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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
TRAIT OF AN IhIsHMAn
Man Wouldn't Leave The Home Where
He Was Born Because No
Loved II

The love OF the Irishman for his
home is of his well-known traits.
and In ireland Yesterday and Today"
Mr.. Hugh Sutherland gives q pleasant
and yet pathetic instance Of that de-
votion. He vas travelling in the west
of Ireland, and was reA,- s-vonisned
= 1n1 lie third-class compartments
crowded with sturdy-looking men. At
q junction station a broad-shouldered,
bearded man cheerfully enlightened
him as to the reason why so many
were travelling.
"Sure, sir. we've all been I'VE In
England workfn'," he said. I've been
away since April myself, and there's
20 good pounds In me pocket this
blessed minute to pay the rent an buy
a bit OF bacon an that for the win
ter"
but what do you 60 to England
for? Why not stay On your w farm
and work that!"
"God save you, SIR, an do you think
we go to England because we like lit
Is 1t likely we'd leave our W farms
II so be we'd get food an clothes an
rent by stayin'? Bad luck TO II. we
60 because we have to, to get the
money we need"
Then why not 20 to England alto
gether?"
The big mar turned and looked Q
the desolate country. The winter dusk
was falling swiftly. and the outlines of
the hills were indistinct, but we could
still see the empty land and feel It's
rugged unkindness. Yet the mans
voice was very tender az he spoke.
Twenty miles on" he said. there's
q bit Of a cabin and q bit Of land. In
that cabin I was born and on that land
my father worked. Is It like. now,
that I'd leave II to live In England or
anywhere else? It's a rough place at
the best, and not all the muscles I've
got a dig q living out of It But
God be good to me, ! love II. str.-
iTeeth's Companion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
SHARP REPARTEE or GILBERT
Famous Llbrettist Always Would Get
the Better Of the Actors &C
Rehearsale.

Gflbert's facfle repartees came In
useful at rehes-sals. One afternoon
a well-known Acc had been made to
repeat one scene over and over again.
When he was told for the ~forty-sev.
enth time that It was all wrong he
stepped down TO the footlights and
said: "Mr. Gilbert, 1 must tell you that
Tn not a very good tempered man."
NO." said Gilbert, neither am T."
furthermore" the actor went on,
I'D like to have you know, Mr.. Gil.
bert, that I'm a very strong man"
WELL" said Gilbert, III, six feet four
in my socks, but If you really want
TO know the difference between us-l
am an extremely clever man."
There was another actor who OBJ
6ected to being continually corrected
and snapped out: Look here, Mr.. Gil
bert; l know my lines" II know you
do" answered Gilbert, but the
trouble is, dear bog. that you don't
know mine"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids in writing will be re-
ceived by T. J. Hooks, Chairman of
the Drainage Commissioners Of Hi
dalgo County Drainage District No.
1, at Donna, in Hidalgo County,
Texas, until Wednesday, May 4,
1912, at noon, for %excavating about
10000 cubic years Of dirt, and grub
bling about thirty acres OF land near
Mercedes and on a one thousand foot
strip through said District, to be
used for drainage purposes.
The unqualified right is reserved
to reject any and all bids.
For further information, apply to
t. J. Hooks, Chairman of the Drain
age Commissioners, Hidalgo County
Drainage District No. /, Donna, Hi
dalgo County, Texas.
T. J.'HOOKS,
J.. B. PICKETT,
A. BILLIARD,
Drainage Commissioners. HidaIgo
County Drainage District No. /.
2"9-5-l2-19.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

You will never find time for any
thing; If you want time yon must
take it. Make enough every day to
do something for your city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

Cities do not happen; chance has
little to do with modern business
methods. Cities are but large cor
p%orations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

One man" organizations a do
very little in town building. 1t takes
every man working Is a unit TO
build cities.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
&
TEXAS NEEDS
GREAT MEN
SA%
XII. WISDOM
%@SNS<<

g OCRATES taught the Athenians philosophy and Solon gave
Greece her laws and under their inspiring influence civiiza-
ton bore its noblest fruits. The Greeks owed their advance
ment to strong leaders who were able to grapple with fundamental
thoughts and to a citizenship that drank deeply at the fountain
of truth and wisdom. Every age has been indebted for progress
to its geniuses who could open the store-house of knowledge and
history tells US that nations pine away and die in the arms Of
ignorance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

at all tho great automobile shows held
in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and other big ties the one car that
stood head and shoulders above all
the hundreds of cars shown-was the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

Let that nation that would reach the towering height of
civilization rock the cradle of thought in the pillows of progress.
nurture genius on the milk Of inspiration, chasten ambition with
the rod of experience that civilization may bloom and beer its
golden fruits Of power, happiness and prosperity. Texas Needs
Great Men
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
Letter from Rudolph Wurlitzer
Piano Mfg. Co., Of Cincinnati, 0.

from Rudolph Wurlitze
Piano Mfg. Co., Of Cincinnati, o.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to certify that Mr..
q. Viano thoroughly under
stands the tuning and repairing
and construction of our piano,
orchestra pianos, etc, having
personally supervised and in
structed him, / can cheerfully
say that Mr. viano understands
the work of u instruments.
Mr., viano has been at our
factory a number of times and
find him perfectly capable in
Bis profession.
Yours very truly,
THE RUDOLPH wURLITzER co.
Per a. Rose. superintendent. 4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29

In the Maxwell "Mascottc" you have room for
the whole f~an1ily-powcr enough in its Is horsepower
motor for any cmcrecncy-hils or heavy roads-md
high-class style that you can be proud of.
Maxwell reliability, too, is a part Of this car. No
other car has back of it such a record. Maxwell
holds the highest team score in the last two Glidden
Tours; the world IS record ofl0,000 miles cross-country,
without stopping motor; and records Of New York
State show 0l% Of the Maxwell cars sold scyen
years ago again registered this year in acnve service.
Let us show you the hsh-priced Car. features
embodied in the "Mascotte."
Come in today-havca ride in il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-29
eMaxh6M Mslasco

This was because the Maxwell "Masccttc' &
the first real high-sradc family touring car ever
offered the public for less than $1,000.
That it fits the niche we knew wac WAITING fo- il,
has been amply proven BY the manner in which it
was received by the public at thc shows.
AT all the shows the Maxwell "Mascottc" drew
enthusiastic approval. It was conceded wonderful
value. Such judgment by the motoring public
demands your consideration in your search for The
best car at the price.
NO other car at such a price meets so completely
the requirements Of the family man-the man Ct
moderate income.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

s Some of the papers are warning the
voters Of the state not to make light
of the dark horse.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
! GRADING of Roads.

Is The grading may be done either with
an elevating grader, blowing in tow
ards the center Of the roadway or by
blowing and using the wheeled side
scraping road machine, or a combina-
ton Of those: The object shall be to
get a uniform grade or embankment
approximately two feet higher at the
crown than the average surface Of the
ground. The emban kment shall be pro
portio nately higher where it passes
over low places, and relatively lower
where it crosses II. ridges and high
ground. The material excavated in an
effort to cut bitches through ridges
and high ground shall not be placed on
the grade, making same higher where
the ground is the highest. An effort
shall be made to follow a uniform
grade, and towards cutting down the
highest places and filling up the low
places. N d Il " i{3.:: y, Fl b
Cross Section: / The finished road
way shall be twenty feet wide and
shall have q uniform crown Of one
Inch to the foot. The embankment
Ishall have slope OF two to one. En-
bankments higher than three feel
above the surface shall have a beam al
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

least five feet wide between the road
way and the ditch, and all bitches
shall have the inside slope at least two
to one. l.37 l..ssSi f. &: tst: : "a. zs
Leveling:: The grade shall be made
uniform and leveled by dislking and
narrowing and finished by rolling if
the roadway is very loose, Care shall
be taken in making the crown true
and uniform. 4 '%.. n.
Drainage: The bitches shall be run
to a true grade throughout their entire
length. An engineers level should be
used in determining the true gradient.
No excessive excavation in low places
for increasing the road embankment
shall be tolerated, as such places will
retain water and soften the embank-
nnents. All low places should be drain
ed into main run off channel.
Specifications for culverts. s. =
Culverts: All sculverts shall be of
concrete, extra long, vitrifed tile or
cast iron. Culverts shall be SO placed
as to have the, top of same at least
six inches below grade Of the road
way, /. e. there shall be at least six
inches of soil on top of the crlyert
with no elevation of the roadway at
point where the culvert crosses. All
culverts shall be at least twenty feet
long where concrete bulkheads are
used, and as much longer, where no
bulkheads are used, as will insure a
stable embankment and roadway of
the roadway of the full width speci-
fed. All culverts must be laid so
that they will drain, and if the height
OF the embankment does not permit
the use OF one culvert large enough
to take care Of all the water, two or
more shall be used. Culverts laid at
the intersection Of two roads shall be
at least thirty feet long. = 5. i =. LAC 6.
Top Dressing: Where much sand
or gravel may be had, top dressing
OF either will improve the roadway
very much. Even q small proportion
Eof sand and gravel in the soil will
Eprevent it from sticking to the wheels
excessively. Four to. six inches Cd
asand or gravel disced or narrowed in.
to top surface will make an excellent
broadway. but a smaller amount would
be OF no value. ~. r. vs. "A. . S...
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
S ) / At !: |: 81 S
St. John had a $4,000 fire.

n o. 1O44A AStu q p4V,VVu Ire. &@s4s IA
4 little too early to trim trees.
D Pembina will celebrate the Fourth.
Il Il Grafton win have = school perform
| z &: 81 II +.
+ Mecluskey is laying cement side
walks. 5ss5.
The railroad 'al t. stanton is nearly in
Eished. 5S= 55as.5 4: ..st S III,
Hal I''l insurance agents are Decom 4.
ing active.
The Chronicle Us boosting for the.
band at Lam oure.
Commencement exercises win hold
the boards this week. u 33Es.$ & N.
The fair at Grand Forks this year
will be better than ever. u .3S5
John tll Bohnsack, a pioneer Trail
county 'a''i farmer died at Fargo
}I$sS "a e g are at work in Fargo
securing sss Fourth 81 July funds. $s
|ss Every part of 4 the state has had
plenty 'eall Of rain for the present.
The democrats Of Gass county have
4 named complete county ticket. 35 ID
Ihe gardens are occupying the at
Itention of lot of people. NJ
lsAt Marmarth the married men len lick
ad the singles At baseball.
Some arrests for horse stealing
have been made recently ii Billings
county.
Work has started On the contr,c:
iItion If the electric LIGHT plant III
Hebron ss35I Il.
Some of the pa ers are warning the
voters Of the state not to make light
of The dark horse.
The time ma yet come when the
nswsp aners Of the state VIII not pub.
|llish cards of thank
Senzie county people are. hope
I'm Of having 4 Tailroad through the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
county. in time to move this years

county IL time il Il TO move his years +.
crop.
VI The swat the fly articles are Ger
tainly gaining wide circulation:
! The old settlers of different counties
have arranged for picnics. nj
The Holstein cows are the whole
thing out at New Salem. II
Druggist Master Of Willow City is a
candidate for the legislature. z
4 At Marmarth a man was bound over
on a charge of horse stealing.
There are many advocates of school
consolidation in Richland county.
Sheriff Callahan of Sheridan county
was in the hospital several weeks. >
There are complaints that the booze
business in Minor is too hourishing.
The scrap over the railroad com
missionership promises to be a lively
one. 5s .5aa H. 4 5.t;.. s5 s$s
Editor Ayres of Dickinson is anoth-
er plutocratic publisher who, rides in
autos. up N 4.
The baseball managers are busy
these days getting schedules and
things. z. I 4. 0'3 ". ri.
Over a hundred Fargo motorists
have entered the first run Of the sea-
son which will be made to Jameston,
June and e.. ~! Sai$ Y
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

The GLENDALE Leader. has reached
its thirty.first year, and Editor Cod
dard has been On the lob for twenty
1--WE years. SSss3
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

An effort will be made to organize
a grand chorus among the newspaper
men Of the state for the editorial
meeting at Afinot. IT viii not be. an
anvil chorus, either. i9585
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 81,

ARsTRAcT Or sTATEMENTF
For the Year Ending December 8, 81
h !3# "A. .. 1911. I'll
or condition and affairs Of the Equitable
Surety Company of st. Louis; organized
under the laws Of the State of Missouri.
made to the Commissioners OF Insurance of
the State Of North Dakota, In pursuance OF
President-James e.. Smith. S3ss!
Secretary-Walter H.. West IL
Vice President--Alex Murdoch. | z
s Principal OfHce-St. Louis. Ri 5sj g
ni Nor for seg,ee n
Name, Commissioner of Insurance; loca-}
ton Bismarck, NJ d. 53g{ Il S5S i VI
1911. EJ7g.F 4. a 5.! =#zT 155s
Commenced business March 29th., 1911. Z
& CAPITAL. .~@J 8a5 sst4iiss, !.
Amount Of Capital Stock paid E
surplus "R 's p sS' : i iii sc ssSs
ASSETS. g$ss}%y
Loans on Bonds and Mort
Railroad Bonds and Stocks. i. 44631s.75
bonds ......... 49,. 641, os7.44
Dash on hand and in Bank.... 15O568.02$
Interest due and accrued ...... 1O,2S5.01 Y
:. ton and transmission 800. e7.sa.ss
New York Excise Current Loss s>.ss
fund. held by joint commit
. Tee 1,91Z.1Hs
New York Excise Reserve Fund, h
held by joint committee. 6,167.O0
value .................. 1,ss7.5s
Unidentified Assets. sl,ss : ,s 81: 8
!: -" IiABiLITiEs. -
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
WHAT TEXANS ADMIRE.

is hearty, vigorous life, according to-
Hugh Tallman, Of San Antonio We
find" he writes, that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills surely put new life and ener-
gy into a person. Wife and I believe
they are the best made. !" Excellent
for stomach, liver or kidney troubles
225 cents at all druggists. sss8
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31
STANDARD Specifc ations for the Con
struction and Mainte nance Of
Earth Roads

Prepared the North Dakota following
February 18th and Issued North Dakota
Develop League Press Bureau Copies free
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

Over a hundred Fargo motorists
have entered the first run of the sea-
son which will be made to Jameston,
June and 2. .ss3f ,afi55 Y
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

The baseball managers are busy
these days getting schedules and
things. rs S.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

Senzie county people are hope
gfsll Of having 4 railroad through the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

Editor Ayres Of Dickinson is anoth-
er plutocratic publisher who, rides in
autos. # NJ u n NJ a2t55 Il
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-05-31

The time ma vet come when the
paners o. the state VIII not pub ]
|llish cards Of than II,
Evening star., 1912-11-10

the actresses backs happened be turned during an
important the particular murderess for the
ing would scratch her face it itced badly thus d
rectng every eye toward herself and away from the
other actress.
Some nights, when the play called for scenes to be
played alone between the actresses, the battle waXed
would kill anothers "aug S-that is the effect of
funny line-by anticipating the laugh; in other
words laughing little ahead of time at the joke-the
joke that hadn't yet been quite told The other would
develop of intermittent hiCcups; the hiccuping
oddly enough becoming unsuppressble only when the
second actress IN the act OF delivering speech
And the campaign went, covering all the old murder
tricks in the history of stageand well consider
able array of The date that marked the
election Of the sister murderesses from the company
not material to story
THE murderers particularly apt in getting in their
work in the already referred to matter of laughs
or, other words another actors funny lines One of
the most frequently executed devices is called riding
the laugh This consists of hurryng with ones
line of the dialogue before the audience has time
aug at victim slime This highly effective weapon
to against another actors performance, and every
in awhile pokes its head into farce where the pre-
senting company contains players jealous of another
Still another device that has been utilized for their
ends by stage murderers the plot of anticpat-
ing the laugh with broad smile grin. This little
trick takes the edge off the fun resulting from the other
actors line and sort of makes the latter look like fool
in the of the audience. third bit of vainy in
the question OF laughs is the sly wnkng of the off eye
he the audence) when the other actor is
leading up to his laugh This trick unseen by the
actor plotted against the audience of the joke
fun in the line, to speak, and dinishes the resultant
portion of merri1nent.
FIVE or six years ago there playing in Western
vaudeville theateTs fairly well known called
legitimate actor. He used his vehicle in the woa-
day dramatic play in that required in addition
to himself the hlStron1c OF young and
two young men. 1t so happened that both of these
Evening star., 1912-11-10

being reversed in the second production and so on.
the of different methods and
arv to the presentation of the wide divergence of plays
the companys repertoire, these plays ranging all the
way from "Uncle Toms Cabin to A Dolls House"
At one stage of the proceedings the two be-
came hostile that the manager of the aggregation had
order them each other kindly suffer
discharge. This started them thinking. Neither
wanted her walking papers; each still deteSted the
other and each sat herself down and began plot how
to ruin the others performance.
The results, the story goes, beautiful to be-
hold. One night, just at the big moment of the play,
when of the actresses delivering most heart
rendng, tear-filed speech her sister murderess who
had cautiously simulated cold all day to fool the
wary stage manager when the moment of delicious
venge should arrive, would deliver herself of lustv
This, of any actor will you,
ruined the effect of the other actress completely
\ loud sneeze indeed will go long way toward kill
ing really great actor in great scene, and the lay
audience, curiously enough, will in such
somehow attribute the failure to the murderer but
to the victim.
On another night to continue the campaign tales one
OF the actresses would the effect OF her sisters big
by dropping cent the stage, the cent having
been carefully concealed in her bodice and released
the proper with quick, short intake of breath
No could tell where the coin came from, inasmuch
the murderess certainly had had nothing in her hands
and had pockets IN her Dress but its ring hit the
boards and rolled off accomplished the dastardy deed
with exquisite fnesse. What if the other actress knew
positively who had "kiled" her scereo She couldn't
prove it-and all she could do would be to hold her
peace and wait for the with its chance to get
cent Incidentally dropped the stage at the
right will go a considerable way toward hurting
the effect, impression, of a whole scene.
The morning the actress who ached for revenge
would complain of cough, would tell all the
members of the company with the exception OF the
prospective vctn) about it. thus throw them off the
trail of suspcion-and you imagine what happened
to the other actress that night! And it went, inge
nuitv matching ingenuity, each night revealing new
mu~l lerous method and successful one. When one OF
Evening star., 1912-11-10
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE

W7HILE this confab was going on the prisoner had
" been keenly and furtivey looking about, and had
caught the eye of a nearby policeman then had sgni-
canty reached his hand behind him and pated his hip
pocket while noddng almost nperceptibly toward the
disputants. The officer summoned another policeman
by the sign language, and at this juncture they
approached
"What you two chewin' the rag about demanded
passing his hands rapidly up and down and around
the clothing OF Quincy, while the other quickly
"frisked. Benson Got gun, see Got icense?'
Here's another gun man. said the second police
man, his hand on Benson's collar. Got license?'
"Yes where's yer license" repeated the first officer
reaching for Quincy's collar.
And surprising thing happened. First, Bill
Rogers, wanted for stage robbery and murder took
his heels and sped down the street Then Benson
wriggled under the policeman's grasp, and by some
lightning like trick of ju jutsu sent him sprawng
his back, his limbs waving in the air like the legs of
turtle similarly upset. Then Benson started after
Rogers. Quincy tried u jutsu instead he whipped
his gun, long, heavy Colts forty-ve and alnned
it into the policeman face before the hand had reached
his collar. Invountarilv the officer started back away
from that murderous blue tube, and before he could
from his surprise Quincy had started after Benson
Then the policeman followed Quincy, and his fallen
compatriot, picking himself up followed after; but
neither for long: they fat, and these of the
West could run well as ride.
Down Center-st went the chase, pursued and pur-
suers bowling pedestrians who got in the way
lodging in front of and around trolley Rogers
led the way diagonally the street He turned
into the first street and reached Park Row. Ben
about hundred feet behind, and Quincy as far in
the rear of Benson. Across Park Row went Rogers,
and down the eastern walk to Catharine-s into which
he turned Benson after him and Quincy keeping Benson
in sight. Rogers seemed to know where he going
He raced down Catharine-st. into Cherry and when
halfway to the next burst into a small saloon,
whose proprietor large, beetle-browed stood be-
hind the bar.
Sailors boarding house, isn't it," painted Rogers.
"Hide and ship me! I've been to North Amer
ica's too hot for me-
"Yes," responded the proprietor with quick compre-
hension "Into that back and up the stairs Hide
anywhere I'll stall the police"