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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08
For fhis Week.

Ono Thousand yards all-wool yard
wide fine serge IN black and colors, at
half price. reduced from soc. to 25c.
per yard. these goods arc limited,
and you must come early to secure
them. We reduce our ladies parasols,
white, black aud colors, special line,
regular priceSl, - aud $l.5C, for this
week Sl.l9. All new goods. A. j.
Phillips, under Oxford Hail.
A Il mnr"nbI" 'rr""f ehctt,nati>n.
From tho Grotoa Connect icut Review.
David Lewis, who has been afflicted
all winter by rheumatism, is out again
and ali due 10 ono Of the medicines
advertised in our columns. Aftur try
ing everything possible. lie used Cham.
berlain's Pain Balm. which has relieved
him OF all pain, from which he was u
constant sufferer aud promises to make
him ut for duty soon. We know David
has been great sufferer aud nrc glad
To see him around again. For sale by
all druggists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08
GIy EN- * Wy * Y.

We are Swing away those fine articles Of
lnrhi IRE VIII h Gu zee displayed in our
Mihto", Tor every cash purchase you will
re GIVE coupons. Come in and get our cir
eriar OF explanation.
We have just resolved tho largest aud
most comp.ote line OF Ladies' Muslin I'm
derwenf TO founp in either city. These
Boois ara OF raj Is manufacture ana the cele-
Urated lock stitch brand.
French orisndies, Gnghams, etc.. White
Ioots ot every d,aosip ton. Embroid.r,cs.
"hirt waists. etc. Full line OF Gents Fur.
nishihgs Gents Black and Fency Suitinys
py tho yasd or made to order, aud lovely
line OF Spring Paintings.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

\ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A GAN
didate for SUPERVISOR OF WESTERN
BHANCn MAGISrERlAL DISTRICT. mt the
elect on II he hold May 2}d 1895. and re-
said III trict.
ap"O-lUt \ T.. CARNEY.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

Baby carriages at Crawtord's.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

New mattinRs at C1awford's.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

Wait for Hofheimer's branch store.
22O High street Famous old stand.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

Furniture. CARPETS at Crawford,s
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

Goto fianIniIi's Ihis wees r,r bar.
| inf '"a DfN'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-08

Wire doors at Crawford's.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
THE WOLVERINE.
One of the Fiercest and Most Saturnine of
North American Beasts.

| who ever saw wolverine alive in the
satisfactorily in hunters camps as the
much-mooted problem, What becomes of
the cast-off horns of the moose and deer?
The mischief the wolverine does, and the
execration in which lie is held by hunters
and trappers whose traps, camps, and
| cathes he robs and tears TO pieces, are far
oct OF proportion to the frequency with
which he is seen at large. BY all accounts
| the wolverine, oarcajou, or glutton, as he
is variously called, is. taken all round. the
craftlest, fercest. strongest. greediest, most
suspicious. and most mischieyous beast of
his inches and and weight that the Ameri-
can wilderness ontains.
His father is the devil and his mother is
bear" said the French voyageurs, who
held him in auperstitious dread.
In appearance the wolverine is stockily
built animal from two to three feet in
length. exclusive of a tail about eight in
cues long, and in general appearance he
much resembles the bear. He is low in
stature, with an a1ched back and broad
head. His hair is long, with thick fur be-
meath, and in color he is brownish black.
with black mnzzle. and jet black feet
tipped with strong cCrying claws as white
as ivory. In tho way of animal food he is
omnivorous. devouring anything he can get
hold OF, from birds' eggs up 10 the flesh of
deer or elk already killed or wounded In
TO helplessness. Unlike most of the weasel
FAMILY, OF which he is member, he is slow
OF movement and comparatively defective
OF Vision. Possessing great strength he Is a
formidable fig liter, and rather than under
take to hunt prey for himself. he prefers
by main force or by his superior cunning
TO deprive other animals of the booty tney
have secured
His halcyon days are when he can find a
line OF fur hunters traps. which often ex
tend over distance of thirty or forty
miles. These he visits with unfailing repu-
larity some time in advance of the lawful
owners rounds, stealing the bats without
springing the traps upon himself, and de-
yourlng on the spot or bearing away any
mink. fisher, or sable that he finds III them
and hiding the bodies " here they cannot be
found. 1t he fnds a deer killed and hung
upon tree to keep ii from the woIves. the
wolverine gnaws the thongs that hold il.
letting it drop to the ground, eats his fill
then, unable to drag away and hide the
carcass, leaves 1t at the disposal of such
other carnivorous animals as may be at
tracted to the feast. When compelled to
hunt living animals for himself he seeks the
cubs in the dens of other animals. and the
female fox. whom he digs from her burrow
in the breeding season and devours, is
particular object of his attention.
In the vast Northwestern wilderness of
Alaska and British America, amid the dense
growth of high evergreen trees that shut
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
CHEAPER SUGAR.
Tremendous Over Production of Beet Sugar
in Europe Reduces Prices

In special report to the State Depart
ment upon the prod uction of German beet
root sugar. United States Consul Muth at
Magdeberg explains the persistence of the
Germans in trying to secure the removal of
our discriminating duty upon it. He shows
that even this small duty of lilo of a cent
per pound means great deal to t.le Ger
mans, for the prosperity of vast interests
depends upon a considerable extension of
their sugar market. He says the German
beet sugar industry is passing through a
serious crisis. There has been a great in
crease in production. from "a, 500, 600 hun
bred weight in 1928 to 27,50O, 900 hundred
weight in 1854. This year the crop Will
reach $4,000 600 hundred weight. Prices are
falling below cost of production. All but
the largest factories found the balance on
the wrong side. The present season wit
nesses greater loss. The beet crop was
large and good. and sugar is declining
Beets cannot be grown for less than / LILO
marks per hundredweight, and the factories
now offer but ~ 10 SO pfennigs. So the ag-
riculturists also suffer- Germany must
Dnd market abroad this Year for 100000
hundredWelght more sugar than she export.
90 last year Austria also has over pro-
duced. The home consumption cannot
materially increase. even with lower.prices
for sugar, rs the heavy interal revenue fax
of ? l-S cents per FOUND will prevent its rise
in Germany as freely as in the United
States and Great Britain. The big stock of
sugar remaining on hand at the end of this
year will work havoc with next years
rrices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
DR.. PARKHURsT's YOUTH.
When He Came Back from Europe he As
founded his Neighbors with Great Sup
ply of Large Words.-A Studious and
Diligent Boy.

The people of the manufacturing town
stories of DR. Charles H Parkhurst's boy
hood, for here e lived from his 18th to
his goth year. The brick school house
he attended still stands. The dry goods
store in which he clerked has been re-
moved to side street and is used for
other purposes, but it is pointed out as
the place where the "Parkhurst boy
workedn and is one OF the objects Of
interest in the town, writes Boston
correspondent of the New York Tribune.
The house in which the family lived re-
maius, slightly altered, and is tine prop
erty OF DR.. Park hurst.
Yet more interesting are the village
people Who remember him and who,
from the calm content of their unevent-
full lives, lock into the greater world and
follow his career with pride. Among
the village watchers the Doctors elder
brother yelling ton, now man of 60
year, who has edited the Item. the only
daily paper in the town, for 80 years. Ii.
G. Greeley, third cousin of Horace
Greeley, the dry goods merchant for
whom Charles Park hurst worked, still
keeps store and cherishes vivid recol-
lection of his ex-cleIk. When DR.. Park
bursts name was mentioned to him this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
THE WOLVERINE.

wolverine is sometimes found prowling for
prey. Sombre, saturnine. and suspicious, he
makes his stealthy way through the forest
shadows, his little, sharp, short-sighted,
eyes keenly on the lookout, his black muz-
zle pointing and turning to left and right,
shutting for food as he plants his large.
black. semi plantigrade paws in the snow,
leaving tacks that might readily be mlstak-
en- for those of a young bear. No dainty
feeder he. but an incarnate hunger, out for
all he can get. and prepared to take in de-
tail all things that he can find to kill, de-
your, or destroy. If anything appears that
excites his suspicion OF which for any rea-
son he wishes to examine carefully from
distance. Che exercises the curious habit
mentioned by Frederick Schwatka and
other northern explorers, and sitting up
| right on his hind quarters. shades his eyes
| with one paw during his deliberate inspec-
| ton. The forest creatures of his kin. the
ermine, sal BILE. and fisher. give him a wide
| berth. The fox found by him at dinner
beats hasty retreat. bearing with him the
remains of his meal, bird or rabbit. as he
| uDravels distance between himself and his
omniverous visitor in long. graceful leaps.
| If the carcass at which he has been gnaw-
ing is too heavy 10 carry away, the fox re-
| luctantly gives place to the wolverine and
turks about waiting for him to satisfy his
/ -winded appetite and depart. If i'm
PEELED by the cravings CT hunger he VEN
| lures to approach the coveted repast, a
menacing growl from the heavy animal
fiercely tearing away Mt it and a glance
from his fiery eyes sends him skipping
| away to safe distance.
With the wolf. tie lynx, and the wildcat
the wolverine must wage battle for his
booty. He does not hesitates to attack any
one of these animals, fighting fercely and
silently, or with a low, kissing growl, and
settling down to work with a deadly per-
sistency that usually proves too much for
the feline creatures. which are lucky if
they can end the contest by retreat.
With the wolf, strong and wary fighter
himself. superiority in weight counts. and
the issue of fight is apt to depend on the
size and courage of the particular wolf en-
countered.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
NAMES FIRE ESCAPES.
The Law Only Partially Enforced-Inspec
tor of Factories Describes Various Kinds
in His Report-The New Cable Ladder.

The report of the Maine Bun eau OF Indus
trial and Labor Statistics this year devotes
a chapter to the subject of Fire Escapes.
The law of the State provides that every
public house where guests are lodged, and
every building in which any trade. manu-
fnceture, OF business ia carried on, requir-
ing the presence OF woI kmen or other per
sons above the first story, and all rooms
used for public assembly or aumsements
shall at all times be provided with suitable
ana sufficient fi1e-escape, outside stairs, OF
ladders from each story or gallery above
the level of the ground. easily accessible to
all inmates IN case of fire or uf an alarm
of fire.
The inspector of factories in his portion
OF his report says of the enforcement of Thu
law:
whether the law is sufficiently definite
IN regard to penalty for neglect or refusal
to erect fire escapes may be an open quss-
non. but 1t any such defect exists it should
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
Jungle,
Forest,
Mountain
and Desert,

And not only details DR.. Brehm's own
experiences and observations during hi
long and exciting career as naturalist,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
Animals OF THE World +.
BREHM'S
life OF Animals.

is
of
OF
uparsous MHi
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
FOR men

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will find it full of interest, because
actual events and established facts
are portrayed in style more fascin-
ating than fiction, and because it
furnishes more valuable information,
told in more entertaining manner,
than any other Natural History.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23

A STANDARD WORK
Throughout the world. Translated
from the third German edition (the
price of which is $50 in Germany, as
edited by Prof. Pecheul-Loesche and
DR.. William Haacke, and revised and
abridged by Prof. Richard Schmidtlien,
and especially adapted for the use of
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young.
In addition to text of absorbing
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tractive by anecdotes of actual expert
ences. it will contain upward of 4 ,OOO
illustrations, including many
cOlOred plates, by the most noted
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from life. There are scores of full
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a page of text that does not contain one
or more pictures.
This work is issued only in weekly
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It abounds in interest for every one,
and aside from its invaluable educa-
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FOR WOMEN

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combines healthful amusement,
with instruction for children as well
as adults, thus adding to the attrac-
tions of home.
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down the side of the building. to which with
an ordinary staple it should be fastened to
prevent swaying, person can go up and
down this fire with perfect ease and safety
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The Portland Daily Press is only SOC a
month; try it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-23
Almost Too sharp.


Alphonso Karr, the French novelist,
had a great liking for sailors, with
many of whom he was on terms Of
intimate friendship. Probably he had
also feeling of something like con-
tempt for comfortable, worldly people
of the ''middle class" the French bour-
geOis. One day, at friends house,
he dined unexpectedly with seven or
eight strangers.
Next to him sat a rather pretty
woman" who at first seemed little
timid. Then as children do with dogs,
Monsieur Kari says, finding he did not
bite, she grew more talkative, and end
ed by saying:
"They say good many things about
you."
Indeed. Tell me what they are, and
will tell you whether they are true
"Well," said the woman, my hus-
band said to me the other day: 1T is
astonishing and provoking to see Mon
sieur Karr going with all sorts of peo-
pie. met him the other day at Hon
fieur, dining with some pilots"
(Which is your husband?" asked the
novelist
''The man at the end of the table,
next the lady with the green hat"
"Ah, well, tell your husband that l
dined at Honfeur with some pilots be-
cause those pilots were friends of mine,
and more than that, men very skill
full and brave. But tell him he Is de-
ceived when he says that l am seen
with all sorts of people, For example,
no one ever saw me with him"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-23

sible, a half of the mold lifts and thu
type jumps out. At the lower end Of
each one there is q ''jet'' Of metal
which clings and has to be broken or
by an automatic device. In some OF
the larger styles Of type the jet" is
removed by hand. When all the as in
the font are made the b matrix liz put
in. and so on to the end of the alpha
bet. A casting machine will turn out
from 100 to 175 type a minute.
"A type font Is sometimes measured by
weight in pounds and sometimes by
the number Of ms which it contains
Job fonts are always turned out by
count. The proportion of letters in a
font Is interesting as showing how
much more some letters are used than
others. In a 5000 lower-case m font
of "minion 3d. weighing $50 pounds.
there are 1900 as, 1900 bis, 1000 c's.
5000 DIS, $4,000 e's, 500 ks and 500 is
Il is used more than any other letter in
the alphabet. 1t Is followed by t, with
10000; then by and a, with 9, 1000 each;
luCu ~ WIN o,OVos AAC 1SuoS uSel
letters are z, with 800, and and X,
with 500 each. or the numerals and
are most used, having 700 each. Some
of the fractions have fifty types to the
font and the braces have only twenty.
five each.
The great newspaper offices use thou
sands of pounds Of type every year
But the recent introduction of linotype
machines. which cast the type line by
line as fast as it is set, has severely
injured the business Of making body
type. A great Chicago dealer says
that the linotype machines have cut in
at least % per cent, the effect being
felt most in the orders from the big
city dailies. An effort Is being made,
however, to fight the linotype machine
with machine which will set real
type, and in this the type founders
place good leal of hope for the future
But the business of producing new
styles Of job type and casting them 10
still a great industry.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-23

feet, but, unexpectedly finding no support,
he lost his hold and fell. With the alert
ness and quickness of trained circus per-
former, Pierre saved Ned from injury by
violently pushing him at the instant that
his descending body came within reach.
Thus he landed sprawling but unhurt.
The noise brought the thieves pell nell
the whole gang-from the outer cham
Der, where they were discussing the ques-
ton what to do with the captives. Again
the quick wit of the boy directed the
strength and courage of his seniors.
Drop, father--we want your he shout
ed
Caesar unhesitatingly did it, and the
familiar arms of his two circus aids eased
his fall.
This way, Ned-this way, ALI" Pierre
continued. eve must fight our passage
OUT"
Three of the four adversaries whom the
thieves so suddenly encountered were ex-
perts in the use of cultivated muscles, and
even Jonathan Harley was not bad
fourth, for it was from him that Ned in
herited his strength. Along the passage
to the entrance there was a confused
struggle, but the circus party got out
ahead of all their enemies-save two.
They were Joe, whom Ned threw back
into the aperture after violent struggle,
and Dan the Briton, on whom Caesar
vented all his hatred of the English ma.
ton. Poor Dan was flung in with his fell
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-23

lost our running gear. My son has gone
to Victoria to fetch help, and when we
get it we shall clear away soon enough,
can tell YOU
Then the conversation became amiable,
and Cascabel explained the business in
which he was engaged.
IA circusr' the chief talker of the quar-
tette exclaimed with much enthusiasm.
''What will performance cost us?"
ooh. ten American dollars would do.
But there isn't British money enough in
all your pockets to tempt me, though
we're rather poor"
''Well, it's bargain. Wen give you a
United States note for ten dollars for a
special show. Dan here will fetch it
while you're getting things ready"
ThereupOn the Cascades. prepared to
give an exhibition, and, by the time they
were costumed, Dan had returned with n
crisp ten-dollar note.
That's money hater of England can
accept" said Cascabel "Have you good
supply of it?''
This innocent and aimless question
seemed to hit concealed bulls eye, for
the leader, whom they called Joe, said
with menace in his voice: ''That is none
of your business. Go on with your show"
The Cascades went faithfully through
with their accustomed program, excepting
the parts belonging to the absent Pierre,
and the four men were as attentive and
demonstrative spectators as though they
had numbered four hundred. But there
was trouble at the close. Cascabel finish
ed the entertainment with his own feats
of strength. He juggled cannon balls the
weight of which he certainly exaggerated
in his bOmbastie announcement. Then
the biggest of the strangers, who had
hitherto been silent, spoke out:
"Blawsted rot" he cried, in a broad
London accent. ''They're loighter than
you soy"
Cascabel strobe forward more furiously
than the criticism itself justified, because
the knowledge that, after all. he had per-
formed for an Englishman enraged him.
I'm substitute you for ball, my man, -
he said, land toss you like feather
But Joe pacifed the athlete, and said
commandingly to the Englishman: 'No
row, now. We can't afford it." Then,
turning to Cascabel. as the four were
quitting the place, he remarked pointedly
I'VE needn't quarrel-that is if you don't
stay longer than is necessary. We don't
banker after neighbors."
| Let us now transfer our attention to
| Pierre Cascabel, and his trip to Victoria
He rode one horse, and led the other, his
instructions from his father being to buy
or hire four jackscrews, to be used in
raising the van. He was to load these
instruments on the second horse, and re-
| turn as speedily as possible. He lost nc
time in obtaining the screws, and was eat
| ing cheap but nutritious meal in res
taurant before setting out again, when
he lifted his astonished eyes to the face
Of Jonathan Harley. Perhaps it was the
fact that the boy was engaged in eating
voraciously, as he had done when previ
ously playing the girl, that enabled the
man to recognize him positively and in
stantly.
II own up" Pierre said, contritely. 81
am the boy who fooled you. Pray forgiv,
me-"
| you're the girl, you mean," Mr.. Harle,
replied. "Oh, you needn't strain you,
voice by trying to speak like man, Pier
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-23

When Paderewski was a professor at
Warsaw ConservatOire he often spent
the evening with a certain friend, who
was prone to have decided opinions on
matters musical. One night the talk
turned upon Mozart and his works.
"Ah," said the friend. there was a
master! No living composer could ap
proach him, or even attempt to do So"
Padarewski did not agree to this; but
not being an argumentative man he
shrugged his shoulders and said moth
ing. Next day he came again and sat
down at the piano, saying carelessly:
II should like to play you little thing
of Mozart's. You don't know this, dc
your
He played the minuet, to the delight
of the other man, who cried out trium-
phantly:
"What a proof of what said! Now.
won't you acknowledge that no one in
our day could write a composition like
that?'
"Well, hardly" said Paderewski,
meekly, because, you see, this minuet
is miner
He scored that time.