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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03

The erroneous idea that all
young men must SOW a certain
amount of wild oats before settling
down to a good and useful life still
prevails in this mistaken world. 1t
is being, however, rapidly dis
proved. Just why a boy should
make a bad reputation in order to
live it down" and thus prove the
good that is in him has never been
clear to US. The young men of
today are watched by the business
element closely, and it is as much
to their credit and to their interest
to have good regulations as boys
as it is to have good regulations as
men. The young man who sows
his wild oats must harvest the
crop, while the young man who
sows no wild oats has no bad
harvest to gather AMI thus gets
the lead on his fellow who has to
lose time getting a fresh start. We
are prone to overlook a little
wildness in boys and if they stop
soon enough, will make good in
the business world. But how
much easier is it to start out with
a good reputation and add to it
rather than lose years of ones life
correcting the errors of youth.
Any young man. of today may see
at a glance the difficulty a grown
man has in living down bad
name-if he ever does it-and then
is il not folly to run the same risk
in earlier life? Teach the young
men of the present age to think, to
observe, and they will doubtless
profit more by that course than
they will by scoldiug and lecturing.
Teach them the value of a good
reputation. 1t is even more val
liable than a good education
Rio Grande News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03
AFTER THE BALL. +"
Echoes of Appreciation from Some who
Attended the EIks Dance.

Numerous words of praise for
the elegant dance given by the
Elks on Thanksgiving night have
been heard from those who were
guests on that occasion. Several
letters have been received by THE
HERALD from persons residing at
distance requesting copies of the
paper containing the report of the
event, in which the warmest praise
is expressed for the entertainment.
One of these from Kingsville says
in part:
will you kindly send me two
copies each of THE HERALD of
Thanksgiving and of Nov. %,
which contains an account of the
Elks dance, which 1 had the plea
sure of attending. 1 desire to
send them to some friends who
were likewise as fortunate as my
self. We all certainly had a dandy
time, and nothing could have been
done to have added more to our
pleasure. We were the recipients
of every courtesy and attention,
ana we all are deeply grateful. Z"
Another Kingsville correspon-
dent writes:
Our party that attended the
bali given by the
Elks at the opera house enjoyed I
themselves so much that in order /
o have something to remind them /
n years to come of their good time,
hey have requested me to write
or four copies of THE HERALD
giving description of the dance. :"
A friend at Corpus Christi also
,rders copies of the paper contain
ng the article. saying: 1t was
me of the very incest affairs we
lave over attended, and we wish
o show the report to some of our
riends here who were not so for
innate nc we -
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03


for the week ending Saturday,
November 80, 1907, are as follows:
LADIES LIST.
Aguirre 3 Modesto, Casas An
dreIla, Flores Bicente, Ford Miss
Ferol, Garcia Sra. Feliciana, Gar
cia Srita. Manuelita, Leon Sra.
Leonardo, Mediana Srita. 3alenta.
Molina Srita. Rosa, Mckinney
Miss Willie NJ, Nunez Martina,
Piedra Srita. Selestina, Ramirez
Srita. Rosa G. (2). Stocking Mrs.
J. L., Saldaha Jesusita, Tamayo
Srita. Ynes, Vasquez Srita. Damas.
Vera Srita. Virginia L.
GENTLEMEN.
Agt. So. Pac. Ry. Co. Alejos.
Juan, Byrd Jno., Bayardo Luciano,
Boned Manuel, Cramer E. D Cas-
tro Georgia F. de, Cruz Martin j.,
burst, J. S., Elizondo Pedro, Gest
tAdolph, Gutierres Jesus. Guerrero
POnciano, Heifer Jim, Heidemann
NJ, King c. NJ. Kelder Daniel,
iLedesma Tomas, Morales Agustin,
Miguel Chas.. Martinez Damaso,
MARTINEZ Elegio. Mendez Lnis,
Price Claude. Provost Sgt. Rodri-
CUES Severe, Sattsr6eld 1. N,
Saldaha Pablo. Stone w. W., Wood
Arthur F., Yzaguirre Marcelino.
Person calling for the above
aetteEs please say advertised.
J. 5. SHARPE, Postmaster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03

GOOD for Justice Topperwein Of
San Antoniol He is after the
criminal sportsmen who are shoot
sng the female deer. and having
caught an offending huntsman pro-
poses to give him the limit. The
maximum penalty for killing does
in Texas is fine of 500 and a
Jail sentence of twenty five days,
and it is little enough to punish
tie man who violates this law,
which is intended to prevent the
determination of deer in the state.
Cameron county's deputy game
wardens and other officers should
follow the San Antonio Justices
for, if reports be true,
there are frequent instances in
which does have been killed in
this county, and of hunting with
jack-lights, which is also pro-
hibited by the law.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03
Advantage Of Kindergarten.

It is singular that kindergarten
work is not taught in every school
in the land, for certainly there is
nothing of greater benefit to young
Children. How many pupils are
there who are so timid when first
started to school that it is almost
an impossibility to make them at
tend at all? They number by
hundreds. The kindergarten school
is vastly different from the first
school days, since it combines play
with a gradual leading up to stud
les. Considering the great amount
of money used for school purposes.
is it not singular that every school
does not have a department of this
kind? It is not for lack of money,
but more because of lack of inter
est III what IS so very beneficial Ii
does not seem possible. yet it is
true, that there are hundreds of
small places where absolutely moth
ing is known ofthe work outside of
a little reading matter the town
p ople get from magazines or pa
pers, which certainly does not Gov
er the entire work. If one ever
knows anything at all about the
work, it proves itself that there is
a refining influence in the dainty
little lessons and the mind is first |
taught to see what is sweet and
beautiful in nature, and by the time
studies are ushered in, timidity has
led and the little kindergarten
pupil is ready for school. From
he Women's National Daily.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03

Export manifest blanks, vendors
elm and promisory notes at THE
HERALD.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03

The sixtieth session of the con-
gress of the United States of Amer
lea opened in due form at Wash
iugton Monday. This body is some
times styled the greatest show on
earth Whether this characterize
ttion of it is correct or not, there is
no doubt that the present session
will represent a stage wherein
some of the actors will play roles
already we'll thought out, and the
play might we'll be named Presi-
dezt Making" and it will attract
infinitely wider attention than any
either show no matter how great.
While there may be something
done in the way of legislation at
<his session. it is more than prob
able that it will follow the usual
course of the session preceding a
presidential campaign and devote
most Of its time to playing to the
galleries for the purpose of infu-
~encipg the next election. This con-
gress will doubtless have much to
do with deciding whether Taft or
Foraker or someone else will get
Khe republican nomination.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03

Alexander ro7sman Scalp Specialist
has after of and discovered ABSO
Lutte remedy for this unsigltv disbursement.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03
LIST OF LETTERS.

The unca11ed for letters remain
ing in the postofice of Brownsville,
for the week ending Saturday,
November 80, 1907, are as follows:
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visiting Cards-HRRALD Priutery
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Another Lomita
Clearing Contract.

o. NJ. Wakman has just COM
pleted the contract for clearing
and grubbing five acres of his La
Lomita ranch property. These
FIVE acres produced SO cords of
wood, SIS posts and 81 railroad
ties, which. figured at market
price is equivalent to S186.
Cost of clearing and working up
timber, $3.50.
Net profit, s1o6.41.
This made each acre yield net
profit of $2r.20 over and above
cost of-clearing and grabbing and
working up timber. 1850 If.
Visiting Cards-HRRALD Printery
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"WiId Oats" Improbable.

tunate as we. - Z
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

HERALD.
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Notice.

The Board of Examiners of Cam
eron County will convene at the
County Court House at 9 O'Clock
n. m, Friday, Dec. 9th, 1907, for
she purpose of examining applicants
for teachers certificates.
E. H. Goodrich, Co. Supt.
Brownsville, Texas, Dec. 2, 1907.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-03
TUESDAY. DECEMBER ;, 1907

WHERE are the old time boys
with patches on their pants? They
are fast disappearing in the luxu-
rious 10th century. -Goliad Guard.
Perhaps their mothers have learn
ed to put on the patches so they
will not show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-19
Cat Leaps or skyscraper.

The falling of a black cat from a
window on the thirteenth floor of the
Republic Building. State and Adams
streets, shortly before 8 O'Clock this
morning. caused excitement among
early shoppers and pedestrians It
was suggested by policemen that the
cat committed suicide. Two men
were at work on scaffoIding at the
fifteenth floor. where they were wash
ing the tile front of the building. The
workmen said the cat appeared TO
lump from the window, but that IT
might have made an attempt to eaten
a bird or an insect, thereby losing its
footing on the window ledge. The
animal was so badly injured that it
had to be killed.-Chicago Post.
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FUSS ABOUT A BRIDGE.
Cloud County Farmer Objects to
Having One Moved.

The supreme court has grant
ed temporary injunction to 9.
G. Anderson of Cloud county to restrain
the county commissioners of that coun-
ty from removing a bridge across the
Republican river at Anderson's farm
This action was taken after a hear
ing in which Anderson was represented
by w. D. Vance and the county by F.
W. Sturges.
This case promises to be of unusual
interest because it involves the right
of the Legislature to enact special
legislation. BY a constitutional amend
the courts the judge of whether an act
is special legislation" or not, instead
of leaving that question to the discre-
ton of the Legislature itself In spite
of this amendment the last session of
the Legislature authorized the county
commissioners of Cloud county to re-
locate and reconstruct bridges in that
county, and pay for the same with
county bonds.
It happens that when the Republican
river went on a rampage four years ago,
it left it's old channel, and made a new
one. This left the Republican river
bridge spanning a dry river bed. The
county commissioners wanted to move
this bridge to another location, and I'M
der the special act proceeded to let a
penditure of s7,977. Anderson, whose
land was adjacent to the old bridge
to the proposed expenditure.
The people of Cloud county freely adj
init that they couldn't pass a bond
by popular vote. so they re-
sorted to the special act to get the
needed bridge
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Paid Heavily For Loan

James Carothers. a stock broker
was the only stockholder outside of
the officials who attended the annual
meeting of the Westinghouse COM
pany today.
ct would like to know" asked
Carothers of President George West
tnghouse, eff 1t cost this company
$780, 600 to float the last loan of S.
000.0o0?"
'It did not cost that much" replied
Westinghouse. 'but nearly so. This
money was secured at a period when
money was very tight
President Westin ghouse explained
that in 1904 the Westinghouse com
pany was in need of cash. The Sc
curity Investment company agreed to
purchase 5000 shares of Westing-
house stock at $50, par value $50. If
the Westinghouse company would
simultaneously purchase $4,000 600
par value of Lackawanna and Wyom-
ing bonds. with a bonus of 10000
shares of stock. valued at $50 a share
The bonds were to be given the Sc
curity company as collateral for the
loan of $4,000, 000.-PhiIadelph
Ledger.
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LISTS OF TIE KANSAS FAIRS.

/ Allen County Agricultural society;
| ust 1870.
Barton County Fair association: w.
/ p. FEEDER. secretary. Great Bend; Sep
| TENDER 1913.
Brown county-The Hiawatha Fair
association: J. d. We1tmer. secretary.
Hiawatha. September 3-6.
Butler County Fair association: ".
F. Benson. secretary. Ell Dorado: Aug
ust 1881.
tural society: c. r. Aiger. secretary.
Douglass; September 1914.
Chautauqua county, Hewins Park
and Fair association: W. M. Jones' Sec
CLAW county Fair association: Walter
Puckey, secretary. Clay Center; Sep
TENDER 3-6.
Clay county-wakedeid Agricultur-
| Wakefield: October rs.
Cloud County Fair association: w.
IL. McCarty. secretary. Concordia;
Coffey County Agricultural Fair as
ISOLATION: S. D. Weaver. secretary.
Burlington: September 9-1S.
Frank Leach, secretary. OskaIoosa.
Cow!ey county--Eastern Cowley
County fair: w. A. Bowden. secretary,
Burdens september.
Live Stock associatia7: Frank w.
Eidie. secretary, winfield: october IA.
Dickinson county -f,a1r ASSOCIATION:
H c. Wann, secretary. Abilene: Oc-
tober "a
Elk County Agricultural Fair asso-
citation: E. B. place. secretary. Gren-
ola; September 1891.
Linn County. Fair association: P. 8,
Thorne, secretary. Mound City; Oc-
tober Id
Ford County Agricultural society:
Nicholas Mayrath, secretary. Dodge
City; September At.
Franklin County Agricultural So
ciety: Carey NJ. Porter, secretary, OF
tawa: September 81.
Harvey County Agricultural society:
J. C. Mack. secretary. Newton: Sep
TENDER 24-27.
Marshall County Fair association:
r. w. Hemphill, secretary. Marys-
vile; October Ia.
Twentieth anniversary and home
coming, Goodland, Kansas, September
5-6-7 w. A. Smith secretary.
Ottawa county Minneapolis, Oct. Sill
J. E. Johnston, secretary.
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a day. old. Watch it. Care for it.
Pray Tor 1t. Good evening"
And then Mr.. Bowser built little
renee of sticks around the precious
thing and interviewed the cook
ana said in language that a red-headed
woman with mole on her chin could
not fai1 to understand:
II that hollyhock perishes through
you then make your peace with
heaven. for I shall show no mercy!"
And that hollyhock grew and grew
and grew. It seemed to realize what
Mr.. Bowser expected of it, and 1t did
its best to fulfill his anticipations. The
hot suns Jumped it. and the warm
rains made it rear it's growing head
with pride. Now and then Mrs. Bow
ser grew weary of the semidaily re-
ports of it's advancements and said:
'fYou must remember that this is
world of Disappointment. Something
may happen to that hollyhock before
the summer is over"
At such times Mr.. Bowser would
turn pale and look at her for a couple
woman, if I should come home
some evening and find that you had
uprooted that hollyhock to spite me,
it's doubtful if I could control myself.
I wouldn't try tiff l were you"
Then Mrs. Bowser and the cook be-
came alarmed. They watched against
cats and dogs and boys and tramps.
They did not dare to approach the
precious flower within ten feet. Tired
as she might be the cook would get up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-19
A THREE coRNERED AFFAIR.

morning. as Mr.. Bowser walked in it
before going to the office he shouted
in glee. He had caught sight of one
green sprout. He looked at it carefully
to see if it wasn't a stick painted green,
and then his heart was filled with de-
light. He couldn't say whether the
shoot would develon into a cornstalk or
an oak tree, but it had survived the
wreck and rewarded him for his faith
and his waiting and he was content.
Three days later the shoot looked like
an onion top. SO,
Twenty-four hours more brought such
a change. that it appeared to belong to
the asparagus family.
Then it assumed such a benign ex-
preston that it was thought to belong
to the carrot tribe.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser differed in
opinion, he paid a gardener dollar to
come in and give professional opinion.
The man came. He had a wise look on
his face. He bent over the sprout with
one eye closed. Then he walked around
1T with both eyes open. He looked at
the cats on the fences, tasted of the soil
of the garden, and finally struck an at
titude and said:
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Sea sernent Caught.

Capt Joe Belser hauled ashore at
Morris Cove Saturday night the big
gest sea serpent which was ever landed
on the Connecticut coast. 1t weighed
several hundred pounds. was nearly six
feet in diameter. and nearly 10 feet in
length. He got entangled in the seine
of Capt Belser who found the reptile
enmeshed when he pulled his net to
land The serpent thrashed around ter,
ribly, and had torn the net pretty well
to pieces before Capt. Belser. beached
him and attacked him with axes and
maIlet till the men had given him the
ouietus. Capt. Belser, who sailed Tor
years in a whaler, shouted to the corps
of sea serpent destroyers who rushed
to his assistance: Look out for ms
sword, boys, It's poison. If he hits you
with that, it's all over with you
Luckily. the monsters sword was en-
tangled so badly in the seine that ne
WIS liable uas 1t for self-defcnse.
Capt. Belser cut out the sword to pre-
serve as a souvenir. 1t Is nearly Is feet
long. The carcass was sent to soap
factory. A Yale professor, who IS at
Morris Cove told Capt. Belser that tne
serpent was stingaree.-New raven
Dispatch to New York Press.
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BowsER,s HoLLYHocK.
MIR. Bowser Loved 1t Dearly. But 1t
Had to Go.

When spring came. or when the fool
ROBINS and the manufacturers of ginger
beer thought it had, Mr.. Bowser plant
ed enough seeds in his garden to have
mace f1ve-acre lot bloom and blossom.
winter came on again and froze them
out, and~he replanted. Then came the
cold rains and the seeds were chilled
and drowned. He tried it for the third
time and the fourth. He did not let
icebergs or snow storms discourage
him. He only smiled when it rained
icicles for three days. There were times
when he could walk in his garden dry
shod, and there were other times when
he could have sailed over it in boat,
but he never swerved from his purpose.
When Mrs. Bowser begged him to give
up the idea or else turn the back yard
into an ice rink or an artificial lake
he replied:
Woman, I have set out to have
garden, and I'll have one or perish. This
winter weather can't last all summer,
and when 1T does and the flowers and
the vegetables will shoot up in way to
astonish you"
He was right. About the middle of
June the weather changed. The sun
came out warm, the people. discarded
their winter clothing, and the Bowser
garden got ready for business. One
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-19
Hunt Doves In Autos.

Automobiles are proving an import
ant factor in the hunting of doves this
season. and at daylight today score
or more of the big machines will leave
Los Angeles for the San Fernando val
lev and extensive grain fields, where
the doves are reported as being extra
thick this year AS the cnau1eur drives
where the doves congregate, the COM
Portable hunters take. one the right
and the other the left hand sides of the
car to shoot from. 1t is real lux
urious way to kill birds.-Los Angeles
Times,
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.,,,,ou ,or1nS ana peduInc qsLI

steamship Baker. from Jamaica, came
~ vesterday with a black eye and a
Ash story. The fish was of the dirigible
airship variety. Mr. Ritter was s sh aHin
1,.be, the fish, two feet LONE sailed in,
4..;Ilir,L the sailor over the right eye
and knocking him down. He recovered
swiftly and cut the throat OF the f1 Hsn
S M, The wings were cut off and
suraad on the wall of the shippers ca
~ He refused to tell how much they
Measure from tip to tip.-New York
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KANSAS CITY Live stocIz.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 19.-CATTLE-
Receipts today. 1900 head. Market steady
Native steers, s5.o0@7.1e; southern steers,
So. 2504. so; southern cows, $2O003.35; ma
tive cows and heifers, 81. 00q5. rs: stockers
and feeders, $325@5. so; bulls, 81 2563. 65
calves So 5066.00; western steers, $4,000
$50; western cows, 81 500. co.
HOGS@Receipts today, 6,000 head Mar
ket steady to sc lower. Heavy. So. S0d6.00;
packers, $5.90d6.10; pigs and light, $500
96.15.
SHEEP-Receirts today. 5000 head.
Market steady. Muttons. $5.c0G5.75 lambs.
Sc 506D7. a5
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Chicago Live stock Market.

Chicago, Aug. Receipts to-
day, 2400O head. Market steady to strong
Beeves, "a. 3567 35; cows and heifers 81 IS
as. 40: Texas steers. So. 1915 90; poor to me-
MUM not quoted; western, 1906 so;
stockers and feeders, 81. COCA. So.
HOGS-Recefpts today about AZ, 600 head.
Market 10c lower. Light, 6.0506 As; mix
ed, IS. 65@6 Btu; heavy. s5.35@6. 15; rough.
S. 3565 65; pigs, $5.40@6.25; bulk of sales,
sHEEP-Receipts today about 1900
head Market weak Native, So 2565 go
western, So 2505.60; yearlings IS 60d6. So /;
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New York STOCKS

Wall St, New York, Aug. 19.-STOCKS-
First prices were fractionally Irregular
but the market soon developed decided
strength on the keen demand for the
prominent stocks. BY the end of ten min
utes Great Northern preferred was up 3A
points. Reading, Union Pacific, Northern
Pacific. .Amalgamated Copper, Smelling
and Lead to 212 points and St Paul, New
York Central, Anaconda and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit to ~ points.
professionals sold literally on the rise
and the market reacted in some Instances
from to III. A subsequent advance to
the highest again and another interval of
profit taking was without much effect ON
the list. New York Central. Canadian Pa
cifc and Mackay preferred gained and
Sloss Sheffield Steel 2a4
Concerted selling resulted in Union
closing and reduced the rise to a fraction
in Reading, Amalgamated Copper, Smelt-
ing and other favorites. Distillers' Secur-
tiles yielded AZ points and Northwestern
preferred s points.
Speculative interest waned considerably
and business was smaller in volumes than
for weeks. Prices eased off slowly but
the leaders retained about half of their
early advances. Chicago, ST. Paul and
Omaha declined 91a points and Interna-
tiona1 emp preferred = points
Bonds were irregular.
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That ere is not an oak tree.

THAT ere Is not an oak tree.
1T Is not a cornstalk.
ut is not fence rail.
1T is not a cucumber
TT is not sunffower
mo, my friends. 1t is none of these.
l have not made up my mind without
due elaboration n am no man to
mistake bear for possum. 1t is. sir
and missis-it is
What?" they asked in chorus.
1T is the beginning of what, if it
escapes the dangers incident to child
hood, will ultimately become a full
grown and full-blown hollyhock. Yes,
sir and missis, pledges my word as
man who has worked at the garden
and nursery business ever since he was