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The Atlanta constitution., 1900-03-26
"SonQs Of the Soil''
BY FRANK L. STANTON
But the Song Is His Own.

You come from n beautiful past-time--
From brief and from beautiful years
A dream for the last time-the last tiine-
OF hopes and of fears.
Time that is still the knell ringer
OF Love, rings a desolate tone.
You have broken the heart of the singer,
But the song is his own.
The song is his own: You shall near IL
over life's sorrow and strife
When the bosoms of little ones pear IL
Like blossoms of life.
Time. still the wonderful winger.
Shall whisper, when stern years are
flown:
"You have broken the heart OF the singer
But the song IS his own.
III.
When dawn shall illume the dim PAGES
Where now i'm the shadow life DIVERS
And a smile comes to beauti:ul faces
At the sound of far bells.
You shall know, as that neart rendlnS
ringer
of Time strikes dasolate tone,
You have broken the heart of the singer.
But the song is his owni
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Vanquished.

ION q Recent Savannah Incident)
lie battled on the billow
In the red bay Of Manila
He sunk the Spanish vessels in punch
But the hero of the tight
Well, they got him left an right
When he struck the home artillery on
p1Iurbf
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-03-26

Secretary Long has taken the stump
in New England. He is for Hanna,
but mis- enthusiasm is of the baked
bean variety.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-03-26

IFYOU SIND Is AN ORDER for new subscribers
pease sTlsv us a Wssk o. grt the names on the list
and yapers started before you write complaint.
tswe arr very much crowded now
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THEY'RE Sure To Come Along.

You may sing about the good Tunes III
they're weary of the song,
But they're sure to come along-they re
sure to come along.
4 brighter sun will rise
In the shadows . the skies.
And the song will be the sweeter for the
loncsomcness Of signs.
You may sing about the good times puI
YOU cannot sing EN- wrong
They're sure to come along-they' sure
to come along,
The whole world will be bright
In Gods Ioveliness and light
And veil whisper sweet goodmOrninSs
where we signed last goodnight.
The good times, let MS sing them as we
toll along the way
Let all the sweet bells ring them TIL the
gold comes DER the gray.
The hill that rises high
Wears the bright crown of the sky
And well reach the shining summit py
and by-by and by!
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CHANGE OF ADDREsSS-when oriertng address
Of your paper changed always give the old As well
.-pty- rev zadrsS-- Always give FOstofice. county
spI stat. n vour raper + not recsfvsd regularly
notify u and We VII Straishfen the matter.
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In the Furrow.

| tell you, boys, or GeorGy fergits the
golden rule
When the mule is In the furrow an the
lash is on the mule.
You're needin' all the larnin you ever
got in school
When the mule is in the furrow an the
lash is on the mule.
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The Onward March.

Up hill and down hill, and What care we
for weather?
Day and night
The goals in sight.
Rosy in the morning light;
In the storm the rainbow bright,
What care We foc weather?
Up hiE and down hill, over rock and
heather;
Day and night.
With arm Of might
Cleaving barriers of blight:
Blazing pathways To the light,
What care we for weather?
Up hill and down hill. banded brave to-
gcther;
Day and night,
With foes in fight;
In the glory of the right
Lo. the shining goals in sight!
What care we for weater?
Singin' on the Way We Go.
Spite of ali the strife an wrong
Countrys movin right along!
All the skies a-lookin' brighter,
Hope a-makin' burdens lighter.
Leastways, SO they say; an SO,
Singin' on the way We SOD
Prospect fair as fair Kin be
'Possums fat on every tree;
An from springtime to the fall
Fire enough to roast 'em all,
Leastways. so they say; an SO,
Singin' on the way We goD
Well, it's better, after all,
When you see the blossoms fall
An the Winters dressed in white,
Jest to dream of summers bright!
QLeastways, so they say; an so,
Singn' on the way We goD
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WE WANT YOU-The Constitution wants an aren't
ztevsry ps'<tOfice IN America- Agents ouin' free
snd good terms II you are no; In elnb NE want
you 20 act ~ agent your Office Write Us
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The WEEKLY C0NSTITU TIoS. only u per an
NUN CInbS OF nve. sI each: cluts Of ten. o. each
and n cOpy 60 gCttsr-up Of club
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Entered at the Atlanta Pe-tsfiice as second
Class Mail Matter, Nov. N, 1873.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

N The Presidents message. which the
Virginian-Pi Pilot gives to-day, is not hv
my means the ablest of Mr.. Mcj5in-
ley's messages. 1t is not quite so lone
as his last message. containing about
y $4,000 words as against 2l,O0O or there
abouts in the last message. and is
rather historical than recommendations
1t mas the Mckinley vice of lack of
deflniteness. but withal contains some
new matter, besides being an interest
ing compilation of facts nowhere else
accessible in such compact form.
The Following are the positive recon-
rmendations of the message upon real
ly Important matters. taken in the or
der in which Mr.. Mckinley has made
them:
The ratification of the Hay-Paunce
fote treaty. unaccompanied by any re-
commendation that the Nicaragua
Canal bill be passed at this session.
The passage of such additional legis-
lation as may be needed to more firm
& 1y establish the gold standard.
Reduction of the war revenue taxes
in the sum of thirty million dollars.
x repetition OF Ills last message
touching the restraint of such eolnhi-
nations as are Injurious"
The passage of an art authorizing Reg
aiar Ara;y Of 100000 men, including O
force OF il. 600 Bsilipinos.
The reapportionment of congression-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04
CONGRESS NEE IT'S.

Although the session OF congress
which began yesterday is known as the
short session. considerable important
legislation is likely TO be put through.
For one thing, n number OF measures
brought over from the last congress
have been thoroughly threshed over in
debate, and were only brought over be-
cause the majority did not care to
take the risk OF passing them on the
eve of a presidential election. Then
again, the Republicans are assured of
an Increased majority in the next CON
gress. which will weaken Democratic
ures. since they are sure TO be passed
in the end, in any event.
The most ominous feature in the Sit
uation is the unconcealed purpose OF
the Republican majority 10 resort TO
high handed methods, If necessary, to
put through pct measures. Thus, for
one thing Mr.. Hanna threatens the
senate with q cloture rule. TO those
who have followed the course OF events
this means an ultmatum that the ship
subsidy bill must be passed. Abused!
as the senatorial privilege OF unlimited
talk has often been. it has been the one
refuge of the minority against iniqui-
tous partisan legislation, and its aboli-
ton will sweep away the last vestige of
minority influence in the government.
This would be n greater misfortune
than the mere theft of $50. 00o, coo con
templated by the ship subsidy bill, and
Mr.. Hanna is no doubt right in assum-
ing that to escape so revolutionary Il
proceeding Democratic senator's. and
especially those from the South, Will
submit to the proposed raid.
Tyranny in the dependencies Is
bound to find its reflex and its justin
cation in further centralization o!
power at Washington. Herein will lie
rather than in specific acts or legisia-
ton. the absorbing interest of the SEES
sion. The country has put it's head il
the lions mouth, ana we shall now see
what the animal proposes to do with il
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04
TWELVE PAGES.
TUESDAY. DEC. q. 1900.
TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER IT.

The Virginian-PiIo gives to-day n
proposed ordinance granting to the
Chesapeake Transit Company certain
new rights OF way and certain new
Z powers additional to those given in the
franchise OF that company granted on
April 14th OF this present year.
This ordinance comes up this even
ing. In view of the rather compre-
hensive nature of this ordinance, par
ticularly as to rights OF way, and the
uncertainty as to tie localities in
which power is given the company to
use steam. it might be well for coun-
ellis to look rather closely into this
amendment of the former franchise,
otherwise it may be found out, when
too late. that power has been given
residence streets. where such traffic
would be an intolerable nuisance.
1t is to be noted that the Chesapeake
Transit Company was chartered b. the
general assembly as a railroad. When
1t reaches the city limits it apparently
proposes to become a street railway
This Is rather unusual. and will bear
careful looking into. There is always
=
danger of an amendatory ordinance
granting larger privileges and powers
than the grantor body intends, and
the amendment should be carefully
ecrntinised and its exact force and ef-
feet determined before it is allowed.
There is also. apparently. an error in
the preamble of the amendment, where
1t cites powers granted in the franchise.
In section OF the franchise we do
not find "steam direct" put down as
one of the kinds of power allowable.
The councils should also consider
whether n franchise for horse cars
should be granted under present condi-
tions. Norfolk, we submit, is not a
horse-car town, and no company
should be allowed to cumber the city
streets with horse-car lines. Electric
lines will be easily secured henceforth
and electric motive power should be
insisted on as fixed condition in
street car company franchises or any
amendment thereof.
AS a safe precaution, the councils
should take due time to maturely con-
slider this proposed amendment. which
is virtually new franchise.
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a GOOD THING TO BE PUSHED
ALONG.

The Washington police have begun a
crusade against the young gents"
who. equipped with cigarettes, sonor-
GUS cravats and exalted opinions OF
their personal charms, congrcgate on
street corners and shopping thorough
fares to the annoyance and disgust OF
every modest young woman who is
compelled TO pass that way. 1t is not
nuisance that anlicts Washington
alone. There is hardly town of TO-
OQ0 people in this broad land that does
not suffer from it. in varying degrees.
This Juvenile mashes is essentially n
product of recent growth, in the South
ut least. He has waxed and multi
piled within the decade. Like the post
Office. the court house and the hotel.
he has become one of the institutions
OF the town. He is as unacceptable and
rs easily recognizable as the church
steeple. He has fixed haunts and fixed
hours. and those young women who
are able to do so usually avoid both.
Those who are not so fortunate are
greeted with smirk that is warranted
fetching as they approach him and
with remarks on their faces or apparel
as they pass him. This the young
Inasher fondly believes marks him as II
bold. bad man of the world.
The Washington authorities are en-
tirely right in their determination to
abate this nsuffcrable nuisance, but
they have assigned the wrong depart
ment to the work. Instead of assign
ing the police TO the job. IL should have
been turned over TO the fire depart
ment. It's II question for the ho9c, not
the club. The hose should carry an
/ inch and half nozzle and the pres
| sure should be meet for the occasion.
When the Sinking and the smoking
are at their height q couple of brawny
| fircmen should appear, carefully point
the hose and turn the water on. loves
young dream. 1t is believed that as
an outside limit two applications woui /
| aifect permanent cure.
| With the James river rampaglng over
two or three squares. Richmond was
almost justified In it's delusion that 1t
Is not exclusively an interior town.
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IS Roanoke avenue.

Reds co, IS Roanoke avenue
RUSSELL sIMcoH wholesale ss1
F. ROGERS
T. F. ROGERS residence
STANDARD Is Commerce street
TAYLOR 6 PHILLIPS Marine railway Atlantic City.
FISCHER TOBACCO CO.. 4o E. Main street.
y s. PHOTOGRAPHIC OFFICE Custom House.
v1RGINIAN- PILOT PUBLISHING
VIRGINIA PHARMACY Church street
T. a. WATKINS BRO Lumber planning mills
J. G. wonBIns SONS hardware, Commercial
WINSTON HARDEE WIcHARD no.
tons. Con street.. -
WALES JR. wholesale wood and uovvare 300 vv., -
E. l.. CO. wholesale rrocers 1.144 water -
wooDHoUsE. - Grocer 5oo T. ponnston -
NEVILLE Job printers 1924 Roanoke avenue
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04

Nc employee of the virginian- Pilot
Publishing Company is authorized to con
& traot any obligations in the, name of the
namo OF the same. except upon orders
signed by the PRESIDENT OF THE
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WILL DISCONTINUE
SOUTHERN BELL PHONE
WHEN CONTRACT EXPIRES

FOR the information of the public the Vrgnian Pilot pub
fishes below list of subscribers who will discontinue the use
of the Southern Bell Telephone service when their present
contracts expire:
ARLINGTON, Grocer corprew and Marshall avenues
j. D ARMSTRONG packers.
c. j. CANNON, Ship broker.
CONSUMERS FEED COMPANY, No. ISL Church street
T. DICKINSON Broker Water street
r. Banks
FREDLN BROWN, Wholesale grocers Portsmouth Va
FREDLN's grocers Portsmouth. Va
HARVEY BROS. fsl.Ey
THE HUB cohers. street y;vgEs
IIowLETT TATEM City street. =
R. D NICHOLS Merchant tanors. ssgzgsg~
oysters game and produce to Roanoke Dock
PUPURA FRUIT co. Wholesale fruit
TUNsTALL dealers Water street
VIRGINIA IRON. COKE CO., Nvison street
WILLIAMSON Furniur dealers Church street.
E. J. WILKINSON But
WILLIAMS MARTIN
Union
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al representation according to the con

al REPRESENTATION ucCoTuiilB 10 the con-
stitution.
The passage of Snip Subsidy bill.
Decidedly the most interesting part
of the message is that devoted to the
situation in China. 1t comprises about
one-fourth OF the entire message. and
is .erse and lucid exposition of the
Chinese imbroglio from the admins
tration's point of view. 1t has all the
earmarks CT having been written by
John Hay being in much more perspi-
cacious English than Mr.. Mckinley us
ually commands, and IS we'll worth
reading. Barring a few sophomore
frilis tackled on here and there, 1t
would make first-class leading article
for the best of our more solid reviews.
Upon one point in this part OF the
message, however Mr.. Mckinley is
likely to find himself at variance with
thoughtful men, in and out of Con-
gress. He declares: I'VE forego no iot
of our undoubted right to exact eX-
emplary and deterrent punishment OF
the responsible authors and abettors
of the criminal acts, whereby we and
other nations have suffered grievous
injury" Have we indeed an "undoubt-
ed right" to exact punishment for the
wrongs of other nations? Is it any af-
fair OF ours, for instance, that the Ger
man minister was murdered? Have
we any call to exact punishment for
that? Hardly; that is Germany's af-
fair, not ours. Deterrent punish
ment" is n large and suggestive phrase
and we may or may not have the right
to exact it.
Another matter in which conserva
tive men will not agree with Mr.. Nc
Kinley is set forth in this language:
II regard as one of the essential fac
tors of any durable adjustment the Sc
curement of adequate guarantees for
liberty of faith, since insecurity of
those natives who may embrace alien
creeds Is a scarcely less effcctual as
sault upon the rights of foreign wor-
ship than would be the direct invasion
thereof"
Mr.. Mckinley is not very lucid in
this paragraph, but il he means to say.
as lie seems to, that the United States
should undertake to project its author
ity into another country and to pro-
tect the citizens of such country of any
particular faith or order because they
are of that faith or order, the conten-
ton is purely preposterous. There is
neither authority nor precedent for
such insufferable meddlesomeness An
attempt to enforce such n policy would
mean constant irritation, and finally
armed conflict. The President of the
United States. nor Congress either. is
empowered to employ the resources OF
the government to any such end.
Touching the Philippines, the Presi-
dent merely cites his instructions to
the Taft Commission. He slurs over
Porto Rico with n brief declaration
that the government is meeting with
'commendabie success A slap is adj
ministered to the project to erect n
government armor plant by the decla-
ration that reasonable price has
been secured and the necessity for a
government arlnor plant avoided"
avoided" is good!
The most surprising feature of the
message is Mr.. McKinley's devotion to
the Infamous dp-PdHncCfotc treaty. and
the implied assumption that lis passage iciH
Dc pre- requisite 10 The passage Of Canal
bill
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04

In order TO avoid delays. on account of
personal absence. letters and all commu-
snications for THE VIRGlNIAN-PlLOT
should not be addressed to any individual
Sonnected with the office but simply to
THE. VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUB
LISHING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04

That West Virginia correspondent
who ran the C. & o, train into Green
brier river and drowned 200 peopie-in
his dispatches-would make a star
Shanghai man.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04

BY all means throw the Thanksgiv-
Ing jokes into the refuse barrel along
with the turkey bones. A new supply
can be raised by the. time they are
needed.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04

Moral: Never attempt to see a foot
bah game from the top of glass
factory.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-04
HAVE DISCONTINUED
THE SOUTHERN
BELL TELEPHONE
THE LIST IS GROWING.

THE LIST IS GROWING
For the information of the public the virgnian-Piot will
from day to day publish list of the of business houses
and residences that have discontinued the service of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company If you have dscontin-
ued or intend to do please notify the Vr9nian-Pilo
The following list Of subscribers who have ordered their
phones out has been furnished the Virgnian-Piot:
ARMSTRONG BRA1NARD Real estate aos Main street
sire R AND cs fs a 1sSe Monticello
a. 1fsNkLh9 CO. Wholesale street
CAPT BURDEN, Nicholson streets
e1BB Attorney at law 70 c, .
c. H. BULL 6 co" lumber Columbia Bldg
c. BULL. Residence
CHARLES j. BAssErr ,,u,nsr .s ,,,. -
L. BUNTING Grocer and ship
BRIGGS Citizens pnk bldg
G B11LUPs SON co. Manufacture
BkAAlBLEros IMPROVEMENTS
W. L. BROOKE CO. Wholesale
l. r. BRITT & co" grocers Nivison street.
CAPT J. NJ BURDEN and streets.
D. CARPENTER carpets s5s Main street.
CARPENTER Residence
COPPER WORKS. 1853 Bank street
CORTLAND LUMBER co. eoasoa building.
CO.. o7-s11 Water street
CALLERS BAKERY IS Bank street
l. W. DAVIS Wholesale tobacco .aa
GEORGE W. DEFY & SONS
DozIER, Dry goods and notions 2os Main street
BROS. retail goce Market Place. a
R. DUNNING. Residence
j. W. DEJARNETTE, Water street.
Hardware. Mains Roanoke avenue
EGGLEsToN & EppEs. Insurance Haddington building
B. FREEMAN CO. Lumber s
Residence.
merchants Roanoke avenue
ain and avenue
H. B. GOoDRIDGE grors
Works, ST.
Wholesale produce
P. dealers
IVES. Residence Portsmouth
towing.
HOOVER.
JOHNSON DAuGHTREY wholesale commission Roanoke
A. NJ JOHNSON. Contractor and builder street
grana mi
BoRUN grocer conmeree street.
THORNTON & WILLIAMS plumbers Bank
DIR. LYNCH Office POI Columbia building.
LAWRENCE wELToN and notions 21s Main street.
F. L. NOTTINGHAM aeales eandr oumba Bldg
NORFOLK CLUB,
OLD DOMINION ss-1O CONNER
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sSSusiness. except by paying especially for
;. Reading Notices, Invariably 20 cents per
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VBoCsTIPTtON IA tS.
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epbscrtbers by carriers in Norfolk and VI
9fnlty, Portsmouth,, Berkeley. S1noik:
west Norfolk. Newport News, for 10
Ssnts per week. payable to the carrier;
ky mall. TO any place in the United
states, postage free:
stAuv. ono year $500
ak months -. 800
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ono month go
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With the James river rampaging over
two or three squares. Richmond was
almost justified In it's delusion that 1t
Is not exclusively an interior town.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-03
NOTES AND PERSONALS.

r. J. Jennings, of Fairview avenue.
to New York.
County Auditor Willia,n l.. Johns
and Miss Margaret W. Phillips, of
South Main avenue, will be marie
Wednesday evening. May IL, at the
home of the bride-elect's mother, Mrs.
Thomas w. Phillips.
Lawrence band will give an open air
concert on South Main avenue this
evening from to o'clock.
st. Patrick's Ladies Irish Catholic
Benevolent union will meet in St. Leo $
hall tomorrow evening.
Michael Reap, of Dover, n. j., Is
visiting his parents on Sixteenth street
Rev. Jacob Schoettlc, pastor of the
Chestnut Street German Presbyterian
church, will attend the synod meet
ings at Williamsport, beginning May o
Rev. j. b. Sweet. pastor of the Sinp
son Methodist Episcopal church, has
returned from Binghamton, y. Y,
where he has been compiling the mii.-
utes of the Wyoming Ministerial con
ference
Thomas Phillips was rendered a sur
prise party at his home, 724 West
Elm street, Monday evening, previous
to his departure for Henry West Vir-
ginfa.
The Kalos Plcgan company has been
reorganized under the direction OF
Lieutenant David w. Davis, and will
give performance at the Auditorium
North Scranton, on May is, for the
benefit of the Methodist Episcopal
church. All the performers are re-
quested to attend the rehearsals.
Charles f. Daniels, who has been
mentioned in connection with the va
cancy on the school board, desires tc
announce to his many friends that he
is not a candidate, but feels grateful
to his many friends for the interest
displayed in his behalf.
Thomas Costello had Mrs. Margaret
Scalon arrested yesterday for attempt
ing to burglarizc the Red Onion hotel
The defendant entered bail in the sum
of $500 before Alderman Kellow;
All members of the T. +. G.. club OF
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton are invited to the central rooms
tonight at s o'clock.