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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
Hampton News and Adv eetssememes

Jersey, tho son Of clergyman.
Strange, the way preachers sons turn
out, high finance humorlsts and what
not. This preacheTs son went to Wall
street in his teens. soon got into bank
ing, then into railroads. Nobody heard
much about him until he had annexed
most OF the roads west of the Rockies.
He Is now president of the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific, and
controls several other systems, be.
Sides being q director In many
more. lie has n genius for developing
the properties he secures. his special
forte being 10 take line that is OH the
verge Of bankruptcy and turn 1t into
u bonanza. He Is bold In his concepts,
spends money like water in making i'm.
provements and always wins out. He
Strengthened out the Union Pacific,
bridging Great Salt Lake In the opera.
ton. Ii Is said that when this difficult
feat of engineering was finally &C.
complished the usually scdate Mr.. Har-
rlman danced n highland fling Yet,
though he scatterS millions so freely,
one Of his railroad presidents resigned
because Hartman made him account
for his postage stamps. He is q small
man, only about FIVE feet four. and
stoop shouldered Mt that. His dress is
ALMOST shabby. Tie wears heavy
dropping mustache and n funny little
goatee parted in the middle lie Is
taciturn. hard worker. with genius
for details looks not unlike Jay Gould,
avoids publicity, has bug for science
and travels much. He has house in
New York and an estate of over 10000
acres Mt Arden. n. Y, where most OF
his time is spent. There he breeds fine
horses and stock and is n grand old
farmer. AT Arden he Is no longer e
Ill. Hartman. railroad king but Uncle
Hani.' lie Is afTectlonatcly greeted
by this title or by the still shorter one
OF Pop Hartman in all the region
roundabout He Is especially popular
with the children OF the village. who
gather In droves to greet his home COM
ings. He loads punches OF them into
his automobile and whizzes with them
through the country, being rs happy
with these little ones rs he Is when TAX
ing group Of scientists to Alaska or n
iunket Of government OFFICIALS to Japan.
In Now York. crisp ana curt. dlctatorlal
and human steam engine for work,
seeing nobody except by special ap-
pointment; in his country home he Is
kindly. generous and accessible to all.
Here Is shown his human and lovable
side, and perhaps II Is best that we look
ut him from this yieUnoint
]. 4. EDGERTON.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
SECRETS OF THE OCEAN.
De Plury Tells of Remarkable Sights
Seen mt Great Depths.

a young naval engineer named Dc
Plury, diving In connection with the
examination now going on of tho
French vessel sunk near Saigon. has
made remarkable discoveries concern.
ing the Inhabitants Of the ocean ut n
greater depth than has ever before
been reached, says Paris cable dis.
patch to the New York World.
De Plury's daring has been made
possible by his nccouterments. an in.
vention Of his own, which are armored
with metal plates, while by chemical
arrangement respiration becomes auto
matte. AT depth Of 1,O04 yards De
Plury declares that ill submarine mon
stcrs change in shape because of the
enormous pressure Of the water. II
taken TO the surface their size Is quad
ruplcd like rubber bag inflated by air.
Dodies that sink to these deeper levels
have every bone broken. The creatures
that circle about them are all carniy-
orous, and to see them feeding Is in.
expressibly horrible.
When 1G2 feet below the surface, the
diver says he must go through masses
If seaweed that envelop and would
lrag him down Beneath this weed
:nnkelike creatures and fish resembling
lolphins surrounded him, and not the
east of his adversaries were che giant
crabs with tough shells and hideous
claws. esq
At thirty feet below the surface De
Plury gets odd effects IN light. Seen
through the pale, moving water it as
sumes strange rainbow hues. At q
depth OF 100 feet the sandy bottom of
the sen In intense sunlight looked like
molten gold. Below 200 feet darkness
commences. and at 327 feet pltchy
blackness surrounds one that must lie
illuminated to mako moving safe. Elec-
tric lamps OF 10000 candlepowcr are
used BY De Plury,
The diver says that at certain depth
bodies are Kept in a state OF preserva-
ton, but when touched drop away like
powder. 'e e''itff'S ~'1'a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
EDWARD H HARTMAN

would be regarded as nothing less
than personal insults. A century ago
they would have called for coffee and
pistols. Dueling Is no longer In vogue.
Has honor gone out of fashion also?
John Shelton Williams said things as
Geverc concerning Ryan, and they bore
on the very bbint that Hartman touch.
es-viz. that the owner of the Equita.
BILE has no regard for his promises.
Yet Ryan is Virginian, and Virgin.
ians are not In the habit of bearing
such imputatioDs in silence. That
Thomas r. Ryan bears them argues
one of two things, either that he has
wonderful control OF his temper or
cnlIouscd indifference to ethical con
siderations. Probably both elements
enter into his attitude. II so he IS not
peculiar In Wall street, for to play the
modern game Of high finance men
have to control their tcmpers and they
seemingly have to become caloused to
considerations Of ethics and honor.
Threatening Reply.
Perhaps the most sensational part Of
The Hartman testimony related to 20.
liticnl influence. Ryan had alleged that
Hartman had demanded half share
In the Equitable stock, threatening, at
least by implication, that If lie did not
receive It he would use all his innu-
cncc, political and otherwise, against
the deal. II was when questioned as
to whether he had used this influence
That he made the significant and threat
enlng reply, "Not yet" When interro-
gated more closely concerning this po-
litical influence Odell was brought into
the game. Now, Odell and Hartman
have long been close friends 1t has
even been charged that the two have
played into each others hands in large
ways In the past; that the railroad
magnate, for example, had helped tie
New York bcss to got his money out
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
sixpreaafre Sizing.

Once In awhile bit of slang rs &c
expressive that 1t becomes Incorporated
into the language as an allowable
idion1. One of the most striking OF
these Is making good" 1t has come
to have not simply general but spe'
clfic meaning. 1t illustrates the idea OF
competition; it indicates that under in
tense modern methods 1t is only he who
succeeds that can, In the long run. win
recognition. Recommendations, testi.
monials. requests from eminent men,
oil fall before tie stern decree that you
must make good "--Success Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26

Press Advertising Cures Dull Trade.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
RoId Ia His Concepts.

Ar. Hartman IS about sixty. 20
bodS knows exactly except himself, anG
he won't tcil. Vie wss born In New
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26

much as is contained in those two
words. If they did not make shivcry
feeling run down Ryan's spine, then
he Is proof against fear.
Here is another rather savage dig ut
Ryan. The present owner of the Equi-
table had testified that he bought
Hyde's stock because he feared that
tile exposures I'm the company would
bring a panic. When Mr.. Hartman
was asked il lie shared In this appre-
hension he answered: "No, sir: there
was no possibility OF panic. There
was nobody. think. except Mr.. Ryan
who lad that III view, and doubt
whether he had" Phcw. That is an
ihdirect way OF calling man n liar,
and not very indirect either.
But Hartman said other things of
Ryan even more uucomplimeptary.
For example. he asserted more than
once that he doubted Mr. Ryan's sin.
certify. When one reflects what that
statement really means he must real.
lze that II is about as severe thing
as one man can say Of another. More
over, the railroad king accused the
present. owner of the Equitable Of tri-
cling with him. To man with fine
point of honor statements like these
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26

'loquacious, but nc could not help that.
lt was all Oh account Of Hughes and
tnat insurance investigation. a whoa
Tot of people who would have preferred
TO keep quiet have been saying things
for;the same reason. Some of these
high financiers are so modest and re-
firing that the shrinking daisy is bold
by comparison. 1t is little less than
cruel to drag them out before the pub
Ilic and make them tell where they
got It.. -
) Pregnant Ejaculation.
SMr. Flo rriman thinks so rapidly that
atiis Impossible for him to express him.
self in mere words. at one famous
meeting Of the Equitable directors no
became SO surchargcd with burning
adeaa TINT all he could do was TO give
ntterance to the memorable sentence.
HiWow, WOW, VOW That pregnant
ejaculation was freighted with more
meaning than Is contained in many
volumes. Anybody can reel of strings
pfgadJectivos, but 1t takes n genius 70
think of an"thing 50 srartlingly origi
nal as 'NVow, WOW, wow" That sen
tence was either something more or
something IS than human 1t was
efen new TO Wall street The fre.
lquenters OF the Stock Exchange me
nsgerie were familiar with the below.
ing of bulls, the growing of bears and
the blenting of lambs, but Wow, WOW.
wow was Il language beyond them.
1T clearly belonged to some other 700.
logical species.
Even when be docs descend 10 ordj.
nary human forms OF expression Har.
iiman is saving OF his breath. When
asked. for example, if he had done
anything to Thomas r. Ryan FOR tax,
Ing the Edu table away from him the
railroad kiEs said, with crisp empha-
els, Not yet" Delicious. Some men
write COLUMNS and do not say half rs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26

THARLES "A. PROUTY of the in
a terstatc commerce commission
" once said that five men could
control the railroads of the Unit
ed States He did not name the men.
but hel unquestionably referred TO the
chief figures in the five great railway
systems: William r. Vanderbilt of the
vanderbilt roads, George j. Gould OF
tho Gould roads, j. Pierpont Morgan
of the Morsan-Hill interests. A. j. Cas-
satt Of the Pennsylvania system and
Edward IL. Hartman OF the Hartman
roads. While named last, Hartman
in power and influence is easily the
head Of the list. Morgan formerly was
there. bit the younger man passed him
some time ago. 1t is safe to say that
Hartman will keep the lead He has
a habit of keeping things. He once
said TO n bunch Of newspaper men who
came to question him about the rumor
that Morgan and Hill had wrested from
him the control of the Union Pacific:
Il guess that isn't so. have never
yet let go OF anything that | wanted
after getting It in my possession
Ordinarily Mr. Hartman does not
talk much. Lately he has been more
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
ynouss- III m,..,oa styr..

H 81.
What'a modern Mrs. Ma lhprop would
designate the qulnine cottage land in
the malarial belt the INSTRUMENTATION
has sad TRUTH has rival in modern
adaptations of ancient architecture
This is the mission house, Gays writer
in the New York Press. Three hand.
some homes designed iron, the familiar
California Spanish models are being
built in Washington The old plan is
carried ont in the interior as far as
compatible with modern progress. and
the furnishings must be copied strictly
from the originals. The son Of Senator
Lodge, George Cabot Lodge, has had
big old fashioned house In :Pennsyl-
vania avenue remodeled within and
without on the lines Of the San Luis
Rey mission near Santa Clara. Lodge
has obtained handsome furniture and
hangings from California, and his home
is one OF the most artistic in the CAPT.
.al. The dining room has great set.
tees, the shelves hold dark green ware,
and the wide window lodges are flled
with growing plants.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
Ills Other Emil,

In the memoirs Of DR.. Thomas W.
Evans appears this anecdote OF the
court Of Emperor Napoleon III In
Paris: at a ball given at the Tuileries
n general. slipping on the polished floor,
fell Mt the emperor's feet. pulling down
With him his partner. Madame said
the emperor, assisting the lady to rise,
this is the second time General =.
has fallen In my presence. The Grss
time was at Solferino.'"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
EIke Social Postponed.

On account of the deaths of Mr..
Thomas p. Fitzgerald and Mr.. George
B. Perliina. the Hampton Lodge OF
Elks has postponed its social ses-
sion. scheduled for Wednesday, De.
cember 20 for thirty days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
Just n Gentle One.

The Mana fortune teller predicted
that would be lucky in love. The
Maid (demurely)-And the same predic-
ton precisely was made about me. Do
you still think, Henry. that we were
made for each other?-Pucll.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
Almost Broke the Roof Ont.

Mr.. Hartman Is given to being play
f'll and humorous that way. There
was once when he tried to take-or
everybody supposed be was trying to
take-the Northern Pacific away from
Morgan and Hill. Wall street in all
Its strenuous career has scarcely ever
seen such 4 time as that. Hartman
and his people bought Northern Pacific
right and left and high and low-inost-
~ high. The way that stock went up
was scandalou5 and heartbreaking
Then, when he had all be wanted, or
thought he bad, Hartman called In his
loaned stoci. and there was more
trouble. a whole bunch OF people
We're caught short, and Northern Pa
ci1c hit the Stock Exchange ceiling SO
hard that 1t almost broEe tho roof out.
There was wild scurrying to keep some
Of the oldest houses from going broke
For time it looked like panic, and
many a poor lamb lost not only his
wool. but his pelt. and was lucky if he
escaped with his life.
Some time afterward Mr.. Hartman
In tcstIfylng before the interstate com.
iaSiNS NoihllioSiVit SdIu tAut kJe pup
lie had been under curious misap.
prehenslon az TO that Northern Pacific
corner. ,He said that be had not tried
to get control of the road Mt Nil. Evi.
IDENTITY another Joke. Oh. but It was
funny. But those who lost their for
tunes In the scrlmmage may BE- par
doned IL they do not appreciate tie
side splitting nature Of the affair.
When ono Is held up. in bacI. alley
and relieved OF all his vaIuab)es, be.
sides being dubbed half 10 DEATH Il
sort OF takes the fine edge of OF his
sense Of humor. 1t may be funny to
the footpad and other people, but
scarcely to the victim.
The upshot of that Northern Pacific
matter was that Hartman secured O
majority of the preferred stock, but
Morgan retained majority of the
common stock. Then j. Picrpont re-
tired the preferred stock, most Of
which Hartman held. and left the
younger man high and dry Possibly
there was Joke in Il all. but Morgan
seemed to do most of the chuckling.
Oh, the hcmors OF high finance. The
millions who have to scratcl, to make
both ends meet should appreciate the
delicate irony of the situation.
BoId Ia His Concepts.
Ar. Hartman is about sixty. 20
bods knows exactly except himself. anG
he won't tril. Vie wee born In New
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-26
NOTICE
10 Property Holders

On Monday. January LIST. 1905, at IL
o'clock m. shall sell at public auction.
in front OF the court house in .Hamp.
ION, Virginia, all real estate In the
Elizabeth City county. Virginia, on
which the state and county taxes for
the year 1904 have not at that time
been paid The real estate to be sold
has been advertised by hand BILLS for
the past two months
DAVID JOHNSON, Treasurer,
County Of Elizabeth City, Virginia.
dbl tn il
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-14
WooDMAM's Ak svPPLAHTED.
Compressed Air Now Made to Turn
Forest Into Logs.

It is small wonder, says the Phila-
delphia Record, with the millions and
millions Of feet Of lumber which are
cut from the forests every year to be
manufactured into everything, from a
house to a newspaper, that the Gov
eminent has taken up seriously the
subject Of the deforestation Of the
country and attempted to enforce, in
a small way at least. the replacing Of
some portion of the trees with new
paintings which shall serve future gen.
erations. In continental Europe nearly
every country has passed through this
stage and reached the period in its
history where the forests are as well
cared for as are the Notifications and
other government interests. A small
army patrols the wooded areas. and
only certain portions Of the forests
a be cut each year.
With us, however, the reforestation
of devastated areas is only an expert
ment as yet, and much more money
is spent every year in new machinery
and devices for the rapid Telling and
cutting Of the trees than goes for plant
ing new growths. In the illustration
will be seen one Of the newest tools,
which seems to displace the ak al
most entirely in the woodlands hands.
It is possible, with this new imple-
ment and it's accompanying apparatus.
to fell a tree and cut it up into lengths
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-14
infection by Radium.

In a recent communication to Nature
Uondon) A. s. Eve calls attention to
the danger Of the unrestricted use or
fadium and other radioactive sub
stances in physical laboratories, as
these materials give off an emanation
which condenses or collects on neigh
boring objects and confers upon them
q. secondary activity. This secondary.
activity persists for some time, and,
as Mr.. Eve found, may cause trouble
and annoyance to the experimenter.
Commenting on this the Electrical Re-
view says:
at is probable that by this time a
great many of Jul physical laborator-
les are already infected, and for that
reason it will be difficult, if not i'm
possible, to conduct experimental Work
Of a certain class within them Tor
some time at least. Work with these
materials should be conducted in spe-
cial buildings. When the material it.
self is kept in the physical laboratory
it should be kept sealed up closely.
AS the emanation which causes the
trouble seems to be a gas, sealing II Ill
a glass tube will retain it."
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project from either side 2H inches for
a shoulder for the next edition to rest
on; put a bolt through each end, Of 2x4,
to prevent splitting. Second parts
feet long, 2 feet wide. inside measure,
or same width from inside as the first
section is on top outside, so the second
part can slip down ove the first part
letting the bracing part together; the
second part should be 2 feet outside
measure, allowance to be made at
both ends for crotch, and at either
end a projecting round. The idea Of
the coupling part is this-the top Sec
ton slips down yer the bottom part
until the crotch reaches the projecting
round Of the bottom section; also the
bottom part comes in contact with the
first round Of section above, as see in
illustration below. You can have a
ladder, 10 feet long, IS feet long. "a
feet long; or as long as you may want
it. and be easily handled. Ten feet,
length of first ladder; (a) width at bot
tom, 2A feet; () width at top, 2 feet;
(e) slot to admit bottom round Of Sec
ond part; (d) distance between slot and
round, 16 inches, 8 feet length Of Sec
ond or third parts; (a) width at bottom
inside, 2 feet; (b) at top, 2 feet outside.
st. Louis Republic.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-14
The Man, the Child and the Doll.

A stocky, pink-facedm man who shovel
for good living, was buying a doll. He
finally decided in favor Of a foot-high
blonde dressed in pink silk and lace;
cost, $500. AS he was about to hand
her to the clerk to be wrapped, he
noticed beside him a shabby bit of q
girl who was staring up at Miss Wax
face with open mouth and greedy eyes.
She was such an intcnse-looking little
body that he said to her, with the
friendly familiarity that the right kind
of people generally use to children:
"Say, sis, you ought to know all
about doll babies. Do you think this
will suit my little girl"
The child answered that his little
girl would be sure to think it grand.
Indeed, she was so excitedly admiring
in her recommendation, that the mans
attention was fixed. He noticed that
her face was hu9grily thin, and that
her faded clothes were too short at the
wrists and knees.
$50 you think this doll is all right,
eh?"
The child beamed at Miss Waxface
with adoring eyes and gave a conyinc-
ing answer.
'That being the case, suppose you
keep her''-and he put the doll in the
thin, little arms and deliberately
bought another.-Washington Star.
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The Motto On tho Shirt Waist.

a young woman who IS fond of
prowling about the foreign quarters
and displaying the bargains she picks
up there is wearing a quaint new shirt
waist printed in Oriental designs.
which has attracted the attention of
her friends. Their interest was in
creased when she explained the de-
signs to them.
II got it at a Syrian importers in
Washington street. said she. 81
found the prettiest little Syrian girl
in there, who has been to the public
schools and can read both English
and Arabic. she told me the char
acters on the piece of goods l bought
were Arabic, and she translated them
for me. The design means God is
good and life is beautiful I thought
that was q good thing to bear in mind,
and so 1 made up my shirt waist so
that I have God is good and life is
beautiful printed twelve times over
the front of me."-New York Press.
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The Sfckly Octogenarians.

They were neither Of them brilliant
scholars, but they liked to move with
the times as regards their knowledge
of current events, so the daily news
paper was regularly delivered at their
humble domiciIe, and it was Jennie's
duty to read out during breakfast time
all the most interesting items of the
day. One morning, after wadinS
through the latest intelligence from he
front. she turned to another page Of the
paper and said:
"Herbie, it says here that another
octogenarian's dead"
whats an octogenarian?"
"Well, l don't quite know what they
are, but they must be very sick crta-
lures. You never hear of them but
they're dying."-Scottish American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-14
The Worlds Iron Product.

Two-ffths of the raw iron produced in
the world is mined in the United States,
q larger proportion than any other
country in the world. Great Britain
long held first place, but some years
ago this country forced her into Sec
ond place, and now Germany has
crowded Great Britain to third place.
The production, which in 1901 was
B9,94O,OOO tons, increased to 43,4S0,000
tons in 1902, and reached 45,4SO,00
tons In 1903. The United States is
at the head with a production Of 49,
10000 tons, against. 17,S20,OOO in 1902
and Is, 800, 900 in 1901.
Germany produced 1O,O0O,00o tons in
1903, compared with 100000 tons in
1902 and 100000 in 1901. England's
figures for the corresponding years
were $4,000 tons, $4,000 tons and
7,S50,O00 tons.
The output Of iron has increased in
France, Belgium and Spain, and has
decreased in Russia, Austria and
Sweden.-New York World.