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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
The PLYMOUTH ROCK COMPANY

ttnving accepted the Agency of the
motlly my former pa irons and the Dub-
nc Srhrrllly thai at No. 223 Main street;
II most Complete Line OF Samples for iSall.
ann Winter wra". Pnntaloons from SIS;
quits from $l32h: Ovcrconts from Sill
iericct Fit. and Satisfaction gunrn MT eetit
liCitcd. i q CSPppI + So
toct'zt-s.w.i.ln.5 No. 223 Main ST.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
4 New York club Rni,,cd.

New York. Oct. 29.-Sixty memebrs
or the Progress Club at No. so Univcr-
sity Place, were arrested at ) o'clocl,
this afternoon. The alleged club was
raidcd as pool room. =. j. Downcy
is the alleged proprietor OF the place.
Downey is one OF the oldest bookmakers
In the city.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
Asnins, The Rendezvous Committee.

Judge w. r. Martin, In the Court of
Law and Chancery, yesterday delivered
his opinion in the case of the Mcintyre
Furniture Company and other creditors
VS.. the Norfolk Naval Rendezvous Com
mttee, holding that these creditors are
entitled to judgment against the COM
mittee for bills contracted by said COM
mittcc In connection with the naval rem
devious several wears ago
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
A Western Union TEST case.

Pierre. $. D., oct. Gothic Supreme
Court to-day decided in effect that the
Western Union Telegraph Company is
not compelled to accept a message for
transmission unless ii is written on the
company's blanks. The decision was
rendered In test case from Sioux
Falls
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30

Havana, Oct. 29.-The steamer San
Fernando has landed as Guantanoman
300 volunteers from Buenos Ayres The
cruiser lnfanta Isabel has arrived here
with the remainder of the crew of the
wrecked cruiser Colan.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
.J.AI LED.

Mary Ormsby, Il coiorcd woman Of
unsavory reputation, was before Jus
ticc Seneca yesterday charged with
using profane language on the streets.
and His Honor made an example of her
by sentencing her to one day in jail
and assessing her with the costs OF the
warrant.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
In.urnncc Cn,c Contiuucd

The case OF w. II. Taliafcrro VS.. the
Insurance Company of New York, was
called in tile Court of Law and Chan
Gerry yesterday. but owing to the nm
avoidable absence of Mr. w. l.. Will
H&nH. Sas6esszd sp the Gaze. II was con-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
NOTICE.

Public notice. is hereby given that
penulnE the work OF widening and deep
Canal and Water Company same Will be
closed TO transportation on and after De-
cemper lst, 1885, until further notice ~
! WATER COMPANY. oc23-w, SUI, fr.3wi
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30

Sterling Silver Mounted Pocket
Books. Seal and Alligator, for Go cents
eGc&. CHAPMAN & JAKEMAN
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30

Underwear! Undcrwearl Hinder.
wear! Good! Better! Best!
NICHOLS & WALLACE,
169 Main street
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30
ReciaI Sale This wceE-Wrirht.s,I
IuiI, Sf,nnf

See last Sundays Virginiun for "cut
price list Big bargains. Call and see
them.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-30

y telegram from the University of
Virginia says TINT Floyd Williams,
The medical student from Norfolk who
was overcome by the heat nj the fire,
is in a prccarious condition. and grave
fears are felt ms 10 the result The
local alumni to-day started Il move
mcnt To aid Williams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
SELF-EvlDENT.

Gold Standard Countries Depressed, While
Silver Countries Are Prosperous.
But there are some propositions that
cannot be denied. Here is one: Every
country that has adopted the single
gold standard has for years been pass
ing through period of deep depres-
sion. marked by falling prices, social
unrest, industrial disturbances, en-
phasized at intervals by violent panics.
This condition did not exist prior to
1873, but began immediately there
after. and with occasional and tempo
rary rallies has lasted to this day.
With the very time that the gold
standard countries began to suffer
from profound business depression
the silver standard countries began q
career of steady progress. Japan's
growth and development had been
within the past twenty years. midas
great strides in manufacturing enter.
Drises had been within the same time.
Mexico has grown and prospered won
derfully within the past few years and
during the very time that we have
been passing through our period of
stagnation was making steady prog
ress in the development of her great
resources. The manufacturers of Eu-
rope are loudly complaining of the rue
nous competition of silver-using coun-
tries. The farmers of the United
States are being crushed by the same
foe. The silver countries for the first
time are becoming dangerous rivals to
the great nations of the world.-Mem.
phis Commercial Appeal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18

| "How came he, them" I reiterated
| ''The door is locked, the window is in
accessible. Was it through the chin
ney?"
THE CRATE is much too small" hs
answered. 81 had already considered
that possibility"
"How then?" persisted
You will not apply my precept," he
said, shaking his head. "How often have
said to you that when you have eimi.
mated the impossible, whatever re.
mains, however improbable, must be
the truth? We know that he did not
come through the door, the window, OF
the chimney. We also know that he
could not have been concealed in the
room, as there is no concealment pos
sible. Whence, then, did he Gomez"
HE came through the hole in the
roof" cried.
''Of course he did. He must have
done so. If you will have the kindness
to hold the lamp for me, we shall now
extend our researches to the room
above-the secret room in which the
treasure was found"
He mounted the steps, and, selling q
raftcr with either hand, he swung him.
self up into the garnet. Then, lying on
his face, he reached down for the lamp
and held it while followed him. :.
The chamber in which we found our
selves was about ten feet one way by
six the other. The floor was formed by
the rafters, with thin lath-and-plaster
between, so that in walking one had
to step from beam to beam. The roof
ran up to an apex, and was evidently
the inner shell of the true roof of the
house. There was no furniture of any
sort, and the accumulated dust Of
years lay thick upon the floor.
f''Here you are. you see." said Sher-
lock Holmes, putting his hand against
the sloping wall. This is trap-door
which leads out onto the roof. 1 can
press it back, and here is the roof it
self, sloping at a gentle angle. This,
then, is the way by which Number One
entered. Let us see if we can find
some other traces of his individuality"
He held down the lamp to the floor,
and as he did so l saw for the second
time that night startled, surprised
look come over his face. For myself,
as followed his gaze my skin was cold
under my clothes. The floor was
covered thickly with the prints of a
naked foot-clear, well defined, per-
fectly formed, but scarce half the size
of those of an ordinary man.
Holmes" l said, in a whisper, "a
child has done this horrid thing
He had recovered his se1f-possession
in an instant. 81 was staggered for
the moment" he said, 'but the thing
is quite natural. Ny memory failed
me, Or should have been able to fore
tell it. There is nothing more to be
learned here. Let US go down."
What is your theory, then, as to
those footmarks?" I asked, eagerly,
when we had regained the lower room
once more.
My dear Watson, try little analy-
sis yourself" said he, with touch Of
impatiencc. you know my methods.
Apply them, and it will be instructive
to compare results"
Il cannot conceive anything which
will cover the facts" I answered.
1T will be clear enough to you soon,"
he said, in an off-hand way. II think
that there is nothing else of impor-
tancc here, but 1 will look" He
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
"You see." he said, with signiacan.

you see." he said, with significant
raising of the eyebrows.
Ia the light OF the lantern I read.
with thrill of horror: The sign of
| the four"
''In Gods name, what does it all
mean?" asked.
st means murder" said he, STOPPING
over the dead man. ''Ah, expected it.
Look here!" He pointed to what looked
like a long. dark thorn stuck in the
skin just above the ear.
''It looks like thorn" said l.
ut is thorn. You may pick it out.
But be careful. for it is poisoned
l took it up between my finger and
thumb. It came away from the skin
SO readily that hardly any mark was
left behind. One tiny speck of blood
showed were the puncture had been.
This is all an insoluble mystery to
me-" said I. ut grows darker instead
of clearer"
''On the contrary" he answered. sit
clears every instant. only require
few missing links to have an entirely
connected case"
We had almost forgotten our COM
panion's presence since we entered the
chamber. He was still standing in the
doorway, the very picture of terror.
wringing his hands and moaning to
himself. Suddenly, however, he broke
out into a sharp, querulous cry.
1.-THE treasure is gone!" he said.
''They have robbed him of the treasure.
There is the hole through which we
lowered it. I helped him to do it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18

HE HELD DOWN THE LAMP TO THE FLOOR
whipped out his lens and tape meas.
ure, and hurried about tie room on his
knees, measuring, comparing, examin.
| ing, with his long thin nose only few
| inches from the planks, and his beady
eyes cleaning and deep-set like those
| of a bird. So swift, silent and furtive
were his movements, like those of a
trained bloodhound picking out a
scent, that could not but think what
terrible criminal he would have
made had he turned his energy and
sagacity against the law, Instead of ex-
erting them in its defense. As he
! hunted about, he kept muttering to
| himself, and finally he broke out into
loud crow of delight.
I'VE are certainly in luck said he.
1--WE ought to have very little trouble
now. Number One has had the misfor-
tune to tread in the creosote. You can
foot here at the side of this cvil-smell-
ing mess. The carboy has been cracked,
you see, and the stuff has leaked out"
what them" asked.
"Why, we have got him, that's all, :"
said he. Il know a dog that would
follow that scent to the worlds end
If pack can track trailed herring
across a shire, how far can a spe cially-
trained hound follow so pungent a
smell as this? It sounds like sum in
the rule of three. The answer should
give us the But halloo! here are the
accredited representatives of the law"
Heavy steps and the clamor of loud
voices were audible from below, and
the hall door shut with loud crash.
'.Betore they come" said Holmes,
''just put your hand here on this poor
fellows arm. and here on his leg. What
do you feel?'
The muscles are as hard as board"
l answered.
s'Quite so. They are in a state of ex-
IRENE contraction, far exceeding the
usual ri2or norris Coupled with this
distortion of the face, this Hippocratic
smile. or 'risus sardonicus.' as the old
writer's called it, what conclusion would
it suggest to your mind?"
death from some powerful vegeta-
BILE allsaloid," I answered-s'some
strychnine-like substance which would
produce tetanus-"
THAT was the idea which occurred
to me the instant / saw the drawn
muscles OF the face. On getting into
the room / at once looked for the
means by which the poison had entered
the system. As you saw. discovered
q thorn which had been driven or shos
with no great force into the scalp.
You observe that the part struck waa
that which would be turned towards
the hole in the ceiling If the man were
erect in his chair. Now examine thia
thorn"
ITO II oonxxHuRnf
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
Begin at Home.

The time has come to drop the talk
Of international bimetallism. That is
all. right as far as it goes, and every bi.
metal1ist favors it, of course, but be-
fore we reform Europe and attempt to
dictate financial policy to the rest OF
the world, let US begin our reforma-
ton at home by the establishment OF
an American policy. Even according
to the gold men such a course will
force Europe to follow our policy. We
cannot do better than to proclaim a
programme of America for the Ameri-
cans in finances as well as in other mat
terS-Los Angeles Express
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
A Lesson from MEXICO.

Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, re.
Gently said to Denver reporter: dur.
ing my visit to Mexico, country
which is on the silver basis alone, I
was greatly struck with the relative
prosperity of the country and all its
industries compared with the present
condition in the United States. There,
although their silver is worth but so
cents, all their industries are prosper
GUS Their mines are running at full
blast. their agricultural products are
at their best and manufactures are
springing up everywhere. They are
manufacturing cotton shipped from
Texas and their railroads are among
the few that show an increase in earn.
inpS.o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18

The Business of Canning the Fish . Mann
moth Industry. 81
Itmay be matter of DISBURSEMENT to
many people to know that more than
one-half the salmon pack of the United
States and nearly half the worlds sup
ply of canned salmon now comes from
Alaska The capital invested in the
Alaska salmon fisheries is said to be
more than So, 600. 900, and the value of
a seasons catch, not including the
manufactured products therefrom,
comes to about So. DOC, 900. Last year
there were % canneries in operation,
which packed GAG, 900 cases, and "a salt
ing Establishments put on the markets
81 900 barrels of salted salmon.
This is obviously killing the goose
that lays the golden egg. No repro
-duction of the salmon. marvellous
though it may seem, could stand such
a drain, especially when, as it appears
from the researches and examinations
of the experts of the national fish COM
mission, most of the salmon are seined
at the mouths of the river. thereby
preventing their run up stream to the
spawning-grounds,a and effectually pre-
venting their reproduction.
Alaska is so completely within the
control of the government that all this
can be stopped without the least diff
Guilty. and an end should be put at
once to the slaughter of salmon in this
reckless and wastefui way. The
Columbia and other rivers of
the Pacific had been almost
stripped of salmon before the develop
ment of the Alaskan salmon fishing,
and now it seems likely that the same
thing will happen in Alaska unless
some check be placed on the salmon
catchers and Gamers. OF course they
will go on as long as they are permit
ted. for the business is lucrative one
in ordinary years, and has already
made a great deal of money for those en-
gagged in it, but all the same it must
be regulated and checked, or before
long the Alaska salmon will have gone
the way the bison and the fur seal, ana
nature will not forgive such an in
fringement upon her rights and priv
Heres. -'San Francisco Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
SUMMER UNDERWEAR.
Some Good Warm weather Advice for q
Women.

Some Good Warm Weather Advice for H.
The idea that casting aside ones nm
derwear will make one cooler Is most
erroneous The same number Of gar.
ments should be worn, but they
should be of lighter weight
or of such age that they have
worn thin. Almost everybody
woman body-has had one dreadful
night. caused by wearing new night
dress. starched to suit the laundress.
Its beauty was nothing to the wearer.
and in telling of her experience she b
apt to say, II was warmer than IL I
had worn a fur coat" And she WAS So
in preparingfor comfort in summer tims
1 would suggest that even the most
ancient Of nightdresses deserves cop-
sideration and q few sympathetic
stitches.
For the silk or wooden vest substi-
tute one of cotton, and for the other
garments select thin fabric or else
wear those that you put away at tha
beginning of the cold season to save
for the warm days. Wise women do
not give away the old underwear to
the poor; they buy new for them and
keep the others for the time when they
will be needed. A button here, patch
there, the lace mended and . careful
darn where it is needed will make for
you more comfortable underwear than
the best llngere could furnish.
With the haircloth or alpaca petit
coat skirt of fannelette. reaching 10
the knees. is to be commended, for.
while it gives the required warmth In
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
Lot ia Have IL.

The truth is the adoption of bimetal-
lism would at once transfer the trade
of nearly half the world from Europe
to the United States. and England
would be the chief sufferer. England
has always favored an American policy
that would injure us and help herself.
That was good politics from her stand
point, and she will never agree to q
policy that would make this country
stronger than she is and independent
of her dicta.ion.-Los Angeles Elk
r-oSs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
A MIsF:r.
Tho Speeches of Secretary cariisle Co.
trasted With Those Of CongressmAn Car.

L spn
sr.sted vish rhose 81 conrrss.m.n -.
lisie.
In view of the recent speeches Cd
Secretary Carlisle advocating the gold
standard. the reproduction of an ex-
tract from his famous speech in COM
gress in 1878 may not be inappropriate
| at this time In that speech Mr.. Car.
Isle declared in favor of the unlimited
coinage of silver and only qualified his
opposition to free coinage by the state
ment that the owners Of all bullion.
whether gold or silver, should pay the
cost of mintage. In that celebrated
speech in congress Mr.. Carlisle said:
81 shall not now enter into an ex-
animation of the causes which have
combined to depreciate the relative
value and to appreciate the value Of
gold since 1878, but am one Of those
who believe that they are transient
and temporary in their nature, and
that when they have passed away or
been removed by the separate or united
action of the nations most deeply in.
terested in the subject the old ratio of
actual and relative value will be re-
established on firmer foundation than
ever. I know that the worlds stock
of the precious metals is none too large,
and see no reason to apprehend that
it will ever become so. Mankind will
be fortunate, indeed, if the annual
production of gold and silver coin shall
keep pace with the annual increase Of
population, commerce and industry.
According to my view of the subject
the conspiracy which seems to have
been formed here and in Europe to
DESTROY. by legislation and otherwise,
from three-sevenths to one-half of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

/
-Moonshine: Six egg whites. SIR
tablespoonfuls sugar. ona cupful jelly.
Beat the egg whites; then add tha
sugar; beat for half an hour and them
beat in the jelly and set on ice. Serve
In saucers with whipped cream Favored
with vanilla.-Farm. Field and Fire.
side.
To nervous or irritable persons the
sound Of door creaking IL . great
source of annoyance and the remedies
are 30 simple; rubbing little sosp Or
tallow and black-lead ON the hinges o.
applying q little salad or sweet on
with feather wilr prevent the annoy.
ance.
The housewives especial thanlxs
are due the man who first noticed the
hy'santipathy to lavender. Women who
do not caro- for the sssifted air" Of wire
screens find that lavendar oil mixed
with equal quantities Of water and
sprinkled in the dining and sitting
rooms will cause flies to depart in large
numbers.
Strawberry Cream: Mash one
quart OF strawberries with one cup OF
powdered sugar, and rub through Z
hair sieve. Dissolve one and one-half
ounces of gelatin in one pint Of sweet
milk. Strain and add one pint o<
whipped cream and the berry juice.
Pour in q wet mold and set on ice To
forum. Y. Ledger.
-Croquettes: Chop pieces OF cold
beef, veal or chicken very fine. To ono
cupful of chopped meat add two table,
spoonfuls of cracker crumbs, one tea
spoonful of must1d. salt and one cup
full of bread crNrnbs soaked in milk.
Mold and roll IL meal, then dip into
one egg beate3 up with one table,
spoonful of milk and roll again in
cracker crumbs. Drop into hot lard
and fry until brown. Let them stand
on q soft cloth few minutes to drain.
Chicago Record.
Cold Golden Buck: Boil six e19s
hard, and after they have been in cold
water for half an hour, peel and slice.
Spread very thin slices of crustless
bread with two cupfuls of dry, grated
cheese, worked to q creamy paste.
with half q teaspoonful Of made mus
tard, pinch of cayenne, half tea
spoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls Of
cream and two tablespoonful Of but
ter. Cat the pieces of bread in half,
lay on top of the cheese mixture tho
sliced eggs, and put the two halves Of
bread together - sandwichwise - the
mixture inside-Home Queen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
GOWNS FOR THE GARDEN.

N0ot ana S6ykl0n CO8eum0D Tor OOesD0DR
Parties.
Powered organdies and dotted Swiss
muslins are made up in Louis XVI.
styles for garden-party gowns. One
of these shown has large pink
blossoms on cream-white ground Of
soft lawn, used as q transparent over
pink taffeta. The full waist Of gath
cred lawn is low in front, but is mp the
neck-line in the back. Some gathers
confine the fu1lness at the belt, and In
some models the front laps in supplies
fashion. The special feature Is the
fichu or wide turned-down Yuflle of the
organdie gathered full around the
neck. pointed low to show the throat.
and falling deep on the bust, shoulders
and back. Il is simply hemmed, and
has one or two rows of Valenciennea
insertion that may be either Let In %
sewed on. The sleeves copy tho only
large sleeves worn during that time,
and are of elbow length, formed Of two
full puts of lawn lined with equally
full taf1etA over fitted silk sleeve. 4
ruflle like that Of the hchu droops -
low, and makes the length that Of The
old-fashionod hrcequarter sleeves. In
some of these gowns intended 1cr very
slight women the Achu Il formsd q
two ruh1es. The skirt Is wide and nenx>
~ straight, with narrow ruf3es q the
foot. and falls free from the belt az .
pink silk petticoat beneath. Pinksatin
ribbon four inches wide serves for III
belt, with = bow Mt the back and lonR
sash ends.
Marie Antoinette flehus OF whfts
batiste, organd;e, lawn, or m0usnelfne
de sole are worn over very ample
gowns of colored lawns or crepona-
They are completed by knife-plaited
frills of the material. or else by yellow
VaIenciennes lace. To accompany
them is the Louis XVI. hat with wide
shepherdess brim, trimmed with fine-
ly-plaited chiffon in great outspread
bows and many flowers
For elderly ladies black grenadins
gowns are made mp with fchu drapery
of the grenadine, and . largo jabot Of
white lace falling ON full vest 0e
white tulle, which extends from neck
to waist The skirt has all its seams
outlined with jetspangled galloon.
and is trimmed with cluster Of nax-
row ruffles, tapping, and headed by the
spangles- Sometimes the silk lining 3
in contrast to the black Transparent
green, mauve, or gray
ish blue being chosen--Harpers Baxa1.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18
Both Are Needed.

The only apparent obstacle in the
advancing tide for silver that is sweep
ing the country is the frequently pa
raded prediction that good crops and
high-pr:ced cotton next fall will kill
the so-called silver craze. 1t is well
enough to put the gold advocates upon
notice that the country can stand an
era OF bountiful harvests and millions
of silver. too. Both are needed to put
the people on their feet once moro
Meriwether (Ga) Vindicator.