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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29
THE .DEAREST, RACKET
Worked by Cincinnati Whlslxey Concern
In This CITY.


There are many slick games other
than the legitimate means of adver-
Using, to attract the attention of the
public TO certain articles Of manufac-
ture and many Of them are worked
successfully on Newport News people.
This City has The reputation Of being
easy with the faki!S and that ac-
counts for the presence 'of such Il large
number of them throughout the year.
A Cincinnati liquor house has sue
ceSsfuly worked the latest advertising
scheme and they used the United States
mails TO accomplish their end. The
game is q daring one. and it has b-.n
operated thus far without interruption,
from the Federal authorities. Whether
o: not it will be taken up ut headquar-
!cl'S is not known. but the local postal
authorities say that the case. does not
come under the head OF using the mail
for Fraudulent purposes although the
scheme is 4 clear deception.
III the past few days about 40 letters.
apparently written on blue tinted pa
per and enclosed III the same shade Of
envelope. HAY" been received ly peoDl.
here, som. Of Them prominent men The
letters are addressed in a neat feminine
hand and down III the left hand corner
OF each envel"pe are the words, Open
Cd. but not read
Sure enough. all Of the envcloI,.S had
been cut open at one end making ii
appear as il some one in the postal
,.,.i !. 7''nt: on 70 "lo'il th% lei1cr
80 1,el ~ NSltu ny mistake haa
ol''1't.i - -N'ItHFa!lE II makes 7 man
' ''tl', - = iIt'et ,h'lt hai neeh
'i '. aho "h"n ne taxes the letter
. ~. .,i,u sS"s .he WAY u is addressed.
,,,;,i' -, - - - ll1t'ks nun
!" 49,: IT. rs "oh know now
80 - J,h,.
N. -, - ~ t'clS AGAIN. III
1885, "!iSli.S Were
49,. 49, ~" n'A''7 an" l"r IN" c;'r-
i.t. 'l,, s'liie rs any "lner
49, : ~ 'il' iASuSreci!nS p"stolice
~, ,, ~ - Sliein re'rh"h 'h"ir pro.
,,'''' ,''T, o"t rom some "l
-. i'.,o'.!Fe h'''rh AGAIN. ana
,l. 1850 .a.
,;t,il,' !. - siSnlS were casS
,', - II 7S'it'i!'. W men thcN saw
IT. III t!leir boxes or received
.I.,'ir . WIN; i'a'S ~ BUSINESS iheS
.,. =! ti,.i' iltlnS % iiEike IL warm
~ .,.'; ! !! IT, 80, ~" liil MS ahlc
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s;e,s,1 ~, M,ii,Io" tneS Ment and m
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-, 49, '''t 1'n', contents iclu
- ''''''S .'l'iei tltN Iil'' one Tor Whon'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29
NEW YORK MONEY! ~

,-I-Iy,- ~ ~ T t..
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-AItuey on cal1
nm. at oolt per cent; last loan, ) per
reno, ruiIns rate, per cent. Prime
ing exchange, easier, with actua, hne-
mess IN bankers bills at 4.S53sM4. Sc for
demand, and at 4.S1@.A for SIXTY DAYS.
posted rates, 4.S20i1a and 4S7; CONNER
clal bills, 40. Silver certificates. 5SI
gay Gay; bar silver. 5s7s; Mexican dollars,
- a. government bonds. strong: sta4e
bonds, easier; railroad bonds easisr
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29
IT No AM
Ill ARK.
Invites you to call anc

Invites you to call and
look over it's handsome holiday
display before going elsewhere.
Consignments Of Christmas
goods are being received daily
and our stock is new and clean.
Our prices are as low as the
lowest, and our goods are first
class in quality. Call on US
and be convinced.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29

--------- N ~ t-tT1ITy DuTE. ---- -
Come home early
Aifectionately,
KATIE.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29

REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Nt.W YORK. NOV. 2S.-The Hurry IN
call money in tn" last half hour today.
induced! a selling movement which ear
ried prices in the MINORITY Of the list
below last night. Stocks which had
advanced strongly suffered from prHiit
taking ana their gains We're much re-
duceI where they Were not entirely
wiped out. The market WAS spotty ana
irregular throughout and the naint.
nance of the price level was due rathe
To {. cessation of yesterdays factors IF
weakness than To any elements Of pos
itvc strength. London, which was j
heavy seller yesterday, was inclined to
buy today on the new account succeed
ing The settlement. The large prpht
ta<in" in l'lltnGr" ana Ohio stocks
was 50 far hiGcst"d that those stocks
resumed their advance. United states
Leather, by comparison With reCcnt
performances. displayed 4 Stabl" @uui
Iibrium and the incl ease in the dividend
rat" on the preferred stock did not
NOV. it over a fraction. Yesterdays
aggression upon sugar was also discon
,inucd'and lhe stock WAS strong for the
greater part OF the day.
ElIPED ~ THE, BUD.
When thes" conditions We're devclop-
ed an attempt was made to inaugurata
bull canpaign in me iron and steel
stocks. but it proved abortive. The
movement in the Baltimore and Ohio
stocks. Pennsylvania ana New York
Central was the most conspicuous
movement Of the day and did moro
than anything else to sustain prices.
Chesapeake and Ohio also rose above
its previous high level.
There were notable advances in
number Of obscure stocks including
Peoria. Decatur and Evansville, Du
luth. South Shore and Atlantis. Inc
buffalo, Rochester and PittshurS
stocks ana some Of the minor indus
trials Manhattan lost all its gain lie
fore he close
HOPES SHATT,ERED
Enthusiasm over Saturdays strong
bank statement was much diminished
by the discovery that the Who:
strength of the showing was due to the
operations of one bank. The renewal
of apprehension ever the money out
look was emphasized by several dev"l-
opments. There We're renewed ship
mcnts of currency to New Orleans
through deposits for transfer at the
sub treasury ana New York exchange
at Chicago weakened suddenly to 20
cents discount.
When tho various symptoms Of the
ing the call loan rate tn 10 per cent.
prices turned downward throughout the
list and the tone at the closing vas
easy.
The total sales Of stocks today were
81 800 shares. Stocks closed as fol
lows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-29
It's 8 Bear Possibility

now that the shooting season is here
that you will be going cunning for
something to cheer the inner man on
cool evening, or to make merry with
your friends at the festive board.
When you want something choice, vel
vety, smooth and rich in flavor try our
whiskey. You will hunt a long time be-
fore finding anything SO pure and pal
atable. Our whiskey is away up In
r. J.. MACKEY,
24th and Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
. u.,s o. th. 1r,sh Masters

The Irish masters of hounds are be-
ginning to feel the pinch of war times
as well as others. Some years ago the
system Of registering horses for gov
eminent purposes was started and
many people laughed at it as a useless
scheme. but now 1t is found to work
we'll. Under it, the owners Of horses
registered receive a small sum per an
mum, undertaking to sell each animal
at q certain price when called upon to
do so. Many of the large tramway,
omnibus. and others. have numbers Of
horses SO registered, and it appears
that masters Of hounds have also
taken advantage Of the scheme, receiv-
ing an allowance annually for the
hunt horses. The Remount Depart
ment Of ireland, Of, which Prince
Francis Of Teck is chief, are busy TAX
ing up all available registered horses
now for South Africa, and the hunt
horses Of the Ward stag-hounds, the
Meath Hounds, the Tipperary, and 9th.
er packs have all been requisitioned.
It is rather hard on the masters to
have to give up the hunt horses just
as the season Is opening, as it will DO
very hard to replace them now. The
average price fixed on all. horses so
registered Is about 940.s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02

III we cannot rave our children from
temptation we can at least make them
strong against it," and pointed her
moral by adjoining it with a tale. II
remember" she said, hearing Of a
lady who was giving a large dinner
party and went downstairs to see how
the table looked just before the dinner
hour. The was not properly
lighted, and she stood in the gloom.
Suddenly she heard a pair Of pattering
feet coming downstairs and q. small
child in a nightgown came in. It
climbed up a chair and took down the
topmost peach and departed. The
watcher stood wondering what to do,
when she heard. the steps again. The
little one had returned and, placing
the peach back in it's place, departed
nj more, remarking: Sold again,
old devil!'"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02

a gone on the stage had she not met
MI. Reed In San Francisco at a social
party. Impressed with her yiyacitv.
ne laughingly offered her a position in
MS company, which was accepted, at
once. During the run of the comedy
at the Star theater, New York. her
acting and naive methods attracted.
the attention Of Chas. Frohman. who
engaged her to create the role of
Wilbur's Ann in "The Girl I Left Be-
hind Me" at the Empire theater.. in
which she scored an emphatic hit.
De Wolf Hopper had become ac-
qua1nted with Miss Wallace along the
first of her New York engagement.
and it must have been a case of love at
first sight, for in a few weeks the we'll
known comedian had married the pref
ty soubrette, who, in three years, had
made a name for herself.
While Mr.. Hopper was presenting
"Panjandrum" at the Broadway thea
ter, Della. Fox was taken i'll, and when
she decided to take a vacation in the
form of a trip to Europe, the big O
median wa at his wits end to find a
substitute to play the part Of Paquita
in her absence.
MI. Frohman was appealed to. and
on the following Monday evening Miss
Wallace, who had in the meantime be-
come Mr.. Hopper's wife, played Miss
Fox's part. Mrs. Hopper continued to
play the role for sixteen weeks. and
when Miss Fox deserted the Hopper
standard for stellar honors, she re-
NAMED in the part until 'Dr. Syntax"
was produced at the Broadway theater.
She then created the character Of
Merope Mallow in that comic opera,
and during the comedians memorable
tour last season, which included San
Francisco and all the principal west
ern and southern cities, she alternated
the character Of Merope with that Of
Mataya, the Grown Prince. in wang"
Perhaps the best work Of Mrs. Hop
per's. brief professional career is her
clever assumption Of the role Of Es-
trelda, the hero-worshiping coquette in
John Philip sousa's EEL Captain"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
December 18th and 18th.
GlaZ2z&l3lE|D

December t and 18th.
The National Flax, Hemp and Ramie'
association will meet in Fargo on De-
cember 18th and 18th next. The flax
interests of North Dakota have In the
past few years assumed such vast pro-
portions that it is second to wheat.
Anything that will give information on
the subject Of its cultivation and the
uses to which It can be put in the inter-
ests Of the farmers will be of vast inn
port to them. The raising Of fax Is i'm
portant from many standpoints, and
by those familiar with it's cultivation,
getting together and exchanging views,
cannot help but benefit all those who
attend. Located in Fargo is the only,
fax mill in the state. She also has the
first fax fiber mill erected in the state,
about ready to begin operation. Those
who attend will e the practical work
ings Of both mills there. By the cree
tion Of oil and fiber mills in different
portions Of the state farmers will find
a ready market for seed and for straw
and fiber as well.
The national secretary states that
men and women who are eminent, not
only in the culture of fax, but the uses
to which the straw or fiber can be put,
will attend the convention. The rail-
roads have arranged for reduced rates
on the certificate plan. Pay full fare
at the starting point and get a receipt
from the selling agent, and the secre-
tary will certify to your attendance
and you car return home at one-ffth
fare in North and South Dakota and
one-third fare in Minnesota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
AN PET.
What Came Of Having a Big Lizard
on Board,

What Came of Having a Big Lizard
While coasting in South African
waters, says Robert Cochrane, in
Strange Pets on %Shipboard," l had
a monitor lizard as a pet, confined in
a box. Fully five feet long from tip
to tail, he swelled and tapered in the
most perfect lines Of beauty. Smooth,
though scaly, and inky black, tartaned
all over with transverse rows of bright
yellow spots, with eyes that glittered
like fire and teeth like quartz, with his
forked tongue continually flashing out
from his bright red mouth, he had a
wild, weird loveliness that was most
uncanny. Mephistopheles, as the cap
tain not inaptly called him, knew me
and took his cockroaches from my
hand, although perfectly frantic when
any one else went near him. If a
piece Of wood, however hard, were
dropped into his cage, it was instantly
torn in pieces. One day the steward,
pale with fear, entered the ward-room
and reported, "The lizard escaped, sir,
and yafling (rending) the men," 1
rushed on deck. The animal had torn
his cage into splinters and declared
war against all hands. Making for the
fore hatchway, he had seized a man
by the jacket skirts. The man got out
of the garment and fled faster than
any British sailor ought to have done.
On the lower deck Mephistopheles
chased the cook from the coppers and
the carpenter from his bench. A circle
of Kroomen were sitting mending a.
f~oresail; the lizard suddenly appeared
among them. The men unanimously
threw up their toes, individually
turned somersaults backward, and
sought the four winds of heaven.
These routed, my pet turned his atten-
ton to People. People was a little
Arab slave lass. She was squatting by
a %calabash, eating rice. Mephistoph-
eles seized her cummerbund; it vas
her only garment. But People wrig-
gled clear and ran on deck. On the
cummerbund the lizard spent his fury,
and the rest of his life; for, not know
ing what might happen next, I sent for
a fowling-piece, and the plucky fellow
succumbed to the force of circum-
stances and a pipeful of buckshot.-
Youths Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
A HIS
How q Draughtsman Got Even with .
Former Employer.

How q Draughtsman Got Even with .
Former Employer.
Chicago News: A young Chicago man
who came to this country several years
ago unable to speak English was some
what dependent upon his own country
men at first. He was a fair d%raughts-
man, and as he had made the acquaint-
ance of an architect of his own ma
tionality he asked for work in that
line and vas accepted as an assistant
for his supposed merit, without any
stipulated salary. The first job he did
was a perspective in color Of a coun-
try home. He did it in three days and
saw his employer receive $50 therefor.
At the end of the first week he asked
the architect how>much he thought his
services were worth. II think l will
pay you 81 per week. was the re-
Spouse. -Four dollars a week." said
the surprised artist. "Ill work OH the
street first" work on the street
then. You are not competent to carr
more in this country. You can't even
speak the language. You'll starve to
death" So the young stranger worked
on the street awhile, saved money. got
to drawing pictures again. made the
acquaintance Of a young lady with
some money also, married her and de-
cided to build a house for himself. He
already owned q fine lot on the south
side. One Of the first things he did
was to hunt up his old employer. AS
he walked into the ONCE Of the archi-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
THEORY MADE PRACTICAL.

Energetic Agent No Longer Dared to
Handle q Certain Book.
I'm through" said the book agent
YEARLY. "I've notified the house that
they may no longer expect me to risk
my life handling their goods. For the
last thirty days l have been touring
the state with a universal compendium
of knowledge. containing first aids for
the wounded, treatment for snake
bites, how to bring a drowned man to
and a thousand and one other things
that every man should know, bound
in calf and sold at a price within the
reach of all. I travelled on my wheel,
and that enabled me not only to- work
the small towns, but the surrounding
country as well. One day I CHANGED to
call upon an old farmer. I tried to
get him interested in the great work
that l was handling, but without sue
cess until I showed him the chapter
on drowning; then I saw that I had
him. There was a small lake near
where the boys went in swimming,
and the old man lived in fear that
some one would get drowned. Well,
when 1 showed him how fully the book
treated the subject I made a sale. 1t
was a hot day, so I accepted an invita-
ton from the old mans sons to 60 in
swimming with them. I was hardly In
the water when I was seized with a
cramp. I shipped a good deal of
water, but I managed to reach the
shore without much trouble, although
1 was greatly exhausted. While I was
gasping for breath the old man came
running up with the book that l had
sold him. Finding the chapter on
drowning, he read the directions to
his sons and told them to 90 ahead.
Before I knew what was going to hap.
pen 1 was seized by two of his husky
sons and hung up by the heels and
pounded on the back until all the
breath I had was knocked out Of me.
Then 1 was rolled over a barrel and
pounded again; then a bellows was
jammed down my throat and 1 was
pumped so full of wind that I thought
I would burst. They tried every fool
idea that was in the book, and it wal
only owing to a sound constitution
that I lived through it. I'm through!
1 can't afford to take the chances that
are in the business."-Detroit Free.
Press.
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THE EAST INDIAN NUGGETS.

daled feet. Fatma, his better half, Is
shorter by about an inch and a hall.
They were born of peasant parents IN
a village of central India, and were
brought to Germany by a theatrical
manager, who has been travelling IN
the orient in search of novelties Tor
the vaudeville stage.
Smaun has developed, under the
guidance of his manager, into a gym
mast of no ordinary caliber, and is par
ticularly clever in performances on the
trapeze and with the so-called Roman
rings. Fatma is very light upon her
feet, and has made a hit In native IN
dian dances. What a diminutive cou-
pie they are is we'll shown by compar-
ing their height with that of a cham
g bottle of the quart size. When
the latter is placed upright by the sloe
of Smaun the top of the cork Is on a
level with the middle of his cheek
bone, while at the same time 1t Is al
most even with the crown Of Fatmas
head.
Both dwarfs were born in 1879, and
in neighboring villages. At Dlrtn
smaun weighed about twenty-three
ounces, Fatma almost the same. Fat
ma was barely even inches in height
when born, Smaun probably an inch
or so taller. After exhibiting through
the fall and winter in German n
Austrian cities these little wonders
from the far east are to visit Paris,
where they will be star attractions
while the exposition lasts; a year
hence they expect to be in America.
Tiny as Fatma is, she is not the
smallest person of whom we have
knowledge, although she is believed to
he the most diminutive now liv-
ing. Toward the end Of the last CEN
tury a child a born to a peasant
couple in northern Germany which
weighed less than nineteen ounces at
birth, and was at that time under
seven inches in height. An ordinary
wooden shoe was its cradle; it lived
beyond It's teens, and grew to the ire
mendous height of seventeen and one
half inches.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02

was surprised, but was anxious to get
business, SO he changed his manner,
and became quite obsequious. He was
permitted to go ahead with the plans.
After a week or SO the young mar as
cended to the Office again and found a
complete set of plans waiting for him.
Turning them over contemptuously,
and tossing them down, he snorted: els
that the best you can do? I can't use
those plans. You don't seem to be
competent to build an American gen.
tleman's house." The tables were
completely turned. The architect at
last said: well you have got even
with me at last. But you ought at
least to pay me something for my work
on these plans" Cali right, SIR" was
the cold-blooded response, "just take it
out of that $50 you received for that
perspective drawing" And that was
all he ever received in payment.
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THE SMALLEST MARRIED COUPLE

progress, was very fond Of playing
with women-especially in foursomes.
One day in starting on a round with
a woman he said to his caddie, who
happened to be a good player: Now,
caddie, l want to improve my game.
If you see me doing anything wrong
correct me, and give me any hints you
think necessary" The caddie said he
would, and after two or three holes had
been played Gin which the women had
not distinguished themselves) he
called his employer aside and whis-
pered: "Mr. A., If you want to improve
your golf, dinna play wi wimmen."-
London Tit-Bits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
Tinv East Indians Who Are the Sensation of
the Hour in Berlin.

tect that pleasant-mannered person
shouted: Hello! Come back for your
job, have you?" Il have come to con-
suit you about planning my new resi-
dence. That is, l desire to find out
whether you are competent to design
a gentleman's house." The architect
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
a Costly Carpet.

1t is stated that a British firm has
just completed a carpet which has cost
in manufacture more than f4O0. It is
intended for some fortunate persons
drawing room, and has been entirely
by women Eighteen wom-
en-, closely sitting ct the loom. took ave
months to make this spleadid CARPET.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
Mrs. Creiehton's Apt Story.

At the mass-meeting of women at
the great church congress in London
Mrs. Creighton, in the course of an ex-
cellent speech, said that M Of the
great faults of the day was to allow
children to have their own way too
much, says the London Standard. The
speaker pointed out that it was fire.
quently laziness that made a mother
give in; "yet," added Mrs. Creighton,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02

Smaun and Fatma, two tiny East
Indians, are the sensation of the hour
In one of the leading music halls of
Berlin. They are undoubtedly the
smallest married couple in the world.
5maun is the taller of the two, stand
ing almost twenty inches in his san
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
Back of His Youth.

Back of His Youth.
~Well," said the Observant Boarde1,,
dewey has returned to his college.
pranks."
I'm what wayy" asked the Cross.
eyed BOarder.
HE has taken to III zen."-Pittsbura.
Chronicle-Telegraph. :
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
Dc Year Feet Ache and Burn

De YouY Feet Ache and BurnH #
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease. . powder for the feet. 1t makes,
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures>
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and.
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Addres Allen s. Olmsted,a Leroy, N. Y.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-02
Some Can't.

Some Can't.
Miss Datntee-What an awful occu.
pationt 70 be employed in a place
where they tin meats.
Mr.. Edgemore-Well it argues a GER.
tain ability.
Miss Dafntee-Ability?
Nj. Edgemore-Certainly They only.
employ those who can.-New York;
World.
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Inherent Now.

Different Now.
House Hunter-This is a quiet neigh.
borhood, is it not?
Janitor (of Apartment B~uilding)-It
was until that painless dentist opened
an office on the second foor.-Chicago'
Tribune.