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4v 4 THF ilAiiv mm n I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: tfe (U. S. Currency.) J,e year ?6.00 Six months 3.00 Triree months 1.50 One month 50 Issued Every Day Except Sunday. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1901. ABOBTTOWJS. Chickens and eggs are somewhat . jjlcarce iu the local market. X'he public schools opeued this morning, with a large attendance. The schooner Beacham sailed this morning at 9 o'clock for New Orleans. The schooner Pierce Simpson sailed from Point Isabel for Gal veston at noon toda'. Passengers arriving from the Point last evening were iMrs. Jose Simo, Miss Jennie Abadie and John Brito. A stated meeting of Kio Grande -jLodge No. SI, A. F. & A. M., will e held tonight at 7:30. All visif iug brethren cordially invited. The marriagp of H. P. Lister and Miss Emilia Diaz, occurred last night at the home of the bride's parents in this city, Justice of the Peace Gavito officiating. The work of cutting the rice crop at the Hatcliffe farm was begun last week and will be finished by Thursday. It would have been fin ished earlier but the rain last week interfered. The Sol de Mayo notes that the fiestas at the Plaza de Allende iu Matamoros will continue another week, the concession having been extended by the city authorities on account of the rains having in terfered so greatly with the festiv ities. The inauguration of Hon. Pedro Arguelles as governor of ihe Mex ican state of Tamaulipas occurred today at Victoria, the capital city. In celebration thereof a grand ser enade will be given, by order of the municipal government of Mat amoros, this evening at the Plaza de Hidalgo, in that city. All of the smallpox cases which Dr. Combe had on hand at a ranch below town have .recovered and been dismissed, and all suspects released. So far as known there is now no smallpox in the count'. Dr. J. K. Combe, who has had the case of the smallpox cases deserves credit for having eradicated the disease so promptly. From Mr. Daly of the rice farm it is learned that hands are now at work clearing brush from the line of the projected irrigating ditch, which has been laid off by Engineer Gore from the river to the rice fields. There is plenty of water in the resnca out there now, Mr. Daly says, the late rains having raised the level of the resaca ten inches. The marriage of Miss Annie Elizabeth Lynch and Ghas. Poor, both of Saltillo is announced to take place on the 9th. instant at La Porte, Ind., at the home of Mrs. Hathaway the .grandmother of Miss Lynch. The bride elect is well known here and her approach ing marriage is a subject of much interest to her Brownsville friends. Mrs. M. B. Woodhouse mid duugh ter, Miss Maude E. Woodhouse of Brownsville will be present at the wedding, t which Miss Wood house will serve as maid of honor to her friend. Baptist Mission. Preaching every Snndnv t 11 n m. and 7:30 p. m. Pastor's residence np-stairs vei lial.Penrt building. Visitors wel ootneat all times. Eastern Star Chapter. A chapter of the Daughters of-i'oBeMade of Mexican National the Easteau Star, the ladies' nnxil-i Railroad. Gauge to Be Broad iary of the Masonic order, was or- i ened B i g Purchase at ganized iu Brownsville recently, j Corpus Christi. with the requisite number of char-j Ag bQ (lispaptch in ter members. A report of the pre- j anohercolmmi of t0(lay,3 Caller, liimiiaiy luceuuig ua sum on lu the Grand Matron of the order in Texas, and a deputy will be sent here to confer the degree of the Eastern Star upon the members. The following officers were elected : Worthy ' matron, Mrs. J. O. Wheeler; associate matron, Mrs. T. P. Barbour j worthy patron, J. F. Cnmmings; treasnrer, C. H. Maris; secretary, Miss Sarah Ken edy. The name adopted by the chap ter is the "Southern Cross." Following are the names of the charter members: Benjamin Ko walski, Mrs. Benj. Kowalski, Mrs. T. P. Barbonr, Mrs. A. Wise, Mrs. W. A." Nenle, Mrs. U. Bollack, Mrs. H. Gruuewald) Mrs. Lily Se bre, Mrs. W. F. Spragne, Mrs. P. M. Griffith, Mrs. Fannie Putegnat, Mrs. J. O. Wheeler, Miss Mary Barbour, Miss Lily Miller, Miss L. M. Kenedy, and Miss Sarah Ken edy, J. F. Cummiugs, C. H. Maris and E. K. Goodrich. Mail Contracts to Be Let. Under the order issued bT the postmaster general Sept. 10", .1901, contraetsr&re to be let on all star routes in Texas for carrying mails. These include the star routes: Biownsville to Alice, and Browns ville to Rio Grande. The new contracts will include the deposit of mail along the line for all who will ereet a mail box according to the regulations adjacent to the mail route. These contracts will be let on I to persons who will live near the line and give their per sonal attention to the service, and cannot be sublet, .as has been done heretofoie. The contracts will cover the pe riod from July 1, 1902, to June 30, 190G. All bids must he in by Dec. 1, next. The Brownsville and Alice route under the present con tract pays $S,797 per year, and the Rio Grande route $1,350 per year. Postmaster J. B. Sharpe, of the Brownsville office, has received blank forms for proposals and will furnish them to expectant bidders. -a- THE BEST should he your aim when buying medicine. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla and have the test medicine MONEY CAN BUY- o-e-e International Yacht Races. The first race between the British yacht Shamrock II and the Ameri can yacht Columbia, for the Amer ica cup, which was sailed last Thursday, resulted in a draw, neither finishing within the time limit. The second race was sailed Sat urday, resulting in a victory for the Columbia. The- third of the series came off today. From tele grams received up to three o'clock, it was thought it would result in a draw. My wife had pimples on her face, but see has bepu takiu? CASCARETS and they Have all disappeared. I bud been troubled , with constipat.on tor some tune, but atter lafc- inp the first Cascaret I have had no trouble with this ailment. We cannot speak too high- ; lyor cascarets- frej waktmax. i 5703 Germantown Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. 1 Pleasact. Palatable. Potent Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicten. Weaken, or Gripe. M. 25c. Mc ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Btfriln; Herird; f oiei.iot, Cilcore, i-'ontrtal, Urn Vort. Sli HO.Tn.R2P Sold and cnaraateedby alldrnc U" I U"OAU Kists to CUKJK Tobacco Habit. TRADE MARK REGISTERED SOME BIG IAIPPOVEMENTS the Mexican National railroad, ex tending from Corpus Christi to the City of Mexico, is to be changed to a standard gauge in the near-future. It is reported here that the work will be started from this end of the line and completed in less than i six months. News by wire received here this week from New York says that the Mexieau National railroad people purchased on Tuesday all the prop erty of the Central Wharf & Ware house Company is Corpus Christi. consisting of the two whares, (Central and Sidbury,) 320 town lots and several buildings, includ ing the old brick bonded ware house near the foot of Central j wharf and the two-story brick building near" the Sidbury wharf. This looks life big improvements are intended to be made in this city by Speyer & Co., who evident ly expect to improve their shipping facilities here. Mr. J. N. Galbralth, superinten dent of the northern division of the Mexican National Railroad company, arrived here Wednesday evening in his special coach on a flying business trip. He was ac companied by J.F. Mullally, attor ney from Laredo, also Mr. Wolf rey, a stenographer. They return ed to Laredo yesterday. From what The Caller can Hearn there is goinir to be some big ehange made in the way of improving the MexicanjNatioual road at an early date. Corpus Christi Caller. LI ANNA ON KOOSKVELT. Authorized Interview in Whieli. Lie Praises the President. Cleveland, O., Sept. 25. In the only authorized interview- he has yet given out on the subjeet, 'Sen ator Llanna spoke today to a Re public reporter as follows: "President Roosevelt is a dif ferent man than he was three weeks ago. He has always been honest in purposes, strong in ac tion and true to his own Republi can principles. jThe new and great responsibilities that have been so suddenly thrust upon him have given Jiim equipoise and conser vatism. -These responsibilities ha'e rounded out his character. I helieve he will live up to the expectations' of all his dearest friends 1 know he is sincere in all that he has done and said since death so cruelly removed our Pres ident. iMcKinley. It is not often that men come so suddenly and un expectedly face to face with the great responsibilities resting on the L'tesident of the Uuited States, and- a few men could have met these demands with so much dig- II i ty , good judgement and com mon sense, ,is did President. Theo dore Roosevelt. He merits not only the confidence of the Republi j cans of this country, but he de j serves thr confidence of the entire I nation, and I believe he ha? both j I rr- 7-j r rt , . , I JJ (JJt lii L Y PFJR.SO T,S V J.hJuj m. t ii ; -M. iM. !.. Woftit house 1S eX- ir 1 ' pected home thf latter part of the ; ,,ir.,..i . ! I Rev. Fathers Edward Tessier, J. , B. Horeau, and Ernest J. M. Le: G'idaver are three priests who ar-i rived here a few days ai to join1 the Onbite otninunity'in Browns vji!. ! - -o-i ' m mass TMSLr i-'owder IRftware ftf Piclm A sicrn. that would save a million times as many dollars and hundreds of lives as well, "would be B Elt it It E OF OUR rfEflLj II Girls, Maidens, Mothers, Women of Middle Age ; heed even the little warnings, never fa negieet one sign oi weaKuess, often cures, a lew bottles alwavs will GHZ WG5KAi2 WRITES: I -wish to say a f evr words in regard to have only used one wottie ot tins wonaenui retneuy ana i bettor than I have felt in three years, and Trill continue u I am entirely cured. I hare sen so manv wonderful cu I hare sen so. many tliat it has effected, that 1 now feel that I It AjrxiE Hameus, More than 100,000 women hav voluntarily testified to cares by , F P-Gerstle's Female Panacea) of Ovarian troubles, Prolap- sus, Whites, Tumors, Painful, Irregular Profuse and Scanty Menses and in fact, all manner of Female Diseases. . -iU . , " "ritc to Laditw' JlnAWir Cluk. car; DrUJ!SiS Sell G. P. P. UUERSTLc&CO., Chattanooga. Ten. -33 for 1 rce advice abo-it your caso. Oennine Reciprocity. Baltimore Sun. The idea that the United States will be able to sell their immense crops of gm in and cotton and their manufactures without buying abroad to an approximately equal amount if. absurd. Unless we take foreign goods in exchange for our wares we shall soon cease to .ex port. Europe will cease to buy if she can no longer pay for goods directly or indirectly. She hasn't gold enough to pay us in cash a billion a year for our products. Nor do we want gold and silver merely to store thein up1 iu safe deposit vanlfa; we do not sell our grain and cotton in order to hoard the precious metals, but in order to buy something useful. For Over Fifty Years . Mus. Wixslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children -while teething, -with perfect snccess. It soothes the child, softens the gnins, al lays ail pain; cures wind colic and is the bust remedy for Diarrhoea . It will relieve the poor little sufferer imme diately. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs, "Winslow's Soothiiug Syrup," and takes other kind. Biiacacu Your JJotjroIs With. Cascarei. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation foreverK lQc.25c It C. C. C.Jail, drusplsts refund money. Drying- preparations simply devel. op dry catarrh ; tliey dry up the secretions, which adhere to the nicmbrano and decom pose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry ing inhalants, fnines, smokes and snuffs and use tliat -vrLich cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy and idll cure eauirrli or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. A trial size will bo mailed for 10 cents. All dmggists sell the 50c. size. EI7 Brothers, 5C "Warren St., X.Y. The Balm cores without pain, does not irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irritated and angry surfa ce, reliev ing immediately the painful inflammation. With Ely's Cream Balm you aro armed ngjunst Kasid Catarrh and Hay Pover. t fHf MU5C W 111 pay no attractive womanhood and equip her. for the duties of wife and motherhooo All druggists sell $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. , , .The Hollywood, Asbury Part, 2T. J., February 3, 1900. i read jour advertisement m regard to Wine of Cardui in tho Baltimore &Z5fh TaZoraly Pressed ma that on my visit to Baltimore durmgtlieholiQflysI purchased a bottle of it for my adopted daughter, who fSS troubles she had beeunder tho dooW S tSfiimTe' ad-w3ien her periods would come on her suffering vSs some nfiJw,dlhTCr to ifc ?nd the fi" d08e brolghtonher Si bT ? il11,11!11111 directions, and was greatl ruicreo. To cse her own words, "It saved my life." J. WESLEY CEOSb. - D? dTTI75.T.ddresSV,S rmptan. 'The tadlW Advisory Ocpaitmciu, The Chatonooss iledloae Co-npanj-, Chattanooga, Ton. 4 a ft It AtC I 'few A hi thousands of out; eviuciitcw vour G. P. P. I wonderful cu: cannot do without Saussy, Ga jHi ET our prices on Billiard and i 1 r.r,i - t-.. c 1 z ..1 jtu.ui -iituies ociurc uuying else where, sold on easy payments. Our cushions are guaranteed for twenty years, and are made by a new vnl canizing process. Old tables fitted with our cushions are as good -as new, satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. See our adver tisement of "Manager Wanted" for lawful slot machine. Palmer Billiard Table Works, Chicago, Ills. TANxU-JER wanted in every large count' to appoint agents for the tamous "Game o'.Skill" nickel slot machine for drinks or cigars j lawful evety where, takes place of all forbidden slot hm chines. Rented or sold on easy payments. Secure territory quick Palmer Billiard Table Works, Chi. ago, Ills. Only x Mask. Many are not being benefited by the snnuner vacation as they shorJd be. Now, notwithstanding much outdoor ife, thoy are little if any stronger than they were. The tan on their faces is darker and makes them look healthier, bnt it is onlj a mask. They are still nervous, easilj tired, npse ; by trifles, aud they do not eat nor sleep well. What they need is what tones the nerves, perfects digestion, creates appe tite, and makes sleep refreshing, and that is flood's Sarsaparilla. Pupils and teachers generally will find the chiet puspose of the vacation best subserved by this great medicine which, as we know, "bnilds up the whole system." CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. he Kind You Hays Always Bought Bears the Signature of IIV136 jgg m leak - Start Girls Right! Many beautiful girls become invalids for life, ac inz crucial period of puberty they attention to the laws of health- Mothers should protect their daughters health by giv ing them necessary information and proper treatment When the meases come on a g!rl unawares in her inexperience she Is cither frightened into convulsions, or scared Into try. Ing to check the flow. Many girls have checked the flow and it has never started again. And ai a result they have grown pale-faced, with "crow-tracks" on their checks, and dark half, moons under their eyes. A dose of WNEpXCARDUJ taken every morning after a girl is twelve years old will bring the menses on properly and keep them regular. It will help her to develop info