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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
COLONIAL cARELEssNEss,
uainE a school az n storehouse For
Gnnpowder.

uHfnE school AN n storehouae For
Gunpowder.
Distressing accidents. such as we find
chronlcled In the newspapers of our
colonial era, bring home wildly ia
postcrity the fact that dangers to life
and limb existed before the day Of the
dynamite cracker and the automobile.
Children. rambling outdoors, and
grown persons besides. says the r.uthor
of Americans OF 1I7G," would ptcl,
and ent strange berries, roots and veg.
stables that turned out poisonous, and
IN vain did newspapers warn against
mushrooms. hemlock, Ivy and other
growing things.
Clumslness Mt work on the part of the
injured or injurer did mech mortal
mischief. a man dropped from his
ladder or seaffolding while repairing n
house or was scalded to death by an
overturned kettle Of potash or maple
sap. We rend of q father and three
sons who were killed by sufrocation,
one after another, while descending
into pit without first testing for car.
bonic ncid.
'NiV NotCiess, IliOteDNeT, I'LL
the use of powder and firearms when
the Revolutionary era began. At Hart.
FORD the Legislature voted joyruIly to
the townsfolk two barrels of powder
Tor vollcys in honor Of the repeal of the
stamp net. The powder WINS kept In
schoolhouse, md the milltlamen.
when filling their horns with II, left
some spilled OH the floor.
The school children, playing with
the black grains. set them on fire and
the train led to powder barrel, which
exploded with tremendous conclusion.
The schoolhouse was blown up and
many children were killed.
fire In Andovcr In ITO burned TO
the ground an old house next the meet
Ing house. and its three lonely and
aged inmates persisted in the flames.
But "providentlally" ms one newspaper
remarked, the church escaped un.
harmed.
Two old maiden sisters. 1t seems.
were in the habit Of smoking their
pipes nfter they got into bed. whence,
probably, the disaster Therefore. /"
adds the chronicler, 1T may not be
amiss to caution people against such a
practice"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

He who thinks no evil can do no
wrong.
Waiting works wonders II you worl;
while YOU wait
a man may do the hest he can and
still get the worst of It.
Wings OF riches nre us unsatisfactory
rs the stings OF poverty.
A mans most bitter enemy Is the ex
tr1enu who can no longer work him.
Even the man who expects the unex.
pected is apt to be surprised when II
happens.
A man Is seldom ms old ms he feels
or n woman as young ms she says
she is.
Tho faster man lives the quicker
he will occupy ground floor space In n
cemetery.
It's an easy matter to obtain peace
All YOU have to do Is let the other fell
low have his way.
Some things are rather difficult to
understand, especially when they are
explained by some one who doesn't un.
derstand them.-Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
The Changelena Moon.

Under existing conditlons-and the
conditions have existed on the surface
of the moon for perhaps millions Of
years--lt Is physical imposslbilty
that the face of the moon should
change ono lota There nre neither
outside nor inside influences TINT can
be brought to bear to make change
In the configuraton of "our sllvery sis.
ter world" Her internal Ares have
long since died ont. and there is an
utter absence of both mir and water.
Existing under such conditions, 1t is
utterly Impossible that the face of the
moon should undergo change or dis.
Indignation even in the course of a
hundred million years.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Tho Face of the cnmc1.

AS matter of fact, and In spite Of
Its having carried Mohamned in -four
leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca, seven
miles nm hour is the camel's limit, nor
can It maintain this rate over two
hours. Its usual speed is Eve miles an
hour-a slow pace, beyond which 1t Is
dangerous to urge 1t, lest. as Asiatics
say, 1t might break its heart and die
literally on the spot When camel II
pressed beyond this speed and is spent
1t kneels down, and not oil the wolves
In Asia will make 1t bulge again. The
camel remains where 1t kneels, and
where 1t kneels it dies. A fire under
It's nose is useless.-Tlmes Of India.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
A LoBsTER's LEGS.
The Two Front Ones Are Different
From the Other Eight.

A Holsters legs, NIL told. are ten In
aumber, but only eight of these are
largely used for walking. The front
pnlr, or big claws. have been specinl.
lied, as I'm the crab and most others Of
the higher crustacenns, into prob enslle
organs for cntching and crushing the
prey. Their use Is obvious. HOLSTERS
feed largely Off mollusks of various
soris and other hard shelled marine
animals. In order 10 he able to break
nr crush the shells OF these and so to
get Mt the softer flesh within they have
acquired such lnrgc and very muscular
nippcrs or pInchers. Tint Ia not all,
however. Not only have the two front
legs been differentiated and specialized
from the eight others in this manner,
but also, by rare exception to tho
symmetry OF the body. the right claw
has been specialized from the left, each
being Intended to perform distinct
function. One ism scissors. the other
Is mill; one Is n cutter, the other Ia n
cracker
AS rule. the right claw Ia the slen.
dcrcr and longer. 1t has toothllke pro
ping fnces, and It Ia rather adapted for
biting and scverlng than for crushing
or grinding. The left claw. on the 9th
or hand, Is usually thicker. heavier and
roundcr It's muscles nre more power.
ful. and In nlnce of sharp teeth 1t hns
blunt tubercles. or hammers. of differ.
ent sizes. 1t nets, In fact. more like. n
nutcracker thnn like teeth or n saw
1t Ia smashing organ. Nevertheless
you will find 1t interesting to observe.
by noting the Holsters served to you al
table. That this differentiation has hard.
~ as yet become quite constant, for
sometimes II Ia the right claw that dis.
plays the hnmmerlike nutcmcker type
and the left TINT nets as nipper md
bitter, while sometimes no difference
occurs at all, both claws alike being
sharp toothed or blunt hammered In the
same specimen.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
IRvlNe's KINDNESS.
Ensland's Great Actor sefrlended
Many Persons.

new story is told illustrating Sir
Henry Trving's kindness OF heart. An
old lady came to him in pecuniary
need, asking employment, says the
New York Tribune.
He telephoned to his business man
ager inquring if there was any en-
ployment at the theatre that could
be found for her. The business
manager answered, absolutely
nothing nothing at ALL"
Irving suggested that she might
look after the cats. The manager
telephoned back that there were al
ready three women looking after the
cats. Well" said Irving, 'you
must find her something. Let her
look after the three women that are
looking after the cats" That was
henceforth her position at the the
atre-handsomely paid, no doubt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
TAILoRs FEEL sLlaHTED.
War Department consured for I'm
porting an ARTIST

Poit'1g an 'RrttSt,''4g
Although tho War Department has
approved certain suggestions for
changes in the uniforms OF enlisted
men of tho United States army made
Thy G. q. Winter, II military tailor
summoned from London by Quarter.
master General Humphrey, UNOFFICIAL
approval h not particularly manifest
In other quarters, says the New York
Herald.
Despite tho fact that all uniforms
are made by contractors. much In.
diEnatpn at the action OF tho War
Department exists In the Merchant
Tailors' National Protective Associa.
ton of America.
In the offices of the organization.
In No. al Fifth avenue. IL was said
yesterday that II resolution would be
introduced In the annual convention
In Washington next February. calling
Tor ccnsure OF tho War Department.
Bills are being prepared for lntroduc.
$3.50 '''o op'H vi SOHEIpSS
demanding an investigation OF tho
entire affair. and letter OF protest
has been sent To President Ruoso.
welt.
Opponents OF the Idea OF Imported
advice In the government OF the Unit.
Ell States. as they style themselves,
assert that Mr. Winter was brought
to this country to make American
privates look like officers and Amer
lean officers look like generals. They
cite tendency to purchase supplies
for the Panama Canal abroad, n ten.
hency which was rebuked by Con.
srcss aud ask. Shall we go to Eng.
land TO get advice for our Secretary
of State?"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
THE PRlBILoF ISLANDS.
Where No White aInn May Land I'm
less He Has Permit,

where No White Mnn May Land I'm
less He Has n Permit.
unalnskn resembles other northern
stations, having warehouses, docks, tho
inevitable Greek church and score @.
wooden cabins. Whnlers leave here
for the arctic regions.
Dutch Harbor is station for orr
revenue fleet There Is much coming
and going of ships of all nations. There
Is quite formidable fleet, aud only
two ships out OF twelve carry colors
OF the same country
Just before entering the harbor one
notices detached rock high against
the side Of the cliff. 1t bears strIk
Ing resemblance to Russian priest In
full robes. Touched by the sunset
light, he seems to stand blessing tho
harbor.
Sailing north out into Boring sen, one
looks back Mt the desolnte. silent. tree
less islands. which seem to wall the
edge Of the world. Hundreds of miles
west they run toward vladlvostol.
Two hundred and forty miles north
of Unnlaskn are the Prlbilof islands.
not large, but the greatest seal islands
In the world. There are many fui
senls around the shores of Boring sen
md the Aleutan islands, but the great
mass of them are bred on the Pribilof
group. No white man Is permitted to
lind on these breeding grounds with
out permit signed by the secretary
of the treasury Of the United States
Outdoor Life.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Pronunciation.

There is story that. Tennyson, hear.
Ing at dinner party somebody pro.
nouncing knowledge with long O,
jumped up from the table, rushed nj
his fellow guest and shook hands with
him. Among the faithless faithful, he.'
he exclaimed. and he proceeded to de.
nouncc In vehement terms the inquitous
INSTRUMENTATION Of the English Ian.
gunge. 1t is remembered TINT greater
English poet--Byron. to wit-did not
agree with him, as couplet in "Don
Juan" shows:
No, no; I'd send him out betimes to COL
lege.
knowledge.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Lightning Flashes.

A four inch black disk. marked with
white cross and rotating fifty to sixty
times a second, has been used by n
German at night for studying lightning
flashes. Some flashes caused the cross
to appear once, others brought it out
several times, and repeated observa.
lions confirmed the view that the dis.
charge ia very variable. The duration
of some seemed to be about the one.
thousandth part Of n second. Others
were shorter, and some were evidently
not more than a thirty-five thousandth
part of second.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
He Had His yyi.h

Carl Schurz had no consideration for
hypocrltes or pretendcrs. Upon liter
airy pretenders he was particularly So;
we're. At dinner in New York one
night a man of wealth who had writ
ten volume of poems snecred Mt poll.
tics
"Iwouldn't give q picayune." he said,
for senatorship or cabinet office
To be even president wouldn't tempt
me. I, for my part. would rather be
known any day ms third rate poet
than first rate statesman"
"Well, aren't you?" said Mr.. Schurz.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Luckisst Man In Arkansas.

I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas"
writes II. l.. Stanley. o. Bruno. "since
the restoration of my wife's health
after five years Of continuous cough
ing and bleeding from the lungs; and
owe my good fortune to the worlds
greatest medicine, DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. which i
know from experience will euro con-
sumption II taken in time. My wife
improved with first bottle and twelve
bottles completed the cure" Cures
the worst coughs and colds or money
refunded. At w. Blair Langhorne's.
druggist. soc and s1.00. Trial bot
tie free.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Minerals In wnter

Lead or zinc ore can be so finely pull
verified that tablespoonful may be
mixed In bucket of clear water with.
out being visible to the naked eye.
When thus powdered the particles are
so minute that it often takes half an
hour for them TO settle to the bottom
OF n vessel full OF water. This fnct
makes 1t evident that stream may
carry large quantities OF minerals rich
In metals
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
RABBI ROBBED ON A CAR.
Loses His Watch and $40 and Young
Man is Arrested

NEW YORK, Aug, 6.-Moses Sill
ger, who says he is a rabbi, living at
No. SO IL Ludloy street, was robbed
of watch and SO on a Reid avenue
car at the Manhattan end Of the viii.
liamsburg Bridge yesterday morning
Max Mangel, twenty-eight years
old, who gives his address as No. IL
Cannon street, was arrested, charged
with the theft. In his pockets was
found $22 in bills. He denied the
robbery, but Magistrate Moss. in the
Essex Market Court. held him in
$1,000 bail for trial.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

The Coming and the Going Of the
People You Know.
Barney Oldheld, the noted chaui
feur. and wife, are Stopping at the
Chamberlln hotel They arrived yes
terday.
Mr. Harry Bevan, of Philadelphia
is visiting MIR. Frank c. Larrabee. I'm
Willard avenue, Phoebus.
Miss Edith Thompson has return
ed from Il visit of few weeks to
her sister. Mrs. John A. Balderson
In Evanston. Ill.
Miss Ray, Johnson has left for a
visit of two weeks with friends In
Richmond.
DIR. Edward Chiles Blackmore start
ed yesterday for the mountains of
Virginia, where he will spend few
days.
Mrs. Dora Mailman, OF Richmond.
Is the guest of her mother. Mrs. F.
kantrowitz, in King street.
Miss Laura Cuni.;ng;lau entertain
ed gathering of her friends In her
home in King street last night with
watermelon feast
Mr.. Vaughan Landlord was the
host of pleasant launch party last
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Massey have
gone OH visit of few days in
Washington
Miss Marie Massey has gone to
Westmoreland county. where she will
spend a few weeks with her grand
mother.
Miss Julia Byrn, of Baltimore. is
the guest of her cousin. Miss Esther
Lee, in Newport News avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lordley. of
Camden, N. j., are the guests IF
Mi. and Mrs. j. w. Keeter, In Vie
toria avenue.
Mrs. John w. Klenk, of Washing.
ton. Is visiting Mrs. Il. C. Kaiser, in
Melien street Phocbus.
Messrs. e. C. Kaiser. Frederick
Ashvell and Masters Charles and Ed.
ward Kaiser. of Phoebus. have gone
to Charles City county for visit Of
q few weeks.
Captain and Mrs. George r. Wood,
In Washington street. have as their
guest Miss Lottie Heinllne, of Rich.
mond.
Miss lima Won Schilling has return.
ed from Charlottesville. where she
attended the School of Methods.
Miss Gertrude Hull. of Washington
Is visiting Mrs. Carroll GARRETT. in
Newport News avenue.
Miss Mamie willie, OF st. Mi.
chaels. Nd. is visiting her sister
Mrs. Oscar Williams. in Holt street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
Neatly Turned.

"Now. Pat" said n magistrate to an
old offender, what brought .you here
ngain?" Two policemen, sor" was
the lnconlc reply. Drunk, sup.
poser queried the magistrate eyes.
sor," said Fat: "both av Thin"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07
A Sweet Dream Ended.

Etbel-Bobby Jones died very sud
denly. hear. l suppose his widow Is
inconsolable? Edith-Yes. poor denr.
She was looking forward so happily
to divorce proceedings and alimony-
New York Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07

Mr.. Harry Bevan, of Philadelphia
Is visiting MIR. Frank c. Larrabee. in
Willard avenue, Phoebus.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07

The Coming and the Going Of the
People You Know.
Barney Oldheld, the noted chaui
feur. and wife, are Stopping at the
Chamberlln hotel. They arrived yes
terday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07

Miss Edith Thompson has return
ed from Il visit of few weeks to
her sister. Mrs. John A. Balderson
in Evanston, Ill.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07

Old papers for sale at the Daily
Press office at 10 csnts per hundred
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-08-07

Miss Ray, Johnson has left for
visit of two weeks with friends |,
Richmond.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-31
THE COUNTY ACT.

1t seems that when the law was pass
ed to finance the counties. the Legisla-
ture considered that all criminal busi-
ness, the prosecution of criminals and
the conduct of criminal cases, should
become the duty of the County At
tcrueys, and so cut out from the al
lowance of the Attorney Generals Of
nee the appropriation of seven thous-
and dollars out of which witnesses and
their expenses in criminal trial had
heretofore been paid. This left the
Attorney General but a small allow
ance for witness fees in civil cases,
and $500 for incidentals. The County
Act provides that the County Attor-
ney shall be a deputy of the Attorney
General, but it also provides as fol-
lows under Chapter 21:
Section 80: The County Attorney
is the public prosecutor for the Coun-
ty in which he shall have been elected
and he, or his deputy, shall:
Il. Attend the Circuit Court in and
for said county and conduct on be-
half of the people all prosecutions
therein for offenses against the laws
of the Territory of Hawaii and the
ordinances of the Board of Super
visors of the County"
That is the provision of the Act
Everybody at all familiar with local
conditions knows that the county at
torneys have done nothing of the kind,
and that the Attorney General has
been compelled. in the interest of law
and order, to keep the matter of GRIM
ins prosecution in the Circuit Courts
in s4is own hands.
If this had not been done there
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-31
GOES INSANE TRYING TO
LEARN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
japanese Passenger on the America Maru Ate
and Drank Nothing for Eight
Successive Gays.

There is a demented Japanese aboard
the liner America Maru whose case
has attracted considerable attention
among the officers. For eight days, up
to IL o'clock yesterday forenoon, he
refused to eat or drink anything. He
wasted away and is now but the
wreck of a man. To make his case
harder he speaks a strange dialect
which none of the Japanese aboard
seem to understand. Once in while
there are words similar to theirs, but
generally it is a meaningless jargon.
On the other hand, he speaks little
English. and this little knowledge is
believed to be the cause of his brain
disturbance.
In other words, he has become in
sane trying to learn the English Ian
guage. In his baggage is a japanese
English dictionary and other books
telling how to acquire English. Dr
Y. P. Crooks. surgeon of the America
Maru, attributes the mans misfortune
to his endeavor to learn English
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-31
LABORITES IN PARLIAMENT
SCORE FIRST VICTORY
LONDON, March 3I-The government has decided sup
the bill of the Labortes holding the funds of


This probably means that the re-
serve funds of the English trade unions
shall not be taxed or shall be exempt
from attachment. The cablegram is
really important as Signalling the
first victory gained by the Labor party
in the new English Parliament. John
Burns, the Laborites leader, has justi-
fed the faith of his followers, and it is
clear that the Campbell -Bannerman
Cabinet does not propose TO take any
chances upon alternating that large Sec
tion of it's friends in the Commons
represented by the labor men. Just
how far the Liberal party will follow
the Premier in a policy of Cancellation
to labor is, however. a debatable ques-
ton. And just how much the Labor
ties will ask from the government, hav-
ing been granted one demand, is an
other problem. Nobody can say where
they will stop--and there is probably
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-31

perate attempt to talk English" said
the surgeon, "and does speak some
words fairly well. I think his ailment
is due to overstudy.
Sometimes people who are inclined
to be mentally unbalanced do not show
signs of it until they are at sea. The
sea, if nothing else does. has strange
effect on people when they are inclined
to be insane. The sea brings their
mental vagaries out, and yet when
they are on terra firma again, many
get all right again.
This man seems to have been
studying up on American politics, for
he says President Roosevelt is his
friend. and assures us the President
will meet him at the wharf in San
francisco"
AYesterday afternoon the surgeon fnz
dneed the man to take a little milk
and at l p. m. one of the Japanese
officers gave him more, but it was Very
little The mans case has been laid
before the japanese Consul. and ne
may be returned to Japan by the next
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-31
HONOLULU AS SEEN
By AN OREGONIAN

On entering the business part of Ho-
over one upon seeing the narrow
streets joining each otner at all angles
and narrower stone sidewalks, without
any regard to size of blocks-one street
likely 1000-that this is a foreign city.
Again when the residence part is seen
1.-THE feeling is intensified. Large
agrounds, a rule; houses built well
i back from the streets and low; sur
rounded by luxuriant growth of all
kinds of tropical foliage, of which a
goodly proportion is banana, cocoanut
and papaia pronounced papya) a
most delicious fruit resembling in ap-
pearanee an oblong muskmelon, and
finally while waiting at a street-car
junction for a car and seeing the
major part of the crowd are native
Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese, Portu-
guese and all shades of mixtures of
these with more or less white blood
the feeling Is irresistible this is a for
eign city.
Without warning from a cottage
we'll back from the street across the
way came the strains of the tune of
all tunes, to an American especially,
when away from home, 1.-The Star
Spang1ed Banner" A Chinese woman
richly dressed stood near. The feeling
that this is not America was instantly
dispelIed by this woman taking up the
air and singing in the most perfect
English the words of our National
hymn; low to be sure, but sweet and
clear L could not but think. What
viii be the end? for surely this is
congloneration to be absorbed into
our body polite.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE
CONTROL
The city of Honolulu, although con-
trolled by Americans. is decidedly for
eign. 1t has 10000 inha bitants Only
one man in ten in the islands is of
white blood. There are about %, 900
Chinese and $4,000 japanese In Ho-
nolulu there are IS saloons About
are run by Japanese and Chi
nese. This seems to be fair sample
IF the general condition here. Thesel