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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Spanish shelled, 4Ac.; Nd. l Virginia. q,
0GAc.; No. 2 Virginia, &c. E5
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port CT sUrioIley nnh jl'orfs,nOntn
SEnyy25. 1897.
sa ts&5t H.t5hT5r RRJVAJ>S W ~ fSSssEs({

ARRIVALS. fS s
Schr Edward Young, Wyman. 10 Nm.
Lamb & Co., Agents. for coal
Sohr John II. Williams, Notion, New
York, with cement
& Schr. Julia Hopkins, Culberson, Rap
Pahailnock river, with grain.
rug Pocahonsa.S. Alexander, Bnlti-
more, With barge G. Sharer.
Tug Frank Esmrfck, -, Philadel-
phia, with baige Thomas N1cNally and
4 tow or barges for North Carolina
CLEARED.
Schr. Chas p. hoffman, levitt, Port
land, with coal
Schr. Helen Hasbrool5, Sprague, Prom
ised Land, with coal
Schr. Gen. Il. S. Greeley, Blake, Proyl-
dence, with coal.
Schr. Lucy Wheatley. Taylor, New
York. With lumber.
Barge p. c. Merryman. Boston, with
coal =
schr. Fanny KINNEY, Wolf, New
York, with lumber.
Schr. c., Insley, Suffolk IN tow of tug
South Baltimore
Stmr. VIM. II. McCalle. Bunting. North
Carolina.
Schr. Mary Vicllers, Stemmons, phlla-
delphia, with lumber.
Schr. IL. +. Haven, Watson, New
York.
SAILED.
Schr. VIM. O. Snow, ELLIS, New Bed
ford. with coal
Schr. Il. J. Hamilton, Crowley, New
York. with lumber.
Tug c. w: Morse, Blizzard, New Bed
fard, light.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Sissss@H SfJ,rIkpa.

Now York, May o5-Money on cal,
cary al lA:Wlla per cent; last loan at
Ia. closing offered at 1Aqplla. Prime
m"rcai:tli" roatr "IaMI per cent Ster-
ling e%cnaiiee weak With actual bust
ness IN bankers bills at tS7GgiS7M Tor de-
nlnna and, !Sa7s@%SGA for sixty days:
io*tea rates +S61aMAS7 and 4SS@4SSla
Commercial bills: 1857 Silver rartifi.
cntes. f08Gl60Ss. Bar silver 59sa. Mex
lean silver dollars. 1874 Government
h0ndH strong. State bonds dull. Rail-
ToHd bonds firm I'l
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Receipts Fly Kni' nna ~ten,ner.
WHOLESALE uuls,rArl0Ss.
Provisions.
Norfolk. Va, May %, 1S9'

Norfolk. Va, May %, 1897.
Fish-Mackerei, No. z, in kegs, 81. co.;
new. small. $3.50. new, medium, $1,000
No. 3. In kegs, $3.50: Herring. Family
Roe. half barrel. $3.50: North Carolina
Cut Herring. $S.85: Eastern in barrels
1926.
Provisons-Market strong; mess pork,
new. $3.50; hams. pork, new, 1925
Bulk Meats-Steady; Clear rids, s5.25.
as to size and cut; fat backs, 4Mc. !;
plate, $3.50.
Shoulders-Sugar-cu Ghc.
Bacon--Shoulders. GAc.
Breast-sSugar-Cured TIC.
Hams-smithfielo, 14@1sc; 8. c. slip
hams, 11A@12c.
Lard-Pure lard tierces, 4Ac; cases,
and tubs. &c. over price Of tIerces: COM
pound, nc; tierces. in cases and tubs,
&c. higher.
Cheese-Cream 121ac.: Western dairy.
lie
Butter-New York State dairy, new
20@2lc; fresh creamery. 1S@20c.: West
ern. Tic.
Kerosene Oil-frirm; 112 degrees, 71hc.:
60 degrees. 1oc.; Red. $50 degrees. 1O1ac.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
SU.nr HyurItet-

Enthusiastically: out Of town prices
oFe dependent III the delivery
rates to the different points, Local
sales are being made as follows: Cut
ioal. 1914; powdered, $4.S6; granula ted
sl.61: confectioners' standard y, $4.49
Amerlcan Off A. A.3G; centennial bright
yellow B, $3.50: California Il, S374
FRANKLIN standard extra c, 1886; Key
stone extra c. S374: American extra c.
$3.61.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Norfolk, Willoughby Spit
and Old Point

Railroad Compnny's short line between
Norfolk, Old Point and Hampton. sSched
uc taking effect February ], 1897 Trains
i Fail' I NSorfoik and Ocean View depot, Nor
Leave Norfolk-.7:oo, SIS. a:45 j, .o0 /,
M. l2:%0 200. 500. $50, GOO. 1850 d. m.
m: $50 1890, 1900, 4:S0, 600, 7:30 D. M. -
IDoes not run Sundays: s:;i a. M
Point do not stop between Willough by Sn.t
and Norfolk. l1's-7 80 : -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Ere9.s Fish.

Croakers, per pound lie; taylors, per
pound. &C.: pan fish. per pound. &C.; bak-
ing fish, per pound, &c.; founders per
pound, &C.; sheephead, per pound, &c.
and &C.; maclsarel, per pound, &c.;
blue fish, per pound, &C.; speckled trout,
per pound. &c.; red snapper, per pound
&c.. roe shad. North Carolina. 15c.
buck shad, North Carolina. 7@Sc.; herr
ing. 50c. per hundred, rock, per pound,
S9p10c.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
TRAVELLERS. s,uyIn =: !.
HO[0Ik V|lQInIQ Beech 0n0 S0nIheTn r R n

A0l i0lhs Elyllllu bCuCll UlIu SUullle(n \. K 10.
EunntnEj between NORFOLK ana Mr.
la BEACH. ! = ,. ~ - -
DEFECTIVE SUNDAY, MAY 1s, a., 600
a. NJ. 1897 - ~ ~
DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY.
LEAVE bNORFOLK-G:l5 mixed 0 40 =
m. through express, (stors oniy Mt
hempsville,+ Lynnhayen and Occann : 70 20
D. M, local express $3.50 p. nn., thro,irh s,W
press, tStops only at Eenpsville. Lynnhn-
ven ana Oceanal:5:30 y. M, local express.
LEAVE VIRGINIA YBEACH-S:s0 a. M m
through express, (makes no stops): j: "a
p m, through express, (stops only Mt
Oceana. Lynnhaven mt Iempsville): 7:30
p. M, local express
SUNDAY TRAINS.
LEAVE NORFOLK-9:3 u. m, through
express. (stops only ut IScmpsvllie, Lynn
haven and Occann): 1880 y. M, local on
press; 1920 y. M, through express, (stops
only att kempsville, Lynnhaven and
oGeanm; $50 p. M. local express.
LEAVE VIRGINIA BGACH-10:1O u. IN.
tmakes no stops); 80 =. m. through OK
press, (stops only at Occana, Lynnhaver
and Kempsvile): 7:3o y. m, local express
Trains stop only on signal at intermedl.
ate stations to put off or take on pnssen.
gers. Through express makes tho run IN
80 minutes. Local express trains In Il
minutes Chnir ears attached to all pas.
SenEcr trains. seats 26c. each.
All trains arrive and depart from now
passenger. station corner Park ana Clair
borne avenues, Brnmbleton Ward. Stree,
D. 4. HOLLAND. r. III. -PANNIIT
Gen. Supt. Gen. Trt, & Pass Agt
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Grain.

eas.-Steady; black-eye peas. new
crop. $l.45 per bag; black, SO@S5c.
straight per bushcl; clay, zoe. per busheI
White corn, 35c.; mixed, 33c
Mill Feed-Market steady; bran, SIS:
shipstuff or middling. s14.G0; meal, white
bolted. per 80 pounds. 40c.
Michigan, Ohm. and Indiana, No. /.
Timothy hay, $1,000; No. @ s1300; mixed,
$1,000.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
WESTWARD.

tDaily except Sunday. Othcr time daily
No. 1-Ieichnond TO Cincinnati and
Louisville daily. Pullman Sleeping Cars
for Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis.
Meals served on dining cars west Of Cor
louisville.
No. 5--Daily-Norfolk to Richmond
Clifton Forge. Parlor Car--Old Point to
Richmond.
No 3-Norfok TO Cincinnati and Louis
vile daily. Pullman sleeping cars Old
Point for Cincinnati and Louisville. Meals
served on dining ears west Of Gordons-
VILE.
IL 05 noon and p. IN.
For further Information apply to
+. T. BROOKE. Passenger Agent,
Z. and O. Ticket Office, Cranky street
Under Atlantic Hotel -'a
JOHN D. POTTS.
Asst. General Passenger Agent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

Coffee-Green, steady: rio common
91a@llc.; fair. 12la@131ac.; good, NAG
l6c: choice. 17@171sc.; Laguayra, zoe.
Java. 29@3OEc.
Syrups and Enthusiastically, syr-
upe. Bright. $685.: Fair Grades, is1
Zoe, Porto Rico. 10. 20 and 26c.. as to
Trade.
New Orleans Molasses-Quiet; Fair,
20G25c.: Good. 25@S0c.: Choice. 35c.
Flour-Market steady; Western SPRING
Wheat. Best Patent. Family, $500; Win.
ter Wheat, Best Patents. $500
Choice Straight Family. s4.G5@4.70; Good
Family, s4.55; Fair Family, Sl.45: Good
Extra. $500; meal, per bag of lO0lbs.,
Soc: per bag OF GIBBS, 74c
Salt-Firm: LIVERPOOL Fine, 9Oc. oil 90,
Us to grade: G.. A.. 55m65c, as to weight.
Rice-Milled. 4a4@6Nc.: rough, clear
Of red, $4,000; with red. Csc
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Norfolk and Ocean View R. R.
FOR OCEAN VIEW AND OLD POINT,
SPECIAL SCHEDULE FOR SUN
DAY. MAY 23d:

~ 80 80. 2:So. 3:36 go, $40. $50, 80 D. nj,
Arrive at Old Point at 9:%O. 1850 ana II :hO
4. m 1880. 2:3o $3.50, 80. $780, 6:30, 1880 and
$3.50 D.. III. -.lt fti an
Leave Old Point at $3.50, 1886 Il. M; 1880
my g
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
chicago NJucAeeu

Chica $50. May 23--Wheat to-day closed
a decline Of &c. The market held
s:Hlh'oinlH firm during the forenoon in
eSita or heavy Incubation, but finally
sC@.:in.beG Corn WAS veal, and 1ns,
&c OATS closed shade lover and nro-
sa1ions declined 5VTh.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
a TLANTlC AND IS

a ALfANIlCs AND
"a DANVILLE RAILWAYsS
SCHEDULE IN EFFECTI MARCHsi s59aas
Train No. 1-Daily-Leayes&55N or{oiS tI
(Shlppers' COMPRESS WHARF ia at 40 as Is
west Norfolk $3.50 a. M, for Danyil le & and
Intermediate .ate points: arriving at Danviiisj
Train No 3-Daily except sg% sund
Leaves N orfolk GAO p. M, West NorYoiiss
m. Leave awrenceviIle no IS "a a.. M
IRAN NO. connects atgEMPORIA&WithS
Atlantic Coast Line train No. 49, fornStsiIs
RRg pi frs South 2, 1n, leaving I5mporIa
No. 80. when notified BY the Az q. sf1s thats
mere are passengers for points oh the 3AIa
ana p West OF Gmporia $SssssS
- Train Tr;1III 10; g, .eonnects at DENNIsTpNs
r; r. for Durham and ntern,ed ia 'pointss9
ITalnS NOS: and 8 connects at6J EN-
6 - i.s; JUNCTION and EDANVILIiE FOR,
Iullman sleepers between iDanyills a ands
1ab,1 VII Atianta, Jacksonviile. Men
Tickets on sale and ba ggage checked Satt
Mort Isns,, ana At II Williams, Agel
81 3 VIM. II. TAYLOR 81 sssa
~, . - Ira fife shianager..sa
55a CHAS.# O. HAINES ECar,lt Mars Sansgss
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Open. High. c

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
was easier; No. Q spring wheat, 100
72hc.; No. spring wheat, 6S072Ac.;
No. red, 90@92c.; No. 2 corn, 24Mc.;
No. 2 oats, 1Sc.; No. 2 white, 21N@
22Ac.; No. 8 white, 1873. @22c.; No. 2 rye.
35c. No. barley, nominal: No. 8, q
W3Oc.; No. 4. 2Sc.; No. flax seed, 1910
TIC; prime timothy seed, s2.SO@2.85;
mess pork, per barrel, $S.12h@S.75; lard,
per 100 pounds, s4.65@4.67E; short rib
sides uoosc), s4.4O@4.60; dry sailed Shout
ders (bo&ed 5@5Ac.; short clear sides
(boxed). 4ss@4Mc.; whiskey, distillers'
finished goods. per gallon, $1.19. Sugars
cut loaf, unchanged. On the produce
exchange to-day the butter market was
firm; creamery, 11@14kc.; dairy, 7@12c.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
PHn:,n. lIaritct

Farmers market quiet and steady;
fancy, 25s0.%c.; strictly prime. ~. a,
2ssc:; prime. 2@2isc.; Spanish. Sic: low
grades, 1iaMl@c. '!|
Hand Fancy, 81 gaze: ex-
tras. 21aQ2Ac.; third grade. &C.; No, /
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

Sick headache can DE quickly and
completely overcome by using those
famous little pills known as DE Wits
Little EARLY Risers." d. G. Sterling, J.
NJ. f. Trotter, Norfolk; r. L. Walker,
5ramblHton: 1'ruett & Smith, Bcrkley
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
live stock.

Market good and good cattle in strong
demand. Milk cows from Eastern North
Carolina cannot be SOLD on this market
owing to the United States quarantine
regulation.
Choice heavy Western ca t tic, So @4h G.:
common TO fair cattle, 313&c.; Eastern
North Carolina. best. 21aQ31sc.: common,
l1a@2kc.: heifers, Western 2Hd63&c.
bulls, 2A QSc.; fat cows. 2la Gi3Hc; mich
cows. good, per head. s20ooN35.00; cows,
common. S10.o0@20.00: butchers sheep,
2l2M4c.; good, fed hogs. 3H6D3M G.
light pigs. 3hc. Hogs dull and slow de-
mand.. Dressed hogs. 4lac per pound.
Lambs, GG7c. per pound
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Xnvnl Storcs.

Rosin. S2.25 per barrel; pitch, 1925 per
oarre!: tar. $500 per pork barrel and
s2.a0 lision: turpentine, 45c. per ra,lnn
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
PROD tIce.

Southern Fruit-Bananas, OO@1.25
per bunch: oranges, California, $3.50;
Messina, $50 cocoanuts. $3.50 per bag Of
rel
oes--IIaymens. S56p90c.; yellows.
SO0?0c.; onions. $500 per sack
Poultry-Old chickens, 22h@30c.
Eggs-Wholesale; Steady, at &c. per
dozen
Reeswax-22c. per pound.
Trucl--lrish potatoes, Sl.25.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Among: Our Cotton Men.

Weather in the cotton belt clear.
The average temperature and rainfall
is as follows:
1897 1896 1885,
M NIal .a, Of stations lie ia ~
AaN. temperature ;. :. Sc 80 Sc
Min. temperature ....... 81 20 GO
Rainfall -. -. ........ o. o5 OF
Future contracts in Liverpool closed
firm at 3 to 4 points advance
New York futures closed steady Mt an
advance of to points; sales. 81, 500
bales. August, IT'S to 719; October, GT3
TO 6.75; January, CTS to G.79; spot quota
tons advanced 1-16
English consols declined ls-1t33s
Futures IN New Orleans advanced S
points; May, 7.2O; spot cotton advanced
1-1G #.
Receipts at New Orleans estimated at
500 to 800 bales, against 74S bales las t
year and LAO IN 1891
United States port receipts, 3, 3G6 bales.
against b5S5 bales in 1896 and 1924 bales
in 1896
Next Thursday. 27th.i is June notice day
in New York
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
ARRIVE AT NORFOIE

MAIL AND EXPRESS daily cxcept
Sunday at 4:23 j.. m, and morning; train
at II am. Tuesday. Thul stiay and Saturday
connecting will all rail and steam lines t
Norfolk for the North. East and West.
Passenger stations foot O: East Main st,
Norfolk and Western depot. Freight sla-
ticn on Water street. -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH,
FAST INEE!GHT LINE AND OLD DO.
MiNlON LINE between all points North
and East Via Norfolk and Norfolk and
Southern railroad and Eastern North
Carolina. = -
Freight received daily until 5 D. m. and
forwarded promptly at low rate.
For further information apply 10 the
General oitice of the N. & S. f. r. Co.
Ncrfolk, Va. -
IT. c. HUDGINS.
General Freight and Pass. Agent
NJ i. KING. General Manarer -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Merchants Z Miners TulSDOllH0f(I]
3DlREGr.RoI,T;I:is:

ToH BOSTON, gRovIDnNc E, 3aS AMI.
BOSTON, n, SA y, n y
DAY. 2P. M. stlARp; FRIDAYa4sP.s sM.s
-, TOR &PROVIDEN CD. -
livery II LSDAY, THURSDAYS rld1S5A
=, - URDAY5 at 6 p.a.G m.
FARES TO BOSTON AND $#s PROTIs,
DEN G FL. Sssss
first-clnss, Including meals ands 5a8s
sta tero0m berth :. Y. G8
FOR SAVANNiAi.iii..i'' '''; ss 81.
?, at 8 a. m. SS3$
ha re reSIin lH,s, including meals
fa are S' a-class, Including meals sss
Pcrishnble freight sent via iProvids vi
ae by early train to- Boston, and
Boston. eH z$. $500 ~
Icor further information apply to s.sSsSssS
4; 4; ?; GrEBBINs. Asst Tariff Nfgr.
TURNER General Pass ct.
(. j. G. WHITNEY, Ira fc agers ~ r.
General Offices. Baltin1ore, al d.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

EVENING EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
EOlk Mt 10 y. III. Tuesday, Thursday and
way stations. Connects 1T IIliZabcth CITY
with the steamer Neusc Tuesday, Jhurs
day and Saturday for Newbcrnc More
head City. K!nsion aud Goldsboro via A.
81 y. @. r. r. ana for Jacksonville vii.
mington n. G.. and all stations on the "
n. Il y. r. r., and Tuesday and Saturday
for Roanoke Island. Connects with
steamer Newbcrne "Wednesday for Roam
and Newbcrnc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

steamers NEWPORT NEWS, WASTE
!NEiTON and NORFOLK will leave
DULY US fo!lows: 80
NORTH BOUND. 1870
Steamers leave Portsmouth, foot 's
OF North street nt... .L 70 !, n,
Leave Norfolk. foot OF Matthews i'a'.
Leave Old Point nj S: Jo p m
Arrive washington Mt ...... gas a m
T.. & o. Penn. r. r..
Lv. Washington IS on a. m u 7:2o q. m.
ar. ,hila!e:phia nt.11:1o a. m 1916 a. m.
AT. New York at -. 200 p. III. l23 p. m.
South Bound. 3. & Q. Penn. r. r:
AZ 1Hyh n1aInl At 1:SS p m S:1S p NJ
STEAMERS leave Washington at 100 D. M
H Arrive EortolR nj; A. M
The trip down the historic Potomac
iiVer ana .;ncSeIcakc Bay on the elegant
nteamcr3 or this company is unsurpnSsed
The steamers are comparatively new nav
Ing been built in 1891, and are fitted IN IN
the most luHuriant manner with clentrIn
lights. call bells and steam heat in earE
room. The tables are supplied with eYerT
deligncy. Of the season from the markets
OF Washington and Norfolk Tickets on
Gnic Mt B. & Q. ticket office; N & G. office.
at w. T. Wake & Co.'S office on wharf ~
For further Information apply 3i 81
d. J. CALLAHAN,
ieienhono Az. AGENT.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
Norfolk & Southern R. R, Co,

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT April q. .97.
-, NAL. AND. EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
EOl.k daily Except Sunday 10 a. III. for
it .b CITY, EdentoE. Mackcy's Ferry,
Koper. Pantego. Belhavcn etc. Connects
at Euenton with n. &: S. r. r. steamer
rs 1oil0Ws: Daily Except Sunday for
rlymouth. GAINESVILLE. Williamson and
SW,mrd M 81, TUESDAY. THURSDAY and
Siyar cE ~ ,n Ior al landings on Chowan
scuppernong river. and WEDNESDAY vs.
ior avoca Connecting at Bclhnven with
steamer Virginia Dare for Makicyviile,
South Greek, Aurora, Washington ana in.
termGdinte landings. Also connects at
bcrne fof Roanoke Island, Ocracokc Land
ing. Oriental and Ncwberc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

w NJ. II. TAYLON.sgss
49,, Ira fife hfanager.a
CHAS. O. HAINES, Gent Manager.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
GF0CcricE.

| Kerosene On-Firm; 112 degrees, TIC
| 60 degrees. 10c.; Red $50 degrees. 1O1ac
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26
R0T|0Th & WASHINGTON Steamboat GD

IHC HtW anu pV.. q iUl II ". 3.I AZ. iuc,
steamers NEWPORT NEWS WASH
jNGTON and NORFOLK will leave
duly us follows: 7T-G 80, --''' :
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

Runningi between n ORFCIISi ana ~1,ir.
sinta,sI Famous Ocean Resort, VIRGiN-
la BEACH. e5tis = y N-''>'AtT'3
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-26

! Butter-New York State dairy, new
20@2lc; fresh creamery. 1S@2oc.: West
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-14
Much Too Liberal.

People who take all things literally
are apt to tread on other peoples toes.
The man who walked in where he saw
q sign, "Walk in," and who was Or
dered out, was literal man, and SO was
he who went into pawnbroker's shop
and demanded 40 shillings because there
was placard in the window that read:
Look at this watch for 40 shillings. !"
81 looked at it,, said he, land now
I want my a2."
The most amusing incident we have
heard is that of the country man who,
while sauntering along q city street.
saw q sign:
"Please ring the bell for the care
taker."
After rejecting for few minutes, he
walked up and gave the bell such a
pull that it nearly came out by the
roots. In few minutes an angry faced
man opened the door.
"Are you the caretaker?" asked the
bell puller.
Eyes What do you want?"
81 saw that notice, so rang the bell,
and now want to know why you can't
ring the bell yourself. London Tit
Bits
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-14
pnss,o, Roval splepdor.

No western imagination can easily con-
ceiye an idea of the splendor with which
the Russian rulers are habitually sur
rounded. Chairs and tables OF solid silver,
ivory thrones ablaze with brilliants and
sappbires, walls of amber and floors of
mother of pearl. These things sound like
an eastern fable, but the car has them all.
At Moscow, in the great palace within the
sacred Kremlin walls, there are not only
crowns, orbs and scepters covered with
diamonds, but also saddles, stirrups and
sets of harness covered with similar gems.
There are hundreds of swords, daggers and
scimeters the sheaths of which are liter
oily masses of pearls, rubies and tur-
auoises. Rare tapestries, marvellous china
from Sevres and Japan, fawless gems
from Asia, priceless antique manuscripts
and jeweled book covers-these are few
of the objects scattered about the cars IL
palaces with royal prodigality.-Pear-
sons Weekly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-14
LANGUAGE OF CHILDREN.
Curious Vocabulary of Tots-They Are In
clined to Short Cut Phrases.

Curious Vocabulary of Tots-They Are In
ciined to Short Cut Phrases.
A portmanteau word Is a word which
has another word packed inside 1t, or, to
put 1t in another way, two words and two
ideas are run together, and compound,
which is also new word, is produced.
For example, girl of under 3 was lately
told that she was going abroad. and also
that she was going to reach foreign parts
by going on board ship. A mere grown
up person would have plodded on, using
the two phrases side by side. But at az
the mind is too alert for these dull ways,
and a portmanteau word was soon pro-
duced. "When am going abroadshipsi"
became a half hourly question. How
much more expressive and how much less
long than "When am going abroad on
board shipP" Both the new and important
ideas of foreign travel and sea voyage are
covered over by that lone narrow word, +"
"abroadships. There is, of course, moth
ing the least remarkable in such oom-
pound. Every nursery can furnish exam
pies of new words which often display far
more euphony and also far better logic
than the dreadful words produced by the
men of science as labels for their new dis
SoNSiiOo AL oho AoSAoho Va oPPAASN SA~A~~
istry.
The speech of children shows also won
derful quickness and resource in the mat
ter of supplying the language with direct
phrases and forms of speech. While the
grown ups are content to walk around, the
child takes verbal short cut. Children
are very seldom content with such round
about devices as Had not l better" dc
this or that. "Bettern't /" is the much
more direct and much more expressive
form adopted in almost all nurseries
Take, again, the word "whobody" te
match with anybody" and somebody.
When the facetious parent remarks
Somebody's been walking on this flower
bed" he may, II his offspring Is inclined
to ingenuities of language, be answered
by the interrogation, "WhobodyS" Thes'
portmanteau words and short cut phrases
show that If children could only be In
duced to keep up the verbal habits prevalen
from Q to 5 our language might be indeh
nitely enriched Unfortunately after Of
| 6 helanguage of children Is apt to become
pedantically conventional and correct
London Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-14
Royal Marriage by Proxy.

One of the queerest features of court life
in Europe Is the marriage by proxy OF
royal personages. There are at the present
moment no less than three royal ladies
who have been thus wedded-the queen
regent of Spain, the dowager queen OF
Portugal and the ex-queen of Naples.
Kings and reigning sovereigns are held to
be too important personages to be married
anywhere else than in their own domin-
ions. On the other hand, 1t Is held to be
mira dignitate for a spinster princess OF
the blood who Is about to blossom forth
into full fledged queen or empress to
travel abroad in quest Of consort. In
order to meet this difficulty the royal or
imperial bridegroom delegates one OF the
principal mobiles of the realm, who goes
through the religious and civil portion OF
the wedding ceremony in the capital OF
the brides country on behalf of his mas
ter, making the responses for him and
rendering his hand, as well as the ring, at
the prescribed points of the ceremony. he
then accompanies her to his masters do
minions, acting as her chief escort. Ac-
cording to the ideas of the church, cere-
mony of this kind is sufficiently binding
upon the bride and upon the royal bride
groom to render any further ceremony,
ecclesiastical or CIVIL superfluous, and
when any additional religious function
takes place IL usually assumes the form OF
a ste Deum" and solemn benediction,
attended by both husband and wife I'M
mediately on the arrival of the latter in
the capital of her adopted country.-San
Francisco Argonaut