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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
A VISION IN THE NIGHT.
The Man That Was Posed on the Edge
or the Precipice.


Through the billy country of the
Basques Harry A. Franck made his
way on foot with few adventures. but
with many interesting experiences. AT
the close Of one day. he tells us i'm
-Four Months Afoot In SPAIN" he be
gan to Chamber upward into the noun
tains that rose high in the d~arkening
sky ahead The night grew black. for
the heavens were overcast. but he who
marches on into the darkness. III be IL
not confused by any artificial lights.
may still see moderately well
1t was two hours perhaps after night
fall. and the road, its edge a sheer
precipice above unfathomable depths.
was winding ever higher round the
shoulder Of a mammoth peak when
suddenly / saw q man. a denser black
ness against the sea of o~bscurity.
standing stock stiIl ON the utmost edge
OF the highway.
"Buenas tardes!" I greeted him in a
low voice. almost afraid that a hearty
tone would send him topping back
ward to his death.
He neither answered nor moved J
stepped closer.
You have rather a dangerous posi-
ton. verdad. senorY"
Still be stared motionless at me
through the darkness. / moved quietly
forward and. thrusting out a band.
touched MIN on the sleeve. II was
hard, as if frozen. For an instant | re
coiled. then with a sudden Instructive
movement passed a hand quickly and
lightly over his face. Was I dreamingf
That. too. was hard and cold. i sprang
back and, rummaging hastily through
my pockets, found one broken match
The wind was rushing up from the bot
tomless gulf below. ] struck a light.
holding 1t in the hollow OF my hand,
and in the instant before 1t was blown
out 7 caught a few words of an inscrip.
ton on a pedestal:
Erected to the Mem
Thrown over this p~recipice-
Bandits Night Of
But before / had made out date or
name / vas In darkness again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
DRAGGED A BIT HIMSELF.
Il Was About q Wonderful New Ma
chine He Had Seen.

Il Was About q Wonderful New Ma
chine He Had Seen.
"While / was running a bolt cutterat
the Rock Island shops in Chicago"
writes a contributor to Railway and
Locomotive Engineering. II boarded
at a house much frequented by loco
motive engineers and firemen. These
men talked a great deal about their tre-
mendous feats in getting over certain
hills without the help Of a second loco
motive.
MY opposite neighbor at table. q
young fellow who ran n lathe in the
shop, grew tired of this monotonous
Dragging: he thought he was entitled
to do a little talking himself. One
evening he called to me:
well. I went owe and saw that
new machine today. and it's astonish-
ing the fine work 1t does
"'How does it work. 7 inquired
well said James. by means of a
pedal attachment n fulcrumed lever
converts the vertical re~ciprocating
motion into a circular movement.
The principal part OF the machine f. a
huge disk hat revoIves in a vertical
plane. Power is applied through the
axis or the disk. and when the speed
of the driving arbor is moderate the
periphery of the apparatus Is travelling
at a high velocity. Work is done on
this periphery. Pieces of the hardest
steel are by mere impact reduced to
any shape the skilful operator desires
What in the name of sense Is that
machine. anyway demanded Tom
Briggs.
"'Oh. it's a new grindstone,' replied
James. and a silence that could be cut
with a butter knife fell upon the
crowd"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
S915.73

The Sentinel
For the sake of argument. con-
cede for the above table all that its
compiler asks for it, and it consti-
tutes one of the strongest arguments,
in small compass, in favor Of the
road bond issue we have heard so
far. For observe:
/. This mans land is assessed at
$4,000.
2. At - 1-2 cents on the hum
dred dollars, his annual tax for the
road bonds would be $3.50.
8. If, on account of bad roads,
this man should lose the shipment
of one ton of cabbage as cabbage
sold last spring, the loss would be
$50-or enough money to have paid
his road lax twenty years.
A. Say that for the same reason
he should lose the cabbage product
on one acre of his land-which
might easily happen-and say that
the product for that one acre was
about eight tons-a very moderate
estimate surely-the loss would be
$500.
., -Four hundred dollars would
pay the mans taxes for 160 years.
g.. If there is any man in Texas
who ought to pay this tax gladly it
is the owner Of the farm whose case
is said to be represented in the above
table. If for the small sum Of $3.50
he can insure himself in any degree
from any serious loss on his invest
ment, he ought to do so.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

steal the money and not give US any
good roads. This is the kind of stuff
that is usually put forward by people
in the kindergarten class of political
writing. 1t is an insult to- the peo-
pie of the community. 1t announces
to the world that Cameron county is
peculiarly rich in thieves, who are so
skillful in their manipulations of
thieving enterprise that we have
neither sense enough or honesty
enough to protect ourselves against
them. 1t would be bad enough to
print that sort of thing if it were
true. But it is not true. There are
few counties in the state that are
engaged in more big enterprises, in
volving the letting of large contracts
for large sums of money, than Cam
eron county. 1t probably can show
as fair a percentage of honest con-
tractors, and as fair results in the
way of honest work as any county in
the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
Tho Spell Of London.

The greatest of modern French
poets. Paul verlaine. fell instantly un-
der the spell OF London. even though
he came to 1t as an exile to ear q
wretched living as a teacher of French.
LAS a whole" he wrote, lit is very
unexpected and a hundred times more
amusing than Italy or Paris or the
banks Of the Rhine" And again:
The docks are wonderfui-Carthage
Tyre. all rolled into one.' He deplor-
ed the lack of clean cafes, but never
theless. mo matter, this incredible
town Is very well. black as a crow
and noisy as a duck" In verlaine's
view London had no monuments ex-
cept the docks. He ignored West
minister. the Tower and all the sights.
For him they do not seem to have ex-
isted.-London Chronicle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

The United States public printer has
charge Of all business relating to the
public printing and binding. he ap-
points the officers and employees of the
government printing Office and pur-
chases all necessary machinery and
material. The foreman Of printing has
charge or all matter which l. to I've
printed The following are the Official
heads Of the several departments: Pub
lie printer. secretary to the public
printer. attorney. deputy public printer.
Congressional Record clerk. superin-
tendent OF work and superintendent OF
documents
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
Campaign Principles.

This should be a campaign not Of
persons, but of principles. All men
know that things are wrong, The
rank and file of the nation find life
very hard to sustain. The many earn
what they do not get in order that
the few may get what they do not
earn. How can all this be bettered
by determining who was rightfully
nominated at Chicago? The issue be-
fore the country is far deeper, far
more important than the paltry ques-
ton of a stolen nomination.
Suppressed by evasion, belittled by
sophistry, and yelled in %indirection,
the two vital things that concern
America today are the tariff and the
trusts.
In 1908 in order to get in the Re-
publican party promised to revise the
tariff downwards. Being in they pro-
ceeded % revise it up. For that act
of bad faith they were severely pun
ished in the congressional elections of
1910. A Democratic house examined
every scedule which could possibly
afford an opportunity for monopoly or
increase the high cost Of living. But
every tariff bill passed by a Demo-
cratic house and a combination Of
Democrats and Republicans in Tho
senate was vetoed by the president.
His excuse was that the tariff board
knew more about the tariff than con-
gress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1912
THE BOND ELECTION.

The question of the issue of bonds
for the improvements Of the roads
in Cameron county will be before
the voters tomorrow. The Herald,
when the matter was first suggested,
was in favor of the issue. After
hearing patiently and candidly all
that has been said against the propo-
e%ition, The Herald sees no reason to
change its mind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
r4E d

We have recently Installed in GU Cleaning and Pressing departmsn, +.
Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine
In pressing cloths with this machine. live dry steam IS brought. in d.
rect contact with the IN terial, the garment is pressed unifornl oct
and steriized at one operation. Searching is utterly impossible.
This process is more sanitary than the old method ami tn work Is hat.
ter. Our operators are skilful and ou- prices are slehtly lowe han e.
merly.
Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $50.
Coat and pants, cleaned and pressed s1Oe
Skirts, steamed and pressed $50. I'D.
Other garments in proportion.
TRY US FEbrs n, ,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

McAndrews ttbe chemist Mt 2 a. m.)-
Two penn'orth OF bicaTbonate OF soda
Tor the wife's indigestion at this time
. night when q glass OF hot water does
just as we'll Sandy thastilyp-W eei.
weei. thanks for the advicei III 10
bother We after all Good nicht.-
pearson's.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Ii looks as if the burglaries which
have occurred here within the past
few weeks are the work Of exper-
fenced hands. who are working the
game Systematically. II is up to the
local peace officers to show their de-
~tective ability, not only TO catch the
thieves. but also to protect the citi-
zens from further losses of this kind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Meantime those owning watches, Dr.
jewelry, or carrying cash in their
pockets would better either fasten
doors and windows, at night, or sleep
with their valuables under their
pillows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Swat the catalogue habit on the
farm by making it easier for the
farmer 0 get to town. Vote for the
good roads bond issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
Vote for the road bond issue.

Excellent highways are made in
some parts of Florida by covering
sand roads once a year with leaves of
the long leaf pine tree.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

This fiscal year over $4,000 600 Is
being expended by the philippine
bureau of public works. The work in
IcIudes some irrigation and ninety
seven barrio school buildings..ue
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
Bull Moose Favors Trusts.

The only party seeking the suffrag-
es Of the people in this campaign
which has had a word of apology or
defense for that fairfield trust is
the Bull Moose party. Federal con-
troll. This is just what the magnate7
have been wanting during all these
years.
The people are listening today to
the call of the Bull Moose. Do you
know what a moose call is? The
Century dictionary defines a moose
call to be "a trumpet of birch bark
used in calling moose to an ambus-
cade or blind Do we not daily sec
the people decoyed to the ambuscad
or blind? We hear the sound of the
trumpet. Never for a moment are
we permitted to forget the blower.
But the real and vital question is.
who is paying for the trumpet and
the music?" Have you any doubt
that It is George w. Perkins, for
mer partner of Pierpont Morgan, and
CO. defendant with Morgan and his
crowd in the suit which is this week
being prosecuted in Chicago for the
segregation Of the harvester trust
The TRUST Party.
The Bull Moose in honor of its
founder call their parry the T. r
party. They ~abbreviate unnecessar-
lily. 1t is the T. R. U. s. T. party.
The tariff board and the corpora
ton commission illustrate the fall
lacy of the Republican faith. They
believe that America ought to be
governed by trustees and that these
trustees should be the managers Of
the oldest and greatest vested inter
es's'' in the country. As a Democrat
| find myself absolutely protesting
against this theory | will not live
under trustees if | can help 1T. Nc
group of men less than a majority
have a right to tell me how ] have
got to live in America. | will sub
nit to the majority because | have
been trained to do so-and being
"a Democrat submit my judgment 70
the majority of my fellow men.
Woodrow Wilson is a candidate
without cant. He does not merely
preach the ten commandments; he
practices them, and also that other
commandment, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself He is battling
mot only for the Lord but also for
his fellowmen. All commandments
are equally important to him. the
tenth as we'll as the eighth. Thou
shalt not covet.'' as we'll as Thou
shalt not steal" Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbours office. Our candidate
is not tainted by the personal can't
which makes a man proclaim himself
the only righteous creature in a sim
full world and the only hope OF an
otherwise lost and desolated nation.
Governor Wilson is a straightforward
American facing the future without
apologizing for the past, j~ustifying
his faith by his words, not by phras-
es free to serve the people and the
whole people.
Vote for the road bond issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

OF all the charges that a man can
make, of criminality against his fell
low man, the easiest is to accuse
some mythical parsonage Of a crime
as yet uncommitted. If that doc
trine is to rule our conduct, we may
as well turn the Valley back TO the
mesquite and the j~ack-rabbits. We
should build no more houses con-
struct no more railroads. dig no
canals and irrigating bitches, for
fear that if we do: We may come in
contact with dishonest workmen, or
incompetent Managers of public af-
fairs. That sort of thing is an ap-
peal to the foolish prejudices of
fools. 1t is hard to believe that the
voters will be ready to block the
wheels of progress for any such abb
surd reason as that.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Pa said the ysung hopeful. -whst
does dining a In carte NEAR
The father did not know. Jul be did
hot wish 10 show bis ignorance. III
means" be explained. -that is-er-t
means eating In a,Iunch wngon-"-Er-
chapra.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30
A R 0 ARGUMENT.

81 own 80 acres of land near
San Benito, it is assessed at
$40 per acre; it cost 500 per
acre. The taxes and assessments
on the place last year follows:
State and county taxes
at 7Sc ......... 5 1913
Drainage tax a. LIS $500
Special school AK .... 31.00
Irrigation fee a 1000
per acre .......... 10000
Interest on deferred pay
ments $4,000
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

The marketing problem Is the bis
problem of the Valley. How TO get
the stun in . the right market ut the
right time IS the problem of prob
lens. Ii is merely the conmoncst
coumon sense to say that road condi-
tfons represent a large element in
this problem-a determining element
too often.
The farmer or merchant who votes
for good roads tomorrow votes for
the ultimate success OF farming in
Cameron county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

But we are laying a burden upon
future generations" says the objec-
tor. Quite properly so. Yet along
with that burden we shall transmit
to them the fruits of our w energy,
enterprise and self-sacrifice. We shall
transmit to them a country as
beautiful as Eden, the best improved
and the most fruitful under the sun.
We shall transmit to them a country
SO enhanced in acreage value that
Ithe axe bequeathed to them will be
but a trifIe. The only way we can
do that is by borrowing the money to
do it with. There is no other way,
if we are to save ourselves from ulti-
mate bankruptcy. Good roads are a
condition of the wealth we shall be
able TO leave to those who come after
us. 1t is not unreasonable that they
should help. bear the burden.
Let us bear in mind that this pro-
posed bond issue will be an invest
ment rather than a debt. 1t is for
farmer to say whether he is will
ing to invest 1925 a year to have
good roads.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Progress and the world progresses
With You; If yon don't you may get
lost in the shuttle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

One of the arguments against it
is the alleged heavy burden the bond
issue will lay upon the taxpayers.
Also We are told that the people are
already heavily in debt for drainage
and irrigs ION purposes; and that
they should not be asked further to
burden themselves for the means Of
making good on their inves 'ments by
getting their stuff to market.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Entered at the Postofice at Browns
vile Texas, as Second Glass Mail
Matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Daily-Published every morning
except Sunday, by mail postpaid to
any point In the United States, Mex
leo or Cuba or delivered by carrier
to any part Of the city, West
Brownsville. Texas. or Matamoros,
Mexico. n year $500; six months
$500; one month so cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

AS to the first of these so-called
arguments, the tax for this bond
issue will amount annually 10 twelve
and one-half cents on the hundred
dollars. The man who has a farm of
the yaiueNef five thousand dollars
will have to pay annually the sum
Of 1925, or a fraction over so cents
per -month. Does this look large?
There lies on the desk in this Office
a letter from one man, a leading
citizen Of the Valley, who declares
he lost $4,000 on one crop, because
he could not deliver it at the rail-
road, owing to the condition of the
roads at the time the crop was ready
TO move.
That sum would have paid the
road taxes on a five thousand dollar
farm for 800 years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Another alleged argument is that
H we issue the bonds somebody will
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

AnoNber alleged argument agains;
the issue SNthat Cameron county has
already fine ROAD. Undoubtedly
Cameron county han the finest roads
in the world al tho2e seasons of the
year when she has the finest roads in
the world. Unhappily. in the case Of
the man just mentioned. he lost
$4,000 at a time when the finest roads
were several hundred per cent under
their finest condition. That's where
the trouble lies. For in a country
where winter farming represents a
very big investment of labor and cap
ital. at that season the bottom often
J drops out of even the best roads now
in the country.
The particular farming that is
Adone at that season car never pay if
khe produce can not be marketed on
mort notice when the market Is
right.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-09-30

Consider this mans case is fairly
representative, If not in the amount
of his loss, at least in the fact that
he lost far more in one deal than the
1925 of his annual road bond tax
would amount to. Here is the true
issue. If the average farmer is con-
WINGED that his annual losses under
existing conditions as to roads will
amount to much more than the IN
nual tax he must pay on this bond
issue, as a practical business man. he
will vote for the issue. The farmer
who is willing to invest his all in
land.and toll like a slave through
twelve months Of the year, only to
see his investment and his labor
frustrated on account Of bad roads,
be most unwise.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-09

publish the terms laid down by the
empress dowager, which includes the
perpctuatiOu of the titles of the en-
tire court, retention by the imperial
family of the palaces in Pckin, contin.
uation OF the imperial guard at the
expense Of the republic and the right
of the court to exact regal homage
from the nation. II is believed that
the republicans will not accept all of
these terms.
Gen. Tuan chi Jul acting viceroy
Of Human and lIu Peh provinces and
commander OF the second imperial ar.
my, has withdrawn his forces which
formerly were stationed at Iankow,
TO Paoting Flu Gen. Chang Hsun in
command of the imperial army whio
was recently at Nanking, has been, Nn.
struCtod to receive republican ennis.
sary and arrange for peace.
Anarchy in ManChuria is causir
much concern, and Japanese battal.
ion has moved into Mukden. The
japanese legation here declares that
except for this change no troops have
been moved.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-09
Revival Meetinos for Two Weeks

Revival meetings will be held in
Norfolk, commencing at 1870 this
evening Rev and Mrs. NJ. H. Can
trcll of Nelson, Ncb.. who have about
decided to make Norfolk their home
and have rented the Josephine Hun
home on Koeuigstcin avenue, Will
give Il two weeks series Of revival
meetings in the Christian church. Both
MIR. and Mrs Cantrcll are talented in
their various branches OF revival
work
MIR Cantrcll is gifted orator,
preacher, poet and pcnman. He has
written several books and is Il great
Bible student lie has been a law stu
dent, superintendent of schools and
professor of pcnmanship. He uses no
sensational methods whatever in his
lectures during revival meetings.
Mrs Cantrcll is talented musician
and vocalist She is a mandolniste
gutaristc yioliniste, banjoiste and pi-
anistc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-09
Canning Plant Man in Norfolk.

A. +. Wentworth, accompanied by
his bride, arrived in Norfolk from
Rome, n. Y, last night. In his pocket
Mr.. Wentworth has the necessary pa
pers which will give him possession of
the old sugar factory buildings and
the adjacent land on a five year con-
tract His signature needs only to be
attached and this will likely be done
today.
Mr.. Wentworth held a conference
with II. A. Pasewalk, of the Norfolk
Industrial company, early this morn
ing and later decided to open tenn
porary Office in the Commercial club
rooms.
Il would rather not give out my ar
rangement at this time" said Mr..
Wentworth. Il expect to sign the pa
pers very soon and because we cannot
do much on the buildings before Mar.
/, it will not be necessary for me to
employ men Immediately
About fifty applications for work
have been awaiting Mr.. Weiftworth's
arrival. He expects that the prtslimin-
ilS "Olh vi IollN tl llllS lHt olu sugar
factory buildings into a suitable can
ming factory, for the purpose of cais-
ming corn and pumpkins the first year,
will begin about March /, when ma
terial will probably commence arriving
in Norfolk.
Besides his contract papers with
the Norfolk Industrial company, Mr.
Wentworth brought with him many
letters of introduction and recommen-
dation from prominent New York
bankers, all of whom highly recon-
/ mend both a. F.. Wentworth and his
father, NJ. n. Wentworth president of
the Lee Canning company of New
York, to members of the Norfolk Com
mercial club.
a feature of these messages is a let
ter written to the Commercial club of
Norfolk by Vice President Sherman of
the United States. NJ. n. Wentworth,
the father will be in Norfolk sometime
in March on his annual trip across the
continent in connection with the can
ming business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth will go to
housekeeping in a cottage they have
rented on South Ninth street. Mr..
and Mrs. Wentworth We're married in
! New York about Christmas.