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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05
CITY NEWS

UncOvering New Building
The temporary barrier se-
1arating the new Merchants Nation
IN Bank building from the street
xas tori down yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

TO Kodak Users.-F-7n January
LIST 10 January 18th we will make
y dozen post cards IrCm u mega
tive for 81 cent?. All orders must be
IN our hand ~ January the 18th
otherwise regular price. All rail or
t.rs must b. accom- aniel with re-
alliance. Holm's St.fio. ll0e Eliz-
Abeth street. lest
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05
PERSONALS :


J. Milton TwIght. or Mercedes.
was In the city yesterday.
n. q. Se1twell. or san Benito was
a business visitor in the city yes
terday.
ri. Hallmark vas a business vis-
itor in San Benito yesterday after
noon.
One OF the Brownsville visitors
yesterday Was H. Hester. of Donna.
NJ. =. Page. Or Pharr. spent yes
terday In Brownsville.
ID. a.. Blackwell OF Mercedes. was
here yesterday.
j. A. Bollack was II san Benito
yesterday afternoon.
u. M. Mothershed OF san Benito.
was IN the city yesterday.
ID. ". Copeland VAS in san BENZ
- on business yesterday afternoon.
Albert SammOns. of Mission.
vas 4 visitor III the cliy yesterday.
y. NJ. Brcen. ~ san BenitO. was
i'm the city yesterday On business.
W. r. -are one ~ the live wires
OF the Pharr development enterprise
was here On siHess yesterday, r..
turning home I'm the afternoon.
w. ". montgomery OF Piffsbnrg
Pa. who has been tn the newspaper
business their for years. ~ ii
Brownsville for the benefit " nj
health Mr.. Montgomery says h.
taking the first rest ~ has eve
taken since launching i'm the newspa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

City Dacs TO Work Again.-AfteF
a two weeks rest the city council
viii reconvene Monday evening.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

salary and loose all this time With
a broken ARM Answer. He ear
ries an accident policy with the
North American Accident co. You
can get one too from b. A. Sander
son. IL
Pretty Neat and Trim Paper n
kind that command attention a.
soon a. you see IL. IL the kind the
Frontier Lumber Co. carries. Every
thing In Wall paper 70 make The
home attractive and restful. From
tier Lumber Co.. Brownsville.
12-2atf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

\ Mystery. viii out. How can
Jones buy a home I'm Brownsville on
time and pay his bills On a small
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

To Light the Fair.-City Electri-
clan. Julius Cowen. * engaged with
ieseral men erecting the transform
ers for the Midwinter Fair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Enlarging from Kodak Negatives.
Kodak finishing. Al Supplies
Service quality. Holms Studio. ll0g
Elizabeth 81. Phone 337. l-l-4t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Freight for Monterey.-Four cars
~ lumber and one Of furniture. were
handled by the local flight office
yesterday consigned 90 Monterey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Fencing in the Fair Ground
three-strand harbed wire fence Is
being erected above the old wall At
Fort Brown, which will keep out any
except those who inter BY the gate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

No other kitchen cabinet has the
c0nyenIences OF the Hoosier. No
other cabinet will save you 50 many
steps. Big wholesale shipment just
arrived. Walker Bros.-Hanc0ck GO.
1t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Hoosier kitchen cabinets are tn,
best IN the world today and cost ns
m0r than the Ordinary kind. SEE
them Al Walker Bros. Hancock GO
l4@a Fri& Mon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Regular Meeting-Hope Chapter
O. r :. 1874. this evening az 7:3O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

Civic League 70 Meet.-The He
raid Is requested 70 that
a meeting OF the Civic League will
BE- held this afternoon al four
o'clock. az the Elks Club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

First Glass Bull Fight-Matamor-
os Bull Ring. January a.. 1912,
Guanamc Bulls-Excursi0n Rates
from all points. i-3-tf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-05

We still frame pictures. sell pa
per on the wall. and cut glass round
and oval. Br wnsyille Wall Paper 90.
Phone SIC. 12-as-tf.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
SCIENCE is LACKING
EARTH AND MARS ARE ALIVE
All Other Worlds Dead and Dried Up,
Says Prof. Lowell In Lecture to
New Workers.

New York.-"Mercury and Venus
are already dead and dried up worlds,
Mars is rapidly approaching a state of
wrinkled old age, and the earth is next
IN the procession headed toward the
extinction of all life,' according to DR..
Percival Lowell, head OF Lowell OBJ
servatory, who Is in New York for
series OF lectures before scientific
bodies.
Mars is certainly inhabited by
some character of organized life" Doc
tor Lowell said in his opening lecture,
and the Martians have far greater
reason to deny that there is life on
the earth than we have that they do
not exist
But there is no life on any other
planets besides the earth and Mars,
all other members of the solar system
being either already dried UP, so that
life, animal or vegetable, cannot exist,
or else, like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune, are much too young in
world evolution, and therefore much
too hot from interior sources. to ad
NIT of life Of any kind
"On Mars, the clearing of the at
mosphere, which has been going on
since the paleozoic era. has reached
perfection. Man indeed must be the
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
More Care Taken in Stock
Raising Than in Infants.
Physician In Address Before Medical
Society Asserts That Babies Are
Being Neglected-Birth Rate
Decreasing.

Chicago.-Speaking before the Chi
cago Medical society in the public IL
brary the other night. Dr. Isaac A.
Abt made a plea for more scientific
care of infants. saying that 1.-The hui
man baby is better than a calf. but
more science is applied to stock
raising than to the care of infants"
Doctor Abts subject was Recent
Advances in Prevention OF lnfantile
Diseases and Death Rate" He spoke
principally of the work of the Chicago
milk commission, which recently was
recognized under the name of the In
FAINT Welfare society.
with the birth rate constantly de-
creasing we must cope with this great
est Of all problems. the conservation
Of our babies. The country is facing
crisis as never before in the matter
OF child raising" said the doctor. RE
cent advances In scientific cattle and
hog raising have been much more
rapid than in scientific child raising.
The situation should be reversed to
give the child square deal. There is
- " nus hNCu iOi CuuCdtlOh III lIhCi-
lea along these lines and especially
urgent is the need for such reform
in the great cities. To do this a sys
tematic educational campaign must be
started under the leadership Of the
medical men of the great cities"
That the general health of the city
Of Chicago had improved materially
during the past week and that 40
fewer cases Of pneumonia were re-
ported than during the previous week
was the information contained in the
bulletin sent out by the city health de-
partment. But the bulletins stated
that the pneumonia death rate had
been high since November and would
probably continue so until warm
weather came again.
ut is hoped that the repeated and
, persistent warnings and advice OF the
department on the dirty air diseases
due always to bad indoor air. are be
ginning to bear fruit" reads the bulle
} tin. so long as people will continue
to poison themselves with bad air, jus
so long will pneumonia prevail ant
the pneumania death rate be high.
} sleep with the windows open IL t,
is inches and hall door or transon
, open. An abundance Of the lightes
and finest bedding is cheaper thai
doctor and hospital bills. Don't shu
y your carriage or limousine up so tigh,
Demand better air in street, elevate,
and steam cars. Blow out house, OF
o fee. factory or store several times
r day. Blow yourselves out occasional
fy by deep breathing three to Ave mir
utes before an open window or on
o rear porch. When all are away fror
the home, return to an aired, col
!, house, rather than a hot. stuffy on,
Burglar window stops and little g,
ira coal will reward you with bette
health"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Marvellous Device Furnishes
Plants StimuIants by Wire.
Increase of 80 Per Cent. In Electrical
ly Shocked Field Is Not Consid-
cred Hleh-Wires Stretch
Across Fields.

Birmingham. Eng.-Electric shocks
for crops. Sunshine turned on by
switch. Stimulus by wire for plants.
In the race for efficiency between
science and nature, science has taken
another step forward, and the above
marvels are already accomplished.
You can now buy an electric appa.
ratus for shocking your crops into
growth from company of which
Lionel Lodge is one of the directors.
1t has come into being as the result of
experiments conducted by Sir oliver
Lodge, THE famous scientist, who is
principal of Birmingham university.
Seven installations have recently
been erected in Germany, and there
are two in Scotland. and two in Eng,
land and another now on the high seas
on the way to Java. where it will'be
used to stimulate the growth of sugar
cane.
An association of the sugar growers
there has bought it, and they are go
ing to give 1t exhaustive trials, though
it is realized that the conditions Of
|
the climate there are adverse.
The stations in Great Britain, Mr.
Lodge said, are more or less expert
mental, but the German installation:
have been put up as commercial un
dertakings.
The principal Scottish station is oil
farm at Balmakewan, kincardine
shire, and in England there is one oil
farm at Stafford Priors, and the othe
is at G. r. Newman's nursery, at Brit
ton. near Bristol.
The apparatus consists Of an engin
running a special machine. whic
sends only positive electricity alon
the wires.
These wires are very thin, and there
fore they discharge lot Of electricit
into the air. The current Is sent alon
them at very high pressure.
The wires stretch across the field @
garden at height Of 20 feet. Til
escaping current reaches the plant
and stimulates their growth.
An increase Of 80 per cent. in tn
electrically-shocked crop as compare
with one grown under ordinary cond
, lions, is not considered high.
In the case Of wheat. 1t has not "
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
FLEAS CAUSE OF PARALYSIS
University Scientist Explains Spread
Of lnfantile MaIady in Connect.
cut Epidemic.

Middletown, Conn.-That the spread
of infantile paralysis may have been
due to fieas or other insects carried
in the hair of cats or dogs Is a state,
ment made In report prepared for
the state board Of health by Prof.
Herbert w. Conn. head Of the biolog.
ical department at Wesleyan univer.
sity.
Professor Conn Investigated an epi.
demic of the disease which prevailed
recently In Middlesex county. He
says his investigations indicate that
the malady was not spread by means
of milk. water or fruit.
All the facts" says the report
would be explained on the assump
ton that a few fleas may have be
come infected from one or two orig
inal cases and that these feas scat
tered themselves over the locality
BEND carried to and fro on the ski,
of animals, and that some of then
afterwardt had an opportunity to ge
on children and bite them, thus prc
ducing the disease"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
HEAD SOLID MASS OF HUM0R

az think the Cuticura Remedies are
the best remedies for eczema ! have
ever heard Of. My mother had child
who had a rash on its head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
rash. He gave us medicine. but 1t
did no good In few days the head
was a solid mass; running sore. 1t
was awful, the child cried continually.
We had to hold him and watch him
to keep him from scratching the
sore. His suffering was dreadful. At
last we remembered Cuticura Rene
dies. We got dollar bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and bar of Cuticura Soap.
We gave the Resolvent as directed,
washed the head with the Cuticura
Soap, and applied the Cuticura Oint-
ment. We had not used half before
the child's head was clear and free
from eczema, and 1t has never come
back again. His head was healthy
and he had a beautiful head Of hair'
I think the Cuticura Ointment very
good for the hair. It makes the hair
grow and prevents falling hair"
(Signed) Mrs. Francis Lund, Plain
City, Utah, Sept 10, 1910. Send to the
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Boston,
Mass. for free Cuticura Book on the
treatment of skin and scalp troubles.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

sources OF constant annoyance to an
orderly Creator, for he is constantly
interfering with the natural course OF
events.
With city chimneys always belch-
ing forth smoke and making 1t rain,
man is responsible for more than half
the bad weather Of which he COM
plains. On Mars the sky is perpetual
ly clear from morning till night and
from spring to fall.
while the water on the earth is
slowly, but surely, disappearing
through sublination into the heavens,
and sinking into the earth. on Mars
the seas have already disappeared
though there appear to have been seas
there ages ago."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
A Generous Gift

Professor Munyon has just issued
most beautiful, useful and complete al
manac. 1t contains not only all the sci
entlhc information concerning the moons
phases, in all the ATTITUDES, but has il.
Illustrated articles on how to read char
acter by phrenology, palmistry and birth
month. 1t also tells all about card read
ing, birth stones and their meaning, and
gives the Interpretation of dreams. It
teaches beauty culture, manicuring,
gives weights and measures and antidotes
for poison. In fact, it is Magazine Al
manac,. that not only gives valuable in
formation, but will afford much amuse-
ment for every member of the family,
especially for parties and evening enter
tainments. Farmers and people in the
rural districts will find this Almanac al
most invaluable
1t will be sent to anyone absolutely
free on application to the Munyon Rem
edy Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
MINER WEARS $4,000 LEG
Returned klondiker Thinks Cork
Limb Best Depository for
Wealth Accumulated.

New York.-Lured by stories of the
discovery of gold in the Klondike,
Herbert o. Manley of Washington,
who was street car conductor, drew
from savings bank 5000. After ten
years in the wilds of Alaska he has
returned, and, according to his init
mate friends. should anyone succeed
in pulling his leg" they would find
roll of $4,000 fresh from the
United States treasury.
1t would all depend, however, upon
which leg is pulled. The mans left
leg is of cork and the hollow portion
of the calf OF the artificial limb is
used by Mr.. Manley as a safe deposi,
vault
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Georges Head on Coins.

London.-king Georges head on the
new coinage much more closely re.
sembles Prince Henry Of Prussia than
England's king.
King Edwards coins were consid
cred too French, but to be distinctly
German King George regards as a
calamity Amusement is expressed
that neither the king nor any of his
advisors noticed the striking resem
blance to Emperor Williams brother.
Then the dies might have been de
stroyed, but the coins have now beer
issued and 1t is too late to recall them
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Reason ENOUGH.

A negro near Xenia, o., had been
arrested for chicken stealing. He had
stolen so many that his crime had be-
come grand larceny
He was tried and convicted, and
brought in for sentence.
Have you any reason to offer why
the judgment Of the court should not
be passed upon your" he was asked.
We'll, jedge,' he replied, Il CANT
go to Jail now, nohow. I'm buildin' a
shack out yonder, an JUS CANT go
till l git It done. You kin sholy see
dat. philadelphia Sunday Evening
Post
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Shoes
Afford
Hiding
Place for
Germs
By ROSCOE WILTON

banda scarlet fever erypas
extremely careful dnfec the clothing but
overlooked and these diseases readily conveyed by
his neghbor especially the of scarlet fever
germ and it to the who
good old times when all drank out of the rusty
tin cup the spring. that to be permitted breathe in
with another after me but will each
little breath purifier
Ohio recently went the limit when he insisted
ryng strap that when he had to chang would not be
device which had been besmrched by the hands
Of his fellow travellers
which take and which fathers
doubtless only why live ongested
ovepopat quarters and conve to keep alive at aso look out fol
your shoes.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
ELECTRICITYANAID

been possible to get out figures show
Ing the profit resulting to the farmer.
because in some cases the wheat is
not yet threshed.
An installation to electrify the crops
on 800 acres could be fitted up for
$500.
The treatment is not good for peas
or beans. 1t acts as stimulant and
not as food, having the same effect
on the plants as sunshine.
Plants are always taking electricity
from the air, and the apparatus only
supplies them with more. 1t IL
worked from spring until the end O,
summer.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Tighten
the
Burdens of
Heavy
| Laden
By REUBEN SCHOFIELD

help money sometimes for heart sickness much harder
to help than hunger and poverty.
Show try help them out of your
tighten the burden of the heavy laden.
hesitate whisper kindly thoughts in their Don't
pass by the other side.
If are strong, then be mercfu.
that all look life from different standpoint and
might appear of mustard seed the path
nsurmountabe obstacle weaker sister brother The
shnks the necessary for to step in and help
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Rainbow Sheep or Goat7

New York.-Uno Topperwein of San
Antonio. Tex, has seven-colored
sheep he wants to sell to the city. He
has written to Mayor Gayuor saying
that he got the sheep in Mexico and
its fleece is actually Of seven distinct
hues.
He has sheared the sheep twice and
has the colored wool to prove his
story is true. If the city wants to buy
the sheep, Uno will bring the animal
on In person.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

labeled with the contents and weight and price. She
could not afford to keep salesgir behind the counter
while she was obliged to be absent and here is where
her great faith in human nature served her.
She tackled card up, saying, "Make your pur-
chase and leave the money! and she declares she
lost cent piece of candy. Today this same girl
has chain Of candy shops throughout the country and
she fully convinced that the secret of her success
is the faith she had in the old college days with the
little stand under the stairs.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

Kidney Pills. They cured me COM
pletely, no sign of kidney trouble hav-
ing shown itself in years. have
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills to
at least one hundred people"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
Lloyd George to Visit United States

L.ondon.-Lloyd George, in reply to
a petition from Welsh residents in
the United States asking him to take
part in a Welsh gathering there, says
that he will be unable to go this year,
owing to public duties. but that he
hopes to visit his fellow countrymen
in the United States when his duties
permit
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

People who inveigh against vivisection
as a rule have no scientific knowledge and
their camor is based solely on false SEN
timentality.
OF course there are the cranks who also
lift up their voices, but where would the
world be today if men of science and real
humanity were influenced by such as these,
| declare that all the progress of the
past 40 years that the medical profession
has witnessed has come through expert
menting with the lower order of animals
Every cure of any Importance that has
been developed in that length of time has
on. The knowledge gained by prior expert.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

The elusive germ discovered in every
thing conceivable has been caught hiding
in another stronghold by British scientists
recently and the humble instrument of his
propagation proves to be nothing more
than an old shoe.
The shoe dealer and the cobbler are to
be subjected to medical inspection if the
health officers of Manchester carry out
their threats because, they declare, millions
of germs are conveyed from one person to
another by the common practice of trying
on shoes and also by the transfer of germs
from one shoe to another while in the cob
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

sion while working
the pain was SO Sc
we're l was helpless
and had to be car
ried into the house.
I found no relief
and was In terrible
shape when l be-
gan taking Doan's
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

We must all realize that this life is
full of sorrow, and if you personally have
had the good luck to escape your share of
it you are very fortunate person But
do not on that account, allow yourself to
grow cold hearted and unsympathetic to
others, those poor others.
Their lot is often so hard, so lonely, so
full of misery.
We are here to heal the wounds and
bind the broken heart. And the only way
we can do this is by being kind, loving
and sympathetic.
A few words of love will do more to
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
The Easier Way.

Your wife and you seem to get
along so beautifully together. Don't
you ever have any differences of opin-
ion?"
"Oh, yes, every day, but l don't let
her find 1t out"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

For constipation, biliousness, liver dis
turbances and diseases resulting from i'm.
pure blood, take Garfield Tea.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not
grippe.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II II fails TO cure T. W.
GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

marble, education is to human soul.
Addison.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13
SUFFERED FOR YEARS.
Kidney Trouble Caused Terrible
Misery.

D. C. Taylor, 705 E. Central Ave.
wichita, Kan, says: For years
suffered from kidney trouble and was
often confined to bed. On one occa-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

Many a man who swears at big
monopoly is nourishing little one.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-04-13

Modesty is to merit as shades to Eg.
ures in a picture; giving 1t strength
and beauty.-Bruyere.