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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24
LUcKENnAcI1,s NEW rug.
THE WALTER A. LUCKENBACH
SUPERIOR TO HER PREDECES-
SORS


The new Walter a. Luckenbach, sue
cessor to the tug, taken by the Govern
ment for use in the auxiliary navy dur
ing the Spanish war. and retained, ar
rived in this harbor yesterday with the
barges City of Atlane>, Frank Pendle-
ton and Brooklyn, in tow, from Phj.a-
delphia.
She is fresh from the yard of Neafe
~ Levy, at New York, and is n beauty
being considerably ahead of anything
before turned out for this owner. She
is commanded by Captain John DAILY
ana he is properly proud of his new
charge. This is her maiden trip, and
her manager. Mr.. Walter y. Lucken-
bach, fer whom she is named. came
down with her though not on board
making the trip by rail, to see how she
performed as to time. etc While here
he called on Observer Gray and others
of his friends.
The new tug is 81 feet longer than
the OLD one. being las feet long. % feet
beam and II feet deep. She is AGO tons
rated, and will carry 80 tons of coal
in her bunkers.
She is also thoroughly equipped with
wrecliing gear and ready to offer as
sistancc to any vessel she meets need
ing it.
The tug leaves here in day or two
towing the barsses Solitaire and Rond-
out. for New York
SHIPPING NOTES.
The schOoncrs Mary T.. Palmer and
George T.. Walcott paid off their crews
here last week. putting some $4,000 in
circulation.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24
Nmr.cs Hoinc Exo,,,,no,

Several of the nurses in the Training
School at the Norfolk Protestant Hos
pitai are being examined this week
preparatory to graduation in April
They are highly complimented by M
physicians who are conducting no ~.
amihations as to their proficiency in
their medical and surgical training
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

The election of ensign for the Second
Division of Naval Reserves took place
last night and resulted in the unani-
nous choice of Mr.. CT. Smythe Hender-
son.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

100000 in one day, and yet We do
not find it necessary to close our store
10 deliver goods. Our customers are
SO we'll pleased with the Great Bar
gains We deal out in our Special Sales
Of Diamonds and Watches that they
will not wait to have their purchases
sent up. We want you to see our new
stock OF Stick Pins. the best we ever
had THE GALE JEWEI.RY co
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dliiIIiiicy OH Y'Irr.

a still alarm OF fire was turned in
last night. calling chemical engine No.
l to the house OF George Epps, No 81
National street. 1t was only chin
ncy, however, the damage being very
Slight.
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WorImnn,. l1nnd Raa,x M..,,a.

~ monument rs being erected to the
memory of the late Mr.. Howard john
son in Eimwood Cemetery. and yester-
day morning while a cross was being
placed In position on the monument
the rope on the derrick broke. lettin,,
the cross fall. 1t fell on the hand Of .
workman. Mr. Andrew Kraus. of Boiti.
more. MASKING 1t very badly. He was
taken TO ST. Ninvents Hospital. where
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

Re sure you are right. then go to New
York Dental Rooms to have teeth or.
tracted: No pain Newest Discovery.
n. Y. Dental Rooms ONLY. ac4 Main
street. corner Talbot. lcnnes.
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baby fnrrinro.

Just received. a fine assortment NJ
Heywoods; prices from IS to $40 cash
or credit. Williamson e Sykes, 56s and
800 Church street, near Queen.
fe23-tf.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

Tailored in our fashion means n per-
feet garment Select your suit from
the large variety of materials we offer.
RUDOLPH & WALLACE,
S33 Main street
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

Medium weight Underwear for "be-
tween season" wear.
RUDOLPH e WALLACE.
333 Main street
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

All glasses prescribed by DR.. wec,,
Main street NV
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-24

Some new cross stripe shirts. Very
swell, price. Sl.00
RUDOLPH e WALLACE
500 Main stroat
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Do your glasses suit you? II not see
DR.. Week. SO Main street.
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NIGHT SCHOOL.

AZ the SOUTHERN SHORTHAND AND
BUSINESS UNIVERSITY Monday. We'd
nesday and Friday nights. Our Night
who are engaged during the day. In
structlon largely individual Terms rea-
sonable. For further information call at
j. N. RBssasEk. President.
Y fnono abe. "a. tb mills
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per- Colored Spots. Aches. Old Sores, VI.
GERS IN Mouth. Hair Failing: Write COON
REMEDY CO. iGU MASONIC IIMpi.E
Chicago. Ill. Tor proofs OF cures Capita!
500. eco. Worst cases cured in IL 10 81
days. lo0-page book free. July
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SPECIAL NOTICES
ImOeriunl in TmperiO.

-N1IA JNI 4ttkIA XII ) II EJCI 10.
A novel by Sutton l.. Griggs OF Derl-
ley. Va. y sociol- gical study of the
negro race ploblcm by one of that race.
Interestingly written and Instructive.
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X NDERGRADuATE DOCTORS. DEN
. lists Lawyers. Phnrmac.sts soon
rraduatcd home: correspondence; cduca-
ton: graduation: professions: sciences
lsoS 30 Chicago.
NJ AnAM SMELL NEWMAN THE
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Mpd!unl. can he consulted ut her parIoTs
on MI i.fe matters: her tests are wonder
I'll 2.3 CHURCH STREET. opposite
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THE NEWS OF NORFOLK ON PAGES TWO TfREE ANI=
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II AIDES NEEDING TREATM rE-r
IA fpr irregularities Lcucorrhcca or
amy uthcr ovarian Troubles consult DIR.
JACKSON. Ii2 w. Mulberry street. Bal
'!Morc. Md. Private sanitarum: trained
nurses.
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II OARDEES-A PRIVATE FAMILY
1p in Client would furnish desirable room
and board to married couple or two
young men, Address c. ~. c., care Nir-
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a feet front, 1S2 Wood street. Apply
on premises. nih23-3t~
NOR RENT.-LIVERY STABLES, No
a. Go Union street. corner Church
street. a desirable place for livery or
sale stables. w. II. FIINTRESS Il SON,
is Bank street. mh22-lm
II OR RENT.-FURNISHED HOUSE
II on Colonial avenue. Good location,
near cars. Address ,"U. IT," this Office
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FOR RENT.
FOR RENT.

FOI% I&1G Mt.
COTTAGE AT VIRGINIA BEACH.
during April. May and June or for whole
season.
Excellent location. near hotel: sewer
connections: good grounds: eight rooms
and kitchen. bathhousc. etc. VIII not
rent for boarding house. Address COT
TAGE," this office. for terms. etc.
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u L1IASANT FURNISHED ROOMS
Il with or without board, at 21 Church
street. opposite st. Puul's Church.
mh1b-.
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TN HE. HOME.-EVERYTIIf NEW
Il and clean, table board $500: board
and room $500 per week. 42l and 423
ChurCh street.
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MULTIPLICATION AS BOOK
w keeper or salesman in clothing
nsh good references. c. NJ. f., care Vir-
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

OF the 1851. 100000 appropriated for
the war there will, 1t is estimated, re-
main unexpended Jan. 1, 1899, a total
Of S61 100000 plus for the army, and
S33 100000 plus for the navy; in all
S94, ,S16, 165.03.
Spain, with her population Of less
than 20,000,oo0, asks for an army of
100000, while the American congress
questions whether 100000 is not too
many for republic Of $4,000, 900, which
has fallen heir to the distant provinces
which Spain is no longer compelled to
provide for.
The proposed institution of honor
medals in the navy and the list Of
promotions for meritorious service
may obscure the fact that the United
States is really very charry of gifts OF
this kind. The Military Gazette of
New South Wales says that the Vic
toria cross was given to ITO men in
the Indian mutiny, 109 in the Crimes,
rs in the Zulu war and Is each in Az
ghanistan and New Zealand The
crosses given for other campaigns do
not run into two figures. None OF
these affairs, except the Indian mu-
tiny, compares with our civil war ir
daring adventure. and of course all OF
them put together do not approach the
number of men we put in the field, says
the Army and Navy Journal, but the
honor medals recorded in the last ar
my register number only 141, and the
certificates to enlisted men 28. Dur
ing the last year there have been one
or two additions to the medallists.
There have been SO many swords OF
honor presented by personal admirers
lately that an impression is given O,
great liberality in such matters, but
this exuberant giving does not spring
from congress.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
Made the Birds Help Him.

Probably the hen and the COW, when
they furnish eggs and milk to man,
have no idea of serving any one but
themselves. Long domestication has
cultivated their power of supply and
made it right to take what they give.
The birds and the man in this Colorado
farm story of course disagreed entire.
ly about the Fright" to the nuts, but
the man succeeded in turning their
instinct to his advantage The utter
City Enterprise says: An mond-
grower of this locality hit upon neat
device for gathering his crop last fall.
His trees bore largely, and this early
became known to the yellowhammers,
and they regularly stored away large
quantities OF ripe nuts taken from the
orchard in the limb of an oak tree neal
by. The astute orchard-o Yner watched
operations, and at last hit upon plan.
The limb was sawed from the tree and
replaced by a square-shaped funnel
long enough to nearly reach the
ground. A bucket was then set un-
derneath.
A genuine robbing game then went
merrily on. The birds gathered the
nuts, which they dropped into the
funnel and down into bucket below,
and as regularly as night came the al.
mond-grower would in turn empty it
OF its contents and set it back for a
new supply.
This was kept up until the entire
crop had Eeen gathered and the yell
lowhammers had departed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

fe1tyI l- ,,J ~
neh nouSes are hhunto' 'ue
usua' uuro LUZ .ne Annoyanoe ,s Is W
uave .ne1 pat'iy W. teguiiv anu re-
cnii1veneu, ~, W, miiTee MI ,e'eher NhosS,
IN MS OK Lore Gus'ons ah9
iaies; ar, ,1 Mno'iei ne'1ou Is INA useu ,1
W mi. MosS "nen nc oecnne tne
owner oi the olo parsonage Oh Dlos.
pury, whicn @ nao " oa" reputation lor
petnS naur'eu; -,
nen 4ni. noSs ntsV wenU W tne
nouse .ne NOISES 81 in lne nish' were eN'
lraorpinary' pens were wtuhs ~ wheu
every one was "sieep, lhere were
sounos aS IL d oooy hau i"ltem' squealS
anu creams were nearu' iolioWeu ny
rush as as 'nou8ii caVairy were saliop-
ins. NJ -noss ln!estisa'eu anu ulS- ~,
oorereu 9oiiinlullc"Iion ~ ~ oeV"een 'ne
1,aoios n, anu 'he rool Vi Vne pa'sona9e'
ne Ia's nisn'ly in'aug:' :,. uhe mousse
iuipeu Wv Il on uue '1liins' uSeu ,ho w
pen wires Us phlaliei pars, rang 'ne
peils, squea'eu' mouueo: ana II
sl alafneu ruSneu away ike irlgn'eheu
'neep' -
ono nisnV mn r, Nloss was rouSe'' ny
hn' hls La5, n9.uei, an hneie was sone'hlng g IN
nel peorcoln 1laY every lew moments
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
MAUDE MULLER TO-DAY.

Maude Muller, on a winters day,
Got out and shoveled the snow away.
Her cheeks were red and in her eyes
The Judge came trudging through he snow.
With his collar turned up and his . Up pulled
low.
He struck the path that Maude had made,
And smile across his features played.
Lifting his cap, he stopped a bit,
And she braced her shovel and leaned
on it.
"You have done good job here, 1 declare, "
Said the judge to the maid who was stand
ing there.
"And have you no brother to shovel the
snow,
And where is your father, I'd like to know?"
"My brothers in bed" Maude Muller re.
piled,
"And my father is eating his breakfast in.
side.
"But love to get out, at the break of day,
And shovel the beautiful snow away.
For it quickens my wits, sets my cheeks
aglow,
And it makes me happy to shovel the
snow"
The judge gave sigh and fingered awhile,
And left the maiden, at last, with smile.
And every morning he trudged that way,
And he and Maude met, at the break of day,
Ah me, but the years have been travelling
on
The judge married Maude and her roses are
gone.
sheshas ceased to get up at the break OF
the day,
And others now shovel the snow away
Cleveland Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
PlTH AND POINT.

She-"What is kiss in French q"
Re-'I can't tell you, but 1 can show
you. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
"How do you like Mr.. Hicks?" "He @
behaves like bear" Doesn't he
squeeze tight, though? ?"-Harlem Life.
81 understand she gave you a piece
of her mind" "That's where you re
wrong. Size gave me all of it, should
judge. Chicago Post.
"What makes you think the Eng
lishman regards his engagement as a
joker" because he takes it so seri-
ously. Brooklyn Life.
Some people like the cod because
He's good to bake or boil;
But every child must love the fish
Who gives such pleasant Gil.
New Noah's Ark.
Matte -'"Why, what a beautiful
ring you have, dear. What did it
cost you?" Myra, -''My liberty. It's
my engagement ring. = Chicago
News,
Mistress-"Why, Bridget, the chairs
are covered with dustl" Servant
(coolly)--"Well, mum, they want
something to hide their shabbiness.
Fun.
Doctor-''Do you take bath regu-
iarly? Once a week, L suppose"
Patient-'Lor' bless you, no sir; I
hain't SO dirty as all that!'-London
Sketch.
Dentist see that I shall have to
kill the nerve" Patient-''F
heavens sake don't 1t would ruin
me in my business. I'm a life-insur-
ance agent. '-Tit-Bits.
''The fact that he has twenty-four
children is not th~ really remarkable
feature of the case" "Then what is?"
'"The fact that he has been able to
support them. Chicago Post.
Tommy-"Didn't the ancients have
pretty high times?" His Father
"Why, my son?" Tommy-"The
Book says they set their watches on
the hill-tops. ."-Jewelers' Weekly.
Gilgal-''Mr. and Mrs. Barkham are
to give house-warming at their new
fiat tonight" Chambers "That is
much better than depending upon the
janitor for the heat. Town Topics.
The weather prophet in plight
Looked forth upon the sky one night
And doggedly he said:
"Twill rain or blow or snow, l fear;
Or else, twill be quite warm and clear"
And then he went to bed.
Washington Star.
'Do you believe in the power of
the human eye with wild beast?"
asked Gableigh eyes, said the pro-
fessor, "the power of the eye is very
useful-to see the wild beast coming"
-Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
CURIOUS FACTS.
A whale yields As, 900 pounds of

a Wnale ylelus o,UOU POUNDS OF Q. l..
In South America there is a race of
cats which does not know how to new.
Some butterflies have as many as
10000 distinct eyes.
In France, during the period of the
Capetian and Valois dynasties, the
year began with Easter.
A resident of Swainsboro. Ga, cele.
brated his eighty fifth birthday re-
Gently by hearing his pastor preach his
funeral sermon.
The orchid, found in the iuugles and
difficult of access, sometimes COM
mands $1,000 apiece. 1t takes months
to stalk the "demon flowers"
A book published in Japan thou
sand years ago notes that at that time
good silk was already produced in
twenty-five provinces of that country,
The Presbyterian missionaries of
West Africa have discovered some new
cases of horrible superstition among
the natives. One of the brutal prac-
tees consists in the sacrifice of all
twin children.
In northern China many of the
natives are dressed in dogskin. There
are many establishments where dogs
of a peculiar breed are raised in large
numbers for their shaggy pelts. They
are killed when eight months old.
A novel flower has been found at the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec. 1t has a
faculty of changing its color during
the day. In the morning it is white,
when the Gun is at its zenith it is red,
and at night it is blue. Only at noon
does it give out any perfume.
A Russian farmer sought to smuggle
his son across the frontiers near Pilks-
lien in order to help him evade mill
tary service by hiding him in lead of
hay. The young man was so badly
injured by the hay fork of the customs
officer, during the inspection of the
wagon, that he died in few hours.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
Terrifying Grabs.

Admiral Farragut used to tell an
amusing story of fright he once re-
ceived in his youthful days in the
navy. He was on shore i'll Cuba, and
mistook the mysterious nocturnal
scuttlings and scurryings of the huge
indigenous land crabs for the move
ments of lurking foe, ambushed in
the tropical underground, and about
to surround him in overpowering
numbers.
Dawn relieved his fears and ex-
plain ID the situation; but the Cuban
crabs have not, even now, lost their
terrifying qualities, as the graphic
narrative of one of our colored troop
ers at Santiago bears witness. He
describes them as resembling the
common fiddler crab, magnified to
the size of the seat of big chair.
"When they walk around at night, "
says our colored friend, "they sound
like man, and when man is wounded
and one comes toward him, it sounds
like a mule. Why, they come right
in the tents and carry off big chunks
of meats from our mess. And they'd
take mans leg if they could.
81 was wounded and lying in the
hospital tent with my leg fixed up,
when L heard scratching and crawl
ing, and big thing came creeping
up out of the dark. l could not move
and made up my mind that after es-
Gaping the Spaniards / was going to
be carried off and chewed up alive,
1t crawled right over me, and a doc
tor came along just in time. He said,
nice like, DO you need anythiug?'
"And ] said, Yes, sir, I do need
something. / want siN-foot board
fence built around me to keep shark S
and Holsters awsy!' Itseems so queer
to have crabs walking around in the
bushes as big as balloons!" Youths
Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkhana.
Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
N. j., writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I cannot be.
gin to tell you how 1 suffered before
taking your remedies. 1 was SO weak
that could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. / had womb trouble
and such bearing-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
In womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before l had
taken one bottle of Lydia e. Pinl5ham's
Vegetable Compound felt great deal
better, and after taking two and one.
half bottles and half box of your
Liver Pills / was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East St.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf.
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. 1 had Inflammation, enlarge.
ment and displacement of the womb.
/ had the backache constantly, also
headache. and was SO dizzy. l had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chol1.
ing me. could not walk around and
could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat so fast L would feel as
though I was smothering. I had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe.
l was SO weak conld not do any
thing.
81 have now taken several bot
ties of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and oan say
I am perfectly cured. do not think
r could have lived long if Mrs. Pink.
hau-'. meIicine had not helped me-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

Lord Charles Beresford, who would
be hard to beat for popularity in the
navy, had favorite hobby as boy,
which was i'll a way prophetic of his
future calling. This hobby or pas
time was that of modelling boats, and
he was exceedingly skillful in this di-
rection. These boots he would give
as birthday presents to those people
for whom he had some special affec-
ton. Quite number of them are in
existence.
81 would give anything to get one
Of them back" he remarked one day,
''as "reminiscences of my schoolboy
days. I offered one old friend $50 for
little model, which certainly was not
worth five shilliugs. But neither he
nor any of those whG possess them will
part with them. SO after all [ must
console myself with the thought that
my little boats are regarded by those
who have them with q certain amount
Of affection" %.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

The use of soaps containing a disin-
general, says the Medical Press, that
observations on the practical value OF
such combinations cannot fail to be of
interest. DIR. Reithoffer has recently
published the results Of some expert
ments carried out by him with various
kinds Of soap, having for object to de-
termine their value as microbicides.
He used the ordinary mottled soap,
white almond soap perfumed with no.
trobenzine, and hard potash soap. He
found that these soaps were very in
fmical to the cholera mivrobe, al per
ent solution killing them in a short
space of time, while per cent solu-
five minutes. We are, therefore, at
liberty to infer that, as in washing the
hands the strength of the soap solution
is never less than 8, and may go as
high as As, per cent this method of
disinfecting the hands, as well as the
clothes, etc., is fully trustworthy. Most
stronger solutions are required how
ever, to destroy the bacili Of typhoid,
the coli-bacillus, etc., not less than 10
per cent being sufficient. None of the
soaps experimental with appear to
have any effect on pyogenic microbe.
The practical result of these investiga-
tions is that it is always preferable
to use soap and water first of all, rims
ing the hands in the disinfectant solu-
tion afterward. This is an important
point, which merits to be generally
r,ada EpnWn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

1t was in an auction store on Main
street, just before the auctioneer
mounted the box. Goods were being
sold privately to those who desired to
buy. A well-dressed woman was exam
lining a bit of iewelry.
"What is the price of this?" she
asked.
"That will cost you 81, madam, IRE
piled the salesman.
Cant you shade that figure bit?"
"No. Can't possibly take a cent
less. But I'll tell you what I'll do. If
you will wait few moments the auc-
ton sale will be started, and I'll place
the article under the hammer. You
may then be able to buy it in for al
most nothing"
The woman said she would wait.
Ten minutes later on the auctionee1
began the sale. There were some half
dozen people in the store. The bit
of iewelry in question was placed on
the counter and bids invited. Some
one offered fifty cents, then 81 was bid,
50 followed and then SO. This last
bid was made by the woman who had
sought to buy the bit of iewelry before
the sale. A gentleman came in, looked
at the article and calmly said: 81 like
that. I'll give you ST." The woman
quickly shouted. Give dollars. :"
Then the bidding ceased, and the bit
of jewelry was turned over to the last
and best bidder. She had refused to
pay 81 a few minutes before, but she
forgot that, and went home to tell
hubby dear what bargain she got at
the auction store for s. bill.-Mem-
phis Scimitar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-16

Mrs. Crawford never wearied Of mar
rating that when Lincoln was boy,
with little apparent promise, and was
acting out the clown in her kitchen,
when demonstrated with and asked
what he could hope to achieve if he
continued in that course confidently
replied that he was going to be'Pyesi
dent Of the United States. =