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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
Insect Resisting Vines Being Brought
To Mexico.

The fact that number Of men IN
the state of COahuila have sent to
points in the United States for varie-
ties of grape vines that will resist the
ravages of the phylIoxera insect calls
for more than passing notice.
If the insect resisting vines prove
to be a success, if it is shown that
they will flourish In Mexico, a great
step forward in grape culture in this
country win have been taken
There are parts of Mexico where
the climate, soil and water are iden-
teal with the climate, soil and water
of the parts of California where the
great vineyards have brought to
that section of the United States,
worldwide fame as a district where
fine grapes are grown. and where
wines of choicest vintage are manu-
featured.
Fruit trees and grape vines take to
Mexico like duck does to water In
telligent efforts in cultivation have to
be exerted. just as anywhere else. but
nature has done its part, and all that
is needed is for man to do his.
Some of the fruits or Mexico are
superior 10 lnOSe grown III any OtHeI
part of the world All of the main
fruit products are as good as those
that come from other lands. And
they can be made even better.
The fruit industry in Mexico is
now receiving more proper attention
than ever before. In the future it
will command more attention than
il does now. The possibilities in the
fruit growing line are very great.
The experiment with insect resist
ing grape vines in COahuila will be
watched with the keenest interest all
over the country If the vines -four
ish in Mexico, and men who have
studied the situation say it is not to
be for an instant doubted, more Will
unquestiOnably be brought here and
planted Eliminate the danger of in
sect attacks and the grape culture
and wine industry will receive an i'm
petus that will make it one of Mexi-
co.'s most important business institu-
TONS Monterey News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
a Creed for the Discouraged.

believe that God created me TO
be happy, to enjoy the blessings of
life. to be useful to my fellow beings,
and an honor to my country.
/ believe that the trials which be-
set me today are but the fiery tests
by which my character is strength
ened, ennobled and made worthy to
enjoy the higher things of life which
believe are in store for me-
| believe that my soul is too grand
20 be crushed by defeat: will rise
above it.
believe that l am the architect of
my own fate; therefore,
will be master of circumstances
and surroundings. not their slave.
| will not yield to discourage
ments; | will trample them under
foot and make them serve as step
ping stones to success. will con-
Guer my obstacles and turn them into
opportunities.
My, failures OF today will help to
guide me on TO victory on the NOR
row.
The morrow will bring new
strength. new hopes, new opportun-
tiles and new beginnings. | will be
ready to meet it with a brave heart
a calm mind and an undaunted spirit
IN all things | will do my best. and
leave the rest to the Infinite.
will not waste my mental ener-
gies by usless worry. | will learn to
dominate my restless thoughts and
look on the bright side of things.
l will face the world bravely;
will not be coward. / will
assert my God-giyen birthright and
be a man.
For l am immortal and nothing
can overcome me.-Virginia Opal
Myers, in New Idea Woman's Maya
zine.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
TO RECLAIM BIG IOWA mARsH.
Engineers Propose Drainage of 10000
Acres of Choice Land.

Forest City, Ia.-One Of the greatest
drainage projects yet proposed for this
section Of the state will be brought be-
fore the next meeting Of the Hancock
board of supervisors by Drainage En-
gineer e. w. Burgitt of Britt.
The area which it is proposed to re-
claim is what is known as the Hayf1eid
marshes, comprising something like
10000 acres of lowlands, most of it
under water the year round, with a
few sections here and there that yield
a small annual profit to the owners
from the hay cutting This vast area,
extending from Lake Edward south
east to Hawley and southwest beyond
these two points to the vicinity of
Britt, will be drained and made fit for
cultivation if the plans of the pro-
motors and land owners are accepted
by the board.
In company with an engineer from
the government reclamation bureau at
Washington, Mr. Burgitt has made a
careful investigation of the engineer
ing difficulties which are likely to be
encountered and has also compiled an
estimate of the cost of the work,
which will be about s230,000, includ-
ing the main ditch and laterals.
In order to give some idea of the
magnitude of tie work proposed, it is
stated by Mr. Burgitt that the main
ditch, as comprised within the survey,
will extend distance of 80 miles, and
entering this main channel or drain
will be % miles of lateral trenches.
A large number of tracts within the
proposed bitches are owned by local
capitalists, who are naturally interest
ed in Mr. Burgitt's report, inasmuch
as its adoption and the establishment
Of the ditch described would greatly
increase the value of their holdings.
In his report Mr.. Burgitt will recon-
mend that the main ditch be started at
a point adjacent to the old lake bed
just southwest of Lake Edward. Com
plete plans are unobtainable at pres
ent, but it is probable that the drain
will follow a course directly southeast
from this point
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
TAFT is NOT A Upper.
Shaves Himself and Would Like to
Cut His Own Hair, He Says.

Washington.-Secretary Taft be
longs to the Anti-Tipping league. or at
least acts as if he did The other
morning he dropped into the barber
shop of Wizards hotel to get his regu-
lar monthly haircut, which he needed
badly. After the barber finished the
job he asked the big candidate il he
wanted shave.
mo; 1 do my own shaving every
morning" replied the secretary. q
wish l could cut my own hair and
then 1 would not have to bother going
to a barber shop"
When the war secretary had been
brushed down by the colored attend
ant he f1shed out 35 cents, the price
of the haircut, and walked out. The
barber was asked if Mr.. Taft was lib
eral with his tips.
Tips nothing" he replied, gloom
lily. He has been having his hair
trimmed here for three years, but
never did he give tip
During the time Mr.. Taft was hav-
ing his hair trimmed he was congratu'
lated by a score or more people who
recognized him He finally appealed
TO them to permit the barber to finish
the job, after which he shook hands
with number of waiting friends.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
ECHO OF TRADE EXCURSION.
How Mission Enjoyed Visit of Jolly
Houston HustIers.
special Correspondence:

Mission. Texas. March 26.-The
citizens, men, women and children of
Mission were out en- masse to vel
come the business men of Houston
and Mission has never, in her four
months of life, been honored by
visit from a finer looking class of
men, We all felt for the time that
We would gladly have the right to
wear the badge of Houston. Autos
and carriages met the representatives
at the depot and an hour was spent
in driving over the farms and viewing
so far as time allowed, the cabbage
and onion fields from which shipping
is in progress at the present time.
There was display of beets, celery,
cabbage. onions, green peas and po-
tatoes at the station.
While the business men were visit
ing the cabbage patches Herb &
Lewis band and the colored string
band, both of Houston, favored the
citizens with fine concert, which
was great treat to this village of
pioneers.
Many of the visitors were old time
friends of Major John J. Wheaton,
the proprietor OF Mission Inn. as he
was mine host for many years of
we'll known Houston hotel and he
was greeted with open arms and a
warmth enc seldom sees among
| friends The regret of all was that
the Houstonians could not longer re-
main with us.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
Finds Coin Within a Coin.

London.-A remarkable find has
been made at Sandwich by local
tradesman. The shopman took over
his counter, among other eoppers, a
penny piece dated 1908. Shortly after
ward he had occasion to part with it,
and on rendering the coin it was
thought by its ring to be counterfeit.
The owner, on breaking it up, discov-
cred to his establishment that it con-
tanned a sixpence of the same date
The silver coin is in excellent condi-
ton.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
rarrerY OF Crops.

It is profitable to grow a variety Of
crops rather than one, as this gives
crops to be marketed at different
times of year. This increases the
regularity of the farmers income and
distributes 1t over a greater period.
This In turn enables him TO do bust
ness on a smaller capital.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27
Binds Honey Mine in Attic.

Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Jacob Shaefer
noticed bees entering the attic at his
home and. making an investigation,
found that they had established hive
there. A slab of honey eight feet long,
IS inches wide and four inches thick
and weighing 102 pounds was taken
from the rafterss
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

The following is the shortest SEN
tence containing all the letters of the
alphabet: Pack my box with FIVE
slezen liquor jugs
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

When it looks like rain, draw in a
load or two Of corn for husking on
the big barn floor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

The government of Uruguay is
about to establish its first wireless
.-Iegs.aph station at Lobes Island.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

Leave apples out in cool house till
it begins to be cold. They will keep
longer.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

According 20 an English Oriental
st the taxieab was known to the Chi
nese at least 1909 years ago.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

Over $3.50 miles OF new electrical
railroads were bnilt in the United
States, Canada and Mexico last year.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

Box a few apples done UP in soft
paper and see how they win come out
cext spring.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-27

Because of the high rate of infant
mortality. Calcutta has appointed a
woman as sanitary inspector
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
A Canal Made of SteeI.

In connection with the Nile irriga-
ton system at Wadi Kom-Ombo a
steel canal 5000 feet in length has
been constructed to distribute water
from the service reservoir to the earth
canals. In section this metallic canal
is semicircular, twenty feet broad and
twelve deep. 1t is made up of seven
teen sections, connected by expansion
joints. and the riveted steel plates of
which it consists are six millimeters
in thickness. During the construction
the engineers were troubled, among
other things, by the unequal expan-
sion Of the metal. The expansion was
greatest on the side where the sun hap
pened to shine full upon the plates.
and the inequality was often sufficient
to displace the end of a section about
to be Joined as much as four inches to
one side or the other.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29

desired dimensions. The cutter may
be removed from the table top when
it is desired to fold the table.
The sectional view Of the engraving
shows the details of the cutting de-
vice. 1t consists Of a cutting wheel
or disk. A, which is arranged to be
moved literally by means of a thumb
lever, B. against a straight edge so as
to insure a clean cut. The shaft on
which the cutter wheel is mounted car
ries a roller. E. at the opposite end,
which is pressed against the table by
the operator when moving the cutter
over the paper D. To protect the hand
from the rotating parts a cage, G, ex-
tends over the shaft and roller e, and
this is grasped by the hand Of the
operator with the thumb conveniently
placed on the lever B. The carriage
on which the cutter is mounted is pro-
vided with fingers F. which engage
a guide rail mounted on the table top
parallel with the straight edge. Were
it not for the lever B. which enables
the operator to press the cutting disk
A against the straight edge. any in
equalities in the guide rail would sep
arate the wheel slightly from the
straight edge. causing a ragged cut of
the paper.
The inventor of this improved paper
hangers trimmer is Mr.. E. E. Gobie.
Brattleboro, vt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
ATHLETIC TRAINING.
Why the Professional Is Enabled to
Outstrip the Novice.

OUtS1rIP the NOVICE.
A bulletin recently issued by the
United States department of agri-
culture sets forth the results of a long
series of experiments carried on by
DR.. Benedict and Mr.. Carpenter with
the remarkable respiration calorimeter
at Wesleyan university. which in the
hands Of Atwater and Benedict has
added so much to our knowledge of
metabolisln. says the Scientific Ameri-
can. AS a result of these Investigations
it seems that the human body is a ma
chine of such wonderful efficiency that
one-fifth of the energy expended by it
can be utilized as work and that this
efficiency is more or less the same in
men Of all types. The longest and
most thorough training does not change
this ratio.
The professional athlete. if he is able
to outstrip the novice, does so not be-
cause he has better muscles, but be-
cause he is able to put more energy in
the shape of tissue change into action.
Training. besides preparing the heart
to stand great strain. acts to increase
the subjects power Of using up his
tissue and by giving him more muscle
tissue to use rather than by teaching
him to conserve his energies. In other
words. the professional has a more
powerful engine because he is able to
use more fuel and not because he
wastes less steam. if we may employ
a mechanical smile.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29

from the conference committee, and
now has carried the wal to the coun-
try with the announcement that quar-
ter will neither be asked nor given.
Such a declaration from such a man
~insures a finish fight.
On the mere issue Of carrying out
platform pledges there can be, of
course, no successful opposition to the
Cummins program. But that is mere
~ the academic statement of the case.
The issue really involved is the i'm
piled charge that the present leaders
of congress did disregard platform
pledges by passing the Payne-Aldrich
bill and therefore should be retired.
There is the crux Of the matter, and
so the whole thing hinges not so much
on Il question of principle as on a
question of fact in the application of a
principle.
On this issue Cummins is fairly sure
to have the backing Of the entire in
surgent group in both houses and of
a considerable portion of public senti-
ment on the outside. Even those in
surgents who voted for the bill on
final passage did so with mental reser-
vations and on the general issue are
liable to join with their former COM
panion in arms and to continue the
fight on "Aldrichism,'' as standpatism
has come to be called. In the senate
there We're six besides Cummins who
voted against the Payne bill on final
passage-Beveridge of Indiana, Mel
son and Clapp of Minnesota, La Fol.
lette of Wisconsin, D%olliver of Iowa
and Bristow of Kansas. In addition
to these were Brown and Burkett Of
Nebraska, Crawford of South Dakota
and Borah of Idaho, who had been in
insurrection all the time, but who final
~ voted for the bill in response to the
appeal of President Taft.
OF this group La Toilette has gen
orally been regarded as the leader.
Since the advent Of Cummins in the
senate, however, the Iowa man has
gradually forged to the front, and now
his action in issuing his defiance to the
powers that be will doubtless make
him the popular figure among those
who espouse the new idea. He is a
mar OF striking and handsome appear.
n an effective speaker Of wide
culture and thorough command of
facts and a man whom friend and
Zoe alike regard as being answering
and ~incorruptible.
]. A. EDGERTON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Target Work
OF Uncle Sans
Big Ships

~HESE are the days when Fla
Their Neptune is nursing a Sc
we're headache and the mer
maids have gone abroad tt
take the rest cures, for Uncle Sans
giant battleships Of the north Atlantic
feet are out at sea. thirty miles of
the Virginia capes. where for some
time they will practice drilling and
target practice. The cost Of this work
Is one Of the heavy items that go to
make up that huge naval budget that
Is often a of annoyance to those
who fail to see the need of a big navy.
but the officials take the position that
no amount of money, no matter how
great, is wasted If it results in giving
the navy's marksmen the skill that
wins battles. Without this certainty
the whole establishment is rendered
useless.
One day on a 'battleship during tar
get practice is enough to bring home
to the layman an appalling idea of
what a modern naval battle must be.
All being in preparation, the ship
steams around past the target into the
range. The first guns fired are gen.
orally the smaller ones, the Colts auto
matte and n Founders. Two Of these
a fire at once-that is, each trip
across the range, a distance Of 1000
yards. The Colts are very danger
Gus guns and fire $50 shots per min
ute. The smaller guns of the main
battery, four, five and six inch. are
next fired. 1t is among this class Of
guns that all the competition and en-
thusiasm are worked up, for they are
the more numerous and the records
necessarily harder to break. When the
six inch open up every one knows tar
get practice is being held and gets in
terested.
For noise and heat the six inch are
about the worst in the navy. for they
are the largest guns out of q turret.
The crews have no protection from the
muzzle Of the gun unless the gun port
Is very small leading into the gun deck,
but they are not small. The crew must
face all the jar and rush of heat as
best they a II A spar deck gun is
altogether unprotected, and the only
refuge for the crew is to get as near
as possible to the breech. All stuff
their ears with cotton, for the report
would break the eardrum we're it ex-
posed.
The eight and twelve inch guns are
next fired under the same conditions
as the five and six inch. There is not
so much team work necessary in
manipulating these since most every
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
Relief Station.

80
My very warmest thoughts today
Go OF to Cousin Jim.
I wonder if he'd like to have
Me drop Il note to him.
For my vacation days are not
So very far away,
And on his farm it wouldn't cost
A single cent to stay.
For he possesses acres broad
And has a spanking pair
OF trotting horses that are built
10 lake one anywhere.
His table groans with choicest food,
And there l would be strong,
For If l went l sure would take
My appetite along.
A hammock swings beneath the shade,
His porch is broad and deep,
And on a sunny afternoon
A pleasant place to sleep.
His rolling fields are fair to see,
The stock is sleek and plump,
His COWS are trained to furnish milk
That never saw a pump.
I know l would enjoy the time.
1 wonder would he say.
Come out and make yourself to home"
Were l to write today.
I wonder if he would attempt
To even up old scores
For boyish pranks should 1 come out
And set me doing chores.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
TOOL TALK.

Some Witty Remarks Overheard In E
Machine Shop.
I was midnight in the machine shop
and all was silent until the raspinR
voice Of the file was heard to say
i have rubbed up against lots of hard
things IN my life. but this harveyized
steel job has completely worn me out"
WELL" said the lathe sympathetical
~, Il have done many a hard turn
myself"
Life is a great BORE" supplemented
the gimlet.
"a continual grind,' put in the en-.
cry wheel roughly.
with many a broken thread" added
the steam pipe in hollow accents.
Calm yourselves" advised the dam
aged fywheel; there may be a revolu.
ton soon."
Don't mind him." said the soldering
fluid acidly. every one knows he Is
cracked"
And in the confusion that followed
the gas escaped.-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29
CHICAGO'S POLICE CHIEF.
Colonel Steward Well Fitted to Handle
the Windy City's Biuecoats.

Colonel Steward Well Fitted to Handle
the Windy City's Bluecoats.
Not every man wants to be chief of
a big city's police force. And not every
man, of course. is capable Of filling
such a position. Mayor Busse Of Chi
cago discovered these facts recently
when he had such ar appointment to
fill. The matter was finally adjusted,
however, by the selection Of Colonel
lie Roy 4. Steward as head of the
b%luecoats of the Windy City, a man
we'll fitted for this Office. He has had
years of experience in military af-
fairs, having occupied leading places
in the state militia, and as superin-
tendent Of the Chicago postoffice he
had personal direction over a force Is
large as that in the city police depart
ment.
Colonel Steward was born in Dayton.
O., March "a, 1862. He was educated
at the schools in his native city and
came to Chicago April 1, 1879. He
early interested himself in the ma
tional guard and was lieutenant of the
First regiment from 1880 to 1886.
Then he became associated with the
Second regiment, in which he was cap
tain from 1883 to 1893. He was in
general, the ranking officer, on
the staff Of General Wheeler, First
brigade, 1. N. G.
In those years Colonel Steward was
active in the civic affairs OF Chicago
also. He was on the committee of one
hundred Of the worlds fair and was
chairman of the committee of public in
in connection with the open
of the exposition. More recently
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-09-29

thing Is done by mechanical power.
The ammunition is put upon a car by
the men in the handling room under
the turret; it is raised by an electric
hoist and rammed into the breech of
the gun by an electric hammer. All
that the members of the crew do is
turn small levers, somewhat as a
motorman on a street car.
or course the two pointers must keen
the two guns on the target. One at
tends to the elevating, the other the
training. The plug must be opened as
quickly as possible with the large op-
Grating lever, which is about the most
uln1cult task in the turret. This does
not mean that there is no skill re-
CURED in effective work with these
guns, for there is a great deal required.
The percentage of hits made is much
less than with the smaller guns, owing
TO the incumbrance of the details. The
crew is usually composed of men of
mechanical skill.
The firing of the big guns Jars the
ship a great pal and does some dam
age to small furnishings if precaution
Is not exercised. The conclusion is
tremendous. Were it not for the thick
e OF the turret walls no man could
stand close enough to the gun to sight
and fire it. AS it is. the close little rat
trap of a turret resounds and trembles
In q frightful manner. To those with
In the whole earth is in an uproar.
They feel secure, however, from every
danger except a bareback. This is a
lingering fame in the tube of the gun
which leaps out at the breech when
the plug is opened. A bareback IN
times ignites the fresh powder charge
coming up on the hoist, blows every
thing in the turret to pieces and burns
the men to death.
In an address to the officers of the
battleship feet upon its return from its
world girdling cruise Roosevelt strong
~ recommended practice with the big
guns in stormy weather. and their eti-
cheney while the ships are rolling heav-
iy viii be given q thorough tryout be-
fore the combined sQuadrons again
urn to port.