Brownsville herald. [volume], July 12, 1912, Image 4

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Tint lit* Vnn’t make
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f, s If a fellow like me
* tlou. iota of clothes he
Oflie a man.”—Catholic.
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*ce of Evils.
• Id yon advise me to
ter to u Cooking school
^ «» music ichool? Hoarder (reflec
ivelyi- Well, think I’d send her to a
ooklng school 1 it may l*» more fatal
n Its rrsuits, ut It Isn’t anything like
o noisy.
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/hers the Shoe Pincnea.
, Chaplain-Ah. my brother,
fa Is full of trials Prisoner—
Fy up. guv nor! Think I dunno
It ain’t the trials I inlnds; it’s
»erdlcta.-Londou Sketch.
HE RAILWAY CD
NEB! SCHEDULE.
itfeen Brownsville and Point |
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ffective Saturday, May 11, 1912.
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Vther than Saturday, Sunday
ajid Monday
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Ar 10: no a. m. j
O.v 4:20 a. m
Jn.OO a. m. Ar 12.30 p. m.
6:00 p. m. Lv 4:30 p. m.
v 7:00 p. m. Ar 8:30 p. in.
Sunday
r 8:30 a. m. Lv 7:00 a. m.
v 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. m.
r 9:30 p. m. Lv 8:00 p. m.
Monday
r 8:30 a. m. Lv 7:00 a. m.
v 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. ra.
r 6:00 p. m. Lv 4:30 p. m.
Didn't Like the Reference.
Tramp—You know the savin’, mum,
“He that glveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord.” Mrs. Subhubs—Very true.
And since you speak in proverbs I’ll
refer you to another old saw. Tramp
_ — Which one Is dat, mum? Mrs. S.—
The one back in the woodshed.—Boston
Transcript.
Overworked.
“The hour of 12 lias struckl” hissed
the ghost.
“1 don't hlntne It." replied the ma
terialist. “It was worked to death
long ago."—Judge.
Nothing can work me damage bat
myself.- St. Bernard.
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MILLETS RIOT IN COLORS.
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The Artist Enraged the Critics, but
Forced Recognition.
In his early years ns an artist the
late Frank D. Millet liad n hard strug
gle t6 gain recognition. He sent pic
tures to exhibitions, to be sure, and
good pictures they were, but no one
paid any particular attention to them
, or said anything about them.
One day Millet conceiv€»d an idea.
He painted a picture of a lady in black
sitting on a bright red sofa, standing
against a vivid yellow background.
The effect was just a trifle startling.
Friends who saw it in the process of
production expostulated with him and
i asked him what he was going to do
! with it. They were astounded when
j he announced that he was going to
1 send It to the exhibition. They told
him the critics would "wipe the floor"
with him. "They can't do that with
out mentioning roe.” said Millet quiet
ly. "and they’ve never even done that,
as yet.” •
To the exhibition the picture went.
It killed everything within twenty feet
on either side of 1t. You couldn’t help
looking at it. It simply knocked you
down and held you there.
The critics got into a towering pas
sion over it. They wrote whole col
umns about it. They exhausted the
English language in abusing it. They
ridiculed the eommittee that permit
ted it to be hung. They had squibs and
gibes about if. but every time they
spoke of it they mentioned Frank Mil
let. Ue suddenly became the best
known artist in town. Somebody, be
cause of the stir it had made, bought
the picture at a good price and re
moved it to the seclusion of his own
home.
When the next exhibition came off
Millet had another picture ready, one
of a very different sort and very good,
but no bettor Ilian others which be had
l exhibited before. The critics had much
j to say about it and "noted with pleas
j ure the marked improvement" that
i Mr. Millet had made, “an evidence."
as they modestly put It, "of the value
of criticism, even though severe, to a
young artist." And the majority of
them never realized that Millet had
simply compelled their attention by a
clever trick
A Tight Fit.
"How do yon like tlie rooms in your
new flat?” asked Bill Brown.
"Pretty fair.” answered Jim Jones.
"What do you mean by pretty fair?"
"Well, they’re a little tight across
the shoulders, but otherwise seem to be
a good fit.’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Irony of Fate.
"Did your husband have luck on his
shooting trip?”
“The very worst. He accidentally
shot the friend who was going to take
us on an automobile tour and missed
the man to whom he owed a lot of
money.”—Baltimore American.
SAVAGES OF ECUADOR.
The Jibaros Gave One Spanish Gov*
irnor His Fill of Gold.
If you are looking for a real wild
Indian seek the Jlbaro. Perhaps you
never heard of him, but you should,
for he’s the wildest, most savage and
uncultured type of redskin who thrives
today. War and the Jibnro are synony
, mous. No other Indian tribe In history
| has so determinedly and successfully
! resisted efforts to conquer tt as this
tribe of the Jlbaro.
Today the Jlbaro, 10.000 strong, rule
supreme over the vast forest regions
of Encador between the Santiago and
Pataso livers and southward to the
Amazon. It Is one of the most pictur
esque and primitive of all surviving
tribes of redskins. Once when partly
subjugated to Spanish rule they were
' goaded to rebellion by enforced labor
j In the mine* of their taskmasters and
| marched 20,000 stroug into the strong
hold of their enemy and in one night
completely annihilated the 12,000 In
habitants. As an example of their
savagery they killed the governor by
' pouring molteu gold down his throat in
order that ho “might have his flil of
gold.”
Like tactics are still pursued, and
the Jlbaro is little molested. War is
their normal condition, their favorite !
1 weapons being the lance, the javelin 1
; and the blow gun with poisoned ar- i
rows, which have served them with \
deadly efficiency.
Little is known of their religions or
mythological beliefs There are about
1,400 Jibaros who are Christians, hut
few of these arc* of the full blooded
type and are scorned by the majority
of the tribe. Missionaries say the Ji
bnros will never break from ancient
customs. —Catholic Encyclopedia.
Railway Wheels.
Did you ever notice that the wheel.*
of a locomotive engine are beveled
The reason for this Is that in rounding
a curve the outer rail is. of course, a
j little longer than tlie inner one The
t difference is very little, but it would
; be enough to make an engine “skid"
i unless it were reckoned for. In tin*
beveled wheel the higher part, with its
j greater circumference. Is forced against
the outer rail by the very tendency of
j the engine to drive straight ahead, ami
with tin* other wheel the smaller cit
j cumferetne rests on the rail, thus over
' coming the difference in the lengths ol
; the lines
, Too Hast/.
A traveling theatrical company was
starting to parade in a small New
England town when a big gander front
a farmyard near at hand waddled to
the middle of the street and began to
hiss.
One of the double-in-brass actors
turned toward the fowl and angrily
exclaimed:
“Don't be so quick to Jump at con
elusions. Walt till you see the show.’’
—LiDnincott’s.
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| HIS BOLD BLUFF WON.
How a Clover Beat Worked One of
New York’s Exclusive Clubs.
It is about as bard for a stranger to
get beyond the portals of an exclusive
New York club as it is for tin* pro- j
verbial camel to get through the nee- (
die’s eye. But N’ew York clulKlom is
laughing over how one clever ihmsuii
“put it over” one of the city's l*est ;
clubs recently.
A well dressed man drove up in a
taxicab and strode Into the club. The
doorman opened the way for him. and
he walked up to thp desk.
“Send a boy out for my bags, will
you?’’ he began, and the clerk
the hell for one of the club boys.
“A good room, please. If there a:*
any left tonight," said the ueweome.*, '
“with a hath."
“Yes, sir; we have 218. a very good
room, sir."
"Good! 1 had that room here a con
pie of years ago."
• The bags were brought in. the boy
showed the way to the elevator and
soon the man was comfortably settled
in bis room. Downstairs be came In s
few minutes and strolled out to the
grill room. There he had a collide
of drinks, smoked a cigar and took
away a box of the club cigarettes. Fie
signed a —chit” in other words, a club
check—for what ho had bought and
walked out An hour later lie came
back and went Into the dining room
where he ordered the I test the clip J
had. prefacing his meal with a couple i
of cocktails. Again he signed a “chit."
“Taxi, please." he demanded when
he came back to the office after taking
a couple o? Havanas from the case,
signing ns usual.
It Is the custom in all smart club*
to provide cabs for members, they
signing checks for them and settling
at the end of the month when their
bill comes In. The man drove off.
went to the theater with a lady be
called for. kept the cab the entire
evening, took her home and then re
turned to the club for a nightcap and
a cigar. Then he went upstairs to bed.
Next morning he was down bright and
early.
“Send a boy up for my bags." hf
said, “and get me a taxi. I've got tc
catch the 0:20 train."
Fie had a hearty breakfast, took a
pocketful of cigars, lighted one at the
desk, a porter carried his baggage to
the cab and away he went
When the clerks came to enter the
checks In the ledger It was found that
this man was not a member of the
club and was not even a guest of n
member. His name was not on the
list.
There was a bit of a jolt in the club
office on bill day.—New York World.
Security.
"Did you lend that forgetful friend of
yours the book lie asked for?"
“Yes. but I took care to borrow his
umbrella the same day."—Washington
Star.
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