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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
Baltimore Produce Markets.

BALTIMORE. MD. Sept. %
unchanged
WHEAT-steady and declined
spot contract 1925 Y; Southern
on grade 99A a 102A.
CORN-steady: spot Southern yer
low Sc.
OATS-frmer: No. mixed 81 ~.
RYE-firm: No. 9 Western Expor'
331.
BIJTTER-frmer: fancy imitation
q a %; do creamery II Is: do la
die 30: store packed Is.
EGGS-ffrm. "a cents.
CHEESE-new fats l3:: ne"
small 1884.
SUGAR-unchanged coarse ant
fine $40.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
Calendar for Today.

Sun rises 5: % a. H.
High water ..12:47 a. m; -
Low water .S:e5 a. M: I'll p. m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
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Z. SINGER First Cost is the Whole Cost
g Of course you can buy sewing machine
for less money than you would pay for
Singer the world knows that. But
consider this: When Singer is bought and
paid for, it is paid fort lasts a lifetime.
g A cheap machine is neuer paid for. Every
cent expended for repairs must be added
to the original cost-it's an endless system
of instalments. These instalments, added
to the first cost of the machine, soon ex.
coed the cost of Singer, and after each
successive repair (i you can get another
party the cheap machine grows more and
more secondhand one step nearer the
junk heap.
q The time lost, the trouble and the worry
outweigh many times over the difference
in the cost between the ''cheap" machine
and the Singer.
q There are two kinds of MISUNDERSTOOD
and bad-and the good kind is the Singer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
Sailed.

Steamers Freida (Br.- Heslop,
Baness; Hernia (BrD Fettes, Will
mington; Urd (Nor.) Hansen. Hava-
ma; Pectan (Br. Evans, London.
Barges Annie H. Smith. Boston;
Lancaster. Portland: Ohio, Portland.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
Woman's Way.

A woman will criticise another for
Seinx too fond Of dress, yet she Will
wear herself to a frazzle to set u bet.
Ter liable than her neixhbc-s
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-30
le,uars a TaQehinees.

LONELINESS is one Of the unpardon-
able sins. u sp~ngs from se:flove.
pp.t care a rap Whist folks say-ss
half of Ties. s~-'t think.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

Ing cargoes from the standpoint or American citizenship has been less i'm portant to them than the swelling of the ticket sales. The rejection of 50 large a number of candidates for place in the steerage carries with 1t sug' gestion that many more were consid- cred good enough to pass muster, even If they were lacking in the essentials needed to make desirable citizens. But the reckless enterprise manifested by them Is seriously checked when they have to face the expense of carrying back on the return trip a lot of people deem. ed unworthy of the opportunities af' forded the deserving In the United States. This possible expense Item seems to be deterring them from much of the pernicious activity with which they have been charged. Secretary Straus believes that the immigration laws are In satisfactory shape at pres ent. He sees little in them which should be changed. Those who have been excited to alarm by the Influx of undeslrables from Europe ought to feel encouraged. In some instances Euro pean governments are using their in1u, ence to discourage emigration They are trying to make conditions Of life at home more attractive. The attitude of the steamship companies Is helping toward the improvement of conditions 4 few years of experience with the i'm migration laws as they now stand may bring about a state of things which most Americans will recognize as de sirable one. It Is the scum of the na- tions that Is objectionable. The wor- thy always have been welcomed and always will be. If the revised immigra- ton laws of the United States are now so working as to exclude the former and encourage the latter there Is ground for qualification.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
OLIVER cRoMWELL's BODY.
Traditions Which Are Cherished, but
 Not by Historian.

Traditions Which Are Cherished, but
 Not by Historian.
 What became of Cromwell" The question Is a yexed one, says the Lon don Lancet. According to an ancient tradition Cromwell's body was conveyed away immediately after his death. in obedience to his>last orders, and was buried on Naseby field. where he had obtained the greatest victory and glory" According to another account, Mary, Lady Fauconberg. Cromwelrs daughter, was able to convey the body away from Its grave in the abbey and to have It buried In her husbands house of Newburgh. In Yorkshire, where the tomb. an impenetrable mar ble one, Is still shown. Another body was substituted for Cromwell's In the abbey and 1t was this nameless corpse which underwent the indignlties put upon It In January, 1881. when the putatlve body was hanged on the gal lows at Tyburn. together with Ireton's and Bradshaw's. while the head was set up on a pole above Westminster hall.
 This head, still transh1ed by a spike which was let through the cranium by means of a specially drilled hole, Is now in the possession Of Horace Wilkinson of Sevenoaks- It Is the head, curious ly enough. of some one whose body has probably been embalmed, for the top of the skull has been sawed of, In order presumably, to admit of the removal of the brains. The body to which this head belonged was buried under the gallows of Tyburn. unless, which Is probable, the Fauconbergs obtained the body there and carried 1t of.
 Death masks of Cromwell might throw some light on the question of the identity of the head. One of these was In the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England a century ago. It Is described by William Gift as "an un- doubted cast of the face of Oliver Cromwell" It Is presumably a death mask. Another such Is, according to Waylen, in the possession of the Rev. Thomas Cromwell, rector Of Michel Dean, Worcestershire. It may be men, tioned that the measurements of the Sevenoaks head are said to correspond with those of extant likenesses and busts of the protector.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
Saved Some Pain.

Mrs. Leahy was determined that Norah, the only girl in the family. should learn to play the piano. Their father has fine big voice and me own Is not bad" she told a neighbor. but there can't one O them children sing a note. So Moran must .learn the piano, and we'll have to Fave the boys go."
 How Is Norah getting on with the piano!' inquired Mir. Leahy's employer, to whom Norah's father had confiied the fact that ais daughter was taking music lessons.
 She shtrives with might an main," said Mir. Leahy, land she's on a grand piece. Well, SOFT. all can say is, that If Mfr. Chopplng she tells wrote the piece-cud come to life again an hear Norah play It, he'd be thankful he was dead an buried before iver Mrs Leahy tux the notion to have Norah study the plano. An that's the thruth .r
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
LEARNING THE BEST.

4 tired little worm went to sleep one day In a soft little cradle of silken gray, And he said, as he snugly curled up in
 his nest, "Oh, crawling was pleasant, but rest is
 best" He slept through the winter, long and
 cold, All tightly up in his blanket rolled, And at last awoke on a warm spring day, To find that the winter had gone away. He awoke to find he had golden wings, And no longer need crawl over sticks and
 things. "Oh, the earth was nice." said the glad
 butterfly But Heaven is best when we learn to
 fy." Weekly Bouquet.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

tious," she said to him chidingly. 'I am sure you could paint better than all of them If you would only try" at which the artist laughed gayly.
 Many long unknown comforts crept into the cottage, and the artist seemed to think 1t only natural to buy layishly from all the country wagons as they came numbering by.
 He Is pleasant and kind-hearted, y was Susans comment. He is much more than that" Sam Wilbor said, glancing down at his toil-worn hands. He has the fine instincts of man of true breeding. He ought to be wealthy :; he would make a good use of his wealth."
 The artist and Sam Wilbor were con- genial. They had long talks together in the gloaming on the porch, and the weatherbeaten toiler and former club man saw the summer draw to a close most respectfully.
 In answer to a letter of inquiry which was shrewd, kindly and world ly, the artist wrote to Mrs. Dartmore : '.The child Is divine, fair in face and form. and, oh. my friend. what sweet freshness of heart and spirit. It must be the grandeur of Nature in those vast rolling ranges, always pointing to lofty ideals and immeasurable heights, which has made Amaryl the perfect being she is.
 My picture requires but a few more touches. I have studied her face under all aspects and emotion. She lives on the canvas spirit of fame and beauty. will send 1t to the Paris salon. Would
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
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The rolling ranges of the Blue Ridge and the Smokies have become the camp ing ground of ambitious artists and art students Amaryl was accustomed to see them pass along the road, with camp stools and other paraphernalia, to meet youths and maidens in the pur- suit of art wandering through the for ests, valleys and fields, intent on hope less and fruitless attempts to capture the glories of sunset and sunrise down vista of far-distant peaks.
 When their summer boarder, there fore, unpacked an easel, paints and brushes, Amaryl was delighted. You copy the scenes around here. I will take you to see our wonderful falls and cascades. and there is nothing lovelier than Mission Valley when the moon floods 1t with light. A river runs through It like a silver thread and the sawmill and little settlement below the crags are wonderfully picturesque"
 'I came to your mountains seeking the loveliest thing in Nature," the art ist answered ambiguously. He was watching Amaryl through half-closed eyes while she transplanted some ferns. She was too intent on her task to uo- tice his steady gaze.
 The artist seemed to be lazy. He was content to spend hours In his room, ldling. presumably; then he would wan der of with Amaryl when she could spare the time in the sweet, late after moons. to visit some beautiful spot she told him of. No one knew of the glo- rious canvas which he kept locked in closet of his room.
 He would sketch for a few moments, covered rock by Amaryl's side, would drift Into desultory descriptions of scenes of far-distant lands, or would wander into dreamy speculation on the problems of life, whose charm was ac- centuated by the murmur of waterfalls or the wind playing Its Eolian harp iil the pines and hemlocks overhead.
 Their summer boarder had offered 50 arze price for the room he occupied. with its quaint mountain-made furni- ture, that Susan WiIbor's sad face frightened vislhly and faint color came Into her pale cheeks. Hes a gen tleman," was Sam wilbor's comment when told of 1t after he had come home weary from his usual work in the field.
 The days passed swiftly that sum- ner. and never had Amaryl been So happy. She was always busy, but found time to take pleasant strolls with Phil- ip Armstrong when her days work was
 one.
 "What pity you are not more ambI-
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

hand on Amaryl's head, for she sat on low stool close to him. Amaryl drew his arm lovingly around her neck.
 And when, an hour later, Philip Arm. strong stood with Amaryl on the rustic porch to watch the moon rise in blaze of glory behind the distant hills, this last night of his stay in the mountains, there was a suppressed triumph In his eyes. His great picture was finished.
 "I came to your mountains for a sub lime inspiration, and I found It in you -Amaryl, child of beauty. am poor devil of an artist, always striving and straining after impossible ideals. With out you I would fall. Will you marry me, little one, and be my inspiration! You will always have my undyins de yotion."
 Some months later carriage rolled up to Mrs. Dartmores door, and two people got out.
 'I have brought my wife to see you, dear friend" Philip Armstrong said on being ushered into an elaborately hand. some morning room.
 Philip Armstrong you don't think that you have surprised me, do you?" Mrs Dartmore asked scornfully, after i clasping Amaryl lovingly in her arms.
 Why, chIld,' she said. holding her of to get better view of her, you are handsomer thin his painting Of you''
 You know you have been awarded the gold medal" she added, turning to Philip, her face aglow with pride and satisfaction. Here's the cablegram. Paris and London are raving over your picture, Amaryl. Here is your check book, child. The money is fairly yours Ask Philip. Baron Von Stamer bought 1t for s2O,OOO. Philip does not need the money You can play ducks and drakes with 1t If you choose. He has more than he knows what to do with. child. You may not know 1t, my dear, but you have married a very great artist.
 Come upstairs with me, dearie i; your rooms are ready. You and Philip are to stay with me until Susan and Sam arrive. am having the house next door prepared for them. Philip can take you abroad after they come. He has not done you justice, but his picture is glorious. Orleans Times Democrat.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

The recent great Increase In the number of unemployed able-bodied men and the simultaneous cry from the farm districts for more help draw sharp attention to an incongruous con- iition. The problem of inducing able bodied men to remain upon or return to the farms Is one that becomes more difficult, and yet more insistent, every day. It must be solved. somehow, If the prosperity of the country Is to con tinue. IL is little wonder that the President and his cabinet are forced to consider the subject, with a view to lending federal assistance In dlsposing of 1t. It would be poor business poli- cy, and worse charity. to feed the army of unemployed" in the large cit les while the farms are lacking labor CTS. If any among the unemployed are sick, or unable to stand the strain of hard work, let other provision be made for them; but there is no excuse for the encouragement of idleness and vice by feeding able-bodied fellows who will not go into the country. Any unem- ployed, able-bodied man who refuses an opportunity to go Into the country to work. preferrlng to bask In the bright light of the city. should be con- victed as a vagrant and made to build roa6s
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

that could keep 1t. But our compact holds good. It's price is Amaryl's.
 "As to the other clause of our en- gagement, I will bring her to see you some time this winter"
 Mrs. Dartmore folded the letter and put 1t slowly back into It's envelope. and there was a faint smile on her lips and a gleam of keenest pleasure In her clever eyes. Poor, dear Susan, and Sam-that hero, Sam. I am glad" she murmured
 The tourists, art students and art professors all left the mountains, and went back to their various vacations amid the grind and struggle of daily life In big centers. The old ranges were left to themselves. The little ham, lets and villages dropped back Into sleepy ways, and the four-ox wagons passed slowly along the public roads unmolested by smart traps, fashionable road carts and well dressed people.
 The approach of fall was felt in the air, these late September days. and the leaves of the forest were crimson and purple and gold. Amaryl was disqulet. ed and unhappy. He leaves us next week, mother. How delightful the sum- mer has been." she said, sadly.
 His coming to us was great bless ing Perhaps he will return next sum- mer, child" her mother answered.
 "Yes, a great blessing. We have not been so comfortable and happy for many years,' Sam wilbor said, musing- ly. from where he sat smoking by the fire, for the evenings were cool and the blaze cheery.
 "A pleasant companion A true gen tleman, Amaryl, daughter. He will come back some day." he added, placing his
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
VISoRS FOR HEADGEAR.
Making of Them n Business by Itself Millions Turned Out Annually.

Millions Turned Out Annually.
 There is one man In the business who in 1909 will have been making cap visors for half a century, and he isn't such an old man, either. He started at the trade as a boy in 1859, working for concern of which now he Is the head, which was then established In build- ing at Broadway and Rector street, where the Empire building now stands, says the New York Sun. He recalls the fact that when the war broke out they worked night and day turning out visors for soldiers caps.
 The manufacture of cap yisors Is q business by itself. Only about fifteen concerns are engaged in 1t, of which number all are in the city save two or three located In Philadelphia and Bos- ton. New York supplies visors for cap manufacturers all over the country, pro ducing In the aggregate millions of them annually.
 For the very cheapest cloth caps vi- sors are made of cardboard paper or of imitation leather covered with the cloth of which the cap body Is made. For other grades of cloth caps visors arp made of various sorts of light leather, and for some cloth caps of fine quality there are now used, because 1t Is lighter than leather, vlsors made from heavy, specially woven and waterproofed cam vas.
 For vlsors there Is now made an imi- tation leather composed of bookbinders' board and what Is called moleskin, the two being cemented together under pres sure. In made-up cap, where it's edges could not be seen, this material might pass even an expert for leather. The best leather vlsors are made of leather specially tanned and prepared
 Take the country at large and caps are not used by people in general for ordinary wear so much as they were If. ty years ago, but caps are still worn ip great numbers by younger people and by sportsmen and travellers and golf players, and of uniform caps of one sort and another there are now worn 300 per cent more than twenty years ago.
 very simple little thing cap visor might seem, but great numbers of them ans used, and In factory where they make them you would find around rolls and sides of leather or other materials, md hundreds of dies and nolds for the cutting and the shaping of the visors, and men busily at work, following visor making just as they might any other trade.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
Poetry Defined.

George P. Morris, the author of "Woodman, Spare That Tree" was a favorite with all who knew him. Mrs Sherwood In her "reminiscences tells how another poet associated the general with a definition of poetry.
 Once Fitz-Greene Halleck, the author of Marco Bozzaris," called upon her in New York In his old age, and she asked him to define for her what was poetry and what was prose.
 He replied: When Gen. Morris com mands his brigade and says, Soldiers draw your swords! he talks prose When he says, Soldiers. draw your willing swords' he talks poetry"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
The Lords Prayer.

Everybody knows this beautiful prayer, but few people are aware, per haps, that nearly all the words in 1t are of Anglo-Saxon origin. In the first edl, ton of the Authorized Version of the Bible, 1G11, the words ''debts' and "debters" stood where we now have "trespasses' and "trespass." ''Tempta. ton" was the only word of Latin origin before that alteration was made; now of course, there are three. This prayer is a model of simplicity, comprehen, siveness and beauty.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

The value to the country of closer supervision of its immigrants Is admir- ably illustrated by recent statement of the Secretary of Commerce and La bor. He says that within a year past more than 65.O00 would-be emigrants have been rejected at the European offices of steamship companies for fear that the United States authorities would prevent their landing on the oth- CT side of the ocean. It certainly Is gratifying news that restraint Is being forced upon the transportation com panies.' They have been conspicuous offenders In the past. Tn their struggle for passengers they have been charged with bringing the dregs of population across the sea. The value of their nv-
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
Some Famous Salt Lakes,

The Dead Sea is forty miles long and nine miles wide. The Great Salt Lake is seventy miles long and eighty miles wide, the largest body of brine in the world. There is evidence to show that once the Great Salt Lake was at least $50 miles in length and 15O in width-nIne times It's present area. The Dead Sea contains about 24 per cent of solids, one-third of which Is pure salt. while of the g per cent of solid matter in the waters of Great Salt Lake nearly all is salt.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09

It has been ascertained that one hundred and seventy-nine members of 5 the British House of Lords did not at- tend session of the house during 1907. They form nearly three-tenths of the whole membership. It is fair to infer that they are those who are least ca pable of intelligent legislative service. and their voluntary absence should be counted in their favor. Certainly the opponents of the House of Lords can not reasonably complain In the same breath that the peers are too active, and that some of them are not active at all.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
From the DeviI's Note Book.

Death came near to her when she was young and beautiful.
 "Oh. have mercy!" she cried. "I an not prepared to die-there It too much before me-"
 Death desisted, but returned few years later. The woman held forth her trembling hands In application:
 Spare me. Have mercy! I am not prepared to die-there is too much be. hind mel!
 Moral-There Is no pleasing some people.-Smart Set.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
Bedtfme e.

bedt1me.
 The short hand of the clock had crept round to seven, and Aunt Alice came to take Harold to bed. There was nice, snapping log on the grate, and he was sitting cross-legged on the rug, watching It burn. He begged hard to sit up little longer, although his eyes blurred often and his neck ached from trying to hold his head upright. But he said he was not sleepy.
 II will tell you a story" said Aunt Alice, about some little people who have to find themselves place to sleep every night instead of having a nice warm bed, as you do."
 This made the little snarls leave Harolds face, because he loved the stories Aunt Alice told
 "I have told you about the flock of English sparrows that huddle In bush near my window but this story is about the dear little British blue but terfies."
 Harold followed Aunt Alice up the stairs. and was not long In cuddling down In his own little bed, waiting for the rest of the story.
 These butterflies" continued Aunt Alice, have gray spotted wings, and are seen flying over the downs all day, and when It comes night they go In great numbers to a sheltered place, where the grass is tall. and each one chooses a separate blade of grass on which to make his bed. Each butterfly turns his head downward and folds and lowers his wings, so that he looks exactly like a seed growing on the grass. If the night Is cold, they creep down lower and lower on the blade, and as the wind blows the grasses to and fro they are rocked to sleep"
 "I should like to see them" said Harold, sleepily. but I am glad that I have a bed-and an Aunt Alice" And while he was thinking about the little butterfly brothers, all sleeping together, he made his journey to dreamland.- Youths Companion.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
A Faithful Parrot.

Not long ago a lady, calling on an- other, noticed the absence of cherish ed parrot, and asked what had become of it.
 "Oh, I had to give her away"
 Give her away. And you thought so much of herr"
 "Yes, but you know I taught her to ask me in the morning, Did you sleep well| and she was such a dear, faith ful little thing that she used to wake me up all night long asking me If slept well. Nothing could cure her of it-she was so morbldly conscientious and so at last I had to give her to . night editor of our acquaintance 70
Alaska sentinel., 1908-07-09
Lack, Want and Need.

These three words all mean to be des- titute of, but with a difference that Is not always regarded. A man without conyeniences, wants them; and without necessaries, needs them. These shades of meaning should be remembered.