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The Washington times., 1909-10-03

T \ mems attire, the hat. tho tie. and
the shoes may be made the high
J. lights Of the apparel portrait. not
obtrUsively. OF course. nor glaring-
ly. but in tasteful and subdued man
neT- IL is getting 20 be almost as estab-
lished a custom for men to wear black
shoes for winter and tan for summer,
as 1t IS for them to wear derbies in the
fall and winter season and straw hats
during the summer days.
Follow this trend. This is to be a
season OF black shoes, calf. vici and the
dull finish effects to occupy the posi-
ton Of favor in the fall edicts Patent
leather boots, with their excessive gilt
toB are distasteful to many men. who
prefer what is known as vanished calf
skin, dull, soft leather. For the early
fall DAYS. Butcher Oxfords and two and
three eyelet ties promise strong favor.
and for those who desire to cling to the
waning summer by affecting oxford taus
OF a light chocolate shade These are
shown with much prominence in the
smart "bOoteries.' Ox-bloods and wines
are going out Of favor They never
were stylish-and never will be- There
seems TO be strong insistency i'm some
quarters to perpetuaIe the green shoes
that were introduced last season WITH
only fair degree OF success, and as
green is one of the very fashiona Bile
colors for men this season, the green
shoes may yet become recognized
fashion factor.
All the smart shops now show them.
IN grain finished calfskin. MOST OF
them. however, are quite dark and the
green is Of an indeterminate color. one
argument that men of preciseness find
against these green effects is that s,1ch
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ana geometriC1l patterns are shown IN
good shops. The gray shades shown,
are taupe. Paris gray, gun metal. and
elephant. other gooG shades for the
season are gold, peach, ard wistaria, a
new shade o. pink
Collars.
This season will offer several depart
ures in collars besides the patterned col
lar spoken OF above. There is 10 be a
new inverted shaped collar. 1t is a
fold collar. but the opening of the In
verted ~ is to he wide and so little
spring that the outer band set back is
close 20 the inner band In front. Then
there is to be novelty from London.
This is q collar that IS double fold but
has rounded tabs in the front on either
side OF the tie-room. It has a wide in
verted ''V'' cut away at the bottom TO
give the tie knot full play. small
round tab wing collar will also he poDu-
lar with Ascot ties. In London they are
wearing this collar with knitted scarfs.
but this has not been \noticeably at
tempted yet on this side. These are
some OF the newest ideas launched, gut
ii is improbable that any of them will
supplant the close fold collar that has
been so popular for the pastNwo sea-
sons.
Waisteoats.
WsistcOats have changed a little They
are made considera bly, longer. especial
~ below the bottom button. where the
distance has been Increased by an iEh
and a half, so MAT the point is quite
four and a half inches from the last
button. This necessitates their beng
curved over the hips. The neck opening
IS fairly high. and every waistcoat is
collarless and single breasted except the
dress vests In color the wsistcoat
should contrast tremendously with the
suits. The favored materials are doe
skin and moleskin in solid color effects
and in fancy designs there are embroid-
cred worsteds, Hannels. and cassimeres
and novelty textures with selfapafferns
and contrasting designs.
The patterns emBloSed are chiefly Of
floral and conventional designs fin small
effects. stripes when shown are bold ia
contrasting tones from the foundation
cloth.
Gloves
In gloves gray and black glaces are
most fashionable in sympathy with pop
ularity Of gray for outer garments and
black i'm the shirtings. novelty 81 AIDE
shown this fall that is very lTthcUght
of is oak tan. and It has already found
many votsries. Embroidered silk backs
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DIFFERENT ACHES.

What's the matter, headache?
mo, heartache'"
ooh. is that all? l was afraid II
might be a bad headache. Houston
Post
The Washington times., 1909-10-03

= is an undoubted fact that the in
huence on American haberdashery
i is strong. and tho French styles
may be considered as having an
influence on the general styles in high
grade lines in America. Therefore. It is
wei 70 give a short resume OF what
the Partisan shops arc showing now.
Charvet and DOucet. two of the smart
est shops on the Rue de la PAX. may
well be taken as an authoritative source
OF Partisan styles and hence American
STYLES
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discover the mainland of North Aemrica having reached here in 14s7. several months before either the cab ots or Columbus. Columbus's discov- cry was what started Amerigo Vespucci to priority was doubted, just as some scientists are disposed to cast doubt upon Cooks claim to have reached the north pole, but the fact remains that the continent bears his name and not that of Columbus. The firm in which Vespucci was a partner fitted out Columbuss later eXpedition and 1t was with one of these that Vespucci sailed just as it was with Peary that Cook first sailed to the Arctic.
 However this continent is named Am arica and not Columbus.
 Another notable instance of a real discovera lesing credit for his achieve ment Is that of Fe-~a"zano. That he really discovered the Hudson River In 1524 is a historical fact, proved by his log and by letters of his which are still extant. How far up the river he sailed Is a matter of doubt, but 1t is certain that he sailed Into New York Pay sufficiently far to see and describe Manhattan Island. Hudson explored | the river that bears his name eighty l i've years later in 1909. The reason | that Hudson received the credit for |
 is to he found in the fact that the ear 1 lv settlers were Dutch and English | They knew all about Hudson. few fl any fthem. had ever heard of Yer. razzano. Eager to claim credit for q
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Quest Sir Richard Burton and John Tanning Spoke together discovered Lake Tanganika in 1856, and surmised 1t was the source of the Nile, but the natives told them that no river ran out of that lake. The River Rusizi. however ran into 1t. Then Burton be- came i'll and Spoke determined to ex- plore still further.
 Burton yielded Ills consent reluc- tantly," said Sir Harry Johnston, and appears to have give but grudging assistance in the way of men and guides. Full of energy, however, Spoke gathered together caravan, which crossed Unyamwezi and Usukuma and on the 30th day of July. 185S,he saw the Mwanza Creek. one of the southern most gulfs of the Victoria Nyanza.
 Travelling northward along this creek on August 8, 1858, early In the morning, Spoke saw the open waters of a great lake with the horizon to the north. Much of the horizon was shut in by great and small islands. but Spoke detected through their in- terstices the vast extent of open water which streacheed to the north.
 "IIe realized to the full the wonder of his discovery. and the obvious prob- ability that this mighty lake would pfove to be the main headwaters of the White Nile. . "Unable to delay longer in his ex- ploration of the southern shores of the Victoria Nyanza.as he had promised to rejoin Burton by a certain date, Spoke returned to Kaze in Unyannemke
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til four years after Spoke had re- turned to Africa. Burton's chief revenge in endeavoring for many years to prove that Spoke had made no very great discovery; that his Victoria Nyanza was not the greatest lake in Africa and the main source of the Nile but net work of swamps and lake lets"
 This controversy was waged for years In 1881 Spoke verified his theory that Victoria NyanZa was the source of the Nile by discovering Rip pon Falls, the spot at which the river leaves the lake. On his return to England in 1864 the British Assoeta- tion arranged that he and Burton should debate their different views as to the Nile sources on September 3l, at Bath But this debate never took place, for the very morning of the day set Spoke was killed while out par fridge shooting stumbled over q stile with his gun at full cock. the gun was discharged and the contents of both barrels entered his bodie.
 It was not until 1875 that Henry | NJ. Stanley settled that point by 1 proving that Spoke was right in as- serting 1t to be the greatest lake in Africa and the source of the main branch of the River Nile.
 l It Is the irony of fate that thougf l Columbus discovered America this con. | tinent should be called not after hin but after Amerlgo Vespucci. Accord ing to authority the world has for the assertion. Vespucci was the first to
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to find his companion vexed at the great discovery which he had made.
 Spoke did not pursue the argument as to the Victoria Nyanza being the main source of the Nile.
 The two men journeyed together on more or less bad terms to Zanzibar. where Burton remained to wind up the affairs of the expedition. Spoke returning to England.
 Burton returned to England in 1859 somewhat chagrined to hear of the enthusiasm with which Speke's dis covery of the Victoria Nyanza had been received--an enthusiasm which to some extent had put the revelation of Lake Tanganyika in the shade.
 Burton nevertheless was awarded, in 1860, the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. and in returning thanks for the honor, he uttered a handsome acknowledgement of Speke's services as surveyor on the expedition to the great lakes.
 But the two men were evidently on bad terms and.though the fault O. their disaccord may have been with Burton's conduct. the world knew 1t first through the writing of Spoke In Blackwood's Magazine, and later, in 1864, in the reproduction of these Blackwood articles, with additions un- der the title Of What Led to the Source of the Nile." In these works Spoke makes some stinging references to Burton
 Burton's own attacks on Spoke scarcely appeared In public form un-
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New York World.
 1t seems to be the fate of great ex- n1orers to quarrel over their discover ies and to have their right to credit for them disputed. In fighting over the honor of having discovered the north pole Cook and Peary are but foi- lowing in the footsteps of Spoke and Burton. whose fight over the discovery pf the source of the Nile emoroileo the scientific world for many years
 The misfortune of Cook in having his statements questioned Is but that or Bruce. Had there been telegraphers and newspapers in the hfteenth ana eixteenth centuries they would nave been filled with just such row as yhis over the rival claims of Cnr1stopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespuccl 10 nave discovered America, and as 10 wbether Verrazzano or Hudson hrsI discovered the Hudson River.
 James Bruce's fate was enough 10 embitter any man. After ascending xhe Blue Nile to its source In the 13uwenzarf Mountains, or Mountains of the Moon, in 1766, he reached Mar .eillee in t773, and there met D'Anvlie fine great French geeographer. who +oId him what he had discovered was fntareating,but not new, in proof or which he showed him map wnich DAnville had published Tn the pre- cedine year, based upon sketch maps made by two Portuguese Jesuit priests
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man of their own race. historians dis. missed Verrazzano with a line while they told the full story of Hudson's discovery.
 Hence It comes that today the 1tal- ians of New oYrk. while glad to give Hudson credit for all he did, resent the way in which their compatriot's fame has been neglected, and many of them look upon the Hudson-ulton ceIe- bration as a slur upon the fame Of Verrazzano. They are giving expres- sion to this feeling in a very practical way. by presenting to the city of New York a reminder of verrazzano fin the form Of splendid monument from the hands of Ximenes. the famous Italian sculptor. and this Is to be unveiled next month.
 Little of the dispute over the rclatiye claims of Verrazzano and Hudson has appeared in the New York newspapers that are printed in English. but those that are printed in italian have been full of the story of Verrazzano and of the documents upon which his claim to be the real. discoverer of the Hudson are based. Within a few weeks, how ever. Americans, many of whom have never heard of Verra zzano, will have to brush up their history. for the un- i yelling of Ximene's magnificent statue l cannot fail to make tfe1n ,y.sfit----ts know who Verrazzano was.
 All of which does but Ro to show that Cook and Peary are not the onl, explorers who have been rivals ol 1 whose discoveries have been called fl question.
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Father Paez who explored this very ground in 1915, and Father Lobo, who had gone over it in 1925, Paez's map had been published in 1852 and Lobo's in 1870. It was rather shock to Bruce to find that instead of dis covering what had been sought for centuries he was merely an "also ran."
 But worse was yet to come. He pub 1ished an extremely interesting &C., count of his travels in Abyssinia and Central Africa, and in 1t he described many of the extraordinary customs of the people, including their fondness for live beef-steak, cut froi the living animal and eaten before the flesh had cooled or ceased to quiver from the pain of the knife. His book was hail. ed with derision. He was compared to Herodotus as a writer of more im- agination their truth. Dr. Johnson denounced him as an "unscrupulous romancer," and Horace Walpole said his book was dull and dear But Bruce's statements have been verified and his book is as good reading to-day as 1t was 13e years ago.
 The Nile has two branches, the Blue and the White. The source of the former settled the explorers turned their attention to the latter. It was not until the middle of the last cen- tury that the problem was attacked in a sceintific manneer.
 How the real source was discovered and what a disagreeable quarrel arose from the discovery Is told by Sir Har- ry Johnston in his book,"fne Nile
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, came of Moreover"
 Hes living yet--going about licking sores, tapping pot Ticker and attending to such other things as may properly come before him.
 Say I went to meeting" once, way back wonder, and the preacher preached about these same fellows. but he didn't know half as much about 'em as you" Thank you. That Is reasonable. The preacher never gives proper study to these things"
 Now, to get back to where started. want to say, that all that Is necessary to fire the Alabama heart against Sum- ptuary laws Is to carefully. as did. explain the origin and purpose of such laws. If this is done faithfully. the spellbindlng Amenders may bust their breeches' with physical effort of oratory and eloquence. but the people will wipe pot Ticker dry" with that Amendment in November.
 What posters me is. the good men no sooner begin to "elucidate" the Full of liquor bill' and the Amend ment than they begin calling hard names.
 Good sense. patriotism and many other Civic virtues combine to make me an Anti Prohibitionist. good conscience caused me to sever my re- lations with the Great Unwashed." So I can look upon all this agitation (un- necessary with the proverbial imparu- ality of a, Justice of the Peace. honestly believe that real bad men can disagree. but 1t is bad taste to be calling each other ugly names.
 There Is an ancient proverb about the kettle calling the pot black that ought to be resurrected and put to use. don't care a cent about the liquor business, but as citizen above re- proach and suspicion. 1 dislike the idea of having my house searched every whipstltch and so, finding other citi- gems of like disposition joining together against iniquity fell m" with them, candidly confessing to them the opin- lon that I was getting into nightly bad company; when up spoke Stallipgs Bad company! You getting into bad company! Lord Major, if you want bad company sure enough wait a day or so, and join that meeting in the church at Birmingham! I know what had com
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bove indicated, that MT Little present. ed to him an elementary work on math ematics. At the age of eight he was adept in the game of back gammon.
 Mir McNutt was so fond of that game that he spent all of his hours of vacation, playing it. He would play with my little brother and with no one else. the gruff old teacher of mathematics, feared by all his pupils and the little boy of eight. Whenever success was pretty evenly balanced between the contestants. all went well. But whenever the little fellow would skunk" the old professor. as he often did that individual would throw with you You cheat"
 That was the sign for another kind of game: The little fellow would retort: You are a story. I don't gin. Finally the professor would take him up in his arms, carry him Into the front yard and place him, back down. upon a large rose bush. the top of which had been kept trimmed so long. that 1t was as level as a board
 That placed the little fellow hos-de- combat he could neither rise up nor get down. However MT. McNutt could never get him to admit that he was conquered.
 It would be difficult for one of his pupils to realize that the teacher of whom all stood in awe. could unbind enough to engage in rough and tumble game with little boy.
 In 1850. Col. Samuel c. Jones came to Montgtomery and located on S. F. corner of Columbus and Lawrence. op- posite our home. As I recall. Col |, Jones same from Thomasvilie. Ga.
 He came as superintendent of the Montgomery and West Point railroad. |.
 Ills family consisted. of himself, his wife, Tommie, six years of age, Mary and Samel G. Jr. little tot.
 Mrs. Jones was one of the most pains taking. and pious. mothers I have ever known. Tommie had no play-matcs at home and his mother would consent for him to cross the street and play with my younger brother and myself in our yard He was such a well be- haved. considerate, little fellow. that he soon became a favorite with each member of our household. He was very tender hearted and every tale of woe appealed to his sympthy.
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"Yes, for we. you little South Caro- linian you"
 My mother was standing near, and of course the joke was intended Tor her. but the judge was. also native of that State and had to take unto himself a portion of the hit he had given From that time. became. as the old darky would express H. very "jubus" as to Mir. Morriss mode or teaching grammar. I was confident that I had blundered. but could not fathom wherein I had done so.
 MT. McNutt was Mr. Morris's success sor as teacher in the old Universaiist church. He didn't herald his coming nor did he proclaim himself as prtnci- pal of the Montgomery nigh school He never wasted his time talking. He brought with him a thick leather strap that did his talking. The day ne opened school, one scholar. Ben hah- cey. was present. Before MT Yaneey removed to Montgomery he had pat ronized Mir. McNutt and knew his ex- cellent oauillties as a teacher rew days after the opening of his school ne had as many pupils in attendance as he desired He took his meals at our home but slept on benches on the school room At night he would pron his umbrella against the door. In such Q manner that 1t would fall upon the floor and arouse him shouid any one attempt to enter. One night he was awakened by the falling umbrella. The wind was blowing and the rain coming down in torrents. In the open door MT. McNutt could outline the figure or man. He demanded to know what was wanted and was assured: "I have come to sleep in the house of the Lord" Mir. McNutt informed him that the building was not church but school house. that he was proprietor and did not lodge transients.
 My yonger brother was a prodigy in mathematics. At five or six years Of age he could. with out hesitation, give the sum of two double figures, as 1Sx 70 He was with our ather at Mir Tittle's book store and the little fell low. when called upon. exhibited such proficiency along the line. a.
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pany Is; didn't run a paper with old Parson Jones for nothing!"
 didn't want any worse company than the Montgomery Conference and took Stalling's word about the other one.
 must insist again and again that the "defenderg' leave out reference to the Governor. where 1t is not politically. morally and religfously necessary.
 His armor bearers (who also carry his head gear) should be ignored per- sonaily. as much as possible.
 This digging up of old records aud tearing out of old great questions of Right that should engage the mind of the people.
 For the Lords sake. what have thosa harmless old gentleman, Palmer and Buckner got to do with an Full of liquor bill' and the danger to our homes?
 I'm afraid they are going to draa Bryan and Bailey and Tom Watson in- to this discussion!
 The Lord forbid!
 Just now. the Governor has one great advantage over the peopie-he can convert, at last. three "Defenders." in- to wordy "Amenders' fin each County. If in some Counties the returns show three votes for the amendment. 1t will be understood that the doctrine of honest politics ("when bought stay bought"D is still prevalent in the Jury Commission.
 With the Jury Commission and re. turning boards fthe sword of the Lord and GideonD the Governor is invinci- bie.
 believe It was Charley Lamb who said to a fellow in the game. whose hands were unacquainted with water 'If dirt were trumps you hold winning hand"
 The jury Commission and Returning Boards make up nasty hand"
 That may be the Governors hand"
 If so. the Lord have mercy on this wicked and bibulous generations for Give the poor pot flicker and search 'em every dayw will be the coming regime
 SoDse Lazarus with a Moreover" lead us in prayer.
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Bill and Sam Holt. brothers, were enough alike to have been twins. never knew them apart. Mir. McDOn- ough intended to punish Bill. one day. but got hold of Sam. When he dis. covered the mistake he drew from his pocket a ffty-cent piece and handed Jt to Sam. He received the money, but as he did so. exclaimed "I have good mind to dash 1t into your face"
 Prof. I. J. Morris left Montgomery and made his home in East Alabama Twelve or fifteen months later he re. turned to that city. Meantime. he had married and had also become the au- thor of an English grammar. He ad. vertised to teach, within a month, pu- pills how to use correctly their native language. He made up class and opened school in the basement Of the Catholic church.
 Mir. and Mrs. Morris boarded in our family and my older brother attend the grammar school. After that school had gotten pretty well under way the pro- lessor invited my mother and Mrs Morris to to be present at the exercises of his grammar class. late in the aft ernoon. They would go, occasionally and I would accompany them. One afternoon the professor was exhibiting the proficiency of his scholars In cor reeting sentences One of them used the object" when he should have used the subject" The professor corrected the pupil, pretty sharply. That gave me the impression that the subject was the proper thing under all cirGum- stances. the object. never. an any oc- casion.
 Judge Mays and family had removed to his plantation. five or six miles northeast of Montgomery. The judge would make the trip to and fro. in his buggy each day He got my moth- CTS consent for my younger brother and myself to go out with him and spend several days with Sumter. On tho appointed evening when Ju3gc Mays drove up and halted in front of the gate, I rushed out and exclaimed Judge May, have you come for we?'' The judge laughed heartily and re- piled: