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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

PDRTLA Nd. Jan. "a,
The excitement at Chicago on january wheat
is still the feature of the market. To-day Wheat
made the best prices on this crop for cash, the
January option being bid up to 10 and closing
at oS. The top price was cent above the
highest figure reached during the recent bulge
in December. May sold up to 9sss latter weak
opening, ut closed unchanged. Corn and Oats
followed Wheat and closed unchanged. Flour
advanced to-day zoe in Chicago, making a total
within ten days. Cash Wheat is getting very
scarce everywhere at primary and seaboard
markets and on the other side. Onions very
higher, costing to-day in Boston So 20 barrel
in car lots.
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NOW WERE

NOW WINa
No. 636 Oak Combination Desk,
and Book Case, $4,000 $65.00
and Book Case 1900 21.Oo
No. SO Oak Book Case, 600 93l
No. 80 Oak Book Case. 400 BIO
No. 742 Imitation Mahogany
Case. This has glass doors,
large French mirror, and a
finish, $500 $3.50
These are selected from list of mark
downs" just to show some of the discounts.
"There are Others"
lot Child's Desk with drop
lid and double cover with
blackboard, LOU LOU
No. 1893 Solid Mahogany Ladies'
Desk, u.00 25.o0
No; 4ei Curly Birch Ladies' 600 aoo
No. 175 Solid Polished Mahog-
any Desk $500 4I00
No. c. E. Ladies' Desk, 1900 1890
lot Imitation Mahogany
or solid Oak Desks, 400
And at least so others marked down.
No. 2454 CHARTERED Oak Music
Cabinet, 10.O0 15.50
M Music uSie CABINET Sle Louis xV. 1890 s1oo
No. 1886 Mahogany Music Cabl-
net, French style, 21OO 5000
l No. 945 Jewel Cabinet, best style
and finish, has French plate
shelves, solid Mahogany
frame, ~ 1000 30.0O
1920 Cabinet. eliptical shape,
finished like No. 945, 1900 2l.Oo
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HALL TREES.

Here's where we make a great break. We
have grand line Of these goods, but more
than we need:
No. l40 This is the best trade
in the line. It's o dainty
antique, Chippenda1e design,
large upright oval mirror.
Shaped something like toilet
table with iIv.sable drawer, 1900 $500
No % POLISHED Oak. Large
mirror, 300 10 6
1 No. 100, 1000 1890
5 Day c ock i '''' ''''S' ''' 1900 22.oo
cant t. 10y sS' $500 30. 90
No. $40 a Beautiful Hall Piece, go 81. 90
No 2434. A Very Grand Affair, 65 90 1850
/ No. 517 Jostumer or Pole
Clothes Hanger, oak, 100 Hoo
No 525 Costume Oak, 800 500
No. $50, 1890 1900
/ No. 227 Solid Mahogany Hanger, 1900 400
No. SIG Solid Mahogany Hanger, 900 1900
/ No. A. Hanging Hall Rack, 800 675
No. 203 Hanging Hall Rack, 800 400
No. 2s7 Hanging Hall Rack, 1900 1850
/ No. 2S7 Hall Settle to match
above, 1900 21.50
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METAL BEDS.

/ Empress Iron and Brass, has
swell foot, very dressy, 1890 21.50
: e Indu stvie. iAoH 49, 100 HOO
1 Odd one with woven wire spIing,8.p0 1900
/ lot Iron and Brass in all sizes, 2.65
/ No. 800 Full size, solid Polished
Brass Bed, 14.00 24O0
1 No. 173, Full size, solid Polished
Brass Bed, l3.oo 2o.oo
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closed omet; middling uplands 15-l6c;do gun
3-f6c: sales 10 bales.
CHARLEST0 N-The Cotton Market "uns
was steady; Midaling SAC.
GALVESTON-Cotton market To-Day was
steady; middling 51ac
MEMPHIs-rne Cotton market to-day WAS
firm ;middlngs 5-16c.s
NEW 0RLEA SS-Ths Cotton market eo-aas
was firm; middllng SAC.
M0BILE-The Cotton market to-day was
steady; middliDg 5Ac.
SAvANNAH--The Gotten market to-day was
steady; middling 3-16c. nssZe
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CHAMBER SETS.

NOW WERE
No. 23C Antique ChamberSet, $14.0O S2l.00
No. 23B Antique Oak Chamber
Set, bevel mirror, 1890 1901
Set, e Great valHe, ~ 1900 $500
/ lot No. 81 Antique Chamber
Set. Notice the price! 11.00 1880
No. IL Antique Polished Quar-
tered Oak with French bevel
plate mirror, perfect gems, $500 4S.oo
No. 156 Antique Oak with adj
justible mirror, very unique, 25.O0 40.00
13 No. "a Antique Oak with bevel
mirror. Beauties! 2l0O 5000
/ No. 24S Curly Birch, dainty
set for a ladys rooms, 21.00 5000
y Na: e neat Mf,'es' 3 Ni' 1900 $500
: Birch Sire; Spo'-s - so.oo 1890
M Ma; L. Set a LUZ = io'' - 4s.oo $500
Solid Sol t. Ma sepS si' ~ $500 7l.oo
Solid Mahogany, '' so.oo 1880
No. CTS Elegant. but old stlye,
Solid Mahogany, 5000 llo.oo
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CABINET BEDS.

No. 1856 Polished CHARTERED Oak
with French Beveled Plate
Mirror. Has wool mattress, 23.00 $3.50
49, lss, ~ Even D' ~ = 24.oo $3.50
5 No Antique Oak. Have large
oval glasses. Wool mattress, 5000 1900
/ No. l22 Solid Mahogany. Has
writing desk, book case draw
ers and plate glass mirrors. $500 1900
/ No. Sc Dressing Case Style
with closets, mirror and draw
ers Solid Oak, 1900 1905
/ No. Odd Windsor Bed, Solid
Mahogany Large mirror, Con
sidered a leading grade, $500 1880
Be, Nj Mirror nails's' 47.oo 600
c aaise ea ~ 1000 5000
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FINANCIAL AMI COMMERCIAL
NewYcrk Stock and Money Harkst
iBY Telegr aph.l

NEW YORK, Jan. %.
Money on call easy 11A@1A pr ct: last loan
i "a prime mercantile paper 3G3% per cent.
sterling Exchange was firm. with actual
business in bankers bills at 4 S404 s4sa for de-
mana, and s21s@4 s2s4 for sixty days q ST
!, raies ea@4 SO. Commrcl bills at 81 II
GA so.
Government Bonds strong
State bonds dull
Railroad bonds strong.
Silver certificates 561s@65.
Bar Silver 661a.
Mexican dollars 80.
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CHlFFONIERS

/ No. 1856 Highboy STYLE Solid
Mahogany, $500 6o.oo
Sg glass - 4i4A's 500 1900
mirror RI aiAp0' - 900 1900
fs sho syu - 1900 27.oO
1 No3l1 Oak with Spanish Cedar,
chestlike drawer, moth
proof Chiffonier 1900 $500
No. 6 Antique Oak, ChlffonlsrS,
great value, A.15 Alb
8 No 4 Antique Oak Chiffonier
with large bevel glass, 800 100
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Dining Room Furniture.
SIDEBOARDS.

No. SO Massive and beautiful
Solid CHARTERED Oak, 1900 $500
1 No. 1888 nice enough for amy
home in Maine, double serpen-
tine swell front and ends, 5000 l0S.00
No. 80 CHARTERED Oak and cost
now sell i It for, ''i' - $500 800
No. 74S Elegant Curly Birch
with fancy shaped French mir
verv ,s se a'Ia.. + ~ $500 $500
Lots OF bargains among the lower priced
ones, we can't afford the space in which
i i No. 22l8 China Closet, work
/ No. 1903 China Closet, very
No. Is China Closets, wonders
at the price, $50 RIO
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DINING TABLES.

No. IA s foot Oak with 6 pillar
legs, Se.zo $40
No. 4O7 8 foot polished quar-
ike ike roll roll TOD desk, 1878 1878
No. Ala similar to No. 407 but
much heavier and finer, ten
foot table, 2o.ou 5i.oo
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OFFICE and LIBRARY
FURNITURE.

No. 10 Revolving Book Rack, 500 900
No. Revolving Book Rack, 600 $50
No. 1-2 Revolving Book Rack, 300 1851
No SOL Revolving Book Rack, 7.50 1000
No. q Revolving Book Rack, 100 l40U
Desk. 5000 SEQ
ends'' Oak, first class finish, 27.oO $500
No. 351 Cutler Desk, Oak, $500 5000
No. % Gum Roll Top, Type
writer Desk. Best kind, 21.00 $3.50
No. 20 Oak Roll Top Desk, 1900 %. 90
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Memoranda.

Chatham, Jan 2s-The four-masted sch report
ed ashore on Pollock Kip 25th, was the Lydia NJ
Deering from Newport News for Boston. She
floatcd off at high water without apparent dam
age and anchored.
Boston, Jan 27-The three-masted schooner
Elwood Burton Capt Day, from Hillsboro for
New York has put Ill here with head of III in
mast carried carried away and foresail split.
A new mast will be put in here.
Halifax. Jan 28-sch Loring Haskell, Green
from Gloucester for Banks, has arrived here
leaking
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PARLOR GOODS.

NOW WE'RE
/ Pier Glass with marble shelf, 11.50 1900
v y,ano nic enaf' very 1925 1900
IN coTdur mviris oou'n' ~ $500 $500
J ! sp si1n c DamaSk "ifs'0 1876 $3.50
colpd lere nia'a aiioi 0ai' - 24.5o $3.50
and aos 4 Hair c Haatas, gas sos 900
! c Cur BIZ Birch ha'en' SWING Ao $50 $50
d Oak Roek aga'nf 0e''' ''D1 $50 1850
lot Oak Claw Foot Parlor Ia
bles. Very Pretty, l.s7 o.oo
1nIaid. 7.75 1850
drawers da1ass a On both sides, as.75 So. 10
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M .A-RINE NEW s
PORT OF PORTLAND.
FRIDAY, Jan %.

FRIDAY. Jan %.
Arrived.
Steamship Grecian. (Br) Nunan. Glasgow
mdse to Fl & A Allan
Steamship Armenia, GER Magin, Hamburg,
via Boston, So xyo,,,
passengers and mdse to B Coyle.
Steamship St Croix, Allen, st John, NIB. via
Eastport for Boston.
Steamer saacia, Oliver. Boothbay Harbor and
Wiscasse..
from Port johnson, with coal to Randall u MIC
Allister.
Brig Gabrielle. Mundy. Boston. to load for
Sch CathieC Berry seavey. St John. NIB, for
New York.
Sch Fanny s. Edith, Ryder, Belfast.
Sch Clara Mabel Leeman. New Harbor
Schs Ella NJ Doughty. with $4,000 lbs flsn;
Lila Fernald, 10000 do; Emma Jane, 10000
lbs do.
Cleared.
Steamer Percy V, How. Cundy Harbor via
Phipsburg--J ii Mcdonald.
Sch Railroad, Simmons. friendship ID
Blake.
The nsw schr Alice Clark, which sailed
from Bath Tuesday morning. arrived at Nor
folk Yesterday, three days passage. That IS
quick time.
Capt Harding late master of sch Puritan. OF
Boston. has purchased of Capt Gardiner ms IN
terest in the big four-masted sehr Frank APalm-
Ell, OF Bath. and has taken charge of herr
EXCHANGE DISPATCHES.
Sid FIN Liverpool 27th, ship Henry Failing
Merriman, Philadelphia.
Sid FIN Licata Jan 20, steamer Rosneath, for
Portland.
Notice to Mariners.
OFFICE U. S. LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR,
First District,
Portland. Me. Jan %, 1885,
[Bagaduce River. Maine.J
Notice is hereby given that all the buoys and
perches in this river have been taken up Tor
the winter season.
BY order of the Light House Board
THOMAS PERRY,
Commander, U. s. n.
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White EnameIled ChiffonierS

No. 81 White Enamelled Chit :.
onier, lo.oo zo.oo
N ier, "ni'0 Enhancement 500 1850
No. 673 White Enamelled Chit !.
No. s with drawers and closet, 600 1880
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PORTLAND, Jan. 2S
f-ceiDts by Maine Central h. R.-for Ioa :
and, l64 ears miscellaneous merchandise; Tor
onn citing roads 100 cars.
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ChiIdren's Cradles, Cribs,
etc.

i No. 1854 L Rattan Crib, 1900 1900
US shed 9u 1o'''As - ' 400 1860
/ No Sc Curly Birch, 1900 1T.5oI
R9 81 W - 1900 1900
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Samples of Tapestries and Silks
at prices that would humiIi-
ate cotton goods.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

BOSTON FTOuuC6 MAT R6Gs
BOSTON. Jau. %. l898-Ths followinsiare
to-day's quotations of Provisions, ETC..
FLOUR.
Spring patents. 8 3O@6 85.
Spring, clear ana straight. sO95 40
Winter patents. 25@6 20.
Winter. clear and straight, 6O@6 20
Extra and Seconds 90
Fine and Supers
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DINlsG CHAIRS.

No. $50 set Oak Chairs with
horse hide leather, upholstered
seat, 5 side. arm chair, 1925 1850
l lot Oak Cane Seat Diners, with
brace arms, .9S 1.25
set very fine leather spring
seat Oak Chairs, 1850 25.00
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Hides.

The following quotations represent the pay
ing prices in this market:
Cow and OK hides. 14c " ID
Bulls ana SUa ....s.s y 7A0
Ccalf skins, trimmed, ..lcc
do untrmmed. NC
Lamb SKINS. ................ Do TO ooc eacn
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Retail Grocers sugar Rate.
Portland market-cut loaf z; CONNECTION a y
e pulve rised 60. powered. 6ei graauIaleu
IA coffee crushed Sc: yellow a.
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European Markets.

BY Telceraph.
LONDON. Jan. 81 1S9a.-Consols closed at
1925 for money and l IL lie for account.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 81, 1ses--Cotton market
unchanged; American middling 3 7-32d: sales
10000 bales, including 500 bales for specula-
tion and export.
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CARPET DEPARTMENT.

All Wool Art Squares, yards by
yards, $500 $3.50
q = yards, s.75 575
syaTds, 45o s75
: Is IS yards "a go - '~ 5.25 s25
- yards, 800 900
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MINIATURE ALMANAC. JANUARY 20.
| |uD E ssts .. 7e q High water 4l 3
Moon sets 49,. O23l Height ...... 0 o. 90
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llL WOOL CARPETS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Prize Canopy Ranges. These have
the Patent Dock Ash Crate,
extra large top and shell,
nickel facing.
8 Leonard CIeanable Refrigera-
tors, none other as good as
these,
1 lot Brass Andlrons.
/ lot B. 81 IL. Oil Heaters, beauties,
safe and odorless,
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

Hamburg. Steamship Armenia-295 bales of
rags to order.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

The Matter Will Be the Subject of Hear
ing a Week From Today-A Special
Meeting of the City Government and
the Business Transacted.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

meda@s hane A omh
engH
dyoh
rom Opaen
that hm
Meofannwby
UNNECESSARILY LOW" our BUSINESS FRIENDS TELL U.s.
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Desks and Book Gases.


to Mh@H
Our Special Terms for this Sale are: SPOT CASH.
when ed f d yonf m d mt ms
&Uet d an
YOh hH an
Oms H
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New York. Quotations Stocks and Bonds
tBy Telegraph.
Tho follo,np ware tO.dav's CLOSING urnrartnr q
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-29

Nov 80, lat 81 S, Ion SO W, ship A q hopes,
Rivers. from San FRANCISCO for Liverpool.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

taken by group OF men armed with
one OF the lances. an insulator. and
the end Of the wire. which was now
spinning out 81 the rear end OF the
wire wagon. IN less time than il takes
70 tell II, the lance or pole was set. the
insulator was in position and the wire
was attached. The men we're already
AZ the second station. where a pole
was going mp. before ! had time 10
make a photograph The men with
the cr0wbars were now far away and
going further all the time. That row
of bristling poles seemed 70 grow like
magic aud one could almost see them
run. Ia "A incredibly short space Of
time-but little longer than it would
have taken fne 20 walk 20 the edge Of
the timber-the line had disappeared
among the trees. While was won
dering what woald be done next. the
instrument IL the battery wagon began
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

tion when halted TLe men ran %
the wire WAGON and swarmed ove~ IL.
others Of them attacked the pole. or
lance truck. and in an instant a stream
u poles vas issuing from that wagon
tha' could only be approached by an
army Of circus employees dismantling
a hig tent
The general direction Of the line was
indicated ~ the officer and the men
set - work. Two Of them. armed
with huge crowhars. trottei of in the
direction the line was % take. One
Of them halted at about City or sixty
yards from the battery wagon and
thrust the sharpsnei end Of the steel
bar into the ground The other passed
him AID went twice as FAR. when he.
too. thrust the sharp instrument into
the yielding soil. The FIRST man had
now run around him. aud his place.
where he had dug the first hole. was
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

also gives them means by s7Ash a.
accurate photographs can be made as
il the artist were actually an the
Qualifications.
Statistics show that il is almost i'm
possible 10 hit a captive balloon wish
musketry fire when at an elevation of
1000 feet. The balloon IL kept NOV
ing almost necessarily. and in tina.
lies a great measure Of its safety.
Nearly all the standing armies OF the
world are now equipped with balloon
corps. and the value of this sort OF
aerial surveying in time Of war IL IN
calculable. at least il is so admitted bv
the military experts. and they Ough,
TO know.
Whether or not experiments have
been made in the use of explosives
dropped from balloons, | have not
been able 10 learn. but. from what ono
can see of the use of these aerial
monsters at Fort Logan. IL would not
be strange II the widest dreams of
moderns may soon be realized and the
terrible death-dealing airship may soon
evolve. as did the Holland submarine
boat. from jules Nernc's Twenty
Thousand League Under the Sea
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

Ii his mistress Is co he believed.
'and VINO dare say she isn't?) the old
norse Jerry, some of whose exploits
nave been related before, can read.
The other day he was put into the car
ryail and driven 20 q town some four
miles away. The roads turned out 90
be unexpectedly slippery. and Jerry
was smooth-shod He had so dread.
ful time in getting down the hills
Nat all the people had to get on. and
walk, and as he was trying to pull up
one hill he actually so lost his footing
That the carryail began 20 run back
ward. pai,ing the horse down hill at
ter It. and II the driver had not cx-
pertly crampel the wheels into a bank
there must have been bad accident
The mistress declared that II she cot
the horse 10 the town alive she woald
have him sharp-Shod tncre. Thev did
ser 20 the town az last
As they were driving throuca tho
streets the way being easy enough in
the town-they came Go a place where
the sign of Srlsmith's shop hrnt.
~ the heal Of little alley The shop
itself was nos am sight-Onlv the sion
70 direct peopie down the alley. The
horse had mover necn shod at this place.
nor anywhere else I'm the town. but as
scon ms ne came ahreas. of this sign
ne attempted 80 turn down the alley.
and his driver had difficulty in getting
hlm past. After some other matters
We're attended go. the driver went hack
10 the blacksmith shop - get Jerry
shod. and he headed directly for the
shop IN the alley without any 2 lidins.
As tho mau was shoein~ him. he
that is. the man. not the horse re.
marked. That horse don't need q
word-hc knows just when to take up
every foot AMI just when 20 pms n
down-he uu' lands the whole bust
ness"
Now. o1 his way bomc th. old
horse never slipped once. aud vou can
not convince his mistress that he did
not know tina. What he needed was
sharp shoein~. nor that he was not
aware that that SIGN pointed the way
10 blacksmith shop.
"Look here. said the Listener.
wAen hc heard the story. was there
a horseshoe painted on tina, signe'
'Ae-rcs. there was. said She. sum
moniuS mp her mental picture of 1t.
Then that accounts for d. Tire
horse dad not really read the sigl-he
saw the picture OF the horseshoe. and
kne" that 10 pointed the way 10 the
place where hr coail have some ID the
Same sort oi taiugs pu. ON his fcel. "--
Boston Transcript
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

from the voey MT OF course sfield
telegraph l1no kke the one just de-
scribed coo1d no& BE- maintained there
long. To Overcome this, however. the
field telephoae can he used. and. in
case its instruments are out OF order
from any cause. telegraphic messages
may be sent back from she front over
1t TO she rear. whence they may be IN
stantly transmitted over the military
telegraph line as described.
The telephone wire may he al
vanced Just as Ear 20 the front. even
IN actual battle, as brave men are able
to carry It, It's wire drags on the
ground and is. Of course, thoroughly
insulated. Tt is Of sufficient strength
not to he injured 10y the passage of
troops over il. The wire is carried on
a little steel cart, drawn by hand II
is wound upon reel that works al
most without friction. and wire can
he laid as rapidly as a man can run.
TIE operator in charge Of the field
telephone carries set of diminutive
Vet perfect field instruments in
leather case nj his side These field
instruments are attached 20 the wire
by flexible wire and communication is
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

slender poles or iances. together with
the necessary insulators to support
the wire. and tools for setting the
iances IN the ground. In boxes along
tho sides of tais wagon are carried the
additional small supplies which may
be needed in cases of emergency.
The wagon train joys along at fair
rate OF speed after leaving the post.
and no one knows. except the officer in
command, Just where or when the line
Is 70 be put up. The order for "dou-
ole time was given. aud after the
men had trotted short distance. the
order 70 halt was sounded. The Off
Ger IN command had selected his inn
aginary line and directed the battery
wagon 10 he placed in certain posi-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

with the great soprano IN the primer
pal part 'IrOvatore" il his most
popular opera. Aida is his greatesr
work, but opinions vary on this point
as they vary about the greatest 60
Shakespeare's plays. Signor Verd:
has @done other things than write
music He has been member OF the
Italian parliament, and has served his
country IN the capacity OF minister OF
public instruction.. France gave him
the Legion OF Honor, Russia gave
him the Order Of ST. Stanislaus, Italy
the Order of the Crown and Egypt the.
Order Of Osmanieh. Austria present
ed him with cross Of COMMUNICATIVE
OF the Order OF Franz Joseph. or
late years Verdi has written works
that are almost as we'll known as his
earlier efforts. They are ''Otello" and
"Falstah The latter was written
when the composer Was seventv-nine
years old
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

T. tue stateeseEt- II active aud re-
putable memhsrs of the coal trade may
he believed. thefIse OF gas for cook
ing and heating purposes OF coal. not
only an the vicinity of Greater New
York, but throughout the country.
No. long since u builder 81 numerous
apartment houses on the upper part
OF Manhattan Island made the asser-
ton AT his club that, after a careful
investigation. he had ascertained that
nearly 80 pc. cent OF the business OF
the Gas companies In the Harlem
region was day business. The gas
heaters aud ranges. he said. were
burning almost as much gas as tho
illuminating burners.
The passing of the coal stove"
said the investigator. means a serious
loss to the coal trade The subshtu-
tion Of gas TO coal rs fuel has been
growing gradually. until now IL con
fronts the retail coal dealer as a pro
biem involving his very existence. l.
Is Ia him now about what the com
petition OF the electric light was 10
the gas companies a few years AGO.
Ia TACT, the coal trade has had nothing
but hard luck since the advent Of
natural gas. Instead OF the oh evil
of overproduction being responsible
for the lack % profits in the coal trade.
the chief troab!e comes from under
production. New YORK Times.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19

In Milwaukee, Wis. a congregation
W mich includes no miilionGires has
been driven to the extreme step Of
pawning its altar and ia Bibles 70
liquidate It's indebtedness.
I'll a Hebrew temple of the most
orthodox description, but it fell upon
hard financial lines. An obliging
pawnbrokcr was found who was VIII
ing to advance 500 * SIX per cent.
npon -four large Bibles, books and
fixtures, consisting of chandeliers,
chairs, benches and altar.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-19
MOST NOTED LIVING COMPOSER
Giuseppe verdi j. the Author CT Many
Popular Musical Works

Giuseppe Nerdi's father was thc
keeper of "A inn. fact which would
seem 70 prove the theory Of some I.en
of science that all human beings are
born equal IN possibility What Verdi
has done for mankind cannot be meas
ured. His influence has been like
the sunlight "Ernani. " 'R;goletto. DO
III Trovatore. La Triviata. Aida"
these names tell the story Of what
JOY and peace and pleasure the genius
of the italian OF humble origin has
brought TO his kind Verdi is now
nearing the end at the age of eighty
three. His compositions have been
very numerous A early a. lS47 mo
wrote the "Masnadieri 1t was com
posed for Jenny Lind aud was sung a
Her Majesty, Theatre. in London.