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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Canton, the home OF Ex-Governor Nc
Kinley. has a. population of $4,000.
Southern textile manufacturers will
meet at Atlanta June 10Th. to discuss
measures to curtall production. Nearly
all Southern mills will be represented.
They may make the tariff the issue at
Canton. but beyond the suburbs of that
lively Ohio town other things are being
talked OF, remarks the Washington Post
Hon. Benjamin II. Brstow. who was
Secretary of the Treasury during Pre:i-
dent Grants last term of Office, died
In New York Tuesday after brief ILL
ness.
The observatory on Mount Blanc is
now complete with the exception of one
of the large telescopes. which cannot
be taken up the mountain till the snow
Is less deep. Regular work will be be-
gun thi: summer.
A new impetus has been given to cy-
cling in Vienna by the Prater the great
park of the Austrian capital, being
thrown open 10 wheelmen. The largest
contingent of the morning visitors is
furnished by the Vienna actors and sing
ers
lianna's first act as chairman of tho
National Committee was TO issue an or
der TO the Republican party OF the
United States, recommending the use
OF California pampls plumes in red
white. and blue. mounted fan-shape
on staff, for paradeS and interior deco
rntions.' Ii Was characteristic of Han
ma. ate1 he will often repeat himself dur
ing the campaign. says the New York
Evening Telegram.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
DO NOT ALWAYS MAKE coon RE
PORTERS.

Distinguished writer's and statesmen
do not always make good reporters, re-
marks the Couricr-Journal and those
who have been through the min appre-
ciate the force Of the remark.
This has been demonstrated in more
than one Instance The New York jour
nal employed Richard Harding Davis to
report the Coronation of the Car at
Moscow. and Horny George and FIX
Senator Ingalls, were employed to report
the ST. Louis Convention.
The report Of the great fee at Moscow
was only an ordinary pcice of descriptive
writing which could have been excelled
by many men who dn daily reportorinl
work on the metropol!tac Journals. while
the reports of the convention were devoid
of interest save the facts they contained
Field Marshal Murat Halstead took a
hand IN the same work for his paper in
the City OF Churches" but his reports
indicate that he either did no. Try to re-
pont or did not know now. There are
thousands of men who are good writer's
for magazines and newspapers-and
the professions are all crowded
with brilliant men in their line
but all The same these self
same gentlemen are not necessarily
equipped for reporeorial work There is
something about the every day go-as-
You-pleasc reporter which distinguished
men ana stattment do not possess, and
without which they Garnet successfully
do reportorial work
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
MISS nAmroN IN ARMENIA.

Information comes from Constantine
pie to the effect that despite all the
ttoubles In which the Turks are involved,
their conduct toward Miss Cara Barton
and her assistants of the Red Cross So
csety is of the kindest character. 1t is
further said that although the other re-
lief agencies are subjected to all man
ner of emharaSsments. Miss Barson's
agents are be;rg especially favored. and
are given every assistance In the prose-
cution OF their work
1t IS gratifying to hear of the success
of this good woman in her mission of
mercy. the only regret being that all
others who are cim!larly engaged are
not treated with the same degree of con-
sideratlon. OF course at this distance,
and with the Information at hand It is
difficult to say just how the less favored
agencies are conducted, hut that Miss
Barton haa been more successful in her
work man the ether agents. is perhaps
due TO her woman's tact.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
CRIME IN TIE UNITED STATES.

The Washington Times. which has
been giving some attention to collecting
the statistics of crime in this country.
says shat there Is no other country in
the world where as many murders are
COMMITTED. in proportion TO the popula-
ton. as In the United States. Within
fifteen years the number has increased
over 1000 per cent. In 1850 and the years
preceding that, about 1000 murders were
commaued; in 1856 the number was .i49,
and gradually the horrible list has
swollen until the record for 1895 stands
At 1O,2l2. England. with population
about half as large as ours. has only
$50 murders on an average every year.
and Italy has less thnn one-fourth of
our number.
Our contemporary asks, what Is the
remedy for crime? and proceeds 10 an
swer It's own question by saying that
the remedy lies in the hands OF the
courts and juries. 1t IS they who must
make the murderers understand that for
their crime there IS but one penalty
and that certain, and that extcnuating
circumstances will be but. few and far
between" ,ttt
Certainly the frequency with which
murders escape the penalty of the law
for such crimes has led The Vicious to
regard the law with less fear than should
be the case. and until a more vigorous
system is observed in its execution there
is little reason to hope for the aba;e-
ment OF crime.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
PERSONALS.

Mndge Coulter, of McKeesport, Pa.
found $500 sewed in her dead grandmoth-
er's gown.
Tho Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
arc ali present tho lions of the London
season.
General Benjamin Harrison was made
presidcn, Of the State Bar Association OF
Indiana.
Ex-speaker Crisp. with his wife, is a,
Asheville. n. c., where he expects .to
remain several weeks.
Colonel John r. Fellows. of New York
has made n gift of $1,000 to Notre Dame
University at South Bend. Ind.
DR.. Walsh. the Archbishop of Dublin
Is touring for health in the Moseile. His
chief aid in the search Is bicycle.
Among the major-generals of the Brit
ish army Is one ]. b. Richards son. who Is
remarkable as the only officer of his
rank who has no meda:s Ye': he Is IS
years old. has seen forty-onc years O.
active service and Is q soldier of high
reputation.
Professor w. Whitman Bailey, OF
Brown University, has been appointed
by President Cleveland ~ member of the
Military Academy mt West Point. where
his fH.ncr was many years professor
and where he himself was born, Febru.
airy 90. lS43
ApropoS Os Queen Victo!ia's entrance
upon the siXtieth year of her reign A,
may be- noteworthy tha'l the walking
sticld which She carries in her old ar
Is made of branch OF the historic oak
of Charles ii. Fastened to It's ton is n
tiny Indian idol part of the loo; OF Ser
ingapatam.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
a SENSATION AT YALE.

Notw1 hs':and.ng tr:ct She war be-
tween the States has been owe:
for thirty odd years ana the
country Is again unite1, there
are we; some small men in the land who
are never content unless dacrying gone
one who differed with them in ",he late
unpleasantness." The latest of this kind
is Rev. Joseph Twitchell, of Hartford,
Conn a few days ago during the dcdi-
ea:!on of the Wcolsey Memorial statue.
on the Yale campus. ct New Haven.
this individual made some remarks abou.
General r. l.. Lee because a lot of !vv
taken from the grave OF the great soldier
was planted near the Woolsey statue,
and a great sensation followed.
In the course Of his speech. referring
20 Prof Woolsey, Mr.. Tw!tchen said:
He was a Union man, heart and soul
and it would make this bronze statue
avert its head We're he 10 know that rhe
graduating class Of Yale were to plan:
on the walls OF a building on the campus
an ivy from the grave or General Robert
p. Lee. General Lee was a good man
but re was loyal 10 an Infamous cause
Immediately after the dedicatoIy exer.
cises the ivy committee held meeting
and the proposition was made to change
the ivy. buzz it was voted down. and /;
was planted with the usual ceremonies.
DR.. Twtche!l may think himself some.
podS' as the term goes, but for all OF
that ne is a man of small mind, and his
Z,
littlcness has found him out surely. One
would imagine that man Of his cloth
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

would seek to inculcate better feelings
than those which he displayed on the
occasion referred toto forge. and fer
give. II there was anything to forgive
which there was not In this case-but
instead he sought to stir up strife and
from all accounts he succeeded.
He. no doub., enjoys what he has
done. There are u few Twltchell's left
in the country, however, and happily
for the country they have but few fol-
lowers
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
NEVER TOO LATE,

There is good and bad in the wayside
inns
On the highways of our lives.
And man can never be free from sins
No maiter how hard he strives:
Yet even when down distinctions grade
our ihorny pathways trend
In spite OF thousand errors made.
1T is never too late to mend"
Iheie are crosses heavy for men to bear,
And passions 10 conquer, too;
There are joys and woes that each must
share
Before she journey is through.
But men may be poor for honor's sake.
And truth and right defend.
And hope VIII never this promise break:
1t Is never too late to mend"
us never too late for noble deed,
Fo!. blessed by the angels tears,
IL plants in the breasts of men n seed
That viii grow in after years;
y word OF Kindness, of hope and cheer
VIII always comfort lend.
we must live for love, and Danish fear
IL is never too late 10 mend"
1t is never too late to mend. my lad.
NO matte: what people say,
Ana no mans nature is wholly bad,
Even If old and gray:
ANA IN our journey toward the grave
Until wc reach the end.
IHefe IS t:me TO change and time 10
III is never too late 10 mend"
-lierotri Cass Adams. in the Chicago
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

The bond inquiry by the Senate com
mittee ended ignominiously on Satur-
Gay, says the Philadelphia Record The
Investigation failed to reveal anything
which was not already known to the
public, and the only effect which the
committees labors Will have will be to
ETH further discredit. if that be possible,
the influences which started the inquiry.
AS to the charge of favotatism made
against Secretary Carlisle by the unsuc
cessful bidder, Graves, even Senator
Vest admitted that It had been demon
Grated that there was nothing in them.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

The Savannah News says hat the IN
formation is that when the bermuda
sails for Cuba again she Will carry a
battery of heavy guns, and will ny the
Cuban flag from the time she clears the
three mile limit. In that case, she will
ne the first Cuban p!ivateer; as the ex-
1s'ence OF Cuban Republic il not off,
cially recognized by this government, il
would be interesting to know how an
American naval vessel would regard the
Bermuda.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Mt Sherman admits that he was
slow in congratulating Mckinley. Dur
ing the last thirty years Mr.. Sherman
mas congratulated so many Republican
Presidential candidates that naturally
he can not go into the performance with
the snap and enthusiasm he formerly
exhibited. remarks an exchange, and no
wonder.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

An exchange says that at Greensboro,
N. c., last Saturday evening. the South
ern Finishing Mills and Proximity and
Hucomuga Cotton Mills paid off their
employees in Mexican silver dollars two
for one, and the town was flooded with
money at NIGHT.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

The Owensboro Farm and Labor Jour
nal, Populist organ, does not look for
any Third party rush to Democracy, sill
Yer or no silver. 1t says: The Popullsts
will join with any class of men who
believe in reform, but they will not fuse
with either of the old parties"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
FRIDAY. JUNE &c. 1896.
EIGHT PAGES.

The county jail at Jacksonville, Ala,
Is empty for the first time in twenty
years.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Hon. John Goode has been appointed
receiver for the First National Bank
at Bedford.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

The latest name discussed for the
Democratic Presidential nomination,
says the CouiierJournal. is that of Am
bassador Eustis. MIR. Eustis is n silver
man and is said to be at present on his
way to the United states.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Senator PETER says Senator Teller
will receive no comfort from the Popu-
lists.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Mr.. John r. Tilett has discovered
what promises 10 be valuable deposit
of copper in the Stonwall quarries in
Prince William county.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

IT is announced That the Hon. Thomas
c. Platlt will givNthe Hon. Warner Mill
Ell all the fight he wants. There are
evidently going 10 he lively times in
New York State. says the Lowell News
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
OF BUYERS CAME.
Ssssseeseeseseesseee

Notwithstanding the heavy business
transacted in the Eight Seventy-five specials
Witflln the past week the range is stronger
Today { than eVer-Another batch of Mems
QUITS have been culled from the higher
priced lines. Sizes slightly Irregular but
all sizes represented.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Ex-Governor Brown, of Rhode Island,
IS said TO have Il political knife UP his
sleeve for the Rhode Island Delegates
TO st. Louis who failed to secure him
the Vice Presidential nomination.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Washington Hesing. of Chicago, de-
cla,es that the German voters will stand
for sound money regardless OF old party
ties.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

1t seems that several booms left St
Louis without paying tn rent for their
headquarters, says the Washington Post
Possibly their managers felt that they
were not getting a run for their money.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26
Rs;asSss,S gzauro NO REST
Rdaslssy#g NO SLEEP
DAY OR NIGHT

My hands were completely covered with &c.
zema, and between my fingers the skin was
perfectly raw. had to cit with both hands held
up, and AWAY from the fire. Ny husband Ind to
Hiess and undress inc ike baby. tried the
D'st physcisns, but their medicines gave me no
rehet, and drove me almost crazy. was nd
Vlsoi to try CUTICURA REMEDIEs and did 60
although my husband had to 20 twenty miles to
gel Them As soon us he got back, 1 used tho
CUTicUNh, aud in ,ice minutes after the first
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ease night or dny. could not bear 10 get warn.
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and recommend them to everybody, because OF
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-26

Never in the history of the manufacture
OF clothing did an x own such high-class
garments as the ones on sale now. PEOPLE
mat know good value when they see it say
they are beyond question The Best Suits
they ever saw for Ten Dollars
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

ter they had attracted the attention OF
horticulturists, says. Garden and For
est. 1t is interesting to note the strug-
giles of our great-grandfathers to dis
cover the conditions most suitable for
them. We who know all about it are
surprised that any intelligent cultiya-
tor should have tried to grow epiphy-
tic plants gin common soil in pots
plunged to the rim in tan bed" Teak
baskets, sphagnum moss, peat fiber and
charcoal appear to us to be exactly what
any intelligent schoolboy would have
recommended as supplying the right
material for an epiphyte. But, like all
useful discoveries and Inventions SIM
pie as they appear to us they were not
worked out without much thought, ex-
pertinent and the sacrifice of many
plants One of the shrewdest of bot
anists working in the van of the horti-
cultural art of his time, DR.. Lindley,
stated in paper read to the Royal
Horticultural Society in 1880, that high
temperature, deep shade and excessive
humidity are the conditions essential to
the we'll being of orchids" Thirteen
years later another orchid authority,
Mr.. Bateman, recommended the same
treatment, adding that a resting season
was necessary. This treatment became
the only orthodox one and was persist
ed in for upward of thirty years. We
now recognize that fresh air at all
times is essential, that many orchids
enjoy bright sunshine, that while 5ome
require plenty of moisture all the year
round, others require it only for por-
ton of the year, and that some even
thrive only when treated as if they were
cacti. The temperature for exotic Or
chids varies from purely tropical to
that of a few degrees above freezing
point, and while some species during
growth are kept in hot, steamy atmos-
phere and after growth is completed
are removed to comparatively cool and
dry conditions to afford them a rest,
others suffer If the conditions are not
fairly uniform all the year round.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

Sentry boxes serve in winter for q
ton. The gymnasium does duty when
Irritation" is too bleak and exposed
for comfort.
Sometimes, though, 1t Is not safe to
risk staying over Sunday, and the COL
lege girls must HE them back to Alma
Mater after the hop. There is con-
venient up-shore train to Poughkeep-
sic at 1890 and so one eye is kept on
the clock, while the other tries to gaze
soulfully at the gray-clad youth who is
murmuring sweet nothings.. And then
the scramble to catch the train, and
the excuses If one fails to get there!
"A valuable ring was lost and must be
searched for"-dress was torn and had
to be mended-watch was too slow-so
sorry. And one girl actually went to
the length of falling down hill with
the idea of straining her ankle. She
did more than that, and had to be taken
back to the hospital: but there were
compensations. She still breathed the
same air with the beloved object"
1t would puzzle the average man to
invent the stories which used to do
duty to account for colds caught cool
ing Off in low-cut gowns when the
hops were held in Grant Hall. Now
they are in Academic and conditions
are improved, plenty of un!ighted.
well heated rooms being available for
the "cooling-off" process
And what boon all this is to the
under radn-these raw youths who
must learn, as well as tactics and SIGH"
the ways of the great world, the proper
manner of paying daintily yelled COM
pliments and managing partner in the
dance! Society manners are very i'm
portant part of the equipment of Uncle
Sans soldier boys when they leave
after the four years course, and how
are they to learn them unless they have
practice? The summer months when
more liberty is allowed, are all too short
for the exercise of their required
and the development of
their social talents.
So these visits under the rose" are
indeed real boon to the west pointer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

waiting society is a sufficient "quid pro
quo" He lends her his cast-off but
tons, waist plate, chevrons and class
which he can lay hands. And the moth
of "plebe" who scents coming Joys
afar decorates her hop card with
sketches Gin kind"--hits on the older
men and general post jokes"
So the Vassar girl who has brother
or brother" at West Point is popu-
lar maiden, and her sitting-room Is
gathering place for the clans, and her
teas" are much frequented. Her scrap
book would furnish interesting chap
tiers of history, with Imagination to fill
in the spaces.
"Affaires de occur" move rapidly at
the post" Introductions are easy, and
"facile iecensus Averni." One evening
on the stairs or in an unlighted ante
room; walk on "Flirtation;" note
asking her to come again next week;
an answer an answer to that, with an
added touch of sentiment and aspira-
ton after "the love Of true woman"
with verses and so forth lad infinitum"
and lad nauseam;" graduation, obliv-
ion, and two sets of wedding cards
which perhaps cross in the mails and
recall an "affaire" Of two years ago.
Sometimes the cadets, stray one
here and there, in furlough time, get off
to Vassar and are feted and made much
of. But opportunities are more num-
erous down the river, and the leap year
methods hold. Beautiful and enliv-
ening sights are seen on Filtration"
In the twists and winds Of that historic
Academy of Social Science" the callow
youth learns the use of his arms, and
also the use of his feet and jumping
muscles for emergencies when the
sound of an advancing step is heard.
At one turn of the walk, when the leaves
are few, and the wanderers, after a
blessed "solitude-a-deux," forget the
fact, one may see wondrous vistas Of a
kneeling sentimental youth and a
maiden fair to see." while in the turn
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

keepsie prevent many visits from
young men; and the still stricter rules
of the nearest mans college, at West
Point, keep the men from attempts at
breaking Vassar's laws. So Mahomet
goes to the mountain. Like the Arabs,
the Vassar maiden folds her tent and
silently steals away. To thoughtful OBJ
servers at the Point it is often a mat
ter for wonder how the girls spend so
many delightful stolen hours away
from their Alma Mater without being
discovered and mourning the penalty
for disobedience.
The rules are there, the men are
there. and the girls must get there
somehow, so perforce the clever dam
sells from the halls of learning must
bend their superior brains TO the work
of circumventing these laws. And they
succeed. How they do it history says
not, but the fact remains that they
do. MANY time and off," in the
words Of the immortal bard of Avon,
are they seen on the "Rialto" of West
Point, to the amazement of the afore-
mentioned thoughtful observer. Two