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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05
Si.OO Richmond and Return 500
Via c. g. o. R'y. Sunday, Aug. II.

Steamer will leave Portsmouth, TAO
a. M; Norfolk, $40 a. M; special train
leaving Newport News. 9:45 n. IN. No
stops will be made between Newport
News and Richmond. Returning. train
will leave Richmond. ZOO p. m. Tickets
good only on special train of Sunday,
August 18th. For further information.
apply TO F. w. CURD,
Passenger Agent, Norfolk.
au5-su, we, fri, 50, sun-5t
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The Princess Anne Court.

Princess Anne County Court, Judge
B. D. White presiding. Will begin its
August term Tuesday. Among the
cases to be tried at this term are those
or Charles HUMPHREYS, alias Wesley
Perry, the negro boy who killed Mr.
Isaiah Etheridge near Virginia Beach
recently; Charles Shields, a white
man. charged with assault. and a me-
gro charged with the same offence.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05
Movement For New Clubhouse

A movement is on foot to erect q
new club house for the Montefore
Club on CRANKY street or Freemason
street. The members Of the club do
not appear to be unanimous on the
subject. 1t is understood that the
younger element favors the erection OF
a new club house. while the older
members favor a continuance In the
present quarters and present conser-
vative management.
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Roanoke dPeaks OF Otter.

$3.50 ,ound trip. This will give you
three days in the Mountains. 1t will
improve your health and appetite.
Leave Norfolk via N. & w. Ry. Tues
J. +. HERMAN, Mgr,
July 15-1s-22-2s-2s. Aug. 1-5-9-12.
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Barge srought onIv s,o.

The barge East New Market was
sold by Deputy Marshal West yester-
day for $40. 1t was bid in by Hudgins
y Hurst. who libelled 1t in the L. s.
Court for SIG.
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coIored Y. M. c. A.

Rev. L. H. Reynolds. d. D.. the re-
Gently appointed pastor of st. Johns
A. M. e. Church. will speak at the
mems meeting at the, coiored Y, NJ. C.
a. this afternoon ct o'clock.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05

Newest Discovery" extracts teeth
pa!nlessly. n. Y. Dental Rooms only.
No. 324 corner Main ard Talbot SIS.
N. E. OF monument: established nearly
20 years. Ennes. Dentist. New phone,
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GO to the Mountains.

for 3 days. Excursion via n. & W. R'y.
$3.50 round trip. Peaks Of Otter and
Roanoke. Leaves Norfolk Tuesday. Au-
gust 14th. 1880 a. IN. J. +. HERMAN,
Manager. auS.5, 10, H. 14-6t
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Died.

TOBIN.-At Infant Sanitarium. Virginia
Beach, on Saturday. August 4th. 1900. at
o'clock p. NJ, GEORGE THOMAS. In
FAINT son of Thomas f. and Agnes Tobin,
aged year and months.
The funeral will take place from resi-
dence OF parents, No. 107 Wake street
THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 3
o'clock. Friends of the family are in
vited to attend.
at 1880 o'clock a. NJ, CHARLES j.
CANNON. aged 40 years.
The funeral will take place from st.
Mary's Catholic Church SUNDAY MORN
ING at o'clock. Friends of the family
arc invited TO attend. 'au4-2t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05

For the purchase OF property TO
be used for public school pur-
poses In Bramblcton Ward ....$ 20. 900. 90
meet Certain appropria tons. 100000
bonds maturing Sept Isl. 1900. 200 COO 90
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05
$27O,OOO.OO
CITY OF NORFOLK. VA,
Thirty Year -Four (4) Per Cent.
Coupon Bonds, Of $1,000
and $500 Each.
S27O,0OO.0O Due Sept. LIST, 1880
INTEREST PAYABLE MARCH ISL
AND SEPTEMBER 1ST.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office Of tho City Treasurer of Norfolk
Va. until u O'Clock NJ FRIDAY. August
10th. 1900, for $1,000 four g PEI, cent?
coupon bonds issued for the following
purposes:
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MARRIED..
EE t'RNtsS.
MEETING NOTICE.

On and after Tuesday. August 9TH, the
Lathers Union will meet on every first
and third TUESDAY in each month, in
stead OF every Tuesday. It,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05

T1HD STOCKHOLDERs OF THE
notified that there will be a meeting OF
the stockholders of said company. to be
held Mt tho company's office, 1i3 and IA
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1900 at 6 p. NJ.
IL. J.; WOODARD. President.
Also n stockholder of said company hold
ing moro than one-tcnth of the cnpituI
stock. nu2-30t
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Total .......... $3.50. se7O. Oo(

Bids may be for the whole or part Of
the said bonds. and must state price and
accrued interest.
Bonds issued in denominations of $500
for $4,000. and 81. 0Q0 FOR S200, eco %, and all
dated September lSt. 1900.
Bonds and interest payable In Norfolk
All bonds to be issued as coupon bonds
but purchasers to have privilege of hav-
ing same registered
Bidders to enColsc check for ] per cent
of par value OF amount bid for Imme-
diately upon notification of allotment n
further deposit OF four per cent, of par
Value OF amount allotted shall be made
-Four al per cent. interest will be al
lowed successful bidders on the FIVE t5)
per cent paid I'm. from time of receipt or
the four % per cent until bonds are
ready to be delivered
The remainder OF the purchase money
to be paid Immediately after purchasers
arc notified that bonds are ready for de-
livery.
Checks to be drawn on some State or
National bank, certified and made paya-
bye TO order of Ii. 8, Herman. City
Treasurer of the city OF Norfolk, Va.
The right Is reserved TO reject any or
NATHANIEL BEAMAN.
Chairman Finance Committee, Common
CHARLES II. CoNsoLyo.
Chairman Finance COMMITTEES. Scject
Council.
Tester II. s. HERMAN.
auA-6t City Treasurer.
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Prices OH our entire silk shirt waists
stock slaughtered. STYLISH. Pretty

fef-a to The quantity always
Sometimes he buys too much; and sometimes not enough
In this case he bought too many and to quantity we
nave reduced me prices 10 the following ridiculous gues
Beautiful s.. SO silk pongee waists, now $3.50.
$500 corded silk pongee waists. s5.oS
5000 $3.50 and $50 beautiful silk waists now at the re-
markedly low price, 81 o. ~
coo e
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These pettcoats attract the eye like gay-coored flowers Its
Joy to look at things with such wondrous beauty.
Aud these charming pecoa may be yours any of these
tempting prices:
IS afea silk petticoas at s3.oS,
81 tafleta silk petticoats S..
$40 tatfeta silk peicoats at $3.50.
Elaborate si5 petticoas at $40
Beautiful SIS white silk petcoatS at soOa
Rich $40 50 petticoats at Sll.
Charming S2Z SO petcoats At SIG.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05
WEATHER REPORT.

Norfolk nnd Vicinity,
Fair; moderate temperature; light to
fresh north winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-05

Sun rises at 51s n. m. and sets at
7:0S p. IN.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

hammedan inhabitants of the harem
wrapped up to the eyes.
From Damascus DIR. Oppenheim set
out with his caravan, consisting OF
ten persons besides his three camel
drivers, two hostlers, two Syrian SER
wants and an Armenian cook, a Bed
ouin and a pupil of the medical
school at Beyrout. He made his way
through the wastes of the desert,
studying as he went the Druses, whom
he had found in the Lebanon district
and scattered east of the Jordan
River.
These, he thinks, form probably the
strangest nation in the world. The
women are beautiful, the men are
brave and intelligent. Their religion
is very curious, being compounded of
Mohammedanism mixed with some
elements of Christianity. It is hard
for any one to say precisely what the
Druses do believe, but their life is a
peculiarly simple and righteous one,
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
A woman,s PredIca,nent.

The Chicago Post describes the sad
case of woman who was waiting at
the 'limits car barn" for an Evanston
avenue car There were plenty OF
Evanston cars, but her transfer check
was good only on the avenue line, and
she was determined not to pay another
fare.
At last, as night approached, she
went to telephone and called up her
husband. She told him the situation
that no Evanston avenue cars
seemed to be running, that it was get
ting dark, and she was afraid. What
should she do?
"Why, take an Evanston car" he
replied.
"But L shall have to pay another
fare, she objected.
"Well, what of,itP You don't want
to stay there, do you?"
"But L can't" she said, and hesi-
tated.
"Why not?" he asked
"Because-because, / haven't any
money. 1 just used my last dime in
the telephone to call you up"
And then she wondered at the laugh
which reached her ears over the wire.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
SFRANEEST AM1NG THE
PEOPLE OF The WORLD ARE
THE DRUSES OF SYRIA.

DIR. Max Oppenheim, a distinguished
European scientist and scholar, re-
Gently completed one of the most re-
markable journeys ever undertaken
in the East. He explored little known
and out of the way parts Of the Holy
Land. He penetrated to Damascus,
which is rarely visited, and made
careful observations of the life of the
people now living in that ancient city.
During his journey DR.. Oppenheim
took multitude Of photographs show
ing the daily life of the people he Wis
tied. These have now been devel-
oped and printed in the New York
Herald and they have excited much
interest among scientific men in Ger
many who have learned of the results
of DR.. Oppenheim's journey.
DR.. Oppenheim made his way with
a private caravan from the Mediter-
ranean to the Persian Gulf. The at
tention of the world is fixed upon this
wide domain, for here lies the land
which Germany, England and Russia
are competing with one another to pos.
sess by the building of railways. To
gain any real information of the peo-
pie inhabiting this country a man
must be not merely an observer, but
a linguist as well. He should under
stand Turkish, Arabic, Syriac and
other Oriental tongues, and DR.. Op.
penheim was we'll fitted for his task,
after a residence in Egypt of several
years.
Landing at Beyrout he gathered his
little caravan about him, and worked
his way up through the Lebanon
Mountains. He found o mixed null
titude inhabiting these mountains, so
famous for their cedars in Bible times.
The Syrians, he found, were Chris
tians, but there were any number of
sects, Roman Catholic, Maronites,
Jacobites, Greek Catholics and 9TH
ers. He attributes much of the suf-
fering Of these people to their divis-
ions and lack of intelligent leaders.
The Jesuits and those coming from
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

more obstinate than mule, and has a
hide 'like the armor of battleship. y
He "has but one hope, but one am.
bition in life, and that is to lie down
in a puddle of water with just his
nose and horns sticking out" In
doing this he will, if he can, also give
bath to all the supplies loaded on
the bull'cart which he is drawing.
Consequently a wild commotion
rules along the wagon-train when it
approaches stream which has to be
lorded. The soldiers, who are walk.
ing behind the carts as guards, lay
aside their rifles, and begin to belabor
each animal and objurgate him in
three languages-English, Spanish
and Tagalog. The Chinese drivers
jump off the carts and also pound the
poor carabao, yelling in Chinese.
As the middle of the stream is
reached the excitement grows. The
carabao begins to stretch his neck,
and bend his knees, and grunt-sure
signs that he intends to lie down.
eli thereW yell the soldiers.
"Chop-chopl Pronto! Git out of
that! Seega, blame you, seega,
prOnto, hi therel"
Possibly all this may get the cara
bao over the stream without his lying
down, but this is unusual good for
tune. To keep him in good trim, the
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

who reduced to a written language
the spoken language of the Cherokees
and invented an alphabet which, in
appearance, is as unique as the Greek
or Persian. Already funds for the
monument have been subscribed, and
the people are taking it up with much
interest. 1t is proposed to erect the
monument on the public square at
Tahlequah, the capital of the Chero.
kee nation.
There IS no authentic written his.
tory Of Sequoyah's life. Thomas L.
Mckinney has contributed some per.
sonal "reminiscences, written while
Sequoyah was alive. Little is known
of Sequoyah outside of the work that
made him famous. He led secluded
life. He came to the West in 1884 or
1885. The house in which he lived is
still standing, seven miles north of
Sequoyah court house.
1t is said that Sequoyah, in the
latter years Of his life, made several
journeys to the far West. In 1S43 he
visited the Pueblos in New Mexico,
where he tried to correlate their Ian.
guage with that of the Cheyennes.
and lived for several months about
fifteen miles southwest of Santa Fe.
Upon his return from his last journey
in the West he was taken ill and died
near the great bend Of the Arkansas
River, few miles from the present
site of Great Bend, Kan. His death
occurred in 1857 or 1853.
There is regularly printed in the
Cherokee language weekly news.
paper, the Cherokee Advocate. at
Tahlequah. The Cherokee typograph
is model of neatness and the printed
pages have an attractive appearance,
although their contents are hidden
beneath apparently indecipherable
hieroglyphics. There are more than
eighty separate characters in the al.
phabet. Many Roman letters are used
for convenience, but their sound is
unlike that given in the English Ian
yuage. ID for instance is V, r is E, /
I is l and w is La.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

The keynote of modern propaganda
in respect to methods of control of
food adulteration may be given in
these words-vlz., an honest LABEL
No one wishes to deprive the poor
man of his right to use a cheap and
wholesome substitute for the more ex-
pensive article of food; it would be
an unwarranted interference with the
rights Of both producer and consumer
to prohibit the sale of such an article;
moreover, it would be inimical to the
advance Of scientific invention, which
has conferred a distinct benefit upon
mankind by its production. But it
should be sold under its true name
and upon It's own merits, not as or for
the article of which it is an imitation
or q substitute.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

fed, although the dreams of former
glories sometimes rouse them to
strange flights of patriotic fervor.
Lovers of Browning will be glad to
learn something about that strange
people utilized by HIM for one of his
most dramatic poems.
The Germans assert, and have fig
ures to prove, that the efforts of their
railroad to Angora and the district
south of it, Koniwyah, have stimulated
the people to renewed effects for the
requirement of agricultural wealth.
DR.. Oppenheim's s trip shows that there
Is room for similar work all through
Syria, and he has great hopes of the
time when this country will be trav-
ersed by railways running from the
Mediterranean Sea to the Persian
Gulf.
There is no doubt that the district
east of the Jordon River is we'll
adapted to the raising of wheat, and
it is only because of the lack of facil-
tiles for transportation that this dis.
triet has not already contributed a
large proportion OF this cereal to the
markets OF the Orient.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
Driving tho Cnrnbno.

The American soldier is equal to all
sorts of transportation problems; but
the strangest one he has yet had to
meet is presented by the ordinary
beast Of drOught in the Philippine
Islands, the ter-buffalo. This ami.
NAL is called the carabao in the
Philippines, and the name (pro,
nounced carribow) is retained by our
soldiers; but the Philippine oarrabao
does not differ greatly from the com.
mon buffalo of India, China and other
Oriental countries.
r. H. Little, q correspondent OF
the Chicago Tribune, says that the
oarabao is slower than a camel and
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

Professor David Starr Jordon. writ.
ing on "The Quest for Happiness. -
in the New York Independent, re-
marks: Indolence would secure the
pleasures Of rest without the effort
that justifes rest and makes it wei.
come. Life drives him hard" who
has nothing in all the world to do.
The dry rot Of ennui, the vague self
disgust of those "who know so i'll to
deal with time, is the outcome ofidle.
ness. 1t is said that "the very fiends
weave ropes Of sand, rather face pure
hell than idleness." It is only where
even such poor effort is impossible
that absolute misery can be found.
The indolent ennui OF the hopelessly
rich and the indolent misery of the
helplessly poor have this much in
common. The quest for happiness is
become a passive one, waiting for the
Joy that never comes. But life can
never remain passive, and thousand
ills come in through the open door of
unresisted temptation.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
Where tho stnIe Erra Gn.

By saying stale eggs is meant those
that are not strictly fresh or that have
been preserved for very long time.
Many Of the eggs that belong to this
class are used by bakers, not only for
the yolks, but for the coloring matter
1t is estimated that 40, 900, 900 are
used by calico printers, and another
2O,C0O,0OO go to numerous photo
graphic supply establishments, book
binders, glove manufacturers and
leather fnishers. This estimate NAV
be exaggerated somewhat, but it gives
an idea OF the large extent to which
such eggs are used.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

Teaching ethics to school children
by an illustrated lecture is an idea of
a Western clergyman, the Rev. Eir.
Fairchild, and it was tested in Bos-
ton school the other day. Mr.. Fair.
child has given the subject four years
of study, but he has evolved only one
lecture as yet. 1t is entitled "Once
Upon a Time Two Boys Had Fight"
and it is illustrated by stereopticon
views taken from life. For it's pres
entation in schools a solar camera is
used. The lecture aud pictures de.
pict an actual street quarrel, showing
when a boy should not fight, and
when he is justified in doing so, as in
self-defence or in the protection of
the weak. The children thoroughly
enjoyed it, Of course, and the teachers
and supervisors appreciated it, but
the question of the adoption of the
plan has not beeu decided. 1t has the
approval OF such eminent educators as
President Hall, of Clark University:
Professor Baldwin, of Princeton; Pro-
fessor Small, Of Chicago University,
and Professor Ross, Of Leland Stan.
ford University.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

The Philadelphia Saturday Even
ing Post states that to quicken our
commerce, vast schemes are under
way, the greatest of them being a
canal across the Isthmus, which will
save more than 10000 miles in the
trip from New York City to San Fran
cisco, and which will cost, according
to one of the estimates, at least 1925, o.
100000. For land transportation the
projects exceed everything in the his
tory of the world. The largest tunnel
on earth is now being built through
the Alps to open a new route between
north and south Europe. It will be
twelve and two-ffths miles long, will
be completed in five and one-half
years, and will cost S14, OOO,OO In
the United States a great tunnel is to
be built under New York City at a
cost of S35, 900, 600, for the local traf-
hc of that crowded city.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
DITCH OF THE DEAD"

their summer residences. A hotel
built on European models was opened
here in 1897.
Thence the caravan went to Damas-
Gus, the oldest city in the world, and
which has been inhabited for thirty
five hundred years. 1t is mentioned
in the Tell Amarna letters found in
Egypt, dating from 1900 B. O., and
has been inhabited ever since, and no
one knows for how long before that
time. Here are ruins thousands of
years old.
But the houses and life to-day
in Damascus are most interesting and
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
THE SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
WASHINGTON,
D. c.

A great deal of fun has been poked
at the American baseball umpire, but
the trials and terrors of an umpire's
life seem to be only fully exemplifed
in the South Pacific. A Samoan
cricket match, according to a London
cablegram, which took place at Savaii,
resulted in the death of the umpire,
who rendered a questionable decision,
and ten of the players and spectators.
The cricketfeld resembled a battle.
field. Some enterprising American
should introduce football into the
Samoan Islands in the interests OF
peace.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

Copper is to be king in the future
domain of industry, according to the
confident predictions of Old and New
World scientists. Electricity is des-
tined to be the motive power of the
new century, and copper is needed
for electrical transmission. How far
this impending industrial revolution
has advanced already is shown in the
growth in a single decade-from 1890
to l90O-of American copper exports,
the increase being from 50, 800, 900 to
$50, 900, 900 in annual value.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
PnenmAtIo Cnnaa Poi

A new appliance for coffee pots and
other liquid dispensers has q false
bottom, with a valve connecting to
the main reservoir, which closes au-
tomatically when pressure is applied
to an air bulb, connected with the
bottom, forcing the liquid through
the spout.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

the American mission at Beyrout, says
DIR. Oppenheim, seemed to exert the
best and deepest influence upon the
people. They are not prosperous,
and as a result some ten thousand Of
the men emigrate every year.
Among the women, DR.. Oppenheim
says, he found many remarkable for
their beauty. Some European inAu.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
INNER COUNT OF DAMASCUS DWELLING.

ences, especially French and German,
are now being brought to bear for the
development of agricultural interests
and industrial arts, but with no great
success as yet. Along the slopes of
the Lebanon Mountains many Of the
wealthy merchants from Beyrout have
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

Justice is done at any cost, and high
sense of honor is well developed.
Like other Orientals, the Druses sit
cross legged on the ground and help
themselves at meals from large dishes
placed in the centre of the group.
They seem TO be industrious and salts.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
Patented an Airship.

In new airship, designed by
Haitien, series of fans are mounted
in a cur partially supported by gas
balloon, the fans being used to drive
air through adjustable pipes, which
are adapted to turn toward any point
to move the ship in the opposite direc-
ton
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

novel to the traveller from the West.
They exhibita luxury and comfort little
dreamed of in Western lands as exist
ing in Damascus to-day. All sorts of
persons, says DR.. Oppenheim, are to
be encountered on the streets of this
ancient town, from the Christian wom-
EN- in their white garments to the Mo
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
nas a Range Of Twenty Mnea.

This big sixteen-inch gun has just
been completed at the armory at
Watervliet, N. Y. IT is the biggest
gun of its kind in America. The in
tention is to mount this majestic piece
of ordnance at Sandy Hook, to form a
part of the powerful defenses there.
Without the carriage it weighs 1875
tons. The projectile it uses weighs
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19

carabao must have a bath every few
hours.
Often the desire to bathe will come
upon him in the middle of the night,
and he will break his rope and start
out across country in search Of water.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
sEeUoYAH TO HAVE A MONUMENT.

Honor 20 the Memory OF the Man who
Invented the Cherokee Alphabet.
The people Of the Cherokee Indian
nation are making preparations to
erect monument to the memorv of
Sequoyah, distinguished as the man
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-19
THE SUBURBAN CIT.

THE 81 bU hbAN OIIl-
ZEN 1s a permanent inStltu-
hon--a fixture at the National
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands of people can testify TO
the good work IL has accom-
plished during the past five
years in the line OF suburban
Improvement. IL is the only
pewspaper In the District OF
Columbia that maintains a
punching bureau, whose duty
It is to punch up the aUthori-
tles and keep them awake 20
the needs OF the suburbs. ON
that account it deserves and ~
receiving substantial encour
aZemant-