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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06
SUCCESSFUL LONG VOYAGES.

The longest and quickest balloon yoy-
age ever made was that Of Wise and LIE
Mountain in 1859. in spherical balloon
propelled by the wind. They sailed
from st. Louis. Mo-, on the evening Of
July l. and landed the following after
noon at Henderson. Jefferson county, N.
Y, having travelled 1850 miles in nine
teen hours and fifty minutes. a speed of
more than 81 miles an hour. passing over
the States of Illinois and Indiana In the
night, over Ohio and across Lake Erie
into New York State the following day;
thence across Lake Ontario, into which
they descended. but rose again and
landed at Henderson.
The next longest and quickest voy-
age as well as one of the most perilous,
was made during the siege OF Paris In
1870. by Roller and Dechamps, in q
spherical balloon. They left Paris at
II 40. y. M. November "a, with military
dispatches, letters and carrier pigeons.
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Free Treatment !
A REMARKABLE OFFER.
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.

Hundreds in this community are suffer-
ing l from "Catarrb. Are you one? II SO.
4 want You to try my treatment and as an
lnducement 1 offer to treat anyone who
a aI before June 18th, 1896, FOR ONE
EEN FREE OF CHARGE, and will
you. positively not cent to pay. No
Obligation whatever to continued treat
ment after week expires. This offer APP
pies TO YOU, no matter what your dis
ease may be, but "CATARRH" patients
arc especially desired. For six years |
nave been engaged in the successful treat
ment of "CATARRH" and other, disea SEES
OF the Eye, Ear, Nose and ThroatI
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06
|ALLOON DISCOVERY
eapassd to Explore Arctic Regions BY
Means Of Recently Invented AlrshlFs.
30 TIE POLE IN FOaIY.TaREE HOURS
Asweestsh Explorer will start FROM
3 spitsberGen Ina July and Hopes 30
selse the Great Mystery of the
North I'm Less Than Two Days
Some Kong @ iai Voyages.
scopyright 1886, by Philip Atkinson.)

I copyright 1886, by Philip Atkinson)
4 Until a few years ago every balloonist
Has regarded as a visionary crank, and
even now the mere mention of a balloon
expedition to the North Pole is received
with incredulity and regarded either as
I q s9:Se or the utterance of scientific
dreamer. But no one who has made
thorough investigation of all the facts,
such an expedition appears not only pos
sible. but far more practicable than one
undertaken In any other way.
While 1t must be admitted that aerial
science has made very slow progress
Since 1883, when Montgoltiers and others
slmade the first ascensions, yet progress
/ has been made especially within the
Hast few years, and other inventions have
contributed to this end. So that while
fhe balloon is still very far from being
perfect success, it is no longer the help
4 less thing that it was thirty years ago,
q silk bag with basket attached, float
ing aimlessly at the mercy of the winds.
I like q ship without ludder. sail or en-
CINE. 1t has now begun to assume the
dignity of an airshlp both in form and
: In Its means of propulsion and control
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06

p URSUANT TO THE TERMS OF
DEED OF trust. dated January 10Th. lssS
ana unly OF record, made to me 10 So.
cure the payment of certain promisory
mote In said deed mentioned and de-
scrlbed, default having been made in the
payment of said note. and at the request
SAID note | will sell ut public auction to
the highest bidder. ut the Real Estate
i5Mchsnge of the city of Norfolk, Va on
WEDNESDAY, June Sd, 1886. at - O'Clock
M, or as soon thereafter as the then
pending business in said Exchange cur
De disposed OF, the following described
property. to-wit:
LOTS NOS. 81, IS, 80, 81, 90 and 90. Said
lots being on the west side of Seaboard
avenue in Synon & Frost's addition TO
South Norfolk. in the county of Norfolk
and State Of Virginia, and so numbered
ana designated Oh D. L. Frosts plat OF
land recorded in Map Book No 2 page
90. In the office OF the Clerk of the County
Court for said Norfolk county
TERMS:-Cash.
VIM. TILLOTSON,
my i-iVt Trustee.
T HE ABOVE SALE HAS BEEN POST
poned until the Sth instant at the same
hour and place. WM. TILLOTSON,
Trustee.
II. C. HOGGARD & co,
9u0-td Auctioneers.
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The airship recently invented by Count
Van Zepplin, n German military officer.
represents, perhaps better than any
other, the latest results in the evolution
& of the balloon. This invention, to which
he has devoted the last six years. is n
balloon with cigar-shaped gas reser-
svoir which can be propelled and steered
in any direction, horizontally or vertical
1ly, forward OF backward, and In which
At is claimed that the problem of aerial
navigation in all it's details has been
satisfactorily solved. and all obstacles
overcome. His apparatus has been ap-
proved by the leading scientists, among
whom was the late DIR. Helmholtz, and
also by the German Emperor.
1t is propelled by Daimler kerosene
motor. made entirely of aluminium, and
IS provided both with wings and pro-
polling screws; and special provision has
been made to prevent the waste of gas.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06
The Modern Heautv.

Thrives on good food and sunshine
with plenty Of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her
face blooms with its beauty. II her
system needs the cleansing action Of
laxative remedy she uses the gentle
and pleasant Syrup of Figs. Made by
the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06
BY Walter Sharp. Auctioneer.
c. oMM1ssIoNERs' SALE OF vALuA.
BILE REAL ESTATE IN
NORFOLK CITY.
NORFOLK CITY.

, by virtue of decree of the Court of
folk. in the suit of Ribbie and otbers Nv vs
NMi,hsneld and others, pronounced the
svta gay OF May. 1896. we will offer for
bJdser al pubic auction. to the highest
me me CITY or Norfolk. on WEDNESDAY
me lVth day of June, 1885, at II o'clocL
a. NJ o,rt mat valuable property In the city
THE RIBBLE PLACE.
separated from the main portion Of the
city by Smiths creek. and from the
G enc property by Botetourt street 70
street car line. 1t contains 1870 lots. laid
OH by the extending the Client streets
satstwardiy through the property. These
'front.' Is also 60 foot street This Dron-
erty is In the most desirable residential
portion OF the city, adjoining Client, the
proved portion of the city
TERMS-One-third cash; the residue in
S SnS an no Two Two years. with interest from
notes and secured by trust deed on he
land, executed and recorded at the exs
pense OF the purchaser. Possession given
The property viii ~ be sa os sSmpi rs With
until all are so disposed off, and the mr.,
s Of the bids noted. then it will
w wi oit tha ac rs an entirety. commencing
set bid. II anyone will give more for
inc entire tract than the aggregate of
me oids for the lots, the highest of such
bidders will be reported as such pur-
chaser. otherwise the bidders for the lots
VIII be reported as the purchasers of the
lots bid Off. 'e
A plat OF the property can be seen at
the auctioneer's office. and after the 2eth
OF May plats will be furnished by him to
any one Interested in the property.
j. NJ. KEELING,
w. ii. WHITE
NV. ii. BURROUGHS.
Special Commissioners
WALTER SHARP
Auctoneer.
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VIM. Hannah, Auctioneer.

Ply VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- made 10 me as trustee by a. w Con-
way, bearing date on the eleventh day or
July. In the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-fve. and recorded In Deed Book
lis. page 315, and at the request of the
creditor therein secured. l shall sell at
public auction at the Norfolk Real Es-
tate Eixschsnge. No. 10 Main street, Nor
folk, Virginia, on TUESDAY, the ninth
day of June, in the year eighteen hun
cred and ninety-siX, at u H.. the follow
Ing property, to-wit:
ALL THOSE CERTAIN SIX. LOTS OF
LAND, with the buildings and improve
ments, thereon, situated in the City OF
Norfolk. Va. bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at q point on the
south side Of e Pine street extended. dis
side of Chapel street. running thence
southwardly, ninety-four (9D feet and ex-
tending back between parallel lines one
hundred and thirty GAO feet: being lots
II. ~, ~, %, 26. on the plat of Nottingham
and Webster.
Terms Cash
F. A. PORTER,
Trustee
WM. HANNAH,
HSS'-It Auctioneer.
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I certify that the bond REQUIRED bv III,
ABOVE mentioned decree has been eve
cuted. JUNIJIS A cor ENHN
inyEo-eou, su-tds Deputy Clerk
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Andree's Balloon.

50 that continued voyage of seven
or more days can be made without de-
scent or renewal of imitation.
ANDRES BALLOON.
The balloon In which the Swedish
aeronaut S. A. Andree will attempt to
penetrate the Arctic regions In july Of
this year Is constructed with a reservoir
having double covering. said to he
imperytous to hydrogen, or at least sun,
ciently so as to keep the balloon afioat
Tor thirty days. and having a capacity Of
$4,000 cubit feet, and listing power
when Undated with hydrogen, Of about
4;0s5 pounds The balloon win carry
three persons and provisions for four
ino1stfis, besides scientific INSTRUMENT
and Berton,s cpliapsable boats; and the
car IS capable OF Instant detachmene
from fale reservoir. Mo propelllng aOpar.
atus Is to be USED, sthe wind alone to be
inc means q propulsion 1t will be
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06

The balloon is to be taken to Spbtzber-
gen in June and inflated in a temporary
structure erected thsre; hydrogen con-
d.nsed in tanks being transported there
for this purpose. IT is to sail from Cape
the wind is from the south, and with an
average speed of sixteen miles an hour,
which It is expected can be maintained.
reach the Pole in forty-thrse hours; the
voyage to be continued thence to Behring
strait; the Pole lying nsarly In direct
LINE between thals!p point and Cape Thors-
den.
The average velocity OF the wind at
Cape Thorsden Is about 2l1h miles an
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graduate of Medical Department., Univer-
SHY OF Maryland. Specialist in disco ses
OF me Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat; espe-
einlly Catarrh. Deafness and Asthma. or
noes rooms-S and Moritz Building, 1856
nam street, Norfolk, Va. Hours-a H. IN.
distance write.
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this way. The ropes are so constructed
as to be- supported on the surface of the
water as well as on that OF the land.
TO THE NORTH POLE IN FORTY
THRET; HOURS
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+. A. PORTER,
Trustee
w NJ. HANNAH,
Auctioneer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
PLAINLY A FRAUD.

A prominent western railroad man, in
discussing the political situation few
days since, stated that, while he in
tended to vote for Mckinley, he fully
realized that the weight of argument
in the contest was with Bryan. Con-
tinuing. he amplified his state
ment at some length, showing the
strength of Bryans arguments for the
restoration of free coinage and the
weakness of The position of those oppos-
ed to him on that proposition. But. he
said, he would vote for Mckinley be-
cause he thought as much would be
done by him for silver as could be ac-
complished if Mr. Bryan were elected.
That gentleman is a fair representa-
tive Of considerable element of the
people. This class believe in bimetal.
lism; they know that free coinage
should be restored; they realize that
Mr.. Bryans is the logical position on
the issue: but they dislike TO break from
their former political associations and
are willing to accept the promise, held
Out to just as they, that, after all, Nc
Kinley. if elected. viii proceed to solve
The problem speedily.
Sometimes men inadvertently do vio-
lenee 70 their own intelligence; and thls
IS what is done by those Republicans
who believe in free coinage, but who
are willing to support Mckinley and
VINO justify themselves by embracing
the belief that the cause of bimetallism
would be advanced under an admins
tration headed by the Buckeye stakes
man
There are Republicans who do not
grasp the fact that the great overshad-
owing issue of this campaign is the
financial question. They think that the
tariff controversy is The matter now up
for adjustment, and they propose to
vote for Mckinley as the apostle of
high protection. To these The Herald
has nothing to say further than TO ex-
press its sympathy for them in Iheir
inability TO see what is going on in
the world
There are other Republicans who are
first and last for the gold standard and
who win vote for Mckinley because
they believe that his election will in
sure the maintenance of thai standard.
Their case is hopeless. but they are en-
titled TO fun credit for their candor and
consistency.
But there are other Republicans VINO.
while realizing that restoration of free
coinage is necessary, profess to believe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER So $780,

that it can be brought about through
the fundamentally of Mckinley as
president. These are either wofully de-
luded or wretchedIy insincere.
1t does not seem possible that an
honest man can candidly study the
history of the st. Louis convention
and of the state conventions preceding
it without realizing that it is the set
tied. unalterable purpose of the Repub-
lican party, if it succeeds in the cleo
ton, to proceed to finally and irrevoc-
ably fix the single gold standard upon
this country. The platform holds out
no hope whatever that the party would
ever do anything toward restoring BIZ
metallism. The reference to an inter-
national agreement is a hollow fraud,
admitted to be such by those who
placed it there. and jeered at as
sham, as bait for the credulous. by
gold standard people everywhere.
To be sure the admission of the
fraudulent character of this interna-
tional agreement plank was indirect
on the part of those who placed it in
the platform, but it was none the less
emphatic When the delegates gathered
it was found that an overwhelming
majority were in favor of an out-aud-
out gold plank without any kind of ref
erence to bimetallism. Delegation after
delegation instructed members of the
resolutions committee in favor of such
a policy, and it was clearly shown that
the convention would support it by
vote of more than three TO one.
Then what occurred? Governor Mer-
riam, of Minnesota, came forward with
the plea that something must be in
serted on the subject of bimetallism to
save his state for the party. Senator
Thurston, of Nebraska, took the same
position. The latter, in a published
interview, stated that something must
be said for silver to hold the vote"
Those two men were the leading in
struments in securing the adoption OF
the International agreement plank.
They did not ask for it in good faith;
it was not adopted in good faith; and
it has never been accepted by the gold
standard men as a declaration of in
tent:on.
There would be no hope for bimetal-
lism from the Republican party if the
declaration referred to were sincere,
since this country can never secure an
international agreement In advance of
Independent action on its own part;
and, when it is so clearly shown that
that declaration was a sham IN its
inception and in its PRONUNCIATION, how
deplorable is the state of mind of those
who are willing to be lured by it into
support of the whitening, blighting, 6ev
astating gold-standard policy with
which the country is cursedl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
THE LEGIsLAruRE.


One OF the most important things
that the people of the state will have
to do this fall is to elect a legislature.
They cannot give too much considera-
ton to the matter of candidates and
the views they hold. The legislature to
be elected in November will elect a
successor to Senator Brown. If
it is Republican, the chances are
that il viii be a Mckinley Republican
legislature and not a Silver Republican
BODY That means that it viii elect a
Mckinley Republican senator. Such q
senator viii stand fairly and squarely
upon the ST. Louis platform; and it
would be his duty TO do SO. But stand
Ing on that platform he would have
not only to put tariff and other ques-
tons before the question of free and
independent coinage OF silver, but he
would be in duty bound to oppose it.
Do the people of Utah desire to have
as United States senator a man who
viii oppose the free and independent
coinage Of silver?
Utah has been a state less than a
year, but in that time her people have
witnessed the spectacle of one of her
senators voting against free silver and
for a tariff bin that her other senator
denounced as q fraud Yet these two
senator's were elected by the same leg
islature.
If the people of Utah shall. this year,
elect Republican legislature, no mat
ter what proportion OF Silver Repub-
licans may be in it,, we believe that It
IS safe to predict that Senator Arthur
Brown viii be his own successor. The
people know what his course was on
the Dingley bill, and it is safe to say
that if reelected to the senate he
would be more hostile to independent
free silver than ever. because he would
have behind him the anti-free silver
declaration Of his party's platform.
If the people of Utah want a thor
ough-going pro-McKinley and anti-free
silver man as their senator, they can
perhaps do no better than to re-elect
Senator Brown And the election of
Republican legislature would mean
this
If they want the free coinage of sill
Yer, without waiting for the permits
sion Of any other country, they should
elect d Legislature that will be Demo-
cratic and that viii in turn elect q
Democratic senator who will be for
the free and independent coinage Of
silver.
The electoral vote of the state will
unquestionably go to Mr.. Bryan. How
absurd and inconsistent for the people
Of Utah to elect a legislature that
would elect a. senator who would be in
opposition to him in all things They
should at least be consistent, no matter
which party may have their allegiance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
MuTUlAL INTERESTS.

When Bourke Cochran undertook 70
answer Mr. Bryans Madison Square
speech he assailed the farmers of the
west, declaring they had entered into
a conspiracy against the laboring men
of the country. AS their purpose was
to bring about an advance in the prices
of farm products, the working people
could not have any sympathy with
them and could not support the move
ment, since The tendency would be to
increase the cost of living. Low prices
for farm products, the orator declared,
were best for the laboring classes and
the latter should therefore oppose the
free coinage propaganda and cast their
votes against the silver candidate.
The st. Louis Republic has pub
lished what nay be termed an illus
trated refutatioa of Cockran's argu-.
ment, which is so complete that, if it
could be printed on a banner and car
ried through the workshops and fac
tories of the country, every working
man would understand the danger to
his personal interests involved in the
appeal made to him by the fancy
priced New York campaign speaker.
Fac smile reproductions of supposed
letters are given as follows:
Wheatfield P. o., Kansas,
September l, 1896.
Mr.. James Brown, General Merchan-
disc, Hay Center, Mo.
Dear Sir-I have received your bill
for 2S5 dollars for supplies. ETC., for the
last year. Crops have been good but
the prices are so low that l am I'M
able to pay the full amount and shall
have to ask you to carry 1875 dollars on
your books until next year. Yours
truly, II. L. FARMER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
ALL THE NEWS.

As has been noted in The Herald the
San Francisco Examiner has discarded
the news report of the Associated
Press and substituted that of the Uni
ted Press. Here is what that great
journal has to say OF the service which
it has adopted:
There are two associations in the
United States engaged in gathering
routine news for the daily newspapers
the United Press and the Associated
Press of Illinois. The press of New
York, with one exception, has mem
bership in the United Press, while
the Associated draws its clients from
the Mississippi valley and Rocky
Mountain districts. For some time
past, like NEST western newspapers,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
TALES OF THE DAY.
wanted Letter to Reach Him.

An old man walked into the Call office
with a hesitating and apologize air and
advanced to the city editors desk.
Il want to find out Mct<inley's address"
he SAID, with the same ditildent air.
why, he lives IN Canton, O., read
lily replied the city editor.
Yes, | know that, was the strangers
reply, but l want to write TO him, and
that's why l want TO get his address.
He was told that all 1t would be neces-
sary to do would be to write TO Canton,
without bothering about any street ad-
dress
I'm afraid it won't get 10 him, though
If l don't put his number and street on the
letter. once my uncle wrote 10 me with
out putting the address on it and l never
got it,
After considerable explanation the visitor
was induced to believe that Major Nc
hinley was sufficiently well known in
Canton to insure the delivery of the let
ter, and he went out expressing his
thanks.-Philadelphia Call.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30

1T is estimated that 1000 people
assembled yesterday on Boston COM
mon to hear Candidate Bryan talk
about free silver. When he delivered
his second address in Music hall, the
immense building was packed to the
walls ana thousands were turned away
because Of lack of room to accommo-
date them. This does not signify that
popular sentiment in Boston is hospit-
aple to the ideas ana doctrines which
Mr.. Bryan advocates says the Kansas
City Star. 1t certainly does not sig
Nifty that popular sentiment in Boston
is particularly inhospitable to the ideas
and doctrines which Mr.. Bryan advo-
Gates
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30
coLoRED CLERGYsiEN IN POLITICS.

Among Major McKinley's callers Mon
day was 8 delegation from the Ohio
conference Of the African American NJ:
z. church. Among those who addressed
Major Mckinley was Bishop B. w.
Arnett, who said among other things:
Eight millions OF colored people look
upon you as the star of hope for their
race and for the country That was
very nicely said and was very COM
plimentary TO Mckinley. But these re-
marks OF Bishop Arnett. and the spirit
that prompted them, remind US of
prayer that was offered up a few days
ago by an old colored minister at Fair
fax Court House. This was the old
mans prayer:
20 Lord. save this country from the
hands of them who is tlyin' TO bust it
up. Give US plenty of work and good
money for it SOS we can take care of
our wives and children and buy good
bread and meat and pay. for 1t. We
want TO keep polyticks out of our
churches and out of our prayer meetin'
but we can't help asllini Thee to keep
a lookout for that poor miserable sin
ner Bryan, who, we hear, is comm
into this state hand in hand with
satan. We ask Thee don't let him do
no harm. and if it amt askin' too much.
please forgive his sins that he is COM
miutin' every day and then knock the
stuffin' out of him next November."
That is a vain. vain prayer. If the
November, it viii be out of Mckinley.
The remarks of Bishop ArneGt and
the prayer Of the ole Virginia minister
show that the colorcd people are still
in the dark.