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HAf
brass fire causes
considerable damage
Fanned by High Wind it Reaches
Over Large Tract and Con?
sumes One Dwelling.
EFFORTS TO STAY WERE FUTILE
Residents of the Riverview Section
Were Out In Force to Fight the
Flames That Threatened to Destroy
Their Homes?Burned Itself Out
Early This Morning.
A brush fire, which completely de?
stroyed u two-Btory frame dwelling
house and for several hours threat?
ened the destruction of other resi?
dences in that section, occurred along
the tracks of the Newport News &
Old Point railway oetween Riverview
and LaSalle avenue last night. The'
origin of the fire is unknown.
The blaze started on the north side
of the railroad tracks eaat of River
view about 9 o'clock and fanned by
a high wind, it rapidly spread through
the tall grass ami brush, eating to?
ward LaSalle avenue. Flying sparks
Ignited the grass on the opposite side
of the car tracks and soon the field
for several hundred yards around was
ablaze.
Scores of people living in that sec?
tion hurried to the scene of the blaze
aud an attempt was made to check
the flames, but It proved totally fu?
tile.
After burning for an hour the
flames ignited a comparatively new
frame dwelling house situated near
the car tracks west of the Newport
News & Old Point railway car barns.
Soon the entire building was ablaze
and it was destroyed in a very short
time. The house was unoccupied.
The structure was built less than a
year ago by a man named Hopkins
and was recently sold to the New?
port News Land & Development Com
pftnv. It was valued at $1,000.
While the building was being con?
sumed the flames continued to spread
through the grass and sage brush,
slowly eating toward the railroad Car
barbs. A number of residences were
In the pnth of the flames, but clear?
ings had been made around them and
they escaped damage.
At 1 o'clock this morning the fire
had burned itself out.
flooFthrows This
town into a panic
(Coltinued from Page One.)
prepared ror tue emergency and
gangs were at work In a few min?
utes and the last reprost were that
their work was progressing rapidly.
Better at Evansville.
EVANSVILDE, IND., Jan. 22.?The
Ohio river came to a standstill this
evening, the guage showing forty
live feet six inches. It Is reported
here that at Tell City 1,200 .people arc
homeless.
I'uMi ? First Audience.
Adellnn Pntti once gave the follow?
ing account of her first audience: At
six years of age I was a prlmn donnn
of the nursery. When I had been put
to bed on my returh home with my
father and mother from the opera I
\ised to make sore that they and the
rest of the family were asleep, and
then I would hop out from beneath the
Counterpane and fancy myself a great
cantatrlce, bowing before the plaudits
of a huge audleuee. I ndmlt my audi?
ence was a little apathetic, but, after
all, that Is not to be wondered at, for
they were only a row of dolls which 1
had ranged on chairs before me.
A Patlciit Snnkc.
One does not often attribute the vir?
tue of patience to u snake. ?'?Letters
From a Surgeon," however, contain au
anecdote In which its existence is evi?
dent. Dr. Perry, surgeon of the Twen?
tieth Massachusetts, wakened In camp
one morning to find himself tightly
field In (be clutch of Dr. Haywnrd, his
senior officer.
"Don't move, John, till I say three!"
ctdered the senior sharply. "Then
seize my. hands, and spring to your feet.
One, two, three!"
.At the word Dr. Perry Jumped, and
lioflever made a cleaner leap. He was
Just lif time to sec n moccasin dive un?
der the oont which bo had been using
for a pillow. Armed with sticks, they
dragged the coat away, but saw only
the hole Into which tbo snake bad glid?
ed. The Burgeon had accidentally block?
ed the entrance to the reptile's abode,
and It had lain all colled under the
back of bis neck, waiting patient!.* for
]a\m to move so It could enter.
The reverend gentleman who has
?midwtnken to pray away the sins of
^Vall htreet is no doubt long on faith.
>w ? - -
ORIENTAL JUGGLERS.
Feats 1'crforiueil by Chinese und
l:[?m t liutlun .MuKloiaiiN.
''During a trip through the far oast
I was much impressed with Hie won?
derful feats performed by some of tho
Chinese und Indian Jugglers nh'ill
sleight of hand artists," snld a Chi?
cago man the other day. "In Amerl
?an theuters wo see some skillful
work along these lines, hut tho per?
former Is usually at a considerable
distance from the spectators and
could employ many aids that tho ori?
entals do not use.
"I have scon Chinese and Indian
mnglciaus come ou board a ship ami
In the center of a circle of passengers
perform I rick s that are little short of
marvelous. For instance, one of tho
Chlneso would ask u spectator to
place a coin in the hitter's hand. The
Chinaman would close the lingers oue
after another over the piece of money
and then, by passing his bunds over
the closed list of bis "subject." would
In some mysterious manner extract
tho coin. I have bad this trick work?
ed on inc a number of times, and I
am no nearer to knowing how It is
done than 1 was the first tlnio.
"Theu I have seen an Indian magi?
cian come out on deck, place a Small
seed on the plauks. pour Ii Utile water
over it, cover with a small cloth for n
'moment and then remove the cloth to
disclose a living plant a foot or more
high. Those fellows do not wear long,
baggy sleeves In which a piano might
almost bo concealed, but huvc bare
arms. There Is said lo bo a clan of
jugglers, among, whom the secrets of]
tho craft are jealously preserved nudj
banded down from father to sou."?
Detroit Free Tress.
DRESSED SEALSKIN.
Tlte Way Thin lleniHiriil Kur la |
Ilruutilit to Perfection.
If a lady's sealskin Jacket be com?
pared with the coarse, hard or dry
salted sealskin as Imported, or, still \
bettor, with the coat of the living furl
seals, one is struck with the vast dif- j
Terence between them.
Passing our lingers among the hairs!
of the cat or dog. we may notice lino
Short hairs nt the roots of the longer, ]
coarser general covering of the nhhnal. |
Tills Is so called under fur. lint In the
greater number of these animals the
short hairs are so few and often so fine
as to be, comparatively speaking, Iost|
sight of among what to our eyes con?
stitutes tho coat.
The operation which the skin under
goes to bring out, so to say, the fur.
may lie briefly described as follows:
The sklu, after being washed to rid It
of grease aud so forth. Is laid Hat on
the stretch, flesh side up. A lint knife
Is then passed ncross the flesh sub
stance, thinning It to a very consider?
able extent. In doing this, tho blade
severs tho roots of the long strong
hairs, which penetrate the skin deeper
than do the soft, delicate ones under
the fur. Tho rough hairs arc Iben goi
rid of while the fur retains its hold:
A variety of subsidiary munipiila
Hons, In which tho pelt is softened aud
preserved, are next gone through, and
theu the fur undergoes a process ol
dyeing which produces Hint deep uul
form tint so well known and admired.
A Freshman.
A freshman who had entered oue of
the large universities and was not
much accustomed to the ways either
of Institutions of learning or of cities
was returning Into one evening from n
lecture. When near bis lodu'.ngs ho was
halted by-two masked men, who "hold
him up" In true metropolitan style.
One of tho men leveled Hie convention?
al revolver nt the young man, while
tho other relieved him of his watch,
pocketbook and other valuables. lie
made no mention of the matter to any?
body at the time, but a few days later
ho roported It lo the president of the
university.
"It .wasn't a great deal," he said,
"but it was more than I like to lose,
and I think It's an outrage to trout u
boy that way."
"Why didn't you toll mo of this soon?
er?" asked the president.
"I supposed they would bring the
things back to me next morning," he
answered. "It was a cobple of sopho?
mores hazing me, wasn't It';"?YouHi'b
Companion.
Costliest of'All Fluli.
Tho fish was no bigger than a silver
dollar. Its color was bright gold, and
It had n boawUful bushy golden tall.
"That," said tho pet stock dealer, "Is
the finest aquarium fish in the world,
a Chinese brush tailed goldfish. It Is
handsome, healthy and long lived. A
good brush tailed goldllsh." he conclud?
ed, "costs $250 or $000, and somo fine
specimens bnve sold for as much as
$700 apiece."
Good Some Otbcr Time.
"Just as Jack was about to kiss mo
last night fnthcr walked Into tho
room."
"Wbnt did you do?"
"I gave Jack a rain chock."?Mil?
waukee Sentinel.
Imperative.
First Doctor?Is this operation abso?
lutely necessary? Second Doctor?It
is. Tho only possible cbnnco wo have
of collecting our bill is from bis life
fnsurance!?Llf e.
A Poor Wrapper.
"Yes; poor Mrs. Elderly Is all wrap?
ped up In that son of hers."
"And he Isn't much of a wrapper,
chV"
SERIOUS, YET tf?NNY
UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR THAT HELP9
TO PUT SPICE IN LIFE.
Some Examples of Delightful lnoon
Brultlr? Iu Speaking, Wililm; and
I'nlitllnc That Appeal Stroniilr to
i the Sense of the Itldleulous.
' Nothing has added more to tbo merri?
ment of the world than the unluton i
tlonal, unconscious humor of writers,
public speakers uud, lu fact, all classes
dud conditions of men and women.
And there Is none so delightful. It far
exceeds lu mirth provoking quality tho
cold blooded humor of tho professional
wits.
Wo Americans arc a fun loving peo?
ple, and we must and will have our
Jollity. Some one has said with cer?
tain truth: "With all our vanity, ener?
gy and unrest, we are not a dull, cheer?
less people. Sour faced fellows, yellow
und dyspeptic, are to be met with lu
our cars and on our Btrcets. but they
are not the type of tho American, for
he is as ready for .a laugh as for a
speculation, as fond of a Joke as an
office,"
I And the Joke is all the more enjoy?
able when It Is spontaneous. The great?
er the stress and strain of life the
'greater the need and demand for hu?
mor, and no one deprecates the value
of humor excepting those who have
none of this good gift to their portion.
"Sunset" Cox, one of the wittiest men
of his day, says iu his book, "Why Wo
Laugh:" "Eliminate from tho litera?
ture uud conduct of nny one people tho
amusing.and the amused fnculty, and
you produce a sterility as dull and un?
interesting as the cinders and ashes of
the volcanic Heids of Iceland. Uut la
elude the amusing element within
tho experience and history of ninuklnd,
and no description of luxuriance, with
grape, olive, nectarine and orange, sueh
as makes the vales of Portugal a percu
nlnl smile. Is adequate- to emphasize the
contrast."
One could not well instance a more
amusing blunder than that la a paint
lug of the "Blessed Virglu" In tin old
church In Spain. In this painting the
Virgin Is represented as sitting on a
red velvet sjfu fondling a cat with uiil1
hand, while with the other she Is pour?
ing coffee from a silver coffeepot.
This Is us amusing as a painting in a
German church representing the sacri?
fice of Isaac by Abraham. In this
painting Abradant Is about to dis?
charge a huge pistol at Isaac when an
angel descends and pours a pitcher of
water on the pan of the pistol, thereby
saving Isaac.
The writer once saw a crude painting
or King Herod with a pair of specta?
cles painted on his nose. There Is a
very old painting of St. Peter denying
the Saviour, and several of the Kornau
soldlers lu the background hnvo pipes
In their mouths.
Those who are on the lookout for
Uietn will find many amusing blunders
lu the daily papers and iu periodicals
of all kinds. It was but the Other "day
that the writer saw Miss Pnnny Cros?
by referred to iu a religious paper ns
tho "author of so many blind poems."
And It was a great metropolitan dally
that one morning gave its renders the
following information regarding the
wrecking of n ship the night before:
"The captain swam ashore and suc?
ceeded in saving tho life of his wire.
She was Insured In the Northern Ma?
rino Insurance company aud carried a
cargo of cement."
Equally amusing as an instance of
unconscious hmnor was the statement
made by another paper regarding the
capsizing of a boat at sea. It said that
"bnt one life was lost, and that was
found afterward."
He must be sadly deficient In bumor
who does not find himself amused by a
sign like the following seen lu the win?
dow of a shoemaker: "Any respectable
man, woman or child can have a fit In
this shop." It was an enterprising fur?
rier who placed a card in his window
stating that for tho benefit of the la?
dles he would make "muffs, boas, etc.,
out of their own skins."
A prolific source of amusement to
manuscript readers is tho surprising
way iu which aspirants for .literary
honor aud glory often "put things.'*
Wo find one young woman saying of
her heroine: "Tho countess fell back In
a deadly swoon. When she revived her
spirit hnd fled."
Another young writer places her her?
oine In a very perilous situation and
then says of her, "Her Hps quivered;
her checks grew pale; her breath caine
In short pants."
\ A third writer gives this nmuslnj?
description of the appearance of some
one she referred to as "tho bell ol
the ball:" "She was clad In sumo soft,
clinging, fleecy, vnpory Btuff of purest
white that gave tho appearance of n
bit of detached cloud floating In the
sky. She wore no ornnrnent with tb?
exception of several bits of rare bric
a-brac gathered in a foreign clime."
? A charming bit of purely unconscious
humor wp.s that noticed by some vis?
itors to a great English coal mine. Al
the mouth of tbo great central shafl
hundreds of fc-et deep was a placard
bearing these words:
"Please do not tumble down the
"?Detroit Free Press.
Colored Woman Insane.
Susan Anne Hollier, an aged color?
ed woman, was taken to jail last ev?
ening on the chnrgo of being a luna?
tic. Tho woman lived In 'ho Pee
Deo section. She was adjudged In
sano several years ago.
D OLD POI
OF YEARS \V
OF 8TUDY
AND EXPERI?
MENT
Tho method of prepar?
ing tho stool and torn9
porin? Is our ox
oluslvo Booret
VOU GET
EVERLASTINQ
SMAVINQ
COMFORT
I01CEB
c.tbo. ?so 1
Uignotl<r
runo ?550
PoiW. Cob:?y. I *C0
(or Ltit v UuJi * ?
"Carto-MixrMtic Blcutlc
CutktoH Straft, f I.CO.
Pn? Uooklet "IUuU to Staren."
For Sale By
H R. BOOKER & CO.
HAMPTON, VA.
BEES IN WARFARE.
Tvto Imilniu't'n In v. Meli tln> Iimect?
Wen- tHrti um Weuttons.
History records two Instances in
which bees have been used lu warfare
as weapons against besieging forces.
The llrst Is related by Apptan of the
stogo of ThemlHcyra, In l'oiilus, by I.n
cullus In his war against Mlthrldntcs.
Turrets were brought up, mounds were
built, and huge tiilnc.t were iiuulo by
tho Komans. The fi?opte of TlibtulB
cyra dug open llteat* mines from above
and through the lulus easl down llpoh
the workmen hettra and other wild
uulmals and hi von or swarms of boes,
The second Instance Is recorded In
an Irish manuscript in the ltlbllotuct|UQ
Royttlo at Kr?ssels and lolls how the
Danes and Norwegians attacked Ches?
ter, which was defended by I be Husens
ami some Gallic auxiliaries. The Danes
were Worsted by a stratagem, but the
Norwegians, sheltered by hurdles, tried
to pierce the walls of the town when
"what tho Saxons mid the Onoldbll
who were among them did was to
I throw down large rocks, by which they
' broke dowu the hurdles over their
heads." What I he others did to check
this was to place largo posts under the
hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to put
all the beer and water of the (own Inlo
the caldrons of the town and boll tbetn
and spill them down upon those who
were under the hurdles, so that their
skins were pooled off. The remedy
which the Lochlaus applied to I his was
to place hides outside on the hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to
throw down all tho beehives In tho
, town upon the besiegers, which pre?
vented them from moving their bands
or logs from the number of bees which
stung them. They afterward desisted
and loft the city.
! Tho work of ousting Mr. .lohn
Sharp Williams from tho minority
I leadership Is still making his oppon?
ents Champ.
Wines and Liquors
I belong to the lost tribo that stray,
ed away from Dublin before Mosos
sailed on tho Red Sea. I'm a prlco
cutter. I'm a money-maker; I'm tho
ono that sells all straight WhUkloa
retail at wholesale prices. Tho fol?
lowing high grado 10c Whiskies I
sell for 6c. n drink; Paul Jones, Pure
Rye. Sherwood Rye Whiskey, Carroll
Springs, pure Maryland Rye Whiskey,
Overbold Rye whiskey, Parkwood Rye
Whiskey. All rf tho above nara?i(l
Whiskies are strictly high grade;
watch my prlcWa If you daro, boat
me If you can.
Whiskey In bulk at following prices
Old Nick Pure Rye, 1-2 pt, 25c;
gallon .$4.00
I,eonard'p Favorite. 1-2 pt., 20c;
gallon .3.00
Hunter's Baltlmoro Rye, 1-2 pt,
25c; gallon .4.00
Maryland Club, 1-2 pt., 25c gal?
lon .'.. 4.00
Paul Jones Pure Rye, 1-2 pt.,
20c; gallon .2.75
Carroll Springs, gallon ^. 2.50
XXXXRakor Rye, gallon .2.50
Star A. Rye, gnllop . 2.?0
Moss Rose gallon .2.00
Larkwood Pure Raye, gallon .. 2.00
Jefferson Hure Rye, gallon. 1.75
Kentucky Bourbon, gallon . 1.40
Double Stamp Gin, gallon . 2.00
The following brands of Califor?
nia Wines, Port, Sherry, Catawba
Claret, Blackberry at 25c per qt.
por gallon, 75c. Pride of North Car?
olina, <i years old, gallon.2.00
Kummolll, per gallon . 2.00
N. LEONARD'S
Barrel and Bottle Mouse.
1ft AND IS MELLEN ST.,
Phoebus, Vs. 'Phone, ?21
Pure Food Store
SPECIALTIES.
BUTTER) TEA and COFFEE
Cheese of all Kinds
Canned Meats Bottled Goods
And Many other Delicacies for
the j able.
Finest Quality!?Full Weinht! ?
LoweGt Prices!
F. H. COUCH
No. GO W. Queen St., Hampton, Va.
Phone 110.
Phone [phone]m.
NT?Continued.
$3.50 and $4.00 Gun
Metal Calf. V
3.50
Patent Colt, Best
Grade $4 00.
(These two up to the minute.) '
' B ?hib
IT V..?
HAMPTON, VA.
HENRY L. QCHMEU
President.
FRANK W. DAR?NQ,
Vice t 'resident.
H AMPTON, VIRGINIA.
I? THE OLDEST AND LARGEST IN' EITHER HAMPTON PR ?
NEWPORT NEW?.
CAPITAL,.$100,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $110,000.00 ;
DEPOSIT? OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS,
The only designated Depository In the St?to of Virginia In
Eastern Vlrslnla. Wo make loans on Real Estate?N?T PRO
HI SITED?sa are tha National Banks.
"OUR PER CENT. INTERE8T PAID ON SAVING* DEPOSIT?.
NELSON S. GROOVE. Cashier
ST FOR PRE8CRIP1IQNS ,
CALL UP sj
GARDNER & Hl'DQIN&i
THEY ARE THE DRUQGU 8.
Pine Toilet articles, Patent Mcdlclnos, Clears and Candles..
North King Street.
HONE 13.
issssmwBtesaam
;| FOR RENT,
'p 014 l.ocit.'it St.. C rooms . SiM^i
'529 Center St.. 11 rooms; modern conveniences ....'."' 23.??',?
320 Center St., 5 rooms ..;_ 1?;?0
222 Fulton St., 9 rooms, modern convonlonoes.' .?? ?5;tJ0
326 Marshall St., 10 rooms, modem conveniences . 30,00,7
14 Academy St., f, rooms . 10.00 ?
413 Newport News Aye., 9 rooms . 18.00 '
Ivy St., near Lordloy's Crossing. 6 rooms . 6f>0 -
Lauderdalo St., near New Car Barns, C rooms . 10.(10 ,.
LaSalle Ave., 8 rooms . 13,00
LaSallo Ave., 5 rooms. 7.G? '
STORE8.
Hampton Hotel, will put In good repairs.
B. Queen Strcot . $12.00'
8 S. King Street .,. 2G.C0
12 S. King Street. 20.00%
9 'Armlstead Avo. 0.00.
13 and 15 combined, Armlstead Ato . 20.00.
FOR SALE.
54 Aero track at Buckroe Boach. An exoollent opportunity for
investors.
An excellent homo on Chapel Street can bo bought fori
$1,650.00.
A practically new 9 room dwelling and largo lot oh Newport
News Ave., can bo bought very cheap.
OED. W. PHHXIPS
Real Estate, Rentals, Fire Insurance, Notary Public and Auetton?>?r.
0 AND 11 N.'KING ST. Phone 50. HAMPTON, VA
We Wi*h to Call Your Attention to Our
PpULTRYPEBD
Wo have'In stock-Chick Feod,j Wheat, Wheat'S?recTiing*;;Chlck
seat. Ground Bonot Meat Moni, Mica S'av; Cubical Grits, Ground
Oyster Shells and Powders of different kinds as well as other foods.
Wo also have In otock Erblno Veterinary Medicines. Call and .866'
us. Itospectfully yours, ?. -
Queen Street Su pply Co.
Per J. B. TOPPING.