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AIR BRAKES.
How They Are Made and HOW rhe'
Arc Applied on Trains.


Arc Applied on Trains.
Every one has heard Of the air brake
and references TO 1t are sure 10 DC
made when the subject OF protectloh
against railroad accidents Is under ois-
cussion. but like many inventions In
common use 1t Is more or less Oh
mystery. for which an explanation is
demanded from time to time.
The modern air brake consists OF
twelve parts, among which are the air
pump. which congresses the air;
main reservoir, In which the air III
stored: the engineers brake valve reg
Mating the flow Of air; the train pipe'
which connects the brake valve win
the triple valves under each car; the
ouick action triple valve, controiiins
the flow of air to and from the auxli-
,arv reservoir, which Is supplied from
the main reservoir, and the brake CYL
inder piston rod. which Is forced out
ward. thereby applying the brakes
The theory Of the air brake Is tne
equalization OF pressures. When tne
brakes are not in action the pressure
ON the train pipe is made such as 10
nreyent an escape Of air from the aux
il,ary reservoir. When the engineer
desires TO make an application OF
brakes he turns his brake valve so that
there Is q moderate reduction OF the
pressure In the train pipe. Ihis causes
the greater pressure in the auxiliary
reservoir to force air into the brake
cylinder, forcing the piston out anu
applying the brakes.
When 1t is desired to release tne
brakes the engineer turns his waive II
the opposite direction, permitting tn'
mir TO flow from the main reservoir
located on the engine, into the trall
nine. When the pressure thus restored
in the train pipe is increased above TIT
nressure In the auxiliary reservoir Ger
tain valves are moved, communication
Is thereby restored between train PIP
and auxiliary reservoir, the piston
forced to its normal position, the al
escapes from the brake cylinder, ant
the auxiliary reservoir Is recharge'
through the train pipe.
When the train breaks IN TWO OF
hose pipe connection Is broken IL na
the effect of q sudden and material re
dnction Of the pressure in the trai
pipe. the same as though the englnee
. had made an emergency application
The sudden reduction Of pressure ais
opens supplementary valves, which IL
crease the pressure upon the Drak
: cylinder about 20 per cent. The DraR
shoes are attached to rods, when al
in turn attached to- the piston IN sue
manner that when the air from u
auxiliary reservoir forces the latter OF
.ulling force is exerted upon IL
hrakes.-Chicago Record Herald.
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ASIATIC TIGER PROVERBS.

A tigers meal-a gluttonous repast'
To face the tiger in his lair-great
bravery.
A winged tiger-cunning added 10
power and ability.
After the Chinese the tgers-totai
devastation Of a country.
A tiger of wood-a harmless Deins
with q dangerous exterior.
To bring up a tiger and have MIN
turn upon you-ingratitude.
"Maingoho," a man eater-a person
with an ungovernable temper.
A tiger with a broken back-rage
and fury which are powerless.
To let 90 the tail Of tiger-to aVoio
one danger and encounter another.
To turn from deer and meet a
tiger-the danger Of too much cauuon'
Devoured by a tiger-said or man
who wishes to be concealed from his
creditors.
You must enter the tigers den II you
would secure a cub-what Is worm
having is not procured without rlsR
and trouble Post.
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The Metal Osmtum.

Carbon is the classic material for the
bairnin-like flament which gives the
LIGHT in an incandescent electric lamp.
Recently attempts have been made 10
end another material. Refractory
earths. which when hot become con-
ductors of electricity, have been trled
with some degree Of success. Inc
metal osmium is now being expert
mented with, and it has given excel
lent results. Osmium is a metal re-
sembling platinum. The latter was one
Of the materials used by Edison IN MS
earliest researches in the production OIL
electric light The osmium niameh'
consumes but half the power per can
die Of illumination absorbed by the or
binary incandescent lamp and has
very great durability. 1t gives stead
Ter light with varying voltage, but
droops II the voltage is pushed too
high. Apparently 1t is difficult to make
it of as high resistance as is desirable
An interesting feature Of osmium IL
that It gives as much light as carbon
although less intensely heated. It's iu'
minescence is higher.
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A mosque for London's 1000 Monam,
medans will shortly be built in centrai
London.
For years past Mohammsdan mis-
sjonaries have been trying to spread a
knowledge Of Islamic teachings put
their efforts have been handicapped TOT
want of a central mosque.
Robert Williams, F. R. l. b. A., re-
ceiyed a commission from TURKISH
pasha to prepare the plans, which nave
been dispatched to Constantinopie Ior
the approval of committee Of pashas'
Ultimately they will be submitted 10
the sultan.
"The mosque" explained the arcni'
tect to a press representative, is IN
tended for all Mohammedans in Lon.
don-Indian, Egyptian, Afghan ano
Persian, as we'll as Turkish, for hlng
Edward VII, it must be remembered
rules over more Mohammedan subjects
than any other sovereign" London
EXDreSS
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HAMLET'S MALADY.
A Study of the Melancholy Dane ana
His Moods.

HIS MOOos.
The tragedy Of Hamlet Is that man
of a peculiar interpretive tempera-
ment is called upon to settle practcai
crisis. Hamlet knew this very well
himself. and that makes the Tragedy
deeper. Brutus never doubted wnen
once his decision was taken that ne
was the right man to cure the evils OF
Rome; Hamlet doubted from the very
beginning.
The times are out OF Joint o cursed spite
That ever was born to set them right
He was too fine, too distinguished
too intellectual, character to De tne
rough instrument which fate demand
ed He has the fatal malady OF anal
wing his own motives, which Is gener-
ally destructive Of action. If you once
begin asking yourself what will be the
results and consequences OF nenhi'e
act, you will find that at the moment
Of action your will Is paralyzed by e1-
cess Of scrupulosity, as Hamlets was
when with his drawn sword he saw MS
uncle praying. 1t was disease OF VIII
from which Hamlet was suffering. In
any other times it would not have been
so fatal. In this particular time, when
he was called upon to do a specific act
to ayenge his father and Kill the
usurper-it Is not he but man rather
of the Fortinbras build, who VIII De
the savior Of society. Observe, TOO
that, like many intellectual men, he
cannot be sure Of his own moods. de
sees the ghost of his murdered fatner'
hut is It an honest ghost, Is 1t really
bis fathers spirit? Hamlet believes IN
II ON the battlements Of Elsinore, out
he entirely disbelieves 1t In another
mood. when despite the evidences Oh
his senses he talks Of 1.-The bourn from
which no traveller returns" The trav'
eler who had returned Is dismissed ap-
parently as a fantasy Of his brain. AND
these supernatural visitings in such an
analytic and interpretive mind do not
as a matter Of fact, supply MIN WIFI
the motive for his subsequent action
The ghost can make him put on an an
tic disposition, play with such crea
lures as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
derlde the senile humorings OF Polo
MUS and lessen the torrent Of his words
against his mother. But what I'M
ghost cannot do is to make him Kill hi'
uncle. He murders him at last, NOR
or less accidentally, because his moth
er was poisoned and Laertes had play
ed foul In the fencing bout. So curl
ously destructive Of strong, practica
yolition is an intellectual malady wnel
It has grown morbid-the tendency TO
ward introspection, self analysis, met
aphysical speculation.-W. L. Courte
nav in National Review.
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A BUDGET OF MAXlMS.

Rather than say nothing, men are
content to speak i'll Of themselves.
A proud man can never be loser
no. not even when he renounces his
pride.
It is much less for mans honor to
distrust his friends than to be deceived
by them.
Few people have the wisdom to IKE
reproofs that would do them gooo Det'
ter than praises that do them hurt.
1t is with true love as with ghosts
and apparitons. thing that everybody
talks of and scarce anybody hath seeh'
The most disinterested love Is, after
all, but kind of bargain In which the
dear love of our own selves always
proposes to be the gamer some way o'
otber-Rochefoucau
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ANTARCTIC BILLIARDS..
an Fierce That 1t Is Quite Useless to
Contend With Them.

So Fierce That II Is Quite useless 10
Contend With Them. /
DR.. Erich Won Drygalski, who was at
the head of the recent German antarc- |
tic expedition, had some trying expert
epces with billiards.. "Try ever so
often. 1t is quite useless to contend
with Them" said he "At but few
meters distance nothing could be seen
from the ship, so that on one occasion
a sailor enveloped in a snowstorm In
the immediate vicinity of the ship was
lost for hours until the whole crew,
dashed together, went in search and for
tunately found him. On sleighing ex-
cursion which | had headed | sudden
" lost sight Of the sleigh, although II
was close behind me. When l stopped,
the dogs ran up. With much toll we
gained the tent, showed the sleigh In to
support and steady 1t and then lay
day and a night and yet another day
and a night without the possibility OF
leaving the tent, eight of us In the mar
rowest space for forty-eight hours.
Outside the storm ragged and rattied
against our tent, which from within we
propped I'D and held fast Then 1t be-
gan slowly to bury itself in the snow
and through every rift the snowy
blasts made their way in and over our
sleeping sacks, so that when, after long
waiting, the weather grew better IL
took us hours of hard work to dig out
the tent.
almost worse were the effects OF the
blizzards on the ship. Once we had 10
turn out to rescue the dogs, which were
chained up and getting smothered IN
the snow. as their doleful howiings
told us lust in time. The gusts sweep
over the observatories so that the noes
sonk under the tremendous impact
THEN the observatories got flooded
with water, which, with the steaos
subsidence of the foes, penetrated
from below Nor was 1t always posi-
bIe to save the Instruments, so suddeI
were the squalls. The snip ltseih Lei
the shocks and under the fearful straii
constantly heaved over In the nrst o
those gales, before we were prepare.
for them, doors and windows and al
the matches were shattered, and every
thing inside was as If buried In hug
grave. 1t cost us great efforts to re
cover ourselves and again to clear IN
vessel, an operation which had to b
repeated again and again.
"such storms were far from rare
with but short intervals they rage
throughout nearly the whole OF Ma
and August. In June and July 1t wa
: a little better, though many sue
storms visited us in April and agar
IN September. Even In midsumme
they did not spare US and one OF ID
fiercest burst upon us in January
Their worst feature was their aura
1 ton. for, although in summer tne
lasted only a day or two, In wlnte
a we might have to endure them froi
: three to five days"
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Heine's sense Of humor did not leave
him until the last. A few days before
his death Hector Berlioz called on him
lust as a tiresome German professor
was leaving after worrying him with
his unintercsting conversation. Il am
afraid you will find me very stupid,
my dear fellow" he said. "The fact is
I have Just been exchanging thoughts
with DR.. -"
On one occasion when the doctor was
examining his chest he asked him,
"Can you whistle" He replied, Alas
no: not even the pieces of NJ. Scribe"
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pibIes Bound In Tin.

In Uganda rats are some OF the WORST
onnonents 70 their work which mission
aries have to contend against. The
RIFLES sent out by the Church Mission
arv society to the natives are prompt
" eaten by the Uganda rats, which
overrun the country in enormous
swarms and devour any book they
come across. Bibles going to Uganda
are now bound in tin, which preserves
them from being destroyed by vermin'
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mexico,s Floating Gardens.

The floating gardens in the lakes near
the City Of Mexico were recently Wis
tied BY an English naturalist, who re-
ports them a paradise and accounts
for their existence. Floating tanSies
Of peat moss, rushes and grass are
caught by stakes driven into the SOIL
lake bottom, and upon this moss rlcn
mud from the bottom is thrown. Ine
surface is then transformed by cult
walton into a floating garden.
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Made a Lock For the Key.

An old and curious key and lock are
attached to the door Of Temple church
in Fleet street, London. The Key
weighs seven pounds, is eighteen inch
es long, and, unlike other keys. 1t was
not made for the lock. On the contra
nv. the lock was made for it. Both key
and lock have been in use since the
crusades, the church itself having been
built by the knights Templars in 1885
Tondon Standard.
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EMPEROR OF sURAKARTA.
Perhaps the Stransest ana oooe
Sovereign In the World.

pOFhaDH tne StEhn0o"
Sovereign In the World.
There is an empire on this planet
which for strange originality might DIS
we'll be situated in Mars. 1t Is govern
Cd by two emperors at the same time
and withaI is not larger than the state
of Delaware. Both emperors reside III
the same city, each has his own re-
snlendent court, enormous revenues
armies. imperial chancellors, govern
mept officers and courts of justice.
Only one of these emperors Is
known To the outside world, and he
only TO n slight extent. The name ana
titles of the leading one wouid easiiy
6u q column. His subjects, 1OOo,ooo Id
number. call him the susuhunan' anu
no himself modestly signs himself IA
Zoe Bowono Y. C'Nail of the Universe
tho Tenth'0. In him his people veneer
ate not only their sovereign ruler Du'
also their religious pontiff, placed SO
high above them that none dares ap'
proach him upright or cover MN win
q glance. His state ministers, anu
even his own brothers, crouch Delore
him with folded hands as II in prayer
and with downcast eyes. Yet ne ID
powerless puppet in the hands OF a
small European nation, and may not
even receive or dispatch a letter WIN
ont previously submitting it to the
Jayan representative of the Dutch lie
actually rules his empire, every square
inch of il which he calls his personal
property; yet he may not walk OF riue
outside the palace gates without the
formers permission. He keeps thou
sands of troops at his own expense
men with modern swords ana rlnes
omazons with ancient lances' BOWS
and arrows; yet he is virtually a prs
oner in his own palace the grounu'
of which cover nearly square mile
whore there are hundreds OF buildings
tho most sumptuous halls, Luxurious
chambers and storerooms ana staoles
with many thousands of ATTENDANTS
Still he has no kitchen and no COOK, III
own meals being sent to MIN oaii.
from outside. He is absolute maste
over all his people, who depehu ~
their livelihood entirely upon him; We
he may not trust any of the men, an
surrounds himself entirely with won
on Thousands of the latter are at III
heck and call. Hundreds he Calls III
more or less legitimate wives, wh
have borne him many sons; yet ne ha
no direct heir to the throne, when
one of the Oldest and most eminent
Asia.
, This curious parsonage is his majest
2 the emperor of Surakarta.-Ern vo
: Hesse- Wartegg in Century.
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Alaska scenery.

Juneau is the largest town In Alaska
and one of the most beautifully STU
ated. 1t reposes at the foot OF an enor'
nous wall of rock which from the wa
ter looks almost perpendicular, with its
scattered houses standing out against
a dark background Of spruce and hem-
lock This view, indeed, affords a char
acteristic sample Of Alaskan scenery
nine clad mountains capped with snow;
grand. rocky gorges with grassy slopes
On which the wild sheep Craze
swampy forest, through which the
moose crash on approach Of the hunter,
and an interminable beach bordereo
with dense scrdb. In some respects the
scenery reminds one Of Norway.
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The Woodbridge Orchila Go.
Office and Warehouses:
No. 7 Commercial Wharf, Balto., Nd

We have just unloaded from the
Barkentine Kremlin the highest
grade cargo OF OrchilIa GuaDo that
has been brought TO this market for
more than twenty years, and our
17:OO per cent Of Phosphoric Acid, ns
printed on the sacks, shows 1t to be
far superior 10 the low grade guAno
that has been sold az Orchilla during
the past ten years We alone have
the contract with the Government OF
Venezuela for the entire control OF
sll the Guano on Orcbilla Island and
the Islands 10 the territory OF Colon,
and no one but ourselves has been
able to get pound of Orchilla Guano
from Orchilla Island for the past two
years. ~,
The results from this Orchilla
Guauo In your county this spring
prove it to be up to its old standard
in every respect.
See that you get Orchilla duanc
with our name on every Back
THE WOODBRIDGE 0RCHILLA COMPANY.
William e. Thomas,
Gen'l Agent for Accomac aud
Northampton Counties,
Nsssawsdox,
Northampton Co., va
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"Is your wife economical|
Every. She can Ak over ten dollar
hat for SIS so it will look just as gooo
as q new Puck.
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Inconsistent.

"She is the most inconsistent woman
sysr saw 49, =.
"But. you know, it is womans
privilege to change-her mind"
"Of course it is. That is what Is
expected. But this girl never does"
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AGEN rS-A. 3 Matthews, Tenn
perancevllle, Va; J. q. Littleton,
NeIsonia, Va Fate & Mason, Parks
lev, Va w. s. Nelson, Ouancock,
Va: w. y. Nelson. Tasley, Va; j..
W. Rogers & Bro, nley,Va.; Rogers
g. Boggs, Melfa, Va; Mears " BENSON,
Keller, Va; J. L. Warren. Pungo-
league, We; j. 4. Bull, Davis Wharf,
Va: Wescott & Drummond, Maps
burg. Va; r. 3. Trowrr, Sr., East
vile, Va; W. P. Wise, DaIbys, Va.
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When a mother has all her wors
done up and sits down to rest the paDy
discovers it and wakes and cries.-At
Gibson Globe.
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"f" Stops for passengers on signal
Or notice to conductor.
"cn Stops only to let of passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Deimar.
"bn Stops only to let of sasssD'
GERS FROM points North OF DslDar.
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and 80 will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passen'
gers .onsignal or notice to conductor
r. B Cooke, j. d. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager. Supt
Norfolk, Va. Oape Onariss' w.
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NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Effect Sept IA, 1904.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor.
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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Builders Material,
Fertilizers &C.,

We desire to call the attention OF
the public to our large and wei
selected stock OF
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldlngs'
Builders Hardware, Shingles,
Laths, Lime, Bricks, Locust
Fence and Gate Posts and
Building Material generally,
also Paints, Oils and Painters
Supplies,
and all else that tends to enhance the
value and beauty of your buildings.
We would also invite special at
teption to our stock OF Fertilizers,
particularly our high grade Sweet
Potato Mixture and Pure Fine
Ground Dry Fish.
Call and inspect our stock before
buyi q, as we will be pleased TO show
YOU our goods and feel 'r'e tha'
quality and prices will be Satisfactory
MARTIN & MASON CO.,
Harborton. Va.
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Will Be Married.

And YOU will need Wedding Pres
ont for the occasion To get 1t you
must come to me, If you want the
hest, for the least money. Ny STOCK
ofaSterling Silverware. and other
articles suitable for wedding presents
10 unusually large and complete, as
also nv stock of Watches, Jeweiry'
Silver Novelties and everything oe-
longing 10 Jewelry Store OF the
first-class (now in my new brick store
b.tween Postoff1ce and Hotel.
The reason that my prices are SO low, ls tnai
I keep down expeEses-buy close Tor casn anu
am satisfied with mpch smaller prohts than
Won nav elsewhere. You save more than
make on each article you buy from me. Ny
long experience teaches me that this metnod
ia hest for me as well as my customers. am
q graduate optician and refractiouist ana NJ
YOU properly with glasses-making no charge
for examining your eyes
jN0. W. DUNCAN,
-Jeweler and OpticiaD,-
New Brick Block, OnanCOCk. Va
Main st
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OrChiIla GuanO,

Unad ultera I'd Mature Bird De
post, Rich in Phosphares and Aka
line Salts, Imported and Sold Exclu'
sively by
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Smith,
and the gentleman's mother, Mrs.
R. H. Smith, arrived in the city
today, from Iowa, on visit to
their kinsman, Collector c. H.
Maris. Mr.. Smith has been here
before, and has come this time to
stay, bringing his household goods,
etc. We are glad to welcome these
good people to Our city.
The following guests are at the
Miller, coming i'll by the early
train: Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ,
Smith, Mrs. R. H. Smith, n, "
DIR. ]. H. Florence, Dallas; J. H.
Speed. c. T. Carter, Houston; w.
c. Buschart. w. S. Tobey. St.
Louis; R. NJ. Gallagher, ]. P.
Rawley, Labanon. o; George P.
Browne, Dallas; W. H. Turner,
Beaumont; J. II. Dishman, Har-
lingen; c. H. Walton, F. Wishard,
Dixon, Mo.
c. H. Walton and F. Wishard.
of Dixon, Mo-. are on business
visit to the Brownsville section.
Mr.. Wishard is a prospector, and
Notwithstanding he had hard
time in getting through the Cor
pus Christi knockers, who told
him all kinds of yarns about salt,
ETC., he came to see what the
Brownsville section has to offer
He was shown around town and
driven to the country by some o.
| our real estate men today, and i:
so thoroughly well pleased that he
has about decided to locate with us
We would be glad to welcome hin
to our country.
| c. H. Walton. of Dixon, No.
travelling immigration agent OF th'
Frisco, came in this morning. Mr.
Walton comes to see what tn
Brownsville country has to ofa
by NAY Of indaoement fof psopl'
ito come to this section. He he
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-11-02
Election Notice.

Pursuant to the Election Procla-
nation issued by the Governor OF
Texas, notice is hereby given that
an election will be held on Tues
day, the Eighth day of November,
1904, in the various Election Pre-
cincts in the County of Cameron.
State of Texas, for the purpose OF
voting for
Eighteen Electors for President
and Vice President,
Member of Congress,
Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor,
Comptroller,
Treasurer,
Commissioner of the General
Land Office,
Acknowledgement,
Superintendent of Public In
struction,
One Railroad Commissioner.
One Associate Justice of the SUI
preme Court,
One Judge of the Court of Grim
inal Appeals,
One Associate Justice of the
Court of Civil Appeals for the hrst
Supreme Judicial District,
Two Representatives to the
Twenty-ninth Legislature, and q
District Judge and a District At
ltorney, as named in the Governor
Proclamation, and such County
land Precinct Officers as the law re-
lquires to be elected. and for Oh
against amending Section 81. Ar,
lticle 3; Article 5, Section 81, and
section 10, Article 10, of the Con
lstitution of the State of Texas.
WM. ]. RUSSELL
oounty Judge, Cameron County,
4 Texas. 9-l4-1 -