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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-08
NJ. II. LASH,
JOHN WILLIS. Jr.

Referring to the above, 7 wish to saw
to MY friends and the nubiic generate
that shall continue tho Furniture and
Carpet business in all its branches nj
Nos, jas, i55 and Isl Church street. nnd
promising to keep on hand Mt all tines a
complete and Well selected stock. and to
sell nj reasonable prices. N "
.Jnnuarv 20. 1896. is3,.yy6i
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-08

N0TlCE OF DiSSOLTTION OF CO.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES firm beTn,ot nCn
composed Of Hannah NJ. Nichols and LIN.
irc y. wallace, conducting the merchant
niShlng business is this day dissolved by
III Mutual rOnSnn1 ~
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-08
Norfolk, Va. January 40, 1850,

Norfolk. Va, January 20. 1896.
THE COMPREHENSIVE HERETO
! fore existing between the undersigned
NJ. II. Lash a. John Willis, Jr., under the
dissolved by mutual consent. the interest
OF NJ II. Lash in the property and assets
Of said firm having bren purchased 6y
the said join willis, Jr., and he alone ia
authorized to collect and receive what
ever debts are due or owing to the said
firm.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-08

Horse Caterers-H. G.. Guy & Co.. sell
5000 feed. 222 Chapel Phone 76s.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-08

To Cure Cold I'm One E,ny.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine oh,at,
All druggists refund the money If II nils
to cure. Csc. ~
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tnued TO plunge and rear, put bullet through the
elias head. With his knife, he then cut the thing
Tree from his saddle skirt, and as II feli 10 t!e
ground full sense OF the horror OF the situation
came upon him.
Then. Walter told me, an agonizing pain shot
through him. wrenchng at his heart as IL some
hand were striving to tear IL from his breast HIS
brain seemed on fire. and the hot poisoned blood
through the aching lungs only return like molten
lava through his already swollen arteries. Still he
retained consciousness. and. in a measure. reason
He was fully twenty-five miles from human hab-
taticn. Above him an uncouded sky reached down
on every side to n blistered desert, glazing white
with alka. The air. still and hot, was throbbing in
mirage upon the horizon. Not sound broke the
stiffness OF that arid desert spot and Walter says
he never before and has never since realized the
full horror of solitude He considered himself a
MORALLY injured man. In half hour. at best,
he thought he would be dead. But ne determined TO
make ride for his life.
Throwing himself upon his pony he headed for
Pautano. and driving his spurs into the poor
beasts sides. went racing for the station He
members very little of what occurred after his
start, but when ne dashed up to the door of the
station he was derious. His arm was enormously
swollen and discolored and X needed only a glance
fastened It's fangs upon that wrist. The agent
quickly wired TO the division superinte Of the
Southern Pacific Mt Tucson forty miles away, who
was personal friend of Walters and a light en-
CINE. with the surgeon of the road aboard soon
flying to the rescue. Walter for two months
under the of the best physicians OF the South
west. but he pulled through finally. none the worse
Tor his brief encounter with the ella, except,
as white as snow. and at certain seasons of the
year he Is afflicted with cutaneous trouble that
very annoying. The pony died within an hour after
Walter disfnounted from his back.
THE doctors said that the ella must have been
stunned by the blows from the quirt and that the
poison or It's bite was thereby cSSened.
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has queer habit of turning away her head
when she extends her hand in greeting, just as
If the people she welcoming were not worthy
Of look
This peculiar mannerism Of the marchloness
so fascinated an irrevcrcnt young attache OF one
OF the foreign embassies accredited to the Court
of St. James. that he trained his poodle 10 SIT
up and on mention of Lady Salisburys name
to turn his head over Its left shoulder. Whiie
it extended paw with an air or ennul me
patient way in which the dog used 10 repeat
this performance again and again with a re-
signed look Of intense boredom on its expressive
features was most comicaly suggestive.
Yet. for all that. Lady Salisbury is very
clever woman and a power in the land Her
husband Is the most taciturn Of men. and rarely
condescends TO take counsel Of any one, even
his very colleagues in the Cabinet being, as
rule. ignorant either Of what he is doing or what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
STRANGE RECOVERY or BICYCLE.
ne BOSTON TrarscTlpt.

From The Boston transcript
Ameng the residents of Bermuda are two brothers
one OF whom besides being an enthusiastic yachts
man Is also a swift and skilfu rider OF the picycie
some time ago. shortly before the date set Tor
bicycle race in which he was TO be one OF the con,
esiants. his wheel mysterous,y a.saRpesed' ana al
one day about fourteen months aller the plcycie
had b,en presumably stolen a fisherman, VINO was
ane.ing oul In the middle OF St GeorSes Harbor Tor
Gnstinr ash hooked a large one. which instantly
nnei into the depths OF the harbor In vain en-
deavor 10 escape. The angler played with MN ior
awhile and then. feeling the line ugn.enng IN ms
and nd tho strain become steady. began 10 maui up
IT, soon realiZed that he had at the end OF his line
ane 81 the heaviest catches which he had ever made
and lvhat he could not UNDERSTAND about ~ tnat
/, was apparently almost a dead weight. re haued
awnv however until there appeared above the wafer
moi only the fish that he had hooked. but bicycle
round the handles Of which the fish. In its Efforts
a. sscane mad wound the line a number OF times
When the astonshod fisherman bad suhcienty
recovered from his amaZemcnt AT his curious eaten,
no took the bicycle ashore. There II was soon
Identified as the one which had inexplicably dis
anneared Strange 10 say, the machine. In spite or
the fact that 1t had been at the bottom of the har-
bor for fourteen months but little damaged,
and was easily put In running order again
Fer some time 10 c.ew 10 how II found its way
to i,s watery hding-pace could be discovered
Eventually however. several circumstances came 70
iieht that pointed 10 a man with whom the bicycle
rlder had once had trouble ~ one time whenever he
Sere would run out and bark and at the rider
cansirg him considerable annoyance and trouble AT
first he contented himself with simply driving on the
brutes as ne could but wren ne found mat tney
measures 10 have the man arrested, brought into
cour. and fined From various circumstances that
were found out regarding the disappearance OF the
~ me ugly dogs was responsible for IT, and tina
sfoe the machine and sunk IL IN the haroor IN oruer
70 be reyenged on It's owner
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private secretary. the only ono on whose loyalty
in.eliirnnce and discretion he could implicitly
rely Possessed of the most delicate tact. intu-
ition and persuasivenoss she removed rom his
,,a IN many difficulties created by his abrupiness
and bluntness of speech and by his passionate
temper while her political salon at Piccadilly
was of priceless value To the parties over the
destinies OF which her husband presided Tor 20
many years. .
From this it will he seen how altogether UNI
REASONABLE il is tn relegate the wives OF states
men 10 the background President fanre' IKE
many Of the English statesmen above mentioned.
&c Indebted TO his wife. for the financial prosperl-
~ which enabled him to become a power in poll
and od, Palmcrston she has proved throughout
his career his best friend and most trusted ana
saracious counsellor. The French people would
do well 10 bear this in mind ana 70 reineinpel
10 - tbcv "a Nation are subject to the rule
Of their genial President. he, In turn IS entirety
subject to the gentle rule OF his amiable and de-
.Sa Mic EX-ATTACHE.
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he has in view. The only person whose au''1'
no seeks and accepts Is that OF the wire whoh
he married when he was so poor as 10 pe Cum
nailed 70 resort to journalism Tor Evim , no
,pnarria 90 regarded by his family as mesaiai IAN,
ha,,n0 served still further to embltter MS iat.'
against him woman or great saeaci'. "a
ness of perception ana comiiloh-sehse "ei
vice is az a rule sound and she may, therelo s
in a way lie said to have been aiiiosl 40 Us -.
n her husband as Mrs. Gladstone mas peen a., %
~. Grand Old Man. OF the two ladies' Lao!
Salisbury "a the more careless OF appearances,
and is renowned for the extreme oowuiness ~
her attire. In daytime she inVarlapiy anIS |.
O dress the blue color or whicn Is as pe,un.
"a it's cut and. she Is never seen garDea any
dfferently save when In dinner or pan uress.
,hnra g. a sort of impression in London society
,hat tho Warehouses has for years always WORN
TIC seIf- same dingy old gown.
Of LADY Rosebery little need be SAID save tmal
che died before her husband achieved tne u,s-
tinctIon of the Premiership. that sne was ae
voted 10 him almost 70 the point OF 'oo,a''y;
and that the immense wealth wnlcn; as on IT., ~
the Rothschild heiresses, she prouEht 70 nm ~
IN IN sit,,tsd the indispensable stepping stone 10
the potical erdinence when ne arr. wa ~, =
tained. She was not a clever woman, Su.
rdnd. hearted and a good one. whose DEAN was
mourned by a large circle. especially ny ''e
poor.
BEAcoNsFIELDs GRATITUDE TO HIS WIFE
To an even still greater degree than LORD
Ro..berv was Lord BesconsAeld indebted for his
no,,t,caI success to the homely and somewhat
eccentric woman who conferred upon him her
fortune along with hef hand sne was NOT al
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attractive woman, nor yet clever; but the rela-
tons between the strangely assorted couple
were characterized her side by passionate
admiration and devotion, and on his by that
most strongly developed of all the numerous
good qualities Of the Hebrew race-gratitude. l
dare say many have heard the story of how
driving down TO Westminster with him one even
Ing. when he was to deliver one of those
speeches upon which the fate Of his party de-
pended her hand WAS terribly crushed, by the
door of the brOugham being violently closed
upon IT. So afraid wos she lest her husband
should be upset by the discovery of the accident
that she refrained from uttering cry or even
a murmur. managed To conceal her mangled
hand. and drove all tn way down to the House
OF Commons. chatting as If nothing had hap
pened and only tainted after her husband had
alighted at Westminster and had entered the
palace. Nor was IL until he returned home long
after midnight. that lie became acquainted with
the fact that she had met with a mishap.
1t is probable that Disrae had this in mind
when, in respol to an inquiry on the part Of
his lifelong acquaintance, the wit and cynic
Bernal Osborne. as to the nature Of the tie that
bound him to Lady Beaconsfed he remarked:
ut is something beyond your comprehension
namely, gratitude" There Is likewise a rumOr
current in London to the effect that the late
Lord Chelmsford owed the loss of his Office Of
Lord High Chancellor not to any malfeasance
or incapacity. but solely to sarcastic wtticism
at the expense of Lady Reaconsfeld, which was
brought by of his friends to the ear of her
brilliant husband.
Nor in this enumeration of the better halves
of English Prime Ministers can one omit the
of Lady Palmerston. who not only
acted as the political adviser of her husband
throughout his career, both before and after
their marriage, but likewise took much of
his burden upon her shoulders by acting az his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
THE LARGEST GRAPEVINE IN THE WORLD.
From The San Francisco Examiner.

From The San francisco Examiner.
In the rich valley Of Carpenteria, I'm the most
County Is viticuturai curiosity almost i mon
and With the exception OF the residents of the Vi.
sny few S know Of the location S un, Of mammoth
The massive trunk of the vine feet eight
m oas than sae arq %
branches rest on stlwart frame; covering
idly, and would undoubtedly attain even greater
dimsnso rs were not that the owner hayi ing
his CLAN. vine. and, being unwilling to concede il
more room. cuts 1t back every year, =
strongly built, as Is required to support the tre
meadous weight of grapes annually yielded by tho
form the foundation for the grape-Iaden branches.
The vine is Of the Mission variety. and is pro:
last year the owner took ten tons from the vino.
In addition to as many clusters as the neighbors
This Carpenteria vine Is much larger than the
land which has been REGARDED as one Of "a.
horticultural wonders of the world. and by many
sape Vine from Santa N COUNTY
was then admittedly the largest I'm the world Il
ennia Exposition a PhIIadelphia where rue it at
tracted much attention The Carpen,eria vine IL
product when exhibited
During the the Worlds EXPOSITION the
Wilson was offered round sum to permit its re-
so 20 f'T * ss H. I
Wilson declined to part with his eephantine vine,
however ne OWLS Il sIndlI TdHcn or eight acres.
and although his big grape arbor brings him no
revenue from tourists or sghtseers. he refuses to
despol his property Of this unique feature
The vine was planted In 1912 by Spanish WON.
an, Joaquina Lugodi Ayala. Under her care the
little. grape cutting Hourlshed ard grew to up.
usual proportions. although she repeatedly cut II
back. She retained ownership of the land and the
vine until 1871 when the property purchased
by Jacob Wilson, the present owner, himself 4
pioneer. Donna Ayaa died three years ago aged
eighty-four. but TO the last retained the greatest
interest and pride In the mammoth vine She had
planted and tended.
Beneath the thick leaves of the vine 500 persons
could find protection at the same time from the
summer heat. The people of the nelghborhood
have often assembled under the spreading branches
for public meetings. Thirty years ago the vine
formed roof over SO large a space that It was
used election booth. The first election a
Santa Barbara County under American rule was
held beneath its punches OF ripening grapsa
Colonel Russell Heath. the pioneer walnut grower
OF Santa BarbaIa County. neghbor Of Mr.. WI
election was held under the vine by his direction.
The space thus utilized larger than any
available room In the vicinity.
Beneath his own giant vine Mr.. Wilson loves 70
spend his leisure hours. specializing what dirnes.
sions the vitcuItural monster might have ots
tanned Il Its extraordinary growth had never beoa
checked.
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HE STRTITED A "MONSTERS' BITE.
TIE RACE FOR LIFE OF A BITTEN MAN on A BIT
TEN PONY
U VJ' Y v
,oted wife.
From The Kansas City Star.

From The Kansas city star.
of all the crawling or creeping thinei on me
great asali deserts. said an time sock KIN ,be
dreaded rater is greatly feared BY paiaSmen n
as the CHA monster The bite OF ~, ts n,aps Into
whose veins It's venom has been Injected nave been
k y, ~ ,nev,table death attended with excruciating
torture, which they knew must ensue o.,,r.,
wbn Suffered the agony of body and mind conse
ouent upon the bite Of a ella and lived to ten me
story his e, an oa' on zap mF A
santa ,ua Catalina Island in the Pacific Ocean"
hs sese %o2Gs T hy isrrh
Closer The narrative was told as follows:
vale m s9no When sD' came West and invested my
CAPITAL in stock. AS you will probably remember.
s Wan NV a bronco think. however. am now
about as good a judge OF a steer as most OF my
TcanSp as and Old y Of
Of the rest OF them SIX age y ~ sn ,od amer r
he Intended TO buy cattle s saw no reason on why
lie was then an aggravated case OF dude. but II
there T. rSe more exper, with the rope or
Ter alI-ro,ind cowman In the Southwest than Walter
Vail want e 80 sqe we ago. Waller was out
his range looking over the grass lie had been IN
S 1--WE miles equdIstant from Pautano Station the
Souihern Pacific and his home ranch when he saw
nsssy ring rep was ne Of
iis kind. and Walter remembering promise he
VA made 10 send one OF the creatures to friend In
New-York determined 10 XII this one and ship him
tr,et In alcohol Now ella will simulate death
~ a enider when attacked. and as Walter struck
his one several times with his qurt II closed its
exrs rolled over It's back. and lay with lis legs
sirawling nery at right angles TO It's body-a dead
anaa.or in miniature. Walter picked the thing up.
;aT ore ~ n. hind legs TO leahern string behind
his saddle. sprans upon his pony and started for
home. ..o ,,or.,ox ,~.- -. A., -. =.
r,ctied herring The pony had not gone twenty
s,ons bnveyer when he snorted loudly. gave a
furious plunge. and bucked like mad. Walter.
~, r,,"d 'erasped the horn Of his saddle with his
left hand involuntarily throwing HI. right hand be
hn% h. al" aid 60 the ella monster. which had been no
more dead thar the pony was: caught Walters
II don't believe Drawer man than Walter Vail
.var rode the Western range, and he has told me
az, a. ne felt the viceke snap Of the monsters
jaws upon his wrist he shreked ALOUD IN y aSjer,
which had been injected into his system had crazed
Kim he was consumed with passionate anger
nnd' tearing HIS hand free from the monsters
mouth. threw himself from the back of the plunsing
nnnv and still holding to the bride rein, drew his
rsyoIys. from his hip pocket and as the pony con-
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constitution either for her status or precedence,
aha should have no place IN any state cere-
monies or entertainments; IN a Word, tnat she
4, a mere nobody. and unworthy, from an official
noint of view OF being taken into any account.
Now. this contention is not only altogether in
compatible with the justly merlted reputation OF
tbe French for high bred courtesy toward women,
hi. IL also at variance with common-sense. For
n stands 10 reason that if President taure is
the first and foremost of all the citizens OF
France and the most important parsonage IN
the State Nine. Faure must necessarily be en-
titled TO the highest consideration, not only as
the chief lady of the land. but also on account
of the fact that she is her husbands partner
most intimate friend and most trusted coun-
sellor There are few wives worthy OF the name
who 90 not exercise a preponderance OF chu-
ence upon those who are satiricaly descrloeo as
their lords and masters" Sometimes the IN
fuence is Of {. direct and undsgulsed CHARACTER
while at other times il is OF such an insidious
nature that neither the husband nor the pubic
has any idea that he is being gently guided
and led in this or that direction by clever ana
devoted wife. In the Table Of Precedence drawn
up by the College Of Heralds in Great Britain,
which. sanctioned by the Crown. has gradually
become part Of the law of the land, there is no
place assigned to the wife of the Prime Minister
Of the Empire Yet who would dream Of ques-
t,oning the right Of the Marchioness of Salisbury
20 remain by her husbands side during any
function Of state? And who would doubt the
part which Mrs Gladstone has played in the
career Of the Grand Old Man?
MRS. GLADsTONE's CAREER.
Mrs Gladstone is in her way one Of the clever
est women in England. Her existence has been
Amos: entirely public for more than half CEN
fury. During that time she has been brought into
contact with the most distinguished Engllshmen
and Englishwomen. from royalty downward A
silly woman-any woman indeed but a remarka-
bly, shrewd one-must have perpetrated under
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and the failure OF the Queen on numerous occa-
sions to accord this honor to Mrs Gladstone has
oeen IN consequence somewhat marked. 1t Is
o''hcuit 10 assign any reason for this royal dis
IKE or Mrs. Gladstone. unless be that the latter
has perhaps on one or two occasions displayed re-
sentiment at the ungracious treatment to which
her husband has sometimes been subjected by his
sovereign.
LADY sALIsBURY's UNPOPULARITY.
Lady Salisbury. while standing far higher in
the good graces of the Queen, is far from en-
Joying the general popularity Of Mrs. Gladstone
Indeed, not only is she almost unknown to the
masses, but she is dsliked by the great world
which she makes little effort to conciliate. In
deed. she rather despises society," and does not
take much trouble to conceal her sentiments
Never is this more strikingly displayed than at
the great receptions which given at her
house in Arlington-s and at the Foreign Office
in the season. True she is often forced to re-
ceive number Of the parliamentary supporters
of her husband who have no other claim than
politics TO figure on her invitation list But
having hidden them it might certainly be
expected that she would receive them with that
graceful and winning courtesy which other
great ladies Of equally elevated rank and GER
tainly far superior birth manifest even toward
the humblest classes. Instead Of this Lady
Salisbury. who is by no means of arstocratic
origin (having been Miss Anderson at the time
OF her marrage). distinctly shows her guests
especially the official ones, that she looks upon
their presence and upon the necessity Of receiv-
ing them as very great bore indeed; and she
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MRS. GLADSTONE AT EIGHTEEN.

these circumstances host Of blunders. Mrs.
Gladstone. however. has steered clear of them all.
She Is to appearance all artlessness, the elderly
incarnation OF guileess naYvete and the matronly
essence Of inpulsve simplicity. 1t is only in APP
pearance however No one has ever known her
TO make mistake. and her aplomb Is as remark
able as her discretion. To her Mr.. Gladstone Is
indebted above every one else for that marvellous
retention Of his faculties physical as well as men,
tal In his extreme old age. 1t is she vino through
out all his declining years has watched over him
With solicitude that has appealed to almost
every honest heart, TO preserve him from every
kind Of harm-nay. even from everything that
could even annoy distress him. Heaven only
Knows how many Objectionable people she has
KEPT away from him. switching them off. so TO
speak. with so much tact and delicacy that they
tailed to realize at the time how they being
turned away; and nothing used to be more anus
Ing at dinner parties at which the GladstoneS
we're present than 20 watch the warning way in
which she smilingly shook her finger at any one
vho ventured to breach topic dstasteful TO her
hlustrous spouse.
As far as the masses Of the people are con-
cerned. she is one of the most popular women In
The United Kingdom constituting, as she does in
htr eyes, the ideal of what wife should be. or
~ the pictures Of Mr. Gladstone none has found
auch widespread favor as that which represents
nim delivering open-air speech on some great
national Issue, with the once beautiful Catherine
Viynne standing throughout the entire ADDRESS
oy his side. holding an umbrella over his head 10
shield him from the glare OF the sun. il was at
greenwich. and sometimes those VINO recall the
demonstration OF popular enthusiasm on that &C.
css1on are tempted to ask themselves whether IL
Us the eloquence Of the old man or the spectacle
presented by the white-haired and devoted
woman by his side which was chiefly responsible
'or the success OF that politica! meeting. Curl
'usiy enough. the Queen does not like Mrs. Glad
ssqne. ana has shown this In q number OF ways
most conspicuOusy. perhaps. by her neglect to In
ne Ars. Gladstone to accompany her husband
"aen the latter. as Prime Minister, was COM
manoed" to Windsor or to Osborne. II IL usuai
10s her Majesty. when her Ministers Visit her on
"uca business at either OF these two places 70
tnsir wives along with them. Lady SALISBURY
0se invariably accompanying Der husband