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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
SCIENTISTS STUDYING
DESERT VEGETA TTON

would be able to turn the Colorado
river permanently back into its old
channels, and the STAFF at the Desert
laboratory looked forward to enjoying
the spectacle OF the drying up Of the
400 square miles Of former desert then
under water. The recent breaking of
the rivers bounds, however, has again
postponed, perhaps indefinitely, this
interesting phenomenon. Had the
dam, built to shut the Colorado river
out Of the Salton basin, proved ade-
quate to the task, according to the
scientists, the drying up of 400 square
miles Of water would have taken place
within five years, owing to the extra
ordinary evaporation and seepage in
that territory.
1t is in this region where there is
but scant annual rainfall and prac-
tically no noticeable precipitation of
moisture during the long. dry season
Of the year. that the storage organs of
vegetation are found most highly de-
veloped. Hrere, where only the hardest
and rarest forms of vegetation grow,
the number of plants thus equipped Is
most abundant. OF the one species of
plant having the most extraordinary
equipment for storing water. DR. Mac
Dougal, I'm a report to President Wood
ward of the Carnegie institution, shows
lllil llt tildeli 81 ION EldI0eu as lne
ship Of the desert" has been outdone
by the Ibervillae Sonorae, and may no
longer be considered pre-eminent for
its powers of enduring aridity.
'The Ibervillae Sonorae," says DR..
MacDougal, develops a storage organ
at the base of the stem, the size of a
squash, which is furnished with a
heavy outer covering highly reslstent
to evaporation. During the dry season
these structures lie on the surface OF
the hot sands unaffected. with the
beginning of the rainy season roots are
quickly formed shoots are sent up, and
fruit and seed quickly matured, when
the thin stems die away and the plant
goes into a resting condition for an
other year. Some of these plants were
collected and placed on a dry shelf in
museum case in February, 1902
where they have remained ever since
Every year since, at a time correspond
ing to the rainy season in native hab-
itat, thin stems have been sent up,
which after time die back after hav-
ing developed leaves. Five years
growth has thus been made at the ex-
pense of water stored up in October
1901, and the great storage organs are
still sound, and give evidence that they
may furnish supplies for the annual
formation of stems and leaves for
decade. A large number of other spe-
cies from the desert show similar adap-
tations."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

this class. Some of the brims spread
out we'll before the droop comes. and
others droop so suddenly from the
crown that when trimmed the effect is
like a turban. The hats with a brim
that is very narrow in front and wild
ems out at the sides and back is repro
duced in straw, but is too radical to be
widely adopted though it looks we'll on
women who are young and slender and
rather French" in type.
Bandeaux are still in use to make the
hat fit we'll on the head, but not to tilt
1t at any great angle. Rather coarse
straws in narrow braids are much
worn, especially in the new blues and
the various olives and yellows that go
with the new dress materials.
Brown as a trimming color is used in
millinery, as in everything else, but
not as much as was indicated by ad-
vanced advices. In hats one sees per-
haps more brown trimmings than
brown straws used, and always these
are employed with gradatlons OF
shades that are made up with great
deal of yellow.
ROsALIND MAY.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURY

Secretary Shaw is to be the president
of the Carnegie Trust company instead
of secretary of the treasury. 1t may
be worth while to allude to Mr.. Shaw
as disappointment, not at all by way
of criticism, but in order to indicate
how presidents judgment may not
always be sure-footed. Mr.. Shaw was
regarded in Washington as an inde-
pendent Republican, tainted a trihe
with free trade spots. The presidents
desire to change the Mckinley cabinet
rose first from friction with Lyman
Gage. On Mr.. Cages side there was
felt, and manifested, some restlessness
because the president, then new, was
not observaat OF official etiquet he was
accustomed to communicate directly
with subordinates, and Mr.. Gage, on
consulting the treasury book of ETH
quet' discovered that this was a slight
ON him, because the president should
have communicated indirectly with the
subordinates through him. on the
presidents side, 1t was thought that
Mr.. Gage knew only the banking side
or the treasury, and the president
needed some one who understood the
tariff and was in favor of a revision
that would reduce duties. 1t will be
seen how far back, In thought, this
episode is The president was especially
congratulated on selecting Shaw. be-
cause now he would have a well-in-
formed secretary who would sympathize
with his expectation to secure tariff
reform; and, besides, the president
thought him so large-minded, so gem
erous, SO independent a politician.
why" said Mr.. Roosevelt, II have
always felt particularly attracted to-
him since he said in a speech that this
country walked out of a slough of de-
spond on the backbone of Grover
[ leYelandl However generous
minded and Independent Mr.. Shaw may
have remained, he. too has been a pub
lie banker, as Mr.. Gage was. while he
has allowed 1t to be understood that,
on the tariff he is the Bourbon while
Governor Cummins, his party opponent
Is the man who Is for what was eX-
pected Of Mr.. Roosevelt.-Harper'
Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
THAT BLuEBIRD

There was the trill of a bluebird in
the soft air of yesterday morning.
Where did that little creature come
from, anyhow? 1t seemed to be born
of warm breath, for hardly had the
south wind got here till the bluebird
perched upon a bow and piped its ad-
vent There Is nothing sweeter than
the song of the bluebird, for II tells of
cold days going and gone; it sings a
farewell to ice and sleet and coal
smoke and shut-up houses, and a well
come to the woods, the wild flowers,
the tinkling brooks and the mild out
doors. There is a suggestion in il of
throwing aside the furs and oVercoats,
Of sitting out on the porch, of ordering
ice and slicing green cucumbers.
The whole dream Of life Is changed
when one raises the window and lis
tens to that gentle warble over in the
next yard, intoning the breath of
orange groves and tropical seashores
and making one feel that the old earth
has fallen In love again, and it is time
for everybody to do the same. One
cannot any more analyze a bluebird' s
song than he can the smile of a sweet
heart. 1t makes one forget everything
except TO feel happy. IL Is hope and
blue skies and rose bushes and Joy all
mingled into one sweet sense of salts
faction. Does this overstate the case 2
Just wait some morning, when you
waken to find the bluebirds song al
ready in your heart and your thoughts
float out in benedictions upon all the
world. They don't do it, Then you
never heard the bluebird's song.-Ohio
State Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
A KILoWATT HOUR

The electrical engineer of the mu-
nlcipal lighting plant of Loughborough,
England, has recently published a lit
tie list showing the inhabitants what
a kilowatt hour of electricity will do
for them. 1t is a good wav of selling
electricity and of bringing home to the
public mind the versatility and wide
range of application of electrical en-
ergy Our readers can develop such
an idea or table for themselves. Some
of the performances are a little vague,
but the list as whole Is quite strik-
ing and Ingenious:
Saw 300 feet of timber (dea).
Clean 5000 knives.
Keep your feet warm for five hours.
Clip five horses.
Warm your curling tongs every day
in the year for three minutes and twice
on Sundays.
Warm your shaving water every
morning for month.
Give you 1850 impressions on a Brem-
mer royal printing machine.
Run a mechanical sieve for two
hours.
Run an electric clock for ten years.
Iron thirty silk hats.
Light 5000 cigars.
Knead eight sacks of flour into dough.
Fill and cork $50 dozen pint bottles.
Supply all the air requir d by an or
dinary church organ Tor one service.
Pump 100 gallons or water, or other
liquid, to a height of twenty-five feet.
Run a plate-polishing machine for
tWenty-one hours.
Run an electric piano for ten hours.
Lift 61s tons seventy-ive feet In four
minutes
Give you three Turkish llght baths.
Keep four domestic irons in use for
an hour.
Keep you warm in bed for thirty-two
hours.
Warm all the beds in the house, by a
warming pan, for a fortnight.
Give you fire In your bedroom for
an hour while you are dressing or un-
dressing.
Boil nine kettles each holding two
pints OF water.
Cook fifteen chops in Is minutes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
PAS HoUsEcLEANIN'

When the April's suns a-shinin' hot an
things Is nice an fresh,
When the willer's droppin' tossels an the
blackbird's in the bresh,
An pa comes In fer noonin an the hoorS
Is wet as souse,
Then it's "Laws-a-massy on us! Your
mas a-cleanin house!
Then me an Jim is sure to find rag
carpets in the sun
When we'd planned to go a-fishin' fer the
suckers in the run;
But while pa takes his noonin' an the
hosses eats their snacks,
Us boys can beat them carpets while
we're restin' up our backs.
An then next day pas certain sure to
have to go to town;
But he always leaves us orders, Help
to put them carpets down"
An at night, when he gets home again,
you'd think to hear him groan
About the hardship of 1t, that he'd done
the job alone.
Poor ma! She has 1t awful hard, she'll
work until she drops. -
An pound her thumb nails half way on
an wet her feet with slopsi
She'll get so hoarse that she can't speak,
an sore at every bone;
But pa, he says If 1t was him he'd let the
house alone.
An when that night the kids is sick an
has to have a drink.
An ma she can't get up because her
backs II such a kink,
If pa should bang the furniture whilst
, gropin' fer the cup,
You can feel him gettin' mad enough to
fairly eat her up.
So me an J..l was sayin, II the time
should ever come
When pa and ma should change their
work an pa( should stay to hum,
1 wouldn't like 70 be a boy but jest
little mouse
To hear what things pa would say IL he
was cleanin' house.
-Womans Home Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
HOW TO RUN A NEWSPAPER

When a man goes astray
Keep IL out.
When the critic roasts a play,
Keep IL out.
When two men In anger clash;
When a merchant goes to smash;
When the cashier steals the cash
Keep II out.
When they quarreled in the church,
Keep II out.
When the teacher Yields the birch,
Keep ii out.
When nine women fair to see
Whisper something over tea
Print IL? Goodness gracious mel
Keep II out!'
When two statesmen make a deal
Keep IL out.
When another tries 10 steal,
Keep II out.
Stories thin and stories tall:
Good and bad and big and small
Anything that's news at all
Hear EN- shout;
Keep II Outl'
Geo. Fitch Ia Herald Transcript
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
Run small ventilating fan for q

Run small ventilating fan for 21
hours.
Keep your breakfast warm for five
hours.
Carry your dinner upstairs every day
for a week.
Carry you thirty times from the bot
tom Of the house to the top, eighty feet
each journey.
Keep your coffee pot warm at the
breakfast table every day for a week.
Carry you three miles in an electric
brougham. Electric World.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
SPRING FA SHEONS

An early Easter has helped to arouse
even the woman most given to procras-
tination. Clothes that seemed all right
only fortnight since assume shabby
aspect and feel uncomfortably heavy
when the warm spring sun gets in it's
work.
The new models differ from those we
are all familiar with only in details.
The most obvious change is in sleeves.
Kimono sleeves cut in one piece with
the body of the coat or waist, or those
that give this effect, are very much to
the fore.
For very dressy toilets American
women wear the French model skirts
without any modification, but for gen.
eral wear, Notwithstanding the edict of
the fashionable dressmakers, the best
gowned women one sees going about on
foot here wear a decidedly short skirt
and the prettiest and trimmest possible
footwear.
The New "CorsIette"
Many makers have tried their hand
at furnishing device to mould the fig
ure where the corset ends We illus
trate a new and very successful gar
ment made by Arthur Frankenstein &
Co. Small and elegantly finished, of
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
Reassured

Miss Pepprey-No, he didn't like your
eyebrows. He said they were too black.
Miss Paintter-The ideal
Miss Pepprey-However, assured
him they were not as black as they
were painted.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07
Shoes in VOGUE

The warmer days bring out low shoes
IN great numbers, and tan is as popular
IN these as in boots. The pumps of last
season reappear with bows of matching
leather to replace the former cravat
DOW. Ties of ribbon are still used. the
ribbon wide and soft as last wear but
the kid bows lead.
Black vanished leather is as ever
used Tor dressy walking shoe, and
the models are much the rame as those
described for tan footwear. White kid
uppers are liked on both tan and black
shoes, and are used even on the low
Newport and Oxford models. What is
known as collar" of contrasting
color in kid is often used about the
TOP or the low shoe. and the effect is
extremely fanciful. rather too much so
except for special occasions, when it
OFTEN goes we'll with the dressy toilet
worn.
Long gloves continue desirable as
ever, Tor the cape-like sleeves i'm outer
wraps display the blouse sleeve, and
that IS rarely of more than three-ouar-
ters length. II is only in strict tailor
| made styles that coats are made with
a long sleeve, and the blouse CORE
| spends While these severe modes are
more in evidence than last season thew
are stlll In minority. Silk gloves coma
| In elaborate embroidered effects and
lace mlts are prophesied when0really
warm days arrive, but at present kid
or suede is the material worn, and tan
TO match the boots is the prevailing
made suit.
Whatever the type of costume. trim
lines are the rule in waists In dressv
costumes trimmings are arranged in
long lines, surplices or VS. in MANY
cases, 10 secure this effect Shirt waists
are pulled down TO give the same trim
lines, and some sort of a oonfner 10
shape the upper part of the figure has
become necessity for the woman who
wants her clothes to fit properly.
Mushroom 5rIms
Mushroom brims are very much used
ana there Is considerable variety In
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-07

VH NtW UIh' DuDIIshers OF FnshiOn and
manufacturers of Mccall patterns.
fine batiste. the boning flexible, and
with a back of elastic webbing, this
holder fits any figure perfectly and
comfortably and improves the appear
ance of the gown or waist. 1t is beside
thoroughly practical, since it launders
we'll so can always be kept fresh and
dainty.
AS usual, this season there is an end
less variety of models, but a few that
stand out from the mass as likely to
survive the wedding out process that
takes place, leaving only the Survival
of the fittest."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
Conferences Resulted N Amicab|s
Adjustment Of all Differences.
had VERY PLEASANT STAY HERE
Visitors Finish Their Business and De-
part for Their Homes With Delight
fuI Impressions of Newport News
and Vicinity.

After Icing In convention here for
over week, during which time i'm
portant conferences were held with
the union workmcn, the Flint Glass
Manufacturers of America adjourned
yesterday. Last night Tic members
OF The association left for their homes.
Tho Glass Makers. employers. as
well as representatives of the en-
ployes. stopped ut Hotel Warwick dur
ing their stay and the sessions ami
conferences were held at the hotel.
All OF the visitors went away with de
lishtful Impressions of Newport News
ana well pleased with the manner IN
which they were entertained.
Last Friday the association was en-
terihncd ut Buckroc Beach at II clam-
bake. Several days ago Manager
Moore, of tho Warwick, obtained per.
mission to conduct the visitors
through the plant of the Old Domin-
Ion Brewing and Ice Company, and
after the trip through the plant had
been made the brewery management
rendered Il pleasant surprise In the
shape of an elegant lunch
The conferences between the manu-.
iactircrs and representatives of the
union resulted In amicablc settlements
Of all differences which had developed
during the past year. therefore the
guests left Newport News well salts.
fled with their stay in more ways
than one.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
MAJORITY OF employees
HAVE SIGNED PETITION
Shpyard Hospital Seems to be AS.
surcd-Mnss Meeting Next
Week.

A shipyard hospital In this city
seems To be assured. Already "A ma
1ority OF the yard employees have
signed tho petitions circulated In tho
various departments Monday and set.
ting forth that the workmcn will give
their pay for ono hour of each month
toward the establishment and main
tenance of hospital. 1t is expected
that nearly all of the employees will
sign the papers before the end of the
week.
mass meeting of the yard work
men will be held early next week in
tho interest of the hospital move
mont and the petitions will he pre-
scented TO General Manager Walter a.
Post soon after that meeting.
Mr.. Post will take the matter M
with the officials of the shipbnilding
company and the promoters of the
hospital expect the company to make
1t n rule that all workmen in the plant
must give ono hours pay month to.
ward the maintenance of the hospital
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
VauuI,n-Sinton.

Mr.. Edwin II. Vaughn and Miss Car
RE ID. Slnton We're quietly married yes
terday morning at o'clock ut the
home of the brides parents, 1924
Twcnty-fourth street. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. r. c. Hubbard,
of Apponiattoy, in the presence of the
Immediate families and Il few friends
OF the couple. After the ceremony
the lTidc and groom left for an cx-
tended northern tour. They will be
ut homo TO their friends after Scptcm.
her /. at their home on Chestnut ave
nue.. Mr.. Vaughan is prominent
business man who has made his home
here since the early days of the city.
and is bride is a well known young
lady who has lived here since child
hood
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
The Constant Wearing of a Hat propo-
gates DnndruH Germu.

There are many mon who wear their
hats practically all tho time when awake
ana are blessed with heavy shock OF
hair; yet II the scalps OF these same men
once became infested with dandruff
germs. the parasites would multiply all
the quicker for lack of air Baldncss
would cnsuo as tho final result. New
BROS Horpiclde kills these germs and
stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant
growth. Herpicldo Is n pleasant hair
dressing as well as n dnnhrufr cure and
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
Germany's Birth Rate.
The birth rate In Germany is six a
1000 higher than in England.

The most eminent medical scicn
fists are unanimous in the conclusIon
that the generally accepted limitation
OF human life is many years below the
attainment possible with the advance
knowledge of which the race Is now
possessed The critical period. that
determines its duration. seems to Is
between 80 and co: the proper care
Of the body during this decade cannot
he too strongly urged; carelcs.n.ss
then being fatal To longevity. Natures
best helper after so Is Electric Rit.
tiers. the scientific tonic medicine that
reyitalizes every organ of the body.
Guaranteed Ly all druggists. soc.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
WHAT 1T COST CANDIDATES.
Mess's. Holt. Barrett, Ashby, Fellows
And Moss File Notices.

All of the candidates who partlci
pated in the recent Democratic Leg
islatlvc primary have filed with the
clerk OF courts notices of the amount
of money expended by them in con
ncction with tho campaign. The to-
tails arc rs follows:
For senate:
Saxon w Holt mominated)
S3121S
G. Aylott Ashhy, $SS315.
These candidates were assessed
500 by the district committee, but
$50 of that amount was returned to
each. Tho remainder of The money
spent by each went mostly for band
hire, advertising and the like.
For House of Delegates:
w. T.. Barrett (nomipatcd), $t5i.75.
c. Il Fellows. $3.50
A. A. Moss. $35.25
The city committee assessed these
candidates s25. Mr.. Barrett spent
most Of the Sl5i.75 for band hire ana
advertising Mr.. Fellows spent SIS
for printing. Mr. Moss spent only
sl0.25 IN addition to the assessment.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
SNAPPY MILLER HIGGINS.
sreat Cincinnati Second Bascman.
Carccr of Lee Tannehill.

Ned IInulon. the noted manager OF
tho Cincinnati Nationals. has spent Il
large part Of the season in trading and
yelling or the Cincinnuu veterans and
In replacing them with Youngsters.
But no matter how many deals lie
made he never thought of lifting the
scnlp OF QUE veteran. That man is
Miller IIrggins. the Reds brilliant sec
ond hascmnn.
Miller l1uggins IS seldom beard of
outside his own town. because his
team invariably occupies low plnce
In the pennant race ladder. But he is
tho goods.
lluggns Is II little fellow. but he Is
az snappy and rs full OF ginger as n
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
POURED BEER INTO JAIL.
w. P. Ridley Arrested for Violating
Law in Novel Manner.

w. p. Ridley, an employee of the
shipyard was arrested last night by
Special Officer Mcssick for giving
beer to prisoners in the city jail.
The officer was informed by prison
crs that Ridley was at one of the jail
side windows pouring beer through
the window screen, by means of Il pa
per funnel. into Il bucket held on the
inside. Ridley was caught leaving the
jail yard and WIS locked up in spite
of his dcnials
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01

ball player can he. That makes mp for
his lack OF stature In many respects
He hnts we'll; he leads the Cincinnati
batting order. He Is IL Splinter par
excellence MS bnll players 20. md fields
ms well. as n rule. as did Billy Gilbert,
late of the New York Nationals, Gil
bert was one Of the hest fielding sec
ond hasou'cn In the game In his day
but he could not bat as well as the
average high school boy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
Capt. McHorncy's Contribution

Captain Mcliornoy, general manager
of the steamers General Lee and Gen
cral Putnam. has turned over to the
Pine Beach Hospital Day commit
tee S137.l5. tho hospitals share of the
steamers receipts last Saturday. This
amount is equal to about half of the
entire receipts from other sources
of Hospital Day
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
Schedule Chanucd.

The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany has changed the schedule for its
main line steamers SO that vessels
sailing from Norfolk for New York
will leave ut o'clock instead of s
o'clock in the evening. The night
line steamers for Richmond will leave
Newport News at $50 o'clock instead
of 1920 o'clock in the evening. Both
changes become effective today.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
Insomnia AS Death Penalty.

a Chinese merchant of Picking who
was convicted of murder was scntcnc-
ed to death by being deprived of
sleep. Four wardcrs kept watch over
him to keep him awake and on the
tenth day he died.