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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
ROMAMcEs OF PORCELAIN.
The Climax to PaIissy's Sixteen Years
of Misery.

OF Misery.
The maker of porcelain and pottery
has decidedly tiie most exciting and
romantic trade In the world
The great factories of Sevres and
Dresden were founded by Bernard Pal
lssy This man invented white enamel.
but 1t took him sixteen years to make
the invention sixteen years OF hun.
ger. misery and persecution. which cul
minated In the episode, used In II. A.
Jones play of The Middleman."
wherein Palsy maintained his furnace
fire by burning all the furniture In his
house and finally opened the furnace
door to find within the glaze which he
had sought throughout the best years
Of his life.
Bottgher invented hard porcelain.
He was an alchemist. and one day.
CHANGING to discover that his powdered
wig was unusually heavy, he inquired
the cause and found that the weight
was due to the kaolin with which the
wig was powdered. This kaolin was
the substance for lack Of which Bot
gher's Investigations had for years
failed.
When Elers opened porcelain fac.
tory at Burslem. England. be employed
the most stupid and illiterate work
men. so that his secret processes might
not become known But Samuel Asst
bury resolved to learn the Elers meth
cd, and, affecting ignorance and stu
pidity. he got place in the factory.
mastered all of Elers' secrets and even
tually opened plant Of his own,
wherein he duplicated in every detail
the work of Elers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
Weather Notes.

The barometer is comparatively
low over southern Florida, indicating
the presence of disturbance in the
Cuban waters. A disturbance of con
siderable energy over the Rocky
Mountains and moving east or north.
eastward is causing rain and snow in
the Northwest. This disturbance is
being followed by an area of high
pressure and colder weather. Baron
eter pressure this morning 29.4
John DAILY, Jr.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

Bryan needs traffic ordinance and
needs it bad. Well have tragedy
here some day that will stagger the
town. Automobiles were not made for
playthings for children. Automobiles
need cool heads and skilled hands.
Automobiles will kill people.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
cheetina Her UP.

Molly-l was so put out and cross at
the party last night! Kate Green had
on dress exactly like mine. Polly
Yes. but how II must have disguised
her TO see YOU with dress like hersl
fhat ought TO make yon happy. !
should think
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

Police Lieutenant Becker complains
that he was railroad through the
court. Railroads are little slow and
the probabilities are that the re-
mainder Of the journey will be by the
electric route.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
SqueIched.

He was trying to make an impression
on a pretty nursemaid who had a lit
Tie boy out In the park.
II wish you were my goyerness." he
simpered.
$50 do l." said the girl.
"What would you do?'
I'D take those cigarettes away from
you and get your hair cut"
Then he passed on.-Louisville Cou-
ier..Iourna.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

Hats off to the street sprinkler. 1t
has been doing the work beautifully,
efficiently and scientifically for the
past few days.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
Too Bio a Meal,

Tramp-Madam. could you spare \
poor man something to eatf Mrs.
Stingy-I will call my husband. Tramp
NO. thanks, madam. am no can
nibal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

A prominent bull mooser has pre-
dicted that it will be either Wilson
or landslide. B'gosh, the democrats
are expecting both.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
Old Eashioned.

How old fashioned they arel"
"SoY'
"Yes; they still keep their fathers
and mothers pictures hanging In the
living room "-petruit Free Press.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

Subscribers will confer favor on
the management by telephoning the
olfice promptly when carriers fail to
dsliver the paper, or when change of
residence occurs.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

The swipe-'em-all claims being made
by President Taft fall with dull,
sickening thud.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

There'll be some class to Main
street when we get it paved and all
the business houses with uniform
awnings.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

Colonel Roosevelt's two weeks of
enforced silence have proven to be
the most effective part of his cam
lpaign.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
THE WEATHER.

Tuesday, October 20, 1912.
Tonight and Wednesday generally
fair.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29

and carried out 1915 worth of lumber
on horseback. He could now no doubt
carry it out in his coat pocket.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

Entered as second-class matter April
18 1910, at the postoffice at Bryan,
Texas, under the Act of March 8, 1879.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-29
THE COTTON MARKET.

The local warehouses have received
cotton of this seasons growth to date
as follows:
Lawrence warehouse ......... IL, $50
Brick warehouse .............. 1921
Union warehouse .......... 6,S15
IOIal .........'.' ...... .Ao,ooU
Cotton sold today for 101sc, mid
ding basis.
Cottonseed, $500 per ton.
New York, Oct. 29.-Open Deem
Der 1914 January 10.77-7S. Close:
December 10.S9-9O; January 1092-99.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.-Open: De-
cember 1095-96; January 1899. Close:
December 11.10-11; January 11.11-12.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

10 be disposed Of as he sees tit.
1t is safe TO conclude that when
the returns are all in Mr.. Hooks
will have received about as much for
about three months work as the
governor of the state receives during
the entire rear. And the advantage
Mr.. Hooks has over the governor Is
that he is dealing with the fertile
Rio Grande Valley soil and with
Nature, and they may always be de-
pended upon to respond to his efforts.
and sprout AND grow cucumber seed
true to name, while the governor is
dealing largely with a blamed bunch
Of politicians, many Of whom are not
true to anything.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
GOOD NEWS up NORTH"
SENT FORM SAN BENITO
Vacuum PRECEDING Plant Sends
Fresh Vegetables, With Promise of
Constant Supply in Winter.

The splendid results obtained
with San Benito's $S0,2O2
preceding plant in sending spring
vegetables to the North this spring
has caused northern papers to con-
graduate northern people upon the
prospect Of receiving fresh vegetables
Texas coast gardens through
out the winter, by means of the pre-
process. The New York FL
nancial News OF April 81 publishes,
it's first page, the following re-
port of this new Lower Rio Grande
enterprise:
b. +. Yoakum, chairman of the
executive committee of the ST.
Louis & San Francisco Railroad
company, has received a de-
spatch from San Benito, Texas,
stating that the Intermittent
Vacuum Preceding Co. has
shipped from San Benito, in the
lower Rio Grande Valley of Tex
as, to the extreme northern
points of the United States and
into Canada several cars under
it's refrigerating system loaded
with vegetables grown in the
Rio Grande Valley. This is re-
garded by all growers and trans
portation interests as making it
practicable to utilize the Gulf
Coast country of Texas as a
kitchen garden for the North
in a manner never heretofore
demonstrated. The telegram
says: Carried out in a large
way as contemplated by the
planters of that country and the
railroads serving that section,
it will not only furnish north
ern markets during the winter
months with vegetables as fresh
as if taken from home gardens
but will be an important factor
in the reduction of cost to the
consumers, while giving better
prices to the producers, as they
a go direct to the
with trainload shipments every
day during the season when
vegetables are so high in the
northern markets and must be
held a long time in storage"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912.
DEMOCRATS MUST STAND
TOGETHER.

Texas seems destined to be a
Woodrow Wilson state, yet no one
can tell which of the candidate will
be chosen finally as the democratic
nominee. let democrats withhold
harsh criticism of any of the possible
nominees lest the words of democrats
may be used later in the great
national campaign as cudgels
against the man who may be the
party nominee.
All of the men before the party
today as candidates for the nomina-
ton are clean and aabIe men. Demo-
Gratis may rally conscientiously to
the support of any of them. There
fore, while some democrats may OBJ
ject to the methods Of some sup
porters of one candidate or the other,
ii should be remembered that in the
big fight coming, all democrats
must stand together under one ban
ner, and fight as one man.
1t Is petty and narrow and silly
to permit local differences or preju-
bers of the same party.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

Some day the people will at
tend to their business as zeal
ously as the trusts do, and then
the trusts will be put out of
business. Houston Chronicle.
The trouble is. the peoples bust
ness is everybody's business, and as
everybody knows, what is every
body's business Is nobody's bust
ness-hence the outlook for. the
trusts is still good.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

The way those big juicy cab
bage are making a reputation
is a caution. We are almost
ashamed to let the world known
what they are bringing on the
market. 1t seems sinful to have
opportunities other sections can
not hope to duplicate.-Corpus
Christi Caller.
And just think Of the good
"potlicker' that is with them.
McAllen Monitor.
An that's the best kind o
Ticker to think of, anyway. ism
I, Mary Jane?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

With exports amounting to over
two billion dollars for the current;
fiscal year. as an almost certain out
look. Uncle Sam may well be counted
as n Of the big business crowd
among the nations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
DONNA SHIPS
FIRST CUCUMBERS
Car Load Sent to Market Tuesday.
One Farmer Alone Has Fifty Acre
Patch.

Donna Dispatch:
There may be some points in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley that oc-
casionally lead Donna in the first
shipment of some variety of truck,
but up to this good hour omen of
them have succeeded in getting into
her class as a producer and shipper
of early cucumbers.
On Tuesday Of this week the first
car of cucumbers to be shipped from
any point in Texas, and perhaps the
first car of that vegetable to be
shipped in the United States this
season, was moved out from Donna.
The car was loaded principally
by Grover Hooks, who has fifty acres
i'm cucumbers, and who, for the past
five years has held the record for
being the Valleys largest grower of
that vegetable and also for securing
the best prices for his crop. Judge
Louis Holt supplied the few crates
which Mr.. Hooks lacked to fill the
car.
There seems tx be a kind of a mys-
terry accompanying Growers success
as a grower of "cukes." Some say
that he has a mysterious way of
training the cucumber vine to rear
her young so that when they are de
veloped and ready for market they
are absolutely free from the element
mixed in the ordinary cucum-
Der which creates a high state of up
roar in the inner man or inner
woman or inner child: others main
tain that his success is due TO the
fact that during the growing period
he opens services in his cucumber
field long before the average truck
farmer is out of bed, and continues
to advise with the vines and lecture
the young long after the everyday
grower OF that fruit has taken out
for the night; and there are others
still who do not know how he does
it. but all are agreed that he IS the
Cucumber King.
The a referred to was sold on
the track at SIPS per crate and Mr..
Hooks made a contract with the buy
ers OF this a to furnish them 1,000
additional crates at $1.00 per crate
between the date Of the first sale
and the 5th Of May.
The DISPATCH maintains th2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
Texas League.

Dallas ;, Fort Worth 0.
San Antonio 3, Houston i.
Beaumont-Galveston - rain.
Austin Waco-rain
associated Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

Somnambulists have been known
to walk fifteen miles without awak-
ening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

About one-tifth of the coal Eng
land produces is consumed in its fac
tories.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

We may joke
print, but we daI
id
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

Mobile 8, Atlanta 2.
Chattanooga 3, Montgomery 2.
MISUNDERSTANDING - no game.
Birmingham ), New Orleans 0.
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National League.

Chicago g.. Pittsburg >.
Cincinnati IL, ST. Louis 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

r Daily - Published every morning
except Sunday. by mail postpaid to
any point In the United States, Mex
eeo or Cuba. or delivered by carrier
to any part Of the city, West
Brownsville. Texas. or Matamoros,
Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

Entered at the Postoffice at Browns
vile, Texas. al Second Class Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

The day Of reckoning is sure to
come. BE sure OF that.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

Some men must
worshipping theirI
so bad the fOllow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
|6V|LLE DAILY HERALD
|cal Organ Of Cameron County

~Lsolidated In 1893 with the Daily
Cosmopolitan, which was publish
Cd in Brownsville for 16 years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
MY IDEAL LAND.

Away down OF the Rio Grande.
I'm going. boys. 10 take my stand;
On rich. we'll irrigated land.
Where crops grow 80 beat the band
CHORUS:
So let us join the mighty host
That's marching Gown the Texas
Texas coast;
The health and wealth Of which they
boast
ApalsS rue % the uttermosL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
American League.

Detroit 3, St. Louis ,.
Chicago ,, Cleveland 1.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
THE NATIONAL GAME.

*A X y
AS played throughout the country
by the various leagues.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06
Southern League.

Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-05-06

the cook in
| not do it to her
nal.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-13
'SNEAKING JOHNNY
LOOTS APARTMENT
Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson Loses
Money and Valuables to
the Amount of 81.

"Sneaking Johnny" as the thief who is
robbing Washington residences and apart
ments is known to the police. added Mrs.
Elizabeth Davidson, an employe of the
Library OF Congress, TO his list OF VIC
Tins yesterday and purloined loot with
a grand total value of 81 for his trouble
and skill.
Mrs. Davidson, who occupies an apart
ment in the Rockingham, 1917 Rhode
Island Avenue Northwest, dimes at a
nearby restaurant and this was evidently
known to the thief as the robbery was
committed between 8 and $50 o'clock in
the morning while she was at breakfast.
Instead OF going directly to the Congress
sional Library. as is her wont, Mrs
Davidson returned to her apartments to
procure some papers which she had for
gotten when she started for breakfast and
II is believed she just missed surprising
the burglar at work.
The door to the apartments, which she
had accidentally left unlocked. was open
when she returned and she knew at once
that some one had been in her rooms.
Risking an encounter with the intruder.
Mrs. Davidson entered and found the
rooms in confusion.
''Sneaking Johnny's'' haul was most
likely not to his liking. He found a steel
mesh bag. a leather handbag. a bunch
OF keys, a little red leather-bound diary.
a pair OF scissors, and $3.50 in cash. The
police say this is poor compensation for
a man Of the skill and daring of Sneak
ing Johnny"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-13
GENERALS WIDOW
REPORTED BETTER

Mrs. Lasalle c. Pickett, widow OF the
famous Confederate general, who sudden
ly was taken Ill in Philadelphia several
days ago, was brought to Washington
yesterday afternoon at the instance OF
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ida c. Pickett
The condition OF Mrs. Pickett was re-
ported last night to be greatly improved
She is suffering from a severe attack OF
pneumonia, and because OF her advanced
age it is feared that it will terminate
fatally.
Mrs. Pickett was taken Ill at a hotel
in Philadelphia AS soon as the serious
ness of her illness was fully realized
relatives in Washington were notified.
They at once arranged to bring her TO
the National Capital. where she might
be among her friends.
Mrs. Pickett reached Union Station
about o'clock yesterday afternoon. She
was accompanied from the station by
Mrs. Ida c. Pickett, her daughter-in-
law. and George and Chris Pickett, her
two grandsons- She was taken to her
apartments in the Ontario. She did not
seem to suffer any I'll effects from the
journey over the railroad. but appeared
in good spirits. She seems much better
than when in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Pickett is seventy years OF age.
She is one of the few women who wit
messed the battle between the Monitor
and the Merrimac, and the widow OF
Gen. Pickett, who made the memorable
charge at Gettysburg.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-13
NEAR-ASPHYXIATION
REMAINS UNSOLVED
Police Can't Explain How Gas Jets
Were Opened in Nansemond
Apartment.

Central Office detectives last night con-
fessed their inability to solve the ''mys-
terry surrounding the near-asphyxiation
OF four persons in apartment 40 the
Nansemond, Twenty-second and NJ
Streets Northwest, about 2 o'clock yes
terday morning.
The apartment is occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Phelps and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis j.
Hurst and their daughter. Phelps, who
is a chauffeur, is said to be in New
York City. Hurst is employed at the
navy yard.
About II o'clock Wednesday night Mrs
Phelps and Mr.. and Mrs. Hurst and
the Hurst child returned to the apart
ments from the theater. They were
awakened about two hours after retiring
by the odor of illuminating gas.
Investigation disclosed that two gas
Jets in Mrs. Phelps room had been OPEN
ed, and four in the room occupied by the
Hursts were flowing full. Although the
door to the apartment was locked by the
occupants before they retired, the door
was found OPEN
officials say the occupants could not
have been killed by the gas as every
window in the apartment was open. Mrs.
Phelps and Mr.. and Mrs. Hurst believe
that the turning on Of the gas II In some
way connected with a robbery In The
apartment on Tuesday last when q van
ity set and 81 was stolen from Mrs.
Hursts bureau.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES,

John c. Clark, so of McKeesport, Pa,
and Carrie N. Forney, 3s, Of Stephen
sGR aay Va sm. nx ef RcksasSis MSnssHneTy Va
and Alice A. Day, %. Rev. Earle VII
Charles H. Bates, Is, and Hattie r.
Baldwin, q. both Of Newtown, Va Rev.
George w. Swift.
Wilfred B. Gregory, "a, Of Richmond,
Va, and Ludie B. Coons, 8. Rev. Hugh
T. Stevenson
dard, %. Rev. S. I. Morris.
James H. Grubbs, Is. and Lottie A.
Rock, q, Of Stokes, Va Rev. B. D.
Paul Killian. 81 Of Pittsburg, Pa, and
Mary e. Scully. q. Rev. Bernard q.
EDWARD E. Ehrst. 30. of Oklahoma
City, Okla, and Eta L, Kingrich. Is.
Michael Garman, Is, and Mary A. Nc
Clees. q both Of PhiladelphiA Pa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-13
JOHN 7. DEV|NE
SOON TO RETIRE
Veteran Boniface Honored at Testi-
monial Banquet Given by
Business Men.

John T. Devine. for twenty years lessee
and manager of the Shoreham Hotel.
which is. to close its doors on Monday
preparatory to a process of thorough
renovation and extensive changes. was
given a testimonial dinner last night at
the Shoreham by a number of his friends.
at which George F. Schutt. president of
the Hotel Mems Association. presided as
toastmaster.
Almost every one OF the hosts had his
little speech wishing Mr.. Devine good
luck and assuring him OF their best
wishes for the future.
MIR. Deviae expressed his deep appre-
ciation for the kind sentiments. Among
those present were Milton Z. Allies. Irv-
ing o. Ball, H. C. Bergheimer, Barry
Bulkley, Eugene S. Cochran. Robert n.
Harper. William B. Hibbs, Charles
Jacobsen. Col. Jerome H. Joyce. Samuel
A. Kimberley. Clifford NJ. Lewis. Louis
Lukes. S. A. Manuel. Lawrence Mills. c.
Randall Pennington. Fred A. Reed.
William F. Roberts, William c. Roger,
George F. Schutt, Frank B. Shafer. Ed
ward Smith, Edgar C. Snyder. Maj. Rich
ard Sylvester. Edward NJ. Tierney. and
Charles T. Thompson.
May Enjoy q Rest.
Mr.. Devine said last night that he In
tended to make Washington his future
home. not having yet decided whether
he will embark in business or enjoy a
long-needed rest. It is expected that
the new proprietor. J. Maury Dove, will
open the remodeled Shoreham by De-
cember L
The lease of the Shoreham Hotel by
Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton to J.
Maury Dove OF this city and Philadel-
phia, was signed in the latter part of
November of last year, and runs for ten
years beginning October / next Il car
ries an aggregate rental Of $550.o00 and
Mr.. Dove was given the option OF buy
ing the property. The option granted at
the time by Mr.. Morton was regarded
by real estate men as an Indication that
he will sell the property.
Mr.. Devine came to Washington from
New York twenty years ago to assume
the management of the Shoreham, and
has lived in this city ever since. During
that time he has witnessed many
changes in the city and its population,
both official and general. Scores OF men
who have been or are now prominent in
public life and affairs have been guests
Of the Shoreham and personal friends or
of Mr.. Devine.
Mr.. Devine when thirteen years old OBJ
tanned a position as office boy in the ST.
James Hotel. New York. He continued
his connection with that hostelry until,
when thirty-four years old. he became
its manager. He left the ST. James to
open the st. Marc. at Thirty-ninth Street
and Fifth Avenue. He next took charge
Of the Bartholdi. going later to the Long
Beach Hotel. where he remained until he
came to this city