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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
The Honor OF lie Thing.
(Salt Lake Tribune.)

The Philadelphia Press tells us that
For four months to come every Amcri-
cam citizen VINO owns Il dollar or who
owes one-and the one man is as honest
as God-fearing and as conscientious as
tae other-haS got TO make up his mind
whether or not he believes in changing
contracts by act of Congress- and r. due
ing one-half the value of a debt" Tha
editor OF the Press believes that the
breaking of every contract twenty-thrce
wears ago by aot of Congress. and the
doubling of every debt at that time was
right. 1t has steadily opposed ever since
any reversal of that Infamous law, hence
we conclude that the Press does not quite
state It's own position in TIE foregoing.
1t ought to have read this way: every
man 10 whom Il dollar is due every God
Tearing man and conscientious man to
whom dollar is due, while recognizing
nt Il glance 'th2t 1t was perfectly proper
Tor Congress three and twenty y ars ago
10 violate every contract then IN force
IN the United States. and directly rob
every debtor who was in debt at the time,
must make up his mind in the next few
months whether to undo that wrong by
Congress would not be an outrage on
every creditor in the United States In
considering tine matter the condition OF
the country Is not involved at ALL The
TACT that one-seven;h of the voters OF
the country are idle and can get moth
ing 10 do; the fact that the hosts of pro-
ducers of the country have not made a
cent Tor five years. the fact that crime
ana paupersm. lunacy. suicides and al.
Norees have increased in greater ratio
IMAM silver has fallen. must not be CON
S.dered: the principle must be estas-
!lSAed that there Is no class OF people Il
whom any consideration is due in this
country except the creditor class ana Il
must be the duty OF fnanciers 10 teach
mat solemn fact to the people from ncN
on until election day."
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Helen Cody Wctmore, a sister of
the weekly Duluth Press"
Mr.. Emmons Blaine has leased the
william Tod ielmouth cottage, Steep
M"'s' IN Cletstonc road, one of the
finest sites in Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Kate Burlington Davis. of Min
neapois. Is the latest apologist for
Maoame Blavatsky. She says that the
dead theosophist was not n plagiarist
Miss Jane Harrison. OF England. who
is SAID TO have been the first woman TO
receive the degree of LII. D.. has been
made member of the Achaelogocil So
cictv of Berlin.
The Strand Musical Magazine saws
that the Oldest living English composer
Is Charles Salaman, whose song, II
ARISE from Dreams OF Thee" was pub
iishcd sixty years ago.
The end OF September will find two
famous British authors in this country.
IAN Maclaren sails for America SeDtem-
ber IL. Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Barrie will
reZch this country few days later.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps relates that
once. when Longfellow was visiting at
hcr Gloucester home, she pointed out
to him the reef of Normnn's Woe. and
was surprised to find that although he
had wrecked the schooner Hespcrus on
1t. he had never before seen it.
DIR. RouN. who has been called the
first In the line of apostolic succession
AFTER PaSteur." and who is now dircc-
tor of the Pasteur Institute, IS to have
two statues erected to him during his
lifetime. and two Paris papers are col
lectlhG FUNDS for that purpose.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
En- All Civilized Countries,

IS. S. Yoder, in Washington Post)
Il will prove TO you: satisfaction. un-
less you are gold anarchist and money
gambler that the bime;all!c sentiment
Is as great numerically In all civilized
countries, as it is here, and that England
nor any other commercial country could
survive sixty days and maintain their
commercial existence after the adoption
by the limited States of the standards
OF the Constitution, of Jefferson. Jack
son, and of our fathers and the common
people undo: which we are to-day Il free
and independent nation. Bimetallism-
Tree coinage Of gold and silver-at IL ra-
ito of IL TO has been The average stan
dard OF the world for one hundred and
eighty years prior to 1879. and nearly
every House OF Representatives since
1913 has voted for free and a.'!ni.cd
coinage of silver at the ratio &. =: 10 /.
On November 5, 1877, William Asisinlev
spoke for and cast his vote for this meG-
sure. ON the 2Sth day Of January. 1875.
he voted TO pay all bonds Issued by the
United states Government in silver at
the option of the government, and We,
we a:e told this is new anarchistic
idea"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

Captain Joshua w. Mills. of theETA
Congressman Joshua w. Mills of the
First Maryland District. most emphati
cally denies the rumor that he would
bolt the ticket and support the nominees
OF the indianapolis Convention next
month, though lie did oppose free coin
age prior to the Chicago Convention.
In the course OF 4 recent interview de-
lining his position to n reporter for the
Now York Journal, Mr.. Mills said:
THE fight on the money question has
been within the party. The party has
definitely acted upon It. Though the
decision has been adverse to my views
can l do less than yield to the clear
decision that has been made? l must
acquiescc in the decision, and l do so.
dare not oppose my own views TO those
which have received the Endorsement
not only of 80 per cent of my own party
but also of SO many worthy persons
in whose Judgment l have been in the
habit of placing much reliance. l shall
vote for Bryan and Sewall. and If l am
nominated for Congress and elected, /
shall carry out the wishes of my people
and represent them to the best of my
ability"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
a Dangerous Game.
Richmond State)

CORPORATIONS and monopolies NAV
me Hanna Mckinley combine. but in
the majority of States the election laws
are such that they will not be able m
denver the goods. But there is great
uanser that they will pursue the course
or some lmprudent and unwse parents
In dealing with their children. who cor
stantly charge their little ones with
telling falsehoods until they make first
class liars of them. 1t is possible thai
these millionaire plutocrats may con-
iiiue 10 charge their opponents with
being Anarchists, and continue ia roh
ana Cypress their employees until they
start spark which may spread into q
great conilaSration
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
THE POLITICAL WORLD.
thoughts Of Many Minds on the Great
Battle that is Nov Being Waged.
A LETTER FROM DELEGATE j. E. WEST
He Says that Ere WIZ; Give Bryan Kis
Hearty support and that the
Democracy ofNanscmondis United
for tho Ticket-Note and Conn
ment From Various Quarters.

The Virginian is in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. J. T.. West, one of
the delegates to the Chicago Democratic
Convention, which defines his position.
1t VIII be seen that Mr.. West gives his
cordial support to the ticket. and also
the assurance as chairman of Nanse-
mond's unterrified Democracy, that old
Nansemond will give an unprecedented
majority for the ticket. He asks Demo
cratic papers throughout the State TO
copy his letter:
Suffolk, Va, August 10, 1896.
To the Editor of The Virginian:
In order that there may be no doubt
as to my position in the pending cam
paign, please allow me space in the
columns of your valuable journal to say
that having assisted materially in the
nomination OF Bryan and Sewall, shall
give them my hearty support AS chair
man OF the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, L would say that the Democracy
OF Nansemond is united and we will
give an unprecedented majority for the
Chicago ticket
Yours truly,
j. L. WEST.
Democratic papers please copy.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
AFRAID of Their English Friend.
(Springfleld Republican>

The New York Tribune should ips,rro.
ms London correspondent to Quit writing
on me hostility OF the English to BRYAN
ana Sewal. In one Western Democra tic
paper we find last Sundays London she.
cal headed by the Tribune, MCKINNEY
Their Only Hope" quoted entire to prove
me assertion that there is nothing more
certain ulan uhat the British banking
Hanna's fund for Mckinley" Perh,ns
the less said about English opinion the
better F'''oii 'he
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
Honest Expressions De,uanded.
augusta Chroniclel

Mckinley and Hanna are trvine 10
eaten the voters going and coming T.,
Is not a matter of principle, with them
put votes. and their plan is to urge
me tarifI issue and side track silver In
the West and South. and to make the
s ,h standard the paramount issue in
me East. This may be practical poll
tics. but the people are not in the 'b,,
NOR Tor any such shifty methods. This
Is one year in which the people demand
mat public men shall say what the*
mean, and mean what they saw.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

Raleigh News and Observer T,

NAL John w. Scott, of Moore, talks
chuhkS OF truth when he says, 1T is
not silver the gold bugs mind; ii is
me income tax" There is no doubt
mat the great holders of idle wealth"
would be aroused against the income
lax: II It's enactment were not coupled
with the destruction of the gold stand
ara. II Is the fairest method of taxa
ron ever devised. Every man OF wealth
VINO thinks more of his dollars than of
ms country. viii pay ten times the in
com" tax to defeat Bryan. He thinks
IL VIII be a good Investment.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
. ONLY a worry Fc,r. !.
fNew Orleans States,

Every now and then we hear of del
eeations of worisingmcn going to Can
ton: o.. to chant to Mckinley the
praises of protection. and yet strange
10 say labor does not share in the bene-
nus OF protection. When the Mckinley
tariff which was higher than the war
tariff OF 1861. was in operation wages
were reduced in every line of industry
ana there were more strikes and lock-
outs than were ever nlinow before in
.ne history of the country. 1t appears,
however. that there are still a few
working people who can be gulled by
the talk of protection bringing high
wages.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
An Honest Conress,o,

nm Inc New York World though an anti
I5rSan paper, makes the followin,r CO..
lession regarding the growth of 6e,Un-
cratic sentiment: ~ Oei'io-
me silver sentiment-or Mt least n
ulsposltion to accept the ticket. and in
some some cases Gas In Maine) the platform.
east within the past week, # vii, rae
S Se new impetus from the visit of
ME-; Bryan next week How deem II
VIII be or how lasting it is not possible
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
AN ANCIENT OBJECT LESSON.

Have the Rescue Ladies heard the tale
OF the 1njun chief in the western vale,
Who thought he'd stop the rushing train
In way that seemed both smooth and
piain?
He rode adown the lonely track
With his lasso carried coiled and slack
And watched the engine come in view
Watched till the warning whistle blew,
And then, as the monster thundered by,
He let his trusty lasso ny!
1t slipped right over the great smoke
stack
But the train adhered ito the lonely track,
And all they found of the mighty chief
was dangling cord and q little jerked
beef!
There's n moral fine in this ancient tale
That shows how easy It is TO fail
When you try to stop with a travelling
strand
force that thunders through the land
And think the DANES In their new cru.
Salc
VIII find themselves on a fatal grade
ma APPRECIATE how the chief did feel
When they try to lasso the flying wheel
Detroit Free Press.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
Senator lindsay for nryn,.

A dispatch from Frankfort (Ky) says:
Though Senator Lindsay has s.ud.ously
avoided any reply to the prodding to
which he has been subjected concerning
his position in regard to the Chicago
ticket, 1t came out tonight that he ha :
told mis- close friends that he will sun
port X. He is also quoted as saving
mat he does not expect the administra-
ton to openly fight Bryan, and that he
will acquie see
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The Atchison Globe advances the op.n-
ion that by the time woman remem-
beers the size OF the glove, shoe. shirt
waist. collar. corset, hose and belt she
wears she hasn't enough mind left to be
burdened with further satisfies.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The Augusta Chronicle says that Mr..
Bryan is pitching his campaign on
nigh plane. He declares his own high re-
gard for NIessrs. Mckinley and Hobart,
and discountenances the introduction OF
personalities into the campaign. He in
s.Ets that the campaign shall be fought
out on the CLEAR cut issue that is before
1.-THE people. andt that it shall be conducted
On q manly spirit of candor.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
by Any Method.
Nashville SnnN

That Hanna and his bacle~r ara ,,o,.,,
!huch ana very recklessly in earnest in
lheir desperate game to drive the In at
Hoiden nail into the bleedin,. hands of
lapor on the golden cross of ruin, there
ing to accept success at any cost IF
principle and right is not to be con-
tradicted
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The Chicago Record thinks that If
there's anything to reconcile the Chi
cago householder to this weather 1t Is
the existence ofth coal trust. He would
Willingly put up with this heat twelve
months in the year, only that there is
an Ice trust too!
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

Rather indefinitely q contemporary
says that Plat aas seen Hanna where
upon an exchange remarks that consid-
ering the large way that gentleman
looms on the horizon 1t would be a mira
Gle If he didn't
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
Counting Michigan for BRYAN


no an unprecedented onlooker 1t would
CIV OF n free silver Republican sbn,,Ia
heip the cause of free silver in the M.
.pnai campaign and place Michiean
salely in the Bryan column.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1896.
EIGHT PAGES

The Cleveland Leader expresses the
hope that this collapse of the corner IN
biscuits will not have any serious cf-
fects upon business in the great PIE be!t.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
Oh 1irmnn EIIyson,s pred,c,,o,

chairman Ellyson. of the Democratic
nua'e committee, predicts that BRYAN
biggest majority given a Democrs 10
candidate for President for wears nnst
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
The CnrIisles.

Secretary Carlisle has not We. an
nounced his intentions regarding .ht
Chicago ticket, but his two sons hav,
declared against II.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The eastern weather bulletin says;
''Mr. Plat then made 4 few remarks to
Mr. Hanna respecting one Warner Mil
Ter and the thermometer inns diately
rose eighteen Gegress.'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung says that
Austria proposes to create an interna-
tional union to protect the central Eu-
ropean grain producers against the Am
erlcan competition, in View of probable
aggressive economic legislation on the
part Of the United States.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

United States Senator Watson c..
Squire. OF Seattle, Wash. has been a
power in the Republican party for the
past fifteen years, and his following
in the far northwest is great. He has
declared himself uneQu!vocally for sill
yer. and will be one OF the most enthu-
in the coming campaign, remarks an ex-
change.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

MEMS SUITS. STAPLE, DARK
BLUE AND GREY TwILLED MATTE.
RIAL. NEAT LOOKING AND s1,Y.
LISH GARMENTS. EXCELLENT
SUITS FOR THE PRICE. ALL SIZES
TO AZ NOW. AS LONG AS THEY LAST
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
LAUNDERED kIECL- |GEE Shirts. 44c,

WASHABLE KNEE PANTS SUITS.
MADE FROM EXTRA GOOD QUALITY
BROWN DUCK. DOUBLE BREASTED
JACKETS WITH PEARL BUTTONS.
PANTS TAPPED. AND ARE MADE
WITH ALL OF THE BEST IMPROVE
SIZES ANYWHERE TO AGE
Is, AS LONG AS THEY LAST.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

The lord chancellor is the only mem
Der of the British cabinet who is not al
lowed to go outside of Great Britain.
This is because he must have the great
seal in his PERSONAL custody. and to
take the great sal outside of Great Bri-
tain would be an act of high treason.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

Strange as It may appear. paper pub
Eshed inWall street, the Financial News,
4s foremost in fighting for free coinage.
"A contemporary, the New York Mercu-
ry. says 1T Is publishing much useful
Information on the financial question,
with telling effect. Wall street will dis
Germ yet that its true interests lie in up
holding the genuine American policy
represented by Bryan and Sewall."
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12

According to a New York paper the
number OF requests for seats at the Madi-
son Square Garden eeting of notifca-
lion to Messrs. Bryan and Sewall gives
indication that New York is likely to see
on the night of August 18th the most
stupendons political meeting of modern
times Already the applications for
Heats a. the headquarters of the Demo
cratic committee exceed $4,000 and others
are coming in at a rate whica sugges;a
that 10000 is low estimate OF The
number of formal applications for t.e.
kets.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-08-12
lie ian ne,nocrnt.

Democratic papers please copy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01
JOHN HULL'S VENTURE,
Rent Became Irksome So He
Decided to Become His
Own Landlord.
Now the Spirit of Past Age Keeps
Him Company While He
Works and Thinks.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
COS Broadway Nav 81

J
Fortune has not been any too favorable
to John Hull, shoemaker, and when he
found that large proportion of his earn
ings were paid out monthly for rent he
decided to make a change.
Not long ago Hull was in Alameda and
alongside the power-house of the new
electric road he saw some relics of by
gone age, when eIectric-cars were regarded
as dreams and when the one-mule car was
a privilege. They had long since passed
their days of usefulness as horsecars or
cars of any other kind, but they were still
strong and the roofs were tight, and al
though the glass was out of the windows
the frames were still there. Hull thought
he could establish a store in one if he had
it in the right locality, and he at once set
out to become proprietor OF one. There
seemed to be very little choice among
them, but finally Hull decided that No. 3
was the stanchest and he purchased it for
$40. He rented a piece of vacant lot
where Adeline street runs into San Pablo
avenue and thither he transported his
new store or an express truck and opened
up for business.
He claims to have the cheapest store in
Oakland.
"This is a remarkable old car" said
dulii mAlle az "OIA Oh ndII Heel. IL Is
just full of the past. The old thing must
De twenty. eight years old. Old Theodore
Meetz operated the road for twenty-five
years and | guess that No. g was one of
the first cars. Till three years ago it was
the only connection between Alameda
and Oakland, unless you went ten mile
ride around by the mole AS sit tapping
at my shoes [ think sometimes 1 can see
some of the old backs that have helped to
rub the paint off the inside. A generation
has passed away since this car was run
out of the shop where it was built, and
after being iolted across the estuary for
quarter of a century it seems to contain
some of the elements that make grave
yard hallowed. 1t isn't the same Oakland
to-day as it was when the paint on these
seats was new, and altogether think that
an old streetcar is one of the most remin-
iscent places in the world"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01
TEREDOES BUSY
At THE BATHS,
The Destructive Creatures
Not Contented With
the Bay.
LURLINE TANKS VISITED
Submerged Steps and Scantlings
Completely Honey
Combed.
THRIVE IN THE WARM WATER
Ali Woodwork Being Now Replaced
by Bronze, So the Pests Will
Have to Go.
THRIVE IN THE WARM WATER

The destructive teredo has been quietly
and staging at the Lurline baths.
This tenacious little wood-eater, after
travelling half a dozen miles through an
iron pipe and being warmed with the
water for the baths to a temperature of
nearly 80 degrees, commences his bor-
ing and soon has all the woodwork COM
pletely honeycombed.
All the wooden stairs and timbers sup
porting the chutes and slides at the baths
are being replaced by bronze, so the little
wood-eater will soon be without his means
of subsistence. An old wooden stairway
that had recently been removed from the
tank was examined yesterday. The wood,
although it had been coated with paraffine
and appeared on the surface TO be per-
fectly sound, when gently pried with q
penknife readily crumbled, ana the in
terror was disclosed, all but the thin par
titions between the holes having been
eaten away.
When first examined it was thought not
to be teredo because it had cut not with
the grain, but through it. tits commonly
supposed that teredoes work with the grain
of the wood. because in piles, where they
are almost exclusively observed, their bor
ings are u p and down. Some of those who
examined the woodwork at the baths,
therefore declared that the trouble had not
been caused by teredoes, but by another
species of crustaceans called limnoria.
Howard G. Holmes, chief engineer of
the Harbor Comm issioners, who is per-
haps as well acquainted with the teredo
and its allies as anybody in this City,
when questioned yesterday in regard to
this mischevious pest, said:
Although | have not examined the
wood at the Lurline baths, from the de-
scription | have no doubt the pests are
teredoes. The fact that they bored
through the grain does not prevent their
being teredoes. In standing piles the
cavities generally run longituuinally, but
this is not because the teredo WORKS with
the grain OF the wood, but because it al
ways works upward. In the wooden steps
a. the baths one would naturally look to
find the tubes through the grain, because
this would be the perpendicular direction
in which the teredo builds.
1.-THE reason the teredoes at the baths
have not built such large tubes as tt ose In
the bay is because they have not had so
much wood to work on and have worked
so fast that they have eaten out all the
wood before they have reached their
growth. The rapidity with which they
have multiplied and eaten out the wood is
due probably to the warmth of the water,
Tor in warm water they grow much more
quickly Than in cold water. Thus in the
waters of the tropics the destruction
caused by these pests is much greater than
here.
1T is mistake to suppose that it is the
limnoria that is causing the trouble. The
limnoria works from the outside and their
work can be detected upon sight"