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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15
AUCTION xAI.ES-Tr11s nay.
BY The Morris Auction House, 81 and .63
New Market Place: 3Ess10

----- = ---1--- 1EeT 1HI!het FIuCt!
TRUSTEES SALE OF A LARGE
! STOCK OF FINE FURNITURE, etc,
at our auction house THIS CTuesdayj
MORNING. commencing at 10 O'Clock,
Viz: Fine Bedroom Suits in Walnut, Oak
and Cherry, Fine Pier and Mantel Mr.
Tables. Chairs. Pictures, Easles, Carpets,
Rugs. Mating, Druggcts, Bcdsteads. Blu.
Ieaus. Mantol Clocks. Crockery Glass
ware. Stoves, etc. This stock Is all first
class ahd sale positive. Ladies especially
invited TO attend sale.
1une l6-lt r. X. MORRIS, Manager.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15
ROANOKE RED SULPHUR SPRINGS.

OPENS june lst. lleva ton 1900 feet:
best family resorts in the State: nine
hours from Norfolk on N. & ". r. r.;
waters relieve dyspepsia. hay fever asth-
ma. lung, throat. kidney and female trou-
bies. Terms reasonable. For certificates
OF eminent physicians and others, analy-
SIS OF waters. references. etc, write for
descriptive pamphlet.
Inyi6su.w. fr6w J. II. CHAPMAN, Man'gr.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15

G EAI-ED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
-. - csived by the Improvement Board OF
Berkeley avenue Crodd Bock). unIil tho
FIST DAY OF JUNE, 1887. at S O'Clock p.
m. tor paving Of such portions OF Chest
designated by said board, with No. ! Bal
timore Hard Burned Paving Brick. not
office accompanying The spec, nca lions for
paving Each bidder will he required TO
lille with his proposal certified check for
ga as an evidence Of good faith. And
pong with proper security will DO exacted
or the successful bidder. The right is re-
served to reject any or all bids.
ALVAH II. MARTIN,
jul2-t.H1 Chairman
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15
Among our Cotton Men.

Heavy rains In Texas.
The average temperature and rainfall
Is as follows:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-15
cold Sweet Springe,'

WEST VIRGINIA.
The greatest health resort in the World
situated 10 miles from main line of Ches
X OHIO Railway, and surrounded on all
sides by attractive points, and is pro-
nounccd by all as the paradise Of tho
state Easy conveyanCcs meet all trains
Elegant road. and drive made quickly to
the Springs.
Communications In regard to rates or
other information. will receive prompt at
tent:on. A. e WHITE Monorcr
Sweet Springs, w. Va. ma3(-eod -2w
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Hotel Bedford.
Summer, Pleasure and Health.

delightful family resort. Rates only
s35 and $40 per month. at Elegant HOTEL
BEDFORD, BEDFORD CITY, VA, In
the Blue Ridge Mountains. near the Peaks
OF Otter. For particulars, address
J. WATKINS LEE,
Jub-su,w,fr-lm Proprietor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12
WILL SOON BE SETTLED

The petitions, postal cards and news
paper demands seem TO have reached
the United States senate at last and a
Republican caucus has been held TO
consider action upon the remaining
schedules Of the tariff bill. The con-
vlction was unanimous that the Repub-
ican management was being held re-
sponsible and that the work must he
expedited. The duties on wool are to
be readjusted; the proposed duty on
hides is 10 be briefly discussed: the III
crease in tax on beer must be put
promptly through or Abandoned; the
same as TO tea. If abandoned, then
some other means must be resorted 10
TO make up some S24,oOo.OoO which
would he lost to the revenue from these
last two sources. The whole country.
without regard to party, viii hear the
decision for more expedition with graf
ificati0n. Senators Allison for the Re
publicans, and Vest. for the Democrats.
having held conference over the mat
ter. concluded that the tariff measure
should be ready for the committee of
conference between the two houses
Within two weeks. This news will be
welcomed by the business world. The
tariff question once settled on a basis
OF reasonable pernanency. everybody
will know where he Is and what 10 do
next Uncertainty being eliminated.
things will readily adjust themselves to
the new conditions and responSiyely
move forward.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12
BE UPSETS THEORIES

NJ G. Mdlhall. the eminent English
statistician, in mis- North American Re
view articles, is dealing some body
blows 10 the late doleful predictions of
Tree traders and promises little food
for reflection for the soft money infia-
tionists. Mr.. Mulhalrs comparisons are
1850 with 1880. II VIII Ice observed
that from $4,000 was period of bi-
metallisin; from 1S61-79 a period of pa
per money; and from lSI9-90 a period
OF the gold standard; and from lS6l.a0
was peric> of ample protective tariff.
If We had realized the prediction OF the
free traders the business OF the country
would have been stagnapt and all sorts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

But their wives wasn't to blame" one
little fellow protested.
So Peter had thought. so he avoided an
answer.
What is the lesson in that story?" anoth-
er boy asked.
Peter didn't know. To him II indicated
that Daniel had a tremendous influence in
heaven. but he knew that 1t would not do
TO tell the boys that So he studied a mo-
ment and answered:
Lesson? How should know?''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

Of industries would have languished on
account of the vicious rObber tariff; had
we realized the predictions of the infla-
| tionists this country would have been
absolutely ruined by the ''seven great
financial conspiracies;" if we are to be-
lieve the alarmists about the Crime of
49, we should expect to find no pro-
gresS after 1878.
What are the facts? The wealth of
! the middle states has increased from
2,256 millions in 1850 to ISIS millions
in 1890 OF this, 1906 millions are
represented by farms and houses. The
per capita wealth in 1850 was $40; in
1890 it was $1260. The per capita value
of house property in the six Middle
states is $500, which is double the value
of house property in England. The
value Of manufactures in the Middle
states only fall , per cent below Great
Britain and are in total 3.64S millions.
The ratio Of wages as compared with
the value of the product is 10 per cent
greater in 1890 than in 1850. The per
capita earning in 1890 is Us per cent
greater than in 1850. Says Mr.. Mulhall:
"The European reader may form an
accurate idea of the Middle states when
he is told that they are equal in area
TO the United Kingdom, in population
to Spain. in manufactures to Germany;
that their mineral output more than
doubles in value that of France; and
that as regards wealth the single state
of New York is equal to Belgium and
Holland put together"
1t is surmised that when this eminent
authority comes tc deal with the states
Of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys the
progress will be more marvellous than
ever. In the presence of such progress
which is twice over the average laid
down for prosperous nations, the dole
full tale of the calamityite will find no
permanent footing The free trader
has promulgated theories with well rea-
soned vehemence. but the cold facts
count for more than suggestions. At
ter all the predictions of woe from the
preparation for resumption of specie
what has been the lesson of
our experience? Coming land into
quick and certain remedies for
''hard tines" and the hundred other
sure means of bringing back prosperity
are as rule the production of men
whose judgment we would not trust as
applied to our own affairs. While the
right of ownership Of property exists;
while through the acquisition of wealth
comes the spur to ambition and indus
try. vested rights must not be trampled
upon, and business methods must be
in government as well as pri-
vate concerns. No sane business man
would introduce radical experiments in
TO his business, and neither should a |
sane government Affairs are not all |
we could wish. They will be better, but |
never so good as to satisfy all. How
ever, they might be a great deal worse. |
Men are short-sighted. Many the |
man VINO has lived since 1850 will be |
at the great change for the |
better that has been wrought in these |
forty years. There probably never was |
4 time of more promise, period of |
more lasting, genuine, reasonable pros
Derity IN the immediate future than /
now. 1t may require confidence to be-
ieve this, but it is in store just the
same. And in Kansas, too.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

When Sugar Tr1s, Chapman was pat N
jail. a young nan was co1vicied Of theft
ana placed in the same Jail Re insisted o.
beng pu; In the next eel 20 Chapman
Pu; the sheriff put ne young nan Z IRE
cellar and has teen laughing a. 10 k.l eve:
since lie had caught the reporter fo- 4
New York paper xho was ~a,caa-s Chap
nan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

The Great millinery Snap

On Saturday only about dainty trimmed Hats chill
cren, shapes and
worth twice and three times Saturdays price, &c.
in the window.
Startling Prices for Two Hours
Saturday evening from to o'clock. We must
bring you here
For hours
90 dozen OF fine Embroidered Handkerchief
20 dozen, at Sc each.
10 dozen OF Ladies' Jersey Ribbed
arms our best rs and 20 cent ones &c each.
dozen of Children's fine seamless Black
Hose, our good IL cent kind, while they pair
4Button warranted sI2s Kid Cloves hours at IS
cents pair.
You can do business with US SATURDAY. evening"
We will make this busy store for two hours.
All day Saturday
dozen of fine Leather Belts IS so 20 to you
for 25c.
The great Shirt Waist bargains 20 and SO
here in good They the greatest Shirt
values ever offered in the town.
Come Saturday and buy good Corset good drill
Corset 29 and Soc and S00 Corsets
equaed IN this section of the country.
Special lot OF Cream Laces going 60 Saturday
Is cents yard.
big offering in ITEMS White and COlored
Shirts Underwear and Hosiery. Look in the
window.
1913 and I27 Main St.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

savs eorns Enfii yos have ssrs plss..-s to
give sssy.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

For an instance the ebon roof OF night
broke as a shattered esg-sheu and the red
hght OF an elemental he'll cleaned forth.
revealing solitary figure trudging through
the storm. intent OF leaving his state for
ever. The succeeding clap OF thunder cid
not rouse him. IL was T. Anderson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

Mrs. Lease will answer Kipling's charge
that woman is only "a rag and bone and
hank of hair The omission of the
tongue has angered Mrs. Lease.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

Model cyclone reporter: Pigburg-"Cy-
clone struck this town tonight. Twenty
people killed. Later-Only one man was
killed and he is not dead YETI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

81 DIaoa is Tot tagging ~ TIE air szts
threats Of ve1eeaRce. and lis corr :r..1
.asass more than Tom Arcersol's pet
;.ea AID 81 6.4n', ges . thing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

Woman is woman still and il is safe to
say that Queen Victoria, instead of thinking
of her glorious reign. is wondering whether
to wear an organdie or brocade in the
rroeaSSsop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

There is a ludicrous note of apprehension
in many Populist's weakening reiteration
that prosperity is not here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

The car of Russia has new baby-a
girl. Same way with Grover Cleveland too
probably. Sic semper tyrannis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

AS for woman being a rag. bone and
a hank of hair, portraits of Kipling show
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

1t affords us great pleasure TO say that
Captain Heistand has got something at last.
His position is that as assistant to the
private secretary of the president, in fact,
usher-in-chief
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

We besseTe rHat vsry cisz~. .,srsoa
ccGS start fss spsTrx - .alx4rx ~ loss-
iaz syzss .sssse.lIy .. ner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

q souil b q hsezssux u tv,-shlr<r e ne
casssrs1 ssrs tsEsa sro>n shssr s.r-1a
&Fs9 pl<esd Il o<sazEs so.sss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

John L. Sullivan may have some Interior
object in insisting on meeting Bob Fitz-
simmons in the ring. but great many peo-
pIe don't see why Sullivan doesn't take
Paris green on the spot and be done with it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

II F12n tres. and ices sse h~ss hs ear.
sTsr1oofy suggests rat "a % sss %
thi1Es hs caE'f GO.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

To all scientists ii IS now announced that
while the people OF the west know that a
tornado IS not cyclone. they have made
UP their minds that science can go and
hang itself in the garnet for al they care,
for they viii continue to cali tornaeoes cy-
clones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

Ba5zSs ssor.ss -saa's asoasY ace yss
are ve-y E<s.y % - ssess~s e Eoss<nx
hsr-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

A. Atcalsos Esr7 tss sss& - ssir tha,
= II 40 q hsr fs&g Il sEs broke sne q ia
As1rs. Sc Soss.8 hsss9 . 1s4sh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

a VIE las CAY s5e -zss.>-. ~, Ia
h.s tso. ztter la tzEss.e- g-oSs -.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

tFros1 Atcsls VI bl1oeJ
Thsa Sc-ctS- s.zxts s1ssS. = . vsrts
SssztrG g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

EnIc Wave: There = a great deal az
picking" AMI "EloSAinE- IN Victor Nur-
docks second series % stories of an oos~f'
Bound STATE John wright seems % hsFs
taken Misty Dzsn's place IN iss pax
house Some cid farmer seems % y SlF-
ing John t-oS5is. bat ;As 1syEtsry 49,
Develop sooa wiki a read bssSse 81 y isas
play.
Eu.-5fusoa News. v1-:or Hgrtock hzs
bs-un his sourza series CO SORES .; a.
Inland STATE lr shs WHAT'S Eagle. TIE
nan zso Games snfo - osscs % boron
tae exchanges VII please 1ezTe ths Eay5s
aioas OF suffer TIE wrath o = ssf4snI cd
tar.
lola Esrssss-s yActor ysrSecx GOT "a 81
vltz;lon 70 - o. . 5snksi 70 PER- ATfsss.
~i.a ofl.y i5ree 1c--s no:scs That = s2y
the cd C ths sto-y ssos; sf-Ffy DAVIS
came fs=51-x az n leap. Bat z ~s
. s-ezi E.crT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

savs eorns Enia yos have ssrs pl..s.-s ts
give away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

The people OF Urbsna, Ohio. are stirred
up for fear the nation VIII think Ill of them
and are adopting resolutions addressed to
People Of America Tut The people
have forgotten all about Urbana's trouble.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

There are men who still call to mind just
for The laugh of the thing. the way in
which Palmer and Buckner passed through
a campaign Missouri atmosphere which
was composed OF oxygen, nitrogen and
eggs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

An Italian and an American are racing
up the SIDES OF Ait. ST. Elias In Alaska 70
see which shall first plant the flag OF his
country there. Who says that knight er-
raRtry s dead? Ism, this as .dotie as any
thing Don ouixote ever didg
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

President Mckinley is something OF boy
in the White House. He tries everything
that comes along with sort OF youthful
inquiry. Al Hot Springs, Virginia. h.
pulled off his duds and gave the Natatoriun
a whirl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-12

And then his eyes rolled right out On his
chssk-boaes like big white door knobs
when he heard Dan yell back:
Bet your boots Is the sun UP yer
Then the king ies Dan out and Dan told
him that He 20 whom he prayed was pow
e-ful enough &c keep the Hons jaws shu.
Wei. Darius was that glad ina, he jus,
ran OF and go; al the jealous y&hooS and
their wives and cAiidrso and eaucie: -em
IL there and the nenS chawe6 en- Up n
seou, .ou- seconds
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Blue Laws.

The celebrated Code of Blue Laws,
so frequently alluded to In American
histories, were enacted In 1860 by the
legislators of Connecticut. Brewer
says: 1T is almost verbally copied from
the Mosaic law. After the restoration
of Charles H., Presbyterian true blue
became a term Of derision applied to
anything which shattered Of Puritan
ism, and blue laws simply meant puri-
tanical laws, or laws with blue tinge.
These laws inflicted the penalty OF
death for worshiping any god but the
God Of the Bible; for speaking disre-
specially of the Bible, Christ or the
Holy Ghost; for witchcraft, theft, false
swearing and disobedience to parents"
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shaving by Machinery.

Shaving man In twenty-five seconds
Is a feat deserving of the highest
praise and reward by all such as value
their time. The feat has been rem
dered easy Of performance by the con-
struction Of shaving machine of
wood, reported to have been made by
one Melchoir Farkas, convict In the
penitentiary of the city Of Szegedin,
Hungary. Farkas was put to labor in
the cabinet-making shop Of the prison,
and, taking to his work with will,
he soon displayed great inventive In
genuity. With his machine he is said
TO have shaved all the inmates of the
prison, nearly $50 In number, within
less than an hours time. The report
falls to state, however. to what extent
the shaving by machinery did or did
not succeed In giving comfort to The
sufferer In the chair.
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Chicago, and, maybe, in all America.
He Is at work $50 days in the year In
his studio at the top Of the Lakeside
Building, says the Times Herald. He
Is, too, the only painter of shells In
the world, and nobody understands the
aesthetic side of conchology, If one
may so speak, so well as he. He has
the finest private collections Of shells
In the country, and his representations
of them in oil colors upon canvas adorn
the walls of many art galleries, public
and private, east and west. He was
born in Bavaria, where his grandfather
was the Benvenuto Cellini of the king
dom. Peter, when a boy, attracted
the attention of the King by his ability
as an artist student, and received 500
from the royal purse. He studied art
in Dusseldorf, and In 1858 he came to
the United States. For many years he
lived in Washington, and it was in his
studio that Franklin Simmons modelled
his bust of General Grant. Professor
Baumgras at that time painted a por-
trait of the hero, which is one Of the
best In existence. The shell painter
was personally acquainted with Lin
coin, and has many anecdotes to tell
of that great mans ways and words.
In 1871 Professor Baumgras went to
Panama to sketch and study. While
there he met Professor Agassiz, and
the two became good friends. The
aged artist says, youthfully, that he ex-
poets to do the best work of his life In
the next ten years.
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The New Congressional Library and .
Brief ReyieW Of Its Hiatory.

The New Congressional Library and .
Brief Review Of Its History.
A total floor space Of 1927, 667 square
feet, almost eight acres. -Four hundred
thousand cubic feet Of granite. Forty
three miles OF shelves. These figures
furnish an idea Of the magnitude of
the new library of Congress. 1t is not
only enormous but imposing and beau
tiful. 1t is conceded to be he grand
est In the world.
The library of Congress was founded
ten years after the United States be-
came a nation. 1t began with 5000
appropriation for books and one room
set apart in the Capitol. It's annual ap-
preparation was $3.50. In fourteen
years 5000 books had been accumulat-
ed. Then came the destruction OF the
library In 1914 by the British. A new
start was made the next year with g.
700 books purchased for $2o, $50 from
Thomas jefferson. In 1851 there were
$4,000 books in the library. OF these
80 900 were destroyed by fire on Christ
mas Day the same year. In 1852 there
were 10000 books. The forty-two miles
of shelves were built to accommodate
the 100000 volumes now comprising
the library.
Nine years ago work on the new
building was commenced under the
superintendent of the late Thomas
Lincoln Casey, whose death occurred
too soon for him to witness the triumph
of his skill. The building is now com.
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THE RElCHSTAG.
Interesting Sketch Of Germany's Rep.
resentative Lawmaking BODY.

Interesting Sketch Of Germany's Rep.
a resentative Lawmaking Body.
n' The political complexion of the law
making body Of the German Empire Is
as varied as the rainbow. The differ
ent parties are so numerous that at
times 1t Is difficult matter to Identify
them. There are $50 members Of the
Reichstag and at present they are d.
vided as follows: SO Conservatives, q
Imperialists, 100 Centrists, 40 National
Liberals, IA Radical Unionists and
Richterites Radicals, % Freisinnige
volkspartei Richterites, 13 Social Re
formers, 10 Poles, II Deutsche Volks-
partei, As Socialists, 80 Independents,
including 9 Guelphs, 3 Bavarian peas
ant party and two seats vacant.
The hall in which the Reichstag
meets does not give one the impression
OF being extraordinarily large, although
looking down from the galleries 1t
seems very deep room. Its acoustic
properties, however, would only be ex-
cusable in a very large hall. The walls
are much higher, the galleries are fur
ther from the floor, the Presidents
chair Is more distant from those Of the
members, and, altogether, this one hall
is on a bigger scale than the CORE
spending halls of Congress. Like so
many public halls In Germany, 1t Is
characterized by an absence Of proper
ventilation. The Germans, who are
implacable foes to fresh air, do not APP
pear to notice this deficiency, which
sometimes forces even the most enthu-
siastic American to depart earlier than
he would otherwise desire.
The President of the Reichstag sits
at table raised above the floor of the
house, in a high-backed chair, on which
the Prusslan eagle figures very promi-
nently. Just below the Presidents ia
BILE Is another one, where several Min
listers sit, usually those at the head of
the department which is concerned in
the' question being discussed at the
time in the Reichstag. Within this
charmed circle sit the stenographers.
whose work goes down those steps to
the outside world. On the level with
the Presidents desk are the desks of
the Bundesrath, two rows on either
side, fifteen seats in each front row,
| eight in each second row, making up
the forty-six in ALL The Chancellor of
the empire has the first seat in the