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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Gift to the UoIY Man.

The practice of making such gifts
appears to have arisen in America and
is nearly obsolete. 1t therefore seems
to deserve note. 1t goes back &c
Harvard college now Harvard Aiiver
sity) beyond 1894. In that year WI
liam Biglow was the recipient Of the
jackknife. In 1875 be handed 1t on &c
Charles Prentiss. with these lines:
Item: c p has my knife
During his natural college life.
That knife which ueliness inherits
And due to his superior merits.
And when from Harvard he shall steer
I order him 10 leave Il here
That Z may from class 20 class descend
TIL time and ugliness shall end
Notes and Queries.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
WOMAN AND FASHION
The Taffeta Frock.

II you have a tafIeta jumper frock,
either black or coloreds that has been
cast aside as hopelessly out Of date.
make use Of it as soon as you can.
There is no use of laying taffeta away,
as it cuts on every fold.
Naturally both the style aud the ma
terial OF this frock Is out OF style, but
II can be combined with another mate
rial into stylish and useful frock.
In this season Il is possible TO pick
up voiles, supple cashmeres or other
soft wool materials for little money.
Get something to match closely the
color of the silk.
Cut the skirt OF the jumper frock
into a deep yoke on the sides and long
front panel. This should be corded or
finished with soutache braid. and I'M
derneath should be put an accordion
or side plated skirt Of wolfe or other
wooden fabric. The rest OF the skirt
can be cut into narrow bands. which
should be applied TO the skirt before 1t
Is plated
Fill in the yoke part with the wolfe
heavily embroidered with large design
in soutache braid and black embroid-
cry silk. Bring folds ot the wolfe over
the shoulders front and back In fichu
effect, ending them above the waist
line with n shield shaped piece OF
braided taffeta.
Cut the jumper sleeves into small,
close fitting caps split up the middle
and strapped across with bands Of the
silk. Underneath put sleeves Of the
wolfe, slightly pulled at elbow and
crossed with stitched bands of the silk.
Stitched bands of the taffeta can out
line the top of wolfe collar.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Oriuin Of kits.

It will doubtless surprise many
Scotchmen to learn that the kilt as at
present worn is only a modern fancy
costume aid is not of Scottish origin
at all. The honor Of its invention IS
due to two Englishmen-an army tailor
who accompanied General Wades
forces to Scotland in 1119 and Thorn
as Rawlinson, overseer Of some iron
works in Glengarry's country. For
more than a century previously. in
deed. the tartan plaid had been the
common garb of the highlanders, but
it was all in one piece. wound in folds
around the body. leaving the knees
bare. Prior to the adoption of the tar
tan. which probably took place about
the close Of the fifteenth century. the
long. loose saffron colored skirt. the
real "garb Of old Gaul." was the high
land dress.-London Mail.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
A Cabinet Record.

Almost 800 men have served in pres
idential cabinets since the formation
of the government. and OF the whole
number the record for long service Is
now held by James Wilson. secretary
of agriculture. He achieved this dis
tinction recently. when he passed the
mark set by Albert Gallatin, who was
secretary Of the treasury from May
IA, 1901, TO Feb. Q, 1914. or twelve
years, eight months and twenty-six
days. The third in length OF service Is
William Writ. who was attorney gen.
eral from 1917 TO 1929. almost equal
ing Gallatin's record Very few cabi-
net officers have served over eight
years. Secretary Wilson was appoint
ed by President Mckinley March T.
1897, and so at the beginning OF 1910
he had been in the Office twelve years.
nine months and twenty-seven days
Youths Companion
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Handicapped.

Two old settlers sat smoking In their
cabin far away in the backwOods. No
woman's hand had ever desecrated
that sanctum. and CRIME reigned SUI
preme and triumphant. The CONVEX
sation veered around from state poll
tics to cooking.
"Ya-as," said the elder Of the two,
with a drawl, II did get one O. them
there cookbooks wunst, but l could
never do nothin' with It."
How was thatT' inquired the other
what was the hitch?"
"Waal," was the answer. every one
O. them receits begun In the same
way with the same words. Every one
O. 'em started off with take clean
DISH and never got no farther"
And he slowly replaced his old black
clay pipe in his mouth and fell to
Illuminating sadly on the narrow out
look on the world of human beings as
displayed by authors Of cookery books.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Animal Vanity.

In a small town In Jersey there Is
eorGer grocery where you may buy
anything from a twenty foot ladder
TO a pearl necklace. Adhesive plaster
sauerkraut and toilet articles are also
sold, and In case OF necessity you may
get hair cut or horse she'd In the
back yard. Some time since a farmer
stopped in the store to get some horse
liniment to rub the rheumatism out OF
q sick COW. and two or three days
later he came back with life sized
kick.
look here, Abner," he complaining
Iy remarked, Il wish ye would be
leetle might more keerful how We
throw yerself back O. tibet counter.
T'other day We give me cologne In
stead o. boss llniment, and gosh dast
II l didn't put 1t on tibet sick COW
afore found out what II was"
ut didn't hurt her any, did it!'
broke in the groceryman.
"Can't say tibet it did" answered
the farmer. "but ever sence she has
had tibet sweet smellin' stuff on her
she hain't done q derned thing but jes'
look at her reflection in Their duck pond
an sigh Philadelphia Telegraph.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
The Malay Shark.

The Malay shark, called the "fkan
yu." is the one most dreaded by the
natives. During the terrible disaster
of the French steamer La Seyne from
its collision with the British ship On
da in the strait OF RHO last Novem-
Der, many of the ninety passengers
lost were, as soon as they reached the
waters Of the strait, seized by the
sharks and dragged beneath the sur
face to be devoured by these fierce
Malayan fish. which are especially
feared by the native fishers and pearl
divers. Seventeen species inbabit Il J
far eastern seas. some Of them attain
ing a length OF twenty-five feet 1t is
reported that a black fin shark was
captured some time ago whose liver
weighed $50 pounds. The largest Is
the basking shark, which ranges from
the Cape of Good Hope to Ceylon and
often exceeds fifty feet in length
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
The Palace Of Chorsqsn.

The palace Of Choragsn. In Constan-
tinoplc. recently destroyed by Ere. was
built by Sultan Abdul-Aziz and was
the finest % the palaces ON the Bcs-
porus. II WIS constructed q marble.
and the interior was remarkable for
the beauty 81 the sculpiurcd orna-
mcnfs I'm marble and wood For many
years 81 was tho home Of the depcscd
sultan. Nurad v. and was insccesSi-
be % visitors. " was occupied by the
Turkish parliament when that body
was formed a little more than a year
ago.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
MEANING Of Cemetery.

II IS not correct TO say that "ceme.
terry" means the city Of the dead.
The word L. from the Greek "koime.
teriou." meaning sleeping place. not
the place Of the dead. There Is moth
ing IN the etymology Of the word &c
warrant US in thinking that 1t was
originally intended 90 convey the idea
that the departed were really dead ans
more than there Is in the old Hebrew
term for cemetery. ''bethsim." the
house Of the liviEg.-Exchenge.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

The sleeves Of the new kimonos and
fluffy neglicees are put in quite differ
entity from the cd time sleeve with
its point hanging on the UndersIde q
arm from the elbow.
The new sleeve Is n diamond SHAPED
piece made very short and inserted In
the armbolc - that The point falls Mp
on top Of arm midway between the
shoulders and the elbow.
As this gives less protection 70 the
arm than the old cut. there Is generally
an undcrsiecvc II lace. soft null cdxcd
with rules Of lace or Of an over net.
This undcrslecve - made either 10
gather into a hand ana form a loose
pur Of II series Of rufies reaching %
the elbow, loose, but not very fun
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Petroleum Butter.

Petroleum has been introduced into
medicine with beneficial results. and II
a Paris contemporary be not misir-
formed the properties Of petrol are linn
itIess. It Is claimed. says the London
Globe. that from the residuals Of crude
petrol a chemist has succeeded in ex-
tracing butter. II is said that butter
can be made from a base Of nitrogen
and carbon. but that the residuals Of
petroleum produce these elements IN
greater proportions even than milk. II
is further claimed that this ariiscial
butter Is better than the natural. The
color is said to 10 n little darker than
that Of dairy butter
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
GLASS HOUSES. ~
The Many Advantages That Are Claim.
ed Fer Them.

within ten years people in this
country will be building houses or
glass which will excel In sanitary APP
pointments, beauty and durability and
also low cost OF maintenance any type
Of structure OF the present time. In
other words, the American people
within ten years will be living in glass
houses. They Will thenceforth be I'M
able to throw stones
This was the interesting declaration
made recently 10y Roger 5. Pease. one
OF the Oldest glassmakers In the Unit
ed States, q man who has taken an
active part IN oil the improvements
that have set the glass world face
TO face with new conditions and placed
Il in line for the greatest development.
in its long history. BY glass houses
Mr.. Pease said he meant just what
he said - foundations OF concrete.
which are now recognized as stand
ard; the walls OF wired glass. the cell
incs and roofs OF wired glass and the
floors of tile. covered with n light
sheeting Of wood. Such a building
will prove practically indestructible.
can be made OF any set OF colors de-
sired and requires no painting. no pa
pering inside. will be sound proof.
moisture proof and fireproof.
Mr.. Pease has planned house that
will be composed OF glass and IS go
ing 10 have II finished in some color
that will make IL attractive. and such
colors will be permanent.
The moment this idea is started. Mr..
Pease declared, the public will be
quick to see the value Of the material.
Its cheapness and reliability are un-
derstood. Glass, he said. Is the most
honest and most easily understood ma
terial In the world. 1t is not mystcri-
Gus, and people will not have to EN-
ploy experts TO see that the quality is
right The glass for the walls OF
houses need not be transparent. but
dense. like slate or stone. II win. how
ever. be hard and durable. The roofs
can be of the same character OF glass.
1t withstands heat and cold alike. and
whatever patents may interfere with
the cheapness of the material now are
so nearly expired that it will be but
short time before these Will be elimi-
mated as cost fredericksburg Ca
zette-Times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

American show window lighting Is
being introduced IN London. u j. CTS
tornary in the English capital for shop
seopcrs % harTicade every window
with heavy iron shutters just - scon
as the days business IS over. This Is
= relic q fhosr ancient days when y
uas not safe % leave the shop unpro.
te~set. bot che American plan 81 win
dow displays sDd well lighted siors
frouts Il being successfully introduced
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Damascus, a Garden City.

Damascus is a garden city touched
by the great desert. Under its roses
one feels the sands. Beside It's trem-
bling waters one dreams Of the trem-
bling mirage. The cry Of its muezzins
seems to echo from its mosque towers
to that most wonderful thing in nature
which is God without man." The
breath OF the wastes passes among the
poplars as that Bedouin boy passed
among the merchants when he came
and when he went. In Damascus one
hears the two voices. And when one
looks from the sacred mountain upon
that city OF dream, Graded among the
woods. one sees far or the tawny be-
ginnings OF that other magic which
looks out from the Bedouin's eyes.
And though perhaps with the pilgrims
from Samarkand one loves to rest be-
side the fountains under the hedges
Of roses, one is aware Of the other
love. intercourse with which has made
Damascus an earthly paradise for
them and for you.-Robert Hichens In
Century.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

the sole trimming. Two suspender
pieces cut in this fashion cross the
shoulders and are continued on either
side Of the front breadth Of the skirt
Another outlines the lower edge Of the
yoke. This last is Of white lawn. with
collar of the same tucked and headed
by a band Of the striped material
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
morn;no Frock Of Ginchann.

A little suggestion In the way or
practical morning dress for the wo-
man who must be her own maid Is
given today. This little dress, while
giving perfect freedom and being sim
plicity itself. is neat, trim and really
pretty. 1t was made of striped ging-
ham. the use of bias bands. thus caus-
ing the stripes to run diagonally, being
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27
Their hdxautaors.

Blobbs-This musicale Is n charity AZ
fair for the benefit Of the poor. Slobbs
T doa't see Just where the poor come
IN. Biobbs-weil. they don't have 60
be overwhelmingly! Record
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

scott-Is Jones married? Mott
gness not ! never heard him blame
is wife for anything Boston Tran
srr;pf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

Ifa man look sharp and attentively
10 shall sec fortune. for. though she !:
bllnd. she IA not invisible.-Bacon-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01

item of literature lately sent out was
1000 booklets going to every post office
IN the territory. (state.)
Nicholas Martinez, IA wealthy Taos
county s~heepman, was found wandering
IN the mountains one day last week,
after having been missing from home
for over a week. lie was sadly dement,.
ed, probably as the result OF the heat.
One thousand dollars had been offered
for his location. Wnen found he had
had no food for eight days and be vas
in a pitable condition.
\ feature of the ce.ebration Of In.
dependence day at Las Vegas will be
the dedication of the handsome new
bridge across the Gallinas. Ex.Gov.
ernor Alva Adams of Colorado and ex-
Governor L.. Bradford Prince of New
Mexico will be among the principal
speakers.
Fred Hammer, u Santa Fe engineer
Of Las Vegas, while taking m over.
land spin by auto along the Scenic
Highway, jumped just in time to see
his machine land at the bottom OF the
canon seventy. five feet below. The
auto skidded on a curve and plunged
over. Hammer was unhurt.
Lee Russell will set out this fall l.,
100 apple trees on his place, seven
miles east of Deming.
IL is estimated that Grant County
has shipped out in the last W months
cattle of the value of 81 100000.
Elda has raised n bonus of eli 900
in cash, land and labor for the Holi-
ness College, which will be established
there. The site has been surveyed.
The Deming Chamber of Commerce
elected William +. Holt and John Humid
delegates to the National Dry Farming
Congress at Pueblo, Colorado, in Sep
TENDER.
Mayor Wilson Of Silver City has is.
sued a norder prohibiting the use OF
fireworks on the Fourth.
Citizens of Carrizozo have voted for
another $4,000 issue of bonds to en-
large their school facilities.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
ALBUQUERQUE STATE FAIR IS
BEGINNING BUSINESS PREPARATION

tract with the G. W. i'arker Carnival
Company for the appearance of that
great group of attractions at the Fair
ext October. This is undoubtedly the
leading amusement company Of the
world, carrying POO people, and requir.
ing go ears 10 transport its equipment.
The Parker Company played to thou.
sands nj the Minnesota state Fair las,
year, this fair being one of the biggest
in the West. II has pleased immense
crowds everywhere for the past ten
years, and is now bigger and better than
ever before with dozens Of unique new
fun features.
New Mexico is lucky To secure this
big aggregation for the Fair. il is by
far the best thing Of it's kind ever seen
in the Southwest. an dnssurcs that the
''fun features" of the annual fair and
carnival will be- the best evcr this year.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01

give MS the patience of job, who was
not Il job printer: help Us to stick 10
our business, that it may be picked up
aud in no ease found waiting. Keep our
circulation up to Il healthy standard
and that it will need no padding. Give
us our daily bread but deliver us from
pi. at any price. Dcliv r MS from throw.
ing mud at the opposing candidates,
hut help us to boost them. And when
AZ last our forms are locked up for
the hereafter let them he put to press
such Il manner as 10 make a clean
aud lasting impression upon mankind,
Amrn.-Qmestn Gnzette.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
A PRAYER.

For the benefit . those who doubt
that "" ever pray, we can say we have
learned II new prayer aud hereafter
tbs Ollie" viii h" opened every morn
ing by the following petition.
"Oh let this day hc filled with the
h"lp box aud III every delinquent sub
heart with fifty cents worth
at rem0rsc guard owe the office devils
aud deliver them from wiping their
hands upon the office towel: give us
many periods of rest: keep our forms
locked aud our stomachS justified 10
run up against the noon day meal. DE
liver us from getting out of sorts, and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
STATE
-UP FOR
HI WEEK
RICHARD wETHERHnL KILLED
Alteration With Navajos Results Fa-
tally

Farmington.-Charged with stealing
aud branding cattle belonging to the
Navajo Indians aud following an al.
tercation with "A number Of the red
men during which he insulted them,
Richard Wetherill, "A well. known
ranchman and trader, was killed on
Wednesday of last week near Blake 5
trading post, fifty miles south Of here.
Wctherill, and an Indian trader
named Finn, who had been at Pueblo
Bonito, went to the lIdian camp, where
they got into an alteration over eat.
tic which the Indians claimed the
traders had stolen aud branded
Finn, it is alleged, hit a Navajo
over the head with II revolver, inflict.
my serious INJURY, after which the
traders started back to the Chico can.
On.
The injured Navajo's squaw notified
two other Indians, who pursued the
traders, and, overtaking them, engaged
III an argument, during which Wetherill
II IL asserted, took "A rite from u Nava.
joe broke it over a stone aud then op.
ened fire on the other Indians. The
only Navajo still armed returned the
fire aud killed Wetherill.
Finn and the Navajo who did the
shooting rode seventy miles to the
ship Rock Agency and there the Nuva.
io surrendered.
Wethorill, it IL said, had been in bad
repute with the Indians for the last
five years. They accused him of run.
ming off their cattle aud other stock.
Wetherill came to New Mexico with
the Putnam Exploration Company
from New York ten years ago.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01

Continued from first pagc)
and Secretary Jaffa met ut > o'clock
this afternoon and made the opportion
mcnt of deiegates 10 the various coun
ties for the cleciio Of September q.
Chairman Bursum of the territorial
central republican committee was unable
TO get away from his Socorro county
ranches and did not arrive here today
so that arrangements for converting the
central committee will be made later.
There will be another meeting for con.
ference early next week. Solomon Luna
left tonight for Las Vegas on political
business.
There were various scattered gather
ings of politicians here to-day, but w.
ing to the late dates set for the dele.
gate election aud the constitutional
convention, there has been IA consider.
able falling of of interest in the scua.
torinl campaign. There has be much
button.holing and many confidential
conferences. hut no definite conclusions
of interest So far rs learned have
been arrived nj in any quarter,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
Old Skeleton Unearthed

Santa Fc.-While ~excavating in the
old building on Washington Avenue,
workmen found n human skeleton
which may have been under the house
for a century or more. \ hole in the
forehead suggested that the man had
come 10 his death by a bullet wound.
The house is only IA stones throw from
the Spanish fort, La Garita. and was
NJ one time used as n saloon. 1t is
thought that during n drunken brawl
a soldier may have bee. killed and
that his body was hurriedly inferred
under the floor of the saloon.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
The Parker Carnival, the
Gigantic Statehood Float,
Big Indian War Dance
and the Big Kennel Show
Will Be Features.
THE FUN FEATUR-
ES" OF HI FAIR
ARE NUMEROUS

Albuquerque, ~. NJ, June 2i.-Did
YOU ever ride on the Human Roulette
Wheel
You will have that privilege ut the
Thirticth Annual New Mexico Fair
next October. This is one of the uni.
que features of the Parker Carnival
Co., the largest carnival company in
the world, which is coming to the fair.
II is an immense fifty foot wheel on
which YOU whirl around until you are
bounced of against Il padded bank.
The man who stays on the longest wins
the roulette game.
This is only one of the merry amusc
mcnt devices which will transform the
carnival park at Albuquerque into II
Coney Island next October. You can
hardly afford to miss it.
= =
\ gigantic statehood float, the most
gorgeous thing Of the kind ever al.
tempted, will be the feature par excel.
lcncc of the great annual ut the Thir.
ticth Annual fair and first state Fair
1T Albuquerque, in October next. The
exact nature of this immense float IN
the annual pageant is kept a secret,
hut plans are well under way 10 make
il something that will bc historic. The
coming of statehood means that the
first fair held after the star is added
TO the flag will be the most tremen.
dous exposition of the resources Of
New Mexico ever held. 1t behooves ev.
leo to Ice on hand, and make the dem.
onstration one never TO be forgotten.
The New Mexico Kennel Club, which
j. 10 have charge Of the first annual
Kennel Show at the 30th Annual New
Mexico FAIR and First State Fair, has
been fully organized, and is headed by
son of the most prominent men in the
Territory. This Kennel Exhibition is
going To be on "A large scale, aud with
the poultry exhibit. will be one Of the
most notable features of the live stock
exhibits. The people of the Territory
are cooperating for both exhibits, and
both will set n new mark in this line
for the Southwest.
Z = =
The Fun Features Of the Fair
New Mexico Amusement Lovers will
learn, with great pleasure, that the
management of the Thirtieth Annual
Fair at Albuquerque, has closed a con
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-07-01
On Lookout for Dynamiters

Santa Fe.-Game ana Fish Warden
Gable has received word from the Mo.
COLON district that there is much com.
plant down there among true sports.
men over the dynamiting of stream,
to catch fish instead Of using the old
fashioned hook and line of Walton =
disciples. Mr.. Gable intends to have
strict watch kept and the culprits wIll
likely be- given the penalty, which is
$50 fine aud n Jail sentence.