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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-10-19

NoTICE-I hereby forewarn all per-
sons from hauling sand or trespass-
ing on my farm now occupied by
Merritt Marshall. They will be pun
shed to the full extent of the law.
Mrs. Catharine d. White.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-10-19

circuit court held
for the county of AccomacK, on
the 18th day of September, A. D.'
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
Breaking the Solidity.

Editor The Washington Herald:
The great American traveller, Secre-
tary Taft, who has recently convinced
friend and foe that he is not tongue
tied, expects TO make himself solid with
American voters in his efforts 10 sweep
the solid South" Being convinced that
his chief, Of big stick notoriety. has
succeeded in breaking the solid North
by placing New York, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio either in the doubtful column. or
more probably in the Democratic col
umn. he goes one better and has given
notice of his intention 10 disrupt the
solid South by adding Kentucky and
one or more States south Of Mason and
Dixons line to join the army Of Taft
and Disruption. Being the side partner
of Theodore in the attempted elimina-
ton of the statesman and soldier Sen
at0r Foraker, which. for want Of eX-
pected encouragement has been peTma-
nentIy sidetrdcEed the new issue is ex-
pected to meet with an august reception.
H. L. METRE.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
The Ice Age a Fallaey.

Editor The Washington HeTali:
Biologists tell US Of an ice age. when
only an equatorial belt OF our globe was
habitable But when the late Louis
Agassiz visited South America he found
traces Of ancient glacial action in the
torrid zone. Must it not follow from this
evidence that In the so-called ice age the
whole earth was covered with ice and ali
life was extinct?
Ten years ago I met man who said
he had dined on roast mastodOn. The
animal was frozen up before his flesh
could purify. It inhabited temperate,
if not warm climate. How could its
body have been so quickly transported
10 the frigid zone but by rapid change
Of the earJh's axis?
This change occurred in the pleistocene
period when man existed. To him the
catastrophe. in some regions, would have
been marked by the sun appearing TO
stand still, and in others by the shadow
on the sun dial going back several de-
grees, as recorded IN the Old Testament.
So. also. would the cataclysm cause
great deluges. and it would account for
frozen earth in the temperate zone.
Frozen wells exist, and In ono instance
the earth was frozen to the depth of
nearly 600 feet
The present area of ice about the
north pole is about equal TO that Of
North America. Explorer Hayes reported
an annual increase Of zee deposit IN the
FAR north Of eleven inches q year In
10000 years it would be $1,000 feet high,
making the polar diameter Of the earth
greater than the equatorial. But prob
ably 50 high an accumulation Of Ice would
De impossible, and some other unknown
causes may be potent in producing a
sudden change Of the earths axis.
80 1 waive the question OF cause, while
l affirm that the earth is dotted al over
with ancient polar centers. Our ge0loglsts
exhibit ideal maps Of the time when all
OF New ork State was covered with ice
/ contend that at that time New York
was in the frigid zone. It appears that
a glacial stream flowed down the valley
OF the Hudson River and emptied Itself
into the ocean hundred miles south of
New York City. Through the bottom of
the present bay. 300 feet deep and con-
unuing out some ninety miles. is q deepeE
narrow canyon. What but glacial action
produced that canyon?
When New York state was covered
%lth Ice the polar center may have been
IN the region Of Lake Superior. At a
lat'r period a polar center appears 10
have been In the vicinity Of Salt Lake.
where glacial fee Is stiH in evidence. .Stiu
later came "a polar center in Alaska. A
stream OF ice empties into Glacier BAY.
which, when first discovered. was 300
feet high. In the few years since that
time the height has been reduced to ! POO
feet
All well-dehned geological periods begin
and end abruptly. What more adequate
cause for the fact than frequent changes
Of the earjh's axis?
WI HENRY BURR,
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26

ton" which proclaims broadly that,
since the people with US are the SOW
ereign, and consequently above the law,
which, IN the sense Of the organic people,
Il perfectly true. a careful reading Of
the ninth and tenth amendments Of the
Constitution however, will show there Is
ample provision for all these acts''-usur-
patiOns by the President-"or any other
acts that may be deemed necessary for
the public welfare" The very doctrine
that the Supreme Court had just so
clearly and effectually wiped out" by
the opinion, the unanimous opinion, ia
Kansas vs.. Colorado!
Needless 70 say, here, that the decisions
quoted by your esteemed correspondent
were never rendered IN the sense by
him imputed te them; needless to say.
here, that John Marshall never did
rule as your esteemed cOrrespoT dent
quotes him; needless to say, l4ere,
that every tyro in constitutional law
knows full well that the British con-
stitution does not permit the courts
OF the realm 90 pass upon the eonstitu-
tionality Of acts Of Parliament, whereas
it is part Of the duty OF our courts
to pass upon the constitutionality Of
acts of Congress; needless TO say, here.
that your esteemed correspondent has be-
come mixed upon the four juridical con-
ceptions Of the term people" imputing
to them in their two inorganic cOncep-
tons, as a mere mass OF individual men,
the powers which they only possess IL
their two organic conceptions. as q pop
illus" The decision Of the Supreme Court
in Kansas VS.. Colorado is a complete
answer to the doctrine Of your esteemed
correspondent, just as 1t was a com
plete answer 20 the administration
strenuously maintained. but knocked
out" doctrine Of sovereign and inherent
powers" Taken together the two doc
trines indicate that the brain-stoTm mi
crobe. or bug" Of the Department Of
Justice is spreading among and wreal-
ing havoc among the 'pAOple."
EDMUND p. BRIGGS.
August Is 1907
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
Patent Office Protection.

Editor The Washington Herald;
Il is we'll known that inventors are,
first, foremost citizens in human progress;
second, brainy, per necessitau; third,
as class. financially poor; fourth. yet
contributing immense sums into the ma
tons strong box. and fifth. unlike duties
and taxes of all other sorts only 10 to 20
per cent receive a quid pro quo-time and
cash sunk out of sight!
One would think that IN view OF this
very conservative statement, this worthy
class who toil and spend for the privilege
of enhancing n nations greatness, would
at least. if only in gratitude. receive fair
treatment
With the practically unlimited revenue
at the nations disposal. should they not
be provided and fortified with all attain
able, accessories to protect their helpless
and cOnfding clients. as for instance.
information 10 date as to patents applied
for or issued in leading foreign countriesi
Instead of this. there are men right
here who have paid many hundreds OF
dollars for certain so-called exclusive
rights" &c, when those rights had
been already granted IN a most promi-
nent foreign country ten years back.
In other terms, take a mans money. fail
TO deliver the goods. but keep his money
and cause the victim 10 spend a lot be
sides-an injustice perpetrated by gov
ernment that would deal severely with one
Of these victims who should be guilty
Of such wrong.
Competent examiners cannot afford over
two years service at the price. and fresh
ones i'll their places. Where is this cash
surplus? What is done with IL?
J. i. SCHENCK.
E-a1nria Hotel Anc1st q lQa-
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
JOHN F. DONOHOE.
Are We Born Again 2"
,ditor The Washington Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
How can Christians, so called. either
ancient or modern, demonstrate their
claim by any written words found in
the Law and the testimony" 1 find
1t there written in so many worIs. that
the time comes and now is. ii saws.
that whoever denies or refuses assent
TO another statement that the Christ has
come TO them in their flesh is antf-Chriet. -
I John, iv:3, reads: And every spirit
that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh is not of God. and Is
the spirit OF anti-Christ, whereof ye have
heard that 1t should come; and even now
already is in the world"
1t seems to the writer Of this that a
Divineiy inspired Gospel should some
where contain some authoritative answer
20 all questions involved Who knows
where to find them? I ask those who are
paid to search the Scriptures by the busy
workers who have not the time On. yes.
/ know that living a life corresponding
TO the claim IS q kind OF an answer, bus
the kind that does not answer The
Word, while in the flesh, was never at a
loss for words to answer all questions
now, which one Of His ambassadors here
in one Of lions glorious cities claims
enough OF His guiding spirit, promised in
John xvi:12. to tell IN next Mondays S
Herald, where. in che written Word. to
find our answer? Surely. many others
viii be instructed as well as the humble
scribe. RoT4.A T ,-ARsffAII,
l9I5 c street southwest.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
Medical Science?

Editor The Washington Herald:
Hlppocrates. twenty-five centuries ago,
wrote the following regarding physicians:
''The physicians duty is 10 watch the
indications OF nature and assist, but un-
fortunately the doctor has become
wiser CO than nature; he watches the
efforts Of nature to cure, and he prompt
ly suppresses them, and often kills"
DR. E. H. Dewey, Of Meadvine, Pa
that man of rare wisdom, wrote: No
human ailings are ever cured with drugs.
for all are simply the symptoms of vio-
lated law. largely and clearly avoidable.
The world is yet in the densest darkness
as to any clear conception how disease
IS caused, and how it is cured
Again: Does nature so conveniently
reverse herself to meet an emergency
that the sick can be built up and sus-
tanned by such feeding as would debili-
tate the well?"
Dr William Osler writes OF diphtheria:
''NY4 are stIll without drugs which can
directly counteract the toX-albumins Of
the disease. Medicines given internally
are Of little avail in diphtheria,"
Regarding pneumonia, the same author
writes: Pneumonia is d self-limited dis
ease which can neither be cut short nor
aborted by any known means at our
command" The young practitioner may
bear in mind that patients are more
eften damaged than helped by the too
promiscuous system &C drugging. which
IS still only too prevalent"
The Christian Scientists, new thought
people. oste0paths, hydrOpaths, and natu-
ropaths fight drugs in every form, and
are curing thousands whom the drug
doctors have given up.
There is no mere healing power in any
drug than there Is saving power in q
stone image, before which many an unen-
lightened human being is kneeiing down
for help, in darkest Africa. China, or
India,
The power which heals our cuts,
bruises, and broken bones. the power
which develops the body from a babe to
full maturity. is wholly competent 70
heal any disease which is within the
possible: that is when there is enough
vitality left in the organism to do II.
II people would only realize that the
millions of lower. wild animals, living as
nature intended, have no doctors, no
drug stores and that any disease IS eX-
tremely rare among them, while civil
lied man, with all his bOasted science, is
the most miserable and diseased creature
on the face of the earth, then they might
begin 10 investigate the reason why
HARRY Is. BRADFORD.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
SILENT ROOM CURE.
Solitude Is "a Coed Thing for Nerv-
Gus Society Folk.

SoiAiude II "a 6Oea iB1nE Tor NeEN-
Gus Society Folk.
Absolute silence and complete seclusion,
This IS the antidote for the new disease
social collapse" which is the order Of
the day in fashionable circles here. says
the Toledo News-Bee. Everybody in So
ciety has social breakdown at some time
or other, and when the first symptoms
manifest themselves the patient is hur-
ried into the silent room" which is an
apartment set aside specially for the
treatment and cure Of the malady. on
entering the dim recesses Of the silent
room" the collapsee is completely iso-
lated from the jangle and hubbub Of
life. There are no phones. messages,
electric bells. lights. or callers. The walls
Of the room are tinted a deep green. the
floor is covered with rugs OF dull or rest
ful tones. The furniture is simple in out
line. and consists OF bed, table, and COM
fOrtabla chairs
There are no pictures-not even flow
ers are permitted 10 relieve the cell-like
simplicity OF the room. When the case
is really severe. a trained nurse IS in at
tendance. but for the very first stages OF
the disease the woman with the over
wrought nerves finds that an hour or Two
of seclusion is sufficient 70 bring COM
plete relief. There are very few people
who are aware OF the great hygienic value
of silence. Real rest and recuperation
from social collapse. or just plain
nerves" are only possible when per
son is locked up in a room with the key
on the inside Of the door, and certain
knowledge that positively no one viii at
tempt 10 enter the room. The value Of
the restroom is being recognized now by
architects. and there are many homes IN
which a room is set aside for rest.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26

Editor The Washington Herald.
II Il could only purge itself of a lot Of
hot-headed men who seem not 10 have
the interest Of either State or nation
at heart, but who are ever striving for
personal gain. the Democratic party
with its multiplicity OF faults-wOuld be
less feared and more thought Of By
the American people. The people are not
going 70 be frightened into the notion Of
voting the Democrats into power No
sane American citizen, be he a white
man or a black man. has ever thought
for moment that the colored people
wish 10 dominate over the white race.
There are some decent men IN the Demo
cratic party whom the intelligent colored
voters would willingly support, But such
plank as the one just hewn out by the
Maryland Democrats. FOR some sort OF a
scarecrOw 70 catch the illiterate whites.
drives not only the negro voters from
them. bat many OF the intelligent whites
as well In the formation OF their politi-
cal plank a Few years ago, the Maryland
Democrats undertook 80 cut off not only
the negro from exercising his political
rights as an American citizen, but they
struck at the wealthy Jews and other
naturQlized citizens who to-day they pro-
fess 10 protect. But these Jews and natu-
rallied citizens can see as far into .he
milestone as the unjust politicians who
are doing the pecking. Necessity, not
love, is the cause OF their being so mind
full OF the rights Of the Jew and natu-
rallied citizens. Why didn't they think
of this several years ago? We dare say
that such actions VIII be an insult upon
the Intelligence OF those people (who are
no more thought of than the negro and
they VIII resent it at the polls.
You cannot rob the Col0red people Of
their political rights as American citizens
without first absolutely ignoring or de-
strcying the Constitution OF the United
States, which IS getting 10 DE very,
very small thing in the eyes OF some Of
these political hucksters.
The Democrats have played. Now. Re
publicans. 10 the bati Why not be honest
and cease trying TO stir Up race hatred
between the white and colOred races
There never was a time when the colored
people even gave it a thought OF domi-
mating over the whites. And the man or
men who preach that sort of doctrine 10
the people but show To the world that
they are fIlly capable of peTpetuating
the memory OF Ananias. Why not treat
the col0red man right?
J. c.. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
PRESIDENTS SONS.
Ten Out of Twenty Have Won I'm
usual Distinction.

Strictly speaking, only twenty-one Presi-
dents sons concerning whom there are
available records have grown TO man.
hood says the Ohio Magazine.
Six, Washington. Madison.
Jackson Polk, Buchanan "a bachelor),
and AIcKinley-left no children
Two-Jenerson and Monroe-left daUgh-
ters only President Johnson had only
TWO sons, but both died before he was
President. and so do not count
The sons of thirteen Presients-John
Adams. John Quincy Adams. Van Buren.
William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor,
Fillmore. Lincoln, Grant, Hayes. Garfield,
Arthur. and Benjamin Harrison-have
lived to mans estate. The sons Of Cleve-
land and Roosevelt are still boys.
OF the twenty-one Presidents sons who
have reached manhood, nine have bulked
large in tie public eye on their own ac-
count and all but one or two have been
solid. substantial citizens.
The prominent nine are John Quincy
Adams, President, diplomatist and repre-
sentative: Charles Francis Adams, pub
licigt and statesman; Robert Tyler, reg
lister Of the Confederate treasury; Rich
ard Taylor. who served with distinguished
gallantry on the Confederate side of the
civil war; John Van Buren, prominent
In state politics and Just entering na-
tional politics when he died; Robert Todd
Lincoln Cabinet minister, diplomatist,
and president of a world-famous corpO-
ration; Frederick Dent Grant, diplomatst
and general In the army; Henry A. Gar
field. lawyer. banker. and professor Of
politics in a great university: and James
r Garfield. State senator, United States
Civil Service Commissioner. Commission
er of Corporations in the Department of
Commerce and Labor, and now in the
Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior.
Besides the nine who have climbed so
high, there is John Scott Harrison, VINO
had the unique distinction of being the
son OF one President and the father Of
another He was a man Of force and OF
great influence in his own State, though
he was not a prominent figure in a
national sense Counting him Inland he
surely made good as the saying is
ten. or only one less than half OF the
Presidents son who have reached man
hood are entitled to be named on the roll
OF honor
Practically all OF the Presidents sons
who have grown to mans estate have
been good citizens; their lives have been
clean, wholesome, and a credit alike to
their parentage and their country. While
ten Of the twenty have won unusual dis
tinction. It would be hard TO find any
other class of prominent citizens whose
sons have done as well as these Of the
Presidents.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26

man was as truly contemporary with the
mesozoie monsters as with the palps
and acaeias, the lions and elephants, that
used to live in England and Western
Europe?
Most troublesome for the modern
deniers Of the Bible is the unexpected
wey in which the hammer OF tha geolo-
gist is now confirming IN thunder tones
the record of a Deluge, Just as the spade
and pick of the archaeologist have for
several decades been confirming the ae-
curacy OF Old Testament history.
Let us not fight against facts" said
one of the old Greeks, "fOr they can do
US no harm" GEO. McCREADY PRICE.
Iona Linda, Cal, August H.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
State Rights an Issue.

That the false pdilosonhv Of the stran,,-
Gus life is beginning TO bring forth irs
due proportion Of noxious fruit has had
two recent. If not notable. illustrations.
The first OF these. which might well be
termed a syllogistlc brain-storm in the
Department OF Justice. had its aootbeo-
sis. so to speak. tn the argument Of the
Solicitor General Of the United states in
/ the recently decided case Of Kansas Us
Colorado. before the Supreme Court Of
the nation. Thus. 10 quote literally II
goes: "AH legislative powers must he
vested in either the state or tbe national
government. no legislative powers be-
long TO State government other than
those which affect solely the internal af-
fsirs ~ t,a, sts+s. o,,ssr,,.,+1,, ~,
- -. ...---, r.
''' ,-'s' oP
must "e loa"u te9'eu III l-s Co-i5Ivss OF
the United states
This boiled down 10 a syliogism, IS
that doctrine Of sovereign and inherent
powers" which is in an especiaI manner
tbo not thaor,. 90 oo,-+I+,,t;r,,,t l,,,
- - -. .-.....-.,.. -
"i',On '''9 'ee" Gnu Co''S's'-
PRESIDENT MS hiustrlous secretary OF
state. and the eminent junior Senator
from the Hoosier State We are told
by the court that in enunciating this
STARTLING NOT 20 es,. s,,.c,{fero,s a,d
- ..,.....--,
.'-'i0 on ''iOol' VI 1'ii'' u 'iiai 4@"'
-iI- oolici'oi ''eIeIai Ie-ii''IAeu am
aware thaJ IN advancing TINS doctrine
seem to challenge great decisions of this
court. and / speak with Difference" We
are also told bv evavyftnesses thar IN
,.,. ..f7 ,5,..,f-,.. -, -, -
'ii" ms '--o
ment Tor the aolhihls'fauoh' 'hc re-
served rights of a state were under con-
sideratiOn, they were treated with intol-
erance."
We are also told by a distinguished
Senator in Congress that the President
recently put forth the claim to him: "I
am Benton Democrat" IA Benton
Democr9t''- Godsl
Needless to say the court bv the
1,na7inons voice of the sitting members
NOT Inv 5-to-t dacision-promnflv ana
finally NM an eternal otIietus upon MS
abnormal product Of an abnormalIv
strenuous intellect. the doctrine of ''sov-
ereien and inherent powers" in the fol-
lowing words viz.
'.Rut the nroDosition that there are leg
isIatIve MOVERS affecting the nation as
whole which belong to although not ex-
pressed in the grant of powers. is in direct
conflict with the doctrine that this is a
government Of enumerated powers. That
fbis is eucb q government clearly anneare
from the CONSTITUTION indenendentiv of
IT, .,D,.,sp,ents Tor o+ber,-isa tfers
world he an fnsfrrr,lent granting certain
specified things made operative 10 granf
other and distinct things. This nati,raI
construction of the original BODY of tre
Constitution is made absolutely certain Inv
tba tenth amendment. This amendment
which was seemingly adopted with nre,
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
Result of Official Vandalism. y

Editor The Washington HenAld:
AT the meeting Of the District OF CO.
umbia Protective Association last night.
the subjoncd letter, Just received by
special stamp delivery. was read and re-
ceived with applause. The writer, it
wiz be seen. is d prominent real estate
man on East Capitol street
August .. 1907
Nr. J. FTaise Richard e0i Fifth street northwest.
Washington, ,. c.
Dear Sir: I have noticed your circular
In reference 70 Gods Pure Water" and
1 viii give you some of my observations
on the filthy water On Tuesday evening
at $50 o'clock. at the horse fountain at
Fourth street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast I counted eleven white boys,
four co!Ored boys, four horses. five col
ored men, and two dogs drinking water
from this horse watering place; 10 other
place 10 get a drink. l noticed this fire.
quently In different parts Of the city.
have drank pump water for fifty years;
never had any sickness; drank water
from one pump, corner Sixth and 4
streets southeast, for tweuty-three years.
and my family never heard Of any one
being made sick I have seen two doctors
frequently drink pump water IT Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east. Hoping you success. very truly
yours,
JOHN T. DONOHOE
20 Second street southeast.
This condition Of things may, with diff
nCUlty. be accepted as Illustrating the
ideal form Of government which Com
missioner MaCfarland so highly praised
in his address at the Buffalo Exposition
September 5, 1901. Let US have differentg
and stronger proofs that the government
of the District of Columbia is, therefore.
the best in the United States. because it
is government by the best citizens" as
asserted in the same address.
J. FRAISE RICHARD
President District Columbia Protective Association
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
Views of People on Various Topics
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ITi

ed interest in the future: the substantial
memorial OF a period fun of singular and
thrilling events. perhaps without a par
allel in the record Of any age or nation
REV. EDWIN II. SMITH
TcnualiytOWn ID, C
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26
About FreckIes

From the Philadelphia Press
rs it true, doctor" asked the summer
girl. that eating cucumbers VIII remove
freckles?'' =
"of course, replied DR.. KidderS under
certain circumstances"
Really! What circumstances -
We'll, provided the freckles are on the
cucumbers'
The Washington herald., 1907-08-26

Fr0m Puck.
Would Mrs. Hunks repeat a seandaI?"
Not if she could think up an original
one"