Show National Men and andA Affairs 1118 Astonishing Visions of Science Mex- Mex Mexicans Mex Mexicans and Executed Texas Wants St StPatrick Patrick atrick to Rid It of Rattlers I By ROBERT T SMALL 1 Copyright 1927 Consolidated I Press Association N amazing letter written by AN A Amanuel famed theologIan and scientist some some- somewhere somewhere somewhere where between 1712 and 1715 or 01 more than years ears ago and reo re- recently re recently published shows that dreamed dreams of sonIc some of ot the greatest Inventions or of orthe the later centuries Writing from Paris to his law Eric said I 1 have the following mechanical cal c contrivances The construction ot of o a sort of ship thip a man can go below the sur sun surface face Cace of ot the sea and do great grent damage to the fleet of an cue cue- cuemy one one-my my A new form lorm of ot by which a large quantity of o water may be raised from any river to more lofty situations In a short time On lifting weights ot of water by means ot of o this with greater ease than by the mechanIcal mechanical ical power On constructing sluices In places where there Is If no fall Call or of vater by means of ot which great ships with their cargoes cargoes- may maybe mayho maybo ho be raised to any height wl within ln an hour or two A machine driven by fire tire for pumping water and lifting at forges Corges where the water waler has no fall A bridge which can be opened and shut New machines for lor condensing and exhausting air all by means moanS ot of water Also a new pump acting b by water and mercury mercur- without any A new constructIon or or air all gun gunby Ly by which a II thousand balls ma may maybe maybe be discharged through one tube tuba In a 11 moment A universal musical instrument b by mea means s of at which the most roost in- in inexperienced In Inexperienced experienced musician can execute all kinds of at modulations modulations- which are found In notation Likewise a mechanical char char- charIot charlot chariot lot containing all kinds of or tools which are set In motion by the movement ot of o horses a flying or the possibility ot of o float floating ing in the air all and moving through It it- it A method of ot discovering ering the desires and of ot the minds of o men by analysis Thus Titus and more years ago there existed the germ Idea of ot the submarIne hydraulic power the steam engine floating docks and canal locks Jocks the drawbridge com compressed pressed air the tile machine gun the and the ultra modern ultra science of psycho analysis A writer In The Now New Church Messenger published by the church aptly says sa Nearly all alt of these ideas were horn too early to be ot or much practical use lIse but It If In Sweden borgs borg's day the steam team engine arid and the Internal combustion engine ha had J been invented and perfected the steam engine was already being e experimented with HIram Maxim Thomas Edison anti and the Wright brothers might have been under under the necessity of or looking for fresh worlds to conquer In tile the absence of ol cheap mechanical now now-cr er most of o Sweden org's Inventions Inventions fell rell lIke seed Beed upon the way way- wa wayside wayside side Except for tor the use of or flIer mer mercury cury In Ii a a pump all of ot them ap appear pear to have hare fallen Into oblivion ion and all ot of o them were dIscovered and put to use in mod modern em ern lim times s I it JC congress c carrlos out its lis an en- en n- n Intention of at o putting pulling Im Immigration migration from Mexico on a Quota basis such as is applied against Europe some loop hole loop will have to be provided to take care of ot the political refugees whO who flock flock across the border from time timeto timeto timeto to time lime So Southern California Arizona New Ne Mexico and Texas long have been the happy hunt hunt- hunting hunting ing ground the refuge of per per- perSons persons sons accused of p political crimes below the Rio Grande Crande No mat mat- matter matter ter how bitterly he may have havo assailed the tho ot of the north the moment a general or ora ora ora a near general gets In bad with the that powers in the south south- southern ern n republic m he hurries across the meandering boundary river and considers himself sate safe and sound on the bosom ot of Uncle Sam That he Is not so all tired safe however has been proved In sev sev- several sev- sev several eral oral recent Instances around El EI ElIaso where men claiming to be representatives ot of the Mexican government have ha boldly kidnap kidnap- ed various arlous persons and had taken them back over the border Ot Of Otters fers to bu bit buy ort oft the kidnapers wIth gol gold have han failed We dont don't want your our money they have said we want this m atan n who we assure you will willbe willbe willbe be given giyen a fair trial Most Mexicans along the bor hon border der know what this means means-II means atrial trial against an nn adobe wall a handkerchief over the tile e eyes os the the volley of ot a firing squad There have been so many stor stor- storIes ator- ator stories ies ot of o recent cases alon along the border that the Inter inter- Intervention ot of the federal govern government mont ment at Washington has bas been suggested the persona person persona concerned In the disappearances I have haye been heera Mexican citizens The state of o Texas Is looking for a modern St Patrick It wants to get rid ot of Its rattle rattle- rattie- rattie rattlesnakes rattlesnakes snakes Various schemes have been proposed including poison polson attacks on the lairs of the rep reptiles tiles but hut but It IL is generally 1 recognized that Individual hunting Is the best m means means ans ot of all till with clubs hoes and guns The snakes seem to thrive in the cactus covered regions of o the state A bill now flow has been Introduced in lit the leg lag I legislature g proposing a bounty of GOc for tor for each eRch snake killed Whether er or not plot this generous offer otter will accomplish the desired rosult result re i-c remains mains to be ba seen icen Most people would give more than SOc to keep out or of o sight of ot a rattler |