i THE MORNING POST; WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13 192
"Waffles"; - simple mnocence really is absurd ;
Thinks tnis cannon craccx . -
Fun to cook fun to eat gingerbread
made from the magical
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(Better than flour)
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The H-O no" Company
-RFSTO Gingerbread from the oven literally bursting with good
pRESTO "1! soft and not a pain in a panful.
r ness. Lignt. so. r
'i cut ginfierbread-Dre -
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BOUGHT DY GOULD
Control of Richmond Electric
1 . Lines Secured
) New Terk. D-c. 3). Control of the
.VirirtnUi Pasenrr and Power Com
Vny has bven h.)-!it by Frank Jay
Gould. The company operates all the
tret railways In the cliies of Rlch
Yr.ond. M.irrchester ar i Pttcr5burg. V.r.
iell as a 22-ndl- l trie line which
"connects the two I.it nnmeI cit !!. the
syntem at present including 122 mi:c3
of mad. Th? con.puy was organized
last year under a . racial perpetual
charter, comMnlrs th six local com
rnt In and around Richmond. It
fcs I.CCC.V preferred sto-k outtand
i.r r l f1"r"o.) o-vrrr-orj. h ,"
QO-VKO - pr rer.t. mortgage bonds and
J7.W.t';o ur..rii: J
Th Merchant?' Trust Company. It
bas been t?n I'ttoM In Wall street,
was Irterr?tc! In th" underwriting of
fh, Vi.-.TinU P.itr:ger and Tower
r rr-my, and It was sai l today reso
nated the sale of th" ?curitle to Air.
Gould. It Is to be th fiscal agent an 1
4J.0 the depository of all funds of the
Virginia company.
prepared to leave at a moment's warn
In. The Inflammatory articles ap
pearing In the foreign newspapers in
China are considered to be ill advised.
Bombardment Threatened
London. Iee. 31. A dispatch to the
Dally Mall from Wl'.Iemstad. Curacao,
says that the postmaster at Maracalbo,
Venezuela, having detained correspond
ence belonging to German merchants,
the German cruiser Falke threatens to
bombard the town-
THE CLOSING YEAR.
1
PANAMA CANAL
Annual Meeting of the French
Company
Paris. Dec. 30. There was a smal'er
attendance than usual at the annual
meeting of the Panama Canal Com
pany tod i. The procevdlnss were or
derly compared with those of recent
years. A long report was submitted
outlining the negotiations for the pur
chase of the canal by the United States !
and the proceedings of the American
Congress in the matier. The report
concluded by statins that the date of
he meeting had- been postponed until
he end of the year because the direc
tors had hoped to announce the con-
r !ludon of the negotiations with the
nal fnr tht Wpk;inBr To- United States of Colombia, Fending
UCai TOr ini Uei55inbCl 1U lhv comJ:islon of these negotiations
hnrm Pnmninv f!nmnIptP "they could make no recommendations.
D3CC0 bompany uompieie They fouU onlj. ask that the meetinR.
; New York. Dc. C At the offices of approve the accounts and re-elect the
th- Continental Tobacco Company to- fojr retiring directors, which was done,
day It was stated that the company some of the shareholders reiterated
h i acquired all of the stock of the thdr customary protest against the
Velsslnser Tobacco Company of Louis- disposal of the canal property. They
tlle. Ky.. from its various holders, and asked what would happen If the com
th.t at a rrectlng of the directors of p iny and the United Slates did n;
the Welssinccr Company. Colonel Har- conclude n bargain by March 4th. Ti ?
l-y IVelMlnger. president of the com chairman answered that the sharehol -pany.
and two other directors. John ers would bo summoned and consult-
Mlddleton and P. I. Thinips. had b-cn in' the future, as they would le sum
continued as directors. The remaining ir.oned to ratify the sale in the evtt:'.
SOLO TO CONTINENTAL :
!
Is members of the Ixiird resigned. All
six are connected with the Continental
Tobacco Company, either as cfllccrs or
directors. It Is understood that the
Continental Tobacco Company will be
come the selling agent of the Wetsslng
r products. Regarding a report that
the YVels!rtger Company will be liqui
dated, the representative of the Con
tinental Company said that nothing of
the sort had been decided upon as yet.
of the deal being consummated.
DONE WITH HERNANDEZ
Willemstad, Curocao, Dec. 30. Pre.
idrnt Cas'tro of Venezuela has Impris
oned General Lutowsky. former Min
ister Fachana'o and about forty other
men. There has been a split "amonir
the followers of General Hernandez,
the former revolutionary leader, wh
ha now cast hl3 lot with Castro. Al:
his supporters who were In arms are
etlll loyal to the revolutionary leaders.
General Vldal. an independent Iler
ijandift. who Is chief of staff to' Gen
eral: Uplando. has visited Willemstad.
where he had a conference with Gen
eral Mttos. rior to leaving he issued
a rnalfesto severing all relations with
PREPARING FOR WAR
A Russian Combine Will Com
pete with Standard Oil
Odessa. Dec. 39. A newspaper 'states
that a powerful combination of Daku
rfmlrum concerns, under the leader-
hlp and In the name of the Gnkassoft t General Hernandez,
firm, is about to establish repositories
In a number of Critish centres for the J
purpose of f ompetlr.g with l:e Stand- I
rd Oil Company. It Is similar to an
enterprise that was recently. projected.! t
but which did not materialize, owing I
to the lack of government sanction. A : Caracas. Dec. CO. President Castro
feature of the new scheme is that it returr.ed to th capital from La Vic
will open the campaign by sacrificing lor,a at" noon today. An hour later he
receivea air. jJowen. the American
minister, .wht remainetl closeted with
Mm for an hour and a half. The ob
ject of Mr. Ttowen's visit was to trans
mit to the president the demands for
mulated by Great Britain and Germans'
in connection with the arbitration of
their dispute with Venezuela. Presi
dent Castro postponed his answer, ac
cepting or refusing the demands, until
m j tomorrow.
CASTRO TAKES TIME
prices In wttcrn Uurcpe and main
taining higher prices at home, as is
done In the Russian sugar export trade.
George Dennison Prentice, American journalist, humorist and poet, was born
at Preston. Conn., December 18. 1802, an d died at Louisville, Ky., January 22,
1S70. His humorous writings were pub lished under the title of "Prenticeana"
in 1K9.
"Tis midnight's holy hour and silence now
Is brooding, like a gentle sp irit. o'er
The Etlll and pulseless worl d. Hark! on the winds
The bell's deep tones are sw elllng; 'tis the knell
Of the departed year. No funeral train
Is a sweeping past; yet. on the stream and wood,
Melancholy light, the moo nbeams rest,
Like a pale, spotless shroud; the air is stirr'd.
As by a mourner's sigh; and on yon cloud.
That floats so still and pla cidly through heaven.
The spirits of the season seem to stand.
Young Spring, bright Sum mer, Autumn's solemn form,
And Winter, with his aged locks, breathe
In mournful cadences, that come abroad
Like the far windharp's wil d and touching wall,
A melancholy dirge o'er the dead rear.
Gone from the earth forever. 'Tis a time
For memory and for tears. Within the deeD.
Still chambers of the heart, a spector dim.
Whose tunes are like the wl zard voice of Time
Heard from the tomb of age e, points its cold
And solemn finger to the bea utiful
And holy visions that have passed away,
And left no shadow- of their loveliness
On the dead waste of life. That specter lifts
The coffln-Hd of hope, and joy, and love,
And, bending mournfully ab ove the Dale
Sweet forms that slumber t here, scatters dead Cowers
O'er what has passed to noth ingness. The year
Has gone, and, w 1th it, man y a glorious throng
Of happy dreams. Its mark is on each brow,
Its shadow in each heart. In its swift course
It waved Its scepter o'er the beautiful,
And they are not. It laid i ts pallid hand
Upon the strong man, and the haughty form
Is fallen, and the flashing e ye is dim.
It trod the hall of revelry, where throns'd ;,
The bright and joyous, and the tearful wail
Of stricken ones is heard, w here erst the song
And reckless shout resound ed. It passed o'er
The battle plain, where swo rd and spear and shield
Flash'd in the light of mid-day and the strength ..
Of serried hosts Is shiver'd, and the grass.
Green from the soil of carna ge, waves above , t
The crush'd and moldering skeleton. It. came
And faded like a wreath of mist at eve:
Yet, ere it melted in the vie wless air.
V It heralded its millions to their home .
In the dim land of dreams. Remorseless Time.
Fierce spirit of the glass an d scythe what power
Can stay him in his silent course, or melt
;'. His iron heart to pity? On, still on
He presses, and forever. The rroud bird,
')' The condor of the Andes, that can soar
Through heaven's unfathom able depths, or brave
' The fury of the northern hu rricane,
j And bathe his plumage in the thunder's home,
! - Furls his broad wings at nightfall, and sinks down
To rest upon his mountain c rag but Time
Knows not the weight of sleep or weariness.
And night's deep darkness h as no claim to bind
His rushlon pinions. Revol lutions sweep
O'er the earth, like trouble d visions o'er ,the breast
Of dreaming sorrow; cities ri se and sink
Like bubbles on the water ; fiery isles
Spring, blazing, from the oc ean, and go back
, To their mysterious caverns; mountains rear
To heaven their bald and bl ackened cliffs, and bow
Their tall heads to the plain; new empires rise,
Gathering the strength of h oary centuries,
And rush down like the Alpine avalanche.
Startling the nations; and the very stars.
Yon bright and burning bla zonary of God, ' .
Glitter awhile in their eternal depths, "
And, like the Pleiades, lovel lest of their train.
Shoot from their glorious sp heres, and pass away
To darkle in the trackless void yet Time
Time, the tomb-builder, hold s his fierce career,
Dark, stern, all-pitiless, an d causes not
Amid the mighty wrecks th at strew his path
Tp sit and muse, like other c onquerors.
Upon the fearful ruin he ha s wrought.
an open switch and the engine and
several cars were thrown down an em
bankment.. Albert S. Barker, engineer;
Joseph Keglin, fireman, and Hiram B.
Barry, brankeman, all of LaFayette,
met instant cieaxn in the wrecK. Their
bodies were recovered by a wrecking
train crew.
A New World to Conquer
Berlin, Dec. 30. Early in January the
Anglo-American Tobacco Trust will
inaugurate its long planned assault on
the German tobacco trade. It will in
troduce the coupon premium system,
which ha3 hitherto been unknown
here. The premiums offered are of the
varied kinds, ranging from corkscrews
to automobiles. The German tobac
conists are' alarmed and do not yet see
any possibility of resistance.
ITha tYur Fare Worth?
Sometimes a fortune, but never, If
you have a sallow complexion, a jaun
diced look, moth .patches and blotches
on the skin, all signs of Liver Trouble.
But Dr. King's New Life Pills give
Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Com
plexion. Only 25 cents at all drug
stores.
Dead Baby in the Cellar
Rutherfordton, N. C, Dec. 30. Spe
cial. The finding of the body of an
infant in the cellar of a vacant houee
near Casar, Cleveland county, has been
the cause of some excitement in the
community. It had evidently been
strangled by a piece of cloth tied
around its neck. The child had been
dead six or eight months. There has
been no arrest, but a woman who was
the last occupant of the. house is sus
pected of complicity in the crime.
ICH NEGRO MURDERED
St. Louis, Dec. 20. The body of Or
rin Worthen, coachman for Mrs. Delia
Webb, was found in the back yard
of his employer's residence in Wash
ington boulevard this morning. His
throat had been cut and tb-- w
25 wounds in his body, evidently in
flicted with a stale iao. tnueut!3 ox
a struggle were visible, but none of
his fellow employes or neighbors heard
any disturbance during the night.
Worthen had been in the employ of
Mrs. Webb for a number of years and
had $10,C00 on deposit in a bank beside
owning several pieces of real estate.
While ostensibly a coachman, die was
a gambler by profession and ran sev
eral xrap rooms through agents. He
was known to carry $3C0 or $4C0 in cash.
Robbery Is believed to have been thn
motive for the' crime. Three suspects
have been arrstd all ngroes, as was
the murdered man; but thus far noth
ing positive has been found against
them.
an Inquiry into an alleged merger of
the Louisville & Nashville an 1 oth,p
roads is to be made In the con:p!alr.t
before the inter-state commit. r.
which will sit In New York binn;?;;
January 15. Governor Beckham . :r,
ployed Bennett & Young of Lolur,i
ns assistant counsel. Colonel Vo:; -and
Mr. Pratt and the commissi, ,r
will make the Investigation a!ovK -
line of, the Northern Pacific Inven t :,
tion.
Rushing Land Grants
During the month of Decmfio: "
100 hundred applications for :ul
grants have been filed in the ofiw of
the secretary of state. Thest cimr
mostly from the mountain counlieo ol
the state. '
Thousands Starving
Sydney, Dec. 30. A prolonged
drought in New Guinea has caused a
famine and thousands of inhabitants
are starving. Some are subsisting on
roots; grubs and vermin, while others
have resorted to cannibalism, eating
the bodies of those who have died :rnm
starvation. Two European prospectors
have been murdered.
Planins: Mill Projected
Durham, N. C. Dec. 30. Special.
Messrs. Denmark and Gist of Pennvsl-
vania have purchased four acres of
land near East Durham and will erect
at once a large planing mill on it. Some
of the lumber s being placed and the
machinery is coming. It is said that
the mill be the largest in this section.
The location for Durham was secured
by the Durham Chamber of Commerce.
INDIAN GETS
A WHITE SQUAW
Richmond. Va, Dec 30. L. II. Wall,
a f ull-blooud Utah Indian from Eu
falla. Indian Territory, secured ns a
Christmas present ti.e. hand of a beau-
FAREWELL TO LORENZ
New York Gives the Doctor a
Good Send-off
Object to Double-headers
Austin.. Tex.. Dec. 30. It was said
tiful Virginia girl. M-. Lucy Ramsey, here today on high authority that a ' rtttoday fat
daughter of Mrs. Su,an Ramsey, a strike of the conductors and brake- : V 1! Jnfc!?!.P!?S!
New York, Dec. 30. Dr.. Adolf Lor
enz, who will sail for England to-
i morrow, was semi-officially the guest
hrnfce- i . . . - . .
rromlncnt la ml mvr,, . , , 7" Kdinennj oi neaas oi aepan-
Franklin county. The acauaance rp V. on U, city officials and aldermen.
begun through an advertising bu-.eral Matos. Prior to leaving he issued u T," prMented ? m inthe
reau. The Indian a reared unnn th nmrwh i f t,, ...1.7 JCT.-.! " l cIty hal1- a morocco leather, silver
scene ChrlMrr.as day. giving the girl belled' 1,. their derna'nds. prsen ted I to "lou"ted a??um "talninfc in engross-
eurjTisr. vncn sne round Wall nil the railroads west of the Missis
was an Indian she de?irei to harV nut ctnni v.. ,,v ,
- . , . - - v 1 1 1 i.'v j iv. mill me
pf the bargain, but he is a fine look- oneratlon of i)nnhi i. . .
roads be nbolished. The exact demand '
i mat not io exceed th rtv mrs lie
Ing fellow, and he p jhe,i his suit with
boldness and adroitness that won.
He owns a steam laundry in his town.
They left tMay for Euf.tha.
UNFOUNDED RUMORS
loured with two engines, which is
I equivalent to abolishing the practice.
Jafe that number of cars it easily
hauled with a sinele engine.
Head-on Collision
Sharon. Pa.. Dee. 30. In a head-on
collision on the Pennsylvania rall-
rekln. Dec 21. The stories that are
rurrent to the effect that the dowager
impress is implicated in the alleged re
oi.ion. saui to be headed by
tun xu us:ar.g rnd Princ Tu
not believed here. Neither
credit place ! In the reports of the mis
sionaries upon wh'ch Mr. Frascr. th
Itritlsh consul at Hankow, warned all
. ""urfn n Knasj ' rr train Vn "1R mr .
mna .vr.mi. wt of Slan-Fu to leave vrt i V," J , ,,riul iram
i . av mic wviiiuiisnea
I ed form, the resolutions of eulogy
j adopted by the aldermen two weeks
, ago. Before the presentation the dis
tinguished surgeon was entertained
at luncheon at the Hardware club by
' Alderman Wakely of the committee
appointed to draw up the resolutions.
The resolutions passed by the alder
men welcomed Dr. Lorenz to the city
and praised his work and the humani
tarian motives which had inspired him
to operate gratuitously upon poor chil
dren. After the presentation the aldermen
and other city officials were presented
retailing liquor, the county commis
sioners having done so. A suit was
brought by liquor dealers holding coun
ty license to compel the town authori
ties to issue them. This was stren
uously resisted, and the judge refused
to order it. Yesterday argument was
again heard before Judge Shaw on pe
tition of the liquor dealers to compel
the town commissioners to issue li
cense. Judge Shaw took the case under
advisement and has not yet announced
his decision.
Voting: Begins Nov;
The canes to be voted to the most
popular candidate for Senitor and the (
most member of the legislature and
the Royal felt mattresss to be voted
to the most popular married lady of
the city will be placed in the windows
of Messrs. Sherwood Higgs & Co's
store where the votes can be left. The
time is now at hand for voting to be
gin. Who is your favorite?
. " Collector Will Call
All osrsons wh" have suhji r.T. ,i
funds for the Red Men's Or:h r v
Bazaar Will oir-i.se have . jt i Mi
Thursday, -anuary 1st, as ths collect -.r,,
Mr. Will Bobbins, will call.
A. DUCITI,
. Chfurrn.-'M,
Ex'radilion with Brazil
Rio Janeiro, Dec. 30. The protoi
of the extradition treaty between i'.iv
ill and the United States has un.i.;
mously passed both houses.
L. and N. Investigation
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 30. A confer
ence w-as held today in the governor's
office between Governor Beckham,
Attorney General Pratt and Chairman
Mt"Chord and p-r--r;-."
and Wood of the Kentucky Railroad
Commission, in- v...Cii' c..
Casey ?i CasHdy Is engaged tn i,.
r-frried. Oi always thought h was .1
trifler. . j
iarrell Well, he thought fn him
self till he thrifled wiT a. wM."-.
Puck.
Employer I" have you arrt' 1 i'-.r
larceny If you keep on stealing irv
time. .
Clerk And I'll get you a term in Jul
for arson if you fire me. Now r.i
Evening World. . '
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222 Fayettevill9 Straet.
f JUST RECEIVED
Georgia Cane Syriips, Old Fashion Moun;
tain Buckwheat, Prepared Buckwheat Pail
Cake Flour New Cured Va, Hams, few Old
Va. Hams. ALL PHONES 88.
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L2x-:iA.fr?.
I - waav. mbv V 11UII llll lf III
(nfr1i t . . . . , ""mio ur. iorenz, ana ne shook hands
general Middlesex tonight, the engineer of th i.v. -. i . -
in. aVe mu,nr,r t v.., u" " . rtcn OI,e 01 inem m xurn- "e
u C, ,:V :: .;:. ;. . y13- was ith a friend tonight and after
1 - - - All I Ul Tl .1 111 1 I
ly injured and
almost a score were hurt.
The wreck was caused through a
imsunuerstancir.g of orders. Passene
n view of th .n.i....i . -1
Wr. muer Uso he male fo? 1 Tn " tMr in the
-n.r, l the district. Ar-.1ZZ 1" the C2tl,re"- and somk-
1 r.g cars are wrecked.
ward went aboard the White Rtnr
liner Celtic, which will sail at 6:30
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Authorities Conflict
Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 3a Some
time ago the town commissioners of
Mount Airy refused to grant licen
Elks1 Christmas Tree
New Bern. N. C, Dec. 30. Special.
The Elks lodge gave a Christmas tree
to the children of this city Monday.
Nearly 400 children's hearts were glad
dened by appropriate presents.
Mr. J. W. Dawson was an ideal Santa
Claus. The Elks were assisted by Mrs.
O. II. Guion, Misses Agnes Foy, Mary
Guion, Annie Stevenson, May Oliver,
Mary Roberts, Mary C. Daniels and
Addie Claypoole.
ON TUESDAY,. WEDNES
AND THURSDAY
Job Con Id n't Have Rto1 It
If he had Itching Tiles. They're ter
ribly annoying; but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will cure the worst case of piles
on earth. It has cured thousands. For
Injuries, Pains or Bodily Eruptions it's
the best salve in the world. Price 25c.
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by all
druggists. '
Met ln$tant Death
Indianapolis. Dec 3a Thrie trnif
men were- instantly . killed at-Quinsy
at o'clock this morning, in -front, of
The train cmshec into
MEN'S $3.50 ANDiV .O0
PAT. VI CI KID, PAT,
COLT, AND VI CI KID AT
ALL Gi&feNtEED
PERRY
&
ROSE NTH ALU
THe Up-to-date Shoe House,
Trust Building
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