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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-01

James r. Muiryan has petitioned
the board Of public works for a wa =
tsrman on Aloha street from East
lake avenue to Minor avenue north.
The petition states that the water
man II a necessity owing to- the In
crease Of the families In the neigh
borhood.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-01

Mrs. Karen Carlson. age 80, died
al the old Orllngton hotel Of cancer.
She leaves a daughter, Ida NJ. Carl
son.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-01

The amount OF fine paid into Judge
Cams court for criminal offenses
during the month OF june was 32l05.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-01
More Trouble 0C-
ours Near Pana.
SHEIIFF'S PRISONERS HNdED
Call for Troops -covsrnor Ssys
sheriff Msst TRY to Q1eli
the Riots.

SPRINGFIELD. III. July i.-Aet-
ing Gov. wardsr received the fol-
lowing message from theFin ~ VII
Hanson county this morning Ne
gro miners AZ F'r.dgnia fired on q
train conveying negro miners from
faua 10 ifruHh's mine. near Crater
Vile. killing one woman and wound
Ing ~ men. The coroner held AN iu-
quest. and warrants were issued for
Elk men. I arrested three. and they
were taken away from me b. the
mob, who cut the horses loose from
my carriage Rive hundred shots
we're exchanged between union and
non-uuiou miners. The town II
Union. north Of here. has been burn
Ell. am poWeriess e. qusii the riot.
send guns and 300 troops az once.
Gov. wardsf sent the following re-
ply send you Immediately 80 guns
and ammunition. summon posse II
good men at once. and d. everything
in your power 90 queli the riot. en-
force laW. aud protect life and prop
erty."
Warder said he would not order the
troops out until the sheriff had ex-
hauHtcd bis resources.
cARTERVfLLE. III. July THE
situation at the Brush mine eontin-
ues 20 be very serious The forces
o. the union men are being augment
81 steadily. Late last night tho
imported negroes. In retaliation for
the attack upon them. at fire tn
Union City. a small collection Of
shanties built by the union men. one
mile from town. for the use Of the
rejected union miners.
Every one of the buildings was re-
duccd TO ashes. A battle ensued.
In which many shots were fired: but.
a. far as II known nov. no one was
injured.
At daybreak the firing was rcsum-
ed. II IL reported that several non
union men were slightly wounded.
but the strikers suffered no losses.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
THE ROLL OF HONOR.

Pupils in the West Norfolk Public
Schools Who Merit Honors.
The following is the roll of honor OF
the West Norfolk public school for the
month. ending January 9Th. 1899:
~. j. Ruttcr principai-Studies:
Eighth Cradc-Wille +. Hudson. Sam
rel +. Sparrow, l.. Bertha Christian,
Ne.tie l.. Reyes. Nina Shackleton.
Seventh Grade-Fred Grcenwell,
Willie Greenwell. Eley Johnson. Wilson
Johnson, y. Lillian Gwynn. Flora V.
Thews.
Sixth Grade-Charlie d. Jackson.
Harry NJ. Johnson, John II. Eaby, Ell
lie Barrett Lillian Ashberry, lola
Gwynn, Emma Raby, Lydia j. Jack
son.
Fifth Grade-Herbcrt Hosier, Frank
Iah,,Snn -I,ssin EnrrN RnsSin N-arl
Esma Ashberry.
Primary Class--Lewis Ashberry.
Benjamin Dohson Lee Bonwell. Ernest
Cook. Elsie Jackson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Shackleton. Elsie
Jackson. Lewis Ashberry. Benjamin
DobsCn.
observation-disclosures Ashbeiry. John
RI. Raby. Samuel II. Sparrow. Erma
Ashberry, Lillian Ashberry. l.. Bertha
Christian, y. lola Gwynn. Ncttie l..
Reyes. Emma Raby, Nina Shackicton,
Flora V. Thews and Bessie Ward.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
ROYALTY on POSTAGE STAMPS.
New Set in Newfoundland Has Por-
traits OF Many Notables

Among the new postage stamps which
are destined to be popular is one Of
the Princess of Wales. the first time
,ne features OF this royal lady have
been designed in this way. saws the
Chicago Inter Ocean. The compliment
is paid her by Newfoundland
An earlier issue Includes the Prince
OF Wales. and his portrait and that of
the Princess form companion stamp,
OF the requisite value to carry a let
ter to any part of Europe or America
his being two-cent stamp. while thar
OF her Royal Highness. his wife. is n
three-ccnt stamp. the combination
making the necessary five-cent post
age.
In the same set is the new stamp
portrait OF the Queen of England as
she looks now. in her dirniiied cd ,s @
and III her widows cap. a one-cent
green stamp, and with it another and
younger scion of the royal family
makes his bow to an admiring pub
nc from the face of lavender stamp
me lit.ie son of the Duke of York and
me nelr apparent TO the British throne
Before me as | write is n letter from
me general postoffice, Newfoundland.
registered and postpaid with one-cent
STceh Victoria stamp. two one and one
haH cent stamps of her little
sreat, grandson. the small Duke
cent stamp of her gracious Mai
eStys daughter-in law. the Princess of
Wales. Quite family gathering for
ne conveyance of one letter. and n uni
que feature of postage portraiture, not
surpassed in any age or country.
Children's faces are not unknown on
stamps. the Queen of Holland being a
familiar sight to her subjects on the
lostase stamp of the Netherlands. But
,hn iift etieeti- worst,trr-
hood and her childish pictures, repre-
sentinS little girl with flowing hair
ana straight bangs. nre not represen-
,ative of Il crowned Queen. so she will
nave a new postage stamp made, in
decd has already done so. but withdrew
II from circulation because she did not
Like either the expression or the nose.
Any one who has received one or these
forbidden stamps can sell 1t for SO. In
few years it will be priceless.
Little Wilhelmina was not the only
royal childd on postage stamp-there
Is the boy King of Spain. Alfonso XIII.
ana there was q stamp bearing the
image OF the young King of Siam.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
THE BIRTHDAY or CHRIST.

a correspondent writes 10 the Boston
Herald Probably % out of every 100
people are under the imcression that
Christ was born exactly 1897 years ago
that is on December 25th. in the year
| i. d. Such. however. Is not the fact
Our method OF counting time was not
introduced till the year 532 a. u. The
calculation was erroneous. and ii was
found ten centuries afterwerd to be de-
ficient of the true period by a trife over
four years. But as the alteration Of n
system that had then been adopted by
nearly all Europe would have occasion
ed great confusion in civil affairs. the
error was. by general consent. allowed
to remain, and we continue to reckon
from the era first established which
however, lacks four years and six
days OF the real Christian epoch
Christ therefore. was really born or
December 18th, In the yer B. c.,
instead of on the day and year com
monty supposed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
ASSAULTED ny SAIr.Ocs

Moore, "a respectable colorcd civl. vino
lives with Mrs. Vincent. on Dinwiddie
street, started fer her home. on Scott
street. near Green. When passing the
corner of Green and Griffin streets two
men. dressed in sailor clothes, grabbed
her by each arm and dr5 gged her
some distance. The woman's screams
were heard Ivy two gentlemen. who
came 20 her aid and the men ran off
The police have been watching for sew
eral days two men who have been
acting suspiciously. but heNe not been
able to get any clue ON them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. q powder to Oe shaken INTO the
shoes. II makes tigh; on new SHOES fee.
easy; gives Instant reflex to corns ana
hunions It's the greatest CON fogt dis
covery OF the age. Cures and prevents
swollen feet. Misters, caiious aud s3.t
spots. Ailcns Foot Ease IS Il certain cue
for sweating. hot, acnnS. nervous feet.
At all druggists ard shoe stores 25e. Triai
package free. ADDRESS. Allen 5. Olmsied
lie Roy, y. Y.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07

The Chesapeake Tent, Knight of Mac
abees of the World, held n large and in
terestng meeting last night at their
hall on Sharpe street.
The funeral of Thomas Johnson.
whose death was mentioned In yester-
days issue. will take place Sunday at
ternoon at o'clock from the residence
of his parents in Montlant.
Mr. Charlie Mercer. who has been
very i'll at his home in Oakdale for
several days. is much improved.
MIR. Sammie Mercer while engaged
in work at the Columbia Chemical
Works yesterday. fell from scaffold.
and was rendered unconscious for some
time from the fall He was taken to
his home in Oakdale, where he received
medical attention. and was resting
quietly last night.
Yesterday afternoon the bottom CYL
lnder knives of one of the planning ma
chimes broke out while the machine was
in motion, and two OF them. twenty
inches long, went through the blow
pipe. Il distance OF about twenty-five
feet from the machine. and into the
top of the building, No one was hurt,
but several were put to flight.
Mir. Geo. l.. Stengle. commissary SER
geant of the First Delaware Regiment,
Is visiting his brother, Rev. c. L
Stenglc, on Liberty street.
Miss Daisy Holland. the guest of Miss
Naoma Ely. on Berkeley avenue. left
for her home. in Windsor, yesterday
evening.
The ohscquics of Mrs. Lizzie Garrett,
whose death was mentioned in this pa
per, We're conducted from the residence
of her parents yesterday afternoon at.
o'clock The remains were laid to
rest in Magnolia Cemetery.
Rev. |. w. Johnson. OF Suffolk. will
occupy the pulpit of Main Street Chris
tian Church Sunday. morning and eve
ming, while the pastor. Rev. NJ w. But
Ter goes 10 Windsor. Va. for Mr..
Johnson. to administer the Lords Sup
per for his congregation there N
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
At n regular meeting of Thomas JEFF
ferson Council No. 100. Jr. o. IT. A.
NJ. held last night. Deputy State Coun-
cillor t. NJ. Jones Installed the follow
ing officers for the ensuing term: Eu-
gene Colver. c.: w r. Snow v. c.;
w. 7. White. L. C.: IL. p. West. a. r.
;. NJ S. Smith. y s; c. F. Hudgins.
=. paughtrey, I. s.; II. NJ Farrell. o.
- NJ. II. Mcrrlsett, chaplain; w. #.
topping. Jr. L. c.. b. II. Bott. trustee
Tor eighteen months. After the install
lation. cigars were served and speaking
was INDUCED In by several members OF
the order from Peabody Council OF
Portsmouth. and Tidewater OF Bcrk-
ley.
TIE CHURCHES SUNDAY.
Eerkley Avenue Baptist Church, Rev.
t. Claggett Skinner minister = Divine
services at IL II m. and 1880 d. M:
morning subject. The Two Saviors;"
| evening. ";Veithcr Poverty Nor Wealt'h:'.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m: young
mems meeting at $50 p. m; missionary
meeting at $3.50 p. m. at which time
Rev. Charles /. Stensle will speak.
Chestnut Street NJ. T.. Church, Rev.
| f. ". Chandler pastor Preaching ut
II a. m. and 1880 p. "a; young mems
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-07
PORT NORFOLK

Port Norfolk NJ. e Church. South.
Rev. j. Franklin Carey pastor-Sunday
school. $50 a. M: preaching, IL a. m:
Epworth League, Gas p. m. Leader.
Howard Shields: preaching. 1880 p. III.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

bilitS WORKOUT feeling. lack of ambi.
ton, loss of flesh, sallow complexion.
If your water when allowed to re-
main undistarbed in a glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, forms a sedi.
ment OF settling or has q cloudy ap-
pearance. it is evidence that your kid.
neys and bladder need immediate atten.
ton.
The great discovery, Swamp Root,
has been tested in so many ways. in
hospital work, in private practice,
among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief, and has proved so sue
cesStul in every case, that a special
arrangement has been made by which
all the readers of this paper who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent absolutely free by mail.
Also a book telling more about Swamp
Root and containing some OF the
thousands upon thousands of testimoni-
al letters received from men and wom-
en- who W their good health. in fact,
their very lives, to the wonderful cura-
tive properties Of Swamp-Root. BE SIRE
and mention this paper when sending
your address to DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Bing-
hamton, \. y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
AN RDlNARY OLD COIN
But II Served 10 Bring Out the Fail
ings of Weak Humanity.

"Say!" said the street ear conductor to a
mild. mannered man who was deeply en-
crossed in his newspaper, Say, young tei-
Ter, | don't want this quarter. / can rsa
it," The m~ild-mAnnered man continued TO
hold out hls hand for his change, bat paid
no other attention TO the conductor.
See here" yelled the conductor, getting
red in the face, you can't pass no quarter
like that ON me. It's slick. | can't take it
for more than 20 cents
The mild man looked up and said: I'm
sorry, because you gave me that very quar-
ter Yourself last night, and I've been laying
Tor YOU since. Well, give it here lie took
the quarter and gave the conductor a nickel.
As he took the quarter from the conductor
ne suddenly dropped his newspaper and
gave a chuckle.
'Well, well!' he exclaimed; heres luck.
Bless me ii that isr't an 1892 quarter with
II stars and an arrow. Its worth S3.s2.'
He slipped it into his pocket with evidence
OF much satisfaction,
A hungry-eyed man in the corner, who had
overheard the conversation, Jumped up and
said to the conductor;
Isn't that the very quarter | gave you
yesterday morning. ! missed that quarter.
1t was a pocketpiece and a valuable coin.
! remember now that | gave 1t to You. | de-
mand it" he said, looking iiercely at the
mild man. If you are a gentleman you will
give it to me-"
1T isn't yours. You neser gave it to me.
My wife gave ne the coin by mistake; it's
part of a collection that's been in the fam.
lily since 1877 yelled the conductor.
Il tell you it's mine said the hungry-eyed
man. Thus they wrangled and quarreled all
I he way lOwptbun
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
WIT N WISDOM.

It's always the man on the first foo
that's the high liycr"-uever he who
inhabits the garrct.-San Francisco Elk
amincr.
Not every delicate envelope contains
4 love letter. Sometimes it contains 4
notc stopping the ~raper-Washingter
(Ia.) Democrat,
The man who is sorry he did wrong
simply because he fears that punish
mcnt may follow is not genuinely sor-
ry.-L, \, w, Bulletin,
Mndge-"IIc stole a kiss from me
Mabei-"Well, thar was only petit lar
ccny." Madgc 1T wasu't-it was
grand. brooklyn Life.
These eggs are no so good as the
ones sent last week" They ought to
be. mum. They're out of the same
crate. = Detroit Free Press.
llawkslcy-"Here's u pretty girl
cloped with a dentist" Blunt-"ll'm,
| suppose at the last minute he didn't
pull the tooth!"-rhiladelphia North
American.
\ man may leave footprints on he
sands of time with impuuity, but he
should be careful how he leaves them
around on It recently scrubbed kitchen
loor.-Chieago Daily News.
Watts-"l want to say that magician
WIS simplv wonderful. Fancy pulling
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

When they don't your rdole body
must suffer.
II YOU are sick, doctor your kidneys,
because as soon as they are well they
will help all the other organs to health.
The mild and extraordinary effect of
DR.. kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures OF the most distressing cases and
is sold by druggists in |tifty-cent and
|one-dollar bottles. Make a note of the
name, SWAMP-ROOT, Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root.
You may have a sample bottle of this
famous kidney remedy sent free by
mail, postpaid, BY which YOU may test
its virtues for such disorders Ms kidney.
bladder and uric acid diseases. aud uri.
nary troubles, obliged to pass water
frequently night and day, smarting or
irritation in passing, brickdust or seGi-
mcnt in the urine, constant headache,
~backache, lame back, dizziness. sleep
l%essness, indigestion, nervousness, skin
trouble, anaemia, Bright's disease. neu-
ralgta, rheumatism, bloating, irrita.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
500 Reward 800,

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment, Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up theconstitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
SIEPLE FOOD.


Kings and queens, emperors and EN-.
presses, Icing supposed to br tht
height of refinement, which is in turn
a word for common sense in a scientific
form, inquiry into just what tn,
crowned heads OF the civilized wor!C
consume at their daily meals may prove
Of interest to the connoiseur in gas.
tronomy. 1t develops that Victoria, al.
though by reason OF the number OF re,
t%aincrs She cNpends upon her lardei
some $j0a.G00 per year, is in her private
eating one of the simplest of women
Breakfast at nine is rs a rule COMPOSED
OF a very fine grade of Souchong tea.
rolls, either Niennese or French, and
fruit. She lunches at two ON fruit
some light baking of meat and one side
dish. Dinner at nine may or may not
be elaborate, according 10 the persons
entertained. She loves apples, import.
ing for her W especial use a fine va.
riety raised in New York state. Her
fayorite center dish is a fillet of beef a
la dalphine, with baked potatoes.
The royal family at Berliu breakfast
like amy loving couple, the empress
with her hair done up in Il loose coil.
wearing half the time Il Mother Hub.
bard, the emperor sporting a smoking
jacket. The attendants having served
a breakfast usually consisting OF eggs.
meat, tea and bread, withdraw TO leave
their ~highnesses TO their W reilec.
tons. No ceremony is observed. IEel
majesty serves the yiandS with her own
fair hands, doubtless thereby pleasing
this sturdy descendant of Frederick
the Great, who, like the heroes Of hi,
line for generations, will eat nothing
not made in Germany"
The late empress of Austria, being
out at dinner time in Vienna one dav,
went unrecognized into a restaurant
and ate alone. When She walked salts,
fed to the paying place her bill was
40 cents. The queen of Greece touches
nothing but the simplest foods. and in
Lent fasts like "A num-. The king OF
Italy is "A vegetarian. The pope, as ali
the world knows, is in his diet simple
TO insanity. The mikado of Japan. like
Emperor William, dimes alone with hi.
wife, partaking of wines and simple
food iii truly ascetic moderation, In
short, OF the prominent rulers but two
and those of rapidly %dccaying nations.
place their stomach on the pedestal OF
a god. The late Chinese emperor was n
gourlnand, as would be the sultan o,
turkey could he muster sufficient vi.
taiity.-Cincinnati Enurirer
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
Two Valued OpIutpnn.

A prominent western railway man, in
speaking Of the passenger service of the
New York Central, says: at begins right,
ends right, and is right in the middle"
An officer of one of the transpacific steam
ship lines says: There is no train service
in the. world comparable with that of the
New York Centrals Lake Shore Limited"
The best is the cheapest, and the best
is always best. The New York Central
stands at the head Of the passenger lines
Of this country and has fairly earned the
title of "America's Greatest Railroad."-
Buffalo Commercial, February IA, 1899.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
"Nc md Mnrin."

An elderly man stepped into a big
hotel the other day, accompanied by
his wife. and ASKED for a room. When
the polite clerk gave him "A pen and
placed the register before him he looked
rislbly embarrassed. but he took the
pen and bent over the book as thouuh
he had ncrred himself to some despcr-
ate task. He started to write, and
then stopped and began to think. The
clerk, of course, didn't know what the
trouble was or else he would have vol
nntecred his services. After Il painful
pause the ruralist started to scratch
ing some more, After the expiration
OF fully five minutes the farmer threw
down the pen with a sigh of relief.
wiped the pe~rspiration from his brow.
and reioined his better half, who had
been waiting in the lobby during the
ordeal. The clerk was curious to see n
signature that required such an I'M
usual length of time tc execute. The
clerk is a solemn man, but he nearly
went off into II tit when he saw. in big.
round script, this legend:
Me and Maria. Syracuse Standard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29

81 have used r~e-ru-na for a number
of years with the very best results for
catarrhal diseases. | shall never be
without it.. | never fail to recommend
/: when an opportunity presentsitself.'
j. II, Caldwell, Robelinc, La.
Gilbert %IIofcr, Grays, Ky, says in a
letter dated March It'll, 1891: II have
used four bottles of Pe-ru-na and am
well of my catarrh, and it cured my
Brieht's disease. | had been troubled
for two years. weigh twenty pounds
more than | did before Twas taken sick.
| shall never be without Pe-ru-na,"
Send for free catarrh book. Address
DR.. Hartman, Columbus, 0.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
His Philosophy,

Mis- Johnsing, wy doan' yo' Git dat man
o youahs to atten' Divine wo'ship once in
70 de good lan's sake, Pa'son Green, dat
no count niggah Use married to ain bin in
SIDE a chu'ch TO mon ten yeah"
'Ao' doan mean t tell me dat he amt
nevah sperienced religion, Mis- Johnsing:'
y CUES, dat's bout right, pa'son, doaf
don lax t say it,"
EFF he ain in de faith, den wha' doctrine
does he cling to, Mis- Johnsing?"
well. pa'son, | amt got much opinion
IN de mattah, but | kind O reckon dat DE-
only, doctrine he hangs onto wild any very
grea' amount o tenasticy am de one dat sez.
a bird in de bag am wuth two on de roost,
when de doah o de coop's got a sprinl
lock an de dawg's unchained."-Cleveland
Leader.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-04-29
"Coaraee and Strength
in Tines Of Danger"
Read tie qyarntnq betgveen

Read tie earning between
the lines. What thai evarn-
ing? lis of the danger from
accumulation of badness in
the blood. caused by the
asaal heaVy lUtag Of the
Winter months. Spring is
the clearing, cleansing tlne
fMe year; the forefanner Of
the brightness and beatty Of
glorious Samn1er.
Follow the principle that Nature lays
down. Start in atonce and purify your
blood with that great specific, Hoods
Sarsapariila. Fasrcr dlS7ppojaiS.
Turnors-"A tamor as big as a large
marble came under my tongue and instead
of letting my physician operate omit, | used
my f~avorlte spring tonic, Hoods Sarsapa-
Iilla. The bunch soon ~Gi,appCarod.h Mis-.
ii. N. CosuRN, 80 Mer'k ST, Lowell, Mass.
Phcumatiem -" he'd Rheumatism for
five wears ana can cGnscICUtiDusIy say that
Hoods Sarsaparilla has gwen me entire
relief. AS blood purifier it has helped my
children wonderfully" Mis- s. A. SAGAR.
Is Franklin Avenue, passaic, Nd.