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"■UP-TOWN OFFICE, BROAD-STREET PHARMACY. 519 EAST BROAD STREET/ MANCHESTER OFFICE. 1203 ■ HULL. STREET. TUESDAT.......JA^UABT 30, 1900. GREAT imiTAIVS DARK DAYS. \ Darker days are now upon the British people than any they have experienced since the Indian mutiny. Indeed, taken in aIL of its aspects, the present crisis is more critical than that of 3537-'SS. Had Great Britain failed to assert her do .minion in India she would have lost tre . mendously in prestige and power, but the loss along these lines , would .have been nothing like so far-reaching as would be that entailed by failure to carry out the •work she has set her hand to in South ■Africa.. The; worst that could have oc curred in her struggle with the Sepoys could not have involved anything like the m£v.V^tu.i£:-2r., position among the na tions of the earth that would result from a. final triumph of the Boor?. .London is paid to be under a pall, and .we; can wc-H imagine that the picture is not overdrawn. With rare and unimpor tant excejitions, unmerciful* disaster- has ) followed British arms ever since the first - shot of the war was fired. Firsr, Xichol son's Neck, then Stromberg-, thenMagers fontein; then Colenso, and now a.crown inp catastrophe and humiliation. • ■;.- After having issued an order which, though it suggested some of the "bom bastic dispatches of Headquarters-in-the '.' Saddle-Pone, ; - had"- the- effect of thrilling the British poople with confidence, and .raising their hopes to the highest pitch, XJuller has been compelled to acknowl edge that his grand turning movement was impracticable. Worse * still. "-in Ihe 'testing of it many valuable lives were 3 uselessly sacrificed, and a part, if not'all, of the column engaged in the movement ■'. lias been forced to retreat across the Tu gela river. : At: the best the situation, in its every •phase, is Infinitely worse than when the operation was started. Another • Jong "list"' of killed and wounded has been ■added to that rolled up in Buller*s frontal attack,- the Boers are left, freer to rein-; ■iioice their contingent that is investing liiadysmith, and the chances that the Xg-allant garrison of'that place will be 'captured or compelled to capitulate have, fit: would seem, been vastly increased. In Kiact.v it appears to be feared- in Usonie quarters that before Bulfef can organize anoiher forward movement— if, in truth, it is practicable for him-to organixe.such :a" rnovejnent at all. until lie has been very heavily reinforced— Ladysmith . will ':-. have fallen. V: v And should it come to that—particular ly: should it come to-it*through'-surren- ■- <]er— the effect would be much more se fr'rl6us than any reverse in battle the i.l3riiish have so far suffered. The olli ► cial' news of every British defeat has ■■'bL'ftii"" accompanied with the assurance |thaV the troops sustained the best tradi ations of the British army." and whilp. we . liavfi had some stories, of the unauthor flzed raising of white flags in commands, on tiie whole the assurance seems borne : ! out. But if this, is true of British at tacking columns, how much more is to be expected of British soldiers* who are on -tlio defensive, particularly in view of the f ncenes'in- besieged cities and towns over -Twhich "the British flag has blown" in '■years' past.,. The capitulation of- I^hdy- with a garrison approximating ffcOOO men, would certainly not sustain the best traditions of the British army,. would s discredit -the nation throughout Europe,: and would accentuate. immensely the dan f&ZrX"_ot"'■-. uprisings . all- through - Great Sliritaih'B South- African possensions. 1 However, critical as is Uie crisis lor ; ; Or<yU Ihitain, we cannot but believe that ■ it will be' overpassed in r . safely. Dark as vss'~lbo outlook, we ""cannot 1 - but believe ': that there is full Uglit ahead. And: for: : the • reason; as. we hayti ropea tcdly stated, |ihat th« British can nor afford \vov to. win Tout, no matter what the drr.in'.jyn tlio'm-ih: l>!ood and treasure. . The reverses which: ■■i.they. ; have mot , t ho ' ssift-rs 'tho:;<:- rcver.^t-.s ■'■-■ l.nvi: cvokf-d throughout continental Eu- . m l'opf, and tlie revival of talk ol imcrven •:;iiojj; render it all ihe morovvital to -the - 'fkr.c'i-oi Crcai lJrHain in the future :■ and Stojlier,. security, from ; insult that she halt" ?-noii until th<* lio«;r has been "crushi.-d. If ■»«-. gjesVary. to that end. :iu; must- virtually jjipppfcltv' both '.the inothef country and its sjl)£tU'.TiiU-ncl(:2'- to ihe last ilKhlinu , man: «^-^ ■- - ;■>" ;- ;- . & - •that: can be^ spared, > a ndj IHerally; over whelm the "enemy.:.. " . - •'-.. ;; And. .regrettable : as -it may, be. ; and wlVerover ' our" r,ymi)athlc's; may j'e.; OI ! should^ He— considering the imatter; from Iho viewpoint of scntiin.'ini— there can be no question that • t he. 1 greater the resist ance the P.oors olTer Jtlie : more complete ; wiil be "the cru)<hing:vrore.^ In the end: Great Britain cannot afTord peace until .she" has proved^hcrjmcttfe,; both In' fight ing and endurance, "llenco: we may count uponJier.cdntJnulns to hurl jtJlvjslon after division against the foe until' the latter is worn out— should; that recourse be ; es sential—and we would hot" be. surprised Mt: I^adysmiilj "repeated; if -the conditions de manded it, the story of Lucknow. ; r : ';- ; . .. . ■ .- -1 --• . ■:■. ; TIII3 JLXIOR I'AItTXKU; ; '■'■jiow'did the. State of- Virginia come to have an interest Jntlm.- Richmond, 'Fre'd ericksburg- 'and Potomac llailroa'd Com 1 pa'ny? . Why, plie subscribed to the stock of the company in The early \ days of railroad building, in this country! 'For what purpose? r :"i ' • To aid in the industrial development of the Commonwealth, of course." But now- a. time has como when; -if Vir ginia: wishes ,to develop the State, she must dispose of her interests in that com-, pans'. It was Virginia's duty to sub scribe to the stock in the first, place,' but it is even more clearly her * duty now either to sell her holdings, or calmly re solve that those holdings "■ shall not be made the means of fostering a monopoly. As it- is; Virginia gets no great proportion of the profits of the road, while she ex tends to the company a protection from competition which is as unwise and unfair as it is unusual. V>'o. doubt; if more than a' fifth, or sixth, of the company's profits comes to the State of Virginia. Where do the rest of them go? To the private stockholders, some of whom live iix London, some in New York, some in Baltimore, some in Virgin la, and some elsewhere! It is a jolly fine thing for them to have the State as their partner. What a cinch they have upon this fine old State; how they do "work" her; how theyj do plead for her; how they do weep when the sug gestion is made that Virginia would tet ter sell her minority interests in the Fred ericksburg road! What set of capitalists is there who would not like to have a monopoly in this State? If Virginia Were Jn' the monopo ly-selling business she could find dozens of men who would put more cash into her treasury than this railroad monopoly does. And why wouldn't it be as just and fair and right for A'irginia to sell. the monopo ly of manufacturing tobacco, or of grind ing Hour, or of selling dry-goods, as to barter away the monopoly of railway travel between Richmond and Washing ton? Of course, she gets some tens of thousands of dollars for this railway mo nopoly, but she could get a larger sum for the tobacco monopoly. There is a powerful lobby here to tell le gislators how valuable Virginia's holdings in the Fredericksburg road are. Yes, they are exceedingly valuable to the rail road monopoly, but they are anything but valuable to Virginia, They not. only sub ject us to monetary loss — taking a broad view of the case in the light of the history of the past quarter oi a century— but to a degree of intolerance- which it is hard to bear. By reason' of the State's ownership in the Fredericksburg road we are made helpless witnesses of the Pennsylvania Company's toll-gathering oh the Potomac. By the same token we see the grip of the monopoly from the Potomac to the James. But for those holdings of the. State's, in stead of having one untaxed ra>!road from Richmond to Washington we should have two railroads— one paying its taxes, as every poor old- horny-handed- farmer. has to do; the other, unfortunately, still tax free. But both roads would aid in the de velopment of the country, and add 'to in dividuals' subjects of State taxation. ■ Whoever knows the intent of the Le gislature when the. name of Virginia was put down as a subscriber to the stock 0/ the Fredericksburg road, and in. that cor« riectiori considers present conditions, must come to the conclusion that it is the boun den duty of Virginia ..! to her citizens .who hate monopoly and crave competition to withdraw her sheltering arm from the ex isting monopoly. • Public men who are marshalling the people of -Virginia against. oilier monopo lies ought not to lend themselves to the perpetuation of this railroad monopoly, in which our grand old State appears in the position of a junior partner. Better that the State should reject the advice of the pewerful lobby, and sell her stock, and charter a new road, which will not only pay taxes, but will give A'irginia and the South a -thing which it much needs—com petition in - passenger- and freight-rates and schedules over a great expanse of ter ritory southward from Washington. The ofiicers of the Chicago "Zoo" are charged "with malfeasance and misfea sance. Their fault, it appears, lies not so much in the neglect of their animals as in the fact that they have been feeding live chickens to the big boa constrictor. At. least, that is the charge against them, though it is indignantly denied both on i behalf of the officials and the snake. ■- . Ssrpents, like some husbands, will not eat cold food, and, as a consequence, whatever they partake of must be served wax'm. Consequently,: the. chickens given the 'boa. constrictor are killed juit before they are put in his den. Rumor has been saying .however, that the snake's keepers sometimes give him six live" chickens at a time; This announcement has caused a shudder to go through the city which daily slaughters hundreds of hogs. Xote what the president of the Humane So ciety says upon the subject; here it is: "The < public feeding of live animals to others*' is monstrous, destructive, as it must be, of the sensitive moral fibre of the growing child. Indeed, if it benot re pulsive to the onlooker, it must be educa tionally instructive in the primary -depart riieht' of. crimn. •'..;' Since the chargeshave gained notoriety, many people come to see/ the snake ent, and "policemen have to drive them away. As a matter of fact, the big serpent is shfdding jhis skin just now and AViil. par-" tak»j of nothing until he blossoms forth with a new complexion. When in; a per iVetlyn'.'imal condition he only eats once a ip.oiiih, but his appetite '• on .such oeca si'iiis ::pp?:u - s to. be niore aggressive than that of a basket-piohic party. : ;\ ; ' Dr. Jameson, the leader-of ,the famous Transvaal raid of a f«-w years ago, is said, .to have been: wounded by a: piece of a ? Fheli ;. from the '"■ Boors' "Long Tom" "at i^adysmitii, where lie- is one: of the be- : loaguered British". ; .: : : - ■■■'■; Judge /Augustus .'.-Van'; -.Wyck. : -of lyn. . mentioned; by.;-the . New York.news papers uM a possible lunnins , ! ; ina to ■ lor Bryan- ■_ , ; ---."' ai\.lO« IIHASWKK. Very fr-w of the young men who went out from Kichrnond in the : Viremia Vol""-' leers: in the ; spring of^;iSCl 'won "the ;repu tation that Tom Urander ,did. , . f : -: : Rcpprts-.of ; : his; -successes j;.wcre :; always; coming " to^this l : city. ;* Beginning -as: a pri- Wto : : in > Company:: F, -Jhe ;* rose ■ to ; he :-;;a; major of artillery. He had a natural «j»l|t'ude for command. ; Young ashe was, he i was cool in actioni'-icaim In; judgment, and a good disciplinarian— that, /too, with out estranging: the regard ;of his; men. ; - The '"-.war :ove'r, : : Kichrnond burned; her trade - and commerce wrecked. Sla jor. Brarider had V many hard; knocks in his struggle for business opportunities. But the patience arid goodhumor .with -which he bore the buffeting of -iU fortune were remarkable. He not only sustained him self in the '.difficult struggle, but he ever had (a' helpim? hand and cheering word for thoseindistress. . . -■ - He is to be remembered, also, in the character of peacemaker; Ho- had com posed .many serious difTiculties- between; men, and in so doing had exhibited much tact and kindness of heart. , In him all of our veterans had a brother. - In him all mankind had a friend: ■ As for his. wife ; and children, he counted itiio error, fre quently to tell his friends how signally God had blessed him in them. Alas! that he .should have been cut off in his happiness. It. seemed that the rocky part of his road had been passed;^ that" for. the rest he was to have easy journeying and plenty of time in which to do it, but it was not to be. The voice that called him he recognized as that of the Great Captain's, and he answered like a faithful t?oldier, who knows no distrust and has no fear. A Washington newspaper correspondent is chuckling over an innocent" mistake Mrs. Burnett. made in her last novel "In Connection with the De . Willoughby Claim." The, story has three strands to it— one is a pretty love story, the second is a dreadful crime of a popular preacher, and the third, upon which' the other two rest, is a bill before Congress for. the pay ment of damages caused by the Union soldiers to a; Tennessee plantation during the.war. Mra.' Burnett, in developing the last strand, the fact that a bill, before it can become a law, must be passed by both houses and signed by. the president. . Her claimant gets the money as soon as the bill • passed the house. While the fair authoress has thus "thrown down on a technicality"— and what woman wouldn't have* made . just such a mistake?— the public should at least be grateful . to her -for making the book end happily. That is certainly . an important consideration these days, and one which deserves gratitude even if the Constitution and a few other precedents are overlooked. It is no uncommon thing for the gentle sex, when they assume to write about the doings or men, to : make mistakes of ' this character. But 'what about the man who undertakes to de scribe a woman's dress, or a midnight chat between pink faced maids with curl ing auburn tresses? The Philadelphia Press of Sunday con tains an illustrated article descriptive of the Westover mansion, which, it says, is to be repaired and restored to its former elegance. The new owner of . Westover is MTss Clarissa parold, of Santa Paula, Cal., who purchased it from !Mrs. Drewry. The price paid, including some little per sonal property, is said to' have been about ?^a,ooo. Dr. L.eyds is said to be quite a- lion at Berlin, but we suppose he is none the less a Boer for that. Spion Kop looks very much like Majuba Hill in the pictures, and otherwise, too. Clearly, it is "up to" Roberts and Kitchener, now. AX URGENT XECESSITY; Give Us a Competing: llailiyny I^ine Xortli. Richmond, January 29, 1900. To the Editor of the Dispatch: I read with pleasure your article in Sunday morning's Dispatch advocating the bill now before the Legislature to grant a charter to a company to build a railroad paralleling the Richmond. Frederieksburg and Potomac, between Richmond and Washington.' I hope every member of , the Legislature will read your article; it is strong and convincing, and every unbiased ' mind must admit the truth of your arguments. The State of Virginia should no longer be a party to a monopoly, and the Legislature should pass this bill as speedily as possible, and give the citizens of this State, and espe cially of Richmond, greater railroad facil ities to the North. The corporators named in this bill not only agree to pay the State's interest in the Richmond, Predericksburg and Potomac on fair terms, but also agree to guarantee her the full revenue she .now. receives from her holdings -in the Richmond, Fredericks burg and Potomac Your article shows- if she sells her in terest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and grants this charter her revenue will be greater. Can any fair minded and unbiased member of the Legislature fail to support "his bill? The people of this. State should watch closely the opponents of the bill and. should de mand their rfeisons. for opposing a mea sure, that is so clearly in tiie interest of the whole people of this. State. Of course, there are lobbyists and paid- railroad attorneys "who are. 'expected to op pose it, but how can any man who has: ■the State arid the people's interest at heart. oppose it? If such a man does.op pose it there is a "power"'- behind him that impels him to the act. The fare from Richmond to- AVashington and return, for. a distance of. 11C. miles,, is $7; -from Washington to -New York, • a distance: of something less than SCO miles, is only 510. so that we pay three fourths of the fare for little more than. one third, of the dis tance. This inequalityshould not be, and' ■would not be if we- had a competing line. I hope,. Miv .'Editor, you will continue to agitate this question and arouse the public to the urgent necessity, nt- the pas sage of this bill. .-- . '- Yours truly, . - ■ : Y. Amendment to I.uiitl-Gralilsors' liuw. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In " the proposed changes to be made in the ---so-called.. ."land-grabbers- -:'act," f why not let it.stand.'as-it now is.'except witli :the following amendment: .To re quire notice of application, to ' be.given by the Sheriff; of each county or corpora tion to the person or '-.persons ;.'.iir;aetual ; ownership of the: delinquent, land, and Are prepared from 'h Na ■ lure's mild, laxatives," and while gentle;; are :.. reliable^ ; and efficient. - They - , Cure Sick Headache, Bil iousiiessißSour? ;Stdmach, and Constipation. Sold everywhere, 25c. per bbx: : Prepared by C. i.ilood & Co. I Lgweli,Masp that the snfd owner of snid- delinquent land -shall have -thirty dny<s ■ from -, the date !".Vor|receipt:-;of f ; ; said ;noticeioyapj>llca-^ ;tisn.::iniwhlchKt6^payi;sald;,taxJberore? the- : 55^ penal ty.':;'a pplles ? I,"belieye, VAvi-1 ; seWe\to protect; alivdellnquerits/iand^yet not 'destroy theenicaey,:oC the!?;law:en 'acted .by 'the;; last vL^grisiatiireVv^i^amJino; lawyer, but throw this out as a : suggestion; for our ; pfi.'sent : ":asyemblage: :of Alawr makers." j^purs, &c., ' '•'?'=. ; TxVX-PA YEK. KlchmoT '} Va'., January. 29, "■ ISOO. - SIISDAY .CLOSIXG IX' IJALTIMOHE. : Not '• TE veil a S«;idHtz ; Powder, c ?" 11 ' 1 He UoiiKlit. v . ' , (New': York- Times.)?"; \ : ' ■BALTIAIORE, January^2B. —Not even a cigarette , or/ seicllitz powder could be bought in Baltimore to-day. For the first Sunday in. many years every cigar, store, corner grocerj-, bakery,' and the like were closed •'•', up tight. •■• Few drugstores kept open, and-Jthose that did : 'di'spiayea pla- cards informing the public that : the : soda fountains Avere- closed, and that absolute ly nothing .-would ;be'sold' without a -pre scription.. ' ■ . , - •: Five or six hundred "policemen .were kept busy all iday. taking: the narriesiot-. bootblacks, cabmen,, and the keepers of little .shops. or. fruit-stands, for presenta tion 'to. the; grand .jury.- 'The Sunilay newspapers were not stopped, but police-, nien" took the' names of the pressmen and' other; employees. The Police Department will hand, in enough names to -the grand jury to keep that body busy for nearly: the rest -of -.heterm 'to the' exclusion of the' regular business, for which it was chosen. Cases of petty offenders "will re ceive attention while the 'gross violators lie.low until the agitation blows over. The down-town saloons which have a "pull" were given the tip that; even side doors must-be closed. Not a drink was obtainable for love: or money. The statute "which the ministers' asso ciations of various denominations insist upon, being enforced is Article XXVII., section 247. of the Public General Laws of. Maryland. It is 177 years old, and reads as follows: "No person shall work or do any bodily labor on the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, and no person having children or servants shall command or willingly suf fer any of them to do any .manner .<$C work or labor, on the Lord's Day (works of necessity or charity always nor shall any one ; suffer : or Permit any children or servants to profane the Lord's Day by gaming, fishing; fowling, hunting, or unlawful pastime or recreation." This action of the authorities, it is as serted, will lead to a revision of the sta tute by the Legislature now in session. '■V ,:.-;■; .: -»».:", -v T. '3f. PAGE'S STEI'-DAUGIITER AVED Becomes the Bride of Preston Gilison in Xew York. (New York Times.) . . . WASHINGTON, January 2S.— The rhan nificent- home of Thomas Nelson Page, the author, was thrown into great excite ment to-day by the announcement from New York; of the elopement of his young step-daughter, Miss Mina. Field, and Pres ton Gibson, son of the late Senator Gib son; of .Louisiana, and nephew ofv Justice- White, of the United States Supreme Court. According to their usual custom,; Mr. and Mrs. Page refuse to", see representa tives "of the press, but a friend c(f . the family has authorized a local paper to make a formal announcement of the mar riage to-morrow-morning, the date of the ceremony being: ffiven as January 27th. The place or name of the officiating clergy-, man is scrupulously withl.elcl. ' Miss Field is jnst 17. a 'pe'liLe brunette. She was until last Saturday a pup:! of a fashionable linishing school at Dobb's Ferry, N. V., an.l was to have : been pre sented in society next winter. She spent the Christmas holidays at her. home, in this city, cne- of the smartest junior dances of that-, season being, given by Mrs. Page in honor of her .two' young daughters. These you;:?; women . are among the heiresses of the capital, their father having bee.-i a. broth or end partner of ' Marshal Field, cf Chicago. Young Gibson was a*junio;- at Prince ton, and, like his l)i ! de, spent the Christ-, mas holidays in. when an engagement of marriage ia said to have come about. The young people rr.et i.M New York on Saturday, and' are sre-nding the early days "of .-their .-honeymoon :n; that city. They are expected to .retur.i to 'Washing ton at the ■>nd.of the month. when they will be' received by tic bride's -family.'-.' Couunissioner ICoinei* in- Orange. (From the Orange Observer.) Virginia's efficient State Commissioner of Agriculture." Hon. G. W. Koiner, de livered'an able and practical address to Orange-county farmers- on Monday last, at the court-house, on sugar-beet raising. He .was introduced- by Hon. C. C. Talia lerro. Mr. Koiner demonstrated fully that no, crop would pay any better, and gave an account -of his recent visit to the West in theinterest of b?et culture, and citied -many instances • whereby -the raising of. .the sugar-beet was advanta geous to the -producer. Several farmers came forward at the conclusion of ths address and signed- contracts to plant from one to ten acres in beets this spring. CUTICURA RESOLVENT is so pure, sweet, and wholesome that all ages may take it with pleasure and benefit. ,i Its mission is to cool and cleanse. the, blood in eczema and other torturing, disfiguring humors, ". rashes, and irritations, -ffhile warm Laths with Cuticura Soap cleanse the surface of cnists and scales, and gentle anointings with Cuticcea Oint ment soothe and heal itching, buruingskin." _So!d thronshont the world. PorrnE Drug A?rn CnEit. Cokt., Sole rrops., Boston. Ail About Baby's Skin, free- 1900 ALMANACS 1900 T.he.illiistrated'S;;-;-..' -.■ ;;' : : - ; Southernv/Alniafiac has no equal. No weather predic tions like these. A trial is all that is needed to proyer the value of : . ;:■ "TniSvAMIANAa 1 : ■ ;V' - : Price by mail, su. Special prices on application. - J. I; HJLL PRIMIJNG COMPANY, ■ :.'.'"" • ■Eox:S43i : .Riclnndnd:--Va. : ■ -- - : (de 16-dSa&l'u&wtFe IV- : : :•■'' v ?v , McMUNN'S. ELIXIR OF OPIUM Is a- prepa ration of ; the Drug ?by -Which its .injurious eftect?: are -^removed,' "while t he-'. valuable': medicinal -.properties £ are -re-, tallied: :.. lt ;■: possesses :■-,' "all ;: the ;■;.-, sedative, anodyne,;: and < anti-spasmod 1c .po wers -• of opi:im,Vbutl;produeps vno*. sickness "of. f.the Sstomach;vno"vomiting;rn"o costiveness.yiio headache.;- .In r acute nervous disorders -it is; an';invaluableTircrnedy,S"and; is f; recom mended by ; ; the;bof:t|physicians.w '•■'•" ".•■'"•£? • '•' E? IP Rl PS S" "3* "JP " • 'Hiu«.»iS>' : ' fe B rEHRETT, llg®m 9 . 371 i l*carl St., > r c\v York. tm 22-Tu&Fly POPULAR SHEET-MUSIC .AT 19' CENTS. Pfcß -COPY, J. <E>. CORLEY. Manager. ' Z\B East ; Broad Street. ; - 1 . _■ '_ r . . ija iJS-Sn,Tu&FJ -'_/_• .'"ij;,; ■, .—i-i.'.i. M , As we only liacb two days to sell ; them . iri-^Monday and Tn esday— the quaht y of the Shoes and the price will surely move them. Sold only he cause : toes are Jnot quite! so wide as the demand now calls for ■ ; - ■'.' . . - ■ ■ 50 pairs Cliildren's Button and Lace Shoes, 50c:, Bto 11— all were §1:50 and §1.25. ; • -; 78 pairs ' Misses' . Button and Lace Shoes, $1, 11 to 2— all were §2 and §1.50. / :- ■ ' 30 pairs Little Boys' Lace Slices,, 10 to 13, 50c— ail were §1.50. ■. 125 pairs Ladies' Button - and Lace Shoes, 2to 1, §1.50— a1l were §3, §2.50, and §2. . ... Sale opens at 8:30 A. M. No exchange. 828 east Broad street. . " - r " (:a:!0-in ATTENTION, ECONOMICAL ; HOUSLKEEPERSI DON'T PAY HIGH PRICES FOR GRO CERIES. SAVE '.25 PEIt CENT. AT S.ULMAX'S SOX'S. 10 pounds Best Virginia Buckwheat .-. for .......... -o Try ,our Family Flour . (it's good), . . -per barrel ••• ..350 Fine California Evaporated Peaches a? 10 . 'I' boxes Washing Powders for. 5 Fine Catawba and Blackberry W'irie, per quart 10 Silver King Flour, beats the wond, . 27c. bag; or, per barrel • '1 -o Glass Jars Preserves " -•• -10 California Prunes, per pound o Pure Lard. .••'• •••- ■ , «- Fresh Hams . o v Small Hams, per pound ;. " 5V2 .New Seedless Raisins < California Kaisins , »s» s Home-Made Blackberry .and Cataw- • . ; ba Wine, per quart '• 10 4 large cans Tomatoes for Z'j Condensed Milk, per can. ....: S Salt Pork. per pound :... * Good Green or Mixed Tea ...... 33 Our 40 and 50c. Teas are extra. tine— -■ I try them. ' Sour Pickles, per gallon .'........15. 3 pounds Evaporated Apples f0r.... ZJ New Sour Kraut, per quart ....: . v Fresh Soda Crackers and Ginger Snaps ■•'.; ' .'..' ..5 Uneeda Lunch Crackers, package... .8 Fresh Mountain IJoll Butter, per ■pound ........ ............" .......... 15 Best Granulated Sugar, per pound. oIAo l A New N. C. Cut Herrings, dozen 8 Good Carolina Kice, pound...'... 5 Canned Tomatoes .. . .5 4 cans Best Sugar Corn for 25 Fresh Lemon Crackers ; 5 Golden Chain and Rex.Brand Soap.. 2 Sweet Oranges, per dozen — . 2o Home-Made Mince-Meat, pound — 5 New Dates, 1-pound packages...... -7 ;.S:\iXIIiT«MAiV:S.-SOX; - IS2O AND 1222 EAST MAIN STREET. Up-Town Store, 506.: east Marshall. Both- 'phones at both stores. It will pay you to write for one of our complete price-lists. It's a regular inoney baver. :■ . ■/.■:■■. ." \ : :.. ■ : - ■ '■ . Manchester Stores, 1212 and 3214 Hull St. , l iae:-{O-SaiTu.Th.&w) |; OFFICE :oyTFBTTERS.|; I Stationery, Engraving, i I ing, Electrotyping, | | Copper-Plate Printing. | OFFICES, i 105 MAIN ST. % FACTORY^ I, 3 and 5 ELEVENTH ST. |Sn "Business Furniture"! f we carry in stock: I [ f Flat Top Desks, Check, and | f Roll Top Desks, Deposit Ticket X\ Desks, Filing Cabinets. \ '.v:\ Desks, Legal Blank Cases, v s Chairs, '"' Pigeon Hole Cases, j rf Office Tables, Letter Press -d'\ Document, Stands. ■ ; ; 0 -We get up original de- 111 1 P sisnsandmaketo order: # ! Partitions, Lodge, I ©Bank Partitions, Courthouse, , :- $\ 0 Office Railings, Clerk's Office, &: f§ Show Cases, Church, School and |) . A Counters and Sunday School 41 % Shelving. - : -'- Furniture^ ■: -.-". -'■ ;'. > ! %■ W© are Soj© Agents for $ WERNICKE ELASTIC BOOK CASES, G.W; ELASTIC OFFICE CASES/ £ j '§ ; -/,■. and for the York ■<?■}. |Ap¥ftULf DC||lisi %If you contemplate any , h imprpyements, write 'h [ : ;or,ca!lbnusn. fi '^■^^/^^■^©^^''Sb^i^^^/s/'&^w ; j ■:.-■ '. ' ■■■•.-. ■ im>- — -Min»Tii"/rii> ■-.'. ■-..;- -.-: -..-... . I BAB¥' UKBS " business. oi'POßTyxiTiES." .'■•- FiRST : CLASS GROCFUiV/i^TAXD' JJOOD ■triiile;/ freshygoi'tls; notable Ho run /it. Gold >. mine for- somy .'.'one; willing '^to\sac:-; rilic*. - «• A. 1,. LSEXTOX. . '■ VJa . 20:21* • •;■;': :'r V- •■; X --".^ '- •- -V\ - Station A. ' V IIRALTII ItESOIITS:/,. :.;■■. "HOT SPRIXfiS, VA. ," ~~ NEW.HOTEI- IVI^'HIX. :S Steam' heat: .Convenient- to lbath-house, Open f the ' entire year. Vßutesimodera te. ,j L.. C. -AURHTN. i ja9 : Tu,Th&Sun " Proprietor/ ■ is getting' to be the thing of the past. The shrewd bus! nes 3 . mnu^ancPthe ; people are matter serious attention and placing their orders with the 'maker. If You Want to Save Honey in the ;,.".. Purchase of an Instrument .-Give Us a Call, A Number of Ssicskly-Used Upright Pianos on Hand This Weet : Wfiere Thers" is a Will Tliera Is a Way, and we V ill find the "way toserveyou if you give : Us an opportiinity. T^'e have everything- you : want in the HSRDWSRE-.-LINE. Our specialty is\NAILS. :i\7ehaye every thing -in thexNail line, and ive have the price. STEEL '.EQGFIXG-, Y-OEIMP and GORiIUGATED, in all lengths, and we can save yon money on it r e have the finest line "of KEABY-MIXED PAINT in the country. Get our prices. In other words, we have a nice and complete line of goods, - and prices that will secure your order. BALDWIN. & BROWN, Opposite Old Market, Kichmoml. Tn. Headquarters for Hardware, Rooiing, Etc. [ja "b'-San,Tn&7r; ; - -■■■■-" \ \ $ ._ .Your loved ones and save your money X f '■■■ .at the same time by joining the 5 r A Ai . .«£ saw- ... . / S a home institution and reliable fraternal beneficiary C , order. Liberal benefits also in the event of sick- p / ness and total disability. The only fraternal order > 2k . having a substantial State . deposit for the benefit $ "of its membership. For particulars apply to / ?■■ S. GiALESKl, 'Supreme- Secretary;. ) S '':.'. .8. North Tenth Street, Richmond, Ya. \ . [ia W-F.Suu&Tal I' Diamond J % floun ted I jk ■ • ■ *^ I \&/E have made great | I jm jia preparations for the I \ large holiday demand for <p $' -High-Grade Gold Jewelr/ % I of all descriptions, mount- £ $ ed in precious and semi- % I precious stones. the Rise in % % the Prices of Diamonds £ %, "- ' t ' . .' .: .. : - I We Have Not '-Advanced | I Our Seiiing Figures. ? & : : .<* .£ Prices remain as usual, I consistently low. I Diamond Merchants, Jswellers, $ I . and SilYersmitiis, : $ ! ill East Broad Street. ! p . "' ■ ' <* [de l^-Tn.FifcSnnt3l • | Is This the | | Twentieth Century? I j Is this -the first year of the £ S twentieth or the closing: year of # <? the ninereenth century? V %; ;, : iVccprdirijrto our construction % % of history it is quite plain that # g we will not reach the twentieth <* y centiirv' until the Ist (lay of £ } January, 1001. ' 5 Still we t:annot,T as some Z v others have done, condeiun % tliose.-vvho think this "ix. the be- % £rirtriiri<r of the twentieth cen- 5.- It would not be consistent for. y us to do so. foi'.'as a matter of r 1 \ fact, the designs, which we are S : now exhibiting in | Fine Gold ;-..and : | I " : ; ;;'Diampntfi Jewelry, I j .'.'.Sterling Silverware, j | and Cut Glass t V are just as lI ahead of utiy X # other line" in the city a> the peo- % *| pie "who think this is the twen- 4* % tieth' century are ahead of thy ? time. . \-- ... * !". f -•- "-.'■•'..- / [ja'SJ; unTn&Tn :"■ : .r. r '" ": ' " :C>L. LITHENSTEIN'S SONS. VVK . HAVE .IJKMOVKDVTO Oljiv ; XEW Xo-1113 EAST MAIN: STREET. " ■ where "w*' will carr.vra'hr^t;' .<togk : of ~' DStv-<;oous, -,■_•'. - . ..■■ :>.: >. '■■ ' : UIiIUSEII ISOOTS. ' OH, CtiOTIH.NO, . ' MllXtl-THREAD. v ■We make" aH. "kinds of oNetS'Hbrorder. ;. - Ijowest l prices.'.; Reliable ipoods^ Xof: the: location: .: - ■ ,:-■'■ -:!: ; - ! .i113 -EAST MAIN'-. STREET, LM^ICHTEXSTEIX'S SONS: : -: ' {de 2S-Th.Sun&Ti>v ;: : ;. - «? Richmond. Va., January, 1500. TO OUR MANY PATRONS AND <£ THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL: % Wo desire to express our thanks % for the liberal patronage bestowed (£ upon our establishment in. the past. & and beg to solicit a continuance of the same in the future. Our % establishment is among tho most % extensive in the country, pro vi<l-?<i <d with every facility for the execu \ tion of all optical work, essential 5 for the improvement and preserva- S tion of the eyesight. We do rot S merely sell optical goods. Our skill. S conscience, and guarantee is be 4> hind every order and prescription <? filled. Our I PHOTOGRAPHIC $ department, with dark room on $ the premises and free instruction £ in photography, is daily gaining in «? patronage, and its most efficient S standard will be maintained. % Respectfully, I THE S. GALESKI I OPTICAL CO., I Corner Ninth and Main. (de 01-Sun.Tu&Th) The People Now Realize II A little over a. year ago we ativer'aseu that we would hc'L one itcve of. •-<»« make to ar.yDody as low as a ■ a^'] could Dtiy a car-toaa: then our tra.^ was.- limited to Virginia and North Ca^'j.. Una. Since w.» artyersised th»a « fahipp-d them to every State from i - York to Florida, and as far West 1^ right in tho^heart of other stove nuuu fC No U thlns but praise comes tfom the« States for^thsir taklns- quaUties aad - : cVHent'finisn. The celebrated FiU --» Cook Stove is destined to be in rnord inoro States tgngggs«g Stove ever made. \vrite fo. inJC. n.« <■■■> Samples can be seen at the B. b. Slytor -Coripaiiy-s. 'Oil >a« Main: M. :Rosenbloom*s. 1-36 eas; Mam s "-;:; Harris Hardware Company's, &S ea^ • Bread street. Southern Ste-Wote Bla to .817 - Horth Seventeenth SUeel ItICHKO.MI. VA. fse 23-F.Tu&w> ■sioni'soN'S oiisvisii/aist ; .b?«w»" : iviWDKK, : ;. OINT.MKNT. 'Testimonials from people you J"**' /. rorsa^by .; ' li. H. M. .HAMSISOIV " ju'2l-^" . ■ *'oudheo and l.'o-n.