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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-09
VIM. Hannah, Auctioneer.

By VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
w., mage 70 me as trustee by A. w. Con
way, bearing date on the eleventh dav ns
nhis y the ayy eaar sightesn hundred and
lis, page SIS, and at the reouest ta Of so 3bs
erGditor therein secured ali sell at
f fa,. Exshange. No. 10 Main Street, Nor
iotk' Virginia, on TUESDAY, the ninth
d ne and ninety,sX, at i2 M. the follow
ALL THOSE CERTAIN SIX LOTS or
mAMD' with the buildings, and Improve
Norfolk. Va. bounded and described
as tSil9Ws: Beginning at point on the
tent tent seventy-tiye feet east from the east
s sf1e 0I r Giinapei street running thence
fbendding back between parallel lines one
q. %, e.. rs, &c, on the plat of NottinghSm
and Webster. ~ iieiH
Terms Cash,
B. A. PORTER,
49, Trustee.
myEs-Lt Auctioneer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-09

Mothers Will find Chamberlain
Cough Remedy especially valuable for
Group and whooping cough. 1t viii give
prompt relief and is safe and pleasant
We have sold 1t for several years and
1t has never failed to give the most
perfect satisfaction. G. W. Richards
Ouquesne. Pa. Sold by oil druggists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-09
Tho Second District.
News and Courler.)

The Second District tried gallantly to
mold the fort and acted up to the old
roman maxim-to deServe success is
greater even than winning It.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-09
AUCTION sALEs-THIs DAY.
AT AUCTION.
Valuable Water Front
Residence Lots,
KxI-xS rs.A
AUCTION sALEs-THIs DAY.
Atlantic CITY.

We will Sell by request OF owners ut
paoiiS auction, at Real Estate Exchange,
O'Clock m. the following valuable build
Ing lots bounded by Central, River and
North avenues. and Tarrant's Creek:
le LOTS ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
q LOTS ON RIVER AVENUE
~ LOTS ON NORTH AVENUE.
LOTS ON TARRANT'S CREEK.
, with port warden rights)
SiSe OF above lots 25xl0O and some 25xI2o
nv Ihis property adjoins the WEBB
= psRH4 NJ, and Is I'm the BEST and MOST
ksAAPiPLY GROWING LOCATION IN
th al CITY WARD. In fact, 1t is
fy9 Wen known for remarks. Only 20
sale lie, and buy GOOD INVESTMENT.
IERMS--One-h cash, balance six and
,,r n, PANNILL BROS,
JsoN Auctioneers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
The Queer Little Horsehair Snake.

There are perhaps more superstitions,
folklore, errors, etc. connected with the
birth and after life of the SO called horse
hair snake than there are concerning any
other creature of its size in existence
Most people believe that they are horse
hairs which have through some mysterious
twist in nature been converted into living
organisms This gives us good chance ia
digress and discuss the old and oft exploded
theory OF the spontaneous generation OF
life, but we shall not do So but shall con.
fine ourselves strictly TO what we know
about the horsehair snake and to what
others have told us
During the summer of 1898 while out
collecting oddities IL was our good fortune
to capture real live snake not larger in
diameter than "a common pin The queer
creature was swimming in a pond at the
time and was easily captured in an insect
net The next day the creature was sent
to Miss Mary Murtfeldt, The Republic s
entomologist, and in due time her reply 10
an accompanying letter was received She
said
The creature is n true hair snake, the
scientific name of which is Gordius aquati
Gus In one of its stages of existence it is
parasite i'm the bodies of some of our
larger locusts or grasshoppers. They are
frequently found in troughs from which
horses have been watered, and on that ac
count are supposed to be horsehairs which
have become animate st Louis Re.
public
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
When Destitute Of Humor.

There appear TO be whole races of men
the North American Indians and the Gin
galese Neddas, for example-that are DIES
titute of the sense of the ludicrous And
in the higher races this sense is by no
means universally found. The richest in.
tellects possess it in amplest measure. The
absence of 1t is sure indication of mental
poverty Here comes a fool Let's be
grave said Charles Lamb upon one occa.
sion And remember "A friend of my own
observing of somewhat taciturn person
whom we had met, He must be "a man Of
sense, for although he said little he laugh.
ed in the right place. That laugh is q
manifestation of intellectual abundance or
exuberance. 1t is something over and
above the actual work of life And so we
may adapt to our present purpose certain
words of Schiller in his Letters on As
thetic Education, Man sports (spielD only
when he is man in the full Specification Of
the word, and then only is he complete
man (gans mensch) when he sports
l need hardly observe how grossly this
faculty of the ludicrous may be abused
There is nothing more diabolical-in the
strictest sense of the WORKMAN TO turn
into ridiculc whatsoever things are true,
Whatsoever things are honest whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report " There is nc
more detestable occupation than that OF
'sapping solemn creed with solemn
sneer But IL Is a maxim of jurispru
dence, "Abusus non tollit usum And
this holds universally -Fortnightly Re.
~
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
A Verified Maxim.

The writer spent last summer on a little
farm he rented for the season up In Yer
mont, and hired native Of the soil named
Job X. to take care of little garden and
cut his hay. Job was character In his
way and about AS unique a looking speci-
men as one often runs across. He was
about feet In stature and weighed in
the neighborhood of 100 pounds. He had
the features and the complexion Of an In
dian, and doubt If he could have told the
name Of single president of the United
States His general information was ap-
pallingly vague and meager. One day he
was asked:
"How many children have you, Jobs"
"Nine at present.
That's quite "a family"
"Yaas, tits. My folks run to big fam
lilies I'm one of IS, an my dad an mann
was both one of 16. +"
"How long have you been marrieds'
Twelve years
"And you have nine childrenY'
"Yaas, sir l been married 12 years
an hev had nine children an two suits o.
clothes in that time.
Its about time for you to get another
suit, isn't itf'
"Yaas, tbs, but then-gee thar, Buckp'
He brought his gad down on the back of
one of the big black oxen with which he
was getting in the hay, and the converse
ton was not resumed
Two days later he said when he came to
work:
About that thar suit L reckon I'll hev
to put off gettin 1t another year. We've
got twins to our house. WAL, as the old
sayin is, them as hez, gifts. detroit Free
Press
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
A Smart Boy.

The power loom was the invention OF a
farmers boy, who had never seen or heard
of such n thing. He fashioned one with
his penknife, and when he got 1t all done
he showed it with great enthusiasm to his
father, who at once kicked it all to pieces,
saying he would have no boy about him
who would spend his time on such foolish
things. The boy was sent To black.
smith To learn trade. and his master took
lively interest in him
He made loom of what was left of the
one his father had broken up and showed
IL to his master The blacksmith saw he
had no common boy as an apprentice, and
that the invention was valuable one. He
had a loom constructed under the super
vision of the boy 1t worked TO their per
feet satisfaction and the blacksmith fur
nished the means To manufacture the
LOOMS and the boy received half the profits.
In about year the blacksmith wrote to
the boy father that he should bring with
him wealthy gentleman, who was the
inventor Of the celebrated power loom.
You may be able to Judge of the aston.
ishment at the old home when his son was
presented To him rs the inventor. who told
him that the loom was the same as the
model that he had kicked to pieces the pre-
yious year Pearson s Weekly
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
A Startling Statement.

The English woman calls her garments
by such different names from those used
by her American sister for the same things
that the latter Is often rather bewildered.
They tell the story Of an American girl
who was making her first visit to an Eng
lish country house which she had been told
contained the orthodox haunted room that
no well regulated country mansion should
be without.
She had laid down to rest after her jour
ney and fallen into a doze, from which, to
her horror, she was awakened by tap at
the door and mysterious whisper, 81
want my body.
This seemed u most appropriate remark
for ghost. 1t proved, however, to be
nothing more formidable than the family
goyerness, who had been turned out Of her
room to make way for the guest and had
left her waist behind her.-New York
journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
Care of the Eyes.

The care needed to be given to our eyes is
yearly becoming more apparent. The first
step in caring for the eyes is to use them
but sparingly The strain Of steady and
continuous work is generally injurious
even to strong eyes. The woman who has
to Use her eyes steadily should give them
frequent, even II brief, vacations If she
has to write all day, or II she sews ntin
uously, she should give her eyes five min.
utes' resting spell every two hours. Drop.
ping the work, closing the eyes and keep.
ing them closed for even this brief time,
rests not only the eyes but the brain, and
the work is easier and more inspiring aft
erward Those who are Obliged TO use
the eyes all day ut business should not use
them more than is necessary In the even
ing Fine sewing, reading and writing
should be quite eschewed. New York
Ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
WI, MULES KICK.
ehe Wonderful Freaks OF . Playful Ami.
NAL In Virginia.

Mules don't always kick because they
are mad or dislike things or because they
are vicious Some mules kick out of play.
fulness, just as a young dog likes to chew
your hand and growl as II he wanted to On,
you. Colonel Hopkins, who lives near
Winchester, Va, used To own playfully
kicking mule and got great deal OF
amusement out of the animal until one day
1t kicked him through the stable door.
Dick the mule, always had fit of kicking
when any one went into the stable to get
him. The negro would take bride, reach
through the feed hole and unfasten Dick
rope Then he would go into the stable
and say, Come, Dick, and the perform
ance would begin. Dick would begin Co
kick and squeal and back out of the stall
toward the negro, who would retreat into
another stall and get under the feed
trough. Dick would amuse himself kick
ing the trough for "a minute or so, and then
he would gravely turn around To be bridled
But no one could ride him-at least no one
ever did. The farmland whose lot il
was To plow with Dick had TO walk If the
pillow was "a mile from the stable. Dick
was not in the free transportation business
He established his reputation when he wa:
young. n negro man WIFI itBs long
enough TO wrap around the mule got EN-
ployment on Colonel Hopkins farm and
begged for the privilege of blowing Dick
giving notice that he would ride him
There were several witnesses, one OF whom
met an acquaintance few days afterwarC
and said:
Jim. is you hyeard bout Long Frank"
Nav. | ain .. Is he dead
II dunno Hits pow'ful cuyus 'bou,
dat Niger
How dat2 Watts you talkin bout?
II re talkin bout Long Frank. Hit wul
dis way: He hired hissef ter wuk fer Kur
mel Hopkins an says ez how he wanted tel
pillow dat bay muel Dick De kurnel say
ez how he mout do dat, an den Long Franz
went crazy. he did He led dat muel on
in de stable lot, jos gin one Jump an lit OF
Dicks back
us dat so? An wut happen DEM"
Oats wut I'ze bin studyin bout.
see Long Frank lock his feet under Dicks
belly. an arter dat dar ain nobody knows
zactly wut happen. Dus an dirt an grave
an such wuz flung up in de ar, an w Ell
things got sos we could see dar wuz Dicl
walkin bout wild Long Franks galluse
wropped roun his hin legs Sence da
time dar ain nobody see Long Frank, al
dar's a 'spishun dat sometimes done gon,
wrong wild i'm. Chicago Chronicle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
Tn. Pile. wouldn't stay Down.

One thing for which Harbor Springs is
noted is its numerous artesian wells A
pipe can be sunk in almost any part Of the
town and a supply of pure. sparkling
water will come gushing forth The man
ner In which these wells were discovered is
quite interesting A few years ago while
Charles Roe was driving some piles for a
dock, he struck spot where they would
not stay down The ponderous hammer
was let down full force, but the minute IL
was raised up would come the pile. ri
nally pipe was driven down, and the first
Of a series of wells that have since made
the town famous was the result Detroit
Journal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
HOW COLDS ARE TAKEN.
with Some Suggestions That May Keep
Us From the Doctor.

A person in good health with fair play,
easily resists cold, but when the health
flags little and liberties are taken with
the stomach or with the nervous system a
chill is easily taken, and, according To the
weak spot of the individual, assumes the
form of cold or pneumonia or, it may
be, jaundice. OF all causes of cold
probably fatigue is one OF the most eff
cient. A jaded man. coming home at
night from "a long days work a growing
youth losing two hours sleep over evening
parties two or three times week or
young lady heavily doing the season, a."
young children ovcrfed and with short al
lowance of sleep, are common instances of
the victims of cold
Luxury is favorable to chill taking
Very hot rooms, feather beds, soft chairs,
create sensitiyencss that leads to catarrhs
1t is not, after all, the cold that Is so
much to be feared as the antecedent con.
ditions that give the attack chance Of
doing harm Some of the worst colds
happen To those who do not leave their
house or even their beds, and those who
are most invulncrable are often those who
are most exposed to changes of temperature
and who by good sleep, cold bathing and
nervous system and circulation.
Probably many chills are contracted at
night or at the flag end of the day, when
tired people get the equilibrium of their
circulation disturbed by either overheated
sitting rooms or underheated bedrooms
and beds This is specially the case with
elderly people In such cases the mischief
is not always done instantaneously or in a
f.. l-..,
ously extending over days or even weeks
-Iancat
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
e,I1 He CAN'T ADVERTISE.

A physician sits In his Office chair.
And there broods on his face look OF care.
While he groans and walls and tears at his
hair.
"Alasi and alasl and slackl" he cries;
"Surely fame and fortune would both arise
II Old Ethics would let me advertise.
At last a bright thought comes into his brain.
Saws he. II must try that old racket. tbs
plain. :,
It worked o. X. once and IN work 1t again. "
He wrote half page on 1.-THE Evils OF Pork. "
And the case of a man who swallowed a cork,
And a spoon and a knife, but got stuck ON a
fork
Told how ne cured an imprudent fellow
Who swallowed entire IA Bingham umbrella,
And brought IL intact from the patients pa
tella.
The newspapers all extended their thanks;
He opened accounts at the various banks;
He'd baited with ethics and caught all the
cranks
Chemist and Druggist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
CONDUCTING A GREAT HOTEL.
Servants, He'd and Table Linen That Ar
Required.

John Gilmer Speed contributes an article
on "Condueting a Great Hotel TO Ladies'
Home Journal and tells much that Is in
terestinR and surprising He writes direct
ly of the Fifth Avenue hotel In New York,
which has accommodations for 500 guests
and gives this view Of the practical side OF
running the big hostelry:
'In the workshops of the Fifth Avenue
hotel there are cabinet makers, painters
upholsterers, machinists, plumbers and
Qasfitters. and so on. The mattresses are
all made In the house, and when one gets
In the least out of order it is at once sent
for repair So also the seats OF uphol-
stored chairs and sofas are overhauled, and
the stock on hand of damask and trim
mings for such uses would suffice for a
large store And so also with carpets and
rugs and curtains. Great supplies OF these
are kept in stock, but they are not retain
ed after the evidences of wear are plain to
be- seen. Lace curtains when washed al
ways need TO be gone over by an accom-
plished needlewoman, and at this work in
this special hotel an old lady with gentle
face and nmbe fingers is kept employed
all the year round. In hotel lace cur
tain does not stay up longer than one
month. As every window Is supplied with
lace, this accomplished lace mender looks
over and repairs about 0,000 pairs every
year.
The matter Of providing apartments
and feeding the servants of II hotel Is most
important 1t means great deal when
il happens that there are 800 servants EN-
ployed, as Is the case ut the Fifth Avenue
hotel when il Is entertaining its full com
plement of 500 guests-a servant for each
guest. Chambermaids in IA first class no.
tel do not have hard time, and they are
we'll paid for their work. Good food and
good lodging count for great deal Then
they receive wages of tl2 per month The
tips from guests equal, on the average, $l2
more The hours begin at q in the morn
ing and end at In the evening, each one
having four nights of each week to herself,
free from work or care. The laundry Is
also an immense department and has many
interesting features.
1.-The bed linen in constant use is for 40
beds, and four times that much Is kept in
reserve at all times. Something like 1000
napkins are used every day, and fully
5000 are kept in stock. Two thousand
towels are in daily use, and 10000 are kept
on hand"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
SOMETHING ABOUT Lamps.
Sow Argand Came To Invent the Circular
Wick and Glass Chimney

n the Egyptians has been given the
honor of inventing the lamp but 1t seems
more than probable that they received il
from the older civilization Of India. The
lamps originally used by the Hebrews. the
Egyptians and the Greeks were simple fat
vessels, with "a small handle at one end
and mt the other n little projection, with n
hole forming a nozzle. In the back was "A
larger opening into which the oil was
poured The oil was generally vegetable;
but, according To Pliny, 1t was sometimes
of liquid bitumen
The lamp commonly used In Egypt at
the present time Is small glass vessel.
with a tube In the bottom, In which Is
placed wick of cotton twisted around
straw. The common lamp of India Is a
small earthen saucer, with a bit OF twisted
cotton for wick The ordinary traveller :
torch or lamp In India Is a bundle of
strips of rags on the end OF a stick. with
oil poured over It, In Bible lands" the
lamp commonly used Is small earthen-
ware plate, with the edge turned up to
make it hold u small quantity of oil
Among the most beautiful ruins of an
tiquity that have been preserved are a
great number of Egyptian, Greek and Ro.
man lamps formed of clay, metal terra
Gotta and bronze The museum at Naples
contains the finest variety of specimens To
be found anywhere. These were recovered
from the ruins of Pompeii and Herculane-
um. Some lamps were hung with chains
10 bronze candelabra Some Were support
ed by beautiful brackets
In 1884 Ami Argand, Swiss residing
In London, made an entire revolution in
artificial light by inventing a burner with
circular wick, the flame being thus sup
piled with an inner and an outer current
of air. To Argand we also owe the inven-
ton of the common glass lamp chimney
He was very DESTROYS of increasing the
light given out by the lamp that he had
invented, and to that end had made many
experiments, but all TO no purpose
One night, as he sat by his work table
thinking, he noticed an oil flask lying
near, off which the bottom had been bro
ken, leaving long necked, funnel shaped
tube. He carelessly picked this up and
almost without thought" placed 1t over
the flame of his lamp The result aston
ished and delighted him. for the flame be-
came brilliant white light Argand
made practical use of the hint thus given
him by devising the lamp chimney Phil
adelphia Times
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
Noted the Eject.

"Dr. farley is simply wrapped up in his
profession.
II should think he was Why, they say
that when he proposed to Nudge Willough-
by, he never squeezed her hand once, but
kept his thumb on her pulse all the time F"
Pick Me Up
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Il don't see how you design all those
lovely suits for little boys, gushed the
enthusiastic woman.
1t Is easy enough, said the ladies and
children's tailor :" | try them ON my own
boy. If the suit makes him utterly miser.
able, l know have scored another success
with the mothers Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
Nervous Prostitution
Cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.

Prolonged arrangement OF the nervous
system not only affects the brain and mem
tai powers. but develops disease in some OF
the vital organs. The most dangerous OF
these indirect results Is when the heart is
affected. This was the case Of the Rev. N.
+. Surface, Fawn River, Mich, who writes
under date OF Feb H. 1895:
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Wisconsin was early dubbed the Badger
State, from the representation OF that ami
NAL on its coat of arms. Why the badger
should have been chosen does not appear,
as 1t is not In evidence that badgers were
more numerous in Wisconsin than In other
surrounding states.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

The Knights Of the Garter rank next to
the eldest sons Of barons and are them
selves superior in rank To members Of the
privy council. not lcing OF noble birth
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
A Dinerence In Terms.

els it true that the O'Tooles and Mackil.
lums no longer speak
Eyes. Mrs O'Toolc had brush with
her neighbour "
81 heard that IL was broom. Detroit
Free Press
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

The speaker Of the house OF commons, in
state ceremonials, stands next To the bar
ons and is Immediately followed by the
commissioner of the great seal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Pills do not cure constipation. They only
aggravatc Karl's Glover Root Tea gives
perfect regularity of the bowels. For sale by
W. |. Benedict IL Co. IL
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Consumption, lagrippe, pneumonia. and all
throat and lung diseases are cured by Shilohs
cure. For sale by w. /. Benedict & Co.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

The peacock Is found in wild state in
India Ceylon, Madagascar many other
parts )f A STA and Africa
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

The smallest humming bird weighs
twenty grains.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

Female frogs have no voice; only the
males can sing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16
80. p. T.

The American Protective Tariff League
is a national organization advocating
Protection to American Labor and
industry" as explained by it, eoostitu-
ton, as follows
"The object Of THE League shah ss 70 protect
American labor BY q tariff on imports, which shan
adequately secure American industrial prodvsts
against the composition Of foreign labor
There are no personal OF private
profits in connection with the organiza-
ton and it's sustained by memberships.
contributions and tho distribution OF It,
publications.
FIRST: corrsspondsncs 10 collected regarding
" Membership and Official Correspondents.
SECOND: We need and welcome contributions,
whether email or large, 70 eur cause.
THIRD: We publish . large line Of dooumsnss
covering ali phases Of the Tariff question. Com
pste set will be mailed TO any address for 90 osnts
FOURTH: Send postal card request for free
sample COPY OF the " American Economist
Address Wilbur 3. Wakeman, General Ssorstary.
i35 West 23d Street. New York
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-16

A nea's mouth is placed exactly be.
tween his fore legs.