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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
THE OLD CONSTITUTION.

From Boston comes the interesting
Information That the historic old fri.
gate Constitution, amcctionatcly
called old lronsidcs," the first shin
OF The American navy. is in almost a
sinking condition. and is in danger of
turning turtle" at any moment The
hold fills so rapidly that it is ncccs-
sary 10 keep Il power pump going
frequently, Ing having. pumped her
OUT few days ago Officials of the
navy yard do not care to risk placing
The ship in drydock. as the vessel
would crush with It's own weight.
Just before President McKinley's
death a bill was passed through Con.
gress and signed by him. providing
for the restoration OF the old shin
ny the government rs she was in tho
days of 1872, provided that the funds
were furnished To The government
The Daughters of 1872 planned at the
time To- raise the funds for the com.
pete renovation of her hull, and re-
toration of the entire rigging, hopine
that ultimately The slip might he used
Tor training ship for naval appreu-
tees. hut the society is hampcrcd by
lack of funds.
We see no special reason why this
interesting relic of the first navy
should he kept alioat-ccrtainly it
should no. he IL Il condition which
threatens the lives of The men by
whom She is manned A pretty senti.
ment has thus far saved the old Con.
stitution from being sold for Junk.
II she is in such bad condition AS IS
indicated by The Boston dispatch. We
doubt The advisabiifty of pcrnitting
sentiment 10 further prevail in regard
- HE matter. /, would be better
10 cherish the memory of The brave
CID frigalc than 10 keep on hand her
batt!e-acalrcd, worm,caicn old hulk. A
helpieH" derelict stranded upon the
shores Of time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
ChfIllIieyH.

Chimneys constructed OH modern
principles were almost unknown to the
ancients, being used only in the lnrge
baths, where great quantities Of hot
water were needed. Chniing dishes,
brazlers OF glowing Goals and bottles
Of hot water were employed by the
ladies' Of the middle ages TO keep their
rooms warm. and curious picture is
cxtant of three Norman ladies chat
ting together, each with bottle of
hot water placed between her feet.
Chimneys are believed to have been I'M
known III England until the twelfth
century, but by the end of the four
teenth were generally employed in do
inestlc architecture. For II long time
there was chimney tax all over Eng
land.-London News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

spapinsly of he wcevil ur ignore them
| entirely may later learn his place
and develop n healthy woevil
appetite. He finds hat the
Carolina wren. the titlark, black
crested tiiimms, The Western
meadow lark aud Florida meadow
lark rnh the common phcbc red wing.
he black bird and other species of
birds cat the wocvil. the total wocvils
dov0urch bcin3 l02 The assumption
that he birds are likely to cx.erminatc
this insect is forbidden by the fact OF
the weevifs spread. Mr.. Bailey says.
but every agency tending toward The
wccril'9 suppression is 200 valuable
iu he Ovcrlo0licd
We aSrce with the expert Certain.
~ no effort which has for it's end an
increase of the bird population OF the
States affected should fail for want
OF either moral Of financial suppor..
More pests than lhc hell wcevil prob
ably would be mitigated bu, for The
short sighted policy which soon will
result in the practical extinction If
The feathercd denizcns of the field AMI
forest
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
WOMEN'S WEAR IN WARTIME
Homemade Cloth of Many Kinda.
Scrnpcd Horn For Hats.

Homemade Cloth of Many Kinds.
Scrnpcd Horn For Hats.
We had one cotton mill to spin the
warp. The people STOOL in line to get
IL bunch of cotton for warp. Tie filling
WIS yarn, cotton. flax and tow. We
got our dycStuir from the forest. 1t
WAS almost rs had OH timber as the
tanbark trade is now There was great
rivalry among the women to see who
could have the prettiest dress. have
Il quilt made of cotton and linen called
u Confederate" quilt
The clothing for every member of the
fanily was made from the raw iun-
terial, car,led, spun, woven, dyed and
made with honlespun thread
The tow linen cloth had one peculiar
lily. II was Il great stretcher 1t was
often exchanged for other things. 4
nun ami his wife started to town with
cloth sufficient to gel some articles. On
the way he remembered lie needed n
glmlct also. He told Ills wife They
decided To tie the ends Of the cloth
10 two snplings, lie 10 stretch GIN
let out Of 1t.
tooh Siedt illtcrcSL Ill the SILK lu-
dustry. We fed the worms on null
berry leaves. and such beautiful silk
we did have. a bright stripe In cot
ton dress made it very fine. a family
made gloves, beautiful silk mltts, with
bees embroidered Oh the back. Moth
Ing went to waste. The thorn trees
furnished us pins ana hairpins. Our
millinery was our browning effort
Hats were made OF cotton thread Gro
chetcd, put on II block, stretched very
stiIf and ironcd, then wired. We had
homemade flowers and I'LL kinds Of ma
terlal for trimming. y cloth frame
liadc stiff and covered with scraped
cows horn was much admired. if 1t
did look like II coconnut cake--Char-
lotte IN. O. Observer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
PATRIOTIC OLE BULL.
Tie Greatest Political influence In
Modern Norway.

NhOoSfh ENOF"Ny.
What was 1t that made Ole Bull un-
deniably the greatest political intlu-
encc in the history of modern Norway?
The riddle is easy TO read Although
he voiced the peasants, his own voice
was that Of no peasant, but one of the
most severely learned Of European ut
ternnces. Ills Instrumental mastery
was complete. and the technical diff
cultles OF his compositions have left
them for the most part unperformable.
But Mozart WIS Ills chosen theme,
worshiped with such I'M ardor of con-
sccratiou that the whole range OF hiS
works had for him no secret His
fame, therefore, waits OF that order That
opens all doors. Statesmen and chief
captains like bismarck and Won Moltke
were his intimntcs. AMI he was their
contdant. 10 world artists like List,
Chopin AMI Mcndelssolln lie was own
brother. Indeed, curious physical
resemblance between List and himself
lei To many amusing cuntretcups on
this score. And suvcrcigus, diplo-
lnatists ana great mobiles were all
proud TO mime him among their friends.
In lin, then. Norway had found one
who could stand for her In thu highest
ranks OF the nations, learn for her the
secrets of Stalccruft md recover in
her behalf The trick of thinking like IL
king. For this Is one of 49,. losses en-
tailed OH people who are governed
by foreigners from foreign seat that
they forget To think OF their country
rs Il whole, the habit that is the secret
OF rulers.
Yet 1t was only rs Il man and not
by amy menus as Il politician that an
nutocrnt could claim the friendship Of
the distinguished artist. Ills own SOW
errign felt that he had cause for grave
offcnse when the news reached Stock
holm, In 1913. OF his heading pro-
ccsSion In Paris 10 present the Norwr-
gan colUrS 10 I.anlirtinc. But even
royal anger could not resist tic good
stories told OH the next visit. and the
king stood biting his lip at the careless
bOnhomic of ole l.ull as lie turned
suddenly and said. by the way, sire,
you should have been With us the other
day in Paris when we went to ac-
claim 1.amnrtinc."-- Margaret Il. Noble
In Century
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
Overconfidcncc,

1t is dangerous point in any mans
career when lie feels sure OF his posi-
tion or his fame. Overconlitlence is
the first sign of u decline, the first
symptoms OF deterioration We do OH,
best work when we are struggling
for our position, when we are trying
with all our might to gain our ambi-
ton, to attain That which the heart
longs for. Success Magazine.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
Mollere,s births ma Deaths.

There are two tablets in Paris III
forming the sightsccr that lie is passing
the house where Moliere was born.
One is in the Rnc du Pont Ncuf; the
other at the corner of the Rue Sauvnl.
where 1t meets the Rue ST. IIonorc.
One inscription says that Molierc was
born IN 1920 md the other in 1920.
Some time ago there were two houses
In which MolIere was said to have died,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
4 Trick Of Luck.

Luck never manages things Just
right" said the irritable man who dis
likes music. 1T might just as well
have been the other way round, but
1t wasn't"
What is the trouble now?"
My dnnghter who plays the piano
has II sore throat, und the one who
sings has sore finger"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

1t is reported that Marshall Field
paid The preacher who performed his
marriaEc ceremony Al sllur, time ago
$25,Ooo. II is II safe wager hat there
is enc clergyman in The world who is
willing to take the negative side Of
the question: Resolved. That mar
riage is a failure"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

The women of Chicago have dccid-
cd To do away with pink teas II is
quite probable. however. that they will
find some substitute as an excuse for
getting together To gossip about their
neighbOrs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

Seats on the New York Stock In
change arc now said Ia cost moro
than $4,000. The money kings"
seem To be doing everything possible
to make The burden of the lamb"
reach the limit
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The Iicul Iesfa

"Is he Il thoroughly honest MANI"
II don't know" answered the man
from Missouri II have trusted him
with hundreds Of thousands Of dollars,
but ] never tried him with Il book or
an umbrella. "-Eashingto Star.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23
sIiascd Her Chance.

May believe that Miss Passey had
d proposal when she was sixteen
E,ahchc--Indced! And the poor thing
was so young and thoughtless that she
did not accept1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

Tho Montgomery Advertiser thinks
that the principal difference ''bc-
tween negroes and AfroAmericuns
is that the former arc willing to work
Tor living and the latter aren't"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-23

The oftener man loses his temper
lae moro he has Of it.-Galveston News.
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Auction, Sale
or entire stock and fixtures. at 32Il
Washington Avenue on
Tuesday, Sept. 26ll,
AT 10 A. nj.

Consisting of Ladies and Gentlcmen's
ready-made Clothing, such rs Ladies'
Skirts and Waists. Coats, Umbrellas,
Pictures. Clocks. Albums. Looking
glasses, Trunks. and Valises, Show
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Court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
Rare Old Tokay Wine.


81 visited cellar of Tokay last
week. said a hotelkeeper. "Tokay is
the only wine that keeps on improv.
ing Indefinitely. There was wine
nearly 80 years old in the cellar. Its
price on the market would be easily
$50 quart.
THE cellar was very carefully kept.
1 seemed to inhale cool, velvety whiffs
of rich fungus at every step. A slight
haze hung along the top of the pas.
sageS-a haze that seemed to be made
of the visible aroma of rare wine.
81 was surprised to see that the bot.
ties were kept upright, and that the
corks were, very loosely inserted. Old
Tokay must be kept like that to main
tain a perfect condition for it, and,
thanks to the loose corks, a sample,
even of the oldest vintage may be
taken out and tasted at any moment.
A bottle of Tokay may be shaken
without turning turbid.
Nobody knows why old Tokay is SC
good. 1t is no longer made-just as
genuine Madeira is no longer made.
The secret is lost, like the secrets OF
the old Persian rugmakers."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
Meant 1t Just the Same.

Judge Wade, Iowa congressman, is
accounted a very bright man, and en-
joys the most pleasant personal rela
tons with his Republican colleagues
They fought him bitterly in the last
campaign and encompassed his politi
cal downfall. But when the delega
ton had occasion recently to come to
gether in one room these same Repub
licans were very complimentary in
their remarks about him.
Those sayings are very nice" said
Wade, after listening awhile, ''but the
situation is very much like that of q
fellow who had been run out of field
by a great big bull. The animal, hay.
ing driven him over the wall, stood
near by gently nodding his horned
head, as though the elected citizen
were not, after all, unwelcome.
"3Oh, yes; you stand there bowling
and acting so polite exclaimed the
outraged man, but 1 know you meant
it, all the same Washington Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL.

Many attempts have been made to
bring the Standard Oil company to
account. So far, these have met with
Indifferent success. Some years ago
the concern was, in the strict sense
of the term, trust. 1t was a pool
whose members owned a great num-
Der of oil properties in various parts
of the country The law had this
much terror for it, it forced it to aban-
don this somewhat loose form of or
ganization and become an incorpor-
ated company. But the change was in
name rather than in fact. The public
are no wiser regarding the affairs of
the combine than before; and it is
not easy to see how they have bene-
flied in any direction.
The Standard Oil company has be-
come a tremendous factor in Amer
lean finance. Up to say fifteen years
ago not much was said aboutEit apart
from the oil industry; but it used to
occasion very lively talk in connection
with that industry. Tradition painted
it's methods in black cOlors- 1t had
determined to acquire a monopoly in
the oil business, and had practically
succeeded. Competition went down
before it like a card house at the
touch of a finger. If a man with
few hundreds of capital bought one or
two teams and attempted to pedd1e
any other oil than that made by the
Standard Oil company, he speedily
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
I'm a fool, maybe. but


81 think they had got it into their
heads that 1 wanted to marry her
Well, 1 didn't-not then 1 went
around to her place, don't you know,
because she was a jolly clever little
woman and a ripping good locker.
Sometimes she made me feel like
fool, because she was SO jolly clever,
but she always gave me a good time
and l brought her flowers and candy
and all that sort of thing, don't you
know.
"And then the secret of the casket
came out. A woman who knew the
DuPages down South was visiting the
Kerners and she told them that the
casket held the last mortal remains
of Willie DuPage. He was a crema-
ton crank and he had the casket
made before he died to hold his ashes,
and he made Eulalie promise to keep
it with her wherever she went That
we took for a tin horn ON one of the
panels was a funeral torch-classic,
don't you know, and the Cupid signi-
fed Love triumphing over death. The
motto meant In Eternal Remem-
brance-'
We'll as soon as heard that went
right over to Mrs. DuPage and 1 told
Try 1 was for her. And she looked at
me with those big eyes of hers SO
gratefully and thanked me for my
sweet sympathy so prettily 1 began to
wish that she hadn't been SO fond of
DuPage. She gave me her hand, too,
and l couldn't help keeping it, don't
you know; it was so little and soft
and warm and it sent such funny little
thrills up my arm and all over me
that it was doocid pleasant After a
while she told me how much my
friendship had been to her. And then
she remembered that 1 was still hold
ing her hand and took it away.
I'VE won't think of sad things any
more, Freddie she said, Now you're
here I'm going to make you comfy.
I'm going to wait GA you myself.
What would you like to drink
Il think that 1 said Scotch. know
that helped her to carry the siphon.
I remember that perfectly. Yes, it
was Scotch; and she insisted that
should smoke. 1 don't think it was
the Scotch that got into my head.
think it was the red frock that she
wore. 1 didn't mention that it was
evening when / called 1t was, and
she had on a red gown that left her
arms and neck bare Cad, she has a
lovely neck. Yes, it was the dress
and her eyes. There is always some
thing about red Oh, don't know
how it happened, but I knocked
against the table somehow and some
thing tumbled over. l saw that it
was the silver casket and that the lid
had fallen open
Il don't know exactly how it came
that her arm was around my neck
her bare arm I'm gallant,
don't You know. I'm fool, maybe.
but-But here I had a cigar in my
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
MOVES AGAINST MONOPOLY.
California.

California.
Railroads were induced by Standard
to raise freight rates on oil, and in
dependent pipe line to seaboard is
projected.
House passed resolution indorsing
Kansas action and providing for COM
mittee to investigate Standard Oil
company's work in Illinois.
Kansas!
Both branches of legislature called
on president, secretary OF the interior,
and congress to annul leases made
to Standard Oil company eight years
ago by Usage Indians Fraud is
charged. Independent Investigation of
trust likely.
Missouri.
Bill to subject Standard Oil COM
pany pipe lines to restrictions prepar-
ed.
Indiana.
Antitrust bill, introduced in behalf
of oilmen, will give damages to per-
sons injured by Standard Oil company
and require forfeit of charter.
Nebraska.
Bill recommended for passage to
protect independent dealers.
Ohio.
Frank S. Monnet, former attorney
general of state. employed by indie
pendent oil men of Kansas to fight the
trust there.
Oklahoma.
Lower house passed resolution ask
ing president to investigate oil leases
covering Indian lands and declared
to be owned by trust
Pennsylvania.
Government officials investigating
at Pittsburg in belief old rebate sys-
tenn" which killed independent REIN
ers' business, still is in operation be-
tween railroads and Standard Oil
company; contracts for oiling cars the
scheme. Independent pipe line COM
pany to fight Standard in Scranton.
Texas.
Every Independent oil producer in
state signed petition asking for fed
eral inquiry into Standard Oil oper-
ations against them.
Legislature is taking steps to make
all pipe lines common carriers and
give state power to fix rates.
Wisconsin.
Wholesale grocers who suffered
from trust discrimination will move
for more stringent legislation; anti
trust bill now in legislature.
Washington.
Indians protested to renewal of
leases on oil lands in Oklahoma;
charged that trust controls property
and pays too little royalty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11
STATEMENT BY GOV. HocH.

The fight Kansas is making is a
fight for fair playa fight to restore
competition and to relieve great and
growing industry from the grasp of
an industrial despotism.
We hope to prove by actual demon
stration that the Standard Oil COM
pany has robbed the oil producer on
one hand and the customer on the
other.
BY engaging in this battle as a state
we hope, first, to encourage the loca-
ton of independent refineries with the
assurance that they win have the pro-
lection of the state; and, second, to
enlist other states and the general
government in a battle against mon
opolistic tyranny.
The proposed state refinery is sim
ply a means to an end-not the end
itself.-E. III. Hoch-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-03-11

We all wondered what Mrs. DuPage
could possibly keep in that little silver
casket of hers, don't you know. All
of us chaps were interested in the
little widow and anything that be-
longed to her. We were interested In
the color of her eyes, and the length
of their lashes a gOodish bit, don't you
know; and the size of her shoes ana
the fit of her stockings around the
ankles, and the blooms on her cheeks
We talked about all of these things.
Not that we could say anything about
them but to praise them. Her eyes
were the color of bunch of violets
with the dew on 'em-Tenvoort said
that. Tenvoort's one of these prac-
tical buffers, don't you know Some
of his bally poetry has been printed
in the Top Crust Journal-Gazette He
was gone no end on Mrs. DuPage- AS
to the shoes, Cinderella would have
got Germs if she had tried to wear
Mrs. DuPage's, and she had better
taste in the selection and display OF
hosiery than any woman 1 know of.
And if that bloom of hers ever saw
the inside of a drug store we were all
mistaken
But we talked more about that sill
cause it was such a devilish odd
looking thing, don't you know 1t had
four panels One was decorated with
heart that was split right up the
middle, another had something that
looked like a tin horn turned upside
down, the third had a monogram and
the fourth motto: 'Memoria in Ae-
terna,' surrounded by a wreath of for
get-me-nots. On the lid there was a
bally little cupid standing tiptoe on
grinning skull and pointing up in the
air.
Well, wherever Mrs. DuPage was
that casket was sure to be somewhere
around. 1t was generally in her
boudoir but sometimes l saw it in
her parlor and once when she gave
little luncheon it was standing on the
sideboard. Knickerbocker Cuyver
asked her what she had in it once and
she sighed and said that it was her
little all. She told me when l asked
that she would prefer not to speak of
it and the violets in her eyes became
dewier than ever So of course 1
dried up. It's horrid bad form to be
inquisitive and 1 amt a bounder, 1
hope, whatever 1 am
''Jimpley said he believed she kept
love letters in it. Curzon guessed dia-
monds. She amt sentimental said
Curzon. 4 bet it's something practi-
CAL
love letters might be practical
said Jimpley, L knew a girl had a
bunch once and they brought her in
an income of $4,000 year. She kept
'em in a safety deposit vault. She
was practical girl, all right, and 1
know it
Did you write the letters?' asked
Cuyvef-
Il spoke up then and told them 1
didn't want to hear any more inSinua-
lions of that sort l felt like punch
ing all their heads. Some fellows