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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
MENTAL ATTITUDE.
II Hns Mach TO Do With Winning
Snccess In Life.

The mental attitude which we al
ways hold toward our work or our aim
has everything 10 do with what we
may accomplish II you go 10 your
work with The attitude of slave who
goes dashed TO his task and see III IT
only drudScry; ii you work without
hope, seeing no future in what YOU are
doing beyond getting bare living; if
you see no light ahead. nothing but
poverty, deprivation and hard work
all your life; ii you think that YOU
were destined 10 such Il hard life. Won
cannot expect anything else than that
which you look for.
If, on the other hand, 10 matter how
poor you may be today, you can see a
better future; il you believe thar some
day you are going TO rise out of hum
drum work. that yon are going to get
up out OF the basement of life into The
drawing room. where beauty, comfort
ana JOY await yoi; il your ambition Is
clean Gu: ana you keep yoiir eye stead
lily upon the goal which you hope to
reach ana feel confident Gar YOU have
the ability TO attain il. You will accom-
plish something worth while. The oil.
rection Of Your effort Will follow YOUR
eye. If that looks w as well as ON.
you will climb.
That one quality OF holding persist
entity the faith in themselves and new.
or allowing anything 10 weaken the be-
lief that somehow they woeld accom-.
pllsh what they undertook has been the
underlying principle OF all great
achleycrs. The great majority of men
anu women who have given civilization
Il great uplft started poor and for
many dark years saw 10 hope of ac.
complishinS their ambition. but they
Kept ON working and believing that
somehow way would be opened.
Think OF what this attitude of hopefuI-
hcss and faith has done for the worlds
great Inventors how most of them
ploddcd on through many years of dry.
urcary drtdgcry before the light came.
ana the light would never have come
but for their faith. hope and persistent
cndcavor.
what II they had listened TO their
advisers. Even those who loved them
trlcd 10 beg them to give up the fool
ishness OF coming their lives into that
which would never be practical or use
ful. We are enjoying today thousands
Oh blessings, comforts and conycnences
which have been bequcathcd lis by
those resolutc souls who were obliged
often to turn deaf ear TO the plead.
lngs OF those they loved best as they
struggled on amid want and woe for
many years.-Success.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
To Make n Canary sInr.

Generally any kind OF soft. sibilant
noise will tempt bird to Sing 4 ca
nary hung in kitchen will usually
start his song if he hears. say. the frlz-
Zllng OF frying pan. We utilize spe-
cial devices 10 tempt the shy singer,
Who Is perhaps rendered the more bash
full by finding himself In novel sur
round!ngs. For this purpose wc EN-.
pioy whistles and song organs. which
artiiicially reproduce the 'tours" of the
roller. This latter method is found TO
be Irresistible when all other plans have
failed. The bird feels apparently that
he is being challenged and forthwith
responds 10 the challenge by pouring
forth the best of his song. - London
Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
YOU ARE BURNING UP
4 HUMAN BEING LITERALLY LIVES BY
BEING CONSUMED ALIVE.

Enersy and Heat Combined HELM to
nnrn Away the Bodily Tissue, anu
Fresh Material Is Constantly ne-
ing Supplied by Nature.
You. OF course. believe, with the rest
Of the world that every seven years
nature, up 10 certain age, sup
pines you with practically 4 new body;
that every seven years. when you have
wasted by ordinary natural processes
'he muscles, tissues and fbers OF your
body, YOU have given TO YOU quite q
new outfit TO enable you 10 carry on
life, barring accident and disease. for
the next seven years.
There is not minute atom OF YOUR
body from the crown Of your head to
the sole of your foot but what is prac-
ideally undergoing process of burning,
both night and day" said the celebrat-
ul lecturer OH anatomy. Professor Lo-
(. leau. While you are looking at me
now am being burned to ashes,p con-
linued the professor.
,"f'NatHre is never stationary or Inac-
tive. The body spends its energy in
the way OF physical labor and in the
constant emission of heat, the former
method comprising waste that occurs
through muscular work entailcd by, for
instance moving Tie body on itself,
walking, speaking. shouting. singing,
breathing and in the action Of the heart
and by mental activity, though each eff
fort be slight.
we expcnd heat by respiration and
nprSDip1ffAn NATHAN te
energy motion. Now. the daily aver
age income OF energy as created ny the
human body on ordinary diet is cal
culated at abont 1900 pounds avoirdu-
pois. That quantity of energy repre-
sents our daily storage in the ordinary,
active, healthy body
How is this 1900 pounds of energy
spent by each human body? 1t will
surprise you, perhaps, to be told that
all our muscular work done in n day
only requires about 315 pounds of this
1900 pounds and that the remainder
becomes. as it were, evaporated and Is
being constantly thrown off by the
body in the way OF heat.
We literally live by being burned
alive. Energy ana heat. combined help
TO burn our tissue, and fresh is being
supplied by nature, just as n new
building is built on the site of one
which has been burned down.
you have heard of the man who
gets warmed to his work. and that,
being warmed everything goes on
satisfactorily, like a house on fire.
That Is literally what happens to every
human creature, for his house is al
ways on fire, though the real meaning
of the descriptive phrase is not always
rightly understood by those who utter
1t The phrase getting up stesIa,. so
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
Year 100 a. ID.

year 100 y. ID.
AT Culdah, in Ireland, the game OF
kamman, sort OF hockey, Is played on
Christmas day.
A leaf from Christmas decorations Is
preserved in Yorkshire as remedy
against toothachc.
Scottish servants each endeavor to be
The first to draw water from the well
on Christmas morning.
1t is an old Irish superstition that
gold should not be paid away on
Christmas day nor silver lent.
Christmas day at Cape Town is usual
ly celebrated with plcnics. The TEN.
perature averages 80 degrees.
On Christmas morning in Norway
every gateway, gable or barn door Ia
decorated with shcaf of corn fixed on
tall pole in order that the birds may
eat from it their Christmas dinner.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
Y uicari.

Vulcan, the god OF ancient black
smiths ANA metal workers, was lamo
In consequence OF IL pretty hard fall
he had In his early days. Jupiter and
Juno had Il row, and Vulcan sided
with his mother against the old gen.
tleman, who promptly kicked him out
OF heaven. lie fell for a whole day
and lighted on the island Of Lemnos,
broke his leg and received as severe
Il shaking up as though he had tumbled
down an elevator shaft. .Esculapiu.
set his leg, bat having only just rcceiv.
ed diploma did q poor Job, and for n
long time Vulcan went on crutch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
The Real Malay.

The real Malay Is short, thickset.
well built man. with straight black
hair, dark brown complexion. thick
nose and lips and bright, intelligent
eyes. His disposition is generally
kindly. his manners polite and easy.
Never cringing, he is reserved with
strangers and suspicious. though he
does not show it. He is courageous
and trustworthy In the discharge OF an
undertaking, but he is extravaganza.
fond of borrowing money and very
Slow In repaying ii. He is good talk
or. speaks in parallels, quotes proverbs
and wise saws, has q strong sense or
humor and is very fond of Il good Joke
lie takes an interest in the affairs OF
his neighbors and Is consequently n
gossip. He never drinks intoxicants;
he is rarely nm opium smoker. But he
is fond OF gambling, cock fighting and
kindred sports. He Is by nature n
sportsman, catches and tames Gle.
plants, is n slillful fisherman and thor.
oughly at home in q boat. Above all
things he is conservative to degree. is
proud md fond of his country and his
people, yenerates his ancient customs
and traditions, fears his rajahs and has
q proper respect for constituted author.
ity while he looks askifnce on all inno-
vatlons and will resist their sudden
introduction. :Swettenham's MALAY
Sketches"
lz,g
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
'rten used in a jocular Sense, is anol

orten used in q jocular Sense, is anot
truth but little understood. Our body
Is never done getting up steam, and
This steam is our propelling power. by
which we are able to get about our
work and by which the brain Is able
10 keep up its rush OF ideas. Let ma
turc stop getting up steam and we
have 4 nervous collapse.
with plenty OF steam we can fire
away; without it we run down. There
Is nothing to keep our body warm.
nothing TO warm our food, nothing to
warm and render moist the air we in
spire and there is nothing to provide
for the radiation and evaporation Of
different moistures from the skin.
Brain workers give Off q greater
amount OF heat than physical workers;
hence they are more liable to collapse.
Their expenditure exceeds income, and
the result is bankruptcy. They are
obliged TO lie up till they can obtain
more capital-in other words. they have
been consumed by the Dire of the body
at a quicker rate than it takes nature
to supply quantity OF fresh tissue
and muscle.
The ages Of twenty-one, twenty.
eight, thirty-fve and forty-two are the
most critical periods of a persons life
time. for at about these ages nature
Will have fitted the body ont with new
raw materials
"a child of seven has different hair
and eyes from those which it had when
it was born. There's the proJf."-New
York News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
All ut the Head.

e Glass stands first OF elastic sub.
stances. pearl is the heaviest of animal
substances. mercury is the heaviest
liquid, the heaviest woods are pome-
granate and lignum vitae, cork Is the
lightcSt wood, and platinum IS the
most ductlle metal. capable OF. being
drawn SO Gnc as TO be invisible.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
Special Value. Nice Eaa. End Home,

rooms, nice bath and plumbing,
Southern exposure. three lots, nice To-,
cation. Terms TO suit. See w. T.
CHAPLIN, treasurer, Nelms, Marye
Boyenton e Chaplin, Inc, Real Estate
Insurance. Loans, Rents and Invest
ment Bonda. I-14.Ct
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
lie WILL Soc ,rhcm-

3 "a prominent ocuilst says he never
saw a pair; of perfect eyes" said the
woman who reads the newspapers.
That" replied Miss Cayenne, "mere-
" proves that the prominent oculist
Was never n !oye."-Washington Star,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21
CHRISTMAS.

Negroes consider Christmas day the
best in the year for wedding.
Christmas was first celebrated as q
feast Of .he Christian church about the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-21

Daily Press Want Ads" bring the
desired results. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
DR.. FRENcH's wATERMELoNs.
The Punishment He Melted Out to the
- Juvenile Thieves. r -;


OF all the favorites of the "storied
past" in the matter of original clever
ness and quaintness Of humor, few
surpass DR.. French, of the little vii
lage of Bath, N. H. DR.. French has
been dead over 60 years, yet some Of
his unique adventures are household
words to-day. -! -. L..~ r. -,
One summer he possessed crop Of
watermelons that made his heart
glad and the small boy envious. One
moonlight night the sin of envy was
transmitted into larceny, and the doc,
tor was bereft of the finest Of his
patch.
II He said nothing, thought much, and
apparently did nothing But some
evenings later, before midnight, he re-
ceived. sudden summonses to the bed
side of half q dozen small boys in the
neighborhood. They were very i'll,
and vomited copiously. I TX
DR.. French then knew who had
taken his melons, as he had inject
ed stiff dose of tartar emetic into
some of his melons. Since he COL
lected his usual fee from each patient,
he was quite Indifferent to the fur
Their punishment Of the bad boys, and
discovered a new source of profit in
melon raising. But the story was too
good to keep, and in later years he
often repeated it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Lady Curzon's Voice.

In the later years of her life only
very intimate friends knew that Lady
Curzon possessed a remarkably fine
singing voice or, that she had been q
pupil of Nine. Marchesi. People hard
ly gave her the credit for hating self
advertisement or for being shy and
yet, she did one and was the other.
Till the end she and her husband kept
up the habit Of their courtship days
when apart and telegraphed or cabled
to each other daily. In view Of Lady
Curzon's untimely death, superstitious
folk are pointing to the fact that ct
the Delhi Durbar she wore. q dress
with q design Of the unlucky pea,
cocks feather. Her young friends
chaned her on this at the time and
told her that no wearer Of peacock
feathers ever had good luck there.
after. .<@-}@t~@. aEat t's7St ! *
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
FREE LUNCH At NOON:
), s ~ s:c%$;;s;;::: 6. MEYERS, Prop
q She Was.

+ A Boston woman, after selecting
some embroidery in one Of the big de.
'partment stores discovered that she
lhad~.not money enough with her to
pay for it. She had never opened an
account in this particular shop, and
1t was therefore agreed that the clerk
should put the goods aside until tho
next day; when the purchaser should
come for 1t with cash in hand.
When the woman returned the day
following to get her embroidery she
could not remember which Of the
saleswomen had waited upon her.
After, puzzling over the matter for q
moment, however, she approached one
who looked vaguely familiaD and ask.
ed, "Am 1.-the woman who bought
some embroidery here yesterday"
'Yes'm," replied the girl, stolidly,
and turned to get it.-Yeuth's Com
panion- .ssr <.sf 4, M - r.. ~ III
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
r NJ l1 Z y VI4 IZ9 .l.GI4I7
HERMlTS LIVE IN CAVES. <
Rise at Dawn and Seek Sleep with
81 s Setting Sun. as .y

The strange colonies Of hermits who
have taken up their abode in the
neighboghood Of Locarno, Romeo and
Orselina are increasing In numbers.
One group, which occupies the wood
ed plateau known as Monte Eerita, Is
l25 strong, and counts in its members
six German professors, three military
officers, one Of whom is married to q
countess who also belongs to the sect,
two doctors and a priest, says CORE
spondent for the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat. - mil. ......
The majority are well to do, and
some are wealthy. AS these pay we'll
for, anything they buy and do not trou-t
BILE about making converts, the inhab-
ltants are on friendly terms with
them. II - Z
i. They sleep in caves, are vegetarians
and do not wear ordinary clothing.
A linen hood and a shroud of the
same material are the only garments
they wear. Their feet, legs, arms and
necks are uncovered, and the hair is
never cut, though the men trim their
boards in patriarchal way. The
women allow their tresses to float in
the air. ., .,>sT; "a
s The motto of all is Back to ma
ture." .E1,s-. ....... ...-,, ~. ~, ..,.......
"The height of wisdom and philos-
ophy," they say, zig to understand ma
ture; that alone brings peace and hap
piness." ..........,.-........, .
r They rise at dawn and go to sleep
with the setting Of the sun; they eat
only fruit and vegetables and drink
only water. In the summer they have
daily sun baths and in the winter
snow baths. ~'-'''.+' =
p Some of them have extraordinary
theories, which they carry out with
great perseverance. One beautiful
woman of 80, who was formerly a
well-known singer at the Berlin opera,
refuses to touch money, which she
says is the, root of all evil. Her theory
often lands her in difficulties, from
which she occasionally extricates her.
self by singing to her debtors. ~ g.
Another member only eats vegeta'
bles that ripen underground. A third
confines himself strictly to raw eggs
and potatoes. -. =. .-..; -;
A fourth spends $25 week among
the poor villagers and keeps the doc
tors busy by bringing to their notice
cases for which he pays. ~t.. = 4
| All the colony are in the best Of
health and always appear perfectly
happy, amiable and polite.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Fooled the Grocer.

: 2
r. Augustus Heinze, at dinner In
Butte, praised a western orator.
AT the start" said Mr.. Heinze,
"this man secures the sympathy of
his audience. There was, for instance.
a distracted fellow who entered 9 gro
GERS shop and said: I believe I am
an injured husband, sir, and desire
to verify my suspicious by watching
a house in the next street. But I can
only do this safely from the rear OF
your shop. Will you let me sit by the
open window there for half an hour?'
The grocer, patting the mans shout
der in kindly fashion, said: ., i.
"'To be sure, my friend. Make
yourself at home
"Some time passed. Then the jeal'
GUS husband rushed through the shop,
rolling his eyes and muttering: I'll
kill her! I'll go home and get the gun
and kill her now ~ : ~~:'5.'.. Of. -. T..
"'Your wife, said the grocer. =
Yes groaned the man. MY false
wife, my adored May. can not doubt
her guilt, and before shutdown shall
be q murderer i.%,ol%J & i - 5EHF
'':The grocer tried to detain him, but
he got away. Nothing happened in
the way OF murder for an hour or
more; and then, q little disappointed
and suspicious, the grocer made an in.
vestigation in the back of his shop, to
find, that there had been passed out
through the open window three tubs
of butter, a crate Of eggs, two bags OF
flour and a dozen hams"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
DIAMONDS OUT, OF SPACE.
Samples Mined on Earth Fragments
+. Of Immense Meteorltes. 4, M

The only real perfect diamonds
which are to be found on this globe
are those which fall from the sky in
meteorites; all diamonds which are
mined in the diamond fields Of the
world are only fragments of gems
That is startling statement, but
. still more startling one is that all
the diamonds to be found on this
planet have fallen on the earth from
the skies and have. not, as most per-
sons suppose, been produced here like
coal and other mineral products.
Yet this is the latest scientific as
sertion with regard to the worlds
stock Of the precious stones. The
whole stock of the Kimberly mines,
with their unknown resources, and all
the gems of this character to be found
in. any part of the planet-all have
fallen from space at some time or
other. '"%
Somewhere in the illimitable dis
lance there is a vast diamond factory,
the only place where perfect gems are
produced. The first piece of evidence
is that the whole of the rock in which
Kimberly gems are found is similar
to nothing else on earth; it has been
given q distinguishing name Climber
ly) and it corresponds exactly with
the matter Of which meteorites are
composed. '.-'' y"
In plain language, the whole Of that
vast mass of rock fell on. earth from,
hn Of OF ~ "a
worlds formation. This is rather
staggering; but it must be remem-'
bered that there lisa mountain in Arr
IONA which is acknowledged by all
scientists to be meteoric mountain.
And diamonds are being found at that
spot. ~ :..>t.. T.. =. ..5
Diamonds are found practically in
superficial layers of the earth's crust;
that is another proof of their celestial
origin. Further, the diamond crystals
are formed like no others that are Of
earthly origin; this is regarded as a
strong proof that they fell from
above. It is curious that earthly dia-
monds are not perfect and that some
Of them when first brought from Kim
berly mines and exposed to the air
explode and crack into several pieces.
Now the stones which come down In
meteorites also explode when they are
taken from the protecting mass which
covers them completely. This is due
to the peculiar conditions which pre-
vail where the stones are produced
and these conditions can not prevail
on. the earth as the oxygen prevents
them. t.....
In order B make a diamond it
is necessary that the constituents
should be very hot and then cooled
quite suddenly; nothing else. will &C.
count for the peculiar shape Of the
crystals and the general formation of
the gem. =. ,3!.a<,5. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Esperanto.

1.-THE other day, at the Cafe Neapoli'
tan, favorite haunt of journalists
and men of letters, French and for.
eign,' says a Paris correspondent, 4
sat beside three tourists-an Austrian,
a Bulgarian. and an Italian-who.
ignorant OF one another's native
tongue, talked in Esperanto. To me
it was revelation, in the sense that
hearing or seeing a thing is so much
more, conclusive and impressive than
reading about it, -..t.,..ys- p
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28

Unless She's His Sister. 3
"How long does 1t take q young man
to teach q girl to swim?'' !
If she's pretty it ought to take all
summer Houston Post. #
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
A~,DiHerence.

Mrs. Jawback-You don't love me
as much as you did before we were
married. 49," ....,s.. 80
Mr.. Jawback-Oh, yes, I do. I just
don't love you as much as I said !
did then. '...
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Kind. Lad,

. Tommy-Pa gave me framed mot
to- th'tg, said: Little Boys Should Be
Seen, and Not Heard" III
Bobby-Where'd yer put tin yer
room? n'37'&}" ]%''t7>'i1' j*5.f-tts@;' :;
i Tommy-Naw! : I sent it ter tn
deaf an, dumb kids at tn asylum. I
thought it'd cheer 'em up.-Cleveland
Leader. 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Wise Precautions.

'Who put up that stovepipe?"
my papa"
did he have any trouble?" ,.57
II don't know. Mamma made me
so out Of the room before he started"
Leader.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Unconditional.

t'''You should be grateful for. the APP
plause your constituents give you. !"
Perhaps" answered Senator sor-
,ghum. "But I am inclined to regard
applause as q popular diversion hab-
itually INDUCED in. The pretext' 10
largely matter Of chance" -Wash.
ingtOn Star. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28

cliilLa4o.:, Zll,ID
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
To Prohibit Rarmalds.

"A movement is on foot III England
to prohibit women from acting as
barmaids. II passed, the proposed bill
will affect between 10000 and 10000 i
women. e 49, sg..@F.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28

Nj. Rounder (tenderly DIDO you re-
member, dear, during our counting
days how i used to tell You the 'old,
old story r. = .s5
Mrs. Rounder-Yes and you still ten
me the "old, old story. r..
Mr.. Rounder lin surprise) - When.
dear? ..,-, - I -, - : ~
Mrs. Rounder-When you start for
the club, --'ys-' = -%,as i
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Always .Fetches Il

ATWdySffetcne8 1Is |"--I3
Wade Parker-What do you take for
seasickness? .......4 - I, s
Glen viller-A sail on Z yacht
Cleveland Leader.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-28
Ambiguous.

Mother Ito children, who have been
teasing goatJ Children! children!
Ston that noise! Your father is very
bothered to-day-and you really must
not worry the poor brute!