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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
ISissing "Carmcn.n

One of the most popular operas of
the present day, Carmen underwent
an unfortunate experience, but achlev.
ca success too late, alas, TO console the
disappointed composer, whose death
was accelerated, it is said, by the i'll
reception accorded to his chef d'ocuyre.
carmen was, In fact, actually Kissed
OF the stage OH Its first performance
III Paris In 1915, and poor Rlzet died
shortly after. urable to foresce the
great success In store for his latest
and best work. whose stirring music
SO admirably fits the thrilling Spanish
libretto 1t illnstrates.-Cornhill Maya.
zine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
The PLANET JUPITER.
there Are Practically No Seasons Is
This Distant World,

Iaking tile carths mean distance
from the sun Mt %, 79G,95O miles, the
mean distance Of Jupiter from the sun
will be IS2,S03.9T0 miles. The eccea-
fricty Of its ellipticnI orbit being
'0iS2o, its distance from the sun Mt
perihelion Is 4J9,50T.7G0 miles and
at aphellon 500. lO0.1S0 miles. Between
Its greatest and least distances, there
fore. there Is difference Of 46,502,42O
miles, or about one-half tile carth's
mean distance from the sen The In.
clination of Jupiter's orbit to the plano
of the eclIptic heing only degree IL
minutes Al seconds, or less than that
Of any of the other large planets with
the exception OF Uranus, the planet
never departs mich from the ecllptlc,
and hence 1t was called by the ancients
the "ecllptlc planet" Its period or
revolution round the sun Ia IL years
e14S days.
Tie Inclination Of its axis OF rotation
being nearly ut right angles to this:
plane OF its orbit, there are practlcalf,
no seasons In this distant world, and
the only variation In the heat and light
at any point on Its surface would be
that due to the comparatively small
variation In its distance from the sun
referred to above. Its mean distance
from the sun being 5.2O2S times the
:nrth's mean distance from the sun, IL
follows that tile heat and light re-
ee!vcd by Jupiter nre 81 times (5.2
squured less than the earth receives.
The smoHnt Of heat received from tho
sun By this planet Ia very small, ana
Sere Ii constituted like the earth its
surface should be perpetually covered
by frost and snow. Far from this be.
ing the case. the telescope shows its
atmosphere TO I've IN state of constant
and wonderful change.
These extraordinary changes cannot
possibly he due to the solar heat, and
they have suggested the Idea that the
planet may perhaps he In rcdhot
state, miniature sun-in fact. glow.
Ing with Inherent heat. The great bril-.
linncy OF Its surface, the .albedo," as
1t Is called, aud It's small density-less
than tliatio of the snn-ars facts in favor
Of this hypothesis. AS the attraction
OF Jupitcr's enormous mass would ren.
der the materials near Its center OF
much greater density than those near
Its surface, the latter must be consider.
ably lighter than water and saay pos
'tbly 10 " f9,e ges"ous state.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
MANY, MANY DOCTORS.
A Sixteenth Century Wager That
Might He Won Today!

The story is told in .Jonbert's "Popr..
lar Errors Concerning Medicine" pub.
lished at Baidcaux, France, in 1910,
that one Gonelle, jester ut the court
of the Duke of Fcrrarn, insisted once
upo time that the trade which had
tho most followers was that OF doctor.
To prove his assertion he left his home
one morning TO 90 to the palace with
his nightcap on and his jaws wrapped
up. Tic first person he met stopped
him with the question. "Whnt is the
matter with YOU, Gonclle?" "a terrible
toothache." "Oh, Is that nil? Til ten
YOU what will cure It," And every per-
son he met had some advice to give
him.
When the jester reached the dukes
chamber, the same question and an.
swer were repeated. "Ah," said the
prince, ~ know of something that will
take the pain right away" Gonelle
Instantly threw up his kcrchlef, saying:
And you, too, monseigneur are a doc
tor? l have only passed through one
street In coming from my house to you
and have counted more than 200 of
them. I believe could find 10000 I'm
the city" Whether the story is true or
false, it conld be told again in our
days. and Gone!le would win his wager
without dispute.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
The stars Were once Human Eye

The stars We're Once Human Eyes,
The most remarkable belief or super
stition concerning the human eye Is
one that is current in Australia.
Among the natives of that country 1t
Is the general belief that the left eve
of every chief becomes star the mo-
mcnt the chief in question is done with
1t. The sun. they say, is the eye of the
greater god and the moon the eye OF
the lesser god" All the stars were
once the left optics Of human beings Of
high rank. Shungle. n celebrated chief,
once ate the eye of a valiant chief,
thinking thereby to increase the bril-.
)iancy of his own EYE star" But the
eye burned through Shingles belly
and killed him, whereupon his own left
eye became Joined to the one he had
eaten. and the two may now be seen
as q beautiful double star lying Just t.,
the east OF the Southern Cross.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

The members OF the National Live
Stock Exchange have decided to
stand by the Packersand make every
effort to prove that meat products
are all that the manufacturers claim.
That simply means that they are
afraid of the packers and does not
furnish an unbiased testimonial. L.
Is very much rs II the producers of
chickory should get together and
draw up declaration setting forth
that adultcrnted coffee is pure.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

company of the Illinois National
guard was put to r0ut by six bull.
dogs when IL tried to arrest IL chauf-
feur who belongs to the company
but who refused to so into camp
There is nothing surprising In this
incident. One bulldog has put com.
pany to flight on many occasions In
the past. Six ought to able to stand
off n regiment,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

ne reports from Russia are mi
,sat all reassuring 1t seems that The
spirit spirit of mntmy is sweeping through
Isl;iia affnS like wild fire, and the i'm.
5 srlltel1gae military organization upon
which the Romanoff dynasty depend.
ed TO break the spirit of reyol, ana
slo whip the peasants into submissions
10 the will OF the autocrocy. has Ito.
Scome source of danger. rather than
e d weapon of defense. Tho Cossacks
seem inclined to fight for their i'm.
sPerlal master, but If disaffection
spreads to all the other soldiers TIM
loyal ones would be unable To bold
sElelr own In the military orzaniza.
1 I lion lion to say nothing of tho horde Of
;llrFes,YstoclilGtionists and nihilists ready to
SstTike q blow at the government as
gsoon as the time seems propitious.
~ tile pronunciamento Of the dis.
1, solved parliament. declaring thai all
1 SUBSEQUENT loans would be repudlat.
s$seuffaf1eets the borrowing ability of
sEl lng cars minister of war, the re.
suit ls likely to be serious. The sol.
s1iars already are complaining of the
Elamoint due them In wages August
which under the Russian calendar
y Saol1es nearly two weeks from now,
al ~ pay day. Suppose the government
II gls unable to meet the demands OF
stas 1 soldiers when that time comes.
gan |.ssal " be doubted that the spirit OF
stsbsl Hon efE now rampant will he curb
ss cF checked by such an incidento
II \ ssl 4 matter Of fact, careful obsery.
gard August y as crucial
sspoiHt fiji ths affairs of Russia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
The Same Ideo.

1t is recorded that Napoleon, when
asked to summarize the art OF war, an.
swered briefly, "The art of war con.
sists In being strongest at n given point
Mt given time" This answer was
terse and true, but That born but un.
taught fighter, General Forrest. ex.
pressed the same, Idea, yet more briefly
and forcefully. When the grim old
Confederate was asked how to win In
battle he replied, "Get thar fust With
the mostest men,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
Mecca,

Mecca Is a large city and principal
sne Of the east The temple of Mecca,
% which so many pilgrims annually
travel, for1na sDacious square about
quarter OF n mile In each direction.
with a qundruple row of columns. r.
number OF steps lend down to A1oham4
nned's house. and within 1t is the black
stone said to have been brong,ltsl,y the
snaelf Galriel for its Foundation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
A Polite War

A little boy, with an interest In The
meaning OF unfamiliar words. said Ia
his mother, what is the meaning OF
'civilT Kind and polite" answered
his mother. y puzzled look broodcd for
a second on the boys face. Then he
said, WAS it a kinl and polite war
that was in this country once ?"-Pa.
ciflc Unitarian.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

If those South American republics
stand by their agreement to arbi-
trate their differences, the people
of those interesting countries will
have only revolutions to assist them
In passing away the time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

In COMMENTING upon some recently
nominated Democratic candidates out
In It's bailiwick the esteemed Charles.
ton CIV. NaD Gazctcc declared that
neither of them ever wore n col
lar" Are we getting back by easy
stages to the Jerry Simpson stage
of the republic?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

He that will lose his friend for lest
deserves to die a bcGgar by the bar
gain. Such let thy jests be that they
may not grind the credit Of thy friend.
and make not iests so long that thou
beconiest one.-Fuller.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02

A London institution for feeble
minded children gives them penny
2 seek for good conduct, Only the
feeble:minded would be good for a
penny a weekvBuffalo Expaess.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-02
Placid md co,,cnt.a

Mrs. Burnes Cache seems to have a
flacld and contented mind"
Undoubtedly she has" replied Miss
Cayenne. sShe knows how we'll her
new gown becomes Observation-Disclosures
Star. 49, - III,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
MOB DEFEATS
THE TROOPS
Peasants Force COssaCks to Re-
treat in Penza-FiVe Killed
and Many Wounded.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1S.-At the
headquarters of the gendarmerie here
intelligence was received of another
collision between Cossacks and peas
antry in the province of Penza. III
this affair the mob showed such deter
mination and fury that the troops were
forced to retreat, carrying off several
of their number badly wounded. Five
of the peasants were killed and sew
eral score wounded.
A detachment of thirty Cossacks had
been dispatched from the town of Pen
IN to ii neighboring village to arrest
two agitators. The villagers sounded
the tocsin on the church bell, where
upon a crowd of 800 peasants armed
with scythes and other rustic weapons
gathered and advanced to the rescue
of the prisoners. Undaunted by the
Cossacks' whips and sabers, the peas
ants charged and forced the Cossacks
to take refuge behind a stone wall.
A volley from the carbines of the Cos
sacks failed to check the peasants, and
finally the Cossacks were compelled to
flee. The peasants are reported to
have fought more like wild animals
than human beings. In their fury they
seized Il priest who was hurrying up to
assist the wounded and beat him al
most to death before the wife of a
sick peasant whom he had aided recog-
nized him and interviewed.
The credit of $7,500,O00 voted by the
late parliament for famine relief being
already exhausted and the commission
revising the budget having scraped the
last possible kopeck to raise $10,000,-
900, it was reported that the govern
ment had determined to have recourse
to an internal loan of $27.500,OO0 to
provide the further sun urgently need
ed to prevent starvation and provide
seed for a new crop. The loan will be
subscribed" by the state savings
banks-in other words, virtually COM
Wandered by the government for the
necessities of the state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
TT MIGHT HAVE.

Where the glad-hearted bathers made
merry
/ saw her plunge into the sea;
There was glorious grace in her move
ments,
Her beauty gave pleasure to me.
Her laugh was a liquid-like music,
And thrice, as | stood on the shore,
She looked at me, causing my pulses
To leap as they ne'er had before.
/ watched her go playfully splashing,
The breakers roared round her small
feet;
Her eyes had the lure of a SIRENS.
Her lips looked enchantingly sweet.
The moist wind blew in from the ocean,
The sails in the distance were furled,
And high on the beach the white break
ers
With thunderous anger were hurled.
But the treacherous undertow didn't
Go dragging her out to the sea,
And she had no occasion for calling
In tones that were ~plaintive to me.
She waded ashore, and the gladness
/ had she perhaps never knew;
Gee whiz, she was pretty to look at,
And she seemed to be glad of 1t, too.
Chicago Record Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
BRIDGE
ACROSS THE SOUND
Elizabeth :Citizens Advocating the
Building Of a Structure at
That Point.

ELIZABETH, Aug. 1S.-With a
view to apprising the New York
bridge commission of the ACCESSIBILITY
of constructing a bridge between
Elizabeth and Staten Island, James
MacMaster, of this city, appeared be-
fore that body in session at the Of
flee of its chairman, McDougall
Hawkes., and entered a plea for a
span between these two places.
The meeting of the commission,
held at the Nassau street Office of Mr..
Hawkes., vas called for the purpose
of considering the matter of con-
structing a bridge between New Jer-
sey and Staten Island. The Elizabeth
people have for some time advocated
the construction of a bridge from this
city to Staten Island, believing that
such a location for the proposed
bridge would be most advantageous
to all concerned. The New York
( commissioners will meet with the
New Jersey commissioners within a
short time to take up the matter. In
the meantime the seed has been sown
for the construction of the bridge
from this city across the sound, and it
is quite likely that in the end this
important local improvement will ma
terialize.
Mr.. MacMaster stated before the
commissioners that from the view
points of traffic advantages. future
growth and prosperity, there was no
place better suited for the Jersey end
of the Staten Island bridge than Eliz-
abeth. He cited the growth in this
city, and spoke enthusiastically of It's
future. He was requested by Chair
man Hawkes. to submit a brief at a
future meeting of the board. This
will in all probability be done. Mr..
Hawkes. stated that on the part of the
commission he would welcome n
Elizabeth representative who might
advise the board upon the question
of building the bridge from this city.
He said moreover that Mr.. Mac
Masters remarks had impressed him
as exceedingly graphic and that he
believed that Elizabeth would be a
far better place for the bridge than
any other location under considera-
ton.
A New York man, connected with
several schemes to bridge the Hud-
son and a member of the commission,
and who superintended the construc-
ton of the F%ifty-ninth street bridge
over that river, was present at the
,ooatipu ond oddroccod tho hnard
with a view to Informing them of the.
approximate cost of such an under
taking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
PRAISE FOR
JOHN BROWN
Negroes Celebrate Anniversary
of 0saWatOnie-- DenOunCe
Republican Party.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Aug.
1S.-The second annual meeting of the
Niagara movement, an organization of
negroes whose purpose is to promote
equality of the races, continued its
sessions at Storr college, the feature
of the proceedings being Il tribute to
the memory of John Brown and the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the battle of Osawatomie. Ad-
dresses on John Brown were delivered
by w. Il. B. Dubois and Rev. Reverdy
G. Ransom of Boston.
Mr.. Ransom declared that God sent
John Brown to Harpers Ferry 'to be-
come Il traitor to the government in or
der that he might be true TO the slave"
He discussed the political rights of the
negro. ''The present occupant of the
White House," he said, has been alb
solutely silent on the question of the
enforcement of the tifteenth amend
ment, while his secretary of war has
admitted the violation of the constitu-
ton he has recently in a notable adj
dress openly condoned it if not tacitly
indorsed it. Secretary Taft, speaking
for the president, chides US by saying
that the negroes are political children;
that they have shown their incapacity
to maintain their political rights.
at is true that the negro had a child
like faith in the Republican party, be-
lieving that it would administer the
sacred atust which the fortunes of
war and the constitution had imposed
upon it and that it would not use him
like Il gamblers stake in the game of
politics.
THANK God Mt last the scales are
falling from the negroes eyes. He is
being disillusioned by the acts of a
Republican congress, the speeches of
members of a Republican cabinet and
the silence of a Republican president.
He should not hesitate to %repudiate his
former friends who have betrayed him
nor refuse to fraterniZe with former
enemies who are willing to give him
aid. While he remains Il political issue
he must insist upon making his power
felt and his rights respected"
Mrs. Henrietta X. Evans, a sister of
Lewis S. Leary, Il negro, who lost his
life while with John Brown in the at,
tack at Harpers Ferry, gave some rem
iniscences of that event.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18

NEW YORK, Aug. IS. Jacob A.
of the Republican state committee
who overturned the election Of NJ.
Linn Bruce as temporary chairman of
the state convention at the meeting of
the committee in this city on Wednes-
day, said that he was first led to vote
for Bruce by misrepresentation by
Timothy L. Woodruff. He said that
Mr.. Woodruff told him before the
meeting that the vote on Bruce would
be without Significance. and there
would be no lineup, but that he found
after the first ballot had been taken
that he had been misled and therefore
asked for a chance to change his vote.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
BRYAN To BE
AT NEWARK.
After All the SquabbIe II Is Fin
ally Declared that He
Will Speak There.

NEWARK, Aug, 1S:-Chairman
Howell, of the Essex County Demo-
cratic Committee, stated yesterday
that William Jennings Bryan will
come to Newark September /, and in
conformity with that statement, Mr..
Howell called a meeting of the spe-
cial committee of the county com
mittee, appointed to arrange for the
reception to the Nebraskan. The
members of the committee of fifteen
wer summoned to the headquarters
of the county committee yesterday
afternoon to proceed with their ar
engagements.
Mr.. Howell asserted he has the
best of authority for his statement
that Mr.. Bryan will come to Newark.
He said yesterday that a delegation,
representing the county committee
and its special reception committee,
which was granted an interview
Thursday by National Committeeman
Troup, Lewis Nixon and other mem
bers of the Bryan reception commit
tee, at it's headquarters in New York,
was assured that arrangements will
be made to have Mr.. Bryan come to
Newark, and the delegation was ad-
vised to go ahead with its prepara-
tons for a reception to the democrat
ic leader.
1t is said that Mr.. Howell informed
the representatives of the Bryan re-
ception committee that it was not
deemed to be absolutely essential for
the welfare of the democratic party
in Newark that Mr.. Bryan should
visit this city and make speeches. He
explained, though, that the plan for
former Senator James Smith. Jr., to
have Mr.. Bryan come to Newark,
without regard to whether there
could be any personal advantage to
Mr.. Smith or anybody else accrue
from such a visit, was enthusiastic
ally indrosed by the democrats of
Newark and Essex county, n
The delegation was assured, Mr..
Howell says, by Mr.. Troup and his
associates, that they were glad the
Newarkers had come to them and ex-
planned the situation from their
standpoint, as they had clarified the
controversy, only one side of which
has been told to the committee. With
this assurance, coupled with a prom
Use that Mr.. Bryan would come to
Newark. the county committeeman
returned home.
1t is probable that the ultimate ar
engagements will be to have him
make one address from the band
stand in Military Park.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
Harlan Commerce commissioners.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, Aug. 49,
President Roosevelt appointed James
S. Harlan of Chicago a member of the
interstate commerce commission. Mr..
Harlan is u son of John NJ. Harlan,
associate justice of the supreme court
Of the United States. He is a lawyer
Of extensive practice and held for
some time the position of attorney
general of Porto Rico. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Harlan completes the
membership of the commission, as pro
vided for under the new railroad rate
law. The appointment was decided
upon by President Roosevelt several
weeks ago, but it was deemed best not
TO make the announcement until this
time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18

LONDON, Aug. 1s.-Some London
firms trading with Valparaiso have re-
ceived kilograms from their agents
there. One to James and Alexander
Brown says: Severe earthquake.
Commerce paralyzed. Town afire.
Staff safe" Other dispatches give no
details and merely record the safety
Of their offices and staffs. A Hamburg
firm is alleged to have received a dis
patch stating that numerous districts
in Chile had been partially or totally
destroyed, that Valparaiso had been
practically demolished, that many
ships had been lost and that over a
hundred persons had been killed and
many hundreds injured. This dis
patch, however, is not well authenti-
Gated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
200 CHILDREN IN PERIL
Boiler Of Flying Circus" Fixed
Up Like An Internal Machine.

TRENTON, Aug. 1S.-Two hund-
red children riding on a ''nying cir
GUS at Spring Lake Park. this city,
escaped injury in an explosion OF
the boiler of the machine yesterday
only through the presence of mind OF
Charles Clark and Elmer Farmer, OPP
orators. The two men, noting the pc
culiar action of the boiler, burst a
valve just in time to prevent an ex-
p~losion.
investigation showed that the boil
er had been arranged to act as an in
fernal machine, with matches and
powder that would explode under
steam pressure. A discharged en-
ploye of the place is suspected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
Great Men Absentmlnded.

Absentmindedness is very common
with the mar of genius. Newton one
day rammed his niece's finger into his
pipe. Tucherel once forgot his own
name. The archbishop of Munster,
seeing on the door of his visitors room
a notice which read: THE master of
this house is out" remained there
awaiting his own returnl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
Moral May Be Drawn Easily.

Scolding wives pay heed. A New
York man saved the lives of his fam
lily by staying out late. On his ar
rival home at n o'clock in the morn
ing he found his house full of gas and
his wife and children sinking into un-
consciousness. Had he stayed home
and gone to bed at ar early hour the
entire family would have been as
phyxiated. The moral is plain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18
ALONG SHORE NEWS

Several fishing parties were out
this morning from Van Pelt's boat
house. Captain Ward has a fishing
party out from Newark. The fishing
is reported to be poor today.
A launch is running between Wal
ter's barge and Sea Breeze for bath
ing parties.
All the boat houses along shore re-
port that many fishing parties have
engaged boats for tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-18

ST, PETERSBURG, Aug. 1S.-Belen,
zoif, leader of the band which pillaged
the Credit Mutual bank of Moscow,
has daringly escaped while on his way
to Moscow from Switzerland, whence
he had been eXtradited. He was on
board Il train, heavily guarded, and
when ear Pskov he dove through the
glass of the window, gained the forest
and eluded pursuit.