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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

Never in the history of the manufacture
OF clothing did all x own such high-class
garments as the ones on sale now. People
that know good value when they see it saw
they are beyond question The Best Suits
they ever saw for Ten Dollars.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
sBATTLE ABBEY OF THE SOUTH"

~bATELE ABBEY OF THE SOUTH"
There are strong reasons why Rich
rnond should be selected as THE location
of "the Battle Abbey of the South, and
the ladies OF the capital city of the late
Confede'acy have converted .the White
House of the Confederacy" into a muse
um which they hope will eventually be
developed into such an Institution. In
a circular sent out by these ladies. it Is
announced that the Confederate museum
in the Jefferson Davis mansion. in Rich
mond. has been formally opened for Wis
itors, and although still incomplete as
to Its final arrangements and full collec-
tions. it is fast assuming magnificent
proportions. and visitors from Califor-
MIA and MINNESOTA on the West and the
North. and all the way down from the
East TO the South. have already regis
tered there" Fourteen States are repre-
fnnted in the rooms of the institution,
with regents and vice regents from each
State in charge. The society in charge
was started in February. 1890, with ex-
actly the same design and scope of what
has later become so we'll known as THE
Battle Abbey of the South" pushed 50
eagerly by the soldier patriot. Charles
Broadway Rouse, OF New York. The
work has been conducted quietly but
earnestly by these noble women, and
every dollar received has been expended
only where 1t would bring the best re-
turns, until now the mansion and
grounds donated by the city,, repairs. |
tire-proofing, restoring the building to ats |
original appearance, etc, paid for by |
funds raised by the society, represent |
not less than 100000 to S65, 900. The |
grounds belonging TO the dwelling are
sufficient 70 permit the erection of such |
proposed Battle Abbey" In view OF |
these facts the ladies very properly ask |
Why cannot these grounds, now in such /
beautiful order which could be secured |
free of cost, be utilized by MIR. Rouss
and the veterans? Cannot this sixty
odd thousand dollars. already raised and
wisely expended In securing the greatest
relic of all, THE White House of the
Confederacy." and its contents, be COM
bned into the effort on foot to establish !
the Abbey.
Richmond was the capital city of the /
Confederacy; a thousand memories dear |
unto the veterans OF ''the lost cause"
cluster around 1t; the undying love and |
sorrow OF women in every State whose |
loved ones lie sleeping in Hollywood and |
Oakwood, appeal in its behalf; the Capt. |
tai represented alike every State in the |
!Confedc,acy. and 1t should be the Mecca |
OF the people of THE Southland for all
time.
Here, Virginia s-aye, the South's !
most sacred and precious memorials are |
pledged-Lee's Jackson's, Stuart's, |
Hills, and cannot bd removed. Why
then should Richmond no. be the loca-
ton OF the great Battle Abbey OF the |
South?" The men whose lives We're sac
r.tced At her gates appeal in her behalf. |
and il would be strange. indeed, If those
Of their comrades left behind should not
feel that interest in the capital city, |
hallowed by n thousand memories. suf- |
ticient to give 10 il The Battle Abbey"
BY all means lie: Richmond be chosen.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
TERMS OF TIE WRelNlan.

THE WEEKLY yIBGINlAS ASDCAR.
=, OI.ISrAN, One Dollar Per Year.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

ut must be admitted" admits the Bos-
ton Herald, that Republicans a: the
North. as a rule, are no more inclined to
recognize colorcd men In the social inter
course of their families and firesides
than are those of the Southern sections"
Then why don't they stop blating abou;
the treatment the negro receives at the
hands OF the Southern people?
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

For the ten months ended April 30 last
the total production OF cigarettes for
home consumption was 3.33S.l47S09, or
an increase of 6l7,S04,4S0 over the fiscal
year 'e4-'s5. AT least the Coffin Nail"
Trust cannot complain of hard times
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

VIII
and crown Linen '1eA oS
Resist
worths
Sei Gray and Brown Worsed worhss VOW
rae ana Neat Striped
ne Pants,S3 10
kna OF Worseds makes
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PantsS ale begins lime
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

Cecil Rhodes, If he values his scalp,
will pay strict attention to the Keep
off-the-Grass" signs which Uncle Paul
Kruger has posted along the borders
of the Transvaal. The pcrmanency of
Mr.. Rhodes's hair in its proper place
appears to depend altogether upon his
obedience to Uncle Paurs injunction in
this matter.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
The Norfolk TiTgilian.

puellsnEo oAIlY AND WEEKLY.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

The Big Store sells Mems Suits for Five
Dollars that actually command nearly half
as much again at other places. The pat
terms are plain, neat, substantial-well
made and trimmed. Sack Suits, both square
and round cut and embody, all the value
that it is ever possible to get for Five Dol
lars
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
CROWDS OF BUYERS Came.
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Notwithstanding the heavy business
transacted in the Eight Seventy-five specials
within the past week the rangeis stronger
to-day than ever-Another batch of Mems
Suits have been culled from the higher
priced lines. Sizes slightly irregulur-bu
all sizes represented.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
$5O,OOO.OO
CITY OF NORFOLK, VA, so-YEAR
FOUR PER CENT. COUPON BONDS
OF s5Oo.OO EACH, DUE JUNE
LIST, 1925.
Interest payable December tst
mad June tSt.

BIDS for above described bonds will be
received re at the office of the City Treasurer
OF Norfolk, Va, until IL O'Clock M. Fri
the whole or part of said bonds and must
state price and accrued interest. PAY
ments Tor the purchase of said bonds to
order OF the City Treasurer. on any of the
city repositories, to-wit: Citizens Rank
M3rine Bank. Bank of Commerce. Nor,
Bank. uA
The right to reject any or all bids Is re-
served by the Finance Committee.
o,., l.. SHELDON.
Council.
Chairman Finance Committee ~ cSn,so+
Council. fa,s 10,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

Harold Frederic writes from London
that the Spanish government; is trying
to break up nest of foreign anarchists
who have taken advantage of the chaos
in the administration OF the country to
settle in the north and east of the pc
ninSula. q!
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21

A Chicago dispatch announces rain
in the Northwest in which fish and tur-
ties fell. This is very good says the
Galveston News, but doesn't quite come
up to the Texas shower of catfish frozen
in hail
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-21
SUNDAY, JUNE 81, 1886.
EIGHT PAGES.

President Cleveland has further sig
nalized his devotion TO civil service re-
form by issuing an order putting all men
classified as laborers in the Government
service under civil service rules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05

fried food was unhealthy, yet, right op-
posite him at table sat girl whose
complexior would have been the envy
of afl the New England girls he knew.
Could it be that heredity had &C
customed the Southern physique
tn that sort Of diet. He would
make a note of that for future thought.
MeanWbile. he determined that in this
humble home, in which not book was
visible, he might hope to repay hos
pitality by offering some glimpses OF q
higher civilizatihn, so ne began 10 talK
about the land from which he came,
Somehow, though, his remarks did not
seem to excite any curiosity; the fam
ily listened respectfully, but that was
ali: it was only when he asked ques-
tfons that the conversation became gen.
eral.
Have you lived here long, sir?" he
asked the host.
Ever since found wife here" was
the reply, except the time I was off In
the war. I belonged two or three hun
dred miles mp the river, but got down
this way one spring, an somehow 1
wasn't ever able to git away again; en-,
old LADY,"
The wife nodded assent, and Jack
wondered how 1t could have been. He
ventured the remark that the land
eeemed rioh all along the river bank.
and he supposed 1t was as good on mis-
hosts farm as anywhere else.
Cant say much about the farm,
said the host, with the shade OF laugh,
"seein' I don't raise much but little
oorn ons tubha cker Was f1shin'. an
huntin' when I first come down, an
tishin' an huntin' when I first met her,
an I've jest naturally been fshin' an
huntin' ever since. Seemed to be
land of sweets when I first got into it,
an it's been goin on seemin' that way
ever since.
Il don't wonder" said Jack, for the
land was affecting him in the same way.
The fragrance of orange, magnolia and
the many odorous shrubs and grasses
filled the air all the time he was ashore,
the bouquet of his boatload Of hives en-
veloped him when he was afoat; life
was exuberant all around him, while
the girls-cool- though he was
they, too, seemed to suffuse with sweet
ness all the atmosphere about them.
Ever the smoke Of the native tobacco
pipe was sweet. Jack had detested
pipe-smoke at home, and had often lost
part Of an exciting debate in the village
store by going outside for fresh air, but
here the odor OF burning perique was
fragrance to his nostrils.
No sooner was the meal ended than
the host again lit his pipe and the two
men fell into chat on the one converse
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05
SINS. 1Nr1RMITIEs AND DUTIES.

It has been said that every act, however
minute is either q duty or sin. While q
most important truth underlies this some
what startling assertion. we would suggest
that ut least one class OF actions comes under
neither of these two categories. 1nhrmities
are certainly not duties. nor can they prop
erly be called sins. Unintentional trans
pressions OF the eternal. immutable, perfect
law of God, unavoidable wrong doings, are
not sins. We are not to blame for them they
REQUIRE no forgiveness. An infrmity is a
coming short OF the ideal right; sin is q
coming short of the possible right, Of that
right doing which is possible to us now with
our fallen, enfeebIed, imperfect powers.
1t is Of great importance that these two
things be distinguished-th sins be not
called inflrmities, nor inf1rmities sins. Very
serious harm is done in both directions, but
chiefly. we think, by terming sins infrmi-
ties. This lowers the standard OF attain
ments, checks aspiration, dulls the con-
science. and gives rise to unfounded pro-
fessions. One OF the best proofs OF real
growth in grace is increased tenderness OF
conscience, increased refinement OF moral
perception, increased recognition OF little
Sins, particularly those sins of omission
which are so commonly overlooked. Few
people seem to realize that it is duty to use
all our powers to know the right as we'll as
to do it; that our ignorance Is often blame
worthy that it is sin to be unwatch!ul or
to live below our privileges, to be making
only little progress when we might make a
good deal. If these things were better un-
derstood.. we should hear less frequently
the bold declarations as to having been de-
liyered from all sin for such term Of years.
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The record for speed in race AMONG

The record for speed in race among
Orange Lake Clubs is held by DR..
Kidd's Snowdrift. On January IA of
last year she called over what was
ostensibly a ten-mile course, but
what, with tacking, ETC., really
amounted to eighteen miles Of actual
sailing, in II minutes and IA seconds,
something less than mile q minute.
The race was for a S400 silver cup and
open to sll ice-boats, without handi.
cap. It is now held by the Shrews-
bury Ice Yacht Club, of New Jersey,
whose boat, the Scud, came to Orange
Lake with 1000 feet of canvas and
took away the trophy most coveted of
ice yachtsmen.
Any man who can sail an ordinary
boat can. sail an ice yacht if he will
only remember one. thing-that the
latter craft cannot sail dead before
the wind. A glance at the construc-
ton of an ice yacht will show the rea-
son for this. By letting out the
mainsail the boat would head herself
SO quickly as to outstrip the wind, and
thus leave her without any driving
power except her own momentum.
Moreover, with yacht making mile
a minute in the teeth of q snorting
northerner there is no time to
trim sheets. As you start with your
sheet 80 you must finish with it. In
TACT all ice yachting is close-hauled
work, and many .yachtsman makes
his sheets fast with three half bitches
at the beginning of the season. and
never gives them aninch of drif till his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05
ter.Repellant Walls.

To be able to make walls that will
entirely resist moisture is OF great i'm
portance in localities where the earth
is damp and sodden. Experiments
have been made with brick and sand
stone, saturated with oils Of various
kinds. It is proven that raw and
boiled linseed oil are the best sub
stances with which to treat such wall
materials. If bricks are heated az hot
as they can be handled with bare
hands, then dropped into oil and al
lowed to remain there until cold, then
placed where they will drain and laid
in wall with good Portland cement
mortar, they are practically imperv.
ious to water. OF course, great deal
of expense attends this work, but there
are places where nothing else seems
to answer as well. For ordinary eel
lars and walls, where such extreme
nlcety of handling is not required,
thick coating of Portland cement NOR
tar laid or very smoothly and washed
over with several very thin coats OF
almost all Portland, will secure the
utmost dryness and cleanliness. The
qualities of Portland cement are not
fully appreciated by the average
householder. Ledger.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05

you send letter it must be folded
upon scarf. You might give the
finest present or convey the noblest
sentiments; they would go for Moth
ing without the accompaniment OF the
khata. The good Father Huc writes
entertainingly of the scarf Of ceres
mony, and tells how millions Of thems
must be in use.
It is the prayer wheel, the mechan-
ical device by which the Deity or the
evil spirit may be propitisted, which,
is so astounding to u.s. Prayer wheels
are of all sorts and kinds, and, II
dynamos were in use in Tibet, prodigi-
ously fine prayers might be reeled off
in this way. Some Of the native
wheels run by water power, and there
are windmill prayer contriyances. A
barrel of prayers, always rotating, or.
on tap, is common in Tibet. Some
times the formula "Om, mani padms,
hum" is printed 400 times on . sheet
of paper, put in wheel, and, with
proper gearing, can be made to repeat:
OF run of the formula 10000 times
and the more frequently the wheel
spins the better. Prayers are printed
on bits of fimsy paper, and these
papers are tied to string. Whenever
the paper futters in the wind then the
pious Tibetsn believes he is credited
with q prayer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05
SPIRITUAL LocKJAw.

Religion does not consist in talking,
but all who have had experience In
such matters know that he who has no re-
ligion Of which to speak, is perilously near
having none at all. Among other right
habits which the young convert should be
instructed to look after very sharply Is the
habit OF frequently testifying. It is almost
impossible for him to realize its impor-
tance. It seems little thing, matter OF
no consequence, wherein inclination or
feeling may be safely followed. and If no
very convenient opportunity ts afforded
something which without harm may be en-
tirely neglected. Its omission does not
greatly trouble his conscience. 1t Is the
easiest thing in the world to slip into silence
and listen to those more fluent or forward.
But the effects are baleful, II not absolutely
fatal. Emotion denied expression dwindles,
lust as fire goes out when all vents are
shut. Inactivity here indicates and encour-
ages inactivity elsewhere and everywhere.
For lack of exercise strength departs and APP
petite is lost. The muscles oil spiritual
spe:c unused become rigid, and sort OF
lockjaw ensues which is premonitory OF
death not far away.
At great peril does Christian fail to
confess Christ when any kind of suitable
chance is given. His silence is loss in many
WAYS. He loses the stimulus to more care
full daily life which that public committal of
himself would bring. He loses the sympathy
and prayer of others which the disclosure OF
bis purpose and temptations would afford.
He loses more than half the good OF the
meeting. for no one profits by them as do
those who actively contribute to their enrich
ment. Words alone will not carry one to
heaven, but words that come from the heart
are more than half deeds. The mouth
should be opened more frequently for Jesus.
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tional standby OF nativeb born Amerl-
cans-politics. The visitor soon dis
covered that he could teach his host
nothing on this topic, and that the
women also talked well on the same
subiect-a subject which Jacks mother
and sisters had always declared too
tiresome to be endured. How could q
man so intelligent be satisfied to live so
plainly?
Have you many neighbors:" Jack
asked.
@Yes-yes, quito heap OF en-" was
the reply. There's Raper, up the bend,
about mile away, and Truigg, a couple
OF miles down. Oh, yes; neighbors
enough to keep us from bein' lonesome.
Then the stores only four miles off;
there's always sure to be somebody
there. Then we see all the steamboats,
that go by; they're powerful sight OF
company
Jack stole q glance Ut I,izzio; her
parents might be content to lazily de-
cav in q lone cabin on the river bank,
but girls were not made that way--at
least, not such girls as he had known.
But Lizzie's face was as placid and con-
tented as if she had not an ungrat1fed
longing. He would find out about that,
before his next move up the river.
Its always pleasant here, except
when it rains, said the girl. There's
always something new out o. doors.
F op and mother think I ought to go to
school, and sometimes do, but it's an
awful long walk, and it's real hard to
sit indoors for hours when there's so
much going on outside"
Jack unconsciously looked through
the window to see what it might be that
was going on" There was much activ-
ity on some Of the large plantations he
had strolled out to, mile or more from
the river, but little could be expected
directly on the stream; the Father OF
Waters has a way Of carrying off with
him large slices Of his own banks, SO
nobody cares to live near the edge IL he
can build his home farther back. The
scenery near the house was not invit--
ing; there were plenty Of cottonwood
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and sycamore trees, but wherea bouts
along the river were there not on equal
number within sight?
Suddenly the girl sprang out to the
front of the house. Jack followed her
with his eyes and saw a young man
with gun sauntering by and looking
toward the house.
Now I see what is going on, said
Jack TO himself, and somehow the in
formation made him feel sober and
weakened his conversational powers.
The girl soon returned, followed by the
young man, who entered the house
without removing his hat and remarked:
"Evenin'.
-Evenin', replied the hostess.
-Evenin Bill" echoed the host. AL
ways room for one more. This is our
friend Mr.. Brewster, from up North"
The young man nodded lazily to the
guest, leaned his gun against the wall,
and drew chair to the table, putting
his hat beneath it. Lizzie began to
serve the remains Of the supper and
Jack tried to lose interest in the couple.
He did not see what business it was OF
his. anyway Il q splendid girl like that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-05
INDIA RUBBER KNEES.

Long prayers are not always strong pray
ers still less is vociferation an indispensable
or important element in supplication. Never
theless it may be suggested that the rapidity
with which our age moves on has too largely
communicated itself to our devotions. Some
people-must we not say most people?-are
no sooner on their knees than they are up
again. leading one to the supposition that an
IDda rubber pad has found place over the
knee-cap, giving natural rebound the in
stant the floor is touched. This pity. 1t
one OF the inventions OF this marvellous GEN.
tury of which we cannot altogether ap-
prove. 1t is change which is not an i'm
provement How can we really renew our
strength unless we wait upon the Lord? With
out communion with God we are not likely
to grow into His likeness. IT Is true that
certain posture OF body is not essential, but
that it is greatly helpful all experience shows;
And there is small probability that one will
talk much with Jesus by the way unless at
stated intervals there are quiet, deliberate,
unhufried conversations with Him in secret.
We plead. then, for the disuse OF the India
rubber knee, and return to somewhat more
old-fashioned methods Of petition.
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Iust bs of the best and strongest, and

must bs of the best and strongest, and
every bit of the frame work has to be
put together with as much care as were
the component parts of the ''one-hoss
shay"
The ordinary ice.boat weighs well
over ton, and for anything to give
way when body of such weight is
travelling over hard surface at the
rate of twenty or twenty-five miles an
hour would be IN the highest degree
unhealthy for the man sailing it. The
braces and bolts that hold the runner
plank to the keelson cannot be too
strong, though they may be too rigid.
An ice.boat sails all the better for a
little elacticity in its backbone. The
runner shoes must be perfectly true
and straight and touch the ice on their
entire cutting surface. Some ice
yachtsmen, with plenty OF money to
spend, have their runners cast OF
Tobin bronze and tined down by ma
chinery.
During the past twenty years all ice
craft have had three runners. The
spread and length of the two forward
ones have been gradually increased
along with a proportionate decrease in
the sail area. Ice yachtsmen have
found out that this is the best way to
prevent their craft rising and rearing,
for an ice yacht develops its highest
speed, when close hauled, over smooth.
black Ice, with its windward forerun-
ner shoe held steady three or four
inches above the ice and the leeward
shoes bearing the brunt Of the whole
work.
The first essential for an iee-boat is
the very best seasoned lumber. free
from knots or checks Eastwood is
generally used, as it combines strength
and lightness in an uncommon degree.
The backbone of the average boat is
about II feet 6 by 4 inches, which is
brought down to about three inches at