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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09
The World and All
A AND MOON
By Charles P. DriscOll

Miss Margaret Mowbray, Geneseo. Illinois, writes:
Your frivolous remarks with reference to Miss Flo
SIMPSONS belief in the influence of the moon and the
planets upon vegetation and humanity arouse a desire
within me to offer a few suggestions"
Miss Mowbray then points out that the moon influ-
ences ocean tides. I believe / mentioned this fact in
my first remarks about the moon. It is my belief. how
ever, that the fact that the moon influences the tides
is no proper evidence that the moon and planets in
flunce the growth Of potatoes or the character Of John
Smith and Tom Jones.
II would like 70 suggest says Miss Mowbrav.
that you get down TO finding out facts. and I think
the most effective way Of proving to yourself if there
is any truth in it is to learn to make out your own
horoscope, and trace the influence Of the sun and moon
and the planets upon your daily life"
I am sorry to report that I haven't time to learn to
east my own horoscope. But a distinguished astrologer
once visited my office, when I was editing a newspaper
She was ~lecturing in our town. and she had heard that
I didn't understand about what the moon and stars do
to folk. She offered to tell my past and future.
THE past will do" said T. And she began.
When this lady had the desired data, she worked it
all out on paper. Then she read my past. while l took
notes. She told in what years my joys, SORROWS, tri-
umphs, bereavements. advancements and journeys had
happened. And / reviewed my notes carefully.
SIN sorry" I rported. "but you have guessed
wrong in every single instance II seems incredible,
with eighteen or twenty separate statements and
gresses. that none should be even approximately cor
rect But so it is. In every year that you have given
to sorrow, ! had my chief joys. In the year that you
have picked for my greatest JOY. I lost my mother, my
greatest sorrow up to this time. And so on through. !"
Perhaps this lady was not a competent astrologer.
But she stood high in her profession. And she might
do better with some other persons horoscope. But I
have not been convinced that the phase Of the moon
matters much in the life of a potato-or Of a man.
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would ID Aaps Ro FAR toward raliaw.
ing the feeling of being rvppad
which must come 40 thosa We ~
fifty cents to ride throu0h A.
gloom Of the tunnel on A ruhh@r-
neck wagon.
Now that the hGfephcnM nnrrrmrw
sanctions the French typa AZ M
by making one Of IFS own. counf.
less subscribers are clnmcrinr for
them. At the present rate nf Ir-
stallation, N won't be long hafnrn
the old upright variety II an ~
as . tea At q tea dansant. That IL
rs IL should be. The ccntinentnI
phone has the American vnrImtw
licked i'm every way thinknbIa. "a
f5re the company appeared wifh
their W make, bootleg instruments
were sold at very high prices -
private companies and prumptFv
confiscated by the telephcnn eonn-
panies wherever found.
] note q sign IN an emrlovmenk
agency or West Forty-sixth street.
"Wcnted," 10 reads, "a flier tn nrnrm
Atlantic-S1. D0O-" Business I'M bad.
II appears, when a man ia expected
to do a Lindbergh for . mere one
grand.
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Peters Adventures

Brown Thrasher chirped scornful-
~.
"That is where you show your
lack Of good sense. What's the use
OF showing off X there's no one 10
much palmer in appearance than
am !, cousin, perhaps you are wise
in keeping out of sight"
Catbird said never a word, but
the boy was SO provoked at Thrash
er's rudeness that he couldn't keep
still.
Il can't see but what Catbird's
gray coat is quite as handsome as
your brown one, stranger said he.
ITO be sure you are q bit larger
than your cousin and your vest is
marked with arrows. but for all Of
that there is no reason for you to
be SO conceited. Surely, IL would be
quite impossible for ~ bird 70
sing better than Catbird did just
now"
"Impossiblel Nothing Of the sortl"
Brown Thrasher became very indir-
rant and dashed with his tail more
frantically. "And TO prove IL, al
though it is against my principles to
perform from so low q perch much
prefer the highest one ] can find-I
am going to show you Just what q
clever performer like myself can do.
Here goesI Listen TO me carefully,
Cousin Catbird, you may get a few
pointers!"
II was apparent that Catbird was
q good natured chap, for TO all his
cousins jibes, he answered never a
word, but chirped in amusement.
Then Brown Thrasher began. Tight
to his sides he pressed his wings
ruffling up the feathers on his
breast and back; flung his body 80
far back that IL looked as IL the top
Of his tail and the point Of his beak
were on a perfectly straight line, and
opening his mouth, poured out such
a song as the boy had never heard
before.
Faster and louder than his eous-
ms, Peter was forced to admit that
the performance really did outrival
Catbird's, yet his notes were not rs
sweet, nor did Thrasher mock the
other birds as well as his more
modest cousin.
AT last tired out, Brown Thrasher
STOPPED
well, boy" said be. show did you
like it?'
Next-Thrasher Gives Advice to
] the Farmer.
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Timely Views
BALLOT RIGHT FOR NEGRO DISCUSSED

RIGHT FOR NEGRO DISCUSSED
George Holden Tinkham was born in Boston,
Mass, in 1870. He was graduated from Harvard
university in 1894, and then studied law at the
Harvard law school. Tinkham served as a member
Of the Massachusetts, senate from 1910 to 1912. He
has been a member Of congress since its Sixty
fourth session in 1915. Tinkhsm is connected with
a law firm in Boston, Mass)
Modification Of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and
Nineteenth amendments involves much more than the
lswless and Unconstitutional suppression Of the negro
vote. The destruction Of a just and equal balance Of
political power among all the states OF the union Is
Threatened.
II the Fourteenth amendment were not nullified,
these states would have about one-third fewer repre-
sentative and about one-third fewer members in the
electoral college than they have now, and would find II
to control the house Of Representatives and
to elect the president, which they have done frequently
II a presidential election should turn upon the un-
constitutional electoral votes now based upon the un-
constitutionally elected representatives, there well
might follow a struggle for the possession Of the gov
eminent which would lead to revolution. With tho
notification OF the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Nine
tee nth amendments, not only are the elections in these
states unconstitutional and lawless, but the presiden.
tiai elections are tainted with fraud and illegitimacy.
There can be no more deadly assassination Of the
principles that our union is q union Of equal states. and
that all American citizens are entitled to the privileges
and imrunities and are equal, than the fact that in
certain states Of the union one vote Is equivalent tr
one and one-third votes in other states. made SO in part
by craftily-drawn Legislative enactments. partisan ad-
ministratior Of the elections, and by fraud.
The congress Of the United States has no moral
right GO ask the citizens Of the United States TO obey
laws which IL enacts when IL has refused to obey the
plain commands Of the constitution in relation 10 its
own elections and the election Of the president
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Washington Letter
By CHARLES r. STEWART

his legation, he could legally sell IL,
too. and they say he did that also.
Ultimately the state department
nxked-wouldn't his foreign office
kindly invite him home (which IL
did, and that ended that scandal.
However, IL goes TO show that a
diplomats a privileged character.
What stirred the Kalorame Citi-
zens' associations ire Is the awful
menace of diplomatic automobiles"
Not long ago one of the Persian
legations cars killed a man.
%. K.-n diplomatic incident"
A little later n victim OF the son
Of the then Norwegian minister was
brought into a hospital so badly
damaged that his own father operat-
ed on him. as a surgeon. without
recognizing him, until, after he was
dead, he was identified BY papers in
his pockets.
Too bad-but diplomatic"
A son Of Sir Esme Howard, the
British ambassador, was recently
banished to England for running
over u Washingtpnian-but Danish
ment was the worst fate that befell
him-"diplomatic immunity"
"A man who rises 70 the post OF
minister or ambassador generally
has some sense.
There isn't so much criticism Of
the boss diplomats.
The young squirts who hold the
secretarial positions are the ones
the Washington populace holds in
deadly terror-and would lynch, too,
sometimes, on mighty small provo
cation.
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Dinner Stories

HIS CONCLUSION
Ole Olesons track-walker, was sup
posed to be testifyinR after n bad
head-cn collision.
"You say" Numbered the sttor-
ney, at ten that night you were
walking up toward Seven-mile Cross
ing and saw Number 8 coming down
the track nc so miles an h0ur.
YAH" said Ole.
"And when you looked behind you
You saw Number 8 coming up The
track &c 90 miles m hourTr
"Yah," said Ole.
well, what did You do then?"
cay got off the track"
well, but then, what did you
do ?"
we'll, aye say 10 mineself, Dis
bane n OF a way to run a rail-
road"
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came flying "a second bird, and
alighted on a tendril by the side OF
Catbird. Not a bit Of attention did
the newcomer pay TO Peter, but
started to scold Catbird.
Might beat you at your own
game." cried he, thrashing his long
tail about. why say might? You
know perfectly well that / am a far
better imitator than are you'll All
the birds in the neighborhood come
to hear me perform, and that is more
than they will do for you"
"Me-eow, Me-eow," drawled Cat
bird. mockingly. "That was a very
catty remark, Cousin Brown Thrash
err. and / am surprised at you. You
seldom sing unless you have a large
audiencel AS for me, / do net care
TO give public recitals--it always
makes me nervous. I can sing the
best when | am all alone
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

Three Irishmen who had been In
this country but a short time at
tended a musical program. The first
one said, What Is that piece they
are playing7r
Number two answered. HThat IN
The Six Steps Of Lucv,.v
You're all wrong" said number
Faust
".It tells on that card up In 'front.'
said number one. * will no Eee.v
He made his way down the aisle.
looked at the card and cans back
with this declaration. You're both
urons. 10 in the Refrain fr1m Spit
ting
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DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
STIRS WASHINGT0NIANS

WASHINGTOi March e.-"Dip
matte immunity" IL q relic az HI AN
barism." II you'll take II from quite
a few Washingtonians.
A formidable rumpus 10 abolish IL
has been started by what's known as
the Kalorama Citizens association.
IL the national capital weren't a
czardom, run by a board Of commits
sioners who care no more how the
District of Columbia serfs feel about
their government than they do about
SO many Hottentots, you can bet IL
would be abolished. But who can
tell what the commissioners1l say
about IL
The Washingtonians' complaint is
They're tired OF being killed by
diplomats They think it's important
but they don't understand diplom-
acy.
The Kalorama district IN quite q
tony part Of Washington, where
most Of the embassies and legations
are situated. Now, an ambassador or
minister isn't supposed to be sub
;ect to the laws Of the country he's
accredited 60. Neither are the mem
A%A@ - AAH &0@tH ~ any "a MS
subordinates or hirelings. The only
laws they have to pay any attention
to are the laws of the country of
that particular diplomats origin.
No matter what n foreign diplomat,
or any member OF his personal or
official family does, IL isn't good
fosm 70 call him to account for it.
lie could commit burglary or arson
or mzrder. and about all this coun-
try could do would be TO ask his
home government to recall him.
In fact, there's one well-known
ease Of a foreign diplomat repre-
sentative who engaged ia wholesale
bootlegging.
He could. and they say he did. I'm
port into the country all the "diplo~
matte ticker" that he wanted &C.. and.
on the technically foreign soilr Of
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A MOCKING RIVAL

Catbird looked down upon the boy
and laughed.
"Ah ha, that is q secret. II I told
you, who knows but what you might
try TO initiate me and that would
never do. 1t Is bad enough that
Mocking Bird and Thrasher are able
to sing by earl In fact If | wasn't
very careful Thrasher might beat me
ut my WI game"
"Who il Thrasher?" The boy
was just on the point Of asking,
when he heard a queer whistling
sound. From over the garden wall
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09
PTTTprT

That oil men. should honour cha
Son, even as they honour the Pa
Their. He that honoureth not the
SON hcnoureth not the Father which
had sent him.
Verify. verify \ say unto you. He
that heareth my word, and b~elieveth
IN him that sent me, hath everlasting
life, and shall not come into con-
d~ernnation; but in passed from death
into life.--St. John.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

The new assistant secretary Of war is . lawyer
a. Il We lose the next war. We may escape 'ne eonse-
= - risad;nv insanity.-San Diego Unica.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

ST. LOUIS. Mo.-An operation on
Mrs. Z. +. Schuermsn revealed a pair
OF scissors in her stomach.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

Our great party is accused sometimes OF lack OF
e-s--ohic stats journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

FLORENCE. ItaIy.-For wearing
~low-necked dresses to church three
women were elected from the SER
vices.
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Who am /? What cabinet office
do I hold? OF what fraternal or
g~anization am / the director general?
On this date, in 1862, the first bat
tie between completely armored
ships Of war took place. What were
the names Of the two vessels2
Who Is the Canadian minister co
the United States?
Washington was the first president
Of the United States. Can you anne
the twenty-seventh?
A group Of islands off the north
coast Of Scotland r noted for their
ponies. What islands are they?
"Can q maid forget her ornaments,
or = bride her sttire7 Yet my peo-
pie have forgotten me days without
number" Where does this passage
appear in the Bible?
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.hs people who still reae him. Neneksn
- - a. she extremity Of defending marriage
Dallas Neva
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New York Letter
Exclusive Central Press Dispatch q
The Herald

Exclusive Central Press Dispatch Ca
The Herald
NEW YORK, Mar. "a tolerant
and amiable attitude on the part OF
newspaper men is entertained to-
ward the person who manages 10 get
his or her pictures into the news
papers. "A group OF w~ell-kncwn avi-
ators, including Bellancs, "Doe"
Wright and some others, were dis
cussing aviation nc Roosevelt Field,
when n OF the listening reporters
suddenly left the group 20 welcome
a pleasant faced, bespectaeled gen
tleman who had just arrived, and
brought him into the group.
Gentlemen he aid. "let ms In
troducc Nix. Heenan, Peaches
Browning's father"
Il il against the rules OF the sub
way companies for newsboys TO sell
papers on the platforms or i'm the
trains or the company and on sew
eral occasions urchins have been ar.
rested for doing so. Newsboys with
their arms full OF papers are not
allowez through the turrstiles. An
n result a number Of kids have the
habit Of getting into crowded sta.
tions and digging old newspapers
out Of discard cans These they fold
into q semblance or newness and sell
Go the unsuspectinr passengers.
paid a grimy lad three cents for q
day-old newspaper yesterday. That
kid will 80 far.
The New Yorker suggests that
policemen IN the Holisnd vehicular
tunnel under the Hudson be given
brass rings to twiri. which passinr
motorists may snatch TO relieve the
mcnctcny OF the trip. This idea
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09

"A Daily Thought
THE gheatest OF all faults, X should
say, II to be conscious Of none
Carlyle.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
!. James j. Davis; Secretary of
Labor; Loyal Order Of Moose.
2. Monitor and Merrimac.
8. Vincent Massey.
4. Calvin Coolidge.
5. Shetland Islands.
8. jeremiah II, SO.
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JIMMY JAMS
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
honest, genuine, and frank. They
don't lay much stress on form or
dogma.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
BRAND TREATY
BY DIR. Frank Crane

WE commonly speak Kellogg Treaty for the outawry
w of It should be called the BRAND treaty MI
The antWar treaty which you before had its origin
forward That grand conception French foreign secretary
inspiration the desire of all people to avoid anotner
great cataclysm of war"
Harold Calender article, gives interview
himself and tells what the originator of the idea
thinks of it.
little shaggy moustache long wps Of hair sticking out
dressed rough garb Of fisherman
near an isolated hamlet in Normandy"
regard multateral treaty contribution to the
conception of peace.
festaton of the will peace.
a
ouawy instrument national policy. 1t
should efforts toward the limitation Of
peoples will take this treaty seriously government will
The old talk about
ing the powder dry will become odious.
Formerly every had legal right to resort to force
Now the traditional right to will be abandoned by the
nations signing the treaty"
NJ BRAND confidence in ideas such the
Of informed public opinion.
81 of who believe that when you something
afraid talk about it. He who
should speak of peace often than of
demonstrated futity Of the motto,
time of peace prepare for war.
"A institution it first tribunal of
peace among the peoples.
"The multiateraI compact the fghtfu
calamity of and this is why highly pleased by
happy conclusion" =. ~ =
Mr.. Kellogg Says eve that the peoples of the world
dread international conflict
becoming responsive to the wishes of
the people. This
spiritual nature of man."
Copyright Mcclure Syndicate
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
Cleveland's Use of 'PerniciOus'
AS to Political Activities
ROVER CLEVELAND first made conspicuous use Of tn
VI word uernicous in orders warning all subordinate

ROVER CLEVELAND first made conspicuous use Of the
" word pernicious in orders warning all subordnates
and ofcehoders taking offensive part in politics
Cleveland did like the idea of presidential appontees
employing their official positions to influence voters 3d. In
1885 he issued his famous executive order telling his own
appontees and classified employees that was not their parry
duty to enter into ''perncious' political activities
That order was discussed all over the nation It was
dastefuI the bulk of his party which was hungry
for spo His appontees to high positions did not IKE
his ideals
Cleveland would have tolerated activities like those
of Mrs Wlebrand though they might be in behalf OF ms
own party or of himself.
Roosevelt share the ideas Of Cleveland as to public
officials not under the classified civil service but was firm IN
directing that employees refrain from
participation politics The of office OF civil service
employees unaffected by change Of parties ne held ana
Gin consideration of fxy of tenure and OF appointments
way political considerations these employees snouu
not take an active part in campaigns.
Those the protection of civil service laws doubtless
realize the wisdom of executive orders and rules affecting
them in political campaigns. No should be given
Congress to attack the civil service and those serving IT,
workers neither denied free speech nor the
right to vote.
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
THE MOONS SCARS
BY Garrett P. Serviss-

n pockaced story of celestial adventure
II in which the earth shared but whose
face of planet have been dssmuated geological
and meteorological cosety One might be disposed
YES the light of what Harlow Shaple lately detected
the mysterious "cOsmic Clouds" whose
of the richest of the Milky Way, screening
sometimes entirely hiding great fields of distant
found by analysis of the which some
these resemble comets in
constitution Shapey (the power
whose scientifically trained imagination shown in his
suon and destiny gobuar clusters, nature
and the absolute magnudes distances Cephed vaabes
abound quantities vast comc
steady meteors, their fires
have before Of the that suns
comets but investigation showed that in this the supply
factor the activity But where %e ss as
there comparatively little extraneous
shapey himself has suggested the solar system may have
for instance space containing the Orion nebulae and then
there have been continuous influx Of neteos the
arises whether the n can De supposed to have
included in the lifetime Of the earth less than that
the would Sc justify s M @ that the
n arrs 5GHFR y hs a I
system mean in G it's flight would It about
m ir e en tn. distance a't Of the ., s So light
biologists tell that the ancestors of already dwelling
the ssn earth % %ers g With huge meeors when the
u1s Ss I STANDING s h the the oe
pits resembling huge volcanic raters that crowd
mseo afs RAIN That they are fails new
but the una v D has always been nss
the earth why is not pi'sd too and than
Changes h the tR earth has Undergone
fEs osrsd aDG edvre surface ao e
famous Canyon Dabo in Arzons might Be regarded as mark
The moon is an almost chsngee world without atmosphere
to regure its surface as that of the earth has been
has retained its scars,
The Washington times., 1928-10-16
Different Methods of Chinese
and Caucasian Gunner

(HEsE tong murderers in Washington killed two OF tner
~ race and wounded others within three blocks OF the
Capitol of United States This may end knngs mere IG
The mystery and secrecy of these massacres viii hold
interest for Washington people than anything else one
soa+;on is that the tong murderers restrict their killings
to their race =, rr:..
Unlike modern white gangsters and gunmen the Chinese
rarlmen nearly always get their victims within the walls
of buildings occupied by Cinnamon There few instances
of American citizens being by street shocngs Amer
can policemen shot down by Chinese
Pistols almost invariably the weapons employed and they
bark quickly, accurately.
Chinese gangsters knowing better than to arouse racial
antagon in this country machine guns or other
weapons that endanger lives other than Chinese
Like Chicago New York and Philadelphia gangsters, how
ever the Chinese murderer and their victims know now 10
keep silent friends will settle scores In their own way
and own time Satisfaction of the law does not appear 70
them They avoid courts; refuse to give real facts
Washington unconcerned about gang warfare o.
any kind and will for gangters to steer clear Of
this city police department has fine opportunity 70
solve this Sunday affair and to punish the murderers