VOL V
Jolm
SOCIETIES
BIO GRXKDE lodge no
81A F A AM SW
BrooVs W it Isi
dore Jfarfcs S W M
WctblsM 8 I VT A
Nelo SccrcUry Kobe
Dalrell Treasurer R C
Jacr i WB U Wallls
J D G W Miller
Tyler VUltlns brethren
cordially invited I dgo
ceets flr l and third Tuesday in each mouth
EXCELSIOR LODQENO
10 I O 0 F Milton
J Fletcher Noble
Grand John M
Grand
u fOVum > Haynea Vica
> it Smith Secretary John 3 Stnoke Trea
nrer Victor Ealy Jr ittt g Past Grand
ceorge W JtfOler D D G M TUB Lodfio
tnects at TS0 p m eTery Wednesday nlgus
Visit as brethren and all Odd Fedows vln
good standing e cordUllv Invited to attend
EKiGnra of hoxor
LODGE SO 3730
ifVL Jf Hanson Jr Diett
lttfi WJ tor Browne Vice
fSW Dictator Jesse O
A 2tt V
g eder iseislanlDic
or Frank Champion Past Dictator H Sherwood
Financial Kerortcr A
Reportor J B 8h rp s
ruiV Treasurer J J Smith rbapUurt Jf
LeahyGuide Damaso Leraa Guardian Domingo
Dennvidez SentinelTrustees F J Couibc 0
Oacsaand A A Browne Lo te meets second
tnd fjurth Tuesdars of each month
Oathouo Ksiairrs or amebic S t Jo ephs
JjftnchXo 715 Meets on the 1st and 3d Tues
> dayoreitaraonthat8 p ra from Jtfay 1st to
JOth and at 7 p m from Oct 1st to April 80th of
jach month in Branch Ball at St Josephs College
JSrOWMttUU
Fr Stool Ilesidentl A
Gplritual DlrectonRev
i Browne VicePreodent Fred J Combe Rec
jSocretary John P Pufcsiat Fiuanial Secretary
tienjO ffieis Treasurerr V Foriandez Jr
Bergt at armB J P Scanlan boctincl Pantos
Valdes jr Trustee Jesse Thorham F J
Combe A A Browne
rownsviiSe
ONSECXISG AT ALICE WITH BAN ASTOSIO
ABAKSAS PAS3 and HESICAN KATIOS
AL RallwayK
This Line Oirries the Unite1
States Mail on Schedule
Time of 40 Flour
Stages Leave Alice and Brownf
ville Dmly at 6 a in Sun
days includid nd arrive
at Destination ihe
ntjxt Evening
KATES < F FABE
Round Trip Ticket 8 225
JnpTrlp 1500
Cnildren under 12 years half fure
Children under five yeara free
D0LPH ASHHEIM Agl f BrawnsfilleJe >
TFIOS BEYNeil
prop ahd mm
Go To
ft umiinenbl 3n
J < 2 > M I 00
For Pine Whiskey Wines 0 < < g > e
Domestic Htid Imp > rted Cig rp
OigariMtt and Tobiico of
All Ivinils
JOHH 6 MBEDES j co
Proprietors
roionvUleh Tex
isstanrant
Table supplied Tith froh lish oyster
game and vegetables
Uonfortable and well furnished rooms
in connection witli restaurant
Pre3h Tobao oh CigiM and Smoker
jlateir
E izibeth S r et
SuGUPSHot to Christian DTos
DEALER IN
gesebil mmw
Hghcst Price Paid For Uointrj
Proaucet
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
rAiiES B WELLS
ATTOKNEY ATLA Y
Brffionsville > Texfis
fflce Second Floor Rio Grande Railroad Building
TV111 pracHoo in any ot the Courts State or Federal
and and railroad MigfcUon tho Investigation of
1 ties and preparation of abstracts specialties
E
H GOODRICH
ATTOKNE YATL A W
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE
Complete Abstracts of Cameron
County Kept In The Offioe
BROWNSVILLE TEX
r H MARIS
LAWYER AND LAND AGENT
MONEY TO LOAN ON
GOOD SECURITY
Office in Dalzell Building on
Levee Street
Texas
N0 I KLEIBER
ATTORNEYATLAW
ltice over First Natloiml Bank
Brownsville ToxaB
Will practice in any of the
ourts of the State when specially
employed
YfT N PAKItS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BroioiisviUeiii Texas
Temporary office over Pellat Restaurant
Will practice in any of the courts State or
Federal Special attention given to perfecting
and titles
R
B RENT FRO
ATTORNEY AND
jOUNSELORAT LAW
Will practice in all Federal aud
Statu Oourta
Brownsville Texas
TOON P KELSEY
j
ATTORNEY nr LAW
Will practice in the Federal and
tute Uonrtu
Ha Grande City Zsxas
AS II EDWARDS
ATTOI Y AT LAW
Land Titles Investigated and
Abstracts Furnished
Hidalgo v Texas
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MORGAN S S
SQUTHLRH PACIFIC GQMPAKY
ATLANTIC SYSTRM
Steamers make trips between
Morgan City or New Orleans
uml Brazos Santiago
via Galveston about
every 10 day
For further information call on or
address i
M B KINGSBURY AOKtfT
Headquarters
ron
Zvan
nd Fancy Qonds o all Depcrip
tioit smtiihle for
bulling and Birthday Presents
lusie Books StatioriPty toyH tons
Inks Jewelry Silverware Fancy
Goods of every description
JiUt received by
Ml gED K AUSSE
Bfo viisville Texas
Cvnt hawi t i i Teaanj fiSjr tfeiH f r f Mis VdHiUsiwei
SILVER OR GOLD
Better than either is a healthy
liver If tho liver is 0 K the
man i3 OK His blood is kept
pure his digestion perfect and ho
can enjoy life and act intelligently
and patiently upon tho questions
of the day You all know what to
take You have known it for years
It is Simmons Liver Regulator
For years you and your fathers
have found it of sterling worth
It iB and always has been put up
only by J H Zeilin Co Tako
none but the genuine It has tho
Red Z on tho front of tho wrapper
and nothing else ia tho same and
nothing so good
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BROWNSVILLE TEX
REPRESENTSTIJK LA ItftEST
GROOEKY HOUSE IN
THE SOUTH
Sella Alcohol in houd Olive Oil
Vinegar Potatoes and Dried
Fruite Wines Liquors
Grain in car lot Ooffeo
Rice and Molncses
HARUFAGTURERSJ MBIT
For Arcliitoctariil Iron Wnrk Fiiico
Railiuca and Jnilfl Firn nud
Bnrplnr Proof Safes CofBu
TritntninuH Stnvea Ior
fumcry and Snaps
FULL STOOK OF ARMOUIt3
LARD FOR IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY
J Writu For Pric9 lid Tpinsr
iimz TABLS
OF TUE
IdiSlliJ
IOT AND kjk >
n STIP
I U H 1 H
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AT L A KOUSSSTS
Barber Shop
g7Also a full lino of tobacco
oigars pipes and emokorfl material
ELIZVBifill STiiEET
From and after Ot Mi 1S9G
tugtllHr pKBPUiiger train will
rim an tntlowf
REGULAR TRAIX
Leaves Brownsville Dull at 9 a rr
Point Iaabl 4 p m
JOSKCKLAYA
GENERAL AANAGER
Fhtz nrvr
Tho Millers Hotel building hav
ing boon completely repaired is of
fered for rent for botol purposed
Reasonable ratos Apply to Vrun
cluno Yturria
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W A LLIS I W A LTG EH 3 A G H
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Arc introducing new ami elect sluice
of wotk at their parlorsi Also new stylet
of fanc > card mount
J H oininjj and cnlarjcinciitb in crayon
done Inspection of work Invited
Ihdto purtois ncl lot S iccnaiion
BKOWNSVILLE TEXAS MONDAY OCTOBER 19 1396
A NEN TEXTILE
Made from China Grass Which
Belongs to the Nettle
Family
New York Ledger
A plant of the nettle family
prOluces fiber that may prove
of every great commercial value
indeed it has such poHaibilities
that 25000 has been offered
for an invention that will se
parate the libers from the bark
Up to date the cost of this pro
cess ia so great that there ia
nothing commercial in the art
icle traveler says that this
Rhea fiber makes cloth and
cordage that have rival for
sireng h and durability It is
from this material that the
mummy cloths of Egypt were
made It has been known as
China grasSj and is noted for
its great strength
The trouble lies in separat
ing the strong silky fibers from
the other bark which ia Batur
ated with tenacious gum Most
of the fiber thus far has been
patiently and carefully worked
out by hand by the women
and children of the locality
where it is grown It is assert
ed that the chemists and ma
chinists of both Europe and
America have been for tbirtj
years trying lo 6olve the pn
blcrn of separating the fiber
from the refuse matter Tb
latest experiment is so interest
ing as showing the number of
handlings necessary to trans
form this product of nature
into tin available material that
an account of it will be worthy
of attention uThe Gomess
process adopts silicate of soda
for the elimination of tho re
sins and eHVcls it without the
slightest injury to the fiber
After iIih ribbons or strips of
bark have been freed from dirt
they are placed in weak acid
baths for the night Next morn
ing they are passed through a
mild alkaline bath and then
boiled in weak eolutions of
lOaustic soda to which bine has
breu added When washed
and dried by the usual me
chanical means the fibers em
rge as a long silky filisse
entirely ft > e from the cuticle
and resinous gums in which
they Were imbedded clean
white and ready for the comb
of the spinner
They take the most beautiful
dyes and can be worked into
every variety of fabric from
gorgeous velvets to cheap drills
and delirate lacen Ihe com
bined lightness and toughness
of the liber render it peculiarly
suitable for tents and ship
canvas Three fifths more cloth
of equal strength can be made
from Rhea thanfrom thn same
weight of linen that is to say
1000 yards of the Rhea canvas
weigh only as much ao GOO
yards of linen Its durability
and resisting power to strain
rn also much greater The
Government ol lnd a in taking
efiWtual steps for tho rapid ex
tension of its cultivation
Old newspapers for sale at
tw Qiiiuw jcts hundred
tv > tiHuxuK 1 1 1 1 btusjjt
soon as he 13 definitely inform
ed as to the time the committee
will arrive here There as bpen
some dispute as to whether the
conference will be held at
Atlanta or Thomson but it is
thought Atlanta has been de
cided upon
POPULISTS EXPEL KOLB
Memphis Teun Oct 15 A
special to the CommercialAp
peal from Birmingham Ala
says The populist state rx
ecutive ronimittep at a wtC
ing tdday passed resolutions
expelling Captain K V Kolb
twice populist candidate for
governor of Alabama and Col
onel P G Bowman former
slate populist chairman froni
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Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest U S Govt Pveport
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ASSlffEBSr PiJ E
THE VISIT TO WATSON
It Is Believed He Will Formal
ly Be Asked to Withdraw
Atlanta Ga Oct 15 The
meeting between the Populist
National executive committee
headed by Marion Butler and
Thomas E Watson is exppcted
to develop a political sensation
It is generally believed in in
side Populiet circles here that
the meeting will result in a
formal reqnest ou Mr Wateon
to withdraw There are rumors
of official positions lobe tender
ed Mr Watson in ca3e he will
draws and the Democratic par
ty is successful at the Novem
ber election The store of the
proposed offers range all the
way down from a cabinet port
folio but no one claims to have
definite information as to what
is proposed There is grave
doubts however whether Mr
Watson will withdraw It is
freely stated that the Populist
manifesto of yesterday was by
no means pleasant to the vice
piesideulial candidate and the
visit of the committee is said to
be due to a fear that he would
take precipitate action before a
conference could be arranged
That fear however was set at
rest by a message that Mr
Watson sent to Chairman But
ler stating his willingness to
meet the committee Mr Wat
son allayed the fears of ill
Populist leaders by the state
ment that he would wait the
coming of the committee
The candidates letter of ac
ceptance will not be published
until after the coming confer
ence although he was expected
to have given it to the pi ess to
night
What the outcome of the
committee will be is altogether
guess work but there is a grow
ing impression tuat Mr Wat
son will take more kindly to
the alleged suggestion of with
drawal than he would have
done at an earlier date in the
campaign He is expected to
leave Thompson for Atlanta as
membership in the committeo
because of their action in aban
doning Watson and supporting
Sewall and the silver democrats
congressional candidates They
were denounced as being tin
worthy of coj fide nee A resolu
tion was also passed callingon
the national populist commit
tee to remove Kolb and E
Seymour who has followed
Kolb from membership in th
committee from Alabama and
rcommending that Congess
m in Goodwin an Frank Baltz
elle be elected in their places
The places of Kolb and Bow
man in the state committee
were filled by the election of
Congressman M W Howaid
and Julius Davidson
WONT GO TO KANSAS
Watson Wires That His
Throat Will Prevent His
Speaking
Topeka Kan Oct 15 =
Thomas E Watson will not
come to Kansas He sent
this telegrem to Abe Sternber
jjer this afternoon Ulcerated
throat will prevent my keeping
appointment I greatly regret
this fact The middieofthe
road Populists have my yn
pa thy They and their party
shouid not be made a Toot mat
of for Democratic politicians to
wipe their feet on under a
hypocrital pretense of reform
The fusion policy is like a mad
scramble to the pie counter
If reform is defeated it will be
the result of traders in both
parties who have ignore the
St Louis compromise and
tried to force the populists to
vote for Sewall the bondhold
er national bank owner cor
poration president and gold
clause millionaire
THOMAS E WATSON
The committee will make a
determined effort to bring
Watson to Kansas City dtir
ine the last week of the cam
paign
Artesian wells were first
at Thebes inthe timeot XLm
erlon about 2000 years before
the beginning of our era
Awarded
iiigliest Homrs Worlds Fakv
f MOST PERFDCT MADH
Mire Grape Crcsm of Tar < ar fVVilrr fcrt
Vn mn ons Aium it any other adulletaif
40 YEARS Tifl STKUABl >