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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
Demand for Chauffeurs
and Few to Till Places.
By j. ID. Holland.

sons from the people who make the KIND OF
machine you run, In that way you NOR
ouEhly master ali the details of the chine
In which you are incharge.
at is not the ability 10 master the details Z
of machine quickly which distinguishes
the good chauffeur, however, 1t ist5the I
primal qualities that are In him which WIZ
count. lie has a more nerve trying JOB than
that Of n railway engineer or street car
motormnn, who have a regular track 70
operate Yhcir engine or car on. but there IS
a wonderful fascination about the work.
have yet to come across professional chauf-'
feur who has abandoned his vocation Tor
something else,
The first chauffeur ever have heard OF
was William Evans OF Philadelphia who
drove a machine In 1856. Few people know
that the automobile for practical purposes
antedates the railroad But this man, VINO
was quite IN inventor in his day. had g.
steam machine at that carly period, Every
one thought that he was crazy, ana the
Pennsylvania legislature gave him a patent
on the wagon, us they figured that the grant
could injure no one Although two or three
other men made spasmodlc attempts TO run
autos the idea gradually died out Wlththe
advent of railroads, until It was revived his
last time.
W
Frenchmen the Best Chauffeurs
y" Among the higher class Of professional
cEnuffsurs the F'renchmtn rank supreme
They have The adwanta sc of a larger amount
Of experience in handling machines as the
sport has progressed much further IN their
country than i, has over here. However, our
American boys are pushing them hard for
first place. They usually have more phleg-
matte temperament as against the nervous
ISrttrclmnan, and this helps good PIT inauto-
mobillnS,'
HOW ara the various gradeso of chautteurs
dlv!ded,2" asked a visitor
. Well" responded the automobile man.
''tha highest class Of professional chaut-
feurs arc the men who run some OF the rae
ing machines, Then come the drivers Of me
multimilionalra 3 cars Then they grace
down TO the average wner sdriver, and next
come the chauffeurs who run the professional
SIGHTS seeing autos and the electric cabs,
After that we nave the electric TRUCKS and
business wagons. These last mentioned
chautfvurs average about the sanya wages
as IL teamster in their position. However
they do nor have the bothef and WORRY Of
looking after, and feeding any horses.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
- HERE are not half enough expert
IS enced chaufreurs in the big cities,
I and the demand for them Is tncrea:-
ing every week. stated a proml-

/ ing every week" stated a proml-
men: automobile man. who was
standing In front OF his office watching we
whlzzing machines fly By.
That's why you hear of so many autoWo-
bile accidents lately" he continued. Lick
pet,enced owners. unable to get chaultcuIS'
drive the machines themselves ana peihs
nervous, they run into somebody the t'rst
crack out of the box Your regular chai''1
feur is not the one who figures an the major
i,y of the smnshups. These regular chaul-
feurs are clear eyed young fellows, with
steady hand and brain, and no pcrceptibc
nerves.
..lf they had not started In the automo-
bile business you would find them serving
as jackles on our men of war, or manning
the fire insurance patrols, or working as
skilled machrlsts in some line where II
takes cool head and steady nerves to Go
things.
Tennsters Make Good Cheuffeurs,
~ do not see why a larger number of young
men who are driving teams. or WORKING IN
machine shops in this city, do not take Up
the trade A good chauffeur can command
$40 n month, and n medium class man gets
500 ANYWAY A man who has skill enough
TO drive a large truck through the downtown
district has the requisites OF chauffeur IN
his makeup; In fact, / think some OF 1hose
four horse trucks need more delicate mahlpu-
lation than any automobile
There are about 5000 autos IN Chleaso
and about GEO good cha uffeurs. In New YORK
there are over 1900 automobiles Of all sorts
and sizes, and chaulfeurs are always IN de-
mand there. In every other large city wEefe
we sell machines the cry for experienced
chaffeurs is the same. Even in the, smaller
cities and towns we get regular calls Tor eA-
pertenced automobile men This INDUSTRY IS
tust be ginning % spread through The country,
and this is certainly the golden period ior q
young .nan who intends TO be ctQuftsuf,
you must remember 1t Is not only me
Measure vehicles which demand drivers, The
number OF electric trucks and cars USED fof
business purposes Is increasing IN astohlsh-
ing proportions. One big express company
handling only city matter recently installed
four auto express wagons TO handle tnelF
trunk and package business more quickly
They had to discharge three drivers and nlre
chauffeurs 10 take their places. The fourth
man had been a machinist, and he learned
how to run machine in three days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
MOI Hard to Learn TO "chauf."

"a Is not hard 70 learn how 10 run na-
chine, Although numerous automobile
schools haze sprung up and, think, one
correspondence school guarantees to teach
you how TO become a chauffeur, the best
way to learn to run machine Is to take les
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
Opportune Time TO Learn.

ITO sum the whole subject UP concluded
the auto, man. " would advise any young
fellow with II strong constitution, who is IN
teresled in mechanics, and Likes am active
outdoor life. to look into The vocation Of
professional chauffeur carefully. The great
and growing demand for this class, OF work.
ers makes 1t an opportune time for q young
man 10 learn the business" &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

ROBABLY there is no business one may
enter with as great q variety III we e
initial expenditure as that Of the 1op
printer. There is practically no limit
to what a man may spend if5he goes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

~IIA r. ar tistH are born and not made may
* be true In the case Of the long haired
81 inhnbitnnt of tho = ntellcr," but tho
newspaper and magazine artist denies
81 that fate In tho shape OVnn ovcrwhelm-$
Ing genius or ambition has crehted him Whit
he Is. Ito IS the . made artist" generally
fself-made, and is anything but ashamed OF
the fnct.S lie makes no more pretcnsc to tho
possession or creative genius than does the
ordinary newspaper reporter. He is n work.
or, working regular hotirs and regular days
for regular wages. Art to lin Is a means OF
making q livelihood, n craft. lie worries not
about his artistic temperament, nor about
8" soul,n which the artistic dilettanto ayers
is present In all artistic impulse, and ms far as
waiting for inspiration goes, the order Of the
city, Sunday, or managing editors OF Il news K
pa per is all the inspiration TINT he looks for
or gets. lie turns out art to order, with etch-
crs engravers, and printers waiting anxious
5ly for his work, and yet, In spite of all these
handIcaps, no manages to produce annually
Il mass OF f good work. And /" good'worls -
In his vocabulary Is equivalent to tho studio !
artists I" artistic creations.
Newspa per Art q Craft.
THE newspaper artist as n craftsman Is
entirely separate from the magazine man..
He Is to be compared to the active newspa per Y
writer, While the magazine artist is>at par
with the ma gazine contributor. the mat
ter OF working conditions and remuneration
5lthe men who furnish the art work ofjmaga-
zines arc as much more favored over the
newspaper artist as the successful magazine
writer Is over the newspaper rcpor tcr. 4aa
~ The artist on q newspa per works regular !.
hours Just as do the composing, en- craving,
and printing forces Tho young man who 4
approaches the sacred courts of arts asrcpre-#
sent cd by the artroom of a big newspaper
with any false ideas Of the proper conduct
and treatment Of artists Is apt to be shocked.
Art is held In no false reverence there. lie I.
Will find the men whoiturn out the pictures
on d newspaper are bound by conditions Just
as much as any other class OF workmen.
No False Ideas as to Art.
B The young man of talent who wishes to
- break into art" and who has visions Of
artistic leisure and atmospheres, would bet
ter look elsewhere for the qualification ofh!s
ambitions than on a newspaper. The !" u
mosphere artistic is strictly tabooed In The
average large papers art department The
note that is apparent hi the demeanor OF
every man in 1t Is one Of hustle and all
business The temperament of&the men Is
that OF men who love. or. at least, like. their
work. but who have to do so much of It that
their enthusiasm has lost its white heat and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

union in order to join an orchestra. Now1
have an orchestra of my own and q class Q
seven pupils learning to play the cornet
In the last five years I have bought and
paid for two lots and half5a house bought
a piano, ana sent my son and daughter
through high school. Not so bad for man
that dIdn'tget a fair start until he was 40. ii
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into the printing business on large scale
\ II mar. wlshesto start out with ncwout-
mt. new type. and new presses the first cost
will quickly mount up intothe thousands. On q
the other hand he can get into the business
for $50 il he is Gin The know : and does not
want to start on anything but a small scale
Not that $40 Will 30 far when II comes O.
purchasing type and printing presses, but
for n start In the job printing business one
does not need to go farEi he is content. TO,
start modestly. Ills first work VIII neces-
sarly be composed of small Jobs, cards,
letter heads, sand possibly circulars; work
i that. can elturned out on a small hand press
and the4composition ofwhch viii require
only three OF sfourd different kinds Of type. He
does not need any money oinvcst In stock
when he has his press and type bought he
y is readytto do business.
Must Know the Trade Well.
or course, to start into the printing hus-
ness It is first absolutely necessary TO know
the printers trade, How much Of the trade
one will have to know before being able to z
start In business will vary as greatly as
will the nature and amount o. work that the.
beginner is going 10 do, Nonlinally all that
is necessary for the Job printer to kncWls
now III SCI typt lOCN VI ~ ipilii tbi1t iN'N
paper into his press. uttherc are incdentals
and details to these simple processes and the
man who has not good working knowledge
OF composition and press feeding has nb-
solutely no business In the iob printing line.
TO learn the trade completely, as men who
work at It as n trade must learn it, Is not
necessary for the man with a small print
shop. Three years is the time genera " re-
uuired to learn one branch OF the trade, and
as the man who would start shop must
B know all the branches Incident to the,sll-
pier work, 1t Is obvious that he cannot spend
Years in learning each branch. Agar spent
In small print shop, where the opportunl-
ties are plenty for learning and gaining
practical experience at both the composing
and press Feeding sides of the work, should
Neutrality-suspicious. man with Viking and apti-
f tude for the work we'll enough to make him
capable of taking care Of any job work that
will como TO him within the first year OF MS
establishment as printer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
"Knocked" Out OF Good Job.

moved my family out from Boston ana
we set ourselves up in u comfortable nat IN
a good IL not fashionable, neghtPrhood tar
out on the south side. My wife took up churchi
work imam unprctentious way, the children
started to school, and we soon found our
selves surrounded with excellent nelShpors.
NV music brought me in contact with the
orsanist of the neighborlng church and we
became fast friends.
made Chicago about every eight days and
had thirty six hours layover there. we
naturally had some misgivngs about Chicago
,Mhen we came, but we grew TO like IT IN a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03
inexperienced Men Take Risks.

Whether it is advisable forany one 70 slaft
into the business al all on sHall sca'e
under ordinary circumstances IS q question
that may be we'll debated, but nat lhere
are plenty OF men who are always anxious
and even eager to break into It Is SHOWN by
the number or requests that the printers
furnishing houses receive each Week from
people for catalogues, crcu-
lars, etc, 10 a man who has got smatter-
ing of the trade there Is something that Is
apt to prove fatally attractive In It, It Is
Interesting work. How much money there
is In it for. the average owner OF a shop Is
not given for mortal man TO say, Many
are called and few get rich IN this line
Many are fairly prosperous and many Just
manage to drag along and make lying
But if one can !" get the business it is a
good field,
Start with Littlo Material.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

= y present E0Ou ION Nv !" ~ ~
IVA f ss:,s !; ss zG s,ss gfs ss;;
which, / think, would ilnbitter the
life Of the avern & G man, am writ
,rp thls simply TO rcr1lte the Idea that there
IS al, dye limit, adjusted BY the mere matter
of age itself to a 1nan's usefulness IT 49,
MAYER too late to beginFa1l over again.
rhe man who allows himself to- collapse
when, his occupa ton Is taken way from him
cannot urge the age limit as an excuse for
idlcness or bait for sympathy. THAT man
would be an old mana t 80. At is not SO hard
"a lea CHI an. old, dog new tricks as, the saying
would have 1t. provided the old dog Is pos
sessed OF the ortlinury canine Intelligence.
had. to adapt myself to an entire new
sci OF tricks after I{had passed d.. Osler's
chloroform stage.
In youth and early manhood ! Wqs bar
bel. IN d. small town In New Hampshire. I
m * a Ia lie for music and thetownfolRs were
good enough to regard me as more IMAM an n
indifferent performer on the 3 fiat cornet.
nlayed that instrument In the town band
amazon sunday helped out the organfln the
obnrch Of which Twas d tmember. was
,o+ sordldly prores sionnl with my music, but
r made MY devotion to the B fiat Yield me
q certain return. 55
Finds Work as Conductor
y r nrnspercd and got married. MY VIE
had ambitions beyond the limits OF our New;
Hampshire town. She moved me to move 20
Roston. Upon leaving home the town folks
ms le me "a present OF silver mounted cornet
and wished me every success In l3oston. -
secured n lob in O hotel barber shop and I'M
mef1int civ set about e1llarging the scope of.my
musical usefulness. Fl
FUSED to shave an official of the Wagner
Car company and one day was seized with /
the notion that would like to be a Wagner
ca conductor and see something OF me coun-
try, Italked 1t over several times with inc
official was shaving and one day nc prousht
around a blank application. TILED II out
and sent 1t In week later was sent for !
and told TO sit around and await my turn to
,.o out as an extra. I sat around that office
mil i wore q hole in the anxious bench
FINALLY they fitted me out with uniform
and gave me run on the Boston and Maine.
THE regula + man missed his run one day ana
the Job was mine.
Now, there wasn't much In the conductor
shin OF a sleeping car, but ! liked the work
and Il gave myself up to dreaming what 1t
might lead up to. 1 ran a-whole year onthe
Boston and Maine, and if there ever was a Z
complaint against me never heard anout IT,
Then came the consolidation Of the Wag-
ner and the Pullman companies and was
one OF TIE fortunate ones. After running &
extra on a few eastern roads was sent QUITO
Chicago and given run between here ana
Los Angeles the same being considered one
of the most desirable In the service.
* y
"K1ocked" Out Of Good job.
I moved my family out from Boston ana
we set ourselves up in u comfortable fiat IN
a good, If not fashionable, neighbPrhood lar
out on the south side. My wife took up church Z
work in an unpretentious way. the children
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

Start with Little Material.
1t is to the printers advantage 10 start
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illustrate r OF Magazines Fortunate,


or another type and working under differ
cnt conditions and yet producing art 20
ORDER Is the magazine artist and DOCK IL
illustrator Briefly. he is the fortunatean'ons
{ the practical artists, If he be At al success
ful. IIe makes more money, does less work.
and lms more time to do his work m q man
ner that will satisfy himself ana result IN
excellent stuff. than his brother or 'he news
paper staff. Generally he gets MS start IN
submitting work to magazines or attracting
attention In exhibitions. 1t being seldom MAT
he comes from the ranks of the newspaper
men. RI he makes q hit he Is . on velvet
and 70 make a hit in this work constitutes
tho orIp,natton, adoption, and constant fol-
,owinr Of one line Of work in a manner that
viii make 1t so well known as to create a
demand for It.
4 successful magazine artist and lllustra-
+ori cnn earn IS, 900 or $4,000. There prob
h,y ore score Of men In the country who
earn tnis There arc many scores OF men
aud womel, who do not earn anywhere near
A. rherc are hundreds OF them who would
IA entirely satisfied With one-hfth of these
& amounts. And then there are the thousands
wbo "asplre,n of whom II the readeris one
n will be wisdom on his part to scan the
figures and ponder long before he throws
himself into the struggle for career in
/" art practical
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

r9HAr artists are born and not made may
4. be true In the case Of the long haired
8. inhabitant of tho = ntel er,' but tho
] nnwsnal,cr and magazine artist denies
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01
STOCKS and BONDS
(Dy Associated prcss.)

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-Thc stock
market suffered severely today from
heavy selling which came from all
quarters, including Los don. Much of
the selling was probably induced by
fears Of coming money Stringcncy.
this feeling being based upon the low
level Of New York bank reserves.
Veteran observers of recent condi-
tions were OF the opinion, however,
that other and more important causes
were responsible for the markets
slump. Chief among these is the fact
that London, which bought heavily of
our stocks on the peace news, is much
disappointed at the manner of its re-
ccption here and has unloadcd the
greater part of her recent purchases
at loss
The more pronounced rcactionary
tendency came at midday. with heavy
selling with breaks ranging from .
points in Southern Pacific to more In
Chicago Il Northwestern. The pres
sure against Heading and Amalgamat-
cd Copper was especially strong. much
OF the selling at this time being in
these stocks. The Gould group also
was heavy and bear points on Union
Pacific, which made maximum de-
cline of IL were numerous. The
market showed some tendency TO rally
IN the later dealings under the lead of
Atchison. which was one Of the few
/ strong stocks Of the day.
Bonds were weak. Total sales, par
val'ic, S",400,00O United States old Is
advanced is per cent. on call.
| Total sales of stocks today. 1,25G, 200
shares. Closing prices:
| Adams Express DAG
Amalgamated Copper ...... SO l.2
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01
C0n|0|h1g Words.
Have Made Many Newport News Resi-
dents Enthusiastic.

No wonder scores of Newport News
citizens grow enthusiastic. Ii is
enough to make any one happy to find
relief after years of suffering. Public
statements like the following are but
truthful representations Of the daily
work done in Newport News by Doan's
Kidney Pills.
~. j. llanscr, matchmaker, of 201
Thirty-first street, residence on Vir-
sina avenue. says: For several
months was annoyed with Il dull ach
ing in the small of the back 1t prob.
ably was no. severe enough to create
any anxiety but its constant nagging
very often made me arlcntly wish
could stop it. An advertisement about
Doan's Kidney Pills in Newport
News paper induced me to go To
Aliens drug store for the remedy
Before | completed the treatment tho
aching disappeared"
For sale by all dealers Price Sc
cents. FostcrMilburn Co, Buffalo
New York. sole agents Cor the United
States.
Remember the namc-Doan's-a
'"Ne ho other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01
THE DEATH RECORD
FOR PAST MONTH
There Were rhirty.three Deaths, on
Which sixteen Were White and
Seventeen Colored.

During the month of August there
were thirty-thrcc deaths in Elizabeth
City county, of which sixteen were
among the white population and seven.
teen among the cOlored. or the num-
her ten were white females, six white
males. seven colOrcd females and ten
colOrcd males.
DIR. John w. Brown, the health OIL
Ger, last night completed work on his
report for the month, which gives the
above figures.
or the causes of death the report
will show that three were due to ty.
phoid fever two 10 hamilton. two to
nephritis, four To cntero-colitis, two
stillborn. and one each to paralysis.
accidental killing. cholera infantum,
difficult labor, apoplcXy, cmbolisIn.
diarrhoea. heart disease. meningitis
cerebral thombosis, scnility.
or the births the report shows that
during the month of July there were
eleven white males, nine white fc-
males, thirteen colorcti males and
seven colorcd females.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01

far more difficult to take man from,
across tho brooklyn bridge into an
other jurisdiction of tho United States
court than it is for tho State of Maine
ia get criminal it wants from the
State of California. Or course such IL
condition is anomalous and ought not
Ia exist"
Tho criminal laws may he far from
faul'less, Most of the handiwork OF
mere men has distinguishing charaa.
,cristics along that line At the same
time. If the present imperfect laws
wcr" efficiently enforced, without fear
and favor, ii undoubtedly would help
some.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01

There arc said to he no popular
demonstrations in Russia over the now
national assembly. Why should there
be? Those who know anything about
the matter realize its limitations and
its lack of power. Those who are
stepped in ignorance probably know
nothing at all about the matter Where
is there room for any enthusiasm?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01
Advance in Price of Pine Lumber.

BEAUMONT, TENAS, Aug. 81
The Southern Lumber Manufacturers
Association has announced Il general
advance of 81 per 900 feet on pine
lumber. Statistical information shows
Il decrease in stocks during July Of
2f,00U 900 feet and an involuntary cur
tnilmcnt in the Same month Of S6,O0n,-
600 feet amCng ll9 mills. Demand is
so brisk that most OF The mills
throughout the territory are working
double shifts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-01
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PULLEY WENT TO JAIL.

Was Charged With Carving "Gover-
nor" Mathews Bailey, Colored.
George Pulley. Il white man, was be-
fore Justice l.. e. Stith last night on \
warrant charging him with cutting
Governor" Mathews bailey. colored.
Pulley was arrested early yesterday
morning by officer Wesley Cunning
ham.
After hearing the evidence Justice
Stith imposed fine of SIS and costs
and as Pulley was unable to pay the
sum he went to jail for twenty days