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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08
AUTUMN RECIPES.
Mexican Rice.

This is another inexpensive and hearty
dish that once tried will be made again.
It's cost is scarcely worth mentioning.
The ingredients called for are one small
cupful of rice, three slices of bacon chop.
ped fine, cupful of tomato and one me-
dium-sized onion, also chopped. Cook the
rice in boiling sailed water until done.
This will take about twenty minutes.
Fry the bacon and onion together until
a golden brown add the cooked rice and
onion and a small cupful of tomato, with
salt and pepper to season. Toss together
until we'll heated through and serve
Pot Roast of Beef.
Get a shor.. thick piece of the cross rib
or rump of beef and lard it with little
strips of fat salt pork. Put the iron pot
in which the meat is to be cooked over
the fire and when it becomes hot lay in
the roast and brown, turning until every
portion is scared. Add a half dozen little
onions, two tablespoonful tomatoes, one
bay leaf. little chopped parsley, two
garlic buds. three cloves and salt and pep
per to season. Pour in a cupful of stock
or hot water. cover closely and simmer
stove or in the oven.
An hour before serving add two carrots
sliced thin and another cupful of stock or
water. Take the meat onto a hot plat
ter, season the sauce with more salt and
pepper and, II liked, a little Worcestershire
sauce. rub through sieve and pour
around the meat.
Scotch Roll.
Take four or five pounds of the flank of
beef. wash and dry with a towel, spread
on the board and dredge with salt and
pepper. Make dressing of quart of
bread crumbs moistened with milk or
water and season with two tablespOonfuls
of melted butter, small onion chopped
fine. tablespoonful of powdered sage
and pepper and salt to taste. Mix all to-
gether and spread evenly over the meat.
Roll up and tie with Irvine. put in pan
with pint or water and bake for two or
three hours. rolling over often, so as TO
cook even on both sides.
Plum Soy.
Scald four quarts of plums and rub
through colander, add one pint of vine
gar. one teaspoonful each of black pep
per. cloves. mustard and salt. and four
tabiespoonfuls of brown sugar. Boil
slowly for one hour, then bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08
JAPANESE PRINCE ARRIVES
EMPERoR's COUSIN HERE FOR
FULTON CELEBRATION.
Royal Envoy Accompanied by His
Wife and Large Suite Will Tour
the Country.

NEW YORK. September s.-Prince
kuniyoshi kuni. cousin of the En-
peror of Japan, arrived here yesterday on
the Cunard liner Carmania. accompanied
by the princess. to represent his country
at the coming Hudson Fulton celebration.
He was met at quarantine by the recep-
tion committee, which went down the bay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

the prince replied that he had been away
from Japan, studying military tactics in
Germany, for nearly two years but.
Judging from the news he had received
from time to time from home. Japan was
making steady progress. both CONNER
cially and from an agricultural point of
view
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08
Work While
You Sleep

Millions Of people have CAS-
CARETS do Health work for
them. II you have never tried
this Sreos health maker-Get a lOc
box-and you will never use any
other bousi medicine. sl2
cAscAHxrs roc . beg for q weeks
treatment. all druggists biggest seller
= TIA world, Nillioa boxes Mo8tk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08
Unpreiudiced.

From Success Magazine.
Mike McGinnis was being examined
for jury duty in murder trial
;, MT McGinnis, asked the judge.
have you formed or expressed an onn-
ion AS to the guilt or innocence OF the
prisoner at the bar?''
No s.r,'' replied Mike
Have You any conscientious scruples
against capital punishment"
Not in, this case, your honor, M;ke
replied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

Scald four quarts of plums and rub
through colander, add one pint of vine
gar. one teaspoonful each of black pep
per. cloves. mustard and salt. and four
tabiespoonfuls of brown sugar. Boil
slowly for one hour, then bottle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-08

A pretty model for long coat is given above. This
might be used either of silk pongee and
dressy gowns if developed in servceable
terals prove excellent for aarond usefulness such travel
the like. The sleeve tucked around the the
ucks continuing the main body of the gown, novel
idea as the which the jacket effect formed
bv catching fllness of the front the short belt The
skirt of is long plain the trimmings black silk buttons
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

Chicago, Nov. 25-The usual an
nual shortage in the turkey crop is
evident in Chicago. and as a result
many people will have to be content
with less expensive fowls
AS Chicago consumes 10000
pounds of turkey. in addition to half
million pounds of other poultry at
Thanksgiving time, the Shortage
cost this city alone pretty penny, in
the neighborhood of $125,OO0
Last year turkey prices scared like
the wise old gobblers that take to
roosting high just prior to the fes-
Invites, the advance coming about the
time the housewives began buying in
earnest CuriQusly enough the sever
ity of the annual Shortages of tur-
keys, cranberries, pumpkins and oys-
terS are simultaneously are short
together at the crucial time
Everything that is handled in
South Water street gets scarce" in
the retail markets and the scarcity
Is tIdCtu u the COlILllSSlOu mel =
chants, whose consignors hear only of
glut in the Chicago markets Last
year the commission merchants blam-
ed the farmers and poultry shippers,
the poultry shippers pointed an ac-
cusing finger at South Water street,
where practically the produce of the
city in wholesome lots is handled,
and the retailer put the blame there
also, pleading innocence of eXtortiOn
himself
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
Written by E. L. Rock
well. Irrigation manager
United States Depart
ment Irrigation ~ -

die them as thoroughly as possible;
allow no standing water in resaccas,
ponds, or canals, for storage or
otherwise, and lay out and construct
a complete drainage system for the
valley, using the natural channels
for the mains. These channels
should be made of sufficient cross
section and depth so as to put the
drainage water in the laterals as
well as in the mains below the limit
of capillarity of the soil Farm
drainage may then be planned and
constructed as necessary.
The farmers should not allow wat
er in their canals excepting when
in use for irrigation, and drains
should be supplied to carry all
waste water off the farm TO the
country drainage In irrigation use
water economically and cultivate
continuOua-s and thoroughly in order
that the moisture applied may be
held for the growing crop and thus
reduce TO a minimum the amount
distributed
There is no use in attempting to
deny the fact that the soils of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley contain
alkaH More or less of the salts is
present in all of them Practically
all the soils of arid districts con-
tain them, only differing in variety
and amount The farmer must
learn to cultivate his soil so as not
to allow them to be harmful. The
acreage is limited in which there is
such an amount as TO be harmful as
found naturally in the soil. 1t is the
surface accumulation tnat is ruinn-
Gus.
II the subsoil is filled with water
up TO the limit Of capilarity of such
soil. the moisture Immediately be
gins to rise to the surface, and in
so doing takes up in solution some
of tie alkali contained in the soil.
When the moisture reaches the sur
face it is evaporated and the salt is
left on the surface. This contin-
ued soon accUmulates such an
amount on the surface that no plant
can survive. Herein lies the chief
danger in allowing the soil to be
come saturated by seepage and eX-
cessive use of water in irrigation.
W. L. ROCKWELL.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
FIRST
ENCOUNTER
RECEIVED THE MUNIFICENT
PURSE OF $50.
His First Battle-John Webb, Who
Is Responsible For His PugIistic
Career, Talks of the Early Days
of the Boiler Maker

Spokane, Wash, Nov. 25.-''J jeff
ries viii give Johnson a worse beat
ing than he did that boy from whom
he won his first fight down IL Los
Angeles in 1887, when he scored in
three rounds and carried home a
purse of $3.50. His next fight may
take longer, but it will net him ten
thousand times more money
This is the opinion of John Webb,
a business man of Spokane, until
recently of Butte and before that a
resident of Los Angeles, who claims
to be the pugilistc father of the
ex-boilermaker
Jeff demurred at first when We
invited him to the boxing club for
a try-out with some of the boys,
Webb continued, but he was final
" prevailed upon for a go and won
easily He put his opponent out in
short order in the second fight, and
it took more than 10 minutes to
revive the loser. His Worn became
the talk of the town and soon got
to the boys family. who though
poor, were proud and did not relish
the idea of developing fighter
ne of his two sisters, now mar
ried to a business man of Los an
geles, came to my store a short time
a! Ger the second fight and drove me
out of the back door with broom,
saying that her family reseBted our
activities in trying to make n pug
fist out of the boy But when we
became better acquainted there was
many a hearty laugh over our first
meeting.
When Corbet and Fitzsimmons
were matched, Jeff was taken on
as a sparring partner by the for
mer on my recommendation In
the first round Jeff knocked Cor
bet down and then jumped through
the ropes. saying he might kill the
champion However, he went back
when it was explained that he was
to let Corbet do the punching, say
ing: 1 can whip COrbit now and
I'll be able to lick Fitz in two years.
The rest is history
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

WANTED-America young man
who can talk Spanish. Apply Worth
am, Washington & Miller. 1872
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
The Danger Of Seep-
age in Irrigation

In ordinary well located and con
structed irrigation systems the losses
from seepage in the main canals av-
erages at least twenty five per cent
of the amount of water received at
the take. / his is for canals with
the best practical cross-section siv-
ing the desired capacity If the
grade is increased at an; Joint the
cross-section is reduced in fropor-
tion. At no point is The channel
contracted so as to raise The surface
and cause a rifle, or expanded to
form eddies and pucipilation Of the
silt. If you build your canal :w;ce
the width necessary to give the re
quired capacity, or use q natural
channel two or more times the nee
essary width you increase the 5eeF-
age in proportion. If you, in con
structing your canal excavate below
grade line, or use a natural chan
mel in which the depth of the water
is increased beyond what is neces-
sary in a uniform channel. You have
a correspondence increased seepage
loss For every foot in depth Of
water you have siXty-two pounds
pressure on each square foot of
area With a ten-foOt water depth
then is a weight of six hundred and
twenty pounds on every square foot
of bottom, pressing the water into
the soil
In the silly soils of this valley
when the downward percOlation OF
the water is so very rapid every
possible precauti0n should be taken
TO prevent the filling and wate~
logging of the soil, thus forcing ex-
pensive drainage All canals main
and lateral suould be regularly
built on the commanding ground.
leaving the natural channels for
drainage.
ne time viii very soon come
when all the available water of the
Rio Grande river viii be appropriate
ed and still there will be much good
land unsupplied. When the courts
determine the rights of the various
users Of irrigation water, if they
follow the presidents set by those
of other states beneficial use" will
be the basis of settlement, and ca
nal companies Will not be allowed to
waste large quantities of water I'M
necessarily As water becomes
scarce and its value increases, means
viii be taken to prevent all possible
losses. In the future lining with
concrete or other impreviOus mate
rial viii be resorted TO to thus pre-
vent loss in a well constructed, uni
fOrmly built canal viii become here
as it has become already in other
localities entirely practical, while to
so line a natural channel in this val
ley would be entirely out Of the
question.
To prevent the heavy seepage
from the canals here is one of the
very important problems to be sOlv
ed. We can see the effect of such
loss along the canals in many 10
calities, Indicated by the dark aka
Ii stain gradually extending outward
from the canals, a sure warning of
the destructive accumulatiOnS of the
poisonous salts on the surface
Though serious conditions exist in
some places, yet if they ore squarely
met and handled intelligently may
be readily overcome Remove the
cause, so far as possible, by recon-
struction and grades, do away with
all unnecessary depth in canals, pud-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
To Members of Business Mems Club.

To Members of Business Mems Club.
We mean business. We respect
fully request that those who have
signed their names to the list of the
Brownsville Business Mons Club
whereby they agree to pay the small
amount of one dollar CS1) per month
in advance, Will comply with their
promise
We can not have an Institution TO
promote the commercial, industrial
and civic improvement interests of
our city unless our citizens take
enough interest to pay their monthly
dues, promptly, instead Of telling the
collector to come back again.
If you are a business man, You can
readily see that you are doing your
self and your city an injustice.
Yours in Brownsville.
C. H. MOORE. Pres.
S c. TUCKER, Sec.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
Two of a Kind.

The dean of a Western University
was told by the students that the
cook was turning out food not fit
to eat"
The dean summoned the delin-
quent, lectured him on his short
cOmings, and threatened him with
dismissal unless conditions were bet
tered
why, sir, exclaimed the cook
you Oughtn't to place so much i'm
portance on what the young men tell
you about my meals, They come
TO HE in just the same way about
your lectures. The Argonaut
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

FOR SALE-At a bargain, Vic
tor photograph and % records. A.
H. Joy, Brownsville, Texas. Pine
1923. 11-19-tf
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

More than two thousand million
dollars worth of mineral oil has
been exported from the United
States since that product began to
be an article of expectation. less
than half century ago.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
HERALD WANT ADS

(Ads for this column strictly cash
in advance. 1t is only by saving
bookkeeping and collection expenses
that The Herald can make the cheap
rate given.)
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25
Ii Paid Them.

In one day she was told that she
had
% Beautiful hair,
90 Lovely skin,
90 A perfect figure,
"a Shapely hands,
60 Very small feet
However it is explained by the
fact that she visited
% The hairdresser,
~ The beauty doctor,
80 The modiste,
(4) The manicurist,
CD The shoe store.-ChicagO
Evening Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

WANTED-A first-class cook for
hotel in small town on the st. L.,
B. & NJ. branch road. Married man
preferred. Apply at once by letter
to P. o. box 413 Herald.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-25

HAY PRESS Whitman Steel
Beauty, self feed, new, latest model
and in fine condition. 4 bargain.
DR.. Mount c. Wild, Harrington, Tex
1O-16-tf
, 1909-03-06
L SUGAR CANE.

The stealing of sugar cane from cars trans-
porting it is regarded by many people as q
very commonplace matter and not worthy
of notice. They forget that, weight for
weight, the sugar cane ID ordinarily more
valuable than coal, and yet when the boys
in the town get on the car to eteal coal, they
are promptly arrested if caught by any of
the patrolling policemen. On the other hand
the taking of a few stalks of sugar cane liz
regarded as almost a compliment to the eane
grower as perhaps giving evidence by the
thief of his appreciation of the quality Of the
product.
Any way, the stealing Of sugar cane has
come to such n pass in Cuba that recently
Gov. Ernesto Asbert, of the Province of Ha-
vana, issued It circular letter to all the muni-
clpal alcades of the various towns through
out the province, calling special attention to-
the guarding OF sugar cane while being car
ried to the mills. He declared in bis letters
that serious loss is occasioned to the colonos
or tenants, and to the sugar planters by the
fact that IN the small towns, or where there
Is q stopping point, bystanders have become
accustomed to help themselves to the cane.
causing q loss to the owner who is sending
his cane to the sugar factory. He states
that this has been such q serious ANNOYANCE
and loss that he now makes the reque that
the municipal authorities take every step to
suppress it. We get these data from the
Hoodno Post, which apparently approves of
Gov. Asbert's new regulations.-L0uisSaaa
Planter, Feb. 18Th,
, 1909-03-06
WEST INDIAN COTTON.

Nessr9 VTolstenholme & Holland of Liver
pool, write as follows Oh February l, with
reference to the sales of West Indian Sea
Island cotton
Since our last report there has been rather
more enquiry for West Indian Sea Island,
and about 300 bags have been sold, incjud-
ing Montserrat, 1880. to 1870; st, kits.
1870; Barbados, 1880. to I'D; News, 125d.
to 1880. and q few bags from ST. Vincent at
153d. Th sales also include about 50 bags
OF stains from various islands at 63d. to
73d.
American Sea Island crop lots are still
pressed for sale at 13d. to Id, which pre-
vents any improvement III the market
agricultural Ne'cS, con- Fe6y.
, 1909-03-06
COTTON AT

A memorandmn boo ham roo;.al
the Superintendent of 4 y,ic,It1ro - > =
dos Mr. Jobn R Knvan7 IS - ~ . D'l""-
the area of the Sea Island cotion "lD ~
the island dnrino the year zoos T6,D@u ~
Decemberl The total uroo ,loY+aI l"" ; =
CROP was 5, 1858 acres OF III. Ic9I @
was new cotton q cotton = l7, o,lo-4 "ol09
the wear. Willie G1G3 arras cdns;st|I ''I'l"5
toon cotton.
Some cotton was crown IN an 10
of the island St Pbilin md Chti0. 10 %} ny
having the LARGEST areas viii 029I arI
1884 acres respectiv4lv In g. Az "a "I'
parish only 2G1 acres va,,e rI,nto3
It will be observed tbnt ,lotoon cotton na
AGAIN grown 10 q foirIy ons;da,oLfn a1t""t
af Barbados last ,,oor o,naronti. 1;HN -
obiec, If snnnlentnTna tHa sLa,3{ r;IIa Il
the nravio1,s 5ooo,a H. anL;9 1o'I7 ~
3isnnooed ~ Iast ,,,1LaS' - "'' D.0
tvroI Ve,,. dn1 taIj,,,l 49, = = :i@l lt"".
tbo o,olifr ~ tLn IT, 49, 0i''' i"'ioH
foot IN tLo woo ~ tLa wy rs !
n,6iob = " p1g7"l = ton'i6l'I IN ~ ~
strnnaIr a3ooI 0, rat r I@.'v'9 nave Deon
, 1909-03-06
COTTON MARKET IN THE SEA
ISLANDS.

There appears to be little change in the
conditions of the market for cotton from the
Sea islands. A steady demand for odd bags
at practically the sam prices as were re-
ported a fortnight ago, is the chief feature.
Planters crop lots, it is reported, are being
held for higher prices. For the fortnight
ended January %, sales amounting to $50
bales were reported from Charleston. In
tn IL fortnightly report, dated January 80
last, Messrs. Henry w. Frost and Co. write:
The receipts for the past fortnight con-
sisted largely of portions of crop lots. Re-
ceipts of odd bags have been very light,
, 1909-03-06

es. Their foot-gear was quite worn out by
walking on the 7tony ground, AM they tried
to make . substitute from the case of their
theOdoite, but had neither needles nor
thread, They tried to spare the lives Of
their dogs as long as possible, for only by
means of the latter could they hope
to reach the ship. Those must have been
hard days, when they had to shoe the dogs
and eat the m-asnost like enting dear com
rade, for as such we came to look upon our
faithful dogs. As soon as they we've able
to travel they went insIIore toward the bot
tom Of the ford, hoping to find meat for
their remaining dogs, and fully realizing the
hopelessness OF trying to go on with them in
their feeble condition. They went further
and further inland, bnt still they found no
musk-oXen An occasional hare was all they
got, and it was usually eaten raw by the
starving men and beasts. Otherwise they
had to live upon their dogs, but the rations
were 80 small that they became feebler and
feebler. This must be borne in mind, in
order to understand why it took them 50
long to reach the bottom of Danmark ford.
It was not till October 10, the day the
sun disappeared, that they at last reached
the inland ice with their four omaciated
dogs and one sledge. Everything superAu-
Gus had been done away with, and yet the
burden was too heavy for their feeble
strength. They made a last desperate at
tempt to reach the depot at Lambert Land
by walking across the inland ice, and it is
wonderful that these three men should have
succeeded in covering a distance Of about
100 miles, barefoot over ice and snow, in
twenty six days, or about 6 miles q day.
Whom l recall all this to my memory, when
| think Of the northerly wind and the dark
ness, when [ consider that every morning
they must have crawIod out of their dilapi-
dated sloepin8-bag4, though they can only
have had one desire, one craving-that Of
sleeping the eternal sleep, then my mind is
full Of sorrow, that | shall never be able to
tell them how much I admire them. But
they nonld go on, they C0uId reach q place
whore their comrades could find them and
the results of their work.
Then ut last came the end-the death of
Myths Erickson and Hagen, a few miles
from the depot, and the last walk Of Bron-
lund, crawling along on frozen feet in the
moonshine. With the sure instinct of the
child of nature he found the depot, ate some
of the food there, and made everything
ready. Then he wrote the last report, so
full Of manly resignation. wrapped himself
up in his fur coat, and died.
The concluding words'of Br0nlund's report
were; II persisted in 79o n. lat, under the
hordsbips Of the return journey over the
inland fee in November. I reached this
place under q waning moon, and cannot go
on because Of my frozen feet and the dark
ness. The bodies of the others are in the
middle of the ford. Hagen died on Nov
ember 16, Mylius Erickson some ten days
later"
, 1909-03-06

since cotton Of this kind has nearly all been
marketed. There continues an active de-
mand for the snail daily receipts of this
kind at prices Of from 14c. per IL. for stains
up to 23c. per tb. for fully fine quality.
The stock in hand consists Of planters crop
lots, which are heId for prices of 24e. and
upwards,-Idi6