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The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Tines Wonderful Chances.

Harry Lauder says that when Sir
upon his magnificent estate in Scot.
land a piece Of machinery to drive.
by means of a small stream in his
barnyard. a threshing machine, a win
moving machine. a circular saw for
splitting trees. a hay press, an oat
roller. etc. he noticed an old fellow,
who had long been about the place,
looking very attentively at all that
was going on. "Robby." said he, won
derful things people can do nowadays.
can't they" 'Ay.' said Robby; in.
deed. Sir Alexander. I'm thinking II
Solomon was alive now he'd be
thought naething o."
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
The Prolific EIy,

The fight with the fly will be stiff
one," said Sir James Crichton- Browne
in an address to the sanitary inspec
tors congress in Liverpool recently.
One fly, it has been calculated, will
lay 1000 eggs, and must, on.the snow
ball principle, leave 25,OO0,OOO de-
scendants in season. 1t is only by
systematic attacks on the breeding
places that We can hope to rout this
multitudinous disease carrier. Tuber-
cular diseases are steadily diminishing
throughout Great Britain, and We have
good reason to hope they will be alto
gether abolished in another 80 years"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
IS YEARS OF SUFFERING,
Burning, Painful Sores on Legs
Tortured Day and Night-Tried
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cuticura.

after an attack of rheumatism,
running sores broke out on my hus.
bands legs. from below the knees to
the ankles. There are no words to
tell all the discomforts and great SUI.
fering he had to endure night and day.
He Used every kind Of remedy and
three physicians treated him, one after
the other. without any good results
whatever. One day 1 ordered some
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment.
and Cuticura Resolvent. He began
to use them and in three weeks all the
sores were died up. The burning fire
stopped, and the pains became bear
able. After three months he was quite
well. 1 can prove this testimonial at
any time. Mrs. v. v. Albert, Upper
Frenchville. Me-, July 81. 1907"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

A great evolution is taking place in
France, an evolution which has been
working so slowly and SO silently that
until some six months ago scarcely
any one realized all that 1t meant.
In Anglo-Saxon countries the open
ing of fresh club for women is con-
sidered of about as much importance
as the opening of fresh newspaper
shop. There IS a certain analogy
between the two, and one merely
wonders instinctively what kind of
news will be circulated and what the
tone of the new enterprise is to be.
In England and America, where
homes are apt to become the hotels
of our numerous friends, clubs are al
most a necessity, IL only to relieve the
domestic service of the private house.
They have now, too, become a fash
ion. SO that many women pride them
selves on belonging to several clubs.
In Paris the opening Of club for
women, and, what is more, for French
women, came as a surprise and even
as a shock to very many people in
the French capital. This club for
women is unique in France. In order
to account for this fact it Is necessary
to explain something of the position of
the French woman. English and Amer
lean women are apt to consider that
their French sisters are very much
behind the times, and to look upon
them as domestic slaves because they
have hitherto had no clubs of their
own. AS a matter of fact, the French
woman actually needs such an insti-
tuition far less than her sisters of the
AnglO-Sax race. In consequence of
the extreme exclusiveness of the
French their home circle is little
known to foreigners. This exclusive
ness is not due to narrowness. as the
Anglo-Saxon SO frequently declares. 1t
is rather due to that science of 3elec-
ton in social intercourse of which the
French appear to have the secret, and
which has made the French salon
what it is. Outsiders. therefore, scarce
ly realize how great an influence the
French woman yields. She has a
realm which is entirely her own, a
realm in which she reigns supreme.
Up to the time of the war of 1870
the public service of women consist
ed chiefly in visiting the sick and in
providing the few poor people of
whom they heard with nourishment
and clothes.
During the siege of Paris and the
commune, the women of France were
needed by their country, and with one
accord mothers and daughters left
their sheltered homes and answered
their country's call.
French women have always been Ell
tremely patriotic, and in all enc
gencies have given proof of their cour-
age and devotion. For very many
years after the war there was much
to be done by the women of France,
and, the more they plunged into the
darker side of life, the more they
found to do. Some Is or is years ago
a little band of women who were all
thus working for the public welfare
decided to have an annual conference
in order to discuss the problems they
found, and help each other to solve
them. This annual conference has
now become one Of the great institu-
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Not an Up-to-Date Church.

Two colored sisters living in a su-
burban town met on the street one
day, and Sister Washington, who had
recently joined the church, was de-
scribing her experiences.
Deed Mrs. Johnsing, Use fined the
Baptist church, but I couldn't do all
the timing here, cause they had to
take me to the city church to baptize
me. You know there amt no pool.
room in the church here."-Success.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
l AM
A mother

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepare
ton for healthy maternity is
accomplished by the use OF
LYDIA PllNkAAN1'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
Union, s. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was greatly rundown in health
from q weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia E. Pinkham' Q Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health
but to my delight am q mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hal, of Bardstowh,
KY writes:
~ was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but am now aproud
mother"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibrOid tumOrs, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prOstratiOn.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee at Bottom Of Trouble.

1t takes some people long time to
find out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact is clear,
most people try to keep away from
the thing which is followed by ever
increasing detriment to the heart,
stomach and nerves.
Until two years ago was q heavy
coffee drinker," writes an Ill. stock
man. and had been all my life. am
now Sc years old.
About three years ago I began to
have nervous spells and could not
sleep nights, was bothered by indi-
gestion, bloating. and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
Il spent lots Of money doctoring-
one doctor told me I had chronic ca
tarrh of the stomach; another that I
had heart disease and was liable to
lie at any time. They all dieted me
until l was nearly starved but I
seemed to get worse instead of better.
Having heard Of the good Postum
had done for nervous people. I dis
carded coffee altogether and began to
use Postum regularly. soon got bet
.er, and now, after nearly two years,
can truthfully say / am sound and
well.
Il sleep well at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not both.
cred with Indigestion or palpitation.
weigh 80 pounds more than when l
began Postum, and am better every
way than ever was while drinking cot
fee. / can't say too much in praise Of
Postum, as am sure it saved my life !"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters A new
Sne appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine, true. and fnn Of h1naD
Interest.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
A Queer Harvest.

e was little Ethel's first visit to
church, and the sermon had for its
text, AS We sow, so shall We reap"
But on her return home she could not
remember it, and in consequence was
chided by her mother for being stupid.
A fortnight later a seamstress came
to the house to do q days work. After
watching her for awhile fashion old
style garments into those that were
tn evogue. Ethel suddenly exclaimed:
% mamma, I know now what the
preacher said. It was: What you sew
In the winter you shall rip in the sum-
meP'"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

dow. was examined again and again
and treated to no avail, and kept get
ting worse. 1 have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them l have gained
in strength and flesh and have no sign
of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
The Doctors Fee.

The average man will give lawyer
$500 to $500, together with a llfetime's
praise. to keep him out of the peniten-
tiary for from two to ten years, and at
the same time he will raise a phos-
phorescent glow and kick that can
be heard around the world If a doctor
charges him $50 to 800 to keep him
out of hell for lifetime. We are the
only people under Gods ethereal tent
today who keep open shop "a hours
each day and SOS days in each year.
We are also the only laborers to keep
on working for people who do not pay
can carry my part of charity with
as good grace as most men. can
60 through rain. snow or mud and dc
my best, provided the case Is one Of
worthy need, but to reward continually
downright rascality. willful drunken.
ness and wanton laziness is getting
out of my lne.-Texas State Journal
of Medicine.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
A Difficult Task.

An old Irish labOrer walked into the
luxurious studio of a New York artist
and asked for money to obtain meal,
as he was too weak to work.
The artist gave him a quarter and
then, seeing possibilities for a sketch
In the queer old fellow, said: I'll give
you q dollar If you'll let me paint you"
Sure" said the man, Its an easy
way to make a dollar. but, but-Pm
wonderin' how I'd get it or"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
new DISTRICTS AND
new RAILWAYS
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BET.
TER CONDITIONS THAN EVER
FOR SETTLEMENT.

To the Editor = Sir:-Doubtless
many Of your readers will be pleased
to have some word from the grain
fields Of Western Canada, where such
q large number of Americans have
made their home during the past few
years. 1t is pleasing to be able to re-
port that generally the wheat yield
has been good; it will average about
20 bushels to the acre. There will
be many cases where the yield will go
IS bushels to the acre. and others
where SO bushels to the acre has
been recorded. The oat and barley
crop has been splendid. The prices
Of all grains will bring to the farmers
q magnificent return for their labors
An instance has been brought to my
notice Of a farmer In the Pincher
Creek (Southern Alberta) district
where winter wheat is grown-who
made net profit of $19.55 per acre. or
little less than the selling price of his
land. 30. 40, and so bushel yields are
recorded there. The beauty about the
lands in Western Canada is that they
are SO well adapted to grain-raising.
while the luxuriant grasses that grow
everywhere in abundance make the
best possible feed for fattening cattle
or for those used for dairying pur-
poses.
The new homestead regulations
which went into force September. 1908.
attracted thousands of new settlers. It
is now possible to secure 160 acres in
addition to the 160 acres as a free
grant. by paying $500 an acre for it.
Particulars as to how to do this and
as to the railway rates can be Sc
cured from the Canadian Government
Agents.
The development throughout West
ern Canada during the next ten years
will probably exceed that of any other
country in the worlds history" is not
the statement Of an optimistic Cana
dian from the banks of the Saskatche-
wan, but Of Mr. Leslie NJ. Shaw Of
New York. ex-Secretary of the United
States Treasury under the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt. and considered one of the ablest
6nanciers Of the United States. "Our
railway companies sold q good deal
Of their land at from three to five dol
lars an acre. and now the owners are
selling the same land at from fifty to
seventy-five dollars. and buying moro
up in Canada at from ten to fifteen"
The editor of the Monticello Qowa)
Express made trip through Western
Canada last August. and was greatly
impressed. He says: "One cannot
cross Western Canada to the noun
tains without being impressed with its
immensely Of territory and its future
prospects. Where l expected to find
frontier villages there were substan-
tally built cities and towns with every
modern convenience. 1t was former
~ supposed that the climate was too
severe for 1t to be thought of as an
agricultural country, but its wheat
raising possibilities have been amply
tested. We drew from Ontario many
Of our best farmers and most progress
sive citizens. Now the Americans are
emigrating In greater numbers to
Western Canada. Seventy-five per
cent. of the settlers in that good cOun-
try located southeast of Moose Jaw
and Regina are Americans Canada
is well pleased with them and is ready
to welcome thousands more"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Well PREPARED.

II learn" she said reproachfully,
that you were devoted to no fewer
than five girls before you finally pro
posed to me. How do know that you
didn't make desperate love to all Of
them?'
II did" he replied. promptly.
You did," she exclaimed.
Certainly" he returned. "You
don't suppose for a moment that
would be fo0lhardy enough to try for
such a prize as you are without prac
ticing q little first. do you?"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Need Of Joy in Ones Work,

Joy in ones work is the consummate
tool, without which the work may be
done indeed, but without which the
work will always be done slowly,
clumsily. and without it's finest per
fectness.-Phillips Brooks.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

With smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
tnOn
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try 1t for bOtn hot and cold starching,
and II you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost.
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

When q girl turns fellow down he
feels like . fool, but he may live to
realize that she would have made q
bigger fool of him by accepting him.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
KEPT GETTING WORSE.
Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease.
Nat Anderson, Greenwood, S. c.,
says: Kidney trouble began about

five years ago with
dull backache, which
got SO severe in time
that I could not get
around. The kid
ney secretions be-
came badly disor-
dered, and at times
there was almost a
complete stop of the
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

It Cures While You Walk
Allen q FOOt.Ease fOrcorns and buniOnS hot SVeafy
eAllous aching feet. sc all Druggists.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
d on these premises so early in the morning,

ten million. know a lovely titled
foreigner that could get If we had
only two million.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Before attempting to get what you
want find out what you want
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Lewis Single Binder - the famous
Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
MoDEsTY.

Teacher (encouragingly) - Come,
now. Willie. spell chickens.
WILHELM afraid I'm too young to
spell chickens, teacher, but you might
try me on eggs.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Knows Of a BARGAIN,

Sue-If your father had 0,000. 900
would you marry a titled foreigner?
NaudeI wouldn't wait till he got
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Stealing time from sleep is . poor
way to beat IT.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14
4 HLIMORLST LAUGHS.

The following is from the pen of
I'm. Lewis, the well known poet,
sent in just before an expected
zsoeration:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14

This leaves the publisher no al
tentative but to stop the paper
when subscription is three
months overdue, and it is therefore
imperative that all subscribers of
the HERALD look to it that their
subscription is paid in advance, so
that the paper may be sent to them
regularly. Many of onr subscrib-
ers have been in the habit of pay
ing for their subscription at the end
of the year, but under the new
postal regulations it will be neces-
sary for them to pay in advance in
the future. The new rule will
compel the publisher to cut off the
paper unless they do.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14

JUDD M. LEWIS is once more in
charge of his own particular cor
ner of the Houston Post, after pull
ing through siege of illness. The
press of Texas is glad to welcome
him back, as the many esteemed
subscribers of the Post must be.
Everybody enjoys the pretty bits
of poetry, witty sayings and catchy
odds and ends that drip from his
pen as fresh, musical and unre-
strained as the rain drops that pat
ter down from April clouds.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14
WILL HOLD MASS
MEETING THURSDAY
To Make Arrangements for Reception Of
Distinguished Deep Water Lecturer.

Thursday evening at s O'Clock
is the time set for the mass meet
ing of the citizens of Brownsville,
called for the purpose of making
arrangements for the entertainment
and reception of Hon. John S. Fox,
special director of the National
Rivers and Harbors' Congress,
who will deliver an address in this
city on April 9th. The date was
decided upon at conference of the
mayor, DIR. Frederick J. Combe.
and the secretary of the Lower Rio
Grande Commercial Club, which
was held this morning at the club
rooms.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all the residents of this city to
be present at the meeting. and the
business and professional men are
especially requested to attend.
The matter of selecting the citi-
zens' reception and arrangement
committees has been postponed TN.
til the meeting, at which time they
will be appointed. 1t is proposed
to have an arrangement committee
of six, and a reception committee
of twenty-five.
In order to accommodate the
crowd which is expected to attend
the meeting, a large number of
chairs will be procured by the Sc
cretary of the Commercial club, so
that everyone will be made COM
Portable.
1t is hoped that record break
ing attendance of citizens will re-
spond to this call, as the subject of
deep waterways is one of the ut
most commercial importance to this
city. When the inter-coastal canal
system, of which the Laguna Madre
will be part, is built, Brownsville
will be the center of a water COM
merce which will be worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. an
nually to this city.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14
Attention, Subscribers

The attention of the subscribers
of the HERALD is called to the re-
cent regulations adopted by the
Postofice Department at Washing
ton in reference to the mailing of
daily newspapers to subscribers
who are delinquent in the payment
of their subscriptions. Under the
ruling the publisher of paper is
not allowed to send his paper UNI
der secend-cl class rates TO any per
son whose subscription is three
months overdue. Should he do so
he is liable to lose The privilege of
mailing any copies of his publica-
ton under second class rates. The
regulations read as follows:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14
advance the interests of the peo-

advance the interests of the peo-
pie.
Following the example of the
mayor. number of of the alder
men of the city have agreed to
apply their salaries to public I'M
provements.
This public-spirited action OF
Corpus Christi's mayor, cannot be
commended too highly. That
progressive city is forging ahead
by leaps and bounds, and the
mayor realizes that his salary
could not be spent in better man
ner than for some of the improve
ments which have been already
planned.
His refusal to accept his legiti-
mate salary because he believes the
city needs it more than he does. IS
recommended to the earnest con-
sideration of the officials of other
cities which badly need improve
neutS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14

OH it's easy to laugh (accordin' to Ely
When life runs along like song;
But the laugh which gets mixed with a
bad, achin' belly
Doesn't gen'rully last very long.
oh, It's easy to laugh tagain Ella Vince
ler)
when happy and healthy we feel,
BUT a "gone-wrong" appendix, when
actin as dealer
Turns up mighty few laughs in the deal
We've sat in the game with that same
pesky critter,
AM trumps was most usually tears;
Did we smile? They were smiles which
were hard-wrung and bitter,
Com panions of fortunes and fears.
81 hail to the poet, then, all hail his
nerve,
who penned the~aboye billy-doo;
Our praises ring loudly, with Sousaesque
verFe,
fadd Mortimer Lewiston you.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14

The democratic state convention
of New York was held today.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-14
CORPUS CHRLS7TS PATRIO-
7ICMA YOR.

Mayor Dan Reid of Corpus Chr
Esh has announced to the people of
zEat city that for the two year
term for which he has been elected
his salary of 500 per month be-
longs to them. Mr.. Reid does
not believe that the city is fnanci-
ally able to pay him 500 per
nnonth He says that it is too
sorely in need of improvements. Il
needs better streets, he claims, an
extension of water mains, and the
liquidation of a $l4. 900 debt which
Is eating up six per cent interest
every sos days.
The salary of the mayor of Cor
pus Christi was fixed at 500 per
zaonth, last December, but Mr..
Reid was opposed to the payment
ga salary to the mayor and tried
70 get the council to rescind its ac-
ton. The council refused, but
Ar. Reds friends insisted that he
-un for the Office. He announced,
was elected, and assumed the du-
lies of his Office today. In accor-
dance with his beliefs however, he
1as refused to permit the city to
pay him one cent for his services.
One condition only is named by
him, IN turning over his salary to
z,e people: the money must be ex-
pended for some purpose that will