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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

correspondent writing to tho cs-
tccmch Now York Times says: short
~ after the opening Of he Paris sub
way cable dispatches told MS of The aI-
most ,nnplrasanlly cool air which pro
vailed in The underground on The hot
Test of days. low is it tho parsians
are so fortunate aud we so unfortunate
in this respect" II may he that the
French capital is not the habitat of 81
many ''hnt air. artists as is the mo
Iropolis Of The American hemisphere.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

a contemporary OF Disraci In his
memoirs records this impression of that
famous dandy's personal appearance:
USunlly he wore Il slate colorrd velvet
coat, lined with satin: purple trousers,
with gold braid down the outside
seam; Il scarlet waistcoat, long lace
ruiiies falling down TO the tips Of his
fingers; white gloves, with brilliant
rings outside them, and long black
ringlets ripping down over his slloul-
dcrs. When lie rose in the house lie
wore Il bottle green frock coat. with II
while waistcont, collarless, and c0pi-
GUS supply Of gold chains.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
Green Cocnnnut MILK,

y dwcilcr in the tropics says: "For
delicious carly morning drink | rec
olninend you 10 try The milk from the
green cocoanut. Cut off the top Of the
nut with sharp knife. pour the CON
tents into glass, and you have Il drink
fit for Il king. Tho cocoanut must be
cold. When In Singapore | WAS bit
sccdy and consulted Il doctor Part of
his prescription was cocoanut milk
first thing III the morning. took to
1t most kindly ana often wish now
that had chance of repeating that
portion of the cure Where the cabbage
palm grows one has Il good vegetable
at land-tlie heart Of the head Of the
tree. In removing this the palm is
killed. This growth Is not bad eating
raw, as | found when out hunting
once. We fed OH the palm and wild
honey"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
A DANGEROUS LIQUID.
fIydrOnuorlc Acid In Most Safely
Kept In Golden Hotties.

iydrOnuor1c Acid In Most safely
Kept In Golden nottIcs.
gold bottle stood on the chemists
table. "ln that bottle" lie said, my
hydrotiurOic acid is kept lIydroiiuoric
acid Is used in glass etching The
etching OH glass thermometers is all
done with II. 1t is colorlcss. 1t looks
like water, but IL drop of 1t on your
hand would bore clean through to the
other side like II bullet. It's Inhalation
Is sure death.
"llydroiiuorlc acid can be kept safe
~ I'm gold bottles alone. Sometimes
bottles Of india rubber, of lead or Of
platinum are used. None Of these,
though IS as safe as gold
Even when this acid is IN Il gold
bottle precautions must he taken with
1t. 1t Is volatile, and hence parallin
covered plate must he clampcd tight
over the bottles mouth; also the tenn
pcratilre Of the room must not rise over
go degrees or the gold bottle will burst
"Tllis acid, whose sole use Is in glass
etching, IS probably the most danger
Gus thing in the world to work with
Tic stecplcjack, the lion tanner and
the diver do not take their lives in their
hands to half the extent the glass ctch
or does when, with his gold vial Of
hydrOfnOric acid, he ctches the scales
Of our thermometers - PHILADELPHIA
Bulletin
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Some of the Delights of Camping Out
In the Rockies.


About dusk you straggle in with
trout or game. The camp keeper lays
aside his mendlng or his repairing or
his notebook and stirs up the cooking
fire. The smell Of broling and frying
ami boiling arises in the air. BY the
dancing flame of the campfire you eat
your third dinner for the duy-in the
mountains all meals are dinners, and
formidable ones ut that. The curtain
of blnckncSs is drawn down close
Through ii shine stars, loom mountains
cold and mstlkc in the moon You tell
stories; ycn smoke pipes. After Il time
the pleasant chill crccps down from the
eternal SHOWS. Some one throws an
other handful of pine cones on the fire.
Slccpily you prepare for bed. The pine
cones iiarc up. throwing their light in
your eyes. You turn over and wrap the
soft WOODEN blanket close about your
chin. You wink drowsily, and at once
YOU are asleep. Late In the night Won
awaken to find your nose MS cold MS a
dogs. You open one eye. 4 few Goals
mark where the fire has been. The mist
mountains have drawn nearer; they
seem To bend over you in silent con-
temptation. The moon is sailing high In
the heavens. With IL sigh YOU draw the
canvas tarpaulin over your head. In
stantly it is morning - From 1.-THE
Mountains" by S. Il. White.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

4 traveller in Egypt writes: "In a
camel caravan we once met in tie dcs-
ert there was Il beast with Il gigantic
load OF cases towering above and on
both sides Of him. On the left flank OF
this mountain of cases rode small
Arab slung in II sling. The reason was
Obvious the camel engineers had mis-
calculated in loading and had put too
much on ibc of side, thus giving tho
camel heavy list to starboard Arab.
like, bcifpf too lazy TO repack, they had
corrected the error by using Il light
Arab as trimming ballast"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

The Hampton Monitor argues in r.
feet that The way Ia reduce The cx-
pcnsc ON candidates in primary clcc-
'ions is to have more candidates. Tn
qucstiOnably that would be- one WAY If
solving The prOblcm.-Iii Richmond Ncwa
Leader.
The condition suggested, however,
would naturally cause Il cautious can.
liha'c Ia refrain from entering such Il
contest. The man who is looking for
Il "cinch' might 20 up against an even
chance proposition, but when i, comes
to Il twniOone game he fights shy Of
it, As IL practical illustration of tho
principle nj issue, witness the facility
with which the candidates for the Of
lice OF lieutenant governor were elm
mated before the 'show down" was
reached.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
GAMBLING is VULGAR.
IL liz nm Irrational and Ignorant
Struggle For MnncY


Struggle For Money.
All gambling is vulgar Call it what
you will, assign for it whatever mo-
tive you please, it is an irrational, an
iSnoblc struggle for money.
Money got for nothing on the turning
OF card or the revolution OF a wheel
hringeth good TO no man, not even to
him who wins II. And to him that
loscth? Sometimes perdition, often,
very often, that sinking sensation, that
tired feeling, even where the value loss
Is iinmateral, which follows futile Of.
fort and says as plain us whisper in
the ear, \"Thc worlds against you"
Gambling. like everything else, is rel
alive. The sin lies in the everyday
with It's collateral vices, chief among
them improvidcnce. The rcignIng SOW
ereign, who has only his money to lose
and plenty of that is not to be classed
with the bunker or the bankers conf
dental clerk or secretary, who has ey-
crything Mt stake, character included,
though cnch plays for the same end
that Is, the diversion and excitement.
Asked what was the greatest pleasure
In life, Fox said, winning at cards."
and the next. Losing Mt cards" There
was gambler for the love Of 1t, and
yet Fox played never for high stakes
after he was forty, IL he played ut ALL
louisville Courier-Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
ABSURD CLOTHES.
Caustfc Comment on the style of At
tire Affected by Man.


~ like TO feel clean" wrote George
Bernard Shaw, the English dramatlst,
III the London World of Dress. ''und
my great idea OF clothes Is that they
should be clean and comfortable as far
as such Il thing is possible In London
This, OF course, excludes starch.
couldn't wear IL thing which, after hay
ing been made clean and sweet, Is then
filled with nasty white mud, ironcd
into Il hard paste and made altogether
disgusting, TO put such Il garment on
my person, wear 1t. move In 1t, per-
spirc In It-horriblc.
THE Shiny white tubes OH the wrist,
the shiny black cylinder on the head,
the Shiny white front TO the SHIRT. the
shiny black boot, the rain pipe trouscr
leg, the jnpnnned zinc slccve-that Is
your fashiomubly dressed man, looking
like II cold blackleaded stove with as
bcstus fuel. The great tragedy Of the
average mans life is that nature re-.
fuses 10 conform 10 the cylindrical
ideal. ami when the marks OF his knees
and elbows begin TO appear In his cyl
!ndcrs he is llllcG with shame"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
AS TO COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

Those enthusiastic young gentlemen
who imagine that universities arc i'm
existence principally for The purpose
Of furnishing Il name for baseball, foot.
ball and tennis teams and for the pat
ronaGc Of The noble art of rowing will
vigorously dissent from the views tx.
pressed by Professor James, of tho
University Of Illinois, who declares
that al investigation of some years
has convinced him that much evil has
resulted from college athletics
College athletes, he finds, bring IN
by overcXcrtion Il number of ills, Of
which the worst and most common is
weakness Of the heart, that, develop.
ing with maturity. units the victim
for continued efficient effort in bust
ness. and eventually carries him off
before his time.
sprinting and tennis, he believes 20
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
THE SElSES DANCE.
II IL Reputcd to Have Originated
with the Apostles.


AT Seville, In Spain. the dances Of the
| "seises' are grnvcly rcputcd to have
originated in the apostles having fol-
loved the example set 10y David and
danced around our Lord after the last
| supper. While ST. Augustine contcmn-
| cd the dance devotional, st. Chrysos-
| tom Is said to have taken part in 1t,
and. Notwithstanding IL prohibitory de-
cree of G32. II was exceedingly popular
i'll Spain ut the commencement Of the
seventeenth century. During certain
ceremonies the sciScS dance daily be-
fore the high altar Of Seville cathedral
IN tie presence of clorimo,iS crowds,
including the archbishop and all the
Now" writes and eyewitness. the
dancing boys are dressed In the cos
tune of Philip ana Aarys days with
short capcs, IN abundance Of stream
crs, plulncd hats and white silk shoes.
The organ is supplemented by II string
band. The old world air and song Of
the Scisrs have been compared To the
music of 81 comic opera. After sundry
movements The caStanctS ore used.
Now writes Hn eyewitness, "tlIc
dance grows faster AMI more variptl-a
cl;'ssc croise is succeeded by Il circular
figure. in which the dancers follow
each other round and round, swnyinS
their bodies as. they sing rlymed coup.
lets III the soft, Slovcnly accent of An
dulusia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

II is said that Generals lincyitch
and knropaikin regret that the dove OF
peace may prevent them from winnin.
Il victory, now that they have every
thing ready 10 go after Field Marshal
Oyama. We have no doubt that kurn-
paikin would have talked the same
way u couple of days before the battle
of Mnkdcn if there had hccn talk of
an armisticc n. that time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
Entered Mt the Newport News, Va.
PostOfTlee rs secondclnss matter.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE rs, 1905.
AS TO THAT s75o,ooo SURPLUS.

We sincerely trust that MIR. Willar,l's;
estimate Of n S7500Oo surplus in the
Stnte treasury for the next T.cgisla.
turc to handle will be verified. II has
been 80 long since The Old Dominion
had anything OF the sort that II will
he unique affair. We can hardly
agree with Mr.. Willard, If he has been
correctly quoted. when he intimatcS
that I'll Of that vast sum should be
spent i'm the public school system of
the State. in addition 10 what Is now
being expended in that direction.
We recognize the fact that our
public school system is far from
perfect. Certain things which recent
ly hnvc come to ligh, in tho State Cap
ital Indicate that il has It's Weaknesses.
and there arc not lacking persons who
claim that Investigations further down
the line would reveal startling cond-
tons in places not under the immcdi-
ate supervision of the State board.
The whole business should no cleaned
ont and all possibility uf graft. growing
ont of the multiple hook list should
he removed before any large addi-
tiona! sums Of money are spent
in n system which already seems
To offer valuable pickings for those
who are not avcrsc to turning IN "hon.
est penny In The way of commissions.
II II should turn out that the State
really will have Il large surplus ii
would he possible 10 spend Sootlly
proportion Of the sum on the public
roads Of The State with profit both 10
the Commonwealth nj large anu TO
sAihc communities directly affected.
ssNQod highways would increase The tax
values and would enable the State
on to strengthen it's school sy.;-
I'm. along all desirable lines. al The
~ Sscnt time there seems to he Il
,xwNg fight on between the extremely
$crvniivc advocates Of the school
}m and the extreme faddists, who
AL ready to adopt every theory adj
~rla$$ccd whether or not the game is
wNih The candle. or course, wisdom
points to the adoption of The middle
course, and it might he well for Nir-
xinia to 20 slowly until that happy me.
dunn Is struck. The State cOuld prop
erly and prolitably spend many thous-
and dollars in increasing the ridcil-
lously small salaries Of some of the
teachers, but If he money is 10 be
used in the extension of fads ana fan
cics the practical value Of which has
not been demonstrated. we would much
rather see The funds spent on the pub
lie roads.
Perhaps all this speculation is wide
of the mark The surplus is not yet
in evidence.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

"'lllc heat holiday" said school
teacher. lis Il Swiss novelty that we
ought 10 introduce here. 1t is not right
for us TO treat our school children in
the matter OF weather aus we do. The
Swiss have II maximum temperature
for school. When the thermometer goes
above that maximum there Is no school,
whether the month be- April, May or
September. The children Ia the inSuf-
fcrnblc heat are free to bathc in tin.
Killing brooks. 10 picnic in cool groves
or 10 boat ON the wind swept lakes.
The Swiss recognize that we can i'm
pose no greater suffering on little chill
drcn than to conlinc them for long
hours ut Il stretch in an iniolcrahly
hot sclo0lroom. They know that chill
drcn cannot under such conditions
learn thing; hence the school direct
ors are wise enough by making these
heat holidays TO save the teachers ant
the children much misery AMI much
wasted time" = Louisville Courier
Journal
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
Her strons, Point.

Mrs. Wibblcson Is woman OF
strong points. Isn't shc?'
well, rather. AT the reception the
other evening she gave me Il dig with
an elbow that left no doubt In my mind
concerning her strength of at least one
of her points, Chicago Record-IIcr-
aid.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

II hope" She remarked rs she toyed
with the new solitaire he had just
placed OH her finger, this isn't cheap
imitation"
NO" he answered frankly; "lt's the
most expensive imitation could flint"
Chicago News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

When the peace ENJOYS representing
the Car and the Nliliado assemble n
Washington on August |. we have no
doubt that they will gain II new and
striking conception Of tha, classical
composition lin the Good Old Summer
Time
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28
CnutInn NrcessnrY.

The young man moved IL little closer.
She moved IL little farther away.
why are you so cold and distant
this evening, Miss pinke? he asked.
II AIN not mt all cold, Mr.. SpOOna-
more" She answered, but I am COM
PEELED TO DO distant. My vaccination Is
taking. Chicngo Tribune.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

II France and Germany do not reach
the husging and kissing stage over
their mutual abuse of Great Britain
poor old Mars might as well begin
whislling up his dogs of war un2c
more
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-28

Procrastinatlon is the gentle art of
not doing things when you have Il
chance TO Inconvenience yourself by
doing them.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
SPEAKER CANNON WRITES OF THE
CHRISTMAS OF HOMESPUN DAYS

In our house and then u was lent
around the nelghborhood and was
pored over b. the nelghbors until Il
was frayed and tattercd. That color
cd picture paper was an event We
had little of that sort OF thing. Nor-
acc Greeloy's New York Tribune
came once a week and that gave us
our news and information az 20 the
outside world. but there was little OF
the frivols IN that.
The conditions OF that life we're
primitive Why. In the town where
We lived there was not a house that
had a carpet on the floor until after
| was rs years OF age. and that flrsi
carpet when Il came was q three-ply
rag carpet OF the kind that would
fade. All the reserve currency IN the
community. II gathered In a pot and
melted up, would not have been
enough 20 make a bracelet such ~
is worn by the wife OF one of our dis
tlnguinhcd senators.
hut We were quite happy. Tho hoy
of ~ had his dfeams--and the secret
OF happiness IL 20 have your work
and your dreams Those were good
old days. Yes II IN good to he a
bare legged boy, with a robust appe-
lite and youths imagination. But
don't mistake. am not OF those who
would turn back she hands of the
clock. Those good old times are good
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23

spinning wheel. when the mother OF
The household took the bunch Of wool
in her hand and walked back and
forward "a front OF the wheel drawing
out the thread and when the cloth
for our clothes Was woven OF this
thread right there Ia the house.
Home spuns- they we're about the
color VI buttcrnut generally. some
times. IL one were disposed "a be- cx-
lraVagant. indigo dye stuff was
boughi. and they we're culorod blue.
Bm that was putting un styit.
Christmas was generally the time .Jr
the new clothes woven gut and
made Ia the house
There is one Christmas which does
stand out from the rest. Il was when
was ~ years old. Ny older brother
had gone TO New York to study medl-
cine. IN that city he bought. for a
nickel. perhaps. or dime, picture
paper called Brother Jonathan and
sent u TO me by mail
remember IL was mostly pictures.
very little reading matter, two or
three sheets. Well, We doyOnred that
paper q lasted us about three days
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
ooeLLs VIC Js CHARGE
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

NsW York. Doe 20 Former Gov
ernor B % Odell chairman Of the
republican stafe committee, made q
statement today lu which be- charg.
cd President Roosevelt ana Governor
Hlggins with "a deliberate attempt 90
wreck the republican parry of this
state, for tneir 0sn persona ambi.
tions. Ne declared that ii disaster
ensued, they not ne. Will be- a. blame
Odells accusations we're part 0f bis
comment on the situation CROWNS
out ~ the contest IN The republican
party in this state fpr the speaker,
snip Of the New York state assembly
Odell declared himeelf Ia favor 0f ~
A Merritt. lr eeytrsl daYf ago on
Monday last. Governor HlgrlnT camo
out 10 favor of D. W. Wadsworih. Ir.
Odell gives oui long statement IN
which he charges Governor Higgins
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
LARGEST STEEL PLANT
SINCE TIME OCEAN.

Indianapolis. Ind. Doc IN Ths
United States Steel Corporation has
broken ground between hammond ana
Tolleisoa. Lake county. near tae ltii
nOis state line, Tor new steel plant
which. d is asserted, will BE- the lar
gost In the gOrld The plans have
not yet been fully maiured IN all their
detail but those in a position to know
state that within the next tao year
Indiana viii uaurp the place held By
Illinois as the greatest steel prF
ducing state in the west AccordinE
io q statement given out the United
states Steel Corporation iRlenda a.
unt t100neANQ inio ihe Hew nlani
alone. and will make d he best eaaip
ped plant Of lta kind "a the world
u d. expected thar when d is rus
ming AZ la fail capacity. twenty th0a
sand men Will be- employed there
Even under the most favorable con
ditiona Il vii require NJ least fNo
years 10 complete tho enormous plant
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23
Artillery Search Lights Do
Damage to NaVieatOrs
In HarbOrs.
TELEGRAPH BOND ISSUE
Largest Steel Plant Ever Pro-
posed In History Of
the World.
WILL COST THIRTY MILuOAs

Washington. q. G.. Dec. 81. 49, The
nayigators Oi rivers and harbOrs 10
tho noighbofhood OF the coast forti-
fcations have complained 90 tho War
Department uf the practice of the ar-
tiilcry chiefs IN charge ~ the search
lights u throwing such light upon
their ships much 10 the annoyance %
those on board II has been ordered
hy The War Department that greater
care be- exercised Ia the operation 81
searchlighta mounted al the conft
forts u ~ we'll known that a lEht
OF this Kind Ia apt 20 lead 10 serious
consequences. since Il sometimes
blinds the man az the wheel The
hifiiy seafrhiight will. thereforc, ho
used only when u is absolutely nee
easary, aud Wiil be- directed toward
those ships used by the government
Tor artillery practice. Whenever ANY
other vessel IL lighted In this way the
Hight viii be- removed as soon AZ tha
identify of the shin IA disclosed or ~
som a. the usual alarm whistles are
sounded The ariilcrlsia say the
searchlighi has come 90 have a prom
inont place IN the operations OF guns
az nlghi. and n now regarded a. al
solitely essential In the location ~
a target II Is also necessary % eOu
duct constant practice with the lghia
so that the operators may have every
opportunity to perfect themsolvea IN
the management of the mechanism
Every coast fort Will be oquipped
with one or more Of the soarchlighis
ana some of lhc plants WI be- of great
power.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-23

20 remain what and whrre they are
To 90 back would mean giving up the
many things which have come to
make our lives happy and whirh have
caused our small wisdom o. Increase.
We would have 10 give 3 an up.
and I, Tor one. would nOi make the
trade.
This Is a wonderful time thle IN
which We live. It IL a time OF much
TO each. The man--any man who
puts forth muscle effort. crossed with
intelligence, gets more Tor The same
today than ever before in the his
tory Of the world. THAT IA the real
test, the real measure OF value not
the dollar. not the coin. but muscle
effort crossed with intelligence. Sixty
years ago there was not IN the coun-
try OF on the continent the multitude
and abundance Of material things;
and a mans expenditure ot his muscle
effort brought slender returns. To-
day. are what tho poorest may have;
see what MUSCLE effort With the
smallest attendant am0ut OF inielll-
gence. will bring. u ~ not s0 much
what anOthor has. it \. ..hat the In
dlvidual may have AZ a resul ~ his
efforts That " the meaning OF op-
portunity. That II the wealth OF our
time and country. That le what makes
this Christmas season ~ ahund
nnce.