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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-22
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Is fan ahead OF any blood remedy on the
market, for it does so much more. Bel
sides removing impurities, and toning up
the rundown system, it cures any blood
disease, 1t matters not how deep-seated or
obstinate, which other so-called blood
remedies fail to reach It Is q real blood
remedy for Iea! blood diseases.
Mr. Asa Smith, Of Greencast1e, Ind,
writes: II hadsuch a bad casa of ScfatIo
Rheumatism that I became absolutely
noipleesS J., to take my food or handle
myself In any way. took many patent
medicines, but they did not reach nv
trouble One dozen bottles Of S. g. s..
cur mo sound and we'll, and now weigh
Books On blood and skin diseases mailed free
y oW11 Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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Deafness.

It las been stated that three persons out of every five in this country who have attained the age of 10 years are more or less deaf ill one CT both ears. A large proportion of this deafness is eaused by eatarrh, aud medical treat
 ment for difficulty of hearing is usually directed to the catarrhal source. In Eyi
 rope much of the deafness Is hereditary. Dr. James Kerr Love of Glasgow re- gently read paper OH deafness before the Royal society of Edinburgh, from which tt appears that conaenital deaf
 ness may be either hereditary in the di- rect line CT in collateral branches, and that it depends on not one, but many anatomical defects lntermarIiagc of deaf persons perpeSlates but does not aceentuate the tendency of deafness. The hearing brothers and sisters of deaf mutes are as likely to have deaf mute offspring as if they had been deaf mutes themselves. Consanguinity of parents emphasizes family defects, and ill this way many cases of eongenital deafness occur. One of the most singular points of Dr. Loves paper was the assertion that the state had the right to control the marriage of persons belonging tc families badly tamted with deafness.
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A WELCOME GUIDE.

On receipt of 20 cents will forward to any address, postpaid. a hand some catalogue Of 72 pages profuae'y y illustrated, giving fuil description ol fruit trees, small ffuit, onamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines. roses bulbs etc, also giving formulas foa spraying, when tu spray plant etc. The descriptive catalogue is vel come guide to aH those in need oi information, and sheull aofbe with out 1t. Send for Il, it will please you. From the first order you send of one dollar or more, the price Of the cata legue ean be deducted thefeifom.
 YourcorrespenaeHee kindly solicit ed. Yours very truly, Ambrose MarteH, proprietor Peoria Banner Nurseries. office and sales grounds Nos. Ill to IF $. Jefferson ave. Peoria. III. 2-23-d &sw tf.
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SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
They Bender Excellent Service if They
 Are Treated With Consideration.

They Bender Excellent Service if They
 Are Treated With Consideration.
 Japanese servants are excellent if you choose them with discretion aud treat them with the established consideration of the country. There is a universal so. eial compact in Japan 10 make life pleasant by politeness. Everybody ls more or less we'll bred and hates the man CT woman who is yakamashu-- noisy, uaeivil or exigent.
 People Wso lose their temper are al. ways in q hurry, bang doors swear and swagger, find themselves ont of place in land where the lowest cooly learns and practices an ancient courtesy from the time when he wabbles about as q buhy upon his mothers back. Therefore to be treated well in Japan--as perhaps, indeed, ,elsewhere-y0u must treat every. body, including your domesties, we'll, and then you will enjoy the most pleas ant and willing service.
 Your cook will doubtless cheat you a little, your jinrikisha man will now and then take teo much sake, the mus, mu and the boys wife will gallop all UNef lh9 IidCe dbQut eyer llliHS 9ou du, and the gardener and the coachman will fight cocks in the back yard when your back is turned, but if CONSCIOUS of your own you can forgive the little sins of others. Ton can hardly fail to become closely attached to the quiet, soft voiced, pleasant people, who as soon IS they have learned your ways will take real pleasure il making life agreeable to you.
 A present now and then of q kimono to the maids, of toys and sweetmeats to the children, day's holiday HOW md then granted to the theater or the w1es. Hing match are richly rewarded by such right faces and unnlistakable warmth If welcome on arriving and of good a9eed OH going as repay you tenfold Respectful as Japanese servants are and=tl1ey never speak except on their knees and faces-they like to be taken into tue family conversation and to sit sometimes in friendly abandon with the master and mistress, admifing dresses, pictures or western novelties and listen- ing sometimes to the samisen and koto ns children of the household. Edwin Arnold in Sefihner's.
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QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.
Yunny Requests For Books That Amuse
 and zAmazs Employees.

Once ill awhile the clerks in the pub he library get hold of good joke through the ignorance of people who come there to take eat books. It was not long age that woman who was anxious to join the Daughters of the American Revolution came there to lock up her family history and get her facts and claims ready to submit to the committee OH membership. She went about 1t in rather queer way. After looking about aimlessly through the in- dex for time she discovered Tossing s Family History of the United States. :" She wrote her request for the books on one of the cards provided for that pur. pose and was quite indignant with the clerk who handed it to her because it did not contain what she wanted
 It was net long after this incident that another woman, who, from her dress and appearance, the clerks thought, might be literary, wrote on one of the cards 6 request for "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table .
 Holmes Autocrat, do you want?n politely asked the clerk
 "Oh, don't care whose it is, was the reply q only want to find out if it is proper to use toothpicis at the break fast tabls '
 Another request for magazine which the applicant said was called Brain kept one of the clerks busy hunting half an hour before he discovered that what was wanted was the magazine called Mind. Still another clerk was shock ed the other day by request fer Wash ington Irying's Alabama. The clerk mildly suggested "Alhambra. "-.Cht cago Times. Herald.
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',ol DING HIM BACK.
.,r,sine Man Has No Chance .sy sn bnleiF Millionaire.

r,s,ne Man Has No Chance sll '' p s'lss Become 3 Millionaire.
 D < me of our citizens who 5a1iI74ei and la do nothing He tolls Bq vel i.r oi does he spin, and yet he n'lllsn 1l.niiy T live in comfort that is Ii. ialnllg rspo1es p from luxury This s.tsd Hummer to adverse crit aplJpb 'sicb fairly laoerates his sensi- iaa, s.s1ings, Sllls and he unbosomed himself .I fs eeliese' M s4s;ends the other evening while i8T .a anioying the good things he #9s g Q. ..,s ,sg, not q lazy bone in my body, lnSl' 'agoyessively. "I'd rather work fgansaad ~ @ad I've always thought that ca, a,saF business head on me. But i sd,s gainst me. My father set ne'lu ia : @ mercantile business, and ghsd T balance struck at the end p .u al ,bero was not enough left to 'a. a decent assignment. On his ''s " t.ame 2 into a handsome fortune, % " ;0st s.. thought I'd show my rela- ,1r had been misjudged by in- \ s'ar ngg secretly in q great southern .l1s ,sssme. ] weLt down gleefully to lssar sa my new purchase and gloat IVY IVY, nrospeets. Most of my real es- p' llss st the bottom of lake, and rss on dry land wouldn t raise q fccrn to the acre.
 Tr brother got me a nice position as .'i;ng salesman, and l had sold rs carloads of goods at half price be- ..s bouse could head me off. They .-s tbat I must sell to hold my ,nd that was what I was doing, ssv discharged me so hard that ] ,@triahtly over it. Mother bought Srm and again l started to aston- rfolks by my business shrewd-
 traded the farm for the state lna patent fence. All I got out of ms a judgment against me in an romeut case. Mother left me i6sye now, with q proYiso that ]
 forfeit every thing if tried to ,gess of any kind. That's why l ocbaDce to make myself a mil
 a-Detroit Free Press.
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TIRES THAT LEAK.

.fhe Morgan 6 Wright singfe-tube quick-repair tire must be regarded as 3 distinct improvement in bicycle tire construction. Ithas the following ad. yantages:
 While panctures in it can be re. paired with plugs, or semi-liquid in' ieet;eHs, as well as in any other siagle-tabe tire. t can be pegnlaNeHtb -epaiTcd by sssias l2e quick-repair s5eip inside the tie. See cut No. l,
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LIFTED SNOW POWER.
y14n. That Utilize the Mountain
 streams.

Iaans That Utilize the Mountain
 streams.
 | considerable number ot |sster power installations Switzer- |sluIlo of small power plants. nearly |agn in that land of mountains |tatalls being wss.i supplied with hom the white coal, " as the 4ow on the mountain sides has n called. When there are nc 3tlams, many small ones are inn aud collected in reservoirs on ades and 1t is rare to find q sny size which is not well ! y the power of some mountain Iaaeux the electric tramwag pEer in this way, and from the am tewn of Veyey to the ne. atle of Chiffon one may ride in sm propelled by the power oi lfcant little stream which may M be noticed when climbing iiaides just above.
 n6ilities of this general util. natural power are beginning ntood everywhere, and, with aation of the possibilities of nethods of long distance trans. af deyelopment of many moun- Ans must surely come. There aaable streams, which, while
 are yet very high, and these Snparatiyely little difficulty aa and carried down many q feet, thus making up fo1
 dyolnme by the great pres
 obtainable. and, either by
 aetieity or compressed air,
 nE be transmitted to many
 aPpheation with but little
 a's Magazine.
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.f;g i..si1e ;s picked rp by the cement .9s etosllIg the puncture, as in cnt .o.
 Tie Morgan 6 wright sing1e-tube e.s 1-repaic tire Is guaranteed not osoas This is on account of the way n aica Ii is made. Nearly every riGar has heard Of tires that a1eah Ike sieve"
 Ezasy tires rot, ts~ecs use water gets into the fabric beeweeb tie two layers of rnbber Gle Morgas S Wright fa6gic is proof against moisture.
 Everybody knows how comfortable 21oegan 8 Wright tires are, and yet hov -etaom 1liey ptfcture. This is d..e eo the f2;sfic.
 Ask any bicycle dea1ev whether os!ssr tires Isst as long as Morgan 6s 5gvight tires. Ask, also, what the Morgan 2 Wright guarantee means Morgan ( Tfi4f tires are repaired rae Of charge, t She factory in Chicago oe at azy of the Morgan & 3grta}st free repair shops, located in 4he principal cities.
 T. B-Wlaen yoa have puncture, rsf rio,st off. K ding tire fiat, when
 ms tack or nail in 1t, may Ca considerably.
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ea Read AdXertiselilenfs.

Eaed, says the Philadelphia nc women are the only read @uents. In a meagare this
 necessarily so, for wo1nen a purehasers for the house. sld most of the money that 0Qaness, professional and larger transactions it will sllse dealers to learn how Volce women have. The nome Is almost invariably
 the women of the house. lae cases out of ten their @ to the situation and de. purchase is gained from 'alalture dealer, dry goods man and keeper of any !, Aaows that he must ap- sllen Ii he wishes to sell " of the largest elements " one of the greatest mer- world today is the fact saOw to appeal attraetiyely
 ps,sl'isement to the wom.
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Tennessee Centennial and Interna

Tennessee Centennial and Interna- tional Exposition at Nashville, Tenn, May lst to Oct. 30th 1897 For this occasion the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets as follows: April 2S to Oct. l5 inclusive, final re- turn limit Nov. [. 1897, rate Sls.70; 4 April g 10 Oct. 15 inclusive. final re- turn limit 20 days from date of sale, rate $13.70: April 2, May 1. 6. IF, B. lS. 20. D. 27: June |, ,, s, 10. IS. IF, = U %. July 1. 6. $. g. 15. 20 22, 27 2ai sAng. ,. 5. 10, 12, r. 19. 24. 2G. 31; Sep. ; 2. IA. l6. 21. 2, 2S. 30; Oct. '. 12, A .s i i; s tsss si Ii iii s; i $ tii days from date of sale. rate S10.05.
 IF B MMELL.
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Ancient Tom bstones.

The custom of inseribing upon tomb stones was in vogae among the Greeks md Romans. The Greeks only did this, however, in the case of their illustrious men, but when Roman died he was duly buried near highway, and on his tombstone was carved n suitable inscrip- tion, which in the majority of cases be gan with Sta, viator (stop, trayeler1.
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About 10, o0o. 900 of the bovine spo- cies are now to be fonnd in the Argen tino Republic. They are all descendants of eight cows and one bull which were imported into Brazil i'll the middle of She sixteenth century.
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IUJaU EIT1s n WiU9a UITI aIItTUT The ghastly priest doth reign, The priest who slew tho slayer And shall himself he shin.

In days of antiquity i'll this beautiful grove grew a wonderful tree, round which proWling figure, sword in hand, seemed to be constantly expeetant of an attack from some enemy. Yet he was the priest of the grove, and, by the or. der Of his office, he would some day be killed bg the claimant who wished to Fuceeed him. To gain his position he had slain his predecessor, and, in course of time, must himself be slain. Such is brief context of Strabo version. The branches of the tree might not be bro ken, except by rpHaway slave. This bough gave him the right to challenge the priest, and if successful. to assume the title of "kipg of tue wood. " Ira. dition tells that this was the bough which Kneas piaeked lefore ho jour neyed to the lower w0ra3
 h the familiar story from Nerse mythology of Balder tho Beautiful we recall the facts that he first dreamed and had great foreboding of evil, yet he belonged neither to earth nor heaven. His fellow gods anxious to protect him, took an oath from fire. air, earth and water stones, trees and plants, sick nesses and poison, birds, creeping things and four footed beasts that they should not injure Balder.
 Being thus invulnerable, the gods amused themselves by throwing stones and logs at him. Then Loli, the mis- chief maker, discovered that casa of Walhana grew the mistletoe "that seemed too young and innocent to swear " Pulling it, he placed branch in blind Hodur' hands, who threw and struck Balder dead Then his body was placed on bis great ship Ringhor, the funeral pyro was lit, his faithful wife. Nanna-whose tears had fallen on the fatal branch and been turned into pearly belries--and his warhorse were burned with him as tho ship drifted away toward the northern sky edge
 Now, when we recall that the sacred sacrificial fires were kind1ed periodieal- ly, we can read plainly and clearly the myth of Balder He was the tree spirit, the beautiful sacred oak which could not be injured CT wounded by the axes or weapons of mortals. But the oak must be ent down for the sacred fire. and only in it's heart life-the mistletoe could it be wounded. When it was plucked, the mighty tree tottered and fell.
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sHonors of war IS the privilege d. lowed to the enemy, on equalization, of being permitted setsi.. t!:ei., ss..:s:sss This is the highest honor victor can pay yanquished foe.
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\ Bible Sled.

Bible Sled.
 ! {, ,ae Listener saw a funny ! aalne At a place there, ES S named, there lives a 7, jonathan Longfellow, loufth cousin of the <. great 'ioy too. One day ls,b Listener was driving eaaa :. 5 house and saw ' a little distance in Iat 'n the slippery crust lIia.'nas vas net a sled. Whas |,s ssn'ly sla the scrutiny of bis s'sefFed by the boy,
 s s9astlng and called
 !. sildlng down hill on s,s 9;'s tie fact too. He 3 35a,. ', leather bound fam :
 the generations of ajsa', and was coasting
 le success. -Bosten
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GOLDEN MIS1lllE1TOI1.
THE WONDERFUL TREE IN A BEAU
 TtFuL GROVE

Legends of the Gloomy Vale and Death of Balder the Beautiful --Aneicnts Be lieved That Trees Could Feel Pain man and Greek Mythology.
 Und erun des I.ebens golaner Ramp.
 Faust.
 The sacred books of the Buaabisf@ prove that in the early days of their religion a question which deeply asl- tated the minds of the learned was whether or not the trees had souls, savs q writer in the Philadelphia ledger The controversy ragged strongly, far the belief was widespread that i'll injuriDe or mutilating tree propertionate pain was inflicted on its spirits nature
 The same idea creeps out again and again ill Greek and Roman mythology and tho folklore of every country and people in Europe is full of it, and at such seasons as Christmas these pri1ni- tive customs are actually practiced.
 The numerous German and English songs and offerings to the apple trees are still heard and seen on every Christ. mas. Ovid i'll his Metamorphoses. tells the beautiful story of Erisiethon's i'm. pieus attack on tho grove of Ceres and how tie Greek dryads and hamadryads Lad their lives linked to Q tree, and as this witbers and dies they themselVes fail away and cease to be. Any injury to bough or twig is felt as wound, and wholesale hewing down puts an end to them at once. A cry of anguish es- capes them when the cruel ax comes near.
 It was this established belief that produced such lines as:
 Loud through the air resounds the woodmar s
 stroke,
 When. loi Voca brealIs from the grooming Spare. spare my life. {. Trembling virgin spareI Oh, listen to the hamadryad' 5 prayerl No longer let that fearful a21 Eesound Preserve the tree to which my life is bound. See, from the bark my blood in torrents flows faint, sink, perish from your blows.
 Accepting, then, this prevalent faith i'll the actual life and soul of the trees, we must pass on to the subjects on hand --the golden bough or mistletoe-the classic gloomy vale and it's locality, wherein the legend of Balder the Beau. tiful and his death by the mistletoe shaft are in touch with the ancient doc trines of tree worship.
 It is often stated thai Virgil gave this name of the golden bough to the mistle- toe, whereas he only compares it with the mistietoe.
 In the sixth book Of the 'H1neid" he tells Us how two doves, guiding Aneas to the gloomy vale, in whose depth grew the golden bough, alighted upon tree whence shone a fIickering gleam oi gold. As i'll the woods il winter cold, the mistletoe--va plant not native to ita tree-is green with fresh leaves and twines it's yellow berries about the bolea. Such seemed upon the shady oak tho leafy geld, so rustled i'll the gentle breeze the golden leaf . Virgil does not say it is the mistletoe, and yet what else? Its identification Is perfect
 Tine poet locates the gloomy vale K the neighborhood of Lake Ayernus, but Italian tradition, as recorded by Servi. Us, points to the grove of Nemi, Aricia. Now the story of this Arieian groyo is embodied in Maoaulay's s lines:
 The still. elassy lake that sleeps
 ReHpafh Ariela' $ tFeaS--
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Legends Of tue Gloomy Vale and Death of Balder the BeautifuI-Aneicnts Be heved That Trees Could Feel paia-Ia- man and Greek Mythology.
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Und grun des Lebens goldner Baum.
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ao 1rne from 2 dry. which alff-Whleil dominating rlv iroDed, there, by y lHEsH ali these void theni, lons taste. LAUNDRY rOprietOrs
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-10
SPANISH CABINET CRISIS.
The Queen Accepts the Resignation
= of the Miniatry.

The Queen Accepts the Resignation
. of the Miniatry.
London, June 4. The Madrid cor
respondent OF the Times says: The
queen regent has accepted the resig-
nation of the cabinet OF Senior CanOvas
del Castillo. 1t has caused profound
sensation. Before finally taking this
step her majesty begged Senior Cano-
vas to remain in office until tomorrow
In order that she have another oppor-
tunity to consider the matter in coun-
Gil, but this only meant that the res
ignation would be accepted. Senior
Canovas rendered his resignation be-
cause he could not again undertake to
re-establish relations with the Liberals.
He preferred to leave the crown full
liberty to decide as to the best solu-
ton. Both houses of the cortes voted
without debate the financial supplies
necessary to enable the cortes to adj
journ sine die and granted authority
for the issue Of treasury bonds and the
contraction Of loans guaranteed by the
Spanish treasury to cover the expenses
of the wars in Cuba and the Philippine
islands with a special lien on the rev.
enuessof Spain Of the Cuban war loan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-10
.PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.
\ general Resume Of the Most In-
portant News Of the Week, FEoA
All Parts Of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged IN Com
venient Form for Rapid Psrssal
BY Busy People.
Washtngton Talk.

Senator Pettigrew gave notice OF an
amendment to the tariff bill, providing
for the abrogation OF the Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty.
The secretary Of war has awarded the
large contract for building six locks
and dams in the Monongahela river, to
James McCarron Of Philadelphia. ut
an aggregate cost of $622.1S1,
The report Of the Venezuelan boun-
dairy commission was submitted to the
president on Feb. % and published ut
that time. 1t has been forwarded to
the senate bv the state department.
The United States civil service COM
mission will hold an examination In
all the large cities Of the country on
June % to establish register of ELI
gibles for the position Of inspector Of
woolens in the quartermaster's depart
ment. U. s. A.
Senator Mitchell presented a petition
from the Milwaukee Merchant Tailors'
exchange. urging the retention In the
tariff bill of the house provision relat-
ing to wearing apparel Representa-
tive Often introduced similar one re-
Gently.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-10

When the great preacher, Spurgeon,
was at the height of his fame a we'll
known lecture agent wrote him, max
ing him the tremendous offer of a
hundred thousand dollars for a preach
ing tour. asking at the same time for
a reply by cable. What was the agents
surprise to receive cable message
consisting Of only the words: "Acts
VIII: 90" When the agent had finally
procured a Bible he opened 1t and read
these lines: "But Peter said unto him.
TLy money perish with thee, because
thou hast thought that the gift Of God
may be purchased with money" This
was the last effort made to induce
Epurgeon to do what so many eminent
clerEymen, too. Of unquestioned piety
have done, namely, make show Of
himself for American gold. The great
nonconformist's scorn for money was
always high, and not too common in
these days when even the noblest gifts
of God are not infrequently bought for
80 many dollars a sentence. In this re-
spect spurgeon was q good model to
follow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-10

The National Provisioner publishes
details Of the visit Of some Danish gen
tlemen to this country "for the pur-
pose Of buying meat wherewith to fill
contracts for supplying the Danish
army" Denmark. in common with 9TH
er European powers, has been feed
ing her soldiers and sailors for some
time on Australian beef, but has lately
notified the contractors. whose agents
are now in this country, that change
for the better in the character Of the
meat furnished was desired. The or
ders, therefore, will hereafter be placed
in Kansas City and Chicago, and pos
sibly at other centers. What is our
gain is Australia's loss. We also have
this new evidence Of the fact that when
1t comes to question Of quantity and
quality in regard to beef, the United
States stands without a rival"