Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1912 Page: 4 of 6
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MAGIC FIRE WRITING.
How to Perform an Amusing and Mys-
tifying Trick.
This reclfie for “magic Ore writing”
Is gi ven hy tlie Pathfinder: Dissolve
saltpeter In water until the water will
take tip no more. Then take the
“wrong” end of a penholder and dip-
ping It in the solution draw in thick
strokes some name or design on a
piece of light pai>er taking care not
to break the continuity of the writing
anywhere—that Is. all words must be
Joined. When dry the writing will
be Invisible. Fold over or roll up half
an Inch of each end of such a paper
after It has been allowed to get dry
and stand It on something that will
not burn. Light a match then blow
it out and apply the glowing tip to
some spot touched by the design (yon
can make an Ink mark before apply-
ing the saltpeter to serve as a guide)
and a tiny glowworm of fire will
travel all along the lines traced and
end by leaving the device burned oat
of the paper no other part of It being
destroyed.
Hy the use of a little Ingenuity all
sorts of amusing designs for this pur-
pose can lie got up. For example you
can draw In pencil or Ink on the paper
a picture of one boy throwing a base-
ball to another und also trace an in-
visible curved line In the saltpeter
from the hand of the thrower to that
of the catcher. Then when you touch
fire to the thrower’s hand the fire will
follow the saltpeter line right to the
other's hand.
Those who 6oe the thing and are not
in the secret will be much mystified
as to why the Ore follows this line and
do«*s not burn the rest of the paper.
Saltpeter enters lato gunpowder and
wherever it has to uched the paper it
makes it burn.
Two Travelers.
Largely as a matter of experiment a
gentleman determined to ascertain bow
thoroughly he could familiarize him-
self with a country by means of maps
and books of description. To make
the case as difficult as possible be
chose Madagascar of which to that
moment he had no knowledge except
of a most general character. lie pur-
sued this Inquiry diligently and with
Increasing relish. At the end of four
or five years u man who had Just re-
turned from Madagascar came into his
office. Tlie conversation naturally
turned upon tfte island whence this
man had come. The traveler finally
asked “When were you last In Mada
gnscar?" “I have never been there”
was the refqionse. "Why" exclaimed
the other “you know more atiout It
than I do.” A similar story is told of
Vou Humboldt who never saw Jeru-
salem. but produced a thoroughly re-
liable account of the Holy City. The
traveler has often discovered that the
persons who apparently know least
nlwtut a place are those who have liv-
ed In it all their days.—Christian Ad-
vocate.
Prophetic Bells.
At 2 a. m. on Sept 27 18G9 the
world famous clock In tho groat enthe-
tirul at Strassburg commenced to chime
without rhyme or reason It sounded
1870 peals then stopped and after an
interval slowly l>egan to toll as If for
a great one dead. The political atmos-
phere of Europe at that time was in-
dlratlve of profound pence. Nothing
of danger or disgrace could by any pos-
sibility bo conceived of as threatening
H trass burg or its inhabitants. Yet less
than a year afterward tho German ar-
mies had encircled the city with a ring
of steel and (Ire. Tho German shells
wore falling thickly In her streets and
squares and exploding even within the
precincts of the stately cathedral it-
self And precisely at 2 a. m. Sept.
27. 1870 General Uhrlcb signed the
capitulation which was to deliver
Strassburg into the hands of the in-
vuders.
The Curious Limpets.
The limpets are a curious kind of
shellfish. They resemble the nbulones
• in their habits. The Interior is made
of the most brilliant colors bronze and
iridescent hues predominating. They
are found on the west coast of Mexico
and are so large that the people use
them for wash basins. They are fero-
cious uuimals and prey with great vo-
racity on clams. The process seems
slow but the limpet always gets there.
He gets Ids cover over the unsuspect-
lug clum and puts his big foot on his
shell generally on a weak spot. Then
he whips out a long wiry tongue and
proceeds to bore n hole in his captive.
When tills is done the shell flies open
and the limpet is freo to feast on the
poor clam’s carcass. He eats but a
part and leaves the rest for the fishes
of the sea.
How Canada Waa Named.
According to au eminent authority
when the Portuguese under Caspar
Cortereul In l.">90 first ascended the St.
Lawrence they believed It to be the
strait of which they were in quest
through which a passage might be dis-
covered into the Indian sea. When
however they nrrlved at the point
w hen they could clearly ascertain that
this was no strait. but a river they ex-
claimed repeatedly in their disappoint-
ment. Ti ntda” ("Here uothlug’1
These words remembered by the na-
tive*. were .reposted to the uext Eure-
puans who visited the land. The new-
comer* bearing the phrase so frequent-
ly. conjectured that it most be the
name of the country so “Canada” it
remains.
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“Didn’t I understand you to say they
keep a servant girl?"
“Oertaluly not I said they try to.
As soon as one goes they get another.”
—Philadelphia Press.
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie—Pawr. what Is tact? Taw-
Tact is thinking that a man Is a Uar
when you ere afaUd to teU him m.—
Ml Cincinnati Euquirer.
What la a Fireproof Buildingf
Nearly all modern industrial enter-
pri-H-s are housed in buildings that are
to some extent fireproof. The question
may reasonably be asked. What con-
stitutes a fireproof building? Noth-
ing is more fireproof than a furuace
and yet the decomposition of its con-
tents by fire is its chief use. Build-
ings must therefore not only be mada
of non-inflammable material but they
must be so arranged that fire when
started cun be confined to one room
or to the smallest possible space. With
this object in view they should be
equipped with self closing metal doors
and windows with wire glass or metal
shutters. They should have automatic
fire alarms and above all an adequate
sprinkler system. Steel framing must
be inclosed and protected with some
; material such as brick tile terra cot-
ta or concrete. Under these conditions
i with insnrunce on the contents a man-
ufacturing enterprise is reasonably
safe.—Engineering Magazine.
Old Time Toasts.
Toasts are now rarely proposed ex-
cept at public dinners but there was
a time when they were the order of
the day at every convivial gathering.
' The compiler of a book published in
17bT “The Toastmaster” remarks in
j his preface that “It is the custom in
most societies whether public or pri-
vate for the president to call on the
company In their turn for a toast In-
dividuals are consequently often at a
loss. This collection of genteel senti-
ments and toasts will supply their de-
ficiency as it contains a larger number
than ever was before published the
greater part of which are spirited and
new.” The genteel toasts range from
the righteous such us "May contempla-
tion ujion our last resting place check
j valp hopes and prevent weak despond-
1 ency.” to the frivolous such as “Lots
of beef oceans of beer a pretty girl
and a thousand a year.”—London
Chronicle.
Cut tha Ship In Two.
“I was a passenger on one of the
old fashioned sailing steamers going
| from London to Australia in 1888"
said a traveler. "In the Red sea we
ran plump into a vessel and our boat
j cut It entirely in two so neatly that it
might almost have been done with a
huge knife. We went clean through
her and the men on the vessel struck
| stepped from the two halves of that
ship on to our deck. The injured ves-
sel went down within a few minutes
after it had been struck. The thing
was so strange that when the captain
of the vessel we had struck went back
to London uu Investigation was held
and it was substantially proved that
the officers had w ith design got In the
Immediate track of our vessel in order
to bring about a collision in the hope
thu£ they could collect insurance mon-
ey. The captain and some of the offi-
cers were punished by Imprisonment.”
Dumas’ Chicken on the String.
Amusing reminiscences of the elder
Dumas have lieen supplied by his cook
Mine. Colin. Dumas' most famous
recipe wus “poulet a la ticelle” (chick-
eu on the string). The plucked bird is
suspended by a string from the ceiling
and turned slowly before the fire. The
flames'just touching It brown it slow-
ly. It took time says the cook but
made a tasty dish.
“Dumas lived a higgledy plggledy
life” said Mine. Colin “lie kept open
house nud always had at least fifteen
people to dinner. But he lived from
hand to mouth and at times a sheet
served us a tablecloth. After his recep-
tions he sometimes worked all night
Such a muddle displeased me. espe-
cially as his guests were bohemians.
So 1 left after six months of it”
A Good Reason.
Two Irishmen were digging a sewer.
One of them was a big strong man
about six feet four inches in height
and the other one was a little puny
man about four feet six Inches. The
foreman came along to see how the
work was progressing and noticed that
one of them was doing more work thap
the other. “Look hem” he cried “how
Is it that little Dennis Dugan who is
only half your stxe is doing nearly
twice ns much work ns you. Patrick?*’
dancing down to his partner Fat re-
plied: “And why shouldn’t he? Ain't
he nearer to It?”
Double Meaning.
“Umbrellas Recovered” was a sign
that attracted our attention the other
day but only for a minute. We
shook our heads sadly and walked ou.
It would take a whole galaxy of clair-
voyants and a large squud of detec-
tives to get back a few of our lost
ones —Boston News letter.
Hopes He Cen’t.
"I don’t like that new neighbor of
yours.” said the grocer.
"Why not?” asked the old time cua-
tomer.
“lie always seems surprised when I
tell him I can change a ten dollar bllL”
—Detroit Free Press.
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Wanted More Light.
A dealer wus explaining to a pro-
spective woman purchaser the propel-
ling mechanism of a bicycle.
“I understand that perfectly” she
said at hist. “Now what makes the
frout wheel go round?”—Everybody’s
Magazine.
-rs wnat is an inheritance taxT"
“An inheritance tax my boy. Is the
crowd of promoters real estate agents
and mining stock sharks that take up a
man's time Just as soon as they learn
that he has fallen beir to ■ little
money."—Detroit Free Press.
H Would Cow*
*Td like to go away for the rest of
the week sir” said the tired book-
keeper.
“There Is no need for yon to do
that” replied the employer. “8tay
here and the rest of the week wtH
come to.yo*»1 *
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS 7
WERE NEVXR BRIGHTER
Party Should No* Be Over-Confident*
However. Thorough Organisation
Must Be Maintained.
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New York Oct. 4 1912.
HERALD
Brownsville Tex.
My dear Sir:
j I -write to reassure you that the
prospects of Democratic triumph were
never brighter. The morale of the De-
mocratic army was never better. A
united Democracy and a divided op-
position renders success doably cer-
tain. The present situation leaves lit-
tle to be wished for. The recent
elections in Vermont and Maine
prove that the Democrats are voting
under the unit rule rule this year.
They prove more than that. They
show a substantial increase in the
Democratic vote. If we poll- the full
party strength defeat is impossible.
Nothing could possibly defeat ua but
over-confidenCe. Security is man’s
chiefest enemy—in politics. We must
•therefore take nothing for granted.
We must perfect and maintain a thor-
ough organization. The campaign
must be vigorous must be unremit-
ting till the battle’s over till the
victory’s won.
No single agency can contribute
more to Democratic triumph than the
Democratic press. No agency can do
more to see that every Democrat
votes and votes the Democratic tic-
ket. We are relying upon your con-
stant and Invaluable assistance.
Democracy expects every Democrat to
do his duty this year.
While victory is Inevitable if all
Democrats do their duty still the
door of Democracy stands wide open
-uiqina si Joop iuqi a\oqy -jeoif sjtji
zoned the word “Welcome" and that
welcome is tendered to all independ-
ent voters. The sp-irit of our campaign
is reflected in the following resolu-
tion which was unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Commit-
tee at Chicago on July 15th last:
“We congratulate the country and
the Democracy upon the exceptional
prospects of Democratic success In
November next. We rejoice that all
Democrats everywhere are united and
enthusiastic in support of the plat-
form and the nominee of the party.
“We earnestly invite all voters
without reference to previous politi-
cal faith or affliliation w-ho are in
sympathy with such platform and
nominee to unite permanently or
co-operate temporarily with the Dem-
ocratic party in this supreme strug-
gle for establishment of justice and
equal rights as against favoritism
and privilege.
“Re-olved That w’e gratefully ac-
knowledge our profound appreciation
of the courageous disinterested and
patriotic course of many Republi-
cans and Independents Including a
number of most distinguished lead-
ers and editors In declaring their
intention to support the Democratic
ticket in the pending Presidential
contest."
I should be indebted to you if you
would send me a list of liberal mind-
jed Republicans friendly to Gov. Wil-
son and if you would publish this
request: That such Republicans for-
ward n card either to myself or
to Hon. Rudolph Spreckles Chica-
go 111.
With best wishes for a united and
triumphant Democracy T am
Yours very truly
T. P. OORE.
Chairman Organization Bureau.
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The Good Speaker.
Woodrow’ Wilson was being con-
gratulated at Spring T^ake on his sin-
gular ability as a speaker.
| “You have had little training on
!the platform" the reporter said.
“How do you account sir for this
excellence?"
“Wilberforce" said Governor Wil-
son smiling “defined the difference
between a good and bad speaker
thus:
“ ‘The good speaker has something
to say. The bad speaker has to say
something.’ ”—Washington Star.
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How Arc
Your Bowles?
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Here’* the Real Remedy for Consti-
pation and Clogged Up Liver.
Tried them all’. ^iot yet; you
haven’t given HOT SPRINGS LIVER
BUTTONS a chance. -
If you want the most efficient gen-
tle safe; yea delightful laxative on
earth go to any druggist in Browns-
jviile or vicinity today and get a 25
► cent box of HOT SPRINGS LIVER
BUTTONS.
I Made in Hot Springs the sanitar-
ium of the world.; maed the world
over by people who demand the best.
Take them to end biliousness coated
tongue* dizziness indigestion and as
a general tonic. Ji'or free sample
write Hot Springs Chemical Co..
Hot Springs Arfc. Brownsville Drug
Co. special agent in Brownsville.
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•IHILET CAR SHORTAGE
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Hidrigo County IJank Seeks to Have
Mercedes Farmer* Fumi*h Report*
of Crops.
The Mercedes Enterprise of last
week reports a move set on foot by
N\ P. Barton cashier of the Hidalgo
County Bank with a view to obtain-
ing accurate reports of the acreage
planted to the various crops in the
Mercedes section In order that the
^number of cars likely to be required
during the shipping season may be
j ascertained in advance.
This report says the Enterprise
; Mr. Barton will send to the railroad
'officials “in order that they may be
j better posted as to the number of
cars 'that will be required to tnnv
the coming season truck and other
commodity which the farmers wil'
(have to ship to northern markets and
thus avoid the friction which arose
last year and which resulted in a car
shortage throughout the trucking dis-
trict of the Rio Grande Delta and
which a number of you will have rea-
sons to remember for years come
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TO-DAY!
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With every rising of the sun
Think of your life as just begun.
The past has shrived and burled deep
All yesterdays; there let them sleep
Nor seek to summon back the ghost
Of that innumerable host.
Concern yourself with but today.
Woo it and teach it to obey
'Your will and w'sh. Since time begun
Today has been -the friend of man;
] But in his blindness and in his sor-
row
He looks to yesterday and tomorrow
And the great pregnant hour of time.
You and to-day! A soul sublime.
With God himself to bind the twain!
Go forth I say: .attain attain!
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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"' OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
District Judge—;-W. B' Hopkins.
District Attorney—John T. Klelben
District Clerk—Txiuis Kowalski.
County Judge—John Bartlett.
County Attorney—E. K. Goodrich.
County Clerk—Joseph Webb.
Sheriff—C. T. Ryan.
Tax Collector—Daraaso Lerma.
Tax Assessor—George Champion.
County Treasurer—Edgar L. Hicks
BRILLIANT Iufl^NATION
FO® AUITOL GROUNDS
Great WhiJ^^^iy Betwe«*n Union
Plaza Station ai|d Capi*ol to Be In-
stalledtfcy fJ&ct jcongTess.
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1 Wash 'tfjn I>. C. Oct. 7.—New
1100-cafrt(..epower incandescent elec-'
trie Pgnts win have been installed
aroand tne i upltol the enate and the'
House office holdings while Del a-'
ware between Union s a-
tkm -p!aza ami the' Capitol grounds
will have been tvansfdrmed into a
great white vay when Congress
I meets tn Dare m be*. The District of
iColuailua electro al department has
complied p’p '’' providing improv-
ed lighting arooed the federal build-
ings and on Unaware avenue which
is tho princlpal/^pproach to the Cap-
itol and work mi the installation of
the posts probably will be commenced
next month. her about 70 of
the o/w ljxpt- / ill be installed.
The light.arrangement decided
on Pennsylvania avenue and 7th
street. Posts will be set on each side
of the thoroughfare at distances of
seventy feet. The posts have been or-
dered and it i» expected that the
(lights will be turned on by not later
than December 1.
Utilizing the remainder of last
year’s appropriation for new lights
the electrical department is now pre-
paring to furnish better illumination
on Vermont avenue between Thomas
and Towa circle to Connecticut ave-
nue. Eighteen posts for the 100-oan-
dle-power lamps already have been
installed on Vermont avenue within
the limits named. The new lamps on
Rhode Island avenue of which ther<
will be thirty-four will be plared in
operation probably next week. Im-
provements planned for Delaware ave-
nue and that streets surrounding the
Capitol and the Senate and House of-
fice buildings will be the first made
out of the appropriation carried in
the current District of Columbia ap-
propriation act which authorizes the
expenditure of $12000 for new post*.
When this "work has been complet-
ed the next section of the city to
come in for better illumination will
in all probability be East Capitol
street and around Lincoln Park.
Here it is planned to provide 11 7 of
the new' lamps. In the spring the arc
light* on Columbia road from Conn-
ecticut avenue to Mount Pleasant
street and Park road with the 100-
candlepow'er type.
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Undeniably Colonel Roosevelt be-
lieves in punishing tho ungodly
trusts. Note how he soaked Standard
Oil for $25000 and even after that
declined to say one kind thing about
the monster in public.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
GIVES SKIN FOR HER BROTHER
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Five Spuare Inche** Taken From
Back of Little Alice Schulhoff.
Five square Inches of skin was
grafted from the back of 1 2-year-old
Alice Schulhoff of 1081 Washington
avenue The Bronx in Bellevue
hospital today so that he girl's 4-
vear-old brother Winfred might re-
cover from seriou5 burns which he
received when he fell in o a bonfire
w-hich he had built in the back yard
of his home on August 23 last. At
the end of the operation Dr. Cramp
assistant visiting surgeon who per-
formed the operation announced P
a success and said that both would
be able to leave the hospital In a
few- days.—Brooklyn Eagle.
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Prefen Them Old.
• A Wood street business man droo-
ped in upon a Smithfield street busi-
ne«s man.
“I 5ee you don’t object to hiring
cld men.”
“No” ;a i the SmithMeM i.ieot
min. “Why should 1?”
“Some e/rployers seem •%> think
that old men vvonuldn’t do for busi-
ness these days.”
“Why not?”
“Pace too fast I guess.”
“Well I don’t know about that.
When they get too old to be interest-
ed in canoes or mandolins or fancy
ve5ts or horse races l find em pret-
ey good for work.”
Some sense in this argument. Eh
what?—Pittsburg Post.
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There are moments when Mr. Pen-
rose seem« absolutely determined to
prevent the Colonel from saying he is
having a corking good time.—Wash-
ington Star.
YOAKUM A DIRECTOR
OF AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Albany \ v Oct. 7 It F. V ...
kum -the well-known writer on agri-
cultural topics and railroad man ha-«
been appointed a director of the New
York Stage School of Agriculture
on Long Island by Governor Pix. Yoa-
kum succeeds James Malcolm* de-
ceased.
Mr. Yoakum is known from coast
to coast. Beside being a predominant
fa< tor in the railroad world be ha
devoted much of his time to agri-
culture and has done much to encour-
age the present system of irrigation
in the West. He is a hardworking
energetic business man. well Informed
on agricultural matters and it Is an-
ticipated that his appointment e III
prove very effective in the growth
of the institution.
Mr. Yoakum has done much to en-
courage the converting into grazing
lands of large tracts In T-'xas and
t
has been largely instrumental in
bringing about the present elaborate
system of irrigation. Ho has con-
structed railroads through uninhab-
ited districts in anticipation of set-
tlers and the grow h of the section
near the Rio Grande which is now
covered wth enormous cattle ranches
is attributed largely to his efforts.
He has one of the most beautiful
residences on Long Island near Farm-
ingdale. His estates include more
than seven hundred acres and Include
vast stretches of woodland and hills.
From the latter are visible the vil-
lages and hamlets of Pine Lawn.
Babylon. Lindenhurst Amity villa and
Massapequa.
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Cotton.
Associated Press.
New Orleans La.. Oet. 7.—Cotton
futures closed steady with a net de-
cline of 23 to 29 points. Spots
steady and 3-11! off.
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