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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
FEARS EXPLOSIVE RATS.
Rodents Ate Dynamite and Farmer
Can Hardly Sleep.

WORCESTER, MASS. Jan. o.
charles y. Dana, of Oxford, has n
barn full of rats. During the last
month they have eaten ten pounds of
dynamite which was stored In his barn
FOR tho winter by contractor. The
condition of affairs has driven Mr..
Dana to the verge of nervous pros.
tration. He says since the dynamite
disappeared he has seen more rats
than ever before.
I'm afraid to throw brick mt the
pesky critters for fear they will ex-
plode and blow up the barn" he saws.
II can hardly sleep nights, thinking
that one of them may fall out of the
haymow to the barn floor and send
my horses and cattle to kingdom
come. When go out to feed the
stock | handle the hay and bedding
ns gingerly as I'd handle eggs. What
II one of those animal bombs should
DE In 1t? The shock I'd give him by
throwing him about might blow
everything up"
Damn is trying to entice rat away
from the barn for experimenting pur.
poses, but has had no success.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
BIRMINGHAM GETS
THE SUB TREASURY
Georgia Delegation Boiled The
Meeting and Refused 10 Vote
on The Question.
COLUMBIA, S. C, LOST BY | VOTE
Tennessee Delegation Divided It's Vote
After They Learned They Could
No. Land the sulIdins-eeoraia Re.
representatives. say That Promises to
Them Were Broken by Shaw.
lpy Associated pressl

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Jan. 7.-Dir.
mingham, Ala, was selected as the
location for II new sub treasury by n
cancns OF Southern Senators and Re-
representatives. mt the capitol today.
columbia, S. c., and birmingham
were the only cities voted upon at
the final ballot and the Alabama city
won by vote of II to 1G.
The Georgia delegation bolted the
caucus and neither Atlanta nor Sn.
vannah was voted upon by the eau.
Gus, which was attended by Repre-.
sentatives of tho delegations from
Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and
Tennessee Representative Mooney
OF Tennessee first called the caucus
to order at 3 o'clock when nearly fifty
Senators and Representatives. were
present. Representative Livingston.
Senator Clay, Representative Adams
ana other Georgians Immediately
mnde IL known that they did not pur.
pose being bound by any action taken
by the caucus and urged that no at
tempts be made to decide the exnct
city In which the Southern Represent
ttatives desire the sub treasury locat.
ed. They also stated that Georgia
was not ready to decide how Il would
cnst Its vote and intimated that they
would leave the meeting In case their
wish was opposed. After much de.
hate the meeting adjourned.
THE Georgia representation did not
appear Mt the adjourned meeting Mt
3 o'clock. Alabama voted unbrokcn.
~ for birmingham on all ballots. and
South Carolina was faithful TO Colum.
bia. Chattanooga In turn then dIvld.
ed It's vote between Columbia and
birmingham, thus giving the Alnbn.
ma city n majority vote. Only one
Florida vote was cast, that of Repre-.
sentative Clark, who voted for Colum.
bia on all ballots The Georgia dele.
: CATION insisted that the caucus was not
cnlled with any authority. as Secre.
tary Shaw had no right to refer the
location of the sub treasury to eau.
Gus.
Representative Livingston and 9th,
err Georgia members also said Secre
tary Shaw had assured them TINT
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
We're the only states which would
have a voice in the location of the
now branch OF the treasury and 20
fore withdrawing from the caucus de
clared very hotly that assurance had
been given them by the Secretary OF
the Treasury which had been violated
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
TESTING A NEW SUBMARINE.
The Octopus, Largest Under Water
Boat Built for Government.

BOSTON. MASS, Dec. THE new
submarine boat OctoDus, built by the
Fall River Shipbuilding Company, is
being tested in Boston Harbor. No
one except naval officials and tn =
builders crew is allowed on board.
Unofficial timing indicates a speed OF
about twelve miles an hour on the
surface and nine knots under water
The Octopus is much larger than
any submarine previously built for
the United States government, being
practically the same size as the larg.
est submarine in commission In
Europe, or about 300 tons. Her length
is understood to be about one hun.
dred feet and her steaming radius
about one thousand miles.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

railroads and the commission over
these complaints. The commission is
beginning to suspect the railroads are
doing some things to make the rate
law unpopular, and one OF, the COM
missioners made no concealment last
week of his belief that some of the
roads were in conspiracy to mako
the public believe the law was not
operative.
On top of these differences between
the railroads and the commission it
is asserted that an organized effort
is being made TO tliscredit the secre-
tary Of the commission, Il. A. Nose.
ley. and obtain his removal. This
movement started, it is alleged, with
The Burlington road, against which
were made numerous complaints for
violation of the law requiring safety
devices on freight cars, resulting in
the filing of long list of suits by
the Department OF Justice.
The new members of the commits.
sion-Messrs. Harlan. Clark and Lane
are very active men. and full of
fight. They are heartily in sympathy
with the older members of the com.
missicn-Mossrs. KNAPP. Prouty, Gle.
ments and Cockrell-and it would
seem that before the question of now.
ers of the body to regulate the rail.
roads is fully acquiesced in by the
managers of these lines all the uues.
tons at issue will have to go to the
courts.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
SPECIAL NOTICE.

LADIES!-LOoK, READ AND RE.
member, that have the most up-to-
date Hair Dressing Parlor and Hair
Dresser that has even been in the
city, as well as an, expert in all
other branches. Try the American
wave, equal to French marcel, only
50c. Genuine French marcel, soc.
Manicuring, 35c Electric and Hand
Massage, 25c and soc. The only
graduate chiropodist in the city.
n &c Fl OLA s. LADIES' HAIR
DRESSING PARLOR. 203 Twenty.
seventh street, Silsby Bldg.
12-29-tf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
NAVY SHORT OF MEN.
Commissioning of Four BattIeships
He'a"ed b" Lack of Bluejackets.

commissioning OF Four BattleShipS
HrIaved bv Lack of uejackets.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. o.
Lack of men for crews threatens to
delay the placing in commission of
the four new battleships, the Georgia.
the Minnesota, the Vermont and the
Kansas, and the cruiser ST. Paul. The
date for the Georgia has already been
postponed to February Is, which
leaves but little time for her shaking
down cruise, and it is probable an en-
tension of time in the case OF the
other ships will soon be announced.
Shortage of bluejackets is attributed
to slow enlistment. due in large
measure to the requirement of the
new law obliging recruits to produce
documentary evidence of the date of
their birth. This is said to bar near
" fifty per cent of the applicants.
and the Navy Department is anxious
to have the law repealed or amended.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
CHEAP ADvERrIsINu.
CASH IN ADVANCE
ONE CENT A WORD.

Advertisements under classified
heads In this column will DO inserted
at tho uniform ratio Of one cent a word
Tor each insertion. No advertisement,
however email, lees than Is cents for
tho first Insertion. Cash In advance
Invariably. Special rates made on LONG
contracts. Orders for disco ntInuanee
must BIO made In writing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

II you are going to buy Wines and
Liquors for the holidays why not buy
the best for your money. Our motto,
Honest goods and honest measure"
NEWPORT NEWS WINE &c IL
QUOR CO.. Corner Twenty-fifth street
and Washington avenue. Both phones.
12-12-1m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
A Memorable Day.

One Of the days we remember with
pleasure, as well as with profit to our
health, is the one on which we be-
came acquainted with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the painless purifiers that
cure headache and biliousness, and
keep the bowels right, Csc at the Ideal
Pharmacy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
NOTlCEI

Patrons of the Newport News Light
and Water company, are hereby re-
minded that water bills must be paid
by the 10th inst. All delinquents on
the 18th inst. will have their supply
cut off pursuant to notice given all
consumers. NEWPORT NEWS LIGHT
AND WATER COMPANY, by l.. B.
MANYILLE. superintendent 1-2-9t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
Croker Not Coming Back.
(BY ASsociated Presa

LONDON, Jan. 7.-Concerning the
reports of his intention to return to
the United States, Richard Croker has
telegraphed the Associated Press from
Dublin as follows: 81 am not return
ing to the United States and there
is no truth in the reports"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
WANTED.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COLORED
man cook. Good wages and perma-
nent position. w. Il. DOBSON'S
SALOON, No. South King street,
Hampton. 1.S.3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

CANARY BIRDS. ST.. ANDRES
burg Rollers. fine trained singers;
Hartg Mountain Canaries, good
singers. guaranteed; Purity Brand
Bird Seed, Gold Fish and Globes
@. ALBERT LEM, 1902 Jefferson
Ave-. next Jefferson Bank. tt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

FOR sALE-GOoD GROOM DWELL.
Ing, with bath and sewer, only
$1,000, near Washington avenue and
on one of the best streets in TIE
city. Ground rent only Sc per
month. Cheaper than owning the
land. You should see us about this
place. Its a great opportunity for
a business man to get down town.
SOMMERVILLE TRUST CO., Tin
corporated). 1.6-3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
Old Ex-senator on Floor.
(By Associated Press !

Nby ASSUCIHteu PreS6.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 7-Hon.
Thomas Norwood, of Georgia, United
states Senator from that state from
1871 to 1877. visited the Senate to.
day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

WANTED-A LOAN OF $4,000, AT
e per cent for /, 2 or 8 years. on
improved property in this city.
Title Company's abstract free, and
all other expenses paid by borrow.
err L. Box 1856. city. 1-6.3t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING,

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
TO THE HOLDERS OF COMMON
STOCK OF THE JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION COMPANY:
/, The annual meeting of the stock
holders, for the purpose of electing
directors and performance of such
other duties as may properly come be.
lore the meeting. is called to he held
at the Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Vir.
sinia, January 18th, 1907, at 400
o'clock p NJ.
&c. T. SHEPHERD.
i-4-lot. Secretary"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

Ask your grocer for Van Camps Corn
10e; Van Camps Peas. 15c. 10-17.ti
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

WANTED-To BUY A WORK
horse, (about 1;2O0 pounds). Call
GID Twenty-fourth street. 1897.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

STUDENT OF PEABODY CoNSER.
vatory desires pupils in piano:
classes both in Hampton and New
port News. Address $50 Thirty-firsl
street 12-22.1m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

a. B. ABBITT, WHoLRsALE-GRo
Ger, tobacco. etc. Hay, grain AND
feed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

LoST-JANUARY 4. 1907 EJ,K,s
charm, with Elk's tooth; was a
present to me and will give liberal
reward If returned to my store,
29lf Washington Avenue. or resi-.
aence' l1i5 Twenty-flfth Street.
t. G. COBURN. 1.G.6t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

LOTS FOR SALE OR LEASE IN ALL
parts OF the city. Call and get
prices. OLD DOMINION LAND
CO., Hotel Warwick building.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

BLUE PRINTING AND TRACING
Guy p. Murray. 829 oath st.. City.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

WANrED-ERRAND BOY FOR A
drug store. Apply to J. C. COR
SUCH G. CO., 1923 Washington
avenue. 1,5-3t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-AT A SACRIFICE
young COW, fresh and gentle. Bell
phone 4Ol, Hampton, Va. 1-S-6t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

FOR SALE-GOOD GROOM HOUSE
and lot, bath and sewer, in ..orth
END. only $1,000; 5000 cash, balance
SIS monthly; per cent. No loan.
Very cheap home. See us about it.
SoMMERVILLE TRUST CO., Tin
corporated). 1.G.3t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

FOR sALE-oNE GOOD sCHooN-
er, oyster skiffs, and outfit in first
class order and 10000 bushels Of
planted oysters, 20 acres o. good
oyster planting ground in Warwick
River, one fourth interest in 43
acres of good natural oyster rock
in James River. Apply A. r. DAW.
SON, Menchville. Va. 12-23-1m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

FOR SALE-ONE CANOE, 35 FEET
long. four years old. fitted out with
horsepower Hubbard motor.
Cheap If taken at once. Apply to
u. F. S." care w. T. WHITE,
Oyster Point, Va. 1-5.Gt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BLACK
smith at once. Good place for the
right man. Apply to r. l.. TENNIS,
Court street, Hampton, Va. 1.G-3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08

WANTED-oCCUPANTS FOR CON
meeting or single furnished or unfur.
nished rooms; furnace heated. ZIG
Thirty-third street. 1.5.Gt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
LOST AND FOUND.

LoST-lN GRBENLAWN GENIE.
terry Sunday, bunch of keys. Finder
VIII kindly return to b. j. OHARA.
Hotel Jordan. If
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-08
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-NICE, CHEERFUL
furnished rooms. t. quiet parties.
Apply No. 721 Twenty.seventh
Street. 1-G-3t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Young Farmers Going to Cities.


A recent news telegram from York,
Pa, says: with the return to the
county commissioners to-day of the last
registry assessors book it was shown
by the totals that the population of
voters in the county has decreased in
six months nearly 400. The shrinkage
in the male population Is attributed by
the commissioners to the desertion of
the farms by young men, most of whom
have been lured to Philadelphia and
other cities under the impression that
they can speedily make fortunes.
SIN the borough Of Red Lion sixty
voters have gone to the city within six
months. The decrease in population is
greater than in the borOughs. The total
registration in the boroughs and town
ships of the county last spring was ~.
SO2. The present registration shows
3SS less"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Food for the Team.

A good teamster will seldom have
team out of condition if he has a rea-
soDable amount of food supplied to him.
A horse weighing 1000 to loo pounds
should do good, hard work on twelve
quarts of good, sound, heavy oats daily,
with from 10 to y pounds OF good,
bright timothy hay. For teaming or
farm work a mixture of equal parts by
weight of wheat bran and corn meal
can take the place of from one-third to
one-half the oats, and will ordinarily be
somewhat cheaper. Larger horses Will
require proportionately more. During
the winter the ration may be decreased,
SO that the horse will maintain himself
without gain or loss of weight. He
should do this on one-half to two-thirds
the amount given above. The grain
may be reduced proportionately more
than the hay. A horse with good di-
gestive powers will often maintain him
self on hay alone; or straw, with some
grain, may be used in place Of the hay,
If that is cheaper.-Country Gentle
man.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15

A respected business man killed him
self recently because his wife's affec-
tions had been stolen. What of it?
Nothing out of the ordinary, perhaps,
save that the suicide left note to- the
coroner, In which he recommended the
passage of laws making home-wreckers
criminals amenable to punishment Of
thirty years Imprisonment. There's
something to think about in that. or
course, the self-murderer was a cow
ard. But that does not alter the fact
that the man who entered his home and
filched the wife's affections was worse
than coward. The innocent child who
steals loaf of bread from bakery to
keep her brothers and sisters from star
walton Is a criminal in the eyes of the
law. The crawling thing that betrays
friendship and squirms into good
mans home, stealing all that is best and
purest In his life what is he? Crimi-
nal? In the eyes of the law, no. Scoun-
drel? In the eyes of his fellow crea-
res-perhaps. A loaf of bread. A
good woman's love. An innocent child.
A cowardly scoundrel. The law. The
suicide was right. There Is something
wrong somewhere.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Man Who IA Ahend.

In almost every newspaper you pick
up you are pretty sure to find a lot
of gush about the man behind the
counter and the man behind the gun /;
the man behind the buzzsaw and the
man behind the sun; the man behind
the times and the man behind his
rents; the man behind the plowshare
and the man behind the fence; the man
behind the whistle and the man behind
the cars; the man behind the kodak
and the man behind the bars; the man
behind his whlskers and the man be-
hind his fists; and everything is en-
tered on the list.
But they've skipped another fellow
Of whom nothing has been sald-the
fellow who Is even, or little way
ahead; who pays for what he gets,
whose bills are always signed He's
blamed sight more important than
the man who is behind. All the edit
ors and merchants, and the whole COM
mercial clan, are indebted for existence
to this honest fellowman. He keeps
us all in business, and his town Is nev-
er dead, and 80 we take off our hats
to the man who is ahead.-Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Water and Salt for Cows,

Eight gallons of water a day Is the
average quantity required for cow,
and the milk given is about 81 per cent
water. In some pastures there IS no
water, the cows being supplied night
and morning, which forces such COW to
drink four gallons at time in order
to be supplied. AS the cow does not
know that she must drink four gallons,
she may use less, and she will reduce
her milk supply accordingly.
Extensive tests and Investigations
have been made by the experiment sta
tions to determine the advisability of
adding salt to the ration Of dairy
cows. AS a result Of these trials, 1t is
recommended that dairy cows be given
at least one ounce of salt per day. Ex-
ceptionally heavy mixers will require
more than this. The uniform results
obtained with all cows employed in
these trials indicate that salt In addl.
tion to that obtained In their food is
absolutely essential to the continued
health of a dairy cow, while producing
milk. 1t Is evident, moreover, tina
the amount of salt which must be SUP
piled directly will greatly vary in diff
ferent localities, 1t being more at bigt
elevations and at places remote from
the sea.-Agricultural Epitomist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15

little cold. None OF Peary's party
caught cold all the time they were In
regions away below zero. Pure, un-
adulterated cold is healthful. 1t is not
all the time pleasant, but one can wrap
up sufficiently to provide against the
discomfort of it. That is easy. That
is what they do with consumptives-
wrap them up warmly and put them
out into the fresh, cold air. 1t is not
the cold that hurts; it is the draft
which disturbs the temperature of the
body and consequently the equilibrium
of the circulation, which in turn stucs
up the capillaries, and there you are
sneezing. wheeling, coughing. hawking
grunting and making yourself a public
calamity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Preventing BlackIeg.

If the stock raiser will get and keep
before his stock all the time. sulphur
one pound and saltpeter one pound and
mix with ten pounds salt, he will never
have blackleg in his herd, says writer
in Dakota Farmer. had 1t in my
herd several years ago, and was told
Of this remedy and never lost an animal
after the use of 1t. The sulphur
cleanses the blood and regulates the
bowels and the saltpeter acts on the
kidneys, so carrying out Of the system
the poison of blackleg. At least that Is
tho way | reason 1t ont
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Treatment of the son.

We have but little more definite
knowledge of the soil and the principles
involved in its treatment than we had
sixty years ago, says the Scientific
American. Fertility is not nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potassium alone,
though the potential value of any field,
or State, or country, from the agricul-
tural standpoint, is measured by these
constituent elements In its soil; yet 1t
has been demonstrated that soils which
contain an abundance of these elements,
and which are potentially capable of
producing crops for centuries perhaps,
are not capable of producing profitable
crops without the addition of further
amounts of these constituents. The
chemical investigator is, therefore, COM
PEELED to take into consideration other
facts than this. He must, if he would
cover the whole field, know something
of geology, of botany, of physics, of
biology, of bacteriology, and of the
other natural sciences, because chem
istry alone is not capable of fully COM
passing the problem; thus, the oppor-
tunity for specializing in any branch
has been very great, and 1t is because
of the broadness of the subject, and
the opportunity, as already pointed out,
and the necessity, also, for giving imme-
diate help from the knowledge that we
have that has prevented in a degree
broad study of the fundamentals essen
tial for enabling genuine progress to be
made.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Splitting of Citrus Fruit.

Splitting Of citrus fruit frequently
follows heavy rains when these occur
just about the ripening season, espe-
cially during the latter portion Of Octo-
ber, says P. H. Rolls, Of the Florida
experiment station. When splitting is
due to purely physical conditions the
fluit splits open from the bloom end,
usually, and leaves a very sharp and
we'll defined edge on sides Of the wound.
AS the conditions which cause this
splitting are beyond our control the
remedy for 1t likewise seems to be be-
yond our ability
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
Rack for Dehorning,

The illustration shows a rack to be
used either for dehornlng cattle or
ringing hogs. For sills use three pieces
4 feet long and inches by 4 inches
mortised for bottom of posts 8 inches
each side of center to allow the sides
ard bottom boards to drop into place.
-Four posts inches by inches and 3
feet inches long and two posts 4
inches by inches, and feet 8 inches
long are tenoned to the sills. Three
cap pieces . inches by 4 inches and
feet 2 inches long are mortised at the
ends to receive tops of posts. The caps
ire of oak. One oak piece in front of
the cap, which holds the stanchion, is
inches by inches, and 4 feet 2 inches
long. The lower oak piece in front of
the stanchion is 2 inches by inches
and feet long. The lumber Is inches
thick and I feet long for sides. One
board 2 inches by II inches and feet