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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
years by the work Of DR.. II. Charlton

years by the work OF DIR. II. Charlton
Bastian. For, says The London Globe,
DR.. Bastian has maintained against
almost the whole Of the scientific
world that spontaneous generation
may. and does, occur at the present
day. He processes to have seen 1t
continually taking place in his labora-
tory. 1t is always out Of organic ma
terials that this spontaneous genera
ton takes place. DR.. Bartian recon-
mends infusion OF turnip or beef. II
these are treated according to certain
directions which are given, life will
duly appear. And we are assured
that it is spontaneous, and not de.
yeloped from any pre-existing germs.
But Dr. Bastian's critics will doubt
less here say, Life is developed in
your infusions because they have not
been efficiently sterilized. It has
arisen from previously existing
germs In the usual way" DR.. Bias.
tian, on the other hand, retorts that
the reason why other experimenters
do not get life fror4 their infusions
is that in the. afaus erilizfng they
have desire he eiminality OF
the fluid" It's antifsy of life pro.
duction.
DR.. Bastian also believes in what
has been called Heterogeneous" that
is, the production of certain living
creatures from totally different spe.
cies. AS IT, for example, crab should
give birth to shrimp. Among the
remarkable examples of heterogeneous
which DR.. Bastian claims to nave seen
taking place in his laboratory, the fol
lowing may be mentioned: Eggs Of
rotifers have Matched out into infus-
oria-creatures very much lower in
the scale of life; diatoms have been
developed from the cells of seaweeds;
chlorophyll cells (vegetable) have
become. amoebae (animals); in
fusoria have developed from the eggs
Of flies.
It may be noted that all the eX-
amples Of spontaneous generation
brought forward occur in organic in
fusions, SO that even if accepted they
would throw no light on the origin OF
life from inorganic materials. 1t is
suggested, however, that nitrate OF
ammonia, formed during thunder.
storms, might play an important part
in the preparation of the material out
Of which life was to arise.
DR.. Bastian reproaches evolution.
lists and with some appearance Of jus.
tice, for not believing in the continual
occurrence of spontaneous generation
such as he claims to have demon
strated. The majority Of evolution-
lists, he points out, assume that the
natural origin of living matter has
taken place only once in the far past.
Or if repeated in time past that, at
any rate, it no longer occurs. But
this is to look upon the process as a
sort of miracle, and to assume a
break in the continuity of evolution,
which all evoIutionists are anxious to
avoid
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03

Few things are more worthy of care
ful attention than the proper mating
Of poultry. If one, for instance. has a
flock OF common hens, it is possible,
by placing them with a thoroughbred
male and securing a new cockerel of
the same breed each year. to change
In three years. time all the common
blood to that which is pure and thus
have flock of pure bred of the male
variety. The way to bring it about is
to select, according to the egg-record,
the best twO-year-old hens one has and
then purchase thoroughbred rooster.
nine or ten months old, of such breed
as he desires. The chief point in doing
this is to keep in mind that the weak
characteristics in the females should
be the strongest in the males. The
next year the most promising pullets
from this mating in shape. color and
other points, should be selected and
placed with another cockerel as be-
fore. The pullets then obtained will
be likely to grow fast, feather rapidly
and mature early. Accordingly. they
should be mated, not to a young rooster
but to thoroughbred cock two years
old Of the same breed, though not from
the same breeder as the others were
purchased. Any reliable breeder who
understands his business can furnish
the right kind of a bird If the would
be buyer will only write him, designat-
ing the shape, color and general charac-
teristics of his pullets. The results of
this mating should be a lot of very
fine poultry, including valuable cock
erels, all Of which will find ready
market anywhere at good prices. Thus
BY selecting the nearest standard pull
lets in color, shape and characteristics,
one may carry the grading up still
further year BY year and ultimately
have the finest birds that it is possible
to breed. The Epitomist.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Poultry Notes.

The best breeds will not be profitable
if they are mismanaged.
The smaller the poultry quarters the
cleaner they must be kept.
Provide nests where they are handy
for hens and handy to gather eggf
from.
Poultry is the cheapest and most eco
nomical and best meat raised On the
farm.
Are you giving your poultry the at
tention you give the other stock or just
allowing it to shift for itself?
Coarse food promotes digestion and
helps to keep the fowls in a healthy
condition. Feed as much Of it as pos
sible.
Do not simply throw the water out
of the drinking vessels and put in
fresh water, but wash the vessel thor
oughly every time you change the
water.
We suspect that In good many
cases where the egg yield fails to come
though all due attention is said to ba
given the poultry, the fault is due to in
regular care.
If market poultry is chiefly desired
begin by killing off all the two-year
old birds. Discard, also, all the late
Matched stock, as breeding from These
tends to decrease the size of yuo1
stock.
An experienced farmer poultryman
says that the best way to keep poultry
droppings is to put them in a barrel
and keep them slightly moist, using
dishwater or soapsuds where available
When fenced away from gardens and
flower beds fowls cause but little an.
noyance on farm. They do an i'm.
mense amount of good in the protection
of crops by the destruction of injurioui
insects, larvae and worms.
Poultry may be raised with the great,
est economy on large farms, where
there is unlimited range, and exhaust,
less supply Of insects and worms and
abundance of seeds and grains going
to waste which poultry alone can
utilize.
Where one habitually allows Other
things to interfer with his work with
his poultry, irregularities become sd
numerous that his poultry keeping is
likely to be remarkable chiefly by long
periods Of unproductiveness. and al
most constant losses.
Too often the only thing a farmer
does toward selecting breeders is to
obtain two or three big roosters, size
being their only merit. But it is more
important that they have vigorous con-
stitutions, symmetrical forms, right
color OF skin and plumage.
If the fowls the farmer has on hand
are of large size. and it is desired to
improve their laying qualities, purchase
pure bred Leghorns, white or brown
as fancy dictates-cock to mate with
pullets and cockerels to mate with,
yearling females. Or, if the size is to
be increased, Brahma blood will do the
work effectually.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Retribution.

You have been q very good boy
today. Johnny. and now you may
have the big orange on the sideboard,
which I refused you this morning
said his mother, kindly.
But Johnny only sat stir and LOOK
cd disappointed.
>.Why, what's the matter. Johpny1
Don't you want the oranee5s asked
A1s mother, Ii surprise.
mo, naa'am answered Johnny
eQuirming 81 embarrassment and
guilt, scanse re had =! J
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03

The middle-aged spread is one Of the
troubles which stares us in the face
when youth IS cruelty deserving us. Il
comes slowly; one is hardly conscious
OF It as first. Maybe some morning in
me glass you think your face is fatter;
10 month or 80 you know 1t is. and
that the hips at the back have taken ?
fresh Development Tie Queen.
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went to New York. Bee followed II
the next train, while Miss Lesiard
breathlessly awaited the crisis.
Mrs. Franklin returned rather earl
Ter than her sister had expected her.
with bright flushed face.
''Well.' said Julia breathlessly.
1--WE agreed to pay two thousand
year for it." said Mrs. Franklyn.
1.-TWO thousand!" echoed Miss Les
iardi. Il thought it was only eigh
teen hundred"
well. so 1t was, but there's anoth-
er party it seems, very anxious tc
secure the house, and"
20, mpnsense!" exclaimed Julia
that's only the professional land
lady's ruse."
20, but it's true" persisted Bee
"for I saw his hat ON the sideboard
and I caught a glimpse of his legs
walking about in the upper story tc
see if the paint was in good order on
the second floor. So said I'd give
her two thousand"
"And suppose the other party
who, I dare say, was the plumber OF
gas-fitter, or perhaps the carpenter
come to see about epairs-should Of
fer twenty-five hundred?"
He WON'T" said Bee, confidently
"The house isn't worth that"
"But / really think. Bee, darling
you'd better speak to laurence"
$50 WILL" said Bee, "this evening
He will see that his wife is some
thing more than dead letter in the
family. But / want you to go and
see the house this afternoon, Julia
The level rays of the soft April
sunset were shining into the pretty
little double drawing room of the
house ON Willard square as Bee lee
her sister exultantly into it.
Just look at those marble man
tells" she said, ''and pattern of the
cornices. And the pier glasses and
the gas fixtures go with the house.
and"
20, beg your pardon, maam, I'm
sure" said a falcon-nosed, elderly
lady, who advanced, bearing with
her smell of dyed bombazine. I'm
sorry to disappoint you, but"
"You have not let the house?"
eyes, a'am, have. A poor lone
widow like me has her own interests
to look to, and the gentleman offered
$4,000 a yer, If I'd sign the papers
at once, which," with reflective look
at her pocket handkerchief, II did,
Mrs. Franklin rose in great indig
nation, her voice rising accordingly
II really think" said she, q
should be justified in placing this
matter in the hands of the lawyers
and"
why, Bee, my darling!"
"Laurence!"
The folding doors slid back, and
Mrs. FRANKLIN found herself vis-a-vis
with her husband.
Here's the gent himself" said the
ancient female. (which he can ex
plain!"
you never have taken this house
Laurence!" almost shrieked Mrs.
FRANKLIN.
eyes, have, my dear"
"But I offered two thousand fol
it,"
"And have signed a three years
lease at twenty-five hundred" said
the husband, somewhat sheepishly.
Miss Lesiardi burst out laughing.
49," said she, .'your profound Sc
crecy has cost you just $500 per
annum."
Never mind, Bee," said Mr.. Frank
lyn, soothingly. tits a gem of a
house, anyway, and we'll be as happy
as the day is long In it. I only wish
I had confded in you about it."
"And I wi-wi--wish I hadn't been
so obstinate and hateful" whimpered
Bee.
Come" said Miss Lesiardi, "let's
make haste, or we shall lose the 7.50
way-train. New York Daily News
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03
Some Georgia Philosophy

Don't feel sociable when Misery
meets you. Give him little encour.
agement, and he'll stay all summer.
Don't worry because there's one
more river to cross. Take Courage
with you when you wade In, and Faith
for life-preserver.
The world forgets all the lessons
taught by Sorrow when Joy comes
with the banjo. Atlanta Constitn'
ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03

While 1t is admittedly the better plan
to get the manure to the fields as soon
after 1t is made as possible. the plan
has It's greatest value when the ma
nure is spread as soon as it is placed
on the soil-that is, do not put 1t in
heaps to spread at some later period,
but, If possible, load it from the stable
directly into spreader, so that as soon
as it reaches the field it can be put on
the soil, where it will leach in dur
ing the winter. The idea of carting
the manure direct to the field is to
have it improving the soil instead Of
letting a portion of its virtue. go into
the air, as is the case when it lays in
the barnyard all winter.
T
Poultry Yards and Shrubbery.
The best poultry yard for fowls
that have not free range is the one
with plenty Of shrubbery in it and
one in which grass may be sown to
allow the birds plenty Of green stuff
to eat. 1t is advisable to have two
yards, and while the birds are living
in one sow some seed in the other. 1t
is also a good plan to turn the soil in
the yards and the birds will get many
worms and insects. If there are no
trees or shrubs in the yards it is very
little trouble to plant few there. The
hens, and little chicks, especially, will
appreciate them on hot days. 1t is not
a pleasant thing for hen to be COM
PEELED to remain ont in the broiling
sun, with a flock Of little ones, trying
to keep cool. And then so many per-
sons forget to give plenty of fresh
water to their fowls in hot weather.
There is nothing that is more of a
drawback to the health and comfort
Of the birds than to be forgotten
when the days are so warm. They
get run down and their systems are
in condition to get all the diseases
that are going around.-Mirror and
Farmer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-03

That me'ted butter will not make
good cake
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
Household Hints.

Ammonia will remove orange or
lemon juice stains.
Russian leather shoes are a nov-
city in foot wear.
Some of the new hounce skirts
will be quite round.
Covers of lard pals are useful to
place under pots and pans when
the stove is too hot.
Muslin petticoats will be in
vogue this season. Those of all
material are worn very thin at the
top and fluffy round the feet.
Clean spectacles with soft tissue
paper. Washing them in equal
parts of alcohol and water will
make them very clear.
Small coats are seen in all such
forms as the bolero, pony" jacket,
loose book coat and in all possible
jaunty styles.
Dishes which have become brown
and burnt from baking in the oven
may be easily cleaned after they
have stood awhile in borax water.
Clean brass pans with vinegar
and salt before polishing. This
will remove any poisonous corrode
and make them fit for use in cook
ing.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
BRAKEMAN GETS WEALTH.
Sale of Old Land Nets Railroad Nan SAC.
900. Af:er Waiting 80 Years.


Hillsboro, Texas, June 25.-
Thirty years ago r. c. McCulloch,
then an employee OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway Company, but
now passenger brakeman on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, run
ming between Denison and Smith
vile, bought 500 acres of land near
Deer Park. Nd. 1t subsequently
developed that the land contained
a good deposit of coal and there
were numerous propositions to
purchase it. But the late Senator
German of Maryland had an in
terest in connection with the prop
erty and prevented sale. After
his death negotiations were renew
ed and yesterday Mr.. McCullocf
was notified of the sale by his
agent to Senator Steve B. Elkins
and associates of $50 acre of the
500-acre tract for the sum of $40.
900. Mr.. McCulloch retains so
acres of the. land for home.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
Quaker Reflections.

The suburban lawn is a Ia
moved.
He who would leave a pull car
merely take time by the forelock,
When a man is too hard to please
other people are apt to stop trying.
It wouldn't be any fun for a
girl to marry unless some other
girl wanted the fellow.
We always marvel at the incom
petent people who fill the jobs we
would like to have.
The smaller the dog the bigger
the bluff he makes.
The more man knows the less
he admits to knowing.
Elections and marriages are just
alike. There is nothing the can
didate will not promise before
hand.
If you are going to give both
barrels. do it like man-give
them to the victims face and not
behind his back.
A bachelor of middle age has an
agreeable way OF showing his many
good qualities.
Empty hours, empty hands,
empty companions, empty words,
empty hearts, draw in evil spirits
as a vacuum draws in air. William
Afnot.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
Pointed Paragraphs.

Learn to be patient-also when
not to be patient.
A crank is person who thinks
all other people are cranks.
Z. man always has use for at least
one more pair OF suspenders.
No man is so powerful that some
weak woman can't set her foot on
his neck.
If we could all reach the top
there would be more demand for
space at the bottom.
No man knows half as much
about women as he tries to make
them believe he knows.
Lazy T1en hump up against LOT
of adverse criticism. but they usual
ly live long and contented lives.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27

SENATOR Lodge is right in say
ing that it is the American way to
wash our dirty linen in public.
The very method Of our Govern
ment makes publicity necessary
But we should also be careful
to bring our linen out of the
wash clean. Hence the efforts of
Senator Bailey and others to pro-
vide for a drastic Government in
spection of meats as the true way
to restore public confidence aud re-
habilitate an industry that has
been injured by the nlisdeeds of a
few will receive the hearty endorse
ment of the whole people. San
Antonio Express.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27

IT seems that to be in the style
everybody and everything must be
involved in injunction proceedings
of some kind. The latest injunc-
ton suit is at Corsicana, where one
faction of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church has enjoiued the
other faction from using the church
building, pending the settlement
of existing differences.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
Opportunity.

It was time that somebody took
fall out of John J, ingalls, poem,
Opportunity. as President James
of the University of Illinois has
now done. In this age when OPP
portunities are lying around so
thick that man almost steps on
them, it seems strange that poem
beinoaning the. alleged fact that
there was but one opportunity
for each man aud that it sometimes
came when he was asleep should
have had such popularity. Take
the case of Mr.. Bryan. OPP
portunity has been chasing him
ever since he broke the news to
the startled democratic convention
of 1896 that he was on earth. AL
though he is travelling in foreign
lands to get away from it, op-
portunity still pursues him by tele-
graph, cable and wireless. There
are opportunities every day, but it
is not every man who knows them
when he sees them. Chicago
Name
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
Notice.
Afnot

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the board of
directors and the stockholders of
the Rio Grande Railroad company
will be held at the Office of the
company in the town of Browns
vile, Cameron county, Texas, on
Thursday the 18th day of July
A. D. 1906, at the hour of II
O'Clock noon, for the transaction OF
such business as may come before
the meeting. JEFF n. MILLER,
w. I. CHURCH, President.
Secretary. 6-l3-7-12
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27

A DOCTOR named Iguacio Prieto
at Mexico City, for whom is claim
ed the discovery of the typhus few
err germ, is now inoculating mon
keys in order to watch the symp-
toms as they develop. The Mex
lean government recently offered a
prize for the discovery of the germ
and another prize for the discovery
of an antidote for the same.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
If You Are a Lover

Of good bread, pies, cakes and
rolls call at Gays bakery, Sixth
and Levee streets. I also sell
Fleischmann compressed yeast,
the best in the world for bakers
or fannie use. l endeavor to sell
nothing but the best that money
and skilled labor can produce. ard
extend to the public a cordial IN
vitatiou to inspect my bakery and
methods of bread making at any
time. am here to serve you and
must have your trade. Cali or
phone No. 81. Mail orders receive
my personal attention.
T. j. CLAY.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
NOTICE.


Election Law of this state, I, H
NJ. Field, chairman of the .Repub-
iican Executive Committee of Cam
eron county. Texas. by authority
vested in me do hereby issue a call
for a county convention to be held
in the city of Brownsville, Texas,
on August 4th., 1906, at 4 O'Clock
p. N. for the purpose of eiecting
delegates to the state, all District,
Judicial. Congressional. Senatorial
and Representative conventions.
All precinct chairmen are hereby
notified to call their precinct con-
ventions on July 2Sth. 1906, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
said convention. and present their
choice for county chairman.
Take notice and elect delegates
as follows, to-wit:
Precinct No. Point Isabel, 1
Delegate; L. E. Laulom, chairman
Precinct No. 2-San Rafael, l
Delegate; L. Brulay, chairman.
Precinct No. 3-Los Nogales, 1
Delegate; c. Starck, chairman.
Precinct No. 4-Brownsville,
4th Ward l Delegate; w. F. Den
nett, chairman.
Precinct No. 5-Brownsville 3rd
Ward, / Delegate; J. w. Hoyt,
chairman.
Precinct No. Brownsville End
Ward, l Delegate; Frank Ottmann,
chairman.
Precinct No. brownsville 1st
Ward, 1 Delegate; Eluterio Lopez,
chairman.
Precinct No. Sci Carmen. l
Delegate; Damaso Cantu, chair
man.
Precinct No. o-Las Yescas, l
Delegate; Tomas Cortez, chairman.
Precinct No. 10-La Encantada,
l Delegate; J. E. Keller, chairman.
Precinct No. 11-Santa Maria,
1 Delegate; N. Longoria, chairman.
Precinct No. 12-Los Olmales,
1 Delegate; Quin Turner, chair
man.
Precinct No. 13-Laguna Larga,
1 Delegate; Claudio Leal.
Precinct No. 14-Arroyo, l Del
egate; Jesus Lopez, chairman.
Precinct No. 15-Punta del
Monte, l Delegate; J. B. Arm
strong, chairman.
Precinct No. 16-El SauZ.
Precinct No. LA PARA.
H. NJ. FIELD,
Chairman of the R. +. c.
Cameron County Texas.
Brownsville, Tex, June IS, 1906.
When you see a man looking
pretty cheerful in town it's a sign
his family is away for the summer.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27

THE San Antonio Express says:
If those sacred bulls" brought
from India really propagate a breed
OF cattle immune to fever. they
will be guarded as sacred sure
enough by the cattle raisers; so the
yarn by which the purchaser Undue
ed the simple Mohmmedan to sell
zhem was net such whopper"
after ALL
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27

IT is said the Fifty-ninth con-
gress has broken all records for the
number of words spoken during
the session. This must not be taken
20 mean more work has been &C
complished. The dog that is for
ever barking has no time to grow
a bone.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
If We Knew.

If we knew each others trials,
AS the days go by.
If we knew the stern denials.
You and /;
We would free instead of fetter,
AS we do.
We would love each other better
If we knew.
If we knew the sad hearts yearning,
For us far away;
If we knew the lessons learning
Every day,
wewould judge not then our brother,
As we do.
We could only love each other
II we knew.
Nellie Fiske Hackett.
The thing that makes a prett
lat is the face under it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
SOUTH BOUND.

Train No. leaves Sinton at $50 "a M.
Train No. 2 arrives at Kingsville at
1912 p. m.
Arrives at Harrington at 40 p. NJ.
Arrives at Brownsville at 5:4O. p III.
Train No. out of Brownsville arrives
at Corpus Christi at $50 p. IN.
Train No. ! from Corpus Christi ar
rives in Brownsville at $40 p. III.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
SAM FoRDYcE BRANCH.

Train No. D leaves Samfordyce at
$50 a m: arrives at Harrington at 1O:oO
a. m; and Brownsville at 1920 P. M
Train No. q leaves Brownsville at p;
IN: arrives at Harrington at 4:5z, ana
Samfordyce at 7:30 p. m.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-06-27
The Herald, Daily and Weekly,
is the only paper published in
Cameron county.

CoTroN picking will begin in
ten days in Nueces County, says
recent dispatch. 1t may begin
here even sooner.