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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
Committed Observation-Disclosures

Justice Bacchus, of Lambert's
FONT, committed Elliott Williams.
Molile Moore and Georgianna Pow.
ell, ell colored, to jail yesterday
morning, charged with breaking
into the residence of Mr.. II. S.
Spratley and stealing jewelry and
other articles valued at Sl5O
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
Under Oxford ali.

Blankets, blankets cheap; worsted
gloves, buckskin gloves, boys
gloves. boys mittens, ladies' NIT
tens ohiidren's mittens, new kid
gioves. Agent for the celebrated
Gold Medal black dress goods, A.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
Are HOIi in WANT

vi q suit or overcoat at prices re.
markably cheap for the fine class of
goods we have the reputation of
selling If so, call and make your
selection, and we promise you that
we will save You money.
LEVY IL JACOBS, 200 High 81.
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= @ z ) s NJ O u TIT,

supply is getting less. People arc
requested not to waste so much.
Tho next term of the County
Court will begin next Monday.
Officer Harte yesterday reported
Lanes bar room on the corner of
Crawford and County street, as
being disorderly Sunday night.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
GrentcAt Sacrifice

OF trst'class clothing and WOODEN
underwear ever offered to the people
OF this vicinity. We are bound to
close out every dollars worth to
make room for new spring goods.
which will begin to arrive about 1st
OF March. Breslauer & Anthony.
ia High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
"SaIM O,Siiautcr.,,

just received from New York
something new in Scotch Tom
O'Shanters. All styles and prices.
Call early and get. your choice.
Charles K. Welton 4 Co., 332 and
334 High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
"oh't Miss Tho Great EmbrOider,
Snie Now Going Ouat
Ianmmill's.

together with our entire stock of all
wool blankets, dress goods, under
wear, ginghams, table cloths, chIl.
dren's caps and Fruit of the Loom
cottons. These prices are for cash.
Hammills. 800 High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
DWELLING FOR SALE.

Nice dwelling, corner Holiday ami
Chestnut streets. PARK View: seven rooms
ana kitchen. stable. nice porch, etc.
arty desires To soil and build a Iarper
house. Will soil OH reasonable terms.
JNO. l.. WATSON,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12

Born at 332 and 334 High street
and raised everywhere: Z. Il. Wei
ton IL Cos 81 umbrellas,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12

Lomps, silk shades, wire frames
doii carriages. toilet sets, pictures,
tables. rockers and everything else
at Crawford's Furniture and CARPET
H0uee Pe'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12
Working Shoes. Dre,n >hoes.

Large variety for men Just re-.
celved at l.. q. Long u Sons. 2l9
High street, next to Crawford's fur.
nlture store,
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saood,a womaorruI,

Goods Sarsaparilla has relieved mo
OF tho misery which | suffered from sick
headache. 1t Is the most wonderful
medicine that have ever seem" ". w.
Greene, Alton, Va,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-12

Hoods Pills care all liver ills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
SHE RUNS THE STATE.
Wyoming's Acting Governor Nineteen
 year-old Girl.


 Governor Richards of Wyoming, who has been in St. Louis as an encampment visitor, has not allowed affairs of state to worry him. He knows that every thing is all right at home, for his 19- year=old daughter is in charge, and she sends reassuring telegram every after noon. Here is specimen message:
 CHEYENNE, Wy, July All quiet at the statehouse. The Fourth is lively The children are all we'll :"
 At one of the afternoon luncheons at the Jockey club Governor Richards said that he had presumed upon his invita- tion for himself and staff by bringing his wife along.
 'sThe man who understands the fig ure that women cut out our way would not be surprised that 1 include Mrs. Richards in my interpretation Qf the in- yitation," said the governor. Yin Wyo- ming women are a power. My young daughter, just out of college, is my pri- yate secretary, and upon her devolves all of the routine responsibilities of the office. She knows all about the office of the executive; she prepares the most important of state papers, and ill my ab- sence she is in charge as completely as it is possible for secretary to be. ''- St Louis Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
SHE ARRIVED ON TIME,
Crossed g River OF One stringer and Rode
 Sixty Miles on Horseback.


 Mrs. Minnie Hickox, who has just entered upon tho discharge of her du- ties as teacher of the public schools of Cooke City, left Livingston to open the Cooke school on Thursday morning a week ago. Upon arriving at Cinnabar. the terminus of the railroad, she found that the stage would not leave that day on account of the washing out of the bridge across Gardiner river. The stream was so swollen that the stage driver dared not undertake to make ford.
 This was dilemma not counted on by tue pluclky schoolteacher. She had given her word that she would be in Cooke on Monday, and she determined to make 1t good, even if she had to con tinue her journey on foot and swim the streams, There was no time to be lost. and so she started out
 All there was left of the Gardiner bridge was single stringer. Nothing daunted, the lady stepped boldly on to this and walked across the raging river. It was perilous undertaking even for a man, and woman less brave and cool headed than Mrs Hiekox would have been very likely to have become dizzy and lost her balance. Mrs. Hickox, how ever, proved herself equal to the emer- geney, and reached the opposite bank of the roaring mountain torrent ill safety.
 As luck would have it, she found a family en route to Cooke encamped close by, an1 securing horse mounted it and continued her journey. It was a pretty long ride for a woman who had never ridden a horse-the distance be- ing 60 miles over a rough mountain road but Mrs Hiokox kept on her weary way until she reached her destination. Upon arriving at Cooke she was so bad ly used up with her long ride that when she got off her horse she had to be as- sisted to the hotel She had the satisfae- tion, however, that she had kept her ap- pointment. -Anaconda Standard.
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Together In Insanity.

The transfer of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Coles of Fishing Creek township to the Danyille Asylum For the Insane brings to light strange story. Husband and wise went crazy together. Coles was a miller, whose financial reverses unbal- anced his mind. The signs of insanity in her husband affected Mrs. Coles mind. A few days ago, in . suddenly developed violent fit, Coles threatened to kill his wife.
 This turned her mind completely, and while some of the neighbors took Coles to jail for safe keeping others watched ovsr the insane wife. They were taken to the asylum on the same train. Phil adelpiiia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
Chicago to Rival EiffeI.

Chicago is going to build tower to eclipse Eiffel's monster It is to be 1,150 feet high, with four platforms and telescopes, camera obscuras and many other attractions for sightseers
 It is said that practical steps have been taken to insure the carrying out of the project Anything in Chicago that will enable a person to get far above the city and see places long distance away ought to be a success. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
Samuel Is In Trouble.

Mark Twain is sitting on carbuncle and is entitled to the sympathy of all persons of fine feeling. He will appre- .ciate now, poor fellow, the point of the humorous remark that there is only one comfortable place for boil-on some other man s neck. New York Recorder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
Two Domestic vetoes by MT. Cleveland

While Mrs. Cleveland is a domestic woman she had at one time an ambition to play golf, but when the matter was preached to MT. Cleveland he firmly but kindly declined to consider it, both be- cause he did not like it as a recreation for a woman and because also he thought that it was an undignified amusement for the wife of a president of the Unit cd States. When Mrs. Carlisle was first considering bicycling and before she had become an adept at it, Mrs. Cleveland had the idea that possibly she would like to ride bicycle. The suggestion of this to the president met with the same response as the golf idea, so Mrs Cleve- land does not play golf and does not ride a wheel Commercial Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
It's & Girl.

In spite of prophesying. It's grill Of praying and of crying, It's girl. Her baby eyes are beaming; Her golden hair is gleaming. Gle surely isn't dreamingO It's grill In spite of sis and t'other, It's a grill iAnd did he want anotherO It's grill The nations come a-calhng; The little miss is squalling. (It really is appalling.) It's grill Just hear the babies cackle, tits a grill" (Bring out his fishing tsckie.) It's a grill The prospects, not inviting, And fortunes rather sighting. (Thank heaven the fish are bitingi It's grill
 -Atlanta Constitution
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
;aowiedgment From England.

t i. 0wiedgment From England. Der . h;l surprising to find in a London lkins,,. of philosophy so broad and lriDtaS5 5 T rue ,ss, as the following, which idsaas irssa In The Daily News: eInde- Aaorv = uay brings no bitterness of glisbnsao 70 the present generation of les tben. tbae They know how many lib its s ,o. owe to it. But for the day pg of paons th our empire might be a today ;a 1 past. That the England lerica a 's some extent the child of Ehs A., ana owes much of it's freedom 'bably s1iean r devotion to liberty has |ackno,rs,s before had so handsome loera, Wledgment. St. Louis Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-17
HOW would He Look In Short Pantsa

HOW W UuIu 1HS 11ooIN TIT 0I1O1 @
 There is a weird, uncanny suspicion that President Cleveland ill his quiet retreat at Gray Gables is surreptitious- ly learning to ride the bicycle -Chica- % Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-03-30
The Moral issue in Taxation.

The Georgia tax return, after asking
ffty-one questions. winds up by inquir-
ing ''the value Of all other property not
herein mentieqej3l nch man answers
in s1more g T. 'scItwiekian sense.
H6doesnSf ain to n ho6a6f buts only
asaear "a - hi& telGh 1eo3will ever
s ssssrs sss 8 'ssS to n ss,,
from forty 10 ssvsntv-csnts on the dol
lar, or is expected to-. Confiding ma.
lures try to believe that nobody de-
faults worse than this or that few do
The WhNls fqhiect i mapagedin . gin
gerly manner, you see. and the average
man. when pressed, will admit that \
paper institution Is necessarily farce.
"But it hadn't ought to be-" he will
add, '.men ought to give honest and inn
partial returns of all their property"
This Is very well as .. theory. but in
practice should our laws be adapted to
the, men we now haye or to the men we
ought to have?Ths Courier, St LouiA
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To American Farmers.

The old proyerb runs, Experience IL
4 desr teacher. buf fools will learh Of
no other Few farmers are Tools
Most of them have wisdom sufficient to
prof,t BY the experiences Or Others una
to knowJthst sssere ~ snotisan active
working farmer In al this. broad land
of ours who has not cause to lament
the hardness OF the times When farms
|, will scarcely bring the cost, of their inn
provements, and lands, on which ma
lures choicest gifts have beeA Law
ished leave butts bare living after pay
ing taxes " hen farmers in Kansas burp
corn for lack OF coal, and coal miners
in Pennsylvania are half starved for
lack of opportunity to. work and buy
this very surplus of corn, it is evident
that the cause and the cure must speed
lily be found and spplied tive would
avert the consequences that in all ages
have followed such conditions What
then, can history tell us Of the causes
that produced like conditions in, the
past?
= Injudicious ana excessive taxation
has made paupers of the; Turks, once
so vigorous. that Europe's combined
strength scarcely suficed to turn back
the tide of their invasion. 1t has pau
perized Spain, once the wealthiest and
most powerful nation of Europe. 1t
has Impoverished italy, whose sons
I once ruled the world IT. has drivenit the
canny Scot and the thrifty German by
thousands from their homes, and made
Irishmen, In spite OF their love for old
Erin. aliens and. wanderers over the
whole earth. It breeds pauperism in
every civilized community on the globe.
1t is to-day in spite of our national re-
sources and our imitless domain, ex-
hibiting the same tendencies here that
1t has produced at all times and in all
places under the sun since civilization
began. La. 4..3 s....s
There are other wrongs to be righted,
other grievances to be redressed. but,
as compared to our ,barbarous, unequal.
injudicious and injurious modes OF
taxation all other burdens are but o
feathers weight Under our 'endeavor
to tax every thing. the working farmer
Is the greatest sufferer, for what little
he has is in forms that can not escape
the eye of the tax gathereE Hence
abandoned farms and the steady flow
of the bone and sinew of our country
homes to cities, where to great ex-
tent it is possible for industrious men to
escape taxes on industry. for thrifty
men to accumulate without disgorging
the greater part Of their savings Tax
Dufo !.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-03-30

During a recent discussion of the
graduated tax extortion. contempt
rary reminded us that the plan had
been tried in Switzeland and worked
admirably. giving general satisfaction.
This we did not believe as human
nature is much the same all over the
world, and thrifty citizens do not like
! to submit to confiscation through gov
ernmental tyranny. whether they live
in Kentucky or Kamschatka- But not
having reveled of late in the attractions
of Alpine attitudes or the seductive
study OF Swiss craftsmanship. we
could not for the moment authoritative
lydeuy that bold extortion was popular
among the rich men OF. that republic.
The Boston Weekly Review, however.
has important information on the oper-
alton of graduated taxation in Switzer-
land. The facts are gathered from an
Official report from the British legation
in Berne. BY the way. it Is only in
certain cantons that this system. OF
progressive taxation exists, and it is
the most thoroughly developed in
Vaud. = si pn asis "a
In this canton. then. we must look
for great and general prosperity If the
graduated tax theorists are correct
But what do we find? We quote from
the Review: 81, sp,fi' s
'sThe fiscal gain is more than counter
balanced by depreciation in land values
and injury to local trade. Wealthy
families have left the canton, while
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Illinois Urged to Adopt Single Tax.

About year ago q majority of the
citizens of Hyattsville, Nd, voted to
remove all taxes from buildings and
personal property and to raise the nee
essary municipal revenue from ground
rent alone A few OF the large land
owners immediately carried the affair
into court, and upon suffering m ad-
verse decision appealed to the supreme
court Of the state. which has just de-
clared the new law unconstitutional
Single takers and others bent upon tag
reform may learn from this experience
that the shortest roadsto q fair trial Of
new tax systems is the one leading to q
revision of state constitutions The
people have long since outgrown these
ancient documents and to continue In
their observance Is simply to say that
Americans are incapable ofself-govern-
'ment There is pending in the New
York legislature q bill which would
grant to each township and municipal.
ity the right to choose and apply it,
own system of taxation. This measure
of local option. which should have the
general support of farmers and other
special victims of the present plumber
ing scheme, will undoubtedly prove the
first step toward more equitable assess
ments. No community could possibly
select a more unjust system than the
one now in vogue, and there is reasond'
BILE certainty that . vast Improvement
upon it will result from giving the peo
pie a chance to manage their local at
fairs. Illinois lawmakers should take
pote Of New York's proposed home rul<
bill and oF6men6 the constitution that
local option in taxation may be given te
the people of the state. Chicago Her
old
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raw. should Not Keep Land Vacant

ats.a zts rl- --,t't 50 fE-r i.ai2
A measure. enabling owners of land,
situated within the limits of any bor-
ough of, this = commonwealth and
used exclusively for farming pur-
poses, to- have such land detached
from said boroughs, ia pending in the
Legislature at Harrisburg. It's enact
ment into law would check the growth
and improvement of scores of towns in
the state and establish q precedent for
similar legislation affecting cities
The bill ought to be killed at once
1t has no merit and If passed would I'M
volve a fragrant injustice to every Dor
ough in which Glands used exclusively
for farming purposes" may be held.
For the object of the proposed act is OBJ.
yiously to permit the owners OF such
lands to escape taxation for borough
purposes They now pay their share
into the borough treasury, but under
this measure they would rid themselves
of that burden while retaining all the
advantages which public improvements
and the. growth of population contrib
ute to the ownership of land.
1t will not be pretended by the advo-
Gates offhe bin thai the lands which it
is designed to affect will not share
equally with all other lands in the ben.
eft of public Improvements and the ad-
vance ofpopulation. Then why should
they not. contribute equally to the pub
lie revsnue3 asfN k9f
Thsnesspreptehtto beentitledI"An
act For the purpose Of enabling certain
land owners TO escape their fair share
of taxation and to retard the growth OF
certain boroughs by enabling certain
Landlords to withhold their lands from
|stheir best use pending Z rise in'value.
For that Isl exactly its purpose and no
other effect could be expected johns
town Democrat
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August.
Flower

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious
nessa and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried. but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
tion in which I hold it. 1t has given
me a new lease of life, which before
was burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should be made
known ia everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER. Printer. Humboldt. Kas.0
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Tammany's Opinion

SECRETARY OF THE NEW York STATE
TAX REFoRM AssocIArIoS-Dear Sir:-
am directed by Mayor Gilroy to ac-
knowledge the receipt Of your favor
with an inquiry concerning your book,
"Who Pays Your Taxes He wishes
me to say, that he has read it carefully.
Snding some things in it that he fully
endorses and others with which he can
not agree. He regards it, nevertheless,
az caaculatsd to stimulate Thought on
the important subject Of tax reform,
and, therefore. Of educational value.
= $3.50 Respectfully. - 49,. 4.
- WtILys HOLLY, Sec,y.
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IT ID absolutely certain also. that the
burden n local, taxation oil over the
land hss Ryown for yssrs past enor.
mcusiY hepyisr. and that beneficial ~
suits irc ridicplously out Of proportion
THERESA 3 warm time psepartn9 fcs
somebody, M !, csunesessl Advsp
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"Eeonom.y, !. Wealth. !"

= Dimon Banks TO prohigate son)-
Your extravaganza is objectionable.
Center Banks-We.:,l sir, l have
thought up . scheme by which ] can
save $1,000. 90
Dimou-Reallyi What ID II?
Center-You give me . hundred
thousand now and I'll save the In
heritsuee tax
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MEw SeisEv.

And kal Rel 6rt state ard Of razatioee.
I'm theSry this system (the present.
seems just, simple and easy of appiica-
ton, but the fact is It has entirely
broken down as useless, because, by the
universal testimony of every state in
the union. IL = an absolute impossibil-
ity to apply it to the complex social or
ganization of the present time. with its
many kinds and classes of property and
almost endless variety of circumstances.
enhSncing or diminishing the values OF
property, with the opportunities our
social system oilers and presents OF hid
ing from the assessors much valuable
EoSeYfxw6i6 eecapeS axat5dn wholly
a la& fiji - b. ~
The state board of taxation has given
the system Of taxation in use in the
various states of the. American union
snaSt searefnl study and research, 70
gether with the official reports and cur
rent literature on'this subject of taxa.
ton"
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Making Them I'ay for PrIvIIsgse.

The Connecticut Furitsus used n
tax every church member and devote
ths proceeds 10 supporting The mlniar
tss Taia did sot andsly encourage -
PptIeA
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Mrs. Freshley--Is this ell you are
going to give me for my birthday Why,
Mr.. Popley gave his w'fs . diamond
pecklace.
Mr.. Frcshley lhenpecksd| --Sowopla !
Il ~ Wsrs ay vita =yvytk
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TAX REFEH 5E}AFnEST.|

- Tins department sims to giSesveIy sody's
ideas about taxation mot sarin). Write your
opinions briefly. and they wi be published or
discussed Ia their turn by the editor CT by mem
Der OF the Taxation Society, Address. Taxa
ssob. Society this onsce - p. Q. Box Ppf-
DIN. YllJ tfl{N Is ~ IlAV "
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whatrto Expect.

Dumplin-A New York. court has de-
cided that the Dutch never had any title
TO Manhattan island.
Pompon-The next thing will be a de-
cision that the Germans don't own NIL
wepkee. -Judge. = faHvekl ssus