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The leader., 1898-03-02
is MARRIAGE DECREASING
Nearly Forty Thousand Weddings In
London Last Year.

A Volume prepared by DIR. Shirley F.
Murphy, medical officer of health for
the administrative county of London.
gives timely reminder of the giantie
nature of the task which has to he dis
charged by the county council and the
vcstries in maintaining the health OF
the inhabitants of the metropolis:
The population, of London is ap-
preaching 100000, and for purposes
of sanitary supervision the area is d.
vided into AZ districts, each having its
medical officer of health. Sanitation
and medical science are graphing sue
cesfully with disease, and the illustTa-
tive diagrams by means of which DR..
Murphy reduces numerous bewildering
battalions of statistics to n strikingly
comprehensive impression of that con
test tell on the whole fairly satisfac-
tory story.
Marriages are certainly found to be
declining when we take long survey,
even if we are not able to say that the
dlminution is all under the head of i'm
pIovident unions. The marriages dur
ing the As years from 1851 to 1S6 show
a mean rate of 1879 per 1000. But from
1881 to 1876 the marriage rate each year
was above that mean. There was in
deed a brief period-it covered the eos
when marrying in London burst forth
with exceptional fervor, but the alb
Normal effort seems to have had the
consequence of all abnormal efforts i'm
a remarkable reaction, and since then
making ''nuptial of two hearts" has
gone steadily downward, though, we
may add. to reassure the timorous, that
in actual figures the diminu;ion on the
quarter of a century is from 1875 to 1870
per 1000. Last year 1860 marriages
were made in London, and the number
is probably ample.
The birth rate, too, is on the down
grade, the turn in this department be-
ginning about 1855, and continuing un-
til now. Last year births were most
numerous in the combined eastern dis
tricts and lowest in the western, and we
notice, furthermore, that, although the
fowest children were born in the west
ern part of London, more infants died
there than in any other group of dis
tricts. The fall in the London birth
rate corresponds strangely with a fall
over the whole of England and Wales.
london Mail.
The leader., 1898-03-02

An old itinerant colored preacher,
while conducting services at pro-
tracted meeting, was interrupted by
a messenger, who rushed in and eX-
claimed, excitedly:
'Parsoh, de lightnin' struck yo' house
en- burned it ter de groun'!"
The congregation expected to see
the parson collapse under this informa-
ton, but he didn't.
Burned de house down, did it?"
"Yes, suh."
swell, did it hurt de land what de
house WIZ on?"
mo, suh."
THANK de Lord fer dat!" exclaimed
the parson. 'srhank de Lord de lands
Ief! En- now we'll sing on page 227,
How Firm a Foundation Thank
some brother fer de tune!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The leader., 1898-03-02

II Is not a common occurrence that a
friendly word should be the means of Civ
ing nearly forty years of happiness and
health to the person needing the advice ii
carried. This was the case with Mary
Lingard. At twenty-five she was dragging
out her days in misery. At sixty-one she
finds herself SO active and strong she can
do work that would shame many younger
woman, and looks back on thirty-six
happy, heslthfui years of industry. But
let her tell her story:
"Thirty-six years ago I had great trouble
with my liver. The doctors allowed that
there were tumors growing on it, and they
biistered my side in an effort to give me
relief. I was at that time earning my
living as a tailoress, but for five years,
between the pain in my side and the
blisters I was in constant misery, and
work was drag to me, with no prospect
of relief; fortunately for me, however. a
friend advised me to take DR.. Ayers Sar
sapari1la, and finally persuaded me to take
menced taking the Sarsaparilla my side
was SO painful that could not fasten my
dress, and for a time did not get any
relief, but my friend advised me to per-
severe and relief was sure to come, and
come it did. This happened, as I say,
thirty-six years ago. My liver has never
troubled me since, and during these years
have passed through the most critical
period Of a woman's life without any par
ticular trouble, and to-day, at sixty-one
years of age, am active and strong, and
able to do days work that would upset
The leader., 1898-03-02
NE HATED TO LIE.
A Negro Pioneer who Rose Superior
90 His Prejudice.

William Thomas Is a negro whose remark
able aim in life is to, under all circumstances,
tell only the truth. William was indicted
by the next to the last grand jury for grand
larceny, and he was brought from jail this
morning to be arraigned. Thomas has what
is termed tough case 20 he agreed with
the prosecutor to plead guilty and receive
the minimum sentence-two years IN the
penitentiary.
"Stand up, Thomas" said Judge Woford.
"Are you guilty OF not guilty.?
Judge answered the man, with sigh,
al do hate to tell lie, but guess III have
to. I'm guilty" r
ooh. you hate to tell lie, do you? L
won't let any man plead guilty II he thinks
he is innocent. You'll stand trial
This was exactly what Williams attorney
did not want.
"Your honor" he said, this man is not
accustomed to court ways. He did not mean
that"
That's right, Judge. never was in
court before, and j don't think / quite got
you"
you may not understand much law" re-
torted the court, "but you know whether
you went into that store and stole those
goods"
ooh, yes, sir, done that"
1.-TWO years. kansas City Star.
The leader., 1898-03-02
A FRIENDS ADVICE.
And what it led to.

many younger woman. Ever since my
recovery I have taken couple OF bottles
of DR.. Ayers Sarsapasilia each spring, and
am quite satisfied that / owe my good
health to this treatment. give this testi-
monia1 purely in the hope that il may
meet the eye of some poor sufferer
MARY LINGARD, Woodstock, Ont.
DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla has won its way
to every corner of the world by the praise
of its friends; those who have tried il and
who know they were cured by the use OF
the remedy. There is nothing so strong
as this personal testfm ony. 1t throws all
theories and fancies to the winds and
stands solidiy upon the rock of expert
ence challenging every skeptic with a
positive ~ Enoio." Ayers SarsspaTilla
with its purifying and vitslizing action on
the blood is a radical remedy for every
form of disease that begins in tainted or
impure blood. Hence tumors, sores,
ulcers, boils, eruptions and similar dis
eases yield promptly to this medicine.
Some cases are more stubborn than others.
but persistence with DIR. Ayers SaTsapa-
ri1ia usually results in a complete cure.
Mary Lingard began with a bottle. and
went on to a course of DIR. Ayers SaTsapa-
riila. When she was cured she realized
that a medicine that could cure disease
could also prevent il. So she took a couple
Of bottles each spring and kept in perfect
health. There are tn ousands OF similar
cases on record. Some of these are
gathered into DR.. Ayers Curebook. little
book of 100 pages which is sent free by the
]. c. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass. Write for 1t.
The leader., 1898-03-02
BOSTON BOYS POCKET.
Reacon Street

Emerson Thoreau Beacon street
~ n fypical Boston lad
80 81 all that is good ana sweet
- nothing that's coarse or nad'
80, bigb-born manner never rams
II ia pure is his rhetoric,
ar ~ loves to read his nursery tales
In original Arabic.
,,..,. Emerson's pockets are
Lsss,,,yed with his precious joys,
..Suite" as murmurs MS Gear haitl'ha'
.tfter the mode Of boys.
,r-aasrred there is a wondrous round
~ to the Boston child,
-, are the things that might be FOUND
=. his bulging garments piled;
-. ,,irs OF Specs" a notice when
~, browning club convenes,
,.II,,.fr,s work on apes and men,
,,,- Of pork and beans,
-, "a ~ the Public Library,
h,ss on the Boston bar,
"a a sci Of the great Encyclope-
MIA Britannica.
50. that's good for a Subway ride,
Ia "Ibsen's Dramas" too,
~ If Goldfish, salt and dried,
BOSTON stocking blue
,,rt why tell all the things we meet
We,va proved our statements truth.
- emerson Thoreau Beacon Street
Is a ypical Boston youth.
-Ioe Lincoln. in L. A. w. Bulletin.
The leader., 1898-03-02

He looked into her great blue eyes
and shivered. There remains but one
thing to say" he faltered.
speak" she exclaimed, with emo
ton.
sit is a beautiful evening" he wills
pered, and then for an hour they sat
silent. after which they went and told
The hostess they had had such lovely
dWe. and departed.-Detroit Journal.
The leader., 1898-03-02
Locu.ts Killed by Millions.

An important experiment., dealing
with locusts, is reported from South
Africa. Prof. Ellington, director of the
meteorological institute of the Cape
Town government, succeeded in de-
stroying millions of the insects by inocu-
lating few of them and turning them
loose. He makes sort of toxin by
grinding the bodies of locusts which
have persisted of disease. The resulting
powder he mixed with water and
sSaeared on the bodies of few hundred
iocusts. These were at once released
and soon spread the powder to swarm,
and all perished.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The leader., 1898-03-02
Carved bx Missionaries.

In several places in Lincoln county,
New, and the adjoining country about
Death valley, California, are found
traces of former occupation by some
race of civilized people, probably the
Spanish. In the Kingston range of
mountains, on the eastern face of
Clarke mountain, near its summit, is
a perpendicular cliff of limestone $50
feet in height, and with smooth sur
face. On the face of this cliff at a
height of 100 feet from its base are cut
d cross and the letters X. L. ID. The
cross and the letters are of mammoth
proportions. being not less than 60
feet in height. They are cut into the
solid rock to a depth of two feet, and
are plainly to be seen at great dis
lance. No one in the country knows
how, when or by whom the letters were
cut. The Indians living in the region
have no traditions in regard to them.
As the letters are Roman characters
and are preceded by cross, 1t is sup
posed the work was done by Jesuit
missionaries, who are known to have
established in 1853 missions further
south in Arizona. In order to carve the
huge letters either a scaffold of 100
feet in height must have been erected
or the workmen must have been low
cred over the face of the cliff, a dis
lance of $50 feet.-Philadelphia Press.
The leader., 1898-03-02

A Rrtrht Rtrd.

The cuckoo is as likely to steal it's
nest as to make it, but this fact does not
take from the point of the following
pun:
A young Englishman, being asked at
dinner whether he would have some
bird's-nest pudding, said, turning to his
hostess: .sAh, yes; birds nest pud-
ding, and what kind of bird may have
made it?''
.Oh, 1t was the cook who made it"
was her prompt reply.-Short Stories.
The leader., 1898-03-02
A VIGOROUS BATTLE.
From the New Era, Greensburg, l

The following is a straightforwaTd state
ment of facts by a veteran of the late war.
No comrade will need further proof than
their friends own words, as here given.
Squire John Castor, of Viewpoint, Ind, is
the narrator, and an honest, respected cit
izen he is, too. He said: Il have been troub-
led with rheumatism in all my joints, ever
since l went to the war. 1t was brought on
by my exposure there 1t came on me grad
ually, and kept getting worse until | was
unable to do any work. | tried several
physicians, but they did me no good. They
said my trouble was rheumatism resulting
in disease of the heart, and that there was
no cure for it. Nevertheless | had lived and
fought the disease for thirty years, and did
not intend to die, simply because they said
The leader., 1898-03-02

Between now and merit presidential elec-
ton there will be hosts Of disu-sioIs Of the
questions Of Sound money" and silver.
However opinions may be divided on these
points, there is but one public and profes-
regarding the merits Of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters as a remedy for and preventive Of
malaria, as well ne a curstive Of kidney COM
plant, dyspepsia, constipation, liver trou-
bic and rheumatism.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds-Mrs. NJ. q.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March 8, 90.
The leader., 1898-03-02

'What made you quit the club, BiIlyf"
Reason enough, can tell you. I worked
five years to be elected treasurer, and then
they insisted on putting in a cash register"
boston Traveller.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Caution. Don't be fooled into taking
cheap worthless stuff. If the merchant tells
you lit is just the same" as NJ. A. S. L NJ,
you may know that he is trying TO sell you
cheap stuff to make q big profit by palminS
The leader., 1898-03-02

Practice makes perfect-and often makes
the neighbors feel like smashing the piano
Chicago Daily News.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Bachelor-A traveller on LIES railway
who has missed his connections.-Chioago
The leader., 1898-03-02

1t has been found that pigs which
are washed put on fifth more flesh than
those that are unwashed.
The leader., 1898-03-02

A poor speIler always spells words the
hardest way.-Wasbington Democrat.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Rupture. Surecuee. Book free Write fort.
to 81 Sherman, Specialist, Mt. Vernon,N Y.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Thin sheets of crude Gillian cop
per left in contact with water for several
DAYS have been shown by Schlagden-
hauffen to give off appreciable quanti-
ties of arsenious acid and oxide of anti
mOpy.
The leader., 1898-03-02

''You belong to what they call the en-
ploying class, do you?" asked the party
with the large voice.
"Yes, SIR" responded the party with
the double chin.
s.And you have q large number of peo-
pie in your employ, suppose?"
"Yes..
ssome of them minors, too, of
.ourse?"
ssYes."
That's what thought. I'll bet a
aundred dollars you run sweat shop"
sswell. hardly. run an icehouse -
Chicago Tribune.
The leader., 1898-03-02

Clove-An article used in the manufacture
Of a counterfeit breath.-Chicago Daily
News.
The leader., 1898-03-02

To Cure n Gold IN One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If il fails to cure. Csc.
The leader., 1898-03-02

81 can trace my ancestors back to hun
dred years before William the Conqueror."
"Well, can't trace mine that far, but
haven't the slightest doubt that some of
them were living even earlier than that. p
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The leader., 1898-03-02

I must, so 1 hunted up some remedies for
myself, and finally happened on DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. asked
some of my neighbors about the medicine,
community, and they recommended it
very highly. | procured box. The. pills
helped me right away, and continued tax
ing them. I commenced taking them last
fall, and finished taking the sixth box few
months ago. l am not bothered with the
rheumatism now-the medicine has cured
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People"
These pills are not only good for rheuma-
tsm, but are invaluable for any disease that
arises from impoverished, or bad blood.
They do not act on the bowels.
The leader., 1898-03-02

At about half-past seven the same
evening a woman, tall, agile, and well
but quietly dressed, with rather thick
veil that hid her face, which, for the
first time in 1s months, had been de-
| nuded of a brown silken beard and
moustache, left Mr.. Cox's house in Carl
ton House Terrace, and, walking to
Waterloo place, got into a cab.
| She gave the driver an address, with
instructions for it to be reached by a
roundabout route, and placed beside her
| on the seat of the cab black hand bag.
The cab eventually stopped in Oxford
street.
The woman sprang out, paid the
driver, and hurried eastward. Present
ly she encountered four or five cabs
plying for hire at the curb. With a
quick glance around her, she sprang
into one of these, gave the driver an ad-
dress through the roof trap, and the
cab rolled off at quick rate.
The cab ratified eastward-past New
cate. the Exchange, through Fenchurch
street, and finally pulled up few yards
from a small beershop in Whitechapel.
The woman alighted, paid the cabman,
and crossed to the other side of the
road. where four laborers were standing
talking together. She went up, and
held an animated conversation with
them for few minutes. Then the four
men moved off in different directions,
leaving the woman standing alone in
the shadow of doorway. Here she re-
manned until neighboring clock struck
| eight, when she issued from her hiding
place. and turned down by-street.
The street in which she now found
herself was narrow, dark, and deserted.
| The light was barely sufficient to enable
the woman to see white cross upon
fiagstone in front of No. IL, and upon
this she nut the hand bag she carried.
The moment she had done so, she
started 10 run down the street, but she
did not run far, turning sharply into
1 the deep shadow OF a projecting wall.
From here she could see up and down
| the street, the mysterious house, ana
the hand bag. The house was apparent
ly empty. Not light was there in any
window.
She was attentively watching the
windows of No. IL, for an indication OF
life. when she heard strange grind
inc sound that made her start. NO one
was to be seen. Everything was exact
tly as II had been before, except that the
bag had gone! Vanished!
aFool!" she cried, Il might have
guessed it'll"
Running out of hiding, she drew po-
4 lice whistle and blew it thrice, and then
set about to examine the hagstone.
Yves: the cement around il was in loose
powder.. Some one had shifted the flag;
some one in the cellar below, and the
bag was gone and. the flag pushed back.
| There was no area door, so the only
The leader., 1898-03-02
ZeZ4ANA,

San Antonio, Tex. says:
My wife has used DIR. NJ.
A. Simmons Liver Med
icine many years for Sick
Headache an d never
fails to buy q package
when she expects to
travel. 1t saves one from
taking injurious drugs.
For IS years 1t has been .
necessary medicine in my
houSe
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
County Notes.

Mr.. B. w. Walden, Chairman
of the County Board of Super
visors, is very much pleased, as
are the other MEMBERS of the
Board, with the new road ma
chine purchased about a month
ago. Some work has been done.
but 1t has been decided TO do as
little as possible till spring.
when the roads will be In prop
Or condition to be repaired,
James City has made Q good
Investment, end the tax-paysss
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
A Distinguished Educator.

DR.. wn. II. Payne, President
of the Peabody Normal College,
of Nashville, Tenn, was in the
city this week. He was the
guest of the Misses Garrett.
whose brother. Capt. Robertson
Garrett, is professor in DIR.
Payne's institution.
DR.. Payne is on a tour of the
Southern Normal Colleges and
To see the work OF this charac-
ter done at the College and the
Model School. He visited vii.
liam and Mary where he made
a stirring address TO the stu
dents in the chapel.
Prof. Bird, Professor OF Ped
agogy at w. and NJ, was one of
DR.. Payne's students, and it
must afford the Doctor, who is
the Gather of Pedagogy" much
pleasure to see the high stand.
ing his old pupil has taken in.
his chosen profession, The
Normal at William and Mary is
considered by educators TO be
the best IN the State of Virginia.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
LOCAL ITEMS.

Read or advertisements.
Mr.. shOo,ey. Of Richmond. has been
engaged by Mr.. Arthur Denmead 20
manage the Denmead Ice Factory. He
has charge of the plant now.
The protracted meeting at the Ban.
tlst church has closed. Rev. Mr.. Cor
returned to his home in Newport News
Tuesday evening.
Meyer Bros. Richmond's leading de.
PHrtment store, have an advertisement in
this Issue In ordering goods. or writ
ing to them tor samples. mention The
Gazette II viii nelp You.
Read ; Ullman's Sons new silver.
'isement- In buying OF them mention
this paper.
Overcome evil with good. Overcome
your coughs and colds with One Minute
Cough Cure. Ii is 80 good children cry
for It It cures Group, bronchitis. pneu.
monia, grippe, and all throat and lung
diseases. Leonard Henley.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
Personal Items.


Mrs. z. T. Rose left yester-
day to spend a few DAYS in
Norfolk.
Mr.. Park Jones left yester-
day for Richmond on a bust
ness trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Minor.
OF Hotwater, were i'm town
Thursday.
Mr.. G. +. Wilkins, left YES
terday for Newport News to
visit friends.
Mrs. V. II. Dickinson and
Mrs. j. l.. Slater were in
Richmond Tuesday.
Treasurer Thos. G. Wynne
will have his Office in the Pc
ninsula Bank building.
Commemorative Attorney
Branch was in town Thurs
day on official business.
Mr.. Thomas =. Larus. of
HOnOver county, well-known
here, was in town Thursday.
Mr.. +. W. Warburton is
off to Florida TO spend a
short vacation in the Sunny
South.
Rev. J. y. Latham return.
ed Thursday from Ports.
mouth, where attended Con-
ference.
Mr.. W. b. Hallett, of Kings
mill, left yesterday for Kala-
mazOO. Mich, where he will
reside in future.
Capt. W. NJ. Brooks. of the
State Penitentiary force. re-
turned to Richmond yester-
day, after a weeks vacation
here.
Mrs. JEFF. Schell, of New
port News, has returned
home after spending a few
days with her mother. Mrs.
Nj. DOnegan, on Duke of
Gloucester street.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03

Dunlop Mil Superiative Pat. Flour.
A good Pat. Flour per pound, .02
Fancy Pat -Four per barrer. s4.5O
Corn and Dat Chops. Ship STUFF, Oats,
Corn and No Timothy Hay at the
Lowest Cash Prices.
Corn Meal made from va White Corn
and Water Ground.
Best Compound Lard.
Best pure Lard
New y. c. cut Herring per dor ,os
New n. G. Gross Herring per doz. IL
New Potomac Roe Herrlngs per doz. go
Bulk Meats new and white per ID. 90
Oriole condensed Milk 10 or 3 for Is
Green Berry Rio Coffee % 10, i2, and
IA cts. per ID.
Leggett's Double Cream Premier Cheese
10 cents per pound
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
Resolutions of Love and Respect.

Whereas, on Sunday, Oct. End
1898, Mrs. c. J. Person fell
asleep, and her spirit returned
to God, who gave it, for our Sa.
vior said blessed are the pure
In heart, for they shall see God. "
therefore be it
RESOLVED, lst, That with her
all Is we'll, but in the death of
one so lovely in both person
and character, our whole COM
munity has sustained a loss
which is deeply felt and sim
cerely deplored.
RESOLVED, End, That we. the
Women's Auxiliary to the Y
Nj. Z. A, desire TO place on rec
ord our appreciation of her
worth and lovliness, and our
distress at her removal from
our midst, and our heartfelt
sympathy for those to whom
her presence must have been
a daily benediction, and NAV
"oo comfort them, sustain and
help them.
RESOLVED, Sd, That a copy of
these resolutions be preserved
on the minutes OF the Auxiliary
and one sent to the family and |
one TO the Virginis Gazette s VII
|
MIA. HARRysox,
M1s. BxALx,
COMMITTEES,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
A Sure Sign of Group

Hoarseness in a child that IS subject
to Group Is sure indication OF the an.
prosch OF the disease. II Chsmberlain,s
Cough Remedy is given as soon "a the
child becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough has appeared, NJ will nrs-
vent the attack Many mothers rh.,
have croupy children always keep this
remedy AT hand and find tba. - 800
them much trouble and worry. n car
always be depended upon and is pIess-
ant to take. For sale by L. HENLEY.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
From New Zealand

kEEFroN. New Zealand. Nov. % SOC
II am very pleased 20 state that since /
took the agency OF Chamberlain's med.
cines the sale has been very large. more
especially Of the Cough Remedy In
two years | have sold more Of this mar.
ucuiar remedy than OF all other MAKE.
Tor the previous five years. As 10 its
eticacy' l have been Informed by scores
OF persons OF the good results they have
received from II, and know its value
from the use OF 1t in my own household
IL Is so pleasant TO take that we have n
place the bottle beyond the reach Of the
children. Il. :. So.,,TT en- '''0
For sale by Leonard Henley.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03

having been called here in
consultation over the case of
little Henry Moncure.
Miss India Bryant, of New
port News, is the guest of
Miss Cora Barlow on Francis
street.