Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 161, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 9, 1908 Page: 3 of 4
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TH DAILY HERALD.
THURSDAY JANUARY 9 1508.
PERSONALS.
Dr. Taylor Chas. Blalackand
TeoBlo Crixell came up last even-
ing from the coast.
M. E. Fouler a prominent buss-
uess man from Houston is here
looting after investments.
Geo. Rhue the genial manager
of the Isabel hotel spent a short
while in the city yesterday.
R '. v . Stell the peanut pro-
moter returned Wednesday night
from a holiday visit to his home at
Paris.
JPredW. Truwitt the man who
sells hot and cold biscuits and
Leighton the man who claims. to
be'an angel aire here "doing" the
people and the town.
Dr. Cox quarantine officer and
Hon. W. J. Russell went to Point
Isabel yesterday morning to enjoy
a fish and oyster breakfast return-
ing in the afternoon.
E. C. Green returned last even
ing from Laguna vista where he
spent the past few days vith Dr.
Taylor locating a site for a co-
operative garden. The plat has
been selected and the work will go
forward at once.
J. N. Kilgoreof Mercedes arrived
last night and will leave tomorrow
for San Antonio where he goes to
meet Mrs. Kilgor'e and three chil-
dren who are on their way to Mer-
cedes from Lodi California their
old home but will hereafter make
Mercedes' their permanent resi-
dence Bull Fight Sunday.
A grand performance is adver-
tised to take place in the bullring
in Matamoros Sunday Jan. 12 at
4 p. m.
The first part will include a rop-
ing contest by experts.
Second. X. Seely champion of
the world will throw down a wild
bull with his ' teeth. leaping from
a running horse to the back of a
running bull ie will throw the
animal using his teeth and hands
only.
Third Reckless Russell the one
legged cyclist will perform his hair
raising feat of leaping on his bi-
cycle from an inclined plane 60 feet
high into a tank of water. Admis-
sion $1.25 $1.00 and 50c Mexican
according to seat. Children half
price.
Cleaning silk.
The water in which potatoes have
been boiled is excellentfor sponging
out the dirt from silk. The stains
of sea water on silk or any delicate
material are very difficult to- erase
.and in some cases sponging with
soft water and then with ammonia
water will act well.
Stains on tables
If a whitish stain is left on a table
by carelessly setting on a pitcher
of hot water or a hot dish pour
some lamp oil oa the spot and rub
it hard with a soft cloth then pour
on a little cologne water over the
white mark..and rub it dry with
another cloth.
Worms in children.
The mother who wishes a remedy
for her children having worms will
find peaches a good cure. When
raw peaches are oat of season can
ned peaches may be used. The
acid of the peaches kills the worms
without injuring the child.
To remove iodine from linen.
To remove iodine from linen soak
the stain with sweet milk occasion-
ally rubbing the spot. If the stain
is fresh wash in warm water with
plenty of soap. Alcohol is also
considered good forwhite materials.
Care of clothing.
Air yous dresses well and they
will never seem stuffy. Clothes
never should be shut up in a war-
drobe immediately after they have
been worn. Iet the bodice of a
dress hang over the back of a child
for at least balKm hour before putt-
ing it away. The oldest clothes
can be kept fresh and odorless if
they are treated this way.
Vl
feS KLU printing win De aone ngui.
EERAU.
IN SEARCH OF A STRAD.
The czar like the majority of his;
cmmtrvmen. is devoted to music.
and to collect classic violins is one
of his hobbies. To one of Jiis treas
ure"; n curious storv attaches. Yis-
iting his collection four years ago
he was liorriueu to see mat a genu-
ine Stradivarius .had been removed
and an old and worthless violin sub
stituted. Inquiries were set on foot
and connected the name of a great
dignitary with the sale of the Strad.
He denied all' knowledge of the mat-
ter and there was no more to be
said. But the search spread to ev-
ery capital in. Europe. Russian am-
bassadors set searchers to work
wherever violins were likely to be
found. At last an American treas-
ury agent Mr. Partello of Berlin
himself a collector got on the track
of the missing treasure. He suc-
ceeded in tracing it to a dealer in
the south of France. This man had
paid 500 f&r it. Mr. Partello of-
fered him that sum and iinmunity.
A bargain was struck and Mr. Par-
tello carried the strayed prizo in tri-
umph to St. (Petersburg. The czar
received it in raptures. Who stole
it is still unknown. The czar made
no more inquiries. He was anxious
now not to know. St. James' Ga-
zette. A Mean Advantage? ' '
Andre Autard. Avho makes John
D. Rockefeller's wigs is a plump
and elegant Frenchman who has a
shop in the best quarter of Paris.
He was talking of the heavy duty
which Mr. Rockefeller had to pay
on his lasirwig.
"It was sharp practice" said M.
Autard in the fluent English that he
learned in London. "It was like
the way I was treated in my appren-
ticeship. "When I was learning barbering
I applied for a post in London. The
patron engaged me at a certain
wage and at the end of our talk lie
said:
" 'Of course it is understood that
you speak both French and Eng-
lish "'Yes sir I responded quickly
'and Dutch also.'
'"Ve. have no dealings with
Dutchmen here said he. 'There-
fore I will take one-third off that
salary.'5' '
The Ameer and the Duchess.
Fashionable society in England is
still laughing at-W with the Duch-
ess of Manchester who recently vis-
ited the ameer of Afghanistan and
so bewitched her duskyvhost that
he wanted to buy her in accordance
with the custom of his enlightened
land. Afghanistan is not yet so
civilized that wives can be had for
the asking and especially wives
with the graces and charms of the
Duchess of Manchester. It is said
that the British government became
alarmed at the ardor of the ameer
and notified the duke that he had
better take his wife into safety
while there was still time as the
Bturdy British taxpayer might ob-
ject to the cost of another "little
war" in order to rescue the lady
from her too fervent admirer where
methods of courtship might be too
reminiscent of the stone age.
Traveling Sand Dunes.
In the desert of Islay near La
Joya Peru there are thousands of
crescent shaped sand dunes formed
by the winds and slowly advancing
across the level surface. Professor
Solon L Bailey the astronomer
measured one dune the points of
whose crescent were 160 feet apart
while the rength round the convex
side was 477 feet. The width at
the widest part of the crescent was
more than 100 feet. The weight of
the sand composing the dune was
estimated at S000 tons yet it
moved 125 feet in a year. All the
dunes have the same form and all
have their convex side toward the
prevailing south winds.
Mikado's Night Rambles.
The Japanese press has related
numerous anecdotes of the mikado
who recently celebrated his fifty-
fourth birthday. Most of them deal
with his indefatigable activity for
he is declared to be the busiest man
of his empire. v At night when even-body
is asleep and in the coun
try of the crysantnemums tney go
to rest early the mikado leaves his
palace and with his hands in his
pockets and a cigar in his mouth
rambles through the streets of the
capital in order to make sure that
everything is quiet and that his loy-
al subjects sleep the sleep of the
just.
Arab! Pasha.
"Not manv vears aero the name of
-Arabi Pasha was ringing through
the world lie had rebelled against
the government of Egypt and for a
few months he was master of the
land. But the English overthrew
him and sent him in exile to Ceylon.
He. has since "been permitted to re-
turn to Egypt where "he lives in a
houseboat in poverty. He receives
an allowajfce of $300.0 a year but
he has fifty persons dependent upon
him. Leslie's Weekly.
Griffings Semi-
RAYMOND VILLEy TEXAS
ORANGE LEMON and GRAPE-FRUIT TREES
Budded either on Sour Orange or Trifoliata root.
Budded Pecans Figs Magnolia and Other Varieties California
Grapes Japan Persimmons Palms.
All Kinds of Nursery Stock
adapted to the Gulf Coast Country. Call and see samples and leave
orders with s
BENJ. KOWALSKI Brownsville Texas
! H. cTH. Field j
Commercial Co. I
HEADQUARTERS FOR.
JolmDeere Agricultural Implements
McCormick Machinery an 1 Repairs
t New Moline Wagons an 1 Vehicles
Charter Oak Stoves Ranges and Heaters
x ChattanoogaReversible Disc Plows
" AmericanField Fence Netting & Barb Wire
I SSiWinchester Loaded Shells and Ammunition
.'gg.Tents WagonjCover and Wagon. Material
llllEl'ime Cement
jOats Corn
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LOUIS KOWALSKI
Brokerage and Commission
Garry Stock of Corn Oats Potatoes pnions
Cement and Lime. Biitter and Cheese m Cold Stora
Gulf Coast Engineering & Contracting Co.
Mercedes Hidalgo County Texas
Canal and Drainage Work Topographical Surveying and
Mapping Farm and Townsite Subdivision.
Correspondence Invited.
Champion & Line Dealers in Real Estate
Have lands from Brownsville to Houston in any size tracts.
PRICES VERY LOW
Also have some fine tracts in Mexico from 75c per acre up.
WHITE ELEPHANT
SALOON
V. L. CB1XELL. Pfonrldor.
First-class Liquors Wines
Ciears. Polite Attention.
Market Square Brownsville. Texas
D. B. CHAPIN
ATTORNEYAT LAW
HIDALGO TEXAS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
TON5D AND REPAIRED
Piano Action Work a Specialty.
Keeps on hand piano
Strings and felts.
GEORGE KRAUSSE.
Residence on Levee St.
FRANK RABB
eai Estate Ag
Brownsville. Texas
Have for sale some choice
pieces of agricultural land
in large and small tracts.
. Also have a number of
tracts of grazing lands.
OFFIC&Store of Jpan H. Fernandez
HALL AM
IRRIGATED
Tropic Nurseries
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Eire Brick and Wood
Chops Bran and Hay
I
Raspberry Jam is only one of the
many kinds of
BEECH-NUTS CONSERVES
that we sell. The list includes all of the
best fruits (and Peanut butter). Each
is made from selected fruit and granulat-
ed sugar nothing else no preservative
weeded when packed in the famous
Beech-Nut vacuum glass jars. The
Beech-Nut method of making retains
the delicious flavor of the fruit and
Nnakes them superior in many ways to
the imported article we recommend
them to you.
BROWNSVILLE GROCERY CO.
Staple and Fancy Groceries j
W.H.Cliy.PrtsEMcDaYltt VIce-P. K.H.McDaTlll jrttr
A. J. McGovern St Co.
FANCY GROCERIES
Opposite Milier Hotel.
PHONE 146
COLONIirATLON
LANDS.
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Imported -B?'3lao
Mackerel
Pickled Herring-
: Smoked Herring
Imported Swiss
f Cheese
Edam .Cheese
The
Hidalgo County's Irrigated
NOW PLATTED
First class buildings
"All blocks and lots
from the Hidalgo
tt For prices and terms call
f Wm. Briggs Hidako. Texas I
TILE ONE
X'MAS PRESENT
ACCEPTABLE IX) ALL
a Lua or i axcy HASKET of
CANDIES
G. W.
Merchant!
OLDS GASOLINE ENGINE.
HAWKINS
center of
tinder construction.
participate in water
Canal Company's canal.
on or address
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We m
Just ReceivjM
the finest assortment of
the famous
Huyler s
Holiday Candies
ever shipped to Browns
ville. Come early and make
EAGLE PUi
Sole Agents j
For th
out ' lines' "iroUet
perfumery are the 'chonj
dainty and fragrant ye
for the pleasure of all
the niceties of life. Call al
our elegant assortment anc
will at once decide "they are
fection.
WILLAIAN'S PHARMACY
Phone 40 Brownsville Te
Get. My Prices on
Engines aad Pumpj
BeXor."Vou
I can- 3ave you money.
tfest stock: m tne wutn
stkntly on hand.
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Houston Tex
CHRISTMAS DEC0RATI0N1
should begin 1 with a touchiqe
of the paint about t"
it is beginning to
Then the Christmas'
show to much bettei
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Wheeler, Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 161, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 9, 1908, newspaper, January 9, 1908; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth147650/m1/3/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .