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side Mr.. and Mrs Strickland. The girls
had never seen her laugh so heartily
as when she gaZed upon the mad and
merry crowd
No sooner was she seated than down
the stairs came two of the most weird
and curious objects that had yet ap-
peared upon the scene. They were tall
and draped in black with flowing sleeves
Ike wings. They moved in long, steady
strides and In perfect unison. Instead
of speaking 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland
and Miss Damon, they made a low
sweeping bow and passed on.
When the music began they danced
solemniy together. but without touch
ing each other This play went on for
several dances TO the intense mystery
and delight or the whole company "a
last, when every eye was on them, they
slowly slipped out of their black
shrOuds, and there stood Miss Van
Wyck and Bertha Jamison. OF the older
girls in Miss Damons rom
This was the crowning success OF the
evening. That Miss Van Wyck and
Bertha should have taken so much
trouble for the younger girls party
Never did happier. friendlier crowd
OF young people leave any house than
one OF them had the least doubt that
she had ben enjoying the best time
Of her whole life.
But Isobel knew that she really en-
joyed it most OF all because with hor
fathers and mothers help she had been
able to give pleasure 70 the others.
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MY MUSICIANS.

There's a tree near my bedroom win
dow.
And low on it's branches. and btob
Waits nightly q band OF rnusiclans
To give me gay lullaby.
In fact ere / think Of retiring
They're tuning their fi6dles with gIeo
And holding a regular concert
Around and about the old tree.
And after the house is all crIet
The lamps in the hall burning low
This band OF most jolly musicians
VIII take me 10 dreamland | know.
The cricket" will chirp without stop
ping
For even a brief interlude;
ne katydids" quarrel while singing,
AS II WITH the mischief ipbued.
The 'locusts" come in on the chorus
The tree toads" awake at the sound
IL seems that million OF voices
Were breaking the stiffness around.
Then list: Katy did, .'I<aty didn't =.
Comes quickly the far-off repiy.
And who Is and where Is poor "Katie ?''
think as l drowsiiy lie.
Then louder again chirp the crickets.
The 1ocusts, and tree toads and
all
Seem trying 10 silence the 'Katies."
AS down into dreamland / fall.
-Nettie Dixon Hahn. in The Child
Garden.
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A SURGEON AND HER WORK.

A little German woman living IN tho
city OF New York has -olved for her
self the problem OF how to get a living
She has set UP as surgeon, and yet
she has graduated from 70 school OF
medicine. learned 10 rules of su-gery
nor even, as far as is known. attended
ambulance lectures. Her sign hangs
from second story window IN Third
avenue. and scme of her patients are
actually exhibited in the window itself.
Many OF the children of New York
know that sign and the little German
surgeon, fo- they take their dolls to
her for treatment. and carry them home
again with new lease Of life Dolls
Hospital Is the sign that attracts the
gaze or the children, and something Of.
the working of that hospital is told
IN most entertaining way in the New
York Evening Post.
The surgeon is indebted for her skill
in Saxor.y. She does not profess to be
as skiilful as he was. for he could put,
a finger on and wax a face over" As
Tor her. she must repair broken finger
oy putting on new hand. and broken
nose by putting new head on the old
body
She keeps a large assortment of limbs
and sections of limbs, trunks. heads and
She has these in every materIaI-wax,
china, tin, papie- mache, and is ready at
very short notice to replace n fractured
limb by new and sound one.
Her patrons are not all children. The
retailers. who send her dolls broken in
transportation from rzurope are very
particular customers. For them, every
part must be so well matched as to give
no evidence of repair; but when ali is
told the little girls are hardest TO
please. No matter how beautiful new
face or hand may BE-. they do not re-
ceive II rapturously at first sight.
1t is not the fault OF my stock" said
the doll maker. The children love their
old dolls dearly. They remember the
doll as 1t looked to them when II hung
from the Christmas stocking What ID
looked then II Will always look They
are waiting for me TO make the doll
look just Ike that A doll with a new
mead Is like an adopted baby. II Is not
the old doll brought TO life
The sign is great help TO me- she
continued. 1T has really made nv
trade. 1t does not bring work from the
retail stores. but IL does from the chill
dren: To have doll mended is a bother.
out 10 take a doll TO a hospital-that's
game that the little folk play with great
enjoyment. Youths Companion
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A LITTLE WORD-HUNT.

20, dear. what shall we do7' said
DICK at dusk Tea time was half an
hour of and the children were sitting
around the fire.
Lets have word hunt" said
mother. I've just been reading about
the queer ways some common names
start Where do you suppose the word
army comes from2"
Give IL right up" said Little BiIlee.
promptly. The rest laughed but they
had 10 give II up, too.
1t comes from n French word mean
ing to be armed said mother And
where do you suppose that brigade
comes fromf il comes from the ItaliasI
'brigata.' meaning "A company or a
horde. and the word 'briGand' has the
same source. And the word military
itself comes from the old Roman. for
their miles meant the men who had 10
supply. thousand men each for the
army
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and stood by the hole. waiting and
presently the marmot came back with
some food which he had gathered for
supper.
The marnot, when he saw the raven
standing right in front Of his hole. asked
him politely to please step aside and let
him enter But the raven said: No !
will not step aside. They call me a car
rionNeater. and | am going 10 prove that
| can eat fresh food as well as anybody
Dear me" said the mHrmOt who was
a fat, chubby little fellow. with good
disposition. Il should hate awfully to be
eaten. But If | must be. why, / must
But. good raven, ! have heard that you
are a very fine dancer. Before i die 1
should like to see you dance just once
This touched the raven I'm his weak
polnt-his vanity-and he replied
We'll. l believe / am rather good at
dancing. and IL you really insist 1 wiz
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Where does soldier come from?
asked Sam.
From solidus, an ancient coin with
which the lighting men were paid. 1t
dates back to the time when all war
-iors were hired for the work. The
word artillery goes away back to the
Latin 'arcus.' meaning bow and 'arcuba-
lista.' which was a word coined In the
middle ages as "A name for the cross
bow. The projectiles known as 'shrap-
mel are named after the British Cen
cral Shrapnei. Pistol has "a queer his
tory Long ago the village of Pistoja.
in Italy, was famous for making dag
gers. When the pistol was invented IT
became known at first as fstgun.
and then the name Of the dagger 'pis-
toja' WAS given 10 IT. The bayonct got
Its name from the French town of
Bayonne."
Just then the tea bell rang
Say. mumsey. said martial Dick,
who expects TO be a soldier some day
that wasn't such a bad game"
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LITTLE IsoBEL's PEACE FESTIVAL.

noor. They turned soIemnTy around
ana around as II they did not know tie
music had ceased. The effect was so
ridiculous that a merry peal OF laugh
Ter broke from the whole company, and
many recognize each other
On and on danced the ghosts until
Folly. shaking her bells, ran to them
and tapped them both, and when they
seemed loath to stop she seized their
whlte garments and tore them Of. at
the same time removing her own mask
Inere In the middle Of the room stood
lSobei and Jean Stewart dressed IN
checked Singham aprons made like or
phan asylum chiidren's The E'oIiv
vas Martha Chester and the whole plan
nad been arranged by them as a signal
TO unmaSk.
There was moments silence. then
came merry burst OF laughter and ap-
plause. and a second later shining eyes
erv~here.
Inc fun grew faster and livelier. Miss
Damon came in and took her place be-
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ON OLD-TIME Fable.

One day rs the Sage was walking by
The seashore and wondering why cucum-
oers didn't grow on trees and give the
boys chance TO climb up i'm the world.
said:
% great and wise man. but 7 have
favor TO ask Of you. and II you but
grant 1t my happiness will be COM
Want another claw on you. so that
You can reach out for more good
thingsg" puericd the Sage I'm reply
~ Is not that, but yesterday / sav
Fox running up and down on the
sands. and he carried his tail so proud
~ that was NJ once possessed with a
man OF knowledge. give me a taII?'
Sure YOU want one?''
Sure. Mike"
favorite?''
None at all"
Wen. here YOU go. You are now a
Lobster with n tail and II Won don't
have a heap Of fun over II II won't be
my fault"
The Lobster walked up and down for
time and admired himself aud showed
on TO the clans, and then started in
land through the scrub. He had not
gone dozen rods when his taII wa
caught by the brush and held fast and
as he was struggling To free himself
along came clam hunter with a baskei
and said:
We'll. here is luck. came on, for
clans. and / find lobster waiting 10 h..
picked up Come into the basket. old
MORAL.
It's what We haven't got we are al
ways wishing for. and yet II we attain
1t we might be worse of.
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what a graceful dancer you are" and
then, 20, raven, what a foolish fellow
you arei'
And with that he darted between the
ravens legs and went. chick, into his
hole.
hoppcd around as lively as. when dane
ing.
The marmot polIed his little nose out
OF the hole just far enough so that the
raven could see II, but not get at It
and cried: 20, raven, what a vain ana
foolish fellow you are. Beware of van
ity, raven. beware of vanity And here
after don't be so sensitive as to worry
about what every squeaking sea bird
says. ., raven, look how fat am
Don't you wish you could eat me?"
And the marmot lodged into his hole
again. while the raven went away
often wasted upon vain people.
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MARTHA CHESTER'S ESCAPE.

Whenever little Miss Jourdain. the
French teacher, kept study hour the
girls were inclined 10 take advantage.
for Miss Jourdain found it difficult to
command perfect order. She was apt
TO be either overstrict or overindulgent
One morning three girls left the room
one after the other. Finally Martha
Chester vert out also.
Miss Jourdain looked around several
times uneasily. She knew the room
was not right. but she could not re-
cali what girls should be there At
last she went into the hail. A moment
later she returned. her face flaming and
her eyes swapping. The dressing room
was full of giggling girls. and when
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THE VANITY OF THE RAVEN.

This is a tale the Eskimos tell their
children In the darkness of the long
winters. up on the shores of Bering sea.
Once a raven was flying along the
seashore, when some sea birds saw him
and began 10 gibe at him.
20. raven. ravenr they cried. 20. you
old eater Of garbage, o. you carrion
eater,"
The raven was angry and his feelings
were hurt for he was very vain bird
and when his vanity was touched he was
ready 20 do almost any foolish thing.
III show them.'' he said
Flying on. he looked down and saw n
mar7not hole. The raven swooped down
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sharp talons. but the steel-clad bullets
he'd been aimed well, and Just in the
nick OF time the animal fell dead
"A good afternoons work. muttered
the cid trapPer. He returned to his
cabin and called uP the American Mu-
scum on the telephone. Word came
back that a naphtha launch would be
sent right down to receive the valuab
prizes. The pioneer Immediately set 70
work on the carcasses and by the time
the electric searchlight OF the boat
shone over the sea he had the animals
skinned and carried the pelts aboard.
shot enabled him TO live in afflusnce
for many wears.
There are exactly twenty mistakes IN
this story. What are they7
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.
4: Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Stric,sian,1 -
guest the pleasure Of your company. :
a[soay evening. November 3. at eight :
Dancing
Piease como disguised so that your .
pest friend Will not recognize you. :
MS was the invitation that every girl
IN MISS Damon's school found on her
oess one morning. What a buzz IL made
poln IN Miss DEmons room and IN MiSS
van weeks also, A fancy dress marty
AZ lsobeis. Wouldn't II be lots more
iun than a picnic or circus or any
thinEi S
a little group of happy girls crowded
about Isobcl.
You're perfect dear to have IT.,
they said. a.
The night OF the partv the str,ci.-
lands house looked ike some stranrs
lana: The rooms were all stripped Of
furniture and lighted with taii Candies
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just show you few steps before l eat
you But. dear me. 1 must have some
music. / never dance with music
20, as for that, l will sing for YOU -
said the marmot, and the little fat fell
low began song which went: %
dance
AT last they stopped to rest. and the
marmot said: II am delighted with
your dancing. Just give me one more
sample, AS II Is TO be the last. shut
your eyes. and dance your best, aud /
will sing
So the raven, who really could not
cance well at all. shut his eyes and
began hopping clumsily. while the mar
mot sang: 20, raven, raven, raven
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THE STORY OF THE PIONEER.

One morning early in 1909 an old pio-
neer emerged from his log cabin. Be
fore him stretched the Atlantic ocean
and 5ehird him thee high office build
ings Of New York and Philadelphia
shone in the last rays Of the WesterinE
sun. Suddenly from the waves there ap-
peared three big round heads Long
tus6s protruded from the Jaws.
''Walrusr' exclaimed ne. las sure as
Napoleon was licked st Waterloo!" as
the brutes galloped up the beach toward
him.
He haStened into his cabin. seized his
gun and fired seven shots as fast as
he could pull the trigger. The three
great beasts leaped at him and one al
most managed 10 seize him with Its
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cape. but one of the other girls slammed
the door and held IL tight.
Won't they own up2' asked Isobel
They're scared Stiff Martha replied
Miss Damon has expelled girls for less
than that"
Martha was depressed, but Isobel
cheered her.
You'll see something will happen, -
she said.
%. e ! had your standing for being
good" retorted Martha But you know
I've been In scraDes before and now
they believe ! was I'm this one"
Isobel told all this to Jean.
What can We do without telling what
we ouShtn't?" she asked.
20, I know how cried Jean. In
go to Miss Van Wyck and pull Martha
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SIMON SINGERS REFLECTION.

OF all the funny things YOU see
The worst are in the Biography;
The more I study 1t, the more
l wonder what they made I for.
Now there are capes. Well. Sister Rose
Has one. It's not a biz Ike those.
And then the North and South Poles!
They
Are not like poles. that's what say.
The necks Of land are something, too,
| can't make out. wEate'er | do;
They've got no heads or things like that:
| guess the book talks through its hat.
The maps are awful funny. too:
They mako the lands look pink and blue,
And all the colors ever seen,
And yet we know the land is green.
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BILLY'S THOUGHT.

There isnt any other month
As good as is November.
For there are two good holidays
In that one month. remember.
And then. what corking holidays
Those two are for a feller,
Both jammed full OF excitement from
The attic to the cellar.
The fun around the voting booths
is simply something glorious.
And certainly the bonfrcs
At night re just Gproar;ous.
And later on the -"rkey, not
To mention the |lnce pies!
Well. just bet November IS
The month that takes the prfze
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THE BEST UNCLE-MAN.

OF all the uncle-men I've got,
Tho very best of all the lot
is Uncle Joe. He amt like some.
That holler at me: Billy. come
And tell us what you've learned al
school;
And DO YOU know the Golden Rule?
And what Is six times eighty-three?
W hat towns arc on the Caspian sea -
Mo- Uncle Joe, he says. We'll. Dick,
j really think you re looking sick:
You re studying too hard. maybe.
so you Just come and go with me-
And then We have some fun, and so
think lot of Uncle Joe.
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S a ured Imam
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WAS FINED SIS FOR
STEALING LIGHT
William lee, CoIored Saloon keepe.
Before Magistrate Gaylord on
Unique Charge. 7

William NJ Leo. who conducts n
saloon in King street, was fined So
and costs by Magistrate Il. H. J. Gag.
lord yesterday afternoon on warran,
charging him with stealing electricity
from the Newport Ntws & Old Point;
Hallway ana Electric Company.
Ice is Il cnlurcd man and the fine
Imposed upon him is The minimum
penalty prescribed Tor the ofrnsc
charged.
II seems that Lee had his plac,, If
business connected with the wires
OF the company ana has ltr sometime
boon getting lights without cost.
MIR Fay s Collier and Hon. S. Cor.
don Cumming prosecuted Lee. The
company is now making thorough
search for men who are getting lirh.s
in an illegal way and ii is likely that
il any more are following the style
used by Leo they will be brought he
fore Justice.
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HOW LABOR DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
Many People Will Witness the Fire.
works Display at Buckroe Beach
in the Evening.

Tho celebration of Labor Day To.
morrow In Hampton promises to be
very general, although there are no
special features for the day from a
local standpoint
The postoilicc will observe the usual
sunday hours and the banking institu.
tons will remain closed TOR the entire
day.
tomorrow night most of the people
will 50 To Tuckroc Beach To witness
The big display OF fireworks arranged
Tor The occasion by Manager Charles
W. ltcX. Manager Rex Announces That
Tins will prove the best pyrotcchnic,
display Of The season at the resort.
Smihts orchestra will be on hand and
dancing may he indugcd in until h
late hour.
Many people will take in the big
Labor Day celebration at Pine Beach.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
Has Accepted Call to Coylngton
Episcopal Church.
SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION
Exceedingly Popular in Church and
Athletic Circles and His Decision
to Leave Hampton Will BRING Re.
gret to Wide Circle of Friends.

Rev. George Floyd Rogers has sent
his resignation as assistant rector Of
old ST Johns Episcopal church and
rector of Emmanuel chapel phocbus,
To the vcsiry OF the churches, and will
accept the call rendered him by the
Episcopal church in Covington.
MIR. Rogers has requested the vestry
IN relieve him of his ministerial din.
ties here on September 20, so that
he may immediately take up his work
in Covineton.
The announcement of Mr. Rogers
acceptance uf the call to Covington
VIII cause genuine regret among his
larishiuncrs and the general public.
lie is wcll known in athletic circles;
and his wide influence in church work
here wen for him position seldom
attained by Il young minister i'm any
community. He is rs popular outside
of his congregation as he is i'm the
church.
For several months Mr.. Rogers was
acting pastor of old ST. Johns and IL
Is known that many of the members
OF the congregation thought of inyit-
.lng him to become tho rector TO this
idea Mr.. Rogers would not consent.
claiming that he did nit care To take
up a church with 50 many responsible.
'ics as this one would involve at the
present iimc.
In Covinglon Mr. Rogers will he
come the rector Of Emmanuel church,
succeeding Roy. Mr.. Rollins. MIR.
rogers Will so To Covington ON DC.
iohcr first.
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property owners In Han pton and
Elizabeth City county. lie also own
ed considerable property i'll Glouccs-
ter county and the city Of Richmond
and it is likely that the titles of the
properties in those sections will have
to be passed upon by the co urts.
Mr.. l.ansburg owned much property
aione West Queen streets and other
suits will follow. II Is said that the
title To the property of the Prcsby-
tcrian church is not 10 be contested.
The suits are brought by Judge S.
j. Dudley and Aslhy and Read as
counsel for the plaintiffs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
Fight for Recovery of Lansburg
Property Has Started.
SUIT ENTERED YESTERDAY
They Arc Against George I4olsion,
James e. Stewart and John Z. Eos
ter-cIaimed That Man Was Insane
and Did Not Know About Deal.

Tho fight for the recovery of the
property owned at one time hy Julius
l"nsburr. now III inmate of the asy-
lun at Williamsburg. WAS started Yes.
terday by The institution of three
suits in "juclcnt in The Elizabeth
City Comfy Circuit Court.
jhc suits are brought by Judge Sid,
ney J Dudley as administrator of
1iIlius I.amshurg ana arc against John
Foster, George Ilolston and JaIrcs
r. Stewart. 1t is claimed the defend.
ants purchased the property from The
l.arShnrs estate AMI that the deeds
arc Invalid because of the insanity of
I.ansburg at the time the transactions;
are ALLEGED To have taken place.
II is expected that the trial of The
cases will bring forth some sensations!
evidence. as there are several other
tracts involved in the suits. Accord.
ing To the claims OF the Innsburrs
heirs tho property should never have
been transferred from Tho estate of
their father
Julius I.ansburg was mt one time
one Of The most prominent men ana!
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TO ADD MILLINERY DEPARTMENT
Messrs. Steiner 6 Kaufman Make an
IntereStine Anno...>...... a., -.

Messrs. Steiner 6 Kaufman Make an
Interesting Announcements
Alcssrs. Steiner & Kaufman have
Just completed arrangements for omen.
ing large millinery department in
connection with their store in West
Queen street.
MT !. Steiner, accompanied by Mr..
VI. steiner and Miss Fannie Steiner.
returned yesterday from Il tour OF the
Northern markets where the stock of
hiSli class aud attractive fall millinery
was purchased. Miss Fannie Steiner,
VINO mas been TIE head lnllIillrr
Tor large baltimore firm. will be in
charge of This department and the firm
intends to make it a thoroughly at.
tractivc place for millinery /"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

MIR and Mrs. j. y. Copeland and
'heir DAUGHTERS. Misses Mamie Louise
ana Kathryn Virginia Copeland, and
Ihci son, Master Iiunicr S. Copeland.
nave returned home after pleasant
vlsi' to Mrs Jefferson Brown, at GIon.
ccstcr Courthouse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

Buy new tic--our new fall stock
Is here and they're perfect hcatuics.
Every little bit help" -you know!
Dit FRANKGL 4 GlSENMAN.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
TO THE CIGAR SMOKERS.

CrcnoS, Jackson Squares, and the
original Johnson Specials, all five cent
brands, now seven for twenty-five
cents. Lillian Russell five cent cigars.
three for ten cents. Key West cigars
Il specially. liULL'S CUT RATE
CIGAR STORE. Hampton. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

WANTED-ACTlVE YOUNG MAN.
of good appearance tn canvass for
local firm. established Is years.
Good references required. Address
ii. !. j., care Daily Press, Hampton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

No. 55,75S drew the box of cigars at
iluLL'S CUT RATE DRUG STORE
last night. n
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

AR. John Winslow left yesterday
f"' Il visit OF some days 10 his former
home in North Carolina.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

Nlcssrs. C. y. MacRobcrts and sic.
ven Clarke left last evening for II trip
of several days to New York and Hos
ton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.

rhc Coming and Going of the People
You Know.
MIR Nelson S. Groomc left last night
for a stay ol several weeks In New
York city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-03

MI. James Lawson has left 10 spend
The Labor Day holiday with friends in
Washington.