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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
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WASHINGTON Post.

w dSNlisAOU iUSl.
Twenty-Five million dollars is a
conservative estimate of the sum to
he expended by the various nations
FOR aeroplaae equipment in the next
three wears" said Jerome Fanciulli.
an aeroplane expert OF New York.
1t the New Willard. The aprropri.
atiors already announced by the va.
rious governments for aviation pur-
poses next year amount TO nearly
$1,000. 600.
The value OF aircraft has been
Illustrated by their successful use In
the Turko-lialian war and by tho
armies of the leading powers IN man
euvers. Aside from the fact that
1900 to 2.000 aeroplanes can be
bought for the price OF battleshlp,
only two lives at most are risked In
the use OF aeroplanes for military
purposes. " the aeroplane manufac-
turers improve the flying machine in
the next year In the same ratio OF
development that has marked prog
ross In the last two years, the aero.
plane certainly will revolutionize the
present methods Of conducting war.
fare.
American manufacturers today
ere In a much better position than
their foreign competitors. Progress
In the art Of aviation and In the per-
lection of a safe. speedy. useful aero.
plane has been much greater on this
side than abroad A year ago this
was not true 10 so great a degree
Foreign governments now arc pur.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
SPEED ON FRENCH RAILWAYS.
London Standard.

London standard.
The two words. Quest Etat. &"
which designate the old Western rail
way system taken over three years
ago by the state. have long been
the synonym OF ludricrous or yexa-
tious mismanagement and ineffici-
ency. but apparently little improve
ment Is made In any department OF
the system and the last has not ye:
been said about the very hopelessness
OF some Of the services.
a very serious case of late deliv-
cry concerns the paper works at the
little town of Meulan-on-the-Seine,
only twenty-five miles from Paris
A formal complaint that has been
sent as monthly circular TO the
state railway for a year or So gives
thetim taken for transport from
Meulan to Paris as three weeks. This
works out at a speed OF mile and a
half day A truckload of paper
sent from Meulan on September 2S
was delivered In Paris on October "a,
OF Monday. November Is, Gnother
truckload was delivered: 1t had been
dispatched or October l6 This was
the result by the ordinary goods ser
vice.
The manager decided TO try the
fast goods service at so pen cent
higher tariff \ wagonload wts dis
patched on October % II WIS not
delivered until November II. The
manager has refused to pay the high
er freightage Meanwhile other
means have been attempted. The
consignments have been addressed to
other goods stations In Paris, but
with no better result. The paper
mills have therefore decided to aban.
don the railway and have bought a
couple of motor wagons, which give
a service twenty times more rapid
than the state railway.
IN expert mathematician gives the
speed Of the state railway goods ser
vice. computed from these facts. as
!niis yards an hour. hut apparently
this was more rapid than In other
instances. \ consignment OF six
sacks Of wax fro mthe Batignolles
station In Paris TO the suburb OF
IA Garcnnc took twelve days for a
distance OF little over four miles
rather more than twenty-one yards
an hour.
The passenger service has often
'e,n remarked upon In the Standard.
u remains much as before. but thorr
Re plans for altering Il still further.
N contrast with the Orleans Rail-
way company. which brought its ter
minal to the heart of Paris opposite
the Tuilleries by means Of a tunnel
two miles long, the Western railway
organization II considering the ad-
visibility OF removing It's terminus
from ST Lazare TO Batignolles. a mile
and half further out. The admin.
istration has already the use of three
terminal stations. st. Lazare. Mont.
parnasse and the Invalides. OF which
the third has only recently been
pressed into service for express
trains. and yet the administration
doubts its ability to maintain n sery.
ice that has already been reduced
without taking its main line terml.
nus ont into the depths Of suburbla
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
4 WHIT CHRISTMAS.

To- A Christmas bright
= Snow-enrobed In white
An emblem wide respondent
OF the Cross high ascendant.
or Faith and purity
or Love. Hope and Charity.
{. Angels jubllate
= In Christ the Consecrate
y And chime the bells In stce-
p;es
w, tie leap the hearts OF Peo-
pies.
And Heaven Hosanna sings
And the world with praises
rings.
And Celestial choirs
And Earth's resounding Tyres
= Retell the story
OF the Mother and the Child
or the Son and His Glory
Contributed.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

A speoia! message to President Taft
to Congress urges revision Of the
Wool tariff Coan,Ger,nS the great
length OF time Mr.. Taft mas been
wool gathering this action would
seem to be rather late.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
TELEPHONES.

First Morning Newspaper In the
Amarillo Country. Covers the Tan
handle OF Texas. Eastern New Mexico.
southern Colorado and Western Ok
lahoma from twelve 10 twenty-four
hours in advance OF Denver. Dallas.
Fort Worth. and Oklahoma City and
other papers carrying telegraphic dis
patches.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

The Christmas gift spirit seems to
be especially abroad this year. Santa
Claus has no saving clause In ANA
riilo.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

Just lay aside that adverse criti-
eism on your neighbor; you will need
II yourself before long.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

For spring blowing before the frost
- entirely out OF the ground chilled
pillow is recommended.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

Entered as second-cla-s matter at
the postoffice at Amarillo. Texas.
under the act OF March 3, 1879.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

While supposed TO have the same
father and mother. Religion and
Righteousness are not always full
brothers.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

er with hostile intent. but few
words OF explanation was enough to
establish the peaceful mission OF the
party OF Americans"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
TOP o. THE MORNING.

No. Anxious Enquirer. a Staff poe;
10 not necessarily broken read.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

About the only things more num-
erous than possible Texas Panhandle
crops are Ichn Smith and .IChn
Chinaman.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

While there IL no doubt that
Navor Shanks Of indianapolis has
"A horse" on the food monopolists of
the loosicr canitl. there is nothing
20 indicate that His Honor is any
relative Of the famous quadruped
known rs "Shanks Mar"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
AMERICANS FACE
DEATH IN RAPIDS

Mexico City. Mex, Dec. .. -Ex-
citing adventure and thrilling exper.
fences were the portion Of the part
OF Americans who made a recent trip
fown the Balsas river. In the party
ds previously stated were John u.
pclton Of Pasadena. Cal Robert s.
Bolan, Carl l.. Wilson, Charles r.
Binham. c bancroft and William NJ.
ven.
From the diary Of one of the mem-
bers Of the party the following inter
esting account Of some OF the met
dents OF the trip is taken.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

The profits OF the union co-cpcra.
tive bakery at San Jose. Cal, are
about $4,000 a month.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

Colorado is looking forward TO A
lively contest for the United States
senatorship Senator Guggenheim
has announced that lie will not be 4
candidate for reelection. The legis-
lature which is TO he elected next
year will choose his successor, and
while the State is at this time Demo-
cratic, the Republicans propose to
make . fight for the legislature.
Among the names most prominently
mentioned rs probable candidates
are former Representative nonynye
and ]. +. Vale. Republicans, and
Representative Rucker and Governor
Shafroth. Democrats.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
Ends Winters Troubles.

To many, winter Is season OF
trouble. The fros,-hitten toee and
fingers. chapped hands and lips.
chilblains. cold-sores. red and rough
skins. prove this Put such troubles
fly before Bucklens Arnica Salve
\ trial cnnvinces. Greatest healer
OF Burns. Boils. piles. Cats. Sores
Bruises, Eczema and Sprains Only
25c at Amarillo Drug Store
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
Dangerous Rarids.

Rapid No &C. Tumbercheria.
proved to be the most dangerous at
this season Of the year. There is a
big rock about thirty feet long and
over ten feet high almost in the CEN
tor OF the river. II seemed impos-
sible to let the boat down with ropes
on the right hand side, owing TO the
scarcity and velocity Of the water
and 10 the number OF jagged rocks
The only descent possible was TO the
left. where the water rushes between
the hlg rock and a number OF great
sunken one sof immense size.
"On this side there Is plenty OF
water. twenty meters. hut the drop
is five to six feet in fifty feet and
the channel Is not over forty feet
wide The water rushes across the
bigger rock obliQuely and strikes the
sunken rocks on the extreme left so
that In shooting this rapid Il Is nee
cssary 10 pass very close to the hig
rock otherwise the terrific current
will carry a craft on to the sunken
rocks, or crush It against the sides.
Nj of this is quite apparent and 0c-
taviano. the captain. with his three
boatmen, understood the Importance
Of hugginr close To tho big rock ~
prevent disaster.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
Hard Work.

THE outfit was unloaded, all the
provisions. bedding. etc, and the
awning take noff the boat. and the
four Indians stripped 10 the buff.
took hold of the oars while members
Of the part ytook Up n favorable pc
sitlon with their cameras TO get a
good snapshot as the boat dashed
through the most dangerous part.
The boat was rowed up the river 50
that the rowers could move IL across
to the proper position, but II WAS
not moved far enough up and tho
strong current carried II into the
center Of the channel. Therefore,
when the craft was shooting the rap
ids the bow rose almost to n perpen-
dicular and came down on the sunk
en- rocks with n terrific crash. One
Of the oarsmen was jolted over six
feet into the air, falling into tho
seething torrent, the boat passing
over him.
I'm another second the Graf, right.
ed itself and was dashed with ter
rible velocity through the raging rap
ids
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23
Another Scare.

"A short distance from the mouth
of the river when II seemed that
nothing but a smooth and pleasant
finish TO the voyage was In sight, q
band OF fifty men mounted and arm
ed appeared on the bank and the
boat was brought to shore without
parley Mr.. Niven acted rs inter-
prefer for the party and on the pre-
sentation OF a letter from President
Madero the fears Of possible trouble
vanished. The party was IL COM
mand Of Angel Rodriguez. prorrl-
etor OF a large hacienda. and the
men were his employees. Mr.. Rodri-
guez had been ordered by the pre-
fecto OF the district TO keep wat,h
for two toatloads Of armed men who
were expected to come down the riy-
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-23

Meanwhile the party was held in
breathless suspense for nearly half a
minute before the bostman who had
been thrown overheard rose To the
surface. And when he sank again
everybody thought that he was lost.
\ few hundred Yards below. howev-
or. he rose to the surface again and
swan 10 the shore. The oar fell
overheard at the sametime and ono
" the boatmen leape doverboard at
once. to save the oar. and not his
companion. as developed afterwarl.
The old boat withstood the shock
without damage. and the boatmen
felt proud OF their work. TIE man
who was pitched overheard said that
he tried TO come 10 the surface but
the undertow rolled him around and
bruised the muscles OF his leg Two
OF the other men got scratched up.
octaviano. the captain. being the only
one who escaped injury. The boat
men were literally rewarded for the
work In bringing the boat through.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
Artificial Sponge.

An artificial sponge, the outcome of
German ingenuity, Is now to be had,
according to the Scientific American.
The process of making It consists
principally IN the action of zinc
chloride on pure cellulose. This re-
suits in pasty. viscous mass, which
is mixed with coarsely grained rock
salt
Placed in a press mold armed with
pins the mass is pierced through and
through until it appears traversed by
a multitude of tiny canals, like the
pores of a natural sponge. The ex-
cess of salts is subsequently removed
by prolonged washing In a weak al
coholic solution. The artificial sponge
swells up with water but hardens on
drying. Just like its prototype; It is
said to be eminently adapted for fl
tering water for sanitary or Industrial
uses and 1t can be employed for all
the purposes that are usually assign
ed to the genuine article
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
TALES OF THE TELEPHONE
its Exploitation In England Seemed
impossible Until Queen Victoria
Became Interested.

The United States has eight tele
phones for every hundred of popula
ton, while no other country has halt
as many. Following the establish
ment on a solid basis Of the American
telephone system work for European
exploitation was early begun. The re-
suits were hardly encouraging.
Five-eighths of the British rights
we're purchased for $500 by a Provi-
dence man, says the National Maya
zine. After working in London four
months he could not find any one who
would put shilling In the telephone.
An English review said of It: THE
telephone is little better than a toy.
It amuses the English, but is inferior
to the well established system Of aif
tubes"
The victory was won at last by
Kate Field. who sang Kathleen Ma
vourneen" over the telephone to
Queen Victoria. The queen was de-
lighted, asked Bell If she might buy
two telephones, and it was not long
before all England was interested. An
exchange with ten wires was opened
in London. and In April, 1879, Theo
dore Vail sent an order to the factory
In Boston in his terse. characteristic
way: Please make 100 hand tele-
phones for export trade as early as
possible"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
Ancient Roman Lone Branch.

The sea coast Of Laurentum may
have been In favor with the fashion
able and the wealthy for a brief
space of time under Augustus and his
immediate successors, but was given
mp quite soon to parvenues and mer-
chants and retired officers, and the
same set Of noisy people who haunt at
the present day the popular watering
places of the world To make the
analogy more striking. an inscription
has been found at La Capocotta sing
ing the praises of wealthy Jew, and
revealing the fact that a synagogue
had been built at Ost,a Tor the use of
the Semitic ''yilleggi..nti" on the
neighboring coast.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
YOUR WEIGHT AND HEALTH
Young and Under When Old,
Say Insurance Men.

| At the annual meeting Of the AS
ISOLATION of Life Insurance Directors
some facts were brought out in re
gard to the best build Of men and
women from the insurance mans
point of view.
In the New York Life Insurance
company efforts have been going on
for many years to determine the ex-
act influence of build on longevity,
says the Medical Record. 1t is sug
gested that mistake has been made
in assuming that the average build
of any age is the most favorable
build that that age or the build from
which 1t may be expected the most
favorable mortality will be sustained.
For instance figures show that at
the age OF twenty all risks from "a
per cent overweight to 10 per cent
underweight are better than average
risks. Does 1t not then seem prob
able that the point of most favorable
build is about half way from "a per
cent. overweight to 10 per cent. under
weight. or in the neighborhood Of
per cent. overweight? If this in
ference Is correct the tables now
used are too favorable to the under
weights by about per cent
At age sixty, on the other hand,
the super-standard risks begin at about
s per cent. overweight and extend to
about 20 per cent underweight The
mean point between these extremities
lies at about per cent. underweight
and the conclusion appears evident
that the present table based on
average weights is too high by about
7 per cent. At the intermediate ages,
30 to so, the mean point lies not at
the zero but on the heavyweight side
OF the zero at the age of thirty and
at the lightweight side of the zero
at the age of fifty, and only at the
age Of 40 Is the table apparently cor
rect.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
MAKING Ram WITH ROCKETS
Experiments Tried With Considerable
euecess on a coffee Plantation In
Southern India.

Experiments made to ascertain
whether the discharge OF explosives
during cloudy weather produces rain
fall are described In q letter from
James stanes.
Some years ago. be SAYS. an ex.
pertinent was tried In the Cuddapah
district Of southern India with con
siderable success. / am part owner
Of an estate In the Seramul1y hills.
which Is situated IN a particularly
dry zone For several seasons poor
coffee crops wtthered away from lack
Of rain during July and August
When was visiting the estate In
July. 1906. noticed that heavy clouds
gathered every afternoon and |
thought that II we had been In a
position TO FIRE explosive rockets from
the highest peak Of the hills. about
$500 fest, a shower Of rain might
have been produced.
Il therefore arranged TO have a
supply Of rocksts kept on the estate
and fired on every afternoon at the
rate OF one rocket every five minutes.
but only when the condition of the
atmosphere was such that heavy rain
threatened ON all sides
Whether rain has fallen In re-
Spouse to these explosives or not the
fact remains that ever since we first
tried the experiment we have been
fortunate enough to catch sufficient
moisture to enable the crops to sur
vive the drought"
Firing into the clouds with the OBJ
ject Of causing rain was practiced for
several years In southern Germany,
Switzerland and France. but seems to
have been abandoned some time ago
The idea was to protect the vineyards
and other civilizations from damage
by hailstones. It being thought that
by The discharge of large guns rain
would fall and that the danger from
hailstorms would be averted.-London
Daily Mail.
Bon Air Coal, best and cheapest, at
Union City Ice & Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
DODGE THE POSTAGE SANE
Foreign Countries Devislne Schemes
for Benefit Of Large Users
Of the Mails.

Any man who can devise a practi-
cal substitute for the postage stamp
win deserve the gratitude OF every
large business house in the world. and
may earn a large fortune. For the
labor of afixing stamps to their enor-
nous mail necessitates in some firing
the employment Of special clerical
stan.
: In the postoflces of some countries
steps In this direction have already
been taken Here, ar instance. news
their publishers In bulk without
stamps. and the postage Is paid in a
lump sum Of one cent a pound Then.
again, some firms that send out large
quantities of circulars register them
selves under a certain number at the
postofhce. their envelopes are printed
with this number and the circulars so
mailed are paid for In bulk In Ba.
varia large consignments Of letters
may merely be postmarked by ma
chinery and sent without stamps. the
postage fee being paid in lump sum
at the time Of mailing. II Is said that
since February 1. 1910. this system
has saved the Bavarian postofice the
expense for paper and the printing
cost for 100000 stamps.
writer in the Umschau, a Ger
man publication, suggests further de-
velopment of this system along the
lines of a meter. like those used for
water. gas and electricity, in which
the letters would be placed and auto
matically stamped with a postmark.
the machine recording each letter so
mailed. These machines would be IN
spected periodically and the bills col-
lected, Just as are those of the con-
sumner of gas or water.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17

again. j don't know how to express
mr. thanks for the good 1t has done me
and / hope all suffering women will
give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t was worth its
weight in gold. Mrs. j. P. ENDLIcH,
r. F. ID. No. Z, Erie, Pa.
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousands of voluntary testimonials
are on file in the Pinkham laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, such as infiamma-
ton, liberation, displacements, fibroid
tumors, Irregularities, periodic pains,
backache, indigestion and nervous
prostration. Every suffering woman
owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial
If you want special advice write
rs.Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-11-17
OLD FASHIONED BARBER BEST
Writer Objects strenuousiy to the
"TonsorlaI Artist" With His Afro
cious Clothes and Talk.

Scarce a man living but at times
drifts into dreaming and picturtne
what he might do If he had wealth
Many-far too many!-aspire to some
thing that may contribute to the sen
sational headlines. Here and there
is one who merely inclines toward
some modest benefaction- For our own
part, suddenly finding ourself rich, we
should like to devote much Of IL to
eliminating The "tonsorial artists"
from the field of barberdom; sepa-
rating the tares from the wheat as 1t
were
The average "tonsorial artist" af.
fects the most atrocious neckwear:
dons a millionaires vest with a mill
wrignt's trousers, and puts popular
ideas of garb all at points. He talks
glibIy of scandal, horse races and hair
restorer and eventually drives many
a man to whiskers who Is perfectly
sane and normal otherwise. There
are too many of him!
On the other hand the old fashioned
barber knows his financial, mental
and artistic limitations. He seldom
feels better acquainted with you the
second time over than he did the first
He assumes you know what you want
better than he does and rarely forces
his extras" Mostly he is good
tradesman, cleanly and careful In his
work One Of his stripe puts greater
than all the artists" combined. Bless
him, there is not enough Of himi-
Buffalo News.