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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

Any garment unworn can be returned
or exchanged ut the option OF the pur-
chaser within ten days after the date OF
purchase. Any alterations required Will
be made ny skilled tailors free Of charge
The thousands of ONERCONrS. SUITS
ana tt.STlIRS and CHIl.DREN'S
CLOTHING are too many TO catalogue.
The above is merely hint 1T prices ard
values ut the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

a This is the way the Washington Star
Sputs 1t: The English idea seems to be
THAT wherever there is a boundary 1t is
SBjust as we'll to get up a dispute over 1t
sand trust to luck and superior num-
a bers.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

S.sIhe Brooklyn Eagle notes that the
s s''i'le books Issued by the British Gov
eminent on the Armenian outrages
ssstisW mat in many instances the re-
potts were greatly exaggerated as to
:S Nae number of persons killed, but the
80 s acter OF the butcheries was accu-
sTately stated.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

Il; The Populists have decided to gather
lin st. Louis. They might as well, how
fever. save hall rent by fiocking with
the Republicans, thinks the Chicago
Record.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

sqsSiHenry watterson received nine votes
An the Kentucky Senatorial contest.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

IN fifteen years the NIaryland-Vir-
sginia oyster production has fallen off
and its total extinction
3ianot improbable, says the Philadelphia
STimes.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

Sc ~ aiter5 all 1t has been Shakespeare
s3ho has been the most alluring % wo-
ss3nsn VINO have desired to unsex them.
sssiasss IN dramatic art. remarks an ey-
! s5sa1lge More famous women actresses
sn lisssH played mems or boys parts in
ssi' pearean plays than in any
other authors.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31
OVER Goa rs !!
Also, Mems. Boys and Children's
$ y / T
And Knee Pants

at lower prices than we would otherwise
nave reason to do. This is simply n
str9iSht statement OF straight goods
tol9 IN straight way, and we don't want
sent anything. I'VE simply wish to turn
our goods into cash, and are willing TO
stand stand for considerable present money
these goods, they are not up to your en-
, peetatt,ons; don't buy them: or If you
reason. bring them back and Your money
bubble. ~
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

The force Of the Big
Stock Relief Unloading
Sale has proved to be
a Wide Spread Trade
Gathering Event. The
greatness Of the Big
Bargain Values have at
traCted careful eCono-
mists from every con-
trIbuting trade section.
The news Of the Mar
Vicious Price Reductions
have been Ilera|ed forth
with lightning rapidly,
and every mail brings
along responsive com
mands for various spe-
Gifted articles adver-
Used in the Great Stock
Relief Under-PriCe Sale.
B0nfires on a thousand
hills could not have
carried The price news
more effectively.
The people know the
standard OF the mer-
c|Iandise kept here.
that every announce
men1 is always corn
piled with. Every price
quoted true TO the
penny. Every article
enumerated is honestly
represented, and that
every qualify is Clearly
and accurately defined.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

SsSS!tlsi ne savannah News says that the
announcement that Russia will keep
fpace5 with England in the BUILDING Of
sls''il'sp suggests the probability that
,s's VIII place orders for armor plate
|s' sll! some of the great steel works of
#She United States.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

ian ian exchange remarks that the King
SCI Of As kissed the boots of the Eng
Sl lis1l.3 Governor and then went into CAP
lggtlSiy. King Prempeh was RESPONSE
ssspL,iie Tor leading Prince Henry 10 his
death, and he will suffer accordinr,v
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

January fst, 1896
have accepted 4 position with the well
known firm oil HI. l'ACiE * CO., Real
Esta9e Agents and Gcn'i hac;ionecrs, il
Bank street, and woIld say TO my
friends that any Real Eatnte or General
Auction business intruate,i to the firm
or TO ine viii be promptly and Satisfac-
torily attended TO.
JAMES Y. LEIGH,
Late OF the firm o: Leigh Bros. 6 I'lc.pn
Jal-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

due to menstrual Irregularities, are pccu-
liarly benefited by the wonderfu! tonic
and blnod cleansing properties OF l.. u.
r.. Prickly Ash. Poke Root ard Potns-
SUM
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-31

Physicians endorse Z. L. T. rs II splcn-
did combination. and prescribe 1t with
great satisfaction for the cure OF all
forms and stages of Primary. Secondary
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

tions. and they are forbidden to re-
ments. or to accompany the women to
their rooms.
We are told that in the precinct oc-
cupied by the principal yoshiwara In
Toxic, the houses are larger. costlier.
and of better construction than most
of those in the city outside. The ma
jority are of stone or brick, profusely
adorned. and having wide porches, pill
lars, verandas, cupolas and towers.
There is no suggestion Of sin or squal-
or. This colony Of people who are COM
PEELED to live apart from the rest of
human kind evinces unusual pride In
appearances. The grounds about the
imperial palace are not better kept;
the dwellings of the princes and mobiles
are not more pretentious or furnished
with greater elegance or taste. Every
thing that one sees from the outside
is attractive. and. through long. cool
corridors you catch glimpses of lovely
gardens filled with fruit and flowers
and splashng fountains. Gay-colored
awnings shelter the western and
southern windows from the sun. Mar
ruees are stretched over the lawns.
and in the arbors and shady corners
are tables where refreshments may be
served to order. Tea houses and shops
alternate with the dwellings of the
young women; everything can DC
bought inside the precinct that the in
habtants may need. So long. indeed,
as their contracts hold. the women are
not allowed to SO beyond the gate,
except in cases of necessity. There Is
evena Buddhist temple within the yosh-
iwara at which they go to pray-nct for
the pardon of their sins, but for many
and generous lovers. The comprehen-
sive pantheon of buddhism has sup
piled special patrons even for these
poor souls. to wit, Jizu, 1.-The compass
sionate," and Benzaiten. who protects
widows and orphans and those who
how, M other friends.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
Mother Goose on Wheels.

The king has left hts counting house ana
wisely spent his money;
The queen and he are bicycling, forgetting
bread and honey:
The maid has bought wheel, too, and left
her hanging clothes.
'Twould take nimble blackbird now to
nip off half her nose.
Toledo Blade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

man knows his own land, for 1t has
been in his family for generations. lr-
rigating bitches and little paths are
usually the boundary lines. Theoretic-
ally, all the land belongs to the emperor,
but the greater part of that under culti-
walton has been long held in the same
families, and always descends from the
father to the oldest son. Sales are made
and recorded very much as they are in
this country. and land is mortgaged TO
secure loans. The actual value of every
acre is fixed upon the assessors bool;
for taxation purposes. The official sta
tistics of Japan show that there are
II 1l.400,OOS men and 10,94S.053 women en-
gagged in agriculture. which is more
than half the total population.
No other grain or plant requires so
much care as rice, and, from the be-
ginning Of the season, the paddy fields
are full of patient workers. men ana
women, standing half way up to Their
knees in the mud, preparing the soil or
grubbing out the water weeds that
spring up rapidly and would smother
the young shoots If they were not re-
moved. Men and women work togeth
er, weaving wide straw hats thar
make them look like so many mush
rooms, and, although the rest of the
body may be naked, except for the
loin cloth that is prescribed by law,
they all wear thick cotton lcgsincs rs
high as their knees. to protect them
from sludge. bloodsuckeIs. and water
vermin OF various kinds that swarm
in the filthy soil. Every farmer raj -es
some rice. The rice product exceeds
five bushels per caput of population,
and more than half Of it is exported.
The rice of Japan is the best in the
world and brings the highest pr.cas IN
the markets of Europe and the United
States. The product of Chira, India
and Corea is of poorer quality and
much cheaper, and n majority cf the
farmers in Japan prefer to sell their
own crop for export and buy that
which is imported, for home CoGsump-
ton. Rice is used by the people in an
infinite variety of forms. 1t appea Z;
upon the table of the prince as
we'll as OF the pauper three times
day, just like bread in America, and
enters into as many food preparations
as our flour. In connection with this
tUplc AlT. ,ul us ItHItIhS tHAt lHNi {
can be no market for American agli-
cultural implements and machinery in
Japan for two simple reasons: first,
the farms are not big enough, and, Sec
ondly. labor is too plentiful. If a jan
anese farmer should introduce n mod
ern reaper and self binder on his farm
he would cut down everything in the
way of crops while he was turning
1t around. and there would be nothing
left for him and his family to do all
the rest of the season.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12

While divorces among members OF
the upper class of the Japanese are
very rare, it is doubtful If there ie any
country upon earth, not even a Mo-
hammedan country. where they are
more frequent among the common peu-
pie. The author knows the superin-
tenGent of the lighters of a steamsh y
company OF Yokohama. who has been
diovrced nine times, and a missionary
from Chicago told him that his former
cook had hal seven wives in succession n
when he left his employer four years
ago. and that several had since tean
added TO the list. The official records
show that the higher civiliza tion al.
yances in Japan the more numerous
are divorces, though the difference Is
not pronounced. In 1898 the number
of marriages per 1000 inhabitants was
S6G, and the number Of divorces 2S2.
1t will thus be seen that the number
Of divorces now taking place annually
is about cne-third as large as the NUM-
Der of maria ges. The condensed sta
tistics quoted in this book do not chow
how many of the divorces were sought
by husbands. but the author was told
by person conVorsart with the de-
tailed returns that only about one D.
cent. of them origin ted with the
wives. The morals cf the women seem
to have very little t. do with divorce.
The prevailing cause is dissatisfac-
tion and lack of affection on tn part
Of the men, who become tired Of their
wives, and want to try another chanc,
in the lottery cf marriage. In Jaran
the law of chastity applies to wives.
but not to husbands. From the no.
bility to the peasa ntry a double stanf-
ard of morals obtains. The husband
may be as licent:ous as lie lil<es, and
the wife seldom grumbles. for II sh .
does size is liable TO lcse hnr home and
be separated from her children: as.
moreover, she. has been educated TO
believe that whatever man does Is
right. she doesn't think much abou;
the matter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-12
ONE CHAPTER FROM
HISTORY OF CHILL
Her Struggle After the Fall ID the Price
Of Silver.
WAGE.EARNERS MOST AFFECTED

Chili's History Constitutes One of
The Most Instructive Chapters in the
History OF the Free Col age of Sill.
Ver..she Tried to Maintain the
Equal BimetaIiic Coinage of Gold
ana Siiver..Silver Fell and Gold
Fiew..GOld Now Resumed.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

The Chicago Record, q paper with gold.
bug leanings, and the most influential
and widely circulated journal published
in that city, undertook . coupon vote on
the silver question, and the result was
that among its own subscribers the SEN
timent was two to n in favor Of silver.
The Record circulates extensively not
only in Chicago. but throughout Illinois
generally, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.
General Howard. Of the Farm, Field and
Firesids of Chicago, who is q silver man,
undertook . similar canvass, with the
result that Of the %, 900 votes received,
10000 were for silver and 5000 for gold.
The leaders Of the Republican party are
forcing the gold argument down the
Threats of the people, but il may be that
the coupon votesin Chicago are prophetic
OF things to be next November.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

A WAR POSSIBLE

James Creelan, the war correspondent
who had to leave Cuba recently by order
Of General Weyler. says he thinks there
will be o wal with Spain. He says the
American people will be thunderstruck
when the documents in the possession Of
the State Department are made public.
Spain 10 anxious for war. Twenty-Five
million dollars worth Of American prop
srty has been destroyed in Cuba and
many Americans killed without provo
cation.
The San Francisco Bulletin, comment
ing on 9 possible war between the United
States and Spain, sums ID up as follows:
There are growing indications Of Presi.
dent Clsveland's purpose to make a
grand.stand play in the Cuban business,
and to make il before the meeting Of the
Chicago Convention, and with a view TO
its effect upon the action of that body
in the matter of q nominstion for the
Presidency. In other words, the Presi-
lent will put himself in q position TO sp-
peal TO the patriotism Of the convention
TO secure his own nomination for Q third
term, dwar6ng the financial and protec-
tion issues in the immediate issue of q
foreign war, in which il is coldly calcu.
lated the whole nation will rise to arms
and, incidentally. to the perpetuation in
power. ~ has been the American custom,
OF the Administration which began the
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

OF all the Presidential possibilities Of
the moment, ex-Congressman Bland OF
Missouri is nearest the SOIL" On his
farm near Lebanon he leads . typical
farmers life. He oversees all the work
done. does part of it himself. helps the
hired man with his chores, and only on
Sunday dresses up in "store clothes. "
Mr.. b. I'd has been familiar with farm
work ever since his early boyhood, when
he had TO shift for himself. He 10 . poor
man, for his farm earns him . scant live
lihood, and he saved but little from his
salary during his twenty years in Con-
ss.-Leslie's Weekly.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

The most famous and longest tunnel
in the world is the Mont ST. Gothard,
being As, 4S0 feet in length. 1t traverses
the center of Switzerland at a hight Of
from 5000 to ~, 900 foet above the sea.
II was commenced in 1872. and was
opened in 1882. ten years having been
occupied in it's construction. 1t has had
a very important effect upon the COM
merce between Italy, Switzerland and
Germany. This tunnel was bored out
by means Of mechanical drills, the prog
ress made being thirteen feet per day.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27
REPUBLICANS AND SILVER.

July 81, ISIS, the Republican Ns-
tiopsl Convention assembled in Chicago.
and adopted this financial plank:
"Ths Republican party is in favor OF
the use Of both gold and silver as money
aud condemns the policy Of the admins
tration in its efforts TO d~emonetize sill
YER"
At that time, - now. Grover Cleve-
land was President Of the United States.
the Bland Standard Dollar Act WAS in
force and the minis were coming 81 least
1000, 900 silver dollars monthly, follow
ing the custom Of the preceding Repub-
lican administration. Then the Repub-
lican National Convention declared for
the use Of both gold and silver as money
and condemned Clevelsnd's administra-
tion for attempting to demonetize silver.
Benjamin Harrison was elected oil that
platform. yet be continued the policy Of
Cleveland, which the platform con-
denued. Cleveland succeeded Harrison
and convened Congress in special session
for the purpose of preventing the pur-
chase Of silver bullion and its coinage.
In this be was materially assisted by
gold Republicans. some Of whom, no
dolbt, were in the convention which
condemned the efforts of the first ad-
ministration to demonetize silver. Now
the Republican National Convention not
only approves the policy of Cleveland's
administration in demonetizing silver,
but goes to the extent Of d~isrupting the
party, by compelling such men as Teller
of Colorado to leave it, to carry out the
policy Of Clevelsnd's administration.
1t was Rspublicanism when Harrison
was elected to denounce Cleveland for
his efforts to demonetize silver. Now j,
is Republicanism. when Mckinley wants
to be elected, to indorse Cleveland:
financial policy. Will intelligent men,
who see the country going to ruin, and
property depreciating as gold appreci-
ates, submit to this political iugglery
or will they declare their independence
and vote for the interests Of the State
and the masses Of the people Reno
Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

An exchange calls attention to the
fact that this year the Democratic party
is 100 years old. II began business in
1876, and has outlived many opposing
organizations. The Federals and Wings
managed four times to carry the Presi-
dental election, holding that Office for
sixteen years. The Republican party
has seven times elected it's President.
The Democratic party has carried the
country fourteen times in Presidential
contests.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

When . man of Senator Teller's judy
ment. ability and experience formally
withdraws from . party with which he
has been identified for years. the cause
for that withdrawal must be great. No
one will judge Senator Teller harshly for
his action at st. Louis; the free coinage
OF silver was his faith; to secure the rec
ognition of the white metal had been his
life work, and his courage and honesty
will be applauded when he refused to &C
cept . platform and vote for q man who
held views Numerically opposed to his.
S. f. Post (Rep.).
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

Chicago has she biggest building on
earth-the Democratic convention build
ing. The WINDY city" appears to dc
nothing by halves. By means OF innum.
cradle sections of sliding doors the build
can be arranged to give accommodation
to an audience Of 1000 or of $4,000. 1t
is 727 feet long by 800 feet wide, and q
single one OF its five vestibules co yers o
space of IA feet wide by so feet deep.
There are 100 committee-rooms, and l50
arc lights are required to furnish ade-
quate light.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

President Cleveland is preparing q
sound.money letter, which will be read
in Tsmmany Hall on the Fourth of July.
1t is said that the letter will deal ex.
clusively with the financial issue. Only
sound-money speeches are to be deliv-
cred in Tammany Hall at the coming
celebration. Not Q Democratic orator
who is known as an advocate of silver
has been asked to address the Tammany.
tes.-Silver Knight. Watchman.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

There is no rhyme for the word sill
yer" is the general statement. Oul
Australian friends, who have furnished
fighters. . voting system, q Torrens land
transfer plan, etc., also furnish a provin.
cial rhyme for the word "silver." In
some parts Of the great woolgrowing re-
gions Of Australasia a month old lamb il
called a "chilver." The campaign poet
can hardly use this. though.-Mining
and Scientific Press.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

Mr.. Mckinley is said by his admirers
to be a man Of destiny, and bearing
some resemblance physically to Napo-
leon. he is also superssitious, and
begged his manager, Mr.. Hanna, not &c
present his nam on Friday. 1t appears
that he overlooked the fact that Nspo.
leon was defeated at Waterloo on June
Is. 1915. The silver men remembered il,
however, and suggested that the Ohio
imam Of destiny" should take warning.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

These six States will be the battle
ground. They have SO electoral votes
among them. These So votes. added to
the l55 surely Republican votes, make
a total Of 23S. This would be IA votes
more than necessary to elect. The State
of Michigan could be lost, and still the
Republicans would be successful; or the
States Of Minnesota and Delaware could
go Democratic, if the Republicans held
Michigan. and Mckinley could win.
The managers concluded that, with the
probability Of the Democrats declaring
for free coinage at Chicago, New York
and New Jersey would be sure for the
Republicans. Maryland they regard as q
doubtful State. At any rate. they pu,
gold" in the platform. on the basis oil
the bankers and manufacturers raising
enough money to buy the votes of the
States Of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mary
land. Michigan and Minnesota.
This is the Republican scheme Of con-
quess. This is what the managers had
in view when they concluded to commit
the party irretrievably to the gold
standard.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

The death of Gen. John McComb on
the 18th inst, removes another of the
pioneers Of 40. He was for many years
managing editor of the Alta California
and was repeatedly honored with posi-
tions of public trust.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

The News Letter says: 1.-THE indie
pendent voter 10 the citizen who cares
little for party names and q great deal
for what parties represent. Whether he
is q Republican or q Democrat. he con.
siders il his duty as such to vote against
his party when it departs from its prin-
ciples."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-06-27

A Yokohoma dispatch Of June 20 says:
1t is estimated that 30, 900 people were
drowned by the tidal wave which sue
ceeded the earthquakes in Northern ia
pan. The town of Kumassia was a
tirely washed away. Many other coast
towns are wholly or partially destroyed.