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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24
arnnored cruiser Albany. have nos COM

arnored cruiser Albany. have NOS com
pleted that vessel in the time that was
contemplated. owing to the numerous
changes that We're ordered by the Uni
ted States Navy Department. The New
Orleans, which is a ma tie to this vessel,
showed some annoying defects in the
matter of stability and in equipment,
which, it is hoped, will be obviated in
the new boat. a report from England.
dated the first of the month showed the
Albany to be so per cent. advanced to-
ward completion. .
Three wood ships of 5000 to 1000 tons
capacity will be built the coming WIN
ter for the Davidson Steamship Com
pany of Duluth at the Bay Cityg yards
last week.
The Shubrick, the first Of the torpedo
boats being built by the William r.
TriEg Company. Richmond, will be
launched on Wednesday afternoon.
October 18th at O'clock Miss Shu-
brick, q direct descendant of Comm )
dore Shubrick. the naval hero for whom
the boat is Eamed. will be asked to
chrsten the vessel and Secretary of the
Navy Long will be the orator of the
occasion. This will be the first LAUNCH
ing from the Trigg yards and it will
be made a big event.
A rev dry dock $50 feet long and ca
pable Of holding any vessel anoat on
the Great Lakes is to be built at the
Wyandotte yard Of the Detroit Ship
building Company. ~
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24

We point with pride to the business
landmark which four years OF unceas-3
ing effort has established. 1T is the
pleasure of our life to cater to the
wants Of the bargain hunting public.
The current week we are offering a.
quantity Of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24

The Armstrong;, contractors FOR the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24

Vessels have been classed and rated
by the American Bureau of Shipping:
American schooner Augustus Hunt;
American schooner Chas. E. Balch;
American three-Hnasted schooner (tern)
Henry r. Tilton; American ter.l Iu-
ther T. Garretson; American tern Sally;
American tern Sadie Wilcutt; American
tern Norman; American tern Warner
Moore: American schooner T. Tcwner;
American bark Nuuanu; American ship
I. ?. Cha pman; American ship VIM. H.
Smith; American half-brig Leonora !:
British bark Annie Bingay; British
schooner Oriole; British l1alf-brig Ven
turer, and Russian schooner Wesa
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-24

The following are the locations of the
various army transport steamships OF
interest. according to latest reports:
Hooker No. /, arrived at Manila June
IS; Mcclellan, No. 2, sailed September
20 from San Juan for Santiago; Burn
side. No. 3. at Santiago September IL;
Grant No. 20, arrived at San Francisco
August % from Manila; Sherman, No
81, arrived at San Francisco August 90
from Manila: Sheridan, No. 90, at San
Francisco September s from Manila:
Logan. No. %, at Morse Iron Works,
Brooklyn; Thomas. No. "a, at VIM.
Cramp &, Sons, Philadelphia; Eurord,
No. 25, sailed from New York Septem-
Der q for San Juan; Fitzpatrick, No. &c.
at New York September 81 Crook, No.
81, at Erie Basin. Brooklyn; Mcpher-
son, No. 80. sailed from Matanzas Sep
TENDER 20 for New York: Meade, No. u,
at Erie basin, Brooklyn: Sedgwick, No.
80. at Erie Basin, Brooklyn; Relief. ar
rived at Sam Francisco July 20; Missou-
ri at Morse Iron Works. Brooklyn:
Wright Formerly The Aid), arrived at
Santiago September II; Dixie. at navy
yard, Brooklyn; ingalls,, at Havana.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16
JOHN JENKINS. NJ. d..
III West u7th Street.
New York.

1T gave Office hours and was TO al
appearances the card of respectable
physician. He carried case that
looked like a surgeons instrument case
Doctor he said to me, with a forced
little effort at laugh, 1 am in a most
embarrassing predicament. came over
lere to see a patient, and either ! have
.ost my purse or | have been robbed.
aud find that have no change IN ny
shange pocket. ! am obliged to ask
YOU to let me have car fare home
There wasn't question in M mind
ibout him. and OF course produced a
lime, that happening to be the first
eoin felt in my pocket and being
nough TO take him home. I'm very
clad to be Of assistance to you, DOCTOR
/ said. Thank you very much be re
llicd, and went out. heard nothing
more from him until the other day.
when my office maid told me gentle.
man wanted to see me in the waiting
room. I went in. and il was DIR. Jen-
kins. white beard. instrument case and
al. / thought he'd come TO give back
nv ten cents. but before ! could say
word be began by pushing out his card
and starting on the story again, heard
him through and realized that be was
professional beggar. Then got be
tween him and the door and said:
you COMPOUNDED old scoundrel, this
IS the second time you've been here with
his story. The first time it worked.
,ut this time It won't. Now, you don't
ret out OF this house until you give mp
my ten cents
"He saw at once. Of course. that he
lad been caught in a mistake. and SO
le begged my pardon and handed over
EN- cents. and there's the dime" and
he doctor exhibited II.
THAT fellow had a mighty good
-ame." continued the doctor. ~bni he
hould have kept an address book. he
.ould have got money from every doc
or and clergyman in town IL he had
zen shrewd."-N Y Sun.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16
ONLY Wo-BARRELED CANNON.
The Odd Gun Intended for Cutting q
Wide swath of Death 1t
Proved a Failure

The old double-barreled cannon oi
/ the Mitchell Thunderboits is now
owned by the city, and is on the city hall
lot. Capt. Barnett has been instructed
TO have the cannon mounted al the
head of the park on College avenue.
near the confederate monument. There
is a history of unique interest that
goes along with this old cannon In
the first place, ii is the only double
barreled cannon in the world. In the
next place. il was invented ;r.th a PEE
culiar idea in the mind of the in
yentor. 1t belonged to the Mitchell
Thunderbolts, a company Of old men
organized here in 1863 purely for home
defense. One of the company, Mr. John
Gilleland, invented this cannon, and
had il cast at the Athens foundry.
The idea Of air. Gilleland vas one OF
considerable ingenuity. 4 5O-foot
chain with the ends attached to two
cannon balls was the charge, and the
idea of the inventor was that when the
cannon balls came out of the muzze
of the cannon they would have tend
ency TO diyerge, draw the chain taut
and NOV down an entire company. The
company took the cannon out into the
country near Athens one day TO test ii.
1t was properly charged, and was
touched off with great ceremony. One
of the balls got a little ahead Of the
other, and then the mischief was to
pay. Ii had kind Of circular motion
and plowed up about quarter of an
acre of ground. the members Of the
in the meantime scattering
in all directions to keep from being hit
by the flying chain.
The old cannon was never used after
that except at an occasional democratic
jubilee, when charges of powder would
be fired. About five years ago The
old cannon disappeared, and not until
a few days ago did our people know
where it was. Last week il .urnei az
IN a junkshop. but il was promptly pur-
chased by the city. Mr.. Neumyer, who
owned the cannon. had been offered $50
or II, but when he learned thar II was
i rare old relic and our people wanted /
10 keep it be promptly turned down
he offer and snapped it to the city for
IN old bell.-Athens tGa.) Banner
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16
BICYCLES IN JAVA.
Wheeling Is becoming Popular ms a n
Amusement in the Dutch
Orient.

The ubiquitous bicycle has invade;
far off Java, where the coffee comes
from. Previous 10 three years ago tn,
silent steed was unknown in the island
but now it is estimated that from 500
20 1000 machines are in use there, anc
The number is steadily increasing.
Wheeling" writes Sidney B. Everett
our consul at Batavia, sis confined en-.
tirely TO Europeans, half eastes and
Chinese, the Arabs and natives not hav,
ing taken it up. Elderly people do not
ride, as they do at home, and women
very lirtle, as it is considered immodest
for a girl over IS TO ride bicycle. |
do not, therefore. recommend sending
any ladies' wheels here.
about 60 per cent. of the wheels in
use here are cheap. and the majority
of these cheap ones are German. This
is due not only to the enterprise of the
Germans, which has far surpassed that
of any other country, but also 10 the
fact that people here are very close
and penurious. and always buy the
cheapest article obtainable, regardless
of quality.
"Of the better grade of bicycles near
ly all are English. These first in the
field. They are very heavy and clumsy,
and ought to be easily supplanted by
our lighter and better made machines
There are distinct signs that few peo-
pie are approaching the fact that it
pays to buy good wheel, and f that
idea spreads-idess are slow to spread
here-our manufacturers should have
great opportunity.
Strange to relate, the most fastidi.
GUS and the most willing to pay good
prices are the Chinese, who are becom-
ing enthusiastic bicyclists. as they are
better able to stand the heat than Eu-
ropeans.
although the use Of the bicycle Is
spreading steadily all the time, the in
crease is not at the rate of two years |
ago. The'reason for this is tina when |
everyone who wanted bicycle had |
bought one the demand at once ceased |
and has since been merely from new
corners or boys growing up Tie idea /
of buying a new machine every year. as
we do at home, is incomprehensible to
people here, and the wheels they
bought two or three years ago will be
made TO last until they drop to pieces
.The wear on wheels is not very
great. Long distance riding Is I'M
known, although the roads everywhere
are almost perfect. The sun, however
is hot, and the only time one can ride
is for an hour in the early morning and
about the same time in the evening
Riding at night even with a lamp i
looked upon with disapproyal ard sus-
picion, though it is not prohibited
Consequently with care there is no rea-
ION why wheel should not last ten
years. IN. Y. Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

Your money or yeur lifel" cried the
robber.
''Ha. hal laughed the artist. and be
drew pistol.
The artist had no money. and, accord
ing to the critics. not much life, but
that was not why he laughed.
he laughed because he belonged to
the school which draws rapidly and
boldly, rather than the school which
draws laboriousiy. with great attention
to detail.-Detroit Journal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

Mrs. Crabshaw-Woman is at last
having her day. What do you men
think OF that?
Crabshaw-Oh the men don't care
shout that as long as they have their
richts.-Town Topics.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16
ScrOfula, a Vile
Inheritance.

scrofula is tho most obstinate of blood
troubles, and is often the result of ar
Inherited faint in the blood. S. s. S
Is the only remedy which goes deer
enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out
every trace of the disease, and cures
the worst cases.
NY SON, Charlie, was afflicted from infancy
with scrofula, and he suffered so that IL wa,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

impossible to dress him
for three years. His
had and body were q
mass Of sores, and his
eyesight also became
asseted. No treatment
was spare that we
thought would relieve
him, but he grew worse
until his condition was
indeed pitiable. | had
almost despaired of his
aver being cured. when
by the advice OF 8 friend
e gave hiE 8. S. q.
wiit's specinc). A DE-
a
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

yeded Improvements was we result. and aft@
& had taken q dozen bottles. no one who kner
o. his former dreadful condition would hays
recognized him, All the sores on his bod
have healed, his skin is perfectly clear and
health. MRS. s. s. MABRY,
$50 Elm ST., Macon, Ca
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-16

For real blood troubles it is waste
Of time to expect cure from the doc.
tors. Blood diseases are beyond Their
tkill. Swift's Specific.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
Cure for IntemPerance

Intemperance is an individual evil,
and the reform must be Individual.
AS are the units, so is the state. We
sometimes forget this and think, if
we had law, we could do everything.
Laws on statute books do damage in
every way to society unless they are
enforced. We need a revival among
ministers and church members and
fashionable mothers to train children
to self-denial, to be temperate in all
things. 1t is the small matters that
develop character in the boys and
girls. 1t is a very good thing for
boy Of six or sixteen to know that
there are some things he cannot have.
1 believe this training of children to
self-denial, self-sacrifice and self-con
troll goes to the root of the evil. 1t
touches the very beginning. Then,
when we have a law that is the ex-
preston of the vast majority, it will
be executed and moral sentiment will
make it impossible, for personal gain,
to deal in intoxicating liquors.-Bish-
cp Vincent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
Tho Living God.

/ How many times we find the ex-
preston the living Cod in the holy
| scriptures! And it is just this very
thing which we are practically prone
to lose sight of. We know it is writ
ten 1.-The living Cod we may speak
about Him as the living God, but in
our daily life there is scarcely any
thing we practically so much lose sight
of as the fact that God is the living
God, and He is now whatever He was
1000 OF 1900 years since; that He has
the same sovereign power, the same
saving love toward those who love
and serve Him as ever He had, and
that He will do for them what He did
for those 1900, 5000, 1000 years ago,
simply because He is the living God,
the unchanging One, the same as ever
He was. Oh, how therefore we should
confide in Him, and i'll our darkest
moments and in our greatest trials
and in our heaviest difficulties and
Affections should never lose sight of
the fact that He is still the living
God and ever will be the living God
George Muller.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
Gods Doors.

God has many doors into human
life. Some are grand portals, which
seem not unworthy of the visitor
days Of pentecost, or of the burning
bush, when the surroundings seem TO
bear witness to His presence. But He
comes also by all sorts Of much-used.
everyday and insignificant entrances
to mingle the grace His presence
brings with the humdrum duties and
workaday employments OF His people
He can help woman to nurse a sick
child or laborer to pillow clay field
as certainly as a martyr to bear the
fire, or an apostle to preach the word
He rejects lovingly our measures of
great and small, that He may infuse
His greatness into the petty duties and
patiences of His peoples lives. He
owns the cup of cold water give1 for
His sake, as amply as the surrender
of an estate to His service. Let us not,
therefore, be Christians as to the few
great things of our lives and atheists
as to the many small things which
fill up a far greater space of them.
God is in both, waiting for the glory
we can give Him i'll them
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

not help God to give Us. things which
God Himself bestows without our aid,
If we are ever to possess them. There
are times when the soul is so utterly
spent that God bends over our voice.
less misery as the good Samaritan
bent over the speeches. Jew, and, not
waiting for those trem bling, pa1lid
lips to ask, poured oil ana wine into
his wounds and lifted up his almost
passive frame and set him on his
beast.
All! many here have known such
times as that, times when we could
scarcely lift an eye toward heaven, yet
we had family thought, God knows,
God sees, God is good and God is
great; and to us waiting He has come
and laid, as it were, His fingers on the
souls thin pulse and dropped his liv-
ing water into parched lips, and the
pity of the Lord has fallen like the
tears Of Christ to bathe the clammy
brow, and His strength has been like
everlasting arms beneath our sinking
faith. Thank God, renewal often
comes to men in their extremity like
this, and those who have experienced
1t do th.pN God, and 1 am quite sure
that those who have never expert
enced it thank God, too, that others
have, and that it may be true for them
in times of need.-Rev. T. v. Tymms.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27

| cash awards made py The company to
employees. The prizes ranged from
SIS to $50, and aggregated $615, max
| ing the annual disbursement on this
| score exceed $1,000. The distribution
| took place in the opera house, before
a large audience, in which were repre-
sentatives of many great manufac-
turing and business concerns desir-
GUS to gain knowledge of the IN. Z.
R. SYSTEM as it is styled. In his
address of welcome President F. }.
Patterson stated the fundamental
point of the system. 1t is co-opera-
ton. Every employe Of the several
thousand is invited to make sugges-
tions as to how cash registers may ne
improved. Any suggestion found
meritorious and applicable places the
suggester on the prize list. Inc last
six months over 1000 suggestions were
made, and many accepted. But the
prize feature is simply part OF the
system. Its strength lies in the rec
ognition of the fact that stockholders,
mechanics, travelling men, are all joint
promoters of one common enterprise;
that their It ambition lies in devel-
oping IL, aD1 themselves with 1t; that
according to the comparative value OF
their respective contributions in CAPT.
tai or labor, or both, they divide
among themselves the proceeds of the
business. In other words, it elimin-
ates the idea of master and servant,
and substitutes for it that OF Co
workers" Just how far the latter
principle is carried out in the every
day conduct of the Dayton factory do
not know, but that it is recognized in
theory, and at least partially estab-
lished in practice, is a great advance.
1t is in line with the best modern
thought in matters industrial, and In
accord with the ideas of leading Ia
Dor leaders and other authorities In
economics.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
A Song in Night.


What shall 1 say to you dear heart dear
heart
Now, in the last of life?
The broad blank ways have led our steps
apart
No star shines through the strife.
Is 1t not something 1 had heart to sing
When Life gave but the night?
Even with home 1 heard rhe home
bells ring
With infinite delight!
1t was with me. dear heart of mine. to
know
Lovely and all supreme
The splendid places where the daisies
grow
The meadows green, sweet dream.
made me one with all the heavenly hills.
With every breathing clod-
Uninterrupted music of the rills
And one great glimpse of God.
The lilies of His love were mine; 1 knew
Even that Be hlehem
Where, as the Orient heavens rained
their dew,
His star shone like a gem.
Like a sad river to a known, sweet sea,
Where rivers cease,
1 ask God to ct my lone heart be
In His great peace.
Frank l.. stanton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
The Difference.

A stranger in Boston, I paused for
a moment after service at the door of
one of the city churches to look about
at the wonderful carving and the
beautiful stained glass windows. AS
stood there my eyes fell upon plain
little woman who was venturing to
speak to richly dressed dame whom
she had met face to face in the aisle.
l noted that there was no response.
The wouldbe grand dame simply
drew her furs more closely about her
and sailed majestically on, her chin
ill the air. The little woman flushed,
her lips tre1nbled. At tbs moment a
hand grasped her hand warmly, while
d. sweet voice said: Mrs. Jenkins, how
glad l am to see your The speaker
was Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the au-
thor of the famous Battle Hymn of
the Republic" woman honored and
revered throughout the civilized world.
The little woman looked up; her face
seemed metamorphosed. Those few
words had changed the aspect of the
whole world to her; some one did
care to sp' K to her; some one was
glad to sec her! AS 1 turned home
ward 1 pondered upon what had just
seen; and 1 felt that perhaps there
was no better Illustration of the diff
ference between the truly great and
the would-be great.-Sunday School
Times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
OrganizeI

A letter recently written by Mr..
Charles Beadle of Buffalo, N. Y, is so
full Of good. SOUND advice that repro
duce it in full. 1t needs no comment
Read it, ponder it, and act according
to it:
Much has been written and many
articles published relating to hard
times and the remedy for the same.
In my opinion none of the writer's
have given the correct remedy or laid
out course for the working men or
laboring class to follow in order that
they may assert their rights and re-
sist oppression and injustice. Some
say abolish the trusts; others say re-
sort to the ballot box. But say and
contend that the proper Way for the
laboring class. to do is not to waste
their years in fighting the trusts or
placing their confidence in political
thieves. But organize! organize! Let
every trade and calling institute and
organize unions and protective asso-
Citations; let each trade have a certain
scale of wages, and no member be
allowed to work for less. Shorten the
hours of labor, and thus give more
men employment. Let every man and
woman who is obliged to work for a
living become members of a consoli-
dated body, and there is no question
but that they can control the situa-
ton, assert their rights, resist oppres-
sion and injustice and proclaim their
rights. Whose fault is it if a new
slavery is enthralling the working
class? Why is it that a stalwart
workman, in full vigor of splendid
manhood, the protector of fair wife
and the father of happy children, hugs
to his breast the delusion of liberty,
and yet tamely submits to the lash?
Fellow-workmen, arise! Get out of the
rut? Organize, consolidate, combine,
be ever Jealous of your rights; watch
with vigilance any encroachment upon
your liberties. Be ready at all times
to take up arms in defense of your
home, your country and your rights,
Be Independent, fearless, and you will
then be a free-born American citizen
and not a slave.'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
Temporary Committee.

The tendency of our societies is Tn
trust too much to the regular commit
tees, expecting them to cover the
ground. Many things are likely TO
fa1l or being done, simply because
they do not come under the duties of
the regular committees. 1t should he
the frequent custom of our societies
therefore, to appoint temporary COM
m1ttees, serving for special purooses
and ceasing from office when those
duties are performed. Here are some
temporary committees that are likelv
to be useful in most societies.
A committee to get names for the
Tenth Legion and the Quiet Honr
A committee to canvass for denomi-
national and Christian Endeavor pa
pers.
A committee to obtain new ideas for
the society work.
A committee to lead a certain r,a.+
ing.
A committee to usher the members
out of the back seats and into the
front ones for a month.
A committee to help the Iookout
committee canvass the entire conpre-
CATION for new members for the 60
ciety.
committee to prepare a list Of the
best books recently added to the pub-
lie library-the books most heIpfnl to
the spiritual life.
A committee to prepare a present
for the pastors next birthday.
A committee to beau.ffy the grounds
around the church.
A committee to propose some nJap
of Bible-reading for the entire society
A committee to praise beginners
when they have done their best.