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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
COOKING Demonstrations.

The Hampton and Phoebus Gas
Company has completed arrange
ments for giving cooking demonstra-
tions on gas stoves on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday afternoons.
beginning next Tuesday. The ladies
of the entire peninsula are invited to
attend these demonstrations and see
the advantages of the gas stove for
cooking purposes. 2-16-1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
Skating Rink

Will I've opened in Armorv Hall Mon
day evening, February IS. Monday,
TUESDAY. thursday and Friday even
ings from s to 10. Admission free.
Skates 25r cents. Friday afternoon
matinees for school children. Admits
sion free. Skates 10 cents.
F. w. SHIELDS.
FRANZ Won SCHILLING.
j. V. BICKFORU
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
Small sloop Goes Down.

] A small sloop, owned by Capt
William Martin, ran into an oyster
stake in Hampton creek early yes
terday morning aaf 0wars sunk. The
stake drove a hole I'm the stern oil
boat. The s,oop WIS raised and
towed to Halls railway for repairs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

Z l.. a. Celia has in Conville and Mar.
athon two eligible candidates for The
crescent City Derby, which race bids
fair to have far better class Of com,
netitors than the City Park race or
the same character u
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
Still plenty of Grit.

Tho biggest hominy mill in the
country has been destroyed by fire.
That news, however, will not bring
joy when it Is known that there are
still enough factories running to sup.
ply all of the boarders with the us
ual dish of grits-Atlanta Georgian
and News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
Narrowly Escape Drowoino

water CIRCLES. narrowly, asca,>a -,
drowning in Hampton creek n, + 20
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. he
lell overheard aisel was rescue1 Inv
Capt Martin. Barry suffered great
ly from the shock and cold.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
a Bin Char uHer

A Big Cigar offer.
Old Bay Line Invincibles, a mild
Havana, 10 Cents cigar, sold at the
Hull Cut Rate Drug Store for 6
cents straight Saturdays only.
11-17-Sats-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

Stuart Johnson, wlb has hcon
connected with The Office of the
shTpyard for several years. will leave
I IS evening for New York, where
he mas accepted a position with The
Old oDminion STEAMSHIP Company.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
WANTED.

WANTED-PosITIoN BY CoMPET
ent book-keeper or office work.
Address Y. x. ", Box 345, Hamp-
ton, Va. 2-14-3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
FOR SALE.
Wines and Liquors

! belong to the lost tribe that stray.
ed away from Dublin before Moses
sailed on the Red Sea. I'm price
cutter. I'm money-maker; I'm the
one that sells all straight iWhiskies
retail at wholesale prices. The FOL.
lowing high grade l0c Whistles
sell for &c. drink: Paul Jones' Pure
Rye, Sherwood Rye WhIskey, Carroll
Springs, pure Maryland Rye Whiskey,
OFsrhold Rye whiskey, Parkwood Rye
Whiskey. All Of the above named
Whistles are strictly high grade:
watch my PRICES IL you dare, beat
me IL you can.
Whiskey in bulk at following, prices
Old NICK Pure Rye, IL pit, 25c;
sailon ................... $500
Leonardo FayorIte. 10 pit, zoe;
gallon 500
Hunters Baltimor Rye, IL pit,
Zoe; gallon .......... 400
Maryland Club. L! pit, Csc gal
ION .................. 400
Paul Jones Pure Rye, IL pit.
zoe; gallon .............. 2.75
Carroll Springs. gallon ........ ESQ
XXXXBaker Rye, gallon $3.50. ESQ
Star A. Rye, gallon .......... 200
Moss Rose gallon ........... 2Uu|
LAKEWOOD Pure Rave, gallon ;. 200
Jefferson Pure Rye, gallon .....-. IFS
Kentucky Bourbon, gallon $500. 40
Double Stamp Gin, gallon ...... 200
The following brands OF Callfor-
MIA Wines. Port, Sherry, Catawba
Clsret, Blackberry at CSC per qt..
per gallon, T5c Pride OF North Car
olina, 4 years old, gallon. 1850. 200
KummeillS per gallon .......... 2.OOl
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

w ELMER Copeland, accompanied:
by his mother, Mrs. j, r. Copeland
VIII leave this evening for n s!.art
stay in Washington.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
PERSONAL NOTES.
The Coming and Going Of the People
You Know.

MISS Nerta Scater will leave
today for Richmond. where s.Ns will
vss''t friends before gang to Be4ke.
Icy, w. Va, whore she will make
her future home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
IA S. King st.
az Acre Farm.

desirably located on shell road,
convenient to Newport News and
Hampton; broom dwelling and
barn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

When girl has cold in the head
she looks almost as bad as when sh,
is In love.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
90 Acre Farm.

desiraEly located on main road,
convenient to Hampton and New
port News. Fine dwelling, new
bars, etc. improvements would
cost $4,000. Price, $1,000. $4,000
cash, balance long time. Will
consider trade for equity for New
port News property.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
JUST 1se VOTERS.
The Number That viii Participate
in the Hampton Town Election

According "a. the reports of Coun
" treasurer David Johnson TSg
persons in Hampton qualified to vote
IN mo June election by paving me-
non TAX last December The l:s..
OF taosse who paid the tax was ra@st.
ed IN irosnt OF the courthouse on yes
leTuay The list contains die iame,i
OF the white voters only.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
25 Acres.

on main Shell road, near town.
Fine truck land and desirable To-
cation.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

DIR. Thomas II. Parrannore J. c
Robinson, Il. w. Norris and c. L
Grcckett retnrned yesterday from
Rlchmond, where they attended tie
grand lodge of Virginia Masons
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16

Charles NJ. Sangster returned
Yesterday from Fairfax coumty,
where he attended the funeral of
MS mother, Mhrs. Bette Sangster.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-16
6. Acres,

on water front and near town.
| Acre, LaSalle Avenue, bargain.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
MUSIC AND MONEY.
More Paid for One Euening than
4Uerage american Earns an Year.

With an energetic New York impresario plan
ming TO distribute grand opera houses in half
score of the larger cities of the United States,
and with another purveyor of entertainment con-
tracing with a singer for few songs at round
price of 100000, it looks as If Americans will
shortly be listening-except that those in the box
seats don't always listen--to more high priced
music than ever before. Already this country
has acquired reputation for paying musicians
as they are paid nowhere else in the world.
Americans may not be musical people. There
are some who say not. But the people of this
country clearly have the price when something
comes along which is believed to be worth lis
tening TO. Music and money ought not, per-
haps to be intimately associated but as things
are, the people <ho have the money generally
get the best music.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
THE MEXICAN cARGAooR.

Just as one finds the rickshaw everyvhsre IN
India so one finds the cargador IN Mexico He 70
n beast OF burden In general he Is comparative
" small man. with broad shoulders and stout arms
and legs To look * him one would not tnink ne
would he able 70 garry heavy burdens. But the
weight he can carry IS surprising You have a
trunk YOU can scarcely move. for instance You
send for a cargadOr. He gets IL upon his oack
high I'D on the shoulders and he ularches on VIII
II as easily as though IL were a plaything- n IRE
dedicated to carrying heavy burdens has made THIS
work easv for him A slightly built Mexican VIII
carry over 500 pounds on his shoulders for snort
distances <-...-
and evsrvyhere else throughout the republic was
carried upon the backs or cargadors, II yo1
wanted to move your housenoId furn.Iure yo1
hired a certain number OF carxadors For house
moving they generally work in pairs; eacn par
having a hand truck. which they pick Up ana
carry when IL is loaded. for it has no wneeis-
In Mexico CITY there still hundreds or these
carts wagons and heavy moving TRUCKS Iners
are also regular transfer companies But All or
these are OF very recent Observation-Disclosures
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
e,cyctiNo POPULAR IN FORMOSA

Consul Julean II. Arnold. of Tamsuit. reports e'lde
yrbiIe there are dealers in automobiles IN f0f-
,,osa and the island has yet to see her hrst auto
mobile there IS in use there a large NUMBER oI
hcvcles He pictures the trade possibilities as io-
."RicvcIing is very popular with both the japanese
and Chinese residents here. Bicycle meets, ~
which Japanese and Chinese participate. are hela
tuce each year in the capital city. An adVertlslB
agent would have undoubtedly found good ma ma
triai I'm the picture which the last meet here pre-
sented Besides Chinese. japanese and foreign
sDactators lining the circular track upon whlch
.be Iananese and Chinese contestants We're racing
their wheels there were about fifty tattooed faced
snvaees of the head hunter tribe. Some OF the
cIieffains were decorated and ornamented much
ofter The fashion of the American Indian. There
Ixera MANY American made wheels TO be seen in
tbie meet During the year 1906 there were i'm
nnrted 400 BICYCLES: of this number only eight are
nut down as imported from foreign countries; the
other 82 were imported from Japan. the majority
beinp American made wheels. There are no dealers
here importing from America direct Exporters
,nus, Convince local dealers that they can save
hv in,norting directly from the United States, in
which event l am quite sure that the number or
American made wheels coming into this market
will increase. The cities here provided with
good wide well paved streets The roads into the
country are being continually improved. There are
ne carriages tram cars in useL,n the island.
hence cycling holds strong position.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
CHANCES ON oPERATIC STAGE.

on account of these and many other openings
although the chances of the person of average
talent for stage appearance are none too many.
and for attaining great prominence on the
oneratfc stage are f-w. yet nearly all the sradu-
afes of high-grade American music schools seem
to be reasonably certain, il possessed or ortii-
nary common sense. to make thelrs way in the
world When Colonel Savage advertised for 4
flower girl chorus for his production OF Par
sifaT' in English more than Il thousand young
Americans presented themselves. But the pieth-
ora of American beauties was undoubtedly
due not so much to the muniticence OF the COM
nansatjon offered as TO the general glamour
of the stage and the particular desirablllty or
annearance in so famous production.
Men in the United states are generally less
readv than women to take the musical profession
seriously This is particularly true of the edu-
catad classes from which the ranks or the other
nrofessf0ns are recruited. There is. however, a
tendency now tfor college bred young men TO
think of music as something which they may
tai[e nm instead of law, the ministry. medicine. or
enpineering Some, like Frederick s. Converse.
n Young Harvard man who entered upon busi-
ness career but found the call OF music 100
strong 70 resist have discovered In muSicai
conn0sittOn q very interesting field. Since the
nrndurtion of his opera. THE Pipe OF Desire.
hv Conservatory students in Boston two years
90 Mr. converse has had several introductions
to NaIy York audiences and has become recog-
- st coming COmDOSerS
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
LINK WITH The PAST.

The partial rebuilding OF Canonbury Tower VIII
no doubt save from early ruin one Of the most
interesting landmarks Of Loudon-almost as val
liable link with the past as Crosby Hall Al
though the wslI known brick tower prooa oly
dates only from Henry Wits day. Canonoury
House is supposed 10 have been built as long
ago as 1862. when Poictiers was a very recent
memory. :. and its palmiest days were prooa oly
al the close OF the sixteenth century. when IL
had for tenant rich Spencer" one OF London :
most famous chief magistrates II was rom
Canonbury House. so tradition SAYS, that young
Lord Compton carried off Sir John Spencer
only daughter in bakers basket under the
very eyes of her father; and in the bitches close
by a Dunkirk pirate, with dozen Of his men,
lay In waiting To kldnap the wealthy merchant
on his way home from the cHy- Lord keeper
Coventry lived for a time at CanOnbury House.
and in 1885 the Earl OF Denbigh died there
Among later men OF note whom this historic
house has sheltered were Speaker Onslov.
Humphreys an eighteenth century poet OF some
repute and chief OF ALL Oliver Goldsmith whose
room is still pointed out on the nrst noor OF Ine
Dundee Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
TWO GRAND OPERA COMBINATIONS

With two grand opera combinations in COM
petition and with the permanent orchestras of
several American cities featuring distinguished
insrrumentalists and vocal artists in their con-
certs up and down the country it is impossible
10 say whether the supply of distinguished for
egn musicians will keep up with the demand; ;
and ii is certainly not remarkable that American
girls in greater numbers than before are
studying for the operate stage. The prizes in
the musical profession become greater and
greater each year; for the blanks why. of
course, youth argues that these are numerous in
every profession. What allures is the undoubted
fact that prices have advanced far over those
Of earlier days, when 800 night was regarded
as excellent pay for the singer instrumental
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
ELECTRIC METER TESTS.
Wear Of the Delicate Je7ceis IN Their
Mechanism Under StUdY.

on the powers OF resistance of a million dia-
monds and sapphires. upon which revoive the
delicate mechanisms of the miniature motors
which act as electric meters throughout this
state. is centred the attention Of the Public
Service Commission in this city and at Albany
this week Figures showing the results of the
periodic inspections OF most of these jewel set
meters by the lighting companies have to-day
been informally laid before the experts Of both
boards by the Empire State Gas and Electric
Association. In minute diagrams and tables the
occasional vagaries of the pivotal precious
stones are made the subject Of scientific study
The wearing away of the jewels beneath their
shafts has been found invariably to impede the
action Of these motor meters, and to make their
readings lag behind the quantity OF the electric
current flowing through them. Particles of
dust the invasion of insects the mysterious
proximity of STRAY fields" OF electricity or a
number Of other common condltl0ns are held
res espOnshe for the same result Inc rare oc-
currences of peculiar short circuits, heaVy m
rtlshes of current, unusual vibration OF eIectri IL
phenomena have been found 20 WeahSn It.tao tte
magnet above the jewel ana SPIN the scIei'iiIo @
teetotum a trife faster than the passing cur
rent might warrant. , -, ;. - 8
az two thousand electric meters In the city OF
pocbaster periodc tests Of which have beeh
reprlarIv made by the lighting company t.ie
aesnrae before the state commission show 5b5'
ls m .,l ] 0s er cent to have register ed slow from
those retarding causes. while l12 or per cent
had become somewhat accelerated SlNty-INe
these meters were ipuIIu - 80"
Ter correctly within 4 per cent In Bingham@t0n ton
ein7iIar inspections of 1914 meters showed o91
- he correct while 242 were running slow and
fewer than hundred fast Thirty OF these Blhg-
banton meters were reported TO be damaged by
lightning or other causes and not resls'er,ns a.
afI the current flowing through them: AT Ell
mira corresponding results. compiled IN charts
and tables place the rcspohslollly loI ttlo Pr
@ .1tiu @7arn,,ce of the cases of cogging defectOns
n The sensitive instrument on its jewel
A committee of scientific and pracucal eH<
perts has been appointed under the auspices or
The state Lighting Association to lay before tne
Pubiic Service commissions the many queshois
involved in the inspection and maintenance oi
~ ~ aa1ica+e meter mechanism in manner sat
iefactory to the consumer The same prop-
lem is now being seriously CONSIDERED oy 'Ie
aansnitinr engineers of both utility boards
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
EARN LIVING BY TEACHING.

The reasonable certainty that there is liv-
ing in teaching music is unquestionably what
induces many a hard headed American business
man to spend money on his chidren's musical
education 4 city like New York, where there
are two thousand or more millionaires and
many times that number of families with m
comes in excess Of $4,000 supports thousands
of well paid music teachers 1t is said that
four women students out of five. even OF those
who are determined at the outset 10 become
foremost opera singers or concert performers,
end rlp by teaching Boston rather than New
York has always been the great source OF highly
trained teachers of music. OF the more Ihan
twenty-sx hundred students at the New Eng
land Conservatory last year. OF whom large
ma ioritv were women. II is probable that most
wifi be teaching few years hence.
There is no occasion to pity them. worse
condition than that Of the successful music
teacher in a comfortable American cornIGuni'?
can be imagined In larger cities there are
teachers ,of piano and voice who can earn as
much as $4,000 year. In smaller places thoSe
who are thoroughly competent get at least a
better living than they would have been likely
10 secure If they had become. say, clerks, stem
ogra phers orr bookkeepers. Again, the openings
for teachers in private schools and scminarles
at salaries ranging from few hundred To three
thousand dollars a year are numerous ana
steadily increasing. More than one hundred COL
leces in the United States have music depart
mantS., Again not few young women nave
taken conservatory work in plano tuning and
have, discovered that there is n lucrative neid
of usefulness in this line. Indeed, 1t is said TO
no frnnossible 10 meet the demand for expert
tuners There Is hardly any American city of
90 600 inhabitants where young man or young
woman thoroughly verSed in the mechanism
of the piano and the organ, cannot expect TO
earn in excess of a thousand dollars a year.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
DISCLOSURE AT DARK SEANCE.

The students at Cornell University could have
given this Judge considerable advice had he
communicated with them. Students are some
also for their profound research into things
mysterious. Because of their bump Of inquisi-
tiveness they brought to ignorninious public
posure two of the most prominent mediums In
the country, according to Professor Hermann.
the conturer on this exposure Mr.. Abbott
thus quotes Hermann:
The DavenpOrts. for thirteen years in Europe
and America. augmented the faith in spiritual
ism Unfortunately for the Davenports they
appeared at Ithaca, n. Y, where is situated
Cornell University. The students, having a
fore attending the performance with pyrotechnic
balls containing phosphorous. made
ignite suddenly with bright light.
During the dark Seance when the Davenports
were supposed to be bound hand and foot within
the closet and when guitars apparently
floating in the air. the students struck their
lights whereupon the spirits were found to be
no other than the Davenports themselves. dodg
ing about the stage brandishng guitars and
pIaving tunes, and waving at the same time tall
poles surmounted by phosphorescent spook
pictures.
From this incident Mr.. Abbott draws the con-
clusion that the ordinary medium breads the
shafts of light more than does the public
official caught in the tentaces of justice in
graft investigation. On this point Mr.. Abbott
writes:
Mediums claim that spirits have a horror of
light waves and that certain manifestations
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
NEW YORK PAYS MORE THAN LONDON

pensation in England than on the Continent of
Europe, they get, it is generally understood,
than twice much in New York in London.
Meba, for example, according to statements that
have not been denied, is paid in the British Capi-
tai about $500 evening" but in New York she
has $1,000. Calve. whose compensation is the
same as Melbas in Covent Garden. is tabled
or perhaps il is the literal truth-tO receive
$1,000 for each performance in New York City.
Lehman Is popular in Germany. where she gets
$3.50 a night-a high price for the thrifty music
lovers of the Fatherland to pay; her American
rate is $500
So ii goes through the whole list of the grand
opera favorites. NOrdca. Louise Homer. Geral-
dine FarTar, Emma Eames and the others all
said to receive compensation in America which
they could not expect to get abroad. Couse-
quently, it is wonder that American maidenS
from Maine to Mexico covet the opera singers
I
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
MORE PAY THAN BANK PRESIDENTS

considerable number of men musicians, sing
ers and instrumentalsts also do remarkably
well financially. earning bigger salaries in a
years work. Their chances. OF course. are
greater in America Thus il is reported that a
much advertised pianist not long ago played for
500 recital in Nuremberg. and then received
$1,000 for series OF forty recitals in the United
States.
Beneath the ranks of the very successful are
thousands of professional musicians who, even
IN this country Of high prices, manage at best
10 get only a modest living. and sometimes
hardly that Still. il is doubtful II they are
worse off than the generality OF the moderately
successful in other walks of life The small
salaries of orchestra players are sometimes re-
ferred 10 showing that there is little money
IN music. Yet II II Is true recently as
serted. that the verage earnings of certified
doctors Of medicine in the United States not
more than $500 for a whole years work, the
nent orchestras of the United States certainly
exceeds this in comparatively short season;
and they have chances to supplement their in
come by summer work. by teaching throughout
the year and by oCCas sionai engagements.
4 famous and highly trained American orches
ira which New Workers. hear with pleasure. Is
the Boston symphony The salaries said to
he modest in this organization. which is kept to-
Cether only through the guarantee OF Major
Henry L. Higginson to make up the annual
deficit: but on the other hand. the positions are
permanent for men who continue to advance
made productive as we'll plea surabe. and
cnnsiderab bic number of the members of the or
chestra receive salaries as teachers at the New
England Conservatory of Music. to which their
fame as virtuosi annually attracts students who
would otherwise go abroad for their musical edu-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

can only occur in the dark. It is true that the
manipulating spirit has a horror of the light
and that certain manifestations can only take
place in the darkness. If any one will have the
courage at such times to suddenly flash
pocket electric light on the trumpet 1t will not
be necessary for him to be a performer in order
TO discover the secret of the manifestations
Ihere Is not reliable report in the country
where at any time any one suddenly flashed one
OF these lights on a trumpet that he
did not find the medium the confederates at
work producing the manifestations in very
simple manner. 1t seems to me that if in any
instance such a phenomenon were genuine
there would some time be a case where these
eXposers would find something not a trick.
lady medium from Lincoln Neb.. re-
Gently Informed that the dark seance is
rapidly losing prestige since the manufacture
of the pocket electric light. She said that these
were being used the trumpet mediums all
over the country with disastrous results, and
that the profession would have to drift
into other channels of trckery.