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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
BREAKING A LOG JAM
TIE PERlLS AND HAROSHIPS OF THE
HEROES OF THE "DRlvE.r

Work Without Glory md Yet ns
dangerous nv Fighting Fire - The
Expert white Water Men" nph
Their Skill and DARING.
Among tile occupations which are
orlmfui Of danger and in which mon
cake their lives in their hands is log
ur'vlhS 1t is Il work without glory,
Yet it Is as dangerous as that OF the
fireman and, one is tempted 10 say, as
that of the scaconSt life savers. Ger
tainly in the AdirondackS. Maine. Mich
ISnn, Canada and wherever il is car
RED on each year Il large number of
lives are lost. considering the few men
employed 1t Is an employment in
which the mans safety depends on his
skill, cOolncsS and Quickncss in pcr-
cctNing what 10 do ut the right time.
The chief danger is the breaking of
log Jams in mdslrcam of Il rocky rapid
The logs always pile mp against the
rocks that are not covered hy The Hood
nnd form II long pile two or three rods
wide. anywhere from ore Ia thirty ~. is
long aud perhaps SIX or ri.iii lu.; deep.
Thus 81 jam rIHy contain J.t.lu or 10000
logs. 10 hrcal> Il iIin OF his kind the
boss sends -: lu!.r.; OF! three az four
at the hCsi mru IN the To-. driving crew.
These experts are men known ~;
white watCT mHn" n"rarsc of their
ability 10 ride standing up on log
through water that Is Sp:&hn. and
i"aming over lac rocks. They land ut
the upstream cni of the Jam. where
ono Of the Ecn remains with the boat
While tn" others go to The lower cnd
OF the jam 10 pick away with their
pcarryS. or levers. the logs close TO the
rock against which the Jam rests They
Fcck for the key log" which when
pried ont starts tie jam moving SO Tint
II either hangs up" again or breaks 10
pieces.
When tho men see that il Is breaking
Ihry run Over the hcayn. houndin.
thhE.c Of logs To the boat at The mead
"f the jam y slip or Il miSSirp means
81 ran between the grinding ami toss
jnS logs. the LOGS may become Su sep.
aratci thai i; is inpn..':.,ir. TO reach
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
sibIe,

That was both n kind and wise man
who. when about to marry for the sec.
married daughter. Il should like to
have her 80 on living at home" he said
but who can tell whether she and her
stepmother will be harmonious and
quite happy together? She shall fee
that she is free TO so or stay" The
consequence WAS mutually happy rcla
lions. since both women knew there
was no dependence or necessity for
them to live In closer relations than
might prove agreeable.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
OLD DOMINION LINE
DAILY SERVICE

DAILY SERVICE Tn
FOR NEW YORK-From \ ds
Company's Wharf, Nor. aGeaisaSSS=
folk. every week day. atI
700 p. IN. II
FARE-First,class, one way, $500,
meals and stateroom, berth included.
Round trip, limit thirty days. $14.00.
Steerage, without subsistence. IS.
Tickets on sale at G. & o. Railway
Ticket Office.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN
NEWPORT NEWS AND RICHMOND.
Steamers Brandon and Berkeley leave
Pier "a" $3.50 every evening, passen.
gers only.
Steamer Hampton will leave Pier
"a" daily, except Sunday, at a. m.
going to Norfolk. and at p. m. going
TO Smithncd. Steamer Accomac will
leave Pier "a" daily, except Sunday,
at n. m, going to Smithfleld, and
about 2:3O p. m, going to Norfolk.
All business between New York and
Newport News transacted at Pier 6.
All business between Newport News,
Norfolk. Smithfleld and local points
transacted at Pier "a" foot OF Twenty
lfth street.
NJ. r. CROMWELL, Gen. Agt.
II. e. Walker, Vice-Pres. & Traf. Mgr.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
Chesapeake s.
Ohio Railway
HOURS THE QUICKEST LINE

See e. w. Robinson. Agent c. e o. Ry.
Before Arranging for your trip.
Through Trains Vcstibuled. Electric
Lighted. Steam Heated Dining
Cars a La Carte through tho
Grandest scenery East of
the Rocky Mountains.
For Richmond, Cincinnati, Indiana.
polls. st. Louis, Chicago. Louis
vile. Nashville, Memphis.
West and Southwest:
1910 a. M, and 5:25 =. NJ. daily.
Local for Richmond and James River
Points:
7:d0 A. NJ. week days.
Local for Slchmond:
SEQ z. ~. wsah days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
The Dominant Air.

As through an opera runs the rhythm
OF one dominant air. gu through mems;
lives there rings dominant note. soft
in youth. strong in manhood and soft
again in Oil age. But il is always there,
and, whether soft in the gcntler periods
or strong amid the noise of the perl
hclion. 1t dominates always and gives
its tone TO the whole life.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
Clyde Steamship Go.

Steamers to philadelphia
MONDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY.,
Sailing from Philadelphia,
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY..
Freight received and delivered daily
at G.. &c O. Pier No 6. Office. River
Road. JAS. w. McCARRICK.
Gen. Southern Agt.
w. T. CLYDE & CO.. Gen. Agts.
Il Sorih delaware Avenue. FhilaAe1
Dhia. Pa
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
His HnppIent Hour.

Hello you remember the night !
asked you to marry me? She Yes.
dear. He-.For whole hour we sat
there and not n word did you speak
All, that was the happiest hour Of my
life Translated For Tales From Echo
de Paris.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28


steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol-
lows:
NORTHBOUND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot Of
North street ........... 500 q ~
Leave Norfolk, foot OF Wa
ter street ............. e:OopR
Leave Old Point Comfort. 7:00pn
Arrive in Washington. -. 700 a m
Arrive in Philadelphia.
Penn. II. II. ....... .ss10: so = m
Arrive in Philadelphia, B.
& o. II. r. .s"11: 10 O III
Arrive in New York, Penn.
X. r. ......... ......... wi: 10 m
Arrive in New York. b. &c
ORR. .............. $500 p m
Nv. New York, Penn. r. r. 1890 IN
Lv. New York, B. &c o. r. r. 1900 p IN
Nv. Philadelphia. PennR.R. 2:55pm
Nv. PhiIa. Il. e o. r. r.. 2:08 p III
Ar Washington. Penn. R.R. 6:10pm
Ar. Washington. B.& ORR. "'5: 90 p IN
Lv. Washington ....... 1890 p III
Ar. Old Point Comfort.... 1900 a IN
Ar. Norfolk ............. $500 n III
Ar. Portsmouth .......... "S:30am
Daily. ~ Daily except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the ele-
giant steamers of this company Is I'M
surpassed. The steamers are compara-
lively new. having been built in 1891.
and are fitted up in the most luxuriaut
manner, with electric lights, call bell
and steam heat in each room. The Ia
blcs are supplied with every delicacy
OF the season from the markets os
Washington and Norfolk. For tickets.
reservation OF staterooms and furthe-
information apply to IRWIN TUCKER,
Ticket Agent, 2711 Washington Ave,
Newport News, Va, or to ID. j. CAL
LAHAN. Agent, Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28

DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO
ALL POINTS SOUTH AND WEST.
THROUGH PULLMAN CAR TO
CHARLOTTE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28

A small "Ad" read by large num-
Der of people is better than large
one read by few Press want ads
are read by most all the people.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.
Norfolk and Newport
News Express.

PINE BEACH ROUTE. 3
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 10, 1905.
Connecting with the fast Iron steamer
ENDEAVOR.
Leave Norfolk for Newport News
$40, 1880, 900. 1890, 1900, 1889.
300, 4:30. 500, 1880. Saturday aud
Sunday only, 10000 p. mo-
Leave shipyard, Newport News for
Norfolk-7:15, S:45. 1918, IL: As, 1:16.
2:45, Ais, 5:45, 7:15, S:15. Saturday
and Sunday only. 10:45 D, m.)
Schedule cards of local cars at
ticket office, Atlantic street. Norfolk.
Saturday and Sunday only.
LATE BOATS, MONDAY FRIpkx
EXTRA.
GEO. W. HATCH, gupt.,
Norfolk, Va.
II. IT. CARR, Genl Mgr. Hampton. va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28

IN EFFECT JANUARY 25, 1906.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-28
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Company

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol-
lows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Russian Exiles.

No doubt the stream of immigration
from the land OF the car is all the big
ger these days because Of the "parlous
tines experienced in Muscovy the
past year or two. In the throng may
be seen now and then a figure unlike
our ideal of a barn burning peasant
running from the police or of NAL
treated Jew hunting for refuge. Men
who are Enthusiastically Russian, with
full beard and fair hair, who must have
been something" at home, remind US
that prominent revolutionists often
join immigrant caravans in lowly dis
guise to reach the soil of freedom.
During the French revolution there
were countless eXiles from France to
the United States, some of whom re-
NAMED to grow up citizens, and still
others who, like the great Talleyrand,
waited till the storm blew over, then
returned to attain honor in their own
country. Perhaps Gregory Maxine, the
exiled president of the short lived Bal
tic republic, may one day be the man
Of the hour in new Russia. Exiles for
liberty are not the novelty in these
days that they were under the admin
istrations of Washington, Adams and
Jefferson. Anything in the nature of
national receptions or political recog-
milton Of these worthless for the sake of
their cause is out of the question. They
may interest US and even broaden our
views of Russia, but still the sympa-
thies and the admiration of the Amer
lean people will remain strongest for
the Russian patriots who stay at home
and fight the battle to finish.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21

Londoners are alarmed over the vi
bration caused by heavy street traffic
above her subway system. Doubtless
the big cities must face a new danger
In their underground railways Every
one knows that squad of soldiers or
any body of marching men break step
In crossing a bridge, no matter what
Its size and strength may be, for none
could withstand the vibration of the
concerted action. Even the tread of a
dog may make bridge shake because
of the regularity Of the vibration Sci
ence assumes that the shock caused by
moving trains may be absorbed and
made harmless, but to what extent re-
mains to be seen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Japan's Starvation.

The Japanese masses live on so little
In the best Of times that a famine in
the islands means a state of suffering
unknown in this country. In ordinary
times millions Of the country people of
Japan live in the midst of snow and
ice with insufficient clothing for adults
and children. Their diet would be call
ed starvation fare in America or even
in Europe.
Since the famine came on in the Door
districts Of Japan the people involved
have had to come down to scant por-
tons of rice flour mixed with wild
plants and boiled with a few beans.
Even this is not always obtainable,
and in some cases parents have aban-
doned their children to go in search of
enough to keep themselves alive.
Wealthy Japanese contribute to the
famine funds, and the government is
giving employment to thousands who
are in distress. But the whole country
is impoverished by a war which drain
ed the land Of resources to dissipate
elsewhere.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
IMMORTALITY.

One Theory of the Condition That
Comes After Death.
Our life does not begin with birth,
nor does it conclude with death. It is
only section of the DEVELOPMENT Of
mankind before and after us. We ex-
listed before we were born, and we
reap what the factors Of our being
have sown. So our life leaves it's after
effects, and they will be what we have
made them.
The truth is that while there is no
Immortality in the sense in which most
religions hold it if we accept their doc
trines in their literal meaning, condi-
lions in life are such in many respects,
as If these doctrines were true. For,
while our bodily existence is wiped out
with all it's physiological functions, the
essential part of our own being (the
thoughts themselves remain, and thus
our immortality-not as a concrete in
d1vidual and bodily incarnation, but
our soul, our character, the impulses
which we have given in life to others,
our aspirations and most character
istic features-cannot be wiped out.
A man who keeps this thought in his
mind, either intuitively by realizing the
power and justice of the religious in
stinct or by having fathomed the prob
lem philosophically in it's very depths,
will not live for the present moment,
but in consideration of the after ef-
fects which his life leaves on the
world. And I would say that one of
the best tests for right action in a crit
ical situation is for a man to ask him
self, If had passed away from this
life what would wish that had done
In this emergency? I am confident
that the answer given to this question
would help us in the most difficult cir
cumstances to find the right solution.
DIR. Paul Carus, Author of "The Soul
Of Man, "Chinese Philosophy" etc.,
in Monist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Candy and the Flar

The following is accredited to the
late Senator Hoar: At Fourth of July
celebration in Canadian town where
both English and American guests
were assembled the flags Of the two
countries were used in decorations. A
frivolous young English girl, loyal to
the queen, but with no love for the
stars and stripes, exclaimed: "Oh,
what a silly looking thing the Ameri-
can flag is! It suggests nothing but
checkerberry candy" "Yes," replied
Senator Hoar, "the kind of candy that
has made everybody sick who ever
tried to lick it,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
ADVERTISING.
one of the Many Marvels o. This
Progressive Age,

one Of the Many Marvels o. This
Progressive Age.
Among tie many marvels Of this
marvellous age there is none more
striking and none more characteristic
than the art of advertising as develop
ed in modern times. We talk much
about the wonders of the telephone
and the photograph, about the aston
lshing expansion of railroads and teleg-
as remarkable for it's extension and as
wide and varied in it's applications as
anything Of mans device in any era Of
the worlds history. When there is
brought into consideration the vast
amount of money expended in adver-
Using in our day, the novel and in
genius methods employed and the ex-
pert skill and artistic talent engaged in
the business, one may begin to realize
what wide field has been opened here
for some of the highest and most use
full forms of human endeavOr.
With all it's abuses-and they are not
a few-it remains true that advertising
Is one of the greatest of popular edu-
Gators and one Of the chief promoters
Of human happiness and prosperity,
and there are yet many ways in which
it may be extended to the still greater
benefit of the world. No good reason
exists why the churches, the Sunday
schools, the missionary societies and
other agencies Of good should not adj
vertise far more than they do and thus
add to the membership and their power
in the community. To set their adj
vantages, aims and benefits before the
public in a proper way and form would
involve no loss of dignity or prestige,
while it would almost certainly widen
their influence.
The time must come, too, when the
absurd code which prohibits physicians
and other professional classes from ad-
vertising themselves must be abolished.
There is nothing but a sentiment to
prevent it and a very weak sentiment
at that. 1t should be no more mira
dig for physician or lawyer to seek
patients or clients through the medium
Of print than it is for teachers, insur-
ance men, real estate dealers or the
members of any other honorable trade
or calling-Leslie's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Tragic Christmas DAYS.

Christmas, which is usually regarded
as the happiest day of all the year, has
frequently witnessed tragic events.
Diocletian began one of his persecu-
tons of the Christmas in 3O3 when
on Christm~ ; day he burned a church
full of the followers of the Nazarene.
William the Conqueror is said to have
slaughtered 100000 men, women and
children Oh Christmas day in the year
1OGS.
In ITO Thomas Beckett preached a
Christmas day sermon that caused his
death four days later.
John Wyclif, the great reformer, died
on Christmas day, 1884.
In 1868 Christmas day in London
saw the great plague at its height.
One thousand people were dying daily.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Snails and OdOrs.

A professor in the University Of &C.
neva says that snails perceive the odor
OF many substances, but only when not
far away. In order to prove this it is
necessary merely to dip a glass rod in
strongly smelling substance and
bring it near the large tentacles of a
snail in motion. If it is put close to
these horns the tentacles are violently
drawn back. AS the animal perceives
the odor it changes it's course. Snails
also smell by means Of their skin. Con-
tact IS not necessary, for the mere vi
cinity Of perfume causes an indenta-
ton Of the skin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21

Those Tammany Sullivans who. are
so loyal to Mayor Mcclellan may not
be in politics for their health, but they
have picturesque way Of putting up
the vernacular as it is fashioned in the
lower wards of Manhattan. ''That
mans eyesight is poor, and he ought to
have city job," said a district heller
to Florrie Sullivan at the city hall.
Florrie quickly looked the man over
and remarked: II know this lad of old.
His eyes may be bad, but his ears are
good. Say. he can hear a five cent
piece rattle in a feather bed"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21

priately celebrated. An immense
bonfire on the hill back of the town,
consuming pine logs saturated with
oil. Illuminated the country for miles
around, and called the people in the
rural districts to Walker to partici-
pate in the festivities. Speeches were
made by prominent citizens and state
notables who were stopping in town,
and the occasion was made memora-
BILE one for Walker. A barbecue was
one feature of the program.
The formation of Minnesota So
ciety for the prevention of tuberculo-
sis has been Endorsed in St. Paul.
The proposition was broached at a
dinner given at the Minnesota club by
DR.. G. L. Greene, in honor of DR..
Livingston Ferrand of New York, who
is the advance agent of the anti-white
plague propaganda. J. b. Skinner
was named as chairman and given
authority to appoint five others, who
will confer with similar committees to
perfect a state association. The state
association will disseminate Informal
ton concerning tuberculosis and en-
deavor to secure the necessary pre-
ventive legislation. It will encourage
more adequate provisions for con-
sumptives in the way of hospitals and
sanitoria.
The race for the international
boundary between the two railroads
continues with unabating vigor. The
engineers of the Rainy Lake line
have effected a crossing of the Rat
Root river and their camp is now es-
tablished three miles and half south
east of town. The report of the pre-
liminary survey of the Great Northern
line was satisfactory to the officials,
the land being level and little grading
necessary. There is no heavy grade
on the entire line between Dewey and
the Falls, distance of seventy seven
miles. Chief Engineer Eddy is now
engaged on a resurvey from the Falls
to determine the actual roadbed. An
other crew will be started from Dewey.
1t is expected that both roads will
have trains running to the Rainy
river before next spring.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
The Douma's Land Programme.

me DOuma's Land Programme.
When the cars spokesman before
the douma, in answer to the demands
Of the Constitutional Democrats, de-
scribed their programme for land dis
tribution as sweeping denial of the
right of private ownership not only of
land, but of every other kind of prop
erty, he was guilty of misconstruction
and calumny. The out and out social
lists have some power in Russia and
are not without voice in the national
assembly. But as a matter of fact the
land programme framed by the Con-
stitutional Democrats to meet the
needs of the peasants, which Premier
Goremykin seems to have confused
with that Of the Social Democrats
who have been promising everything
In sight to the ignorant mujiks-goes
no further in the way of confscation
than does the Wyndham land purchase
act now working in Ireland It is a
logical conclusion to the peasant eman-
cipation and amelioration begun by
Alexander II. and merely aims to ex-
tend the application Of the measures
of relief instituted by the murdered
car
1t is not proposed by the ruling ele-
ment in the douma to confiscate, but to
lease crown and other lands. In their
address to the throne the representa-
tives said, "Parliament would not be
doing it's duty if it did not make law
for the satisfaction Of the needs of the
suffering peasants by the aid of crown
domains, monastic lands and the COM
pulsory appropriation of land belong
ing to the owners of estates.'' The
crown and church lands were to be
leased and appropriation applied only
to lands lying untitled or now leased
for money or occupied by peasants who
pay rental for it by work on the sep
arate property of their landlords. Land
so taken from the owners must be paid
for very much as Lincoln proposed a
compulsory sale to the nation for
manumission Of the slaves at the be-
ginning Of the war.
The douma's land programme spe-
cially exempts from appropriation pri-
vate estates not exceeding in extent
the limit fixed in any given district for
peasant occupiers; also grazing lands
belonging to villages, municipal lands
and estates of zemstvos, educational
and benevolent institutions. This plan
would not make war upon Individual
ownership, as the premier charged, but
would strengthen it by defining in law
the principle and extent of individual
ownership. The programme of the
Russian socialists is sweeping and
promises the peasants free land-that
Is, on paper, but the peasants them
selves seem to consider it wild
scheme, impossible of realization. The
truth is that the land programme of
the douma seems to outside view high
~ conscientious and conservative in
stead Of radical and sweeping. The
land is there, and starving peasants
need 1t. It is one thing to tell them to
seize it and quite another thing for
the government to acquire it and dis d.
tribute it by due process Of national
law, having regard for the greatest
good of the greatest number"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
Fame.

Fame is the Inheritance not Of the
dead, but of the living. It is we who
look back with lofty pride to the great
names of antiquity, who drink Of that
Hood OF glory as Of a river and refresh
our wings in it for future flight
Hazlitt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
A Wise Scheme.

mo matter what opinion is offered,
you express a contrary view" said the
Impatient friend.
"Well," answered Mr.. Bliggins,
that's a way I have of acquiring
knowledge. A man is more likely to
give up all he knows on a subject if
you get him to warm up with little
controversial indignation" - Washing
ton Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21

A genuine earthquake can make mis-
chief for sea level canal as easily as
Tor lock system All canals look
alike to Nature when she gets to tear
ing things.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21

The young king of Spain likes what
the boys call good time, and he will
probably soon regard the throne as Gin
the way" There is nothing in the re-
cent history Of his country to glorify
him, though Spain has improved in con-
dltion on account Of the merited thrash
Ing she has received.