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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10

The will of the late Charles Bill, OF
Springfield, Mass, bequeaths $1,000 To
Wellesley College, the interest of which
Is To be given as a scholarship TO descrv-
ing students
Exactly one hundred years ago Dune
l19D one Thomas Newbold. Of New Jer-
Scy, patented the first cast-iron Dlow,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
ruucra, OF Miss Matte u,,wirc

The remains Of Miss Matte Blam;,r
were brought over from Norfolk ye,,,tr-
day. and the funeral MS rrcq ohoa from
Trinity j. T.. Church Rev. Mr.. Fur y,tcr
oficiatcl. The remains were inferred in
Cedar Grove cemetery
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
A,,1,l,ni Clearing.

Our regular custom Of clearing out all
spring ana summer stock after the 4th
Of July, IS now in operation. We re-
ssrv" no goods. All mems. boys ana
uhIidrsn'; suits must 80. Breslauer 4.
Anthony, ~ High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
r.yenoo-s n,.d ,.,ndo,v.,, l., .,,.,

Odd sizes made 10 ordGr ami hung. Re.
frigera!nrs moaquito nets ut j. S. Craw-
foru's Furniture and CARPET House.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
NOTICE.

Ring IN phone 1872 and order load of
nice dry new CORD WOOD and nice dry
SLAB WOOD that has Ih.ver been in any
water. We have dry wood under shed
Can always get dry wood from
jy9-lw BENDAI.L & WELTON,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10

4 Novelty lie 5nds".' S,.sy>ri p.
Something entirely different from any
thing ever shown. Price, 25c. l.lw:ence
& Welton sale agents. Store closes at
g y. M Saturdays excepted.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10

Ocean View has all stars this Vice.;
Manager Bush has tho most atiractiv,
talent that could be secured. Hear the
grand tr!o--Prcston, Miss i'c!main ana
Ca!bcrt. tu,g-tc
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
Specials for ToaDay..

Fine Honey in Comb, Id. packages. I5c.
per h.: Boston Baked Beans, 3 l6. cans.
&C.. or four for Csc. fine Fat Maclterel, ZOE
per lb,: finest imported Ginger Ale, Look /
than OUR Vermont Creamery pButter! Z (
you have not tried 1t come and get one
pound, and be convinced. Only 20. Der
pound. Now is the time for Ice Tea { ard
our s.scal Blend ut sc. makes d giinc
drink. Just reccivcd-a fresh lot Of s.ilil-
beam Flour. .s,ll 3: Fl s5Sf3 sitts z
c.. w. FINDGINS5&g co
500 Crawford Stfaeti
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
PORTSMOUTH ADv'S.


FOR MISUNDERSTANDING 20 DinwIddie
street: fire place heater: hot and cold
water: bath tub: range in kitchen. Pos
session August list. Apply sos Court st.
iNN-M Su-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10

Lncn-TIats-Line
w. T.. VIRNELSON e. co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
lDOWwnn do bed Hapqj,Ss.ssi - sS5|
That's Mhere Our Prices. Are 4.

$3.50 for All Wool Suits, worth $3.50.
$3.50 for an Wool Suits. worth $500.
$3.50 for All Wool Suits, worth 500,
$500 for Al! Wool Suits. worth Sii00.
i5c. for Pcrcalc OHtIni: Shirts, worth 75c
DOC. for Pcrcalc Outing Shirts, worth ST.;
with two separate Collars.
sl.M for Wilson Bros Outing Shirts,
worth $lb0: two separate Collars and GUNS
SLIGO for Madras Manhattan Shirts, worth
$500.
Call and be convinced that we soil not
In the TWO cities ef.-n '-Nss.4 81
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
SHARPS AMI A

The Messenger does not know of
n really OF closely approximately
independent nespaper. It believes
that The Washington Post comes near
to a proper standard Of independence
in politics than any other American
newspaper. 1t is doubtless more of a
gold paper than a silver paper, and
perhaps more for protection than for
a low tariff, but it gives no little favor
able to silver and to a low tariff sche-
dule from time to time. 1t is ably
edited and generally fairly edited, and
hat is surely saying much for any
newspaper. 1t had the other day a
capital rebuke for the extreme gold
organ, The New York Evening Post,
as to the worth of a dollar" 1t is a
stereotyped lie to call the American
standard dollar a fifty cent dollar. The
Post knows this, and hence it's straight
forward rebuke of the misleading con-
tention of certain papers. Under Pub
lie Opinion we give an extract from
what is said.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
THE DINGLEY TARIFF AS A
TEACHER.

The new awful republican tariff tax
promises to be something Of an educa-
tor. The people have been extremely
credulous as to the advantages of a
high tariff, n some millions of people
have blindly followed blind leaders and
accepted the abused doctrine that you
can make a people rich if you tax
Them high enough. The republican
protection theory reduced to it's last
analysis simply means tina a govern
ment by high taxation is a great bless
ing to the people at large, and that
sGhe great highway leading to universal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

prosperity lies right along the way of
grinding taxation-putting a heavy
burden upon TO- 200, 900 of people for the
particular benefit OF 1000, 900, more or
less. But the high robber tax now
operating will oon begin to teach all
people Of ordinary a practical
lesson. When they pay $3.50 for a $500
pair of shoes, or $3.50 for a $500 suit Of
clothes so on in any thing they
wear or use-they will get an unmista-
kable object lesson hat will be worth
something to them.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dragnet
will be a teacher. Take the case of the
100, 900 or 5000 0 Americans who go to
Europe every year. The new republic
a monster not only pulls money out
of the pockets Of all consumers who
remain at home, but it puts its paw into
the trunks Of all returning travellers,
goes into them as soon as landed, after
the old Austrian and other European
mOnarchical system of playing Paul
Pry. No traveller may come home
with more than 800 worth of clothes.
If he is rich or we'll favored as to
clothing and took away with him as he
left our shores 5000 or $500 in clothing,
when he gets through his jaunt and
comes gladly back home he is met
with the republican Paul Pry and
trunks are opened and the search be-
gins, and he must pay a heavy tax on
all the clothes HI brough back over
500 in government value. 1t should
breed great discomfort for it is an I'M
just law. Surely a man should be al
lowed to bring back without taxation
what he ooh with him.. A northern
newspaper says:
every arriving steamer manifests
the discomfort with which this proviso
is received, and which tends to make
the Dingley tariff the most unpopular
ever cOntrived. Hitherto many Amer
leans knew very little of the subject
of tariff from practical experience; it
was something that they rea about in
h newspapers and thought over
vaguely. Coming back from abroad,
however, and having to pay these du-
ties upo personal wearing apparel and
things always free before, brings the
subject before them in a way that
leads to some excited scenes upon the
pier3-tO surprise and anger and very
uncOmplimentary remarks about Mr..
Dingley and his onerous measure"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
FUN.
$50 you've lost your cook?"
Yes, she went last week."

$50 you've lost your cook?"
Yes, h went a week"
What was the r~eason?"
"She said my new bonnet made her
loo a perfect fright."-Answers.
"Since H~igginside returned from his
European trip he had quite a foreign
air about him."
HE must ave brought it back in the
tires Of his Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
The Professor have collected all
the material for my work on The De-
cline of Superstition" I shall begin to
write TIE book day after tomorrow.
Wife-Why not tomorrow? The Pro-
observation-disclosures is Friday
Twinkles.
They say, Grumpy. that the queen
of England has sixty pianos, and
doesn't play any of them"
I'm a little bit cramped this spring,
but I'll buy my daughter fifty-nine
more if she'll follow the queens exam
ple."-Household Word.
Mrs. Watts-Doesn't it make you en-
vious to e of that who
washed out over SD, 900 in gold dust
at odd times between her household
duties?
Mrs. Potts-Oh, it ought to have been
easy enough. She had no hired girl to
TAX up her time.-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
STATE OF BUSINESS.

Dun represents uniform improve
ment for last week. Confidence is
strong, it says, and nothing appears to
check it. The miners strike is "a
temporary hindrance." Agriculture
makes gains. Corn has advanced
some, but it may be temporary as the
crop is not 81 good as was expected.
Cotton dropped a little-an eighth, and
the prospect is for the largest crop ever
grown. It reports a decided improve
ment in the goods market. Wheat ad-
vanced last week 11% cents. h fine
belief of great future demand owing
to scarcity abroad. Dun says Official
estimate of yield is entirely disregard
ed except as an admission hat the
crop will be larger than hat of last
year, and it is commonly assumed that
the yield will be 550,0 900, 900 bushels
or more, though recent reports Of in
jury indicating the possibility of a
somewhat smaller outcome have help
ed the advance in prices" We would
like to see it go to $1.25 and stay there,
burt we shall not be surprised if it drops
to rs cents before 1897 ends. Business
men understand that rapid advance is
by spectators. The iron and steel in
dustry advances. Great sales of ore
are reported. Some advance in boots,
but the boot and shoe trade is not what
manufacturers expect or desire. Dun
says the shipments from the east have
been the smallest for three weeks of
August in any yea since 1893, but are
a little larger than in 1892. Leather is
held very stiffly, with great confidence
that the future demand will justify
prices now asked" Very large sales
of wool. and the demand for woolens
has much increased.
Failures for two weel.s of August
show liabilities. of only 1885, 279,
against SIG, $780, ESQ last year, SO, 1927, 597
in 1895, and $3,4S9, 315 in 1894. Failures
for the week have been 223 in the
United States, against 2S0 last year.
For h week before 239. The south
had So against 81 the week before, and
81 a year Since.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Stop drugging yourself with quack
nostrums or cures" Get a we'll known
pharmaceutical remedy that will do the
work. Catarrh and Cold in the head
will not cause suffering if Ely's Cream
Balm is used. Druggist will supply 1Oc
trial size or SOC full size. We mail it.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., N. Y, City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm
to me. I can emphasize his statement.
cit is a positive cure for catarrh if
used as directed."-Rev. Francis w.
Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church,
Helena, Mont.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Race prejudice is just as strong in
the north as in the south as The Mes
senger has had occasion to mention
several times. 1t is visible in every
direction. In the republican state Of
There is n judge, a man of high char
acter and a jurist of ability, Judge
Waters. Of Hartford, who is a believer
strictly in a white mans government.
A Baltimore paper recently reported
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Macon. Ga. August "a special 70 Tho
Telegraph from Fitzgerald. Ga, says:
Edward Strickland. a prominent turpen-
tine man whose still Is about three miles
northwest of Fitzgerald. was literally cut
to pieces Saturday by Charley Nichols. a
negro who was In his employ. 1t seems
tina in settling up for work done. a dis
pute arose over the wages. which en-
ragged the negro. He pulled a razor and
disembowelled Strickland. who was also
hacked In five other places and soon died.
A mob of blacks and whites is after
Nichols, who took Strickland's VIM
chester and escaped. III the ngro is cap
tured he will probably be lynched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

The death of Sir Isaac Holden, the
inventor Of the lucifer match, which
was announced from London yester-
day, invites reflections upon the tar
diness of the human intellect in some
respects. It seems incredible that up
to a time within the memory of liv-
ing men even the most advanced Of
the human race employed practically
the same methods for striking a light
that had been used by primitive men
before the beginning OF written his-
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

The New York Sun, a good paper and
for high tariff, is candid enough to deny
convention in 1897 shows any reaction
from the Chicago convention of 1896"
The only possible exception is Mary
land, and there was not much change
there even under Germans manipula-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
THE MURDER
The Chain of Evidence Welding About Ed
Purvis Who is I'm Jail at Fayetteville
Charged With the Murder of Flagman
Blackwell

AAo Va In
Purvis Who is in Jail at Fayetteville
Charged With the Murder of Flagman
Blackwell
The chain of evidence is about COM
plete as to the negro Ed Purvis who is
in Jail at Fayetteville, charged with
the murder of Flagman NJ. J. Black
we'll at 1 o'clock on Sunday morning,
August 14th, at Mingo water tank, on
the Short Cut" in Harnett county.
1t will be remembered that on the
morning Of the murder two tramps
were put off train No. So at Mingo,
when one of them shot and killed Mr..
Blackwell. Purvis was subsequently
trailed by bloodhounds and eventually
captured, as heretofore noted in these
columns. About the only missing link
in the evidence against him vas to
find tramp No. 2, who was put off the
train at the time of the murder. That
man has been found He was Ed Lo-
max, colored, and q telegram from
Rocky Mount yesterday states that he
was arrested there yesterday morning
and sent to Fayetteville, where a state
ment was secured from him by the
Hon. George NJ. Rose, attorney for the
Atlantic Coast Line.
We are informed that the body Of the
murdered man has been exhumed and
the fatal bullet extracted. The Flor
ence. s. c., Times Of Saturday says:
Special Detective George S. Tur5e-
Vile Of the Coast Line, who is here
today, tells some interesting expe-
riences in connection with the capture
of Purvis, the suspected murderer OF
Flagman Blackwell.
"Purvis was hurt by a train on the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail-
road near Manchester. One Nelson
Williams took the injured man TO his
house, and it was from Williams that
Mr.. Turbeville procured the pistol.
after Purvis had been jailed he
frankly acknowledged to Mr.. Turbeville
in the presence of the deputy cheriff
that he was the man chased by the
hounds, and said furthermore that he
threw his shoes away about twelve
miles in the woods.
When asked about his pistol he at
first said he didn't have one, but, when
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

If a man makes a dollar and spends
$1.1O and he lives long enough he will
be bound to get into the poor-house or
take to the road. Eckels is correct
when he attributes to the business de-
preston a chief cause in extrava-
gance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

There is more cheering news for the
English from India. The mobilization
of British troops has had a good eff
feet. There are $4,000 now guarding the
frontier.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

told by Mr.. Turbe,-die ina. IL was in
his possession. he s~no. wen. Mr.
/ do" The pistol Is a ss'-calibre. n
shows evidences Of having, been re-
Gently shot.
The suspected murderer is Edgar
Purvis. OF this city. and judging. from
the evidence. Mr.. Turbeville Is tNonn-
dent he Is the right man"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

S~teinway's great piano manufacture
ing firm has sold out to an English
syndicate for 81, 900, 900. That shows
how by skill and industry and toll a
huge business can be built up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

We do not set much store by the
accuracy of the New York World. 1t
says the increase in price of wheat
means $500, 900, 900 added to the price
of the farmers. We would like that
half that increase might cover the
reality.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Virginia is again bereaved in the
death Of one Of it's most distinguished
and learned j~urists, Judge Waller r.
Staples, aged Y. Lately Virginia lost
four other eminent citizens, namely,
Hon. John Randolph Tucker, Hon.
William W. Crump, Judge Edward G..
Brooks and Hon. R. Taylor Scott. OF
these the best known, the man of
highest gifts was doubtless Mr.. Tuck
er. All Of these gentlemen were held
in high esteem because of character,
learning and ability. Judge Staple was
educated at the University of North
. Carolina, and among the alumni living
within the last decade or two he was
beyond doubt of it's ablest and noblest
endowed. We never met Judge Sta
pies, but nave known of him ever since
1S45. He left Chapel Hill with a very
fine reputation. He was a sterling
democrat as we'll as a true gentleman
and scholar. The Richmond Dispatch
in a sympathetic editorial says of him:
"His active services in the cause Of
the party only ceased when it became
a physical imposslbllity for him to
make a political speech. Judge Sta
ples's manners and bearing were those
Of the old school Virginia gentleman,
and his nature was Of the kindest.
Frank and Straightforward always, he
was none the less one Of the most ap-
proachable of men. Aside from the law,
his reading was varied, and his mind
was stored with "reminiscences of prom
inent men and interesting events con-
nected with the political history of the
country
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

The radicals in Virginia are so fraz-
zled out they decline to put a state
ticket in the field his year. It is to be
hoped they will continue frazzled. It
will benefit the country.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

1t is a new way to calculate a city's
rate some cities have in figures prob
ably double as many living people as
actually live. By Wilmington's July
deaths it has a population Of some 3d.
900 or more.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Bruiser John Sullivan is a candidate
for Boston's mayoralty. If John should
by chance slip in it will be the death
of Boston, The negro official came
neal killing it, and Johns success
would cause a funeral of large pro-
portions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

Vim, vigor and victory-these are the
characteristics of De Wits Early
Risers, the famous little pills for con-
stipation, biliousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
SNAPS.

The coal strike is gradually weaken
ing, and will probably terminate soon.
The operators backed by hireling
judges have about succeeded in crush
ing it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
Il. p. BraSWell,
BATTLEBORO. N. G.
apr q. 6 mos.
The CHEF
90 "A YEAR.

Is published at Maxton, n. c., the rail-
road centre Of Robson county which II
the largest county In the state, and has
the largest capitalization Of any agricul-
tural county-over $50 per capita. The
range of local news, besides state and
national notes Of interest, and pays es-
pecial attention to items and notes of in
terest to people Of Scottish descent. A
VALUABLE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
The Job Work Department turns out
neat Job Work at competitive prices.
Persons looking for valuable farm lands
in this fertile section should write the
editor. j. KIRKLAND HILL,
my % Maxton, N. y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

hat "a delegation Of neg politicians
who asked him to give the negro an op-
portunity in Hartford to draw the per
diem OF a juror, he said 'emphaticalfy,'
it is reported, that while he sat on the
bench in that county no negro would
sit on a jury. The Judge is noted for
his emphasis" We are not lawyers
and do not pretend to know how he
can carry out his purpose. We would
suppose that he could not legally dis
criminate against the negro. Down
his way negro jurors are in great force
and to the front all the time, and the
fine new court house are built for
them which they occupy in all due
state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
The JAMES SPRUNT
INSTITUTE,
KENANSVILLE, n. C.

The announcements Tor the next ses-
sion Of this School are now ready to be
sent out. Who wants to see one? Any
i man wttn a rs s,fl 10 fHuc addrs can GET some nn.
tai card to Rev. r. ". Lancaster, Kenans-
VILE, N. c. For the motto of the Trus-
tees Is: The best possible school for the
least possible cost. SESSION OPENS
SEPTEMBER 8th. 1897.
r. v. LANCASTER.
tu = 3m President.
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ing It.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-12-10
5elrft Misfellanv.
Wit and Humor of Children.
BY ROBERT WATERS.

Unconscious wit is often uttered by
adults,-wit perceived by. the hearer,
not the utterer,-but the wit of child
rem is nearly always unconscious, and
all the more amusing because its un-
consciousness. For it is precisely the
child's ndiUete or innocence of thought
that makes the charm of its uttcrances
When the little c.irl whose mother spoke
of going into half mourning inquired
whether ''any of her relations were
half dead" she never for moment
suspected that she had said something
comically witty. Or, when 4 little fel-
low, ten years old, told his teacher, as
his exc:Ise for being two days absent
from school, that "they were going to
be surprised--a surprise party was
coming to his house-and so they had
to get ready" he little thought of the
full meaning of what he had said, or
suspected that his mother would have
boxed his ears if she had known how
thoughtlcss he was. Nor do | think
that the boy who, when his teacher
asked: why should we keep Wash
ington's birthday more than mine?"
quietly answered: '''Cos he never told
a lle," ever imagined that he had given
his teacher a poniard thrust. Though,
in print, his remark looks vicious, |
am sure the boys face showed it was
perfectly innocent 1t was quite as in
uoccnt as the remark of the little boy
who. when his father had Il friend or
two at dinner, exclaimed: mamma.
why don't you have this kind of dinner
when we have no company"
1t is this inner significance, this awk-
ward revelation of family secrets. that
makes the child the rnf,m trrriI r or
dangerous person of society: he is
amusing enough to those not concerned
in his prattle, but not always to those
who are the object of it. ''Come here.
my little man, said gentleman to Il
youngster Of seven years, while sitting
in the parlor where Il large company
was assembled; 'do you know me-
"Ies, think | do. "Who am ! :,
them "lou are the gentleman that
kissed sister Angelne last night in the
conscrvatory!' All! what bushes.
what significant glances were there; lie
little thought what IN ischief he had
done, the little rogue.
! once heard Of Il gentleman whc.
being i'll, WAS told by his physician
that he must have sleep, whereupon his
little boy ran for the family Bible,
which he began reading aloud to him!
The inference was, Of course, as plain
as daylight
"Now, Gcrtic,' said II young mother,
"bc good GIRL and give Aunt Julia Il
kiss before going to bed" NO, |
won't mamma; for, if | kiss her. she
may box my ears, rs she did papa $
last night
sam, said Il lady to her mik-boy
IL guess, rom the looks of your milk
that your mother put dirty water into
it." NO, she didn't neither; for |
seed her draw it clean from the well
! alorc she put it in