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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04
CUR RALEIGH
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News Items Gathered Here and
There in the State.
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ANcoRA COAT FARM
ANcoRA GOAT FARM
Young Man Disappears Under ciou"
cd Circums.auoes- Graves Of N"r,h
Carolina ana virginia Soldiers q"
West virginia Cases OF I.ongev.s,
slayer OF shou.e-A Fish story.

Raleigh, N. c.. Nov. 3.-Mr. M. L..
Maine, of New York. n brother OF the
Junior partner Of the great cotton firm
OF George Copeland & Co.. of New
York, is In the city, says q Fayetteville
special, for the purpose of purchasing
a 50O-acrc tract Of land, suitable for
the r.lising of Angora goats, the WOOL
and meat Of which are valuable articles
OF export
Mr.. Maine Is out to-day looking over
several tracts rendered him.
CLOUDED DISAPPEARANCE.
It is reported that q young man
named w. G. Barefoot who lived III
Sampson county, mas left his home Tor
parts unknown under somewhat cloud
ed circumstances. His second wife died
very suddenly some months ago and In
a very few days he married another
woman. The relatives Of his deceased
wife suspcioned that her death was
probably caused by some act of his, so
1t is reported, and talked Of having an
examination OF the body made. bare
foot Is of good family and we trust
that the suspicious against him are not
true.
GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.
Captain J. c. Bessant, of Winston,
has received a letter from Ernest Alley
or Alderston, w. Va, who furnished
list of North Carolnians buried at Blue
Ridge Springs, near that place. The
Fourteenth North Carolina Regiment
afterwards designated as the Twenty
fourth Regiment, was encampcd at that
place in the autumn of 1862. These men
died in the hospital. Mr.. Alley says
there are about an equal number of
Georgians. Firglnians and North Caro-
llnians buried there and that 1t Will
cost about $500 to place the cemetery
in good condition, and thinks the three
States should furnish the money to
have the work done.
ABOUT OLD PEOPLE.
Recently there has been a good deal
said In the Stale press about old peo-
pie in the various parts of the State,
and 1t has developed that there Is much
hale, hearty old age all over the State,
and that longevity in the Piedmont
section Is particularly noteworthy. The
High Point Enterprise mentions that
in one township live four brothers,
named Spencer, all over so. aid the
eldest in his Goth year. These four are
useful citizens and in good health. The
Ashevillc Courier says there arc many
old people IN Randolph. At funeral in
that county recently it is said that all
the rall-bcarcrs were over so years old.
TIE SLAYER OF SHOUSE.
James Bryant, who killed Burrell
Shouse Monday night. was tried before
Mayor Rutner, of Salem, and was COM
mitted for trial at the criminal court
without bond. Five witnesses were en-
amined for the State. The defendant
was deeply affected, but did not make
statement The evidence against Bry-
ant did not indicate THAT the killing
was premcditated
a FISH STORY.
A Winston letter says: Engineer Har-
is. of the Southen Railway, returned to-
day from fishing trip to Beaufort He
says that he and his friends were
caught In the storm Tuesday fifteen
miles from land and A iaee+ Il 4tH-tt exciting
m oh
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04
ADRIyE AT NORFoIK.

49, 49, ~ 81 i.e5 y, rp and morning train
at i m TGEsDAI T NIX Isl lail and and
SSi CtI 49, Norfolk for the North,
steam S!a "a ,hy West passenger station at foot
Of oI East au Main stree! Norfolk and West.
err depot. Freight station on water
street jas s,f.tES
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04

CAROLINA DISPATCH
= E a.; TyEliMiTM,iGIiT LINE AND OLD Do
FAST ,ASo t + line between all points North,
ard ard i Fas: Via Norfolk and Norfolk and
s sou fern railroad and Eastern North
ca aroma; received daily. Mt p. m. and
foryyn ITted promptly at low rate.
crnar,i oiiice OF tho N, s s, r. r. Cos
Norfolk. Va. ,t r, t,I1DcJNs
con.,ol freight and Passenger Agent
" KING, General Manager.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04
A n n ATLANTIC
n COAST
W 1-Nc LINE

tN0rfois & c"ro,,na Kai,roadJ
-ils
IN EFFECT JUNE 4th, 1883.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04
A FISH STORY.

Winston letter says: Engineer Har-
is, of the Southen Railway, returned to-
day from fishing trip to Beaufort. He
says that he and his friends were
caught In the storm Tuesday fifteen
time getting TO shore. They caught
four hundred trout and a man-eatlng
shark weighing six hundred pounds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-04

.Daiiy except Sunday.
Pullman ra'ac" Sleeping Cars.
For all. information apply at
cry Ticket 0ficc. s'ain and CRANKY
streets, 'rGOn". LIZ.
Baggage called for and checked from
hotels and residences by Virginia Trans.
fer Company on orders left at ticket Of.
FRANK s. CANNON,
80 v. President and Gon'l Mgr.
J. 81. GULF, w. A. TURK.
Traffic Mgr. Gcn'l Pass Agt
Washington. d. c.
W. II. DOLL. Pass. ACT. Norfolk. Va.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Ease the Worn Nerves.

The word duty in the mouth of the
ordinary woman is synonymous with dis
comfort. The secret of happiness con-
sjsts i'll looking upon what one must do
in this world as the pleasantest thing
life offers. 1t is only another case Of the
point of view. The people who stay
young longest and who are most attract
i've, whether young or old, are those who
do things that they ought to do, not
from a sense of duty, but because it is a
pleasure.
The woman who stays up at night to
nurse sick friend or to finish q dozen
shirts for the heather because duty alone
prompts her, while it is a WEAKNESS of
the flesh only sustained by the common
datlons of conscience, is doing herself
and the relative or the heather wrong,
She IS dragging through Il task which Is
repugnant to net, and she shows in her
face before many years have passed lines
Indicative of unnecessarily worry.
Contrast with the nervous, hurried
woman the wholesome, red-cheekpd ma
tron who takes things easy" It is not
necessary to neglect home or husband to
40 this, for she does quite as much in
ner way as the, woman who Is always
h rushed sa; to death" The one who lives
her neighbors as they do by her. md
conseq uently her friends receive Invita-
tons to dine, at her house even when
they lind the hostess in state bordering
on nervous prostration. She must return
the Inequalities she has received 1T any
cost, and II her income Is limited shc
will make up the deficiency by uyerworl<
and overworry. Her friends know ibis
and 1t Is trial for them to dine IT her
house. 1t Is absurd to say that one
hasn't time to take care Of ones self or
must not offer poorer fare than one re-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Have an At Home Day.

Is there anything more disconcerting
than to make call upon persons who
have no set day for receiving, and who
consider your advent the signal for a gen
cral patting of cushions and scurryins
away of work; in fact, making you
feel, while you stand on the steps or wait
in the drawing room, that you are a
sort Of human earthquake that has come
Into their midst. 1t is not question of
airs to suggest an at-home day, says
the Philadelphia Times. That would OBJ
vlate all this furry, and put the caller
and the called upon much more at their
ease.
1t is certainly anything but pleasant
to wait below stairs, perfectly cognizant
that there is a repressed whispering and
tiuttering going ON above, which is in
your visit has broken in upon. 1t is quite
awful to hear comments to the effect that
they wish you had come at any other
time, and a hazard as to what Is in the
house for luncheon, and whether you will
be asked to stay and partake or not.
There Is not apt to be a very strongly
marked entente cordiale when your host
ess finally does appear, and the ensuing
echoes of those despairing whispers which
one could hardly believe were ever ut
tered by the SHINE lips that are trying
so hard to frame only the most polite
expressions.
Think over. this day at home sugges-
ton, and SEE If it IL not really ole of the
very few practical features of fashion
able life which even the questionable
would do well to COPY if they are to ST. Sc:
cire for themselves and their friends a
more perfect understanding regarding the
times for institutions and be In readiness
on those occasions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Pearls Fefore Swine.

There is a tragic form of waste going
on all the time, the waste of intelligent
human thought in drab family cir
Gle, the: continual expenditure of ideas
Oh an irresponsible audience, while per-
sons exist to whom every word dropped
might be full Of charm, every hint a cue
for enthusiastic appreciation. There ia
the waste of handsome musical instr,l,
ments in hands that can bring from them
no response, while those who might give
us the music of the spheres pine in an
attic, and perform their wonders on a
tinkling keyboard acquired by hire sys-
tenn, or perhaps at cheap auction.
There is also the waste of books, where
none care to open them, while others are
clamoring for mental pabulum. for a
chance for reference, or for solace in.
desolation. Again, how many childish
looks, how many caresses,, are thrown
away by the young ON mothers who.
are too encountered with olive branches
to spend time in small tendernesses, while
lonely wives sit neglected with never a
tiny face to hold against their own, and
never voice to prattle delicious inanitics
into their sorrowful ears. It is a topsy..
.fnryy world, but perhaps, could we bear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
A Tine will Surely Come.

Is tnere ever a woman so new that sh,
doesn't like to be petted occasionally
Does she always remain so new that she
doesn't sometimes feel old and HELPLESS
and babyish, and infinitely more in the
humor to be taken care Of than to take
care of herself?
There may be some such stanch ooken
feminine natures but believe that thew
are very few and far between, and that
even they have little, soft, approach
able side that responds to caresses and
to tender endearments just as readily as
does the weaker vessels that haven't Il
new Womanish idea in their whole make
up, says the Philadelphia Press.
1t Is all very well to be q CHEEKY bach
elor girl, with snug quarters all ones
own, with personal purse and bank nc
count Of ones own making and spending,
an independent existence, unhampereli
by the say, so of anyone, but there IS an
other side to that picture that means
more in the shadowy outlines than the
broad strokes in the sunshine.
The snug quarters are very comforta-
PIE and comforting until some night the
bachelor girl comes home with a head
ache and would, oh so gladly, find some.
one there to remove her hat, battle her
tired temples with cologne, gently urge
her to repose, and then quietly 20 about
ana attend in loving, devoted fashion to
az. az tnose thousand and one things that
the independent young creature has al
ways done for herself until physical and
mental WEAKNESS made her realize that
1T is not well for woman to live alone.
The woman who fights her battles with
the world in brave, self-reliant fashion.
Is very often the one who would give nj,
al her success for the environment Of
care and affection that fails to the lot Of
her less determined sister.
1t wOuld Of nn,,rso ho ~ool. L.-
declare against mental equality Of the
sexes, but am not forced to saw tint =
brilliant feminine mind Of necessity inn.
plies sturdy, rugged body, that never.
wants to be treated MS though It were q
feeble one, and not allied to anything sany
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Lace Mitts for Evening,

What is exceedingly new and chic for
full dress are lace mittens made out of
piece lace and fitted to both hand mud
arm, says a foreign correspondent in
Vogue. They are even longer than the
longest evening glove, and are Joined to
the shoulder decolletage, with either
short jcweled chains or ribbon jeweled
for the purpose. They afford a delight.
full chance to show off ones handsome
rings, but for those who dance gloves are
fur preferable and more desirable in ev-
cry way.
Those having very thin arms and not
sufficient flesh on their hands for beau
ty, will welcome mittens of this kind for
informal dinners and other functions
where a certain dressness must be oh.
served. For afternoon summer drcsa
lace mittens. shortened to meet the ell
bow sleeves, so much in vogue again, will
prove most welcome. Who can forget
the effect of very red and very coarse
arms exposed mercilessly to the full glare
Of daylight, when elbow sleeves were the
craze several years ago?
Made-up mittens are deserving of q
wide success. There is something far
more fetching too, in having mittens fit-
ted and of the same lace us the rest Of
ones gown-in white, in ecru, in butter
color, Or in black. But these mittens
have not yet been worn on this side
1t remains for some smart women to start
them ut Newport and make them the
fashion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02

first six years of his life as a little ami
mai rather than as Il responsible being.
During those years the physical predomi-
Mates and should therefore be given full
est opportunity for exercise. Nervous
ness, that disease so appallingly common
in America, is inherited by the children
and Increased by climatic and social con-
ditions. For this reason mental activity
should be repressed, rather than stimu-
lated. in dealing with young children.
In individual cases the kindergarten
would be wholly ill-advised, because it's
atmosphere would excite and weary.
Such children should be kept out Of doors
as much as possible, leaving the cure to
wise Mother Nature, who understands SO
We'll how to deal with delicate little chill
dren, who are allured by her many joy
GUS invitations to frolic and rum and
dance while refreshed and soothed by the
sunshine and pure air.
DO not keep young children. however
strong, for too long time in the house.
Send them out where they can have
space and opportunity for the exercise of
limbs and lungs without the restrictions
that are imposed indoors.
Do not allow cOnsidera tons Of weather
to prevent the daily outings. II children
are accustomed to go out. even in storms,
properly protected they will become rug
ged and hardy, and less prone to take
cOlu.-Ihe GentteWOnlan
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
The BrOwnings in Youth,

There can be no doubt, think, SAYS
Harriet Waters Preston in the Atlantic.
that the similarity Of their early tradi-
tons had much to do with the instinct
i've and complete comprehension which
the Brownings always evinced of one an
others mental processes.
II the childhood Of both had not been
50 sequestered-the girls on the beautiful
estate of Hope End among the Malvern
Hills, which her father bought in 1909,
the boys in the social desert of Gambler
Tell-they would have incurred less
danger of being set up and admired as
infant phenomena. Both were so, to u
somewhat alarming degree, but they
were creatures too fine to be spoiled by
it. While Elizabeth Barrett paced, in
ankle-tied shoes, the garden alleys Of
Hope End, meditating her Epic on the
Battle of Marathon, which was printed
ut her fathers expense when she was Is,
Robert Browning was measuring off
heroic couplets OH the edge of the family
dining table, which he could just reach
with the tips of his Outstretched hands,
or having his curly hair brushed, as he
used long afterward humorously to re,
late, to the tune of Watts hymns, with a
heavier stroke on every strongly accent-
ed syllable:
Fools never raise, their thoughts so hiRh;
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die,
The boys home was less opulent than
the girls, but his education was, in the
best sense of the word, more liberal, and
his environment more stimulating. His
mother was so sweet and wise a saint
that she suffered in prayerful silence
even her boys brief lapse into religious
intidelity. 1t came of reading the poems
Of Shelley. which she herself, in the SIM
plicity of her heart, had bought for him
at his request. and it passed before he
was 20. never to return His father, on
the. other hand was a man Of great
native distinction of mind a discriminat-
ing lover of good books, good pictures.
and good music, with all of which young
Robert was on terms Of familiarity from
his earliest remembrance.
Elizabeth Barrett's mother seems to
have left no trace whatever uDon her
mind: while her father, though a man
Of astounding force of character was -,
hagrantly what is now called degen
crate that one is driven to doubt wheth
-er the lambent pearl of his dauchter's
unique genius could have been secrctel
under conditions of health. All the more.
certain is it. as her lover and husband
invariably averred, that her native on
dowment, her simple God-giyen in
genlun, was more signal and surprising
than his own o
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Girls Need Occupation.

Too little attention is paid to the sub
ject of employment for idle girlish hands
Too little thought is given to this in
school or college or home. Boys have
greater liberty of action, their whole
minds are filled with their boys work
or games or plans. They come and go
almost as they please. always III hurry,
always with schemes Of something to b:
done. When the same liberty is given to
a girl the result is disastrous. What IS
more Riti fdr than to ksE some p the
roam the streets until 9 or 10 o'clock ?
1t is not liberty the girls need, but oc-
c,pati0n, says the Philadelphia In
quirer.
To the boys are given tool boxes, scroll
saws, printing presses, with which to sat
isfy the craving for work that they can
see grow under their hands. the marvel
of inventive or creative powers. Girls
are believed to be happy and satisfied
with their dolls-and, after all, dolls are
so often 'stuffed with sawdust!"'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Woihen's Lui1chcons.

The luhch eoi,, as d social function of
certain order, has come to be the femi-
nine counterpart of the mains dinner. If
a man of note comes to New York he is
promptly, often exhaustively, ,di1ed by
other meii, who take this way-happily 50
full of enjoyment for themselves-of ex-
pressing their admiration. II women
want to honor another woman they give
luncheon for her. Not long ago wom-
an editor from another city visited New
York, and among the affairs given in her
honor was a luncheon at a well-known
hotel. 1t was small company, scarcely
more than dozen covers being laid /;
but the repartee, the good stories, the
humorous discussion which went around
the table would have been quite worthy
of a masculine dinner of imposing pro
portions. 1t is an unfortunately wide
spread habit with women to take their
pleasures sadly. but the vigorous preach
ing which has been done apropos of this
very thing seems not to have been in
vain. An honorary luncheon, at least.
is pleasure which New York women
take with the proper degree of gaycty.-
Harper's BaZar
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Envelopes Not Fashionable.

The latest fad with the ultra fashion
able is the absence Of the envelope. We
have gone back to the days of the olden
times when the red waters and the seal
ing wax and the folded paper were all
that custom demanded or knew. The
modern or recalled fashion has substitute
ed the daintiest tinted waters to match
the paper, heliotrope, robins egg blue, Ii
lac, fawn or cream, for the mucilaged
flap of the envelope.
One must write OH big sheet, if it is
letter; on the smaller size for notes, in
vitations, ETC.; fold aud seal, and then a
wafer may be added for extra strength or
the seal alone will answer if one de-
sres. Sometimes the paper is folded like
the cooked hats or the dainty squares
which not even a curious postman would
trouble to daily with, and then, if one
will, the seal and wafer may be dispensed
with.
If you intend to adopt this new style
Of sending letters, be sure that your pa
per is heavy weight enough to stand the
journey, and when you receive one in
turn do not cut and slash as you have
been accustomed to do with the envelope,
but remove the waters, break the seal
and the writing will greet your eye un-
torn.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Shall the Bosses Boss the Judges.

Is it safe to leave the selection of
judges to campaign committees or to
party bosses? asks Frank Gaylord Cook
in the Atlantic.
Recently, the boss of New York City
declined to renominate for the Supreme
court a judge who had served upon the
bench with honor and efficiency for
twcnty-eight years. The reason given
was that the judge had refused to recog-
nize his obligations to Tammany Hail.
In il recent election, Tammany Hall
received, "for the purpose of advancing
the cause Of the Democratic party" the
sum of $4,000 from it's candidate for the
office of justice of the Supreme court
Both. of these candidates were elected
In their position upon the bench, will
they be able to forget or disregard the
circumstances under which they were
selected? Will they, nevertheless, be in
dependent, impartial, and fearless? VIII
they, none the less, retain the traditional
respect and affection of the people?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
Deceived by q Thread.

AS we came in on the Big Four train
last Saturday from Delaware we noticed a
well-barbared and highly-scented ''younr
man of the period" complacently admir-,
ing a fine pair of patent leather shoes
which were elevated on the seat in front
of him: Finally he espied a thread on
one of his shoes, and, Selling it, he gent
" drew it to him. 1t seemed to be quite
long, so he wound around it his kid
gloved hand. After getting quite a knot
glancing along his leg, he discovered that
he had unraveled one seam of his trou-
sers leg, which hung'in a loose Zap. The
last we saw of him he had borrowed two
pins from the conductor, and was re-
treating sideways toward the smoking
car with horror aud disgust plainly de-
picted on his countenance,-0hio State
Journal, f d b. @.sss5s< s5ss.z .s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-06-02
The SenOrita's Smile.

At last the American soldier boys in
the Philippines appear to have conquered
the hearts of those proud Spanish DANES.
Writing from Malolos, Henry Marion, 1,
Smith county boy, says: "Some Spanish
ladies came over to the hospital and Of
Caloocan the Spanish ladies of Manila
sent out to the battle line 10000 fine
sandwiches. The Spanish have found
out that the Americans are o., X 1t
pleases them to see our troops go for the
natives. We are doing now what they
failed to do in four hundred years trial. !"
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