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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-11
More Differentiation.

I dreamed last night that Miss
Oldun said she would be mine
Cali that a dream?"
of course. What would you
call it,"
"A nightmare. San Francisco
Call.
Lazy men are always willing to
work-other men.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-11

Subscribe to THE HERALD.
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HAT MAKING IN IrALY.
.2Alz.

NAPLES. ITALY.
Hat making In Italy Is increasing
steadily.
The expectation of straw hats Is an
important item in ltaly's foreign trade
balance. OF late years the manufac.
ture OF wool and felt hats not only
covered the home consumption. but
contributed 10 Italian exports. The
finest hair hats are made In Alessan.
drIa and In Intra, on Lake Magglore.
Midium quality felt hats are made in
Bella. yhavaZZa. Andorno, Sagllano.
Mlcca and Tarigliano.
The town OF Monza is the chief cen.
Ter for the manufacture OF wooden
lats. Here II factories we're formed
INTO a syndicate or trust which EN-.
ploys about 1000 operatives. OF the
Monza production. about $1,000, 400
worth 10 annually exported, tho ehloi
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30
10 a Great Industrial Country and No,
AZ Pictured In Romsree-lnereaS
ing Demand for Wood a Sc
rious Problem.
EfBENsToCK. BELGIUM.

The demand for wood instead OF
diminishing. as was expected. when
coal came in as substitute. has gone
on increasing until the question OF n
continued supply to meet the present
rapidly increasing rate OF consumption
is very serious problem.
The coal mines OF Belgium called
for l,1i2,7iO square yards Of wood for
the various purposes to which wood
IL put in mines in 1903. Each year n
renewal Of old supports is taking
place, and new ones are being put into
new galleries Railroads eat up enor
nous quantities Of wood in cross ties
Add to these wood for excelsior. or
wood'wool newspapers. bags. etc. and
one Will have tons running into the
millions each year.
North America, Siberia. Africa. In.
dla. China, Korea and South America
stu contain great unut!lized and al.
most unknown forests. Nevertheless.
1t would be well not To exaggerate the
dimensions Of these wood supplies
Many African forests are really com.
posed OF nothing better than thin
bushes, and Siberia Is already being
Systematically subjected to deforest.
Ing, which will also begin In Korea
in the near future
North America, however. once the
possible wood storchouse for the
world. has not enough wood TO sun.
ply its own demand. Notwithstanding
its 10000 600 acres OF wooded area
Even now II is dependent upon Can.
ada, which. with its 79S.l3S.0 900 acres
OF forests, represents probably the
largest single area OF any country in
the world Canada sends its entire
surplus TO the United States. Al.
though large territories Of forests. es.
pecially In China, Korea, India and
South America remain to be utilized.
II Is certain that the question of the
future wood supply of the world. now
attracting the attention Of economists.
will continue 10 excite great interest
The continuation OF the present wood
consumption, without comprehensive
reforesting. will, within a century at
the latest, result in great and very
important scarcity OF the wood supply
WM. c. TElCHMANN.
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POSSIBILITIES IN BOHEMIA,
PRAGUE. AUSTRIA.

The Bohemia OF real life as an en-.
tirely different sort OF place from
the Bohemia OF romance. There has
been a disposition on the part OF a
great many people to regard the coun.
try as a romance land simply to refer
10 It as such, thus neglectlng the
splendid trading opportunities offered
by It to enterpr.sIng merchants and to
manufacturers Of many kinds Of mod.
ern, time and labor saving machinery.
Bohemia is situated In the very
heart OF Europe, on the highway OF
commcrc" between its nothern and
southern ports and eastern and west.
orn markets, days distance from
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But | haven't been violating any
law" insisted the man.
"Ye ha-aven'u" cried Policeman
Flynn. his breath fairly taken away by
the calm assertion "Ne ha-ayen't! Oh,
no, " coOrse We ha-avCnt. Ye've only
been cr-reepin along like ye was pushin
a ba-abys go-cart Why, We gasyleen
injineer, we've been maxim twinty miles
an hour"
What of it," asked the man.
There's no law against 1t"
"Sa-ay." cautioned Policeman Flynn,
with solemn shake of his head, "a
jokes Joke. an can ta-ake wan with
tn mex ma-an, but don't be afther push
in me too far, or III ha-aye ye before tn
polls coort, | will so.
"On what CHARGE" demanded the
man.
"Fa-ast dhriyin" answered Police
man Flynn
Il haven't been driving fast, asserted
the man. Il haven't been driving at
all. The law says riding or driving any
horse or horses or other animals and
that doesn't affect me-"
Policeman Flynn scratched his head
He wasn't sure that the ordinance was
correctly quoted, but neither was he
prepared to deny It. 1t certainly sound
ed right
LUX at that now" he said at last
." IT'S like thin gazabos that makes tn
la-aw f'r to Fave cha-ance fr tn ma an
that yl'lates It to skin out Nv Il. Here
am thryin to do me july, an no
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The number Of matrlculated stu.
dents az the German universities dur.
ing the summer term Is given as a..
si2, an increase Of over 5000 over las,
year. OF these $3.50 are in Berlin
1874 at Munich, 4,li7 at Lelpslc. 3.27i
at Bonn, 1850 at FS'iburg. 2.l2S a,
Halle, 1925 at Gott,nCcn, 1879 a,
Heidelberg and 1862 a, Jena. while
the rest are distributed among various
universities. There are l2A13 stu
dents OF law, 1852 are studying phi
losophy, philology or history. 6.S5A
medicine and 6,2l2 mathematics or
natural science, The number of stu
dents has nearly trebled during the
last 30 years, says the Athenaeum, the
returns for 1876 showing that in that
year the entries amounted only Ia
1852.
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customers being Roumanla, Austria
Hungary and Switzerland. The daily
production OF Mona averages l5O. 600
hats. Factories manufacturing fine
hats, composed of hair for export
trade, are IN various cities. The
straw hat manufactures Of Tuscany
employing about $4,000 operatives. ex.
port to foreign countries over $4,000.
600 In value, Most of these hats
go to the United States. The town
and vicinity Of Carpi In the province
OF Emilia, also manufacture straw
hats, Of which about $4,000 worth
are shipped abroad. Our fine Amerl
can-made soft hats should and would
hnd as ready sale as the Italian
hats do In the markets OF Europe II
properly introduced.
Il. GUENTHER.
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the former ports and only few hours
from the principal cities OF central
Europe. .
Bohemia Is n land OF extraordinary
Industrial activity. great agricultural
wealth. considerable financial re-
sources. and vast commercial possi'
bilities; and the land contains one OF
the most industrious and highly odu-
Gated people OF the Old Continent.
where all branches OF education are
far advanced.
Bohemia has a population OF 6.SiS,'
697, or about 20 per cent. OF the total
population OF Austra-26, l50,l0S. This
population Is about 50 per cent. CzHch
and IS per cent. German.
There is considerable rivalry be-
tween the two races. and this sh0Gld
be taken into consideration in dcll.
ing with them The commercial man
speak both languages, but genera y
prefer To be addressed in their own
tongue. and frequently, TO deal with
their own nationality OF the foreign
languages spoken French seems the
most popular with the Czechs and
English with the Germans, but the
younger generation is learning both
languages. thus speaking for Ian
guages-German, Czech, English and
French.
Bohemia covers an area OF 20.06l
square miles or about is per cent Of
the total area OF Austria. The climate
is about the same as that Of New
York. OF the II divisions OF the Aus.
trian empire the Kingdom OF Bohemia
ranks second in area but first in in.
dustry and commerce II Is also
claimed that its land is very fertile
and It's people industrious. OF the
population about 40 per cent. are en-.
gagged In farming and forestry, about
IS per cent. are employed In manu-.
featuring and mining, eight per cent.
In commerce. rairoading. etc, and
nine per cent as laborers. Only aboat
four per cent. OF the land is not un.
der cultivation About one.third Of
the industrial or commercial firms in
Austria are established in Bohemia,
representing about 20 per cent. Of the
total Austrian industrial and mining
interests and about 26 per cent. OF
its whole commerce. II may be adced
that Bohemia's contribution TO ,he
imperial revenue averages about Is
per cent. Of the total amount Of state
taxes received. On taxes levier on
real property lland, houses. etc.l he
proportion is % per cent and in er.
sonal income taxes. % per cent in
indirect taxes levied on beer, alcGiol.
sugar, wine, tobacco and mineral oil
the proportion was about % per cent,
giving fair idea OF the industry.
wealth and consuming power OF the
population OF the kingdom.
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HE STOPS AN AUTOMOBILE.
VVGuu

automobile, III you're through talking
to yourself III move along"
mot so fa-ast," interpOsed Police.
man Flynn. "Ye may be Fright an yc
may be wrong, but they's wan pint
want settled. Dye intlnd TO keep down
TO tn lawful shpeed2"
There Is no lawful speed for me"
answered the man dehantly. 81 can 70
as fast as want to-"
"M-m-m, now" said Policeman Flynn
TO himself. MS he drew his hand thought.
fully across his chin, Il wisht ha-ad tn
good woman here fr tn tell me what IA
do. IT'S a mighty puzzlin' thing; but"
he added, addressing the man with the
automobile, III ye're goin' TO ma-ake IN
pedestrians give exhibitions ~
gr-round an lofty tumblin', III take tb'
chanst an r-run ye in"
Come on" returned the man, max.
ing room for the officer on the seat be-
side him.
Policeman Flynn hesita,ed for a mo-
ment, and then climbed up.
Go SHOW" he cautioned, "or twin
be tn wor-rse fr yc."
You don't suppose I'm going 70 take
myself TO the station, do you?" retorted
the man. "Youll have to take me-"
"lv coorse III take yC," said Police
man Flynn It's fr tina, I'm here.
G'wan, now"
Go on yourself answered the man.
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cha-ance fr anything but tn worst
w II, whativer | do. Tn la-aw Is made
fr tn good people, but t is r-read be tn
coorts rr IN other vans. II they's a
hole in It, tn lawyer shticks Il crow
ba-ar in, an tn judge gives a bit ~ help,
an bechune tn two they ma.ake tn
opnin' big enough f'r to put locomo-
tive milne through II liver had IN
ma-akin' Nv tn la-aw I'd ha-aye first lv
all In tn big book n sintence r-readin'
like this TIL la-aws herein name what
they name, an not what they sa-ay.
It's tn only wa-ay f'r now whin a
ma-an dhraws up la-aw he knows
what he's afther, an Everybody ilse
knows what he's afther but tn coort
takes two fa-alls out " II. an he gets
what he doesn't want, or Ilse tn la-aw
Is broke into sma-all bits"
well" remarked the man with the
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

whoa" cried Policeman Flynn.
Whoa, tell ye! Shtop!"
The man with the automobile slowed
up. and finally came to a full stop.
What's the matter?" he asked.
"Matther!" calculated Policeman
Flynn. Dye think this is a speedin'-
tra-ack? Ha-ave ye tn idee that tn
people on tn cross-walks Is hurdles,
an that I is fr you to show tn kind "
jockey ye are? Are ye ~ tn opinion
that ye're dom tn cha-arge ~ III Light
Brigade all be ye-ersilf? I'll ha-ave no
autymobils goin out afther tn record
where I'm wearin' a polls ba-adge."
This isn't an automobile" asserted
the man who had been stopped. 81 can't
anord anything so arlstocratic as that
This is only horseless carriage"
Maybe I is so, returned Policeman
Flynn; but I is wr-rong ye are II we
think this is copless boolvar; an II We
persist In vi'atin tn la-aw, I'll r-un
ye in, | will that"
I'm violating no law" replied the
man. in a quiet tone.
Ohio! We think ye're smar-rt, don't
ye?' exclaimed Policeman Flynn. eyed
60 to shplttIn' hairs with po-llsman
an thryin' to come over him with tn OF
joke. " coorse ye're N'latin' no la-aw
now. FIR why? FIR because shtopped
ye. T is not tn likes iv you that can
throw down Barney Flynn on that gag. E"
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I'm in the hands Of the law, and so "a
the automobile. Let the law run It,"
I've heard " tn machinry " tn
Ia-aw,' commented Policeman Flynn,
but Z is tn first time was lyer M
feminist 1t. Dye think IN soin tor-run
IN autymobil?"
Certainly"
III ! laid me ha-ands on Thin handles
we'd be climbin tn tiligraft-poles an
jumpin over houses an lots
That's your lookout
III not touch thin. ! ha-aye a wife
to support. an I w'u'd be- sha.ame fr
me to ta-ake me own life. An Il nks
to me, went on the patrolpan, begin
ming to show signs of anger, like ye was
thryin to ma-ake monkey Nv me-"
"Oh, well, III do II, replied the man.
conciliatorily, but want to caution You
about one thing. You mustn't touch me
or interfere with me in any way when
get my hand on the levers. II you do
we're likely to 20 sailing through the
side of a house"
Il must Fave We alone?"
Absolutely"
Thin don't ye put ye-er ha.ands Oh
thin things or III bat We over IN head"
exclaimed Policeman Flynn. How do
know where yen la-and me?"
You don't"
We might r'run me miles AWAY"
u might"
Keep ye.er ha-ands Of. III no, fave
ye do It,"
III you won't run II and you won't let
me, what are we going to do?"
II was hard problem, and Policeman
Flynn looked puzzled
Il wisht tn good woman was here
ne sighed 90 tbs a fine thing I've been
dom to mesilf, an me an OF man ON tn
foorce. M-m-m, We'll, ~ take We with.
out tn autymobil"
Somebody may run away with it,
protested the man, in alarm.
"l'll ta-ake tn r-risk, said Policeman
Flynn. "G'wan, now, Out We go!"
Say" returned the man. weaRenine,
lust call It all of, and III promise to
keep within the lawful rate of speed for
horses"
"Ye willie"
Sure"
Give me ye-er ca-ard, SOS III know
where TO find ye II ye're lynn to me-
The man handed over card. and Po-
liceman Flynn jumped to the ground
"G'wan, now" he said, and when the
man had turned corner he drew a long
breath and muttered to himself: "Ho
had me worried, he did that. Ohio
It's n fine picture I'd make ma-archin'
him on an l'avin tn autymobi rr III
ln-ads to pla-ay with! Twas a great
blum put up. but, thank Hivin! IL
la-anded him"
Copyright 1907 by Joseph 49, Bowlesl
Copyright, by the Century COS
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SLAVERY STILL IN EXISTENCE.
Praetieed Under Another Name, Blu,
That Is All.

Slavery Is still practiced by civilized
peoples, points out Charles Edward
Russell, in Everybodys. He writes.
Very curious observations pertain
to the Anelo-SaXon practice in nomen.
clature by which a thing becomes
something else II called by another
name, Thus there Is no Chinese slav.
cry In South Africa, we are assured.
because the conditions there are called
'coolie labor In Assam the employer
holds over his employe in the tea
fields every right that a resident OF
Alabama held over his negroes pre-.
vious TO 1868. but We must not call
the condition slavery-it IL linden.
tured labor Queensland sugar plant.
ers used 10 hire rufiians to go In
schooners among the South sea Is.
lands and capture the natives and
bring them to the plantations to labor.
but the men engaged In this pleasant
traffic were not slave catchers; they
were recruiters They used to bring
their captures to shore in vessels so
like the old slave ships you could
hardly tell the difference. but the bust
ness they were engaged in was not
slave trading; 1t was merely labor. "
CRBAlN LEDOuN.
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How thick is the earth's crust? r.
]. Strut, son Of Lord Rayleigh. after
a long series Of experiments estimates
It as 80 miles. This deduction coin.
cides more or less closely with that
of Prof Milne, tie selsmologist. Mr.
Strut believes that a, the depth Of
IS miles the internal heat Of the earth
reaches 800 degrees cent!grade C2.732
degrees Fahrenhelu. The moon is
not dead according to the same sci.
enlist, but continues to possess vol.
canic energy. He believes. too. that
the internal heat Of the moon Ia great.
or the earth
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

Tolstoi said recently to Henry New.
inson, the English writer on Russia:
You are young and ! am old. but as
YOU grow older YOU will find, as have
found, that day follows day, and there
does not seem much change in YOU.
till suddenly You hear people speaking
of you as an old man. II is the same
with an age In history; day follows
day, and there does not seem 10 be
much change, TIL suddenly II is found
that the age is become old. 1t Is fin.
ished; II is out Of date. The present
movement In Russia is not riot. It
is not even a revolution; It Is the end
OF an age
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The servant cir, problem has At.
trac'ed the attention of the California
promotion committee, which has sent
instructions to It's eastern bureaus AT
New York 10 visit Ellis Island and
have the incoming women from Euro.
pean countries told Of the advantages
OF California. They will be given an
idea Of the wages paid out here. the
class Of work and other necessary In.
formation.
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The Scientific American shows that
England has lost $50 square miles by
sea erosion since the conquest. At
this rate England will last only about
10000 years, \ parliamentary com.
mission has been appointed to look
into the matter don't YOU know. /,
will probably take up at the same time
the alarming reports that the heat OF
the sun viii last but million years
more, and that the coal supply will
peter out In 500 years. Governments
cannot be too careful about the future
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

Ia 1905 there were 1886 fewer in.
surance policies written by the New
York companies than In the preceding
year. Tina, means that both the com.
panes and the public are taking few.
or risks.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

The evidence before the British
army stores commissioners As to graft
during the Boer war shows that there
was only one regiment the contractors
were unable to cheat That proud dis.
tinction belongs TO the Seventh Hus.
sars. They weighed everything and
checked the quality OF everything sup.
piled them
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

An advertisement in the London
Daily Telegraph intlmates that "un.
less certain gentleman. late OF
De~sbury, who left In storage house,
hold furniture with the undersigned,
falls to communicate within p days.
the same will be sold at auction. q"
What will happen II he does not fail
To communicate remains to DO n a
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Marie Corelli says that she loathes
America because The people are after
the dollar Now that attention is
called to 4, seems II We had noticed u
movement In the dollars direction.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

Natives Of the east coast Of Africa
do not object to the presence OF the
great white ant cc,snIes in their
neighborhood. The ants exercise great
fertilizing power on the crops.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

1t is spelled pillow on the prairies
where 1t glides through foot or two
OF the rich, black mould, but In New
England, whore It hits few thou
sand stones Per acre, II is more nat.
ural to make hard work OF It, thus,
"plOu.gh."
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30
THE GRAPHIC

An Indiana pcddler, who never took
a bath, died at the age Of so years.
II he had taken a few he might have
been peddling yet-maybe.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

France is progressive in many ways,
hut the fight It is having over ques'
lions of religious belief does seem q
century or so behind the times.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

A school Of cookery has been es.
tablished in Vienna. Some particular
person must have been complaining
about his Vienna schnitzel.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30

Andrew Lang says he does not care
for American criticism OF his writings.
Perhaps American criticism OF his golf
might touch Andrew up a bit.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-30
"Ye will?"
Sure. "

Put bag Of hot water TO your feet
when you have a cold, to your back
when you have backache. or TO the
nape OF your neck when you have .
headache or cannot sleep.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-29
A New Telephone Company.

The State charters the Shelby Mu-
tual Telephone Co., for service in
that place and throughout Cleveland
county with added lines; authorized
capital stock $1,000, of which $1,OS0
has been subscribed: incorporators.
Clyde R. Hoey, r. L. Ryburn, {. L.
Eskeridge, J. c.. Beam, 7. E. Nc
Brsyer, 0. Elan, Paul Webb, w. B.
Palmer and great many others; the
Lenoir Brick & Tile Co., Lenoir, to
manufacture all kinds Of articles akin
to the application Of the charter; to-
tai authorized capital stock $4,000.
with A. V. Miller, T. p. Kincaid, j
r. Spencer, P. E. Cline and G. P. Mil
ler subscribing S., 500; the J. Ed Al
bright Co., Greensboro, paid-in capi-
tai $4,000, authorized 100000, of
which amount any may be issued as
preferred stock; incorporators, J. Ed
Albright, A. S. Thompson, NJ. 7.
Payne; the company will conduct a
plumbing and supply business; the
Wah-Ree Hosiery Co., Tarboro, cap
italized at 100000, with 100000 paid
in; incorporators, George W, Holder
ness, c. w. Jeffreys, Henry Bryan,
\. B. Cosby, J. w. Catlett, and many
others.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-29
News Items.

chinese pirates captured and stole
arms and ammunition from Stan
dard Oil Company's launch near
Canton.
The French miners strike is break
ing up.
Ras Makonnen, Governor of Har-
rar, Abyssinia, is dead
1t is said the American suggestion
Tor mixed police force in Morocco
Will not be pressed at Algeciras.
Crime is keeping pace with repres-
slve measures adopted In Russia.
Gen. Julio Sanbully, who took part
III the Cuban instructions of 1865
and 1897 and was suspected of being
IN the pay of the Spanish Government,
died at Havana.
Republicans fear that the disaffec-
ton of the labor vote NAV cause
them to lose the Huse at the next
election.
Several villages in the Island of
oaVall, German Samoa, have been des-
.troyed by volcanic eruption.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-29
For Icing Station at Maxton.

Wilmington, Special.-The Robson
County Mellon Growers Association
met here and had a conference with
the Atlantic Coast Line transportation
officials in regard to traffic matters
and with representatives Of the Ar
mour Car Lines in regard to establish
ing an icing station at Maxton. Both
conferences were very satisfactory,
according to members of the associa-
ton who were interviewed The crop
estimate for 1906 in the territory en-
braced by the association is 115 cars
Of cantaloupes, $50 cars of water
melons, 5000 crates of corn, peas,
beans, berries, cucumbers, lettuce and
asparagus, in quantities. The Caro-
lima Truckers Journal, Of this city,
was adopted as the official organ of
the association.