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The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT oFFEp
Young Lady Witty Replies to Adver
tlsement That Had Been
Mlsdirected.

Because large wooden company
mailed circular advertising line OF
woolens for trouserlngs in place of
woolens for ladies' skirts to lady of
Washington, the concern received an
unexpected letter in its correspond
ence. In her reply she deplores the
fact that she is not able to accept the
offering In the advertisement of trou.
Servings. She says:
Relative to the generous offer, !
beg to advise that there seems, unfor-
tunately, to be slight misapprehen.
sion as to gender on your part. The
offer itself seems most attractive, and
l regret that nature--seconded by our
has debarred me from the privilege of
alternating your anxiety to make me
the recipient Of your special bargain
prices in trousers. Would that it were
otherwise! Color would be no object,
texture mere bagatelle. could con.
scient1ously take advantage of your
proffered augmentation of my present
somewhat limited wardrobe at your
most cut prices. I'd glory in one OF
the superb pair you wish specially to
make according to my plans and speci.
f1cations, as 1t were. and really the
outlay would not be so great for you,
either, as l am not very long. and !
like things without trimmings any.
way.
my heart yearns-nay pants-to
tako advantage of your princely offer,
but. alas! am not true gentleman
not even woman militant."-Phila.
delphia Record
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had been on the road for couple
of months when called upon pros
pective customer in Albany. He had
written to the firm that he had been
using another engine, that 1t had bro
ken down, and that he wanted to look
at some of our stock.
Glad to see you." he said, when l
introduced myself. Come and see
why I'm scrapping the other engine"
He took me into the engine room
and showed me dismantled engine
a Dorler, it was called-and showed
me how 1t was broken. l pretended
to be interested, but wasn't. At first
glance had noticed two injectors on
that engine which had been made in
the Bronson plant at Bronsonville.
knew our goods we'll by this time,
and knew that the Bronsons were
the only people making those In
jectors. examined other parts. Prac-
tically all OF them were Bronson parte.
though they bore the name Dorler
stamped on them.
Where did you buy this engine" l
asked.
From the Dorler company. Phila-
delphia," was the answer.
l hurried right down to Phfladel-
phia and looked up the Dorler COM
pany. 1t was a small concern, run
ming In an inconspicuous frame fac
tory on the outskirts OF town with no
sign or lettering OF the firms name
on the building. went in and asked
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to be shown their engines. examined
half q dozen of them. Every one OF
them had the same number Of Bron-
son parts as the one l had seen up
In Albany.
went away and started back to
Bronsonville.
"IIave you been missing parts out
OF the factory lately?" l asked Bron-
son.
"Oh. we've been doing that for the
last two years. ever since l became
manager" he said YEARLY. "Of
course they aren't missing: Carberry
merely dopes up the books and says
they're missing, and everybody thinks
I've balled up things; and then Car
berry looks through the books and
pretends to find the missing parts.
and proves that I was responsible for
the error That's an old story"
IAN right" said. Put me to
work In the shipping room"
He did. / STAYED there two months.
Nothing went wrong in the daytime.
Then l began to hide myself there at
night. The shipping clerk was an old.
taciturn fellow One night at about
Icu uo Cuut UdChp LAicu t"O idA q
cases with valuable parts and stem
cilled them to go to somebody in
Geneseo Junction.
followed those two cases. At
Geneseo Junction they were received
by a man who scraped the stencilling
and re-shipped them to the Dorler
company. Philadelphia.
went up to the man and took him
by the scruff of the neck and made
him look me in the eye. "Who told
you to do this?" said. Don't get
rash; I'm a detective and the game Is
up"
81 amt done anything wrong" he
whimpered. after trying in vain to
break loose. See the shipping clerk;
he's the fellow who's doing this"
Good" l said, and had the local
police put him in jail
I went back to Bronsonville and
caught the shipping clerk when he
was alone.
who put you up to shipping parts
at night to the Dorler company2'
asked.
He stared.
"Oh. don't put on side." l said 81
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chance to poke my nose into all sorts
of corners.
also tried to get into Carberrys
house and have look around. but
failed. He kept the place as closely
guarded as II 1t had been a citadel
The town put this up to his eccen'
tricity. but 1t wasn't; 1t was the In
stinctive fear Of a crooked man.
In the meantime Carberry was ruin.
ing Bronson's reputation as man
ager. The young man was being made
to appear more and more in the light
of an incompetent. Things went
wrong in the gales department, and 1t
was due to orders which Carberry
forced Bronson to put through. The
manufacturing department began to
go to pieces, due to the same reason.
Every once in a while Carberry would
step in and do the right thing at the
right moment. and the whole place
would ring with his praises-though
nobody liked him-and with pity for
poor Bronson.
AS the weeks went by 1t looked as
II poor Bronson was bound to be
forced out and Carberry finally put in
his place.
Bronson himself began to feel this
way about 1t, too.
II guess it's all off," he said. you
were mistaken; you couldn't deliver
the goods. l don't think it's worth
while trying any longer"
WELL" said. you would be a
darn fool to run up this bill without
seeing 1t through. tell you that I'm
going to get that man. 1 know 1t.
It's taking long because he's so smart.
But sooner or later the raw spot will
show, and he'll be ours"
"Oh, we'll. keep on them" he said.
II don't believe it's much use. but 1
might as well keep on paying you now
that I've handed you SO much"
He was dissatisfied with my failure
to accomplish anything. and justly SO.
But would have told him long ago to
discharge me II l hadn't felt as sure
as breathing that I'd land Carberry
sooner or later. l was sure that Car
berry had not confined his crooked
ness to the unique feat OF terrorizing
Bronson. And any piece OF crooked
work can be found by any good de-
tective If he is only given time.
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Another Brand.

He suddenly put his hand In his
waistcoat pocket and drew out three
broken cigars.
Then he looked at his best girl with
a forgiving smile.
Flor de King Alfonsos." he airly
said. FIFTY cents hundred. But
who cares?"
LET me see Them said the girl.
She inspected the fragments closely.
"Yes," she quietly announced, that's
the kind papa always buys when he's
running for office. know the odor.
Five dollars a thousand. Somebody
has fooled you, George"
She was wise girl and she did not
smile.
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All in Fear of Man.

The universal antipathy of animated
nature for man can scarcely be ex-
planned as the teaching of experience.
Man has played his role Of universal
meddler for too short time to have
impressed himself on the memory of
each individual line There must be
something In his attitude of mind that
communicates itself to them and In
duces its proper automatic reflex The
mouse that runs over the lions foot
and gnaws at his bone. goes to earth
like flash when a man comes near;
the bee hangs in the ais and then goes
of because man stands by her favorite
fo1glove; even the witless snake stirs
in Its sun-smitten sleep and is moved
by feeling in the air to seek Its den.
London Nation.
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highest value of the Bible is the fact
that Its portrayals OF human nature,
though among distinct and peculiar
race, and In an environment utterly
foreign to that Of today. are absolutely
faithful to our own times. And this is
true as far back as we can catch the
faintest glimpse Of mans activities on
this planet. We study the ancient
philosophers and find them likewise
discoursing Of their ancients very
much as we discourse of them. Know
est thou not this Of old since men were
placed upon the earth?"
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
MISSED HER DAYS OF LOVE
With Professional Success, splnster
Still Considers That Her Life Has
Been an Empty Ono.

In Harpers Bazaar very intelligent
spinster tells readers why her life is
empty. Notwithstanding her profession
al success. Her words SHOULD give
pause to some of the ambitious girls
pining for careers. Read these. for ex-
ample:
Even intellectually became some
what of a mental outsider. While
other women chattcd Of opera. dress
and current happenings I sat in a
corner minus any conversational
equipment. For I had nothing in my
head except my business. and how
could I manufacture interesting chat
out of the auditing Of the months
books or the delinQuencies Of my
stenographer? If I had only realized
how richly few magazine subscrip-
lions and few theater tickets would
have repaid me would have invested
therein. But was blind to everything
except my goal of business success.
Another thing-rather hard to own
but since I have begun confessing I
might as well go on. Although did
not look for love-Love has passed me
by. And I sometimes wonder, as
glance at the left hand resting ring
less on my desk. IL the reason has
been that I allowed myself to be alto
gether too much of good fellow"
among the men met. oh yes, 1t was
necessary to be jolly and good-tem-
pered and able to see joke, but
think sometimes allowed myself to
be-well. little bold. And 1t is my
belief that many a bright, earnest. af-
fectlonate woman eats her heart out
longing for love and home without a
bit realizing that her own frank. chum
my, "don't-let's-stand on-ceremony" atti-
tude has kept men from ever thinking
Of her except as good sort" oh
yes, know it's the fashion to pretend
that every woman could marry II she
wanted to and that all lonely spinsters
are independent bachelor girls" by
choice. but that isn't life as I hay,
found It,"
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
One NIGHT At Lour len
he came back.

was hidden in this room when yor
filled those two cases that went tc
Geneseo Junction, and l caught your
man up there re-stencilling them. He's
in the coop now and he's squealed
You're done for; that's all. Come on
into Mr.. Bronson's office and have a
talk"
He hung back.
Come on said, showing a revol
GUS business"
Wait" he said. Have you seen
Mr.. Carberry2"
Good" said. We'll see Carberry
too, but you come along"
dragged him into Bronson's office
and threw him into a chair. Then /
went out and called Carberry.
Mr.. Bronson wants to see you,"
said.
When the pair of them-the ship
ping clerk and Carberry-came face
to face they looked like couple OF
whipped dogs.
Tell your story" said to the ship
ping clerk. Mr.. Carberry will be in
terested in hearing 1t, too"
YES" said the man, sneering, "he
ought to: he made me do it."
Prove TT" screamed Carberry.
Jaw, cut that out!" said the clerk
You own the Dorler company from
what you stole out Of here"
Been stealing for some time, hasn',
he?" said.
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
Good Friday.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. discussing
with his bible class the folly of marry
ing on an inadequate income, told
ali Easter story.
mo young wife" he said. "can be
truly happy if she is overwhelmed
with house work-with the washing of
clothes, the scrubbing of front steps,
Mr. Rockefeller smiled an added
Il once said to little boy:
"'What do you know about Good
Friday?'
"'He was the Teller what done
Robinson Cruso's housework.' the lit
tie boy replied"
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
What Started Ii.

The late General F. ID. Grant. apro-
pos of the uselessness of arbitration
as exemplified in the case of the Tur-
ko-Italian war, said in New York:
at reminds me of story. Accord
ing to this story, a war was going on,
and ore day the papers being full OF
the grim details of bloody battle, a
woman said to her husband:
"'This slaughter is shocking; it's
fiendish. Can nothing be done to stop
it?'
I'm afraid not her husband an
swered.
"'Why don't both sides come to-
gether and arbitrator she cried.
"'They did, he said. They did-'way
back in June. That's how the gol-
burned thing started"
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ImmutabIIIty Of Human Nature.

Tho doings and sayings OF the an
clients have vital force for US, and
are not mere lifeless records, simply
because of the identity Of their mo-
tives with our own. writes H. M. Chit
tenden in the Atlantic. The story of
Joseph and his brethren. the fables
Of Aesop, the proverbs of Solomon,
the philosophy of Socrates, the say
ings Of Marcus Aurelius, the poetry
of Shakespeare, are as true for US
today as they were for the world to
which they were given. Perhaps the
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06

At an English court session man
twas fined forty shillings and cost
for assaulting a policeman. Consider
ing himself much injured man, on
reaching the door he began abusing
the magistrate in very violent IAN
guage.
THE magistrate sent an officer after
him, and the delinquent found himself
once more in the dock and fined again
for contempt of court.
my man. if you had been more
chaste and refined in your language,
said the magistrate, you would nat
have been chased and refined"
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
Mr.. stanton's Reply to Greeley

There was once passage at arms
between Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the
eminent woman suffragist. and Horace
Greeley on the occasion of a discourse
by the former on the rights OF women
to the. ballot. In the midst of her talk
Greeley interposed in his high pitched
false;to voice:
"Wnat would you do in time of war
IL you had the suffrage?"
This seemed like poser. but the
lady had been before the public too
long 20 be disconnected by an uneXpec-
ted question and she promptly replied:
Just what you have done, Mr.. Gree
ley-stay at home and urge others u
go and fight
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That's what 1 said! He couldn't
have done better thing. Suppose the
serpent hadn't succeeded in tempting
Eve? Where would be? What would
have been the use of me and lots of
other folks pretty nearly as good as l
am? 1t makes me SILVER to think of
it! If Eve had let out on the serpent,
refused the apple, and sent him away
with flea in his ear. as some folks
lament that she didn't, she and Adam
would have remained in the garden all
their days In luxurious ease and alb
solutely unclad. And all succeeding
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generations would have lived the same
way-one race, one tongue and no
clothes! Gold-rimmed spectacles, may
hap. but no pantsi Turn that over In
your mind, sir! Why, tell you 1
feel that ought to do homage to the
serpent that tempted Eve and got
away with the goods! That's what
ought"
"Panganish!" cried the solemn man.
Man, you are a serpent worship
peri"
"Nay-not sol" protested the
modish little man. II am tailor!"
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man.. How 1 revile the serpent"
because he beguiled Eve?" asked
the modish little man.
AYE. surety" replied the solemn
man.
"Pah!" was the modish mans con-
temptuous response. why the SER
pent couldn't have done a better thing
If be tried. Not In my way of think
Ing"
''Sir!" exclaimed the solemn man,
giving the modish little man more
room.
\ You heard mel" declared the latter.
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GOOD WORD FOR THE SNAKE
One Man Who Is Not Sorry That the
Evil One Successfully Be-
guiIed Eve.

"Yes," said the solemn man with
gold-rimmed spectacles, this is fair.
a beauteous world, but, ah, the trail
of the serpent is over 1t aH!"
Touching the little affair Of Eve in
the garden, 1 suppose?" said the mo-
dish little man In a brand new suit.
THE same," groaned the solemn
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06

Have those Baltimore hotels put
up prices for the Democratic cohVe"'
tion?"
81 don't find it so. have engaged
a billiard table to sleep on at ioIty
cents an hour. Those are regular OIL
lard rates"
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son. DO you mean to say you think
1t can be done?"
why not?"

1t can be done?"
why not?"
/ was in Bronsonville two days
after this conversation had taken
place. Bronsonville Is little manu-
featuring hamlet in the middle west.
busy little place, with hotel, too
good for its size. which Bronson. Sr.,
had built and maintained with his
own money. The whole town WAS a
family affair to certain extent. The
whole Bronson family, and all the Of
flcers of the company. lived in the
better portion of town; the employees
made up the rest of the population.
The town didn't have much to do
with the rest of the world. except to
sell 1t chemical engines. 1t was an
isolated. self-centered little hamlet.
When I had seen this / knew 1t
wouldn't be hard to get Carberry. He
had proved that he was a crooked
character, and no man OF such ten
denotes lives forty-five years in a
small town without leaving some
loose ropes dangling to hang himself
with.
My first impression OF Carberry
strengthened my confidence. Even II
/ had never heard Bronson's story OF
the mans fiendish cunning l would
have picked him out of crowd as
man who would be found on the
wrong side of the law sooner or later.
He was not right" To an expert
enced man his face was like book.
and crook" was written all over 1t.
Yet he had worked forty-five years
for one man and had managed to keep
a reputation for squareness. He was
a smart crook. but since he was q
crook knew / would get him in the
end, Just as surely as horse run
ming off the beaten road will sooner or
later wind up in wire fence.
They had little club in that town
to which the officers and higher sal
aried employees of the company be-
longed. and young Bronson had me
put up there on visitors card. l
was posing as prospective purchas-
err OF a large order OF engines. Then
1 sent for Cluffer and left him to
mingle among the workingmen. kept
my ears open for anything and every
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7 TIIS hdpIu NSVs
rs mammals good little boy ready to
have his bath now?"
"Oh, nav. cut out the goody, goony
spell! When a chaps six years old ITS
time to take him out of the kindergar-
ten class. I'll take my splash in the
tub when I've had smoke"
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A Critic Corrected.

Fogg-I see that some critical per
son has dubbed that new circular struc.
ture on the common 1.-The collar box.
Fenderson-He's away off! Ihats
no collarbox; it's bandbox.
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
Rigid.

Whats the trouble. inquired the
Judge.
This lady lawyer wants to make
notion" explained the clerk, but
her gown is too tight"
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Willie-Paw, what does discretion
mean?
Paw-Picking out small man
when you are looking for trouble.
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The chinese Angels. OF Course.

Mabel-Mamma. are the angels in
heaven dressed in white?
Her Mother-We are told so. dear,
Mabel-Well, who does all the laun-
dry work?
The Springfield herald., 1912-09-06
DENVER & RIO GRANDE-wESTEnN
THE Royal GORGE Feather River

Canon Route"
Taken together form the most beautj-
full line of continuous travel Denver.
Salt Lake, City, San Francisco.
The marvellous scenic attractions OF
the Rockies. the Great Salt Beds OF
Utah and the wonders of the Sierras
can be seen from the car windows
without extra expense for side trims
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE.
For illustrated descriptive matter
write Frank A. Wadleigh, General
Passenger Agent, Denver & Rio Grando
Railroad. Denver. Colo.
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25G Aa1jzaucSMa<

Denver. Colo Will send free. n useful pres.
emit and n valuable book. How to Become
Most successful" to all who write this week
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-21
A PLEASANT SURPRISE
Party rendered Miss Starck at Home
of Miss Young.

A pleasant surprise party in honor
of Miss Sarita Starck was given by
Miss Amelia Young at the beautiful
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. j. Young, Monday evening. Each
guest brought a slight token of re-
membrance for the honor guest.
The evening was pleasantly spent
at cards, dominoes, dancing, singing
and such other amusements as the
guests chose. Punch vas served
throughout the evening for cooling
refreshments, and later there was an
ice cream and cake course.
The hostess was assisted in enter
tanning the guests by her sister,
Miss Sara Young.
The guests included Misses Sarita
and Marie Starck, Isabel Pierce,
Lillian Hicks, Annette Hicks, Vir-
ginia Macmanus, Emily Macmanus,
.Bernice Steel, Pearlee Howse. Ruth
Craig, Cleo Day, Gladys Layton and
Annie Putegnat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-21
Not ON the Bill.

Almost everybody in the audience
except Lillian Russell and her new
est husband, whom 1t concerned,
saw it, but those there were toe
proper to laugh outright, so only a
half-suppressed ripple splashed
around the theatre. 1t was in At
lantic City on an opening night
when Lillian Russell and Mr.. Moore
entered one Of the %proscenium boxes.
No sooner than they were seated
than Perugini, a former husband OF
the actress. who is a guest at one Of
the seaside hotels, pIanked himself
into the cushions OF a seat in a box
directly below the uewlyweds. Both
he and Mr.. and Mrs. Moore above
him sat throughout the Performance
unaware that those around them
wrere chuckling. New York Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

X X * * X * * * X X X * x * y
The following warranty deeds
were filed in the Office Of the county
clerk yesterday:
Edwin G. Root to the Rio Hondo
company, farm lots Nos. 70, 76, II
and rs in Rio Hondo park townsite;
81 and other valuable considera-
lions.
c. E. Hammond to w. G. Stevens,
COL acres, being part Of the La
Feria grant; consideration $3,OO5.
Estefano Soils de Champion ct AL.
to w. G. Stevens, 1885 acres, being
part Of the La Feria grant; consid.
Grafton s7.675.
w. G. Stevens to G. G. Braun
213.5 acres of land in the La Feria
grant; consideration $1O,6SO.
W. G. Stevens to William A. Pot.
ter, one-fourth undivided interest in
and to 213.6 acres in the La Feris
grant at rate of $50 per acre.
w. G.. Stevens to Alexander Find.
lay. o%ne-fourt undivided interest il
and to 213.6 acres Of land in the LIZ
Feria grant at rate of so per acre.
B. G. Sawyer to West Brownsville
Canal Co., farm lots Nos. 4 and )
block IS" in West Brownsville sub.
division; $40.
Richard c. Baker to West Browns
Vile Canal Co., boulevard lots 81
and IS, in West Brownsville sub.
division; consideration $40.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-08-21
Stock Importations.

Goats constituted an unusual i'm.
portation through the Brownsville
customs house yesterday. Ninety
one head of them were brought Over
by Lauro Perez for grazing pur.
poses.
There were also imported "a head
of cattle by 0. G. Hildebrandt fol
shipment to the J.. w. Saunder:
Commission Co. at Fort Worth.
Ovidio Garcia imported 81 head OF
cattle for local slaughter.
All the animals were inspected
and passed by DR.. Major Schofield.