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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-11
Is me NQ[ Over?

Well we hope 1t Ia. but we Know
hat sumner and hot weather will be
with us for some time to come and If
you have not already awaited yourself
IF the chance to get good Detroit
Jewel Gas Range you nave missed one
# your best friends and more. you
have missed the comfort tina; can O,
be had from the use OF gas fuel which
brings delight and happiness wherever
II is in use. Talk is cheap you may
say and gas man must gas" and
who can blame him. He knows good
ihiEs-he wants to push !: along. and
he is willing that his friends should
share in the procession. Generous sou,
that he is. he gives his advice free. 1t
IS no trouble to sing the praises OF gas
for fuel and as for light. its beauty
shines so he who runs may be impress.
ed Gas for fuel at sl.00 is the cheapest
"a if it is economically used Are
you economical ? You are prudent and
Wise. Therefore get a gas range. We
will tell you something next week
about heating that will surprise you.
Call No "a on either phone il you can
net call. But come If you can
Newport News Gas Company.
W. 8. BOWEN. Supt,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-11
CHATTER.

The Wilmington Record of which the
n"gr" Manly WAS editor. has suspended
Th, editor is doubtless thanking his
lucky stars that ii is the paper and not
himself
THE EACoNTEUR
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
TREES IN THE STREETS.
4 Society In New York City to Beautity
 tue Avenues.

4 Society In New York City to Beaut5ty
 the Avenues.
 Without doubt the Tree Planting as- sooiation of New York hes und-rtakeD a most beneieent work. So far as il proves to be practicable, it will contrib. nte as mucL as any other scheme that could te projected for the embellish- ment of the city. Tho incorporators arc to considerable extent the same as tho incorporates of the Botanic garden-- men we'll Luown for public spirit and intelligence Thus the society begins under the most favorable possible aus piees for caution and discrimination @ well as for enterprise
 Of course it's work will be largely ex- perimeutal There are streets, even resis deetial st1eetg. in New York in which it may uote wise to attempt tree plant. ing at all, i the reason that the spaca cannot Le spared, either from the side. walk or tho roadway, for the boxes thas must protect tho young trees or for tho trunks of suell as live 10 maturity EveP in those streets in which there is room enough for trees there are many places in which no trees cap thrive by reason of the lack of sunshine, and, indeed, there are scarcely any streets ill New York below the park in which trees can be expected 10 do so we'll as in plaee like Washington, where the streets arg so wide and tho buildings so low as to give all trees that may be planted fair chance for life Almost the only streets in New York that are as faYorably sit- nated are tho Broadway boulevard and the Riverside drive The boulevard haa been until within the past few months q dismal monument to municipal neg feet. Now it is kept in order, but time is required to replace the trees that have been allowed to die, ard the double row of trees that were meant "high oyer- srched to embower" does not embower at all, but presents upon tho whole scraggy and dismal spectacle.
 This, of course, comes mainly fron neglect, for there is no reason wi.y trees in this thoroughfare should not thrive If they can be made to thrive anywhere in New York The general introduction of electric lighting will do mue1 for tha trees unless gas is still carried through the ground for fuel. ltis given out that uneonraminated earth will be used for the setting of the new trees, but, Juag. ing from what we have experienced in the opening of Fifth avenue for sewer and the previous openings of other ave nues for laying cables, the pereolation of the gas through the fresh soil would be matter of only weeks at the longest The new association is plainly destined to encounter many obstacles. If it suo- ceeds in gaining even partial victory over them, 1t will cattle itself to the gratitude of all New Workers. New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
An,lclpnrlnx the onssonx.

A poor man lay dfing and his guoc wife was tending him with homely but affectionate care. Don't you think you could eat bit of something, Johnf Now what can get for youf'
 With wan smile he answered fee ply. Well seem to smell ham a.cooking somewheres think could do with little bit of that
 "Oh. no, John. oear. " she answered promptly. "you can't have that That's sor the fuperal "--Londnn Telegraph
 Freddy's Fear.
 They pass plate of cakes to Freddy at dessert. He puts out his hand, hesi- tates. then draws it Lack and begins to weep.
 What are you crying for?" asks his mother
 Because you arc going to scold me when choose the biggest one. '-Fi- -@o. ,--~~.s-- @.gx ssa --= -.-Sst. zssr
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
Musical Recitation.

Although the Quakers, as sect. do not favor music, regarding it as profit less amusement indulged in by ina worlds people, there are oc~a~. .sss stories told which show that tif
 music sometimes steals it's ssag ll4
 Quaker household in spite of discipisye.
 George Thompson, the famous English abolitionist, while featuring on tho ai,o- iition of slavery in the British provinces, stopped one night with a Quaker falnlly He was great lover of music. ano as that time was good singer.
 During the evening he sang "Ofi I'm the Silly Night, which was listened 10 with the closest attention.
 In the morning his Quaker hostead appeared somewhat uneasy. Sho wIsned to hear tho song again, hue it would hardly do, she thought, for her to rs quest it's repetition. At fast, howoyer her desire .eroame her scruples.
 George, she said, with faint pin color ill her soft cheeks. Twill thee Il peat the words of last evening in tis usual mannerp'-Youth g CompanIoE
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
THAT FAMILY CLOSET.
And the Various Kinds of Skeletons That
 Abide Therein.

Abide Therein.
 Every family has its skeleton. We know that, of course, anatomical speci- mems, neatly put together and stored away in secure cupboard, of which only family members have the key-a skeleton key, probably. Only when the family is alone, with no visitors about, does 1t go to the door cautiously and unlock 1t and bring the bony occupant forth. The family knows it's own skele- ton, but outsiders are supposed to be ill total ignorance of its existence, and if they are wiser tan people think them ! and of course they always are--it is only point of politeness to pretend to be blind and deaf.
 Of how many kinds are family skele- tons? The Joneses possessed an uncle who died insane. You can't go near the Jones cupboard. or, in other words, even hint at the subject of hereditary insanity il their presence, without the skeleton audibly knocking it's bones to- gether and all the Joneses turning pale
 You can t mention Turkish bonds to the Browns without their jaws suddenly falling; you can t think why. And when drink statistics form the cheerful sub Ject of conversation at the Robinsons' table you observe with wonder that all the family grow uncomfortable and writhe ill their chairs. You haven't the faintest notion WAy, but the skeleton has
 met man once at q dinner party who was perfectly sane upon every point OH earth but one, and on that he was the opposite. He could talk about politics, science, art Shakespeare and the musical glasses, but if by any chance the conversation touched on dueling he went straight off his head then and there
 Dueling was the skeleton in his cup. 1 board, and the reason was one that can not be enlarged upon here On one day in every year he shut himself up in his house and was not seen by mortal eye. That was the one day when his skele- ton came out and stalked about.
 Many people have what seems to the 1 general public a harmless enough skele- ton, but it is real and ghastly to them selves It is of humble origin. It is sur prising the pains people will take to conceal that their grandfathers were poor, but honest, the lies they will tell ] (which only proves that the grandpar- ent's qualities have not descended in tho direct line) and the meannesses they will indulge in, ill the pitiable effort to hide the fact that two generations ago they kept small greengroeer's shop or wore plush and powder. After all, the longer the lino the more certain it is to contain ancestors who won their bread by the sweat of tbeir face.
 If all the world were not descended from the same grand old gardener, U there might be mora common sense in trying to forget honest toil.-English Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
IN LONDoN's 5LUMs.
A Rather Rough Experience That Taught
 an Artist a Lesson.


 An artist who is well known ill a northern city used occasionally to put on his shabbiest clothes and penetrate to the slums in search of inspiration for his brush. On one of these excursions he stopped to watch the efforts of a rag ged urchin who was disfguring the pavement of squalid street with a piece of soft blue stone, and, although the figures which the lad drew were grotesque, the artist was struck with their originality and began to take an interest in their development
 'That's right, my boy! Make your lines clear and never mind the details Championl Whatl You don know how to sketch that old mans head? Then give me the chalk I'll show you. .''
 The next moment the enthusiastic artist was Ca his knees. and with the piece of stone had quickly drawn a clever picture. Before he could com mence another sketch, however, he felt a stunning blow on the head, and a shrill female voice cried:
 "Take yer b]oomin hook, ye great, good for nought hulk! What dye mean by messin up t'fiags at I've just wash, ed? 'Tain't no wonder at t kids do it when a senseiess old idiot like eyerself sets 'em t'example Be off, or I'll SCOUT s'pavement wi yer ugly carcass.
 The artist hurriedly dodged another boot sprang to his feet, and, without waiting to argue the matter, sneaked igaominiously off. He vows that he will mind his own business when next he goes slumm;ng. -I.onoon Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
People who talk and chatter all the time waste half their nerve power.
MASONIC
Texas Has Ample Funds to Provide q
 Home-Chips From the Temple.

Texas Has Ample Funds to Provide a
 Home-Chips From the Temple.
 Texas has fund for the endowment of 3 home which has now grown to over s100, 900, invested in interest bearing se- curities. The directors have had ten prop. ositious rendered them for it's location and express preference for that of north Gal weston, on the shores of the bay, the pro- posed site containing 200 acres. The final choice, however, has not been made. There arc 94 destitute widows and 160 or phans to be cared for in tho home when established. .-Exehange.
 Five brothers were raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason at a recent eem- munication of Northern lodge of Newark, N. J. They are sons of Past Master Henry F. Phillips of Newark lodge. The oldest Is 36 years and the youngest g. The father has been q Mason nearly DO years
 There is a steady growth of Royal Arch Masonry in Minnesota. There arc 58 chapters with a total membership Of a,776 in the state
 The grand lodge of Arkansas suspended 8 member of the fraternity for term of three years for attacking brother mem. Der.
 1u6 AuSOldlti5ldl hcNslOHS Ol Mel bourne disapproves the delivery of a short address to the wardens outside the ordi- nary ritual when installing them.
 The annual ball of Palestine command cry, New York, will be held Feb. 10 in the Metropolitan Opera House.
 The name Freemason appears for the first time in statute 25 of Edward l of England, A. D. 1850. The term signified 'Freestone Mason, one who worked in freestone as distinguished from the rough Mason who merely built walls of rough stones.
 There is no lucre in Masonry, no dis counts no bargains, nothing that is of the earth, earthly. Freemasonry was born and lives in the region of ideas. Its first great light came from above.
 A large sum of money has already been contributed to the New Years donation fund of the Pennsylvania Masonic home.
 Obedience is taught both symbolically and linguistieally in Freemasonry. No Masonic brother needs to be told how. He may forget some duties which he owes, but he can never forget this.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
UNITED WORKMEN.
Success Will Not Come ftself-Notes From
 Various Jurisdictions.

Success Will Not Come ltself-Notes From
 Various Jurisdictions.
 The jurisdictions that adopt the new assessment plan with any kind of an idea that it will work itself' will make q mis- take. 1t will take work to make the or- der grow with any kind of plan. So If you like the old plan best don't sit down and wait until the order gets into the ''roeky road for want of work Or if you adopt the new plan, do not conclude that all your troubles are over, and no more work is needed Work is the key stone to success under any plan. Kansas Workman.
 The laws of the order require that tha beneficiary certificate of Q member must be made payable to a member of his fami. ly, or a blood relative, CT some one depend. ent on him.
 Delaware made gain of 40 memberd last year
 Michigan dropped 2,oGS members last year as result of the classified" fight.
 California, under the classified plan, broke all her former records with an in crease of s, 421 members, the result of lib. eral outlay and active work.
 Missouri lost ?, 3o5 members last year while Minnesota hustled and gained 879
 Oregon, through unwise agitation, re. dueed her roster by SIS members South Dakota had net gain of 968.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
ON Tst PRAIRIE
Bare. iow, tu,gny hills.

Bare. iow, tnsvny hills,
 With bluer heights beyond, And the Is sweet with spring. But when will the earth respondf Prairie that rolls for leagues.
 Dusly and golden Iale. Liko stirless sea Of waves.
 Unbroken by ship or sail. The bellows are dark with brush And llack with the wash of show CTS And ragged with bleaching wreck Of the ranks of the tall sun1owers. No cloud In the blue, no sur
 Save the shrill of the wind in the grasas And the meadow lark s note. und 'ho caN Of the wind borne crows tll,t pas Bare, low. tawny hills.
 With bluer heights beyond, And the air is sweet with spring, But when will the earth respondf
 -Herbcrt Boles in New York Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16

home froml undry, whicl tself?--whiel |edonninating orly iroDe1
 le there, hF king wasnf i'd all the@| bvoid the4
 |ious taste
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16

THE CHICAGO EVENING DIS PATCH is the only Feec Sil0er Newspaper in Chicago, and under i s new management has met vita phenomenal success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16
At His Own nxpense.

Mir. Bluff-Look here, young mr you re always going about with l daughter, and l want to know vi your intentions are regarding her?
 Young Man really have no int ticns, sir.
 Mir Bluff (angrily)-Then, what you mean by amusing yourself at daughter 8 expense?
 Young Man (airily y)-I'm not and ing myself at your daughter B eApel sir, but at my own expense. l alu pay for the theater tickets and refrs ments. --Pearson's s Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-16

In times of scarcity the south can natives sometimes rob auts ne the termites, and as much as five i1 els of grain have been taken from a| Rle nest,
The times., 1898-02-13
SUPREMELY SMART GOWN.

leaf ornament about its edge that lifts
it into the realm of artistic trimmings.
Nothing has been done so far to show
what variety the leather belt for sum-
mer wear will assume, but with their
winter things women are donning silk
girdles in front, but at space of three
inches the ribbon of the belt is crossed
by jeweled slide. There is no denying
the advantageous brilliancy of this and
the effect has been tried, with little cut
steel slides, most successfully on broad
black muff ribbons. A few of these not
expensive slides makes of plain rib
bon a noticeable pretty ornament. and
now if a smooth high collar is worn,
with a day gown or of an evening, it is
made of wide black satin ribbon pow
dered with silver spangles This is con-
sidered something more advanced in
style and more elegant even than a
collar of jewels. It's greatest recon-
mendation is that any woman with a
needle, thread and a dollar and half S
worth of materials can manufacture a
beautiful one herself
The times., 1898-02-13
Coming-Out Cot Hons.

At coming-out cotillons-for favors
are no longer used at grown-up din
ners or luncbeon-the favors are friv-
olous and pretty, rather than useful or
costly, The maid may present her part
ner with a big silver butterfly, whose
fiuttering wings are formed of many
sheets of shaving paper. In this way
she can pay q delightful compliment to
the pretty youth whose cheek is as
smooth as her own. Or she can give
him gay scarf, jingling with balls, or
a tri-color, like that worn by the Pres
ident of the French republic. If he
dances very well she may reward him
next time he comes with a miniature
tobacco pouch and clay church war
den.' For the girl herself there are
pretty little sewing-cases of blue and
pink satin, all fitted out with tiny
scissors, needle book, thimble and
thread. Rosettes, from which depend
keyring. notebook and pencil, are meant
for the busy girl to fasten to her belt;
gay little bags of plaid and bandanna
silk, and filled with fine candies, tiny
mirrors with sliding covers, studded
with gems. and with a long, slender
chain attached, are for the gallant cav
alier to give to the maiden whose face
he thinks the fairest. Grotesque bits
of bronze showing performing cats and
dogs, studious elephants and other ac-
complished creatures, serve as paper
weights after they have done duty as
favors and laugh-provokers. Some Of
the flower favors are very pretty.
Feathery chrysanthemums tied with
ribbons hold wonderful riches of glace
fruits in their golden hearts, rosebuds
bloom into full beauty to disclose bon
bons lurking amid their soft petals, and
lilies and orchids hide untold treasures
of burnt almonds and candied cherries
among their white blossoms.
The times., 1898-02-13
THE WORK OF A PRINCESS.
Beatrice Always Arranses the
Queens Room at Christmas Time

Beatrice Always Arranges the
Queens Room at Christmas Time.
The Princess Beatrice always nails up
and arrange with her own hands the holly
and ivy that decorate the Queens private
dininc-room at Christmas, besides super
intending the adornment Of the royal
chapel Once on a time, every lady decked
her own house in like manner, but now,
except where there are young children,
the pretty custom seems likely 10 fall into
dsuse.
This is pity, for several reasons"
saws a member of royal family There
is something so essentially English and
homeIy about it; It symbolizes the national
faith that unites palace and cottage. 1t
has also it's less serious aspect, mas
much as the bright berries OF the holly
and the frivolous boughs OF mistletoe bring
an element of gaiety and youthfuIness into
our sober workaday life. Latent in every
one of us there is a love OF the picturesque
and a sense of beauty, which, it is 20 be
feared, we systematically starve. A great
deal of the grayness and sordidneSs of life
isour own fa ult, a nd, maybe, the ragged ur-
chin who steals a spTig OF holly from q
stall and sticks i5 into his cap so as to
look Christmassy is wiser in his generatis
than We"
The times., 1898-02-13

soda? Well-er--once or twice. Has
she eaten the oatmeal and raw beef and
drank the hot water and beef tea? Yes.
She doesn't add once or twice. but her
pale face adds IT. Has she gone to bed
early? Got up early and slept after
lunch? Well, not every day. And yet
this girl Of intelligence and apparent
common sense, wonders why she doesn't
get well. Why does she think give her
special instructions? To amuse myself?
To have them disobeyed? / am going
to try once more. If she doesn't obey
me then / shall positively refuse to at
tend her further" and the doctor bang
ed the big paper-weight that same fair
"hysteria case had given him for
Christmas, and looked SO good-natured-
ly ferocious that one could not blame
the girl for being Indifferent to his
wrath.
The times., 1898-02-13
ways of women who Diet.

Few women attain the age of forty
years without having been put on a diet
for one reason or another. Some diet
to get thin, and others to better their
compilations All deny themselves to
make themselves better looking, and
this is a womanly thing to do. One
woman has said that dieting means eat
ing all the things that one would leave
uneaten, and leaving uneaten those
things that one would eat. Perhaps
this is true and perhaps it isn't. .1s But
one thing is certain, and that Is that
doctors generally agree that women,
when told to diet, persistently disregard
orders and then declare that there is
nothing in the diet theory.
A Philadelphia physician, according
The times., 1898-02-13

possible advantage. The rear bag 1t
is not given to every woman to enjoy
in it's perfection, for only those whose
hair is quite even in length can do
this thing as the law of fashion de-
mands.
Every elderly lady who keeps any
pace with the modes of today not only
pompadours Ter white hair very high,
but wears rather coquettishly above
one temple either tiny bow of black
tulle or a small spangled butterfly of
the same material. Puffs piled on puffs
build up the lofty chignon behind the
The times., 1898-02-13

to the Philadelphia Press, probably
voices the sentiments of nine-tenths of
his brother doctors when he says:
When .anaemfc girls sleepless wom-
en- and dyspeptic children are brought
to me, l feel like going out Of business.
/ have one patient, girl Of eighteen,
who might as well go TO fortune teller
for advice forzau the. benefit she will
ever get from doctor. / give her.
scolding and draw up set OF rules for
her to live by, prescribing certain
things to eat, certain times to sleep.
The times., 1898-02-13

cabochons. These. it is needless to say
will show resplendent on silk coats and
satin fronts of handsome spring recep-
ton toilets, while for the ginghams and
dimities we will have the sweetest little
coral pink buttons cut to resemble tiny
roses and daisies and little pinipr red
hearts. The big mother-of-peafl but
tons have polished faces, and are deeufs
ated with cut-steel points OF small sii-
yer monograms. Gun metal and enam-
eled steel, of course, are called upon in
the service of spring suits, and the
cheap bone button has taken little
The times., 1898-02-13

tonic and dismiss her. Do you think
that girl improves? Not she. In a
fortnight she trails into my office, pal
lid and melancholy. / haven't the heart
to scold her, but L anticipate her an
swers to my questions. Has she taken
the tonic? Oh, yes, she hasn't missed
a dose. Has she eaten pastry or lob
sters. or drank ice water or ice cream
The times., 1898-02-13

bia, to which Office she was appointed by
President Cleveland
Just at present, however, she Is de-
voting the largest part Of her time to
fulfilling her duties as a member Of the
board Of trustees Of the public schools
Of Washingt ton and as chairman OF the
committee on sanitation for the public
schools of the District OF Columbia. She
is also engaged in writing work on
botany
The times., 1898-02-13
NEW C0LORs FOR SPRING
Abbess Blue, Episcopal Purple
and Parrot Green the Leaders.
SUPREMELY SMART GOWNS

Airy Stu,fs for Dancing-Trains
Growing IN Inch week-Wide
Snuw-w lite Hats Trimmed With
Spaugled Black Velvet Hair
and Old.