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Launch Of the FLOATING Debt. !"

He was member of three we'll
known clubs along the Sound and
decided to graduate from the rocking
chair and become a full.fedged
yachtsman. He selected a thirty-foot
sloop that had something Of a record
as a fast cruiser. and then approached
his wife in order to interest her to
back the venture financially. She lis.
tened to the enthusiastic rawlings Of
her husband. who had not quite de.
clded upon a suitable name for the
family craft. He was undecided whath.
er to christen her the Jabberwock
or the Jibbenainosay when the fnan.
cial hacker OF the venture silenced
him with the remark: You had
better call her the Floating Debt for
that is what she will be."-The In.
Quirer
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ORIGIN Of Common Words.

Spider" is a less attractive word
than spinner" but It Is really the
same. "Spither." the earlier form OF
the word, stood for splinter" mean.
ing spinner-,he disappearance OF the
n" before the "th" being compen
stated for by the lengihening OF the
vowel, just as tooth" really repre-.
sents "tonth.' There was once In usc
another word for the creature, that
was ugly enough in meaning-"atter.
cop which appears in Wycllffe's
bible. II signifies 'poison-bunch" and
is still used in the north Of England
and In Antrim. ireland. as an uncom.
plimentary term for a shrewish per.
son. From "attercop." from a sim.
liar use Of cop" or cob" a bunch.
TO mean a spider. comes "cobweb."
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"Firedamp."

"Firedamp" and "afterdamp,"
words brought into terrible promln.
ence in many disasters in mines, pre-.
serve the older English sense Of
"damp'-yapor, and especially nox.
ious vanor Precisely where the word
came from philology does not know.
but the earliest existence OF Its use
quoted by Dr. Murray's dictionary Is
Cations Q4S0)-"after the dragon
shall come a goot and Their shall come
out Of his nostrel a domp that shall
betoken honger and CRETE deth Of
peple." Bacon is one OF the writer's
Of his time who speak of the "damps"
OF mines. Damp" gradually came to
be applied TO visible vapors. such as
evening mists, and the transition to
the sense Of moisture is obvious.
Ept In "damplng down a furnace one
finds a relic OF the verb damp" In
the sense Of "suffocate."
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Bird Doomed to Extinction.

Among the birds that are mos,
rapidly approaching extinction is the
XVII or apteryx OF New Zealand. The
klwi is comparable in size to an ordi.
rary chicken. but It has massive legs.
set well back, a long slender bill with
nostrIls at the tip Of the upper man.
dible. No vi gs are visible. but they
may be felt under the body feathers
which, like those ct the emu. have a
hair.llke texture. Kiwls associate
during the greater part Of the year in
troops or parties Of from six TO a doz.
en-. pairing up in the breeding season.
They are found In wooded districts.
chiefly on slopes or in gullIes clothed
with brushwood. ferns and creepers,
and are nocturnal In habit
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Says a writer In the London Chron.
icle: "A yulgarism-one which, like
'aggrayate' for irritate has come into
use by way OF the kitchen stairs-is
'demean. with a sense OF derogation
or abasemert. II is 70 be seen in
many a paper and even many a book
and heard In many a speech Il Is
the second syllable that has mlsled
the popular understanding, but the
noun 'demeanor' should have saved
the educated from their blunder with
the verb. when the cook refuses to
'demean herself she is excusable. be-
cause 'demsanor' Is not 10 her voeab-
ulary."
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RsHeets In America.

Il Is reported that the separation OF
Norway and Sweden will make a new
line OF political cleavage among the
American citizens OF the Northwest.
The sons and grandsons OF the Scandi.
nay.ans who make up the bulk OF the
population % the states west OF the
Great lakes and al the headwaters OF
the Mississippi want TO import their
quarrel from the Old World and he no
longer Republicans and Democrats. but
NcIwegiaus and Swedes
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READ ON OLD ToMesToNEs.
Two Quaint Inscriptions That Gave
Strong Testimony.

0NVH9 lesNWSng'
was a visitor to the West cemetery
Ia Litchheld a few days ago where
my bones will ultimately rest, unless |
am unfortunately drowned at sea- and
after inspecting the tombstones Of an.
cestors | was interested In reading
the inscriptions on some others. 10 wit:
Here lies the body of Mary. wife OF
Dr. John Buel, ESQ. She died Nov.
9Th. l76S, act. "a, having had 10 chill.
dren. l0l grandchildren. ga great.
grandchildren. % great.great grand.
children-total 40: SS6 survive her"
Another: Sacred to the memory Of
lnestimable worth Of Unrivalled Eek.
cellence & Virtue, MIS-. Rachel, wife
OF Jerome B. Woodruff. daughter OF
Norman & Lois Barber. whose ETHEREAL
parts became a seraph May "a. 1885.
in the % y'r OF her age. Correspond.
ence In Hartford Courant.
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Great churehman Was Modest.

St. Bonaventura, called the ser.
aphic doctor" who was general OF the
order OF Franciscans. had a reluctance
to receiving awards which Is worthy
Of mention. With tears and entreatles
he prevailed uron one pope not to
make him archbishop OF York. But
when he had been instrumental In
securing the election Of Gregory Y.
he feared that he would be rewarded
and fed to Paris. The pope ordered
him to return TO Italy and become
cardinal, and the messengers sent to
invest him found him at a monastery
near Florence humbly washing up the
dishes. He babe them hang the
cardinals hat on bough until he had
finished.
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New Version Of 20. X"

Now comes a fourth version. Gen.
Warren Keller. In the Archaeological
Quarterly. says that In Urbana, Ohio.
In 1870. when the Harrison campaign
was in progress, a Wing farmer drove
into town with this legend painted on
his wagon The people Is OIL KOrrect."
The Democrats made fun OF the spell.
ing. but a Whig tavern keeper near
Springfield stuck the letters 20. X.
over his door. where they remained
until the building was torn down. In
1901. This seems more probable than
any OF the other statements. The use
Of 20. X however II started. has long
been widespread and respectable Col
lege pre- sidents, oank officials and even
prootreaders md the initials indispens.
able In 'aeis business.
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Three Doctors, opInIons.

Buffalo y Y. Aug. 2lst-Physi.
clans have accepted Dodds Kidney
Pills as the standard remedy for dis.
eases Of the Kidneys and kindred com.
plants. X. II. Dunaway. NJ D., Of
Benton H. says;
"Dodds Kidney Pills cured ne OF
Diabetes after everything else had
failed and ! was given up tc die. |
have since prescribed them in my reg.
ular practice for every form Of Kidney
Trouble and have never as yet known
them TO fail.
Jesse L. Lines. NJ D.. St John,
Kan. says
Il prescribed DOdd's Kidney Pills
for the little daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Mcbride Of this place. who suffered
from Epilept.c fits following Scarle.
tina results were miraculous; have
never seen anything like a."
Leland Williamson. NJ. D., York.
town. Arb. says:
"Dodds Kidney Pills are the best
medicine know Of for all forms OF KID.
ney Disease. believe In using the
remedy tina, relieves and cures my pa.
tents, whether ethical or not. and
always prescribe DOdds Kidney pills
and can testify that they invariably
accomplish permanent and pertec'
cure Of al Kidney Complaints
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Soldiers Comfort in Death.

After the battle OF Sedan. when
the dead were being buried, a trace OF
blood led the searchers to shady
spot, where they found a French ser.
geant lying dead, with his hand tight.
ly clenched in death pressed to his
liTs In his clerched hand was a
scrap Of paper. which they forced
from II and read. II was a letter from
his little girl of which when nor.
tally wounded. he had crawled here 10
read with the last light OF his dying
eyes. and II ran thus: Dear Father |
miss YOU so much. miss you morn.
ing and evening when | used to kiss
you. | try to be good, as YOU told me.
and kind to mamma. Your loving III.
tie girl. Marguerite"
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HAD MADE GOOD HAUL.
Bankers Hunt for Chickens Met With
lGueh Success.

Bankers Hunt for Chickens met WIN
igueh Success.
A banker IN a western city bought
some chickens OF a ranchiaan and
told the man to deliver them at his
house. When he went home at noon
his wife met him at the door and told
him with great CONSERVATION that the
man brought the chickens, as he had
promised. but instead Of putting them
In the henhouse. had left them on the
lawn. ard they had all disappeared
Forgetting his dinner. he started
on in no very amlable frame of mind
in pursuit of the missing fowls. After
securing the neighboring alleys for
some time. he came tack triumphant
~ driving the lost chicks
When In a few days he met the Of
Tending ranchman he demanded, Sc
vcrely: What 60 you men by leay'
ing those chickens on my lawn the
other day? | hunted the neighborhood
over for them and then could find only
eleven,"
You did mighty well" was the mild
reply. Il only left slx."-Grace NJ
Crawfoii il Hasper's.
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SPENDING MONEY TO MAKE IT
Benjamin Franklin's Illustration oil
Sound Business Policy.

The good policy Of letting riches hy
10 bring more back is quantity Illus.
trated by Ber jamin Franklin. while
postmaster general, In telling OF the
American postoffice as It was before
the revolution. In his inimitable way
he says:
The American ONCE never had
hitherto paid anything to that Of
Great Britain. We were TO have
So 5000 year II We could make that
sum out Of the profits Of the Office To
do this a variety OF Improvements
were necessary. Some OF these were
inevitably at first expensive. so that
In the first four years the ONCE be.
came about $4,000 In debt to US. But
It soon began TO repay us and before
| was displaced by a freak Of the min.
listers We had brought II to yield three
times as much clear revenue to the
crown as the postofice OF Ireland"
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TO CURE HABIT OF sLusHlNe.
Open Air Exercise and companionshlp
Will DO n.

NFNN ~ 6NeNStpS aNa C0NlFaVl0boNtN
Will % u.
The habit OF blushlng is almost in.
variably a cause of great annoyance to
It's possessOrs. Very frequently e seri.
ously hampers them in the ordinary
Affairs of life for biushing is accom-
panied by confusion OF mind. nervous.
ness and hesitancy. The two main
points In the treatment Of shyness,
which Is the great cause Of blushing,
are. first, Open-air exercise, and, sec
ond. the society OF others. Open.air
exercise is good for all morbid disor.
ders. such as excessive shyness. while
the social life makes for selfcOntrol
and that savolr falre we all seek to
attain: for the latter enables us TO go
through life without betraying awk.
wardness and timidity. Abnormally
sensitive people may find the cure
lengthy one but II they perseyere the
very mental effort which Is put forth
TO accomplish the remedy will aid
them In acquiring control over their
tell-tale bushes. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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Insist on Gettinu IL

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This is because theS
have a stock on hand OF other brands
containing only u OF in a package,
which they won't be able TO sell first.
because Defiance contains is OF. for
the same money.
Do you want l6 or instead OF l2 OF.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
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ney pills an abscess was forming en-
my right kidney. The trouble was
quickly checked, however, ane the
treatment cured ne. so that ! have
been well since 1896 and weigh 1888
pounds"
Foster.Milburn Co, Buffalo, \. Y
For sale by all druggists. Price, 80
cents per box.
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Lewis Single Binder straight jc cigar
Made % ripe. mellow tobacco, 50 rich in
quality that many who formerly smoked
Toe cigars now smoke Lewis Single
Binder" Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
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Three quarters Of the tea
in this country is not very
good.
The fraction is not too
high.
Your greer returns your moasy u yOa don't
nks schllungs Best
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Mamma" said Fi1s,ie. this old
mirror isn't any good Why. what's
the matter with IT, detr?' asked her
mother Every time | try 20 look IN
II explained Fiossie my face gets In
the way
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the back, head.
aches and attacks
OF dizziness. My
eyes gave out,
and with the Ian.
guor and sleep
lessness OF the
dis ase upon rne
| wasted from 1874
to 1872 pounds. At
the time ! started
using Doan S Kid
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Why Il 10 the Best

4 because made BY an entirely differ
ent process. Defiance Starch is un.
like any other. better and oRe-thlrd
more for 10 cents.
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The man VINO snores in church
should b. promptly turned OUT before
he has time 10 awaken all those who
don't snOre
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Teacher-Harry. can you tell me why
Thomas jefferson wrote the Declaration
pt Independence Harry-'Cuuse he
couldn't afford 10 hire stenographcr.
| S'poSe
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IL order 20 accommodate the crowd
some OF the room az the top should be
transferred 20 the bottom
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Dyspepsia Tormented Me for Years DIT.
David Ksnhcdy's fAvorite Remedy cured me" Mn O.
q Doughsrty, M'llls, ~. vsed over yeArs- tia
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4 Tennesseean named Pope boasts
that he has never been a hundred
miles from home II Is evident that
ne is not the Pope Of roam.
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Gossips are not the only
tongues tea loosens.

Might usually wins the first round.
but right eventually gets the decision.
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All Ue.to.Date Houseksepers

use Defiance Cold Water Starch. BE-
cause il Is better. and OF. more OF Il
for same money.
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when q girl looks as DO she had the
yellow lever and was breathing with
out pair 81 lungs IL b. a sign she Is
only ~ gagged and hasn't seen him for
spfpu hours
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II H. the easiest thing IN the world
To get something you don't want
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Piso cure Is the best medicine We ever used
Tor all affections Of the throat and lungS-WA.
D ESDsLEY Nanburen, Ind. FEB. 10. 800.
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II makes a difference how a thing is
s'atel. Dining on roast pork sounds
a good deal better than eating dead
hog
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Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because 1t
never sticks 10 the iron tG: bccaAse
each package contains IS OF one full
pouni-while all other Cold Water
Slarches are put up In ;. pound pack.
ages, and the price Is the same. 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from oil injurious chem.
icals. L your grocer tries 10 sell YOU
1907 package II Is heau.e he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let.
tiers and figures l6 ozs. Demand De.
hance and save much time and money
and the annoyance Of the iron stick.
ing Defiance never sticks.
NiSl'oT-Wtat are you going To- D..
when you grow up James JameS--A
hricKlaytg NiSitor-WNy are you gu-
ing tu o.. % hrieklayer' james Cause
there 81" many days when hrickIayers
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An upholstered pew IN fashionable
church Is said TO be an excellent remedy
FOR insomnia
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1905-09-29

The police help MANY q man along iu
this world boy compelling him 10 move
uI
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LOST z POUNDS.
Was Fast Drifting Into the Fatal
STAGES o. Kidney Sickness.

DR.. Melvin NJ. Page, Page Optical
Co. Erie. Pa, writes:
Taking too many iced drinks la
New York in 1895 sent me home with
a terrible attack OF kidney trouble.
| had acute congestion, sharp pain In
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TEE

We are friend to you and
your grocer; faithful to both.
S-hUns, Best o, a good foo,ruis to measure
him vIth
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Important 70 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle OF cAsToRIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that Il
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EA

Are YOU acquainted with
tea? Is it tea that YOU
know Are you sure you
know tea?
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Your grocer returns your money It you a,.,
IKE schilllng's best.
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When n girl forgets To sec that IA,
nat Is on straight she Is IN love. wv
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Denver Directory

ST0VE REPAIRS OF every knoNn MAJ,
S'SNS q stove, furnace OF range Geo A
Pulien. i53l Lawrence. Denver Phone M,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-13
WILL LOOK INTO
CHINESE BOYCOTT
Minister Rockhlll and Consular Agent.
Instructed to Investigate tho
Subject Thoroughly.
(py Assocln ted prcss.l

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. a..
Minister Rockhill and the consular
officers in China have been instructed
to carefully look into every feature o.
the boycott of American goods In
China and report to the State Depart
mcnt. Complaints arc being made a,
the State Department regarding the
movement In China. but the reply ha,
been made to all, that the department
has done everything possible and at
present can 10 nothing more The sit.
uation as now developed, 1t is said, Is
not such as to involve the Chinese
government
Among those who have called upon.
Acting Secretary Loomis was formc,
Senator John l.. hIcLaurin, of South
Carolina, who represented various
Southern interests that find q ianrket
for their goods in China. The effect
of the boycott has not yet been felt
by Southern cotton men. who have
held Chinese trade by contracts, which
are made six months ahead. 1t is
feared. however, that if the boycot,
continues that the contracts will nor
he renewed when they expire.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-13

DONALDSON SENT
TO THE GRAND JURY
Man Who Operated Extensively In
Hampton Given a Preliminary
Hearing in Norfolk Yesterday.

A. Donaldson. alias II. D. Worthing.
ton, and with several other aliases,
was sent to the United States grand
jury by Commissioner Percy S. Steven
son. in Norfolk yesterday.
Worthington operated quite cXtcn-
sively in Hampton as IL wholesale gro.
Ger and he is accused of using the
United States mails for fraudulent pur.
poses. WOrthingt0n, WHO is said to
be well educated, would order goods
from large concerns under the prc.
tense that he was engaged in business
and when the goods were received in
Hampton he would forward them to
Norfolk for disposition.
He remained here several months
before his scheme was uncovered and
several days ago he was picked up ON
the Old Dominion wharf by United
States PostofIicc Inspector Bulla.
Worthington was unable to furnish
bail for his appearance and will re-
main in the Norfolk Jail until his case
is disposed of by the United States
court
Among the llamptonians who went
to Norfolk to testify in the case
against Donaldson were Messrs. Frank
IL. Roachc, Claude Armistead. w. H..
Rudd, Frank a. Kcarncy and Post.
master Charles l.. Welsh, of Phocbus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-13
IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY.
The Peculiar Language and Odd Cus-
tomh Of the PcOnIc.

or the strange scenes and customs Of
the Basque country traveller writes
II was struck by the way the women
walked and Carried themselves. A fnt
old woman with IL huge tray on her
head walked along Mt II swinging pace,
shouting her wares meanwhile at tho
top Of her voice. saw woman car
rying OH her hend first'of ali n large
tray of fruit Qts size can be imagined
when I tell you that It WINS afterward
her stnlD. On the top of this were
basket Of washing and a big umbrella
to DO used to cover the stall Then in
her left hand she carried supple.
mentary stall, md by the other she
led little child which could Just reach
the mothers hand by holding It's own
up ms high MS It could stretch
II was waiting once mt little way
side inn in the village of Ascain when
L saw an old lady, followed by two
great fat white pigs. They all three
waddled over 20 the village pump. and
then, procuring SOME. water in a phil,
the old lady proceeded to wash her
charges. She cleaned them most as
~ 'Sdt
quarters and feet.
There is n dignity of carriage about
oil the women In this country. fan
cied 1t might he due to the fact that
formerly. before the Code Napoleon
cnme into operation. the INV obliged
the firstborn. whether boy or girl. to
Inherit tho pntrimony and continue the
head Of the family, the husband taking
the wifes name when the jnherItor was
woman. thus giving the woman n
perfect equality from her birth. Tho
matrons are not less beautiful than the
younger women.
quite unlike any other language is
that Of the Basques. Although when
hearing the people talk q Spanish sound
seems to be occasionally emitted. 1t ia
J not really at nll like Spanish. was
amused. to find that mo- Is 'ess' In
Basque, md when asked what yes
wns I thought ut first the answer was
ma. which would hnve been very curl
ous, but it turned out to DO 'ba,' with
the b softly pronounced"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-13
WILL SECURE GOOD MEN.
EIIyson Thinks Primary viii Be Most
Successful on Record.
tSpeclai TO the Danny Preaa,

RICHMOND. VA, Aug. 12-Demo-
cratic State Chairman J. Taylor ELY,
son said this evening that he believes
the best men will be secured for cleo.
ton officials and that the State pri-
mary. August 22nd will be the most
successful ever held.
He comedies the fact that the Re
publicans have nominated good
ticket, bit feels assured that the
Democratic nominees will be elected
by good majority.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-13

His case Is very interesting one
to medical science-Leseuer Mimi
Cor. Chicago Chronicle. @