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Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

at entertainments the magnificence of
which has made her name known in
many countries.
And in one other particular-perhaps
in this more than in any other-the
society bachelor girl differs from all
others of her class. Independent
though she be, she is as closely chap
eroned as the most clinging miss who
knows no more of the world than the
home shelter. The bachelor girls Of
other circles chaperon each other when
a chaperon is necessary. Nor do they
recognize any impropriety in being en-
tirely unchaperoned.
But for the benefit of the society
bachelor girl the duenna comes into
social being. Some elderly cousin or
aunt is usually chosen for this pur-
pose, if such a person is to be had. If
not, then some exceedingly sedate and
excessively correct elderly woman Of
good position. The duties of this lady
are all comprised in her sacrifices to
the proprieties, her self-effacement and
her acquiescence in the plans of the
young mistress of the house. She is
there, prominently placed figure. be-
fore which society itself must bow low
the head in gratitude and respect if for
no other reason than because society
itself has evoked her. AS for the bach
elor girls, they are perhaps grateful
that no more onerous condition is im-
posed upon the enjoyment of their
freedom
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sec 7loN or THE cA4L /LAE5 fR0T TIE PACIFIC COAST

twenty hours to avoid being captured
and killed by Indians.
In carrying this message Mr.. Stevens
dared what he believed was his duty as
a man loyal to his country although
two other men had been scalped and
murdered brutally while on the same
mission. He licked the railroad prest-
dents son because he thought he ought
to and the father of the castigated boy
looked at 1t that way.
If the lines OF the face are trust
worthy indices of the man those in the
face of Mr.. Stevens strengthen the pre-
dictions of the railroad engineers that
he will stick to his post in Panama un-
til the canal is completed and dedicated
to the great commercial purpose for
which it is intended The little fur
rows radiating from the corners of the
eyes bespeak a rare optimism. Mr..
Stevens looks at life and it's problems
from a cheerful, wholesome standpoint.
He believes in his own powers and will
llOL grant ludI any lIllIlS IldleTldl lS
impossible to man. He is certain the
Panama canal can be built and has
faith in American genius and pluck tc
achieve the task.
1t is with that spirit Mr.. Stevens
looks forward to his work. Most men
might have worried, anxious look
when about to tackle the difficulties OF
the greatest engineering undertaking
in the worlds history, but this man
goes about his business as serene as If
he were confronted with an everyday
job. He is losing no sleep over it.
But there are other lines in Mr..
Stevens face than those that make his
eyes twinkle with merriment and opti-
mism. They are the mouth lines. Here
is inscribed an unmistakable determin-
alton. Look at that mouth and chin
and one Immediately decides the OBJ
stacle does not exist that is big enough
to make this mans spirit quail or to
swerve him from set purpose.
His Ready Acceptance, c,
When he asked for only orty-eight
hours to decide whether he should ac-
cept or reject the important commits
sion rendered by President Roosevelt,
the courage and caliber of Mr.. Stevens
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force left to combat conditions in the
tropics, miasma or no miasma."
Mr.. Stevens fine physique gives JUS
tification for this hope. His eyes have
the clearness that suggest perfect or
gans. His carriage Is erect, his man
rer alert, his hand steady. The bronze
Of the plains is painted indelibly on his
cheeks. Broad shouldered, full chested
and strong limbed, he looks every inch
the man to endure physical harass-
ments.
Some Past Hardships
He has seen more hardships than
most men in his profession. In the
wilds of Canada he has ridden the pack
mule with treacherous Indians for his
guides while engaged in surveying ex-
tensions for the Great Northern rail-
road to the coast. The red men, weary
of the privations endured, disappeared
tie alone. Then his pack mule died.
Struggling on through the desolate
country, with aching limbs and sore
feet, depending largely on wild game
for sustenance, he blazed his way and
finally completed his task The route
he laid out for extension was followed
without variance and the present line
of the road through Assiniboia marks
the trail of one of the most remarkable
achievements in American railrcading.
James ]. Hill points to this feat of Mr..
Stevens as the acme of engineering
pluck and ability and is authority for
the statement that not a dollar of the
5000, 900 involved in the work was mis-
spent
II shall not be ready to announce any
of my own in the Panama dis
trict until familiarize myself with tho
situation there" said Mr.. Stevens.
Taking a long distance chance on Some
of the minor questions involved, 1
should say that we need men who are
competent for the executive staff
broad minded American chaps who are
willing to work hard and suffer sacri-
fees. 1t is not going to be any para
disc down there, as the history of canal
building in the tropics has demonstrat-
ed, but there ought to be enough loyal
sons of this government to carry to
completion a project which will have
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Had a Narrow Escape From Death

bottle of poison in the medicine chest
where anybody looking for quinine
pills might find it, ought to be-he
couldn't find words to express what
ought to happen to her. The letter he
wrote that wife of his next day was
of a sort to keep her hair in curl In
the dampest weather. She is, however.
perfectly heartless creature. and this
is what she wrote back:
"You ought to be more careful about
taking things without looking at the
bottle. I've told you that before. I'm
glad you called the doctor, for don't
know what would have happened If
you hadn't. marked that bottle NOR
phine to keep the maid from taking
anything out of it, What you took
We're some OF those sachet tablets
Flora sent me from Paris, and I'm
sorry you wasted them"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

braced by the term have come to in
clude all classes, all professions, arts
and usinesses-women of leisure, wo-
men who earn their bread by the
hardest of hard labor, middle-aged wo-
men, young women, girl students, rich
and poor plain and pretty, clever and
cranky. But society has held aloof. 1t
has insisted upon the family life first,
last and always, and has refused abso-
lutely to acknowledge the need of in
women.
Latterly, however,, one observes a
little kindly laxity in the enforcement
of this edict More than one young
women whose name is listed high among
the immortal four-or was it five?-
hundred has ventured to set up her
own household, and society, after a
single gasp of surprise, has acquiesced
in the arrangement without a protest.
"Girls will be girls" Dame Grundy
seems to be saying, and sometimes they
will be bachelor girls. and after all,
what is one going to do about it?
And so there is Miss Faith Moore,
who last year started out for herself
and began an independent life as n
bachelor girl in $4,000 apartment, in
which snug little corner she has led a
free and happy existence for a whole
year. Miss Moore is young woman
with distinctive taste in furnishing and
decorating. and her apartment has been
arranged according to plans made by
herself.
Also there was Miss Fanny Coster
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
Is Power of the Press Diminishing?

'It is hard to get the best of an edi-
tor" continued the Hartford man.
when General IIawley rose at the
banquet he told us about a newspaper
friend Of his who actually, In good
faith, printed an obituary of a man
who was still alive.
"This man the next morning rushed
into the editors office and shouted:
"'How dare you print this obituary
of me, sir? Don't you know I'm not
dead?'
"T am very sorry said the editor.
"'sorry? Well. you'd better be. The
notice of my death is false, and If you
don't retraet tomorrow I'll horsewhip
you within an inch of your life
"This is the contradiction that the
editor printed the next morning:
1--WE regret to announce that the
paragraph which stated that John
Smith was dead Is without founda-
tion.'"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

Jones, musical member of New York S
social circles, who wished to be a bach
elor girl and who indeed procured an
apartment, piano and all the neces-
sary accessories to a musical bachelor
girlhood. But fate willed otherwise in
the case of Miss Jones. and before her
particular world had ceased to wonder
at her independence mere man, under
the guidance of Cupid, had put an end
to it forever. Miss Jones became Mrs
Henry Spies Kip, and a very promising
society bachelor girl was lost in the
making.
Pioneers of Movement
Then there was Miss Marguerite
Chaplin. When her father died Miss
Chapin, who is quite young. set up her
own establishment quite independently
of her stepmother, and proceeded to
keep her own house, entertain her own
friends and lead as independent life
as any one can who is tied down by the
conventions of society. Miss Chaplin
spent much of last winter in Paris, but
whether she continues her bachelor girl
life in New York or not, she will always
be numbered as among the pioneers in
this line.
Also there is Miss Olive Trowbridge,
the quietest and most sedate of bachelor
girls. who. though only 20 years old, is
at the head of the domestic establish
ment at West Forty-seventh street.
And lastly there is Miss Evelyn Van
Wart, who must be numbered among
New Yorks bachelor girls of society,
even though she lives In London. Miss
Van Wart is the granddaughter Of the
late Marshall o. Roberts, and lived
with her father Ames Van Wart. after
her mothers death until her longing for
independence conquered after which
she began her struggling bachelor girl
existence-on an income OF $4,000 an
nually.
Much that is associated in our minds
with the term bachelor girl does not
hold good when the term is applied to
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

the society girl who has gone in for a
bachelor life. The society bachelor girl,
born with a golden spoon in her mouth,
carries it into her bachelor residence.
One thinks of bachelor girl as of one
who purchases viands at delicatessen
store and heats them over the gas jet.
She is a person clothed forever in a
halo of unique economies. She lives in
an apartment that may be large or
small, cheap or dear, well cared for or
shabby, but which, under all circum-
stances, one instinctively recognizes as
made. 1t is gloriously full of bargains.
1t is artistic from end to end; aye.
though the very roof leak and the
heater fail. The bachelor girl has
neither architect nor decorator at her
command. She acts in both of these
capacities herself and prowls around
for old furniture and ornaments in odd
moments. She loves "her things" de-
votedly, and when you see a tender
light in her eyes you know it isn't her
best young man, but new piece of old
mahogany or particularly good brass
which has just come home to be the
Joy of the fiat.
The society bachelor girl is different
only in degree, really, for she, too,
loves her Lares and Penates, and 1t is
doubtful, after all, whether her house,
full OF treasures gives more joy than
the one piece of the less generously in
coined bachelor girl But she must
still bow to the prodigality of her fate.
She may design her own decorations,
select her own furnishings, but she
cannot carry her oft-debated plans out
piecemeal and single handed as does
her less wealthy sister, A host of dec
orators and architects, art furnishers,
picture dealers, curio and antique deal
ers wait upon her commands, and she
must have her future residence rebuilt
and furnished throughout in style Of
approved elegance before she takes
possession Of 1t. If she Is to merge her
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30
but deaths or a phys
V ical breakdown will chase John

NNToTHING but deaths or phys
IN icai breakdown will chase John
F. Stevens away from his great
work on the Isthmus OF Panama. Grant
him length of days and good health and
he will build that canal--build 1t hon
estly and we'll. He has the soldier in
stincts of bravery, loyalty and obe-
dience to his superiors. He is rugged
as the hills. In all the equipment oe
experience, aggressiveness, tenacity
and mental strength that go to make
a great engineer he Is qualified for the
momentous task to which he has been
called"
This in epitome seems to be the
unanimous judgment of former rail-
road associates of Mr.. Stevens on the
man whom President Roosevelt has
commissioned to build the interoceanic
waterway. Mr.. Stevens himself is max
ing no forecasts of his success or fail
ure. He has a way-which railroad en-
gineers like-of letting his work do it's
own talking.
Mr.. Stevens loves to tackle hig
things He thrives on difficulties. He
has undertaken in his time tasks that
called for superlative nerve and the
highest technical ability In every in
stance, according to those who know
he has come off conqueror.
Mr.. Stevens is nearly always in a
hurry. He is fuller of action than q
modern farce comedy and it is invaria-
bly, action to a purpose. Except when
the emergencies of situation require
that he sit still and talk, he is usual
ly in the attitude of Mark Twains os-
trich which had a wonderful faculty
for emerging from here and arriving
elsewhere In his home and in his office
he "emerges" when he talks.
A Man of Action
He puts his heart, his brain and his
wonderful physical energy into every
task He did that when he whipped the
son of great railroad president with
whom he had a personal alterca ton.
and he did it when, as a scout on the
plains, he carried a message from one
military post to another, being obliged
to hide neck deep in a swamp for
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

courage in giving him over to the call
of his country, although both knew that
1t meant the probable spending of half
the rest of his life away from the fam
lily hearthstone in far away tropical
land where dangers, and disease are
rife.
THE climate of Panama has no ter
rors for me-" said Mr.. Stevens. For
three years in Mexico 1 stood the test
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

were strikingly revealed. For himself
he could have made up his mind in ten
minutes to accept the responsibility
He wanted the other. forty-seven hours
and fifty minutes to consult with Mrs
Stevens. He longed, to serve. his gov
ernment out of pure patriotism, if
nothing more, but he owed those who
were dear to him paramount obliga-
tions.
Mrs. Stevens shared her husbands
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

l have slept under wet skies on the
western plains rolled only in a single
blanket and 1 have experienced the
rigors Of a far northern winter under
primitive conditions. / guess it will not
be, much worse for me on the isthmus
than it would have been in the Phil
ippines, where 1 had intended going to
build railroads. 1 seem to have come
through my previous experiences pret-
ty well and fancy have some reserve
Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-30

The cotton factories in Lancashire
spin enough thread in six seconds to &C
around the world.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
(sA SAScenic Route
sSSSEss~te the West.

hour and 80 minutes to Richmond.
Schedule In Effect June 4, 1906.
LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS:
7:i0 q IN. daily. Local to Richmond.
Connects for Lynchburg, Lexington,
Va, New Castle and Clifton Forge,
except Sunday, for ROsney and Es-
mont. Leaves Fort Monroe, 7:1O a.
M; Phoebus. 7:13 q. m; Hampton,
T:18 n. m.
1910 n. M, Daily Fast Train to Rich.
mond (stopping only ut Williams.
burg), arrives Richmond, II: As H. M,
connecting with "St Louis Special"
leaving p. IN. with Pullman for Gin
cinnati, indianapolis and Chicago;
and Pullman service for ST. Louis
and Louisville. Cafe, parlor Car,
Old Point to Ronceverte. Leaves
Fort Monroe, 9:40 a. M; Hampton,
GAS n. NJ.
5:25 y. M, Oaily Fast Train for Rich.
mond (stopping only ut Williams.
burg), arrives Richmond, 700 y. III.
Connecting with +. f. ". leaving
10:45 p. M. carrying Pullman Sleep
err. to Cincinnati and Louisville.
Leaves Fort Monroe, 4:55 p. IN;
Phoebus, 4:5S p. M, and Hampton.
500 p. m.
$40 p. H., Daily, stops at local sta
tions on Peninsula, connects Mt Rich
mond with F. i. v. Limited. "a
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM RICHMOND,
$3.50 n. H.. daily; 1890 a. m, daily;
$3.50 p. M. daily, and 1920 p. H..
daily.
Steamer Virginia leaves TAO a. M,
daily, for Norfolk and Portsmouth;
1895 a. m, daily, for Norfolk, and
5:35 p. m. daily, for Norfolk and
Portsmouth. ID.
Call on Mr.. l.. w. Robinson, Ticket
Agent, Newport News, Va, for the low
est rates by any possible route to the
West and Southwest.
X O. WhRTHJSN, Dist. Pass Agt
II. w. FULLER, Gen. Pass. Agt
G. Il. DOYLE. General Manager.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
MOVEMENT a FAILURE,
Anti-Amcrican Boycott Made No
Roadway at New Chwang.
(By Associated I'rcss.)


WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. 30
Consul General Samuns, at Now
Chwang, has reported to the State dc
lartmcnt as follows in regard to the
progress Of the anti-Amcrican boycott
in China:
I'm legard to the attempt made here
To arouse feeling of hostility to Ameri
can goods, have the pleasure TO re.
port that the movement has been a
failure.
Several attempts have been made
to organize the anti.Amcrican scnti-
mcnt. but each meeting rsultd in
stronger declarations In opposition to
interfering with the sale of American
goods.
~ number of leading Chinese mcr-
chants assured me that they would
nave nothing To do with Il movement
To bnycott American goods, and they
advised their friends to refrain from
aSilalirg the subject"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
PROBABLY LAST
BATTLE OF WAR
Russians Took 1870 Prisoners in En-.
gagencnt Of August % and
Japs Retreatcd.
UHy Associated rress.)

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3i.-3: %
Il. ma dispatch from Lidiapudzc
contains the details of what will prob
ably be the last engagement Of the
war. This encounter took place Oh
August Is. and resulted in an adyant-
age TO he ltussians who took 1870 pris-
cncrs. number of Japanese were
killed. The Russian LOSSES were eight
killed. The remnant of the Japanese
fctirud bearing their wounded.
The declaration of an arinsticc will
probably mean no cessation in the
activity OF the Chinese bandits who
arc daily growing holder.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
BLOODHOUNDS ARE
ON THEIR TRAIL
Strong Effort Being Made to Land
Men Who Wrecked Southern
Railway Train.

RICHMOND. VA, Aug 3o.--Dctcc.
tlves and bloodhounds are OH the trail
, OF me men who wrecked passenger
}ralh on tie Southern railway twu
F9iles south OF South Boston, Va. yes.
= Erday morning
Burglars tools and II crow bar were
Louiid al me scene of The accident
tsharieS ID. Farmer. engineer, ana II.
- DURHAM. fireman, narrowly escaped,
as me engine was almost completely
dcmolis'lpd. Farmer did all nc could
10 avoid the wreck
ne heard his engine strike tho rail
IN 'lhie IN use the emergency brake,
pt' ~ WAS thrown several yards in a
po'li"m nl his cab which was torn
from me engine and was picked nm
unconscious
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
Merchants land Miners Transportation
Co.'s Steamship Lines for Boston,
RH0AllcaxGa

Merchants' land Miners Transportation
Co.'s Steamship Lines for Boston,
Providence and Baltimore.
Leave Newport News, via Norfolk
for Boston every Tuesday, Wednes
day. Friday and Sunday. Leaves for
Providence every Monday, Thursday
and Saturday, sailing from Norfolk at
600 D. m.
Leave Newport News for Baltimore
daily. except Tuesday and Wednesday
at 6 p. m. connecting for Washington
Philadelphia and New York
Fare to Baltimore, one way, $500;
round trip. $500. including stateroom
berth. Accommodations and cuisine
unequalled.
Freight and passengers taken for all
points North and South. Steamers
leave Baltimore, foot of Long dock,
daily. promptly ut 600 p. m.
Only line running Sunday steamer
between Newport News and Balti'aot @.
For further information apply 10
L. c. SAUNDERS, Agent,
Newport News, Va.
w. p. TURNER, G.. P. A.
j, G. WHITNEY, AID. STEBBINs
"a V-P. & 7. M. Gen'l Mgr.
General ORlce: Baltimore, Md.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31

Il Oh NEW fO1th-tTOm GTCfIsSe.
Company's Wharf, Nor tfSSS65syS>
folk. every week day, at 'fae MN
700 p. IN.
FARE First-class, one way, $500;
meals and stateroom berth Included.
Round trip, limit thirty days. $14:O
Steerage, without subsistence, $500
Tickets on sale at c. & o. Railws
Ticket Office ,fs
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN ss%
NEWPORT NEWS AND RICHMOND.
Steamers Brandon and Berkeley leave
Pier 81" $3.50 every evening, passen.
gers only
Steamer Hampton will leave pier A
daily, except Sunday, at n. m, going.
to Norfolk. and at p. m. going to
Smithfield. Steamer Accomac will
leave Pier A daily, except Sunday, at
q. IN. going TO Smithficld, and about
2:30 p. m. going to Norfolk
All business between New York and
Newport News transacted ut Pier 6.
All business between Newport News,
Norfolk. SnithHcld and local points
transacted at Pier A, foot OF Twenty.
fifth street. +. ~
NJ. B. cRowELL. Gen. ACT.
H. II. Walker. Vice-Pres. e Traf. Mgr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
OLD DOMINION LINE
DAILY SERVICE

FOR NEW YORK-From
Company's Wharf, Nor
folk. every week day, at
700 p. m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
Seen Under Favorable Conditions.

T!.II'OLI, Aug. 30.-Thc american,
Italian and French expeditions OBJ
served the eclipse today In n clear at
mCSphcrc. II lasted 3 minutes and 4
seconds. The shadow bands were par
ticularly fine, beginning ten minutes
before the totaliiy. Bailcy's beads
were not seen. The corona was oven.
~ developed. Prof. Todd. of Amherst
College, head of the American cXpcdi
ton, look numerous photographs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
II III Il
Boston, d; ST. Louis, 0.

ST. LOUIS. MO, Aug. Boston
tllnu ..lllu
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31

toners for 1906 at s2S ton, was made
today at the office Of Judge Gary, chair.
man of the board of directors of the
company. Practically all the indcpcn-
dent steel institutions also announced
realiirnation of the SIS rate for rails
for 1906.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
Chicauo. /: WASHINGTON. 1.

CHICAGO, Hi. Aug. 3O.-For lir
teen Innings Chicago I,nlilcd with
Washington today. the game being
called on account Of the darknesa.
Score: X II f.
Chica'o / 0o00O0000U0000-ll12
W'sh'n o000o00lO0O { =
Owen and Sullivan; Townsend and
licydon. Time, 2:52. Umpire. Con.
molly Attendance, i,S00.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31

Suffolk & Carolina r.. II. train on
route from Elizabeth City, n. c., and
intermediate points arrive Portsmouth
1915 n. m, daily; returning leaves
Portsmouth. 4:55 y. m, except Sun
day. Sunday, ZOO p. III.
Connections at Jacksonville and
Tampa for all Florida East Coast
Points. Cuba and Porto Rico.
Only line ont Of Norfolk operating
through sleeper To Charlotte, ~ c.
No. 32 arrives at Portsmouth daily
at 500 "a. H.
No. rs arrives at Portsmouth daily
ut $50 p. m.
j. w. BROWN, Jr.,
Passenger Agent. cor. Main and Gran.
by SITS. New Atlantic Hotel Bldg.
Norfolk. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

us the request of parties holding
onc-tenth Of the stock of the Congdon
Drug Co, Inc, a meeting of the stock.
holders is called for Thursday. Scptem.
her llth. at II O'Clock, noon. i'm the
Office of II. NJ. Braxton. First National
Bank building, Newport News. Va.
S-3l-it w. +, II. ENOS, Scc'y.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
Peace Sends Prices Up on eourse.
USv Associated i'rcss)

ST. PETERSBURG Aug. 30.-Pcacc
sent prices on the Boursc up by leans
and bounds today. government securi.
Ties leading the advance and bank
shares and industrials sharing i'm The
boom. There was great enthusiasm
and excitement on tic floor OF the OK.
change.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-31
SPECIAL NOTICE,

w. IT. MOSS, JUSTICE OF THE
Peace. Office No. 218 Twenty-elghth
street. Prompt attention to bust.
ness. S-2-tf