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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
MOTORISTS SHOULD
EXAMINE MACHINE

preliminary 10 taking theautomo-
bile out Of the garage there are sew
eral important thing which an auto
mobilist should think Of" says Will
liam H. Stewart, Jr. In the first
place, an examination Of the car
should DC made, starting in with
brake. Tie emergency brake as well
as the loot brake should be kept in
Ifrst-class order. 1t ought to De pos
,sible TO lock the wheels with either
should not bind when released. Care
should be taken to see that they are
properly equalized, because If one
wheel receives more power from the
brake than the other a serious skic
may be the result, and one is very
liable to wind up in the hospital.
Next in order is a close examina-
ton of the steering mechanism, which
is one of the most important parts
of the automobile, and upon which
there rests a great deal of response
bility. Be positive before starting out
that there is no excessive lost mo-
ton and no undue binding, for if
there is any trace of either immedi-
ate attention is necessary. A great
many Automobiles seem to think
that the steering mechanism needs
very little attention, whereas if it
was given a serious thought at fire.
Quent intervals there would be less
accidents.
The radiator should then be filled
with clean water and the lubrica-
ton of the entire car, not only the
engine, which so many AUTOMOBILE
lists seem to think Is the only part to
be fabricated, should be looked after.
Proper fabrication will give any ar,
regardless of price, a longer service
and life and help to cut repair bills.
The next in order is the gasoline
that has been strained through cha
mois skin. 1t is advisable to clean
out the strainer in the gasoline pipe
which leads from the tank to the
carburetor, as any sediment or water
which has collected there would be
very likely to affect the flow of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
Conversations.

An unique and very interesting
evening was spent last night at the
residence OF Mrs. j. r. Howse, who
entertained a party of young ladies
with a conservation party" The
young ladies talked of their exper-
fences in the various schools attend
ed by them during the past session,
and other modes of conversational
entertainment were enjoyed. Re-
freshments served during the even
ing, consisted of a salad course and
marshmallow course.
Those present included Misses Ber-
nice Stell, Dorothea Holt, Inez Stud
ebaker, Lillian ana Nettie Hicks,
Amelia Young, Ruth Craig, Marie
Caldwell, Mae Reynolds, Ruth Mon
sees, Isabel and Florine Pierce, Bes-
sic Cooke, and Emily and Virginia
Macmanus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
Endorsement for Prof. Hallmark.

The LIGHT. having no in.ere-. in
the political affairs of Cameron
County other than in cur desire to
see the best available man elected
to every Office TO be filled, hopes
that Prof. G. G. Hallmark, of Browns
vile. will be elected County Super
intendent Of Public Instruction.
Prof. Hallmark is a capable, con
scientious educator, a gentleman OF
integrity and an American citizen
of the best type. The Light believes
that he is the best available man fol
the place.
Particularly appealing TO The
Light is Prof. Hallmark's plan to es-
tablish, if elected County Superin-
.tendent, rural schools throughout
the County where agricultural and
manual training are to be taught as
provided ty I law recently passed by
\ he legislature. This being a dis
tinctly agricultural country and a
section where scientific agricultural
methods may be practised to great
advantage, Prof. Hallmark's policy
OF fostering the plan Of practical ed
ucation is commendable, indeed
San Benito Light.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
Notice.

Notice TO all parties whose taxes
are delinquent to the City o.
Brownsville, Texas.
All parties whose x are de.
inquent to the City Of Brownsville
Texas, are hereby notified that the
Delinquent Tax Roll Of said City
will be published during the present
month and after said publication
as is required by law. suit will be
Immediately instituted for the col
lection OF said delinquent X
All those whose taxes are delin-
qnent to said City of Brownsville.
Texas, may save further costs in the
matter and avoid their names appear
ing as delinquent tax payers in said
publication by paying up their
taxes.
NJ. j. GARCIA,
City Tax Collector.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
gasoline 70 the carburetor.

gasoline to the carburetor.
The tires should then be pumped
up and be sure that there are plenty
of spare tubes and shoes for the triT
contemplated. together with a jack
and a good set of tools stored away
in the ar. The motor may then be
started. provided the following
things have been noted:
Il. Make sure the gears are in
neutral.
2. Set the emergency brake.
"3. Retard the spark.
"A. Open the throttle one-quar-
ter.
-. Turn the switch on the bait
terry and crank the motor.
LAS soon as the motor starts, the
spark should be advanced at once,
and the throttle partly closed. then
urn the switch 10 the magnetic and
the car is ready for its journey"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
Beaumont Wants Good Roads.

Beaumont. Texas. July 9.-Peti-
tons are being circulated in this
cOnntv asking for an election to vote
500, 900 in bonds to construct good
roads. 1t is requested that enough
bonds be issued t complete the high
way from China to the Liberty coun-
ty line; from Nome to the Hardin
county line and from Fannette to
the Chambers county line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
WHAT IS A FAILURE?

What is a failure. It's only a spur
To the nan who received il right
And it makes the spirit within him
stir
To 90 in once more and fight,
If you never have failed, it's an ever
guess
You never have won a high sue
cess.
E. Vance Cook.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
How They Managed It?

Our cook has been with us for two
months now.
How do you account for th9t?
She's reading a continued stNry
in the weekly magazine we subscribe
to.-Kansas City Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10

Your salesman who are representing you are careful
to wear clean linen and we'll pressed clothes in Or
der to strengthen, the impression that all things
coming from your headquarters, men and goods, all
high grade. The dress of the letters and literature
you send calling upon your customers il a important
a matter as the shave, shine and dignity of your salesman
A little paper and cold type; and a warm inn
preston is guaranteed aside from the ap-
peal IN the text Of your argument.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
CITY BUILDING I

Texas Commercial Secretaries Assn
Special News Service.)
Cold cash always receives a warm
reception in a live town.
! rs not so hard 10 travel the
straight L h proyldin3 is 4 good
road.
Factories favor shipping facilities
boost the right of way PROPOSE
ton.
A city is sometimes judged by the
agricultural possibilities of the sur
rounding couL ry-increase the eff
ficiency of the soil.
Greet the stranger with the smile
that won't come off.
The county that can boast OF good
roads has taken the first step to be-
coming an empire its self.
There should be no place in a live
town for the demagogue it would ev-
en- pay to get him a ticket N way.
When internal strife sets in, Cap
ital usually steps out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
WONDERF
Vast Underground Mel
bers and lPassages1
covered.

Nogales, Ariz., July
most wonderful cav
has been found in 81
Unnamed, unexplorel
known is the vast
few persons have DAD
. its grandeur. its
wonders and ID stu
work OF ature
the foothills Of lthd
tains. about forty
of Nogales. SantA
Exploring parti
spent days inside,
err discovered the eI
passage ways, room
innumerable, some
of transparent stall
One room has a Id
floor and they calld
hall and others have
and chasms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10

The most popular spot in own at
this time of the year is the down
town breathing spot where the weary
populace can find rest and recrea-
tion close at hand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
NJ j. GARCIA,
City Tax Collector

Invest your money in every project
that makes for the progress OF your
community.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10
The Negligent Police.

Mr.. Simpson was reading the
newspaper.
Here's a man got into a drunken
brawl and was stabbed to DEATH" he
said aloud.
His wife glanced up from her knit
ting and commented:
In some low drinking den, | sup
Tose?"
mo; tn paper syas he got stabbed
in tn thoracic cavity"
Same thing; you'd think tn po-
Iced close such a place up"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-10

An improved highway is the road
TO health, wealth and happiness.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
SALMON CANNERY WISDOM

For gross worldly wisdom it
would be difficult to surpass the
Ten Demandments" hanging in
one Of the many salmon canneries
at Steverton, in western Canada:
Don't lie. 1t wastes my time
and yours. l am sure to catch
you in the end, and that is the
wrong d.
2. Watch your work, not the
clock. A long days work makes
a long day short: and a short day s
work makes my face long.
8. Give me more than'I expect,
and I'll give you more than you
expect. can afford to increase
your pay if you increase my
profits.
4. You owe so much to your
self you cannot afford to owe any
body else. Keep out VI debt, or
keep out of my shops.
5. Dishonesty is never an
accident Good men, like good
women, never see temptation when
thay meet it.
6. Mind your own business and
in time you'll have a business of
your own to mind.
7. Don't do anything here
which hurts your self-respect. An
employee who is willing to steal
for mo is willing TO steal from me.
8. 1t is none of my business
what you do at night. But if
dissipation affects what you do the
next day, and you do half as much
as l demand, you'll last half as
long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what I'd like
tc hear, bat what ought to hear.
l don't want a valet for my vanity,
but ore for my dollars.
10. Don't kick if l kick. If
you're worth while correcting
you're worth while keeping.
don't waste time cutting specks
out of rotten apples Toronto
Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
SURGERY OF THE SCISSORS

The wife of prominent lawyer
in western city was ordered by
her physician to a sanitarium for
treatment in preparation for a
surgical operation. Her husband
saw her safely established at the
hospital. with her sister and maid
in attendance, to do some necessary
sewing for the invalid; then he
departed on a short business trip,
with strict instructions to the
doctor not to perform the opera
ton until his return.
Upon receipt of the first letter
from his wife, he returned post
haste, and, encountering the
doctor at the no: pital door,
angrily demanded to know why the
operation had been performed
before notifying him.
your wife has undergone no
operation, to my knowledge"
replied the puzzled physician.
"Then what does this letter
mean?" demanded the lawyer, end
produced the alarming document,
which read: Dear Joe: l am
glad you brought me here befol e
you left. Everybody is so nice to
me here. They cut out my kimona
yesterday, and had it seweed up
before knew anything about it.
| am feeling better, Already
Ely Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
cows HORN NURSING BOTTLE
Description Of old-Time Baby Raising
That VIII Make Modern
Mother Shudder.

The original nursing bottle was q
cows horn, to the small end of which
were sewn two pieces of leather, as q
finger OF glove, and the infant drew
Its nourishment between the stitches.
According to DR.. D. Forsyth, fifteenth
century mothers used to nurse their
babies for close upon three years, q
duration still customary among the
Japanese and Greenlanders. In the
time Of the Stuarts 1t had declined to
between eighteen months and two
years. In the time OF the Georges 1t
fell to one year, and now he reckoned
the average as eight months.
During the Hanoverian period the
practice Of feeding babies artificially
became somewhat common. Cows milk
was not then considered just the food
for a baby deprived of its mothers
milk, and the substance called pap"
was introduced through the cows
horn. Pap" was a mixture of crust,
water and sugar. A baby that thrived
on 1t was usually one of rare constitu.
ton.
The nursing bottle with a long rub
Der stem succeeded the cows horn,
and by degrees the comparatively san
itary feeding bottle of today was In.
troduced.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
CLOSE CALL FROM DEATH
Boston Boy Has Halr-raIsIns Expert
oneo at Night In Manila
Bay.


Letters received by q. 8. Perkins Of
Savin Hill from his twenty-one year
old son Lester. brother OF the kite ex.
Pert and aeronaut, Samuel F. Perkins,
tell Of an experience which he calls
moro "hair-raising" than kite flying.
Young Perkins visited one of the for.
tilted islands in Manila bay last
month on a 60-foot tug.
On the return trip . storm came up
and the boat was wrecked on fish
trap. Perkins managed to get hold
OF life preserver and drifted about
ELL night, being at one time within
mile Of shore, but prevented from
landing by a shift Of wind. He chung
some time to fish trap, fought off a
Chinaman and Filipino woman, who
sought his life preserver, and was
finally picked up in the morning com.
pletely exhausted after having been
IA hours In the water. After ten days
In the hospital he wrote to his father
that 1t was grand experience"
Young Perkins had done consider.
able kite flying with his brother and
had developed a strong physique,
which undoubtedly enabled him to
come through the ordeal. He went
cut to Manila last September and is
employed In the custom house there
Boston Transcript.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease the
science has been able to cure in ali
it's stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a conditional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo o. Sold by Druggists,
75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
LIGHTHOUSE HAS NO KEEPER
Volcano on San Salvador Whose
Flashes Of Light Come Regularly
Every Seven Minutes.

What do you think OF a perpetual
lighthouse, needing no keeper, and
vet as regular in Its flashes of light
as one maintained by the govern
ment?" asked Albert D. Van Wyck,
globe trotter, at the Raleigh
This natural light never fails, and
that means much for navigation. II
is volcano on the island of San Sal.
Vador. This volcanic lighthouse is
about eight miles inland from the port
OF Acajutla. 1t is a veritable pillar OF
cloud by day, and the fash OF its light
oy night has been valuable to marin.
ers for years. 1t can be seen far out
at sea, and burst of flame has gone
upward every seven minutes, without
The variation Of a second. for many
years.
THE few visitors who stop at San
salvador amuse themselves the first
few days by holding their watches
and timing the outburst OF flame.
"A lighthouse fee is collected OF all
vessels that put In at the harbor near.
est the volcano, and no skipper OBJ
1ects. He knows that the volcano is
more reliable than the lighthouses
kept by human beings on other coasts.
and the novelty OF the light is worth
the price charged by the government.
mere is the usual defamation caused
oy the eruption every seven minutes,
and the ground is shaken, but, after a
short sojourn on the island you fail to
notice 1t, and would be the more
shocked II It did not Wash.
Ington Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
DISSERTATION ON THE SHIRT
Writer uncorks Walls Of Wrath In q
Few Indictments Of Uncomfort-
able Modern Garment.

The onward march of civilization
aas its obstacles.
Shirts being made for man and not
man for shirts, every time a man geta
a new shirt or one comes back from
the laundry the moral uplift needs the
application OF the safety brake and the
emergency clutch to keep lib from
dropping into the cellar again.
Shirts are made Of various kinds OF
materials. After the sewing is fin.
ished they are left for a few hours in
a strong mixture of glue and con.
crete. This fastens the back to the
bosom and sticks the sleeves togeth.
er. Buttonholes are then made in the
ckband, and the band is then steep.
ed In cement so that the buttonholes
cannot be opened. The bosom Is ther
adorned with buttons. These but
tons are sewed on with one weak
thread, so that when you try to but.
ton the shirt, after having pried It
apart with a paper knife and strong
language. the buttons will fly away
nerrily.
Shirts that are laundered are al
ways sent back with the lowe but.
ton buttoned In, and all the button.
holes glued tight.
Dress shirts are made with We
neered bosoms, with little round holes
where the studs are only supposed
to be placed. These bosoms are abso
lutely infexible, and the studs cannot
be inserted without the aid Of a sledge
hammer, which is damaging to the dis
position.
The man who will invent q button.
less shirt, which cannot be starched
In the neckband, will earn a monu
ment which will be illuminated at
nigbt.-Chicago Evening Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
Like Father, Like son.

Bishop Weldon, dean Of Man.
chester, speaking at the annual con.
feTence Of the National Association of
Head Teachers at Manchester recent.
'ly, said that when head.master of
Harrow he once wrote to-" ser about
his sons betting habits. The peer
replied: Il am much obliged for your
letter. but think ought to tell you
am much worse myself" Another
parent wrote to Dr. Welldown;
Whenever you find 1t necessary to
flog my son at school I shall give him
another flogging at home" This the
dean described as a somewhat unin.
tellIgible support OF the school by the
home which might not be altogether
Observation-Disclosures Mail.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
The Human Erame.

A physician says that the human
frame may be compared to a watch,
OF which the heart is the handspring,
the stomach the regulator, and what
We put In It the key by which the ma.
chine ls wound up. According to the
quantity. quality and proper digestion
OF what we eat and drink will be the
pace OF the pulse and the action of
ne system In general n the machine
IS disorganized, the same expedients
are employed for its Reimbursement az
are used by the matchmaker.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
At tho Celestial Cato.

The druggist approached the Celes-
tial gate. st. Peter opened the portal
for him and babe him enter and Join
the heavenly choir,
Not so FAST" admonished the com.
FOUNDER OF pills. Before go in there
I want to ask few questions. Have
you any city directories in Paradise ?"
No. replied st. Peter.
ANY remedies for growing hair on
bald heads and door knobs?"
None"
ANY soda fountains?"
I'VE don't know what they are"
do you sell stamps?"
I'VE don't use them here"
And last, but not least, have you
any telephonesT
I'VE have not"
Then I'll go In, for guess this In
Heaven all right, all right."-Louis.
Vile Post
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
MAN FLOATS A WHOLE DAY
Indifferent Swimmer Keeps Afloat In
Ocean by Pure LIfe-savIns
Instinct.

A French fisherman, q most indiffer.
ent swimmer, was knocked overheard
IN a storm twenty miles from the
French coast. going into. the briny
with all his clothing on, including oil
skins and heavy rubber boots. Almost
twenty-four hours afterward two men
working a small boat along the
French coast, picking up eel pots near
the mouth Of a creek. saw what ap-
peared to be the nude body Of a
drowned man borne toward them by
the incoming tide. They secured the
body with rope and towed 1t ashore.
There. to their amazement, they de-
tected signs of animation and, falling
TO work like the sensible men they
were. soon restored the man to con.
seriousness. 1t was the fisherman who
had gone overheard in the storm.
The overheard fisherman, twenty
miles from land, knew he could not
swim far, but he also knew the human
body Is lighter than water, especially
salt water, and will float indefinitely
unless water is taken into the lungs
and stomach. This fisherman man.
aged to get off oilskins, rubber boots
ana at last every stitch Of clothing.
Thus freed. he floated and, the storm
aoating to steady breeze shoreward,
his slight swimming spurts were as.
sisted In partly overcoming the ebb
tide and he had the full benefit of two
Hood tides carrying him toward shore.
The man said he must have lost con-
seriousness several hours before being
picked up. but kept afioat by pure life
saving instinct
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
ChjldIRh Beliefs,

Yes, chilA-en believe plenty Of queer
th,nss. I suppose all Of you have
had the pCGketbook fever when you
were little. What do nj 2 Why
ripping up odd pocketbookSSh the hrm
oeiief that bank bills to an immense
amount were hidden in them 30, too.
you must all remember some splendid
unfulhlled promise OF somebody or
other, which fed you with hopes per.
maps for years. and which left blank
IN your life which nothing has ever
hlled up.-Holmes
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-01-15
A Real Wonan.

Yes, we met a real live queen
while abroad. Were conducted through
the palace. In fact" You don't tell
me- And how did the queen act?"
Just like an ordinary woman. Told
US she had hard time keeping help
and apologized profusely for the way
the palace looked"