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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27

Breen. Pender aud Turner; Foreman,
Pender and Turner. Stolen Bases
Lyons. 2; Keefer. 2; Ruid. 9; Breen
and Joanes. Time of Gnms-One hour
apd fifty minutes. Umplre-Mr. Mitch
ell.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27

SCORE BY INNINGS.

e'V'1''''s -''-''' '''''''''V o . O-l2
SUMMARY: Earned Runs - Peters
burg. z; Portsmouth. 3. Home Runs
Gill. 2; Breen, Sanford, Hall and Vet.
Ter. Two Base Hits -Keefer. Bases
On Bals-Oh Foreman. 6; off Foster,
4. Left on Bases--P Petersburg, g.;
Portsmouth, g. Struck Out-By Fore.
nan. s; by Foster. 3. Bases From
Being Hit-Reid, Hurgrove and Lyons.
Double Plays Fuller, Thurston and
poanes; Thurston, Hall and Joanes;
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27

Newest Discovery"-Ext. teeth no
pain, N. Y. d. Rooms, l62 Main.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27
illustrated Catalogue anu Prices LII
wool Hud Admixtnru Of Gotten,
summer Weight Undcryyenr

These goods nro manufactured of the
finest Australian wool of the highest
grade. Have II full line OF ladies', misses
and children's; also meu's shirts, draw.
ers. vests: combination suits and night
dresses. Call for catalogue which gives
full particulars and prices.
Il. A. SAUNDERS.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27

Iced Tea at Macs. Ice Cream at
Macs.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27

For electric fans and ventilnting fans
OF all kinds. address X. Il. Cobb. No.
100 Main street, Norfolk, Va.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27
ANOTHER VIRGINIA RAILROAD.
First Road Ever Built that Started
with Eighty Pound Rails.

1t viii Open Up One Of the Finest
Agricultural Regions in America.
he Valley Of Virginia the Scene
OF the Construction of
This New Line.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27
FOR SALE CHEAP.

twenty-five car loads beat Timothy
Hay. j. II. Cofer, 153 Water street,
Phone NO. 4. myl9 I'm.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-27
WAR MINI C.

The tramp life insurance agents who tries
to make you believe that any other regular
life insurance company pays as large divi.
dend5 or surplus ns the Northwestern
Mutual. is guilty OF deception BY using mis- ,
leading RATIOS, which no honest man
would employ or exhibit. as they are made
up ID croate a false impression.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06

chance for failure II she tried TO start
the heavy train, Phoebe darted back
and pulled the coupling-pin between
the tender and the first car, running
forward again to climb into the engine
just as the first stragglers of the
crowd began to come up. They gave
her but a moment, but that was
enough. Engine 800 had an easy
throttle, and Phoebe had opened 1T
more than once. The vanguard of the
tramp army saw flutter of skirts on
the footboard, heard a kissing of steam
in the cylinders and two or three sharp
coughs from the exhaust, and then
the big mogul dropped from the end of
the open switch and plowed into the
ties, blocking the track as effectually
as fifty tons of iron and steel could do
il.
Phoebe did not wait to see what
would happen afterward She had
done her part; there would be no col
lision; and they could not blame her
father for something that he had no
hand in. She was safe in Mrs. Han
nah's kitchen by the time the special
whistlcd for the station; and when the
train ratified up and the sounds of the
fray foated across the tracks to her
refuge, she hid her face in Mrs. Han
nah's apron and cried as any other girl
might whose father and uncle were in
the thick of n battle.
There, there, Phoebe, girl: don't
cry, dear; they'll be all right" COM
forted Mrs. Hannah. and she was still
trying to console Phoebe when Tom
Norman ran in.
where is she? Where's the little
girl that's got more sense and sand
than all the rest of us put together?"
Phoebe looked up quickly. "Oh,
Uncle Tom, where's pa? Is he hurt?"
mo, he's all right; only they're
about to smother him with praise. Mr..
Johnson's over at the station, and he
wants to see you.
Five minutes later a shy little girl
with tear-stained face was led into
the presence of the superintendent,
who sat at the telegraph-desk sending
messages right and left. He rose and
took Phnbe's hands in his in a way
that made the little group of trainmen
forget for the moment that he was the
stern ''old man. of the division.
'And this is the little girl who
bitches our engines, is it?" he said.
what put such thing into your
head. my child?"
''Oh, it didn't have to be put in;
knew there would be head-ender if
didn't do something quick, and |
couldn't think of anything else"
Mr.. johnson smiled at the ready re-
lapse into railway phrase, and said: 1T
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
HUMOROUS.

Just the Thing. -AIorton-"What
do you intend doing with that mouse?'
Baldwin-"Use it for bait" Morton
Eyes. l am going to try to catch some
catfish. Truth.
-"Owner-''Icwant you to sell these
horses for me-" Auctioneer-"I see
their tails are locked. Well have to
sell them at wholesale" Owner
"Whatw Auctioneer-"Well, 1 can't
retail them. philadelphia Record.
-Financers. Dismal Dawson--"IIow
do you stand on de financial question:"
Everett Wrest-'I am little bit puE-
zled. l amt right sure whether it
means sixteen beers for dollar or six
teen gallons. indianapolis Journal.
-"Oh, children! You are so noisy
to-day. Can't you be little stiller
and better?" NOW, grandma, you
must be n little considerate and not
scold us. You see, if it want for us
you wouldn't be a grandma at ALL
Texas Siftings.
-"Er-George" He-"W-well,
Laura?" She'll think we under
stand each other, George; but-but is
1t my place or yours to put the ques-
ton, and ought to speak to your
mamma about it, or ought you to 60
and ask papa?"-Chicago Tribune.
-"Wot makes me tired" said Mean
dering Mike, lis desc here prosperity
howlers." ~ don't know EN-" replied
Flooding Pete. "Yes, we do. means
desc here fellers dat keeps talkip'
'oout good times an tellin' we whur We
kin git work. Indianapolis Journal.
-"Do you find that woodworking
pays?" asked an unsophisticated friend
of modern novelist. "Pays?" he re-
piled. II should say it did. Let me
tell you how work it. write story
of mystery and sell it to some syndi-
cate. Then the newspapers that pub
lish 1t offer prizes to the reader who
will guess first how the plot is coming
out. And that doubles my profits"
"How does it?" my wife sends in
guesses and takes the prizes. buffalo
Express.
The Bird Could Talk.-A we'll
known New Yorker, who shutters
dreadfully, and who has an inordinate
fondness for practical jokes. was walk
ing along South street in company
with friend, when they encountered
a sailor who was carrying saucy-
looking parrot in a cage. "w-watch
me-" said the joker. 81 w-will have
some fun w-with this man. So, stop
ping the sailor, he inquired. "M-m-my
g-good m-man, c-c-can that parrot
talk?' SWELL" said the sailor. "if he
couldn't talk any better than you, I'd
wiring his bloomin' neck
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
THE UMBRELLA BIRD.
One of the Most beautiful Members OF
the Feathered Tribe.

Ono OF the MOST DcnutHui hcmDcrn VI
the Feathered Tribe.
Many strange birds are found in
Brazil, and some of the most curious Il
the interior of the wooded sand island
of Catua, which Is also famous resort
for turtles, while here may be heard
the soft, long-drawn whistle OF the
curassow bird.
Among the closcly-intcrwoven crowns
of the trees, many of them more than
hundred feet high, the hunter some
times spies for the first time that rare
and singular prize, the umbrella bird, n
species which resembles in size, color
and appearance our common crow, but
is decorated with crest of long-curved,
hairy feathers, having long, bare quilts,
which, when raised, spread themselves
out in the form of fringed sunshade
over the head.
queer ornament, like n pelcrine, Is
also suspended from the neck, formed
by thick pad of glossy feathers, which
grow on u long, fleshy lobe. This lobe
is connected with an unusual develop
ment of the vocal organs, to which the
bird owes it's singularly deep, loud and
long-sustained fluty note.
The Indian name of this strange
creature is uria-mi0a6eu, or fife bird, in
allusion to the tone of its voice, and
minlbeu is the Indian name for rude
kind of pan pipes.
1t is great treat to hear its perform
ancc. The bird draws itself up on its
perch, spreads widely the umbrella
formed crest, dilates ard waves its
glossy breast lapel, and then, giving
vent to it's loud, piping note, bows it's
head slowly forward.
The female has only the rudiments Of
the crest and lapel, and is not, on the
whole, us fine-loolSing bird as the male
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06

freight forwarded had all been en-
tered.
''Oh, hope so. Well go on hoping
so to the end of the chapter, too, won't
we? Answer that call, will you,
Ph9be?'
PHebe sat down at the telegraph
table, snapped the key, and wrote Zee
zee" ''ce," signing "oj." Then she
dipped the pen and took down the
message:
Large gangs of tramps are moving
eastward on freight trains. Denver re-
ports that more have left there to
meet CALIFORNIA; at Orival Watch in
coming east-bound freights and report
promptly any unusual number OF
tramps at your station"
whats that-more trouble?" asked
Norman, catching word here and
there in the message.
Phoebe sighed YEARLY. "Oh dear,
yes, it's more tramps; and it'll be just
pas luck to catch them out of here on
201 tonight"
Norman read the message and shook
his head obviously. 1--WE been afraid
of that all summer" he said. There
has been bigger crowd than usual
from California this season, and, now
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
THE INDIANS WENT BY LIKE THE WIND.

THE INDIANS WENT BY LIKE THE WIND.
how it happened, according to tho
Youths Companion:
In 1850 was in southwestern Kansas
with surveying party. I had been
sent back to our supply station, some
thirty miles distant, and was returning
with two wcll-laden pack mules and n
young half-breed Indian boy, when a
band of rowing Apaches swooped down
upon me.
There were dozen in the party, but
knowing that surrsndcr meant certain
death prepared to make such defense
as l could Right in front of me were
two large cottonwood trees.
l had a fine rifle and n large fowling-
piece, and put charge of buclsshot
in each barrel of the fowling piece, and
reserved it for the rush. The bucks,
we'll mounted and armed, began cir
cling around me, shielding themselves
behind their horses and firing rapidly.
D My first and second shots were for
tunate, and the survivors retired to
safe distance and held n powwow. I
felt sure that they would mako a rush,
and that if they did they would get me.
Something must be done.
In the packs were n dozen lunches
of firecrackcrs, intended for our modest
Fourth of July celebration. I cut the
fuses short, and lit fire with twigs
and dry grass.
The rush came. l led with my rife
and threw the crackers into the fire.
Then fired both barrels of buclxshot
into the Apaches and the crackers set
up roar like platoon of musketry.
The Indians were astounded, and,
dividing to right and left, went by me
like the wind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
A Carpenters Neat Rcbukc.

Worlingmen not only have the sem
sitivcness of other people about their
personal integrity, but sometimes may
have neat way of replying to an inn
putation upon it. A carpenter sent to
make some repairs in a private house
entered the apartment of the lady OF
the house with his apprentice.
MARY" the lady called to her scrv-
ant, ''see that my jewel case is locked
up ut once!"
The carpenter understood. He re-
moved his watch and chain from his
vest with significant air and gave
them to his apprentice.
John" he said, take these right
back to the shop. 1t seems that the
house isn't safe"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
-
THE FUNNY DUCKBILL.
4 0aecr Creature Which Lays Eggs, Give
Milk and yycnrs FUR.

4 Q9ccr Creature Which Lays Eggs, Gives
Milk and Wears Fur.
MY friend Harding was somewhat
famous for the extraordinary nature of
his pets, said an English traveller. "IIe
had beetle that stood upon its head
when touched; lizard that came when
called, and his den was a perfect men,
ageric of animals he had collected in
his trips around the world.
During one of my visits to his home
heard singular scratching sound be-
hind my chair, and in few moments
something crawlcd up over the back,
and l saw looking at me the queerest Of
all animals.
''lIad it not been covered with hair
like sealshin, should have said it was
duck, as it had perfect bill and two
dark, expressive, bead-liAc eyes, which
looked into mine as though they Won
dercd who and what was.
The little creature scrambled on and
took it in my hand, and for the first
time saw ducl1biii, or ornithorhyn-
chus, as pct. The missing link is often
heard of, and surely this little animal
suggests such creature.
IF some ingenious person had taken
the head of duck. the frame of some
other animal and drawn over it skin
of a seal, then given it webbed feet and
characteristics of reptile and nam
NAL, he would have produced very much
the kind of animal that now rested on
my lap and polScd It's duch-like bill into
my pocket.
1T had the bills of duck, yet they
contained eight broad, fiat, horny teeth.
The body was covered with hair; the
forcfcet webbcd beyond the claws, the
hinder ones only TO their base.
''fn the male there is spur rcsemb'
ling that of a rooster, just such an ami
NAL, in fact. that one would expect tC
read about in old books that described
the kracken, mermaid and other mon
strosities believed in by the naturalists
of old.
1.-THE little pet was perfectly tame
and did not resent my handling i'll tho
! least. 1t seemed possessed with the
greatest curiosity, pushing its bill into
the crcvices of my clothes and staring
about as though in search of some
thing.
"'Jacl is great pet said his mas.
ter, laughing at my amazement. j
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
THE DUyKBILl.

brought him from Australia on my
last trip. had heard of them before l
went to Australia, and when l reached
there determined to go up the coun-
try and see them.
"'Finally 1 secured number of ma
tives and set out. The men called the
animal the mulligong, and said that 1t
was very difficult to find, and very hard
work, which found to be true.
"'The natives provided themselves
with long, pointed sticks, and when we
reached the borders of O little stream
they began to thrust them into the
soft soil and work them up and down,
much as one does in feeling for turtle
eggs.
"'This we kept up for several hours,
when finally one of the natives said he
had struck nest, and going down
near the water they began to dig, in a
short time uncovered u tunnel or bur-
row that led up out of it. This was
carefully followed for ten or fifteen
feet, when they came upon chamber
in which, coiled up, was mulligong or
duckbill.
10 my dcIlRnt near IL was inc
nest, and in it two little oblong eggs,
that reminded me of the cocoons of a
silk worm.
"'This was the most interesting fca-
ture of the expedition, rs the eggs were
rarely ever found, and, think of it, an
animal giving milk, yet laying an egg
like n reptilel
"The eggs had evidently just been
laid, and were about three-quarters Of
an inch long and half an inch wide,
the shells being strong, flexible and
white.
".Thesc little creatures are yearly
growing more rare, and will in the
near future, like many of the American
animals, become extinct" &C. Il.
Holder, in Boston Globe
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
VACATION TIME.

Tho grammars and the spoilers,
The pencils and the states.
The books that hold the fractions
And tho books that tell the dates,
The crayons and the blnckboards
And tho maps upoa the wall.
Must all be glad together.
For they won't be USED till fall
They've had TO work like beavers
To help the children learn:
And II they want q little rest,
1t surely is their turn.
They shut their leaves with pleasure.
The dear old lesson books.
And tho crayors and the blackboards
Put on delighted looks.
So. children, Just remember.
When you are gone away.
Your poor old states and pencils
Arc keeping holiday.
Tho grammars and the spoilers
Arc ns proud as proud can be
When the boys forsalc the school room,
And the teacher turns the key.
Margaret L. Sangster, in lIarper's Young
People.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
Amusing signs in Chinatown.

In San Franciscos Chinese quarter an
inquiring stroller recently met with =
curious example Of sign-board humor.
On one of the laundry signs he read tho
legend: II Sing" Directly across tho
street was another sign which read
"Yu Sings" while a little further down
the street he saw one which made ''Sam
Sing" Here was coincidence enoughs
but, on turning the corner, he found two
other signs, one of which announced
that 1--WE Sung" and the other ono
recorded the fact that "All Sung
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06

was bright thought; it has saved us
good many dollars, and probably
some lives, too. Now, If the company
were good fairy, like those in the
story-books, what would you ask for q
reward?'
Phoebe had Sudden inspiration.
ooh, Mr.. johnson, there's one thing
that would make me happier than any
thing else; if pa could only have good
run, so we could live in real town.
Mr.. Johnson looked around at the
circle of friendly faces. "Ithink your
father has earned that for himself"
he said, quietly. us that the only
thing you want?"
''Oh, no, indeed" replied Phoebe
candidly; "but, you see, If we lived in
town, perha ps could get some Of
the other things. We might happen to
get acquainted with somebody that
had a piano, and then, maybe, could
learn to play, and" Here Phoebe
suddenly realized that she was chat
tering-actually chattering to the man
of whom everyone on the division stood
in awe, and she shut up like an oyster
that had been caught mapping with its
shell open.
The superintendent laughed ut her
confusion and sat down to finish his
telegraphing. when the general
manager hears that, I'm sure he'll be
sorry that the company doesn't run
piano-factory," he said; whereat the
men laughed, too.
Mr.. Johnson had a little private con-
versation with Artley and Norman
that night after Phoebe had gone back
to Mrs. Hannah, and several things
came of it. For one, the engineer got
his smart ''eight-wheeler" and pas
senger run with the promptness that
characterizes western railway promo
ton when the head of department
makes up his mind; and, at the same
time, Norman found his way smoothed
for transfer In a Neutrality-suspicious.
manner. A third event growing out
of the same talk concerned Phoebe, but
she knew nothing about it until one
day, after they were settled in com
Portable cottage in the real town.
van drove up to the door with a piano.
It was a gift from the railway COM
pany to Phoebe; and on silver plate
just above the keyboard was the In
scription:
.....................s
To Miss Phoebe Artley;
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
1t was His own Gov.

A magistrate who pridcd himself onhfo
sense of justice was called to estimate
the damages which COW had done -
q garden. He viewed the premises anl1
gave liberal damages, whercupon ~
was introduced to the rnaraudinR c0w.
which turned out to be his own, whoco-
1t the conscientious magistrate WEI -.
ragged. <. y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06

One day Janc, little girl of three
years, came with her grandma to see
us and spend the afternoon with us.
We had another table besides the din
ing table In tho dining-room. The lit
tie girl, on looking around the room,
exclaimed: "Oh, you got q Sunday
tablc!"-Intcr Ocean
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
USEFUL FIRECRACKERS.

How They Saved tho Life OF u Pioneer
Surveyor.
Most men can remember when fire.
crackers were blissful excitement
Now, for the most part, they think OF
them rs kind of Indispensable nuis-
ance-noisy. more or less dangerous,
but needful, once n year, to the happi-
ness of patriotic boys. But Maj. S. Il
Pillsbury never passes Fourth of July
without recalling a day when few
flrccrackers saved his life. This was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
PHEBE'S EXPLOIT.
BY FRANCIS LyNDE.

MXM HE was the daughter
or w of j John Artley,
/. /. !. / !.
&Ah W. whose run on the
DD&MS Western division be-
O<Q WyMM gan and ended at
E6&SM N va Orival Junction. The
~W N LAVA junction sisted
hn II WV of round-house, the
WHM Nv railway station, a
%%SREEsA% few S h les, a
N. dreary b o a ding
" house and choice
collection of future possibilities; but
Phoebe, being motherless, spent much
of her time on her fathers engine, or
in her uncle's Office at the station, and
so got larger view of life than the
junction itself could give.
At fourteen she had two ambitions
One was for her father, reaching out
to the time when he should have n
smart 'eight-wheeler" and n passenger
run. The other dated from a trip to
Cheyenne with her father when he
was member of the grievance com
mittee.
You'll have to put in your time
around the hotel while l go to the
meeting" he had told her; and Phoebe
betoolS herself to the parlor, where a
smartly-dressed young woman was
playing upon an ancient and some
what ''tin-panny" piano. The music
was of the kind called popular" and
the performer played as the Irishman
blew the correctly main strength and
awlxwardness-but Phoebe went back
to Orival Junction that night with n
conviction that life was scarcely worth
living without piano and the ability
to play il.
She said something of the kind to her
uncle the next day when she was
helping him on the coal report, and he
laughed at her.
Il thought you were beyond such
things" he said. "A girl who can run
a locomotive, figure bills of lading
and telegraph the arm off half the
operators on the line to be wanting
such fine lady's plaything as a
piano
''Oh, but. Uncle Tom, you just ought
to have heard her! She played and
played till | forgot who was and
where came from. You can't think
how beautiful it was.'
''Ies, can. l was night operator at
Cheyenne once, and l actually lived in
the house with that piano for siS
months. And l hope everybody who
kept me awake with it when / was
trying to catch up on my sleep will be
forgiven" he added, taking the
Freight Forwarded" book from the
safe.
Don't you like music, Uncle Tom?'
she asked getting the bunch of alb
stracts to call off to him.
.'Oh, music, yes-but that's different
We used to have music back at the old
home in Ohio; your Aunt Phoebe
played the organ in church. and we
sang in the choir. first and last"
did ma play?'
Eyes"
"Well, / mean to learn, and l mean
to have piano, too, sometime. Iwish
pa could get run so we could live in
a town; then might hear music once
in awhile anyway"
but what would become of me? ]
couldn't get along without YOU"
You'd come, too. AS if / didn't
know that you keep this job just SOS
TO be with u.s."
That was the fact. Tom Norman
had transferred his love for his favor
lite sister to her child, and he had fol-
lowed John Artley's shifting fortunes
from one desolate division station to
another, for the sole purpose of watch7
ing over and caring for Phoebe.
do you believe pa ever will get q
good run?" asked Phoebe, when the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-07-06
That settIed Il.

That Settled IL.
Uck-And you will not marry mc2
May-NawI
THAT settles It. II you had said
No. might stiil hope; but 'Nawr--
good-by forever. Truth.