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growing slowly since, until now, If II
were gathered up carefully there would
be enough to fill one Of those peach basket
bOnnets that the women down here are
wearing. 1t appears to be gradually In
creasing. The mystery about it and Its
never-failing accuracy as weather
prophet. causes a sort Of reverence in the
souls of the population. and great many
theories have been advanced, but nobody
has ever reached a satisfactory explana-
ton Of the reasons or the manner In
which that moss transfers itself from one
cistern to the other through an under
ing place in the atmosphere.
1--WE had a. tenderfoot with scientific
tendencies down here not long ago." con-
tinued Mr. Doherty. and I had the
pleasure Of showing him around. He
was q man of great learning. and 1
found his society agreeable and profit
able among other things Of interest,
I showed him our little weather bureau,
which he ridiculed. In a contemptuous
manner. 1t was then about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and the moss was float
ing calmly upon the surface of the first
cistern. We started for an automobile
ride in the country We returned about
dark. During our absence the phenome-
ferred itself from one cistern to the
other. called the professors atten-
ton to the fact and told him there would
be rain within twenty-four hours. He
looked at the sky, commented on the
breeze and showed considerable aInuse-
ment The next morning when he woke
I'D the rain was falling in torrents, and
you know we don't often have rain down
here
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EMBALMERS FIND FACTS
FAVORABLE TO PATRICK
Discover Congestion Of the Lungs
Caused by Fluid as Claimed in
w. M. Rice's Case.

ALBANY, n. Y, April 2O-By means
of demonstration made yesterday on a
body that had been embalmed for a year,
members Of the New York State EN-
balmers' Association claim they have
proved that evidence offered in defense
of Albert T. Patrick, now serving life
sentence in Sing Sing for the murder of
William Marsh Rice, was correct 1t was
the contention Of the prosecution that the
congested appearance OF Rice's lungs was
due to chloroform and not the injection
of embalming fiuid as claimed by rat
rick's experts.
DR.. c. T. Meadinger. jr., OF Brooklyn,
made the demonstration on a body that
had been embalmed last year at Syracuse,
and at its conclusion declared that the
fluid injected in the right brachial reach
ed and diffused in the tissue Of the lungs,
q thing which he said experts for the
Patrick prosecution insisted was impos-
sible. 1t is understood that the results
Of the test will be laid before Gov. Dix.
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Red Cross Leader.

Miss Mabel Boardman is one Of the
most remarkable women in the country.
OF course, you know that she is the active
boss of the Red Cross Society; but few
know Of the unusual executive ability
and untiring energy she has displayed In
this important work. President TAFT
says:
''The moving spirit Of the American
Red Cross today is Miss Mabel Board
man. 1t is due to her indefatigable In
dustry, her wide acquaintance, her nigh
character as q woman and the confidence
that wealthy and benevolent men have
in her that the association has become
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Was Once Second Seaport.

From the close Of the civil war in the
United States until the early eighties MAZDA
moras was second to Vera Cruz as sea-
port and its merchants had fleet of
fifty or sixty boats on the river. and reg
uIar steamship connections with Calves
ton and New Orleans. But the boats have
all gone, the docks have rotted away,
there is no steamer so depraved as to en-
ter the port. and Matamoras is the dead
est of all the dead towns in Mexico.
There is q military garrison looking for
revolutionists. but this part of the coun-
try Ia quiet. and there have been no seri-
Gus disturbances. although not long ago
four young sports from Brownsville went
over. filled themselves UP with aqua
diente. hired a hack and drove around
the town. shouting "viva insurrectos!
Viva Madero! To hell with Diaz!' They
thought it was very funny, but the col
diers did not see the point of the joke
and, after tearing of most of their cloth
ing, and covering them with bruises, fiung
them into the cabillo. where they lay
for several days, while Mr.. johnson, the
United States consul, was trying to get
them out
1t was about the only business Mr..
johnson has had 10 do for some time The
life OF a consul al Matamoras is not very
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George e. Lester, eighty.three years
old. died at his home on Little creek,
near Snowville. Pulaski county, Va. Mon
day. Mr.. Lester was one of the largest
land owners In southwest Virginia.
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so prosperous and powerful for good
James Hay. jr.. one of our somewhat
regular contributors, tells lot about
Miss Boardman's activities in the next
issue of our Sunday Magazine, and his
article Is accompanied py an apprecia-
ton from President Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-20
Texas Tremendous State.

Any one who is curious to see how i'm
mense the state Of Texas Is should take
a map of the United States and an ordi-
nary pair Of dividers, place one point on
the city of Brownsville and the other
upon Texhoma station, on the Rock Is
land railroad, on the northern boundary
of the panhandle. With that as center he
can describe a circle which will include
Los Angeles, st. Louis, New Orleans.
Memphis. Peoria, st. Paul, Bismarck. the
Yellowstone Park, Virginia City. New.
Des MOines, Omaha. the Black hills and
all of the state Of Utah.
According to the official records of the
commission now defining the boundary
between Texas and Mexico the most
southern point of the United States is
situated on the Brulay sugar plantation.
nine miles southeast Of Brownsville, in a
bend in the Rio Grande. At this point
the river makes a detour directly south,
and, turning. runs almost due north to
the gulf, making bag-like peninsula.
The latitude of the lower boundary in
the center of the river is p degrees and
10 minutes, and the longitude is 81 de-
grees "a minutes west from Greenwich.
This little pocket is planted in sugar
cane.
Matamoras, which was formerly the
metropolis of northern Mexico and a
city of great Importance. is now the
deadest place you ever saw. Three
fourths of the buildings are deserted. the
population has been reduced from sixty
to six thousand, and property owners
not only cannot rent their land and
their houses. but could not give them
away. This condition of things Is caused
by building railways from other points
on the Rio Grande to the Mexican capt.
tai. which encouraged the development Of
other sections and left Matamoras high
and dry. as 1t were. A railroad was built
across to Monterey. and it hauls a good
deal of freight, particularly since the
gulf coast road was opened. but it was
too late and has not been able to restore
tho nroSnerjty Of the old citv
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FARM ON FORT SITE
Government Experimental Sta
ton Replaces Fort Brown.
RECALLS RECENT TROUBLE
Brownsville People Feel They Were
Punished for Acts of Soldiers.
MATAM0RAS DOWN AND OUT
Once Thriving Mexican City Has
Lost Nearly All Of It's Population
in Recent Years.
RECALLS RECENT TROUBLE
MATAM0RAs DOWN AND OUT
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record-Herald.
BROWNSVILLE, April Is. 1911.
After what is known in the history
Of the War Department as 1.-The Browns
Vile affair."" the military post known as
Fort Brown, on the banks of the Rio
Grande. established before the Mexican
war. was entirely abandoned by order
OF the President, and the reservation
given over to Secretary Wilson Of the
Agricultural Department. who started one
of the experimental farms which he has
in various parts Of the south and west
for the development Of forage and other
plants suitable to that climate. 1t is
called 1.-THE South Texas Garden"
Although 'the Brownsville affair" was
investigated three times by the War De-
partment, twice by Congress, and its
record fills several fat volumes Of closely
printed type, there will always be
mystery about it so far as the public
is concerned, and it will always be the
subject of controversy between the
friends and the enemies of the negro.
1t was night raid made by eleven
enlisted men of the 18th Infantry, which
was the garrison at Fort Brown, upon
white saloons in the neighborhood which
refused to sell drinks TO colOreQ SoioierS.
1t is asserted here that the eleven men
who participated were positively identf-
fled, and warrants were issued in their
names. If the commandant had permitted
them to be arrested and punished that
would have been the end of 1t, but the
officers of the regiment, who knew the
men that did the shooting just as we'll
as the culprits themselves, not only en-
cOuraged. but enjoined them to hold their
peace. and it soon became a question of
honor for them to do so.
No secret was ever better kept, and it is
a remarkable illustration Of the fidelity
of the colored race. There is no doubt
that the whole affair was due to lax
discipline on the part Of the officers. who
should have been punished instead of
the men,
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People of Brownsville Punished.

After the 18th Infantry was eliminated
from the service by order of President
Roosevelt the people of Brownsville were
punished by an order abandoning the post
for military purposes, thus depriving them
Of a large and profitable trade.
On the door of the main barracks is
painted in large letters a list Of the
names Of the last occupants under this
caption:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
FAiTHlEss CORN,

Corn has decided to do without the
respect and admiration Of the people
The promise of the crop at the period
following early seeding was uuexs
ceiled, and every eater OF meat and
eggs in the land could congratulate
himself that this promise was equal
to the realization OF last year. The
immense crop Of 1910 had cheapened
food considerably. and another large
one this year would have had ten.
dency to settle prices for q couple
Of years or more, provided no real
shortage occurred in the crops OF
those years, says the Providence Jour
nal But the current stock OF informa-
ton about the 1911 crop makes the
prospects for such substantial ar
rangement for trade and business
wherever dependent on the crop any
thing but bright. Beef and hogs, with
poultry. will be the corn-eaters most
uiict'lS duSCteu' lHeIe is uhukSi VI
repetition of the highest prices for
them, and OF the possible maximum
charge once more for eggs and fresh
fowls. Three months ago the promise
under which these all have been sold
since last fell brought large supply
Sof cheap corn into the market. To-day
the indications are Of a rise to the
figures Of last summer and OF Septem
Der and October of last year. 1t is pos
sible that the warm weather and
drought conditions have not seriously
hurt the crop and that the quotations
for corn will fall off CORRESPONDENCE
when the real facts are shown to be
more propitious.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
A FEW SPANISH DISHES.

Anything that sa<ors OF the Spanish
must of necessity be peppery, as their
sdishes are so frequently seasoned with
the piquant pepper
Spanish Hlce.-Put two frying pans
over the heat. In each put one tea=
spoonful OF bacon fat Chop very fine
one onion and four green peppers;
add salt and put into one OF the fry.
ting pans. In the other put cup OF
Well-washed and weldried rice, stir
-until brown, then add the mixture
from the other frying pan and cup
of tomato, Add boiling water and es
cook until the rice is dry.
String Beans, Spanish.--Take a
quart of string beans and chop fine
Put one tablespoonful Of bacon drip
pings In a frying pan and one onion
cit fine, half dry red pepper cut
fine. Let the onion and pepper fry
brown, then add three ripe tomatoes,
stir in a tablespoonful of -four and add
a quart of cold water; add the chopped
uSohs anu GNAA, anu ptppEA W tdslt,
and let the beans cook until tender.
keep adding water as needed, not to
let them cook dry,
Chill Con Carne.-Take the pods of
two dried red chilli peppers, remove
the seeds and discard them Soak the
pods In warm water until soft, then
scrape the pulp from the skins, dis.
carding the skins and saving the pulp
and water. Cut two pounds of round
steak In small pieces, and cook In a
hot frying pan In pork drippings until
brown. Add three tablespoonful OF
flour, and stir until Drowned. then add
a Glove Of garlic. In which two gashes
have been cut, the chill water. which
should measure about pint. Let SIM
mer until the meat is tender Season
with salt to taste.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

summer detail of considerable prestige
It has by no means lost Its fsscina.
tons for the fashion makers, who are
preserving s)imness of outline at the
cost OF any novelty This unshaped
piece of goods, hanging back end front
OF the skirt, has the utmost poasibilis
ties for slim effect, but II ls. besides,
intended TO conceal the outlines of the
figure, which are too often revealed by
the scant skirts. The French gowns
still show them TO great extent.
varying the bottom line OF the panel
with n V point, deep scallop or a
bias such as sash end would have.
A complete and inexbaustible sup
ply OF neckwear is difficult feat to
accomplish. and yet here. too. the
business woman who fully under
stands Office needs finds splendid use
for the summer golf stocks. or those
provided for any sport Failing to find
these, she goes TO the haberdasher
and gets the manly thing In small
size, and as all such simple and neat
fixings are far cheaper than the
fussier feminine ones there is always
enough for changes. Plain white
stocks OF doubled pique, rough, linen
and plain and patterned madras are
now being sold at 25 cents, these cost.
Ing one NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. more at
the beginning Of the seasSn.
But as the stocks are high and need
10 be drawn rather snugly for good
effect, they are Numbered without
starch, which makes them cooler and
softer to the throat In fact. as far as
starch is concerned the smarter WON
en- rather eschew IL for all their work
ing collars and waists. thinking IL far
more important to consider the beauty
of the throat and comfort than the
stiffness once thought so proper for
office clothing. There are some negll-
gee collars Of white China silk. the
ends buttoning down so that the band
has high close look. which would be
just the thing for the colored flannel
waists the business girl must soon
consider-that is, II she wears wool
with the chillier weather. Any sort
OF tie, bow or a scarf would go
with these.
MARY DEAN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

The Pribyloff islands, as wearers OF
sealskin will recall, are in Boring sea
we'll on the way to the Arctic circle
The Pribyloffs are remote and cold.
but the scanty population has just
shown itself gratfyingly human. These
people have new naval wireless sta
ton, thus enjoying close touch With
the outside world for the first time
And what was the initial use to which
/. they put this new apparatus? Did
they want to know about the latest
wrinkle In pelagic sealing? Did they
ask for the particulars OF the agree
ment just concluded between America,
England, Russia and Japan for the
better control OF the fur trade? No.
they wanted to hear about the base
ball situation; what was the relative
standing OF the clubs In the National
and American leagues? Thus does
the national game spread to imperial
dimensions. 1t follows the Gag Be
fore such an interest ones mere
scheme for getting living goes by
the board. The loyal fan ignores
"shop"--save the shop OF the diamond
The eager denizens Of the Pribyloffs
choked off impatiently all news OF
King Georges coronation; they want
ed final results"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
EnqIlsh sultInqs.
MARY DEAN.

There Is quite a feeling for fancy
mixture tweeds In neutral dark tones,
melanges In heavy gray, green and
brown These materials would classi.
fly az English mixtures. Thus far they
have been largely used for travelling
and so-called sporting costumes. that
Is, suits for country wear. golf tennis
shooting, mountain climbing. etc. But
ell Of the model makers have collect.
lions OF these samples, and good
deal Of confidence is expressed In them
for the coming winter.
That there IL concerted effort to
ape English effects, following the cor.
onation and other interesting public
and social functions In London Ia un.
questionable. Simple, mannish-look-
ing suits of Scotch and English mix
lures are more typicslly British: there.
fore, one may expect a renewed In.
terest In these materials.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
ments and more trials for release or

ments and more trials for release or
bonds.
Some of these cruel murderers Will
again walk the straats as free agents.
Others will go TO Joliet fer more or
less limited terms Still others win
continue to live in tho Comfy Jail
unul the public has nearly forgotten
their crimes,
Meanwhile. the dust OF disuse falls
on the only agency tho scaffoId
that human experience has shown
strong enough % hold murderers in
cheek. ~
A homicidal frenzy comes in waves
murders increase in exact proper
ton to the failure of justice.
What Chicago needs and badly
is revival of the scaffold There
is@no fear that It's terrible Lessons Of
iuftice. and justice only, that will
strike terror to the hearts of other
embryo murderers.
One would think that capital
punishment had been repealed le-
gally and finally in this state
Judges and juries are saving the
Legislature the trouble of repeating
IT,
The frightful record of cold blood
ed murders in this city since the last
death sentence was carried into eff
feet is the most eloquent of all pleas
for justice devoid OF sentiment or
'eyen pity,
The sanctity of human life is a
kindergarten lesson in civilization
We can never make human life
sacred until we teach the hlood-let-
ters that society will protect itself,
even with capital punishment
There is a lesson in these appall-
ing figures for every Judge assigned
to duty in the criminal courts. -.
Chicago Examiner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
FOR BUSINESS WEAR
BRIGHTNESS tHD UTILITY COW.
EtKEo IN GARMENT.
Short Skirt CT Tweed Almost tndIs.
ereable--Sumre Golf Stocks
Form Mcat important Part
Of tho Wardrobe.

Our illustration shows the short
skirt OF tweed the bueiness girl af-
fects as change from her usual nice
office suit, and which she wears on
the rainy days, with quick change
OF bcdices at home for dinner. The
skirt would be particularly useful II
mode OF mems cloth Black with a
hairline Of whiie--and such smooth
CLOTHS and combinations are both prac-
teal and dressy when the waist &C.
cords The ready-maGe skirt In this
Style, thouGh-the cheaper thing--is
most commonly IN some mannish wool
of a rough sort such as homespun or
tweed. Here the drcrs skirt is OF
brown sud white tweed and the waist
Of yellow embroidered pongee.
Concerning the panel used in, the
figure version CT the skirt, although
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
Press Comment
The scafold.


Fear Of the scaffod is the only
power within human agency that
viii check the bloody career of muir
derera.
DO VIC not need an illustration of
this truth other than those furnish
Cd recently by Chicago's police an
mails?
II is almost two years-October
%, 1909, to be exact-since negro
murderer was banged IN the County
Jail. Please read and ponder over
the startling homicidial record since
the scaffold has fallen into disuse,
Six hundred and forty-seven homi-
cides have been committed, of which
more than three hundred were cold
blooded murders
Without oversia tement, or color
Ing Of facts, no community in the
civilized world except Chicago has
rolled up such a record of uppun-
ished murders in less than two years.
Forgetting all other tragedies in
the homicidal mania, an average OF
more than twelve murders month
have crimsoned the city annals since
the last time--two years ago that
tho gaunt gallows claimed life in
tho parOp oF Tho Jou-
Some of these murderers- not all
iof them are in the County Jail
awaiting the slow moving machinery
Of the criminal courts.
Days will be consumed getting
scrub juries; other days will be
taken up by shyster lawyers in mag
nitying technical legal loopholes that
furnish their clients some hope for
escape.
There will be trials and verdict'
and appeals suspensions Of Judge
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

chimes carefully and with due care
and consideration for the rights OF
others, who do not abuse their privi-
ieges. are not only willing but also
anxious 10 comply with all the pro-
visions of the law and who treat Pc
destrians with confederation and
courtesy. But as In other cases, these
innocent ones have to suffer for the
sake Of the guilty, and will be power
less to check the adverse public opin-
ion which so much recRlessness and
arrogance are bound to euyender. 1t
is another count against tire reckless
ones that they are bringing discredit
and Ill feeling against Large class
who do not deserve either.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
HUMOROUS QUIPS
POOR WAY 70 SAVE MONEY.

"Ci' me five.cent piece OF tobacco.
said a man who entered Manchester
On. H) tobacco store the other day.
throwing nickel en- the counter.
The proprietor cut the tobacco and
handed Il TO the customer. The latter
looked at if,criticaily for moment.
"Hain't II little small?" asked the
purchaser.
Nope" replied the storekeeper;
regular nickel size"
! know . place. down in Boston," re-
marked the clst8mer, where you kin
git a piece TOR five cents twice as big
as that
Well" observed the storekeeper,
defiant'y, the round trip Is only $3.50
Why don't you go down to Boston and
get your moneys WORTH"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

John J. Rockefeller's family tree IS
being pruned By English genealoeists
according to cable dispatches Ao-
cording to American genealogists.
John D. is descendent Of four de-
parted kings of England. but this is
disputed Ivy the British experts. who
say that if the Americans record is
correct. one of the Rockefeller ances-
tiers. Lady Susan. must have married
at the age of 70 and become mother
one year later, John had better
stick to his title of coil king" -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
IekA1.- 2A<A,<&.eEZ-
English Postage Stamps.

The English postoffce authorities
have recently made an innovation
which Is said to have been received
very heartily It Is now possible to
purchase clamps in moderate sized
numbers, or IN large quantities. in
the form of tape, and protected in a
small circular case, from which the
end is drawn as desired and the
stamps pulled of II 's claimed that
Is even more convenient than the
books which have proven so popular
IN the United States
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17
September Circulation.

The above is correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo
Bulletin for the year 1910 and for
the month of September 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this fifth day of October 1911.
LEO j. KLEB.
. Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

Wonder how many offers Senator
Lorimer has received from the yaude-
willie and moving picture theatre pro-
motors since the investigation start
cd. How | Got Away With It"
would make a good head-liner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-17

1T Is announced that an enterpris-
ing inventor has invented an auto
mobile waiter. No doubt the ma
chinery will provide for the halfbow
and extended motion of the right
hand at the conclusion of each meal.