Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 367, Ed. 1, Friday, May 8, 1903 Page: 4 of 4
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A SENSIBLE GIRL.
"You see how it is dear' he said
taking her soft hand which had
never done very hard work and
patting it reassuringly. "I'm poor
on!y.$l000 a year and wcshall
have a struggle to get along at
firsi "
"I don t mind that in the least'
she interrupted stoutly rubbing her
cheek softly against his hand.
"And" he paused j graciously
having allowed her interruption
"we shall have to come down to
strict economy. But if you can only
manage as my mother does we shall
pull through nicely."
"And how does your mother
manage dear?" she asked smiling
but very happily at the notion
of the mother-in-law cropping out
already.
"I don't know" replied the lover
radiantly "but she always manag-i
ed to have everything neat and j
cheerful and something delicious
to eat and she does it all herself
you know! So that we always get
along beautifully and father and I
still have plenty of spending mon-
' ey. You see when a woman is al-
ways hiring her laundrj' work done
and gowns and bonnets made and
all that sort of thing why it just
walks into a man's income and
takes-his breath away."
The young woman looked for a
moment as if her breath was also
inclined for a vacation but she
wisely concealed her dismay and
being one of the stout hearted of
the earth she determined to learn
a few things of John's mother and
so went to her for a long visit the
next day. Upon the termination of
this visit one fine morning John re-
ceived to his bland amazement a
little package containing his en-
gagement ring accompanied by the
following letter:
"I have learned how your mother
manages and I am going to ex-
plain it to you since you have con-
fessed you didn't know. I find that
she is a wife a mother a house-
keeper a business manager a hired
girl a laundress a seamstress a
mender and patcher a dairymaid
a cook a nurse a kitchen gardner
and a general slave for a family of
five. She worked from five in the
morning until ten at night and I
almost weptjwhen I kissed her hand
it was so hard and wrinkled and
corded and unkissed When I saw
her polishing the stoves carrying
big buckets of water and great arm-
fuls of wood often splitting the lat-
ter I asked her why John didn't do
such things for her. "John!" she
repeated 'John!' and she sat down
with a perfectly dazed look as she
asked why angels didn't come down
and scrub for her. Why John' she
said in a trembling bewildered
way 'he works in the office from 9
until 4 o'clock you know- and
when he comes home he is very tir-
ed or else he goes down town-.'
"Now I have become strongly
imbued with the conviction that I
do not care to be so good a 'mana-
ger' as your mother. If the wife
must do all sorts of drudgery so
must. the husband. If she must
cook he must carry the wpodj'if
she must scrub he must carry the
water; if she must make the butter
he must also milk the cows. You
have allowed j-our mother to do
everything and all that you have
to say of her is that she is an 'ex-
cellent manager.' I do not care for
such a reputation unless my hus-
- band earned the name also and
judging from your lack of consider-
ation for j-our mother I am quite
sure you are not the man I thought
you were nor one whom I should
care to marry. 'As the son is the
husband is' is a safe and hapoy
rule to follow."
So the letter closed and John
pondered and is pondering vet
Exchange.
BUDDHIS r CON-
FESSION OF FAITH.
We confess now all vices which
our desire anger and pleasure com-
posed from unlimited beginning by
the body words and mind.
I go for refuge to the Buddha for
eternity.
I go for refuge to the Kharma for
eternity.
I go for refuge to the Sangha for
eternity.
I take the vow not to destroy
life.
I take the vow not to steal.
I take the vow to abstain from
impurity. '
I take the vow not to lie.
I take the vow to abstain fiom
intoxicating drinks which hinder
progress and virtue.
I take the vow not to invent
evil reports.
I take the vow not to carp.
I take the vow not to be profane.
I take the vow not to covet.
I take the vow to cleanse my
heart of malice and free my mind
of ignorance.
The following is a pretty good
story that is going thd rounds
which you need not believe if you
don't want to: A farmer in Indiana
had a novel experience. A few
years ago he built a small barn
and in its construction usedgreen
willow posts at the corners and
along the sides. For some time
nothing unusual was noticed but
after a year he saw that whereas he
had laid the floor near the ground
it was three feet above the soil. He
discovered that the wilow posts
instead of being dead were alive
had taken root and were growing.
In their upward movement they
had carried the barn along. Last
spring the barn was on stilts nine
feet high and he put in a new floor
and surrounded the posts with
siding thereby making a two-story
affair. There is now a space of seven
inches between the new floor and
the ground and the owner expects
to have a three-story barn in the
course of time.
Ruthven and Ford
DEALERS IN
Family GrocBfies and ferf.
j Bny and sell Counlry Prbdnee.
Dr. C. 0. Ford umnagpr Cor.
Washington & 4th. sis.
Brownsville Texas.
THE MOSSER HOUSE
ALICE TEXAS.
The best hotel in Alice is again
open to the public. Equipped to give
first-class accommodations to the
traveling public. Electric buttons
in all rooms and a first-class chef
in the kitchen.
L. G. COLLINS Proprietor.
Groceries
AT
Wholesale Prices.
FLOUR. HS
;High Patent per bbl 12 50
V iu io
Anchor..' 10 50
Faultless 9 75
Table Queen 9.75
LARD.
Tierces per lb 20c
In Cans per lb 20?4c
COFFEE. 6
14 10 18 cents per pound.
According to class.
SUGAR. . " .
Standard Granulated 13 1-2
White Sugar lb 111-2 to 12
Brown Sugar per lb S)
RGE.
8 1-2 cents Mexican per pound.
CORN
Per Carga o33Glbs 14 CO
FENCE WIRE.
Per lb 1014
CRACKERS.
Soda per pound 17c
Nic-Nac per pound 19c
VERMICELLI
' Box. 12 lbs 1 75
I have other bargains to numerous
to mention.
Walter B. Austin.
RQCERIES
all kinds can be had at
John ICovern's
The New Schooner Linef
COMPOSED OF THE SCHOONERS
Brazos Beacliain and Pierce Simpson
PLY1XG BETWEEN
New York Neiv Orleans Galveston
and Brazos Santiago
Rates from Galveston to Brownsville 23 off olrtMorgan Line rate"!
Rates from New Orleans to Brownsville 206 off old Morgan Line rates
For freight space and other information apply to
Emile L. Kowalski New Orleans La.
Frank L. Kirk GalvestonTes. j ASents or
GEORGE MORE Agent and General Manager
Brownsville Texas. '
ON ELI7ABETH STREE1
Jellies and Jams.
Oatmeal and Biee.
High-grade Bams.
JJntmegs and Spice.
MACkerel and Macaroni.
Good oods for the money.
Onions if yon plense.
Veriniaelli Canned Frnit.
Everything that's nice.
Reasonable Prices
fj&ver Fails to Snit.
'Save Money
&E3
T
Successors to Ceixstih Jaqou
Commission
Merchants
IMPORTERS OF
Wines Liquors Cigars
AND TABLE LUXURIES.
A complete stock of the finest im-
s ported and domestic
Wine Cognac Mineral Water
Gin Ale Cigars and
Pnre Olive Oil Delicaaies
of all descriptions kept in stock.
Prompt attention given to all
"FALL TRADE
DEALERS IlTE BEST BRANDS Or
Sporting Goods
SHOT (HJNS
Pistols Rifles
AND
AMMUNITION.
orders by mail or otherwise.
SOLICITED.-O
J. A. OTTMAOTf.
BRICK MASON"
Is at present in Brownsville and
is ipady to fill any order for brick
work plastering or setting stones.
Has lime for sale.
Residence Cor. St. Charles bud
9th Sts. Work Guarantee.
8.
THE TAILOR.
The
jjp
Lamp of Steady Habit
xho lamp tfcat doeir. t nans tip or fanoce or cansa you
to uo liiJ language ; tlielaaip that looks good when
Toilet it anl stays pood ; the lamp that you never wlll-
luglv rS with once you hsm it ; that 3
Gljtr l.-rrps mnybo offered yonc3"Jta.Jrnol"
fit ynny Us in tomo respects bus for ell arounJ cood-
l t icre'a only ono. Xlie fata Rochester. Tomato
i ;. toa lamp oCeml you isjrenuine look for the camo
on . ; e-cry lamp has it. (200 Varieties.)
Old Lamps BTncIo 3Mo-w.
Vo can fill every lamp wont. Koniatter whether you
rantanewlamporfotcanoM ono repaired or rcfia-
isiiiM. a vase mounteu or otner maso oi mp u-ooonu-edinto
a Miw Rochester wo can lio li. Let U3
Fend you literature on the subject.
We ore SPECIALISTS in the treatment of diseases cS
Lamps. Consultation FREE.
THE ROCHESTER LAMP CO. 3 rark Ksce A S3 Barclay St. St Tort j
ELIZABETH STREET.
I am prepared to make suits
and 'clean Clothes
on short notice. Work
Guaranteed.
Shop Opposite Thielen Bakery.
GEORGE CHAMPION
REAL ESTATE
AND
Lire Stock Broker
Brownsville Texas.
Agricultural lands suitable
$ for farming in the valley of thejy
RIO GRANDE also in the State of j
$ TAMAUIJPAS MEXICO will be $
'"HOTEL
& suit purchasers.
W n?7?7Y?E7 j Tm err2 a t?
L A.ROUSSET
Elizabeth Street. i
! Tonsorial
i
i
I Artist.
i
j The place to get n first-class
j Shave or Hair-Cnt. f
i i
i:
Polite and Conrteons Attention
to All. I
KKFITTED
AND 4t .
REFURNISHED
1!
I
5?;
5
Meals the Choicest
To Be Obtained!
On the market. I . .
5 O
A Three Story 'jJrick
40 Nicely Furnishd Rooms.
On Principal Basiness Street.
! f
Ji i Kcnsonaulo Itaycs SO
;?' tolFamilics. u
; -s-tl hi
;f PKOPliETOlt J
j? Brownsvilles lex. U
Jolin W Hoyt
- - AGENT OF - -
Waters Pierce Oil Co
i
i Supplies the trado witli
ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICAT
ING OIL OF EVERY QUALITY
Also Turpentine Linseed Oils Gaso-
line Candles Axle Grease etc.
Sells Gasoline Engines 1 1-2 to 50 Hone
Power with or without tentnfn-
gal Irrigating Pumps.
SELLS SEWIXO MACHINES SEW OK OLD.
KEEPS SEEDLES OIL AND EVERYTHISO
ELSE FOH THEIIt USE . REPAIEISO SAT-
ISFACTORILY DOSE. RESTS SEW150
MACniSES: RESTS AMBULANCES.
Time Tarole.
Rio Grand Railroad.
On and after June Mth 1902
regular passenger trains wil
ran as follows:
Leaves Brownsville (daily) sit 9 am
Arrive Point Isabel " 1015pia
Leaves " " " ' 3 am
Arrive Brownsville ' 4 15 pm
Jose Celalva
Benj. Kowaiski.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Las Oos Naciones.
M. Saliualla & Co.
1 he public will find an
extensive assortment of
DRY GOODS SHOES HATS
JEWELRY AND SADDLES at
prices -without competi-
tion at
KSLas Dos XacionesiSl
Front Market.
DO NOT FAIL TO
CONSULT ME.
Do not go through life suSTi?
because yon have been told tiF?
diseaso is incurable. I can prot
that my knowledge of Pliync Saew
and AUdoidal Dosimetric
will be a boon to you. If I
euro you I can at least relieve r
sufferings and make ife a ..
sweeter to you. My repugn-
Daseti upon my buuukss. "
anypartof the county daycrn.g!
attend the sick. Consultafc in
Uential. Calls Ielt at tne
Leon will bo promptly answer
C. C. FORD M. D.
Office: Schodtz Buflding Cor-
ington ana inn.
I
Bro-vTUsville
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Wheeler, Jesse O. Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 367, Ed. 1, Friday, May 8, 1903, newspaper, May 8, 1903; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146388/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .