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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
OUR BIRDS.

The Every Monday Club" which
according to the Times Dispatch, is
composed of some of the best WON
ell in Richmond" has pctitioncd thu
General Assembly 10 pass a law IL
protect the birds. There is now Il
law in effect which makes the robin
the victim Of a six weeks open sea
SON The robin is essentially Il mi
sratory bird, but those who have OBJ
served its habits claim that many OF
them would stop in Virginia and
but for the deadly shot gun of the pcs
iilcrous pOthuntcr.
While the robin is scarcely II com
pctitOr OF the mocking-bird when i:
comes 10 minstrc!sy, il is an active
insect hunter. and wculd be a valua
bic acquisition in the fields and or
chards Of the Old Dominion IL i,
could be induced to stay.
Not only should the robins be pro
tcctcd, but all ether members OF the
feathered tribe, save those which ar.
essentially game birds, should have
thrown around them the PROTECTING
mantle Of rigid law.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
Chicago Starts a Campaign for
Higher Licenses.
DIS0ROERly PLACES MUST GO
Ministers Have Succeeded in Lining
Up Half Of the Board of Aldermen
in Favor OF Strictcr Law and Arc
Confident OF Succeeding.
OBy Associated Prcss.)

CHICAGO. Ills, Feb. with
more civic organizations preparing to
line up in favor of $1,000 saloon
license in the interest of better police
protection. and with the pulpits
sounding the alarm. four mere alder
men came out yesterday in suppor.
OF the plan.
With eighteen aldermen still unde.
cidcd. this brings the council Eracti-
caliy TO a tic on the question. All
the Influence of the local churches
was put forth in the sermons ycster-
day in an effort to rouse citizens to Il
realization if the criminal menace
which OvershadOws Chicago
The need or wiping out the disor-
DERBY saloon and of raising the stand
ard OF responsibility among all sa.
loon-kccpcrs was dwClt upon
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

minds Of children the information to
he conveyed.
Were but onc-fOurth as much mon
cy paid out. Onc.fuurth as much time
and cXertion expended in the proper
cultivation of virtue and morality
among children. as is expended upon
their scholastic Improvement. what Il
glorious generation would be the
next. We would not have TO look
to the Mann bill for protection from
the scenes of drunkenness and from
the spcakeasies which make such u
distinction in the citizens of the
State. for where there is no police
protection no saloons are allowed. OF
course. that condition is palladium
for the city saloon-kcepcrs. who arc
rcaping fortunes from the trade of
their restricted countrymcn in the r,-
raj districts who are too decent u
get their liquor via the speakeasy
route. A. b. C..
Bloodtield. Va. Feb. D.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

and quite likely mingling with the
pure and refined society of the commu-
nifty? Why the difference in tho
treatment of the two?
Perhaps the woman, driven from
home by father cmbittered by the
feeling that she had dlsgraccd his
name, she could find no home save
among the outcast and abandoned OF
earth. From bad 10 worse the de-
scent is rapid and it is not long be-
fore the end is reached.
This peculiarly revolving case nat
urally SUCCESS that there should be
in the State OF Virginia a reformatory
or some other place of refuge for un-
fortunatcs Of that class.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

zone celebrated Portia' says The an
Thor OF "Shakespearc's Hcroincs OH tue
Stage came OF Il noted family. be.
Ing none other than Mrs. Eliza Wilt
lock. the sister of Mrs. SiddOns and of
The Kemncs. In Eng.Gm. at The age
" twenty-five. she bad made her Lon
don debut as the heroine Of 'Shylock'
81 the 22d of February. 1883. and.
though somewhat masculine in face
md figure, yet displayed so animated
|, countenance and so graceful bear.
ing as to win moderate degree of ia
ror. \ few years after coming 10 this
land She enjoyed The distinction OF
playing the first star engagement on
the American stage. being engaged for
$500 and benefit, 10 play al the Bos
ton theater in October. 1876. There
she repeated her POrtia. contcnding
with the remembrance of Mrs. Powelrs
representation of previous season.
She also had the honor OF playing be-
fore George Washington in Phiadel-
phia."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
WHO rs THE REAL CRIMINAL?

a young white woman was yestcr.
day sentenced 10 a three months
term in the city Jail for living with
a negro man. as his wife. Without
doubt the sentence was deserved, for
the young woman had fallen to the
lowest depths Of disgrace She is
the mother OF two white children, one
eight years old. Consequently. she
anust have been ruined when she was
not more than fifteen or Sixteen
years old. What Of the man who ac.
complished her downfall and who to
day purstes the even tenor of ibis
way. perhaps with uptarniehed name.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

Daily Press Want ADJ" bring The
desired results,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
Entered at the Newport News. Va.
Postof1ce az second-class matter.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY &, 1906.
ENDORSED THE CONSTITUTION

The average United States Senator
takes himself and his colleagues as
seriously as do the members Of the
Podunkvillc town council. Their lack
of the Saving grace" of humor is ap-
palling. Therefore, it is with NJ
sense of surprise that We note the
highly amusing performance Of Sena-
tor Patterson. of Colorado. on yes.
terlay. Neither Is it surprising tina.
his action caused a scnsatCn; for It
has become so common for Senators
90 forget the purpose fer which they
are sent to the capitol at Washing.
Ton, that Il proposition To endorse,
even by resolution, the Constitution
of The United States. might well ere.
ate wondcrmoptp not 10 say conStcrna
'hiqn, !: = q" :. -
The 9GeasNt for aIl this hullabaIoo
lSg the .milliopairc's club was Inc &c,
.ttaeh Of Tho Democratic CAUCUS : III
seeking 10 make the Dominican treaty
a party measures and to line up all
Democrats in opposition to the prop
osltion
Theoretically all questions coming
up In bo.h the Senate and in the
House Of Representatives should be
settled on their merits and without
reference TO their political bearing.
We know. hcwcvcr, that with few
exceptions, both houses are composed
OF hidc-bOunl politicians who MACE
party politics above the interests of
Tho people; and we further know that
linc-tentbs of the party men through
out the country uphold them in that
nnpatriotic proceeding.
No clique Of Senators can bind any
individual member of the Senate or
il the constitutional prcrOgatiyes OF
Mr.. Patterson or any other member
Of the august body of which he Is
Il member are threatened it is be-
cause there is lacking that manhood
aud independence Of spirit which
dares to defy the party whip.
The passage of the Patterson rcsc-
luton would have no bearing upon
the question. Those Democrats who
are voluntarily bound by the caucus
pact Still will listen TO the voice of
the majority. while those who believe.
the Dominican treaty should be rat.
ihed still POSSESS the privilege OF
endorsing the convention and of vot.
ing for its ratification The
Senate, for all practical pur.
poses, might as well pass IL resolu.
ton calling upon the sun TO shine
on the south side of the Capitol build
ing on the next fair day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial Rooms. Bell Phone No. IA.
Business ONCE. {. Bell Phone No. 1871
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06
POWDER kEG USED FOR CHAIR
BLOWN UP WITH ITS OCCUPANT
AS Result OF the Explosion 4 Vir.
ginia Engineer is Stripped Of
His Clothes.

". u = Z" NV -. .
Especial tn Daily PressD
: DnSCQND.'HsV,A.. Feb fl. g.
Shelton, ,.au. cngiGcf WITS the. yis1im
ct. 't6nf explosion Saturday which,
through his own carelCssncss, mighj
have killed him.
MIR. Shelton placed a supposed emp
ty powder key by the fire and tool
scat on ii TO warm The cXplu.
sion which followed blew his clothes
from his body and burned him badly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

If Newport News ever wants to
palm something off on Norfolk all
that Will be necessary is to make Il
good bluff that this city wants it.
and the cntcrpriSing municipality
across the Roads may be depended
upon 10 move heaven and earth in an
cndeavor to land that particular
thing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

With Chicago falling into line with
saloon restrictions we arc inclined
to believe that Rev Sam p. Jones
touched vital spot in the Windy
City's municipal pride when he de.
ciarei that hell was only half a mile
away from that entcrprising place.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

DR.. Cohen has at least one re.
deeming feature. He knows enough
to Keep quiet when he finds that he
docSnt know what he is talking
about
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-06

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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
FREE FARM SCHOLARSHIP
Offer to Some Bright Boy Who
Wants to Improve HIS Knowledge
of hpric ullure.

A free scholarship in scientific and
practical agriculture is open to some
young man who can demonstrate his
fitness for the privilege. l.. j. Hol-
lister, the Dean of the Winona Agri-
cultural Institute, ut Winona Lake,
Indiana, announces that he will give
this free scholarship, providing for
tuition and living expenses for the
two school years. Thus it will be
seen that the young man who wins
this scholarship will get through with
comparatively little expense to him-
self. The course given in the 1nsti-
tute embraces agriculture and horti-
culture. The student will not be al
lowed to take up any special line,
either in the practice or the acquiring
of these kindred sciences. However,
special privileges may be granted
where the student shows n decided
taste for specializing. Competition is
open to young men over sixteen years
of age from any State in the Union,
of good character, endorsed by two
we'll known citizens. Those who wish
to compete should write TO the Dean
not later than August LIST, giving a
brief history of their life and five
reasons why they desire to take up
agricultural science. mhe work is
simplitied so very much ut the 1nsti-
tute that candidates having IL Com
non School education should be able
to succeed, and after graduating have
an opportunity to take up practical
work at other points where the Dean
Is now directing the development of
small farms or reclamation projects
and where he is very much in need
of the assistance of trained young
men. BY reason of this necessity, he
offers this scholarship.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
Celery for the Home Garden.

The waning of summer acts us Il
gentle reminder TO the home gardener,
that in order to have Il crop of celery for
winter use, ii is desirable to get the
plants into the ground before August
has too far advanced. IL the celery
seed has been soWn in April or May,
the young plants should, by August
first, be in proper shape fer trans
planting. If this has not been done.
stocky plants may be obtained ut the
seed store.
Celery culture, to be successful
must rely upon deep soil, the deeper
the better, for thereby the roots are
not dried out rs is the cast where
the tiny rootlets come close to the
surface in Il mad search for moisture.
Celery plants require that the roots
be cool, with plenty of water-but not
stagnant water. 1t is considered al
visable, therefore, before planting, to
prepare the ground thoroughly and
deeply.
Having the ground in good. work
able condition, the next step is plant
ing out. The easiest way TO do this
is to make Il si5-inch deep furrow.
filled in with three inches of fine
well-rotted manure of rich compost
The furrow is then filled in nearly
level with the surface with good soil
mixed with manure. Dwarf, self
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

were no other considerations or re
turns. The writer, as has everyone
else on a farm, has seen co. kerels fly
at one another time and time again,
tearing flesh and feathers with beak
and cutting with spurs. Before the
combatants could be separated there
has been Il distigured comb perhaps n
blinded eye and Il generally cut up
bird. This is the essence of cruelty.
After c~aponiZing. the habits of the
bird are entirely changed. Their dis
position is quiet and peaceable, habits
mild and tending to a solitary life
and perfectly contented wherever
situated. They no longer chase about
the farm spelling for u fight and rum
ming off flesh rs fast as put on. They
no longer rouse the whole ~neighbor
hood from morning until night by
their incessant growing, but, on the
contrary become models of good dis
positions, leading a quiet life that will
surely bring large returns to the
raiser. An operation that does away
with so much Unborn evil can not be
considered cruel.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
Called ShOnLS' Bluff

Railroad men are telling of a recent
experience of Mr.. Shonts, the head of
the Panama Canal Commission. Shonts,
as president of the Clover Leaf Sys-
TEN. was travelling on a pass. He was
approached by a conductor, who ap-
peared to be about as husky a speci-
men of manhood as Shonts is, .and who
told him he would have to pay extra
fare or cease occupying the drawing
room of the parlor car. Shonts pro-
duced his pass. but the conductor said
the agreement between the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and the Pennsyl-
vania System was that ~passholders
could not occupy drawing-rooms I'M
less they paid extra fare. Shonts re-
marked that he would not pay extra
fare. The conductor declared Shonts
would pay or be put out. Shonts man
aged to conceal his feelings well
enough to inquire with a show of
calmness who would conduct the eject
ment. The conductor calmly answered
that he would undertake the job.
Shonts said he did not believe he could
do II. The conductor then told Shonts
to produce the money in ten minutes
OF be elected. The conductor went
away and returned on schedule time.
Shonts paid.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

b|lanching celery may be selected for
the home garden, and this should be
planted in rows two and n half feet
apart, and not closer than six inches
in the row. The tall sorts take up Il
good deal of room in the garden.
The best day for planting celery Is
a dull one, when the SUI will not
have a chance to burn the roots of
the young plants. 1t might be we'll to
soak these before removing from the
seedbed or box. SO that the roots will
more quickly mingle with the soil in
the new home. Another good plan is
to trim off the tops-say one-third-
and dip the roots in water. As Il re-
suit of this the plants will send out
strong healthy roots. before throwing
energy into the tops.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

planted in the greenhouse. One of
these was treated with the imported
German fertilizer. another was left
without any fertilizer at all, and the
tnird was fortified with finely ground
common granite. The granite was
high in potash, but it had not been
treated in any way, and if the expert
ment succeeded it simply meant that
there was a big new field of home
grown fertilizer open to the farmer.
When the crops of tobacco were
cut, the imported fertilizer had pro-
duced "A crop of green lea that weighed
1876 pounds. The powdered granite
produced a crop of 154 pounds and
the unfertilized crop was spotted and
ran only about 40 pounds.
This crop vas examined by the ex-
perts, and SO far as could be told, the
leaf was not only Just as heavy, but
of just as good texture in the granite
fortified patch as in the patch on
which the German fertilizer had been
used. The crop is being dried now.
and it will take a long time before
it is all fermented and properly cured
so that it can be made up for smok-
ing and tested in that way.
But that was Il greenhouse expert
ment, and greenhouse work to field
work is about like laboratory expert
ments to commercial work. What
succeeds under glass may or may not
go out of doors. But the department
was so well pleased with the results,
that it has tried the new fertilizer on
crops of tobacco up in Connecticut, In
Virginia, Kentucky and Florida.
These crops are now under way, and
there is Il great deal of interest felt
in the success of the work out OF
doors. The principal question seems
TO he whether there will be enough
water in the natural rainfall to make
the potash in the ground rock wall
able for the plants. During Il ything
like "A d~ecently wet eason there is lit
tie question that there would be
water in plenty. But it is possible
that for a very dry crop there will
have to be as much as a tenth of i'm
ported fertilizer added to the native
rock.
A VAST SAVING.
The ground rock, on the other hand,
can he produced for about So a ton,
and there is SO much of it in the
country that runs high in potash and
is available for use that the supply
could never be cornered. 1t is true
that the native fertilizer takes about
two tons to give the same results as
one ton of the soluble imported salts.
But this amounts to So for fertilizer
against 500 or 500. So the result is
not bad.
Several mills are already being
erected. one in Maryland and one In
New England, for grinding rock for
just this purpose, and there are n
number of other concerns that have
talked of going into the business be
fore even the field experiments of the
department are finished.
The outlook is for a very important
change in the fertilizing business In
this country. Just where the credit
for the work ultimately will land is a
question. 1t probably will not be
with DR.. Cusman or the road office,
"A 49)
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11

This merely surrounds the waist
without being drawn in snugly and is
knotted ut one side with short ends
While long loops and ends finish the
other side. The ribbon used for this
is not wide, number 10 being the
usual choice. The only silks used
for children are tusSah and occasion
ally foulard, the latter plain and in
ecru tint.
TRIM COATS FOR SMALL FOLKS.
Coats for small folks are CON
constructed a bit differently from
those worn by older girls. These are
cut with loose front as well as back,
but at the same time it is narrow.
In proportion the basque is longer,
often reaching one-third down the
skirt and retaining its narrow shape
less cut. The sleeves are of simple
coat style being of full length while
dress sleeves usually end at the ell
bow.
A separate wrap which is much In
vogue among young girls is the loose
Medium length coat of shepherds
plaid. This is Of some soft wool a
favorite being white lined with black
or grey. The only adornment con
siStS OF the fabric or pearl buttons
down the front. The coat is worn with
every sort of dress from the knocka-
bout frock TO the dressy afternoon or
Sunday outfit. Some of the same style
coats Il bit different in shaping are be
ing worn by young and older women
They do not appear so well upon any
one as upon the girl for whom they
were originally intended. Taffeta
coats of similar style are also worn
but are not s popular nor suitable
fer youthful wearers.
LINGERIE HATS FASHIONABLE.
Hats for the young folks are mostly
broad and of the capeline order. The
straws are supple so that they may
be readily pinched up into any sort
of shape. The fabric hat-that Is
to say of batiste or linen, is of broad
shape and very becoming. These are
more popular than last year if pos
sible and may be worn upon almost
any occasions according to the hat.
These are sitter than the straw hats
because they are made over wire
frames.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
FROCKS FOR THE YOUNG GIRL.
Mhat the Little Folks e wearing
this Summer.
BROWNING.

Batiste of all descriptions is the
material most in vogue for young
girls dresses and children's frocks,
of 'dressy order. Taffetas are also used
usually of u fancy type showing small
checks or equally small broche eff
fects on IL plain or changeable
ground, and in medium tints. For
ordinary wear there are pique, linen
and neutral fabrics fashioned into
frocks of simplicity and trim style.
The dressy gowns for young girls are
simple too, but not without some de-
gree of elegance. Many of the skirts
have one or two founceS about the
lower edge and these are often set
on with deep bands of embroidery or
lace. Tucks and rufiles are much
used while the knife plaitings of
batiste are Il much favored garniture
for frocks of dressy order.
A great simplicity pervades the
linen, pique and light wooden suits
for girls. These usually have Il plain
skirt trimmed only with bias folds of
the material. The jacket Is a short.
narrow semi-titted one with basques
never exceeding four inches in length.
Girls from twelve to sixteen do not
wear the corSelet skirt nor are they
suitable for any but fully developed
figures. The Partisan girl attains the
age of sixteen before she is considered
sufficiently developed to ear such u
style. q
FOR THE TOTS.
For younger children from five to
twelve, the same materials are used
with the exception of taffetas. For
these, the skirt is usually completed
by a blouse while tucks and very
narrow frilling are the ~favorite trim
ming. The best frock may be of eye
let embroidery having Il ribbon sash.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
The Dentists Bill.

When Congressman John Sharp Will
liams visits New York he never fails
to look in al a small kindling-wood
shop presided over by an Old negro who
was formerly a retainer in the Will
liams family. On his latest call he
found the old mar unhappy.
What's the matter, Lafe?" asked
the Democratic leader.
Use just been done out O. some
money, Marse John, and that's mattah
'nough," replied the negro. Had Il
terrible misery in nah toof and went
to a dentist and got hit pulled. and he
changed me a dollah, a whole dollah.
Why, once down in Tenn'see 1 went
to ole Doc Tinker, and he pulled two
tools and broke my jawbone, and only
changed me fifty cents. Use been bun
coed"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-11
FERTILIZER AND CApONS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

as it is not in their line of work. And
the department will get nothing out
of it from the farmers but thanks, for
that is what the department is there
for.
1t is a discovery, which, if it 'pans
out" is of immense Importance to
agriculture. There r many crops,
such as tobacco and tomatoes, which
require excessive proportions of pot
ash, while all complete fertilizers on
tain liberal percentages. Potash is
one of the trinity which makes plant
growth possible-potash, nitrogen and
phosphorus.