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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13
10 "ArriNe

Nine. Calve in an interview that
she accorded to a young woman
journalist imputed her success to
hard work.
''There are many good voices, .
she said, shat the world will never
hear because their owners are too
indolent to develop them.
at is like the story of tie farm
er. Looking up from his paper, the
farmer said vehemently to his wife
one night:
DO you know what I'd have
done if had been Napoleon?
Yes the woman answered
you'd have settled down IN Corsica
bnd spent your life grumbling about
bad luck and hard times /"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13
CONDENSED STORIES.
Letter Pleased uncle Jerry Rusk, but
Il Wasn't Posted.

DR.. Wiley, the expert chemist
who has been very much IN the
limelight ever since the pure focd
agitation began, has been connect
edTith the agricultural department
for good many years. This story
Of DR.. Wiley was related at the cap
itol by one of his friends:
Uncle Jerry Rusk of Wisconsin
had just been installed as secretary
of agriculture at the opening Of the
Harrison administration, so the
story runs. DR.. Wiley brought a
letter to him to sign that he had
written in answer to a very inlperti-
nent correspondent. DR.. Wiley's
reply was humorously sarcastic. 1t
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

SRLDoM has the birth of a baby
been greeted with such great ac-
claim as that which hailed the birth
OF the fist born of King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria of Spain. last
Friday. The little boy who first
saw the light in old Madrid that
dag IS destined, should he live, to
wear one of the oldest and proud
st crowns of Europe.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13
Gulf Coast Line Nurserie:
KfngsviIIe, Texas.

Everything in trees, plants and
vines to develop horticulture in
this new semi-tropic Texas-that
is. everything of certain adapta-
bility as to sort and variety.
Almost all fruits succeed here,
but only in certain special varie-
ties or grated on special roots.
We handle these only.
Write for CataIog and Price List.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13
TEXAS LAND

Homes for miIIiOn--DO yOu want one?
Life may be struggle for you and yours.
Get a new start ID Texas. Get on the
land. The last cheap fertile farm land
in the United States Take your choice.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

THOSE planters who use too
much water, just because they can
get it, are often worse off than
those who suffer FROM drouth.
They not only drown their crops
but sometimes ruin their land by
letting the water stand on it too
long.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

Life may be struggle for you and yours
Get new start ID Texas. Get on TIL
land. The last cheap fertile farm LIANT
in the United States Take your choice
IA, 900 acres on the Rio
Grande river. Brewster
county .......-.. ...s zoo per acre
| s, GOO acres imp. ranch,
Kimbie county 2.25 per acre
! s, coo acres, valuable
ranch, imp, abundant
water, Kerr county. ESQ per acre
p 600 acres. Webb CO.,
alternate sections 800 per acre
II 600 acre ranch, nr RR.,
webb co.....-,....,. 2.75 per acre
sc, 600 acres, one of finest
ranches In Kerr county,
highly improved. $50 per acre
40, 600 acres on r. Grande,
magnificent ranch $50 per acre
3 $50 acres, partly irriga-
ted, on Llano river, fine
improvements 500 per acre
2, 214 acres on Nueces
river, McMullen co... 500 per acre
10, 600 acres on Leona
river, agricultural, open
land ...........-. 500 per acre
$4,000 acres Diminitt and
LaSa1le counties, near
Woodward land ZOO per acre
q, 500 acres near Encinal,
magnificent land $50 per acre
80, 900 acres open black
sandy, well improved, 4sSs s.
artesian water, Nc
Mullen county. -... $50 per acre
4, 200 acres Nueces val
ley, near cotu1ia 7.50per acre
16, 000 acres black, good
farm land, II miles of -
railroad, Bee county. 500 per acre
%, 600 acres chocolate
loan, on R. R., IS per
cent agricultural, La
Sale county. ........s. 500 per acre
$4,000 acres, artesian,
highly developed, rail-
road runs through it. 500 per acre
IS, 900 acres, R. R runs
through, 9S per cent
agricultural ....... 1000 per acre
A, 900 acres Nueces CO.,
black and chocolate
loan, railroad . 1000 per acre
THE ADAMS. KIRKPATRICK co.
HICKS BLDG SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

TIE little town of Rogers, Tex
as, with only three thousand pop
uIation, is bravely building wa
<erworks system. Yet Brownsville,
with between 1000 and 5000 popu-
Iatiou hesitates to undertake it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

GUATEMALA has apologized and
Mexico has withdrawn her request
Tor the extradition of Gen. Lima,
ana the war cloud that was lower
Eag over those two republics has
been dispersed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

FALFURRIAs is to have cement
mock plant, in which the owners
xiIl all be residents of that town.
Good for the enterprising people
of Falfurrias.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-13

The special session of the legis-
Ezture ended Saturday, after enact
uzg number of very important
zaws-
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15

suit is made as plainly as possible. the
beauty of it consisting in the fineEeSs
of finish. 1t is almost Il capital crime
for Il skirt to drag down into Il sagging
point in the back or to sag down at
the sides. as it is so apt to do with
circular skirts.
The figure in the center shows a suit
of biscuit chiffon cloth, the skirt laid
in fiat plaits. The natty coat is plain
with the exception Of the velvet col
lar. That being SO placed as to allow
the goods to show beyond the velvet
makes it handsome l would be
ashamed to tell how many times
have tried to make Il collar like that
without ever once succeeding SO | at
least can appreciate the style of that
collar.
Sleeves to all such coats are long and
coat shaped, with stitching as orna-
ment, although some have short cuffs.
Pockets are almost necessary to carry
out the rather masculine style, but it
use than ornament.
Hats are just what each one wants
and looks best in. Fine velvety felt is
the foundation for the hats. 1t is
nearer truth than ever to say that this
season hats are as various as the faces
of the wearers. Plumes, quilts, velvet
and satin flowers, ribbon, soft and
crisp, velvet and all sorts of large and
small fancy buckles are seen on the
hats for fall.
Party dresses are nearly all made of
soft silk, either white or some very
faint color. These have the sleeves
pulled. Shirred or made with insets of
lace. This silk is like the liberty. but
rather more sheer and fine. Tussorc
and several other thin and flexible
silks and satins are made. it would
seem, for the express purpose of af-
fording something girlish and dainty.
Certainly there are many thin and
pretty wooden goods, like voiles and
any amount of foulards, in silk and in
the pretty and inexpensive. half silk
goods. All these are pretty and girl
ish. The fashion OF tying great bows
of ribbon on the hair has about run its
course, and ribbon will be used in more
rational fashion, as sashes and bows.
OLIVE HARPER.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
yhe Press In the Arctic ReqioO.

There exist at present several jour
nails that make their appearance only
once a year. They are published with
in the confines of the north polar circle.
The Eskimo Bulletin, for example. is
edited near Cape Prince of Wales, on
Boring strait
Here, in a village inhabited by Eski-
mos, the English missionaries have eS-
tablished Il school. and as only one
steamer lands at this place and that
only once Il year, the news that it
brings is consigned to a sheet of paper
printed With the photograph. Its size
is 8 by II inches. The paper is very
thick, and only one surface is used.
This Eskimo Bulletin in subhead
claims to be the only yearly paper"
This, however, is an error, for there is
an annual sheet published in Godthaab,
Greenland. where Il small printing Of
fee was established in 1862. whence
news sheets and photographic prints
have been issued. The journal in ques-
ton is entitled "Atnagagdlintit, naliG-
ginarmik tusaruminasa ssumik' - that
all sorts of entertaining subjects" The
language is that of Greenland. a dia-
lect of the Eskimo.
There is still another periodical pub
lished in Greenland, under the name Of
"Kaladlit. '-Chicago Record-I Herald.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
How Frick Got His Start.

One day the Mellon bank in Pitts
burg was amazed to receive from an
unknown man signing himself III. c.
Prick" a letter requesting the loan of
$4,000. He had very little to offer
in the way Of security, the writer said,
but he pledged his word that If the
loan was made it should be returned
with interest.
The audacity of the request interest
ed the banks head. and he sent a
trusted agent to find out about the
man Frick. When the agent made his
report the bank decided to make the
loan.
That $4,000 was the foundation of
the colossal fortune of Henry Clay
Prick Not only did he return the
principal with interest, but the bust
ness which he subsequently gave the
Mellon bank was worth a hundred
times the amount of the original loan.
-Pittsburg Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
yIOLINIS1 MACMIlLEN.
Press Agent Lost Him In Alps, but
Found Him Later.

Recently a false report to the effect
that Francis Rea MacMillen. the young
American violinist. had been lost in
the Alps while attempting to ascend
Mont Blanc caused some anxiety to
the friends of the young man in this
country and Europe who We're not on
confidential terms with his press agent.
Happily it turned out that Mr. MacMil-
len was safe and sound, and his press
agent was greatly relieved.
The violinist is now about twenty
two years old. He was only sixteen
when he won the annual competition
on the violin at the Royal cOnserva-
tory of Belgium. He was the first
American TO win that honor.
MacMillen has made several tours
of the United States giving recitals.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
.,...~ -. .Snrt
HUNTING A BOMB.
Odd Experience Of Two Spanish Mer.
chants In Itaiy.

chants In Italy.
Anarchists are the bugbear Of the
Italian police. \ few weeks ago two
eespectahle Spanish merchants. named
Andre I.upo V Gesulfo and GuillermO
BOrr:>S Y Navarro went to Rome IN
the hope of selling Il collection of old
papai coins and Il navigation chart
by Don Gabriel ,ie Nalesca. which they
say was used by Ameiigo tcspucci on
his voyage Of discovery of America.
The SpaniardS landed at Genoa and
Cook Il train to Rome. Their principal
piece of luggage consisted of 4 heavy
Dortmanteau containing the coins and
the chart At the station of Genoa
two porters had to he requisitioned to
take the pOrtmanteau into the railway
carriage. Being of an inquisitive turn
of mind. as all Italian porterS are.
they inquired what the heavy bag
ish enough to reply cannon balls. y
which, it seems. is Il Spanish express
sion meaning Mind your own bust
ness"
Thereupon the porters ran to the Po-
lice and announced that two foreigners
were carrying bombs to Rome. An
archistsr" exclaimed the police and
started in hot pursuit. The train had
left the station, but kilograms were
sent to Rome to watch the two an
archsts and arrest them. Many po-
licemen surrounded the railway sta
ton at Rome when the train from
Genoa was due. The chief of police
decided not TO arrest the Spaniards at
once. but to watch them closely and
discover what sort of game they were
up to. The travellers were met on
their arrival by several Italian friends.
who drove them to Il hotel. A crowd
of detectives followed and mounted
guard day and night On the follow
ing day the Spaniards and the heavy
portmanteau were accompanied by an
Italian friend to the Quirinal palace,
the residence of the king. who hap
pened to be out of town. The police
were convinced that the time for ac-
ton had arrived.
They accordingly stopped the Span
iards' carriage and asked to examine
the portmanteau. which was opened
with great many precautions and. of
course. was found to contain the harm
less but heavy collection of coins
which the Spaniards were taking to
show the king Now every one in
Rome except the police is laughing
about the matter. The police still in
sist that the two Spaniards are dan
gerous anarchists and are Shadowing
them.-Chicago News
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
What's In q Name?

'The parents Of Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands had a rare taste in
Names" said man who had just got
back from summer in Connecticut,
''but while I was up in the Nutmeg
State I ran across a bunch Of cogno-
mems that had the Chicago jurists beat
to light froth.
"a man c: me into the hotel and reg
istered as Kansas n. Bill | was in
troduced to him and asked him joking
ly if his middle name was Nebraska
To my surprise. he said it was Then
he told me that his father, one of the
real old fashioned Yankees. had named
his four children for famous measures
passed in tie national congress Be
sides Kansas Nebraska Bill there was
LeCompton Constitution Bill and the
two girls Missouri Compromise Bill
and Louisiana Purchase Bill
Nov, l know this doesn't sound
like true story. but you just go up
to Bill Hill, a little beyond Old Lyme,
and hunt up X. n. Bill and ask him II
It isn't so"-New York Globe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
THE OPIUM LAMP PREPARING FOR A
SMOKE.


habitants, millions of whom smoke
the dope daily, some of the highest
officials of the Chinese governmc2;
are said to be in the clutches OF the
curse. from the officials down to tho
humblest coolies. through all grades
and conditions of people. opium s,uCk
ing is the besetting sin CT the Chinese
The government of Great Britain j.
chiefly responsible for the introduced 0I
of opium and the opium smoking h,lh:
into China. British India cUlti.utc.
very extensively the poppy .,AV"-
which supplies the poison. In oE;cr {.
make market for opium, Great Ri
ain looked over into the immense Chi
nese empire, with its teemiG- Gaiiii":i
of humanity, and began systematic
campaign of Importation. The tralt
was forced upon the Chinese. IN 1&33.H
and 1912 Great Britain Waged wan
upon China because that governments
sought to prevent British merchants
from smuggling opium into Chinese
ports A recent observer, writing from
Shanghai, says:
Opium has eaten into the morals of
China's governing and literary class,
and the result has been a corrupt gov
eminent of the first order, and the
thinking Chinese lay the blame at the
feet Of Great Britain. Japan, on the
other hand, has long prohibited opium
smoking. which is crime punishable
by ten years penal servitude, and this
Is probably one of the causes for ia
pans advancement during the past
half century. Now that China at last
realizes the evil effects of the drug
she feels a bit unkindly toward British
India, that country desiring to postpone
the prohibition Of the export of the
drug as long as possible. China feels.
however. that the home government in
England will bring such pressure to
bear that the Indian supply will soor
be cut off,
China now produces very large,
part of the opium used by her own
victims. The planting of the poppy is
to be gradually restricted until poppy
plantations in China become things of
the past.
Many thousands of persons will be
deprived of their means Of livelihood
by the closing of the dens and the re-
striction of poppy growing. The gov
eminent is to provide for many Of
these people by teaching them trades
Societies have been formed with the
purpose of assisting the unfortunates
toward other means Of livelihood.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
SOME AUTUMN FANC'ES.
Garments For Cool Weather and How
to Make Them

The new fall garments for young
misses are now on view i'll many
places. although they may not be Worn
until the middle of September. The
coats come first and are extremely
neat and we'll made, besides being be
coming to the slim young figures.
Jumper suits have not altogether gone
out. for among the new outdoor suits
we find several of the standard wool
ems made in that style. although the
undcrwaiSt is necessarily of material
less fimsy than has been worn all
summer. Some of the lingerie waists
are to he seen. but beneath them will
be Il vest either of quilted cotton or
crOcheted wool This is a little trick
of femininity that has often been play
ed, and while the wise ones are blam-
ing the women for wearing such flimSy
stuff at the risk of their very lives the
wearers have been comfortably dress
ed beneath the very waist that has
been called Il peekaboo.
In the Illustration will be seen Il suit
of this style made of heather cheviot,
with no trimming save Il binding of
braid where there are edges. The
skirt is laid in box plaits. A silvery
silk veil is now Il fad with many. and
while it is graceful as an adjunct it
also serves the purpose of keeping the
dust out Many young girls will he
admired in these soft and dainty wells.
| forget exactly what they are called,
but it is something TO show that the
delicate complexion is thus to be pre-
served
All waists of any kind of material
suitable for young girls are made very
full across the shoulders in front. some
having deep and full bcrthas. Nearly
all wrists are calculated to disguise
the Uniformed figure of the Girl and add
breadth to the shoulders and make the
waist seem smaller by contrast Time
was When this was not understood.
and the girls really deserved the cpl
tibet of gawky. All is changed now.
Nearly all skirts. particularly if
made of WOODEN are laid in folds or
plaits Side Kilt, box and even double
plaitS are seen. \ few wooden skirts
are tucked after the plaitS are laid or
before. and the effect is very good.
Where plaid is the material bias folds
are set on with good effect. Plaid is
really the best and most scrvicea be
of all dress goods. There are many
kinds of plaidS this season, most of
them being in rather neutral cOlors.
grays and drabs, with here and there
q thread of Il bright color. White and
two shades of gray or drab or fawn
make the most refined of the plaids.
These vary in size from pinhead
checks to two to four inch squares.
The plaids require very little trim
ming, as the figure is so snowy. A
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15

big corridor. now no more, which was
part of the executive Offices on the sec
ond floor of the mansion. l have nev-
er enjoyed anything so much as those
feasts and the friendly way in which
the president would press the yOun.
people not to be coy with the good
things"
Mrs. Taft is extremely fond of music
and is highly educated in that direc-
ton. For seven years she was presi-
dent of the Cincinnati Symphony as
sociation. During the Washington sea
sons she finds little time for music, but
at her summer home she declares that
she simply revels in it.
The war sccretary's wife says she is
old fashioned enough to believe that
woman is the complement of man and
that what is most feminine about her
is most attractive to man and therefore
of the greatest utility to the world.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15

tatiOn and to the growing Of the poppy
plant, from which the in furious drug Is
taken.
BY imperial decree the opium dens
throughout China must 10 closed. Al
ready in several of the larger cities the
decree has resulted in the practical ex-
tinction Of the dens, but under the
provisions of the edict nine years time
will be allowed for the gradual eXtinc-
ton OF the traffic and the habit in the
empire.
The Chinese government recognizes
the impossibility of abruptly cutting
off the entire supply of opium for
smoking purposes. Confirmed smokers.
who probably would drop dead if they
could not procure the drug, are to be
permitted to use it under restrictions.
gradually tapering off until within a
few years they must cease altogether
This is not merely moral reform
1t means. according to competent OBJ
servers. the regeneration of China.
The vast empire. with nearly half Il
billion of inhabitants, has lain slug
gish under the opium curse for more
than a century. 1t is recognized by all
students of the empire that opium
smoking is the chief agency which
prevents the awakening of China.
While the habit is most common
among the lowest classes of the in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15

Miss Braddon. the novelist who has
probably written more fiction than any
other living person, does much of her
work at night. She then writes with
great rapidity. making few corrections
She sometimes turns out 1000 or 500
words an hour.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
A Schoolmaster's Rejoinder.

\ keeE retcrt is credited to the late
DIR. Uaig-Rrown, master of Charter
house
His brother-in-law DR.. Porter, the
master of Peterhouse, another famous
English school. wrote to him inquirins
his precise meaning In a certificate
that boys character was generally"
good.
when I say generally" he replied,
Il mean nox particularly"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
MRS. WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Secretary's Wife Thinks Woman
Che Complement ot Man.

The wife Of the secretary Of war is
th} youngest looking and with Che
OK ception of Mrs. Garfield the young
est woman in the cabinet circle. Mrs
Taft was Miss helen Heron of Gin
eilhnati. Her father. John w. Heron
is Il prominent lawyer and was Nht
law partner of President Hayes. The
0rst visit of the future cabinet officer
wife o. the White House was during
Che Hayes occupancy.
One thing which stands out wildly
in my recollection of that visit Sait
Mrs. Taft recently, "@as Che night!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
.s-> >-1
China's Boycott
of Opium.
A ~

is recNniR,l 0le
world over that
one of the great
est moral reforms
evHr undertakes
is the present gov
ernmentai effort
in China O. close
the opium den :.
stop the usin. ~
opium by Che PEG
pie and pue al
and o. its imnov-