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VFRN IS-MARTIN TABLES AND CHAIRS. -These well know roods need no introduction. They are works ot art exquisitely' graceful in shape, brilliant in their golden finish and hand painted decorations. They will shine like jewels pi any parlor. In tables we offer the $25 kind for $18, the $12 ones for $7. Chairs from $0 up. IN MALACHITE GREEN.?We are showing some novelties in Chairs, Centre Tables and Pedestals in Malachite Green, with tapestry and velvet backs, which are a joy to the heart of every home-lover. They are pictures of repose. They speak of retinement and comfort. They charm the eye. You may have one for so little as $6.75. There are larger prices for longer purses. ELEGANCt IN EASY CHAIRS?That will gladden the hearts of dear old mother and business-worn lather as a strong, handsome Easy Chair. The Ford Johnson Rockers are the aristocrats of easy chairs. They are beautifully finished, shaped for perfect comfort and long wear; with seats and backs of leather; $3.75 and higher. ODD PARLOR PIECES.?A feature of our present display and one which must appeal with especial force to Christmas shoppers, is a large as? sortment of Odd Parior Pieces of very high grade. Settees, Divans and Vernis-iW.trlin and Mahogany Chairs. Worthy of more mention than can be given there'are Crock Veneered Chairs, of unusually rich effects, with silk velour trimmings. There are only one or two of a pattern in this odd lot ?an especially attractive field for gift hunters. We have gathered these from all over the house that they may be seen together, and the prices as attractive as the goods. Come early, for they won't last long. 4 \ I m ?! ill t \ lutiful StocK, Special IN WHITE AND DRESDEN.?Here are things for sisters and cousins and aunts. Music Racks, Music Tables and Chairs in white and Dresden. They mark the acme of daintiness and grace in furniture construction. They are symphonies in shape, as they should, but the price-note is too low to harmonize. ?2.$o and upwards. LADIES' DESKS.?There is no article of furniture dearer to a wo? man's heart than a dainty Writing Desk. It is associated with her fondest thoughts and holds her dearest secrets. It adds a kind of personal charm to whatever room it may be in. We have many of them, and not one but has its quality beauty. They're in .mahogany, curly bitch and bird's-eye maple. COMFOKT IN COUCHES.-A Couch is something that we all can appreciate. Ii is the furniture friend of the family. Many of them are here in many stylos. We think we can suit you in either leather or imported corduroy, and we are sure you will be pleased with those in copyrighted ve? lour patterns. They are decidedly and up-to-date and the prices are right from $6 upwards. a A TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BEDROOM SUIT.?The showiest thing by tar in our meat show place is a magnificent Bedroom Suit, which may be seen in our windows, It is of the time of Louis XV, is of solid ma? hogany and entirely hand-made by the greatest wood-carving artists of the Phoenix Furniture Co., of Grand Rapids, Michigan. As we need room, we have marked this suit down. It will cost you only twelve hundred dollars, though worth considerably more. But in this line we can suit all tastes and all purses. m i ^0 NT. Ken BURGLAR'S BOLD RUSE Figures on the Cost of Maintaining Public Roads In the County. PLAYED THE PART OF MANGLED WRECK I'cnuiit ?ompuii.y (Jlinrlernil?Spirit n mil Aiil In Secular A (In Irs .Spoony couple 'fritvailing Iiieng-Too.lt a Drinu mid Lost Valuables la I ho Amount of Toil Dollars. Suffolk, Va., December 18.?To escape arrest and Imprisonment, Ben jBlow sought shelter under a live railroad train. It came near costing his lire, a., .veil ns that of hin pursuer, Sergeant John W. Ami S, Jr. Hen Blow is a burglar, lie is wanted in Franklin for hdusebVeaklng and the theft of a varied assortment of clothing. After tile crime Blow escaped and the police of various towns were notified. That was more than a week ago. Ser? geant Anus today spotted his man and gave chase. "When near the Intersection of the (Norfolk and Western railroad with Wcllons street, Blow dived under a coal train which hnd just slopped. The officer followed. D?ring the scram? ble the train started.and both had a hah'-"breadth escape. The prisoner was held and Setgeant Gibson, or Franklin, this afternoon took him to that town, lie will have a hearing Monday. FIGURES TE-LL A TALK. (Anent the proposal to change the Nansemond county road law. a whole lot is being said derogatory to the pres? ent system. The masses are hoping llttt the road convention Which meets early In January will make radical changes in the present plan?. The existing* law haw been n failure, whether In its text or Its execution being an undecided question. Anyway the county gels poor service fr--,the money spent. The follow? ing ex ,;{c'h from the County Treasurer's last report ?peak eloquently for a change. The figures include the period from December 17th, 1896, to December nth, IffftV. The expense Is much large: than ever before; Hero is the cost or road maintenance by districts: Holy Neck, $2 312.94; Cypress, SI.890.80; Ch?ck atuck, $l,7ll.7ft; Sleepy Hole. $1,481.97. The expense or keeping up the roads a mile from Suffolk In every direction Is not Included \a the above. The town pnys for that. FLAYING A PAKT. Annie .Ricks, the plaintiff In the wife beating case .set for today, came into court this morning supported by two other women. She wanted to appear ' <?omethlng like a mangled wreck to <':>i V' phaslxe the" result of the lnjurlc? rc / celved from her husband in yesterday's fracas. She was playing a pa.rt, but her ruee was penetrated later. At any rate, Mio acting did no good. The case was continued till Wednesday i?y mutual agreement of Attorneys Burges and Everett. Justice Eley adjourned court. PEANUT PLANT OHATtTKKBD. The peanut plant Is not a myth, but a r ailty. The Suffolk Peanut Company whs chartered today. The officers are: .lohn A. King, president; .lohn P. Pin? ner, secretary and treasurer: these, with K. L. Marshall, J. D. Dnughlrey, M. E. King and W. G. Pinner, hoard of direc? tors. The capital stock of the company cannot he less than $l0.ono, nor more than $25,000. It will be in $10 shares. Work on the establishment of a factory will soon 'begin. PRATING ABOUT MONEY. Dr. W. W. Stnloy will preach at the Christian Church Sunday morning on "invoking Spiritual Aid in Secular Af? fairs." He may tell the congregation how much good it does to pray about evcry-day business transactions. At night the t >pie is, ''Treasury Revela? tions," which will touch on Interesting lines. Last Sunday there -were visitors p:esent. as shown by the programme.' from Emporia, Portsmouth, Richmond, Waverley. South Norfolk, York. BOy-1 kins. Norfolk. Holland, Pensacola, Fla., Klndcrhook, N. Y? arid Knwariee, 111. TO HAVE ANOTHER OHANCE. The jury in the Saunders-Ellls wharf test case, which could not odree on a I verdict, will be convened again Mon? day by Judge Kllby. who will give them another chance. Th ' Knight-Roberts cow killing case Is also for Monday. This was ap? pealed fiom a magistrate. TP.A VEL1NG INCOG. A young couple who were "soft" on each other came down this morning on the Norfolk and Western road. It looked like an elopement and those who kepi the pair In sight soon saw them buying tickets for Gates Station, N. C. A minister went to the same point. The parlies were married and arrived In Suffolk to-night. They were trav? eling Incog. The prospective groom wus very demonstrative in talk during the first Irip, A TEN DOLLAR DRINK'. Leroy Hodges, who lives near Cope land, took a. drink nbonl ? o'clock lo night. It cost him $10. That Is what he says the goods stolen from him dur? ing the time he was !ri H. M. Bruce's bar-room were worth, lie drove up lo the back of the store from Main street, leaving his horse and buggy very near the entrance. When he got back n lot of shirts, a pair of shoes and a ladles' cloak had been removed. Mr. Hodges says he will pay a reward for the theirs arrest Mrs. Mary Bird, I land.--burg, says: "My child Is worth millions to me; yet I would have los: her by oroup had 1 not Invested twenty-live cents in a bot? tle of One Minute Couarh Cure." It euros coughs, colds and Ail throat and lung troubles. .1. M. Trotter, and R. L I Walker, Norfolk, and Truitt & Smith I Berkley. 111! ah iii.kto.V Buy nice candies and fine cigars of T. Ii. Turner, Park and Bf?mbleAon avenues. Pine display of fireworks. FliOM AI'.VXOK'R TO Til HON K. A Christmas series of sermons will j be delivered at the Pork Avenue Han? tlet church by the pastor, the Rev.' J. J. Ball. D. D., 'beginning .to-night:! 1. "No Room for "the Child, or Begin? ning Ute Under Hardships." 2. "On the Threshold, or A Start in Life." 3.1 "In the Midst of Battle, or Life's Foes and How to Meet Them." -1. "The Struggle Kmlod, or bite's Closing flours." o. The Vldior CrOwned1, or Life Judged In the Other World." Mr. iL. O. Ashburn was clearer of fever and resting hotter yesterday, which was encouraging to the family. The gramophone entertainment that was to have been given at Trinity M. K. church last Tuesday night, comes off "to-morrow night at 8 o'clock, and promises to be a grand success. The Rev. L>. T. Williams will till his pulpit to-day at the usual hours, 11 a. in. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 0:l!0 n. in. Tlw? TWnlty IE p worth Xjeaguc will meet on Sunday afternoon for devotion? al service instead of Friday night, as heretofore. Oleoting this afternoon at I! o'clock sharp. Mrs. I). IT. Hollomon, of 12*1 Wlltough by avenue, received the sad intelligence yesterday that her falher-ln-law. Mr. \i. B. Hollomon, who resides in R?hn oke, was found dead In bed. She forthwith wired 'the news lr> her hus? band in Georgia, whore he is employed In che lumber business. It is probable thn,t ho will go at once 'to Roan ?'. to accompany his father's remains for Interment In Suffolk, his old home. The Rev. IV. W. Walker, of Franklin, will occupy the pulpit of St. Peter's church tavday at bath 'the morning and evening service. The Rev. W. A. Woodson left for Franklin yesterday, where lie will preach to his old charge. Fire works, candles, holiday per? fumes, cigars, with Christmas greet? ings. LT? in bos, $1,25. At Meredith's drug store. ati, N : 5j city. Miss Annie Kwoll i? expected home today from Baltimore, where she- has been visiting. The Rev. Walton P. rcillngaworth, of Philadelphia, j ? visiting In the ward. Mr. Thomas Oreen, who sustained in? juries by a fall some weeks ago', is able to be out. ii i n i i:::sv;i.i.r.. The latest news from Mrs. I.ennon, as received by friends In this'town, Is tii.a she was growing wntsn and weaker. HunteiRVillo M. B. Church. Rev. R. W. Webb, pastor?Preaching at the usual hours niorning and night. Y. M. C. A. MiKF/lMNC,. Miss Jones will sing and Rev. <!. P. Itutledgc will speak at the men's meet? ing at the V. AT. C. A. hall at 4 p. m. An address, "Boing flood," will be de? livered by Rev. C P. Rutledge, evange? list of the Christian Chinch. Miss Alice Jones will ping two solos, besides the irchestra and pong service. All men ire Invited; "Next Tuesday night will be la ;:?.--' night at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. All ladies are cordially invited to the I gallery, to witness the clasa. NORFOLK'S COSTUMER. for Christmas Compare Granby street low rents vs. Main street high rents. Compare Granby street smalt expenses of about $50 weekly with Main street large expenses of $1,000 weekly. WHO PAYS THE DIFFERENCE? Compare Prices! Compare Quality! If you are a good judge you will find who pays the dif? ference. Mere is given better value for the same money, or' the same value for less mone}'. Handkerchief Department. j Silk Skirts, Imported Dress Patterns, Latest Novelties in Umbrellas, Latest Novelties in Leather Goods. COMPARE QUALITY, COMPARE PRICES. FIND OUT WHO PAYS THE DIFFERENCE. Ilnndsomc Christmas Gifts for the darling little babies ?.an be found in our Infants' Department. Compare our pure All J.incn unlaun drlcd, Hemstitched llandkarchtcfs nt lie. Compare our pure All Linen soft bleach, ready for use Handkerchiefs at in.-. Compare our pnro All Linen Hand Em? broidered Handkerchiefs at 12tfcc. Compare our ladles' Handkerchiefs; which are pare ?nen, nt any pile,, from 5c. to $1.7". n piece and you will linU out who pays the difference. Furs! Furs ! Furs! Early yesti rday morning, lierorc wo cx pectcd any business, we began marking our Fur Goods for B)>eclnl Sale To-mor? row; before we were half through mark? ing them our store wits crowded with cus? tomers' and somehow or other it was Whispered from ono'to the otho that a special fur salo was on, with the result that o\. r half our .-lock Is gone. This oth? er half will bo offered to-morrow morn? ing, at the following Which embraces eve Hn *ki t. Holly Bnnd Slip, Coat and Cap. y detail from the and Diapers to the Comparison Sale Prices: Stone Martin Collarette, worth 165,00, Comparison Sale 1'rlce, $32.00. Electric Seal und Peralan Cape, wortli $00X0, Comparison Sale Price, 125.00, Electric Seal Collarette, worth $35.00, Comparison Sale Price, $in.rx>. Other Capes and Collarettes at $15.00, $12.00, $10.00, 19.00, $7.00, $1.00, $3.09 and $3.00. Worth double the money. COM PAIR) QUALITY, COMPARE PRICES. FIND OUT WHO PAYS THE DIFFERENCE. FOP. CHRISTMAS WEEK, BEGIN? NING TO-MORROW we offer the follow? ing special sales: Handsomest Line of Ladies' Coats in the City. COLD WEATHER Is coming oh?OUR COATS APP. GOING. P.oys remember your mother and sis? ters with Christmas (lifts us well as your sweetht-arts. you eo.dd hardly give them .inylhlng that would be appreciated more than h Handsome Silk Skirt, Umbrel? la, Pocket Book, Break? fast Shawl. And numerous oilier substantial offerings Which are to be had here. Remember there Is n difference of s?oo more in the weekly expense on Main street than oh Granby street. WHO PAYS THE DIFFERENCE. COMPARE PRICES, COMPARE QUALI? TY. It Is your business to find out who pays the difference. If you have been paying the difference don't cry over spilled milk, but do hotter next time, at \ oseoeooeeaooseoo Norfolk's Costumer. 34 GRANBY ST., COLUMBIA BUILDING, NORFOLK, VA. FOR Every husband; brother or sweetheart in this vicinity would appreciate a pair of HOUSE SLIPPERS as a gift?a sen? sible present, too, for its useful and last a long time. Or, the Little Folks would like SHOES. The nurse girl or the cook would smile for RUBBER SHOES. They are cheap and good. Rubber Boots. Children's, sizes 7 to 10, $1.00. Misses', sizes Jl lo 2, $1.05. Special lot fusion lined. Misses' Wool lined. (1.25. Ladies' Wool lined, S1.50. Boys' and Girls' $1 Shoes. Made of the best stoclc. All solid Heel or Spring Patent tips, lace or button. White Kid Slippers. Made of tbo best Kid, stock Kid lined and straps und bow on instep, nil sl7.es, $1.00 Ladies' Rubbers, 25c. 40c., ?>e. Heel or Spring Heel, Storm cut Old Men's comforts, extra wide and very or low cut. F I soft Kid. V. P. Wide, $1.50._.tei Men's Slippers. Violet Embroidery, 50c. Patent Leather back, 60c. Ladies' nnd Boy's sizes, 00c .'. ! !l *, Men's sizes, all 50c. Bchclndel work, 75c. Men's Klastio sides Slippers, or nullU flora, they say, in Tan, Calf, Wfbo CaiC and Black Viel Kid, any slzo $1.50 Children's Leggins, 75c. $1.00, $1.25. Misses', $1.00. Ladles* Long Jersey Cloth, $1.25. Men's Leather Slippers. In light or dark. Tan or black, made on? the low cut ouera, last on tho high all nroimd King. $1.00, $1.25 and $1.00 And a great store full of other Shoe Attractions EVENINGS 328 MAIN STREET. NORFOLK. . UNTIL 9 I 230 HIGH STREET PORTSMOUTH, TOPF TfYV? A present for the little ones. With ri\CL/ 1\J I every purchase you get a toy FRE5 OF COST. You will have Shoes to buy, so why not ask tor the Toys. WE GIVE THEM CHEERFULLY. liill