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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-29

THIS article won't do you a bit
OF good, but you'd better read
it. nevertheless.
NV motif is the following:
I'VE GOT THE BUTrERMILK
BLUES.
This is not the title Of a popular
song. 1t is the name OF my per-
sonal peeve.
Before. / proceed, look me over.
Am | an eye-full? | am. am
probably as husky blonde AS ever
loped across a cattle range or
swung single jack in mine.
Both OF which / have done-and
how. | am nearly six feet tall,
with wallop in proportion. Given
reasonable care 1t should have
lasted about 80 years without
refill. And yet
I'm eating buttermilk these
days. With a small baked potato
and some clam broth and maybe a
nice little bowl of rice If l get real
ravenous.
For why?
BECAUSE / HURRIED.
BECAUSE ] ACCUMULATED
THE FOOL IDEA ] WAS AN
AEROPLANE OR SOMETHIN'
AND HAD TO GO ZOMMING
THROUGH LIFE AT A HUN
DRIED MILES AN HOUR.
/ was the original whoopee kid!
I turned out more copy in
quicker time than any other
human who ever punched type
writer.
All they saw of me was my dust.
AN NOW I'M y r | y h y G
RUTTERMILk W | It n CLAN
BROTH ON THE SIDE!
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ONCE-OVERS

Give Thought to the Other Fellows Idea
arrived at the time OF lie "nere you '"n
excuse judgments which differ from yours .:, .s,,
Perhaps you feel that because you nave Deen IA larry "'
should the soundness OF your IDEAS
about you mgnt see men WHO "e
advanced far beyond you and they nave lolo"eu '0 ~
contrary your line of thinking. ,u -. +ho+ +Lo,
of these men the chances are "' '"S
your mediocre 4Lu .1.un
you abandon ideas and 1Gnow ene plans
who has progressed iafther u It ~
friends exaggerated opinion OF his personal aO
heed to the opinions eHpreSse" ny ~
who have not kept up with him in financial way. ,,
He gives little credit the fact that circumstances have p"S0"
a large his business r. .z>n4,u4;o.
One be able to take ~ taL h;
chance when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-29

THE training of an insect must
Il be a very ticklish business. In
America, skillful men spend all
their time in training fleas The
Flea Circus" is a popular exhibit
in most of the side-shows. In
China, however, the insect act is
not the trained fleas of America.
The Chinese delight Is cricket
fighting. Almost as much i'm
portance Is laid on a championship
bout as the Americans lay in the
heavyweight championship.
The crickets are specially trained
and breu for the purpose. ct
takes a number of generations 20
p o. uce champion fighterl
Their diet consists Of lettuce,
beans. rice and fish chopped fine.
Before the battle they are fed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-29
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

MOSQUITOES which have been spe-
ciallv fattened for the purpose by
being gorged on human blood.
This is, of course, to render them
more ferocious.
The insects are kept In large
iars of earthenware or in elabo-
rately decorated gourds, which
are covered with perforated lids.
These are of jade, ivory or fine
wood. Tiny dishes Of the finest
porcelain hold their food: while
thew sleep on a wee bed. The
reason for this grandeur in con
nection with a mere insect is this
The Chinese don't believe that
thew are mere insects. The
champion fighting crickets are
they think, the reincarnations OF
famous warriors. long dead.
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WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Sin has many tools, but a lie is
the handle which fits them all.
Holmes.
4nhumanity Is caught from
man.-Young.
We are never deceived; we de-
ceiye ourselves. Goethe.
Sloth makes all things difficult,
but industry all easy.-Franklin.
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The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
l. Mississippi River Empties into Caspian Sea
2. Nile River Empties into Gulf of Mexico
B. Nolga River Empties into Behring Sea
A. Yukon River Empties
D. Danube River Em2ties Mediterranean
Do you know:
6. What a lens?
What does the expression the the
g. What the most territory
g. Where slavery first introduced
10. Who Baron Munck21sen?
II. What poet
My heart leaps when behold
A rainbow in the sky"
H. What meant when a called
49, at is good divine that follows his
Shakespeare
IA 49, is paved with good MISUNDERSTANDING
Chow dear 20 this are the of M
-Woodworth
Answers IN Fiction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-29

The richest soil, If uncultivated,
produces the rankest weeds
Plutarch.
Honor Is the reward of virtue.
Cicero.
The concessions of the weak are
the concessions of fear.-Burke.
Criticism is easy and est = dif
ficult.-Destouches.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-01
BY c. Z. B%UTTERFIELD

N nv YORK.-Pl-Seven stages Of
tuned radio frequency application
have been made 70 operate success
fully.
Built TO determine IN such a num-
ber Of radio frequency stages was
practical, the set performed so we'll
that IL was decided to present it for
the experimentally inclined. Very
little pains were taken in the layout
except % keep the length Of grid and
plate leads az a minimum.
a double system Of oscillation con
troll was used. A variable resistor
with a range up TO 200,G0 ohms. con
nected in series with a .00l blocking
condenser. was shGnted across the
grid and plate Of each radio frequen-
cy tube. In addition a rcsistor NJ
the same range wa placed in the 20
volt y battery lead ~ give a panel
control on both volume and oscilla-
tion.
Filamcnts Of the RF tubes we're
operated through a three ohm rheo-
stat, which was a factor in the os-
cillation adjustment. IA fixed re-
sister was placed on the dctector
filament.
The only shielding used was that
about the coils. The coils were Of
the basket weave type, each having
an individual can As an added
precaution. each coil was placed at
right angles q the one nearest NJ.
Tuaing was done by two four-gang
condenaers. "A trimmer was ncces-
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follows: Beginning at a point IN the
west line Of this tract. and the east
line of the Byrnes Subdivision, which
point is 500 feet south from the y.
NJ. corner Of said Davis Tract. and
the W. M. corner Nj the n. y. Evans
Subdivision: thence south 2 degrees,
81 minutes west l73S feet % a point
FOR the s.. w. corner Of this tract;
thence north SO degrees. IS minutes
east 3Sgg.2 feet To a point in the
west line Of the Adams Tract for the
s. r.. corner Of this tract: thence
north Q degrees. i6 minutes west
223S feet to a point for the N. FL
or this tract. which point II
IN the west line ~ the Adams Tra.t;
thence south 80 degrees, So minutes
west 1852 feet n a point IN tire
center line OF n roadway for a cor
ner: thence south with the center
line Of said roadway. south q de-
grces. III minutes caat a distance ar
500 feet. thence south Ss deg crr.
So minutes west l915.s feet 90 a
point in Tire west line or this tract
and the place Of beginning. contain
ing in all by metcs and bousds.
l77.2S acres. more or less. and levied
upon as the property Of b. III. Dun
Ian, Baxter Davis. Harriet Perkins
and r. vi. Perkins. husband and wife.
Pearl Sipe. a single woman. Alma
whitley ard Cleve Whitley, ius-
band and wife. Alice Doughertv, a
woman. ". A.. Davis. Clifton
Davis. a minor. Mrs. Julia A Davis.
his guardian. Jewell Perry. John q.
Perry. Mary y. Perry. and.
Julia A. Perry, nh minors and V. vi
Davis their guardian. Manuel Dohbs.
a minor and Mrs. Edna Williams. his
guardian. j. J. Kirkaid and Ievada
kinkaid. husband and wifi. and that.
the first Tuesday in June. 1929.
the same being the 9Th day Of said
month. at the courthouse door ~
Cameron county. in the city of
Brownsville. Texas. between the
hours Of 10 a. m. and 1 .. m.. by
virtue or said levy and said order Of
sale ] will sell said above described
real estate al public ve~due. FOR
cash 10 the highest bidder as the
property of r.. ". Dunlap. Baxter
Davis. Harriet Perkins and ". Vi. Per-
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Real Estate
Transfers

r. L Davis ct NV TO n q. Pittman.
lot 10. block 1. La Qlinta addition.
city az Harrington. $40. etc.
II. j. Cox NJ IN 10 Delta invcstemnt
CO.. lots n. , and = w Block III. West
Brownsville addition. city Of Browns
Vile. $1,000.
Mrs. J. J. Hand to Ms. Emma Lee
Peters. all lot 20 IN block p. Hand ad-
dition to city Of Harrington. $40. etc.
Cameron County Lumber Go. to
W. W. Cragg. lot ~ IN block 4 and lot
l42 III tlock ?. Spanish Acres addi-
tion 10 Harrington. sl15C.
Edward Beisbarth 20 Cecile Jessie
Grain. lot 5 in block s. containing 40
sores. out Of American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation company's sub
division. 500. etc.
Al Farkers Securities CO. n Joseph
Korbts. north ~ acres of block ~
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SHERIFF's SALE
THE STATE or TEXAS y
COUNTY OF CAMERON n

a 49,
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice Il hereby gi.en that By
virtue Of a certain Order Of Sale
issued out of the honorable district
court of Cameron county, Texas,
l03rd judicial district. on the 3ist
day Of March. A. ID. 1928. BY Jno.
r. Seaman, clerk OF said court, under
and by virtue Of a judgment render
ed in a certain cause. wherein Bax-
ter Davis ct al were plaintiffs and
B. II. Dunlap was defendant. No.
6774 on the docket of said court,
same being a suit for partition OF
2 certain described tract Of land,
situated in Cameron county. Texas,
and in the judgment rendered BY
the court, il was found that the
whole Of said tract could not be par
titioned and that a part of safe tract
hereinafter described should BE- sold
as under execution for partition in
accordance with the decree therein
entered. and.
WHEREAS. said order or sale r.
sued under and BY virtue or said
decree has been placed in my hands
for service. /. John Martin. as con-
stable of Cameron county, Texas. did
on the 18th day of April. 1928. levy
on that certain tract OF land. situated
in Cameron county. Texas. and de-
scribed as follows:
Being out OF larger tract OF
land known as the In Feria Grant,
and being out of the no~4h 200 acres
OF a tract of land described In q
deed from Thomas J. Andrews and
Mollie G. Andrews t. w. z. Davis.
deed is recorded In Volume
Sup. N. at pages 1873 70 -s7. Deed
Records or Cameron County. Texas.
deed IL dated February rs.
1850. and the land levied upon being
BIZ metes and bounds rs
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kius. husband and wife. Pearl Sipe.
a single woman. Alma Whiteley and
Cleve Whitley, husband and wife.
Alcic Dougherty. a single woman. W.
A. Davis, Clifton Davis. a minor,
Mrs. Julia Al. Davis. his guardian.
Jewell Perry. John Il. Perry. Mary
y. Perry. and Iulia A. Perry. ali
minors and r. y. Davis. their guard
ian. Manuel Dobbs. a minor and
Mrs. Edna Williams. his guardian.
J.. j. Kinkaid and Levada kinkaid
husband and wife.
And in compliance with law. ! give
this notice Nv publication. in the
English language. once n week fer
three consecutive weeks Immediately
preceding said sale. IN the Browns
Vile Herald. a newspaper published
in Cameron county.
Witness my hand. this 18th day
of April. 1928.
JOHN MARTIN.
Constable Precinct = Cam
eron county. TeNas.
4-23-30-5-7-3t-296s
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
THE STATE OF TENS

hHG CfAfE VT fEARR
To the Sheriff OF any Constable
Of Cameron County. Greeting:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED
to u the following notice to be
published in a newspaper Of general
circulation which has been continu-
ously and regularly published for a
period Of not less than enc year pre-
ceding the date Of the notice in the
County Of Cameron. State Of Texas.
and you shall cause said notice to be
printed at least once each week for a
period OF ten days exclusive Of the
first day Of publication before the re-
turn day hereof:
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PROBATE OF WILL
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To all persons interested in the
estate Of Pillar Villareal. deceased.
Francisco Alvarez has filed in the
County Court Of Cameron County. an
application for the Probate az the
last Will and Testament of said
Pillar Nillarcal. deceased. filed with
said application. and for Letters
Testamentary which will be heard at
the next term of said Court. com.
mencing on the first Monday in
June. A. n. 1928. the same being the
fourth day Of June. A. ID. 1928. az the
Court House thereof. in Brownsville.
Texas. az which time all persons in
terested in said Estate may appear
and contest said application. should
they desire 10 do so.
HEREIN FAIL NOT. hut have you
before said Court on tire said first
day Of the next term thereof this
Writ, with your return thereon. show
ing how you have executed the same.
Given under my hand and the seal
Of said Court. at office in Browns
vile. Texas, this the 23rd day Of
April. A. d. 1928.
tSEALl ". n. Seaco.
Clerk County Court. Cameron Coun-
t.. Texas.
n. O. VI. Bremen. Deputy.
A true copy ! certify. April %. 1928
III. y. Seago.
Clerk County Court, Cameron Coun-
ty. Texas.
BY O.. =. Bremen. Deputy.
5-f-s-2t-2eT4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-01

sary across the antenna tuning sec
ton. However. trimmers may be
placed across each part Of the two
condensers N facilitate IN lining
them up.
Oscillation was brought under
control by adjusting each OF the
g%rid-plate resistors until a clear sig
nal was received. The resistor in the
b battery lead should be at a min
imum during this process 20 that
when the set IL operating il will have
an affect on the volume. The three
ohm rheostat then was adjusted for
the best operating signal.
One-half microfarad bypass con
denscrs were used IN each RI stage
from the h plus TO the A negative,
The A battery leads in each stage
also may be bypassed If desired.
Either one or two stages of audin
amplification may he added. two
steps making n ten tube receiver.
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Cheapest Buy on
Elizabeth Street

Seven-room house. lot 100 hv
100. feet. ] block from highway
turn. Ideal location, cool in
summer. Facing southeast
breeze. Eight i-year-oid citrus
trees III large palm trees. /
large grape vine. Many other
tropical trees and shrubs. YOU
can buy this ideal place AZ small
down payment and balance like
rent. Write p. o. Box SIS.
Brownsville.
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raid Classified Ads

Dams lands In Parker subdivision. IT,
FeriE grant, s3,s75.
T. ~ Stewart et AK III Valley Da-
velopments. Inc, 20 acres out of SUR
yey lao, Cameron cnmhEy. Texas. $IW.
etc.
J. +. Boory et ux to Brownsville
Realty Co. l.G4 acres af land out of
Shars 81, Espiritu Santo grant. $40.
etc.
Brownsville Realty a.. Tor TX. L-
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Espiritn Sant0 grant, $40. etr.
y. q. kilchcr TO H. k. Goodrich, 4u
acres out Of Espiritn Santo grant,
$40. etc.
L. X. Goodrich to @. G. Kilcher. 4e
acres out Of Espiritu Santo Grant,
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H. X. AbrcD et MI to XacarinH
CueIlar. lots 1916 and 1917. block 4D.
Colonia Victoria addition, city VIZ
Brownsville. $500.
Port Isabel Company to B. A.
Helfrich, all that potion Of iSnd
lying south Of road in block o., Bay
side Gardens subdivision. $I36a-22-
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Jr., south 22.5l acres az block 27, of
r. z. Bishop subdivision, $40. etc.
Z. J. Schuster 81 ux - S. +. Carter.
Jr.. all block ss. CONTAINING 2n.p5
acres, r.. n. Bishop subdivision, Sln.
etc.
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Jr.. VII bIock 55. r.. u. Bishop xnbdi.
/ vision. $40. etc.
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Essential Parts for Seven
Tubes of RI

; Sackets-
: shielded coils.
2 Fpur-rang cundrnsers.
8 0 70 20O.0 900 variable reEistnrs.
Z i5 MID. condenscrs.
= col mid. c~ondcnscrB.
I 3-ohm rheostat.
/ 4 amp. fixed resistor.
I > to ; meg. grid leak.
I .00025 MID. grid condenser.
! RI choke.
1924 panel, with Dashboard IL inc
" deep.
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CHURCH CHOIR ON STRIKE

MANCHESTER. Eng-ThM
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because tho AS~tor. Rev
refused to- permit the
dance.
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No. sls--From Housaon, San Antonio.
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PolihEal.
Announcements


unds this heading BIN be published
Che names Of candidates for public office.
The tess for snponneenent will be as
tcicxs.
1 Fer district officrs. ....... $500
Fer county offices ...S15.h1
Fos justice Of the peacc.....Si m
Fer precinct offlces.-...-..Sla1N
kwes Of candidate viii be carried IN
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srinagy.
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" The following announcements Of
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CoNGkEs
Hardin.
SHERIFF.
n. (Bob) ison
h. (Gib) BON.
can S. W.
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II. Jester.
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Houses

FOR RENT-Furnishsd lower floor
or private home. Phone 557. even
ings. D-25s
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usdr this heading bin be published
Che nznes Of csndidatss for public office.
The Tea for snnonneemert will be as
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Camp orcutt
Apartments

FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. south
apartment. Close in. Phone ls9.
D-2T3
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14

the top by means of large passen-
ger elevator They pass the mem
orial stones which are set in the in
ner face of the Monument. The in
scriptions on most of these memoir
ial stones can be read, however, only
from the platforms. There are over
1870 stones, contributed by practical
ly all of the States, many of the
large cities, and lodges of Free Ma
sons, Odd Fellows, and the Sons of
Temperance, besides numerous DO
litical organizations, debating socie-
ties, and other organizations.
At the time of Washington's death
Congress requested the family to
place his remains in the Washing
ton Monument in the National Capi-
tai. This was not done and Wash
ington was buried at Mount Vernon.
His will directed that a permanent
tomb should be built to receive his
body and that of his wife, Martha
More than a quarter
Of a million visitors annually stand
before this open tomb and view the
caskNts in which the bodies of
George and Martha Washington
we're buried.