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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
BLOWING OUT A CANDLE.
The Effect n Puff OF Breath Has on
the Flame.

the Flame.
A burning candle is j gas mnnnfac:
tory on Il small scale The wax or
tallow is converted by the heat OF the
flame into gas, and in that form en-
ters into chemical combination Will,
the oxygen of the surrounding air
This chemical union causes 4 very
high rise in temperature in the elc-
ments concerned. Iii fact, it produces
what we know as flame of fire. which
is simply the white hot molecules of
carbon and oxygen. The gas making
process is started by the match in
lighting the candle and is afterward
continued by the flame itself.
Our breath acts in three way: % It
carries away the particles of gas boui.
ly. (2l 1t lowers their temperature ut
the same time, SO that they are no
longer capable Of entering into chem,
ical union with the oxygen. 90 The
breath contains carbonic acid gas,
which is incapable OF supporting com
bustion and'so helps to extinguish the
flame
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
Identified.

"What has become asked the oc-
casonal guest, "of the pretty black
eyed girl who used to wait at that
table over in the corner:"
What pretty black eyed girl:' frig-
idly inquired the young woman with
the snub nose and prominent chin
IF I remember rightly, she had a
little bit Of a mole on one cheek
"Oh, that girl With the blotch on her
face? think somebody married her
New York Press
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
4 Conversion.

A country circus advertised that "at
IL o'clock the cannibals will be fed"
\ large crowd assembled, but to every
bodys disappointment the savages ate
potatoes. In reply to some indignant
questions the manager said: But, gen
tlemcn, don't you see that their diet
is evidence Of my skill? have con-
vcrted them into vegetarlans."-
gende Batter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
SOY. Adams Makes Sweeping Denial

DENVER. COLO, Jan 21.-The an
swer of Governor Alva Adams to tho
allegations or former Governor Jane
Peabody, contestant for the Office O.
governor. was filed TODAY The an
swer makes a general denial Of the al
legations Of the contestor and specific
ally charges fraud in several counties
against the cOntcstee
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
CHARGED With Shocking Crimes

TfoE NHSOT1HtCH FTCSS.7
LEXINGTON. KY. Jan 21-The
Circuit Court TODAY cclIed a special
:ss:'2'lo jury 10 rcAvenc On Monday mex:
TO consider the case Of James Piersal,
the negro who VAS arrested Yesterday
iGE q series Of shocking crimes and
who was taken to lcuisville fer safe
keeping. a speedy tria, is intended.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
8owden Makes a Record Mile.
tRN Associated Prcss.l

ORMOND. FLA. Jan 2l-H l.
RGWGen made a record Of a mile in 3
seconds today in his automobile.
Major G.. S. l. Miller. Of Franklin
Pa. put his sixty horse power siA-cyin
dor touring car at its best speed tcda,
and covered! siyenty miles in one lour
Mr.. Webb. Of New York. yesterday
made mile in 81 seconds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
Want ChapeIIe to RESIGN,

IRN -NSS0clattd FrcsS.l
ROME. Jan 2l.-it is announced a.
ID" Vatican th2t the authorities arc
surprised at the fact that contrary t.
agreement, Arch lbishop Chapelle O.
Now Orleans has not yet forwarde; hi
resignation as apostolic delegate t
Cuba. The authorities are discussing
tho measures to be adopted in the case
Of Arch-bishop Chapelle
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
Three very GOOD Reasons.

Candid Minister-Good morning, ia
net. am sorry to hear you did not
like my preaching OH Sunday last
What was the reason: JANET had
three VERA guild reasons. sir. Firstly.
We read Yer sermon; secondly. We did
IA read it wcel. and. thirdly. it was IA
worth readin' at a'!-Iondou ,rit-Bits.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
The Selfish NInn.

A bachelor one day set the table in
his lonely abode with plates for him
self aud an imaginary wife and five
children. He then sat down to dine.
and as he helped himself to food he
put the same quantity on each of the
other plates and surveyed the prospect,
ut the same time computing the cost.
He is still bachelor
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
The Next Confederate Reunion

tlSN ASS0ClateN TrcSS.J
MEM ORLEANS. Jan. 21.-Gcn w
+, Mckla, adjutant general and chief
Of staff, gives official notice that the
next reunion Of the United Confeder.
alc Veterans will be held in the city Of
Louisville. X, on June H. 10 and 16
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
The Game Of LIE.

Life is a u;icor game # blind mans
buff, played in 4 mist on mountain
top. and tho players keep dropping over
the prccipiccs. BUT nobody needs be
cause there are always plenty more,
and the game goes on forever.-H.
Rider Haggard.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22

Good to Have and BAD to Lose.
~ man. like Il razor. must have
some temper to be any good at all"
Yes. temper is n good thin. 10 have
hut very bad thing to Lose. '-phla-
delphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22

Crushed,

Very well. sir" said Or. Quack aft
err his quarrel with the undertaken.
TN make you sorry for this
What are you going to do" ask &C
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from practice y
Exchange.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22

Al mput:ant fellow max counterfeit
modesty. but modest man can mover
counterfeit impndencc.-G Goldsmith.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22

However things may seem. no evil
thing is success. and no good thing
Is failure.-Longfellow
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22
The Boatonsan,. incidental Remnr,.

IIe-Will you marry me: She-No.
thank you. He-1 thought perhaps you
wouldn't. How do you like that con.
tinued story that is running now in
the misunderstanding (Mass.) Jour
nal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-01-22

Looking down on people generally is
nothing but looking up on yourself.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
AMERICANS MAssAcRED.
chinese ...oD attacked Lienchow
Mission, Near Pakhoi.

rhiaese A.oD attacked Lienchow
Mission, Near PaiShoi.
HONGKONG, Nov Flour Ameri-
can missionaries and d iifteen-year-old
girl have been murdered at Lienehow
by Chinese mob.
The victims are Or. Eleanor Chest
nut, Mrs. G. T. Machle and child and
Mr.. and Mrs. Peale.,
Reports from Canton say that the
murder of the missionaries took place
on Oct. %.
Canton is the nearest point to Lien
chow from which any message could
be sent to the United States. The fast
est time made between Lienchow and
Canton was seven days, done by Chi
nese runner, about year ago, when
DIR, Machle was taken i'll.
DR.. Charles Edward Machle was born
at Cincinnati in 1859 aud was a grad
uate of Wooster university of Ohio
and of the Jefferson Medical college
of Philadelphia His wife was Miss
Ella NJ. Wood of Philadelphia. They
had two children, Elsie and Victor.
The boy died about year ago. Elsie
is the child mentioned in the report as
being murdered. DIR. and Mrs. Machle
have been stationed at Lienchow since
1889.
DR.. Eleanor Chestnut has no home in
this country. She was appointed a
missionary in 1893.
John Rogers Peale is a new mission
airy who sailed from this country last
August. Mr.. Peale was born at New
Bloomfield Pa, in 1879. He was edu-
Gated at the Lafayette college and the
Princeton Theological seminary. He
married Miss Gillespie of Port Deposit,
Md, last summer before going to Chi
ma in August.
Lienchow Is q town of 1900 people
in the western portion Of the province
Of Kwangtung. at the head of the II
of Tongking, not far from the treaty
port Of Pakhoi.
In addition to four church buildings,
the Lienchow mission, which reports
207 native Christians on its roll, has
three Sunday schools and three estab-
lishments for secular education.
Mrs. Il. G. Machle, whose murder by
Chinese at Lienchow is reported from
Hongkong. is a native of Cincinnati.
Two brothers-in-law and one sister-in-
law and her mother-in-law reside there.
The last letter received from Mrs.
Machle stated that she was on her
way from Mount Kellett, near Hong
kong, to the missionary station at
Lienchow, presided over by her hus.
band, DR.. Edward G. Machle. They
had been in the field about eighteen
years.
During the Boxer outbreak several
years ago DR.. Machle was captured
and would have been massacred had it
not been that mandarin Whose life
had been saved by Dr. Machle inter
coded for him and rescued him from
the mob
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
GETAWAY DAY.
At Jamaica the Remsen Handicap
Went to Jacobite.

At Jamaica the Hemsen Handicap
Went to Jncobite.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Jamaica
meeting has come to close. The
Remsen handicap went to Jacobite,
who beat Hermitage a head in a hard
drive.
The case of the ringer, Freedman
has been referred to the Jockey club
Summaries:
First Quadrille, first; Toscan
second: Floralia, third.
Second Race.--The Huguenot, first
Macbeth, second; A. Muskoday, third.
Third Race.-Grenade. first; York
shire Lad, second; Chimney Sweep
third.
Fourth Race.--Jacobite, first; Her
mitage. second; Yalagal, third.
Fifth ace.-Shenandoah, first; Cut
ter, second; Massa, third.
Sixth Race. Tambeau, first; Van
guard, second; Swell Girl, third.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

ALBANY, n. y, Nov. 2.-Fiye hun
dred gallons OF vinegar saved the bar
rel factory of Austin Bros. at South
Bethlehem from destruction by fire
after the firemen had used up all the
water on hand. The fire started in the
pump house When the water supply
gave out one Of the villagers thought
of large quantity Of vinegar which
the firm had stored near by The bar
rels were smashed in and the liquid
dipped out and passed to the fire fight
ers by bucketfuls. Three small build
Ings We're destroyed, with $1,000 loss,
but the main factory was saved.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04


HAVANA, Nov. .. - The Agrarian
league has voluntarily given to the
committee on foreign relations OF the
senate and to the newspapers a lengthy
statement strongly favoring the ratifi-
cation Of the Anglo-Cuban commercial
treaty. dlsagreeing entirely with the
opposition of other business organiza-
tons TO the treaty and concluding with
The statement that the United States
has not given any proof officially or
otherwise of any hostility toward the
aaty
a view of the latter statement the
eminent will be asked to publish
h correspondence between the Unit
states aud Cuban governments re-
saraing the treaty.
The report of the league is written
BY Rafael Fernandez de Castro, a
planter, who recently declined the sec
retarysllip of agriculture. Some doubts
are expressed as to whether the opin-
ion of Senior dc Castro, who Is the only
signer of the report, Is shared by the
majority OF the league, but many
prominent members OF the organiza-
ton defer TO his judgment.
The report after pointing out that the
treaty. being simply one Of friendship
and navigation, does not threaten Gu
ba or any nation with whom Cuba
maintains cordial relations says:
Perhaps 1t might be dispeasing to
some nations that Great Britain Is
granting "A special friendship to this
humble nation and that our govern
ment is thus strengthening the person
atty of what is virtually an incipient
state by treaties of friendship, com
merce and navigation with the great
powers, but this contention fails. just
now. when our greatest and best
friends declare eloquently that they
desire our progress and happiness, 1t
would be ungenerous of them to deny
independence of action TO this weak
republic, which is trying to acquire
stability and prosperity. The basis Of
our progress, the foundation Of our fu-
ture, depends upon the number of
friendly relations we are able to es-
tablish with other nations. because
such ties form a protecting shell with
in which this pearl of the Caribbean
can shut itself for the protection of its
personality"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

NEW YORK, Nov. 2,--Mlss May Ma
her Of Chicago won the adding ma
chine contest at the National business
show at Madison Square Garden last
night and broke the worlds adding
record by getting the tot9i OF y: de
partment store checks IN : minutes 10
seconds. Miss Mae Barclay OF Chicago
was second, completing the sun "a I
minutes q seconds Miss Barclay was
formerly champion adder Of the world
and is employed by the Illinois Central
in Chicago. Miss Manner is emplos ed
in the general offices Of the chicago.
Burlington and Quincy
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

WINDSOR, Conn, Oct rs Members
Of the Grant family gathered here for
their annual reunion near the site Of
the home Of Mathew Grant, one of the
first settlers Of this town. The exer-
cises were held in the First Congrega-
tional church, where Walter S. Logan
81 New York delivered the main adj
dress. General Frederick ID. Grant,
U. S. A., commanding the department
Of the east, was a guest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

HAMPTON, Conn, Nov. 2.-The FOL
lowing prizes were awarded for SCI
tiers and pointers as the result Of tb'
field trials here: First prize, Grit, set
ter. owned and handled by II. b. En-
ory, Worcester, Mass; second prize
Sir Royal Spot, pointer, owned by Dr
l. L. Dennison, Chicago, handled b
j ]. Dennison; third prize, Risk Glat
stone, setter, owned and handled b.
e. r. Sanford, Byfield. Mass.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
). II. 4. nroolss KilIed In Auto wreck

PHILADELPHIA, NOV. =. james
H. A. Brooks, well known manufac
turer of this city, was killed, Michael
q. Price. business associate. was Sc
riously injured and their wives were
painfully hurt in an automobile acct
dent near Absecon, n. j., about fifty
miles from here The accident was
caused by tire slipping off one Of the
rear wheels of their automobile while
they were riding at high speed. The
party was on its way to Atlantic City
from this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

CINCINNATI. o., Nov. 2. Fayorites
won three of the seven events at Lato
MIA The steeplechase handicap went
TO Lord Radnor easily, with John Il
Owens second and Gould third. San
ton, the favorite. easily won the fifth
event, a handicap at mile and a six
teenth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
DIR. Outcalt Ill.

Mr. ". f. Odtcalt was called to
Alexandria, Va. Yesterday by the
serious illness OF his son, DR.. G. +.
Outcalt DDct Outealt wa taken
sud enly III on Tuesday evening and
suffered several commissions during
the atlact When Mr. Outcalt re-
turned II me last night his son was
somewhat improved.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
Trus. Company PRESIDENT a Suicide.

CHICAGO, Oct. IS Adolph Porboh-
ner. president Of the Equitable Real
Estate and Loan company and of the
Equitable Finance company, leaped to
his death from the fifth floor of the
Merchants building, 154 Washington
street. to escape arrest. He died five
minutes after his body struck the
street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct 31.-The Rev.
J. Wilbur Chapman of New York, who
has been conducting revival services
here for ten days, was given hand
some silver loving cup by a number
Of the clergymen of ST. Paul.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
sniIors Woo outcIaased.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Nov. 2. = The
team Of the battleship Missouri, cham.
pions of the north Atlantic feet, were
defeated by the midshipmen here by a
score of l6 TO 0. The sailors were out
classpn
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04
reting JACK Tar. At Tokyo.

TOKYO, Nov. 2.-Tokyo Is still fet-
ing the blue jackets of the combined
British and Japanese fleets, and the
enthusiasm Of the public Is undated.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
ABOUT SHEEP.

We have several inquiries as to the
sheep business, how to get started,
best breed to get and where to buy. It
is not a good time now to go into the
business on anything like a large
scale, for the sheep and its products
are high priced, and, then, any man
not used to keeping sheep should GO
slow in starting with big flock. No
one animal on the farm varies more in
price than sheep. One year they may
be worth IS head and the next
dollar and d half. The time to buy
them is when every man who has
them wants to get rid of them. Again.
not all farms are adapted to sheep.
Level and wet farms are not suited to
them They like the hills and the roll
ing land. They must be specially
fenced against or be herded under a
shepherd, and they cannot be success
fully pastured with other stock. For
large part of the prairie country
there is no better way than for three
or four farmers to cooperate and buy
a flock of sheep and keep them under
the care of a shepherd all through the
grazing season. In this way each man
gets the benefit derived from the sheep
as a weed exterminator and land fer
tilizer, and they can be run anywhere
where there is good feed for them.
This plan saves all bother about fenc-
ing and prevents many losses which
occur when they are not under the
constant eye of shepherd. Thousands
Of sheep could be kept all over the
northwest and kept very largely on
grass roughage and weeds which with
out them would be an entirely waste
product.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
EAT MORE CORN.

1t would be well for their pocket
books and better for their general
health if the American people would
use more corn. We are slaves to edi-
bles made of refined -four of wheat.
That more corn is not used is not SO
much that the people do not like the
many delicate and savory dishes which
may be prepared from it as that 50
few cooks know anything about the
preparation of corn foods. There are
immense possibilities in a well cooked
johnnycake, in a loaf Of injun bread,
in corn cakes, in corn mush eaten with
milk and cream, 'alf and 'alf; in corn
dodgers and pancakes, in an injun pud-
ding stuffed with fat raisins, in fried
mush, samp and hominy. Better di-
gestion, better teeth, more vim and en-
ergy would come with more of corn
Diet and then, withal, it is ever so
much cheaper. Then, if one must
smoke, it is said that there is nothing
better than an old corncob pipe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31

from the illustration, are very well
adapted for planting as a solid edging
to a shrubbery. The montbretia is
said to be quite hardy at Lenox, Mass,
the bulbs being left in the ground
from season to season.
The general directions for handling
the bulbs is to take them up each
winter and plant afresh in the spring.
These plants are in flower during the
late summer and fall, and their orange
red color is most pretty. Where they
can be left outdoors they are well
worth a place.
Although they are hardy in places,
fall planting is not advised by some
authorities. Where they can be left
in the ground, however, it is much less
trouble If the bulbs are lifted they
must be kept over winter in damp
not wet earth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31

A STRAWBERRY BED.
Quick Method For the Amateurs
Home Garden.

Quick Method For the Amateurs
Home Garden.
Only those who are fortunate enough
to have strawberries every day during
the season fresh from their own gar
den can know what it is to enjoy them
in their full perfection, provided, of
course. that they have them of choice
varieties, well grown, carefully han
died and served in prime condition.
The proper time to set out the plants
to secure the best results in choice
fruit next season is now, during Au-
gust and September. Ripe fruit within
five months from the time Of planting
is the one special inducement general
~ referred to for planting at this sea-
son.
The selection or choice of varieties to
plant should be made from such as are
known to be adapted to the locality
and that not only produce fruit of
large size, but that possess the desira-
Bile qualities of substance, color and
flavor.
The single hill or stool system af-
sIOIdo lAC DCct s(4AltNC lAOA thOlOQSA SA4-
tivation, air and sunshine. which are
essentials for the healthy growth of
the plants and the development of the
fruit. Having previously given the
ground a liberal allowance of well de-
composed manure and thorough prepa-
ration, same as for any choice garden
vegetable, the planting is a very sim
pie matter
The plants should be either pot
grown or otherwise taken up with a
ball of soil containing all the roots.
The plants must be young, white root
ed runners of the present year.
If the ball or pot grown plants are
not procurable the next best is to get
the plants carefully dug such as have
roots not to exceed two inches in
length are best-and thrown in a pail
of water and kept wet from the time
they are lifted. then done up with wet
packing moss, and with the least pos
sible delay pot them in two or three
inch pots. Use a light friable soil or
potting compost and keep them shaded
for several days and carefully watered,
exposed to the air at night, closely Gov.
cred during clear days, and in from
ten to fifteen days they will be suffi-
GENTLY rooted to be taken to the gar
den and the balls turned out of the
pots and planted.
From one foot to eighteen inches
apart in the rows and two feet be-
tween the rows is the usual distance
Give water when necessary to keep
the plants growing and stir the soil
frequently and keep off any runners
that may appear.
The plan here outlined is recon-
mended for the home garden or where
it is an object to secure some fine
fruit within the shortest possible time.
B. Il. Ryder.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
THAT FIELD OF ALFALFA.

The following suggestion with refer
ence to securing d field Of alfalfa for
the territory of Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin may be of value: Take
piece of land from which crop of
barley, oats or winter wheat has been
removed, fertilize it with about ten or
twelve two horse loads Of manure,
pillow, disk and harrow thoroughly to
get as fine a seed bed as possible and
then SOW during the first ten days Of
August twenty pounds of alfalfa seed
to the acre With favorable weather
the alfalfa will make a growth this
fall of nearly one foot, which should
be allowed to remain on the ground
during the winter Next year it will
give three crops. By this method two
things are secured-the alfalfa has no
fight with the weeds, and there is no
loss of a year in the use of the land.
This plan is well worth trying by any
one desiring to get a field Of this most
valuable legume. Try two acres for a
hog pasture if for nothing else.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-08-31
SCREENINGS.

A few years ago the grain buyers of
the northwest used to make a great
roar and dockage in grain bought be-
cause of the wild mustard which it
might contain While they dock just as
heavily as formerly, they do not kick,
for they are able to sell the mustard
seed for good deal more than the
wheat, oats or fax, the mustard later
appearing at 40 cents a pound on the
table of the man who raised it. The
screenings and weed seed which are
furnished by the mills of the north
west to feed and fatten hundreds of
thousands of sheep every winter are
a pure gift by the farmer for this pur-
pose, the dockage demanded by the
mills making it cost them nothing. The
moral Of this is that it does not pay
the farmer to raise weeds and mus
tard, though lots Of them do and, do
ing it, it would pay them to clean their
grain and feed the screenings to sheep
Mt home