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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19
FOR n EMIT.
special Notice.

special Notice.
The prices advertised in last SUNDAYS
Virginian are good for every day this
week, and not for Monday only. as the
extremely low prices led some to think.
Call and see the bargains
WRIGHT'S,
1876 Main Street.
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4 sEAnOARD WRECK.
4 Brakeman BILLED ana Cars De
InOIiSkcu.

Raleigh. N. c.. Sept. lS.-Near Cotton.
forty miles south of here. a freight train
on the Scaboard Air Line was wrecked
to-day. one brakeman was killed and
thirteen box cars We're demolished The
accident wa9 due to a broken truck.
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Cured Free

Headache, toothache, and all main
cured free of charge with our mast
U-No Oil. U-No Tonic Company 3o7
and 209 Main street. formerly the iJnb
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what Surprised tho Laa,es

At Levy Bros. opening sale Monsov
was that in many instances prices werc
lower thaRadvertised: also many new
bargains wAre added. BE sure you visit
the store this week
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19

from all accounts Chamberlain
Cough Remedy Is a Godsend 10 The
afflicted. There Is no advertisement
about this: we feel Just like saving Il -
The Democrat. Carrollton. Ky. For sale
by all druggists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19
WATT, RETTEW & CLAY
ARE SELLING

80 pieces Fancy Mixed Wool Dress Goods at 12Hc..
worth l9c. 80 pieces All Wool Dress Goods for street
wear at 25c, worth CSC. Is pieces Iridescent Nov.
city Dress Goods at &c., worth SOc so pieces All
Wool Dress Goods in the verv newest designs and
colorngs at Soc, worth 7Sc. Is pieces Dress
GoodS-high novelties of foreign make at &c.. worth
Sl.oo. Nine hundred ladies' ribbed, feeced n,aco,
silk trimmed Winter Vests and Pants at &c.,, worth
50. or more. 24O Ladies white, flat, heavy All
lambs wool Vests and Pants at 81 90, worth $40
to Sl.75 his week, while lot lasts Ladies' Muslin
Corset Covers Drawers and other odd garments at
39c., worth from SOC. to SlOO. All unlaundered
print Shirt Waists at 1oc., formerly 25c. The re-
mander OF the Laundered Waists at 25c., formerly
soc, and many other noteworthy values.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19
Gold Haserya

Washington. Sept: 1S.-The Treasury
stood at $ll0,42.42i The DAYS wjtbdra W:
ais OF gold at New York were SOS so6
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TO CUREA cOLD INoynn,x

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All DRUGGISTS refund the money II II
fails to cure. 25c sDS-tu I'm 60, -
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RICHMOND.
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Norfolk ....,........O 6 90 5 0 3 OLA
Richmond .............2 U Y " :
Summary: Earned runs-Norfolk, Z.
Two-base hits-Fields and Armstrong.
Three-base hits-Rothermel Wild pitch
-Mullarkey. /: Woodruff, 2 Base on
balls-OH Stocksdale. 3: off Malarkcy,
4; off Woodruff, .. Hit by pitched ball
Armstrong. Stock sdale, Groves. Foster
Sacrifice hits-Davis and Stocksdale
Struck out-By Stocksdale, 5; by Malar
key, /: by Woodruff, ]. Left on bases
Norfolk, Z; Richmond, &. Double plays
Wentz, Rothermel. and Armstrong;
Rothermel and Armstrong. Stolen
bases-C. McFailan =, Armstrong .. A..
McFaran >, Cleve ., Fields 2, Stocks
dale, Wentz. Davis, Sholta, Foster,
Mari. Time-One hour and forty min
utes. Umpires-Boyer and McCloskey.
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.
Berte played his usual clever game
A one handed stop of his at one stage of
the performance was a beauty.
Reddy Armstrong; fielding at first
was great. particularly in geeting quick
bounces.
Jocko showed Foster up. He caught
unusually well.
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Hurrah for School!

Vacation is over! This
store sells school supplies at3
the lowest prices in Norfolk
everything necessary for the be-
ginner and the coming graduate.
Lead Pencils, &c. dozen.
Zoe. dozen. 800 o ~ -,
Celored Drawing Pencils, half dozen col
School Companions, Sc. and Sc. ~
Sehool COMPANIONS, hard wood. tOc. And !
y LIE. 'N "0'' w anu 7
Composition Books, GOOD backs, &c.
COMPOSITION and Exercise Books, with
good stiff board backs for dc. .ll;3
Pencil ablets, 100 sheets for DC.
Pencil Tablets, $50 sheets for &c.
Pencil Tablets, 200 sheets for 4c.
Pencil Tablets, 200 sheets for Sc.
allners Combination Garry All. Zee.
(which includes oen.il box, book, strap andf
ruler cheap at 25c. each--varnishcd. q
Embroidered Fl,nnel School Bags, soc. S5
Waterproof School Bags for I9c.
Excellent School Bags at IS. and ST 100.
Sia'e PENCILS, &c. eox, ready sha-psrcd.
Saftcr,s Writing Ink for Sc. bottle.
Nice Wood Rulers at Jc. each.
One potnd Berkeley Note PAGER, was
VIC. pound, sac price lIc. pound. iz
Large boz fine all Linen Paper with En-
veloces to match, this weeks special price
u LIE. box, cheap at l7c. BOX.
Ext.a large size Ink Tablets, Sc.
All linen Tablets to 90 at &c. each.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19

WANTED.-Occupants for large front
room, with board, also table boarders.
New number 26s Butte street; references
required Sel3-1w.
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Observation-Disclosures by the employees
Of the S E0oS and 1es at Pinnss
Point. These houses will readily rent or
sell at a handsome profit. Parties who
are In q position to build. will do well
to call on or address c. F. HARPER,
Hotel Southern. Primers Point. va.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-19

ROOMS WANTED.-Three or four rooms
for light housekeeping; Brambleton
preferred, but other localities acceptable
Address at once Il. E. j., care Virglnian.
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wANTED-By young lady Of refineme mt
a position In Norfolk as companion 10 a
young or elderly lady; would attend an
inyai.d. II desired; references given.
Address Miss GRAY, Holiday street,
Portsmouth, Va. selS-2t
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FOR SALE At A LOW FIGURE-Plans
and specifications for a brick dwelling,
drawn by one of the best architects In
the State. Address PLANS. this office.
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|RsDlERCES|
| EEIIE'TS|
HELP WANTED.
FOR IME AaYEM

WANTED-Agents-s2 week sure to
workers.. No capital needed. New
goods. New plan, Sells at sight. Every
family needs It. II. 8. CO. Box 424 Gin
cinnatt Ohio. je-20sa26t
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

HANDSOME PROFITS Will be made by
buying wheat. provisions, cotton and
stocks at present prices. Write imme-
diately for our new book Speculation,
Wall street. New York city
Se5-we,Sa,24t
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WANTED-Recruitsf for the u. 8. Marine
corps: Wantad-Abie bodied, unmarried
Food. clothing and medical attendance
free. For further particulars, etc, apply
or address. the Commanding officer,
Marine Barracks, Nayy-yard. Norfolk,
Va. ty4-Sm
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MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.

Berte played his usual clever game.
A one handed stop of his at one stage of
the performance was a beauty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-05
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

!. Tariff, not only to furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses or the
government. but to protect American Ia
Dor from degradation to the wage level
Of other lands. 2. Reciprocal agreements
for open markets and discriminating du-
ties in favor of the American merchant
marine. 3. Maintenance of the existing
gold standard ,and opposition to free coin
age of silver except by international
agreement with the leading commercial
nations of the world. 4. Pensions and
preferences for veterans of the Union
army. 8. A firm. vigorous and dignified
foreign policy land all our interests IN
the western hemisphere carefully watched
and guarded 6. The Hawaiian Islands
to be controlled by the United States; the
Nicaraguan canal TO be built: naval sta
tion in the West Indies. T. Protection of
American citizens and property in Turkey.
s. Reassertion of the Monroe doctrine.
Eventual withdrawal OF European powers
from this hemisphere and union Of all
English-speaking people on this continent.
9. The United States actively to use infu-
ence to restore peace and give independ-
ence to Cuba. TO- Enlargement of the
navy. defense of harbors and seacoasts.
II. Exclusion of illiterate and immoral i'm
migrants. II. Reapproval of the civil SER
vice law. 49, \ free ballot and an honest
count. a. Condemnation of lynching. 10.
Approval Of national arbitration. l6 APP
proval of a free homestead law. II. Ad-
mission OF the remaining territories, rep
resentation for Alaska and abolition or
carpet-bag federal officers. is. sympathy
with legitimate efforts to lessen intemper-
ance 19. Sympathetic reference to 1.-THE
rights and interests of woman.'-Con-
densed by the Times Herald
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-05

Colonel Mcclure, who whatever his
political vagaries is conceded to be an
expert mathematician, figures that l2S
electoral votes are sure to go McKin-
ley; that in five states having SO elec-
toral votes the chances are ten to one
in favor OF Mckinley; that in eight
other states with 81 electoral votes the
chances in McKinley's favor are as
good as five to one; and that in four.
teen other states with 119 electoral
votes the chances are even. Dividing
the even chances and giving Mckinley
the rest, this guess provides him with
236 votes, or twelve more than enough
to nominate. But by November the
chances most likely will be settled by
Mckinley taking all of them, and thus
securing his election by a vote of 395
to 81.
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God Standard and Bond Sales.

A gentleman by the names Of Amos
Jones. writing in a Washington paper
in defense Of free coinage. makes this
ingenious argument:
If a man has now one gold dollar and one
5O-cent silver dollar he can buy 81 worth
with them anywhere in this country, or
he can deposit them with his banker, take
a letter OF credit to Europe, and buy 50
worth there. BY so doing he gets 81
worth, and only gives one dollar and
half's worth for It. Now. that difference
Of 80 1-3 per cent, has got to be made good
by somebody. and the government does
II. And in order to make good that diff
ference 1t was found necessary to sell
$262, 100000 of bonds during the last two
years, which means tax Of about sG.24
for each man. woman, and baby in the
United States, or about $3l.25 for each fam
lily. To continue on a gold standard. as
We are now, means more bond sales. and
at the rate OF $13O00O.OO0 a year. how long
will II he before we are bankrupt and re.
duced to the condition Of the pauper Ia
Dor Of Europe? You may build around the
country a Chinese wall of Protection II
you choose, but no amount of protection
or revenue will enable us to take $3.50 to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-05

The points raised below are from the
Omaha paper of which Mr. Bryan was un-
til recently the editor. The replies are
from the Philadelphia Press, although
we have Corrected one or two of them:
First-Under the gold standard there Is
n constant increase in the purchasing
power of money. This is only another
way of saying that there is constant
shrinkage in the prices of property and
of the products of labor.
Answer-This is true as to commodities
whose product has increased since the eX-
isting gold standard was recognized and
accepted 1t Is not true of all commodities
1t is least of all true of the most import
ant commodity of all--labor. This has
risen in value. A days labor buys more
of the necessities, the conveniences and
luxuries Of life than 1t ever did before
Farm products have fallen. Farm labor
has not. City labor has not. Manufac-
turing labor has not. Even farm pro-
ducts buy more cloth, more machinery
and meet more wants than ever before.
Low as wheat Is it takes no more bushels
to buy n moving machine than before
1879. no more to buy a suit of clothes, to
pay for newspaper or to furnish par
lor or kitchen. Capitalists have suffered
because lands, stock, ETC., have fallen in
earning power. but the purchasing power
Of labor has risen and the joint product
of land and labor. like crops, can be ex-
changed for more than in 1879. .....
II II H
Second-The shrinkage in prices in
wolves ruin to those in business and bank
ruptcy to those in debt, If long continued
Answer-1f this were true then the pro-
portion Of people who fail would increase.
Under paper currency, from 1870 to 1873,
the proportion Of those in trade who failed
was greater than in the years 1879 to 1895,
when the existing gold standard was in
operation. In 1875 the worst year under
paper. 1.56 per cent. failed, or one in sixty
four; in 1892 the worst year under the gold
standard. l.2S per cent. failed, or one in
seventy-nine. If things were getting
worse for business the proportion of fail
ures would grow. 1t has not. In fact,
failures began to be numerous under the
gold STANDARD only after silver was added
to the currency. Until this was done.
failures were few. When this began to
have an effect. failures increased. As Il
is. failures have not reached the relative
number In 1873.
Third-It thus throws men out OF en-
ployment and thus reduces the demand
for manufactured goods. forcing factories
to run on half time and to reduce their
forces.
Answer-As We have already shown, the
existing gold standard has not increased
the relative number of failures. Those
which have come are due to the reduction
in the tariff
Fourth-The constantly increasing num-
ber OF failares involves heavy losses to
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The County Conventions Work.

The work of the Republican county
itself to the voters of the party. The
ticket which it has nominated will not
only win at the polls but it will prove
a credit afterward. Harmony marked
its nomination and harmony will be eX-
pected to contribute to It's election. In
such a trim the party will prove invin
chile.
The nomination by acclamation of
William Conneil for congress confersa ap-
propriate honor upon one of the coun-
tvs foremost citizens. It is unneces-
sary at this time and in this place to
speak at length Of his recommendations
for the position Of representative in
congress. Probably no person before
whose eye this article will come is un-
familiar with Mr.. Connell's career or in
ignorance as to the honorable and gen.
erous methods upon which it rests.
Although for years he has been one Of
the recognized pillars of. the. commu-
nifty, this is the first presentation of
his name for an important elective
office; and while Mr.. Connell is to be
congratulated because of the unanimity
attending his nomination, the district
itself may reasonably be regarded as
more the gamer than he. He gains
only call to difficult labors; 1t gains
services that in any fair appraisement
would be worth many multiplications
Of the involved pay.
In re-nominating the present county
commissioners the convention simply
rewarded well-demonstrated merit.
Under their direction the internal af-
fairs Of the county government have
been carefully and economically at
tended to. the county finances have
been prudently and honestly adminis-
tered and the high standard Of former
years has been pushed still higher.
Such good work clearly merited recog-
milton from the convention, and will
command even greater recognition at
the polls. The nominees for auditor are
bright and intelligent young men. good
Republicans and candidates in every
way worthy OF support With such
ticket 1t ought to be only question Of
how large the majority will be.
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erA~ rpo,..r-x- ...Sz
railroads Of the country seem to forget
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banks. which are forced to curtail their
loans and reduce expenses.
Answer-It is not failures which have
caused the banks to contract loans but
doubt as to the currency. Why should
any man want to loan on gold standard
when the Chicago platform wants to re-
pay the loan on a silver standard worth
90 cents on the dollar?
Fifth-The falling prices of farm prod
ucts reduce the income of the farming
classes immensely and render 1t next to
impossible for farmers to pay rent or in
terest on mortgages or taxes.
Arswer-The falling prices OF farm prod
uots are due 10 the competition of new
sources OF supply, made available by
cheap transportation. Argentina Is one
or these, unknown few years ago. No
coinage law can change this. Competi-
tion reduces prices in all pursuits ana the
only remedy Is a change of product. Sill
yer will not help the farmer, because the
money he makes by paying off gold
standard mortgage in silver standard dol
lars worth half as much will be lost In the
advance IN prices of all he buys. AS to
taxes. the Republican party. led by Blaine.
proposed to help the farmer by using the
federal surplus 10 pay for education in
the poor states. but this was beaten by
southern and northern Democrats.
Il Il II
Sixth-The farmer becomes poor Gus
toner OF the country store and the coun-
try store in turns becomes n poor custo-
mer OF the wholesale merchant, SO that all
commerce 10 crippled
Answer-Look up the accounts and or
ders of any country store for the past
twenty or thirty years. You will find in
all that in commodities the farmer Is
buying more pounds of sugar. tea and cof
fee, more pairs of boots and shoes and
more cloth now than he did. In dollars
he may pay less, but men don't eat dol
lars or drink or wear them. Test your
own knowledge of the consumption of
these articles by farmers-not for single
years, but for term of years. Note how
the freight movement, exclusive OF grain
and provision. grows on the railroads.
Some one is using 1t or the roads would
not carry it. AS matter of fact, up to
the disorder due to tariff changes and
doubtful currency both the farmer anu
country store were consuming more than
ever. Fear of silver basis has checked
consumption.
Seventh-The railroads suffer a great
falling off in business and try to reduce
expenses by cutting salaries or discharg-
ing men. Many go into the hands OF re-
csivers.
Answer--Of course they do. Railroad
operation and expansion turn on credit.
Shake credit by injecting doubt into the
currency and the railroads are shaken.
Restore credit and Nebraska will double
its railroad mileage in the next ten years.
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Europe and get s. worth. as we. are now
doing.
There is no doubt that a good many
honest men believe with Mr.. Jones that
to continue the gold standard will re-
quire more bond sales These men.
though, forget, that we had the gold
STANDARD for fifteen years prior to the
year 1898, had 1t in identically the same
shape that we have it today, with our
silver issue redeemable on demand in
gold, and were never compelled to sell
single bond. The difference between
those fifteen years from 1877 to 1893 and
the bond-selling period since is that in
the earlier time we had genuine Pro-
tective tariff. under whose operation we
were enabled to make a net importa-
ton Of gold from Europe of Sl01. .56S,3i0,
whereas, in the interval since 1892 we
have had half-done free trade law on
the statute books. which has failed to
produce sufficient revenue to pay cur
rent expenses, and under which we have
lost Si97,531 ,1O6 in gold through export
to Europe. The gold standard can be
maintained easily enough without bond
sale when the government has ample
revenues and the business interests of
our home producers have proper tariff
Protection. 1t only becomes trouble
some when Democratic free trade ex-
perimentation produces business stag
nation. unsettles confidence and drains
our gold supply to Europe.
But we must not forget Brother
Jones' first three sentences. He admits
that under the gold standard man
with a gold dollar and a 5O-cent dollar.
or, as he expresses it. dollar and
half. can today get in exchange 81 worth,
either at home or abroad. Well, that
ought not to be a bad thing for the
American wage-earner or the American
pensioner Better get So worth for a
dollar and half than only 81 worth for
two dollars, as the free silver men pro-
pose. But the fact is that Mr.. Jones'
Illustration Is incorrect The govern
ment, instead Of standing loss Of 33 1-3
per cent. in the coinage of silver dollars
at present buys silver bullion at its
ruling market price and coins it into
dollars containing 371A grains of pure
silver. BY this process 1t makes
profit of nearly so per cent, which is
called seigniorage. That profit Is ample
to cover any probable cost Of redeem
ing this silver money in gold. Free coin
age wants to deprive the government Of
this profit and hand it over to the own
ers of silver mines and silver bullion,
one of the rankest conceivable forms Of
monopoly.
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"Thc Republican party stands
for honest money and the chance
to earn it by honest TOLL"
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.

The Women's Rescue league Of De-
troit, after an animated debate. has
declared in favor of licensing the So
cial evil. This will no doubt provoke
n storm of indlgnYnt protests, but it
seems to be the only eXpedient way
to an effective solution of problem
that has resisted all other forms of
attack ever since the world began.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-05

''The money of the United states,
and every kind or form of IL, whether
of paper, silver or gold, must be as
good as the best in the world. Itmust
not only be current mt its full face
value at home, but it must be counted
mt par in any and every commercial
center of the globe. The dollar paid
to the farmer, the wage.earner and
the pensiOner must continue forever
equal in purchasing and debt. paying
power to the dollar paid to any gov
ernm ent creditor. 80. Mckinley in His
speech of ofAcceptance.
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that II they don't want to pay car fare
transportation Of OK carts. No farmer
Is compelled to use railroads. That he
does use them Is equivalent to confess
ing that they are better and cheaper
than the methods which they have
superseded.
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GREAT EXPECTATION.

My wife and I are looking out for coun-
try board at presents;
We want a spacious, airy room, with out
look wide and pleasant:
Our table must be well supplied with
fresh and varied food:
The evenings must be cool and dry, and
fishing must be good.
There must be no mosquitoes, and we
want three mails q day:
The beds must have the latest springs,
or else We cannot stay;
We'd like q horse and wagon that we
ourselves could use,
And there must be lots of lovely drives,
and many charming views.
The other guests must all be such as we
are glad to know;
We must not be far from town, and the
trains must not be slow.
These are our modest wants, and In con-
clusion we would say
That seven dollars a week is all that We
expect to pay.
New York Tribune.