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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30
NEWPORT NEWS.
INVESTIGATING LYNCHING-A
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
(SnnninI 70 Irirni..ia

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Especial to Virginian-P ilot.)
Newport News. Va, Jan. 29.-The
grand jury is still investigating the re-
cent lynchng of w. w. Watts but
whether the solution of the problem ie
any nearer than 1t was four DAYS opo
cannot be definitely stated
1t Is believed. however. that Tho i,r,,
Is on the track of the men who bar.
ucipated In the Iynching, and will
bring In several true bills.
A GENERAL MELEE
There was a general melee YESTERDAY
afternoon on vacant lot between
Forty second and Forty-third streets.
near Virginia avenue. n sort of n
drunken scrape in which a man named
Westtleld was shot In the shoulder and
painfully wounded. Charles Mcintyre.
who Is said to have done the shooting.
was arrested this morning. and w. a.
Martin, another alleged participant, is
also under arrest.
ASSESSORS QUALIFY.
r. w. Perkins. c. C. Crafford and G.
d. West. the new Board of Assessors
recently authorized by the Legislature,
qualified in the Corporation Court to,
day. They will proceed on their labors
at once.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30
SUFFOLK ADVERTISEMENT:

I, dies silver watch on Man street
Owner can recover by proving property
and paying charges. r. IL. PORTER,
Sntolk. va. 1aS0-1t
q LEEPY HOLE DISTRICT SCHOOL,
~ Board of Nansemond county, wishes
to secure n principal for the Graded Pub
lie School at Driver, for the uneXplred
term of three months. A man of ex-
only will he employed, application must
be promptly filed with Mr.. Leo Britt,
Supt.. Schools, Suffolk Va.
S. j, PARKER, Clerk. +
January &C. 1900 ja27-3t
IAN YOU AFFORD TO BE WITH
~ out health Insurance when ii costs so
little each year: $500 a year pays $50
per week, 500 a year pays $1,000 per
5000 per year pays $1,000 per week. For
further particulars apply to WOOD
WARD s. ELAN. Suffolk, Va
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Alen's Toot-Ease, powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful. swollen, smarting
nervous feet and instantly takes the sting
out Of eo nI an, and bunions; rs ths great
Foot-Ease makes tight OF new shoes feel
easy. 1t Is certain cure for sweating,
calious and hot. tired, aching feet Try
It to-day. Sold by ali druggists and shoe
stores BY mail for 25c In stamps Trial
package free Address. ALLEN 8. 0LM.
STED, Le Roy. N. Y.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-30
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
Continued from Page {.

train dispa tcher, superintendent of the
Indiana and Ohio, division superintend-
ent of the Eastern Division, and assist
ant general superintendent On Jam
uary l, 1890, he was made general SUI
perintendent of the Chesapeake and
Chic, which office he held until July /.
1891, when he became general manager
Of that system of roads.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Frank Barnett. n well-known Young
man. was shot In the face and pain
fully wounded to-day by w. ]. Rhodes.
Tho latter charged Barnett with init
macy with his wife. Barnett went to
the hospital and Rhodes was locked up.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
Racing with a locomotive.

AT the time when England wa,
gidiccrling its early efforts at railroad
travel america was laughing over {
race betFeen ahorse and alocomotive,
IN whichNhorse power won. In those
early daJS Peter Cooper built tine
locomotive s tom Thumb for the
Baltimore lad, and ran a race with the
gallant lfay horse owned by the stage
propriesors, Messrs. Stockton &
Stokes The horse was attached to o car
on the second track. The race is thus
described in Forty Years on The
rail byJpMr. George.
Away went horse and engine. the
snort OF the one keeping time with the
pnHof the other. The gray had the best
OF it at first, getting d quarter Of q
mile ahead while the engine was get.
ting up steam. The blower whistled.
the steam blew off in vapory clouds.
the pace increased. the passengers
shouted, the engine gained on the
horse, and the race was necI-and.
neck, nose-fo-nose. Then the engine
pass d the horse, and a great hurrah
hailed the victory.
But Just at that moment, when the
gray's master was about giving up.
the band which turned the pulley that
moved the blower slipped from the
drum. The safety valve ceased to
scream and the engine, for want oil
breath, began to whesze and pant.
ln vain Ar. Cooper, who was his
own engineer and fireman, lacerated
his hands in attempting to replace the
band On the wheel. The horse gained
on the machine and passed ii, to his
great chagrin. Although the band
was presently replaced and steam
again did its best, the horse was toe
iar ahead to be overtaken, and came
In winner of tho race.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
VICTIM OF AN INDIAN SCARE.

How General Custer Made a Friend Stand
for a Supper.
The late Charles Osborn, the New
York broker, and General Custer were
intimate friends, and Osborn annually
visited the general at his camp on the
plains. During one of the Indian
campaigns he invited Osborn and q
party of friends out to Kansas, and
after giving them a buffalo hunt ar
ranged a novel experience in the way
of al Indian scare. AS Osborn was
lying in his tent one night firing was
heard at the outposts and the rapid
riding of pickets "Bootsand saddles
was the order in the disturbed at
mosphere OF the night, and Custer
appeared to Osborn loaded with rife,
two T~eyolvers, a sabre and q scalping
knife.
Charley" he said, in his quick,
nervous way, "you must defend your
selt. Sitting Bull aud Flea-in-Y Your
Boots, with Wiggle-T ail-Jim and
ScaIp-Loch skowhegan, are on Us in
force. I didn't want to alarm you be-
fore, but the safety of my command
is my first duty. Things look serious.
If We don't meet again, God bless
YOU"
The broker fell ON his knees. "My
God, Custer" he cried, ''only get me
out of this! Til carry ], 600, 900 shares
of Western Union for you into the
firm to get me home. Only save me.
But Custer was gone. and the camp
by shrewd arrangement burst into q
blaze, and shots and war-whoops were
intermixed, until suddenly a painted
doomed on Osborn's sight. and
was flung into his face-a
scalp. He dropped to the
ground, mumbled a prayer backward,
and sideways until the noise
lied away and there was exposed a
lighted supper table with this explana-
lion on a transparency:
"Osborn's treat!'-Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
Important American Cereal.

The most important cereal that IL
grown in the United States from ap
economic point of view, is maize or
Indian corn. Rye is not used to any
great extent by the native citizens Of
the United States as a source of bread
making. In Europe it is one of the
most important constituents of bread.
and IS used to some extent by u
European immigrants. Wheat is the
typical bread-making cereal. The
products of wheat are used as human
foods III many forms. There are
nearly n hundred different grades
Of food materials made from this
cereal by the patent roller process oil
milling.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
A QUEER CAROLINA ELECTION.

People Vote as to Which of Them Shall
Leave a Hamlet for Its Cool.
The most remarkable election since
the time of Aristides is reported from
Judges store in the hamlet of Lands
ford, s. G. It's object was to deter
mine which citizens should be invited
to leave the neighborhood for the i'm,
provement Of its moral tone. An in.
vitation to leave means 'tleavel" and
is never ~disobeyed, the man to whom
it is given choosing whether he will ga
over the state line or Through the
gates ajar."
There has recently been much ille-
gal liquor selling about Landsford.
and the presence OF some undesirable
women was supposed to be encouraged
by the persons conducting the liquor
traffic. Constable J. L. Rape seized q
buggy and mule and fifteen gallons of
liquor, which he Intercepted in the
night. = Under the state ~dispensary
law property used in conveying liquor
unlawfully is confscated. The man in
charge of the outfit escaped. A night
OF two later an attempt was made to
kill q mule belonging to a prominent
citizen, who was supposed to have in.
stigated the constable to the seizure,
This brought matters to a point.
Every white man in the neighbor-
hood was summoned to meet at Judges
store, and they gathered to the mum
Der OF fifty. All their m were
enrolled, and the secretary then an
nounced that there was to be an cleo
ton, and put the question as follows:
"If you conscientiously believe
there are any person or persons whose
presence is communicating to the moral
and SOCIAL atmosphere of this commu-
nifty, then write his or their names on
a piece of paper, fold, and deposit in
ballot box. On the contrary, If You
conscientiously do not believe there
are any such person or persons in the
community, then so write it."
A box was opened, ballots were dis
tributed, and managers were ap-
pointed. The voting proceeded. ST.
lentiy, and there were no quarrels or
threats. The man known to be the
owner of the whiskey-laden mule the
constable had captured was present
and voted like the others. When the
box was opened it was found that he
had carried the precinct by a majority
which did not seem to crafty him.
bis name was on most of the ballots.
IL is not known whether he voted for
himself or cast o courtesy ballot for
some other man.
Several other men of those present
received snch liberal support that they
preparations next morning tc
finish picking ont their cotton in a
hurry. 1t was understood that those
to depart will do SO "as soon
IS practicable" and the only limit put
iron their destination by the Of
The meeting is that it shall be "else-
ahere"-New York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
Room for Him, Too


A bland and patronizing New Yorker
was passing through a new hamlet il
the west, which its proud founders
had dubbed B City, and were sure
would soon become a thriving hive OF
human beings. Addressing o lank
and lazy youth who was lounging at
the door of one of the rude shanties
that passed for q ''shoe emporium .
the New Yorker inquired, sarcastic.
ally:
"Who is that important looking
gentleman with the red flannel shirt?S
"That's Sam Peters," was the proud
reply. "He's just opened the new
postofice."
"And the tall person with no col
lar?"
Hes Long Mike. Just opened a
grocery store"
"And the plump individual with
the Laid head?"
"Handy Jim. Owns the new sa-
LOOM"
'Indeedr' said the New Yorker.
"Your city seems to he pretty well
started. I should suppose there was
no hing left for a stranger like my
self to open?"
"Oh. | dunno" drawled the lanky
one. "We amt got no loonatic asy-
lum yet. You might start that. ~
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
PEARLS OF

BY using what we have we gain thai
which we have not.
Find a way or make one. Every
thing is either pusher or pushed.
Good actions crown themselves with
lasting days; who deserves well, needs
not another's praise.
Truth is the offspring of unbroken
meditations and of thoughts often re-
vised and corrected.
We are generally too slow in oux
aims, more anxious for safety than
sanctity, for place than purity.
Mushrooms. in their resolute
growth, will lift up large slabs of
stone--such is the force of parvenus
in the vegetable world.
We should no more lot past mis-
deeds hinder the growth of our future
than the forest let's the shed leaves
hinder the spring grass from growing.
What a new face courage puts on
everything A determined man by
his very attitude, and the tone of his
voice puts q stop to defeat, and begins
to conquer. "For they can conquer
who believe they can"
The race of mankind would perish
did they to help each other. We
cannot exist without mutual help. All,
therefore, that need aid have O right
to ask it from their fellowmen, and no
one who has the power Of granting 1t
can refuse without guilt.
There are two ways of attaining an
important end-force aud persever-
Force falls to the lot only OF
the privileged few, but sustained per-
can be practiced by the
most insignificant. It's silent power
grows irresistible with them.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
starting from her station at the win.

starting from her station at the win
dow.
"No, Miss Varney; stay. I hav,
something to say to you. You remem
Der how moved I was the first TIM
Leslie called you mammal Yor
thought then, no doubt, that it wa
because Of the memory of my wife
Partly SO, but mostly because !
thought for an instant that you were
the woman who--who might hav.
been his mother if the fates had beer
kinder. Do you know, Miss Varney
that you often remind me cruelty Of q
woman Iloved better than the world?'
"Your wife?"
"No. One I loved before + mel
my wife. Can you, will you, hate me
if I ask you thus to be Leslie's
mamma in truth as we'll as in word?'
Moment after moment went by. Al
last she said:
Il, too, have loved long ago. And
I a never in any way love anothet
man. But"
"Miss Varney"-he broke in.
"No, let me fnish," she continued.
Stake an umbrella and go down to
the east gate. Do not ask a question,
but take the umbrella and wall
there"
Then she sped upstairs. He wa4
dazed; maybe that was the reason that
he, as in a dream, did as she had bid
and took his station down at the rustid
gate. where the softly falling rain
dipped through the leaves on the graz
vel of the walk.
Suddenly he was conscious of a
rustic at his side, and, turning, there
stood a tall girl with a loving smile
beaming above the same dark collar,
with a sweet face shining from be-
meath the same velvet bonnet remem-
bered SO we'll from long ago, and an
old-time voice murmured;
"Robert!"
"Gabrielle?"
When they walked up to the house
that night she chung lovingly, to his
arm under the narrow umbrella, for
they were strangers no longer.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

Wheeling has done much for the
Improvement of women physically. In
moderation it is On celebrating. de.
lightful and beneficial exercise, and
9 most enjoyable pastime. Carried to
extremes it is very harmful. No
possible good can result from the
craze, which has developed to an
alarming degree, for record breaking
OF the risk Of health. II is on idiotic
perversion OF sport which should be
frowned upon by all sensible people,
and especially BY oil true lovers Of
the wheel.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
Told Of the suItan's Navy.

A good story is told of q Turkish
man-of-war which was ordered tc
Malta. When the captain had got his
ship clear of the Bosphorus, it struck
him that it would he as we'll il he
knew where Malta was, for he had not
the slightest idea. 60 he inquired oil
o passing vessel, whose captain offered
to point it out on the chart. 50
But the Turkish captain preferred
10 follow q vessel which he knew was
about to Fail for that port. Unfor-
tunatelya fog anne on, and when IL
cleared off the vessel in front was
no longer the same, though the cap
tain knew it not.
For days he followed the ship, and
at last reached port, when, addressing
the authorities that cate oh board,
he said, malta, / presumed"
"Oh, no." was the reply. sThis In
Weekly Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

One Of the century's most crafty
ing achievements in business is the
universal realization oRell hands that,
regarded merely as q matter oil
policy, honesty pays best in the end,
The recognition Of Ghia pot has made
: merchants chary of gslling to Gus
TONERS articles whicBs they cannot
recommend, or Of puttfhg forth claims
which cannot DO aubst6ntiated. AS a
result the general exgggeration which
prevailed in trace announcements in
the early part Of the century has al
most entirely disappeared, while
methods which tended to deceive and
rob the customer have fallen into de-
served desuetude.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

Napoleon Ill. built better than he
knew when he shaped the phrase
.'the logic OF events" In a tumult
OF popular passion the wise man can
often welt in patience, knowing that
the temporary madness will pass when
the logic Of events has shown where
the truth lies. There could be no
hope of moral progress in a world
made on any other plan.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The haSsin IS 4 weapon Of oasns,
i not unknown On this side Of III,
Atlantic. TIE dangerous qualities d
this useful a1Yl necessary article we're
impressed ulaon the minds Of ON
British cousi via cheeks and eye.
during reaelat wind storms in London
TO such az extent that The English
press has giHen considerable IRON.
lnence 70 the matter, even suggesting
that laws be enacted against the lat.
pin On the ground that 1t il 4 menace
q public safety. The best way II
overcome The Difficulty il to eallin ths
assastance 81 American ingenuity.
where Il the man whotwil invent i
substitute for the hsipin which shah
~ aAsily apiIiea, tasteful ana ii.
sracsiyes
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The South African war threatens ia
anfiict great hardship upon numbers
Of innocent people far removed from
the theatre of its operations. Among
Them are the wives and families of the
Cornish miners employed in the Rand
gold mines. who for a long time have
been living in Cornwall upon the re-
mittances sent them by their bread
winners. The failure of the supplies
from this source for months to come
seems certain. and much consequent
distress is expected.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The municipal farm at Berlin is
successfully solving the able bodied
poor problem. It already employs
1000 men. His modelled after the
one in Holland which is q tract of
public land containing 5000 acres, is
divided into sig elodef ff4aa and to
one of these is sent the person who,
by reason of not being able to find
employment, applies for public relief.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
THE ELFIN.
I sit In my high-backed, oaken chair
In the hnaRv fwilirht TINA

I sit In my h~igh-backed, oaken chair
In the dusky twilight time,
And, waiting, nod as / hear the clocks
Make distant, dreamy chime.
Then, just as the last faint stroke dies out
In u sweet, metallic hum,
There comes o patter OF two wee feet,
And ! know the Elhn's come.
I make no sound. nor move a hand,
/. Nor open my fast-closed eyes.
Vet riotous joy within my breast
Demands to clasp Its prize.
She's looking at me so gravely now
/ feel the wond'ring gaze
And now warm fingers with velvet touch
My eyelids strive to raise.
A dart of the hand and I have her fast;
With a cry half mirth,. half fear,
She springs to my lap and kisses my lips
And nestles my bosom near.
What greater Joy can the future hold,
Or mem'ry's mind recall?
My sweet little, dear little Elm Queen,
Ny darling, my love. my all!
These arms were made to e~ncirele her.
This breast to support her head.
There's a strange, dull pain In my lonely
heart
When the Elm goes to bed.
I've heard them say that the Elm died
Long years ago-leng years!
They say ! am but . poor old crone
Alone with my hopes and fears.
They say-I care not what they say,
For I know my loves not dead;
She'll come tomorrow when twilight falls
She's only gone to bed.
They found her sleeping her last long isIeep
In her hiRh-hacked, oaken chair,
And marveled to see the heavily smile
In place Of the lines Of care.
Then softly murmured a woman's voice:
"She has left all care and wrong
And gone to the land where the Elm went.
To be with her all day long"
h. Arthur Powell, in New York Observer.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The United States Court of Appeals
st st. Louis has decided that when
the holder Of 9 l~ife-insurance policy
commits suicide the insurance COM
panyis still bound to pay the death
claim unless it can show that when he
took out the policy he did SO with
intent to kill himself. This is a
decision Of ~far-reaching Importance,
settling Q question long in dispute.
T. is manifestly just, too.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The conduct of the crew of the
wrecked steamer Scotsman, considered
in connection with the behavior of the
crew of the Bourgogne, suggest that
the rules of navigation should here.
after require steamship companies to
issue o loaded pistof to each passenge,
as we'll as a life-prsserver.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The United States leads the world
in the class Of materials which is now
in greatest demand in Germany, and
the increasing tendency of the Ger.
mans to buy them in this country is a
guaranty of the maintenance of the
most friendly relations between the
two Governments,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

The Turkish authorities have grad.
ually allowed about 6o0o of the 80. 900
Arnanian refugees in the Caucasus to
retuero to their former homes; but nc
effoat hes been made to restore their
PROPERTY to them.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
ACADEMY
OF THE
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

OFEAOUSASs LA.
Under the Direction Of the Sisters Marianita
Of Holy Cross.
oners to young ladies every facility
ior acquiring a thorough christian Cd
ucatlon. Constant attention is paid to
home and social culture. Lessons ard
given in music, painting and otheE
useful arts. The sisters also bsye
charge of the boys school. The course
OF instruction is two-fold-preparssorI
and Commercial. French is taught 10
the tWo courses. For particulars, I'd.
dress SISTER SUPERIOR.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

Sir Thomas Upton took back with
him something better than the Amer.
ica's Cup-the goodwill and respect
Of our people.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28
A Love Story
OF the Rain.

They had walked, strangely enough,
half way home in complete silence
when a man and a woman passed, like
them, under n umbrella. but, un.
like them, the woman was held snugly
close to the mans side as she clunp
to his arm.
As they passed, Robert COPYRIGHT
said, half thoughtlessly, perhaps:
"They are sensible. If two are try
ing to use one umbrella, they are
surely to be commended if they strive
to take up as little room as possible.
Even if it be noon. won't You take
my arm?"
"But they are plainly not such
strangers as we," she returned, con.
scious that both were treading on dan
gerous ground.
Are we strangersr" he asked
quickly, turning his eyes aearchingly
to her.
The pretty face grew a triie pale
against its light brown hair. A lump
seemed to climb to her throat, but she
returned braveiy: stYes-that is, we'll
always be strangers compared with
them"
The Opelousas courier., 1900-04-28

Plaid silk Innings appear in soma OF
ehe wool dress skirts.