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Will boon be He^c
We invite our patrons to call at the Store
now?today, and do what purchasing' \h it can be
done, and avoid the great rush which will be on
u.s. Buy your "Ribbons and Silks for Fancy Work.
Buy the present now that you expect to make. Do
not delay for the last moment.
500 dozen Ladies' and Gents' Handkerchiefs
100 pairs Blankets of the best values 50 cents
pairtoS-L
Ladies' Jackets, Black Kersey $4.OS
Ladies' Jackets, Black Kersey, silk lining' $0.
Germantown Yarns and Zephrys.
Slippers and Wool Soles. jLeggins of all
kinds. Gome Quick
10 Quecd i?treet, Hampton.Va
3- Brown Sc Co!
Dealers In Land. ]
Office .nd Residence Opposite Poplar
Avenue, Phoebus, Virginia.
NOTARY WITH SEAL.
Leek Box 225 Hampton. Va. \
On the Back River Road to the Right
250 feet from the C. & O. Railroad
trucks, signs 11 around it, we have
iOt) Lots or more graded, laid out in
streets. 300 trees planted; look at it.
We call it
"HttinicfceS*"
If you want an honest bargain In
lots, to speculate, or build, see Mr.
Heinickel. the Baker of Phoebus, or
come to me. Either of us will put you
on the ground lloor. as to prices.
There can b-' no "handicaps" or "back
cups" about this. We ?<??!? ->11 the first
" :w lots at cost, and give you your own
terms. This property is owned by A.
Heinickel and the undersigned.
Q
Brown <SCo.,
PHONE 4S3 PHOEBUS. VA.
lock BOX 225
H A rvl PTO , V 3 =? Gl M IA
Geo. IVt. Peck.
(Mem. A. S. M. E.)
Mififeanical and Civil Enuineer
Installation and tests .if gas and steam
engines, boilers and electrical machin?
ery. Surveys, maps, plats, estimates on
excavations and grading.
?Phone,423. HAMPTON. VA.
] top tern Horns
\ It is not necessary
I this Chritftmfsr l have
I .been to New York.
I Philadelphia aiidBa!
| i im ore and selected a
H line of novelties that
r is !? urn to pit a-e both
voiirlancy and pocket
I l>o( k. 1 have nothing
ijbtit the best, goods, }.
and the prices are^s
^ rijiht. ?
f| \Viitch tlrs ppacep
?3 sind J will ke' p ybii^
posted as 10 the varie-H
^ ty I have. Better siili|
to call sit u\\ f-tore,g
where 1 shall be pleas-]
g (d i o f-how } on raj
ft stock, Some iaiebai-1
% ti'ailis.
. G. Bu g(
Warwick Phf rmacy*
Wanted -Boarders
by mrs. m. e. doswell,
Ho. 105 27til Sire t.
First class table and pleasant rooms
Terms r?nsinnb!e ll-25tf.
I EAT AT
RBA -r.t. Y ?
. . PF5T*UR*.W'< .
m'.jiIs at all hours Firsi-oinss D'o
ner.JOc., from 11:30 to 2 F. M. Break?
fast from 5:30 to 8:30, 25o. Suppei
fast from 5:30 to 8:30, 25c. Supper f:ou
I) to "?:?,{) P. M. The best the market a
ford.- in every respect. Game in season
- Suppers furnished to parties on short
DINING-ROOM UPSTAIRS.
George Lohse,-Manager.
~ pensions"
Bounties. Arrears of Pay, Patents
Land Warrants, Duplicate Discharges'
Ac, &e.
SPANISH WAR CLAIMS SETTLED
?-JOSEPH THELON. Attorney,
(late of Washington. D. C.)
Address National Soldiers' Home Va.
P. O. Box 255.
H-13-tf.
WANTED ? A SITUATION TO A8
sist In housekeeping or au mother's
assistant. Address B. P. O., Bor 62.
Hampton, Va. dec2-3t*
Are ih.e facts that we present]
to you
fi $3,9
A nice heavy
wei ht n\rr coat I
with velvet cil?
iar and Italian
cloth lining.
A better one in
blue Kersey ; all J
wool and velvet'
collar.
;FQR $7,50
Men's black and
blue over coats.
Wonders tor
the price when
you see the style
and the goods.
9,
And upwards.
Newest ell'ects
in light shades,
also black aud
blue imported
Kerseys. These
are t be choicest
production of
the factories.
1 Ulster w eat,l^r,."_
), Ulster^ - fr m $4
i^^l2. Fine pro?
tection for months to come
at little prices. Every man
or boy whose business calls
him out of doors should have
one of these coa<s. I
of Men's and
Boy '- Suits is j
complete i n
everv detai'. A glance
through it will convince 'he
purchaser of a sa\ing oi" '25
per cent.
30 W. Queen St ,
Hampton. Va
LOOK Kol! I{ K f) KKOVf
GENERAL AUCTIONEER
SALE ROOM
3107 WASHINGTON AVENUE
Consignments of every dlscription so
jllcited. Liberal advances made on
I same. Special attention given to trus?
tee and court sales.
for Spie Glind;)
We have 300 acres of land right at i
Morrison depot, Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway, with brick yard and railway
siding on the property?for sale at a
bargain.
j Also 1S6 acres of woodland with nice
j dwelling on it at Windsor Station.
I Price, $1.000: one-half cash.
Many other great bargains in proper
I ty around Hampton. Call at once tu se^
I us.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
King Street, HAMPTON, VA.
j Milk from healthy cows. Stables as
I clean as a house and alwys open to in
I spectlon.
J. E. LflN.GSLOW,
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.
>t >sk x>li ?.r'i Meeting.
HOTICE?The annual meeting of the
'.stockholder? of the Newport News
i Supply Company wl'l be Iteld at the
office of the company on Tuesday, Dec
I ember 6, 1893 at % P. M.
I T. H. GORDON,
I oc-2a-1rr,j President.
Market Quotations From the
Leading1 Business Centers.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.?Money on call,
steady at 2 1-2 per cent.; prime mercan?
tile paper. 3 1 -?l?T4 per cent.: sterling: ex?
change, steady, with actual business in
bankers- bills at $4.S41-2@4.S4 3-4, for
demand, and at $4.SI 1-2W4.S1 3-4 for six?
ty days: posted rates. 4.S2<ff4.S2 1-2 and
$4.Sal-2: commercial bills. $4.SO 1-2: sil?
ver certificates. 60 1-2@61 1-2: bar silver. 1
quiet. 59 5-S; Mexican dollars. 4? 3-8:
government bonds, firm: state bonds,
steady: railroad bonds, quiet.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
.?KAV YORK. Dec. 3.?There was no
change in the character of the market
today from which has prevailed for sev?
eral days past. .Activity was for the
most part confined to the specialties and
the Krifitic range in the price of many
leading railroad stocks did not exc
1-S to 1-4. London was a seller of Amer?
icans again. The grangers were
markably dull and sluggish, inatpib
St. Paul statement for the fourth w
in November, showing a level of earn?
ings, notwithstanding the bad weather
prevailing. Theft- was a slight pres?
sure of realizing sales in Northen, Union
and Centra! Pacific, but in the case of
the latter there was a subsequent re?
bound of 1 r>-S. Sugar dropped a sharp
fraction at tin- opening on rumors of
further reduction in the price of the
product. Pacific Mail was also a strong
feature and moved up to 40 3-S on the
good business outlook for the company.
Theie was a resumption of the upward
movement in Federal Steel preferred
and apparently sympathetic advances
in Tennessee Coal and Iron and Colora?
do Fuel. The decrease in surplus re?
serve shown by the bank statement was
due to increased requirements on ac?
count of the deposit increase.
The "total sales of stocks today were"
lfll.Tno shares. The leading stocks clos?
ed as follows:
A e SO.. 1"
l'a?.?nore & Ohio . -'Si
CaiiHdti e.-te.li.i. W>*
Canada Southern. ... R4
Chesapeake & Ohio. 23
I Chicago .v. Alton .. .
I Chicago, Burling! o'- & t>tii
P.. C. V. & >'t . !.
?j? '<"'''.':'',
Delaware x hm'.son .
"Delaware, L.*e.k. fc VV . . . .
I Brie (newt.
Korl. Way in-.
Hr?at Northern pre;'.'....
Illinois Co: tr.-0 ..
Lake Shore .
LonisvilH- i: Nanlii'i'.bf.. . .
11W
41
!!t)
'44;
?n-4
74,:
137*
Ilia
lb-.
i)3i
Mich
M-ss.
Mo'.i
ral.
14.s
40;
i'it:
itea
k Island. .
;'Jani.
Jo Inerd,
t-bern rac
thern ?Kiii
Ihitoa i'acilic p
Adams i'.> lue.-s. . .
Atnericau Express
United Stale;- iixp
Wells Faruu ?A| ;c
A tuericiiu Tv-lu-.ceu
do prefM ...
I i'^oi-uy ?4rs .....
tj'onsoiidf-^iUi f.T...
? a I K
li;8i
114
Hi2f
n ?
?11 4
15i
55
lib
i'-.?illtl.U! faioe
Silver 1 'ort.iliean
-ttiriir .
109
'?'3
?S4J
40i
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n Ui!h n ...
. N i.-ri: w-'si
pref'tl ....
14
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO Dec. 3.?Extreme dullness
jf trade again militated against wheat
today and the week's clearances were
the largest on record, closing prices
j showing 1-4 cent decline from yesterday,
on .-hows no change. Oats declined
1-S?. 1-4. Provisions closed 2 l-2(hv7 1-2
lower. The leading futures ranged as
I follows:
WHl'-AT
De<
May
' <>K> ?
Dec
May
OATiS
Dec
.Jan
1 iA 1< 1
i !*-c
Jan
Hi BS
J an
De
Cnsl. <|l!
flou: i-as.>
t,2toJ 5.
cor;,. Z'ii
(Ipen
UG
ii igh i ow Close
334
4 H ?
b.l?
4 Hi
4 t',74
4 471
4.70
4 ,S".
r,.Vi
4.1'JJ
4.Oi
2b j
sr.i
?i ii.
i-.ift
1.47 4
.; c>;>
re as follows.
iO. spring wheat.
2 t eil >>??'. ?10; No 2,
o 2 oats. 28i No
i wit.-. : 0j N. . 3 v. |;i e, '9J
t?)U0; rye, iy..i. Au.2 barley, 4
(?i.VJ; Nu 1 \ seed, 10 prime
UlUOiti-. seil, 's '. 0. litM- pilk la-i
I) i rrei 7 ' 0 ?' 7 li'i; lai n, per 100 pot:in:.-.
?l.Vxj 5 17... short ril.h si.I. s, loose,
1 UtC'.-l.'.O dry salted -I ul.ifers,
bo >?;', 4Je- ^: short rlrcr 'ides,
bo-; d, 4^5 :4.!)3; No. 2 yellow corn,
41.' i
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BAJ^MORE, Dec. 3.?Flour?Quiet;
\vffeS'i?Steady; spot ai d month, 711-2
@71 3-4; January, 72@r-.21-4: May, 711-2 |
bid; Southern wheat, by sample. 87<fr
72 1-4.
Corn?Firm; spot and month, 3S 7-Stfi j
Sil; December, new or old. 38 l-2<?j>r.S 3-?;
January, :;S l-4(g)38 1-2; February, 3S1-4; ;
Southern white, 36fti39.
i hits?Dull and easy: No. 2, white,
33 1-2. j
Kyi?Firm: No. 2, nearby, 5G1-2; No. i
2, Western, f.S 1-2.
Sugar- Strong; unchanged.
Butter?Steady; unchanged.
Eggs?Steady; unchangi d.
Cheese?Steady: unchanged.
Lettuce?$1.2?tK'l.fit) per bushel box.
Whiskey?Uni hanged.
BANK STATiClIlCNTf
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.?The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Surplus reserve, decrease,
$1,259,625; loans, increase. SG.327,600; spe?
cie, decrease, $19,200; legal tenners, in?
crease, $453,700: deposits, increase. $?>,
786,500; circulation, increase, $108,300.
The banks now hold $!7,0!I7,9M> In ex?
cess of the requirements of the 25 per
cent. fWe.
COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.?Cotton futures
opened steady at the decline. Decem?
ber, 5.3fi; January, 5.35; February, 5.39:
March. 5.41; April, 5.45; May, 5.50; June,
5.53; July, 5.56; August 5.60; September,
5.59; October. 5.62.
SpoT ciosed ?f?ll. Middling uplands.
5 5-8; do. gulf, 5 7-8. Sales, 37S bales.
HAMPTON NEWS
Hampton 15 w rents of ?fjc I9aiig ^Jress,
Phoebus Bunk Building, Kin^ Street. Telephone No. is.
All news letters for publication .n this department should be addressed to
Dally Press Bureau. Hampton. . _
The Dally Press will be found for b ale every morales at the following
places:
Hampton?Bhlf Id's book store. Quean street, and at the office ethe paper
on King street.
Old Point- Baulcb's stationery and b ook store. Hygeln dotel, Chamberlln
Hotel.
TO H?N?R THE DEAD
Annual Memorial Service of
the E!k Order Friday.
CLEVELAND AT OLD PO;NT
The Kx-I'reM't. nt am! Y?4cliMnff P.rty 'n
the Rtmrla. .1 It.t knhli- Ch?i' of
I'rt'Ncrvatlou. Two Fu erat?.
O Ii?t lUmi r .
Hamilton Lodge. No. 3CC Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, will hold
its annual LorJe of Sorrow or service In
commemoration of the deceased mem?
ber of the order. This is the second
memorial service of this lodge', which is
less than two years old. having been
organized on March 17th. 181)7, with a
membership of thirty-one members. It
now has eighty-one members and in
personnel ranks with any lodge of the
order anywhere. Mr. Thomas L. Scla
ter is the present Exalted Ruler and
will preside over the exercises at Arm?
ory Hall at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The hall has been appropriately deco?
rated for the occasion. The officers will
occupy their stations in four quarters
of the room, while the members will be
grouped on an ascending tier of seats
at. the rear of the rostrum. The win?
dows on each side are draped with black
curtains, the background, seats and
sides of the rostrum are garbed in the
same sombre hue of sorrow, the rear
being relieved by festoons of the na?
tional colors. To, right and left of the
stage the starry banner is again in evi?
dence. Immediately above the stage in
grouped incandescent lights the united
letters of the order "I:. P. < >. E." stand
out in glowing brilliancy. Royal palms,
oleanders, em blossoms .and the usual
stage furniture complete the furnish?
ings of the rostrum.
The program of exercises is as fol?
lows:
1 Music by Orchestra (selected).
2. Lodge ceremonies.
3. Opening Ode?The Lodge.
4. Ode ?(Selected).
5. Prayer?Rev. C. B. Bryan.
C. Male Quartette?"Nearer. My God,
to Thee." (Taylor.) Messrs. R. R.
Richardson, Preston Richardson,
esse Cunningham and G. M. Rich?
ter, Jr.
7. Music?Orchestra (Selected).
S. Address?Rev. J. T. Whitley.
9. Soprano Solo?"Ora pro nobis"
(Piccolominl), Mrs. W. E. Owens.
10. Contralto Solo and Quartette?"The
Lord Is My Shepherd" (Steele). Miss
Ava Cunningham, Mrs. W. E. Ow?
ens. Messrs. R. R. Richardson and
William Grimshaw.
11. Eulogy?Brother Francis F. Causey.
12. Music?Orchestra (Selected). i
13. Tenor Solo?"The Home Land." My*
R. TC Richardson. j-^
14. Music?Orchestra (Selected).
15. Closing Exercises.
?\c>. Benediction.
The Chamberlin Hotel Orchestra will
furnish the instrumental music.
John B. Cowles is the only member
of the local lodge who has died during
the year.
CLEVELAND AT THE POINT.
The Ex-President and His Party Now
Aboard the Yacht Oneida.
Mr. E. C. Benedict's elegant steam
yacht Oneida, having aboard, besides its
owner, his distinguished guests, ex
President Grover Cleveland and Cap?
tain Robley D. Evans. I". S. N., arrived
at Old Point early Saturday morning
and anchored off the ( lid Point dock n it
far from the battleship Texas. The
distinguished party have been on a
shooting cruise in the ex-President's
favorite ducking waters near George?
town. S. They probably put into port
for the double purpose of avoiding the
rough seas now running and of allowing
Captain Evans to visit his home at Old
Point. Mr. Cleveland and another gen?
tleman of the party came ashore in the
Onoida's launch for a short time yes?
terday, but denied themselves to vis?
itors.
The Oneida Is a trim and beautiful
little t raft of rhe schooner-yacht ,,r aux?
iliary schooner pattern and is painted
white. The parly remained aboard her.
THE FLAGSHIP TEXAS."
The Former Hoodoo of the Navy Now
Floats the Commodore's Pennant.
The United States armored cruiser
New York Captain Chadwick com?
manding, weighed anchor at Old Point
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock and
sailed for Havana, having previously
taken on a largo supply of fuel for the
voyage. The New York goes to Ha?
vana to take aboard Admiral Sampson
and the other members of the Cuban
Commission, after which she will again
become the llugship of the Admiral's
licet.
Before the New York sailed. Com?
modore Philip transferred his flag from
the cruiser to the battleship Texas, the
vessel which he commanded during the
Spanish-American war. The Texas, is
now, therefore, the flagship of the North
Atlantic Squadron. She now Iks at an?
chor off Old Point wharf with Captain
Sigsbee and Commodore Philip aboard.
The Texas bears several sears of
battle suffered in the engagement off
Santiago, in which she shared the
j glory with the Brooklyn, Ore.gon and
Iowa. Once the "Jonah" of the navy,
and the subjiet of the sneers of the
j press all over the country, the staunch
I battleship, by her record during the
war. has silenced every tongue and
stilled every critical pen. She has
proved her seaworthiness, speed and
fighting efficiency, and seems to have
fully outlived the streak of ill luck that
once followed her.
She is a second-class battleship, sister
ship of the ill-fated Maine, though
different from her in many respects,
and is now commanded by the Maine's
old commander. Her armament con?
sists of two 12-inch rides, six C-inch.
twelve 6-pounders, and rapid-lire ma?
chine guns. The crow consists now of
413 men, an increase of about fifty
over her war-time complement. She
has just been cleaned, scraped and
thoroughly overhauled.
Among her crew Is G. E. Howard, a
I colored man from Richmond, fireman of
I the steam launch. Howard described
to a representative of this paper, the
much-talked of incident that followed
I the destruction of the Spanish fleet.
'When Captain Philip called all hands
i to the quarter deck, no one knaw whnt
I was coming, and when he requested the
men to bare their heads in acknow?
ledgement of the Divine mercy that had
spared their lives, the order was in?
stantly obeyed by all. except a few who
did not have intelligence enough to un?
derstand the Captain's language.
The Texas will now await the arrival
of the Brooklyn an., other vessels of
the squadron, unless she receives other
orders in the meanwhile.
THROUGH TRAVEL RESUMED. j
Cars Now Run From Newport News to
Old Point Without Transfer. |
For the first time In three weeks, last
Sunday excepted, the ears or the New?
port News. Hampton & Old Point Rail?
way and Electric Company, on Friday
a; noon ran through from the Newport
News terminus to the eastern terminus,
at Old Point, without interruption or i
transfer. For the length of time staled, |
through traffic on the line has been pro- |
vented by reason of the sewer digging
on Twenty-seventh street, near Roa
noke and Warwick avenues.
Whether the resumption of through
travel is a consequence of the anounce
ment of the suit by the railway com?
pany against the sewer contractors and
the city of Newport News, or a mere co?
incidence, is immaterial to the public,
who arc rejoiced at the cessation of the
inconvenience an interruption duo to
the break, and the restoration of a
better time schedule. During the in?
terruption of tratllc, the time schedule
was irregular, there were long waits at
switches, and the car men themselves
did not and could not know just when !
their ears would run through or be I
turned back at the power house, owing
to the non-arrival or delayed arrival of
connecting cars.
Happily, all this is past, and the ears
are now fast resuming their excellent,
old-time schedule.
A REMARK ARLE CASE.
The Strange Preservation of a Corpse
After a Week's Interment.
The body of Joseph Reed, a veteran
soldier, who died at the National Sol?
diers' Home, was shipped yester-'jiy to
Pittsburg, Pa., for interment ihorKVPhe
deceased died on Friday, NovembeY- 2!i,
suddenly of heart failure or apoplexy.
His son. Harry A. Reed came down
from Plttsburg to secure the remains,
which wi re buried on Saturday. No?
vember I2?. in the National Cemetery.
Naturally, the son wished to take a
last look tit the face of his rather, and
so when the body bad been exhumed
the collin was opened. Mr. Charles C.
Oakey, funeral director with J. W.
Brown, conducted the dlsinterment, and
the body having been buried a week In
a.plain coffin, be naturally expected
that mortification had set in. and that
his task would be by no means a
pleasant one. To his entire surprise,
the corpse was found to be in a remark?
able state of preservation, decomposi?
tion not having begun and the cadaver
being to all appearances that of a man
who has just died. Mr. Oakey states
that in llfteen years' experience, he has
never known of a similar ease. The
body was not embalmed and was en?
closed In a plain, pine coffin, yet, after
a week's interment in moderate weath?
er, there was no odor and no sign of
decomposition. He does not undertake
to account for the phenomenon. The
physician's certificate of death gave
I heart failure us the cause.
4 FUNERALS.
l\ The funeral services over the remains
t!\f the 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. En
dnlelhurt, wheedled at the fiUally resU
pica^rawH i aTfrw rag.?.
dence on Curry street, took place from
the bereaved home Friday afternoon.
Rev. L. I. MeDougle. pastor of the
Chesapeake M. E. church, officiated.
The deceased was a sweet and beautiful
child. The interment was in Oakland
Cemetery.
The funeral of John W. Elliott, of
Fox Hill, was held at tha' place Fri?
day afternoon. The deceased was a
youth just approaching manhood, being
not quite 17 years old, and was greatly
esteemed in the community. The body
was buried in the village cemetery.
BRIEF LOCALS.
First Sunday in December.
Rain again, for a change.
Queen street is now in excellent con?
dition for canoes.
The Hamilton dock of the Old Domin?
ion Steamship Company has been thor?
oughly renewed and repaired.
Annie Benedict, a Phoebus colored
woman, accompanied by a baby, was
committed to jail yesterday in default
of a J20 fine. Imposed by Justice L. P.
Furness, before whom she was arraign?
ed on charges of disturbing the peace
ami using abusive language?a costly
but effective bridle for a foul tongue.
Mrs. O. M. Carey is seriously ill at her
home in this city.
A substantial breakwater Is being
built at King's Point, the properly at
the eastern terminus of Melrose avenue,
by Lake & Rowe. owners of the prop?
erty.
John Harris (colored), master of the
schooner Fannie and Ada. whose ves?
sel ran into the Hamilton dock about a
month ago and damaged it to the
amount of SC.fiO. was nrersted yesterday
by the harbor master and taken before
a Justice, who compelled him to pay the
amount of the damages.
Two old and obsolete patterns of fort
guns were placed aboard cars at Old
Point, yesterday, for shipment to a na?
tional park as curios.
The tall stack on the new garbage
- crematory on the Old Point shore of
Mill Creek, has now been completed.
The crematory will soon be ready for
u se.
The official meeting of the First
Methodist church will be held Monday
night. This will be the first meeting
of the new conference year and will
be an important one.
Services at all the churches as usual
today. Communion service at the Epls
eopal and Methodist church.
Dr. Charles Edwin Bishop, of William
and Mary College who is to address the
V. M. C. A. meeting at 4-.:i0 this after?
noon, arrived in Hamilton yesterday
and is the guest of Mr. W. ,1. A. CtllU
ming.
Solid Omforr
Is enjoyed when your home Is heated
by one of our stoves. They don't need
constant attention, as the use of coal
in them Is more economical than In any
other stove manufactured, and the
bright, cheerful fire that glows from
one is pleasant and cheery. We are
selling them at low prices.
R or'er & Briltingham.
216 28th Street.
THE CHILD WIT. Vj
ZiHtte Nettie accompanied her ps
ents on ti trip across the lake recently,
and after being out a short distance she j
began to get seasick. "How do you i
fed. Nettie'.'" asked mamma. "Oh."
was tlie reply. "1 just feel like I wanted
to unswaJlow my breakfast."
"No. thank you. 1 don't-care for any," I
said little Marie, as her papa passed the |
cake. "Why. dear." said he. "I thought |
you were fond of cake?" "So I urn."she j
r< plied, "but I heard tuainina say it |
wasn't quite perfect, and when she says !
that it must be something awful."
"Now. Tommy." said the teacher, J
"can von tell me what 11 propaganda i
is?" The little fellow looked at the
ceiling and wrinkled his brow as he
bravely wiostled with the problem, and !
finally replied: "I don't know for sure, i
but 1 think it must be a proper goose's j
brother."
"Oh. look what a pretty lit t Ic moon!"
exclaimed four-year old Edith to her
little brother, us she looked front her
grandma's window at the small crescent
in the western sky. "Pshaw!" replied
the unnppreciative brother. "I don't
think it's half as pretty as the big round
moon we had at home two weeks ago."
Johnny, aged live, had a habit of
using in his conversation every big
word he happened to hear, regardless
of its meaning. One morning be and
his older brother were trying to wash
from the same basin, to Johnny's det?
riment, und be ran into the kitehen, ex?
claiming: "Mamma, Charley's inetrop
olizing the whole luudatc.rj :"?Chi?
cago Daily News.
FLASHES OF THOUGHT.
Virtuous men alone possess friends.?
Voltaire.
Delay in vengeance gives a heavier
blow.?John ford.
To be proud of learning is ti c great?
est ignorance.?Colton.
The knowledge of thyself will pre?
serve thee front vanity.?Cervantes.
There is small revenge in words, but
words may be greatly revenged.?
Franklin.
Friendship is a plant that loves the
sun and thrives ill under clouds.?
Aleott.
Whatever makes men good Christians
makes them good citizens.? Daniel
Webster.
Who hath not known ill fortune,
never knew himself or liisowu virtue.?
Mallet,
A wise man neither suiters himself
to lie governed or attempts to govern
others.- l.a I.ruycrc.
Mankind in the gross is a gaping mon?
ster that loves to la; deceived, and has
seldom been disappointed.?Mackenzie.
Von cannot g'ue an instance of a
man, who is permitted to lay out his
own time, contriving not to have tedi?
ous hours.?Johnson.
Were we as eloquent as angels, yet
should we please some men, sonic w om?
en and s-epjfi. children much more by
listening tiere wei<ulking.?Colton.
Try to be iv^^^this very l'rt'hCnl
moment and piKy. TofT being so to a
time to come, as tnough that lime
should be of another make from this,
which is already come, and is ours.?
-Jivibrr---.-srtsy T&iegraph.) *
1-t irrn-r-.-'
PRODUCTS OF THE SOUTH.
It is only recently that any attention
has been paid to the rice crop of Ti xns,
but it is demanding notice. An acre of
rice returns about S3U a crop.
Capitalists are trying to get Florida
farmers to go into cassava raising.
Starch will be manufactured from it.
Three tons to an acre at $20 a ton is the
golden promise licit! out.
From Southern Pines, N. C. during
flu- past season there were shipped by
express 2.548 crates of blackberries. 12.
203 crates of peaches and 7,503 crates of
grapes.
The pineapple crop in one district
alone of Florida is estimated at $30.000
before January 1. Owners of pineries
realize as much from the sale of suck?
ers as from the fruit. Fach pineapple
plant produces from five to six of these
a year, anil, separated from the parent
plant and planted, they grow into new.
strong plants. They sell for ten cents
apiece.
SHOOTING STARS.
Stars are light but not very airy
things.
j The dog star may be said to be a pret?
ty Sirius affair.
Why are not the pointers in the Dipper
known us dog stars'?
There is but one star that adds to the
beauty of the sky at the same time it,
Mti rs it.
The "music of the spheres" grinds on
day after day and still no one lias been
heard to complain, possibly because no
Wagnerian stars have yet been known
to execute it.
Our Hibernian friend recently re?
marked that we didn't need tb: light of
the moon or stars in the day time while
we have the sunshine, but that isstirely
all moonshine.
SENTENTIOUS SAYINGS.
A swell catch?the mumps.
Pride is the prop of weakness.
Wishes are captive balloons of
thought.
Modesty is the court livery of the
world's royalty.
Fame is the magic urn in which re?
pose the ashes of undying deeds.
Experience is the tack which takes
the wind out of the self-inflated ' tire."
An ounce of patience is worth more
than all other home remedies combined.
Dissipation and debt are steps by
which man descends to the abode of
trail t.
A "soft snap" is the preface to a hard
luck story.?Cincinnati Commercial
tribune.
Jftm Jackson?1 s'posc yo' knows 1's
goin' wif de Johnson gal now?
Sam Shindigg?No, 1 didn't; but I
Bitspected it. I heard she shook Abe
Absalom fo' nullin' at all.?Judge.
One or the Other.
"Miss Illobbs is eithei very intellec?
tual or else she hasn't a grain of sense."
"Why?"
"She didn't say anything about my
having on a new hnt."?Chicago Record
A Uok'i I.ire.
"I understand that Mrs. Smith leads
her husband a dog's life."
"Yes, poor fellow. She pets him from
?naming till nighrt."?iN. Y. Truth.
Dal
am. r-armiy Liquor Storp
1?,.^ 1 H f . LI -.vi E I ) I N 1?88.
lo the place l<>r you to boy voccr
*V:ue?aiit! ? u-i'-tv lor (?ooktujr'-nd
M...P. purpose".
TIigsg are tiie Rules of tue
Galt; and Saiuun Insider .
3> ? iS o Loud Talking
~ (k Staging, discuss
<x i inu oi l'olities, JSa
1:0 I UunaiiiN ur tteli
o gl on. AU whe?
el- ? cannot coni'il} with
i' j Ihese rules are re
00 ! quer-Lfeii tu opeud
^ j their 1 inte und tuou|
o j elguw Lero.
All orders by mall
attention.
receive prompt
Nc 2;tl2 WASHINGTON AVENUES.
P. O. Box 10, NEWPORT NliWS, VA.
VI EkCIIAMl, A MINERS TRANS?
IT! PORTATION CO.'S STEAMSHIP
LINKS Edit Il?S'IVN. PROVIDENC8.
ind BALTIMORE. '
Leave Newport News, via Norfolk tat
Boston every Monday,Wednesday aa4
Friday. Leaves tor Providence every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, sail?
ing Cr. Norfolk at II P. M.
Leave Newport New? for Baltimore
daily. Tuesdays excepted, at 5 P. M.,
Washington, Philadel
lihiu
St.
d N.
teV s.i
1 k.
Oct. 14. 23. Nov. I, 11,
-S dues not carry pas*
20, 30, Dec.
songers.
Fare to Baltimore, one way, $3; round
trip; Ji. including stateroom tierth. Ac?
commodations and cuisine un?
equalled. Freight and posaeaKac*
taken for all points north ami sostb.
"or further information apply to
L. O. SAUNDICRS. Agent,
Newport News. V?.
W. P. TURNER, q. P. A.
J. C. WHITNEY, T. M.
General office. Baltimore. Md.
?' HE NORFOLK & WASHINOh
i TON STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
Tlr: New and Powerful Iron Paloes
steamers Newport News, Waahingtoa
uid Norfolk vill leave dolly as fol
. - ws:
NORTH BOUND,
-leameia leave Portsmouth, foot
of North street at . 0:00 p. -
:-eave Norfolk, foot of Mulhews
street at . 1:45 p. m.
I iiitu e Old Point at . S:45 p. m.
Arrive Washington at . 7:0u a. DO.
B. & O. R. R. PENN., R. R.
Lv. Wushiugton a' . . 5:00 a m..?:Siia b
Ar. Philadelphia at.11:00 a m.10:50? m
Ar. New York at.. .. 1:25 p in..'.!: 16 p m
South bound, U. ? O. R. R. Penn. R. R.
Lv. New York at-ll:3v. a m. .1:00 p m
Lv. Philadelphia at. 1:33 p m. .3:18 p m
Ar. in Washington .. 4:30 p in..6:18 p m
steamers leave Washington at 6:30 pm
Arrive Fortress Monroe at.... 7:00am
\rrive Norfolk a>.8:00 am
*rrtve at Portsmouth at . 8:30 o in
The trip down the historic Potomac
r.'ver and Chesapeake Bay on the elft
sant steamers of this company Is un?
surpassed. The steamers are compar?
atively new, having been bullt In 1891?.
and are_fjtted up In the most Immr"
. .. 1 tte' XQ.l_fl? j>"??Stf
bell, and steam fieat In each room,
'The tables tire supplied with every do
l.'cacy uf the season from the market
of Washington and Norfolk.
For further Information apply to
D. 3. CALLAHAN, Agent.
VorfolV v?
y HE STEAMER S. A. M'CAJLL
I will leave Newport News wit*
both freigh' and passengers for Peters?
burg ?very Monday. Wednesday and
Friday about 7.15 A. M.. and will !es,vs
Newport News for Norfolk every Tues?
day snd Saturday about S:St
M
-ill
pave Norfolk every Monday,
to *t"! Friday *t (! 00 A. M.
Nectar for the Gocis^
N.-v. r refreshed and atrengthed
like ..tir pur.- Bourbon Whiskey. For
an aid to digestion, preventive of colds,
eure for chills and specific for grip it is
irl vailed.
R. J. MACKEZY'
?Hinan Mliii^ 60
Gliarlfoi.011, W. Va,
Maniil'aeturers of and WholeJate-Baal-'
ers in ,?
Hi|ti Grade F our and Mea
Ail Kinds c! lud ;ae Hay
full Hollar Mills
F. V. FLO UK OUR I jS. 'ER.
Dr.;!\ eaj ? ilv 200 barrel* 89 in and
[lav ij. liv.! to all points a specialty.
Bo rjir;--Waniau
Y FRANCIS M. FLL1SON
H?? !! 1 f?irtu first MxrH
Aise furnl: tied loo ns for rent, with
or witnoi.t t m j. e ?
I vuomin<5
And why prepare for it by hav
I ing your vfititvr suit dy*?r^rWr8??J^|
'both for that matter, as prices are.so
low you can well alTord to have It dona
I make old clothes look like new ones.
Try me and be convinced. You'!! b*
glad of it.
VV. rR/HDSERQ
PHONE 219.
231 27th street^
Wilnib'k'a Id ? ta nd. -i'-?
