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FROM OTHER SHORES.

MAJ. Won WIssAfANH goes back ia
German East Africa as governor In
place of Baron Won Schele.
FROZEN milk is now imported into
England from Holland and Sweden In
rapidly increasing quantities.
LAKE TANaANyrKA's latest mail
weighed 400 pounds. 1t had to be car
ried from tho coast over 1000 miles on
the heads of carriers.
A DRIVE Of $40 yards was made by q
Cambridge golfer lately. The carry
was 21o yards, and the ball ran thirty
yards further.
TURNER'S painting Of ''The Trosachs'
was sold In London recently for s3,000
and Landseer's original study OF "Lov
Life" for s575.
F. c. BuRSAxD's Happy Thoughts
has been translated into French. The
best the translator could do with the
title was "Ingenieuses Pensees."
NJ. ZuLTAN DOME, Hungarian, has
Just been engaged as leading tenol
at the Paris Grand Opera Like Jear
de Reszlke, he began by singing bari
tone.
CHINA's emperor gets up at foul
o'clock to study English and Manchr
before breakfast, which Is at five. III
makes up for It by going to bed at sun
down.
A WooLwIcH cadet was recently
killed by racquet ball. He missed
the ball on its rebound from the wall
when It struck him In the left temple
producing compression Of the brain.
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marry him there was a show in the
hall over to the county seat, and Bar
naby went over to see it. One of the
actors was an educated pig. It could
play cards, spell out things by string
ing little blocks on the floor with
letters painted on 'em, and do lots Of
other amazing things. The spelling
took Barnaby's eye more than anything
else the pig did.
Pigs kin rarn to do that, kin
theyr says Barnaby. Then I'll bet a
farm that bars kin larn to do it, too,
an durn quick, an I'll Farm 'emr
When Barnaby got back home he
started right in to teach one of his
young bears to spell as we'll as the
learned pig could. One day as he was
practising his bear on lesson, Toby
Groo happened to be going by Barna-
by's clearing. Barnaby was feeling
pretty sore against Toby on account OF
a little dicker in steers they'd had a
few days before, in which Toby had
got good deal the best of Barnaby.
"'What are you doing, anyhow, Bar.
naby9
'Givin' my bar his spellin' lesson,
said he.
Can you teach him anything you
want TOP said Toby.
"'Bet we kim said Barnaby.
Gould you teach that bear to spell
Betsey Brickton?' said Toby, turning
hot.
'Barnaby had heard all about the
answer Betsey had given Toby, and
knew at once what Toby's little game
was.
akin larn that bar to spell Bet
sey Briektong' said Barnaby. 4 kin
fer money
Gan you teach that bear to spell
Betsey Brickton for ten dollars?" said
Toby.
:" L XII n l'arn that bar to spell Betsey
Brickton fer twenty dollars, spot cash!
said Barnaby. a
80 In how ng?' said Toby.
50 In two weeks, said Barnaby.
'sToby tried to get Barnaby to do Il
for fifteen dollars, but Barnaby stucl
out for twenty, and Toby made bar
gain with him. When the two week.
were up Toby went over TO Barnaby''
and was delighted to find that the beal
could lay out the blocks that spelled
Betsey's name, and could do it in shor
order without skip or break.
Next day Toby drove to the Brick
ton place.
" 'Betsey,' said he, don't you wan
to ride over and see Barnaby Beestuf
fer's menagerie? It's worth SEEING
''Betsey said she'd just as lief as not
and she got in the wagon and wen
along. She was tickled all to pieces a
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ENTAILINo FAMILY JEWELS.
The Laws Of England Provide for Their
Protection.

The Laws of England Provide for Their
Protection.
England is the only country in the
world where the nobility are in the
habit of entailing their jewels Some
of the great houses of aristocracy, such
as that of Cavendish, whose head is the
duke of Devonshire; that of Bentnick,
whose head is the duke of Portland,
and that of Lenox, whose chief is the
duke Of Richmond, possess superb col
lections of gems, almost priceless. in
value, and which have been in the
families for hundreds of years. They
cannot be sold or diverted from the
head of the house, and, even If they
are, pledged for loans, the person with
whom they are pledged is forced by
law to return them to the estate, even
without payment of his loan, on the
death of the peer or peerless who Of
fered them as security for money adj
vanced. Moreover, like the entailed
landed property, the heirloom jewels
do not remain with the widow, but
pass Immediately to the wife of the
successor in the title. When young
Lord Dudley married the erstwhilc
shop girl. Rachael Quincy, a few years
ago, his still beautiful and young-look-
| ing mother, the widowed countess, had
to surrender to her daughter-in-law
most of the magnificent and world
famed jewels with which she had de-
lighted to adorn her comely person
during the twenty-five years of her
married life.
OF course jewelry thus entailed can
not be seized for debt, and thus it is
that these collections of gems have re-
NAMED intact and ever-increasing
throughout the course of years. The
| Inauguration of the new fashion of d.
vorce has led to good many complica-
tions of o legal character in connection
| with this practice of .entailing family
Jewels. Formerly divorce was SO cost
| " and SO intensely difficult to obtain
/ that the question did not arise. But
now that divorces are SO customary
among the nobility there are constant
conflicts arising in connection with
| the family jewels. the wife, as a rule,
putting forth every effort to retain
them. 1t was only recently that an ac
ton of this kind took place in London
| the wife. who had the divorce pro
nounced in her favor, and who hat
been assigned the guardianship OF the
| children, insisting that, inasmuch Al
| she retained her name, her title ant
her children, she had likewise the righ
to retain possession of the family
| Jewels until her son should marry
This. however. the judge refused to ad
init. and declared that the jewels mus
be returned TO the hushand.--San Fran
cisco Aggonaut.
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Cricl1ets and Cockroachcs.

Crickets are noted among entomolo-
gists for their voracity and pugnacity.
In some parts of the world they do
much damage to grass lands, and chill
dren are employed to catch and kill
them. These criclsets live in burrows
in the ground among the grass. The
burrows are six or eight inches deep.
The children have merely to stick o
bit of stiff grass down in the burrow.
If there is cricket in the hole he will
resent this intrusion upon his privacy,
seize the end of the grass in his man.
diblcs. and hang on SO persistently
that he can be drawn entirely out OF
the tGsrow and killed before be viii
lat co. y. y. sur.
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punoeNT PARAGRAPHS.


-"Ah," said the maga< zine reader.
contemplating his friends new baby.
.sFine child. Is it Napoleon or
Trilby?'- Cincinnati Tribune.
-He-"My views on bringing up
family are" She-"Neyer mind your
views. I'll bring up the family. You
go. and bring up. the COAL Boston
Post.
Trolley Car Conductor = Settle
now. or get off, DigniGed Citizen
..What do YOU take me for, sir?' Con-
ductor-.'Fi' cents, same astanybody
indianapolis journal.
-Justice-"You are charged with
stealing Col. Julep's chickens; have
you any witnessesg' Uncle Mosc-"l
heb not; / don't steal chickens befo'
witnesses. drowning, King q Co.'S
Monthly.
Coroner at is very unhappy oc-
currence that you should run over this
old lady and kill her. Trolley Mo-
torman-"very. This makes my thir-
teenth, and feel that that number
will bring me bad luck. Judge.
How can you ill-use your dog in
| that fashion? / thought you were u
member of the Society for the Protec-
ton Of Animals!n $50 l am, but l
haven't paid my subscription for the
last three months. Batter.
Jimmy you're 'fraid ter fight,
that's what it is" Thomas--"No, l
amt: but if fight my mother'll know,
and lick me-" Jimmy-.How will she
And it out, eh?" Thomas-"She1l see
the doctor going to your house. LON
don Chips. ~
| -Wiggles-"Where are you going to
take your family this summerY Wag-
gles-.'Well, ! haven't decided yet
whether we will spend a fortnight at
one of the fashionable hotels or take
the same amount of money and buy a
4 New Hampshire farm" Somerville
Journal.
| A Bismarck schoolma'am. who had
been telling the story of David, ended
it with: "And all this happened over
three thousand years ago" A little
cherub, his blue eyes wide open with
wonder, said, after moments thought;
''Oh my, what a memory you've got!'
-Machias Union.
when made my first appearance
as public reader" said Borus, 1.-THE
papers fairly went wild over me. Now
they don't notice me at all. They are
not treating me fairly" IF you want
them to go wild over you again." sug-
gested Naggus, announce your last
appearance. Chicago Journal.
AREN'T you starting rather early,
inquired the visitor, toput thatyoung
boy of yours forward as candidate
for United States senator?' You
don't know my ambition" said the
fond Delaware parent, proudly. ~
mean that he shall be elected before
his eightieth birthday" = Chicago
Journal
Docs his Celestial majesty want
something written about the settle
ment of the war with Japan" asked
the Chinese poet laureate. NO." said
Ii Hung Chang, thoughtfully. I'm
sorry to cut you out Of job, but
wouldn't suggest it. The stubs in the
royal check-book viii answer all his
toric purposes" Washington Star.
| Mrs. Gray-"What terrible thing
has happened to the Blacks! Mr.. Blacl
was coming home from his club the
other night, and he fell down and
broke his leg SO badly that he has had
to have it amputated." Mrs. Green
Lost his leg! Isn't it awful? And
his family saw SO little of him beforeI'
Boston Transcript.
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How much they suffer when ner-
vous, weak and tired.
Nervous prostration is lingering,
raclxing, living death to those afflicted,
though wholly incomprehensible to
others. The cause of this condition is
impure and insufficient Blood.
Make the blood pure, give 1t vitality
and it will properly feed the nerves
and make them strong. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla cures nervousness because It
acts directly upon the blood, making
II rich and pure and endowing u with
vitality and strengthening power. No
other medicine has such o record OF
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to, personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, BY more. promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy. Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of = perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it ID man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Fig,
and being well informed, you viii not
capt any substitute Y oa>sed
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-
the cute things the animals and the
snakes did, and Toby said:
"'That was pretty hard lines you
held me to about marrying, wasn't it,
Betsey?
"'Thinlk so? said Kelsey, laughing.
oh, don't know! l didn't want to
hurt your feelings by saying "No."
plump QUIT said she.
~ suppose you'll stick to what you
said about marrying me-? said Toby.
If you see a bear that will spell your
name you'll stick to what you said?'
Certainly said Betsey. why
not?'
''rhen Toby nodded to Barnaby and
Barnaby nodded to the bear. The bear
jumped for pile of blocks that lay on
the ground, and the next second put a
big letter d at Betsey's feet
81 guess Betsey must begun to
smell rat Barnaby says, fer when
she see the letter B she sort O. turned
pale.
1.-THE bear followed the B with an E
and then dropped T after the E, and
kept on putting down letters till he
had Betsey spelled out as proper as
Betsey could have done it herself.
Betsey got cold and shivery, and had
to take hold of the fence to steady her.
self. Toby stood by, grinning and
gloating. Then the bear brought out
another Il. The second name was be-
gun right, and it kept on right
Betsey couldn't keep her eyes off the
proceedings. although she saw the
bear sealing her fate, letter by letter.
B-R-I-C-K-T-O the bear laid down. and
Betsey was so near fainting that she
grabbed both hands on the fence, and
Barnaby jumped to catch her if she
| fell.
"'Only one letter more!' Toby said,
and the strain1l be over, Betsey. And
then you and I'll get marriedr
1.-THE bear put down the last letter.
1t wasn't an N. 1t was p. And
there was spread out in line of big
black letters that anybody with half
an eye could read, 'BETSEY BRICK
TOPr Betsey's face quit being white
| in second, and flashed as red, almost,
as her hair was. She turned on Toby,
and Barnaby says that he actually
saw fire shoot out of her eyes. Nobody
knows what she would have done to
Toby, because he didn't wait to have it
done. He jumped the fence and into
his wagon, and away he went. And
that is why. as near as the facts can be
got at, the Toby Groo place is for sale,
terms easy.
They say, over on the Sinnemahone,
that Barnahy Beestuffer, seeing q
chance to get even with Toby on the
steer dicker, had educated two bears
and rung thG wrong one in on Toby
when the tima came. Barnaby doesn't
deny it nor admit it. but when anyone
charges him with it he just sits and
Trins But doa't you wonder at those
bears. those sHnemahoaing hsarss's
! n. y, Sun
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Women 0n|yI Know

cures. Thousands write that they
suffered intensely with nervousness
and were cured by this great medicine.
The building-up powers of Hoods
Sarsaparilla arc wonderful Even a
few doses are sufficient to create an
appetite, and from that time on ita
healing, purifying, strengthening cf-
fects are plainly felt. The nerves boz
come stronger, the sleep becomes nat
ural and refreshing. the hands and
limbs become steady, and soon "life
seems to go on without effort" and
perfect health is restored. Such is the
work which Hoods Sarsaparilla is doing
for hundreds of women to-day.
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INTERESTING BITS.

PARIS has q warehouse the floors Of
which are of thick glass.
In pack Of cards there IRE 695, 01S, :
$50, 600 different whist hands,
THE wearing of corsets by men Il not
uncommon in the British metropolis:
THE best brier wood for pipes comes
from the borders of Italy and FRANCE.
TEE tallcst people in the world are
the Patagonianss the shortest are the
Leplanders- fas
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wv they do 1t i can't
imagine" said the
man from over SHINE
mahoning way. "How
they just lay back
and think it all up
and then go and do it
is a good many rods
beyond me. Bears, I
mean. Sinnemahon-
ing bears. There are
bears and bears, but
when you come right
down TO bears that
are bears they grow
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THE WOOING OF BETSEY.
BIZ ED MOTT.

ia Ell MOIL'
kA
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Beecham's pills are for bilious
ness, bilious headache, dyspepsia,
heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness.
sick headache, bad taste in the
mouth, coated tongue, loss of
appetite, sallow skin, ETC., when
caused by constipation and con-
stipation is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
Go by the book. Pills Ioc and use .
box. Book FREE at your druggists OF
write B. f.fAlIei Co., 36s Canal Street.
Annual sales more than 100000 boxes
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-05
OLD NANSEMO,ND.
Notes and Glcanings From Suffolk
ard SURROUNDINGS.


Mesdames Il. p. Harper, and Lee
btltt VIII be The readers Mt tho meet
ing of the Suffolk Literary Club which
assemblies this afternoon with Mrs.
John Is. Pinner.
Misses Matte and Dale Boswell, who
had been In Baltimore. visited their
home IN Suffolk Sunday. Miss Matte
left yesterday for tho Monumental
city. where she is pursuing n musical
course.
County Treasurer ii. f.. Smith was
reported rs improving yesterday.
Yesterday. tho first day OF the term
of islo Of Wight County Court, was
well attended by Suffolk business men,
horse dealers prevailing. No case OF
Importance was heard by His Hon or.
Judge George Il. Atkinson.
COMING MARRIAGES. Miss Add;e
Gray, daughter Of MIR. Horace Il. GRAY,
Will to-day be married to MIR. William
a. Barcnlow, ut Crittendon's, sitnntei
on the eastern extremity of Barrett's
Neck, Nansemond county. Rev. Mr..
Jones. OF that town, Will perform the
ceremony. Mr.. Barcnlow is IL native
of Portsmouth,, VA. but il now engaged
as a salesman on Staten Island, y. Y.
MIR. james w. Herrin. farmer OF
islo OF Wight county. will to. morrow
we'd Miss Odie l.. Roberts, daughter of
MIR. Calvin Roberts. Nnnsemond coun.
~. MIR. Herrin is n native Of South
amptoh county.
DEED REcoRDEn. w. j. Wilson and
others to Mrs. Sarah l.. Byrd, iifty.
seven lots in Cypress district, nonr
Suffolk, and one lot on Morgan street,
Suffolk; consideration, S9DU.
BASKET BALL JEAN ORGANIZED. A
team TO be called the Suffolk Basket
Ball Club, has been organized. 1t is
the idca oil tho infringement to make
some oates with the teams of Norfolk
and Portsmouth. The personnel of
tue team organized IL ns follows: Hen
ry Eley. w. q. Elan. Wallace Kilby,
Jr.. Willie Beamun and Elmer Thomns'
captain; Fred Shepherd, substitute,s
BURGLAR SENT ON.-Alcxnnder Uaw.
son, c0ored, who on the night of Feb
rnary 18th entered the store of ". j. =.
Nortleet, ut the wharf, stealing there.
from gun nnd other merchandise TO
the value OF nbout $50 Ind prelimi.
nary hearing yesterday before Mayor
Brewer. He was sent Oh.
CuuRCH ACcEsSIoNs. -Seyeral of the
churches on Sunday received acses.
sions To their membership ns follows:
First Methodist, 10; Christian, 3; Sec.
ond Methodist, 9. The new nccessions
nre some of tho converts who proiessed
roliGion during the recent revival under
the conduct OF Evangelist j. w. Lee.
HALL IHIRF FoILED. A snatch thief
yesterday entered tho hallway Of MIR.
Ii. >. Boykir, Main street, secured au
overcoat from rack and made IL hastv
exit. HIS daughter, Miss Lula, i'll an
adjoining room, heard a noise aud
reached the door Just MS the thief was
about half way across the street. No
ticing that he was observed he dropped
the article and ran.
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Committee on Accounts to serve during

Committee on Accounts to serve during
the recess.
MIR. Catchings. with Mr., Cultivate
and MIR. Reed, appeated.in the main
aisle and reported Tint they hnd seen
tho President who ditectcd the com.
mittee 10 inform the House that he hal
no further communication to make.
Speaker Crish resigned the chair to
Mr.. Hatch, who recoglized, Mr.. Can
uon (Rep.l, OF Illinois. Mr.. Cannon
made ueat speeoh ~ compimenting
speaker Crisp on the fairness nnd
courtesy with which up had conducted
the business of the Hpuse. Applause
greeted tins nnd Mr.. Gaunon then sab
mitted resolutions of thanks to tho
Spenker.
Mr.. Wilson replied for The Demo
cratic majority nnd for MIR. Crisp.
"All in favor OF the resolution will
rise aud stnud until counted said MIR.
Hatch, aud amid laughter he went
through the mock form of counting
heads.
After the Speakers valeiictory the
clock hnnds had como together, mark.
ing the noon hour. and without fur.
thcr ado tho Speaker brought his gnvel
down on the desk and Declared the
House adjourned sine die.
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To Develop virginia.
By Southern Associated Presa.

RIcHMoSp, Va, March 4.-Mr. T. G.
Mnchon, Of New York, president OF the
Old Dominion Construction Company,
arrived here to day and paid the char
ter fee on the CheSapeakc, Shendun
aud Western railroad. He gave out
that The company would probably spend
&S,0oj,O0O in Virginia. The psojccted
route of tho road is from some point
between the Potomac and the York
rivers and the Virginia State line. The
authorized capital is $4,000. 600. aud
the corporators ares mostly f.cm tho
Valley OF Virginia.
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By Southern Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March As the hesJ
OF the big clock of the New York Sttinls Stn y;
Exchange pointed to the noon hour, n
day there occurred on the floor a hcef,s
but seldom witnessed there. Old AID
stnld BROKERS danced like schooiboyl,
ana gave vent to blood d-cnrdling yeiJs
Some cInsped hands, their faces wraatt
ed IN smles. Others blew shrill whp3
Ties. with which they had evide
come provided. The younger bre f
threw their bats high In the air, OF *
some cnSes, other fellows hnts.
The Fiity.third Congress is #
was the cry. 1t told tho stor,n.N
brokers were celebrating RSNJ
Joyous event, each in his q e Q
For two minutes after II ths.'
dons noise made by n scorJs5
continued. At first the wills
predominated, and then came mipi
chorus of groans. 1t swelled
rumbled.
Inc demonstration was the moi
the Stock Exchange has over indr
IN over an Adjournment of Cons nc. !
1t wac especially noted fosal
unanimity. xns.
The jubilation over the udjourateat &
OF Congress- was duplicated III.
Produce Exchange, though. :, y
smaller scale than on the StHs
change. There was cheerSX eBg
w,hlstiing and groaning and 7sG
lations. o 04 az
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Aorsn nro,inn'. t.cg.sia,ure.
EY Southern Associate Press

RALEIGH, \. g., March l.-In the
Senate and House to day bills were IN
troduced to prevent boycottiug by
railroads IN the state. \ fine OF 81 900
and forfeiture of the charter of al of.
Tending road is the penalty provided.
This Is blow at the boycott of the
Seaboard Air Line by the Southern
halfway and Steamship Association.
I'm the Senate biIl TO approprlate
50, 900 for II womHu's exhibit at the
Atlanta Exposition and resolution
condenuing the late Congross and con
graduating tho country on its adjourn
ment were tabled. Bills to levy C.
succession tax on lnheritances aud to
create an INSURANCE commission were
defented.
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For Martin Carolina.
DY sonthern Assecinto | prna,.

WAsHGXGToS, March 1.-The presi.
dent will leave Washington for North
Carolina on the lighthouse tender Vic
let with Secretary Carlisle and few
friends in all probability at once. He
has mnde no announcement OF the
hour OF his departure. No one would
be surprised If he Is on his way down
the river tomorrow, rs the Violet is
coaled and provided with provision,
and tho ducking season has almost
reached its end.
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Commencing Monday, March lth. oil
fancy goods, including linen scnrfs,
stamped goods hnd mats; also fancy
pillows, head rest, pin cushions, go at
hall the former price OF y. II. Creigh.
SILK scaris worth 81. now soc; silk
scnrf worth 3Oc, now 25c; pillows worth
SLIGO, now Zoe; pillows worth 75c. nov
lSc; headrests worth 75c. now 3Sc;
headreFts worth 5Oc, now Zoe; crochet
silk worth 25c, now 15c; embroidery
silk worth &c, now &c, and many other
things too numerous to mention. Great
reduction ia ell woods this week. Re
member the quantity is limited, so do
not wait if interested. Il. A. Saunders