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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
uur;ed i'm Cnlpeper.

CITpEPER. VA. February n.-tspe.
clal)- Mr. Winfield y. Spires, formerly of
this place. but lately employed by q lead
ing railway company and located an NIL
adclphla. died in New YORK city FRIDAY
from pneumonia. His rema'ns "ere
brought here this afternoon anu Du'ieu ~
the family brrying-ground. He was about
g years OF age. His rapid advancement
IN the railway service predicted a bright
future for him.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
RebearsnI of the Dream.

The regular weekly rehearsal Of a
Midsummer Nights Dream" Will be held
next Thursday night at o'clock at the
residence of Mrs {. W. Z. Brock. 30 east
Franklin street. The cast Is now COM
plete.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
IN PAGE COUNTY.
A HoN's Feet Frozcn--RHrgc of The
YherpsOmctcr.

LrRAY Va. February lL--(Special)-
H 'e reported here that q folored boy
named Murray who works for MIR r. =.
C.fcrs about four miles north ot town,
wa So badly frozen on Thursday that
both OF bis feet Will probably have 10 be
emnItatcd. The boy was found ON the
road between Mr.. Cutters and Springfield,
and it ls supposed he feil from his horse.
Ihe thermometer herc this morning
REGISTERED % degrees below zero, q slight
rise from the day before. At the Norfolk
end Western station this morning IL
registered - degrees below zero. Some
snow has been falling to-day
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
HE WILL NOT PARDON.
CIEWENCY FOR ID. Il. PENDLEIOS
FINALLY REF SED.
HOPELESSLY ILL WITH CONSUMPTION.
He is Not Expected TO Rise from
His Bed in the Convict Hos
pitnI-CoId Weather News at the
Capitol.

Governor Tyler has definitely decided
that he will not pardon ID. Z. Pendleton,
Of Spotsylvania county. who is serving an
eiehteen-ycar term I'm the penitenuary
for the murder of his father-in-law in
1872.
Pen0leton has consumption. Tie is oriii-
caly fH In the convict hospital at the
state Farm. lie will never recover. II
is doubtful If he ever gets up from his
bed. Governor Tyler was several months
ago asked 10 pardon him. lie refused be-
cause Of the opposition Of Spotsylvania
citizens.
A few days ago the Governor was again
asked to pardon the man. The certificate
OF the surgeon Of the State Farm was re-
cclved. setting forth that Pendleton was
dying Of consumption and advising tnat
he be sent home 90 his wife and children.
The case gave Governor Tyler great
deal of trouble because of its merit. as
ne gave il very careful consideration.
His decision was reached after long de-
Liberation.
THE AUDITORS REPORT.
Auditor Marye received his annual re-
port from the state Printer yesterday.
The report makes the following exhibition
of the finances Of the COmmonwedlth FOR
the year ending September 20. lNS. so far
as receipts and disbursements are con-
cerned
Amount on hand oct /. 1875 1921 81
Receipts from all sources
during the year................ 1890 40 q
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
Heavy Dror in Cuipeper.

CULpEPER VA. February n'-fSpe-
cial The past forty-eight hours the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12
BEcKER's TWO OLDEST CHILDREN

RECKER'S TWO OLDEST CHIIDREN.
information from him. and Mr.. Anderson
went 10 Washington on the noon train.
He left the city before his presence was
generally known, but he enjoined the OH
GERS who were with him against giving
out any Information concerning MS visit
IL Is understood however, that Mr.. An
derson. while working under the dlrec-
lion OF Commissioner er-of-ImmiXStion
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12

LONDON, February H.
Reuters Telegram Compa
Mia. describing tne capturl
dwells upon the excellence
can plans. and the precislC
they were carried out. The
at 4 l.. NJ. the American
firing. Then the army fir,
at an interval Of ten secol
the advance Of the whole
sas regiment leading throu
The rebels left wing was q.
jor Bell and a hundred me.
clOck-WOrk. There was !
where.
"The rebels, estimated TO
od 1900 men. We're demon
shells. The Americans ass
order.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-12

Powderly, comes here nj the instance OF
Attorney-General Grigss, and that MS
coming is merely preliminary to the IN
sttution OF criminal proceedings ssainst
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

England had famous poison mystery
a quarter of a century ago. Two MEM
bers of great club in Manchester, both
men of position and keen politicians.
each received. apparently as New
Years gift, small boxes containing a
few cigars of the very highest quality
apparently. Both were taken fearfully
i'll after smoking, and one of them sub
sequently died.
The cigars were found TO be loaded
with poison, and it was said that the
man who recovered only did so because
he used cigar holder. The facts were
at first hushed up. because. as was said.
the suspected SENDER whose motive was
revenge on account of a lady, was a
man of wealth and power.
But this subject was cleared, and the
mystery was deepened by the following
circumstances: A rich Manchester mer-
chant, travelling one day in a railway
car about the time of the incident re-
lated got into conversation with a most
agreeably and highly cultivated stran-
ger, who finally offered his cigar case
The Manchester man was found at
Leeds almost unconscious and the only
occupant of the carriage. He grasped in
one of his convulsed hands the cigar he
had been smoking and after analysis
showed it to be identical with the 9TH
ers. He recovered, but the stranger was
never discovered.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
Easy Why 10 Re Generous.

In the Baptist church of New Eng
land village was an old man who had
all the Christian graces save one, and
that one was the grace of liberality
He would do anything in the world for
the cause of religion but give up his
money. At the close of the financial
year 1869 the church found itself $40C
in debt. A church meeting was called.
and it was voted to circulate subscrip-
ton paper on the spot and endeavor to
thus raise the sum needed This was
done. and the old gentleman did not
put his name on the paper The result
was rather disheartening. $500 only
having been pledged Silence reigned
for a moment, when one of the most
generous men in the church moved that
I've double our subscriptions. In
stantly the old gentleman was on his
feet, and with extraordinary fervor
CT led. II second the motion.
He evidently felt that he was thus
doing his part in fastening most de.
sirable result. Harper Round Table.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
TrIcked The ylcion. Camel.

A valuable camel working in. an oil
mill in Africa was beaten by its driver.
Seeing that the camel had treasured M
the injury and was only waiting = ia
yorable chance for revenge, the driver
kept strict watch upon the animal
Time passed away The camel, know
ing that it was watched, was quiet and
obedient, and the driver began to think
that the beating was forgotten, wher
one night, after several months had
gone by, the man was sleeping on a
raised platform in the mill, while, as is
customary, the camel was stabbed in q
corner
Happening to awake, the driver saw
by the bright moonlight that when all
was quiet the animal looked cautiously
around. rose softly and. stealing toward
a spot where bundle Of clothes and q
burnoose thrown carelessly ON the
ground resembled a sleeping figure.
cast itself with violence upon them.
rolling with all its weight and tearing
them most viciously with its teeth.
Satisfied that its revenge was complete.
the camel was returning to its corner
when the driver sat up and spoke. Al
the sound of his voice and realizing the
mistake it had made. the animal was
SO mortified at the failure and discov-
Fry of its scheme that it dashed its head
against the wall and died on the spot
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
He Caught o,conneIi.

Daniel O'Connell, the famous orator,
when taking a ride in the neighborhood
Of his house. had occasion to ask an
urchin to open a gate for him. The lit
tie fellow complied with much alacrity
and looked up with such an honest
pleasure at rendering the slight service
that 0'Connell by way of saying some
thing anything- asked;
whats your name. my boy ?"
Daniel O'Connell, sir, replied he
Houtly.
"And who's your father2" demand
ID the astonished liberator.
Daniel O'Connell. sir. .
O'Connell muttered word or two
below his breath and then added aloud
when | see you again, II give you
rixpence.
Riding briskly on. he soon forgot the
incident and fell to thinking of graver
matters, when, after travelling some
miles, he found his path INSTRUCTED by
some fallen timber. which a boy was
stoutly endeavoring to remove. On
looking more closely he discovered it to
be the same boy he had met in the
morning.
WHAT cried he. "How do you
come to be here now2"
"You said, sir, the next time you
seen me you'd give me sixpenee. said
the little fellow. wiping the perspira-
ton from his brow
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
The Truthful Marksman.

An extraordinary shooting adventure
is recorded by a. L. Butler of the State
museum, Selangor. Malaga One day
in last July Malay woodcutter went
ont into the jungle to cut fuel. taking
with him an old single barreled, muz-
zle loading gun loaded with the rather
unscientific charge of a bullet and four
buckshot. Moving quietly through the
jungle he suddenly came upon tiger
feeding on the carcass of sambhur,
and with touching confidence in his
weapon fired at distance Of 90 PAGES
The tiger rolled over, and when the
Malay cautiously approached he found
not one dead tiger, but two, the second
having been hidden from the sports
man, though only few feet distant
from the animal he fired at.
Mr.. Butler, who made a post norton
examination of the tigers after they
had been skinned, found that in each
case a single buckshot had gone TO the
heart. One had also an insignificant
wound on the head from another pellet
"For really appalling fluke. as Mr.
Butler says, this achievement of the
Malay woodcutter will be hard to beat
1t certainly is not a performance any
sane white man will try to parallel
much less to eclipse
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
Too Much For Him.

It is evidently one thing to work
without knowing how much we do and
another thing to have our labors mapped
)nt before MS in detail. For several
months a business house in this city has
enjoyed the ministrations of an un.
usually faithful colored janitor Always
prompt and faithful, uneriing in the
discharge Of his various duties, Tom
was a great favorite with the firm, and
the prospect was that he would abide
with them many years.
One day it occurred to the senior
partner that a little more system in
Tom 5 routine would be advisable and
perhaps render his work a tritle easier.
30 he wrote out in plain characters an
outline of the chores Tom had been do
ing every week. arranged perhaps with
more convenience to the firm and to
Tom. Unfortunately Tom could not
read, SO the list was given to another
man employed on rougher work. with
instructions to read 1t to Tom and ex-
plain to him each days prescribed du-
ties.
When the schedule was read to Tom.
however, the effect was astonishing and
disastrous. He listened quietly, but his
eyes grew bigger and his black wool
seemed to bristle ON his head. At the
end he reached for his cap and said to
the porter; Good graeiousl l ain goin
to do all that work. Then he walked
out and hasn't been seen since. In
dianapolis Journal
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
Making Football.

A football requires vast amount OF
work before it is ready for kicking over
the gridiron.
The balls are covered with cowhide
which must have remained in the tan
pits a year or more The hides are from
Z TO 3 feet long. 6 to feet wide and
before splitting weigh from % TO 80
pounds The skin has to be split into
two layers. The part to be used is
soaked for n few days in cleansing
preparation. 1t Is "sleeked' out to
make it firm. 1t is fed and cut into
shape. The strips are stitched. always
by hand. The bladder is or should be of
the finest Para rubber. and undergoes
perhaps more processes than the cow
hide. 1t is as necessary to the football as
pneumatic tires are to the cycle; in fact.
even more so, since no effective substi-
tute for an air bladder has yet been dis
covered. The bladder is of immense
strength, and Is fitted with a nozzle
through which the air is injected.
These bladders are an expensive item
and represent considerable portion of
the cost of manufacture The bladder
Is inserted through the unlaced slit.
and the next process is TO blow il up.
The rubber nozzle fits over a metal
tube on the machine A few turns of
the hand wheel and the ball is inflated.
1t is now laced up and handed over to
the shaper, who pats down any un-
eyenness in the seams
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
Taking No Chances.

"There's something the matter with
this bar" said the man who was learn
ing to ride the bicycle to the dealer who
had lately sold him the wheel. at looks
to me as If 1t might snap in two at any
time"
"Oh, l think not" said the manufac-
turer's agent. 81 think not, sir. At any
rate. II 1t should break. We will, OF
course, provide you with a new one."
"And who do you think will come and
get it'll" demanded the beginner, with
considerable heatl "my helrsr'-
Youths Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
HE HAD A BAD HABIT.
And II Made Him IA Poor insurance
Risk In Kentucky.

Risk In Kentucky.
The manager of life insurance COM
pany had the floor.
Life insurance companies, he was
saying "are as particular about the
people they already have ON their lists
as they are about getting them on in
the beginning They are rich, of course.
but they are no more anxious TO take
In a man who will die of disease within
the first year or two than they are 10
take in perfectly healthy man and
have him hazard his life by taking per
sonal risks in dangerous pursuits or by
travel in unhealthy countries.
Il remember Il funny instance that
occurred once while | was living in
New England One of our so, 600 men
had a way Of calling a man n liar in the
most careless and indiscriminate man
ner and with only the merest or no
proyocation One day he was in our
office and casually mentioned the fact
that he was going to make trip TO
Kentucky.
:" 'Wheny inquired the manager
alertly.
i" Next week
+" 'On business or pleasure2'
Z" Going to luy "A pair Of horses.
" 'Um-er-erl hesitated the man
ager. Before yon start / wish you
wonld stop in and see me.
+" What for7 Want me To buy a
horse for your
i" No; / want to arrange about your
policy.
4" What do you want to arrange
about il? Isn't it all right?'
" Yes, as long as you stay in this
country. But if you go down to Ken
lucky we'll have TO advance the rate
until you come back.
=" We'll. what in - began the
policy holder holly. when the manager
interrupted him.
4" Don't fly the track, my dear fell
low. he said gently. 1T S all right here
and the rate is satisfactory to us; but,
by Joye, we can't give you the same
rate and let you go TO Kentucky and
call men liars like you do in this sec
ton Not much We haven got $10,-
900 policies to give away like that. and
you oughtn't to expect it. Wash
ington Star.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

THE popping stone" marks the spot
where Sir Walter Scott asked Miss Car
penter to marry him. 1t is situated in
the beautiful valley of the Irthing, at
Gilsland. an inland watering place near
Carlisle The popping stone is visited
by many thousands during the summer
months. and. it is said. many laggard
lover has had his courage screwed up to
popping point at this romantic spot
In the immediate neighborhood may
also be seen "Mumps Ha, which Scott
immortalized in "Guy Mannering.
while little farther afield the Roman
wall and Laner cost priory prove attrac-
lions to visitors to Gilsand.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

Miss Sophie Loury employs an ex-
ceedingly communicative old cclored
man TO attend to odd jobs about her
studio now and then, and his sayings
have become proverbial among Miss
Loury's familiars He came to work
one day not long ago very full of the
goings on of a young man he knew
who was in love.
But what is love, uncle9" asked
Miss Loury
Uncle wagged his head wisely.
Miss Sophie, he said solemnly
"love is dizziness. unizziness and in
attention to business -
And really don know of any defini
ton more concise complete and alto
gether adequate than that Washing
ton Post
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

After all man does not remember tn,
dogs good qualities as he should Lool
at the SMILES he uses-'you lyinl
hound, ''mean az hound dog,
"dog" and ''low down curl Maj
hardly can think of lower name than
one connected with dogs And in hors,
racing the worthless ones are called
dogs. "
1t seems little ungrateful when on,
remembers all that a dog will beal
from a man and still love him. New
York Commercial Advertiser
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

Here is highly interesting paradox,
which may amuso or bewilder, as the
case may be. 1t is supposed to have
been invented by Socrates: A. says that
all Athenians are liars A. is an Athenian
and therefore liar. Therefore his
statement that all Athenians are liars
is not true, and consequently all Athe-
mans tell the truth. A. is an Athenian,
and hence tells the truth Wherefore
his statement that all Athenians are
liars is true. Therefore he is liar and
his statement false. and so on
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

In high gale mile long waves, 200
feet from trough TO trough and 40 feet
high, roar along the sea at the rate of
30 miles an hour, with a weight of so, :
600 pounds for every foot of their
length.
Upon these GOO foot ship, such as the
New York or the Paris, will rise like a
floating leaf, but if the ill fated ship
drifts upon lee shore blows of 100, :
900 TONS delivered with remorseless
fury, crush it like an eggshell
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
She WAS Deliberate.

1t is said that Dinah MULCH Craik.
the famous author of John Halifax,
Gentleman. made habit of leaving
at her bank the manuscript of each OF
her stories as soon as it was completed.
1t would remain there perhaps six
months and then she would call for it
and see how the story affected her after
that lapse of time. If it pleased her, the
manuscript was sent to the publisher
Otherwise it was rewritten or thrown
away
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
STRONG STATEMENTS.
Three Women Relieved of Female
Troubles by Mrs. Pinkham.

From Mrs A. w. SMITH, SO Summer
St, Biddeford, Me.
For several years I suffered with
various diseases peculiar to my sex.
Was troubled with a burning sensation
across the small of my back, that all
gone feeling, was respondent, fretful
and discouraged; the least exertion
tired me. / tried several doctors but
received little benefit. At last de-
cded to give your Lydia f Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial. The eff
feet of the first bottle was magical
Those symptoms of weakness that
was afflicted with, vanished like vapor
before the sun. cannot speak too
highly of your valuable remedy. 1t is
truly a boon to woman"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
II cures painful, swoolen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort diseoY-
cry Of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes
tight. fitting or new shoes feel easy. Ii is a
certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp,
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have over 1000 testimonials OF cures. Try
II today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
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package FREE Address Allen 5. Ohm
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
A HAD Place For Eat Men.

Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary TO mil
itary efficiency and with view to Sc
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept in continual state of train
ing No deformed child was allowed
to live. The boys were taken from their
homes and subjected to military regu-
lations at the age of z. They were COM
PEELED to wear the same single garment
winter and summer. At 20 they Joined
the ranks. and from that age till they
reached go We're required to dine at the
public tables. where only certain
quantity was supplied for each man.
The magistrates interfered in absurdly
small matters They regulated the de-
gree of fairness TO which it was lawful
for any citizen to extend his body.
Those who dared TO grow too fat or
too soft for military service and exer-
else were sometimes soundly logged
Aelian, in his history. relates that
Nauclis. son of Polytus, was brought
before the ephors (magistrates) and the
whole assembly of Sparta. and "his I'M
lawful fatness' was publicly exposed,
and he was threatened with perpetual
Punishment if he did not bring his body
within the regular Spartan compass
and give up the culpable mode of living,
which was declared to be more worthy
of an Ionian than Spartan.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

There are 20 pencil works in Bavaria.
of which 80 are in Nuremberg, the
great European center of the lead PEN
Gil trade. These factories employ from
5000 to 10, 900 workers and produce
4, 300, 900 lead and colored chalk pencils
every week
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

The habit of reading at the dining
table is strongly condemned by l. Hy-
giene Moderne, though it thinks looking
over the paper at breakfast is compare
lively harmless
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
A Matrimonial Musing.

The average young man thinks he is
in position 10 marry if he has $3.50
in the bank and steady job Hope is a
great factor in love affair After the
man is 40 he wonders how he ever did
it. and when he eats pie at night and
has the nightmare he always imagines
that he is marrying again on $500
Atchison Globe
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01
SWALLOWED MS FALSE TEETH.

A man recently swallowed his false teeth
and il drove him mad. Stomachs will stand
a great deal but not everything. If yours
is weak try IIostetters Stomach Bitters. II
cures stomach troubles. as well as malaria
and fever and ague. II is strongly recon-
mended at this season of the year. All
druggists keep Il.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

ter republic of the South. This city,
which is surrounded by several fac
tories and mills, stands high above the
sea level, and is the only city along the
course of the capriclous and beautiful
Blanco river to utilize any of its vast
motor power. The cut is from Modern
AIaxIpo
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

He cried out in agony, and they ran
to the neighbors for help. Sciatica was
torturing him. Better run for st. ia
eobs Oil, or have it handy. 1t is known
to cure the worst cases.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

Avoid the night air when damp and
cold, and you will often avoid having
neuralgia, but st. Jacobs Oil will cure
it no matter what is the cuase and no
matter how long it has continued.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

When good man dies, they say he
has gone to his reward. Why not be
equally frank when man goes to his
punishment
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-01

handy little box tjust right for a ladys
purse OF "A genileman's Xest pocket Of Casearets
iandy catharte, prevents Illness All drug
eisls, To-, 2jc zoe.