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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Calendar for Today.
AUS1RO-SERviAN WAR
ISA POSSIBILITY
kim Peter Urged On BY cIamor OF
PeopIe-Austris Takes Military

Precautions.
VIENNA, Oct. 9.-War between Aus
tria-Hungary and Servia Is fecoS-
nized possibility. although 1t is be-
Heved here that 1t will be averted'
King Peter is in a difficult position
on account Of the cIamor Of the Ser
VANS for war. particularly since MS
tenure Of the throne has never been
safe.
Austrians on their part, have a new
feeling of national enterprise on &C
count Of the forward movement IN
the annexation of Bosnia and Here
soyina, and might be more ready for
further adventures.
Takes Military Precautions.
Tina; the government recognizes the
possibility the military precautions
in Hungary show. All the brigades
over the Save and the Danube near
the Servian frontier are strongly
guarded by patrols. and four Danube
river monitors were concentrated al
Budapest today.
The government explains that this
manoeuyer was planned some time
ago but the Austrians would have Bel
grade at the mercy Of their guns II
that were necessary.
The newspapers contain warnings
10 servis. The Wiener Tagblaat
says:
Tho Ic1t few days or hours will
show whether oficial Servia joins IN
this game Of blum. II II wishe. u
make a declaration OF bankruptcy.
that can snon ~ managed. rhs peo-
pie must no; forget that when once
the mischief hos been done. there car
he NO pardon"
BELGRADE. sERvIA. Oct. s.-TL"
eIamor for far with Austria Hungary
for ,he occupation Of Bosnia ana
herzegovina IL growing here con
stantiy and scorrs Of Wild eyed m"n
are on the streets. This morning
mob OF demonirators forced its wsy
TO the precincts Of the palace and DC
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Waterways Not Sectional.

Il believe in improving the water
ways everywhere, no matter whether
these waterways are the rivers that
run down the mountain sides into the
ocean in the West or the waterways
that converge in the Mississippi val
by and carry their floods to the
gulf
IF the work should be done and
/ believe that it should. then you
people who believe it should be done
should agrea upon the best methods
by which to do it. But | repeat that
you must not be frightened because
j, may require an investment. Al
St. Louis last fall they resolved that
$500, 100000 sp mt in improving the
waterways of the Mississippi valley
would bring an interest in the way
of decrease OF cost OF transportation
amounting to SIS 900 600 a year. Why.
my friends if it only saved $4,000
600 a year. it would be 10 per c mt.
interest on the investment.
Now Is the Time.
Il believe the plan should be
comm HCeQ now. i DeileSc 'hdt ~
should be a comprehensive plan. that
it should deal with the entire subject,
and that it should be permanent
p!an; that We should begin now to
lay the foundation for the future
greatness of this country in the de-
velopment of those natural resources,
these God given water courses OF
ours
Mr. Hill. in his Litter declares that
the assertion that the railroad inter
est are hostile to the development
Of the couEtry's waterways is one OF
many cheap sland RS by which a po-
litical campaign against the railroad
interests has been promoted in the
past. Said he. Il am glad to en-
phasize right here the fact that the
relation Of railroad water transpor-
ta,ion is one OF harmony, helpfulness
and cooperation"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
OPINION UNANIMOUS IN
FAVOR Or WATERWAYS
CONTINUED from First PagC.)

or our cotton reaches the London
market, it's price is fixed there by the
competition which II meets. If 4
bushel OF VIII at sells for dollar in
London and ii takes fifty cents to get
it from the farm to London, the far
mer gets fifty cents a bushel for his
wheat II you can 40 improve the
transportation that the farmer can
Ct his wheat from his farm to Liv-
erpool for % cents. YOU have added
% cents to the farmers price for his
wheat
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
DAILY PRESS NEWS, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1908

Pennsy lvania. Virginia, North Caro-
lima and the District Of Columbia with
sew n examiners.
District Ave with headquarters at
Nashville, Tenn. and with examiner
s. II. /. Cooper In charge. will include
Tennessee. South Carolinab Florida,
Georgia. Alabama, mississippi. L"uisi-
ana and X ntucky with six examiners.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09

handed to see King Peter The al
tituie OF the crowd was SO threaten
ing that troops aud sendarmes had 10
charge sevc raj times l*forc the patri'
OTIS would disperse.
The patriots are very much dis
satisfied with the tone of the protest
OF Servia, against the occupation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. They de-
clare it lacks vigOr and does not rep
resent the feelings of the nation,
which would rather go to war than
,acquiecc in this act OF Austria Hun
gary.
Palace Again Surrounded.
Great crowds again surrounded the
palace later in the day shouting for
war, and calling for the king to APP
pear. Finally King Peter accompa-
MED bv the crown prince. came to the
balcony and implored the people not
to cause disturbances. He said:
Trust me and the government: We
will both do our duty
The crowd cheercd the king but
continued to shout: War with Aus.
tIa."
Militant Prince Acclaimed.
The report spread today that the
crown prince had announced his de-
cree to lead an army into Bosnia.
This was received with popular &C
claim. and he was given an ova-
ton while driving in his motor car
this afternoon.
The statement is made in the news
papers that the reigning prince of
Montenegro has sent message to
King Peter in which he is quoted as
saying: When the Servian army
marches to the banks of the Drina my
army will advance against HerZogo-
yina.''
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Pre4minent.

Some OF the Western newspapers
are disputing as 10 whether Mr. Taft
or Mr.. Hughes has done the most 81
fec;iyc speaking for the Republican
party in this campaign. Neither u
entitled 10 this distinction. Thus
far the most effective Republican cam
paigTtr is William Randolph Hearst.
New York World.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Sailed.

Steamers Montenegro (Br) Owen
Liverpool: Cayo Sato (BrD Widgery.
Bremen.
: Schooners W. C. Tanner, Johnson.
Brunswick: Dorothy B. Barrett. Er-
win, Boston: VI. d. Cressey. Johns
tone. Providence: Mary E. II. G. Dow.
Murray. Portsmouth: James w. FL
well. McIver. Trinidad.
Barges Baravia. Allyn's Point: Berk-
shire, Providence.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Game Postponed.

The football game scheduled for
this afternoon between the eleven OF
the local High school and Old Point
Comfort College on the college grid
iron has been postponed until next
Friday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Hiea School Literary society.

The High School Literary Society
will hold its regular meeting in tn"
asse mbly haI Of IN" High school
building AZ o'clock this afternoon.
An Interesting literary and musical
program has bcen arranged for the
occasion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
SHIPPING REPORT
Thursday October 8, 1908.
Arrived.

Arrived.
Steamer WINFIELD (Br) Galveston
Ito Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Agency
Company for. bunker coal.
Steamer Hartlepool (Br) hyperion,
Galveston-to White Oak Coal Com
pany for bunker coal.
Ship Acme. Mckay. Baltimore-to
Chesapeake & Ohio Coal and Coke
Company in ballast.
Schooner Mary Curtis, Rogers.
JAMS river-tn Atlantic States Coal
and Coke Company in ballast.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09

waai-sdv 'rtisC-aBd turn an annoy
apcc into an inriGrEt shnn a uscru.
employee goes over % your compctt
tor.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
sesteh Singers Of Glasgow

VIII appear IN n arst number OF
STAR CURSE
A. v. N. c. A. N'esy. oefebsr u.
SEASON tickets re on safe. Phone
Bel I0f. either I27. or see any
member Of Comm 20.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09

scptch q Glasgow. Monday riFh'
Oct. 18th. Get your season tickets.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09

Co, your star ccursa Ticsrts TOW.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
Cleared.

Steamer Hartlepool (Br.) hyperion,
Rotterdam.
Steamer WINFIELD (Br.) Bremen.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
Clerical cIo.hs. In New yo,k.

To-day I encountered a whIm of New York tailors that astonished me-" said a western clergyman. T ordered a suit of clothes from a man who re- fused to work for me.
 Whats the reason you folks are passing me along to another tailor?" l asked. Do look hard to fitp Are you afraid you won't get your money?
 "The tailor explained that neither of my guesses was correct. He declined to make my clothes simply because I am a clergyman and require a clerical cut. He let me down easily by stat ing further that he never undertook to make ecclesiastical garments, that very few of the lay tailors in New York do undertake them. They do not have enough of that kind of work to keep them constantly informed on the requirements of the different re- ligfous orders. A mistake would be embarrassing to the clergymen and to the tailor, so they hand all such GUS toners over to tailors who make a speciality of such work."-New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
L0WESTOFT CHINA.
Story of Factory Whose Products
 Are Now Highly Prized,

Story of Factory Whose Products
 Are Now Highly Prized. At the end of the North parade Lowestoft, is the Warren. House, a place of great interest to connoisseurs of china. It was here, in the eight eenth century, that a discovery of fine clay was made which eventually led to Lowestoft manufacturing the china which is now so rare that 1t is almost priceless.
 Initial experiments made by HewliD Luson, Esq, of Gunton Park, near Lowestoft, with some fine clay discov. cred accidentally on his estate result. ed in complete success and ultimately led to the opening of a factory at Lowestoft in 1756 for the manufacture of fine earthenware and porcelain "soft paste"
 In 1775 finely glazed and decorated hard paste" was introduced, the eff. ficiency and beauty of which beto. kened brilliant success for the pro prietors. Contemporary evidence in. disputably shows that from ITO to 1890 the Lowestoft works were at the zenith of their fame. Owing, however, to the enormous expenses and difficult. ty incurred in procuring china clay from Cornwall and elsewhere after the original clay was exhausted and the rapidly increasing competition of other makers its prosperity waned, the collapse came, and the works were closed in 1S03.-London Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
SHOOTING THE SUN.
Simplest Way of locating . Ships
 Position at Sea.

The average transatlantic traveller displays very little interest in the nav igation of the vessel beyond watching the ships officers, sextant in hand, making observations, says writer In Travel Magazine. Very few have any idea of the process by means of which the modern navigator is enabled to ac- eurately place the ships position at a stated time on the chart. Out of sight of land ships geographical DO. sition is determined either by keeping a careful record of the course steered and the distance run, known as dead reckoning. or by the combined use of chronometer and sextant-that is, by observation of the heavenly bodies. The operation of finding the latitude and longitude of observation can be performed in number of ways, of which the simplest and most conven. lent is by measuring the altitude of the sun above the horizon at noon, as is indicated on the vernier of the sextant and spoken of at sea as shooting the sum-" An arithmetical computation by the aid of logarithms is thus quickly made which shows exactly how far the ship is ,lorth or south of the equa- tor, or, in other words, the latitude.
 Finding the longitude, however, is a somewhat longer process. An observa- tion is made either in the forenoon or afternoon, the chronometer time of the horizon contact of the suns image be- ing noted. A calculation is then made which gives the exact time at the spot where the ship happens to be, and,. as the chronometer carried aboard shows the exact time at Greenwich, the prime meridian of longitude the difference between the two expresses in hours and minutes (easily convertible Into degrees and miles, the distance east or west of Greenwich.
 Having thus, roughly speaking, found the latitude and longitude, dot placed on the chart at the exact point where the lines of latitude and longitude cross denotes the ships position.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
A MANS HAT.
Why sit Always Regarded as a Fit
 Subject For Jokes?

"Hy bo " SlWdtS hoSdToeo as FW
 Subject For Jokes?
 T wonder why 1t is," says a young gentleman who spends most of his lei sure time studying human nature at a populous street corner, that a mans hat is always regarded as fit subject for Jokes? Anything that happens to his shoes is a serious matter, and, al- though his vest, especially If it is out of the usual in design or color, is sometimes made the subject of pointed remarks, disaster to any other garment is regarded as matter of sympathy.
 But if he goes to church and puts down his hat at the end of his pew, where somebody kicks a dent in it and knocks 1t five feet down the aisle, or if he places 1t carefully beside him in lecture room or theater and a preoccupied young woman comes in and sits down on 1t people laugh with out seeming to feel the slightest sym pathy for him or his sky piece.
 "A man chasing his hat through the oeASNS Oh a hihug uaJ W dlNdgS ul- tract a grinning. unsympathetic crowd ready to lay bets on the distance the hat will travel before he catches up or on the amount of damage 1t will sustain before 1t is finally recovered. and so irritated does the owner be- come when he finds his vicious dabs and grabs at 1t greeted with ironical applause that he generally forgets to thank the man who stops 1t by stamp ing on 1t and hands it back. I be. lieve Joe Miller perpetrated jokes about chasing the hat, but the heavy felts and cooked hats of Miller's time did not lend themselves readily to joking purposes. for when those old fashioned headpieces were blown off they drop ped to the ground and stayed there. A panama, stovepipe or even a derby may run and fly by turns from Broad way to the postoffice and attract as much attention as runaway team."- St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
HIDDEN DANGERS.

Uric ae1d is 6 deadly poison that Is produced in the human body, and 1t is the duty of the kidneys to collect this poison from the blood. and 10 pass 1t safely out of the system, together with all waste water.
 It is the presence in the body of an excess of uric acid that causes SO much pain and suffering. and 60 many of the aches that gre commonly at tributed to rheumatism.
 The kidneys are bean-shaped or eans. composed of masses of little tubes. all of which pour their secre- tions into a main channel that leads to the bladder. Tn this way the kld- neys pass off more than an ounce of poison every day when in health.
 But it does not take much Co set the Kidneys back. and when they get behind. they can not right themselves without help. The uric acid begins 10 clog the kidneys. causing inst dull heavy aching In the back and sharp twInges when stoopine or lifting. IL crystaIlizes Ia the muscles and joints and every turn or twist brings keeu- est torture. Tt attacks the nerves with neuralgia and sciatiea- It brings headaehe. dIEzinezS lsnguor. and disorder of the urine.
 Try 6 good kidney medicine. If you have sny of the above symptoms.
 There Is nothing else so prompt and effective ss Deans Kidney Pills and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
Jenny lind,s Piatx.

Jenny Lind. who gave her first r.. 900 to the poor, continued throughout her life series of charities and pie ties. In regard to the latter we have the assurance of friend that this greatest of singers deliberately cut short her own public career while her voice was still in perfection. It was Lady Taylor. wife of the author of Philip Van Arteyelde," who found Jenny Lind sitting toward evening on a south coast beach just after her withdrawal. with book in her lap. She spoke of her resolve. "I found that this"-the setting sun-"was be- coming less to me and that this"-the book In her lap was Bible-"was be. coming nothing to me, and knew then that l must check myself and change my life."-London Standard.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15

1 this remedy has nc effect on the other organs. except to drive out the uric poison that interrupts their action. It cures the kidneys and thus ends the cause .: disease. Rich. pure blood and lasting health result.
 Deans Kidney Pills are recon- mended by your own towaspeople.
 Waterbury Testimony.
 James Connally. os s4 East Clay street, Waterbury. Conn. says: "Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of baekache and kidney trouble after I had suf. fered for years and had doctOred for it without getting relief. Thomas MfI- Ter. friend Of mine boarding st this house. was all broken up on account Of his back psining him. He was v~lk in the loIns and % badly froubl- ed that be was homesick. He had as had a case of kidney trouble and hackacbe as l ever srw. I told hina about Deans Kidney Pills snd asked him to send tO H. ". Lake Drug Company for a box. He began taking them and in . few days was back at work His hack Is as strong as ever now. A number Of cases have cone to my notice where Doans Kdnev Pills have cured people of kidnsy cou- plaint and backsche. I look upaa them ss a certain cure My own ex- rerfsnoe with them was some yesrs sgO and I have not had to uss sny kidney medicine since-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
GRANTING PATENTS.
Invention as Distinguished From
 Mere Mechanical Skill.

Mere Mechanlcat Skill.
 A patent cannot properly be granted protecting the product of mere me- chanical skill as distinguished from in- vention. Difficulty is frequently ex- perienced in distinguishing between the two, and the supreme test for de- termining whether a particular device is the result of mechanical skill is not whether an ordinary mechanic could make the device if 1t were suggested to him, but whether he would make 1t without suggestions save those which are prompted by his skill and knowledge of his art.
 For example, if man constructs out of iron machine which had previous ly been made out of wood he does not thereby become an inventor in a legal sense, because everybody knows that any constructor can build a machine out of iron instead of wood. But suppose that gunpowder had just re- gently been discovered and that the man who invented it had applied for and obtained patent upon it.
 He might have claimed, T combine saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal in certain way and produce a startling result" and it would An no answer, if an action for infringement were brought, for the infringer to say that every chemist could make the powder after he had been shown how. for, If every chemist did not have the knowledge as well as the skill, the of the powder constituted lnvention.-Exchange.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
PhiIadeIphis's ti-tippina Scheme

A Philadelphia acquaintance has in. vented a way of getting rid of the brushing" nuisance. He places a silver quarter in the hollow of his right hand and, turning to the boy who is pretending to find dust upon his clothes, says:
 "You are such a tremendous brush. CT l will giv you this money if you can brush it out of my hand"
 "Yes, sir answers the boy with glee unless he has tried the act pre-. viously. In that case he gives up the job.
 AS a general proposition, the most facile brushing" will not sweep a coin of human hand. Why this happens to be true will be less under stood after the reader has tried it him self. One might almost say that a coin cannot be brushed with a whisk broom of the back as well as out of the palm of q hand.
 Give the boy three tries and tEen return the money to your pocket Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
FOOD FOR cANNIBALs.
One of the Many Tragedies Enacted In
 Polynesia.

It is not so very long ago that can nibalism was rife throughout Poly nesia, so that to be killed, cooked and eaten was the almost invariable fate of sailors who ehanced to be so unfor- tunate as to be cast away on any of the outlying little visited islands.
 Perhaps the most awful tragedy of the kind on record was that which happened in connection with the loss of the St. Paul, Captain Pennard, while on voyage from Hongkong to Syd- ney. This fine steamship carried, be- sides full crew, 327 passengers, most ly emigrants.
 On Sept. 30, 1858, she was wrecked on the island of Rossel, but all got safely on shore. A little later the cap tain and eight of the crew left the island fin search of assistance and were picked up by the Prince of Den mark schooner. Eventually the French steamer Styx was dispatched to the island and brought away one emi- grant. The remaining 326 had been massacred and devoured by the na- tives.-Pearson's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-15
AND

| 1t happened? (2) Where is the town
 of North Andover? (3) What is
 meant by Roosevelt's big stick? (4) What is the horoscope of one born April g.?
 A. Last August three companies of negro soldiers stationed at Fort
 Brown, Texas, were mixed up in a shooting affair when several citizens were shot. As it was impossible to
 convict the guilty persons all mem-
 Ders of the three companies were dis
 charged without honor. (2) There are towns called North Andover in Massachusetts and Wisconsin. There are Andovers in perhaps a dozen states, and no doubt some of these have villages called North. (3) The term is applied to some of the presi-
 dents aggressive policies. (4) A natural reasoner and leader, making good lawyer or teacher.
 Reader.-Can photographs be cleaned of dirt or dust, and what may one use to clean them? (2) Does lightning strike something every time it flashes? (3) Does the vice-presi- dent live in the white house, or if not, where? (4) Give a brief de- scription of the interstate commerce commission and what it does. (5) Can you give the address of a good electrical firm handling small bat teries, telegraph instruments and other electrical toy instruments?
 A. If not too much soiled they may be cleaned with a soft sponge and clear water. (2) Lightning Is discharge of electricity between one group of clouds and another, or between the clouds and the ground. It is much the same, though on d much grander scale, as the spark from an electric machine. Thunder clouds vary in height from 90 to 2,- 800 feet from the ground. There are three kinds of lightning. Sheet lightning has no definite form and is harmless-a mere flash of electricity. Forked lightning is aimed at the earth and strikes unless it is first dissipated in the air. Ball lightning usually takes curved line for the earth and burns everything it touch- es until 1t is itself burned out. The last is more like meteor. (3) The government does not provide house for the vice-president, and he is con- pelled to provide his own. (4) The interstate commission is a body in tended to adjust matters of differ ence between the people and the in- terstate railroads, labor. rates, etc. To this end accidents, strikes and ev- erything of the sort is reported to the commission. (5) This column does not print such addresses; in. quire at an electrical or hardware store. t-s sf