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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

TIL MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
The lines we've read about the MAJ
who stood behind the gun
are tangled in our memry With !, To-
Of impy verse
Constructed upon kindred themes by
divers hardS and sun
Ory punsters. poetastcrs, rhyming ia
lots and worse
We've heard in rhythmic numbers ~
-, the man behind the hoe,
ne poor Wight at the play behind tn,
girl With Eiffel hair
tAha scores OF other men behind in diff
rent wayS-but, Oh.
Ne'v We heard nor seen no word Tor hin,
the Man Who Wasn't There.
lis he that makes the rafters ring
with loud huzzahs for fair.
"hen rising up in meeting he proceeds
to say his say,
With one hand meath his swalloW-tail
the other in the air,
Concerning glorious happenings out il
Manila Bay.
lis he can best describe what sansui-
nary things befell
INC men who Won the fights and wha
tt;'NallS they had to bear.
Ana exc can paint word pictures bold
IN blood and snot and shell
Ano pale their glory With his own. the
Man Who Wasn't There
Then let the band play loud and strong
within the banquet hall
And lei the hero from the wars nrs,
and wake the night
Nlth Strident cheers for him whose
voice is like the bugles call;
VINO leads the charge in street paradrs
with all his main and might.
And let us for the nOnce forget the mar
behind the gun,
ana nal the man Of silver tongu,
whose speeches fill the air:
And while lac tells Of what occurred
and how the fights We're Won
we y detilca-tc q line to him, the Mar
Who Wasn't There
THE RAC~ONTEITR
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13
! AS YOU LIKE IT.
ORLANDO-"As | remember,
< it was upon this fashion"
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sIEA CCLPA.

Even the writer Of these presents has
his troubles
a story which recently appeared, III
'bls column told OF the experience Of
the Rev. G. T.. Bryan. pastor Of old st.
Jcnn church, Hampton, With q YOUNG
man 70 whom the reverend gentleman
N3s represented as having extended an
Invitation To Join his Sunday school
t!aSs. The young man of the story hap
Fened to De cnlored man and disclos-
co the TACT 70 the rector after accepting
his invitation. SO much by way Of en-
PLANTATION. It now turns out that the
ir'caaSnt narrated never occurred Mr.
hrSan, IN communication to the cai-
'cr 9! the Press. denies it in toto and
f:SentS the publication as a reelection
upon his good sense ana eliscri,rinatjn.
faculties. While ! am at a loss to I'M
Icrstan1 why Mr.. BRYAN should find
%nNthinS in my little narrative to Of
icnd him. rs it was written in an inno-
eht spltit ana with the utmost respect
lor ms cloth. ! freely express my regret
nat 1t was written. since he seems to
nave read i in 4 light unfavorablc Ia
f'ls dignity. II Mr. Bryan We're Il regu-
! iar reader Of newspapers. as I Judge
from this incident that he is not, he
would find similar stories published
every day in the year about the mos,
prominent ministers and laymnn in
'h!S ana every either country. Ere
Luenty these stories are told or writ
te@ by the subjects themselves In
this case It appears to me that either
the reverend gentleman is wanting in
sense Of humor or the fault lies with m.
IN being oEermuch bold from which
failing in the future trust nv gooJ
angel will deliver me.
In conclusion I will add that 49,
story, Notwithstanding it has turned OFT
g % false, is an cid one in Hampton
, IL was told on the street long before it
anne 70 n'e In fact. 7 was under the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

MT. Fhomas II. Monroe uuartar.ras
ter sergeant of the Newport News
Light Infantry, and tIr. II. G. Monroe
an employee at the Chesapeake & Chic
elevator. have returned to the city from
Alexandria, where they went to attend
the funeral of their father, which took
place Monday.
The following account of the death
Alexandria Gazette:
Harrison l.. Monroe, an old and ~ ell
known resident, died Very suddenly
about O'Clock yesterday morning
his home on north Alfred street. De
ceased was 81 years Of age. Mr.. Mon
roe retired Saturday night in apparent
~ good health. but upon awakening in
the morning he complained Of feeling
a peculiar GOODNESS in the lower limbs.
His Wife left him for L few minutes to
prepare a detection, and upon reform
ing found him dead. Death is supposed
70 nave resul ted from 4 congeStive chill
MI Monroe was a familiar figure in
AleXandr1a over forty Years ago, when
ne conducted the grocery business or.
love! King street About that time he
was deputy sheriff OF the city under
ChaS. NJ. CaStleman. At the outhreak
or the war between the States he re-
moved to Maryland. Were he engaged
IN farming. Several years ago he re-
turned to Alexandria. where he had
since resided, having t,een deputy city
sergeant. MIR. Monroe leaves a widow
and several grown children. He had
been married three tines
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

is comfortable and CHEEKY, and when it
is made from our superior white ash
coal it can be built quickly and is eco
nomical and satisfactory. If we hay
en't already filled your bin. leave your
order and we Will MI it promptly. You
cant beat our prices, nor the quality Of
our white ash coal. Also the best do
mcstic New River coal, pine and ak
wood. Prompt delivery guaranteed.
p. d. CHANDLER.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13
The Ann,lA,lConference.

Rev NJ. S. Coonna, Jr., pastor Of the
Chestnut Avenue Methodist church. in
East End. will attend the annual Stat.
Conference OF Methodist churches a.,
Petersburg in November. All ministers
are delegates to the conferences. IN
giving the list OF those who would at
tend from this city, Mr.. rolonna's name
was omitted yesterday
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

1t is safe to infer that Mr.. ConynS-
ham Greene, the British agent at pre-
toria, will be soncwaa. astonlsa... 10
earn his assassination. when lie
ches London.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13
To CIs,.e Out To-day.

Our leader today is a ten room house
IN three minutes Of the upper shipyard
gate for only $500. Property can't be
reproduced for anything like this mon
cy. cottrcil Real Estate Co.
10-1H-1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13
NO INTERFERENCE.

The official announcement that The
United States government will no. in
terfere in the dispute between Glrat
Britain and the South African ranub-
lie should set at rest the chimercal de-
mands Of those optimistic persons who
would have Uncle Sam rush in and re-
store peace. IF such A course promised
to prevent war and its t'rea Gful results
there can be no doubt that the effort
to stay bloodshed would be made. His
tory, experience and common sense
however are unanimous in procla;min.
that such a step would be WORSE than
foolish. as il would accomplish no good
end and would simply place this coun-
try in danger Of getting mixed ur, in
an exceedingly nasty muddle. After ,he
first blow is struck there is no demand
for mediation until one OF the contest
ants realizes an urgent need in that di-
have no doubt that the REPRESENTATIVES
of the government will Go everything
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

ches London.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

In connection with his '4pernic:ous
activity in the Kruger department. il.
more than likely ti,at lie capital X
feels somewhat relieved at the waning
interest in the klonlike
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

Up to the time Of going to press The
Hon. Bill Goebers campaign for the
Kentucky governors''io has no, been
reported as becalnetl.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13

This is the first time the country has
experienced such 4 prolonged wind de-
Washington Post
Perhaps the men who expect 70 b.,
regular contributors 70 the Congress
ional Record this winter are laying in
their long session SUPPLY.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Pecuuarlties of FnspiDos,

The Filipino is artistic and his cloth
ing is clean-two tremendous STRIDES
toward civilization. The men do clev-
er work in wood, silver and brass.
Their old war knives are highly embel-
lished. Their pottery Is often pictur-
esoue. and the clothing Of the women,
made of the Indigenous fiber that
abounds throughout the islands. Is pic
turesque, and has a jaunty, attractive
style, which their straight forms and
exposed shoulders carry off we'll. The
fiber is often woven as finely as silk,
and some of the drawn work of the
Filipino lace-makers is most exquisite
and expensive. I have seen single
handkerchiefs which could not be
purchased under $500. The Filipinos
love jewelry, and some Of the crude
settings contain magnificent pearls,
found along the shores of the islands
The women, as a class, are attractive
many are really pretty. While es-
chewing shoes, gloves, and hats, they
often wear dresses of the finest texture
beautifully embroidered and made with
flowing train. Both sexes love
music, and the Filipino music Is not
the wild banging of tom-toms and the
beating of cymbals and drums; nor IS
it the squeak of the two-stringed
violin and the pounding of sticks at
tune, as with the Chinese and Japan
csc: but it has melody and air, for the
Tagal plays all the instruments of the
European and outplays him on many.
Aguinaldos band of sixty pieces is one
of the finest on the island.-Edwin
Wildman's Manila Letter to Leslie's
Weekly.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
CRYSTAL Is Popular.

Crystal charms are quite a popular
engagement present, either from men
to women, or the reverse, for it is the
fashion nowadays for a newly-en-
gagged girl to remember her f1ance with
some dainty gift. The charm which
the sentimental girl most often selects
is heartshaped pendant OF crystal set
with a gold band and bearing her own
monogram on one side and her lovers
on the other. And the charm the en-
gagged girl most often receives is
curious affair, made up of two crystal
circles about two inches i'll diameter,
between which are pressed real flow
ers, two or three violets, tiny spray
of forget-me-nots, a single primrose
or a stem of lilies of the valley. The
circles are bound together with bands
of gold, silver or gun metal and worn
suspended from a watch chain, fob or
chatelaine. Naturally the girl feels
that there is a great deal of sentiment
bound in with the pressed posies.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
co,ors of wild Animals.

In wild Quadrupeds the natural varl-
alton of coloring seems generally limit
ed to three hues. The moral and usual
tint seems fixed, as in the case OF the
lion, leopard, rabbit or fallow deer.
Concurrently with this there are two
variations, always liable to occur
mechanism, or the tendency to develop
darker color, and in extreme cases
black; and albinism, or partial Or to-
tai whiteness. Fallow deer, a species
of both wild and domesticated, show
this perhaps best of all quadrupeds.
for the black, white, and normal breeds
are to be seen in most parks in Eng
land. These three shades, black, white,
and tawny, or sandy, may be taken to
be the normal coloring of Quadrupeds.
1t remains to be shown how from these
three not only many other t1nts have
been developed, but also colors lar
more brilliant and rich in tone than
the sandy or normal hue. If, as we
believe, it is on the subsequent mix
ture" of these three hues that all va
rieties of subsequent color1ngs in do
mesticated species depends. we must
find a wild OK or baffalo which Is
sandy, or tawny, for experiments In
crossing these and tame bovidae show
that SO many of the hybrids are fertile
that we can not draw hard-and-
fast line between them.
Though black is the normal color OF
nearly all the wild cattle and buffa-
loes, there is one species which is
tawny. This is the small, short-horned
buffalo of the west coast of Africa
Though confined now to that region,
the existence of one wild breed OF this
color is presumptive evidence that
there may have been others elsewhere.
1t is a very beautiful species, fawn-
,olored, with a tinge Of dark chestnut,
md about the size of a Jersey bull.
The ears are long and tipped with
| ong tuft hair, the eyes are large, and
he coat as smooth as that Of an Eng
| ish COW in summer. Given the tawny
and the black wild cattle, the white
| VARIETY is almost certain to appear oc-
.asionally either as a pure albino or as
A black beast spotted with white
spectator.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Unfair Newspaper Omces.

The Chicago Federation of Labor
and Allied Printing Trades Council
have issued the following address to
the public:
Organized labor for a number of
years have used all fair and honorable
means to bring about a more satisfac-
tory condition of affairs in the Chicago
Daily News and Record offices, Gnd
have finally met with a fat refusal.
The publisher of these papers, flushed
by the eminence attained through the
patronage accorded him by the people,
has steadfastly refused to consider
their just claims. The present situa-
ton is but the logical outcome of an
effort on the part of the publisher of
the Daily News and Record to do
everything in his power to stop the
growth of trades-unionisrl. The CEN
trail labor bodies have taken up this
matter, to settle once and for all the
right Of the workmen to decide on a
living scale of wages.
The different organizations directly
involved in this controversy have per-
sistently endeavored to advance their
cause, and have sent committees to
look after their interests, among them
being the Web Pressmen, represented
in the Allied Printing Trades Council
heirs has been a grievance of some
ten years standing. The Web Press
Assistants have also used their best
endeavors. The Photo-Engravers find
a stone wall confronting them in their
attempt to organize the forces of the
Record and News. The Mailers have
tried and failed. The first attempt
some six years ago, having proved dis
astrous to the organization The
Stereotypers finding their position in
tolerable, sought to change the con-
ditions, but with the determination to
stop any advance of the trades union
movement within his domain, Victor
F. Lawson has completely wiped out
the Stereotypers Union in his plant,
filing the positions held by Chicago
men by importing non-union help, an
element not to the credit Of any COM
munity. For the past two years the
Linotype Machinists have used every
sndeaver to bring about a settlement
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12

Four churches in New York City
stand upon ground which is worth
twelve million dollars. Thirteen other
churches rest upon real estate valued
at seven million dollars, OF more than
half a million each, and these churches
are all Protestant and nominally
evangelical. Trinity church alone rep
resents an investment of $5,OOO,OOO. We
are by no means envious of these
most Christian congregations, but for
a long time we have been trying to
estimate how many years it would ad-
vance the kingdom of God in its COM
ing if these churches would distribute
nine-tenths of their hoardings among
home and foreign peoples who are sit
ting in chains and waiting HIS
appearing. Will a man who has fve
talents and wraps four Of them In
napkin still be called a Christian!
How about a church Rams Horn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Tough Steak Good for the Teeth.

From the Boston Transcript: Now
comes a dentist who knows whereof he
speaks and says that the loosening of
perfectly sound teeth is caused by lack
of exercise. He says that our diet is
composed of too many dishes like GRO
ouette and that as little mastication is
necessary for the digestion of such
food the gums do not have brought to
them blood sufficient for their nourish-
ment. So, when hereafter your beef
steak isn't all you think steak should
be in the way of tenderness, don't
erumble; just feel glad Of it and let
your mind dwell on the good that your
teeth are getting In the way of exer-
else.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Imperialism.

Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist within
the United States, or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction"
These worus are found in the con-
stitution of the United States. They
possessed a serious relevancy thirty
years $50, aud they may, again, be
invoked in behalf Of liberty. 1t would
be a startling statement If it were
said that there are slaves under the
American flag today, but that remark
is practically true. There is in ex-
istence in the Hawaiian Islands a sys-
tenn of contract labor that is, in fact,
slavery. Ignorant labo-ers are brought
from foreign lands under contract to
work on the plantations. If they tire
of their task and refuse to work, they
are sentenced to Jail, as for the COM
mission of a crime. These laborers,
during the period Of their contract,
are as much slaves as the negroes
lash on our own Southern planta-
lions. Our new island possessions at
ford the ideal opportunity for greedy
masters to place in bondage the poor
and ignorant. 1t should be the first
duty of our government to bring uni
versal emancipation to every sunlit
island where our flag now flies.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12

Of their case, aL1, although the Iuil
strength of the Chicago Federation OF
Labor and the Allied Printing Trades
Council was brought to bear, they
failed. The Stationary Engineers
Union has fought strenuously Tor
some time past to have the engineers
and firemen in the employ of the Da1iy
News and Record working under fair
conditions. and have met with q nat
refusal to consider them in any way
All efforts on the part Of the Chicago
Federation of Labor and the Allied
Printing Trades Council of Chicago for
a settlement of the questions at issue
with the Chicago Daily News and the
Chicago Record have proved. futile.
Therefore. owing to the unfair conol-
lions existing in the different mechan-
ical departments of said papers, Or
ganized labor. it's friends and sympa-
thizers, have decided to wlthora"
their patroEage from these papers.
The following table will give a com
harrison of the Daily News and RECORD
Offices with other newspapers OF Chi
cagO.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOv-
cry AND INVENTION.
Celestial Photography May Be Aided ~
New Invention-An Electric Barber
Shop-A Hook to Catch Devil Fish
Making Cider.
In Celestial Photography.

The telescopes used by astronomers
are Of two classes, those for observa-
ton, and these for celestial photog-
raphy, the main difference being in
lens curvature and relative proper
lions of aperture to length. The ratio
of aperture to length in the ordinary
telescope is about 1 to Is. The Lick
and Yerkes instruments are about 10
times as long as they are wide. Inn
portant experiments have been re-
Gently made in the radical alteration
of these proportions, the Bruce teles-
cope presented to Howard a few years
ago by Miss Catherine w. Bruce hav-
ing an aperture of "a inches and a
length is only II feet. This covers an
immense area, and has been highly
successful in celestial photographs OF
wide area, which are wanted without
regard for detail. .t
The results obtained by this de-
parture encouraged Prof. Pickering,
Director of Harvard Observatory, to
make experiments on the converse OF
the proposition, and the tests gave
such satisfactory Photographic mega
tives that he now desires to build
an instrument OIL length uUIe Iuon
a hundred times greater than its d.
ameter, which will be not to exceed IL
or IA inches. The length correspond
ing to this would, therefore, be from
1876 to 1872 feet long.
The effect of this will be to produce
very sharp photograph of very lin
tied area, with details not heretofore
obtainable, and in certain lines this
will be of incalculable value. Such
telescope would cost from $4,000 to
$40, 900, and wealthy lovers of science
are appealed to to provide Harvard
with this instrument, which would be
in almost constant use. The difficulty OF
mounting and keeping rigidly straight
in all positions tube which is SO or
60 feet long is so serious that the pro-
posed telescope would be arranged diff
ferently from the ordinary observa-
tory instrument. 1t would doubtless
be stationary and horizontal, and the
image which was to be photographed
would be reflected into by means OF
a mirror guided by clockwork. This
sort Of thing is called heliostat a
siderostat. -
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
Fresh and salt Water.

A singular lake on Kildin Island,
near the coast of Russian Lap1and, not
far from Kola, is composed Of both
fresh and salt water. The Russian
geographer, NJ. Wennkow, recently sent
a description of the lake to the Paris
Academy. The island is paleozoic
rock separated from the granite con-
tinent by an arm of the sea, and upon
it is a lake which seems to be entire
ly shut off from the sea by strip OF
land. but there must be some subter-
ranean communication, for the tides OF
the sea are noticed in the lake,
though in much diminished effect
The lake contains three different kinds
of water. On the surface it is fresh
water, coming from a few brooks and
from the rainfall; lower down it Is
salt water, and at the bottom sea water
mixed with sulphurous hydrogen gas.
The lake harbors fresh water animals
ON and near the surface and salt water
animals beneath.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12

when it passes out Of the spigot. Fer
the crimPfnE Of the 1rf1Ees OF our
young women there is no longer neces-
sity for recourse to the hot iron. For
a long time the defects Of this method
Of heating have been noticed, for the
capillary artist sometimes forgets and
leaves the iron in the heating appa-
ratus too long, so that when it is used
with blonde or brown hair. If it does
not make a burn, 1t makes the hair
red, which is even more disastrous"
The new curfing-irons heat themselves.
In the interior Of the rods is fero-
nickel wire, which can be brought up
to the proper temperature, and will
then remain at this same temperature
Indefinitely. But it is in the cutting
of the hair that electricity has pro-
duced the most complete revolution.
The scissors have slowly given way to
clipping machines, and these, in their
turn, must disappear before an cleo
trically heaced platinum wire, with
which the hair may be burned on. The
apparatus, as described, consists OF
metallic comb, along one side OF which
is stretched the hot wire, and as this
is passed through the hair the red-hot
wire burns it off neatly and smoothly,
and at the same time seals up the end
of the hair, it being supposed In this
way to produce very desirable eHecI
The method is, of course, entirely anti
septic, but it hardly seems likely that
the air of a BARRIERS shop will be very
pleasant when these new methods OBJ
tain a wide popularity.