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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27
Your Next Visit 10 Houston viii be in

complete unless YOU visit the W. c. Mum
Cos. mammonih store. Il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Ole Prices prevail on orders for suit,
placed with n before September 29th
Prices will advance on certain materials
after that date. Rutledge'S. a2G3
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27
Commissioners TO Meet Friday

Commissioners to Meet Friday-Thc
meeting OF the ciiy commission that WAS 60
have been held this afternoon for The Tur-
pose of further considering fire apparatus
has been postponed until tomorrow morn
my M 10 o'clock. Under the city charter
the commissioners can not vote IA spend
an amount in excess of $3.50 unless i full
m~emh.rship of the commission j. present
and COMMISSIONER Il. Il. Rcntfro and w.
afternoon.
|, Make w. c. Mum Co.'S. bic store your
headquarters when IN Houston next.
Everything provided for Your convenience.
II you Place Your Order prior 10 Sep
TENDER 18th FOR i suit. we can allow You
he advantage Of the old price on Certain
Materials. on which prices advance % that
date. Rutledge'>. 9'16 81
Wanted-Lady 10 clerk in good clean
business. Must give references. +. II. W.
care Herald. -i5
TUT 0utSt SCi WIZ. ffetNifi- NHt itt~~-
ing, Phone No. j. Model Laundry. f;fl
Give that auto top q coat Of top dress
INC and have a new celluloid scwcd in the
hack curtain. Delivery in four hourS.
ready for r~c. Gilmore Anto Painting <
Trimming Works. west Of Wells Fargo Ex-
press office. Ct
ElkS viii Elect-Sevcral offices IN the
list Of lodge 1882. Benevolent u Protcc-
tive Order If Elk. have become vacant,
through the holders going INTO the service
Of the country, and their places will De
titled by election nj 4 meeting Ia he held
in tho lodge rooms Monday night. II wa
announced today by Secretary T.. :. Gridcr
|nfiice~ vacant are: X. &. Morris LEADING
knight: Del Perkins. loyal knight. Gerald
johnson. tAr: Lawrence Smith. esquire
y. y. putcsnat. treasurer. There j. al-o
other important business Ia be transacted.
Have That Old Suit and 0varcoat StcriIizcd
and pressed II Rutlcdee',. Efonc llt3. :
9'2G'3t
New Prices: Haircut. Shampoo Or Mas
sage. % cents. White Front Barber Shop.
If.
Marriage License The county clerk ha.
issued 4 marriage license f. Manuel Ca
sazo> and Allagracis Johnson.
Solid Gold Wedding Rings ~ the usual
high Entlcdcc standard: the best that
money can buy. at the old reliable Rutlc,lgc
JcweIry Store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

We will call for and deliver your suit
pressed in 30 minutes. Phone No. 1, Mod
.el Laundry. Ufl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Coolest Rooms in Town, for rent. south
ern Hotel, corner Ninth and ST. Charles
SITS. If.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27
E'ks viii Elect


and pressed II Rutlcdse',. Phone lll3.
92G3
New Prices: Haircut. Shampoo Or Mas
sage. % cents. White Front Barber Shop
~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Marriage License The county clerk b.,
issued a marriage license IT, Manuel Ca
sazo> and Allagraci. Johnson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27
Said Gold Wedding Rims NJ M \

high Eatledcc standard: the best tina
money can buy, at III" old reliable Rutlcdg
~JcweIry Store.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Good Auto Painting j. not an expense
it~ cconony-pEotcct your ear from the
elements. And the fqIrhy take pride in i
and drive with cnutiSn. Gilmore Auto
Painting a Top Work~. west Of Well
Fargo Express office. III
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Give that auto top q coat Of top dress.
Ing and have a new celluloid scwcd in III,
hack curtain. Delivery in four hour,
ready for r~c. Gilmore Ante Painting 4
Trimming Works. west Of Wells Fargo TX.
press office. &
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

For Quick Service. cleaning and press
ing, Phone No. j. Model Laundry. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

~ the Eaelciout Red Gross beaciii Sutur-
day aitcrn0nn.-adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

l. Make w. c. Mum Co.'S. bic store Your
headquarters when IN Houston next.
Everything provided for your convenience.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-27

Brownsville Commandery No. o.,
X. l., will hold a Special Con 81
clavc on Friday, September $780,
1917, opening at $50 o'clock
p. m. Orders "a lc conferred on six K. 4.
Companions. lntermis>ion at q 80 o'clock
to supper. All Knights Templar are cour-
teon~lv and cordially invited.
G. III. THORN, j. j. COOKE.
Commander Recorler.
HNssstf IL Sl26l3t
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
Use Of Barbed Wire in War.

The part that barbed wire has play
ed in the war is reflected to some ex-
tent by the foreign commerce reports.
observes the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
This is peculiarly an American prod
uct, the Blidden invention having been
utilized on a large scale by John w.
Gates at st. Louis.
The descriptions from the front
show the effective use made of this
simple invention, which the late Sena-
tor Ingalls, said was suggested by the
manner in which milch cows avoided
bramble bushes. 1t was woven and
twisted into a barrier that seemed i'm
pregnable until the British developed
the use of artillery in such amazing
fashion. The study Of Notifications
has been followed from the beginning
of human history, and 1t Is a singu-
lar fact that a simple fencing device,
designated for an untimbered country,
should surpass every other obstacle to
the progress of a modern army.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
FRANKLIN LOVER OF PEACE
Philosopher Emphatic in Declaration
That "There Never Was Bad
Peace or a Good War"

I join with you most cordially in
rejoicing at the return of peace.
hope it will be lasting, and that man
kind will at length, as they call them
selves reasonable creatures, have
reason enough to settle their differ
ences without cutting threats; for,
in my opinion, there never was n
good war or a bad peace. What vast
additions to the conveniences and
comforts of life might mankind have
acquired If the money spent in wars
had been employed in works of util-
ityl What an extension of agricul-
ture, even to the tops of the noun
tains; what rivers rendered naviga-
BILE, or Joined by canals; what
bridges, acqueducts, new roads and
other public works, edifices and i'm
prOvements, rendering England a
complete paradise, might not have
been obtained by spending those mil
lions in doing good which in the last
war have been spent in doing mis-
chief-ln bringing misery into thou
sands Of families, and destroying the
lives of so many working people, who
might have performed the useful la
bors benjamin Franklin.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

the heavily armed German machines
approached. The Britishers could see
the iron crosses on their wings and the
three men in each machine. Then out
of the empty air, as it seemed, British
and French airplanes began to gather
around the patrol, diving from above,
climbing from below. They waited the
attack.
A Brave Attempt.
AS the Germans came on their lead
Ing machines turned round and joined
the others behind them, and in little
while firing began, short bursts from
ours and long, slow firing from the en-
emy. Three French machines detached
themselves from the main body and
tried to make their way behind the
Huns to cut them off. Their maneuver
was seen ana the Huns turned upon
them. They were heavily Outnum-
bered. A few bursts of firing then all
three fell to earth in flames, but two
of the enemy fell with them.
Elated by this first success the Huns
came on. They had grown a little
careless and had lost their formation.
Our machines ever on the watch, saw
their chance and dived suddenly down
into the thick of them. The leader
was among the first. AS he swept in
he heard grinding crash and, turn
ing his head for a moment, saw two
Germans falling to earth together in u
mass Of splintered wreckage.
"That's what comes of getting excit-
ed and crowding," he said as he fired
point blank at an enemy. All round
him was firing. Several machines Of
friend and foe fell to earth past him.
One dropped unpleasantly close to his
tail. Then as suddenly as 1t began the
battle was over. The Germans had
had enough. They dived toward home,
and French and British followed in hot
pursuit.
But the leader looked at his watch.
"Phew! Five minutes late and no.
where near the lines. What will the
G. o. say"
He turned at once for home, followed
by the other three. But the fifth ma
chine never returned. 1t must have
been attacked on the way home.
They circled down to the aerodrome
and fell in for inspection. Their pa
troll was over.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
NlCKNAMES WERE LOCALIZED
Titles Spread Upon Official Records,
According to Early Archives of .
Several States.

Nicknames are not likely to get out
of fashion so long as human nature re-
mains what it is. In these days, how
ever, it is not customary to spread
such titles upon official records, as was
formerly the habit, according to the
archives of several OF our states.
In the Dutch records Of 1914 we
have John Petersen, alias Friend
John. In the Newton purchase from
the Indians, dated in 1866, one of the
boundaries is "by a Dutchmans land
called Hans the Boore," and in the
Bushwicl patent, dated October Il,
1867, one Of the boundaries is "John
the Swede's meadow" In 1906, in the
Kings county records, n man is named
living at Gowanus as "Tunis the Fish
err"
The common council of New York
in 1901 ordered fish to be brought into
the dock 'over against the city hall
or the house that Long Mary formerly
lived in," and in the same year an or
der was passed that Topknot Betty
and her children be provided for as
objects of charity"
The explanation of this custom in
many cases was that the persons in
question either had no family names
or had forgotten them, says New
York exchange, so that the use of their
generally accepted nicknames became
necessity.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
Art of Egypt.

Art history, particularly in the
branch of painting, has undergone
some radical revisiOns In the last quar-
ter of a century, as a direct result OF
Egyptian archaeological research.
Painting, as we know 1t today, is at
least 5000 years old--and we have
found the originals to prove it. The
site Of ancient Thebes, now represent
ed by the modern villages of Karnak
and Luxor, has been one Of the richest
0uarries worked by modern scholarly
excavators of various natiOnalities..
Ten years ago the New York Metropoli-
tan museums expedition established at
Thebes a special school or atelier for
the purpose Of copying and recording
the brilliant-palnted scenes and inscrip-
tions uncovered in the royal tomb chap
els of Egypt's rulers of more than
thirty centuries ago.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

to travel from island to island in their
great seagolng canoes. These are de
scribed by early explorers and arc
known to have been large enough to
seat so or 80 men. The Indians used
them not only for fishing, but for wa
and piracy; among the distinctive re-
mains are some that indicate the pres
ence of few Caribs-these were un
dOubtedly brought to the islands as
prisoners.
Fllahtless Birds Bones Found.
Next to his discovery that hitherto
unknown tribe once inhabited theseSis-
lands, Mr.. de Booy's most interesting
find was the bones Of flightless bird.
Such a bird belonging to the rail fam
lily and having useless rudimentary
wings inhabits New Zealand at the
present day, but that similar crea-
ture lived on this hemisphere was a
tremendous surprise to the scientists
of the Smithsonian institution in
Washington, who identified the bones
sent them by Mr.. de Booy. The bird
Is not prehistoric, but undoubtedly
was hunted and eaten by the Indians
three or four hundred years ago.
Another creature which existed upon
the islands in pre-Columblan days and
is now extinct was the isolObOdan, a
large rodent, which also furnished the
islanders with food.
It Is we'll known that these three IS
lands, which are now covered for the
most part with brush and grass, where
they are not cultivated, once supported
heavy forests. The trees were proba-
bly, burned by the Spanlards in order
to make room for crops.
Mr.. de Booy's discoveries indicate
that the islands not only have been de-
forested, but that the whole character
of their fauna has been changed by
man. Not only the flightless bird and
the isolObodan have been exterminated,
but he also found bones Of species of
crow which is now extinct and Is
known to have inhabited only dense
forests. For these animals which have
been destroyed, the European fallow
deer, the partridge and the wild goat
have been substituted. Thus the char
acter Of both fora and fauna have
been radically altered by man and If
one Of the aborigines could return he
would probably find the islands hard
to recognize.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
IN AFRICAN JUNGLE
British Aviator Relates Expert.
ence of Four Days.
Forced to Abandon Machine, He Had
to Make His Way Through Almost
ImpenetrabIe Bush, in Con-
slant Fear of Death.

Horrible experiences Of a British
aviator who came down in an East
African jungle are described by him
in letter just received by relative
at London.
The aviator, Lieut.. G. GarroOd, went
up to bomb German ambush on the
Ruff river, but through engine trou-
BILE had to descend in the bush, the
machine landing with broken propeller
in bog. 1t took him four days to
make his way to place of safety.
He tells how in the dusk he was
confronted with an ugly black animal
about four feet high with vicious
tusks. He climbed tree and pre-
pared to put in the night there. Later
he opened his eyes and saw something
like two green electric bulbs about 80
feet from the tree. They moved around
in circle. This continued for 45 min
utes. He says:
1.-THE tension was unbearable.
wanted to scream, shout and yell all
in one, but instead 1 burst out with
The Admlral's Broom and with a
full-throated bass 1 roared out the
three verses. No applause, but re-
ward-the leopard skunk away. Why
had not thought of it before?
~ went through my repertoire. I
laughed as 1 finished Two Eyes Of
Grey 1t seemed so ridiculous. Then
I got on to hymns, remembered four
verses of % God, Our Help in Ages
Past and sang the Amen too. The
whole thing had its ludicrous side"
Next morning while swimming a
river he passed seven yards from a
crocodile's mouth, but just reached
the bank in time. Without food, or
arms-his only weapon Of defense hiS
nails scisSors-his progress through
the awful bush was about 100 yards
an hour. His clothing was in ribbons,
and his flesh exposed to the thornsp
sword grass and flies.
He swan seven more rivers that
day and sank down exhausted against
tree. He could hear lion roaring
about 800 yards away, and, somewhat
nearer, the grunting of a hippopOta-
mus. He continues:
"Being exhausted, more or less
lost consciousness for perhaps half an
hour or so. Nothing short of a hippo
charging could have made me climb
a tree. Am afraid life had little to
offer about that time"
It was while lying here that the
lieutenant had the annoying expert
ence of surveying two large babboons.
the size of small man, quarreling
over his trousers, now in threads, and
among the tops Of 40-foot trees.
1t was not until he had passed an
other horrible day and equally terrible
night in the bush that he at last was
picked up by some natives.
"Their eyes seldom left me-" he
adds. "Undoubtedly was strange
sight--my legs bare and bleeding, my
short vest sodden, dirty and torn, no
trousers, of course, just a dirty sun
helmet, short stick in my right hand
and with four days growth of beard
on my dirty face"
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

A new piece of farm machinery is
cart designed for bringing in the
corn shocks, and it is self-loading.
A new bathroom scale with Il dial
facing upward, to enable the person
standing on it to read his own weight,
is n recent invention.
A tool by means &c which one man
can move the heaviest laden freight
car has been invented by an Illinoisan.
Between May l and October 3, 1898,
of the Spanish war, % officers and
257 men were killed, and four officers
and 81 men died of wounds in Cuba.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
CONVERSATIONS

Africa is three times larger than Eu.
rope.
The supply of singing birds has been
cut Off by the war and canary prices
are soaring.
Rejected cartridge shells have been
bought up by jewelry firm and made
into flower vases.
When water in minnow pail can.
not be changed often bicycle pump
blowing air into the water is worth
while.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
No Dancer.

A party of engineers were out wire
cutting in "No Mans Land" one night.
Things were progressing very favor
ably when one of the sentries sent up
flare or star shell so that he could
spy out the land. Immediately all the
wire cutters except one, threw
themselves down.
keep still, you idiotw they whls.
pered to the foolhardy one.
1T doesn't matter, yot silly chumps," I"
came the retOrt, ITS one of ours =
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

Embezzlement is a fraudulent ap-
preparation of another's property by
person to whom it has been in
trusted or into whose hands it has
lawfully come. Embezzlement diff
fers from larceny in that the original
possession of the property was law
full or with the consent of the own
er, while in larceny the criminal In
tent must have existed at the time Of
the taking. Embezzlement implies
honest beginning with criminal after
thought.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

Of singing in the air. His right-hand
man, young lieutenant, who had seen
a good deal Of service in France with
the II. F. c., leaned up against the
fence to keep him company.
I'VE must have five machines for TO-
morrows early STUNT" said the COM
mander. "There are two machines
coming from the depot this afternoon
and two Of our machines can be nut
right an about couple of hours"
Good" said the second in command,
"Then we need not worry. A tender
is going into - in few minutes
are you comingT
mo, have to stay here and arrange
about these machines that are coming
down."
"Well, you might ask the machine
gun officer to test my gun, will you?
1t jammed twice yesterday. 1t was
inconvenient," and the second in COM
mand sauntered off.
All that afternoon the mechanics
worked at the alrplanes, and by eve
ming they were in fit state to "strafe"
the Huns. At about eleven o'clock
that night the five pilots were detailed
for the following days work.
The sun was just beginning to rise
when they were walked and, after
drinking steaming coffee and eating
cake, they sauntered up to the aero
drome.
Their machines were all lined up on
the "tarmac" and the mechanics were
giving them final overhaul.
The police gathered round the flight
commander, who was as yet in negli-
gee, consisting of an old college blazer
and carpet slippers of brilliant hue,
I'VE will cross the lines somewhere
about here" he said, Indicating a SPOT
on the map In front of him, with the
stump Of n pipe, "and we have the
pleasant little job of patrolling this
area. 1t Is infested with Archles.' and
there are always Hun machines knock.
Ing about as well. Take your time
from me and watch for the usual sig,
nails. Remember, 1t is the last man
who gets the rotten time Of it."
The party broke up and the flight
commander hurried off to put on more
suitable attire.
Five minutes later they reassembled
In their respective machines, well
wrapped in mufilers and leather coats
for 1t Is cold work at fifteen thousand
feet. They clambered onto their ma,
chimes and for the next few minutes
as they waited, had heated argument
about the respective merits of 'razzle
dazzle and 'bric-a-brac until the
squadron commander arrived on the
scene, when they turned their atten
ton to more serious things.
The>Archies Speak.
At signal the engines were started
and tested. Then the machines "tax
led" from the "tarmac" and SLOWLY
made their way out into the middle o,
the aerodrome. Following the leader
they rose from the ground in wide
sweeps. One thousand, two thou
sand feet, and still the machines cir
cled round the aerodrome, until The
squadron commander far below. pu
out the signal on the ground, which
gave them permission to make for tn,
lines.
Early hours are kept in France, ant
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
Too MANY There.

Major general addressing the men,
before practicing an attack behind the
lines)-I want you to understand that
there is a difference between a re-
hearsal and the real thing. There are
three essential differences. First, the
absence of the enemy. Now (turning to
the regimental sergeant major), what
is the second difference?
Sergeant Major-The absence Of thR
general, sir.
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
His Claim.

"What are his claims to exemption?
Has he any dependent on him."
"He is supporting a good many ar
guments about it,"
Meade County news., 1917-09-27
Written by Captain In the Royal Fly
Ing Corps for New York Her
aid Magazine.

HE flight commander
sat on a fence border
Ing the aerodrome and
t h o u G h t # IN an y
things. He was very
young, but he was in
charge of a flight" of
machines and the large
personnel that goes
with it.
He was generally
known as "the Lark"
by reason of his habit
Meade County news., 1917-09-27

Much can happen in a brief time
in a sky filled qVdh friend and
enemy--AViators forget there's
death on all sides during battle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-10
Deaths

..lLEN.--Jan. o. ELIZABETH ALLEN Ge-
ives Ss aqd friends iRyited % fuaeral scryiees
T2, i6t Esst ao dsdar Hii Gem nu''' St. '''"''o''
ASHTON suddenly. Jan. $, ERNEST ASH
TON Relatives ana friends iuyitrd 10 fuurrai
Mrs. Wynam blair a2i4 W susqushanna ave.
Int private.
ATwELLT77J,an, g, MAGGIE, NJ, wife "A
be given :-om 392S y; Percy 8. -.
husband se Of late Ida Bagers luee Watl.iasl
Reatiyes and friends members Of William Penn
m son,in-Iaws residence b BarIram EahE{; ll3l
=, Susqpe1annS ave, INT Palmer Gem Friends
III BA%TER I, JoHN DONALDSON. hus-
6agd g 2ehds ri Mems Ba Gasa Gsa OF EEbas
Church, Manaynnk ,da invited y 70 funeral seryccs
int, Westminster Gem. Friends may call Wed
RECIiTEL.,-Jan $. suddenly. CHARLES P.
husband Of katEReIr,i,P,s Il bsc4t"l and son o.,
trends. asH IongHHwa dri91d gdod 10. slo O. R, NJ
PrSo 0Re6f Resf Dept invited TO funeral se4y ~
wood Gem Friends may call Thurs, after $
= BiiE5HAS, S,GJan $, JAMES, husband Of Bridget
Behan RelatlyeS and friends iqyted 70, ~
Hish. mass 81. ElizabeEhs Church . a. N. ms
d 'BIl.2itRa@Jan. llSitRa,J s. MkRGGERiTrE NJ. wife Of
william HAT. IL IRa RranHsls GS1shtsr Of John j.
friends Invited to funeral Fri. $50 a. m. a4i3
@aris Church 10 a, m. Int. ST 'Denis''s' CEN. en-
~ iBioLAND; Ian: ! MICHAEL BoLAND. Rel,
Works. invited to funeral residence OF Mrs
Margaret Fitzpatrick 2l2s Rufner 81, Thurs
Z 80 a. m. Requiem mass Church of our lady
n HOLY Souls a no. Int. Holy Sepulcbre Gem
BoND,- Jan. S. CATHAR!NE PiLLING
BOND. widow of Thomas $. Bond. Relatives
and friends invited 10 funeral services Thurs,
D. M. 2227 Jefferson 81. Int. private, Mt.
sBsoRbEN.-Jan. o, at RyeEton. n. j.. PRIs-
CIII.A b., widow Of Henry d. Borden. Rela-
ives and friends. Pride Of Neritas Council, No.
81. Daughters OF Liberty. invited 10 funeral
THURS . ~ M, residence of Mrs s. Remins.
Broad and Maine sts RiyertoR, n ]. Int,
BOYLE. - Jan q BARTHOLOMEW H.
BOYLE. husband OF Annie Boyle (nee McKane)
formerly Qf Ashland schuylkul Co.. pa Rela-
lives and friends Altar, Rosary Holy Name
and f. "A. =. Societies oE ST. Azatha's Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-10
MANY WAR STOCKS HIT NEW LOW
MARKS IN TRADING ON THE CURB
NEW YORK. Jan. 10.

stocks showed pronounced weakness today the
rotdS
sold points
ii, sustained
Of week
weakness tsues-ncudng WnEhtNartm
AM lower 6a the first half
them socBsa also howc demand
adyan
all the active issues Lima Locomotive
during thc create the
Ohio Oil selling 1898 Standard
california sands STANDARD o York at 23