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PU0?SHED DAILY AND WEEKLY. MX THE VIRGINIAN COMPAHY. TERWBOF THE VIRGINIAN. THE daily virginian la delivered {? ?UMcribar* by carriers in Norfolk, rortltnouth, Berkley, Suffolk, West Nor SwK, Newport News, for 10 cents nor VMrat, pnyabl* to the carrier weekly; by ^AiJ, posiaifo free in the United States. Uftl; ??? Ji nr ???95 ?0 ?d& monttts ? ? ? a oo shree Months ? ? ? J au =? Sleuth ? ? ? AO irt(lS WEEULY Vin?IN!IAN ASDl'Alt Oil MAN, One Dollar Yenr. Remittances, Drafts, Checks and i'ost ofGCft Orders should bo ntndo uayublo to the order ot THE NORFOLK VIRGINIAN. OKiir Virginian Rnildlni;, Phones 103. ' glftia ftpcl Commerce Htroett, NOKI'OLK, V%. Tlrarlnlnn Anue& Biilltlliitr I'luuie St. rbone 75. 1 ADVERTISING RATES ? Advertise? ments Inserted at the rate of 75 cents a Bcpiure, First Insertion; each subsequent insertion, 37Hr cents, or GO w.hcn Inserted Every Othor Day. Contracts nie not al? lowed to exceed their space or udvortisu T*"*' tlrtn their legitimate business, ox cent by paying especially for the same. ? leading Notices lnvurlably 20 cents per ano first Insertion. Each subsequent In? sertion 12 cents, or 15 cents when inserted on alternate days. all Business in relation to apvbrtisino, subscriptions or news. after 10 p. m., attended to at annex office, plume st. NBW YORK OFFICE? ralph- iuvT keb, Special Representative, Room 47. Tlmsa Binding, Now York City. the VlBQINIAN cannot bo hold re ?ponslble for the return of rejected com? munications or manuscript. 0A/BURDAY, JANUARY 1, 189S. EIGHT PAGES. Tlie Autonomie government ot Cuba la to be insUlllcd to-day. A dispatch from Pekln says that "the Chinese are frightened. Well, rather! (Mark Hanna considers that he still has a fighting chance, but that he will have te fight for It. General bow Wallace thinks we must teJther take Hnhviall tiow or light for the Islands fifteen years hence. It Is a small world -when one plunger ?it Chicigo can affeot the price of wheat la all the markets of Christendom. SNow somebody likens a Mugwump to p. ferryboat, wihlch wears Its life ou* by crossing from one side to the olher. 1* Is definitely announced by the Mall and Express that Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, desires a re-oleetion. ?? Bure, Sj^aitor Teller again assert? thai', no o?rWmjy measure along the linea pro? gnoses by the President can pass the [Senate at this session. *ThS itirklSh soldier's Who murdered jjFfcahk- Lent?, the American bicycle rld nr, In Armenia, sorno years iago, have fXje^rKftfnvleted and sentenced to fifteen Roars' ooriflnememu ;TBdokar T. Washington says the ne? groes should not hold office. Maybe the ttdralnir.t ration, suggested tihis remark feo Booker, ?eelng that no ofllccs v?ye feeing given the negroes. &ji English woman claims to hive In? vented a pocket for women's dresses *h*t no one can find - but the wearer. rWfry don't somebody Invent a pocket ?or a man of the same kind? "The Carolinas, alone," says the Chit ftanoogia Times, "produces 200,000 bales tn?re than the whole SorJth spun in J896-*97, the largest consumption the ?ortfth ever made In one year. The Philadelphia Times says thai tthelr historians claim that Chinese run back thousands of years., Hence their ^disposition to turn and run'at any ap? pearance of trouble comes natural. T?te Indianapolis News says that Mr. f Qrosvonor's mathematical ability has ? been ernpQoyed in an endeavor to fit an I OfBoe to every Jive hundred hungry par | Wsans, and. the result he has arrived I 'tat Is that he needs more office. ' The United States pension bureau ? Come time ago ruled that names of pen? sioners should be *w>lthhheld from the newspapers. Mr. Evans, now in charge! of the 'bureau, thinks differently. Then why are 'the names not printed? The government win Save money by ls?u lng the list in pamphlet form as a pub lio document, says the Galveston News. The Chinese Minister at Washington Is quoted assaying: "They talk of dis? membering China. Why do they not partition Turkey?" One reason, ob serves the Savannah News, Is that Tur? key Is old and tough and belligerent. Turkey would not be a toothsome mor? sel. The powers .are looking for soft things, and China is about^the softest ?hing In eight. Governor Bushneli, of Ohio, gave a pardon to Ralph Wintersgill, a life pris? oner, on Christmas day, ? which was promptly refused. "Wintersgill Is now 70 years old, and has served twenty yea:s. " . in declining the pardon -he said the . v Btale had unfitted him .forlife, and that ho-old not care to go back in his old age to a-world that bad. forgotten him . and jM-cferred- tha? the -State fihould Continue to' care for biin to the end. ;33 A HAPPY SEW YEAH. dxist night 1S97 vanished from .the atone, and an.the last stroke of the town clock finished tolling-twelve, 1898 stepped upon the boards. Tho old year has gone then, and tho New Tear Is at our doors? what shall toe said of It? Is It n time to regret tho failure ot past Intentions and to form now ones, which, in turn, may follow the same road of failure and regret? It Is man's nature to make gop^.'resolutions and to break them, yet It Is better <to make, even if we break them, than no.t to make them di all. Let us, then, at least strive to do better on this Now Year's Day. It will not do to sit amid the ashes of the past .to give thought alone to what might have been. The past Is gone and cannot bo recalled, and another page in tho great book of life 1ms been closed. Nothing can be taken from or added thereto. If we are to think at nil of the vast let it be of ,the gladsome days; of nil the goodness and grace and love that have kept side by side with up, and rejoice as wo turn to each tender memory on this New Year's Day. Let us remember that life Is very often what we make It, -and were Jt not for hope what would life be worth. Hope for a newer and a brighter life here, with the knowledge thai way beyond the sunlight and light of tbe stars there awaits a reward for him who docth the Muster's will. There la no bp.ttor time for a fresh start than on Now Year's Day. Let us arrest the Might of -time- and Imprint upon it? wings new resolutions. On this ilny let ud herd tog-ether a moment here, a moment there, and If we have devoted the year of 1897 to ourselves, or rather each to himself, let us on thin Now Year's Day resolve ,to think not alone of ourselves, but of our neighbors as well, and to offer nnd receive In turn the good wishes which should mark a festival of good will. Standing upon the threshold of another year, with all Its opportunities. The Virginian hopes that the days of 1808 may be well spent, and to nil Its friends nnd patrons It wishes a happy New Year. TIIJR o l> reo n I x u A X l> IX CO M IRQ AIMIIMS I RATIONS, Tho administration of Governor O'Ferrall, which1 expires to-day, has been an excosdlng'ly creditable one? and justly reflects honor on him. As Chief Executive of the Common wealth, he has discharged his responsible duties faithfully, and differ n? many may with some of his pronounced views on politi? cal questions, there can be found few indeed who will not be ready to accord him the merit of having served hte State in a conscientious, able and patrl I otic manner. During his term the law has 'been very generally maintained throughout the Commonwealth?and to his vigorous action, cspeolally in refer? ence to the matters of lynching, horse race gambling and tho brutalities of prize lighting, the good name ot 'the State h:i i been protected and her f .ir fame upheld. He can well retire from the arduous duties of hi;; high position with 'the satisfaction of having sought earnestly and zealously i;o execute tho great trust reposed In his keeping by the people of Virginia. To-day Colonel J. H?ge Tyler will be Inaugurated t'lovcrnor of tho State, and he will enter upon the discharge of the functions of his office with the best wishes of the people, irrespective of party, ills Inauguration will be simple In character, free from display and parade. It Is not too much to predict that it will be the purpose of. Governor Tyler to do all that he can lo protect the honor of the Commonwealth and promote the welfare of her citizens, ills past record Is a guarantee of this, and an assurance of an honest, progressive and economic administration. THE NF.CKSSI I IK"? OF ItUTKEMCH? 91K X T A DU ITT E D. The friends of ?tlre administration, or at least some of it hem, admit the ne? cessity Of retrenchment and reduction of expenditures In Government trans? actions, or a heavier 'taxation will have to be imposed. For Instance, according to the Chicago Chronicle, as Mr. Can? non, In the House, and Mr. Fryo, -in the Bonate, nre agreed that retrenchment I Is necessary in order to avoid financial shipwreck, rthcy should agree upon the direcl-lon Iii which retrenchment is most feasible. They ilo not need to look far. It Is n i necessary?though in some re speots it might be desirable?to lop ort ?'.he appropriations, for rivers and har? bor improvements, save where neces? sary. There is a form of retrenchment! which would not only save the Gov? ernment .money, bat which would do away with a national scandal. It Is tn be found in ridding the pension roll of frauds and impostors, M is a solf evldent fact that a pension roll which thirty-three years after the war has closed, ui?e;re",ates Jir.O.000,000 per year Is rotten from ?top to bottom. If the Republicans, under the stress of ne cesslty, extirpate this abuse the Ding ley deficiency bill will, a liter all, have to be considered a national blessing." The people would be glad to see re? trenchment wherever circumstances wlli admit in the matter of Governmen? tal expenditures, and Ithe men who suc? ceed in bringing it about will earn the ?thanks of (he country. CHINA'S FlGHTISa POWER? The New YoTk Herald holds that the weakness of China Is not, or not recent? ly, In her conduct ot foreign affairs, but In her want of land and naval forces odca.ua.to to carry out her conceptions of policy. This Is perhaps ?truc, so far as her navy 1s concerned, but the world has been (taught to believe that China was so populous as 'to enable'her ?to muster any slxe force desired, for any purpose whatever. Her weakness ralther comes from her impotence >than anything else, and 'tho utter rottenness of all ithe elements which go to make up the so-called government of 'the em? pire. Beyond the Emperor's lmmedlai'.o household there 1s no sortt of confidence In the government. There Is no lack of men for either tho army or navy, but after they are enlisted what do they amount ito? What capacity they have for fighting In either branch of ?tho servJco Is due civUrcly. to foreign officers, who, by the way, arc always rogarded with Jealousy. Tho Herald thinks, however, that for tho defense of China, ngatnElt invasion or dismember? ment, two things are cssentinl; first, al? liances, and, second,'the development of her military power. The second, It says, will come through the first, and the first will come 'through the rival? ries and selllsh interests of those Bu ropeau powers which are supposed to intend dividing up her- territory among I hem. There may be no difficulty in form? ing alliances, perhaps, but it is a ques lilon whetther China will ever be a mili? tary power of any consequence. NOTES AND OPINIONS. Docs this contemplated decline in typewriters apply to the machine or the girl??Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Osaka has been called the Now York of Japan. "With the manufacturing vil? lages that cluster around it it has a population of about 1,000,000. Wear a wreath of roses In your hair at the theatre In place of a bonnet and you will be considered quite up to date and the envy of your acquaintances. The latest project of the Danish Gov? ernment Is to Introduce an Income tax of IVi per cent, a year, those having less than 700 crowns of Income being free. The sale of a horse in Kentucky fur $00,000 raises a doubt concerning the coming t)f a horseless age. There Is, as usual, room at the top.?St.Louis Globe Democrat. In the State of Nuevo Loon, Mexico, the government has ordered that the pupils in all the ofllcial .school? shall be taught to 'write and perform all manuel tasks as well with the left hand as wi'th the tight. Cud arc running In such large num? bers and so near the land on the Long Island side of the sound, near Kast -Marion and Orient, that many of them are thrown out by the surf, and resi? dents pick them up on the shore. A man thinks he can tell a woman she Is untruthful, fickle, frivolous and anything else he happens to think of when he is angry, -and she must smil? ingly listen and forget all about the hurt when he gels Rood and ready In I make tin. One of the buildings of which O-s wego. N. Y,, is proud is the drug store In w hich Thomas C. Platt started .his career. He started in politics as a poli? tical glee club singer, and the back room of his drug store soon became the county headquarters of hid party. PERSONALS. Richard Mansfloid explains his as? sault upon his valet as n little prollml: nary skirmish preparatory to the roal war on the theatrical trust.?Cincinnati Times-Star. Senator Allison was requested to pre? sent a prominent, though uncouth, Iowa editor to the President, hut said frank? ly: "I won't present you to anybody until you cut your hair." 7t Is related on a recent occasion Bis? marck was tormented by toothache, and that on consulting a physician he was t?ld that a man of his ate ought to be delighted at still being t-ubjeet to such an ailing. Joseph P. Klliott, of Kvansville, Tnd.. who is S3 years of age. has just been admitted to the bar. He has been fur several years a Justice of the peace, but never studied law until he was elected to that utlice. Russell 'Sage denies the report 'that he is to retire from Wall .street. "Why," lie said, aghast at the rumor, "I have added largely to my holdings this fall." All of Mr. Sage's early associates in business are either dead or bankrupt. Stephen Horsey, one or the celebrated Knights of the fluiden Circle, who was arrested in Indiana In ISC-1 on suspicion of conspiring to aid the Confederacy, Is dying In the asylum for tihe poor In the 'little .town of Shoals, Ind., for? gotten by friends and enemies. The proprietor of a Now York maga? zine Is going to sue a Chicago poet fur damages because he worked off some old verses on him as original matter. If the offender 'belongs to the regular school of Chicago poets, the damage would have been greater had the poem been what he represented it ,to be.? I Washington Post. With Hood's Sursnpa rilla,"8ale.HTalk," and show that this medi? cine has enjoyed public conlidcnco and patronage to a greater extent than accord? ed any other proprietary medicine. This is simply because it possesses grentcr merit and produces greater cures than any other. It is not what we say, but what Hood's ?araaparilla docs, that tolls tho story. All advertisements of Hood's Sarsaparilla, liko Hood's Sarsaparilla it? self, aro honest. We havo never deceived tho public, and this with its superlative medicinal merit, is why tho peoplo have abiding confidence in it, and buy Sarsaparilla n Almost to tho exclusion of all others. Try It Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. ?___ ~ are. tho only pills to take HqOU S PlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Beginning this (Saturday) morning, Jan. 1st, the Great Store opens up its New Year's selling with another siege of price slashing, and ushers into operation the Manufacturer's Great Stock Relief Unloading Sale to convert the surplus of the Winter Weights into ready cash be? fore the close of the season. This phenomenal money-saving sale, fraught with its myriads of miraculous price-wonders, must stand in the eyes of every prudent economist as a fleeting opportunity, and the sooner that the importance is realized that it demands imperative at? tention, the better the chances to secure the choice of patterns and sizes of standard apparel, that is guaranteed in every respect for the best of service and satisfaction, just as if full price were paid for the goods in the earlier period of the season. . If you are a money=saver, seeking the best that can be had upon the lowest possible basis of cash that money will command, this Manufacturer's Stock Relief Un? loading Sale brings forth thousands of rich, rare bargains in high grade, perfect fitting, accurately tailored Men's, Boys', Youths' and Children's Apparel, and forces down the prices lower than is usually charged for the low grade, inferior sorts. Bear in mind there will be nothing Reserved?Every Garment in the Winter Stock, matters not how fine nor costly, shows a reduc? tion and a big one, and further more let it be understood that it mat? ters not how Low the prices quoted, the goods are thoroughly depend? able and represent the Burk & Co., Conscientious business policy of only selling Reliable Goods, guaranteed for genuine service and war? ranted in every detail exactly as represented. 1.1 tll? Hovk <lvi'icniila. The overcoat for the small hoy Is thoroughly protective and not over trlmim 1. It is made of rough or smooth surfaced cldth In any of tho dark hues now fashionable and, save the sailor collar and quaintly shaped cuffs, Its lines are In some Instances severe. This littlo coat irt one of the up-to-date styles presented in the current number of The Delineator. It Is made of green faced cloth and trimmed with lace edg? ing and Astrakhan. The fronts are I>nltorn Xo. 0347. lapped and closed to the throat In dou? ble-breasted style and the b.iek in full and joined to the lower edge of a square yoke. The coat-shaped sleeves are fin? ished with roll-over cuffs bordered with I Astrakhan, and the sailor collar is ef? fectively trimmed. The little cap is of velvet. A skyllsh little coat could be made from this in chestnut-brown mel? ton and decorated with fur bands. 'Specially prepared for us by The But tcrick Publishing Co. (Limited). STOWAWAY LOSES 100 BOUNDS. (Prom the Baltimore Sun.) Thclcsbhnra A. Chares t, aged 34 years, who arrived In Baltimore on the steamer Trltonta from Glasgow as e. stowaway, was the other day released by Commissioner Helmighausen. Char est proved that he had lived In various j places In .this country since 1S70, and I that* lie was employed as a cattleman on board of a steamer that sailed from Philadelphia, and while on the other Do You Know Mr. L< B, Myrick? HUNDREDS BO. lie Is agent for the United States Express Company, No. iTi Main street, Norfolk, Va. Mr. Myrick says: "FOB SEVF.RAL YEARS I BUFFERED WITH A CHRON? IC COUGH AND GOBI), SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY NEURALGIA AND IIIBADACHI). After Consulting several physicians without relief I PLACED 1IY SELF UNDER TUB TREATMENT OF DR. FIRRY, AND WAS CURED RY HIM. NEARLY A YEAR HAS ELAPS? ED SINCR THEN AND THERE IIAS BEEN NO RETURN WHATEVER OF THE TROUBLE "L. B. MYRICK." MY CURES STAND THE TEST OF TRIAL. THEY ARE NOT MERE PATCHWORK. lt. R. FIREY, M. D., graduate, of medi? cal department University of Maryland, has ofllces at Rooms 1 and 2, No. 311 Main stre< t, Norfolk, Va. Specialties?CATARRH, Asthma, Hay Fever, Ileaduehe,' Dyspepsia, and all dis? eases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat; also agent for COMPOUND OXYGEN, tho great Vitalizing Treatment. CONSULTATION ALWAYS FRESE. Medicines Free to Patients. Hours: !i to 12:30, 2 to 0. Eyes examined for Blosses free of charge. Special offer for One Week: Solid Gold Spectacles, fitted with lenses to suit your eyes $4.50. FEES ALWAYS MODERATE. side missed the steamer on her return trip. He then secreted himself on hoard the Trltnn'.a. Char em's appearance at the Custom? house attracted much attention, as he Is a giant In size. He Is about six feet four In height, nnd stated that his nor? mal weight was ;!.r>0 pounds, although at present he weighs but 250, having lost nearly 100 pounds from lack of food while hidden away In the cargo of the Trltonla. He stntcd that he was a cobbler nnd had already secured a posi? tion to go to work. Roter Smith 8c Co Tlio rush of last weck was tremendous. The buying public ap? preciates our efforts to assist them in their Christmas shopping. This week 'the Inducements will be the same. Ltowest possible figures for all desirable goods in our line. Trading Stamps Given For All Cash Purchases. Hemmed and lace trimmed hand-! Silk Handkerchiefs, initial and kerchiefs. Embroidered, inc., I2',ic. Ifta, 25c, up to the finest goods imported. plain, Trcffouse Kids, ?1.00. Child's Castor Mittens, 60c. Damask Cloths and Napkins. BEAUTIFUL FUR NECK PIECES. Our figures always the lowest and we give trading stamps. FOTt FINEST STOCK AND LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY, CALL, ON Fred. B* Stevens (with William Klovcns' Sons), ?3 ?51. AFtiiiTL Street, Xmas Presents Gents' and Ladies'. Gold and Silver Trimmed UMBRELLAS I Canes and Gloves, 249 Main Street. The Matter. JOHN S. ETHERIDGE. LdVIURY AND BOARDING STAHLES. BERKLEY, VA. Having Just completed my now stables, corner Chestnut und Pearl ?treel and stocl'.cd the samo with some llrat-cluaa U;<t0gies, Carriages, Driving Horses, etc., 1 am now prepared to furnish good turn? out day or night at rock bottom prices. Norfolk and I'nrtair.onth trade solicited. New Phone No. a JOHN S. ETHLIVIDOE, Proprietor. CHRISTMAS Will noon l>o here, and for tho holiday season wo have now a splendid slock of which aro Iho very latest product of our factory, and represent the highest stand? ard, of excellence. Wo have also soms slightly used pianos which wo will offer for the next few days at greatly reduced piiees. Cull and see us and got our prices and terms If you wont a. lino piano at tho right price. STANDARD ORGANS. Tuning and Repairing. Terms to suit. Chas. ML. Stieff, ?G MAIN BT., NORFOLK. VA. ? i Hcnrv MacLachlan, Manager. Vt ?will tand mo i flvo it) A nj trial trnntmont of th? Froneli Koroeiir CA lt HO Q frre. (no E It. b'? mil a IuukI nuaranteo that Calthob will STOP Plurbitrce? and !.ml..Inn., < MIC Svrnu.l.irrl-.-u, Vurlruoolc und lit.M i'our. I.??t VI,or. It cost* you nothing to try It. Vpn W0hlOO.7gQ Baol>Aa?rl.??lll^tln.ln.lll,a