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UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin johnson

must Of necessity keep at it hard and un-
ceusingly. for the reason that there are SO
many others just waiting for him to drop
out AS for the life that gltters-its very
glitter is the result of it's hardness and
coldness. and he or she who comes here
pun ely as result Of the attraction this
glitter may hold. Is the least equipped of
all to Withstand New York city.
Broadway. like q woman. will seem
to run away from him who runs aft
tr her. But Broadway tadhering to
the gender just given herr Is a naughty
girl. who well knows her own charms.
yet has no conscience to stay her from
tho most sinful use OF them.
1t is true OF nine strangers out OF
ten who come to New York city that
it requires months for them to begin
to like 1t. The first sensation Is one
OF wonder. and this Is followed by one
of intense dislike. which in some cases
remains for half a year or longer. Peo-
pie accustomed to life in the country
or in smaller towns sigh for the open
spaces and the atmosphere of neigh
torlfness they have known. They feel
aloof from nature in some peculiar way
and the great and apparently bound
less mass of apartment and business
buildings gets on the nerves.
Do you enjoy meeting your friends
and acquaintances In the street now
and then? Do you like to bow to them
IN the box across the house at the
theatre, or in some part OF the OF rhes-
ira? Well. those things will be lost
to you here unless fame comes to you
first. and fame IL just az coy on this
little island a. she IL in tho. back
woods Of. the southern country.
No. my unknown dreamer friend ard
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New York is next going to have the
atre just for children. 1t is to be built
in Forty-seventh street, just west of
Fifth avenue, and fairy and folk lore
plays will hold the l}oards there always
-
Broadwayites enjQyed the novel sight
of about 1000 street cleaners attacking an
imaginary bank of lsnow recently. Last
winter it cost Daddy Knick about $1,000,-
900 to clean his STREETS, and he Is still
angry as result, ESQ this year he in
tends to be ready, aid his army of snow
fighters will open the battle as soon as
there is enough STOW to cover the
ground.
It will no doubt Interest many friends
Of Grantland Rice, the now famous sport
writer from Tennessee. to know that
since. his shift from the New York Mail
(evening) to the New York Tribune
(morning), his popularity here has In
creased materially-sto has his salary. The
Tribune Is q much more pretentious
sheet than the Mail, but it is none too
big for the clever Tennesseean. who.
by the way. continues to contribute to
Golfers Weekly.
The New York 1s1b. death rate showed
a decrease and th} birth rate an In
crease. II that SORT of thing keeps up.
war will be necessas y to relieve conges-
ton.
And IN addition ia, that comes the an
nouncement that the number Of deaths
from automobiles, oars and wagons on
the street was only 30 during the month
OF December. OF course. this will never
do-the people must be shuffled of in
some wayt and * the regular metropolitan
pEoceeses are faili,hs after this fashion.
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some new death dealing plan will have
to be inaugurated upon the island.
An ex-New York policeman, 9 feet in
height and weighing about 200 pounds. is
now suing for divorce on the ground of
cruelty. A woman should be ashamed Of
herself to be cruel to little fellow like
that and, Of course. being a policeman.
he had no training in the art of self de-
Tense. except. perhaps, from passing
cars and other vehicles.
This week witnessed the first presenta-
ton Of "Segfried" by the Metropolitan
Opera company. Cold as the weather has
been here. 1t has never been too frigid
for hundreds to stand out on Broadway
waiting to get tickets to grand opera
sometimes for hours.
THE INTERNATIONAL PASTlME.
There's game that men long have
been playing.
Though often its ending Is woe;
1t is thoughtlessly played
With the heart Of a maid,
Or maybe a dozen or SO.
1t is filled with apparent devotion.
AS gentle, 1t seems. as a dove,
Though 1t often contains
Many heartaches and pains,
Does this wonderful game we call
Love.
There are some who are fair in their
playing. MSS
But such It IL seldom We meet,
For the world, az q rule.
When In love ID fool ,..4,--.
And likewise most often Z cheat
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So beware. little maid. of its tempt
ings:
Yield slowly to loves gentle sway.
For. with man. Oft IL ends ga
When a maiden unbends.
Though she's only beginning TO play
The heart is the only true player;
To that you may yield all the sweets,
But be wary. be wise.
Ware the lips and the eyes,
They are only the sharks and the
cheats.
And one other warning I'd give you--
.Twere we'll to be needing the same
Men, full often. viii WOO.
Not for love, dear. of you.
But just for the love of the game.
Four new plays were launched upon
the uncertain dramatic sea this week.
They are: sinners" at the Playhouse:
Maternity" at the Princess: Camille
in French. at the Century Lyceum:
"wallenstein Tod" in German. 1t the
Irving Place.
Two weeks hence the Hippodrome
will close to prepare another spectacle
to succeed Wars OF the World, but
the wise among us. get an mixing Of.
tho real underlying idea--lack II Dupt.'
ness AS you probably know. the New
York Hippodrome Is the largest thea.
tire in the world, so there is not much
reason to believe that it will he con-
verified into a "movie" playhouse.
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Nay, though tbs true have but dreams
And visions-yet the world is made OF
such.
What great invention ever thrilled a
race,
A people. or world. who did not deem
Its first announcement some poor
dreamers dream.
And meet It with q doubling. smiling
face?
And what have you. who never yet have
dreamed.
Accomplished I'm reality and fact?
Is not the dream foundation for the
act
Today's reality what once but sesmed9
The world might. in it,. slumber still
be blind
To progress and -listless.
Had ne'er . dream unto dreamer
come,
To leave its impress on the waking mind.
A dreamer? Aye. An alien? TITS not true:
1t Is tho province Of the dreamer's
hand
+ To feel the worlds great pulse to un-
And. understanding, share his dreams
with you.
And SO give you visions-what but
seems
II you, disdainfui. hold them Ill. why.
then,
Thus, at your hands. receiving them
again.
/ am seontent. slnes- stii,-, /, have my
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stituents and swipped the job of Emperor,
and mooved bag and baggage including
his millitery genius into the Loover. Ma
polion did not make a big hit with the
luther royal fammerlies in Urope who had
long and blew bluded peddigrees and he
was {bout as populer with them as Tom
Hefli( is in Sufferagette Conversion.
Still they tryed to keep There aversion for
him Aosially carefully consealed becawse
he was apt to act little queer about it.
He did not belong to theere set, but they
was tGb polite to mension it exsept in pri-
vate, AID strictly not for publication.
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Josafeen fell for all this stuff and kept
UP hur faith in Napolion-he was DEVIL
all rite with the womin. He told Josafeen
that his love for hur was unquinchibull,
and that she was his inspiration. ~ lay
EVERY thing at your feet Josafeen' he sed
"theere is nuthing | would deny you; COM
mand me to do emmy thing, and I'll make
good" he sed. "To prove my devosion
III vote the prohibision ticket for you,'
he sed lovingly. Theereupon he bought
.Josafeen a Rist watch, with a gold filled
twenty yeer case, and surreptsiously
handed Marree of Prussier who was SER
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tainly sum ''squab" peerl reckless, which
cost SO much mummy he had to raise the in
cum tax twenty per sent to fill the hole in
the Nasionel Treasury.
When NAPOLEON furst begun to blossum
forth, he was strong for the plain peepul
and was fixed in his purpose that they
should rule. "Down with Royalty" was
his mottow, and it mite be sed of him that
he "downed NOR royalty than emmy uther
downer at large. Still when his campaign
committee commenced to whoop them up
for him to be Emperor he fell for the slushy
stuff and went rite square back on his con-
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10 MY Lear SUNDAY WriVor, IN
which he or she refers to New
York - the Mecca of my dreams" and
sthe goal Of my ambitions" Encomiums
Cor Broadway follow. and there is also a
request TO tell more Of Madison Square
oorden and the Botanical museum"
It occurs to me that there may be more
people In the southland who have the
cAsccn OF my sdreams'' idea about Man.
epttan, and the best bit of that cheap
ecu.Modity Known ~ advice which can
ley hands on At this moment is-wake up.
Such dreams are Improbable, and where
they have brought success in one case in
. others they have brought anything from
pov erty to self-deetructfoH.
The south needs its dreamers, and New
York does not Broadway 10 not signing
70 be uplifted, taught or enlightened fur
Their in any way. and Is in fact, convinced
that II knows about all there Is 70 Know
In this generation. II you have nothing
distinctly out Of the ordinary. New York
has no time to listen to you at ali. and II
you have, Father Kn'ckerbocker win very
probably discover you himself, wherever
You may be located. -ss-<
N As ''home city, Gotham hardly ex-
lste. It IL not built for such purposes I
! n adjusted by the spirit of do" and there
& no place within its borders fpr one
Who Is net willing to strive and struggle
from his first to his last waking moment.
This. Of course. appliss to the men and
~ men in the ranks--wheYe great wealth
9 concerned. It Il quite different.
Have. ~ kinds o& .tt14nt Ara Available
- wnatsvSr posltaon one nay bold. he
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Who Will Be
Napoleon Of War?

NAPOLEON was also CRATE Orratur, tho
he did not make long set speeches. On the
battle field just before the fitting started he
would address his soldiers in an impas-
stoned manner giving them There choise
about hooking the block off the enpemy,
so to speek, or going on pleasure trip to
see how the new gilloteen worked Most\
of them choose to tackle the ennemy be-
cawse the gilloteen in those days was ex-
treemly careless and fretful in its mannur
and had much to do with rase suiside in
Franse. Most emmy of Napolion's soldiers
would dye for him it is sed and also quite
a good menny did. He was devoted to his
army, always keeping it between himself
and the ennemy, so that emmy of them ex-
treemly anxious to dye for him would be
at liberty to do so. 1t was just like Napo-
lion to refrain frum hooking his men out
of emmy little pleasure like that If emmy
of his genneres and marshalls Gwen ex-
pressed a desire to dye for There country
and theere Emperor, he did his best to
humor them.
Still he was a CRATE Gennerel He maid
raining on hard thrones moor uncumfurta-
bull in Urope than emmy luther persun who
has ever tackled the job. He united
Franse by keeping down all dissensions and
with united country much can be accom-
phshed Polytical opposlsion to NAPOLEON
in F'ranse was not a helthy occupasion,
few promminint polytisians tried it but
theere careers weer breef-Oh so breef.
They weer cut short in the hay-day of life
so to speek and departed for a change of
sceen, where There air no chickering's and
dissensons
Still Gwen this CRATE man spilled the
beans. He went to the well onse too often,
and tempted fate too menny times. At the
battle Of Waturloo they got his tag. He
went down in defect becawse they Matched
up a combination on him. When he re-
treeted with his shattered legiuns to Franse
he was no long1lr the conkering herow.
They no longur met him with the silvur
Cornet Band; the Lord Mayer no longer
handed him the keys to the City together
with three abject grovvcls.
His little boomlet had busted and for the
furst time in menny munts the crowned
beds of Urope begun to get kittenish and
danse and tango and make merry. The
Pheenom had blew up and the clowd on
the horrizun had vanished and all was
lovely. They sent NAPOLEON to st. Helena
which to him was all that the name implied
with the ena left off. He spint menny
yceTS IueeTe duu Ill duulSlOH lOT WudI ut
had alreddy dun for history handed down
to posterrity the addisione favurs Of fore
or five differint brands of sol-tair.
For man with so active career Napo-
lion did fairly well in getting all the sleep
that was cumming to him. l have in this
lait day viewed sevverel thousend beds he
has slept in, and menny chatteaux, which
weer his hedquarturs He had moor he'd
ouarturs than Mexico has reyyOlusions
and they weer all exclusive.
In spite of his sad fate, theere air menny
of the gennerels now engaged in making
relicks out of Urope who feel flattured
when they air compared with him. Yours
trooly, BILL VINES.
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others OF his or her ilk-don't dream
too much about Manhattan--corne up
and take look at 1t first-I can as
sure you you will not be noticed. It
Is an overcongested city which does
not even seek additional inhabitants
There is. however. one kind Of person
who will no doubt find Joy here at
once-it is he who Is content to sac
rif1ce real pleasure for the sake Of
merely appearing happy-he who is
willing to give up life for the sake Of
just appearing to live. for New York
is long on the little game OF bluff
and ostentation.
AS for the request to write more
about Madison Square Garden: II ism
. garden at all. in the first place, and
in the second q fellow killed man
there once and then had to go crazy,
legally or otherwise, so / don't fire.
Quent the place Just at present it IL
being given over to athletic stunts and
exhibitions.
The Botanical Museum don't know
It, There are beautiful botanical gardens
up in Bronx park, and others In Central
park, and there Is a Museum OF Natural
History, an Eden Musee. and of course.
there Is Brooklyn, which may come In
that class, but the Botanical Museum
/ have not yet located.
New York has many points In its favor,
but don't forget that there is more truth
in Distance lends enchantment," than
there Is in a great many Of the reports
we get from the seat OF war.
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PARIS.

W. Frinch soil. Sertain parts of
9 Frinch soil is now perfectly safe
to be on, while luther parts of sed soil is
soked in gore. | do not as rule care for
soil that is soked in gore, preferring on the
average soil unsoked, however one can
not always be the choosur in this war
striker country. Almost at emmy time
peesibul gentulman who has no inturrest
In the war Whatsoever is iabull to have
his estate ruthlessly used by the combat
tants and gore and uther liabilities spred
over the landscape depressing its market
vallew. 1t he is wise he will not offur emmy
objectsion to this but take his losses like
game sport, also take to the sellur with
such assets as he can handle, otherwise he
may be subjected to rood treetmint, and
his smoking tobacco taken frum him.
One Of the cheefest consurns of menny
of the hybrows over heer is, who in this
was will cum to the frunt as the CRATE
herowf Who is the persun whose name
will be handed down to posterrity along
with the Nasionel Debt, which is to rival
that of the Crate Napolionf Who is to
stand out prominently in histery-like a
sore thumb-as the millitery genius of the
twentieth sentury? Who will be the Ma
polion, the Bloochur, the Wellington, the
Nay, or the Goat as the result of this mitey
struggle? Urope now admits that NAPOLEON
up to date is the gratest gloom organizur
ever prodused over heer. They. point to
Napolion's record with much pride; the
print of his teeth still is plain on the gilt
thrones of EVERY dynasty in Urope; will
this war produse his equalq If it does not
it will have been in vain and Urope will
have staged CRATE productsion at enor-
mus expense only to find itself baffled in
its ambision to smeer history all up with
the vallorus deeds of sum persun who will
make NAPOLEON look like Pikur
The life of NAPOLEON is only an exampul
of what poor yung man can do when he
is backed by thursty ambision and the
standing army. NAPOLEON started out
poor boy, unknown and unherreled, and it
was by the most persistent effurts that he
rose to the rank of corporel at 1858
munth in the Frinch army. Aftur he OBJ
tanned his toe-holt, to use vulger but sat
tisfactery turn, his progress was sure and
sertain and aftur breef inturval he rose
to the he'd Of the army, leeving In his wake
the beds and luther persunnel effects of
those who weer foolish enuff to attimpt to
inturfeer with him. He was a very de-
turmined individual and wore frown and
millitery air on all occasions according to
the pictures of him now extant.
NAPOLEON while very constant and fixed
In his millitery purposes, was extreemly
varigated in his love affairs. Menny of
the CRATE buties Of Urope weer told by Ma
polion that they "weer the only womin |
ever lovved'' Josafeen was his furst
wife and she always admired him in spite
of the fact that he used to stay out late at
mites giving such excuses as that he was
detained at the K. of P. lodge, being on the
sick committee, or that the Board of Mayer
and .Aldurmen weer having an importint.
meeting about a street railway franchise
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Arboreal
From the Washington Star.
"Rliggins IL always talking about his
family tree"
Eyes But he doesn't mention ~
shady sidA-
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JUST DREAMS.

A dreamer I? An allen. out Of touch.
Apart from those with whom ! dali,
uve1
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IW YORK. January s.-(Special.)
From some unknown southern
friend comes a letter addressed
to MY Dear Sunday Writer" In
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

June 26 irrigated for the first time
after planting. l made bitches about
i've inches deep, so the water would
not break out and wash the soil
away from the stalk. irrigated my
corn four times and followed with
small cultivator three times. | kept
all the suckers pulled off and didn't
have a weed in my corn by the first
of August.
| began to cultivate my corn by
hand on the goth of September 1t
took me some time, as | had to go
to school and could only work be-
fore and after school, I put it up in
small shocks; had SO of them. tied
the tops of the shocks with twlne
and not one fell down.
One month after cutting | started
10 musk my corn, working nights,
mornings and Saturdays. The corn
was dry and I left it on my plat until
| was through husking. | had a box
made to keep the corn off the ground.
! then had the witnesses weigh the
corn. Several visitors came to see
my corn and all remarked on the
height. The stalks were from 10 to
IA feet high.
The seed | used was furnished me
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by the O.-W. r. & N. Company.

by the O-W. R. & N. Company. |
took one kernel from each ear and
tested it and every one sprouted. The
only trouble with my corn Is that
raised a worm with almost every ear,
which shortened the yield about 10
bushels. Besides the corn, the fod-
der weighed about four tons. At s5
a ton 1t would bring about $40.
Cost of Production.
My father tells me the expense of
raising my corn is too high, but five
years ago became lame after a sick
ness and cannot work as fast as some
boys, but | have followed instruc-
tions and set down all the time put
in on my one acre of corn.
Cost of acre Of corn:
Flowing, narrowing, manur-
ing--self AZ hours, team "a
hours. ..;.............$ SOS
Hoeng acre Of corn-sef so
hours. ................., 500
Planting acre of corn-self 35
nOufS. .....,.............. $50
Cultivating acre of corn-self
20 hours, team rs hours. 3.25
Work in gathering acre Of
corn-self 70 hours. ....... 700
Estimated rent of land. .... 500
Cost of barnyard manure. 49,. 1000
Cost OF seed corn to plant acre As
-
$49.15
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A reason.
First Mountain Resort Boarder-
Were you here last Summer? Sec
ond Ditto-No, and that's why I'm
here this Summer. believe me.
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Estimated value of corn

estimated value of corn
from acre:
Number of bushels of
:, common corn. ..,. 100 1910
Number BUSHELS seed
Total number bush
els on prize acre. 101 45-70
Market value of COM
mon corn at time it
was put in crib. $S0.5f9-7
Market value of seed
corn at that time. 200
$S2.51 81
Value of all my corn, both
common and seed. $S25l 81
Profit on my acre of corn.... 1896 81
Cost of corn per bushel... AS
(Signed) LESLIE NELSON
The largest individual yield was
that of c. E. Berry, of Walla Walla,
on irrigated land. Field contained
2R acres and gave yield Of 1912
bushels Of corn to the acre and three
tons of fodder The total cost OF
planting and harvesting was $17.25
per acre and the net profit, given by
Mr. Berry, was $96.55 per acre.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-13
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers have
been recorded in the county clerks office
The Palmetal company to Q. J.. wilkins.
west one-half of block ,. containing 20
acres, in survey PSI, II 800; north one
half Of block Is. % acres, survey No. PSI,
81 500; west one-half Of block Is. being
20 acres, 1890; east one-half Of block
Is. $1,000: east one-half Of block ?.
II 500 IN all 100 acres. - 800.
Otis +. CrauSby To- +. +. Smith. lot i,
block 20. town Of San Benito: $500.
Alya A. LIndahI. trustee, Ia ID. 4. Ruun-
seville. Dodge Center. Mimi. farm lots 3
and q in block 81 of Harding Lindahl sub
division west OF Raymondville, being in all
so acres: $500.
Alva A. Lindahl. trustee, 10 q. +. Schrap.
farm lots IL, II. l3 and II in section %
Of the Harding LindahI subdivision. loo
acres in all: ~S.s00.
J. l.. and Matte \. Mayfield 10 Wash
ington County State bank. Brennan, Texas.
farm lot 134 of subdivision Of Harrington
Land 4 Water company, ID acres
1T. 064.S0.
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MILITIA COMPANY
TO BE ORGANIZED
BROWNSVILLE MEN BELIEVE THERE
IS NECESSITY FOR FORMING A
NEW HOME GUARD.

HI siXty-tive Young Americans express
their willngne5s to enlist. Brownsville may
again have a company Of the National
Guard Of Texas. +. a. Kinder. clty attor-
ney, and member NJ 4 volunteer regiment
in the war with Spain. with other inter-
.ested has set on foot a movement to re-
establish q guard post here. Any youth If
good character, an American citizen. over
n years VI age win ~ considered for the
rolls ut the company.
Sixty-fve onlistments IL the minimum
number required by the adintant generals
department before a charter viii b. ISSUED
10 an infantry company. II " planned
here Ia organize u machine gun platoon
the infantry organization il e-tab-
.hshed.
Applications are being received by 4. A.
Kinder. The hst may BE- signed at hi Of
fee ia the P%utegnat building.