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The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

Then came a storm Of popular feeling
in Ireland which meant nothing short
of civil war. The Duke Of Wellington.
then at the head of the British gov
ernment. promptly and nobly refused
to undertake the responsibility Of a
civil war, and he brought in the meas
l,re known in history rs Catholic
Emancipation. have introduced this
historical subject only in order to af-
ford my readers an easy opportunity
Of Judging what the age OF the O'Gor-
man Mahon must have been when I
first made his acquaintance. He was
evidently u man Of mature years a nd
OF influence when he brought out
O'Connell as candidate for Glare in
1925. I came 10 know The O'Gorri1atl
Mahon for the first time in 1879, the
year in which ] entered OH my parlia-
mentary career. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that The OC1orman Mahon was a
public man Of some influence fifty-one
years at least before ] came to make
his acquaintance. In the meantime he
had led a life of varied and stirring ad-
sion; hc had served in the Englisl,
army, then in the French, then in the
Austrian. and know not in what other
European forces: and he afterwards
transferred his services to the struG-
Cling state OF Chile. in whose battles.
both by land and by sea. lie bore Il
gallant part. He had "a great love for
the life of u sailor, as we'll as for that
Of {, soldier: and the story was told,
and easily believed among us, that he
rose to he at once conlmander-in- chief
of the Chilean army and lord high adj
nliral of the Chilean navy: However
that may he. ii is certain that he had
- brilliant military career in the old
World and the New, and when he re-
turned to quiet life in England and
Ireland he was always addressed us
Colonel The O't;orn1an Mahor IL there
ever was in life IL "sray-haired boy
il was my old friend The O'(iorman
Mahon-and he was not even very
gray. His manners were those of a
perfect sentlcnan and he could show
a. stately dignity whenever there
seemed any real reason for the; asser-
ton of such quality. Hc had been a
great duelist i'm his early dpys, and
during his later years. the years in
which I knew him, he Was one of the
guests at y. London dinner party where
something happened which compelled
him to assert himself. One of the com
pany rather unluckiIy said to f1ift: II
suppose. colonel. Sou must nave re-
ceived 4 great many challenges in your
tine?." sir replied The O'Gorn,an
Mal,on. with cold dignity. II never re-
csivcd Il challenge in all my lifc-I
never gave any gentleman the slightest
reason to- challenge n,e~-but regret
4" say that ] had to send many "c1al-
lenges to other men,"
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09

- "rl1at'- man who just passed is tile
eNer-saw He doesn't believe
in people living to an advanced age"
why not?"
He's an undertaken"
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
PROBATE NOTICE.

=, JuUEe U1 HrOUAlF.
Gjertsen & Lund, Attorneys for Admin
istrator.
The Irish standard., 1907-02-09
An Opportunity for Catholic Farmers

by gum! Gimme Il dozen.".
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06

shorter route OF the Ali Line, this IL
equivalent to fourteen. hour service.
With low grades, a straight track and
no grade crossings, tho seventy fvo
ntaies an -.our average necessary to a
ten-hour service ought easily to be
maintained. Even on the first class
steam roads OF today ninety milos an
hour Is not uncommon for short dis
tances.
The Scientific American OF Feb. 10,
iSoo, speaking editorlally, OF the New
1ork Central experiment, says, 'sThe
success OF this installation, OF which
there can be no doubt whatever, marks
the first step in the gradual substi-
tuition OF the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation Of long dis.
lance express trains," Tho Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
second step. ~ ,p
Mr Sprague himself snys that speed
Is "a matter OF finance" what then
Will determine the future?" he asks
Chiefly the financial factor, as 1t must
the future of any other great industrial
problem When savings Incorporation
and the Increased return for trafiic
VIII more than pay fair dividend oil
money Invested for electrical equip
ut, will trunk lines be operated by
cci"!city."
ofessor Charles P. Steinmctz, one
c. he greatest authorities on cleo.
tricity, is quoted rs saying, "There Is
no limit to the speed that may be de.
veloped In electric traction-that ia,
there is no limit up to 100 or 200 miles
an hour HigliyT speed than that the
car wheels coutl not stand. They
would fly to pieces from centrifugal
force Not only can speed of 100
miles an hour nc maintained iii a
train equipped with elcctrlcits. Sbtt in
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
MANNERS AT TABLE.
The Etsauctte of Eating In the Sew
entecnth Century.

entecnth Century.
An account of hospitality in 1920 gives
E good Idea OF the manner In which n
country gentleman OF the period, lived.
Dinner and supper were brought In by
the servants with their hats on, Gus
tom which is corroborated by Fynes
Moryson, who says that. being at n
knights house who hal many servants
to attend him, they brought in the
meats with their heads covered with
blue caps. After washing their hands
In basin they ant down to dinner,
and Sir james Prlngle said grace. The
vlands seemed to have bccl plentiful
and eScellent-"big pottngc. long. kaIe,
bowe of white l;alc,' which s cabbnge
"brach soppe." powdered beef, roast
and boiled mutton, venison pie in
form of mn egg, goose. Then they had
cheese. cut and uncut, and apples. But
The close of the feast was the most
curious thing about 1t.
The tnblccloth was removed, and on
the table were put towel tho whole
breadth of the table and half the length
of 1t. basin and ever to wash, then
u green carpet laid on, then one cup
OF beer set on the carpet. then little
long lawn servlter plated over the cor
ner OF the table and glass Of hot wa.
ter set down also on the table; then be
there three boys to say grace-the first,
the thanksgiving; the second, the Pater
Nostcr; the third, prayer for blessing
OF Gods church. The good man of the
house, his parents. kinfolk and the
whole company then do drink hot wa.
tiers, so Mt supper, then to bed, the col.
lation which ds) stoupe of all."-
Scottish Review.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
AUTO WITHOUT SMELL
Two Scf.s nectady Mechanics
Invent an Automobile That
Will be Propelled
by Springs

II VIII be but n short timo before
The whlrr of the engine and tho smell
of gasoline will be things unknown
in the automobile world. Two men
rom Schenectady have recently ap.
pied for Il patent on a machine tina.
has no engine. but Is propallci by
nioa' of springs like \ :locN. The
inventors are Joseph RAGS OF 327
Albany street, and d. l.. M3isn. or
ioa5 Albany street. Bob are maclin,
lists employed at the General Electric
Cc'ri any in Schercctaly
The machine, III ntltwlr, unpnar.
ance, will resemble ~ nrtiln,. " r,to.
mobile. but there vii, re no ..irco
reserved for the ,neiue. 1-he ".
er VIII be- produced ~ a.
a series OF 7p''ng oY,.' :. IN
the same prip. I. OF 'W.. Me
springs VI. - e"a' fl, -. Ing.
three inch> 4" = r'rtA ). a one.
sixteenth of an inch In thickness.
They VIII be fastened to Il shaft
every turn of which by means OF
gearing, will cause the renr wheels
or the machine to revolve 64S times
and Will drive the vehicle 1850 feet.
The springs VIII be kept constant
~ wound up by n device that will
cause them to tighten outside ms
they tend to mwips :. :gi In, ~ !, er.
IL is csi2ia a.. lnat a sDr!iig thr size
OF tic ole to be usGd VIII ..roduce
one clf+h itnpowcr.. - W.T.. that as
SIS y" nnrser of Bprings for
IaP mVer OIL 0 10, a.. work
Il u d IL IL o iGIs lpn
: IS VI :. 81 ,ss'; ore a :. DGls
IN ps w. fol- d for the
maIlni act :" or te ms nil =
Sc rect ! tn I'll :.
&C I'm : rse rec sc can be DO
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
BRAIN QUALITY.
II IN of just as Much Importa nee a.
the Quantity.

II IN of Just as Much Importance a.,
the Quantity.
The brain of Daniel Webster weigh.
ed f1fty-six or fifty;seven ounces, that
of Napoleon Bonaparte about the same.
This Is about three pounds and haIf
These Were exceeded by the brain Of
Curier, the great French naturalist.
which weighed between fifty-nine and
sixty ounces, and that of the French
surgeon Dupuytren, which weighed
hfty.eight ounces. The average
weight Of the brain OF man is about
fifty ounces and OF women forty
i've ounces. The maximum weight of
the healthy adult brain Is about sixty
four; ounces and the minimum thirty
one ounces. Men of great intellectual
power have generally II not always
possessed large brains. The quality OF
the brain Is, however, quite as impor-
tant as the quantity, so that a large
brain does not Of necessity constitute
q great man. The size Of the brain ia
not In proportion to the physical de.
yelopment OF the body, either in, ami.
mails or In man. The horse has a brain
less In weight than the smallest adult
human brain; that of whale seventy
five feet long was found to weigl, not
quite twice as much MS that OF man.
Even in men there Is no. fixed relation
between the size OF the body and that
Of the brain. a small man may have
large brain and big man small
bPatn -
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
Merchants & Miners
Transportation Co.
'feamehIp Lines for Boston, Pr
tenoe and Baltimore.

ofeamenIp Lines for Bontcn, pF1Hte
denos and Baltimore.
Leave Newport News, via Norfolk.
for Boston every Tuesday, wedneH.
day, Friday and Sunday. Leaves fol,
Providence every Monday, Thursday
and Saturday. s.eamars HsiI Sron,
Norfolk at 600 D. m. |;
leave Newport News for Baltimore
daily. except Tuesday and Wednesday.
at p. M. connecting for Warrington.
Philadelphia and New York. S
Fare to Baltimore. one way. $1,000
round trip, $500. including statsroom
berth. Accommodation and cuisine
unequalled. :.
Freight and passengers taken for
oil points North and aouth. Cleaners
leave Baltimore. foot OF Long Donke
daily, at D. m. 4
!, Only The running Sunday steamer
Ibetweeh Newport News and HaIH.
more For further information apply
TO .2t4 d. u. NoNEELL, AGENT,
Tlfi Newport News, Va
General Offices. Baltimore. Nd
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
Ly. Newport News
9. & o. R'y.... .l7:40s m.ls:ss o. %.
Ar. Norfolk 80. 1880 a. m 6:1b p. a.
TraIns From NorfoIk.

$3.50 q. m. Daily. Local fvr sustoIR,
franklin. Hmporis, Clarkvillo, Dan.
Vile, oxfor!, Durhsm and intarme-S
date atations. Close connections Rs
Danville with fast trough trains 10
all poiDts South and West. S
1880 y. m. Daily. Fast express trRIn
for all points South and west, car.
rying through Pullman slaspiRs ear
to Asheyillo. sSg =.
Trains From fslohmend. /;
700 q. N. Daily. Local FOR Charlotte.
Chase City. Giarkyille and Buffalo
Lithle Springs. 5i.s5
1850 D. m. Daily. Limited Euifea
Put nan to Atlanta and Rirmias-
ham, New Orleans, Memphis. Chat
tanooga and all tho South. THROUGH
coach for Chase City, Oxford. DKn
ham and Raleigh. M
$500 p. M. Except Sunday. Esysvills
local. 3.g1t
1850 D. m, Daily. Limited. Pullmau
ready $50 p. M, for all the 8ontk.
York River LIns.
$3.50 ?. m.-Except Sunday. No. do.-sl
Baltimore Limited.
2:l5 p. m.-Except Sunday. No. 1e,--s
Local to West Point
4:45 q. m.-1rxcept Sunday. No. 7A.-.s
Local to West Point,
G. H. AOKERT, Fourth vice.preaidens
and Genl. Mgr. s. II. HARDWICKs
P. t. M, w. II. TAYLOR q i
p. A.. Washington. d. q. 81
STANTON CURTIS, r. a., ii
frteA Ct SIS Norf,tn, yb,v 7. Il
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06

praise! = - In the schools OF Amer,
lea, too. woman plays part In
which she Is not seen In Europe
The education OF boys is almost on.
ttirely the work of women. who train
them to the national respect for
women The position OF the sex
appears still more plainly In tho
nuoll.talked-of coeducaton. =
he result Is that the American man
/ nervous almost to the point or
n. 'teria, like n woman, always go.
I'M TO extremes: and his conduct
ant his tastes IRE femlnized He
sell IN has the fine, strong mascu-
limit, Of the German man.--New York
letter 10 n Berlin paper ys9
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
FROM HORSE CAR
TO THE TROLLEY
~,
Story of the Wonderful De-
velopment in Electric
Traction During the
Past Twenty
80 Years. 4
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION
Gradual Elimination of Distancs
Through the Development OF
the Electric locomotive
Chicago to New
t& York in Ten
80. -. Hours.

During the summer of 1887, there
appeared in the New York Sun tho
following facetlous news item:
] They tried an electric car on
Fourth avenue yesterday. 1t created
an amount Of surprise and consterna-
tion from Third st. to One Hundred
and Seventeenth st. that was some
thing like that caused by the first
steamboat OH the Hudson. Small boys
yelled "dynamitew and "rats!' and
nade similar appreciative remarks un.
I'll they were hoarse. Newly appointed
policemen debated arresting 1t, but
went no further. The car horses
which were met on the other track
kicked without exception, us was
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
THE AMERICAN QUEEN.

Woman in Our Family and public
Life Described for German Readers.
Among the most striking and nov.
Ell features of American life Is the
position of woman. This !s briefly
but comprehensively described in
the phrase, wholly un-EuroDean. The
European woman Is, fist OF all a
wife and mother. In Germany the
home Is the foundation of the fam.
lily, and so, in ali extended sense, OF
the great nation family of the state.
The man considers 1t his most pre-.
cious privilege to be protector and
proyider to his wife and children;
the more faithfully he performs this
junction, the more solicitously the
woman keeps his home and bright.
ems 1t with the most precious char.
acteristics of her sex
To Yankeeland this restricted con-
cepuon of the family and State Is
strange. The American man Is the
money-maker of the household, ana
nothing more. But today the strug.
gle for the dollar is not half SO
fiercely strenuous as the battle for
the franc, the mark, the shilling. In
Dollarica men become rich, or, at
least, well to do in rush. The
natural result is that In the family
partnership in the well-to-do classes
the woman's rts,onslbiliti.s Is vice
and mother are Ut Great. Sns does
not have to to- ceaseles ~, weep
ing and coohns Id ,caus sh, car
hire otls.- ., !. b., She ,e.i :,
,uii epi 'ennH 'oTcr ~. .-A-
timl 3 boz q li'ug :. fc sne
is ltberagy 81: lei iii ardip
motley. Ga cnE:te, 4fg r 1nt I
GASP in az mida1e-ctnas tan.ilIrs, "a,
{, EXPENSIVE e II - ~ ae !. w'' an Y al
rather than an important cog IN ,ts
machinery.
out of these circumstances the
position of the American woman. ar
home and in public. has deyeloped
SO chat she Is queen whom the
man serves with deYote ezai, and
whose gracious smile he yaAies as the
best reward of his efforts. Lam.
precht rightly speaks of an almost
inediaeval reverence for women In
America. Mammals wish is
law Mamma is tired of arguing with
the imported help. Papa must give
up MS home and tako his family
70 hotel. Mamma takes her daugn.
ters to the country for the summer.
Papa can come out for the week.
end; and he's suited, for he, the
dollar maker, doesn't know what to
do with himself away from town.
Some fine day mamma packs up
and takes the girls of for a year
IN London or Paris-its up to papa
TO send the checks. Ladies' first
Is an almost sacred motto In the
United States-more than anywhere
else. Another is: Never contradict
lady," and however false a state.
ment made by lady In converse.
tion may be. no man will contradict
her. 1t would be bad manners
He would be no ladies man."
The press, In America the servant
OF public opinion and the ruler of
the people, takes it's keynote from
the universal chorus in praise OF
woman. The great trinity that gov
ems the newspapers Is the dollar,
politics. and woman TO "the great
American woman" leading articles
are constantly Devoted She is COW
tinually exalted as the most beauti-
full, wise, and charming woman In
the world. Woe to him who does
not add his voice to this chorus of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
Old Dominion Line
DAILY SERVICE.
FOR NEW yoRK-E:cm
Company's Wharf, Nor.
folk. every week day, at,

Company's Wharf, Nor. Ss 49,.
folk. every week day att
1900 p. m. } M
TARE-gIrst-clasE, ono way. $500,
meals and stateroom, berth included.
Round trip. limit thirty days. s14.00.
steerage, without subsistence, IS.
Tickets on sale Mt g. g. o. Railway
Ticket Office.
NIGHT LINE BETWEEN
NEWPORT NEWS AND RICHMOND.
Steamers Brandon gnd Borkley
leave Pier "a" $3.50. avery evening,
passengers only,
Steamer Hampton will leave Pier
"a" daily except Sunday, at 3 a. M,
going to Norfolk, and at 4:3G d. M,
going to smithfsld. Steamer Acco.
mac will leave Pier "a" daily, except
Sunday at 8 q. M, going to Smithfleld
and shout 2:30 p. m, going to Nor.
folk.
All business between New York and
Newport News transacted at Pier 8,
All business between Newport
News. Nor.elk. Smithfield AID local
points transa :ted at Pier "a" foot
o. Twonry-hft. .street.
w. II. LANDON,
l. u. WAI.KR, Agent,
vioePres- and Traffic MET.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06

my opinion it is an entl iy feast
scheme from the commerci.. point .,
view"
AT any rate. the world seems OIL.
the eve of grcnt things, and nacclen.
fist dares say today ms was sa.j .wen.
ty years ago, IN man is knp or n
fool" The attitude of the American
public Is one Of faith ana expectnc- y,
best expressed by recent remara OF
nm old lady in her last sickness:
II don't want TO die" she said, ~
want to see what they are going to
do"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
6OUTHHOU

DaIIy. DaIIy except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
River and chesapeake Bay on the Gle
CANT steamers or this company is un.
surpassed. The steamers are compar-
atively new. having been built In 1891.
and are fitted up In tho most luxuriant
manner, with electric lights. call
bells and steam heat In each room.
The tables are supplied with every
delicacy OF the season from the mar.
kets OF Washington and Norfolk. For
tickets, reservation OF staterooms,
and further information, apply to %. ].
CALLAHAN. Agent. Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
Tho FIrs. Electrlo Railroad.

The first regular electric line to be
established was ut Lichterfelde, Ger.
many, near Berlin. 1t was only nile
and half IN length md opened for
traffic In May 1881. The trains chr.
rled twenty-siN passengers, Mt maxi.
mum speed of thirty miles an hour.
The first electric car to be operated
regularly In the United States was in
stalled by Dcft on the HamIen branch
or the Baltimore Union Passenger
Hallway In August, 1886. That
was barely twenty years ago. So
great as the sltepticism Of the public
ana railway men generally that the con-
tract under which the road was built
withheld payment one year so that 1t
might be determined whether the cars
would run. NO one but knave or
fool would undertake such thing"
said a well known scientist ut tho
time. Scientists sometimes have trouble
Keeping up with the procession. About
the same time small cars were oper
ated by Nan Derpoele at South Bend,
Ind, followed by other small roads Ii
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
LY PRESS NEWPORT NEWS, VA, SUNDAY JANUARY g. 1907

About this time Stephen ID. Field
and Thomas Edison IN the United
States began experimenting. In 1880
Edison was operating at Menlo Park
an electric locomotive which pulled
two cars.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SCHEDULE TO ALL POINTS
oJUTH AND WHgT.

N. B.-Following figures publishsG,
only as Information, and are not
guaranteed: IN
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06

Windsor, Canada; Appleton, Wis; Port
huron, Mich; Scranton, Pa, and
Montgomery, Ala. In the autumn of
1884 Frank l.. Spraguc. whose name
is inseparnbly connected with electric
traction, began to attract attention
with his motors.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-06

. ENMEK
Lv. Ivy Ave. for
Pine Beach and
Norfolk.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-22
PRESSMEN WILL
GIVE NOTICE
TO BOSSES.
Union Demand for Eight
hour Day for Cylinder
WOrkmen Agreed Upon.

It was decided by Printing Press
mems Union No. 81. last night 10 make
a demand for an e%ight-hour workday
in all printing offices where cylinder
presses are used, except the shops afil-
lated with the Typothetae organiza-
ton, because the latter has obtained
an injunction against the Pressmen's
International Union preventing the or
ganization as a body from calling a
strike owing to an agreement thai ex-
lists between the Typothetae and press
men for an eight-hour workday, to take
effect January l, 1909.
That agreement, however, does not,
it is said, affect the individual action
of the pressmen employed in Typothe-
tae shops.
A conference was held earlier in the
evening between representatives of the
pressmen's union and the owners OF
the printing shops not affiliated with
the Typothetae. The latter wanted the
pressmen to sign an agreement the
same as that of the Typothetae, but
the pressmen refused, saying that they
had no alternative but to strike If the
eight-hour workday was not granted
by orders Of their international officers
AS the cylinder press feeders are also
on strike in many of the shops in the
city. a strike by the pressmen Monday
would practically tie up nearly all OF
the job printing offices.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-22
FALL FATAL AT 50
CAUSES DEATH OF MRS.
ELIZABETH SHURTS.
Stumbled as She Va Walking About
in Her Room-Lived Here 40 Years.
Roseville Church Member.

Mrs. Elizabeth Shurts, SO years old,
died last night at 1874 North Third
street, as the result of a fall Thursday
of last week. Until the time when the
accident occurred Mrs. Shurts was in
good health, and on November II last,
when her sons and their families ex-
tended greetings on her birthday the
deceased was one of the happiest Of
old people.
Her death was unexpected, and while
everything in a medical way was done
to alleviate her suffering, the shock Of
the accident proved too much for her
advanced age.
The deceased was the widow of Isaac
A. Shurts, who died four years ago, ageG
SO. Eight children were born to the couple,
Ellwood j.. William H., who was the
founder of a stationery and printing bust
ness in Broad street; the Rev. j.. B., Mar
vim, George b.. John, Catherine, Jeanette
and p. Hall Shurts. OF this number four
survive, namely, Marvin s., the Rev. Mr.
Shurts, George b., and z. Hall Shurts.
The latter is engaged in the real estate
business in New London, Conn.
Mrs. Shurts was born at South Branch
November II, 1924, and had been a resident
Of this city forty years. She was a devout
member OF the Roseville Methodist Church,
and when the news of her death reached
the members of that congregation many
expressions Of regret were heard. The de-
ceased was proud of her sons, each Of
whom has been successful In business. The
late Ellwood j. Shurts was at one time
assistant secretary of the Newark Board
of Education.
Mrs. Shurts when she sustained the in
jury from which she died was walking in
her room when she tripped and fell. She
complained Of pains after the fall and the
physician summoned found that she had
fractured her hip.
When Mrs. Shurts died her sons were
gathered at her bedside.
The funeral will take place Monday aft
ernoon from her late home on North Third
street.