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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

Only two drops, doctor-not enough
to hurt cat. 1 guess I'd better take me
head in now. The night air is cold Good
night. Sorry to have troubled YOU
81 buttoned my coat and turned home
ward, trying as best I could to stife my
modification and anger. But suddenly the
window was raised again, and the same
voice cried:
"'All right, I'll come said I.
Doctor, say, doctor!!
81 hurried back. I thought the child had
suddenly taken turn for the worse.
We'll, what do you want?' I said.
"The voice made answer:
'Ye won't charge nothin' for this visit,
will ye?'"
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11
Joys of the Profession

Once, when asked why he had given up
the practice Of medicine, Sir Conan Doyle
told the following story:
my first case came to me in the middle
of the night. It was January, and cold
rain was falling. The jangle Of the door
bell awoke me from a sound sleep, and,
shivering and yawning, I put my head out
of the window and said, Who's there?'
Doctor said voice, 'can you come to
Peter Smith s house at once?'
Smith s youngest girl has took dose
Of laudanum by mistake for paregoric, and
we're afraid She die
81 tramped three miles through the cold
and rain to Smith s. Twice on the way [
fell on the icy pavement, and once my hat
blew off, and in the darkness I was nearly
half an hour finding it.
"Finally, though, I reached Smith s. But
the house was dark-shutters all closed
not light. rang the bell. No answer.
s'But at last head stuck itself gingerly
out of a third-story window.
g Be you DR.. Doyle?' it said.
EYES, said l. LET me in.
oh, no need to come in, DOCTOR, said
the head. 'The child s all right now. Sleep
ing very quiet.
F''But how much laudanum did you give
it?' said I.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11
Bully for Cy

Cyrus Pettingill made brooms for liv-
ing, and Ezra Hoskins kept store in the
town where both of them lived. One day
Cy came in with load Of brooms, and
then dickering began.
"Ezra, I want to sell you these brooms."
"All right, Cy I'll take them"
Il don't want any store pay" continued
Cy II want cash for them''
After a thoughtful pause Ezra said. ct
tell you what I'll do, Cy. I'll give you
half cash and half trade''
Cy pulled a straw out of one of the
brooms and looked at it, as if for inspira-
ton.
81 guess that IL be all right, he said, at
last.
After Ezra had put the brooms in their
place in the store, he said:
"Here's your money, Cy. Now, what do
you want in trade?''
Cys shrewd glance swept over the mis-
cellaneous stock Of the store.
"Well, Ezra," said he, eff it's all the
same to you, I'll take brooms
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11
JUST LISTEN TO THIS

The visitor was much interested in his
hosts garden, and noticing very fine
gooseberry bush, the berries Of which were
covered with abnormally long hair or
bristles, he asked the owner the cause of
it. John, who prided himself upon his gar
dening knowledge, and who was known to
be always ready with an answer, replied
after moments thought: "Well you see,
sir, it wasn't always that way. Them ber-
ries used to be quite smooth, but we had
one Of them long-haired Persian cats, and
it died. So buried it under the tree; and
ever since them berries has always had long
hair on them like that''
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11
And We Call Them Dumb" Animals

A number Of New Workers were present.
ed to several distinguished foreigners,
among them the Chinese minister, and one
of them told an incident that illustrated the
remarkable intelligence Of dog Of his.
The minister said, with a smile:
II am reminded, sir, Of Chinese story.
"There was a Chinaman who had three
dogs. When he came home one evening, he
found them asleep on his couch of teakwood
and marble. He whipped them and drove
them forth.
'The next night, when he came home, the
dogs were lying on the floor But he placed
his hand on the couch and found it warm
from their bodies. Therefore he gave them
another whipping.
''The third night, returning earlier than
usual, he found the dogs sitting before the
couch, blowing on it to cool it,
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

The words Of "Home, Sweet Home,'' the
song which has brought tears to so many
eyes, were written by John Howard Payne
a dramatist and U. s. Consul at Tunis, to
be used in the opera "Clari, the Maid of
Milan" The music is by Sir Henry Row.
ley Bishop.
"Lead, KINDLY Light on of our most
beautiful and inspiring hymns was written
by DR.. Newman, when he was becalmed in
an orange boat in the Straits of Bonifacio,
in 1888
"Hurrah" probably comes from the
Morse word "Tur aie," Thor aid. AS Thor
was the Morse god of war, the Norsemen
called upon him in battle, and "Tur Ale"
was one of their battle cries. Perhaps the
Vikings used it when they landed on the
shores of North America.
Glass was made at least 1900 years before
Christ Some say that it was discovered
by Phenician merchants, but from pictures
of glass manufacture on the walls of old
tombs, we know that the Egyptians made it
some centuries before the Phenicians. We
are not sure where the name 'glass'' origi-
mated. We are told by some that it comes
from the Celtic word ''glas,'' meaning
green, or blush green. Others say that be-
cause the word "crystal' comes from the
Greek word meaning "ice," the word
"glass" may come from the Latin "glacies'
which also means ice
To most people is just 0, and it is the
clever man who can make something out of
nothing. That is what The Rev. E. Eyer
ton Warburton wrote when a young lady
requested his cipher:
A 0 0 I thee,
Oh! no 0 but me;
Yet thmy my one 0 go,
Till u the u 0 so.
A cipher you sigh-for, I sigh-for three
Oh! sigh-for no cipher, but sigh-for me;
Yet thy sigh-for my cipher one ci-for 60
Till you de-cipher the cipher you sigh-for
so.
This is what another man, DR.. Whewell,
wrote:
headless man had letter CO.. to write;
He who read it (naught) had lost his sight.
The dumb repeated it (naught) word for
word:
And deaf was the man who listened and
neafd (naught).
Dry as Dust we usually use to desig-
nate dull book or prosy person. We
got the word from Sir Walter Scott, who
used it as the name of person who was
supposed to have written the prefaces to
some Of his novels. The word is really
much older than SCOTS novels, as it was
used as the name Of an author as far back
as 1874, and it is from this old book called
"Wit Revived" by Asdryasdust Tossofacean
that Scott took the name
Cabbages were introduced into England
in the sixteenth century. Sir Anthony Ash
ley of Wiburg St., Giles, in Dorsetshire
having been, it is said the first who planted
them in that country.
IF. 0. B.'-you've often seen these let
ters haven't you-and wondered, perhaps
what they mean. They stand for the words
"free on board" and are used in connec-
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

Job printing done at this office while
you wait. Main "a.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

I e won charge nOCnln Tor JnlS VlS1C,
will ye?'''
HERE IT IS
Why is barber pole? Haven't you al
ways wondered? This is the reason: In
olden times BARRIERS, who sometimes had
great influence at court, performed minor
surgical operations, particularly bleeding.
For this operation the barber kept on hand
the pole which the patient was obliged to
grasp during the operation and the band
age with which the arm was bound When
these were not in use the pole, with the
bandage wound around it, was hung in
front of the BARRIERS house as sign Fin
ally, pole with stripes painted around it
was substituted for the real pole and band
age. And that is how the barber got his
pole.
It is to the pagans that we owe our Eng
lish names Of the days Of the week. They
worshipped the sun and moon, and their
gods and goddesses were those Of nature.
Sunday is Suns day; Monday, Moon s day.
Tuesday was named for Tuesco Saxon
god; Wednesday for Woden the chief of
the Morse gods; Thursday for Thor, the
Morse god OF thunder war and agriculture
Friday for Freya, the Morse Venus, wife of
Wooden. Saturday is Saturn's Day and a
half holiday was decreed for that day as
far back as the time of the Saxon King Ed
gar, A. D. 958. So the Saturday half-holi-
day is really very old custom.
Did you know that felt was invented
accidentally-by a saint-Saint Clement,
fourth Bishop of Rome? When he was fee
Ing from persecution, his feet became bis
tered from bo of
wool in his sandals The heat, moisture and
pressure converted the wool into fiat, COM
pact mass-felt. The bishop, being of an
observant and practical turn of mind, had
this material manufactured Had ST. Gle
ment lived in our time, he would probably
have been successful manufacturer
Halleluj ah-pronounce hal-le-lu-yah-is
Hebrew word which means "Praise We .Je-
hovah," and was used in the Hebrew praise
service. 1t was not used in Christian serv-
ice until 800 A. D., when it was introduced
by st. Jerome
Bells, which we nowadays think Of as
swinging and ringing from the church
tower, were not used in Christian churches
until 400 A. D. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola
in Italy, was the first Christian prelate to
hang them in his church, so Polydore Yer
gil tells us. In fact, Christians were so
prosecuted for more than two hundred
years after Christ that they had to worship
IN secret, and to have announced their meet
ing places by ringing bell would have
meant torture and death
The Book of Genesis, twenty-third chap
ter, contains the first record we have of a
sale Of land
Harvest" the word that brings to our
minds golden grain, glowing fruit, sunshine,
autumn haze and bonfire smoke, was origi-
nally Saxon word ''haerfest'' which
meant "herb FEAST
"Hic Jacet,' which is often seen on old
tombs is Latin phrase which means "here
lies
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

The words of Home, Sweet Home" the
song which has brought tears to so many
eyes, were written by John Howard Payne,
a dramatist and U. S. Consul at Tunis, to
be used in the opera "Clari, the Maid of
Milan The music is by Sir Henry Row.
ley Bishop.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-08-11

Hic Jacet,' which is often seen on old
tombs, is Latin phrase which means "here
lies''
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
States Finance Needs
Greater Than Before
lRy Associated prrss.1

AUSTIN, Texas, March lG.-R. NJ.
Nichols. secretary ~ the senate finance
committee has lust completed q tahula-
tion of the appropriation budget for the
support of the state government during
the next two fiscal years. which dis
closes that the appropriations asked ag-
gregates Sl9,lsS.2l6. or an increase of
$500, zoo over the amount appropriated
by the thirty fourth legislature for the
support Of the state government for the
past two fiscal years.
The budget embraces four bills. the iu-
dietary, clcemo-ynary Institutions, depart
mental, and educational measures. The
total doe not include \ number NJ special
appropriation, such a~ ~Iu0.n nn trr the
West Texas ~. and N. -.lle-. nl." 90
for two new state ~noruai r~n.lr-, 'Nl,
600 for wolf bpuut.e-. ANA about ~1In.-
600 for payment OF pcnitentiary claims,
which will bring the total at over S23,-
000. 000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
RS.

List of letter remaining unclaimed IN tine
Brownsville postoffice for the week ending
March 10. 1917:
! Allie. Hill; Ahrego. Leonardo; Alharad". An
tonic. Alvarez. Daniel: AImarcz. Marcos; NJ
bundiez. Jose.
Rlanco. Jesus: R.bhett. Ernest; Billings,
Herbert: Brnevidr>. Eugcnico.
Cantu. Fresno: CuhuS. FeliSa; trrech. =.
K. and CO.: Carnarma. tandcliariu; Carter. =.
H.. Galloway. Walter o.: tardcnaS. Manuel:
Chutman. T.: Castancda. Srvrntian f.; Cor
tcz. Tomas.
Eisiger. Arthur: Earnest. Herbert l.: Eodes,
Arthur: Edgar. George.
Fem. Joe J.; FlorrZ, l.orcsnp: Frisco. Juan
Gcrreru. .Alscucio: t;urrrll. John T.: Cue
bara. Silvestrc: Gomaco. Santi; Garcia. Al
bcrto: Calvin. T.; Gonzalez. G. H.: GONNA,
E>tevan: Con. L. T.: Quinn. w. L.: Garill,
James: Gnnzllez. Marcclo: t'alvan. Manuel:
Gililand. Perry: GUERRA. Louis.
IIullic. Nm: Ilickrman. Mrs. Alma; Hall
George.
Landry. Paul u; Logan. Geo: Logger. 4. T.
%I.oillo. Mcrsi; Lopez, Tcodoro H.; L"prs. An
Marich. 4. T. ~. Mcndcz, Juan: Mcna. limo
tru: Mrtzgar. Charles H.. Medina. Manuel,
Muutrz. Roman. Moorehoad. Charles.
\ava. Agustin.
oconnur. Alfred: Ortega. Clcmacntc.
Purkable. Harry; lurntz. Luis: Portai"s.
Pablo: Perez. BaIentin: Irrgil. Bclen L. dc,
parros. Nulfrano; I'rado. l.usiann.
Robson. !. r.: l;odrisucs. Manuel; Rcd
rigueS. Nalantin; I;odrigucs. t;uillrrmo; Rod
rigues. DolorcZ. l.angel. Eulalia.
Sandoval. lsidro; Schroeder. Fred.
Turrez. lgnnSoo: TorrcZ. lncS.
Narrera. Antonio:
West. Jack: Wells. Sgt. Jack; Whitcford
Paul: Williams. John l..
Young. purn"tte.
/umann. Bunifacin.
LADIES.
Aranbul. Guadalupe. Srita.. Alvarado. Srita.
Aurora Rios.
Bituurd. Sra. Sesita: BarbcSa. Maria; Barn
hart. Mrs. n. H.. l'Irrardu. \atividad. Srita,
Corcuran. Mrs. Charles: Campbell. Mrs. ".
H.: tantu. Sra. prtencia.
Davis. Miss Prrcilla: nriscoll. Helen g.; nu-
can. Merle.
ESTRADA. Sra. Muan Mayaus VIDE. ~.
Fillres. Sra. Francisco.
|t;alynn. Miss Carluta a.; Goldberg. Miss Ten
ny; t;onzalrz. Julia.
IIamliong. Mrs. Mollic; IIcrnadez. Reyes
CARA: llinojo>a. I.idia.
kreamer. Grace. Miss.
Luloml. Miss Mary: Leal. Petra L. Vida de-.
Marisas. Sra. Saniua: Morgan. Miss Helen.
Mckrctchcu. Miss Louise.
i'rurie. Miss Iamillia.
Sustanta. Crl>a; Saldicar, Sra. tracina :
de-: Selhns. Catarrhal.
Tregina. Maria az Jesus.
Nasqucs. >rita. Julia; NaSpurz. Jose Marie
NaSqur~. Srita. Ramona. NaSpurs. Romano.
Nasquiz. Miss N"vama.
Wilson. Mrs. II. Il.
Aurora Rios Aitaradr. SritA. =.
In calling fur the above letters please men
tiun advertised letter ami give date ni list.
POSTMASTER.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
$500, 600 Appropriation
For Bountles On Wolf

AUSTIN, Texas. March l6.-The lesi~-
.lature has passed a bill which l. now in the
hands OF the governor for approval, making
an appropriation of 100000 10 pay for
hountieS on the ~calp~ of wolves and 9th
cr dcprcdatory animals. Halt ~ the
amount would bc available Tor the first
and the same amount for the second tio-
cal years.
a. finally a~Sed the bill provides a
bounty III ~ for each Wolf scalp, I'll each
for the scalp ~ Wild cats and , cents
each for the -calpS Of Iack rabbits.
There also ~ "A provision in the bill
which allow the expenditure of Sl2.5oo
by the live stock sanitary commission IN
cooperation with the federal department
of agriculture To be used in hunting trap
pers.
senator &. =. IIud~pcth Of III pa~o.
author OF the bill declares that it, enact
ment means much "a the stock men and
sheen rai~cr~ of the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
Garden Campaigns Is
Interesting Officials

DALLAS. Tex. Mar. l6.-lniormatlon
relative to garden campaigns past and
present. IN Texas. are being sought hN 2
number OF city officials throughout the
United states. according to o%iiIccr- ut the
Texas Industrial Congress. with whom m-
quiric- have been lodged.
one III the principle objects M the gar
den campaign. ID H. stated. IN ~ combat the
huiah cost ID living TN raising an ahund
anrc III vegetables. Vacant lots. which or
dinarIly would produce only 4 crop Of
wecd-. can be- advantagcou~ly employed ~
this work.
\ letter from a Philadelphia official,
seeking information a. to how the home
garden plan l. being conducted M DALAI,
climates that PhiladclphIan~ can save
100000 annually by cultivation 81 avail
able vacant lut-.
Officials IT the TcNi~ Industrial Con
rrc-- assert that rcgardIc-- M whether thc
United States becomes involved TN the
war. nr whether the war continue ~ year
Or II few months. the demand tor food will
exceed the available supply aHd points
ont hat II II ~ the advantage M all ~
utilize I'm available ground ID cultivation
of gardens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
FRIDAY. MARCH rs. 1917.
WELCOME TIE STRANGERS.

Nothing gives a town a better name
abroad than the reputation of extending a
cordial welcome To strangers who visit it.
Perhaps Brownsville might be benefited by
extending such hospitality somewhat more
freely than our city has done hitherto.
Many persons who are fully worthy of such
courtesieS are constantly visiting here. vet
a. often a. not they are permitted 10 re-
main unsought nj the hotels. with not even
an automobile drive offered them. Ii would
cost hut little for some of our citizens to
extend these visitors q welcoming hand.
The fine old custom OF calling upon ~trang-
ers 10 too much neglected nowadays.
The Herald believes 1t would be a good
idea for our local clubs. the Elks. the
Country Club and the Rotary Club. 10 take
up this matter and establish the custom OF
paying attention to visitors within our
midst. The clubs might appoint a visiting
committee composed of several members
whose duties should he 10 call upon people
visiting the city who are known 10 he
worthy of such attention. and extend them
some social courtesy. A drive about the
CITY anu >uiInhluiH- country III WI auAf
would serve the double purpose ii giving
pleasure to the visitors and nj the same
time of making known To people Of other
sections the many attractions which we
have. The committees should make it their
bushes To keep posted ~ reading the local
papers with regard to the visitors I'm town.
and lose no time IN meeting them and max
ing them acquainted with Brownsville. The
gain in friends by such a course would be
great for the clubs and their members. a.
well a. for the community. How much bet
ter that people should 20 away singing the
praises of our little city, NJ ii- handsome
homes. good streets and roads. beautiful
suburban surroundings. and above All IT
it hoSpitablc and progressive people. than
that they should b. permitted ~ Nope
about the hotel~. unknown and un-ought
by anyone. and leave when their business
l. completed. glad 10 get away from 4 place
where they were bored 10y loneliness and
had no opportunity To see anything of the
town.
Brownsville would do well to cultivate the
stranger within her gates. Sometime We
might induce worthy people thus 10 come
and make their home among II. adding de-
sirable citizens To the community.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16

county in the prosecution of felony eases.
Colquitt permitted the law to stand but
vetoed the appropriation Of 100000 10
pay the witness fees. The Thirty-tourth
legislature failed "a either repeal the law
or to make any appropriation 10 pay wit
ness fees. but the present legislature has
finally passed 4 bill repeating the law. Il
Aecomes effective when approved BY the
governor.
In the mentaime witness fees and claims
have accumulated until now there are over
$500, 900 due such witnesses, II l. SAID. No
provision is made by the present leslsla-
-ture 10 meet these claim-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
NOTICE. 10 LIE PUBLIC.

ANY erroneous reflection upon the charac-
ter. standing or reputation If any person. firm
or corporation appearing in the columns of The
Herald will be gladly and promptly corrected
upon the same being called 20 the. attention of
the publishers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16
ln-C County Witness
Fee Ac Repealed

ture ha~ finally repealed the law known
a. the in-county witness tcc act. This i-
the law. passed during thc second term w.
the C%oIquitt administration that provided
witness fees for witnesses residing in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-16

Checks should be- made payable 10 The
Brownsville Herald Publishing Go. Business
communication should be- addressed t. the
company. and items. letters. etc. intended for
publication should he addressed 60 Editor. The
Herald. Brownsville. Texas. Letters intended
for publication should he signed with the full
name If the writer. The name will not ~
printed il not desired. but il will he evidence Of
good faith on the part of the writer.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-09
AT DREAM TONIGHT

\ h4 TMuho3~er masterpiece fe,t- turing Erhy.r Cook anH Grace De Calf"a .a Th,r L-S' u.f,lmance" heads s4e h.ll tonight The scenes in this hg pAo'opIay ar. .u go9I espec- mlly The dancing If Gr... De Carlton assisted by ballet of shapcly beau ties. Two roaring hilarious Comedies Slipping | over on Father" featuring Ecua Rodgers and Arthur Moon and "Jery's Perfee' Day, featuring that funny little man George Oyey" will conclude the program, on Saturday night The Strife Eternal" .n five CO., lossal acts featuring Miss Blanche For sythe assisted hy company of over three thousand people wil be shown. The story deals with the wonderful romance of Jane Shore and Is absorb ingly interesting from start to finish.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-09
Reported kcrcnsky Free And Active

PETROGHAD, Nov. 9-It is reported here that former Premier Korcnsky has withdrawn from the capital amt is on his way to Moscow Reports from Gatchna, an important railroad junction twenty miles south of here say Kerensky addressed six thousand soldiers who were enrOutc to Petro- grad from the front and persuaded them not to continue on to the capital for the time being The Revolution- ary military committee announced to- day that it has been decided to inn prison General Korniloff leader of the recent revolt against the Kercnsky
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-09
By Associated Press.

LONDON. Nov. 9-Reports reaching the Mail and other leading British pa pers from their Pctrograd correspon- dents indicate that the Maxilimists $ are in firm control of the Russian capital and mo serious disorders have occurred since the overthrow of the kcrensky government
 Trotsky is reported to have establish cd patrols throughout the city and has issued strict ordcra to shoot down all maruders or distrubcrs of the public peace.
 The rcvolutionists are conducting the government in the usual routine man ncr for the present but are reported promising radical reforms as soon as the revolutionary leaders are in full control of the nation. The reports fail to indicate the attitude of the Russian people since the change of leaders. al- though the Times correspondent says that there is every indication that the military forces are in complete sym pathy With the radical ,lsarr,er5 of government and will probably back any further efforts to obtain complete con troI of the national administration. The rcvoluionists are in constant com munica'ion with the leaders of the MaXimilists party in Moscow and other large centcrs and are evidently urging that they assume control of the various city and district governments
 Is fur as can be learned up to the present no rcvolts have occurred out s.dc of the capital.
 The present whereabouts of Kercn- sky appears 10 be .rather uncertain. some reports indicate that the depos- cd leader has made his escape from the capital while others appear to intimate
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-11-09
ALASKA R. R. NOW
 OVER HALF FINISHED

SEATTLE. Nov S.-Chairman Edes, of the Masko Railroad Commission arrived from the North today and re- ports that construction work on the new government railroad to Interior Alaska made rapid progress during the past summer and considerably more than half of the liue was finished hy the first of the present month
 Engineer Edes says that, barring cN- tremely adverse conditions train ser vice will be inaugllratei over the line before the end of the season of 1918