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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15
NOTICE.
SHERIFFS SALE.
THE STATE OF TENAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON

by virtue of an Order OF Sale. issued
Cameron County. ON the .ird day ~ Ian
uary a. ID. l3l. hy the Clerk thereof
In the ease Of Paul McWilliams versus
out Of the Honorable District Court or
W. a. Mcneil. 81 al. No. .Jul aud Ia me
a. Sheriff. directed aud delivered. | will
proceed IT, sell for cash. within the hour,
prescribed ~ law for Shrriff's Sales. on
the first Tuesday in February a. ID lol
IL being the. :,rd day of said Month. DC.
fore the Court House door ~ sad Gam
crun County. IA the City If brownsville
Texas. The following property, towit:a
certain tract of land consisting # -
acres Ia the extent 1T meies and bounds
and quantity thereof. a certain sccrcgre-
gated part Of a certain larger mount
( land in said County. known a. called
and b. M the Ia Fcria Grant originally
granted by the Spanish government IL
America. Ia Rosa Maria Iiinoiosa. dc
Bali. said .uU acres Of land being more
fully described and bounded a. follows:
Commencing at a post and stake on
The northern boundary line Of 4 cert III
tract If land heretofore. on the 18th lay
Of March \. -. 1905. conveyed ~ ".
\. u. Stein. 10 W. \. Mcneil Harry l..
~ y iAiA 'NnA u. IN t'f"l WI
record in Eok N" III PIP I1> Ia 80 IL
the Deed Records of Cameron County,.
Texas. Ia which said deed and its said
record special reference i now here
made and they are each in al things
made a part hereof for greater certain
~.
Said beginning point being South |
degree 10 minutes East .l36 feet from
tho southern boundary line Of the Cam.
rron County Public Road from Browns
Vile Ia Rio Grandc City. commonly
known rs aud called the United states
Military and Telegraph road and Sou'h
- degrees aud 80 minutes West lGl.I.
feet from the western boundary line Of
! certain other tract of land now own
" and occupied nv Frank rabbi. an!
VIII eli said point j. also the y. w. cor
ncr If tract Of land confirming - acres
ronvcvrd hv " q. Hin ~ Peter Il. lpnr
IN. bv deed 80 date the llth day of FtL
ruarv 4. II 1910:
Thence South | degree ~ minutes
East t>''2; feet Ia 4 point AMI pest on
the Northern bank IL the Rio Grand
River:
Thence m said river with H. mcnr
dcrS n follows: North 60 degrees 10
IN nutcs West 509.l feet:
Thence North - degrees 10 minute,
West 100 feet Ia 4 point AMI pest:
Thence North | degree ~ minutes
West 3h'i feet 10 u point and post ~
the East boundary line If The right ~
way ~ the Santa Maria Canal ~ lorlt-
Ell on February i. 1910: thence North
III degrees II minutes last aai feet 10
a point and post on the eastern bounda-,
line Of the right of way If said canal:
thence y. - degrees l. minutes East
m.As feet. 10 a point aud post on the
Eastern right ~ way ~ sad caniI:
iheIce North - degrees ~ minutes East
90 feet 10 a point aud stake; theme.
North ! degree =, minutes West 81. |
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15
MAYES MAKES REPLY
NOT UNDERSTAND WHY "ELIMI-
MAJORS" ARE so CONCERNED.

Austin. Texas. Jan. l5.-L.icutcnant
Governor VIII II. MaycS has given out
another statement touching The climina-
ticn movement n "a pro candidates for
Governor. Mr.. MaveS has the follow
ing ~ say in part:
There are some things ! 10 not quite
understand about the elimination cprn-
mittcc meeting held in Dallas saturday.
One thing that puzzles me j. what there
j. in the situation that required u secret
discussion by the committee. AMI what
they deemed necessary ~ withhold from
the 230.000 prohibition Democrats Of
Texas. Whv did they exclude the news
paper men,, Does il mean \ return Y"
the Cd time closed door political
methods where the voters are net deemed
of sufficient Importance or intelligence
10 hc taken into the confidence Of those
who assume 10 tell them how 70 vote?
Then confess | have never under
stood why the climinators are - inter
cSted in the Governors race and appcar
81 Indifferent aS to the others. There
are N present only we avowed prob hl-
ilVN flh'Allti'C w ~ ih'f "'' ''
ten or twelve anti prohibitionistS Pro
hihitioniStS and mnti prohihiti"niStS
seem Ia hc pretty well agreed ~ Ia
strengthening orr regulatory laws. IL
j. hard \ prohnhlc that any Governor.
in the face uf the present sentiment
would veto ANY regulatory measure int
would h. passed. and the Governor can
not veto u resolution snbmitting u con
stituticpal amendment. or course. from
4 prohibition st1ndpnint. II = dc>irT''"
Ia hive Il prohibition Governor: brt
hardly more - than u prohibition Lien
tenant Governor. But tr>nlir the fact
that there are three nr hibiiion c1ndi
dates for Lieutenant Governor AMI only
one anti prohibition candidate. . NJ
has ever been said about EXAMINATIONS
in that race"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

feet 10 a point and stake: Thence Sou'i
IS degrees ~ minutes Wet IGl.1 feet
to a point and stake in the East IN
boundary If the right If way If said
canal. thence North III degrees T. min
utes West -, feet ia q point and post
in the eastern boundary line Of the right
Of way Of said canal thence North ~
lcr /c> = minutes West 10 feet to II
point and post in the eastern boundarr
line Of the right If way -.
said canal. and being Ihr
northwest corner ~ the tract ~ land III
which foreclosure j. herein had: Theme
North - degrees =. minutes East r>a.1
feet 10 the place II beginning. contain
ing in the aggregate 2p0 acres IT land
more or less and being out ~ and part
~ a certain segregated part ~ ali
larger tract containing - acres ron
veycl 10y Mrs. y. ID Stein fo ". \.
Mcneil. Harry l.. Mcneil. and John l..
Bruce prior a. February II. 1910.
And that the amount due and unnaid
- said two n"teS j. secured hv u Tee
on the lands above described ~ \ i---
from W. a. Mcneil. Harry T.. Mcneil
and John l.. Bruce To James l.. porau
Of date February Il. 1919 which Il. ~
record in the Deed Records III Camrrir
County Texas. at pages 3.I a. a3l>
Vol Sup. Y" To- which deed ana record
thereof reference j. here made for cur
Their description uf said lands and th-
lien thereon lev cl a. the prouert, uf
James J.. noran and his wife Josephine
Doran a. satisfy a judgment amuuntir"
Ia al. l9J 90 in favor ~ Paul VI. VII.
liam> and costs of suit.
Given under my hand. this 9Th day WI
January. a. II. 1914
&. +. RYAN. sheriff.
l.. ID. HALEY. non-,
Jan. >lJ -. ~.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

Then there j. an aggregation II negro
MINISTRIES. If The real old Southern cot
ton patch variety. Good singing AMI
good dancing j. the order Of the day Al
this show and for twenty minutes Of
time they vii givc Won a great variety
Of field songs field dances. al, with plcu-
~ of dust To give YOU the impression Of
\ dusty row lring plowed a couple OF
feet from Won.
There j. no back porch. howSo'cr 30
Tended. but one stray eat i there. Co
lumhu> state Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

The steady voluc II imports If cattle
from Australia into the Philippines =
evidenced by the o,erhauling and rcfi'.
ting in IIonekoug shipyarl> IT two ,cs
$40 head. Each j. to make l. round
trims a year in the Wyndhim Manila
cattle trade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

FOR RENT Pleasant Room l:0i Wa
sh.ngton street. III
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15
BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD.

nm employc Of the senate lobby invesii-a
democratic executive committee later an
cmployc of the senate lobby ;nvcstiga-
ting committee and NJ present il chair.
man 81 the capital police force
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

tIThc common idea tina, al women fpl,
low the fashion blindl4 is absurd. Iiil
t$u cver see a girl5 feet n inches IAN
wearing high French hcels?- Boston
Globe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

IL Is a reflection uppn the popular
idea Of diplomacy that John Limbs dis.
Greet silence is regarded ~ mysterious.
--LOuisvillc Courier Journal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

You can always get a rise out Of Kan.
sas. No matter the issue. she always
wants. and will have. her say Wash
ington Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-15

CLASSIFIED ADS
o RENT.

FOR EENT:-Two furnished rooms for
Light housekeeping. Phone az. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
UnmOved by Defeat

It was on September b that the news came of the great victory of the Mos kowa and a week later they learned that the Emperor had entered Moscow Every body was figuring out the booty which would be captured, the ransom which would be paid-and the consequent reduc- tion in the taxes.
 Then came the news of the burning of Moscow, and the beginning of the retreat People grew pale and hundreds of peas ants waited morning and night, at the postoffice. But no news came now.
 Joseph passed and repassed through the crowd without paying much atten - tion He had, seen so much of this same anxiety for news-and besides he had an idea in his head which made everv- thing appear rosy to him.
 December IS would be Catherine,s birthday and he was going to give her a birthday present of a watch which hung in Father Gouldens window, and for the purchase of which he had been saving up money for six months.
 So as the week went on and the news of the terrible disaster of the imperial army began to tricl1le through to Phals bourg, Joseph let these stories of war go in at one ear and out at the other as he toiled and loved on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
News of the Campaign

From that day on the news of battle and victory came thick and fast. The guns were always firing, 1t seemed, and the bells ringing.
 Eh, Joseph, another battle won. Fifty thousand men lost Twenty-Five thousand standards, 100 guns taken. All goes well. 1t remains now to make a new levy in order to replace the dead" Thus would speak Father Goulden
 And will they take the lame?" asked Joseph
 Then the watchmaker would reassure the boy with No fear, no fear. You could not serve. We will fix that. Only work well and never mind the rest"
 It was a part of the duties of NJ Goul- den to wind up the city clocks and look after them generally-the clock of mon sieur the commandant; of monsieur, the mayor, and of other notable people, as well as of the public buildings. One day, as he returned from one of his clock-in- specting tours, the old man said:
 ''The army is at Wilma or Smolensk God grant that we may succeed this time and make peace-the sooner the better-for this war is a horrible thing"
 Joseph thought so, too, and that night prayed for peace If they had peace many men would not be needed and he would be in no danger of draft Then ne could marry Catherine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
After Leipsic

In the gradual forcing back of the im- perial forces. Joseph took part-such a part as a private soldier could take-and took 1t nobly. Finally, sick with fever he succumbed-as so many did in that terrible campaign which ensued after the battle of Leipsic
 Somewhere near the borders of France he lay down to die-as so many thousa nds did. But his ears caught the sound of the rolling of cannon wheels, and, arous- ing himself, he cried out: Save mel
 The driver happened to be his old comrade zebedee. who, in spite of his gaunt and haggard appearance, recos- nized his fellow townsman.
 Joseph was taken on a caisson and lost consciousness. When he was again aroused 1t was to the sound of booming guns.
 He was lyirfg in good bed and at the head of 1t sat a pale young woman He glanced at the window and could see that they were white with frost
 Tt is winter again. he said feebly.
 Then he turned to the pale girl seated at the head of the bed and cried: .It is Catherinev'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
What Glory Costs

Are you not well?" asked Joseph.
 But the watchI;aker went on mur- muring to himself: "Yes, yes, this is what 1t means to be a great military nation--this is glory. Joseph, the grand army has perished in the frosts of Russia and all those stout young men whom we saw passing for three months through the gates If our city are now buried beneath the snows. The news came this afternoon. Go to bed--I can- not sleep now"
 The next morning Goulden said: Joseph. I am not well. This terrible news has made mo i'll. But this Is the day to regulate city clocks. I cannot go-go in my stead"
 Joseph went out into the biting air and consoled himself by thinlSing When l have climbed to the top of the city clock tower I can, from there see the house where Catherine and Aunt Harsredel liser
 The first thing he heard as he came to the market place was that bull letin had arrived from the Emperor tell ing, f~~e few words. of the great Rus sian disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Uneasy Hearts

Nearly every month a te deum was chanted r. the cathedral and the can non at the arsenal fred their salutes of q guns for some victory,
 During the week following every heart was uneasy: poor mothers especi- ally waifed for letters, and when one came from a son absent with the army the news ran rapidly about, and others came to see if, in the letter. any men tion was made of their Joseph, or Jacques or Claude.
 Perhaps our boy is prisoner" one would say who got no news; when they make peace he will return"
 But they never made peace. When one war was oves another began; the Emperor was always wanting some thing or other from Russia, or from Spain, or from some other country.
 Often, when tEe regiments were streaming through the town on their way to the front, M. Goulden, who was no longer of war, 1ould say to Joseph; How many do you think we have seen go by since 1S04?'
 "At least 100000 or 5OO,O0O," Joseph would reply.
 And hoy many have we seen re- turn?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Two Bites of One Apple

t Catherine and Joseph would go into the orchard behind the house in the sea son of fruit and bite the same apple, or the same pear-they were the hap- piest people in the world
 1t was Joseph who escorted Catherine to mass on Sundays, and on holidays she never left his side, refusing to dance with the other village youths.
 But now, oftener and oftener, the thought would intrude itself upon Joseph Suppose I should be drafted? That would be an end of everything. r. He did so long to live a quiet life all his days at work and with Catherine B6t war was all around him and his danger crept nearer and nearer. \, He wished he were a thousand times more lame; for at the time of which we speak they had first taken the un- married men, then the married men who mad no children; then those with one schid.
 Tc In 1872 began the Russian war. T From February to the end of May every day saw the regiments streaming through Phalsbourg moving toward the north and that great disaster which broke the power Of Napoleon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Armed Against the Cold

Joseph" said Goulden as the boy prepared to set out; i've have not had such cold for 40 years. A man was found frozen to death on the road to Wecham. Go into the closet and take out my great coat, mittens and the double-soled shoes lined with flannel Put them on Otherwise l will not let you stir out"
 As Joseph got into the country the whole world seemed stin and cold. The landscape, usually busy with noises. was dead and lifeless-all living things seemed to have hidden themselves from the terrible cold
 Such weather as this would not De viewed with any alam in New England. Canada or Minnesota, but such weather in Alsace might, at any time, be appal- ling.
 Further north Napoleon had 1t harder The Duchess de Reggio mentions IS below" after the passing of the Bere- sina (That would be about zero, as we reckon iD. But that was an un- common cold day. even for the great retreat
 The armies of northern nations of the present day, while they would not man euver in such a temperature more than was absolutely necessary would not be thrown Into a panic by it. However, it can easily be conceived what such I low temperature would mean to an army from the south sweeping up into it-what to Napoleon it did mean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Worst in Half a Century

The winter set in with unusual se- verity-for 90 years no such a severe winter had been seen in that part of the country.
 Often, as the fire cracked merrily. M Goulden would look al the frost covered window panes and say: "Our poor sol diers."
 But would Joseph reply, "by this time they ought to be in Poland, in good barracks. For to suppose that hn- man being could endure sudh cold as this unprotected-it is impossible"
 Such a cold as this" would reply Goulden; 'yes, it is cold here. But what is it in Russia and Polandw
 When the birthday of Catherine ar rived, so much snow had fallen that Joseph feared he would never be able to walk the few miles to Quatre- Vents
 But although the roads were stopped. the imperial couries had to get through and two companies of infantry were turned out and set with piclSaxes to dig a way through the frozen snow.
 This opened d path for the couriers of the Emperor, and a way for Joseph to the hearth of Aunt Margredel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Stopped by Pinacle

After dinner Catherine sang-she had sweet voice-and Joseph, who could sing but little, accompanied her in a low tone just to sustain her.
 At o'clock Aunt Margredel told the youth that it was time for him to go home-it would get dark early and he must not be abroad in such biting wealth CT in the dark.
 But 1t was o'clock before she could get him to leave the house and then untitled up as he came. he took his way. Aunt Bargredel kissed him--and Catherine kissed him as he set out
 Out of sight of the house he began to run-the cold was intense. Then a drunken voice called out: Who goes there?"
 He looked through the dim night-the moon had not yet risen-and saw Pinnacle, the peddler, with his huge basket, his otterslSin cap, his woolen gloves and his iron pointed staff.
 The lantern hanging from the strap of his basket lit up his debauched face his chin bristling with a yellow beard and his great nose. He glared with his little eyes like a wolf and repeated: "Who goes there?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Peace at Last

It was six months after July b, 1874. when Catherine and Joseph were married M. Goulden-who loved them as his own children-gave Joseph half his busi ness, and the newly married pair lived together as happy as birds.
 The wars were ended-for a time. And no further war disturbed their content. once more the sweet days of youth and peace returned
 The future was full of the hope that every one, by good conduct, might ob- tam a position in the world The En- peror was in Elba, and the restored Bourbons gave the Alsatians a reason able amount of liberty
 Then the Emperor came back iron, Elba for awhile. But these were not strenuous times for Joseph and Catherine and matters settled down so that every man might hope to live and raise a family without the fear of being carried off upon a draft.
 An, well, these are chronicles of na- tions, written in the lives of Joseph and Catherine. Emile Erckman, with all his beautiful French could not say as viv- idly as did another general since Ma poleon war is he'll"
 Next weeks one-page classic will be "fhe Busy Body" by Mrs Centlivre.
 Copyright. 1914, by Irving Kingo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Learned in War

yThe next day the conscript began gath erng in Phalsbourg; regiments and parts of regiments and battalions and squad rons, mostly from the south, were dis patched to the front. Joseph and three other natives of Phalsbourg were ordered to join a detachment which had been brought up from Genoa.
 These Italians felt the cold bitterly But not so bitter was their grief as Joseph's was when, having avoided last meeting with Catherine and Aunt Margredel, he stood on the summit of a snow-covered hill and his comrade, Zehedee, touched him on the shoulder and said
 Look back. Through the falling snow you can see the lights of Quatre-Venta."
 It would be long story to tell of what Joseph saw in his military career
 In battles often, with wounds many. he learned that the career of a soldier, how ever horrible in it's details was some thing that, in some cases, made men out of the raw material" and in other cases brutalized them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
The Draft Announced

T speak to be heard" cried the hys- terical woman. Your Napoleon does not Tighten me, As for you. you must fly to the woods with Jean Kraft and Louis Beme. You shall go to the mountains to Switzerland. And Catherine and will go with you"
 Then Aunt Margredel became silent and while the lovers talked went about her household affairs
 She gave them a better dinner even than on Catherine's birthday, and said with the air of one who had taken n resolutions Eat, my children, there will soon be a change"
 It was 1 in the evening when Joseph returned to Phalsbourg somewhat calm CT than when he had set out. But as lie went up the main street he heard drums beating and saw the city sergeant with a crowd around him.
 He was reading a proclamation and Joseph ran to hear what he was say- ing. The proclamation said that the drawing of the draft would begin on the 18th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Ruined by a Foolish Letter

Through the influence of M Goulden. Joseph was brought up for a private hearing before the board of conscrip ton. The surgeon said:
 strip off! Yes. his left leg is lit tie weak; would not want to pass him without the consent of the board"
 "Is not your name Joseph Bertha? Did you write this letter."
 A foolish letter which the young man had once written, betting he could run from Phalsbourg to Quatre-Vents and back again in quicker time than anoth- CT young man who had twitted him on his defority was produced against him.
 Did you win this race?' asked the president of the board. T did" replied Joseph
 Then I guess you will have to go to war" was the verdict
 It was Pinacle with whom Joseph had made this rash bet and 1t was Pinacle who sent the board this evidence of Josephs fitness for military service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
Happiness and Suffering

What does that painting on the face mean?' asked Aunt Margredel.
 That" replied Joseph, represents two lovers who love each other more than they can tel-Joseph Bertha and Cath crime Bauer Joseph is offering Cath crime bunch of roses, who is stretch- ine out her hand to receive them"
 Come until l kiss that, Joseph" said the aunt.
 They were as happy as they could be all day-those simple people-and Aunt Margredel cooked most appetizng din- ner for them. The winds now and then walled without-but they were warm and happy in their love for each other.
 Suppose that, far away to the north that 'Scourge of God that Man of Destiny that topple.- down of thrones and builder up of new laws and new Kingdoms was warming his hands over a few fagots amid the snows of Po- land, while around him his frozen. de- feated, disheartened army struggled back upon their blood-staned way toward the borders of France.