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

FOR RENT-From October LIST, one of
the most desirable residences on Holt
street. Moderate rent. Every CSnyen-
ience. Apply to F. e. NOTTINGHAM
q CO. jyl-1w
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

FOR RENT-Part OF comfortable dwell
Ing; all conveniences: West OF Duke
street. Address COMFORT, Virglnian
office 5e71-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

TWO GENTLEMEN, OR MARRIED
couple, can get handsomely furnished
room with board. Apply at 100 Butte
street. jyl-lNs
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

WANTED-Position in wholesale business
by young man; understands bookkeep-
ing; can give good references. Address
'B. c." this office. jyi-3t
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

FOR SALE AT A Low FIGURE-Plans
ana specifications for a brick dwelling,
uraWn by one of the best architects IN
me state. Address PLANS, this office
je25-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

BOARD-One or two Single gentleman
can be accommodated with front room
and board at reasonable figure, at 2SS
East Main street. je23-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.


No. 9.Sd3 will be given the watch at Trot-
ter's Drug Store. Another given August
LIST. jy5-lt
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-A reliable lady or gentleman
to distribute samples and make a house
toulouse canvass for our Vegetable
Toilet Soaps and Pure Flavoring Ex-
tracts. $40 to SIS u month easily made
Address CROFsrS q REED. Chicago, Ill
jy7-lws
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07
HEAD OF OLD MARKET SQUARE.
AND NO. 9 HILL STREET.
PHONE BAG IS

Good delivered every day (Sunday In.
Berkeley, Brambleton. Atlantic City. eto.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

See the window laden with beautiful
q ELECTS in plain and figured Mohairs.
O. they were 50c., the clearance orice
IL is A7e. The saving nearly equals the
4 Oil Dye, Rob Roy Red calfcoes at
regular sale Lac. a yard, the clear
U ancc price is 10 yards for 33c.
- Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests &C.
IL Light weight Dresden Suitines &c.
y (worth usually ICc.)
4 Eoys' 39e. Shirt Waists for 25c.,
N nicely finished, plated, pearl buttons.
% Ladies' soc. Neckwear for 81 lie.
~ Ladies 2sc. Neckwear for 1ec.
\p Another lot OF those 45x36 inch
Bleached Pillow Gases for Lac.
" Ladies Black and Tan Plain Hosiery,
N. HermsdorPs Stainless Dyes, real Maco
x Yam, double sole, high .pliced heel,
- regular price 25c., Clearance price I7c,
VI Misses lmoortsd Ribbed Hosiery,
: worth Usually I5c., our price y tie.
y Hermsdorf Dye, ali sizes.
"A Ladies Corset Covers, y lie. ones
~ for &c.
r Ladies' low cot Corset Covers,
VI trimmed with embroidery, worth 25c.;
d our clearance price I7c.
Special Gown item at Bic.
Y Srecial Gown item at Soc, Empire,
4 Mother Hubbard style, trimmed, very
~ neat.
~ FRIDAY is REMNANT DAY.
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

WANTED-500 women to come quick
money or no money. These orders must
be filled at once. Wanted-Women and
girls to go North TO live with private
families and at summer resorts; do cook
Ing: walters, chambermaids, laundresses
and general house working women. Go
direct North. Tickets advanced. 800
Church street, Norfolk. Va. b. Z. VAL
DEN AGENCY. jy4-4t'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

wANTED-Traveling men to carry our
Lubricating Oils as a side line or eX-
dress Immediately, AUSTIN 6 MEG EE.
Cleveland, o. jy7-7t'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

WANTED Recruits for the U. S. Marine
corps. Wanted-Able bodied, unmarried
men, between the ages of 81 and 80 years.
Food, clothing and medical attendance
free. For further particulars, etc, apply
or address, the Commanding Officer
Marine Barracks, Navy-yard, Norfolk,
Va. iya-3m
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

WANTED-An industrious man, one who
has had some experience as n salesman
in this section preferred. with $500 or 500
to invest, and is willing to work the
trade in a wholesale business. Horse
and wagon Will be taken as money, ac-
cording to value. Address at once, -,
IT," l9l Church street jy4-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

wANTED-FOR CASH BUYERS-Gro
Gerry stores, lunch rooms. saloons, drug
stores. coal yards. etc. No publicity.
BUSINESS EXCHANGE, West Build
Ing Main and Church streets. je2i-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

A NEW YORK STENOGRAPHER AND
typewriter wishes a position; is familiar
with every detail of Office work. and
with machines; Al references. Miss M
E." care Powhatan Manufacturing Co..
Norfolk, Va. jy5-3ts
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-07

FOX SALE A well built residence on
Wood street: sold for no fault: too large
tor owners family, eight rooms and
path and all modern conveniences
lot Alsxil5:, splendid opportunity Tor
anyone Wishing nice home with OPP
lion on two lots in rear, ~ feetxl2o. on
tenement houses. For terms. etc, APP
ply on premises, No. GO Wood street:
my6-u
ENGINE AND BOILER for sale cheap !:
also other machinery. Apply to either
= w Taylor or 66 Water street.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
About the Ears OF Children,

1t Is not unusual to see children OF
both sexes with ears projecting in such
a way as TO be positive deformitv.
The mothers appear ObliviouS to this
fact. and any suggestion from an out
slider is met with Indignation and dis
gust. The mother thinks her little
ones perfect. and. perhaps naturally
enough. resents any hint that they
could be improved.
1t IS possible to correct many Of the
tritiing errors in appearance by steady
and judiciOuS home treatment, pro-
vided it is continued regularly. and not
spasmodically, for this often does more
harm than good by disturbing existing
conditions without finally settling new
ones. If a childS ears have a tendency
TO project from the head, it is we'll to
wear ribbon or cap suited to this
purpose. A miSShapen hose may be
trained into proper form by very gentle
and careful handling. The bones Of the
child are soft and readily nodded into
the required shape.
Personal beauty and symmetry are
great factors i'll successful life. and it
is we'll worth while to take the little
trouble and time that are involved in
correcting the thousand little irregu-
larities and triting deformities that
very many children are born with.
Because the thing Is. many persons
are sufficiently given to fatalsm to
think that it must be, and following
the superstition that says, "If it is, it's
because God wills it," is a poor way to
bring up to their best estate the sons
and daughters of men.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Father of Forty.one Children.

Danielson, Conn. has 1.-The cham
pion father Of New England" He is a
French Canadian. Levi Braskaw, and
lives in the Spark district in the east
ern part of Killingly. He is sixty-nine
years and four months old and has
lived in this town about thirteen years.
He was married before he was four
teen years old. and is the father Of
forty-one children.
Forty of them are living; the last
child was stillborn about a month ago
he has six children by his first wife,
including twins. His second wife bore
him an even two dozen children, half
Of them coming two at time. His
present wife has borne him eleven
bouncing children in the thirteen years
they have been married.
His eldest son is tifty-four years Of
age and has many children and grand
children. Twenty nine of his sons and
daughters are married and all have
children.
Mr.. Braskaw says all OF his forty
children are we'll and robust like him
self, and that he can count up $50
grandchildren and greatgrandc
There are probably more. but his chill
dren have become so scattered that he
cannot keep track of them all.-New
York Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

Forty Years a Constable.

Constable John Whiteman, Of Ard
more, Montgomery County, Penn, is
seventy-seven years old, and has held
office continuously for forty years. He
has spent all his life at Ardmore, as
did his grandfather and father before
him. His more than threescore years
and ten have been replete with stirring
incidents. Notwithstanding his age,
he is still sturdy. and says he would
not be afraid to tackle any criminal
living.
A company was formed recently to
sink arteSian wells and supply the
citizens of Ardmore with water. They
secured permission to lay pipes
through certain streets In making
connections it was desira BILE for the
company to pass in front of the old
conStable's house, on Church Lane. As
Whiteman had all the water he wan
ted, he sent word to the company's
foreman that any attempt at trespas-
Sing on his property would meet with
resistance. The foreman sent back
word that the constable could do as he
liked, but the pipes would be laid the
next day Then Constable Whiteman
got mad. He gathered lot of handy
weapons together. including an old
musket which his father carried in
the war Of 1912. These he stacked
alongside the fence. where he took up
a commanding position, with a big
horse pistol in either hand and awaited
the coming of the enemy. When the
workmen came the old constable
roared out that he would shoot the
man who attempted to strike a pick.
Seeing that the Old man meant busi-
ness, the foreman called off his men
and left the scene.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Strange Trials of iAnmaIs.

The horrors Of the courts of justice
in the Middle Ages were sometimes
lightened-to us-by ludicrous per-
alone, between the years Of 1120 and
1740 there were recorded the trials Of
ninetytwo animals, the last delinquens
being an unfortunate COW. The ami.
mails arraigned were not only those &C.
cuSed of direct assaults upon human,
ity, such as goring a man to death or
killing child. but the justice of those
days saw malicious intent in the an
nOyance Of man by any animal or in
sect. There was a regular case of ac-
ton to be followed ii these cases.
In case where a district was over
run with rats. mice. feas, locusts or
like pests, an advocate was appointed
60 plead for the creatures accused.
Then they were publicly summoned
three times to appear before the court
by a certain date; and if they did not
appear which of course was the case
the trial proceeded in their absence,
and If their lawyer could not make a
proper defense they were ordered to
leave the country under penalty Of ex-
orcism. Strange to say, this dire pen
atty seemed to have no effect on the
animals and insects, and they often be-
came more numerous than ever, this
result being attributed by the good peo-
pie to the powers of the evil one.
There is an authentic record of
unique trial Of some leeches, which in
the year 1451 overran the country OF
LAUSANNE. The leeches were found
guilty of disturbing The peace of the in
habitants and a few were caught and
brought into court to bear sentence
They were directed to leave the coun-
try or be exercised. OF course they did
not leave and the penalty was en-
forced. Thereupon the leeches began
to die off and in a short time none re-
mained in that section.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Facts About Eara

IL IS OIL among the more refined and
civilized peoples that small ears upon
women are considered pretty and a
marx OF artstocratic distinction. The
Chlnese, who admire little eyes and
feet, look upon long, large and droop
ing ears As marks Of beauty; and GER
tain other peoples bore their ears and
enlarge the holes until they can insert
quite nosegay in them and are lust as
proud Of this decoration as the younp
woman Of a different civilization who
drags down pretty ear into unnatural
proportions with heavy Jewels.
Earrings are sometimes very injuri-
ous to the health, and a woman with
any tendency to scrofula should never
assume the risk of boring the ears: nor
can one be too careful in regard to
wearing earrings that diseased per-
son has worn. A case is on record in
Vienna Of q young girl who wore ear
rings given her by a friend who had
died of consumption. She soon con
tracted the same disease. which de-
veloped in manner identical with
the case of her friend.
Ears, by the way, are as eloquent as
the tongue in showing disease. A
very white, transparent, ear shows a
delicate constitution, with a tendency
to tuberculosis. Idiots have large,
f1abby ears, as travellers through GER
tain parts of Switzerland, where such
imbeciles abound, cannot have failed
to notice.
Ears vary greatly in regard to sensi-
fiveness, some being vastly more
nervous than others. Street noises are
the most trying for the sensitive ear
to bear, while the souds Of nature hard
ly ever jar the most fastidious well
coming sounds of wind in the tree
tops, the murmur Of brooks, the songs
Of birds and even the roar Of falling
water.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
LATEST Folks on the Earth,

The dirtiest people in the world have
recently been discovered by an ex-
plorer in the Caucasus. They live in
an inaccessible mountain range be-
tween the Black sea and the Caspian.
says the Hartford Times their villages
being so snugly hidden away that no
government has yet been able to reach
them. AS they We're 300 years ago
SO they are to this day
Seen from without there is a certain
pictureSqueneSs about Il Svanctian viii
lage, although it merely consist Of mis-
cradle stone novels without any at
tempt at form or adornment. Within
the houses are inconceivably filthy.
They are filled with rags, vermin and
dirt Of every description. They possess
no fireplace nor chimney. All the
cooking, in fact, is done over hole
scooped out in the middle Of the floor.
In these houses men and women and
children are huddled together: during
the long winter months they are shut
for days at time. the cattle often
sharing their quarters. Every aper-
ture has to be closed on account of the
cold. This long imprisonment is. per-
haps, the cause of the degradation Of
the people. Horrible diseases result
from it, which are aggravated by an
abnormal consumption of arrack. the
strong distilled drink of the Asiatics.
Besides being the dirtiest, they are
probably the LATEST people on earth.
1t is an invariable rule to make four
days week holidays with saints
days as extras. Since they have adopt
ed the holidays Of every other country
with which they have come in contact,
it is not surprising that the men find
little time for work
Farming, bee culture and cattle
breeding are the only industries Of
these lazy people. Throughout their
territory there is not a single manu-.
factured article. Their children marry
while very young, they attend no
school, end, lastly. they have no money,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
PhiladeIphia's Pet Monsters.

The last of the four gigantic bronze
eagles that will perch on the top of the
Philadelphia City Hall tower was to
have been hoisted up to it's dizzy posi-
tion last week. Including the big
figure of William Penn, which weighs
$1,000 pounds. the entire weight of all
The bronze statues and groups on the
tower is $4,000 pounds. This weight
is three times in excess of the amount
that it was estimated the tower would
have to carry and the cost of
the figures was underestimate
ed by S150.O00. The height OF the
tower had to be increased twenty
feet to accommodate them, which en-
tailed an additional cost of 5000.
However," says a Philadelphia apol-
ogist, now that the immense and
costly shaft is near completion, it is
believed to be good for life of one
thousand years, at least."-New York
Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
New Use For EIectricitu.

In Germany a new process Of color
ing leather is being exploited Elec-
tricity Is utilized as the active agent.
The leather is placed upon zinc table,
which forms the positive pole. The
dyeing material is poured over this,
and the negative pole connected with
the leather. Under the action Of the
current, the coloring matter penetrates
the leather, and patterns may be de-
signed upon the surface by covering 1t
with pattern plate connected to the
negative pole.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
Fish in Deep Water.

\ highly original observation upon
the behavior of fish in deep water, so
remarka ble as to deserve special no.
tice. is attributed to inexperienced
captain Of a fishing smack. The fish
in@-boats belonging to the Southern
portions of the North Sea found in
their catch lately a disproportionately
small quantity of Goldfish. The captain
maintained that he had foreseen this
for eight days. because most Of the fish
caught had sand in their stomachs. He
claims to have observed that Just be-
fore the fish left the shallow water of
the Southern banks they took sand in
TO their stomachs and soon after fish
caught in deeper Northern waters
showed the same popularity. Then,
when the time for migrating from the
deep waters comes again, the fish dis
posed of the sand. The theory has
been advanced that The sand is taken
in as ballast. and is rejected when shall
low water is to be returned to. The
sand often differs in color and grain
from that of the bottom where the fish
are found. 1t is claimed that this sand
may supply guide for the fishermen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
HINTS FOR THE slck.RooM,
Useful Suggestions Concerning the Care
OF Patients,

One Of the first concerns of q nurse.
says Youths Companion. should be to
see that the patients mouth Is kept
clean and sweet. This can be done by
having the mouth rinsed with pure
water or diluted listerine-two tea
spoonfuls to tumbler of water-after
each taking Of food If the patient is
unable to do this for himself, the at
tendant should do it for him, with a
swab Of fresh absorbed cotton, mois-
tened with the mouth wash, and fas-
tened to small flexible stick
n foul Or sour mouth frequently so
interferes with the appetite and the
sense Of taste that the patient refuses
food which otherwise he might gladly
take. Milk especially fingers in the
mouth, and fermentng there destroys
the sense OF taste and develops germs
which Interfere with digestion. 1t is
much easier to keep the mouth clean
than to disinfect it after it has been
neglected
In case the patients lips are dry or
parched they should be moistened with
cold cream or vaseline. G,ycerine
should never be used for this purpose.
When 1t is necessary to raise the pa
tents head In order to give him
nourishment or medicine, the atten-
dant's hand should be placed beneath
the pillow, so as gently to raise the
head and pillow together In this way
better support is obtained. the opera
ton is more comfortable for the pa
tient, and the head is less likely to be
bent so far forward as to interfere with
swallowing.
Serious coughing may be prevented
by making sure that each mouthful Is
swallowed before another is given.
A small tumbler should be used, and
should never be more than two-thirdS
filled. A thirsty patient derives far
more satisfaction from draining a
small glass than from slipping from a
large one which he is not permitted to
empty.
When the patient is being fed with
fluids, wholly different receptacles
should be used for holding his medi-
cines, or the association of ideas may
be strong enough to destroy the appe
tite. or even to produce nausea.
This danger Of unpleasant assocfa-
tion should never be lost sight of by
the nurse. Nourishment should never
be offered at inopportune times, and
if anything has occurred that might
have soiled the attendants hands, he
should not only wash them, but allow
the patient to see that he has done so.
In serious cases only need the patient
be aroused from sleep to take nourish-
ment or medicine.
During the night food Of some sort
should always be at hand to be given
to the patient in case he should need
II
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08
SUCCESSION OF TREE cRowTHs
How the Different Kinds Make Way for
One Another.

Almost universally the notion nre.
walls that when the pines are gone tbev
are gone forever and that the soil
where they grew is worn out. unfit to
reproduce good timber qualities. This
notion, so damaging to forest preser
vation, also diScourages improved for
estry on the prairie where temporary
trees are often planted only for the
present convenience of the PROPRIETOR
Alterations of trees are as various
as the species within the territory
where they occur. In the Southern
States especially, and sometimes in the
Northern, oaks take the place of the
departing pines. and so the reverse
But the succeeding oaks stand no show
compared with the poplars, aspens es-
pecially, and the canoe birches. The
latter grow on moist or dry places. and
fires cannot eradicate them Both
watt on wings of down their millions
upon millions of almost infinitesimaI
seeds, that alight everywhere. Burned
districts or any cleared land are their
paradise. Hence, all along the North
ern tier of lumber States and the Cana
das even to the Arctic circle, these
trees take possession of the denuded
lands. Fortunately, they are short
lived, and often pave the way for the
return of the pine.
Oaks get foothold too, interspersed
with other hard woods. for their seeds
and roots, long buried under the leaves
and soil, get sunlight enough to sprOut.
TheaC * ''7'"nnStrate that with
proper manage,I~l. "Hn have the
most valuable trees if we will onlv
plant and preserve them. and keep out
fires and browsing stock
So far from the forests having
wornout soil it is the best in the world,
The decay Of the fallen leaves and
limbs, the carbon dioXide thus evolved
for plant growth again, the nitrifying
agencies Of TIE network Of roots. form
the rich humus of the future farms.
Neutralize this fertilizing art of nature
by injudicious cutting, or burning the
leaf mold, and not only is the soil thus
impoverished and drouths provoked,
but sorrowful alterations of trees in
evitably ensue.
h. B. Ayres, forest expert Of Min
nesota and close observer. AYERS that
burnt land could not be put in cond-
ton as promising as an adjoining un-
burnt tract for less than $50 an acre.
On an unburnt acre, cut the same win
ter-three years before his investiga-
tons-he counted 1867 little white pine
seedlings, two years old. growing under
the shade Of immature pine saplings,
poplar, maple and hazel brush Every
woodsman has noticed like results
wherever fires in the pine regions are
excluded.
The English oaks grow to-day in
places where William the Conqueror
found them when he invaded Britain.
For centuries the pines of Maine have
repeated themselves on their native
heath. Given the conditions. and the
flttest remain while human generations
come and 60.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

Only n few months ago we first heard
Of silk being made from wood pulp
But already wood-pulp silk is a fash
ionable fabric, and dresses made of it
are among this seasons novelties in
Paris. There is large factory estab-
lished for its production at Bessamen.
France. Another will soon be started
at Lancashire, England, in which coun-
try this artificial silk made from wood
pulp has come quite in vogue Its
price is much cheaper than the real
silk. 1t can be used for every purpose
that real silk is and others besides.
and so near like the original it is that
it takes a skilled hand to distinguish
1t.