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NAVAL, ORDERS. Tho following naval orders have been Issued: Lieut. J. F. Luby, sick leave granted three months. Ensign W. G. Roper, temporary, duty l#n the Independence. Assistant Paymaster C. R. O'Leary, letached from the Machias when out >f commission and ordered to duty with crew of tho Bancroft. Lieut. Frank Lyons, detached from )he Machias when out of commission knd ordered to duty with crew of Ban kroft. Ensign R. I. Curtln, detached from the Machlas when out of commission and ordered to the North Atlantic sta? tion for duty. Lieut. M. E. Trench, detached from the Muchlas when out of commission and ordered to duty with crew of Ban? croft. Lieut. A. L. Wlllard. detached from the Machlas when out of commission and ordered to duty ?-Ith crew of tho Bancroft. Commander C. C. Cornwell ordered to examination for retirement September 4, at Washington yard, thence home and await orders. The following changes of officers have been made on tho Asiatic sta? tion: Lieut. Com. J. M. Roper, detached from Newark. Lieut. Com. W. F. Halsey. ordered to Newark as executive. ADMITTED TO BAIL. John H. Dolenian Released In the Sum of $2,600. John H. Doleman, who on Friday af? ternoon shot Wm. Morse, colored, at the Portsmouth Gas Works, was ad? mitted to ball yesterday afternoon In the sum of ?2,600. His bondsmen were C. W. Walker. H. H. White, Charles SL Doleman and Petor Cosgrove. Tho application was made before Judge A. S. Watts, In the Hustings Court, and no testimony was given as to the tragedy. Doleman's examina? tion was set for August 25th. Cross, the wounded man, Is sinking. Dr. Grlce yesterday extracted the bul? let, which entered the man's right breast and ploughed Its way through to tho back, where It lay just under the skin. The wound In the stomach is the one, however, which is apt to prove fatal. After learning of the death of Morse. Judge Watts ordered tho rearrest of Dolemnn. Officer Shroeder went to Park Place at 1 o'clock this morning and arrested Doleman. LATER?Morse died nt 10 o'clock last night at his home, No. 29 Carroll street. THE CHURCHES TO-DAY. Wright Memorial M. E. Church. Rev. Coo. E. Hooker, pastor?Sunday school nt 9116 a. m.; preaching nt 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. hv Rev. T. C. Whltchurst. Park Vi. w M. E. Church. Rev. J. N. Latham, pastor?Preaching by the pan tor at 11 a. rti. and 8 p. m.; Sunday j schon] at :>: 1 r, a. m, Monumental Church, Rev. E. IT. | Ran Uns. pastor?11 n. m. reception of members and sacrament of the Lord's i Supper; 8:1 "> p. m., subject, "Heaven." Owens Menu.rial M. E. Church, South, Rev. R. T. Watcrfleld, pastor?. Sunday school ot 9:ir> a. m.; preaching! at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. | HORSES IN RATTLE. (Poarson't. Magazine.) One of the most curious sights to he seen in n cavalry churgo Is the various rlrtele.ss horses galloping In the line in perfect order. At the charge of Balaclava the front rank of one regiment was coin posed to a great extent of riderless ani? mals, tholr masters having dopped one by one. It would nectn tbut In tho excite? ment of the moment the horses lose all conception of what Is happening around them and probably fnll to notice the fall of their riders. Tho return of riderless horses to camp Is an almost certain sign of defeat, when a cavalry charge Is nucccssLil th<-- hoi ses will, as I have said, all keep un together, even though they have lost tholr riders. Hut wh?n a force Is routed the first news of ill omen to those in the rear will be the return of the horsrr with empty saddles and stir? rups dangling free. To illustrate tlyi callous feeling these animals have under flre. a case which happened at Ladysmlth during the siege may be cited. A fnrrl?>r sergeant was engaged in shoeing nn olll oer's horse In Un open gro md behind the stables of a hotel, and had already put one or two nails In the shoe when a shell came screaming through the air. The next moment the missile burst live or six yards away from where the sergeant and the hr.r.HG were standing, and the splinters flow around both, but failed to touch either. When the smoke had cleared the horse was to be seen with Us foot still in tho mnn's apron, quite undisturbed by tho Incident. RtiBSoll Saijo Co!obratos (By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.) New York. Aug. 4.?Russell Sage, one of the most unique figures in American financial circles, and the one of many men who has accumulated an enor- i mous fortune in Wnll street. Is to-day I celebrating his Kith birthday, nnd Is i apparently as strong and healthy as j he was twenty yours ngo. His bust nCSSt faculties nro as keen as when ho was a young man. lie is still able to mnke the Wall street financiers hustle when it conies to making winning deals where millions are involved. Americans Kllloci in Switzerland* (By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.) Malajo, in the Engadlne, Switzer? land, Aug. 4.?O. P. Way and his son and thirteen other Americans, nccom- , pan led by Mr. De LaRue, an English-! man, climbed the Clmedirosse without; a guide yesterday. When near the summit Mr. War slipped on a stone! nnd fell over a precipice. The rope at taching him to his son broke and he was killed. Mr. De LaRue returned with great difficulty. The body was recovered. The son was seriously in? jured and may not live. ADLAI E. STEVENSON. j_ He Receives a Cordial Welcome and Makes a Speech. 3 , The Democratic, Candidate For Ylce-rresl dent Discusses Issues Ilrlefly, Dealing In Wholesome Truths-Tho Future Dan? ger of the Republic. (By Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.) Bloo'mtngton, 111., Aug. 4.?A hearty welcome was given Hon. A. E. Steven? son on his arrlvcl hero at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. A big crowd gathered at the Union station. Carriages car? ried the party to the Democratic Vicc Presldentlal candidate, who was re? turning from Minnesota to prepare for the campaign, to Franklin Square, where. Just across the street from the Stevenson home, was the speaker's stand. MR. STEVENSON'S REPLY. Judge Lawrence YVeldon welcomed Mr. Stevenson and eulogized his lite and career In a speech of 20 minutes. Mr. Stevenson replied In part as fol? lows; "The future danger of the Republic Is not from foreign foe as during the first two decades, nor along sectional lines an at the later period of our his? tory. Hut with the multiplication and increase of individual fortune?thus emphasizing the distance that sepa? rates their possessions from the toil? ing millions, with the rapid augmenta? tion of aggregated wealth and the murmurtngH and unrest that follow 'as night and day'; with the Influx and growth of an element whose principle In action Is the destruction of the safe? guards of law and of constitutions; with the rapid increase in every Held of endeavor of appliances which mer? cilessly dispense with the labor of hu? man hands, and with the population pressing upon means of subsistence? who can doubt that from all these may spring: dangers to society and to the State, unknown to the first century of our history. SAFETY OF THE REPUBLIC. "The safety of the republic during the century upon which we are soon to enter will rest, not upon its ma? terial wealth, its physical- power, nor its splendor, but upon the conserva? tism, the Intelligence, the virtues, the lofty patriotism of nil of the people. "At the fireside, In the school room. In public assemblage, every where throughout'tbls broad land. le?. there be inculcated a sublime love of country, a veneration for government, for law, for Justice?for all that It has cnr.t our race the toll and sacrifice of century to achieve. In this highest and grand ! est sense let there be taught venera? tion for the'fathers?the builders of the j republic." FISH SKIN LEATHER. (New England Grocer.) The United Stalls Pish Commission has been making a collection of leathers made from the skins of fish and other aquatli animals, especially of those which prom? ise to be of practical utility. .Several va? rieties of fishes have skins that make in. excellent leather for seme purposes, Sal? mon hide, for example, serves so well In this way that the Esquimaux of Alaska make water-proof shirts and boots out of it. They also cut Jackets out of codflnh .skins, which nre bald to be very service? able garments. In the United States frog Skins are coming mlo use for the mourn? ing of books, where an exceptionally dcli calo material for tine binding Is required. There are certain tribes of savages who make breastplates out of grrtlsh skins, which will turn a knife or spear. A bul? let will pleicc this breastplate, but. It la aald to be Impossible to chop through the ma:, rial with a hatchet nt one blow. To gel her with such a breastplate, these savages wear a helmet Of the skin of the porcupine Bidl, which Is covered with for? midable spines, fastened upon the hand, this helmet serves net only as a protec? tion, but in closo quarters it is used tr butt with. The Gloucester Isinglass and Glue Com? pany recently manufactured somo ahoe^ of the skltts of the codfish niul ctiHk. Or the Yukon, In Alaska, overalls of tunned fish skins are commonly worn by the na? tives. Whip handles are made of i harl< i kins, niul Instrument cases arc com I monly covered with the same material, it being known under ttie name of shagreen Whale skins are said to make admirable Inuther for some purposes, while porpoise 'Tidier Is considered it very superior ma? terial for razor strops. Seal leather died in a number 01 different colors Is included In 'he collection or tne nsn corn mission This leather Is obtained from the hair seal, and not from the fur-hearing Spe? ele1?, nntl Is used to a considerable extent in the manufacture of pocket- books. Thr hair seals are ttlll very plentiful in the North Atlantic ocean, and as It is not difficult to kill them they afford a very promising source of leather supply. Wal? rus leather has come Into the market re? cently, but ns Ibe animals are being ex? terminated rapidly ii will hardly amount to much commercially. Another kind of leather now seen on sale Is that of th" sea elephant. Up to within a few years a species of sea elephant was found on the Pacific cor.sl, ranging as far north as Lower California, but the animals have been so nearly exterminated that they ar? now rarely seen. Another spe? cies is to be found In the An tar tic seas, chiefly on Kerguelan Island. AT NO T1MT5 IS A MAN SECURE FROM ATTACKS of such disorders of the stomach as cholera morbus, cramps and dtarrrhoea; but these* arc common during the heated term, when it dan? gerous to neglect thorn. PAIN-KILER Is a remedy that has never failed and tbo severest attacks hav. ltv-cn cured by It. Avoid substitutes, there Is but one Pair.-Killer, Perry Davis'. 26c. and 60c. Patent Medicines at Cost T J. W. S. BUTT & , DRUGGISTS - - "518 MIDDLE ST. COME AND LOOK AT OUR BARGAINS. BaseMll and Tennis Goods. W. N. WHITE, POBTSW0UTH, un, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BICYCLE DEALER. Thanks For Condolence (By Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.) Washington. D. C. Aug. 4,-The King of Italy has sent the following message to President McKinley: "Monso, August 3. 1900. "His Excellency. William McKinley, President of the United States of America: "I heartily thank Your Excellency nnd the great American people, who, sharing my grief and that of my coun? try, have strengthened the old bonds of friendship existing between the two nations." The Battleship Kentucky* (By Telegraph to Vlrginlan-Pllot) Washington, Aug. 4.?The Secretary of the Navy has extended the contract time on the battleship Kentucky and the Kearsarge to the time of their de? livering by the builders, the Newport Nejvs Shipbuilding Company. This ac? tion was taken in view of the numer? ous changes In the work on the ves? sels, principally due to the substitution of electrical power for steam and hy? draulic power in the uuxillary. Tho effect is to remove the penalty which has accrued on both vessels. FRANCE AND ITALY. Parisians Grieve Over the Assas? sination of King Humbert. Tho Relations Between tho Countries Wilt Remain Excellent-Tim *-hnh of rersln lind? Amusement An Enemy Killed and Ills Army Dispersed. (Copyright. 1900, by Associated Press.) Paris, Aug. 4.?The events of the pnst week touched almost every note In the gamut of human passions. Pa? risians experienced sorrow genuine and sincere at the assassination of Italy's king; joy over the victory in Africa which removed Rabnh, the most stub horn enemy of France in that country, and Indignation and chagrin that the sovereign of another country ? should have bad his life jeopardized by one' of their countrymen while he was n guest of the nation. AFFECTION AND GRIEF. The general mass of Italian citizens who have none too great a love tor Prance WuUld have been moved to sen tlments of affection had they been able to Witness the liepth of the true grief which wns exhibited In this oily when the news of the assassination of King Humbert was made public. When the urst report of the crime was confirmed in every gathering place could be heard expressions of sympathy and in llgnatlon, which would have clone more to bring about a friendly feellns between the two countries than would ! have' years of diplomacy. The an- ' nouncenient of his death has bronchi forth queries as to a possible rupture if the good relations between the two countries by the accession of the new king. Count TorntcUl, the Italian Am? bassador here, does not share in this feeling of Insecurity, saying: FRANCE AND ITALY. "The relations of France nnd Italy hnvc not ceased to bo excellent, nnd 1 they will continue so. The new King I has not the sentiments which some lournnls attribute to him. He has ?rreat esteem for the grand sister latin nation." THE SHAH'S AMUSEMENT. The Shah of Persia hns found nn nmusement which deeply Interests him. The court of tho palace Is sufficiently largo to permit of the op.-ratlon of an nntomobilo. and ono of theso vehicles has become his toy. He has Investi? gated every part of the machine, and hns had an agent instruct him In the method of steering. The Shah has also Investigated the telephone, and ban finally become a victim of the cinema? tograph, devoting nearly nil of one morning to a series of photographers. He is a man of most amiable disposi? tion and easy of approach. The manly calm with which he passed through the attack upon him by Saison endeared him to Parisians, nnd be hns since been the recipient of ovations wherever he goes. -AK-KXEMT REMOVED. The more graver hnppenlngs of the week have diverted public, nttentlon from the celebration In a fitting man? ner of the success of the French arms in Africa. The killing of Rnhnh nnd the dispersing Of his nrmy Is a fact which means the final supremacy of France in the' Eake Tchad region, where she is deeply interested. This Sultan has been a stumbling Vnock to the success of France in thnt terri? tory for some years. It was he who defeated tho Brotennnt mission nnd who killed another French explorer. He had hnd a most remarkable ca? reer. The son of a slave nnd himself a slave of Zobler Pacha, he learned from tho latter the art of warfare, nnd finally succeeded him in the position of ruler of thnt section. He was a na? tural born fighter and was feared by all the tribes in that locality, lib* death probably means peace. THE EXPOSITION. So loud lias become the outcry of those holding concessions at tho Expo? sition on account of the loss of money that finally a committee has appealed I to the Commissioner General. The j matter is really serious to many, as bankruptcy is staring them in tho face. An effort will be made to assist them. So far the management has agreed to the Inauguration of a series f_.f fetes and spectacles in nn attempt to at? tract the crowd which has been de? cidedly wanting recently. Gold ! Gold ! Hold ! This if always the cry, and the wisest leave sefe moorings and rti?h to strange lands. The latest El Dorailo 1? reported to be on tho Nome City Beach, Alaska Thousands of people nro hastening there, many of whom It Is enevitnble will return broken in health. Of what avail Is gold when health Is gone? Guard your health with the best of all medicines?Hostel? ler's Slomach Bitters, and yatl will nl wavs have true wealth. The Hitters are for people who have abused their stom? achs, or for those who are naturally weak. It will regulato tho bowels, stir up the liver. Invigorate tho kidneys and absolutely cure indigestion, constipation, malaria, chills nnd fever. It Is a natural tonic., absolutely free frerp dangerous, narcotics. It should be taken at the present season, to protect the system from sudden colds nnd malarial attacks It's a good mcdlcino to keep on hand. Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 4.?The State campaign closed In this State to-day and the election takes place Monday. The Democratic ticket, headed by Col. W. J. Samford for Governor, will win. Sneedvllle. Tenn., Aug. 4.?Deputy Sheriff John Lamb and Tilman Collins were killed, and Wiley Brewer and Whltton Gibson wounded In an elec? tion riot in Hancock county. WORLD OF SPORT. . Echoes From the Fistic Arena? Fitzsimmons Getting in Shape. Sailor Tom Confident That the Australian WIM Win Yacht Kaco at Old Point Postponed -Another Road Race Over the Ten-Mile Course-Raco Meeting at Cape Charles. The recent road race over the ten mile course was so successful that there will be another race over the same course In a few days. The locat riders are training for it and. If conditions arc favorable, it is expected that the pres? ent record will be broken. I The new gymnasium of the Jacobs ! Brothers over the Hub Is becoming a ] popular place for physical training, and j many young men are availing them- j selves of its privileges. j SUNDAY RACE OFF. The boat race scheduled to come of? at Old Point to-day between the Ideal j and a catboat from New Jersey has I had to be postponed on account of an ' accident that happened to tbo catboat. 1 While out sailing Frldaly night she had her sails so badly damaged that she will have to be provided with new snlls before she is In condition to race. This will be done as soon as practi? cable, and the race will be run In the near future. After this race the catboat will re? turn to New Jersey, where she Is en? tered in a number of other races. RACE CIRCUIT OPENING THE VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND CIRCUIT OPENS AT CAPE CHARLES TUESDAY. The annual fair of the Chesapeake Agricultural Fair Association will open at Cape Charles on Tuesday next, and continue for four days. The race pro? gram Is as follows: FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, AUG. 7TH. First ruce, 3.00 class. Eastern Shore of Virginia; purse, $200. Second race, 2-year-old class. East? ern Shore of Virginia; purse. $125. Third race, 2.35 class, open; purse. $200. SECOND DAY. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8TH. First race. 3 year-old class. Eastern Shore of Virginia (Sweetness barred); purse. $150. Second race, 2.IS class, open; purse, $2:>0. Third race, 2.20 class, open; purre, $200. THIRD DAY, THURSDAY. AUG. 9TH. First race, 2.40 class, open; purse, $2'i0. :-'ocond race, 2.TT trot and 2.40 pace, for horses owned on Kaslern Shorn of Virginia, January 1, 1900; purse. $200. Third race, 2.20 pace, open; purse, $250. FOURTH DAY. FRIDAY. AUG. 10TH. First race. 2.11 trot and 2.16 pace, open; purse. $250. Second rate. 2.45 class, trot. Eastern Shore of Virginia: purse, $200. Third race, 2.23 trot and 2.25 pace, open; purse, $200. CONDITIONS. The Associations reserves the right to declare races off on account of bad weather. All races under National Trotting Association, of which this Association Is a member. Five per cent, to enter and start; 5 per cent, additional from winners. Five to enter and four to start. Mile I heats best 3 In 5. A horse distancing Held or any part of it take only one money. Purses di? vided 5i>. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Conditional entries cannot be accept? ed; do not make them. Heats alter? nated and transposition reserved. If from anv cause a race cannot bo started by 4" o'clock p. m. Friday. It will be declared off und entrance re? funded. If anv race does not fill It may be reopened or declnred off. Races called j at 1 p. m. Hopples allowed. FITZ CONFIDENT. "Lanky" Rob. the peerless exponent, of the fistic art. Is now preparing for ' his groat battle with Qua Ruhlln. the Akron Giant, at Bergen Point. Rob savs he is as fine as a fiddle and fit for the battle of his life, and while not >ver-eatlmatlng bis ability, says ho will i win. Rob has severnl well-known pugl- ? lists to assist him in his training for his battle. Among them Is Rob Arm- ' strong, who seconded Tom Sharkey In Ms battle With Ruhtln. Armstrong and T'.iorne are of the opinion that Fitz will w in and win quickly. Rob soys Ruhlln , can gain nothing by Corbett's advice; on his.(Bob's) style of fighting, for Cnr bett cannot learn Ruhllnt o do what he ; himself failed to do. Rob s trusty rlcrht | Is still giving him trouble, but he thinks that It will be in she.po on the night of i the fight. August 10th. TOM FAVORS FIT'/. Tom Sharkey thinks Ruhlln will be a \ whipped man on the night of the 10th. When asked bis opinion of the fight, ?he sailor said: "Why Fitz will win, of course." "Why do you pick Fitz?" he was asked. "First. Ruhlln is not the hitter that Rob is: second, not nearly as clever. I would sooner take five punches from Gus than one from Fitz, for when he bits you you think that a ton of bricks hi; von, or a mule kicked you. As for Ruhlln. he hit me a hundred times on the Jaw, as every one knows, and it whs not until I was tired out that he beat me. If Fitz had gotten only on? of these punches at my Jaw with his trip hammer left I would hsv? gone to the land of dreams as soon as I was hit. Anyway. I will stake my money on Bob. If I get good enough odds I may wager $2,000 that he wins." CORBETT AND M'COY SIGN ARTICLES. On August 30th. with everything agreeable, lovers of the sport will wit? ness one of the cleverest exhibitions of the manly art ever seen. Roth Corbett and McCoy arc known to be the most scientific boxers the world has ever seen. Roth men are fast and shifty on their feet. McCoy has probably the ad? vantage over Jim In his hitting powers and staying qualities. The outcome of this fight will be watched with Interest. TOM WANTS ANOTHER CHAN03S. Tom Sharkey Is willing to wager $1.000 that/ he can best Ruhlln In less than six rounds. Tom is as game a man as ever donned the gloves. George Dixon, the one time Invinci? ble, is now a thing of the past. TICKS FROM THE WIRES Birmingham?Coal miners of the State have accepted a reduction of 2V-? cents per ton from August 1. Concord. N. H.?Hon. James O. Ly ford has been appointed guardian of Charles E. Hoyt. tho playwright. Washington?By direction of the Sec? retary of War St. Francis Barracks. Fla., hos been discontinued as a gar? risoned post. Rome?Tho date of King Humbert's funeral has been definitely fixed for Thursday next, August 9. Washington?The President has ap? pointed Robert C. Scrlmingcour post? master at Titusvllle. Fla. Macon. Qa.?The Board of Health met to-night and decided not to quarantine against the yellow fever at Tampa. Washington?The Southern Railway has restored the wages of engineers to the rate that prevailed before tho re? duction. Tampa, Fla.?Dredge No. 2 was burned here to-day. Loss, $75.000; In? surance. $30.000. Canton. Ohio. Aug. 4.?-President Mc? Kinley returned to Canton at 10:45 a. m. to-day on the regu'ar Pennsylvania train from Washington. i Ihicago.?-The grand jury to-day voted six true bills against Lloyd J. Smith, former manager of the Chicago E!e\ator Company, and member of the Chicago Board of Trade, charging him with fraudulent methods in the man? agement of the elevators. Indianapolis.?Arrangements for the Bryan notification meeting arc about completed. The Bryan special will ar? rive here Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Merkten. Miss., Aug. 4.?The State Board of Health to-day decided that the yellow fever situation was not seri? ous enough for the establishment of a quarantine. STORIES OP COINCIDENCES. They Ac-mint for Some Thing* That Seem to He Entirely Inexplicable. (Xow Orleans Times-Democrat.) "Luck and coincidences explain away many a mystery," snid one of a group the other nicht. "1 remember n queer story along that line." ho continued, "which I once heard from the elder Herr nuin In hi* earlier performances, its you may recall., he made a great feature of a very clever 'second call,' or mind reading net. He would lrqitrst ; eonle in th? audience to select small articles which wo'ild then be described by a blindfolded assistant on the stage. As a matter of fact, Herrmann really gave the cue to the description in the way he frnmrd hlr question, but It was very dextcrlously done nnd not one person out of a thous? and caught on. "One evening, as ho told me the story, he. was giving an entertainment In an Ohio town and was just returning to the Btage after the mind reading specialty when nn elderly man suddenly Jumped up at the other end at the house. ?If this thing Is genuine.' he called out In a loud voice. 'I want you to tell me what card I am thinking about at this moment.' The man was a wealthy merchant nnd known as somewhat of n crank on spiritualism Of course lierri"Kiin had no Idea what he was thinking about, hue he replied with? out hosltatlpn, "it is tue deuce of clubs,' Ills Intention being to tarn the laugh on th" o'd ti llOW by some bit of repartee when he declared that the guess was wrong, But to the magician a Intense amazement the man raised both hondi In I tho uir und bellowed, 'Correct, by thtin I der!' This miraculously lucky and wholly unexpected hit made a profound linpres ' slon on the audience and no doubt COn 1 verted many peop'e. to the belief of the ? reality of mind reading. Herrmann told , me thai the proprietor of the theatre, who i was nn old personal friend, was very ' ourloua to know how the thing was dene. and when he was Anally Informed In con j ndencc that It was mere lu.-k he declined to accept the explanation, it was too i simple to suit him." "Coincidences certainly do play an Im? portant role in every day lift." com? mented another In the party, "and I daro say they have for their pivot on which many an event of the llrst magnitude was turned One case of the kind came under my personal observation when 1 flrs't wont into business in New Orleans, At that time there was a large mercantile bouse located on the same block thnt did an extensive business with planters up the river. As usual In thnt trade they operat? ed on a credit basis and occasionally they curried some formidable accounts, The largest of these at the period of which I speak was against a planter who had for? melle hern very prompt pay, lint who had latterly pleaded had luck and allowed the majority of his bills to run over several seasons. The firm believed him to be good, and, nlthough the amount Involved amounted away up Into the thousands, they .1. elded hot to proas him. In full con lldence that the money would ultimately be paid. "Ono day the pi.inter came to New Or? leans on some business, and while he was still In town a member of the firm chanced to go over to a notary's ofllce to get nn acknowledgement on somo legal pnpers. -As he entered the ofllco he heard one of tho clerks In nn adjoining room ask another whether ho had completed that 'plantation transfer" to Colonel -'a mother. 'You know he wants to tnke It with him when he goes home to-night.' he added. Colonel-was the. delinquent debtor, nnd the aecldentnl remark w.if lik? a flash of lightning on a. dark night The merchant said nothlns. but trans acted his owti business *a speedily as rio*. slblo and hurried back. Iben he wlr?d his local attorney to lnitltut? proceed? ings, und when the planter arrived home he found everything tied up with an at tachment He was forced to tn.ke a set? tlement in full and doesn't know to this day how bis plans wero so suddenly eh. i '<mated. T-'lw? seconds sooner or bite: In that visit would have made a difference of many thousands to the firm." "V think 1 run tie that story myself," raid one of the party. 1 >o you rememboi the recent death of Lewis Rcdwtne, a noted bank defaulter of Atlanta, Ca.. whose ease created an Immense sensation some years ngo? Will, when ho win placed on trial Redwloe maintained v stubborn .'.Hence and he W is convicted and sentenced to live years In the Federal penitentiary at Columbus, O. It wac generally believed that he would breaV down when he actually started for prison and Implicate somo people who stood high socially, and the papers decided to send reporters with him on the train For some reason the authorities didn't tipprovo of the plan and at ranged to slip him out of town a d.'.y In advance of thr timo oftlclally given out. The train was to leave at noon and about twenty minute; before that hour a reporter, out on othet business, happened to use a telephone In a down town store. While he was talking the wires became crossed and he hnard a voice snv: 'Wo have nrrnnged for th train to stop at the outskirts of the town to-day to take on Redwine.' H? reeog nized th" voice a.s that of the deputy mar sb.nj talking to the Jailor, and realized It a flash that n scheme was on foot to get the noted prisoner out of tho citv twenty four hours ahead of ''.nie He daimer* away from the store, got to his office It time to draw somo money and caught th train. Redwino didn't confess, after all but that doesn't affect the marvelous luck or coincidence of the 'phone episode." $100 Reward $100. The renders of this paper will be pleas? ed to learn that there is ut least otu dreaded disease that science hns beer uble to cure In all Its stagas. and that b Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fra? ternity. Catarrh being a eonatltutlona. dlfease, requires a constitutional treat? ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken In? ternally, noting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strengt), by building up tho constitution and as? sisting nature In doing Its work. Th proprietors have so much faith In It; curative powers that they otter One Hun? dred DollarR for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. BERKLEY NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENTS EXPENSE REDUCED, Tunis Lumber Company inaugu? rates Money Saving Scheme. They Can Now Havo Logs Dumped From Cor? Into Their Pond Where to Hear the Gospel To-day - Many Brier Itoms of Interest. Perhaps the largest reduction in ex- I penses that has happened with the | j Tunis Lumber Company for some time ! i developed this week, when by means I of a newly laid track from the mill. I connecting With the Belt Line Rail | road, the company can have all logs I assigned to them dumped in the pond from the cars. Since the mills have been in opeva tion the company, in order to get the : logs to them over the routes men- j tloned, has been compelled to dump . them overboard at the nearest point ? to their mill and have hem rafted at ' an additional cost, take the chances of I losing a large number of them, and keep on hand all the time a very ex? pensive supply of rafting gear. Be? sides this, there Is another loss In? curred by having to raft, the logs In ; that hand saws are broken when they come in contact with "dogs" left in I the logs, which is quite a loss in every 1 instance. This development, which Is considered marvelous. Is but one of the many that are going on in our town. THE NEW STOCK TARDS. The Pelt Line Union stock yards in South Norfolk are about completed, and a large shipment of stock will be? gin arriving this week. BRIEF PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. Dr. A. E. Owen has left for a two weeks' stav with her daughter at Union. N. C. There will be a special meeting of the official board of Main Street Chrls I tian Church Monday evening, at which I time every member of the board Is ex : peoed to be present. ' Mr. F. M. Wood Is very ill at hi* j home In the Balcony block, on Mout lant avenue. * lie was unconscious a I part of vesterday. ! Mrs. W. R. Allmoni, of MouMant [ avenue, will leave Monday for Rich? mond, where she wIM send a while with her mother, after which she will go to the mountains to visit her broth? er. Mn. Lawrence. ! Mr. Z. Qutdtoy, after several weeks' severe lllnens. Is able to be on the streets ngaln. Mrs. J. A. McCloud, Jr.. of South Norfolk, will spend to-day in Suffolk with her sister. j Miss Ada Hall, of Great Bridge. V.l.. Is visiting relatives on Bute street. Norfolk. Mr. S. M Conant has nrcerttcd a po? sition In the construction and repair department of the navy yard, and will ' assume his duties on Monday. Miss Julian Sawyer, of Kee Mar Col? lege, Hagorstown, Md.. and her sister. Miss Lizzie, of Elizabeth City, N. C. \ are visiting their aunt. Mrs. E. A. j Wlngfield, on Main street. The tug- owned by Captain A. N. Marshall that collided with a collier oft Lambert's Point some time ago and was badly damaged and the fireman scald? ed to death, Is at Colonna's .Southern Branch Railway for repairs. ' See Mr. IL L. Edwards advertise? ment In this issue, telling you some? thing about a bicycle when it needs repairs. To deposit money in the Bantc of Berkley means safe keeping. Try it. See advertisement. There is but one more day of Mr. Dougherty's special low sale. See ad-, vertisement. Well furnished rooms con be secured at No. 9 South Main street, either for a Binall family or a gentleman. Sea ad? vertisement. NEWS OF THE CHURCHES. St. Thomas' P. E. Church, Rev. Clar? ence M. Conunt. M. D., rector?Holy Communion. ?:00 a. m.: Sunday school, 9.-46 a. m.: morning prayer, 11 o'clock; Holy Communion (second celebration), and sermon, "The Obligations of Spir? itual Inheritance," Romans vUt, 12-18, 11:20 o'clock; evening prayer, 6 o'clock. Monday. August 6th. Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ. Friday. Au? gust 10th. Fast Day. On both days: Morning prayer (Friday with Litany), 10 o'clock; evening prayer, 8 o'clock. Monday only: Holy Communion, 8 o'clock. Mr. W. Russell Owen will preach morning and night at Berkley Avenue Baptist Church to-day. Morning sub? ject, "Blind Bartlnaeus. Son of Tln aeus;" night. "The Serpent Beguiled Me and I Did Sin." MISSIONARY SERVICE. The pastor, Rev. M. P. Porter, will use for his subject this morning at 11 o'clock. "Christian Life One of Sacri? fice." The usual monthly missionary service will bo held at 8 p. m.. at which time the following program will be ren? dered: Anthem . By Choir Recitation . Miss Vlrgle Jones Trio . From Norfolk I Address . Prof. S. M. Smith ' Coronet Solo. Mr. Newberry I Recitation . Mrs. J. F. McOlnness Solti . Mrs. TV. B. Snow : Benediction. BERKLEY ADVJS. BERKLEY STF.AM LAUNDRY FOR sale. Terms made to suit buyer. I Only small running capital necessary. Address R. W. BROOKS. Berkley, Va. i Jy2S-tf Ii. L. EDWARDS, Cor. Berkley avenue and Liberty St. BERKLEY. VA. ?IS THE? BICYCLE MAN Olvc him a trial and be convinced. auS J. R. WILLIAMS, Funoral Director and Embalm v.' 67 CHESTNUT STREET. * Office 1ZIT TELEPHON B CA ill. Resldence.l22? BANK OF BERKIEV.-COUNTRT trade a specialty. Convenient hours. Interest on ?Jepoalts. fell-lt DOUGHERTYS' TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE Those suits uro easily worth and sohl for $7.60 and $8 N> Wnir? nv.iVLS ). , ' sweep of Hoy,:- .Suit-.. Notice the prices: jt.M 8 H?"'$ >??.,-12 K Se ? nR,4 ? <,1,?-:1 Suits. $2.12*,; $3.80 Suits. $2.0214. For two dftyi dnhVSnl? nnd W'(M 4th and 6th. Men's and Hays' fetraw Hats hoeHats Kc Tfic tin r,. ?1 'i ' -^'i?llst' 75c Remarkably low prices In all departments 3 d<,c?? *lv* IIa,s j DP"gtHERTY's DEPARTMENT STORES, 72 and 74 Chestnut Street FILLED ELEPHANT'S TOOTH. i Curious Operation Performed by a New York Dentist. (New York Journal.) I That an elephant -should have the j toothache is one of the things that has probably come under the observation or reflection of few people In this world j of ours. The biggest elephant with the i lUngling show, in Indianapolis, Ind.. , Is paradoxically named "Habe." This I huge animal last winter got very un | easy and troubled her keepers. She ?didn't cat/much and looked as If the way of things didn't, suit her. Now, ! while the elephant Is usually looked on I by the crowd as n good-natured beast, has a i.iattei uf fact, when It gets In a ! tantrum It is the hardest of nil to man '? age, ami is more anxiously watched by '? those in charge,than any other animal I In the menagerie. Theret? It was that when "Babe" began to sulk the ' management got worried, and a good ' deal of time and talk were used in trying to find out the cause and bring the big hcnr.t back to her former placid mood. The Rlnglings winter their ? show at Earbuo. WIs., which is the ? cherished birthplace of the family, and a humble barber of that town solved ' the difficulty. He said that "Habe' ; bad the toothache. I This may have been a guess, but ; whether or not, Mr. Alexander thought [ he could find out. it took a lot of prodding to make "Babe" open her j mouth for inspection. Then It was I found that a tooth was really badly j decayed and the gum considerably In I named, Several remedies were applied ' without any apparent effect, and then ; It was decided to extract the tooth. As i a last resort, however. Dr. Richmond. ! a dentist of New York, was appealed to, as "Babe" hail already lost sevorr.l teeth, and a further sacrifice of this kind, of course, would not help her di? gestion. Dr. Richmond said the tooth could be filled, and Immediately set about to perform the task. This brought him face to face with one of the greatest Jobs in his experi? ence. To kill the nerves wires almost r?s thick as spiral springs were neces? sary. It was a slow process, and sev? eral of the animal caretakers had all j 'hey could do under Dr. Riehmonl's ?Urectlons. The elephant was relieved j from pain with copious applications of i '?oeaine as the work progressed and. with the wonderful intelligence of her tpeeles. she seemed to know the cause of this relief. She kept her mouth <>pen and the men had no trouble in erformlng the work. Special tools had to be made for cleaning, grinding out and filling the cavity, and the trim? ming and digging out were done with i keen-edged tool almost na large and heavy as a cold chisel. RUSKIN ON THE LOCOMOTIVE. The following description of a loco? motive from Buskin's pen. is a beauti? ful piece of word-painting: "I cannot express the amazed awe. the crushed humility, with which I sometimes watch a locomotive take Its breath at a railroad station, and think what work there Is In Its bars and wheels, and what manner of men they must be who dig brown Ironstone out of the ground and forge It Into that! What assemblage of accurate and mighty faculties In them: more than fleshy power over melting crag and coiling fire, fettered and finessed at last Into the precision of watchmak? ing; Tltnnlan hammer strokes, beating: out of lava these glittering cylinders anil timely respondent valves and fine rlbhed rods, which touch each other na a serpent writhes Ik noiseless gliding and omnipotence of grasp; infinitely complex anatomy of active steel, com? pared with which the skeleton of a Uv-' lng creature would seem to a careless observer, clumsy and vile?a mere morbid secretion and phosphatous prop of flesh'. "What would the men who thought out this, who beat it out, who touched It into its polished calm of power, who set It to its appointed task and trium? phantly saw it fulfill Its task to the ut? most of their will, feel or think about this weak hand of mine, timidly lead? ing a little stream of water color which. I cannot manage Into an Imperfect shadow of something else?mere fail? ure In every motion and endless dis? appointment? What,-1 repeat, would these Iron-dominant genii think, of me, and what I ought to think of theia." WHAT IS LIFE? "What is life?" I ask the child, who romps through all the happy day. Without a care, without a cloud to mar the sunshine of his life. No thought has he of days to come, of sorrows and bitter strife. He looks at me bewildered flr3t then answers. "Life is play." "What is life?" I ask the youth, who looks at the sky abovo And sees therein the promise fair of nil that enrth holds dear to him. Naught recks he now of blasted hopes, of withered heart and eyes made dim By tears that come when hope Is dead. He answers gayly, "Life is love." "What is life?" I ask the man In whose brave face no shadows Iura: Whose days are filled with healthful toil; whose plans reach out and compass all That man holds dear. No time has he to dream and sigh?'tis duty's call That lie Is ever listening for. He an? swers promptly, "Life Is work." "What Is life?" I ask the sage, whose days are gliding like a stream To Join the ocean near at hand. His. life lies all behind him now; The world has lost Its charm for him. He puts a thin hand to his brow, And seems to muse a while, and then he answers sadly, "Life's a dream." ?G. L. Lyman. CHINAS POPULATION. (Philadelphia Times.) It la true that some parts of China are vaatlv overponulated. but this is by no mean's true of it all. With three tiroes the area of British India. China has less than twleo as many people. With a popn iatlen p?>r square mile ?auaUng mat or India, China would contain over W.W.ww souls. Yet in India there ore vast Jung!?-? and unoccupied lands. If it w?r? l?-??'"?" to conceive of China being POPU,,l,.*?- ?" the same scalo of density sa kngiand 3HW.000 to 51.000 square mit??--,the Popu? lation of that country jw?uld ntvmb*r ,1.530,000,000. or nearly double th? pr*ient estimated population of the whole wo*.a.