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C0ND1T10HJQF TRADE'
Quieter Business and Smaller
Distribution.
LIGHTER WHEAT EXPORTS
F?llurc? for tilt Week In Hi- Unlttd Slate*
mill Canudu. AtlVKIlCC In the Knien
fur .Money. Speculators Com?
pelled to t.lt|iil?liitv.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Apnl 1.?Bradstreet's
tomorrow wtiSI say:
"A week t(?f iMt'her fiuletor general
made and of ?maller distribution, due
to easily explainable causes, c!<.s<.-k a
quarter which his been eminently ?it
ififKi!t?iory 'to nearly ?'W branches of
trade and productive of unprecedented
business in many fUwred lines. The
heavy foreign demand for our products,
particularly agricultural staples, and
Wie active domestic movement in most
lines .ire evidenced by tlie heavily In?
creased Ibaink clearings reported for
the quarter, and the effect on the conn
imerekil morUWky is favorably reilected
In a 'total, fin- the tlrw: thive months of
IS'.iS. of failures and liabilities involved,
smiiilcr Wian In the corresponding pe?
riod of four years past. Current de
ni lind ani distribution at the Baut have
?been Interfered with by "the uncertain?
ties growing out of the unset'tled for?
eign relations.
"Little or no improvement iw found in
ithe coaave cotton goods trade, and prim
cloths have marked a low record in
quotations of 2 1 -10 for regular goods.
(The anthracite couil trade i? suffering
from tlii- usual] spring complaint, bus
lnt*u is inaWtlve and prices are weaik.
Trier?' Is a rather more quiet condition
om regards new demand for ii>jn d'twl
Steel at most markets, und some shad?
ing in quotations is clulined, but tlie
business doing is oh an immense ttCU'le.
Oood weafaher UU 'the South favors an
early 4 hunting* benson, but business
based upon tttriej 'has not been of ?uoli
d volume a.s >tb make tip for the <piiet
luig in demand noted m u number of
coast oH-les aind jail river Mnts, where
niigiii water w limiting business to some
ext- nt. IExiwft trade a* New Orleans
is reported ohecked by Increased frlirlii
ami insurance nutes, growing out ,,f the
preseni luisettiod foreign relations
toe price slituatlon, on the whole, is
Hm?u^^v'' "onr '??caudetl. are
.-..ii.ui.i inan for some weeks ? n.,,.
lSJB. J.S;..'.:m.| tbmflR.jH in 1S95 und 2 77.S lfai
hn-sbelH Iii IW. com ex|H>nts dre.'on
? U"K 4.f>?7.T22 bushels
5*2 ''' ?-" bUShciS lUlSi Week 4
'^Failures recorded. ?u iOhwe Imtlnia
l.i V'"'" wl,,'H^s li) ?'w satisfactory
condfliyiis ruling |n commercial line's
this, year in a total for the iiuarter of
?t..>ir> emliairi\uswmenis, Involving Hdbll
tfcfl of. $36,198,000, a decrease in nuuMber
Xroin <i year ago of 13 per cent, and
ifion. 'two years ago of 22 per cent .
while as regards lnbi'Mtles there iK u
tfoialriig off from i)as>t vear of 'M per cent
ami as compared with 1896 of over 42
pel-cent.
?'IFVttl'hiea in tho (Dominion of Canada
ifor the Ural quarter of 18!)8 uuutfbcr
&H>, with liabilities of j:{,.suo,o'w, a dc
eiv.ire of 24 per cent, in number and
of 20 per cent, in llalbilltles from one
year ago."
INEW YORK, April 1.?R. <J. Dim &
Company's weekly review of trade will
say tomorrow:
"Iii spite Of foreign conditions since
the destruction of the 'Maine on Febru?
ary If., r-aOhircti in three months twti
stmtller uhun in the tlrst quarter of
any year since lssii, tihc rutlo of de?
faulted Ikiilil'litles to payments thiougb
??kufing houses has been the smallest
rtor 1'hat quarter since 1881; the average
?>f iiablMtlea per linn in business has
been 'the i-m idlest since IXSO, end the
overage <>f ii.l !?i!i t ies per failure hae bee.ll
lower thun ever before in any t|uarter.
It Is especially sighliicuu't t-hat the itVuil- I
ures for less ibau Jliiii.mii) without .ma- |
terial deciHiofC 'In numher, were 29 ipe'r
rfeii't. smaller in 'trading.
'"Plie war Cloud, ivhiCli as mfciyhove been
liufe.rre.l must 'have greatly increased
tKinniercial disnstera, does not apepair
no have any ifiieh elfect a.s yet. I tat es
for money haive odvanieed and the six
per cent., which used to be the ruling
ralte in active times again prevaWs,
\vliieli eonvpels many speculators to li?
quidate. i|!ut 'the iin|KMtS of gold go
?far to 'prevent any real anxiety. More?
over, ailt'hougili part of file hyixi'tihocu
t??d exv.ihsnnge on Europe has 'been s?>M
and ordered against it, there Is known
to be ilb?ul $:iO,OO?,000 rndre yel in the
hanks at New York and jn.fiOO.OlK) in
otin.r cities, awainst which gOld is liable
t? be imp irted becaui-c there is small
prosp.-ot <>f any better seiUemetiti
?'?The outgo of ibrendstuffs cbntlnues,
A't'kiJttic ex|>orts being 2,516, 220 bushels;
Hour inclutkd, for the w?rek. agaiiust
2.1?ri.:i7S last year, and l*ucMlc exports
f>42,14T burfbels a?ains;t 1BS.207 'last year
and .for The past live weeks from Iwth
Co?sts and Canada the exports hdvt
been 16,592,917 bushels aga.inst 8,22C,?r>G
last year. Meanwfliitle corn exports
have been for the week a.TOT.O'jy bushels
against 4,291,621 last year. All .the spe?
culative movements ait Vhc i\Vcst have
?been le?s lnlluent1?'l thuhi this heavy
and continued ibuylng bU graiif. and
western receipts begin to fail off as i'f
supplies were no longer unlimited.
Wheat 'lias declined SUglvtiy but conn
has idvuaicetl one quiaurter of a cent foi
the week, and no one linanlnes tAiat |
foreign tn>ui>les can check the outgo.
Cotton! 'has adyainced 'an elghtih be<-ause
<.r Ulie idea t'lmi production may be re
dueed, oi though lecelpts from plantar
it ions thus far have been greater by
aboii'i 700,000 bales than in 1895 from the
largest crop ever raised, and whMe the
mills are now nearly all active the con?
sumption doe?, not exceed tile max
limnm.
"Tin: iron and steel market s'nows no
deCl ease.
"Failures for the week liave been 220
in the United tStates, against 260 last
ryeair, and 27 in Canada, against 42 last
year."
XEW YOWK t C/ri'oN MAitKl/r.
NEW YORK, Ap.'j'i l.-C'oU- n fu?
tures closed' quiet and si-teudy; s i
J03.&O0 b.ues. April O.M. ; May D.93 ;
June &.9Cc; July 5.99c; Auk. 6.01c; Sept.
C.'jSc: .Oct. 5.98c; Nov. 5.99c; Dec. C.Olc;
Jan. 0.02c.
Yellow lace for trimming whit'- fo
brk\b will \x- much in favor, bui there
Ik a great variety in the sh.id.-s chosen.,
Kuille and light ts>nes prevail over the
yvllows witl> the dash of pink which
was so poj^ilar il few seasons ago. The
combination* of white and straw-color?
ed kice is used nit only for gowns but
also for blouse bodices.
NOT SO FEEBLE.
"What a delicate Iwking child Mrs.
Rickrack's thiid is"'
"Delicate ? That's the child thai
bosses the whole family."
?HOUSE -Ol,EAtXtlNO WOES.
?When woman drowns her home in
tuds
Her husband feels flespair:
Si* roots out such a lot of duds
She thinks he ought to wear.
sasj i sag jBSBSSSSSSSSS BBS SBS3S3BB
fOLD BY THE CIRCUS MAN.
rtoo aircnroaianoca Attending (bo
Loaa of a Ldrge Anaconda.
"We lost a big anaconda once," said
the old circus man, "In the most sin?
gular manner you over heard of; you
wouldn't guess how If you should guess
|?or forty yearB.
"This wus at the time when we had
the great eighteen-foot giraffe that
I've told you about, and, by a very
ilngular coincidence, this anaconda
waa just the samo length ? just
eighteen feet long. It got out of its
cago ono day, how, nobody ever knew,
and strolled over to where tho gl raff o
was lying, outsldo the big tout, asleep
on the ground. What under tho cano?
py could havo possessed the anaconda
to collar tho giraffe I don't know, un?
less it was because It was the first liv?
ing thing it came across; but it began
rolling itself around the giraffe's head;
it had taken nbout two turns, I guess,
when tho giraffe woke up.
"Frightened? Well, now! The show
waa going on?Just started lor tho aft
triioon performance. The clown was
walking around tho ring cracking his
whip when In rushed the giraffe, sway
ng hiB long neck and cracking his
whip, the lash made of fifteen foct of
inaconda, which the giraffe slashed
iround in the air and slatted up
igalnst the canvas roof and slammed
lown oil the ground, jumping arouud
.tself mad. I'd been in tho show busi?
ness some lime, but I'd never seen any?
thing llko that.
"The people dldu't know what tc
tnuko of it first; they kind o' thought
it waa part of tho show, though thoy
ictod us though they thought it was a
protty Bkeory part; but in nbout five
seconds they realized what it was, and
:hon thoy thought they'd had thcli
nonoy's worth, and they wanted to go;
md they did go, dropping down from
.ho back of tho Heats, nnd down
through tho ecata, and getting out
iny way they could; and leaving the
Mg giraffe there 'rustling with the an
Lconda and thrashing it around and
ilattiug It down, and making every ef?
fort to Bhake it off, but without auy
?ffect.
"Then'b whore the old man coma in,
is ho always did In any real eniergeu*
!jr. He was walking around tho ring,
iow buck of the giraffe and alongside
if him, and keeping as riose to him as
ao could and waiting for a chnnco.
Presently tho giraffe, sloshing the
(real snake around In the air in all
llrectloiis, doubled it around the cell?
ar pole. It Just happened so, but that
vaa the old man's chance. When tho
ttmconda's tail swung nround lie buIz
id It, and fourteen other men tallied
in in less than that number of sec
inds. A cauvasmiin came out with an
ix e.
"'Chop!' Bays the old man, and ono
)low on tho bend of the big eerpont
vhoro ho wont around the center polo
vna enough. And that's tho way wo
ost tho hig anaconda; hut us com pa r
td with glniffos anacondas wore cheap;
ind we were glad to get out of it as
veil as we did."
Dentistry at Sen.
When a sailor on a deep-water ship
um a toothache he is likely to go to
.ho Captain. The Captain given him
lomethlng out of the medicine chest
jo put In his tooth, and if that does
10t euro It perhaps he pulls it. It is
l common thing for Bailors to pull
:helr own teeth. Their method is to
;ut a string around a tooth and pull It;
iut dental forceps are carried on deep
Miter ships, on some vessels a fair bui?
lt of them. A ship Captain of loug
sxporicnco said that in tho course of
liu lifo ut sea he had pulled 1100
:ooth.
Tho ship's modlcine chest on large
ressols-ls like a closet or cupboard,
a/itli a glass door, built In the ship. In
.hiB chest tho medicine bottles, gilt-la
selled, aro arranged on shelves that
rlso ono above another in receding
tiers; It Ik practically a well-appointed
?Ittle drug Btoro. There is supplied
.vllh the medicine chest a book ex?
plaining tho uses of the medicines,
Tho Captain is likely to have some j
Jther hook on mcdlcnt subjects which I
no has read and Btudied, and ho is
likely to have had n good deal of ex
porlenco beforo attaining the rank of
tnastor of a ship.
Tho BailorH aro gonerally healthy
men, hut when occasion requires, the
Captain prescribes; lie la the physl
:lan. Iambs broken at sen tiro of
:outbc sot there, and theru might be
ilrcumst uncos in which tho Captain
would not hesitate to perform a sur
(Ical operation.
A Cook'? Btrnnse Employment,
There Is a celebrated cook in Lon
lon who is said to hauu an incomo of
aver ten thousand doffars a year. He
a attached to no houBC, but in his own
orougham aots out toward ovoning for
:ho home of uonio rich man who is go
.ng to give a dinner, at which every
llsh must be ah vo criticism. Here ho
tllghts and, making for the kite.lion,
;oea through the proceeB of tasting all
ho soupB, sauces and made dishes?ad
rlsing when his palale suggests a Ut?
ile more Ealt here, a pinch of herbs
?.here, a dash of sugar in this entree,
i suspicion of onion in thut saliyls.
This done, ho pockets his feu oftwenty
flve dollars and drives on to the next
ilnner-givlng patron, who has bidden
Dim to his feast in this strango fash?
ion. His nightly list comprises many
bousu.i all through tho London sea?
son.
Stole m Tombnliiiie.
William Bachman, a tombstone
maker of Pine IllufT, Ark., is In Jail
charged with stealing a tombstone
from the cemetery and working it
over for the purpose of selling it
?Jaliv
Tho fiyriiu In Shakespeare's Time.
John TrevlsH wrote that "tho liyuinn is
e cruel beast like to the wolf In devouring
ind gluttony. It is his kind to change
sexes, for he 1h now male nnd now female,
and Is therefore nn unclean beast. Ami
cometh to houses by night and felgneth
man's voice us he may, for men should
trow that it is a man, und herds tell that
among stables ho fulgueth spceoh of man?
kind, and culloth some man by his own
name, and rendeth him when ha hnth him
Without. And ho feig not h oft tho name of
somo man for to make hounds run out,
that ho may take and cat thorn."?
"fc>haktsiity.ro'e Natural History."
Intense Excitement Caused
by War News, '
STATE NAVAL RESERVES
Secretary I.k Auk* Now Soon Tliey Cttii
lie Iteiuly for Bervlec. Colonel Kd
inuiiilMuti 1'usse* Away at
l.t-.xltiKtoli.
(SjHseial to the Duiily Press.)
IllOIIMONiD, VA.. Arp'il ?>.?The 're?
fusal >rf S|i.ilti 'to i.illy wluh 'Wie Uc
iii in. l^ of the United states and Uhe
possible outcome of the uffa r ii- upper?
most in 'the minds of the .people todiiy.
The newaptilpers ure putting out bul?
letins aa fast us the news ii* received
from Woss'lrtngtvui, and la rue crowds
are reading Wie news with interest.
Tue exclteim nt is iiiiew-o.
rPhi? morning Secretary Long, of -the
N.ivv l?-p:iriiii-nt. wired Governor
Tyler, ask-big how soon the naval re?
serves of Virnlnlj could 'be gotten ??ady
foraerv.ee. Seorefewry Geiiera-I Jo Line
St. ru went to Norfolk today to brok
after iWi'o reserves and Wie reply will
louibtlesa lie eent torilgWt.
lOven the most conservative men hero
?pracCrcoil bi?eintes men who hua'e
u ifully watcJied Wie trend of cwwts
in 1 .who haw nC1 UUong contended "tha*
there would not be wur?twwe sIjicc
ttij receipt of today's news declared
a. ir beiiiiT -to be that war is now In
evitable unless the United St.it is
makes a <*miplete back down. And
i'his '.s a'ltogether Improbahle.
A telegram w.i? received here Mils
.if. .moon announcing't'he death in Ixsx
ngton, V?., i?f Uokinel J. K. Kdinund
-in. <i> well known "iviwyor of that place.
Cokmt'l lOihnundeon was a gaiihun Con?
federate soldier, 'and Kineo the war he
has been u member ? the State Ia*s
legisla? ire.
There was in good deal of frost in
the In'terloro'f Virginia last night, doing
a Bruit dcn'l of domd'ge to frutt and
cowly ve*get?i!bleis
T?te Itkhmond hase ball team made
their initial ftppetaniince nt the ball park
yesterday with 'Hie 'McCwibe tvum as
thtir oppt?ients. The nu n are sore and
.--.iff from too mutt) work in the pre
?Mmluiv'ry pruecico. ItnHlinore is here
I for ?b roe g-vnitts?^iiding With Monday's
gainc.
Acquitted,
Magistrate?You will admit that you
entered the hoii.se of tho prosecuting wit?
ness by the duur at ~ o'clock in tho morn?
ing*
Prisoner? Yes, your honor.
"What business had yuu there nt I hat
time of nlghtr"
"I thought it was my own house."
"Thun why did yon, when this lady up
prom-hed, leap through the whitlow, jump
into the cistern anil hide yourself r"
" Your honor, 1 thought it was my wife."
?Household Words.
Hair Shut It.
A little, girl lins mi uncle who taught hoi
to open and shut his crush hut. Duo even
lug, however, ho appeared with an ordi?
nary silk hut, which ho loft in the hall.
Presently ho saw the child coming with
his new hut crushed into accordion plaits.
"Oil, uncle," she cried, "I his onu is very
hard! I've hud to sit on it, but I can't
got It inoro than half shut."?Pearson'?
Wi-okly.
Bleep uml thu roles.
The superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to tho north
is believed by tho Kreuch to have for its
foundation a sclent ilia fact. They ulllrin
that euch human system is In Itself an
electric battery, the head being one of the
elect lodes, the feet the other. Their proof
whs discovered from experiments which
thu Academy of Sciences was allowed to
liitlku on the body of n mull who was guil?
lotined. This was taken the instant it foil
nnd placed upon n pivot free to move us it
might Tho head part, after u little vacil?
lation, turned to the north, nnd the body
then remained stationary. It was turned
half why round by one of the professors,
and again tho head end of tho trunk moved
slowly to the cardinal point due north, tho
Kamt) results being repeated until tho lluul
arrest a thin of 'organic movement.?Lou
dun (Jlobo.
Hontatt Sweden.
In Sweden a crlnio Is tin event; theft
particularly is very rare. Honesty Is the
f uildamenUd quality of tho race, is natu?
rally recognized and oillcially counted
upon. In this regard tho Stockholmers
show n confident carelessness which is al?
ways a surprise to strangers und causes
them some uneasiness. In tho i heaters
and concert bulls there aro largo cloak?
rooms, whore hats and furs aro loft with
out tho smallest safeguard. The perform?
ance, over, each one again takes possession
of his effects, and an accident never oc?
curs. Tho Inhabitants uro accustomed to
ox pect a reciprocal probity In the transac?
tions of everyday life. Upon most of tho
tramways in Stockholm conductors huvi
been dispensed with. The passenger him
self deposits his Ml ore in a little till placed
tvtthoond of the vehicle, behind the driver.
It Is patriarchal?und economical.--Pa?
risian.
Sure of h Nico One.
Littlo Gertie?Mamma, toll ino n fairy
story.
Mai ii ma?I don't know any. Got your
papa to tell you why he staid out so lute
lust night.?Now York Journal.
lilllll till IWll],
Fogg calls it bimetallism when a young
lady with gold tilled teeth speaks in sil?
very accents.?1 lust on Transcript.
KewipupiT Morality.
Olio of tho most curious things about
?no newspaper, says Ii. L. Oodkln In Thu
Atlantic, is that the public does not expect
(from a newspaper proprietor tho sumo sort
cf morality it expects from persons in oth
'Sf callings. It would disown a bookseller
:*i)tl cento all intercourse with hini for n
Ctthe of tho falsehoods and petty frauds
which it pusses unnoticed In a newspaper
proprietor. It niny disbelieve every word
ho cays and yet profess to respect him and
luuy occasionally reward him, so that It
is quite possible toflndn nowspap-.T which
nearly everybody condemns and whoso
influeuco ho would repudiate circulating
very freely among religious and moral
people mid making handsome profits for
Its proprietor. A nowspnpor proprietor,
therefore, who finds that his profits re
inuin high, no matter what views ho pro
mulgutes and what kind of morality hu
practices, can hardly, with fairness to tho
community, bo treated as an exponent of
its opinions. Ho will not consider what
it thinks when ho finds ho bus only to
consider what it wilt buy and that it will
buy his papor without agreeing with it
A useful charity, cnllod tho Lonrtor
Spectacle mission, provides spectacles r.n*
needlewomen -7id other deserving persons
dependent upon their eyesight for a living.
IjtiHt year V?fl applicants woru provided
with spectacles.
Affectation in any part of our carriage
Is lighting up n candio to our defects nnd
never falls to make us bo taken notice of
cither as wanting Benso or ua wanting sin?
cerity.?Looke.
T~ thwarted; 1?
Jack Knglifih wob tloket agent, bnggago
muster und telegraph operator at tho little
stutlon called Ranchman's Contcr. It was
n uuw stntlon, far out on tho prnlrlo, fully
half n inllo from tho nearest habitation,
but being sltuutcd In tho midst uf a wild
belt of excellent grazing country It already
did more business than many places on
tho road boasting of several hundred in?
habitants.
As tho lust train?tho oast bound ex?
press?passed ho locked up tho station and
crossed tho prairie to tho little cottago,
half a mile away, whoro his mother and
sister IjIzzIu kopt a pleasant homo for him.
Lizzie was a bright, aotlvo girl of 14,
but with all her intelligence and Industry
she whs an inveterate coward. Sbu was
afraid uf everything and often mndo her?
self miserable by Imuglning danger wbon
none existed.
When ho took charge of tho little ofilco
down nt tho crossing, she announced her
determination of studying telegraphy.
Juck assured her that tho art was ns full
of olcctrlcity ob a thunderstorm, of which
she stood In mortal dread, but sho perse?
vered in her effort notwithstanding und
in a few weeks could mnnlpulato tho in?
strument so as to receive nnd send men |
sages i\h correctly, If not quite as speedily,
us hor teacher.
Pleased with her progress, tho brother
secured two secondhand instruments nnd
a coll of wlro and put n lino from tho
house to tho station, so that sho might
hnvo practice without having to walk to
I tho ollice during tho cold weather.
I Fearing that thoofliclous linemen might
object to tho Instrument on his end of tho
lino being In tho ofllce, Jack put It upon
one side of the big, empty frclghtruom,
and hero, when tho weather was not too
cold, he spent many a lonely half hour in
conversing with the little sister at homo.
One night about tho middle of February
thero was a terrlflo thunder and wind
storm, with a blinding fall of rain and
hall, a very unusual thing ut that season
of the yenr. It came up suddenly about
11 o'clock, after the west hound train had
passed and an hour before tho eastern ono
was due.
Above tho ronr of tho thunder and tho
beating of tho hull ngttlnst tho window ho
heard tho clatter of horses' feet. A mo?
ment later there camo a loud knocking at
tho outer door.
Thinking they wero people from a dis?
tance to wait for tho train, ho Inquired,
more from habit than from suspicion,
"Who Is there*"
"Passengers to take tho midnight
train," was tho quick responso. "Wo'ro
wot to tho skin and half frozen."
Without u moment's hesitation Jack
drew back tho heavy IkiU and threw open
tho door, when in crowded half a dozen
rough looking men mullled to tho ears In
furs and woolen comforters.
Ho was seized by ono of tho stalwarts
nnd hurled unceremoniously to tho floor.
Thun, while two of the number hold him
down, tho others busied themsolves in
binding his hands and feet.
Ho supposed, of course, thnt they would
go through his pockets In search of thu
key of the safe, but they didn't. Instead
they carried him Into tho freight room and
laid him down against tho side of the
building, with tho Injunction to keep
mum if ho valued his bacon.
His thoughts wero Interrupted by ono
of tho men opening tho door and Inquir?
ing:
"Is tho train on timo, sonnyr"
"It wus at 10 o'clock," answered Jnok,
and then with a wild hope In his heart
ho added, "Let mo loose, und I'll Und
out."
"Nob much, my hardy," responded tho
rough. "Let you ut thnt infornal lnstru
meat nnd you'd send tho train through
llko lightning and so cheat us out of tho
pilo of gold wo'ro after."
Ho understood now why they had not
nsked him for the key of tho safe. It was
not the paltry sum that might bo found
in the little country depot they wero after.
They Intended to rob the train.
He tried to loosen his hands, but In thu
darkness ho could accomplish nothing.
Just nt that instant nn opportune llnsh
of lightning revealed to him the blessed
fact that in their haste his would bo captors
had failed to draw tho knot on tho cord
with which lite hands were bound ns tight?
ly ns they doubtless intended.
In an instant thu slack end of tho loop
was between bis teeth, and a few vigorous
jerks soon set him free. It required but a
moment more to whip out his knife and
! out thu cord that bound his feut. Lizzie
j was a sound sleeper, but his ono hope was
that sho might hnvo becen awakened by
the storm aud so inado available asnn as?
sistant. Ills conjeeturo was correct, and
almost immediately tho circuit was opened
and tho responso canto.
Then as rupldly as possible ho mndo
known tho situation nt tho station and
asked if sho would go down to thu cut, n
quarter of u mile distant, and signal thu
train. Tho reply wns in thu ulllrmntivu,
and there was no indecision in It either.
Then ho flashed back:
"Put a plcco of thin, red flannel around
tho lantern, go down to tho dcup cut and
swing your red light across tho track as
soon as tho train rounds tho curve. Keep
it tqi until you uro suru it has beeil seen,
und when tho train stop? go to thu con?
ductor with thu news I hnvo told you."
"All right," returned Lizzie. "I'll bo
off inside of three minutes." And coward
though she wus she kept her promise.
It wns still thundering In tho distance,
nnd every flash of lightning made her
shrink and cower ns If wounded by the
glaring sheet of lire. Hut In spite of hur
terror sho did not slacken her speed und
reached the cut just as tho headlight of
tho approaching train began to glluunor
nround tho curve beyond.
Faithfully she delivered thu message
committed to her and then fell fainting nt
the conductor's feet
It was not long after this that Jack
henrd tho train rumble up to tho station
und the cry of "Hands tip I"
A week Inter a check for $200 from thu
railroad company, payable to Jack and
Lizzie English for the use of their private
line In capturing the robbers, ouiuo.?Ex?
change
Vengeance,
" Understand," said tlie man with tho
nervous look, "that the father of that boy
who lost his voice through an accident on
your road is going to bring suit."
"I have board something of tho kind,'
said tho corporation counsel.
"tilt mo on thu jury. 1 live In tho snmo
ilnt with him. Hnvo for four years."?In
diunupolls Journal.
Did She Oet It on Tlicro First?
Harry?What reason hnvo you to bollovo
that sho Is beginning to take an interest.
In you?
Albert?Sho took her hntidkorchief nnd
brushed the dandruff from my cout collar
last evening.?Cleveland.lender.
Wanted a Lot of Them.
The Chicago Chronicle tells of a "new
rich" woman who has been giving lavish
entertainmonts and has endeavored to
have them as correct as possible. Her am?
bition is not to bo outdone by anybody.
That Is tho reason she felt envious tho oth?
er evening when sho heard that a certain
woman had given a dinner nnd that the
ices wero served in tho rotunda. Forth?
with sho Invited jK'oplu to a dinner, and
husten big to her caterer said: "I supposo
you hnvo some nice rotundas, haven't youf
It is quite tho thing now to have Ices
served in thorn. Pleuse see thnt my icea
for Wednesday night are servod In litt!?
rotundas."
*? KID M'COY."
?ogunUi; |>7 Mirny ?1? tho Conlns
Champion of the World.
Tho Solby family of Indianapolis,
(nd.. is distinguished by numbering
tmong its members a minister of zeal
ind unblemished reputatlou and a
prize-fighter who is regarded by many
is the coralug chanplon of the world.
Those who are familiar with the chron?
icles of the fistic ring would not rec?
ognize the name of Norman Set by.
This young man, however, hnB a pro?
fessional nun dc plume; be Is called
"Kid McCoy" In pugilistic circles.
There are a great many differences
between McCoy and nearly all other
prize-fighters. His parents nro edu?
cated and religious poople. They gave
him excellent training while he re?
mained with them. Possibly their
rules wero to rigid for Norman. Ha
KID M'cnr AS llti LOOKS IN It MAL MPK.
kh3 bom in October, lS7;i. In ISS?,
*hen he v r.s lli yens of ;rgc. he ran
tway from home, and has not siuro,
ixcept on occasional viBits, been an in?
nate of his futber'a house.
The first months of his independence
was occupied in doing such odd jobs
is he could find. Subsequently ho
ftorked at painting, and afterward
'.ried his nimble fingers as a tailor.
Then be becnnie a professional lighter
for money and rank, making bis first
ippenrancc in the ring before he was
18 years of ago.
Norman Selby, or "Kid McCoy,"
has some remarkable traits. He has
fust entered upon bis twenty-fifth
fear. He Is 6 feet in beigtit and
neighs, when in condition, about 153
pounds. Since ho ran away from homo
ais associations have been largely with
pugilists and their kind. It is not
necessary to say that members of this
class do not shine in culture or re?
finement of manner. Nevertheless,
McCoy has the bearing and tastes of a
gentleman born. To look at him and
to converse with him no ono would
take this young man to be a prize?
fighter.
His features are intellectual and in a
degree classical. The head is finely
shaped. The mouth is rather large and
the lips thin. His hands are small,
vory small for a man. Indeed, they
would not be considered large for a
woman. His voice is low and rather
musical. He speaks with gentleness
and carries himself with an easy dig?
nity that is a gift of nature. His lau
tu ago is that.of an^educqLed.person.
"SurprlHe Furniture."
"Surprise furniture" seems to bo the
rule rnthor than the exception nowa?
days, but the oddest of nil odd pieces
is a pretty littlo round table, uphol?
stered in old brocade, with an arrange?
ment for showing one or two minia?
tures. The half-top (it ennnot he
clearly defined) revolves with a touch,
roveallng all the necessaries for writ?
ing a hasty note or telegram and pock?
ets for letters and cards, and another
turn discloses just what Is required for
a 5 o'clock tea in lovely china.
Women na ('lei-tin.
Of the 20.000 Washington Govern?
ment clerks, nearly one-third are wo?
men, who receive from $600 to (1,800
yearly.
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When Visiting Phoebus Call at ?
PH0EBU8 CAFE, 1
Ladles and Gents dining parlor, n
.Meals at all hours, also lodging. fl
Wines, Liquors and Cigars. S
TH0S. ft. DOUGHTY J
PROPRIETOR. '
Formerly proprietor of RaJlroai n
House, Newport News. Your B
patronage solicited. Give us a ?
call. #
Mellon street, near Mallory. g
3 PHOEBUS, VA. $j
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THE DAINTY DINE
Amd tha lalbortng man alike recognize
in ithelr hnks stuffs tili? "staff of life."
For 'breakfast or d?nner, nothing Is
more rellahed Shan wholesome bread.
Ws take particular pride In our bread,
using onJy the best Ingredden'iH, care?
fully handled and baked to a turn.
If you've never sampled it you don't
kvnow good bread. Your ordern prompt?
ly filled and delivered wMJh the great?
est of satlifacllon guaranteed.
A. B. WILHINK,
tlT Twenty-sevenrtih strs*t, near Waab
lnffton o-Ttmia.
LADIES DD YOU mow
Oft. FELIX LE BRUN'S
. Steel 1 Pennyroyal Treatment
ia tho original and only FRENCH
esfo and rolinhlo oaro on tho uinr
?kot. Price. $1.00; eout by mail.
I Gonnine sold only by
KIOR'S DTtlM STORES,
lNfewpiri New?, V*.
But conic at once and secure
some of tlie gigantic bargains we
are offering this week. To introduce
Our Elaborate Sorino stock
"which is excelled by none," we
will make the following conces?
sions :
Shoes.
Ladies' Vici Kid Tan Lace Shoes, all the
latest styles, regular price $2, will go at $1.25.
Ladies' genuine dongcla, patent leather and
dongola tip, very soft and flexible, in lace and
button, regular price $2, will go at $1.25.
Ladies* imported vici kid, hand turned, in tan
and black, regular price $*', will go at $1.08.
Children's tan shoes, all solid leather, regu?
lar price 75 cents, w ill go at 48 cents.
Children's genuine goat tan ? hoes, in lace or
button, regular price $1.25, will go at 75 cents.
Misses' tan vici Kid, in button and lace, reg?
ular price $1.50, will go at 1)8 cents.
Men's satin call', solid lether, lace shoes,
regular price $1.50, will go at 05 cents.
Men's tan Russia lace shoos, ail the latest
toes, regular price $2.25, w ill go at $1.18.
Men's tan genuine call' shoes, patent back
stay, all the latest stvles and colors, reguhv price
$3, will go at $1.98. ;
MEN'S GENUINE HAND MADE SHOES,
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington's Make,
in tan and black vici. Also patent leather in all
the leading styles. Regular price $(>, will go at
$5.
Sweaters
Men's wool sweaters in till shades, regular
price 85 cents, will go at 50 cents.
Men's all wool sweaters, guaranteed fast
colors, regular price $ 1.75, will go tit i)8 cents.
The l.'p-to-J )a< e Shoe. Hat and ( 'cut's Furnish?
ing Store, 2;KK) Washington avenue.
2517 Washington avenue, nearly opposite P. 0.,
is the place to find almost everything you want
in notions, shirts, overalls, muslin and gauze iin
| cierwear. children's dresses, knee pants, jackets,
I corsets, towels, ribbons, ho?e, pins, needles, china,
glass and tinware, toys. etc. Jn prices and quali?
ty we are second to none. Prices vary from ic to
$1.00. SUE M. CARROTi' & CO.
Irwin Tucker & Co.,
General Real Estate,
Fire, Lite and Accident ir.surcncc rooms.
We represent leading Insurance Com?
panies of the world and write
FI HB, LI PK AND AOC1 DBN V IN?
SURANCE AT RBAS?N? HL IS
RATHS.
IMPROVED AND UN* IM PROVED
REAL ESTATE FOR SALL
In tha best business and residential
sections of Newport News.
Houses Sold on Small Cash
Payments
and monthly sums thereafter, amount?
ing to about what Is paid for rent
I^ocal Investment securtles of all
kinds dealt in and bought and sold.
1/ian.i negotiated on collatteralH and
city real estate. Information cheer?
fully furnished to parties desiring to
Invest or rent. Correspondence aollci
ted.
Owners of real estate and city secu?
rities are Invited to list their property
with us for sale.
Notary Publlo In our office.
Ruin and Desolation
Do not always follow a lire, but it
Invariably cnuses some '.oss.
The only way to guard against this is
to lake i .lit a policy with M A It Y10
BpYENTON. Then you have abso
lute I mil ranee against pecuniary loss
and a 'liberal and prompt settlement
which will prevent much Inconvenience.
Our rales for Insurance on bui".dings,
merchandise and househV>irt furniture is
so small that It Is Wtrong to be with?
out It.
MARYR &BOYNTON,
Room No. 1, Uraxtcw Building
from healthy cows
?stable as clean
aa a houaa and al?
ways open -for Inspection?6 cents a
quart or 3 cents a pint. iMllk from Jer?
sey cowa 8 cents a quart or 4 cents a
pint in glass bottles. Delivered any?
where In the city.
J. E. Longslow.
fob 24-tf " u _ 1 .
Every Veinori T.voth Brush
Wie sell Is guaranteed.
.11
i We are agents for -NunnaUy'a &Jjf>
5 Candies. H~' 5
Our line of stationary la the
nicest 'In town.
"Wo make the betft Hext Ohoc
>!ate that can be made.
Our epeclnl work -is fining
prescriptions?We do 1t right.
Druggists*
J? Op. Johnson's Opera House
<L*\ -^.^r> -c. -vt-%^s. w^^v */^t
Life's Chief Blessing.
Jlf?lthy people don't hi', ride whirls,
nor drei all bicycle riders healihy, but
any physician will t-11 you that tneiv'a
no form of exercise more healthful thau
?bicycling. A wheel Is the beat kind of
"spring medicine" you can take.
We ?prescribe the ?CLiIPBE). Every?
thing considered, we ihlnlc it'a the'rnost
?? conomlcol nnd permanently satlsfao
tory wheel .yen can buy. Coino in and
let us tell you why. Repairing free.
Newport News Cycle Go.,
FRED O. KIPPBR. Mamager.
221 27 th ?trcet, Newport Newe, Ve.
L.
RICHMOND,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
2809 Washington avenue
RIDl'AIR WORK A BPSOtAl/ttn,