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slight sou'wester that was then blow
inS, and the engine started TO take ua
out OF the channel But before we
had gone half a mile the cIlin3 n
cracked again and filled with water.
Fortunately. the breeze Stiffened, and
in a short time we were out of shodi
water and bound for the Florida
coast.
The next day the fin Of a great
shark, as big as a leg o'mutton sail,
il seemed to me. began to cut the
waves in wide circles around the
schooner. Barney, in all seriousness,
predicted that we should have trou'
BILE before the voyage was over, ami
Eddie, who was intensely super.
stitious. cursed violently and began
to throw pieces of firewood at the fin
whenever it came within range. The
CAPTAIN grinned and ] laughed out
right, but Eddie ciambered out on the
bowsprit with knots of wood and con-
tinued 10 try TO drive the great hsis
away.
The shark stayed with us until iatc
afternoon. Strangely enough, when
he disappeared he took the wind witt,
him. The breeze dropped. and We
were becaimed.
This is only the beginning" said
Eddie out ct the corner of his Scared
mouth. "Wait'N We hit the Cape
The Gulf Stream. however. was car
rvine us north at the rate Of about
three knots, SO we were reasonably
secure against drifting. 1t would have
been certain destruction to be caught
in a South Atlantic typhoon, far II N
a harbor, with our sticks and rigging
,s, ,.,,I> hfp a0ndifirn
On the third day of dead calm the
shark. or another one, came back. We
passed close to a small rum schooner,
hecaimed like ourselves. and being car
ried far north of her course by the
Cult Stream. She had apparently
been out for some time. for the crew
shouted out that they would make an
even trade of whisky for water; and
when we refused they increased the
offer to a case of whisky for a jug of
water.
On the night of the fifth day. during
my watch at the wheel, a stiff breeze
came up that drove us like a dolphin
through choppy sea that washed
our decks decks fore Gs.d aft. We
knew that we We're approaching Cape
lookout, and at the next watch, sail
was shortened, and we set I'm nearer
the coast. prepared to run for shelter
If had blow should sweep down from
the Cape.
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"HE Rambler forms the belief
that there We're great deal of
drinking and a great deal of
/ drunkenness in Washington
during the Civil War. Bar
rooms We're numerous, and The Star
published uncounted items OF conflicts
between the police and military and
the barrOoms. ] have not counted
the stories Of fights with pistols,
knives, cIubs and fists that were re-
ported in the streets and in places
where men met. There were many
stories of drunken and fighting Wom-
en- There was a large number of
gambling houses. and they were not
often molested by the authorities.
Pickpockets, swindlers, burglars, foot
pads, firebugs and horse thieves were
busy. / have found more than one
story in The Star I'm the Summer of
1863, that the police rounded up gangs
Of pickpockets, swindlers and vaga-
bonds and marched them tn the rail
road station for transport TO another
place.
Washington had A native tough ele-
ment. and crowds of thugs and
thieves were drawn here because the
city was full OF troops, was surround
ed by military camps and because
money There were also soldiers with
q criminal background and proclivity,
who ranged the streets drunk and
robbed and assaulted civilians. Some
times they got in a fight with men
as tough as they, and the police and
provost guard had a riot to queil.
Now, let us not become too grave
about this. There was another
Washington which was not mentioned
in the crime news, but lived calmly,
attending to its knitting. getting the
children off to school. cooking the fam
fly supper and sitting about the eve
ming lamp reading of the deviltry
downtown.
The Rambler found this in The Star
OF July %. 1868:
How They Drink in Washington
That the distant public may realize
how closely Washington City has
come TO resemble San Francisco in
some ways during the height OF the
sold fever in that quarter we print
below the list of concocted 'biba bles'
that Hammack tNos. zoo and 202 Penn
sylyania avenue, corner of Fifteenth
street) sets before the numerous
guests of his constantly thronged res
taurant: Sea Brook Dash, Spirituous
Consolation, Ladies' Blush loriginal
name for cocktaiD, Hop Up. Get Back.
Brandy Hash, Orgeat Julep. Brandy
Sour. Old Julep. Dry Punch. Morning
Glory. Catawba Cobbler, Hen Fruit
Cobb:er. Senator Dry Smash, ETHEREAL
told and dry), Tippecanoe Sangaree,
DE Poscaffee. Roman Punch, Egg
Lemonade. jackson Punch, Lime
Punch. New Orleans Punch, Mount
Htna, Dry Julep. Cocktail Dipped, Old
Rod Cocktail Malta julien Sham.
portugh, Ainsette Blush, Black Hook
Evening star., 1927-11-20
By EUGENE p. r. WRIGHT.

TT is one thing TO doze in a ham
mock beneath an apple tree and
dream of an adventurous life of
4 hurricanes and shipwrecks, but
quite another thing to be suddenly
plunGed into maelstTom ot angry
ocean, surrounded by ~aterSpouts
tha. could fling schooner through
the air like a piece If thiSt 'edowh--
and with no land in sight: and then.
in the dark OF night. TO he cauSht In
a hurricane that makes one wonder
whether 1t is possible to survive.
Like many another young sailor. L
hsj always wanted to he shipwrecSed.
preferably upon a desert isle. where
i would live for months upon the
salvage Of the wreck. In fact. when
I left for the West Indies 10 help
h.iny back a schooner q friend said
To me. We'll, wish l were going with
you-hope YOU get shipwrecked.
laughed, and hoped fervently that i
would. at that time wholly unaware
of the unforgettable experience that
hy in store for me.
We had gone down to the Bahamas
to take the Sea Scamp, two
masted sci,ooner-yacht. So feet long.
hack to New York. When we first
saw her she was lying at ancher i'm
the channel at Nassau. We stood on
the dock and shook our heads sadly.
Eddie, the Finn sailor. spat dissustedly
and began TO think about the nearest
rum shop. The captain and the mate
said nothing; and l, as cook. kept a
discreet silence. .e 81.
Lying quietly in the crystal-ciear
water, she was a beautiful little boat.
Her lines held the grace that only
master workmanship can give. Her
reshoHf. built" muttered the captain.
Once aboard her. however. saw the
reason for the signs OF disapproval.
The beach -combers had stripped her
OF virtually everything above deck.
The masts were weathered and
cracked from lack Of varnish. The
sails, slowed in a tiny fore-peak. were
in only fair condition. The compass
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and the use Of the machines completes
the process
Next occurs a very curious part
the process. A short walk is provideC
somewhat similar to that on whlcI
hempen cords are made, and ther
the hair is twisted up to form ropes
Each pair of workmen is followed d.
boy who beats up a fresh sbppr
of material, and that which is dropp.
with two sticks, thus getting 1t reao.
for the twisters. The ropes are sSan
twisted upon themselves, soaked 10
two hours in water, then baked at
temperature of about $50 degree
Fahrsnf,nft for IL hpurs. The danf
heat, as may wen be imagined. de
stroys all bacterial life that might re
main in the hair. At the same tim
1t Axes the curl.
The ropes are hung up to cool 10
three days. The inferior qualities ar
then untwisted and carded by ms
chinery. The best qualities are opene
out and hand.carded: the opene
twists are placed on the bent pins
the carder. which give somewhat. a .
they are fixed into leather that Is ,
turn fastened to a board.
The finAr the quality the smaller tn
rope, and the tighter its coils: tn
hair from English eart-horses 10 heb
by many to be the best. since II pos
sesses the greatest strength.
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Sangaree, Constitutional, Know Moth
ing Cobbler, Stone Fence, Stone jug.
Day Break. Champagne Frappe GOr
dinner parties), Wedding Night. Pine
Apple Flip. Seventy-siX (old and dry).
Rum Croak. Old Virginia, Peach and
Honey, Fifty Center very fine), Stom-
acher, Legal Lush, s. III. r., Straw
berry Smash, Atlantic Cable. Jackson
Sangaree. Bee Fruit told and dry).
Island of Cuba ffor ladies', Railroad
Smash Take Her Off. Spiced Rum,
Orgeat Smash Cocktail Soured, Apple
Toddy. Liaret Smash, Great Eastern,
Gin Sling. Monitor. Champagne Blush.
Port Wine Sangarce. Vermont Cock
tail. Ginseng Punch, Buttad Rum.
Twelve o Clock very sweet. Old
Salty, Curacao Sanearec. Pure Cham
pagne on Draught, TanZy Julep.
Tarzv Smash, Ginseng Julep, Tea
Smash. Coffee Julep, Milk Punch.
Nose 90 Oreaine, Maine Liquor Law
Cobhler Exceedingly fine), Hammack s
Solace. A Topper Cropper?) for Luck"
That list, as many other things
come on. makes me feel my ignorance
did not know that whisky. gin and
rum could be fixed up under so many
names, and that. too, in the time of
simple habits and plain living, ia
years ago. In Horace / learned 1f
Falernun1, made from grapes grown
at the foot of Mount Massicus, and
from Charles Dickens / learned of
Negus, n warm punch of wine and
lemon, of "A bowl of Bishop. a mixture
of port wine, oranges and cloves. and
of the drink called dogs nose, which
was warm porter, gin sugar and nut
meg. | knew that the Count of Monte
cristo ordered Vim de Cahors, and that
i'm the Three Musketeers" d'Artagnan n
liked Beaugency and Chambeftin.
while Porthos. when he dined with his,
Duchess, wife of Coquenard, the attor-
ney. had 10 put up with what Was
called 'villainous Montrueii" When
! look at Hammack's list and see 50
many drink-names l never heard of. [
feel almost virtuoua.
THE following viii heip you to see
conditions in the country south OF
| the Eastern Branch in the Summer of
1868:
stopping and Searching Govern.
! meDt Enthusiastically morning Col
Baker received information that n
party Of citizens Of Maryland had en-.
| tered into an agreement to capture
and burn train of Government
wagons sent TO the farm of Col. John
II. Waring. lately convicted of trea son
! for the purpose OF removing his per.
soral property 10 this city. Col Baker
at once started off with about 30 men
! Of his battalion to meet the train
| when he learned that a number OF
citizens OF the county had armed
themselves and, under the leadership
of William Worthington, a noted
young rebel sympathizer, searched this
train Of wagons for slaves, notwith
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| We will try this place and If it
doesn't su.t we will engage board and
lodging at the next place up the
road
The man who owns tn, place sees
unknown horses and cows visiting his
own. lie sees chance to make The
owners of the strangers pay for more
damage than has been done and to
make an overcharge on the fodder
given the animals. SO he takes them
up"-that is, impounds them. Tho
poor horses and cows protest that
they stopped in only for a drink and
supper. that they had been walking
the roads of Washington since dawn.
but that rather than be locked up
they would try to find the way home.
though darkness was falling. But
the captor answered: "I'l make you
pay for this. How dare you come
a-rambling on my land! Didn't you
see the sign on the gate Private Prop
ertyH"
Here IL a sample notice, which l
took from The Star Of July 27, 1858:
Taken up as estrays at Cliffburn on
the 1st OK July. one white cow with
u few red spots and calf. day old;
on the 5th of July, one red cow with
white back and a calf. Owners are
requested to come forward. etc, etc.
JAMES p. SMALLCROSs,'
l have the feeling that those poor
cows left home with their calves be-
cause they heard that their little ones
would be taken from them. I'VE will
so out into the hard, strange world
and seek a home where our children
will be safe" In what they said The
Rambler has enjoyed the friendship
Of horses. dogs. cats, birds and the
wonderful insects which Jean Henri
Fabre wrote OF, but he has not mingled
i'm the society Of cows. He has met
some and has admired their eyes. but
felt that a cow was forgetful Of her
daily bath. But I do know that a cow
thinks its calf is the best, brightest
and smartest darling in the world, and
that she suffers anguish when ii is
the little calf Is heartbrolxen when
taken from it's mother. / do not
order veal.
HERE follow some weddings of
1868, and the Rambler hopes
you will find yours in the list. and
that 1t will not bring up unhappy
recollections: June II. H. J. Lee.
snetzer to Sarah E.. eldest daughter
Of nj. r.. and Mrs. e. A. Howe: June
8. Robert M. Brown to Miss Joe s.
Hall: June 16, George 4. Hilton. New
York City, to Lizzie s.. eldest daush-
ter Of James w. Wells OF Washing.
ton; May 2S. Mesheck Nugent to Mary
E., daughter OF the late Adam De.
laney;. June 16. Edmund Cammack.
jr., to Miss Catharine Virginia New.
come OF Virginia: June, 4. Thomas T.
johnson to Emma j. Evans, both Of
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was two points in error. 1t would
take at least two weeks to put her
in sailing shape.
In spite of her 50 feet, she had A
forecastle with four hunks, a tidy lit
tie galley, two commodious stateroom
hunks and a saloon that had two
hunks on either side. screened by cur
tains. The auxiliary engine looked
bad. and would need inspection by a
competent mechanic, if there were
one in Nassau.
"a * 4
IRON the very beginning things
l. seemed to go badly. 1t was al
most impossible to get new rope and
canvas to replace the worn-out rig
ging and sails, and what we could get
was of very inferior quality. Eddie.
the Finn sailor. kept drunk most OF
the time. and did his work badly. One
scorching hot day he bawled down
from the cross-trees for me to make
some limeade and bring it up to him,
I told him TO come down and make it
himself, whereupon he leaped down
the ratiines and charged into the
galley, threatening to break my head.
He picked up a knife, and /, to stop
all argument, cracked him on the
head with the fat of a cleayer.
To make things worse, We discov-
cred that the cylinders of the auxil'
iary engine were full Of water and
that one of them was cracked. After
much trouble We located half-caste
mechanic. who took II days to clean
and weld the engine. 1t could have
been done in two days.
The compass could not be fixed, nor
could We find another one in Nassau.
The charts of the Atlantic Coast were
antiQuated. and therefore unfit for
use. We would have to wait a month
until new charts and compass could
be sent down. or take a chance and
- without them. But month later
the West Indian hurricane season
would be in fun swing. We had wait
ed 16 days longer than planned al
ready, so the captain decided to leave
immediately.
With things in this condition, q
more experienced seaman than my
self might have deserted the ship.
Eddie and Barney, the mate, did not
do so. for it meant long months of
waiting on an island where there
We're no amusements for a sailor. The
captain, of course, was Shouldered
with the responsibility of taking the
schooner to New York. / was young
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among strangers. I Judge that the
home life OF those animals was not
happy and that they were not care
fully brought up. They were allowed
to walk the streets unattended and
to loiter on the common which Is now
covered by million dollar buildings.
With no check on their movements,
horses and cows would start out to
see the world and some OF them could
not find the way back home. Some
did not want to go home.
They would cCme upon a place
where they saw other horses and cows.
This looks like social place" they
would say. There are corn and hay
in that barn, and the Spring shifts
sweet. If they invite us to supper we
will be In luck. We are tired OF home
cooking. The feed is montonous. We
know just what we are to get from
Sunday breakfast to Saturday supper.
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and by the reader. Samuel Well. The
building committee comprised Isaac
Herzberg, b. Kaufman, G. Bechard.
G. Hammerschlag. Samuel King, Levi
Bar. Leopold Oppenheimer, Moritz
Oppenheimer and +. J. Behrend.
The following letter to the editor
Of The Star was printed July :5, 1868:
Where Is He to BE Found?-Editor
Star: Can anybody tell where the
county collector Of taxes is to be
found? He is announced to be at
the City Hall at certain times, but
have not been able to find him there. ="
TWO weeks ago the Rambler pointed
L to the disposition Of Washington
a nimais to roam. In the Lost and Found
OF the Summer of 1863 II was noted
that numerous horses and cows had
left hans and gone adventuring
IL
Evening star., 1927-11-20

Beginning at the age of IL as
cabin boy on lumber schooner
hound for Australia. the author
has passed much of his lille IN
seeing odd corners of the world.
In Borneo he travelled 200 miles by
river to the country OF the Penya-.
boong Dyaks, and he has wandered
also in Persia. Arabia, InAla,
Burma and the Dutch East Indies.
In an article last week. Mr..
Wright described how he was
trapped by Il landslide in the
CANYON of the Dead in AriZona
and left On a Ie6ge of the sandstone
walls. He succeeded in fashioninS
q rope OF vines, by which he de-
scended most of the way before
the vines broke.
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and ready for anything in the way of
adventure. the risking of life; l was
eager to go.
The sails were set to catch the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-03
Shut Off FARM
BILL DEBATE.
Cloture Rule Petition
Secures Sufficient
Signatures

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-tFi "A
move ~ shut off debate on both the
McNary-liaugcn and the McFaddcn
Branch banking bills was initiated
tcday In the senate.
The necessary petition to invoke
the cioture rule was circulated hy
: senator Gooding. republican, idaho.
a leader ~ the farm group. and was
signed BY supporters " both meas
ures.
A two-thirds vote viii be necessary
tO cut off debate under this. hut
senate leaders said there would b.
no diff Guilty I'm obtaining signatures
Of two-thirds NJ the senators.
An agreement TO propose q vote for
n. m. Monday On the farm bill and
y. IA. Wednesday on the banking
hill was reached last nigh. ~ y con
ference over which -prcsidgn W.T.
Dawes presided II the carrying out
Of this agreement IL blocked in the
senate. the petition Go invoke cloturc
Will be presented.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-03
RIVER FLOODS
MENACE TOWNS
Rescuers Working In
Flooded Areas of
Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Feb. 3.-,Pi
Nine hundred families of prob
ably $500 persons are homeless III
tie Whit river valley flood area. II
was estimated today NV b. Williams.
Cross at Brasfield. Prairie county,
following n survey Of the White,
Cache. Little Red and ST. Francis
river sections.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Feb 3.-iH'l-
Rescue work in the flooded areas of
Arkansas went forward today while
crews VI woTkmen. aided IVY national
Euardsmen. continued their fight to
reinforce the leeces which held the
waters of the White. and Red rivers.
"A Red Cross station ian Cottonplant
gave relief 10 scores 1f persons driv-
en- from their homes.
Three new communities were
threatened with danger from water
flowing through two sbreaks IN the
81. AEncy Ievees in Poinsctt county.
These communities were Talot,
Weona and Truman.
There was danger W breaks in the
little Red River levees from Horners-
willie. No, south. Thousands Of sand
bags wcre piled aaEinst the levees.
but small leaks appeared beneath the
bags i'm many places.
Marked Tree was hopeful early Of
preventing break ia the legec at
that point. although the St Francis
river was ssill swelling with flood
waters from the Aorth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-03
four DEFENSE
WITNESSESON
STAND TODAY
Claim Arrests of Var
ious Persons Last
Fall Was Necessary;
Not Peonage

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Feb. s.
tPt--Four defense witnesses took the
stand today in an effort to prove that
the arrest and detention Of several
cotton pickers in Willacy county last
faIl was justified. and not peonaEe-
as the government is charging in its
prosecution of Sheriff Raymond Tel
Ter and several other officials and
citizens Of the county.
Testimony that lawless persons ac-
companied the cotton pickers into the
county, ard that AZ least one group
Of picAers had been guilty Of charg-
ing groceries to their employer. with
out mis- permis slon, was read into the
record.
County Judge A. b. Crane Of vii
lacy county testified that many law
less men invaded the county with the
cotton picsers and we're responsible
for numerous small dcpredations he
said that many arrests had been
made II such cases.
Lamar Gill, head of colonization
project near Raymondyille, said he
had employed a. many us $500 tran
sierts on his project. clearing the
land, and that many acts Of lawless-
ness had occurred due To transients.
ri. A. Johnson. Lyford farmer.
who was mentioned by state wit
nessos earlier in the week as a cot
ton grower. who had part IN the
arrests, testified that re had the men
arrested because they had charged
groceries ~ him without his con
sent. lie said that nv had heard
Deputy Sheriff William Harrruvc
Continued on page two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-03
OPENS FIRE ON
OFFICER when
.ESCAPEC(JTOFF
Believed to Have Been
Member of Gang
Which Looted Atee
Store Monday


PHARR. Tex. Feb. Am uniden-
titled burglar was shot and killed AZ
$3.50 o'clock .tis morning in q gun
battle with City Marshal George In
gram and number Of deputies while
attempting w escape from a local
drug store which rad been surround
W by the officers.
The drad man VA believed 10 have
been injected with the burglary
gang which has been responsible Apr
number of Valley robheries. In
cludinE the theft of $4,000 worth .of
merchandise from the NJ. Atee store
here On Monday night.
The only clue available was the
name of the dealer from which the
mans hat had been purchased in
Brownwo0d, Texas Until noon today
the mans identity had not been estab-
lishcd The body W being held here
pending tracing down Of the slender
clue available. The man appeared %
10 about 22 or 23 years old.
The burglar was discovered by Of
ficcrs when he was Inn the Park
Front Pharmacy after having broken
into the City Meat Market and Wolff
Dry Goods Store. The drug store
was surrounded. scme ot the depu-
ties watching the rear w the cstab-
lishment and Mr. Ingram with other
deputies watched the front.
First the burglar attempted 90 e.
cape from the store bv the rear
door. Those ON watch there shot nt
him but missed Then the burglar
attempted I'm Lave hy The front way.
firing nj Mr.. Ingram. He missed Mr..
ingram, who returned the fire. One
shot took effect III the burglars side
and another in the head. IIc died
within an hour without rcgaining
consciousness.
Officers believe that the man had
confederate because S25 taken from
the meat market and dry goods store
were not found ON his person. Until
noon today mo- one had been found
who had seen the young man on the
streets at anv time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-03
TAMPICO COURT
ISSUES AMPAR0S

TAMPICO. Mexico. Feb. 3.--fPi-
The federal district court at Villa
Cuahtamoc. Vera Cruz. continues 10
grant writs of amparo suspcnding
application OF the new oil reguia-
tions- Several days ago this court
granted an amparo so the Trans
Continental OH Company; then X Ivy
sued one - the Compania PetroIcra
CapGchinas. ard yesterday acted fa-
vorabIy on applications for amparoS
IVY the Tuxpan Petroleum Company
and the Mexican Petroleum Company.
Applications nv the Atlantic Gulf
and West Indian Oil Company and
the Atlantica OH Company are to be
taken up next in the list awaiting
decision.
The attitude Of the court j. we'll
received here because IL prevents
idlcness for Thousands II Mexican
workers employed IL the oiI fields.