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The Washington times., 1908-08-07
INTERNAL COMMERCE
HEAVY IN JUNE
Marked Improvement Shown
Over Preceding Months Is
Bureaus Report.

Internal commerce movements for the
month Of June, as reported TO the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department
Of Commerce and Labor show marked
improvements over the preceding months
of the year.
There is a considerably heavier live
stock movement than there was in June
OF last year, and the first six months
OF this year also show a healthy gain
over the same period Of 1907
A perceptible Improvement in, the
freight car situation is indicated for
the month. practically all the associa-
lions showing increased traffic for the
month over any OF the preceding months
OF the current year. Grain. lumber, and
coal continue to indicate an advance
over earlier months Of the year, al
though the figures are stiH below those
of June, 1907, in volume.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07
BOY HIT IN STOMACH
BY PITCHED BALL
Robert Marmaon in Serious
Condition at Georgetown
Hospital-Rectors En-
joy Vacation.

While playing bah on the Tennally-
town grounds yesterday. Robert Mar
maon was accidentally struck in the alb
dOmen by d pitched bah. lie was taken
10 Georgetown University Hospital In
an automobile and is Ia a serious con
dition.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07
The Livestock Receipts.

A notable Improvement is ia live
stock receipts at seven interior markets.
The receipts Of all kinds Of animals
at the markets in question were 3,25s. 561
for June, as compared with 200. 183 for
June OF last year. At the principal At
lantic seacoast C.ties-BostOn, New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore-re-
ceipts of live stock during June aggre-
gated s0l. us head. rs compared with
6Sl .226 head during the same month OF
1907.
The showing made by grain receipts
at fifteen markets for June is not so
good when compared with the figures OF
last year. Receipts for June, however,
$3.50 bushels. show a slight advance
over those for May. The figures for the
same month Of 1901 were "a, 550950 Every
city constituting the fifteen markets,
with the exception of Minneapolis.
Little Rock. and Louisville, show small
CT receipts than during June of last
year
Receipts Of flour anc grain at the four
cities of Boston, New Y 1rk, Philadel-
phia, and Baltimore for June were IL
Jl5.3lS bushels, in contrast with the
heavy receipts for June. 1907, Of 10. S6S.-
GI3 bushels.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

The funeral OF Ruth c. Murphy, the
two-yeaT-old daughter Of T. J. Murphy,
who succumbed yesterday 10 injuries re-
ceived by burning, will take place on
Saturday from the late residence, 1855
ThiTty-second street. Interment VIII be
in Glenwood Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

During August, the congregation Of
St. Johns and Christ Episcopal
Churches viii hold joint meetings. This
is following the usual custom each
year. in order 10 give the ministers Of
these churches thei- vacations The Rev.
Frederick b. HoWden, rector OF 81.
Johns, and the Rev, II. W Blake.
rector OF Christ Church. left last Mon
day for their annual vacations. Next
Sunday, services Will be held IN ST.
Johns Church ana thence alternate,
until four Sundays have passed, when
the rectors viii return and resume their
duties The union meetings will be in
charge OF Rev. g. II. ". Troop, as
sistant rector OF St. Johns Church
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

Miss Maggie Balinger, Of 1911 Thirty
third street, has Joined her niece, Miss
Sarah F. Cruit. at Potomac. Montgom-
cry county. Nd. where they will spend
their summer vacation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

+2I Ea
The state campaign Is progressing
10 . manner TO indicate that the
breach IN The republican party 10
rapidly bealina, and long before
election day rolls around. there will
be little evidence but what the
repuhiloans will support the state
ticket solidly. Going straight to the
point the question resolves itself into
this, would 1t :.be preferable to elect
Z democrat rather than 2 republican
and thus place the party behind tile
race for several yesrs to come. There
IL danger. too. Of Bryan carrying the
state With drawing way from the
party, and no republican wants to
see that come about. The democrats
have worked the confidence scheme
on the republican party sufficiently
long as to require a change In
methods and now is the tine to
bridk 1t about. Crawford and Vessey
are doing valiant work for the
ticket and their efforts should be
seconded by the rank and file of the
party.
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Poi. Discovery Must .. pr.~.d.

Psis Discovery Must D prsvsd.
Over their lunch the fishermen. a
sase in the l,obbing boat, talked about
Psary.
..why doesn't he Just lie about IT,
come back and say he's reached the
north pole and let 1t 60 at that? II
would save Q lot Of money"
"Yes. 1t would save money. bu.
Peary must bring back proof"
"How can he bring back proof?"
with his camera. 1t IL like this.
Only at the north pole would the
shadow Of a bullet suspended from .
string describe in q days time q per
feet circle. Everywhere else the
shadow would be elliptical. Well,
Peary, II he ever gets to the pole, vii!
hang up his bullet and photograph az
arc Of his circle. he won't photograph
the whole thing, because at the north
pole a full day Is six months long
The arc. though. will tell the story to
scientists. 1t will be the proof that no
fake has been worked."-New Orleans
Times-D Democrat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

Mrs. Kate Howard, one of the
rioters at Springfield. Ill.,, was
arrested and indicted on the charge
OF melting the riot there at the time
the negro trouble %as on. After she
was released On ball she was placed
under another indictment and was
arrested. When she accompanied
the officer to the Jail she secretly
took a dose of poison and died when
she entered the Jail doors. That will
relieve the state OF some expense IN
connection with the trials Of the
rioters, and IL the rest would go the
same route society would be relieved
of their presence and they would not
Incite any more riots.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

That baseball has not lost its hold
on the American public was demon
strated three days last week when
Chicago and New York in the
Nstional league played three games
that will doubtl"ssly decide the
championship In that league. In the
three games $4,000 people saw the
great struggle on the diamond for
supremacy, and more would have
seen 1t II they could have gotten into
tho grounds-but there was a limit.
Chicago took three games OF Of New
York, and the victories put them
IN half game behind the New Workers
who are 1t the top Of the league. 1t
- confidently expected that the
Chicago team will win tue pennsnt
altar putting out their Oil adverse.
riss. It d . Close lace 10 the
National league, with three teams
st tho top, and . game won will put
any ono Of the three In the lead.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

= popultst editor down at Schuyler,
Nob., hA1 eone out and declared
himself on the presidential candidates
Tor this year and 10 supporting Taft
and Sherman as against Nj. Bryan
and Nj. Kern. Editor SpTecher
states that he isa populist but In
supporting men for PRESIDENT he says
no declines 70 support \ man who Il
continually changing bis Views With
every presidsntsi campaign, and for
that reason no viii not support Mr..
Bryan this year. He declares that
Bryan 10 Tor or asainst any proposi.
tlou tnat will Win bin votes. He
supported Bryan IL 1895 on the free
silver iasue and even stood for hia
antj-inps.ialistic Views In 1900.
which, however. Editor Sprscher
tbinks Bryan was PARTLY responsible
for 10 the philippines. He re-
.gards Bryan's actions since 1900
.apdsip tho present campaign - such
.tbat ~ cannot support him now.
He Declares that Ia 1904 Bryan
I4hovods too liltis interest 10 thu
5Rnsksa candidacy and merely kept
81 - line for the nomination
u ~ Thls year Editor SpSrchei
- f4ET%rN rEFFrN ~ .EsE1 q fH+fNtt
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
4 NoissIess Room.

For many physical researches a per
fectly ~noiseless room is a desidera
tum. II such could 30 devised Il
would open ont new possibilities Of re.
search. At the University Of Utrechi
The problem has been APPARENTLY sue
cessfully solved BY the room designed
BY ZwaardemAker. The walls and
ceiling Of the room are eleven inches
thick and are formed OF SIX separate
layers. The first consists Of a feltliks
material Of horsehair known - tricho
please. This Is followed By Q layer Q,
porous stone isolated from the door By
sheet lead. An air space Of about O.
Inch u followed by wood and then 9
course OF ground cork and sand. Thu
anal layer u Of specially prepared
ground cork known 40 korkststn.-Lon.
don Globe.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
a ou,sn.. Lex. Of Anim.l..

love all animals. even spiders
They spin 80 rleverly and are such ex.
cellent mothers. Besides. they are mu.
steal. My friend the Swedish CON
poser Hallstrom told me. that for s
long time he had two spiders which
would let themselves down from, the
ceiling by LONG threads when he played
and station themselves on the piano te
hear the music. OF ants. and bees j
will not speak. One who does no,
love them is so stupid that have
nothing to say to him. Even wasps
are not as black as they are painted
For snakes only I have no liking
They terrify me. But my aversion Ii
doubtless due to the fact that I hav.
not studied them enough. It seems
to me Impossible not to love an ANNA
whose innocence and goodness enc
has accurately comprehended.-Carmel
sylvia in Century.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Leekina lnta ~ Ra.4.

An old lady In New York, CELEBRATING
TIE dfieth anniversary Of her wed.
ding. grew reminiscent. It was forty
years ago. she said, since shs had hel
inst clothes wringer. and fiuting ND.
chimes came In about the sane time.
People then had one daguerreotypl
taken and put It In q frame, Therv
were no egg heaters, no carpet sweep.
ses. no faucets. no sewing machineA
NO street cars. electric lights and nu.
merous other things now 20 common
The kitchen was full Of unware, and
Notwithstanding the fact that wate,
bad 70 Be carried 1t must all be kept
secured. But ono gosd thing q thsse
Cd days hired giria." wers paid only
. q at most 81 per mootA.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

1t is evident he could not veil
afford to when the policy was
exploded by the succession Of events
In the history of the county. No
man ever labored more heroically
than Bryan when tried to convince
the people that ii free silver were
not adopted that the country aud
the people would 60 to the dous
That was twelve years ago. Look
at the contry today in its prosperity
-teeming with wealth and standing
high In the markets OF the world
would it have been so with the
policies of Mr.. Bryan in VOC ue9
Well, no.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

rnarpiy on Il drift. n out unuc,
the ministerial lap robe rolled niue
large cheeses. which spun friskly away
In all directions ON the icy crust
His hostess understood the situation
at q glance.
Don't disturb, yourself. pray. SIR
she said politely us ne made a motion
to descend. "lt Is quite unnecessary
The children will gather them up and
none will be n~vprburdened or will
there be any quarreling for the priv.
ilege. See: 1t il Just a cheese to Q
child"
So it was. and the embarrassed par.
son. unable to escape. was obliged to
receive back his cheeses. with due
thanks to each xiggling volunteer az
they came up IN Glssfui p~rocsssion one
b one.
Too we'll he knew that BY The next
day the whole parish would b. laugh.
ing at his misadventure. although hs
could scarcely have guessed that the
joke would be recalled 9 hundred
years later.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

were only too ready to repeat to him.
let hin alone" Louis Napoleon would
reply. He Is too well known. No
n would turn me out to place him on
the throne"
The emperor was correct. for no one
ale a gooc word about "1'lon rlon."
He was commonly believed to have
shown the white feather In the crimes
and never exposed himself where the
lead was falling. An English lady
who In her younger days mingled with
French society tells in her Foreign
Courts and Foreign Homes u story
as ~discreditable to Prince Napoleon as
1t Is honorable to u French artist.
While the artist was painting the
historical picture OF the battle Of the
Alma. which the emperor had ordsrsd.
Prince Napoleon called at the painters
U to make known to him the facts.
On leaving he said be wished The
prominent figure In the battle to be
himself mounted on bis white ehareer.
he sent the horse to the artist. 20 that
be could paint its exact portrait
When the picture was finished and in.
vitations were sent out for q .private
view." the white charger was seen. =
prominent figure In the battle, but
without 4 rider.
On hearing Of this terrible omission
the prince ent an aid-de-camp to ~
the reason. The honest artist said the
horse should remain II the prince
wished. but no rider would be on II.
Tell the prince I have never =
painted q lie" The hint was taken.
The prince ordered the horse To -
rubbed out
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

says that Bryan has dropped free
silver and deserted government
ownership of railroads aud that be
Is not heard shouting very much
about the dangers of the enormous
standing army and that be is rather
weak on the imperialistic question
all Of which we're paramount In
former years but finding the issues
unpopular now, the Nebraska gentle
mar has dropped them for something
that has a stronger appeal for votes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
eERmAHY's END.

An Old Prophecy Gives the Empire
Only Five Wears More.
Five years more and the German
empire will come to an end. So al least
says a prophecy made in the thirteenth
century By q monk named Hermann,
who lived In the monastery OF Lehnin,
In Brandenburg. where he wrote Q
work IN Latin concerning the future
destiny OF Germany for many centu-
ries. The work is styled the .vad-
cintum Lehninense." and 1t Is In verse1
after the name of the sibylline books.
The monk seems to have foretold
the defeat at Jena and the constitu.
ton Of the Germanic confederation IN
1915. Unfortunately the prophetic
Hermann foretells in plain language
the downfall OF the Hohenzollern d..
nasty, and William III. is destined to
be the last Of his race to sit on the I'm.
perial throne. The verses that foreteu
this IN
"yerse SO. Tandem sceptra gerit qui
stemmatis nltimus crit.
Verse 81. Israel infandum sectus
audet morte. piandum.".
at last the scepter 10 In the hands
Of him who will be the last of the royal
race. Israel attempts an execrabls
crime that death alone a expiate.p
In 1870 William l.. king Of Prussia
consulted q celebrated soothsayer who
= answer to his queries told him that
- would ascend the throne In lS49,
that the German empire would BE e4
tablished In 1871, that be would die 10
t666 and that the German smpirs
would come to an end in 1914 The
arDt three prophecies have been ful
dlled to ths very ltttef.-New Yofb
Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

Everything 10 now settled.nicely in
Aberdeen after the milwaukee rail.
road scare. when Aberdeen thought
that she Vas going to lose the head
quafteIS Of the company, which were
TO be moved 70 Groton. Now after
lt 10 Ill over the Aberdeen papers
declare that there Vas nothing to be
afraid Of anyway. but the CONNER
cial Club and the business Men were
sw6ating under the collar for = few
dayl A portioh Of the company's
busine1s will bs removed to Groom,
but not enough to cut much figure
With Aberdeen. inasmuch v the
passenger business Is to be increased
With tho running Of the coast trains
through that city. Speaking Of the
coast train business. It Is reported
On pretty good ::railroad authority
that the surveyors are In the field
hetwssn the : Black Hills division
surveying 8 road up to the coast line
road, and that the day Is not faf
distant whom the two will DO con-
nscted up. With this accomplished
u stands to reason That practically
Ill Of the Chicago business will be
rent around through Mitchell out
vest, for the distance is over a
hundred miles shorter from Chicago
20 the west than BY the way Of tine
Twin Cities and Aberdeen. There
% 8 prettts stlong indication that
Mitchell will figure 70 . considerable
ext6nt on the coast line business In
tbe lev years 70 come.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
HIS NINE cHEEsEs.
An Old Zine New. r,s,and Story q
q Stinny Parson.


Anecdotes IN which tue mean AMI
graspins man is outwitted or held M
to ridicule are popular EVERY. here AMI
always. Few ancient towns are , itn
out their historic or tradi;ionn. u.
stances Of stinginess punished .: siial
practice defeated. III enc village. al
New England. says the Youths Com
panion. there il still current such n tale
concerning an unpopular lE!rson ~;
uore than Il century ago.
Although u Learned, man Of impress
I've manners. this Clergyman was noted
for undue reluctance to expend and
readiness to acquire. He had q habit
Of pleading poverty and limiting fos
gifts.
The parish. although with some muir
muring. had responded with fuel to,
his kitchen. hay for bis horse. Thanks
giving turkeys for his table and {
subscription cloak" Of black satin TO,
his wife when her wedding manteay
became shabby. The murmurs IN
creased when It vas found that thu
parson turned an honest but over
shrewd penny by selling instead 81
using many Of these donations. But
they were not loud enough to disturb
his stately cain. and be went bis wal
without condescending to notice them
At last. however. fortune played bin
Trick for trick.
One pleasant winter day be made I
round Of calls. and at each house
when just about to leave. he casually
asked his hostess II she could let hin
have 4 little piece Of cheese. % BIZ
wife happened to have none in thl
house and unexpected company hat
srrived. In each case the good house
wife. instead Of q little piece. generous
" presented him with . whole cheese
which b., graciously accepted. Az b,
turned from the door stone ut the clos,
Ct the last visit. while the mother ol
the family and her brood Of nine chill
dren stood politely suffered to watcl
him drive away. ~ careiessly pultst
The wrong rein. the sieish fippst
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

Since Mr.. Bryan presented his
paramount question OF the democra-
tic campaign, "SiaIl the people
ruler" It has been turned on the
Nebraska gentleman to "Shall Bryan
rule?' In the light OF events leading
up to the Denver convention the
question is not misapplied, for there
Is no question but what Bryac
ruled the people to . nicely on bis
nomination. Leslie N. Shaw, the
former secretary Of the treasury. in
delivering . speech at Burlington,
VT, q few days ago, touched Oh tue
question as to whether the people
snali rule. and be stated that tile
people showed their disposition to
rule In 1895, again in 1900 and that
they will clinch their ruling PROPOSE
ton when for the third time they
will defeat Mr.. Bryan. The pore
this question is presented the more
1t IL understood az being one that
IL projected to appeal to the pref
udices Of the people. 1t Is an easy
matter to make q person or people
believe that they are being down.
trodden, that they do not have the
proper amount Of recognition in the
affairs Of the nstion as individuals,
and that they are entitled 10 be COO
sideTed In the great affairs of this
country. The ruling power OF the
people cannot be given any greater
freedom by the hand Of Ne. Bryan
than they can use themselves. Tue
great freedom Of the ballot that is
given thu people Of this couptr, is
their greatest boon aud it rests with
every individual just bow he will use
1t. NJ. BIyan's idea Is to use 1t for
the benefit Of himself primarily aud
the democratic party. 10 q secondary
manner. Mr.. bryan Just wants to
convince the people that he viii give
them . better administration than
Las beep handed down from the time
Of Warrington. The difference Is
the people are somewhat skeptical
ami decline to accept Mr.. B,yan's
Me,s statement OF tha situation.
Longspeeches. much travelling atout
and : chanRe In policy ~itL every
rec4isrtng presldsntiai, year has not
blon3 Isasbe confidence "a. Mr.. Bryan
thl 1llght have coms had he
lpadg asesrtain line Of peltcy. but
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Fortunate, lnd.,d.

vOtvUuUVoV uW000Qs
Cook-Tayior was always q foetuuots
man, but doesn't It seem wonderful
that his luck should stay with him "a
the very iast7
Raleigh-How was that1
Cook-Why. he was operated on for
the removal Of a pearl which he had
a~ectdentally swallowed while eatine
eysters. and when the pearl was ex.
smined II was found to b valuah n
enough - pay for both The ope,.taoo
aud H. fpneral.-Judes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
TICKET

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Vice Fresidsnt-
C0a&Fessienal
coz L CRAWFORD, Of Huron.
ca h.tRR1Esssssrfaa.'BhsU;R < cs 81 F;:1r..
Legislative.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-13
rha Ysar and tha csIsndar.

After Julius Caesar corrected the cal.
endar the year was still IL minutes
IA seconds too long, amounting to
one day in 1913 years. As the centuries
passed the interval between the COM
mencement Of the year and the spring
equinox grew less. 1t was not, how
ever, until 1892 that anything was done
about it. Then Pope Gregory XIII. set
out to remedy the difficulty. This he
did by directing the suppression Of ten
days outright. In order to provide for
the future he ordered that all century
years q70O, 1900, etc., which would
ordinarily be leap years should be COM
mon years unless they were multiples
of 400. This arrangement, which still
holds good, leaves only one day too
much in 3.40O years. A French scien-
fist has proposed dropping an addi-
tional day in the year 5000 and repeat
ing the process every 5000 years. This
would leave us short one day every
10000 years, which may be considered
correct enough for all practical pur-
poses. At any rate. the matter Is not
pressing.-New York Post
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-13

In peruslng the names OF South Az
rlcan towns in the daily newspapers
many must have noted the word "fon.
tein," which appears so often. This
word is the English fountain, and
towns with this termination have been
named after Dutch farms. which are
always built beside fountains of spring
water. Thus Bloemfonteln means SLOW
cry fountaln;" Modderfontein. muddy
fountain;" Klenfonteln, small foun-
TAIN" and Ellandsfontein. deer foun.
tain" Another town termination which
English readers must have noticed is
that OF ''laagte," which is pronounced
'laughty," 1t means shelter for ami
mails" and hence when we talk OF the
battle OF Ellandslaagte we may know
that II was fought on a spot trequented
by deer.-London Globe.