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The age-herald., 1900-12-21
PRESIDENT HOPKINS
 IS BACK FROM EAST
Head of SIo8S Company Talks of
 Industrial Situation
WILL BUILD A STEEL MILL
Says Original Plans of Company Will be Carried Out-BeIieves That the Outlook for the Coming Year
 is Very Bright.

President E. O. Hopkins of the sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company returned from the East yesterday morning. He went to New York two weeks ago to at tend the quarterly meeting of the directors or his company and having completed his business there left for Evansville. Ind, his old home, where hs remained until Wednesday.
 Asked about the proposed steel mill which 1t has been reported the Sloss-Shef- held Steel and Iron Company is to build Mir. Hopkins said:
 Tt is the intention of the company to build steel mill and provision for this was made in the articles adopted when the company was organized The mill will be built, but just when I cannot now state. Steel is being successfully made by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Compa- ny, steel rails will be made by the same company, and I have no doubt of the suc- cess of that plant With the consumption of the product of the Tennessee Compa- ny's steel plant will come other steel mills by other companies"
The age-herald., 1900-12-21

Mastic pure mixed paint
 Elastic floor varnish,
 Carriage top dressing. Johnston and Walter Paint Co.,, 113 21s street. 12-21-3t
The age-herald., 1900-12-21

Radishes. Dill Pickles. Filet of Trout.
 Saratoga Chips.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
Gladstone,s Self po..es.is..

This faculty was strikingly manifested
when. in the position of leader of the
house. Mr.. Gladstone had to write fire.
quent letters to the queen giving his i'm
prcssions as to public business. Thes.
letters he often wrote while sitting on the
treasury bench utter the dinner hour. ant
they sometimes appeared to tax even hi,
mental resources. He wrote them in q
small and not very lcgible hand. anG
their composition occupied a considerable
time. Sometimes he would pause for I;
few minutes before finishing half writ
ten letter and would occasionally delete {:
word or two after reading what he ha,
already written.
In no duty did he seem to take sucl
care, and keen observers often remarkr
that he could more easily deliver Ion:
speech than write n letter to her maj
ty. While his mind was apparently alb
sorbcd in this work he was ut the SAINT
tinlc listening 10 TIE speeches which wCr.
being delivered. as was evidenced by tn
fact that he often jumped up 10 correc
an oral statement or to explain som,
point in regard TO the subject under dis
Observation-Disclosures journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23

In Saxon ard mediirval times. ever
after the introduction of wheat and 9th
er cereals. there can be little doubt thai
acorns were regularly used by the poorer
peasants for the purposes of making
bread. and not only in seasons Of scarci
ty. but as general article OF food. Oak
trees were then chiefly valued because OF
the acorns which they produced.
In The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the
year ZIG. which Is described as "a very
calamitous year, the crops being spoiled
by the heavy rains. which came on just
before August and lasted till Candle
mas" 1t is expressly recorded as an ag'
gravation of the "heavy time" that mast
was also scarce this year that none was
to be heard Of in all this land or in
Wales"
The days Of mast bread are happily
gone forever, and even barley bread, in
common use during severe winters not SC
many years ago. has now everywher:
given place to that of ''the finest whea!
fiour."-Longman's Magazine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23

Governor Aaron V. Brown Of Tennes-
see was a Chesterfield for politeness and
a Talleyrand for wit. When be. much
admired widower, was paying his adj
dresses. as yet unavowed. to an attract
i've young widow, he called at her house
one day and was ushered into a room
darkened to the degree which the pre-
vailing fashion of those days declared
to be elegant, and before the governor
had familiarized himself with the sur
rounding objects In the gloom the young
widow entered the room. With enthusi-
astic devotion he advanced to meet her
hastily, not noticing n low stool directly
In his pathway. Unhappily he stumbled
over 1t and pumped upon his knees d.
rectly at the feet of the object of his af-
fections. Before she could utter a word
of apology or sympathy the adroit gov
ernor, seizing her hand, exclaimed.
MADAM, happy accident has brought
me where inclination has long led me-"
The formal declaration which followed
was of course successful, for such ready
gallantry could not be resisted.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
Plurnl Mothers.

Under the title of plural Mothers" q
writer in the Madras Law journal dis
cusses the question whether between
two females, both of whom are entitled
to claim as mothers, primogeniture de-
ponds on priority Of marriage or upon
seniority of age"
This brings to mind the anecdote Of
supposed lunatic in an insane asylum
who claimed to be Napoleon Tor Julius
Caesar, perhaps 1t was) and when told
that he had not long before claimed to
be Alexander the Great dexterously re-
piled. "Ah. but that was by another
mother"
This alleged plurality of mothers Is
somewhat startling. In India, however.
the problem arises on the adoption of a
child by a man who has several wives.
each of whom thereby becomes mother
of the child
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
eYRNES THE DETECTIVE.
A Leaf Out of the Experiences of m
Old Time Reporter,

OLD Time Reporter.
'HThe first time" said the old reporter,
81 ever saw Inspector Byrnes-I suppose
that, although he became later the head
of the police department, people will al
ways call him Inspector Byrnes because
fame came to him while he held that
rank as the head of the detective bureau
was when he was a captain and in COM
mand of the Mercer street police. There
had been murder in his precinct, and
was assigned to report it.
II went of course first to the police
station for what they had gathered there
about the case for use as information in
writing my story and also as guide to
me in hunting the story up for myself,
which l was going to do anyway. Diff
ferent eyes see different things, and there
is always something to be cleaned. i
met Captain Byrnes, and when l asked
him for something about this case he told
me in n quiet sort Of a way what he had
gathered about it.
"At that time was comparatively new
In the business, but l was newspaper man
enough to realize almost from the outset
of his statement of the facts that he had,
as they say, got the story He had the
facts, all of them. He had covered the
ground thoroughly, leaving no lead unex-
plored. He had got it all. And he had
got these facts arranged in order so that
they told the story-beginning ut the be-
ginning and running along smoothly to
the end. 1t was the story Of the case,
and that's all there was to it. 1 went
over the ground and saw the people, but
all l could add was touch of color.
"Well, when Byrnes came to be ap-
pointed head of the detective bureau it
didn't surprise me bit. l knew he had
at least one of the qualifications requisite
to success. l suppose that special tai
ent or genius is required for the making
of n great detective, just as a great paint
er, for instance, or n great writer must
have a gift for his work. But whatever
genius he may have it is essential to the
detectives success that he should have
the ability to get the facts in case and
an unfailing persistence that prompts
him to get them all. You've got to have
the facts to work on, to begin with, and
the clew may lie in the slightest and most
trivial and seemingly most unimportant
of them all. And Byrnes certain ly could
! get the facts" New York Sun. =.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
THE GOOD AND THE GREAT.

"'Tis better to be good than great"
heard preacher say, =
But they that for high honors wait
Pursue q surer way;
The man who gains q glorious height,
Who wins the crowds applause,
May scorn the priest who day and night
Obeys his Makers laws.
II in ten thousand one alone
Might have an honest heart,
Might point to goodness as his own
And stand from all apart,
Then would they raise the righteous high,
Then would the crowds acclaim
Be for the men OF virtue-aye,
And his the deathless namei
Men value things and fix their worth
By laws that never fall;
That which is scarcest here on earth
Is dearest unto all.
All might be welcomed II they would
Where virtue guards the gate,
But tits SO common to be good,
And, oh, so few are greatl
S. Z. Kiser in Chicago Tmes-Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
Old Time Surgery.

A grim souvenir of an old time war
was on view in cutters window in the
east end of London recently. 1t is an
ebony handled saw, which. according to
the inscription on a brass plate attached
to the instrument, was used by a surgeon
of the British army to amputate the
limbs of wounded soldiers at Blenheim,
MalDlauuet and Families.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
THE INEALLIBlE MAN

There was 4 man who never made
A blunder in his life;
he loved a girl, but was afraid
II she became his wife
That he or she might rue the day
That brought them bliss, and 50
BE put the happiness away
That welded lovers know.
One day the man who never made
Mistakes perceived the way
That led to lame, but, still afraid,
Drew back and stole away;
He Stunned the winding paths that le1
To distant, unseen ends,
And kept the road that stretched ahead
With neither sleeps nor bends.
At last the man who never made
Mistakes feii b. the way,
In garments that were badly frayed,
And pale and starved he lay;
No weeping friend bent DER him there,
Nor servant, child nor wife,
But victory was his-hc ne'er
Had Numbered in his life.
S. E. Kiser in Chicago Newa
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
The World Ia Learning.

Briggs-Do you believe that the world
is divided into two classes, those who
borrow and those who lend?
Griggs-No. sir. My experience is that
two other classes are much more preya-
lent-those who want to borrow and
those who won't lend.-Life
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
The Speed of kilograms.

The time a telegram needs to go from
London to Alexandria is 70 minutes; to
Bombay, about l hour; TO Picking, 2
hours, and to Melbourne, 3 hours; from
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-23
he 4EeisaGd, .1ptelligeQcer:
IL Published Every Friday.
FINNEY s DASHIELL.


Transient Neutrality-suspicious. Square, 8
insertions or less S1.5O. Each subsequent in
sertion % cents. Longer advertisements in
the same proportion. A space equal to six
lines makes q square. Figure work double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
BRAMBLETOM.

The many friends Of Mrs Lillian
Ambrose l1thcridgc, wife of Mn w. II.
Etheridec. win learn with sorrow Of
her sudden and untimcly death at the
homo Of her husband. No. 9Q5 West
Highland avenue. at noon Yesterday.
in the 18th year of her age. Mrs. Eth
erdge was sick only -four days, and
her demise is n severe blow To her
husband. who was devoted TO her.
They had been married about two
years. aud their nc ne was one of the
happiest in Bramblcton. She was a
lady ,of most lovabo traits OF charac-
ter. and was highly esteemed in the
community. The funeral will take
place from the family residence at )
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Mir. j. y. Barclay and bride former
w Miss Irene I.ounsbcrry. returned
from New York yesterday. and are
stopping at 3Ss Ciraydon avenue. Client.
The regular weekly meeting OF the
Epworth League of McKendrce Church
will be held at S o'clock Tonight.
The first fashionable german of the
season will be given by the Eureka
Social Club at migrants Hall tonight
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED.
TWO NEGROES WERE ARMED
SEN EiiAL IMPORTANT REALTY
IRA NSEERS

Henry Walker and Thomas Jones,
negroes from Louisa county, were fined
$50 and costs each in Police Justice
Taylor's Court yesterday. and sent to
jail in default OF payment. They were
arrested by Policeman Daughcrty just
as they We're getting out OF a Norfoll;
ana Western freight car. At the police
station Il pair OF brass knucks was
found on one and pistol on the other
IN THE POLICE COURT.
Eddie Russell. colored, driving q
horse unfit for use: fined $3.50.
George Potts ana NJ. G. Pierce, fight
ing; fined Sc each
Il. l.. Hogwood. trespassing on the
promises of NJ. Il. Trout; fined Sc.
James Barnes. drunkenness and
sleeping on the street; fined $3.50.
Wiley Hrandcr ana James Hill both
colored. stealing 80 cents belonging to
Vrgie Jones: fined 81 each.
j. w. Short was charged with failing
TO pay n $l2 board bill nj the Mansion
House, Union street. Justice Taylor
courts and dismissed the warrant.
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Farmers manufacturing Company
To w. l.. East, property fronting o.
feet G inches on the north side of High
land avenue; $500.
Farmers Manufacturing Company
to Maggie =. East. lot with improve
mcnts on the north side OF Highland
l;,scnuc; $500
Nottingham lot With Improvements
fronting - feet on the north side OF
Franklin avenue; $500.
Robertson, two lots at the southeast
Robertson. two lots 1.-THE southeast
corner of l}oissevain avenue ana Mau-
teo street. fronting 20 feet on iiolSs"Na.n
avenue and l25 feet on Manteo street
$1,000.
l., r Robertson to w T. Robert on
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
Convention of Democratic Clubs

ny Telegraph to Nirginian-piiotD
Indianapolis. Ind. Sept. 2o.-Ser-
geantat Arms King. OF the National
Convention of Democratic Clubs, TO be
held here October 9 to 9th. to-day re-
ceived from Louis &. Stevens, Western
representative Of the National Asso-
citation, a liter announcing that the
speakers ut the convention will include
J. Hamilton Lewis, Of washington
William ] Bryan. Adlai +. Stevenson.
Bourkc Corcoran. Senator George Wei
lington. Ex-Governor Chauncey Black,
Of PENNSYLVANIA, Captain Patrick
O'Farrel OF WASHINGTON. -. c.. =. T..
Dove and Augustus Thomas, the play
wright
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
THE BoER ARMY.
NOTHING LEFT BUT \ FEW MA
RAUDING BANDS.
CBy Telegraph to virginian-piloD


London. Sept. 2o.-Lord Roberts ca
bles from Nclspruit. on the Pretoria
Delasoa Bay railroad, not far from
Komatipoort. the frontier station.
under date Of Wednesday,. September
10. as follows:
OF the 5000 Bocrs who retreatod
from komatipoort before the British
advance from Machadodorp. 200 have
entered Portuguese territory. others
have deserted in various directions and
the balance are reported 10 have
crossed the KomaG river. and To be
occupying spurs of the Lobombo Noun
tain. south of the railway.
"A general tumult seems to have oc-
CURED when they recognized the hope
lessness of their cause. Their long
toms and field guns had been destroyed
and nothing is left of the lSoernlrmy
but a few marauding bands. MIelly
Kenny is dealing with one of these.
which occupies Il position at Doom
berg"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
HUMTERSvlLLE.

Otto Numgesser with the Eberhardt
Brewing Company, of Allegheny. Pa.
and son. Carl H.. who have been the
guests of MIR. Frank Hopf, of Hunters
willie. will leave for their home this
morning.
Walter Shaw. son of Mr.. Chris Shaw.
of Huntcrsville, while sitting on the
lawn in front of the public school
house of IIuntcrsville Tuesday. was
struck above the temple by a baseball
and seriously hurt. DR.. Baxter was
called and rendered medical assistance.
He was Knocked senscless. He is not
yet ont of danger.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
NEW STEAM SHIP LINE.
TO BE ESTABLISHED BY MER-
CHANTS AND MINERS

NBy IeIeBr0ph 90 Nlrgln.an- PiIoO
Philadelphia, Sept. pa new line Of
steamships between this port ana Sa-
vanuah will be put into operation on
or about October l by the Merchants
ana Miners sportation Company.
OF Baltimore. Traffic arrangements
have been made with the pennsylva-
MIA. Philadelphia ana Reading and
Baltimore ana Ohio Railroads and
with all lines centreins at Savannah.
The service VIII he inaugurated with
the two first-class freight and passen-
scr steamships Berkshire and Alle-
Sheny. These vessels VIII sail every
i've days. Assurances are given that
the number OF ships viii be increased
as rapidly as business warrants.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
No Foundation for the Report.

Mr.. O. II. Mears. Superintendent Of
the Public Schools of Princess Anne
county. called at the Nirginan- Pilot
Office yesterday morning and stated
that there was no foundation for the
published statement tina; the Princess
Anne teachers would have 10 lay aside
their rainy day skirts and Wear their
long dresses Willie teaching. lie says
the rumor grew out of g remark
jocularly made to him by n friend
Who loves to crack joke
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
COURT DECISIONS.
DlGESTED BY w. B. MARTIN
EXCLUSIVELY FOR
vlRclNiAN- PILOT.
Notes of Cases Recently Decided
Which Are of Interest to
Our People.
CENTRAL STATE BANK V. sp1,p.
TEN
Supreme Court of Iowa.
April Ii. 1000.

April Ii, 1900.
THE ADDITION OF THE worn
TRUSTEE" TO THE NAME or,
THE PAYEE IN a NOTE DOES
NOT DESTROY ITS NEGoTrABII-
ITY.
This was an action on promissory
note payable to j. Nj. Fitzgerald. trus-
zee. FROM Judgment for plaintiff the
defendant appealed
The Court says:
Inc pivotal question to be determin-
eu Is was this note negotiable? The
claim rs that the payee of the note
was not certain; that the word "trus-
zee, Following his name, makes it
evident that some person other than
fltHgera'd was interested in the note.
as payee and because of this the ne
eotlaDllity Of the instrument was de-
stroyed. If the word trustee is to be
construed as mere matter of descrip-
tion, then Fitzgerald would have a
right or action on it in his own name.
anu It's negotiability would not be af-
1ected. In well-considered case the
Court of Chancery Appeals of Ten
neSSee thus concludes: I'VE take it,
the decided weight of authority, and
III seems To us, of sound reason. sup
ports the position that the addition of
the word trustee to the name of the
payee of note does not destroy its
ncSotiability." We are quite content
to follow these holdings. Affirmed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
Population of San Antonio.

CBy Telegraph TO Nirginian PILOT
Washington Sept. 2o.-The censu.
bureau announces that the population
OF san Antonio. Texas. is 55.32l a.
against 27.612 in 1890. This Is an in
crease of legs. or Isl per cont.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
WEATHER REPORT

washington, Sept. 2O.-weather fore
cast for Friday and Saturday:
Virglnia-Rain Friday; Saturday
generally fair; fresh south to south
west winds.
North Carolina-Partly cloudy Fri
day, with showers in interior. Satur-
DAY fair. except showers on the coast;
light southerly winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
TIDES.

High water at 1886 a. m. and 1856 p.
m. Low water at 1:20 q. m. and LAS
p. IN.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
Suspicious Character Arrested.

James Woodward, supposed to have
shot n policeman in Richmond Sunday.
Mayo and officer McNurney. He had
on his person a gun He was locked
up.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.

September 20. 1900.
Maximum temperature ..... 81
Minimum temperature ....... 5S
Normal temperature .... 70
Departure from normal ...... minus 0
Departure from normal since Jan
uary LIST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. plus 276
Rainfall in past 81 hours .......... %
Rainfall since first of month .... 70
Mean relative humidity ............. 70
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
onti,erraok

means great disaster WHOM anpliod To n
last express train. II is just as bad when
il refers to disordered blood or deransed
stomach HOod's Sarsaparlla puts the
wheels back on the track by curing the
troubles.
Indigestion, nausea are cured by Hood s
PIlj
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
CALENDAR.

Sun rises at 5:52 a. m. and sets at
6:64 p. m.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21

Showers Friday; light to fresh south
winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21
DIED.

DIGGS.-At Bay View, Mathews coun-
ty Va, ut A. NJ. Thursday, September
goth, 1900 MISS BETTE S. DIGGS, aged
about so years
Funeral will take place at 3 O'Clock
THIS tf'riday) AFTERNOON, September
21st, from the residence
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21

! Aver. Hair Visoc
Ayers Cherry Pse;orai
Ayers COma;one
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-21

Mrs. f. Il. Carpenter. of Philadelphia.
is spending a few weeks with her
mother. on York Place.
Mr.. Samuel Hodges. of Wilson. y. c..
the brother of Colonel Harry Hodges.
with his Wife and daughter. are stop
ping at the Monticello Hotel.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-01-25
ARRESTS IN NEGR0S.
Some Prominent Men Charged With Plot
tinQ Treason ..r

Manila. Jan. 2l.-Mail advices from
Negros bring particulars of the uprising
last month in the southern part of the
island, in which Lieutenant A. Q. Led
ward. Sixth Infantry, was killed. Instead
of being an unmportant revolt of native
police, as was at first reported, it appears
to have been an attempt to overthrow
American authority. The movement was
started by the officials Of the autonomous
government, the men who were elected
and inaugurated with so much ceremony
last November
Eleven of these officials, including the
President and several Councillors, were
lodged in Jail on charges of plotting trea-
son. Several secured their release under
heavy bonds, but others remained IN
prison.
General Smith found evidence that the
revolving police were following the orders
of the autonomous government, which de
signed to use the forces under It's contro
to overthrow the Americans. The plot
failed through being started prematurely
but Negros was in a state Of uneasiness fol
a week. Two companies of the Twenty
sixth Infantry were hurried from 1loilo tC
reinforce the garrison at Bacolod.
The officials arrested include some o.
the most prominent men iii Negros. 1t II
believed that they will be expelled from
the island.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-01-25
DID NOT CRITICIsE METHUEN.
Death of a Good Woman.

On Monday afternoon at 1:lO O'Clock
Mrs. Emaine Van Pelt died at the home
of her son-in.law, Mr.. A. A. Lilly, in her
seventy.sixth year. She is survived by
four cbildren-Mrs. Lilly, Of TazewelI,
Mrs. Burnley, of Roanoke, Hon. NJ. Van
Pelt, of Moundsville, W. Va, and John
A. Van Pelt, of Clifton Forge, Va. Her
daughters were with her at the time Of her
death. Mrs. Van Pelt had lived number
of years at Tazewell, and had been mem
Der of the Presbyterian church for about
forty years. She was highly esteemed by
all who knew her as good, Christian wo'
man. Funeral services were held in the
Presbyterian church on Tuesday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock, conducted by Rev. w. w.
Ruff, assisted by Rev. w. J.. Wayts. AT
the conclusion of the services at the church
the remains were taken to the new ceme-
terry and buried. Messrs, James Kits, j.
w. Spots, Geo. w. St. Clair, 0. q. Emsch'
weller, S. D. May and DR.. G. A. Thomp-
son acted as pail bearers.