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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04
WASHINGTON T
Interesting News and Gossip from the
National Capital.

Iby IeItSHdPIl.J
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Sevaral
Senators to-day gave notice of amend
ments they viii offer t5 the sundry civil
app!opr!at ton lsiE, providing for i'm
portant improvements in rivers and
haT'bors, the most important OF which
was ONE by Senat.or Morgan, apprCpri-
ating $2GD. 600 for work in Mnbile Bay,
and on&1 by Mr.. Kenney. appropriau.ng
SiOu,Ooo f>r improvement of the INLAND
waterway from Chincoteague Bay, Va,
to Delaware Bay, Del.
Senaton MASON to-day introduced a
restitution flor the REFLEX of the widow
or tine colored u2stmaster recently
Killed at Lake City, S. c. It is the
same as that introduceI in the House
by Nh. White, of Notrh Carolina, to-
$40, 900.
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Fox Leads--Others Follow.

FoX's xxx Square Wafer Butter
Crackers are being initiated by com
petitors. Do not be deceived by these
inferior goods, but insist upon getting
the genuine and original xxx, and
see that the imprint FOX" is on the
cracker. A trial will convince you of
the superiority over all others.
Mer41t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04
Norfolk VS.. Newport News.

The sum of s.. 7u4 1862 represents the
difference between the export values
for Newport News and Norfolk in thu
month of February.
The figures for the two ports Were:
Newport News. So. 440, OG4
Norfolk ........ -. ........... T25. 742
The exports from Norfolk fur Feb
uary. as complied at the custom house,
amount to $7a5, TAP, against $3.50, 5S1 FOR
the same month in 1897.
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Funeral OF Mrs. IL. Il. I,arker

me funeral of Mrs. H. f. Parker
'MA" Iet suddenly at her residence. IN
l "ahoS-seVelpth suieet, "Wednesday
n!snt' wi9 lake place from St. Paul's
Episcopal Church at 3 o'clAsck this ar
ter"t3un. Rev. j. Francis Rilyb,,. fine
rector, Will o~fficiate.
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JUDGE ILL.
(Py TelagraDh.)

RICHMOND, Va. March S.-Judge
Newton Henderson. h hast
of THE Southern o~nfederacy.
is CRITICAL i'll at his residence near
Augusta county. He is suf-
ferinG from kidney trouble. and owing
to his advanced age little hope of hs
is entertained.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04
St. Louis Out OF the Dock.

The American Line steamer St. Louis.
which has been in the dry dock for the
last tAree Weeks Undergoing repairs.
Went cut at high tide at e O'Clock this
mHi'niug. The finishing touches will
now be put on the ship. and She wit.
sail for Ntaw York neNt Friday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

If you want pictures of any kind or
size see Wagner. 2412 Washington av-
For Rent-The Central Hotel, nicely
FURNISHED. Apply to M. H. Lash. 2S03
Washington avenue. feb 15-tf,
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SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
CBy Telegraph.)

RICHMOND. Va. March Sat am
early hour yesterday morning. MI.
William Gill, a prominent citizen OF
Lancaster county, was shot at from
ambush twice by someone unknown,
and badly. though not dangerously
wounded.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

II the view team has not photo
graphed your house. stop them when
they pass ,or leave order at 2412 Wash
inSton e fe27-eod
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War.

Is probably coming. and it would be wela
to have those pictures made row. We
make cabinet photos. as Well as others.
Call at 2f12 Washington avenue.
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Free Shave.

Our "IAttle Wonder takes the.
whiskers off your collars and cuffs slick
and clealn. and 1t don't cost you a cent.
Newport News Steam Laundry. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

Wood delivered in amy part OF the
city. NJ. S. WARREN, AS Twenty
NINTH street. Phone 2615. feb6-2m
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

The nobbiest Hats ever shown in this
city were opened up by Woodward e.
Wora5le this week. The styles are
mo, fe27-tf
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A Happy Woman

Is the housek=eper who buys her Goa,
and wooad from the Warwick Coal and
Wood Co. Twenity- eighth street. ja14ytf
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Don't forget the little house 24l2
Washington avenue when you want
pictures. fe27-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

Beautiful tin types at 2412 Washingtoy
venue Branch gallery at Phoebus, Va
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
The Alabama Launched.

Philadelphia, May 1s.-The battle
ship Alabama was launched at Cramps
ship yards shortly before l o'clock this
afternoon.
There was not hitch of any sort to
mar the success of the launching. Miss
Emory Morgan, daughter Of Senator
Morgan, christened the ship for her
native state. The weather was beau
tiful, but only a few persons witnessed
the ceremony, fear of Spanish treach-
cry keeping the gates of the ship yard
closed against all except about 200 In
vited guests and newspaper men
The general dimensions Of the Ala
bama class are as follows: Length over
all, 374 feet; breadth, Y feet; free board
forward, 20 feet; free board abaft the
after turret, 13 feet A inches; draught,
% feet inches; displacement, 1l,oZO
tons. The guaranteed speed Is to be
sixteen knots and the estimated horse
power 10000. 1t will require year -
finish the ship.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
Arithmetic and Medicine.

1t is an honest quackery that con
fesses its own blunders, still ignorant
that they are nothing worse.
A whaling skipper, in the old days
carried medicine chest and table of
directions. One of the rules ran: "For
sore throat with fever, give a table.
spoonful of number fifteen"
"Well, it so happened" explained the
captain, that fifteen was all used up
S. 1 gave the man desertspoonful
of number five,' and another of mum
ber ten,' and l don't think the chap
that drew up the table could have been
good at figures. Or else. what's just as
likely, the medicines We're all shams
Either way, it was hard on poor Bill
He died in half an hour, with a dread
full pain in his nside."-Youth's Com
panion.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
CURRENT TOPICS.

There are no orphan asylums in
Australia. Every child who is not
supported by parents becomes a ward
OF the government. and Is paid a peu-
sion and placed in a private family,
where board and clothes are provided.
A Tennessee bank official says that
nearly all the German farmers in the
mountains have deposits in his instl-
tuition ranging from a small amount
to several thousand dollars. On an
average Of once in two years each de-
positor draws his money out, and re-
turns with it within a week or ten
days. The object of this peculiar
transaction is that the farmer may
take his money home and show it to
his family as an evidence that he
has it.
An anonymous telegram recently
sent to Count de Waldeck, who re
sides in Hungary. notified him that he
might expect visit from two burg
lars, who would call upon him under
pretense of being insurance agents.
The callers arrived and were arrested;
but it turned out that they were the
bona fide agents of New York com
pany, and that the telegram had been
sent by a rival company in Vienna.
Legal proceedings have been insti-
tuted against the latter.
The collection of war relics in the
! Virginia, is to be augmented on Mon
| day next by the presentation to that
institution Of one of the three swords
procured by Commodore Maury In
England as samples for the Confed-
crate government. The weapon *
now in the possession of Colonel Nor
gan. of New York, who wore it dur
ing the war. Colonel Morgan. it will
be remembered, was detailed with
Burton Harrison, the private secretary
| of Jefferson Davis. to escort Mrs Da-
Wis to a place of safety upon the evac-
uation of Richmond.
Medical circles in Berlin are much
agitated over statement made by d
| prominent physician of that city to
the effect that the nurses in the pri-
vate hospitals are in league with the
undertakers, who distribute among
| them circulars offering as much as S25
! by way of gratuity for a good job. 1t
| is said that this combination has been
| in force for half century. and that
it exists in many of the large towns
of Germany.
A Jerseyman who has an eye to busi-
ness has written to one of the New
| York papers to ask whether 1t il true
that horses are TO be furnished the
marines" He adds, Il have a num-
Der of good mounts l should like to dis
pose to the government at half their
cost price" The verses about Gap
tain Jinks of the Horse Marine" are
evidently still accepted in good faith
in some parts of New Jersey.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughterl
Tradition says woman must suffer" !"
and young women are SO taught.
There is little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. II young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address Is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letter from Miss MARIE
F. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
"My health became so poor that 1
had to leave school. was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. / was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
my friends became alarmed. My
mother, who is firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as well as 1
ever was. have gained flesh and have
good color. am completely cured OF
irregularity."
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
IT IS NOT NICOTINE.
PROFESSOR MALLEr coRREcrs
CIGARETTE CRITICS.
MISTAKES.
Communication In the Scientific Amref-
can ON u Matter of Popular Misap-
prehension-s Stained handkerchief Test
Is No Test At All.

J. W. Mallet. professor of chemistry
IN the University Of Virginia. in com
munication to the current number Of
the Scientific American, says with ref
erence to cigarettes OF American man
ufacture:
Ignorance of easily ascertainable
scientific facts is, however, common
enough, as is often illustrated by the
brown, oily material formed in the
smoking of tobacco being pointed out
as nicotine, though in reality this Is
merely the tar produced by the action
OF heat on the woody fiber Of the leaf.
Nicotine when pure is a colorless
fluid Of somewhat oily consistence and
strong. peculiar. penetrating odor, but
1t darkens on exposure to air and light,
becoming first yellow and then brown,
so that it looks, in this darkened con-
dition, something like the tarry matter
which soils a smokers fingers or a
handkerchief through which tobacco
smoke is exhaled or Is often noticed
as deposited in the stem of a pipe.
This tarry deposit has nothing es-
sential in common with nicotine, and
contains but traces of this alkaloid.
when any at all.
"A part, but only small part (about
one-seventh in the experiments OF
Melsens), of the real nicotine of to-
bacco is volatilized without decompo-
sition; the remainder is burned and
destroyed in the process of smoking.
The simple facts are, that such cigar
cites as l have examined, representing
large part of those in general use
throughout the United States, are
made from pure, light-yellow tobacco
of the high grade produced on certain
special soils, prominently in certain OF
the southern counties of Virginia and
the adjacent portion Of North Carolina
with wrappers of the best quality OF
harmless vegetable fiber paper, and are
entirely free from the adulterants
which it has been asserted are present
with no evidence in favor of such as
sertion, and in absolute contradiction
OF the scientific evidence actually avail.
able
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
THE ARMY'S DELAYS.
AM GOOD REASONS FOR IT
-m.nss Amount of Equipment Of All
Kinds Had to BE manufactured Before
u~a Could Fight Well.

m. delay in getting off the troops to
uensla is caused by the inability to Sc
cure supplies and equipments. The
.1,traefors who are able to furnish
theee things are working day and night
.nd are doing nobly. The quality as
-raII as the quantity of the goods they
orc turning out is considered extraor-
dinary, but a peculiar character of
anuinment is needed for a climate like
xseniIa- and the President will not let
tbe troops go until they are fully pro-
vided with everything that may be
necessary for their health and safety.
The volunteers from the western states
ere not as well off for uniforms, arms
and ammunition 1t is believed, how
ever. that the first expedition will be
ahle to get off within the next day or
TWO. Others will follow as fast as the
volunteers can be mustered in and
equipped.
The criticisms of the delay in the
movement of troops toward Cuba is
due TO an ignorance of the poverty of
our army. 1t would be the worst sort
of folly to invade Cuba until the troops
were supplied with the absolute neces-
stiles of the campaign. While that is
being done as rapidly as possible, nei-
ther the cOInHllSSaIy uor tHe quarter
masters departments has been able to
furnish these articles as rapidly as
they have been needed. In a few
weeks we have made preparations
which would have required months in
any other country. and now trainloads
of supplies are daily entering Tampa
and other ports where the army is as
sembled The military supplies in
this country were based on the de-
mands Of an army of 25,OOO men; with
in the last month the regular army has
been increased to 65,OO0 and 125,OOO
volunteers have had to be equipped in
addition, making a total Of 1S5,0OO for
which articles have had to be manu-
factured since March Z, when the ap-
preparation of S5O,OOO,0OO was made.
The navy department is very well
equipped; it had a little start The
war department is improving, and in a
few days there will be a sufficient
supply of necessaries at the several
rendezvous to Justify forward
movement
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Pink Pills for Pale People, andI decided to
try them.
Emma had no faith in proprietary
medicines but tried the pills, and after
taking . dozen doses, she began to improve.
1t was about the first of April when she
began, and by the middle Of May, after
taking about eight boxes, she was entirely
cured-n
while i'll, she lost twenty-eight pounds,
but now weighs more than ever before.
Her nerves are strong and she is in per
feet health. We are all confident that DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People cured
her, and cheerfully recommend them in
all similar cases. ''MRs. z. A. RYBoLT."
third day of September, 1897.
CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
will cure all diseases arising from poor
and watery condition of the blood, will
build up . run down system and are a spe-
cific for paralysis, locomotor ataxia and
other diseases long regarded as incurable.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

One Of the great troubles that rail-
road companies have had to contend
with In the past with both the old
style and the new M c. B. couplers
was the falling of drawheads on the
tracks resulting many times in disas-
trous wrecks. A year or two ago the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopted
device to prevent just such occur
rences, and has since attached 1t to all
Its passenger equipment. The device
is quite simple, consisting merely Of
right-angled steel hook, which is
placed Immediately beneath the coup
Ter on the draw-head, with a horizontal
arm projecting slightly at an angle to
the direction of the track. When the
draw-head falls the safety hooks not
only assist in jamming the Drawbacks
together but absolutely prevent their
swaying from side to side, and thus
becoming disengaged. The steel hook
is placed in such a position that 1t
cannot be jammed or broken on in the
coupling of cars
In actual practice this device has
proved exceedingly satisfactory and
has not failed in a single instance.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
walpol. and tn. war pell..

"Ah. they are ringing bells today"
said Walpole. the famous English
statesman, when war had been de-
clared between England and Spain.
"Fhey will soon be wringlng their
hands" War means now what 1t
meant when Walpole spoke-a wiring
ing of hands for those who will not re-
turn.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
Our American Policy.

The policy of this country regarding
foreign complications seems likely to
remain conservative. The Monroe doc
trine will be sustained. but patience
and prudence in official quarters will
restrain public. opinion. The wisest
and most prudent course for the rheu-
matte and the malarious is to use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Colorado has the right kind of young
men for the United States Army The
department has opened a recruiting office
at the Columbia hotel in Denver and
offer an opportunity to all able-bodied
men to join at an increase of pay and the
privilege of being discharged at the end
Of the war.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. Ne
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic cleans your blood and keeps 1t clean, BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all I'M
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed. l0c. 35c. bOc.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
DON, Tobacco Sol, and Smoke You, ure av,,

To quit tobacco easily and forever be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC. or 81 Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

They say all these articles on How To
Manage a Husband are written by spin-
sters." "Of course: a woman who has a
husband is discouraged by her failures in
trying to manage him."
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Captain Alfred r. Mahan has written
paper for the June number of the Cen
tury on the causes OF the failure of the
Spanish Armada. 1t accompanies an IL
Illustrated article giving a story of the fa-
nous catastrophe. based on manuscript
records and on the narratives of survivors
and other Spanish documents.
This number Of the Century will contain
several other articles of equal timelness.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
A SCHOOL GIRLS BATTLE.
From The Mail, Milford, Ind

Eirl of Milford, Ind, is of more than usual
Intelligence, and is ambitious to rise In the
literary world
s.In the fall of 1885," said Mrs. Rybolt,
Emma was taken ill. She wvs a close
student and her work began to tell on her
She grew weak, pale and nervous, and com
planned of pains in her back, chest and
limbs. A few weeks passed and she grew
worse. The doctor said she was a victim of
nervous prostration, and should have been
taken from school weeks earlier. She
gradually grew worse, her nerves were SO
tense that the least noise irritated her, and
The had . fever and q continual twitching
in her muscles. The symptoms were much
Ika ct Vifuai danca
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Hobbs has a theory about the war. "
what IL III" He says IL was Intended
to make the bicycle go . the rear and
push the old-fashioned 10 ir-legged horse
once more to the front"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
'ToE-GUM - CURES CORNS
Or money back. &c at all druggists.

Dorothy and l don't speak" Whats
the trouble?" II was blue one night and
told her l hadn't done any good in the
world" What reply did she maker"
'sShe said: That's trsc.'
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Il feel sorry for the weather man."
"Whyw 'He can't get anybody to
listen to his representations about the
war"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

"Florinda. IL we should elope. would
your father pursue us?' mo. l think he
would move. SO we couldn't find him
when we got ready to come back.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

We will forfeit 81 600 IL any OF our pub
llshed testimonials are proven to be not gen
uine The Piso Co. Warren. Pa.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

There is only one thing on earth that
can make me economize." what "a
that?'' Not having any money to
enend."
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Now Benny. do you know what papa
is whipping you for?'' Yes; you're
bieger'n | am
The silver lance., 1898-05-27
How to XIII MosauItoes.

What possible plan can be devised to
stand OF the mosquitoes?" is the practi-
cal question asked by miner preparing
for departure to Alaska. 1t Is worth Sc
rtous answer. The mosquito is an addi-
tional menace to Alaskan residence. Pc
troleum finely sprayed over the Matching
ground Is fatal. Permanganate of potash
Is also a destructive agent. Two and
one-half hours are required for a mos
quito to develop from its first stage. a
speck resembling cholera bacteria. to its
active and venomous maturity. The IN
sect In all its phases may be instantly
killed by contact with minute quantities
OF permanganate of potassium. 1t is
claimed that one part of this substance
IN fifteen hundred of solution distributed
IN mosquito marshes will render the de-
yelopment of larvae impossible; that a
handful Of permanganate will oxidize a
ten-acre swamp, kill its EN- bryo insects,
and keep 1t free from organic matter for
thirty days at cost of 25 cents; that
with care a whole region may be Kept
Iree OF this pest at small cost. An
efficacious method is to scatter few
crystals widely apart. A single pinch of
permanganate has killed all the germs
In 1,000-gallon tank.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

what makes Squeemus SO intensely
tention any other way"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

True friendship Is SO uninteresting.' -
what do you mean?' 'Madge Is so fond
Of me that she never tells me the hateful
things the other girls say about me-"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

DR.. Hunter Mcclure, the famous sur
9eon OF Richmond, Va, who during the
civi! war was medical director of Stone
wall Jacksons corps, has accepted po-
sition on the staff of Major General f1tz-
hugh Lee, and will accompany him to the
'front.' or wherever else the general may
g ordered. as soon as he RECEIVERS from
se0perayy illness.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cnthartic. 10c or 80
nc C. C. fail TO cure. druggists refund money
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

Educate Your Boweh with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartie. cure constipation forever
Toe 25c. IfC. G. c. fail. druggist refund money.
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

You know i told Moseby last summer
that / expected to do Europe this year,
'Yes?" Hes just sent me guidebook
to Spain"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

"Jule, don't you love the fiagT' In
deed | do it's so decorative"
The silver lance., 1898-05-27

"A yea r
pa s 8 9 d and,
u n d Q r a
C b . n G . of
ply s ans,
e m m . be-
came some
what better,
but was soon
as bad as ever.
One day /
reau OF q case
8 simil ar to
hers which
was cured by
DR.. Williams