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CARRIZOZO NEWS
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NEW MEXICO
ALL PARTNERS IN BUSINESS
Boiton Store Hat Come to the Ex
treme In Development of Profit
Sharing Scheme.
.Voflt sharing, which In America Is
frtunlly an experiment, has been In
practical application for n quarter of n
century In England. Tho number of
labor co-partcrnlshlp societies thoro
roio from 15 In 1883 to 112 lnnt year,
with an IncrcaBo In btifllnoBB from
1800,000 to about 120,000,000.
Tho South Metropolitan Company
last year divided 1180,000 among Its
employes, tho equivalent of n Hovcn
and one-half per cent, dividend on
their wages, and In 18 years It has
distributed 12,100,000 to workmen as
their sharo of tho profits. Six Eng
lish gas companlos adopted tho prollt
sharing plan during tho year.
According to Moody's Magazine,
Mr. Carncglo saya that n Hoston storo
has gono furthest of all In "tho direc
tion of making Its employes share
holders." This establishment, he
says, employes 700 to 000 men, tho
capital stock Is hold only by em
ployes and Is returned to tho corpor
ation at its vnluo should tho cmployo
Icavo tho service. Every sharo of
stock belongs to somo ono working
In tho store.
Cycle Ride of 60 Miles for a Wife.
A wedding was solemnized recently
at tho Wosloynn church at Colchester,
England, under unusual circum
stances. Tho necessary ccrtlflcato from tho
registrar not having arrived on Satur
day night, tho nnxloiiB bridegroom, F.
E. Mooro, accompanlod by tho brother
of tho brldo. T. E. Wright, started off
at 3:30 n. m. on Sunday to cyclo to
Clacton, whoro thoy awnltod tho sort
ing of tho morning mall. Tho expect
ed lottor was not, howovcr, In the
,mall, and tho pair then cycled to
Dovcrcourt, tho resldenco of tho regis
trar. Ho kindly went to tho registra
tion oOlco at Harwich with them and
handod thorn tho all essential docu
ment. Tho cyclists then rodo back to Col
chostor, having covered in all sixty
miles. Tho woddlng had been fixed
for 8 a. in., but It was duly solemnized
at 2:30 p. in.
The Power of the Ad.
John Harnltt Lowndes, tho noted
psychologist of Illchmond, wns prnls
ing tho power of adverting.
A lady disputed tho compelling pow
er that Mr. Lowndoa imputed to the
ndvortlsomont, nud on a wager tho
psychologist lnsorted In a Illchmond
dally tho following:
"I promise- nothing. 1 contract to
to porform nothing. Hut
"Bond mu GO centB In stamps. Per
haps there Is a surprlHu In storo for
you. Who knows?" J. 11. 1... P. O.
Hox 217."
And Mr. Lowndes won his wager.
His curious advertisement brought
him In enough stnmpB to mnko a sub
stantial contribution to lllchmond'B
charities, It also cnused for tho story
spread n boom In advertising among
lllchmund's men of business.
Hawk That Wouldn't Be Trapped.
An lntorcBtlng hawk story comes
from Concord township. Recently N.
V. Kearns, n former, sot a steel trap
In IiIb chicken lot to cnlch Homo sly
miliiml that had been robbing him of
chlckeiiB.
Tho day after it waB sot an Invest!'
gatlon showed that tho trnp had boon
currlod away. Nearly a week passed
boforo he hoard a groat commotion
among his chtckcnB, and going out ho
saw a hawk soaring upward with n
nhlnlfPIl In Ilia tmnlr nn.l n.nHinM I..
. ... " ut.lt UMUIHU1 111
one of Ills claws, and from tho othor
claw wus dangling tho steol trap that
had been carried away a fow days bo
fore. Ashboro Courier.
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azxillso tyrtyriormrj
Thu exproBBlon "Pnnunin hut," nB In
dlcntlvo or tho origin of this celo
bratcd article of headgear, Is an evi
dent mlsuuiiier, Inasmuch as theso
hats aie mudo In tho greatest perfec
tion In Ecundor, Porn and Colombia.
Formerly tho en 1 1 re output of this
product destined for tho foreign trudo,
was shipped via tho principal port of
the IsthmiiB -jf I'annmn, which became
tho great mart and Intermediate de
pository of this Importnnt nrtlclo of
South American commerce, nud In tho
courso of tlmo theso famous and much-sought-for
hats wcro Inappropriately
designated, In tho markets of tho
world, "i'annmn lints." For many
yonrs Pannmn enjoyed tho onvlnblo
distinction of bolng tho chief mar
kot for tho snlo and distribution of
theso lints, but Guayaquil, Ecuador,
long ago wrested that honor from tho
Isthmian city, and remnlns to-day tho
great emporium and distributing con
tor of tho i'annmn hut Industry of tho
world. In Latin America theso hats
nro not now, nor havo thoy ovor boon,
known as "Panama" hats, but afo uni
versally called "Jlpljapu," In honor
of tho town In Ecuador where It Is
said they wcro first manufactured.
in Huropo, and especially In France,
it Is generally supposed that tho ntraw
out of which Panama hatH aro manu
factured Is so expensive In tho coun
tries producing tho raw material that
hats mado of It nro articles of luxury
boyond tho menus of all except , tho
well to do or rich. This Is n popular
rror, slnco Panama hats art) In com
mon uso by rich nud poor alike In tho
South American countries which on
gago to any considerable extent In
their manufacture. Tho lilgh prlco of
Panama hatH In foreign countries Is
largely duo to the Import duties placed
upon them nud to tho fact that thoy
pass through thu hands of a consider
nblo number of commission morchnnta
boforo reaching tho ultlmato pur
chaser. Tho pr'co of tho hats In tho
places where they aro manufactured
varies greatly, according to tho qual
ity of tho material used and tho skill
of tho workmen employed, A duo
quality of jlpljapn or Panama hat,
inndo In tho province of Mnnabl, Ecua
dor, out of a particularly strong, soft,
and silky straw, is seldom soon In tho
United States, because tho plantora
along the Ecuadorian const aro will
ing to pay 89 to $100 for n hat so
pllaut and flexible that it can be fold-
A DEALER DARTERW EOR A7iS
od up nud carried In tho pocket with
out tho slightest Injury.
Ono of the (Incut Panama hats ever
mado was scut lo tho prluco of Wntos
nomo years ago, and It was so delicate
and exquisitely woven that It could
bo folded Into n package no larger
than his watch.
Tho raw material, or toqullla straw,
out of which Panama hats aro mado,
and to which Is duo their compact
ness, llghtncsa of weight, durability,
elasticity, Impcrvlousnesa to water,
and case with which thoy can bo
cleaned when soiled, comes chiefly
from Ecuador. Tho shrub, Carludo
vlca palmata, from which toqullln
straw Is obtained, Is from six to ten
feet high, and grows wild In thu hot
and humid regions of tho Pacific
coast of Ecuadoi and Columbia, and
In tho forests of tho Upper Amazon
In Peru. Thorn aro ilvo or six spo
clcs of the plnnt, soiuu of which havo
been more or less successfully culti
vated, but thu main supply of the
liber or straw comes from tho plant In
Its natural state. Tho prlco of tho
straw varies according to tho place of
production, color, length, thickness,
and number of threads to tho strand
or skein. Tlin plant resembles the
saw palmetto, and Is fun-shaped.
Just boforo ripening, when tho
shrub nttnlns n height of about ilvo
foot, it Is cut, boiled In hot wuter,
and after being thoroughly dried nud
assorted Is ready for luut. In thu
enso of tho highly prized shrubs that
grow In tho damp nud gloomy depths
of tho tropical forests, n slightly dif
ferent procoss of gathering and cur
ing tho flbor Is observed. Inasmuch as
the fan-shaped loaves am cut from
tho trunk of tho shrub Just as thoy
are In thu net of opening, are stripped
of their outer filaments, Immorsed for
n fow seconds In n vat of boiling wa
ter, then wlthdrnwu for n moment
and again submerged for an Instant,
laltcn out. vigorously shaken and
curefutly suspended on n string to
dry In tho shade, and n day later
bleached In tho Intense rays of the
troplenl sun. Creator whiteness of
straw may bo secured by originally
boiling tho liber In wuter containing n
certain proportion of lemon Juice.
A central school of hat making has
boon established at Pannmn, pro
vided for by government funds,
FourUii scholarships have boon es
tablished, two from each of tho soven
provinces of tho republic. Pupils
must not bo loss than 1G years or age,
of good conduct and honlth, willing
and desirous of learning hut weaving,
hnvn good eyesight, nud cuutrnct an
obligation to tench tho same Industry
wherovor designated by tho govern
ment. Thu school was oponed Juno
1G, 100G, nud general Interest Is taken
la tho result of this new entorprluo.
On tho Pad lie slope of Ecuador,
Panama huts nro mudu In tho prov
inces of Muuubl and Uunyas, thu for
mer producing tho celebrated Jlpl
Japas or Montccrlsto nnd Santa Ann,
and tho Inttcr thoso of fJnnta Elena
and Mnngtnralto. In tho Intor-Andlno
region of tho republic, tho manufac
ture Is ron fl nnd to tho provinces of
Azuny, Ciiunr. Plchlnchn nnd Loja. In
tho Urst-nanied provlnco ovor 3,000
persoim nro engaged In tho lint indus
try. Thu eelcbrarted Slgslg brand of
Pannmn lints urn mado In this prov
lnco out or n fiber bo durable that
hats mado of It aro said to stand with
out Injury tho most violent crushlngs.
In the Amnion region of Ecuador,
Panama hatH aro manufactured at
Santa Itosn out or straw brought from
Napo. Tho provlnco of Qtnnnbl, how
ever, Is tho great toqullln Btraw-pro-ducliig
region or tho republic, most of
tho lints manufactured In Ecuador bo
lng made out of this straw, and Urge
quantities or It aro oxportod to Plura,
Peru, notwithstanding tho heavy ex
port tax to which It Is subjoct, to bo
used In malting tho celebrated Peru
vian cntucuos hats. Antloquln Is tho
principal Pannmn hat manufacturing
center of Colombia,
Tho United States in tho largest
purchaser of Pannmn lints, having Im
ported from Ecuador In 1008 Jlpl
Japan to tho vnluo of $600,001. Ger
many. Great Ilrltnln nnd France, In
tho onlor named, nro noxt in Impor
tance in this trnlllc.
1'no straw exported from Ecuador
to Peru Is shipped In bales wolghlng
nbout 8G pounds each, n pound of tho
straw bringing from 70 to 80 cents, ac
cording to grndo. Germany also takes
n biiiuII quantity of strnw. Tho manu
facture of n Panama hat often re
quires tho Inbor of n skilled wcavor,
working Ilvo or six months In the Into
twilight or early dawn, tho only tlrao
available for making tho finer grades
of hats.
Dlieaie of Wireless Operators.
A French naval Burgeon has ob
served facta which ho thinks warrant
him In attributing corlnln morbid
conditions to overexposure to tho
electrical waves employed in wireless
telegraphy. For tho most part they
havo affected tho oyo, gonornUy In
conjunctivitis, though In una Instnnco
there wus keratitis.
Eczema, too, has been observed, and
tho author thinks that many cases of
neurasthenia uro attributed to tho cur
rent. Ho remarks thnt Induced cur
rents nro n common product of thu no
tion of tho apparatus, and Intlmntos
thnt those may cause troublo among
othor persons than thoso immediately
concerned In thu telegraphic opera
tions. Ho recommends thnt operators
bo provided with blue or yellow spectacles.
Avoid Avlatorlal Hysterics.
Tho biggest thing about an airship
Is tho quantity of superheated air
that Inllates It, and much of tho talk
of tho day about aldshlpB Is of thu
sumo stuff. Thu mighty dlrlglblo, In
vulnerable, lightning-proof nnd wind
delimit, loaded with Its mortars and
paraphernalia fur mining down death
dealing bombs, 1b still a rainbow which
nil tho world can sou, but may uevor
reach. Perhaps It will somo day become-
n practical means of transpor
tation; without doubt It may bo usod
us u spy, a lookout to give notice of
tho approach of an onemy; doubtloss,
as well, It may bu used as n messen
ger to carry a fow men from camp to
camp or from ship to shore. Hut It Is
not going to accomplish all tho hor
rors now being clnlmud for It.
To Count a Billion.
To count 1,000,000,000 would require
n person to count 200 a mluuto for a
period of 0.G12 ycnrB, 342 dnys, five
hours nnd 20 minutes, providing ho
should count continuously. Hut sup
pose wo allow tho counter 13 hours
dally fur rest, eating nud sleeping, '
then ho would need 10,025 years, 310
days, ton hours mfd 40 minutes la
which to comploto tho task.
The Way of a Woman.
Oh, woman, In your hours of case,
You lieep us wobbly at the knet-s.
You lull us thliiKH. then show your Ball,
lly Bwourlnu '(wasn't meant at all.
Lot Angeles Kxprets,