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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-01
LOCAL ITEMS
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Orders taken for angel food cakes.
Phone 1913. 11-4-26
For Zoe and s5e lodgings apply to
Mccain, fronting the depot. 6-27-tf
Every thing in the comb and brush
line. Putegnat's Drug Store. 12-1-tf
FOR RENT-Two offices in Puente
building. Apply to L. E. Puente.
11-26-12
Silver Spoon Whiskey at $3.50 per
quart to be sold for thirty days at
$1.O0 at T. Crixell's. 10-3O-tf
Anything in the jewelry line that
you want, from a 1Oc stick pin to a
$500 diamond at Rutledge's Jewelry
Store. 1908
) Coming, a fine assortment of per-
| fumes. The finest ever brought to
Brownsville, at Putegnat's Drug
Store. 12-1-tf
A fine assortment of Plow's Bon
bons and chocolates in Xmas pack
ages Go, 3, and ND have just been
received at st. Joseph's Drugstore. 1t
just the thing to send your friends
and relatives in the old states, Mex
lean drawn work, curios, etc., at the
Rutledge Jewelry Company. 11-9O-1S
A fine assortment of Plow's Bon
bons and chocolates in Xmas pack
ages 6, 8, and 1fb) have Just been
received at st. Joseph's Drugstore 1t
Public ReceptiOn.-The public re-
ception to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will
take place at the Opera House at
O'Clock this evening. Every invited
to attend.
Hand painted china. cut glass sill
verware. All kinds of elegant table
ware at Rutledge's JeweIry Store.
11-3O-1S
Plenty of Light. Several arc lights
are being installed in the yard of the
public school today, so that when
Bryan speaks there tonight there
will be plenty of light
PIOw's BOnbOns and chocolate can
dies in one, two and three pound
packages. st. Joseph's Drug Store
11-1-12t
Speaking Tonight.-Mr. Bryan will
speak tonight at $50 at the High |
School building. Let everybody turn !
out and hear the distinguished leader |
Of the National Democracy.
Both Edison and Victor phono-
graphs with a complete stock of rec
ords at Rutledges Jewelry Store.
11-3O-1S
In Honor OF the Bryans.-SeveraI |
of the business houses on upper Eliza /
beth street have strung in front of I
their business houses red, white and /
blue electric lights in honorof the |
coming of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
Before purchasing your Xmas gifts
visit the store of the Rutledge Jewel /
ry Company, the most complete line /
of jewelry and novelties in Southwest
Texas. 1908
Preparing Building. building
which will be occupied by the
Brownsville Bank and Trust Com
pany is now being overhauled and re-
paired. A vault is being constructed
in the rear and a new floor is now be-
ing laid.
Baggage Arrives.-The baggage of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
which arrived in Matamoros yester-
day was brought across to this side
last night. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left
the train on the Mexican side at Rey-
nosa but sent their baggage on ahead
of them to Matamoros.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-01

FOR RENT-A good nine room
brick house. Newly repaired. Two
blocks from the passenger depot. Cor
ner Levee and Tenth streets. Apply to
W. II. Mason, ST. 11-14-tf
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-01
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Gold mounted Jade stick
pin on st. L. B. & Al. train or on
streets of Brownsville, Wednesday
evening last. Liberal reward for re-
turn to j. P. Withers. Llano Grande,
Iexas. C11-2S-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
INJUSTICE TO A MOSQUITO

MATHEMATICS is called an exact science,
AvA presumably to distinguish it from sciences
that are inexact. At all events, science. which
in the general acceptation of the term is prop
erly defined as an inquiry after truth, does
undeniably make mistakes now and then.
Take for example the case of the wide
spread human ailment called malaria. Not
long ago it was discovered that the germs of
the malady were carried by certain species
of mosquito called Anopheles.-a gray. night
flying mosquito, with a remarkably deep
singing voice. 1t was proved that this insect,
by the help of the little hypodermic syringe
that it bears, inoculates people with the
microbe of malaria; and Immediately it was
assumed that all epdemics of the disease
were attributable to the marauding vocalist.
Recently, however, it has begun to dawn
upon scientific investigators that perhaps this
idea was not strictly correct; for, if it was SO,
how would it be possible to account for the
frightful epidemcs of malaria that have
broken out from time to time in parts OF the
country where there were almost no mos
quitoes. There have been such epidemics in
Central Illinois, Kansas, and elsewhere.
Investigation has shown that these great
epidemics invariably have been preceded by
an upturning of virgin soil over wide areas for
purposes of cultivation fact which leads to
the conclusion that the previously undis-
turbed earth was full of the microscopic
protozoa long ago identified as the germs of
malaria. Under such circumstances the dry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
VAGRANT THOUGHTS
MO one is too poor to be respected.
~ Desire and Duty seldom walk toge

MO one is too poor to be respected.
- Desire and Duty seldom walk together.
Sarcasm is excellent medicine for the man
that knows it all.
The man that thinks for himself is wiser than
the bookworm.
A turncoat is far more honorable than a
hypocrite.
If men had not used their eyes and ears,
books never would have been written.
We have grown old when we realize that
Youth is the diamond decade in the rosary of
our years.
Manners maketh the man" but it is well
to know whether the manners are natural or
ONLY borrowed for occasions.
If you have a skeleton in your closet, it is
wise to lock the door and throw the key in the
river.
Memory signs when we promise to forgive
and forget; for Memory knows that the mind
does not always obey the heart
They say that every cloud has silver lining
but we take notice that Innings are generally
where we can't sec them on the wrong side.
Does a star notice worm? Ask yourself
this when envious tongues speak evil OF YOU
and Them shine on
Catherine Frances CaUdndgh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
/ THREAD ALONE

All my ways / thread alone.
Though l seem to follow:
When you're on the hill of stone,
am in the hollow;
When you're in the leafy void.
l am in the meadow;
When you press the meadows mold,
/ am wrapped in shadow.
Thus we rambled through the day
Sun, or stress of weather.
And l hear the voices say,
How they wend together"
You are Daphne, modern grown;
But I'm no Apollo
All the ways thread alone.
While | seem to follow.
Henry D. Muir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
CHAMP cLARK's BOOK BUYING

CHAMP CLARK, member of Congress from
- Missouri, is man of oddities.
A fellow member, who is in the habit of
taking early morning walks, often noticed Mr..
Clark in secondhand book stores at an hour
when hard working legislators were, as rule,
still in their beds. One morning, seeing Mr..
Clark coming out of one of these stores with
several books under his arm, he stopped him
and asked the reason of these early shopping
expeditions.
Il am buying bait, sir" said Mr. Clark,
with much pompousness as if answering a
Republican on the floor of the House.
Buying bait?" repeated the puzzled
member.
Yes, sir These secondhand book stores are
good advertisers. They put out in front some
real bargains in books,-books worth having,
at a price way down below their actual
value. Anybody see they are bargains,
and the people conclude that all the books in
the store are bargains. and buy accordingly.
Now, l like to get out early and select what |
want from the bait they hang out. | pick
things over before anybody else gets here.
That's the way to buy secondhand books:
Buy the bait"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
THE CAPACITY OF A FROG

FROM The Frogs OF Ar1stophanes to "A
Frog He Would Wooing Co. from the
days of Esop to the modern romance in
There was frog lived in well,
And merry mouse in a mill, =
frogs have been renowned in song and legend.
Their hind legs are titbits for epicures, even
to giving an adjectival sobriquet to a gourmet
ish nation. Their evening chirps and chugs
herald the coming of spring; their roar Of
More Rum J" is as far echoing as the trumpet
of an elephant.
From tadpole to yellow or speckled vested
amphibia, they the clowns. acrobats,
comedians, of the puddles, brooks, ponds,
with humor in their perpetual look of surprise,
and with mouths coextensive with their cere-
bral embodiment. They are equally at home
in mud, water, air. Their bill of fare is un-
limited, their tastes omnivorous, their appe-
titles adjustable to their rubber capacity.
The tempting red flannel on the hook of the
frog angler would be leaped for with the same
celebrity and perhaps swallowed with the same
avldlty IT 1T CHANGED to be live COAL As
between the coal and two fully grown live
crawfish, five inches long, with their four
formidable lobsterlike claws which the writer
found in the stomach of large bullfrog a
short while ago, he would much prefer swal-
lowing the coal, because of its lesser after
activity.
How the frog captured and swallowed alive
such active, powerful fighting prey as craw-
fish, remains a marvel. So remarkable was
the find even to one accustomed to examining
the diet of birds, insects, reptiles, that he
wrote to Professor C. Hart Merriam, chief of
the Biological Survey at Washington, about
it. In response came the statement that
during the last twenty-five years members of
the Biological Survey have found, among
other things, in the stomachs of frogs, a full
f1edged oriole, a water thrush, meadow mice,
a garter snake twelve inches long. painted
turtles two inches in diameter, water beetles
(Belastoma themselves capturers of small fsh),
frogs of various species and sizes, minnows:
A recent writer in Forest and Stream !"
records finding swallowed chipmunk.
After such examples of voracity and capacity.
it may we'll be conjectured that the frog Of
.Esop's fable, which tried to swell himself to
the size of present OK, and failed had sue
ceeded in swallowing smaller on former
occasion, and was again hungry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
GLASS THAT WILL NOT CRACK

as well as sudden changes of temperature
is made from Brazilian quartz pebbles. The
pebbles are heated redhot and then thrown
into distilled water. The purest pieces are
next selected and welded with the oxyhydro-
gen blowpipe into long stems like knitting
needles, from which glass vessels Of any shape
can be made.
At present the quartz glass is chiefly en-
ployed for making laboratory apparatus. Into
a test tube made in this way white hot coal
can be dropped without breaking 1t. Vessels
of other forms can be heated white hot and
then plunged into cold water without cracking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
REAL LoRDLY cHAUFPEuRs

CINCE it has become usual for younger sons
automobile business it is extremely difficult
for the ordinary purchaser to distinguish be-
tween the professional chauffeur and the
aristocratic driver who occasionally exhibits a
car to a client. There are at least thirty young
Englishmen of noble families studying the
fine points of motoring and taking customers
for trial runs, with the result that some anus
ing mistakes are made.
Recently young cousin of the Duke of
Beaufort instructed by his employer to
exhibit a car to one of the London newly
rich, the wife of a retired tradesman. The
young man made himself agreeable, and when
the car returned to the big house in Belgravia,
the customer alighted and, pressing half
crown upon the chauffeur, said
There my lad! and take care not to spend
it foolishly!
The young man drove back to his employer,
son of Lord Llangattock, and Indignantly
recounted his experience.
Well, you can consider yourself Jolly
lucky" was the consoling rejoinder. The
last time saw the lady She gave me only a
shilling"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
SUMMER DIVERSION

microbes are set af1oat in the air. and. being
taken into the lungs, or swallowed with fool
or drink, find their way into the blood of the
victims. The result is the same whether they
get into the blood in this manner or through
the agency of the mosquito.
Much digging incidental to building opera
tions often starts small epidemlcs OF malaria
in cities, and it is VIGOROUSLY fact that the
workmen under such circumstances are fire.
quently attacked in squads by the malady,
The process of infection is doubtless the same
as on the prairies. Accordingly, it would ap-
pear that, though Anopheles is undeniably
guilty. there would still be plenty OF chills and
fever, even though the last mosquito was
driven off the earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
THE HAMMOCK SEASON

The hammock's coming does not mean
Love making has been rudely ended;
Not stopped, oh. no! In full swing" though
IT'S temporarily suspended.
NIXON Waterman
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17

We are still making three Post
Cards for Is cents of yourself or
friends. POST CARD DEPOT.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17
MISSOURI PYTHIANS
GATHER in ST. JOE
Hearst News Service.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, October list. Jo-
seph Pythians today completed prep
arations for what is likely to be the
greatest gathering of knights of
Pythias in the history of the Mis-
souri, grand lodge. The sessions and
attendant festivities, parades and
drills will extend through nearly all
of next week. The Uniformed Rank
and the Pythian Sisters will meet at
the same time. One of the important
matters before the convention is the
establishment of 100000 home for
orphans of Pythians and aged men,
bers ok the fraternity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17
JAPS ENTERTAIN BIG
FLEET MOST ROYALTY

as my wife" This gentle little lady
salaams deeply with her palms down
ward until her f roeheaodthoheda Par
ward until her forehead touches the
ground, and having thus. in all SINGER
| ity, given this mark of her reverence
for her husband and all people concern
ing him, she then, in the absence of
express invitation to talk, proceeds to
confound herself with the coloring of
the room and it's few simple furnish
ings. In this she is aided by the har-
mony in the color scheme, which is
characteristic of Japanese homes.
In most countries the art of the ma
ton would be thing apart from the
ordinary sights seen by visiting sea-
men, but in Japan it will be difficult
to escape evidences of the artistic
sense that springs up spontaneously
in the lives of the people and works
a universal influence upon their daily
surroundings. The silk hangings of
your friends home. the kimono worn
by his wife, the placing upon the wall
of its single picture and the proper ar
rangement in vase Of a sprig of bios
SONS, are all the result of careful de-
sign and often hours of patient ex-
pertinent.
In Yokohama, the sailros have their
choice of several Japanese theatres. 1t
does not require the knowledge of the
language to follow the plot of many of
the plays of that country. The drama
is not a thing to be taken lightly. 1t
plunges at once in medals res with a
duel between the hero and the william
over a woman. 1t takes the hero
long time to kill his hated rival. and
the agony is delightfully."- prolonged
with fearful imprecations and much
clashing of swords. After the fatal
thrust is given, the victim gives a long
and realistic representation of dying
man. AS soon as the curtain drops
the audience rushes eagerly forward
and peeks behind the curtain at the
of scene shifting.
On Monday, which will be American
day, the officers of the fleet as the
guests of the Emperor will be enter
tanned at the Imperial Palace in Toxic
and furnished with apartments in the
proudest palace of the land. Official
calls will be exchanged on Monday
and Ambassador OBrien will
entertain at luncheon the rear admi-
their staffs. The entertain
ment provided by the Japanese in
Toxic begins Tuesday and includes
daily excursions to points of interest
and an audience of the officers with
the Emperor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17
Lame Back.

This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles of the
small of the back, and is quickly cured
by applying Chamberlain's Liniment
two or three times a day and massag-
ing the parts at each application. For
sale by Hays & Field and Yellow Pine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17
NEW GOODS AT sLouNT,s.

New goods in generous quantity and
of the latest styles are being shown
at N. B. Blount's. Buyers will find the
goods and the prices at this store al
ways right.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17
FOR SALE.

10000 feet moving picture films, in
good condition; also one moving pic
ture machine in perfect running or
der; will sell cheap. Apply box office
Gem Theater.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-17

State of Mississippi.
To H. o. Rodgers and s. o. Rodgers:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the County
of Forrest, in said state on the first
Monday of December, A. d. 1908, to
defend the suit in said court of G. L.
Woodward, wherein you are defend
ant.
This 10th day of october, A. D. 1908.
T. E. BATSON,
10 II t Sat Chancery Clerk.
The prouder a man is about having
a lot of children, the madden he can
get over the bills it costs to support
them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Some of the local newspapers in re-
porting the proceedings of the New
York Republican Convention, have in
timated that Roosevelt influence" in
spired the delegates to cheer the Presi-
dent to the echo and give Hughes a
half-hearted send-off. 1t is obvious,
however, that Governor Hughes him
self is to blame for the lack of enthusi-
asm in his behalf. He has not lifted a
finger for the Presidency and it is hard
ly reasonable to expect others to grow
enih husiastic over or make sacrifices for
a candidate who makes none for him
self, and who seemingly mistakes in
difference for independence. The Pres
idency is too fine a prize to be forced
upon any man and with available men
in the field, great and ambitious to win,
it is not at all likely that those who dis
play neither a normal nor a healthy de-
sire to be President &ill ever gain the
support of their party.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
The Jumping Off Place.

Consumption had me in it's grasp /;
and l had almost reached the jumping
off place when was advised to try DR..
Kings New Discovery; and want to
say right now, it saved my life. I'm
provement began with the first bottle,
and after taking one dozen bottles l was
a we'll and happy man again." says Geo.
Moore, of Grimesland, N. c. AS rem
edy for coughs and colds and healer of
weak, sore lungs and for preventing
pneumonia New Discovery is supreme.
SOC and $l.O0 at all druggists. Trial
bottle free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
BILLS Towns 20 wet"

All the eight cities of the Black Hills,
Deadwood, Lead, Rapid City, Hot
Springs, Belle Fourche, Sturgis, Spear
fish and Edgemont were carried by the
"wets" in Tuesdays election. In Rapid
City and Lead the elections were spirit
ed but in the other towns the contests
were not animated and the vote was
rather small.
The only issues in Deadwood were
the questions of selling liquor at retail
within the city and the expending of
$1,000 to purchase and improve a city
park. The total vote cast was sos, and
of these 532 were wet and l66 dry.
In Sturgis the "wet" and "dry" propo-
sition was the main issue and Joseph
Meyer, the "wet" candidate, won out
by majority of 20, over Bert Mcmillan,
the "dry" candidate. The contest was
good matured but hot.
The election at Hot Springs was a
spirited affair and good vote for a
spring contest was drawn out. The
"wets" carried the day by majority oi
92. DR.. Bentley defeated DR.. Hargens
for mayor by a majority of 1874 and
Charles Stewart was elected over Emil
Hargens by majority of los for treas
urer.
In Lead the vote resulted in a victory
for the regular republican, John Blatt
being elected mayor together with 6
solid republican council. In the mat
ter of wet or dry vote made gains oveI
previous years, the vets winning by 93t
to GIG.
In Rapid City Chauncey L. Wood wal
elected mayor by majority of 1877. Or
the question of licensing saloons, tn,
"wets" won out by majority of 38S.
Belle Fourche went "wet" by a ma
jority of three to one. The citizen
ticket, headed by Dave Evans for may
or, won by big majority.
Spearfsh went "wet" by a majority o
"a, and Edgemont by 81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
Neighborhood Favorite.

Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine,
speaking of Electric Bitters says: "It
is a neighborhood favorite here with
u.s." 1t deserves to be favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
sia, liver complaint, kidney derange.
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak.
ness and general debility. Its action on
the blood, as thorough purifier makes
it especially useful as a spring medicine
This grand Alternative tonic is sold under
guarantee at all drug stores. SOC.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Pension Commissioner Warner has
announced that the widows now on the
pension roll will not be required to
make application for an increase from
"a to $l2 per month, recently voted by
congress. The commissioner has in
structed pension agencies throughout
the country to put the law into effect
automatically, the first payment of the
increase to be made May 4. This action
will result in saving of several hun
dred thousand dollars to the pensioners
affected. Widows not already on the
rolls, but who are entitled to an increase,
are required to make application as in
the past.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

The number of claims filed on and the
number of new settlers who have al.
ready moved onto their claims on Har.
rison Flat, would indicate that in very
short time very little government land
will be left. New locations are being
made nearly every day. As result the
range is practically gone, and new con.
dition of affairs will be inaugurated.
Around Oelrichs, Smithwick and on the
w. 6. Flat, all the land has been Ia.
ken, and the country is dotted every.
where with new buildings and others in
course of construction. 1t all means
more business for the towns and already
Buffalo Gap is experiencing increased
business by the influx Of new Settlers
Republican.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

From Washington comes the report
that President Roosevelt will spend the
first year after his retirement from Of
fee in travel outside the United States.
While his itinerary has not been deter
mined, according to report, his plan is
to see some of the lttle-frequented por-
tions of foreign lands, and, Of course the
prediction is made that the President
will indulge his fondness for bunting
big game. The President is quoted as
saying, in this connection: off William
Tar is nominated and elected President,
which would be gratifying, it would
make impossible any criticism If we're
abroad, to the effect that was debating
10 him and that he was being followed,
or that had tried to dictate and had
been turned down in my suggcstio ne,"