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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
Petition For Receiver.

Macon Ca. Specially. B. Sper-
p. % baltimore. has filed petition
fn the United States Court for the APP
polntynent Of a receiver OF the Albany
& Northern Railway The court hes
ordered a response 10 bee maue Oct'-
Der !. The petition alleges that tae
road. which runs from Albany. Ga
70 Cordele. Ca. has not passed me ih'
torest on its Indebtedness for over SIX
wears.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
ATTEMPT 10 Wreck.

Austin. Texas. Special.-An unsuc-
cossfnl attempt was made 70 wreck the
81. Louis flyer on the international a.
Great Northern Railroad. some three
miles north OF this city. just over the
state encampment ground. A pile OF
cross-ties were found on the track and
removed by persons drawn 10 the scene
bv the burning Of the grand-stand on
the encampment grounds and the CEDAR
brakes on the adjoining mountain.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20

'T confess 10 being very poor judge
OF oratory." said the mild hammered
person.
Cant you recognize fuen; speaking
when you hear ~"
NO. IL depends On my personal
feelings. II a friend u making a
speech Il - cioquence. II Il ~ LOT 4
friend 81 is mere gaTulity.7
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
MANY FOREST FIRES
Work Severe Damage in The North
west Country
MANY LUMBER TOWNS BURNED UP
Navigation Is Retarded BY Smoke.
Which Extends For More Thsn 90
TILES From Land.

TILES From Land.
Tacoma. Wn.. Special-Forest fires
are now burning in every county OF
western Washington from British Co
lumbia 20 the Columbia river The
CONGREGATIONS are the most extensive
in Mason. Thurstcn. Chehoiis and
Lewis counties 90 the southwcs OF
Tacoma. The towns OF Elna and Fol
som. in Chehalis county. have been
partly destroyed. zach was the cen
tire 81 large logging. lumber and
shingle mill industries Other towns
which are in grcas danger a-. shell
ton. Ma.tack. BLACK His. Ducoda.
Rainier ani Castle Rock in saitAwcst.
C.n Washington Enumc.as anu
Rerklsy. IN the Caccadc Mountains.
are threatened.
The latest reports from Mason coun-
" are that every portion OF that couu-
y is in flames with the exception OF
Shelton
The logging camps Of Thomas Bor-
deuy. near Olympia. are surrounded
I by flames Forty men have left here
on horseback 20 rescue the women
.
branch of the Northern Pacific Is on
/ FIRE. even 20 the ties in several places.
Many farm houses about Enumclaw
and throughout southwest Washing
ton. together with other farm prop
. cTty. have been destroyed
At EnumClaw Mrs. Bllcs was driven
from home with her dead baby in her
arms while her husband w1s out
fighting fire.
The burning bridge at Wellington
on the Great Northern has stopped
traffic on that road.
over so die in the Flames
Kalama. Wash Spocial.-News
reached here SUNDAY night that tho
forest fires on Lewis river have
wrought sad havoc. u. l.. Wallace. his
Wifc and two children worc burned to
. leath They were camping i'm the
+ woods when caught hy the fire. Their
wagon was found burned nap. the
charred bodies lying near. a 12-year-
old son Of Mr.. llauloy also SIS dead.
Mrs John Polly. hes baby and a
brother. name unknown and Mr. New
house and Mrs. Graves are dead. Fiji
teen others were found With 70 cloth
ing excepting gunnysacks.
Logging camps are burned ont com
pictely The fire has spread from
{ Lewis river north 10 'he wanna Il ~ ~
s ana oV sec'lons OF tAe Nnesl 'iU ne.
Z on the coast nave oe'A ues..os 60 ~
y IS lmposslDle 70 give q" es'il.'--'c ~
e the amount OF 'ne uAinasS oO,i' =.
u property oaH ioln,' - H-'i,s u -.
neIe' oh lN' ~, o'u''i.ll 'IFe' L''s u'' -
n .osD oy ca nee are no - - -
10 "'es lost o"t loss y, 30 D., 'l'-''S - ''''
g ".-'u pr ~.o"' ,... 49,. -,
b, "A great Aff is tltN lA-lA- bA ht
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
in A BURNING NINE
Lives of Seventeen WOskmen We're
Sacrificed.
ALL HOPE OF ESCAPE ABANDONED.
A Miners Lamp Fired the Gas, ana
This In Turn Caused Il Destructive
Powder ExpioSio

4 special form North Fork. Va. 90
The Roanoke Times SAYS. 4 disss-
trous gas and powder explosion oc-
curred in the 8ig Four &iac OF the
Algoma Coal and Coke Company here
Nonday about O'Clock. James Lester,
an engineer. John Rookie. Hun
garian miner. ond Is colOred miners
are known 90 be IN the mine now. and
there is NO chance or their being res
cucd alive as they are beyond the
point where the explosion occurred.
and the gas ana smoke is so thick that
The rcscuing parties are beins driven
hacS. II. +. Franken1eli. the bank
boss. and George Gosnie. a hungarian
miner. succeeded in crawling over the
fallen coal and have been taken out
alive. although they are both badly
burned ami nearly suTocated by the
ras and smoke inhaled.
The explosion was caused hy an ac-
emulation % gas catching on hre
from the lamp of a miner who was go
ing 90 work and this. In turn. fired
. six kegs Of blasting powder that had
been stored back i'm the mines. The
explosion knocked down all the brat
ucce for quarter ~ a mile hack to-
wards the mine entrance. thus cuttins
or ain of -hc air from the men inn.
nr.soncd behind the debris. There hal
been q small gas explosion i'm this
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
4 NopS.

yves and tell her. even sOftcninS IL
IS h would. that there could be but
TWO courses for this disease. hut one /
~ two for him. Insanity or-dcath. /
Ter husbands brain had been over 1
faxed. his mind heavily shocked: his \
sensitive nature sorcly wounded The /
change or sir and scene had somewhat /
benefited him. but. the end must be /
onc of these two.
Stin. hc only to.l hc- vc-y lcavrcdly /
az hc- husbands nccviiy taxed mind
and re necessity 90 pcrrect and im-
mediate rest and freedom from care.
regular hours and cheerful company
nrl The Abandonment O.. an business
az once.
She vas quick % note she changes
% voice o. face and there was some
thing under THIS mans quiet words
that increased her fea-.
The days passed into weeSs-thrce
weclSs-luu o. anxiety To- Alicia.
With her fca-s wakcCed ~ the phySi-
cans words. she watched Harold un-
observed. She forced herself 10 hc
F light &C heart and brilliant as Of old,
she sang 20 him when he desired. o-
read IS he lay upon 3 couch. or was
silent She had always been true 60
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81. ..-----h +o ~-sfs- -h.S fever. the
-r-.-..,-l S,.l when s-rl--on.I 90 ate
-srs rfn. Tb.v were back in san
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r.- -r~., davis e,s NIGHTS Harold
know 81, r-e. living Is, a stuuo- most
rr Mo -.rre C.arn,ets rrostration the
~.h~sir---s said. and tlcv scarcely had
-e.s 90 saw ~
Th..-rsr,.s ft. end
20 every on. save Alicia this end
lad f-cn expected. Go her Il came Ike
q blow. Thev told her that her hus
land was very 90 al the beginning
bur when they told her that there wa
10 icurer hope ~ his recovery. tia
she must prepare herself Tor tL
worst. not q word did she ut-c-. no
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-09-20
CHAPTER Y.
SAND AFTER. ="

a. h. H. .
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&C.. =, H. VIZ. no ,eo,le, nalIor tha,
a 49,, .,,,-, sss+h ~ , balf hour
81. -,,,,.i,sss ,-oci,,- hcs,5a the bod /
,,,,,,,r, =, n,Ise,-, ,b,t mover any NOR, /
,-o,,la bor husbands vo,c, ar Snn, /
ST. nor bos~.. nove- any moro would /
his ewes SOCK nors for comfort. never /
any moro would he reach out weary /
arms 10 comfort her. Never any more,
She bent above her husband. stand
Inc M The bedside. and searched the
stiu race. With one trembling. ten
ie- hanl she ..t>n.l rack the BLACK
hair from his forehead. stn holding
hcr breath as though she could not
believe thar De were dead.
~fTaroidr' she said stccf -Iv. scarce
IS above whisper. Harold. ccorcst~'
Euf he did not answer->he knew
rcw that he could not answer-aud all
the reut-u3 SORROW anL pain ,,cre fog
rue instant concentrated in hcr face.
tc~ seif-commarl gone. "a bitter cry
upon Der irS as She cia~rcl h.r
heads co0vui iNe'y. driving herself
away from h.u.
Then she cried. Sohnin-ly. though
there were 10 tears ln fAe lifted eyes.
bear witness for mo that BE- IS John
. w Winthrop. n his pr.de and arrogance.
las brought THIS sor-cw upon m'-
Them with swift bitter gesture
. ~ Use hands as though she M'n.l
sweep away fh'S weakness. ana 'r-.l
r lonely ie "Hh ere c-t n-old So
lencc. She turned away steadily. h-r
race ea-A ana 'olo' anu la>se1 oni al
lAe DOOR. '-' l'.-> OK A,r gown ''i.-
llE aNn-- ler. and tle flowers at .nr
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Billboard Profanities.
From Unity

FROM lulIS
The abuse of the billboard has gone to a
great length. In majority of the cases
that come under my observation, and I live
in a university town where 1000 students
are gathered the pictures advertising the
atrical shows are. a rule. artistically
abominable and morally offensive. They
abound in coarse and brutal bar room
scenes. in representations of murder and
theft. in figures of repulsive ugliness and in
portraitures of women in every variety Of
indecent positions. What criminal sugges-
tions they put into the minds of innocent
children-pictures of criminals and ruffians
with dagger, pistol and poison! What fuel
they add to the flames of lawless passion
that burn in the untamed breasts of way
ward young men-demons of the highway
paraded heroesl What distressing SEN
sations they bring to every person who has
an eye for the beautiful-exhibitions of ug-
liness beyond description! What a sense
of shame and humiliation they create in
the minds of every decent man and every
modest wOman-Such outrageous descrip-
tiOns of the sanctities of human lifeI
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Anti-Microbe Shaving.

From the London Express.
In Jermyn street is what is said to be
the only antiseptic. microbe-proof barber
shop in London. The first impression is
rather grimly suggestive Of private oper-
ating surgery The walls are tiled There
is no upholstery anywhere. The chairs are
of metal. with head subject to frequent dis
injecting. The basins are made with pedal
taps to avoid the communicating touch of
human fingers. Everything your eyes rest
on seems to say: There are no germs on
me" The barber is clad in sterilized over
alls He explains that that is to prevent
any of his own personal and private stock
of microbes from migrating to you. Before
beginning to operate on you he dips his
hands in some germ-destroying solution.
and he assures you that the razor is ster-
iized afreSh for each customer. From a
capsule he empties into sterilized vessel
just enough soap powder to supply the lath-
er needed for one shaving job. 1t seems
that danger may lurk in soap that has been
used to shave some other fellow. The price
charged for the operation is siXpence.
Evening star., 1902-09-13
AN EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE.
A Horseback Ride That Proved Any
thing but Pleasant.


Although Miss Kitty LOTUS. the actress,
is one of the most enthusiastic of motorists.
on as well as off the stage. horses as a
means Of holiday or sporting locomotion
have in her time appealed to her. 1t was
her custom not so very long ago when
touring to hire some sort of saddle horse
in every town; and in one place her ex-
perience in this way was of notable kind.
She was riding with a gentleman in Dub
lin when she discovered that the horses
they had hired were such great friends
that they refused to work apart and logged
along side by side as If in double harness.
When they reached Phoenix Park the gen.
tleman managed. by the exercise of few
persuasive actions which have long been
associated with the ethics of equestrian ntsm,
to hustle the quadruped he was riding into
a fairly decent canter: but Miss LOTUS
horse, which was not carrying comradesn1p
to the absurd length Of cantering when II
wanted to trot, looked out for another
horse that was going comfortably along
and went and trotted beside that. To Miss
LOTUS confusion, the saddle OF her morse
new acquaintance was occupied oy young
gentleman who was an entire stranger 10
her. They logged along In silence for some
minutes, he looking utterly bewiidered
over the strange business and she feeling
hopelessly at loss to know what to say.
Naturally as a young woman she didn't
wish to say anything that would amount to
the admission that the fault was her own;
and naturally as a young man he didn't
care a straw whose fault 1t was so long as
Miss LOTUS rode beside him. At last
Miss LOTUS said, in a tone which would
have conveyed to a third party the i'm
preston that the strangers horse had fol-
lowed hers: Don't you think you had
better tie your horse to tree and walk
mine away for mel" The stranger dis
mounted fastened up his horse, led the ac-
tress' affectionate animal about an eighth
of a mile onward and went back. But in
the exercise of it's eccentric temper Miss
LOTUS horse had not knocked off, for
the day Finding itself deserted by its new
friend it went In rapid search of the horse
1t had come out with. and went about this
move in such a reckless manner that It's
unfortunate rider was soon hit across the
face with the branch of tree and knocked
heavily to the ground. 1t may be that all
this accounts for Miss Kitty LOTUS haV-
ing taken to motoring so keenly.
Evening star., 1902-09-13
ECCLESIASTICAL DRAMA.
A British Vicar Proposes Endowment
for Parish Theaters.
FROM the London Express.

FROM the London Express.
The national theater-the theater to be
subsidized by the state-is already in the
air. but here comes the energetic vicar
OF GorIeston with suggestion that every
parish church should it's own theater.
with the vicar for manager and the par
ishiOners for performers.
Yes" he announced, ''ft is quite true.
have started my own company, and all 1
ask is that some millionaire will build me
my theater. We have 5000 people-an poor
in my parish. and 1 must do something
for them.
Now, my suggested parish theaters, to
be run exclusively by the parish church.
will go far toward filing up gaps in dreary
lives.
Il have already materialized my scheme"
cried the vicar. as he flung out an arm
toward the cliff. upon the summit of which
/ caught a glimpse of a large white mar
Quee. Now. if you had been in that tent
last night you would have seen it crammed
from end to end with an enthusiastic au-
Gience, breathless.y following the story of
a tragedy as il was unfOlded to them from
the stage by their own friends and rela-
tiVeS.'
And what kind of plays do you tackIe?"
I asked
"Oh. any kind" was the wears airy re-
ply. Sometimes we soar as high as
Shakespeare-you ought to see our butchers
Runaway Girl and | assure you our local
Connie Edss is worth seeing.
But for the churchs seasOns-Advent
Christmas, Lent propose reviving as far
as possible the old miracle and mystery
plays and mOralities of the middle ages
Il should wish. if it can be done with
all reverence that in certain high-ciass
parishes. with an educated and cultured
congregation the great Ammergau passion
play should be established in England for
performance during holy week. People
can still be taught by living pictures. There
is nothing so powerful"
Would your stage be open to a profes-
s-pnal actor Mr.. Philiips2"
Certainly on occasions I should bring
down the leading representatives of the
drama, some Of whom have already ex-
pressed warm approval Of my scheme
Several weI.-known actors and actresses
have most generously promised me their
assistance. both I'm playing themselves and
IN helping 20 instruct my rural performers.
"Of course. | know l am in for a torrent
Of abuse, music encountered a perfect storm
OF il before il took its place in Christian
worship. SO did painting, so did all art
After ALL am only leading back the drama
TO her ancient mOther-the church. of whom
she has ever been devoted and helpful.
II now and again wayward daughter"
Evening star., 1902-09-13
MEMORIES OF HARRY KERNELL.
Some Good Stories Which Had Their
Origin in Him.
From the New York Sun

group of vaudeville actors were re-
Gently recalling the days when the sidewalk
couversationaHst was one of the principal
acts in that style of entertainment, and
one Of the most successful as well. They all
agreed that Harry Kernel. the Irish come
dian. was leader among the story-tellers
Of the old days. and between them recalled
nearly all the stories which he reeled off
for years and many of which are still
heard
Kernel would walk rapidly to the front
OF the stage, and, addressing the leader of
the orchestra, begin after this fashion:
Say. MIR. Leader, didn't that man play
the bass drum last summer on Long Island?
He did, l know, and lived on the sound l
saw him in Hoboken last night where he
stole a duck He put 1t under his coat; the
duck went quack, quack. He says, L m
damned if you walk; III carry you.
He was going up the street with Nike
He saw a sign with gilt letters near the
roof: it said l. o. o. FL. o. o. +. HIS
friend said: Mike, what does that mean|
He says: suppose its the height OF the
building-1OO feet
Mccarthy went up to the roof the other
morning TO saw wood, and the wind was so
strong it blew the teeth out of the saw. He
had put on his pants the wrong way, and
when the wind blew him off the roof he fell
fifteen feet and hit on the broad Of his
back.
"A number of persons were attracted by
the accident. One young lady said: The
poor man is dead McGuiness took look
at the trousers and replied: No. ma am,
he not dead, but he has got d bad
twist
Two Irishmen. new arrivals. were at the
Battery viewing the sights At Z o'clock,
when the sun went down, report from
cannon on Governors Island was heard.
Pat says to Mike: What's that?'
Pat says: Its sundOwn.'
Mike says: I heard 1t go down in Ire
land but it never made noise like that
He was out riding last week in a buggy
with a young lady from YOnkers or Rah-
way. when a man came along on bicycle.
He got scared and after driving up the
street ne pulled out his whip, hit the horse,
but the object went by him. He turned the
corner and saw a man grinding knives on
one of those machines with the big wheels.
He hit his horse again and said: Git up,
You sOr of a gun; don't let that one pass
us
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Hitchcock's Tactful Friend.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Raymond Hitchcock says that while he
was lying in a Philadelphia hospital three
weeks ago, convalescing from operation
for appendicitis, one of those fool friends
who always say the wrong thing in the
wrong place. called on him and told the
following story to cheer him up:
Philadelphias most famous appendicitis
expert has a dog of which he thinks a
great deal, which had a lop-sided walk. A
friend asked the doctor on one occasion
the cause of this
Why" was the reply, hes got appendi-
citis."
Then why don't you operate on him?'
queried the caller.
What, operate on that dog! Why that
dogs worth a hundred dollars"
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Barrymore's Quick Wit.
From the New York Times.

Poor Maurice Barrymore, who still
breathes, but long ago died atop, had per-
haps the most ready wit of any man Of his
profession Breaking down one spring, he
betook himself to the Catskill mountains
for repairs. Three other men were in the
smoking car with him, and they soon fell
into conversation.
I'm an overworked actor" said Barry
more, 'and am going up to the mountains
to build myself up, If 1 can
I'm in business" said another, land
played out; like yourself, I'm going to the
hills for rest
"And l." said the third 'am an engineer,
broken down one, and on the same err
rand"
''And youi" said Barrymore, smiling, to
the fourth man. You are in the same boat
with us all?'
mot at ALL" said the man haughtily 81
am going to the hills, but am not broken
down from work. I don't work I'm a
gentleman
And plainly on a vacation" said Mau-
rice, contemptuously.
Evening star., 1902-09-13
A Philosophical millionaire.
from the New York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
Attorney-"If you leave all your proper
ty to your second wife, your children will
certainly try to break your willo
Rich Client-"Of course. That's what /
want them to do. I want them to have
their full share of my money"
Then why bequeath 1t all to your wife ?''
We'll. You see, 1t will be easier for my
children to break my win than It Is for me
to break hers"
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Struck by Her Beauty

Prom the New York Times
Were you struck by her beauty?" the
editor asked Of the intrepid interviewer who
had attempted to question the irascible ac-
tress about her divorce suit
Almost" ne answered
Almost"
Yes. She hurled her powder box and
rouge pot al me. but she missed me-"
Evening star., 1902-09-13
Hard Lines.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Plunkett-"How are you getting along,
neighbour"
ThrockmOrton-"Poorly The necessities
of life are so high, by George, that we can't
afford to live on anything but luxuries
these days"
Evening star., 1902-09-13
EXCURSIONS, ETC.
TO GREAT FALLS
Steam Packet Louise

Leaves SD and Canal Sundays. Mondays, wednes-
days and Fridays at $50 O'Clock; round trip soc.
Meals and refreshments served at Great Falls
Hotel: city prices For charters apply TO JOHN r.
MASON: lo6S 32d ct. NV. Phone West l97.
Evening star., 1902-09-13

and her voice was the same old voice.
though weaker. when she asked me at part
Ing to come again
Years ago the curtain fell on Georgia
Cayvan, and nothing remains now but a
very i'll woman. who does not suffer, but
who lies quietly in her bed waiting for the
last call, which may not come for
months"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-16

THE OLD STORY Of the medical stu
4 dents who talked TO a farmer
about how badly ne looked until the
agrieultaranst laid himself down and
died has almost. If not quite, been au-
piscated BY a cleveland. o.. man. one
morning not long ago he walked up 10
find his false teeth missing. He had
gone 10 sleep with the artificial grind
ers 10 his mouth. and he promptly ar
rived AZ the conclusion that he had
swallowed them.
The more he thought about the mat
ter the worse he felt. and finally he Wis
tied hospital. There he explained
about the choking sensation IN his neck
and an his other symptoms The doc
tors turned an X-ray machine on the
patient and thought they saw the
teeth lodged near the entrance 70 the
|aesophagus. An operations was prompt
|ly performed. but no teeth were found
Within few hours the patient died.
He had Just breathed his last when
the teeth we're found by the side Of
the bedin which he had slept the night
he thought he had swallowed them.
Acre Is = striking example Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-16

viii verify the assertion that a large
proportion of the crimes committed in
Salt Lake grow out of the habit of car
rying concealed weapons. A reliable
estimate has it that perhaps one man in
ten carries a pistol or other weapon.
And they stand ready 20 use them at
the least possible excuse.
After all. too. the man who carries
a weapon Is a coward. FOR he seeks TO
start with the advantage in any alter
cation that may arise. The man who is
not willing to trust TO the weapons that
nature has furnished him should either
avoid trouble or he should be locked up
until realizing sense Of his Delinquent
cy overcomes him. Many and many a
quarrel could be and would be avoided
IL II were not for the pocket pistol,
which seems to make the coward brave.