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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
MEN MUST NOT DRING
Use of Intoxicants Forbidden by
Management of Railroad.

As a result Of an investigation
conducted by the management of
the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad. following the recent
disastrous wreck at Corning, n. w..
an order has been issued to the m
ployes of the transportation service
forbidding the use of intoxicant.
either while off or on duty. All
classes of employees directly connect
ed with the movement OF trains are
prohibited from using their time
while OF duty in any manner that
may unfit them for The same, prompt
and efficient performance of their
duties. This rule applies particular
ly to men who spend their time of
duty playing cards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Business Instinct.

"a strange kind OF thrift was brought
20 light when / advertised a ring that
] had found" a woman said. Among
the communications | received was u
letter from q woman who frankly ad
mitted that she had not lost q ring.
"'But l want to buy one.' she said
If the M you found is not claimed
by the owner and IL you do not wish
70 keep 1t ] will pay according TO
value and assume all responsibility
'"The ring vas not claimed. and ! in
vited my correspondent to call. She
bought 1t at u price that was cheap for
her and muniicent for me.
~ get half the really nice things |
have by answering lost and found ad
vertisements.' she said. Many persons
holding unclaimed articles prefer the
money to the goods and let them 20
at bargain prices advantageous To
BOTH New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
DON'T FEEL BLUE
Liver Clogged Up-That's All-You
Need Hot Springs Liver Buttons

Little, dainty. magical workers
that unclog the liver and set free
the poisonous matter. Then gently,
but surely, drives it from your sys-
tenn.
Among people who have visited
Hot Springs, the HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS are almost as fam
GUS are the healing waters.
Once the victim of constipation
or of a rebellious liver uses these
wonderful lfttle health promoters he
has no further use for any other
pills. oils, salts, cathartics. or purga-
tives.
Thousands upon thousands OF peo-
pie depend upon HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS to keep them in
superb health.
Nothing known any better for
constipation. torpid liver, upset
stomach. headache. dizziness, ner-
yousness or that down and out feel
ing. Box for only % cents at first
class druggists in Brownsville and
vicinity. For free sample write Hot
Springs Chemical Co.. Hot Springs
Ark. Brownsville Drug Co, specia
agent In Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Writing TO a friend. the author OF
~European Years includes what he
terms "a couple of bubbles in one let
ter. One, he says, he found In the
London Telegraph. the other he does
not account for.
Well. this is the bubble: The new
bishop OF New Zealand. in a farewell
and pathetsc interview with his moth
er after his appointment, was thus ad-
dressed by her, in such sequence as
sobs and tears would permit: Il sup
pose they will eat you. my dear. !
try to think otherwise. but l suppose
they will. Well, we must leave it In
the hands of providence. But If they
do. mind. my dear. and disagree with
them"
Another bubble. and a very tiny one:
Foster arrived late for his dinner. a,ol-
ogized for being late. explaining that
he had been detained by having to
stand godfather to one OF Charles
Dickens children. Il hope said Doug
Las Jerrold. that If you gave the child
q mug, 1t wasn't your own
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
WOMEN NOMINATED FOR
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

In the recent primaries a woman
received the democratic nomination
for county superintendent OF schools
in each of the following counties:
Bee, Travis, Colorado. Karnes, Bur-
net, and probably others. There
seems to be a growing tendency,
even in Southwest Texas, TO remove
the public school system from the
zone of politics. and doubtless a
very good way to help accomplish
this Is to follow the examples or the
counties above mentioned. No in
stitution is more important to the
average community than its public
school system, and If the person
most competent 10 superintend this
system is a woman, there's no rea-
son to bar here because OF her sex.
San Benito Light.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Youna Doctor. Bio Pill.

81 had got my medical education by
the hardest work." said the doctor.
"and had hung out my shlngle. | had
expected to have to wait for the first
patient, but not to have to wait so
long. Finally. however. the call came
1t was to u little house on the edge OF
town, and when | got there | found a
woman sick with | had no idea what
l made out a pill prescription for her.
and for fear that | shouldn't earn my
money | wrote nearly the whole ma
terra medica into It. Then | told her
10 send 1t to the nearest drug store and
have 1t filed. and Their | left. After
an hour or two Il small. shock headed
boy appeared at my office. which was
over the banL~and approached by ont
side stairs. Wa ! the doctor that had
just been at his maw's house! His
maw's house correspondent with the
house | had just visited. SO | was the
doctor. Well he went on. my NAV
says how you expect her to swallow
that air pill? She amt no hoss.'"-
New York Post
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
CHANGES IN PRESIDENTS FLAG.

The presidents flag, which few
Americans have ever seen, and
which has now a red field was given
a blue field July A.. An executive
order Just issued brings about the
change. 1t will also cuase the in
crease Of the number OF stars on the
standard flag to AS, corresponding
to the number of states in the
union. Because hat number would
too greatly crowd the blue square
or union in small flags ii is Or
dered that colors less than five feet
in width shall bear only II stars.
No longer will flagmakers for the
government be allowed TO exercise
their W judgment and tase in the
proportions, for the latest order pre-
scribes that the dimensions shall be
as follows: Hoi,t( width, 4; fly
Qength), Is; hoist Of the union
Tor blue field. 7-13; fly OF union.
.76; width OF each stripe. lib.
There will be just twelve standard
sizes OF flags. ranging from 20 feet
their own Judgment and taste in the
more Sun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
MORE ICONOCLASM.
DWIGHT BRAY.

Now comes an iconoclast who
would rob us of the good old super
stition Of ST. Swithin's Day. First
thing We know some one will be tell
ing Is that the ground hog is not
to be depended upon as a weather
prophet. 81. Swithin lived here a
matter OF 1000 years ago, and it was
not SO very long after his death that
they began to use his birthday as a
guage for the weather. AS the old
tradition held, and still holds, St.
S~within's day strikes the keynote for
the weather Of the following forty
days. If it rains on July Il ii will
rain every day until August "a, and,
conversely, if it is droy on the former
date. no rain will fall for forty days.
But the iconoclast has examined
the records at Greenwich, England,
for a period OF twenty years, and he
announces that "of the forty days
following July Is, the greater part
were rainy when st. Swithin's Day
was fine. In the period spoken of
there have never been forty consecu-
tive wet or dry days after the an
niversary, whatever the conditions
may have been on that day
Undoubtedly a careful examina-
ton of the records in any other part
OF the world would show similarly
unsatisfactory results. We may
safely assume that st. Swithin's
reputation as a weather prophet has
been smashed. And yet we meekly
offer the guess that for the stated
section of midsummer a weather
representation based on the st.
Swithin superstition will make a
fairly good showing when compared
with the works Of the United States
government experts. - Providence
journal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
UNIVERSITY DEMOCRACY.

Two cut of every five students in
the University of Texas support
themselves either wholly or in part.
During the past session over six
hundred students kept themselves in
the university by their own efforts.
A few students are from wealthy
homes. some are children Of people
in comfortable circumstances, and
some are very poor. Numbers main
tain themselves by arduous outside
labor and heroic efforts. Some of
the men students milk, do yard
work, deliver papers; some of the
girls care for small children, wait
on tables and sew. How do their
fellow students look on them? One
young man who, during his senior
year MIXED ten cows night and
morning in a local dairy, says of his
experience: II cultivated the So
ciety and friendship Of my college
ma. es of both sexes. Excepting the
demand upon my time there was no
social disadvantage because of my
work. The democracy of the Uni
versity il of such a rugged and pro-
nounced type that a boy who is
working his way through school
operates for rather than against
him in a social way"
After serving tables at the
woman's table for three years of her
university course, a young woman
says: 1.-The girls with but few ex-
%ceptions. showed the four of us thus
employed. every consideration. In
fact We gained a popularity all out
of proportion 10 what we deserved.
The work was firing, and some times
terribly monotonous, but was excel
lent training for my present work
with girls and young women"
Still another odd-job man writes:
q am glad % say that the school
was essentially democratic. A man
was taken on his merits and not on
his blue blood or bullion. | be-
longed to a fraternity and took ac-
tive part in a literary society. be-
sides at n time editing the Maya
zine and serving on the Cactus
board"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

As In all new and unsettled places
many m take neither
Time nor money TO spend on beauti-
Tying the home grounds, and in
building comfortable houses. In a
Gown II a man is preparing for some
business, the first thing he thinks
OF is. where will stay? But il il
not so with farmers.
The northerners hurry their
wives and children down to this
country without preparing COM
Portable homes for them. Thus
many people are dissatisfied. The
first thing a farmer does on buying
land Il to put up a rude shack and
then goes TO clearing his land for
crops. Often people after a good
crop spend their money buying more
land. | think this is a great mis-
take. think the first money should
be put into comfortable houses. and
as o o as possible fruit and shade
trees should be planted. If farmers
would spend more time in comfort
able houses it would moi only catch
the touirt's eye, but there would be
many more happy homes on the farm
in South Texas.
DWIGHT BRAY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Select Your Cotton Seed Now.

: The average farmer pick. his cot
0 as it opens, gins 1t, sells lint and
seed. and then about the last Of the
season, hauls home seed enough for
next years planting. In this way.
as a rule, he saves the latest and
poorest seed.
III, when the cotton begins to
open, the farmer, with as much in
telligent help as the size Of the crop
will warrant, would go through the
Held and select the early big boIls
that are grown on short-jointed,
vigorous, well-formed stalk, until
he has enough to furnish seed for
next years planting, and would
have this seed ginned to Itself, and
carefully store it where it will not
neat, 1t is safe to say that the mex
seasons crop would ripen ten or fiji
teen days earlier than the average
Of this years crop, and that th.-
yield would be practically doubled.
1t would be just as reasonable TO
shake down the apples promiscuous-
ly from a tree and take them to the
fair, hoping to win a premium in
competition with a man who had
selected only the choicest specimens,
or to trun all of your stock loose to
breed Unfortunately, instead of
forcing the survival Of the fittiest
by the most rigid selection. and ex-
pect to improve your stock, as Ii Is
to plant seed of any kind without
selecting with the greatest car the
most vigorous and the best, and
hope for good results.
1t is fair to say that ten per cent
Of the cotton seed selected as above
suggested, is infinitely superior to
the average of the other ninety per
cent; therefore, il you plant only
The average of the whole you invite
deterioration at nine to one.
Each cotton grower, from the man
who raises one bale to the nan who
raises one hundred bales, al very
greatly increase his yield and his
profit by this simple and inexpensive
method.
This is something you can do in
your own field; try it.
HENRY EXALL,
President Texas Industrial Congress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
c.ts as Food In China.

One often sums up the value or cheap
fur by describing II as having been Cd
tanned from the domestic cat. III III
China garments OF catskin rank as h'gh
and ore as precious as garments OF sh
BILE in this country. In the tlowrry
Land cats 6esh is also much eaten
and is especially recommended as q
cure for consumption and all lung dis
eases. 1t is vastly superior to Q h'ri
oil. and therefore cats are considered
extremely valuable possessions h'"'A
cats provide the best meat. ana 10 "
great many parts Of China this food /
40 highly esteemed that cats are renfed
for sale like fowls or sheep.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Musical Note.

Lord North was once asked why he
did not subscribe for a certain series
Of concerts. as his brother, the bishop.
had done. IF / were as deaf as my
brother" he answered. Il would" In
the Musical Amateur Mr.. Robert Ha-
ven Schautfier tells BerlioZ's story OF
the young woman in the music store
to indicate the sort OF performer whose
audience would find deafness a positive
boon.
"But. mademoiselle," suggested the
clerk, will not this piece In i've sharpS
perhaps be rather too ditiicult?'
'Pooh!'' she replied disdainfully.
'sThat IN all one TO me. Whenever /
find more than two sharps or hats l
scratch them out with my penknife."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
COUNTY
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

District Judge-W. B. Hopkins.
District Attorney-John /. Kleiber
District Clerk-LOuis Kowalski
County Judge-John Bartlett.
County Attorney-E. X. Goodrich.
County Clerk-Joseph Webb.
SHERIFF.. T. Ryan.
Tax CollectoT-Damaso Lerma.
a AsSessOr-George Champion.
County Treasurer-Edgar l.. Hicks
County Surveyor. w. Amthor.
Sup. Pub. ln.-E. VI. Goodrich.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
We HAVE INSTALLED

A large corn shelter at
Corpus Christi, and arc in
position to buy all the ear corn
you have to ship. Kindly write.
wire or phone us at Corpus Christi,
II you will ship any corn in car load
lots, and we will make the top mar
ket price on same.-Taylor Grain &
Hay Co.. Wholesale Buyers. Corpus
Christi, Teras. 7-24-1m
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
eaAisfantinn For Him.

swell" said the m~illionaire's hril
Mani son, who has achieved success .!
MS own efforts. Il have one great sal
isfaction."
.syhat "a that?" asked his admirinc
friends.
AT least none OF you can say that
Won knew me when ! didn't have Al
acknowledgement Free Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Notice to Mothers Club.

All members of the Mothers Club
are reQuetsed TO meet in their first
regular session of the fall term,
Thursday afternoon at four o'clock.
at the Chamber OF Commerce. All
officers are TO be elected at this meet
ing. therefore a full attendance il
very necessary. The school teachers
are especially requested TO attend.
MRS. ". E. HAWKINS. Pres
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
rrv;,, "a Beat the Game.

.Every note that prima donna sings
eosts me at least a dollar" said one
musical manager.
SWELL" replied the other. get 4 man
10 write her a song with only whole
notes and rests in it"-Washington
star
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
City Plant Saves Money.

Kansas City. Mo. Aug 15.-The
value OF the municipal asphalt plan
TO the property owners OF Kansas
City was shown recently when the
cost OF paving OF 18th street from
Virginia avenue 10 Woodland avenue
was estimated. The cost will be
S1.62 a square yard. The usual
price is about $3.50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Wi4h tha

.Oh. mother. why are the men Ia the
trout b~aldheadedf"
They bought their tickets from tue
scalps rs. my child Chicago Tribune
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Eriendship.

II is a common observation that or
serences of taste. understanding u diS
nosition are no i~mpediments to friend
ship and that the closest intlninc'eS
sften exist between minds each %
which supplies what Is wanting In the
ather.-Lord Macaulay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Auto Licenses.

The county clerk has issued auto
Brownsville; Harrington Ice < Gin
Co. and r. P. Foley, San Benito.
Their numbers are 1928, 129 and 1870,
respectively.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Church Notice.

All Saints Episcopal church at
San Benito will be opened for ser
vices Sunday, Aug. Is. Services at
II a. m, and s p. m. AL lare cor
daily invited TO be present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

There were, 1850 cremations Of
human remains in Switzerland last
year, an increase of % per cent owe
the number for the year before.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

An inventor has given an UNI
brella ribs flexible tips and claims
they will prevent an umbrella being
blown inside out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
dreamed

For use on rivers subject 10 great
tidal changes an Alabama engineer
has invented q floating wharf which
runs up and down upon a sold in
cline laid with rails.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Jo.eph X. Wells and l.. II. Bates
arrived home last night from San
Antonio, after a strenuous two days
in attendance at the state democratic
convention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
Than Che Got a

She thaving nothing else 10 say'-lts
funny how we ever came to Trims 80
much OF each other. FUNNY
lts positively ridiculous:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Vienna's new water works system
brings $4,000. 600 gallons of water .
day from a point in the Alps lis
miles distant.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Judge w. E. Hawkins returned
last night from San Antonio. where
he attended the democratic conven-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

The salt deosits OF the United
States are ample enough TO supply
the nations demands for many years
to come.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Landrum and
their guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
Emerson Smith OF San Antonio. came
in from the Cipres plantation yes
terday and took in the military
band concert last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Electric food and water heaters
are said to increase hens egg laying
powers and to prevent poultry dis
eases due to cold foods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
PERSONALS

x X X X x x x x x x y y :. :, !
c. and Horace Kelly of Mission
are visitors in Brownsville. They are
guests at the San Carlos hotel.
G. P. Trimble of San Antonio is
a visitor in this city.
c. w. Dunaway of Corpus Chriti
was here yesterday.
l.. r. Newton OF Corpus Christi
was a visitor in Brownsville yester-
day.
f. A. Spann of Dallas is a guest
at the San Carlos hotel.
Albert SammOns of Mission is a
visitor in Brownsville.
Chas. Eikel, a business man of
New Braunfels, Texas. was a visitor
in this city yesterday.
s. T. Melton Of Del Rio was in
the city yesterday.
E. s. Mills of Chicago was a bust
ness visitor in Brownsville yester-
day.
Carl Thorn and Frank Gum, both
of Mission, were visitors here yes
terday.
Fl. T. Wood Of Houston was a Wis
itor in Brownsville yesterday.
E. s. Templeton of Greenville, Pa,
is prospecting through the Valley.
He was in Brownsville yesterday.
F. A. Gross of Oklahoma City,
president of the Gross Construction
Co, the contractors for the erection
of the Cameron county court house
and jail buildings, arrived in
Brownsville Wednesday night. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Gross.
Luther Williams of Abasola, Mex
leo, arrived in Brownsville Wednes-
day night. He is a guest at the
Miller hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Oatman of
Dundee, H., are visitors in Browns
vile. They are prospecting through
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
w. H. Mead of Raymondyille was
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. G.. B. Meriwether of Donna
and Mrs. G. H. Worthington of
Egypt, Tex, are visitors in Browns
willie.
H. o. Watts Of San Benito was in
Brownsville yesterday.
Fl. j. Neff of Corpus Christi was
here for a short time yesterday.
II. Maye of Mission was a bust
ness visitor in Brownsville yester-
day.
E. E. Damon of New York City IL
a business visitor in Brownsville.
B. l.. Cain went up on the Branch
line yesterday morning and re-
turned in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Landrum and
their guests. Mr.. and Mrs. JOS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
The Wrong Guess.

The young man produced a small.
square box from his pocket.
Il have a present for you" he be-
gan. Il don't know whether il will
ft your finger or not, but"
''Oh, GEORGE" she broke m, this
is so sudden, Why, ] never
dreamed"
But just then George produced
the gift-a silver thimble-and IL
got suddenly cooler in the DOM
Ladies' Home Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

B. l.. Cain went up on the Branch
line yesterday morning and re-
turned in the afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
: Il x :, * x K x (. 4 #3
RAILROAD Time TABLE,.

llhillluhU lIlHl NULL.
+ = \ \ = Il = = y z Il u = u 4
It. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Main Line.
No. 102 leaves 4:4O a. m.
No. 104 leaves $3.50 p. m.
No 1O1 arrives 1880 D. m
No. 1913 arrives l1:4O a. m.
Branch Line.
No. 122 leaves 9:45 a. III.
No. 12l arrives 500 D. m. rrl.
Motor Car.
To points up tine valley. 81
No l24 leaves $40 p. m. s-ss7s
No. l23 arrives 10: Is a. n.
National Lines OF Mexico.
Passenger depot at Matamo- -. .rs.
Standard Time.
Monterey & intermediate Points.
Leave-7:16 q. m.
Arrive-7:OO p. m.
Between Brownsville and Point
Isabel ~
Effective Saturday, Nay III, 1919
~ fA-+fE
Days other than Saturday, Suadaay
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16
THE PEOPLES FORUM,

: : = x \ !: Z x Z X !. . =
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Between Brownsville and Point
Isabel -
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

E. E. Damon of New York City
a business visitor in Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

H. Maye of Mission was a bust
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

F. A. Gross of Oklahoma City,
president Of the Gross Construction
Co., the contractors for the erection
of the Cameron county court house
and jail buildings, arrived in
Brownsville Wednesday night. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Gross.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-16

Saturday, May III, lSIg.