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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23
SOCIAL-PERSONAL.

CAPTAIN and Mrs. J. J. Fleet, OF
Brooklyn, N. j., have issued cards an
nouncing the marriage OF their daush'
ter, Miss Belle Fleet, 10 Robert Young
en- March ~. in Brooklyn. MISS
Fleet lived in this city with her
parents for a number OF years ana
las many friends here.
Miss Lorena Bailey, who has been
visiting In Norfolk, has returned to
this city. Miss Mary Bailey ac'
companied her and will be her guest
for the Easter holidays.
Miss Katherine Boiling. OF WASH
ington. ID. C., who has been the guest
of the Misses Dolliver, on Jefferson
avenue, has returned home.
Miss Margaret Fenton and brother
have returned from Mecklenburg
county. where they spent a month
with relatives.
Miss Sadie Barbour left last night
for Baltimore to spend two weeks
with relatives.
Miss Grace Coleman left last night
for Portsmouth. where she will
spend the Easter holidays.
After spending three weeks with
relatives and friends in Richmond
and Petersburg. Miss Grace Coleman
has returned to this city.
Mrs. Il. Byron Carter is visiting
her parents at Shawboro, n. {.
Miss Edith Haynes Is the guest of
relatives In Richmond.
Miss Mildred Davidson. who has
been visiting in ThompkinsvIie,
Ga, has returned home. Miss Alice
Davidson accompanied her and will
be CIR guest for the Easter holidays.
The Misses Hargravc on Hunting
ton avenue have as their guest. their
cousin. Miss Mary iiargravc, OF
Portsmouth.
Miss Edith Moffctt. who has been
visiting friends in Old Point for the
past week. has returned TO her home
on Thirty-second street.
John Bruning is visiting in Har-
Delaware.
Miss Margaret Wilbertson left yes
torday for Raleigh, n. c.. where
she will spend several weeks with
relatives.
Mrs. William q. Greer and children
have returned from Bluefield, w. Va.
where they were the guests of rela-
tives for several weeks.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

See Reynolds BROTHERS Ad- Exiri
GOOD values IN Real Estate. Ut
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Katherine Boiling. OF WASH
ington. ID. C.. who has been the guest
of the Misses Dolliver, on Jefferson
avenue. has returned home.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Cook VITA Gas
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Margaret Fenton and brother
have returned from Mecklenburg
county. where they spent a month
with relatives.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

The bow o. prcmaturciy born
white male infant was found ycstcr-
day morning on the Chesapeake &
Ohio railway yard beneath the Twcr-
ty-afth street bridge The body vas
wrapped IN . newspaper and the %
lice believe that u ~as thrown iron
the bridge sometime Monday night
Tho BODY was turnct over 20 the
overSecr Of the poor for burial
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Sadie Barbour left last night
for Baltimore to spend two weeks
with relatives.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Grace Coleman left last night
for Portsmouth, where she VIII
spend the Easter holidays.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Lorena Bailey. who has been
visiting In Norfolk, has returned to
this city. Miss Mary Bailey &C.
oompanied her and will be her guest
for the Easter holidays.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

After spending three weeks with
relatives and friends in Richmond
and Petersburg, Miss Grace Coleman
has returned to this city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Mrs. II. Byron Carter is visiting
her parents at Shawboro, n. {.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-23

Miss Edith Haynes Is the guest of
relatives In Richmond.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

earth It's diameter would nave TO DC
1875 feet, which would make 1t as high
as fve-story building. This, OF
course, Is not the plan Of the maDmak-
ers. Such map would be too cum
bersome to have any value.
Instead, following the plan mapped
cut by the geographical conference at
Berne, the map will be split into sheets,
each sheet comprising an area of de-
grees in latitude and 6 degrees in lon
gitude. or 24O geographical miles In
one direction and $50 miles, in the
other. Reducing this to inches 1t Will
be seen that each sheet will be 10
inches wide by about 22h inches deep.
There will necessarily be a huge pile
of these sheets. If the whole area OF
the earth, oceans and all, be covered
there will be $500.
Naturally no one country could at
tempt this piece of mapmaking alone,
for to do this would be to repeat the
errors that used to be made in the by
gone centuries when for personal ad-
vantage mapmakers of various nations
twisted the outlines Of the earth in
order to suit their own purposes. But
backed by the united power of virtu-
ally every nation of the earth the map
that is to be produced ought to repre-
sent the most faithful picture ever
known of the earth's surface.
1t will be the gloritication of the ex-
plorers, for all the information that
will be carried in this wonderful map
stands for the heroic conQuests of
those who dared the unknown, the
perils of contact with savage peoples,
the transits OF stormy oceans, the bat
ties with arctic cold and with tropic
heat, in order to discover new land,
and give the world knowledge of 1t.
In a sense it is those who made
these discoveries that are the worlds
real mapmakers, for without their
achievements those who meet In Lon
don would have none of the informa-
ton required for charting the earths
surface.
It Is proposed to give recognition In
this map to those who have performed
such notable feats for the gain of the
worlds geographical knowledge, and in
this connection 1t is likely that the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

The intrepid Vasco da Cana. NAH
Ing the circuit of Africa. ys ono.h.
innovator whose place In history "a =.
cure. and the same can be said ~ ~.
amazing Magellan, who had co,a.I
that will ever reverberate in h,sto,r
because he of all men was tina s,,,l
who ever c1rcumnavigated the s,oh.
an exploit that in point of Its dramatic
adventures, his varied experience and
the great geographical truth II estsN
lished, must ever rank him with ~.
supremacy great of the worlds geOyr,
piers.
Sir Walter Raleigh made his nm
tribution, 80 did Clark and Lewis m
later period when they made then
memorable trip to the Northwest
Joined togther in fame and in N.l
nature Of their work, England has two
men whose achievements must eve,
stand notable in the conquest Of Arid
ca. DR.. Livingstone and Stanley. IIvl
ingstone was an Englishman born AMI
bred, while Stanley was born In Nsl
United States, though his great fan,l
was won as British subject.
The dramatic incidents of the life of
the two men are well known. Living
stone. lost in the heart of Africa In bill
quest for the head waters Of the Nile
was believed to be dead. Stanley was
sent into the interior to find Living
stone He had a task of herculean pro
portions, but he succeeded, and there
after he also devoted himself TO invasl
tigating the dark continent. What III
known of the interior of Africa repre-
sents in large measure the work of
these two men.
England has it's present-day contrib
utor to the worlds geography, Lieu
tenant Shackleton. His recent voyageI
to the antarctic region opened up al
wealth of information concerning thai
section, and made him a national hero
In the final conquest Of the worlds
geography, it was the north pole that
had to be reached, and while the die
pute between DR.. Cook and Command
er Peary seemed unsettled, 1t was thsl
general practice to give credit to both.
In South America and Mexico Corte'
and PizarTo must be remembered asI
among the great captains Of discovery
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

first place, such a censorship wouldn't
be constitutional; that whatever cen
Rorship might be attempted outside of
the military areas would be subject
to the civil law, and that it would be
wicked to make the newspapers tell
lies, even to deceive the enemy. This
may be admitted as a general propo-
sition, yet if the country were engaged
in a life and death struggle the strict
constructionists might have another
thought coming. Deceptions, strata
gems, are considered fair in war. A
man of integrity in civil life, drafted
into the army, might be compelled by
the exigencies of his situation to draw
the enemy into an ambush; to lure
him by false appearances and signals;
to pretend that he had thousand men
when he had perhaps actually not more
than 6 hundred. If citizen can thus
be made to lie in act or word, to risk
his life as we'll as his reputation for
veracity, why should not newspaper
be compelled to suppress or color the
truth if our success in arms were to
depend upon it? 1t is to be hoped
that no situation will ever arise re-
curing an addition to the list of news
paper uars-but if it does, we may
even have to grin and bear it, as we
do war taxes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
UNCOMMON WANTS.
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CuriOusly WOrded advertisements,
which are funny without the authors
intent, are to be found in almost any
number of any newspaper. The fol-
lowing announcements were printed in
all good faith in the advertising col
umns of various English newspapers,
and, as whole, they won prize Of
fered by London periodical for the
best collection of such specimens of
unconscious hWmor:
Annual sale now on. Don't go else
where to be cheated-come in here.
A lady wants to sell her piano, as
she is going away, in strong iron
frame.
Wanted-Experienc nurse for bot
tied baby.
Furnished apartments suitable for
gentlemen with folding doors.
Two sisters want washing.
Wanted-A room by two gentlemen
about thirty feet long and twenty feet
broad.
Lost-A collie dog by man on Sat
urday answering to Jim with brass
collar round his neck and a muzzIe.
Wanted, by a respectable girl, her
passage to New York; willing to take
care of children and good sailor.
Respectable widow wants washing
on Tuesdays.
For Sale-A pianoforte, the property
of a musician with carved legs.
Mr.. Brown, furrier, begs to announce
that he will make up gowns, capes,
etc, for ladies out of their own skins
A boy who can open oysters with
reference.
Bulldog for sale; will eat anything;
very fond of children.
Wanted-An organist and boy to
blow the same.
Wanted-A boy to partly outside and
partly behind the counter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

trenches are dug from eight to ten feet
inches wide, the displaced earth being
spread over the plants between the
trenches.
When the plants spring up some are
transplanted to another bed, the area
under cultivation being extended, and
so on from year to year, SO that at the
end of the fourth year, when the first
bed is dying out the others, which have
been made, take it's place and continu-
GUS succession is obtained II the
plants are not required for extending
the plantations, the land Is plowed
with disk coulters and in the spring 1t
Is narrowed down. The mint planta-
lions in their second year give the best
results, and each year afterwards they
gradually deteriorate. When me plan
tat1ons are broken up at the end OF
four or five years the same land
should not be used again for mint
growing for many years.
The mint Is cut about the begin
ming OF September, when the plants
flower or when red rust called
snuff" appears on the leaf. The cut.
ting Is done by hand with hook The
crop Is left on the ground after cutting
to dry, and then packed in Russia
mats and carried to the distillery. 1t
is there unpacked and boiled with
water In coppers or stills for about
six hours. The steam from the boil
ing mint is condensed in q metal coil
of pipes contained in large vat OF
cold water and runs into a separator
at the bottom of the vat. Here the
coil rises to the surface and the water
is drawn off, When the vessel Is full
of oil it is poured into cans and clear
ed by filtration through filter paper"
1t is then stored in glass bottles called
Winchester quarts" contain
about five pounds of each-when 1t Is
ready for sale to the wholesale drug
gists.-Mexican Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

I representatives Of various nations Will
find themselves engaged in debates as
to priority Of discovery.
For instance, 1t is not to be expect
ed that Norway will cheerfully yield
its contention that 1t was Lief Ericc-
sen, the Norwegian, and not Christie
pher Columbus, the Genoese, who first
reached the new world. There are
annals and legends, there are even re-
citals, fairly we'll authenticated, that
prove the Norseman to have been here
centuries before the date when Chris
| TOPPER Columbus, aided by the purse
| of Ferdinand and Isabella, made his
memorable trip from Palos in his three
caravels, landed in the Bahamas, and
took possession Of the new world for
| the honor and glory of his Spanish
sovereigns.
This was the golden age of discov-
cry, for In this period in hundred
years, dating, for instance, from 1890.
an amazing amount Of geographical in
formation was gained, the more credit
to its principals, because of the made
quate equipment of that day compared
to what Is available now.
To sound the glories Of that period
1t Is necessary to tell of the Cabots
making their trip to Newfoundland
and the mainland, Of Sir Francis
Drake. opening new territory, of the
gallant America Vespucci, whose was
the fate to take the laurels of Colum-
bus and have the new continent named
after him, for no other reason than
that he was the first person to make
an adequate map of the new world.
Henry Hudson would fit impressively
into a recital Of the triumphs won for
the worlds knowledge by discoveries,
and In other parts of the world come
the advances made by Captain John
Smith, the great leader of Virginia;
Ponce de Leon, the discoverer Of Flor
ida in that quest where his goal was
the fountain of eternal youth; De
Solo, getting his first look at the great
est river on the continent, the lordly
Mississippi; Marquette making his ex-
plorations of the central West must
all have place Of high honor in the
list of those who have contributed to
the work Of map building.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

The young man had entered that
mysterious realm called matrlmony
and as 1t was his first. offense his fa,l
Their was handing him some paterna
advice as to how he should treat thu
young wife.
When you have any little dtferl
ences Of opinion, my son." he said til
the boy, 'if you cant persuade Mari
garet that you are right-and YOU
probably can't, for they are all about
alike-you must compromise. Be fm'
yet be consfderate and compromise
yes, father" replied the son,
Il well remember a little expert
ence," and a reminiscent expression
came over the old mans face, on 'ne
very threshold Of the married lie OIL
your mother and myself, and 1t wa
the basis of all future disputes
was this way: / wanted TO spend 'D'
summer, our first vacation together u
Maine, and your mother wanted 70 sOI
to Saratoga. That was thirty Year,
ago But / shall never forget no'
firm and yet how conslderate ""l
with your mother and how we coI
promised, avoiding all dispute WI
stayed from Saturday noon TO TueSoN
morning at Bar Harbor, and tneN "
spent the rest of the summer at SS'S
toga. Yes, indeed" the old man auu'r
with sigh, that's the only way
deal with a woman. You must
firm, but be willing TO compTomi~
little once in awhile. as ] have uOn'
with your mother New YORK l''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
AozER1So Ee4SER1GcE
GSS>SS

A map such as the world never
as a result Of conference recently
called by the British government. Its
scale Is to be roughly one to one mil
lion, or, in exact measurements, one
inch for every sixteen miles of the
earth's surface. It Is planned that
this map Will show every detail Of the
land and waters Of the world with
such minuteness as has never before
been possible with maps as they are
at present understood
1t was Sir Charles Hardinge, perma-
nent under secretary Of the foreign Of
fee, who had the honor Of welcoming
the delegates who represented France,
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain,
italy, the United States, Canada, Aus
tralja and Russia
He pointed out the salient truth that
tho more widely geographical knowl-
edge Is spread. the better would the
peoples Of various nations come to
know each other and the more certain
would come the dawn Of an interna,
t1ona1 peace. He also explained the
commercial advantages of better geo.
graphical knowledge
In giving statistics of the proposed
map Sir Charles reminded his hearers
that the diameter of the earth Ia about
5000 miles, It's circumference at the
equator being between $4,000 and 25.-
900 miles. He explained that to con.
struct a map which should show the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

The spelling of some Of the enter.
ing class of great Western university
has lately been published for the
amusement, and perhaps warming, OF
students elsewhere. Words were mis-.
spelled that any pupil of an UNI
graded country school should know
by heart. The head OF the English de,
partment, in commenting on the mat,
ter. expresses the opinion that possibly
one in a hundred who thus offend is
constitutionally deficient in the men,
tai traits which make an accurate
speller; but with others who have
studied the matter, he lays the trou,
BILE among the ninety-nine to lack OF
sufficiently thorough early training
and drill No real substitute for the
old spelling-book has ever been found,
and ignorant and iIiiterate spelling is
not reformed photography.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

meant family; group of families
meant village; many villages meant
nation. The existence of a nation
presupposed the honorable families Of
free men. Upon this indestructible
unit the white man built his civiliza-
ton, every law and all progress max
ing for the betterment Of his home
nest, says Harris Dickson in Success
Magazine.
The Negroes hazy idea of marriage Is
the greatest barrier in the path of his
success. No race can become perma-
nently good or great IL they are not
home makers. In Africa he had scant
perception of the institution as Anglo
Saxons understand it. Therefore he
felt no need for laws and customs
which made the family sacred. Trans
planted to America, he regarded the
rule Of one-hus band-to-one-wife as part
of the discipline of slavery restric-
ton forced upon him by his master.
incidentally, he throve and multiplied
under 1t.
After the war, many, If not all the
Southern States, decreed that couples
then living together as husband and
wife should be legally so. After that
the negro was free to carry out his
own ideas. l cannot tell you what
these ideas are-no white man can.
1t is hard for the white man to get
at the Negroes idea about anything.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
THE CULTIVATION OF MINT.
Useful Herb Grows In England,
Japan and United States.

USefuI Herb Grows in England,
Japan and United States.
Two varieties Of mint, known re-
spectively as black and white mint, are
grown in England for the production
Of the essential Oil, but the area under
cultivation Is very limited, and 1t Is
believed that 1t may not exceed 1,OOO
acres, whilst some authorities estl-
mate that half that area would repre-
sent the total quantity that Is grown
in this country.
White mint was cultivated for many
years before the black variety, which
produces nearly double the quantity
of oil, was introduced and at the pres
emit time only a small quantity OF
white mint Is cultivated to supply the
demands of few old firms Of drug
gists. Black mint, so called from its
dark green foliage, was first CONNER
cially used about forty-hve years ago.
and it has now almost superseded the
other kind. which has leaf more
Iaucelike and serrated and of lighter
1olor
Black mint seldom flowers except In
hot and dry seasons, and it has not
been seen in full flower since 1898,
when the summer was hot and dry.
White mint differs in this respect; 1t
comes earlier and flowers every sum-
mer, and when in full bloom, land
planted with 1t has somewhat similar
appearance to a field of lavender. The
flowers in both cases are of a blue col
or.
Mint Is cultivated in Japan and also
in the United States, particularly In
Michigan. Growers in the United
States, although the quality OF their
soil is inferior, by sending their pro-
duce to English markets have in some
measure undersold the home produc-
ers.
Mint is a deep rooted plant with I'M
foreground stems or runners, and 1t can
only be grown profitably on certain
soils 1t requires a good, light, warm
soil, that which suits it best being
deep rich loan on gravel, but it will
thrive well on a chalky subsoil IL
likes moist spring and a dry, hot
summer 1t is grown from roots, not
from seeds.
AS a mint plantation only lasts from
four TO five years 1t is necessary %
form three or four beds that will come
on in succession, and this is usually
done in the following manner: In the
autumn after the crop has been cut,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

General Bell proposes a military
censorship of the American press in
war times suggested by the Japanese
censorship in the recent war. 1t is
held by military men that the strict
censorship which the government was
enabled to exercise contributed largely
to Japanese success in the struggle
with Russia, as by it the enemy and
the world at large were shrewdly de-
ceived as to Japanese plans, losses in
battle. and resources. The vital fea-
ture of the japanese system was to
compel the press to tell deliberate false
hoods whenever it seemed necessary
TO conceal the real facts. We are told
by the purist and strict constructions
lists that such a system would not do
at all for the United States In the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28

Though the prescription see~' =.
have disappeared from the pnalDr
copia of modern beauty speciaiI'0.,,
it was for centuries notorious Ili"' :,
feed on snake meat was the va! 49,.
win perpetual youth; to cure s0., ~,
again, or any other swelling d" -.
was necessary was to MUNICH wy"
from the tail up, as 1t migh' ~,
stick of celery; while yet anO. r.,
snake, II eaten, conferred the WV 4
of understanding all the tongue
birds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
Got the Hard SfuM.

Jedson-Ha! Ha! Ha! Silas-Wht's
the joke. Jedson? Jedson-Why, Just
as soon as the county went prohibition
old Hiram Hardapple got buncoed
Silas-What was the game? Jedson-
Why, Hiram got circular that stated
some firm up in town would send him
key Of hard stuff for So. Hiram sent
the 81 and smacked his lips. Silas-
Gosh! And what came back? Jedson
Scrap iron, and they said If that
wasn't hard enough they'd send him a
keg OF spikes at the usual rates.
Chicago News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
The World Went Round.

When Bloggins senior on the occa-
sion of his annual party was obliginS
his guests with IT'S Love That Makes
the World Go Round" Master Will
liam Bloggins seized the opportunity
to retire for few minutes behind the
Japanese screen with his sire's half
smoked cigar.
The applause subsiding, Master Bldg
gins was observed by one of the com
pany to be looking far from well. His
face had taken on the hue of putty,
and his eyes stood out like small hat
pegs.
Good graciaus, Willie! What's the
matter?" cried Mrs. Bloggins in alarm.
81 believe you've been smoking"
Willie shook his head.
'"Tain't that" he declared untruth-
fully. IF it's true what fathers been
singing about, II reckon I'm in
ove?"-London Express.