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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

ly, by the electric current-entirely in the
small incandescent house lamps, and chiefly
in the large arc lamps, in which, however,
some heat is furnished by the combustion OF
the carbon rods.
Now, it is claimed, and justly claimed, that
the electric light is cool light; that is to say,
the air of a room lighted by electricity does
not become warm as the air of a room
lighted with equal briliancy by lamps or
candles.
Yet the electric arc is the hottest thing
known ON earth, and probably as hot as the
surface of the sun.
And, strange as it may seem, the electric
light is a "cool' light just because its source
is so intensely hot.
III carbon, lime, or any other suitable solid,
is gradually heated, and the heat and light
emitted by it are measured from time. to
time, it is found that, as would naturally be
expected, the higher the temperature Of the
It is also found that as the. temperature
rises the light emitted increases more rapidly
than the heat, SO that very hot body not
only gives much more light than a mode
rately hot one, but gives more light i'll pro-
portion to the heat which it emits.
Thus, below ''red heat no light at all is
produced, although the heat is very appreci.
able; and as the body progresses from red
heat" to white heat" although it sends
forth constantly increasing quantities of
heat, the light given by it increases still more
rapidly.
But it must not be supposed that the light
is increased at the expense of the heat, or
that more heat would be produced if there
were no light.
The real state of affairs may be explained
about as follows;
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
:: :: Frolicsome Fancies

Boston Woman Ito Washington small boy)
Where do you live, my little man.!
w. S. B.-"I and Sixteenth street"
Boston Woman--"My, my, what grammar!
You should say Sixteenth street and /, little
boy"
Mamma Ito Tommyl-'1,,m sorry you and
your sister quarreled about that orange, and
That James had to interfere Whose part did
he takeH
Tommy-"Whose part? He took the whole
orange"
Bob-"Oh, say. mother, I'm so frightfully
hungry"
Mother-'You are always grumbling. Bob
Look at dear grandma, she never grumpies;
and ,eeontented mind is continual feast' you
know"
Bob-"Oh, then, perhaps that's the reason
grandma is gettin 50 jolly fat"
Mrs. Reeder-'T see that there has been
rebellion in the deaf and dumb asylum"
Mr.. Reeder-"Not a rebellion; a mutiny'
Johnny crushing in)-"The oil works is on
fire, and 'splosion's 'spected every minute"
Little Susie (despairingly)-"And my poor
deaf papa went down there Oh, my! he'll be
blown up. and never know it."
School Committee (judge of a local, court
addicted to fault finding, examining class IN
geography )-'sThis. class ought to be ashamed.
You have not made any progress for months.
You are Just where you were last year, Er-
nest, where are the Rocky Mountainsr =
Ernest Remembering the same question put
last ssar-havsn't moved BIT"
Little Boy-"When are you going to the
carpenter shop to be fxedT
Poet Carpenter shop!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Hence the great intensity and comparative
GOODNESS" of the electric light and the lime
light, both of which are produced ny sub
stances much hotter than ordinary gas or
lamp flames.
But it is impossible to produce light with
out heat, not only because the long waves
are always formed together with the shorter
because these short waves are themselves
heat waves, although comparatively feeble
ones.
There is no essential difference between
the light waves and the others. 1t merely
happens that our eyes are so constructed
that they are affected by the short waves and
not by the long ones; and it is quite easy to
imagine creatures with eyes adapted for the
long waves and blind to those which affect
our eyes.
When we burn a pound of any given sub
stance, the total quantity of heat produced
is precisely the same, whether any light is
produced or not.
An alcohol flame gives so little light as to
be almost invisible. A piece of wire held in
the flame glows and emts light, but the
whole amount of heat produced is neither
increased nor diminished by the introduction
of the wire. " hen the wire is not used all
the heat goes directly to warm the air aud
the products Of combustion.
When the wire is used large part of the
heat is used in sending out waves, some of
too long to do SO; but all these waves, whs-
ther long short, falling upon the walls of
the room and other bodies, are destroyed-or
absorbed warm the bodies ON which
they fall.
In this way they reproduce the exact
amount of heat which was used in creating
them
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

The farmer looked at us and then at the
nuts; then he quietly handed Dick and me
over to Hiram's care and cut long, slender
hickory switch
l don't care to dwell particularly on what
followed. Entreaties and promised proved of
no avail, and we each received "dusting'
that left soreness and a sting for more than
a week afterward
Now, pick up them nuts and march ahead
OF me, sai1 Abner King, sternly. "Hiram,
you take that little bag"
There was no help for it, so we sadly Shout
dered the eavy sacks and trudged painfully
across the woods, with the watchful farmer
IN our rear and Tiger capering on in front.
Slowly we toiled up the hill, crossed the
meadow, filed through the orchard and enter
ed the open barn door.
With sad hearts we poured the hard-earned
store of nuts ON the granary floor and laid
beside them the confscated Clubs
"Now / reckon you can 60" said Farmer
King, with twinkle in his eye "and when
shelbarks are ripe next season you can come
again."
We needed no second bidding. One by one
we passed out of the barn and struck home
ward across the dusky fields. running briskly
to keep warm In our wet clothes.
Tom and l blamed Dick for our troubles.
but that individual waxed indignant
How did know that old King would stay
homer he asked. 81 heard him say at the
store that he was going to Carlisle, and | can
prove it, too
statement was too self-evident for denial
D From that time on, Farmer Kings Shell
barks were never molested, and looking back
on the misadventures of that October day.
am inclined to think that we did not receive
much more than we deserved.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Tiger ran along the bank barking vocifer-
ously, but making no attempt to aid his mas
ter
The farmers appeal for help soon brought
a response, however. A CHEEKY shout echoed
through the woods, followed by the crashing
of bushes, and then the hired man, Hiram,
appeared on the bank.
just at that time the farmer reached shall
low bar which extended across the creek, and
the danger was over.
Hiram waded out to him, and there the two
stood waist deep in the water.
1t was marvellous how quick the scene
changed from ludicrous to serious Our limb
had been keeping pace with the farmer, and
now swifter touch of the current drifted it
down to the bar.
Before we could make an effort to escape
King snatched Dick and Tom, while Hiram
collared me, and we were ignominiousy drag
ged to shore much to the satisfaction of the
confounded dog which barked himself hoarse
with delight
The prospect before us was so gloomy that
Tom and | made an attempt to escape, both
wrenching loose from our captors at the same
time But We did not go far. We had forgot
ten to take Tiger into our calculations, and he
overhauled us almost instantly.
Old King rescued me before Tiger could
get more than one good bite, and was hauled
to my feet Just in time to witness the saddest
part of the whole affair.
Tom dashed away with Hiram at his heels,
and, as ill-iuck would have it, plunged right
through the copse of bushes where our nuts
were concea' ed. He stumbled over the we'll
him.
"Oh, ho!'' cried the latter, triumphantly
'Heres your shelbarks, Mr.. King. Four
bushel of them, as sure as I'm alive!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

A hot body constantly radiates, or sends
out in straight lines, in all directions, waves
or undulatory motions. These waves, like
those Of the sea, are of many kinds; there
are long rollers and tiny ripples, and waves
of every intermediate length.
The only waves which give us the sensa-
ton of light are those the lengths of which
are not more than thirty and not less than
fifteen millonths of an inch.
The longest of these produce the sensa-
tion red; the shortest, the sensation violet;
the others, the remaining hues of the rain
bow. All these light waves, combined in pro-
per proportion, give the sensation white.
But there are waves shorter than any OF
these, which do not affect our eyes at all, but
may be detected by Photographic and other
means. Similarly there are waves longer
than the light waves-some of them indeh-
nitely long, perhaps.
These too, fail to affect our eyes as light,
but produce the sensation of heat when they
fall upon our skins, and the effects OF heat
when they fall upon other bodies.
A solid gradually heated begins by emit
ting only very long waves. As 1T becomes
hotter it sends out shorter ones, but the
longer ones continue and even increase in
intensity.
After time it becomes hot enough to send
out 4he waves which give the sensation red,
and we say the body is red hot. Then the
the body becomes orange, yellow and finally
white hot.
All this time the longer waves are also
being poured forth in increasing quantity.
But the higher the temperature OF the body
is the greater proportion of short, or light
giving waves does it emit and the more light
does it furnish in proportion to its heat.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE -FOUR

and then his eyes fell on the club. He picked
it up and advanced to the foot of the tree.
Come right own, you young scamps!" he
cried, savagely. Come down, till tan your
hides"
This kind invitation elicted no response.
We only hugged the limb the closer, hoping
to escape attention.
But the farmer knew we were there He
had probably seen the foliage moving.
'I'l teach you lesson you won't forget,
he muttered to himself.
And then. to our horror, he began to climb
the tree, holding the clhb in one hand.
He came right up the trunk, crawled
through the lower branches, and then began to
walk on that very limb that we were on,
steadying himself by the side shoots.
We crawled farther and farther toward the
tip, until an ominous creaking warned US to
stop, -,
"If the water wasn't 80 cold and deep, I'd
drop into the creek" whimpered Tom. I'D
sooner take a ducking than licking any
day"
Its too far" said Dick; "and, besides,
there's a deep hole here, and we might get In
to that"
The discussion was cut short in summary
manner by the appearance OF the angry farm
With one hand he pulled the foliage aside,
and with the other he shook the club fercely
at US.
"You can't fool me" he shouted II know.
cd YOU were here you young varmlntsl III
lck YOU SO much the harder for hiding from
me. Come down now, and be spry about it.
Abner Kings attitude and words were 80
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

~ LII our common sources Of light are
IN ! sources of heat as well. They are,
" in fact, bodies heated to a very high
temperature. and, therefore, neces-
rsarily emit great deal of heat
The sun is such body, and the light and
heat of its beams are sent out by a great
number of substances,all heated to very high
temperature; but in our artificial lighting
D arrangements. almost without exception. the
source Of the light and large part of the
heat is single NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the sub
stance of which charcoal and coke are al
: most entirely composed, and which forms
, the greater part of coal of all kinds.
Illuminating gas, for example, is mix
ture of gases in which carbon is chemically
: combined with hydrogen and other substances.
In the heat of the gas flame, the carbon ID
released from combination and raised to a
, high temperature before it is finally con-
sumed. The bright part of the fame is
IL cold piece of metal porcelain is
/ plunged into this part of the flame, the car
bon is deposited upon it as sooty covering.
The flames Of candles and lamps are simi-
!, lar to gas flames; indeed, they are gas
! flames which generate their own gas from
the oil, wax or kerosene with which the
wicks are constantly saturated.
The electric lamp seems, at first sight, to
J bear no resemblance to an ordinary Iamo, or
, similar to these for its light is also furnished
by glowing carbon.
The electric lamp differs from other lamps,
in that the carbon of the latter is heated and
made to glow by the heat of its own COM
buston and the combustion of the other in
gradients of the OIL whereas the carbon OF
the electric lamp is heated chiefly, entire
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Little Boy-"Yes; heard pa tell ma there
was a screw loose about you somewhere.
Old Letter-"You don't know much about
travelling, do your"
New Letter but expect to get post
ed shortly"
Angry Man-"See here, I don't propose to
have you dun me for that bill any more"
Angry Colector-"You don't, eh? How're
you going to prevent it!'
"By paying up"
What wonderful age of invention it ISL
said Mrs. Peterson. 81 see they are now
making wire cloth, and I'll have some this
very week to put seat in Johnny's everyday
pants"
Tommy-'Do you keep butcher shop, Mr..
De Layw
ask?"
TOMMY Because pa said if you were in
the brain business, you would soon run out
of stock"
The man who is able to travel extensively
can generally learn enough in a year to make
bore of himself all the rest of his life.
In the morning, a little girl has her
IA haE e cTush in S her stu IN the i
is fuffed out so airily that it almost lifts
her off her feet. No wonder little girls wish
they were boys.
Willie (studying his lesson)-"I say, pa,
where does the Oshkosh rise. and into what
river does it empty?"
Pal don't know, my SON..
Willie-"You don't know, Ell? And tomor-
row the teacher will lick me on account of
your ienorance."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
An Unwelcome Guest
CONTINUED FROM PAGD FIVE

furious writings became less and less, at
length ceasing altogether, though the snaky
tail showed signs Of life for more than two
hours. ...s.s
out and measured. we fopnd 70 De
inches around in the largest part, The ser,
mont was of the boa family, and checkered
With black and yellow
Probably there had been two OF them on
board in the night, one crawling away as we
had seen at the time, and the other wriggling
himself into the loose pile Of canvas.
All the shots fred by the captain and mate
had been discharged from the companion way,
with the road of retreat well opened behind
them. In,
while we sailors stood looking on, shudder-
ING at the bare thought of touching the hid
eoPT Pretty t Poll remained ,lnharmed in spite Of
har rough usage, through her cage was sadly
battered and bent. 1t was some hours before
sbe got over her fright, however, and she
"Throw him overboard-throw him over
hoard! I'm most scared to death!
AZ for Tommy he came down from aloft
when all was over. but his eyes still looked
h;c and wild, and his tail indicated an unset
''s% W. '' ri the vessel out of her bad predica-
ment before another night, and, anchoring in
the river, proceeding to repair damages. AT
Ter few davs our broken spars had been re
placed by others, and the sails again bent. so
that everything was shipshage.
Then we beat through the Boca de Navois,
and three weeks later arrived safely at New
Such il the history Of the snake. skin which
we brouebt home in the bark Cayman. It
was afterwards stuffed. and. for aught
know. is still on exhibition as curiosity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Shooting Off
New England's Coast
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE


holding Tom on the decoys, but the poor
fellow was faint and weak. If he had not
been aroused by the sight of coming help,
he would have given up the struggle before
this.
Rnfe lifted the two hunters into his boat,
and rapidly rowed them ashore. He carried
Tom to the inn, where he was soon restored
to life. Mrs. Renfrew hustled about, and
made the two friends as comfortable as pos
sible.
They were soon able to sit up and tell their
story while doing justice to the dinner which
they so nearly missed.
Their chief regret was for the loss of
Rufes yawl and their fowling peieces. But
these were irretrieyably gone, and, as Rufe
consolingly said, there's no use crying over
split milk"
Monday morning. they returned to Cam
bridge. Tom had learned how Walter, for
his h friends Fi sake, had been willing to sacr
said. it was not forgotten.
SAT any rate" remarked Walter, as the
roommstes were talking over their trip, eve
row know what coot hunting is like. OF
course, we had an unusual experience, but,
for my part, / prefer to do my shooting on
smaller pond than the Atlantic Ocean,"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Notions

People who hunt gas leaks with matches
light out as soon as they strike light.
$50
Teacher" Suppose, Walter, you were Presi-
dent of the United States, what would you
do"
Walter-'I would not let anybody wash my
face or comb my hair any more"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they canno
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is infam
ed you have rumbling sound or imper.
feet hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed, Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inhamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Onre. Send for circulars free.
F. J.CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
A Memory Test Game.

Take six coins-a silver dollar, a
fifty cent piece, a twenty-five cent
piece, a dime, a nickel and a cent.
Have the room darkened or blind
fold the players; let the coins be
passed quickly from one to another,
not in regular order, but, say, the
nickel, the dollar, the ten cent piece,
the quarter, the cent, the half dol
lar. Each player holds each coin
two seconds before passing. When
all have had the coins, the light is
turned up, paper and pencil are sup
piled and the players write down the
order in which the coins were
passed. The one getting the correct
order, OF nearest to it, receives the
prize. OF course, the order is decid-
ed upon by the hostess beforehand.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
TINE TO ACT.
Don't Wait for the Fatal Stages Of Kidney
Illness. Profit By Brownsville PEG.
pies Experiences.

Occasional attacks of backache,
irregular urinatlon, headaches and
dizzy spells are common early
symptoms Of kidney disorders.
It's an error to neglect these ills.
The attacks may pass off for time
but return with greater intensity.
If there are symptoms of dropsy-
puffy swelling below the eyes,
blcating of limbs and ankles, or
any part of the body, don't delay a
minute. Begin taking Doan's
Kidney Pills, and keep up the
treatment until the kidneys are
we'll, when your old time health
and vigor will return. Cures in
Brownsville prove the effectiveness
of this great kidney remedy.
w. A. Rutledge, the Elizabeth
street jeweler, living on Levee ST.,
Brownsville, Texas, says: My
wife thinks and speaks very well
of Doan's Kidney Pills. the only
remedy that ever helped her dur
ing two years of suffering from a
bad back. The pain in her back
in the region of the kidneys swas
very severe at times and the least
cold or excitment seemed to make
it worse. When I heard of Doan's
kidney Pills at J. L. Putegnat &
Bros drug store, 1 Immediately
got box. That one box was all
that was necessary to remove the
trouble and since then we nave al
ways kept this remedy in the
house.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan' s.
aud take no other.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
A Freak of Liahtnina.

A strange freak of lightning is
reported from a town in New York.
It found its way into the buffers
pantry of a certain residence, on a
shelf of which were some brilliantly
decorated royal Dresden plates.
The lightning made a slight dis
coloration about the edges of sew
eral of the plates, but on the wall
it made several photographs of
them, with the decorations repro
duced, colors and all. Here, in an
instant, the electric fluid did what
men have been trying in vain to do
for many years-it took a photo
graph in colors.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
How He Painted the Name.

They tell a good joke on a Maine
captain Of little coasting vessel,
says Chicago News. The vessel was
lying in port, and the captain de-
cided to show the old ''salts" about
there how the name should be paint
ed on boat. He was fully able
to pay painter to do the job, but
he was stingy, and, moreover, he
wanted to let people see how readily
he could turn his hand to any
thing" So he dropped a float over
board, but, finding that he could not
reach high enough on the bows to
do the painting from that stand
point, he went on deck and leaned
over the side to do the work. The
name that he desired to put on was
Maggie, and having finished the
lettering he went on shore to take
look at his work. To his amaze
ment he saw it thus:
'dID0VN
Of course you understand how he
made the blunder.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
FOR The LITTLE ONES.
How TO Arrange Bopssp Party For
Small Children.

sNSW ~ 7ftdtf8c tsSF~oP ESFey Nv
Small Children.
All the children who are invited
to a Bopeep party should be asked
to come dressed as shepherds and
shepherdesses, not an expensive
garb by any means. The hostess
of the afternoon. probably the
mother or aunt of the heroine of
the day, should be dressed as Mother
Goose, and should receive the chill
dren.
Among the prize games played
during the party should be one that
brings forward a large sheep drawn
on muslin. The sheep must be
minus tail, and the picture must
be pinned upon the wall. Then let
each child be blindfolded and let
him try to pin on the tail in the
correct place. The one who can pin
on the tail nearest to the correct
place receives a prize.
The tea table should be prettily
decorated with a mound Of moss,
in the center of which just as many
woolly lambs as there are children
should stand. As place cards for
the girls have tiny dolls dressed as
Bopeep, with small cards attached,
on which the name Of the little
guest is written. The boys may re-
ceive balls, jumping jacks and SIM
liar TOYS.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
Notice.

All persons are hereby notified
that am now ready to receive as
sessments or renditions Of property
for the current year.
Same must be presented to me
at my Office in the court house
within the time prescribed by law.
EZEQUIEL CAVAzOS,
Tax Assessor, Cameron Co., Texas.
Brownsville, Texas, January IS,
1908.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
NOTICE

Is hereSN given that the regular
Annual Meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Raymondville State Bank
will be held at its banking office in
Raymondville, Texas, on Tuesday
January IA, 1908, between the
hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. M.
The object of this meeting is to
elect ten directors of said bank for
the ensuing year to succeed the
present board.
E. B. RAYMOND, Pres.
c. II. PEASE, Cash.
12-31-tf.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-01-15
Strayed or Stolen.

A large white and red Jersey
COW, branded large x on left hip,
and 2 c on left side, latter very
dim. A liberal reward for her re-
turned to my residence on Wash
ington street in rear of P. o., or
for information leading to her re-
covery.-W. G. c. FOSTER. IT,.