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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
CIRCUS MANS NARROW ESCAPE.
Exposure Only Avsrted Through Two
Fortunate Circumstances.

An old circus man tells this incident
a. one OF the narrow escapes he had
in the show business. He had trained
lions, Zebras. leopards. rhino-you
know-and all sorts Of beasts of prey,
but this. he says. was his narrowest
escape.
II was when he was running . dime
museum In Milwaukee.
One day mild hammered Russian
came out Of the railway station up al
the town that was made famous, with
q valise in his hand. He was heavily
bearded man and with shaggy hands
and arms like George Esau. He hunt.
ed up IA cabman and inquired modest
ly: Where is the dime museum
The tabman told him and then
asked: Want to ride up"
Yes" the bearded stranger told
him quietly, almost bashiully. I'm I"
be employed up there. I'm tn Wild
man"
The narrow escape. sa;s tn" ex-
circus man. lay in the fact that n
newspaper men heard the mans re-
marx, and that the cabnan was an
Englishman. with no sense of hu.Hor.
who never thought to repeat it.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
MISTAKES OF MENTAL WORKERS
Few Endeavor to Keep Themselves in
Proper Physical Trim.

Neglect of physical development Is
responsible for many of the ills to
which the vast army Of men work
ers is heir. Men and women who labor
in Offices are even forgetting how TO
use their legs. so convenient is 1t TO
resort to street cars. though the dis
lance to be covered may be but few
blocks.
The best mental work is performed
by those who keep in good physical
trim. Generally. the incentive for this
Is lacking 1t is perfectly possible for
every mental worker to take daily!
systematic exercise. though it may be
only a brisk walk in the open air or
few free-hand movements on rising in
the morning or retiring at night. Few.
however. gain sufficient exhilaration in
these diversions. Most people are more
strongly attracted by games, cOmpeti-
lions or the forms of exercise entered
into by a considerable body Of persons
in unison More than that. most peO
pie would prefer to watch others In
these pastimes than to enter into them
in person.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
RAISED FUNDS AND HAD JOKE
Typica, Anecdote Concerning Whistler.
the Eccentric Artist.

Whistler's most recent biography
has this TO say of his early life in
Paris: Though frequently hard up.
Whistler had an income which seemed
princely to students who lived on moth
ing at all. II Whistler had money In
his pockets. Mr.. Ionires says. he
spent 1t royalty on others. II his
pockets were empty he managed TO
refill them in q way that still amazes
NJ. Oulevey. who. in proof Of II. told
us Of the night when. after the cafe
where they had squandered their last
sous on kirsch had closed. he and
Lambert and Whistler adjourned to
the Halles for supper. ordered the
best and ate It, Then he and Lambert
stayed In the restaurant as hostages.
while Whistler. at dawn. went of to
find money to pay. He was back
when they awoke with 300 or 400
francs in his pocket He had been to
see an American friend. he said. a
painter. And. do you know. he had
the bad manners to abuse the situa-
tion-he insisted on my looking at his
pictures.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14

Apropos the prodigiousIy long ora
tons of the Maoris. writes a CORE
spondent. it may amuse your readers
to know that only little over twenty
years ago my uncle a judge in New
Zealand. was obliged to issue an order
TO the effect that in future singing
would no, be taken as evidence" in his
court 1t was the constant habit OF
the Maoris when pleading a cause to
sing long and quite poetic sagas. As
these generally began with legends OF
their remote ancestors, sometimes
many hours. even days would be spent
before the point POSSIBLY trivial
one) was reached. There is some
thing Gilbertian in this idea. but any
old New Zealander could vouch for the
facts
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Rules for Good Health.

To keep In good health it is neces-
sary to have regular hours for eating
and sleeping. Meals should be ar
ranged to be served at the same time
each day and there should be no hurry
ing Go to bed at set hour and rise
regularly. A cold bath is very great
aid toward maintaining health and
beauty. but If it is too great a shock
to the system then a tepid bath will
do. Do not, however, neglect the
morning bath. 1t is or 1T deal
easier. Of course. to start taking cold
bath in summer than in winter-any
way to contract the habit. Do not eat
between meals-it is injurious to the
complexion and to the general health
Even afternoon tea is not at all good
for the average woman or man.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
NEEDED 70 HAVE RICH FHTHER.
Youths Living Expenses on a Rather
Extravaoant Scale.

David Belasco. the great manager
and playwright. complained bitterly the
other day Of man who had duped
him-a man vino. pretending TO be q
millionaire, had promised to invest
$25O.OOO In the erection Of a model"
theaIer.
He took me in" Mr.. Belasco frank
Iy admitted. Il have. | suppose. too
sanguine a nature. | expect. ! sup
pose-in the way OF success, fortune.
happiness-the impossible. Al any
rate, taken in | was.
In my eXorbitant demands ON life"
said Mr.. Belasco. Il resemble a young
friend OF mine. bankers son. This
lad is very amia5le, but very extrava-
CANT. His load Of debt is always. like
the load Of Atlas, unspeakably huge.
His father said TO him last New
Years day:
Now, Sam. | want you to turn over
ii new leaf No debts in 1909 Eth, is
il agreed
eyes. SIR said Sam heartily.
His father took out his check book.
How much year do you need.
Sam he said. in order to live as you
want to and at the same time keep en-
tirciy out OF debt
sam, after musing. answered with a
bright smile:
About $4,000 year-and all my
expenses paid.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Foos OF LONDON AND PAR,a
French Capital Bids Fair to Suffer
Worse Than the English.

A certain dndesired supremacy has
always been granted to London In the
matter of fogSs and the London pea
souper has always been considered I'm
equaled in It's way. But things have
changed Q good deal of late. In the
first place, those Of late years. notably
that at the beginning Of this month,
have been overhead fogs. which made
the MONDAY like night. although In
the streets 1t was perfectly clear. and
there was little or no dislocation of
traffic. This ia said to be owing to the
fact that few hundred feet up the
air Is cold enough 10 c0ndense the
moisture whereas in the streets the
air Is warm enough to keep the mois,
ture uncOndensed. This variety of fog
In certainly the least objectionable.
for II enables people 10 20 about their
business without cropping along tn"
walls In utter darkness, as used 10 h"
the case Another change that must
be noted Is the prevalence OF fogs iii
Paris. notably in III" present month.
when in the first week the fog was
much worse on the banks of tn"
Seine than on III" banks. 0f III"
Thames Some years a-o. when Paris
burned wood. the city had no real
'fogs, but now that it has taken to
burning coal il has imported the Ion
don particular" And as the Sein" at
Paris is not tidal. there is less chanc"
of a breeze to carry away the fog
than there is even in London.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Climate sharpens Appetite.

Probably the Eskimo banquets last
longer than any others. and the guam
tity Of food swallowed IL also proper
tionately greater. Ross records that
seven OF his party Of natives once ate
continuously for 80 hours. during
which time they consumed 200 pounds
OF seal meat Europeans. exposed To
the same climatic conditions. act in
much the same way. Capt. Scott OF
the Discovery. on his return from his
long sledge journey over the inland
ice Of the Antarctic continent. did
nothing but eat and sleep for the
space Of three days snd nights. aud
even then he vas stu hungry.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
UTILIZING HIS SPARE MOMENTS
CcneeniaI Occupation for Hubby Just
Before the Opera.

Husband twho is going TO the opera
with his wifeJ--There! took time by
the forelock. tonight. Here | am. an
hour beforehand. with my evening
clothes all on and everything ready.
Now I'll go down stairs and have a
quiet smoke while you get ready.
Wife-Oh. darling. can you ever for
give me?
whats the matter now
Why. the cook tells me the furnace
fire went out this afternoon. as the
furnace man failed to come. The baby
has a cold. you know. Would you
mind going down in the cellar and
making it over? You've just got time.
love"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
The Ox's Affections.

Oxen usually die in pairs. One
yoke fellow seldom survives the other.
Working and resting side by side
through many long years these patient
animals develop so strong. so deep
and abiding an affection for one an
other that separation means death.
When a pair OF oxen are yoked to-
gether in youth they fight. Their mu,
tual hatred is as great as would be
that Of two men yoked together. But
with the years passage they cease to
kick and butt. They become friends.
And this friendship ripens at last into
an overmsstering affection which. ii
may be. consoles the mild. laborious
creatures in some measure for the life
long cruelties heaped on them by man
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14

The west has a girl miner who
works eight hours a day. Her name
Is Laura White. her age is % years
and she halls from San Francisco
Some time ago she located several
mining claims in the 'dreary Funeral
range. near the eastern edge OF the
famous Death Valley. One of the
claims proved to be rich one and
she and her brother are working il
alone
The brother works at the bottom OF
the shaft and Miss White hoists the
ore to the top. At first she wore skirts
but finding that they impeded her
work. she donned the miners resula
ton boots and trousers. shirt and Mexi
can sombrero.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
The WaIrua' 0efenaes.

A full-grown walrus will weigh a.
much as 1000 pounds, mountainous
mass Of muscle and blubber. He ia
armed with tusks Of ivory. sometimes
two feet in length. and when from his
upreared bulk these formidable weap-
ons are plunged downward upon an
enemy they are as resis,less as the
drop Of a guillotine. Such a thick layer
OF blubbeT lies under the skin that he
is practically clad in an armor impervi-
ous To teeth and claws alike So. ur-
less the bear is greatly favored by
luck. re has little chance to overthrow
his antagonist-From St Nicholas
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
wonderful Bamboo Ososn

In the old church OF Los Pinas. near
Manila. is a wonderful bamboo organ
built by the R-coletos parish priest o.
that town. Father Diego Cera. in the
year 1893 Tn" upright bamboo pipes
do not look unlike the metal pipes in a
modern church organ. but q second set
Of pipes rest horizontally on a rack just
above the key board. The organ Is in
use to this da. and the bamboo is we'll
preserved. Father Cera having . sccrc,
process Of preserving The wood which
he never divulge6.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
ooq Ghosts.

The phantom dog specter was one OF
the hardest Of old English supersti
tons Almost every county had its
black dog which haunted its lonely
spots and was the dread OF every na-
tive. Most Of them were regarded az
DEVILS. but some were held to be the
spirits Of human beings. transformed
thus as . punishment Lady Howard.
Q Devon o,able Of the days Of James
J.. for instance. was said To b. com
PEELED 10 haunt OkchaHpton in the
form Of dog as a punishment for her
cruelty 10 her daughter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14

Herr Hager. a rich and influential
banker. frequently had watches picked
from his pocket. At first he had re.
course to all kinds Of safety chains:
then one morning he took no precau-
ton whatever and quietly allowed
himself to be robbed. At night, on re-
turning from his business. he took up
the evening paper: he uttered an e1,
ciamation of delight. A watch had
exploded in a mans hands. The vic.
TINS hands were shattered and the
left eye destroyed. The crafty banker
had filed the watch case with dyna.
mite. which exploded 10 the operation
Of winding.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
How Far . Waiter Walks.

Have you any idea Of how much
ground a waiter covers in performinG
h,s DAYS work. At . certain hotel.
which has a long. narrow dining room.
the matter was recently put TO the
,cst and the head waiter was armed
with a pedomcter when he went on
duty At scven a m. When he had 70.
tired after the dinner hour he had coy
cred ten miles and . fraction. He a.
sorts that thi. long record OF distance
covered In q single room 10 largely the
result Of the telephone and the social
life 81 the hotel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Puzzle Made Pi-in.

Readers os 'GuIlivers Travels" are
saturaIly brought up sharp when first
confronted by the word Houyhnhmn.
the name given 10 the half horse half
man creature. whose reasoning power
Dean Swift makes so exc. The word
Is obviously an attempt - speii out the
sound given by . horses neigh-what
The philoiosists call nomstopocia but
one hesitsfcs TO pronounce IL. An emi-
men; English authori,y-no Iess than
Prof. Sainisbury-spproves its pronup.
citation TO rhyme with miairn. and Il
has been % used in English verse.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
School That Turns Out Heroes.

"Wednesday was high day at Eton ::
perhaps il might BE- called a saints
day. too. Has ever before one school
sent 1900 Of its sons to fight for
their country in one war? Has ever
school had 100 OF them killed in the
same war? Eton is unique There
are other great schools but Eton
stands on its own plane. Crfticisc
Eton as you may show all its faults:
q Ia Eton still. Eton may reflect many
Of the proverbia! shortcomings OF Eng
hshmen; certainly IT represents pecul
iarIy their traditional virtues.-Satur
day Review.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14

What we want" said the reformcr.
rs a leader who Is wholly unseifish.
q man absolutely above all mcrcenary
considerations.
Yes" answered the man with
chilly eyes: and when you End that
kind ~ a man. he's generally broke
and compelled to work hard COR q liv-
ing instead Of studying ecoaomic the
cries"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
Found Kettle o. Cold and Silver.

Edward Woods and Thomas Dfckcn'
son, Iumbermcn. TOOK day on ~"
other day To HINT rabbits. Th"y found
an iron kettle in the woods containing
s. 600 IN gold and s22 in silver. oil
City Correspondence. Fittsburg Dis
patch
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-14
An Eeronsutie Stunt.

Money cant do everything
No. but IL can do some things bet.
ter than man
For instance
We'll. ~ss thinking Of Its ability
10 ~"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07
lNTERNATIONALS
TO MEET TODAY

There will be meeting Of those
interested in the big international race
today at quarter past twelve at the
office of the Athletic Park.
Tsukamoto and his hackers are anx-
ious for race over the full Marathon
distance. Since Tsukamoto's verv OBJ.
vious quitting last Sunday. he and his
men should have very little to say
about what the distance is. When a
man runs fourteen miles and quits.
when he is supposed to travel twenty
six miles, it seems a trife invidious
for him to come through with a big
claim on distance.
There have been several applicants
Tor honors in the next race. Dial Fahy
states that he was second in the last
Marathon race and should be allowed
to represent the United States. 1t is
true that Dal ran a fine race.
COMFY Hayes is also anxious to be
let in. He made a good showing in
the Haieiwa and Marathon races and
ought TO have a chance This thing is
boiled down to a question of prize
money and those who want to run and
make wad out of it should cease to
bother the newspapers and see the man
agement of the park. All those who
want to get in the race can have their
chance by being present at the meet
ing today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07


What would the "fans' who attend
the Sunday baseball games say to a
proposition to open the proceedings
with prayer? The idea is startling,
but DR.. Bruce Barton almost compasses
it in proposition he advances in The
Home Herald (Chicago). 1t is adj
dressed mainly to preachers and offer
ed as a substitute to the "annual crop
of sermons on Sunday baseball that
viii be uttered, he says, Gas in pre-
vious years, without the conviction
that they are to do any real good,
and will be read with a sense of the
futility of the whole propaganda. ="
Dr. Barton, picturing in imagination
the Sunday crowd, has thought, ''What
an audience, what a magnificent audi
ence and all wastedl'' He suggests
that half dozen of the leading pas
tors in New York and an equal num-
Der in Chicago and Boston and the
other large cities where league games
are played, should go to the presidents
of the baseball clubs and say some
thing like this:
See here, you have the people at
your parks whom we want to reach.
They need us. When they know for
what we have come they will welcome
us. There is always an interval of
few minutes after the teams have I'M
bent in practise, and before the game
starts Let us have that few minutes.
Advertise the fact that you have let
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07
REILLY TO GET
CHANCE AT JACK

Everything points to a scrap between
Charlie Reilly and Jack McFadden.
There is much talk in the air along the
Rialto, but nothing absolutely definite
is settled.
One year ago these two men met,
and Charlie lifted the genial red-top
off his feet with a terrible hook to the
jaw. Larry Twomey gave the decision
draw on account of the hard work
that McFadden put up during the later
rounds.
A meeting between these two fight
ers will have all the elements necessary
for one grand scrap. There is a grudge
between them of the very worst kind.
It would be the greatest delight in the
world for either man to get chance
at the other.
Chaffed Wrong One.
But here is one on Reilly Charlie
is the best natured fellow in the world
and can josh with the best of them.
But he joshed himself to the bad the
other night. He was in the Grill with
a bunch of live ones, and had been
slipping the old stuff over to good eff
feet.
Everybody was laughing and in good
humor, when a great, big husky sailor
from the Bedford blew in. Charlie
made out to think that the newcomer
was German or Dutchman The butt
of the joke stood it for some time. then
he came over 10 the table where Reilly
was sitting and said, ''Oi m no Dutch
man. Me name is Gallagher" And,
say, you could cut that accent with a
knife
Charlie was there with the goods
THAT s all right, old chap quoth he,
"My name is Reilly
Then the big man from the British
cruiser, from the top of his six foot
six, looked down and said: care We
quite sure ut isn't Mosus?" Then
Charlie blushed, and the Jap waiter
brought in two servings of lobster.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07
.*,s's y *'s'* = s*s*s -
Sermons and Baseball



us have it, if you. will. Our churches
will join together and furnish a band
which will play sacred music while
the practise goes on. And during that
interval a haIf-dozen of US, who are
known in the city, who are big and
strong and have good voices, will rise
in different parts of the stand and
talk for three minutes on the love OF
God. We will be short, and careful
not to delay the game, but we want
to reach the people"
Further on DIR. Barton says:
~ have sat in the ball park on a
weekday afternoon, and seen the thou
sands pour in to fill the seats on both
sides of the field. And [ have pictured
the sight to myself as it must appear
on Sunday-for [ do not attend on
Sunday-the nerve-worn, air-hungry
crowd of men and women and children,
leaning eagerly forward to watch ev
cry move on the diamond, filing their
lungs with pure air as they watch. .
What might not reformer or a politi-
cal leader or a preacher do, could he
speak his message, no matter how short,
to that crowd? The thought has seem
ed almost an inspiration. Uptown the
churches are half-filled in the morning
and empty in the afternoon, while pas
tors return to their homes, tired, not
so much by the effort as by the appa-
rent failure of the effort. There is
good music and brilliant preaching,
and still the people fail to come. But
here are the people. Why does no one
come to them?'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07
POLO
IS BOOMING

There is to be a roller skating polo
league. Already three teams have been
formed and it is expected that there
will be at least FIVE in before the series
of games starts in about two weeks.
The Diamond Heads have team,
the Saints have a team and there is
a town team. 1t is expected that the
Hams and Puns will also come in. With
this bunch of live ones there will De
some great excitement at the Princess
skating rink before very long.
From now on it has been arranged
for an interval every evening for polo
practise The rink will be cleared and
the ball-swatters will be allowed free
use of the rink to practise their game.
There are five men on a roller polo
team and each man has to be an ex-
pert skater. The games are wonder
fully interesting to watch for the clev-
erness shown by the players as they
chase the ball is, and has to be, up to
the top limit.
A fine cup has been put up for the
team winning the series and it is ex-
'pected that each game will be very
closely contested. A schedule of events
will be made up within the next few
days and will be published accordingly.
Any skater who is interested in the
game and would like to take part can
get information from Joe Cohen at the
Princess rink.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-07
MOTOR HUNT"
PROVES SUCCESS

Automobile owners about the Bay
Counties, California, have had their
first "Motor Hunt" and it proved a
big success, over two score of ma
chimes, from small single-seated run
abouts to the six-cylinder car, partiei-
pating.
The motor hunt started at nine in
the morning from two points, San Jose
and San Mateo. Three important prizes
were offered, two cups, one by the
Hotel Vendome and the other by the
Saint James Hotel, for the car finding
the greatest number of controls and
a $4,000 accident policy for the car
making a perfect score. A perfect
score meant finding all the controls
which were scattered over eighty-fve
miles of road extending from San Jose
to San Mateo and back via Los Gatos.
The honors of the day went to q
White Steamer, a Model e. turned
out in the season of 1905. j. L. Jones,
Jr.. owns the car and drove it himself
He won the policy and both cups, find.
ing all the controls.
1sWe did not hurry, but loafed along
the road all day." remarked Mr.. Jones
in discussing the hunt. I'VE did not
have a minutes trouble with the car
and she was always ready TO make
flying run when necessary to catch up
with a quarry car
Mr.. Jones is the manager for The a.
H. Averin Machinery Company and
uses his White in eanvassing the coun-
try, 5000 miles being the mileage for
the past three months. The car is run
over all kinds of roads and very often
the motorist has ridden with farmers
and driven the machine across rough
plowed land.