Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-05

Veteran Alex Mcdonald. chief oi
the guides, Is ON leave and so1orrhy
ing at Virginia Beach.
Captain Francis N. Work. Of ii
Company, has rejoinsd the chief spe'
cial mess.
! Ex-Captain Eugene Hart has re-
turned to the Mountain branch OF the
Home down In Tennessee.
Elegant carriages from Hampton
and Newport News, propelled by
blocded horses. pass over Murphy
avenue and Franklin Boulevard these
torrld evenings. The avenue Is laid
out on the new made land west OF
the hotel.
Manager Haber, OF the general
store, had five assistants during the
recent quarterly circulation OF pen
sion money here. Manager Dousher-
| ty, Of the restaurant, had the sam"
number also; besides, the Home hotel
did record-breaking business.
Our colony OF cloistered conviviais
are displaying some wonderful anu
yariegated powers OF facial express
sion just now, particularly in their
daily interviews with Lieutenant
Suilaman, of the guard.
Major Johnson, chief surgeon. IN
dulges In strenuous recreation play
ing lawn tennis with relays OF hrs
STAFF. The court Is located south Of
the hospital, and the games are play
ed In the evenings.
| There was quite falling OF from
! previous pension payments In the
demand for nerve tCnicS and head
ache powders. after the payment last
week: also, In veterans who were
wont to throw sad strains into their
voices. This Is chiefly attributed to
the emigration of our unmitigated
barbacians.
Emitting grunts, like horse mack
erels or scads was the favOrite pas
| time of the old Juveniles who cluster
| ed In the shadows OF the trees along
the breakwater front during the
week, while squeaks and buzZins
sounds, like those from herrings and
sea buliheuds. were emitted by the
gull!bles and born tavern FOUNDERS
who Hocked therealong. Nearly all
these new editions Of innocents are
grand fathers.
And this is for the guidance OF our
gay old boys who only relapse into
detached DRINKS. and the resulting
hilarious frame of mind which causes
them to illustrate the adage man Is
the mcrriest, the most Joyous OF all
the species of creation. Above and
below him all are serious Judge
Tyler, OF Toledo, Pa. has decide d
that a man who acquires a beautiful
Jag only on Sundays cannot be
charged with habitual drunkenness.
The quarterly pension carnival be-
ing over. about Is per cent. of the
male adults here are again skirmisn'
ing with good resolutions. and while
1 some OF the rolliCking adults In this
class are thankful for what they get.
| others are thankful for what they did
not get. or that they did not get
what they desired. All, however.
admit that the earth stili revoives
on its axis and that there Is enough
TO go around
Many o. the new admissions ar
irving nowadays. are well preserved
| and of more than the average intel
| ligence. This creates the sad I'M
preston that they are victims Of the
honest grafters" on whom fierce
white bright light is beating through
out the country just now. In other
words, they did not realize til too
late that graf" is the full dress
| name for what is called "bribcrs and
I"theft'' when it Is In shirt sleeves.
With the opening OF the fiscal year
July I, appear signs Of increased &C
tivity on this reservation for arts
aas. iatorcrs and trades people at a
distance. as we'll as in localities hard
by. and this activity will continue
indefinitely. By the way. where Is
the cynical Cotcric who whispered to
us that there would b. startling
changes in this command on the
above-citci date? In this connection
valuable space Is taken up to advise
the whisps rers that IL is already IN
evidence that official tightening viii
not cultivate habit TO strike the
governing power here the current lis
cal year. which will end June 80
1893.
Maltine. milk and gingeraic. scrv'
cd on the grounds, are the faVcr''e
hot weather beverages of toitornS
veterans. and the active class con
sumo vast quantities Of ias'r beer
made before the purc-foci law went
into Crcct. IN licensed taverns close
by. There are now In Pho bus. the
fayoritc rccrcatIVc resort for crnial
veterans. agents for fvcF standard 90
old established brcwsFiss. aud in con.
so3rcscc competition Is so sharp that