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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05
President informs Congress OF
Our Relations With Other
Nations.
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY WINS
Its Success in Settling Central
American Troubles.
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE BETTER

Reorganization Has Done Much to In
crease Its Effioieney-AdJustment
Of the Sealing and Fisheries DIS
putes--Interests Of United States
In the Near and Far East.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

Preparations for another strike OF
vajstmakers in New York city are
under way. A decision by the union,
which has 10000 members, mostly
women, IN expected soon. The strike
tyo years ago was unsuccessful. ~"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

Typhoid fever practically has been
eradicated from the United States
srmy by incubation. DIR. George b.
Foster. Jr., Of the United States med.
icai corps at Fort Leavenworth said
in an address at Kansas City.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

Barbara Gladys Arnold, a nurse
girl who confessed that she caused the
FIRE in the Berlin hotel at St. Louis,
which cost three lives, was indicted on
a charge OF first degree arson for an
alleged attempt to hnrn the Winde.
mere hotel.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

In my last annual message ! said
that the fiscal year ended June 30.
1911, was noteworthy as marking the
highest record Of exports of American
products 10 foreign countries. The
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

The barred door OF Sing Sing swung
open for Albert T. Patrick, and the
lawyer, who for eleven years was
cooped up in the gray walled prison.
convicted OF the murder OF William
Marsh Rice, his millionaire client,
stepped out a free man, pardoned by
Governor Dix
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-05

Richard Frayne, an aeronaut, fell
2,GDe feet at the county fair held in
Jacksonville, Fla, and was killed in
stsntly. Three thousand people wit
messed the accident. The aviator was
thrown from his seat in a parachute
Immediately after he cut loose from a
balloon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
Vote for the road bond issue.
CALENDAR REVISION.

According to the calendar revis-
ionists a year of 365 days is rather
inconvenient One of 364 days,
while not ideal, would be convenient
enough to get along with. The num-
Der 364 is Invisible by seven and, so
divided, will give a quotient of 50
with no remainder-just the num-
Der of weeks we need to round out
the year. The number is also divis-
ible by four, so that the year could
have four quarters Of 81 days each.
or two months of 80 days each and
one Of 81 days. If the first quarter
begins on Monday, all other quarters
will begin on Monday.
OF course, it is not likely that old
Sol will consent to enter into this
program, so that in spite of all we
a do there will be 3 5 and one
fourth days in the year, with the
awkward quadrennial recurrence of
leap year. However, we could get
around that very nicely. Instead OF
demoralizing the calendar through a
whole year, we would have "leap
day." instead of leap year" This
day could be set, let us say, about
the time Of June roses-end of May
perhaps, when the burden of propos-
ing to her hearts beloved would be
relieved for the lady by the balmy
influences of the season when the
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love-" Also the propos-
ing would have to be done on that
one day and need not be drawn OUT
through a whole year.
Really the program is good
enough. but the trouble will be to
get the civilized nations to adopt it.
France tried to revise the calendar
once. Went so far as to change the
names Of the months. 1t never
worked, for, unfortunately, it started
off with a serious political handicap
got itself mixed up with the reign
Of terror-and that sort of thing.
Perhaps the world will receive the
idea with more show of hospitality
now than it did then.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
THE OYSTER QUESTION.

The question is, Does an oys-
ter suffer any more at being
eaten alive than it would If it
were taken out of its shell first
and executed by having its neck
wrung. or being knocked in the
head before being eaten? Or
isn't it perhaps a degree or two
more cruel TO plunge the I'M
happy bivalve when still alive
into boiling grease or impaling
it on a stick to broil it over the
Goals, than to kill ii by eating it
alive? Perhaps DR.. Wiley is right
about the succulent victim of
mans appetite suffering agony
in the process of being treated
with tabasco sauce and then de-
voured while still alive, but what
would the eminent champion Of
the suffering bivalve have US
do? II is just a question of whe-
Their the oyster shall suffer in be-
ing eaten, or whether mankind
shall suffer for want of oysters
on the half charlottesville
Herald.
So long as people insist upon eat
ing things that have lived or ar
it will be necessary for thos
to die either before or durin!
the process of eating. This rule is
Of course, subject to a few exception
such as bacteria and microbes tina
to enjoy being eaten alive an,
multiply and ultimately get
the consumer after being consumed
The oyster is one of the creature
that seems a%ssuredly to have beel
made to be eaten. That being tn
case, the of his deaf,
would seem to be a matter for Sigh
consideration so long as it is not 0
q lingering character. The treatmen
Of the oyster Immediately prior t
his disappearance is not calculate
to prolong his dying struggles
News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
GEN. U. S. GRANTS SON FOR
WILSON.

New York, Sept. 27.-Jesse r.
Grant has been appointed a member
OF the Finance Committee of the New
York Democratic State Committee.
Julian A. Beatty was appointed Sec
rotary.
Mr.. Grant, who is a son Of Presi-
dent Grant, is one Of the most en-
thusiastic supporters Of Governor
Wilson.
II am going to do all in NY pow
er to bring around the election of
Governor Wilson," said Mr.. Grant.
Fl know of no one better equipped
to grace the White House than Gov
ernor Wilson. ills views on the tar
if are appealing to the substantial
and sensible business men OF the
country. | think he is going to re-
ceive the greatest number of Repub-
lican votes ever given to a Democra-
tic candidate for office. He is not only
going to draw from Roosevelt's fol-
lowing (and this may sound like a
remarkable statement, but I believe
it is true), but he is also going TO
decrease the ranks of the old Repub-
licans until they will present on cleo
ton day a mighty weak and battered
line.
IF Governor Wilson is to lose any
Democratic votes | have yet to hear
of the fact. The independent voter IS
in favor of him and in view Of all
this, I do not see the slightest chance
for any of the other candidates TO
even give him a close race.
"In this campaign | am convinced
that Governor Wilson is going to
gain ground every day, rather than
lose. My reason for stating this Is
that the people are becoming better
acquainted with him and we are
learning OF the earnestness of the
man and his high type of citizenship
and his marvellous personality. J
would not undertake to predict what
will be the fate of the Republican
party after this election but I am
convinced that it will never be swal-
flowed up by the followers Of Col.
Roosevelt"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
INTENSIVE FARMING IN TOWN
How Every Square Inch Of a Small
Back Yard Can Be Made to Yield.

Given a small back yard, a real
delight in raising Berries. vegetables
flowers, chickens and small children,
and you have a very interesting pro-
position. My back yard is a little oy-
err thirty feet wide, and divided into
three separate lots. First, beginning
at the real Of the house and running
back, there is "a lawn where the
laundry Is dried and where the child
rem get the fresh air. Next to this is
the garden; then comes the hennery
and yard for the poultry. When there
are no vegetables in the garden the
poultry run over it into the the lawn
for grass. et
There are peaches and plum trees
in this department and their deli
cious fruits and delightful shade in
the summer make them a splendid
adjunct. The wire fence is about five
feet high and as it is made without
a rail at the upper edge Of the net
ting I have no trouble because of
the biddies getting in among the
flowers or vegetables. With lots of
scratching material these hens have
an abundance of exercise; all waste
from kitchen and garden goes over
to them to help swell the number of
nice brown eggs. | have long since
learned that poultry does not need
unlimited range. Variety of food,
fresh water, shade in summer,
warmth in winter and scratching
for a living are the open secrets of
success.
! have planted my garden with
berriets in the space between the
vegetable rows. A large grapevine
runs along one border fence, supply
ing an abundance of fruit. The ber-
ries and currants I planted last fall
had them mulched heavily with sta
bic manure. A walk carefully made
and lined with brick runs through
the center, connecting the poultry
yard with the lawn. On either side
Of this walk planted currant bushes.
One-half of one side of the garden
Is in strawberries, which run to-
ge.her in one solid mat. The remain.
der is planted to blackcaps, red rasp-
berries and blackberries. There is a
hedge of California privet and Rose
of Sharon. alternating screen. be-
tween the garden and the lawn. Be-
etween the rows Of berries I raise
vegetables.
My flowers are grown around the
lawn. A border about five feet wide,
well spaded and enriched with well
rotted manure, Is planted to hardy
perennials. also cannas, dahlias and
gladioli. Thus have my three back
lots filled and each adding its pleas
ing share.-Suburban Life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
COLONEL AND STATE RIGHTS.

The Colonel has come a crusading
into the South, and the first thing
he swats with his ~crusading sword
is the doctrine of states rights"
There is no man in all the world so
foolish that he does not know that.
right then and there, the Colonel
spoke the genuine sentiments of his
heart. Put Roosevelt in the chair
for another -four years. and give him
a congress that he can bully into
submission 10 his will, and states
rights will go to the scrap heap
along with every other constitutional
safeguard of the peoples rights
which he finds i~nconvenient. I'm
doubtedly the Colonel's ideal govern
ment would be a strongly centralized
one, controlled from the presidential
chair. No one who has watched his
career can doubt that for a moment.
The Colonel is frank with the
South on the subject of the Missis-
sippi. If states rights were out Of
the way. something might be done;
and the inference is pretty plain that
unless the South is willingto give up
this and a few other political ideals,
nothing will be done-if the doing
depends on Roosevelt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
A NEGLECTED ASPECT
What Will Happen if None of the
Three Candidates Get Majority in
Electoral Colleges

President Taft's failure to bestir
himself in the face of what seems
, probable defeat and the ~colonel's pol
litical fireworks, have kept the public
so interested, if not actually spell
bound, that few have speculated on
what will happen in case none Of
the three candidates should get a
majority Of electoral votes. Only once
before has this occurred in the his
tory Of the country and If accounts
Of the experience are to be believed
it is not we'll to pray for a repetition.
could be effected in three ways, con-
sidering political aspects which I'M
doubtedly give Mr.. Wilson the great
est number of votes in the electors
college. Mr.. Wilson may be chosen as
a regular president by congress with
the republicans voting for him.
President Sherman may succeed Taft,
and in case the latter's vote should
not be big enough. Secretary Of
State Knox might for a time act as
president, in which event it would be
necessary to hold another election in
1918.
One dislikes to admit that such an
occurrence would put constituti"
government in the United States to
the hardest test it has yet been sub
jected to-yet such is plainly a fact.
There is too much radicalism and de-
magogism rampant this year to pre-
rent this. With Colonel Roosevelt
on the go this might lead to all sorts
of trouble for it is painfully certain
that with any kind Of a vote at all
he would charge wholesale election
jobbery and inflame in many the
most evil Of passions. Never has this
country been closer TO the brink of
cataclysm. AS Harper's Weekly points
out:
Roosevelt would be a potent, If not
indeed a determining factor in a sit
uation whose aggravation might cas-
lily end in catastrophe, and which
can be averted only by the election
by the people of Wilson-the only
candidate who can possibly obtain a
majority of electoral votes. San An
tonic Light.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

II would rather be shot against a
wall in Mexico than to accept
amnesty" remarked Jose Cordova,
Well, every man to his taste. The
sentiment looks noble in print, but
there must be a lot of helpless. starv-
ing farmers in Northern Mexico, and
a lot of starving, terrified women
and children, and a lot of business
men with stark ruin staring them
the face, who would be glad If
Senior Cordova would descend from
his exalted position and give peace
and safety, shelter and food, to his
unhappy countrymen if. by accept
ing amnesty, he could do so.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

1t is to be hoped that the govern
ment will lay down no hard and fast
rules in the matter of the extradi ion
of Mexican rebels. Those who are
accused by Mexican authorities OF
the murder of American citizens,
should be turned over for trial OF that
offense at least. 1t is outrageous
that men who have wantonly cut the
threats of American citizens should
find in the United States an asylum
from punishment for their crime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

There are perhaps seven or eight
hundred styles of calling a man a
liar without resorting to the uglier
and shorter word. Governor Will
son, as a mar of extraordinary Gull
ture, could perhaps do that sort of
thing as well as Colonel Roosevelt.
Yet we are pleased to see that he
attempts nothing of the sort. He
has never for one moment forgotten
the dignity and courtesy that is
proper for a nan who really expects
to be president of the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

General Campo says that General
Orozco has a large bank account in
Europe, acquired since the insurree-
ton began. That may or may not
be true, but the statement is eX-
tremply i%mprudent. The possibilities
Of the revolution business should not
he advertised in that way. More
over, the first thing he knows, the
Mexican revolutionists will be up
against the hottest kind Of compe-
tition by Americans from this side
of the line. Plenty of men in the
United States would be glad to go to
Mexico and start a revolution and
a bank account simultaneously.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
His Business.

"You appear to have travelled a
great DEAL" said the first passenger.
do you find that the people of any
one locality are more cordial or hos
pital than those of another"
NO. replied the other. 81 can't
say that ! do: most everybody asks
to call again and So
"The ideal You must be popular
"Not at all I'm q bill collector
Catholic Standard and Timss,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

There are few cities in India. Its
s~tupendous population consists Of
farm Iaborers. India Is nj vast farm
one almost interminable stretch Of
fields. 1t is a beautiful country
beautiful rivers. beautiful mountains.
II is a land OF abundant life. The
jungIes are full OF animals. the cir
is alive with birds and fowls OF al
most all kinds, the waters are alive
with fish. Vegetable life il abundant
and varied
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

people to get along with temporary
m~akeshifts he is afraid.
The land under cultivation in
the lower valley increased fifty per
cent this year over last year. That
ratio of increase will probably con-
tinue for several years so that those
who vote TO build roads will find
lined up at the collectors window
when they come TO pay their taxes
men who are not here today. The
roads will assist in bringing more
people to the county to share the
payment of the bonds.
1t is the duty Of every progressive
citizen Of this county to give this
matter careful consideration between
now and the day of election. Weigh
we'll the benefits that good roads
bring. Don't allow the tax to brighten
you. Figure for yourself what it will
cost you. For every thousand dollar.
worth of property you pay taxes on
the cost to you will be one dollar and
twenty cents per year, or ten cents
per month. Good Roads certainly
ought to be worth that to any man
Remember the date, Tuesday, Octo-
Der First, and cast a ballot for pro-
gress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

The road bond issue will add only
IL IA cents per 500 to the tax.
Who is there in Cameron county that
would not pay that amount to obtain
good roads all over the county? Vote
for the bond issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

The average farm is assessed at
perhaps considerably less than
5000. The tax for the good roads
bond issue to be voted On Tuesday
will add. at the outside not over
$6.12 1-2 per year to the taxes of
the mar whose assessment is as much
as $4,000 What farmer is there whose
expenses for repairs on wagons, and
loss of time on account of bad roads
do not amount to much more than
that in one year? Vote for the bond
issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

Better have the scale eliminated
from Brownsville tire 5 and shrub
berry. True, we have no nursery
here. but from time to time shrubs
OF various kinds are shipped from
here to other points. 1t would not
look well TO have q plant quarantine
started against BIRD pssille.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

Anybody who dares to differ from
Col. Roosevelt is sure to be nomi-
mated by him as a candidate for he
Ananias Club. Hence Governor
Wilson got only what was to be ex-
pected, when the Colonel accused him
of turning the truth upside down.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
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.
Entered at the Postofice at Browns
vile Texas, as Second Class Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
CALICO, THIRTY CENTS
A YARD IN 1885

(From the Mount Jewett, Pa,
Hearld.)
An old account book kept by the
late Jacob Reddig, who conducted a
general store at Stevens. where he
gathered a fortune of $4,000, shows
that in 1885 eggs sold at s cents
a dozen, whiskey at u cents a quart,
cigars 30 cents a hundred, butter at
IL cents a pound and coffee at Is
cents a pound. while calico was 80
cents a yard, striped cashmere rs
cents a yard and nails s cents a
pound.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

The latest returns place the popu-
lation OF India at $1,000 900. Yet
the entire area OF India Is no greater
than that or nine OF our western
states-Washington, Oregon. Califor-
MIA, Idaho, Nevada. Montana. Ariz-
ona. Utah. Wyoming
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

We know that the New York
Giants will win the National League
November, who will carry The fewest
states-Taft or, Roosevelt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28
III D LAUNDRY.

We have recently installed IN our Cleaning and Pressing epartren n
Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine"
In pressing cloths with this machine live dry steam is brought. in d.
rect contact with the me teral, the garment is pressed uniformly. act
and sternized ut nc operation. Searching is utterly impossible.
This process is more sanitary than the old method and the work is bet
ter. Our operators are skflful and our prices are slightly lowe .har to--
meriy.
Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $50.
Coat and pants, cleaned and pressed s1OO
Skirts, steamed and pressed $50. I'd.
Other garments in proportion
TRY US PHJrs No
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

The Good Roads Bond issue will
cost the average farmer not owe so
cents a month. What farmer would
not ave that much many times over
on time saved in hauling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

The pure food laws of Germany arc
very stringent and far-reaching. and
are regarded as successful in every
particular.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

French astronomers blamed q
large u spot for the coolest August
experienced in that county in years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

At the close of last year there were
465 miles or railroads In Alaska, a
gain OF ninety-four milss in q year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-28

n. Mr.. Farmer, will you pull through
mud-holes all your life, rather than
spend five or six dollars a year for
good roads? Vote fir the road bond
issue.