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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21
TIE POLL TAX QUALIFICATION.

Concerning the prepayment of the
poll tax as n condition of suffrage,
those who have had experience with 1t
and peculiar advantages in learning its
practical workings are opposed to it in
principle and practice as wrong. un-
just and impoltic for the following rea-
sons:
The superficial view Of things is often
very dclusive, and in none is it more
so than in this matter of imposing a
license tax on the ballot. 1t may put
few Nmore dollars in the Treasury, AS
the and-srabbers bill has: but it is
derogatory TO state and people, ex-
empts officers from doing their duty.
promotes bribery. corruption and eva
sion of the law. and helps the oligarchy
to subvert the rule OF the majority by
the very means most acceptable to
usurpation and nisrule.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

hidden. subject. OF course. to the acts
OF Congress providing so called ma
tional banks. and Imposing u ten per
cent. tax on the circulating notes of
any authorized State bank of Issue.
Chapter CLXXXvII Cor 1SO. section
$3.50. further provides that: EVERY
person who. with intent to create a
circulating medium. shall issue, with
out authority OF law. any note or other
security. purporting that money or
other thing Of value Is payable by or
on behalf OF such person, and every
officer and agent of such person there
in. shall be confined in Jail not exceed
ing six months, and fined not less than
one hundred, nor more than five hun
bred. dollars"
The next section says: IF any per-
son pass or receive in payment. any
note or security issued in violation of
either of the two preceding sections Gone
of which relates to the members, officers
and agents of any unauthorized asso-
citation or company acting as a bank or
''e'iiFihS SohSeiH(, hc SIliii Ue hieu IlOl
less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars"
There are other provisions regulating
banks. banking and their issues and
against unauthorized issues of circulat-
ing notes, bills &C.; burt the above quo
tations from our present Code (of 1850
shows how unfounded are NIr Secre-
tary Cages notions as to the "inalien-
able rights" Of banks; and also the
widespread error that, In Virginia, at
least. Mr.. Cages imaginary rights Of
companies. corporations. and other ar
tificial persons (the creations of Iaw),
are common-law rights that could be
exercised in this Commonwealth but
for the Federal statutes establishing
national banks" and imposing the ten
per cent. tax on the issues of all State
banks. Nor are the provisions cited
new ones. unknown to our ante -bellum
codes.
Free banks and banking, unlimited
and unregulated by law, are pigments
of the imagination of Mr.. Gage and
his associates. barren localities" that
have no place in well-ordered commu-
mites. John Law, the operator and
author Of the Mississippi scheme Cor
swindle), Is, no doubt. the ideal finan-
cier Of banks, bankers and all believers
in the financial school OF Chicago, from
which Mr.. Gage graduated; but if John
Law himself were now Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States. 1t may
well be doubted IL he would be SO &c
commodating to banks and bondholders
as MFR. Gage has proved. or so narrow
as to favor the single gold standard of
value for an age that requires all the
money that nature and law can pro-
vide.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

Has Offices and No. sA Main street.
Norfolk, va. Specialties: Catarrh and all
diseases OF Eye. Ear. Nose. Throat. Chest
and Stomach.
Hours. Q a. m. to 1880 p. M: p. m. to
p IN. Sunday hours. 1880 a. m. to
1890 p. m. Tuesday night and Thursday
night 1:i5 p. m. to SIS p. m.
Consultation always free. Medicines
furnished. Terms always moderate Eyes
examined for glasses Tree of charge.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

AS wise as he Is faithful and fear
less. Bryan has never doubted nor fall
tered, amidst the abuse OF Goldite
traitors, nor when confronted by the
lying promises OF international bimet-
allism from the bi-lingual tongues of
Republicanism. And it IS these, not
the people-not the Democracy-who
decry and denounce Bryan as unfit
and unequal to the task to which God
and man 0have called him; which. II
true. or believed, would I'LL their mis-
cradle little souls with joy and keep
them mum, unless it were thought
possible to impose an incapable leader
upon us by their laudationa of him.
And why, let the question and answer
come right here-why shall we believe
the foes who labor SO hard and indie
fatigably to discredit our leader. and
discard him, when we would surely not
accept another on their most effusive
concentrations? We do not believe
them either way, and we shall cling to
Bryan all tn more for their detrac-
TONS because we know him and have
tried him.
Yes; we have tried him, ev =.
feat. and know him the man
occasion. We were defeated in
not he. Nor do his enemies and ours
believe that we shall he defeated
again, if he lead us in 1900. If they
believe that, they would not be SO dill
igent to nave another-any other-op-
ponent; nor exhibit so many and vari-
GUS indications of alarm; nor be so
solicitous in providing for q retreat.
MIR. Bryan's rhetoric, as the Times
calls his revelations and prophecies, is
nothing to us, except rs it proclaims
the man; and If the Times will not
see his other and more admirable
qualities, 1t is the misfortune Of the
Times. which we may still lament
without lcsscning our own joy that we
are more fortunate. MIR. Bryan will
soothc his chaGrin at the estimate our
contemporary makes of him with the
love, admiration and faith of the pco-
pie, and with the further reflection that
neither he nor Gladstone can be any
the less great because they are not
within the compass OF Tory micro
scopes. Men altogether great" need
no magnifying; and grand men. young
or old are neither diminished nor en-
larged by the small judgments OF
small or ininical minds
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

No employee of tho virgin!an-Pnot Pub
fishing Company is authorized to contract
any obligation In the name of the COM
Pany, or to make purchases in the name
OF OF me same. except upon orders signed by
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21
Roanokc Evening worldly

Tie bill providing separate coaches
for whites and blacks on railway
trains has passed the House OF Dele
gates and will pass the Senate. 1t not
only ought to become q law, but If pos
siblo a similar enactment ought to be
made in regard to steamboat travel.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

We haven't restricted single what
you are getting because every price plainly marked and has not been
satisfaction full
. bought them I'M ' ~ -
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21
(Norfolk Journal of Commerce.

The Virginia Senate is opposed to the
payment Of the capitation tax as a re-
quisitc for the privilege of voting. The
man who is unwilling to pay such
small amount for that privilege is un-
worthy of having It,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21

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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
(Puiaskl News-Revgew.l

The Americus Club offer to contribute
100000 to the Republican campaign
fund If President Mckinley will agree
to deliver his first speech of the cam
paign of 1900 in Pittsburg. We've al
ways heard that talk is cheap.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-21
OUR GRAND YOUNG MAN.

1t is q well-known fact that there
are persons so color-blind that they
cannot see Some colors at all, or In
yariably mistake one color for another.
Similarly. men are deficient in intel
lectual faculties, or gre wanting in
moral perceptions. The Richmond
Times. for instance, discussing Glad
stone and w. ]. Bryan, (whom 1t COM
pares to 'the grand old many, says:
1--WE have never been an admirer of
Mr.. Bryan's rhetoric. but 1t undoubt-
edly has qualities that appeal to Ger
tain classes of our fellow citizens. But
II he has one quality calculated to
fasten public attention upon himself.
except his rhetoric, we are unable to
name it,
That is, the Times and Mr.. Bryan
are not only incompatibles. but COM
plete antirathetics the Times denying,
or ignoring, all his attractive qualities,
except his rhetoric" or eloquence,
which the Times confesses it does not
admire. though. as it says. this "un-
doubtedly has qualities that appeal TO
certain classes of our citizens"
We are very sorry for the Times,
though we must admire it's frank ways
in admitting its deplorable inaptitudes.
Yet the extraordinary qualities OF
MI. Bryan have been recognized and
applauded by over six millions, five hun
dred thousand OF his fellow citizens.
even in defeat, and SO strong is their
confidence in these that they demand
m in,
have no other. He is 'the grand
young man. of American politics-"one
whom even Senator Wolcott has to
bow to for the brave sincerity that, in
age of cowardly time-serving, capti-
Yates the people and holds their UNI
wavering confidence. Brave and true!
Yes; where, among the men in either
party. is his peer in these great quail
tics? But the genius Of the man was
revealed and established by his grasp
Ing and holding the real, essential is
sue between Democracy and anti-De-
mocracy, or Imperialism-the money
issue; Which Republicans and Goldites
declare to be a gross blunder, at the
very moment that they themselves are
devoting all their energies to their side
of that issue! 1t was an inspiration,
an illuminating intuition, which led
Bryan at Chicago to single out and
carry to the front the silver dollar as
the sign in which we must conquer or
die-the sign of the battle which can
alone deliver us if we are to be deliv-
cred, and which to abandon on any
pretext is surrender and defeat, with
all the shame of treason and pusillan-
unity.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22
HuMoR OF THE HOUR

"whilo was out west !" said tho TO- turned traveller. "I chauccd Co meet an old party sitting by tho roadside To open up conversation with him 1 TO- marked that his neishtors sOOmsd happy and oontented.
 "'Yss. be answered. but thsy don't know nolhin.
 "'How is thatl' asked.
 "'Born SO, guess. said he
 "'Stranger. the ignorance of these yere critters Is something awful Why, about six months ago 1 read somewhar ia a paper that thar wuz a shortage of axlo grease. an tnot hit wuz bound ter go clean out of sight Waal, l saw Q chance fer littlo speculation. So l went ter work an cornered all tho axle grease thet thar wuz around yore. Hit took lot of diplomacy an dno work ter git hit without their suspectin some thin. but did it by sohemin one way rn another Hit wuz a proud moment fer me when found thet had corncred all the axlo grease around ycre fer 20 miles When got tho thing jes' whar wanted bit sot down an waited for 'om ter sQuirm.
 "'Did they; 1 asked.
 "'Not a squirm. Went ter usin bacon rinds jes' like they'd never heard of a corner. And yore 1 am with Si4. li worth of axle ercase on my hands an no demand. I'm goin ter movo away. l ain't goin ter live in neighborhood whar they ain't got scnso enough ter know when they ar oorncred. '"-De- troit Free Press
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22
Hotels, Roadhouses.

Here is a chance to make a deal. One hundred fine beds, doubles, three-Qulrters. and three-IIlrter cots, with mattresses, blankets, sheets. pillows and pillow slips complete, nearly ,ll new win sell cheap for cash or trade for citv p'opertv, a piano or horses and wagons
 3tS I'm r. F. Clark, Manager.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22
Hitch.

"what do you think of this idea Of tho czar's that all the nations shall dis arms" asked tho philanthropie enthu' siast. Don't you think, ho proceed ed. without waiting for reply "that it's splendid suggestion''
 "Ycs but. of course, everybody can't wholly disarm. replied the cold blood ed friend
 Why not; It you're going to do Gnythins. do it thoroughly Lay down all yoUr weapons and lctoverybody pro seed oa natural a2i cs-ll J-rmsl'
 No r. won't du lf all the coun' tr.cs layC wu thUr agws who IS going .1 urn iu and whip some small, low tirl,l rcfion trying to sneak round > c-s..r u:a I.,S them up asain"- T- tirc;ru Star
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22
BOARDING SCHOOL
TYeu Mcan Co Senu Your Son or Daughter srom Hometo
 school
VASHON COLLEGE
h,uli gc Considered BecauseIt Is he Nearest
 w.n Equipped School.

It is for Joh SereS; It is nOn-sectarian ana has fqcl,ly of fourteen men and women wto live atthe college and give all their time to the students. It offers classes il ou studies of preparatory and college grades. It is under strict MILITARY DISCIPLINE. It is aray D 7p hc ci'y. The location Is on the wat -front between Seattle and Tacoma beautiful and healthful. To- tal expc. ,e for tuition, board, room, light ano heat for one year is s100. Cdtd- loqte at q a office gives full information Can be consulted or one will be sent to you by addressing President 4. c. VoneS Ph. D., Burton. lTdStinqon
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22

MuSkrlt caps, ivnX caps. Wombat caps, leather top, cloth tOp, silk lined, quilt lined, storm grJof nterlined with extra piece for naSii eminence, at Clayson X Co.'S, Fourth avenue and State st. I2 2i.U
 Gents single pants from % to iS inches waist measure. ClavSon's, Fourth avenue and State street. 2f l2 u
 The Pioneer cigar factory of Skagway, wholesale cigar and smokers supplies. If
 Who Is R. E. West? Why, don't YOU knowl Re Is the only newStealer in Alas ks tha, gives his boys prizes, Stand next to Kems.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-22
Rather Embarrassing.

Rather Embarrassing.
 Do you know that in China it is considered the height of courtesy to present man with a burial caSket:' "Yes. but don't you think the em. peror of China's relatives are sort of overriding themselves ia politenessF New York Journal.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15
MAN NEVER WEARS A HAT.
The Eccentric Freak OF Joseph DietE
Living at Pine Bluff,
Arkansas.

Joseph Dietz. of Pine Bluff, Ark, Is
probably the only living American
who has not given . morbidly Gu
rious public occasion to make frequent
inquiries of Where did you get that
hat?"
Dietz has gone bareheaded for 30
years. lie is now So years old. having
come 10 this country from Germany
when he was a boy. Rarely does a
day pass but that some person with
kind intentions offers Dietz a hat, mis-
taking his condition for one Of pow
erty. Dietz is q wagon maker Of great
skill. At present he is with the Saw
Yer & Austin Lumber companys plant
near this city. 1t is probable that he
will remain with them In the position
of wagon maker.
Dietz wears O heavy suit Of hair the
year round. When he arises In the
morning, regardless of the condition
Of the weather, Dietz thoroughly
damptns his hair. In summer, it
quickly dries; IN winter, II freezes 10
his head, and according to Dietz,
keeps IL quite comfortable. Thirty
years ago Detz suffered intensely from
neuralgia. lie discovered that by leav-
ing off his hat his heao became much
more comfortable, and the pain ceased.
Neither the SHOWS of winter nor the
torrid sun OF summer have any effect
on Dietz. lie refuses TO wear a pair Of
gloves or an oyercoat. His work COM
pels him to spend most Of his time
I'm the open air. and despite this his
complexion Is quite fair. OF temper
ate habits, Dietz enjoys exceptionally
good health.
Throughout the vicinity Of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, where Dietz lived before
coming here, he was widely known for
his eccentricity. At one time but few
theatrical entertainments passed
through the city without making some
jOcuiar remarks about Dietzs failure
10 wear a hat AT various times he
was presented with a hat by actors.
and on one occasion. when De Wolf
Hopper made his appearance in the
town, he addressed some lines to
Dietz from the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15

moving the grain from the trough
should you choose to do so. This how
ever, is seldom done. The bottom Of
the feeder is built high in the mid
die and slopes TO the feed trough on
either side. The roof projects a lit
tie over the sides and measures about
IA feet from cave to cave. A door or
cover is provided at either side for
the feed trough. II one has COWS in
the lot at night. but wishes calves to
grain from the feeder during the day,
he can simply drop the lid when the
cows are in the lot and raise It on
turning them out. Calves can then eat
oats.or shelled corn or whatever you
may have in the feeder for them. Cut
the rafters for the floor out of l4-foot
2x4's, making them each 3B feet
long; SO rafters of this sort will be
needed for the bottom of the drop on
the sides.
After the feeder is sided up with
shiplap or flooring, the roof Of 1x3
sheeting is put on, which is after
wards covered with shingles. 1t is
good idea to put several braces across
the feeder from cave to cave. Bolt
these TO the 2x4's. Strength will be
given to the structure by running a
half-inch rod the length of the feed
er and making 1t fast just below the
grain doors. The feeder is about 16
fee1 long. and has a capacity Of about
I 900 bushels of corn. Total cost, In
Guiding lumber, labor and hardware,
will be about $50 or S60 From 80 10
60 cattle can be fed at one of these
feeders. Have slides I'm the troughs
so the amount of grain can be adjust
ed TO the kind of feed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15
. 2UC W. J
I AARE.!GARDEM.
-. IlA. i71}SI.<..%s,Y',TS
PORTABLE sELF-FEEDER.
ware md Labor, VIII Not Exceed
sixty Dollars.

A correspondent of the Breeders
Gazette describe. a self-feeder sue
cessiully used on his farm. The frame
work is all boted together. as nails
will not Withstand the strain when
pulling the feeder from one field to
another. The runners are made Of
heavy 3x1O oak planks, each Is feet
long and placed GH feet apart The
rLnneds are rounded at both ends so
that It can be pulled either way.
Nine 2x4 joists, each nine feet long.
are bolted onto the runners. about
tHo feet apart. These joists are then
fastened together by PKG joists, which
project over the runners far enough
to support the the feed trough The
trough is built about the width Of
scoop. This permits of easily re-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15


Ssammering is practically unknown
among unei'iii1cd people.
The animal that hrst succuhoS 10
extreme cold is the horse.
stammoriug men are four times as
numerous as stammering women.
For calling another man liar
through the telephone, "a citizen Of
Boone county, Ia. had TO pay fine
of two dollars
Architects of the bic steel frame
sl,y-scrapcrs DO not allow for CON
traction or expansion by cold or heat.
The metal frame SIS not exposed 10
she outside variations in temperature,
as the columns are entirely Dricked
in Therefore, their temperature
practically never changes.
Enchanting smiles frightened the
face of q divorced woman i'm Kansas
City when She was able TO renew the
acquaintance of her former husband.
from whom she had been separated
two years. He wooed her ardentiy Tor
q few months and then abruptly
ceased ans VISITS no" she Is SUNG
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15
Melton veal.

Take one pint of any cold veal, either
roasted or boiled; chop it fine, and sea.
son with salt, pepper and lemon juice;
add two or three tablespoonfuls Of
cracker crumbs and moisten with soup
stock or hot water. Take one-third as
much finely chopped ham as of veal;
season with mustard and cayenne; add
one tablespoonful of cracker crumbs
and moistcn with hot stock or water.
Butter q mold and line it with slices Of
hard-b0iled egg. Put I'm the two mix
lures irregularly. so that when cut il
will have a notified appearance; press
iu closely and steam three-quarters Of
an hour. Set away to cool; remove
from the mold and slice before serving.
This is an excellent dish for lunch OF
tea.-Philadelphia Press.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15
USING STRAW STACKS.
Grain Has This Rather WeiEhty
Problem to solve.

II he is a good farmer he will not
allow the stack to stand and rot down.
Aside from waste, there is nothing
about a farm more unsightly than old
straw piles. A neat and energetic
farmer does not have them. He finds
use for all the waste on his farm,
and therein lies the secret of success.
There is wealth and prosperity for the
man who utilities all the waste. The
way to use straw is as a feed. BY the
usual method of stacking, its value as
feed is very soon destroyed, however.
1t is the common practice 10 put the
boys on the straw pile when threshing.
Such a thing as stacking the straw to
keep II is rarely thought of. The only
idea is TO get it away from the machine
so that the threshing may progress as
fast as possible. Well preserved,
bright straw fed to cattle as a rough
feed would prove Of great value.
1t would prove of great value, also,
in the construction of sheds. A shed
made by piling straw around and over
a framework of posts and poles is
much warmer than any shed that is
made Of lumber. lean-to made of
straw, facing the south, where the
chickens can run and scratch on the
warm days Of winter, will more than
pay for the trouble of making Il in
the number of eggs laid. As bed
ding for cattle and horses, II can have
no superior. II readily absorbs the
liquid manure, which is the most valu-
able part, and is usually lost. II is
thus converted into most valuable
fertilizer If hauled directly from the
barns TO the fields. Nothing is then
lost. L. Irwin, in Agricultural Epit-
Omist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15

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Of respect ana resolutions Of organiza-
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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-15

Arrive Richmond from Bermuda 5 h,s
Ochreh81 s.. NJ. Leave Richmond iof V IN
ana Bermuda 58Or. " Arrive feiei,s'osurse
from Bermuda and pchrc $40 a. NJ 20 N
Petersburg l0r Ochre aud Bermuda lv y..,,s =.
Arrive Peicrsburs nom falmyiue, n,,,he..
peck and intermediate points vest Oh, ,.,,o.
ierHl5 PAL Leave Petersburg iof nS1nts
Vile. NlntorpOck and lniermedlate l'''
west of Chester $50 a N. ,,.rm.
Monday and Thurday trains from f LINZ
Villearriye Richmond $50 a. Ne ,V i,,,,,cre
with York River Line for baiti'' .ar:
Fare Richmond io Baltimore -. one n
SI0lr0nnd frlp Trains arrive ana uel., ,ion
Richmond from southern railway s,s.'se
So that through passengers n'oio eNf'
Offransfer. s., sri.
Passenger. ON Tuesday Wednesday al
day'and saturday trains from la.mfnie~s
may take local freight which passes % Ss.1er
about 300 b. 49, and arrives .---'--"'
about lii J.. 81. t.e,aee
checked through.
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