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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17
POISON IKY IS EG4I

The husband of Mrs. Barbara George died and his body was buried in Cy- press Hill cemetery in New York. Among other things that grew on his grave was poison ivy. Mrs. George visited the grave and soon after found
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

William T. Stead asserts that the Czar is entirely sincere in his proposal of international peace. Stead writes: The scheme was conceived in a mind imbued from childhood with the hor- TOT of war and the passion for peace which distinguished the Czar's father. It was fostered continually by the in cidal policy of "beggar my neighbor," and found congenial environment in the Czar, and was finally launched with the splendid audacity of youth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

Twenty years ago American shoes were unknown in Germany. Within the past eighteen months the amount of imports has increased rapidly. The many improvements in American ma- chinery and the careful attention paid by American manufacturers to style and finish have placed American shoes in the front rank. The demand for American shoes in Germany has not been created through the efforts of manufacturers, but through consuls and resident Americans. Many Ger mans are now ordering shoes from American retail houses and have them sent over by freight. An American, D says the consul at Leipzig, 'can always be distinguished in a European crowd by his shoes"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

DILlyERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, II CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, saroR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17
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 FASHION NOTES.
Capes in Strong Contrast.
ought to

If all travellers were to wear the newest form of travelling cape, there d be no such thing as absconding or elop- ing by public conveyance. The new garment is quite unlike other capes in cut, and it's materials are such as to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

IhECARRINGTON NPUBLIsHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17

attract the attention, at least, of folks who are not accustomed to such gar
 ments. Large plaids are one charac- teristic, and some of these are extreme ly loud. There is no need, however, of offending against good taste in this di- rection, thought there will be no char acter whatever in a small or indistinct plaid. The accompanying picture shows clearly how unusual these gar ments are. The one sketched was made of large plaid shaWling and
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-25
WHERE GEN. MERRITT FAILED.
a Chambermaid Succeeded in Making
Stubborn Chinese Understand.
(San Francisco Calll

a Chambermaid Succeeded in Making
a Stubborn Chinese Understand.
(San Francisco Call.l
Maj. Gen. Merritt. grim old warrior
army. Military Governor of the Philip
oine>. has met his first defeat. He go,
It from yellow. lantern iawed slant
eyed Chinese armed with washraa
and bucket of suos.
When the general entered the suite
which had been provided at the Paiac.
he found that important business
awaited attention. He desired to dp-
cuss affairs OF state. A Chinese serv-
ant was in the room. washing Windows
They did not particularly need wash
ing. but the yellow fellow was there
under orders, and he proposed to finish
the job. The general asked him to take
his suds and go.
Me no sabee," replied the saffron son
Of toll splashing more water on.
The general argued. but it was use
less. He scolded and harangued. but
to no effect.
Affairs OF state might wait. but the
Chinese was bent on cleaning the WIN
dows. He looked mildly at the general
and dipped anew into the suds. Me
no sabee," was all he said. The general
being student of human nature rs
well as OF the art Of war. suspected
that the intruder was lying.
John" said he. with grea, solemnity.
don't you know ! could have YOU
shose"
You no shootee me-" replied John.
mans fiend. Nc allie same Stlars and
Stiipes." and Il fresh dash OF suds
struck the pane.
The general was getting impatient
There was no use in diplomacy. "Git!"
he yelled. 'Vamonsc, Clear out. You
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-25

Those persons who are in the nabit
Of seeing significant signs and omens
in connection with every important
tragedy and accident have already dis
covered a reason for the great disaster
at the launching Of the English battle
ship Albion at Blackwell a few days
ago. 1t has been learned that the bot
tie of champagne with which the vessel
was christened did not break when
thrown against the Prov of the battle
snip and OF course it is not difficult.
from the superstitious point of view, to
account for the frightful results that
followed her initial plunge. These folk
90 not stop TO consider that if a hogs
mead had been thrown over the good
ship the strength Of the waves that
followed her leap into the water would
have been exactly the same. If these
superstitious persons would only use
little common senSe--but if common
sense were universal there would be no
superstition.
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required to pay for transient adyer-
slsements In advance. An increase OF
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.nen1 "lil be booked for less space
than one inch. To illustrate. onelhnlr
inch Is rs cents, one inch so cents 10,
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silent advertisers will save money by
remembering this notice. which apple.
IN all cases. irrespective OF financial
responsibility
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For Home Effect.

why did you insist OH an executive
session. asked the intimate acquaintance
did you have anything 50 very mystcri.
Gus or Important to say ON that subject"
No" replied Senator Sorghum. But
desired 20 make my constituents think
had. '-Wushington Star
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Stars and Stars.

According to the ncbulnr hypothesis, a
star Is made by II mbulous particle joining
with countless other particles" remarked
the observer of men and things, (which,
OF course, doesn't account for the dramatic
star. A dramatic star is made by I. nebu-
lous particle swelling up"-Dctroit Jour
nal
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Most OF tho monks mt King Williams
Town, Cape Colony, are tr;ldesmcn, and
do their own cnrpcntering, bricklnying,
blncksMithinE, etc, besides teaching
tchool All the buildings they occupy
were erected by themselves.
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Pcrsistcncy rs the rond to success. The
only known exception to this rule is the
case of hen sitting on n china cgg.-Ex-
change.
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The English experts who are talking
about the horrible shape" in which
Camara's squadron is supposed 10 be
should investigate the condition Of Az
fnira' Gervera He is really the gen
d ie errGai who deserves al. the superi,u-
5''''a sympathy 'st', naval men have to
epar 5ssE y; s5
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THE WORD FLEET.

a correspondent writing to tl,,. es
teemed New York Sun says
70 the Editor of the Sun:
Sir; The terms fleet, fotilla ana
squadron Seem to be regarded as iden
tlcal by the average layman.
Meet is composed OF twelve batt,a-
ships.
twelve or more small boats
a squadron is composed of less than
Twelve hattleships. and is often a part
or a fleet. such as the van, center or
rear squadron.
A fotilia is composed Of twelve or
more men of-war, some of which may
be battlcships.
Hence the United States has no fleet
neither has Spain.
Admiral Dewey commands n squad
ron.
Almrante Montejo also commands n
squadron.
Acting Admiral Sampson commands
a ffotilla
AlmiraIte Cervera and Almirante
Camara each command squadron.
June Is. 1898. e. NJ +.
In q technical sense the position of
the Suns correspondent is correct but
since the main object in using the
English language is not to convey
technical information and knowledge
1t seems to lis that his objection to
the use Of the word fleet" is rather
hypercitica than justifable. Such an
eminent authority as the Stan
dard Dictionary defines fleet"
as Several vessels in COM
pany or under one command, especial
~ ships of war That being the case,
it is difficult to see how the use of the
word can be regarded as erroneous save
by those who are always straining at
enats. Its use is especially justnable
in view Of the fact that il may save
aWkwardness and tautology. It is use
ful at the present time and there is
no justification for the effort to rele-
gate 1t to the rear until Uncle sam
gets twelve battleshps
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trcnchant French provcrb says"It Ia
easy to cat the wedding breakfast; not SO
easy to eat the weekday dinners that come
after
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q atig prras Go ~ pa,su,
PosTcFFICE BUILDING.

The Daily Press may be obtained
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GRANDE SQUARE PIANO AT THE
metropolitan Hotel belonging to the
firm OF FERGUSON Bros. of Rich
mond, Va, can be bought for $50
cash: worth 5000. iu 2I-2t.
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WANTE.D-ROY WHO HAS SOME
knowledge of the printing business.
Apply at Daily Press office IT,
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SCHOOL FOR FOYS AND
girls. All branches OF a liberal edu-
cation taught. Apply to H. II.
ju1-tf
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Advertising rates furnished on appll-
Exceed their space or advertise other
cation Contractors are not allowed TO
than their legitimate Business. except
py paying especially for the same Ad-
sert'sements discontinued before the
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


FOR klINT.-SPLEN HOUSE
with all modern convienccs Situa-
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FOR RENT. -- TWO FURNISHED
rooms suitable for light housekeep-
ing at 343 Twenty st.
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Notice

y. T. McTicr. Of Manchester. Va,
VIII deliver an address on Socialism on
Elevator Square tonight at O'clock.
The public is invited to attend
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Hotel Ivy Dairy Lunch Room

IS now open In the basement OF the wv
building. corner Washington avenue
ana TWenty-seventh street Ice cream.
sort shell crabs and coffee a specially.
al AZ! meat e. sandwiches cents Open day
and night. +us-,-,1
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u RS. +. G. McCULI4OCH, 3Al
Twenty-siNth street, wishes board
ers and dodgers. A large, spacious
house, with hot and cold water
bath. Rates'vcry reasonable.
.iu2 I'm p,
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Time.
in the Old
Town

Is one way of expressing sense
of merriment. but the hot time
some house keepers have in
sweltcring over hot ranges with
unsatisfactory fires, with wood,
coal. ashes, dirt and annoyance,
is it any wonder they look
weary and broken down But
with modern gas range all this
trouble disappears The range
will cook anything-it will do it
quickly, 1t viii. TO it's work bet
ter and more satisfactory than
any coal range ever made 1t
will heat water for the bath or
any purpose. and what is more
the gas range is the most econ
nmlcal cooker on the market
Gas at $l.oO per thousand feet
Is ten cents a hundred. An aver
age family can cook three meals
daily with less than 100 feet of
gas. Ask those using gas and
YOU will see. Those who have
just found out the benefits are
most enthusiastic. We have
known 1t so long we wonder
why every body don't see it as
we do. but they will soon see it.
we are setting ranges every
day, and every range set brings
along another S0under OF its
praises. Ca!l and see us.
Newport News Gas Company
w. S. BOWEN. supt.
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Mems Tan Wei. Hand Sew
ed. Silk Nesting Top. in
Coin or Bull Dog Toes, reg
ular value $500, will go at
$3.50.
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Mems Genuine Calf, Hand
Welted, Coin or Opera Toes,
In Lace or Congress. regular
value $3.50. Will go at $1.4S.
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Mems Satin Calf, Solid
Leather Shoes, in Lace and
Congress. in all style toes,
regular value $3.50. will go
at 79c.
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Youths Satin Calf. solid
leather, dongola top. lace
shoe, in coin and opera toes,
sizes IL to 2. regular value
SIPS, will go at IS cents.
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Misses and Children's Tan
Vici. Strap Sandals, all solid
leather, with large nickle
buckle and Satin Bows,
regular value S1.00, Will go
at 4Sc.
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Ladies' Vicl Kid. Hand
Turned. Kid Tip. Silk Top
Facing, a very stylish Shoe
In Button or Lace. regular
value $3.50, will go at S1.4S.
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correspondent writing to the es-
teemed New York Sun says:
TO the Editor of the Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-25

Ladies' Tan vici. oxford
Ties. Hand Sewed. Patent
Leather or Kid Tip. a very
soft and flexible Shoe. regu-
lar value $2.25. will go at
$l.24.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
Debt and Taxes,

President Mckinley and his bank
president Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Gage, and their followers in Con
gress. are determined upon an old-fash-
ioned Wall-street-begOtten government
bond. to be subscribed for and taken
up by money lenders, and TO be made a
basis for additional national bank is
sues, to the profit of the Shylocks. They
even make parade of sacrificing their
darling goldbug scheme of gold bond
issue, and will accept the coin" pay
ment, if by that means they can only
get a government bond that will help
them to put out and circulate more
bank paper.
The Democrats in Congress are in a
minority, although in the Senate they
are strong enough. when REINFORCED by
the POpulists and the Silver Republi-
cans. to make a good fight. 1t is proba-
BILE that they will do their utmost 10
save the coulsry from any more gov
ernment bonds. They will propose in
come taxation, greenback issues, in
crease of internal revenue duties, post
office savings banks, coinage of silver
dOllars-anything and everything. eX-
cept the handing over of the govern
ment of the United States TO the plu-
tarchists of Wall street We cannot
doubt that the Democrats of the Senate
and House of Representatives will do
everything in their power 10 save our
people from that voracious money
power which has played so prominent
part in this Cuban business and ap-
pears resolved to speculate in our peo-
pies patriotism still further.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
THE TWO PARTIES IN CONGRESS

Hon. Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee
bond issue policy of the Federal admin,
istration in the House of Representa-
tiyes. He very aptly inquired of Hon
Mr.. Dinglcy, the Republican leader and
bond champion, why he wanted TO Dor
row five hundred millions of money
when Secretary Gage had just publicly
asserted that he had two hundred and
twenty millions already in the treas
ury? That calculation did not exhibit
any danger of Government bankruptcy,
and the immediate necessity for incur
hing further interest-bearing public
debt did not exist if Mr.. Cages boast
full statement were truthful one. Mr..
Mcmillan suspected that there WAS ref
erence rather to increasing the national
bank circulation than to the prosecu-
ton of the war against Spain.
The argument upon the bond bill in
the House has been partisan argu-
ment. The Democrats have given un-
hesitating and patriotic support to war
anu NN " III t' tht
ranks of the national forces and to
make such appropriations for military
and naval purposes as the executive
departments called for. But they have
steadily opposed concessions to Wall
street, and legislation enabling capital
to take undue advantage of the Gov
ernments needs. They have remem-
bered that they We're themselves elect
ed to their present positions charged
and intrusted with the interests of the
tax-paying people, and that to cast their
influence in favor of the public credit
ors, as against those who had confided
to them that agency, would be breach
of good faith. 1t has been left to the
Republican majority of the House in
this discussion to upheld the demands
of the loan mongers, and to sustain
the bankers policy to the detriment of
their own constituents.-New York
News.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
Where BachelOrhoOd Is Illegal

Bachelors have Il hard time in the
Argentine Republic. There a law III
fiicts Il fine upon any person of mar
riageable age who rejects proposal.
Here is the statute: People of mar
riageable age of either sex who refuse
an offer TO wed without reasons which
are considered valid in law shall not be
permitted to marry thereafter without
the permission of the government.
They shall, moreover, pay an indem-
nifty sum of moi more than one hundred
pounds to the person whose offer they
have refused. Young men and women
under 20 years old are exempt from
the law, and can marry rs they please.
After they are 2S the men are obliged
to pay a heavy tax if they remain sin
gle. The women propose as well as
men; so an unmarried young man be-
tween 20 and ~ years old in that coun-
try mas troublesome time. Not only
is he made 10 pay tax for being a
bachelor. but if he refuses a proposal
he has To pay the prOposer Il fine. Nat
urally, there are few old maids in Ar
gentine.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
Shark Oh armerS

In the Persian gulf the divers have
curious way of opening the season.
They depend implicitly upon the shark
conjurers, and will not descend with
out their presence. To meet this diff
rulty the government is obliged TO hire
the charmers to divert the attention of
the sharks from the fleet. AS the sea-
son approaches, vast numbers of na-
tiyes gather along the shore and erect
huts and tents and baZadrs. At the
opportune mOment-usually at mid
night. so as to reach the oyster banks
at sunrise-the feet, to the number Of
eighty or hundred boats, pulls out to
sea. Each of these boats carries two
divers. Il steerSman and Il shark charm
er. and is manned by eight or ten row.
ers Other conjurers remain on shore,
twisting their bodies and mumbling in
carnations to divert the sharks In
case a man-eater is perverse enough to
disregard the charm and attack diver
an alarm is given, and no other diver
will descend on that day. The power
of the conjurer is believed to be hered-
itary, and the efficacy of his incanta-
tions TO be wholly Independent of his
religious faith.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. NY,
Poultice Starts q Fire.

Fire Insurance companies have all
sorts of experiences and their officers
can tell many curious stories. One of
the queerest fires fell within the bust
ness of the Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company Of this city recently.
A house was set on fire by bathtub
and the tub was set on fire by poultice.
A man in Western city was suffering
from a bad cold and his wife, at the
doctors orders, prepared a poultice for
his chest. When she started to put it
on it proved to be too hot. Accordingly
she took it to the bathroom and set 1t
into the bathtub to cool. This happened
to be fine tub lined with cellulOid,
which served as sort of enamel. The
heat of the poultice started the celluloid
a.going and the burning tub set things
going generally. The department was
called out and the house was well wet
down, for which the company had to
pay. This, so far as is known, is the
first instance on record where bath
tub set house on fire or where pouf-
tice kindled bathtub.-Hartford COu-
rant.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-05-12
Political Notes.

Wasn't it Mark Hanna who said
There will be no war?'
John Sherman is not being bored by
Observation-Disclosures the Post
One reason why General lee looks 50
tall is that he is standing in rather
squatty crowd-Detroit News.
General GroSvenor practically con
cedes that this has been hard spring
ington Post.
Among its other war appropriations
Congress may as well provide for an
other wing oil the pension office.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
1t is suggested that if Mark Hanna
will enlist in the war and sent sub
stitute to the Senate, all will be for
given. Amen.
While we have Democratic Senate
and goodly number of House mem
bers, the money power will not be per-
mitted to dishOnor this nation through
the Republican administration.--Na
tional Democrat.
The Mark Hanna methods infiict
more injury on the republic than the
Weyler methods. The latter can be
met and blasted. The former are inSid-
ious. corrupting and perilous to the
countrys welfare.-Pittsburg Post.
The sale of poStotfice appointments
in this State in which some Congress
men have been concerned has become
an open scandal. 1t is another of those
political methods so well calculated to
injure the party and subject it to de-
Press.