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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Shaving without Seeing.

That man can become accustomed to
pretty much anything is proved by the
officers in tho army, who when campcd
out or placed i'll I. position when, they do
not have the accessories of the toilet, soou
learn to do without articles generally
Thought to be Indispensable
In conversation an army officer said the
other day: Why, never think of using
mirror when shave. do net stand up
to DO 1t, either but sit down ON a camp
stool or the side OF q cot and whnck away
Mt my face. It is moro comfortable to be
seated, and then 7 do not have to crane
my neck to see the place I an, shaving,
and thereby expose myself to Il cash from
the razor. I never cut mysclf-in fact, I
will be willing to wager that can shave
in my tent without !, mirror us easily or
with more case than many who have every
convenience of the tonsorial table and Of
ten leave marks of their awkwurdncss on
their faces. 1t is all due to habit. formed
by necessity New Orleans Times Dem
Ocrat Y-.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
He Sized Him I'm.

One of the delegates to the educational
convention, man from the far west, told
me story OF an adventure which befell
MIN several years ago Western manners
have changed since then. He made u two
days trip by stage once up into the heart
OF IL Bret liarteish country. All one-half
the first day he sat beside the driver and
endc:,vorcd to engage him i'll conversation
The driver was not to hc engaged He
was not exactly surl!-, but he WAS cold
ne was dls'ant; he wouldn t talk, and he
evidently didn t care to be talked to-
Tho stage stopped for dinner ut !, little
eating house. and when it rolled away
again the driver seemed like another man
He talked, he told stories, he was the soul
Of ahability. Later he explained the mat
ter to the teacher
didn'ttakc ~ shine to you nohow this
morning, he said. Il thought you was
one OF these here psalm singing gospel fel.
lows, and amt got no use for that Kind
But when seen you setting there aud
n-eating pic with I, fork, changed my
mind. knowcd right away you was d
gambler. Washington Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Gladstons,s siaveholdine Fath.Y.

Apparently Sir John Gladstone waL .
man Of moe force than 1nencss in II.
Qualities that marked his character, says
Tho Atlantic. Even 20 years ago the best
OF moral fiber could not reasonably be
looked for in u British capitalist who drew
profit from the labor of slaves If tic
slave owning of the elder Gladstone had
been only minor incident of his under
takings and kept III the background @
his life, it might claim littlo notic.. n.
~ TOOK Importance from is ''s.gnisu.e
and from the prominence Of his oppu,:s.ps
to all measures ill behalf of thr slave.
lie maintained the discipline Of the Is.sL
on his Plantations to the :as6 and his
great Demernra estates acquired u sinister
notoriety in the abolitiorjst reports or tho
day At the end, when compensated
emancipation was dccrecl by the British
parliament, he received more than SO.
700 Tor the slaves that had been solely his
own, besides large shares Of payment that
came to him through his partnership In
other estates.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
The Best Parts of Lamb or Mutton.

In buying lamb or mutton you may
choose the saddle or the whole hind quar-
ter the leg, loin or shoulder. Tho saddle
Is roasted, the leg is roasted or boiled, tho
ION Is roasted or cut into chops and the
shoulder is roasted. Tho hind quarter
costs moro than the fore quarter, but the
shoulder piece, boned and stuffed, makes
very nice and inexpensive roast. Tho
shoulder and neck piece arc also used for
lamb stews ard fricussccs.
Chops are cut in two wnys-there are
the lonf; chops and tho short chops. The
long chops have tie flank end left on.
while in the short chops the flank is cut off
and only the loin part used. Tho long
chops cost less by the pound, but really
are not SO cheap, since the flanl. piece adds
to the weight without giving any more
catable meat. 1t takes SO much more 20
make the amount needed for family use
that In the end it really costs more than
tho lesser number of pounds of short chops
at tho larger prics.-Sallio Jog White in
Woman's Homo Companion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28

a very interesting and pleasing dis
covery is announced from Baden, near
Zurich. The learned have been dis
clssing for ages whether anything in
The way Of hospitals were known Ia the
lnc!cnts-it is not t. be said that they
have been disrniing, for there was net
material enough hitherto 10 support Il
lively argument. O.te might read the
Whole volume Of Geek and Roman
literature, carefully. 100, without nntic-
ng one passage th;.t might be inter
The works of Iiirpocratcs could not
all to speak of them surely. il any cx-
sted; but nothing Is there beyond a
eference to the notes Of eases" OBJ
:erved in tie Temple of Acsculapius
70 it is generally assumed that there
we're no hospitals in those days; the
Acsclepa We're baths" with massage
realmcnt Scholars who hold to the
,ther opinion can anduci. only hints in
Is favor. l'u, now We hear that one
AS actually been discovered at Baden.
rntaining fourteen rooms. supplied
with many kinds OF medical, pharma-
a",icai. ard surgical apparatus.
roles tntes. r;Es crS. cauteriZing in
Lrun.eniS, aud cIe. 4 collection of sd
ety-pns for bamda@ing wounas'--but
hese things are familiar. There are
t!so medicine spoons in hone and sill
yer. measuring vessels. jars. and pots
:or ointment, some still containing
traces of the ointment used" The la
test date OF the coins found appears to
be the reign of Hadrian. Probably il
was q military hospital. for this was
the station of the VII and VIII Lee
gions. But the find is certainly not
:eSs Interesting on that account, 70, the
army medical service Of Rome and
freeze is one OF the deepest mystt ries
Of archaeology. Caesar refers only
once to his regimental surgeons-is
here a single distinct ai.usion else
where? we hail with puzzled graft
tude the casual remark OF Neno3hon
that the Spartans sent their doctors
to the rear when Il fight impcndad but
we look vainly ior more information
s.''" him or ANYBODY else.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Liucoln's Pioneer.

Abraham Lincoln's western pioneer, al
ways on the lookout for danger and rcatly
to magnify it beyond its truo proportions,
is only one of Il large class of people who
use up in one way and another good
deal of vitality which might be prontably
applied.
MIR. i-incoln's old backwoodsman Ind
very heavy ovcrhanging eyebrows and
wore big spcctacics with brass rims One
day he came rushing into his cabin and
Selling his rifle aimed it carefully through
crack of the door at u great oak tree that
stood near and fired.
What is its" whispered his wife.
"A wildcat, Sairy, the ornoricst wildcat
you ever see, nm missed him!"
lle hastily loaded and fired again and
then again.
Nov, hold OH, Joshua, snid his good
wife. Let me look mt you Why, lawks
n-daisy, it's nothin but n little bug on one
o your eyebrows" Companion
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
NE EARNED II
It Was Worth More Than Dime 10
Stand the Lecture. v.


Mister" whined the professional.
"cnn't you spare q few pennies to help q
pore man along?' A
My friend" replied the elderly Ros-
tonian, pausing in his leisurely walk and
eying him from head to foot, you don t
look like man who needs to beg for a
living On the contrary, you have every
appearance of being an indolent, worthless
yagabond, whose only ambition is to go
through life with as little work as posi-
BILE. Is the world any better, think you,
for your living in it2 Do you entertain
the idea that your fellow men are under
the slightest obligation to bear tho burden
of your support or any part of it? If you
do, my friend, you are making serious
mistake. venture the assertion that you
drink beer enough every year of your life
TO swim In, ind yet ! will undertake to
cay that you have not had bath of any
Kind since the Mexican war Men like
you are a useless burden on society. You
arc not worth tho atmosphere you dispince.
Inc oxygen you consume is total waste.
Ii you had one molecule of manhood in
your composition, you would starvc before
you would resort to mendicancy. speak
strongly, because have deep convictions
on this subject. Voluntary pauperism,
Sir, in tho nineteenth century is one of the
most discouraging facts the latter day OPP
tlmist has to face. 1t seems to me in itself
the rofutation OF the theory or postulate
known us the survival of tho iittest.' 10
encourage vagabondnge, therefore, by con-
trlbuting of the fruits OF legitimate in
dustry to keep it alive is to commit IN
otlonse against society-considercd in it's
larger aspect, to undermine the founda-
lions OF ones own dwelling and turn tho
guns of tho fortress Of civilization against
its own citadel Yet, us you have listened
patiently to this exposition Of my personal
convictions concerning paupcrism will
reward your patience by u contribution,
which you may consider you have thereby
fairly earned"
Tho moldy pilgrim accepted the dino
extended to him by the elderly Bostonian,
inspected it carefully and put it In his
pocket.
III take it, sir, !" he said in an injured
tone. "but it amt enough, consilerin. -
Chicago Chronicle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
DISCIPLINE.
les Perfection Shown In Time of Danger
on Board NLan-of-war

iss Perfection Shown In Time of Danger
on Board Il NLan-of-war.
After lunch, writes Stephen Bonsal, in
McClure's, as I walked with an officer
upon the spar deck an orderly came UP
and said just ms If he wcrc announcing
supper or eight BELLS I have to report 4
fire in a coal bunker" Gan right re-
piled the officer; twill DO down ilnlne-
dlately. Then, with parting Whit, he
threw away his cigar, ard wo went down
she companionway together.
There upon one of the lower decks a
sentry, with tho most quiZzical expression
of curiosity upon his face that have ever
seen, stood before great dial like those
i'll use in modern hotels, the indicator OF
which pointed steadfastly to the little face
OF the dial marked "B 21.'
My companion, the officer, went down
still further into the bowels of the ship
while ] stood with astonishmcnt at the in
dlcator, with wonderment as great, if not
as open lnouthcd, as the sentry's ssIt's q
wonderful thing, this hero machine,' no
said. It keeps mo awake at night, it's
SO darn human. It rings up q fire in some
spooky way, just as if you or might
touch bell and order up u mint julep
Yes, it do, sir. -
Where B 81 was neither he nor I knew,
oNo VIZ StSACeA All Gle ilopo bilt1G Cnc DllCn-
Ing bunker might be far from the maya
zines. There was some talk about playing
that number and that letter in the next
game of chance upon which we entered
until gradually the consciousness dawned
upon us that we were even at this moment
engaged upon game of most serious haz-
ard and that the cards might go against us
smoked my cigar for an hour upon the
signal tower, wondering all the while
how the invisible flames were growing
and whether they were gaining headway,
and so, having given evidence Of what
considered almost Spartan stoicism, Il
grabbed tho officer as no came up from be.
low, covered with coal dust and sweat,
and said with as cheerful mien as I could
muster, And how about 2l2''
Let's go up on the bridge; it's cooler
there, was the only reply vouchsalcd. So
we climbed up to the fighting tops, draw
Ing certain satisfaction from the thought
that If we blew up we should still be on
top, and never from that day to this have /
heard word Of how the fire In coal bunk
er 81 was put out, and, for all I know, it
mag bs hurntuR to this day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
A NEW WAY.sTo PROPOSE.
1t Startled the Old Gentleman, but the
S3 Bold Scheme Won.

It Startled the Old GentleMar, but Tho
Bold Scheme Won.
@ AS tho young man entered the OIL man
looked up and scowled.
''Well?'' said the old man shortly.
Your daughter'- began the young
man, but the old man cut him off abruptly
We noticed that you've been hanging
around good deal,' he said. II suppose
that you We come to toll me that you love
her and want to marry bcr:''
NO, replied the young man calmly
We como to tell you that she loves IN.
and wants to marry NO.
What!' roarpd the old man.
She says so herself" persisted the
young man.
Il never heard OF such an exhibition of
egotistical impertincncc, said the old
man.
Then yon misunderstood me-" OK
planned tho young man. ;'My assertion is
dictated by policy and not by imperti-
nence. You see, it's just this way: What I
want is nothing to you. Now, is itp'
Why-er-not exactly"
II might want SI,oOO,o0O, but that
wouldn t cut any figure with you, would
it?''
Certainly not"
You 70 under no obligations to supply
me with what want are you?'
Hardly -.
Then what u fool proposition it would
be for mo to COMO to you and say, MIR
Parkinson, have been very f.vorably i'm
pressed with your house and lot or, Il
think I'd like your daughter or any
thing else in that line. But when your
daughter wants anything it's different
Now. isn't it litfercnt.''
lit certainly is different" admitted the
old man cautiously.
Precisely" sid the young man. "She
and figured that all out very carefully
last night. You see, l have no particular
prospects, and we could both SEQ that there
wasn't one chance in u hundred that you
would give her to mo- Thcn she suggest
Ell that you had never yet refused anything
that She wanted, no matter what tho cost
might be, and that perhaps it would be q
good plan to change the usual order SONG
what. We sort of felt that it wouldn't hx
right to ask you to do anything for me,
but it's different in her case as remark
ed before. So I'm here merely us her Il gent
to say that she wants me, that she wants
me Very much and to ask you to please sec
that she gets me. She never has wanted
anything SO much as she wants me, and l
am SO favorably disposed TOWARD, her that,
If you care to make tho Investment. I
shall be quite willing to leave the terms
entirely to you and her.
Naturally she got him No wide awake
business man is going to overlook Il chance
TO get such II fine sample of nerve in the
tuinily.-Chicago Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Remembered One THING

IN 'hc course of y tedious trial, lnvolv.
ing the possession of a stock OF goods, "
man who hnd formerly been cmplo, cd u.
u travelling salesman was tcstifying
do You mean to say, sir, asked the
attorney for Tie plaintiff, that You can't
remember what you carried in your valiss.
OIL the trip in question:"
~ didn'. say l couldn't remember, " re
Piled tho witness. ~ said that at this late
day 1T was impossible for mo to rccollcc.
everything carried on that particular
trip" )
Don't evndc tho question, sir!" thun-
dered tho attorney. II want to know
what was In that vnllsel"
''SnI,i f,lrs u.s. ffl 9, 81 'ssi tsas
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
TOPPING OFF.
A Custom In the building Trade That II
----- Dying Out. ~

Dying Out.
''Whnt was once n very general custom
III this city, topping off, as it was called"
remarked an old brickaycr to /. reporter,
"hns nearly died out, and some of the new
generation of bricklaycrs have never par
ticipatcd i'll it. Topping Off occurred the
day. the last course Of bricks was laid in q
house and was to celebrate the event. On
the morning tho topping was to take
plncc q flag was raised on tho building. It
was also Il signal for the owner of tho
building to prepare lunch and tho Gus
ton,nry drinkabos, especially the drink
aslcs, for all hands engaged on tho build
ing. OF course it generally wound up in
| II mild Kind OF y spree, but it was the Gus
tom, and no one who amounted to any
| thing ever refused to give /. topping out ,
| Tho hest kind of punches We're often pro-
| vidcd for topping out though in later
years it ran down to beer.
IN tho days when alo was tho drink
have known of Il barrel of ale being used
1T " topping out besides u barrel of sand
witches. The day DIR. Hall topped out
his house on c street, near Follr-anu- ono
half street. which, by tho way, was the
first hrownstono front ever put up in this
| city, he not only furnished all the ale and
porter necessary, but used up three baskets
Ut fried chickens, cakes and other things.
1t was the talk of the town for years espc-
chilly among mechanics. There were also
Il number of other famous topping OUTS
Mayor Bcrrct topped out his house on II
street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
| streets, with fine champagne, rs did also
| Mr.. Gnlt, tho jcwccr, who built II house
next to him. Many of the hol carriers
! were given buckctfuls of cakes cookies
and sandwiches at tho close of the top
ping out. But those days have passed,
and when anything is said to the owners
| Of houses tcing built these days they ex-
| press ignorance of the custom, and de-
cline to observe it when it is explained to
! them. Washington Star
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28

Dear little sunny heart of mino,
bring TO you valentine
To tell you loves old song
Some little, happy, biushing verses,
Sweet us the summer breeze rehearses,
To play your thoughts among.
To tell you how your magic spells. 7
Your loves mysterious incautations,
Bewitch Inc with the destinations
Their gentle music tells.
And, thinking of the golden days
When love was sweetest sung, breathe
A thought as fair KS love Gun wreuthe
And sing il in thy praise.
M. II. Douglass in Donahoe's.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Quarter

The term quarter, used in warfare,
originated from an agreement ancicntly
made between tho Dutch and Spaniarzls.
that the ransom of q soldier taken in &C.
ton should be quarter OF his pay Prob
ably il meant to grant conditions" In
this sense the expression was commonly
used at ono time. AS IL modern warlike
term, to give quarter means that the pris-
Offers of war should be sent to the rear of
the army and there lodged and fed by the
captors until exchanged or released on the
termination of hostilities. - Brooklyn
Eagle
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
THE SIGN LANGUAGE.
An Occasion When It's Use Was Not a
Flatteriug Success

Flattering Success.
He is spending month or two in Won
nn. Ho speaks English fluently, he
speaks French a littlo, he can read Italian
after u fashion, but he knows no Gcrnnl11
whatever. In Vienna one day his stylo-
graphic pen had one of its chronic attacks
OF Inertia. He blow into one end of it, Flo
sucked the other end of it. He unscrcwcd
1t and brcathed very violently through its
tip. He tapped it gently but steadily on
to the blotting pad of his desk He shook
1t i'll tho air before him and behind him
and all around him, but it made no mark
Then he walked the floor with it and
opened the window to throw it out Flo
raised up his voice and said words about
it, and he cried aloud III his wrath And,
10, when he was not expecting it, it flowed
suddenly and profusely-not upon his let
ter paper, but upon tho knees of IL new
pair of light tweed trouscrs
Then he said moro words, and he took
she trousers, done up MS nearly us possible
to resemble q roll OF music, to the scourer
and cleaner upon the next block In order
to explain that tho stains were of ink, not
OF stove polish or of shoe polish he called
the attention Of the cleaner and scourcr in
charge to bottle of writing fluid upon
the nearest desk. Flo pointed ut the ink,
and ho pointed ut tho spots. He nodded
his head and said Sic several times
The scourer and cleaner in charge had
keen sense of the situation and replied,
Yah! Yahl" And he said, .tYah Yahl''.
And they both smiled and felt that they
understood each other and that the cause
OF ''the confusion of tongue" had been
overcome!
When his light tweed trousers were re-
turned to him the next week, they were
dyed uniform inky black !-Harpcr's
Magazine
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Tardiiy Acknowledged.

What arc the graves of Adams and Otis
marked by big rocks for?' asked the vis-
itor tS the Granary burying ground.
Because they We're holder men than
most OF their contemporaries, - said the
Bost"nian proudly.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Tie Weaker Went.

a Kalamazoo crockcry dealer was lust
closing up his store for the day when one
OF his customers, a grocer, cano in in a
great hurry.
Here" said he, IT packed this jar full
OF butter, and the jar split from top to
bottom. Perhaps you Gun explain the
phenomenon.
ooh, yes, cam was tho ready reply
he butter was stronger than the jar /"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
MIR. RRYAN's SILENCE.

Mr.. Bryan was not a silent man on
the subject OF expansion when 1t frs:
came up but ne is now.--St. Louis
Giobe-De1nocrat.
And his course is eminently proper.
1t would be in exceedingly bad taste
for a man holding colonefs commits
sion in the army under the command
of President Mckinley to criticize the
policy adopted by the President and his
advisers. No one can doubt Mr. Rry-
ans ability to talk on either side of any
question he may feel called upon To dis
cuSs and those who have followed his
career With interest cannot doubt his
fearlessness in expressing the VIEWS he
honestly holds Tndoubl edly Mr.. Bry-
r.: is on the unpopular side of the queS-
ton at present, but that is not sufficient
reason for believing that he is keeping
quiet on that score alone. No hing can
be gained by attributing unworthy mo-
tIyes to Mr.. Bryan. While the Ncbras-
kan does not always display good judy
ment. even his bitterest enemies have
never accused him of a lack Of SINGER
lily. The sheer of our esteemed contcm
[porary is ill-timed and unjust. Mr..
EBryan's silence is easily and logically
explained. Under existing conditions it
would be not only imprudent but radi-
Ecally wrong for him to attempt 10 On
force his well known views on the sub
ject of expansion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28
Correcting Her Paua.

Crusty Old Alnn-Comc, now, / want
you 10 stop iooling around here, and I've
told 10y daughter that she must not see
You any more.
Young Mr. Brght-Do you call making
n grand play for tho only child of mil
llonaire "foolng around:" My dear sir,
gave you credit for the possession of a bet
ter idea of business than that-Chicaso
News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28

ticulur thing s
We'll, - said tho witness after rejecting
a moment,''I remember had u sample
Of rather inferior hair dye, about the
sort, judge, that you have on your " his.
kers, SIR
54.'.Y You may stand nslde,'' gruffly said
hud subsidized. -Exchange
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-28

The deserts of Arabia are among the
most remarkable places Of TIE s.orld and
are especially remarkable for tltcir pillars
of sand, which are raised by whirlwinils
and have very close resemblance in thoir
appearance to watcrspouts
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