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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05
Town or SUFFOLK

| which falls due on February %. 1898.
I'he only condition on which he Will
Settle is that The creditors, an insuran nee
| iirnl. Will notify him on that day.
WILL KEEP ON TRYING IT.
The Saunders Dllis contested wharf
| case Is to be tried again. After twice
going through the courts and meeting
| as many times with q hung jury, the
case was to-day set for February Is.
L; Is TO settle the question of ownership
of the wharf at Exit. The defendant
claims 1t is public property.
The Camp suit was scheduled to come
up at special term of Circuit Court,
Owing 10 Mr. Camps illness. 1t will
have to be postponed He sent doc
tor'S certificate.
BELIEVES ANSON 4 WIZARD.
Suffolk has IL baseball enthusiast who
ought 20 be made an honorary member
of the Chicago Baseball Clubs board
OF directors Ii Is Professor George L..
Barton. Year in and year out. during
good luck and bad-mostly bad-he has
been loyal 10 Chicago. stalking SIS hats
on results and paying for them like a
little wooden colder. MIR. Francis Tom
ME Jones is Boston rooter, and gen
orally wears Il free hat when that club
finishes the pcnlnt race higher UP in
me column than Chicago.
Now times are changed. The secret
of the Professors love for Chicago is
divulgcd. II was Arson. Now that the
Chicago team has turned him loose
Porfasor Barton won't back Them any
more. But he still believes Arson 4
wizard. This year he puts the hat on
the proposition that if Arson plays any
where his team will finish ahead of
Boston.
SHORT ONES.
The February term of County Court
in Isle of Wight, Judge George II. At
liinson presiding. will begin next Mon
day.
Mr.. John w. Eley. concluding a long
commercial tour, arrived in Suffolk to-
day to visit his rImily.
Farmers and others who frequently
travel the country roads a:e anxious
for the new road law to be put in opera
ton.
Mr. VIII Palmer Of Baltimore, visited
Suffolk friends to-day
Mrs. Josie Holman of New York, will
sing solo at the Main Street NJ e.
Chu:ch Sunday. She is said to be very
fine
The Suffolk Deer Club ism. doing
much business this season. The deer are
scarce. Last year great many were
slaughtered.
Little Miss Katherine Primer gave
birthday reception yesterday. She was
thee years old.
Skaters are sorry 20 see warmer
weather. Their pleasures are nearly
over.
do you know that we sell the best Life
insurance Policy to be bought any
where?
We represent the Union Central,
which Is absolutely the best company
which writes business In this section
Our Twenty Payment Life Policy
cannot be epuallcd by any contract Of
Tered by any other company while our
Lie Rate Endowment policies are the
cheapest and best endowment insur.
ance written.
In these you pay ordinary life rates
ana get an endowment contract.
You will lose money If you insure be-
fore seeing us
We also sell the very best Fire and
Accident Insurance
WOODWARD & ELAN.
No. 6 Main street.
holo-tf Suffolk Va.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

FOR BEST COAL. WOOD, HAY. GRAIN
Mil Feed. Bricks. Lime Sand. Cement,
Laths, etc. call on J. H. JACOcKS
Both Phones. inl-tf
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

At sale held in London the other
day Rembrandts "a JEwcss," with the
engraving after it, brought s1.G75, and
Van Dykes THE Infant Chris" S525,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05
RELICS AND Discoveries,

inc Hindoos were the first to use play
:ns cards, though they were used in
CHINA as early at 1120 4. d.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

The Egyptians praothccd the art Of
Matching chickens by artificial means
a century and Il half ago. though they
knew nVthng OF the modern Incubator,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

Theodore $. Parvln, Of Cedar RAPIDS.
Ia has spent his life in collecting
hooks on Masonry and now has a IL
bfafE or ABOUT $4,000 vilumcs-sa to
he The best in :he word.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

Next TO our grape wine 1t Is believed
that japanese sake, or rice wine, is the
Oldest alcoholic beverage known to
men, ats use IN japan dating back over
two thousand years.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

lure blood Is absolutely necessary for
perfect health. Hoods SlrsarnriIln Is tha
one true blood purifier, and great health
givcr.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

Since the discovery that Mexican land
is as suitable as that in Brazil for
growing rubber trees the price has adj
vanced from % cents to $3.50 pcr acre.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

DR. Flower recognized by many as the greatest orator
on the American platform. What the press saws:
Dr. R. G. Flower ed last night nearly 5000 people in fremont
temple His audience wild eloqunce keen hs naLec
appeals and quick slies.-Boston Globe " ' f
Dr. K e. Flower ued last evening Odd Fellows Hall TO upwards
Uoo ana more than 1900 turned away. Flower
aSStonS greatest aVore orator He
ronum NO entertainment given afforded more amusement
more pleasure to the audience than Dr. Flowers lectures He logical verv
pahec whitening in his sarcasm and irresistible his vii beauty Of
thought
or OF the professions of world For two hours the aia
showed the most intense enthusiasm senent-Washnpon D G
N' '''S'"S'o'' - u
Never was lecture better received more highly entertained
Boston Journal - " ~ - iio"ei'
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05
st New Atlantic Hotel,

Dr. FLOWER has also arranged to be at the New Atlantic
Hotel this city, MONDAY and TUESDAY, February 9TH and
8th to see patients
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05
< HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALI

We also hes, to acknowledge with CRATE
full appreciation the. liberal patronage be-
slowed upon us In the past and purpose
TO prove it by Offering our patrons the
lowest living prices OH anything in tho
way of Hardware. Household Goods.
Paints, Stains. Tools, l:tc.
See the WHITE HEATER, $500 up ac-
cording to size. Sheet Iron sides, steel
lined. cast iron top and bo'taln. Nothing
better.
Tho BANNER OIL HEATER, $3.50. Tho
safest. best and most ornamental oil heat
cr ever offered; every one warranted.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05
JOHN S. ETHERIDGE.
LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES
BERk LEY, VA.

Having just completed my new stables,
corner CheSlEnt and Pearl street and
Stccled the same with some irsl-cl8 So
Bursies, Carriages, Driving Horses, etc.
am now prepared TO furnish soou turn
out day or night Mt rock bottom prices.
Norfolk and portsmouth trade solicited.
New Phone No. z
John S T'lIl.ItlDciE. Pronrtetcr.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

The remainder of e. C. Stokes stoc
OF groceries was sold yesterday by II
trustee.
Mr.. a. II. Martin is at Ragged l.
land shooting ducks.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-05

which falls due on February %. 1898.
The only condition on which he will
Settle Is that The creditors. an insurance
firm. Will notify him on that day.
The Progress., 1898-05-14
AGENTS WAIVED

Advap ced Students-Do You Want to
Make Yaur Vacation Earn Something.
We want a few good men to introduce
an educational specially. No book, no
chestnut; something new, unique, artis-
tic beautiful seller.
We want men of character and ability;
none Others need apply. To such we Will
make a liberal proposition in a business
dignified and exceptional way.
No replies to postal cards and letters
without references.
w. b. MCCAsLlN n,
Third Floor Equitable Building, Memphis
Tennessee.
References: Any, bank or mercantile
agency.
j. S. VENABLE,
SIC Edwards street, Sh, eveport La.
The Progress., 1898-05-14

finding him, he returned and ac-
costed Starke, asking him if Mr..
| Welsh had brought his UNI brclla
yet? Starke, very insolently, re
piled, 81 don't know any thing
| about your damned old umbrella. "
Accused reioined, 'you black
scoundrel! do you mean to insult
me? I'll see Mr.. Welsh about
this. He then turned to leave,
when the deceased angrily exclaim
ed, "you son Of a bitch! and, as
within four or five feet of him with
uprised chair; he then fired on
him, one shot only. The deceacd
then followed and ran; and ac-
cused, thinking he had hurt him
but little, went to his office, and
b~gan on the days work. Asked
about having pistol he explained
that it had been turned over to him
as the property Of printer who
had been at work at The Progress
Office, and had left the city sud-
denly.
The State then put Dr.. T. Z.
Schumpert on the stand, intending
to have the opinion of DR.. Coty
sustained by him. Dr.. Schumpert
said he was Surgeon in Charge, of
the Shreveport harity Hospital.
This institution received, on au |
average, about 300 cases a month.
He had had considerable expert
ence in surgery. His opinion how
ever, rather conceded with those Of
Drs. Ledbetter, Harrington and
Hunt, and the State abandoned
he idea that Starl1e could not
lave moved after he was shot.
This is the case. The most a.
1roit ss-questioning of the
District Attorney could not break
1Own the defendants statements;
lor was his testimony impeached.
John Young, the State witness:
vas the first person on the scene,
efore Mr. Curry arrived, and he
Mr.. Abbott,s state
nent that the broom aUas tying
goinst the stair-aoay, before officer
'urry came IN.
1t is not aim of The Progress to
ry to impeach the testimony Of
fr. Curry or any one else Mr..
Jury is a gentleman and our
ri end. But we do intend to try to
how, and believe we have done
o, that the jury's verdict was not
4 accord with the law and evil
ence
The Progress., 1898-05-14

tragedy. The aisle which the
body lay in was between 8 and 4
feet wide. 1t was formed Of desks
and other heavy furniture. There
was pedestal, weighing about 80
or 40 pounds, sitting under some
thing near the front door. There
were also two chairs by desk
under the staircase. These were
abut is or 20 feet from where the
body lay. He knew they had not
been moved, because he remem-
bered distinctly Of having left
them at that place the night before.
His memory might be bad
about returning borrowed |
umbrella, but it was not
about the location of furniture |
in the store. There was also a
small gilded chair sitting on a
desk near where the body lay.
He was sure that nothing had been
moved except two large desks
which had been pushed out Of po-
sition few inches.
A'AA' WY ASuly oStiSl IlS so " IllS |
body of Starks, and saw no chair
closer than the one on the desk,
and the two used by Mr.. Welsh
and himself, at the desk behind
the stairway.
Mr.. j. B, White saw the dead
body. 1t was in an aisle about
feet wide. He saw no obstruction
of any kind lying near. L
For THE DEFENSE. {
DR.. j. S. Ledbetter said he had
heard DR.. Coty's testimony re-
garding the effect which such a
wound as that received by Starke
would have upon a man, and de-
cidedly differed from him. Wit =
ness believed that it was possible
for a man to walk ten or fifteen
feet, after having received such a
wound. he medical authorities
bore him out in this opinion.
DR.. Harrington concurred in the
opinion of DR.. Ledbetter.
DR.. Randall Hunt said he is
member of the National Medical q
Association. AS student, he had
charge of the Ambulance Corps of
the New Orleans Charity Hospi- tt
tai. In this case ne was present N
as a medica; expert. He had Q
heard the opinion Of DR. Coty, and II
it was not in line with the latest 81
works on the subject. 81
In his own defense Mr.. Abbott | II
said that he went to the store to
get an UNI brella which he had lent
Mr.. Welsh some time previously.
tie was going home one night a.
when he saw Mr. Welsh and M
young lady standing under shed
'rying to avoid the rain. Witness Oh
et Mr.. Welsh have his umbrella. tic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
Apt Quotation.

There is sometimes more wit in the
application to the business in hand OF
words already chosen for another pur-
pose than in the invention of an appro-
pirate phrase. Bishop Whipple, accord
ing to The Church News, loved to tell
this story:
A devout colored preacher, whose
heart was aglow with missionary zeal,
gave notice to his congregation that in
the evening an offertory would be taken
for missions and asked for liberal gifts
A selfish, we'll to do man in his congre-
CATION said to him before the service:
"Yer gwine to kill dis church eft yer
goes on saying give, give. No church
can stan it. Yer gwine to kill it. F"
After the sermon the colored minister
said to the people:
Brother Jones told me was gwine
to kill dis here church eff l KEEP a-askin
yer to give, but, my brethren, churches
doesn' die dat way. Eff any body knows
of a church dat died cause it's been
givin too much to de Lord, I'll be very
much obliged eff my brother will tell me
whar dat church is, for Ize gwine to
visit it, and I'll climb on de walls OF
dat church. under de light Of de moon,
and cry, Blessed am de dead dat die IN
de Lord, 4"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
FIGURES or SPEECH.


while aunty was reading story one night
To GOOD little divers smiling delight,
She came upon something remarkably queer
That good little Oliver wondered to hear
And this was the something she placidly read:
"Jane Ann then determined to enter the shed.
And. cautiously dropping her eyes on the floor.
They fell ON. the snake which had caught them
before"
interruption was rude. the dear child had beer
taught.
So he said not word. but he thought. and he
thought.
And the longer he pondered the stranger 1t
The thing that Jane Ann was reported to do.
He felt OF his eyes with mysterious doubt
And wondered how she could have taken hers
And how--this was really what puzzled him
They could fall on thing which had caught
them before.
Mary E. Bradley in st. Nicholas
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
Another Nuisance.

It was the first time he was being
married, and he was naturally a little
nervous and upset, but he managed to
say eyes" all right and to keep time to
Mendelssohn, sailing down the aisle,
and to sign his name in the register
without making more than dozen
blots
He thought then that it was finished,
but when they got to the church door
they found it was raining.
"Confound it'll" he cried, putting up
his umbrella. Another nuisance nowW
And then, though he cannot guess
why, the people around all laughed,
and his mother -in-law bridled and his
wife refused to speak. Pick Me Up.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
THE GAME OF HIS LIFE.
Showing Ones Varying View of Golf a. He
Plays Well or Ill.

Showing Ones Varying View of Golf ~ He
Plays Well or Ill.
On the links of the Island Golf club
at Garden City, N. Y, two men were
having hot game, with success about
even. They were good friends and COM
plimented each other on their good
shots and looked the other way after
foozle. Just as the younger one stepped
upon the tee to drive off for the sixth
hole a very swagger cart came spinning
up the road that crosses the links near
that tee. A stunning young woman was
driving. She pulled up sharply near the
tee and called out to the man about to
drive:
George, dear, won't you come home
now and not delay luncheon?'
The man Strengthened up with an air
Of disgust at the interruption and re
piled:
mot how. I'm playing the game of
my life. .
81 wish you d come" she said.
"No, not now," he answered. I'm
playing too we'll. wouldn't quit this
for 40 luncheons. I'm breaking my rec
ord by ten storkes.
"Well, I'll drive up and down here
and wait for you, she said
AS she started off George, dear, turned
to continue the game of his life. He
sliced his drive and lost the ball in the
blackberry bushes in the ravine. He
dropped new ball and lost one stroke
Then he topped the ball on the nibliok
shot out of the whir and didn't gain
three feet. Finally he got out with
seven and was bunkered in the road
that crosses the field. There he lost two
more strokes and the rest Of his temper.
Finally he got out of the bunker and
with beautiful lie used his brassey for
three-quarters iron and overshot the
hole by 90 yards into the tall grass.
There the ball was lost
Ten minutes later the swagger cart
was spinning down the road at the top
speed of the horse, the stunning young
woman sitting very erect and statu-
esque and driving with superb skill. In
the back of the cart, with his heels dan
Cling and brandishing two golf clubs,
sat George, dear
The game of his life was over. New
York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
HOW SHE DID 1T.
Cirl Cashiers Mind Reading Methods Of
Making Change.

Cirl Cashiers Mind Reading Methods Of
Making Change.
The girl cashier of Madison street
restaurant was for three weeks believed
by one of the customers to be lineal
descendant Of Morgan le lay and to
have some of the family traits Of Heller.
the second sight magician, for she
seemed to know by intuition or instinct
or something else what was the price Of
the meal he had consumed and also just
the amount Of money In, tis hand when
he approached to pay. He first noticed
that when he presented 80 cent check
she Immediately laid upon the rubber
mat dime and nickel which she had
been holding for change.
How" this man inquired Of him
self, did she know that15 cents would
be the correct change? There was no
earthly way for her to tell what money
/ was going to offer her either. How
did she come to have the exact change
ready without a seconds delay or with
out having to 60 to the cash register for
it?" He could not answer to his own
satisfaction.
The next day he bought as cent
meal, and she promptly laid nickle
before him, the cent piece being the
only coin she held in her hand. 1t was
the correct amount, as he gave her q
half dollar. He experimental several
times afterward and at last appealed to
her for information.
why" she said, didn't you ever
notice the tint of your check?" When
see you coming 90 feet away, know
| by the slate colored check that you have
eaten 90 cents worth. If you have a
red ticket, that warns me that you want
| to pay for two bit meal. A blue one
means 80 cents. This yellow one is, OF
course, for 40 cents. The amount is
printed upon the check, but the color
is my warning
| Eyes" said the other, somewhat re-
| lieved, "that seems easy. But still my
money is not of different colors How
do you know what change to have
ready? That's mind reading, sure.
"Not at ALL When you come with {
quarter ticket. you will usually give me
the exact change or half a dollar.
have quarter ready for you in my lief
hand in case you give me half. Sup
pose your ticket is 85 cent one; you l
either give me the correct amount or |
half dollar-or perhaps dollar. Witt
10 cents in one hand and so cents il
the other I'm ready for any demonstra
ton almost. Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
A SHERMAN ROMANCE.
His Old California Sweetheart Loyal &
the General.

His Old California Sweetheart Loyal to
the General.
When General William Tecumseh
Sherman was raw subaltern in the
United States army, without fame or
laurels and little apparent hope of win
ming either, relates the Chicago Chron-
icle, he wooed and won beautiful
Spanish girl then living in Nc terey,
Cal. Dona Maria Ygnacia Bonifacio
fell beneath the ardent glances of the
lank, ungainly youth just as the flag OF
the sister republic was lowered before
the triumphant army led by Scott. To-
day she is still true to her early love
and unaware of the fame and death of
her lover.
California was then a part of the
Mexican republic. Sherman, like many
another, was forced ITO make war against
the land of the Montezumas. In the
closing year of the struggle, when Cali
fornia was occupied and became part
of the United States, Sherman was as
signed to duty on the coast. Here he
met the fair dona, lost his heart to her
and won hers in return. She was a
member of all old aristocratic Spanish
family, and the subaltern was congratu-
lated upon his luck. To emphasize his
devotion, the young officer in 1865
planted rose tree before the entrance
to the home of his beloved.
Then came the inevitable m,nunder-
standing which accompanies every ro-
NANCE The lovers disagreed. Sherman
left the army and went east to take up
the law. He never afterward saw his
sweetheart, nor did she ever permit his
name to be mentioned in her hearing
She speaks Spanish only, never reads
newspaper, and while the nation has
sung the praises of the hero of Atlanta
the Spanish maiden knows nothing of
him from the day he left her. She still,
although long past her youth, waits for
| the return of the man whose image has
never left her heart.
But in spite of the separation OF the
| sweethearts that rose tree throve and
waxed great Now its branches have
spread until they form beautiful bow
er over the doorway of the old Spanish
| mansion. Here the dona, sole survivor
| of her race, sits and waits, silent anG
| alone, for the return of him who can
| not come Under the bower of roses due
I to her lovers care she stood recently
( and permitted her portrait to be taken
She is still very beautiful in spite OF the
ravages of time and secret sorrow.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01
He Got 1t.

Mister" said Meandering Mike.
would you like to have all the money
you wanted?"
"Of course would, was the natural
reply.
"Well, then, i kin approach you as
man to man an tell you me own feelinks.
It's good deal to be able to depend on
sympathy an cooperation in advance.
All the money wants fur the present is
10 cents, which is somethin you could
help me to without missin. Wash
inQton Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-01

the wind OF history blows. Dreyfus has
no more to do with the moral bearings
OF the case than the woman OF the Le-
vite, whose body was cut in twelve
pieces and sent to twelve tribes OF Is
rael, had to do with the destruction of
Gibeah. Dreyfus is the occasion: hu-
man being is the cause. Thus sturdy
and honest M. Scheurer-K estner boldly
stands up to denounce the injustice Of
lis trial. Thus M. lola takes up his
pen to defy the sword. man, Just an
ordinary man, Of whose like the world
has upward Of one billion: a man.
small, weak. unknown. comparatively
friendless; man has been possibly
wronged. Hence all this. For is not
man also god? Is not the poorest and
lowest OF men also a son Of the great
God? Have we not spilled much blood
to make constitutions. magma chartas
bills Of rights and such paper indca-
tions of convictions that are not at all
pt per?
The generals and ministers of war
strut In and out of court, speaking loft
lily of their honor as gentlemen and off,
GERS captains and majors fold their
arms and sway their backs and anon
pluck their mustaches and pat their
swords and say they have no doubt Of
Dreyfus' guilt. Militarism thus stamps
Its foot and perks its naughty head and
would frown down all mere civilian in
termeddling. But alas! even militar-
ism can no longer ride a cock-horse
over these same imperial notions of
plain justice among common folk. These
be, indeed, days of an intranslgent rab-
BILE when mere Unparalleled novelist,
swordess politician and an unspeak-
able editor can shake and scare the
majesty of arms! Effete days, indeed
| when even a lieutenant cannot drag
| an ordinary private by the heels and
| have the harmless amusement OF
| humping his head over doorsteps and
| jabbing bayonets into his undistin-
| guished body without having meddline
| civilians interfere!
| Arms and the man-now it's the man