davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
Minor Matters Of Interest to All Rr,ec.
ly Mentioned

/ MT. Ira q. White Is In New York on
The new list of telephone subscribers
! Is just out
Nlr. Marshall Parks has returned from
business trip to Washington.
LPworth's chimes will ring on Sundays
AT and 1890 q. m. and tbs p. m.
blshop Randolph will confirm q class
6 o'clock. "'
The last rehearsal Of the cantata ere
bekah" was held at Epworth Church
last night N''
Mr. Harry Butt and bride returned
Yesterday morning from Washington via
of Richmond.
Mr. Rupert E. Sullivan. of the ST.
johns IN. CO Evening Gazette, Is here
on business visit
Mrs. Esmond Foreman and two daueh
ters. of Norfolk county, were visitors
TO the city yesterday
MISS Ethel Toy, formerly of Norfolk.
VIII be married to-day in Atlanta to Mr..
Charles A. Healy wealthy resident
Of Georgia
work on the new artesian we'll IS pro-
crossing rapidly. the derrick being al
ready In place Yesterday depth Of six
ty-four feet was reached
Judge Hanckel has not yet rendered 81
decision in the l.. B. East case. as he &c
waiting? for Commemorative Attorney
Baum to submit his argument.
misses Bessie and S. Kindred VIII
mans. well known in musical circles in
inns city. are In Newport News, where
they sang at concert last night
Col. ii. S. Haines, commissioner South
ern States Freight Association, and
daughter. are in Norfolk on a visit to
Mrs Charles o. Haines. in Client.
y number OF ladies are said to have
been insulted at.the City Park Monday.
anu formal charges will probably be pre-
terred against one of the employees.
A bond Of $4,000 was given Yesterday
for the release of the steamship Westhall
recently libeled. The Westhell Is now
on her way to Hamburg. with q cargo
of cotton.
The young man Dennis, son of Mr..
NJ. w. Dennis, of West Norfolk, who
has been at St. Vincent's for some time
with a bullet in his leg. has been sent
home. The bullet has not yet been re-
moved.
Mr.. D. e Roberts, superintendent
makes the following report of the Gospel
RESCUE Mission from March 5th TO 31st /:
fotal attendance. 1,419: requests for
ar meetings. 9; visits to sick; 9; visits
to homes, 10.
The Richmond Association basket ball
team Will play Norfolk at the Y NJ c.
a Friday evening at $50. The home
team VIII be composed of Messrs Guy
n.y. 'iSeT, E-HlInefSOn, ana HOD.nSOn.
An admission fee of ten cents will be
charged
1t Is important that all of the mite
boxes for the Retreat for the Sick lex
cept the Reid MemoriaD be brought in
before Friday. April 10TH Those who
nave them are earnestly requested to
bring them to the Retreat on Thursday
at IL O'Clock or make returns to Mrs
NJ. II. Bull. III Freemason street.
President B. Newgass. OF the Atlantic
and Danville railway. has returned from
New Orleans. where he has been for
TWO weeks inspecting the large interests
controlled by himself and associates in
that city Mr.. Newgass will probably
now remain In this city and New York
three months before returning to London
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PortIock,

In Memoriam-Franklin PortlocEs
Esq.
Men come and go. this mortal life
Is measured by little span,
us light and shadow, JOY and strife,
Fen such is man.
Yet some go out, nor leave a trace
or sunlight in It. sweetly blent,
MOE modest charity to grace
The life just spent.
But time. my friend, sweet fragrance
gave,
An honored life, well worn, palm.
All helpful. honest. true and brave.
And CHEEKY balm.
M mn, nun IN sore distress-Christ keep
Ihee In His bosom, ever blest.
All ms sweet and peaceful be thy sleep,
HARRY HARRINGTON"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
An Affidavit.

This is to certify that on May 18th. I
walked To Menehk's drug store on q pair
of clutches and bought bottle OF Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for infiammatory
rheumatism which had crippled me up.
After using three bottles am complete
ly cured. / can cheerfully recommend
it.-Charles II. Wetzel Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on
August 10, 1S94.-Walter Shipman, j. p.
For sale at SO cents per bottle by all
druggists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
White Man Seriously Cut.

During a row in Mike Dollard's bar
room. at James and Scott streets, tas.
night, ED. Mason a white man. was
seriously cut in the side by anorner
VINO made his escape. Mason was taken
TO 81. Nincents Hospital in the patrol
wagon. having been sent there AZ The
suggestion OF DIR. Sutton. who wos COL,
ed in i
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08

1t Will be an agreeable surprise to
persons subject to attacks of bilious col
ic 10 learn that prompt relief may be
had by taking Chamberlain's Collie. Cho-
lera. and Diarrhoea Remedy. In MANY
instances the attack may be prevented
by taking this remedy as soon as the
first symptoms of the disease appear.
% and so cent bottles for sale by all
druggists
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
Meteorological Dn,a.

U. s. Department of Agriculture
weather Bureau. Norfolk, April z
Local. meteorological data for the o.
nours ending ut p. m. last night:
maximum temperature r,
minimum temperature o. .,
Normal temperature deducted fron, %
"a years observation :.
DDeparture from Norman minus
departure since January ..... ~,
Rainfall for "a hours .. ' n;
Rainfall since April 1 .. q.
j. j. GRAY. Observer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08

comes strength when the blood has becn
p nii,l enriched and vitalized. the an.
petite restored and the system built i'm
by Hoods Sarsaparilia. N' up
headache. indigestion, blliousness si Sfi
druggists, Csc. All
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
wanted.

everybody TO know that r f,oro,,
VIII make special prices for Easter Wei,
IN order that the public can see The ela.
CANT and delicate draperies made nv his
new process. Is. 5. CAMPBELL
dp DIV 172 Main streat
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
WEATHER REPORT.
forecast aud General Conditions For
I'll To-day.


Washington. D. c.. April q. 1896.
For Virglnia-Generai fair
4 FAIR possibly light snow fiurries;
cold; northeast winds. femme.
nature rising slowly wednes-
~, DAY evening and Thursday
", r @In North carolina-Fair: northeaster-
Tha hs warmer In southern portion.
me barometer has risen oyerlthe T.nke
~ sia the Ohio Valley and the North
coast. oh ina Atlantic
Nort, re IS general cloudiness in the
amd inca, and also lin the Northwest
rniii also on the Gulf coast. The weather
f man PROBABLY continue fair from the
lake lake Region southwark to the east Gulf
s sDas rarity cloudy weather and local
ono ". are likely to occur on the Atlantic
noas. north Of Virginia In the early
Hm,Trning, followed by clearing weather
tSa fly. northerly winds will continue. but
Sav n,al0. will rise slowly Wednes.
the Mississippi. cast oi
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
PORT CALENDAR

~, sun h, rises. 5:3s a. M; sun sets, e:s5 D.
m Low, n,sn wafer, 6:o6ha. m. and 6:34 o.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
ENCOURAGING REPORT.
Fr0w the Superintendent orthe Cos.
pei Rescue Mission. Church Street.

Mr.. d. Il. Roberts. superintendent of
Gospel Rescue Mission. No. SS0E Church
street, makes the following report for
the period between March 5th and March
3lst last:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08
Park place Lots for Sale

d. K. Creecy &; Co. agents 142 Church
s,reet. . Big bargains for all. Lots
s 81 10 go on instalment plan, $40 cash,
dress. d. r. CREEPY & CO. ap7.st
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-08

Newest Discovery"--Ext. teeth: no
0San- N. Z. d. Rooms. Ennis. 1872 Mats
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

here AZ least wood may not be dis
placed by steel, owing to the danger OF
concussion. A great square shaft runs
far up between steel walls to the re-
doubts, from which the twelve-inch
guns are fred. Down this shaft comes
a car, on which shell, with its firing
charge Of 425 pounds of powder, must
be loaded. The steel itself would be
no mean burden, with its bursting
charge of twenty-five pounds of ex-
plosive, for it is thirty-four inches
long, 11.96 inches in diameter, and
weighs $50 pounds.
The ammunition hoist room proper
or handling room, on the after plat
form deck, is immediately over the
magazines, for which IL is cover. It
is cut off from the berth deck above
by the battle plates, weighing about
1000 pounds each, and handled by
steam gear. The water line is ten feet
above. Every hatchway on this pro.
tective deck, which covers the ships
vitals as cuirass covered warrior of
old, is supplied with these steel plates,
water tight, which isolate every room
and compartment below from the gun
deck and crew space above. II is the
machinery, not the men, that must be
first considered. From abreast the
upper end of the vertical armor, which
does not cover the ends OF the ship,
this protective deck begins to drop
down over the precious storehouse of
mechanism amidships. Where il was
only two inches thick, horizontally, it
is now three inches thick, inclining
at an angle of seven to ten degrees.
All the work of the battle ship is
down in her midst. The forward end
of the ship is used for slowing only.
But this concentration amidships is
curiously contrasted with the still
more crucial rule in battle ship that
she can conquer only by division. Di-
vided by innumerable water tight
walls and bulkheads she stands; united
in one whole che would fall New
York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

these circular walls, the fighting boss
OF the ship, perched there to overlook
the enemy and direct the progress Of
the action, feels secure in his ability
to reach and rally the toilers under
him, for he knows that every tube that
leads from him to them is guarded by
twelve.inch steel walls.
The order to clear for action having
been given, the eight fire rooms, down
next to the keel, with only few
inches of steel shutting out the cool,
rushing waters, into which many a
fireman would already like to plunge,
are crowded with half naked men,
forcing to still greater fervor the fires
beneath the four double.ender boil.
ers of the Texas. There are, perhaps,
fifty of these men, and thanks to their
exertions, the temperature Of these
fire rooms Is already 130 degrees.
There are eight men in each of the two
engine rooms nearby-sixteen fierce
looking heroes, each working in a
pair of trousers cut OFF below the knees,
as if his life depended on it. Many
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

when desired q pressure of 1000
pounds can be Iobtained. The first
will send torpedo four hundred
yards at speed of thirty-two knots
an hour. Eight hundred yards range
may he reached, but without accuracy
of aim. Through the submarine tor
pedo room proper into which the
three prisons open, the submarine
mine room is reached. Here also the
trap doors over the gun cotton and
torpedo head compartments, each
reached by shaft, are to be seen.
Just forward is the fore hold, where
the wet stores, lumber, spare gear and
beef are stored.
Down in the shell room, twenty
feet below the sea level, eight meu
would work in time of action. 1t Il
six feet wide, 6.6 feet high, and some
twenty feet long. steel tunnel, shut
in by the wooden partition of tht
various ammunition compartments
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Sew Use for Bald Heads.

A clever Partisan has discovered
new use for bald-headed men. He SO.
lects one whose Uranium is hairless, has
an advertisement lettered on the pate,
and then has the owner occupy place
in the parquet of the theatre during
the performance. In many cases the
animated advertisement has attracted
more attention than the performers,
but, as the cause OF the trouble main.
tains q quiet demeauor the managers
have found no excuse for ejecting him.
During the coronation ceremonies
of Alexander H., at st. Petersburg
thirteen years ago there was gala
performance OF italian opera The
stalls we're reserved for military men
of exalted rank, and they were 50 ar.
ranged that when the imperial party
entered the building they saw the let-
ter A outlined with bald heads. IL
this case the owners of the hssds were
ignorant of the use to which their in,
drmities were put.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

other lives do. There are two ma
chinists and four or five oilers in at
tendance on each of these engines.
Without her engines the Texas would
fall prey to the first unarmored
cruiser that came along, swift to circle
about the helpless levlathan, ready
now and then to pour in broadside
after broadside, any one of which
might disable the 12-inch guns and
pierce the magazines. The engine is
the master machine, and everybody In
the Texas realizes this. There are
ninety men in the engineers force,
and all but twenty of them are on duty
at the fires, engines and boilers.
But what OF those twenty? What q
fateful and all important labor is
theirs Some of them, by tho glow
from the glass cased electric light
boxes, let down to them from above,
are raising slowly out from the maga-
zine bins the deadly treasures OF high
explosive, shell and cartridge. Here,
the mines are making ready, there the
torpedoes are preparing, aud yonder
in tine she'll room tho vast missiles to
be hurled from the throats OF the 12-
inch guns are being hoisted through
the wells to the loading trays far
above. Were the dynamos to stop and
these light boxes to become suddenly
dark, what horror of black muck
would envelop these toilers and para
lize every energy OF their frames. 1t
was such a casualty MS that which
caused the collision in the harbor of
Havana some weeks ago by which a
Spanish cruiser went down, with her
crew and captain.
Lets look at the steam steering en-
gine. There are six wheels by which
the Texas can he directed in her course.
There is one in the chart house on the
flying bridge, just over the coming
tower, for steam steering. There's
another in the coming tower, for use
in action; third on the after gun
deck; fourth in the steering room,
away down in the after hold. There.
a big hand wheel in the steering room
for use if the steering engine breaks
a wheel on the steering engine itself
IN the tiller room. Once disarrange(
or broken, the steam steering engin,
is disconnected and the hand wheels
any one Of them, brought into imme
diate use.
But take look into the compresso
room, where the air is compressed b,
steam for the torpedoes. Like al
these vital elements, this room is dow
below the protective deck. The tor
pedo charge is confined at pressur
of 1850 pounds to the square inch, an,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

A narrow belt with buckle encircles
the waist. The crush collar of violet
silk has large fans of lace on each side.
Fashionable pufis reach to the elbow
and are stylishly arranged over COM
Portable sleeve Innings that can be cut
elbow length or faced to the wrists, If
so desired. The epaulettes are made
from lace mitered at the edges to form
three points over the full puffs. The
mode is very generally becoming and
the ripple basque or epaulettes, or
both can be omitted IL not desired. All
kinds of silk, linen, cotton, or light
weight wooden fabrics are adapted to
develop waists in this style, any fash
ionable garniture being chosen for
decoration.
The quantity of material SO inches
wide required to make this waist for o
lady OF medium size is four yards.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Lived Like Pauper, Died Rich.

Miss Elizabeth B. Cook, of Bridge
port, little hamlet in Fayette Coun-
ty, Penn, always lived as though she
were pauper. Recently she died
without medical attention or friends
present, and the exact circumstances
Of the death are not known. She was
found lying upon the floor some time
after her death. DR.. 81. J. English
was made administrator, and he got a
firm of attorneys to look around and
see what her few effects amounted to.
The inventory of the estate shows that
she was the owner OF over S22, 900 Of
bank stock. She also had over S2S, 900
in cash on deposit, and was the holder
of ten shares of stock in the Fittsburg,
Virginia and Charleston Railroad Com
pany. Nearly S2500 in gold coin and
800 in silver coin and bank notes
were found sealed up tight in an old
fruit can in her tome after her death.
The property will go to nephews,
neices, and grandnephews and grand
nieces. .-Philadelphia Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

stead Of steel plates and wooden back
ing. The Texas isn't as heavy ship
as the New York, for example, but her
redoubt makes her battle ship, and
the New York remains with all her
perfection only an armored cruiser
after oil. If the Texas is only second
class among battle ships, by reason OF
her tonnage, she is, nevertheless, th e
pride OF her officers and crew, and
would undoubtedly give o good ac-
count of herself in battle.
There is certain fearful curiosity
to know just what will take place down
in the submarine wells, cells, maga-
zines, engine room and stoke holes OF
this steel castle of the deep, what vast
energies that have lain dormant will
suddenly be released when once the
order to prepare for action has been
signaled through the ship. In old
times the commander of a frigate stood
on the bridge with his glass under his
arm and gave his orders in full view
of his men, who cheered and "went al
en-"
Nowadays, in the chilled steel cell
called the coming tower, far removed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

machine stitching near the edges, or
they can be blind stitched on if so
preferred. The fronts are reversed at
the top to form coat lapels that meet
the rolling collar in notches, chemi-
settle with bow tie being worn at the
neck. The sleeves, in gigot style, are
shaped with two seams, and are of
fashionable size, the wrists being fin
ished with stitching to simulate cuffs,
that are decorated near the back seam
with three buttons. A narrow leather
belt encircles the waist. The graceful
skirt is specially designed for wheel
women, its distinguishing features be.
ing an underlying box plait laid in the
centre of front gore, the edges of which
meet and are fatty pressed, so as to be
hardly noticeable when standing and
when mounted give ample room for
the free action of the limbs, and pre-
vent the ugly airded appearance so
often seen. Two backward turning
plaits at the back conceal the saddle
gore in the centre that keeps the skirt
in proper position. Placket openings
on each side of front gore are finished
bypointed overlaps and decorated with
buttons. Suits in this style can be
made from all kinds of cloth, tweed,
cheviot, serge, or cycle cloth, and
worn with Knockers and Logging to
match.
The quantity of material required
to make this basque for lady having
a 36.inch bust measure is three yards
To make the skirt it will require Al
yards Of the same width material.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

above the smothered din of the decks,
with no ears to hear and no eyes to
Gee him, he puts his ears to the speak
ing tube, and fifty, sixty, seventy feet
below him, here in the iron box called
the shell room, there in the seething
pit called the fire room; here in the
dungeon Of the engineers. there in the
torpedo rooms, far away in the very
bowels Of the ships, where the high
explosives and mines are slowed, flies
the mysterious messages, rousing every
man and every engine to utmost efforts.
In the long steel gallery, suspended
between the sweat boxes, called the
fire rooms, OF the Texas. is the central
station. Here a midshipman may
connect the coming tower, or tine
tiller room, or the redoubts, with any
other part of the ship. There is no
such thing as shouting an order. The
furnaces going, the engines clanking,
the tramp of hundreds of feet waking
sullen echoes from resounding metal,
the chain trolleys bearing their peril
ous burdens of shell and powder and
gun cotton, travelling harshly along
the mysterious awakening of the com
plicated automata hidden away in
every nook, the sliding OF the loading
trays from the ammunition hoist to
the breeches OF the great guns, whose
muzzles, forty feet away, are even
now threatening to shatter the air
with the hoerse earthquaking, sea
msddening roar of discharge that
will do murder twelve miles away
amid oil this diabolical saturnalia wha,
chaLce would an old fashioned speak
ing trumpet have?
The central station, in which these
speaking tubes are concentrated, mus
be carefully guarded. A steel pipe
twelve inches thick, carries them un
der the protective deck. Once ther,
they are safe. The side armor, which
distinguishes the battle ship, is, il
the Texas, twelve inches thick, cover
ing two-thirds of her length amid
ahips. The walls OF the coming towe
are only nine inches thick, but it
diameter is so small. comparatively, q
70 make walls Of that thickness prac
ideally impenetrable. With the abel
and round shot, grape and rife bull
1mpiaGinG busstinG batterins o
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

over violet silk Innings, and is deco.
rated with lace. insertion and ribbon
to match the color of Innings. The
waist Innings are glove fitting and
close in centre front. A narrow vest
trimmed crosswise with insertion is
sewed to the right front and closes
over on the left. Wide box plaits that
taper towards the waist are formed on
the edge of each front meeting those
on the back at the shoulder seams. A
blouse effect is given in front by gath
ers at the lower edge OF vest and box
plaits. The ripple basque y joined to
the lower edge Of waist, boz plaita
meeting those Of the waist ct the back.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
Across the WAY.

Across the way from me she kneels,
dainty lass In sober gray,
Who will not lift her eyes to see
Her neighbor just across the way.
She bows her head in silent prayer,
In attitude devout and quaint;
She prays for all the world, while l.
pray for her, my little saint
Ah little girl, though well you hide
Those long-lashed orbs Of tender gray,
You know there prays, with open eyes,
A sinner just across the wayl
Florence A. Jones, in the New Bohemian
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22
A Town Under One Roof.

There exists in Wieden borough OF
Vienna) an immense house called
"Freihaus." This colossal building
has thirteen courtyards, thirty-one
staircases and pip inhabitants. 1t
has its own postman, and the letters
if they would reach their destination,
must bear the Christian name, sur
name and also nickname of the ad.
dressee, the number OF his room, stair
case and courtyard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

The width of his mouth was eight in
ches, the length of his leg 13h inches.
The biggest frogs on earth are found
in this country. Nowhere else are
frogs so large feature OF swamp and
marsh life. A year ago twelve enor-
nous American frogs were sent alive
to Europe, where they excited much
wonder, but none of them was as large
as the Railway frog here described.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-22

mixed cheviot and is shaped with two
seams, having smooth under.arm
portion. When Innings are used they
are shaped exactly like the sleeves,
thus giving the necessary room for
the dress sleeves. The wrists are
plainly completed with inside facings.
These sleeves can be made OF silk, vel.
vet or cloth, to contrast or match with
the garment in which they are placed.