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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-09-11
Preparation Of Land For Irrigation
ByW.L Rockwell Irgaton Manager Y. S. Dept of Agriculture

at all.
In the contour check" system the
distributing bitches run on the COM
handing ground in the direction of
the slope, and the controlling levees
on the contours. The bitches are so
located that water is turned out
through gates on either side, and the
levees hold the water on the ground
being high enough to force the water
back to the levee higher. The best
practice in all irrigation work re-
quires that whatever the particular
system used may be, the ground be
made even, either level, or having a
uniform slope. depending'on the sys-
TIM used in laying out
The rectangular check" system is
the same in principle as the contour
system. 1t is used on very uniform
ground only, so uniform that the con-
trolling levees can be run in straight
lines from the bitches.
In the "furrow" system, used by
the best practice in orchards, vine
yards and row crops generally, the
water is run in burrows or trenches
between the rows, not allowing it to
come against the plant They may
run down the direction of the slope
or if this is too steep. diagonally to
fit it.
Border Method.
For the growing of sowed crops, if
the slope is very uniform and not
over fifteen hundredths of a foot per
hundred feet in silt or clay soil, nor
over three-tenths foot per hundred
feet in sandy soil, and only in one di-
rection, the border method may be
used to advantage A field may lie
so that the borders may be laid out,
not in the direction of the greatest
ITO be Continued.)
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-16
BOARD APPOINTED
BY PRESIDENT
CONTINUED from Page -

Henry E. Reed, director OF exploita-
tion of the Exposition, sail today
that the appointment Of these men
is the final step in the appropriation
of the 100000 for the exposition
Before the board of managers for the
government was appointed it was nee
essary for United States Dis trict At
torney Elmer E. Todd to certify the
securities of the exposition.
when congress appropriated six
hundred thousand dollars for The eX-
position it was stipulated that before
the money was expended it would be
necessary for the istrict attorney to
inspect the stock of the exposition to
See if the 81, 100000 worth of o"k
was certified. This has been done
and it is evident that Mr.. Todd has
put his stamp of approval on me -
curities. l have been in communities
ton with Mr.. Geddes and ] believe
that he will come to Seattle in shor
time on an inspection trip in his ca
pacity as secretary and 1isbursine
officer of the government board OF
managers.
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BURNING A DIAMOND.
The Experiment ~ Made by Davy and
Faraday.

The Experiment ~ Made by Davy and
Faraday.
That diamonds will not only burn.
as 1914 10y Sir Humphry Davy and
Michael Faraday. The experiment was
carried out at Florence. where the two
scientists were visiting the great Duke
Of Tuscany. whose burning glass was
the medium through which the sun
was induced to operate This burn
ing glass consisted of a couple Of con-
vex lenses distant from each other
about three and half feet. the large
lens being some fourteen inches in
diameter. the smaller about three
inches. The diamond rested on a rod
Of platinum which had cup shaped
receptacle at the top. pierced with holes
to admit of free circulation of gas
This rod was fixed in the center of a
glass globe Of twenty-five cubicaI
inches capacity. exhausted of air and
filed with pure hydrogen.
Intense heat was brought to bear
upon the diamond when it was ex-
pOScsl W lLc SUI. Tue ecCOuu ICAS great
~ reducing the focus. In the course
of three-quarters Of an hour 1t was
necessary twice or thrice to cool the
globe Then 1t was noticed that the
diamond was slowly diminishing and
becoming gradually Opaque Suddenly
1t burst into fame. They removed the
stone from the focus and it blazed
away merrily. 1t glowed brilliantly.
with scarlet light inclining to pur-
pie. and continued to burn for about
four minutes.
The glass was then cooled and the
diamond again submitted to the action
Of the sun Again it blazed but not
for so long Il period as at first Twice
more this was repeated. and then the
diamond was totally consumed This
was the first occasion on which so far
as is known. i diamond had been seen
to burn. Chicago News.
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FOR REALISM.
Robert Louis Stsvenson's Injunction e
Small Nephew At Play.

Robert Louis stsvenson's Injunction e
Small Nephew At Play.
A story about Robert Louis Steven
son not generally known. according to
the New York Sun. is told by Mrs.
Stevenson's grandson. Austin Strong.
When Mr. Strong was a little chap
Mr. Stevenson liked to sit propped up
In bed to watch him at play in the
next room. And often 1t happened
that the bigger boy of the two would
make suggestions for the make be-
lieve games and insist that they be car
fied out too.
One day Austin had arranged some
chairs in row. playing that they
were ships. and he, standing on the
front. was the captain, For long
time he proudly walked the deck of
his vessel, encountered pirates and
weathered all kinds of storms until he
felt the floor positively heave under
his feet.
Mr. Stevenson looked on in perfect
silence. but complete absorption. no
doubt playing the whole thing much
the harder of the two. Finally Austin
got tired of his vessel climbed off his
chair and began walking across the
room to some object which had at
tracted his interest.
This was too much for his uncle.
Still deep In the game. Mr.. Stevenson
rose in his sickbed and shouted ex-
citedly at the recalcitrant sea captain:
Swim. - yOu SWIM
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AN ISLAND OF MASSACRES.
Over Five Million People Have Been
Assassinated In Haiti.

Over Five Million People Have Been
Assassinated In Haiti.
Haiti has been the scene of more
massacres than any other place on
earth.
They began with the coming Of Co
lumbus and the rabble rOut that fol-
lowed him. In a few years its 3.0OO,-
900 gentle. brown skinned Inhabitants
had persisted utterly. exterminated by
fire and sword and by forced labor in
the mines. to which they were utterly
unsuited In all history is no tragedy
more colossal and more pitiful than
this one.
Next the buccaneers seized the I'M
happy island and wreaked vengeance
on the Spaniards in such a manner
that even the old chroniclers tell of the
worst of the atrocities only in the Latin
tongue.
Presently came the French. and for a
brief space there was some semblance
of peace. But in 1893 the negroes re-
volted and murdered practically all the
whites, the scenes enacted resembling
those that took place at Cawnpore and
elsewhere during the Indian mutiny.
but magnified thousandfold.
On account Of these atrocities fright
full reprisals took place when France
in due course reconquered the island.
But the negroes bided their time and
presently rose again under a ruftian
named Dessalimes.
This time they did the thing thor
oughly. Not only were all the Euro
peans put to death, but all having any
admixture of white blood in their veins
suffered a like fate. Many of the vic
tins were burned alive after having
been first tortured
In all it is computed that over 5000
600 men. women and children have
met with violent deaths on this island
of massacres since the intruding white
man first set foot on its palm fringed
strand.-PearsOn' Weekly.
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TREATMENT
STRICTLY PRIVATE
$500

We will pay $500 for any case of
drunkenness We cannot cure in from
to days. For references as to
the efficiency of this treatment and
our ability to effect a cure in from
three to five days, we refer to
the efficiency of this treatment and
our ability to effect a cure in the
most obstinate cases, we refer to
leading business AMI professional
men, and can show affidavits from
hundreds who We nave cured and
who are now enjo.ing that COM
plete happiness which makes life
worth living and who are now in
full possession of that business acu-
men which was deaiened and
shrunken.
Our treatment is strictly private,
and does not in any way Interfere
with ones business pursuits. Call
at our Office for further information.
A personal Interview is necessary.
When all other cures fail, they
come to us. and none have ever
taken our treatment who have not
been thoroughly satisfied with the
results obtained.
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OUR FIRST PATENT.

Granted at Boston In 1913 and Was
Called 4 Monopoly.
To the general court of Massachu-
sets belongs the honor of granting
the first American patent. This was
in 164S and was then designated as a
monopoly. 1t was confined to the re-
gion controlled by Massachusetts. and
the one issue apparently included all
the Invention of the inventor connect
ed with engines that depended upon
water for their motive power. The
limit Of the monopoly was fourteen
years. and the court not only retained
power to forbid expectation, but to
prevent exorbitant charges upon the
public for their use. The patent was
issued in this form:
"Jenkes Monopolye.-At a general
COurte at Boston the 9th of the 9th
Mo 1913. The cor't consi:t, .nGe We ne
cessity Of raising such manufacturers
speedy dispatch Of much wOrke with
few hands. and being sufficiently in
formed of We ability Of We petition to
pefOrme such workes grant his petit
ton (yet no Othr per sen shall set up
or use any such new invention, or
trade for fourteen yeares without We
license of him the said Joseph Jenkes)
SO farr as concernes any such new in
vention, & so it shall be alwayes in We
pOwr Of this cote to restrain We ex-
portatiOn of such manufactures & We
prizes of them to moderation If occa-
sion so require"
This inventor. Joseph Jenkes, Or
jerks, as it would now be spelled,
came from Hammersmith, England,
settled in Lynn in 1913 and died in
1923. aged eighty-one. He was Il
blacksmith and machinist, made the
dies for the coming of the pine
Tree" money and built the first fire
engine in this country. altogether a
man of great inventive genius and the
ancestor of Il large number of descend
ants. One of his sons removed to
Rhode Island. where he built several
mills.
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a LITTLE LEARNING.
Some Amusing elunders Made BY
English School Children.

Here are some amusing blunders or
.'Eowlers." made by English schoo,
children: Q. How were soldiers in ear
y times different from those Of today?
A. They weren't: they had big darck
eyes and long black hear Itch diem
Is the motto on the Prince Of Wales
features" THE Dutch and English
after the armada struck medal; Je-
hovah blew. and they were scattered
on it." John Ballot was persuaded to
rebel and fled to France. where he
afterward died In mental agony" lin
IS B. c. Julius Caesar crossed over to
Britain and conquered it. and In 81
B. C. he crossed over again to drive out
the Danes: this shows. therefore. that
he laid the foundation Of the French
language and French civilization and
also made Italy safe from any attack
from the barbarians." "Hamilcar has
q touring show. panorama. ETC.. and
acrobats In the Curzon hall. Birming
ham," Cicero was a Grecian histO
rian: he led the 5000 Greeks after
Xenephen was killed"
Socia! questions are sometimes treat
ed after this fashion: I'm one of the
slums of Liverpool. in the back yard.
was girl filed up with cabbage stalks
and ten leaves" ''In the houses of the
poor the drains are in fearful state
and quite unfit for human habitation."
I'm nearly all poor houses the land
lady lives in the center Of the room.
keeping tenant in each corner" 1.-THE
best way to improve pOorhouses would
be to put thick plank on the floor
and cast iron beam on the ceiling"
The Bible provides some quaint in
stances: when Lots wife looked back
she was turned into pillar Of cloud by
day and pillar of fire by night" THE
city of refuge was heaven" Amos
was very doleful person or an opti-
mist" "A synagogue was not used as
a swimming bath or tanners shop"
THE Passover lamb might net be older
than eight days or younger than one
year."
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How to L st a Restaurant.

The man WAS enthusiastic about Il
restaurant he had discovered
Best place I've eaten at In months.
he said. 'Eyerything first class. You'd
better try it,
Were you very hungry when you
went in?' asked his friend.
las bear" said the man.
Go back some time when you are
not so ravenOus." his friend advised.
land see how you like 1t then. make
1t point never to experiment with a
restaurant recommended by person
who vas very hungry when he ate
there. To person who is half starved
anything tastes good."-New York
Press
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Sleep Takers.

1t is curious fact that people when
talking in their sleep are always truth
fu. and never eyasive. but if their
feelings are played up"n by their ques-
toner they will betray great anger
Their eyes are always tightly closed.
and the intonation of the voice is very
different from the tones used when
the person is fully awake. Sleep talk
ers may by conversation he brought to
remember a dream within u dream.
and they will recoliect what happened
In preceding dreams. Very often men
tai anxiety will make people talk in
their sleep when under other conditions
they would never do it
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ORIGIN of MYTHS.

The human mind. whether that Of
the savage or the civilized man. is
naturally thinking machine In early
times, before science was born. the
phenomena Of nature required an ex-
PLANTATION. and the savage beholder
shaped the myth, which satisfied his
untutored mind. 1t is out of mans
natural craving to know the reason
why" that all myths are born. AS
the distinguished anthropoloei t. Tylor.
puts 1t. when the attention of man
in the myth making stage of intellect
is drawn to any phenomenon which
has to him an obvious reason, he in
vents and tells a story to account for
it." In such way all mythology orig
mated
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He Was Very Cool.

A congressman who was on board a
train which was wrecked says that
when the shock came one of the pas
sengers was pitched over several seats
Just in time to receive the contents of
the water cooler. which tipped over
ter A highly excited passenger rushed
up to him and told him to keep cool.
Go away" said the wet man. II am
the coolest man in the car. I have just
had two buckets Of ice water emptied
down my back"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-16

There is a snake called the lancer.
which lives in South America and ia
very ready with its fangs. 1t is a
small, brown. insignificant beast. but
its bite induces a sort of imaginary
swelling all over the victims body
He feels rs If every inch of him were
being strained to breaking point. and
the agony which results is too awful
for words. Generally. however. the
excess Of pain drives the bitten man
mad before very LONG and in four
hours he dies-a senselesS imbecile.
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CIGARETTES AND TEA.
a Part Of the Routine Of Every Russian
Business House.

~ Fart Of the Routine OF Every Husolan
Business House.
you forget" observed, that Rus
STA is the original home and habitat of
the cigarette" says the Odessa CORE
spondent OF the London Standard.
1.-THE little paper tube of tobacco was.
10 to say. national institution among
the Russians. gentle and simple. long
before 1t was seen between the lips of
the Englishman and Frenchman."
My friend, a British merchant, on
his first visit to Russia. was being In
troduced to local banking house. AS
the cashier mOmentarily laid aside his
cigarette In convenient ash tray to
attend to Us my visitor looked amazed
~ around the spacious room, where
here and there among the staff Of si1-
y clerks he saw the curling blue
smoke Of many cigarettes. The cash.
Ter proffered his cigarette case.
"WAl. do you know" said my
friend, 1T is not by any means our
notion Of business. and yet somehow
it looks homely and agreeable, and
none Of these fellows appears to be
lazing or Sinking"
Then came further surprise for
my companion. A neatly dressed
waitress emerging from some lower
region was passing behind the chief
counter bearing a large tray on which
were some ten or twelve glasses Of
tea. with the usual small dish of
sliced lemon and silver fork. The tea
was first distributed to the senior
clerks in the various departments, and
the waitress returned for further sup
plies for the rest Of the staff.
ALSO Russian institution" smil-
ingly queried the London merchant
Exactly" replied. land the tea is
of the finest quality"
From the bank we drove to the
postoffice and telegraph station. In
these places it is forbidden to the pub
lie to smoke. but behind the counters
in every department the cigarette and
tea were just as much in evidence as
they were at the bank. The tea is al
ways supplied by the establishment,
whatever it may be. The cigarettes
the officials and clerks find them
selves.
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PROGRESS OF DEATH.
Sensations Of One Overtaten BY the
"Sieep Of Snow"

Sensations Of One Overtaken BY The
"Sieep Of Snow"
Pastor Bertrand was climbing q
mountain with party Of students.
Feeling tired. he lay down to rest
while the others proceeded and was
overtaken by the sleep Of snow" He
felt himself as If struck by apoplexy.
His head was perfectly clear. but his
body was powerless. He tells his story
thus:
"A kind Of prayer was sent up. and
then l resolved to study quietly the
progress of death. The sensation was
not painful. but at last my head b.
came unbearably cold. and 1t seemed
to me that concave pinchers squeezed
my heart so as to extract my life.
never felt such pain. but It lasted emily
for a minute. aud my life went out
Well thought l. I am what they call
q dead man. and here I am. q captive
balloon attached to the earth by q kind
Of elastic spring and going up and al
ways up! When my companions re-
turn they will say. THE professors
dead" They do not know l never was
SO alive as l am! The proof is see
them now-the guide is stealing leg
Of my chicken. Go on. old fellow! Eat
the whole If you choose. for hope my
corpse will never eat again." Hello!
There is my wife going to Lucerne.
well. wife, goodby"' confess did
not call dear the one that has always
been very dear to me- felt neither
regret nor joy at leaving her. My only
regret was that | could not cut the
string. Suddenly a shock stopped my
ascension. felt that somebody was
pulling the balloon down. My grief
was measureless. When l reached my
body l had last hope. The balloon
seemed much too big for the mouth.
Suddenly l uttered the awful roar of
wild beast. The corpse swallowed the
balloon-and Bertrand was Bertrand
again.
In other words. the exertiOns of his
friends were successful in resuscitat-
ing him.-Leon Landsberg in Boston
Post.
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The Literary Sweatshop.

Fair Visitor Why. had no idea that
novels were written in this way Fore
man Of Six Best Seller Factory-Oh,
yes! At these machines they punch in
the plots. across the room they stitch
In the description. the dialogue is put
In by hand. and the whole then goes
to the finishing room. where it Is sawed
into chapters.-Puck.
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Five Hundred Ctes Have Promised
Roosevelt to Behave

Rapid City, S. D., July 15.-Five
hundred Ute Indians, who revolted
and terrorized the country after hav-
ing run away from the reservation
in Utah, will have a 800 mile trip
from here Friday.
cort of captain and ten cavalry
men.
The agreement to return is the
outcome of conference between the
chief and President Roosevelt.
The chief promised the president
that the Indians would henceforth be
good.
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An Electric Dance,

Take pane of glass-a broken one
will do-and secure 1t by placing the
ends between the leaves of two large
books, letting the glass be two inches
from the table. Cut from lightweight
writing paper. or. better still. from It's
sue paper. dolls. dogs and other fig
ures. Place them on the table be-
meath the glass Rub the glass vigor-
ously with a silk handkerchief. and
the figures will cut all kinds Of antics.
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Her Objection.

Mrs. Binks- Would you like to come
to church with me this morning? You
may sit in my pew if you like. Mrs.
Jinks-So"ry. my dear. but my hat
isn't trimmed for that side of the
church.-Judge.
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A BIT of Tact.

DO you say you paid compliment
to that hiGeous and spiteful baroness
| didn't think you could be SO instn-
cere"
II merely told her that her face was
as beautiful as her hear" -Fliegende
Rlatter
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Somathino Gained.

Mrs. Gramercy-I hear the customs
authorities seized all the iinery you
brought over from Paris VIII it be a
total loss? Mrs. Park Why. no. dear:
got my name in the papers.-Puck.
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Its ORIGIN,

81 wonder who first said It's better
to be born lucky than richy" queried
the young widow.
'Some old fool whose young wife
married him for his money. imagine"
rejoined the wise bachelor.-Chicago
News
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There are people who only seem to
take pride III telling the truth when
they know it Is going TO burt some
body's feelings.-New o. iSLns Times
Democrat.
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As powerful q ssan thinks he is. he
has not vet be lble to tell what
makes a cat black and white-Man-
chester Union
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j. 3. BRiSBOlS, Mgr.
GLOBE HOTEL

Cor. First Ave. and Main ST., Seattle
Will be at Soap Lake the 18th or
goth OF this month and will remain
ten days.
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At the wedding the one who ea.s
least is the bride.-Spanish.
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Silence and hlushing are he elo-
quence OF women.-Chines ,.
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DR.. Eva c. Ditman, General Prac-
tice. Diseases of Women
and Children. Columbia Valley Bank
Buildino Phone 1885.
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Eagle Livery &
Transfer Co.
Draying, Piano
Moving, Express

Howard Thomas, sra late Pnila-
delphia Optical College. Glasses
scientifically fiIted.ss
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To Lake
WenatChee

Lake Wenatchee-C hiwaukum stage
line meets trains daily at Chiwaukum.
Nine miles to foot of lake. Good fish
ing. Fare $3.50. Oliver Bates, pro-
prietOr.
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Thomas makes sne watch COS.
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Two palm leaf fans for five cents
at the Bazs lr.s