Newspaper Page Text
l?llBlK MWlI
iGUSHED DAILY AND WEEKLY.
I; O; l_ EI JX! INJ /\ INJ, Owner.
TERMS OF THE VIRGINIAN.
.IF. DAI- Y .VIHGINAK I? delivere-l to ?iib
.fc?ri bV ?arriert In Norfolk, PorUiiioutb, Hetk
.KuKoik.Wett Xorloll., Newi*r N>r*a.
itajier mok.ii yalile to tli i-nrr er weekly; l'T
?II, posl?gr not) lu the United S.atc*.
i>AIIiY, one yenr ? ? ? 85 0?
" six lueAltllH - ? 3 ??
" three moutllH - ? i n(>
" one .HootIi .... 30
:3tKr. wr.nui.v viimjixian asbcau.
OK.1MAX, ?iio Dollar Per Vcnr.
Beiuitbuii.-?. Praflf, Check* ntnl Po Inllicc Order?
'.'<.. rUoiilt) lu- nia c tiaTnblo to the erder nt
"THE NORFOLK VIRGINIAN.
Oltlrc VlrRlnlivn IltilWIiig.
Blnin mid foniinerr* StreetM,
XOlH-OMt, VA._
I APYKHTISING l<TTE>T^A'lvtfiliM'in<'i'i!i l"
Mrt?a at the rate of iSCcnlf o ,u:t.' I'ti>t Ini*'
'tlon: citli ?alwequerit insertion iffjtf Cent-, ww
H Cents When In ertod Beere OHi r l>ay- < oDIrte
V:torn uro nu! i.'dowod to es. ioJ ilielr tywe orniner
{g&ttteOtlicr tliiiti tln-lr !cgitin.?t* btlttliew, < xte. t l>T
cavince itciullr or tbc lanir. ? ? .
. Heading Noll, ea hitar aM.r JO du? per llr,cr,rs.
;v' lntfiil"i:. Kocli B il Bii|iiint insertion 12 t i'i.la ar
ld Cents ?flicn Inf oi 01? ? ? -tf i -in te d.iy>._
'?' new VOltK dl I lCi:.- l:.\b II K. MeKKIi
?9Mo-.nl R?|irc*vuUUTo, UovM Tinte? Sniwiani
jgyeVr York I'll v _.
^TllTvTTl?TNiAN cannot lie hehl respm?lbto
? for the rcinrn of rejected eomniuuicWloui or
?aauu:cii|>ta.
[WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1S95.
EIGHT RAGES.
In accordance with a custom, and In
order to give Its employes a holiday.
! The Virginian will not issue any paper
to-morrow.
The Atchlnson Globe's advise is:
Don't wish you had a thousand dollars; I
you arc making a big enough fool of
yourself already on the dollar you have.
The New York Mall and Express says
that In the absence of more specific
. information we are unable to determine
whether Dunraven Is a Jonah or
whale.
Dunraven has offered the Valkyrie
ITT. for sale. Somebody ought to buy
It just to get so good a boat out of
.such bad hands, thinks the Augusta
Chronicle.
The Virginia Legislature endorses
Cleveland's message and is ready to
fight. The Old Dominion was always
ready to oppose British aggressions,
remarks the Lowell News.
New York's prison scandals call atten?
tion to the fact that few convicts escape]
In Illinois. Gov. Altgeld pardons them
before they get tired of their surround?
ings, remarks an exchange.
Another curious thing about some
Congressmen shooting off their mouths
Is that they aim at patriotism while all
the time having their eye on something
else, remarks an exchange.
The Boston Standard tolls us tlv.it
Maj. McKinley rather thinks that this
effort to trace Gen. Harrison's descent
from Pocahontas is a sad scheme to
swing the Smith vote Into line.
The Washington Star says that th
approval of the President's course lias
come remarkably near being unani?
mous. The Incident has shown the ease
With which the American public, oblit?
erates party lines when the occasion
arises.
A Cincinnati heiress has married M.
jLouIs Chartler Autonlne Gullbert
Pierre Plnton. of the French legation
at Washington, says the Galvcston
News. She doubtless considers that
che h'as captured the greater portion of
the legation.
The Lowell Mass., News says that
Maine's "No Man's Land" Is situated
In the town of Parkhurst, a strip of
desert where not even a bug can
thrive . Nobody claims It, nobody
wants it, and It is the only place In the
State that tramps steer clear of.
The New York Tribune remarks that
President Cleveland's latest message Is
as welcome as a breath of fresh air
after long Inhaling a fetid atmosphere.
But what consternation it will cause
In the Cuckoo camp. Has their idol,
too, become a "Jingo?"
The Washington Star says that the]
Bpanlch reports of victories over the
Cubans make the achievements so big
that they are unwelldy. If their lead?
ers have no more faculty in generalship
than they have In fiction, they have
a longer and more arduous task than
? was first supposed.
This Is the way the New York Adver?
tiser puts it: It is good to be an Ameri?
can! It is good to have an American
President! It Is good to be In th'
right! .And It is good to have an Exec?
utive who, knowing the right, ca:
maintaln It! We are first ?and above sK
else American patriots!
It Is a beautifully, touihing Christmas
story that Harvey Wlllson, The Virgin
Inn's Washington correspondent, relates
In his letter appearing in to-day's Is?
sue. How much better the world is by
Just such acts as baa made the Widow
Sullivan's home so bright and happy
this Joyous Christmas morning. Let us
oil take the lesson to heart and en
. dcavor to see what can be done to los
uon the so: rows of humanity as far a*
".'fit fi? In our power to do eo.
JUSTICE AT I.AKT.
The bill of Senator Hill, introduced In
the Senate last week, to repeal the
statute which prohibits ex-Confederate
otllecrs who had previously been in
commission in the United States Army
and Navy, was passed on Its third read?
ing in the Senate yesterday. This is an
act of> justice long deferred. It Is an
other link of the chain of sectionalism
that has been broken, and It Is a strong?
er binding together of the people of the
country. The discussion of the bill,
which Is found In our telegraphic col?
umns this morning. Is Interesting read-'
ing. The country will hail the passage
of t he bill as a welcome recognition of
a country more than ever united. No
North, no South, no East, no West, but
a glorious union of coequal States.
Till: XEW HATTI.ESHH'8.
It is currently reported and believed In
Washington, that the Hoard of Navul
Experts, which have been considering
the bids for the construction of the bat?
tleships ordered by the Fifty
third Congress, will recoinnienO.
that the contracts be award?
ed to the Newport News Company, and
The Virginian is glad to hear it. By
every right the Newport News Company
is entitled to the contracts?contracts
earned In fair competition?and it Is
difficult to understand how the conclu?
sion or the Naval Hoard could be Other
than that the Newport Newa Com?
pany Is fairly entitled to the work.
uuurixa American seiihites.
it Is currently reported that English
capitalists threaten a war on this coun?
try by sending home their American
securities and "dumping" them In the
home market. This, however. Is but a
threat and if cauried out the English?
men will not be the gainer. On the
question the Philadelphia. Ledger .says:
"English capitalists do quet.r tilings
sometimes, as witness their investment
In all kinds or shaky South American
and European securities, but they will
scarcely be crazy enough to make ibis
country a present of several billion dol?
lars by way of punishing it for doing
what they disprove. They are not quite
so much like the man who "cut olT his
nose to spite his face" as that would
come to. Should they do sa, however,
American capitalists will gladly accept
their gcK.ids at the lowest price they
choose to put, upon them."
Whenever our English cousins con?
clude to commence the "dumping" busi?
ness let them try It on and thedy'll soon
discover their folly.
tue sot i 11 vor]peace.
The Hartford Times Is surprised be?
cause It does not find In any of the
Southern papers any "excited feeling
or Jingoism," and therefore concludes
that the South Is for peace, and It Is
right. The South knows what war
means and does not want to see It If It
can be honorably avoided. If. however,
war should come between the United
States and any foreign power the men
of the South will prove their courage
and patriotism, and will not be found
lagging. This can be counted upon.
The Southern newspapers have dis?
played no excited feeling, first because
Its people are not built that way; and
becttusc they are naturally conserva?
tive, and further because as a rule they
do not believe there Is any probability
of war arising between this country
and Great Britain at tills lime.
As to jingoism?why, there Is
little or none of it down this
way. While the South will not
shirk should a conlllc-t take place, and
does not want any Improper backing
down on the part of the United States,
yet it Is frank to say that It prefers
peace. Tn taking this position it il -es
not wish it understood that It dlsngrees
with the course Mr, Cleveland has
taken in the dispute between tills coun?
try and England. War means a great
deal to the South. It lias not been many
years since the Southland emerged
from the greatest civil conflict the
world has ever known. For years It
lias struggled In an Impoverished condi?
tion, and now that It Is about to enter
or rather, Is entering upon an era of
commercial prosperity. It would re?
gret to see another conflict whloh In any
way will hamper the country In its on?
ward march to prosperity. ?
the joyoijh christmas time.
There are those, no doubt, who find
it difficult to understand that li is bet?
ter to give th'.vn to receive, but to the
cheerful giver the maxim Is hot
without appreciation, neither Is It dlttl
cult of understanding. The happy. Joy?
ous Christmas time Is the season of re?
membrance, and If the truth were
known as between the giver and re?
ceiver, the happier Of the two Is the
former, siiakespears has said. "One
touch of nature makes all the world
akin." and lie might have added that
charity Is n bond of universal brother?
hood.
The star of Bethlehem appeared In
the east eighteen hundred and ninety
live years ago, and charily bad its ori?
gin In the teachings of Him who was
born on that blessed day. It was on
that day that the world was redeemed
from darkness, and error, and unchari
tablcncss, n-nd Inaugurated the noble
Idea of brotherly love which makes the
whole Christian world, at least, akin.
The greatest giver of all Is He who gave
His only begotten son, that peace and
happiness might be the blessing of
man. There can he no doubt that ench
Chrlstmustlde makes the world better.
It always leaves a kindlier, a better, a
more loving spirit among men, and it Is
because of this that the season "is as
Boclateu with' all tl.ut la tendcrcst.
sweetest and holiest In human life."
In all Christian countries this day will
be observed with religious ceremonies,
with feasting and rejoicing It Inau?
gurated the reign of charity In . the
world. Let It not be forgotten, then,
amid the general Joy of the occasion,
that there ure those among us who
are less favored than ourselves. Let us
strive to make others happy; Let all
rejoice that Christmas was given the
world alike for all of Cod's creatures.
"He that glveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord."
In this, happy. Joyous Christinas times
Tho Virginian extends the compliments
of the season to all Its readers' and |
wishes them many returns of the day. i
PERSONALS. I
Mark Twain will receive almost ns
much compensation in l<ondon as
Yye-tte Ouilbert will in ibis country.
Mark Is all right.
William T. Adams (Oliver Optic) has
I started from Huston to make . trip
i around the' world. He expects to get
I back to I tos ton In about four months.
Mrs. Kniest Lcverson, the only mem?
ber or the staff who writes amusingly
In Punch, is a very pretty woman, unite
young, and always beautifully dressed.
Muhkacsy, the great artist, now living
In Paris.la never ashamed to talk of Iiis
lowly beginnings. He started in life as
a pa inter of sign-posts and tradesmen's
walls.
NOTES AND OPINIONS,
Under a decision of the Fuyorwoather
I will ease. In New York Wednesday,
the University of Virginia will gel *-T.O,
1000 and Hampton J25O.O0O.
Kansas has a ladies' smoking club
called "The Sparrow." The club room
Is elegantly fitted up with the mot; lux?
urious furnishings, and contains every?
thing that could delight the heart Of
u smoker.
George \V. Cook, living near Stokes
lland. In Plttsylvanla county, was bad
I ly bitten it few days since by a mad dog
and arrangements are heilig made
I there to send him to the t'asleur In
Istltute, in New York.
The Japanese rellglt n demands that
a man must worship on the soil every
day. Noblemen and rich men evade
this by sprinkling a little dirt In one
I corner of ti:e room on n square of ce
|ment made for the purpose.
timisiUAS a\xi*ai. PROM I'm:
tlAttltlKRN or T12K XOItroi.li
VIRGINIA K.
Again to kind patrons the carrier-boy
bends
Ills annual, again, lie with greeting ex
lends.
While ctasli of pop-crackers, and tin
bugle blast
Proclaim Santa Claus and bis carnival
here:
In mimicry and mirth now the gamins
engage.
All Sizes and all sexes. Irrespective of
age.
And as minions of Mounts surround
his shrine,
Egg-nog Hows freely with wassail and
wine.
Again. Spring and Summer have wasted
a way!
Flowers have faded, birds have piped
parting lay,
Hone the gay gnrblngs and garlands
of green!
Shrlvel'd and sere are their signals
of sheen;
Autumn, also, has left in her once
pageant path.
Sadness and seats from Winter's wild
wrath,
And tho stern storm-king asserting
full sway.
Give Itoreas commission to scourge
and slay.
Now. bring bivalves from crustneeous
cells.
Swift the scullion's steel separates and
expels.
While fine fatted gobblers to guillotine
doom'd,
With choice cuisine, are carved and
consumed;
Rich viands and vintage epicureans in?
vite.
Wreaths of holly and cedar crown every
height.
While, under the mistletoe, laddie and
lass
Hope happily to wed, ere again a year]
pass.
Again, comes with Christmas, as In
olden time,
The Virginian Carrier with roundelay
of rhyme.
Again at your portals plodding many
a street.
His annual he offers, and the nervy
news she-1:
And now. kind leaders, why should we
say more?
Why remind of a custom oft honored
lie fore?
Yet eyes, not tongue, would recall the
record,
Thus. "The cheerful giver is loved bv
the Lord."
Hood's Saved
! cl?0sst,y My Life
"For years I was la a serious condition
With catarrh of the. stbtnach, bowels (tail
^^SSKa*,. bladder. 1 snf
ercd Intensely
(rota dyspepsia.
Intact was a inis
crablo wreck,
merely a skele?
ton. I sccir.cil
to co from bail
to vromr. I
. really wished I
^ wasdenil. l had
S taken so much
ISSSSBPMS^S medicine of the
,ft-vfe'S wrong kind that
-X-?v^7]\C il had iwlsoncil
TOW ^ me, and my lin
JP B?rnails bc,;nn
Mr, W. It. Young, to turn bhirh
l'oltur'i Mtlll Pa. cor.to off. I
began to take Hood's Rarsaparllta and it it Id
moro for roc than all prescriptions. 1 hr.vo
gradunlly r?-gninr<! perfect hntlih. am
entirely free from < atarrh of the bowels, and
pain in ray back. My recovery is s Imply mar?
velous." \V. it. Yof.NO, Potter's Milts l*a.
I?s5 Cures
Hood's fill j euro diiUeis after cstln."
All of the Big Departments in Both Buildings are thronged every cay in the week with careful
economists, who know Sound Values when they see it. Level headedfolks, with half an
Nine Seventy-Five for Regular
Fif-teeri, Fourteen and Thirteen
Dollar Suits in Worsteds, Cas
simeres and Cheviots, Plain
Black and Fancy Mixtures,
latest style, single and double
breasted Sacks, neat patterns
and excellent values. Sam?
ples in West Window*.
Seven-Fifty only for Heavy
Double Weight Men's Cheviot
Suits, warranted every fibie all
wool, and a regular Ten Dollar
Va'ue. Substantially made,
sightly, serviceable, comfort?
able,good winter Suits in men's
sizes, just the thing for men
men that are hard on clothes.
Six Dollars to close a special cull?
ing of Men's Frock Suits, and
a sprinkling ol Sacks, mixed
sizes, slightly irregular, but
every one of them a good Suit,
well worth double the Bargain
Price now charged for them.
We bundle the lot together.
Take 'em as they run.
Twelve Dollars bins Nobby
Business Suits in Twilled
Weaves, Chain Weaves,
Basket Weaves, Diagonal
Weaves, some rough, others
smooth effects. Superbly tail?
ored, stylish, up-to-date Suits
that no man would be ashamed
to wear.
Thirteen Fifty takes A\en's
Choice Worsted Suits, includ?
ing Blacks and Blues, Plain
and Fancy Mixtures, Sacks
and Cutaways, made in our
own work shops, by our own
first-class tailors and we'll
worth the extra Five over the
price now charged lor them...
eye to practical econo?
my, readily detect the
difference in the value
of Sound, Substantial
and Serviceable Mer?
chandise from that
which is inferior and
questionable. The best
interests of prudent
money-savers are most
carefully guarded here
from the fact that the
entire stock is abso?
lutely free from Shoddy
Goods, matters not how
cheap the price, fill
Garments made in the
BURK &CO. WORKSHOPSj
are built by Union Taih
ors, and the White Label1
of the United Garment'
Workers of fimerica isi
attached to the goods,
which is a Positive;
Guarantee for Superior!
Manufacture. Bear in!
mind that Ready-to-wear;
Clothes fit here equal;
to measure made goods,!
as the Tailor Shops In
the Annex Building ad
Seven Seventy-Five only for
your choice of Men's Over?
coats made from Warm
Blue Chinchilla, medium
long, with velvet collars,
good trimmings, well lined
and splendidly finished and
in every detail solid, sound,
sensible and serviceable
Overcoats and a Tip-Top
Value for the price.
Ten Dollars covers the price of
Men's Overcoats, made from
reliable fabrics in both light
and dark effects, medium
long, extra lengths, and some
Short Box Sacks, beautifully
cut, nicely Finished and
Faultlessly Tailored through?
out.
Twelve Fifty affords a pick
from Kerseys, Meltons,
Cheviots and Beavers,various
hefts, shapes, colors and
shades. Excellent Overcoats
that would command every?
where a considerable ad?
vance on our prices for
goods that are neither fin?
ished nor tit anything like so
well. Another assortment of
phenomenal Overcoat Bar?
gains.
Thirteen lFifty owns Fine Over?
coats that are Al Garments
in every detail oi construc?
tion, in half box and full box
backs. Overcoats that look
well and wear as well as
they look, made medium and
extra long, with extra deep
velvet collars and slanting
pockets. No merchant tailor
produces them more stylish
1 jy, no matter what the price..
mils of alterations to insure an exact fit free of extra charge to the purchaser.
BOYS' KNEE PANTS
SUITS, made from
Dark Blue Tricots,
sightly, soft mate?
rials, Double Breast?
ed Jackets, Pants.
Reinforced Seats,
Double Knees. Pat?
ent Bands, Tape
Seams and Riveted
Buttons, sizes up to <^ ftf|
age K.&,oyy
BOYS' KNEE PANTS
S U 1 T S, All Wool
Dark Tweed Gassi
mere,Double Breast
Jackets and Wear
Resisting Double
Seat and Knee Pants,
solid Suits that will
give honest service.
Sizes including agevO PQ
15. L*M
IS
o
MEN'S UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS, White
Merino Heavy Winter Weight, splendidly
finished goods that mean Half Dollar every?
where but here.
MEN'S CANTON FLANNEL DRAWERS, excel?
lently made and finished, and a rattling good
quality for the Quarter.
MEN'S FLEECE LINED UNDERSHIR TS ONLY (no
drawers to match) White, extra weight and
warm undergarments, only.
MEN'S FLEECE LINED HEALTH UNDERWEAR,
extra heavy, well finished and Tip-Top Un?
derwear for lit comfort and service, only.
iWEN'S HA'TS in Gray and Brown Fedoras, stylish,
good looking and well made Flats, and ? rare
bargain lor the price.
MEN'S HATS. Nobby Derbies, odd sizes, regular
Two Fifty Hats, well made and trimmed, and
a Big Bargain in Headgear.
Uli
45s
BOYS' CAPE OVER?
COATS, made from
Choice Tweed ma
? terials, full lengths,
well made and fin?
ished and a thorough, ?
good serviceable
Cape Coal that no
boy need be ashamed
to wear. Sizes up ^ I
to 15.Ooi
Buys'Cape Overcoats,
with Knee Pants
Suits to match, made
from all wool dark
blue tweed, a bang
up Suit and Over?
coat, all to match,
and a big bargain for
I a complete outfit,
I only.
