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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. rs, 1912.
THE LOSSES OF THE WATER
PLANT.

In estimating the loss to the city
on the operation of the water plant.
it should not be overlooked that the
operation of the sewerage system,
which was inagurated last spring,
constitutes a heavy drain upon the
capacity of the water plant. When
granted the city agreed to furnish
the water for the sewerage system
free. This was done, Of course, for
the purpose of encouraging the con-
struction of this almost indispensable
public utility, which at the time did
not appeal to the investors as a prof
liable venture, and which was con-
structed by them more in a spirit Of
pro bono publico than for gain. Il
was also understood at the time that
the city, as oon as it should be
feasible, would take over the sew
erage plant, by issuing bonds to pay
for it, allowing the investors eight
per cent on their investment.
fortunately the sewerage sy2tem
appears to have developed sufficient
earning capacity to make it a very
promising investment. Hence, since
its operation is costing the city no
small amount for water, it is to be
hoped that the city may be able to
1t is hardy fair that the patrons Of
the water plant should have to be
taxed more than they are already
paying, to provide for this heavy
dain upon the water supply, espec-
tally when we consider that they are
already paying a very good price for
the sewer service.
While considering this subject, il
might also be added that, if the wa
ter and light committee would act
upon Chairman Blackshear's sugges-
tion and see that no more cane
patches are irrigated from the city
plant. the cost Of the service prob
ably would be reduced materially
There are. in fact. many leaks all
over town which should be stopped.
Defective plumbing is costing con-
siderable. Leaky hydrants and
fl,~Ifnr 20, I, L. - III I'D 49,. F.s.
ing the water supply. The practice
of leaving hose running TO irrigate
lawns and gardens is another means
Of depicting the supply. A way
about town at night will disclose the
flow OF hose which are left running
all night long, night after night,
drawing water from the mains. when
the owners are paying no more than
their neighbors who use the water
only in the prescribed and legitimate
way. A live Inspector might loca'c
and check MANY such leaks, and
save the people money.
One thing is certain-the patron
OF the water service assuredly would
protest most vigorously against an
increase in the water rates, especial
ly under present conditions. So 1t
behooves the city to look to
cutting down the COST of operating
the plant and stopping the leaks.
rather than to think of the limited
increase.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

President Madero is reported as
saying that the people OF Mexico do
not want a democracy. He says they
need a dictator. II is to be sup
posed that he VIII be willing TO
name the dictator at any moment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
THE upKEEP.

/ hate 1t hate it like pizen-that's
flat
Who will roast me for hating that
old straw hat?
1t cost but three plunks when first
placed on my bean,
But I've paid 81 for keeping it clean.
Chicago Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
American League.

New York 81, Boston 2-3.
Chicago 6-2, st. Louis 2-2-second
game called in tenth inning on &C
count Of darkness.
Cleveland 7, Detroit 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Col. Roosevelt probably will know
almost as much as Col. Bryan knows
about the geography Of this country
by the time this campaign is ended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

No need now TO go to the post
Office TO post your letters. Just drop
them in the street letter box and the
mail carrier will do the rest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

No wonder Eve was restless In
Eden. There wasn't a thing for her
to gossip about except snake tracks
under the apple tree.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
X X Z x X x X x x x !; x \ X :
THE NATIONAL BALL GAMES

X X x X x x X x x x x X 4; x
AS played throughout the country
by the various leagues.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

After a man starts a thing he can
generally find something to do aid
a way to do IT,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

A scholarship in the chemistry O.
baking has been established In the
university OF Pittsburg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Several German cities are using
street washing machines driven and
operated by storage batteries. !.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

"A generator Weighing but twenty
pounds for supply electric lights to
ae~roplanes has been perfected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Don't forget to do your Christmas
shopping early.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Daily-Published every morning
except Sunday, by mail postpaid to
any point In the United States, Mex
leo or Cuba or delivered by carrier
to any part Of the city, West
Brownsville, Texas, or Matamoros,
Mexico, one year $500; six months
$500; one month SO cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Entered at the Postofice at Browns
Vile Texas, as Second Class Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
HIE D

THE MODEL LAUNDRY.
We have recently installed in our Cleaning and Pressing department a
Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine"
In pressing cloths with this machine. live dry steam is brought. In d.
rect contact with the m, terial, the garment is pressed uniformly, set
and sternzed 1t one operation. Searching is utterly impossible
This process is more sanitary than the old method and the work is bet
Ter. Our operators are skIlful and our prices are slghtlv lowe than -
merly. -yIFxrI~EEl
Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $50. ~
Coat and pants. cleaned and pressed s1O0
Skirts, steamed and pressed $50. up. - 49, r=g&
Other garments in proportion
TRY US PHONE No /
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25

Associated Press.
National League.
No games were played in the Ma
tional League on account Of rain at
all places where scheduled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-25
Herald Publishing Co.

Official Organ of Cameron County
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
STORY OF M'COMBS, SLATED TO RUN DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE PUT WOODROW COVER"
nv o. p. NEWMAN.

a tariff expert before a commit
tee OF congress once asked Andrew
Carnegie, who was a witness, 10 ex
plain a certain detail In the manu-
faeture OF steel rails. Carnegie
opined that he didn't know.
The committee was thunder
struck. Here was a man who had
made millions out Of the steel
business. who didn't know how that
business was run.
Maybe you think that's funny
way TO tell about William r. Nc.
Combs. campaign manager Tor
Woodrow Wilson, who 10 slated Cor
chairman Of the democratic national
committee, but u liant.
The reason McComhs was such q
huge success as manager Of the
Jcraeylio's pre.conyention fight Ia
that he's Carnegie kind OF n fol
low. He doesn't know anythlng
about the little details OF the cam.
palgn management business. and
he doesn't want 90 know. he
can hire thousands Of men who
know such things.
What he knows IN the big. broad
deep general policy that should
underlle presidential campaign
for Woodrow Wilson. aud that's all
he pays any attention 10.
: MeCombs IL no company captain
Hos general II you have any
doubt OF that you are respectfully
referred 10 what happened az naiii
more. where Mac sat an the speak
ers' stand. watching proceedings
every minute. like n mlscr guarding
his gold, and from time 20 time
issuing short. crisp orders. which
his llcatenants ON the floor obesed
The fellow Possessed OF this rare
gcnlua--rcat executive ahlllty-~li
only ~ years old and has been Grip
Piled from birth NO severely that bis
physical strength has always beer
a doubtful quantity. One limb b,
shorter than the other. and hs
walks with cane and pronounced
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
SHE ADMITS
A PLOT TO
RUIN FUNK

CHICAGO. July io-Mith the
case of Miss Eileen Hcppner.
charged With perjury Ia connection
with testimony against Clarence s
Funk. general manager of the In.
tcrnatlonal Harvester Co. scheduled
10 proceed az o'clock thia after.
noon. the Cook county grand jury
today took up the Investigation Of
the alleged plot against Funk.
Il was understood that States At
torney Wayman placed before the
jury the statement OF Mrs. 10.
scphine Hcnnlng. In this state
ment TIT woman admitted the suit
Of her husband j. c. Hcnnlns.
against Funk. charging alienation
OF her affections and demanding
sa5. 0oo. was plot TO ruin Funk az.
ter he testified tina, Edw. Hines had
asked him 20 furnish $4,000 OF =
sio0, 900 fund 20 be used 10 the cleo.
ton Of Senator Lorlmef.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

limp. Hut hos got brain that IL
as strong as his body Is frall.
Ills slight stature. boyiah. smooth
face and quick. appreciatise rm.Ie
draw towards him instantly all who
meet him. aud supplement his grasp
of general policies and bis cxeru.
tive ability perfectly.
McCombs was born IN Hamburg,
Ashley county. Arkansas. tho day
after Christmas. 1875. the son OF a
welito.do planter. who siill has ex.
tenaive plantations In Arkansas.
McComba went 20 Princeton,
where he graduated In 1898. AZ
college he formed his attachment
10 and friendship with Woodrow
Wilson. then professor Of political
economy.
Leaving Princeton. Mac took his
Law course at Harvard aud In 1906
went TO New York aud hung up hia
shingie Ia the Law office Of Gilbert
y. Roe. brotherina law and former
law partner ~ Senator Lafoilatie
Two years ago he struck out Tot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

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wilt confer a fayor by notifying
this office at once ~ any TAFT
urs % secure prompt and reg
uiaf delivery OF the paper. -
any attempt 40 substitute an
other paper for TIE seattle
star N II the desire ~ tbs
management 10 secure the beet
service for all. ard complaints
are given courteous and pfompt
attention. 10 your paper fails
to arrive any nlaht br 8
o'cIock. kindly phone this office
az once Maln eaee. Ask Tor
the Circulation Department
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
LITTLE QUEENS
OF POTLATCH

One OF the most Interesting
and picturesque events Of Pot
latch week will be the process
slon OF the young people Of Sc.
attle's piayfieids. Each play
field has elected queen, each
Of the ~ queens appointed two
maids OF honor. and each court
will be attended by 10 knights,
as guards Of honor. Every
queen will have float. on
which their maids OF honor Will
ride with them. each float 10 be
hauled by so boys, dressed up
10 represent totem poles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

New Rochelle. NJ. ys--Jehnny
Williams. 10 years old, saved Jacob
slmonsky. is. from drowning BY
kicking tho struggling boy in tho
stomach 10 make him keep quiet,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

eating Hanford charges. member
0f tho assembly from Illinois, WAS
n guest aud delivered an address.
Seattle Commercial club. after
listening 10 an address yesterday
By w. ~ Gross. president OF the
National Soil Fertility league. en-.
dorxed the Lever agricultural bill.
now before congress. This bin pro
vides for federal aid for state agri.
cultural colleges.
a thief with an abundance Of
nerve took a suit cnne belonging
10 w L. Rhodes from an auto
standing Ia front OF the J. 4. Ora
ham store yesterday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

THAT nut, who sells you Ice
10 a hiah~syr,ar." sseiair1ed
Mr.. Mage, a. he 0Iared into the
Ice bos.
ION. no. my dear" replied
Mrs Nsns. "tts 10 io~-~eisn.
man"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

New York--There was . panic IN
Seward park when William Polan-
sky. Is years old. was Instantly
Killed By single blow from the fist
OF another is-yearo old boy IN quar-.
rel over baseball game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

! New york.--undcr police
! escort. the woman's suffrage I
I party finished a mass meeting
! begun week ago. when u waH !
! interrupted BY stones. pals Of I
) water. old shoes and cat calls. !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

= IN accordance With prsvl- 4
= Gus action taken by the coun. 4
: ell. a motion made by Council. 4
man Griffith, to the effect that 4
= the city forthwith purchase 4
= the Hebb power site. involving 4
: . cost OF 81 .oo0. 600. was lost. I
= Couneilmen Erickson. Marble, 4
: Pelree and President Hes. 4
: keith voted against II. on the =
= ground that the matter had I
: not received sufficient inycssl. =
4 CATION. 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

= Judgment Of et2.5so 10 asked ,
= BY Dolly y. and r. q, Croker ,
. aRaiust Gus A. and Rohe NJ t,
= Swanson because of a trade ,
= the defendants made last June. ,
= Mr. and Mrs. Crocker traded ,
. $3.50 worth Of good land for /
= s7.t0o worth 81 Columbia I
. River Orchard bonds. and so /
. acres Of land In California. ,
4 they say that neither arc Of /,
= much value. snd they wanf the /
. equivalent Of the land they ,
= traded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
ANOTHER RECORD

Customs receipts for Yesterday
aud Monday was $4,000. which
looks as il July is going 10 beat all
other months. just as June beat all
previous ones.
George Mitchell. chief tea exam.
iner OF the federal customs depart.
ment. was In Seattle yesterday on
visit 10 local officers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

himself. his practice coming IN 80
rapidly that he wanted his own
office.
The country has had enc other
young presidential campaign man
arer. Frank Hitchcock. who pat
Tart over. MeCombs IL like Hitch
cock In Just one respect he's a
bachelor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

The chsusauqua this year az
cambridge island II attracting
large crowds. especially during the
warm weather OF the last few days.
An unusually attractive program
has been arranged for this season
and a great many people arc taking
advantage of tho combination OF i
good camping ground and enter.
tainment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

crsxe for flower shows 10 taking
Seattle. First IL was Mt Baker.
then West Seattle. and now tia
Rlverton The Methodist church In
holding a show this afternoon and
evening IN Riverton.
Frelehser Ednh. Of the Alaska
Steamship company. arrived In port
Yesterday from Nome and perfnr
Fsa ports. with a cargo ~ whale.
bone and mail The ship was
locked In ice for four days.
William Murray, city boiler In.
spcctor. asks for $40 more appro.
priatIon IN his 1919 estimate.
Andrew oviaiey will address the
rcEnlng meeting of the Wornen's
Commercial club az the Savoy to.
morrow at noon.
Five hundred doiIars damages 10
asked hy Nellie r. ELAN against II.
r. Nixon. who. she alleges. threw
her from the dining room OF the
Frye hotel 20 the kiichen. last May,
thereby causing personal injuries.
Farmers are the heaithiess class
OF men. except preachers. accord
ina 20 English mortality figures.
Picnic will be given by the la
dies Catholic benevolent associa-
tion today az Alkl point
Paul Webster. who with George
Kidd In charged With unlawfuily
importing opium into this country,
Is being tried.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

Lena Hsnan. the f7-ycaroId GIRL
who was brought here from New
York by A. Hanan. n Turkish bar
Der. will be held for deportation by
the immigration officials. Hanan
is in the city jail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
Los ANGELES. yuIy e.

= Marriage licenses are going up.
4 according to !. X. Scheckiea, ,
= who has taken Martha Lew
= man as his nth bride. The
4 first license cost him four bits ,
= In Texas. the ante being sue. ,
= cessivcly raised 10 81 for the
= fifth. He filed a protest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

County treasurer's office will not
be moved to the Prefontainc build.
Ing. The county commissioners
yesterday decided that II down.
town court house II built, the
extra expense Of rental and moving
accustomed by the removal will be
wasted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
YOU'LL FIND 1T HERE
News of the Day Condensed for Busy People
TWO or A KIND


pecunious Father--so you
dare 70 say you are an ideal
match for my daughserf
impecunlous YOUTH DO. In.
deed, sirt
pecunsous FAther--~Why. you
have never earned a dollar In
your life.
impeevnious Youth---Nslther
has she.---pnilsdeiphis Ledger.
New vork--oorothy Tenant.
creator OF The College Wido~. :
secretly married Robert VI. Cats
and announced that she had quit
the stage.
Atlantic City. N. 1.-The finding
OF tho open valve OF vanlman !
wrecked dsrigiblc vas mute owl.
dencs that At least that part Of the
dead aeronau,'s Invention worked
properly.
Los ANGElEss-ausie will ore.
vent divorces. claims Mrs. blanche
Aahlsy Of Berkeley. Before The
State Music Teachers association
shc advocated a school 20 teach
brides chords conducive TO hymsn,
cal blisa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

: "is's mighty hard 10 collect
money just now"
"How do you know II isr"
several people have tried 20
collect from ne.---Times Dem.
ocrat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

The sleepy parent need not fls
The clock 20 shrek AZ half'past g.;
A younoster, lusty.iunaed, will rcus
Him out az 5 with merry shout.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

Knights Of Columbus held their
regular monthly meeting at the
Arctic club last night. Congress.
man Graham. one OF the congress.
sional committee that Ii investi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

Picnic will be given by the la
dies Catholic benevolent associa-
ton today az Alkl point
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

Paul Webster. who with George
Kidd In charged with unlawfuliy
importing opium into this country,
Is being tried.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
Nv. hundred aoIIars dan,su.s !,

Farmers arc the healthiess class
OF men. except preachers. accord.
ina 20 English mortality figures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

Andrew ovieiey will address the
rcEnlng meeting Of the Women's
Commercial club at the Savoy to.
morrow At noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10
Stationery--Sundries
Specials:

Good quality Linen Paper, so sheets anu
so envelopes, special Toe box
Scratch Tablets, special &c.
Cricket Playing Cards, good quality sPe
cial Toe package.
White Wash Belts. embroidered s'y'es'
with pearl buckles, special 1Or.
Steel Pocket Nail Files, special % any
Zoe.
Oriental Perfumes, including Corylops's'
Sandalwood. Orange Blossom Japan's,
Violet, Geisha Bouquet, Lotus Blossom s'''
Oriental Rose special 25c ounce
Corylopsis Talcum Powder, spee'a' ~
pound tins, special 100.
Crepe Paper for Potlatch de'o'a''e'''
special SC roll. basement saiesroe'h
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

William Murray, city boiler In.
spcctor. asks for $40 more appro.
priatIon In his 1919 estimate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-10

--of good quality white or Arabian bob
binct. with pinch hem finished with Baiten-
berg braid and cluny lace edge. Two and
onc-halt yards long. Splendid value at
$50 pair.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29
TWO MEN SHOT FOR
LOVE OF A GIRL
Both Were Wounded at Same
Street Corner After One
Wooes the Lass.
HAD BEEN FRIENDS
Vigil at the 6edsldes Of the Wounded
Men Brought snatches Of Story
From the Weird Mental Wander
inos Of Their Deiirium.

Chicago.-At o'clock the other
night John F. Carroll was shot
through the back at Wentworth ave-
nue. and Twenty-second street as he
was going to his home. 1917 Union
avenue. The would-be assass.l es-
capped. Carroll was taken to the Peo-
ple's hospital.
A few days before William Buckley
was shot at the same corner while on
the way to his home, 23S West Twen-
ty-ninth place. His assailant escaped
He was taken to the Peoples hospital.
where he remained in a i've days de-
lirium.
The police Of the Twenty-second
street station got far enough into the
mystery to find that both men are
friends. both shot with bullets of the
same caliber, both shot at the same
corner. after dark In both instances.
and stopped.
They could get no farther because
both men were unconscious No wit
nesses could be found. A reporter
found clew to the mystery. A two
hour vigil at the bedsides of the
wounded men brought snatches Of
the story from the weird mental wan
derings of their delirium.
Buckley. who had been shot through
the lung. talked almost constantly.
covering q myriad Of subjects. Car
roll. whose abdomen had been pene-
trated. dwelt more on the actual
tragedy.
The story, pieced from delirium. is
this: Both men are friends. Sunday
night they went together to dance
hall at Twenty-second street and
Wentworth avenue.
Buckley and Carroll were about the
only Irishmen at the dance. the ma
jority OF the others being Italians
and Austrians. Buckley was smitten
with a young Italian girl Although
she had a companion OF her own ma
tivity she seemed to prefer Buckley.
Carroll danced with the girl. too. At
one time while they were dancing
Buckley said to the girl:
why don't you marry a white
man?"
The girl Indignantly left him and
told her escort When Buckley and
Carroll left the hall together two men
appeared Buckley recognized one OF
them as the suitor of the girl he had
affronted. The two men seized him.
Carroll pulled one of them of just as
the other fired a revolver. All three
fed, leaving Buckley in the street.
Carroll kept away from the police.
but set out on hunt for his friends
assailant ON his own account. After
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-29

and More Proion9eo.
get serious. and there was no telling
what complications in the general en-
tente might have finally arisen had
proceedings proceeded much further.
Doctor Custer. however, suddenly
looked at his watch and remembered
he had an appointment
A few seconds after he left the
place the bar telephone rang.
Let me speak to Smith" came the
request over the phone when the bar
tender placed the receiver to his ear.
~Smith is the gentleman who Just
dropped his glass when the snakes got
after him"
The gentleman here called ~Smith"
for convenience. placed the receiver
to his ear and suddenly droped it with
such celebrity that it almost broke the
cord.
There's q short circuit in there"
he exclaimed. red and confused Il
got an awful shock In my ear"
One after another of those present
cautiously placed rhe receiver to their
ears. In each instance came distinct
ly over the phone a shrill 'whirrr-rr-"
Then finally: That's all right, boys.
it's only me. / am the only man who
can make a noise like rattlesnake.
Yours, Doctor Custer"