town nearest the Rosebud claims,
comes the news that the community
Is In the throes Of palpltating, trem-
bling excitement The single men are
looking religiously neat and clean.
Since the arrival Of the fair farmers
they have lost their taste for drink
and shooting things up. They have
become orderly citizens, and the au-
thorities are patting themselves on the
back every time they think Of land lot.
terry and the fine crop Of young WON
en- 1t brought
Apart from the young men Of Bone.
steel there are hundreds of other men
who would like to make a good i'm.
preston on some Of the women. Every
evening the one and only train which
arrives daily at Bonesteel brings q
large bundle Of mail for United States
Land Commissioner ]. d. Keller
About 10 per cent Of the letters per.
tain to legitimate business; the rest
of the letters are from men who, hav
Ing heard that there are a number
of women who desire husbands to rur
their farms, are offering themselves
as candidates In the matrimonial mar
ket. This has happened because he
gave an Interview to the newspapers
about these young women.
1t has been cynically declared that
matrimony ls to large extent a mat
ter of money. Anyone looking over
a portion Of the letters would soon
come to the conclusion that the mar
ital state is indeed to be considered
only from financial standpoint.
From the southern borders Of New
Mexico to the Canadian line, from
New York to San Francisco, in half
a dozen different languages and in q
thousand different styles of spelling,
these letters are coming. All Of them
show very plainly that the writers
want to correspond with none except
those who own farms.
Most Of the letters are misspelled,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

Bracken, In discussing 1t some months
before her demise. II think It must
have been in 1863. A girl friend came
to our house to get me to accompany
her In a walk to the depot A soldier
train was going through Niles that
day and the girl had a soldier friend
upon that train. We were waiting in
a jam Of people and Mrs. Leonard Alb
rams, wife Of the depot operator,
asked us to take seats In the telegraph
office. 1t was the days of paper op.
orators Well, Mrs. Abrams was help
ing her husband and as saw her
sending message my thoughts Of the
soldier boys fed and | was entranced
with what Mrs. Abrams was doing. If
she can do that, can,' said to my
self. Not many days after, having
gained the consent of my parents,
asked Mrs. Abrams to have her nus
band take me as student He wrote
to NJ. B. Woodford Of Kalamazoo, su-
perlntendent Of telegraph, for his con-
sent, and soon was working. was
fascinated with the work and my llk-
ing for 1t increased rather than dimin-
ished during all these years. The
busler YVES, the better I liked it."
= IS said that the office had no mark
against her in all the forty years of
service for the Michigan Central, an
unprecedented record. Miss Bracken
bore the reputation of baving more
knowledge Of time cards and how
trains ought to move in relation to one
another in passing Niles than any ON
ploye or official on the road. No
wreck was ever traceable to careless
ness or error on the part Of Miss
Bracken.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

for two young people," the mother said,
with a gentle smile. "It is a wonder you
are not wearing a ring now"
What ringT Yolande said, with a
quick flush of color.
"An engagement ring"
In fact, the girl. was not wearing an
engagement ring. On coming to London
she had taken it off and put it away;
other duties claimed her now-that was
what she said to herself. And now she
was content that her mother should re-
main in ignorance of that portion of her
past history.
Il have other things to attend to-" she
said, briefly, and the subject was not
continued.
That day passed very successfully. The
mother had shown not the slightest symp-
tom of any craving for either stimulant
or narcotic; nor any growing depression
in consequence of being deprived Of these
though Jack Melville had warned Yo-
lande that both were probable. No; the
languor from which she suffered appear
ed to be merely the languor of Ill health
and, so far from becoming more depress
ed, she had rather become more cheerful
especially when they were wandering
along the lanes in search of wild flowers,
Moreover, when she went to bed she very
speedily fell into a sound, quiet sleep.
Yolande lay awake, watching her; but
everything seemed right; and so by and
by the girls mind began to wander away
to distant scenes and to pictures that she
had been trying to Danish from her eyes.
And If sometimes in this hushed room
she cried silently to herself, and hid
her face in the pillow so that no sob
Well, perhaps that was only natural re-
action. The strain Of all that forced
cheerfulness had been terrible. Once or
twice during the evening she had had to
speak of the Highlands; and the effort
on such occasions to shut out certain rec
objections and vain regrets and self-a base
ments was Of itself hard thing And
now that the strain was over, her imag-
nation ran riot; all the old life up therNS
with Its wonder and delight and it's un-
known pitfalls, came back to her.
What was there but a woman's tears
and lifelong regret? That was a sad
night. 1t was not the mother, 1t was
the daughter, who passed the long sleep
less hours in suffering. But with the
morning Yolande had pulled herself to-
gether again. She was only little pale
that was all. She was as cheerful, as
brave, as high spirited as ever. When
did the band play?-they would walk
out on the pier. But even Jane could
see that this was not the Yolande who
had lived at Allt-nam-ba-with a kind
Of sunlight always on her face; and
she wondered.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

written in pencil and poorly COM
posed. But now and again there
comes one which shows that the writ
er has at least good education. One
or two send references, and one in
particular names the Governor Of Vir-
ginia as his sponsor. Some have
money-or say they have-but the
greater part Of them just modestly
declare themselves to be poor, hard
working, honest young men, who have
been unable to find a suitable help
mate in their own community and de-
sire wife and start in life at the
same time.
One man.. a resident Of Arkansas,
writes that he wants a wife from the
lucky number, not from any mer-
cenary motive, but "becos the Arkan-
saw gulls amt wuth shucks." He
then goes on to devote a paragraph or
two on the pecullarities of the girls
in that State, and advises Me- Keller
not to marry a girl from Arkansas.
| Another man In a small town In, Cal
ifornia wishes to be as businesslike as
possible and makes use Of a type
writer. His letter reads as follows;
Der Sur.
II HAVE HEARD that You hAv
Sum gurlls you Want too get married
80 thOo I WOULD rite too You to
tell WuN That 1 will Have her. I'm
35 (thurTyFtVe) years OILS AND a
Hard wurKer. Please rite Quick"
The girls themselves seemed to be
taking all this as a matter Of course.
They seemed to be properly impressed
with the fact that good farm In their
own right considerably enhances their
charms.
With their coming the old regime
In Bonesteel has been completely
eliminated. What was typical, old
time frontier town-lawless, fearing
neither the Almighty nor the marshal
is now changed to law-abiding,
rather gay community. And the
change has been caused by the influx
Of these women.
Many Of the men who drew claims
are single, but they are practically out
Of the matrimonial market so far as
these women are concerned The law
provides that should any of the women
drawing claims marry any Of the men
who have claims only one of the two
can retain claim. With the prospect
Of losing their claims before them,
those who are 80 much sought after
elsewhere are merely women, the
same as thousands Of others, to these
men. Besides, 1t is hard to find one
Of these men who has not a photo
graph Of the one and only girl hang
Ing up somewhere in the little frame
shack.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06
TRAIN DISPATCHER AND ANGEL.

III health alone terminated the forty
year usefulness Of Miss Rebecca Brac-
ken, 90, Michigan Central train dis.
patcher, perhaps the only woman in
the world who occupied such a trying
and responsible position. And her
death, which occurred recently, has
removed from Niles, Mich, the juno
ton of four divisions, woman who
was admired for her ability and re-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

spected as an "angel Of the railroad
men," Her success was due to her
eternal vigilance, and her popularity
to tact and the warm-hearted interest
she displayed In the welfare Of every
employe with whom she came into
contact 1t was no wonder, then, that
when a few months ago she was re-
tired on q pension, the conductors and
officials gave her diamond ring and
other testimonials Of their regard.
ut was during the war when 1
started railroad work." said Miss
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06
Rude.

She-I understand you have been
making remarks about my singing.
He-You have been misinformed.
There La nothing remarkable about It
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06
His Only Hope.

"Tell me-" queried the easy mark,
what sort Of girl should propose
TOT"
"Oh," rejoined the fortune teller,
lone who is rich, Of course-and fool
ish."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-06

Ever notice that 1t seems to be q
sacred tradition to paint every little
church and school house in the couatr1
whitsl
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IN the morning-maybe a pair on 'em.
But 'tain't no matter. He'll think he
run agin a lamp post"
hen you saw that drunken brute
seize hold of the young lady's arm, you
should have been thereon the spot
on the instant"
You was so quick, and the man went
over like a ninepin-"
We'll, the affair is satisfactory as IT
stands, said the younger and taller
man; and l am we'll satisfied"