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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19
CONSTlTUTIOhAlIST
MONEY is ACCEPTED
BY LOCAL MERCHANTS

Al least three local merchants arr o.
tlmi>iic that the cnustitulionali>i> will
win IN MrAiru. lur thr, ARE accepting
constituencies W,nir, iU trade at H,
cent, currency nn the pesos. sign are
displayed Nv their Windows ~ The effect
thai the mooney ~ acceptable a. them.
sld aS a result they are winning b cuu
>ilcralA. amount M business from thr
McNica. - II tho river. Ttc mmormt
paid H. about lhr same 81 Err ia! Il ~
Mexico money i~ bringing
Local banks are accepting federal
moncf oull on deposit and art mot huy
ng
The ferry company is getting aro-pd
the Constituencies mnnr, question ~
collecting fares on thc American side M
that wa, the, can demand payment in
either money nr Mexican ~-rlrral money.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

fur thr week ending February ia
thiril three ears It cabbage we're >hippcd
nui If the Nallrv .prludinr one from
iaAclcn. one fran Inur.nrr. ore car
from Sau l;cnitu. ANA five ears from
POINTS "n the spider Web system. r.n-
ming uut uf ~an Ernit0.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19
CITY NEWS

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m l3l3 .Adams street viii entertain lhc
A., ROM. Teachers a>sociotinu with , Co
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WORN n - '~-"'i''I' ""'" M NJ"
f'MhrNh Hh"il' h'"' 'f' '"'''''
81 charging an admission Zee me "n'>ia
may give Nirair'"r They please i"r th"
WORK.
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SttprI,, F~y.ufu. Posi- uYur I'D
Sncro 4 "a
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ErnNuSyiIlr Chamber ~ Commerce Fri
daN afternoon ~ O'Clock. " y expected
imam N, I,.t maer,nr nnd ib,t 'rm,r
thing ~ \ definite nature with ra.irI
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19
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N~71HfHTRES;y
PROGRAMME TONIGHT.

INVTETN-f " MI
THE EEFBEMEES OK THE LOST
AET OF WINDING ONEs DWN
BUSINESS \ present day satire.
Eiugrdph in two parts.
TIE ACCIDENTAL SHOT Pathe
drama.
BAD LIC kEILL- Western cDiunAy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

\ mar with 4 very thick skin ma, gcr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

~ 2 e~lcral thing. VIXEN 4 man Il 50
~ Merk he neNev thmks ~, resting
s~-ss~a.fs~~s~ahaa ~ fs~sa f.ss~~r-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

George u. Bandy. 4 well known Dallas
travelling salesman Il, 4 visitor III this
eli! Tor 4 few days
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19
TWO SrIaEEANrS Gteel.. salnrd

nittman thrlirr. 31H.t
For the BrsRoSS Nan DO Won want
10 buy out the finest business IN Browns
Vile. Rest Equipped ;onffr %tioncry IN
the city. centrally located. Magnificent
fountain its for sale. Its your chance
-Yon can Get - Ready FOR business
a. soon rs Won want t. open the doors
Its the Paragon Confectionery Ad
dress VIM. &. Craig. Trustee. ADV
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

,. T.. Welsh az Corpus Christi wa>
visitor ina the city this morning. lie LEI
FOR points up the VALLEY on the hranc
train
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

Peter Schuablc OF Houston j. a yiSi
or ia brownsville tplaA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

Carl II. MORGAN has returned from a
business TRIP 40 points NJ the valley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS.

Not much of a Christmas for this
Old worldi From its beginnings to
his day it has never inflicted upon
tself so unchristian and so awful a
calamity as that which has turned
half its continents into battlefields.
Peace on earth" has well-nigh no
Dlace to hide her head; yet perhaps
ne effort to revive for this one day
# beautiful sentiments and associa-
ions the thoughts of what Christmas
,ught to be in the world of the TWEEN
ieth century viii help make it easier
20 bring peace back to the nations.
Perhaps we may hope that the dove
hat goes forth from the Ark today
may bring back a branch of promise
rom the Christmas trees of the
world.
Americans will not omit to give
thanks for their own blessings, or to
remember the distresses and the bur-
dens of others. 1t is indeed White
Christmas here; but how black and
bleak for the Old World!
There is no cessation of the or
%anized murder that drenches Eu-
rope in blood. Instead, the news re-
ports tell of fighting being pressed
with awful ierceness in both the
western and the eastern areas of
battle. Possibly the lesson that will
be borne home to the Christian peo-
pie, TO all the civilization of the
world, will be quite as effective as if
he program of truce and an interim
Of peace might have been agreed
upon. Such a Christmas as the
warning nations are vouchsafed to-
day cannot but carry home to them
he sharpest reminder of how far
hey have strayed from the ideals
md the aspirations that after all
make up the best that is in the hu-
man heart.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
COLLEGE SLOW
COACHES.

Educators may reflect to advan-
&c on the suggestion of President
lyde Of Bowdoin College that our
Universities and colleges offer elm
ed trains with Pullman cars" in
Undergraduate courses of study. Ok
ord and Cambridge have pass
I'D "honor" courses. The first is
tended for the chap whose ambition
; merely to drift easily through the
Irriculum with a minimum of effort.
he other is for jealous students
nth scholarly bent.
In America there is no such differ
ntiation. All collegiate passengers
re carried on the same train at an
quail rate of speed. In the same
ncture and class rooms we herd the
right, the dull, the lazy, the ener-
etc, the studious, the listless. This
Iakes it necessary to adapt the
.ardard Of scholastic requirement
0 the ability Of the least capable.
! other words, minimum standard
maintained for Students" whose
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25

States to enforce their own laws.
Yet this measure is passed almost
without comment.
That the American Bar ASsocla-
ton has urged the passage of such
a law for twenty years is a consider
able point in its favor. But even if
this were not the case common sense
would indicate that if the Supreme
Court may declare a State law in
valid at an individuals instance it
may likewise declare it valid at the
instance of the State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
URGE BILL TO MAKE
THE DISTRICT DRY
Prohibition Advocates See
Chance to Give Moral Impe-
tuS to Cause.

Fncoura -ed by the strength OF their
vote in the House. the advocates OF
prohibition are preparing TO urge for
massage this session a bill 10 prohibit
.he manufacture and sale OF liquor in
the District.
Efforts will be made to force bill
Of this kind to a vote in the House
ma Senate.
Senator Sheppard OF Texas says
that every effort will be made to
push the issue of prohibition for the
District in the Senate. He IL likewise
urging the submission Of national
pard will do all he can 10 force a vote
pard will do all he can 20 force a oVte
the Senate this session.
tors Thompson OF Kansas ana
Works OF California have introduced
bills for prohibition in the District
Both have been referred 10 the Com
mittee on the District Of Columbia.
Senator THOMPSON is determined TO
press his bill. or a similar one. 10
vote II he can do 50. Senator Works
also intends to do all he can TO force
4 vote. The issue will be raised at
the first OPPORTUNITY in the District
Committee.
The Works bill provides for the pro-
hibition Of the manufacture or sale
of Intoxicating liquors in the District
and against the importation or
liquors. II would 20 into effect year
after passage.
The Thompson bill prohibits sale
within the District, and prohibits the
treating or giving of intoxicants TO
minors. II would go into effect July !,
1915.
Friends Of prohibition take the posi-,
ton that IL would have great moral
effect the country over, ana enhance
the dry movement wonderfully II
the National Capital abolished liquor.
majority vote would suIhce 10
make the District n prohibition area.
In the consideration of the hobson
many members VINO re-
fused to vote for national prohibition
said they were for prohibition, BUT
wanted each State OF locality 10 set
tie the question for itself.
Congress is the sole authority over
the District.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
Surprise for Ofhcialdom.

lie was a postmaster. and rats in his
officc were playing havoc with regis
tered letters. 80 ne wrote to his chief.
and his chief wrote to his chief. aid so
the matter went on, till about six
months later. when he was older and
grayer, he received official permission
to keep a couple of cats For month
all went well but then ne was com
PEELED to forward to headquarters this
omiuous message:
II have the honor to inform you that
the senior cat is absent without leave.
What shall do?"
The rats were busy again, and would
soon be eating the coin as we'll as the
envelopes of the registered letters. 1t
was impossible to wait another six
months for official directions. So he
took the matter into his own strong
hands. and a week later wrote:
RE absent cat. | have promoted the
Junior cat and have taken into Govern
mcnt service 4 probationary at on full
rations.
The high officials are still trembling
at his audRcity.--Philsd elphta Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
WEIRD SUPERST|T|ONS
IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
"Vele," Which Resembles Baby
Rattle. Believed to Have
Power of Death.

One OF the most extraordinary prac-
tees among the natives OF the Gauadala-
canar. In the Solomon Islands. is the
use OF what Is known as the ''vele -
which is supposed to have the power q,
causing death to the person a9a,rs,
whom II is employed. saws the Wide
"orIo magazine. Tho ''vele', has the
appearance of baby's small wicker
work rattle. and is generally inclosed in
little bag. which is again carefully
placed in bamboo box. zeaIo,,sI,.
guarded by the owner.
When the latter wishes to csr.. a..
oeath OF an enemy he takes the ..v.Ia,,
between the little finger and IN. sacond
finger OF the left hand and ar
searches for the object OF his Rat
looking carefully 10 right and Ier, ~
make sure he is observed by no ona
Having found his enemy he sta,d.
fun height. stretching out his arm, go
the ''vele" toward him. at III. -
Time turning his face from him and
Missing out various curses The he
witcfed man then turns to see who has
Kissed. Tho ''Yele" man then turne
away holding the "veIe' bebi,d bJ,,,
still pointing to his enemy, who CONF.
running toward him. apparently nm
consciously. and staggers around him
The 'vele' man then turns arourd
and. with the ''vele." makes a move
uent toward his enemy's right and Ier,
breast, knees, toes. tho small of tho
back. shoulder blades and TEMPLES Tho
"vele' man then calls TO his enemy 10
sit up, go 10 tho village and saw
81 have 'veled' you at the same tirne
naming the time when the 'vele" will
begin to work.
Such Is the belief in the power Of the
"Nele" that at the hour mentioned a
man who has been ''veled' rs conyuIsed
in a delirium. apparently OF fright. on
during great pain in the parts indicated
by the ''vele" man Death very quick
ly eHsues. and when the "veie', man
hears the cries OF mourning ne returns
to his own village.
No one has ever been able to explain
in what mysterious manner the "vele'
acts as a death dealing instrument. but
the key TO the mystery seems to lie i'm
the abnormal superstition of the Me
Iancsian native
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
Y. NJ. A. Notes

More than 10 men who live Al m"
7. VI. G. \ building were association
guests at Christmas breakfast this
morning.
breakfast was served in the assembly
hall. and al one end stood a Christmas
tree. around which were piled high tn"
Christmas presents. Relatives OF the
men were notified TO send presents in
care Of the association, and these were
withheld until the general distribution
this morning.
Following the breakfast brief devo-
tional exercises were held. Taking part
i'm this service were William RadfOrd.
j. o. Talbert, William Disque, and
William Knowles Cooper.
a program is nearly completed for
one Of the most elaborate New Year
receptions yet held at the association
building Prominent men in official life
will be in the receiving line. Exhibit,
Of foreign work. OF general Y. NJ. G. A"
work. exhibitions In gymnasium and
swimming pool and on the indoor track.
a program Of musical novelties. and
bowling contests arc among the attrac-
lions for that day.
\ general invitation to members. their
friends. and all those interested in as
socintion work has been extended by Y.
N. {. A. officials for New Year Day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
John MUIR.

John Muir, naturalist, explorer,
philosopher, and writer, who is dead
at Los Angeles, was one of the men
whose love of humanity and of ma
ture, whose desire to make nature
render its best service to man, and
to make man accord his most con-
siderate treatment to nature, consti-
tuted his great claim on the affec-
tions and regard of his fellows. He
might almost be said to have given
the Yosemite to the world; certain
ly he did give it to the generation in
which he lived, for without his eX-
piorations and explorations of its
wonders very few people would have
known it. By the time it could have
been discovered and appreciated, per-
haps it would have been sacrificed,
but for him.
John Muir was in late years the
center of bitter controversy in Cali
fornia and indeed throughout the
country, because of the fight he made
to prevent the Hetch Hetchy valley
being utilized as a reservoir for the
city of San Francisco. There will
never quite be an agreement whether
he was right or wrong. Unitarian
ism insisted that that wonderful
valley could be claimed for it, with
out being robbed Of its natural beau
ties; and utilitarianism won. Mr.
Muir, of course, quite without any
thought Of such n thing, was used by
the emissaries of private and thor
oughly undesirable monopoly in San
Francisco to array power of SEN
timent and sentimentality behind
their effort to protect their control
OF the city's water supply and the
high profits they wanted to earn
from that monopoly. 1t was IA pa
thetic case of thoroughly well in
tentioned man with a narrow view
and intense preiudices permitting
himself 20 be made an instrument in
the hands of others for the accom-
plishment of ends that he himself
could not possibly approve. Nobody
will think unkindly of the nature-lov-
ing old man for the mistake that he
made. for everybody viii know that
at worst it was 10 more than a mis-
take of good intentions and exccs-
sive zeal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25

methods or abilities retard the young
men that are earnest and sincere.
Business men weed out the incom-
petent or backward. Athletic coaches
drop from their squads the players
that do not meet the highest tests.
The business man advances the
capable employe. The coach zeal
ously develops the striving athlete
and pays little attention to the
straggler. In the field of intellectual
achievement why cannot educators
follow that nethod-separating the
workers from the drones?
In accordance with DR.. Hyde's
suggestion the striver would be
placed aboard the express train, to
travel in his studies at faster pace
than that of the Indifferent student
on the local. Thus the capable and
earnest would be set aside from the
incapable and retarding students.
Instead of putting the brakes on the
good men to pull them down to the
slow pace of the incapable, the work
ers would steam ahead in separate
courses while the others Jagged be-
hind.
1t is impossible to keep out youths
that are not ambitious, but DIR. Hyde
suggests a method of helping the
progress of students III dead earnest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25

| II is a strange story, this history Of
the institution. and IL was brought q
Washington a few weeks ago by ar
agent of the Federal Bureau OF Educa
| ton. who stumbled across IL on a WISH
| to the little school where he went Il
study the conditions which are begin
ming TO count so materially in the de.
ve!opment of the people OF Shelby
county. Tenn
Today the school-or, to Awe Il IL.
full name. the Bolton Agricultural High
School-owns a tract OF 100 acres II
| IS supported principally by the Interest
from an endowment fund amounting tc
rnore than $4,000. Upon its fourteen.
| acre campus stand the dorrnitories
class rooms. recitation halls, labora.
tories. and offices beneath the shade OF
80 trees
The pupils of the school are taught
modern. scientific agriculture In a land
where, ten or fifteen wears ago. the
planter, grubbing out a bare existence
under antiquated methods, scoffed at
'new-fangled'' ideas OF husbandry.
And perhaps the best part of IT all is
! that from the example set by the BOYS
and girls of Bolton. with their corn and
how to make fallow fields fertile, the
''old-timers" are slowly but steadily
swinging into line.
The influence of an institution such as
Bolton Is slow Tut sure. say the Bureau
OF Education experts, and to this in
sutution they attribute what OF pros
pertty has now come to Shelby county
and the community where the educa-
tCEal institution is situated. now ono
of the most peaceable in the entire
State.
Tho history OF Bolton Agricultural
High School dates back actually to a
time before the civil war, when Wade
II. Bolton. its founder. and his brothers
were engaged in the slave trade. with
headquarters at Memphis. The present
site of the school was Wade Bolton 3
plantation, known as Hoboken Farm,
and Wade Bolton was counted wealthy
as wealth went in those days, for he
was worth SJIO. 90.
Isaac Bolton. brother of Wade.
started the long chain Of killings with
which the history of the school has be
come So closely interviewer II vas nc
who became involved ir the Slave-girl
quarrel with young k"ntuckian and
killed his opponent.
After the shooting. Isaac Bolton was
saved from summary way side \enSeahce
only through the interference of Suthan
Bedford Forrest the man who had won
fame as a leader of Confederate cav
airy.
Imprisoned for killing the kcntUck-
ian. Isaac Bolton was three times tried
I'm Memphis, but each time mistrial
saved him.
After that change OF venue was
sought and obtained. and more mIstr.als
were recorded in the ng-draWn-out
case OF the State against Isaac Bolton
until finally a jury was empaneled that
acquitted him
ErIt no sooner was Isaac Bolton
snatchcd from peril At the hands OF the
State than charges were made against
the trial jury, accusing IA m OF having
been bTibed, and in the prosecution
which followed some OF the jurors were
convicted.
A free man. yet with bills from law
yers who had defended him hanging
over him to the amount OF SlOO.0O Isaac
Bolton. except for the payment of n
few thousand dollars. was unable TO
meet his debts. and sters were taken
20 collect the accounts from the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
FUTILE BARBARISM.

The appearance of a German aero
plane over Dover, dropping a bomb
which exploded with no damage
worthy of mention, while the aviator
escaped in the fog, illustrates again
he futility that has marked such eff
forts generally throughout the war.
The submarine has decidedly made
good as a hostile implement; the
seroplane and the Zeppelin have not.
They have only given a new touch
of deep-seated horror to the posi-
bilities of war. 1t has made all the
people of every fighting country
realize that the conflict may be
brought to them at any instant. But
IS a means of accomplishing results
Of military value, the aircraft have
rot been useful.
After all, even in cities, the
chance of dropping a bomb where
its explosion will perpetrate actual.
serious damage, is not nearly so
great as people are wont to imagine.
The airman who rushes a hundred
miles through the upper air for the
chance Of dropping a bomb with lit
tie more than the hope that he may
strike particular building or land
t IN a group of defenseless people
md murder a few of them in cold
blood, is expanding a measure of en-
ergy that results cannot possibly
Justify save in the rarest instances.
It will doubtless be possible, after
mis- war, 10 get the nations to an
greement for the suppression Of
such vicious performances. They
only add 10 the barbarism without
Increasing the effectiveness of mill
AIRY operations. Perhaps an agree
.1ent Of this kind will have little
alue; treaties are sadly in the dis
ard just now. But the very rape
all the decencies that has marked
us war has so outraged the feelings
people who imagined the world was
citing civilized, that perhaps one
esult of the lapse to barbarisn will
Je the establishment of means to en-
orce some measure of decency here
tier even in war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25

Never look 4 gift horse in the mouth.
Or in the hoof either. Quarantine
regulations very strict on this h. and
m. epidemic. -.--
You don't have to start q buy-a-bale-
of-eKcelsior movement You get one
with every Christmas present.
The shortest day OF the year is past,
and as the merry Yuletide bills pour
in on the old man, the daze will grow
longer.
II. as tAdmiral Fiske asserts. the
American navy Is FIVE years behind
other navies. then we're. Safe. Even
a Krupp gun can't shoot that far.
BY the way. II is possible TO toe this
Merry Xmas stun too far.
Admitting everybody's right TO shop.
it's something else again when they
pave the way by shooting a rock
through the shop window.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
Rabbit Hunting in Motors
Proving Successful

DIXON. ~ Doc. 25.--Thc rabbit
hunters Of Dixon have hit upon "A new.
NV to capture bunny. They are now
doing their hunting AZ night. and use
specially equipped automobiles for the
work
\ larCe searchliCht is mounted on
the chr. In addition to the regular
lights. and the hunter takes his seat
beside the driver. flashing the light
from side Ia size OF the country roads
The rabbits are blinded by the light
and become easy victims of the HINT
er. Forty rat bits were killed last
night in a trip by two hunters near
here.
Many farmers who have their farms
posted forbiddinS hunting are up i'm
arms. saying that night shooting IS
killing all the rabbits. and they know
OF no way TO stop IL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-25
HAVE HORSES
ROUGH SHOD

Have your horses rough shod.
If this is impossible at this time,
wrap their feet in gunny sacks
to prevent slipping.
This is urged by the Washing
ton Humane Society, through
its secretary, John P. Heap,
today.
The streets are in dangerous
condition for horses which are
not rough shod," Mr.. Heap
said. Rough sacking car be
tied over their iron shoes,
which is an excellent substi-
tute for the rough shoes. The
society appeals to all lovers
of animals TO do what they
can toward making their
horses comfortable and to-
ward protecting them from
injuries from slipping and
falling"