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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13
Over the BArrOnt,,

The Salvation Army has rented
room over Kelly's bar on the avenue.
he two institutions will doubtless make
1t mutually d-sagreeab!e for each other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13

do not advertise cheap work. Mel
Iher do DO it. | do strictly hgli-class
and artistic photography in all its
branches q reasonable prices. NJ w.
Ten NANT. High class photographer
200 WASHINGTON avenue, corner Twcn
~ -S'Atn street. 7-9-tt
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13
Which 1t Is Alleged Was Made
Between the Factions.
TESTIMONY OF w. B. sTEED
Three Negroes Were to BE Given a "Fair
Show" aud the independents Were to
Get All the Rest. Charlie Robin
son tho Only One to Land.

There is not much fun in the deposit
4. snnatinee Which has been i'm progress
reo @aVenue during the past three O..
:. VS. Most of it is grind and
+, Il work, hut occasionally there. are
compensations Now ard then the wi,-
nesses furnish a veritabIe circus a YER
oatlni copy Of some OF the testimony
"outd throw the man Wno never smiled
again into spasns.
UP 70 the present the contestants -. "a
examined lis witnesses ana ,r,c ro,,ics
tees u, making 1870 i'm all, 'rtero ~,
only e few more to he examined az this
preclnet. Possibly rot .vcr a dozen. on,
s.ttll-klrs thing has heen noticed an! tia,
> onat out Of the 81 votes recorded for
IreWrE, OF the witnesses heard bat f,ir.
rave testified to vntir'g for him. ana
fhree Of them We're election officials.
Inc work Ct taking dispositions ut
DenbiEo will begin Friday
Frs. deposition of cx-Gfficer w. +.
ftitc, who Vas utte OF tbs ;yr;T ~ :,
election at IVY avenue was c!.ieGy iu-
'eresiing, fer waaS the deroncnt would
NOT toll Int chief qut ST IN ask, 4 ~,
Vas whether he served as Judge c.f c:e--
hon. the counsel for t.sS contestants Dc
sirlnS 70 prove that Price Gid not knSw
what he ID 90 or election cay. P;,isa
..o,,,,., : -. 80 !u'se>.o il 81 III"
counsel f2l' che CONTESTANTS but fina;!.
o.u se!l lE'= counsel for the ether side
..ido f?e s.srNc,' as judge. This Ms after
Mr, Lett had arrnurceyi his III nrninn O
competing The Witness BY legal pr,cess
70 answer. the question.
Ihe NEST Interesting testimony Of ali,
however, Was that given ~ TIC Gls;
witness placed uren ;hc s.a.,.l bv rha
:oates'ees, As ms is w &. S,ecd.
n y q negro and E;ai'rs 20 b., Z snr-;
- o"ss SNer tree on the Avenue. He
.as''Ns somewhat grand lcquertly Of
tne 1907 over "siom he cSeTts an in
=, pS 'his witness that the con
aa a,:a ~ i shrewd arEl rigorous crrss-
examinations proved that :. deal !, al,
hsen n'aas Between the Inacr7r75ea,
!. ~ arg we negroes hy which
pl.'ee negroes. Robinson, Sls;nwith and
- III, wer" q ha ru!'2Sl th.aue. ii
''S,,u%fa ti"n OF the negroes Supporting
'''s i''@'pe';l.' Eis fo' the other Iositto IS.
ne testimony is e" extended - b,
- go mere II 'uii. That POSITION Writ u
-, - - c'' : h'"S' raTt!ncnt 70 r:7c deal.
80 ,'f'e'od'ilS :eis dice; testimony, tho
.r'!'.Ss gave OPPRESSION 10 the ia&aw-
~ seti.lnshis:
), ~ +, w 80. say mat ! hal No partisan sar-
l took, IN the q. Jun. VA nr..n,,,.,.,
~. -t,-'i' :. 90 A'e$ and d* I'D
~ importantly. shcu 4 prevail. hF!iav-
ins that if any impa:.::..l!ty s,.n,,la 49,
Vail, the side / rcprcsanto4? ,,-,,l, III
out"
fCrcSs-eNaminctl by Mr. Ictt-..\yh>.
60 you say that impar.iaMtS t.i,l p;ey3ii
and that Your SIDE would win. w13s Il
because YOUR side had charge Of the
inachiEerr?"
NO, sir, it was because Ir17,,s,,,,en1
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13

Full pint bottle Ammonia. So.
i'cst Ammonia. pcrfnmcd for house
hold use. Sc. or = for 25c
:!einz,s Baked itcans. lib cans, &c
10 cans. lie; 3 lib cans, 15c.
Very best Rice, HIS for .5c.
10c
Fresh Ginger Snaps. per lib, &C., 6 for
25c
lar price 25c.
Hires Condensed Milk. 1oc., or 8 for
-oc. sells elsewhere Ut 12c
Good Alince Meat. per lib, 7c, or lbs
for 25c.
Dat Flakes. Der package. IT,, Or !;
packages 23c Regular price Ice, or
for Csc.
lbs GRADUATED Sugar for Csc. with
every cash order amounting to Sl.oO il.
ether goods.
Good fresh-roasted cnffen nor III,
l2:2c. Worth 20 to 25c elsewhere.
imported Ginger Ale. Sarsaparlla o.
1soot l'eer: per bottle, &c. regular price
l5c., or > for 23c
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13

Get Fusseirs Ice Cream. and Ics.
Cream Soda at Janney's Drug store.
2Sl9 Washington avenue. jy-l2 3t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13

Ct Uncle Billy zoe cigar for Sc. !
az 5anney's Drug Store, 2s1o Washing
ton avenue. iv-1o-"r
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-13
& LEWIS,
2XID Street Qll NlSlDlID Avenue.
A Sale OF Skirts.

Store pride impels us to buy all that
is newest and best in summer ready
to wear garments. Watching for bar
gains sent these lots our way. You'll
buy them at lower prices than you've
ever paid for like kinds.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19

increase it by going to America or Canada,
and turning farmer in the New World; then
if fortune favored him, and in a few years
he was able to show Lord Forester that he
could support wife, even if it were only in
decent comfort, he would give his consent to
his marriage with Violet Till then he felt
daughter consider herself engaged to Mser
March's nephew.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-19
CHAPTER I.

r. MARCH sat one afternoon
in the long, low, shabbily-
furnished room he called his
library Gone of the few fur
nished rooms in Harley
Grange), looking over a bun
die Of papers that lay on the
old bureau beside him.
1t was a lovely spring day,
and in the huge elm and
Evening star., 1899-04-15
WAS HIS FRIEND.
Cuban's Reason for Suggesting the
AmputatiOn of n Hand.

According to Inspector General Breekin-
ridge, who has recently returned from Cuba
and Porto Rico, the sense of moral RESPONSE
limited. This was strongly impressed upon
him one day at a military station near San
tiago. A gang of bandits had been rounded
up by the troops and with them a dozen
horses stolen from plantation in the
vicinity. The general took a look at the
prisoners and noticed among them a man
who appeared to belong to a better class
than his companions He was called for
ward, and through an interpreter the gem
eral questioned him.
How did you get mixed up in this?'
asked the inspector general.
II had nothing to do with the affair"
was the reply. '.I am the school teacher in
the district where these men live and I give
comes for it,
But suggested the officer who accom-
panied Gen. Breckenridge, that fellow told
the robbers to cut off the hand of the owner
of the horses.''
ASK him why he made such malignant
suggestion" said the general to the inter-
prefer.
The question was put and the school
teacher shrugged his shoulders. THE Ca
clique does not understand" he said. at
was I who saved the proprietors life,
He will not pay US what we demand. Shall
we kill him? Then, as they asked me for
advice. / said: No, do not kill him. Cut
off one hand: he will pay you them They
did as advised. the money was paid and
had saved the mans life. There Is surely
nothing malignant about that. I am his
friend"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
A VICTORY OF PEACE.
Why the Colonel Was Deprived of His
Military Title,

1t was two days after the final signing of
the peace papers between the United States
and Spain when the lady called on the edi-
but there was a line around the lower part
been put there to be crossed. She talked
as If she might be western woman. and
that she had not been deeply narrowed by
the conventionalities of elaborate society
was manifest.
waste of time in preliminaries, "but is there
peace now between the United States and
Spain?'
There Is, madam" responded the editor.
ut began on Tuesday, the 11th day of April
about $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon"
And there isn't any more WARP"
mot any with Spain, madam"
Amy with any other country?' she asked
as II new thought had come to her.
small domestic difficulty so to speak with a
few measly Malays in the Philippines
rs 1t real WARP"
1T looks a good deal as if 1t We're.
madam"
.Um,' she said in tone of disappoint.
ment, that's what my husband said. But
wasn't quite sure. You see my husband
used TO be In the militia and he insisted ON
my calling him colonel before folks. and I
didn't like It, AT last / agreed to call him
colonel as long as there was any war, but
l told him I'd just be drafted If / would call
him 1t when there was peace. l didn't hear
TIL today that there was plumb peace with
Spain, and when he said there was war
enough yet for me to keep on calling him
colonel, thought I'd just drop in and see
you about 1t. Good morning" and she
marced through the open door and disap-
peared.
Evening star., 1899-04-15
A REASON FOR RETIRING.
1t Was Il Good One When You Come
to Think of It.


The street fakir who sold a perfect mana
cea LOT every pain on the street was rest
Ing between his afternoon and evening SER
wees ana was doing a little talking in re-
Prospect.
wasn't always in this business" he
said, for my real taste was in the dra
fhatlc hne' and L made my first appearance
as Wezzoosk, the Wonderful Wizard. doing
my act under a roof and on real stage, or
as often that way as the towns I struck
were fixed for it. 1 don't know that made
any more money than in the present line,
but was in love with my art, and 1 could
anord to make less. What is money to q
man welded to his art ?" and the late wiz
ard laid his hand on his bosom and looked
up at the ceiling.
But | was not to be permitted to follow
the lnciinattons of my nature" he went on
II Is nearly always so, you know in the
higher walks of life; in the purely ideal. as
IL were. one OF my acts, which was in
oeed, the star turn Of the whole layout,
was the famous gun act, in which let any
person IN the audience shoot at me from
the rear end of the hall and 1 caught the
bullet in my teeth and spat 1t out in a
plate entirely unharmed. 1t had always
oeen so successfully performed that 1 had
finale of the show
One night, in a Kentucky town. where
there were a lot of men who were crack
shotS, made such success that 7 was
asked to give another performance the next
night, and, flattered by the attention 7 did
So When the great gun act came around.
tall slab-sided man said ne would like to
ShOot the gun. l was perfectly willing that
he should do so, and after carefully loading
the weapon in the sight of the audience
letting one and all see that | put the bullet
into the gun and rammed it hard home-it
was the rdmming, you know that smashed
the bullet, made for the purpose and rem
dered 1t into harmless dust-I handed it to
/, him and took my place to receive his shot.
AT the command he fired and as he did SO
L thought somebody had stuck a red-hot
poker through my ear, and / cIapped nv
hand to my head and took it away covered
with blood. The curtain went down with a
rush and | took a faint for the next fifteen
minutes When [ came to, the tall man
was standing in the crowd around me.
Here, stranger he said, sticking a $40
bill into my hand, 1 guess you've got a
right to that much, anyhow. You see, l
bet Judge Jones $50 l could plug you
through the ear, and l done it easy You
ought to be glad we didn't bet on your
windpipe. er your spinal colyum.'
"Of course he had slipped bullet in on
me, and being a crack shot, it didn't turn
out so bad. but the more l thought of it,
the more 1 felt like not giving some awk-
ward chap chance to gamble in that same
way. and cut the act out. But the people
wouldn't have me without it, so / gave up
the whole thing and took up my present
line"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
Mz@EHINOS A@
5E4E& E&

done service so far in a dozen cities and
has number of engagements. 1t is very
handsome affair, and rather soidly con-
structed. but 1t Is easily transported. 1t
has played it's part twice in New York city.
twice In Connecticut cities, three times in
Ohio cities, twice in New Jersey and is
this week receiving the admiration of
thousands in West Virginia Next week
IL is to be in Massachusetts. We are the
orieinators of this travelling welcome arch.
and it has paid us handsomely on our in
vestment 1t Is put in pace in two days
and can be taken down in less time. 1t
serves all the purposes. and the plant once
! having been provided we can build a tri-
umphal arch covering the widest street
at less than one-fourth the expense of erect
ing one outright. l saw a triumphal arch
IN Atlantic City last Friday, which was
used in welcoming Company F of the 4th
New Jersey. which was enlisted there. an
elaborate canvas and bunting affair, which
l have run across during the past five
months in eight other cities and while it
Is little bit shaken up it bids fair to do
service at least as many times more The
manager of it told me he had six engage
ments for 1t in hand, three in this mont h
ana the Others at times the dates of which
were not definitely known. This welcom-
Hlg OF the returning soldiers and peace
JuDiieeS mas brought into use more flags
ana bunting than l have ever seen before
though nave been a decorator for nearly
d haiI century, and much more than /
thought had ever been manufactured Rut
tne people Will have 1t. for they think there
is nothing too good for the soldiers. and
PTlVate!y as well professionally I am
with them" '
X X X X
am unable to explain the cause of if
Dut L know l state a fact when I saw that
winters arc at least month longer i'm this
section than they were forty or fifty years
ago explained an old resident to a Star
reporter The winter starts in a week
earlier than 1t did in my boyhood DAYS and
hangs On two and three weeks longer in
the spring The universal rule up to thirty
five years ago was that winter fires could
De allowed to go out by the 18th of March
at the latest For the past twenty-five
years nave observed that it is not safe
10 aAfoW them TO go out until the 18th of
April, and even now there are a number
OF persons who do not think it safe to let
tDelr nres go out. There are reasons for
IRIS extension of the winter as there ar,
reasons for the lack and in some cases ex-
cess or rain, but l do not know what tney
are Up to fifteen years ago the rule of
the depa rtment building was to remove
Inelr wood storm steps en- the 18th of
March at the latest but this year noticed
they postponed doing so until the second
week of the present month. though The
treasury Department is not as fully CON
Vinceu that spring has come and has not
YET removed them. This taking down of
tne storm steps is about the only official
announcement that occurs in Washington
III relation to the demise of the winter
nave given considerable attention to the
stuny OF the temperature and find that by
comparison the temperature for the past
n1ty years has gradually grown lower from
FEBRUARY to April
Evening star., 1899-04-15
Pickings From the Intellect of Little
Plato smith.


Ihere amt no necessity for me to study
grammar.
Pa says there amt no show for General
Miles to be President. cause canned meat
amt used enough by folks who can lay
their dyspepsia to it to elect him.
Folks up here where we live have kind o.
got over their patriotism. Jim Juddby. our
hero of the Spanish war, can't borrow no
more money at all.
Pa says that usu'lly the feller that's call
ed 'an intimate friend of the family is
just plain liar.
If figures won't lie. how does it come that
my rithmetic examination was marked
zero?
It's the tone of voice that makes swear
words wicked. Seems to me that a feller
would get educated faster If teachers wasn't
always strainin' themselves to prove to him
that what he knows is true amt SO.
Pa says expansion is just Inflammation
like too much green fruit.
l dunno what all I'd do If L was President
of the United States. but 1 bet you I'd buy
good dog, for one thing.
Evening star., 1899-04-15
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The Cheerful Trust.

The young man with wide ears had
broken in upon the conversation between
the colonel and the congressman with a
merry, penetrating "haw haw."
You were saying that the trusts are an
unmitigated evil he exclaimed patron
izingly. Now, L can't agree with you.
There are some things that make the trusts
an unmixed blessing. They brighten our
hours of leisure and make our toll less
irksome. You see, there are so many OF
them there they are bound to fit any &C.
casion.'
grimly, you remind me of the parrot who
case in point, off-hand. Now, listen: Why
does the parrot swear so much? Because
she's probably heard of the cracker trust
See? 1t isn't anything great; merely one
of these little promoters of conversation
which make everybody feel more sociable.
"Pll take cup of coffee, please said
the congressman in a tone of patient res
ignation.
Coffee? That's as easy as any. Ahem!
Ahem! You observe l cough twice, not
that l really have a cold, but simply to
make thu example clear to you. Now l
put my hand on my chest and say am
afraid the coffee trust is missing something.
l wish it would come around and take
charge of this cough-y feeling in my
throat"
There are times" said the colonel, scow-
ling fiercely, when the milk of human kind
ness
Now, nowr' exclaimed the young man.
Evening star., 1899-04-15

That's too easy. ever for a starter You
are going TO say something about the milk
OF human Kindness being so scarce on ac.
count OF sthe milk trust. You ought &c
work around TO II little more gently than
tnat. You don't want to manage Il so
/ abruptly. Are either of you going TO the
theater tonight?''
go most anywhere to get away from
mere, growled the congressman.
well II there happens TO be a ballet
you can pick a girl with thin legs and saw
you guess her calves must have been gath
cred IN by the beef trust. / don't recon-
neno That for indiscriminate use, but Il
SHOWS the immense variety of WAYS in
"hich the trusts have benefited modern
conversation. IL you see lady who wears
more diamonds than you like to see. You
can say you fail to understand how ali
that carbon managed to escape the atten-
uon OF the coal trust II you want to COM
plineht lady tell her she is the only rival
OF the sugar trust. If
noung man., said the colonel savagely
viii you pass that mince pie?'
certainly. If the crust supply keeps on
getting short. I'll be tempted to think
there's pie trust. See? You can make IL
work out just as well when there isn't any
monopoly as when there is 1 tell YOU. the
trusts are positive boon"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
His Drawback.

III didn't have nothin' at all to do,
Iheres lots o schemes that I'd soon put
through
Ia turn my leisure to good account
An sprise the neighbors by the amount
Or big improvements they'd some day view
III didn't have nothin' at all to do.
If all this work / could clear away
That haunts an holds me from day to day.
I'd buckle down with the best of cheer
A-keepin' busy the liveiong year.
I'd show 'em things that they never knew
If didn't have nothn' at all to do.
Sut where's the use? When I look around
so many tasks in my way abound.
That L clean give up an my spirits sink
And L can't do nothin' but sit an think
Of the wonderful industries I'd pursue
III L didn't have nothin' at all to do.
Evening star., 1899-04-15
An Ohedient Infant.

A little black boy sat on the soap box
which served as a front step to the tumble
down shanty He was happy. So was the
lean yellow dog who licked the boys arms
every chance he got, and w1lo when re-
PEELED, patiently awaited another opportu-
nifty. His skin was more than black. Here
and there it looked as IL II had been var
nished; and his hair wes glued tight TO his
head, so that the kinks were scarcely ap-
parent. His fingers chung together when
ne attempted to open his fists. and films of
SILKY sweetness were spun about him as he
threw back his head and opened his mouth
in epicurean ecstasy
Goodness, lawi" exclaimed the old lady
who had come suddenly around the corner
what You sittfn dat-a-way foh, when I
Jes bin tryin' to clean you up? Ef yoh
AIN went an 'lasses ed yohse'f FUN haid
to footw -
Dat ain lasses. NANNY"
Whuts de use er me tryin' ter make YOU
spectacle. I'd like to know? 1 wash yer
an dress yer, an den tells yer to go AM
use de comb, didn' I?'
1as m. An look aroun' de kitchen an
IN de pantry, an all de comb I could fin
was dishere honeycomb. But 1 use dat.
NANNY; sho'ly did"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
A Marked Similarity.

From Life.
Mr.. Lushington (glaneing up from his
reading)-'My dear here is an item which
says it is estimated that the thinnest part
of soap bubble is only one one-hundred-
and-fifty- ty-six-thousandths of an inch in
thickness"
Mrs. Lushington-"Hm m! Just about the
thickness of some of your excuses when
you come home late at night"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
Her Superiority.

From Tit BITS.
Papa-"So Emily stands at the head of
her class in French?"
Mamma-"Yes. She and another girl
were exactly even in the written examina-
tions, but it decided that Emily shrug-
ged her shoulders more correctly like the
French"
Evening star., 1899-04-15
4 Grand Time.
From Puck.

Dunnigan "Haw, haw, haw! Faix
there'd be the divil to pay thinT'
Flanagan-"Phwat's wrong wild yez?"
Shure, Oi wore Just t'inkin'
phwat av the Fourt' av July should happen
l to fall on St. PathrickS day some yearr'
Evening star., 1899-04-15
An Assumption.

An Assu"Dtioh.
White folks needs de winter SOS to sell de
black folks coal
An help along de grocery man dat's takin'
in de toll.
Dey's paid foh dar improvements an some
time dey wants to pass.
Affirm up de furnace an a-lightin' of de
gas.
Dey owns de almanac FUN dark November
up till Nay.
But Is heard it recitated dat each dog'n
hab is day.
1 dunno much about de comfort winter time
kin bring,
But it's cullud foIks's weather when de birds
begin to sing.
Cullud folks's weather when de sky so far
away
Wild its fioatin clouds is smiin' at de
shadows in de bay;
When de branches feather out ag'in an
shows a downy sheen
Befo' de leaves comes out an hides de gray
wild laughin' green;
When de viii flower mods to cheer you as
a-loaffn' long you go;
When nuffin's got thing to do 'cep' go
ahead an grow;
De white folks has de blizzard an de pleas
ures it kin bring,
But it's cullud folks's weather when de
birds begin to sing.
X
Occult Information.
The lady who tells fortunes and goes into
frances had been visited by the idle young
person with an inquiring mind
Il don't want to know anything about
family affairs nor how to beat the stock
market he said cheeringly. II am a
great reader of the news and as hadn't
seen anything about the Chinese Emperor
for long time 1 thought I'd call around
and see how he's getting along. I've been
waiting good while for some news from
Pekin, or Hong Kong or thereabouts, and
thought you might help me out Asia's a
big distance away he added doubtfully.
Maybe you don't make such long jumps
as Asia"
"Oh. yes" she answered, and passing her
hand over her brow. she shut her eyes and
proceeded. Il see young man with slant-a
ing eyes and cue Something tells me
that it is the Chinese Emperor. A man is
running away from him so fast that papers
are dropping out of his pockets and falling
in all directions. The man who runs is
life insurance agent. A lady appears. She
eliSo 4ifS Sidutliis eyes. II Is lne Empress
DoWager. She catches the young man in
the act of taking a drink out of large
bottle. She notes that there are bottles of
every size and shape scattered about the
apartment. So she exclaims Indignantly,
this is the way you pass your time-drink-
ing and carousingr Empress Dowager,' he
answers, you do me wrong. 1t is true that
1 drink. But there is no carousal fluid in
any of those bottles 'Nonsenser she eX
claims, why then have them about?' Be
cause he answered, 1 need them in my
profession of emperor. Those bottles are
exclaims in a whisper: That explains it,!
Then she turns and leaves the palace with
out another word
That's first rate" said the young man
as he reached for his hat and arose to
go.
She opened her eyes Immediately and
said: ''One dollar please