THE BIG MANWON MONEY

Tho Game Was Stud PokerFor Table Stakes.

ONE-EYED MAN STAYS OUT

Qrirrly Cau^ht a Jackto Hls Queen and

He Stnyed and Used Hls Gun for a

Square Deal, But the Big Man

Raked In the Pot.

Tho game was siiid poker for tableStakes and If there be any moro feroclotigpoallme not Involvlng physlcal- vlol-ence»s something more Ihan a sldo Irene. noone at the table ha-d ever hoard of lt.Tlic blg man hnd had n phenomonal runLluek, and the hatred he hnd Int-plred

hla antagonlsts was approachlng thoger point.

"I'vo seed luck. afore." etald the one-

pyed man. "but I nevor soed lt oomeaonest, llko thls.""Well, now, what havo you-" began

Bh« blg man. but he. was Interrupted."NelUier dld I," enJd another player."Nor I," cald another.Tho blg man di\sw his breath hcrd,

Jjooktnc- from one to another ln tho little(rroup, his cys Tf.stod on the flfth man,frho had fntrf --¦''Mnir. but looked as¦our as the others. Thero was a puuse.

BIG MAN DECEARK3 HIMSELF."Well. what ha\-e you got to say?" de-

tnanded the blg player, at length. "TheseYehtlemcn all seem to b afraid t.o speakhit Just what they thlnk. If thore's\s\y remarks you'rl like to make aboutIhe way the cards nro running. Bpit*>. T'd sort o' like to know lf I'vefot to flslht thls wholo crowd stngle har.d-td. "Cause I'm rcady to do lt forWhlto chlp. Sp=ak out What do youthlnk?""I think It's your deal," sald the sllent

*ian, who snt on his left. "Dollnr toWay." And he threw in four whito chlps.The big mon glarr-d. To do him Jus-oe. he was willlng enough to flght.ven ngainst odd« but no direet chargeinil b~r>n mruV "(nri there wris much tttotobioney to bo made lf the luok shrvuldhold. So. nftcr swearlng a little underhis breath. he shuffled the cards. andafter tho cut deal the first round.Noxt to tho ace snt n grim, grlzzly-bearded old Wlow who bnd spoken next

to th* one-eyed man. He looked at hlscard, nnd, t'lndlng It was a quecn, shovede dollar In the pot.

HAD A KING BURIED.The one-eyod man stayed out, The

pext mnn wns red-headed nnd hn 'itayed.The rlenler didn't even look nt hls card.but he threw ln a dollar. And the quletman mado good, having a klng buried.On the next round he caupht an ace.

and bring hlgh mnn, he bet ?4. "Grlzz-ly" as tho others enlled him. caught itJack to hls queen and he stnyed. "Red"got a ten-spnt. nnd, tnl.lng cliances onhls burled klng. put up hls $-1. The deal-er ranght a t»»n also and threw In M,stlll without looklng at his burled enrd,and rtealt another round.Thls time the qulet mnn cnught an

elpht. "Grizzly" n four-spot, "Red" nnace, nnd the donlcr a soven. "Red."'having tho bet. put up $10, and the denlerfor the first time looked at his burledcard.Flr.ding It wa.s a revon he raised it ton.

Tho qulet mnn and "Grizzly" both drop-P"rt nnd "Red" hnvinir n chnnco in nJ.V) pot for ten more, nnd having an ace,kinrr. ton to draw to, mnde good.The denler gave him n queon and him¬

self a deiice, and "Red" passed the bet.Tho big man sald nothlng, but threw outtho final cards.

PAESED THE PET."Red" cnught a klng. and the big man

a ten spot, mn.klng n pilr o'f tons lnsight. Ho lookod carefully at "Red's"hand and sald:"I pn.ss tho hot to a possible. stralght,"

Whereupnn "Red" pushod $50 forward.Tho- blg man sturliod hla hand awhlle.

and fnially sald. "Woll, ynu've got lt oryou havr-n't got It." nnd called tho bet,showing un tr>ns nnd sevens."Good denling," said tho quiet man, as

he renrhed for the deck. nnd the blgman pulled in the pot and stacked hlschlp-= up earefully b«fr,re spealdng. Thenhe said vory dellberately:"Tou follc«.vs can. nll stop right thero.

If you don't like tho way the cards runyou can cash In whon ovor you llko, butif you koor> on plnylne you'll do it on theunderstanding thnt I'm rendy to backmy cards wlth chlps, and mny plny wltha gnin if It's necessary. Any moro re-mnrks about the way I play don't go.Bee?""We see," =aid the one-eyed man, cool-

ly, "and we'll see whether there's any¬thing more to say."Again It waa a dollar to play, aivd as

Sinbody rame in n Jack-pot was mado."Grizzly" dealt, nnd Iho bet fell to "Red'h* havlni? a klng for his flrst enrd lnsight. He bet $5 without looklng athls burled card. nnd got no stayers, noone catchlng a hlgh card.On tho bne-eyed man's deal thore was

a short conte-si between two p'ayers, but"Grizzly" won tho pot on a pnir of sev-.ns, no great amount bolng up."Red" took the cards next, and the blg

man, making lt a dollar to play, got nostayers. so thai lt was a jack-pot on IiIhdeal.Ho shuffled the deck cnrofully, being.

fully nware thnt the others were watch-lng hirn, ar.d eeemlng to be deslrous ofttmstng their susplclons as fully as pos¬slble. Hls nostrlls twitched n llttlo. butthere was no other slgn of the lust oftiolence that was consumlng him.The oth&rs were ccpjally quiet, but any

one famlllar wlth the ways of the campwould have notlred that each man natwlth a sllKht Inclluatlon to the left. andheld hls right hand back, toward the

Spring HumorsCome to most peopio nnd cause manytroubles,.pitnpks, boils mid othoreruntions, besides loss of appetite,that tireri feeling, fits of biliouEness,liidigesuon aud headucho.

The sobner one gets rid of them thebetter, and the way io get rid ol themandto build up tho Eystcm tliat luueu/iered from them is to take

Hood's Sarsaparillaand Pills

Forinlng iu combination tbe SpdngModlciuo par excellcnc6,ot unequallcd.treugth/'ln purifying tbe blood ns»hown by unequulkd, rwlicul aud per-BiimL-ut cures ofiorofula ouir Rheumfccald Heart Bolls, Plrnploek\\ Klnds of Humor PsoriaslsKlood Polsonlng RhoumatlBmCatarrh Dyspopsia, Etc

Accept np subetitutc, but be awe tomtX iiood'i, und gat it toduy,i

i-dge of ths table. It ls not well tohave any extra tnovements to make, norto lose the Inftnlteslmal part of a secondwhon tt comes to ths time for notlon.When the deck was passed over to

"Red" for the out, he rlffled Uie cardsthreo tlmea, lut them Uvlce, rlffled themngaln, and cut. thom, and then passedthem bauk to Uie doaler. It wns thsflrst timo In the slttlng that lie hnd shuf-flcd thn carri:*, and the Intlmatlon wasplain.The big man'a nostrlts t-wttohed agntn,

but ho oould eay nothlng. "Red" wnswithln hls rights, under the rules. Be¬fore ho began deaJlng, however, he er-okeilellberatoly;"H looks to me," he said, "Hke thls

nnme was goln' to break up soon. There'smen at lho tnlble Lhnt's skatln' on tol'-ible fthln Ice, an' r klnd o' think It'scrnekln' a'ready, But there's qulte Bomomowe-y to'be made out o1 you follera yet,an' Im ready to back my luck while ltInsta. I'll go S60 to any man's $100 that1 wln thlg pot.""Done," said eaoh of the other four,

;md tho money was put urp ln four plles.Thon the qulet man said;"Everything goes as lt layrs, of course.

But I'll go you 6 to 1 ln hundrcda youwon't wln If you walve tlhe deal'and letus nll out for It.""Done." salfl the big mnn. fnlrly oulv-

erlng wltli paaslon and another ptlewns mnde on tlie side of the table. Moneywns plontlfuJ ln <*«. camp that seasonand each one of the five wns a plungw.They cut, and the big man won. On

the deal hls flrst card showing was ansick, nnd he bet flfty wlbhout lobklng athls biiTied card. It wius n preposterousbet for tho slzo of tho pot, but they allb.'id tho ride bets ln mlnd wnd eJl camein exceptlng Grlzzly, -who had only afoiir and n rSeven.On the next round "R-ed" made a psJr

of tens In siffhrt nnd bet a hundred. Thebig mnn wlth a-ce. four ehowlng came In,mt the others dropped, no one of themnnving n pair.Red's nejt card wn« another ten and

he het anqther hundred. Tho big mancaujrht a four-spot ond put up hls hun¬dred."l'm [.Aclclng my l_olt yteit," he aald,

.oolly. "If I cafeoh nn aee or a fouT-spotIt'll beat three tfens." He had lookedit hls burlod onrd, and *ound lt an aee.Before he could servie the last two

.a.Td.« the one-eyed man'a revolver wasoveled dtmla-ht at ht» heart, and theone-eyed man was talklng.

'You wante-d thtng* eald plain, didn'tvbu?" he e-jrclnlmed. "Well, T*ve goJvon dead to rljpht* thts _m*. Tou're a'Ilck denlej-, all rlght. *..* l'm on. Thebottom card In that de<-k ls nn a«, But-f you deal lt to yourself youre, a deadmnn."The h'rr man w-bjs no Dool. "Wild as he

was. he hnd no notlon of ta.lklnsr back".¦hr.n the other man had the drop on'ilm. Throwlner irp both hands, he eald:"If he botf-om card Ib an aee. I don't

4no-w.lt, nnd I don't denl at the muzzleif a £'in. Somebody else onn deal outtho*e other t-wo cards. If I wln, I wln.If I lose. T"m broke. b-ut I don't reckonyou're golnsr to rob me lf I wln.'"No," snld the one-eyed man. MAI1

we want ls n squnre deal, and' that we'llhave. Grlzzly. turn ove-r the oanrts.""Orlzily" did it, and the big man got

hls four-spot. Recl did not better hla¦..nree tens. nnd t-hi« bttr mnn rsked lnthe pot nnd all the side bets as coolly asif ho were not stlll covered by a gun."Now," he snld, "Tm through with

Foto-r for to-nlght. If you want nny'-lflsfacfclor. you can rnke lt as you llko.If yon want cards, I'll play you to-mor¬row. If ynu want a gun play, I'll giveit to you one at a time, or nll together..Vnd If you're n set of thugn you canMow my bra.ins out now and take mymoney, but I don't believe you have thenorve to do It."The one-eved mnn hesltated. Hls gun

was stlll level:"d. nnd for a moment ltwtmwl n.lmo«it ns If he would shoot. birtfhe o"1et man s-o're again.

"TOrrvp lt," he saJd. "Ws don't wantany mu-rder here.."

.\nd the one-eyed man put away Wssun.

JAY GOULD'S COMPOSITION

An Essayon"Honesty is the Best Pollcy"Written When a Boy.

James Ollver, formerly well known lnDelaware county, New Tork. at one timethe Insrructor of Jay Gould, and engagedto be married to Mary Gould, a sisterof the dead flnnndeT, at the timo of herflenth, dled recently at hls home ln Bur-lrngnme, Kan,Mr. Ollver was born ln Bcotlnnd seven-

ty-flve years ngo. and wns brought tothls country when a child by hls parents.Ho ber-nme tho prlnclpnl at Beechwood«;emln.iry, at Roxbury, N. T.. when JnyGould.or Jason Gould as he was thencalled.wns a pupll there.While a stuflent at the Beechwood semi-

nary Mr. Gould, -who was only thlrteenyears old at tlie time, wrote a composl-tlon entltled "Honesty Is tho Best P011-oy," nnd tho orlglnal mnnuscrlpt Is nowln tho possosslon of Mr. Ollver'a helTS.Tho eomposltlon, as hnnde.d ln to Mr.Ollver, and approved by hlm, ls aa fol¬lows i"By thls proposltlon we me<an that to

be honest, to think honest, end to haveall our nctlons honestly pprformed. Isthe best way and most acoords wlth theprecepts of reason."Honesty ln of a self-denying naturo;

to- beconie honest lt roqulres self-donlal;lt requlros that we should not nequalntourselves too much wlth Uie world; thatirve should not nssoclnte wlth those ofvulgnr hnblts; also. that we should obeythe warnings of consclence."If we aro about to porform a dls-

honest act the warnings of consclencaexert tbelr utmost lnfluence to perauadeus thnt It is wrong. nnd we should not dolt. and, after we have perfornied the net.the falthful monltnr upbralds us for lt.This voice of consclenoe Is not the voiceof thunder. but a voice gentle nnd tm-rresslve. Tt does not force us to cora-n'v wlth Itr- r^nuests, while nt the salnetime It roasnni w-lth us n.nd brlngs fortharguments ln fnvor of rlnrit."Slnce no thoory of ronsonlng can be

rustalned without lllu^trntion. it will notbo unbecomlng for us to clto ono of themany lnstanet-s thta havo occurred, whosenames etnnd high upon the scroll offa.me, nnd who^e deods nre reeorded onthe pocres of history.George Washington,the rnan "who never told a Ha ln all hlsllfo.""In youth ho subdued hls Idle p_5-

Plnns, c-hei-Uhed ti'Uth. oh-vet] tbe tencll-lnps of consclenoe, nnd 'nover, never tolda lie.' An nhecdpte whlch is -inich re-lated and whlch oeeurred when he wasa boy, p-oes to show hls sinc-erity."Aleiandc-r I'opo lu his 'Essay on Ma.V

says:" 'An honest mnn ls tlie noblest work

of God.'"And agnin we find innumei-ahle p.'is-

mu<"t In lhe Boriptnros whlch have uuImmedlate connectlon to thls, nnd, sum-ralns up the wliole ,we can but sny.Hon¬esty ls the best. pollcy!

",1'ABON GOTIUD,"Mr. Ollver ln his llfetlme used to re-

lato a ohfirs^tprl<.tie nnecdote. One otJason Gould'e clnssmntes nt. the Rox¬bury neademy was John Burrnurths, thoemlnent natnralt«t. An all teachersknr-w to their sorrow, eompqlsory mea'--ures are sometimes neoeRsary to secureths drr-aded camposltlon, nnd It enmonbnut thnt the lirnlt nf time wa.s ni.-ulyelapsert. nnd tlio now great BurrouKliH,then a dlffldont country Ind of 38, hndbeen unable to Indlte nnythlng that hewa« wllllng m submlt.tn Mr. Ollver's eye,nnd ho sst In tho clnss-room quaklng lin-der the shndow of tho pennlty."(iive tne your slnte," snld young Gould

tapplne Burroughfi onitii* shoqlder,The Hlate wus qnletlV pnsed nver. som-i

dosperel vnrst-s wero iastlly dashed off,the i-.-iste rsturhed, nrl the shedow llft-ed from Bt}nough»* ni' d..New York Tr|-bun_ /

J

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fflmmffi

Give Warning of Approach of iloreSerious Troubles

Do you experience flts of depression with restlessness, altcrnatingwlth extreme lrritabikty, bordermg upon hysteria? Ai-e your spiritaeasuV affocted eo that ono minute you laugh, aud the next fall into oon-vulslve weeping ?Do you feel somothing like a ball rising in your throat and threaten-ingto cholce you; all tho sensea perverted, morbidly sensltive to llghtsand soundi pain in the ovaries, and especially between the shoulders i6ometimes loss of voico; nervous dyspepsia, and almost continuallycross and snappy, with a tendency to cry at tho least prorocation ?If so, your norves are in a shattered condition, and you are thxeafc.enod with norvous prostration.Undoubtedly you do not know it, but in nine cases outof ten this lacaused by some uterine disorder, and Ihe nerves centering in and about the

organs whieh make you a woman influence your entire norvous system.Something musb bo done at once to restore their natural condition oryou will be prostrated for weeks and months perhaps, and suffor untoidxnisery.

Proof _ monumental that nothlng In the world is better for thlapurpose than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vepetabl© Compound ( thou-Bands and thousands of women have written us bo.

How rirs. Holland, bf Phi.adelphia, suffcredamong the finest physiclans in th© country, none ofwhom could help her.finally cured by Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

"Dear Mit8. Phtkham :. For over two years I waa a constant sxtf-ferer from extreme nervousnesB, indigestion, and dizriness. Menstruationwas irregular, had backache and a feellng of great lassitude and weak-ness. I waa bo bad that I was not able to do my own work or go far inthe street I could not sleep nights."I tried several splendid doctors, but they gave me no relief. Aftertaking Lydia E. Pinkhaiu's Vofretable Compotmd I soon began tofeel better, and was able to go out and not feel as if I would fall atevery step. I continued to take the medicine until cured."I cannot say enough tn behalf of Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine,and heartily recommend all suffering women to try it and find theS8?6,'.1 did." .Mrs. Florenob Holland, 622 S. Oifton St^ Phila-delphia, Pa. (Jan. 0, 1002.)

Another case of severe female trouble cured byLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after thedoctors had failed.t v "D.B-*-R,^^s- Pi«~ham:.I was in poor health for several years.I had. female trouble and was not able to do my housework alone. Ifelt tired, very nervous, and could not sleep. I doctored with severaldoctors. They doctored mo for my stomach, but did not relieve me.I read in your book about your medicine, and thought I would try it.I did so, and am now cured and able to do my work alone, and feelgood. I was always very poor, but now weigh one hundred and flftvpounds. J

" I thank you for the relief I have obtained, and I hope that everywoman troubled with femalo weakness will give Lydia E. PLnkharu'syeg-otable Compound a trial. I have recommended it to many of myfriends. . Mjrs. Mabia Bowers, Millersville, Ohio. (Aug. 15,1801.)t-jm^U n. *,h? vo}ul?es of letters from women made strong by5£?. - .£ i kh0J. S Ves'«iable Compound convince all of thevlrtuc8 of thls medicine ? w

How shall the fact that it wlll help them ho mado plain ?..^,FUreily 5^F_S_* wis,h toremain weak, and sick,and discour-asrod, cxhausted wlth each day's work. You have some deranjre-mentof the feminin© orgamsm. and Lydia E. Pinkham's VcffetableCompound will heli» you j ust as surely as it has others.

NEW HOME OFODD-FELLOWS

Prominent Officials of OrderMuch Pleased With Property.

(Sneclal to The TImes-Dlap»toh^IiTNCHBtTRG. VA./ Jan. 31.-1TY. Hlll

Montague, of Richmond, chalrman- 4 theBoard of Trustees of tho Odd-Fellows'Home, and Mr. W. D. Hlll, grand masterof the Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows ofA'irgtnla, arrlved in the clty Tuesdayand spent tho greater part of the day lnlnsrpecting the property ln South Lynch¬burg. whlch was recently purchnshed bythe Odd-Fello-ws of Virginia for the es-tabllshment of a home for orphans andaged and Inflrm members of tho Ordor.Mr. Montngue and Mr. Hlll were ac¬companled by Mr. T. H. Ellott, of Rich¬mond. who oame along to see the placeand to give -whatever advlce he mlght aato plans that should bo adopted for un-dertaklng tho work of making the or¬

phans' home nn up-to-dnto Instltution. Mr,Bllett has had conslderable oxporieneeln connectlon with the Baptist Orphanagtat Salem, and ls thoroughly famlllar wlthall matters connected wlth such on un-dertaklng.Of nll the Odd-Follows in the State,

nono has contrlbuted more nmterlnlly totho success of tho Odd-Fellows' Orplion-age thnn Mr. H. A. Robinson. and ho haadevotcd hls time and hls money to theinstltution, and for hls self-sacrlftelng la-bors ho reccjves to-day tho gratiludo andapproclation of every loyal Odd-Feliow,Mr. Robinson wns one of lhe party thatvlslted the orphnnnge on yesterday. Af¬tor many dnys of inclemont weather. thosun was Rhlnlng brlght and wavm oveithe hlll of South Lynchburg, and conso-quenlly the rldo lo the place wus verypleasant. Tho nlr wns ns Hoft and Tuilmyus that of late spring, and It seemed asII' every minute the vlsltors would seathe bnds burstlnjr on tlie trees nnd rob¬lns whlstllng ln tho meadows. Tho roads,howover, were ln a fenrful condition. lnl'm t. tlvy wero nltnost linpnsuablo andthis fact remlnded tho party that wlnlor.wns stlll In thn Rseendnney.Tho Odd-Fnllows' Orphan Asylum ls

what was formorly known ns tho Jnegerproperty. It Ir Mtunted a few ynrdsfrom Wllmor's fitatlon on tho SouthernRnllrond, and Is nhout three or four mllosfrom tlie Unlon Statlon. It ls expectedthat Uie name of thls statlon will bochangecl to "Odd-Fellows" or soine sucnname. and lt Us hoped thnt the SouthernKnllrond wllljagroe to glvo the lnslltu-tlon some adoltlonal accommodatlons ln

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the way of a waiting-room, switch, ete.While the orphanage building haa ln

many ways fallon into decay, lt Is stllla sound and most subatantial bulidlng,and the Odd-Fellows have securod a pieceof property that will most satlsfactorllyanswer tha purposes for whlch "Mt waaseeured. Some of the plasterlng on tliewalls has fallon down, owing to laaksln the roof; somo of the floorlng. par-tlcularly in the oellar, has glvon away,and the woodwork about the buildingneeds a general overhnullng. The workof rcpalring and renovatlng the structurewill bo under the dlreot supervlslon ofMr. J. M B Lewls, a well-known archl-tect of the clty, who will at once maturehis plans. The Odd-Fellows mean tomako the lnMitut-ion-thorough and mod¬ern ln evory particular. and It ls »x-r-rted thnt the Instltution wJll be readyfor occupancy by the flrst of May, bywhlch Ume. lt is hoped, tho walls andoelllngs will bo brlght wlth new plaster¬lng, the rloors clean and pollBhed, thewoodwork nlcely painted and the entlrebuilding mndo up-to-date and nttractlve.It ls thought that the work of Improvo-ment will cost about seven thousand dol-lara

The orpharmge building 1s full of flrst-class rooms. lncludlng a chapel, dlnlng-hall, kltchen, pantry, dormltorles, par¬lors, olilces, ftore-rooms and closets forcloaks nnd hats. and there are severalnpnrtmentB ln the oellar that will boused for tho fumace, lumber, etc. Thewalls of tho structure are of brick, andon the lower floora they are thlrty-slrInches in thlckness. The floors are con-structed ln a most substantlol manner,and taken altogether, the building Is per¬haps ono of Uie best equlpped ln all thlssection of tho State. It was evidentlybullt with the lmtemtlon of making ltlnst for all time to como. As one gon¬tleman remnrkod, tha persons who lookedafter the oreotlon of the orphanage musthuvo boen afrald that thls part of thecountry wns to bo vlslted by earthquakes.The building |s six slories high. It lssurroundod hy a grove of hnndsome onka,whloh will give a dellghtful shade ln thownrm days of summer, nnd mako thoplay-ground for chlldren a pleasant andhcalthy plnce.At present the orphanage property is

being looked after by Mr. M. H. Bolton,who Is having aU'the rooins thoroughlycleaned and ls making nunierous repalrsto tho mn-ln building, The roof of thostructure ls covered wlth flrst-claas gjnte.whlch seonia tn be ln oxcollont condition.The floor of the hnsomen't. whlch ls nowQf plank, wln bo covered from one endof tho building to the other wllh solldeoncrete, whlch will be olenn and dur-ab-le. Tho orphannge wll! probably behoated wlth stoam or hot water, In thopniU.hot nlr has been used, but ths Or¬phanage Cwnmittoe Is under the 1m-prasslon that thla system will not besuiriclently offectlve, nnd they nre alsoIncllned to believe that ste'am or hotwater will be the most eoonomlcal.Messrs. Montaguo, Hlll nnd Robinson

thoroughly Inspocted tjie property andvlslted every noolt and corner. Thoynre much pleunnd wtth tho place. nnd,Indeed, they mlght well be. for the Odd-feliows Ivtve seoua-ed an elegant homo ata prlco that mnken It a raro bnrgaln.When their plans Jiave been cs-irled out,they wll) have a homo that c».* -«*d*rmlght be prou4 c_

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MR. CARROLL

tfe Glves Hls Vlews on Pend-

Ing Blvalve Legislature.

DEFENDS BOYLER SURVEY

Says It Should be Preserved In tho ln¬terest of the State and tho People.Other Oy6ter Mothers nre DIs-

cussed at Length.

Ths oyster queatlon la a very llve ono

at thls tlme ln the Legislature, and allTtdewater la lnterested in the variousMrlB that are pendlng on tho Btrbjeat.Below ia given an Intervlew wlth Mr.John W. C.roll. of Northampton, lnwhlch that gtntleman glves ths views ofthe oyetor people at some length, con-

cernlng the various proposltlona up.Mr, Carroll sald:"I am not opposed to plantlnr aa I

think under present condltlons thla ls theonly ealvatlon of tho oyuter tndustry."A cornparlron of Virginia wlth Mary¬

land demonstratea the good that haaaocrued to Virginia dtlzena under horwlse plantlng laws."In the oyster section of Maryland,

fully twenty-flve per cent tat her popula¬tion have Seen driven away bv reason

of the depletlon of the oyster rocks, andthese people flnd employment In Vlr-gtnia and other Statea where the bene-fldent oyster plantlng laws exist"lt Maryland had accepted the flve-

acre plantlnr law enaeted In the Mary¬land Legislature by Col. Thomas 8. Hod-aon many years ago, her cltlzena wouldhave ln possesslon one of the greatestmoney produclng lnduatrlej in the coun¬

try, not only glvlng the owners of theoyster lands a handsomo Incorne, butaffortHng employment to thousanda ofher cltlzens."The ocoupancy of natural oyster rocks

anfl barren oyater roclta ara two propo¬sltlon* howerer. and whlle Maryland lsondeavoiing to enact laws to enable heroltleeria to occupy land under proper pro-tectlon, and cultlvnte the same aa out-lytntr upland whlch ls Rusot.-pttble of Im-provament Vlnrinla, undor Ihe proposl¬tlon 'o break the Baylor Burvey, ls un-

dertaklng to Blve a fa-vored few oystorterrltory, Whloh wlll Improve ln valuewhlle they sleep, and like tha wateredatock of many corporatlons yleld a reve¬nue for no rlsk or Investment_

DON'T WANT IT BROKBN."Wt oppos* tne breaklng of the Baylor

survey for aevera! reasons.prlmarlly bs-oause we believe, and wo have strongreasons fer making the assartlon. thatevery acre has already b<**n o<?eup'edby antlclpatlon, by a favored few, andthat the brxwn and slnew of our pooroystermen would never be ablo to get anacra of thls ground.Secondly, we believe the State of Vir¬

ginia la tho custodlan of the oyeterirock to be held In common for the cltl¬zens of tho whole State, and that she hnsno right by special lo^Islatlon to parcelthese lands out to a favorcd few."Another reason we think Iho breaklng-

of the Baylor survoy should be opposedls that thore ts stlll over a hundred thou-s-ind acres of land outslde of thls sur¬vey unoccupled and hence no necessltyexlsts for opening more terrltory. or lfthere Is a demand for more terrltory,does lt not creite tho simplclon thntthere ls a value oonnected wlth tho areaIncluded ln the Baylor survey whlchdoes not exlst outslde?"We must all admlt that the falluro

to comply wlth the oyster laws, by manyof our paoplo, and th« arreat expense Inprotecting- the oyster beds and colloetlngthei revenuen, has led to much of theantagonlsm agalnt Tldewater's Interests.'"me license tax mlght bo Increased

and It ls po'Klble to collect lt underproper letrlslatlon."Let the eull law be enforced and don't

try to enforce it alon& on the oysterrocks, but lot Inspectors be appointedwho wlll make their lnspectlon at thepacking houses and make the padtor!amenable for vlolatlon of the law oswoll os tho takor of tho oysters, and letthe tax coverlng tho salary, bo collectedfrom tho oystermen.

IN OTHUJR STATBS.New Jertiey. Connectlcut. Long- Island

and Rhqde Island have beneflcent tlant-lng laws and they have made their oys¬ter lands not from natural oyster groundsbut by the cultlvatlon of waste. terrltory.So can Virginia Improve her condition byoulttv.itlng terrltory whlch Is even bet¬ter than waate because of the greatamount of seed acattered throughout herwators the spat, or proprogatlng seedls ln greaMr abundanoe than In thoStates referred to, and the condltlons formaturlng are vastly greater."Mnny of our cltlzena havo no idea of

tha rapid growth as well os the increaseof the oysters.On an acre, ordtnarlly SOO bushels of

seed are planted. st a cost of from ten totwfnty cents; ln two years they wllldouble. nr more, and 600 or 700 and even1.000 bushels have been taken from anncre and sold In tho market at fromflfty to seventy-flve centB per bushej,heneo wlth the possibiltty of such groatrevenue from an acro of nyHter ground.our opposltlon to an unllmlted qunatltyof ground being tfonflned to h ferw p*T-oons. Yet we would not hold the landldle because lt was not ocoupled by thooysterman, anfl after a propor tlme bo¬lng given to the resldent oystor plnnter,to occupy the' land, lf he failed to avallhimself of lt, we would dtepose of" it Inproper nros to those who would ho wlll-ins and were ablo to farm the land,establtshtng a revenue for thernso'VBs aswell ns oreatlnpr lndustrles to give em¬ployment to those who woro not ablo orwilllng to help themsolves.We don't believe, undor tho provlslons

of the Constltutlon, that tho Logifilnturecan eimct any oyster system nffectlngwhat is called narfurnl or hnrran bottomn,until a regular offlolol survey Rhnii hnvebeen made of those bottoms and thosethnt are barron parttcularly. marked anddeslgnated.

ROUND-UPOF COYOTES

Twenty-Six Killed by ColoradoHuntorsNear Denver.

DENVBR, COLO.. Jan. 81.. Four hun¬dred mounted huntera, mon and women,twenty stag hounda, followed by 100 peo¬ple in carrtijtfes, rounded up and Ulllodtwenty-slx ooyotea on the plalna nearEvans, flfty mllen northwoat of Denver.Thu huntera were armed wlth Hpenra, noguns licinij aliowed. and when tho vlclouaci'yotas were gathored In & smoath bnsintho work of slaughter began. Thero weretlilrty-flv* coyotea in the bunoti, but nlneof thtm eaeaped iWcordoa, all b.Jlneracara oi b__a. /

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Tho greatost food valuo ls ob¬tained from good menU. FortlHsuo-butlding, nourshlng food.you must havo meat ns a pnrtof your rnonu. Wo watoh thostook that we buy.see that lthus real quality.and thnt youget tha worth ot your money.Moll and 'phone orders given

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