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All goods sold-re?
gardless of profit to
make room for Fall
stock.
k Few of the Bargains
Men's 10c Hand kerchiefs
3c
Men's 10c Socks 4e
500 Choice Wash Tie?,
Fisk, Clarke mid Flop's
make 4c
10 Dozen Men's TJnlaun
dered Shirts, ?izes 10 to 17;;,
- ' 29c
SPECIAL
78 Men's N"e?lij>-ee Shirts,
with separate enil's,sizes UiJ
17 and 17i only, worth 75c,
32c
30 "West Queen St.,
Hampton, Va
'Look for the Red Front
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News Dealer,!
Opposite the I'dstolllce
P. B. MESSENGER,
General Carpenter,
lANnPACmHBn ok
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES,
frames, Sasii, Blinds & Doors
Mantels and
fVi out dings*
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P. O. BOX 102
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ACTOR,
ELOCUTIONIST,
and thorough
TEACHER.
Private lessons at your home or
where most convenient.
Impediments^ or ''haUiiiK speech,"
absolutely cured. I demonstrate, and
show you all thai I teach in a practical
wav.
References: the hen! in the world
furnished.
LOCK BOX 21Z,
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,E. W. JOHNSOiM
Contractor and Hit mm?*
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
Plans and Specifications Prepared ..n
Short Notice.
HOUSE WORK A. fPECIA-L'J V
N . -
n
College
Classical school for Girls
and Young Ladies. Session
begin September 29th. Fcr
t atidogue, &c. .faddress,
miss fitchett,
Hampton, "Va.
are today wonderful men.
They are the pride of America.
Yet they are no more wonder?
ful than the bargain I am
offering in three styles of- -
FRENCH TOILET SOAP.
Violet, Uelli/trope, and Jack
Rose. They "are all command?
ers of great value. These are
well made. round milled
soaps, very hard and lasting,
at
M -; CTS. P ER CAKEj
j'j I have also small lot of
fj Or. King's Skin Soap loft at
I i 10 cents.
Gk Violet Ammonia at the
M remarkably low price of 15
y cents a bottle.
Win, G. Birgess,
The Druggist.
Columbia
Park,
Portsmouth, Va.
l? minutes' ride by Ports
month Street Railway. Grand
opening and Hag raising
July4. High class Vaude-I
vi lie duly 1th and thereaf?
ter daily. Admission to Park
free.
Take G. & 0. or Norfolk & Willotiglibu \
Suit Roiit,e.
iIEa le m\w$
FRENCH BEMEOY
Soever. Fails,
ENDORSED BY THOUSANDS
Of ladies as a iicriodical refrulafnr v.-itliout an equal,
itircessful when Cottuii Rant, l'ennyroya,, Krsot.etc ,
i ja ve proven ivoi ilde-.s. li^i I vvo-ceul stain\v.i brings trial
L>4c:;aKe, an! convinces the ntost sceptical of dieirwon
J. nut propel ties. Send teems in stamps tor pamphlet,
containing valuable information for ladies. Address
LaC'l.AIIt I'u.i. Co., U S. Asents. Coston, Mass.
i-f.lt.--Ad correspondence contidrntill and returned
with trial package.
For sal; in Newport News by W. O.
Burgess.
Mellon street, near Mallorjr.
? Where von can get a goo.! sr-naxe
* meal.
? Refreshments at liar loom
* prices.
I TttOS. ft. DOUGHTY, t
# PROPRIETOR.
3 **?s^***??**#?* I
A Good judge of Fuel,
will never burn anything but our high
grade coal. It is not only satisfactory
for conking and heating purposes, but
its int?-r.se heat and long continued
combustion makes it economical in the
household.
C. C. SMITH & CO
Seventeenth street and Lafayette Ave.
,T. R. KWINF.RTON, Manager.
SPECIAL RATES T.O COMMERCIAL
TRAVELERS.
\ MERTCAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN
HAPPINESS VS. MISERY
Dr. Ohiareofs Tonic Tablets, tine great
Paristan rejneidy, "s a guaranteed cure
for t'he drinlk .hnibit; also nervousness
and <melnjrtiholy caused by over Indul?
gence.
It destroys the appetite fop Alcoholic
and all- intoxicating beverages, ant]
leaves man as he > hould be It can be
admtlnlsteired without the knowledge of
the patient wfhere necessary. Send for
pamphlet. Kk>r"a Drut; Stores. New?
port Newa. Va.
Market Gutatins From the
Leading Busines Cenbers.
?NEW YORK MONET MARKET.
NEW YORK. July 25.?Money on
call steady at 1@11-2 per cent.: last
loan. 11-4 per cent.: -prime mercantile
paper. 3 1-2GJ4 per cent.; sterling ex?
change weak, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 4.85<5>l-4 for demand,
und 4.S3 l-4<?f4.84 for sixty days. Posted
rates 4.85?4.86 1-2: bar silver. 5? 3-4;
commercial bills. 4.83 1-2?J4.S3: silver
certificates. 4.83 3-4@4.89 1-4; govern?
ment bonds, easier.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK. July 25.?There was i
some price movement of considerable
Importance in special stocks today, but |
the effect on the grain list was only
slight.
The most conspicuous stock on the
day's trading was sugar. in which
there was heavy buying. and prices
advanced rapidly under vigorous ma?
nipulation. Some of the industrial
stocks which have recently been the
objects of attack sympathized in this
rise. People's Ga^1 and tobacco rising
over a point. The coalers presented
their own particular inducement for
shorts to cover in the announcement
that Lackawanna had restored the 1
cent cub in the price of anthracite at
Chicago, which was the occasion of
the bear raid against these stocks.
Cains of 1 to 3 points resulted all I
through the group. The day's trading
resulted in largely reducing the out - |
standing short interest without arous?
ing any outside inquiry for stocks.
Atchison. l'U I
Baltimore & Ohio. I'M \
Canada Pacitlc . 05
Canada Southern. 5:U|
Chesapeake Si Ohio.
Chicago & Alton... >. UiO
Chicago, Burlington & Quiucy. . 10?'J |
C. C. C. & St. L. 41=f|
do do pref'd.
Delaware & Hudson. lO'ij
Delaware, Lack. & W. t?j |
Erie (new) . K>
Fort Wayne.". 170
Great Northern pref'd. 1 <J7J |
Illinois Central. 108i
Lake Shore . IZ'.H
Louisville & Nashville.
Manhattan L..1051
Michigan Central. 106
Missouri Pacitic. M4\
Mobile & Ohio. 2541
New Jersey Ceutral. h!l}
New York Central. 1
Norfolk & Western.
Northern Pacitlc. .
do pref'd.
Pittsburgh. 1.
Reading. ~"
Rock Isiaud.
St. Paul.
do pref'd . 1
Southern Pacific.
Southern Railway.
do pref'd.
Texas & Pacific. ... .
Union Pacific pref'd,. |q
Adams Exuress.
American Express. 1
United States Express.
Wells Farao Express. 1
American Tobacco. 1
do pref'd . 1
People's lias.
Consolidated tjus. 1
General Electric.
Pacitic Mail.
Pullman Palace. 2
Silver Certificates.
Sugar . 1
do prel'd . I
Tennessee Coal & Irou.
Western Union.
Chicago North western. 1
do pref'd. 1
Chicago Great. Western.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO, July 25.?Corn, today, on
dry weather reports, upheld the other
markets. Wheat left off at 8 l-2c; oats
rose l-4c; pork and lard and ribs ad?
vanced 2 l-2c.
WHEAT? OpeuHigb Low Close
July 7tn 7 7 71 7-1
Sept. t?7 ij (il'i lilij Ii7
Dec 1)7; i Cli; 07
CORN ?
July 31? :i.r>s S4? 85i:j
Sept o5j 'Mi :J5i
OATS? j
July 21* 1 li 24.1 241
Sept '24 2:ljj 2!l?
PO UK
July 9.85 1) 871 0>5 P.874
Sepi Jj.UO 10.Cl O.Uii 10.00!
la kd?
Sept 8.021 .').(!.! 5.(i0 5.05
Ocl 5.(55 ?.?Ti 5.?? 5.U74
I?BS?
Sept 5.(17j 5.70 5.U5 D.7U
Oct 5.7u 5.724 5.724 5.70-J
Cash f|notations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 spring, wheat,
7;!; No. :> spring wlit-at, 70
ttf.7.'.; No. 2 red, 73; No. 2
corn, ;i4a;ilj: No. 2 oats. 24i;
No. 2 while, 28; No. '?! while, 2ti?a
27; No. 2 rye, 47; No 2 barley, !il(gi?0:
No. 1 llax seed, 08; prime tim?
othy seed, 2.55; mess p,rk per
barrel '.i.'jOv. 0.!)5; lard, per luo pounds,
? ?5((fi5.75; short ribs siih s. loose,
."> 50ta>5.80; dry salted si bidders
boxed 4S@5; short c^ear sides,
boxed, S.iiSi&ti.lt1; whiskey, dittt'lers'
finished, goo is, per gallon, ?; No. 2
yellow corn, 35a3?i.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, July 25.?Flour?Firm;
western superior,; 90.
Wheat?Weak: spot and month, 7S
l-4@781-2; August. 74 1-4ii)l-2; Septem?
ber, 736173 1-2; southern wheat by sam?
ple, 73@80.
Corn?Firmer; spot and month, 3S 1-2
(5)3-4? August. 38 3-4@39; September. 39
l-2@3S3-4; southern white corn, 41@42.
Oats?Steady; demand fair; No. 2
white. 32@33.
Rye?Steady; No. 2 nearby, 50 1-2; No.
western. 52.
Grain Freights?Dull and lower;
steam to Liverpool per bushel, 1 1-4U
July; Cork for orders, per quarter, 10
l-4d, August.
Sugar?Strong; granulated. 5.151-2.
Butter?Steady; fancy creamery, IS?
1!): do imitation. 17; do ladle, 14@15;
good ladle. 12@13; store packed, 10@11.
Eggs?Firm; fresh. 12 1-2.
[ Cheese?Steady; fancy New York
large. 8 1-2: do medium, 81-208 3-4; do
small, S 3-4. ?
Lettuce?1.5001.75 per basket.
Whiskey?l.27@1.2S per gallon for fin?
ished goods In car loads; l.29@il.30 per
gallon for jobbing lots.
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
NEW YORK, July 25.?Cotton fu?
tures opened steady. August, 5.83;
September. 5.S5; October, 5.SS; Novem?
ber. 5.90; December, 5.93; Januarw, 5.9?:
February. 5.99; March. 6.03; April, 6.0C:
May. 0.11.
SAMPSON AND SOHLET.
(Philadelphia Times.)
No matter what the naval regulations
may require in recognizing Admiral
Sampson as-the commander of the tler-t,
in the considerate judgment and affec?
tionate hearts of. the American people
there is but one great hero of^the naval
battle at Santiago, and lie is Commo?
dore Schley. Had Admiral Samp-Jon
awarded Schley the credit justly due
him in the preliminary report of the
action, there would have been much
more respect for, and faith In, Admiral
Sampson, hut his dispatch announcing
the victory was most unjust to Commo.
dore Schley, and in its result a feairful
wrong to Admiral Sampson himself.
HAMPTON NEWS
Hampton Bureau of SEfic SlaUu Press,
King Street, near Queen, opposite the PosCofTice.
Ail news letters for publication in this department should be addressed to
Daily Pt%ss Bureau, Hampton.
The Daily Press will be found for sale every morning at the following
places:
Hampton?Shield's book store, CJueen street, and at the office of the paper
on King street.
Old Point?Baulch's stationery and book store, Hygela Hotel, Chamberlln
Hotel. i .^id
BOT ONE EPIDEMIC
Has Ever
IN 1855
llo.4|>llul Contmot Awur.lol (<> Mr. <Seorcc
W. Co|M*JallU. Juror* for the
Sturgl? Trinl. Hudson
at oi<l Point.
No alarm whatever was caused In
this city by iho announcement thai yel?
low fever might follow the debarkation
of sick and wounded soldiers from the
transport Breakwater a i Port Monroe.
The people of Hampton, notwithstand?
ing' the uneasiness felt by the physi?
cians and others at Old Point, declined
lo take fright. They do not believe
that the pest would spread, even if it
were to break out in the army hospital,
an event which the doctors there say
is now well removed b y nd the liinils
of probability.
The story of death and disaster
wrought by the saffron scourge in Nor?
folk and Portsmouth in 1855 has al?
ready been related In the columns of
the Ouily Press. Twenty people who
came here from the stricken cities died,
hut ipot a citizen of Hamilton contract?
ed the disease. This is perhaps one of
tin most remarkable facts r.?riled in
medical annals. Mr. Marion Colbert,
one of the oldest and most respected
and intelligent citizens of the city: Mr.
William Westwood, the popular town
clerk, and other's w ho liv. <1 here
in 1855, relate many interesting remi?
niscences of the epidemic. But few
people left the town, and except for a
short time Intercourse with Norfolk
suffered no interruption. Refugees
flocked to the village by scores and
Were permitted to remain. They were
not even turned away from the hotels
! Mr. .lohn T?bb. father of Ovlonel Thos.
Tabb, was at that time the keeper of
a largely patronized Inn in that sec?
tion of the town now known as Hob
Core. In this housfe several deaths oc?
curred. The remains were laid away
in , the. plain coffins of that early day
just as ir the unfortunates had fallen
victims to some malady which required
n . extraordinary means to prevent It
from spreading. Mr. Colbert was then
? me of the two village undertakers and
buried a number of those who died of
the fever. Captain John Brown, the
other, carried mnny to their graves.
These gentlemen handled the dead
without fear of being stricken. They
went home to their families, mingled
with their friends, conducted their bus?
iness as they had always d-,-ne. and
their example was followed by nearly
everybody else. People went to see the
sick."sat up with them through the long
and weary nights of burning fever.
Despite the fact that people died by
hundreds in Norfolk and Portsmouth
the' plague struck down n'J one in
Hampton. Dr. Charles Seiden. who
was here at the time, says that Hamp?
ton was then in excellent sanitary con?
dition. The place was small and the
people prided themselves upon the
neatness of their premises. There was
nothing upon which the fever could
ftVfid. For the same reason. Dr. Seldon
says, there need.be no fear of an epi?
demic now. Indeed, he says that Hamp?
ton has never had. hut one epidemic of
any kind. That occurred last spring
when nearly every child in the city, and
many of the grown people, had measles.
was a suspicions CASF.
Illness of One Man Worried the Hos?
pital Surgeons.
It was said at the general hospital
at Fort Monroe yesterday morning that
the condition of the patients there ami
in the Held hospital is in every way sat?
isfactory. No one has died since young
Voakley. who was shot through the
neck, passed away. It was also stated
that the fever patients are doing well
and that none is suspected of having
yellow fever. Dr. Schooler, who came
recently, and who is reported to be an
able physician, said that ail danger has
passed. He admitted however, that a
few days ago. the post hospital sur?
geons had one case under treat?
ment which gave rise to grave appre?
hension. The sick man is said to he
improving, and. as the statement
comes from the doctors, it must, of
course, be accepted as true. It is
worthy of note, however, that while
this particular case was causing them
so much anxiety, they were most vehe?
mently declaring that there was no
suspicious illness in the hospital.
Oeneral Sternhcrg. chief of the army
branch of the hospital service, deemed
the situation at Old Point sufficiently
serious to necessitate his presence there
Sunday. During the day, it is said,
?he ordered the inauguration of addi?
tional precautions with respect to the
treatment and isolation of any of the
patients who may show symptoms of
the scourge. General Sternberg, like
Dr. Petlus. is acting upon the princip e
that an ounce of prevention is worth
a hundred pounds of cure. At the same
time Dr. Pettus is keeping a sharp eye
on all vessels that enter the harbor and
no one on hoard a ship hailing frtlu an
infected port is allowed ashore until he
has satisfied himself that there is ab?
solutely no danger of bringing in the
yellow pest. As .an additional guaran?
ty of safety Dr. Pettus is having Fish?
erman's Island put in condition for the
reception of marines suspiciously sick.
A large quantity f>f supplies was on
the dock-nt Old Point yesterday morn?
ing and will be. sent to the island with?
out delay.
Miss Bertha Cozine Franklin. Miss
Thornton. Miss Robins, Miss Fisher,
Miss S. C. Newall and Miss K. M. Arch?
enback, who are said to be immune
nurses, arrived at Fort Monroe Sun.lav
and reported for duty at the hospital
yesterday morning.
HUDSON AT OLD POINT.
Said to Have Sick and Wounded
Aboard.
The United States transport Hudson
from Santiago, arrived at Old Point at
noon yesterday and oast anchor some
distance from the dock. A yellow flag
floated from her foremast, indicating
that there was sickness aboard. Dr.
Pettus, who, fin innately for the people
of Old Point and the Peninsula towns,
now has complete control over trans?
ports as well as olker vessels coming
from ports in which yellow fever is
known to exist, immediately hoarded
the Hudson. lie remained on the ship
for some time and. it is said. cam.
away dissatisfied with her condition.
While it is no.t ntated that he found fe?
ver or any other dangerous contagion',
disease, it seems certain that his dis?
coveries were sufficient to warrant him
in holding the Hudson in quarantine
until a more extensive examination
That's All Hampton
Had.
YELLOW FEVER
could be made.
Dr. Pettus .! es 11<? t Intend to allow
the vessel to land any sick and wound?
ed until he is fully assured that lie will
take no risk in doing- so. Mow many
there are on the Hudson could not be
learned, but it is said that she brougrht
a number lor tin- hospital at Fort Mon?
roe. The remains of Captain CaprSn
and Lieutenant Hamilton Pish, of Col?
on.'1 Roosevelt's Rough Riders, arc on
the ship. 'Ten or twelve days ago a
handsome casket was sent to Old Point
for the i ception of Lieutenant Fish's
remains. It is one of the most costly
burial cases ever seen there.
A rumor was current last evening to
the effect that Sylvester Srovet. ? Now
York World correspondent, who. it-<s
said, on Hi.casioii of the unfurling
of the American colors at Santiago,
grossly insulted General Sim Her anil
for his temerity was ordered to be de?
ported, is on the Hudson.
hospital < :o XT 11A ct.
Mr. George W. Copeland Gets It at
$37.0110.
Mr. George W. Copeland. of this city.
Inis been awarded the contract tot;, the
construction of the buildings of the
new hospital on Mill ('reek beach. He
gels it at $37.979. t here are two: ty-o Id"
buildings to bo erected, seventeen of
which are hospital wards for the ac?
commodation of (10 patients. Mr. Cop ?
land is required to have the work onm
pl'i ted in ninety days, but he will lie
easily able to comply with this condi?
tion. He had a number of competitors.
Washinglon. Norfolk. Newport News
and other cities being represented
among tin- bidders.
The contrai l for plumbing ami Heat?
ing, which is expected to run the cost
of the hospital complete up to about
ftil.000. wtis not awarded yesterday, and
will nut lie for several days. Mr. Joe
Copeland. the will known hardware
man of this city, is known to be one
of the lowest bidders, but as several
Washington men figured on the work
he is by no means certain that he will
come out the w inner. The government
could not give the contract to a b. tter
or more competent man.
the STTJRG1S .1URV.
List of Names From Which It Will Re
? Miosen.
Hampton will furnish a jury for the
trial of Attorney Sturgis and the twelve
men w ho will compose it will bV? select?
ed from the following list of sixteen
prominent gentlemen of the town and
coiinty: .1. W. Richardson, p. e. Davis,
11. i'. Marrow, H. M. Minor. liYcd Cun?
ningham, .1. F. Rowe. ("barbs lleffellln
ger. R. S. Hudghis. R. It. Tennis. Tics.
Wilson. v. p. Holt. M. ('. Ran:- no. <'.
W. tlickman. John. W. Royeniotl and
David Johnson. Nearly all of these
gentlemen live in Hampton and repre?
sent the leading business interests of
the city. They are tuen of the highest
standing and Mr. Sturgis may rest as
' sured that whatever vertiert' they may
I render will not only be an honest one.
but one entirely in accord with the law
and the evidence.
BRIEF ITEMS.
Rev. C. G. McDaniel occupied^ the pul
pit of the Baptist church Sunday night.
Mr. McDaniel formerly lived in Hamp?
ton.
Mr. Hunter BoolCer has returned
from a trip to the mountains.
Mr. Thomas Wilson, of Chester. V.l..
accompanied by his wife, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. E: P. Wilson, of the West
End.
Miss Blackineal, of Louisville. Ky? Is
visiting ;it Ruiid's Cottage.
Rev. .1. R. a] Vaughan. n popular
Methodisl divine, preached at the First
Methodist church Sunday.
The Rev. .1. T. Whitley, pastor of the
First Methodist church, and the Rev.
G. II. Lambeth, pastor of the West End
Methodist church, v.il leave this morn?
ing Tor Suffolk to attend the Ports
mouth district conference, which i^ill
meet near that place.
WHEELER AT SANTIAGO.
(New York Tribune.)
Jam..-; Lindsay Gordon.
'Gen. Wheeler started on the two
miles' journey to the front in an am?
bulance. About half way to the front
he met some litters hearing wounded.
The veteran, against the protest of the
surgeons. Immediately ordered his
horse, and after personally assisting
the wounded into the ambulance
m anted and rode onward.
"The men burst into frantic ? cheers,
which followed tin- general all along the
line."
Into the thick of the tight he went.
pallid and sick and wan,
Borne in ambulance to the front, a
ghostly wisp of :i man;
But the lighting soul of a fighting man,
approved in the long ago.
Went to the front in tiiat ambulance,
and the body of Fighting Joe.
(Hit from the front tiny were coming
back, smitten of Spanish shells?
Wounded boys from the Vermont hills
und the Alabama dells:
"Put them into this ambulance: I'll
ride to the front." he said;
And he climbed to the saddle, and rode
righL on. that little old ex-Confeo.
From end to end of the long blue ranks
rose ii11 the ringing cheers.
And many a powder-blackened face
was furrowed with sudden tears.
As with (lashing eyes and gleaming
sword, and hair and beard of
snow.
Into the hell of shot and shell rod-, little
old Fighting Joe.
Sick with fever and racked with pain.
he eiiuld not stay away.
For he heard the song of the yester?
years, in the deep-mounted can?
non's bay
He heard in the calling song of the
guns there was work for him to
do,
Where his country's best blood splash?
ed and llowed 'found tin' old Red.
While and Blue.
Fevered body and hero heart! This
Union's heart to you
Reals out in love and reverence?and lo
each dear body in blue
Who stood or fell 'mid the shot and
shell, and ( bet red in the face of
tiie foe,
As, wan and white, lo heart of the fight
rode little old Fighting j'oe!
I Kxcarflioii to Nhtrstiru Falls.
The next select excursion to Niagfira
Falls, Buffalo and -Watklns Glen will
leave Norfolk, Wednesday. July 27th.
via Washington and Baltimore steam?
ers and the Baltimore & Ohio R. R..
(Royal Blue Line), round trip. $13.00.
Tickets limited eleven days. Stop-over
privileges permitted on return journey.
For further information apply to Ar?
thur G. Lewis, under Atlantic Hotel.
juli-20-e-o-d-Jull-27
NEW YORK, July 25,?The St. Paul
sailed this afternoon for southern wat?
ers. Tin-' Harvard is being disinfected
and is not expected to sail for several
days.
?i ... ....... ! '?Z'M&':r:&- .
SUGAR CONSUMERS,
MARITIME PEOPLE SEEM TO EXCEL IN
ITS CONSUMPTION.
Euglnixt In the First In Sugar Consumption
Bemua? She Leads um r* Mnrltlme row?
er-Tim Sugar Producing Countries Ilo
Not Consume Much or their Product.
The sugar crop of the world amounts
In a normal year to about S.000.000
tons, of which the larger part, 4,500,000
tons, comes from beets, and the bal?
ance. 3.500.000 tons, from sugar cane.
Of the latter the largest proportion
comes from the West Indies, and a
large amount from the Island of Java.
Among the countries producing beet
sugar, Germany comes lirst, with about
one-third of the world's crop; then
Austria, with about as much, and then
France, Russia and Belgium and Hol?
land .together, with substantially the
same quantity.
In respect of the production of beet
sugar in the United States there lias
been a vast increase since the estab?
lishment of the McKinley tariff of 1S!>0.
The year previous the American prod?
uct was 2.S00 tons. Two years later it
was 12.000 tons. Four years later it
was 20,000 tons. Last year it was 43,
000 tons, and the product is on the in?
crease. The McKinley tariff establish?
ed, between Juiy 1, 1S91. and July 1,
1S95, a bounty to he paid by the United
Sttites government to sugar producers,
with a view of stimulating the industry
and compensating those engaged in it
for the changes made in the duty upon
imported sugar.
Among scientists the opinion has
been general that a moderate amount
of sugar, like a moderate amount of
salt, should enter into the dietary of
the people of each nation, but is only
when the figures of the consumption ot
sugar are examined that it is seen that
the quantity consumed varies radically
and it is a curious fact that in those
countries In which the maritime spirit
?the spirit of navigation, commerce, I
travel and colonization?is strong,
there is a very considerable consump?
tion of sugar per capita, whereas in
those countries iu which these quali?
ties are not predominant among the
Inhabitants the consumption is smaller,
in England, lirst among the maritime
nations of the world, the consumption
of sugar is S5 pounds a year for each
inhabitant. In Denmark it Is 45, in
Holland 31, in France 30. and in Nor?
way and Sweden 25, whereas in Rus?
sia it is only lO.'in Italy 7, in Turkey 7,
in Greece ti, and Servia 4. The con?
sumption of sugar seutus to have very
little connection with or relation to
the production of sugar, for in Aus?
tria, the sugar product of which Is
large, the avefinge consumption Is only
19 pounds, while in Switzerland, In
which there is no production to speak
of, it is 44. And another curious phase
of the matter is that there is a great
I disparity in the consumption of sugar
I in the two tea-drinking countries?
England and Russia. The large
amount of sugar consumed in France
is attributed, in part, to the fact that
tile French confectioners and candy
makers, and more especially those do?
ing business in the city of Paris, use
in their trade enormous quantities of
sugar in a year, adding abnormally to
the average consumption of sugar in
the French republic.
Interesting Notes.
The Czar of Russia proposes to con?
struct a canal spanning the Black and
Baltic Seas, which would be of great
strategic importance.
The American railroads expend In a
year a sum more than one hundred
million dollars in excess of the total
expenses of the United States Go'vern
| nient.
A trapper earned four hundred dol?
lars in three months by the capture
of coyotes, wolves, and wildcats in the
vicinity of Drew's Valley, I^ake Coun?
ty, Oregon.
A New York electrician has designed
a new incandescent lamp which has
the carbon filament strung on Insula?
tors on a flat base, with a dome-shaped
glass bulb instead of the usual shape.
Fire-proof paper bricks are coming
into use for building purposes. They
are made with a hollow centre, to in?
sure uniformity in hardness, and the
hollow is afterward tilled with cement.
A lloynl Inn-Keejier.
The Kiug of Wurtemburg may cer?
tainly be said to be the only, Knight of
the Garter who iu a hotel-keeper as
well as a monarch. This has long been
n tradition in his family, but not til!
lately was it discovered by the rulers
of the beautiful little German kingdom
how profitable inn-keeping can be?
come. When Peter the Great was
traveling incognito through Europe he
refused to stop anywhere but at an inn.
To circumvent this whim the ther
King of Wurtemburg put a tavern sigi.
outside one of the royal palaces, and
dressed as an inn-keeper, himself wel?
comed the czar. This royal personage's
descendant now owns two large hotels,
from which he is said to derive a rev?
enue of ?12,000 a year.
Void liy FlernreN.
Nearly 60,000 acres have beeen re?
claimed in Ireland during the past year
from the bog and marsh lands.
The fastest flowing river in the world
is the Sutley, in British India. Its
descent is 12.000 feet in 180 miles.
According to the best authorities,
less than one thousand-millionth part
of the .sun's rays peaches the earth.
The longest cantil in the world is in
Russia. It extends from St. Peters?
burg to the frontier of China, and
measures nearly 4,500 miles.
According to computations the black
;ace embraces about one-tenth of the
living members of the human species,
Dr 150.000.000 individuals.
<>]>nl \?> More Unlucky.
The opal is now fast losing Its bad
reputation as an unlucky stone, and
the result is that opals are more popu?
lar now than ever before, and their
price has risen, especially in the case
of those that are distinguished for bril?
liant flame tints. A young latly, well
known In the London society world, re?
cently showed her superiority to com?
mon superstitious notions by accepting
as an engagemeul ring an opal sur?
rounded by thirteen small diamonds,
and thus setting at defiance two an?
cient superstitions.
and Famiiy Liquor Store
eSTRBUISriETJ IM IS88.
Is the place for yon to bay your
Wines und Liquors for Cooking and
Medicinal purposes.
mese ore ir.e ru-ss 01 me core ona sola 1
INSIDE:
Jio Loud Talking
or Singing', discuss?
ing of Politics, Na?
tionality or Keli
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 pram&l
Attention.
P.J.MUGLER
No. 2S12 WASHTNGTON AVENUE,
P. O. Bui 19. NEWPORT NEWS. VA.
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY
I'Oll RICHMOND. WASHING?
TON. LYNCHBURG, CINCINNATI.
LOUISVILLE, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS.
&C. .MOUNTAIN RESORTS AND
SUMMER HOMES.
Schedule in effect June 26, 1898.
WESTBOUND. | 5 & 1 | No. 1 | No. 3
I *~36p
I 6 50p
8 00a|.
1U 15a|.
LvNewport New
Ar Richmond ...
Lv Richmond ....| 10 3oa
Ar Lynchburg . .. 3 50p
Ar Lexington, Va.| *6 20p
Ar Nai l Bridge ..
Ar Cltf ton Korge | 7 3Up
Lv Richmond _1*10 20a|
Ar Charlottesvillel* 1 45p
Ar Stau.itou .!? 3 38p!
Ar Clifton Forge |" 5 4iip
Ar Va. Hot Spr'gsj.
Ar White Sulphur]* 6 26p
Ar Cincinnati ....].
Ar Louisville .... 1
Ar Chicago .I
Ar St. Louis .J
2 15p
6 44p
7 0Sp
3 57p
9 50p
9 28p
7 55a
11 00a
5 30p
6 56p
10 30p
2 43?. :
4 22a
6 28a
7 25a
7 05a
615p
8?0p
7 15a |
7 30a ;
?Daily except Sunday. Other tlmae*
dally.
Nus. 5 und 1 Mountain Resorts tqfiln /
dally to Richmond and exaept SundayjV:J
Richmond to Ronceverte.
Parlor Car old Point to Roncevert '.
without change.
No. l with Pullman dally Rlchmon $
to Cinctunati, Louisville and St. Loulfxifi
No. 3 with Pullnuiu dally Old Point ttffct
IliiiUin, Cincinnati and Louisville. Jigs
Meals served on dining cars on *No& *
I and 3 west of Gordonsvllle.
TRAINS LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS
FOR OLD POINT
W.-ck days 10 30 a, 11 15 a and 1, 3. G,
ti 05 and 6 15 p m.
I Sundays only 1115 a and 1, 3, 6, 6OS,
j 7, 8 and 9 p m.
FOR NORFOLK. |Exlra|No. 2|No. 4
_ _I Trip. I dal. | dal. |
.v. New port News . I 8 20a 111 lSal 6 05p .
Ar Norfolk. 9 15a 12 15p 7 05p
Ar Portsmouth t. ...| |12 28pj 7 20p
Steamer Louise leaves Portsmouth
daily 6 40 a m and 3 00 p in. Leaves
Norfolk 7 00 a m, 9 35 a rn and 3 30 p m
for Newport News.
For tickets and other information ap- \
! ply to E. W. ROBINSON, Ticket Agent,. |
Newport News.
JOHN D. POTTS,
Asst. Gen. Passenger Agt.,
Richmond. Va.
T
HE NORFOLK & WASHING?
TON STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The New and Powerful Iron Palaeo
Steamers Newport News, Washington. j
and Norfolk will leave daily aa fol- ii
; lows: J '?;
NORTH BOUND.
Steamers leave Portsmouth, foot
of North street at. 5:00 p. m. .
Leave Norfolk, foot of Mathews
street at. 5:45 p. m.
Leave Old Point at . 6:45 p. m.
Arrive Washington at. 7:00 a. m.
B. &. O. R. R, PENN.. R. R.
Lv. Washington at.. 8:00 a m..8:00am.
Ar. Philadelphia at.11:00 a m. 10:50am
Ar. New York ut.. .. 1:25 p m..2:15 pm ?
South bound. B. & O. R. R. Penn. R. IL
Lv. New York at_11:30 a m..1:00 p m:
Lv. Philadelphia at. 1:33 p m..3:18 p m '??
Ar. in Washington .. 4:30 p m..6:18 p my
Steamers leave Washington at 6:30pm-i
Arrive Fortress Monroe at_7:00 a m
Arrive Norfolk at . 8:00 am
fcrrive at Portsmouth at.8:30 am
The trip down the historic Potomeo
river and Chesapeake Bay on the ele?
gant steamers of this company is un?
surpassed. The steamers are compar- '
atively new, having been built in 1891,
and are fitted up In the most luxurl- i
ant manner, with electric lights, call
bell, and steam heat In each room,
The tables are supplied with every de?
licacy of the season from the markets
of Washington and Norfolk.
For further information apply to
D. J. CALLAHAN. Agent
Norfolk. Va.
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO. J.
DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
I NEW YORK AND VIRGINIA' ^
I POINTS.
The elegant passenger steamships
I Jamestown, Guyandotte, Princess Anna
i and Old Dominion leave New York :;
every day except Sunday at 3:30
P. M., for Norfolk and Newport News, ^
touching at Fortress Monroe on the
uuth bound trip.
The ships of this line leave Norfolk '
for New York direct every day except
I Sunday at 5:30 P. M.
A short, delightful and Invigorating
voyage.
FARES:
First-class, straight. Including meals
and berth.* *-<?
First-class, round trip, including
meals and berth. $18.09
Steerage, without subsistance.... 4.50
Steamer Luray arrives from Smith-:
field and leaves for Norfolk dally ex?
L-pt Sunday at S:00 A. M. Returning,
leaves Norfolk from Bay Line wharf
1 every day except Sunday at 3:00 P. M.
M. B. CROWELL. Agant.
IT! F KCHANTS & MINERS TRANS- .
L\J PORTATION CO.'S STEAMSHIP |
LINES FOR BOSTON, PROVIDENCB
land BALTIMORE.
Leave Newport News, via Norfohc to!
Boston every Monday.Wednesday ana
Friday, sailing from Norfolk at 6:30 P.
M Leaves for Providence Tuesdays,
Fridays and Sundays at 5:30 P. M.
Leave Newport News for Baltimore:
Mondays, Fridays. Saturdays and Sun?
days at 5 P. M.. connecting for Wash,
ington. Philadelphia and ? New York.
Fare to Baltimore, one way, $3; round
trip; $5, including stateroom berth. Ac?
commodations and cuisine un?
equalled. Freight and passengers,
for all points north sfad south,
further information aoSty to
L. C. SAUNDERS, t\gent,
Newport News, V*.
W. P. TURNER, G. P. A?- g
J. C. WHITNEY. T. M. **\
General offlctftgaltfmoro, Md,
M'CALIi
tTews wittl
Peter*-:
lay and
Hll leav?
Sery Tu????
about 3:39
Monday,
tak.
F
Irp HE STEAMER |
1 will leave Now
both freight and pass
burg every Monday,
Friday about 7:15 A
Newport Newsf
day, Thu
P. M.
Will
Wednesday an
sharp.