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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-07-16
NO 1REMos A LA 1ozA

Sc nos hace todo punto impossible
asistir Ell domingo a la loza presen-
ciar la lucha Sports-Ponce, lucha que
sentimos mucho no poder contemplar
pues, cualquiera Sc imagina que ciase
de pelota habran de jugar estos dos
formidables rivales. Nos quedaremos
aqui, creanlos, inpacientes deseosos
de saber los resultados.
San Juan estara con esos dos sensa-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-07-16
LAS DAMAs VAN ENTRANDo

Asi mismo; las damas de Ponce va
van sintiendose verdaderas amantes del
deporte y es precise yer los muchos
autos que los domingos Sc dirigen al
Campo Atletico. Con tan hermosas, be-
las divinas damas, el team Ponce tie
ne que dejar Ell alma antes de perder,
Tiennpo es va de que en- toda la isla,
nuestras mujeres tambien Sc dejen CO.
rrer a las 1igas de base ball pues su
bresencia es altamente halagadora, mu-
cho mas para Ell team de sus simpatfas
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-07-16
Madres e HIias

ST UDs. NO Sc sIENTEN PERFEc-
TAMENTE BIEN Y PoR Ell CON.
TRARIo EsTAN NERBIosAs CAN
sADAs Y DEBILITADAs ENsAYEN
ESTE NUEvo REMEDIo, NUGA-
TONE
The mirror., 1923-03-15

The race for records in transatlantic ira
vel seems fairly on again, with the many
new and splendid oil-burning steamships
that are now in commission. These ships
rake the port of New York, as Shipping"
says, the supreme port of the world. The
Mauretania, reftted as an oil-burner, re-
Gently made the voyage from New York to
Cherbourg in FIVE days, ten hours and nine
minutes. This is believed to be "the
fastest time made by any transatlantic
liner since the beginning of the war in
l914."-Ex.
The mirror., 1923-03-15

Hickory is one of the best woods for,
automobile wheels and there is no danger
of the exhaustion of hickory. So far as
can be judged it will be one of the last
woods of the country to fail to supply.
Much is used for axe, hammer and SINH
lar tool handles and for vehicles, but it
grows rapidly. 1t is peculiar among
woods in that the faster it grows, the bet
ter it is. Second growth-which is fast
growing hickory-is preferred for wheel
making purposes. The wide rings of
spring wood which are found in open
ground hickory trees give strength and
toughness, exactly what is desired by
makers of vehicle wheels. 1t is believed
that it will be long time in the future
before automobile makers cannot. get wood
for wheels if they want it-Ex,.
The mirror., 1923-03-15
HAPPINESS

Real Happiness, of the abiding, grow
ing kind, never comes as the result of
fitting circumstances to your notions, but
from fitting yourself to circumstances. In
10 other way can it be found.
A convict can be fool, and fret away
his life within those walls. He can sulk
mentally; and refuse to use his physical
powers as far as permitted. If he does
this he falls sick, and dies an unhappy
man. Unhappy, because he fretted over
what he couldn't do, instead of doing
what he could
On the other hand, he may think as
high, and as hravely, and as well as he
chooses, and to cheer and help others as
he may, even in prison. If he does
this, he will be, even in those grim en-
virons, happier man than three-quarters
of the men who are outside prison walls.
Don't sulk! Don't fret! And don't
worry about affairs and circumstances
over which you have no control! Try
and convince yourself that your present
plight may be only part of the Great
DiVine plan; that there is at least One
who has your interests and your welfare
at heart, and whose guiding hand will
Ultimately reach out and lead you to bet
ter things. Happiness is yours if you
will only accept it.
-Author unknozvn
Contributed by Fl. W.
The mirror., 1923-03-15

aluminium or any of the other metals.
Both the depth of cut and the speed can
be considerably increased beyond that
which is permissible for the other metals.
Pistons made from this metal are lighter
than those made from any other metal,
hence it is not necessary to make exces-
sively thin sections and thereby sacrifice
other important properties of piston for
the purposes of reducing weight to the last
ounce. The ability of piston to conduct
heat from the combustion chamber to the
cylinder walls depends upon its cross Sec
tion and the conductivity of the material
from which it is made.
A piston with very thin sections is less
efficient in this respect than one in which
the design has not been carried to the
extreme. 1t is a serious fault of light
weight cast iron pistons which multiple
ity of internal ribs is not able to counter
act.
Dowmetal has high heat conductiviy.
When this conductivity of the material
is united with reasonably generous thick
ress of head and side walls, the most fav-
orable temperature conditions for the pis-
tons are made possible and the source of
certain motor troubles is removed. The
running temperature of such a piston is
much lower than that of piston with
very thin cross sections, it conducts heat
to the cylinder walls more effectively,
maintaining lower temperature in the
combustion chamber so that trouble from
preignition is eliminated. In fact pistons
made from this metal permits the use of
higher compression in motor than is
practicable with any other type of piston.
Selected.
The mirror., 1923-03-15

Texas on the large end. The brilliant
backs on the All-Stars were stopped in
their tracks. Many well-known hero
of the gridiron wore the New York colors
but against the smooth, clock-like team
work of the Southerners they could make
no gains.
was comparing the N. G. and the
regular army. We held our own in every
department. and to thrust our true worth
upon them we licked them in fair fight
in San Antoine. I'll tell you about that
some other time.
AS Co. G of the Buck in France series,
had its characters, so did Co. B of the
present. There was Garvity, the wild
Irishman, master poker player, batter es-
traordinary and all around rounder; Bill,
scion of a wealthy Twin City family, and
due to disgrace the name; Cooley"
dark, slender youth, with a penchant for
the senoritas of Lake Hidalgo vicinity;
Luthrell, gaunt mountaineer from Ar
kansas, champion of the weak and fight
ing fool; Alabama" who knew more
about dice than all the dusky gamboleers
in his native state; *'Tex," some six-foot-
six in his socks, slow to anger and slower
to quit when aroused; Kelly, a genial
mick with red thatch, two fists, and a
doting male parent with bank account;
Tony, swarthy son of Italy, and good
man to avoid. Tony showed the Pullman
porter of the troop train that took us
south, that knife is better than a razor
for certain uses.
Twenty-Five per cent of the men who
saw service on the border with B Co.
went to France as commissioned officers.
1t was labelled the "silk-sock company of
silk-sock regiment" due to the tailored
uniforms custom-made russet shoes and
Stetson hats of the members B Co. was
not the hard-boiled outfit that @ Co. of
the A. F. was, but it could battle. K Co.
of the same regiment is best able to affirm
that fact
Every regiment had its mascot, some
had several. B Co. had a pup, called o.
D., who merits an installment devoted en-
tirely to himself. H Co. had two goats,
and therein lies the tale B Co. and K Co.
had to be always at outs, according to
regimental tradition. They competed on
the diamond, gridiron, and track, for COM
pany honors on parade, and collective
combat.
Those two goats of K Co.'s were the
pride of every member of the outfit, but
to B Co. they were just two particularly
odoriferous specimens of an odoriferous
species. Then, one night Co. showed
an acute interest in the goats; in fact the
bleaters were led to our company street
and tethered in the center. K Co. fol-
lowed, in force, and the fun began. AT
appearance, followed by clubs. AS the
fight waxed more furious someone grab
bed rife and bayonet, and the rest fol-
lowed suit. Fortunately the guard ar
rived in time to halt the fray before
casualties resulted, as they naturally
would for both outfits were in deadly
earnest. The judge said Thirty Days"
for the ring-leaders. He meant it, too,
and several members of B Co. were soon
on the business end of a shovel while a
man with bayoneted rifle acted as per-
sonal escort for that length of time. If
you do not think that K Co. guards were
efficient, ask me. l know!"
The mirror., 1923-03-15
LIGHTEST PISTON METAL

Automotive demands have been respon-
sible for much metallurgical progress
new steels permitting maximum strength
with minimum weight-new methods of
heat treating to adapt these alloys to the
exact service they are intended to perform
to guard against fatigue-new alumni
rum alloys-and now Dowmetal, the won
der metal.
The raw material from which this is
made is contained in natural brine oc--
curing in the region about Midland,
Mich. 1t is pumpcd~sfrom a depth of
1900 to 1,400 feet. The various sub
stances which are dissolved in this brine
form the basis of large chemical indus
try. One of these substances is magnesium
chloride which is separated from the other
constituents, purified and crystallized, and
forms the raw material from which mag
nesium is made.
The substance magnesium chloride con-
sists of the metal magnesium in chemical
combination and obtain the pure metal,
magnesium chloride is first dehydrated to
remove water of capitalization, after
which it is fused, and decomposed by the
action of heavy electric current in
specially constructed cell. The magnesium
so formed is so light that it floats on the
surface of the molten salt bath, from
which it is skinned off periodically. This
metal is then remelted and alloyed with
small amounts of certain other metals to
make the alloy called Dowmetal.
The most important physical properties
of the metal are as follows:
The mirror., 1923-03-15

MdnuIdCtuTeTS Cldl1n tndC Nf"n Slnple
blow toughness tests and repeated blow
toughness tests, known as impact fatigue,
show that this metal is vastly tougher
than standard aluminium piston alloys or
cast iron.
This metal is an alloy composed of a
high percentage of magnesium to which
has been added small amounts of other
metals to give it the particular properties
necessary to piston material. Magnesium
is the lghtest of all metals which have
properties valuable for engineering pur-
poses. Even aluminium is more than 50
per cent heavier. 1t has been known to
scientists, and in recent years has at
tracted much attention from the engineer
ing profession on account of its light
weight which has suggested great var
iety of uses to which it might be adapted
with advantage, provided alloys could be
discovered possessing the necessary me-
chanical strength and other properties.
This is the first light magnesium alloy to
be developed having a high degree of
mechanical strength sufficient for use as
an engineering material.
In making pistons the lightweight re-
suits in decreased vibration and hence
results in a smoother running motor and
less wear on the bearings. 1t also gives
the motor greater acceleration and speed.
The wearing qualities of this metal are
extremely satisfactory as shown by long
duration tests.
With tensile strength of 20,0O0-22,OO0
pounds per square inch it is stronger than
either cast iron or common aluminium al
loys. With specific gravity of only 1.S4,
it has but one-quarter the weight of cast
iron or one-fifth that of copper, while the
common aluminium alloys are more than
50 per cent heavier. 1t has silvery color
rather brighter than that of aluminium and
easily takes high polish. The surface,
however, eventually becomes dull and
furnishes upon continued exposure to mois-
ture and the atmosphere. 1t can be ma
chined with remarkable facility, much
more readily than cast iron, steel, brass,
The mirror., 1923-03-15

Specific gravity NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Tensile strength --20-22,000 lbs. per So. in.
Elastic limit --------14, 900 lbs. per SO. in.
Brinell hardness
Scleroscope hardness --------------2829
Melting point ,110 degrees F.
Heat conductivity ---------------- LIS
Coeficient of linear expansion---- 100000
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Every Cop in City Can Be
Reached simultaneously
in Case Of Big Crime.
Amateur Radio Enthusi-
asts Can Help.
By FRANK D. M,LAIN.

by FRANK ID. MILAN.
Copyright. by the San Antonio Light.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15.-Police OF
Philadelphia soon will be walking
their beats with tiny radio sets strap
ped to their backs. by means of which
they can be kept constantly at the
finger tips of headquarters, if the
plans of Superintendent Of Police
Mills carry through.
The superintendent, who has asked
for a liberal appropriation out of the
next municipal loan for construction
of a city broadcasting station, ex-
planned today his plans to utilize radio
in practical and larger way in the
drive against crime.
"We propose" he said, "to equip
each policeman with a small portable
radio set. Not only the patrolmen
and traffic men would be so equipped
but all members of the force who
are now assigned to keep. moving
about the city in automobiles to
wattt for bandits and car thieves.
"The plan contemplates the use OF
some sort of signals, perhaps siren,
during the day and light at night,
which would notify policemen through
out the city to listen in for instruc-
tons. A policeman on his beat could
then obtain information as accurate
~ and as promptly as if he were at
his own particular station house at
the moment. Every policeman in the
city would be reached and instructed
simultaneously.
ain time we hope to establish an
auxiliary police force comprised of
radio enthusiasts who will volunteer
their services. There are in Phila-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Radium is Restoring
Health to Thousands

The wonderful curative power of
Radium hap been known for years.
However,, the benefits of this precious
past been only within the means of
persons of wealth.
Since the invention of Degnen's
Radioactive Solar Pad, any man or
woman, poor or rich, can afford
this treatment which offers so much
relief from suffering and disease.
Degnen's Radioactive Solar Pad
is worn next to the body day and
night. 1t pours a constant stream of
radioactive energy into the system
while you work, play or sleep. help
ing to build up weakened nerves and
tissues 10 Il strong. healthy condi-
ton. 1t creates a vigorous circula-
ton of blood, thus removing conges-
ton. which is the real cause of most
diseases.
To prove just what this remark
able treatment can do for you, we
will send our appliance on trial with
the understanding that we will not
charge YOU a cent if it fails to give
satisfactory results. This offer is
open to any person who has pain of
any kind, nerve weakness, high blood
pressure, stomach, kidney or liver
complaint, bladder trouble, or disease
of the lungs or heart.
No matter what your ailment or
how long you have had it. we will
gladly let you try the appliance at
our risk. Write today for free lit
erature giving complete information.
Radium Appliance CO., 1905 Brad
bury Bldg, Los Angeles, Calf.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

cutta and honestly believed it to be
a preserved mermaid found by jap
anese sailors off the coast of Japan.
The captain thought 50 highly Of
this mermaid that he appropriated
$4,000 Of the ships funds in order to
purchase it. His employers did not
think 30 highly of his purchase, and
the captain was forced to serve on
his ship without pay until he had
made up the misappropriation. He
died In that service, leaving to his
son nothing but the mermaid.
Didn't Believe In MermsidS
Barnum wrote that he was much
impressed with the genuineness of
this article of his commerce, but he
did not trust his own judgment
alone. He consulted his favorite
naturalist, who had advised him on
other phenomena.
The naturalist, after a careful e1-
animation, admitted that he could
find no sign Of joining or other
traces Of artificial manufacture, but
he shooh his head obviously and said
that he had never seen a monkey
with such strange arms and teeth,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Philadelphia Police to
Carry Tiny Radio Sets

delphia at least 100000 radio sets.
The police bureau could adopt a
code for communication with trust
worthy owners who have civic pride
enough to cooperate with the force.
For instance, thieves representing
themselves as electric, gas or tele-
phone inspectors at times gain en-
frances to dwellings to commit crimes.
At once, upon receiving the descrip-
ton of such a criminal, the police
bureau could send his description
broadcast, asking the auxiliary force
as well as the regular policemen to
be on the lookout for him."
The Philadelphia broadcasting sta
ton, so far as Superintendent Mills
has been able to learn, will be the
first of its kind in the world. Police
in some cities use department store
and other broadcasting stations when
they are not in use by the owners.
The station, if authorized, will be
sufficiently powerful to reach New
York, Chicago and the New England
states. 1t probably will be located
either atop the 547-foot city hall
tower, or on some hill in Paramount
park,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
This Is Sharp
Practice

1t is undermining American in
dustry-It is destroying faith
in Reputable Manufacturers.
1t is discrediting legitimate
merchants and is retarding the
growth of cities where it has
become a practice.
Just so long as the public
accept the assertions of these
sharp practice merchants just
so long will the evil exist.
Reputable merchandise is
worth a fair price, governed
by the cost of the raw mate
rails and the service that
enters into its preparation for
the Observation-Disclosures COM
petition compels a legitimate
price and the man who takes
it and slashes it is only using
it for bait-he has something
in his other hand that he's
going to unload on you =
Watch Him!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

vest. and after obtaining all the
notoriety possible by advertising and
by exhibiting the mermaid at the
museum, j sent the curiosity
throughout the country, directing
nv agent to everywhere advertise
il as From Barnum's Great Ameri-
can Museum, New York The eff
feet was Immediately felt; money
flowed in rapidly, and was readily
expended in more advertising"
While the Fejee Mermaid was on
exhibition at the museum, one of
the visitors said to Barnum, al lived
two years on the Fiji Islands, and |
never heard of any such thing as n
mermaid" "There's no accounting
for some mems Ignorance" was Bar
NUNS answer.
But most of the public seemed
satisfied, and apparently sent their
friends, for during the first four
weeks of the mermaid's exhibition
Mt the museum the receipts were
S3341 .93f During the four weeks
its arrival the receipts
had been only $1272.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
4 ShoaU That Proved
Barnum Vas Right

those who visited Concert Hall
might recognize DR.. Griffin as the
Levi Lyman who had accompanied
Joice Heth, but Joice Heth had been
dead six years, and no one doubted
DIR. Griffin; he looked scientific. He
was dignified and polite, and he ex-
planned with great pains and pa
thence the science and natural his
tory of the connecting links by which
he was surrounded.
After one week at Concert Hail.
Barnum announced that at last,
after much trouble and expense, be
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

had induced DIR. Griffin to exhibit
the Fejee Mermaid at Barnum's
American Museum, where it could be
seen daily. along with the other curl
osities, without extra charge.
More Than He Could Stand For.
Barnum designed an enormous
flag, representing mermaid eigh'
teen feet long, which, when it was
unfurled, covered the front of the
museum. This was too much, even
for Lyman, who protested against
such a colossal deception; the Fejee
Mermaid was only three feet long.
Lyman Indignantly told Barnum
that the public would not swallow
such a difference between its expec-
tations and the reality, and he in
sisted that the flag be taken down.
Barnum answered that he had paid
seventy dollars for that flag. and it
must remain in front Of the mu-
scum.
"Well, Mr.. Barnum," Lyman an
swered. "if you like to fight under
that flag. you can do so. but i
won't" Barnum could not dispense
with Professor Griffin, and the flag
was hauled in.
1t is strange that Lyman should
choose this flag as an issue, and
Barnum does not explain it, but it
was likely that Lyman was having
considerable difficulty satisfying
many disappointed visitors with his
wizened mermaid. and could endure
no further difficulties. Lyman later
went to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he
became an influential Mormon.
Not Very Proud of 1t.
In later years Barnum did not
give the details of the Fejee Mer-
r1aid with so much pride in his own
ingenuity.
He wrote in 1885: az used it main
ly to advertise the regular BUSINESS
Of the museum and this effective
indirect advertising is the only fea-
ture l can commend, in n special
show of which, / confess, am not
proud. Newspapers throughout the
country copied the mermaid notices,
for they were novel and caught the
attention of readers. Thus was the
fame Of the museum, as well as the
mermaid, waited from one end of
the land to the other. / was careful
to keep up the excitement, for !
knew that every dollar sown in adj
vertising would return in tens, and
perhaps hundreds, in a future har-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
THE 'FEJEE" MERMAID
z.Tsg s~" BY NJ. r. WERNER s~ T ff S
1922 by HmemtB In. s i tn Wheeler uaasne

The public was now interested in
the mermaid. Most newspaper
readers had seen at least one illus
tration or one of Barnum's out-of-
town letters. The 10000 pamphlets
were turned over to newsboys to
sell at penny each in all the hotels,
stores and public places.
Then Barnum hired. through an
agent, Concert Hall on Broadway,
and the newspapers printed adver-
tisements which announced that DR..
Griffin, because of the solicitations
of gentlemen of science, had con.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
KATY PHARMACY

KATY PHARMACY
C. G. Carruthers
4oa 30. Flores TT. 1924
KEENE. GEO.
12s Military, Plaza CT. Coz
KRAL's DRUG STORE
George Kral
101 Meerscheidt T.. 1884
Or. 1891
/. LANIER DRUG STORE
Carter Berry
Travis and st. Mary's TT. $3.50
LAUREL HEIGHTS PHCY.
r L. d. Gilmore
Mistletoe and Main
Woodlawn 171-1673
MAIN AVE PITY. INC.
r. G. Gates. Pros.
6e3 Main Ave. CT. sass
McELROY, c. Z.
2o4 e. Houston TT. :77
METERS PHARMACY
z. 7. II. Meier
1903 W. Commerce CT. els
MILBURN DRUG CO.
Luis Haring. Prer.
800 w. Houston Or. 1887
MILAN PHARMACY
J. c. Esparza
11o5 W. Commerce TT. 1850
MORROW DRUG STORE
49,. Walter Morrow
1908 E. Commerce TT. 4773
+ NASH. JEFF d.
$50 San Pedro CT. 17s,
OAKLAND DRUG CO.
J. T. Galloway t
i2s Oakland st. TT. %
PFEIFFER's DRUG STORE
IA W. Commerce TT. 3s2
PRASswL's DRUG STORE
Frank PrasseI
so2 Nolan st. CT. $3.50
ROMERO DRUG STORE
8. Romero. Jr.
1901 N. Laredo TT. 4.,s
g. A. p. DRUG STORE
Vim seeger
1918 8. Flores CT. 4iI
sOArMERs DRUG STORE =
NO. I
Joe Brady
Losoya a Houston st. CT. SIi
sOMsfERs DRUG STORE
NO. .
Tom MCGEE '
soledad & Houston CT. i76s
sOMMERs DRUG STORE
NO. 3
r. n. Davis. Mgr.
Navarro and Houston Or. 5000
sOMNIERs DRuG STORE
NO. {
NJ. S. Barnet, Mer.
City Natl Bank Bldg CT. 1900
SAN PEDRO DRUG STORE
r. Cohen & Co.
$40 W. Commerce CT. TOSS
SUMMIT AVE PHARMACY
u. 8. York
1909 W. Summit
Wood. 2463 Wood. So
VAN HORN, OLIVER n.
1898 N. New Braunfeis
Or. 4s4i
UNIVERSAL PHARMACY
Frank Haelbie 500 g. Alamo
TT. 1870 CT. Ssts
WAGNER DRUG CO.. II. l.,
NO. 1
r. W. Club. Pres.
400 2. Houston CT. s5s
WAGNER DRUG CO.. II. l.,
NO. 3
T. A. Lambert. Vice Pres.
40 +. Houston CT. sos
WALTERS PHARMACY =
Frank A walter
1901 W. Commerce CT. 1854
wHISENANT. W. a.
Brooklyn & Quincy Or. 1887
WILKES. J. T.
81 So. Alamo CT. s7l
WOODLAND DRUG STORE
q. II. Nichols and G. L. Nun
ford .Soi n. Flores Wood. $50