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UPRIGHT PIANO. NEARLY new, for sale at a bargain, or 1N exchange for horses, carriages or ia. m0nds. OWNER, Box 244, d3 1t Nashville
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AUCTION SALE

A MAN SAID T,OTHER DAY: VOU sell more horse blankets than any X other dealers put together. We'll we ought to, for the blankets arA here and the prices are nowhere. For instance a good stable blanket for 69 cents.
 d2 3teod LINSLEY < LIGHTBOURN.
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@eal Estate.
FOR RENT

FOR RENT, FURNISHED front room, with board N southern exposure. n27 If lS3 WOOSTER STREET.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-29

Sometimes cadets are stationed on
the deck to shift steamer chairs or
sweep away falling cindcrS. one of them
Is always on the lookout on the lower
bridge, and on each Of the four ships
of the American line n certain number
of cadets are assigned to the engine
room where they are divided into three
watches, and stand four hours on an(!
eight hours off. The reason for this
difference i'll the watches. is that the
work In the enCirc-room Is more Ia
boriouS on account of the heat, the
smell OF oil and the confinement. The
engine-room cadets generally work I'M
der the fourth engineer. their dutin.
being in the nature of repairing pumps
repacltlng cylinders and doing the end
less odd Jobs that are always coming
up In this strange region where the
| monater engines throb and turn II
ceasngly.
There is one kind OF work that cadets
nre never called upon to do. this is the
washing of the decks. which is dnnr
10y me common sailors. between whom
rand the cadets there Is a marked diff
ference OF station The cadets are treat
ell rs petty officers. young men whc
will one day develop into full officers
unarter-masters, licutenants, perhaps
| captains. They are entitled To the
pride OF their possibilities. and besides
| that they get better pay than common
| saliotS, eat better food lin fact they
cat the same food as first en- bin passcn.
| Eers). and enjoy various privileges. not
extended TO ordinary sailors When in
| port leave is often given to them IL
visit their families. although the pcrio(
| IN port is by no means one Of idlcnpss
| since the cadets are required to Is,
| down In the holds while the cargcc,
are leading and unloading. To see thai
everything Is done properly
| ~ must be remembered that the On.
ucts who enter upon service In Amrri
can liners are In no sense bound owe,
as apprentices to the company. MOI. Il,
theS so through anything like enlist
| ment for fixed period of time. The,
are perfectly free to leave whrneyc,
they please aCtr the completion of r
voyage: and, If they flrd the life mn
eohSthiai or the work over severe tho,
ncea never continue il for more THAI
.hfce weeks. IT Is satisfactory to ,,nov
nat Wniic 1T hit" start. the bovs o.
less desirable class were cnntInunII,
leaving, and, indeed. were rrcouentl,
,iischnrSed. since Captain Shackro,
mas adopted his plan Of more carcrn
selection. the cadets seen, contcntn,
with their positions and show cvor,
disposition TO pursue the career of son
manship seriously as it was hoprd tho,
would do. OF the forty-siX en- lets oI
The four American liners about fort,
have thus far shown themselves en-
tirely worthy of the positions Give,
htem. and even better results thar
these are expected In the future
CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
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Gu aptitude for life on theysea. AL
ready II number OF boys of good fomli.
have been chosen rs cadets and II
some CuScs where they have not come
, with'too lofty Ideas, and not been above
working hard. they have given good
satisfaction The following Is n list
OF the cadets who sailed on the ST
Paul on October $0th: 1t VIII be seen
that several of them had no previous
sea experience:
Il, H. Stackpole cngineer-Born In
sale n. H.. June 81. 1876: educated at
Hyde Park. Mass: parents living; ia
| Tiers occupation, clectrician: two years
In schoolship Enterprise: graduated
| Snptcber u. 1925.
/ w S. Searle, cnginccr-Born In Wor-
cestcr. Mass. March !. 1876; educated
| there: parents living; fathers occupa-
| ton provision dealer; two and half
| years service In school ship Enterprise;
graduated April IL, 1895.
L. +. Garagan. engfneer-Born in
soston. Mass, July 81. 1878: educated
there: parents living: fathers orcupa-
ton. carpenter: one year III school ship
Enterprise: graduated September. 1895.
Cambridge. Mass. November 20, 1878;
educated at Hyde Park. Mass: father,
only. living: occupation, oil merchant;
two years In schoal ship Enterprise:
graduated September 1895.
J. II. T. l.um. deck Born In Oxford,
Conn. February 2s, 1876; educated there:
parents living; fathers occupation, fore
man OF electric railway: sixteen months
sea experiences. never In school ship.
Harry Tcnclc. dccls-Born in New
York city, october 20, 1876; educated
there: mother, only, living; eighteen
months sea experience; SIX months In
Cuban mail steamship company; one
year in school ship St. Mary's; did not
graduate.
W. o. Earle. deck-Born in Brooklyn.
y. Y. August 2l 1876; educated there:
parents living; fathers occupation.
plumber: one month In pilot boat No. 3
and nine months In school ship ST.
Mary's; did not graduate.
George +. Dcakyne, deck-Born In
Necastle, Del. October 9. 1878; educated
AT Philadelphia Pa; mother. only, liv-
ing; two and Il half years sea expert
ence: never In a school ship.
G. S. Duer. deck-Born In Gloucester
county, Va. September Il? 1877; educated
at Baltimore. Md: parents both living:
fathers occupation, bay pilot; no sea ex-
pericnce.
Philip Iagelstein, dcck-Born in New
York city, July s, 1875: educated there;
parents both living; fathers occupation,
metal spinner; nineteen and one half
months sea experiences; three and one
half moths in Garth Price. Princ-line.
and sixteen months, school ship St
Mnry's.
c. b. Alexander, tieck-Born in Char
lcstown w. Va, November %, 1876
educated there: mother, only, living
no sea experience.
]. a. Wits, deck-Born In Jeffer-
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start, chiefly due TO the fact that in
\ sufficient care WAS shown i'm seicctinG
the boys for this service. Some boys
of rough character who behaved bad
3 ly were chosen. These boys slon left
( md others were taken in their places,
/: better Judgment being shown lnis time
and better results following. Now the
= steamship companies have become
.touite reconciled to the new order of
! things and regard the advent of the
4 cadets with considerable satisfaction.
Whey see in it an advantage for them
iselyes and q step in the right direction.
tas regards our merchant marine:
so One OF the first points decided Eron
isrby Captain Shackford marine superin-
ttendent of the International Navigation
sCompany, to whom, AT pier ii, North
! river all applicants for cadetships ON
\ the American line apply, was that hc
s-would. as far as possible. select boys
tWho had graduated from one of tn"
three schoo, ships, the st. Mary's OF
y New York. the Enterprise OF M&s*n
chusetts and the Syracuse of Penrsyl-
+ vania, which for dozen years have
been graduating about thirty boys an
h nunlly. Each one of these boy grad
fuates is thoroughly fitted for ship du-
/ ties. having already acquired practical
y knowledge OF seamanShip and naviga-
ytion. and being therefore we'll fitted IL
( fill the positions provided on the great
i! steamers. As far as possible, Captain
jShac oxford makes his selections on the
3 recommended ion of the school ship
instructors. the boys having thus hciG
I before them as an incentive TO good
\ work that on their graduation. their
s diligence and success In their duties
will find practical reward IN these ca
det-ships, which practically mean IN
assured future for the rest of their
lives. IT is thought that this new slim
Il illus will have 4. most excellent innu-
ence in the scholarships and viii soon
bring about more fixcdness of pun, osc
among the graduates than has been
heretofore noted, for OF recent wears
hardly % per cent. OF the bows eradu-
e ated from American school-ships have
/. continued in marine life. the barge ma
,jority of them having been cured OF
their waywardness and rowing tenden-
ces. by the severe discinlinc prefer
ring, TO abandon the sea altogether and
settle down on land in some form, IF
business. One chief reason of tits gcn-
eral Naturalization to follow the sen. lay
& In the fact that the graduates from tic
schcol-shipa did not have what the,
have nov. thanks to the cadet-shlps. n
sure chance of advancement TO the DC :
sitions OF officers.
sNDT ALL COME FROM SCHOOL,
gt SHIPS
SE It must not be supposed that Captain
8Shnckford limits his choice OF cadets
entirely to boys coming TO- the school
ships, On the contrary, he IS willing
sAnd glad to take American boys who
gBc,ne ito him we'll recommended, and
s99i, possess the proper qualifications
kJs. ~
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United stniss Currency Statistics.

Tho Reform club has inst issued what
promises to prove ono of the most valu-
able reference pamphlets in its series
United States Currency Statistics. -
1t is designed to meet The needs of those
who wish TO have at hand, in contract
form, the most reliable statistics uvaila-
bio upon currency topics 1t consists of
80 pages, crowded with just those sta-
tlstics to which students of currency
questions have most occasion to refer.
Whilc, rs its nnme implies, it is de.
voted mainly to statistics relating 10
United States currency, it also includes
comparative datN as to foreign countries
at every important point ~ number OF
ingenious diagrams add interest 10 tho
work, and full references to statistics
not possible to be included offer sug-
gestions to those making special invcs.
LEGATIONS.
Tho pamphlet can be obtained Cor s
cents from tho Reform club, 90 William
street, New. York city
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Wet November Predicted.

Professor Willis J.. Moore, chief of tho
weather bureau, says thnt tho great storm
now extending over tho country marks tho
end of tho great drought and tho millions
OF tons Of coal and other freight so long
delayed in the rivers, canals md lakes
may soon be expected to move to market
Tho present storm alone is not relied upon
to supply all the relief needed, but tho
conditions arc such rs To indicate that n
succession Of similar heavy rains will fol-
low closely upon each other at intervals of
about three days, until high stage of wa
ter is secured throughout the country. The
prospects for wet November are very
promising.
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son county, w. Va, September L. 1871
educated at Charlestown. w. Va; pa
rents both living: fathers occupation,
farmer; no sea experience.
QUARTERS AND DUTIES OF CA
DIETS.
The cadets at the start receive $l5 or
$50 II month, in addition TO good food in
the officers mess. and snug. though not
over luxurious quarters. down aft on the
glory hold where TWO tiers of IRON
framed hunks running athwart ship
furnish their sleeping accommoda tons.
Bedding is supplied by the company
| and lockers are furnished for their spare
clothes. On the New York and Paris
the cadets occupy the looms that were
originally intended for the chief and
senior second officers so that they are
| especially favored, having separate
| drawers for their clothes. wash stands
| and rs good accommodate lions as most
of the passengers.
AS to their duties 1t may be said that
! the cadcnts are required 10 learn the
! whole alphabet of seamanship. every
| thing from swabbing a deck up to tax
| ing an observation. OF course they are
not worked rs hard as ordinary sailors.
| they being only boys and their ages
ranging from l6 to 81 the average be-
| ing about 10. OF course il is in the
companies interest to take the boys a.,
young as possible since they are cX-
pressly prohibited from having cadets
over 81. There is some vagueness. how
ever, in the law rs to whether an Amer
lean boy, taken as a cadet before he was
81 might remain on the steamer as a
cadet after passing that age. OF course
in many instances before reaching u
cadets will have been promoted by the
company TO permanent positions in their
employ: already one such case has
occurred where n boy taken as a cadet
has been made full Uuartermaster on
/ he American line with the salary Of
S35 month AS the months pass and
the system comes into smoother work.
ing there will doubtless be many such
cases Of promotion.
On the four steamers of the .hmeri-
can line the cadets are divided into
watches with the officers and stand
watch. four hours on and four hours off
On the Paris and the New York the ca
diets are kept busy on the bridge. or i'm
the wheel house where 1t is their duty to
polish the brass work. to mend the
flags and TO keep everything spic-span
clean. Resides this they are given ev-
cry opportunity 10 learn to steer, to
use the sextant and to signal with the
flags according to the code. In the. main
their duties are similar t. those of the
quartermaster. although they are I'M
able for many months to cast the log
or heare the lead. On the St Louis
and st. Paul the cadets. are not given
such free access to the bridge and the
wheel-house. but are kept under the,
direct authority of the hoatswain or!
the bon tswin's mate, and are re-
quired TO work on deck in the wash
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I:aal!oy,ncnt W,anseH.

Wanted, BY Il largo number OF orators
ont Of job since Nov. 5, employment
as agitators for schemes which will foo!
the public. Great ability as denonnccrs
of everybody and everything guaranteed.
Glowing promises AID general hunhae
a speciality. Speeches five honIa Ion,,
delivered ut tho rate Of $50 revolutions
per minute. Choice selection CT cpit!icts,
snch as 'robbur bankers. 'goldIjugs, -
money sharks and "bloatod capital.
ists' furnished III quantities TO suit.
Wool pulled over dull eyes. and cars
tickled by smooth phrases ut reasonable
rates. Plans for making everybody rich
i'll three weeks cxpourded below actual
cost. Rnral districts quilted at Il great
bargain and fake stories cf the money
power scrimcs invented fresh each even
ing.
Address Mcssrs Stewart. Bryan,
Bland, Harvey, Blackburn or Morgan,
care American Dinctnliic leaguc, Wash.
ington. References from estate of for
Ecr employers, tho late free silver issue.
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Over $50 People In Thm Family.

IT is stated rs an actual fact that all The
people residing in Ictchcr county, Ky,
arc related 10 ono another, directly or In.
directly. The reason of this is found in
the remarkable Webb family There are
three brothers and three sisters Of tho
original family, all living near Sergeant,
anu they have no fewer than Ti8 descend.
ants living in tho ncighborhOod. The cld-
est member of tho family, Lc,tic, is 80
years old and has 90 children, % grant.
children and 90 great grandchildren. Pol
IL, aged so, has Ii children and almost ns
many grandchildren and great grnndchil-
drcn ms lcttic. The youngest, Wiley, has
tho fcwost descendants. He Is 10 ears old
and has ii children, "a grandchildren nn.l
10 great. grandchildren.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-29

He proposed the fine ancient Golden
Rule as the law for men to live by
And he lived by that himself He
could not bear to see injustice He
was splendidly large-heartea. He was
not afraid of anything in life or death,
but he was fun Of hope of the good
time coming, which he lived ana died to
help bring in. Has MIR. lngcrsoll Il word
10 say against such religion as this?
III Il Christian is man who tries TO
I've by the Golden Rule, would not
Mi. lngcrsull like ID have the Amcri-
can people become Christians? And we
have Jesus word for ii that no one
has the slightest claim to be called 4
Christian who does not try to steer by
the Golden Rule,
Again. MIR. lngcrscll wants men 10
do right and to be good ncighbors. Has
he the slightest objection TO Il mans
believing. us Jesus believed that the
whole mighty universe works for the
right? Is not this nj least as reasonable
belief as the opposite? But the one
belief puts life into IL man, as though
IL We're true. and The other takes the
heart out of him, as though 1t were
false.
Some time ago Mr.. lngersoll stood
by the omen grave of Il near friend.
and he uttered beautiful words NOT
without hope in them Would he ~.
be glad If all men who have To stand
beside graves could look up with hope
In their eyes? Well. Religion. when lived
out. makes this hope. that all will be
we'll
!, looks TO me as though a crowd Of
men were in a dim cave, fun of cham
bers and with only one way out. Many
of the men are wandering about in the
cave. and lighting among themselves
over mursels Of food. They complain
| that they cann>t sec any light why
| should they see light when they are not
looking for it? ISut II few of The men
see "A giimmer Of light: they are feeling
their way toward it: the foremost OF
them cry out that they see daylight
outside.
So with the world OF men. The cave
| is the savaccry and scliishncss out Of
which mankind is marching. The lead
crs are such as Jesus who have already
got the light in their faces. There is
| light ana life ahead and outside. they
tell us. How shall We know II? Not by
staying behind in the cave or by losk-
| ing backward, or by striking ana burt
ing each other. but by facing about
toward thr light and marckln" our
selves. and smoothing the way for
Others. This is precisely ,hc life nj re-
| lgion. Who ever heard oi Il man who
honestly tried it and did Mt lind that
| II let him out into the light?
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downs and to lend a hand at "holy-
stoning" and at cleaning scuppers In
the water ways or on deck.
THEY ARE KEPT BUSY.
1t must be admitted that the cadets
arc kept busy, and no boy should seek
one of these positions unless he Is pre-
pared to work every day until he Is
glad to fall into his bunk when sleep
ing time comes. Some of the boys who
have come from comfortable homes
do not take kindly TO handling the
broom. and think II beneath their dig
nifty to stand out In bad weather and
'.squilgee" the decks. but after all there
is no royal road to seamanship any
mare than there Is to ether things
worth having, and boys with the right
stun in them do what they are told TO
do With Il brave face knowing that 1t
tical sailor was never made by look
ing on while some che else did the work.
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il'H { KlERcHANT MARINE.
jeladetss Are Being Trained in the Mysteries
81 of the Modern Steamships.
THEIR QUARTERS AND THEIR DUTIES.
They Arc ObiiSos, to work Hard, but
They Are Learning NIL the Time
niid Their Quarters, Though Plain,
arc Very Coiufortnbie--A zist of
Cadets On the Steamship ST. Pnmi.

A $Copyright. 1895, S. S. Mcclure, Limited.)
1t Is rather more than two months
! now since the Arrangement Tor the
training OF n specified number OF Amer
4 lean boys in modern scamanship on the
q vessels which ca,Ty ocean mails BY
Z contract with the United States Govern
ment, went into effect. and all gCod
I. Americans will be glad 10 know that
lit is working eXcc!lcntly. II was pro
viGed for In section of the bili en-
titled AN act to provide for ocean mali
service between the United States ana
Foreign ports and to promote commcce
lpassed lii 1891 which says:
THAT the vessels with which the post
master general enters into contract tor
THE transportation of the United states
mails, shall take as cadets or appfen-
Stices, one American born boy under u
years of age for each one thousand tons
jgross register and one for each majority
Traction thereof. these boysto bccducnt-
led in the duties OF seamanShip To rank
las petty officers, and to receive such pay
I Tor their services as may be reasonable.
This provision Is being carried out on
! three American steamship lines. the
Red d, running to Genital America the
Ward line running to the West indies.
and most important to all the American
line running between New York and
iILiverpool. The American line alone on
Tits four steamers, the New York. the
Paris, the St. Paul and the st. Louis.
tcarrles forty-siX cadets, eleven on each
,-of the two first uamed vessels and
twelve on each of the two last named.
the cadets carried on the
,other two lines. there are thus provided
something less than one hundred places
Yfor Amerfcan-born boys who may de-
.sire to become officers ON our great
steamers. and, perhaps one day, have
their share In upholding OH the ocean,
the glory of the American flag.
AS might hive been expected, this
ienactment OF Congress was not al FIRST
received by the steamship companies
concerned with any great enthusiasm
tThey regarded ii as an onorous proNi-
sion and prepared 10 comply III rather
a spirit of protest. The consequence
was that some trouble occurred at the
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MANY CASES HOOKED
For this Mornings Police C~ourt-ltaiu
Saturday Night.

For this Mornings Police Cour,-Haid.
saturday Night.
Saturday night tho police force raided
FIVE policy shops which llayo been no.
toriously in operation for months past.
Bcsidea the five p]roprietors eight
writers were arrested. A pokcr.room
wa also raidod aud tho proprietor mud
two players arrested. Tho houses OF i'll
fame run by Lucy Belmont, Ida Blake
and Dora kelsnn wero also raided, mud
seven IN were pulled in. No men
woro found in the places. Tho public
has expected tho raid begun u week
or so ngo to DO made general, and has
therefore been wary. All Of these
twenty.thrce parties put up tho cash TO
cover their fines.
Two disorderly Cases and two boys
who had in their possession shoes which
,hoy wore suspected to have stolen were
also locked Up Saturday night.
Yesterday Officer Zimmerman ar.
roslod Barney Broskus, Il plain drunk.
Walker put in M Italian too drunk to
tell hia natnc Michaols brought in 4
one.lcSged man. very drunk. Ho gave
hiH name MS Frank Gadlen! Bowers
locked up William Miller AZ n plain
drunk. Michaels put In Judy Mack, fol
begging on tho street. and Kcmplc nr'
rosted William Snyder \, a plain drunk.
This makes thirty.tuo cases for this
mornings court. quito a respectable
lGcEul.
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The funeral OF the late Christian Vier.
heller, n we'll known German citizen
whoio death was noted in Fridays IN.
TELLiGEScER, took place yesterday after.
noon and was largely attended. The in.
torment was at the P%eniusular cemetery.
Rev. Mr.. Eng!e. Of Wheeling, otticiated
at the funeral Of Robert Smith in Mar.
tins Ferry yesterday afternoon. The
singing was by Miss Carrie Crosslev,
Miiss Bee Erwin. Mr.. c. G. Mitchell and
Mrs. Frank Erwin, OF Martins Ferry,
and the pallbsarers were Young friends
Of the deceased from Wheeling. The
floral offerings We're beautiful.
The funeral Of Andy Auth. a well
known glass worker. took place from
his mothers residence in East Wheel.
ing Saturday afternoon. His death wsa
Il severe shock to a wide circle OF friends.