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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

Bicycle for Sale-Apply at HER
AID Office.
Furnished rooms for rent. Apply
to Mrs. T. Clearwater, St. Charles
t.
Losr-Hampan watch with buck
skin fob branded X. Reward if
returned to HERALD Office.
H,WANrED:- Two pairs larg e
Texas mules at Piper Plantation.
Write or telephone Brownsville,
Texas. ct.
The Staff of Life, Good Clean
Bread" pies and all kinds fancy
cakes TO your order to be had only
at Clay's Bakery. Phone 81.
Get your early improved Big
Boil cotton seed for planting at
SIS per 100 lbs. from Mckinney
Bros, Gregory, Texas. 12-19-1m.
The regular meeting of The
Learners will be held Thursday
afternoon at half past three
O'Clock with Mrs. Cain. Roll call:
The Great Reformers.
Wedding cakes a specially.
Prices S. to SIS. Call and inspect
my line of ornaments for fancy
cakes before ordering elsewhere.
CLAWS BAKERY. Phone 81.
The most interesting sight on
the streets of Brownsville i'll some
time were the professions of cab
page vans from the Piper place,
which were taking cabbage to the
depot for shipment yesterday and
today.
The Laredo Times reports that
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Kennedy,
who went to San Antonio recently
on their bridal tour, are now cruis
ing on the Gulf in their steam
yacht, and occasionally paying
visits to Rockport, Tarpon and
other points along the coast.
c. H. King, Houston, T. w.
Bornff, Atlanta, H., w. Lingen-
brink of St. Louis, S. P. Silver,
Mercedes. A, I. Inwood, St. Paul,
Mimi, D. H. Harris, Denver, D.
K. Newsum, San Antonio, c. J..
Pain, Santa Rita, w. R. Deneck
St Louis, S. R. Cox, Arcola, Tex
as, o. Buresh, Omaha, Neb., and
R. F. Shary, Mich, are registered
at the Miller.
Posters have been distributed adj
vertisiug the bull fight to be given
honor of the American tourists
in Matamoros, Jan. 20. The
famous Spanish matadeJ, Antonio
Grades or Jaqueta, will be the
star of the cuadrille of fighters,
and great event is promised.
Four bulls of the famous Guaname
herd will be fought to death, and
two will be held i'll reserve for use
if necessary.
Of all the things beneoth the skies
An ugly wall I do despise;
HYGIENE is of all the best,
AS it has stood for years the test.
The buck of colors tells the tale,
Of which none are so-called stale.
The newest thing in tan or rose
Which appear i'll such repose;
With mission finish, proper green
Andceiling of nile or cream, such scene.
There are others to harmonic as well.
Look them up and you can tell.
Besides the finish, so ve!vety and soft
Brings it out so far aloft;
Shows no mark of brush or lap
As others do, an ugly gap.
So to get of all the boss,
Don't forget to go to Cross.
The minstrel show which arrived
in town Sunday night and pitched
its tent on the lot next to the
Brownsville Undertaking COM
pany's establishment on Levee
street, gave a performance last
night, a large crowd being i'll at
tendance.
The weather bureau continues
to promise colder weather, but the
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15

High hopes are entertained that
much of the fiber of the cotton
stalks in the South will soon be
utilized for making paper. and
scientific students of the boil weevil
believe that if the stalks can be
thus disposed of at a profit the
weevil will do little damage to
cotton.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15
Excursion Rates.

The St. Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico Railway offers the follow
ing for the occasions named below
and under conditions named:
Inaugural Ceremonies, Austin,
Tex, January 18th. 1907. Rate,
S14.35; Date of Sale, January IA,
1907; Limit, January IS, 1907.
Retail Saddle & Harness Man
ufacturers Assn Meeting, San An
tonic, Texas, January 14-1S, 1907.
Rate, One and one-third fare;
Date of Sale, January IA, 1907;
Limit, January IS, 1907.
G. T. PORTER, General Agent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15
Sugar House Burned.

Thursday night at about o.
clock P. NJ. there occurred a de-
structive fire on the hacienda of
ST.. Jose S. Longoria which is about
one and half miles above Reynosa
on the Mexican side of the river.
The fire was caused by the over
turning of tin lamp by nephew
of Mr.. Longoria. This boy and
his brother being the only two
persons present at the time, the
flames soon passed beyond their
control
The loss was the sugar house
with all its machinery except
boiler, the warehouse where there
were stored many carga of "pilon
clio" and a grocery, all the prop
erty of Sr. Longoria and valued
at about $4,000 Mexican money
Hidalgo Advance.
A laborer who was clearing
away some rubbish from an old
clubhouse at Netherhampton, near
Salisbury, England, found seven
old spoons, each of which was stuck
OH end in the Garth. The spoons
have been cleaned, and are of
silver and gilt. They are dated
1929, and a local jeweler has
valued them at $3.50 each.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15

The other day local merchant
happened to see a farmer receiv-
ing some goods at the depot and
noticed that they came from a
Chicago mail order house. He not
iced also the goods were right in
his line and the same he had car
ried in store for years. He imme-
diately approached the farmer and
said; l could have sold you every
article you have there for less
money than you paid the Chicago
house and save you freight be-
sides. Then why in the devil
didn't you say SOP" answered the
farmer. I have taken two county
papers for a year and have never
seen a line about you selling these
goods. This mail order house
sent advertising matter to me ask
ing for my tsade and they got it.
If you have any bargains why
didn't you have them put in the
paper so we can see what they
are" Hondo Anvil Herald.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15

Many a man becomes weary from
-rying to dodge people who make
1im tired.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-15

The worst thing about a bo1e is
that it's almost impossible to in
suit him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22

and out toward the main cemetery, just
beyond the outskirts of the town.
While the enthusiasm of the people
was at it's highest there came agonizing
screams from a number of women who
were seated in family carriage at the
intersection of one of the cross streets.
The horses became frightened at the
band and the general uproar, and reared
up and bolted, nearly upsetting the car
riage, throwing its occupants to the
ground all but one, young girl of about
II years, who chung desperately to the
seat as the team dashed wildly into the
midst of the procession.
There was a wild scramble in the ranks
of the old veterans as the horses plunged
through their section of the line. They
broke ranks in the widest disorder and
jumped aside to save themselves, only
one of their number remaining in the
path of the plunging horses. That one
was Comrade Cox. They thought his
Wilderness leg" had anchored him, or
that perhaps he was too dazed to move.
But no, that wasn't it, for he threw up
his hands and grasped the brides just as
the horses were, right upon him. He was
ONCpL dlOnS ny Tie dulLudlS III IIleIE VIII
charge TO what seemed certain destruc-
ton.
A sudden hush came upon the people,
and for a moment they gazed awe-struck
at the tragedy that seemed to be impend-
ing. In another instant the cooler minds
began TO act, and several men sprang
after the runaway team, which, being
hampered in it's movements by the weight
of Clemente at the bits, had not made
much Roadway. The maddened animals
were soon overtaken and brought up
with turn. Then the people swarmed
about the trembling horses, expecting to
see a MANNED and broken man, but they
beheld Clemente still clutching the lines
and appealing to somebody to look after
the girl in the carriage, who had tainted
from fright and fallen from the seat.
When it was found that nobody was
injured a tremendous shout went up for
Clemente. He was picked up and borne
upon the shoulders of his comrades back
into line and was not permitted to march
another step that day. A platform was
extemporized and carried by a dozen vet
Grams, upon which he was borne like a
conquering hero. After the exercises at
the cemetery he rode back to town in the
carriage of his post commander, and was
the recipient Of marked attention upon
every hand. But the greatest honor to
his mind that was conferred upon him
was the set of resolutions and a badge
for life saving presented to him by his
post. and a return to full membership.
That was the turning point in Gle
,,,o1+o,S downward career and old as he
was, lie said he was going to begin life
all over again. He stuck to his guns,
and the man who thereafter absently in
yited Comrade Cox to shave something"
met with a very blunt refusal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
PHILIPPINE woMEN's CIGARS.

The "TabacO Grande," a Smoke That
Lasts n Day-Rich Cagayan Valley.
The greatest consumers OF Philippine
tobacco are the Filipinos themselves
With population of 100000, practi~
caIly all of whom, even the non-Chris
tlan tribes-are incesSant smokers, usu-
ally including women and children as
we'll as men, and with many districts
where tobacco is not raised for family
use, the consumption of tobacco must
be many times the value Of the eX-
port
In the Cagayan a most unique custom
prevails among the women, says the
Scientific American, who smoke huge
cigar, the tabaco grande, which reaches
a length Of from thirty inches to three
feet, and is several inches in diameter.
These huge cigars are smoked off and
on for a day and a half or two days.
Sometimes q tabaco grande Is sus-
pended in the middle from q rafter in
the dwelling, and all the women folk
Of the family puff in turn. The men
smoke the cigarettes or the ordinary
sized cigar.
Nine-tenths Of all the tobacco raised
In the islands, and practically all that
Is used commercially, Is produced in
the vast Cagayan valley of Central and
Northern LuzOn, region of which even
many Americans in the islands have
little f1rst-hand knowledge. The val
ley is out of the general line Of travel,
and attention was not directed to it
during the Instruction it's people were
pacificos.
Yet here is one of the most fertile
valleys IN the Philippines Perhaps 1t
is among the richest in the world. For
period of more than 40 years tobacco
has been raised on the Overfowed lands
of the valley without artificial fertiliza-
ton. 1t is the custom Of the Cagayans
to raise one crop of tobacco and one
crop of corn on the same land in one
year. In two succeeding years two
crops Of tobaccS and three crops of corn
have been produced from the same soil.
The bulk of the tobacco in the Cagay-
an Is raised like so much hay. Little
attention is given to the details of cur
ing and harvesting, which in the case
of so intricate a crop demands both
scientific and experienced treatment.
Most of the good tobacco land is the
overfiowed land, which consists mainly
Of small pockets, belts and patches,
with occasionally greater areas Of level
land lying along the bed of the Cagayan
river and It's tributaries, and which
doubtless formed the bed Of the river at
an early period
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
Brave COmrade Cox
~-~~~O~~O~

In a little Pacific coast town a few
years ago lived an old Grand Army man
who was as unique a character as ever
shouldered a gun or wore the blue. Gle
mente Cox was a living relic of our Civil
War. He might properly have been call
ed a remnant. for his hardy old frame
was not all that it had been before he
first made it a target for Confederate
guns. He said there had been enough of
him shot away to make another fair
sized soldier. And yet to see him get
around one would not think there was
much of him missing.
Sad to relate Clemente had a weak
ness which brought him into disrepute
He had an unappeasable yearning for
fiery drink. John Barley-COrn was his
master. and under his baneful power
moor CIementes life had become well
NIGH wreck. To such a pass had his
Unsuitable thirst for burning beverages
reduced him that he was oftentlmes
thrown upon the charity of friends and
the Grand Army post in which he still
claimed membership. His wife, poor
woman, was in despair over him and fear
ed that some awful end awaited him. He
of the household, and she was afraid that
would be taken from her. With tears
in her eyes she would say: I'VE were not
always so poor. When we first came to
California we were quite we'll off and
had things real nice, but Clemente took
TO drinking and got out OF work, and
things went from bad to worse, until
now we haven't enough to keep soul and
body together Clemente used to have
some self-respect and kept himself as
straight as anybody. Folks used to call
him Col. Cox but now it's old Cox
All. me. when man gets to going down
hill YOU can't stop him with barb-wire
fence"
Thus the sorrOw-laden soul would re-
lieve herself of a mite of misery and en-
list the aid Of sympathizing friends, with
out which her existence would have been
wholly devoid Of cheer.
At rare intervals Clemente would brace
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
SOME EFFECTS OF OPIUM.
One Race Stimulated, Another Stupe-
fed, by INg Use.

fed, by IS7 Use.
Comparatively few persons know
what opium really is. When they turn
to a dictionary and CLEAN therefrom
that it is the "inspissated juice of the
somniferous poppy" they are still likely
to be in the dark.
The process of obtaining it is to score
the pods at fixed intervals during a
certain period The milky liquid which
comes out soon turns to a darker hue
and thickens, and is then scraped off
and nodded into cakes, with poppy
leaves for an outside covering.
1t was ascertained from evidence af-
forded to the Indian opium commits
sion of 1896 that in some States of In
dia not a few of the natives took as
much as forty to eighty grains of opium
daily, and that consumption of forty
grains was common.
Contrary to the impression that death
results from sudden cessation of the
habit, it has been proved that when
confirmed opium eaters have been i'm
pL1OOuCu LUZ d Willie anu LDClCUJ
prived temporarily of their favorite
drug, their health has not usually suf-
fered.
The article has q varying effect on
different races and constitutions, excit-
ing some and Supplying others. 1t re-
duces the average Chinaman to a state
Of torpor If he takes it plentifully, and
not infrequently causes the Malay to
run amuck. 1t has been recorded that
the Javanese regularly, took 1t before
going to fight, so as to work themselves
up to a pitch of excitement
Most Of the drug that is imported
into England is much stronger than
what is ordinarily consumed in India
and imported into China. The stipula-
ton of the British Pharmacopeia is
that all opium used incidentally shall
yield at least 911a per cent of anhydrous
morphine.
The morphia percentage in much of
the opium prepared in India for con-
sumption there and expectation to
China Is less thar half this specific
strength. This is detail which nov
elists who are addicted to poisoning
their characters should note
1t is rather striking that opium does
not seem to be largely resorted to in
India as q means Of suicide. The evil
dence Of the largest Insurance company
was to the effect that after twenty
years experience there the company
had decided that it was not necessary
to impose any extra premium on the
lives of moderate opium users.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
MEMORIAL DAY.

SlOwly beats the drum, and softly
Sounds the bugle Ger the way;
Old ''UnrecOnstructed rebels
March in martial line to-day.
But in peace. and not for battle
Meet again the boys in gray"
Now the strains of dear old Dixie"
Through the distance proudly break,
But the hearts beneath our garlandS
Cannot at its call awake:
Once it cheered their dropping spirits,
Raised their banners trailing low,
Urged them on to fight, and win
Our own fair Southland from the foe.
Drawer hearts ne'er beat than these
That meath Mount 0livet's shadows lie
NObler men ne'er fOught-GOd bless them
Deeds like theirs can never die,
And we proudly do them honor,
And our wreaths of laurel lay
Ger the sacred dust of heroes
Martyred hosts who wore the gray.
See the gray ''Old guard advancing
With their measured, stately tread,
Toward the grass-grOwn graves of com
radeS,
Round the bivOuac of the dead.
But the ranks are growing thinner,
One by one the heads of gray
Bow before the last command
To pitch their tents across the way,
To go and join the silent forces
BivOuacked on the plains Of peace,
To meet again the long lost comrades
Death has granted full release.
All that roll of names resplendent-
Cheatham. Jackson, Forrest, Lee,
Loved commanders gone before
To join the great majority,
UnfOrgOtten voices call
And unseen hands across the way
BeckOn. and the old guard follows
Down through death, to victory.
Adele Z. Shaw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
Wisconsin
State News
LARGEST GRADUATING CLASS.

Students to the Number of SO Com
pIete Wisconsin University Course.
The graduating class of the University
of Wisconsin this year numbers SO, the
largest that has ever gone from the State
university. OF this number 313 are in
the college Of letters and science, 132 in
the college of engineering, Is in the col
lege of agriculture, SO in the college of
law, Is in the school of music, 30 in the
course in commerce and % in the course
for normal school graduates. At the fifty
fourth commencement of the university,
which will be held June 10, the follow
ing members of the graduating class will
represent the several colleges as COM
mencement orators: Miss Margaret
Frankenburger, Madison, and Horace +.
Secrist, Madison, college of letters and
science; Frank NJ. Warner, Fountain
City, college of engineering; Augustus
J. Rogers, Milwaukee, college of agricul-
ture, and Henry Hirschberg, Milwaukee,
college of law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
LUNATIo LEAPS TO DEATH.

Pioneer Resident of Fond du Lac
Jumps from, Window and Dies.
John Eyclheimer, a pioneer resident of
Fond du Lac county, who for some
months has been an inmate of the Winnie
bago county asylum in Oshkosh, jumped
from the second story window the other
night and died some time after. His
body was found the next morning. Re
Gently he Slashed his throat with razor.
He was sc years old and one of the early
settlers of Fond du Lac, having gone
there from New York in the early folties.
He was for two terms register of deeds of
Fond du Lac county and had been county
sheriff one term. For many years he was
a grain buyer. 1t is said that he has
son in Montana and a niece, Mrs. Ohm
stead, who resides in Neenah.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
SET FIRE TO CHURCH.
Sensational Attempt to Destroy Edi-
flee at NIarinette.

Sensational Attempt to Destroy Edi-
flee at NIarinette.
Incensed at attacks for alleged law
lessness and violation of the law made
by Rev. Francis A. Pease, pastor of the
Grand Methodist Episcopal church of
Marinette, it is believed that deliberate
attempt was made by unknown persons
to destroy the church. Late one after
noon a load of cord wood was dumped
into the basement of the church and two
hours later, when the janitor started
fire IN the furnace he found that the wood
had been drenched with kerosene, evident
ly by some one who had gained entrance
to the cellar by the rear door, with the
intention of later setting fire. Mr.. Pease
recently received an anonymous letter
threatening his life and destruction of
the church unless he stopped his exposure
and attacks on the wine room and saloon
violations. He paid no attention to the
letter. About two months ago his church
caught fire from some unknown cause and
it is now believed that it was of incen-
diary origin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
State News in Brief.

Fire at Coleman destroyed the hotel
owned by w J. DeQuaine. Loss about
$1,000.
While walking in the yard a sheep
attacked Mrs. Caroline LindstrOm Of
Shell Lake, throwing her to the ground.
She was badly injured. Mrs. LindstrOm
is % years old and the shock of the acct
dent may prove fatal.
Matt Trainor, an employee of the new
high school building in Madison, fell
twenty feet and may not live.
Jacob Schneider of Eau Claire, Il
years old, has not been seen since he left
Sunday morning for Sabbath school.
Three mysterious fires started in the
City Hotel property battles members Of
the La Crosse police. The loss amounts
TO $1,000.
II a game of tag at school in GAINESVILLE
Carl. the 11-year-old son of John Schooff.
was pushed down so violently that his
shoulder bone was fractured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
BROWNS WHILE FISHING.
Wood County Lad Meets Death as
Result of Odd Accident.

Result of Odd Accident.
Mrs. A. Kopza and her 14-year-old
son Frank of the town Of Sigel, went fish
ing with sad results. The boy wandered
away from his mother and after an alb
sence Of several hours the mother became
anxious. A searching party was formed
and they saw Franks fish pole in the
water just below a bridge and upon in
vestigation the dead body of her boy was
found a short distance from the pole,
with his head in the water, where the
creek was but three feet deep. The sup
position is that Frank was standing on
a log, which projects over the creek, and
in casting his line the hook caught in
the back of his coat. He evidently threw
the pole on the shore, and endeavored to
pull the hook out by reaching back of
him. In doing so it would appear that
he fell backward into the water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
REJo1CEs IN YANKEE HONESTY.

"Just-Landed" Swiss Cheesemaker
Receivers $4,000 Lost on Train.
John Kaiser, a cheesemaker, who came
to this country from Switzerland, is re-
joicing in the fact that his new country
men are honest. Kaiser had $4,000 in
currency in his pocketboOk when he left
Chicago to come to Monroe. When he
arrived he found his pocketbook was miss
ing A dispatch was sent to Conductor
Cordes of the train on which Kaiser came
to GAINESVILLE and he found the money.
Kaiser identified the book and money at
GAINESVILLE and it was turned over to him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
Had Not Been Decided.

A Missouri lawyer tells Of an assault
and battery case that was recently
tried IN a Kansas City court.
To the first witness called the pre-
siding magistrate put this question
why did you not go to the aid of the
defendant when this fight occurred?"
Because" answered the witness
with a smile, 81 didn't know which
one Of them was going to be the de-
PENDANT"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
HELD FOR AUTO CASE PERJURY.

Frank jackson of KenOsha Must An
syver for Testimony as to killing.
Frank L. Jackson member of promi-
nent Kenosha family, was held to the
Circuit Court on charge of perjury.
Jackson was one of the men in the auto
mobile with Ted Collier when William
Dreyer was run over and killed, and
the district attorney filed information
against him, alleging that he gave false
testimony in connection with the Collier
trial. Jackson waived examination and
gave bonds for $1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-22
DIVORCE MAY BE SUICIDE.

Belief Grows that Mrs. TerrilI
Drowned Herself and Children.
The belief is growing in Kenosha that
Mrs. Alfred III. Terrill, who kidnapped
her two baby daughters from their faith
er's home, did not try to escape with
them, but drowned herself and the chill
dren in Lake Michigan. Chief of Police
Hare thinks the woman escaped to Chi
cago, but Mr.. Terrill and his detectives
are certain that she never left Kenosha
and declare that she is being secreted by
friends or has drowned herself. Mrs.
Terrill threatened some months ago that
she would drown herself and the children
before she would consent to being sep
arated from them.