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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
Gan You Twist a Bill In Two?

The paper that is used by the
Government in its currency is man
ufactured by a secret process and
has characteristics with which the
average men is not familiar, >" said
Arnold Schorer of Minneapolis.
Recently I was in a small Min
nesota town and witnessed an in
cident that demonstrates this. A
well-to-do farmer living in the
vicinity came into the bank to
transact some business. In the
course of the conversation the
cashier began twisting a s. bill.
The farmer watched him with in
terest and finally asked the man
back of the counter if he WASH t
afraid of tearing the bill.
Here is an easy way for you
to earn money, said the cashier.
Here is a 500 bill and I will give
it to you if you will twist the bill
in two. You are simply to twist
it and not tear it.
The farmer seemed dumb
founded at first. He was over
awed at the thought of mutilating
a 500 bill. Upon further assur-
ance by the officer of the bank he
timidly took the money and start
ed twisting it in the middle. He
tugged away for some time with
out being able to twist the bill in
two. Finally he gave up and he
was certainly a surprised farmer.
1t is impossible to twist a bill in
two, so firm and elastic is the
paper used milwaukee, Sentinel.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
Excursion Notice.

Account meeting Great Council
of Texas, Improved Order Red
Men at Waco, May 7 to II, the
Gulf Coast Line well sell May 5,
good for return TO May y, 1906.
at S16.S5 for round trip. CHILDREN
one half adult fare.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
Notice.

Send in your orders for copies
OF TIFF HERALD immigration and
Souvenir edition. They are going
fast and the supply will soon be
exhausted. Price 10 cents each.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness if caused by all infamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining OF the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube is infamed
You have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken ont and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed con
Iition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh J
that cannot be cured be Halls Catarrl1
Cure. Send for circulars free
F. J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall Family Pills for constipation
Mr.. 4 F. Dignowity has inform
ed US of a slick scheme that some
fellows in New York tried to work
in Del Rio. Mrs. D. received
through the mail a package con-
tanning a dozen small cheap Arab
l0CEets with chains, with request
for her to sell them al IS cents
each and send proceeds 10 the
senders OF the package. At Mr..
DIS suggestion size returned the
package by mali ard informed the
parties that she declined to act as
their agent. The package was soon
returned to her undelivered with
the word Fraud stamped on it
By the P. o. authorities. The
seuders of packages cali themselves
the Oriental Perfume Co. CT New
York. Del Rio News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
Notice.

l am now ready to receive rendi-
tons of city property for taxes for
year 1906. Please call at my Office
and make renditions.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-05-08
It's Coming, Friends!

No, its here. What do lou
mean? Why, mean the time to
screen your doors and windows,
thus keeping flies, mosquitoes and
other germ spreaders out of your
houses-and the only place to get
these screens is from
The Frontier Lumber Company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
Tanning a transportation Octopus.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir: ! was on a
Broadway car the other evening and. mindful OF
| the company's rule, asked for a transfer when /
paid my fare. The conductor turned his back,
rang up my fare and went TO the end OF the car
without answering me. / waited until he had
made two or three trips into the car without my
being able to catch his eye. and then / deliberately
called him and asked for that transfer. He grunted
some uninteDigible reply and left me again, A
stranger next me kindly explained that It was the
custom In this particular Instance to give trans
fers on the corner at Eighth street and Broadway.
Perhaps the company would not consider this an
embarrassing situation, all around, for mel
Last evening ! got on q Madison avenue car in
the Seventies, Ten blocks below II occurred 10 me
that Madison avenue came in at Forty second
street. a long way from Broadway. and that II was
pretty late for q tired woman to walk across. |
asked for q transfer-and was distinctly snubbed,
I looked for the man on the street. The result
was that ! walked from Madison 10 Sixth avenue.
AS ] walked q great light broke In upon me. /
had noticed as a childish whim OF a man friend Of
mine that every time we have gone anywhere on
the cEfs recently he has Invariably taken transfers
for two. no matter II we were only going a couple
OF blocks on the same line. What on earth do you
do that fort" / had asked him. Conforming to
the new rule OF the company" he had answered
maliciously. IT'S a poor rule that won't work
both ways"
Hereafter I shall follow this mans srtful example
Every time l pay n fare or am with one person or
half a dozen for whom ares are being paid | shall
see that transfers are given for the entire party.
for principle sake-and | should Ike 10 commend
the transfer taking habit as a most convenient one
for all women exercising the woman's preroGative
OF making up her mind as to Just where she wants
10 go Just before she gets there.
A BUSINESS WOMAN.
NEW YORK, April %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
Arbitrate.

Having seen his visions and dreamed
his dreams of a huge labor monopoly
which would make him virtually the
master Of the coal output of the country,
Mr.. JOHN MITCHELL now seems to be
seeking a method of returning to earth
without the accompaniment of a dull
thud. This is the wisest thing he
could possibly do. 1t is quite clear
that he cannot control the situation, and
the country at large has shown no dis
position to support him in his effort to
do so. He has not made a case which
appeals to public sympathy or which
even meets with popular approval.
The coal case has now reached a point
where the proposal of the operators
should be accepted. That is the sub
mission to the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission Of the only issue properly
remaining for consideration, the ques-
ton of wages for certain classes of en-
ployees. This is a matter in which the
public is. concerned rather than the
operators. The claim made by the
mine owners that the public paid the
advance which resulted from the settle
ment three years ago, and that the
operators profits were little or not at
all increased, is susceptible of proof.
So, too, is their claim that the increase
tentatively demanded by the miners
would tax the public further to the
amount of over sl2, 900, 900.
According to a statement made by
Mr.. DAVID WILCOX, in the North Ameri-
cdn Repie,D for August, 1905, the award
Of the Commission of 1902 compelled the
consuming public to pay, during 1904,
the considerable sun of $l6,4 600 more
than would have been paid had the prices
of 1902 continued. If $4,000 900 more
is to be added to its annual coal bill the
public has a right to know the reason
for it.. In the determination of such
a matter the public has far more conf
dence in the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission than it has in conferences
between miners and operators.
At the meeting of the miners, to be
held this week, no time should be lost
in ordering the now idle men back to
their work and in agreeing to arbitration
along the line proposed by the operators
in their communication Of April II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30

for by Congress was the Mount Rainier
Park of POT, 800 acres in Washington.
The law creating It set apart the tract
"for the benefit and enjoyment of the
people" 1t was another wonderland
saved from the vandals who count beauty
in dollars and cents. No great stress
was laid upon the legislation as a means
of protecting water sources. The San
Joaquin River would continue to be a
big stream without help from the Mer-
ced, which flows through the Yosemite
Park, also reserved for its natural gran
deur, The Yellowstone, with its $3.50
square miles Of area, holds the springs
Of tributaries of the Missouri, but it was
reserved chiefly as a wonderland. 1t is
true that the White Mountains have their
beauties; that their uses for recreation
are inestimable; but the weightiest argyll
ment for reserving them is utilitarian.
1t should be hammered home at Wash
ington; and the question should be asked
why, if wonderlands are set apart in
the West, there should be objection to re-
serving the White Mountains when pro-
lection Of their water sources means SO
much to manufacturing New England.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
Tho Sound Heart of the Republican
Party in New York.

The hattening out by the Legislature
of ODELL and his band of commercial
insurgents is a new evidence Of the latent
political strength of the Republican party
in the State of New York. Diverted at
times from the support of Republican
principles by the chicane Of smallbore
politicians, induced to make unwise and
in%congruous compromises with the forces
of Socialism and industrial unrest and dis
aster, yielding at times to the counsels of
expediency by those who seek political
success by devious short cuts or by I'M
warrantable surrenders,y yet the heart Of
the Republican partyi in the State of New
York is a sound and as true as when the
party was established half a century 20,
with New Workers among the pioneers in
it's organization.
Such Republicans are not appealed to
in vain. Their representatives in the
Albany Legislature have, to their credit,
seer it. ODELL has observed it to his
cost and to the dismay of his remaining
followers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
The Founder. OF the American Navy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In THE Sun
OF Wednesday the President, In his speech at An
napolis. speaking over Paul Jones, is reported AS
saying: II feel that the place OF all others In
which the memory OF the dead hero will most surely
be a living force is here In Annapolis, where year
by year wa turn out the nidshipmen who are to
ofhcer In the future navy. among whose founders
the dead man stands nrst!"
The thought has occurred TO me that the Prcsl-
dent was not reported correctly. Surely, so well
Informed q man as Mr.. Roosevelt must know the
early history OF our navy better than those words
would indicated "The dead man stands ffitl"
How could that be? Jones was dead several years
before our present navy was established by the
Commander In Chief OF the army and navy-George
washington himself. Did not Washington issue
the first commission TO John Barry, commencing
with the following words: The President OF the
United States of America 10 John Daryl, George
WashIngt ton. President OF the United States. re.
posing special Trust and Confidence In Your Patriot.
Ism. valor. Fidelity and Abilities" and ending with
second day OF February In the year OF our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety seven
and OF the Sovereignty and Independence OF the
United States the Twenty first. G, Washington"
on the left hand margin OF this famous commits
sion Is written: Registered No. One" So Barry
Is tho father OF the United States navy, and what
a hitting date for It's establishment: the birthday
Of Washington became the birthday OF our navy.
The sturdy race which formed half OF Wash.
ington's army" will see 10 It that Barry's title shall
not be given to another. AscANTus.
BRoOKLYN, April 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
To StOp Lynch Law,

The Ohio Grand Jury which has been
investigating the recent race disturb
ances in the city of Springfield in that
State has returned a presentment in
which the executive officers Of the city
and the Sheriff Of the county are CEN
sured severely for their conduct during
the disorders. OF the Sheriff the Grand
Jury says:
md that in direct CONFIRMATION OF the law
clearly and specifically defining his duties during
a not the Sheriff not only made no effort whatever
toward dispensing the mob and preserving the
peace. but. on the contrary, exhibited such evil
dcnce Of utter incompctcncy as to render his i'm
portant once ridiculous in the estimation of the
public"
This formal and official reproof of
the peace officers of Springfield con-
firms the earlier reports of the troubles
between the blacks and whites, showing
that the rioting, with its attendant as
saults and attempts at arson, would not
have been more serious than any ordi-
nary street fight if the authorities had
performed their duties properly. There
was no such general uprising Of citizens
as would create a situation beyond the
capacity of a competent policeman to
handle. The movement of the rowdy
whites against the negroes would not
have gained sufficient Roadway to require
aid from the outside to suppress it if
the local authorities had used the means
at their command to repress it firmly
in the beginning. 1t was the failure
Of police and Sheriff to act promptly
and sternly that gave the mob courage
ana led it on to the excuses it finally
committed.
The treatment needed to rid any COM
munity Of Judge LYNCH is so simple that
there is no excuse for not applying it.
1t consists only Of the prompt and Wig
orous use Of the long established weap-
ons with which the State has armed its
representatives for the protection Of its
citizens. Where a mob is able for any
considerable length Of time to defy the
law twill be. found that the enforcers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
To Protect the Forests.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Nr: This Is the
time OF the year when forest nrcs begin to rage,
kindled either by the careless or the malicious.
For a week and moro nres have been visible In this
part OF the State and yesterday there was one
close by.
A proper public sentiment can do more than
anything else for the protection Of the forest.
When a persons building Is set anre popular
indignation is instantly aroused and at least an
attempt is made TO discover and punish the guilty.
On the other hand. setting a persou's woods anre
Is looked upon with Indulgence, and often with
Indifference. The one is property no more and no
ltss than the other. Heretofore we have been so
prodigal OF our forests that people have not stopped
70 realize what an Immense amount Of wicked
waste is caused every year by prcvcntable fires.
Is II not time to try 10 d!spel that phase OF In
sanity which leads mon TO b. careless with matches
and fires, or. even worse. purposely TO set FIRE TO
that one OF our natural resources that is probably
diminishing far more rapidly than any other1
JANIS II. KEELING. JR.
GLENsPEY. Sullivan County. April "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
The Mortgage Tax Law.

The Mortgage Tax law enacted by
the Legislature of 1905 has proved in
operation disappointing as a revenue
producer, unjust to borrower and lender
and distinctly unfavorable in its effecG
on the business enterprises of the cit
zens of the State. 1t has raised the inter
est rates, restricted borrowing, hampered
building enterprise, and thus affected
directly a large portion Of the population,
while every resident of the State has
been indirectly a sufferer under its pro-
visions.
If the Legislature adjourns without
repeating this law, either by passing
a bill that the Governor will sign OF
by passing over his veto a proper meas
ure, its leaders can offer no adequate or
reasonable excuse to the people for
their conduct. The law is bad; they
know it is bad; they have given public
testimony to their knowledge by passing
n repeater.
On the Legislature rests the respon-
slbility for the presence of the Mortgage
Tax law among the statutes, and it is a
heavy responsibility for the legislators
to bear; but it is as a feather to a noun
tain of lead compared to the burden
they must bear if, while acknowledging
the stupid and oppressive nature of the
enactment, they refuse to take it from
the books.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
BOSTON

From me Boston Epenin0 Transcript.
The passage OF the twelve O'Clock bin appealed
to The sun as OF Sufficient news importance TO be
given a position on Its first page. Should the
Governor sign It, however. It will deprive our luml-
nous contemporary Of one OF Its cherished oppor-
tunlties of having fun at Boston's expense. II can
no longer charge is with provincialism and hold
up this glaring evidence to sustain Its Indictment,
The final action on this matter by the legislature
is OF interest far beyond the city. This is a great
business centre. aad attracts thousands Of business
men and other hlih class travellers, not only from
other cities, but from other countries. For the
last few years they have been astounded TO learn
that In this city Of wealth. enterprise, commercial
activity and hotels, otherwise equal to any in the
land. they could not receive those ccommodat,ons
to which ms a natter OF course they were accus.
TONED In their own cities and In their own homes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
The Unitarian Plea for a White
Mountain Park,

A New England delegation represents
ing mill owners, forestry associations
and the Appalachian Club is in Wash
ington engaged in one more strenuous
effort to interest Congress- in Federal
reservation Of the heart Of the White
Mountains for park purposes. If it
fails, hope of saving the remnants of the
once magnificent forests on the TANKS of
the Presidential range might as well be
abandoned.
In addressing the House Committee
on Agriculture on Tuesday, Governor
MCLANE of New Hampshire declared
that if the assaults of the lumbermen are
continued they will result not only in
the denudation Of these noble hills, with
its consequent loss to New Hampshire,
but in unreasonable and irreparable
disaster to the thriving populations of a
score Of great cities which lie without
our borders. but which look constantly
toward our hills from whence comes
their strength" Lowell, Lawrence,
Springfield, Holyoke, Hartford and
other manufacturing towns outside of
New Hampshire are dependent for their
water power upon rivers rising in the
White Mountains, or swollen by streams
having their source there.
1t is this consideration which justifes
Federal action. The testimony that if
the hills are stripped of their restraining
growth of trees the rivers supplying
power will rage with food after rain
storms and carry only threads of water
at other times is v%oluminous, and it
cannot be disputed. The effect of flood
and ebb on the mill and factory interests
Of New England towns would be ruinous.
It is because this is so well understood
that a petition from persons represent
ing SIPS, 900, 900 invested in such interests,
praying Congress to pass the Brandagee
bill, was presented to the Committee on
Agriculture by the delegation.
One Of the last reservations provided
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30

Mr.. ROOSEVELT a man "who can stand
calm and u~nfinching in the path of a
charging grizzly, and can confront with
equal GOODNESS and determination the
predaceous corporations and money
powers of the country" He "unites
great a~usterity with great good nature. .
He is "as happy with a frontiersman
like SETH BULLOCK as with a fellow
Harvard man, and SETH BULLOCK is
happy, too" He cloves solitude and he
loves to be in the thick of the fight. "
He is doubtless the most vital mar on
the continent, if not on the planet, to-
day" Mr.. ROOSEVELT once told MIR.
BURROUGHS that "all he cared about
being President was just the big work ="
He raced BURROUGHS IN skis over the
deep snow banks:
A we were going swiftly down the side Of one
OF the bills, l saw out OF the corner OF my eye the
President taking a header into the snow. The
snow had given way beneath him. and nothing
could save him from taking the plunge. l don't
know whether | called ont, or only thought, some
thing about the downfall OF the Administration
At any rate, the Administration was down. and
pretty well buried, but It was quickly on Its feet
again, shaking OF the snow with a boys laughter.
! kept straight on, and very soon the laugh was on
me. for the treacherous snow sank beneath me,
and ! took a header, too.
who is laughing now, Dom JouYl' called out
the President.
1.-THE spirit Of the boy was In the air that day
about the canon OF the Yellowstone, and the biggest
boy OF us all was President ROOSEVELT"
Thus the President of the United
States appeared to the eminent natu-
ralist. May he be, or seem to be,
a day older-that is, when he is in the
mountains.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
The Manners of Mr.. La Toilette.

-> - 49, A'
One Of the youngest members of the
United States Senate in term of service
is Mr.. La TOILETTE of Wisconsin, who
has held his seat for only ninety-four
working days. In the old times he
would have been regarded as a fresh
man subject for at least two years to
the unwritten law of modest and re-
strioted ~utterance. The Record for Friday
contains his speech on the Hepburn bill.
With its appendices, this speech occu-
pies not less than ninety-eight columns;
that is, about a thousand words for
every day Of Mr.. LA FoLLETTE's Sena-
torial existence. This exhibit by a
brand new Senator is phenomenal, and
probably unparalleled.
Not less striking and indicative of
personal quality, perhaps, is the follow
ing incidental colloquy between the
brand new Senator and Mr.. FORAKER
of Ohio, his senior by about nine years
Of service. Mr.. LA TOILETTE had already
shown some Impotence under the per-
fectly courteous Interruptions of his
elder in years and legislative expert
ence. He has even said wait a mo-
ment!" to Mr.. FORAKER:
The ice-Presldcnt-The Senator from WIS.,
consin objects to the reading OF the report.
n FoRAKER-I do not want to read all Of
the report. l would not trcspass unduly on the
Senator from Wisconsin, but he has made a very
important statement, and II he will allow me to
read q paragraph he will perhaps desire to change
the statement he has made III correctly understand
him.
Mr.. LA FoILETTE-No: l would not. . .
Mr.. FoRAKER-Mr. President
The e-Presdent-Does the Senator from
Wisconsin yield further TO the Senator from Ohio?
MIR. LA FoLLRTTE-I do not. Just at this time.
The Vice Presldent-The Senator from Wis
oonsin declines to yield.
"Mr. FoRAKKR-Wn the Senator allow me 10
read one paragraph
Mr.. LA FoLLETTE-oh. yes.
N FoRAKBR-That Is all I want.
NJ La FoLJErTE-I will consent to that.
NJ FoRAKER-I should think the Senator would
not object to that"
We are strong for the equal right Of
all Senators, new and old, to be heard on
the floor whenever the spirit moves them
to instruct their associates. There is.
however, in Mr.. LA FoLLETTE's attitude
and remarks, not only in the passage
quoted above but elsewhere, a certain
tone Of defiance of the amenities of
Senatorial intercourse which we cannot
commend as a desirable innovation.
Perhaps the curt manner Of Mr.. LA
TOILETTE, quite as much as the pro-
fusion of matter which he produced as
his maiden effort, explains the circum-
stance that so many of his fellow Sena-
tors preferred the anterooms to the
chamber itself while he was contributing
his hundred thousand words or 80 to
the journal of proceedings.