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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
cigarmakors elect officers.

AT the regular meeting of the Cigar
Makers Union, No. o4o. held last night
at Z. L. U. hall, the following officers
were eleted: President, e Keefe:
Vice-president. l.. Candles; recording
secretary, l.. U. Curtis; financial Sec
rotary. G.. w. i<eefe; treasurer. l.. S.
Cowan: sergeant-at-arms. +. II. Cook
label clerk. w. T. Modlin.
Finace Committee-G. Bear. w. c.
Walker, Bailey Farrell.
Trustces-E. B. Jones. Steven Lip
scomb, VIM. Fields.
Executive Committee-F. Hitzman,
James Robinson. Bailey Farrell.
Sick Committee-L. Salamone, p. NJ.
Mordia. VIM. Dodendoft.
Delegates to the Central Labor
Union-L. V. Curtis. G. w. Keefe, T..
keefe. Bailey Farrell e. B. Jones.
Considerable business of interest to
the union was transacted.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03

opened the entries for the races OF
July 4, The total entries are greater
than they have ever been before for
independence Day races, and horses
are well matched. W. II. Evans. pres
ldent of the club, will be starting
Judge. The entries are as follows:
Ihe 2:2o class has six, the free-for-all
four. the 2:S5 trotting nine and the $50
trotting or pacing eleven.
- @sss
Proud, horse bred by Mr.. David
Pitts. OF Scottsville. and now owned by
q. II. Tompkins. of charlottesville.
won the two and Il half mile steepie-
track. Chicago. This winner was by
Norwood. out Of Fernleaf.
Recently Captain Hancock. of Ell
ierslie. shipped a lot of fine horses to
New York: and received for the total
number S5,225, an average of S2S1
apiece. y chestnut colt, by Imp. Char
uNus. out of llithie. brought the high
est single price-Sl.S00. 1t was bought
by David Gideon.
-s-s>
Mr.. ID. a. Crawford, of Belleview
Stock Farm. Nashville. Tenn, reached
here Saturday with Il mixed carloa q
extra nice drivers and the cattle fine
beeves. This makes about forty car
loads Of live stock that Mr.. Crawford
has brought to Norfolk in the past ten
months.
Charles Atkins. the well-known
driver for the Cottage Stables. has left
MIR. John Mariners employ and return
cd to Norfolk Sunday. Mr.. Mariner Is
on the New England circuit with his
string. but has not succeeded in land
ing many purses thus far.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
COWARD V. BLACK.
Supreme Court of Georgia,
Nav IL. 1000.

May II, lSUU.
TO WRITE AND PUBLISH OF AN
OTHER THAT HE is A LIAR IS
LIBELOUS. AND GIVES TO THE
PERSON THUS CHARGED A
RIGHT OF ACTION.
The court says:
A libel is defined by our Civ. Code,
section 1892, to be a false and mali
cious defamation, which is expressed
IN print, writing. or signs. which tends
to injure the reputation of an individ-
ual and expose him to public hatred,
contempt or ridicule. 1t is urged. how
ever, that the printed words which are
set out in the statement of the case
above do not import crime or INSIDE
meanor. and are not actionable per Sc,
and to call man liar Is not action
able. In all actions instituted to re.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
Evening Excursion to Old Point
Fourth of July.

The Old Dominion steamer Mob
Jack" will. on Wednesday. July 4th,
leave Company's Wharf, foot of Ne
braska street, at 700 p. M. Ports
mouth 7:15 p. m. Bay Line 1880 p. m.
for Old Point. Returning leaves Old
Point 1890 p. m. Fare so cents round
trip. jy3-2t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
PostoffIce APPOINTMENTS.

Messrs. d. A. Tatem. OF Norfolk, and
w. l.. Machen, of Mathews county.
have been appointed to the clerkships
Just created at the Norfolk postoffice.
Each Will receive q salary of $500 per
annum.
The following have been appointed
sub cierks at the postonice: L. j.
Leatherbury, of the Eastern Shore; ]
NJ. Flickinger and ]. H. Baillio, OF
Norfolk
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
superIntendent Nation Res,ens

Rev. Harry L. Walton has resigned
the superintendency of the Union Mis-.
sion. on lower Church street, to accept
the call as pastor of Milton and Camp
bell Memorial Presbyterian churches
in Richmond and Lancaster counties
He Will retire from his work at the
mission the last of this month and go
at once to his new field of labors. II
Is not probable that the board of d.
rectors Will elect II new superintend-
ent before next fall
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
Schooner Snagged.

Sunday afternoon the schooner Mer-
win Phillips struck n snag in Nanse-
mond river. A hole was knocked in
her bottom and she quickly filled with
water and sank. The schooner WAS ON
her way laden with lumber from Suf-
folk for Baltimore, and in charge OF
Captain Williams. He came to Nor
folk yesterday to obtain the assistance
OF tug boat and diver. Notice of pro.
test was filed with Major j. Hardy
Hendren
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
a Large Merchant Vessel.

The British Steamship Langston
Grange called at Lamberts Point Sun
day afternoon for coal. She came di-
rect from England and is bound for
New Orleans. The Langston Grange Is
said to be one of the largest merchant
vessels ever seen in this port.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
Fourth OF July Old Point Schedule

The Old Dominion Steamship Co.
will run the following schedule be-
tween Norfolk and Old Point on We'd
nesday, July 4th
Leave Norfolk 700 and 1880 a. m,
400 and 1880 p. m.
Leave Old Point 900 a. m; 200,
4:30, 6:15 and 1890 p. m. jy32t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
Virginia Beach.

Special excursion tickets again on
sale, good for round trip. meal, and
bath, only 81. at Atlantic Hotel. Good
on all trains. Ask ticket ageut for this
ticket
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-03
$3.50 Dress Suit Cases,S2. 95

Here's q wonder-just think of It,
a Real Leather Case--wax thread
sewed-double steel frame and straps
inside casc-best brass lock and
catcher-for only s2.95-they would
charge You $3.50 elsewhere. Better
grades up to $3.50.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

wOMENs SKIRTS in handsome novelty effects
denim alpaca trimmings OF braid and insertion, "a
$1,000 $3.50 $3.50 and -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-27

wOMEN'S WASH
made from good
quality of crash.
wOMEN'S SKIRTS
from good quality
OF white duck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-01
rHr RAlsIno or osrRIcHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried on m the
 United states.

Five narmq Now Carried on m the
 United states.
 There are now five ostrich farms in the United States-two in California, one in Texas, one in Florida, and ons in Arizona. The last named. although the youngest, is the largest and most f1ourishing in the country. It is lo- cated near Phoenix, and the Salt river valley seems well adapted 70 the Af- rican ostrich No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year in the fields the same as horses and cat tle, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent 15 years handling ostriches in South Africa, says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem IS well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home. After the birds attain the age of tour weeks there is little danger Of tSeir dying from natural causes for many years. lt is not positively known how iong an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years. Most people have the idea, obtained. prob- ably, from their old geographites when they were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs in 8 nest scooped out of the desert sands, COW CTS them up with the sand and leaves them, trusting to the heat of thf sul5 to hatch them. This Is not the fact. The birds. always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his bfeastB8ne on fae sand and turning slowly round and round. scratching the sand away with his feet until shallow hole is made. some three feet in diameter and about foot deep. The female then lays. usu- ally. 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting during the daytime and the male at a{Eht, except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle ef the day to feed, when he takes hes eiace on the nest.--Bostoa Herald
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Russian Dinners.

The etiquette of a Russian dinner Ia decidedly formal When the guests are seated, the hest and hostess of the feast remain standing, it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their ob. serYation; the plate of no guest re-. mains empty for moment, nor is a wine glass ever without contents. fs@srch wives are mostly drunk at Madeira is also a fato. bottle of port is always served { n English guest. At her own tim se hostess gives the signal, and all flss from the table.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-01
Smoke vs. Perfume.

Que day at Versailles, during, tht Franco-German war, Lord odo Russell went to call on Bismarck. but found him closeted with Count Henry Arnim. who was known as the Ape, from his fantastieal ways. Before long Arnim came out, flaming himself with his handkerchief and looking as if about to choke. Well" he gasped, T can uot understand how Bismarck can bear that-smoking tie strongest Ha- vana in a stuffy little room. l had td beg him to open the window When Lord Russell entered the room he found the chaeellor flaming himself beside An open easement. What strange tastes some people have!" he exclaimed. "Arnim has just left me, and lie was 50 oyerpoweringly per- sumed that I had to open the sin. low ". Bis.
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An Interesting Ynmnn.

An interesting woman has Just diea in Russia. Irena Fedcssoya was ore or tho last ot those professional story. tellers who. before the spread of edu- cation, were very numerous in the east. She was quite !lliterats, but her memory was so phenomenal thst sae feuld recitc over 100000 lines of heroic aud legendary poetry. She was ire auently in St. Petersburg, and was often invited to the pal4ees of the Imperial family and nobility to gye feeita1ions. In su.4mer she wandered from town to village. and had neye, been absent from the famous fair 0. Slshni Novgorod for sixty years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-01
TO THE Residents of Pine Bluff AND VICINITY.

The City Market will reopen Monday, October [, to retail ex clusiVely a high grade of Nelson Morris & Company s western dressed fresh meats. fine sausages, canned meats, packing house deli cacies, Lard. Breakfast Bacon, Dried Beer and Sugar Cured Hams, 4. C. |. Haase & Sons Smoked, Salted and Picked Fish, also Fire F#fey Fresh Fish from Lake, River and Ocean, Kalama- zoo Celery, New York Counts and Baltimore extra Select Oyst- CTS, Dressed Poultry. Wild Ducks Quai and Rabbits in season. Pickles, Potatoes, Cal bage and CaahAower. And expect by courteous treatment, intelligent service, prompt delivery and charging reasonable prices, 10 merit continuance of your valu. ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, Prop
 2Io West 2d Ave
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Tine .Tt1ral ana tfe .ReaI.

sle was kindIy-faced woman. and 1t was easy to see that she was bub- bling over with love for the little folk. She walked modestly into the office of the city editor and inquired: 'WiII you please tell me which one of the staff it is that writes all those pretty little stories about children? l know he must love the little folks, because he writes such nice stories about them. I want to tell him precious little story about my darling boy. who is only" That's the man over there, interrupted Che city editor. Which one, pray?" That one with the corn cob pipe in his mouth and swearing at the office boy."-omaha World Herald.
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BLUFF CITY
 f URNIfUREGO.
Cotton Belt BG lletin.

Arkansas State Baptist Convention color edl. Little Rock. Aev, 21 to 2a5 BOO Rate: One 1are Ter the HaHad tfip. Dates of sale, Nov. 20. 2i aud ?. Return limit, Nov. 2.
 Hemeseekers' eXeurs on tieKets to all pgiHts 3n Oklahoma and Indian Territories : and be-. asd ts. Rate. ane fare pllis S2 for the zouna trip. Return limit. tweuty=on days from date of sale.
 san Antonio International Fair. San An teHf8. Ttxass Oct 23 to Nov 2a fa68 For the above occasion the iol1 wing round tfp Fates and arrangements are authorized,
 R8te--0ae fare plus two dollars for the touud trip.
 tfafrs of Sale et. r. k and IT. ta0o
 Return Eimit--Tickets to be limited for ra- turn lea vi4ag san Antonlo ap to and iBeied- ing Nov. gt la09, and for eontinaous passage in each direction
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DECLINE OF cHU4eH-eolNo,
TWO Reasons why People Do Not o'
 to Service


 The nulpit used to be the chiet means of instruction and of intellectual and moral s mutation for the people The nulpit orator was the peoples or ator The pulpit has in great measure lost it's attractive power ln th1s re- gard. says Popular Science. The daily and weekly press have greater lnilu= ence in public instruction. The mulu- plicatfon of cheap books also taxes from the pulpit large share of its In- Auence in this regard Oratory ln legls- Iatiye bodies has to great extent lost its influence. Its place has been take1 by simple. compact, time-saying state- ments. often printed but not delivered. Committees do the work which used to be done after discussion before the public. So the people will not Hsteh now to the pulpit orator of former gen- erations. They demand short, crisp ser mons that bristle with points and are practical and helpful. In other words. the oratorieal and highly intellectual character of the pulpit, which used lo attract worshipers, no longer attracts them. They feel that they can ges more benefit in this regard by reading in the comfort of the home. Multi tudes of people can no longer be in. duced to attend church to be instructed by the minister or to get his judgment on topics of the time, or to be stirred by his eloquence; they can get all these things cheaper and easier by reading at home. When. now, this is 4e-enforeed by the fact that mnltitudes dislike the doctrines of the church and resent them when they are preached, we can easily understand that church attendance should decline very greatly from this reason.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-01
HUNTING FOR PEARLS.
Two stars In This reriioa. Line 's


 Work.
 Two famous pearl divers recently visited San Francisco to buy. large quantity of air pumps. diving suits and like parapharnalia of the sea. 0pu and Taipa are their names, and they are generally regarded as stars in their perilous line of work They were born on one of the islands of the Dan gerous archipelago group They speak good English, however, and both are thoroughly familiar with the civiliza- lion of West Australia, where they have spent most of their lives as pearl hunters. says the New York Telegraph. Tafpu is the principal native pearl merchant of the many hundreds who have embarked in tho trade since the natives of the Paumotu islands first dabbled in that form of eommefee. He owns pearling dredger and a ship; both are engaged in the trade iu south western waters. His ship, however, }s a mere hulk that travels less than ninety miles along the coast. They depend principally upon pearl shells for income, since to stake earnings on the pearls alone would be to invite loss. Valuable pearls are not frequent enough to make 1t pay, but the com mereial mo5ber-of-pearl is made from sae shells that they deal in. When 1t comes to hunting for the real pearl there is not any kind of a scoop or dfedger than can take the place ot mems eyes; diving and tfeadiag the beep is the only way to find valuable pearls As a rule, these are some dis {ance apart, scattered over the rocky bed of tie ocean. Sometimes man will pick up fortune in few weeks and sometimes he will hardly make expenses in a season. Fearing is still profitable. for the crude shells are solo at from $500 to S750 q toa. and the1e ls always a chance that diver may make enough i9 e1e day to quit for life. "We do not dive farther than sixty to 100 feet" said Opa. for tha pressure is too great. Even at thesa depths men cannot remain down over i've or ten minutes, and the average fife Of the deep diver is short"
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KEEPER FACED DEATH
n Euse Pythop's Cons. bot saa
 Reseuatl.


 Rescued.
 Either of .aa eHc big pythons Just brought here eH tae steamer Affiai, for the Bronx Park zoo. would easily ssasR ths etos Of q horse in is terrible embrace. One Of the serpents is twan- N-seren feet six inches long. the other Is af least twenty-six feet long, and as pig around as 3 water pail. Keeper Horan on Wednesday afternoon had ta5f minute of time which could easily pave ended his career. Around his body wound coil of the tWenty=six- fooI python. He was not hurt. The other keeper rushed in and as quick as human hands could work released him. But for one Instant Horan. al- most paralyzed by the situation, could not know whether he would sleep that night ca his bed or on his bier. There were two pythoas which Horan was directed 10 measure. The female py- Ehon was stretched out at fal} length and the tape was applied Then Horan applied the tape to the male python, that also lay stretched cut motionless. He had measured off nearly half the length when Jhe huge reptile seemed suddenly to awake. There was a shout of warning from Keeper Snyder and the others who were watching the measurement, but before Horan could stand erect the whole huge body Of the pythen had suddenly taken life. The great head was suddenly raised. the great mass of ringed muscle rad swept around in a living coil, and Hofan. pale as death. stood transfxsd with terror. Snyder and his assistants Sashed into the cage They knew that >he reptile was still semitorpid w.a7 cold. Fearlessly they caught hold oE khe great body and shouted to Horan .o jump out of the living circle. He did so. The men lest the cage and tha python iazily stretched out it's full length and sank aaain into tAe tae9of st eold.--A1tv Yosk T9urnat
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Coufdn't Say #.

Mrs. Rambo tin the Inside of the front Absalam, you have been drinking again!9 Hlr. Rambo (on the outside1-"No, m dear. I--" Mrs. Rambo--"Sav Prompt payments pa- nently pursued produce prosperity :" H.r. Ramho- Prompt payments pa- tiently prosued pos Mrs. Rambo "A bsalom, you can go up to your room by way of the back daor. Mem nhfs CammercIa1 A nneal.
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FLoGoiNo BY -gtsTolcfrY.
France Has substlfase foz the Tsritlsf
 Cat O Nine Tails


 Cat O Nine Tails.
 Some of the French newspapers have been telling about the new method of whipping men which had just been introduced expeniaentaliy Into some of the penitentiarles and colonies of France. The instrument bears. the pleasing name of the electric cat, and fEiectfieian expresses fhe scientific opinion that it is 9 great iaproYeme ent '3pon the Russian 1zfeat and the cat 0 nine tails, which. 1t says, atill 4nlor. tunately figures in many penal colo. aies and in the penitentiaries of so- called civilize6 states. The method of this new whipping machine is very simple and bnsiness=like. The eHlprit who has been sentenced to undergo the lash is tied to q post in the usual man. her. Behind him is a wheel driven by all electric motor. which goes round with velocity that is unpleasant for the victim, The velocity may be regu- lated, however, according to the sever ity of the treuncipg to be admins tered. Attached to one of the sBol1es is a whip which swings around the circle and the eulprit is placed at such an angle with reference to the tnstru- ment of HagelIation that every time it comes around 1t nips him squarely on the back. It is claimed for the new invention that 1t dispenses justice in- partially and equally. It has no ani- mus against the prisoner. its blows are given with equal intensity, and it bet ter fulflls the idea of eycn-handed justice than manual flogging. which Is likely to distribute penalties Yers un- evenly Philadelphia Times.
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TOO Good 2 Yarget.

Hitherto the regiments of the High land Brigade which have worn the kilt have presented an admirable mark for bullets by reason of the dark tartan of which the national costume is made Orders have been now issued that all Highland corps are in future to wear a khaiN apron in front.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-01
EARLY LAMPS AND WlGxs. 2
Tho Latter Here Commonly tsIs PIfh
 of eae Rush.

fho Latter ' ere Commonly tIIs Pith
 of eae Rush.
 t would be hazardous to c fiectare what the first wick consisted of, but 8hen we come to consider the iron lamp or eerusie." We know that the wick commonly used was the pith Of the rush, which was gathered and par siallysstripRed of it's outer green cover ing. cut into proper lengths, dried and lied up inte bundles ready for use, The iron lamp Nas hammered out of on8 piece of iron in stone mold This was usually done by the blacksmith. and tho mods are still 10 be seen in museums ia the hands of private eols IeCtoTs. and. no doubt at some of the country blacksmith sSe9s. They are Bf uniform shape. ith some slight va r.eties. The lamp consists of two cups. one suspended above and inside the other. The suspender is so fixed and aoCche6 as tc enable tae upper cup, which holds the oil and wick. to be shifted. and b keep tae oil constantly in contact with the wick. The lower cup catches the drip Of the oil which gan be easily replaced in the upper cup by lifting t off until tAe oil $ poured Into it 1he upper cup has sometimes B moTeable lid, There is q remarkable resemblance not only between Inc iron srUsfes in this country, out to those on tke continent and in Egypt. They pfeserYe the same general shape, but differ II. the material from which they are made The Pompeian lamps, or at least some of them. might be described as three cT8sies iB one. The cup of tho lamp is the same, but il has provision for three lights The oil usad in the Scotch lamps was of the eeafsest kinf. On the west coast the oil used vas, add is sill. fish oil. The material for wlcka was variable.
 Fart of the ;sraln That Keep. sanaea
 Al Austrian saEant has declared that he human brain eoatalHs name center. lie says That t is tae office oi this eeii to retain names A s,rik- ing ease which Vonl3 sssn te confirm this theory fs1eatlV occurred at C1eye- land. \ bra,eenan was shot ay eoH- ductaF. and fhe forlree could not re- member the names cf persons and things, although he e01ld perfectly well describe the functions of all ar .teles exhibited to him. A surgeon probed for the bullet and fonnd it in the exact spot necessary to affect the remembrance of names according 10 .he Austrian's theory N7han the pres sure of the brain had been relieved the patient remembered names as well as he had done before his injury. and told the name of his assailant.-seientid American.