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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Life In Viroinia In 1648.

In the old days in this country farm
ing and manufacturing were carried
on together to a very large extent. A
letter written from Virginia in 1913
gives the following picture of life on
the plantation of a certain Captain
Matthews, a leading citizen of the col
ony: He hath a fine house and all
things answerable to it. He sows year
~ store of hemp and fax and causes it
to be spun. He keeps weavers and
hath a tan house. causes leather to be
dressed, hath eight shoemakers en-
ployed in their trade, hath forty negro
servants and brings them up to trades
in his house. He yearly sows abun-
dance of wheat, barley. etc. The wheat
he selleth at 4 shillings the bushel. He
kills store of beeves and sells them to
victual the ships when they come thith-
err. He hath abundance of kline, brave
dairy, swine great store and poultry"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Brief News of the Week

So serious has the situation in Mex
lco become that an army of 700 for
eigners of all nationalities has been
organized for mutual protection in
Mexico City.
The cantaloupe crop Of Imperial
valley, California, will break all rec
ords this year. 1t is estimated that
1900 cars will be required to tran
sport the crop to the market centers.
After numbering Warden Delehanty,
Deputy Warden Wagner and Usher
Heilan and seriously wounding Guard
DOody, three convicts escaped from
the front entrance of the Nebraska
state prison and were swallowed up
in a blizzard.
Government efforts to settle the
coal strike by effecting an agreement
between mine owners and their en-
pl0yes of Great Britain has failed and
legislative action will now be sought
TO obtain a minimum wage for all
underground coal workers.
The first legislature of the state of
Arizona, which will elect two United
States senators, convened in Phoenix
Monday. Both of the senators will be
Democrats, Henry F. Ashurst and
Marcus A. Smith having received the
popular Endorsement at the late cleo
ton.
Charging that funds contributed for
the relief of Lawrence strikers are
being illegally used, citizens of that
city have secured a temporary order
restraining William D. Haywood and
his associates from further distribu-
ton Of the strike funds, and ask the
appointment of a receiver.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
The Scorpions Painting Fit.

The scorpion that is placed in the
center of ring of Goals does not COM
NIT suicide by singing himself to
death as has been claimed. In lands
where the scorpion abounds it is reg
ular pastime among countrymen to
ring a scorpion with fire and watch
him commit, as is believed, the happy
dispatch. Nevertheless the scorpion
has the last laugh and not the specta-
tor. The scorpion. though an inhabit-
ant of torrid regions. is so delicately
organized that very slight increase
above the normal temperature pro-
duces a condition in him analogous to
& fainting fit Driven desperate by
the heat. he lashes his tail wildly, Civ
ing the impression that he is plunging
his sting into his own body. Then he
falls motiOnless. AS presumably
dead scorpion has no further interest
for the spectators, he is usually left
where he has fallen. and after the fire
has died down he RECEIVERS and crawls
away.-Harper's.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Inflated MAINE
SINKS into OCEAN

Havana.-Accompan by Ameri-
can warships and the entire Cuban
navy the hulk Of the famous battle
ship Maine was towed out into Flori-
da straits, 9 miles from Havana and
her flag floating bravely from the
masthead, was sunk to the bottom of
the sea amid a, thunder of guns from
her convoy. One last cheer rang out
from the whole feet as the mass of
twisted metal, it's decks covered with
roses, went down and the last cannon
doomed farewell as the flag sunk be-
meath the waves.
In honor Of the dead who persisted
when the explosion which wrecked
the Maine sounded the first call to
Cuban liberty, all business was sus-
pended. The government buildings
were closed and from every Flagstaff
in the business section of the city, en-
twined American and Cuban flags.
crepe bound, spread to the breeze,
Every Cuban soldier and thousands of
citizens wore bands of crepe.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
SINGING on Garnet.

Standing upon carpet has a tendency
to muffle the voice, since a layer of
inelastic and nonconducting material
is then interposed between the seat Of
voice production and the floor, which.
when it is not covered. acts as sound
board. taking up the vibrations and
giving increased effect and distinctneSs
to them. This can be illustrated by
placing a timepiece first upon rug or
carpet and then upon the bare floor
In the latter position the ticking Is
much louder. because the vibrations of
the clock are then much more forcibly
communicated to the floor and so to
the air of the room and finally to the
ear by actual contact between the
clock and the floor A carpet damps
or kills these vibrations because it is
bad conductor of sound. The differ
ence, which is SO audible in this case.
is in some degree to be detected when
the voice is heard under similar con
ditiOnS
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Political News Bits

Fares to the national conventions
in Chicago and Baltimore have been
fixed at cents a mile.
Senator La Toilette is stumping
North Dakota which will be the first
state to hold presidential primary
1t is believed improbable that any
member of President Tafts cabinet
will resign to aid the Roosevelt CAM
paign.
The Kansas state Democratic con-
vention unanimously instructed -
Champ Clark, with Governor Wilson
as second choice.
Kansas will have no presidential
primary. Delegates to the Chicago
convention will be elected at a state
convention at independence on May 8.
At the end of an all-night session
the Republican state convention of
oklahoma voted to send a solid dele
cation OF ten men instructed for Theo-
dore Roosevelt to the Chicago con-
yention
oscar King Davis, head of the
Washington bureau of the New York
ZINES, will be general publicity man
ager and assistant to Senator Dixon in
the Roosevelt headquarters at Wash
ington.
The Roosevelt headquarters has Civ
en- out statement prepared at a CON
ference OF negro ministers in Wash
lngton' claiming to represent 400 900
negro voters. This statement declares
tor Roosevelt Is the friend Of the
negroes"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Might Have Changed History.

Here is he story OF an avefttd trag-
edy which. if it had not beet averted
might have changed the whole course
of modern history in Europe. The time
was about three weeks after Sadowa
The place was the little village of PRS
dorf. about thirty miles from Vienna
King William of Prussia and Bismarck
were there. and they sat down on ter
race outside small cafe to drink beer.
Kern, an Austrian forester. saw them.
He regarded them as the deadly enc
mics of his country. He was an excel.
lent marksman. and he had his double
barreled gun with him. Taking aim
from behind cover. he was about to
fire when his wife, seeing what he was
after and fearing the consequences.
clutched him by the coattails. He turn
ed to argue with her. and before the ar
gument was finished tine king and his
chancellor had disappeared. So moth
ing happened. But if Kern had been
allowed to fire there might have been
no German empire. -Westminster Ga.
Zette.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
A Novel Iran.

A short time ago a hunter found in
a patch of woods in Connecticut eleven
large blacksnakes tied up in hard
knots and stone dead. Two telegraph
wires ran through the woods overhead.
and few days before there had been
a heavy blast set off in quarry near
by. This broke down the wires and
started a colony of blacksnakes from
their slumbers in neighboring ledge.
One Of the wires was crossed in dis
tant city by a trolley wire. and hence
the broken wires which lay near the
snakes den made death trap. When
the snakes came to the wires trailing
on the ground one after another crossed
over them. touching the ends Of both
wires at the same time. They thus
"short circuited" them and received a
shock which caused death. Immediate
ly upon being shocked each snake
curled up in hard knot, thus opening
the circuit and setting the trap again.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Old Fastinu Advice.

Thomas Cogap in The Haven OF
Health" published in 1888. discusses
the no breakfast question at consider
able length. Touching breakfastes.
whether or no they are to be used. it
may be some question, because they
are not mentioned in Caller and other
ancient authors of Physicke. neither
are they appointed by order of the
universities. but only two meals of the
day spoken of, which be dinner and
supper. But the temperature Of this
our country is such that | think 1t
good for Englishmen not to be long
fasting. Yet some may better bide
without than t'others. Children and
young men until they came to the age
of thirty-fve may not be long fasting
without Inconvenience. Men Of mid
die age-that is. from thirty-fv to
forty -nine-may better beare it. Old
men. being not decrepite-that is. from
fifty to seventy-may best of all abide
fasting. but after seventy years they
are to be dieted as children. London
Chronicle.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
People in the News

Colonel Roosevelt earned $3.50 as
juror as Mineola, l.. l., but he re-
fused to accept the money.
Aviator Charles K. Hamilton claims
to have established a new American
bi-plane record by his 33-minute flight
between Sacramento and Marysville,
a distance of 427 miles.
After an illness of a week John F.
Hill, former governor of Maine and
chairman Of the Republican national
committee, died of heart failure after
an attack Of pneumonia.
George w. Perkins, formerly part
ner, in the banking house of J. P.
Morgan & Co., has acquired a large
interest in the Mail and Express com
pany, publishers of the New York
Evening Mail.
Charles Thompson Harvey, who
planned the first elevated railroad
operated in this country, and who
built the Sault Ste. Marie ship canal,
is dead at his home in New York. He
was SO years old.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Rail Deal Is Confirmed.

Seattle.-G. c. Hyatt, general mana
ger Of the Bellingham Bay & British
Columbia railway company, has tele-
graphed from San Francisco that the
company has been purchased from
the Mills & Cornwall estates by syn
dictate of Bellingham, Seattle and Ia
coma men and that joint traffic ar
rangement is about to be concluded
with the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound railway company, whereby, IN
der a joint traffic arrangement, Mil
waukse cars will be handled upon the
bneg of the Bellingham Bay & British
Columbia railway by car ferry from
Seattle.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
The BARKING Wolf,

The prairie wolf. the coyote of the
Mexicans, is. the American representa-
tive OF the old world jackal. 1t is
thirty-six to forty inches long, with a
tail measuring sixteen to eighteen
inches. Its color is usually yellowish
gray on the back and sides. with black
cloudings. The under parts and inside
of limbs are of dirty white tint The
cry is a sort of swapping bark. and
for this reason the animal is known as
the barking wolf 1t lives and breeds
in burrows and has it's young in
April. often ten at time 1t hunts in
packs and is very feet
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
DEATH roll. GROWS
IN VIRGINIA COURT
With Death of Juror Number OF
Victims of Allen Gang
Reaches Five.

Hillsville, Va.-One more DEATH
that of Juror Augustus Fowler, has
been added to the list Of fatalities OF
the Allen raid on the Carroll county
courthouse, making a revised total OF
five.
= Floyd Allen, notorious character,
Just after being sentenced to three
years in prison, whipped out revol-
yer and shot the presiding judge, ''|ho
fell to the floor MORALLY wounded.
This started shooting bee by Alle,l's
friends which resulted in the deat'' Of
Sheriff Blankenship, District Atto'' ey
Foster and Juror L. F. Douglas, and
the serious wounding of Court Clerk
Dexter. Several jurymen and onlook-
ers were slightly wounded in the fus-
illade.
There seems to be no immediate
prospect Of capturing the Aliens and
their clansmen, who escaped to the
mountains after their sanguinary visit
to aid their brother.
The reports which came from the
mountains that Sidna Allen had been
captured and that his wife had been
killed proved erroneous. Detectives
who went to the Allen home found it
deserted.
Floyd Allen, left wounded after the
courtroom fight, Victor Allen and
Byrd Marian, charged with murder
In the first degree, were spirited out
of town.
The Aliens are not ordinary des-
peradoes. They have not murdered
for loot. Farmers, most of them, they
are among the wealthiest men of the
region. They own hundreds Of acres
of land. They have sent their child
rem to college.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21

; The manner in which Il turtle con-
structs her nest is both interesting
and suggestive. it being one of the
most expeditions operations ever per-
formed by that slow moving creature
After selecting suitable spot she be-
gins digging out hole with her hind
legs by moving slowly in circle and
throwing the excavated sand in rim
all around it. When that is about
eighteen inches In depth and twelve
in circumference she drops her eggs
into it. pulls the rim of sand over
them and, rising on all four legs. let's
her body drop heavily on the covering
sand until she has made it as compact
as any part of the surrounding beach.
She then makes few false demOnStra-
lions on the shore to misead inquisi-
tive enemies and hastens to the sea as
fast as she can travel.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Walked Up John.

John said Mrs. D"rkins. stop
reading your paper Just Il moment.
"All right. What is it, Maria:
Before you come home this after
noon 1 want you to go to some store
and get me a dozen thumb lacks
Think you can remember that -
Certainly"
''If there's any more than one size
listen now want the larger ones.
You won't forgety'
mo"
Late that afternoon Mr.. Dorkins re-
membered.
He rushed over to the nearest de-
partment store
II wish you'd tell me-" he said to
the f1oorwalker, where you keep your
-er-thumbscrews.'
Chamber of horrors, top floor. north
west corner said the ioorwalker.
pushing him in the direction Of the ele
vator.-ChicagO Tribune.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Children and Books.

DR.. Johnson held views far in ad-
vance of his age on the subject Of chill
dren's books. The child itself. be held,
was the best judge. Il would put a
child into library lwhere no unfit
books arel and let him read at his
choice" be said. "A child should not
be discouraged from reading anything
be takes liking to from notion
that it is above his reach. If that be
the case the child will soon find it out
and desist. IL not he, of course. gains
the instruction. which is SO much the
more likely to come from the inclina-
ton with which he takes up the
study"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Passing Counterfeits.

Johnny-Say, papa. passing counter
felt money is unlawful. isn't it? Papa
Yes. Johnny-Well. papa. if man
was walking along the street and saw
ten dollar count 1rfeit bill upon the
sidewalk and did not pick it up
wouldn't he be guilty of passing coun-
terfeit money and couldn't he be ar
rested and put in Jail? Papa-More
may go to bed. my son. - Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21

CAMPERS ARE A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT.
beauty in certain New England state.
One day they set out for tramp of
about five miles. their object being
small waterfall of which they had
heard much about as one of natures
masterpieces. When they had reached
their destination-that is. the point
where they were to make a short cut
in order to reach the falfs-they found
a sign on the gate. put up by the own
er Of the land in the vicinity Of the
falls. reading, mo Tresspassing-Ad
mittance Only by Permission
The sightseers thought nothing of
this. as they imagined that the sign
was put up for the purpose of protect
ing the owner from undesira bles. So
one of them went up to the farmhouse
and courteously explained his request
was asked how many of the party
there were. and. on being told eight.
he said. "Forty cents"
Forty cents for what?" inquired the
perplexed visitor.
"Why, for being allowed to see the
falls" was the prompt reply.
Without another word. but with an
unexpressiona BILE feeling toward the
authorities who allowed such highway
robbery to exist within their jurisdic-
ton. the erstwhila hilarious nature en-
thusiast paid him the money and re-
turned to his companions, there to vent
his feelings against that class of peo
pie who take advantage of natures
gifts to further their Unsuitable greed.
Does any one suppose that that self
same person when he reached his home
had a good word to say about how
hospitable such a community had been
No. And who is to blame? Who is
the culprit that has turned useful
boosters into avowed enemies? The
get rich schemer.
The pleasure seekers were not going
to tramp over his cornfield or garden
patch, because he had neither. it being
all grazing and wooded land. with a
well beaten path leading to the falls.
Is it any wonder then when the next
summer comes around that instead of
bringing few more friends as the re
suit of hospitable treatment they fail
to show up at all?
Boosters who would wish to see their
town rise to the highest point of sue
cess in this world should ever bear in
mind the old proverb of do unto
others as you would wish them to do
unto you."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
HOSPITALITY IS
A BIG BOOSTER
Courteous Treatment Of VISIT
OTs a Good Investment.
FOR MERCHANT AND FARMER,
Boom Your Town by Showing OF Its
Attractive Ponts-An Example of
the Wa. In Which a Greedy Citizen
May Give Town a Bad Name.

May Give n Town a Bad Name.
Has it ever occurred to the typical
American man Of what benefit hos
pitality is to an entire community?
Hospitality. combined with beauty
and cleanliness, more than anything
else is responsible for the popularity
of some of the small towns of this
country as summer residences People
nowadays are in search Of companion
ship and good neighbors when they
desert the cities for the country in the
summer time, Therefore it is up to
the people of the rural communities to
do all in their power to make the
health seekers feel at home during the
first visit, so that when the next sum-
mer rolls around it will be with pleas
ure that they come back to the same
place. If this is done the results are
sure to be satisfactory to every one.
especially to the business men of the
town. as the larger the population
grows the more will their output in
crease.
Hospitality. therefore. is the key to
prosperity.
Nowhere is hospitality more in evil
dence than in some of the oriental
countries. 1t is said that they will
feast a man, whether he be friend or
enemy, to his hearts content while
under their roof. never thinking of
harming a hair of his head, but the
minute he ceases to be their guest
they consider it but trifle to kill him
for plumber.
While. of course. this is an eXagger-
ated form of hospitality, still it shows
plainly how high these people, some Of
them not yet advanced to the point of
civilization, hold the binding tie of hos
pitality toward a stranger.
If one-half of the above statement
could be applied to many of our Amer
lean communities there would be no
need of writing this story. Take, for
example, the unpleasant experience
that party of tourists in New Eng
land had The facts are as follows:
A party OF campers were spending
the summer visiting various places of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
MAKING 1t Personal,

'Did you ever long for death ?" ask
ID the soulful, dyspeptic young man OF
the practical young woman. 1t was
the fourth long call he had made on
her that week. and she was sleepy.
"YVhose death do you mean?' she
asked in a dry, discouraging tone.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Rear-AdmlraI Melville Dead.

Pniladelphia.-Rea Admiral George
Walker Melville, U. S. N, retired, died
at his home here from paralysis. He
was National commander of the Loyal
Legion at the time of his death and
waD q noted authority on Arctic ex-
ploration, ms well as engineering and
naval affairs.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Minnesota University Bars Politics

eapolis.-PoliticaI peeches
and speakers are barred from the cam
pus OF the University of Minnesota.
This edict has been issued to all I'M
dergraduate political clubs by Dean
John F. Downey, Of the Academic Col
lege, who declares that advocacy of
any particular candidate by outside
speakers will not be permitted on the
campus. University political clubs
and literary society heads declare
they will appeal the case to the facul-
ty counsel.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
STRONGLY Recommended.

Lady engaging page boutwell,.
how soon can you come? Page tread-
ily,-At once. num-, Lady : But surely
Page brightly Oh. yes. she will.
mum. She'll be only too glad to get
rid of me.-London Punch.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21

s.Fathern'

"Father"
well, son, what is 1t now?"
81 want to ask you an important
question"
Fire ahead. boy: shan't be offend
ed at what you ask"
"Thank you. want to ask why
you are so old fashioned in your
ideasY'
II suppose it's hereClity. ! remember
asking my own father that very same
question. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Suffrage Will be Fought by League

Suffrage Will be Fought by League.
New York-Prominent men and
women have enlisted in new organ
ization called the League for Social
Order, to combat woman's suffrage,
socialism, the divorce evil and such
movements and propaganda as i'm
press the members as dangerous to
the commonwealth. It is said that
persons of wealth are interested in
the organization and are backing it
with large capital.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Useless,

'Your wife has filed suit for divorce
Are you going to contest it?''
mo. 1t wouldn't do me any good
I've lost every argument | ever had
with her."-Detroit Free Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
He Had a Little Work,

.s Book Agent Sir. have little
work Farmer Testy-Ye have. hey?
Well. ye'd better go right home an do
it.-Puck.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Her Secrets.

Never tell secret. dear 1t would
be great breach of confidence"
"What must | do with it, mamma ?"
"Well-bring 1t to me.'
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Comforting Her.

Miss WryI have a picture in my
mind Of my future husband. Miss
GUY bet it will never be developed
Smart Set.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-21

It is easy to poke another mans fire.
Danish.