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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-16
PETRIFlED MILK.
More About Galalith. or Milk Stone the
Newest Product of the Dairy.

Save up the skinned milk you
have been feeding to the pigs and
have it made into knife handles
and tortoise shell combs. Consul
General Richard Guenther writes
as follows to the State Department
from Frankfort, Germany.
Chemistry is necessarily at work
to create new industrial values from
substances heretofore considered
valueless.
At the creamery day recently
held at Vienna, Mr.. Macmillan
Ripper, assistant at the chemical
agricultural experiment station,
delivered a lecture on SKINNED
milk
He said that it is a well-known
fact that the success of creamery
where the chief source of profit is
of course butter, does not depend
so much upon the cost of produc-
ton and the selling price of butter
as on the profits derived from the
skinned milk. The right market
for the milk SKINNED for the mr.
pose of butter making has been
used for various purposes-for the
manufacture of sugar of milk, as
food for animals, and for milk
champagne, which is skinned milk
mixed with fruit juices and i'm
pregnated with carbonic acid. A
rather large percentage of skinned
milk is also separated into its COM
ponents parts, which are then
worked up. The casein serves for
the manufacture of cheese; also for
glue, putty, and isolating sub
stances.
But all these different uses of
skinned milk did not solve the
question most favorably.
This, however. is now expected
from the newly invented milk
stone" or galalith, or petri6ed
milk. 1t is manufactured in the
following manner:
BY chemical process the casein
is precipitated as yellowish-brown
powder, which is mixed with |
formaline. Thereby a hornlike
product is formed called milk stone.
This substance, with various ad-
forms a substitute for
horn, turtle-shell, ivory, .celluloid,
marble, amber and hard rubber.
Handles for knives and forks,
paper cutters, crayons, pipes, cigar
holders, seals, marble, stone orna-
nents, and billiard balls are now
made of skinned milk. The
nsolubility of galalith. its easy
elasticity, and proof
against FIRE, make it very desirable.
10000 quarts of SKINNED
milk are daily used for this purpose
n Austria Crowley Rice Journal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-16
Democrats MAY Win House.

New York, May 11.-William S.
Cowherd OF Kansas City, who is
chairman of the Democratic Con-
greSsional Committee. said today
that the Democrats would cont-ol
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-16

Lemons and oranges at Leo
Wise's 5-lO-tf.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-05-16

Butter, Cheese, Potatoes, Lem
ons and Oranges at Leo Wise's.
5-1o-tf.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
How to Work the Roads.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-At least one OF your subscribers
halls with delight something skc an or
ganIzed effort OF body OF our most
Intelligent citizens TO press the Leglsla:
ture to enact n State aid law for the
permanent Improvement OF our high
ways.
This is an opportune time. as the
States financial condition gives less
excuse for the cry. There arc no fundai
avaIlab1.H. But such a plea Is never
valid, for however poor the state may
BIO, this great cause should share Win.
Others tho States revenues. fa
Every man Of ordinary intelligence;
who has considered this matter sees the
prime necessity for good roads, and he
should write to his representative N the
Legislature to enact at once before the
money is spent for something else q
State MD law.
A sine GOA non OF such :aw Is tho,
appropriated should be under the cons
troll OF competent, experienced State OIL,
ftcers, for, 1t anything has been clearly
Bdcmonstrat ted, 1t is that the ordinary Vir-
gilman knows nothing about building
roads. A law without this provision Is
not worth the paper It Is written on, b,
IT might be wise also to provide Tor
working convicts In building better
roads. But OF this there may DO some
doubt, OF the enactment OF q State ald
hw, with proper provisions for It's IN
Stelligent execution, there is none
Capitalists who own property In tho
state, and pay the larger tax are ready
for It, The people OF our cities. through
their representatives In the last Leglsla-
tture. have shown their willingness for It,
Tho railroads are urging 1t, and for those
who live In rural districts, and who re-
ceiye the greatest benefit to be the only
obstacle in the way OF better country
roads, does seem to be as!nine stupidity.
Permanent road Improvement does rot
mean an expenditure Of from 900 70
Is 900 nor mile. except In rare instances,
It il claimed now that an ordinary gray,
eled, road is almost, ltsDot quite, as gooa
as a n1acadam road, where the travel
is not heavy, III North Carolina ana N
some parts Of Virginia, simply grazing
nroperiy and sanding the clay portions
Of roads mako an admirable road
rl,e way to have better roads ana r. :,
move the disgrace Of the present condi,
i ton OF things is to start tho work, y
would be less reproach to the stale
to make many mistakes In striving tor
better things than to be content 7, 70 ao
nothing, y Su4''sG 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Life That Is Worth Living.

Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
sir,-Anent tho discussion. rs lie
worth llving7" tlf you have not. already
done SOY. might 1T not be wcll to reg
produce In your columns Longfellow'a
immortal PSALM When he speaks Of;
great men" (supposing he ailudcs to-
conspicuous men) leaving footprints on
the sands OF time. " But ! cannot think
he meant to confine tho lesson TO only,
the conspicuous great For many an
humble NAM nobly performing his daily
task. and murmuring not, but p''acting IN,
the living present. though In a very
emitted sphere, and OF whom the world
knows little or nothing. Yet he may be.
making footprints that mark the way
to high and noble achievements; and
thus thwart or prevent many ship
wreck" on tho great and solemn main
For how true itgis that IAN ounce Of
prevention is better than pound Of
cure w. T.. r..
A Subscriber.
Richmond. Va.
(Longfelow's Psalm OF Life" appeared
in The Times-Dispatch October To- 1905
Ed. Times-Dispatch.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Confederate Muster Rolls.

The letter Of the Secretary OF War
to Governor Montague, published In our
Issue of yesterday denies the request
made By him and other Governors for
advance proof sheets OF tho muster rolls
OF the Confederate army, now being COM
piled along with those Of the Union
army. rr aIt .gss9
In the publication Of the roster of Fed
eral and Confederate troops. the govern
ment will adhere to the plan 1T pursued
In the publication Of tho War Records,
It will not use any material except such
ms is included in an Official record Of the
war period, 0A Gi9 ,5ip5 &
The secretary4of Mar says that, as he
views tho law, 1t was the intent OF Con-
gross TO publish and thus make access
slble TO The various States all the his
torlcal data that are contained In the
Noriginal rolls, In possession Of the War
Department, or8that may be found else,
where. This information thus placed al
-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Public Cleanliness.

Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch: &,
81 slr,--1n the discussion on tho above
subject I notice that ono lady writes:
tGDirt has 10 be thick and deep and deadly
for a man to see It, On the whole he
doesn't mind It. A woman can see n
square off what O man wouldn't recog-
r,ixe close at hand"
Another i1dy writes, in reference to OK
pectorating on sidewalks: ''We arc con-
stnntly In fear OF running our clothes.
Then the editor writes: .'Time and
again Tho limos Dispatch has urged the
women OF Richmond to take this matter
III hand. 7"
Tho trouble is that instead OF taking.
Il In hand, they have undertaken TO-
clean tho streets with their skirts. NJ 4
VI Robert Burns wrote: fySS Il si I
20 would some power tho giftfe gle us I
TO see ourselves ns others see US.
It would from many q blunder FREQ US
And foolish notion:
What airs In dress and gait would
leave US,
And even devotionl"
"a city is#n eleanor than It's drtlest
part" can also be applied to people.
When women stop sweeping the filth Oft
the streets with their drcsses9 and show
that they mind dirt, thick and deadly.
men may then follow their example and
try to Danish dirt from the city. S3s
IS as' Isl n N r. n. r..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10

' tho present se,,atorsJ. Ralph Burton:
Lsre committee suicide, Ross committee Cd
political suicide y Gyos,ns aga,nst ala ia
w ,utF driven out OF his. party, croz1eF, WIG
served about a year by, appointment. die &c,
without leaving Il single mark by when
his brief senatorial career can, be re-
membered. Caldwell resigned after TWO
years. service to escape Investigation,
OF his State and had made a fairly good
reputation as such, mads q ysry l thrsa
nlilcant senator, and was, after tnTes
years service, defeated for re- el L e,
and dropped out Of political life Pinm NJ
died In office at Washington FerKlllss
served a brief term by appointment ana
IS scarcely remembered na 9 senator;
,Maftn served two yeaes and iets tns
senate poorer y. purse nn VS az VIII u ,esf
a. IN i BAKER 'wasv almost / total failure.
ana Ills crushing defeat TER reelection Ct
the. hands OF Burton is ,stll warm = ~ the
memory Of the people OF !Sansas.-Iopeka
(kansas) Capitol, .-------------,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
a Few Foreign Facts.

\ Colombia. excluslvehot Panama. Is as
largo as Tho two states Of California and
Texas combined Three high mountain
ranges cross tho republic from north TO-
south, making high tnblclunds between,
where the days the year round arc
scarcely hotter than those of q temper.
ate zone. SGs n Eli ,y!, 5i N il5 e
a year; Newcastle about four million,
Newport and Sunderland each ship
abroad about two million five hundred
thousand tons year.
A German medical paper reports that
at q school inspection In BrnndenburR
an etght.year-old boy was presented VINO
weighs i;128 pounds and stands five 1eet
three and a half Inches The young prod :
igy Is / physically and mentally well de-
veloped.g
e A Flemish, artist has produced what Is
said to DO the smallest painting IN tho
world. II. Is a. picture OF O. miller mount
ing the stairs Of his mill and carrying q
sack Of grain on his back. Tho M! as
depleted as standing near a terrace. Close
at hand are a horse and cart: with q feW
groupn Of peasants dling In the road near
BY. All this is painted on the smooth
side OF grain Of ordinary white corn,
It Is necessary to examine IT. under q
microscope, and 1t is drawn with per1ect
accuracy. It does not cover a half men
square, and 1T is In many respects one OF
the most remarkable art products OF me
n Z 10 + ~ .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10

ana three Of thu third, six Artnored
cruIscrs, fourteen small # protected
cruisers, three torpedo s,inboats, fifteen
tlestroyers and twenty-five large and
thit4y.three small torpedo boats. Since
that time she has added several vessels
TO her navy. Ba
The Russian army Is the largest IN the
world. The peace strength Of the active
army III 1902 was as follows. Infantry,
e4,17s oflcers and 726,si1 men; cavalry,
Sin ofY,cers and 12l722 men, artillery,
sos officers and 171.ts5 men. The war
strength Il approximately 5000 officers
and 4.5oo,ooo rnenv
* Russia maintains three separate fleets,
one In the Black Sea, one In the Baltic,
and another, the largest. and most I'm.
portant, III the Pacific Ocean and the
China Seas. II, addition, she has squadrons
In the White and Caspian Seas In 1902,
she had nine first; class sba ttlesliips, fiji
teen Of the second. class, two Of tho third
class, twcnty-four cruisers, seven coast
defense vessels, forty-eight gunboats and
n large number OF tobacco boats. But
only a part Of her fleet Is available In
this war, and willie she haska, consider!
able army In tho far East. most Of her
men are several thousand miles away
from the field Of battle.
It will be seen from this. that In spite
Of Russin's greater strength in the ag-
grcgate Japan meets hor in the East
on fairly even terms
If the contest ls to be fought out by
these two nations alone, It is hard to say
which has the best chance Of winning
{of course Japan will newell. CONQUER RUS
sla.{ .The best that she cnn hope for Is
TO bring Russia TO terms and make her
grant the concessions for which she has
been contcnding. But II Russia should win,
she would make tho terms very hard for
her conquered foo. She would practically
take control of Korea, which is to II In
tcrests ard purposes a part Of Japan, and,
she would give Japan little chance In
Manchuria. The nations OF tho earth
would not allow Russia to subjugate'
japan and make X Russian territory, but
If Russia should conquer she would un-
6doubtediy make the terms OF peace very
hard. It Is a desperate situation for
Japan, and she will make desperate
fight. 1t may be, however, that Russia
will not force the flght!ng;f that she will
withdraw to the inland and leave Japan
to wear herself out In n frultless hunt;
for her foe But Russia's plan OF cam
paign remains to be disclosed.
Indications now are that other nations
will not become involved. Russia cannot
call upon France unless China or some
other milton should 60 to Japan's help.
Even then she would be slow to summon
France to her aid, for that would be to
bring England to tho aid Of Japan, and
Russia is not anxious to measure lances
with Great Britain. even with France to.
help her. The chances are. therefore, that
the other nations will stand aloof, and let
the Jap and the Rus. fight It out In
sistlng only that China shall not be dis
turbed. ys.ssitssaM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
War at Last.

Contrary to the expectations OF many.
hostllities have broken out between Japan
and Russia, and the war Is on in earnest.
Japan did not walt to receive Russia's
latest note, but the Mikado's government
doubtless knew what the note contained
and anticipated 1t by breaking off dlplo.
matte relations with Russia and making
ready for the Inevitable conflict. The
Japanese have long felt that Russia was
threa tening their very existence as ma.
ton and that her delay in coming to terms
was for the purpose OF strengthening
her position They went on with diplo-
macy and submitted to delay until they
felt that they could no longer In safety
y do so. and when they did make up their
minds TO fight, they lost no time In
striking the first blow. With singular
bodness and enterprise. II We may use
such term, they sent their torpedo boats
against the Russian fleet at Port Arthur,
thus boarding the bear IN his den and
80 Japan draws first blood and gets a
clear advantage.
She already had the advantage of the
situation. for the war Is 10 be wased
largely at her own doors, or at least AT
points very much nearer to her base OF
supplies than is the case with Russia. II
Russia could bring all her fleets and
armies Ia, bear, the contest would not las
long, for Russia Is far richer and more
powerful, and has asmuch larger army
and navy than Japan,
In 1904 the peace strength OF the regular
army Of Japan WAS l4s,e4s officers aIlt
4 men, and the war strength over foo,o0
In the same year she had four battle
shlna OF the first-class; two Of the second
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
,"Pass This Measure.

p Under Inc hpOFc uc'tlA'iiS 1tlSS 49, 49, 49,
Landmark says:
"For years we have been urging the
necessity OF some law that WIN force
county supervisors to make regular
itemlzed public reports OF receipts anu
disbursements. There has long been a
law requiring that such statements 20
posted annually. but as the law carries
no penalty for infringement, 1t is q dead
latter, except where the Supervisors VOL
UNFAIRLY obey it.
"rhe Guild bill, as amended by the
House of Delegates, provides for COM
polling tho supervisors to post semi
annual itemized statements Of RECEIPTS
and disbursements and to publish such
statements simultaneously in paper
OF tho county or one published ~
an adjoining county or city. There is
no other sure way in which to give the
needed publicity.
"That publicity Is important In such
mattres every sensible man knows. INC
Roanoke World, which has been looking
over tho last report Of the State Auditor
discovers that, In one county for the
fiscal year ending June 81 1908, the sum
OF $44AOs was charged up to contingent
EXPENSES, will, In another this .indotl-s
mite classification Involved over, 81 O0o.-
AS the World says, nothing more surely
spurs a public official to his duty than
the knowledge that he must give an ae-
count Of hts stewardship regularly TO
B his constituents and Virginia has been
entirely too careless in this regard"
In point Of fact it was Tho Times
Dispatch that called attention to these
items Of contingent expenses, But that
is of no, consequence, The important
thing is the fact that ilt' some OF the
counties tho contingent expenses" run
up into thousands and thero Is nothing
In the reports to the Auditor to show for
what purpose this money was expended
Our Norfolk contemporary will be inter-
estod. to know, ifit does not already
know, that the county which turns IN
the incidental expense account OF $4,000
i, tho county of Norfolk.
Tho ould bin has passed the House
and it should pass the Senate Also It
is much-noedcd measure, and we be-
l!eve 1t will be q blessing 70 the tax
| mn yers -..5. 5f u. ..5 -a-l .t,, +s,gs *
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
The Evacuation Fire.

1.-THE evacuation fire" Monday, April
Baltimore has just suffered, seems to
have been a small affair; but. considering
the conditions Of the two communities.
yRlchmond's affliction was as great aS
the Monumental Clty's is.
\ Tho loss was from eight to ten million
nifty was exhausted by four years of war.
Not dollar was recovered In insurance.
Moreover, the city had lost its outside
trade; the merchants were without credit
and without stocks OF goods; the people
had not foodstuff to last them for week;
the slaves were all freed, and the future
seemed as black as midnight.
The fire bcgan-was kindled-n Shockoe
and In Won Gronlngs warehouses; on
shockoe slip. Later other tobacco ware.
houses were fired and after the Confed-
crate troops had crossed the river, upon,
their retreat. the bridges were also fired.
All Of this was done by military orders.
There was an act of Congress requir-
ing tobacco and cotton to be destroyed
before any military post was abandoned.
The bridges wore, OF course. destroyed as
a measure Of military precautiol,. So the
flames were kindlcd AZ the day went on,
and looting and pillage were freely in
dugcd In. 1t is possible that deliberate
incendarsm also played It's part In the
tragedy. OF the day. But the grea fire
originated as we have said
The flames swept from Mayos ware
house. at the foot of Fourteenth Street,
up to the Tredegar Works In ono direc-
ton, and to Main Street In the other.
On Cary Street and The south side Of
Main the fire extended from below -Four.
teenth to Ninth; on the north side Of
Main from below Governor Street to the
corner OF Eighth. and on Bank Street
from Twelfth To Ninth Tho State Court
house. In the Capitol Square. fronting
Twelfth Street, was destroyed so were
nearly all the buildings on the square
whore the xelam Hospital now stands,
The present front and columns OF the
First National Bank wlthstood the flames,
! The postoffice building was very little
| hurt The Mechanics Institute (War De-
partmenD. on Ninth Street, went down,
and DR., Reds Church, at the northwest
corner OF Franklin and Eighth Streets
also were destroyed,
Among other structures destroyed were
the Gnlego, Mills, the Richmond and
Danvil!e Railroad depot the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad depot the Amer.
| lean and Columbian Hotels, the Dispatch
Enquirer and Examiner newspaper offices
AIayo's, Shockoe. Public and other to
bacco warehouses, and the state Armory
Some tobacco warehouses between TWEEN
teth and Twenty-second Streets. wer'
also fired and burned, as were the Con
federate Navy Yards, on both Sides o
the river. at Rockets. and dozen o
more tobacco factories, The liaXall
Crenshaw Mills escaped At one tim
the Capitol building was on fire. but wa
put out by some passers-by, The Spots
wood Hotel square escaped, though tn
fire ragged on the opposite square on Mail
Street.
The wind that day blew from the south
east. When the fire started at sunris
the wind was scarcely percepuble. bu
1t soon rose. and continued brisk fo
some hours; but It had lulled by IL or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1901.
The School Book Question.

"a The resolution offered In the Senate yes
.terday, which asked for single list
(. or tcxt books to be chosen By the State
y Board OF Education for primary anu
grammar grades in the public schools
y has, for its support both reason and ex-
q pericnce.
The State Board Of Education is COM
posed of mon who. both BY their aducn-
ton, character and Judgment arc IN the
highest degree capable Of choosing books ks
Il for. tho public schools OF this state, we
believe that the question of school books
is one which should fundamentally be
decided by experts III school teaching, and
we have no better body to which the
question could be left than to the state
Board Of Education as at present con-
structed. The multiple list, which au-
lhorizcs each board OF local trustees to
3 choose themselves books for their dis
tricts, was doubtless designed to give the.
greatest flexibilty to the system Of
choosing books with the idea that this
would work the greatest benefit to each
locality Upon closer examination, how
ever. the multiple system does not appear
to bear out thes cobjccts. In theory, no,
doubt, the children of some-s sections OF the
State would need books dlffereinG from
those required for. other sections, but
at the bottom, the children all have prac-
stlcally the same innate capacity for.
learning, for they all, thank Heaven. are
Of Virginia stock and ancestry and the
slight disadvantages Of early opportunity
can, be, and is, readily overcome. We
do not think that the desired advantages
Y of the multiple system, which allows a
4 board of trustees 10 choose &any. one
! Of "a number of text books. begins to out
weigh the obvious disadvantages which
Z this system is beginning already to show.
It practically throws down the bars to
The old and thoroughly discredlted
4 books, Personal solicitation, direct and
indirect Inducements of all sorts will be
brought to bear on trustees OF the; local
boards, who are not able to decide these
questions by the relative value OF school
books any better, IL as we'll. as the State
Board. But none the less. the large COM
panies will send an agent to every school
district, and as the country boards all
meet by law on the same day. the smaller
companies will be at a fearful, II not in
surmountable disadvantage.
The question OF deciding the question
of the school bseka under the multiple
system is thus greatly increased even
If no other methods are used than the
mere sending of sample copies, and the
cost OF this campaign Of enlightenment is
borne by the taxpayers of the State. for
the price of the books will be proportion
ntely raised.
1t Is. therefore, our deliberate judgment
that 1t will further the cause OF educa-
zion and civic Righteousness in this State
to have the State Board OF Education
adopt single list OF books for, the prl-
mary and grammar grades in our public
schools throughout the. State.
Y 2 4e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
SENATORS FROM KANSAS.
Hoodoo Which Seems to Attach
"a Line of "Fated Succession"

Join j. Jngallss "fatsd succession" Is
vy;dly recalled to mind w the present
trnuble in which Senator Burton hnds
himself, Tho brilliant AtcnlsonI statesman
So designated the line OF Kansas United
States senat tors That s1aFsea oul WIN
Those in the gnfated succession" were
..,,,rss II, Lane, Edward q, ROSS, Robert
Crpsier, Alexandeg. Caldwell, James n.
rerklHS jsbn hIartln, Euc'en Baker ana