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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
DIR. A. COKE SMITH.
A DELEGATES TO THE ECUMENI
CAL CONFERENCE, LONDON.


BY appointment of the authorities of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
Rev. a. Coke Smith. d. D., pastor of
Epworth Church, this city, goes as one
or the delegates to represent that de-
nomination at the Ecumenical Confer
ence. TO convene in London in Septem-
Der. 1901 Nine years ago DIR. Smith
was delegate to similar conference
OF his church held in Washington. D.
e.. and read paper before that assem-
ply on Christian Corporation" The
Doctor is looking forward with unusual
interest and pleasure to his trip abroad
next year. In addition to his London
trip. he anticipates travelling through
other parts of Great Britain. especially
In ireland. If not on the Continent.
owing to the fact that he is to attend
this great gathering, he will not take
any vacation this year in order to en-
able him to take n more extended trip
in 1901.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
Contracts Awarded.

The UmstadterMyers Company was
the lowest bidder for the general fur
nishings of the new posto.Hce build
ing. They were divided into four
classes and this company secured the
contract for three classes. The con-
tract for the awnings went to Hudgins
&: Hurst.
The Umstadter Myers Company has
also been awarded the contract for all
the drapcrics TO be used at the Acad-
envy of Music.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
Gasoline Explosion,

About S:45 o'clock last night as n col
ored man named VIM. Humphreys was
filling a gasoline stove at No. IS Fen
church street, the gasoline caught fire
and exploded. The flames damaged the
building, which is owned by Mrs. w
p. Oberndorfer to the extent OF about
$1,000. Humphreys is a dealer in gas
oline and was filling his tank. His per-
sonal loss is light. Fortunately. no one
was injured. The fire was put out by
Chemical Engine No. /. and the COM
bination truck
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
DIED.

GREEN.-At the residence of his uncle,
on Wednesday, August LIST, 1900. at 1905 p.
M, GEORGE IVAN, infant son OF John
Ivan and Grace Newton Green. aged 3
months.
Funeral from the above residence THIS
(Friday) MORNING at 1890 o'clock.
Friends of the family are invited to at
tend.
HOFFMAN,. morning at 2:35
O'clock at All Duke street. ALBERT
tho late NARY Ho Som OF oSed 3. vea ana
Funeral from tho First Presbyterian
Church THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON at
4:30 clock.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

poured thick into small glasses fitted in
soio niigree cups. The lady who made
this rather disagreeable beverage was
the same who had removed the center
dishes during dinner; she was as black
as coal and bore the delightfully."- de-
scr:Dtive name. translated to us, of the
Lily OF the Desert
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
PEOPLES FORUM.

NOTE.-The Peoples Forum being
freely open to all parties. classes. per-
sons. views and capabilities. the Vir-
sirian-Pilot is responsible for none
OF the statements nor opinions cX-
pressed therein. nor for the style in
which they are set forth. The ignorant
and uneducated shall be heard here
equally with the learned.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
Go to the Moun,o

for days. Excursion via y w. R'y.
$3.50 round trip. Peaks of otter and
Roanoke. Leaves Norfolk Tuesday. Au-
gust 14th. 1890 a. m. J. r. HERMAN.
Manager. u3,5,7,10,12,14-6t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
a DINNER IN a sERAGLIo.
Good Words.)

We seated ourselves round 1t on cush-
IONS and each took possession of the
fiat piece of scone which supplied the
place of a plate during the meal. those
articles not being considered n neces-
sary luxury. In the center of the table
stood large bowl full of white soup,
from which everybody are taking as
many spoonfuls as they chose from the
common tureen with the long-handled
wooden ladies' provided for each guest
When this was removed a large piece
of meat boiled to rags took it's place.
and was speedily diminished under the
violent treatment 1T received from us
ALL each one pulling a lump of meat
from the joint with the fingers, and
eating II off with her own fiat scone.
We then had curry Of vegetables. fol-
lowed by the Zagazig pudding, fruit
and rice. called so from n native of that
village having brought the recipe to the
harem.
Our meal was concluded by coffee.
made in corner of the room over red
hot charcoal in a copper pot. and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
"OpportunltY

is the cream of time" Now is your on
portunity to take Hoods Sarsaparilla and
derive the most benefit from 1t. The
blood Is now loaded with dangerous i'm
purities which this medicine will probably
eXpeI.
Sick headache is cured by Hoods Pills.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03


n young Kentucky woman who is
stamping the West for Bryan. She is
very clever and was at one time clerk
of the Kentucky House of Representa-
tives.
The Queen of Italy has most luxu-
RANT and beautiful hair. 1t is jet black
and when let down. even though she is
very tall, touches the ground.
The wife of Count Tolstoy does not
sympathize with him in his socialistic
beliefs. She is Of n very practical turn
of mind and 1t is owing to her manage
ment that his estate has been saved
from ruin. She was only 16, and re-
nowned for her beauty. when she mar
ried him, he being twice her age.
Queen Christina, of Spain, bears the
distinction of being the only queen who
has ever been up in balloon. One day
while passing through n field she saw
some men experimenting with one.
Sending word by her equerry that she
desired to make an ascent, she soon
found herself, with some of her attend
ants. in midar. The experiment proved
tried hard to dissuade her.
The ladies of the foreign legations
at Pekin about two years ago were re-
ceived by the Empress Dowager. The
Saturday Evening Post gives the fol-
lowing account:
Her Majesty was dressed in a pale
yellow silk gown. beautifully embroid-
cred with flowers and dragons OF the
same color She wore the headdress
commonly worn by elderly Chinese wo-
men, her hair being fastened in a
knot at the back just below the crown,
the front of the head and part of the
forehead concealed silk
band heavily embroidered with pearls
of large size.
youthful appearance. She was Ga. but
she looked 10 years younger. Her face
was plump and free from wrinkles
She had n high forehead, elongated
perhaps, by the custom of the Chinese
ladies of pulling out the hairs at the
edge of the forehead with tweeZers
She had a strong face, and in youth
must have been very pretty During
the audience she frequently smiled
and could see no signs of that cruelty
with which she has been charged.
Her majesty made Ut welcome to
the palace and China. She/said she
was glad indeed to receive <us as for
eigners, and that we should be friendly
with one another, for were we not all
of one family?
1.-THE banquet was fine, being made
up of many courses and consisting OF
both Chinese and foreign dishes.
after the banquet the Empress
Dowager again met informally with
the ladies. and drinking tea with each
of them in turn, and in some cases
throwing her arms about one and en-
bracng her.
AT this time she gave each lady a
present of a beautifua gold ring set
with n pearl as big as n marrowfat
pea, three silk dresses from the royal
looms and set of two dozen combs.
Throughout the whole audience she
was exceptionally gracious, and her
manners were as polite and affable and
at the same time as dignified as could
be those of any Empress OF Europe"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

q You are invited to personally
n examine our assortment of Mar
81 BILE and Granite Memorials-the
IL largest retail stock IN the South
N IL unable to call. write for free
cal Illustrated Catalogue. We guaran-
ESa tee safe delivery OF shipment and
mGH pay the freight.
zaaasaa The Copper Marble Works
&rSA2 Established 1Si8
l69 10 1853 Bank st Norfolk. Va
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

Horfoik nnd vicinity.
Fair: moderate temperature; light
north to east winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
Norfolk Iron Works.
GEO. w. DUVAL & co

NO. Is WATER STREET. NORFOLK.
ENGINES. ROLLERS. SAWMILL and
all kinds OF machinery OF the most i'm
proved patterns. Also repairing at tina
shortest notice. Particular attention to
steamboat work DCNAL'S PATENT
BOILER TUBE FEKRULES are tho
only perfect remedy for ieaky boiler
tubes. They can lie inserted In few
minutes by any engineer. and arc wA-.
ranted TO stop leaks.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
WEATHER REPORT.

washington, Aug. 2.-Weather fore
MSt Tor Friday and Saturday:
For Virginia-Local rains Friday;
saturday partly cloudy; light to fresh
last to south winds.
FOR, North Carolina-Local rains and
thunder storms on the coast: fair in
:he interior Friday and Saturday:
light north to east winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
WATT, RETTEw & CLAY.
WATT, RETTEw & CLAY.
For
rairly=day
skirts.

Those who have been look
ing for a suitable fabric for
a short skirt at a little price
will read this bit of news with
eagerneSS.
We've just received a most
excellent cloth-extra heavy
requires no lining-wide
twill similar to a high grade
cheviot-gray and brown
80 inches wide-4H yards are
enough for a skirt.
We will put this cloth
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
we Are
r uIEy Prepared
To-morrOW's
Special Sale OF
Organdies,
JOCOnets andE awns

means this. Something
above 400 yards that have
been bringing us 12H cents,
may be yours at IA. In the
lot, are styles and colorings,
to please widely varied femi-
nine fancies.
On sale at 9 o clock.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

CALENDAR
Sun rises at GIL a. m. and sets at
7:10 p. m.
TIDES.
High water at 1923 a. m. and 2:26 p.
m. Low water at 1850 a. m. and 1886
p. m.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03
WOMAN'S INTERESTS.

Miss Margaret ingalls, is the name of
Il young Kentucky woman who Is
stamping the West for Bryan. She is
very clever and was at one time clerk
of the Kentucky House of Representa-
tiVes.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
August 2. 1900.
Maximum temperature ........ so
Minimum temperature ............. T3
Normal temperature ............ 20
Departure from normal ...... minus 2
Departure from normal since jan
uary LIST plus 10
Rnlnfall In past "a hours. o
Rainfall since first of month........ o
Mean relative humidity. ............ 60
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

sympathize with him in his socialistic
beliefs. She is of n very practical turn
of mind and 1t is owing to her manage
ment that his estate has been saved
from ruin. She was only 16, and re-
nowned for her beauty. when she mar
ried him. he being twice her age.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

Rev. DIR. ]. ]. Taylor, of Freemason
Street Baptist Church, leaves this
week for a visit to his mother in Hen
ry county. Later he will take u trip
West.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-03

The Queen of Italy has most luxu-
RANT and beautiful hair. 1t is jet black
and when let down, even though she is
Very tall, touches the ground.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
NEW WAY OF MAKING STEEL
It h Cast in Vacuum and Tempered
 wit., Liquid Hydrogon.

Just as ---lericans begin to feel that they are us.on the verge of developing superiority to Great Britain not only in shipbuilGing. but in the steel trade, in which number of valuable foreign contracts have lately been taken by our manufacturers in the face of Brit ish competition, and just as nature seems to encourage the American as- piration by showing that the English coal mines will be exhausted within another fifty years. science seems to be coming to the aid of the Britisher and may be about to open new fields of competition in steel, in which America must take part if she is to maintain her hard earned prestige The dis covery has been demonstrated ill Lon don and Is being made much of by the English press that the ability to pro- duee perfect steel by casting it in a vacuum made by liquid hydrogen with a process that it is not proposed to make public, has at last attained prac- ticability. A company has been formed with capital of 30, 900 pounds to ex. perimentally develop the process, and If the plan is successful as Prof. DeWar. the discoyerer, presumes 1t will be, the air bubbles that now cause flaws and weakness in steel will be done away with and a metal will result such as the world has never seen. To say that this means possible revolution in the steel trade is to put it mildly, and if the English government can control the process, as it is now intimated may be the case, then American scientists and those of other countries will be put upon their mettle to get even with the Britishers. Liquid hydrogen, which is the great agent now discov- cred, is described as a clear, colorless, transparent and very volatile fluid, no clearer than pure water, but only one- fourteenth the density of water. In It's lightness it is out of all proportion to any known liquid. A piece of paper when placed in it sinks. The differ ence between liquid hydrogen and liquid air is as great if not greater than the difference between the ordi- nary temperature and liquid air. Liquid 1s oAoSSh p4dSSo lSupeldIufe at Wll1lH twenty degrees of absolute zero, which IS represented by 494 degrees Fahren heit, and 273 degrees Centigrade be- low zero. The boiling point of liquid hydrogen is 252 degrees below zero, at which it is capable of enormous pressure. The discovery must affect every problem in physics and ehemis- try. It's possibilities are illimitable. It may reyolutionize the methods that have been laboriously built up during the last 300 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
BOON FOR 1nosz DEMEnTED.
Newly Invented Strait-Jacket That
 VIII Save Much Suffering.

From Washington Times: J. M
 Hooper of Baltimore applied for patent papers on an invention that promises to be of incalculahle assistance to hos
 pitals and public and private asyIums
 where insane, delirious or unruly
 patients are handled. The invention
 Is known as a rest sheet and strait Jacket and is a combination of both.
 holding the patient securely and com fortably without even the aid of an att tendant. All the hospitals have felt
 the need of just such an invention as
 has been perfected by MT. Hooper and hospital a5 s in general will hail
 with deii. j. f..a ss&vent of the sheet and jae..~ @lI save both many struggles N.s-. q wild sufferer and in
 many cases ps.sonal injury of some
 sort to either the patient or the nurse.
 The patent is especially to protect in-
 sane or delirious patients, and can bs adjusted to any bed whatsoever. It can
 be affixed as readily to cot or sur
 giea1 table, and the patient Is held in
 such a way as not alone to avoid per sonal injury, but also to prevent the
 exposure of any part of the body. This will be especially advantageous in
 many cases where exposure to the air
 is especially deleterious to the suffer-
 er's chances of recovery. The pa
 tient may be left entirely alone without fear, for the strongest man is utterly helpless when under the sheet. The eh tc 0R which can be both laundered and ster- ilized, thus fulfilling all hygienic con- ditions. The sheet fits close around
 the neck of the prostrate patient, be- ing edged with ehamois to avoid chaf- ing. The arms cone through two
 openings in the sheet and are held down in a chamois lined duck trar ar rangement that gives ease yet security.
 The feet are strapped in like manner.
 being covered with an extra flap of cotton duck to keep off flies and air.
 This extra flap gives certain freedom to the feet that would be impossible If placed under the main sheet which
 Is drawn down tight by the fastenings.
 These are made in such way as to
 be impossible to tear out. The head
 can be turned and the body to some ex- tent, but the most frantic struggles
 would be productive of no harm on the
 part of the patient. Two extra straps can be run across the body if deemed necessary. The device has been in use in the city hospital in Baltimore for
 the past six months, and Is given the
 highest endorsement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
Where Livingston Ialed.

Some time ago the Royal Geograph- ical Society decided to mas.k the spot in Africa where Dr. Livingston died by a substantial cairn with a pIonze plate bearing suitable inscription. Now it is stated that circular has been is sded by MT H. NJ. Stanley, asking for contributions toward funi for mitch more elaborate memorial. MT Stanley Is anxious to raise &5,000 to provide a substantial monument in bgon2e.-New York Post,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
SPECULATE IN HISTORIC SPOTS
What the Birthplace of Famous Men
 Are Worth as a Business

Last year no fewer than 36, 900 peo- pie passed the turnstiles which guard the entrance to the little room in which Burns first saw the light. In 1896, the centenary year of Burns death, the number reached 2S.000. and as pence is demanded from each vis- 1tor very simple calculation will show what large sum of money Is annually obtained by this means. The cottage Is very humble, one-storied little erection, with thatched roof, and the poets father, when he first vert to live there, would have opened his eyes pretty widely had anyone been Able to tell him what a sum was one day to be received for it. The place was bought from him (after the poets death) by a corporation of shoemakers. who aftefward sold it to the present trustees for $30,000. Another famous birthplace which attracts a large num- Der of people is that of Thomas Car. lyle at Ecclefechan, which is twenty or thirty miles north of Carlisle. There Is no fixed scale of charges for visiting thls cottage, but as 1,205 people climbed the stairs last year and each probably left something with the eare- taker 1t will be easily seen that here, too, is nice little property. There are other places, more or less well known, scattered about in different parts of England and Wales, which she tourist often visits. Shakespeare is still veritable little gold mine to StTatford-on-Avon. People from all parts of the world make pilgrimages to the little Warwickshire town in order to see the famous poets birth- place. The charge for admission to the house is 6 pence, but as an interest Ing museum is usually visited at the same time, for which an extra pence is demanded. few persons leave tho building without leaving 1 shilling be- hand them. Then there is Ann Hatha- ways cottage to be also seen. This is mile away from Stratford, at the pretty little village of Shottery, and it Is Where the poets wife was wooed and won. The writer, during a recent visit to 1t, was informed that on an average l00 people a day all the year round came to see the cottage, and as each visitor pays pence $500 or S4,000 q year must be En9de OIt Of if
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
Famine in British East Africa.
The famine in British East Africa

The famine in British East Africa is Ia serious one. The proteetorate off, scials have been put to sore straits to Eprovide food for their subordinates. and in some cases the garrisons have been fed every largely on the game which the officers could shoot The distress and disaffection among the na- tiyes is taking some very unpleasant forh-s. Recent travellers over the Uganda railway report that in places the line has been torn up by the na- tiyes, thus causing great delay both in the passenger traffic and in the transport of stores. It is probable that the natives in some way connect the present scarcity with the making of the railway, and it must not be over looked that the employment of ten or twelve thousand Indian coolies on the construction of the line may have ma terially affected the local supplies of food stuffs. The unusually low Nile which is reported from Egypt points to severe drought in the Upper Nile regions and in the Abyssinian high lands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
SOME FIGURES ON rHEIcEMEN
He Handles an Tmmense Amount of
 Cengealed Water Daily

Congealed Water Daily
 From the Philadelphia Record: How'd you like to he the iceman?~ Snyder, the calculating barber, was ar dseally executing a quickstep on the razor-strop when the above little ditty 6oated in from the busy thorough fare, causing smile of contempt to fit across his features That simply makes me weary" he remarked, as with a flourish he daubed the patrons face. You hear that latest acquisi- ton in the way of slang phrases re- peated by men of every station, just as if the iceman's lot was an earthly paradise. AS matter of fact, the in- diyidual who embarks on career which involves the marketing of con- gealed moisture doesn't have to run around searching for his troubles. How many people do you suppose ever think of the amount of money that drips right out of the iceman's hands when the sun beams down on his heavily loaded wagon? Don't amount to much, eh? Well, you'll change your opin- ion when I bring up a few figures for your consideration. Starting out with a ton of ice, I estimate that melting alone causes dead loss of about 100 pounds to the dealer. That doesn't seem much, but when you calculate that about 100 wagons day right here in town lose that amount the fig ures are amazing. One hundred thou sand pounds at, say 10 cents per hun dred, runs up the tidy little sum Of $100. Three hundred and sixty-hve times $100 gives us the annual loss locally of $36,5o Takes little nerve, doesn't it, to be an ieeman? Then if during the summer these drippings could be collected l figure that they'd supply all the hospitals in town with ice water baths for sunstroke patients. Frozen into a solid lump. the entire years drippings would make a cube as big as a ten-story office building. Then, again, the waste when the cakes are cut is enormous, to say nothing of what vanishes into the air when the ice is whisked clean with brush broom. But, without going into fur ther details, think you'll agree that the man who peddles ice has enough trouble to worry him into an early grave. Tonie?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-28
A cARBoNIc ACID MOTOR.
kss Peculiar Advantages for Use in An.
 tomobiIes.


 The latest novelty in automobiles is one propelled by carbonic acid, the in- yention of c. D. P. Gibson os Jersey City. Describing the model now in op- eration: Inside the box, toward the rear, is an engine weighing only thir- ty-six pounds, and having cylinders whose diameter is one and seven eighths, with a four-inch stroke. On either side of it, and reaching length wise in the box. are arranged flasks, or cartridges" of liquid carbonic acid, coupled to each other and to slender tube that feeds the engine. By means which MT. Gibson does not yet describe, the fluid is yaporized and expanded in the cylinders. A working pressure of from 1000 pounds upward is thus made available. The crank transmits it's mo- ticn by sprocket and chain to the rear axle Of the wagon without any inter- mediate shaft or gear. The sproeket on the crank shaft has nine teeth, and that on the wagon axle Ca sixteen-inch sproeket} has twenty-nine. The driy> l CTS are thirty -eight-inch wheels With the simple mechanism here described MT. Gibson is able to run his wagon Up the most astonishing grades. He climbs those appalling hills for which New Jersey is famous, and believes he can go where no gasoline motor can follow. He takes his wagon through deep, dry sand, too, where 1t would be almost impossible to take any other self-propelled carriage. Without the earbonie acid fasks and engine the carriage which he showed to report CT the other day would weigh nearly 400 pounds. The tlasks, contents and engine added about 400 pounds more Some 800 or 600 pounds of human freight have been put into the wagon on occasions. A total load that is scarcely less than 400 pounds has thus been moved up hill and down with the utmost ease.--New York Tribune