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"^UlM^TO RICH BUT_ l>^7^STItiGY,ClTI2E? [? HAYMAKING IN CHICAGO. 'Good Crop?(Aro Gathered Iii the Paries j i; and Boolcvnrd? of the Great jjfi Metropolis. ; Haymaking in Chicago's paries !n iautumn recalls to many n city mian the i experiences of his boyhood days. This feature^ of rural life still survives in !the three divisions of the city- A walle jalong the boulevards and in sequestered rooks of Washington and Lincoln parks lately revealed a succession of nicely etacked haycocks, representing many tons of fine timothy hay. These small stacks are* being carted away now to rlhe park barns, to furnish food for the horses kept for service in the parks. Seventy tons of fine timothy hay have been harvested this season along Western avenue and in Washington park. By allowing the grass to grow long in some sections the rustic beauty of the pleasure ground has been en? hanced, and a considerable source of revenue provided for park funds. In all about 35 acres of hay has been har? vested this season, and the crop is w?rtih in the neighborhood of ?500. Hay enough is thus raised to furnish fodder for the 120 park horsesi during the winter. In former times, before the .big park meadow was improved for ath? letic sports, the Washington park farm? ers harvested double the amount of hay now gathered, and haymaking was carried on with modern mowing ma? chines and presses. Now the grass is cut with scythes, stacked in cocks five f eethigh.and finally carried to the barn. In Lincoln park there are stretches here and there -where the grass grows Jong, and is harvested within a few blocks of the handsome residences on .the Lake Shore drive. In the West side paries the grass is ?mostly cut by lawn mowers. Scores of women and children follow the workmen and carry away the grass as it is cut to feed their cows or pigs or chickens.?Chicago Inter Ocean. A DURABLE SIGN. It Was Used at Harper's Ferry Thirty : t .Years Ag*> and Is Still im G00A Order. ?j-ji& i Inquiries have been received by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad concerning the man who painted a station sign at Harper's Berry. The Western Society of Engineers has the sign now on exhi? bition in its rooms in Chicago, says the Baltimore American. The engineers are using every effort to ascertain who mixed the paint and applied it to the sign, which was placed in position at Harper's Ferry station about 30 years ago. The summer heat and winter storms have in no way dimmed the luster of the paint used to make the words "Har? per's Ferry." The words stand out as boldly as the day they were formed by the artist's brush. The wood around the letters has been worn about one-sixteenth o? an inch by sand beating against it by fierce winds, but the letters have withstood the ele? ments. It is clai,_ed that no paint manufac? tured nowadays is equal in durability to that which was applied to the old sign, and if the person who mixod it is living and wiil take advantage of the secret he possesses as to its composition, it is said he can, by engaging in the paint manufacturing business, soon accumu? late wealth. . . ? ' -? : Territory Unexplored. I Throughout the entire world thero are about 20,000,000 square miles of un? explored territory. In Africa there are 6,500,000 square miles; arctic regions,' 3,000,000; antarctic regions, 5,300,000; America, 2.000,000; Australia, 2,000,000; 'Asia, 200,000, and various islands, 000, 000. ?<!i4S Dehorned Catti? in Maine. ' 1 The practice of dehorning cattle ia largely increasing in Maine, and it will probably not be many years before * cow with horns will b* a curiosity. I Population o3f the Enrth. ? At the present rat? of increase th? granulation of the earth will double It* .-^OPPOSE YOUILO?K AFTERTl W?KID5:M COT MORE OFffltl TO AVOID COUGHING. Draw n Deep, Long: Breath anil Hold It Until It Sootlics Every Air Cell. A physciau who is connected with an institution in which there are many children, says: "There is nothing more irritable to a: cough than coughing. For some time I had been so fully as? sured of this that I determined for one minute at least to lessen the number of coughs heard in a certain ward in a hospital of the institution. By the promise of rewards and punishments I succeeded in inducing them simply to hold their breath when tempted to cough, and in a little while I was my? self surprised to see how some of the children entirely recovered from the disease. Constant coughing is precise? ly like scratching a wound on the out? side of the body; so long as it is done, the wound will not heal. Let a per? son when 'tempted to cough draw a long breath and hold it until it warms and soothes every air cell, and some benefit will soon be received from this process. The nitrogen which is thus confined acts as an anodyne to the mu? cous membrane, allaying the desire to cc.ugh, and giving the throat and lungs n chance to heal."?Scientific American. NOVELTIES IN TIES. Variety Now Displayed Is So large j That the Most Fustidioan Wom? an Should Be Satiallcd. This season brings forth novelties in' ties for the tailor made woman to satis- | fy the most fastidious. There are so many designs and all are so stylish that I It is confusing to make a selection. There is a dainty little bow of black ar colored satin which comes ready lied TO SUIT ALL FANCIES. and which isusunlly adopted by women whose one thought is simplicity. For the "mannish" young woman, however, there is displayed upon the counters put? ties of the most brilliant j plaids, stripes and figures. Then there are the points of linen sewed upon their tiny band and hem? stitched by hand, for elderly ladies and those who are wearing black. And these are only a few of the many designs displayed upon the counters for the ajiprobation of shoppers. Tobacco Plant no a Floral Emblem, There is one flower, says a writer in a I London paper, which has apparently I teen overlooked by Americans in their search for a suitable floral emblem, which, I think, is worthy of their at ! tcntion. I refer to that of the tobacco plant (nicotiana) in its many varieties. It is handsome; the plant is, I believe, j Indigenous to America, and its im? portance as the sclac'e of the human race is indisputable. Abdul Hamid as a. Pistol Shot. The sultan, .in fear for his personal safety, has taken to revolver practice, lie shoots at a target daily, and has, it is reported in Paris, become so profi? cient that he can fire with equally fatal facility with either his, right or his left \f FEW OF THESE POOR! 11 THAN I CAM ATTEND JO.) THE EXTINCT WILD PIGEON. A. Liberal Reward Offered Has Failed to Produce a Single Bird. The Smithsonian institution has an? nounced that all efforts on its part to obtain a live specimen of the wild or passenger pigeon have resulted in fail? ure. Nothwithstanding a liberal re? ward was offered by the institution, and much correspondence and inquiry carried on, no live passenger pigeon has been produced. That this native American bird is ex? tinct will no doubt astonish many per? sons, for but a few years ago they were so numerous as actually to seem to out? number the leases on the trees through which they drove their amazingly rapid flight. Persons yet in middle life can remember the vast flights of pi? geons that could be seen any day in the fall after the middle of October. The birds in these flights were so numerous thut they stretched across the shy from horizon to horizon, and were so closely packed together that the sun was hidden for hours at a time. Audubon, America's greatest orni? thologist, observed a flight of pigeons in Kentucky that extended as far as the cj-e could reach, and was more than ifive hours in passing. lie attempted to compute the number of individual birds in the flight, nnd found that beyond question there were more than 500,000, 000. Further, he estimated that there could not have beet; less than that num? ber in the smaller flights which were observed passing northward in great numbers early in the day, flying very swiftly and unusually high. The first flights appeared to be the vanguard of an immense army patrolling the blue field of heaven, the advance unherald? ed by banner or bugle, yet possessing the dignity of overwhelming numbers. Audubon observed with the utmost A-onder that the number of flights vis? ible early in the day*inercased and multiplied until the earth was fully canopied with the feathered hosts, through which only glimpses of the 6un could be seen. When the main body of the rank and file had passed, there were yet detached regiments of guards to cover the rear of the fleeing army. These stragglers continued to -?srirsaas K^datd t?c=a to "^stbie. This wonderful iligfit Is well authenticated by many persons who were then living in the section of the country the birds flew over^?Indian? apolis News. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Montana has 00 Methodist churches.! The Lutheran church has 11-2 institu? tions of learning in the United States. ?In France degrees' and diplomas arti granted by the government, and not by the universities, as in this country. The students of Princeton support a foreign missionary, who is elected year? ly by popular,vote. The Lutherans of Waynesboro, Pa., have decided, to adopt the us? of indi? vidual communion cups. The will of James W. Keep, late of Westfield, Mass., leaves the sum of $5, ?0O to Korthfield seminary. The number admitted to churchmen> bership in the Universalis^ church, dur? ing 1S97 was 2,512, showing a net gain of 503 names, and a total membership of 51,247. In nearly 300 London churches and chapels on a recent Sunday sermons were preached by clergymen of every denomination on the duties of citizen? ship. Five years ago a movement took shape to establish what is- now known as "Citizen Sunday," those clergymen committing themselves to the plan pledging themselves to try on one Sun? day in the year at the time of the elec? tions to inculcate the principles of good sitizenshig). Tied Letter Day. Counsel (to witness, the father of a family)?Why are you so certain, Mr. Branch, that the event occurred on such a date? May you not be mistaken? "Impossible, sir. It was the day I didn't have to buy any of my children a i ?air of shoe^"~Lon<lon JPuneo. When in Newport Nevfa try Jordan's plan of giving. . ?, JORDAN ^ LANDER, Washington Avenue, Corner 25th St. Gives the service the travelers deaire. T?6 L?nen G?nner Always loaded with all kinds of sandwiches and pastry. Also the finest cup of French Drip Coffee in the city. Elegantly furnished rooms by day or week. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN. Never Fails. ENDORSED BY THOUSANDS Of ladies as a periodical regulator v/ithout an equal, tuccessful when Cotton Koot. Pennyroyal, Krffot, etc., v.r.vc proven worthless; 25 two-cent stamps brings trial package, ard convinces the most skeptical of '.heir won? derful properties. Send 4 cents in stamps ?or pamphlet containing valuable information for ladies. Address LuCi-Ain Put. Co., U. S. Agents, Boston, Mass. N. B --All correspondence confidential and returned with trial package. For sale In Newport Newa fey W. G. I <Z\tTltf** Encourage Home Industry Dealers can Increase their sales 50 per cent by pushing the celebrated EL MfWGO, The best 5 cent cigar on earth. New? port News Cigar Co. Factory, No. 2402 Washington avenue. P. O. Box 95. Attorney-at Law. Office Citizens and Marine Bank building. Bell 'phone 133. Refers to J. Taylor Ellyson, Riehmond, Va.; W. A. and McD. L. Wrenn, Norfolk, Va., and George A. Schmelz, banker, Newport News, "Va. no26-6m. De La Salle institute Hampton Roads, Grand Boulevard and De La Salle Ave. For young men and boys. Commercial, Scientific and Literary. Also Military Tactics. Half car fare from Newport News to La Salle Ave. For particulars apply at the institute. oc2-3m. FOR EITHER SEX. This remedy being applied directly to the seats of the disease, re? quires no change of diet Cures guai'anteed in one to two days. Small plain packages, by mail, $1.00. Sold only by Klor's Drug Store, Newport News, Va. The following very desirable Properties: Four lots on the comer of Lafayette avenue and Twenty-eighth street, with Improvements thereon, $15,000. " Brick store and-flats on Twenty-eighth street near Washington avenue, ?7,500. ' Six new 6-room houses on Forty-sixth street^ all modern improve men tat renting for $90 monthly; }S,400. -..fi'i/'M -. ? "'?. Two unimproved lots, corner of Thirty-fifth street and Washington av? enue. $11,000. Three-story brick business property on a Washington avenue corner; price $14,500. It rents for $1,800 per ann um. Store and rooms above, on Jefferson avenue near Twenty-second street, ? $2,100. . Z^yZg? ? : i"i ' ? House and lot corner of Jefferson avenue and Twenty-Beventh street, where the car stops, $3,500. This prop erty rents for $52 a month. 'New. dwelling on Forty-ninth street, very desirable, and all modern Im? provements, $2,800. A vacant lot on Washington avenb e, near Twenty-seventh street, $6,100. > Three beautiful dwellings on Thirty-second street, between West and' Washington avenues, for $3.500, $4,500 and $6,500. Three lots .and a 6-room dwelling, e oriier of Oak avenue and Twenty seventh street, $1,500. A desirable 10-room house, with sou thern- exposure, on Thirty-third street near West avenue, for $5,000. Three houses in East End, renting f or $3V monthly, price $3.300. Lots on Jefferson avenue, near the street car line, for $800. $3 0?0,WO jho^ses and lots' on Twenty~th^^^^^^^^^A^^^^^^^^gjjj^-' All prices quoted above are subject to change at any time. We can gen? erally, make terms to suit on anything we offer. We invite the listing of property with us by those having It for sale. Irwin Tucker& Co9 Real Bstaffe and Insurance JUEW q^ROCERY HOUSE "We have opened a first class line of groceries at N~o. 3000 "Washington, avenue, corner . Thirtieth street (Koch's old stand, better known as the "Good Luck Store"). It is our purpose to keep at all times a complete stock of reliable goods?such as Staple and Fancy Gro? ceries, Vegetables, Fruits, I^uts, Candies and many oth er things too numerous to mention. Goods Delivered Free of Charge Everything at Moderate Prices. Mr. 3S". B. Garner, formerly with Mr. "W. M. Parkerand Mr. G. "W. Scott, Jr., formerly with Payne & Trent, are with this house, and will be pleased to see and serve their friends. Things that are to be eaten should be clean. "We otfer vou clean goods and a clean deal all around. It will pay you to get. on speaking terms with the inside of this new store-. K. E. GISH & GO., 3000 Washington* Avenue. EVERYTHING TO PICK FROH. DON'T stay at home, worry and puzzle your mind over what to give. Get right up and come to Burgess' Drug Store. Here we can assist you with our experience, as also with the many things* we have that wili suggest themselves to you as suitable presents for your friends. We mention here only a few of the great variety of novelties we have that are suitable in every respect for all ages. In Sterling Silver We have Hair Brushes, Cloth Brushes, Combs, Stamp Cases, Cigar Cutter, Match Cases; - Letter Openers, Paper Knives, Darners and v; many others. Celluloid We offer some very pretty designs in Glove Boxes, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Work Boxes, Brush Trays. Very Cheap. Vinaigrettes Some lovely styles Cut Glass, sterling sil? ver tops, with ring for chain. Perfume Atomizers. We have tl^e most beautiful ami . the largest assortment of these m goods ever brought to this city. I know you will want one as soon as you see the m. Thirty-five cents to $2.50. Warwick Pharmacy. Perfume. The prettiest line we have ever had in Cut Glass, Fancy China, Bohemian .Glass and many styles that it is best for you to see. Twentjr-five cents to $5.00. A beautiful bottle for $1.50. The Very Latest In Comb and Brush Trays,' Pin Trays, Aus? trian and China Ware, Aluminum, &c., Bisque Vases, Bohemian Vases, 25 cents to $1.50. Anybody can afford these. Glinst mas Cards' And Booklets. In these goods we always ex? cel. This season our line is more beautiful than ever. Ranging in price 2 cents to $2. Gift Books, Such as Lucille, Lady of the Lake,. Evange line, Lalla Rookh, Shakespere and many others ; in Padded Gre? cian Morocco; 25 cents to $2.50. These are always suitable. Pray? er Book and Hymnal; very pretty and extra cheap. A Satisfying Smoke Can be had .with one of our Meerschaum or French Briar Pipes, plain, gold or silver mounted. Christmas Cigars, all Havana, at $1.25 to $12 per box, Guaranteed very finest rade. ? Goods Delivered to any part of t hecity. Car Fare Allowed East End and Hamp? ton patrons. Call early and make your ^elec? tion while the bar? gains are going.' Cor. Washington Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street