The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-09
SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1897.
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shave periodically revived the old elias
Il sic costume.
SS5s& In the ten years ended June 30th,
1856. the United States exported more
gold than they imported by sl5GSSe,-
1925.
s&3f8 A n additional tax Of 80 cents Il barrel
3on beer Is said to be decided on. How
Z much more froth does that mean in
Il every. schooner? ASK the Boston Globe
sSS$lSs
1T seems 10 be admitted n Washington
sithat a high tariff on imports is no lon
.geri capable Of meeting the expenses OF
Ma government eXtravagantly admins
~ terea,
83s53 Insurance Commissioner McNall. of
VA Kansas. complains that life insurance
gE accompanies take many more millions Of
dollars out Of the State than they pay
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ss Telephones are in common use on
s. SWsdish farms, and even in Finland.
"a ;laveler calls at a farm house, and
IL Shis: language is not understood he
rings UP an Interpreter
Reports from Alaska show that mining,
q opsra tons there have entered upon 4,
period of extraordinary activity, and it
VI N confidently expected that the gold out
q put of as96, which exceeded $4,000, 600
viii be considerably surpassed this
s. year.
SS;;g{ BY the provision Of the new Texas law,
SSpond and inves tment companies doing
4 business in that State must deposit with
1.-THE State Trea surer $4,000 and 10 per
Il cent, of net premium receipts yearly un-
s. Sill The amount TO their credit shall reach
3Ito 100000.
The fortunes Of King George of Greece
Ss5sRre SO we'll founded he will not leave
Il 1.-THE throne in poverty, if he leaves it al
81 all. 1t is said that he has made be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000, 600 out OF the
q crisis Of affairs in his country by specu-
Hating in bonds.
1000 for the lives and property Of Ameri-
Ii can missionaries destroyed by Turkish
ss soldiers. The Sultan ought to be com
PEELED to pay this bill before he is per
3 united to spend any more money on
Ibis campaign Of conquest against Chris
q tian Greece, thinks an exchange.
go Recourse has been had to the courts
I'm Philadelphia by some reputable and
4 public-spirited citizens to prevent the
fsctty,s mourning an additional debt Of
81 S1l ,OOo, 900 which has been authorized by
81 he city councils for public improve
sSinents, the claim being made that the
s city has alrea dy passed the constitution
3 81 limit Of liabilities
oans of Arc are getting to he a pop
4 mar. fad these days. Greece has one. a,
2S.l9-year old girl, who is about TO start for
4 the front a the head Of 1000 troops, and
81 down in Brazil there is another, who ac-
9scord!ng to some OF the illustrated Dapers
81 carries a cross and a dirk. But the Sa-
~ AMMAN News wants to know what's the
sS u ter with Hanna? Sab!
ssfR Within the last year six out OF ten
st spanish generals in Cuba have died of
KY ounds or disease: 65 colonies, leuten
I'D colonels and majors, and near TO
Efsh WY 81 baltern officers have gone the
NE way in that brief time. These
tlenses are from official reports of the
rtment, wherein it is also
s ta tea22 goo soldiery have died in battle
gSsspr l,yS wounds, 10000 10y various maIa-
d 81 s,i5o yellow fever, and $4,000
been sent home to Spain for disa-
fiss lle land itself is armed against;
sssssanIard 4,