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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-01-27
We Solicit the Patronage Of An

OUR FUNDS are protected in a
fre-proof vault and by the
best safes to be obtained; and are
further covered by insurance
against burglary or daylight rob-
berry. Our officers are under bond
in the best surety companies.
People who intrust their money
to bank have a right to know its
financial strength. We recognize
this right and will cheerfully fur
nish any depositor a statement of
our condition any day in the year.
Absolute safety is the best thing
we have to offer, and upon this ba-
sis your account is solicited.
-, ~
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
The Lonely Little Chap.

The boy sat cuddled so closely to
the woman in gray that everybody
was sure he belonged to her, so when
he unconsciously dug his muddy
shoes into broadcloth skirt of his
left hand neighbor she leaned over
and said:
"Pardon me, madam, will you kind
ly make your little boy square him.
self around7 He is soiling my skirt
with his muddy shoes. 80
The woman in gray blushed a lit
tie and nudged the boy away.
"My goodness" she added, "he
isn't mine
The boy squirmed uneasily. He
was such little fellow that he could
not begin to touch his feet to the
floor. so he stuck them straight in
front Of him like pegs to hang things
on. and looked at them deprecatingly.
"I'm sorry" he whispered to the
woman in gray. ~ hope it will brush
off,
The timidity Of his voice took a
short cut to the woman's heart. and
she miled upon him kindly.
"Are you going up town alone -
she asked.
"Yes. ma 'am," he said. ~ always
60 alone. Father is dead and moth
er is dead. I live with Aunt Glars
in Brooklyn, but she says Aunt An
na ought to help do something. SC
twice week she sends me to stay
with Aunt Anna. I am going there
now
"P"rr DEAR said the woman witt,
n sob. "Nou are very little bo~
10 he Knocked about in this way.
son. don't mind.' he said. "But
l Get lonesome sometimes. and when
I see anybody think I would like
:" belong 70 l scroo@e up close to hel.
;" car make believe that I am really
her little boy. That 5 how I got her
dress dirty.'
The woman in gray put her arms
around the tiny chap and Scroogcd" "
him :" close that she hurt him. and
then every other woman. who had
overheard his artless confidence start
cd to mother him.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Senator Latimer Introduces Several
Bills.--No Chance for Their Pas
sage This Session But May
Pass at the Next Session.

Washington, Dec. l4.-lf the ball
that has been set rolling by Senator
Latimer and several Of South Caro-
lima s representatives in the house in
the matter Of new public buildings.
is kept going, it looks as If every
town in the state Of any consequence
would have magnificent public build
ings in The near futnre.
When Senator Latimcr introduced
bills few days ago providing for
new buildings a, Abhcvillc. Newhcr1y.
Union. Lauren$. Gaffncy and Orange
burg, he was asked If he thought those
places would nc SO fortunate as to
sccnre appropriations in the near fn-
turc.
Not until Spartanhnrs. Rock Hill
and Georgetown were provided for
ahnni three wears ago. said the SEN
atoT. was much government money
spent on new buildings in onr state.
! then realized thai something onrhi
fo he donc t. scSnrc Coy onr pcnplc
ihcI: share q! appropriations with
vhlrl ir construct buildings. We have
!cwo, now hchcvn. thar Any other
STATE II ;hc nllOn. %: cnnrSt il Is
some rImc nntI. another DuhAC hlrlH-
ing hi, Wi. m reported hy congress-.
IN; he.1cvt IL herinnlnc ca.'Hy. l Scs
na reason why Ornn~ehp-c. Union.
LaprcnS. (7aftnev. AhhcviIit and New
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

Gov Wise in the hind leg in duel.
However, am not very clear about
this. 1t may be that Gov. Wise shot
him in the hind leg. However, 1
don I think it is important. l think
that the only thing that is really i'm
portant is that one Of them got shot
in the hind leg. 1t would have been
better and nobler and more historical
and satisfactory if both Of them had
got shot in the hind leg-but ii is of
no use for me to try to recollect his
tory, never had a historical mind.
Let it go. Whichever way it happened
l am glad Of it, and that is as much
enthusiasm as I can get up for a per.
son bearing my name. But l am for
getting the first Clemens-the one
that stands fnrthest back toward the
really original first Clemens-whicr
was Adam.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
MARK TWAIN'S EARLY LIFE.
A Sort of Mr.. Hyde. While His Broth
er Was DR.. Jekyl.

From Mark Twain's Autobiography.
in The North American Review.
Ny mother had a good deal of trou-
bic with me, but think she enjoyed
it. She had none at all with my
brother, Henry, who was two years
younger than I, and I think that the
unhroken monotony Of his goodness
and truthfulness and obedience would
have been a burden TO her but for the
relief and variety which I furnished
in the other direction. I was tonic.
I was valuable to her. I never thought
Of it before, but now I see it. never
knew Henry to do a vicious thing to-
ward me, or toward any one else-but
he frequently did righteous ones that
cost me as heavily. 1t was his duty
to report me, when I needed report
ing and neglected to do it myself, and
he was very faithful in discharging
that duty. He is "Sid' in "Tom
Sawyer' But Sid was not Henry.
Henry was very much finer and
better boy than ever Sid was.
II was Henry who called my moth
er's attention to the fact that the
thread with which she had sewed my
collar together to keep me from going
in swimming had changed color. My
mother would not have discovered it
but for that, and she was manifestly
piQued when she recognized that thar
prominent bit Of circumstantial evil
dence had escaped her sharp eye
That detail probably added detail TO
my punishment. It is human. We
generally visit our shortcomings on
somebody else when there is a posi-
bic excuse for it-but no matter. ]
took ii ont Of Henry. There is always
compensation for such as are uniustly
used. I often took il out of him
sometimes as an advance payment for
something which he hadn't yet done.
These were occasions when the oppor-
tnnity was too strong a temptation,
and / had to draw on the future. /
did not need to copy this idea from
my mother, and probably did mt.
Still, she wrought upon that principle
upon occasion.
If the incident Of the broken sugar
bowl is in "Tom Sawyer''-I don t
remember whether it is or not--that
is an example Of it. Henry never stole
sugar, He took il openly from the
bowl His mother knew he wouldn t
take spgar when she w0sn't looking,
bnt she had her doubts about me. Not
exactly doubts, either. She knew very
wsnll 4 Eoxald, One day when she was
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
The jamestown Exposition and Erin.
"The chosen leaf Of bard and chi

1he chosen leaf OF bard and chief
Old Erin 5 native Shamrock"
This dear little plant around which
cluster the memories and the hopes
of valiant race will contribute its
aid to the interest that will center in
the jamestown Ter-Centennial Ex-
position.
The late Patriot SarSfield Gilmore
was wont to boast that the best proof
that the race to which he belonged
was musical people is to be found
III the fact that the harp, that most en-
quisite Of strineed instruments. was
their emblem. The genial handmas-
ter might have pressed his argument
further by claiming for them dis
Greet taste in Botany.
! But the Shamrock, like the sons and
daughters Of Erin, has taken root in
other soil than that to which ii was
indigenous. On the Goth Of October
Of the present year gentleman of
Norfolk, on the way 10 his place Of
business. espicd q <proul Of Erin 5
plant growing along the fooiwalk. He
plUckcd it and brought ii i":, 4 news
paper office where i cause i eenu-
Inc surprise t. the R"tani>,.
Il i rea. species al ;..s three
."atcI shamrock. tMc same :.~:.uncnt
by which ;va,N;i,:. asserts. i. Pat
!:tk proved - the .Ardy;-u -: Erin
the c"H1rataliH:v will! rc"> :. Of the
Most Holy Trinity.
Tie germs clover is comm. u 10 the
wo,.!. hlt the ,hrer leateG species is
rarity and !; is quite certain that
Some ardent -" ii Erin r.a!.led the
seed IN Norfolk. WoUld it ~ unreal
S"Nah!r 70 suppose that Tom Moore
who wrote beautiful poem on the
Shamrock. from which the quotation
Al the mead Of this article is taken.
was the man who planted the seed7
1.-The poet Of ah circles and the
idol Of his own' was twice in Nor
folk during the years 10000. He
wrote some of his best poetry in that
city. particularly "a Ballad on the
Lake of the Dismal Swamp
When these visits were made the
fate of his friends, Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald and Robert Emmett was keenly
fresh in his memory. He subsequent
ly immortalized both these heroes, the
one i'll poesy, the other in biography.
1t is quite probable, therefore, that
Moore, on leaving Ireland for his
American tour, brought the seed of
the cherished plant along with hin,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

with the resolve of giving it nurture
in the free soil Of Virginia.
But however it came higher the tact
is established that in proximity to
the jamestown Exposition grounds.
4 type that blends
Three godlike friends
Love, Valor, Wit forever
Nav be found in flourishing verdancy
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

not present, Henry took sugar from.
her priced and precious old English
Sugar bowl, which was an heirloom
in the familS--and he managed to
break the bowl, 1t was the first time
had ever had a chance to tell any
thing on him, and was inexpressibly
glad. ! told him was going to tell on
him bnt he was not disturbed. When
my mother came in and saw the bowl
lying on the floor in fragments, she
mother came in and saw the bowl ly-
ing on the floor in fragments, she
was speechless for a minute. ] allow
cd that silence to work; judged it
would increase the effect I was wait
ing for her to ask: "Who did that 90
so that I canld fetch ont my news
Rnt ii was an error Of calculation.
When she got through with her sill
cnce she didn' I ask anything about
ii-she merely gave me a crack on
the skull with her thimble that I felt
all the day down to my heels Then
broke ont with my injured inno-
cence. expecting to make her very sor-
" that she had punished the wrong
one. expected her to do something
rcmorscfnl and pathetic, l told her
that l was moi the onc--it was Henry.
Rn; there was no nphcaval She said.
without emotion, Its all right. 1t
ISL I any matter. 9op deserve ii for
something Won We done that ! didn't
hnow Ahaul: and if Won havn'1 done
IL. why then Won deserve il for some
thing that you are going to do, that I
shan ( hear about.'
In those days men and boys wore
rather long cloaks in the winter time.
They were black, and were lined with
very bright and showy Scotch plaids.
One winters night when I was start
ing to church to square n crime Of
some kind committed during the week,
| hid my cloak near the gate and went
off and played with the other boys
until church was over. Then 7 return
ed home. But i'll the dark I put the
cloak on wrong side out. entered the
room. threw tho cloak ,s;3. ana ,h.,
stood the usna) examination VT
along very we'll until tho ,,n,nara+nr,
of thc chnrrb wos u,oY,;,ra,, Nv.
mother said:
! .1t must ho,n h,., ;,,,,....;,,,, >,
,.oon ,.an,,, .r.,. -,.'' .':'|'. " y.
,;,.,,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18
Brotherhood.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
God, what a world If men in street
and mart
Felt that same kinship Of the human
heart
Which makes them, in the face of
flame and flood,
Rise to the meaning of true brother
hood.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

When your neighbor begins to boast
of his honesty it's up to you to get
busy and put an extra bolt on your
back door.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

Stage carpenters make more hits
than do the high salaried stars.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

Calicoes, per yard A 1-2 and l-2c.
Ginghams, per yard :. and LIE.
Dress goods. II, 13, 10, % and up.
Cashmers, brilliantines, etc 3S to 99c.
White homespun, 6 yards for 25 cts.
Checked homespun, per I'D. 1-2 to &c.
Jeans for pants, per yd 13, 16, Is, 23c.
Other pants goods, per yd. % to 37c.
Outing, per yd. >. :. IT to 8 cents.
Flannelette, per yd. 80. 8 IL cents.
Chrockery, Glassware and Tinware at
cost.
Notions, Neckware, ETC., at cost.
We offer tobacco in lob. boxes at rs
cents and up.
Monkey and Parrot baking powder, 4
cents can.
Mendleson's Lye, cents a can, 6 for
Is cents.
CLOTHING
Boys suits, 35 cents, $1.00 $1.25
and up.
Mems suits, $500, $467, $500 and
| up.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-18

ScEINAPPS has been advertised in this
paper SO that every ci,ewer has had an
opportunity to get acquainted with the
facts and know that drugs are not used
to produce the cheering quality found in
the famous Piedmont country flue cured
tobaccos, and that SC5NAPPS is what he
ought to chew. Still there are chewers
who accept other and cheaper tobaccos
that do not give the same pleasure.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Town viii Inherit surqlar,s Estate.

After erecting a monument over the
grave of an unknown burglar supposed to
be Connecticut Billy" who was killed
at Sheldon a year ago. paying burial eX-
penses and probate court fees, the town
seems to be in a fair way to be enriched by
the sum of S63 80, which sum constitutes
the residue of his estate. The administrator
George e. Stebbins first selectman. has
just filed the report of his stewardship
for the year which has elapsed since the
unknown craftsman met his death while
in the pursuit of his calling. According to
the report the sum of $11S20 was found
on the body of the dead man, and of this
amount $63s0 still remains. The residue,
unless an heir to the estate appears, will
be held in trust by the town for II years,
the town meanwhile having the use of it,
and at the expiration of that period the
sum becomes the property of the town.
On the monument erected by the admin
istrator over the burglars grave in the
village cemetery, appears the inscription:
Unknown man shot in Jennison & CAL
lup store while burglarizing the safe on
the night of Oct. 10, 1905"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Murder Case in wInehendon. Mass.

Mrs. Edwin Wood was preparing supper
for several guests at her home in Win
chendon. Mass. Thursday evening when
one of the visitors spoke of n strange
noise which she heard outside, Mrs. Wood
stepped TO the window to look out and a
gun was discharged at close range. She
fell to the floor with a part of her face
shot away. Her husband and Z. r.
Hayden OF Athol. agent for Springfield
firm, who were in a barn nearby, rushed
to the house and carried Mrs. Wood to a
couch, where she died in a few minutes.
A searching party was organized during
the evening and il was found that Harry
Wood, brother-in- LAW Of the dead woman.
was missing from the farmhouse where
he lived. Saturday morning he was found
at the house weak from loss of blood. as
he had slashed his throat with razor.
shotgun unloaded was found beside the
bed. The man was arrested. The evil
dence is strong against Wood The shot
found in the murdered woman's face were
of the size which he bought on the day
that he borrowed the shotgun. Wood
bought three quarts of liquor in Worces-
ter, had been drinking heavily on the day
of the murder, and says he remembers
nothing about what took place at that
time.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
state Owned Railroads.

1T is a curious fact that while Mr.
Bryan was travelling in the South and
talking about government ownership OF
railroads. he should at one time in the
course of his journey be riding on a
railroad that belongs to the state OF
North Carolina, although this road is
operated by the Southern railroad, &c
which it is leased
North Carolina built and owns the road
between Goldsboro and Charlotte and be-
tween Goldsboro and Morehead City. The
lines comprise about $50 miles of rail-
road. The dividends are more thar
enough to pay all the interest on the en-
ire debt of the state, and the market
value of the stock is more than sufficient
to pay off the state debt.
North Carolina, however, is not the
only southern state that owns railroads
Georgia owns the Western & Atlantic
railroad, which runs from Atlanta &c
Chattanooga, 1877 miles The property Is
estimated TO be worth about 1000 900
and was leased for 25 years by the Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad
Georgia receives yearly over 100000 as
rental for the road.--[Boston Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
Our Modern Navy.

The naval review i'm the waters OF Long
Island sound suggests the thought that
the United States is great world power
today not because Spain was overwhelmed
in the war Of 1898 and Porto Rico and
the Philippines became American pos
sessions, but because the policy of naval
expansion, inaugurated less than % years
ago, has been pursued steadily until we
can assemble as a pageant a fleet of IL
powerful battleships four armored cruis-
ers of the first class four coast defence
monitors, four protected cruisers, six
destroyers. six torpedo boats, four sub
marines, and five auxiliary vessels. carry
ing 117S guns and a complement Of 16,047
officers and men, and still have in re-
serve and building more than twice as
many battleships. cruisers and other eff
fective fighting vessels.
This great establishment has grown up
from insignificant beginnings; indeed,
from nothing. In his report in 1881 Sec
rotary of the Navy William H. Hunt
had no navy worthy the name. with
not one modern high powered cannon in
the navy" he said, land with only 81
guns worth retaining, the Importance of
action for the procurement of naval
ordnance seems apparent IL the navy is
longer to survive" 1t is true there were
81 ships on the naval list capable OF
the graduates of Annapolis, but only four
Of them had iron hulls. The others were
wooden ships, and the only first rate YES
sci, the Tennessee, boosted but ALSO tons
displacement. The armament of that day
was made up chiefly of smooth bore
muzzle leaders.
The foundat ion of modern navy was
laid in 1882. when an advisory board rec
commended that 20 steel hulled vessels be
built at the rate of seven a year. The
small cruisers Atlanta, Boston and
Chicago were the first achievements in
this line. Their eight-inch and ten-inch
guns were constructed of forgings bought
in England and assembled at home foun-
dries. 1t was later that the naval gun
factory was established at the Wash
ington navy yard and the army gun fac
tory at the Watervliet arsenal. Until 1881
no rapid fire guns or revolving cannon
were made in this country and we did
not make our own armor for ships unit
Secretary Whitney in 1886 secured ar
appropriation for the purpose and invited
| contracts from American firms.
When the war with Spain was de-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
sAxroNs River.

ID. ]. Bemis was in Claremont Tuesday.
Mrs. George Shine Of Townsnend visited
In town Saturday.
Walter Ross has been working for the
Vermont Fruit company.
Mrs. Lula Rawson is working for Mrs.
VIII Cook in Bellows Falls.
Mrs Hattie Jones, who was badly hurt
some time ago, is able to sit up.
A ten-cent supper was served at the
Congregational church Wednesday even
ing.
Mrs. Susan Lawrence of Townsnend
visited her sister, Mrs. Hattie Jones, re-
Gently.
Jonathan Auty Of Lawrence, Mass.
visited at c. Norris Smiths Monday and
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Jones and son,
Guy. visited Mr.. Jones's mother Saturday
and Sunday.
Fred Dwinnell went Sunday to the home
of Mr. Chase I'm Westminster, where he
may be adopted later.
Stella and Daisy Houghton are en-
ployed some of the time in the Vermont
Fruit companys mill.
Mrs. Amsden returned to Mrs. Henry
Wiley's last week after visiting in Mas
sachusetts three weeks.
The Ideal Concert company of Hart
ford, Conn, composed OF blind musicians,
gave a concert at Odd Fellows hall Mon
day evening.
The electric railroad has changed its
ticket and express Office from Fuller &
Wright's store to Hotel Windham. This
also will be waiting place for pas
sengers.
Two teachers. Miss Eastman and Miss
Farr, will attend the teachers conven-
! ton the last of this week. There will be
no further sessions Of school in those
rooms until Tuesday.
The football game Monday afternoon
between Vermont academy and Kimball
| Union academy, resulted in victory for
| V. A. to 5. The V. A. boys celebrates
the occasion by a might shirt parade, "
and the firing of the cannon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19

clared we had acquired q few battleships
that were first class for that day, but
our rank as a naval power was still COM
paratively low The Oregon, Iowa and
Indiana were our particular priJe-the
Kentucky and Kearsarge had not been
completed; today the ships of the Oregon
type'have been ecipscd by those powerful
leviathians the Louisiana, Rhode Island,
New Jersey and Virginia. There will be
only the Iowa and Indiana Of the Spanish
war period in the battlesnip line today,
and the only four armored cruisers taking
part In the review are much superior in
fighting strength to the New York and
Brooklyn, which gave such a good ac-
count of themselves at Santiago In the
eight years since the war naval expan-
sion has virtually created a new navy;
already some of our renowned ships
which fought in Manila bay and the Car
ribbean are drifting toward the obsolete
list
In commission and under construction
we now have 26 battleships and 10 ar
mored cruisers, IL coast defence IRON
clads, a large fleet of unarmored steel
vessels, upward of 40 gunboats and nearly
go torpedo boats and submarines. OF
ships of all classes we had 5z7 at the end
of 1906 and the complement had risen to
more than $4,000 officers and men, ex-
elusive of marine corps OF more than
5000, force considerably larger than the
regular army before the Spanish war
-[New York Sun.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19
How 10 Be Happy, Though Married.

IA Chicago woman who has just cele-
brated the 6Oth anniversary of a happy
marriage gives the following advice as
the way TO do it,
IF you want to have a happy married
life," says an expert
And of course, that's what each
woman's aiming for,
Now let me pour into your ears, young
women, just a bit
OF the 60 years of wisdom I've in store
Don't think a stock of knowledge will in
crease his love for you;
OF beauty he'll get tired a little bit;
So after you have got him, If you want
to hold him fast,
Just feed him well and make him think
he's 1t
Don't try for career to make his name
a famous one,
And cause the world to stare in awed
surprise;
To advertise that you're the senior part
ner in the firm
Won't make you sweeter in your hus-
bands eyes.
Don't join the women's clubs and take
part in politics,
So men will say: Your wife, Smith,
made hit
He won't be half as happy, as contented
and as proud
AS If he gets good grub and thinks
he's II
Don't go against the grain of human
nature when it's male,
II you marry girls, to have a happy
life;
No man may be a hero, as saws hold, to
his valet,
But each man expects to be one 10 his
wife.
It isn't all your beauty and your talents
that will charm;
He won't come home soon just TO hear
your Wit;
So after you have got him. If you want
to hold him fast,
Just feed him well and make him think
he's 1T "-[Baltimore American.