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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30
DAILY PRESS NEWPORT NEWS SUNDAY AUGUST 3d. 19oe

Mr.. John p. Lucas, OF Elizabeth,
I'M, J., who has been visiting his sis.
ter. Mrs. Graves. 1897 Forty.fourth
street, has returned home.
Miss Edna Sutton has returned
from Waynesboro. where she visited
friends.
Mrs. w. l.. Turner has returned
from Richmond. where she visited
friends.
Masses Louise, Clara and Ada
Smith have returned home for visit
of several months with friends In
Covington. Ky.
Mrs. Patrick and daughter. Miss
Bessie Patrick, of Blair, Neb., are the
guests of Mrs. Julia Kilian In East
End.
Captain and Mrs. J. r. Boggs were
called to the Eastern Shore yester-
day by the death Of Mrs. Parsons.
Miss Ruby Buxton left yesterday
for Oxford. N. c., where she will
teach In the Oxford Seminary this
session.
Mr.. T.. L. Bennett left yesterday
for two weeks visit to Fairfax
county.
Mrs. Sol Peyser and sons have
returned from the Catskill noun
tains, where they spent July and
August.
Mrs. J. v. Cosby and daughters.
Misses Mariana and Margaret, are
spending several weeks at Goshen
Va.
Miss Jcnnett Cronly, who has been
the guest OF Mrs. J. b. Marsden on
Forty-seyenth street. will return to
her home in Wilmington, N. c.. to-
day.
Mrs. H. e. Turner will return to her
HON In Richmond today after visiting
relatives in this city.
miSbcS f1dLcl ouu naeoh "S"eA
turned from visit to Gloucester
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby Turner, Of New
York, are the guests Of Mr.. Turner's
mother on Chestnut avenue.
Miss Blanche Sinclair will return
home Tuesday from a visit to Glouces-
ter and Essex counties.
Messrs. J. f. Heath and T. w. Jud-
kins returned yesterday from a tip
to Canada and the Niagara Falls.
Mr.. Frank Bartlett will return today
from Maurertown. Va. where he has
ben visiting his mother.
Mr.. Howard Bowen has returned
from Warrentown. Va. where he spent
two weeks with relatives.
Misses Bessie Payne and Mamie
Hcwison have returned from a visit
ito Canada and Niagara Falls.
Mr.. Hancock Hamilton has returned
from Booker. Va. where he has been
visiting his sister.
| Mr.. George Turner, OF Richmond
will arrive today to visit his mother In
East End.
Attending Convention.
Doy S,,v,,et n EsuIau acting MAJ
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

MIR. and Mrs. A. NJ. Williams and
1lttle daughter left yesterday for q
trip to Washington and Baltimore.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Dodson ant
daughter. Miss Mary Lee. Of Hum
boidt, Tenn. arrived In the city yes
ecrday to visit Rev. and Mrs. Lioy'
r. Wilson.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

{ Rev. and Mrs. w. C. Sale have re-
turned from Gloucester county,
where they spent the past week.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

Miss Crissie Langslow has return
ed from Baltimore, where she was
the guest Of her brother.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

Mrs. W. e. Lrts. " Porismouih.
4. - svcss ~ Mr.. and Mrs. J. IL
W>txAs on forty.afsh street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

Ntss Es<r ~ Kelley. 81 kich
ussA. Is VISITING Ma. W. ?. Gravos
10 North End.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-30

. Mis- Aagie wright. ~ Gloucrs'rr
N WISHING her brother. Mr.. J. "
Wright In North End.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Newspapers as Educators
By Q. D. PUGsLEY, Of Harvard.


Considering how large a propor-
ton OF the people the modern news
paper reaches, and how effective an
agency 1t is In disseminating news
and influencing public sentiment on
the issues OF the day, has suggested
to me that the newspaper could be
made one of the foremost educative
forces.
The education of the large pro,
portion OF our population ends with
the public school, and very few have
the time or money to secure the adj
Vantages of higher education.
The newspaper, believe, could
easily organize an education DEPART
ment with connected articles Of say
column daily, in series, on eco
nomics, social ethics, biology. as
tronoIny and other subjects.
The opportunity for liberal edu.
cation would thus be given to every
reader of the newspaper, and instead
of the small minority who now at
tain a higher education at our coll
leges the large majority of the peo-
pie would be highly educated.
Here lies a great mission for the
newspaper in giving to the whole
people the haRetttoSu i 9f higher edueq-.
ton and broad cuilure and tnS en-
richment of their lives which it
would mean.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
CUES, FOOD
Thoy Thrlve ON arape.Nuts.

Healthy babies don't cry, and the
Wsll-nourished baby that is fed on
Grape-Nuta Is never crying baby.
Many babies who cannot take any
other food relish the perfect food,
Grape-Nuts, and get we'll.
my little baby was given up by
three doctors, who said that the con-
densed milk on which l had fed her
had ruined the child's stomach. One
OF the doctors told me that the only
thing to do would be to try Grape
Nuts, so / got some and prepared 1t
az follows: I soaked / u tablespoon
Euls In one pint Of cold water for half
an hour, then I strained off the liquid
ana mixed ~ teaspoonfuls of this
strained Grape-Nuts juice with six
teaspoonfuls OF rich milk > put in a
pinch OF salt and little sugar,
warmed It and gave 1t to baby every
two hours.
'sIn this simple, easy way / saved
baby's life and have built her up to
strong, healthy child, rosy and laugh
ing. The food must certainly be per
feet to have such a wonderful effect
as this. can truthfully say 1 think
It is the best food in the world to
raise delicate babies on. and is also
delicious, healthful food for grown
ups, as we have discovered in Out
family"
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to
the strong, healthy man or woman
II stands for the true theory Of
health. There's a Reason" Read
'The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Nickel Coins in Canada.

1t has been arranged that in De
cember, when the new mint opens,
there will be one or more new coins
put into circulation. There will be q
new piece Of the value of cents and
coined from nickel.
This will be the first time that nickel
though one of Canada's great miner
ais, has been made up for Canadian
coinage. The United States has used
it for many years for the manufacture
of scent pieces. There is felt to be
a need for a 2-cent piece in Canada,
and nickel is to be used to save bulk
which Is fault of copper coins of the
value of 2 cents.
When the mint is In full running
order, there will be sixty hands EN-
ployed 1t is expected to issue be-
tween 100000 and 20,000,OOO Can
adian coins each year. AT present the
royal mint in London is coming 49,
100000 coins year for Canada Next
year this will be done in Ottawa.-Ot-
tawa Dispatch to the New York Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
symBOlIsm Of College Gowns.

1t has been said that few people,
including many university men them
selves, have any definite idea of the
meaning Of the gowns worn by coll
legiate students.
In America, university gowns ex-
hibiC much variety, there being a
great difference In the various insti-
tutions; but all over the country-in
fact, all over the English-speaking
world-certain distinctions hold.
The ordinary bachelors gown, the
first the student owns, is of un-
adorned black with pointed sleeves.
and 10 ordinarily made of serge or
other simple black fabric. The
masters gown is like the students
inasmuch as 1t is plain black; but
the sleeves are cut differently, being
long pendants shaped not unlike fish
tails. and hanging from the elbows
nearly to the bottom of the gown.
The masters gown may be made of
silk, as may also the bachelors gown
II 1t is worn by man Of long acade-
mic standing who has happened to
receive no higher degree; but the
ordinary university man has no de-
sire to clad himself in silk.
Most doctors gowns, especially in
England and Scotland, have hoods
that give them certain distinctions
and differentiate, by differences of
color, the doctorates. - Harper's
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
The Goat Comes First.

Switzerland is the only country in
the world where the goat is placed
ahead of all other animals, and even
of human beings If boy plaques
a goat, he can be fined and sent TO
Gail. If person meets goat on
a path and drives him aside, he can
be arrested. If goat enters the
yard of a person not his owner, and
is hit with a club or stone, the per-
son guilty Of the offence must pay
thirty cents. If railroad train sees
d goat on a track, the train must halt
until the animal can be coaxed to re-
move himself. There's many a boy
in America who wishes he were a
goat in Switzerland Weekly Wit
ness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
An INGENIOUS LAWYER.

In Brussels lives lawyer who re-
Gently made good use Of monograph
in lawsuit. He had been continual
ly annoyed by the noises of hammer
ing at an iron foundry in his near
neighborhood Finding that cont
plants were unavailing, he brought
the matter into court But before do
ing so he placed photograph in his
library for the whole day. When the
case came before the court he produc-
ed the photograph and set going the
specially prepared cylinder. An up
roar and din as from theeforge of Vul-
can was the result, and the ingenious
lawyer won his case-Cnicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Shipping Acorns.

Eugene Hawkins, living near Hunt
ingdon, Tenn, has been for some
time shipping acorns to the Northern
States, receiving sometimes as high
as 81 a bushel for them. The acorns
are used for planting purposes, with
view of replenishing the forests OF
that section of the country, where
efforts are being made to restore the
timber by planting small trees. AS
nearly all the oak timber in this sec
ton of the state has been consumed
acorns are becoming very scarce, and
1t would no doubt pay the farmers OF
the South to follow the example of the
Northern people.-Memphls News
Scimitar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Wrecked.

A large and robust Irishwoman APP
peared in New York court recently
to prosecute case in which her hus-
band was charged with having beat
en- her. The defendant, a small,
stoop-shouldered man, had the ap-
pearance of having been run through
a threshing-machine, and seemed
scarcely able to stand. The judge
surveyed the two with an amused
light in his eyes.
You say this man beat your" he
asked the woman.
HE did not, the prosecuting wit
ness said with marked emphasis, fold
Ing her powerful arms. "He knocked
nue. down"
you mean to tell you were
knocked down by that physical
wreck?" the Judge queried.
"'Tis only since he struck me that
he's been a physical wreck, your
Honor" she explained.--Harper
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Yet He wished Him Wen.

Between emotionalism and for
maIism In religion" says Washing
ton clergyman, there is a golden
mean---a reflection that came to me
recently upon the conclusion of my
remarks to o colored congregation
in Richmond.
II had invited an aged deacon to
offer prayer. % Lord, prayed he,
glib dis pore brudder de eye of de
eagle, dat he spy out sin afar off,
Glue his hands to de gospel plow.
Tie his tongue to de line OF truf. Nall
his we're to de gospel pole. Bow his
head way down between his knees,
o Lord, an fix his knees way down
in some lonesome, dark and narrer
valley, where prayer is much wanted
to be made. 'Noint him wifi de kero-
sene-ile OF saivashun, an set him on
arel "---Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Had the rwo.sten Craze.

Young Mr.. Burkhart, in the New
York Central office, prides himself on
two things-he came recently from
Frackville, Pa, and he is learning to
dance. Were learning new one"
said he yesterday. TITS the Pursuit
Two-Step. When you're dancing
with a young lady and another fellow
wants her for a partner he glides up
along behind and taps you on the
shoulder. Then you must release the
young lady and start reversing on the
floor and look round for somebody
else to tap It's great fun. I've met
some awfully swell girls at the dane
ing club. Funny thing happened
this noon, just to show how a fellow
will get to thinking out Of business
hours. went into Market street
restaurant and saw one of the boys
from the club He was just starting
to eat, and / thought I'd get him to
come to my table, so I steDued over
and tapped him on the shoulder. And
he dropped his fork, got right up and
commenced reversing. Why, l
laughed right out loud; couldn't
help it. San Francisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
watching the Fire Engines.

OF course, almost everybody stops
to see the fire engines go by, but the
one place in New York where this
apparatus. gets the largest audience
is on Broadway, between Thirty
fourth and Forty-second streets, on a
pleasant Sunday night. AS rule,
that thoroughfare is less crowded
with vehicles and street cars on a
Sunday evening than at any other
time in the waking hours of New
Workers, and this gives the drivers
the best chance in the world to let
their horses out to the full speed. AS
the engines and hook-and-ladder
trucks go tearing up or down town,
every passerby on the pavements on
both sides of the street focks to the
curb, and not only waits until the
flying apparatus passes by, but stands
watching it until it is out of sight.
To stand on the platform of Broad
way car and watch this spectacle of
arrested humanity is to get a fresh
impression of the warm interest the
average New Yorker takes in the
working Of the Fire Department.
New York Correspondence Plttsburg
Dispatch
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
CUTIcURA CURED FOUR.
Southern Woman Suffered With Itch
ing, Burning Rash--Three Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles-Calls
Cutfcura Her Old Standby.

"My baby had running sore on his
neck and nothing that l did for it took
effect until / used Cuticura. My face was
nearly full of letter or some similar skin
disease. II would itch and burn SO that
could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment
cured me. Two years after it broke out on
my hands and wrist. Sometimes 1 would
90 nearly crazy for it Hched SO badly. /
went back to my old standby, that. had
never failed income set of Cuticura Rem
edies did the work. One set also eEed
my uncle's baby, whose head was q cake Of
sores. and another baby VINO was in the
same fix. Mrs. Lille NEilcher, 40 Elev.
enth St., Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 10, or. +"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
This Piano is n -

The activity of piano manufacture
ers does not end with pianists, al
though naturally the greatest part of
their energy and money is spent ON
them. They often substitute tours
OF orchestras. of violinists, of eel
lists, of acknowledgements and
neutrality-suspicious., and few sing
ers of prominence start on a concert
tour without the comfortable knowl-
edge that snug sum is to come FROM
the makers of the piano which is
be used in the concert-0 II
especially are newest EI"~.fc'.!-S 10
t business REBG Heg;toriournsIy poop
Little Maoposition. +" Very few of
y.-s-, however picturesque in appear
ance, make money for those that
back their tours, and an explanation
of their personal prosperity is very
often found in the underline" on
the program of the concerts where
they appear, to the effect that 1.-THE
piano is such and such,' even when
no piano appears on the stage. And
so 1t is with other instrumentalists.
WIN. 3. Walter, in the Atlantic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Hooked a Bio Shark.

The officers of the stes "i"s Vi
sshicb reanhe-S~Ir TO deaths is not az
had though as the publisS6Ger' 1dmon.
statistics woHld her berth at Long
Wharf yesterday afternoon, told a sto-
Try of the capture of man eating
shark while the big fruiter was TAX
ing ON a cargo at Port Imon, Costa
aica. One of the negro fruit hand
Aers was fishing over the side. He had
thrown out small hook baited with
meat and almost Immediately 1t was
snapped up by an exceedingly vora-
cious man eater.
Every one on board ship ran to see
the fun. The negro played the shark
until it was exhausted, and then one of
the crew went down the Jacobs lad
der and slipped moose under it's fms.
THE monster was hauled to the deck,
but before it was killed 1t knocked one
negro down. Two of the sailors kill.
ed 1t with heavy club. The shark
measured IL feet and weighed 500
pounds. 1t was the largest Of its spe-
lcies ever seen at Port Lmon.---Bo
Globe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
ReautIfuI MIxed Metaphor.

l think your readers may be interest
Cd In mixed metaphor which recent
" appeared in the Egyptian Standard,
the paper of Moustapha Kamel Pasha,
That paper says that If the Whig ele-
ment were dropped out of the cabinet,
"a truly liberal wind might become the
guiding lieht of the foreign Office, and
4 f1drtshorn of Lunenpurg ' Hill
AZ Tntn1., p s-s~.'La 1otr La 49,
for Jr rneg4faaa4tio 9lllq Of ,,"s
.S-fo~th Uara ne,,s;,,e --Ais,4 .4S Iuea
OF a wind being a guiding light is an
example of mixed metaphor which 1t
will be hard to beat.-Letter to the
Editor OF the Spectator
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be tncurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced It a local disease and prescribed
localremedies, and by constantly failing to
depre with local treatment, pronounced it in
Seurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Of ire, manufactured by +. ] Cheney & Co.,
- s-7do, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure
more Jmarket. 1t is taken internally in doses
or at 40 drops to ateaspoonful. Itacts direct
m On the blood and mucous surfaces of the
'Isystem. The offer one hundred dollars for
amy case it falls n cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address Y. ]. CHENEY &
Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
A Tainted Nickel.

The superintendent of the Sunday
school suggested that the children
make up Christmas basket for the
poor and each child contribute five
cents, earning it himself or herself
When the class was gathered to-
gether the children were called UP be-
fore the superintendent to tell how
they had earned their nickel. When
several of them had told, the superin-
tendent asked. with his most benevo-
lent smile, Now, little Clara, tell us
how you earned your money"
In childish pride Clara announced:
Why, | made my nickel by carrying
empty beer bottles down the cellar for
papa "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
strntegical Uses Of Tails.

Take another of our animals,
fierce little weasel, clad in summer in
a coat of brown, in winter turning
white, but always with Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine, as it is
incorrectly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time of it, sneaking on
the mice and birds upon which it
preys, but when a hawk takes after
it in an open field in the sunlight.
or an owl in the moonlight, it would
have but short shrift with all it's
sinuoGs leaping, were 1t not that the
black tail-tip is SO conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and
allows the pure white of the body to
be confused with the spotless snow.
Even when we place a dead weasel
on the snow and look at it from dis
lance, we reahze how true this is,
and how valuable must be the pencil
tuft of black hair to this little YER
min who spends his life inc hunting
or being hunted.-C. William Beebe,
in the Outing Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
The Art Of Organ erlndinu.

While the organ grinder ate the
thickly buttered slice of bread on the
back porch, the summer resident who
had provided the repast amused her
self by trying to turn the crank of the
organ steadily.
1T must be quite difficult to turn
the crank in such excellent time as
you do" she said at last.
mo hard, if you no hava da monk"
replied the organ grinder, with mel
ancholy smile. "Turna da crank,
keepa da time and watcha da monk
dat TAXA rteest!"-Youth's Com
panion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
JOHN 0. NEVER TIPPED BARBER
Rockefeller Told Face-soraper He
Didn't Believe in Practice.
And he never timed me- nncer"

And he never tipped me once!"
Wilbur H. Carman, Cleveland bar
ber a few nights ago, was relating
his experience when he used to shave
the richest man in the world.
Yes, he said, Il shaved John D.
Rockefeller every day for three years,
and in that time he never once gave
uaY nr5s. He used to say he didn't
ile a apr' .Rt;'"oe-=-tA'e Grange.
believe in it. a
II we'll remember the first time |
ever shaved John D., 20 years ago.
When l rang the doorbell at Forest
Hill, John D., Jr., let me in. He was
little pale-faced chap, Is years old.
He looked SO sickly l felt sorry for
him. He showed me into a small side
room right near the door, and in all
the time / shaved his father / never
saw another room in the house. In a
few minutes the oil king came in.
"'Step lively this morning, my boy,
he said, whipping out his watch. It's
three minutes past s, and l have an
important engagement at $780, gave
him a quick close shave and turned
to go. He handed me rs cents and
told me to give 1t to my boss.
"That is the price pay him for
your services he said. That was as
much as Rockefeller ever said to me
about money. l never received a tip
for myself. Rockefeller never got a
shampoo, a face massage or even an
old-fashioned 'seafoam.' Once a week,
however / used to have to brush his
scalp because he said 1t itched At
that time he had head of heavy
chestnut brown hair-New York
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Standing on Etiquette.

When the old lady appeared at Tho
big door of the life saving station, she
regarded the rough waters of the ba,
with frightened eyes.
isn't something being done for that
ship in distress?" she anxiously de
manded, pointing seward.
"Oh, that't all right, ma am" replied
man in oilskins. We've sent'em d
line to come ashore"
Goodness met" exclaimed the lady.
Were they waiting for formal inyl.
tation ?"-Tid Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Moravian Barley and speItz.

two great cereals, makes growing and fat.
tening hogs and cattle possible in LAX.
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere, and
ADD to to above Salzer's Billion Dollar. Grass,
produces 80 tons of green fodder per acre,
Emperor William Dat prodigy, etc, and
other fE Seffa tlEi seeds that they Jligg
Just CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT
with Toe in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed CO., La Crosse, Wis, and get Their
big eatalog and lots of farm seed, sam
piles. A. G. L...si.s 2. -Ja
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01
Mammal FOR sIur on Mcklnlev.

$50 you have picture of old Nc
Kinley?o said a travelling agent while
he was trying to sell book to wo-
man here to-day.
eyes he was a great man." replied
the woman.
rats; 1t was a good thing that he
was shot," declared the canvasser.
The woman broke his head with a
broomsticlf and q mob that was quick
ly collected chased him out of town,
Delting him with stones.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-02-01

day. Won't you 90 UP with mos
The days going to come when every,
body will travel that way. It's the
most exhilarating motion in the
world. Come on up and help me
make scientific observations In the
upper easterly current.
/ didn't accept the professors IN.
vitation.--New York Weekly.