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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
LETTER TO J. W. PORTER,
NeWpOrt Nows, "a.


Rev. Sir: In making pastoral visits,
of course, you do not consider your
pleasure or comfort or ease: you go
where your people live. But yoii have
two Gets Of feelings In golnE about
can't, help tive all have. But you
especially .have; for a part CT your
busincia is sympathy. Well.kept lawns
and well-tilled fields, nice homes and
Ii!e people, are cheerful to You, rs
they are to everyone. Tumble,tlowh
buildings, poor fences, men harraSsed
by burdens too heavy for them. over
worked women, and dirty-facod GILL
dren, you may be strong 10 get on
with but you would he more than h,i,
man to find inspiration In misery.
Paint divides the two sorts Of peo-
pie: one paints, anl:th other4doni.
Or, perhaps. the thrifty paint well;
the ,inthrlfty paint Ill.
To paint we'll is to keep paint sound
There are two ways to do It: one is
bound to paint often; the other to iisc
goh1 paint. -8i@
It costs about half rs much to paint
Dovoe ns to paint with any other
paint; for Deyoe takes fewer gallons
than mixed paints and wears twice as
long az 'lesd-dnd-oil
The thrifty and comfortable have
theNart of using money more wisely.
How lucky they are how happy!
Yours truly,
67 +. W. DEVOE & co
P. 8. 3. w. Caldwell sells our paint.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
SMITH To DIRECT
RICHMOND SHOW
Manager of Norfolk Association En-
gagged for Equine Exhibition at
the Capital City.

Charles w. Smith. general manager
of the Norfolk Horse Show and Fair
Association, who is directing all of
the prelninaries end details for the
second annual Norfolk horse show,
October 1921, has been engaged to as
sist III the management Of the an
nual Richmond horse show, which
will take place the week before the
Norfolk show. Mr. Smith is regard
cd as one of the most experienced and
hest posted horse show directors in
America and the credit for the sue
cess Of many equine exhibitions he
longs 10 him. He was manager of
the Richmond show for several sea.
sons and for :he past five years he
has been the principal factor in the
success of the Warrenton horse show.
He is under n long-tcrm contract with
the Norfolk Horse Show and Fair AS
ISOLATION TO handle its annual show,
its spring race meet and its August
Stae fair and race meet
He will 30 to Richmond until the
week of the event. remaining here in
the meantime to handle the preim-
.innries of the Norfolk show.
Mr.. Smith has REQUIRED for Norfolk
practically all of the horses that will
appear in Richmond and large num-
her of others tina: will be seen here
only in the South.
In addition TO the list of about sew
cnty hox-holdes already published, the
following have engaged boxes for the
entire show season of four nights ana
matinee: e. Y. Lamb, general agent
of The Southern Railway; II. c. Tay-
Tor, c. Med. Mcintosh. G.. p. Weston.
II. b. Taylor, George L. Wilkinson,
l.iout. b. w. Sibley, c. r. Breose. Mrs.
Thcophilus Tunis, Mrs. Margaret vii.
son. a. L. Krisc. president of the At.
lantic Trust and Deposit company.
There now remain less than two dozen
boxes and there is every assurance
that they will be disposed of in the
iicA' low uayS. INC sale or reserved
seas will open October ana there
will be great rush for choice loca-
tons. II is understood that the seats
will 90 on sale at the box Office of the
Academy OF Music.
Tho Fourth United States Artillery
band hns bcen engaged for tho. entire
show week. and will play the latest
and most popular music Successes
heard in New York this season. 'rhe
land concerts alone will be worth
hearing
/ The coliseum has 'hoon fitted out
with number of additional electric
lights. the building now being illum,
mated with over 1000 lights.
Some of the best blue ribbon
horses from the Newport. Rryn
Mawr and Westminster horse shows,
which were held this month, will he
seen a. the Norfolk show.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
THE REAL TEST
OF Herpieide In In Giving 1t Thor
ough Trial.

I onigh TriaI.
There Is only one test by which "a
judge of tho efficiency OF any nrticld
and that is by It's ability to do that
which 1t is intended to do Many haft
vigora may look nico and smell nice.
but the point is-do they eradicate Dan
druff and stop falling hair?
/ No. they do not, but Herpicide does,
because 1t goes to tho root OF the OWL
and kills the germ that attacks tho
papiila from whence tho hair gets Its
life.
Letters from prominent people every
where are daily proving that Newbro's
lIerpicide stands, the test of use.'
IT Is delightful dressing, clear, pure
and free from oil or grease.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1oc. in
stamps for sample to Tho JIerpieide Co..
Detroit. Mich.
ALLAN's DRUG STORE,
Special Agents.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
Secretary Shaw.

The Republican city committee will
endeavor to have Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw to speak here on the
night of Friday, October G. instead of
the following Saturday night. State
Chairman Slcmp has been asked to
approve the change in dates
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

Sunday Excursion to Mathews County.
The Old Dominion Line steamer
"Mohjack' will make n special "trip to
Matthew'S county on. Sunday, Septem-
her 9th, leaving Old Point 8 a. m.
Fare, ronnd trip, 81 10.
III. B. WALKER, M, =. CROWIlLL,a
Vice-Pres. & y. M. Gen'l. Agent,
New York. Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

son, will be in The box for the Ship
builders and local fans arc confident
that with his strong right hand at the
helm I've will steer the locals to victory
over their old time rivals Curtis
will be nj short. and Payne in the
field tomorrow. John O'IIara will
play his old position mt second.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

Summary:l; Earned ,sruns, Newport
News, l. Two base hits. Sturdevant.
Struck out, by Curtis, TO-; by Spesse,
9. Bases on balls, off Curtis, l.; OF
Spesse, l. Stolen bases, Curtis, Payne,
Ozment and Cross. Double phys,
Young to Davis, Spessc to Gaskins.
Hit by pitcher, Curtis. Ozment AMI
Lillis. Wild pitch, Curtis, g Gaskins,
2. Left on bases, Newport News, g.;
Scottsyille, Z. Passed balls, p. O'Hara,
/; Sturdevant, /. Time, liza. I'm
pirc, Mr. Monroe. Attendance, COO.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
Three Months Additional.

Eddie. White and Richard Hawkes.,
who are serving terms of three months
In jail for larceny, were given three
months additional time by .Iustic,,
Scmmes in the police court yesterday
morning. The men attempted to es.
cape from the chaingang Friday after
noon
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
COAL FOR PETERSBURG.
schooner Edna A. Posne Loading
Caruo Here

Cargo Here.
The trim li..lc schooner Edna A..
Pogne arrived III pert yesterday morn
Ing from Petersburg and is now load
ing a cargo of anthracite coal nj pier
s, Tho cargo will be taken to Peters
burg when the schooner completes
leading.
This is the first cargo of hard coal
TO he taken on at tbs port for several
months and is the first CARGO of coal
consigned to Petersburg from this
port within the past two years.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

N/E are showing the hands0mest assortment
~ of Hand Tailored Clothing ever before the
public of Newport News; all the new cuts, i'll
single or double breasted, styiislly long, hand
made shoulders and buttonholes, every design
OF MIXTURES, as we'll Blacks and Blues
You pay no more for such Clothing than you do
for the ordinary.
$40, $l2, SIS, SIS, $40, s25.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24

TIP COATS for early fall, to keep away that
chilly feeling, You ne I'll nobby, well made
fitting top Coat, these YOU will find here in a
great variety of patterns, Black Unfinished
Worsted, Tan Coverts, Bottle Green Coverts,
Oxfords and the Gun Metal Grays; hand
made buttonhoIes, and handsomely trimmed
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-24
No Cereal Exports.

There were no cereal exports from
this port during the week ending last
night as no ocean freighters sailed
during .hc week
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The Canny Scot.

In an English railway compart-
ment two travellers were seated, an
American and a keen eyed old
Scotchman.
When the guard came to take up
their tickets the latter had great
difficulty in locating his. He kept
the official waiting so long while he
rummaged through his many pock
cts that the ticket taker went ON his
way, saying he would come back to
find out the result of the search.
When the guard had gone the
American saw the lost piece of
pasteboard protruding from the old
fellows mouth and promptly mott
fed its owner, thinking it was case
of observation-disclosures.
Whereupon the willy Scot rejoin-
ed:
Don't you think | know it? But
the tickets month old, and I'm
a-suckin' off the date"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Casting by MoonIish. For Bass.

suppose the average bait caster
knows very little of casting 10y moon
light, but to my mind this i a most
pleasurable way of fishing. THE
very weirdness and uncertainty .oH-
stitute its chief charm, for the more
uncertain a thing the greater o.,
satisfaction when it is accomplished
Confirmed fly casters often rid
cule the bait caster with the stubby
rod, but | have used both, and il
takes fully as much skill and prac-
tice to manage the short rod a. the
long, whippy one, and bait casting
offers a much larger field and larg'
variety of fishing than fly casting. \
surface bait should always be used,
as a bass strikes at the commotior
made by the bait, not because he is
hungry, but merely because he
wants to fight.-Recreation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The SoEI ANSWER.
Amusing Instance Of the Wit Of Ken
ney, the Irish Dramstist-

The writer Of stage Life tells
the following story OF kenney, the
Irish dramalist:
Kenney was once in a Brighton
lodging in the DAYS when the high
price of tea made ii worth purloin-
ing, and the attraction Of the tea
eaddy for landladies was proyerblal.
kenney's landlady, an lrishwoman,
was no exception TO the generally
understood order Of lodging house
keepers, and accordingly day by day
Kenney missed portions of tea from
his stock, though the cGddy had Il
lock, and he made a point OF keeping
the key-his key-in his pocket.
As the depredations became more
serious, he one day beihought HIM
of a delicate mode of Initiating
that his eyes were open and wrote on
a slip of paper, Don't steal the
dodgers tea" locking it up in the
caddy before he went out. On his
return the dame seemed altogether
beside herself with anger and, fling
ing open the. door of his sitting
room. asked him whom it was he sus-
peeted of robbing him of his dirty
tay."
Kenney had not foreseen there
would be such a storm in teacup,
and as lie didn't at all care to be on
terms Of hostility with the lady he
answered meekly:
81 make point of never suspect
ing anybody but the cat when any
thing is missed"
"Och, and We know as well as liver
do that it isn't the cat We name,
and there's no other liyin' thing in
the ho2se"
"Wcil, perhaps" suggested he,
cts one of your hens out of the
yard?'
"IIens, is it, We say? I'd like just
to know if ye iver saw a hen sthal-
in':"
"No," was the dramatist's witty
reply, q can't say | ever did see d
hen stealing, but | don't know why
/ shouldn't, for | have seen a cock
robin "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Different Views of Il.

"What is the secret of success ?"
asked the magazine.
''ro write" said the pen.
"Be progressive" said the euchre
pack.
BE exact and on time," said the
clock.
BE careful not to break your
word,' said the typewriter.
Don't be afraid to strike when
you find your match" said the lamp
Push and pull" said the door.
''Stand firm and unyielding," said
the flagstaff.
Don't change with every wind
that blows" said the weather vane.
'Never become dull and rusty
said the hoe.
Climb steadily up" said the hill
"keep bright and don't mind the
Clouds" said the sun.
"Cultivate calm exterior, but be
ready for emergencies" said the in.
nocent flower; 'even | always carr,
a pistil. Nellie Munson Holman
in Success.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
An unoracious Speech.

hsr speech" said congress
man, aaent a political address, "waS
ungracious. 1t reminds me of a
Scots speech to his wife.
"The Scot had married for the
second time. His new mate was sem
timental and a little morbid. She
could not resist asking her husband
now and then if he loved her better
than he had loved her predecessor.
"She would say:
600 | more than fill jeans place
in your heart, Jock"
care We sure we're no regrettin'
Jean, laddie:'
"'Jock, do We loe me better nor
her.
"The man bore several of these ex-
aminations patiently. Then he
ended them once for all with a gruff
"'Tak' ma word for it, Betty, if
Jean was livin' We wadna be here -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Sarc asnn.

He was very diminutive cock
ney, and he happened to be deer
stalking in the highlands, where he
engaged the services of a tall and
powerful game keeper,
The keeper, in the course of a
very warm day, feeling irritated at
the ways Of his little master, gave
vent to his feelings by groaning at
regular intervals at the "midges"
which were swarming around him in
myriads.
GLOW is it," said the cockney,
chat the midges bother you so
much? | haven't got so much as a
single bite yet"
"Hoots, mon," replied Donald
contemptuously, ''they maybe havena
noticed We yet. GLASGOW Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
A Captain of Industry,

For several days the policeman
on the beat had observed a small
boy who spent the most of his time
lounging near a downtown street
crossing and seemed to have nothing
to do. One morning he accosted
him.
Tommy" he said, cor whatever
your name is, YOU do entirely too
much loaling around here. Hadn't
you better be at home?'
Il amt loatin',' Indignantly re-
piled the boy. Il got reg'ler jolt
here"
you've got a job? What is it:'
"De guy wot owns dis store pays
me a dollar a week fur keepin' dis
crossin' swept clean"
But | never see you doing any
work. said the policeman.
Course not" returned the boy
81 takes de money an lets out d,
job fur so cents week to de kid
wA's out dere sweepin' de crossin
now. He gifts his pay reg'ler an
don't have to do no head work hunt.
in jobs. outh's Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Red Hairs Eewest.

Fair haired persons have a greater
number of hairs upon their heads
than those with darker thatch, but a
red headed person has the fewest
hairs of all, since it is estimated that
not more than thirty thousand hairs
are to be found upon the average
sized head. If one has black hair,
the number is apt to run up to a
hundred thousand, while a fair
haired person boasts of half as many
again.
This difference in number is due
to the fact that blond hair is finer in
quality than the dark tint, and more
are required to cover the scalp,
while a deep red hair is three times
as great in diameter as black, and,
besides being more vigorous on that
account, is more easily kept in order.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Was Too Bad.

There is young woman in GER
tain remote part of Philadelphia
who has aspirations to become a
musician of note. Occasionally she
overestimates her strength. \ short
time ago she was obligingly giving
an exhibition of her skill to pa
tronizing company by picking her
steps through a Hungarian song.
One of the sympathetic visitors ven
tured the remark:
''Do you know that thing Miss
Smasher is playing is awfully diff
cult ?"
"Difficult." echoed the other, who
plainly showed an absence of mu-
steal taste. Difficult! | wish to
heaven it was impossible"- Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28

Natives of Deyonshire. England,
in past centuries used TO say that
Cornishmen all had tails, asserting
that it was a sign of the divine Dis
approval of their infamy in cuttln
off the tail of Thomas Beckett
horse. \ sixteenth century writes
says: $50 hath England in all othei
lands perpetual infamy of taylo:
by theye wrytten legendes of Ives
yet can they not well tell where G
bestowe them truly. IN English
man now cannot trayayle in another
land by way of marchandyse or 6 ay
other honest occupyinge, but it J.
most contumeliously thrown in III,
tcthe that all Englishmen have
tavles."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Juvenile Logic.

A little boy of four years Of are
on noticing for the first time a lock
of gray hair on his fathers head ask
ed, papa, why are some of your
hairs gray?"
Thinking to drive home a mora
lesson, the father answered, "Paps
has a new gray hair every time his
little boy is naughty"
The child seemed lost in thought
but after pause said bravely
"Then grandpa must have had as
fully naughty boys"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
A Story of Tom Reed.

Among the prominent men of
New England there was none per-
haps who wore larger collar than
Tom Reed. One hot day in the sum
mer of 1901 Reed was in Ports
mouth, and having to wait over for
a train he decided to make an i'm
promptu toilet, changing his collar,
etc. So he HE'D himself to the near
est haberdasher's and began a gen.
eral survey of the collars displayed
in the store. waited on, sir?' que
ried one of the clerks. "Not yet, !"
responded Reed, and then added, 81
would like collar" 'What size"
piped the clerk. "Size 20" answered
Reed. "We don't keep collars so
large, but | think you may be ac-
commodated at the store just
around the corner" Reed found the
store around the corner to be a har-
ness shop.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
EARLY ELECTRIC ROADS.
line In baltimore Perhaps Our First
Regularly CFsr1sld oae.

HHAF4s
DAN ls.-an work ON the ilamp
dem branch OF tie Baltimore Union
Passenger Hallway company N Au'
gust, leS., at first with two and a
year later With two more dummies,
when pailcd regular street ears. \
central and the Running rails were
used for the normal operation, but
al crossing. an overhead conductor
wa installed, aud connection was
made with IL by a transyersely hing
ed arm carried on the car and press
ed upward against 1t by a spring.
The driving vas by pinlon operat.
ing on an internal gear on one Of
the axle.
This was. think, the first regu-
larlv operated elc, tric road in this
country, and the conditions under
which the contract was taken, IN
Guiding waiting year for payment
conditioned on satisfactory opera
tion-and finally, even Oh these on
erods terms. secured only in the face
of an opinion by a well known sci
enlist that no one but "a lnaye or a
fool" would undertake it-Were any
thing bat encouraging. Fortunate
| " for Daft, however, I. c. Robbins,
the general manager of tie railroad
company, was strong in the faith.
This equipment was followed by
a more ambitions one-that Of a
section of the Ninth Avenue Eleyat-
/ ed railroad for a distance of two
miles. where series Of experiments
was carried on during the latter part
of the year 1885 with locomotive
called the benjamin franklin. The
motor was mounted on a platform
pivoted at one end. and motion wa:
communicated from the armature &c
the driving wheel through groovec
friction gears held in close contact
partly by the weight OF the machine
and partly by an adjustable screw
device. This locomotive, pulling 1
train of cars, made several trips
But the experiments were soon sus
pended, and they were not re
sumed until three years later, wher
during several weeks a rebuilt ant
improved Benjamin Franklin wa
frequently run between the steam
trains on the section between -Four
tecnth and Fii,ieth streets, attaining
at times "A speed Of twenty-five mile
an hour, and on one occasion pullin!
an eight car train up the maximum
grade of nearly ? per cent at sevel
mile rate.-CentuTy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
The Constabie's Excuse.

A story in which az Irish men,
Der of parliament tells of his rough
treatment at the hands of the police
while addressing his constituents in
Galway recalls to the London
Chronicle an anecdote illustrative
of the attitude of the royal Irish
constabulary toward the Nation
alist members. During a dis
turbance at an eviction a constable
brought his baton heavily down on
the head Of young man who hap
pened to be the reporter of the
Irish Times. Don't you know |
am a member of the press" in
quired the reporter. 81 beg your
PARDON" said the constable. Il
thought you were member of par
lament"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
THE STORY OF A HAT.
An Amusing Experience Except 10
Those interested.

An amusing stOry-lhat Is To say,
amusing TO any but the parties di-
recily cOneerned-is told To- account
for the marked GOODNESS between two
society bellies.
One Of them gave a garden party
recently, and the other, who vas in
vited and whom We NAV call Mis-,
~, was greatly chagrined to hear
from her milliner that new hat she
had ordered for the occasion could
not possibly be ready in time. Anx-
ious to appease her customers
wrath, however, the milliner offered
to lend her something from heT
shop.
The offer was grudgingly accept
ed, and Miss y. appeared at the
garden party wearing a dainty con-
lection of chiffon and flowers.
She was somewhat startled at tn,
look of surprise and bewilderment
with which the hostess regarded heI
headgear.
"Oh, don't look at my hat" said
Miss \. "The fact is my millinel
disappointed me at the last moment
and this is some wretched cheaI
thing she lent Inc until my new hal
is ready"
Indeed" said the hostess il
freezing accents. 1T seems to me ;
more stylish and ladylike hat thar
you have ever worn before. But al
for the milliner, I'll never forgive
her. She has behaved disgracefull,
and ought never to be patronizeC
again"
Between the GOODNESS of her re
ception and the fervor with which
the hostess denounced the MILNE
Miss \. was fairly nonplused.
Then she sought counsel of
friend.
"Whatever is the matter will
herr" she asked, having explaine,
the circumstances.
! Il should say" was the friend
reply, lit is because YOU are wearing
her hat, for Happen to know tina
she bought that identical one a
your milliner's yesterday and left
behind to have some alteration
made, and | don't think your re
marks on it were calculated t
soothe her feelings!'-London Tit
Rits
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28
Duration of Digestion.

The times of digestion of differ
ent foods are about as follows on an
average: Milk, rice, about an hour or
less; whipped eggs, barley soup, salm-
on, trout, about one and one-half
hours; peas and fish, about two
hours or more; sage, one and three
quarters hours; barley, boiled milk,
raw eggs, cabbage with vinegar,
soup with fat and bread, about two
hours; raw milk Richet), baked
eggs, OK liver, two and one-fcurth
hours; lamb, beans, potatoes, cab
bage, hash, two and one-half hours ;
boiled eggs, beefsteak, white bread,
ham, beef, fish, mutton, three
hours; pork, poultry, veal, brown
bread, four hours; salt pork, hard
boiled eggs, five hours.-Russell's
strength and Diet"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-07-28

The Ostrich inn at Colnbrook,
Middlesex, England, has had an UNI
interrupted existence since the far
away days of King John. 1t was do
ing thriving business before Mag
ma Charta was signed and had quail
flied as a veteran before Crecy was
fought. The Seven Stars in Man
chester was a licensed house in the
year of Poitiers (l35G), two-thirds
OF century before the cathedral
was founded, and it boasts today a
staircase clock which began to tick
ever so long before DR.. johnson was
born-nearly two centuries ago.