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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-23
RAILROAD NEWS.
Interview With President jeff n. Miller
Regarding Work on St. L.. B. 6 N.
and Other Matters.

A Herald reporter met Pres
ident jeff Y Miller, of the Gulf
Coast Line, at his car this morning,
and from him learned that work
along all the extensions of his road
was being pushed as fast as eircum-
stances wonld permit. The
splendid weather for the past
forty days, has been exceptionally
fine for railroad building and the
work has been correspondingly
rushed during that time. There
are several rather lengthy steel
bridges along the lines of construc-
ton, the one across the Nueces
now being in course Of eretiocn.
This bridge will be quite lengthy
with a draw span. As 10 the loca-
ton of a bridge across the Rio
Grande, which was mentioned a
few days since in the Herald, Mr..
Miller said il could not be said
where it would be placed, sound
ings and examinations of the
river will have TO be taken and
this would require considerable
time, and the results of this |
examination would, Of course, |
determine the exact location of the |
bridge. Mr. Miller says this is
the most practicable route to Tam
pico, the character of the section
being exceptionally adj
vantageous, the surface being
level, and presenting
very few of the engineering diff
iculties usually encountered in
railroad building. Mr.. Miller IS
out at the Arroyo today, work
having commenced this morning
on rebuilding the steel bridge
lcross that stream which was
washed away during the high
water. A siding has already been
quilt at the Arroyo, and the new
bridge Will be completed as soon J
IS possible. Mr.. Miller informs !
he reporter that all the grading
has been practically finished
Robstown and Sinton,
md track laying is going forward
With all possible dispatch. 1t was
hoped to have the road completed
md ready for traffic by FEB. IS,
,ut Mr.. Miller thinks il will not be
n operation before March, /.
With the completion of this branch
rom Robstown to Sinton, il is
loped a train will be put on so as
o make connection with the
Aransas Pass morning train from
corpus Christi, thus shortening
he run from here TO San Antonio,
mt as to this matter nothing can
e said il present.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-23

Singer Oil, bands, needles, and
all kinds of repairs at the Singer
Office on Elizabeth street, first door
south of Combe's newbuilding.
loft. P CAMPbELL. Agt.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-01-23
For Sale.

Property Immediately in rear
and adjoining Truwit cottage,
being a part of block 81, with i'm
provements, fronting on Elizabeth
street. For better description and
terms, address, A. B. Cowen, 500
Ave. +. San Antonio. Texas.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

western Cumberland. A fowl chased
by a boy threw up a nugget Of gold
with lts claws ~ II fed from It's pnr.
suer
Subsequently II transplred that where
the bird had been was n dried ND
stream and contained gold dust and
small nuggets In large quantities.
Ramsgate harbor was once flooded
with mighty shoal Of mullei, and
when the dock gates were opened 10 al.
low ship 10 pass into the inner basin
the Ash followed. and the basin became
thick with them.
When the tide went down the author.
tiles had the dock slulces opened and
the water drained OF. Over twenty
cart loads of mullet Of two pounds
weight and upward were taken away
from the floor OF the basin. and tbeif
sale brought 20 the Golfers of the Rams
Cute council nearly 1900.
A piece Of blue dropped by accident
Into a vat Of pulp was responsible foi
the production of blue tinted paper.
and TO this slight disaster the foun
datlon OF great Industry IL TO b.
trncrd.
The wife Of William East. a poor pa
per maker. dropped blue bng Into on.
Of her husbands pulp watts. and as q
result the pulp assumed blue tint.
Ensi considered the paper TO be 0
grave pccnniary loss. but when he sent
II up TO London II found ready mar
kct Indeed. II became 80 popular TINT
East was nsked 10 supply more. lie
did aud eventually made a great for.
tune out Of his blue bag" paper.
A chemist OF Nuremberg was pour
Ing out soine aqunfortis from a bottle
when a few drops fell upon pair Of
gold trimmed spectaclcs. which he had
recently purchased.
That's n catastrophe. he called to
his wife. 1--WE upset some aquafortis
OH my new specs
"IIns II sp0ilt themf' was he reply
Well" said the chemist, the glass
IL corrodcd where the nuid touched IT,"
Then mn idcn struck him. and. getting
a piece ~ window glass, he endeavorcd
10 etch thereon. lie succeeded after
many failures. By drawing designs on
the glass with varnish aud applying
aqunfortis hc made them appear as on
a gray background. For many years
h. kept his secret close and made
small fortune out ~ his designed glass
-lcnrson's London Weekly.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that the reg
istration books Of the city Of Astoria,
for the primary nominating election to
be held in this city On Monday the 18th
day of November, 1905, will be opened
at the Auditors Office In the city hall,
on Monday the 23rd day of October,
1905, and will close for said primary
election on the 7th day Of November,
1905, at the hour Of o'clock p. m, said
registration books will be again opened
on Thursday the 10th day Of November,
1905, for the general election to be held
in this city on Wednesday the 18th day
Of December, 1905, and will close on
Saturday, the 9th. day of December,
1905, at o'clock p. m. All persons
must register in order to be entitled TO
vote.
Dated, Astoria, Oregon, October, 2lst,
1905.
OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of the city Of
Astoria
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
A Hanging bridge.

When the Denver and Rio Grande
prepared 10 build through the Rockies
engineers said the canyon OF the Ar.
kansas could never be penetrated Its
entire length There was one spot in
this awe inspiring chasm where there
was not room for n roadbed on either
side Of the stream. The walls of the
canyon came down TO the swift current
Of the Arkansas without foothold for a
man on either side. But an engineer
suggested hanging bridge suspended
between the walls of the canyon. The
bridge was built with supports i'm
bedded In the solid rock, and across 1t
the heavy transcontlnental trains fllt
daily, with nothing but the slender
ironwork between the river and the
top OF the canyon, 1900 feet above.
Great iron braces, which look almost
,spldcr.llke in the yastness Of the can
yon, have been thrown across the
gorge, being anchored securely In the
sheer sides. Huge cables depend from
these braces. holding long Iron bridge,
which extends not across but parallel
with the course OF the rlver.-New
York Tribune.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
Cured Consumption,

Mrs. y. W. Evans, Clearwater, Kans..
writes: my husband lay sick for three
months. The doctors said that he had
quick consumption.
We procured bottle of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup, and IL cured him.
That was six years ago Since
then we have always kept a bottle in
the house. We cannot do without it.
For coughts and colds IL has no equal" /"
25c, SOC, and Sl.00. Sold by Hart's
drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

Is now In your city, introducing my
wonderful arts OF healing. Come one
and all and | will tell everyone their
disease and you will be made well. My
medicines are all natures remedies,
roots, herbs, barks and berries.
After | introduce my medicine | will
leave certain kinds of 1t in your drug
stores. My home Office and laboratory
is at 1852 Hurst street, University Park,
Portland, Ore.
0aice hours to ~ a. m., Q to p.
m, at tthe Megler House, $50 CONNER.
cial street. rooms | and ,.
Consultation free at Astoria, Ore.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

and 80 on through ifty-hvc items and
specifications Andrew ID. White In
Atlantic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
Neuralgia Pains.

rheumatism, lumbago and ssiatie
pains yield TO the penetrating inhu-
enee Of Billiards. Snow Liniment.
IL penctrates 10 the nerves and bone
and being absorbed into the blood, it,
healing properties are conveyed TO every
part Of the body, and effect some won.
derful cures. 25c, 50c, and sI00. Sold
by Hart's drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
Too Literal TransIation..

voltalre translated some of Shake
speare's pays. Shakespeare makes one
OF his characters renounce all claim to
doubtful Inheritance. with an ayow.
I'd resolution 10 carve for himself a
fortune with his sword.
yoltaire put II in French, which. re-
translated. reads: what care I for
landsi With my sword will make a
fortune cutting meat"
Another, dlspeased with such blum
ders. undertook more correct trans.
lation Of the great bard. Coming 10 the
following passage.
Even such q man. 10 faint. 40 spiritisss.
DO dull. so dead In look. 20 woebegons.
he translated the last three words TO
read. 80. grief, be or with you"
In the French translation OF Para.
disc Lost Hail. horrors, hail" Is ren.
dered thus: Comment vous porter
vous, les horreurs. comment vous por-
tea vousw That is. How dye do. hor.
rors. how dye dor
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

atcd on the coast OF Brittany where
now In the bay of Douarnenez. 10
was built below the level Of the sea
and surrounded by massive walls.
Here In the fifth century was the
court Of the plous King Gradlon and
Of his wicked daughter. Dahut. who
had pleasant habit Of throwing her
suItors into well when their society
became tlresoine. one Of her fayorltes
asked her 10 obtain for him the silver
key which fastened the sluicc gates In
the city wall Dabut accordingly stole
the key from her fathers neck while he
slept. the lover unlocked the gates and
the sea rushed In aud overwhelmed the
city and It's inhabitants, including the
princess. Only the king escaped The
Breton peasants say that the spirits oi
the drowned still haunt the spot. ane
the bells OF the submerged city ars
often heard ringing nj low tide"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
THE PRICE OF TORTURE.
Eight~~nth Century Punishment'
and the Costs Thereof.


aud the Costs Thereof.
Among the monuments OF superstl'
ton which exist TO this day, the travel
rr sees tile witch towers" the torture
chambers md the collections OF instru'
ments Of torture In various towns on
the continent notably at Nuremberg.
Ratlsbon. Munich and The Hague. But
perhaps nothing brings the system
more viyidly before us than the execu-
TONER'S tariffs still preserved. Four OF
these mny be- seen In the library Of Cor
nell university and among them espe-
cIally that issued by the archbishop
elcctor of Cologne In 1857. On four
printed folio pages. II enumerates In
nfty.ave paragraphs every sort OF hid.
eons cruelty which an executloner
could commit upon prisoner, with the
sum allowed him for each, and for the
Instruments therein required. Typical
examples from this tariff are the fol.
lowing;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
Best Liniment on Earth.

Henry D. Baldwin, Supt City Water
Works, 'Shullsburg, Wis. writes:
II have tried many kinds Of lini-
ment. but | have never received much
benefit until used Ballard's Snow Lini-
ment for rheumatism and pains. I think
IL the best liniment on earth" 25c, SOC.
and sl.00. Sold by Hart's drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

Healthy, happy babies. Mothers say
that Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea il
the greatest baby medicine in the world.
Makes them strong, well and active. 35
cents, Tea or Tablets. Sold by Frank
Hart, druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04

You might exhaust yourself looking
In atlas and gazetteer for the city Of Is,
because II Is purely legendary. Here
is brief statement Of the legend:
The magnificent city of Is was stu
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
A Dream Of q Hat.

Mrs. Dearly--I dreamed last night !
had such a perfectly lovely new hat
Mr.. Dearly-Thats the first dream OF
a hat you ever had that didn't cost me
money.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
SOCIAL DANCE.

The Womans' Relief Corps will give
a social dance at Hanthorn's Hall,
Saturday evening, Nov. 4th. Admission
SOC. All are invited.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-04
WON FROM DISASTER
Success, at Times Follows Seeming
III Luck.
SMALL THINGS MAKE CHANGE

How the Baku Petroleum Deposits
Were Diseovercd-A Dying Seal Dis.
closed Monies Gold Seeret-The Origin
Of Tinted Paper
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29

One Of the most industrious of the
man thieves who recruited the famous
regiment of giants for King Frederick
William of Prussia was Baron HON.
pesch, whose many successes led him
once to cast covctous eyes upon very
lengthy joiner. He ordered of the
joiner chest or cupboard which should
be us long and broad as the worker
himself. In due course the baron call
ed round The cupboard had been fin
ished, but he protested that it was too
small This the carpenter denied and
laid himself within it as proof Of its
dimensions. No sooner had he done so
than servants of the baron clapped
down the lid and had the giant prisoner.
They cartcd him off to the court, but
when the lid was opened instead of a
giant there rolled out a corpse. The
man had been stifed. In his anger the
king sentenced the baron to death, but
rcprieved him when he wanted more
giants.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
CONCERNING DREAMS.
Often Indicate a Serious IIlness-The
Blind See In Dreams.

B1Inu see dreams.
Harvey, who discovered the circula-
ton of the blood, is said to have re-
corded Il dream in which a bumblebee
stung him in his left thigh, on place
where a couple of days later appeared
an ugly ulcer. Malesherbe, the re-
nowned French author, found himself
in a dream attacked by a rowdy, who
stabbed him in his left breast with a
dagger in an area where the following
evening he felt the first attack Of Sc
we're pneumonia. The archives of
medical reports" says DR.. Axel Emil
Gibson. are heavy with cases of a
similar character which have either
received no explanation at all or else
have been explained away entirely"
DR.. Gibson calls attention to the fact
that dreams depend on some other
media than those known as the five
senses. \ conclusive evidence in ia
vor of this view is found in the cir
cumStanceS that even the blind are
able to see in dreams, as witness eX-
peTienccS recorded by Helen Keller,
Blind Tom" the poet Milton and 9TH
ers; hence the conclusion seems to be
unavoidable that it is only as far as
physical vision is concerned that the
optic nerve guides and limits the field
of vision.
This same author arrives at the de-
duction that dreaming and waking diff
fer in degree and form of manifesto
ton only, not in principle and essence.
Like waking consciousness" he AYERS,
''the dream reveals, but does not Gre
ate. The same world that surrounds
the waking individual surrounds the
dreaming, only the viewpoints and
media of observation are changed."-
Chicago News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
NeHEs specd In South Africa

When Lord Wolseley during the
Ashanti war crossed the Prah he found
a white cord stretched from tree to tree
along his route. 1t was native fetch,
copied from the British telegraph wire
which was believed to possess some
sovereign magic virtue. But the native
has his mysteries of his own, which the
white man often proves unable to
fathom. 1t is said that no one can I'M
derstand how it happens that with
such marvellous celebrity news has tray
eled across the whole of South Africa.
During the South African war, except
where the telegraph was in operation,
native news was always days ahead of
official The relief of Mafelling is said
to have been known next day in Zulu
land and also 100 miles away in the
heart of Cape Colony. Signals by fire
and drum, messages conveyed by run
ners or cried from hilltop to hilltop, do
not explain speed such as this.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
FORGING ANTIQUITIES.

| Even Experts Tricixed In Distin-
| gushing Real From the Spurious.
DIR. Oliver Tonks in the Outlook Mag
| aZine shows the difficulties of distin-
gushing real from spurious antiquities.
Here is one of his anecdotes:
At times the forger is content to take
ancient fragments Of ancient vases or
StatuetteS and complete them with clay
Or plaster of paris. These new "old'
wares he then paints up and passes to
the umSuSpnctinG. and sometimes sus-
@Ccting, purchaser as real antiques.
The story is told of forgcr in Athens
tAat he protested that when he had fin
ished improving" an antique he him
self could not always tell where the
genuine part ceased and the false be-
gan. Under such circumstances it
may not be wondered that at times
even experts are tricked.
Tho following incident shows how
forgeries turn up in very unexpected
places: One hot day party of us were
tOiling up Il steep ascent in the island
of McloS when we saw above us a
number of Greeks seated on a parapet
of ruins. We had been cruising long
enough among the 141gean islands to
know that these people of the place had
seen our ship drop anchor in the water
below and were now waiting to sell us
antiquities. At the sight of these
Greeks one of our number, n tireless
Scotchwoman, scrambled ahead of us
to the top, where we could soon see
her, wind blown and outlined against
the blue sky, bargaining for a vase.
When we reached the top after a more
leisurely climb she put her purchase in
my hands and asked me what thought
of it. Ny hands were moist with per-
SEPARATION from the exertion of the climb,
and for answer to her question l held
them out TO her all blackened from
grasping the vase. The sweat had at
tackled the modern paint with which it
was covered, and by thus coming off
Oh my hands the color had betrayed its
falsity.r The whole vase had been
patched up from six or seven pieces
and then painted over to conceal the
repairing
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29

Less than Il quarter of mile from
hcrc is st. LGkc's''-
She laughed Il little unsteadily, try
ing to smother the catch of pain in her
throat
Mr.. Apologize is there right now. l
saw him as | came along" he continu-
ed.
But l dislike to trouble any one
with
THE reverend gentleman will not, ]
assure you, object to being troubled in
this way. He likes it, You see, it
rather helps him to exc out an exist
ence. Besides, it wouldn't be precisely
fair, would it. to cheat the old fellow
out of his legitimate fee?'
The girl averted her head suddenly
and did not speak, but Gordon took
heart of her silence and, bending,
touched her blood burnt cheeks with
his lips. You haven't forgotten what
day this is, Emily"
Il haven't forgotten" she responded
in a little tremulous whisper, sit is
our wedding day"
And SO it was.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The prudent man opens his eyes and
shuts his mouth.
Treat every one as though You eX-
pectCd HIM to some day be your en-
envy.
If there is Il dog in the manger
throw him out. He doesn't belong
there.
Are you as active i'll paying 4 bill
you owe as you are in collecting bill
due you?
If it were not for the fact that most
people ask too much indemnity there
wouldn't be much use for courts.
You can get up quarrel, but will
you be any better off after you have
Quarreled so fierccly that peace will be
agreeable?
1t is Il good plan for woman to &C.
caSionally let her husband have his
way without giving him Il look that
will take the pleasant taste out.-Atchi-
son Globe
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
Postage Stamp Gum.

When you lick postage stamp you
need not fear that the gum is some
thing unclean. Postal gum is the best
quality on the face of the earth. 1t is
derived from deXtrin, a product secur-
ed in the process of making starch from
potatoes, corn and the cassava root.
The starch from these vegetables is
treated by roasting at temperature
Of about so degrees at the first stage.
causing it to turn into deXtrin. Fur
thcr changes make postal gum, and If
the changes were carried TO the limit
the result would be grape sugar or glu
cosc. The best postal gum is that which
contains the least unc0nVerted starch
and little glucose. When the material
for making gum reaches the bureau Of
engraving and printing it looks much
like flour except in color. 1t comes i'll
sacks of 200 pounds each, and every
consignment from the contractors is
carefully inspected before using. 1t is
subjected to microsc~ ical examination
and to chemical an ysis. and all this is
followed by Practical test.-Kansas
CITY Star
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-29
TROT OR GALLOP?
A Problem For People with Even
Very Sharp Eyes,


Here is Il problem for people with
sharp eyes: As we all know. horse
when walking or trolling advances
only one leg Of each pair at time. but
when galloping lifts both forcfcet to-
gethcr and then both hind fcet Now,
the question is how other animals man
age this matter The birds. of course,
flap both wings together, but which
birds run and which hop? We human
beings tot when we walk and gal
l0p" when We Swin!-that is, if we are
using the plain breast stroke. The dog
however. ''tr3ts'' for both. Now, do
the amphibious animalS-ihC seals, OF
tiers and the rcst-swin like Ecn or
like other four footed creatures?
Then there arc the fish. One would
rather expect that, rs they move their
tails from side to side, they would flap
alternately with the fins. which are
their hands and feet. Who can tell
whether they do or not. and whether
all fish at all times follow one rule?
By the way, how does Il frog use its
''hands?' The great anatomist. L. Ray
Lancaster, has pointed out that, while
the Thousand legs" such as our COM
mon galleyworm. advance two feet Of
a pair together. the centipeds, which
are much like them, do exactly the op-
posite. and the swimming worms also
alternate the stroke of each pair of
paddles.
Few people can tell on which system
the caterpillar manages its dozen or so
legs or whether the adult insect walks,
trots, PAGES or gallops on its six. How
does the spider use eight? Altogether,
this is large field for observation, a
field, too, where any one may discover
new facts as yet unrecorded, and thus
add to the store of knowledge.