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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
MERGER WILL HELP
 SOUTHERN ROADS Much Promised by Iron and
 Coal Consolidation GOOD STORY ON WOODWARD "siIenp' Smith Waited Patiently for Rise In Tennessee Stock to Get
 Out of HoIe-Mr. Dooley
 Makes a Winning.
GOOD STORY ON WOODWARD
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.

New York March 4-Promoters or the proposed consolidation of southern iron coal properties have much to say concerning the advantages of the deal ot the railroads of that section. They point out with particularity of detail what the combination will do for each railroad and some of them have even apportioned the increased tonnage which Is to result among the several carrying companies. In these calculations the Southern railway fic.ures first, then comes the Louisville and Nashville group and third the Bir- mingham division of the Rock Island- Frisco, a line which runs from Birming- ham northwest through Memphis, where 1t connects with the Choctaw going west and southwest and with several branches of the Rock Island-Frisco system pointing to St. Louis, Kansas City and other com- munities.
 The properties of the proposed combine have more coal and iron ore land than United States steel owns and will be well able to hold their own against the big trust should active trade rivalry spring up. It is more than likely, however, that in the end the United States steel cor poration will take over the merged prop critics on some sort of basis, thereby strengthening its command of the entire situation, both north and south In the foreground though may be seen imme- diate and definite advantages to the southern railways growing out of larger production and distribution of iron and steel and an increased output of coal in cident to better and more concentrated management.
 There is much at present writing to encourage holders of securities in south ern railways. The whole south is feeling the impulse of rapid industrial develop ment. The people are enthusiastic and alive to their interests and opportunities. They have more money than ever before. aggregate and individual weath being vastly larger than during the most pros porous ante-bellum days The labor prob lem, which has been one of the draw backs, gives promise of solution. as a continually increasing inflow of white la- bor is going on. Rapid as the recent pro gress has been south of the Mason and Dixon line there is still plenty of room for the new south to grow and it is get ting there-getting there with both feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Rival of Kiplinu.

The Emperor of Japan has written an- other poem. which consists of six lines. He gets $3000,0O0 year, and is undoubt- edly the highest salaried poet on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

weaithest citizens of Mobile, and while they have not stated what improvements they will place on the property it is gen orally understood that new Battle house will rise up to L height of ten sto- ries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
As a Spring Tonic and
 Blood Purifier Use Dr. Longs Sarsaparilla.

In spite of the cost of making, Longs Sarsaparilla sells for less than any other on the market. Each bottle contains twelve fluid ounces (96) doses. The bottle is as large as any of the dollar preparations and the price IS but half that amount. It can be sold for fifty cents because we do not have to charge you for extravagant advertls- ing, and because we are satisfied with small profit The price IS even lower than 1t seems, because the remedy IS a concentrated one and wih the iodlde potassium, 1t becomes twice as effect i've as ordinary blood purifiers and much quicker in its results.
 Price soc; bottles ..............S2.5O Quart bottles, $1 oo; for $500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

afternoon. and giving ball Monday night. The United States navy will be repre- sented at the carnival by a torpedo boat destroyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Felix Arrives Monday.

The programme for Monday and Tues day fills almost every hour, but the car nival in fact opens with the arrival of Felix and his court at noon. He will be met on his arrival from the sea by the United States revenue steamer Winona. A parade through the streets will follow What is expected to be the prettiest fea- ture of the carnival Will be the automo- bile flower and artistic parade at 3;3O o'clock Monday afternoon, followed by the trades parade, spectacular fire run, illumi- nation bicycle parade and various band concerts.
 The coronation ball and reception will occur Monday evening at o'clock in Temperance hall. While she identity of the king and queen are kept secret until this occasion, it Is said that these impor- tant personages this year are young peo- pie of great social prominence. Rumor says the queen Is one of inc citys pretti- est debutantes, whose first season has in deed been one of social triumph
 The Monday Evening Maskers will hold their parade at 8 o'clock followed by the ball at 9 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Germ Diseases

There are the known germ diseases. All that medicine can do for these troubles is to help Nature overcome the germs. and such results are indirect and uncer- tain Liquozone attacks the germs where ever they are. And when the germs which cause a disease are destroyed. the dis ease must end and forever. That is in- evitable.
 Asthma Goitre-Gout Abscess-Anaemia. Gonorrhea-Gleet Bronchitis Hay Fever = Infiu- Blood Poison enza.
 Brights Disease Kidney Diseases Bowel Troubles La Grippe
 Coughs, Colds Leucorrhea Consumption Liver Troubles Colic-Croup Malaria-Neuralgfa Constipation Many Heart Trou- Catarrh-Cancer bles.
 Dysentery-Diarrhea Piles-Pneumonia Dandruff-Dropsy Pleurisy-Quinsy Dyspepsia Rheumatism Eczema-Erysipelas Scrofula-Syphilis Fevers-Gall Stones Skin Diseases
 Stomach Troubles Tumors-Ulcers Throat Troubles Varicocele
 Tuberculosis Women's Diseases
 All diseases that begin with fever-all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Parade on Tuesday.

Tuesday morning there will be several band concerts and at 1:9O o'clock Emperor Felix will have parade to view his cap ital. At the same hour the Knights of Revelry and the Comic Cowboys will have their individual parades.
 At o'clock in the evening the parades between the rival mystic societies, the Infant Mystics and the Order of Myths, will be held. These societies will hold their balls at 9 o'clock, and the social season is then at a close for forty days,
 The Elks will join in making the carni- val success, holding. a reception Sunday
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Boys with hats on the back of
their heads and long hair hang
ing down over their foreheads,
and cigarettes and smutty stories
in their mouths, are cheaper than
wornout shoes, says an exchange
Nobody wants them at any price
Men will not employ them, ladies
will not marry them. They are
not worth keeping to any one, and
they will never be able to keep
themselves" If any boy happens
to read this who answers to this
description, let him take a good
thoughtful look at himself, and
then do what his conscience says
is the best thing to do.-Big Spr-
ing Herald
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Big Springs Herald: A man told
us the other day that we didn' I
publish all the things that happen.
We shouldNsay we don't. In the
FIST place we have others depend
ing on us for a living. If we pub
lish all that happens we would
soon be with the angels. In order
to please people we must print on
ly the nice things about them and
leave the rest for gossippers. Yes,
il S a fact, we don't print all the
news. If we did, wouldn't il make
spicy reading? But this would be
for one week only. The next week
you would read our obituary, and
there would be a strange face in
heaven and you would be short an
editor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
NOT A RACE SUICIDE.
\ Chicagoan Couldn't Send His Chill.
drcn TO School Because he Had
Nineteen.

Chicago, III. Jan. ll.-Having
too many children was the defense
of Anton Herman. who has been
arraigned before Justice Prinde-
vile, charged with failing to send
his daughter Katie, II years old,
TO school.
Hermann testified that he was
the father of nineteen children,
six of whom are of school age.
I am too poor to provide clothes
and books TO send all six children
to school," he said. I don't get
much money in the lumber yard
where ! work. / have been mar
ried thirty four years. Now I am
living with my second wife; my
first wife died many years age"
II developed that Katie. the girl
on whose account he had beer
forced to court. was born on a
steamship.
Hermann was fined SO. but
payment was suspended on condi-
ton that Katie should be sent &c
school.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
About the EY...

That the eyesight can be educated
il q fact known 70 science, and color
blindness is not q radical defect Of
vision, but one which might have
been sverted by proper training in
childhood.
An excellent lesson which may be
carried on with silk, wool, paper or
material of different shades with
slight graduations Of color is the
game Of matching colors. The "a
pidity of vision can be greatly de-
veloped.
Most persons know the story Of
the conjurer whose father made him
while a small boy play the game Of
naming the objects in some shop
window passed at a quick walk. If
one viii try this he viii be astonish-
ed at the way the number Of objects
seen at a glance will grow. with prac-
tice .s
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

WHILE exploiting the advantages
and possibilities that abound in the
Brownsville section. il is well 10
remember that sugar cane is not
one of the least of these Enter
prises that are long past the eX-
perimental stage, have proven that
cane grown along the Rio Grande
is rich in extraction, being of about
90 per cent purity, with yield Of
from 200 TO 20 pounds of fine
sugar to ton, which is much great
er than that of cane grown in
eigher east Texas or Louisiana.
In Cuba, which furnishes about
one-tenth of the sugar manufact-
ured in the entire would, a Ton of
cane produces about 220pounds of
sugar while in fast Texas and
Louisiana 185 to 100 pound, is
about the average. 1t will be seen
from this comparison that the
Brownsville country is destined at
no distant day to become a great
factor in the sugar market. Parties
who have made a thorough test of
sugar making for 25 or 80 years,
furnish tangible evidence Of the
adaptability of cane to this section, /
the sugar produced being of a high f.
degree of excellence, and with .
new and improved machinery, both .
the quality aud the out put may be
greatly improved THE HERALD
makes the prediction that within
the next few years the Brownsville
country will take its place among
the formost sugar producing re-
gions of the entire world, whose
only competitor will be possibly
Cuba, which is peculiarly adopted
to cane growing. In Cuba it is
said the machinery is so perfect
and the extraction so complete
that the refuse can be Immediately
fed into the engine as fuel. This
degree of perfection has not yet
been reached, but will come with
conditions and THE HER
AID firmly believes that what is
being down in Cuba may be done
almost if not quite as successfully
in the Brownsville country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
a Coin Trick That Is Good For Lots Of
Fun at q Party.


Begin this trick by remarking
how very easily a wetted silver dime
will adhere to the forehead and say
you will wager any one that after
you have applied it to his forehead
he cannot wrinkle" or shake it off
without touching it with his hands.
You may give a little illustration
BY damping a coin with the tongue
and sticking it to your own fore
head, then making a great fuss Of
working your face TO dislodge it.
Naturally it falls of after a short
time. Some one Is sure to take up
your wager.
Start by putting the dry coin to
his forehead, then taking it of to
damp. Instead Of doing so you,
unperceived, wet the tip of the mid
die finger of your right hand and ap-
ply it to his forehead as if it were
the coin you were sticking on. Now
take away your hand, carefully con-
cealing the coin. The fun then
commences. Your friend imagines
the silver is on his forehead and
tries to work it of, his friends mean
time encouraging him to persevere,
and so the fun goes on until it
dswns upon him that he has been
fooled" Now is the time to get
out Of his road.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Of purchasing horses for the caval-
~ arm of the service. The para
graph in question, which was
inserted at the instance of Repres-
entative Slayden, provides for the
buying of mounts in the territory
Immediately contiguous to the
various army posts where they are
needed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
WOULD BREAK MONOPOLY.
Congressman Slayden Wants Cavalry
Horses Purchased Near Posts.

Washington, ID. c, Jan. IL
The Military Appropriation bill as
considered in the House today,
contains a paragraph, which, If
included in the bill as finally PASS
ed. VIII bsehk rp the monopoly
which nov prevails in the matter
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

DON'T lets discriminate, but
Just work with all our night for
the upbuilding of the entire
Brownsville country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Asssouic-Rio Crande Lodge No. 81. meets the
ist and 5rd Tuesdays in each month.
BENZ. kowALsKf W. N.
knights Of Honor-No. $3.50. n. and 9Th
'scsdays in each month.
DR.F.J. cosrBE Dictator.
s.E. srARcK. Reporter.
knights Of Pythias-Brownsville Lodge. 30.
s5. meets Ist and 5rd Wednesdays in each
Month. BENZ KowALsKr. c. c.
Aw. Wood. X Of R&s.
Ked Men-AEtsc Tribe. No. iS5. meets every
Nv. BUcHAxAN. sachem.
r. ". DIcKK1. C of
woodmen Of the worId-Acaeia Camp. No.
30. meets 2nd and fth Thursdays In each month.
F.E STACK. Clerk.
Frontier Camp. No. Is12. W. o. w.-meets LIST
ssd 5rd Thursdays Of each month.
B. Z. HENLEY. c. c.
A. o. L. w.-Progress. No. IS meets every
ssher Monday night
Up oDoN. NV.
cHAs. n. MoRE sec.
LADIES LODGES.
EASTERN star-Hope Chapter. No. ia. meets
e and 5nd Fridays Of each month.
Mas. c. n. KowALskI. ". NJ
AVA J. Kenedy. Sec
goodren circic--Orsnge Grove. 40. SIS. meets
% and 'rd. Saturdays IN each month.
Mas. BsxI KowkLski. Guard.
I am out ofpeanuts al present.
Wa fecsiyesa fresh sSsPPlsc. in a
keF days. WatOar lezzns- az the
corner. ". II. ADAMS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
BANK STATEMENT.

Report of condition of the Merchants
National Bank, al Brownsville in the
State of Texas, at the close of business,
Ian. llth. 1905:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

STATE coz TEXAS
County of Cameron. ~
J. A. Ashhcim. Cashier of the above named
bank DO solcmuly swear that the above state
mont Is true 90 The best of my knowledge and
belief A. AsHHEni. Cashier
subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 18th
ga, or Jauuar, 1905 1No. BARTLETT.
Notary Public Cameron Co. Texas.
CoRRICr-A Attest
WILLIAM KELLY 1
$. l.. DwoRMAN Directors
D. 4. FoRro
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

state az Texas. County Of csmeros.
T. }. G Fernando. Cashier % the above
named hank DO soiemniy swear that the above
statsmcut i true to the best Of ma. &nowlcdg 20
and belief. u. ~. FERNANDIE. CashiCr.
'Safhscribcd and suorh 10 before me usis lsth.
dhY ~ November 1875
s fRANE Csts,tse.xr
Notars~ Public. Eaucfon COUNTY. Texas
coRKEcr--Atiesf "a - = = 49,.
~ a. CoonEEcn.
MlGUEI FERNsNuEz. IN.
Al. G okrnEn. Directors.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

knights Of Honor-No. $3.50. n. and fu
'seSdays in each month.
DR.. r. ]. cossBE. Dictator.
= r. STARCH. Reporter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

A&ssouic-Rio Crande Lodge No. 81. meets the
Il and 5rd Tuesdays in each month.
BENJ kowALsKf W. n.
d. l. CAIN. Sccy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Knights Of Pythias-Brownsvilie Lodge. 30.
sS. meets LIST and 5rd Wednesdays in each
Month. BENZ KowALsKr. c. c.
A. W. Wood. X Of x 4 ).
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
80. 4577
Report of the condition Of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

at Brownsville in the state Of Texas. at the close
Of business january n: 1905.
RESOURCES.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Ked Men-Azssc Tribe. No. i95. meets every
friday night
]. W. BUCHANAN. Sachem.
r. W. DIcKEy. c. Of 4.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

goodrnen circlc-Orange Grove. 40. SIS. meets
- and 'rd. Saturdays IN each month.
Mas. BsxI. KowALsks. Guard.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

woodmen Of the worId-Acacia Camp. No
30. meets 2nd and ath Thursdays in each month.
c. II. THORS. c. c.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14
LADIES LODGES.

EASTERN Sar-Hope Chapter. No. ia. meets
q and 5rd FRIDAYS Of each month.
Mas. c. n. KowALskI W. ".
AVA j. kennedy. sec.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-14

Frontier Camp. No. Is22. ". o. w.-meets lss
ssd 5rd Thursdays Of each month.
b. 4. HENLEY. c. c.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
BEGGARS' APPEALS.
How the Professionals Base Them
on the PubIic's Emotions.

How the Professionals Base Them
on the PubIic's Emotions.
Never do panhandlers make the mis-
take of appealing to the reason. The
emotions of the crowd only are at
tackled. There is always a complete
human story in the pOse What, for in
stance, could be more compelling of
sympathy than the spectacle of the
bent old graybeard patiently and de-
spairingly as it seemed grinding
wheezy old organ which he had tied
into a broken down baby carriage? The
suggestiveness of that perambulator,
coupled with the walls of that organ,
more fOrlOrn than mortal child ever ut
tered, was worth dollars a day to the
old fellow. 1t was reprehensible art.
of course, but art nevertheless. And
the artist grew rich, for when in
vestigated. by the police he was found
to be the owner of many houses in HO-
boken.
Again, could there be anything more
likely to excite compassion than the
crust throwing trick? 1t was invent
ed by a German beggar named Lang,
whose French disciple, Lemaire, prae-
ticed it subsequently. 1 have seen a
crust thrower operating in Sixth ave
nue.. He was a semi-well dressed man
who walked swiftly down through the
crowds of shoppers. Suddenly he ut
tered a hoarse cry and darted out into
the roadway. where, pOuncing upon q
crust of bread which he had thrown
there previously, he began gnawing il
ravenously. He did not wait for sym
pathy. He walked rapidly away, but {
number of women who saw the act
ran after him and crowded one another
for the privilege Of giving him money
Theodore Waters in Everybody
Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
THREW UP HIS HAT.
The Story OF COcI1relI's Election to
the United States Senate.

The Story OF COcI<relrs Election to
the United States Senate.
The truthful story is told in Missouri
that the throwing of broad brimmed
hat to the ceiling of the hall Of the
house of representatives in the capitol
at jefferson City made Francis Marion
COckrell a member of the United States
senate. The state had been stirred by
a contest for the Democratic nOmina-
tion for the governorship. The lines
between supporters of opposing candi-
dates were sharply drawn. In state
convention numbering a thousand dele
gates Charles H. Hardin had won by
the narrow majority of one-half of one
vote. So close was the result and so
bitter the feeling that the Democratic
leaders feared irreconcilable division in
the party ranks. The result, however,
had scarcely been announced from the
secretary's desk when the tall figure of
the defeated candidate, General Cock
rell, was seen coming to the platform.
A moment more, as the hush of expec-
fancy fell upon the crowded hall, Cock
rellS voice rang out. mo man." said
he, Twill more loyalty support the nom-
inee of the convention than myself. No
man will throw his hat higher for
Charley Hardin than will l." And
away to the ceiling went the broad
brimmed Cockrell hat. The conven-
ton, frantic with enthusiasm, heard
not another word. But the following
spring General Cockrell became United
States senator by the unanimous vote
| of the Democrats of Missouri Fol
five successive terms after March 4
1875, with never a Democratic vote
against him, he was elected to the sena
torship, the first political Office he evel
held. No senator from his state sur
passed his record in length of years
and none equaled it, save Thomas
Hart Benton, the great Missourian.-
Walter Williams in The World Today.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
COUNTESS PoTocKA.
rhe Woman Who Sang to Chopin as
He Sank to Death.

rhe Woman Who Sang to Chopin as
He Sank to Death.
AS the great Chopin lay dying his
soul was ushered out by the song of
the beautiful Countess Delphine Po-
tocka, who had been his dearest conf
dante and friend. The romance of their
friendship, one of the sweetest in his
tory. is related by Gustav Kobbe in the
Delineator. The last tragic scene in the
life of the composer has often been de-
scribed and has been painted by Bar
rios. but it is so touching that one may
well read another version of it, Mr..
Kobbe writes:
"Then came what is perhaps the
most touching scene that has been
handed down to us from the lives OF
the great composers. When Delph1ne
entered what was soon to be the death
chamber Chopin's sister Louise and a
few of his most intimate friends were
gathered there. She took her place by
Louise. When the dying man opened
his eyes and saw her standing at the
foot of his bed, tall, slight, draped in
white. resembling a beautiful angel,
and mingling her tears with those of
Louise his lips moved, and those near
est him. bending over to catch his
words. heard him ask that she would
sing.
mastering her emotion by a strong
effort of the will, she sang in voice of
bell-like purity the canticle to the Vir-
gin attributed to Stradella-sang it so
devoutly, so thereally. that the dying
man, artist and lover of the beautiful
to the very last whispered in ecstasy:
How exquisite! Again, again!
"Once more she sang, this time a
psalm by Marcello. 1t was the haunted
hour of twilight. The dying day draped
the scene in its mysterious shadows.
Those at the bedside had sunk noise
lesslY.on their knees. Over the mourn
full Accompaniment of sobs fioated the
voice of Delphine like a melody from
heaven"