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Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
A VENERABLE HEROINE.
Rushed Into Burning Building In al
Effort TO save Her Daughter.

Rushed Into Burning Building In an
Effort TO save Her Daughter.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2S.-Durlng a fire last
evening at New Haven. a suburb OF
this city. in the residence Of Mrs. Mary
Ann Browdy Miss Nancy Browdy, aged
4s. was burned to death and the mother,
rs. was so badly burned that she can
not survive. Miss Browdy lost her life
In trying to save some personal prop
erty from the building. She went to
the upper floor after the flames had
made a good headway on the structure
and was probably suffocated. When the
house had been Eutted the body OF
Miss BrOwdy was seen hanging over
Joist, and IN the presence Of about
500 people, who had gathered at the
scene, was literally burned to a crisp.
The mother threw herself into the
burning building twice In the endeavor
to save her daughter. but each time
was dragged back by friends, not, how
ever, until she was so badly burned
that the physicians say she cannot live.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

Half sinking, half swimming. he siips ersm sAs
land
TAs bell rops IN siizsAsd IN Aas srsnulS~s
hand
His last sun has set in the biIlovvy tomh.
The clock OF the meHths marks ths nozsas ~
doom
Oh. viEitazt Ehestly. we bid shss FAREWELL
But Just for one moment Uishhold thy Last
kneu
To tell us she fate Of our Iout summer nowsrH
Our lOvs soBgs, eur bird asten. scr blOasoming
hourA
Full mazy sweet hopes we've intruatsa - thea
Thstr realtzAsion-oh. whsn shall We sssf
And wiH yo1 not tell In whzt iixdss2B
The fraEiasnta are sst e o1r lssa GhAtau-sa
gemaf
The path ws'vs walked vita sAss N. sssz -
But did - net slazt iuss . little tswArd ksavsni
The sheaves We have EArn - scatter abroad
Dost know tkas thsy'rs safe in the ssoreheass
of 0odf
stn muSSi On. dspAruAg ysar. We sars ass
whssAor
Thy heart be As oekls an1 sAls. n. thy v~aathsrl
&c. sink VITA thy storRs a1a ths neods past
recall
And let the eternal waves ssvsr tAsA -
The past and the failure siaas hands svss shes
A S'er eAy head surgss the t1rbuiszt ssA.
Thins OWE Hsrvslsau nnEors must rinS eat -
kneu.
Ths elosk strikes. ths bell tsllsL Fa~svsH. sA.
Navy A BenssA.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
Don't Go In The Bar-rOom DOor-

Let it be hot let it be cold
DOn't go in the Bar room door;
II you're young it ii make you old,
If rich it IA make % poor.
60 into stores of every kind,
Don't go in the Bar room door;
And buy thst wine to take your mind
And make the wife's heac, sore.
Go on the street in snow and slaet,
Don't go in the Bar-rcom door;
VIII stir the brain and stop the feet
And the mistake yea'l impiore
Now think Of this my honest msn,
Don's 60 in the Bar-room door;
You loose the csgn Cug a. yuur tanS,
The worth you sea no mure
You love to sing Iaii be no alEve
Bat you 20 ia tho baI room dOol;
\ ou pay he price tu b. 6nAve
BGt your manaood ctn't restore.
II every worthy man wouI- say,
I'll keep out the bar-ro0m G0or;
Then soon would come .he JOS ful day
When strife would bS n0 more.
Y u. BOONE
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
THE WORD JANUARY.

JAncs, Ne oOd OF Gatss and Avenues.
Historical sSporstition.
"'Tis h0i The two fac'd Janus comes In
VioWr'
According to mythology, Janus was the
god Of gates and avenues and in that char
acter beld . key n bis right hand and q
rod n his left to symboliEs his opening
and ruling the year; somstimss he bOrs
The nuHber SOC in one hand and - In the
ether, the number OF IT. days In she an
oiezt lunar years Al other times he was
represented by four heads ana placed in
q temple OF four equal sides with . door
end th-cc vrirfnws In each side a. en-
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
THE FRONT PARLOR.
ECepyriEhA i1gT, by o. ArsAsr1

gCePyTiEAA 1877. By tass AEtAscl
When pretty EditA BassoA rRArr1el JoHEn
Rodgers, every enc in Peps Koll0w HftSA
kia hAnds IN astsnAsh1saA KditA was
just turning -. intSlligeAA ind1atElou1
and wOmAniy. and uitAAl ~ PSstty a. Aay
girl in tbs village .iShn was = BSash, un-
oouth fnrmer, q w1G.swog * -, whO pOs>
sessod nothing 70 roeonHeAA him save q
small fErA adjoining the village, a. cid
white horse aud \ cow and . ealk
Why Edith Baseonn sh0uld hAv0 MngFfDA
John Rodgers no one In the VillA9s could
determine but that they were duly mar
raed and had lived togetAsR 90 all appear
Ances happily was an established fASa and
had been such for nearly . ysAn The
women folks in Pope Hollew frequently
Expressed their sYmpAthisa fer Edith and
commented at great length upSA the faults
of Farmer Rodgers, dwelling continually
upon the fast that he was . very tight
listed, economical old fellow, who rarely
gave his young wife a dollar for. hsx Per
sonal use.
Notwithstanding these rsnaKk1 from
the village gossips, Edith appeared salts
Ted with her choice. loved the sscIu&aa Of
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

New. York, Dec. 2s.-A rowboat CON-
tanning four men, frozen and uncon-
scious, was washed I'D on Rockaway
beach yesterday. The mems feet were
frozen fast TO the bottom OF the boat.
They were carried to a hotel, put to
bed and restoratives administered.
After four hours care they recovered
so far as to explain that they had hired
a rowboat from a fisherman Sunday,
had lost the oars and had been at tho
mercy OF the waves and wind all night.
1t Is probable that thev viii recover.
They are Joseph Day. 3. Black, James
Room and George AIetzger, OF New
York city.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
Do You Know Them2

RoAEoKs, VA, Dec 2l. '97
desire to know the whereabouts OF
my relatiy es, James Macon and Emily
Macon, formerly of Powhatan 90.
Any information will be thankfully
received. They reside 1 think in eth
er Richmond or Manchester.
(MM.) CHARLoTTF Brown,
'IneaYe + Osborne,
49, 1893 Fifth Avenue,
3t-l2-25 Roanoke Va.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

in white, sleeping . gwoSt and everlasting
sleep in the centsr u che Iitelo room she
loved 20 well, with the Tag carpet, and the
the things she loved and ehsrishSd near
BY her to bear her company In hsR great
solitude.
Thus on New Years day Pope Hollow
saw at last the pretty little parieF, and
long after Edith had 1ound hee resting
place the womsR folks Of tbs village dis
ousssA the good and baA peint1 81 the
apartment, and as for the rSugh and un-
eouth FsETnsr ROdgsrs he found no spot
In AL the world 90 sweet aud dear TO him
as Edith'a room.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
Deolares unnna wnI Ro Roaton

Columbus. o., Dec. 27.-Charls- I.
Kurtz. who Is leading the anti-Htnna
movement OF the Republicans. SAYS:
I'VE have Hanna beaten. II Is as Cood
IS settled. I tell you II is all settled" :"
He refuses TO give ths names OF the
Republicans who wiz refuse to vote
for Hanna but II IS understood that he
Will make his list public next week.
He expects that the fusion Republicans
OF Hamilton county who are elected on
the Democratic ticket VIII support
Hanna. but declares that will not
htpr ...
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01
I've Young Skaters Drovxnao

New York, Dee. 3e.-Beecher Wells.
- years old, and samuel Overton. aged
H. breks through the lee upon which
they were skating AM were drowned
IN Lake Agewam. Southampton, L. I.
yesterday. The Wells boy lived in this
atty and Ovsrton's home was In South
anptoA.
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

All friends OF the st. Luke are earn
estly requested to attend the Grand
Opening Bazaar, Monday night, admis-
siOn, B cts,
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

Te Care Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic IOc or &c
II @ o. c. fasl TO cure druggists refund moneu
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

her newly found home and scarcely ever
sought the companionship Of her neigh
bors. IN fact, under the condition Of
things. she lived as happily and as con-
tented as one could expect
The Rodgers homestead was q small
story and a half dwelling, and, ss such
houses go, was, with the exception of one
room, plainly but neatly furnished Ever
since her residence there Edlth had looked
forward to the time when she would bs
able to furRish tho little front parlor and
make It prcaentabl0 TO those IN the village
who might take the opportunity - call
upon her. BY dint OF economical house
keeping she had saved something like e3o
when the second Thanksgiving day since
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

EdooAto Your Bowels with Cascarets.
.Csnoy Catharttc, cure constipation forever
Richmond planet., 1898-01-01

3t-12-25
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-20
An Uncertain Disease.

There is no.disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two cases agree. 1t is
therefore most difficult to make correct
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
what disguise dyspepsia attacks you, Browns
Iron Btters will cure it. Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach blood and nerves.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-20
Y OIL. 16:

Weakness manifests itself in the loss of
ambition and aching bones. The blood is
watery; the tissues are wasting-the door is
being opened for disease. A bottle of Browns
Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your
strength, soothe your nerves. make your
blood rich and red. Do you more good
than an expensive special course ofmedicine.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-20

Continued on Fourth Page.)
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
One of the Many Snobs in America,

Prof. Charles Elliott Norton of Har-
yard University, whom some astute
American calls ian un-American ass''
because of lecture to his students
counseling them not to enlist in the
nations defense, has been interviewed
instead of being ducked into q swill
barrel, as he deserves. In the course of
his CAB to the interviewer, the Tory
Professor says "there are very few real
gentlemen in the United States" This
may be true or not, but let US thank
the Giver Of all good that however
scarce gentlemen may be in this coun-
try, there are regiments, brigades and
armies of them for every such misera-
BILE specimen Of unpatriotic scrubs as
Charles Elliott Norton OF Harvard Uni
versity. So long as that institution
continues to keep Norton in its fac
ulty, the American parent would do
we'll to send his boys to some school
that teaches Americanism instead of
Nortonism, which is another name for
treason. Angeles Times.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
Not all American.

London, May 25.-In the newspapers
to-day there are several striking in
stances of American and anti-Ameri
can feeling. While the majority of
the papers allude with pleasure to ref
erences to the Queen in yesterdays
celebrations in New York and Tampa
and in the prayer Of the chaplain of
the senate, the Morning Post has al
lowed to appear in it's columns vio-
lent denunciation Of America from
the Hon. Erskine, brother of Baron
Erskine, who alludes to the "Ameri-
cans present immoral warfare against
Spain," and asserts that the sentiment
of the country, which is worth having,
is for Spain.
On the other hand the st. James
Gazette, which has hitherto been Bit
terly anti-American, seems to be be-
coming much more friendly. It says
regarding the disposition to blame
America for the slow progress of the
war: "Sailors who know the Pacific
and Caribbean seas are we'll aware that
slowness is essential in naval war in
those waters. They remember that
Nelson found it difficult to discover a
Spanish feet somewhere between ia.
maica and Cadiz, and they realize that
this slow procession is not interesting
But the fact that the gunboats around
the sullen island means that American
officers are getting the range of every
gun of the batteries that will later op
pose the landing of troops. just az
happened in the case of Nelson on a
similar occasion"
The Westminster Gazette strongly
advocates distinct understanding be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. It says: "The Americans are
going to step out of their continent
without raising variety of questions
which will involve them with European
powers. Their Monroeism in SO far al
it relates to South America is likely tt
be questioned anew and European
squeeze is likely to be applied to them
in many parts Therefore, it is highly
desirable for them, as we'll as for US
that there shall be British American
understanding, and it behooves bott
countries to consider betimes some oi
the essential business aspects Of the
matter"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
Havana's Many DefeRses.

Key West. May 25.-A run along the
coast of Cuba in the neighborhood OF
the city Of Havana attests that the
Spaniards have utilized every moment
of the time since the declaration of
war in strengthening the defenses OF
the city Every days delay in reduc-
ing the defenses they become stronger.
A dispatch boat yesterday and to-
day ran in as close to the shore as it
was possible to get, and ran along from
three miles east OF the city west to
MORO, also to Mariel. Within three
miles east of the city fourteen bat
teries were counted, exclusive of those
on the Notifications near the entrance
to the harbor.
When war was declared few Veeks
ago there were only two of these bat
teries The other twelve have been
constructed since. From distance
the shore looks to be almost continu-
GUS line of earthworks; no men could
be seen working on them, but that men
are working on them daily is shown
by the fact they continually grow
larger and stronger. They are to-day
almost double the strength they were
a week ago, and every day or SO new
pile of sand appears along the shore.
What guns the Spaniards have
mounted in their works it Is of course
to say, but it is not unlikely
that the delay there has given them
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

The Mineral Wealth says: "It is hard
to please a whole community in the
publication of a newspaper Every
community is blessed with people who
are wise in their own conceit-folks
who imagine their name should appear
at the head of everything, or at least in
every publication of a general nature
regardless whether they ever throw a
cent in the way of newspaper or not.
A newspaper man would be less than
human if he failed to stand by those
who stand by him. Our rule is to aid
our friends at every opportunity, in the
paper and out of it, and to let our enc
mics alone, unless they persist in cross
ing our path, when if they get singed it
is their own fault Every body should
help the newspaper, but it is ofttimes
the reverse. Instead of getting their
job work done at home many send off
for it, because they can get it a few
cents cheaper. Others who are able to
take and pay for their home paper
sponge it from their neighbor. A news
paper man is supposed to be walking
encyclopedia-he always walks. If he
rests one night and fails to hear of your
party, or his memory slips cog and it
don't appear in the paper, your hide
gets an additional letter &C." Publish
ing newspaper in some places is as
bad as fighting under the generaIship
of the strategy board.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
Wonders of Our Language.

The construction of the English lam
guage must appear most formidable to
a foreigner. One of them looking at
number of vessels said: "See what q
flock of ships" He had been told that
flock of ships was called fleet, and
that feet of sheep was called flock.
And it was added for his guidance in
mastering the intricacies of our Ian
guage that flock of girls is called a
bevy, bevy of wolves is called pack,
a pack of wolves is called a gang, and
a gang of angels is called host, and a
host of porpoises is called shoal, and
shoal of buffalo is called herd, and
herd of children is called troop,
and troop OF partridges is called a
covey, and a covey of beauties is called
galaxy. and galaxy of rulians is
called horde. and a horde Of rub
bish is called heap, and heap OF
oxen is called a drove, and drove of
blackguards is called mob, and a
mob of whales as called school, and
a aschoof OF worshipers.eis called a CON
gregation. and congregation of engi-
neers is called a corps, and a corps of
robbers is called band, and band of
locust is called swarm, and a swarm
OF people is called crowd" Ventura
Independence.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

The number of troops to be sent to
the Philippine Islands has been in
creased to $4,000, and it is said General
Merritt has been clothed with great
discretionary power. Itwould be worse
than foolish if he hadn't. If he had to
wait, in the face Of the enemy, for in
structions from the strategy board, he
would not accomplish great deal.
Twenty-Five thousand is rather small
army to hold in subjection 100000
turbulent people. Gen. Merritt may
have his hands full. Six thousand
miles is a long ways from a base of
supplieS.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

"All men are created free and equal''
may truthfully refer to the cost of
production and condition when first
appearance is made on this mundane
sphere, but after growing to manhood
some are slaves to bad habits, other
slaves to wealth and fortune; few are
free and independent. Equality with
mankind sounds well; yet it is difficult
to convince the pauper that he is en-
joying equal rights and privileges with
the millionaire. All are on equal foot
ing when they come into the world;
they are again equal so far as worldly
goods are concerned, when they die.
Equality sounds we'll; yet it is difficult
to convince a defeated candidate be
has an equal chance with a successful
one. Equal rights should, by the gov
ernment, be accorded to all, special
privileges to none Then success or
failure depends solely upon effort,
ability, good luck and good manage
ment.-Enterprise
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

Mondays dispatches say there is no
longer any doubt as to Admiral Ger
vera with the Cape Verde feet being
cooped up in the harbor at Santiago de
Cuba Captain Sigsbee claims to have
sailed close enough to the entrance to
have seen portion of the feet. The
strategy board at Washington, who are
attempting to conduct this campaign,
are discussing the advisability of clos
ing the entrance to the harbor, so that
it will be impossible for the Spaniards
to escape, by loading three schocners
with stones and scrap iron, and sink
ing them in the channel Commodore
Schley ought to cut all communication
between the strategy board and him.
self and act as the exigencies of the
situation may demand.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

The talk of an Anglo-American al
lance is reported to be assuming defin-
ite shape European affairs are so in
imical to England that she feels the
need of a powerful ally, hence her anx-
iety for an alliance with this country.
It is an acknowledged fact that in di-
plomacy England stands at the head.
Her diplomats are thoroughly English
and they never lose sight Of England's
interest in any negotiations. In case
an alliance is formed our statesmen
will have to keep sharp lookout or
the willy English will be using US to
fuather their own ends.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

Part with anything rather than in
tegrity. Go hungry, rather than sell
your conscious rectitude. Die rather
than defraud. And always bear in mind
that capital is not what man has, but
what he is. Character is capital.
Take thou no thought of ought save truth
and light,
Content If such thy fate to die obscure;
Wealth pals, and honors, may not endure,
And loftier souls soon weary of delight
Keep Innocence, be all a true man ought.
Let neither pleasures tempt nor pain ap-
pail;
Who hath this. hath all things, having
naught;
Who hath 1t not, hath nothing having ALL"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
'ThOu Shalt Not Steal"
Written for the Mail.

Written for the Mail.
I am not one of those who believe
that "every man has his price, and that
ian honest man has lock of hair grow
ing in the palm of his right hand" MOI
There are in the world of business many
more honest men than fogues, and for
most sacredly kept. have no sympa-
thy with the cynic who, as history I'M
forms US, being ordered to summon the
good men of the city before the Roman
censor, proceeded Immediately to the
graveyard, and, standing on sepul-
chre, called to the dead below. I am
reminded of the little girl who had
been strolling through cemetery with
her mama and reading the epitaphs. At
length she innocently inquired: :"Mama!
where are all the bad people buried?"
Where one complains, as Diogenes
did, that he has to hunt the streets with
candles at MONDAY to find an honest
man, we are apt to think his nearest
neighbor would have quite as much diff
fsculty in making such discovery. If
you think there is not true man living
you had better, for appearances sake,
not say so until you are dead yourself.
But some of the most gigantic scoun-
drels have fattened on sermons about
love, faith, inspiration, the efficacy of
the sacraments, and heaven, who ought
by practical preaching to have been
thundered out of church, where their
presence was a sacrilege and a adisgrace.
Mr.. Froude, the distinguished English
historian and essayist said that he had
heard hundreds of sermons on the non
essentials, but never one, in 30 years,
on common honesty, or those primitive
commandments" shalt not lie;
thou shalt not steal"
The bankrupt laws Of our land have
reduced stealing to fine art. Our laws
are making people dishonest by fixing
it so that man can wipe out all his
debts by compromising with his credi-
tors.
Strange, but true, man will be treat
ed kindly in proportion to the severity
of his fall. Smash on small scale,
and the world will jump on you with
both feet; smash on a grand scale, and
the world will take you by the hand.
What the world needs more than any
thing else right now is downright hon.
esty. And the church needs it as badly
as the world. She has too many mem
bers who are agents for and boarders
with their wives. A mans church-mem-
bership has not the commercial value
of an hundred cents. There are thou
sands of men in our churches who do
not tell the truth. If all church mem
bers would pay their debts and tell the
truth, the world would have more con,
fidence in the church and in christian
ity.
As a mere matter of selhshness,
"honesty is the best policy" But he
who is honest for policy's sake is al
ready moral bankrupt. Men of poll
cy are conscientiously ~ honest when
they think honesty will pay the better,
but when policy will pay the better they
give honesty the slip. Honesty and
policy have nothing in common. When
policy is in, honesty is out. 1t is more
honorable for some men to fail than for
others to succeed. Rather be like
Longfellow's honest blacksmith "who
looked the whole world in the face and
feared not any man." than enrich your
self at the sacrifice of conscience, prin
ciple and honor.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

the chance to mount every gun they
had on hand unmounted and that the
guns that were formerly mounted SO
that they command the city and not
the sea have been remounted so that
they now point seaward, and will be
avails ble when the American feet gets
ready to work
There has not been SO much work
done to the westward, but new earth
works can be seen there that were not
there week ago.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04
The Atlanta Constitution gets the

The Atlanta Constitution gets the
following off: During our absence
from the office Wednesday evening last,
writes rural editor, "some evil minded
person thinking that we were seated at
our desk, fred a load OF buckshot
through our window. But as kind,
protecting Providence would have it,
the entire load was received bya stran-
ger who was waiting in our Office. There
is no trace of the assassin, and at this
writing the stranger who SO fortunately
filed our place at the time is too weak
to talk. Thus is another midnight as
sassin foiled. The Lord will provide"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-04

On the strength of the information
that the. Spanish fleet is "corked up"
in the harbor at Santiago, General
Shafter has been instructed to prepare
for an invasion Of Cuba. There were
thirty odd ships at Tampa ready to re-
ceive the army. Admiral Simpsons
fleet is to convoy the transports. and
the objective point is supposed to be
Cienfugos. Once the Yankee "pigs'
secure a foothold on Cuban soil, the
Spaniards will find they are better
fighters than they are "squealers."