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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
LOOK GLUM, KEEP BEAUTY
Never Smile, Is Latest Recipe For
Retaining Early Charms.

A new plan of attaining or retain
ing beauty comes out on the average
once a week, and some Of the sug-
g%estions are sufficiently weird. bu
one which appeared lately has GER
.tainly not been surpassed in strange
ness.
1t is simply that the person who de-
sires to remain young should refrain
from laughter. You must, acordin
10 a lady who described the system
choose between looks and laughter;
the two cannot go together. Laugh
ing lines and wrinkles the face.
There has lately sprung up i n
London a set Of expr~essionlecs wo-
men," she added. These women
there are from so to so Of them at
the moment-steadily refuse to laugh
at anything. They are all, more or
less, 40 ear old-woman'1 danger
Gus age-and it is their daily be-
lief that by rcfraining from laugh
ter they are retaining their looks.
Il fir5t met the high priestess OF
the cult at the last big reception at
s Stafford House. and a few days late.
| went to tea with her.
"She has a beautiful but impress
sive face. She does more than keen
her face from smiling. i haven't
laughed for two years, she told me
with the nearest approach tc. JOY
which she permits herself. Also she
avoids all manual work and strain.
For example, she began to pour
tea and then, apparently remember
ing that eve this might cause some
expression to come into her face, sud
denly stopped and ordered a man
servant to do it for her. "A woman
can keep 10 years off her face by
avoiding doing things like that she
explained.
This woman and her FOLLOWING
have almost reduced keeping straight
faces to a second nature. London
Chronicle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

and practically completed, and the
cleaning up of the ground prepara-
tory to the grading of the ne wroad-
way has also been completed along
the south side of the park and around
on the east front-the Washington
channel side-for quite a distance.
The entire driveway will be complet-
ed and ready for use early in the
coming spring and when completed
no city in the country will have as
long or as pretty d~riveways along
the waters edge as has Washington.
In the course of the next year the
entire section of the park east of
the railroad tracks will be improved
and thrown open for the use of the
public.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE
CAMEL'S BACK.

The Monitor has begged and plead
ed with McAllen people to ~patronize
home industries and not send money
out Of town and it will continue to
do so as long as the present man
agement runs the paper.
However we were shocked this
week on receiving a bill from one
of the merchants in McAllen and
the bill was enclosed in an enc
lope printed by a firm in San An
This seems to us to be adding in
suit to injury. Here we were spend
ing our money with this firm, and
they were sending the money to San
Antonio, to pay for printing that
We can do just as cheap.
The great majority of the business
men here are loyal, and do all they
can to build up McAllen and spend
their money here, and they are sue
cessful, but we have a few here who
instead of being progressive are
draw backs, and it is only a question
of time, until they close their doors,
for in this progressive age, a mer-
chant to succeed must be a live one
As to why this merchant preferred
sending to San Antonio for stationary
we don't know, for it is a cinch he
did not save any money by doing so
and we guarantee all work turned out
by us. so he could not have that as
an
Of course, we are free to admit
that a man has a perfect right 10
spend his money anywhere he wants
to. but we consider it pretty nervy
for a merchant to solicit our trade
and then not even give us a chance
to bid on printing he wants done
We are willing to let it go at
this, but one thing sure we are going
to continue to spend Il money in
McAllen but We are going 10 spend
it with merchants that patronize us
I-McAllen Monitor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
A GOLD PRODUCER.

A Texas newspaper man has been
reading about the effort to secure
gold from sea water, and in the true
Texas spirit points out that 1t i a
much more promising proposition to
get gold by putting down a well
and turning the water from III onto
q Texas irrigated farm. There il lit
tie doubt but that the Texas way IL
better. 1t is also older and more
generally followed. To dig gold out
of the ground or distill. it from the sea
water is all right in its way, but gold
is only theoretically valuable 1t can
not be eaten. therefore il lacks the
primary quality Of intrinsic worth.
In the final contest. nothing is worth
as much rs something to eat. If there
were but two men left on earth and
one Of them had only all the gold
lever dug out Of mines and the other
had only a moist ham bone with mar
row, in il, the man with the gold
would gladly give his yellow noun
tain for the other mans prospective
dinner-but the man with the dinner
would refuse to sell. As between the
scientists marine gold mine and the
Texas irrigated farm there is no COM
parison worthy the effort. In the
final analysis the gold mine will not
sustain life while the Texas farm
products will make their consumer
fat and happy. Besides, every dollar
of gold that has ever been produced
has cost two or more dollars in in
Vestment while the riches that come
from Texas irrigated farms are large
ly clear profit. The water that irri-
gates Texas lands is a better gold pro-
Queer than the waters that are mined
for gold.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
THRIFT OF THE SWISS.
Hard and Perilous Work of the Hay.
makers of the AIps.

The thrift of the Swiss turns every
bit Of ground IN the Alps to the best
account. If a few square yards al
anywhere be made or reclaimed the
requisite labor is not grudged.
The farmer makes the very soil. He
builds terraces along steep inclines.
lines them with blocks of stoue and
then packs the earth on them. Thus
be transforms the mountain and the
rock into n little patch. where he
plants a vine or raises oats or corn
Along the edge OF precipices the peas
ant haymakcr goes In search of grass.
%clinging to the rock with iron clamp
ers on his feet. He hangs on the sides
of the cliffs which imprison the valley
and mows down a few tufts of grass
IN craggy shelves here and there.
His scythe on his shoulder, armed
with his iron shod stick. provided with
his clamp irons. a cloth or net rolled
up III his bag. he sets out ut midnight
in order that the dawn may find him
at work. During the two months of
hay harvest he goes down to the vii
lage only three or four times to renew
his supply Of food. By this hard and
perilous occupation an Alpine mower
makes from 3 TO s francs a day. his
food not included. and many times un-
der ONE projecting rock be must seek
a bed and pass the night.
Once dried the wild hay is carefully
gathered into q cloth or net and car
ried down to the first little plain.
where it can be made into a stack.
which Is weighted down with large
stones to prevent Its being blown
away.
In the winter. when everything Is
covered with snow. the mower climbs
again the mountain. carrying a little
wooden sledge on his shoulders. He
loads 1t with hay, seats himself In
front and shoots down with the swift
ness Of an arrow. Thus the hay crop
of the Alps is brought in.-New York
Sun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
1ousscsE on snow.

Rousseau created a sensation when
he visited England in 1866 Rousseau
and his Armenian dress" wrote Lord
C~harlemont. were followed by crowds
when he first arrived in London. and
as long as this species Of admiration
lasted he was cOntented and happy.
Garrlck not only gave a supper in his
honor, but played two characters spe-
cially to please him. Rousseau was
highly gratitied. but Mrs. Garrick de
clared that she had never spent a more
unpleasant evening in her life. the phi
losopher being so anxious TO display
himself and hanging over the front of
the box SO much that she was obliged
to hold him by the skirts Of his coat
TO prevent him from falling over into
the pit"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
BRAVERY AS A GIFT.
5edouins DO Not Look Upon Coward
leo as a Disgrace.

The idea that nothing is SO disgrace
ful as cowardice is n that Is not held
by all races. Among the Bedouins a
sheik may be the leader of his tribe
only in peace. When there is war the
chances are that he will relinquish his
leadership to the lighting sheik.
81 have not the gift of courage" once
said an Arab chief to an Englishman.
~apologizing for not putting himself at
the head Of a band that he had sent to
attack another tribe.
The Englishman learned that these
nornads esteem personal bravery as q
gift, for the want of which a man is
no more to be censured than he is to
be blamed for not being handsome.
A Bengal says, without the least
sense Of shame, II am timid." Yet he
will meet death. even when it APP
proaches in the form of the hangnan.
with the composure of a martyr.
The following instances illustrate
strikingly this double nature Of the
Bengali.
A native had been sentenced to death
for killing his wife. On the morning
Of the execution the officer who was
experimenting the hanging entered
the condemned mans cell. Instead OF
finding him crouching in terror he was
surprised to be greeted with a low bow
and a request
The man wished for some sweet
meats with which to refresh himself
on his way to the gallows. They were
ordered, and on their arrival the pro-
cesSion set out.
The doomed man ate the sweetmeats
with a relish as he calmly walked
along the way Of death. When the
gaIlows was reached the crowd which
had followed seated themselves on the
ground. The man waited a few sec
onds to finish the last morsel, then
mounted the gallows with composure
and was swung off.
Strange as it may seem. that man
would have been panic stricken at the
rush of some wild rumor. His timid-
ity was natural, but his religion and
discipline had trained him to accept
with calmness the Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
STAMPING A LETTER.
A swindler's Way Of Doing II Brought
Him to Grief.

whether a man is q criminal or q
law abiding citizen. he ought to take
the pains TO stick his postage stamps
on exactly straight" an old detective
said. If he is straight he won't lose
anything by 1t, and if he Is crooked
he will gain. When | was In the gov
eminent service the first thing l found
out about a man under suspicion was
the way he stuck OF his stamps. One
OF the cleverest swindlers l ever land
ed was tracked through his postage
stamps.
After you put a stamp on a Ger,
tain way for a little while Ii becomes
second nature. and you stick ii on that
way unconsciously. That was what
that man did. All his stamps were
stuck on ~diagonally. leaving a little tri-
angle Of a certain size at the corner Of
the envelope. He was a slippery fell
low and had eluded vigilance for
months.
Zone day | happened to be lettering
around a postoffice Of q country town.
where / had gone on another trail. The
mail came In, and through the little
window I watched the postmaster sort
It. Presently | spotted an envelope
with the stamp stuck on in that trian.
gular fashion. | got the postmark.
hiFcd back 10 that town and nabbed
my man. III he had put his stamps on
straight probably he never would have
been caught."-New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
U. 5. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS IN WASHINGTON JAN. |

Washington ID. C., Oct. The
first annual meeting Of the Chamber
OF Commerce Of the United States
will be held in this city during nv
week beginning January 20. 1918
This was decided upon hy the Board
Of Directors IN Boston last week. Sev-
enteen we're present W discuss he AL
fairs OF the National Chamber. An
unfinished legislation OF the 6ist
Congress Affecting business interests
was assigned to committees for study
and report. A referendum on the sub
Ject Of a National Budget was au-
thorized to be Immediately submitted
20 the commercial organizations WI
the nation. The Directors remained in
BOSTON 10 participate in the Inter
national Congress Of Chambers NY
Commerce. The Directors viii next
meet meet in r. Louis. Missouri.
November 19, to arrange the program
OF the January meeting.
The third issue Of The Nations
Business. published by the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
for the use of editorial writer's and
officials Of commercial organizations
will appear October "a. and will fur
nish a full list Of unfinished bust
ness legislation Of the 6lst Congress.
II will also deal with The general
subject Of Porto Rican development
since the administration ar the ar
fairs Of the Island passed into Amer
lean hands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
helninn Father.

1t IA Sunday afternoon. and the
curate, calling Unexpectedly to visit n
member Of his flock. found him out
In two senses.
The gentIeman's young son came TO
the door and announced his fathers alb
sence Hes gone to the golf club"
said he casually, and then. reading per
haps some shade of disapprovai in the
parsons eyes. he e~xtenuated thus:
"He's not gone TO play golf. you know.
not on a Sunday; only TO drink beer
and have a game of cards."
Having thus cleared his fathers
character. he shut the door on the dunn
founded cleric.-Iondon Answers,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
THE HARTMAN ROOSEVELT
CORRESPONDENCE.
By Martin ]. Wade of Iowa.

-
1t is lime the mask was +orn of
so that the American people may not
be deluded by loud protestations Of
virtue. The investigation is quoting
Roosevelt in his proper position, as
THE Pharisee n Politics" He has
been going up and down the country
thanking God that he is not as other
men, and anyone who reads the let
ter of November 30,19O4, entitled
my Dear Hartman" will now agree
with him.
AS the veil is being lifted, ii be-
comes more and more a wonder that
the Democratic party has survived
the crusade Of corruption which it
has been compelled to meet every
four years. Every American citizen
should read the Hartman letter sign
ed by Theodore Roosevelt. When a
President of the United States, repre-
senting the entire people, is compell-
ed to write in tones of appeal and
apology to the head of a great rail-
way trust it is easy to understand
how these special interests have been
able to dominate legislative and exc
cutive action.
My Dear Hartman" was only one
of hundreds who, if they did not re-
ceive like letters, at least exercise
like influences with the Executive. It
well illustrates the fact that if you
know who is supporting a mai you
can tell what he stands for. When
the Harrimans, the Rockefellers, I
Morgans, the Perkinses, the Guggen-
helms, the Penroses and the hundreds
of other trust magnates are backing
a man for the presidency, you can tell
whom that man will represent if el
ected. So this year. as Perkins man
ages Roosevelt's campaign, it is easy
to tell who will dominate his ad-
ministration and when we find all
Iof the great protected interests and
the trusts and combinations support
ing Taft or Roosevelt, we know he
will be taken care of when the time
comes. Will the farmers and the la
borers and the independent business
men of the country continue to join
with the forces of monopoly to elect
a President who will be the tool OF
monopoly? Will those who bend their
backs in toll want to see every dollar
spent at the end Of the month to fc
and clothe their families, continue
to join hands with those who de
spoil them Of. the fruits of their la
Dor?
This election is going to demon
strate that the people can no longer
be hoodwinked and driven to the polls
by threats of starvation which en-
anate from the council tables of
those who are beneficiaries of spec
ial governmental favor.
Wilson will be the first President
in 16 years who owes nothing to any
one except the people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
DRIvEWAYS WITHOUT EQUAL
BUILT IN POTOMAC PARK

Washington, ID. G. Oct. Work
is going on rapidly on the construc-
ton of the new driveway along the
water sides of the section of Poto-
mac Park to the eastward of the
steam railroad tracks and it is ex-
pected that a part of it will be used
before the coming winter. Already
about a quarter mile of the roadway
on the south or Virginia channel
side Of the park has been graded
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
CRUEL ~PUNISHMENTS.
The Use Of Torture In Legal Processes
In Former Times.

~
The constitution Of the United States
and the constitutions Of the various
states i'm prohibiting cruel and unusual
punishments were not lighting an abb
surdity. The use of torture in legal
processes was not, when these instru-
ments were framed. SO remote as it is
now.
When Sir Thomas Dole anne as high
marshal to Virginia he crushed a con-
spiracy by killing the ringleaders by
torture. One had a bodkin thrust
through his tongue and was chained to
a tree until he died. Others were
broken on the wheel. 1t Is quantity
stated that Sir Thomas was "a man OF
good conscience and knowledge In d.
vinity." Dole's date was 1911.
The next notable instance Of the use
Of torture was in 1862, in the Salem
witchcraft excitement, when Giles
Cory was pressed to death-the "peine
dure ct forte" the most horrible of
deaths.
Executions were In public through
out the east until comparatively recent
times. When Quelch. the pirate, and
six others were hanged in Boston, Sew
all wrote in his diary, when the scat
fold was let to sink there was such a
screech OF the women that my wife
heard it. sitting In our entry next to
the orchard" though the gallows was
a mile away and the wind unfavor-
able.
The use of torture to wiring the truth
from witnesses is said to have been
recognized as legal In Austria until
well within the last century.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
PATENTS IN GERMANY.
There Inventors Are Looked Upon q.
Teachers to the Nation.

IedCueFS TO Lno NattoNs
In Germany a patent is regarded to
be equivalent to Il promotion Of M
tonal knowledge by the disclosure Of
a heretofore unknown art. writes Ii.
f. Wertheimer in Paper. The inventor
is judged to be some kind of teacher
to the nation: therefore The patent
office does In no way care for the real
father of an invention. To the first
applicant Is allowed the patent. and
lack of first and true inventorShip does
= not invalidate or bar the grant of a
patent unless the invention has been
fraudulently obtained or stolen. II
the person from whom q patent has
been stolen flies an opposition at the
proper time or starts an %annulling suit
against the granted patent the patent
Is refused or annulled. Moreover. I'm
der certain conditions a fraudulent
patentee may be compelled by a law
suit to assign the patent or even the
patent application to the rightful
owner.
This broad principle regulates easily
Lie SldLuo VI BtioOio VIM hbNC ~
1y carried out the invention previous
to a patent application by another, as
well as the question OF interfering ap-
plicatlons. Such persons are not af-
fected by the patent. for they have not
been instructed by the inventor. In
other words, they have not derived
any new or useful knowledge by the
disclosure Of the patent: therefore
they have a legal right TO use the pat
ent for their own business. but this
right can only be assigned TO others.
together with the transfer Of their
whole business. In other terms, they
are entitled to a limited free license.
infringement suits are relatively
rare aud by 10 means so frequent as
IN the United States. Furthermore.
they are considerably less expensive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Chemical Changes.

By taking some limewater and blow
ing ones breath into 1t a fine white
powder will be formed in the water.
By adding some common salt to a
solution of nitrate OF silver a thick
white powder Is produced which. II
placed in the sunlight. will turn brown.
Pour the juice OF a red cabbage into
q test Tube or thin glass bottle, drop
In very gradually a solution OF wash
Ing soda, shaking the bottle every time
you put the washing soda in. and you
will see the rcd solution gradually
turning blue. Go on adding the soda
solution. and the blue color win give
way to green.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

Pop. is patience a virtueT"
"Yes. my son."
"And virtue is it's own rewardT'
$50 we are told"
And do all things come to those who
know how TO waltz
See here. my son. never attempt TO
monkey with the proverbial buzzsawr'
Puck.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Much Better.

Doctors now say that boiled cows
milk Is not good for babies; 1t is bet
ter raw"
The doctors are right. A raw cow
gives better milk than a boiled one."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

A good paddock is superior TO a
watch dog, and east considerably
less.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

When people urge you not to be
unreasonable. they want you to agree
with them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

Never judge a nan by his coat;
he may owe the tailor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Put Essenkay
Into Your Tires Today
Er1lbalrner

AS soon as you have
read this advertisement send
or drive your car TO US. Let us
equip your tires with Essenkay.
We want you to learn the true
pleasures of motoring. We want
you to learn the joys of never
knowing tire trouble. We are
waiting to equip your tires now.
Drop in and let US fix you up
today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Essenkay Lasts Indefinitely

Heat will not cause it
to expand or cold to contract.
Water win not dissolve or affect it
in any Wy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Tire Mileage Increased

5000 TO- 900 miles
on one set of castings is the
rule, not the exception with Essen
kay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08

out any chance Of an annoying,
humiliating delay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
Rides Better than Air

The resiliency ofEssen-
kayi is wonderful. Itgives you
all the buoyancy, all the smooth,
easy riding qualities Of air, yet
never one Of the faults. You get
a new sensation in automobiling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14

In a basin near Constantinople live
a number of red fish that are sacred.
An interesting legend is attached to
them. A holy man was frying some
fish sprang out of the frying pan and
returned to the water from which
they came Whereupon the capable
fish when the news came that Maho-
met III had taken Constantinople. 1T
is impossible!' shouted the old man.
II should not believe it unless the fish
jumped into rhe water. The sacred
fish are perpetuated to this day on the
spot where the miracle took place.
i The Christian Herald tells of a wo-
man who .receiveH a. great many let,
tiers and is often so puzzled by the
signature that in sending Q reply she
is forced. to cut out the signature and
paste It on the envelope. Why are
not people content. to. write at least
.their signatures 1egibiy! We think It
TI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14
.-PALERMo.

CENTER-Mrs. Aurillo Brown is
quite sick.
Mrs. Marian Cunningham, who is
sick, is slowly failing
Work on the telephone line is pro-
crossing finely.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Bowler attended
the C. f. Trinity Union, Sunday, at
West Jefferson.
w. w. Turner visited Mrs. Tarner
at Fairfield sanitorium, Sunday, and
reports that she is recovering slowly.