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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17

Copyright. 1901, b. Ohio b. Bengal
IA MOST wonderful and gorgeous
A Christmas tree stood IN the
&A window OF the great store Of
Warden X Joyce. All day Il
constantly cbanglng throng of small
admirers exclaimed at It's magnificence
Nnd registered cXtravagant wishes be-
fore ii.
Children richly clad and full OF ioy-
Dus anticipations, children in comfort
less rags, who knew Christmas only by
the sight of the happiness of Others,
stood side by side and gazcd with long
ing eyes at the bewildering array OF
costly gifts and brilliant decorations.
a small girl OF twelve or fourteen,
with face unaturally old and sharp,
nnsmiling eyes, critically examined the
tree in silence. Up and down. from
side To side. her keen gaze wandered.
Il bet it's empty at the back" she
finally muttrred.
Poor child. Her brief experience had
already taught her the unreality and
falsity Of many glittcrlng things Sha
stepped quickly into the vestibule whero
she could see that part of the tree away
from Tie WINDOW. y sudden joy flashed
into her face.
IT'S truc-that tree is true" shi
whispered eagerly. 1.-THE back is as
good as the 'front.'
She hesitated IN instant and then
raised her clasped bands beeeechingly.
God" she cried, send me tree for
Tommy
Her intense longing made her voice
sharply imperative, and the first word
struck harshly on the ear of richly
dressed young lady who was passing
close TO her.
You mustn't swear, child" she ex.
claimed hurriediy.
Il wasn't swearing" the girl an.
swered calmly, without resentment. 81
was praying for tree for Tommy"
An elegant carriage waited at the
curb, and rs the young lady stepped to
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17
l'rOxresslnH.

Hoy "a your daughter getting along
ID physical culture?" inquired the y!sl.
Tor Of Mrs. Gcldrox.
Fines" replied MIS-. GoldroI. Sizes
got so she can read an write It now.
and the professor says he's going to
give her Latin an chiropody next
month. I think them foreign ~n.
gwldges are fine, don't youT"-Milwau.
kee Sentinel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17
Chris'.nu. Timex In pI,,e.

Oh. Chris'.nus cone ter dc lar' e.: cotton
Bet you 'twon't be soon Forgotten
Look away.
Look away
Fer de Chrism times IN DlxloI
Don't keer et do weather fair or r.,ursy--
Big fat postum en- a goblin turkey
Look away,
Look away
Fer de Chris',nu5 times IN Dixici
Franz stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17
Encournxemeut.

Jack bitteriy)-I suppose that young
hickman who comes to see you SC
often will give you such an expensive
Christmas gift chat you won't want the
triiiing present | can afford to bus
you?
Marie (coyly)-No. I think you had
better save your money for-er-futuro
contingencies, Jack.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-17
q Long Evening.

ITS hard on the people Of Green.
land TO have night six months long"
Yes. Just think OF the feelings OF
The poor man whose nnother-in law
drops In to spend an evening"
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A Case, of 5JUst.

The Clergymor-My little man. do
you go to church every, Sunday Bob,
ble--Ycs, sir. I'm not old enorSh yet
10 stsy away.
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Passing of the Chinese.

In fifty years-perhapS less than IF.
ty if the present laws remain in effect
and are rigidly eXecuted-the Chinese
population of the United States will
become practically extinct. according
to the views OF W. s. HARDWOOD, in the
December Worlds Work. From 1890
to 1900 they fell away from 126,77S
to 119,050. q decrease of nearly 5000.
or more than six per cent. IN the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1908, more than
1000 voluntarily left the port of San
Francisco for the land of their birth,
the total deported and returning vol
unfairly being 5000.
A generation ago there were in San
Francisco from $4,000 to 10000 China
men. The Chinese Consul-G General
there told me that. counting men. wo-
men and children, there r now not
10000.
The total number of Chinese now in
the United States includes 2G,I6I in
Hawaii and 3116 in Alaska. so that at
the beginning of this decennial period
there were living in the United States
proper only $4,000. A generation ago
there were at least 10000.
The main adult population is male.
is unmarried. or at least wifeless i'll
America, and is rapidly approaching
old age. Thus. by 1880 or 1910 the
main Chinese life in America will be
extinct.
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Count Boni,s Palace.

The house that Count Boni de Cas-
tellane built in the Avenue du Bots de
,Boulogne Is once more the sensation
of the hour. Since Its outer walls,
forming. an almost exact copy Of the
Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles,
were first displayed to an admiring
public, a few years agoaitnhad ceased
tosbe much talked about Now Count
Boni de CsstelIane and the Countess;
nee Could, are astonishing Paris again
by the splendori Of its fitting up. After
a lull of some years work has been re-
sumed in the palace, and again Yer
sailles is being copied, The grand
drawing room is being decorated n
exact imitation of the Salon d'Hercule
in the Palace Of Louis XIV. The walls
are to be almost entirely. of white,
pink, and saffron yellow marble, with
CLASHES Of emerald, ruby, and OPAL"
whatever those may be. The painted
ceiling OF: the Hercules room is being
exactly copied. The salon is thirty
seven feet by forty feet. There will be
no curtains to the immense windows.
In the evening gigantic mirrors, hidden
in the woodwork, will be slid out i'm
front of the panes, and will completely
conceal them. The flooring is also to-
be an accurate copy of that of. the Sa-
lon d'Hercule. In this respect how
ever, difficulties are met with, Louis
XIV. had each piece Of oak, after shap-
ing and polishing. put away in the
lofts Of Versailles for five years be-
fore it was laid down. The result is
that not a board has warped by
fraction Of an inch to this day. Such
elaborate thoroughness is. it appears,
impossible now.-London Telegraph.
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THE Plight of Russia.

Autocrat. among autocrats, and
grand beneficiary Of a tremendous sys-
TEN Of oppression, is the Gar Nicholas
n. Fearing for his life, he is like clay
in the hands Of the Grand Dukes. I,
Diminutive and Insignificant, when
he stands at full height he must peer
up to see the eyes Of 4 woman He
has an Unborn weakness that ap-
proaches effeminacy. His voice squeaks
In a high falsetto. His education has
been previously neglected, for he has
been bred entirely by women. The
Car Of All the Russians is weak and
vacillating, frightened by signs and
dreams.
To sum up: Russia stands at a great
crisis in an evil plight. Its aristocracy
is rotten and tyranhous, its people sod
den in ignorance, without moral sense,
dull and british; its priestcraft often
degraded, extortionate, and sensual;
it's land of natural resource wasted
and consumed; it's imperial line count
ing human souls and bodies rs bullion
for it's coming; and its Car a grotes-
que weakling.-John Foster Carr, in
Worlds Work.
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The Turkey and the Boil weeviI.

It has been demonstrated that the
turkey is a fine destroyer of the boil
weevil, the tobacco worm and the to-
mato worm. They get fat OH that sort
of diet and keep so with a bit of grain
thrown in once in a while and atten-
ton to their sleeping quarters. The
boil weevil gets busy in the spring,
and so do the young turkeys. The to-
mato worms are about the fields at
the time the young birds are most
Jealous in satisfying an appetite that
has no bounds. The boil weevil and
the worms 60 into Information in the
fall just about the time that there is
n demand for fat turkeys that can't be
.sstiated Houston POST.
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beam. First the weight draws up the
bucket. Water runningsinto the bucket
fills it, and its weight carries it down,
lifting the weighted end. When 1t
strikes the ground, the valve is forced
up, letting the water out. Relieved Of
it's weight, the bucket rises, only to fill
and descend again.. -t - -,
Thervalve in the cut Shows the loose
plug with a head that completes the
bucket valve. It has a pin, or spike,
through its lower end, so it can not
rise too high and float away. 1t is held
down by water until forced up from
below. This little power is quickly
constructed and is quite effective for
light uses.-H. S., in the Farm Journal!
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Doing His Best.

eyes. we're going to move" she said
to the agent. "We simply can't stand
it." "
"Have patience. madam he argued.
Patience has ceased to be q virtue"
she retorted. eve complained twice
of that woman in the fat above rs
who pounds the piano and sings both
day and night. and you said you would
get her out. Instead Of doing that you
have calmly let the fat next to- her
to a man who plays the cornet."a, '.
"But that's part of the scheme" he
protested. I'VE put him there on pur-
pose. His instructions are to make SO
much noise she can't hear herself sing.
She has a lease, you know, aud the
only way to get her out is to discour~
age her."-Birmingham (Eng.) Post.
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Farmers Must Farm Better.

Farmers must farm better, put more
Of their lands into meadows and per-
manent pastures, grow more sto(Ci
make, save and apply more manure,
plow less, cultivate better, grow larger
crops of better quality, and prepare
them to meet the demands of the mar
ket; grow relatively less of the staple
agricultural crops whose prices are
fixed by the poems and serfs of the
cheap lands of the world Farmers
should realize that it is more profitable
to allow q part Of their land to lie
in permanent pastures than to grow
crops and sell for less than cost. Mines
are closed, and the wheels Of factories
cease to revolve when they cease to
yield q profit. Why should not farmers
act on the same principle? @.i.h =
In the matter Of cheapening Of pro-
duction. Farmers must know their
soil. their domestic animals; must read
agricultural papers, study the expert
mental bulletins published by Govern
ment, State and agricultural colleges;
must be close students of soils, domes-
tic animals, climatic conditions, and
should have technical as we'll Us prac-
tical knowledge. All the oranges of
the United States should appoint each
member Of their oranges to conduct a
series Of experiments. not for one year.
but every year, of all crops. including
orchard. garden, breeding and feeding
of all domestic stock grown or kept
by them, keeping a careful memoran-
dunn of everything affecting the same.
an accurate account Of time, labor and
all expense, stating fully and accurate
IL when, how and why each process
was done. Fertilization, preparation
Of soil. planting and all kind of seed,
culture, amount and quality of crop.
cost when harvested, local and general
value when harvested. These memo
randa will be equally valuable in eX-
perimenting with live stock. These re-
ports will furnish a fund of valuable
knowledge that cannot be secured in
any other way. When time will per-
nit they can be taken up and consid-
cred by the grange. The sisters of the
grange may and will suggest ways and
means to improve home buildings,
yards, lawns, planting of trees, shrubs
and flowers, and also make sugges-
tons of 1~abor-saving devices for the
home.-Mirror and Farmer.
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window thrown up in the interest Of
fresh air, and then some b%edcIothing
is loosely thrown over the body. Why,
if it is necessary to button up so tight
~ during the day, when adequately
clad, should not the same car be
taken at night? The overs are very
liable to work loose and expose the
unprotected body, but this kind Of ex-
posture is actually courted. Up in
Canada, where they have weather that
is really truly cold, they have become
tired OF this illogical manner of hand
ling bed-clothing. and now they are
going in for bed-clothing clamps.
These are fastened to the side rails
Of the bed so as to hold the corners
of the covers and effectually prevent
any displacement. A shank and NOV
able jaws, the adjustment of which is
controlled by a spring. are all there is
to the device, but the idea is worth a
fortune in itself.
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Bobbie's Plea.

Although Babbie had done his share
toward demolishing the dinner, the
dessert did not leave him too full for
utter &c.
"Mr. Fumbier," he broke the ice Of
silence, you haven't done your trick
yet. Will you do it after dinner"
Il don't believe 1 know any parior
tricks, Babbie," replied the victim.
casting sleeps eyes as Sister Jennie.
isis says every other time you open
your mouth you put your foot in it.,
and won't you please do it, cause I
just love contortion stunts"
For the rest of the evening Mr.
Plumbers mouth was not open wide
enough for the insertion Of a pin, to
say nothing of a No. 11.-Cincinnati
Comm Tribune.
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Soil Fertility.

Unquestionably the most potent fac
tor in successful agriculture is soil fer
tility. Yet the soils richness is rarely
guarded with that care it demands.
The restoring Of worn soils and the
maintaining of present fertility should
be a study for all farmers.
: Without doubt the best means of en-
riching the soil is by the use Of barn
yard manure Few farmers make but
a small portion Of what they need.
The best results, we believe. can be OBJ
tanned by the application of manure
with a spreader on young clover the
fall after seeding. at the rate of ten
loads per acre. This stimulates 4 Won
derful growth in the plant; adds 4
great amoun of humus, which com
mercial fertilizers do not supply. and
which is sadly wanting in most clay
soils. Manures should be spread as
made, if possible without injury to the
ground by passing Of team over it.
Summer made manure, if spread late
in fall, has 4 double value to the young
clover plant. 1t stimulates an early
and vigorous spring growth and forms
a mulch for winter protection.
The common practice of letting Win
ter made manure accumulate, to be
hauled on bare ground and turned
deeply into the soil, is a wastful one
and should he discouraged. Every
thing that adds humus should be in
corporated with the soil. Glover haulm.
trampled straw ricks, all kinds of bed
ding. leaves and stubble should be
plowed under. Dry straw will return
a profit if turned under on heavy soils.
j. D. Burris, in Indiana Farmer.
aulk Al&ara lha Snana
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a 0 n TOLD TALg;
The Troublesome Experience Of . Fond
Husband In Story Telling.

The Troublesome Experience Of . Fond
Husband in Story Telling.
There was a friend dining with Mr..
and Mrs. Guernsey q few evenings
g He was q few minutes late to
di-4.r, for the train on which he had
come out from the city had been de-
layed by a "hot box"
"Tlat reminds me Of an experience
I, had a year ago." said Dir. Guern-
sey, when his friend had explained
his hardness:
"Why, no, Frank, if you mean the
time that the limited was late, 1t was
eighteen months ago." said Mrs;
Guernsey. 4
'.Well, maybe it was, my dear. 1t
any rate, it was a very chilly evening
and"
"Chillyw interrupted Mrs. Guern-
sey. "Why, Frank, it was frigid. L,
remember distinctly that it was eight
cen below zero that night. 1 looked at
the thermometer while I was waiting
for you"
"Yes, it was very cold. Well, as I
was about to say, Bronson, one Of our
neighbors, and I were coming out
from town and
"Oh, no, it wasn't Mr.. Bronson that
came out with you; it was .Wflfred
CLARK. You met ME-. Bronson in the
smoking car after the accident oc-
Cured You told me SO that night
az dare say, but that doesn't affect
the story. Let me see, oh, yes, just as
our train was pulling in at Maywood.
the"
''No, no, Frank, your train was Just
leaving Anderson. Don't you remem-
Der it stopped right there by the big
water tank? I always think what C
time you had every time I pass that
water tank on the cars, and last sum-
mer, when I was driving by once with
the Reids;SI told them all about it,
t"The train came to a standstH with
a fearful j5lt," continued Mr.. Guern-
sey, "and T said to Bronson
"No, you said to WIifred. I remind
ed you a few minutes ago that you
didn't meet Mr.. Bronson until after
wards"
$50 you did. Wen, I said that 1
thought we were in a collision, for the
jolt was something fearful The few
people that were standing in the car
were thrown violently to the floor"
"Why, some fell on seats, Frank. 7
know that, because Wiifred told me
afterwards that one woman had her
ribs broken on the armSo of a seat"
eyes, a few did fall In that way. But
as I was saying, I told Wilfred-I sup
pose twas Wilfred-that I was sure
it was a&collision, and then we both
a to the rear end Of the ear" !
"It was the forward, end of the car.
You know that the rear end was
blocked by a timber that had fallen
across the platform"
ooh, here comes the dessert" re-
marked Mr.. Guernsey, irreieyantly.
"WiIl you hare whipped cream on
your pudding" Y
The guest said eyes," and as he had
an engagement in the suburb he left
shortly afterward.
swell, I declare" he said to him
self as he walked away from the
GuernseYs, poor, old Frank, gives up.
trying to- tell hts story; sal meet him
at lunch some day in town and get
him to finish it. I wonder that he at
tempts TO talk-under the ciTcum-
stances,"-The Little Chronicle.
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41)Ez ct mdTfX

miles east of lie Sueur, Ind, and keeps
about 200 hens, has been greatly
troubled, as have most people who
keep hens, by the persistent desire
manifested by the fowls to set in sea.
son and out, on eggs, stones or door
knobs, or anything else that comes
handy; but he has got hold of a plan
now which &c quietly tried this season
with perfect success, and which he
warrants will cure the worst cluck
that ever ,vexed the heart of man Of all
desire to sit, and all in less than three
hours.
The cure consists Of a cheap watch,
with a loud and clear tick to it, inclosed
in a case that is white and shaped like
an egg. When a hen manifests a desire
to set, place n Of these bogus eggs
under her sheltering breast and the egg
does the rest. It ticks cheerfully away.
and soon the hen begins to show signs
of uneasiness and stirs the noisy egg
around with her bill, thinking, per-
haps, that it is already time for it to
.. = -. ..s-. = = - =. . = tl - =. =.
hatch, and there is a chicken in it,
wanting to, get out. She grows more
and more nervous as the noise keeps
up, and soon jumps off the nest to run
around a while to cool off, but returns
again to her s~elf-imposed duty. 1t gets
worse and worse with her, and she,
wiggles about and cackles, ruf1es her
feathers and looks wild, until at last,
with q frenied squawk, she abandons
the nest for good and all. That incu.,
batting fever is broken up completely.
Mr.. Varney finds use for half q dozen
of these, noisy eggs, and claims. that
they pay for their cost over and, over
during the year by keeping the hens at
the business of laying and not permit
ting them to waste the golden hours in
useless ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News.
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He Was Wondering.

A Scotch doctor, who was attending
a laird, had instructed the butler of
the house in the art of taking and re-
cording his masters temperature with
a thermometer. On repairing to the
house one morning, he was met by the
butler. to whom he said: "yVell. John,
1 hope the laird's temperature is not
any higher to-day" The nan looked
puzzled for a moment. and then re-
piled: ''Wccl. L was just wonderin'
that myself. Ye see, lie died at twal
O'clock"
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A Little Water Power.

a friend of mine has a useful con-
trivance by which water is. utilized as
a power for light mechanical work,
like pumping, stirring a vat Of cream,
soaring away birds, ETC.. It consists Of
a pole balanced upon a pivot, or bolt,
to one end Of which is suspended, a
weight and to the other a water
bucket. This bucket has a large auger
hole in it's bottom, forming a rough
,yalye e, the stem of which projects an
inch OF two through the bottom. (see
-cut.}
The motion is that Of a walking
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A Chic Rafaxf

Mr.. Choate's quickness at repartee
Is we'll illustrated by the following
story: During a weekend" at an
English country house bis neighbor at
breakfast one morning CHANGED to be
a pretty American who had come to
misfortune in trying to manipulate her
egg in the English fashion. With face
full of dismay, she turned to him:
"Oh, Mr.. Choate, what shall I do?
I've dropped an egg!r'
"Cackle, madam, cackle," answered
the Acknowledgements.
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GERMANY IN SOUTHWEST
AFRICA.

For many. years the "little wars" OF
England have been proverbial and
have been made by the critics a cause
of reproach. Now. Germany has a
little war" IN her hands in Southwest
Africa.
1t began with an uprising Of the de-
,spised African negroes, and instead Of
being crushed by the mailed fist Of the
War Lord has now lasted four months,
and the powers that be ii" Berlin ex-
pect it to last at least a year longer.
1t IS by no means certain that this war
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Of Germany with the Herreros may
not yet develop a situation which Eng
land has many times confronted in
Africa and India. The Herreros are
4 sturdy people, capable Of putting
warriors in the field by the thousands.
Racially and in habits Of life they are
not unlike tile fighting brutes who some
years ago followed such men as Chaka
and Dingaan, Cetiewayo and Loben-
gula and their successors.
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BUTTONS ON BED CLOTHES.

One is very careful to button up over
coat and jacket when facing Boreas
at this season Of the year, and so
d%ouble-lock the door, as it were, but
why all this caution should be aban-
doned on the going to bed is a mar
vel. Warm clothing is taken off, the
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KINGS MESSENGER:

Over the stubble grass,
Over the hurrying plain,
Fleet as a cloud [ pass,
Hand on the pulsing rein.
Mother and sire withstood
The bride in her bower alone,
The embers warm from the wood,
And !, like the night, have flown
A crust and a lakewood look.
4 breath for the heavlng steed,
4 drink from the ice-bound brook,
And then but speed-and speed.
For them 7 leave, is the sound
And brilliance of sound and light;
For ME. the echo from frozen ground,
And the frozen stars at night.
| know not the way I go,
[ read but the news l bring.
I halt not at hail of foe, 4.
l ride-I ride for the king.
Alice Brown, in Harper's.
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In London the unusual heat of the
last summer gave 4 further vogue to
the straw hat and made silk hats so
unpopular that the factories dismissed
many Of their workmen.
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Doing.

Dear" said the poets wife, noticing
bis distracted look, you are worried
about something"
"Well-er-yes," replied the roet.
"Tell me; what have you Oh your
mind?"
Nothing. That's what worries me-"
philadelphia Fress.