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Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
VICTORIA IS oLD-FAsHIoNEo.
But as shes a Queen It sounds Better tS
 Gail Her Conservative.

But as shes a Queen It Sounds Better to
 Gail Her Conservative.
 Queen Victoria is a remarkably con- servative old lady so far as the routine of life goes. She loves old customs and doesn't like new things-not even new furniture or new fashions When Q distinguished lady it is said, "a few years back, sent her children by her majesty's request to Windsor, she sent them dressed as was and is still the mode, in tucked blouse dresses without sashes But the queen considored that no child should be brought to her in other but full dress, and full dress in her mind did not exist without the smart sash she had always known And very courteously but firmly she made objection to the little froclSs, and asked that the next time the countess brought her children to her that she would not forget the ssshes.'
 The queen, says the New York Trib- une, still wears the horrible congress gaiters of thirty years ago in which her foot shows no sign of Spanish instep. Her children still address her in the way which was fashionable when they were little things. No member of the upper class ever said Mother" then; and from the eldest to the youngest they still call the queen Mamma"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
TALKED OF IN EUROPE.

Ex-PRRsIDENT CAsIMIR-PEBIER is making preparations for visit to Egypt.
 KINe HUsBERT of Italy spends more in charity than any other European monarch He gave the poor csc, 900 at Christmas
 SI.ATIs BEY, who was governor of Darfopr when Gordon was killed, and ever since has been captive among the Mahdists, is reported to have escaped and almost to have reached the Italians at Kassala.
 FEDERAL COUNCILLOR JOSEPH KEMP, who has been nominated president of the Swiss confederation for the year 1895, is the first conservative Catholic who has been appointed to the highest office of the little republic
 BEHAszIN, the ex-lSing of Dahomey, who was deported to Martinique, is represented by the latest news from that French colony as being very sick. The African potentate cannot accom- modate himself to his new kind of life.
 THE new crown prince of Siam, Chow Fa VajInavadh, has a great reputation for amiability among his schoolfellows at Eton He takes very kindly to British manners and customs, and cn- aeavors to be more English than the '3nglisll
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
GATHERED IN EUROPE,


 SINCE Justin Mccarthy has devoted himself to politics his income has fallen from Sl5,OO to SS,OOO year.
 WILLIAM HUNTER BAILLIE, who has just died in England at the great age of uinety-eight years, was the only son of the eminent physician, Matthew Baillie, M. D., who attended George III during his frequent illnesses.
 PROF. KoHLRAUsCH, the great Ger man physician and director of the Strassburg university physical labora- tory, has declined the call to go to the University of Berlin.
 LABOUCuEEE says that for some time after Mir. GladstOne's resignation, he was bent upon taking holy orders, and it was with a view to that step that he announced his intention of retiring from the house of commons at the dis solution.
 MR CHARLES NILLIERs, the father of the house of commons, recently cele- brated his niuety-third birthday; he entered parliament in 1885, and has rep sented Wolverhampton without a break for sixty years. He was one of the leaders in the fight for the repeal of the corn laws. His brother was the earl of Clarendon, who was foreign sec retarv during the Crimean war and in Mir. Gladstone's first administration.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
4 FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
How Two Warriors in the Interior of Africa Settled Their Love AnairE.

How Two Warriors in the Interior of
 Africa Settled Their Love Affairs.
 Even in the interior of South Africa jealousy will induce men to fight. If two Matabclc warriors offer the same number of cows to the father of a belle for her possession, arms are resorted to to decide the superiority of one or the other. and one of the combatants is usually killed in the contest. One of Maj. von Wissmann's officers accidental ly witnessed such duel and described it as follows:
 Toward sundown while resting near an immense powder of the Ingogo drift we were suddenly disturbed from sleep by yelling and a noise of clashing arms. Looking up I saw three Zulus jumping around and belaboring each other with thin sticks. asked my servant Tom what was the matter He replied this was duel for a woman, Upon sign of the umpire, who watched the fray, motionless, the sticks were changed for clubs, and another set-to with this formidable weapon followed. Suddenly another sign was given, the clubs were thrown away and both ran in different directions. About thirty yards from the former position both turned and lifted the assagais, throw ing them at each other. One of the Zulus had approached our hiding place, behind the bowlder, so that 1 could al. most touch him. Just as he lifted his spear for a second throw his adver- sary's assagai hit him in the breast. Without sound he collapsed The other-the victor-rcturned to the ltraal to fetch the woman, now his.n
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
Tho Women nt Spain.

On Mrs. Lang's showing in the Hu- manitarian the life of Spanish woman must be dull enough. But of course there is everything in the point of view
 The Spanish woman evidently has neither our ambition nor our uncom- fortably developed sense of tedium. She has no aspirations for wider hori- zon, she has no desire for university education, or parliamentary vote or a profession tO render her independent. She is perfectly satisfied with life as it is; she has norespmsibilities, money affairs being attended to by her male relatives and housekeeping being looked after by the servants; she has plenty of dan cling filtration and intrigue, which is carried to Il science and is her chief amusement in life. What more can she possibly want? would be her answer to your query as to whether her exist encerealized her idealof happiness.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
ODD CHARACTERS.

PARNELL FISHER, negro, of Bridge vile, Del, is so strong that he can easi- ly, by means of straps, carry barrel of -four in each hand.
 AMOS MARKHAM, of Memphis, Tenn, has moved fifteen times since he was married in 1860 He is the father of twelve children, each born in a differ eht state
 CAREY B. MooS, of Saratoga Springs, \. Y., who died recently at the age of eighty-two was one of the most famous hoteilSeepers of that place He is re- membered particularly as the creator Of Saratoga fried potatoes"
 HABsCES WEsTLEY was ninety-five years old when he died the other day at Lyons, N. r. Since he was twenty, five years old he had consumed @ pound of plug tobacco every week and pint of Bourbon whisky regularly each day.
 DEACON WHITE, of Wall street fame, is of the old North Carolina Quaker stock, and has been in New York mak- ing and losing millions since 1865. His great point is his tenacity of purpose and not caring whether he is the under dog or not.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
WANT WHAT THEY CAN'T GET.
How Certain LittIo Human Weakness
 Affects tho Furniture Trade.

How a Certain Littlo Human Weakness
 Affects tho Furniture Trade.
 John, said furniture salesman, the other day, to the mover whom he had summoned, this bedroom set is sold. but it is not to be delivered just yet, Move it out of the salesroom at once and store it somewhere until want it."
 What's the use of moving it until you send it mp to me?" asked the purchaser, idly. Why don't you leave it where it is?"
 The salesman, says New York ex. change, uttered queer little laugh and said:
 ''It is evident that you were never in the furniture business, or you would not ask that question. If I should mark that set sold and leave it here in the salesroom in plain sight it would probably lose us several good sales"
 How so?" asked the purchaser, with an unbelieviDg look.
 Tt illustrates a universal weakness of human nature, " laughed the salesman. Everybody wants what he can't get, and there is nothing quite so attractive to the average buyer as piece of fur niture that somebody else has bought before he came around. If l left that bedroom set out marked sold half q ddzcn persons would say before night that it was exactly the set they wanted, and when they heard there were no duplicates they would fuss around en- eiously and nothing else in the estab- ishment would satisfy them
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
MERCHANTS AND CRAFT GUILDS
A Sort of Trades Union That Existed In
 tho Twelfth Century.


 tho Twelfth Century.
 During the twelfth century merchant guilds arose in all the towns of impor. tance in England, and in the next cen tury a further development of town life took place in the rise of craft guilds These associations were composed of the artisans engaged in cer- tain industry in particular town. By the growth of popula- tion, it is evident that when the merchant guilds had attained their first century there would be consid. erablc number of persons dwelling in the town who would not be eligible to membership of thu guild either as land holders or as the heirs of guildsmen. Many of these would be skilled in some pursuit or calling; and naturally they would adopt the best means of secur- ing their rights and protecting their in- tcrests by taking common acton agalnst the rest of the community.
 The earliest craft guilds were those of the weavcrs and fullers of woolen cloth, says writer in the Westminster Review. The guild of bakers is nearly as old, and that of the leather dressers, or corvesars, dates from about the same period. At first there was struggle between the merchant guilds and the craft guilds, as the one body naturally strove to retain its monopoly of the government of the town and the other cndeavored to share in it's municipal privileges. But the circumstances of the time were such as to quick. ly unite the two bodies in com mon resistance to the tyranny of the sovereign power or of the great feudal lords In turn, the monarch found 1t good policy to foster the towns, both with the object of developing their wealth, and so of acquiring source of revenue for himself, as well as of bring. ing into existence factor to counter balance the overgrown power of the nobleS
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
Rings Cnt from ninmnnds

Everybody knows how difficult it is even for an expert lapidaries to cut diamonds, not only on account of their hardness, but by reason of their struc. turc and veins, which must be well de- lined before the cutter begins his work. NJ. Antoine, one of the best known jewellers of Antwerp, has, after many fruitless attempts and three years of arduous, patient toil, at last succeeded in cutting a whole ring out of block of diamond The ring is perfectly round, with a diameter of nineteen milliters (about three-quar- ters of an inch). It was exhibited for some time in Antwerp, and was very much admired. It's value is not given, as the maker will not sell it. Outside of this ring there Is but one other ring known to be cut out of one stone, and that is the beautiful sapphire ring in the Marlborough collection.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
ALONG TIE RAILS.

IN all Persia there are only twenty miles of railroad.
 GAS generated from gasoline is to be used as the mouve power for new railroad from Crisfeld, Md, to Tangier sound.
 TIE Lake Erie & Western, which re- gently threw the news companies of their lines, has given the brakemen the privilege of selling papers to persons on their trains
 TIE Columbus, Hooking Valley & To- ledo has started Q Mutual Benefit assO- citation, and about fifty-five per cent. Of the employees of the road are now mem bers of the organization.
 THE New York Central. Jersey Gen. tral and Lackawanna have put up sl 900, 900 to be used in the erection at Brooklyn of a warehouse, which will be the largest in the world.
 TIE shipments of standard sections of steel rails last year amounted to about 700, 600 tons, of which 200, 900 were for new track and the balance of j0O,OOO tons for renewals The output in 1898 was ss1 ,602 tons, and in 1899 2S4 Al tons.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
Metal and rarthenware so,de,ed.

A new electrolytic method of great use to plumbers is the Joining of metal to earthenware. The earthenware should have an unglazed surface, but if otherwise the glaze is removed and the surface coated with plum bago and placed in an electro lytic bath, thus obtaining a metal lie coating. To this coating the lead pipe can be soldered in the or dinary way by means of a plumbers wiped" joint This process, it is said, will probably supersede the use of rubber sleeves, washers and putty, with which imperfect joints have often been associated.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
Sold.

Lady-My father-this is between ourselves-called on your landlady to make inquiries about you.
 Gent Gn rage)-You mustn't be- lieve word she says; the old bag tells a pack of lies every time she opens her mouth.
 Lady-Indeed? thank you for the information. The fact is, she praised you up to the skies. Tliegende Blaetter
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
=H====sssss7zza'='sa'777 sa---z7-= How He Tells the Time.

My father" said the small boy to the woman who was calling on his mother, is great man. He knows what time it is without even looking at his watch"
 What do you mean, Tommy" que. ried the visitor.
 ''Oh, when holler out an ask him what time it is in the morning, he al ways says it's time to get up. An when ask him what time it is in the evening, he allus says: Time to go to bed, Tommy Oh, l tell you my $.- ther is great man. Waterbury
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
snnnns rnn Fine tn nonr.

Sir John Lubbock believes from his study of ants that they cannot hear many of the noises which are audible to men, and it is inferentially believed that there are some sounds too fine and others too loud for the ears of men. The London Spectator thinks that if light is @ vibration there is no reason it should not be audible to finer ears than ours. By the same rule music ought to shine to eyes which are capable of appreciating the same vibrations which impress themselves on the drum of the ear That, however is poetry
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30

Eventually they would go off dis contentedly and buy elsewhere, though sold tag on the set none of them would give it more than passing glance, while fair proportion of them would purchase other sets It is lit tie human weakness, that is all"
 So arises one of the tricks of the trade. When a dealer sells piece of furniture of which he has no duplicates he hustles it out of the salesroom as quickly as he can, lest 1t lose him other trade, But when he sells piece of furniture of which he has duplicates ne puts big ''sold" tag on it and leaves it in open sight as long as possi' ble for q bait to others.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
InanAMerel.

Woman" she remarked, in general way, for the purpose of introducing this paragraph woman must have more elbow room"
 Then said he, seizing the oppor- tunity, then why doesn't she put some of the puffs lower down on the sleeve, instead of abou the shoulders?"
 His question remained unanswered, because already she had begun to talk of something else. se.-lndianapolis Jour. nal
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
unernected snnnnrt.

The train robber shot the roof of the baggage car as he spoke.
 I'm going to hold you up," he re- marked.
 The express messenger bowed.
 How fortunate" he exclaimed 'I was ready to sink into the earth when 1 saw you coming"
 Saying which he withdrew to the woods while the outlaw discharged seven sticks of dynamite in rapid sue cession. ID etfoit Tribune.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-30
without Labor.

Mir. Spriggs was complaining because so much effort was required in succeed ing, even so poorly as he did.
 Well, exclaimed Mrs. Spriggs, "did you ever get anything without work ing hard for it?''
 "Yes, l have, he saidi discontentedly. "oh, I guess not" insisted Mrs. s. "But l know l have"
 What was it, I'd like to know?"
 "A bad cold, my dear" and Mir. Spriggs took heart again and smiled. --- Detroit Free Press.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
Live stock EIarAse.


MhrheI-urm.
BUTCHERS CArrLE-Extra fat steers,
from 900 to 1870 lbs. 9laic. h.
fair TO good steers, from 1000 20
l,2JO lbs, Sic h.; fair good steers.
from 90 TO 900 lbs, 2a3ic h.; common
rough steers, from s00 to 1000 Id.
2,a2,c, b.: extra fat heifers, from
800 10 1000 lbs, 3a3c, ID. commo
rough heiters. from 500 to 1000 los.
l,a3c. ID; common to fair cattle, 2,a3c
lb heifers. 2In3c .lb.; bulls, ca!sc, ID.
fat cow, 24"stc lb, mich cows, SIS to
Si2.5 perhead.
BuLLs-Good extra, from 1 1000 to l 800
lbs, 2 a3.c. Id.
Hoes. IIvE-Choice packing and
butchers. $50 to 200 lbs. IS lat 40 l0Oc Id.
small size. 100 to l25 lbs. &c. h., good
corn fe hogs. Gajic.; common to fair
hogs. safe. light pigs, &c.
SHEEr--Good prime. 3a3lc. h.; com
mon to fair butchers, 3a3!c. ID; rough
and scalawags, 2a2lc. hi butchers
sheep, 3ai c. ID.
LANES So abc. ID.
CALvEs-Gooi. 3a4c. h.; yearlings,
Haze. ID; common yearling5, la2io ID;
calves. 2,aic. ID.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
cotton 'snrISe:s.

NEW YopK. February C.-Cotton closed
dull and easy: middling gulf, &C: mid
ding, 53c. Futures closed firm Feb
ruary; VIZ March. o I3; April b IS; May,
o 30; June, 53: July. So; August i. 81
September. b 81; October. u; Novem.
Der. 5 II.
The total net consolidated receipts OF
cotton reported from all ports today
were bales, exports to Great
Britain, 5.l56 bales; France
paiesi Continent, G,OIl bales; stock,
y,5.7G9 bales
Total so lar this week: Net raceipts
hU622 bales exports to Great Britain.
oo.'24 bales; to France. Il15 bales; to
the Continent. ~, 1888 bales,
LIVERPOOL, February G.-l2:30 y m
Cotton. firm, freely met. American
mddling, 3l-32d. Sales 5000 bales:
American. $500 bales; speculation an d
export, i'OOO bales; receipts, 5000 bales
all american. Futures opened stendv
demand moderate.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
Among our Co,son r,an.

Among our Cotsou HIon.
Clear cold weather in the cotton
belt yesterday.
United States ports received 23,
0S3 bales cotton. against 6. TAG bales
last year, and -, 1856 bales in 1892.
Liverpool future market closed
quiet and steady at came prices as
previous day.
New York future market advanced
3 to 4 points, closing firm. May,
900 to SOL; August, 5.G2 70 5.63.
Sales. l07, 900 bales.
New Orleans receipts for TO day
are estimated at from 1000 to g.
600 bales cotton, against 5,54l bales
last year. and ~, 4l2 bales in 1892.
The exports OF cotton from United
States ports so far this week have
been lO7.6 bales, agsins. 81, lOS
bales last year same time.
The stocks OF the five leading in.
terror towns decreased IL, 793 bales,
against 3,O55 bales last week and
5,759 bales last year.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
WESTWARD.

Daily except sunday.
No Cincinnati aud St Louis Limited
eaiiy, with Parior Car, Old Point to Gortors-
VILE and Pullman S.eepers ciordonsville 10 Gin
cihnati aud II. ouis. Meals served Oh diHing
car west Of Gerdons-ille
;, NO. 3, T. r V, daily. with Pullman Old
Pc mt 10 Hinton aud Pullman Sleeping car
Gordonsvi!ie 10 Cincinnati and Louisville
Meals served on Dining Cars. Connects al
Corirgtcn; Va, only on Mondays. Wednesdays
snd saturdays Tor Virginia Hon Springs No :
makes local stops east Of Cord n.vi,le
steamer Louise arr esls Norfolk daily, IL
noon and $50 p. IN.
For further In Information apply to
h. T. BROOKE Passenger Agent.
c. & o. Ticket Office. Cranky street.
urdcr Atlantic Hotel.
JOHN u. POTTS,
Division Passenger Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
SHIPPING NEWS.
Ports OF Norfolk and Portsmouth
February 6, 1896.
ARRIVALS

Spanish steamship Paulina. Gamaeho
Galvo, ton 10 liverpool, to Nm Lamb *
Co. Coaed aud sailed.
Schooners King hip and J Man.
chester Haynes, to VIM Lamb & Co, tor
coal.
schooner Fanny II Stewart, Lane, New
York, hght.
Schooner Venus. Hardnot, Now York,
light.
schooner Frances l. Godfrey, Corson,
Salon. light.
Schooner john Pierce, Taylor, Now
YORK, light.
5 hooner G b Leet, Cranmer, New
York, with salt.
Schooner Margaret Il Roper, Cranmer
Now Iock. light.
Schooner Mary + Graham, New York.
light.
Barges n & W Nos / and 8, to YIN Lamb
& Co, for coal,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07

for MI 40 uo my! "onnccts withA. eli %
, No, iTS Daily, except Sunday. makes cIo.o
Itohu.cliom at iobeold for Wn.hin,,ton " ~
nin S, y. T.; Plymouth, ~ C. and MI t,S,
a r. inns ,, points; also nj Rocky Mount viii,
a; l.. liain - for all points Souib "' WIZ"
Trains arrive a, Norfolk G'o;n >,
T,. "' .'.-I u w baily, except SUNDAY
cd GH"sV ,hecken at company'e Norfolk wharf
Arent' es A., enc OF Passenger and Ticket
FOR tickets TO all points South sleenipg cor
ItseiIaton and general inisrma ton cali on
OF address j. A. NEUGEHAl Err ''' WI
PASSENGER aud Ticket Agent
IA NILS +. MAUPIN
General Forwarding Auent
c,,,r J. NJ EMERSON,
u. NJ. SEltPELL, "se"'
General Manager, Norfolk.
NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN R1TTRoAn
SCEEQuLE II EFFECT OCTOBER /. 1894
NAIL AND EXPRESS LEAVES NORf0I X
oeily except Suudayl Gas IN for EiigabeIh
City, Edenton, Maoscy's Ferry. Roper pm
.eso beihaven; etc. Connects at Ed.nton with
80; ~; :. Il. Il. steamer as follows: Daily
Wind.er; "TfsbAy Tor rH Riy%2n,S and
river , ON on M lSS al ianGlnrn on chowau
senEPsrnons river, ana wEDNkSDAYs
Tor Salmon creek. Conucc $ al kplIh,ya, wi,t
steamer Haven Rslle for Mskeleyyilie snnth
creek, Aurora. Washington ana Intermediate
EVENING EXPRESS LEAVES NORFOLK
10 IN daily teTeept Sunday) for Eliznbeth
tly, hdenton ana negotiations. Connects nj
Elizabeth city With the steamers Neus.
ana Newhcrn Mon ay. Tues lay. Thur d., a
Saturday FOR Nrwbern. Roanoke island and
Morehead CITY, kinston and Godsburo via A
X n. =. X. r., and for JacksonvilIe Wilninr.
ION y. G.. md all stations on the W. N.&N.
IL IL; IL, ana at Eden,nn daily with steamer for
ARRIVE At NORFOLK.
nj ALL md EXPRESS daily fo,oa,,, c.,
gay at i:25 p m, and Express daily (ercept
Huhuay] Al IL nj; connect with all rail and
sieah lines at Norfolk for the North. East and
West: Passenger aud freight stations foot of
East Main street Norfolk and Western dennt,
EASIERN CAROLINA DISPATCH. FAST
i REICH LINE AND OLD HONIoIoN
~ between all points North and East via
NorioiS ana Norfolg and southein Railroad 10
Freight received daily and forwarded prompts
ly al low rates
For further information apply to the General
Ofice OF the y. & :. Il: K. Co., Norfolk, Va
H. e.. HUDGINS
General Freight and Passenger Agent.
NJ. E. KING.
General ManaSer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
MEMORANDA.

Schooner Geo T. Dudley. Wilson, Left
New Haven yesterday for this port.
GAZE HENRY. Va. February q. u NJ
Cloudy. North wind; Is miles Moderate
sea.
CLEARED.
British steamship Lambert's Point,
Jenkins, Liverpool, bv the North Ameri-
can transport Company, with 425 tierces
tobacco. car walnut logs, car poplar
log, ii cars nsh logs $ cars dogwood
and porsimmon wood, car ash lumber,
= cars poplar lumber, cars oak ium-
ber. car avos, l0l bags peanuts. o.
az! bales cotton, 2.270 hoad sheep. S5,7ll
bushels corn aud ~, 1872 sacks flonr. Value
cargo il69, 339.7s,
Schooner Augustus Palmer, Provi-
deuce, with coal.
Schooner Mary Curtis, Beaufort, S. c.,
with coal.
Schooner Lyman Nj Law, Providence,
with coal
Barge General Mcclellan. Hobokep or
New York, with coal