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A PLAGUE
 OF MOTHS
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, IS INVADED BY MYRIAos OF
 CATERPtLIARS

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 N.ganmaIs .a FW#u5d great r.azHHs=. .#H .H..H aaea Eur.peau aHals. and EHsn unfortunately. aJ- f-stH several eat.rpuiars tn escape. te#= tH- aat aee,i#atsI to ths east sa.# ef teHIsss= tHr mischief #aa=e= + aH= # s.s=. -f zaa e4larpH- ataa r. -4aH female meh
 SaHa a commission had ta be ap- raatal which rxprulgl q million and fa wff dollars in len Frar= tn a t4iH |.Uarf ta-,vr,rmiHltc tr raEuc What ItH. H.ufr V,uld h,ya Hgru had mot th, l H-=e#t#. n , mistaken Ht uf aeano- H#E #HsI sIsa#ffa.# tH9 vafk lz a matter If .esauaaHa
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 ft 5- a conservative estimate that ee,r t1oaa,oao 4iu b. expended in Ma tehusetts during the uoxt tvo years tia fg ling moths
 The increased seriousness ef the sjt- W@n z FsasHfH indicated 6s fbo ie- efaazsd .xpeHIlur# under lha ae0 communication 1= a9mrlrgi with tHrofI 7oa8aa On yaTr-. a=aHz. over ktoaaoaa l asa Hears-
 I'm eals msfHeI sa far eurarssfu a aautraHlue the Hlga. f= tbd uf direct tree tl fr=e Nolk. Hundreds af men Ifa e5iHg fraH tr-g To tfrr destroying IHr MatH- wherever found.
 raaaH aHds# If ,He insects aid in H- uefrate8a f8sk. Ta- RreHu-ta3 matches H 66r I5GH summer. and a= =aaH as lha Weather H,eames cold he sss.t-a aa-t.nr leaves and -tlkea thread al the and of baurh. into which he rrtVls and bibeuat,s an uiutsr Thg.r uysi- ars cut an and burned
 During fbe winter also tbe eggs Of thr ezf-y a5d tt rI8-fe.- eu the trunks of tr-ez. a# br killed hv painting .eirH a- thick caat#uf crude cu11 taf sr.4-at.
 The braWu-ra1 caterpillar is an enc .m, ar man IL sheds it- minute. Nire Hair. and these. aaatue u the air romr into contact with human flesh producing a painful Itching irritation ef the skin. Gases have been report e3 =o s,fiaus iHal the victims. with theH faces swollen oat ef recognition. and their syes elasrd. Were obliged to e' tn the hospital The most helpful remedy seems tp ha any eooHng lotion or. best of all an abundant use of com mon sasefue.
 An overwhelming number of moth, have settled down Hpon eastern Massa- .ehusrtt- since tae plague began.
 h the Infected districts of the su- burhs the stench from the caterpillar, which hayr dropped dcal from leave, poisoned b> arsenieal spraying ha, frequently been 90 great as to neeessl- tate dfsiHfretiHg With lime before th. bodice. .c"uld b, shoyelcd mp and carted away hy the wheel h1rrow full Ex
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Miss l.. F Thomas has opened a typewriting and stenegraphic exchange on Second street, opposite the Masonic
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W N. Sale Will engage in searching "f records, abstract and notary work legal papers, cte, office with e. D G"etz. Front street. Phone Main ls7
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Get one of the new model Remington typewriters. E. c. Niles. Golden Gate Hotel.
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Get one of the new model Remington typewriters. E. c. Niles, Golden Gate Hotel.
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Imported coburser draft beer on tap at Board of Trade.
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Congress appropriated million and T han tuWard EpTerument display af Ha iarauaz. exposition If fels Tn= naval display ae.r, euing f1 e1ta Japan m the meantime MI de Il I'd # eaa#. lian-
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sIatr Private Stock at the Bank.

Granite Mining Candles are tn. bs.,
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THn- Kentucky usut u8,H- uha aue Nearer Mt Gad ta Thee. when fheE .rf urr ta l tobacco barn e,5- drnHE thaueHt thse asfr making a hurf HHrf5ue
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slatz Private Stock at the Bank. Temple.
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Nn tlr hrar kHlrd th,. uturr daz en l5rr#s S+a ts Het fHe -ar fm eef= killed aA,fk AlHtrI- bg ahs af fua be aHl attorneys
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Office in Masonic Temple.
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Date of first pub. July 8. 1908. Date of last pub Sept. 9. 1908.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
SHORT STORIES.

In the City Of Mexico and surround
ing districts there are over 5000 Amer
leans.
Warships require 1000 10 10 feet
clear space TO swing round in tea.
harbors.
Crossing the Moha,e deser. his be-
come the grand test of an automobile
In southern California
A president Of the United States
must be thfrty-fve years Old. Il sen;,t OF
thirty and congressman twenty-five.
Twenty years ago Russia had 1900
900 acres under fax cultivation. This
has been reduced to 100000 acres uw-
Ing to labor troubles and the increas-
ing. use of several exotic fbers that
rival fax.
According to David Starr Jordan.
who has written a book on the San
Francisco earthquake. central Califur-
mia may now be regarded for the next
twenty or thirty years as very safe
place, seismically speaking.
The champion pauper Is deaG after
being a public charge for eighty five
years. Hezekiah Monk was born In
the Herkimer county pOorhOuse in
Utica eighty five years ago. spent all
his days there and died In that insti-
tuition a short. time ago.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Facts From France.

Two hundred and forty thousand
paving blocks day are turned out by
a new machine owned by the munich
pality of Paris
The corps Of life saving dogs organ
lied in Paris in 1900 achieved but one
rescue from the Seine in eight years.
or the fourteen dogs one only now re-
mains.
Mime. Bolette. widow, Of Paris put
match to the papers in the CRATE, for
getting that 1t was there she had con-
cealed 800 francs, which was all she
possessed. When she realized what she
had done she lost her reason
A Partisan named Leichemann has
committed suicide in a novel manner
He bored hole in a trunk, passed an
india rubber gas tube through it and
turned On the gas. He then got into
the trunk, shut the ltd and was speed
lily asphyxiated.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Animal Life.

Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow
small pebbles for the purpose of grind
ing their food.
The gray and black agrippina moth
Of Brazil Is thirteen inches from wing
tip to wing tip.
A German scientist has found by ex-
periments that butterfly can live for
seventeen days without food.
The elephant does not smell through
his trunk. His olfactory nerves are in
single nostril In the root of his
mouth.
Among the curious insects of the
Malay peninsula is one called the lat
tern fly, which is remarkable for it's
sudden leaps, made without the aid Of
It's wings
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH
INGToN. FOR STEVENS COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Estate of Clyde c. Henion
Deceased-NO. 534-Order to Show Cause Why
Final Account Should Not Be Set tied and
Distribution Made.
Oliver Hall, administrator of the esta tie Of
Clyde C.. Henion, deceased, b aving this date
presented and filed in this court his final &C.
count of administration of said estate, and
praying for settlement thrreof and for an
order OF distribution OF the residue of said es-
state among the persons thereto entitled:
1t is hereby ordered that all persons inter-
ceased, be and appear in the Superior Court OF
the State of Washington. in and for the councy
OF Stevens, at the court room OF said court, in
the town OF ColvilIe, in said county and state,
on Monday, the 14th day of December, 1908, at
$3.50 o'clock a. m. then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why said account
should not be allowed and approved and why
an order of distribution should not be made.
according to law.
1t is further ordered that copy OF this order
be published once week for four consecutive
weeks before said 18th day of December, 1908
in the Newport Miner. newspaper printed
and published in the Town of Newport, in said
county and state;- and that the clerk post
copies hereof as required by law.
Dated this 9th day of November, 1905.
ILL., 1913 ID. II. CAREY, Judge.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Plays and Players.

Maxine Elliott will he seen next
spring in London In q costume play
called 1901"
Mark Sullivan. the magnetic singer,
Is leading member Of the lola From
Berlin" company.
Olive Oliver is to be in William FA-
versham's company, producing "The
World and His Wife"
Eugene Walter, the author Of paid
In Full" has written play for the
Liebler company called "The Dream
err and one for Belaseo entitled "Ths
Cssisst Way"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Curious Ads.

These advertisements recently ap-
peared In London papers:
Wanted - General servant; small
house, family OF two, one agreeable
and obliging.
Wanted-Ey respectable girl. her
passage to Canada; willing to take
care Of children and good sailor.
Wanted-Information regarding the
whereabouts Of James Jones, who Is
supposed to have died in London last
year.
Wanted-To learn the grocery bust
ness and board with the manager, two
strong, willing young men, who will be
treated as one Of the family.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Pith and Point.

4 man always likes to meet people
who have the same grievance he has.
No man Is as good to his wife as he
expects his father to be to his mother
Actions speak louder than words.
They have to in order to be heard
above the Boosting
Friends are like an umbrella-when
the storm comes On, you don't stop to
see whether the handle is pretty or
plain.
Before raising any question over II
friends unusual pronunciation Of d
word wait until you have a secret con-
son Globe
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
Tales They Tell.

A cousin Of the German emperor Is
4 dishwasher IN New York
4 Des MOines man buys his mother.
ln-law five pounds Of candy every
week.
Howard Buchanan Of ROyersford,
Of a cabbage worm roll it UP into q
small ball and fly away with it.
A crowd of 1000 Rostonians recent
iy followed a woman who wore q
knee length common sense" skirt and
SO annoyed her by their jeers and
rudeness that she was forced to APP
peal TO the police
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
The Parrots Response.


A maiden lady in England owned a
parrot. which somehow acquired the
disa greeable habit OF observing at fire.
quent intervals, Il wish the old lady
would die" This annoyed the birds
owner, who spoke to her curate about
it.
Il think we can rectify the matter"
replied the good man. 81 also have a
parrot, and he is righteous bird,
having been brought up in the way he
should go. | will lend you my parrot.
and | trust his influence will reform
that depraved bird of yours"
The curates parrot was placed in the
same room with the wicked one, and
as soon as the two had become &C.
cust0med to each other the bad bird
remarked. II wish the old lady would
die" whereupon the clergy mans bird
rolled up his eyes and in solemn &C.
cents added. I'VE beseech thee to hear
us. good Lord
The story got out in the parish, and
for several Sundays it was necessary
to omit the litany at the church serv-
ices.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
A Crusher.

A Crusher.
Legge. bishop Of Oxford. who had
not youth as his excuse for his vanity.
asked his friend Canning TO come and
hear his first episcopal sermon. They
d1ned together afterward. and from
the politicians silence the other ought
to have known better than to push
him; but, being rather nettled, he ex-
claimed, Canning, you have said moth
ing to me about my sermon"
Well it was short"
"Oh." said the bishop. lit is better to
be short than tedious"
But" replied Canning, ''you were
that too"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-12
- The -
Scrap Book
The Kind Captain.

The Kind Captain.
A certain sea captain had the repu-
tatlon of being cruel tyrant. but in
reality he was kind hearted man, as
the following incident will prove.
In midocean the cook approached
the captain timidly
Captain" he said. 1.-The men are
growlin' about the beef. They say
they cant chaw it nohow. They say
It's only tit to mend their sea boots
with"
"How much beef are you givin' 'em,
cook1e?" the captain asked.
"A pound apiece day. sir" said the
cook.
"Well," said the captain gently.
"glve 'em half a pound apiece from
now on. / should be sorry to force
'em to eat what isn't to their taste"
THE VASTNESs OF TIE NIGHT.
When We confront the vastness of the
night
And meet the gaze Of her eternal eyes,
How trivial seem the garnered gains we
prize
ANS 1dOISl wreath we haunt 10 enVlOuS
sight
The flower Of love we pluck for our de-
light.
The mad sweet music Of the heart that
cries
An instant on the listening air then
dies
How short the day of all things dear and
bright!
The everlasting mocks our transient
strife
The pageant of the universe whirls by
This little sphere with petty turmoil rife
Swift as dream and fleeing as sigh
This brief delusion that we call our life.
Where all we can accomplish is TO die
Louise Chandler MouIton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
OPENING AND CLOSING OH MAIL

Northern mails, week days. close at 10a.
M, and As, IL 30 a. M, and 200. 2 30,
10 and 10 80 p. N. Open at S0Oa. NJ,
IL 90 III, and 90 p. nj. On SundaysN Northern
mails close at s 40 q. M, 2S0, and 2 20
p. N.
Southern mails vie Charlottesville close at
7.l0 and 10 80 q. M, and 20 and 1880
y. nj. Open at 500 a. m. and 90 p. m.
Southern mails, via Richmond, close at
8 90 and 10 80 o. M, and 325, 9 90 and 10 ~
D. VI. Open at s a. Tn., ~ m and p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 10 a. NJ.
and $40 D. m. Open at u 80 and 8 80 p. m.
Alexandia and Round Hill mails close at
Z IS a. NJ. and 90 p. m. Open at GOA. m.
and 2 80 .. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 3 20 p:
m. aad 1890 p. m. Open at 500 q. m. and
600 y. M.
Washington mails close at 10, q. an. 8 45
and IL 80 a. M, and 2 90, 80,
is and 10 80 p. m. Open at 800 .. M,
IL 90 M. and 90 p. m. and 80 p. M.
Office Hours-Open at 90 q. m. Close OF
800 p. N.
Sunday Hours-Open ct sOOa. m. Close
ct 1000 3. m.
Carriers Schedale- Collection made on In.
side routes-6 80 and 1000 q. Ia. and 90 and
g so D. m. Flu route-6S0 a. m. and 80 p.
m. Sunday ellection 500 p. m. Carriers'
window open Sunday 900 a. m. and Gloss
10 90 q. m.
Deliveries made 800 q. m. 20 p. m. and
10 o. m.
All mail should be In the ofics .sG n,'un'ss
hafnys oHr indioata1 time tor clnSinD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
An Aneodote Of Ellsworth.

There was characteristic incident In
the early life OF Colonel Ellsworth, the
brilliant young lawyer who was one OF
the first notable victims OF the civil
war. His struggles to gain a foothold
In his profession were attended by
many hardships and humiliating pr1ya-
lions. Once, finding the man he was
looking for on a matter Of business In
a restaurant, he was invited to partaKe
of the luncheon to which his acqualnt'
ance was just sitting down. Ellsworth
was ravenously hungry, almost starV-
ing, in fact, but he declined courteously'
but firmly, asking permission to tax
over the business that had brought MIN
thIther while the other went on with
the meal.
The brave young fellow in telling the
story in after years confessed that he
suffered positive agony at the sight and
smell of the tempting food.
81 could not in honor accept hospl-
tally could not reciprocate," was bis
simple explanation Of his refusal. u
might starve, but I could not spongeF'
Marion Harlands Complete Ell
duette"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
The Eighth District Committee.


At a meeting of the Congressional State
Democratic Committee, for the Eighth Con-
gre sional District of Virginia, held at the
Prince William Hotel. in the town of Manas.
sas, Virginia, on the 9th day OF March, 1908,
pursuant to call issued by the chairman,
the Hon. George s. shackelfofd, there were
present, the chairman. Col. Grenville
Gaines; r. II. Green, Gardner l.. Boothe and
Thos Lion. The following resolutions was
adopted:
Be il resolved by the Congressional Demo.
cratic Commi tee for the Eighth Congress
sioaal District Of Virginia, that primary
ele,tion. for the democratic candidate for the
United States House OF Representatives, he
held throughout said District on the 9th day
OF June, 1908, between sunrise and sunset Of
that day, at all established precincts or
wards. and as near as possible in the usual
voting places tberein be it further,
Resolved, that at said election all known
white democrats and those who have never
before voted, who shall declare themselves to
be democrats. shall he allowed to vote. pro
vided they will be qualified 10 vote at the
next general election in November, 1908; be
L. further.
Resolved, that all candidates shall file a
notice. ia writing. Of their candidacy, with
Hon. George s. Shaekelford, Of Orange, Vir
ginis, on CO before April 4th, 1908; be 1t
further.
Resolved, that each candidate shall pay to
the said Hon. George s. shsckelford, on or
before the 10Th day of April, 1908. his pro
rata share of 81 800, that being the estimate
of total expenses Of conducting the said pri-
mary election; be il further.
Resolved, that any sum remaining after
the expenses ofsaid election ale paid, shall
be returned pro rata to the various candi-
dates; be it further,
Resolved, that this election shall be sepa-
rate and independent and not held in con-
nection with any other primary.
GEO. s.. SHACKELFORD, Chairman,
THOS. III. LION, Secretary,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
1 5uncerioo shirt Waists.

-'unSfFipA SH"' -
Aarhilce. tle .,opHld. washer"''''an'
having sprained her wrist. was uhl Oie
to do her weeks ironing, but sne $1,000
over the young Irish girl she hao nireu
and directed the work.
Maybe, Bridgeti observed Mathilde'
with a watchful eye on her unuer'
study, you'll t'ink, you, dat all snir'
waist ees iron alike. Maybe youli tlnA
she ees SOM easy job for Iron shirl
waist for hall dose lady OF dineren'
shape.
But non, Bridget, she ees mos OH
hcult. Som Of dose waist ees for dose
so fat Nine. Jone. wat weigh tree
two honder pound. Som ees for dose
so tin Mile. Smit', wat weigh lax SOM
small feddaire.
"Eet ees not sufficient to but iron
dose waist, she mos hall be mold TO III
does bodice.
'De waist of dose tin, dose tall, does
fat she ees iron hall of difference
Dose fat, she ees not desire SOM hump
hon benin bees shouldaire. Does tin
she ees weesh for stick out bifrore
For dose tall mam'selle you mus max
high dose collaire; for dose fat ma
dame max wide dose arm'ole.
"Eet ees dose weesdom, Bridget, wa
ees bring hall dose mos bes' shlrI
waist desc town to de door OF ole
Mathilde."-Youth's Companion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
AIexan6ria Gazette.
MONDAY EVENING. JUNE /. 1905.
Tho Efficacy Of Prayer.


Among my esteemed nelghbors there
IS a family known for the piety Of Its
members and their implicit confidence
in the efficacy of prayer. One of the
daughters, Miss Kate b., has almost
reached the age when she could be re-
ferred to ungallantly as an old maid.
She is the target for many good ma
tured quip pertaining to her alleged
hopes and endeavors In the direction
of matrimony.
Not long ago a certain society OF
young men which had interested itself
in a campaign for higher saloon license
sent a committee to visit the homes or
the district and obtain signatures to a
high license petition. When this COM
mittee, numbering half a dozen men,
bers. assembled the front steps at the
B. home my friends wife was the first
to see 1t through the front window.
Claws, Johnp she exclaimed to her
husband. "See all those young men
coming to visit u.s."
Mr.. B. glanced out of the window
noted the number Of the invading force
and remarked, with an air Of convic-
ton:
"Humphl Kate's been praying
again."-San Francisco Call.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
Lord Kelvin and the Cable.

1t is perhaps not generally known
that the success of the Atlantic cable
was due to the calculations and ex-
perlments OF the late Lord Kelvin, at
that time plain William Thomson. he
discovered that the current through a
long cable would arrive gradually at
the receiving end and devised the APP
paratus which rendered 1t possible to
utilize such a current for making the
Morse signals 1t was through disre-
gard Of his theoretical predictions that
the first Atlantic cable. In 1883. was
ruined by too powerful currents With
out his mirror galvanometer to trans
late into visible signals the delicate
impulses received through the cable
the enterprise would have been COM
plete failure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
Congressional Bell Signals.

On the floor Of the house the door
keeper has his desk, and 1t Is here that
the bells are struck that give notice
of the needs OF congress. One bell
calls for tellers when the house Is In
committee of the whole; two bells in
dicate call for yeas and nays; three
declare recess; with four bells the
red light over the door goes out; i've
bells mean "call Of the hogse,' under
which the sergeant at armsis supposed
to summarily arrest any member on
sight and bring him in, whether on
foot or horseback. ANY member who
Is not present at call of the house is
subjected to a severe reprimand. Look
ing down the corridor, the going out OF
the red light gives the curious sug'
gestion Of the tail end Of passenger
train dashing through a tunnel. While
the red light burns bright and clear II
means that congress is under way, but
when the light winks and goes out
then the visitors understand that the
wheels Of legislation have ceased to re
volve.-National Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-01
CotIntermanded.

A very devout clergyman had just
married a couple and. as was his Gus
tom, offered fervent prayer, invoking
the divine blessing upon them. AS
they seemed to be worthy folk and not
overburdened with this worlds goods,
be prayed, among other things, for
their material prosperity and besought
the Lord to greatly increase the mans
business, laying much stress on this
point.
In filing out the blanks 1t became
necessary to ask the man his business,
and. to the minister's horror, he said.
81 keep a saloon"
In telling the story to bis wife after
ward the clergyman said that as ne
wrote down the occupation he whis-
pered:
lord, you needn't answer that
rayer."-Phlladelph Ledger.