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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29

We are sole agents for Yonman's
Hats. GOLDMAN X HoFuEIMER, 100
Main street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29

y special reduction in sterling silver
for the month OF June. Bridal presents
very low. Chaaman X Jakcman.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
Labor nay Services.

The secretary of the y. NJ. g. A.
has arranged TO have services Sunday
afternoon ut 4 O'Clock to be known as
l.nhor Day service. The Central Labor
Union las signitied an intention 10 at.
tend. The addresses will lie delivered
10y DR.. NJ. b. Wharton, Of the Free.
mason Street Baptist Church. Tx.
ceIlent music ana M elaborate pro
gramme will be arranged.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
NiE: Nt:>.
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual etiur u: the stockholdcr. of TIL.
AMEE!I AN fIRllLlHlNG COMPANY will L,.
lcld NJ the company otlicc. NJ. . Atlantic st,e,l
on NEpNE>pAf, Se tcnitcr llth, 1875 nj y
O'Clock IA. FRANK f. WIIC *
Iu2.-tdm >,rr,t,ry
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
WEATHER. REPORT.
Forecast for To-day.


For NirgiuisE Fair during the day.
\ EAR pre- t'ninS aud til nder showers In the
sOuthery winds.
Fair North Caroiiua Generally fair,
southwestesly wi DIS.
IMMATURE ALMANAt-Sun rises, SPA: sun sets,
63i; high water. i35 0. M. aud i:5j D. in; low
wafer lu4i a. III. and 1859 p. IN.
Local MetcOrOiogtcnI Dntn.
lFoR "a HOURS ENDING O'CLOCK LAST NIoHT.l
U. y. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU,
Local Office. Dodson Building,
NonroLK, Va, Aug. 81. 1895,
Maximum temperature .. 90
Minimum temperature 20
Normal temperature deducted from "a
years observation "A
D.eparlnre from normal. ............ plus s
Rainfall for "a hours q
Rainfall since lst OF the month. 2.4Y
j. j. GRAY. Observer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29

.U't'aHta On Mird egge,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29

y light weight ovcrcoat Is a necessity
at the seashoro md mountains Our
Covert ovsrcoat Is just tie cont you
want NICHOLS " WALLACE.
60 Main tysAs,
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19


TI.ls movement To hiring tla
sclloolboys and school ei.ls OF
the South 10 Atlanta has met
with prompt encouragement,
beth frcm the schools and rail
reads. The Chief of Publicity
and Promotion is in receipt Of
letters from General Passenger
Agents of number of rail-
roads, saying that they will CO
operate heartily in the matter,
and printed matter has been
sent ont through the railroads
to the schools. In this connec-
lion information comes that the
University of Tennessee viii
send down battalion of cadets
from Knoxville to Atlanta in
November to so into camp near
the exposition. The University
will be represented also ny a
fne exhibit in the Liberal ARTS
Department.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

4 WRITER on the industrial
progress OF the United States
in the North American Review
for September says that the
wages curve per operative starts
below $500 per year in 1860, is
nearly 5000 now. and will be
about 500 by the year 1900.
This is argued to siiow that
tie distribution of wealth is
continually coming to be more
aud more equalized, and that
the average day laborer and
workman of every grade will
continually profit more and
more. and will gain constantly
a larger and larger share Of
this distributions
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

Az expedient for promoting
The administration of justice
when the criminal is to yoang
10 be punished is suggested by
fhe Galveston News: 4 juv
emile tough shot aud killed a
little ST. Louis girl WHO attempt
ed to save her pet dog from the
frearm Of the former The boy
is too young for punishment
under the law, and the question
IS whether his parents should
be hanged for the crimen.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

The Associated Press cores
pendent in London has DIS
eoeered that the English are
not over fond of Americans
anyway. Some such impression
has prevailed on this side Of
the Atlantic ever since 1776.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

WITH some PopJylists, every
prominent man who may
change his mind Oh the subject
Of tree silver or other political
issue is a judas They can
not conceive such 4 thing as q
man with mind enough to be
open'to conviction.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

san AEToEIo EXPRESS: Capt
William Anderson is entitled
to a medal for his brave actions
during the last blow on the
gulf. Several persons owe their
life to his heroic work.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

The news of the separation
of Frances Hodgson Burnett
from her husband viii be re-
ceived with surprise and sor-
row by the many admirers Of
tbatlady 5 books. Mrs. Burnett
and her family have been writ
fen about and pictured as pre-
senling the ideal of a combina-
ton Of literary fame and do
mestic joys and thus is the idol
shattered. The truth Of the
statement that success means
sacrifice is emphasized once
more.-San Antonio Express.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

JUpGE REAGAH's silence in
regard to Dick Wynne's letter
Is causing Texas politicians as
much worry as President Cleve-
lands silence on the third term
question is causing some ma
fional political leaders.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

Ms. LEASE excoriates ex
Senator Ingalls,, describing him
IN terms which almost make
one feel sorry for him. If what
she says of the Kansas stork'
be true, be must feel small in
deed after seeing himself ex-
posed The masterpieces ofeio
quence which have made him
such a reputation as an orator
Mrs. Lease declares are only
beautiful mosaiea composed of
tastefully selected quotations
which continually drop from
his brain to his tongue" some
OF his most eloquent expires
sions being traced to-Castellar,
the Spanish exile, Hugo and
3fassilion.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19
mt. Mark Won il has mover

lnuOfSeHleNt- MAIN ou IL Has h'fS-
received any other kind.
You can 90 boldly forth end say 10
the people we have been tried in the
balapce and we we're not found want
ing. That we are supported by the
very highest official Endorsements as
to our solvency and correct business
methods; ;hat we pay all our Honest
death claims in Full and sell You
insurance at cost. Can you ak more
We sell you a policy As good As &
government bond. and our phenom-
email success serves a a reliable
barometer of the good will and sup
port with which we are received by
the public. You can state that our
collections were never better than
under our August call. On the 9th.
the daily report Of the home office
showed receipts $552,0O in apple
ations. We received on the first four
DAYS of this month at this Office $l3J.-
900. vet you hear the apostles Of Old
Lincism CRYING out the Mutual
Reserve is in tine hands of receiver.
These gentlemen ~ had as well
stop their lying: their tricks are too
well understood their fame has gone
abroad, aud ike their predecessor.
Ananias. they must fall at the feet
Of their idol and give up tie goal.
The Mutual Reserve will. after Jan.
|, issue new policy. 1t willnot be
Old Line double assessment. twill
be new line single assessment, dis
tinctly marked with the knowledge
obtained from our own experience
of fifteen years and other companies
of our class, combined with the cX-
perience of our Old Line people of
80 years. 1t will contain all the
modern Improvements that eXper-
fence has proven to be practicable.
New line insurance must and has
taken the day. OurOid Line friends
have been running in the same old
rut for 20 years and stacked a legal
reserve Of OYER $I.00O.000,o0O much
to the detriment of the business.
This centraiizing Of capital has al
most demoralized our government
and bankrupted and pauperized it,
citizens. The people must open their
eyes in seif-defense.
Gentlemen, wa shall expect a good
record for september. II will not be
impossible for the Mutual Reserve to
plant $l.O00,O00 of business in Texas
before Jan. l. | trust there is not
an agent in the field who Will fail
to give us at least $4,000 for the
month, which will entitle him to
the extra bonus If the expense fund
is paid.
With my very best wishes for your
success. believe nae, Truly.
Us. CHAPMAN, State Manager.
referring TO the above I BEG to
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19
THURSDAY, SEPT. 70, 1896.


MosT of the newspapers seem
to think Ingalls, attempt to get
hack into congress will prove
an iridescent failure.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

SENATOR HARRIS Is said TO
be in had health, and various
Tennessee statemen are think
ing that their pedal extremilies
are just the right size to fiji the
venerable statesmdn's shoes.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19
EARLY FROSTS.

Gloversville. n. Y, Sept. Il.
The mercury registered 30
degrees here this morning and
ice formed. This is 81 degrees
lover than last Wednesday.
Mack, NY, Sept. 15.-There
was heavy frost Throughout:
the interior of Rockland coun-
~ last night, the first of season.
The lowlandS were white early
this morning.
Oswego, \. Y, Sept. 15.-Os-
wego was visited by severe
frost last night. The crops,
particularly the grapes, sus-
tanned serious damage.
There is nothing that will
scare a Yaqui Indian like an
eclipse. They do not under
stand astronomy, and when
there is an eclipse they declare
the moon has gone to sleep
and the devil has overtaken
her, SO they Immediately raise
a row. Last Tuesday night dur
ing the eclipse, these "Noble
Reds" of NogaIes Sonora got
out their tin pans, rawhide
drums, and yellow dogs and
began to make night hide0us
with their unearilly noise I'M
I'll Old Luna smiled forth on
them at about 1870 Il. m. Then
thinking they bad done it, they
went to their sheep skin couch
es on the floor to finish the
night in happy dreams Of how
successfully they had licked
the deyii.-Ex.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

a conjurer was recently per
forming the old trick ofproduc
ing eggs from a pocket hand
kerclief, when he remarked to
a little boy, in fun: 4 say,
my boy, your mother can't
get eggs without hens, can she:''
of coarse, she can" replied
the boy. "Why. how it thaf!''
asked the conj'fFer. She keeps
ducks, replied the boy.-RiclI
mond State.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

WITH three or four indict-
ments for murder against him,
Fl. II. Holmes alias Herman
MIDGET stands some chance of
getting small part of his dues.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19
State Managers Office
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn, !
OF New ork.
I. 5. HARPER, Founder.
T. \. BURNHAM. President.
j. S. CHArMAN,
State Manager. Dallas, Texas.
To Our Managers and AGENTS OF
Texas

To Our Managers and AGENTS OF
Texas:
Our August record S660,0Oo. We
think this is 4 little extra. especially
when We learn that some of our most
prominent and popular companies
which have had only smooth sailing
fell 80 per cent short in August. G.
Eisenmeyer of Galveston made the
best write up as district manager
John C'Neil of Port Layaca merits
the praise for The best personal bus
mess. having written $l30.00o,wlrich
entities him to the premium for the
month. Gentlemen, one and all Of
you, you certainly have my warmest
congratulations and the congratuia-
tions of our officers for your courage
and most excellent work. Our enc
mics, through jealousy. fear and self
aggrandizement, have been busily
engaged in giving Us all the dirt
possible. We Will have to allow
them to throw some mud, As this i
their only weapon. 1t is only ncces-
sary for " TO use cold and official
facts, which is far better. They have
rescried to ali kinds Of unfair tactics
yet there efforts have been in VAIN,
as if usual when such unfair means
Is resorted to break down justice and
honesty. While our country is flood
81 with cheap-John literature (such
stuff as c. G. HagerS. IT., and others
OF his kind are peddling among our
agents for liyelihood) yet in all
this stuff you do not find one single
official document or one that they
are willing even for YOU to see,
am proud to note that our people
are becoming educated to the fact
that that company Of that agent who
Will resort TO this mode OF business
IS either representing something that
viii not sell on its merits or that
they are not doing an honest and a
Legitimate business. The St. Louis
Po5t-Dispatch has been filled with
old line thunder for the past two
weeks or more. and to such an cX-
tent that the Hon. James Il. Waddill.
superintendent Insurance Depart
ment of Missouri, was induced to
send Aug. + Harvey. actuary of Mis-
souri, (and a gentleman Of high
standing in the insurance world 10
New York to look into the affairs OF
the company. After ten days ihves-
tigation he sent Mr.. Waddill the fol-
lowing;
TELEG BAN.
TCoPY.l
August 18th. 1885.
HOv. JAMES r. WADDHL,
superintendent Insurance De
ment.
ST. Louis. Missouri
I'm prectieolly Mro"gh. Nu
tuql Rcserre S assessments hare been
Legal2yand equisai}y made Pol
icy iolders shouN read carefHlly
all there as IN the assessment noticc
Assooie ian "adouJtedly solrent
and prosperous. FoJicy holdcrs
generally commend tie increase.
[SIgpedl AUG. +. H1R TET
Actua,y.
This IS complete victory for the
Mutual Reserv1e and Z 7trnrg official
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-19

Referring to the above I beg to
say / have refused to write Il policy
until all doubt as tothe SolYency and
prosperity ofthe Mutual Reserve had
been removed from the minds Of the
people. Is it has ever been from
mine. ! am now prepared TO write
YOU policy in the best company OH
earth, at half price.
Very truly yours.
JOIN ONEn,
General Agent.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
WANT TO FIGHT.
Irishmen Anxious to Have Go At
EnGllshmen.

Irishmen Anxious to Have q Go At
EnHllshmen.
New York, Dec. 10. - A manifesto
has been issued by the executive c0un-
Gil Of the Irish National Alliance Of
America. and a copy Of it has been
sent to President Cleveland. 1t 9M 81
in part: sEt#s
at has been publicly charged 6e
the policy of the Irish NationafHa
lance is an Irish policy Of hatredl
England, and is therefore contrarya16
the interests of America. This calls
in question the loyalty to the republic
Of our people. We declare incontro-
vertible that no more bitter, more per-
fdious or more ~unrelenting enemy
than Great Britain to the United
States has ever existed. England has
ever been the vengeful foe Of Ameri-
can liberty and republican institu-
lions. Imbued with this conviction,
and seeing that Great Britain has
avowed her intention to trample upon
the Monroe doctrine by her attempt to
rob Venezuela of her territory, and has
dared to violate the integrity Of our
territory in Alaska, we hereby offer
as a proof Of our loyalty and devotion
to the country of which we are citi-
zens. to place at the disposal Of the
president Of the United States without
delay 100000 soldiers, as brave as
have ever shouldered a rife, and every
man Of whom is a believer In the
principles and teachings of the Irish
National alliance"
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
South Dakota Leprosy.

Mound City, s. D., Dec. 19.-The res
idents of Walworth county r con
siderably exercised over the discovery
of IL genuine case of leprosy in the
family Of Olaf Mardahl, a Norwegian
farmer some distance north of Mound
City. The sufferer is Mardahl's eigh-
~teen-year-old son, who came to this
country from 1:rondhjem, Norway,
two years ago. The young man is said
to have shown signs Of the disease
even before he left home, and to have
been advised by his physician to come
to America in the hope that IN entire
change Of climate might have a ben
eficial effect. This hope has not been
realized, for he is now in a horrible
condition. Local physicians think
there is little danger Of c%ontagion, and
add that in the climate Of South Da-
kota it is unlikely that the disease
would flourish excerx in the case of
those who, like Mardahl. were serious
~ affected before their arrival here.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
a Jewish weadins Feast.

-
There were a great many people
coming and going that day at the
house Of the wise rabbi Isaac Ben
Nassur. They were not all Cana peo-
pie by any means. The bridal feast
was spread in the large front room
opening upon the porch, and all who
had a right to enter were welcomed
heartily. Food was plentifully pro-
vided, but the merriest hour Of the day
would be after sunset, when, the days
work being done, all the invited guests
would come.
The bridegroom was continually pres
ent to receive congratulations and
wishes. With him were several young
men Of his more intimate friends; but
decidedly the most important figure in
that room was Isaac himself. AS mas
ter Of the house and as ruler Of the
feast, he sat at the head Of the long
table provided for the occasion. His
dress was AZ simple as ever, but 1t
seemed to have undergone q change,
he wore 1t with SO grand an air. He
appeared to be happy, and he received
great respect from the throng of peo-
pie who came to congratulate him upon
the marriage Of his SOL. So the mar
riage feast went on until the midday
was past and the shadows began to
lengthen in the streets Of Cana.-'.The
Swordmaker's Son." by w. O. Stod-
dard, In st. Nicholas.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21


The inhabitants Of Gomera island,
one Of the Canaries, converse with
each other by whistling. A German
officer, who has spent some time on
the island, describes the whistling Ian.
guage, az follows:
1t consists Of the ordinary speech of
the natives, expressed by ~articulate
whistling. Each syllable has it's own
appropriate tone.
The whistler uses both fingers and
lips, and 1t is asserted that CONVERSE
ton can be kept up at the distance Of
q mile. Whistling is said to be con.
fined to Gomera island, and to be quite
unknown on the other islands of the
group.
The adoption of this mode Of carry.
ing on conversation is due to the geo.
logical formation of the island, which
is i~ntersected by frequent gulches and
ravines. AS there are no bridges
across these ravines, intercourse be.
tween neighbors is often difficult.
A man living within a stones throw
OF another may have to go many miles
around to make q call upon his neigh.
Dor, and the inconvenience of inter.
ourse led the people to cultivat,
whistling as a useful means Of con.
versing at q distance.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21

6trassbourH opera for ten years. I
had the honor to conduct the first per
Torrance Of civilian Tell" But since
I left my home, misfortune has fol-
lowed me. You have saved mine and
my daughters life, for, thanks to you,
We will be able to return home. Ny
daughter will get back her health in
her native climate, and I will find q
place among my compatriots to teach
that which I can no longer accomplish
myself. But you, you will be great
some day"
"Amen," answered the young men
as they led the old musician lovingly
to the street, and there they babe him
an affectionate farewell.
Notwithstanding their efforts to dis
guise themselves they had been recog.
nized by one Of the audience, who
told Of the episode.
The name of the young violinist was
Adolph Hermann, that Of the tenor
was Gustave Roger and the arrangeur
Of the charity concert was Charles
Gounod.
The prophecy Of the old musician
came true.-Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
Wasps and Suicide.

A short time ago NJ. Henry, a
Frenchman, being curious to e the
effect Of benzine on a wasp, put some
Of it under a glass in which a wasp
was imprisoned. The wasp immedi-
ately showed signs Of great annoy
ance and anger, darting at the piece
Of paper which had introduced the
benzine into his cell. BY and by he
seems to have given up the unequal
contest in despair, for he lay down on
his back and. bending up his abdo-
me, planted his sting thrice into his
body, and then died. M. Henry al
lowed his scientific interest to over
come his humanity so far as to repeat
the experiment with three wasps, only
to find that the other two did like.
wise. He ID, therefore, Of opinion that
wasps, uIder desperate circumstances,
commit suicide.-Publis opinion.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
LOST AT SEA.
A Ship Load of Naphtha and Nitro.
glycerine Blows I'm.

A. Ship Load Of Naphtha and Nitro
g~lycerine Blows Up.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-The German
ship Athena, from New York for
Bremen, was lost at sec on Sunday,
Dec. Is, together with the captain and
thirteen men, who were part of a crew
Of twenty. The first mate, second
mate and four seamen were picked up
by the British steamer Tafna, bound
for this port. The awful accident was
due to ar explosion of the ships car
go of naphtha and nitroglycerine. The
explosion occurred while the Athena
vas lying in q helpless condition on
Cape May, N. j. Following is q list
of those lost:
Capt. NJ. Haak, George Kenka, Fritz
Nohring, Hans Roeniz, John Spencer,
John Anderson, John Vogt, H. Whal-
en-, s. Noltz, Hans Agmussan, Wilhelm
Heinz, Bernard Pecsteir and two cab
in boys, names unknown.
Those saved were Alex Franzelius,
John Freese, l.. Monlder. John Sudsit,
Martin Pillas, George Schroeder.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
SAVED THE MUSICIAN.
1t was Christmas eve, many many
oAristm.s Eve in Gouaod.s Life.

It was Christmas eve, many many
years ago.
The cold had been intense all day,
but now, toward night, a thick, white
fog o out Of the muddy, swollen
waters Of the Seine and obscured the
buildings Of the neigkboring streets.
The clock On the tower Of the Church
Of Notre Dame struck 8. On the left
bank Of the Seine every street was de-
serted except, perhaps, the principal
arteries Of trade, and there were
scarcely a half dozen people in the
long, narrow Rue Mazarin back of
the Institute de France. These few
even did not notice a tall, old man,
who dragged himself painfully along,
and who stopped from time to time to
shudder with the cold, stopped because
he seemed not to have strength enough
left to shudder and to move along at
the same time.
He leaned heavily on a thick cane
and his left arm pressed a long object
wrapped In a shawl tightly to his
body.
He was clothed in thin, shabby gar
ments-summer trousers, an old coat
that was buttoned up to the neck,
perhaps to hide the absence Of q shirt.
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
ed to be given his liberty back
h Mistletoe.

"Kissing under the mistletoe" has
been thus explained by a Notes and
Queries. correspondent: zone would
suppose, from the part played by the
mistletoe in Scandinavian mythology,
that this custom was common to all
northern peoples. Baldus was slain by
a mistletoe dart at the instigatjon Of
Loki. and in reparation for the injury
the plant wac afterwards dedicated to
his mother, Frigg, so long as it did not
touch earth, Ioki's empire. On this
account it is hung from the ceilings
Of the houses, and the kiss given I'M
der it signifies that it Is no longer an
instrument of mischief. The fetes held
In commemoration of the sacred mis-
tletoe survived in some parts Of
France into the sixteenth century. The
plant was credited with many tails
manic properties and its festival at.
tracted Immense gatherings Of peoplA-"
The Dickinson press., 1895-12-21
How she Came on,

He had been Waiting with his hosts
daughter and was in the orner 70.
pairing damages. Here he was espied
by his would-be papa-in-law.
"She's the flower Of my family, sir"
said the latter.
$50 1t seems" answered the young
man. "Pity she comes of 30, amt it7'
he continued, as he eSsayed another
vigorous rub at the white spots on his
coat sleeve.-Cleveland World,