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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
Hotel Arrivals.

AT THE MILLER: w. W. Adams,
Santa Maria; Ed. Stubbleheld.
Iacksami lie, H.; F. T. Lyon,
Kansas City; H. E. Hixon, Kiser;
A. R. Porter and wife, Chicago;
w. B. Abney and wife. Lampasas,
Texas; H. F. Jackman. Minnea
polls, MINI; ]. A. Gibson and wife,
w. w. Patterson and wife, Pitts
burg, Kas.; R. H. Beekerleg, Fred
Durm, Mineral Point, Wis; E. NJ
Moore, Brunswick. Tenn; R. r
Parkson, T. w. Parkson, Mem
phis; Mrs. S. T. Martin. Mrs R
L. Maysack, Otis Martin, T. Brad
ley, St. Louis; w. B. Goode. Re
fugio; Walter Edison, Qleen City,
Mo Everett O Brion, Lancaster,
Mo L. NJ. c. Hill, Harrington; ]
P. Stephenson, City; J. R. Wright,
Corpus Christi; O. w. Simpson,
Houston; z H. De Lono, Omaha,
Neb.; c. H. Liter, Blackburn,
Mo; H. c. Tandy, City; r. S
Pershing, Jno. r ma, Mr.. and
Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Eartsoueh,
INA Ellis, E. Youngsberg, Miss
A. Hobb, H. Marsden. @. Rocks.
J. NJ. Perry, J. c Philips. Estevan,
Kansas; F. D. Pershing, Kansas
CITY; Mr.. and Mrs. Getchell. Val
ley City, Kans.; DR.. w. c. Wild,
Poqura, O.; Tom PatteI SCH, Ham
ilton, O.; ". l.. Eyster and Chas
Eyster, Halcombe, Ind; Geo E
Altum, Lebanon. Ind; S 7 Doc
little, Albion. Mich; w. Httinger,
Freeport. H.; ]. E. Fowler. Bay
City; w. L. Hart, Raymondville;
w. w. Sprip9ler, Napeville, III.
AT THE RIVERSIDE: DR. o. E,
Webb. J. T Yerkes. Jas. Frv, M
Severance, Hutchinson. Kas ;Roht
Taylor, St. Louis; III. K. Gotcher,
Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Saun-
ders, New York.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
Notice.

All persons are hereby notified
that l am now ready TO receive as
sessmepts or renditions OF property
for the current year.
Same must be presented to me
at my Office in the court house
within the time prescribed by law.
EzEQUIEL CAvAZOs,
Tax Assessor, Cameron Co., Texas.
Brownsville, Texas. January IS,
1908.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17

THE marriage of a Delaware
doctor to his mother-in-law ought
TO give the anti mother-inlaw
Iokers a jolt. They will doubtless
picture the M. D. as a freak,
however.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
Deafness Cannot be Cured

Brownsville. Tex. IA.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
FRIDAY. JANUARY II, 1908.
THU QUESTION OF DRAIN
AGE,

One of the most important gather
7nps ever held in the Texas coast
country is, or should be, the drain
zqe convention held this week at
Beaumont. The question of drain
aqe IS of vital interest to the en-
sire coast country, and it is none
ECO soon for the irrigationists of the
Brownsville country to begin to
consider it seriously. To insure
the best results, and to ward
AGAINST futuredisaster and ruin, 1t Is
absolutely necessary that irrigation
ard drainage should go hand in
hand. The rice men of eastern
Texas and the sugar and truck
growers Of the Western and South
ern coast counties have equal need
20 study the subject of drainage,
and TO put into practice as speedily
Is possible. such pIaus as may be
nsidered best to insure proper
drainage of irrigated land. Some
time ago The Herald called atten-
zion TO this subject, showing that
disaster and final ruin will result
from the uuintelligent use of irrlga-
zion without drainage, and urging
planters in the Brownsville country
30 pay attention to the matter in
fine. Experienced irrigationists as
zert that the best of land will be
ruined by the use of water for
irrigation unless properly drained,
while the needless waste of water,
by excessive irrigation and failure
10 collect the waste into proper
channels, will not only impoverish
the supply, causing needless loss to
canal companies and consequently
resulting in higher rates to the con-
sumner, but will also create the
most uusanitary conditions, which
will threaten the health and lives
of the planters themselves and of
their families.
All these, as well as other, phas-
es of the question are under
consideration by the convention,
and the discussion of the subject
will doubtless result in the adoption
of plans which will prevent the
continuance ofthe reckless methods
now in vogue with Texas coast
zrrigationisits almost without ex-
ception. Every land owner and
planter in this section should take
an interest in the matter and aid
che move in every way possible.
THE marriage of a Delaware
doctor to his mother-in-law ought
to give the anti mother-in-law
Iokers a jolt. They will doubtless
picture the M. D. as a freak,
however.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
For Sale.

Eleven acre farm three miles
from Brownsville. brick dwelling,
five rooms. underground cistern,
barn. all fenced, on resaca, for
81, 700. Easy terms.
w. S. DOUGHERTY.
1928 If. Abram. Hldalgo, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-17
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to whom
it may concern that F. P Foley Is
no longer connected with the San
Benito Nursery Company and in
no other capacity than as a stock
holder.
SAN BENITo LAND & WATER Co.
IL 81 Sod
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FOR RENT OR LEASE.

The we'll known Hotel Property
in the City of Brownsville, Tex,
known as The Miller Hotel. Fur
nished or unfinished. Possession
will be delivered on the 1st day of
March, 1908. Apply to
F. YTURRIA,
Brownsville. Tex. Aft.
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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
Process Of MAKING DOLLS
Important Industry Thst 10 Conducted
In the German reSsW -
Wejnsr.

Consul Will L. Lowrie Of We'll
mar furnishes the following infor-
nation concerning the different
stages by which dolls are manufac-
tured in that important German
city. He says:
Only the assembling Of the vari-
Gus parts Of the dolls, painting the
bodies, arms and legs, and sticking
on the wigs is done at the factory.
Each figure passes through about 20
hands before it reaches completion,
the raw material being taken to the
homes of the work people and then
returned to the factory. The work
is all specialized, and each time a
new process takes place in the evolu-
ton Of a doll it is done by certain
employees who are more or less ex-
perts. Bodies are made mostly of
paper, although kid is also used ex-
tensively. They are nodded at the
homes or stamped out in heavy iron
molds at factories devoted entirely
to this feature. All sizes Of dolls
are made, from a few inches in
length to more than three feet. The
hair is Angora wool from England,
which also supplies the rubber (elas-
tics), stretched to keep the arms and
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
TRAMP WITH MANICURE SET
Fas4Idleus Tastes u Wandsrsr Enough
- Secure HE Election from
Hebo's Union.

A real aristocratic tramp honored
the Twenty-fourth district police sta
ton with his presence recently,
when Joseph Gregor of Russia ap-
piled for nights lodging. Though
his clothing was sadly out Of repair,
Gregor looked as though he was not
a stranger to soap and water, and he
said he had seen better days. His
fastidious tastes were shown in the
property taken from his clothing. 1t
included manicure set, a razor, two
cakes Of toilet soap, mirror, a shaw
ing paper, a lead pencil and pad of
paper. The two last-named articles
Gregor said he employed in taking
observations of his travels through
America. He had also a 800 bill
in his possession, but it was of the
stage variety. Gregor, who is about
40 years old, has been working on
farms around Bridesburg, but he got
out Of employment and was obliged
to appeal for shelter. The police ac-
commodated him. - Philadelphia
Record.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
NEW YORK FIRE BOATS.

The new fire boats James Duane
and Thomas Willett, built for the
New York fire department, enjoy the
double distinction of being the
largest boats used for this purpose
and the first boats of this character
fitted with turbine-driven pumps.
They have deck length of 131 feet,
beam ~ feet and depth of IA feet.
On a high steel water tower aft, on
the two deck turrets and above the
pilot house, four three-inch nozzles
are mounted, from which a total of
$4,000 gallons of water per minute
can be thrown while the boat is NOV
ing at full speed. When only one
of these MOBILES is left open and the
pumps are connected in series, q
pressure Of 315 pounds at the pumps
and of $50 pounds at the nozzle
throws stream Of water Of 300 gall
Ions per minute to q height Of 300
feet and distance of over 400 feet.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
BUNDLE OF THEM.

Ostend had often said he wanted
to be surgeon when he grew up and
his mother was boasting about his
knowledge Of anatomy. "My SOL"
she exclaimed before a party of Wis
itors. "a man has how many ribs2"
Ostend looked solemn.
"Well, ma" he replied after a
pause, at just depends on the man.
Now, q man called here to-day who
had a hundred and twenty-nine rib"
"Ostend," said his mother, stern
ly, "don't fib."
"g'm not fibbing, maw."
"And you mean to say the man
had 1879 ribs ?"
"Yessum. He was an umbrella
member"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
iNcoNoolA1LE.

The surges crashed mournfully in
the darkness against the old pier.
"This blow" he said, dis one
from which, alas, + shall not recover.
Nevermore will I look upon the face
Of woman save in bitterness and sor-
row."
The young girl, profoundly moved,
said in gentle tones:
do not take my refusal 70 to
heart Mr.. Mannering Harold. There
are lots Of nice girls left, assure
you. / know one at the Surf house
who would suit you precisely. She
is pretty, amisble, clever"
"Has she got any money! he in
terrupted.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
CROWN TO HER HUSBAND.

An old-fsshioned English stone
mason is employed in a yard in
upper Hoboken to chisel tombetones.
He makes $40 3 day % against
1888 in the old country. he lost
his job recently, and there was some
protest, to which the manager re-
piled: 'He is a splendid workman,
but he is always getting us in trou-
BILE. Why, the other day party Or
dered headstone with this inscrip-
tion-'A Virtuous Woman Is a
Crown to Her Husband You see,
he wanted something for his depart
ed wife's grave. What do you sup
pose our Englishman did? The stone
being little narrow, he contracted
the sentence thus-tA Virtuous
Woman is IS to Her Husband As
we couldn't stand the five-shilling
business he had to drop him.
Y. Sun.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
Asour VEGETABLE.

1t is safe to say that it is rather a
new discovery that vegetables are en-
dowed with qualities which are
transmitted to those who feed upon
the kindly fruits of the earth. These
qualities are physical, moral and in
tellectual. If we desire to develop
the reasoning powers and to endow
the equilibrium of the mind with
calmness and concentration we must
eat potatoes, but we must at the
same time remember that overindul-
gence in that succulent root may
produce apathy and Indifference.
Carrots produce good temper and
are strongly recommended to peevish
and bilious people. French beans
the haricot vert our French friends
lead to day-dreaming and artistic
thoughts and sentiments, and no
better food for authors and journal
lists can be found.-LAdy's Pictorial.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
FEW ELoPEllENTs N nEncol
Law Against ree.vouthful Marriages
Nest Strictly Enforced In =
the Republic.

Not long since, while in San An
tonic, Tex, l stopped at hotel in
the parlors Of which occurred very
pretty and romantic wedding" said
Mr.. e. v. Turner of Memphis,
Tenn, at the Stafford.
'eThe principals were q young
Nexicap of great wealth and high
social position and a beautiful
young woman Of the same nation
atty. They had travelled over 1000
miles to get married in the United
States, for, owing to the rigid laws
Of their own land, they were not able
to wed-at home. The reason was the
brides youthfulness. She was only
II, and in Mexico, unless the fair
oas's parents and guardians agree no
priest dare join in wedlock if the
woman be under FL. IN the sister
republic they punish severely for
any infraction of this statute, and
hsnce runaway marriages are of the
most unusual occurrence. "-Balti-
more American.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
TO PACK Eaos ron wIMrGR.

Egg are expensive in winter and
though we pay high prices for
"fresh eggs" they are usually "fresh"
from cold storage. Here is method
Of packing your own:
Get fresh eggs Just laid. along
about the last of September. Take
. four-gallon earthenware jar; put
. two-inch layer of salt in the bot
tom; then stand each egg with small
end down in the salt until the bot
tom is filled. Then keep on filling
I'LL jar is full. Do not add any
more salt, for it will harden and the
eggs will break in getting them out.
The salt that is used is only for the
foundation.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
u HOW ISLANDS GET FORESTS
ssstl Of elants and Tisss Ar csrssse
Par on the Fsst q JournsyIns
Birdie.

Darwin explains how islands get
their forest growth in this manner
He took from the foot Of wood
cock a cake of dry earth in which
was . seed of the load rust. He
planted the seed, and it terminated
and lowered. Prof. Newton sent
him the leg of a partridge which
had been wounded and unable to fly.
Attached to it was 4 clod Of earth
weighing 6la ounces. He broke up
the clod and placed it under q bell
glass. No fewer than 80 plants
sprang from it. It ia the more in
teresting to know that the clod Of
earth containing this treasury was
kept three years before planting.
1t is believed in this manner seeds
Of various trees have been carried
and deposited on far-away islands
where the product has grown and in
creased.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
HAD HIS TRIP ALL LAID OUT
Enjoyment Of susInsss Man seemed
to Center Around His Return
to America.

"The average American business
man does not care very much for a
trip to Europe. II. he will consent
to take a few minutes away from
business he usually prefers to get
into the woods, where he can knock
around in old clothes, have few
hardships, plenty of exercise and a
great deal of freedom"
Thus spake Zarathustra. Continu-
ing:
"My brother, who is president Of
large New York corporation, let his
wife prevail on him to take a brief
trip to Europe this summer. l re-
ceived letter from him, written on
the steamer going over, and he said
"I shall mail this at Plymouth,
where we touch, SO you can hear
from us promptly. From there we
shall go on to Hamburg. I do not
like this life. Too little activity.
From Hamburg we shall go through
the Alps, then to Paris, then back to
London and then, thank God, turn
our faces homeward.'
"All this before he had even
landed"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
COLD STORAGE or'Eoos.

A comparative test Of the Ameri-
can plan Of freezing eggs to preserve
them with the method Of treating
with lime has been made by seien-
tic French experimenter. The re-
migration process is pronounced
hygienically superior. At low tenn
Psrature, even when continued sew
sral months, there is no perceptible
change in the taste Or properties of
IN egg, the yolk retains its position
instead of falling to the lower end
- in lime preservation, and the only
change in appearance is q little
greater whiteness. 1t is necessary.
however, to keep the temperature
about two degrees Fahrenheit below
freezing point, with the hygrometer
~ near 70 degrees as possible.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
FINALE pHlLANTHRopIsrs.

Over thirty millions of dollars
were given by women to philanthropy
during the past year. Mrs. Russell
Sage gave more than any other one
person with the single exception of
John D. Rockefeller. While some of
her gifts are not large they mean
much to some young people. She
recently gave $2,7OO to pay the rent
of the school building Of the Pascal
institute in New York city and to
cover the expenses Of free vacation
classes for young children. To Sag
Harbor, L. l., she gave the fair
grounds to be turned into a park
especially for the children. When
the citizens proposed changing the
name of the village to Sage Harbor
she declared that the old place
should cling to its original name.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
GOT FULL WEIGHT.

"sir," says the aggrieved Gus
toner, approaching the bookseller,
81 have called to express my opinion
of your business methods"
"What is wrong?" deferentially
asked the bookseller.
81 bought set of Shakespeare
from you last year. It weighed IA
pounds. Yesterday I ordered a
duplicate set for my sons library,
and it only weighs 10 pounds and
nine ounces. I'd have you under
stand, sir, that there is a city or
dinance against short weights"
Thoroughly humbled, the book
seller made up the shortage with
seven ounces of miscellany.-Ex-
change.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
PokEp FUN At NosLEs.

William Redmond, the Irish lead
er in the British house of commons,
recently in a genial mood and in
playful allusion to the titles of no.
bility and knighthood recently con-
ferred, asked whether, "as a matter
of general convenience and in order
that honorable members might know
how to address their colleagues with
becoming respect, it could be ar
ranged that honorable gentlemen
who had Joined the titled classes
should wear rosettes for at least one
month after the conferment of the
title" No minister was bold enough
to answer.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
.rvDv,no DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

A daughter of the Montezumas is
in New York mastering the art of
domestic science. She will carry it
back with her to Mexico and at the
bidding of her government introduce
it in that country of romance and
tradition. She is Mime. Guadalupe
de Haro and is an exquisite woman
with coal-black hair, deep brown
eyes and complexion of creamy
white, who proudly says she is thor
oughly Mexican and a descendant
of the Montezumas. She has been in
New York a year and half, study
ing night and day household arts as
taught in public and private schools
and colleges. just now she is study
ing in the summer school of the Uni
versity Of New York.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
SHAKE WAS FOND OF sQUAls
Revolver Shot Probably savsd cslsny
Of Pigeons from Complete
Annihllatlon. ~

A blacksnake fully six feet long
and nearly two inches in diameter
which had been capturing young
pigeons on the rocks just above the
Birmingham station of the Panhan-
die railroad has attracted much at-
tention.
Employees at the station and
watchmen at the mouth of the
Mount Washington street car tun-
mel have seen the serpent several
times, but none has been bold
enough to attempt to capture it More
than score of pigeons have nests
on the rocks and the snake is said to
have gone down the hillside from the
grass and shrubbery to secure afro
quent meal Of the squads.
Capt. C. E. Kemp of the police
force of the Panhandle railroad was
at the station recently. The snake
was perched on rock in full view.
Capt. Kemp fred at the serpent with
his revolver. The snake fell
front the rock and rolled down the
hillside to the rocks above the tun-
mel. Four or five men climbed the
rocks, but owing to the difficult
scaling the snake could not be Sc
cured. = Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
oranh
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
GOLD MINE IN sILEsIA.

The surprising report has been re-
ceived in Berlin from Silesia that a
gold mine, apparently of consider
able richness, has just been discov-
cred at Kudowa, in the Rosenberg
district.
A workman was digging out the
foundations for new building when
he came upon thick vein of quartz.
He took cigar box full as sam
pies and had it examined by an ex-
pert in kreuzburg. The assay showed
that it contained so marks worth of
gold. The discovery has been re-
ported to the local authorities.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
OUGHT TO BE POPULAR SHIP.

s'The other night at cafe" said
the Kentucky colonel, 81 heahd a
young CURL tellin' somebody about
goin' abroad on Spanish ship. l
could heah huh talk across the room.
She said she had to beg TO- watah on
bode that ship. She said eve'y time
she asked TO watah they give huh a
new kind of wine. She said she
could had whisky, too, if she'd a
wanted it. She could had all the
whisky she wanted an mo-.
81 amt nevah been abroad, but l
want to say right heah that.if evan
do go it will be on a Spanish Ship"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
TEACHER HAS DONE WONDERS.

While Miss Helen Keller is GER
tainly a wonderful person, having
the knowledge Of the world that she
has and the remarkably good educa-
ton, still more wonderful for many
is her teacher, Mrs. Macy, who has
made such education and knowledge
possible for Miss Keller. They talk
by touching hands, and Miss Keller
takes the keenest delight in follow
ing any conversation in which Mrs.
Macy is engaged by lightly placing
her hand on ner throat.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
WAITS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED.


The list of waits who have become
famous is a long one. 1t includes
Sir Henry Stanley, Queen Catherine
the Good, Alexander Hamilton,
Rosa Bonheur, Edgar Allan Poe,
Rachel, Leonardo da Vinci, and
dates back as far as Moses. All
these were homeless children-chil-
dren who if left to their fate would
undoubtedly have drifted into evil
ways. Instead they have lived to
add glory to their names and have
contributed to the knowledge of the
world at large through the fruits Of
their genius.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
PLANTING OF a PRESIDENT.

When President Fallieres arrived
in Stockholm, after being welcomed
by King Haakon, he presented
Prince Olaf with a gift which was
received with great enthusiasm. It
was q miniature electric railway with
a model of the Care du Nord in
Paris.
The line is rs yards long, with
points, signal-boxes and bridges. The
train is complete, with dining car
and sleeping car with dolls in the
berths. The train runs ON q carpet,
with background showing Dunkirk
harbor.
During his stay at Reval the presi-
dent evened matters by presenting
the czarowitz with similar gift.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
Ms FIRST IMPRESSION.

/. PEARL shall never go walking
with an epicure again. They are
perfectly horrid.
Ruby-No poetry in their souls,
Ell?
Pearl-Not particle. I took him
up on the mountain summit and
showed him the beautiful red sunset.
Ruby-And what did he say?
Pearl-Why, the abominable man
actually said it reminded him of a
broiled lobster.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
MISSED BASEBALL PRACTICE.

Charles A. Heath, who holds one
of the American Rhodes scholar
ships, recently returned to Philadel-
phia to join the st. Louis baseball
team Of the American league. He
has put in one year at Oxford and
has two more ahead of him. Keath
said the only practice he could get at
Oxford had been with other Ameri-
can Rhodes men.