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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
Myron T. Herrick

Myron 7. Herrick is dead. He had been ambassa-
dor to France IL years. He was the American idol Of
the people, of France. He was at the court Of Paris
when the. World war began. He was there when
death called him at the age of rs.
Is this the age of opportunity?
If one doubts it read the biography of the dead
diplonat. He was born on an Ohio farm in humble
surroundings. He started his business career selling
dinner bells and lightning rods. He became, success
ively. a lawyer, a statesman and one of the foremost
ambassadors abroad of the period in which he lived.
He had been a great governor of Ohio, he had
been a maker of presidents, he had refused offers of
cabinet posts, he had been a success in every field Of
endeayor which he invaded or where he was called
and his name was a household word long years be-
fore death terminated the brilliant career and Off
cia1 record of the man who first saw the light on a
little farm in Ohio and who had mounted every rung
~ the ladder to the positions to which he had aspired.
This is the land Of opportunity. There is no land
like ours. There is no flag like ours. Under its folds
che accident of birth has nothing to do with the case.
And he who dares and battles climbs the Alpine
heights.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. Stanley Baldwin; j. Ramsay
Macdonald; chancellor Of the ex-
chequer.
2. Fort Pontchartrain.
3. Georges Jacques Danton.
4. Romans ". 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

100 days at $40 per day and S. thereafter. First 80
days would be given to bill introduction, the second
30 days to committee hearing and the final 60 days to
disposition Of the bills.
Mileage is cut from 20 to 10 cents per mile.
This proposal to be voted on in the 1880 general
election. AS for the fourth, 1t proposes charging tne
scope of university fund investment to all classes OF
public securities instead of being confined to state
and United States bonds. 1t is to be voted in the
1880 general election.
All four amendments should appeal to the forward
moving voters Of the commonwealth. There is a new
Texas and the new Texas is moving forward. Why
should h~andicaps be permitted?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
ANSWERS TO HEALTH
QUERIES
MILDRED B. GLOW mucf

and climb in through a Window"
He started walking towards the
house as he spoke. Brown, who had
listened tenSely to the tramp's in
formation, suddenly Strengthened
himself, and strobe by his side.
Charlie shook his head sadly, and
prepared resignedly to follow.
Like to join us?" he asked the
tramp, with gertie banter.
mo thanks" replied Ted. Il 'ad
enuff of it larst time"
And that was with the advan-
tage Of the daylight murmured
| Charlie. When a woman'S eyes
blind us. what fools we mortals bel"
He followed his companions across
the garden to the house. The open
window, with its broken pane, yawn-
ed uninvitingly before them. Brown,
suffering a little from depressed
Ego, suddenly thrust himself for
ward, and flung one leg through
the aperture. The other leg did not
follow quite as quickly as he had
designed, however. From within
came the sound Of a thud, and a
muffled gasp.
(TO BE CONT1NUED.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
StarIOre
A NAME Externally INSCRIBED
IN THE STARS
BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter

BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter
When one man has two universes
named in his honor, he comes pref
ty near to receiving full recognition
for the amplest services rendered.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first
man to circumnavigate the globe.
He accomplished the great under
taking in 1520-21. And he received
an undying honor Of having two
uriverses named after him-tho two
Magellanic clouds. The smaller of
the two is larger than our entire
universe was supposed to be less
than half a century ago. And the
suns within these universes are
much larger than those in our uni
verse. The brightest in the larger
cloud is a variable star that at times
gives 500, 900 times as much light as
our sun.
More Tomorrow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
Washington Letter
pv urPPERT r.
BY HERBERT C. PLUMMER

WASHINGTON. April Across Missouri avenue
from the census bureau are several blocks Of old
houses. The windows frame dark faces, and In the
street negro boys tinker with ancient automobiles.
One Of the houses is distinguished from the others
by a broken board carelessly wired to the railing Of
the steps. This is numbered 81 and reads:
JOHN TYLER RESIDED N HIS HOUSE
BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT
AS Tyler entered congress In 1916 he may have
lived In the house more than 100 years ago. Look
ing at it one does not hesitate to believe it.
The sign, Rooms for Rent" the hot dog wagon
resting flor it was Sunday in front Of the place,
and another sign offering to press and repair could
not take away the dignity from the doorway or the
granduer from the doors with their carved faces.
s*s
There is no bell or knocker. We were curious to
see how the place looked on the inside and walked
into the dark hall. It was not necessary 10 nave a
light to discover that it was very dirty.
We followed the handsome old balusters up through
the dusk toward the sound of feminine laughter, and
found a pretty young Greek woman standing at q
young matron was holding a baby. They occupied
the light housekeeping apartment on the second
floor. One of the women did not speak English, but
her little girl did. They were all proudly hospitable.
It was difficult to reconstruct the rooms as they
must have looked before the Civil war. The marble
f~ireplaces are guarded now by red and green pictures
Of Greek military heroes of Greko-Turkish wars.
Modern linoleums cover the floors crowded with
overstuffed and shining mahogany finished furni-
ture.
Yet John Tyler resided once in this house. IN
~doubtedly some Of his numerous children slid down
the walnut banister.
LEATHERNECK WRITER
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, described by his
friends &c tho oraatoSt 1nothprnnck of them all, has
laid aside his fighting equipment for a while and is
writing a book.
1t is to be called "reminiscences of a Marine" and
will be his version "of how the marines won the war.
1t is to be published in Philadelphia by Dorrance and
company.
General Leieune retired as commandant OF the
marine corps March 4, after eight years Of service.
He will become superintendent of Virginia Military
Institute-"the West Point Of the South"-next fall.
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a door slamming?"
"S'poSe it was a door slammin'?
Would that mike yer larf If there
wasn't nobody there ter slam it?"
wind can slam a door"
wind never slammed no door, No
door never slammed. 1t wasn't that
kind of a bang. 1t was-more a
boom, like. Gawd, 1t fair give me
the jump, it did"
HIN. You didn't jump far" COM
mented Rupert, watching the other
closely.
"Wotcher mean? Oh-the shed.
WE'LL begins ter 'op it, see, but
some'ow-me legs wouldn't work
proper. I come over-well, funny
like. So I stays in the shed. AS a
rest, see?" He became rather pa
thetically humorous. II amt had
no 10-course dinner ter-day, see?"
He coughed again. Possibly on
purpose, but with significant ease.
Rupert took half Il crown from his
pocket, and held it out.
Thanks for your information"
he said. We're much obliged. Just
two more questions, If you don't
mind, and you can go back to bed.
How did you get into the house?"
"Win6er," replied. Ted, unassham-
edly. 1T was broke. I broke 1t a
bit more"
Il see Well, that No. l. Now
for No. 2. What exactly happened
when the lady passed you just now?
Let's have the whole story"
But there amt no story" replied
Ted. II was just snoozin'. Sud-
dinly, I wike shup. Just sees 'er
passin' afore the shed to the 'ouse.
"Allo,' I ses ter meself, she must
ave come inter the gardin while
I was orr When I peeps out. she
CORN. And she amt come back
agin. So, I ses, she must still be
there. Well, amt that right?"
Looks like it," nodded Rupert.
Did she see you?"
Nah"
did you hear the front door
open?"
Nah. I reckon she got in through
the winder, like me-"
But, I say. what would she climb
in through the window for?" OBJ
jected Charlie, turning to Rupert.
"She books a ticket at Kings Cross,
hundreds Of miles away, just to
come along and walk into an empty
house through a window"
He stopped abruptly. Rupert's
frowning eyes were upon him.
Sorry" murmured Charlie. Gro
quet's my real game"
We'll, you've got to play another
game for a Bit" said Rupert, star
ing at the house. Think you're
too fat to follow the girls example,
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But Captain Rupert did not say
ANYTHING for a second or two. He
was staring into the garden, a space
of considerable size, that separated
the road from the house, and then
at the house, and then at the house
itself. Not a light glimmered from
any window. Yet somewhere with
in its blackness their lady was sup
posed to be. .
Are you sure she's in the house?"
90. I amt sure" replied the
ragged one. But, as I ses, She
come in the garden, and she amt
come out again, so where else she'd
be?"
Shall we ring?" suggested Char
lie. Though it seems to me"
mo good ringin'," interrupted the
ragged one. "The 'ouse is hempty."
"What?" cried Rupert.
"Hempty," repeated the other, SOL
emily. so wot's she wanter go
in there for? No good askin' me,
sir. 1 can't tell yer nothin'. Barrin'
that is, she must be dippy."
"Why should she be dippy?" in
quired Rupert, froWning.
Cos nobody barrin' a loOnertick
d 60 in that 'ouse-"
Here, you seem to know some
thing about it," interposed Rupert.
Have you been IMP"
The ragged man heSitated. He had
been in-from which you will gath
er, if you have not already done
so, that his name was Ted, and
that the pipe he held in his hand
was a peculiarly foul one. Was it
wise, wondered Ted. to admit his
illegalact? While he was thinking
about it, he suddenly began to
cough. He went on coughing for
nearly a minute.
"Seedy?" asked Rupert, sympa-
thetically.
cor your pipe?" murmured Char
lie.
well, I don't s'pose if there was
arother war they'd pass me fer fur
rim service said Ted. And come
out agin!"
What made you 90 in?"
Rain"
Ted advanced right Up to his in
rogator, and tapped him on the
sleeve.
IF you was alone in a hempty
'ouse, sir" he replied, "a-shelterin'
from the rine, mind, and doin' no
arm, and then ears creaks and wot-
notS, and-and orl of a suddint a
bang wot knocks a Tournament OFF
a mantelpiece-well, wouldn't you
come out, eh?"
Il see. You got scared. Was that
itq"
"Yus."
you never thought 1t might be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, NJ. ID.
Former Commissioner of Health,

should a girl, aged Is IL and a
girl aged 10 IL weigh7
A.-The correct weight depends
on the height.
r. G. Q.-What causes small red
scaly spots on the arms and body,
which cause itching?
A.-This may be due to a 70,
q eczema fev
E. K. c. Q.-What Is the no<rRal
blood pressure for a man IS yaHrs
of age?
A.-His blood pressure should be
approximately $50 degrees.
YOURS TRULY" O. - Can
round shoulders be corrected?
A.-Wearing a shoulder bracs
should prove helpful.
WORRIED MOTHER. @. - My
little boy has bald spots on his
head about the size Of a ten-cent
piece. What is the cause Of this?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

At some time or other you may
be called upon to give first aid to
a person who is having a fit or has
fallen in a faint. What are you
to do? You feel you must do some
thing, but just what is it?
There are several cause for loss
Of consciousness. The most COM
mon Is an ordinary "fainting
spell" Lots Of people have a tend
ency to faint and do so on the
slightest p~rovocation. More than
any similar trouble, this is the one
you are likely to witness.
In apoplxy, the victim may fail to
the ground absolutely unconscious.
This sounds like a faint, doesn't
it? But, as I shall show you short
ly, 1t is not difficult to recognize
the difference.
There is also the loss of con-
sciousness due to poisoning. This
may be caused by a poison taken
into the stomach. or it may come
from the absorption Of poisons
generated within the body. Alco-
hol Is a common example Of the
one, and what the doctors call cure
mic poisoning" Is a form Of the
other type.
How are you to tell whether the
case IS a fainting spell or is due
to apoplexy? If you will consider
the cause Of each there will be
no difficulty.
Painting is due to the effects Of
a sudden emotion or other cause
upon the action of the heart. It
is slowed up in its activity. 1t
does not beat with sufficient force
to send the blood through the body
and into the brain. The skin is
blanched and cold. The face Is
white. like wax. There is a dead
look. the pulse is so faint it cannot
be felt. and the breathing is very,
very slow.
In apoplexy and in the more
common poisonings, the brain is
filled with blood. The face is
flushed, almost purple in color,
perhaps. The breathing is noisy
possibly snoring in its nature. The
pulse is slow and full.
Have I told you enough to make
clear what you should do? Since
there is not enough blood in the
brain, when the patient is in a
faint, your effort should be to help
nature to supply that vital organ,
To do this you must call upon
gravity to help.
Place the patient on the floor OF
a sofa. Raise the legs and hips
high. In this position the blood
naturally gravitates to the brain.
Just exactly the opposite Is the
treatment to give the person who
has a flushed face and congestion
of the brain. 1t should be your
effort to get the blood out Of the
brain.
The person in a faint is cold
and clammy. Cover him up, but
permit lots Of fresh air to reach
his face.
Never try to pour whiskey or 9TH
er stimulant down the throat OF
an unconscious person. You may
actually drown him, by getting the
LIQUID into the lungs instead of the
stomach.
If there is not a total loss of
consciousness, a fainting person
will be benefited by a stimulant.
But in its absence, the simple
things I have suggested will be
helpful always and eve harmful.
This is all the layman can dc
to advantage. You will send some
body for the doctor who will ar
rive in time to give appropriate
treatment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
THE People Are the Masters

=. are four Joint resolutions or constitutional
.~andments which will be passed upon by the voters
If Texas in the near future
One proposes to increase the governors salary
-, "a ooo to $4,000 per annum to be voted on next
Another to permit counties to tax university lands
u,tbin their boundaries, which viii be submitted at
ths general election In 1880.
A third proposes TO change legislative sessions %
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
CHAPTER VII

CHAPIER VII
Half a minute later. they wished
the porter had been more explicit.
The lane forked, and it was a toss
up which fork to take. They tried
the right-hand fork first. It shook
and wriggled. grew narrower and
narrower, and finally petered out on
to a desolate piece of cliff which
seemed to lead nowhere but to the
| sea below, and even to that by a
~handred-foot drop. The waves
doomed a dull, melancholy rhythm.
It was not a spot to linger in at
nighttime. Rupert backed the car
until he found a safe space for turn
ing, and then retraced the lane to
the point where it had forked.
The left-hand lane, along which
they now ran, also turned and
twistest breadth and even began to
widen after a hundred yards or so.
There was, however. no sign OF any
human presence, and ever q large.
dark house that rose suddenly on
their right showed no light.
mo good inquiring here" muir
INJURED Rupert.
Il don't know replied Brown,
suddenly sitting up. Smokes COM
ing out of that shed there"
|. Rupert slowed down, and stopped.
Smoke was certainly issuing from a
shed near the house, suggesting a
cigarette or a pipe. He called soft
ly through the darkness:
Halo! Anybody there?"
There was a movement inside the
shed, and a moment later a dark
figure emerged. 1t was not a fig
ure to inspire one with delight. The
dimly-visaged outline betrayed a tall
thin frame, and yer in this dim
ness it was easy to guess that the
costume that hung upon the frame
hade not been born in Savile-row.
"Allo." said the figure. "Lorst
yer way?"
Rupert turned the headlights full
upon the speaker. For an instant a
humble tramp became almost ethe-
real, but the next moment he had
dived back into the shed.
ERE, wotcher doin'?" he called
out.
Sorry" replied Rupert. Come
out won't do it again"
We'll hight blinded me, so yer
did," grumbled the ragged man
emerging onc more. IF yer want
the village yer goin' the wrong
way"
I'VE don't want the village" re-
piled Rupert. we want to know il
you've seen a lady pass by during
the last few minutes?"
"Eh? Wot's that?" exclaimed the
ragged man, with sudden interest
He advanced a step or two, halted
then asked a question OF his own
"Ere-wot's it all abart? Wot's
'appenin'?"
Nothing to get excited about
responded Rupert, soothingly.
"Ohl Amt it2 Well, that's or,
right. then" said the ragged one
with a touch Of irony. "a Idly come
through this bit O. garden not five
minits ago, and she amt come out
again. I s'poSe she's still ERE"
"What?" cried Brown, and jump
ed from the car.
"Doucement, mon enfant." muir
INJURED Charlie. clambering out aft
er him. Let Captain Rupert dc
the talking, eh7"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Who am /? Whom did I succeed
as premier of England? What other
cabinet office have 7 held?
What was the name of the fort,
built by Sier de Ia Mothe Cadillac,
where Detroit now stands?
What early leader Of the French
revolution was ordered executed by
Robespierre?
But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we we're
yet sinners, Christ died for U.s."
Where is this passage found in the
Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
The Once Over
By H. I. PHILLIPS
THE REBELS PLIGHT
BY H. I. PHILLIPS

CMany Mexican soldiers, found with the rebels
y they did not know they were opposing fedora
oops. Item.
I'm a willing, intrepid young soldier
I care not how hot is the fray;
l love shot and shell,
But I wish 1 could tell
Which side Ill wind up with today.
Undaunted, I rush into battle
With Mexican Hip, hip, hooray!"
But I am in doubt
Till the papers come out
Which army I fought with all Gay.
I give all I have to the colors-
I fight till me rifle is hot;
But after each fight
I cannot tell quite
My colors from those which are not.
I lead a smart charge up a hillside
And then turn around and charge back;
I never quite know
When striking a blow
Which army I ought to attack
1 capture a town at one-thirty
And hand it back promptly at three;
I take it once more
At quarter to four
It's all most confusing to me.
I rush into action unheeding
The bullets about me that spray,
But often find
BY looking behind
I fought the wrong army that day.
I follow my general gladly;
Devotion I loyalty show
Except when he goes
BY night TO our foes
Without even letting me know!
1t really is sad and confusing
To rush into battle and die
When feeling that you're ...
Not certain or sure
Which army you're with, and just why.
49,
EXTRA!
Bernard McFaddep, rumor says, is to publish
Tall street tabloid. On a bad day the big first pag
allure will be, of course, a composite picture Of th
collapsing.
Under the black headlines:
MARKET FALLS; MANY HURT; BANKING
ULT GRILLED.
Somewhere in the tabloid will appear a photo
'aph of Miss Twenty Percent Money Gin bathing
lit of seamless. and, in an oval a likeness Of iona
K. Sapp on the way to the ambulance. TIL
option will be: "TRICKED," HE SAYS, ASKING
Fart BALM"
Col. Lindberhg and Miss Morrow will be. married
North Haven, Me. AS long as it is to take place il
lat state, why not at Eagle Lake?
Or Good Will Farm, Somerset county,
Or, for that matter, Hop City, Oxfordf
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
UNDER n4 H52E5 siSRr
BY J.JEFFERSoN FARJEoN Copyright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
READ THE FIRST.

IOlIAD LII I1INol
Brown, a romantic young clerk,
eating in a restaurant, overhearS a
hard-looking individual say: After
her! And-if she's troublesome
don't be particular what you do with
her!" The girl is very beautiful,
and Brown trails her on board a
train for Byford Moor. On the way
he is thrown from the train while
trying to capture the girls pursuer.
Brown meets Rupetr and Charlie,
who are on a walking trip. They all
decide to follow the girl. Overtak-
ing the train in a fast motor car,
the boys discover the girl has dis
appeared and the little man is found
drugged. The three men continue
in the dark to Byford Manor and
ask directions from a train porter.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

CMany Mexican soldiers, found with the rebels
say they did not know they we're opposing fedora
troops."-News item).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
Today'S Horoscone n

Persons born on this day IRE i'm
patient with silly empty taSG They
love their families but need to be
away from them from time to time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
"Sea SERPENT" Caught.

NOANK. Conn. CR.-A real sea SER
pent was hauled ashore near here in
the form of 71a-foot sea eel weighing
q pounds. It fought 20 minutes and
tore one net to shreds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
BOY, ID, CRUSHED
BY FIvE-TON TRUCK
Bicycle, Caught in Car Tracks,
Falls Under Wheels;
Driver Freed.

Thrown under the wheels of 5-ton
truck at Georgia avenue and Crittenden
street yesterday afternoon, John Gussio,
IA years old, of 4703 Georgia avenue,
was still in an extremely serious condi-
ton at Emergency Hospital this morn
ing.
John H. Sheriff., colored, 80 years old,
Of 2108 Thirteenth street, the driver OF
the truck, was arrested last night py
thirteenth precinct police. but later re-
leased following an investigation Of the
circumstances of the accident.
The boy was riding bicycle north on
Georgia avenue and the truck was pro-
ceeding in the same direction. The
wheels of the bicycle became caught in
the car tracks and young Gussio was
thrown under the machine, the wheels
passing over his body.
He is said to be suffering from in
ternal injuries and fractures Of both
legs. An operation was performed last
night and his condition Immediately be-
gan to improve.
According to police the boy was try
ing to pass the truck when his wheels
became caught in the tracks. He was
rushed to Walter Reed Hospital by a
passing motorist and there first air was
rendered by Capt. Joseph Gallagher.
He was later transferred to Emergency.
John, who is student at Mcfarland
Junior High School, had just returned
home from school and was on his way
to deliver newspapers. The bicycle was
borrowed from a friend. It was de-
rnoliShed