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The times., 1899-06-18

"Hechts' Greater Stores. :"
Valueslil wash goods which cam
not be approached by other stores.

values which because of unsurpassed
chasing powers-and outlet for unlimited quantities.
Figured etan1ine lawns, 35c,
cool fabric in openwok designs with cored figures dark
Corded swiss muls sc yard
70 S handsome
Plain grenadines, 8ac yard,
r
Plaid and striped nainsooks, 35c,
a
sells
and Sc yard. All Sc
Sheer white india inon, Sac,
sheer nnsIiu omorrnm only w. fnr rarh ~ m ~ s M s' w w
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Sheer white india linon, Sac,

the finest fold non which other will
sheer quality only for 3-4c yard
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Boys wash pants.
Boys SIS blue serge suits, $2.98.
Knee pants, 19c.

This is the remarkable Offering Hechts made in
boys clothing Blue suits for boys l6 which
the best suits possible buy There have been
offerings of boys suits S but they suits which
buy everywhere for So and S day of the week
These sus-sold by every cotheT
The color is fast they made eegantlyned and
forced perfectly
The times., 1899-06-18

BOYS WASH sUITs-o, good quail
ity Galatea cloth. with collars OF plain
coiors; perfectly washable; usu- oor
ally sold for 49c.. for. ~
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8 special values in turkish towels.

Extra heavy unbleach-
ed and bleached Turkish
towels of good size.
which sell for u l-2 ",
cents, for. .CS
The times., 1899-06-18
Paid and striped nainsooks,, 355c,

full
il for 7Scy yard.
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Figured etamine lawns, BIC,

cool dress fabric in designs with coored
The times., 1899-06-18

BOYS FINER WASH SUITS-of
finest Galatea cloth and linen crash.
with wide sailor collars. trimmed with
braid of several colors-suits ACC
which are worth s1.00. for. ~
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Corded swiss mulls, SIC yard,

in such beautiful combinations pink white purple
white blue and white black and white also in plain blue
navy, cariina-insead yard
yardowest price named for this fabric.
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"Rough Rider" straws, S1.89.

We have sold Rough Rider" hats than other
store in townth We first to cut the and
long buy them under price shall the
benefit More of these hats of Macinaw trimmed
with silk NULL chiffon and large quill will sale tomOr
morning at SS9 You will find them the those for
which asked elsewhere
of o n
be
o
The times., 1899-06-18

values which come TO us because of our unsur
chasing powers-and outlet for unlimited quaint
The times., 1899-06-18
Plain grenadines, Sc yard,

the
where for 2 12c yad-wil be offered
The times., 1899-06-18

Extra heavy and large
size bleached and un-
bleached Turkish towels.
hemmed or fringed, in
stead of % cents. 15C
for. or..............IJ
The times., 1899-06-18

Tomorrow we shall let you buy Me-
line in all colors, which has sold up to
this time for 33c yard. for lie.
BUNCHES OF SILK BUTTERCUPS
-Cowslips in all coiors, foliage. long
sprays of leaves. clusters of berries,
wreaths OF wild flowers, roses, daisies,
cornfiowers. etc, which sold for 69c to
CSC, for PIC.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
TERRIBLE MISTAKE MADE.
The Healthy Eye of Thomas Stewart Re-
moved Instead OF the One That Had
Been Sightless for Seven Years.

MONTREAL. April 20-Seven years
ago Thomas Stewart, then ten years
old, lost the sight of one eye, the blade
of penknife having been accidentally
run into IT, DR.. Alexander Proudfoot
attended him. Recently DR.. Proudfoot
advised the removal of the useless
eye as the only means of preserv-
ing the other intact. This was
agreed TO and the delicate task
was entrusted to Dr. Proudfoot, who is
assistant oculist and aurist to the gem
eral hospital. The operation took
place at the family residence, and at
It's conclusion it was found that ter
rible mistake had been made-the
healthy eye had been removed. On re-
'overy from the effects of the anes-
hetic the patient found himself blind.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
ANOTHER BIG COMBINATION.
Nearly All the Manufacturer. Of sIL p,,-
oons and Broad Silks In the Coun.
try to Combine.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-The World
Friday says: Circulars have been is
sued by the promoters for a combina-
tion OF all the concerns in this country
engaged in the manufacture of silk
ribbons and broad silk goods. MANY
have signified their willingness to en-.
ter the deal. Among the largest man
ufacturers who have refused are the
Cheney Brothers, OF Connecticut. and
schwarzbach, Huber & Co., who have
mills at Union Hill, n. j.. and in Penn
sylvania.
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A Saloon Keeper Killed.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, May 1.--Russel
Server, saloon keeper of Coalburg,
this county, was found dead on the c.
d o. tracks Sunday with bullet
wound in his body. John Killinger,
a merchant of Coalburg. has been ar
rested for the crime. 1t is said Kill
niger killed Server for paying too
much attention to Killinger's wife.
Later it has been ascertained that
the wives of Killinger and Server were
quarreling and their husbands took
part. Killinger emptied both barrels
Of a shotgun in Servers side, killing
him instantly.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FIRE.
Everything Destroyed In its Path-lrs
Rolia Livingston and Her SON
Burned to Death

CoLERIDGE, Neb, May IA prairie
tre burning in the hay fats at Onlong,
the northern tier of the county, ten
miles from this place Sunday after
noon, passed into the track of a tor
nado and was swept with the speed of
the wind diagonally across this county
for rs miles, destroying every
thing in it's path. The only
lives lost, as far as known.
were those of Mrs. Rolla Livingston
and her fve-year-old boy. The woman
saw the fire coming and ran to a pas
ture to release the family stock. The
boy followed her. Both were knocked
down by the terrified animals. The
fire passed over them before they could
get out Of the way. The body OF the
boy was almost consumed and Mrs
Livingston lived but few hours.
A great many cattle were overtaken
Ind burned. A large number OF farm
houses were destroyed, and the famil- !
es escaped by seeking refuge beyond
he track Of the storm. The path Of
he fire was nearly one mile wide.
Some of the losses are: Rolla Liy-
ngston. $4,000: Stanley Martin. sao..
90; David Walker. $40, 600; Isaac
$4,000; w. A. Bennett. IS, 200;
oseph Hodgkin. $50, 900; VIM. Weber.
IS, 200; James Parsons, 800 head of
ock, etc, 10000; Vim. Zook, large
umber of horses and cattle. $40, 0,OOQ ,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
To BE Concentrated at the Pre.,a,o

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29-Three
thousand recruits and 90 officers will
be concentrated at the Presidio. The
large post will be converted into A
regular recruiting and receiving rem
devious for troops. There are over a
thousand men here now under COM
mand of Col. Harbach, Sd infantry,
and Capt Hardin, 18th infantry, adju-
tant.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
me Thousand Strikers Seize a
Train at Burke and Go
10 Wardner.
..gRILD 1900 POUNDS GIANT POWDER.
.hrug1 a Mistake the Miners Opened
lr. ON Their own rickets and
one Was Killed.
.o.i c-s 81 the Depart mcnt of California
our Ihcy Are Under Command of
cen Merriam i Columbus. o.,
Company With Them.

N4lu>iE. Ida. May "A mob of
.. L0.p r.oting miners on a strike
.. a :rain at Burke, at the head of
| u r~cck. ana came here, bring
H.'D them 5000 pounds of giant
a.er
/ Ur. hundred and forty masked mem-
0t The mob made an attack with
n.ac~,crs on the buildings of the
.,..r l.il and sullivan Mill mines.
/ gr.e', had been sent on ahead and
sigma. shot from one of them was
4 ,'..,a for hostile demonstration.
,-a -..Hav the strikers opened fire
'a,.r oVn pickcts. Jacl, Smith, one
.tae pockets was killed. jim Cayne |
fatally injured Cayne was a
ae,r iil and sullivan mill man
aa> clrr.cd of by the strikers. j.
la-c-,. n stonographcr, was shot
ra,a ;.c lip The giant powder
>-v.ca into five blasts, by the last
which The sullivan mill was de-
|ayed
After three hours of riotiug the mob
a-.ed tae train and steamed away.
rou-uuion employees have taken TO
cl.l> Tie cause of the strike was
ae demand Of the union miners for
t,g na e., and for the discharge of t
,..--..,a men. The first request /
Ia, granted by the mine owners, but 9
.ree.aa va, refused. c
>raANr Wash, May 2.-GeneraI r,
.lm-or Ear.r.dgc, of the Wardner n
.ue,. accompanied by MS family and II
-.,ra,L.cu, Burch, arrived here Il,
~ Nar.ncr sunday night. They SC
fra compelled to- walk over the hills in
Ha.acy ,1 escape the mob. They w
.,e .u l..iabic condition when they Sc
aoed Spokane. Every post com TO
-aacr .u ,ac department of Calffor- tr
has received orders TO hold troops w
resd.nc,s TO start for Wardner at XII
Moments notice. The railroads have ,
% no-tci 20 have special trains ms
d. Noac,uai orders to 20 have Nc
teen received. ola
ne'eo. May AL the troops in ths
-.far'1eu, of The lakes have been clu
.',! 'y Nardncr, Ida. the scene I
'.e miners troubles, according to ate
5 ". u. Young. now in Chi the
- There are but seven compan- Nc,
omPl ,.n- about 500 men. in the of c
-.~en, 80 present, two troops solo
'a'a'y and a battery Of ar p
t @, IT, Sheridan, and the re- Mar
-ar companies divided between the
@'a> tarracas, o.; TT. Wayne, De- sion
a-4 H. Brady, Northern Michi- gent
'en. Merriam has been ordered graf
'' '''''N'--. hear
''M Co., May ten. Merriam tude
b. Is a'Ge-dc-camp, Lieut.. J. L. Ben triur
aaye .e!, for Wardner to investi- w
lie miners riot. tho J
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struck by q I ornado.

BREcKESRlDGE, Mo-, April ga
tornado struck this place, wrecking
many small houses and blowing down
almost all the chimneys in the town.
Awnings, fire walls and smokestacks
were badly damaged. The large -four.
ing mill was unroofed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Gold Pound In Tennessee.

ToMPKISsvrLLE Ky, May IA
gold mine assaying s4O.5o per ton in
gold and $3.50 in silver has been dis
covered on the farm of Joe Livingston.
Mt Willeppe, Tenn. Joe Mckinney, an
Did miner Of Jacksonville. Col. is.push-
ing the development of the mine.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
@'O' H'm'ndcd to the Tomb.

,,. ,oLA May Justice Book
s....., ."' slP'ene court Monday.
.a., -. '-' ,. "f.' of habeas corpus in
.,.1 we murder OF Mrs. Adams
Io.I. .-e ID. prisoner reiuanded TO
.'.o. lac grand jury will now
as., ISSUANCE Of another in
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Two Miners Killed.

NEW YORK, May IA premature ex-
plosion in the Richmond iron mine at
Port Orange, n. j., killed two miners,
Charles McPeak and James Williams
and terribly injured William McPeak,
who will probably die.
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r.. n,, ~ Charles Neyams,
! e-g.. "" 'Ae elevated railroad.
.a to 'r ,.,.. oy d train Monday and
ra, .,' vac street many feet below.
.s.,.ss, as body fe!l on passing
- by them. '"em being
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
nospltnl I,ulldlng I,urnad.

DEs MoISEs, Ia, April 30. The hos
pital building at the Iowa Institution
for Feeble Minded Children at Glen
wood burned Friday. About so in.
mates OF the institution were rescued
with difficulty. Loss $40. OUU.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
The Warrants Drawn.

WAsnIsoToS, May -Four United
States treasury warrants for S.. oco. 900
each will be drawn Saturday ami trans
mitted to the secretary of state, 10 be
used in settlement of the saO.cO0, 600
due Spain under the Paris treaty.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Death of Mai. It.. %. Brown.

TOLEDO, o., April o9.--Maj. 4. o.
Brown, prominent on the state staff OF
Gen. liartsuff during the late war, died
here Friday, aged "a. He was one of
the most prominent men in G. A. X.
circles in Ohio.
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fioater In the Ohio River.

BErLEvirLE. w. Va. April a7.-The
remains of an unknown fioater. appar-
emily 40 years old. with light hair.
sandy mustache. weight i7s pounds.
was found by the crew Of the steamer
oneida in the Ohio near here. A cor
oner's inquest is in progress.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
ADAYOFSTORMS.
'a'es Prevailed Throughout Nebraska
and Iowa Sunday, Doing Damage.
IA saundors' County the Storm pes,,ox.s
everything In Its waks-L.rgs Guam
fity OF Stock Was Kill.d-s.y.
erai Persons Injured.

h'ocA' Ia, hay IA tornado struel
'his place at $3.50 p. m. Sunday. doipc
considerable damage to property. Thu
storm moved in southerly direction
and passed through the outskirts Of
the town. Two houses on the out.
SKIRTS were blown down but no ons
was hurt. In the confusion. as thi,
aiSpatch is sent, it is impossible to
learn the names of the occupan.s IA
they are newcomers.
Three miles southeast Of Avoca :.
farmer named Hunt lost his barn and
part OF his stock. Ills house was
slightly damaged and two members OF
his family slightly injured.
The storm next struck Oakland for.
miles south Of Avoca. Near this place
the barn on the farm of Richard Files
was utterly demolished and some stock
killed. The family was absent NJ tb.
time A man named Pollock. residing
on an adjoining farm, lost his barn.
some cattle and had his house partly
wreck, but no one was hurt A milo
further on the wind wrecked the house.
oarn and other outbuildings OF John
HUNT, farmer. The contents of tba
mouse were strewn all over the sur
rounding country. One member of tho
family was slightly injured. Between
avoca and Oakland telegraph and tele-
Pnone poles were prostrated and COM
nnnication cut off for several hours-
Trees three inches in diameter vv.r.
'ither twisted or torn up by the roots
lie "lnd was accompanied by rain.
OaAHA, Neb., May This has been
DAY OF severe storms in Nebraska.
no all sorts of rumors are coming in
Omaha Sunday night about serious c
amago dono by the wind. For the +
ast three days gales have prevailed
'roughout the state, accompanied by
lin, and in few places a fall OF hail.
western Nebraska dust storms made
fe well nigh unendurabe and started p
'airie fires, which did considerable p
image. d
Saturday night severe thunder p
orms prevailed in the eastern part Of "
c state and continued up till noon
nday. At Omaha the rainfall wa, "
heaviest known for years at this ="
ison, doing some damage to private Ia
operty and washing out sewers in "
ne parts of the city. Along the limo
the Union Pacific the wind has VI
ne considerable harm. At North ca
ute Sunday hundred tclo- W.
Jpn poles were prostrated. At ~
lparaiso, in Saunders county, wind I'll
'roaching the proportions of tor Tn
10 demolished some farm buildings eio
Killed some stock. Wahoo. the A'
nty seat of Saunders county. re-
is slight damage by wind. WIZ
eavy rains, accompanied by strong W"
DIS are reported at Fairbury, Geneva, "o'
mont, Columbus and Schuyler. sa'
Neb.. May IA tornado
day passed through Saunders coun- ~
about four miles west, destroying ue.'
ything in its wake. A large ul
1tity of stock was killed. One =
was slightly hurt. The damage n"'
property will amount to several owe
lsand dollars. The storm went in ~, M"
rtherly direction and was about a "'
ter of a mile wide. stru
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
... - Tor the SZo.oooooo

b. of,1a 'or' ~ May Assistant Sec
Ieo-aip, t.. ',''liy Fandcr,ip Mon
.tsa, H.. handed to Secretary IIav
snn.' 'S' 80 ooo 900 to be band"S
saboa. son' .I through Ambassa-
''e treaty. '''e terms Of
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Peace jubilee King.

WASHINGTON. April es-Col. f. b.
Hay is to be king Of the peace jubilee.
The wheelmen's parade will be big
feature of the revelries. The Ellis will
turn out 200 strong.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Todd sloane Wins Again.

LONDON. April 9o.--At Newmarket
Friday Todd Sloane >won the 1.ooO-
guinea stakes on Pierre Lorillard's
Sibola, horse bred in America. The
betting was IS to 8 against Sibola.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
Libel Suit against senator clark,

BUTTE, Mont, May 1.-State Senator
Fred Whiteside has fled libel suit
agaist United States Senator Clark for
100000 The suit grows out of recent
bribery charges
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-05-04
'ou' s,orunin I,,,,

isq.s, @"y 2. Wind. ra;o .,
'et H.. 'n d small area near
= iarmo-" "'0day- Albert Lind.
" V tUild.po. seriously injured.
'atle live destroyed and
stock was killed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
COL. JAMES A. SEXTON
SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF A
VERY BUSY MAN.
Had a Most Brilliant Career in the
Civil War-Was Prominent in Chica-
go Business Circles.

Colonel James a. Sexton, the mem
Der of the war investigating committee
who died just before that body con-
cluded it's work, was a man who had
led a very busy life. He was born i'm
Chicago, January 8, 1874. He enlisted
as a private in the Nineteenth Illinois,
April 10, 1861, and after three months
service enlisted in the Sixty-seventh
Illinois volunteers, being commissioned
as first lieutenant of Company e. He
was subsequently transferred to the
Seventy Illinois. and made cap
tain of Company d. He served in the
army of the Tennessee, and participant
ed in nearly all it's campaigns sieges
and battles. He was commander of the
regiment in the battles of Columbia,
Duck River, Spring Hill, Franklin and
Nashville, and throughout the Nash
vile campaign. In 1865 he was assign
ed to duty on the staff of Major A. g..
Smith, commander of the Sixteenth ar
my corps, and remained in that SER
vice until the close of the war. At the
capture of the Spanish fort at Mobile,
Ala, April 3, 1865, Colonel Sexton had
his left leg broken below the knee by
a piece of shell. He was also slightly
wounded at the battle of Nashville. He
remained in Alabama for two years
after the war, working a plantation
which he had purchased near Mont
gomery. In 1867 he returned to Chica-
go and engaged in business, founding
the firm of j. A. & II. S. Sexton. He
was appointed postmaster of Chicago
by President Harrison in 1889, resign
ing on January 1, 1895.
Colonel Sexton was an active worker
in the Grand Army of the Republic
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion
and other soldier and army societies
He was past commander of the depart
ment of Illinois G. A. r., and has beer
presidential elector, park commits
soner and colonel in the Illinois ma
tional guard. At the last meeting o.
the Grand Army of the Republic HI
was elected commander in chief anC
held that position at the time of hi
| death
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
To Rent.

At Hanalei, Kauai, the Princeville
Plantation Company, will lease their
Mill and Diffusion Plant, capacity
twenty-five tons in twenty-four hours;
also, their Lands not under Lease,
comprising 1900 to 1000 acres of ara
BILE land, which can all be irrigated by
water from the mountains, by bitches
or pipes.
Something over one-half the stock
of this company is for sale. Land in
cludes the Valleys of Hanalei, Kalihi-
kai and Kalihiwai, most of which are
under lease for rice culture.
For all particulars apply to
GEO. II. ROBERTSON,
At Brewer & Co.'S, Queen Street.
Honolulu, August 81. 1898.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
LANDS
Sale.

1st-Two lots at Kaliki, facing Kane
hameha " Road and in front of
c. Markhams residence, with a new
dwelling on.
2nd--One lot, 96x2O0 feet mauka of the
Catholic church premises at Kalihi.
3rd-Twenty-four lots at Kapalama,
lying mauka of King street, about
300 feet from the Kapalama tram
ways depot.
lth-Five lots and houses at Kapala-
ma, situated mauka of King street
and on the Waikiki side of Morris
Estate premises, income S552.OO a
year.
jth-A lot of about half an acre, maui
ka side of King street, about 400
feet from the corner of Liliha and
King streets. The premises produce
an income Of $4,000 per annum.
Gth-Twenty- three lots, 50x1OO feet, in
Puunui Tract; twenty-five lots,
75x15O, in Puunui Tract; twenty five
lots 1OOX2O0, in Puunui Tract
7th-Six lots, 1O0x2OO, on Nuuanu street
right opposite the old ice works;
about 800 lots, 5Ox1OO at Nuuanu at
rear and mauka of the above lots.
! Sth-About fifty lots in the Kekio
Tract, situated opposite the Makee
Island band stand. 1t is admitted
that it is one of the best tracts neal
the Waikiki sea beach.
9th-About fifty lots in the Kapahull
Tract
1Oth-About 1000 acres in Kealakomo
Puma, Hawaii; the land extends
from the beach to about two mile
from the Volcano.
11th-City properties, etc. etc.
Prices are the cheapest in the mar
ket.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
A GOOD LAW.

A law has just been enacted in Della
ware to punish persons who commence
a crime in Delaware which is COM
pleted elsewhere. This is to cover the
cases like the Botkin case, where poi
son is alleged to have been sent by
mail. 1t should be initiated widely
Post Intelligencer
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
EXPANSION ANYHOW

Notwithstanding the opposition on
the part of our United States senators
to expansion Pittsburg trolley cars are
to be sent into Egypt for use on the
streets of Cairo. Only little time I'M
til the great republic dominates all
the old countries, annexation or not
st. Louis Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24

NEW JOKES.
The only new jokes are those we have
forgotten.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-02-24
CASTLE & COOKE, LIMITED
Commission rIerchants.
SUGAR FACTORS.

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
The Koloa Agricultural Co.
The Onomea Sugar Co.
The Fulton Iron Works, st. Louis,
Missouri.
The Standard Oil Co.
The George f. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life In
surance Co., of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Co., of
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co., of Lon,
don.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-01
BRAVE YOUNG WOMAN.
she Get Away with the Oysters DUs
Net In the Uaual Man.

81
A young girl from the state of Washing.
ton who came east to visit a western sen
ator . family last winter, had an experiences
she hasn't forgotten yet. The first few days
Of her stay in the capital were spent there,
and her meals were sent to her room. On
the very first evening she ordered oysters
for dinner. Now, she knew nothing Of .
real, life sized oyster, having spent all her
days on the Pacific coast, where oysters are
different. She was young and exceedingly
inexperienced, and she said to the waiter:
Bring me 50 oysters"
The waiter gasped.
Els that ALP he said.
"Oh. Nc" she answered, cheerfully. Bring
Newell, dinner, too"
She says herself that she had to shut her
eyelids tight to keep her eyes from pop
ping clear out Of her head when she saw the
50 oysters.
Isn't that more than 50!" she asked.
No, miss" answ cred the waiter. shall
| take some away and he grinned. 1t
blood rose at it.
NO." she said, coolly. Its mot too
many. I'm hungry"
She locked the door after the astonished
dark night, but she could see the roofs Of
the adjoining houses almost within arms
reach beneath her window. Only a narrow
alley separated the buildings. She took .
fork, and deity and dexterously, one by
one, she flung the oysters a. far as she could.
She could hear them fall MOSTLY, softly, fab
billy upon the roof opposite. When the
waiter returned, two oysters lay on her
plate: His eyes rolled wonderingly at her.
Was-was the oysters good? he asked,
and he did not grin.
Fairly good" she made answer, calmly;
but ! wasn't really hungry, after al" p.
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