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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-26
NORFOLK NAVAL RESERVES.
INSPECTED LAST NIGHT BY
STATE INSPECTOR,

INoFE4II Ell LNS'T' NIGHT BY
STATE INSPECTOR.
Last night Divisions 1, Q and Of
the First Battalion Of Naval Reserves
OF Virginia underwent their annual In
speclion by Colonel 10 Lane Stern.
State Inspector of Militia. Tho divi-
sions all showed up in excellent shape.
The boys had their new guns and
drilled with them for the first. time
The inspection occupied about an hour.
each division being In command of It's
lieutenant. IS rs
Colonel Stern highly complimented
the boys on their soldierIy bearing and
+ their general app earaice. M IS s
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-26
q. & o. lucrrn.o Earnings.

The increased earnings OF railroads
this year have been frequently COM
mented upon. The earnings OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio for the second
week In September were s266.SoS. an In
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-26
Anes, BoWnley 8 Hornlal. Anss, BROMLEY &5HorntbaL
our ANNUAL fall OPENING
O. MORO
Amas, BroWnley & H0rnthal.
AIm I1l: BROMLEY 6 gHurntha!.2

The store ina appropriate attire for weeks
and weeks we've been planning and making
preparations for this important event-77an we
are enthusiastic over the results and SO will
you be Whenyou behold this
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-26
ST vINGENT'S
REBUILDING FUND

Now that Chairman WILCOX has or
,ganized committees to solicit funds to
aid in rebuilding st.sVlncent's Hospl-
tai, It is confidently expected that
rapid progress will be made In tho
stitutIon to- its former grandeur and
usefulness. These columns are at the
disposal Of the committee and citizens
generally In acknowledging contribu-
lions. The following have been made
through the Yirginian-Pllot:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-26
Magnificent Display
of Autumn Stuffs

Every departments at its best--you should
conle-we want you to--Whether to look or 10
buy We've an appropriate SOUVENIR for
you-besides, the display itself will furnish ex-
cellent suggestions for proper Autumn dress
Come
The record-union., 1899-08-22

Practically of the same size aud have
the same appearance as those growing
to-day. Records of vintages in France
for over 100 years show practically the
same dates as to-day Actual nbser-
vations of rainfall for over 200 years in
France show no change. Observations
of temperature for almost 200 years at
st. Petersburg show no change appre-
ciable to us, though, of COURSE the
earliest observations were extremely
crude and somewhat unreliable. Facts
OF this kind might be adduced to fill a
small volume. On the other hand we
have records of most extraordinary cold
weather in ancient times. One win
ter, the light wine in Italy froze An
other winter the River Po froze over so
as to bear teams (an unheard of phe-
nomenon to-day. In this journal for
June, 1t is stated that sParnassus and
Soracte, now free from snow, We're COW
cred with it in classic antiquity Also,
the name, Greenland, which strikes us
as so singularly inappropriate, was not
inapplicable at the time it was named,
in the fourteenth century, 1t is en-
tirely probable that descriptions of the
cold in ancient times were much exag-
gerated. Parnassus and Soracte have
snow at times, and, in earlier days,
when protection against the cold and
snow was much less than now, a little
snow would go a long way. The early
voyagers from Iceland, more than 1000
years ago, leaving a land of almost
perpetual snow and ice, and reaching
The record-union., 1899-08-22
Pain Conquered; Health Re-
stored by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
[LErrER TO MRS. prNKHAM NO. o2,649l

GLETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. oz,64oI
81 feel it my duty to write and thank
you for what your Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. 1t is the only
medicine / have found that has done
me any good. Before taking your medi-
cine, was all run down, tired all the
time, no appetite, pains in my back and
bearing down pains and a great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After TAX
ing two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt like new
woman. ] am now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. I feel
better than have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. hope this
letter will help others to find cure
for their troubles" - Mrs. DELLA
REMICKER, RENSSELAER,, IND.
The serious ills of women develop
from neglect of early symptoms. Every
pain and ache has cause, and the
warning they give should not be disre-
garded.
Mrs. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
sician and will give every woman free
advice who is puzzled about her
health. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass. Dom put off writing until
health is completely broken down
Write at the first indication Of trouble.
The record-union., 1899-08-22

a land in the summer with its beautiful
green color to their unaccustomed eyes,
would very naturally give the name
Greenland to it. At the summer time,
it is said that Greenland presents a
most beautiful green near the Danish
settlements, to this day. Our Oldest in
habitants, who have been wont to de-
scribe the terrible cold and deep SHOWS
of their boyhood days as incomparably
greater than anything which does or
can occur to-day, have completely lost
their reckoning the last winter when
reading of ship that had sunk in
New York harbor by weight of the ice
upon it; also that Washington had had
thirty-four inches of snow on q level,
and the lowest temperature ever noted
in that fair city. I am sure careful
study will show no appreeiable change
in the climate of this earth since the
early historic times. OF course, moth
ing here adduced touches climatic
changes in glacial times, or in prehis-
toric times, which changes have been
established beyond question:"
The record-union., 1899-08-22

ers. All is grist that comes to their hop
per. They fomented the difficulties of
Sunday for the sole purpose of bringing
about a revolutionary state of society
in the French capital, hoping for an
archy to follow, that out of such cha
otic condition they might set up their
standards permanently.
1t is unquestionably true that the pot
tering of the government with the Guer-
in case did much to provoke the dis
turbances. In the fearfulness Of the
authorities to take Guerin by force, the
disturbing elements of society read a
confession of fear and weakness, and
they improved the opportunity it af-
forded. The Dreyfus case had less to
do with the outbreak, though it is GER
tainly true that it operated in a meas
ure Unhappily for Dreyfus, his enc
mics will seize upon the occasion to
work his cause harm and in the public
mind it will take injury in this, that
people with property interests, with
oOllISllllllS " lOSC Ny oioOA0SA'
though sympathetic with Dreyfus, will
take alarm and side with the Generals
as the only agents of safety. They will
distrust the government and thus Drey-
fus so far as they are concerned, will
be exposed to the danger of being made
a sacrifice to property interests.
That his friends, however, had any
thing to do with promoting the rioting
is inconeeivable. They are not fools
and it would be an act of utter folly to
engage in revolutionary movements in
the hope of benefiting his cause. We
shall now probably be treated to some
very strong expressions from the Gen
erals who will see in Sundays disorder
the opportunity to impress the people
anew with the necessity of standing by
the army as their chief hope of defense
against state of anarchy.
The army officers will appeal equally
to devoted Republicans and point out
to them that the safety of the country
as a republic and it's only hope from
monarchism resides in the army
Whether they will be able to bring true
Republicans to look at matters in that
light may be doubted, since the general
belief in other nations probably affects
lovers of the republic in France also,
namely, that the army is quite as mon
archical in it's tendencies as it is repub-
lican.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
1T IS UNIMPoRTANT.

Tulare Register: Democratic news
papers profess to detect an ulterior mo-
tive in the advice Of Republicans
against a denomination of Traveller
Bryan. We have noticed no show of
concern in any quarter over that prob
ability, and are inclined to think that
what is misunderstood as advice was
felicitation over the prospect of a pud-
din. The Populist wing of the Demo-
cratic party is bound to nominate some
body and why not Mr.. Bryan? He is
as acceptable to the Republican party
as any of the gentlemen who have been
named. If the hunt. through the junk
shop for an issue which is being pur-
sued by the Democratic deacons and
janitorS results in bringing out some
thing which will do there will be no
authoritative protest against giving
Mr.. Bryan the empty honor of NOM
ination. In fact he is entitled to it. In
no other way can the Democratic
party express it's appreciation
of his flow of language and its joy that
he has escaped paralysis of the vocal
chords No other member of the ag-
gregation which went down in the
wreck of '96 crawled out SO early or has
been so assiduous in guarding the eggs
in the old birds nest.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
THE PARTISAN RIOT.

The rioting in Paris on Sunday was
not unexpected. The anarchistic ele-
ments are ever on the alert to strike
a blow at government. With them it
makes no sort of difference what the
government is. Their creed demands
the destruction of all government and
the relegation of order in society to
the individual action of every unit of
it. The excitement occasioned by the
second trial of Dreyfus has therefore
been famed by them assiduously and
without love for Dreyfus or his accus-
The record-union., 1899-08-22

Some accounts having been published
of lead poisoning by reason of water
conveyed in lead pipes for domestic
purposes, the water coming from wells,
it should not therefore be concluded
that we'll water is dangerous. On the
contrary, it should be advised that in
this day of progress no person should
be so silly as to use lead pipe in con-
veying water for drinking purposes.
No matter what the source of the
water, the lead pipe is more or less
dangerous. Where water is exceeding
ly soft the danger is something less, of
course. In limestone regions the water
is more likely to affect the pipes speed
lily. But then, what is the use of dis
cussing such matters when iron pipe
is used now by every one who has any
regard whatever for his health in con-
veying water of any quality for drink
ing purposes?
The record-union., 1899-08-22

The action of Prof. Won Hoist in ask
ing the privilege of making new dec
laration of the value of his possessions
for the purpose of taxation has raised a
breeze in Chicago. In his first declara-
ton he placed his personal property at
the value of $37,547. He now asks
to be permitted to lower the valuation
in order to put himself on an equality
with other taxpayers. There is no boast
because his estimate was an honest
one, but when he learned that the tax
rate was to be per cent upon one-fifth
the actual value Of personal property,
he discovered that the tax worked con-
fiscation of 1 per cent Of his personal
possessions, or about one-fourth of
their earning capacity. To his appeal
the assessors have replied that he can
equalize things by giving the names of
those whose assessments are too low.
His rejoinder is that he does not wish
the assessments of others raised but
his own lowered; that he is not in the
business of attending to the assess
ments of other people; that to that
office the assessors are chosen and for
that they are paid. The Board of Re-
view, says the Professor, has the means
of ascertaining the truth if it SO desires.
The basis of his application then, is
the universally of the underestimates
of personal property by the owners and
by the Assessors. It appears in the de-
bate also. that the authorities fixing
the tax rate in Chicago proceed upon
the expectation of low valuation Of
personal property. The Professor de-
fends them for such action, because to
enforce the law with rigor upon the few
where there is manifest inability to
make it effective upon all, is to do in
Justice. The argument has interest in
about all communities. If all personal
property were rated on the same scale
and taxed separately, it will be seen
that it would not make. very much diff
ference if there were low assessments
and high tax rates, or high assessments
and low tax rates. The Won Hoist con-
troversy does not, however, seem to
reach the kernel Of the question, as it
affects other communities, that is the
escape of pe@onal property entirely
from assessment and taxation. How to
reach it all and thus do even handed
justice and put all possessors upon an
equal footing for taxable purposes is
the really vital question. If 1t can be
dragged out of hiding the question of
Justly fixing the scale of valuation
would not be a difficult one.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
Climate Not Changing.

Professor H. A. Hazen answers the
question whether the climate changes,
in Popular Science as follows:
This subject is of the extreme in
terest and merits a most thorough
study. We find the early and the
latter rain to-day in Palestine pre-
cisely as described $500 years ago.
Jordan overf1ows all it's banks in Feb
ruary to-day exactly as it did in
Joshua's time, thirtythree centuries
ago. Plants taken from mummy cases
in Egypt, which must have been gath
cred more than 5000 years since, are
The record-union., 1899-08-22
The
Weekly
Union

Is a t2-pagc family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
sum of 81 its subscribers receive no
less than GA pages of choice read
ing and news matter IN a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people Ia
these times of stringency the fullest
ooportunity to have the Weekly
The record-union., 1899-08-22

What a farce it is-the latest dis
patches announces that Guerin, who is
defying the French Government, has
three days provision supply and will
hold out to the end in his house in the
heart Of Paris. There is not village
constabulaIy in all America that would
not make such a wanted" man come
off of his roost in an hour. But here
we have the laughable spectacle of the
great republic of France mining be-
meath houses to cut off the water sup
ply from one man and half a dozen ser
wants; to stopping up the drains of the
house and cutting the gas pipes and
electric wires to compel the fellow to
capitulate while a whole battalion of
police and infantry surround the house
while the defiant fellow harangues and
threatens the officers from the third
story windows. A more ridiculous sit
uation has not been known in the his
tory of any nation.
The record-union., 1899-08-22

Aguinaldo must be discouraged as a
prophet. He declared that the Ameri-
can troops could not contest with his
forces during the rainy season. But
the good fight they are putting up while
it rains and the whole country is afioat
must serve to astonish the mistaken
Filipino chief.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
By the Sad Sea Waves.

Mabel-Charley Sands and I are play
ing war.
Ethel-Playing war?
Mabel-Yes. While we remain at the
seashore he has promised TO be my
coast defense.-Ohio State Journal
The record-union., 1899-08-22

The sharpest, boldest and most dar-
ing counsel Dreyfus has is Labori, the
brilliant young French attorney. La
bori has a. foreign wife, shrewd,
courageous, witty and brilliant woman.
Who knows what relation one Of these
facts may have to the other. Many
a man owes his success in life TO his
wife's aid: why not Labori?
The record-union., 1899-08-22

For medicinal purposes drink Glen
brook sour mash whisky. Theo.
Blauth. 407 K street. Tel. 297.
The record-union., 1899-08-22

Union IN every Of
flee and household
IN the land. Bot
the reduction IN
price must by no
means be taken to
indicate any re-
duction IN quality.
On the contrary,
the Weekly Union,
already having a
wide general circu-
tation, such as is
enjoyed by bot few
other papers IN the
country. will be II
The record-union., 1899-08-22
WOOD AND COAL. MEG

have fve been awarded the contract to supply
the public schools of the city for one
year, being the lowest bidders 1t will be
70 your interest to see them about your
WINTER wood or coal. Office SIS l. street
The record-union., 1899-08-22
STILL INCPEAsINGl "

e oeen obliged to buy still another washing
iinachlne to keep up with our growing bus
mess. Our patrons and the public at
large viii understand this to mean that
our our laundry work is giving perfect satis-
IaSIIon II IN every respect. UNION
The record-union., 1899-08-22
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Fair Tuesday
much warmer; fresh north wind.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
GROVE BAKERY

II you want bread as near homelike as
any baker can make it, buy our Domestic.
Also all kinds of breads. pies and cakes.
For a speciality, try our Sunshine"
bright yellow cake. Both phones. RICE
BROS. S23 J.
The record-union., 1899-08-22
SAC'TO COFFEE HOUSE

IS the best place in town to go to; every
thlng hrst-claSs Remember the num-
Der, 5l5 K street S. NIELSEN, Prop.
The record-union., 1899-08-22

anything a better paper all around
than heretofore. 1t will contain an
news in compact form bot not IN
shorn condition, for its news facili-
ties are unsurpassed by any paper
on the coast.
~ While devoting much space
TO AGRICULTURAL. Horticultural and
The record-union., 1899-08-22

Dlckinson's Witch Hazel is the best.
Just the thing for sore feet Only 25c q
Dottle at Fourth and X streets
The record-union., 1899-08-22

cushions, tops, lazy backs, etc, made to
ofder Repairing promptly done Salts
Iactlon guaranteed. J. b. HEISLER, 1915
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-26
THE MAZET cow
Wastes Another Day Over the :samapo
Water Company

New York, September 22.-The Mazet
investigation committee today moved
in a circle. Commencing with the
Ramapo Water Company, they swung
around through tenement houses, build
ing codes and back to Ramapo water.
p. E. Nostrand, the chief engineer Of
the Ramapo Water Company, was the
first witness Of the day. He declined
TIC produce maps and the documents CT
the company. Mr.. Moss, the attorney
of the committee, called President
butcher, of the Ramapo Company, to
the stand. He sustained the position
assumed by the chief engineer. This
called forth some lively comments from
Mr.. Moss, who seemed ITO think that
unless the names of the stockholders
of h Ramapo Company were furnish
ed to the investigating committee the
general public would naturally be sus
picious of the origin and the DISPOSE
tion of the stock The detailed testi'
mony concerning tenement houses anl
building laws was of little importance
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-26
SUBMARINES TORPEDO BOAT
successful Test i'm Running, Divin:
and Torpedo Shooting

"Greenport, N. Y, September 22.-The
submarine torpedo boat made a re-
markably good showing during the
practice run today. The trial were
made over the course in Little Peconic
bay, which will be used for the dive
tests to be held later. The vessel was
recently overhauled, IND during the
run of today showed a considerable in
crease of speed.
The new diving apparatus for opera
ting the steering engines worked sue
cessfully, the boat getting under water
and completely out of sight in quick
time. Beside diving, running on the
surface and under water for a length
of time, torpedo practice was INDUCED
in. The Whitehead torpedo was used
similar in design to those used on the
smaller vessels Of the United States
navy. Sufficient air was stored in the
air chamber of the torpedo to give it
a radius of action of about five hundred
yards.
The trial was in sending the boat
Owe a mile course submerged, at the
end of which it came to the surface
and the torpedo was discharged from
the tube, which is about five feet below
the surface of the water. The run un-
der the water was made in about ten
The torpedo was successfully dis
charged from the tube, u owing to
what is thought to have been a disar-
rangement of some of the mechanism
the topedo instead of taking a. straight
course took a downward turf and the
volume of muddy water sent up show
ed hat it struck the bottom about
fifty feet from the bow of the boat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-26
The Havana strike

Havana, September 22.-The cart men
have agreed to return 10 work. The
mayor, Senior Perfecto 4 Coste, a
given them satisfactory guarantees re-
garding their future treatment at the
hands of the police. General C~ardenas,
chief OF police. Is trying to effect a
settlement OF the strike of the ma
sons. One large contractor
that unless the strike is soon declared
off, he will import italian masons from
the United States. The general COM
mittee Of h workingmen's clubs have
issued a manifesto. calling for a gen.
eral strike. The manifesto says that
the Cubans conquered In he war for
liberty and that the tyranny Of capi-
!, tai over labor ought TO cease, as an
eight-hour day Is a workingman's
right.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-26

British readiness to settle at once the
nature Of the proposed arbitration
tribunal, provided the other British con-
ditions are promptly and unreservedly
accepted n concluding with the init
nation that the imperial is
now engaged in drawing up its own
terms end that the Transvaal may ex-
rect to hear from them very shortly.
The Pail Mall GaZette says that an
other meeting of the cabinet will Jake
place next Thursday or Friday, when
the issues will be presented in a more
serious shape.
CHOATE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE
The United States ambassador, Mr..
Joseph H. Choate, visited the foreign
office today. 1t is understood that his
visit was in relation to the Alaskan ne
gotiations. In an interview with a re-
porter of the Associated Press Mr..
Choate said: "Of course Lord Salisbury
did not discuss the T~ransvaal crisis
with me. | can say that the United
States has mad no representations Of
any kline regarding the Transvaal and
the same applies, so far as / know, to
Germany. I-hope there will be no war,
but things are quite uncertain.
London, September 23.-The govern
ment, it is understood, cabled Sir AL
fred Miner, British high commissioner
for South Africa, yesterday afternoon
(Friday) a message in accordance with
the cabinets decision as outlined in
The Pail Gazette and already cabled to
the Associated Press. 1t is said that
the message also protests strongly
against the allegation of bad faith on
the part of Mr.. Cunningham Greene.
The Standard says it believes the gov
has decided to parlia-
ment next month.
The johannesburg correspondent Of
The Morning Post says: "It is assert
ed here that al understanding exists IN
Pretoria that the Cape Colony govern
ment will, at the last moment, declare
in favor of the TransvaaL-
Bombay, September 22.-The remain
der of the Nineteenth Hussars and the
cavalry staff have sailed for h Cape.
The cost of transporting the Indian
contingent to South Africa is estimated
at e400, 600.
THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
Pretoria, September 22.-President
Kruger has been in Geographic confer
ence with President Steyn this after
noo regarding the situation, and the
decision of the raad of the Orange Free
State is awaited with interest.
Large numbers of local Danes, Ger
mans, Frenchmen, Hollanders and
Americans have offered their services
to Commandant General Joubert in the
event of hostilities.
The elder burghers still fail to see
the grounds of a casus belli, but, if
Mr.. Chamberlain makes what they
would characterize as "humiliating de-
mands," such as, for instance, disarma-
ment, war would be invitable.
London, September 23.-The Cape
Town correspondent of The Daily
Chronicle says:
Il have the best authority for the
statement that the Orange Free State
raad has unanimously resolved to as
sist the Transvaal against British ag-
g~ressiOn."