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S- J- Brow.i. C. B. floaglcn?,
Brown ? Ho?gl?nd,
Law, Collection & Real Estate,
Office opposite Popular avenue,
PHOEBUS, V/\.,
II A V K
Lois on Easy ond Liberal Terras
from $10.00 to $500.
"Hoagland,"
West Hampton. 250 tf? t from railroad
traek,surrounded by four junction roads
Money Leonen lor Bunding Purposes
on the most lihera] terms. Plans and
specifications furnished gra'tuRuoely.
Ad'irtss Lock Hoy 223, Hampton, Va.
OYSTER MEnT
SAVE TOUR MONEY BY GOTNG TO
JAMES Mil,!, NEAR HAMPTON
WHARF, Foil HOUKU'S TO NO
SHAKTs. PRICES To SUIT.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED
I rl 6
WHO IS THAT ?
He is the leading Dry Goods, Notions
and Shoe dealer of Hampton.
HIS CLERKS ARE ALWAYS BUSY.
Why ?
Because he is selling the besst goods
for the smallest profits in town. A visit
to his famous store will convince you
of the ract.
WATCH A FEW OF HIS SPECIALS
THIS WEEK.
The tars si and best assorted line of
Hamburgs ever in Hampton.
A beautiful line of Bleached and Un?
bleached Table Damask, extra wide,
for 2D cents per yard.
Extra large Linen Napkins, S? cents
a dozen.
A large line of John Kelly and other
weil known makes of Shoes at very low
prices.
T. A. Cooke
"\\.' E. Owen, who has baen appolnt
?? ? ed ,n piece it- U. Ciaiborn.
resigned, of Hampton Cabinet. No. G47.
Americas) Mutual Cent-fit Society, would
nesrectfully o.-k all men. hers to oali and
settle Cites before Jan. 13!h. 1898. All
members who have been suspended
would do well to call and be reinstated.
W. E. OWEN. Cashier.
Office No. 6 Queen St.. Hampton,
jon S-lrn.
E. G. Darden.
A chance at any time to fret the
worth of your money. We don't
give prize packages and then over
charge for our s^ods.
Our stock consists of
Dress Goods,
yyiillinery,
Notions,
Boots,
Shoes, tSco
E. G. DARDEN,
N. E. Co'. King and Queen Sts
HAMPTON. YA.
P. B. MESSENGER,
bmm\ > Carpenter,:
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES,
Frames, Sash, Blinds & Doors,
[VlanreJs and
tua 7-ly Mouldings.
Queen Street. HAMPTON, VA.
"?? O Bor. 10S.
NEWPORT .NEWS ADS.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
NEAR THE CITY OF NEWPORT
NEWS. VIRGINIA.
By virtue of the provisions of a cer?
tain deed of trust bearing dote on t)u
10th day of October, 1892, exeeutod to
, . me as trustee, by the North Carolina
'/'*, and Newiort News Company, and dnt.lv
v ; recorded in the cle:k's office of the
fii'' "County Court of Elizabeth City Ooun
\ V- Virginia, in Heed of Trust Book 5,
i/^o./'egre 449, default having been 'nade in
. fy0,y>e payment of the debt there,n Sc
. o/ ''V ~td, at the request of he V.or.?1u?"T
/ j. ?&/!e'reunder, I shall se.. at i'.P-CSc auc
'pj Jon to the highest bidder, on
TUESDAY, THE FIR.ST DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1S98.
at 11 o'clock A. M., on the premises, the
following property, to-wit:
Ail those certain ITS Lots situated on
Hampton Roads r.ear Newport News, In
the County ef Eliz&beth City County,
State of Virginia, known and designa?
ted or a plat or map of the lands of the
'Newport New? Ci m: ny, made for said
Company by Braxton, Chandler & Ma
rye, Civil Engineers, and recorded in
the Clerk's office of Elizabi th City
Cottntv, Virginia, by the following fig?
ures. Viz.: Block 34?Lots Nos. 1 to 24
inclusive; Block 25?Xrtts 21 to 40 in?
clusive; Block ir>?Lots 21 to 40 Inelu
sive; Block "?Lots 1 to 24 inclusive;
Block 6?Lots 1 to 9 inclusive, and Lots
2fi to 41 inclusive: Block 21?Lots 1 to
20 inclusive; Block lfi?Lots 1 to 20 in?
clusive; Block 3f?Lots 1 to 9 inclusive.
bp,} Lots 25 to 39 inclusive; and'Blot*
84?Lot 2ft said lots being situate on th
streets avid alleys as laid down ami
named on said plat, which Is hereby
made a part of this deed.
TERMS?CASH.
WM. P. DESAUSURE, Trustee.
day ot.February, 1S!:K.
WM, P. IDeSAUSSURE,
r Truste.
January 1, 189S.
Persons desiring further Information
and wishing to see the property will
call on Piiwell, Brolhc.s & King, who
will furnish mar? and give all desired
particulars. Ofliee in basement of Citi?
zens ami Marine Bank bullJ?n-g, corner
Washington avenue and Twenty-sev?
enth street, Newport News. Va,
Ja 2-lm. ... 1 _
V
FINftNGE AND COMMERCE
Market Quotations From thej
Leading Business Centers.
'NEW YORK. Feb. 2?Leading blocks
closed ob follows:
Atehisou. 1-2
Baltimore & Ohio . 10j
Canada Pacilic . 8Si
Canada Southern. 54i
Chesapeake & Ohio. 24|
Chicago fc Alton. 105*
Chicago, Burlington & Quiney.. U'Ji
C. C. C. & St. L. w
do do pref'rl. 80
Delaware & Hudson. Ill
Delaware, Lack. & W. l'.lii
Erie (now) . 14i
Fort Wayne. 170
Great Northern pref'd. 140
Illinois Central. 100
Lake Shore . lsi?4
Louisville & Nashville. 5U4
Manhattan L .-.. 118i
Michigan Central. 1001
Missouri Pacilic. ??s
Mobile & Ohio. 804
New Jersey Central. UGi
New York Central.lltii
Norfolk & Western. 14J
Northern Pacilic. 27J
do pref'd. *?T 3
I'iltsburj,'. 1US
Reading . 22J
Kock island. 828
St. Paul. 1)5?
do pref'd . . 1 !4j
Southern Pacilie.
Southern Railway.
do pref'd. tili;
Texas i: Pacific. 13
Union Pacific tr. ret-)., s. a. p.. . Si??
Adams Express. 100
American Express . 110
United States Express. 41
Wells Fariro Express. IB!
Americau Tobacco. a!)
do pref'd . 114
People's Gas. 07*
Consolidated Gas. ll'OJ
General Electric. yiij
Pacilic Mail . 314
Pullman Palace. 17(ii
Silver Certificates. 06i
Sugar . 137
do pre: "d . 112J
Tennessee Coal & iron. 241
Western Union. Olj
(Chicago Northwestern. 1254
do pref'd. 107
Chicago Great Western. loj
?HK'AGO, Feb. 2.?Leaidliin-g future.;
sed us follows:
WHEAT? Open high Low Closed
May 051 O?i ??i; f>5$
July ?54 ?iii ?? b?
i CORN?
Feh 275 27 i 27 27
May 28J 2Si 2sj 2ft
Jniv 2?j :iu 2u ? 2'Ji
OATS?
Mav 23J 23S 23? 281
Jnlv 2j; 223 22j HSi
1'tlB K ?
Mitv 0.82.J10 12* 9.?24 10.274
July 0.1)0 10. ITA 0.b'7J 10.17?
LARD?
May -1 80 4.!12j 4.S0 4.02*
July 4 'M ? JO 4.37J 5.10
RilsS
May 5.00
July 4.?74 5.10 4 QG 5.hj
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet; No. 2 yellow corn,
No. 2 hpnug wheat, S>2<?U8i;
No. 3 spring wheat, Uliif!i<>: No.
12 rod, 08; No. 2 corn, 'J7?: Nu.
oats, 24; No. 2 white, 2~>i; No.
I 3 -white, 25@2G; N o. a rye, 47; No.
I 3 barley, 28i@40; No. ;!*?; No. 4?;
?: No. 1 Has seed, 125@130; prime
timothy seed, 2.824; mess pork per
barrel U.'J?y 10 I'll,lard per 100 pounds
14.82<g>4 ?4; short ril>s sides (I?ose)
4.85<$?.l?; dry salted shoulders
I (boxed), 4-}@5; short clear sides,
(boxpd),5.10<3l5.20; whiskey, distillers'
?iiishe 1 goods, per gallon. 111).
Telocity of Mcprii Waves.
The velocity of waves is said to defend
primarily upon the power and conti nuance
of the wind, but it is greatly modified by
and bears an asccrtainabla relation to
their magnitude and the depth of the wa?
ter over which they travel. It 1ms been
calculated by Airy that a wave 100 feet in
breadth and in water 100 feet deep travels
at the rate of about 15 miles an hour; uno
1,000 feet broad and in water l.uou feet
deep ut the rate of 4S miles; one of 10,000
fret in breadth und in water llJ.OOU feet
deep will swei-p forward with u veloclt} of
not less than 154 miles an hour. Bache
stated as one of the effects of an earth?
quake atSnmoda, on tho island of Niplion,
in Japan, that the harbor -was first emptied
of water; mid then ciuue an enormous
wave, which again receded and left the
harbor dry. This occurred several times.
To evaporate water enough yearly from
thu ocean to cover the earth, pn tho aver?
age, p feet deep with precipitation, tq
transport it from one zone to another, to
cause it to fall in the right places, at suit
nblo times and in the proportions due, ig
one of the places of tho grand utmospher?
jcal machine. This water Is evaporated
principally from tho torrid zone. Suppos?
ing it all to come theme, we shall have,
encircling tho earth, a belt of ocean 11,000
miles in breadth, from which this atmos?
phere evaporates a layer of water annually
Iii feet in depth. To hoist up as high as
tho clouds and lower down again all thu
water In a lake 10 feet deep, 8,000 miles
broad and 2-1,000 miles long la the yearly
business of this Invisible machinery.
What a powerful engine is the atmosphere I
How nicely adjusted must be all the cogs,
wheels, springs and compensations of this
exquisite piece of machinery that it nc\cr
wears out or breaks down or fails to
do its work ut tho right time ond in too
right way! What n lield for investiga?
tion, and how singular it. is that man is
placed at tho bottom of this ntmospbcriu
ocean from which to commenco his re
search!?St. Louis Republic.
Vnnrialg Deceived at Mount TcmOD.
On the posts of ono of thu old beds in
tho mansion at Mount Vornon aro small
glass knobs with sockets drilled into them,
which lit little spikes, but do not fasten
on. It is perfectly natural for visitors to
placo their hands upon the knobs, and
those who do immediately perceive that
they can betaken off. Tho next step is to
slip them quietly into the pocket and carry
them away us relics of the sacred placo.
Although an attendant is employed to
watch this room, there are so many visit?
ors that it Is Impossible for him to prevent
such pilfering, and the glass knobs huvo
tobe replaced two pr thrco times a week
during the busy season, but that costs very
little trouble and expense. A factory near
Pittsbnrg turns them cut for :iti conti, a
gross, and Mr. Dodge, is in tho habit of
ordering n barrel of them every spring
There aro several thousand of these glass
knobs scattered over the world, in mip
seums and private collections of mementos
and historical relics. Many more are
doubtless concealed for reasons of consci?
ence, ond fear of discovery, but the guilty
persons need linvo no concern. The orig?
inal knobs that belonged to tho bed aro
safely laid nwnj In ti vault.?Chicago Rec?
ord.
Just try a 10c. box of Casearets, lh*
rlnest liiv.-r and bowel regulator evei
vi? de.
Thom'33 Bomar, a colored man of
South Carolina, tolas built more cotton
mills tlfciri any contractor in. the South.
Xlnmplon ?urcau.
King Street, near Queen, opposite the
new postoffl"
AU iw?.< letters Tor publication In
this department should be addressed
to Daily l'r. ss Bureau. Hampton.
The Daily tress will be found for
sale every morning at the following
places:
Hampton?Postofflce news stand,
Colbert's book store, and at the King
street office.
Old Pclint?Baulch's stationery and
book store, Hygeia Hotel and Ohara
berlin Hotel.
Sherwood Hotel
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1S9S.
WAS THE MAN INSANE
Speculation Concerning
Saunders' Death.
A BROTHER'S STATEMENT
He W?s Almost Killed l>y a Fall Fifteen
Years Ago. Thought He Heard
it Burglar. UustiiesH
Men's Association.
Speculation wins lalt high bide yesiber
dary conoermSmg iuh?e cause of the tragic
timditnig of the life of Siaimuel Saunder-s,
a full laccoumit eif which was given in
?i'he P'aily Precis.
The mi 'tive tlhla't led Ihim on to a d-eatm
so riblo is still, thowever, la. mystery.
There may be 'tlhiose wlho km .w what it
wlai?, but if so they are keeping 'tlK-'.r
s'.roL well. He wias evtldeinitly free from
oaTes of a buis'.mcsts nature. Thiere seems
ito le- no doubt that he hlald med'iitia)t<ed
si'iif-dofitmctii'.n' fur some 'time. taind it
os probable, 'as stialted yestlerdiay. tttvat he
hi e l made two previous laittemtpts itk)
politsioin himself. The* empty Faudantim
v.'iaJ pol'nlts to itihe first Pa.ilure. amd tttie
onwl. pe libelled strydbrdinie. found In
the suicide's room, whifcth did not come
from OcWgdlon'e drug store, like Uliia't
which com'taiin.ed Ith? poison thiat killed
,hi:n. ifellcs of the secoired. Why he did
n-.rt d ie frvim 'tihe dose of morpheme cain
it'Ob be sta?d. He escaped on Sun.lay.
lv .w.-ver. .by irctaiactn e?f the jua.utsetaclTtg
effects of the- stfryefhutae, of wiMch hie
'book too much. His suffering way al?
most as inteirie-e as tlva!-J of Tuevrdiay
mormitng. His st?oma'ch quilck-ly rejected
rhe dnaugh'i inind in on hour or so he wiaB
?as weil ais ever. The following day ,he
warn to work wi-tihou-t e.i*htg cssis* Cor
feusj Jci n t.i any. me tlhat me had alt
?uam'pted au'.cfjde. At hils place on the
Old Point cur.- the was Uhe sarnie niaiti?n!t,
polOua wwd a'tiuan'tultiive official that 'he
had been tat aill the three y< torts of Ills
service.
In Saunders1 case there is n/>thing to
warrant tile declarat ion that lie died
in a tit of insanity. In fact, on the
other hand, there is everything to
disprove it and to point, with almost
absolute certainty to a clear, delib
erate purpose to take Iiis own .ife.
His brother, John H. Saunders, who
came yesterday and took the body
to Northampton county for inter?
ment, denies that lie was insane. No
member of the family, he isays, lias
ever been affected in that way Fit
teen years ago Sem fell while skating
and for a time iiiH life was despaired
of, but Iiis mind was not impaired by
the accident.
Then, why did he kill himself? Who
cau tell?
In his farewell"letter on the night
before Iiis death,the gave the West
End church $10?the rest of his
money and property, amounting to
several thousand dollars, went to his
mother and sister. Saunders' death
is wrapped in mystery that may In
solved at any day. Some say they
cau solve it now?claim that they
know what the burden was that lie
bore upon in his heart until he
found it easier to die a terr hie death
than to bear i' longer.
TO SUPPRESS PEDDLERS.
Resolutions by the Business Men's
Association.
The Business Men's Association of
this city is preparing to give titili
censed pn dlers a warm reception
when they make their appearance in
town. During the past year or two
scores of itinerant merchants have
invaded Hampton, going from house
to house and palming off inferioi
goods on tlie people. As these men
remained but a day or two there is
no way by which their victims can
call them to account for their
roguery. The present laws upon the
subject appear to be insufficient to
keep them out. Hence the members
of t he Business Men's Association, at
their last meeting, decided t J etil 1 tiie
attention of Senator Barnes and Rep
resenta'ive Montague to the matter.
Accordingly the following reoiution
was adopted:
"Resolved by the Business Men's
Association of Hampton, That our
representatives in tlie legislature,
Hon Manly H. Barnes and Hon. E.
K, Montague, be and are hereby re
quested to exercise their time, talents
and influence for tlie piirposa of se?
curing the passage of fetich statute
as will successfully restrain peddlers
and itinerant salesmen from selling
?foods, wares and merchandise with?
out first having acquired and paid
foe tlie license now named on the
statute books."
Tlie association has adopted a con?
stitution and by-laws and will here?
after hold regular monthly meetings.
At present they are held in tne office
of Mr. Holtzelaw, in the Masonic
Temple. With so energetic and pro?
gressive a business man as Mr W. E.
Lawson at its head the association
cannot fail to bo a success. Other
matters of interest to the people of
Hampton wii) lio taken up in the
near future.
BRIEF ITEMS,
Capt. H. S. Goodspeed and Past
Commander Charles ?lacken left the
Home ltisr, evening for Washington,
D. O., to be present at the banquet
to be given by the Department of tlie
Potomac to (general Gqbiu, National
Commander, Grand Army Republic
Mr. Samuel Phoebus, son of the
late Harrison Phoebu., has purchased
the Wiltshire Hotel at Atlantic. City,
i'N J. It is one of the lincst establish
meats at tliis famous resort and is
m ar the celebrated board walk.
Miss Elsie Love, of Winchester, is
vi iting friends iu the city.
Miss Annie Chiles, of Stauliton, is
the guest of Bliss Eliza Tabb.
I'eople who go to church for the
purpose of having fun become proper
objects for otlicial eves. There are
eyes in Hampton whose owners are
paid to watch just such folk.
Au interesting meeting of the La?
dies' Aid Society of the West End
Methodist church t'>ok place yester?
day.
NOTICE.
The bakerv business forme ly con?
ducted by Messrs. A. C. Hush & Co
lias been acquired by Messrs Messick
& Guy. Parties owing and owed by
the concern will p'.ease settle their
accounts promptly. Llt*
AN INCORRIGIBLE CHARACTER.
Never had no doctor?never sick u day;
Never seen a railroad train an never rid away;
Never been no further from homo than 1 Ida
Never been inf-ide a townnn neverwtint tnbe;
Never rend no papers what people print or
paint;
Never tic-urn the war wuz done un don't kocr
of it ain't;
Never been ter mcctin senco I couldn't lwnr;
Never voted inorc'ii once or tried tor taction
Nevor leave this country long as iife'll hol;
Mover git ter heaven ef 1 never save my soull
?Atlanta Constitution.
WHAT YOU 'LOWIN FOR EGGS?
The Question That Pozzies n Modern
Youug Saleswoman.
This was in one of the big retail houses
in the shadow of Grace church. Tho man
was unmistakably a farmer?not the
rounded, successful and assertive farmer
of thu present, who can take care of him?
self, but tin- elongated, cadaverous-, chin
whiskered, wind wasted farmer who helps
his w ife in her housework and who often
wears her apron. Ho carried a busker.
Tho coro which ho bestowed upon this
basket was proof that it contained eggs.
He finally reached tho shoo department
and asked a young woman if she had any
shoo blacking. She showed the old gentle?
man several brands. They were in bottles
and some in pink covered boxes. Thu cus?
tomer shook his head.
"I want somo of that blackin," he
said, "that I have had all my life and that
my father had. It comes in a big, round
bos 'bout tho size of a baby flapjack, ami
has a ynllow label on it and a picture of a
gamecock seein his reflection in the polish
of a boot that n nigger has just shlued up.
Ain't you never seen any euch blackin}"
Tho young woman, who had that day
boon transferred from the book depart?
ment because she had offered a new novel
to a man who asked for "Pilgrim's Prog?
ress," said sho had never seen any such
and that sho had never heard of it.
"It would outshlno all creation," said
the old gentleman, "und would turn wa?
ter like a goose's back. A box of it used
to last in our house a whole year. Which
do you think is tho best, this in the bottle
or the bos?"
The young ,o.;?iin explained the quali?
ties of each as sho understood it. '
"Then this in the. bottle is for vhnnilri's
shoes and this in the box Is for men's:
You say you put it on with a flunnin rug
same as you do salve? And it'll keep the
leather from creakin and '11 turn water?"
Ha was assured on these points, and
then in a hesitating manner he asked
across the showcase:
"What aro you 'low(n for oggs today?"
The young woman did not understand.
How could sho? Sho had never lived in
thu country. She had never sold goods in
the general merchandise 6tore ut thu cross?
roads. Hut the floorwalker who was called
in had lived iu Woonsocket and round
about. He knew that the good old gentle?
man had eggs which ho wanted the house
to take ut t ho highest cash prico in es
chuugo for goods.?New York Sun.
A IMKlcult Case.
"I'm now trying to decide the most
troublesome case that ever canto within
my jurisdiction," sighed the judge whose
sense of justice and knowledge of the law
are acknowledged ou every hand.
"It's within my own household," ho
continued. "I have long insisted that my
wlfa could get along with the servants if
shu only used tuet and was equitable in
ail her rulings. Her mother is un invalid
in tho house and innocently responsible
for the case now under consideration.
'.'The other morning while dressing for
breakfast S was startled by a crash of
crockery and a chorus of screams; Into
niy room rushed the children. Jimmy 's
eyo was black, thercj was a buttonhole
cut over Tommy's eye, Mumie had an
angry scratch on her cheek, and Eiste, was
crying lustily from pure sympathy. Of
course I held an inquiry. Tho maid bad
been coming up stairs with an invalid's
meal for mother-in-law. The servant held
tho big server over her head and moved
hurriedly. Just as she reached the land?
ing tho children wero making a rush like
a young football team. There was a col?
lision, a crush, a wreck, a series of fulls
und the screams of alarm that had assailed
my cars.
' Sly wifo took tho ground that the maid
must bo nt once discharged. 1 insisted
that we must know- the whole; truth before
a verdict could be reached. My wifo is
bundling tho prosecution and no sleuth
hound was. ever more determined to get
jiir; prey. Jack, my oldest son, has tho de?
fense, and is just as determined as his
mother. Now you can realize lir.w I am
placed. I can't disagree, liko a jury. There
Is no court of appeal. I nm slow ly but
surely convincing myself that my only
hope is in bribing tho maid to disappear."
? Detroit Free Press.
The Tarpou of Florida Waters.
Tito t.-.rpon frequently attains a length
of 7 feet or mores with u weight perhaps of
more than SOO pounds. Such magnificent
spec-miens', however, aro seldom taken upon
bund tackle, and most anglers uro Willing
(o regard a fish weighing 100 pounds as a
very satisfactory catc h.
The tarpon is very closely related to the
herring, and besides, its great Size, strength
and gnmCTiess it is remarkable for its enor
ly.ous scales] some of thoso from a fish
weighing 150 pounds measuring 4 inches
across. Over the greater part of the body
tho exposed portion of the scales is covered
w ith no epidermis which resembles frosted
slher, while the back of tho fish is green
and beautifully Iridescent. Tho lower jaw
projects strongly, a sort, of indication of thu
resolute disposition of the fish. The biut
rays of the dorsal fin uro prolonged into an
Dppcndngo of considerable length.
The tarpon is not, in Florida at least,
regarded us good eating, tho flesh being
coarse and dark ; consequently when after
great resistance a fish has been brought to
land it is delivered over to the waiting
buzzards or to tho taxidermist ? OyWintf
Everybody says So.
?nscai-ets Candy Cathartic, the nj jst won?
derful medical discovery of the t ^e, pleas?
ant and refreshing to the taste, t tl gently
and positively on kidneys, lb'er an 1 beweis.
oleansl-4? the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
>nd biliousness. Plenso buy nrd try a hex
if O. c. c. to-day; 10. 2.% im) cents. Solo mV
guaranteed to cure by I dru?rists.
A PLOT FOR A NOVEL.
One Offered Heady Mado For the Deeper*
ate ljiterator.
A novelist in Hosten?do not laugh,
there are novelists in Huston; yes, und ac?
tually living here?said to us the other
day, "If I could only Und n plot!" Hero
is ? plot for him free of charge, und the
story is a true one:
In 1789 a lady?a real lady?onmo Into
Birmingham, England, with a tmndsoieu
equipage and desired the landlord of the
inn to get her a husband, being deter?
mined to marry somebody or other before
she loft the town. The man bowed und ,
supposed her ladyship to be in a facetious
humor, but being made sensible how much ]
she was In earnest went out in search of a
man that would marry a lino lady with
out asking questions.
After many repulses from poor fellows '
who were not desperate enough for such a |
venture he mot with an excise man, who
Bald he could not be in a worse condi?
tion than hu was, and accordingly went
with the innkeeper and made a tender of
himself, which was oil ho had to bestow
on tho lady, who immediately went with
him to one who gave them a license und
made them lean and wile, on w hich the
bride gave her spouse ??.'00, and without
mure delay left the town und bridegroom
to find out who sie was or unriddle this
strungo adventure. Soon after she was
gone two gentlemen cumo Into the town
in full pursuit of her. They bad traced
her so fur upon the road, nnd Unding the
inn where the had put up they examined
Into all the particulars of herconduct, und
on hearing she was murricd gave up their
pursuit und turned back.
Truly, a noble dame, one worthy of n
full length portrait in tho gallery con?
structed by Thomas Hardy!
Why did this noble dume offer herself to
the first comer? And w hy were the ro
spcctuble males of tho town so backward?
There was no hint of scandal. Who were
the pursuers? Did she wish by one sud?
den marrlogo to escape one deliberately
contrived and repugnant? Was the exciso
man ii pretty fellow in spite of his abject
condition? Hid she ever see him again?
Did she ever regret that she had not braved
the world und lived with him? Perhaps
the memory of her apparition haunted
him; perhaps it roused him tu doughty
deeds. It's n pity that Mr. Hardy bus not
accounted for her action und her fate with
his grim irony.?Boston Journal.
KEPT AT IT WHILE ASLEEP.
Mean Trick Which an Engineer Flayed
on Uia Fireman.
"We have some pretty long stretches of
duty," said a locomotive engineer the oth?
er day, "und it isn't an uncommon thing
j for a man to go for 18 hours without sleep.
I Of course it isn't the be?t policy for tho
t railroad company to allow such a thing to
happen, but sometimes It can't bo helped.
It would be a pretty serious tiling for an
engineer to go to sleep tit his post. You
think it would be hard for a man to sleep
I under such circumstances, eh?
I "Well, I never heard of tho engineer do
1 lng It, although sometimes they coniu
pretty near to dozing, but my own fireman
went sound asleep during one of my runs
recently. The poor fellow bad been kept
on the jump lor three days without a
wink of sleep, nnd w hen v.e started on the,
run in question ho was simply dead tired.
He innnugod to keep nwnke, however, un?
til we reached tho outskirts ol the citv. It
was c.B piace men-to rmg tho boll contin?
uously until we got into tho truiuyord.
He. kept that bell going with regularity,
and 1 wondered at his vitality. When 1
rnn my ongino into tlie roundhouse, ho
never moved out of his sent, but still
yunked tho bell rope, Then I buw that he
Was asleep. I called the other fellows, and
WO watched him for two or three hours
sleeping away and yet pulling dutifully at
tho bell. Whun wo finally woke him up,
his arm was sore, and bo was mud as a
hatter."?Philadelphia Record.
Perils of the Si?i.
"Already Hal had gone back a few steps
and then gliding forward to the brink of
the shoot paused a moment and was off.
Breathless we watched his swiftly moving
llguro as it approached tho jump. Ho
gathered himself together for tho spring
as ho approached the top, and tho next,
moment we saw him hurled, as if from u
catapult, into space. Far out over tlie
frozen hillside we saw him dart, and at
last he struck, swayed u moment, und then
quickly recovering himself sped swiftly
over the lako. Stopping himself us <iuiek
ly us possible, ho turned nnd running
back called out: 'Don't try it! It's too
liurd!'
'?' But Ole, who thought if Hid could do
it he could, had scarcely heard the words
before he started. Like; u shot ho struck
the embankment. For a moment he lost, I
his head. His ski crossed, nnd the next
be was hurled over and over dawn tho hill.
His ski hud broken, and luckily, for if it
hud hot he could not have escapedu severe
injury.
"Aguln Hal cried: 'Don't cornel Try
tho old shoot!'
"But 1 was confident that I could suc?
ceed, und so determined to try. Every?
thing went smoothly until I leached tho
embankment when, upon gathering my?
self for the spring, tho strap on my left ski
guvo way und I knew I was doomed.
Never, should I !i\e to be ahy.iiilrud, shall I
forget that moment, us suspended in niid
uir I felt that sick sensation which comes
when one's nerve fails creep quickly over
me. instinctively I closed my eyes und
trusted to luck. How 1 ever came out
alive I never knew, but a good Providence
landed ma in -,. snowbank."?Outing.
CauAc For Moaning.
We have a mull friend whom wo call
Esau?not from any capillary resemblance
to Jacob's firstborn, but because of his
quickness in guessing the solution of ?
skit which puzzled the rest of us. Hu saw
it ut once. Since then we have culled hitn
Esau. Ksnu says that at one time in his
life he lived in the country cud there met
a young and very pretty girl, Hlio was
just at 5hat charming, callow stage when
Romance rolls the eyes und her conversa?
tion is carried on in exclamation points.
One evening about dusk they were driv?
ing past a peach orchard, through the
limbs und brunches of which u high wind
was blowing.
'?'Oh, Esau," murmured the girl, "just
list to thu moaning of those trees, so weird
and almost human in thoir sadness."
"I hear them," replied Esau, "but, then,
if you were us full of green fruit us those
trees, I think you would moan too "?
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Well IJrhaveU ^vTorwcglHna.
Tho Norwegians of nil classes are tho
best behaved people in Europe. It is often
argued that tin aristocracy is necessary to
give by exuinple a high tone to society,
but Norway is almost the only country in
Europo without an aristocracy or any pre?
tensions to one.
London af? a Newspaper Center.
It is estimated that from 60,000 to 100,
000 words per diem uro sent as special re?
ports from "our London correspondents"
to the provincial newspapers, without In?
cluding tho traflic over '^private" wires
Vated by newspapers for thoir own uso.
A Pound to a. Yard.
One pound of sheep's wool Is capable of
producing one yard of cloth.
The Worst Victim.
"Dar *ln' no wuss victim ob misplaced
confidence," said Undo Eben, "dan de
man wlio gits tor thinkin ho knows every?
thing."?Washington Star.
Are We Going
Out of Business
fs the question asked by all1
purchasers when we quote
them our prices. It i.s no
v. . 'ii v they think so, as we
aro closing out our entire
Fall stock at about one-hall"
its actual value. OJive us a
call and you will be under
the same impression.
Shoes.
175 isiir Infanta hand sewed solid
leather button shoes. Regular price
50c- -c ut price 25c
240 pair children's Oongv.la Patent
Leather tip, button and lace. Regular
price S5c?cut price 48c
1SI p<ur little gent's satin calf spring
h el, lout.m and lace shoes. Regular
price $1.25?cut price 74o.
1:42 pair misses Dongola solid leather
spring heel button. Regular price $1.25
?cut price 75c.
92 j>air boys' satin calf, solid leather
shoes. Regular price $1.75?cut price
9Sc.
212 pair ladles' genuine Viel Kid In
button ?ui,l lace, oil the latest styles.
Regular price $2.25?cut price (1.24.
lfi'J pair ladies' Russet Box Calf, lat?
est style shoes?these are extra values.
Regular price $3.00?cut price $1.75.
HO pair ladies hand turned and hund
sewed si^s, latest style shapes in but?
ton and lace. Regular value $:?.50??cut
price J1.9S.
112 pair men's satin calf solid leather
all style tans. Regulax price $2.un?
cut price $1.24.
!B pair men's hand sewe? Enamel
Russet shoes, coin and Bull Dog. Reg?
ular price $4.50?cut price $2.50.
Hats.
All our black and brown derby's
formerly sold at $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
will go at 9S cents.
Furnishing Goods.
1ft dozen nv-n'.i white merino shirts
and drawers. Regular jiriee 50 cents
cut price 25.
2906 Washington Avc.
TRUSTEES SHE
Entire stock of
IVlen and Women's
hoes
will he sold
OW 60SL
Prices cut in half. All goods
new and stylish. Biggest
bargains everkn_.wn in this
city. Come early ami get
your first pick.
SOL MILLER,
Trustee for the
Second Clothing Store from
Twenty-eighth street.
Lcok out for signs over
?windows.
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Wl en Visii/mn Photons Gall at t
2 Ladles <ind Cents dining parlor.
2 .Meals at ail hours, also lodging;.
3 Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
ITHOS. fl. DOUGHTY,
3 PTtOPRIRTOR.
ifi Formerly proprietor i>f Railroad ?
? 3 House, Newport News. Tour a
3 patronage solicited. Give us a *
* call.
n Mellen street, near Mallory.
ft PHOEBUS, VA.
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riUGLER'S
Cafe and Family Liquor Stor#
ESTflBbl8?F.D IN 1888.
Is the place for you to bay your
W ines and Liquors for Cooking: and
Medicinal purposes.
<s2
CCJ
CO
t/3
CO
No Loud Talking
or Siliging, discuss?
ing of Politics, Na?
tionality or Reli?
gion. All who
cannot comply with
these rules are re?
quested to spend
their time and mon?
ey elsewhere.
All orders by mall will receive prompt
attention.
MUGLER'S cafe,
No. 2312 WASH'NC'.TO.N' AVENUE.
P. O. box 10. NEWl'ORT NEWS. VA.
W. p. BOStlER,
BUILDER.
Plans and Specifications furnished
or all kinds of buildings.
OFFICE
Cor, 33d St. and Virginia ?venu?
OLDEST BUILDER IN NEWVDRT
NEWS.
TRAVELERS' QUIDS.
JL ? .11 leave Nevvport News with both
freight and passengers for Petersburg
every .Monday, Wednesday and Friday
.tbout 7:15 A. M? and' will leave Newport
News for Norfo.k every Tuesay, Thurs?
day and Saturday sbout 3:30 P. M.
Will leave Norfolk evury Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 6 A. M.
sharp. J. W. rHUJJPS,
OtMT.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.
DAILY SERVICE BET WEHM
NEW VUKK AND VIRGINIA POINT?.
The elegant passenger steamships
Jamestown, Yorktown, Guyandott?,
Uoanoke and Old Dominion Ieav* N?w
York every day except Sunday at 3:90
P. M. for Norfolk and Newport Newts,
touching at Fortress Monroe on tha
south bound trip.
Th* ships of this line leave NorfoUt
for New York direct evecy night at 8:06
o'clock.
A short, delightful and Invigorating
voyage.
FAKE:
first-class. straight, including
meals and' berth.$ 8 00
First-class, round trip, includ?
ing meals and berth..... 13 Of
Steerage without subsistence...*... 4 60
Steamer Luray arrives fwi Smith
field und leaves for Norfolk daily cx
cept Sundoy, at 8:30 A. M. Rsturning
eaves Norlol' fror Bay Line wharf
-very day except Sunday at S V. M.
M. B. CROWELL. Agaa
rI"> HE NORFOLK & WASHINGTON
A STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The New and Powerful Iron Palaes
Steamers, Newport News, Washington
t..d Norfolk, will leave daily aa follows:
NO''TH BOUND.
Steamers leave Portsmouth, foot
of North strei t at.6:69 p. QS
Leave Norfolk, feat of Kathews
street at.
Lea\ j Old Point at.
Arrive Washington at.
B. & O. P.. R. PENN. R. R.
Leave Washington at 8:00 & iu /:S0 a m
Arrive Philadelphia at 11:10 am 10:40 am
Arrive New York at 2:00 p m 1:23 p m
SoutU bound, B. & O. R. H. Penn. Ii. R
i.eaves New lorkat li:3uam 1:00 pn.
Leaves Philadelphia at 1:33 p rc 3:1S p ai
Arrives in Vv's'-dngton 4:30 p m 6:1* p
Sictmera leave Washington at 1:00 p ta
Arrive Fortress Monroe at 6:30 a a
Arrive Norfolk at 7:30 a m
Arrive Portsmouth at 8:00 a a
Tbc trip down the histoi ic Potomac river
and Chmr.pcake bay on the elegant steamers
of this Company is uusurpussed. Tie
steamer* are comparatively new. having
becu built In 18C1, and art hltoJ. up in th?
most luxuriant manner, wltli electric l.ffbtx,
??all '?ells and cteaui heal in each roo.n. The
u.M_? tre supplied with every delicacy et
tiie season f :oui the markets of Waahlrgtoa
?ind NorJolk.
For further information apply to
D. J. CALLA H Ajm', AjjOlt,
sa Norfolk
C1 Ii Ed APEAKE & OHIO RAXLWAT
/ TWC TRAINS DAILY FOR WASH?
INGTON. TWO THROUGH TRAINS
FOR CINCIN N ATI.
in EFFECT JANUARY 6. 1S98.
| No. 1 I No. S
I 9:00 a. I 4:36 p.
11:16 a. I 6:60 s.
3:40 p. 111:36 p.
2:16 p.
6:41 p.
8:57 p.
?-ii'p".
dag
3:25 a.
7:55 a.
10:39 p.
2:43 p.
6.30 a.
9:0a a.
7:36 a.
iiviap."
(:16 a.
WESTWARD.
Lv. Newport News
Ar. Richmond
Ar Washington
Lv. Richmond
Ar. Charlottesville
Ar. Cltfton Forge
Ar. Hot Springs
Ar Ronceverte
Ar. White Sulp. Spgs
Ar. Huntington
Ar. Cincinnati
Ar Louisville_1^1:00?. [ 6:00??
' 'Except Sunday. Other time dally.
No. 1 Old Point to Cincinnati and
Louisville daily. Parlor car Old Point
to Richmond and Pullman alaepbig ca?
Richmond for Cincinnati, LoulsviUs and
St. Louis. Meals served on dining car
I west of Gordonsviile. Connects at R:eh
tnond for Lynchburg and Lexington,
Va.
No. 3 for Cincinnati daily. PuSnMUt
i sleepers old Point to Hlntteto, W. Ya?
ind Gordonsviile to CincianaU "
I Louisville. Meals served on dining eaxs
vest of Gurdonavilie._
For
?airs
_Norfolk._
I Lv. Newport Newa
Ar. Norfolk
A r. Ports m o u th_
"For
_ Old Point_
I Lv. Newport News
I Ar. Hampton
At. Old Point_
I No. i t Ns. 4
j DaUy. J D*iljr._
i 11:05 a. 6:0? p.
I 11:05 p. 7:00 p.
^18:18 p. J T:15 p.
I No. 8 I N?. 4
I Dally. I DaSy.
11:06?. I 6:68 p.
11:23 a. 6:33 p.
11:35 a. 1 6:80 p.
Steamer Louise Isavea Portamotra?
daily at 7:40 A. M. and 3 P. M-! lsavss
Norfolk 8 A. M. and 3:30 P. M. for New?
port News.
For tickets, rates and other Informa?
tion, apply to E. W. Robinson, ticket
agent, Newport News, Va., of John D.
Potts, assistant generai passenger
*gi-m. Rlciimond _
ME ROH AMTS & MINERS TRANS?
PORTATION CO.'S STEAMSHIP
LINES FOR BOSTON. PROVIDENCE.
BALTIMORE.
Leave Newport News via Norfolk for
Boston every Monday. Wednesday an'Jt
Friday, soiling from Norfolk at 6 P.
M. Leave for Providence every Tma
day, Thursday and Satutduy at 6 P. M.
Leave Newport News for Baltimore
?aily (except Tuesday) at 5 P. M.. con';
nesting for Washington, Philadelphia
and New York. Fare to Baltimore, one
way $2.<i0; round trip $5.00. inciudlng
stateroom berth'. Accommodations and
cuisine unequalled. Freigibt and passen?
gers taken for all points north and> east.
For further information apply to
L. C. tSAUNDERS, Agent, Newport
News.
W. P. TUIttNER, G. P. A
J. C. WHITNEY. T. M.
General Office, Baltimore, Mi.