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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
DETECTIVES ON POLICE TRACK
New York Employs Burns for Of
fetal Ilean-Up.

William J.. Burns has been en-
gagged for the last three months on
a widespread investigation of the
general police system Of New York
at the instigation of prominent citi-
zens, who asked him to take it up
last April, according to information
which came to the Tribune from a
source supposed to be close to Burns.
The murder of Herman Rosenthal,
according to this informant, was a
warning TO ''squealers,' not solely
because of the Rosenthal charges
against Becker which preceded the
murder. but because when accusa-
tons happened to have been made
public at a moment when the under
world Of the city was beginning to
suspect that ii was being spied upon.
The Burns investigation was
brought about, it was said, by the
publicity attendant upon the raid OF
Dollar Johns" gambling rooms by
1.-The police raiders under Lieutenant
Charles Becker last April. The story
that was noised around after that
raid was that Dollar Johns" bank
roll had been taken and never re-
turned, although this was afterward
denied.
That story, however. finding its
way into print, startled certain pub
lic-spirited citizens into the belief
that police system graft in New
York. which they thought had been
abolished by the Lexow investiga-
ton, was again Furnishing, and
decided to employ Burns to root it
out.
Police departments have been in
yestigated before by special squads
of their own membership and by
civic Investigators, but never has
any police department been investi-
I gated by a private detective agency.
according TO an officer in the New
York police department who was
speaking of the Burns investigation
last night.
Burns has never before allowed
notice of his employment to creep
out until he had finished or almost
finished his work. and he has prev
iously bound whoever was contribut-
ing TO the financial backing of his
work to secrecy also. In view Of
this, II vas said. the story that he
had been at work on this problem
since the latter part Of April might
be denied today. but would prove
TO be true when Burns himself was
ready to results.-New
York Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
Dynamite and Tree Planting.

Possibly what at first sight appears
to be the strangest application Of dyna-
mite Is for the purpose of planting
trees. Yet its success in this connec-
ton is said to be peculiarly remarka-
BILE. When a hole is made with a
spade the surrounding soil is left I'm
its hard condition. The result is that
the roots find it difficult to start They
are cramped In the tight quarters Of
the hole and cannot pierce the sur
rounding hard wall Of earth. With
dynamite a large clean hole is blasted
ont. and, in addition, the soil On all
sides is loosened for five or six feet.
When the tree is planted the young
and tender roots force their way with
out effort through the crevices, suck
ing up n~ourishment, and commence to
grow from the moment they are set
without any r%etardation whatever.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
MONARCHS AND COINS.
Napoleon In a Temper and Louis Phi
lippe on a Hunt.

Napoleon In a Temper and Louis Phi
Iippe on a Hunt.
The great Napoleon was not great
at the whist table, and a characters
tic story is told Of him ut St Helena
At a private party of whist he took
ont four napoleons to use as markers,
and one of the young ladies took up
one Of the coins and asked him what
it was. The polite hero snatched it
rather roughly from her and. pointing
to the impression, exclaimed, -Cest
moi"
The annoyance caused by this Incl
dent rufiled him so much that be made
a misdeal. The party begged him to
try again, and he did so with the same
result. His countenance then display
ed the RACES Of convulsive fury, and
his anger was not appeased until the
| house had been searched for old cards.
which could be more easily dealt
| Meantime the unhappy Count Las
Cases. his only attendant, was ordered
to sit down at a spare table to play
the cards alone until they should run
smoothly
Louis Philippe showed equal regard
for the coin that bore his name. He
dropped a louis on the carpet while
playing whist and arrested the prog
ress Of the game TO look for it, where
upon a foreign ambassador who was
one of the party set fire to a billet OF
1000 francs TO give light to the king
/ under the table.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
Peas and lentiIs.

The word pea" is derived from
Pisa. T. Grccs CIV ot Ellis, which seems
~ have been the center of the pea
growing industry for years before the
time of Christ. The antiquarians aver
that the mess ~pottage," for which
Esau sold his birthright, was a dish
of peas. In those times they were
called ''lentils," and even at the pres
ent day the English common people
Of several Of the English shires, nota-
biy MiddIesex as well as Oxfordshire,
call them "tIs," dropping the "len."
In the time of Mary they were called
~"peasons," and in the time Of Charles
L ~.pease."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
MODELLED FROM MEMORY.
Danton Was . Wonder, Though He Did
Once Mix His Subjects.


Once Mix His Subjects.
Danton. the celebrated ca~ricaturist,
had a wonderful power of modelling
from memory. After one long look at
his subject he could 60 to his studio
and make a bust quite perfect in its
resemblance.
One day Il young man came TO him.
saying that his sister was i'll and about
10 die and that. although the family
wished her bust modelled, they dared
not excite her by mentioning It.
Would he undertake TO reproduce her
features after seeing her once? Dan
ton agreed. and next day the brother
informed his sister that he intended
to present her with some jewels and
that a young man would bring some
specimens for her approval.
Danton brought In the jewels and.
ing resemblance. Next year an old
gentleman. the father of the young wo-
man. came TO order q bust of the broth
er. who also had died. This. too. VAS a
marvellous success.
The result of such planning. how.
ever. was not always as satisfactory
60 his patrons as in these cases. A
gentleman who could not persuade his
wife to sit asked Danton to enter q
certain Omnibus one day and fix in hts
memory the features Of the lady op
posite him.
He did so. modelled a beautiful bust
and sent it home. 1t proved. however.
to be not the mistress, but the maid,
who had also taken the trip in the
omnibus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
SEA SAVES TITANIC CHECKS
Robin Heirs Notified that $4,000
Has Been Recovered.

Hfirs of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Robbins of Garfield street, Yonkers.
WHIP were lost on the Titanic, have
rece ived word that $1,000 has been
recovered from the sea.
Robbins was known to have had
Nat amount in travellers checks
When he embarked at Portsmouth,
Wit they were not on his body when
y was found. Mrs. Patrick Curtain,
daughter Of the lost couple. received
yesterday a letter from the secretary
Of the province Of Halifax saying
that the checks had been found in
the sea.-New York Tribune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

81 stand for morality, / stand
for religion, | stand for indie
pendence, / stand for progress,
and ! stand for education. |
want to see the heart educated
along with the head and the
hand. When the heart and the
hand are properly educated, we
won't have to have so many
statutes to guide our boys
aright."-Governor Colquitt.
True, dear governor, most true.
But in the meanwhile, until we have
secured the ideal education of the
heart and the hand, let us surround
the dear youth with a few helpful
statutes to shield them al least until
they get a start. Education is long,
long in most cases, and the ideal
education of the heart arrives
for some people. Here's hoping the
time will come when we can dispense
the statutes, but in the mean
while-well, in the meanwhile, re-
move the pitfalls from the. places
where much of the educating is done.
The governor is in a fine position to
help this good work along. His SEN
timents, as above expressed, do him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
a Literary Sensation.

whats the cause of the Excitement
Look! There's a great crowd around
the public library building. Something
must have happened"
wait a minute. / know the libra
rian. I'll telephone W. and e what's
wrong"
Business Of telephoningl
"WeIl. what Is it,"
Somebody has started a rumor that
there il a business man inside reading
a book Of poems."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
WEDNESDAY, A GUST Z, 1912.
THE SPINSTER.

Miss Helen Gould's timely reply
to the Colorado preacher who very
fooIishly declared from the pulpit
that old bachelors and old maids
should be isolated on an island so
they could not hinder the progress
of civilization" has had the effect Of
attracting general attention to the
subject of the unwedded maiden Of
uncertain age. Miss Gould's de-
Tense of spinsters has brought people
to a realization hat these 'unap-
propriated blessings often perform
a very important part in life, and
that, instead of hindering the pro-
gress of civilization, they sometimes
do a great deal to promote general
welfare.
All OF us no doubt can name
spinsters who, having passed from
the golden realm Of girlhood, have
come to fill a useful niche in various
walks of life. Philanthropic work
of all kinds offers a very wide and
useful field of endeavor in which
many Of them exert themselves for
the benefit Of mankind. Civic i'm
provement is another ~wOrk in which
unmarried women very often per-
form a valuable service for the bet
kLa Wvnnl1 AIfEGfAnnrN 4
work and the church find many Of
freir Jpost active \ and useful pro-
moters among them. The schools in
particular draw the largest percent
agd of their teachers from the spin
ster class.
Still, even with all these proofs
OF the usefulness and desirability OF
the women who live, whether from
choice or from necessity, in a state
Of 'single-blessedness," it can not
be denied that it would probably be
, better for them and better for the
world, had they been chosen to make
a home for some good man. Nature
intended that il should be SO, and
1t can never be right or best that
Natures intentions should be
thwarted. The single life is well
enough perhaps for a woman while
her parents still live to. make a home
for her, and where She perchance
may shed a happy influence about
her and feel that she IS doing good
by giving joy to the parents who
have sheltered and cherished her.
But, when they shall be taken away,
it is a lonely life and perhaps a
miserable one that awaits the un-
welded woman. To her parents she
may never seem a real ''oid maid, :"
but when il comes to making her
home with her welded sisters or
brothers. ii will be i'm the role Of the
'old maid" aunt, and though she
may be loved and welcome. yet She
can never feel quite 50 happy or at
ease, as she would be in her own
home. God meant every woman to
be the queen Of her own household.
lie meant that she should be the best
bersxd of some man who would
cherish her, and the center Of a
home in which she should be the
guiding star OF husband and chill
dren. Perhaps none except some
crusty, soured individual who him
self, or herself, has missed the
sweetest part of life. would eyer ad-
wise a woman to remain single.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

street may know where the store
is, but they do not carry an inven-
tory of its stock and especially of its
price tags in their minds. That is
exactly the place where the cata-
logue man scores. An hours study
of his methods should convince any
man of that fact.
$50
Like causes produce like effects.
Keep that great truth well in mind.
The local merchant has a distinct
advantage in the advertising game.
He can come to his customers with
a fresh advertisement every day or
week in the local daily or weekly
newspaper. The newspaper is by
all odds the better channel through
which to reach the customer. The
daily paper on the breakfast table
is the worlds latest news, its latest
word on all great themes Of the day.
This idea of freshness goes through
it and attaches to its advertising.
1t should contain the local mer-
chants latest thought on the rela-
ton he wishes to establish between
himself and his customer.
**<
Then there is the advantage of
proximity. The customer can come
and see for himself. No business is
transacted on the sight unseen"
principle. The customer can
theft" the purchase. He
can try on. lie can
feel of warp and wool, texture and
fibre. Immense advantage there.
Let the local dealer enter the lists
with the catalogue mar and beat
him at his own game. He can do it
as sure as two and two make four;
as sure as like causes produce like
effects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

whats come over Wombat? saw
him scooting up Penn avenue a little
while ago. and ne couldn't stop for a
word"
Yes; he's working like a horse these
days"
But be used to be rather lazy. Why
the changer
Hes under q new management
His latest wife needs a lot OF expeD.
sive thinsz--Pittzbureh Post
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

One murder a day for the month
of July is the grim record of New
York City, according to the police
records. Of all these crimes, of
course, none equals in public inter
est that of the murder of the gam
bier Rosenthal, which lies at the
door Of the police themselves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

Perhaps it may have been repub-
lican votes that gave Colquitt the
nomination, but the mystery then is
how did the republicans vote a
ballot which carried at its head the
pledge: II am a democrat and pledge
my self to support the nominees Of
this primary"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

Residents on Adams street west of
10th street are wondering rather
impatiently how much longer that
open sewer trench is to yawn in
front of their homes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

Uncle Sam is saving a million
dollars by cutting down the size of
ly too small both in number and de-
nomination.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

The name chosen for the new
party is a misnomer. 1t really
should be called the Roosevelt party.
and its platform should have for its
caption My Policies"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
THE MODEL

We have recently installed in Il 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 steriized at n operation. Scor ching is utterly impossible.
This process is more sanitary than the old method and the work ~ bet
ter. Our operators are skilful and our prices are slightly lower than for
merly.
Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $50.
Coat and pants, cleaned and pressed $1O0
Skirts, steamed and pressed $50. up.
Other garments in proportion.
TRY US PHONE No i
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
Terms Of Subscription

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, 1912-08-07

With bumper crops all over the
country and the Texas peach crop
topping all. the outlook is not bad
even for a presidential year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

What OF the additional street
paving? We must pave al least as
far as the new court house and
around the city market.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

Entered at the Postofice at Browns
vile Texas, as Second Class Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

No matter who's mayor of
brownsville, the town needs a water
lower. The decrease in insurance
ties viii more than pay for ii.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07
Unlike FISHING Lines.

THAT fishing song in the new opera
In clever, don't you thinkY' asked the
critic.
"No." replied the hard luck angler;
1T isn't at oil natural"
"No?"
NO; the lines are too catchy"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

bull moose and the red ban
Win serve TO carry out she
Roosevelt program. The col
nothing If not SPECTACULAR.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

Patents have been granted upon
4 machine for making imitation
stitches on shoes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

1t is not the catalogue that is TO
be considered; but every man VINO
wants to learn the art of successful
advertising can very we'll afford an
earnest, 10 to say prayerful, study
of the contents of the catalogue.
Dick and Harry have long been
in the habit of saying to the adver-
Using solicitors:
"0h. everybody knows us. Been
in business here ever so long. Anx
mar you meet on the street will al
rect you TO the store of Rieharl
Henry & Co." A study OF the ca<a
logue methods will put an end N
that foolishness in any nan
not absolutely given over 70
stupidity. The people on khe
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-07

< K x x x x < x x < x x X = +;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21

Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu-
tions and Political Notices published at
advertising rates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21
Rural Police.

a measure that will mean much to
Edgefel5 county was the one that was
passed by the legislature recently pro-
viding for rural police wherever
this sysrenn Of enforcing !aw in theirE-
raj districts has been tried: tfae rssu'ts t.
nave oeen en6ite., -
adoption of this means Of enforcing
law is not the outgrowth Of profiSI-
tion. for the wet" counties were
among ths frsy to adop5 the rufai po-
lice. The mounted officers in Aiken
couaty fox instance nave had a won
desfu!ll-;leterring effect upon Grim
nails. If the right man or men be cho-
sen for this important duty in Edge
field, the wisdom of such law VIII
soon become evident.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21
A WoMAN'S BACK.
The Aches and Pains VIII Dis
appear if the Advice of This
EdgefieId Citizen is Fol-
lowed.

A woman's back has many aches
and pains.
Most time tits the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache;
That's why Doan's kidney pills
cure it.
Many Edgefeld women know this.
Read what one has to say about
it.
Mrs. E P Jackson, Cedar Row,
Edgefeld, S. c., says: Several
years ago 1 had occasion to use
Doan's kidney pills and at that
time I gave them a thorough test.
I had suffered intensely from a
weak and lame back, which became
so bad at times that I could hardly
get around. My side and hips were
lame and slept SO poorly that l
always felt weak and exhausted.
Doan's kidney pills rid me of that
attack of kidney trouble and l have
since used them with excellent re-
suits whenever 1 have felt in need
of kidney medicine. l have pre-
viously endorsed Doan's kidney
pills in public way and can say
that my former statement is correct
in every way"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-MilburD Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21
The Right Man Chosen

Unlike Judge Russell OF Georgia.
who made fruitless race for governor
without resigning from the bench,
Ira B. Jones resigned his chief justice
ship before announcing his candidacy
for governor of South Carolina. While
he took no active steps looking to per-
fecting plans for his campaign while
on the bench, yet from the day his res
ignation took effect early in January,
he has lost no time in getting in touch
with political conditions in South Caro-
lima. Having established headquarters
in Columbia, the geographical as well
as political centre of the state, ne set
about to secure the most capable man
available to manage his campaign.
That Mr.. Jones is an astute politi-
clan, as well as able jurist and states
man of unusual breadth, is indicated
by the selection of Hon. ]. VIM. Thur
mond to be his campaign manager.
Because of his intimate acquaintance
and thorough knowledge of men through
out the state; because Of his ability and
prominence as lawyer, bringing him
in close touch with attorneys of almost
every bar in the state; because of his
experience while an active member OF
the house, which gave him personal
contact with many men in public life;
because of his distinguished service as
solicitor of the fifth circuit for several
terms; because of his conservative
Judgment and inherent fitness for the
duties of this important position, no
wiser selection could have been made
than that of Mr.. Thurmond.
The management of the campaign OF
Mr.. Jones, means six months very
strenuous actiyit4 on the part of MIR.
Thurmond. But he, like patriot res
ponding to the call of duty, has put
self-interest in the background, realiz-
inp that it involved q sacrifice Of time
and means. South Carolina ia facing q
crisis, and the election of MIR. Jones
means more than the casual observer
realizes. 1t behooves every citizen
who stands for good government, law
and order, to rally to the support of MIR.
Thurnond in his efforts to conduct this
campaign in such way as to re-
suit in a decisive victory Of Ira B.
Jones for governor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21
Interesting Meeting.

The Woruan's Mission Society at
the Baptist church on Friday after
noon was an unusually interesting
occasion. several original features
being introduced. The scripture
portion of the devotional service
was read by a number of members
present, taken from different pas
sages. Commodore Perry's entrance
into Japan was read by Mrs. A. A.
Woodson, and this was followed by
the singing of the hymn Before
Jehovah . awful throne" which was
sung as Comm odore Perry's fleet
entered the harbor of Yeddo.
The subject of the afternoon was
Japan, and most interesting sy-
nopsis of the first chapters of
"W here the world is waking up, !"
was read by Mrs. Jeffries. This
book which was received in Edge
field recently was written by Mr..
Clarence Poe, editor of The Pro-
gressive Farmer, and is descrip-
tion of his recent visit to the Orient.
Those who haveread the book were
so pleased with its originality and
brightness of presentation, that it
was suggested as probable mission
study. Some facts about the life of
Mr.. Poe were related by Mrs. j. l..
Minis. A leafet on the gospel ships
of Japan was read by Miss Kellah
Fair.
Mr.. /. E. Reynolds, the gospel
singer,who is leading the music this
week in the revival services, sang a
very appropriate and effective solo,
"a little bit of love-" The collection
for the month amounted to $4,000.
A beautiful pipe organ selection
by Mrs. John R. Tompkins COM
pleted the program. Z
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-21
A Girls Wild Midnight Ride,

To warn people of a fearful for
est fire in the Catskills young girl
rode horse back at midnight and
saved many lives. Her deed was
glorious but lives are often saved
by DR.. Kings New Discovery in
curing lung trouble, coughs and
colds, which might have ended in
consumption or pneumonia. 1t cur.
ed me of dreadful cough and lung
disease, writes w Il Patterson,
Wellington, Tex. after four in
our family had died with consump-,
ton, and l gained 81 pounds. y
Nothing so sure and safe for all
throat and lung troubles. Price 500
and sl.OO. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Penn & Holstein, w E
Lynch & Co.