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SUNDAY. JANUARY C. 1007.
SPLENDID "AD" FOR' THE EXPO.
?Whoever was roBpbitalblo for the I
naming of some of tho mem bora of
the advisory board of the Jamestown |
exposition certainly deserves unlimited
credit for their foresight nnd shrewd?
ness. When they were mined nobody ]
In the wildest flights of! imagination
even dreamed that thoy woro born
press agents; that in some members
of tho board thoy had i.porsons who
could make a star nctroBf, out of any
ordinary woman, if they over had a
chance, but such has proved to be the |
case. That "manifesto" Issued from
Boston on Friday night nnd which |
was published in the Dally Press yes?
terday was just about as fine a bit]
"s! advertising as over came down
tho war path. It certainly tolls tho
American people that thoro Is n to
bo tho greatest and grandest military
and navnl show that tho world hna
evor Been In Hampton Roads during
the coming summer, for which we are
all truly graterul.
Tho protest sent out by some of tho
mombors of tho advisory board will
do the exposition a great deal more]
good than It will harm. Tho great
news gathering associations placed it |
on tho wlreB as straight news, some?
thing tho publicity bureau of the]
expo could not do. Tho story was |
read by millions and beyond a doubt
It contained Information that would I
not have reached . millions in any |
other way and will cnuf a great
many to come who would r. have |
done so. The members of the advis?
ory board who sent out the protest]
did not mean .to boom the exposition, j
but thoy did just the same nnd every?
body that Is Interested In the enter?
prise should be glad that some peo?
ple are lacking In common sense.
Tho protest was signed by Homo|
emmlnontly high persons of distinc?
tion, but just the snmo our humble
opinion Is that their theory that the
military and naval display will work
mischief can bo summed up in one
word?ROT.
DRUMMERS FOR CONSULS.
Sonator Hemmcnwny, of Indiana
proposes to appoint commercial trav
elers as American consuls In foreign
countries. Tho proposition sounds
most comonduble. During the past
fifteen or twenty years a gnviiual
change bus been going on in Uki so
lection of persons for consular pur?
poses. For about a century the Idea
prevailed, that all that was needed in
a consul was some one to occupy the
place and occasionally to look after
shipwrecked American sailors. With
that idea of tho little importance of
tho place it is not to bo wondered at
that broken down politicians
were selected for the minor positions
and broken dowu literary men for the
?iioro Important ones. It might be
aid. in passing, that as a rulo, the
ppolntGOs carried out the American
lea, of consulate Importance. In
nose days it was never dreamed
that a consul should In any way as?
sist In finding a market for American
products, and ho never did. A few
years ago the necessity for a change
became so apparent that a closer
scrutiny wuh exercised In making se
Indians Tor consular positions, but
still our consular service bus not been
raiBcd to the high standard of effi?
ciency It ought to POS8CB3.
America haB come to bo the great
producer of the world and foreign
markets are a necessity to use up our
surplus. Those markets must bo ob?
tained or there will come a season of
financial depression such us the coun?
try Iicb never witnessed. A groat
over-production without a market
means the cloBliig down of mills, re?
duction of wngoB, and throwing of
millions of idle men upon the streets
of our cities, as was witnessed in
1893 und 1894. A system of wide?
awake, alert, enterprising consuls
means continued prosperity. Com?
mercial travelers are familiar with
what Americnns have to sell; they
would bo quick to see how changes
should bo mndo in manufacture, pack?
ing and shipping to meet the require?
ments of tho people of those countries
who want to buy. In short, they
would be "drummers" for American
goods, and American food products.
LOOKING FOR CROP8.
One of tho Important branches of
the work of the Department of Agrl->
culture Is that of exploring foreign
innds for new crops. At present this
part of tho service Is not as large ns
the Department would like, but it Is
hoped CongresB will mnko provision
for nn extension at this session. Dur?
ing the pnst year a trained man has
boon in tho cultivated fields and wild
mountains of North China and Mnn
churla, searching for new plants and
seeds worthy to bo transplanted to
this country, and for wild forms of
our cultivated fruits and vegetables
which may havo characters of hard?
iness or unusual vigor which will
make them useful for plant breeders
of tho United States. Shipments of
nctons and of seeds representing hun?
dreds of interesting things have been
Bent by him and nro now undVgolng
trials at the gardens of the Depart?
ment In Washington.
What Is boltoved to be n discovery
that will bo an epoch In the agricul?
ture of tho northwostorn pralrlo re?
gions of this country, ,has been mndo
by the Departments explorer, Prof.
N. B. HntiBen, of tho South Dakota
Agricultural Experiment Station, of a
Siberian alfalfa, an excellent forage
plant with yellow instead of tho us?
ual blue flowers. This plunt Is n na?
tive of dry Btoppes of Siberia, where
tho mercury sometimes freezes with?
out snow. It Is said tho plant can
withstand n temperature of about for?
ty degrees below zero, with no pro?
tection. Dr. Hansoi Is making a
study of tho plant with a view to
Its cultivation In this country, and
has sent tho Department quantities
at tho seed which will be glvon a
thorough trial nt an early date. It
will supplement durum wheat in a
rotativo systom and avoid tho ncccB
slty of summor fallowing.
It will probably be nows to most J
people that the Angorn goat industry
uis developed remarkably during tho
last flvo yenrs, It being estimated
that there arc In this country about
'in' million AngoruR, distributed in
ill the States and Territories. Tho
largest flocks are in Tcxns, but tho
Northwest has also successful flocks
md no part of tho country Is unfit
Led for them. Their chief value is
n their long, silky fleece, known ns
uohnir. which ia largoly used In the
miking of plush, imitation natrnknn
md mohair dress goods, or brilllun
tines.
=? - ,i
Tho demand for a change in tho
lato of Inauguration of our Presidents
[rom March 4, to April 30, appears to
tiave been side-tracked. Last year this
movement was backed by a number
of States ;through their Governors
md legislatures, but nothing has been
heard ot It for some time.
Carrie Nation in Washington the
othor night entered a dance hall and
Issued a dtatrlho against hugging in
the waltz. Cheer up old girl. There
Is no danger; you are not built ono
tho proper lines.
There ought to be somo high old
times during that big balloon race
which Is to be started from St.
Louis.
By the way what has become of
that wonderful jiu-jitsu, which was to
completely change our whole system
of physical culture?
Somo will say that Mr. Cnmegle
and Mr. Rockefeller together gave
$20.000,000 to the public In lOtiC. and
others will say "gave It hack."?Bos?
ton Globe.
With a Democratic primary under
absolute fair play und a Republican
primary under the same conditions,
tho people will win, no matter who
loses.?Baltimore News.
We don't like to guess what Sena?
tor Foniker wns thinking about when
j ho pulled his ChrlBtnitis wishbone.?
Cleveland Leader.
One of the learned scientists saysi
that, man Is made of soap. Perhaps
that is why'he bo often cleans out
tho treasury when ho gets into of?
fice.?Kansas City Journal.
A speaker at a banquet in Berlin
said that the future belonged to the
United States and Germany. Evident?
ly tho statement was made carelessly
and without consulting Japan.?Chi?
cago News.
What a great comfort the naviga?
ble givers are as a future opportunity
for improvement! They offer tho
only reasonable hope of permanent
relief from freight congestion.?St.
Louis Globo Democrat.
Senator Smoot Is so much of an
Issue himself that be hardly gets a
fair chance to Inform himself on the
other questions In Congress.?Wash?
ington Star.
A few moro subways nnd tunnels,
and somo enterprising New Yorker
will make money by starting a "Bee}
Ing-the-sky" elevator.?Now York
American.
Tho Philippines commission reports
that lndronlsm has been broken up trt
Cnvlto and Bntangas, but the Pula
janeB aro still out in Snmar. A gen?
eration or two hence the complete pa?
cification of alt Filipinos may bo a
fact.?Buffalo Express.
As thlB is not tho season of tho
year when they can play ball-' and
swear nt the umpire and so forth, the
baseball peoplo aro just contenting
themselves with a little row over the
schedule for next season.?Philadel?
phia Press.
The reports showing the rise in
wages nnd the Increased cost of liv?
ing only go to prove that the great
American public is bent upon attain?
ing tho Higher Life, however much
It coBts.?New York Tribune.
Wo must set our faces rigidly
against, the proposal to substitute al?
cohol for gasoline in automobiles.
Hard enough to dodge them when
they are sober.?New York Herald.
A cable dispatch referring to Mr.
Bryco as a mountain climber says ho
first made tho ascent of Mount Ara?
rat. But Noah got there first by an
easier route.?New York Globe.
Carrie Nation is at Washington,
quite prepared to bo n lobby all by
herself.?Philadelphia Inquirer.
San Francisco may go even further,
and decldo to bar President RooBe
velt's works from Its public library.?
Kansas City Star.
DR. OSLER FAVORS MILK
The Chlorform Theory Man
Says That the Cow Pro
duot is a Great Thing
for Man,
Comparing tho human body and
tho steam engine in a lecture at
the Workingmen's College, Professor
Osier said one differentiating fea?
ture was that while tho engine had
only one furnace, and a large one,
the human body consisted of myr?
iads of little furnaces?that is', cells.
Milk was tho original food of man.
It contained the four things that
were necessary ng food?fat, euro*,
sugar and salt?all dissolved in
water. Dr. Weir Mitchell once
Bhowed him a robust-lookIng patient,
and ho remarked, "He loks as If he
had been living on the fat of tho
land." "No," replied Dr. Mitchell,
"on the fat of the cow."- That
patient had a five-year milk diet,
except on Sundays,. whon his wife
insisted on rico pudding. If veg?
etarians would eat their vegetables
and any less about It, they would do
well. Man vegetarians' were not.
as robuBt mentally as physically.
. Alcohol was quite unnecessary. If,
all the beer and ^spirits could be
dumped Into the Irish chaunel, the
English channel and the North sea
for a year, people In England would
be indefinitely better off. "If," he
continued, "on the second day you
dumped all the tobacco ip.'o the I
sea it would he good for you and
hard on the tish."?From the London
News. i I?
ONE OF RICHEST SENATORS. |
George S. Nixon of Nevada Has
Made a Big Strike. I
Sinco the close of the last, session
of Congress George S. Nixon of ,
Nevada has become one of thci"
richest members* of the Senate. He
was one of the original boomers of |
tho Tonapah district, having picked
up thoro numerous prospects that
developed into properties of vasr
value. His interests In three mines ?
alone reptesents a cash Valunfon I
of $20~000,000, and he has other '
properties that have not yet boon'
develops-.'*, but which arc Bald to
be quite as promising as any of
thoso that have made him a mill?
ionaire. Senator Nixon went to
Nevada in 1881 from California as
a railroad telegraph operator,, and
has 11/ed In the Stato cvor side-?.
He had b?en a resident of Nevada
only three years when ho wat* elec?
ted president of the biggest bank
'it Kcr.o. This gave Mm a sdart
that he utilized to the .best advan?
tage. He medo nnd lost several
good-sized fortunes In the cattlo bus?
iness before coming to the Senate,
and whon ho'cnmo here two years
ago he was a comparatively poor
man. He bad been dabbling In
mines 20 years before lie Anally
struck It in the tonopah district,
end It Is estimated that he sunk
over $2,000,000 In unprofitable ?ven?
ture.!. It. Is believed that within
Iho next two or threo years' he
will rank among Die bigigest, mill?
ionaires of the country.?Washing
?ton Herald. I
TO HUNT TREASURES
BURIED IN THE SEA
Company of English Capital
ists Going to Search for
Gold Off South Afri
can Coast.
The taste for treasure hunting
1? not dead. A month ago the South
African Salvnge Company (Limited)
was registered at Somerset House,
with a. nominal capital of $25,000.
The company has oeen formen,
"to search for, prospect and
explore, recover and salve,' in
South Africa and off the
coasts thereof or In any other part
of the world, wrecks, wreckage, ves?
sels, lost, stranded derelict or other?
wise, and the cargoes tlioreof."
The Alfred Nobel, a ve&'sel form?
erly belonging to the Nobel i5xplo
sives Company, has been chartered
by the company. After holng fitted,
an operation which will take about
n month, the vessel will leave for
&.-??... Africa under Captain C. A. P.
Or
Se.'ue of the wrecks * on which
it is proposed to Start salvage op
oration* aro as follows:
The troop ship Merestein, lost In
Snldhana Bay, off Jutton i3land.
Believed to carry $100,000 in gold
and $20,000 in silver.
Tho Dorothea, lost off Zulu coasv.
Reputed to have had- on board $650,
?00 in gold, believed to have been
stolen from tho lnte Transvaal gov?
ernment and consigned to South
America.
The Thermopyle wrecked in 1898.
Value of remaining cargo sakl. lo
be $42,835, in copper, tin. silver ore,
and sliver bars.
The Wilhelm der Secundn. Report?
ed to have been carrying treasure
captured from three plra'-es from
Batavla to Amsterdam.
The Cravensteln an armed Nether
lands merchantman, wrecked in
1G9S.
The Mlddleburg, an old Dutcn
wreck, believed to have beoa loaded
with crockery, bullion, tin, lead and
sliver.
Notifications of thirty-eight wrecks
however, has been given to tho
government In Cape Town, and sat?
isfactory assurances have been re?
ceived from the assistant treasurer
that with regard to the Thermoplyac
(upon which salvnge operatloi-s will
bo commenced toward the end of
January) and tho Meresfsin, "and
similarly in regard to any other
wrecks notified from time tc time,"
the company's right to search ana
salve shall be protected."
dipt. Gardiner's.' adventurous re?
cord is as follows:
Served through the Egyptian cam?
paign.
Was on the Ch'angyuen nt the
time of the China-Japanese war as a
lieutenant. Had left the ship in a
torpedo boat but a few hours when
Capt. Togo sank her from the
Nanlwa.
Fought through the Chilean l evo?
lution on the side of the revolution?
aries. Was on board tho Blanco
Encalad when she was blown up
by a topedo from the Admlrante
Lynch, and escaped by swimming
to the lighter Gcorglna Thompson.
Atfterward became lleutcftiants on
the Esmernlda.
Served through the Boer war with
the Australian contingent. .
Wounded nine times.
The Charming Woman
is not necessarily one of perfect form
and features. Many a plain woman
who could never serve as an artist's
model, pose'sses thoae rare qualities
that nil the world admires; neatness,
clear eyes, clean smooth skin and that
sprlghtllness of step and action that
accompany good hcaltn. A physically
weak woman Is never attractive, not
bvon to herself. Elec'.rlc Bitters re?
store weak women, give strong
nerves, bright oyes. smooth, velvety
skin, beautiful complexion. Guaran?
teed' at tho Ideal Pharmacy 60c.
NOTICE!
Patrons of tho Newport News Light
and Water company, are hereby re?
minded that water bills must ho paid
by the 10th -lnat. . All delinquents on
the 11th Inst. wlll havo their supply
cut off pursuant to notice given all
consumers. NEWPORT NEWS LIGHT
AND WATKR Cv/MPANY, by L. B.
MANVILLB. Superintendent. 1-2-9L
With Christmas off our bunds, we
are now ready for the wator-wagon
excursion.
HICKS"
GAPUDINE
CURES
ALL ACHES
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Furnishings,
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FEED, POTATOES.
SPOT CASH?NO GOODS DELIVERED.
Choice Timothy Hay, per 100 lbs. $1.10
No. 1 Timothy Hay. per 100 lbs. 1.05
Ship Stuff, sacked, per 10j lbs. 1.20
Bran, sacked, per 100 lbs. 1.15
Va. water ground white bolted meal, sacked . 1.15
No. 2 Mixed Corn, sacked, per busncl .54
No. 2 White Corn, sacked, per bushel .43
No. 2 White Clipped Oats, sacked, per busliel.44
Dunlop's Superlative Flour, per bbl. 3.85
Dunlop'b Superlative Flour, 1-lGth Sacks .. 3.85
Choice White Mich Potatoes, per sack. 1.40
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COAL AND WOOD
-Sold by th?
Newport News Distilled Ice Co.
Is guaranteed to glvo entire satisfaction; all coal kept under sheds,
and is always screened.
FRED. W. 8ANFORD, General Manager.
Thirty-fifth Street and C. & O. Railway.
Bell Phone 98. Citizens Phone, 308.
9 DENTISTRY
Union Dental Co.
TwentHlxth Street
and Vtashlngton Avenue,
Offer special prices until Jan?
uary 1, 1907.
Gold Crowns . 94.00
Gold Fillings. $1.00 up.
Sets of tooth without plates,
$6.00. Nothing in roof of
mouth to interfero with tongue
or taste, and will not d rop while
eating, laughing or talking.
I Don't Worry
I Everybody, these days thinks
Lots about Christmas Gifts. YoU
Easily cdn out this worry. A tip
' Comes in handy right now. Stop
I Thinking about it,, and I wilL
i Readily remove your doubts. I
j In-'lte. you to visit my BtorE
I Como here' and buy your gifts.
For Christmas.
! T. G. COBURN,
ELECTRICAL CONTRUCTIOM
AND SUPPLIES.
Both 'Phones 148?Residence Bell
148-Y; Citizens 418.
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