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The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

the American people today.
1t has the of living for the people
has corrupted law-making bodies
1t has sthed competition.
1t has forced discrimination against the small shipper
1t has put the honest small dealer out OF business
I cheated the viii of the peeFfs=========a==-
Republican party platform recognizes it as an evil
!, but that about as far it goes
partys plank told that the Republicans
passed the Sherman antitrust opposition
further down the plank that experience mas
shown effectiveness be strengthened
Maybe for the Democratic oppositon
Maybe because of this lack OF effectiveness that the DEM
ocrats while they demanded effective law
The Democratic position in the matter OF this
law today its platform. where de-
reaching these criminal corporations
against simple haheared suggestion what ought to be
done.
plank of the Republican platform as
coping with these INSCRIPTIONS and robbng
corporations.
The Democratic platform what SHOULD be done and
prove partys sincerity and purpose do
1t favors the VIGOROUS of the CRIMINAL LAW
against magnates officials.
1t law preventing DUPLICATION Or Di-
RECTORS among competing organizations.
federal license system without abridging the
rights of
1t favors law compelling the TERMS TO ALL PUR-
CHASERS of goods, of transportation considered
reforms which the Democratic stands for all
providing relief for the country, but not the cure
The prescribed plank the platform
says that ARTICLES ENTERING INTO COMPETITION
PLACED UPON THE FREE LIST.
is of this great problem.
solution for while protected by high tariff the
criminal of the will continue their oppression
through monopoly.
With their goods upon the they would be forced
compete which could the goods they sell
would the Of monopoly
Sending money into foreign markets. you say.
long would have do hat'
long would be enjoying the privilege of spend
ing money right home and getting for sn we
did formerly?
argue.
protected industries doing that very thing
and UNDERSELLING foreign pauper labor IN
OWN MARKETS. after defrayng transportation
That argumcnt against lower
not years the price of living has
doubled wongran show such
high a system would spendidiy il labor could
labor doesn't do anything of the kind
system if all the people could benefit but
they do not
Under tariff erae-ony
trolict goods Inc free list ALL would benefit
While under protective tie benefit only the
favored few.
Which way would you have il?
Legislation
few?
give power the corrupt corporations who
are robbing you today would you yourself
and OF those who
through potecve laws for them and special privilege which
take your back the food from your your
vote deny government
for all?
you would your oppresso powerful.
Republican party power
If you are looking relief oppression escape
from the a for William Jennings Bryan
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

4 HAVE spoken so often on this
subject that | am sure both
you and the gentlemen here
present Will be Obliged to
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

Were the speech Mr.. Bryan
made in Des Moines, Iowa. the
other night. the only one to he
delivered by him in-this cam
paign; had he taken train inn
mediately upon finishing it and
gone to Lincoln. repairing thence
10 his Fairview farm, TO remain
there until election day, without
another word from him, he would
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

Miss Gwendolyn Washburn. aged IS
years. while bathing In White river.
Ia Indiana, disappeared beneath the
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

water She was dragged ashore by
friends who discovered that big
turtle had seized one OF her toes.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

horse belonging TO farmer near
Glassboro, N. j.. although drawing an
icewagOn. won a race and died in n
few minutes after the victory from
hemorrhage caused by excitement
and ovorexertion.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25

Lightning struck the store of Hor-
ace Swan at Georgetown nel-ana
when Swan recovered from the shock
he found one of his ears had been
scorched until II was brown.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25
Oddities.

Henry scott of -PhiiaaelphiaYL in
celebrating his thirty-sixth birthday,
said Never had sick day In my
life." He had hardly uttered the
words before he was seized with lock
Jaw. Although rushed to|the hospital.
be died IN three days.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25
Gea'ly Not TO Blame.

"Arents your children growing
-Hf,r-thrv- TIN hufp II. rs aH n.
hcrited trait. Il lie.
Aunt Mahaly's Espedient.
These stockings are so full OF
holes that they are worthless. Aunt
Mahaly," said a lady TO an old color
ed woman with large family, who
was a pensioDer of her family
Nom, dey amt" replied Aunt
Mahaly. calmly appropriating them.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-25
Republicans Only
Suggest, Democrats
Name The Only Cure
Position Of Party and Nominee On
the Tariff Issue Alone Should
Elect Democratic Presi-
ident and Congress.

have given country and sufficient reason to elect him TINS
fall
spoke Moines the tariff lf1E issue III
this campaign.
The THE because there is hardly an III from
country does spring from H.
who speech believe otherwise II II IS
all ne believe otherwise thah
Democratic party this plank has the remedy ana the
only remedy.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
HEART and PURSE OPEN,
Sam" Koenig the Refuge of the
Nfcdg and Troubled.

WHAT'S that you say? We're lives Sam
E,saig2 Down on the next block just beyond
Sc ooraer.-
This was thu reply of q busy ShoPheeper in
N street Il the query Of a Tribune man
as 70 the location Of the home Of Samuel s
E54H.g. the Republican candidate for Secretary
E state. Ev4-y one in the 9Th Assembly Dis
-lz styles the little fve-foot lawyer sam
Eeaig. 81 simply SAN according 10 the de-
- q his OF her acquaintanCeship with the
=l54r 4 The district. who has the distinction Of
5ag tae frst East Side Hebrew 10 receive a
ar-aati0n for state Office. A great many call
81 nan with the thick gig lamps" San
he Tribune man pursued his course along
u street steering among the children
s,g thronged the sidewalk. and crossed Avenue
e % tie left side. a few doors beyond the
a-Hz-. was row q three story and basement
slge family houses sandwIched between five
ID six story tenement houses. over the base
7ea, window u the red one, 30. 231, was a
III sgr with lndistinct lettering which read
samuel ; koenig. CounseiloT-at-Law." The
Int was peeInE Of the house. but there were
'-1ztisus thai this condition was about 70 be
'=a=died Al the hands q painters. This was
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

the home Of the man who is likely TO be Secre-
I tary Of State for the coming two years and the
sole piece of real estate owned by him. To hum
dreds this house is a rock in time Of stress, an
extra-lcgaI courthouse to which any one in the
district may fly when housewives o. the chill
dren Of neighboring families quarrel matri-
monial storms arise, dispOssess notices are mo-
meutarily expected the coal scuttle is empty
The block in which Mr.. Koenis lives has
interesting place n New York City history 1t is
called Political Row because Of the number of
persons who have been appointed or elected 10
office while living there. Between Mr.. Koenig's
house and No. 29S 7th street have lived at diff
ferent times Patrick keenan,. City Chamber
lain; LEONARD \ Gicgerich and Joseph f New
burger. Justice OF the Supreme Court Maurice
Hola!la. Commissioner OF Public Works;
Charles T. L+3aw. Controller; Louis 5 Goehel,
state Senator. benjamin F HoFna2. civil JUS
tice; Peter Bowe, Sheriff; John " Monks, Com
missioner of Docks and Ferries; Joseph Koch.
police justice: Samuel Prince and Moe Dinkel-
spiel. Asseulblymen: Bismarck keenan,. Alder
man: Victor Helm ourger. Dockmastc-; William
Hanna. clerk OF the Court of GeneraI Sessions;
Wilii.rn Kennel. police Lieutenant; Henry Me-
crs. City Marshal. and Abraham H3ynahan.
member Of the School Board Ali except two
lived in enc block Patrick Keenan, Vas the
Est Of the number to receive 4 political nom
nation. That was thirty years ago
The nomination Of Mr.. Kcenia for state
Office is notable in more than ono respect not
onIy IL it the first nomination Of this character
from political Row bat from the Jewish East
Side. 1t is the recognition OF 4 Few element in
the political life OF the state. Rc represents
people comprising approximately oEc-eighth Of
the population of the state. and IS an Illustration
Of the effect of American institutions on the new
in
nomination at the age of thirty!;ve il ascribei
to the hold he obtained OF his CWn rsoplo
through his knowledge OF their ideals and
axr1ratons Mr.. Koenig's story hes elements
Continued on page.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

unable or unwilling 70 protect The fires on
such lands are not spectacular, Yet as they run
ygr the ground they XII every little seeding
and 50 make impossible future forest
The forested states ought 70 find 1t worth
Rtile to protect This FORM q property. just as
-ties protect city property through their fire
sarartments well organized state system
-z7 be made Of great educational value. as well
as furnishing a means q attacking fires after
.azv start Educatjon Is far more effective than
avs and penalties Is q deterrent
New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
Odd North German Custom.

In northern Germany a familiar fig'
ure of the rural districts is a quaint
old gentleman whose hat Is very much
decorated with flowers and particol-
ored ribbons and who carries a staff
to the top Of which Is tied q huge
bunch Of real or artificial flowers knot
ted to 1t by long streamers of similar
ribbons. According to the district, his
costume also is old fashioned and I'M
usual in other ways. He is the "hoch-
zeitbitter," or person employed among
the country folk to go from house to
house and invite guests to attend u
wedding. He delivers himself of set
speech in an old "Platt Deutsch"
rhyme when he arrives at each place,
accompanying it with wagging Of the
head and stamping Of the staff and Is
generally In rather a jovial condition
by the time his days labOrs are ended.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
"son of the Gar, Fear the Redl"

The car has issued an order that
several state buildings In St. Peters
burg which had been painted red since
the time of Nicholas |. must be re-
painted some other color. The fact IS
he dislikes the color red. Neither his
wife. his daughters, the little grand
duchesses nor the ladies Of the court
ever wear red in the ears presence.
His adherence of the color Is not due
Altogether to its associations with an
archy and rebellion. When he was
quite a boy he was with his parents at
Livadia. While walking with some
companions one afternoon Nicholas
came upon an old gypsy woman who
was telling fortunes There has al
ways been a strain Of the mystic In
Car Nicholas. He insisted that the
woman should "read" his hand. Long
she gazed at his palm and studied its
lines; then, supposedly ignorant OF his
identity, she said, "Son Of the car,
fear the redw The incident deeply I'M
pressed him. He described it to his
father and mother. who only laughed
at him. But the impression remained
in his mind and gradually has grown
stronger. The cars fear OF red has
been increased by the events of recent
years and by the knowledge that 1t IS
the color of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
don p. T. o.
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Paris Ever Famous.

Paris was a famous and cultivated
city ages before Venice. If we search
for them we may find 1t in historical
associations that may vie with those of
any city in the world except Rome and
Constantinople, and even It's antiquari-
an and artistic remains are seldom
equaled or surpassed. At Rome, Flor
ence or Venice the tourist talks of old
churches, palaces and remains. At
Paris he gives himself up to the boule-
wards, the theaters, shops and races
The profoundly instructive history, the
profuse antiquarian remains Of the
great city, are forgotten carent quia
yate sacro.-London Spectator.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
A MERCHANT.
He Used to Be One Engaged Exclu-
siveIy In Foreign Commerce.

He Used to Be One Engaged Exclu-
sively In Foreign Commerce.
Originally the term merchant was
applied only to one who traded with
foreign countries and who owned or
chartered ships for that purpose
Chaucer's "Marchaunt:"
He wolde the see were kepud for eny-
thnge
Betwixe Middulburgh and Orewelle.
The merchant Of Venice had ION the
ocean" his "argosles with portly sail,
and so had all the other merchants
about whom poets or historians have
written. SO also In the Bible there Is
no confusion about the meaning OF the
word. One passage alone will serve as
an Illustration, "She is like the mer-
chants ships-she bringeth her food
from afar" proverbs XXI, 14). De
Quincy. writing in the early part OF
the nineteenth century cAutoblograph-
ic Sketches'), says:
"My father was a merchant, not In
the sense of Scotland, where 1t means
a retail dealer-one, for instance, who
sells groceries in the cellar-but In the
English sense, q sense vigorously ex-
clusive-that is, he was a man en-
gagged In foreign commerce and no
other. therefore In wholesale COM
merce and no other"
But now 1t is no longer necessary to
"plow the Spanish main" to give one
this time honored title, for any one
who sells eggs by the dozen or flannel
by the piece is at once put down as n
merchant.-London Notes and Queries.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
What We Owe to Our Coal.

"When England loses her ascendency
in coal production" said William STAN
ley Jevons, a British political econo-
mist. In 1867, "her fall will be quicker
than the Roman empires was after
Odoacer the Germanic barbarian. up
set the shadow throne of the little Au
gustus and made himself king Of
Italy" The United States, which was
low In the scale Of coal production
when that prophecy was made, has
since then passed far ahead Of Eng
land. OF the more than 400,O000O0
tons Of coal of all sorts produced in the
United States in the calendar year
1907 much more than three-hfths was
anthracite, and nearly all Of this was
furnished by Pennsylvania.
In 1880 the United States passed
ahead Of the United Kingdom in vol
ume of manufactures In the aggregate,
and the lead has been increasing ever
since. In 1907 the United States in pig
iron production, 26,0O00O0 tons, beat
the United Kingdom, Germany and
France combined. In 1908 our $780,
OOOOOO,OO0 of wealth exceeds that OF
the United Kingdom and France taken
together, which are our nearest rivals
on that roll. Much of the United
States Industrial and financial prepon-
derance over the countries Of the world
is due to the utilization Of anthracite
which started on Feb. II, 1SOS.-Les
lies Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
WONDERS OF COAL.
vBuried Sunshine" Has Become
Plavthina Of Science.

Has It ever occurred to you that the
vanilla with which many favoritc
dish of yours is favored Is made from
coal? VIII you believe that most OF
the dyes which have stained the Fab
RIGS of your clothes, that the naphtha
md benzine which your tailor uses In
removing stains and that even the
sweetest perfumes are all Of them de-
rivatives of coal.
1t was once said by scientist, cley-
erer and more imaginative than most
of his kind, that coal Is buried sun
shine" Something Of the enormous
extent of ancient coal forming jungles
may be conceived when 1t is said that
our present forests would produce only
two or three inches of coal If they,
too, were subjected to a carbonizlng
process.
The magicians who have wrought
wonders with coal are the gasmaker
and the chemist. If coal is burned In
the open air, heat Is produced and
nothing left but a little ash. Burn IL
I'm closed vessel, however, ana the
marvellous change occurs. In the nrst
place, coal gas is produced and, chem
ically treated, is supplied to every city
home. Furthermore, ammonia Is CD
tanned, important in modern agricui-
ture because by its means plants can
be arti6cially supplied with the nitro
gen they need. Then, again, asphalt
is produced, much used In roadmaking'
although the retort is not the CHER
source of It's supply. Lastly, black
noisome ooze is collected which goes
by the name of "coal tar" 1t Is this
which at the touch OF the modern
chemists wand is transformed Into the
most widely different substances I'M
aglnable.
The wonders OF coal tar do not cease
here 1t is a palette Of gorgeous col
ors, a medicine chest Of potent drugs
whole arsenal of terrible explosives,
vial of delicious flavors and garden
of perfumes most protean, varie-
gated substance In the world.-London
Pail Mall Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
ARE YOU GOOD AT FIGURES?
n You Solve This Problem You Will
Win a $4,000 Prize.


In 1865 there died in Toulouse
French lawyer, Pierre de Fermat. who
made a hobby of mathematics and en-
riched the treasures Of that science by
several most interesting formulas. IN
fortunately he had the habit OF an
nouncing his discoveries without any
mention of the means by which he ar
rived thereat or affording any special
proof or method of proof. He simply
inscribed them in the margin of his IA
verite copy Of the "Arithmetlca' OF
Diaphantos of Alexandria. When In
1910 his son issued new edition OF
Diaphantos he printed his fathers mar.
ginal notes along Herewith. AS al
most every one Of these notes was
new and had for pure mathematics
some meaning and value, they have az
forded for many years material Tor
much study, discussion and PROOF. 1t
was a long while before their demon
stration was In any way complete, and
there remains to this day one which Is
known to mathematicians simply as
the Fermat formula or rule and which
has not yet been proved mathemat-
ically. This formula or rule is to the
effect that, while the sum OF two
squares of whole numbers may mot
musb amount to the square OF another
whole number-as, for instance, 6--tS-=
64G4=1OO-1Os-the sum of two cubes
can never be the cube Of whole num-
Der. the sum of the fourth powers or
two numbers can never be the fourth
power of a whole number, etc.
To prove a negative is, as rule,
more difficult than to demonstrate n
positive. In fact, in law the burden or
proof rests always on the one assert
ing the positive side of the question.
Here the fact remains: Fermats asser-
ton that the sums of higher powers
than squares can never amount to
corresponding higher power Of whole
number appears to be inyariable, but
no mathematical demonstration there
of has as yet been offered.
In order to stimulate mathematical
discussion and demonstration Dr. Paul
Wolfskehl. who died recently In Darn
stadt. left in his will a provision for
the payment of 100000 marks ($25,OOO)
to the first person who would afford
the mathematical proof of the Fermat
formula for all quantities. The Got
finger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaf-
ten has the consideration of solutions
offered and the awarding of the prize
to the successful applicant Such cele-
brated mathematicians as Euler d.
rlchlet and Hummer have given proofs
which cover Il number of special cases,
but no one has AS yet shown that the
rule is absolute for all whole numbers
Scientific American.
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THE HAT HABIT.
A Custom That Is Neither Becoming
Nor Health Giving.

A Custom That Is Neither Becoming
Nor Health Giving.
Why do both men and women persist
In wearing hats? asks Pearson's Maya
zine. There are three reasons why we
should wear clothes. We may wear
them for the sake Of decency, for the
sake of warmth and for the sake of dis
play. None of these reasons applies
TO the wearing Of hats. or course
there are head coverings that are
warm. such as the Icelander's sealskin
hood and the fisherman's toque; but, as
rule there IS no real warmth In the
hat of either sex. When a woman pins
q slight structure Of straw and artificial
flowers on the top Of her hair she new
er for an instant imagines that the
thing will keep her from taking cold.
The masculine top hat Is certainly
warm on a hot day, but 1t Is very far
from warm In cold weather
Neither ARE hats worn for the pur-
pose of display. Doubtless there are
times when women make the hat the
occasion Of displaying their fondness
for dead birds, muslin flowers and 9th
err beautiful objects, but this Is only
when fashion has decreed that big hats
shall be worn. At other times the fe-
male hat Is so microscopically small
that it could not be successfully used
for displaying anything. AS for mems
hats. they never display anything ex-
cept the atrocious taste which makes
them fashionable. Why, then, In the
name Of all that is sensible, do men
and women wear hats?
AS a rule, every man and every wo-
man looks better without a hat than
with one. This is why we all take of
our hats at the opera or at an evening
party, and yet we cling to a custom
that has not word to be said In its be-
half. We persist in wearing the ugly
useless and injurious hat. Why do we
do It? should like to find good Irish
echo that would answer the question
ut length and In satisfactory way.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
praeticino For the CotilIon.

"Nobody ever told me that was a
good dancer" declared Edward M.
Greenway. leader Of cotillons. but III
tell you a compliment young woman
did pay me once. She said. You took
me through that crowd without a col
Iision and without any one treading on
my skirt
"Well never had a dancing lesson
in my life. but used to practice dane
ing in the days when women wore
those great long trains and it was not
considered good form to pick them up
They trailed along behind for several
Yards. Those were the days when you
had to guide and keep moving with
your partner so as to keep that train
following gracefully"
"But how did you practiceT
USED to tie two sheets to an or
binary chair and then dance in and out
among a dozen chairs scattered over a
dance hoor."-San Francisco Chronicle
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-03-21
BIRD VISION.
Keen Eyesisht of the Kinsfishers and
Water Birds.

So far | have determined that the
keenest eyesight is probably possessed
by water birds and kingfshers, al
though every kind of bird possesses
keener eyesight than does man. 1t IS
a fact that the eyesight of man Is 60
ing to get worse In the future and Is
getting worse all the time-that is, we
are growing more nearsighted. The &C.
cupatiOns of a majority Of men In
cities compel them to do their work at
very close range. This removes the
necessity Of the farsighted eyes with
which most men are endowed. 1t Is
probably q good thing that we are be-
coming nearsighted.
AS an example Of the visual capacity
Of some birds one has to think for
moment of hawk poised several hun
dred yards above a meadow In which
a field mouse or q small chicken Is
hidden. In a few seconds after the
quarry IS sighted 1t is seized by the
bird. whose sharp sight has not only
detected it, but whose wonderful ac-
commodative apparatus permits OF
sure and continuous fxation from hun
dreds of meters to less than a meter
within an incredibly short space OF
time. Variations in the character OF
this acute vision are seen in many
other birds-in the humming bird, that
darts here and there so quickly that
the human eye cannot follow 1t and
yet comes suddenly to rest on an al
most invisible twig; In the woodcock'
that fits through the dark woods,
avoiding every tree. shrub and branch
as If they were nonexistent; in the owl,
that combines good diurnal with good
nocturnal vision, and in the kingfsher,
that sees as well in the air as he does
in water.-Dr. c. A. Wood In Chicago
Inter Ocean.