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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
Msr $500 Jske MeII..

RICHMOND. VA. Aug. 2s.-Thsi
President Lace II the Northwestern
League. wiIi su-cced President Jake
Wells st she I'D 81 the VirEinis
Ieazue. next season, Is report that
bears almost sn ofHciai stsmp
only q question 81 money stands
between Mr. I.rcss and The presidency
II the state Trazue. a person vel IN
formed IN local bascbeII matter DC.
cieres.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28

HAvRE. Aug. E.-LesaEne1x. fhe
French aviator. was seriously injured
today while competing fcr he tota'
distance pr.ze. Eis ssroplsne struck
post end the machine fen 70 ne
ground buryiBE tbe aviator benesth
Il. Lexagnesx's skull wss fractured
and be suffered Internal injuries.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
Doesn't Want Nomination.


NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Mayor Gay
nor. 1t Is stated tonight, will, In all
prohkhsl51y, leave St. Aary's Hospital
In Hoboken tomorrow for his country
place In st. James. l. L. II not to-
morrow, he will leave Monday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
Hound Ruas Down Burglar.

SUFFOLK VA. Aog. z7.-M the
co5clusoin Of BLOODHOUND man chase
to-day VIII Jones and Frank wilson.
who burEisribcd > store In Nanse.
rnoud sognty last right. we're run
down and later confessed 70 the DO
lice A part Of The loo. was recov.
cred
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
Ay,Aros,s FATAL PLUNGE.
Won Msssdyk's Motor Stops whiis
Machine 10 IN Airs

ARMHEiM. SWITZERLAND. Avg
z7.-w-hiIe the Dutch aviator Van
Msssdyk vas attempting . cross coua-
try fight near this city toeay the
motor Of his serop'an suddenly stoppe
and the machine plunged 20 IA
ground.
The aviator vas instantly killed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28

sTkUNTOS. VA. kus. z7.-Foilo~-
Sns steady rain yesterday. . small
hole formed near the last ceve-in this
morning IN the yard Of Jacob rosI
n Is Just across on Lewis street from
che third cave. and vss NOT unerpeci-
cd scundisee I'll rovnd Il show
solid rock
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
Or. Fits Retires.
CBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON. d. c., Aug. 81
Medical Inspector Henry B. Fits. at
tached to the naval station at Pensa-
cola, Fla. has been placed on the re-
tired list of the navy. He is from
Virginia and entered the naval medi'
cal corps in 1882.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
yiruinians Iieensed TO Wed.

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Aug IL
Marriage iicenSrs have been issued
mere to Robcri Bennett and Clara
Eubanks. both Il Petersburg. Va.
Clifton G. Rurks. Of Spottsylvsnis.
Va. and Fannic ?. Watson. 81 Star
ford. Va. Gcorre 7. JaneiL Of Ches-
ierheld county. Va. and Katherine A.
Parrish. 81 Richmond. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
sUnosEs IN NORFOLK.
Members. Wives and Daughters en-
tertained Across Roads

NORFOLK. VA. AUG 27.-Tvo
hundred members Of the Builderz
Exchanges 81 Baltimore. Washington
and Richmnd. together with then
wives and daughters were the guests
today Of the Norfolk Builders En-
change on q trip notable for rs macy
features Of entertainment
Baltimore sent nearly 100 delegates.
WASHINGTON sent Is. and Richmond
about p.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
COOLEST DAY OF SUMMER.
Mercury Falls Twenty-sever Degrees
at New York.
(Ry Asso ,iat.d rIessl

(Ry Asso dated pIess)
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-"The cold
est day of the summer" said the
weather man today. Last night the
thermometer fell 20 degrees and
touched 81 today.
Only Ave times in forty years has
there been a colder August day in
New York.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28

fSDcrsaI 70 The UalIf FTettT.
WASHINGTON. Aug. S7.-Second
Lieutcnangs George - Riley and Ed
gar Bergman. of The Coast Artillery
Corpz. have been ordered TO Fort
Monroe for a course Of instruction.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
NEW PORT NEWS. VA. SUNDAY. AUG, ST 70 1870

carried Il across the track. so that
the crowd might hear the colonies
speech which came mex;
Governor Brooks introduced him
and for half an hour he talked TO
the crowd. lie spoke Of tho old
West, now fast passing away. and
the men Il developed He told the
people Of the new West that they
must preserve those same character
istics IL the nation Is TO endure. lie
urged them to be progressive.
"A Dead Game Man."
ut will be bad day for America
the end Of America the average
American loses the quality OF being
a dead game man." he said.
The Sioux and Shoshone braves
had their dearest wish gratified when
they were called over to shake hands
with Colonel Roosevelt. Decked in
every bit of their gaudy finery. they
rode to the stand and each was given
hearty handclasp in response to
their greeting How"
The Indians rode several races.
yelling wildly all the while. The
sduaws had race OF their own and
Uses A Rat ran away from Mrs. Stat
Hear. Lost A Pin. Carrie Nation
Works on the Tub, Twisted Ear. Mrs.
Head and Sleeps Well. They wore
loose trousers and silk blouses, all
flaming colors.
All Kinds Of Fans.
The cavalrymen from Fort Russell
had n sham battle. Charlie Hirs;ing
drove a team OF buffaloes around the
track. and the, indians gave a war
dance There was an exhibition OF
lassoing and branding, and there was
to have been a mule race. but the
mules refused to run.
Governor Brooks gave his dinner
Immediately after the sports were
over. The guests included Colonel
Roosevelt. former Governor w. A.
Richards. John A. Riner. James II.
Garfield. George AIDE and Senators
Warren and Borah.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-28
THE WEATHER

Fair Sunday and Monday, ex-
cept showers SUNDAY In south
east portion; moderate north
east winds on the coast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

large "tanglelegged" grasshoppers. Master
toad took kindly to this species OF food, but
owing to to the nature of the insects legs and
their extreme length he found difficulty In
swallowing. In order to aid in the process, as
soon as he would get a firm grip on the grass
hopper he would look for a stick or a stone by
means Of pushing against which he could force
his prey down his throat. Now in order to see
what the toad would do II no stone or STICK
were at hand, all of those articles were re-
moved from his vicinity, and then he was fed
another big grasshopper with great knotted
legs.
Now it must be remembered that the pres
ent writer is not vouching for this toad story;
he is simply setting 1t down as 1t has been
told by an observer, and IL 1t Is a mature
fake the blame must go elsewhere. The toad,
finding he could not swallow the big grasshop-
per, looked about as us@al for a stone and,
finding none, he attempted to use the ground
as a pusher. He was unable to get the right
angle to secure sufficient force, and SO as a
last and perfectly effective means, he stood on
hte head and without the least difficulty forced
his food down his throat.
This toad unquestionably was a wonder.
One day, we are told, he happened to find an
angleworm Of great length. He took hold Of
Uu6 1uu anu 6uCStGQGu III 5WdllUWluS uUouI
an inch and a half of the worm, which then
realizing its danger apparently, wound the rest
Of Its body boalike around the neck of the
toad. This gave the worm leverage enough
to enable 1t to tug away at that part which the
toad already had swallowed. The result was
that although by a mighty effort the toad
could swallow about half an inch, the worm,
when the relaxation came, succeeded in with
drawing three-quarters of an inch, The toad
saw his breakfast slipping away from him, but
his Infinite wit came to his rescue. It Is said
that he sat up like a squirrel took one mighty
swallow, and then before the worm could get
in its withdrawing work, he pressed his fore
feet against his throat and held the swallowed
part Of the breakfast In place; then, so, the
story goes, by a series of quick successive
swallowing and throat squeezing, the toad soon
had the worm in the dark interior where he
was needed for breakfast.
Toad migrations are not extraordinarily I'M
common events, They have taken place in
many parts Of the country, and once the toads
in travelling succeeded in stalling a railroad
: train on the Canadian Pacific line. The story
Of this runs to the effect that the wheels
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

crushed the creatures and so creased the rails
hat progress was impossible for some time.
The passengers said that they could have
stood the situation more philosophically If the
blockaders had been frogs, for then the ques-
ton of the food supply would have been
settled for a lot of hungry people. Frogs legs
make good eating.
1t is not generally known, perhaps, to the
layman that toads, like frogs, lay their eggs
in the water. Countless millions Of eggs will
be deposited in some morass. They hatch out,
the young get big enough, and migrate In a
body to the dry land, sometimes going long
distances as an entity. These, 1t is said, are
the marching armies Of toads which astonish
people and accounts of which are spread
broadcast over the earth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

"You might scarcely think said Mr.. Mac
Blink that there was anything In common be-
tween straw hats and automobiles, but by that
way Of thinking you'd be surely forgetting
their cost Of upkeep, in which respect they are
strikingly alike.
'They say it costs more to keep an automo.
bile than it does to buy one; precisely the
same Is true of the straw hat. You take my
own experience for an illustration.
EARLY in the season l bought a straw hat
for which | paid So. l know a place where you
can get a very good straw hat for that money,
and If 1t hadn't rained all summer | should
have been on the straw hat account under no
additional expense.
But it always does rain more or less,
just as it has done this summer, and as is very
we'll known If a drop Of rain gets on a straw
hat it Is all up. Raindrops on a straw hat
will accumulate dust, and then you have to
have the hat cleaned, and that costs money; in
some places 25 cents; In some 15,
II find by reference to my books that |
have paid out this summer in straw hat ac-
count for upkeep only $3.50, which is a good
deal. While the automobile man has been
spending his money for gasoline and things
l have been blowing mine for hat cleaning, and
1t has cost me more to keep that hat going
than 1t cost me originally.
But In this l find some slight satisfaction
In this respect at least | find myself on the
same footing with the man VINO at the begin
ming of the season bought instead of a straw
hat an automobile
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
HozHuyc LhRE AWAcrNe4zT E0zWzAH COLD
or AAT0r

gulls appeared-birds never before seen In that
locality within the memory of man. They came
in tremendous focks and devoured without
stopping the hosts of the enemy, and they
completely saved the crops from destruction.
Now the gulls follow the plains like chickens,
and in Utah at least, it Is said that no one
has any desire to raise his hand against them.
What the gull was to Salt Lake region the
toad was to one section of q northwest Texas
county, some time ago. There was but a COM
paratively small area of the county under cul-
%tivation, but the growing things were threat
ened with destruction by a horde of Rocky
Mountain ~locusts; then there appeared to the
astonished gaze of the resident Texans an
army of toads, before which in numbers the
great army Of Xerxes was but as a score.
These dismal-looking, warty-backed Hop-o-my-
thumbs came along as on business bent. They
said nothing aud they ate grasshoppers. They
cleaned up utterly one entire fight of the crea-
lures. And they quietly sat under the cab
base leaves and beet tops to wait for more.
They didn't come. The toads had saved the
crops, and 1t may be judged that If one wants
to be certain to get in a quarrel he can get 1t
If he will go that section Of Texas and ma
lign a toad,
Should anyone be inclined to doubt the in
sect-eating capabilities Of a common everyday
American toad, let him listen to the evidence
of an experimenter, who Is at once a scientist
and a clergyman, the one fact establishing his
accuracy and the other his v~eracity. This
theologue-naturalist, as the record shows,
found a toad In his garden and proceeded to
make a pet of 1t. He went to call on master
toad one mQSning about ten o'clock and with
out knowing how many insects already had
fallen before the toad's darting tongue, pro-
ceeded to feed him on plant pests. The toad
ate readily and greedilyf twenty-three large
squash bugs which we're offered him, and then
looked up inquiringly for more.
The squash bug larder was depleted. SO the
clergyman turned his attention to caterrAllars.
OF these hairy, repulsive creatures the toad
ate ninety-four, so the story record goes, and
then he shut down to hop heavily off to a
shady corner to take that rest which 1t is
said aids animal digestion.
Now this, same experimenter tells tales OF
toads which might appear a bit overdrawn,
were not the gentleman's cloth what 1t Isl He
took in his experiments witt one toad some
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
y ma 4TTEASQW

Windham who did not thoroughly accept the In
depreciation were Colonies Dyer and Elderkin' In
a few minutes the light of the torches showed an
immense eoncourse of toads or frogs, whenever
they were, bearing down the main street OF the
town, croakfng and "glucking" like a myriad Oh
night demons. 1t suddenly struck the people that
if Judgment day was at hand, notwithstanding
the fact that Colonies Dyer and Elderkin seemed
to have been singled out by the visitors, the day
of accounting according to the Bible was an all
embracing affair, and thereat all the Windham
people started trembling violently.
There are living today a good many persons
who are direct descendants of the Colonel Elder
kin whom the batrachians called to judgment that
night. In Chicago until recently there lived a
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Norris, a direct descend
ant Of Colonel Elderkin. Mrs. Norris had heard
the story of the invasion of the village a score OF
times from the lips Of her grandmother, who as
a child was taken time after time to see the place
from which the night disturbers came. To the
days of their deaths Colonies Dyer and Elderkin
were called Frog Dyer and Frog Elderkin, and
If local Connecticut authorities are to be believed,
there has not been seen from that day to this
either a toad or a frog in the meadow and pond
from which started that midnight migration.
To get away, for a moment, from frogs and
toads, and in order to lead back to them again,
let It be said that out in Utah the gull is a care
fully protected bird. OnVe Inorne MlLer SPEAKS
of them as great, beautiful, snowy creatures who
look strangely out ofhplace so far from the sea
shore" | have been told that these gulls are
sacredly protected by the law and the people Of
the western state, and l have also been told that
the early settlers, the Morn9as, believed that the
Lord has sent the birds to his chosen people.
1t is no wonder that it was believed the gulls
were specially sent. Clouds of grasshoppers had
destroyed the crops in that early day in many
of the western territories. They attacked Utah
by the million millions. Then 1t was that the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
w. the name
80 w. to remember
IL When you need q remedy
Afor COUGHS and GoL1Sl
- IA - Na advice ERHE Established 1880.
n RmhV u Fitzgerald Co. Boxk. Warrington, DC.
Now Thew sIeep Indoors.

George H. Beattie, jeweler in the
old Arcade, and L. e. Ralston, auditor
of the News, have Jointly and several
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open isn't all that 1t has been declared
to be, says the Cleveland Leader.
They were both In a deep snooze out
at the Beattie farm, ear Chagrin
Falls, the other night, when a ran
away team from the county fair city
turned into the lane leading up to the
Beattie estate and came along at full
speed.
Sound asleep, but dreaming Of Inn
pending danger, Ralston rolled out Of
his cot toward the north, and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers, overseeing everything in the
way, but missing Beattie and Ralston
by margins too narrow to be mas
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept in his town house and Beattie
has found shelter under the ample
poof Of his house on his big planta-
tion,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
Nothing Seemingly Changed.

They may patch up their differences
in New York. Sunny Jim may stink
away into the hole Of the vice-presi-
dency and draw the hole In after him.
Tim Woodruff may HE away to Eu-
rope. Billy Barnes may Join the
church. Jimmie the younger may for
get the wrongs done James. the elder
Wadsworth, and spend his autumn
days amid the Establishments OF the
Genesee Hunt. But, after 1t Ia all
over, defeat their portion, there will
stand the same old issues and inter
ests, the same old antagonism and
passions, the irreconcilable conflict
between the professional good and the
professional bad, as bitter az ever;
Taft, playing baseball on the diamond.
Roosevelt playing baseball OF the
fence, the world. the flesh and the
devil unchallensed since Buchanan
broke with Douglas and historic
Democracy was sent to grass In 1860,
as historic Republicanism seems des-
tined to be sent to grass In 1872
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
loves Crime.

George was a manly fellow, yet, sur
prising as it may seem, he was guilty
Of a grave charge, a criminal offense-
theft, for had he not many times,
stolen kisses from his fair sweet
heart?
Maude, one of the most lovable or
girls, was equally guilty as an aces
sorry; she received the stolen property.
Each seemed to have perfect conf
dence in the other, however, and when
sentence was pronounced by a proper
ly qualified official, they decided to
serve their time together.
They remained loyal to the end,
neither making any effort to have
their sentence a~brogated or shortened.
but during the course Of their long
term together several small offenses
were directly chargeable to them.-J.
w. B. in Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

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If you want special advice write
forit to MI r 4. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

intention SO to do, they have inaugurated verl-
table reigns of terror.
Years ago, in the little Puritan settlement
of Windham, Conn, out of which. sprang as
many notable American families. perhaps. as
have come from any other colonial hamlet, a
migration of toads led the people to believe
that the tocsin of the last day had been sound
ed, and they were all summoned, sinners and
%sinless, to answer at the bar of Judgment. Ira
dition says that the migration which brought
this fear upon the people was one of the frogs.
Scientists of today lean rather to the toad
theory, but it made little difference to the
frightened populace which species of, batra-
chan brother it was that brought horror into
their midst.
Now it happened that there lived in Wind
ham two colonial colonies, big men and digni-
fed, by names Dyer and Elderkin. 1t may do
no harm at this late day to say that both these
military titled gentlemen were more fond Of
good living, so the story goes, than was per
haps exactly consistent with the ~strictest Pur-
itan thoughts. Some of the elders of the place,
1t Is said, looked a bit askance at some of the
views Of Colonies Dyer and Elderkin. There
were slaves in that day in Connecticut and
Windham held its share.
One peaceful night in May the Windham
families retired at their usual hour, not long
after candle light" At midnight they were
wrapped in the profoundest slumber, but no
sleep however sound could withstand the roar
that broke upon that peaceful hamlet in the
watches of the night. There were blended the
noises Of a million throats. 1t was cultural,
harsh and horrible, and it came out OF the
jetty blackness of midnight. The people of
Windham jumped from their beds panic strick-
en-, threw on what Clothes they could, and
rushed outdoors, many bearing pine torches,
which ate little light holes In the inky black
ness.
The slaves were Frustrated with fear and
chung to the knees of their masters. The noise
ceased not for an instant, but on the contrary
increased with every moment, and then, to
the added horror of all, the noise found shape
in words which one quick-eared, imaginative
woman interpreted into this, all but two Of
the people accepting the Interpretation read
lily: Judgment day; Judgment day; Colonel
Dyer and Elderkin too, and catch a niger too"
1t is perhaps needless to say that the only
two people among the white inhabitants Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
Has ssnatos Lodge Worrying.

The more that great scholar in pclt
tics" Senator Lodge, studies the re-
turns In Maine. the less confidence he
must feel in that wonderful scientific.
theory Of his that the ultimate con-
Bumer Is a myth" 1t 10 not unlikely,
too, that he may doubt whether his
handmade report to the effect that the
tariff has not a thing to do with the
high cost Of living was the brilliant
and convincing document that he
with the tongue In cheek-pretended Il.
Waa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06

trim trained nurse in spotless white
may be seen leading a small boy by
the hand up and down the shady ave-
nues near the Fitch mansion. The
boy in turn leads the decrepit terrier
by a chain, and the pretty nurse
watches over both child and dog with
tender solicitude. The child Is Mrs.
Fitch's little grandson, and the terrier
is the aged pet Of the Fitch house
hold. Tim Connors was born over
the sea twenty-five years ago. He
came to the Fitch family when he was
two years old, and has been q beloved
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
Taft,s Position.

If the new tariff law is the best
Republican tariff law ever enacted"
why is President Taft 30 anxious to
amend 1t by piecemeal? Perhaps
President Taft does not expect the
Republicans to elect a majority Of the
next congress, 50 feels safe to take
chances on his paradoxical position
In the hope that this t~ariff-reyision
sop to the Insurgents may save some
thing from the wreck Of Republican
fortune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-06
Terriers Life a Long One

when her master retired from the
service. Topsy Walker, a pug dog OF
Tarrytown. died recently at the ripe
old age Of seventeen, while another
pug is still living In the same town,
aged nineteen, though It is stone blind
and has only three legs.
Tim Connors is IN Irish terrier, be-
longing to Mrs. Fitch, the widow Of a
New York millionaire, with a country
seat near Irvington. On sunny days q