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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06

adjourn to meet on Tuesday night;
September II. to consider the ordi-
nancp
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
EDDIE DUMAS ON
WAY TO DETROIT
Fiftecn-Year-oId Boy Disappears From
Home and Starts on Long Trip
Without Money.

The police department has been ask.
cd to apprehcnd Eddie Dumas, II 10
year old white boy, who left his home
at 1911 Virginia avenue. yesterday for.
Itichmond.
The lad is. /. is said, OH his way to
Detroit, Mich. He has but very little
money and apparently proposes to "ho
bo" his way across the country. ~
search for the boy was made by
the police yesterday but 1t was futile
and 1t is thought that Dumas left this
city cn freight train carly yestcr-
day morning.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06

After wrangling for two hours over
the new water franchise. the common
council last night rejected both bids
which were opened at the last meet
ing and laid the ordinance prepared
for another advertisement upon the
table until Tuesday night. September
10, when an adjourned session will be
held Tor the purpose of considering
the matter.
Several mattcrs of Importance were
disposed Of in short order at last
nights regular meeting and before .
O'clock the report OF the fire DEPART
ment and water committee had been
read II was nearly two hours later
before the trouble ended.
Every Member Present.
When the body was called to order
by President Jones every member OK
cept Mr.. Wilkins WIS present. before
the clerk flushed reading the minutes
OF The last meeting Mr.. wilkins en-.
tered the chamber Mr. Christie opcn.
ed the meeting with prayer.
The only business sent from the
board Of aldermen was nm ordinance
providing Tor electric street lights At
the corners Of Madison avenue AMI
Fwenty-nnth street, Jcifcrson avenue
and Twcniy-scvcnh street and .JcIrcr
son avenue AMI Twcnty-ninth street.
Several members insisted upon
amending the ordnance SO us to pro.
vide for lights at other places, but fin.
any the action OF the board was CON.
Cured in
Finance Committee.
a report from tie finance commit
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army will hold meet
inss tonight Mt Washington avenue.
and 'rwcnty-flfth street and Wpshing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
Prof. Morton Returns.

Prof. w. c. Morton, superintendent
CT schools, has returned from Staun.
Ton. where he has been spending his
vacation. Prof. Morton is now prcpar.
ihG Tor the opening OF the schools
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
Substitute Adopted.

When the vote upon Mr.. IIarris'
substitute WAS finally taken. the meas.
urc was adopted by vote of IL To
two. President Jones and Mr.. Chris.
Tic being The only members to vote
nay
Mr.. Washburn offered Il resolution
making il unlawful for persons 10
trcspmss upon buildings under con
strucion. II WAS referred to the or.
linancc aud police committee.
Mr.. Livczcy submitted petitions
from North End citizens, asking that
the condition of upper Huntington
avenue he improved. The petitions
were referred To the highways ana
sewers committee.
New Committees.
Before the council adjourned Prc.i.
deht Jones announced his appoint
mcnl" To committees for the cnsuiu..
year. Tho president of the board Of
lnldcrncn will announce the appoint.
mcnts from that. body next Tuesday
night
Following arc the common council
appontncnts:
Financc-Iivczcy. Wilkins and Da.
Wis.
Highways and scwcrs-via, Wash
burn md West
Ordinance and Wilkins, Vim
| and Christie.
Hcalth-Kctchum Harris and Kcl-
lum.
Almshousc and Kcllum, James
and Morgan
Schools-James. Christie and West.
building and grounds I.allcntin,
Washburn and Morgan.
Fire department and watcr--Mar.
shall. Ballcntine AMI Llcwcllyn.
Market Davis. Harris and Kct.
chum.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06

adjourn to meet on Tuesday night;
September ~, to consider the ordi-
nance
Mr.. Christie on Warpath.
During the discussion which follow.
ed, Mr.. Christie made some very sar-
castle remarks concerning the manner
in which this matter had been hand
led, intimatlng very plainly that
somebody" had been very busy look
ing after the interests of the old wat
or company and that there seemed 70
be an inclination to give James NJ.
Cumming, representing the new COM
pany, raw deal" He spoke for
nearly an hour before the vote upon
Mr.. Harris substitute was taken,
urging that the bid of the new COM
pany be accepted. lie declared that
Mr.. Cumming had offered the city an
excellent proposition and that there
was no reason in the world for turning
it down along with the bid of the old
company.
Mr.. Massie Calls Halt.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Christie practically accused City At
torney Massic of neglect of duty be-
cause the attorney did not draw the
ordinance under which the bids were
first advertised for. He said that every
body seemed to he very anxious to say
that he city WAS not properly protect
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
ST. vlncent,a Academy

The st. Vinccnt's Boys Academy
opened yesterday for the session Of
l9o5'o6 with good attendance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-06
W'RANGLF OVER THE
WATER FRANCHISE
Council Rejects Both Bids and
Decides TO Consider New Or.
dlnance in SPECIAL Session.
Mr.. CHRISTIE ON TIE WARPATH

Intimates That "somcbody" Has Been
over Active in interest of the Old
company-East End Storm Water
Sewer Measure Adoptcd-Presidcnt
Jones Appoints Committees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

George Bernard Shaw the Englishman.
Besides these there is study OF PIin-
cess Mathilde Bonaparte and her
friendship with the de GoncGurt broth
ers. and Eleonora Duse, the Italian ac-
tress shares with d'Annunzio the atten-
ton Of the author in the essay devoted
to the latter probably on the theory
that a Just estimate of the latter which
did not take into consideration the large
influence OF the former, would be inn
possible.
Altogether the book is of rare and ir-
resistible charm, which is only another
way of saying that it is in James
Hunekerss best and most characteristic
manner. A local critic. who is neverthe-
less an admirer of this author and reads
all his works. objects that Auneker is
too erudfte, that his learning, his wealth
of literary and historical allusion, his
constant evidences of uncommon re-
search and study are positively weary
ing. And it is true that the mans
knowledge is discouraging, if it is not
beWildering, to the average reader. How
has he found time-young as he is-to
read and study so much2 Music, htera-
ture the drama, history, psychology
he seems to know them all thoroughly
And besides his thorough training in
the technics of many subjects he has
much spicy entertaining gossip about
people and things at his fingers ends
the sort of human interest stun thaI
every one likes to read and which make
interesting as any novel. Mr.. Hume
ker's style is that of the French feuil-
letonist, little known to American jour
nalism. His sketches are done with a
few broad, sweeping strokes. brilliant,
rapid. accurate. concentrated, master
pieces of CONCESSION. His broad culture,
quick imagination, energetic intellect,
and daring originality OF conception
and expression make him one of the
most entertaining OF modern writers of
criticism. Jconoclasts, a Book Of
Dramatists, is published by Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, and sold
! locally at Halls. The price is $3.50.
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BowEsER's SURPRISE.
Things Were All Going His Way
When

Several things had happened dur
on the car, going home at night, a
man had not only stepped on his toes.
but advised him to Sandpaper his bald
head. There was no one to take it
out on except Mrs. Bowsers and she
saw at once as he entered the house
that he meant to do it.
Us that internal dinner ready!" he
demanded, as he took off his Overcoat.
Our uual 6 o'clock dinner is
ready" she quietly replied.
wen, it's a good thing it is, or that
girl would get the. bounce. From now
on this house viii be run as a house
reason why
What is wrong with my way of
running the house %
What is wrong? A thousand
things are wrong. Mrs. Bowser, you
and I are going to have a talk after
dinner straight, plain talk
Il thought you said we might go to
the church festival this evening"
Church festival be hangedl We
are more apt to go to the poorhouse."
Mrs. Bowser had no more to say,
that he had made q proper beginning.
If he had only been a little more OBJ
serving and noticed the smile playing
around the corners of her mouth it
would have been better for him later
on. When dinner was finished and
they had returned to the sitting room
he assumed his most judicial demean-
or and began:
LAS I stopped at the gate for a mo-
ment this evening ] observed that one
of the panes in &, front window was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

it. In fact, we began to sing a song, and
We
2 You were still singing when the sled
struck stump and killed two or three
OF you? 1t seems almost as if I read of
the occurrence at the tirne.''
No; I don't think we struck a
Perhaps you ran her into the. mill
pond ?''
I don't remember that we did. We
soon attained the speed of at least thir-
ty miles an hour, and"
And then the sled slowed around and
upset."
Il don't think it did"
Then, what in thunder did it do?"
Il started out to tell you, but YOU in
terrupted me every moment. When the
sled had attained velocity Of thirty
miles an hour, I gently reached out and
took a hold Of Bessie Johnson's hand.
and asked her if she would be mine.
We had just forty rods more to 90 be-
fore the sled stopped, and before the
forty were passed she had said she
would
And is that aIl?"
1T is, sir"
mo one killed. or hurt, or anythingY''
mot a person"
"Then, sir. let me tell you that you
are a burned mean man. and that we
could have spent our time a heap bet
ter IN talking about this nose of mine"
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but they are not very. bad ones. I can
put pans on the floor to catch the
water"
a roof that was overhauled only last
sunmeri Woman, do you know
where you stand q
What do you mean ??
You are standing IN the shadow of
death! You have gone up on that roof
and jumped up and down. You have
PLAYED tag and pull-away. You have
turned somersaults and handsprings.
You have taken the crowbar and
thumped and pounded. You have done
all this to spite me, and by the bones
of the one-horned COW"
Are you through, Lemuel Bowseri =
Mr.. Bowser turned to find his mother
in-law standing in the door, She had
arrived hours before, but had kept in
the background to make a dramatic
What! You-you here!" gasped Mr..
Bowser, as the red left his face in an
yes, Lemuel, I am here. and I have
been an interested listener. Sit down. "
because tell you to. I've got a
few words to say to you, and perhaps
your knees won't wObble quite so much
if you sit down. Now, then, about that
clothespin- You lied ABOUT It simply to
have an excuse to raise a row."
Woman, don't you call me a liar!"
Don't excite yourself and don't call
me woman. I am your respected
mother-in-law, and as such can't be
bluffed or bull-dozed."
Il won't stay in the same house with
you'll" exclaimed Mr.. Bowser as he
aOh, yes, you will. You and I have
got 10 have a plain, straight talk, and
the sooner we get at 1t the better. I
figured that it was about time for one
of your specs. and so got aboard of
the train and came down If you think
you could talk better with a pillow be-
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broken. It was all right when left
the house this morning. Some time
during the day you sneaked up there
with an ak or crowbar and gave it a
bat. You did it to spite me"
. You are talking foolishly, Mr..
BOwser."
Il am talking facts, woman. As I
entered the gate I stumbled over a
clOthespin. While it was only a sin
waste prevailing in this house. You
probably threw it from a window at
a dog"
"As there is a foot of snow on our
sidewalk and more falling. I don't see
how you stumbled over such a small
thing as a clothespin." observed Mrs.
Bowser.
There are lots of things you don't
observe, and you needn't try to split
hairs with me. I presume the gas bill
for last month has come in?"
Yes
"And we are charged with burning
about a million feet of gasp
1.-THE bill is only so cents higher
than for the month before"
"Only so centsl By the great horn
spoon. woman, but it ought to have
been 50 less! Who has wasted that
gas? Who has deliberately gone at it
and turned it on in the daytime and let
it whizZ away?'
mo one, of course. must tell you
| that the coal for the range is out. 1t
lasted four days longer than the last
ton, but I suppose you-?"
1.-The range coal all gOnei" he
whOOped as he jumped up and down
and his eyes hung out. 'fWhy, it's
only ten days since I ordered the last
toni"
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I hind your back well and good, but talk
you must. You know me, don't YOU
You bet I know YOU
Then no further introductions are
necessary. Mr.. Bowser, do you realize
that you are one of the meanest old
kickers on the face of this earth?''
What What"
Don't shout at me. You may scare
! the cat or the cook, but s'm not made
that way. You know that pane of
glass was cracked four weeks ago by
a boy throwing a SNOWFALL, but you
seized upon it tonight as a pretext.
Do you know what I'd have done if you
had come bull-dozing to me about it2''
q say I won't listen."
"And I say you will! If you'd come
charging me with breaking that glass
I'd have taken the shine off that bald
head of yours in about a minute. What
you need is a strong hand, and it's for
tunate that l have got one. No use for
you to glare at me like an enraged bull
for I don't scare. Where you going?"
I'm going to leave the house until
! You get gone!'
"Lemuel BoWser. come back heret"
But Mr.. Bowser got his overcoat and
hat and was out doors before she could
reach him. He didn't know where to
so after he got out but five minutes
later he brought up at a drug store or
| the corner. He wanted sympathy. He
wanted to tell the druggist all about il
/ and be consoled, and he had just got
ready to talk when in walked the
mother-in-law. There was no hestitior
/ on her part She walked up to Mr.
/ Bowser and took him by the hand anc
/ said:
"Iemuel come with mel"
IN be hanged if [ do!' he growled
You'll either come along with me OF
follow me in the ambulance!"
That's what he needs-a strong
hand" said the druggist as he nodded
! approval.
The family cat had followed the
mother-in-law Under the sky of {
winters night. side by side and hold
ing hands, walked Mr.. Bowser and his
! conauerer, and behind them followed
the wonderful feline, and when the pro
cession had reached a well known gait
it turned in. opened door, and q mo
ment later what was happening there
was hidden from all outside eyes
Copyright, 1905, by Robert McClure).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

Mrs. Ella Lee, Frankfort, Ind. writes
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
!" want to thank you for what your naedi-
cine has done for me
Three years ago I had Inflammation Of the
ovar1es and ulcers on my womb was under
the doctors care for about three months. and
the only time was not in pain was when
under the influence Of morphine. The doctor
finally said l never would be better. and
would be an invalid the rest Of nv life 7 had
given up in despair, but one evening came
across one OF your advertisements and decided
to write you for advice. I did SO and COM
menced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vere-
table Compound. I began to improve at once.
and to-day | am a well woman, and know
1t IS all due to your advice and medicine.
Mrs. J. h Farmer of 28o9 Elliott
Avenue, st. Louis, No, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
" I cannot thank you enough for what vour
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They have done me more good than all the
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g For the last eight years have suffered
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No other medicine in the world has
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Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
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IN Best Understands A WOman's Ills,
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sometimes ma Way.

There was a long hill in the New
Hampshire village where I spent my
boyhood days. said the man with the
faIsetto voice, "and I remember that
one moonlight night about twenty of us
boys and girls got a big sled out, and
all piled on for a coast down the hill.
There was no thought of danger in our
minds as the sled started, but"
But you ran plumb into team com
ing up?' interrupted the man with the
frost bitten nose.
mo; not hardly. I remember that q
Teller named Bill Haynes was steering
the sled. but no one had thought to see
whether he was competent or not. We
soon gained momentum, and then
And then the sled left the road an6
plunged over a precipfce, of course? %
NO; not exactly that. Every moment
it continued to gain in velocity. but If
our heedlessness we thought nothing Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

IT'S exactly twenty-seven days. my
dear"
Don't my dear. A ton of coal
burned in our kitchen in ten daysi Ten
days! Mrs. Bowser. don't try to fool
me. You sold at least half that coal
to get money to attend bargain sales.
You may deny it, but nothing on earth
will convince me that you didn't. Great
Scott, sell the coal out my cellar to
buy f1ummididdles!
81 say the coal has lasted twenty
seven days, Mr.. Bowser. and YOU are
talking nonsense. You might as well
charge the cook with eating it. There S
a leak in a water pipe down cellar,
and are you going to say 1 struck it
with the ax2"
"a leak in a water pipet OF course
you struck it, Yes, sir. you couIdn' f
see any other way to spite me, and so
you whacked away at the pipe with
the ak By John! but I don't know
what prevents me from demolishing
this house and numbering three or
four people. A water pipe bursted.
and $50 to pay out for repairsi''
Don't water pipes ever burst %
quietly replied Mrs. BnWser.
Never Never in this world Water
pipes are all right until some one
hauls off with an ak and bursts them.
1 suppose you'll tell me next that the
roof Of this house is leaking in q
/ dozen Places
] Il discovered two leaks yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

An eminent physician says that
ssWomen are not truthful; they will lie
to their physician I" This statement
should be qualified; women do tell the
truth, but not the whole truth, to a
male physician, but this is only in re-
gard to those painful and troublesome
disorders peculiar to their sex.
There can be no more terrible ordeal
to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions when those questions are
asked, even by her family physician.
This is especially the case with IN
married women.
Is it any wonder, then, that women
continue to suffer and that doctors
fail to cure female diseases when they
cannot get the proper information to
work on2
This is the reason why thousands and
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spending with Mrs. Pinkham, To her
they can and do give every symptom,
so that she really knows more about
the true condition of her patients,
through her correspondence with them
than the physician who personally
questions them.
Ifyou suffer from any form of trouble
peculiar to women, write at once to
Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn, Mass, and she
will advise you free of charge.
The fact that this great boon, which
IS extended freely to women by Mrs.
Pinkham, is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters received by her prove.
Many such grateful letters as the fol-
lowing are constantly pouring in.
ASK Mrs. Pinkham'S AdviCe-A Won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

A former Topeka man, John S. Nc
Lain, is the author of a new book.
Alaska and the Klondike, just pub
lished by Mcclure. Phillips & Co of
New York. Mr.. McLain is now editor
of the Minneapolis Journal. While he
was in Topeka he held the position of
advertising agent for the Santa Fe.
Mr.. McLain's book has what might
be called "a news value" It is the
result of the observation Of a, trained
newspaper man in the frozen north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22
Kept His Word.

L was up in northern New York at a
hotel for two weeks last summer" said
Philadelphia man. "and of all the in
convenient, barren sites ever saw for
a hotel that took the cake. The meals
We're poor. the beds worse, and as for
service. you had mostly to wait upon
yourself. Being alone, stuck it out
but when ready to go said to the land
lord:
Does this thing pay your
" Not a cent
" Then why don't you burn the
blamed thing down for the insurance?'
I'm going to this winter
And he has kept his word like a
man. Only a week ago I saw that the
hotel had gone up in smoke. with the
usual explanation Probably spontan-
eous combustion 8
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Even on the road to success some
people act as though they wanted to
/ change cars at every cross street.
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BOOK NOTES.

Various Items Abort Books That Arc
Attracting Attention.
A new book by A. T. Quiller-COuch
is Shining Ferry recently published
by the Scribners.
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A new novel by Mr.. Howells, to be
ready about two months from now. is
mentioned by the Harpers. Mr.. How
ellis is now on his way home from
Italy. He viii go at once to his sum
mer place at Kittery Point. Me, for
the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin sail
ed for England on April 81. Her
guests, the Misses Findlater. who col
labOrated with her in THE Affair at
the Inn accompanied her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-22

The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Bal
timore does not allow public access to
its shelves and does not believe in 1t.
The library has a total of 272 900 books,
serves a city of over 100000 population.
and has a total circulation of about
100000 volumes a year. The Newark
Free Library does allow public access
to its shelves and believes in it. It
has a total of SO, 900 volumes. serves a
city of $1,000 population, and has an
annual circulation of about 100000 vol
umes. That is, the books in the New
ark library have about twice the use of
those in the Baltimore library, although
there are only about half as many PEG
pie in the city to use them. Tt is evil
dent that the public likes to get near its
books; also that it likes to be trusted.
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What a disagreeable forbid
dlng looking thoroughfare" Wagg-
Yes; that is one of the cross streets. %
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"a Dark Lantern" by Miss Eliza
beth Robins, author of 'The Mag
netic North" is announced for May
by the Macmillan company.