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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Until forty years ago Japanese were
v2ccinnted on the tip OF the nose.
1t Is said that no country in the world
shows so great n variety Of plant life
as Mexico.
In the. fourteenth century Belgium
was the principal scat of the iron manu-
features of Europe.
! A London physician has announced
the discovery that hard cider is L sure
cure for rheumatism.
More gold watches are worn by arti-
sans and laboring men in the United
states than In any other two countries
in the world.
| Women are employed by n New York
goldsmith as gold heaters. They sur
pass men in carefulncss and dclicacy
Of workmanship.
Cecil Rhodes is hearty supporter of
the Salvation Army. and he has made
3 General Booth an offer OF land In Rho
desia for The urmy's use
| The warden OF the Missouri penitcn-
tiary claims that his Sunday schoo! is
the largest in the State Between 100
and 500 OF the members are convicts.
! William Robinson Il Missouri coored
man. has been sentenced tn prison for
102 years-99 years for killing his sweet
heart, and years for stealing a horse
Japan Is preparing an official account
of the war with China, written IN by
the general STAFF. The naval and mill
tary mauoeuvcrs will be published in
separate parts.
Tom Barry don't sec any sense in
girls kissing each other. Now, yon hate
that girl you just kissed
| Prudencc-Nou bet | do, but Just see
how the freckles show where | kissed
| the powder off.-From Life.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
TO iSTABLg>D EXPERIMENTAL,
S.tHaSS.

The sehboard Air Line has deter
mined 10 establish experimental farms"
eTory ten miles along Its lines. The
company owns land along its entire
line except in the cities and towns
THIS land was bought when the right of
way was secured. II this plan Is carried
out much good will result not only to
the railroad company. but TO the coun-
try al large.
The Seabonrd Air Line has contr.but-
ell not little to the advancement and
development Of the country through
which 1t runs. and the suggestion OF
experimental farms gives additional evil
dencc of Its thoughtfulncss and enter
prise. The experiment has been tried
with success by other companies, and
with the excellent facilities At hand
rich and fertile lands to cultivate. etc
there Is no reason whatever why the
| proposed experiment of the Seaboard
Air Line should not be abundantly sue
cessful. 1t Is quite certain that the en-
| terprise will be Of great benefit to the
people where tried, ard Mt the same time
bring big returns to the company
There are hundreds and thousands oi
| miles along the routes of the company
which offer inviting fields for just such
work as is proposed. and The Nirginiuu
VIII be glad to see them utilized with
| pront, which viii be the case If the
| scheme as above proposed Is carried out
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
ENGLAND AND CUBA.

The latest concerning the Cuban qucs
tion Is the reported offer OF friendly me.
dlat.on on the part of England 'in the
disputes Between the United States and
Spain"
The offer. IL true. is no doubt well in
tended but the question arises. What IS
there TO call forth mediation? There is
Is no trouble existing between this coun-
try and Spain to warrant such action,
and the opinion is that the story Is mere
ly the manufacture of the brain of some
irresponsible scnsationalis;s. II Is true
that Spain's conduct Is daily growing
more offensive to this country, and that
the Government at Washington has Civ
en- expression TO It's opinion in certain
matters. but things have not gone so far
as 10 justify such an offer from England
1t IS surprising how many foolish re-
ports are put In circulation since the
Cuban war concerning the attitude of
the United States, both towards Spain
and Cuba, blu; the above caps them all.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
rgS.. SOUTH lNrzE CABINET.

Considerable discussion Is going on
concernir9 the makeup or Mr.. McKin-
ley's Cabinet. and II seems to be the
opinion in many quarters that the South
is to be excluded entirely from the Presi-
dents official household. although the
fact Is not announced.
Naturally those who differ from tnd
President-elect have no influence IN
the matter. nor is such 10 be thought Of
but all the same it VIII be well 20 re-
member that Mr.. Cleveland has -four
his successor ignore the South In the Sc
lection OF his official advisers !; will mp
pear little strange to say the least.
The Washington S:ar, in speaking OF
this matter. very properly says:
The object of the election should
not be solely to build up or TO
strengthen party organization m
any particular State. but to make
the new administration truly nation
al IN every respect. The South is
a most important section OF this
country. with industries already
ilourishing and rapidly being diversi-
fled. No administra ton could be
national which ignored the South
Nor VII II be possible to properly
recognize the South exccp. with re-
gard to the entire section.
The Prcs.dent-elect Is under spe-
c!al obligations to the South. He re-
ccived an immense popular vote in
this section and the electoral votes OF
four Southern States Except one
vote in Kentucky will be cast for
nm. There are in the South many
Republicans who are In every way
qualified for Cabinet service and
whose selection would crafty not
alone their party associates in this
section but the people of the South
generally"
Our contemporary thinks that there is
no reason to doubt that the President
elect will recognize the South when ne
constructs his Cabinet and believes that
he Will do so because CT the fact that he
is under special obligations TO the
South"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

! growth OF trade along these lines would
have occurred generations ago." The
continual increase Of the growth of
trade to the Southern ports is catisirg
some alarm In the principal ports NORTH
of us. and especially is this so with New
York, Philadelphia and Boston. The
Philadelphia Record, In recognition of
the inevitable. says that II hates to
see o bale of goods or bushel of wheat
or corn that might come to Philadelphia
so elsewhere; but 1t recognizes the fact
that trade gravltntes in the direction of
the least impeachment. and the further
fact that North and South and East
and West are al one country. The
growth of business at Southern ports
tends to n more symmetrical develop
ment OF our national resources. The en-
terprising business men OF Southern
cities have our congratulations"
This is very gracefully said by the Re-
cord. and is of especial value because
it's city Is being seriously affected by
the change of the trade Southwark.
The fact Is the South is going TO do
the export business of the country in
time. and TIE day Is fastening Mt
greater rates than the casual observer
would suppose.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
ALL LEAD TO .ourmEnN PORTS


a review OF the commerce Of the
United States for the year 1896 reveals
the fact that the bulk Of the Increase
In exports during that time was made
from Southern ports. In the first ten
months of 1895 exports from Southern
ports amounted to @1S4.347.746. while for
the same period in 1896 they footed up
so47 .392,720. and among the ports which
made notable gains were Norfolk and
Newport News.
The cause OF this increase Is due to
the fact. ss is explained by the Knox
Vile Tribune, that trade naturally
seeks the line of least impeachment. All
sloW freights such as grain seek water
Ways as least expensive. AN Tie great
water ways of America lead to South
ern ports. There is not single great
river east of the Rocky Mountains, il
the Hudson be excepted. that does not
empty into the ocean In the South Bal
t.more. Newport News, Norfolk and the
other South Atlantic ports along with
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and
Galveston on the Gulf are the natural
terminal of the easiest trade routes
from the great central Mississippi
basin, and our contemporary thinks
that but for artificial obstacles created
hx corrupt and vicious legislat ton the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

If Secretary Francis could manage to
spn,i down his Vest. the Senate would do
the rest. This Vest pleasantly is made
in cold blood as horse chestnut Of
sttie most fragrant kind, remarks The
Washington Times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

/ Four negroes, now in jail at Rirming
!. ham, Ala. confessed to wrecting train!
{ for the purpose of robbery.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

The New York Junta claims to haze
reliable Information that Ueylcr's ie.
Gull has been decided upon.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

4 Weyler says that all Cuban lenders
who surrender will be treated with
consideration" What kind?
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

A correspondent asks AT what ege
should young leghorn chickens begin
TO roost." 1t wouldn't be safe to roost
at all If they lived in some neighbor-
hoods.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

A Missouri editor says he saw n lively
tight between a biacksnake and six
frogs the other day. That's nothing to
what me will probably see IL he don't
swear off, thinks an exchange
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

There is combination lock- on Nc
4Ainiey's Cabinet, and the St. Louis Star
Says that ANYBODY con guess the name
Of the man who knows the combination.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Lord Rosebery is OF the opinion that
Mr.. Mckinley during the campaign
"shrouded himself with silence"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

90 Maine. man now in Washington
says That in spite of the strict prohibit
ton laws in, the Pine Tree State there
was more drunkenness in Augusta on
New Years day than in the National
Capatal
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Kentuckian who died recently left
word that he be buried in tank OF
whiskey. 1t would seem from this that
the ruling passion is strong in death
With the, average -lSentuckian.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

A Chicago professor claims to nave
discovered vegetation on the moon
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

DR.. Maxine zertucha is likely to fig
nre ingloriouly in history as the Bene-
dict Arnold of Cuba. says the Mail and
Express.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Z Chicago policeman kept man from
committing suicide by drowning on sun
day last by drawing pistol and threat
&ening to shoot him If he didn't swim
out.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Y In Denmark IN old mad " insurance
company pays regular weekly benefits.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Wyoming and Nevada have less that
ont inhabitant 10 the square mile
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Lieutenant Derby. who wrote the
J Saulbob Papers. at one time had his
I Headquarters next to General Augur's
Augnr had q number of children and
sometimes they made a great deal OF
noise. One night the children were MAX
Ing considerable noise. when there came
"a e tremendous pounding on the parti-
lion and Derby called out: "Augur! Au-
4 fnria Wish you'd make those gimiets
! nj xanrs xa4n euiat.s
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
THURSDAY, JANUARY Z. 1897.
EIGHT PAGES.

The Sultan has received another warn
ing.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
The CURSE

OF manKlnd-cOntagiO b lOOd
poison--claimed as It's victim Mir.
Frank b. Martin, 926 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, D. c., and
the usual physicians treatment
did him not the slightest good. His
condition reached that deplorahle
stage which only this terrible dis.
ease can DrOuuce
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

Now that two Weylers instead of one
{ have taken the field" in Cuba. says the
New York Times, the patriots should
be able ut last to gain a foothold on
the coast. OF course, it will be necessary
TO give young -Weyler a command of
come sort, and that will make a secon
division of the Spanish army against
which the rebels will be obliged to take
few or no precautions.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

a prominent member of the Players
Club, OF New York." informs Phila-
tdelphia reporter that Mark Twain re-
sceiyed In London recently a letter
mailed to him in New York and address
ed Mark Twain, God Knows Where"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
IlB Norfolk VITglllan.

9yME WEEsiI.N' vIEeiENIAN ASpC.aR
0htNIAS, One Dollar Per Year.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07

~ Remittences, Drafts. Checks and Post
nrice orie:s ehould be mado payable to
i tho order OF
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.

of brick, and of blue gray color to match
stone work. Chimney braces are OF
wrought iron.
There is small attic and it will have
single floor. The furnace fiue must be
lined with fiue lining.
The entire house is piped for gas and
furnace. The basement is concreted
over the entire floor space and is di'
vided up into coat rooms, laundry, fur
race-room, etc. The hardware through
out is of neat and substantial kind.
All the material used in the construc-
tion of this building is intended to be
of the very best of each respective kind
All work is figured to be done by
skilled labor.
The basement wall is IS inches of rub
BILE and suitable footing. The doors to
main rooms are feet 8 inches by
feet high; closets feet 6 inches by
feet high; front door 3 feet 2 inches by s
feet high. All doors excepting front
door will have cross panels. The from
door has sash of art glass. At com
pletion all windows will be cleaned
floors scrubbed and made ready for oc
cupancy. GEORGE A. w. KNIT.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
ARTIFICIAL OYSTERS.
They Are Sold in Large Quantities !
EUrODean Cities.

They Are Sold in Large Quantities in
European Cities.
"A gentleman who has just returned
from Paris says that the most wonder
full thing he saw while in that city was
artificial oysters. Not mock oysters
meat done up in 6. .patty-but bivalve
to be served raw. In looks they appear
to be genuine American oysters, but
where one is eaten the difference is at
once perceptible. The usual price paid
for them is three cents each, or 80 cents
per dozen. At cheap restaurants they
may be procured for two cents each,
but are apt not to be fresh at that
price. When brought on the half shell
they look as nice as any oyster, and one
who is not judge of oysters would eat
them without question. The only gen.
uine thing about them is the shells.
The manufacturers buy secondhand
shells at a small cost and fasten the
spurious oysters in place with paste.
Only half shell is used. In that shape
they are packed in tiers and displayed
in windows. Others TO be served with
out shells are put up in jars of rs to
100. The limitations are consumed in
such quantities that dealers urge keep
crs of hotels and restaurants to destroy
their shells and even pay cooks and
walters literally to pound them in
pieces. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
SEALS AND SEA OFFERS.

San Francisco Mariner Establishes
Farms for Raising Them.
1t is estimated that not more than
1000 sea otters are left in the oceans,
and that these will soon be killed off.
There is plan to start a sea otter
farm on Nunivak islands, not far from
the seal farm to be established by Capt.
John Schoonover, of San Francisco.
He has secured several thousand acres
on this island, off the Alaskan coast.
He intends to stock his farm with seals
caught at the rookeries. and will EN-
ploy native Aleuts, to herd them after
they are transferred to the breeding
ground. The place selected for the ex-
pertinent is similar to that used by DIR.
d. S. Jordan for corralling young pups
on st. Paul island. A large salt lagoon
is surrounded on three sides by the
rocky coast. The arm reaching into
sea is deep and narrow. 1t will be neces-
sary to construct a wire fence so or 60
feet under water. A fence must also
be built around the lagoon on land, as
seals travel as readily on land as in
water. They eat any fish they can car
ture. The farm will be stocked with
many kinds of sea fish, but when the
seals increase in size and numbers the
men will be kept busy gathering food
with nets and seines. A full-grown
seal requires more than "a score of fish
per day. Capt. Schoonover believes his
experiment will prove more profitable
| than q gold mine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
THE FARMING WORLD.
BEES IN THE wlNTER.
This writer Prefers ChnfE Hives TO


This Writer Prefers ChnlR Hives to-
Quarters in the Cellar.
Preparation of bees for winter should
be begun some time before winter is on.
If they are TO be fed, it should be done
while the weather is yet warm, as.
LIQUIDS cannot be fed to bees in winter.
II bees are destitute of food during
the winter proper food may be given
them in the form of candy until warm
weather comes in spring. 1t takes
about 25 pounds of honey to winter
a colony successfully, and this amount
may be given them in part or in whole
of sirup made from granulated sugar.
The necessary amount Of stores in
each colony should be looked after care-
fully in autumn, and furnished in every
case needed, so that they may be placed
in winter quarters before cold weather.
Colonies may be fed very rapidly il
necessary. In case Of late feeding this
must be done. and the full amount OF
provisions may be given them in few
days. A strong colony will store a
gallon of sirup in less than "a hours.
But in case colonies are fed earlier,
they not be fed so rapidly, and it is bet
ter to prolong feeding ten days or two
weeks, as this gives them more time
to ripen and seal'up their stores. which
is much better, and also gives them an
opportunity to rear brood, which is very
| k,ol ~ f,,l 10
l much prefer chaff hives to winter
in, in preference to the cellar. and II
you have never tried wintering in the
cellar, you had better leave that to the
expert. Chaff hives if well made are
good all-year-round hives. They are
good protection in winter. and in
spring they are great benefit in pro-
tecting the bees during the changes OF
weather, and does not check brood rear
ing during cold snaps. They are also
convenient in summer and protect the
bees and honey in hot weather.
After using house apiary for sew
eral years, much prefer it, and would
not again go back to our aparies. AS
for winter protection in the house,
pack in chaff after the fashion of the
chaff bi:e.
Late swarms, and all weak colonies
of any kind should be united until thtil
combined strength is as good as the
best before going into winter quarters
1t is useless to undertake to winter col
onies that are queenless, and they, too
should be put in with others contain
should be put with others containing
queens.-A. H, Duff, in Western Rural
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
Peed the Fowls slowly.

One of the difficulties in feeding fowls
is that, as given by the poulterer. the
food is in a mass and can be gobbled
down far too quickly. In its natural
state, the fowl hunting for food is
obliged to eat slowly, one grain at a
time. Usually, after each mouthful, the
hen is obliged to scratch for more. So
ingrained is this instinct that a hen
with chickens will scratch and cluck
when she comes to pile of grain. One
of the reasons why corn is bad feed
for fowls is that the grain is large, and
If shelled and thrown out by hand
fuls, the fowls eat 1t much too fast for
their good. The true way to feed hens
is to mix their grain with chaff or
straw, so that they must scratch for
it. If covered with mellow earth, it will
be still better, as the dust thus raised
will rid the fowls of vermin.--Americn
Cultivator.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
The Lonn of Young Chickn.

Young chicks seem to die off rapidly
at times, and with no apparent cause;
but there is a cause, and II can be usual
ly traceI to the food. They are pets,
and are usually attended to by various
members of the family, the disposition
being to give them as much food as
they can consume, and as frequently as
possible, resulting in the waste of a
portion, which soon begins to ferment.
Now, it is this fermented food which
destroys so many young chicks. 1t
would be to their advantage to allow
them to seek as much of their food as
possible, feeding only small quantity
at time; and it will be found, upon
trial Of such plan, that they will thrive
better than when fed too frequently
Farm and Fireside.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
b. d. O. improvements Completed.

The improvements on the Main Line of
the Baltimore and Ohio, west of, and be-
tween Martinsburg, w. Va, and North
Mountain, have been completed Novem-
ber lst. They cover a distance of nearly
four miles, starting three miles west of Mar
tinsburg, and extending some distance
west of Myers Hole, which is near the North
Mountain station. At Myers Hole the line
was changed, taking out some very OBJ.
jectionable curvature, and the roadbed
raised nearly fifteen feet, eliminating two
grades of AZ feet per mile which came to-
gether at Myers Hole and substituting there
for an almost level track. This point on the
road has always been dangerous one, and
many freight wrecks have occurred there.
Apart from doing away with the dangerous
feature of two sharp down grades coming
together, as was the case in this instance,
the saving in operation of the road by the
change will be very large, as it enables the
tons per train to be greatly increased and
reduces the liability of accident to the min
imum. At Tabers the road bed has been
lowered about l3 feet, and the same at
Tabbs, besides taking out Objectionable curv-
ature and reducing the rate of grades at
these points from ~ feet per mile to 10 feet
per mile, thus increasing the cars that can
be hauled per train. Though these improve
ments have cost quite sum of money, the
expenditure is fully justified by the great
saving in operation.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-11-17
THE MISTAKE SHE MADE.
She Did Her Best to Entertain n Bored
Guest.

At a party the hostess said to guest:
81 want you to entertain Mr.. Blank a lit
tie; he looks bored to death. will intro.
duce him, and you must try to amuse him.
You know his strong point is butter, on
which he has written book"
The lady-guest graciously undertook the
task of entertaining the man, inwardly won
dering that he should be so interested in
butter-of which she knew very little--when
his face indicated mind given to much pro.
found thinking.
However, with butter in view, she began
on the weather, gradually got to the coun-
try, then on to farm, from that to cows,
and at last to butter. The man looked more
bored than ever, the magic word "butter''
producing not the slightest effect, and he
left her somewhat abruptly, and soon with
drew from the house.
II did my best" she explained to the
hostess; ~ went through agonies to prove
that was deeply, interested in butter, but
it was all in vain"
"Butter" exclaimed the hostess. "What
possessed you to talk to that man, Of al
men, on butter? l told you he had just
written book on Buddha, and knew how
deeply you two were interested in the SAINT
subject"
And they said in chorus: "Gracious!"-
it.Bits