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The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

It 10 stated on the best authority
that whom Secretary Of the Navy Nor
ton retirea from tho cabinet next
year be will not return to the Santa
Fe, but become the head Of . great
instisusion In New York Oity. Off,
cials Of the Santa Fe did not expect
Mr.. Norton to remain 70 long in
Washington. and Mr.. Morton is not
anxious TO return to railroad work.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10
Why Suffer From Rheumatism


Why suffer from rheumatism when
one application Of Chamberlain PAIN
Palm will relieve the pain: The
quick relief which this liniment
affords makes rest and sleep possible.
and that alone is worth many times
its cost. Many who have used 1t hop.
ing only for short relief from suffer.
ing have been happily surprised to
find that after awhile the relief be-
came permanent. Mrs. v. H. Leg
Rett Of Yum Yum. Tennessee. U. 8.
A.. writes: II am . great sufferer
from rheumatism, all over from head
to foot. aud hamberlain's Pain Balm
10 the only thing that will relieve
the pain" For sale BY all druggists.
mwf
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Notice Annual Stockholders Meeting
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF The Blsney Oil. Gas and
Refining company will be held in
room 81. in the Blunt block. in Flor.
ence, Fremont county. Colorado on
Wednesday the 7th day of June, A.
D.. 1906. ut 10 O'Clock. y. M. for the
purpose Of elect,ng directors. and for
the transaction Of such other busi
ness a. may properly be brought be-
fore said meeting.
Dated at Florence, Colo. May 3.
1905. @. W. BLANEY,
55-4t-w Secretary.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10
A Positive Necessity,

Having to lay upon my bod for IL
days from = severely bruised leg, l
only found relief when used bottle
Of ballsrd's Snow Liniment. I
can oheerfully recommend IL - tho
best medicine for bruises ever sent to
tho affiiosed. It has now become .
positive neoessitv upon myself. d.
r. Byrnes. Merchant. Doversville
Texas 2bc. b0c, 500. Sold by A.
A.. Hull and Florence Palace Phar-
maov. mwf
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Rojestvensky just cannot understand
It when day passes without his feet
being blown up BY the Japs. He will
yet be reporting to the AikAdo that
Togo 10 not earning his salary.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Who knows but that . useful citi-
sen of the world might be made ont Of
Castro II some strenuous gentleman
were to take him behind the barn for
brief engagements with the hitohiDg
strap.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10
Ny wrfe's Idea of a Good Grocer.

Ny Wife's Idea of a Good Grocer.
Last Tuesday evening spent at my |
own home. sitter a two weeks trip up
New York state. It was cold and
rainy "a great night to spend indoors
in your stocking feet. 70 to speak.
Ny wife aud sat in our palatial
library under the evening lamp. We
made . charming picture-I with my
wsskit undone and my shoes on, read
Ing; she working At basket of dilap.
idated socks
The scene would have been perfect
II she had only not interrupted me all
the time. Ny wife is one of those
estimAble females who swell up and
burst II they can't talk.
was reading one Of those intellec.
tual stories BY Laura Jean Libbey.
"Her Crimson whiskers; or Love in
= Coal Bin, !" is was er,titled-you
ought to read It: it's great. I wa.
intensely interested. I had just got.
ten in the middle Of this passage =
mo Ermynrtude. said the Duke.
with the gesture Of king. II love
you with she mighty love Of q man
who has not loved since Last Tuesday,
but will never call your father
'poppA' after We are wed. -
When my wife rudely interrupted
met
"Peroival. she said, ''do you
think Mr.. Blank 10 . good grocer ?"
simply had to anwser her. She
would have gone home to her moth.
or II I hadn't. Mr.. Blank. inoi.
dentallv. IL the grocer who has the
honor Of serving us with the ncces.
saries of life.
what do you mean by good
my dear?" asked.
"Why.i' she explained. "a good.
up.to-date mans he a. good - .
grocer ought to be p
II always thought he was." l
answered. see flaws In anybody
who will trust me for goods. "what
makes you ask such . question ?" l1
why she replied. II think he
isn't ~ accommodating ~ he might
be at times.''
I'm what wayr" asked. sufrep.
titiously getting ready to take some
notes. II would be greatly interest.
cd In hearing your idea Of what .
grocer ought to bs.
She looked At me suspioiously to rec
II was making game. but I wore
that expression Of polite interest
which all great men can assume. and
the blum worked.
well, when telephone up early
this morning for stsak for breakfast
aud Asked him 70 ssud it down right
away, Il didn't come for half N
hour. and breakfast was late. Do
you think that was very nice Of him.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Tiokets to points east via she Mis-.
souri Pacific from Canon City. and
stations west thereof. will allow pur.
ohassrs side trip from Pueblo 10 Dem
ver and return when desired. Please
beAT this In mind. e
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Castro is making it plain that he
knows the difference between the cold
and hos end Of m ultimatum.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

Charges Of graft have oaused duels
In Havana. In this country they
cause only indictments and demands
for vindications.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

A tariff on unconnrmed war rumors
might help the treasury deficit.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10
when he knew wanted st for break

when he knew I wanted st for break.
fast :"
Bat. my DEAR" observed mildly
you must remember that maybe
ffty other eager females were pfoba-
bly, also calling him up about the
same time and asking him to send
something mp for breakfast right
sway Somebody's got to wait
sure. Z"
II don't care,'' she retorted: "if
he's In business he ought to give peo-
pie what they want"
"All right. my dear. !" said. msk-
ing note, "let's pass on to another
case. Have you anything else in
your mind against your grocer Y''
"Yes, have she said; che
doens't send hi. wagon quick enough
with the order in the morning. I
always 60 mp there and order the
things before Q O'Clock. and some
times the boy doesn't get here with
them until 10. I've asked him to
hurry repeatedly. and told him how
much he put me out. but 1t doesn I
do any good. What IL he has over a
| h-v kn nj
he to be fixed 10 he can take care OF
themf ?"
Ibid he tell you he had over a
hundred orders to send outr' / asked.
Eyes, he did, she answered
'That was when asked him to let
me have mine right away"
made another note.
Anything else P" I asked.
She looked 1t me sharply. "pd
givo . good deal to know whether
you're guying me. !" she said threaten
iDely.
ossuIou HoI tuAe WSo oSFuoseAy
seeking some way to help her out Of
her difficulty. and she proceeded.
''I never have understood. she
said, "wby 1t wasn't possible to send
me box Of straw berries. for instance.
that would be good all through.
Aren't there any boxes that are good
all through? There's always some
bad ones. Why couldn't he pick them
over and throw away the bad ones
No matter what get like that, toma-
toes or any kind Of vegetables, I al.
ways have to out lot OF waste away
from some OF them. Why couldn't
he send mt all good. I'd like to
know p
Again made = note. ''It does
seem hard" observed soothiugly.
She rocked violently TOR . minute
As the memory. Of her wrongs sat heav-
lily upon her. But knew she WASH t
done, partly because with that dear
little creature there IL always some.
thing more to say.
"You know that rib roast we had
for dinner tonight" she said In a
minute. ''There was big bone in
that that I'll bet would weigh nearly
a poundi don't think ought to
pay for thnt, do you? Why oouldn' Z
he take 1t out and just send me the
meat? can't ext the bone.''
II think Blank ought to be hung.
myself. I said emphatically ~ I
made another note.
She niffed. II don't believe you d
be serious IL your mother diedi" she
said.
II don't believe he has enough
clerks, either" she said discontented.
" In . minute. II sent one of the
| children mp Tor something this moru-
ing and he had to wait twenty -dve
minutes to be waited on!''
"What about the fact that there
may have been = lot Of people before
him ?" I put in brsvely.
II don't care, she replied; III
he had more clerks people wouldn't
have to wait 20 long!"
wrote busily for . minutes.
Ny queen" said. II believe
your ideas ~ TO what . grocer should
be are finel They certainly are novel
and In order that they may not be
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

rh. Daily Tribune 100 por month.
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10

II don't care,'' she replied; "f
he had more clerks people wouldn't t
have to wait 20 long!"
wrote busily for . minutes.
my queen. said. "I believe
your ideas - TO what grocer should
be are finel They certainly are novel
and in order that they may not be
lost to posterity have jotted them
down there and will read them over
to you to see il got the idea
No answer.
''First." begun, every small
suburban grocer ought to keep fifty
boys, in order to deliver right away
orders that come In BY telephone for
things for breakfast; also fifty tele.
phone. In order that no time shaft be
Lost In getting the orders"
paused to let the applause sub.
aide. No applause. however.
Second, continued. "all little
suburban Rrooers should keep at least
100 delivery teams, 20 - 70 be able to
deliver morning orders right away :"
I thought would get . hand ON
that one. but nothing doing.
THIRD" I went on. small subur-
ban gooers should only bay Of farm
The daily tribune., 1905-05-10
Notice Annual Stockholders Meeting

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09
IccuIinr occunntinn.

Inc trade oc toothstaincr, followed
III eastern Asia. is as odd Il calling us
any. The natives prefer black teeth
10 the whittier kind. and the toothstnin-
or, with 4 little box OF brushes and
coloring matter calls oil his customers
ana stains their teeth. The process is
not unlike that OF backing boot, FOR
Il fine polish is given 10 the teeth. The
pigment used is quite harmless. III
Arabia The trade of "gossipcr" has
many followers. The "gossper" col
lccts all the news, tittc-tati1c, Jokes
and stories lie can get hold OF ana
then goes from house 10 house retail.
ing them. If nc has II good manner
and can adapt his rcctals to his audi
cnocs he makes Il very fair income.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09

An English gentleman who resided in
CHINA for many years tells the follow
ing story in illustration OF the peculiar
inavcry of The Chinese character: \
Stout gentleman well known In China
was some years ago fcicd at Talwan
for two or three days. the observed of
all Observers" he being m immcnsc
man and good specimen OF Il trans
atlantic Anglo-SaXQn. bnt the series of
crowded visits lie received at length
became troublesome, and he found he
was being made too much of. The fact
was he was being exhibited. n. charge
hcing made for the exhibition.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09

|, Your attention is invited TO the fol
lowing report Of the grand jury, adopt
ell at The November term of the Circuit
Court:
We, the regular grand jury, duly en-
pancllcd by the Circuit Court OF
Elizabeth City county, in the State
of Virginia at the November. 1904
term thereof. most respectfully re
port to the court:
That il has been brought to our
| knowledge from evidence adduced
from various sources there has been
great laxity in the performance of
their duty on the part of some of the
officers Of the county, and especially
those TO whom is entrusted the assess.
mcnt OF license taxes that a great
many have been misnformcd as to
the laws governing licenses, especially
as they pertain to billiard and pool H.
censes
That certain persons engaged in the
mercantile business, and business OF
other characters, have been allowed
To carry on and to conduct their re-
spcciirc businesses. in some Instances.
without paying a proper amount of H.
ccnse tax. and in other instances with.
out paying anything for the conduct
OF such businesses as is provided for
by the laws of this Commonwealth.
Ihat there are none OF, at any raj @,
an insufficient number OF investiga.
tons annually requiring the exhibi-
ton of licenses by NIL persons; that
there is, general axity on their part,
of all persons in obtaining licenses,
as well as on the part of the officers.
in requiring n sufficient amount of II
cense tax TO he paid and also i'm in.
yestigating 10 ascertain whether the
same has been paid or not; that there
seems to 10 lack of knowledge on
The part Of certain officers of'thc coun-
~ of the laws governing their respec.
live Offices and their duty imposed
upon them thereby; That we believe
that some citizens in some instances
return improper valuations of their pro.
perry Cmorc especially personal pro.
porty) and return all insufficient
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09
BUYING A WATCH.
Filled Cnscs. Plated Cases md Good
md had Movements.

md Had Movements.
Not many men know how TO buy a
watch" said Il jcwcler. "and to large
extent they have TO rely on the honesty
Of the dealer. So complicated is the
business that even we 20 to the fac
tories ourselves and arrange for spc.
cinl work in order to get the proper ar
ticlc for of course. we could not as
say every case we receive.
Now. how many people know tho
difference between filed case and Que
that is plated: y filled case. YOU sec,
is composition that resembles steel.
with plate of gold on each side. that
on the outer being thicker than the in
side. Snch cases arc guaranteed not
To wear through within five. ten, fif-
teen or up 10 Twenty-Five years. the
limit of the guarantee made by the
reputable houses. If Il man offers VOL
case warranted for thirty or forty
years You are going to be bunkocd il
YOU buy it. When you see watches Of
fcrcd for sale rs gold lillcd fur 81 or
81 depend upon it they arc plated, and
mighty thinly too
In the matter OF watch movcmcnts s. .
he continued, "thc buyer is really al
the mercy of the dealer In one biz
factory about 5000 movements arc
made every day. There is certain 10
be haste in that sort of output. and The
name OH the dial docs not make M for
impcrfcctions. TO avoid these n first
class icwclcr arrnngcs for several hun
drcd movements TO be delivered year
hence.
"a strictly first class movement re.
quircs six months exactly In its pas
sage through the factory from the be.
ginning TO The finished product ready
TO offer for sale. Such goods are then
stamped with the name of the firm fol
which they arc made ana that firm has
10 stand sponsor for them. The Swiss
watch, in It's higher class, IS the bcs,
movement In the world today. O,
course there are cheap Swiss move.
mcnts that YOU can buy for 81 or 81
but they keep good tmc"- Kansas City
Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09
HAMPTON NEWS And DVERTISBMENTS continued,

understand the source of power of
musical art. From now on we stantl
on historical ground The wonderful
fabric CT modern music has been de
rclcped by process extending
through thousands of years, up through
Greek music land other peoples had
their music as WELD laying great
stress upon beauty of tone and form
until ii he's reached the point where
rhythm. harmony. melody and tonal
variety are combined inc some of the
most magnificent productions OF tho
mind Of man.
AS music possesses The power uf act.
h,:. on lie emotions directly by itself.
or of intcnsifving cmoti:,ns produced
hy other means. NC can devise Il scale
by Which Ia judge tho value Of siycn
mrsical compositions. II would start
perhaps with trc beating IN drums by
harbar;ans accompanied by savage
shouts. leading through rag-tim. and
lis accompaniment of Chittcr.chatlcr
STILL onward through music intending,
to illustrate the sentiments Of noble
words until it finally ntt:,ins lis high
cst form in instrumental; music Gli.;
term Should. stlicily speaking. Du
pure" music. us singing to highly
emotional and musical texts would be.
long hcrc) whore il is free to tell its
message in its own way.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09

, amount, thereby greatly increasing the
taxes of persons owning real estate
md diminishing the same below a
Just proportion upon persons owning
personal property; that sufficient steps
are not taken to have proper lists of
persona property returned, nor pro-
per investigation made to ascertain
when such lists are returned whether
hey are correct or not.
That certain witnesses in The prose.
| cution OF criminals arc accustomed to
testify, to fact before the grand jury
OF justice upon the preliminary hear
ing of case and to testify otherwise
before the court upon the trial there
of, thereby pcrjuring themselves in
one case Or the other without being
punished therefore as provided for by
law.
That certain justices of the peace
are lax in making their reports to the
court OF cases disposed of by them,
thereby not only making themselves
amendablc to the law, but clogging
the wheels of Justice, and as We be-
fore said. that there is a general laXity
on the part Of a great many OF the said
county and district officers and citi-
zens OF the said county in the per.
Torrance Of their duty.
Therefore. VIC. the said grand jury,
fully realizing that the present state
OF affairs has been permitted to exist
within the said county for a great
many years without proper steps being
taken by the proper officers to alter
the same. and that the people have
not therefore been properly. trained
TO Withstand the enforcement of the
laws strictly, and for this reason think
II would be hardship upon those who
are In violation thereof to return in
iictmcnts against them at this time.
lllasmlch as2they have not been mott.
ned properly BY the laws. nor have
they been afforded an ample opportunity
OF alsscertaining what the laws are; but,
further, fully, realizing that some steps.
should he taken to require the LAWS
ofNthis Commonwealthes tnctl to HE
complied with. and wishing further full
ly to cXcnlpatc and command all OF tho
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09

, citizens and officers of this county.
who have used their best cndcavors
to carry out the laws properly, but on
the other hand. to consprc all others
who have not done SO, most respect
fully recommend that some notice,
either by publication In tho ncwspa-
pers, printed pamphlets or otherwise
| be given 10 tho public generally be.
tween now and the first day of next
May. of the laws governing licenses,
taxes and all othcr things incumbent
upon the said citizens and officers, and
That the next regular grand jury Chat
being the next one after. the payment
CT the next annual license tax and re-
turns Of personal property be required
and charged to investigate all mat
ters of this character. which may be
brought to their attention and render
information or indictments against
such as are still in violation Of The law
at that time. whether IL be on the part
oil the citizen i'll making an improper
return OF property license, or an Of
licer for neglecting his duty.
And to This end we would say that
Ii 1t is proper for the court To adjourn
us until then. or to again summon
us to that term, that the, present grand
Jury in attendance ana each member
Is willing to attend, bo empanclled
and make such further investigation
OF the above matters at that time as to
them may seem proper
Respectfully submitted,
II. NJ. mueller. Foreman.
In the County Clerks ONCE of Eliza
beth City County, April 6, a. D..
1905.
Pursuant to. order of The Circuit
Court Of Elizabeth City, county, en-.
tered on the 25th day of November.
1901 upon the Recommendation OF
The grand jury. empanelled in said
court at that time the foregoing re-.
port Is hereby published in the Daily
Press and Hampton Monitor. news.
papers having circulation In ihjs
cOnhty.a
OF April, A. d. 1906. !.
H.sH, HOLT, Cork.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09
BOOKS.

What sense of security In an old
book which time has criticised for us
Lowell.
Books are men Of higher stature and
the only mon that speak aloud for fu-
turc times to hcar.-E. y. Browning.
We should make the same use of Il
hook That the bee docs OF II flower. She
steals sweets from II, but does not in
lure it.-Coltcn.
Books are the masters who Instruct
MS without rods and feri!les. without
nara words ana anger, without clothes
or moncy.-Richartl dc Bury.
My muxfins 7nrr never to begin 4
book without finishing IL, never to con
slider 1t without knowing it, ana Ia
study with II whole mind-Buxton.
A book is good company. II is full of
conversation without loquacity. Ii Is
not offended ut your observation-disclosures
nor jealous IL YOU turn to other pleas.
ures.-Bccchcr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-09
Old TIme HALLWAY Trnvcl.

Ihrl class passenger coaches in
England used To he coupled OH next to
the engine. The travellers came i'm for
terrible treatment, when any accident
occurred. At times the engine was
driven tender first. in which case
frozen hands could be warmed at IT.;
smokcsiack. The passengers were
packed. seventy OF them, into "a trucl,
eighteen feet in length by seven and
q half in width. There was no ROOT
and not. as rule. proper protection
ut the sides.
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The First shave.

Which of us does not recall with n
gentle iluttcr of emotion The unuttcr-
able delight We experienced when we
graycly set about that delicate opera
lion. ''thc first shave" an innocent
subterfugc 10 which Il youth resorts
by way OF proving 10 his own satsfac-
lion that lie has reached The stage of
full manhood: lie has Il bcard!-Lc
Petit }arisicn.