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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
NO SUCH PROPOSITION.

The Nirginian Pilot is in n position
to state that no such proposition has
been made. Options have been asked
ana in some cases secured for one dol
lar in hand receipt whereof was ac-
knowledged that the owner and opera
tor OF the factory would sell at Il fig
ure To be ascertained by an investiEa-
ton of the books OF the manufactures
by an expert accountant to be named
by The promoters.
The money for the property will be
paid in four instalments, February 6.
April g, June G. and July 6.
PART CASH, PART STOCK.
The Norfolk factory owner to get n
certain amount in cash and the balance
in stock. The date for the first paw
ment has passed and no money has
been paid.
The written proposition states that in
the event the promoter can secure all
the factories within eighty miles of
Norfolk he will take the property. pro-
vided he is satisfied with the state
ment of business prepared by his spe-
cial expert accountant. AS an evidence
of good faith there has been deposited
In n bank in the city of New York
$40. 000
SOME WILL SELL. SOME WILL NOT
AS said, some OF the peanut manufac
tiTers have agreed to sell and have
signed the contract. Others have re-
fused. In the territory named there
are nine factories, two In Petersburg,
two In Smithheld, one in Franklin and
four in Norfolk. The Virginiar- Pilot
is authorized TO say that no deal has
that there is not likely to be any pea
nut combine unless the New Jersey
company can float their five millions
of stock.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PEERLESS BARGAINS IN MEMS ATTIRE.


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% use nr,9ns trousers and nigh medium low
hacks and
many instances ard dollars
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

OST DOG.-IRISH SETTER, FEE
~ male. reddish brown over body, white
under neck and breast. Answers name
Brownie. Reward OF $500 for return to
223 York street. fe2-tf
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

continue cold. ice will form on the river
i'll about three days.
All of the vessels entering this har-
Dor yesterday morning brought cargoes
Of beautiful ice slowed on the decks and
even on the smoke stack. The crystals
slistcned In the bright morning sun and
almost daZ2led the eyes.
WOOD SCARCE.
1t is we'll for the people of Norfolk
that the cold spell is spent. and from
to-day there will be 4 very decided
change.
The wood dealers report that this fuel
is very scarco-almost a famine.
There is an abundance of hard and
soft coal and With soft coal TO burn not
much wood is required.
The wood and coal dealers were
worked TO their full capacity yester-
day.
WATER PIPES FROZEN.
Water pipes are frozen in all parts of
the city and warmer weather will
bring Just such a harvest as the plumb
ers have been waiting for ali winter.
All exposed water pipes are frozen tight
and when the expansion process sets in
there Will he cracked and leaking pipes
in almost every house whose occupants
enjoy the comforts of improved water
facility.
HARD ON CROPS
Winter crops have suffered severely
II would be hard ~ imagine more
damaging weather. Six inches of snow
would have saved the truckers thou
sands of dollars. Spinach. kale ana
cabbage have been caught on the bleak
frozen ground without the slightest
protection, frozen stiff.
These trucks will be set back Il; least
four weeks.
Spinach was bringing $500 per bar
rel in New York yesterday with higher
prices expected.
The coolest places in the United
States are st. Paul and Bismarlk, &c de-
grees below zero on Thursday and IS
degrees yesterday.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
LOST.

n OST. = WILL THE GENTLEMAN
rs that picked up q lady's pocketbook
on Brambleton avenue. between Ferguson
and Kelly. kindly leave same at HILL &c
CO.'S Grocery Store, Brambleton avenue.
fe11-Sts
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

NJ EwLY FURNISHED ROOMS. SIN
IN gle and double. with good table
board. bath. gas, heat and all other con-
veniences: terms moderated; transicnts
accommodated. b0i Freemason street.
fe10-1w"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

IT OST. = A PUG PUP, FROM 100
IL Wood street. Finder will be re-
warded .f returned TO above address.
fe10-3ts
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
MORE MARVEL L0US REDUCTIONS.

"a ID u w u u kE1 &
The result is that you are
buying to-day Superbly Fin
ished Form Fitting - High
Glass Tailored Garments
made in our own workshops,
by our own First-Class Tail
ors, for our own direct and
exclusive sale. Mems Suits of
choice fabrics hobby weav-
ings and most stylish patterns
Many suitable for all the
year round wear. Mems Over.
coats of various weights and
shades, representing every con-
ceivable idea of fashionable
Overcoatings Garments that
tower in points Of workman
ship and general excellence as
far above the ordinary run of
ready made clothing as the
sun does over the earth
Ready to wear apparel that will
meet the requirements and
ideas of dress of the most par
ticular and fastidious dresser
such Suits and Over
coats that would ordinarily
bring twenty-five, thirty-three
and some even fifty per cent.
more than the Bargain prices
now quoted-but the time is
short, and to give the remainder
Of the Heavy Weights a Big
Push, this final cut has been
made just before the close of
season.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
BOARDERS.

w ANTGSD. = BOARD AND ROOM.
w by two gentlemen. in private fam
ily, near Monticello hotel; references
given and required. Address l.. c., Vir-
ginian-Piot. 1t
~ BNTLEAIAN AND WIFE DESIRE
w nicely furnished room and board IN
private family or first-clasS boarding
house: West End: references exchanged
Address "A. b." p. o. Box 16i. City.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

Read announcement Home Study
Circle"-5th page.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

The result is that you are
buying to-day correct Fitting
Accurately Tailored Mems
Trousers, made up in every
respect equal to the best Mer-
chant Tailor's Work from
choice designs of Worsteds,
Diagonals, Tweeds, Cheviots,
Cas,ineres in medium and
dark effects Of Pin Stripes and
Checks, PIaids and Over
plaids, including Blacks and
Blues in plain and fancy weav-
ings Of Worsteds and Cheviots
made in our own Tailor
shops-under our own per-
sonal supervision, warranted
thoroughly shrunken and as
perfect fitting and correctly
finished as it is ever possible
to build ready to wear Trou-
sers. Hundreds of these choice
PantaIoons are remnants from
Suits by reason of combina-
ton selling, and are sold for
less than the actual cost of the
material alone. to say nothing
of their superior type Of man
ufacture. Positively not a
single pair in the vast stock
that is not a Bargain, a BIG
BARGAIN, but clean up the
Pant Stock quick before the
close of the season, the
prices are Lower than ever
known to be named on first
class Trousers Of standard
manufacture
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11

nrst-ciaSs taDie board. convenient to
FreemaSon and Cumberland streets:
state terms. w II. +. =. Q. Box 1863
Norfolk. fe9-St'
q LEASANT FURNISHED ROOM.
a with or without board, at 24I Church
street, opposite ST. Pauls Church.
ja14-1m"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
II OR RENT. = FURNISHED, AN
Il eight-room house in Bramblcton: all
modern conVcnienccs; good loca ton: near
both lines of cars. Address Nv. L." care
this office fo7-1wa
u OR RENT NICE FURNISHED
~ room in best locality: all convcr-
FENCES. Reference required and given.
Address l.. Q. Box us, City. fei-tf
II OR RENT. THE TuREE-SToRY
brick building. corner Water and
Eayette streets. formerly occupied by {.
w. Grandy G Sons Possession given at
once Apply at office of BYRD. BALD
WIN d CO. jy9-tf
~ OR KENT.-THE THREE STORY
E Srick Store No. 600 Crawford street.
corner OF King. Portsmouth. formerly oc-
cupied by w. l.. New e Co. Possession
Eiven at once Apply TO JOSEPH GRICE,
DIS Middle street ial-tf
r OR RENT-sToREs. 200. 2o4. FOG
a Church street. at present occupied
by S. Bachrach s. Bro, D. z. Levy and
Mrs. ); s. D. Anderson; possession Ianu-
sry LIST. 1899. Apply to J. d. BANTER,
-So: ~ Snurch street oclS-tf
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-11
WOOD SCARCE.

1t is we'll for the people of Norfolk
that the cold spell is spent. and from
to-day there will be 4 very decided
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23
A WONDERFUL LASSO.
1t Is Fifty Feet Long and Made of
Women'S Hair.
LIE Pier, n BIackfOot Chief, Has a
Unique Relic of the Massacre of a
Party of Mormon Converts in
the Early Sixties.

Fifty feet of rope made from human
hair is CHASTITY evidence of the cruel
barbarity of the Indians who resisted
the encroachments of settlers in the far
northwestern states a quarter of a CEN
fury ago. This relic hangs in the hut
of an old Indian chief named lie Pier,
who lives in the Wanatchee valley, on
the Upper Columbia river.
There is, perhaps, no other lasso like
this one in all the world. 1t is a braided
rope, three-quarters of an inch thick,
made wholly of hair taken from white
Dwomen. Though the old Indian now al
/ lows but few people to see it, those who
have seen it say that it shows the
dark tresses of the brunette woman,
mingled with the brown and auburn,
land, in half a dozen places, yellow.
Where are traces of gray and white
&wisted here and there in the strange
ft-ariat, and it is estimated that about 80
|fwomen were scalped to make this fear
Iful relic, nearly all of whom were sup
posed to be the wives or daughters of
settlers of the Blackfoot valley
But this is not now believed to be
true. Old lie Pier has told the story of
how he became possessed of the lasso,
and it is the generally accepted story,
although many of the settlers of the
Blackfoot valley have good reason for
believing they are correct in saying
that this hair was taken from their own
flesh and blood.
Mrs. Candy, an old woman, now living
with brother in this valley, says that
she saw, about 1866, the Indian chief lie
Pier, raiding the settlement where she
lived, and that she saw him scalping
only women. She was herself prison
er, having been captured several days
prior to the general massacre which fol-
lowed. She says she first heard of this
human hair lasso ten years later, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23
UPPER REGIONS OF THE AIR.
UneXplored Space Is Very Much More
Interesting Than the
North Pole.

Above us there extends a vast unex-
plored space far more interesting from
a scientific point of view than the icy
regions around the north pole. No one
can reach the limit of the upper regions
of the air and live, unless he carries
with him air to breathe and fuel to
warm him; for at the paltry distance of
ten miles above the earth the air is too
thin to support respiration, and the
thermometer would register far below
zero. 1t would be a region of perpetual
snow on a peak of the earth if it should
rise to such height A person in a bal
loon could not hear friend in neigh
boring balloon, even if they were near
enough to shake hands. There would
be no medium for the propagation of
sound waves. There would, however,
still be a medium in fact of great con-
uctibility-almost as good as metal;
and it is this medium at even a less
height which Tesla proposes to use in
his methods of transmitting power
hundreds of miles through the air with
out wires.
We live under blanket of air which
protects us from the extreme cold k1N
outer space. This low temperature BIZ
comes evident $4,000 or Is 900 feet aboH.
the surface of the earth, and woultA as
have said, reach point far below zero
at height of ten miles. At this height
we should no longer observe the twink
ling of the stars; for this scintillation is
due to the movements of our atmos-
phere, which at the height | have men
toned would be extremely rarefied. If
one could photograph the suns spec
trum at this altitude we could greatly
extend our knowledge of the shortest
wave lengths of light; for the atmos-
phere completely ahsorbs such wave
.gths as are concerned in the X-rav
phenomena. That this absorption real
ly takes place can be proved in a labora-
tory.
The heat and light which we receive
from the sun are thus greatly modified
by this blanketing layer of air The
long waves of the energy from the sun
are called heat waves. The interme-
date waves are termed light waves;
and we receive these in full measure.
The very short waves, however, are
stopped by our atmosphere and are
transformed into-what?- Forum.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23
BABYISH BOYS
Their Sons Lack of Man
illness.

II
No woman admires babyish mai
yet one frequently sees a mother trait
ing a babyish boy. He comes in pout
ing and crying because some one treaf
him unfairly, or the fellows won't ~
him play, or he has met with fall, am
everyone is to blame but himself.
His mother coddles and pets hin;8
criticises the other boys; gives himh
piece of cake, and keeps him in WIFI
her.
The boys don't like to play with hin.
They call him mothers darling and
baby boy, and they get rid of him N
every way as soon as possible. He S
peevish, selfish and overbearing "
home, but that is interpreted as a 81
quence of his playmates spelling hin.
This kind of boy grows up and tals.
his fretful, fault-finding, ENJOYABLE di-
position with him. He has no luck IL
the world. His mother only is pattern
with him, but even she cannot be prou.l
of, nor lean lovingly on, such son.
How much better would it be for
mother kindly to show her little so1
his fault! And in so doing she need moi
lose sympathy for any real hurt OF
childish sorrow. - "a "
As rule, mothers cohs\ ssau!ssf FIN
offspring entirely superior to other &it
dren; they listen to a one-sided tale,
and harshly judge the other side,and
in consequence neighbors fall out and
children are encouraged to disagee-
twofold injury.
THE other boy didn't mean to hurt
you, Johnnie" was a wise womal's re-
ply to her complaining son. g have
seen you throw the ball in the same
way, and very likely you do other
naughty things, so you really hive no
right to get mad. Besides, it vii only
make other children laugh at pu and
call you names. Now you mus put a
stop to that by showing them tat you
can be manly, and are willing.o take
what you send. Go, my son; / really
hurts mamma to see you babybh."
Such course as this motherpursued
was most sensible; it developed the
ehild's sense of right, of justice and I'M
selfishness.
If you think it a slight thing,
mothers, you are mistaken. You take
the easiest way to rid yourselves OF
the matter, really and metaphysically
and caution him to 'let those boys
alone"
If his playmates are really bad, il
is your business to know it, and guard
your son from contamination; but you
do him an injury to keep him from the
company of other rollicking, sturdy
good-natured boys-boys in the full
est sense of the word.
Some time he must match his strength
physically and morally, with his kind
he must battle with life and its prob
lens when mother is powerless Il
shield him from the worlds harl
knocks.
Some time he and you must tr-alll
to the knowledge that it rs 81 d D.
cOurageously meeting disappoin u.fent
and discouragements that mani,
strength natures. Happy is the DO.
who has had that wise help and tina
sometimes wiser letting alone, whel
occasion demands, which inures and en-
mobiles his moral muscle!-Housewife
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

firmly believes it was made of hair
taken from the women killed at the
time, of whom her daughter and her
sister were victims.
Old LIE Pier, however, says that he OBJ
tanned the material from which the las
so was made few years before the
Washin gton massacre. A party of Nor
mon converts from the New England
states, numbering about 400 he says,
had crossed the Missouri river and were
far north of the usual route, hoping to
escape the Indians, who were then in
Testing the overland trail.
These immigrants had camped near
the foot of the Black Hills range, as ii
is historically known. They were at
tackled by the Indians and were all mas
sacred except two girls, who after
wards escaped to Fort Sully. Old lie
Pier says that his tribe of Blackfeet
were at war with the Sioux, who raid
ed the Mormons, and when his people,
who were out looking for trouble,
learned of the raid and the rich treas
y
solved to pay the Sioux long deferred
visit.
The fight was long and bloody, and
while the Blackfeet were victorious,
they left many dead upon the field,
They secured all the booty, including
horses, wagons, clothing, and, in fact,
ALL that the Mormons possessed.
Among the things recovered were the
scalps of the men and women of the
7Sarty who had been killed. Each scalp
Has intact, and lie Pier appropriated
We scalps of the white women to his
I.ise, because the hair was long and
could be worked into ornaments.
This is how, so he says, he came into
possession of the most wonderful col
lection of human hair ever brought to-
eether. 1t is evident from the work
manship on the lasso that it was not
done by the Sioux or Blackfeet, but
rather by some Pacific coast Indian,
many of whom are especially skilled in
hair work.
There is little doubt that the lasso
was made from the hair of the women
belonging to the Mormon caravan, a
majority of whom came from the New
England states, although the middle
and southern Atlantic states were well
represented. This is the overland par
ty that so mysteriously disappeared in
tie early COS, and of which no trace
was obtained for nearly five years,
when two girls, one about 16 and one
about 7, were rescued from the Sioux,
or rather exchanged for prisoners by
Gen. Sully in 1866.
They related the massacre of the par
ty by the Sioux, and told of the great
fight between them and the Blackfeet,
to this extent confirming the story OF
old lie Pier that he obtained the scalps
CT the women at that time. Last sum-
MGR LIE Pier was bribed with cast-ofi
sui Il of clothes and back number silk
hat to have his picture taken, which is
tho only one extant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

his right. A man sat at desk Uttered
with papers, while the young woman,
at this moment more daZed than fright
ened, stood with her profile toward the
door. Neither had heard Jacks en-
trance, and he dropped quickly into
chair near the door. The room was
poorly lighted, but he could see that
many of the papers on the desk were
fresh bank checks and also billheads of
many different kinds.
The man took up blank bank check
and held it, with a well-inked pen,
toward the young woman.
The cabman said your father was
hurt, did he? Well, that's a mistake.
Write this check to your husbands
name and will let you 60"
My husbands name" the young
woman repeated; will that do you any
good?"
Yes, certainly; be quick about it, too,
as l wish to draw it and get out of town
as soon as possible"
But l can't write that check. have
no money"
y IL
has plenty, to be sure-plenty."
NO, he hasn't" she replied, making
a move toward the door. He hasn't a
dollar"
you are lying" said the man, rising
from his desk and backing toward the
door to prevent her escape.
Let her go!" cried Jack, springing
from his chair. You scoundrel, let
her go!"
"Scoundrel!'' repeated the man.
Where is my pistol? Where is my re-
volver?"
Jack sprung at him, held him at bay
as easily as he had the claimants faded
horse, and drew bottle from his
pocket
Keep quiet" he cried, cor here is
something that Will go off more easily
than a pistol or rcvolver!" And he
swung the bottle containing the clear
fluid near the mans head.
Heaven help mel" cried the man,
collapsing into little maudlin heap,
Its nitroglycerin! Help! help!"
Jack grasped the man still more Wig
orously and turned to the young wom-
an. 'Now's your time; run and tell
that light-haired boy out there to bring
policeman. please"
The young woman sprung through
the door, there was another scuf1le and
tussle with the prisoner and Jack
| swung the bottle over his head as if 10
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

dash it on the floor beneath him. There
was a silence broken by the tread of
heavy feet coming along the passage
way.
The policeman is remarkably
prompt" thought Jack, not being able
in his position of holding down his man
to see who had entered the room.
We're obliged to you, sir" said one
man at his elbow, while another slipped
pair of handouts over the prisoners
hands. This has been a very annoy
ing case; an escaped lunatic, you know,
stark mad on the subject of raising
money on checks obtained on false pre-
lenses. We have been trying to capture
him for the last three weeks, but he
mas kept us on the wrong scent till this
morning, when a cabman-"
81 would like to see that cabman,"
said Jack, Indignantly, releasing the
now handcuffed man and rising to his
feet, "a man that"
MY father will deal with him." said
bright young voice back of him, 'and
he will also try to thank you for saving
my life with only bottle of-of-"
'Rosewater," laughed Jack. 81 car
l'ied it with me sometimes for my eyes.
1 should have been better armed if
had known"
THAT it was the wealthy and beauti-
full Mrs. Blount you were protecting!"
cried the handcuffed prisoner, whom
for the moment everyone had forgot
ten.
Mrs. Blount," repeated the young
woman, with an irresistible laugh, in
the midst of her nervousness and reac.
ton; do you mean the Mrs. Blount
who gave Tabatha the new public Ii
brary? No! No! I am not that Mrs,
Blount nor anyone"
"Allow me to see you safely home"
said Jack, hiding an odd look in his eyes
under the severest dignity.
IF you will, please" she answered,
simply. 81 won't feel safe till I'm out
of this dreadful part of the city"
So it came about that Jack never
mentioned his complaint against the ir-
responsible money-seeker, and that his
next letter to his father was this:
Dear Old Pater: Have found the en-
envy He was an escaped lunatic, and
now safely reasylumed can do no more
farther harm. Quite accidentally, |
have met Miss Julienne, the pretty
daughter of your old friend, Gen. Juli-
enne He has lately retired from ac-
tive service and will, at my earnest sug-
gestion, spend the winter in our city.
| shall stay over a few days longer as
witness to charges against a cabby.
Very simple affair, nothing disagree
able, so can spend my time with
Juliennes. There is also w-haired
boy l want to do something for. You
will find the daughter very attractive.
Jack"
"Ha! The daughter. is it?" COM
mented Jacks father. well-pleased.-
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23

ache, headache, nervous tired
feeling, painful menstruation
and leucorrh9a.
Itook four bottles of Vegetable
Compound, one box of Liver
Pills, and used one package of
Sanative Wash, and am now well.
l thank you again for the good
you have done for me.-ELLA E.
BRENNER, East Rochester, Ohio.
Great numb ""S of such letters as
the above are constantly being re-
ceived by Mrs. Pinkham from wo-
men who owe their health and
happiness to her advice and
medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham's address is
lynn. Mass. Her advice is Of
fered free to ali suffering women
who are puzzled about them
selves.
If you have backache don't neg
lectit, or try heroically to "worll
it down." you must reach the root
of the trouble, and nothing will
do this SO safely and surely as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Backache is accom-.
panied by a lot of other aches
and wearying sensations, but
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-23
Reward of $50, 900 onered.

A wealthy lady recently lost satchel con-
tanning jewels worth $l50,000, and now offers
4 reward of $4,000 cash to the finder. The
loss of health is far more serious than the
loss of jewels, and yet It can be recovered
without paying big rewards. A little money
invested in Hostetters Stomach Bitters will
restore strength to the weak, purify the
blood, establish regularity of the bowels and
help the stomach to properly digest the food
taken into il