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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 190G.
EXPLOITING NEWPORT NEWS.
Tho city of Newport News* has a
body of citizens which organis?
ed for tho puriKjBu of hiiowIur the
world the advantages' of tho town an3
its particularly happy facilities to
entortaln those who visit the James
town exposition during the coming
sprint' and summer. This' commltteo
has laid a solid foundation and is
on the way to erect a structure, so
to apuult, that will bring many poo
plo to the clly and, of course, if
they aro bore once they will al?
ways like tho town. While this body
has done good work and Is going
to do a great deal more nnd while
tho Dally PrcKs doos not for a
single second wish to poso as n
critic of the methods they 'ore pur?
suing, still it has a suggestion c
two to offer.
It Is to be feared that the people
of Newport News tako It for granted
too strongly that the people of the
North and West hove a thorough
understanding of Just where the
exposition Is to bo held and whero
the city of Newport News Is lo?
cated. The writer has received sev?
eral letters within a few days from
people of more than ordinary Intelli?
gence; people who read the news?
papers every day of their lives,
and after reading the communica?
tions one In bound to believe that
Ihe people generally In tho North
have but a ho/.y Idea of the close?
ness of Newport News to tho Expo?
sition grounds . If the pooplo who
are coming to the exposition aro
not disabused of this haziness It
will mean a great loss to this city
for tho visitor will make Norfolk his
headquarters. Tho iden of having
u picture of a man stepping across
Hampton Roads is an excellent one
and If generally used by tho mer?
chants and the people generally on
their stationery will be of material
aid in enllghtoning tbo pooplo. But
why not go still further? Would It
not be a good plan to have a fairly
good sized map made in an artistic
manner showing the location of the
city and the exposition grounds and
to have theso maps placed in the
depots and hotels throughout tho
country. There arc concerns which
do Just that sort of distributing
and oil the exploiting committee
would have to do would be to enter
into a contract with them.
It has been stated that a press
bureau would be able to reach all
'/ of tho people and that they would
thus be told of the many advantages
of Newport News as a stopping
placo while at the exposition. Would
It? Perhaps It has not boon reck?
oned that the editor In Sandusky,
Ohio, or Rutland, Vt, might deem
the matter sent him not worth the
space. ' While the poople here aro
deeply intcrestod. It is a certainty
that the editor in some far away
town would not feel the same in?
terest. With a map It would be
different. If hung In eonsplclous
places all over tho country people j
.would be bound to look at It and
? thus become enlightened. Thcro Is
not a railroad depot in this country
that has not occupants every day who
arc having nothing to do but kill
time and wo all have seen (hem
wander from ?nie announcement to
another, and who is there that ha.
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not by such perusals leurncd somc-|
thing that ho did not Know before:.
If tho map? are made sufllclently j
attractive there Is no doubt but
that thousands will gaze on thorn
every duy, and that or course would
mean a benefit to Newport News.
Tho people In the North and
West have a whole lot to loarn
about tho vicinity of Hampton Roads
and tho people of Newport News
have a splendid chance to educate
them.
BETTER PUBLIC LAND LAWS.
It seems very likely that Congress j
will Immediately after tho holiday
recess net upon the recommendation
of President Roosevelt to recaBt
tho public land laws nnd adapting
thorn to the actual situation. It Is
urged that the timber and stone act
bo repealed ns It has been proven
conclusively that Its effect is to
turn over tho valuable timber lands,
to tho groat corporations, in par?
ticular, the President urges that
tho provision which permits assign?
ment before patent should be re?
pealed and that the ontryman should
be required to live for not less
than two years at homo on the
landH before patent Issues; other?
wise, ho thinks, tho law will con?
tinue to assist tho speculators ami
I other lurge holders- to got control
of land nnd water and the public
domain by Indefensible means. The
commutation clause for the Home?
stead act is also criticised as. sort?
ing in a majority of cases to defeat
tho purpose of the act Itself, and it
1b suggested that actual?not coa?
st ructlvo?living at homo on tho
land for three years should be re?
quired before commutation, unless
it should be deemed ndvlliablo wiser
to repeal the commutation altogeth?
er.
Those nnd other cognate rccom
mondntlonB are tho outcome of Mr.
Roosevelt's grave concern .at tho
unsatisfactory condition of the land
laws and nt the prevalence of fraud
under their provisions. He has felt
so strongly about the matter that
ho has directed the Secretary of
the Interior to allow no patents to
lie Issued to public lands under
any law until, by nn examination
on the ground, uotual compliance
with that law has been found to
exist. This action will necessitate
nn Increase In the number of spec?
ial agents In the General Ijind
Office. Wjlthout such nn increase
bonnflde settlers will bo put to
grave Inconvenience or the fraud
will In large part go on. So the
President urges thnt the Secretary
of the Interior should be enabled
to employ enough mining experts
to oxnmino the validity of all min?
eral fuels still belonging to the
United States. The present coal
law which limits Individual entries
'to 150 acres is criticised, and It is
insisted that individuals and cor?
porations should be given the right
mndor proper 'government regula?
tion and control to work bodies of
coal land largo enough for profitable
development. Mr. Roosevelt's own
belief Is thnt there should be pro?
visions for leasing coal, oll nnd gas
rights- under proper restrictions.
President Roosevelt has been
prodded more or less severely by
critics because of tho tendency
which he has developed to treat of
a number of matters In particular
mesages but we arc of the opinion
that he has done In tills case, at
leu.st, n distinct service In directing
attention specially to a matter to
which It has been somewhat difficult
to arouse general Interest, and of
which the future hearings for tho
I public aro In reality large and to
the eye of Imagination Impressive.
If thnt law that congressmen will
be docked for every day they are
absent from the session Is enforced
It will not hurt Hearst very much.
because he will not miss the amount
which he will lose, but there Is a I
congresmnn up In New York state
named South wick who is a congress?
man by profession and he heo Is
the money. He has tho reputation
of being one of the groat absentees,
but If Mr. Caincs gains his point
South a Ink will undouhtiy be in his
seat more often.
Minnesota Is again after "Jim"
Hill and his consolidated railroads
and It no doubt causes the king of
the northwsot to take notice, as he
probably has still a -very vivid
recollection of what Minnesota did to
him a few years ago.
Negro soldiers aro creating more
trouble. This time it is at Port
Leaven worth, Knn.. and It Is the
same ohl story of too much fire
water making untamod animals of
them.
Chicago Is threatened with two
boards of trade because of factional
differences. As one board has al
mays made tb.e windy town a lively
market, it. Is hard to Imagine what
two would do.
A Now York newspaper says that
Senator Plait Is tired. Thnt may bo
You Can Laugh at
'lack FrosF'
If You Will Buy
Overcoat,
Underwear,
Caps and Shoes
From him.
2715 Washington Ave.
Bell Phone 256; Citizens' 6.
true, but ho Is not half as tired
us tho people of New York stato
are.
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS
An enterprising publisher Is figur?
ing on producing a popular edition of
the Congressional Record. Better
wait until Joff Davis and Vnrdaman
got to tho Senate nnd bring out a
sporting edition.?Kansas City Jour?
nal.
Mr. J. J. Hill has finnlly laid the
responsibility for the Western coal
"famine" upon the dealer. Why not
go further and blame It on the con?
sumer, who ought to have bought, his
coal two years ago when tho railroads
wore not so busy??New York Herald
A Chlcngo man wants the Presi?
dent to write a message giving the
country a blast on the habit of eating
plo with a knife, but the President
will do well to pay no attention to the
habits of congressmen from Chlcngo.
?Washington Post. I
The coho of Mr. Illcks, a former
Kentucklnn. who escaped alive after
bolng entombed fifteen days at Bak
ersfield. Cel., Is another demonstration
of how the Kentucklnn comes out all
right at homo or abroad.?Louisville
Courier.
The New York Commercial, which
Is not given to condoning lynching,
says: "The practice of lynching is not
so deadly to the morals of a communi?
ty, not so expensive or so far-reach?
ing In Its results ns the non-enforce?
ment of the letter of the law for tho
gravest offenses." And wo are not
so sure that the Commercial is not
more than half right.?Richmond
News-Lender.
A Pennsylvania prophet says all the!
rivers of the world will be dried up in|
two years. We never expect to secj
the day when all the prophets will dry
Up.?Washington Post.
What a great newspaper reporter!
Teddy would have made if he had on?
ly aspired to loftier flights.?Boston!
Herald.
The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Herald insists that Platt
Is about lo resign from the Senate.
Possibly: but cm Ibis particular mat?
ter. 16 use a paradox. New Yorkers]
are nil from .Missouri.?Albany Argus.]
The ease with which Mr. Roosevelt
turns oiil "copy" is enough lo make
the average nownnnnpr man turn|
groen with envy.?Buffalo Times.
The Cleveland Leader still says Mr. I
Carnegie is pledged to die poor. It Is |
curious that fake tales seem some?
times immortal.?Buffalo News.
If congressmen have been reading |
the papers during the summer, they
know pretty well what, the count)!'
wants them to do this winter.?Phil?
adelphia Roeord.
Now that the Congress Is at work
ngnln. Representative Hearst is far.
far away, but as his colleagues never
had an opportunity to become accus?
tomed to his presence they will not
miss him.?Albany, Journnl.
It is o healthy sign thnt American
women who find their noble husbands |
impossible are throwing away the cor.
oncts with the husbands.?New York |
Sun.
Connecticut in Port.
The battleship Connecticut came]
up from Old Point yesterday to |
load bunker coal.
At the Y. M. C. A. tonight will take
place the entertainment given by
Durno. the funny man. Yon cannot
afford to miss It. It.
You will find our Wines and Li?
quors to pass tho Pure Food Law in?
spection. They cost no mom than
adulterated goods. NICWPORT
NEWS WINK & LIQUOR CO. Cor?
ner Twenty-fifth street and Washing
Ion avenue, Both phonos. 12-12-lm.
THE GERMAN CANARY
STRONGER AND MORE MELODIOUS
THAN ANY OTHER VARIETY.
Nearly a Million of the Illrda Brett
In the liars Monntalna Kverjr Year
Almoal All Clnaara of People There
Are In the Bnalneas.
Nearly all the canaries Imported Int?
America are from Germany. A Green
,1vlch street bird denier of New York
imports from 00.000 to 70,000 canaries
a year, and estimates the total Ameri?
ca n Importations of the melodious lit?
tle creatures at about 200,000 annually.
Everything considered the German
canary birds are more satisfactory to
most pooplo than those bred anywhere
elsp. They are uot so hardy in this
country, perhaps, as the American
bred; they arc not so large nnd good
looking as the ICugllsh or Scotch va?
rieties, nor so frcnklly showy as those
raised in Belgium. But of all cauariei
the German bred sing most satisfacto?
rily, and as ninety-nine In a hundred
buyers of birds want them for their
songs, the bulk of the business Is In
German birds.
The canary was first found wild in
tlie Islands of the same name, though
whether the islauds wore named from
the bird or the bird from the Islands
nobody knows. Today, though canary
birds still fly nbout la freedom among
the tree branches of the Canary nnd
the Madeira Islands, many thousands
more are bred In Germany than any?
where, probably than everywhere, elso
And for some reason most Germnn
canaries are bred la that part of Ger?
many known ns the Harz mountains.
Perhaps there Is a climatic reason for
ITnrz mountain birds to bo stronger
and more melodious than others; per?
haps the breeders there learned the
business better than other breeders
250 years ago when the birds were]
first taken to Europe; perhaps it Jus?
happened so. At nil events, there are
not only moro Hnr?. mountain ca?
naries than any others, but they aro
the best lu everything but size, color
and freaklsbnesa; St. Androasberg,
whence came the famous full roller
songster*, is in the Harz mountains.
Innsmuch ns the Harz mountain
breeders have to supply the demand
for canaries lu all parts of Germany
nud some other European countries as
well ns the chief part of the American
demand. It Is probable that nearly a
million birds are bred there every
year. Oddly enough, while the raisins
of canaries Is one of the leadlt.,; indus?
tries of I ho region, no one Is under?
stood to lie devoted exclusively to
canary breeding. Nearly all classes of
people breed oauarles?tho bntcher, the
baker and the cnndlertlck maker; the
farmer, the blacksmith, the miller and
all. The most extensive, breeder
known to the Greenwich street Im?
porter breeds only 700 or 800 n year,
while many breed only a few each, so
there must be thousands and thou?
sands of breeders.
The German canaries begin to reacb
this country early In August, nnd tho
shipments continue all through the fall
and winter, tho heaviest of them com?
ing In November and December, Jus*
in time for the birds to be useful ni
holiday presents. Importation stops Id
March for the year.
The birds reach this country at ngei
ranging from a few months to a year.
The younger ones have not been taught
to Bing of course, and really are not
wanted by American dealers as a rule,
for teaching theui to sing Is a tedious
operation. No Importer likes to refuse a
consignment of young birds with the
demand as great ns It Is, however, for
fear some other dealer will get them.
As practically every bird breeder Id
tho Harz mountains has some othet
way of making a living besides batch?
ing, rearing nnd selling canaries,
which are thus a byproduct, they are
generally bred Just under the roofs, Id
the attics, nnd there kept till they have
learned to sing. Different breeders
ndopt different methods of teaching tho
birds.
Many a breeder keeps in bis posses?
sion as long as It lives one especially
good singing bird; the young birds bear
bis song nnd Imitate It. Others prefer
tho canary organ, a queer whlstllnn.
Instrument whoRe motive power Is a
stream of water from a pipe acting
on n little water wheel. This mechan?
ical melody producer Is kept going con?
tinuously when birds are being taught
to slug, nud I be fnct tlint It never gets
tired or falls asleep gives It one value 1
not possessed by ihe living bird.
Some breeders use both the living
bird nnd the canary organ, only run?
ning the latter when the former refuses
to slug.
Canaries are bred In every country of
Europe, but mostly for domestic con?
sumption. English canaries are much
larger than the Germnn birds, one rich
orange colored cayenne pepper fed
English canary being twice or thrice
the size of the average little St. An?
dreasberg toller. Not only do English
bred canaries, for some unexplained
reason, tend to grow larger than tho
German breed, but, ond for an er-nnlly
little understood reason, their song,
though loud and vociferous enough, Is
not nearly so melodious as the German
iblrds' song.
I A famous English variety Is ihe
Manchester topknot, a canary with a
j crest or topkuot. Tho feather foot ca?
nary Is another variety and those who
I fancy any of these will pay a high
price for a good specimen?the rango
I being from .$8 to $10 for ordinary birds
'of any of these types up lo $100 for
unusual examples, while tho German
singers nro worth much less. $'? to
$2.50 being n fair price for a fairly
good Harz mountain canary, nnd $50
a top notch price for a ttrst class St
[ Andrensberg roller.
The Belgians product" canaries tvlth
what U called the ''Belgian shoulder."
I wboie uccka are unduly developed, as
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