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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
ENORMUS OUTPUT OF
TURPEMTlNE LAST YEAt
Fiaures Are Based Upon Quotations
at Savannah, the leading Mar
ket Of the World

WASHINGTON, +. i y. IA" pro
duction of more than - JuU."n gal
tns OF turpentine ant more than
,ubu Gao barrels OF r0,ln. with ,alu
alton Ci more than 81 .u"t.' '"h Tor the
rurDrntinr and nearly Sl>.ohn. 900 for
the naval stores industry for 1905
according to the preliminary report
of tn. United State forest service
iuSt completed TIL" study was pro
idcd for in a speech! appropriation
OF $lO.0o0 BY conrr"~S and the re-
port contains the mo-. complete ant
accurate statistics ever gathered foi
the naval stores industry In this
cOuntr, and covers II pr durliol
fer both 1907 and l"n> giving com
parative figures for II" lwo years.
Or the eight SOM h"Iu safes. each
producing more than 2""""o gallons
OF turpentine and 2.'""" barrels OF
rosin Florida leads the list with II.
n3O. 300 gallons OF turr"nrin" in 1905
against lJ.5122, 1No gallon. in 1905. and
- -, l
agains, l.77i.370 barrels in $780,
The t,tal: Turprntim" gallons 81.
$50 .OG0; Resin. barrel i!>>.2>3: Tur
pen,ine gallons 81. $50 "": Resin bar
rrls 3.999.3ol.
While these fgur,'> shOw an In
crease of 2.iGS. 2n0 gallons OF turpen
tine and 2SS 800 barrels of r"sin for
1908 over 1907. thcr" was marked
decrease in the ,aiu,' Of tn" product
for 1905 as compared with the pre-.
tedng wear This was du" to the
great decrease in III" prevailing prices
for turpentine for zoos and Il Sigh
decrease in the prevailing prices for
roSin during the sam" year. The
value of the product tor he ;wc
years follows:
Turpentire, 1905. sl4,ll2.?,1."322 :
800. slS,2S3 ,309.9a: rosin. 1905, 81,
1S3 .5o9Gl: 1907. sl1.@l7..G9.93; Il diff,
ference in the value of the combined
output of $3,7O4. iS2"" in favor Of
1907.
The figures used in determining the
value of turpentine and rusin far the
two years are based On tn" market
quotations at Savannah. III" rerogntZ
Cd naval stores market Of The United
States. The average price received
for turpentine manufactured in 1905
was $0.3S5. per gallon. and In 1897
was $0.5349 per gallon. The average
price received for ro!iH was in 1905
$4.l+ pr barrel and in 1907 was
s4.33 per barrel
The number OF operations for the
two years were distributed among
the eight states as foil
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
BIG sWiNpIE PLANNED.
Two and Half Million Scheme Nip
ped in Bud.

NEW YORK. Fel: 26-Bankers and
police officials OF two continents Will
breathe "asior as a result of the ar
res. in Milan. Italy. reported in a
special cable dispatch of several o!
the men who are believed to have
been the principals in an attempt to
swindIe tn" American Express Com
many to III" extent of s.. 46o.16O by
means Of food Of forged checks.
which were 10 have been placed in
circchtion simul aneously in London.
Paris ana Rome.
Two CT III" four prisoners ar" Frank
|FeIina and Orphee Origoni. The re-
cords IN police headquarters in this
CITY indiCat" that OTigoni is 10 other
than the Count Orphee Crig"ni. who
vas one. captain in the Italian
Army AM more recently in the employ
Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Comaany of New York in responsible
position.
Frank Pima is said 20 be one Of
the most accomplished professional!
:orgers nf recent times, and TO have
served tim" IN the Sing Sing Pent
Tertiary HIS record as a ski!lfTl and
daring 'p"nman" - aileged TO u"
familiar to the DGlice alike Of Euroi"
and America who have been looking
for him. a. we'll as for Count Ori9oni.
for many months.
The aftcmrt to victimizs IN" Amer
can Expr.sS Company. the New York
police say, IL undoubtedly the work
OF the sGmc hand which abou' vHsr
ago UNDERTOOK 10 rob Z. u Richard
e. Co r1-,crs and shipping ag"n'a.
u BroadNa, Of nearly $2"e ."Do nv
means " q S"ries cf nXpertlv forged
letterv or crrJit. many of which Wcr'
prcgcnr"d aimo~f simultaneously in
rromincr, ,anks in France. England.
T.aiy ~ l.IuUI. Germany and Holland
Tho amour actually realized Nv that
swindIc va a.rout sec 600
The corr went abroaI a that inc
aIopg VT p lima. Who hal JUS h""n
rcIoascd from Sing Sing or" ~ IN"
Gang nsnr"d Eozzo vas then arrested
and rorfcs sod the polio. sav IN" planT
for a food NJ fo-series
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
PUT IN FOB SHELTER.
Leaking Schooner Fortuna and Tug
Stop in Roads.

The leaking schooner Fortuna. i'll
{ " OF the Wilmington. y. G.. tug
Alexander Jones, arrived III llamp' u
Roads FOR shelter frCm the gale. lat"
might. and remained at
anchor until yesterday afternoon
wien tn vessels pni To sea. bound
for New York.
Tn. Fortuna sprang a leak" while
b nnd from JaCks-n\ill" TO New York
wiah a cargo of lumber and was com,
yelled to put into Wilmington for
temporary repairs betor" proceeding.
where tn services OF he tug were
secured to lGw her - New York.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
lie was in his seventy

denly. lie was in ms seventy
eighth year.
Mr.. Haughton vas for many years
prominent In British shipping circles
but some years ago he retired, came
10 this country and made his home in
baltimore. On several occasions he
has visited his brofn,r are and he
has = number Of f.icnds in the city
Mr.. Hauchion was greatly intercst"!
In the ship sut idly QUESTION. advocat
ing 'hc ncgativ" side. ard ~ enc the
he and Nr r g. Rick ord had an
in; .rrS. ing and INSTRUCTIVE" discuss on
~ the sub i"c, in tn" - lumns ~ n"
paily Press
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27

The increase in production for 1898
over 1907 was due to mere favorable
weather and labor conditions than
to increased operations. But few
operators increased their operations
owing to the disorganized condition
of the market al the time operations
commenced Figures upon which the
report of production for the two years
are based were secured BY a system
Of correspondence and personal visits
to the points of production by agents
Of the forest service.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

A man is an indulgen~ censor 10
himseE.-Latin.
\ little bird wants hut hiie
nest German
4 man without rrhgion is like a
horse without bridle.-I.atin
4 brc life before 4 ,Inc Shakes
prare
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
"WeIS' MAY DEMAND
MANN DECLARATION
Reported That Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION Have Held Conferences
With Senator Martin.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. 4 special
L. The Posi- from Richmond. Va. says:
Several conferences haI. been held
Within the past TWO weeks between
represent ativrS OF the Virginia Liquor
Dealers Association and Unite
States Senator Thomas : Martin,
with III" object of securing to lud&"
William Hold, Mann. candidate for
governor. the support OF the liquO!
element in Virginia. provided Judg"
Mann will aGro" TO a public statement
tia, h" Will not approve any mrasur"
passed hN the legislature. Will" GOV
crnOr. declaring for State-Wid" prOhlbi-
ton in Virginia according to a 'eai-
inc member Of the Liquor Dealers A.
sCciation.
II is said that tacit agreement
was reached at informal meetings. and
If the desired ends can be obtained
in Il public statement. the liquor deal
.,rs will be satisfied with the cand!-
dacy of Judge Mann.
In this connection ii is said that
as a result OF the conference" tuited
States Senator Martin is not near
so enthusiastic in his support of
Judge Mann as h" was two weeks ago
This information comes from soHrc :
usually regarded as reliable.
Enters the Antisaioon League.
The rock on which all negotiations
up to this time stranded is the Anti
saloon League. which hopes to force
within the four years statewide
prohibition fight in Virginia. and con
s.auently. his league would hardly
agree to support a candidate under
promise to veto any l:ll adopted by
til. legislature looking to this end
Tucker has already declared that he
will ic'o a bill of this kind. Should
Judge Mann also make such state
mant publicly TO me liquor renpl" tn"
league will be forced 10 seek its end
By the Doubtful experiment OF boins
before the people for their votes on
the question.
Indirectly. several times. tn" infOr-
ma ion has come from the headnuar'-
erS of Judge Mann that he will make
no statement as TO what he Will do
if elected governor. Now the question
in the minds of the politicians is. what
Will Senator Martin do: If. as there
appears to be some reason to believe.
he will keep hands off and allow the
candidates to fight it ont among them
selves. krotty tangle presents it
self:
Would Support Tucker.
II is learned that a meeting o! the
liquor people has been held a Rich
mond. behind closed doors. the sense
of which was that they would sup
port Tucker against Mann, on the
ground that il would be better to have
man in the governors chair who
did not favor prohibition and would
use his influence against it. than a
man who while not running on thar
platform. has long teen affiliated with
the Anti-saloon League and would vel
come any mOvem"n: made by the
league
Judge Mann declines to take M tbs
question OF what he will do If con
frontpd by the Two horns OF the diem
ma after he has become governor on
local option platform. and with the
support of the liquor people. II Is
apparent that he cannot steer clear
OF trouble when these two antagonist,
ic force finally lock horns for tn" con
| troll OF the State.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
OEA'H OF n. o. HAUGHT0N
At MS HOME IN BALTIMORE
News Of His Brothers Sudden End
Comes TO Major James
Haushtor.

Majo- James Haugin IN and his
daughf"r. Miss ada. l"fi las night
for RaI'iror being called ;h"rc h,
nrWs Of the death of th" majors
bro,hCr. Nr. ~ - Haughi = No
details ar" known here. INT Mr
Haughtons death Is supposed 20 hav"
occurred very unexpectedly and sud
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
For $500.

We offer n hoTSc ard l"' IN f"r
simple. on Twcn; y-third street near
wickham avenue. Would take ONLY
So cash, balance S. per month. Must
10 soId ~ once b. quick. SONMER-
WILLIE Trust COMPANY. inc.
Three phones. y
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27

Round trim :ic&s;s via Raw Lin" to
Washington. nv Way NJ Baltimore.
for inaGEura ,CU. s., ~. limited ro ten
days. sale commencing February
g. 2-2i+t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
Calender for TODAY.
Basketball.

LEXINGTON. VA. Feb. &c" ash
ington and Lee University. ~: v"
riria Polytechnic Institute. l..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
s.ere. cf coa.entmen,.

To wogk gu; cue own coBtentmest
We Should later cot 40 mach 10 IA
rt-a-e ~. Substance a. TO moderate
our desires. --SaDdersoa
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
SHIPPING REPORT
Friday. February rs, 1909.
Arrived.

Arrived.
Schooner Herbert ID. Maxwell. Quill
lin RaltimOre-to Maryland Coal and
C~kr Company for cargo.
Schooner Jennie French POtte:'
Potter. Portland--to Rerwind-Whl''
Coal Company fer cargo.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
Sailed,

Steamer Joy Maru tBr.> Prowse'
Ayonmouth: Dundonia OBJ Mcleod,
Christcbal Colon: Rio Jano 'Spanlshi
Grrrica. Hamburg.
Barge YemmasSae. Boston.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27

The British steamer Dundonlan
sailed vest crday for Colon. Panama
with a cargo Ct coal. loaded by the
Br:wind- White Coal Mining Ccnf7any
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
Marine Notes.

The schooner Hettie P Simpson,
which has been at the Shipya:d Tor
minor repairs was towed ont in the
stream yesteray to avail: her turn al
he coal Ock.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27
HOUSE PASSES THE
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL

CONTINUED from First PageD
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27

day during the last quarter OF Il cen
turN.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27

point of order hv Mr.. Fitzgerald of
New York.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
He Couldn't Sec the joke.

"The mother-in-law joke isn't half
as funny to me as it was when was
a bachelor" said young New Yorker
to his old chum. 1--WE got pretty
good mother-in-law myself, and she's
visiting US now. That's all right too.
But here's my crouch:
whenever we go out In a bunch, as
we generally do, ma grabs the baby
every time we sit down-subway, ele-
waited, bridge, surface or ferryboat.
Just grabs the kid, you know, as If 1t
was her private property; exhibits 1t
In a way to everybody near by, tells
the woman next to her all about how
to raise children and what she's doing
for this particular one; attracts gen
eral attention, you see, with my baby
as star performer and my wife and ]
sitting there without chance to say q
word and looking as If we wanted to
apologize for being on earth"
"Don't think that's funny, eh?" said
his friend. "How your sense Of humor
has shrunk!'-New York Globe. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Absurd stage business.

Theatrical production Is full Of alb
surdities in business. A situation is
required, situation is thrown in. 1t
makes not the slightest difference If 1t
be trolley car crew Of song and dance
brothers manning yacht In the desert
Of Sahara. You have the trolley crew
and the yacht, and If the scene hap
pens to be section Of the arid west
where typhoons take the place of wa
terspouts-well so much the worse for
the scene And if the conductors col
lect fares from the sailors to carry out
the business of the song, eve Are Jol-
~, Jolly Street Car Men, the audience
must be prepared to s.omit calmly to
sandstorm Immediately following,
which Is necessary to bring on the
wind machine and stereopticon. When
comic opera (heaven save the markD
opened at Madison Square roof with
Japanese costumes, Broadway dialogue
a Marian setting and Irish comedy
there were absurdities enough to de.
light dozen stage directors.-Henry
e. Warner in Bohemian Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12

i
The Rev. Simon Turpie was an elo-
puent speaker, but he seemed to have
list OF sermons which, when he once
began, he went right through to the
end and then started at the first SER
monaghan, and so on.
a young man In the congregation
was about to leave for South Africa,
but the Sunday before he departed he
attended the church service.
In the course Of his lecture the min
lster used an illustration in which were
the words, "a man can easily purchase
two sparrows for threepence.''
The young man, after being absent
for about three years, returned and
again on the first opportunity attended
divine service. Strange to say, he
heard the same narrative by the same
minister, the phrase striking him most
being about the two sparrows for
threepence.''
At the close of the service the min
lister, In his courtesy, came and shook
hands with the youth and, welcoming
him back to his home, asked him If
he noticed any changes about the
place.
The young man, evidently quite un-
concerned, replied, "Aye, man, there's
two or three changes, but there's yin
thing can see-the price o. sparrows
Is aye at the same auld figger.' Glas-
! cow News s155tt 2. 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Runnino For the Car

If you feel like emulating Sherlock
Holmes try your luck occasionally
when you see some one run for a street
car. It's a good, easy way to deter
mine the previous training and the
present occupation Of the subject.
You will see one fellow dash easily
toward the car with long, swinging
stride that usually means athletics, but
no special training in the sprint. The
old time college runner can be picked
out by the way he throws his knees in
front, like high bred trotter.
Some waddle, and you must relegate
them to the general category Of "busy
business men" whose duty to the desk
has robbed them of wind and waist.
Others are getting more than their
share of avoirdupois, but in spite of
that manage to show you that they are
not out of it by any means. To that
type 1t is veritable triumph to over
haul moving car and to swing on
without the assistance of the conduct
or.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Hunor at Funerals.

In "Other Days" William Winter,
the famous dramatic critic, tells how
he and Joseph Jefferson were among
the pailbearers at McCullough's fu-
neral. GAS our melancholy train was
halted in Philadelphia street." says
Mr.. Winter, "he glanced along the line
and gravely remarked, I never knew
before that there were so many walk
ing gentlemen in my profession :"
Another quaint anecdote which he
tells with reference to melancholy
occasion is this one on the burial of
John Brougham:
Edwin Booth and assisted to bear
his pail. remember that the two
gravediggers after they had lowered
his coffin little way into the grave
were constrained, with many muttered
EXPLANATIONS Of 'Aise herr and Raise
herr to lift it up again in order
to enlarge the cavity. Booth and /.
like Hamlet and Horatio, were stand.
ing under neighboring tree observing
these proceedings, and nothing was
ever more woefully comic or more i'm
morously rueful than Hamlet's smile
as he looked at me with those deep,
melancholy eyes and with that little,
furtive grimace, murmuring as he did
SO, it's the last recall"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
New Use For Wheelbarrow..

Mrs. leila Nuttall, the archaeologist,
was making some excavations in Mex
leo. The Indians were removing the
earth some distance from the point Of
excavation In the customary manner
that Is, on a piece Of coarse cloth tied
between two poles, sretcher fashion,
carried by two Indians. This method
seemed rather laborious to Mrs. Nut
tall, so she ordered several iron wheel
barrows from the city. When they
arrived she turned them over to the
foreman after explaining to him what
they were for and how to use them.
Next day when she visited the work
the Indians had discarded their prim1-
tive parihuelas and were using the
bright new wheelbarrows. AS each
barrow was filed with earth it was
picked up by two Indians, one using
the handles and the other the wheel,
and carried to the place where the
earth was to be deposited. All efforts
to get the Indians to use the wheel
barrows properly failed, and they kept
on carrying them until the work was
finished.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Selling "Cariyle."


Here Is Whistler's story Of how he
sold his famous picture of Carlyle to
the Glasgow corporation:
received them, well, you know,
charmingly, of course, and one who
spoke for the rest asked me If did
not think I was putting large price
on the picture-1. 900 guineas-and I
said, Eyes, perhaps, If you will have
It sor'
And he said that it seemed to the
council excessive. "Why, the figure
was not even life size'' -,.
And agreed.
'But, you know" I said, 'few men
are life size"
And that was all. 1t was an official
occasion, and I respected it. Then
they asked me to think over the mat
ter until the next day, and they would
come again. And they came. And they
said, "Have you thought Of the thou
sand guineas and what we said about
II, Mr.. WhistlerY'
And said, "Why, gentlemen, why
well, you know, how could I think of
anything but the pleasure of seeing
you againT'
And naturally, being gentlemen, they
understood, and they gave me a check
Tor the thousand guineas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Alphabet Of tho Playhouse.

1--WE keep learning things all the
time" said an infrequent theater goer.
II stopped in front Of theater the
other day to buy ticket Of a specu-
lator, and asked him If he had good
single near the front.
Here's one in o. he said, 'thir-
teenth row, third seat from the aisle
Nov, you know, don't carry the
relative positions Of the letters of the
alphabet in my mind all the time. I
have to work for a living and have
other things to think Of. But it struck
me that 0 must be farther down the
line than thirteen, and so just count
ed up the letters on my finger tips, and
I made 0 come fifteenth, and 1 said so
to the ticket man, but that didn't wor-
~ him any.
There's no A In this theater,' he
said, and there's no I in any orches-
ira In town. ~
And, having my finger tip figuring
thus handily Knocked out, bought the
ticket. Washington Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
The JOYS of Life In Africa.

You must never walk barefoot on
the floor, no matter how clean it is, OF
an odious worm called a jigger will
enter your foot to raise a numerous
family and painful swelling. On the
other hand, be sure when you put on
boots or shoes that, however hurried
you turn them upside down and look
inside lest a scorpion, small snake
or a perfectly frightful kind of cent?.
ped may be lying in ambush. Never
throw your clothes carelessly upon the
ground, but put them away at once In
a tin box and shut 1t tight or per
feet colony Of fierce biting creatures
will beset them. And, above all, qui.
nine!-Winston Churchill, NJ. p, in
London Strand.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Sand Fish.

! At low tide in midsummer on GER
tain parts Of the Breton coast men and
boys with baskets and hoes descend
the white beach to the seas edge.
They are anglers, but the fish they
seek live on dry land. With his hoe
each fisherman makes swiftly in the
packed sand shallow parallel trenches,
very close together. and about yard
long. II the luck be good every scratch
Of the hoe uncovers three or four sill
very fish, the size Of sardines, that
leap up glittering into the air. They
must be seized quickly or at once they
bury themselves IN the. sand again.
They are called lancons. The smaller
ones are used for mackerel BAIT; the
larger, with their heads cut of. make,
fried, an excellent dish q good deal
like fried smelts. With daylight tides
the lancons are seldom bigger than a
mans middle finger, but with the
night tides, when promenaders have
not disturbed the sand, they run very
large indeed. Then, their lanterns fash
ing on the beach, the Breton fishermen
often capture lancons a foot long. "
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
Trouble Making,


Trouble making is an older industry
than the manufacture of steel. Cain,
the trouble maker, got into action be-
fore Tubal Cain, the ironworker, and
Eve got Adam into hot water long be-
fore the boilermakers' union began
business. ~ 50.
There are three brands of trouble
imaginary, borrowed and real. Imag-
mary trouble consists Of railroad ac-
cidents, earthquakes, fires, suicides, dis
eases such as the patent medicine man
makes, the poorhouse, death and the
grave carefully mixed and taken after
late dinner or drop in the stock
market.
Borrowed trouble is the kind we get
from our relatives. It's principal in
gradients are visits, borrowed money,
birthday presents, advice and expec-
tations. But the real article Is pro-
duced as follows: Put the sandals of
endurance on your feet, take your life
in your hands and follow by turns the
how to be happy philosopher, the
preacher of physical culture and the
apostle Of diet.-Puck.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-12
His Measure,

"A few friends" relates Mr.. James
Moir in the Draughts World, "were.
chatting with Wyllie, the checker
champion, in club after one Of his
days of exhibition play in Glasgow
when a youth, slightly under the in1u-
ence of John Barleycorn, threatened
to monopolize the conversation, blow
ing his own horn and giving out In no
uncertain language that he considered
himself the equal Of Wyllie. The old
man took no notice Of him for a time,
but, occupying the usual five minutes
in considering the move, quietly asked
the youth to remove his hat mot more
than six and half size), then sub
stituted his own-which was large
one and went we'll down over the,
young braggart's nose-and, casting
his eye around the company, said
scornfully, That's his measurev The
company enjoyed the retort so much
that the youth was glad to make a
hurried exit"