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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30

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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30
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by WALKE * WILLIAMS, druggists
los Wntcr street. Norfolk Va.
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ENGINES. BOILERS. SAWuILL. an,,
ell kinds Of machinery OF the most i'm.
proved patterns. Also repairing at tho
shortest notice. Pa ti"ui1r attention
TO steamboat work. DUVAl.S PATENT
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General Superintendent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30

IA ~ - NORFOLK AND
I'M anu IT., CAROLINA
We o. NO RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
MAY II. lslG
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30

The trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the elegant
cd: The, steamers are comparatively
new, having been built in 1881, and are
lifted up in the most iuxuriant manner,
with electric lights. call bells and steam
heat In each room; The tables are SUP
from tho markets of Washington and
Norfolk. Tickets, on sale at 3. G. o.
ticket ONCE; N. d c. Office, at w. z.
For further information dppiy
.. J. CALLAHAN
Telephone. en- Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30

Norfolk . Washington Steamboat Co.
The new and powerful iron palace
ssgame5S NEWPEkT NEWS. WASH
daily as follows:
NORTH BOUND.
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Office OF The VirvinIap.
Norfolk. " JulI 70 lSYR
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Mating. Japanese style.

II you wish 10 lay japanese mating In
a Japanese fashion, first cover your floor
with the thickest s..rpet lining YOU can
buy. That will soften the sound and keep
the mating from wearing unevenly and
quickly. Cut breadth Of the mating a
half or a third of the length of the room
where il is To go and bind il with carpet
binding of solid color not only across the
ends, but also along the sides Cut the
next breadth the same length and fix in
the same way II 1t is proposed to use
three lengths. the space should be SO di-
vided that three will be two long and one
short lengths. But each one is To be bound
on all sides In laying the next breadth OF
mating so arrange the pieces that long
piece in one breadth each time will come
next short one in the next breadth. After
the whole room Is covered get thin, very
fat molding about an inch wide that Is
stained or painted black or dark brown
and lay it over the places where the
breadths and the different pieces Of the
breadths intewect Tack these holdings
firmly in place, and you will have the ir-
regular effect given by the mats used in
Japanese houses This arrangement Is not
very sanitary and not very easy II the
American custom OF taking up each floor
covering once year is followed. But It
has the merit Of being truly Japanese, and
there Is no danger that the mating will
fray or ravel in the process.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
The visiting List.

All fashionable women take as much in
terest and pride in the systematic and neat
appearance of their visiting list as does the
financier in his business books The book
for this purpose is generally made To order
of Russian leather or morocco with gilt
edges, about 8 by inches In size This is
indexed, and the name of the owner, In
gilt letters, appears on the outside There
are women in New York who make this
their business, too, and neatly and legibly
print, by hand, each name of ones ac-
quantance, in alphabetical order, and the
address, so that a name can be instantly
found Those whose homes are not sta
tionary, and whose addresses are conse
quently liable To change, are put in with
lead pencil, that they may be changed
whenever necessary without disfguring
the book. The unmarried daughters of a
family, who are liable To change their
Names are also written with lead pencil
that they may be neatly erased and the
new name added in ink in its proper place
A separate book is generally kept for
bachelors II one has "a very long list and
entertains a great deal Then, when send
ing out invitations, it is only necessary
for the hostess TO check with a lead pencil
each person on these books whom she
wants invited and to send the book and
the invitations To one of those responsible
women who address the invitations and
mail them at the proper time, scarcely ever
making "a mistake philadelphia Ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
uses For Old Linen

There are few ways TO utilize tablecloths
that are no longer considered worthy of
darning except through the RELOCATION of
bits of them to the household medicine
chest or to the city hospitals 1t should al
ways be borne in mind that old linen is
worth its weight in gold at the hospitals
But the tablecloths that are much worn in
the center will often have edges that are
really stout and strong enough To make
napkins that will prove amply good TO find
their way next fall into the children s
school lunch baskets. The school lunch
basket, il is well known, is fatal spot 70
place napkin that is the least valuable
The towels with much worn centers make
excellent wash cloths, and if doubled and
bound with tape admirable eating bibs for
the small boys and girls of the family.
The old towel wash cloths are much better
minus hens, deep overcasting and linen
floss being more comfortable finish for
the edges Hemstitching on linen is such
dainty mode of finishing table linen that
the neat housewife is ever proud to have
her very best tablecloths and napkins thus
finished A dozen damask napkins TO be
hemstitched will furnish the incest kind Of
"pick up work when one is away on one
summer vacation. The heavy holland
linen is coming into use considerably, and
If it is not "A mere sham of the genuine it
is fabric much to be desired, rs once
bleached it always remains so, and literal
ly will last ages. Chicago Times Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23

THE newly made parent" said Mrs. A. 4,
will appreciate this anecdote of the young
father whose aesthetic sense had been rude
ly shocked at the sight Of sundry sugared
rags supposed TO soothe the windy little
stomach Of his flrstborn. Forced by cir
cumstances into playing nurse one night,
he met his wife In the morning with Make
them OF laudanum tonight, Mary-any-
thing to stop It's yelling pitied the kid
when began. 1 despised 1t at midnight,
and, by Jove, hated the little beggar this
morningp Poor babyl Victim to the gross
ignorance Of n couple of young people who
know more about tennis and baseball than
they do about the physical characteristics
of their own offspring
at seems a pity, " she continued, THAT
all girls cannot have the experience OF one
clever young woman I'm society, who, part
ly from inclination, partly as a within,
spent six months OF active service as a
nurse I'm high class hospital for children.
There, under the direction OF the best ply
sicians In the city, working with trained,
experienced nurses, she acquired a knowl-
edge Of children, their ailments, their phys
ical care, which has, as she AYERS, been
priceless To her since In bringing up her
own children After hathing and dressing
babies by tie DOZEN cooking their food,
nursing them through collie, teething and
. / manner OF childish disorders, she could
tecome a mother herself without expert
encing a terrible heart sinking at the -ds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Bare Floors.

Gradually in my old fashioned house, &"
says IA woman, 81 am getting rid of car
peted floors. / began in the bathroom,
then In the first hall and next in the din
ing room as the floor coverings for these
rooms wore out. / used TO think that a
hardwood floor was an expensive luxury,
but find that there are degrees Of expense
in these floors as in everything else. The
bathroom and dining room are laid In
Georgia pine, oiled, vanished and rubbed
The cost In either case was very little more
than any good and suitable floor covering,
and once down there is no more expense
about 1t. With carpets all over the house,
the seasons housekeeping becomes a seri-
Gus tax here in the city-that Is, where
one must resort To the steam cleaners
Rugs, even large ones. can be managed
usually in ones yard, and there is not in
any case the eternal charge for taking up,
relaying and refltting which belongs to fit
ted carpets. There can be no question as
to the extra cleanliness and sanitation of
bare floors "a fact we modern housekeepers
have to consider more and more New
York Times
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
The Woman Who Won't stop.

A woman who says that she sees no use
in sitting down without something in her
hands, IA bit of sewing or knitting or EN-
broidery was thus appealed to the other
day: "Do you know why that iss" asked
her friend. 1T is because you overwork
You do all your homework, and you are
not strong enough for the task, although
your ambition takes you farther than
many peoples physical strength would go
Then, when you do sit down for what
should be absolute relaxation, you are too
nervous to rest and must have something
or other still To do.
"You are on the brink of total break
down. and so | warn you / know of no
worse sign than when one is too nervous
to sit still, and must fly from one thing to
another without stopping for what nature
demands perfect rest, mt frequent inter
vals If we don't take that for ourselves,
nature will make us take IL some day, and
in manner that will collect all the inter
est of time that has been running on, un-
paid perhaps for many years
81 wish / could make this plain truth
apparent to every nervous, highly strung
woman In the world Every such person
will some day or other suffer from "a total
collapse. "-Philadclphia Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Outdoor Clubs For Girls.

Girls out of door clubs should be far
more common than they are These clubs
would be for the encouragement of all out
door exercise among girls, and this would
include walking and walking tours, as
well as bicycle riding and all games Walk
ing Is the very cheapest and easiest form of
outdoor exercise, and parties of three, four,
six or eight or "A dozen girls could arrange
to make little trips to adjacent parts of the
country, varying their tramp each trip.
From every city trains and cars runs In all
directions, and for few cents a short ride
will take this party of young folks To some
starting point, from which they can start
on their two To ten miles of country walk
ing, returning to the same spot and riding
home over the embarrassing part Of the
trip. Rowing is another form of exercise
recommended by physicians and teachers
as particularly beneficial and suitable for
girls. There are few country places which
do not boast of a pond lake or river suit
able TO use boat upon. And boats for
pleasure are To be had very cheap, whether
they are bought or hired. New York
Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23

IL we expect child To grow up with a
knowledge of the value of money, we must
make il IA part of his education. Ii is lust
as sensible to expect him to appreciate a
rare work of art without ever having seen
a painting as Co expect him To use money
judiciously without knowledge, gained by
experience OF It's value. Many young peo-
pie are spendthrifts when they come into
possession of little money simply because
they do not know its purchasing value.
Let the little one earn IA few pennies by
hard work that he may know the cost of
them He may spend part foolishly Do
not we older children do the same? Care
fully explain To him that SO long as he
spends all he earns he will never save
enough TO buy something greater. Get him
To invest his savings. Show him the
growth of his pennies into dollars Teach
him that money used for present pleasure
Is gone, and that he soon wearies of his
bauble Make him understand that money
Is not elastic; that 100 cents will buy lust
100 cents worth of goods. Let him buy
and sell and loan money TO yourself, If
need be, that he may understand business
methods Take him with you To town
when you go to make "A purchase or sale
This will not make him grasping If he re-
ceive the right kind of training; it will
make him careful of little things
Do not ne elect the girls. You think
them extravaganza. How can they know
the difference between economy and ex-
travagance If they are never taught the
value of money! Give them "A share of
something, but let them earn il themselves
Make 1t large enough To allow them suf-
flcicnt amount TO make all needful mr.
chases. BE their savings ever so small,
have them deposit them in n bank, if con-
veniently near. New York Ledger
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Truthful Children.

Children are naturally truthful. Nature
does not lie. Let nothing be done to alter
this happy disposition. Cultivate in them
the love of truth, candor and the confess
sion of error. 1t is lamentable to think
what fearful falsehoods are uttered to deter
children, to keep them quiet or to make
them obedient. Threats of being taken by
old men, and black men, and other like
terrors are resorted TO by ignorant and fool
ish servants TO brighten them and make
them lie still in bed. 1t Is ascertained that
death, fits, idiocy or insanity has been the
consequence of such inhumanity. But,
setting aside the probable chance of such
calamities, there are other certain results
If the child discovers the falsehoods prac-
ticed upon him, he becomes boldly indiffer-
ent To the threats, is more disobedient and
willful than ever, disbelieves all that is
said to him, and finding no respect for
truth in others has no regard for it him
self
Firmness in adhering to promises or any
particular line of discipline in relation to
children is of first Importance. Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Silk, Wool and Linen Tests.

The purity of silk and wooden materials
is best tested by burning the threads All
animal products, such as silk and wool,
burn slowly and leave "a sort of little char
coal head which emits an odor like burnt
feathers. Vegetable products, such as cot
ton and linen, burn readily, leave no re
siduum and have no smell Jute smolders
and leaves light, feathery head Jute is
rarely found in any dress fabrics with the
exception of very cheap silks
A way to test linen, by means of which
the introduction of cotton among the linen
threads may be detected, is To cut off a
small piece of the material, to unravel the
threads and then To examine them under a
strong magnifying glass. The character
istics of flax threads are very marked
They are in the form OF cylindrical stalks,
divided at intervals by knots, in the same
way as bamboo or sugar cane stalks. Cot
ton threads are long and flattened like rib
bon-waved, twisted in spirlls and granu-
lated on the surface
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Short Dresses Early.

AS soon as the baby reaches its fifth
month take off the long, cumbersome
skirts and put on skirts that come just
about three inches below the feet. Then
put on light soft stockings and soft mo-
rocco shoes. When the baby is months
old, shorten the skirts still more, thus Civ
ing the child more freedom Of limb At
the age Of Z months put baby on the floor
and let IL race about as much as it likes
This will give ii the strength required for
creeping and walking, which soon follow
In these days ii seems TO be the habit and
practice To carry children about In the
arms and never allow them to go on the
floor till they are big and old enough to
walk. 1t Is a great mistake to be eternal
ly handling child Exchange
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23

There is no one Of the housekeeper's
duties that requires more careful attention
than the care of furniture surfaces Dust
Will settle, dampness and steam mosten IL.
and though a room may be carefully put
To rights every day some dust is bound TO
adhere, especially In corners and the GREY
Ices and ornate work, that If neglected
presents anything but "A lovely appearance.
II there are children, the imprints of tiny
fingers, so hard to keep from soil, are sure
10 adorn the edges of tables and form
traceries on chairs and other household
goods. The aid of cabinet maker every
month or so To clean the furniture would
prove too costly, and the repeated varnish.
ings Of suoh articles as require IL too much
trouble Therefore cleaner that will keep
the furniture looking nice, remove the
stains and soil, and that does not cost a
great deal I'm time and money Is a great
boon to housewives To reach this end
there Is nothing better than mixture Of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
The Rights of q Woman In Love.

1.-THE first right of woman in love is to
be protected from her friends while she
considers the man whom she contemplates
loving" writes Lillian Bell in an article
on "Woman's Rights In Love- in The
Ladies' Home Journal 1.-THE well meant
laundering of vitality interested friends has
spoiled many promising love affair which
might have resulted In marriage so much
above the ordinary that IL could almost be
termed satisfactory. At no time In girls
life has she n greater right to work out her
own salvation in fear and trembling than
during the period known among girls as
making up her mind If she is the right
kind of girl, honest and delicate minded,
il is nerve racking to be talked about and
sacrilege to be talked to. The bloom is on
the grape then which a rude touch mars
forever Yet these kind friends never think
of the delicate, touch me not influences at
work in the girls soul, or that the instinct
to hide her real interest in the man pre-
cludes the possibility OF her daring to ask
to be let alone. So they, in their overzeal
and ambition, either make the path OF love
so easy and inevitable that all the zest is
taken out OF IL for both (for lovers never
want somebody to go ahead and haste the
problem for them they want TO blind stitch
1t for themselves as they go along), or else
by critical nagging and balancing the eligi
bility of one sutton against another these
friends so jar and upset the poor girl that
she doesn't know which man she wants,
and so turns her back upon all In point
of fact, when man is in love and a girl is
trying to return his love-when she is
weighing out their adaptibility and bal
ancing his love for football against her
passion for Notwithstanding the delicate,
tentative period when the most affection
ate solicitude from friends is an irritation,
there ought to be n law banishing the In
terested couple to an island peopled with
strangers, who would not discover the deli
cacy Of the situation until 1t was too late
To sDoil IL -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
How to Cot Rid of Dust.

While micro-o organisms are the great
producers of disease, dust is the great me-
dunn by which those organisms are car
ried from place to place The housemaid
in sweeping IA carpet, especially when she
kneels down To do SO with short brush,
is stirring up this dust, to the detriment of
every one In the house, and breathing
germ laden particles to her own destruc-
ton. If carpets must be used-and they
are unhealthy things at the best-a patent
sweeper should be used, with plenty of
damp tea leaves What is much better than
carpet is floor covering like lnoleum,
which can be wiped with damp cloth.
This is far healthier than any fabric which
can hold I'm its meshes microbe bearing
dust. -Chambers' Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
A Wedding Outfit.

This is part of the curious list of Lady
Littleton's wedding outfit 200 years ago
In those days they appear TO have had quite
as great IA variety of materials as we, and
they certainly used very extraordinary
selection of names. The list runs:
A black paddysway gown and coat.
A pink unwatered pabby suite of cloaths.
A gold stuff suite of cloaths.
A white, worked with sneal, suite of
cloaths
A pink bestring quilted petticoate,
A velvet manteel primed.
A love hood and sneal hood.
A pallareen and IA Turkey hancerchieff
A suite of knots.
The watch and equepage.
A dormizeen mobb and tucker edged.
A pinner and quoiff of face lace.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-23
Carpets and Rugs.

Ingram or brussels filling in a plain
color, finished by border combining u
number of harmonious colors, one of which
matches the color of the filling, makes a
pretty, tasteful rug for dining room that
has hard wood floor or IA stained border.
A brussels or ingram carpet in a fine
mixed pattern that is an all over design
and finished by border makes rug that
shows dust and crumbs and footmarks
less, but that Is not as tasteful as the rug
made of a solid color. When a carpet is
worn about the table, a large crumb cloth
of linen which is woven with a border, or
crumb cloth of denim, looks well for
summer, covering the wear and looking
cooler than carpet. New York Post.