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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14
High Collar
Comfort

Is all in the laundering. We ircn the
edges SO they viii not scratch no matter
how high the collar may he. We We
Domestic Finish or high gloss as YOU
prefer. Only one kind Of work, The
Best"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

STOP THAT COUGH. HOW? BILL
soly Compound Cough Syrup does it
every time. Price 25 cents per bottle
at Bilisoly & BiIisoly's, 1910 Washing
Ton avenue. 1O-4-t IF
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14
Union Transfer Company.
WL1NTY-EIGHTH STREET AN
WASHINGTON AVENUE.

Calls for and delivers baggage ana
packages to all parts of the city.
EEL Phone ~. Citizens Phone S47.
7-3-Glnn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

CASH, OLD POST
age and revenue stamps; valuable
stamps found on backs OF old photo
graphs. Send for buying list, T. S.
Cook, Box 3o2, Hampton, Va 5-3-tf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14
FOR SALE.

TOR S1ALE-CHEAF'. SALOON. WE'LL
established, fully licensed, good 10
cality. will stand investigation. own
or retiring from business. Apply Ma
tional Brewing Co 1O-11-3t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-DEsIRABL OFFICES
suitable for Doctor, Dentist lor Law
Yer Apply to Mrs. John Whey, at
w. Tenants Photograph Studio.
low washington avenue. 8-5-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

WA NTED-RO ARDERS BEST Ac-
cnMmodatonS. Room and board for
81 per week. at 40 Twcnty-nintt
street 10-11 At
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

Something NV.
The Little Ladies' Orchestra Tonight
4: 240& Washington avenue. IO-1;;-lt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14
The Manhattan
Is the best value offered in the TYPE
WRITER market.

The following letter shows how it does
the work:
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". L. COOKE. Local Agent.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

II yon want warm Underwear we can
show you many styles that are fresh
and new.
l0-ll-5t. WOODWARD & WOMHI,E
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

ED--OCCUP.ANTS FOR TWO
Very desirable rooms. each suitable
Tor two gentlemen, With good board
q, Mrs. DOSWELL'S, 105 Twenty
seventh street. lO-S-3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14
For Trad-.-Lo,s foeLumber.

We have q client who will exchange
some valuable lots for lumber and 9th.
CT building material. rottrell lca
Estate Go. II
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

Il Buy a $4,000 Insurance Accident Tick
&et before you start on your trip. Costs
only 20 cents per day.
G. B.. NEIjMS e. BRO,
Agents Travellers Insurance CO.
No. 1873 Twenty-fifth street, City.
92S-lm,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

FREQ orchestra Concert,
Every night at Averll's, o4O; Wash
NEton avenue. 1c-l3-ll
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-14

A Splendid Home Site.
A beautiful lot overlooking James
rive: can be had al a reasonable price
Located on Fifth street. between
washington and Lafayette. Cottrel
Real Estate co. 1t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

An unsightly or dark corner OF a
back yard or garden may, without
much difficulty, be converted into quite
an attractive spot by the construction
of fernery. This can be done by re-
moving the flags, i. any, rearing them
on edge as kind OF border line, filing
in behind with good garden soil, if
leaf mold and sandy peat are not OBJ
tainable for mixing it. See that there
is plenty of drainage by placing a
thick layer Of broken stones or bricks
at the bottom, then add the soil in the
shape of gently sloping bank, stud
ding it with rough stones (the rougher
the better) from a sandstone quarry.
In gathering wild ferns do not attempt
tc bring home large specimens. Be
content with small plants with plenty
of root. They will make fair show
in themselves if properly attended to.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

Cornelius Breckenridge OF Taliafer-
70, Ky, was in town the other day and
while talking to a friend he thrust his
hand under his waistcoat and pulled
out a snowy white beard which reached
almost to his knees, says the Denver
Times. 81 am going to tell you an
incident of my lie that has never be-
fore been made public" he said. THAT
beard of mine is now thirty-one inches
long and the cause OF its length is all
due to the fact that once made a bet.
When the var broke out l was one OF
the southerners who enlisted and
fought with the eonfederates. Quite
naturally my feeling toward Abraham
Lincoln was not of the best. When
old Abe came up the second time for
election l said to friend: Bob, if old
Abe is elected ! will never again shave
WELL said Bob, if abe Lincoln is not
elected l will never snave.' Both OF us
agreed it should stand as bet and the
election day rolled around ard the
result is we'll known"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
How tho world Carries Its Money.

To the initiated, a mans nationality
is betrayed by the way he carries his
money. The Englishman carries his
loose in his right-hand trousers pocket
gold, silver and copper all mixed up to-
gether. He pulls handful of the mix
ture out of his pocket in a large, opu-
lent way, and selects the coins he has
need of. The American carries his wad
Of bills in a peculiar long, narrow
pocketbook, in which the greenbacks
lie fiat; the Frenchman makes use of
a leather purse with no distinguishing
characteristics, while the German uses
one gaily embroidered in silks by the
fair hands Of some Lottchen or Nina.
The half civilized capitalist from some
torrid South American city carries his
dollars in a belt, with cunningly de-
vised pockets TO battle the gentlemen
with the light fingers. Some OF these
belts are very expensive. The Italian
Of the poorer class ties up his little
fortune in gaily colored handkerchief
secured with many knots, which he
secrets in some mysterious manner
about his clothes. A similar course
has charms for the Spaniard; while
the lower-class Russian exhibits pref
erence for his boots or the lining of
his clothes as hiding place for his
savings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
A oRAvEDIccERs' PHILOSOPHY
Queer Traits of Character Analysed by
the Cemetery Worker.

queer traits or character Anaiyzed by
the Cemetery Worker.
The gravediggers in the different
burying grounds have their own phi
losophy of life One of them who has
been in the business neatly rs
years, and who takes an exceedingly
cheerful view of life notwithstanding
his occupation, said that when he first
went into it he felt kind of shaky,"
but that now he would as soon dig
grave as do anything else, says the
Baltimore Sun. i've seen some mighty
queer things in my time," he said.
1--WE seen people-mourners, mean
catch sight of name on the card tied
on to some flower piece and then they
have gone straight to work to tear up
the whole thing. I'll tell you another
thing I've noticed. When a woman
comes along and makes a big fuss at
her husbands funeral and says, I
can't live without him. know that in
few weeks time I'll see her out here
leaning on some young fellows arm.
It's never failed. It's happened every
time. But the people-women and
men too-who don't take on a lot, but
just keep still and sometimes don't
even shed a tear, that's the kind that
grieves. You don't see that kind mar
rying again so SOON"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

So magnificent a palace is the Paris
Opera that the Parisians long ago
ceased to consider whether other ma
tons have good music or good artists.
II is temple for music so surprising all
others, with such troops of government
tai priests, all decorated with the rib
bon of the Legion of Honor, with such
throngs of worshipers in diamonds,
silks and black dress coats, that good
old favorites like Faust" and Les
Huguenots' suffice ii. It is true that
lately they have taken up Wagner, so
that the tourists of the summer may
hear such novelties as "Tannhauser"
and 'The Valkyrie:" but this must be
taken as an extraordinary innovation.
The Paris Opera is for French COM
posers. And as French composers just
now are not making great successes the
repertoire is made up from the good
old ordinary. Owned and patronized
by the government, the Paris Opera is
administered on well-considered civil
service principles. No disloyal rivalry
nay mar its decent regularity. No
u2ripe enterprise disturbs its mild Sc
ranity. 1t is content to bring out two
new failures every year, and say that
all is WELL
The public of the Opera would not
have it otherwise. The orchestra and
iarquet chairs, reserved to men in
evening dress, make calm digesting
STOOLS for clubmen, where the we'll
known arias comfort them and aid
their calculations for tomorrow's races
and tonights baccarat Between the
acts you stand up, put on your hat. adj
jlst your opera glasses, and stare upon
the ladies in the boxes with prolonged
and comprehensive familiarity. ITEMS,
Kline. X Her diamonds are imita-
tions!" "The belle Nine. G. Quelle
decolletagel Why does she keep her
gaze lowered?"
They talk aloud now, having whis-
pered through the act To do otherwise
Is to show that you have no acquaint-
snces around you, and to be alone in
the orchestra indicates that you are an
outsider.
A la bonnie heure. as they say in
French. a great change comes over the
scene on the afternoon of a free rep
resentation." Really. these free per-
formances at government playhouses,
the Opera, Opera Comique, the Theater
Francois and the Odeon, present one Of
she most remarkable spectacles of up
to-date Paris. They take place regu-
iarly on the various grand fete days Of
the year, and cost heavily in breakages
and cleaning up. They are no newer
.han the idea of socialism itself. An
cient Rome offered free spectacles at
the Colosseum to its citizens, just as it
made gratuitous distributions of wheat.
panem ct circansesi was the word
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

ner court. He is even ready to indorse
the views of the janitor-to carry the
white mans burden for the off-scour-
ing of our social system. Then, you
say, into what unhappy contempt does
ne bring a name conveying such ten
derness as does Santa Maria? My con-
tention is that is all wrong with the
decency of the man and all right with
the name of the apartment-building
The Abbotsford,' you say. Great
Scott can a man live up to that? Can
he dwell always upon the pinnacles of
romance while stuffing cheese and beer
In little back room? Can he live up
to the idea of dwelling in the compan-
ionship of fatted knights. who rescue
distressed maidens when at his daily
business he has to haggle over the sale
price OF pair of pants and to figure
with the girl who brings him his lunch
upon the relative merits of corned beef
hash and chicken wing puree with
rice?' While you are right in part. you
are wrong in most All of us admit
that the sentimental atmosphere sur
rounding man makes for much in
his daily conduct. say that it makes
for everything. If live in the Wash
ington' don't you perceive l am going
to be higher, decenter, cleaner. more
devoted citizen than l would be if
lived in the Aaron Burr?' There is a
standard set for me; If am half hon
est to my environment | must try to
attain it. Don't you suppose that n
resident of the John B. Cough fats
will pay more taxes in the end than
the dweller in 'Bacchante' apartments?
Wouldn't your chest expansion be
greater on the twelfth floor of the
'Mastodon' than in the parlor suite of
the Little Jennie?' Some names, of
course, are i'll chosen and comparative
ly meaningless. l do not myself like
to see a twenty-foot front. story-and-
a-half bit of brick and mortar called
the Pantheon nor a nest amid a
world of downtown stories called the
Plaza del Mesa del Virginia. but, gem
orally speaking, there is a good deal
in name, in fiat name, Shakes
peare Notwithstanding"
Now would you prefer to live in the
Otis or the 'Aguinaldo?' asked one
of the carpers. Lest l incriminate
myself" said the original speaker, Il
decline to answer Come up with me
to the House of David and will see
what can be done to remove this dust"
Chicago Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
ARMY HORSES HARD TO GET.
Purchasing Department Finds DiaicuIty

Purchasing Department Finds Difficulty
in Meeting the Requirements.
The entire northwest is being ram
sacked by agents of the war depart
ment in quest of horses suitable for
the cavalry and artillery of the army
The horses procured are for the most
part brought to Chicago, where they
are inspected, and then distributed
wherever there is need of them. Among
the requirements are the color of the
animal, it's weight and its height. The
owner must stand the expense of hav-
ing the two front shoes removed, fur
nish halter and have the animal
weighed. ''It would require the ami
mails to be nodded" said horse trader
at the stockyards. AS yet there are
few horses that we have received that
come up to the requirements of the or
der, and an owner having a horse that
would answer the style that is wanted
by the army demands larger price
than the government offers to pay"
The local horsemen state that the gov
eminent will have to make some allow
ance on the order or it will not get the
requisite number from this territory.
Horses are being secured that will
come up to the requirements in many
respects, but it is feared that they will
be turned down by the government
buyer the same as they were last year.
Chicago Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
WOULDN'T DAREBuY THE GUN
Texas Man Admired the Jeweled Re-
voIver, hut Declined to Purchase.

Texas Man Admired the Jeweled Re-
voIver, hut Declined to Purchase.
A few months ago, when State Treas
urer William Workman of Texas was
in Chicago, he visited one of the large
jewelry stores in State street, where
he noticed a showcase filled with splen-
did jeweled revolvers, with silver and
gold grips and chased barrels, having
precious stones set into the butts.
'Lemme see one of those guns" he
said to the clerk. (Which one, sir?"
1.-THE gold one, with the big ruby in
the handle" The clerk too it from the
case. 1t was marked $500, and it
looked worth even more The Texan
took it tenderly in both hands and
held it admiringly up to the light
Then, drawing himself up to his full
height, which was six and one-half
feet, he rested the revolver barrel upon
his left elbow, crooked for the pur-
pose, and looked over the sights down
the long store Those persons who
saw him involuntarily lodged. Say"
said Mr. Workman with quiet but in
tense enthusiasm as he returned the
weapon, IF l was - wear that gun
down in my state tn people would be
falling down on their knees begging
to be killed with it."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
The Latest In shower Rath.

A Scotchman was once advised to
take shower baths. A friend explained
to him how to fit UP one by the use oil
a cistern and colander, and Sandy ac-
cordingly set to work and had the
thing done 1t once. Subsequently he
was met by the friend who had given
him the advice, and being asked how
he enjoyed the bath: Man" said he
eft was fine. l liked it rale weel. and
kept myself quite dry, too" Being
asked how he managed to take the
shower and yet remain quite dry, he
replied: Gracious, We dinna, surely, ]
was sac daft as to stand ALLOW the wa
ter withoot an umbrella ?"-Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
A TALE OF TOE.
But the Animal Was Killed and the Too

Recovered.
A bronze-yisaged, middle-aged man
Joined the party. Several Of the group
recognized him as the captain OF one
Of the big tramp steamers which ply
between Philadelphia and foreign ports
and place in the circle was at once
made for him. We've been killing
time telling Stories" some one ex-
planned. Suppose you turn in your
contribution. The captain thought
a moment and then smiled. Il was
thinking of something that happened
on my last voyage" he finally said.
1--WE had on board as a cook big coll
ored fellow, whose principal compan-
ion was little yellow cur dog. One
day, while the cook was preparing
some beef Tor dinner he let the heavy
cleaver with which he was doing the
chopping slip from his grasp. 1t fell
to the floor with thud and the cook
emitted a howl OF anguish that was
heard all over the ship. The cleaver
had struck one of his bare feet and
sliced the big toe off as neatly as any
surgeon could have done it. Here was
a chance for the yellow dog, and he
seized it. Making dive for the sew
cred toe, he swallowed it in one gulp
and then made bee line for the deck.
This was more than the cook, crazed
with pain, could stand, and he hurled
the cleaver at the dog. His aim proved
true and his curship passed out of ex-
istence then and there. At this juno
ture the ships doctor came up to find
out what all the row was about. When
he learned the truth he laughed. I'll
fix that for you he exclaimed to the
cook; wait till | get my instrument
case Within five minutes he had held
post-mortem on the dog and recover
ed the lost toe. Washing it with anti
septics, he skillfully stitched it back
in place again and the cook hobbled
back to his quarters minus the dog.
but with as many toes as he had ever
had. That's about the only story | re-
call just now, gentlemen. 1t has the
merit Of being true. however. and II
you don't believe 1t come down to the
ship any time and I'll show you the
cleaver. The cook has quit the sea
and l don't know his present address.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

Dean Stanley had great respect Tor
presence Of mind, and used with great
delight to tell story Of presence Of
mind by which he liberated himself
from dangerous visitor. Since he
was willing to see almost any one who
asked for him. he once told his servant
to usher into his study a gentleman
who had called, and who happened to
bear a name which was familiar to
him. When the gentleman appeared
he proved to be an entire stranger. It
was evident there had been some mis-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
RELIC PlLFERINo MINISTER'S
They Chip Pieces of the washingt.
$50. -. -, ~, ~, = ,,,

They Chip Pieces of the washingto
Monument and Pay Well for Them.
From the New York Mail and Ex-
press: Colonel Bingham, superintend-
ent of public buildings and grounds,
who has charge of the Washington
monument, says one of the greatest
trouDles the watchmen at the monu-
ment have to contend with is the chip
ping of these memorial stones by relic
hunters. zone Of the strangest things
in regard to these relic hunters said
Colonel Bingham, lis the fact that
more than one-half of the men arrested
for chipping off relics are clergymen.
When the police arrest these despoil-
ers and start with them to the station
house the man will begin to ask what
is the penalty and Try to beg off. He
is told that the fine is heavy one, but
that SIS security can De put up for ap-
pearance in the police court. Then the
prisoner explains that he is minister
of the gospel and meant no harm, and
that he could not st;lnd the disgrace OF
appearing in poli.e court. He ends
up by giving up the collateral. after
generally trying to cut it down to $40.
saying he has only that amount with
him."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
Got Her Doll.

A little English girl dropped her doll
in very deep hole not long ago and
wrote to Queen Victoria that she
thought it had dropped through the
earth, and, as she had heard the other
side belonged to the queen, she wished
the queen would order it sent back.
She did not get her own doll back, but
she got another one, a great deal finer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

take. This became still more evident
when, advancing with an air of great
excitement, the gentleman exclaimed:
Sir, have message to the queen
from the Most High. 7 beg that you
deliver it instantly" In that case"
said the dean, taking up his hat,
there is not a moment to be lost. Let
us go at once" They went downstairs
into the hall. and. opening the door.
the dean requested his visitor to step
out. No sooner had he done so than
the dean shut the door behind the
lunatic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
Bailey's Laxative Tablets Cures ConstIpa-
finn.

The active principle is cascara sa-
grada, plant found in California.
1t does not do the work for the bowels
but makes the bowels do their own
work. 1t gets the bowels back in the
habit of doing their own work, and
after they have been reused into a
state Of healthy activity, and the liver
and other organs also, they will con-
tinue on without medicine. They
will cure sick headache, billiousness
and liver troubles and constipation
and remove poisonous matter from
the system. Put up in 10 and % cent
packages. For sale J. L. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

cheapest seats OF
the Paris opera is
by way of the great
stairway. There is
no side entrance
for the gallery
gods. Well, such
is the force of habit
that a great part of
the crowd always
starts to rush up
those four flights,
when the best seats
of the orchestra are
waiting for them.
The ordinary
odor Of a Paris OPP
era night is that OF
femininity and per-
fumes. But when
the populace has
gained possession
the smell is of ham.
wine, oranges and
peppermint. Those
who get into the
boxes - and there
are many boxes at
the Paris Opera
spread their table.
A quart bottle of
red wine for each
individual, plenty
Of cold ham and
c h ! C k e n, with
bread and cheese
and fruits thought
to be a model
lunch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
in FRANCES FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE

them. 1t is the custom, and nobody
protests. But when such customers
are rare the spectators. Threatened
with the performance, sadly slip away
to pick UP pennies elsewhere. The
crowd is good-natured, singing, eating,
drinking, chatting. four deep all around
the opera house, hedged in by ropes.
Now and then a woman faints or a
child gets an arm broken, but the
general cheerfulness is irrepressible.
When the doors open the great
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28
The Free Shows Generally Result in Riotous
Evening Character of the Crowd.

bread and shows! The people" pay a
good part of the taxes, and the sub
Mentioned playhouses of Paris take a
good slice Of the public revenue. There
fore it is just. 1t is an attractive sight
to see the riff-raff tumbling into the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

Lightning caused the death OF 367
persons In the United States last year
and a property loss OF s1.441.S $50. Few
of the deaths occurred in cities. The
annual number OF thunderstorms at
given localities in this country aver
ages between thirty-iye and forty-five
The maximum is in the southeastern
states.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-28

Lakefront-That
circus man must be
a fool.
Wabash-What's
be been doing?
Lakefront-Why,
he actually wants
rs to pay money to
watch animals eat.