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ded to food are in general of ivy, kinds: first, those added as preserva- tives; second, those added to improve the appearance of inferior materials and these are chiefly c0orinc agents.
 In many kinds of food, freshness is matter of days or even hours. says Mrs. Abel, and long before it was known that the now familiar microbe vas the cause of the rotting of food. household methods were in use for preventing this deterioration The farmer and planter of a generation ago relied on his smoke house filled with hams and bacon, his barrels of corned beef and pork, while the store room shelves must be full of pickles and preserves. The use of salt and saltpetre is too ancient to be traced lr their beginnings Fish has been from very early times '"soused" in sEiced vinegar. These o1d-fashioned preservatives-wood smoke, salt. salt petre, vinegar. sugar. spices and al cohol-afe still the great reliance in commercial as we'll as home preserya- ton of food materials. As to the need q there is no qucstir(- cmfwyp shrul oi additions 10 our list of preserva- lives, there is no question. The diff ficulty arises principally from the fact that foods have now to be transported great distances, even across cont. nents and seas, and they must in SC me cases keep in good condition for all indefinite time before they are con. sumed.
 Mrs, Abel discusses in full the ef. feet of preservatives on health, be- cause that side of the matter has been brought so prominently before the people. The results may be summed up as follows: No proof is forthcon- ing Of the harm to healthy individuals of repeated small doses of the milder conservatives. but it would seem from the experiments, that people differ as to their tolerance of these substances and we know little of their effect on those who are not in good health. We must conclude that the buyer has a right to be informed by the label of the presence of a preservative other than the older ones.
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states consular reports, most of which
 are despatched by men wholly inno- cent of information on the subjects whereof they promulgate their ideas. Cur consuls need to report more full ly and intelligentiy than they do on
 economic, industrial, and trade con. ditions, but these long words need not include the business of dispensing drugs. Our consul general at Frank fort. Germany, is the cause of these remarks. His name is Guenther. and he tells how to end a cold. The cure consists of a mixture of CO., caine, paranephrin. and water. applied on cotton to the nose. Mr Gunther is high in praise of it, and he also grows enthusiastic over a device by which secretlonS i'll one side of the nose may medical authority points out the serious danger of forcing infections material into the throat. the middle ear, or the various accessory nasal cavities, to say nothing of what might occur in the presence of particularly yirulent infections like diphtheria, scarlatina. and the like, but Mr. Guen- ther presumably doesn't care. He al SO expends some vocabulary on the eire of appendicitis without the knife. We think he had better devote his attention to the modes of cutting whiskers or the price of new-laid eggs.
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ghoAc THE MAGAZINES
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The Power of the Pen.

polnh D. Paine, author of The E praving Skipper volume of short stories recently published by The Out ing Publishing company and contain ,,r "captain Arendt's Choice,' had tbis uniqquqe compliment paid to him, uben the latter story first appeared in scribners Magazine, at which time tho following account was cabled to tho London Daily Mail by it's New York correspondent.
 "The story tells of a sea captain
 who had by years of saving succeeded in accumulating 2000 pounds and was bringing it to the United States to huv A home for himself and his invalid wife in order that he might see her
 regularly upon his trips.
 X "He was afraid of the wiles of the
 fnanciers, and against his wife's ad- vice brought the money in specie in stead of by bank draft. The vessel was overtaken by disaster, and it be- came a choice with the captain vhethe he should save his money or his passengers. He saved the passen- gers and his hopes for a home for
 himself and his wife, and the chance of seeing here more frequently sank
 beneath the waves with his ship.
 "A certain Broadway merchant who was never looked upon by his as sociates as being overburdenod with
 sentiment, though he is in fact a very charitable man read the story. and was so much affected by it that he went to Scribner's and said that if the story was true, the captain could have a house.
 "The merchant said he would buy the house, and the captain could have the deeds when he arrived in the States next, and could bring his wife over on the following trip, as the story said they had planned.
 "The merchant was informed that Mir. Paine's story was based on fact; that the captain had in truth lost his money with his ship, but since then his wife had died And so the mer- chants offer 1nuch fo his cha orin ha to be refused"
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FREE ALCOHOL
Measure Which Will Have Effect of Revolution in Heating and Lighting

Washington. March 26.-The free alcohol subcommittee of the house committee on ways and means today agreed to report a free alcohol bill 10 the full committee Wednesday next. The feature of the bill is that it takes the int ternal revenue off denatnred do- mestic lighting. heating and motor uses. The bill is to go into effect three months from the date of it's rassase. The details of it's admission are left with the trade.
 k is redicted that the effect Of the bill will be a revolution in heating, lighting and furnishing fuel for mo tors. as alcohol will be cheaper than keresel.e oil or gasoline, and can be made from any grain, vegetable, root or fruit containing starch.
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SHY OF ARTISTS
Vice-President Archbold Objects to
 Their Presence in Court.

New York, March 2G.-The Stand ard Oil inquiry of the state of Ms souri was continued today, John D. Archbold. yice-president of the Stand ard Oil company, taking the witness stand. Before answering questions he objected to being sketched by sev- eraI artists who were in the room.
 .I must protest against the sketch artists" said MT. Archbold, pointing to one or two. "They have acted so indecently that must protest for my self and the public
 United States Commissioner Fred eriek E. Sanborn, before whom the hearing was held, asked the artists to desiSt.
 Mir. Archbold said that John D. Rockefeller has no desire to evade any questions. He said that Mr Rocke- feller knows nothing about the mat ters concerned in the suit. "He dis likes very much the notoriety and car tooning," said MT. Archbold. "If At torney General Hadley wants to go to Lakewood and question him, am sure he will find him willing to an swer any question:
 HThere is only one way to examine witnesses here" the attorney general interrupted; "cnly one way
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CALIFORNIA MOB
Negro Is Accused of Attacking Two
 Young White Women.

Oakland, Cal, March 26.-A mob of over 100 men yesterday attempted to lynch negro named Felton Evans. He was accused of attacking two young white women, daughters of a Southern Pacific engineer, and the railroad hands in the West Oakland yards quickly gathered to punish him. He was badly beaten and steps were being taken to lynch him when he was saved by Policeman John Fahey. who succeeded, after a struggle, in getting hioo to a place of safety.
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DEAD BODY IN TRUNK

Stockton, Gal, March 26.-The bag gageman at the Southern Pacific sta t.on Saturady night discovered the remains of a man about 3S years of age jammed into q largo trunk. Off ccrs who have been working on the case assert that Nle man was placll in the trunk while yet alive.
 Developments today show that the dead man was Albert N. McVicar, who has been employed as timberman in the Radhidc mine at Jamestown. The police are now endeavering to To- cate Mrs. McVicar, who was in the city with her husband.
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MURDERED BY MEXICAN
Assassin Climbed in Wagon, Cut
 Throat of One, Shot Other.

Runge, Tex, March 2G.-Near Couchee, eight miles south of here, a Mexican named Ramon, overlook vehicle containing two young women and little boy. Ramon climbed in the rear of the buggy and cut the throat of one of the women, causing instant death. The horse became frightened and began to run, where. upon Ramon pulled his pistol, placed it at the back of the head of the oth- CT woman and fired, causing instant death. He was actuated by jealousy
 The two dead women were daugh- ters of Alex Meheny, a well-to-do Irish-Indian of this county. Officers are after the murderer.
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LIGHTNING STRIKES PREACHER
Was Delivering Sermon in Church
 When Fatal Bolt Descended,

Carson, Iowa, March 2G-While preaching to his congregation today Rev. J. B. Lentz, pastor of Latter Day Saints church at this place, was struck by lightning, which caused his death within an hour. The bolt de- scended during hard thunder storm and was communicated to the preach CT by a chandelier hanging directly above his head. The shock threw him to the floor in an unconscious state, while many persons in the audi ence were partially stunned
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The rhroWback.

The Outing Publishing company have recently issued a romantic story of the southwest by Alfred Henry Lewis. It is entitled "The Throw back and deals with the days when the buffalo roamed the plains: when the Indian council fires still smoked and the law of the strongest prevailed. Few men know the west as Mir. Lewis knows it, and in this volume he has given the public an intensely interest ing novel full of incident, adventure ad humor.
 Preservatives: Old and New.
 In the April Delineator, Mary Hin man Abel. who is waging The Define ator's crusade for safe foods, says that the "the harmful ingredients ad-
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KILLS HIMSELF
Fires Bullet Into Brain in His Room
 m Louisville Hotel.

Louisville, March 2d.-John H. Merrill of Little Rock. Ark, a guest at the Broadway hotel was found dead in his room this morning. The con gealed blood about his mouth showed where he had fired tho fatal bullet in to his brain. A note left by Merrill follows:
 "TeIegraph my wife what to do with my body. want to be put away beside my mother and father in Cave Hill cemetery"
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers were recorded up to noon Tuesday in the circuit clerks office:
 R. w. Williams to w. H. Taylor jr.; lots and 9, block 15, Highland addi- tion to Pine Bluff. Consideration, $125.
 State of Arkansas to J. w. Stone; north 1-2 northeast, section 4, town ship 3, range west, S7 9O-100 acres Consideration, $1 and other consider ations. D. p.at<eNssES
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KILLS WIFE
 AND SELF
Will Bradford, Jealous of Wife, Com mits Murder and Then Suicide at
 Little Rock Home.

Little Rock, March 27=ln q little two-room house at 21l West Ninth street, Barring Cross, Will F. Brad ford, aged 32, machinists helper in the Iron Mountain shops, yesterday afternoon, shortly before 1 o'clock, murdered his wife, Alice Bradford, aged 24, by cutting her throat.
 Bradford then sat beside the body of his wife until 10 o'clock last night, when, after making an unsuccessful attempt to kill himself with morphine, and hearing officers of the Argenta police department trying to effect an entrance into his house to arrest him, pulled both triggers of a double barreled shotgun with a notched stick, which he had prepared for that pur- rose. and blew off the top of his head.
 When the police gained entrance 10 the house. an hour later, they found the horribly mutilated body of the man stretched across the woman bloody corpse. The room, which was almost bare of furniture, was bespat- tered with the brains of Bradford. On piece of bloody wrapping paper lying on the floor near the body was scrawled this final message from the murderer and suicide:
 sI cut Alce's throat at 1 o'clock to- day. Tonight I am going to try nor phine and go myself, as there is no other way It is all over. Goodbye. goodbye. W. F. B."
 Until the police gained entrance in to the home of Bradford they had no idea of what had transpired there, They had been warned early in the evening by people who reside in that vicinity that something was wrong, and at ID o'clock last night, when the first officers arrived, they found both the front and rear doors of the house locked. They tried to gain entrance through a window and were driven away by the report of a shotgun with in the house. This was the shot which killed Bradford. The officers thought that the house was occupied by a crazy man, and, desiring to protect themselves, as well as to capture the supposed lunatic without injury to him, they withdrew to await reinforce ments. Sergt. 1nda of the Argenta police force was summoned, and he with the other officers, forced their way through the front door of the house.
 A ehastly sight greeted them when they entered the room Stretched at full length on the floor lay the dead woman Lying partly across her body was the body Of her husband. Brad ford's note told the story.
 The murder and suicide was acfuat- ad by the jealousy of Bradford, who, 'N Icttor states that his wife admit. . that there was another man in her 'A"nghts.
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WILL ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT

Pine Bluff lodge No. 149 Benevo- tent and Protective Order of Elks, will hold this evening at 7:30 it's regular weekly meetine. and this occasion will he the annual election of of f1cqrs. All members who can do so. arc cxDected to attend.
 We 1oarn that tn TO will he two candidate initiated at 'his/meotinq.
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l. M. and s. Special Rates.
Pine Bluff, March l9. 1906.


 To Chicago, Ill.,, March 17th to 30th account American Dental Trade as sGciation, fare and one-third on cer- tif1cate plan for round trip.
 To Atlanta, Ga, May 18th to 17th, account International Cotton Seed Crushers association; fare and one third on certificate plan for round trip.
 To St. Louis, Mo, April 16th and 17th, account Commercial Clubs of the southwest; one fare plus soc for the round trip. Tickets on sale 14th and 18th, good for return April 18th. Special rates to Mexico and west ern trips will be gladly furnished, ,o- sether with full information regard ing desirable routes, stop-overs, side trips. Sleepers and tourist cars, etc, by calling or writing,
 To Hot Springs April 9th to 14th, account International Association of Chiefs of Police of the United States and Canada. Fare and one-third on certificate plan for round trip.
 To Hot Springs May 22d and 23d, account Retail Grocers and General Merchants association. Fare and one third on certificate plan for round trip.
 To Philadelphia, Ark, June 7th to 14th. account Arkansas Summer. as- semembly B. Y. P. U. One fare plus soc for round trip.
 St. Louis, Mo-, April 24th to 18th, account National Women's Christian association. Fare and one-third on certificate plan for the round trip.
 To Memphis, Tenn. May Sd and 4th, account National Hardware Dealers association. Fare and one-third on certificate plan for round trip.
 H. N. ATWOOD, Agent.
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HIGH HONOR
Mgr. Morris to Be Proposed as coad-
 tutor Bishop of Little Rock.

Rome, March 26.-The Coqereea tion of the Propaganda has decided ta propose to the pope the appointment of Mgr. John B. Morris of Nashville. 1'enr. as .cadiutor bishop of Little
 7's. Ark.
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Niagara Falls Already Ruined.

s'Niaera Falls are already ruined, says the eminent hydraulic engineer, Alton D. Adams, in Technical World Magazine for April Already enough water rights have been granted by New York state and Canada to divert all the water which now. falling over both the American and the Canadian falls, makes the great cataract one of the natural wonders of the world. If the capitalists and promoters who now hold franchises were all to es- tablish plants, the entire flow of Nj aeara river would be diverted into underground channels; and the mighty cliffs over which the torrent TOW pours in .resistless grandeur would be left rugged and bald and dry"
 Mr. Adams sees small hope in the proposed treaty between the United tates and Great Britain. He does not believe that Canada will be a willing rarty to any treaty which will cut off the great income ie enjoys from leasing Niagara power. His plan is to eXcavate and deeuen the channel leading to the American fall, which will otherwise run dry long before the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls will be at all affected
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Of His Base.

Off His Base According to Golfers for March 5, 1906:
 Medical and surgical topics are taken up, not frequently, in United
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MOVED

On account of remodeling our building we were forced to move so now occupy store room no. no West Barraque street where we will be glad to serve our friends and custo= mers. It will require about 30 days in which to complete Improvements in our store so until that time will be in the above building. Call and see uSo
 SEAWELL & ANCRUM
 DRUGGISTS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
A PLANT LABORATORY.
DR.. Oliver Of Government Bureau Of Plant
Industry. Has Made Favorable
Report.

A special to the Galveston News
from Washington, has the follow
ing interesting information:
DR.. Galloway, chief of the Blu
reau of Plant Industry, informed
Mr.. Garner today that DR.. Oliver
of the bureau had returned from
the Brownsville country and made
a most favorable report as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a labor
atory for the propagation of tropi-
cal and semi-tropical plants. The
is a verbal one, though it is
probable DIR. Oliver will put his
into writing.
DR.. Galloway also informed Mr..
Garner that DR.. Fairchild will be
sent to the Brownsville country
early next month to decide where
the laboratory is to be established.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
FUNERAL OF H. SHERWOOD.
Laid to Rest al 9 O'clock This Mourning,
In Preserce of Large Concourse
of People.

1t was il the presence Of a large
/ concourse of people the remains of
Herbert Sherwood were consigned
to their last resting place at 9 o'clock
this morning. The funeral was
conducted under the auspices of
Knights of Honor Lodge No. $3.50,
of which deceased was a charter
member, and with the exception
of few years, has been the 6nan-
cial secretary since its organization.
For many years Mr.. Sherwood
was in charge of the freight and
ticket department of the Rio Gran
de Railroad company, and perform
ed the duties this encumbent upon
him with equal satisfaction to the
company and to the public gener-
ally.
He was splendid accountant
and has held the position of book
keeper fer various firms of the
city, having charge of the books
of the Botica del Aguila at the
time of his death.
Of him it can be truly said he
was a good man, enjoying the
respect of all who knew him, and
his death has cast a pail of sadness
over the entire city.
Again THE HERALD extends its
heartfelt coincidence to those who
mourn for father, brother and
friend, and trusts that time will
pour its healing balm into the
hearts now sad and bleeding.
The pail bearers were as fol-
lows:
Active-Dr. J, K. Combe, o.
9. Sauder, N. E. Kendall, NJ. V. |
Jagou, Jno. Natus, Frank Rabb.
Honorary-Wm. Kelly, Benz
Kowalski, E. c. Forto, NJ. Alfonso,
7. J. Cocks, F. A. H. Sanborn.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
PROMINENT VISITORS.
Party of Northern Capitalists Visit the
Brownsville Country and are
Captivated.

The party OF northern capitalists
who came down by special train
yesterday and spent the entire day
at P. E. Blalacks 150O-acre irrigat-
ed farm, was headed by H. I;
Miller, End vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railroad, which is
a part of the great Frisco system.
Jeff n. Miller and VIM. Doherty,
vice-president and general man
ager, and general passenger agent,
respectively, of the St. L. B. & N.
did the honors for their line in
most satisfactory manner. The
object of the visit of this party of
capitalists was for the purpose of
investigating the advantages and
possibilities of the section and for
investments in land. The visit to
the farm of P. E. Blalack was
revelation to the members of the
party, and they were completely
captivated, saying they have
heretofore had very little concep-
ton of the wonderful country that
borders the Rio Grande. Owing
to the lateness of the hour at which
the party returned from the coun-
try yesterday evening a HERALD
representative failed to secure an
The special train left
at 5 O'Clock this morning for a
trip of inspection along the For
iyse branch, after which the party
will return north.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23

DID you ever stand on the ocean
beach aud watch the tide rolling
in? You felt intuitively tue ire
mendous power back of the curling,
ripping wavelets-and then you
remembered the fate of the foolish
king who proposed to sweep back
the waves. Well, that's the situa-
ton down this way. Knockers
NAV knock, and mossbacks may try
all they can TO oppose it, but the
man with the hoe is coming to the
Lower Rio Grande country all the
same.-Hidalgo Advance.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
Board of Equalization Meeting

The Commissioners Court of
Cameron County, Texas, will meet
as a Board of Equalization at 10
O'Clock a. m, on MONDAY, the
18th day of June, 1906, which is
the second Monday in said month,
to inspect, correct aud equalize the
assessors lists and valuations of
property.
Witness my hand at office in
Brownsville, this 10Th day of
MAY, 1906.
[L.S.l Jos. Webb,
Clerk, County Court, Cameron Co. +,
Tex.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
Wanted to be Prepared.

In Sandown, n. H, there once
resided a blacksmith, Timothy
Carney, strong and healthy, never
having been i'll an hour during his
manhood years. He was suddenly
stricken with a fever. His wife,
Mary, was frantic when he became
delirious.
The old village doctor being SUM
moned, was asked in a fearsome
voice: Is he very bad, doctor?"
He is very low; won't live the
day outr he replied, and, leaving
some drops, d" departed.
Soon after the doctor departure
Tim" regained consciousness.
The wife, kneeling by the bed
side, thought of his future state.
Tim, dear, :" she inquired,
dye think yell so to heaven?"
I hope so, he answered.
But Mary, dear, would you mind
going to the forge and bringing me
big leather apron, and lave it handy
by me, in case there is any mis-
take.
Tim" is somewhere in Maine,
welding his hammer, as well as
ever.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
What Provoked Him.

All wah mighty much disgust
ed wifi ma best gals little sistah
last night, - said Pullman porter
on the platform of the Union
depot.
"Why?" asked a conductor
standing near.
Well" continued the porter,
"Ah went up to see ma gal an
huh little sistah tole me to be
seated in de pahlah. All done it
an den she went to de stairway an
holahed. oh, Mamie, you lovah
have came. -
No wonder you were mad, "
said the conductor. No man
likes to be called lover,
20, that wusn't it, replied the
porter. 1t wah huh bad grammar.
Anybody knows have came ain t
propah.
What should she have said?"
asked the conductor.
"She-should a-said, o. Mamie,
yoh lovah has came, replied tho
negro. Denver Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-23
SOUTH BOUND.

Train No. s leaves Sinton at $50 a. III.
Train No. ? arrives at KingsviIle at
1912 p. N.
Arrives at Harlingen at 40 p. III.
Arrives at Brownsville at $40. ?. NJ.
Train No. l out of Brownsville arrives
at Corpus Christi at $50 p. m.
Train No. 4 from Corpus Christi ar
rives i'll Brownsville at $40 p. III.