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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-26

INDUCEMENTS TO \
good canvasser who has sold mcdcin
For particulars, address PROPRl fITOR,
care Of Virgin!an fc25-3t*
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WANTED.-To purchase all kinds of old
barrels. Correspondence solicited w
l.. BEALE. Portsmouth. Va. fc20-lw
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WANTED-By young man, {; place as as
sistant bookkecper; has had years
experience In insurance business: list of
references furnished. Address Box 12l,
Suffolk, Va fc2G-3t
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE--A valuable and desirable
piece OF Main street property: very CEN
| trally located: large percentage Stiaran-
| teed in the investment. For particulars
| address, INVESTMENT care Nrginian.
fc6-tf
lENGINF AND BOILER FOR SALE.-An
excellent ten horse engine and Il TWEEN
! ty horse boiler for sale at low figures
| Apply at NIRGINlAN OFFICE.
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WANTED.

WANTED-A flrst-class Cook. Apply at
No. SOB East Main street fc26-tf
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Shakospearian scenes were then
given, with the following casts:
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MAN AND WIFE. or n -onng ,nan, can
obtain board In private family. with use
OF bnth In western nart q: city. refer
ence exchanged. Address "Y." care OF
Virginian office.
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BOARDERS

|ROARD-Two single rooms for gentle
men. with board. can be had rear the
business centre of the city at rcasona-
bile terms by addressing CENTRAL
Nirginian office.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

|LoST.-On Wednesday, 10th of February.
W., w" oyster skihs, tied together, from
Bay. The finder will be rewarded
CAPT. JOHN MORRIS, MenchviIlc, Va,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-08
PANIC IN SPAIN.
National Bank Is Subjected to Heavy
RIM.

The condition of the Bank of Spain Is
considered in Madrid as more serious than
any reverse of the war, as if it cannot
help the Government the war cannot be
continued. The financial outlook of Spain
is dark. The Government has intrusted
the Bank of Spain with the negotiations
for loan of 1,0O0,0 100000 pesetas $780,
00O,O0O) at per cent, which sum is to be
raised as and when required. The bank
will endeavor to raise the loan at home
and abroad. There was long procession
at the Bank of Spain during Wednesday.
All classes of people we're represented,
and many women were in line waiting
their turn to change notes into silver,
fearing the notes would soon be subjected
to a discount. There is danger of the
banks stock of silver becoming exhaust
ed, which would compel the Government
to resort to forced currency, issuing
notes of small denomination.
The statement from Madrid, in what
seemed to be almost semi-official form, Of
the acuteness of the financial stringency
there, and the plain intimation that the
Bank of Spain, and consequently Spain,
were nearing the end of their financial
resources, was regarded at the State De
partment in Washington as of more real
significance than many of the stories Of
battles on land and sea that have been
coming over the cables for the past few
weeks. The effect of this notice may be to
hasten the operation against Porto Rico,
lest the prize slip from our grasp through
a sudden and unexpected termination Of
the war
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ALomprehensive Epltaph.

'T was up in Vermont not long ago,
said a New Yorker, ''and being in the
vicinity of the old Guilford Cemetery
l paid 1t a visit. This cemetery has,
from neglect. grown to be somewhat
of a miniature wilderness, a. I'd the in
scriptions on many Of the ancient
gravestones are past all diciphering.
On one stone that stands ir picturesque
obliquity at the head Of sunken and
overgrown grave l managed to deciph-
er what had been inscribed there gen.
erations ago. and copied 1t. This is
what the inscription says:
"'Sacred to the memory of the Hon.
Benjamin Carpenter, Esq. Born in
Reheboth, Mass, A. ID. 1925. A public
teacher of righteousness, an able advo
cate lost for Democracy and the equal
rights of men. Removed to this town
A. D. 1925. Was a field officer in the
Revolutionary war. A founder of the
first Constitution and Government of
Vermont. A Councillor of Censors in
A. d. 1888. A member of the Council
and Lieutenant Governor OF the State
in A. ID. 1870. A firm professor in
Christianity in the Baptist Church for
fifty years. Left this world AMI l46
persons of lineal posterity March 20.
1904, aged rs years, 10 Tonths, and
twelve days, with Q strong mind and
full faith of more glorious state here
after. Stature about feet, weight 200.
Death h no terror
"If there are any of those LAG persons
of lineal posterity left, think 1t would
be something to their credit if they
would drop along up that way some
day and fix up that old patriots and
statesman's grave little"
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Found an Owl in the Cook Stove.

City Treasurer Hacheney Is one of
those old-fashioned men who get up
first in the morning, build fires, and
make some &C flee for the refreshment
of himslf and the others as they turn
out.
Monday evening he laid the fire in
the kitchen stove, as usual, before go
ing to bed. Yesterday morning when
he opened the stove door to apply q
match to the kindling, he was startled
by vicious swapping and the sight
of some hideous, sooty-looking goblin,
with huge eyes and ears, which caused
him to jump half way across the kit
chen. On recovering his equanimity,
he made an investigation and found
that a gray owl had found its way
down the chimney through the stove
pipe and draught into the stove. Mr..
Hacheney could hardly believe his
senses, and a. first imagined that some
one had been playing belated April
fool trick ON him, but the disclaimers
of all the family and the fact that the
owl WIS liberany covered with SCOT
and ashes convinced him that the bird
had come down the chimney Morning
0regonian.
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News of Minor Note.

Tampa, Fla, is now secure against hos
tile attacks.
The Government has expended 1000,
coo for army mules.
Beef is sold at $3.50 pound in Manila
and all other food in proportion.
Spanish steamers recently landed large
cargoes of provisions at San Jreu, Porto
Rico.
The Government has accepted the offer
of battery by Jcha JaeJb Astor of New
York. 1t will be equipped for mountain
service.
The three Spanish spies who attempted
to blow up Fort Taylor at Key West es-
capped to sea in a small boat
Weyler is represented as being anxious
to go to Cuba, and if sent he declares be
will invade the United States.
AT the suggestion of Gen. Wheeler. the
cavalry which viii invade Cuba will be
provided with Gatling guns.
There is no truth in the report that an
explosion occurred on the United States
cruiser Baltimore at Manila
The postal clerk force at Chickamauga
Il a
to that required by community of 2SG
600 population in other places.
Gen. Roy Stone of the division of high
ways of the Agricultural Department al
Washington has been detailed to manage
the construction of roads for our army
in Cuba
The Spanish steamer Alicante, which
entered Fort de France, the French Isl
and of Martinique, in the character of an
ambulance snip, is now known beyond
question te be a coal ship in disguise, and
to have on board munitions Of war.
While the American ship Tallahassee
was off the Virginia capes, on her trip
from Savannah, Ga, to New York. a big
eagle few aboard and remained perched
in the rigging for an hour, emitting occa-
sionally 'oud shrill wag cry.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-08
By Measured Candle.

How many people have seen or heard
of sale by measured candle, once a
popular mode of auction in England,
and mentioned in "Pepys His Diary?'
Apparently you may satisfy your Curl
osity on the point by visit 10 Al
dermaston in Berkshire. "The villag-
ers assemble In the schoo, room on the
occasion Of the letting OF the Church
Acre. a piece of meadow land which
was bequeathed sorn centuries ago to
the vicar and church wardens of the
parieh for the expenses of the church
The custom is as follows: A candle
is lighted and one inch below the flame
Is duly measured off, at which point a
pin is inserted. The bidding then COM
mences. and continues until the inch
Of candle is consumed and the pin
drops out. Every three years this an
cienr ceremony is performed"
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enemy reveal the location of the new
masked batteries and to compel the Span
ish feet to come out and fight. When
the American fleet advanced the Cristobal
Colon lay across the entrance to the har-
Dor, her port broadsde, facing the assail-
ants.
Schley wanted to be in the midst of
whatever was going to happen, so he
transferred his flag from the Brooklyn to
the Massachusetts at noon. Two hours
later the Massachusetts, New Orleans
and Iowa, not more than cable length
apart, steamed up to the harbor mouth
within 1900 yards of MORO castle. Two
miles further out to the sea the Brooklyn,
Texas and other ships of the blockading
feet rode the waves with just Roadway
enough for steering purposes. Six min
utes' steaming would hnve brought them
into the fight, but they got no invitation
and lay there to the end.
The Massachusetts opened fire, taking
the Spanish flagship for its first target
An eight-inch shell wns thrown. 1t was
not good shot, quite as bad as the shot
that answered it. Then the Massachu-
setts tried it's thirteen-inch guns. The
roar of these was new voice. Even the
ships near trembled with their shock and
the water seemed to hum like an immense
sounding board. The Cristobnl Colon and
four batteries, two on the east side, one
on the west and one on an island in the
middle of the channel, made fitting re-
plies. Their ten and twelve-inch Krupps
sent shot for shot for the American skies,
eights, twelves and thirteens. 1t was a
noisy and spectacular scene, but not effec-
tive on either side at the outset
Both sides appeared to be unable to get
the range The Americans steamed across
in front Of the batteries at full speed cir
cled and passed again. Both sides found
the range on the second passage and be-
gan to shoot close Several shots burst
over the Iowa, three fell very near the
New Orleans and one sprayed the bow of
the Massachusetts. Bat the American
fire ate into the forts steadily. When
they got the range there were few shots
wasted. The walls of Moro crumbled iii
many places and its fire slackened first.
Two men stood on the high parapets
during the first part of the engagement
watching our feet with telescopes. They
disappeared in an explosion of one of the
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Americans Accomplish Their Task Without Loss Of Man
Damage to Ship
Washin gton special:

Washin gton special:
/" HE distinction falls upon Commo-
dore Schley for striking the first
hard blow in the Atlantic. The out
er Notifications of Santiago de Cuba are
In ruins, the formidable MORO fort being
practically wrecked, and Admiral Ger
vera's flagship battered and her plates
broken and her machinery injured is no
longer the dangerous battle craft that
crossed the Atlantic to lead the Spanish
fleet against the American warships. The
imported French and German gunners
Sent the projectiles from the Krupps close
to our ships, but they did not land. Not
one shell struck Schley's vessels.
According to advices received by way
of Kingston, Jamaica, the Marblehead
first made certain of the presence of the
Spanish fleet at Santiago. The fight was
sequel to its discovery. The Marble
head, cruising close to the harbor en-
trance, found four Spanish cruisers, two
torpedo-boat destroyers and the old Reina
Mercedes skulking behind the batteries
at the mouth of the harbor. Schley at
once determined to draw the fire of the
batteries. His object was to make the
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Massachusetts, thirteen-inch shells. II
could not be seen whether they Were
blown up or not.
After half an hours firing the two forts
on the east and the one on the Island Were
silenced. Five minutes later Sehley's
ships ceased firing. The western battery
and the Spanish flagship continued the
shooting for twenty minutes, but their fire
was not effective. At one time the Amer.
lean sailors were cheering and shouting
when they saw the Colon afire. This
occurred after a shot from the Iowa had
exploded on her, but the Spaniards soon
had the blaze extinguished, for the ship
kept on shooting and fred the last gun
Schley changed back to the Brooklyn and
steamed out to sea. Every vessel report
ed NO casualties"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-08
THE OWNING ROD.
Sometimes II Proves Successful In Water
Searches and Sometimes Not.

The pros and cons of the theory of
the divining rod are again being dis
eussed in the English newspapers. The
superintendent of fire brigade testi-
fies to a case within his experience
in which water finder was commits
stoned to operate on an estate of the
existence of which he was previously
ignorant. He got to work, soon found
the presence of water, and, fixing upon
the nearest and most conveniently
placed spring, gave the probable depth
at which water would be discovered in
sufficient quantities as TO feet. At 10
feet the water came in, and at II feet
operations had to be stopped, as the
flow became too heavy. Some of the
tools had to be left in the well, as there
was not time to remove them all. The
well supplied the cattle. horses and
pigs of the farm on which 1t was bored
through the dry summer of 1896, never
iasling in its flow. Twelve months
after a second well was sunk, barely
= stones throw from the first The
water finder was asked if one stream
would affect the other, as they were
so near. He replied: mo, they are
two distinctly different streams, run
ming in different directions" The
second well was as successful as the
first. This correspondent regards the
power to find water as the result of a
force, magnetic or otherwise, over
which the finder has no control and
which he is unable to explain. He
also says that the operation of finding
water produces a marked degree of
nervous fatigue in the operator. On
the other hand, the discomforture, as
announced of professional water
fnder who made tour in the Island Of
Jamaica, where in the dry season water
Is precious boon. He travelled through
the island, rod in hand, but met with
little success. At one village in the
Santa Cruz mountains he pegged out
part of the course of a subterrraneaa
stream, and then retired to lunch at a
neighboring hotel. In his absence some
wags removed his pegs and lined out a
totally different course. On his return
the diviner took up the new direction
and continued it for 100 yards, not dis
covering his mistake until it was point
ed out to him. At one point where he
predicted water at depth Of 40 feet
there was no sign Of it when $50 feet
had been bored, and after going down
200 feet the borer could not be ex-
tracted. The same result occurred In
many other places, and finally the di-
yiner left the island abruptly. People
ar,, now asking who &c respOnSible for
the money paid to him.
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country have been notified that desirable
stock is required. Prices are liable to go

country have been notified that desirable
stock is required. Prices are liable to go
up.
Count Eugene A. Van Waldick of Hol-
land has enlisted in the United States
army at Cleveland, Ohio.
A report is current in London and is
extensively believed that an alliance has
been formed between France and Spain.
Iowa, Missoul., Louisiana and hrkan-
sas are the only States west of tie Mis-
sissippi which are not required TO furnish
troops for the Philippine Island expedi-
ton.
The French Government is making
strenuous efforts to remove the bad i'm
preston made in this country by the ven
omous denunciation of the United States
by Paris newspapers.
An official dispatch to Madrid from Ha-
vana says: AThe food supply is assured
for long time. Vessels are arriving here
from all parts, even from the United
States, with provisions"
Walter s. Barker, who was American
consul at Sagua Ia Grande. Cuba, is to be
commissioned colonel of men who have
had yellow fever. to lie sent to Cuba with
the first division of troops.
The French Government has issued an
official denial of the rumors Of the occu-
patton. cession or sale of any Spanish ter
ritory to France. Cuba and the Phip-
pines were mentioned in the rumor.
After an idIeness of thirty years, the
shops at the Allegheny arsenal at Pitts
burg. Pa. have been started up and a
large force of men put TO work manufac-
turing leather equipments for the yolun-
teer army.
Horse meat has become staple arti-
Gle of food in Manila. None but the
wealthy can afford 10 buy beef, which
now sells for 81 a pound. Potatoes are
sold by weight. al soc pound.
Spanish spies and assassins are swarm
ing everywhere throug ont the United
States. 1t is their business 10 secure
plans of our fortifcations and informa-
ton concerning our naval and military
preparations and movements.
1t is stated that the religious orders in
the Philippines have signed a declaration
informing the Spanish government Of
their willingness to withdraw from the ISL
and il The continuance of the insurrection
ia attributable TO their presence,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-06-08
TO CUBA!


THE vanguard of the army of Cuba has
moved at last. Many Of the soldiers
who have been grumbling al Tampa and
Mobile over their unweleome inactivity
embarked on the transports which have
been lying idle Mt those points so long,
den. Miles has left Washington for the
front. Soon stirring news viii come of
victories won over Spanish troops. The
work of liberating Cuba, to which this
country pledged itself more than month
ago, has been commenced In earnest. Dec
Grafton Day was made memorable not
alone by the ceremonies attaching to its
observance and by the reunion of the vet
Grams, both Of the blue and the gray, un-
der the same flag, and of tie volunteers
also under the same flag in defense of a
common cause, but by thu good news
which came from Commodore Schley that
at last the Cape Verde fleet was definitely
located in Santiago harbor This officer
asserts he has seen the vessels, and the
evidence of ones eyes does aot need fur
ther confirmation. The receipt at Wash
ington of the news that Admiral Cervera's
heet was in the harbor OF Santiago de
Cuba with Commodore Schley at the en-
trance, ready and able to fall IN it IL it
attempted to escape, dispe,.ru those fears
of the Spanish vessels which have Kept
the army on American shores so long.
When it was learned authoritatiyely that
Ceryera was bottled u, aud could not in
terfere with the transports or with the
landing of the troops, the forward move
ment began.
The military invasion of Cuba began
Monday. Almost Immediately following
the receipt of definite information as to
the presence of the Spanish feet at San
uago, Gen. Miles went to the War De
partment and issued telegraphic orders
putting the troops In motion and thus
starting the forward movement of the mil.
itary arm of the service. At an early hour
the troops that have been gathered at the
gulf ports began to break camp and march
aboard transports waiting tc carry them
to the enemy's territory About twenty
five of these ships, the biggest and fast
est that could be obtained suitable for the
purpose, had been gathered ready to re-
ceive the troops. They accommodate
about 10000 men, for in O short voyage
like that from one of the gulf ports to
Cuba, it is possible with safety and COM
fort to carry a much larger number of
men aboard ship than would be admissi-
bic in the case for a cruise to the Philip
pines, for instance.
How many troops starred and where
they were bound were questions which
the directing spirits of the campaign re-
fused positively to answer They had no
desire that the Spanish should have op-
portunity afforded them to gather forces
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whom are terans of the Emperor
army.
The English Marquis of Ripon has ex.
pressed himself as much in favor of an
Anglo American alliance.
Five vessels captured by our warships
in Cuban waters have been condemned
and ordered sold by the prize court
The captured Spanish ships Panama.
Guido, Buena Ventura and the Pedro are
to go to New York, to be sold as prizes.
The Government needs war horses and
will soon invite bids for the supply that
may be wanted. Dealers all over the
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tary academy in 1872 and spent three
years with the Third cavalry in Wyom-
ing. After that he was detached for sig
nal service and remained In that depart
meat of the army until 1873. He was
sent to New Mexico for three years, and
in 1881 returned to the signal Ice In
Washington. In 1884 he rejoined The
Third cavalry, then in the Indian terri
tory. For two years-from 1887 TO 1889
he was detailed MS cavalry instructor at
West Point, was detached again for sig
nal service, and from 1892 to 1894 he was
a member Of Gen. Miles staff at Chicago.
Since 1894 Captain Allen has done staff
duty, chiefly with Gen. Ruger and Gen.
Merritt. He was promoted to the rank of
captain ten years ago
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n,d Mnn;tnrs RehuiIf.

The old monitors, 9fhich did such effec-
tive service in the civil war, have been
practically rebuilt at the League Island
navy yard, Philadelphia. and rendered far
more formidable than they were original
ly. In addition to full equipment of mod
ern appliances, they have been furnished
with rapidfre batteries TO supplement
their big old-style guns, which are tre-
mendously effective at. close range.