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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
PETERSBURG.
THE LAST NEWS FROM VIR
G1NIA'S COCKADE CITY.
Especial to Vlrginian- Pilot3


Petersburg. Va. Dec. 4.-Reuben f.
Rasland. chief of police. was stricken
with paralysis this morning about 1O:45
o'clock while at the police station read
ing some kilograms. The parts affect
ed are the throat and tongue and the
lower eXtremities. He is unable to
talk but his mind is clear
AS soon as he was stricken Drs.
Leigh and Hargrave were hastily sum-
moned. They think that while his con-
dition is bad, it is not critical. Chief
RaGland was taken 10 the Home for
the Sick for treatment.
SILK MILL BUSY.
Hands employed in the silk factory
of John NJ. Stearns x Son have been
for sometime working day and night
in order to I'll orders ahead.
y TIGER AT LARGE.
1t is reported here to-day that
Tiger which escaped from n circus train
is at large in Chesterfield county, in
the vicinity OF Port Walthall.
OBSTRUCTION" ORDINANCE
AMENDED.
The Common council was in session
until o'clock This morning. The "ob-
siructon' ordinance about which so
much has been said and written. was
so amended as to make II satisfactory
to the merchants and other business
men.
An ordinance was adopted providing
for the issue of $4,000 city Of Peters
burg bonds hearing AZ per cent inter
est These bonds are designated as
street paving bonds. and are free from
taxation Ivy the city of Petersburg.
The contract for paving Union street.
from Tahb TO WASHINGTON streets. and
Liberty street. from Sycamore TO Ryrne
streets. WAS awarded to the Southern
Paving and Construction Company.
The cost Of paving Union street will
be $500. and Liberty street So. 500.
Both of these sums have been appro-
priated by the council.
The council voted to send a commit
tee TO Washington TO appear before the
river and harbor committee in the in
terest of the division scheme OF the
Appomattox river MIR. Garter II.
Bishop will be the chairman of the
committee.
a PATRIOTIC ACT.
Hon. Frank II. Weston, representa-
tive in the state senate of South Car
olna from Columbia. who recently Wis
tied the battlefieds in front of Peters
burg, including the Crater, has written
letter TO Mr.. VIM. II. McKenney. OF
this place, whose guest he was while
here, that he will request Hampton
Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Column
bia. to memorabilia the state legisla-
ture of South Carolina to make an APP
preparation to erect monument upon
The battlefield OF the Crater to com
mcmorate the heroic deeds of troops
from his state who fell in that sangu-
mary battle.
CONDITION UNCHANGED.
The condition of Mr.. J. G.. Kent.
claim auditor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway here, who was struck with a
piece of plank on the head by Mr.. II.
c. Roper during 4 personal difficulty
and so seriously injured. remains un-
changed, with the exception that cry
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
y PATRIOTIC ACT.
CONDITION UNCHANGED.

The condition of Mr. ]. G.. Kent
claim auditor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway here, who was struck with a
piece of plank on the head by Mr.. II
c. Roper during n personal difficulty
and so seriously injured. remains un-
changed, with the exception that cry
Sipeias has set in
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
Every nIoycmeniHurls

when you have rheumatism Muscles are
stiff and sore and joints are painful.
Hoods Sarsaparilia goes right 10 the
spot In this disease. neutralizes the
acidlty of the blood and cures
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
DUVAL is INSANE.

County court convened in December
term yesterday, with Judge Baker p.
Lee on the bench.
The case of Fred Duval, the self
confessed bigamist, was taken up,
and the jury. after listening to expert
testimony of DR.. r.. Il. Styll, of New
port News, returned verdict adjudg-
ing him insane. Duval will be commit
ted to the Williamsburg asylum as soon
as the necessary papers can be pro-
cured. Duval is the man who walked
into the Newport News station house
and declared himself to be man pos
sessing two wives. He was convicted
and given two years in the peniten-
tiary ut the October term of the coun-
ty court, but Judge Lee set aside the
verdict and allowed him n new trial.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

II is rumored in tobacco circles in
Richmond that another great tobacco
combination is about to be formed.
AS none OF the alleged promoters re-
side in this city, ii IS impossible to veri-
fy the report.
AS the story goes, some wealthy gen
tlemen. who have disposed of their in
terests In the American or Continental
Companies. are at the head of the
movement.
They will secure a charter and seek
to acquire all the big factories that are
not now controlled by one or the other
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04

i,uyrruce, at the Palace that evening.
They were strolling up and down the
corridor, waiting, as was Schuyler, for
Mildred to come down for the theater.
Gray's curly head was inclined toward
the dark locks of his fair partner. His
eyes were fastened on her family flush
ing face. They made very pretty pic
ture, said people who looked on know
ingly, and so thought the officer In the
uniform of a colonel of infantry, vino,
while talking calmly to Mr.. Prime full
30 yards away, watched them with eyes
that were full of sadness. How could
he see at that distance that her eyes,
clear and radiant, were seldom uplifted
to the ardent gaze of her escort, and
were at the moment looking straight
at him? How could he hear at that dis
lance the prompt response, given with
an inclination of the bonny head to
indicate her meaning?
"There's where your thanks are due,
Mr.. Gray"
Quite gathering of army folks was
at the PALACE that night. So many
wives or sweethearts were going home,
so many soldiers abroad, and Mrs.
Frank Garrison, gay and gracious,
passed them time and again, leaning
on the arm of Capt. Mcdonald, new
devotee, while poor Cherry, with an
enamored swain from the Preside,
languished in a dim, secluded corner.
She had been recalled by parental au-
thority and was to start for Denver
under matronly wing on the morrow
Mrs. Frank had been hidden, and ex.
pected, to go at the same time, but that
authority was merely marital. Up to
this time not one army wife had been
permitted to accompany her husband
on any of the transports to Manila,
though one heroine managed to get
carried away and to share her y
lords stateroom as far as II
The general and his staff,
regiment of vol hteers. W
the morrow. the6ther regi
as transports could be coaled and made
ready.
Something in Mrs. Garrison's gay,
triumphant manner prompted sore
hearted woman, suffering herself at
the coming parting, to turn and say:
"Well, Mrs. Garrison, suppose that
after your husband sails you'll have to
follow the rest of us into grass-widow-
hood"
One thing that made women hate
Margaret Garrison was that she could
never be taken down." and the crswer
came cuttingly, as it was meant to 60,
even though a merry laugh went
with it.
"Not /! When the ship want is ready,
l go with it,"
But as she turned triumphantly
away, the color suddenly left her cheek
and there was an instant's falter. AS
though he had heard her words, Stan
ley Armstrong too had suddenly turned
and stood looking sternN into her eyes:
To be Continued.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04
CHAPTER XII.

Opinion was divided at Camp Merritt
is to whether Billy Gray should or
should not stand trial. Confident as
we're his friends of his innocence of all
completely in Morton's escape, there re-
manned the fact that he had telephoned
for Il carriage, that carriage had come
and that carriage with four men, ap-
parently soldiers, had driven rapidly
downward along Point Lobos avenue.
1t was seen by half dozen policemen
as it shot under the electric light or gas
lamp. Then there was the bundle inside
his rolled overcoat that Gray had per-
sonally handed Morton when prison
er. Everybody agreed he should have
sent it by orderly-evcrybody, that Is,
except some scores of young soldiers in
the ranks who could see no harm In
1t having been done that way, especially
two Delta Sigs" in the-teenth. Then
there were the long conferences in the
dark. What did they mean! All things
considered, the older and wiser heads
saw that, as the lieutenant could or
would make no satisfactory eXplana-
ton of these to his colonel, he should
TO II court-or take the consequences.
you've made mess of the thing and
an ass of yourself, Billy" was Gordon's
comprehensive if not consolatory sum-
mary of the matter, land as Canker has
been raped for one thing or another
by camp, division and brigade COM
manders, one after another, he feels that
he's got to prove that he isn't the only
fool in the business. You'd better en-
ploy good counsel and prepare for
fight"
Cant afford it," said Billy, briefly,
land I'm blowed if I'll ask my dear old
dad to come to the rescue. He's had
to cough up (shame on your slang,
Billy far too much already. tell you,
Gordon, I'm so fixed that I can't ex-
plain these things unless I'm actually
brought to trial. Its-it's-well, you
have no secret sc ,ieties at the Point as
we do at college, so you can't fathom
it. I'm no more afraid of standing
trial than am of Squeers-and be
ID to him!"
"Good Lawd, youngster-you, you
aren't quite such an ass as to suppose
a court is going to regard any schoolboy
obligation as paramount to that which
your oath of office demands. Look
hyuh. Billy, your heads just added!
/ can't work on you, but somebody
must!"
And Gordon went away very low in
his mind. lie liked that boy. lie loved
keen, alert, snappy soldier on drill,
and Billy had no superior in the bat
talon when 1t came to handling squad
or company. The adjutant plainly saw
the peril of his position, and further
consultation with his brother officers
confirmed him in his fears. Schuyler,
the brigade commissary, being much
with the --teenth--messing with them,
in fact, when he was not dancing at
tendance on Miss prime-heard all this
camp talk and told her. Thus 1t hap
pened that the very next day when
he drove with the cousins (NTr. Prime
being the while IN conference with the
detectives still securing the city for the
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04

DeWttt's Little Early Rlsers.
The famous little pills.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04
CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER.

We will give $50 QUAKER GRAND
Free to the church
fore June h 1900 obtains the according
companying conditions.
Each copy OF the TELEGRAM from until the the m
contain like the
out and presented at the TELEGRAM Office will
candidate
Parties desiring name
end Of first month pri
Every lo up subscription the TELEGRAM
SIX months subscription mail counts so votes and three months sub
Scrphon by mail counts 20
Subscribers their coupons subscriptions
WISH but those intending to do
hlSt call at the
Coupons and subscriptions credited
transferred All coupons and certificates will and
mary OF he vote will be published from day day These records be
open to anyone interested in the a any
We have no aoes in the receiving largest
Der OF votes in the the city Barre
Der of outside the city whom shall
the Range. 7 ~ - wv -
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18
IN OUR OWN LAND.

North Haven. Me-, has n l2j-year-old
ipple tree.
baltimore claims the largest negro
population OF any city in the world.
Milwaukee Is TO have u new museum
Of Spanish-Amtricnn and revolutionary
war relics, under the auspices OF the
Milwaukee Monument association.
Cleveland has one policeman to every
i.0T5 OF the population. while Boston
has one to every s35 persons, and Buff
ialo one to every 500.
All New York city contractors wish
ing permits for blasting will have to
uiake application TO n bonrd Of exam
liners first. and then send the man who
must pass the examination, which is to
be n practical one.
T.. +. Davis. OF Montpelier. VT, has
had safe In his store for some time
past which has deiicd experts to open.
One night lately Mr.. Davis dreamed
how one should proceed in order to open
the safe. and the next morning he put
the Instructions Of his dream into prac-
lice. He easily opened the safe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18
APHORISMS

A wise man will make more oppor-
tunities than he hnds.--Bacon.
De ignorance thy choice where knowl-
edge leads to woe.-Beattie.
Adversely borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience.-Bishop Horne.
II 10 a poor wit who lives by borrow
Ing the words. decisions, mien. inven-
tions and actions Of others.-Lavnter.
Think Of the ills from which you are
exempt, and IL will aid you TO bear pa-
tiently those which you may now suffer.
Cecil.
What nn absurd thing II Is to pass
over the valuable parts Of n man, and fix
our attention on his inflrmities.-Addi.
son.
1t Is impossible that an ill-natured
man can have u public spirit; for how
should he love ten thousand men who
has never loved onc.-Pope.
The golden moments In the stream OF
life rush past US, and we see nothing
but sand; the angels come TO visit us
and we only know them when they are
gone.-Gcorge Eliot.
To be idle and to be poor have Away
been reproaches. and therefore ever,
man endeavors with his utmost care Il
hide his poverty from others. and hi'
lGleness from himself.-Johnson.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18

there 10 probably no city in the laId
which has such educational advantages
for young men as may be found here,
the ambitious students should not
make Office holding prerequisite
Their parents and friends should urge
them to take no government Office, un'
der any circumstances, but stick to
their studies and get into actual prae'
tice as soon rs possible after having
been graduated.
The great congressional library alone
would he boon to every real student.
II is now open by night ms well as by
day, and all classes of students have
free access to its volumes. There Is
no necessity for buying books and nc.
cumulating library at an expense
which might fall heavily upon those
who are not blessed with good incomes
from their homes. But, in addition to
that splendid temple OF information
and education, there are private IT,
brnries, college Libraries and univer'
sity libraries. all accessible to thos,
who desire to use them.
NS stultu ubbNS' 'hc Noii'eVs ""o''
superior facilities because they have
day sessions and night sessions, so tha
students have opportunities such ai
are not elsewhere afforded. More
over, the students OF law cal
learn practical lessons by attend
| ing the sessions of the congress
lessons. which. Of course. canno
be learned anywhere else. IL Is be
cause of these exceptional opportuni
ties that fond fathers, having politicn
influence, have sent their boys to Wash
ingion and secured government EN-
ploymcnt for them In order that the.
might secure education--oDly to be
come Sundowners.
OF course, here and there in the liant
there may be u Henry Clay, or n
Abraham Lincoln, or Garfield seekin;
education, who might be advantage
by government employment during hi
educational period. But such excep
tions to the rule are so rare that ever.
father should be absolutely certai
that his son is of that class before b
permits him to be buried in n govern
ment office, only to waste his life away
Probably no class OF educated peopl
ON earth have more complete appre
citation OF the fact that youth Is blum
der. mature manhood struggle, an
old age a regret than these Sundown
crs. SMITH. d. FRY,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18

The father OF AuguS oU4uo
the sculptor. was q shoem6ker IN Nevo'
York. The son went 10 werk for .
cameo cutter when he was only - yeafs
old.
Gov. Stone. Of Pennsyivania, h ofths
opinion. and expresses II frankly as1
openly, that every husband should dsed
TO his wife the homestead. she bein0
the queen OF the home and entitled tolA
James Lloyd, . prosperous citizen of
Troup county. Ca. was photographed
the other day In the midst Of . group of
his children. grandchildren and great
grandchildren, numbering 81. Seven
grandchildren were unable to b pres
ent At the family reunion.
The father Of Count Witte, the great
Russian minister Of finance, was psas-
ant. Count witts owes his success en.
tirely to his own efforts. When he was
. telegrs pher he refused. on his own 70.
sponsibility. 10 send certain orders for
the transportation Of troops. knowing
that II they should be carried out .
great disaster would follow. The prss-
ident Of the road wns 90 pleased With
him that he made him his private sss-
retary. from which place witts ross
rapidly.
Secretary Of the Navy Long 10 known
% the green-bag member Of the cabi-
net. This comes from . habit he 90
quired when . Massachusetts, lawysr.
He always carried his legal papers 70
court In . green bag, the shape OF .
womnu's shopping bag. with . tuck
string In the opening. The other mem
bers Of the cabinet carry their docu-
men,s TO the white house In black port
/ folios
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18
WHAT TEE LAW DECIDI

The creditors of a member Of Q
icrnal beneficiary society are held,
Fisher vs.. Donovsp (Neb.) ~ l.. Il.
ss3, to have no right TO or interest
his certificate either before or after thy
death Of the member, and can have no
share in the proceeds thereof.
A statute providing that q trial by
Jury shall be waived unless certain steps
are taken before the trial n held. In
Silbermsn vs.. Hey (0). ~ L. X. A. 2o4.
TO be on subject matter Of general
legislation. and therefore invalid when
limited In Its operation TO . single
county.
The right Of possession Of property
sold under foreclosure of . mortgage
IL held, In Danehower W. Dawson
(Ark.), ~ l.. II. A. 1913. to be In the pur'
chaser during the year allowed by stat.
ute for redemption, where the statute
transfers the title subject TO redem2'
tion and IL silent rs TO the possession.
The obligation Of the lessee Of n rail
road to maintain and operate the rail
road during the term Of the lenss u
held, In Southern Railroad company vs.
Franklin & p. Il. company (Va.). ~ L
r. A. 2e7. 10 be necessary implication
Of . lease In contemplation Of whicl
the road wns built and which provide
for the use Of the receipts, 90 far q
necessary. TO repair the road.
A person employed TO cut merchant
able timber by . contract calling for
settlement each month and the reten
tion Of q certain per cent. a. fol
feiture for the satisfactory completion
Of the job 10 held, in Clark W. Rsr
ninger (Md.), ~ l.. II. A. 4ia, to be
contractor and not an employe, With
the meaning Of . statute providing 70
q receiver of one who fails to pay en-
ployes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18
WOMAN REDEEMS A RACE.
Drives Horse 10 Victory In Two Final
Heats After a Mans Fail
ure In First.

There Is n new racing genius on the
Highland Park track, n new toast for
New Brunswick (N. J.) men, and all
because Of the way Pine Knot won the
race.
ut was all through the-loye OF won.
an, Driver Jessie, they say. Pine Knot
could tell you all about 1t II he would
His eloquent eyes and soft nose that
rubbed Driver Jessie's cheek at the tnd
Of the final heat, when the whole field
was In q tumult OF enthusiasm, told Its
appreciation Of her aid.
Pine Knot Is a horse. lie was en-
tered In one OF the trotting races. lie
had been beaten In the first heat be.
cause his driver did not know how to
handle him and ill-treated him. The
second heat was about to begin, when
Mrs. Jessie Prindle, who had driven
over with her husband, saw the dis.
tress OF the horse, and declared she
could drive him TO victory. The owner
OF the horse overheard her remark and
told her TO go ahead and win. Mrs.
Prindle threw aside her hat, had her
skirts pinned up aro,ind her, and took
her seat on the sulky. The horse seemed
TO feel the kind touch of the woman on
the lines and responded gamely. He
won the next two heats handily, and
Mrsr 2gipdle was q heroine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18

are also lawyers and theologiens By the
hundreds, who belong to the same class.
The young men who have graduated In
law have become briefmakers for law
yers, and they make extra money at
night doing Office drudgery until their
eyes are dimmed with oyerwork by arti-
fetal light. The poor theologians, how
ever. never have the courage to go forth
and preach the Gospel which they know
so well, But they make good Sunday
school teachers, and therefore II is that
some OF the Sunday schools in this city
have such superior teachers, They are
men Of education and ability, but they
lack nerve. and faith. and courage. Be.
sides, life In government ofiice Is very
easy and attractive. and IL takes lots
OF ambition to induce any man 20 give
up such n position. Therefore II Is that
Sundowncrs multiply year by year un.
til their name Is legion.
But these useful Sundowners are In
minority. The large majority OF
those who have thus begun life, and
then surrender their hopes and ambi-
tions to ease, are worthless to the com
munity. so far as the utilization Of their
education Is concerned. The large ma
jority of them soon cease trying tt
practice their professions after sun
down, and begin to practice before the
bars OF saloons; or else they spent
their evenings in public places o
amusement or In social entertainments Is
Consequently the real practitioners ar
so comparatively few that they do no
interfere with the work and income o
the regular members OF the learned as
sociations.
There is a moral to this narration o
real life in Washington which the read
er may infer even better than tn
writer can depict. While II Is true tha
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18

overrun with rats, the city OF Copen-
hagen, Denmark, is trying TO reduce
the pest by offering u small bounty on
each dead rat brought to the morgue.
In the frst week T,Oo4 were officially
recorded rs killed; the number grew to
6,616 the second week and to G,7so In the
third. When the weekly slaughter
reaches 10000 IL Is thought some i'm
precision will begin TO be made on the
army Of rodents. Meantime rat catch
ing Is popular and lucrative sport with
The youth Of the town.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-01-18
CURRENT NEWSPAPER WIT.

A stingy man Aatters himself that he
10 an economis'.-Chicngo Daily News.
II 10 enough distinction II man has
never sung In a choir, or read an essay
at a literary meeting.-Atchison Globe.
II you want 10 get reputation for be-
ing leyel-hended always agree with
everybody.-Philadelphia Record.
Men OF mature years have much TO be
thankful for because OF the failure Of
the majority OF their youthful plans
Chicago Daily News.