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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-08
Concerning the Reported Agreement Be-
tween the WaIlng Railroads.
s.A. |. MAGAAIE NOT IN TALKING HuHOR
"rrnrts Are stiil Riro In baltimore,
However, Tint tho Southern ana
Scnbonrd Have Reached n Settle
ment President Hoffman Declares
the Situation Unchanged.

Vice-President and General Manager
EYerftte 81. John, of the Seaboard Line,
returned to the city yesterday. Cues
toned as to the ep thenticity of the re-
poEed settlement of the differences be-
tween the SeIboard and the Southern
Railway he courteously but unequivo-
cally declined to affirm or deny she pub
lished reports or 10 discuss in any man
ner their origin or the future relations
between the Seab5ard and its rival.
While no details can be obtained here,
1t Is generally conceded that come sort
of an agreement has been reached, but
the report that there will be an inter
change Of freight and passenger bust
ness between the Baltimore Steam
Packet Co. and the Southern's Norfolk
and Baltimore line is secuted by both
sides
y prominent official Of the Scaboard
said yesterday If any settlement has
been reached you may depend upon it
the concessions were In favor Of our line.
RUAIC,RiS IN BALTIMORE.
says:
THE settlement Of the controversy be-
tween the Scaboard Air Line and the
Southern Railway was the chief sub
ject of discussion in financial circles yes
.erGly. Owing 10 The Importance of the
two loads to the general Southern rate
situation an ending of the ight IS re-
garded as having an important bearing
upon railroad rates throughout the
South. The decentralization in this Ter
riuory has been very severely felt by
business men, who, while i'm some in
stances reaped advantages in cut rates,
in many case found that their compcti-
tors obtained yet lower rates. This. it
Is conl. ended, caused a feeling of uncer-
tainty, and transportation charges were
often the indirect causes Of loss OF
profits. 7 is stated by railroad men that
the general feeling among shippers is
tl!lt stable rates are more conducive
that the uncertainties of Il rate war
president Hoffman. OF the Seaboard
Air Line, declined to give out any infor-
nation about the arrangement between
the two companies, simply saying:
There is no change in the situation"
REPORT BELIEVED TRUE.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-08

1SsI ERe CHECKS 81 SIN HOURS:
$50 a,S. CURES IN DAYS At
Hh eti z 80 Drug store lS3 Church ST,
Norfolk. Va. no23-ly
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02

mere is a man in Chicago who has
de money in stamps. Twenty year
he began to collect stamps, ard =
>: finally amounted 10 more tina.
.CCO. Last month he bought tho
ton house, Hurley, Wis, for $4,000,
which $1,000 was paid in cash, and
he balance in stamps-the 100000
forcsaid.
The recently heralded official stamps
Hawaii have appeared in the market.
cy are quite prettily engraved, bu
" can only be obtained cancelled, So
( of their beauty, or at least a quar-
Of it, is married, for they have prob
V Cancelled four at a time with a
nd stamp.
he entrance of China into the postal
ION on January 1, and the consequent
ange of rates, will mark a number of
.provements in the postal arrange
ents of that country. According to
. correspondent, revenue stamp has
recently been issued, and it is the inten-
ton to impose stamp duty similar to
that of other governments.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02

According to the striking figures just
published at Paris by Vicomte d'Avene!,
five-sixths of the ships now sailing I'M
der the French flag are of foreign con
struction; this, too, in spite of state
bounties on home-built vessels. Only
n few smiling vessels, of slight impor-
lance, and four steamers have been built
in France during the last 30 months
During the same period 80 steamships
have been wrecked and two steamship
companies have gone out of business,
leaving no successors.-Boston Tran
script.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02
cbina.s Scientific Awakening.

It is reported that commercial mu-
scum has just been opened at Pekin@
to which contribution of the tools and
machines used in civilized countries
together with models and photographs
of the same, are requested. The director
of the museum is particularly desirou
that his countrymen shall become ia
miliar with the various kinds of rlows
used in the western world. He also
calls for specimens of electric ma
chimes, printing presses, and in fact all
the things that have contributed to the
civilization and enlightenment of Eal-
rope and America.-N. Y. Sun.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02
CIGARS AND THEIR MAKERS S.
Each Havana Box Has Six Marks and
the Cigar Makers Have n Cinch.

Each Havana Box Has Six Marks and
the Cigar Makers Have n Cinch.
"llow many, / wonder" said dealer,
''have ever noted on every box of cigars
lacked in Havana six distinctive marks?
4. irst there is the brand which is burned
in the upper side of the lid of the hon
with an iron made for that purpose;
econd, the label; third, the mark des-
gnating the size and shape of the cigars.
which is usually put on with stencil;
Jurth. the color mark, which is also
ut on with a stencil; fifth, the class
mark, and sixth, the mark usually put
on with stencil denoting the number OF
cigars in the box.
There are not so many regular sizes,
or vitolas, made in Havana as might be
imagined-21, / believe, is the whole
number of sizes-while all the cigars
made in Havana are separated into
three classes; some manufacturers d.
vide them into primera, or first, secunda,
n second, and tercera, or third; while
still other makers call the first class
fora, the second primera, and the third
secunda.
"As a general rule, one workman
makes only one kind of cigar; for eX
ample, one makes only londres, another
only regaEas, and so on. And when a
man has become a skilled cigarmaRer
he has things pretty much his own way;
If the crop has been a heavy one and
here is demand for labor, it is no un-
usual thing for a skilled worker to de-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02
, STYLISH TOMBSTONES.
Fashions in Monuments Change as
Times Go By.
me Simple Designs of other Days
Give Way to DESTINATIONS ODE
Iisks and More Ornate Work.
mnnship on the stones.

Just as styles charge in big sleeves
and little sleeves, spring bonnets and
trousers, so do they change in monu-
ments and tombstones. 1t is far cry
from the pyramids of Egypt to the
eravestones of to-day. Great as TINS
contrast is, probably greater would be
noted in comparing the modern tomb.
stones witch follow man hundreds OF
wears after the pyramids were built.
The pyramids can scarcely be con-
sidered in the same light DIS the tomb
stones which are used 10 mark the rest
ing places Of to-day. The Egyptian
structures were built fron radically
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02

T-cme is the residence, not only Of the
3dy. but of the heart; it is place for
he affections to unfold and develop, for
for children to love and learn to play in,
for husband and wife to toll smil.ngly
torcthsr ard make life y .i2ssing. The
object oe all ambition should he to be
hapvy 1t home; # we are not happy
there. We cannot Ike happy elsewhere.
II is tho best proof of the virtues of
family c:rc'c TO see happy freside.-
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02
POSTAGE STAMPS.

A Nova Scotia paper prints an ex-
tract from a speech made by Premier
Murray, in which he states that the gov
eminent has received $I8,0G0 from the
sale of postage stamps.
A new issue of stamps was ordered in
Japan, but up to the first OF the year not
any of the supplies had arrived, and a
provisional issue was necessary by the
adoption of the new rates.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02
How Nature Builds RocIscrics.

The fact is. the rockery, TO be
ess must be an evolution irstecd
roat.on. Attempt TO construct
fter any set plan and you are
o fail. The most satisfactory one
saw was one that made itself, 60
speak. The stones of which it vase
posed were hauled in winter -
dumped down carelessly in great Lee
In spring the owner looked them O,
and came to the conclusion that
would be impossible for him To arran
thcm in a more picturesque mann
md he had the good sense not 20 a
tempt it. He worked earth in betUc
them and planted wild vines and r
there, and his rockery was sue d"
If possible, rockery should lie local
in a secluded portion of the Frou.,
Rockeries as nature makes them .
generally in secluded hooks, where
kinds of wild things feel at home.
we should try to carry out as coml le.
" as possible the idea of the w,lGncs
which prevails in natures haunts--t1
domesticate wildness, so to speak. This
cannot be done satisfactorily where
the grounds are close to the street. ii
the grounds are too small to allow you
to give the roclSery a place at some DIS
tance from the house, and you feel that
YOU must have one, plant trees or shrubs
so as to give it an air of partial seclusion
at least.-Eben L. Rexford, in Lad .es'
Home .Innrnnl.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-07-02

st. bartholomew the Greats parish
in Smithfield raised 5000 during Lent
by the sale of pods of clover called Cal
vary clover. The leaves have on them
a blotch like Il spot of blood, and the
pod when unwound looks like crown
of thorns.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03
Mayor Bullock Declines.

Last evening w. S. Bullock,
mayor Of Ocala, in reply to pc
tition containing seventy-two
names, presented by Messrs. ST.
mon Benjamin, w. L. Jewett,
Charles Pcyser and others, urg-
ing him to again run for mayor
of Ocala, liz a five-page type
written letter, declines, because
of the onerous duties imposed on
him by his increasing legal and
other business.
The Star, owing to the pres OF
county commissioners and coun-
Gil news, cannot reproduce the
letter today but viii do-so tomor-
row.
Now that Mayor Bullock has
declined a nomination for re cleo
ton it appears that the field is
open for G. II. Campbell and
that he Will be elected without
opposition. The friends Of Mr..
Campbell say that he is the sec
ond cho.ca or judge Bullock :
friends md supporters.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03
DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES
The Elections of Yesterday Show
Great Gains For Democracy
All Over the Country.

The great political battle of
1897 is over aud the shouting of
the victors is now in order. The
greatest interest centered in the
mayoralty contest in Greater
New York. The result indicates
a sweeping victory for the demo-
cratic candidate, Robt. A. Van
Wyck. His majority will reach
fully 10000 over Seth Low, the
candidate ON the citizens reform
ticket.
The result in Ohio indicates
the election of Asa Bushnell, re-
publican, by largely decreased
majority. Hamilton county was
carried by the democrats electing
fourteen members Of the legisla-
turc which insures the defeat of
Mark Hanna for U. S. senator.
The contest in Kentucky was
fiercely waged all day and a re-
markably large vote was polled.
S. j. Shackleford, silver candi-
date, carried the state for Judge
Of the appellate court over the
republican and populist caEdi-
dates by a good majority. The
general assembly is also largely
democratic insuring a democratic
L. s. senator, Weaver, the dem
ocratic candidate for mayor of
Louisville, was elected by 10000
majority.
Pennsylvania remains in the
republican column by the usual
Oil year ma .iority.
Maryland once more lands in
the democratic fold by safe ma
iority. Baltimore elected a re-
publican mayor. The result in
the state is a great victory for
Senator German.
Massachusetts is reported safe
republican by about $4,000 ma
jority.
Iowa shows a large democratic
gain but the indications are that
it elected the republican state
ticket.
The latest returns from Ne
braska are to the effect that the
democratic-popuiist fusion ticket
swept the state by q handsome
majority.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03
MARION COUNTY LEGISLATURE
Sayings and D0ings of the s,OlOns at
the November Session
TUESDAYS TERM


II. Longs resignation as in
spcctor OF marks and brands was
accepted and George Stewart Of
Anthony appointed in his stead.
j. w. Reynolds was appointed
inspector Of marks and brands Of
Moss Bluff.
In response to communication
from DIR. William Anderson, re-
,gardlnS the game law, Sheriff
Hodge was deputized to act as he
had power under the law, instead
Of creating a new officer.
a A.petition with fully thirty sig
natures came from Eureka ask
ing for the appointment of a per-
manen ferryman. Refused, be-
cause the board thought if a fer
ryman was needed SO badly, some
live merchant of the place would
operate the ferry.
Bond OF G.. 7. Grace as inspect
or of marks and brands of Ken
drick was approved.
The following bills were ap-
proved: Mishler for operating
Stokes Ferry, Sl2; II. B. Mas
ters, implements to work road,
$40; +. p. Galfney, printing,
$l.T5; A. E. Deloucst, hardware,
SOC; G.. Rheinauer, blankets for
Jail, 5000. II. B. Masters, blank
cts for Jail, $50; new minute
book for board, $3.50; Grant
Ccwan, stcnographic bill, s..
This bill caused some discussion,
out it was plainly shown while
the statutes did not authorize
such bills, it was in the interest
of economy to pay them.
Sheriff Hodge, feeding prison
crs, $196.3O: e. w. kraybill,
painting armory roof, $24; bill
adiudging Jas. Tucker insane,
S12.25; rent of telephone, SIS;
cleaning cess pool, So; court house
ianitor, $40; jailor, S3l; Fuller &
Clark, box Of soap for jail, $500;
DR.. Crawford, convictions, 15c;
Sheriff Hodge, sundries for jail,
1Oc: r. E. YonGe & Co., iron pipe
and plumbing, SIS. As; bill Of &.
NJ. Hawkins, cutting logs out ol
road, SOC; referred for proof OF
work; treasurer's commission on
various funds $60.12: Sheriff
Hodges bill for summoning wit
neSSCS, mileage, etc, for fail
term of circuit court, S39l.40.
same for summOning grand jury.
mileage, etc, S1l1.40, ID. NJ. Bar
co, salary for registration, $3.50
Squire Abshier's bill in case Of
state vs.. e. L. Morse, S3.O5; re
ferrCd back fOr information.
1t was ordered that j. G.. Viii
liams should inspect the books O
the following county officers at
fair compensation: Sheriff, treas
urcr, county judge and supervisor
Of registration, Cat this point The
Joker Of the board, Bill Allen, go
in his funny work. "and th'
county surveyor" :"
"Oh YES" chimed in the earn
est chairman Of the board, Sin
clude them all; show no partial
ity."
But" said thoughtful Chitty
what has be to do with handling
y county funds?"
ooh" " responded Allen, "to se'
his chain is not too long or to'
short" "
There was a tumble and TIL
county surveyors office dropped
with it.
Allan called up the rdilroat
supply car on the license question
but as the supreme court viii
pass on that matter shortly,
WAS passed.
Squire Crawford presented
letter which called the attention
of the board to supplying count,
iuStipns with uniform 1OrkntS
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03

1898. Bids to be opened at next
meeting in December; work to
begin January 1898. Six over
seers Of roads were asked for;
one for each district except the
second, Chitty's, which needs
two.
Mr.. Chitty was empowered to
fill the position of road overseer
for Geo. Armstrong; unexpired
term.
Request Of S. b. Moody Of
Citra, to be relieved from L. Z.
Halls bold to carry rifle, was re-
ferred to next meeting.
B. L. Hickman Of Salt Springs,
bond as notary, was approved.
Receiver Stapylton offered the
safety deposit safe Of the defunct
First National Bank for $1,000.
He said it's cost was $4,000, but
they needed money. No action
taken.
Treasurer's report checked up
0. k. and showed balances on
hand of different funds. as fol-
lows: School, S6,132. So; road,
81, 936.45; county proper, 4,4o6. 81;
fines and forfeitures, S1,94O90.
In line with recommendation
of late grand jury, county treas.
urer Griffin asked the board to
designate a place to keep the
county funds. Board declined
because in that instance if any
thing should happen to the funds
his bondsmen would be relieved.
If treasurer insisted. though,
they said they would furnish him
with a safe and office in which to
keep his books and money, but
it would not be mandatory that
it should be done. He said unless
they should explicitly command
him to place the moneys therein
that he had no use for the safe or
office, as he was getting along
very nicely now.
Treasurer Griffin said the late
grand jury had no authority to
make d recommendation for the
county commissioners to buy a
safe for the safe-keeping of the
county's money; no more so said
Mr.. Chitty, than they had that
Assessor Mathews should use
more diligence in getting the
names of unknown property hold
ers, for the law says every prop
erty owner shall make returns OF
his property, and il he does not
do it he shall be returned as un-
known.
Ex-Justice A. McBrass, of Gal
ter, appeared and urged that the
law be more strictly complied
with regarding the jurisdiction Of
magistra tes. His reasons were,
in the first place, they should not
assume authority the law did not
give them, because, when they
attempted to try cases where
only a hearing should be had, it
often happened that the board re-
fused to pay such bills of costs,
when witnesses failed to get their
pay, causing great dissatisfac-
ton, and where cases were tried
in which j. P.'s had no iurisdic-
ton and it became known in the
community, it engendered i'll
feeling and bad blood among the
members Of a community, lead
ing at times TO serious results.
He instanced several cases in
which j. P.'s had tried cases for
assault and battery" when he
plainly showed the law did not
confer this power. Mr.. McBrass
convinced the board he had gone
over the statutes thoroughly and
knew what he was talking about.
This brought on more discus,
sion. The board wished to have all
the light on the subject possible,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03

Judge Hooker be sent for and his
opinion asked. He came.
The Star regrets he cannot
quote Judge Hocker's words, but
the sense of them was this: What
he would say was only his opin-
ion and it had no judicial binding
force on the board. He looked
up the statutes and commented
on them, especially that one in
which the title of the act was to
increase the j. P.'s jurisdiction,
when in reality it lcssened them,
but only in one respect and in
creased it in another. Justices
should use Judgment and discre-
tion and should not attach to pa
perS covering cases misleading
titles. In case assault. and bat
terry was charged to, strike out
the last charge and try il Oh the
former.
To the question: If parties
were tried for assault and bat
terry and acquitted by justice,
and such q bill, coming before the
board, should it be paid? He
said yes, because the j. 2. had
jurisdiction in the assault and the
battery was not proved.
He thought, too, bills Of costs
in cases where J. p. found par
ties guilty Of assault and bat
terry, should be paid by the
board.
Chairman Carney said he and
the board had a grievance with
the judge, because he had SEN
fenced several prisoners to five
days imprisonment, when such
short term of Imprisonment was
only a burden to the county, as
the convict camp would not take
prisoner for less than thirty
days.
The judge remarked that his
plan was to make the sentence
long and the fine light, SO they
would try and pay the latter.
Referring to the cases cited,
the circumstances were these:
Both were old men, convicted of
selling liquor without license, had
already been punished by the y.
S. court and could not do a days
work in a convict camp.
The judges frank common
sense talk greatly pleased the
board, SO much SO, that they
passed on a number Of doubtful
j. Z. bills Of costs, that had been
hung up for irregularities. In
parting, the Judge remarked that
he would be pleased to have his
attention called to any matter
wherein he erred. as the Judge
was leaving the room he spied the
Star reporter and smilingly asked
what he was doing there. The
reporter modestly said he was
trying to tell the readers of the
paper what the board was doing.
'Don't you report me-" he said.
The reporter remarked he would
only try to indicate the sensible
things the Judge had said. "That
is right, ''chimed in a bystan-
der;;'' sit will gain you a dozen
subscribers.
Governor Bloxham in answer
to a telegraphic request from
County Clerk Sistrunk, permitted
Auditor Knott, who has figured
out the Pooser deialcation to be
about $4,000 Qess say $1,000 COM
mission), TO make a statement to
the board, after which the board
went into secret section TO see
what action they would take in
the matter.
The board approved Charlie
Watermau'S wild turkey shoot
! ing bill of s4.14, also his John
Johnson bill Of $1,000, disallowed
at the last meeting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-11-03

Concluded oa Fourth p &c.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-19

tato thar anything else. The artist
then takes a knife and models like a
sculptor the block of wax into some
semblance of the human head. With
knife in hand and the model before
him, he then carefully cuts away the
wax until the reproduction has been
made of the face of his sitter, and if he
is an expert modeler this reproduction
is usually very exact. He puts the tint
on the wax to copy the models COM
plexion and completes every detail
with the utmost care. Then the hair,
eyebrows and eyelashes are put on.
Only natural hair is used, and it is in
serted in such a manner that it can be
brushed and done up as often as re-
quired, in any style the purchaser
pleases.
Probably the modelling of the eyes
and putting in of the eyelashes are the
most delicate part of the whole process.
Each hair is put in separately, both
on the head and for the eyebrows and
eyelashes. The operation is performed
with a hot needle and takes a very long
Ill IL "Ol 10 1lO4uCl1Ily uOll0 NY
women, who become very expert.
When the hair is implanted in the
n as stated it can be dressed just
as if it were going on a living head.
1t can be washed and brushed and
taken down and put up in any style,
just as in nature.
OF course, it cannot be cut, as there
is no possible chance of it's growing
in again. The tedious work of insert
ing the hair as thus described is, of
course, only possible on what are
known as frst-class wax heads, which
often cost as much as $3.50 apiece. The
average price of those seen in the big
dry-goods stores is between SIS and
500. The value of these heads de-
ponds not only Upon the workmanship
and time which is put in on them but
also upon the quality Of the wax used.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-02-19
Secret Societies In China.

Throughout the. long course of Chi
nese history the existence of these
Hui. or secret associations has Deer
recognized and recorded. At various
times they have adopted different IT,
ties. We read of the White Lily sect,
the, yellow Caps "The Society of
Heaven. Earth and Man." the Triad
Society,"" the Hung League" and the
"Kolao Hui" and countless other as
sociations. More often than not these
bodies have been started as benevolent
societies, but almost invariably, GER
tainly in the cases of those we nave
named, the philanthropic zeal of the
founders has degenerated into politi-
cal fanaticism. Some of the greatest
political changes in the empire have
been due to their action. The Mongol
dynasty, established by Jengliz Khan
and his followers, mainly owed it's
downfall to the energetic action of the
Hung League; and it is beyond ques-
ton that had it not been for the sup
port we gave to the government of
China, in it's struggle with the Tai
Pings, who trace their origin to the
same secret society, the present Man
chu dynasty would have shared the
fate of the Mongol emperors.-Black,
woods Magazine.