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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-07
OHANCOgK.
FARMERS ORGANIZE A PRODUCE
EXCHANGE.

Onancoch. Va. Nov. 6.-The organi-
cation of a produce exchange was eff
fected at n meeting of the farmers and
other leading business men of the East
ern Shore of Virginia, held at Only. Mr..
Benjamin T. Gunter, Commonwcalth's
Attorney. was elected president; John
70. Nottingham, noatcr nominee of the
Democrats for the Legislature, vice
president; Thomas B. Quinby, secreta-
ry; William A. Burton, general man.
ager, and L. Thomas LIE Cato, brother
of Senator LIE Cato. general Inspector.
THESE are all first-class men in every
respect and, with the cooperation of
our farmers generally, there Is no cues
ton but that this movement will prove
q very great benefit TO the farmers and
other business interests OF the Shore.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-07
STAUNT0N.

EFFORT TO SECURE THE MIL
ITARY INSTITUTE.
Staunton, Va. Nov. 6.-The business
men of Staunton are discussing the adj
visibility Of proposing to the board of
directors of the Virginia Military In
stltute to transfer their school here for
the rest of this term.
The unfortunate epidemic of typhoid
FEVER at the institute viii probably
prevent many from returning at the
end of the thirty days furlough. The
Methodist School Building, now unoc-
cupied, Is thought to be large enough
to accommodate the school and the
large grounds give space for drilling.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-07
CHURCH soLo1srs

MISS Telza Smith sang two sopraro
solos at the Presbyterian Church SIM.
Mr.; Max Weyhman sang n solo a.
ino. Iaufs z. q. Church Sunday morn.
Mr.. a. H. Garrett, of Norfolk s,no
n baritone solo at the Man sans
Methodist Church Sunday evening &C
Sunday evening CROWD
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-07
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trerA. indiitreto erce,isI and ns,,... SI erer
p q 3ree esrsultdtsoa and asriee. per,or.
ny NJ S Ssr g ,sts.: ntta Pr Greene IS la ST.
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II occur ponr casa DR.. Greene % fhs SIS
g met and III a,issr for
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Two Views of Pinrree.

"a few years ago." said a business
man to a Lewiston Journal reporter, II
was taking dinner at Detroit hotel
when a rather distinguished looking man
came in and took II seat opposite me and
began to drum impatiently upon the ia
bic while waiting for the waiter no.
ticcd that he was in a hurry and that
he was also a man of affairs and seemed
to have n decided way about him. When
the girl came and asked in respectful
way. What kind Of sauce will you have
on your steak, sirT he looked up with a
shadow of recollection in his good natur
ed face and said If the steak is as tough
as it was yesterday, please bring me cir
cular saws.
After he had brought the short and
hurried dinner to n close and rushed off
to his business ! asked some one who he
was and was told that he was Hazen =.
Pingrec OF Michigan. now governor OF
that state saw him in Poland the other
day, wandering about the roads with a
dreamy. misty look in his eyes. and he
seemed to be enjoying himself, for he
was digging spruce gum with his pocket
knife from tree beside the road when
we drove out OF sight"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Original Parrots.

An enterprsing London bird faicier
once advertised his parrots, which he
claimed were the most original in the
world A man called to examine and
purchase ono of these remarkable birds
and was shown one which looked neitho.'
beautiful nor mplished-indeed, it
looked ugly and commonplace He no
sooner opened his mouth, however, than
his genius discovered itself
What do you want for it?" asked the
possible purchaser.
Fifty pounds.
"Make it guneas" exclsimed tho par
rot. The delighted customer bought Him
at once.
Time passed, and the bird said never o
word, not et,n Pretty Poll" Tho man
sent for the dealer and thus frankly ad,
dressed him: Il have been taken in This
internal bird is dumb +"
He only processes to make original eb.
servations," lamely argued tho dealer
"Nonsensel You have your money At
least tell me how he contrivcd to say
Make it guineas" at so appropriate a mo-
ment I'll forgive you if you tell the
truth.
Every good, sir My parrots all mike
original observations but only in my pres.
ence. | am vcntriloquist "
The customer then shook hands with
the dealer and gave him list of his per
sonal friends who were also parrot fanui-
ers and who also in due tino were taken in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23

ture. 1t may come after our obsequics
1t may come after the stonecutter has
chiseled our name on the slab 30 years
before. Do not wait for n great steamer
of the Cunard or White Star line to take
you off the wreck, but hail the first craft,
with however low n mast and however
small hulk and however poor a rudder
and however weak captain. Better n
disabled schooner that comes up in time
than a full rugged brig that comes up
after you have sunk
Instead of waiting for that religious
discourse Of the future lit may be 49, 80
years off. take this plain invitation Of
man who to have given you spiritual
eyesight would he glad to be called the
spittlc by the hand of Christ put on the
eyes Of Il blind man and who would con-
slider the highest compliment of this
service il, Mt the close 800 men should
start from these doors saying: Whether
he be a sinner or no. | know not. This
one thing | know-whereas I was blind,
now | see"
Swifter than shadows over the plain,
quicker than birds in their autumnal
fight, haster than eagles to their prey
hic you to a sympathetic Christ The
orchestras of heaven have strung their
instruments to celebrate your rescue:
And many the voices around the throne.
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
PATHETIC, YET LUDlCROUS.
A penf nnd Dumb Fathers punish-
mcnt of u Ind IloN.

II witnessed something the other day
that mado me feel bad and at tho Same
time there was n lauPhablo phase to the
affair, " remarked a Denver resident.
something In politics of course" ven
tured friend who thought there could
be no many sided affair NJ Colorado un.
less 1t partook VI II political nature.
mo, nothing like that out n few
doors from whore 1.-Two deaf and dumb
couple have been living for several years
and seem to get along with their neigh
bors better than any of us The husband
has good employment, and tho wife is
frugal and prudent woman. So, taking
everything into consideration, they have
got quite a nice little homo for themselves
and some money ahead. But they have
one thing that is not a credit to them,
and that thing is in the shape of great
big, overgrOwn boy that is ono of tho
meanest evidences of humanity on earth
Some day, If he Is not checked, the hang
man will get him kbut that has nothing
to do with the story.
II was passing by the house yesterday
morning and / noticed that the old man
was angry at the boy. Now, the latter
can talk and hear rs we'll rs any body and
rather seems to enjoy getting crowd Of
boys together and then cursng tho old
man, just so the other boys will laugh.
This time, however, the old man was mad
and did not propose to allow his hayward
boy to have his own way. Just as / was
passing he motioncd me to stop, and then,
pulling his hand from behind him. brought
to light what shone out in grand style as
a newly purchased rawhide. Then knew
there was going to be some fun, and
walked inside the yard Well, sir, he Just
grabbed that boy, nearly as large as no
was, jerked him into half upright posi-
ton and then began laying on the leather.
The boy began To swear and use language
that would shock any neghborhood, but,
of course, the father did not hear a word
of it.
1.-The father quit second and then
coming over to where | was standing
took out his pencil and paper and asked
me in line or two to tell him what tho
son said. ! wrote out the brutal swear
words just as heard them. He read tho
words as | wrote them down, and then,
fairly shaking with rage, returned to the
boy and began anew the work. 1t was
fully ten minutes before that boy was CON
quercd, but when he did give in he was
tho most pentent fellow you ever saw
bVlore uhe oIu man nau Hnlsheu half or
the neighborhood was present and CON
graduated him on taking the boy III
hand. Here is what ne wrote on slip CT
paper when they suggested thanks to him
/ know he is a bad boy, but the Lord
has made me without hearing so cannot
know these things like you can. got u
letter saying that he said bad words about
his mother. That is what l punished
him for. Please tell me when you hear
him say bad words and help me to mako
a man of him. "-Dcnvcr Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Troubles OF sovereigns.

The soyereigns of the world are not
having a good time at present Queen
Victoria, sorely against her will, was
forced to consent to the war with the
Beers and so give up her hope of ending
her record breaking reign in peace.
The kaiser is angry with his people
md chides them for not having proper
confidence in him. Germany is in bitter
need of a strong fleet. If reinforce
mcnts had not been refused me during
the first eight years of my reign, in spite
OF my urgent requests and admonitions,
while scorn and mockery even were not
spared me, how differently we shond be
able to push our thriving trade and inter-
ests over sea, Yet the feeling for these
things is only gaining ground in the IA
therland, which, unfortunately, has spent
strength in too much fruitless strife Of
factions"
The amiablc little queen Of Holland Is
anxious about the Dutch in South Africa,
but Europe refuses to pay attention.
The czar of all the Russias is broken
and disappointed man.
The emperor of China Is appealing to
his brother of Japan to save him from
assassins.
The king of Italy would like a bank
runtcy law for monarchs.
And so it goes. There are compensa-
tons in being nonregal.-New York Sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Paving stones and Revolutions

The reason why another reign of terror
was not recently inaugurated in France
i9 thus stated by the Chicago Times
Herald: zone hundred-ffty- five
years ago these things would have set the
mobs going. They would be throwing
paving stones at one another. Paving
stones? All, there is the secret of the
whole matter The mobs have been rob.
bed of their ammunition. The people
stand ready TO hoist the red flag and run
riot, but what are bare hands against
maces and muskets?
The rioter stoops to pick up a paving
stone, and his fingers scratch vainly along
the smooth surface of the asphalt with
which most of the streets of Paris are
now paved. Ciel, He is helpless. He
straightens up and stares vaguely about
him for moment, and then some com
missary of police runs him in. Men and
women follow. shouting and shaking
their fists, but there are no paving stones
for them to-hurl.
80 the republic continues to stand 1t
Is wonderful A little bit of asphalt pre-.
vents the killing of people by the score,
and history is robbed of whole chapters
of bloody details. Nive lie tar Darrell"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
THE. HAOLEY TRAIN.
A witty and Ingenious Conceit of
Yale Urdcrg Graduates

bNie
The most striking feature Of the stu
dents torchlight parade in honor Of the
Inauguration of President Arthur r.
Hadlcy was the Hadley train. Yale's
new president made his reputation large
ly by his authoritative work on railroads,
and one of his most valuable courses is
his Railroad Transportation" No more
appropriate transparency, therefore, could
have been devised.
The train was purely of Yale manu-
facture. The cars, II feet long by feet
high, were propelled by college Sweeps"
who stood in them completely hidden
from view. The engine mounted on
wheels, was run by students. To give il
an added realistic touch. cotton waste
was burned in the furnace. thus produc-
ing n considerable volume of smoke
Each car was marked with class nu-
neral, the seniors having the engine
The train was escorted by band of 20
seniors, dressed i'll overalls and carrying
red lanterns, and the train was stopped
and started in genuine railroad fashion.
AT the last moment portraits of well
known graduates and prominent mem
bers of the faculty were painted on the
windows. Standing in the baggage car,
engaged in lifting trunk marked "A. II.
H., Yale" was the smiling figure of one
of Iale's most prominent railroad men.
Chauncey Nj. Depew, of the class of SO
The cars and engine were lighted by
lanterns hung inside thus forming an i'm
mense transparency. Close beside the
train were carried two transparencies
bearing respectively the appropriate mot
toes, "A New Train OF Thought" and
yale Is on the Right Track. Anew
York Tribune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23

The picked diplomats OF all Europe are
sent to Picking, lodged sumptuously, paid
high salaries and sustained by the GER
tainty Of promotions and rewards after
useful tenn at Picking, all but the
American minister, who, according to
Miss Scidmo.+, in the October Century,
is crowded in small, rented premises. is
paid about n fourth as much as the other
ENJOYS and, coming unframed to his ca
reer, has the cheerful certainty of being
put out of Office as soon as he has learned
his business and another president is
elected, his stay in Picking on a meager
salary sufficient incident in itself lead
ing to nothing further officially. The
diplomats in exile lead narrow, busy
life among themselves, occupied with
their social amusements and feuds, often
well satisfied with Picking after their
first months of disgust, resentment and
homesickness, and even becoming sensi-
tive to any criticism or disparagement Of
the place. They have their club, the
tennis courts Of which are flooded and
rooted oyer as a skating rink in winter,
their spring and autumn races at a track
beyond the walls, frequent garden par
ties and picnic teas in the open seasons
and busy round of state dinners and
balls in winter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
A VERY PRECIOUS OIL.
Worth More THAN Its Weight In
Gold, the Druggists say.

Altar of roses is generally supposed 10
be the most valuable Of perfumes. but
there is one that is far more costly, and
it is an artificial article at that. The
United States officials recently conGscat-
ed a pound bottle of precious oil, known
as artificial yiolcts, for the reason that
the importer Of the perfume had greatly
moderated its value to the customs u1i-
GERS. The bottle was on its way to a st
Louis firm whose name was Withheld. 1t
had been sent from Antwerp by a Lon
don firm and arrived in this country at
Baltimore There the custom house Off
GERS seized il, and they continued TO hold
1t when they found that the importers
had appraised the tiny shipment at $50
English money or SlTj. The custom OIL
GERS insisted that its true value was
nearer fl2D, or SGIJ. The laws govern
ing imports require duty payment on all
foreign goods on the basis OF their true
value. As the differentiation Of the per
fume was over 30 per cent, the govern
ment officials promptly confscated the
oil, and their action has been upheld by
the board of general appraisers in Balti-
more. 1t now dcyolyes upon the St
Louis firm to place a new order.
Artificial violet. or ionouc as it is
technically known, is made only in
France and Switzerland. 1t is a pat
entcd perfume, and the process of maxi
ing it is secret one. a single man
owns, or claims to own. the privilege of
manufacturing and selling ionone, but
this right is now being contested by 9th
or perfume makers Of Europe The
ionone maker has agents in all the per-
fume manufacturing countries, the only
one in this country being located in New
York city.
Ionones chief ingredient. it was stated
at one of the large wholesale drug houses
of the city, is ctral, an oil Of lemon grass
and Of lemons. NiOlcts do not enter into
its composition at all. 1t is a very strong
perfume and is generally used by manu-
facturers of pcrfumcry in a 10 per cent
solution. y few drops Of this solution
will make a gallon or more of the violet
perfume which finally finds its way into
the boudoirs Of Fashionable ladies' Ionone
is more than worth its weight in gold
perfume dealers declare. The wholesale
dealers in drugs are charged S12O per
pound for the 10 per cent solution. At
this rate the pound bottle of the unadul-
terated artificial violets couliscated by
the Baltimore custom officials would be
worth ten times that amount or 81 900.
1t can with truth be termed'a precious
oil, and to persons who know how TO use
it the pound in Baltimore would be worth
even more than its weight in gold.
Although nearly all violet perfume
made nowadays is manufactured from
iononc. the use of the new precious oil is
not confined to the production OF that
one scent. Nearly all the popular per
nf L. ittu ion z
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Female "SuTrage."

In n country town in Florida recently
there was an examination for applicants
for second grade teachers certificates in
a colored school. One Of the questions
asked for brief expression of the APP
plicants opinion of female suffrage" A
young colored woman filled her blank
with an essay on "Female Suffrage" 1t
begins, I'm regards to female SUFFRAGE
there are thousands of women who suffer
early and also daily, and | am compelled
to say that the greater part of their sui.
ferage is brought by themselves"
The writer then specifies the various
causes of female 'sufferage.' Women
eat too rapidly, have their meals too ir-
regularly, expose themselves too much,
do not have proper exercise or clothing.
ANY one Of these will bring about fe-
male suffrage" She also thinks they
would be stronger II they regarded the
laws of health Their treatment to the
physical body only goes to show to them
that they are doing too much if they
would only hear" And finally, Another
great cause of female suffrage is trying
to keep up with every new style or fash.
ion that comes about. whether it agrees
with our health or not, and that is, in
deed. poor way to take care Of the
health. "-Chicago Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Why the .Jnnltnr Omit.

A janitor in a neighboring school threw
up his job the other day. When asked
what was the trouble, he answered:
I'm honest, and | won't stand being
slurred. If ! find a pencil or handker-
chief about the school when I'm sweep.
ing, hang it up, Every little while the
teachers or some one that is too coward
ly to face me gives me "A slur."
"In what wayW asked an officer,
"Why. little while ago ! saw written
on the board, Find the common multi
pie Well, ! looked from cellar to gar
ret, and ] wouldn't know the thing II |
met it on the street. What made me
quit my job? Last night in big writin
on the blackboard it said, Find the
greatest common divisor.' Well. | says
to myself both them darned things are
lost now, and I'll get blamed for swip-
ing EN-, SO I'll qut."-Steuhen Republic
an.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
Practical WIVES.

The wives of men of sentiment often
possess a vein of strong common sense and
matter of fact nature which may at
times serve to bring their poetical hus-
bands down from their flights of fancy
rather rudely
Jean Paul represents Siebenkas as read
ing ono of his beautiful fancies to his wife
who listened with eyes cast down, appar.
emily absorbed in his words AS he fin
ished and waited for her appreciation to
express itself she said quickly:
Don't put on those stockings tomor.
row, dear l must mend that hole in the
lett one.
One day, when Sir Walter and Lady
Scott were roaming about their estate, they
saw sonS playful lambs in q meadow.
"Ah said Sir Walter, " It's no wonder
that poets from the earliest ages have
made the lamb tho emblem of peace and
innocence!"
They are indeed delightful animals, 1"
said Lady Scott particularly with mint
sauce !'-Youth' Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
THE UP TO DATE MINISTER.
Must Combine the Gifts of nm Impre.
suriO and nm AuctiOneer.

Ian Maclaren writes of "The Candy
Pull System In the Church" in The La
dies Home Journal and, after describing
the tendency of the up TO date church,
dcsignates the qualifications of pastor
for this kind Of institution" "The
chief requisite demanded" he contends,
sis n sharp little man, with the gifts Of
an impresario, a commercial traveller and
an auctioneer combined with the slight
est flavor of peripatetic evangelist. In
stead of a study lined with books Of
grave divinity and classical literature let
him have an Office with pigconholcs for
his programmes and endless correspond
ence; cupboards for huge books, with
cuttings from newspapers and reports of
other organizations: n telephone ever tin
Cling and set of handbooks-'How to
Make Sermon In Thirty Minutes or
One Thousand Racy Anecdotes From
the Mission Field
Here sits an alert, vivacious, invent
i've manager with his female stcnogra-
pher ut a side table, turning over one
huge book to discover who is next in
order of time for visitation and another
for details of families or hastily examin-
ing filed speeches of public men on some
subject to be taken on Sunday. From
morning to night he tolls, telephoning,
telegraphing debating, compiling, hurry
ing around. conducting 'socials.' bright
evenings giving talks holding recep-
tons, an unwearied, adroit. persevering
man. No one can help admiring his YER
satility and honesty of intention, but il
he Is to be the type of the minister of the
future then he will supersede and exclude
"a h,tfar "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23
A MEASURE OE MERIT
Burlington Citizens Should
Weigh Well this Evidence.

Proof OF merit lies in the evidence.
Convincing evidence in Burlington,
Is not the testimony of strangers;
But the endorsement of Burlington peo-
pic.
That's the kind OF proof given here,
The statement of Burlington citizen.
Mrs. Elvira A. johnson of II North
Champlain street, says: 81 was laid up
with my kidneys for some time. ] finally
got so bad that every two or three days
peculiar, sickenng, dizziness, headaches
confined me to my room. AT the same
time I was rackcd with sharp shooting
pains if | stopped Strengthened myself
from bending, or changed position sud-
denly. Urinary troubles followed and
placed myself in the hands of physicians.
They did nothing for me. l grew worse
instead of better. ! was forbidden to eat
any starchy foods and finally in spite of
all my efforts, I got into serious condi-
ton. was taking medicine at the time
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at r. Y.
Stearns & Co., but it was not doing mo
particle of good. I stopped using It and
took Doans Kidney Pills instead When
think of the change that took place,
when | compare my condition with what
IT was. It seemed almost too good to he
true. My back ceased to ache the head
ache no longer troubled me and my kid
ncys worked naturally. / sleep well and
give all the credit to Doan's Kidney pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. Sole
agents for the United States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-23

AZ TO the form of introduction, the sim
pier it is the better. The double intro
duction has entirely gone out of fashion.
DO not say, Let me make you acquaint-
ed with" but say merely, Miss Brown.
let me present Mr.. Gray to you" If two
persons who are introduced are interested
Ill some one ART or science, it is well to
mention this fact, but in making intro
ductions it is inadvisable to label people.
Do not introduce n woman as "our most
distinguished poetess," or man as 1.-THE
greatest hero OF our recent political bat
ties" Both statements may be true, but
IL is embarrassing to both parties to an
introduction to hear these personal eulo-
giums.-LeGh Lanceford in November
Woman's Home Companion.