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ing machine. covered it with canvas
and stretched a rope around it. This.
We told them, was a cannon that could
blow up their town. They walked big
eyed around it and were much i'm
pressed
ION one occasion in San Bernardino
strait, Philippines, anxious to complete
the work on hand. the provisions ran low.
and a diet of beans was found both neces-
sary and sufficient. The survey steamer
Patterson in one instance acted as a res
cue ship. The S. O. S. call was given
and the steamer stood by until all the
passengers were rescued. Capt. Miller.
then in command was one of the men to
perish on the Lusitania.
The men in the service are genuinely
interested in the work and eager to be
off on sea duty. The officers are always
college men. because of the technical
knowledge required. Magnetic observers,
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wheel, and whether the man is neces-
sary or not makes no difference, he is
close by. ready for any emergency or
opportunity.
The bridges are an obstacle to sailing
boats, but the motor boats glide mer
rily under them. At another point great
barges, which have discharged their
loads of coal, are going, under tow, up
the river to. the mouth of the canal,
where mule teams will haul them on
their placid way into the country.
* ::
Above the Aqueduct bridge. past the
Washington Canoe Club. stretches the
quiet river with its camps on either
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q Motor Graft Dot Bosom Of the Potomac

house and chickens purchased. When
anchorage is made for the night tho
amateur cooks show their skill. the
little galleys turn out food At for kings
that is If kings ever have appetites
to equal those of the sailors. After
everything is made ready for the night.
the notes perhaps of a corne: float over
the water, to be answered from tho
next yacht by hearty chorus OF mems
voices So on il goes from boat to
boat There is music ranging from the
harmonica to the piano until II is time
for all to join in the chorus, Tights
out" when all becomes quiet board
ship
Sometimes individual trips OF great
interest are taken. w. l.. Stockett. in
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a this time, when submarines
IN and their attacks upon vessels
N\ and the navies of the world
q = are so much talked of, the
danger resulting from another type of
under sea destroyer is somewhat for
gotten. But while these scientific in
ventions have been in the process of
perfection, nature has still continued
to shift her sands and build her shoals,
and so create her own submarines. To
protect vessels from these dangers has
always been the work of the coast and
geodetic survey.
Recently the coast survey steamer
Isis left the Norfolk navy yard, where
she has been fitted out with supplies
and surveying instruments, for her flu
ture work. Her field lies at the mouth
of the Chesapeake bay. a reef has
been reported in the vicinity of Fish
ers Island and others at other points
near Cape Henry. and the first purpose
of the Isis is to locate these and so
warn vessels entering the bay.
To the uninitis-t Ted the work OF locat-
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naces. or starts his motor, and takes
the stick or the wheel, lights his
pipe and feels that he is off again.
So strong is this feeling that nearly
every settlement by the sea or the in
let's therefrom and the rivers thereof
has it's yacht club, and Washington is
fortunate in possessing several of them
besides facilities for caring for the
craft of many individuals not members
of clubs.
Only a sailor, an artist or poet
finds anything remarkable in a trip
on the waters around the capital. Yet
one can see in a group of young boys
swimming and playing about on a few
old boards in midstream a picture Of
rare beauty The boys hands are
thrown upward to greet the passing
craft. and smiles are on happy young
faces. They are feeling the thrill of
excitement at their singular position.
The sun shines on their bodies, and
rare lights and shadows. glittering
drops of water fall about these young
Argonauts, whose golden fleece will be
found in a safe return and the appe-
title and sleep which come from pleas
ure and work combined.
But beyond the boys, the traveller
goes. only IN turn to be overtaken by
a darting power boat built for two,
which cuts through the water. throwing
spray in front and leaving big rollers
behind.
The friendly greeting of fellow
club boat carrying merry party out
for the afternoon and the evening on
the water means much Awnings pro-
tect them from the glare of the SUM-
OF course one of the girls is at the
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Capital Are Popular With Owners Of YasCapta Conhm
Other Cume the Larger and Best Known BoatTh Chesapeake Re-
Wmte-Long
the BThe United States Power Boat Squadron and
Racing Owners
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a y infant industry, one that is
~ really young and undeveloped,
q - but which promises a vigorous
growth, is striving for recognition at
the hands of the American people, and
the indications are that it may soon
clamor for such recognition. 1t Is the
dye or the dyestuff industry.
The dyes used in American manufac-
turing have generally been of German
make. The value of the annual impor-
tation of German dyes has amounted to
millions of dollars, and the excellence
and cheapness of the German product
would under normal conditions of trade
preclude competition on the part of
American dyemakers. The industry
is now making noteworthy progress
in the United States, but it is proceed
ing with less vigor and energy than
might be, because of the fear that. the
war over, German dyemakers, with a
large surplus on their hands and with
the intent to kill off American competi-
ton, will dump their products on the
United States.
Besides being dependent on a foreign
nation for an article so essential in
American industrial life as dye, the an
nual tribute paid to Germany in gold
been princely AS one of the defects
and dangers of dependence on a for
eign nation for a necessary article, it
has been pointed out by an authority
on the dye situation in this country,
week does not pass that some line of
colored goods is not withdrawn from
the market because of the inability of
American manufacturers to obtain Ger
man dyes and the inadeQuacy of the
supply from American dye manufac-
turers Ii has also been written that
there is not mill for the making of
fabrics in the United States which has
not been embarrassed by the scarcity
of dyes since the outbreak of the war.
1t was announced by the German gov
ernment "A good while ago that the eX
portation of dyestuffs to the United
states would he permitted on condition
that she should receive cotton of equal
value GREAT Britain, well knowing
that Germany WAS using cotton IN the
manufacture of military explosives, has
checked the transit of cotton FROM tho
I nltod states 10 Germany either direct
~ or throui.h neutral countries The
Isnult D. that the supply OF bsTman
dseH has boon rut on 10 the perpieAity
VI the American tcAtile Industries,
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representing 1000 yachts ere attached.
In this years cruise a dozen boats
of this club participated. In the trip
down the sailing honors fell to George
II. Bright's Freya, yawl-rigged, forty
three-footer.
The fleet assembled at ST. Marys
previous to the Chesapeake regatta.
There the officers were entertained
ashore at the old colonial residence.
This estate, one of the Oldest settle
ments in America, is where Leonard
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boats for individual cruises down the
Potomac and up the bay, through the
canals for the non-seagoe for the
stancher boats short trips voyages
for the summer off to the coast of
Maine or for the winter to Florida. some
Of the pleasantest times are had in an
nual regattas and in cruises down the
river to St. Marys and beyond. when
they take part with the Chesapeake Bay
Racing Association, of which the club
is an organic part, and to which clubs
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turned promptly, to find him surround
ed by crowd of menacing F'ilipinos.
He was keeping them at bay by threats
of what the guns on the steamer would
do to them if they harmed him. They
wouldn't believe that the boat was
coming for him shortly, but as soon as
they saw us they disappeared into the
bush.
We frequently exchanged courteses
with the natives. and these were most
entertaining. AT one small town where
We had stopped for supplies We invited
the mayor. or head of the community.
to dinner on board ship. \ band COM
posed Of a reed flute and a homemade
drum played solemnly until he stepped
on board. and a small army of retain
ers followed him.
He enjoyed his dinner tremendously.
but refused to eat tn hot roll that
was put on his plate. ! told him that
he would be sure to find it good IL he
would only taste II. But he had never
seen anything quite like IL. and want
ed to take II home To his family. Need
less to say. We loaded him down with
rolls when he left, and or he marched
hts blouse fun Of rolls. his stoVcptpc
hat Oh one side and his band playing
solcmnly
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and Shoals Navigation
Waters Outlines ChannesVe of Work
notwithstanding the Bottom of the
Sea-Aong
Philippines
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lean who has in his veins a drop of
that blood which impelled his ances-
tors TO cross the deep seas and take up
life in a new and wild country. If that
instinct survives it makes little differ
ence whether oar, paddle, sail, steam
or motor drives the boat.
The true sailor is happy when he cuts
loose from shore, leaves dull care be-
hind, gives himself up to present pleas
ure. gets up his sail. or stokes his fur
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Alaska there are isolated rocks or
lodges on the bottom, and i'll the trop-
ical regions the shores are fringed with
coral reefs and dotted with coral
heads. These dangers may frequently
lie untouched by the lead sounding,
and so it has been necessary to use ID
wire drag.
This apparatus is toWed through the
water by two or three power boats. If
it meets no obstruction. it is not posi-
BILE for any rock or reef to exist al
less depth of water than that at which
the drag was set. The average length
of the drag now commonly used is 1000
feet or over on great body Of water
a drag of 1900 feet long is used and
the men in the boats communicate by
wireless. The wire drag moves through
the water at a speed of about mile
and a half per hour. A great deal of
area can be covered in days work
and sometimes as many as fifteen shoal
spots have been found In that length of
time.
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Although We w'ro friendly. Nc
thought ~ wis" to keep those natives
little afraid ~ us. Jup' boiuto u dance
on board We rigTed ~ q harmless sound.
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The realization that by means Of
technical apparatus nations having In
tercst IN commerce aud the sea can in
sure safety To Vessels along their
coasts inHpireE thtli of admiration
for the origiubtorE OF the coast survey
service ana ~" men nov Carrying on
the work In the rhllippluos aud
Alaska real danger muHt sometimes bs
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%H7 IFE on the ocean wave" even
OOH if the wave be a placid one
. like the waters of the Poto-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22

In the October American Magazine Il
contributor writes an entertaining and
helpful article entitled Growing Young
AT Fifty This man tells how he was
old ut forty-SiX. with death just around
the corner. At fifty he is ten wears youn-
ger. more youthful. just through obeying
a few simple rules. In the following cx-
tract taken from a conversation between
this man and his doctor appear Some of
the "dOntS' for men in the fortIcS:
The things that | mustn't do or that
| must limit myself in doing were mum
crou>. \ lot Of them had To do with diet.
Hot breads. pie crust. fried things were
utterly taboo. Meats and the allowable
things, however. were To be eaten in
moderation. | should have but two meals
Il day. preferably breakfast and dinner.
And if | got hungry in the meantime. |
must content myself with a little fruit.
1T won't seem 80 satisfying at the
moment. he made clear las "A luncheon
Of the kind You've been used 10. but half
an hour afterward YOU will not be hun
cry. and you'll feel a great deal better"
No alcohol, You said?' ] suggested.
"A single glass OF beer will not mat
ter. occasionally he directed. But no
cock tails. high balls. or ANYTHING Of
that sort"
For breakfast | might have half a
cup of coffee AMI since | had been for
years an almost constant smoker he
would not take tobacco away altogether.
Twelve cigarettes and one cigar. were
where he drew the line.
Moderation" he concluded. is 70 be
YOUR watchword liz everything. Real
moderation. And that doesn't mean lead
ing a comparatively regular life for "A
month. or two months. or three months
and then jumping over al the fences in
a single night. You are 10 lead a strictly
regular life. day after day. week after
week, year after wear. That's our SEN
tence. And. believe me. won are not go
ing 10 find it half as hard as YOU think
YOU will.
And ] didn't.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
September %.

James j. Pearson, British American en-
gineer and writer, who has had a notable
career in England and Japan, l. 81 years
old today. Mr.. Pearson was a ship build
Ing engineer on the river Tyne. He had
charge Of the machinery construction in
naval vessels, including Austrian and
Chilean vessels. lie installed the fighting
equipment on two big Chilean cruisers. He
took charge Of the construction Of two
japanese cruiser, and took them to the
Orient. In Japan he found wide demand
for his services, and he remained there
four years, installing textile mills, building
ice plants. bridges, steam vessels and
and has become one of the prominent
American engineers. Mr.. Pearson was
born at Thornhill, in Dumiriesshire. Scot
land. September -, 1858. the son Of q
minister. lie was educated at Elmfield
college al York, England. and at Elswick
School Of Technology ut Newcastle-on-
Tyne. He studied engineering under Lord
Armstrong and then entered the field Of
ship building.
General Hugh l.. Scott. chief of staff,
United States army, % years old today.
Hon. Thomas L. SisSon, congressman
from Mississippi, 46 years old today.
Prof. Henry TX. Lang of Yale, authority
on the languages. % years old today.
Hon. John B. Goodwin. former mayor of
Baltimore. % years old today.
II N.lI,... r..l.l. r..l -
tural scientist Of the West, IS today.
Hon. William W. Grieot. congressman
from Pennsylvania. SO years old today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22

Judge Burns told the five men who
were convicted at Corpus Christi of
vote buying that they had his sincere
sympathy Vote buying is no yenial
crime. In essence il is the crime of trea-
son. Men who engage in il are undermin-
ing the foundation of their government.
a form of warfare chosen when the dan
ger Of open assault is great. Faith in
the men who make and execute them is
essential 10 the integrity Of laws. so
that the corruption of the ballot blX is
the corruption of laws. No little of the
growing disregard Of laws ia chargeable
To such crimes AZ this assessed against
the five men convicted al Corpus Christi.
Appraised 10y consequences. there can be
few crimes more heinous than this of
vote buying. 1t may occur Ia some that
men convicted of Il crime of such an
cnormity little deserve sympathy. and
particularly the sympathy of IA Judge.
Nevertheless. these men have "A valid
claim 10 seine sympathy. The crime is
theirs exclusively; but the moral culpa-
bility j. not. The people Of the State of
Texas are IL fault and the five men con
victcd al Corpus Christi are somewhat
the victims Of this fault.-Galveston
News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22
HAD TO TRY NEW ENGINES OF
DESTRUCTION.

Viewed in the retrospect. ii appears
strange now that people used 10 believe
that there never could be any more wars
of any great consequence. on account Of
the fact that all ot the civilized CD ma
lions Of earth had built - many powerful
and destructive machines ut war. that their
very existence must have A deterrent ct-
feet upon even the most warlike people.
With the powers equipped with such
aw~c.inSpiring dreadnaughtS.
submarines, aeroplane~. krupp guns. and
other modern engines of destruction. IT did
not seem possible that ~ensibly governed
people would risk humiliation by going TO
war. when they might arbitrate any appar-
ent casns belli through The Hague court.
We can see now that people were wrong
in taking this Tor granted. Those nations
could not be Satisfied with the mere pos
session Of these war making machines. I'M
til they had tried the edge Of them upon
each other.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22

PLAYING AT WAR SCHOOLS.

The summer war camp promises 10 be
come fashionable. Six hundred business
and professional business men of Chicago
nave gone into camp for a month IN army
uniform, to study the art of war making
under the instruction Of army officers. ri
Paso is organizing a similar camp. Fort
Worth is endeavoring to DO likewise. and
various other large cities are also entering
into the movement. Camp life J. enjoyable,
and whether these patriotic citizens learn
enough of army tactics during the few
short weeks they will devote to it to add
greatly 10 the sum of the country pre-
paredness of war. they will Mt least be the
gamers III physical Improvement by their
months outing. At the same time, no
doubt, they Will gain sufficient insight into
the science of war, and acquire sufficient
of the spirit that /, necessary To make true
soldiers, to make them far better fitted 10
aid in the defense uf the country IN ease
Of necessity. than they ever would BE-
without this TIT Of training IN AN actual
army camp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22
tuberculosis and the Sun.

DIR. Roller of Leysln. In the Swiss Alps.
reports the results obtained in some 1000
eases Of bone and joint tuberculosis treat
ed by sun baths. lie declares that bone
and joint eases in all stages and in pa
tientS Of all ages respond to this ''helio-
t%herapy," and that the functional results
are even better than the best surgeons OBJ
tain. The only drawback abou hello
therapy, a. compared with surgery, j.
that the former takes much time-months
and wears, n against days and weeks un-
der surgical methods.
Roller holds that bone and joint tuber-
culosis j. not local, but general-that the
patient requires the same general treat
ment ordinarily applied in pulmonary tn
berculosis.
The sun baths are administered under
careful supervision BY III" med attendants.
the exposures being gradually increased,
both in duration and in extent Of skin sur
face exposed to the suns rays, 20 that,
from an Introductory bath of ten minutes
for the feet and ankles only, the patient
ultimately reaches the point where a com-
plete exposure of the body for hours each
day l. possible without sunburn.
The so-called "cold abscesS"-the soft
ened areas which are apt 10 break upon
he surface ar leave discharging Sinuses
and ugly scars-heal under heliotherapy
without brcahing through the skin. This
i a great advantage.
But ii anu~rs are already present, sun
bathing heals them in a wonderfully short
time. This idea j. applied in America, also,
with excellent results, though of course
the air in the Alps Is clear and the sun
stronger.
Roller Las organized a farm labor col
ony, where many patients. when sufficient
ly improved 10 do light labor, help in rails
ing vegetables and basket making, and the
like, thus paying or IN part paying for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22

The higher prcc Of cotton this season.
compared with last seasons disastrous
prices should encourage the cotton grow
ers to continue 10 curtall the production.
so as to maintain prices. Undoubtedly
the reduction in the yield of cotton must
have been Il prime factor in keeping up
conflict and England's making cotton con
traband. Ii requires no genius To see that
it pays the farmer far better to obtain a
fair price for his cotton when he devoteS
only part OF his acreage to it production,
than to raise an enormous crop and sacri-
fee il al the ~ruinous figures Of last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22
OTHER PAPERS OPINIONS.


How justified the people of the United
States are in the faith tEey have placed
in Woodrow Wilson is again demonstra-
ted by the presidents announcement
that he must cancel several engagements
which would have forced him 10 leave
Washington and make addresses.
In expressing lis regrets To those citi-
zemS who hoped lie could see lis way
clear to attending the peace meneriol
celebration III Manassas. Va, he de
clarcd. ihat while il might be possible for
him To leave Washington for a few hours
if that were all the engagement meant,
he could not participate in the celcbra-
tion without careful preparation of his
address, and this is impossible. My
thoughts are m~ortgaged beyond ro,all
for the present. he said.
Every correspondent in Washington is
agreed that the president is letting moth
ing turn him for a moment from his
great duty, which is s. steer the ship Of
state through the breakers that sur
round il. He is dcvoting all his waking
moments 10 the task. He has dashed
himself To the wheel. as il were, and will
not leave il until there can he no doubt
the craft has reached calm water.
My experience here day by day he
told the Manassas committee, lis that
questions turn up -, suddenly and have
10 he handled so promptly and some
times with so much thoughtful discre-
ton that | really dare not let my
thoughts out To other maters.'
Therefore be is declining all invita-
tions and has cancelled those that he
had already accepted prior 10 the Am
erican crises that nave arisen from the
Val. And the American people may
know that if the ship j. m1t steered
safely. il will not be due to lack of watch
~fulneSs or earnest effort on the part of
the president San Antonio Light.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22

London has adopted a sort Of modified
prohibition. in the shape OF "A law prohibit
ing people in the metropolis from
treating each other To Intoxicating drinks.
Not "A bad substitute this for the real
thing. Most of the drinking i due To the
were not for the social drinkers there
would be considerably less Of the evil Of
drunkenness.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-22
The Bio Game in Russia.

Having taken Warsaw "a an error Of
the munitions manufacturers and stolen
the Brcst- Lit0vsk line while Grand
Duke Nicholas strategically retreated,
the Germans are now trying 10 steal
Wilma. Meanwhile the Gar has gone III
to pitch and the ninth inning must b.
somewhere ncar.-Austin Statesmen.