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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
Decide Yourself
The Opportunity Is Here, Backed b>
Newport News Testimony.


Don't take our word for it,
Don't depend on strangers state
ment
Read Newport News endorsement
Read the statements OF Newport
News citizens.
And decide for Yourself
Here is one case of it.
Mrs. s. ]. Jordan, 122 Twenty
eighth street, Newport News, Va
says: Il have known of Deans Kid
new Pills for several years and have
personally used them for three or -four
years when I have been in need OF q
kidney remedy. I do not think there
is another preparation on the marker
as good as this one for lid
ney disorders. Whenever have
backacEe or any other kid
ney dificulty at once get Doan's
Kidney Pills at Kior's drug store and
il only requires the contents of one
CT two boxes 10 relieve me. I feel
that kidney sufferers can do nothing
better than to give Doan's Kidney
Pills fair trial"
For sale by all dealers. Price ~
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo
New York. sole aents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
aNeves. AaaIn!r says Harrington.

Booth Harrington. who is here on
visit, declared Wednesday that he
had written his last novel. which is
an assertion considered reasonable
coming from native of Indiana.
Il never wanted to be writer,
said Mr.. Harrington. land unless
am absolutely forced to do so | have
written my last book My ambitiRfl
in life is IL become an illustrator. and
I once thought ! was in fair way
to reach my goal.
Il have but one ambitiOn-to make
money enough 10 G ont of this play
writing mess and purchase a nice
farm in Indiana, where may lead the
life of a country gentleman, with just
enough 10 keep me from want-noth-
ing more ''-Pittsburg Dispatch 70
New York Tribune.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03

considerably more money than the
captain or commanding officer. Tha'
is the barber. the arisiocr OF the
gun deck.
II is easy TO see where the barber
accumulates money, when one learns
that he charges each jack 81 a month
20 remove his whiskers and cut MS
hair. II there are 800 enlisted men
aboard the vessel then the barber
makes his $500 q month, hot or coid'
rain or shine. Twelve times thaf
makes him out as making $4,000 a
year. all Of it outright profit. Besides,
he may roll up few hundred dol
lars more by giving shampoos ana
haircuts and the like TO the officers.
Never a cent Of rent does the snip $
BARRIERS stand cost him. He is not
taxed for the privilege Of making
81 900 or more a year. He is sought
for and invited. The only require
men, Is that he must enlist like any
other man, and serve out his enlist
ment.
|
The navy that none but enlisted men
are allowed aboard ship. So on the
lists the barber Is technically ra'ed
as n seamon. like the rest OF them.
He gets his pay. too. In that capacity
by the way. from the government, ana
adds that mite to the handsome sum
that he earns himself.
When a ship is being put into COM
mission her executive officer hunts
around fer good barber, hankerlns
10 enlist as patiently as fiddle max
or hunts for a beam Of seasoned
wood
II Is a delicate task choosing a
barber. tie has to prove that he can
WELD the razor for 10 or IL hours
day without exhaustion; also. thar
he is 10 be depended on for good,
and not likely to grow tired and Ill
tempered and jump his shin.
Few persons work as hard as the
ships barber. The ships engines
keep going day and night. but the
barber does stop work eight or ten
hours n day for the sake OF food anu
sleep. But when the engines are sun
in port. he kee"s right on shaving
Sailor after sailor turns up at his ap-
pointed hour and passes under the
razor and washes and goes away.
The barber. scraping away at an END
less strip of stubbled chin. is the most
nermanent fixture on the vessel
Sometimes the barber Is not oDe-
dent TO discipline. Then II he is a
coed barber the authorities aboard
the ship are very lenient with him-
Rut In extreme cases, when leniency
does absolutely no good and the par
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
smssoe Pots

II is said that 5000 cars OF fruit.
COO bushels 10 the car. were saved
IN the Grand valley Of Colorado last
spring BY the use Of ~smudge pots.
little pots of sheet iron, like a smsil
frying pan. that are Sled with OF
and supplied with a wick one pot -
placed on the ground between every
four ;recs-abouf 50 pots 70 the acre
Alarm Thermometers have been IN
vented. n the mercury soes down %
danger point IL Turns loose bell
which avskens the Whole nelshbcr-
hood and farmers and their Whole
families pun on their boots ana over
coats and eo ouf with torches to lighi
the vicks in the pots. which. wnen
they 20 a. fun blast AN raise ne
tempersture AZ least 10 degrees snd
save the frult-AIbeny Evenins Joarn'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
GERMAN SHIPPING LOSSES.
North German Lloyd Company Aban
doned Two Oriental Services.

The loss Of more than 100000
mounds shown by the last balance
sheet of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Line has naturally led the
directors Of the company to consider
in what way the expenses can be cur
tailed and the earning power increas-
ed. | hear on excellent authority that
| it has practically been decided to give
up the Mediterranean4evant Line,
and the ships of the company plying
between Genoa, Naples, Palermo, and
the Levant will cease running at no
distant date.
Ii il further exceedingly probable
that another branch OF the Lloyd
the East Asian coast sSryice-wlh
also be given up. This latter line was
purchased from a British company
and proved 10 be one OF the worst
speculations which the late director.
Herr Wiegand. in his efforts TO ex-
tend and strengthen the North Ger
man Lloyd. ever entered upon.
While the prestige OF the German
shipping undoubtedly will suffer. the
financial position Of the Lloyd will be
improved and consolidated when thu
vessels in the aboyed-mentioned
routes no longer run. From accounts
of the company, for years past these
branches OF the service have resulted
in an annual loss OF some 100000
pounds.
During the past few months the
shares of the North German Lloyd
have advanced. which Improvement
is due to the fact cf the projected
changes having been made known
to the nitIafed.-Bremen Dispatch TO
Foreign Exchange
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03

Der begins 10 be worse than no par
Der al all. there is a terrible rate
I'm reserve. II is only inflicted wnen
! the barber has come 10 the state Oh
| insubordlnation, where he is snopDish
and neglectful toward his customers
considers himself better than the cap
tain. and takes TO bringing his liquor
aboard.
Then after due warning he Is pun
ished. Punishment, as aforesaid Is
severe. He Is discharged as parper'
but retained as ordinary seaman
Some other man is procured to do the
lucrative work of shaving the men.
The DISCHARGED barber finds him.
self seaman like the rest, making
a few dollars a month. II he has his
thousands saved by it does not AVIAN
him a particle, and he mas 10 go
through The mill like the rest OF
them. Unless he succeeds in desert
ing he is shut of from his profession
until the end of his enlistment. or at
least until such time as he can make
his way back into the good graces OF
his superiors.
The cook does not make so mtfcn
as the barber, nor anywhere near H.
but his merits have as much TO 40
with keeping the men sound and nap
py as anything or any one aDoara
ship
II is a sort of officers saying that
men are at their hest under a mean
captain and good cook. II the cooh
Is mean the combination is intolera-
BILE and thoy desert. If the captain
is popular his reputation Is spoiieu
bv a bad cook. The men lump the
captain and the ship together ana
vote them good or bad, according as
the food satisfies and renders them
cheerful. or the opposite.
The cock has high rating ana
good pay. but no other legitimate
profits. On the other hand, he mas
plenty Of assistants. and his task Is
an easy one. At least, it is less LABOR
than that of the barber, with more
leisure in between times.
It is surprising how much differ
ance the abilities of the cook make
in the comfort of the sailors. Thougn
the food is simple, and the COOKING
simpler yet. the tar is fmcKy
Judge of what is laid before him. by
his style of judging beef naval cher
may rise or fall.
The cook has much to do with the
purchase of provisions. but here ms
ingenuity. especially in foreign ports
comes into play. An ingenious COOK
contrives TO light upon articles OIL
diet that surprise the sailors paiate
and make him feel glad that he is not
back home.
The ships tailor has plenty TO keep
him busy. and he should retire with
handsome savings, after term OF two
Of enlistments. He not only ATTENDS
TO the clothes of the men. bit does
much for the officers. whose expen-
siye uniforms are in need of continu-
al care. The tailor who is saving IN
his ways should retain after his en-
listment term somewhere between
S.. 900 and s10.c0O.-Boston Herald.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03

SOLID OAK. French Plate Mirror
in bureau. High bed roll foot board
and washsisnd. Was $500: sale
price $500. Others Up TO $4,000.
We can please YOU at any price.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03

We have them in this sole nom
$3.50 up. A magnificent real plush
Couch: was s2SoG. IN his sale.
slS.5o Think of IL
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
Classified.

THE Hon. Thomas Rott believes
every man has his price"
"Ey-yah, And he himself has been
on the 10-cent counter ever since |
have known himi'-Puck.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-03
Oldest! Largest! Best

Why send your work to Laundries
that give you inferior work. when You
can have your work done at home by To-
cal Laundries tina; are the most mod
era, and up 10 date In the country, and
employ the most skilled labor that can
be secured. We claim this and can
bac!; what we say, send us a trial
package of laundry, and let us con-
vince you that we can give you bet
Ter results than can be obtained else
where. AND WE ARE LOCAL.
Foreign Mission is alright but charity
begins at home. We most cordially
invite the people of Newport News
10 pay our plant a visit. We will take
pleasure in showing you our methods
Of doing better work ttan any other.
Work called for end delivered with
dispatch Both Phones No. 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05

at the time the murder was commit
ted. spotted as it was with blood, which
it is limited was that of her husband.
To the American journalist, Burling-
ham, whom she accused of the muir
ders after the bodies were found. she
is supposed to bequeath a photograph
camera, pair of slippers and pair
of skins used to travel over snow
worn by my poor husband when he
accompanied Felix Faure in his trip
to the Alps"
To Borderel. the millionaire mer-
chant. who is said was attentive to her
even while her husband was alive, and
she was to marry. is given a piece of
the cord with which Nine Japy was
strangled.
To Count d'Arlon is left the towels
and other linen used in the kitchen
of her residence while to the people of
Paris she bequeaths my memory
Needless to say the people of Paris do
not attach great value to the gift
Otero, known in the United States
as dancer OF more or less merit. but
more familiar to the people of the new
and old world as once particularly ad-
mired by Leopold. King of Belgium. is
again in the '.1imelight.' after having
been in eclipse for some time, some
say because of her health.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05

rency reform. The assertion is made
that the whole idea is to compile the
broadcast library of general informal
ton on banking and finance which
can be written.
List Of Publications.
Following is a complete list of the
publications being prepared under the
direction of the commission: Miscel-
aneous-Interviews on the banking
and currency systems of England,
France. Germany, Switzerland and
Italy, about $50 pages; 1.-The Credit
of Nations" by Francis W. Hirst, edi-
tor of the Economist; Fiscal Systems
Of England, France, Germany and the
United States by J. o. Manson, chief
of the division of accounts. redemp-
ton and issues in the treasury depart
ment. Articles-''The Discount Sys-
tenn in Europe" by Paul M. Warburg;
Bank Acceptances." by Lawrence
Merton Jacobs.
The United States-Statistics for
the United States, containing general
statistics illustrating the growth of
population, wealth, business and COM
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
Outdoor School a Big Benefit
Chicago Performs Experiment With Thirty Youngsters
Who Were Threatened with tuberculosis

fruits, the children were sent to their
homes at $50 o'clock.
Biggest Gain Seven Pounds.
The results, reviewed in the report,
show a total gain in weight for the
thirty children of 113k pounds, the
range being from one to seven pounds.
twenty-five gained three pounds or
more each, the average being 3s
pounds. Upon admission two-thirds of
the children showed a temperature
ranging above 80 on discharge the rest
being practically normal
None in whom the disease had ad
vanced beyond the first stages was
taken in the outdoor school test. Now
that they have gone back to their
homes ten have lost in weight, three
remained stationary, while seventeen
have continued slight gains. Officers
of the institute urge that the trial was
too brief to effect permanent benefit
with a return to unhealthy conditions
and point the need for larger provision
for the work by the municipality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
Free Reading Matter on Finance
Literature Banking Will Be Distributed by the Monetary
Commission to Educate the People.

Washington, Dec. THE National
Monetary Commission will confine it's
activities for the next three or four
months largely to the circulation
among the people Of what it calls a
library Of information on banking
and finance" which expert writer's
are compiling for it. This library
will comprise some thirty volumes,
the first of which will be issued soon
after the assembling Of congress. The
rest of the series will follow from
time to time. The commission plans
TO have congress authorize the print
ing of large number of each of the
publications. A limited number of the
books will be issued under the aus
pieces of the commission, but the leg
islative body will be depended on to
provide a free book for any citizen
who Is really interested in the subject
Of banking and currency.
The members of the commission re-
sent the insinuation that these publ
cations are being prepared for the
purpose of influencing popular opinion
in favor Of any special scheme of cur.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
The HOOSier Store

MERGE, statistics of banks and banking
Of money, gold supply, foreign and
domestic exchange, government re-
ceipts and expenditures, etc.; Special
Reports from the Banks of the United
States" compiled by Charles A. Stew.
art; Laws of the United States Con-
corning Money, Banking and Loans,
compiled by A. p Huntington, chief
of the division of loans and currency,
Banking Laws" by Samuel A. Wedel-
lon; First Bank of the United
States" by DIR. J. T. Holdsworth, of
the University of Pittsburg; THE Sec
ond Bank of the United States" by
DR.. Davis r. Dewey, of the Massachus-
etts Institute of Technology; History
of State Banks Before the Civil War"
also by DR.. Dewey; "The Safety Fund
Banking System in New York State
from 1929 to 1885," by Dr. Robert E.
Chaddock, of the University of Penn
sylvania; "The Origin of the National
Banking System by Andrew McFar-
land Davis: History of Crises in the
National Banking System, By. DR.. O.
NJ. w. Sprague. of Harvard Univer-
sity: History of the National Bank
Currency" by A. D. Moves, financial
editor of the New York Evening Post;
THE Use of Credit Instruments in
Payments in the United States" by
DR.. David Kinley, of the University
of Illinois: "The Development of the
Tndenendent Treasury system" nv DR.
David Kinley; Seasonal Variations
in the Demands for Currency and Cap
ital," by DR.. Edwin w. Kemmerer, of
Cornell University; THE Foreign Bal
ance of the United States" by John E..
Gardin, vice president of the National
City Bank, New York; Clearing
House Methods and Practices" by j.
G. Cannon. vice president of the
Fourth National Bank, New York.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Chicago's first ex
pertinent in the outdoor education OF
child victims of tuberculosis-an ex
pertinent necessarily brief because
costly-resulted in adding an average
of 3.S pounds in weight to thirty fail
ing youngsters in the brief space of a
month, showing that has prompted
efforts to carry the beneficent enter.
prise into the winter season.
The report of the achievements OF
the outdoor school of tuberculosis
children conducted in the summer un.
der the joint auspices OF the Chicago
education has just been issued, show.
ing methods and results of the short
courses of instruction given at the
Harvard school, Seventy-fifth street
and Vincennes road, to children taken
from the stockyards district.
Plan School on Housetop.
Closely following the successful ex.
pertinent. announcement is made, the
trustees of the Elizabeth Mccormick
memorial fund have made a grant to
the United Charities which will make
possible the maintenance of a similar
school on the west side, to be contin-
ued the year through. This is to be
conducted upon the roof of the Mary
Crane nursery building. SIS Ewing
street.
The class at the Harvard school was
started on August 3. The school board
furnished teachers and equipment.
while the tuberculosis institute sup
piled food, transportation. a cook, a
nurse and medical service. A large
tent and thirty reclining chairs were
provided
The children gathered daily at $50
o'clock. the first duty upon reaching
school being the washing of faces and
hands. Breakfast was served at 8,
consisting OF cereal, eggs, bread, but
ter, milk and some fruit. Cream was
used sparingly when it was found the
children did not like it, this being a
strange article of diet to them.
After breakfast tooth brushes were
uSSN hieotOu cdCu his
own brush hung on his own hook.
Then a period of an hour and a quar-
ter was spent in singing, story telling,
nature talks, national history, patri-
otto biography. morals and manners,
reading, geography or in number
work.
At 10:45 eggnog was served. Then
the class divided. the girls going to
the shower baths. the boys being
grouped for individual instruction.
Gymnastic dancing. breathing and
marching interviewed between these
exercises and dinner
The noon meal, at which was pro-
vided meat or fish, potato and one
other vegetables, pudding and fruits.
was followed by two-hour period of
sleep. At 5 o'clock they awakened to
refreshment of milk or eggnog again,
after which the boys took their turn
at the shower baths. while the girls
turned to their studies. After sup
per consisting of bread and butter.
scrambled eggs and custard or stewed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
ALONE IN SAW MILL At MID.
AlEAT

unmindful of dampness. drafts, storms
or cold, w. J. Atkins worked as Night
Waterman, at Banner Springs. Tenn.
Such exposure gave him a severe cold
that settled on his lungs. At last he
had to give up work. He tried many
remedies but all failed till he used DR..
Kings New Discovery. After using
one bottle" he writes, 81 went back
Colds, stubborn Coughs. inflamed
threats and sore lungs, Hemorrhages.
Group and Whooping Cough get quick
relief and prompt cure from this glor-
ious medicine. SOC and $1.OO. Trial
bottle free, guaranteed by A. G. Luken
e. Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05

Settling the PrsIiminariss.
"Oh, Jennie" said the other girl. Il
had such q queer dream about you
last night"
Don't say another word II it was
the unlucky kind" Jennie interrupted.
1T wasn't. 1 dreamed I saw you
going up the great white way to the
pearly gates"
wait! How was dressed?''
"All in shining white"
And did l have on my white pic
ture hat?'
Yes"
Go oo."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
Their Annual Relaxation.

The man who WAS supposed to Be the
model upon which Dickens based his
creation Of Mr.. Pecksni6 and the
mans wife were a couple Of prefer
natural soIemnity.
So open were they to the charge Of
taking themselves too seriously that
Edmund Yates once asked Charles
Dickens whether be thought they were
ever conscious Of playing part.
Il think" replied Dickens. "once q
year they exchange 4 wink. possibly
on Carriers birthday."-Youth's Com.
panio0.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-05
PARIS STILL TALKS
OF STE|NHE|L

CONTINUED From Page Seven)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
New York Mining Stocks.

NEW YORK, Aug, IS.-ClosinE quotations
wfra a. follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14
stock in sight.
Receipts at the six principal western mar


NEW YORK, Aug 13-MErALS The
London copper market was unchanged al
eco for spot. but a shade higher at $50 ISIS I'd
for futures, according to today's cables,
with the close steady and with sales of 200
tons for spot delivery and of l,5O tons Tor
future. Locally, however, the market was
dull and a shade lower for standard and
no business was reported on the Metal eN-
chanEe. Closing quotations follow: Sep
TENDER; 81. To613o; October, s12S.dlSl0;
November, Sl2S0dlS.15; December, tlAOg
IL 20. Local dealers quoted lake copper at
u8.2 561a.0. electrolytic at sl212i7Qi3.3 and
casting at sl2.S7hd130, The tin market
was steady. with sales reported on the
exchange OF five tons spot at s2s.75. Spot
closed at SO. 1od29.T August at ~. 70TE.&
and october and December at tz9.S0qal0
The London tin market was steady, but a
shade lower, with spot quoted at fl~ is Cd
and futures at fis6 6s. Sales were reported
OF 100 tons spot and 200 tons futures In the
London market. Lead was firm locally.
with spot quoted at. A.B94.45. New York
and tA.SO0L.S. East ~. Louis delivery The
London market was unchanged at az lis 81
Spelter was quiet. with spot quoted al
&. 65a5.60. New York, and at hh0a5.6. Easi
81. Louis. The London market was un.
changed at f22. The English iron market
Was higher, with Cleveland warrants quoted
AT sos. No further change was reported
in the local market. No. 1 northern foundry
kI7 Zgdl7. 70: No. 2 northern foundry, sl675Q
II 2s; No. ] southern and No. / southern
soft. tl7.75d1s.25,
ST. LOUIS, Aug I2-METALS-Lead
firm, A.5Q4.O. spelter, firm, SS.