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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
THE HApHAZARD CONTRACTOR

AN educated man can't succeed as
2 said a friend Of mine.
Take those regulation contractors
They don't sit dow and figure things
They Jump at it. They see at a glance
about how much the thing will cost. l
some one wanted him TO bid on q
building. would get the prospective
him.
Does il look that way" he would
ask. pointing to q building.
Yes. something like that
Pal remembers he built n abont
that size last month for eighty thou
sand dollars. This one is to be slight
" smaller.
"I'll do it for sivinty-siven thou
sand he SAYS.
Done says the owner. And It's
all over but driving the nails
But is not my friend mistaken, as a
matter of fact, as to the way most
successful contracting is done? There
are doubtless many contractors VINO
succeed in his ofhand, haphazard
fashion. but 1t could probably not be
| demonstrated that the ma orlty OF sue
| cessful contractors win their success
by any other process than the ancient.
honorable and laborious method OF
occurring the cost" one OF the most
I fascinating men in New York Is a tral-
fc specialist. VINO has worked out an
amazingly comprehensive and lntri-
cate system Of finding out how many
trains. of how many cars, running al
what headway. will be required to
serve d certain section Of any city. But
he does not guess at IL: he does no
reach it by intuition. He figures u
out. and he 10 q grad uaie CT torneII
Christian HeR16
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
Everybody Happy.

A wealthy young woman from out
West was recently welded to a MEM
Der of the nobility of England, and
the ceremony occurred in the most
fashionable Of London churches-St.
Georges.
Among the guests was q cousin Of
the bride, as sturdy an American as
can be imagined. He gave an inter-
esting summary Of the wedding. when
asked by a girl friend whether the
marriage was a happy one.
Happy? I should say it was" said
the cousin. 1.-The bride was happy,
the mother was overjoyed, Lord Stick
leigh, the groom, was in ~ecstasies, and
his creditors, I understand, were in q
state Of absolute bliss."-March Lip
%OincOtt'S.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01

words: II am thy father. Har-
maehis."
Though more or less buried IN ssn.i
at various periods, the pink Was
highly admired and feNered down TO
50 late a period as that ~ the Roman
Euperors, as numerous Inscriptions
upon IL, row concealed by the sand,
testify. Curiously enough. the Sphinx
Is mentioned nett her by Hcrodotus
nor any later Greek traveller. and as
10 the period in which IL was hunt
1t Is not likely that this fact Will ever
lie known.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
CATAWBA DEFEATS DAVIDSON
SECONDS,

Especial TO News and Observer.)
Newton, March 29."Catawba Col
lege defeated the Davidson second
team here today by the score Of 7 to /.
Pitcher Ingram for Catawba, was in
vincible and was given good support
by Catcher Thompson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
LINES TO THE MEMORY or A
BROTHER TEDElHIl BELOVED.
oky John Jordan Douglass

Though thou vast With - such ! ..ttle
while,
q Brother mine.
sW Get and cheerful smile was so
divine
That thou DIST teach US. even II my
pam.
- CLEAN loves largeSS
From kfe's >ordid grain.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01


Tor ,bipa Il naS !, ,,ala -. 3.rI
world briCbt.
,ose g. rhi,e
And uo,,as, nj, ,ot = h, cara
TIT
! Thina little hrothar uac III. artists
soui
And thine the poet,r dream
nnre stream,
~
II ,as tbv life and rich Mas n, re-
turn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10

shall be conducted and governed by the
general laws Oh the subject and the re
turns of said election shall be made to
the commissioner h~ereinbefOre appoint
ed.
Section 3. Until said officers are elect
ed and qualified, all of the territory of
said county of KIeberg shall belong for
all purposes to the county of Nueces from
which it is taken. When the new county
has been fully organized as herein pro
vided for, the same is hereby made a part
Of the Sevcnty-fourth Judicial District Of
the State Of Texas. and is attached to the
Tweny-third Senatorial district. and to
the Seventy-seventh representative dis
trict and to the Fifteenth Congress
siOnal District. and to the Fourth SUI
premc Judicial District of the State of
Texas. E#I
Section G.. The said county Of Klebcrg
shall defray all expenses incurred in per
fcting its organization and shall also
pay its pro rata of the liabilities exist
ing. at the time of the passage of this act
of NueceS county, from which its territory
is aiken, in manner, proportion and ex-
tent as fixed and provided for by the con
s%tituton of the State Of Texas, and by the
general laws Of the state, III force at
the time Of the passage Of this Act.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
COMMISSIONERS
FORBID WATER BEING RUN on
ROADS FROM IRRIGATED LAND.
OTHER COUNTY BUSINESS.

Complaints from farmers in the irri-
CATION districts Of Cameron county that
some Of the farmers allow water to run
into the roads has moved the county
commissioners court to decide to post
notices over the county, calling the at
tcntiOn of the farmers to the matter,
The notice advises persons, firms or cor
pOrati0nS that prosecutions by the Oun
ty attorney will follow if water is al
lowed to run into the roads.
The notice reads:
Notice il hereby given that any per
son, firm or corporation allowing water
to run into any part Of any public road
Of Cameron county Will be prosecuted
By the county attorney.
Our farmers can not haul their pro
GIcts to market on bad roads and we
can not have good roads as long as wa
ter is allowed to run into either the cen
ter Of the road or the bitches on either
side. By Order Of the Board of, County
Commissioners
This morning the commissioners
turned down four bids for the place Of
county physician, principally because
the duties Of the place were not known
exactly. DR.. J. l.. Rentfro's contract
holds until May, and the board decided
not to accept any bid until later.
Two bids were submitted for the
county printing, M by the Sentinel
Publishing company Of Brownsville. for
.ttpln ,-,. ,,J -,L. No. g. III
Star for $50. The Brownsville bid was
accepted because the court did not be-
licvc that the contract should be let out
of the county seat.
The board may possibly table up the
county tax rate for the present year this
afternoon, it being usually the ease that
the rate is fixed in February.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
INSPECT NORMAL

Huntsville, Tex, Feb. 10. The joint
committee consisting Of Senators Nugcnt
of Montgomery, Wylie Of Montague, and
Representatives Patton Of Houston
county, Fuller Of San Jacinto and Say
age of Bell, visited the Sam Houston
Normal on Friday and Saturday. This
committee conducted a careful inSpcc-
ton of the normal school and informed
themselves thoroughly in regard to its
present equipment and immediate needs.
They expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the grade Of work being
done and gave assurance that their In
tiuenee would be used to promote the
welfare Of pPt, Only the sam Houston
Normal, But all educational interests of
our state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
THE STATE OF TEXAS.


You are hereby commanded, That by
publication Of this writ for twenty. days
exclusive Of The day of first publication
and return IL a newspaper regularly
published in the County Of Cameron
YOU give due notice to al persons inter-
'~trd in the Account for Final Settle
mcnt of said Estate. TO file their obiec-
lions thereto, if any they have. on or be-
fore the March term, 1913, Of said C0un-
~ Court, commencing and to be holden
1T the Court House of said County. in
the city Of Brownsville on the first
Monday in March, the same being the
}rd day Of March. A. ID. 1913. when said
account and application will be consid-
cred by said court.
Witness Joseph Webb. Clerk of the
County Court Of Cameron County.
Given under my hand ana seal of
said CoHrt. at my office, IN the City Of
brownsville, this 9th day of February,
\. ID. 1913.
(Sealt JOSEPH WEBB.
Clerk Of the c. c. of Cameron Co.
by +. i. Kowalski, Deputy Clerk.
4 true copy | certify:
q. T. RYAN.
Sheriff Cameron County.
Hy 7. d. Haley, Deputy Sheriff. 2-9-1G-23
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
MRS. BOOTH AT HUNTSVILLE.

Huntsville, Tex, Feb. 10.-Mrs. Maud
Ballington Booth, affectionately known
mong the prisoners Of America as The
little Mother addressed the citizens Of
huntsville and the Sam Houston Nor
nal student body Friday night. In spite
t the inclcment weather, quite q large
number of the students heard the
stirring and inspiring lecture, such as
can be delivered only by one who has had
experiences with the class of unfortun-
1tcs among whom Mrs. Booths work
takes her.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
NEWS OF THE DAY


Cuero, Tex, Feb. 10.-The case Of
Oscar Bates, colored, charged wiu,
criminal assault, which has been on trial
in the district court here during the
past few days, went to the jury, and
after only two hours deliberatiOn the
jury rendered a verdict of guilty and
fixed his punishment at a life sentence
i'll the p~enitentiary. Bates pleaded in
sanity and was mute and apparently
unaware Of the proceedings Of his trial,
and it is announced through the attOr-
neys for the defense that an appeal will
not be taken. This term of court has
been a record breaker i'll criminal cases.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
TWENTY RATTLESNAKES.

LlanO, Tex, Feb. 10.-Will Kidd killed
twenty large rattlesnakes near House
mountain on his ranch. The snakes had
crawled out from under q rock to sun.
lie shot each Of the snakes. He stated
the smallest Of the reptiles had fourteen
attles and from that on up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-02-10
GOOD DOPE

Hcrel5s a tip in season for the man:
WHO'S save his pclf:
Don't break the en9tommatidnieiHs and.
YOU Mont 60 broke yourself,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
One of the very latest styles for
street wear, in dull blue mohair. =
BY OLIVETTE.

DTTY the feelings of one Mr.. Fritz
Jouda. manager of one of Paris
largest dressmaking firms, who
came over TO the United States to in
troduce the new Tour de Lac which
is a skirt and not a lake promenade.
and then found that it had gotten here
before him.
The painful truth is that cur Paris
friends have to get up very early to
get the fashion worm if they want to
beat America at it,
The new skirt, which is to be popu-
larized this spring, is much fuller
around the hips and sometimes it bags
at the knees, but no woman need feel
that she is to regain the privilege of
the use of her legs No, indeed, The
skirts are just as tight as they can
be around the ankles. But they do
make it less of problem to sit down
and rise again without undue eXertion.
The new spring fashions and the
new materials are illustrated here.
Among the materials used will be
crepes of all kinds from the siN-cCnt
cotton crepe to the exquisite silk ma
terlals that are crepe in effect and eN-
ceedingly high in price. Sicillienne and
mohair have come back into fashion
with a bang and will be welcomed by
the sensible women as we'll as the men
who are used to mohair for summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
40 is a WOrnam'S
Glorious Prime

When a woman realizes that her
youth is slipping by! Almost 10
She looks back and secs that tll'st
white hair over her ear. she Jerked
Ii out, and laughed! Then she re-
members combing her hair ea'n
morning and carefully looking ana
picking out two or three SNstenlhG
white threads And the next year!
The white hairs pulled out one gay
were replaced by twice as many tine
next And she drifted on.
Are YOU Just drifting toward a
grayhaired old age at 40. the age
that should be the glorious prime OF
a Woman's life?
We wish you would get our book
let Charm" and read it. cat any Oh
cur stores, or sent by mail upon re
quest) 1t explains why you can
safely use Robinnaire's Hair Dye. II
is not an ordinary vulgar bleach or
artificial cololing. We should nave
named it d Restorative. because II Is
Pu.e, scientific compound thal 3 m
p.\ rcStles the hair to its own pIIS-
MAJ color and beautiful, healthy con-
eltlpn. If YOU have but few Wnto
.!al's, don't pun them out Restore
i'"m to their origiua vigorous '"!-
or. and an the same time put Y"ul
l.a.g in a. healthy condition and stop
us fading. The hair responds quick
W to the proper care and treatment
ana the woman who wants to keep
IT'S beautiful color and fine texture
can do 50.
Robinnaire Hair Dye is made in
our own laboratory, and we person
ally guarantee it to be absolutely
pure ard harmless. Non sticky, ana
does not stain skin or scalp. Use II
Immediately if your hair is fading
and losing vitality Trial size DC
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POSTPAID $50. Prepared for lisht,
medium and dall, brown 3Hd bHck
O4ir For sale by AN Jacobs PhaF-
macy stores and druggists @'u.r-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
|Daysey Mayme
and Her Folks
Bv FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

YEAR after year Daysey Mayme
V Appleton has devoted the six
weeks of Lent to the work of
,.afsir2 I.enten Offering for her church.
Following the fashion set by all zeal
ans church sisters, she has raised this
and through doing her own sweeping.
,. scrubhing. putting in her Lenten
mite box the money thus saved, ana
which ordinarily went to a woman who
needed the work.
Or she made cookies for the Women's
Exchange. enabled by. the fact that her
father pays the grocery bill TO sell them
much cheaper than women who make
cookies for o living.
or. aided by scriptural argument, she
persuaded the woman sewing at her
house to go without lunch, thus giving
,lo woman an opportunity to make a
sacrifice. ana adding TO Daysey May
mes mite box the price Of the woman's
neal
Faithfully, year after year, she had
mus filed mite box to be handed to
uer pastor Easter morning.
But this year she resolved to do more.
Not only would she fill mite box, but
She would make a personal sacrifice of
time and labor
81 viii invite all the women do not
like TO dinner with me-, she decided aft
~ long aud spiritual reflection. at will
be good for me to overcome my preju-
djces. will make out a list OF 46 wom-
IN, and invite one a day, all through
Lent"
That night Daysey Mayme, with thai
feeling Of spiritual exaltation that only
the really good know, mailed her invi-
,ations,
You are my Lenten sacrifice she
said as she dropped the letters in the
mail box
The next morning As women received
their invitations for dinner at Dayse!
Maymes There was long and serious
elaboration on the part OF every Wom'
nm invited. and next day every woman
mailed her acceptance.
II will make the acceptance my Lent
IN sacrifice" said every woman to her'
self as she dropped her reply in TIT
mai.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
Somebody's Sister
: By Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy.

HONT you remember in the long
you carried her books thro' the wind and snow
little white school house far back on the hill
How you taught to the pond by the mill
little sister?
Ali you do remember-hough the years have flown
And your boy has a sister of his
And you've taught him well to protect her name
every breath of shadow and stain
His little sister!
that boy of yours, the other day.
He o you dismay
whispered tale that made you afraid
Sti-she merely serving maid
Bu--she somebody's sister!
boys will be boys" is what you thought,
you didn't remind him Of what he taught
Because, after all you only meant
That all his chivary should be spent
his little sister!
SO world lies crushed meath its weight OF woe,
and always it will be
Till shall learn to protect from
Somebody's sister well as theirs.
they laborers or ladies grand
IT'S the every land.
There is who loves and honors them
Among rush and greed of
OF who calls them sister"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
Evening gown of gooseherry COL
orei watered silk over lace.

$500
suiting. Ratine and cotton as well as
silk poplins are immensely popular,
and many of the new materials are
figured fancy cloths looking like dim
sy brocades. beautiful and vivid in col
or and design Cretonnes, especially
Chinese cretonnes, are used for trim
mings and sometimes for entire gowns,
The choice of material never has been
so great as it is this year. and it would
take very fussy person indeed not to
find something that pleased her and
that expressed her individual taste.
Everything is draped.
Blouses are still loose with long
shoulder seams, and for afternoon and
street dresses the sleeves arc long, too.
For evening wear the short sleeve
forms part of the drapery of the bodice
Skirts are, generally speaking, much
fuller around the hips, with pieats on
side drapery tucked into a belt which
is of varying heighth, either normal OF
trifie higher.
The fuuness of the skirt is manipu-
lated in many clever ways, and shows
the skill Of the maker. Mostly it Is
twisted around the limbs and caught
n at the knees. as shown in the illus
traton of the black satin gown witt
the lace bodice. Here one can see tho
separate train effect. which is kind OF
heightened tunic. The same picture
shows the Medici collar which is grow
ing in favor.
The Russian tunic in its modified
form is the main idea of the smart lit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07

tie suit OF dun blue mohair with its
long and pleated basque and marrow
skirt Long, loose sleeves are a fea-
ture of this suit. and the very small
toque of black straw with green plume
is also typical of the spring of 1918.
While some dressmakers are trying
to introduce the tight bodice, it will be
some time before we finish completely
with the pretty fashion shown in the
evening gown of gooseberry shade. The
material is n very light quality OF
MORE silk, draped in an original and
effective way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07

Among the real novelties are the new
shapes in sunshades. Some are made
like pagodas, some like high turrets
and the one illustrated shows distinct
caprice" on the part of Dame Fash
ion. 1t is Of figured taffeta on a
creamy ground.
Among the novelties in hats is one
that the rainy daisy viii appreciate.
The turban of white maine is abso-
lutely warranted to stand any kind OF
a storm. and if need be can be used as
81 water pitcher The new tulle is
weather and waterproof
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
Up-to-t he-Minute Jokes

Farmer-If you want TO get TO the
village, YOU must go this way.
Tourist-But the guidepost points in
the other direction.
THAT is right. We have pointed the
finger in the wrong direction to keep
beggars and robbers from entering the
village"
her forcibly. and he was fined S25."
Yet they are good friends now"
Yes; he announced in open court
that it was worth the money"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07

Z YEAR after year Daysey Mayme
Y Appleton has devoted the six
weeks of Lent to the work of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
What Could He Say?

Preceptor-What can you say about
Nero?
Freshman-W ell--er-the least said
about Nero the better.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07

On New Years eve in a Yorkshire
town two men were. carried to the nos
pital-victims Of an explosion. one
had had the misfortune TO have his
nasal organ blown off, the other had
lost one of his ears.
The two were placed in adjacent
beds, and in the morning the one minus
his nose shouted to his neighbor:
Happy New Year to thee, mate
Happy new nose 20 thee, and mind
thy own business" groWled the other.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
Convicted Afterward.

Mrs. Benham-Do you remember that
gave you no decided answer the flrst
line YOU proposed?
Benham--I remember that you sus-
pended sentence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07

DTTY the feelings of one Mr.. Fritz
Jouda. manager of one of Paris
LARGEST dress01aIiuo firms who
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-07
He Had a Reason.

Mother-Willie. why do you quarrel
so much with that boy next door?
Wlnie-'Cause he's afraid to fight,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-21
MOTTO FOR CHRISTIAN HOME
Ideals Which Consistently Lived Up
to, Cannot Fail to Make for Hap
piness in Life.

This home is dedicated to good will.
1t grew out of love. The two heads
of the household were called together
by a power higher than they. To it's
decree they are obedient. Every tone
of the voice, every thought of their
being, is subdued to that service. They
desire to be worthy of their high call
ing, as ministers of that grace. They
know their peace will so unbroken
only for little time. And often they
suspect that the time will be more
short even than their anxious hope.
They cannot permit so much as one
hour of that brief unity to be touched
by scorn or malice. The worlds judg-
ments have lost their sting inside
this door. Those who come seeking
to continue the harmony which these
two have won are ever welcome. The
rich are welcome, so they come sim
ply. The poor are welcome, for they
have already learned friendliness
through buffeting Youth is welcome,
for it brings the joy which these two
would learn Age is welcome. for it
will teach them tenderness. -Collier's
Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-21
FACE COVERED
WITH PIMPLES
Suffered Three Years. Used ResinOl
Now Not 4 Pilnple To Be Seen.

Philadelphia. Pa, Oct. 81, 19l2.--'I had
been troubled for the past three years
with pimples which completely covered
my face and neck. The pimples would
come out, tester up and cause me to pick
at them, feeling very uncomfortable I
tried most all kinds of facial creams. but
with no effect. I tried a sample Of Res
mol Soap and Ointment and noticed In
SAINT relief. I bought Resinol Soap and
q Resinol Ointment, and began the treat
ment. After using two jars of Resinol
Ointment and Resinol Soap, there was
not a pimple to be seen. and now my
face is as smooth as If there was never
q pimple on it." (Signed) Albert Green
burg 1857 Frankfort Ave.
For eighteen years Resinol has been
favorite Doctors prescription and house
hold remedy for itching troubles. skin
eruptions, dandruff, chapped faces and
hands, sores. piles. etc. Stops itching in
stantly. Sold by all druggists or by par
eel post, Resinol Soap. Csc, Ointment. 5lc
and s1.00, but you can try them without
cost-just write for samples to Dept. l9-K,
Resinol Chemical Co.. Baltimore, Nd.