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The leader., 1905-07-15
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

The income of Oxford university is
slightly under e70,00O a year.
Swedish school children under the
guidance of their teachers annually
plant about 100000 trees.
Prof. Molisch, of Prague, says that
photographs can be taken by the light
emitted by raw potatoes and hard
boiled eggs.
DR.. William Royal Stokes and DIR.
John S. Fulton, of the Maryland
board of health. insist that they have
discovered a curative serum for ty-
phoid fever, after a four-years' search.
Prof. Giuseppe Levi, of Milan, will
soon visit Paris to demonstrate before
the Academy Of Medicine his new cure
for tuberculosis by means of iodine in
jections, the composition of which is q
secret. He claims that 40 to so injec-
tons will bring about complete cure.
The leader., 1905-07-15
MARKETING POTATO CROPS.
How the Railroads Made It Possible
for the Growers to Get Fair
Prices,

In line with the classic case Of the
oyster shippers, cited By President
Hadley, of Yale University, In his book
on Railroad Transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers
brought by President futile, of the
Boston and Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could better show how
railroad works for the interest of
the localities which it serves.
A main dependence of the farmers
Of the Aroostook region is the potato
crop, aggregating annually eight to
ten million bushels which find mar
ket largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions of New Eng
land. The competition Of cheap water
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these potatoes
always at a very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable out
put Of the truck farms Of Michigan.
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities Of that region.
Not many years ago faroring sun
and rains brought a tremendous yield
of potatoes from the Michigan fields.
At normal rates and prices there would
have been glut Of the customary
markets and the potatoes would have
rotted on the farms. To help the pc.
tato growers, the railroads from
Michigan made unprecedentedly low
rates on potatoes to every reachable
market, even carrying them in large
quantities to q place so remote as Bos-
ton. The Aroostook growers had to
reduce the price on their potatoes, and
even then could not dispose Of them
unless the Boston and Maine railroad
reduced its already low rate, which It
did. By means Of these low rates,
making possible low prices, the pota-
to crops Of both Michigan and Maine
were finally marketed. Everybody eats
potatoes, and that year everybody had
all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads. had they been applied to
the movement Of all potatoes at alltimes,
to all places, they helped their patrons to
find markets then. The Boston and Maine
Railroad suffered q decrease in its rev.
enue from potatoes, but it enabled the
Aroostook farmers to market their crop
and thereby to obtain money which
they spent for the varied supplies
which the railroacg brought to them.
II the making of rates were subject to
Governmental adjustment. such rad
Zeal and prompt action could never
havB been taken. because it is well es-
tablished that If q rate be once rel
duced by a railroad company, it can
not be restored through the red tape
Of Governmental procedure If the
Michigan raiIroadg and the Boston and
Maine Railroad had been subjected to
Governmental Limitation they would
have felt Obliged to keep up their rates,
as do the railroads OF France and Eng
land and Germany Under Governmental
limitation, and let the potatoes rot
Exchange
The leader., 1905-07-15
CAREER OF SANTA CRUZ.
Has Belonged to Spain, England, Hol
land, France, Knights Of Malta
and Denmark.

Probably no other of the West In.
dian islands has had such a checkered
career as Santa Cruz. In turn it has
belonged to Spain, which abandoned
it; to England and Holland jointly; to
England alone; to Spain again, which
fell upon the colonists and destroyed
or deported them all; to France, which
took it from Spain; to the knights Of
Malta, who received it as a gift from
France; to private company Of adj
venturers. Then it was resumed pos
session of by France, but abandoned.
SO that in 1870 it was uninhabited.
Then it became a no-man,s land until
1727, when France took it again, and
presently sold 1t to a Danish company
which sold it in turn to the king of
Denmark In 1901 England took it once
more, gave it back to Denmark, re-
pented and took it away again in few
months, held It for eight years and
then returned it to Denmark, which
holds 1t STILL
The leader., 1905-07-15


Fcur-nfths Of ZuluIand has been de-
cIared unit for Europenan habitation
BY the British deIimitation commission.
To calm public excitement the Hun-
garian Jockey club has paid the debts
OF a Buda-Pesth bookmaker, who lost
s41, 800 over the Austrian derby
A British board OF trade return shows
that during 1904 Asa, SIT emigrants left
the United Kingdom, nearly half of
whom went to the British colonies.
Twenty-six per cent. Of the number went
10 Canada.
Three rare specimens Of male tree
fern, Osmunda RECALLS, Of mare than
1000 years growth, have been procured
for the imeprial botanic gardens Of st.
Petersburg from the virgin forests on
the Black sea coast, near Adler.
Mrs. Frederick Krupp. widow of the
famous gunmaker, has given 100000
marks for a eonvalescent laborers'
home, to celebrate the fifth anniversary
Of the opening of the great Gruson
works, near Madgeburg, Germany.
4AC A1SsS Plld1l EOfSl LAuC1lb LIDO uGCluSU
upon postponing-an this may mean
abandoning the scheme for raising the
Assuan dam, and thereby increasing the
supply for the irrigation OF the country
In the summer, ard has taken this de-
cision mainly because two mathemati-
clans in London have developed new
theory regarding the stresses upon ma
sorry dams
Smoking races are the latest devel-
opment of student life in Germany.
They are usually held at drinking bouts
and form a novel feature of these occa-
sions. Hugs pipes are made specially
for this purpose, having a capacity of
from one to three ounces of tobacco. All
pipes must be identical in shape and
construction and are filled with the same
quantity of tobacco to grain.
Unique was the wedding which took
place at village near Dover. England,
the other day, the bridegroom being a
gentleman engaged in China, who had
inserted a matrimonial advertisement
in a London Journal, resulting in cor
respondence and exchange Of photos
with tie daughter of professional gen
tleman in the KeHtish village. The
bridegroom has traversed the thousands
of miles separating China from Kent to
claim the bride.
The leader., 1905-07-15
IN DARKEST AFRICA.

The French government intends to
make experiments in its Congo col
ony in the cultivation Of wild cot
fee tree discovered by the explorer, M.
Chevalier.
Miss Jane Nathan, who is the first
South African-born girl licensed to
practice as dental surgeon, has re-
turned from her successful studies in
Europe to begin her profession at Han
over, Cape Colony She is also be-
Iieyed to be the first South African
girl to take any medical degree.
DR. Robert Koch had caravan,
consisting OF 20 men, when he visited
Morogoro, in German East Africa, last
month. The natives called him sths
great medicine man and were aston
ished at the size Of his expedition,
which had for its object the study Of
the plague and Of kind Of fever
which Is communicated BY the papasi,
or bedbugs. and which has made one
road almost impossible. II Is not
deadly, but makes invalids Of the VIC
Tins for weeks.
The leader., 1905-07-15
kAEIA FOUR YEARS.
FOLLOWS MALARIA OONTRAOTEDIN
sPANIEH-AlfERI0AT WAR.
victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried Dr. Willlnms' PINS pills, but
Wa nnrad IN Ennr NEnnana

Victim Had Become Helpless When He
Tried Dr. Williams Pink PILLS, but
Was Cured in -Four uEonEas.
Because he did not know that there Is
a remedy for ataxia, Mr.. Ariel endured
four years Of weakness, pain and the
misery Of thinking his case incUrable.
"At the outbreak Of the SPANISH
American war, he says, II went with
CompanyB. Eighth Regiment, M.V.M.,
into camp at Chickamanga, and while
there my system becan'e thoroughly
poisoned with malaria. When ! was
mustered out, / carried that disease
homo with me. After while locomotor
ataxia appeared. .
How did the ataxia begin 2"
g ! first noticed pain IN my ankles
and knee joints. This was followed by
q numb feeling in my legs. 1t times I
had to drag myself around; my legs
would shake or become perfectly dead.
I had constant trouble IL getting about
in the dark. I kept light burning in
my room at night as could not balance
myself IN the darkness. Even with the
aid Of light I wobblea d, and would
reach out and catch hold Of chairs to
prevent myself from fallng?'
How long were you sufferer"
g Four years in all. Turing the last
three years / was confined to bed, some-
times for week, again for three or four
weeks at time. When I was lying
down the pain in my back was FREE
quently SO severe that ! bad to be helped
mp and put in a chair to get a little re-
lief. I had considerable pain in my
bowels and no control over my kidneys.
The worst Of all was that the doctor
could give me no hope o. recovery"
. How were you curea p
at read that DIR. Williams Pink
Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and
one or two friends spoke to me about
them. III the fall of 1903 began to take
them for myself aud / had not used
more than one box before I found that
the pains in my knees and ankles were
greatly relieved. Four months after
ward Ibecamea perfectly well man, and
lam today enjoying the best Of health. -
Mr.. Edward H. Ariel lives at No. 43
Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every
sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try
DR.. Williams, Pink Pills without delay.
Any druggist can supply them.
The leader., 1905-07-15
FOUND THE DESERT OCEAN
Sketch of the Great Naturalist Capt.
talist and Philanthropist,
Alex Agassiz.

Alex. Agassiz, whose discovery of the
great ocean desert makes a story Of sur
passing interest, looms big in the sci
entific world, comments the Pitts
burg Press. He is a naturalist.
capitalist and philanthFopist. Born at
Neuchatel, Switzerland, in 1885, he is
the ony son of the late Louis Agassiz,
the great naturalist and teacher.
Alexander graduated at Harvard in
1856 Four years later he served with
the United States coast survey in Cali
fornia From 1860 to 1866 he was as
sistant in the museum of comparative
zoology at Harvard.
Then he became interested in the min
ing of coal and copper. He was chiefly
responsible for the successful develop
ment of the Calumet G Heela copper
mines on the south shore of Lake SUI
perior. These deposits of native cop
per were known, but were in an unpro-
ductiYe condition until Agassiz, as SUI
perintendent, brought his knowledge OF
geology, chemistry and engineering to
bear. They yielded great wealth to
Agassiz andhis associates. The former
has devoted much of his income to the
advancement of geological research.
In 1870 he visited the museums in Eu-
rope and in 1874 was appointed curator
of the museum Of comparative zoology,
which his father founded To the latter
he has made gifts aggregating over
$1,000, 900.
The interest Of Agassiz has been
chiefly in marine zoology and he ranks
first as an authority on that subject.
For many years. usually in connection
with some scientific branch Of the gov.
eminent, he has been active in the ex-
ploration of the ocean depths. AS early
as 1874 he received favorable attention
for his exploration of Lake Titicaca, and
the coast of Chill. He soon afterward
established in Narragansett bay, near
his residence, private laboratory and
salt water aquarium. The deep sea
dredging Of the steamer Blake among
the West Indies, from 1877 to $780, was
under his direction.
The leader., 1905-07-15
Words IN a Toad Pencil

Wishing to know how many words
could be written with an English lead
pencil, a gentleman commenced to copy
out a novel wo4a for word. He wrote
95.60S words, and had then to stop, for
the pencil had become so short that he
could not use it. A German who heard
of this experiment was dissatisfied with
it because all the lead in the pencil was
not used, and therefore he started to
copy a long German novel. When the
pencil was so short that he could not
write with it he attached a holder to it,
and it is said that he wrote with this
one pencil altogether 10000 words.
The leader., 1905-07-15
stronger Than Steel.

A new metal alloy ''radium arginte-
forum has been discovered by two
Tuscan engineers. 1t is composed Of
copper, iron and small quantities of
silver, radium and phosphorus It is
claimed to be of greater strength than
steel, to be a better conductor than
copper. to be nonoxidizaEie and cheap
to manufacture, its cost being about
one-tenth that Of bronze when made in
large quantities. Its discovery is par
ticularly interesting inasmuch as it
was largely an accident After spend
ing nearly $4,000 IN experiments, one
Of the inventors happened to throw a
two shilling piece into the crucible.
The coin supplied the ingredients need
ed to the proper fusion of tie particles
and the alloy resulted.
The leader., 1905-07-15
THn GRAY AND THE GREEN.

me gray streets OF London are grayer than
the stone
The gray streets OF London where must
walk my lone,
Tbs gray city pavements are hard to tread,
alas!
Ny heart and feet are aching for the Irish
grass,
For down the winding boreen the grass is
SUIT as silk,
The wind is sweet ais honey, the hedges
wsite as milk
Gray dust and grayer houses are here, and
skies like brass,
The lark is singing, soaring DER the Irish
grass
The gray streets of London stretch out a
thousand mile,
y dreary walls and windows, and never q
song or smile!
Heavy with money getting, the sad gray
people pass.
There's gold in drifts and shadows in the
Irish grass
God built the pleasant mountains and blest
the fertile plain,
But In this sad gray London God knows l
go in pain.
o brown as any amber. and clear as any
glass,
The streams my heart hears calling from
the Irish grass.
The gray streets of London they say are
paved with god;
I'D rather have the cowslips that two small
hands could hold;
I'd give the yellow money the foolish folk
amass
For the dew that's gray as silver on the
Irish grass
think that I'll be going before die Of
grief,
The wind from over the mountains will give
my heart relief;
The cuckoo's calling sweetly, calling in
dreams, alas!
Come home. come home. acushla,. to the
Irish grass.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The leader., 1905-07-15
NEW PROFESSION: GET HURT
Number Of Persons to Take Advan-
tage Of Cash Damages Increases
with Each Year.

A writer in one Of the current mag.
azines directs attention to q new pro-
fession that has arisen in this country
1.-The profession of getting hurt, BY
which money is extorted from railroads
and other corporations. In some coun
tries OF Europe men MAIN themselves tn
escape military service. and profession
al beggars have been known to deprive
themselves Of some Of their bodily mem.
bers in order to appeal more effectively
to the charity Of the passersby; but Il
was reserved for this country to make
bodily injury method Of high finance,
and many little fortune has been got
ten by a carefully planned injury, some
times resulting seriously The more
serious the injury the larger the dam
ages, and the attempt cannot be consid-
cred failure If it brings a, rich harvest,
no matter how much of a wreck it leaves
the participant.
In Missouri, writes the author, man
confessed that he thrust his leg under
railroad car, and received 81, 200 in ex
change; in Philadelphia a woman was
1A0NOYC1CQ lN1GnAuS nC1 C44AAuA OAA III "
to get injured; in Chicago woman was
convicted OF perjury because she had
falsely sworn that an accident had rem
dered her deaf, dumb and paralyzed.
Other cases are cited to show how wide
spread the practice is of getting injured
for the purpose OF recovering damages
A few years ago case of the kind was
attemptedin Baltimore by two men who
had worked the trick of falling of car
in Washington, but the bogus nature Of
the claim was quickly exposed and they
came to grief. In Texas railroads
are pestered to death by lawyers
and their injured clients, and the roads
have come to be looked upon as the
legitimate prey Of those in need of funds.
The hustle of modern life and its at
tendant dangers result in many injuries
to innocent people, and this is particu-
larly true of quick transportation roads,
which have the added burden of pro-
tecting property and running on SEIZED
ule. The slightest hitch may cause in
jury to goods, damage to person or the
loss of valuable time. These are legiti-
mate claims and the ordinary incidents
of the peculiar business. If the corpora
tions would show more eagerness to
settle bona-fide claims and disposi-
ton to pursue to the end the prosecution
of bogus ones, public sympathy would
aid them powerfully in.putting an end to
the new profession The policy very
often followed of treating all claims
alike and scaling each down to the low
est cent after the longest possible delay
is responsible not only for the growth
of the get hurt-quictz people, but for the
comparative lack of public indignation
at the new species Of fraud.
The leader., 1905-07-15

YARNLETs RARE.

A host of Daniel Webster in handing
him a glass of Madeira out of dusty
and cobwebbed bottle said that he had
made little calculation that the wine
had cost him two dollars a glass, count
ing the interest from the time he bought
the wine. Webster reached for the bot
tie and helped himself to a second glass,
saying: Il really must stop that con-
founded interest"
The leader., 1905-07-15

A British officer says that one day
he saw volunteer soldier out for drill
who had an extraordinary number OF
medals pinned on his coat. "He evident
ly felt fiattered at my notice, declares
the officer, and i said to him: You
seem to have seen considerable service.
In what wars have you been engaged? 2
He replied: Bless you! have never
been in a war. Ny father and were
awarded those medals at agricultural
shows for special breed of pigs for
which we are famous"
The leader., 1905-07-15
FoIlow;no Ahead

a servant girl had been sent on an
errand. On returning she said to her
mistress: oh, maam. there's been
young man following me.
Mistress Oh, indeed!
Servant Girl Yes, ma am. know
he was a-following me, because he
kept looking round to see if was
coming.N X. Telegram.
The leader., 1905-07-15

A well-known actor was walking with
a friend in Broadway, New York, one
afternoon when they were attracted by
fine meerschaum pipe in show win
dow. Going inside, they asked the price
and were told $50. you need not show
it to me, said the actor, walking out.
After minute he remarked to his
friend: What! Two weeks alimony
for a pipe? WE'LL CUES not"
The leader., 1905-07-15

Sandy Pixies All, lady, can't yer
help a poor sufferer from de Russian
war?
The Lady, Were you really there,
my poor man
Nom / was a school teacher till 1
spraIned me voice pronouncing Rus
sian names. Chicago Daily News.
The leader., 1905-07-15

Robert b Lee. Jr., grandson of the
great confederate leader has an
nounced his candidacy for speaker Of
the next Virginia house Of delegates.
The leader., 1905-07-15

In recent hearing before commit
tee Of the London county council. one
of the participants quote Shakespeare
against his opponent, who, he said,
''roared as sucking dove" The clerk
of the committee, who may have prided
himself on his knowledge of natural his
tory, entered the remark on the minutes
in this fashion: Mr.. Balfour Browne
remarked that his learned friend had
roared as gently as a sucking pig"
The leader., 1905-07-15
Eccentric Person.

s'Queerman is very odd, isn't her
"Odd2 He's a regular crank Why,
the man actually makes a practice of
following the kind of advice he gives
other people Puck
The leader., 1905-07-15
Order for Prince

Emperor William has conferred the
order OF the Black Eagle on Prince.
Arisuwaga who represented Japan at
the wedding Of Prince Frederick and
Duchess Cecilia
The leader., 1905-07-15

Kidney Pills relleve
and cure it.
III. u. NJ Carver,
of POI Cherry St.,
Portland, Ore, in
spector of freight
for the 1'rans-Con-
tinental Co, says !:
/" j used Doan's Kid
ney Pills for back
ache and other
symptoms of kid
ney trouble which
had annoyed me for
months. l think a
cold was response
BILE for the whole
The leader., 1905-07-15

Friend Haven't you named the
baby yet?
Proud Mother NO; we must be very
careful to give him a nice one, because
there Will be so many named after him
when be is president. N. Y Sun,
The leader., 1905-07-15

trouble. 1t seemed to settle in my kid
neys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it
out. It is several months since used
them, and up to date there has been no
recurrence of the trouble. .
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price so cents per box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N Y.
The leader., 1905-07-15

Reporter Ito the zoo superinte ndent)
Any fresh news this morning?
Superintendent Oh, yes, indeed The
horned horses wife had twins last
night. IN X Sun.
The leader., 1905-07-15
CONSTANT ACHING.

Back aches all the time. Spoils your
wearies the body, worries thee
mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan I'D
The leader., 1905-07-15

hangman. The salary IS e. sterling
week as retaining fee and R2 sterling
after anexecution.
The leader., 1905-07-15

Technically, any inhabitant Of the
United kingdom is liable 20 be called np-
u t. ke the uno6n NAL task Of
The leader., 1905-07-15
ToRTuRINc. pIsFIcURINo
Humors, Eczemas, Itchings, Infam-
nations, Burnings, scalings and
Chafngs Cured BY Cuticura.

The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, as in eczema; The frightful seal
ing as in psoriasis; the loss Of hair and
crusting Of the scalp, as in SCALED hegd J;
the facial disfgurements, as in pimples
and ringworm; the awful suffering Of in
fants, and anxiety Of worn-out parents,
as in milk crust, letter and salt rheum-
all demand remedy of almost superhu-
man virtues to successfully cope with
them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Pills are such stands proven beyond all
doubt by the testimony Of the civilized
world.
His objection.
De Style What is it you don't like
about Miss Golddust!
Gunbusta- Other fellows arms.-N. r.
Times.
The men who get the most out Of life
are those who put the most into 1.-THE
CoInmoner.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-07-01

The advices are from many sections
of the State that the primaries will be
conducted without expense to the
candidates. Newport News, Staunton,
and Augusta county are in line in the
matter and the outlook is promising
that other cities and counties will be
soon and why should not every city
and county be? AS the Times-Dls'
patch well says;
SIS it possible that Newport News
and Staunton are more loyal to De
mocracy than other cities? and is II
possible that Augusta is more Loyal
than other counties? or put it another
way, is it possible that other cities
and counties are less loyal than Theses
We are unwilling to believe it. The
cost will be trifing to each county
and the money can easily be raised III
most sections, if anybody will take
the trouble to pass around the hat.
To do this is to do a good work fol
Democracy and for the primary
There are some folks who would be
very glad to see the primary fall into
dishonor this campaign. Shall they
be gratifed?"
Accomac will be in line as shown by
the proceedings Of the County Com
mittee at its meeting at Onley OF
Thursday but not altogether in the
right way. The Committee instead o
pledging itself to make an effort to Sc
cure good judges to conduct the
primary, without cost to the candl
dates, should have pledged itself K
raise enough money to meet all OF thu
expenses of the primary and to pay
everyone for their services. The COS
will be trihing, can be met in this way
and we respectfully submit should be
if we would have the primary con
Quoted in a way that will give no on
Just cause for complaint.