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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01

skin mittens. being well nigh frozen in
the tclltale fragment of steel pointed
Twas no use. The dial remained in un-
deciphcrablc blur, and the needle itself
quite invsible while, as If impatient
Tor ita prey, the pitiless storm seemed
to shrek In mocking derision of his
agony.
THE PRECIOUS FLAME.
But the brave boy was not vet beaten
somewhere about his clothing there
might be n match or two. Turning his
back 10 the wind. he began a deliberatf
search. and at last between thelin,nr
of his waistcoat pocket and the bottom
Of the ga met, found ole s..litary
overwhelmingly an insignificant trinc
roe d, bui now bearing I'm its Dhcs-
lhUiEus tipped end the fate OF three,
yes, as will be seen. four. living crea-
lures.
In the excitement Of his discovery the
blood rushed unanimously through
Toms veins and he no longer felt the
biting cold. as with elaborate care he
prepared to try the momentous expert
ment OF lighting the match--a seeming
lY impossible feat in that bowling tenn
pest. But failure meant death. and the
youths strong will forced his nerves
into quiet action while he arranged tho
two robes in front Of around and over
the wagon seat in such way rs TO
make perfect shelter from the wind
Then. crawling under the seat from be-
hind ne drew out the precious splinter
ana, though his heart heal fast in anXi-
ETY.. scraped its charged end with n
steady hand on the corrugated edge OF
the compass case.
Once. twice-prcssed too tightly for
fear OF possible breakagc it failed
TO Ignite, but at the third stroke burst
into brilliant fiame;where.to his amaze
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
CHEMISES.

Round and square yoke. full wide ard
long. soc. These were zoe
LADIES CHEMlS !HS-Of fine muslin
ard cambria toe. Marked down from
$l.c0. Many styles. but only seven dozen
of these.
skirt CTIEMIsES-Dai trimmed.
muslin, .Jc. Cambria. 500 Round or
square yoke. These substitutes for SKIRTS.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
LADIES' SKIRTS.

LADIES SKIRTS of fno musln,
s narrow tucks, Hamburg embroidery
ilouEcc, nine inches wide These are
&l.0o. Tines" were $1.S1-Oniy Two dozen
of them though
LADIES 5KiRTS-Of Iomsdalc cam
brio, L. tucks, g wide caiDbric no,ncc
very beautiful Torchon edge. about
inches wide. are Sl.oo were $l.S?.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
Clearance Sale after Inventory.
osee@ee@eeoee@1eesae
LADIES' GOWNS.

Muslin and Cambria, superb quality.
stnit that we want TO clean out So 75c
c;tcli for $500 and So 30 ones-Comc Late
find none
LADIES GowNs-Musln ard Cam
hric, lace and Hamburg trimmed perfect
and clean. only fault small Sleeves Only
and $i.I5 ones.
LADIES' WRAPPERS.
Hcst prints, black and white. navy and
white, i;rays. etc. Suitable for spring
i;Ehncd sleeves. closing price. i5c each
DRESS GOODS--JOB.
on End floor about 100 pieces all wool
street dress stuns. h0c goods marked 29
style and quality both excellent.
LADIES' COATS.
:, some ttfty or more coats formerly 5000
$1,000 and $200O Each are on II counter
, III coat department marked sl.00. $500 and
$500 each.
They are magnificent quality and al
lnoufh carried from former seasons Some
Last week we suggested cutting these
down for children or putting In large
sleeves of velvet or fur-SiXty were sold.
People went TO thinking-More thinking
would hr wise.
II ia the failure to think that keeps
people poor, If we had Thought we
Slo. Thinkers get rich-'rhink of 5000
Goats for $l.o0--Think of some way to re-
model and make them worth $1,000
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01
LADIES' WRAPPERS.

Fest prints. black and white. navy and
white, Srays. etc. Suitable for spring
:rlincd sleeves. closing price. i5c. each
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-01

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The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

known. plain chirography-and the
strong man felt as weak as child. With
muttered disdain. he tore it open. The
words danced before his eyes at first,
and then he read:
Il have suspected my feeling for some
time, but l wanted no mistake this time
The shock Of finding young boy here really
making love to me, under the impression
that l was a widow. awakened me to q
fresh sense of my compromising position,
and also, oh, King, for my love for you!
How could 1 help 1.-THE bravest and most
1nselfish man in the world? How could .
have been so foolish. so heartless so blind Z
Can you ever forgive me? May | come
back to you and try and make up for these
long years OF separation. Or are you
weaned from me? l shall follow this le:-
in New York and let us go back to dear old
Akenside for our Eastertide. II not, let
me find a letter."
And so IL was that our commander
did not come to Akenside alone. The
boys stood around the door and gate
way of our little stone church to see
their hero come in-so tall. 80 CON-
handing. No longer grave, the dark
eyes had a subdued CLEAN of laughter.
He saw no one but the slender, graceful
figure by his side. They go on into the
church. The glad anthem, Christ is
Risen," peals forth from the choir, joy
Gus, triumphant. Barbara Vests hearl
is full. She struggles to control her
quivering lips. Such happiness as sod
has permitted her!
The senior warden rubs his eyes.
hardly daring to believe the evidence
of his sight, as the gold pieces drop
from the hands of these two, as slight
offering Of what gold can never express
They are certainly most happy-our
commander and his wife. When the
order came for him to go to the Med
iterranean, his wife followed him to
Italy. ard heard some one say of her:
Il never in all my life saw such radi-
antly happy wife as Barbara Vest
Rhodes Campbell. in n. Y. Ledger.
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an old English family. And hesA what
ooes the fellow DO but Fall uad,y IN love
With q young american widow, To be
sure. madame Is charming very modest
ana reautiful, but, as old Noah used to say:
Widdies are a desavfn' lot and Carop
LOUIS father has far different designs 70,
his son. Tho widows name IL Nine. West.
blonde type. She seems interested in my
protege, must say"
King wrote at once, after his long
silence, to Barbara, urging a divorce.
He felt thai he knew her so well. ana
.ould picture her mental distress and
scruples against her love for this appar-
entity charming young stranger. * ng
had aged somewhat, and his friends
declared he was much less Jolly since
his long illness. He never spoke of HIM
self, but he knew that all real happiness
lad vanished for hTm-the romance of
his life was over, and he was often
tempted to curse his return to health.
But he devoted himself to his loved pro-
fesslon and had risen in it. His love
for Barbara was chivalric and constant
as any knights of old; but, above all
he longed for her TO be happy, at any
sacrifice to himself. He was to return
to New York, and Barbara's answer was
to be sent there. AS the time drew
near, he could neither eat nor sleep. He
knew it would be the end of all his
feeble hopes, and yet till it did come.
there was no certainty. How he ell
We'd this Caron Louis; he knew his pure,
good Barbara had given her love un
consciously and without generalization.
and had fought against it. She was =
noble woman. yet how could she he,i,
rebelling against a bondage which the
one who loved her best in all the world
had brought upon her! Slowly the YES
sci steamed into port-a letter might
await him.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

Then he was naval officer, ant. he had
the young people especially.
he had never visited our little town
since he had left it that memora BILE day
after his unfortunate marriage. Ru-
mors OF this and that had reached the
ears OF the good folk of Akenside, but
II was from an intimate friend of Bar
Lara Lippincott that heard the story.
The COMMUNICATING West-was
early left alone in the world, and made
ms home during holiday times at the
Lppincotts'. who were old friends of
MS mother. He was at college with
NED Lippincott. and then was suddenly
seized with the fever to be sailor. An
.nhuential friend of his fathers gained
MN the appointment; he passed the
requisite examination. and entered the
naval academy. He had graduated,
ana was about to enter upon his new
1u'ies' when his health suddenly failed.
was got uncommon story of fine
physique and perfect health ruined by
persistent disregard of all hygienic
iuies lie came to the only home he
Eau known Tor years, as everyone
thought, to die. He did not give up
"i'hout desperate struggle. He con-
ul'eu the best physicians. who all
Is'eeo that his case was hopeless. Mrs.
nppihcott having died within the year,
,raroara' the only daughter. his life
.ong playmate and friend, was his un-
ing nurse. 1t was his only consoa-
one was so sympathetic, so ear
s'' 50 beautiful! King lay there one
way watching the pretty figure in the
teiieetiy-htting mourning dress, which
ulought out with startling clearness
a.: golden hair. deep blue eyes and fair
'Aln OF Barbara Lippincott.
g nao' come here, will your" he asked.
ooinethlng new in his tone made the
s.ii look at him apprehensveIy as she
ooeyed him. He was living ou the low
soueh' and she sat ON cushion beside
A'm' The contrast between the strong
-i"h SO familiar to her and the one she
%" now made her voice very tende,.
as she asked:
1an 1 do anything for YOU. King"
les you can-marry me, was .he
upt reply. Il know I'm not mnch
w W marry he went on, in his FAINT voice.
Zones chiefly. but it is the desire of
y neart to have you hear my name
:" awhile. and-and--" Here a flush
.she into the pale face-"and TO have
axe care Of all this money must
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Happiness seemed to revive Kings
waning strength for time, and then he
grew slowly worse. Suddenly upon the
scene came II most important actor, 4
college friend Of Kings, whose friend
ship was of that ardor almost lover
like in its intensity. He had heard late
ly of his friends condition, and had
come to urge upon him an Arabian rem-
coy which had been given him by an
uncle, whose life had been passed in
the Orient. a native, whose life he had
saved, had presented it to h'm.
With no faith, but partly to please
his friend, partly because dying man
catches at any straw which will pre-
serve life, King followed the prescrip-
ton and treatment, and, to every ones
amazement, he Improved, end, after
many weeks, was restored to his old
yieor. OF course, few give credit to this
remedy; few knew OF IT; but, whatever
i; was, the young man recovered.
And then to Barbara came the shock
of finding that the restored life of her
old friend meant bondage to her. Was
she a murderesS at heart? oh, no, no!
But if she had only stood firm and never
yielded to Kings entreatie.s. The very
fact that she was bound to him made
her turn from him. These conflicting
Ieelings told upon her health and
spirits. And then, one day. her hus-
band came III, holding letter. lie
went straight to her, and taking her
hands in his, said:
Barbara, don't think that / have
been blind. ID, you think that would
hold you to your word now? l am
ordered to China at once. After a
proper absence, you can apply for and
obtain a divorce"
Barbara burst into tears as he went
On in his consiuerate, thoughtful plans
for her comfort, with never a hint of
his own pain.
Sne had IA horror of divorce. Let
them be separated for awhile, anyway,
she murmured to herself.
King went off on his three years
cruise, then on another to Australia.
Mr. LppIncott finally took Barbara
abroad. 1t was then, and while far
away in AusfraiIa, that King received
q fresh stsb. A comrade of his,
brother officer, was reading aloud q
letter from a correspondent N Naples:
II am acting a new role at present" he
wrote. "chaDeroning wealthy scion 9
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

leave " some one. II will ..,.
~orio OF trouble, and you will Co far
more good than ever could or would
90 with 1T. know you don't love me
uear, rs L do you, but 1 thought nor.
maps, you'd consent: it's for sucb a m.
Tue while. Why, Lean hardly remem-
Der the time l didn't love Won. B,t
dnriing-' He stopped abruptly. and
i.1rbGra, alarmed by his pallor. sbocled
and overcome by his unexpected cen
'ossion ana request. could only beg him
TO give her time.
1hat night she lay awake trying tn
decide what to do. She longed for her.
'oother as never before. SIZE loved no
tne else. but the hero of ner draams
BAD always been an unknown. fascina+-
ms creature, aud King ives! She knew
40 well. He WIS a dear good faIIo,,.
rave ana handsome, bot she woulI al
most as soon think Of marrying Ned
as his old and intimate friend. II
Wrung her womaniy heart to think of
MN SO soon 10 die. What mattered her
Birilsh qualmsT AS ne had said. il
would be such little while, after ali
and 1t would make the dear fellow han
pier. But there was that money. r.
only he were poor, her motives would
De understood; but-well, what did
she care If her own heart was right I?
And she would give It all away and
belp everybody. all in his name. And
yet, marriage was such a sacred thing.
go poor Barbara tossed and turned and
reasoned and changed her mind. and
the upshot OF it all was that there was
very solemn and quiet marriage cere-
mony, and at its close the pale. sweet
faced bride was Mrs. West
Mr.. Lippincott consented-he loved
THIS adopted son sincerely-and. indeed,
he never had refused any request Of
his iGoi, Barbara. So the days went on.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
THE EASTER MORN.

An hail the gladstone Easter morn,
For which the springtime's flowers ART
born:
Earth wears her gayest robes to-day,
And casts her Lenten garb away.
Ring out! ring clear!
Ring far and near,
Oh bells in steeples hight
Ring in the dawn
OF Easter morn.
Beneath the springtime skyi
Bloom. lilies. on your slender stems.
To crown the day like diadems,
And, lifting up your petals white.
Make Easter affairs glad and bright,
While ring so clear,
From far and near
The bells In steeples high.
And gad hearts raise
Their songs of praise
Beneath a springume's sky.
Mary d. Brine, In Golden Days.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
What is

Castora is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription Inants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless
Tor Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant Its thirty years. use by
Millions of Mothers Castoria destroys Worms and alays
deverishness Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhua and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation fatuency.
Castora astsilaes the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural Sleep Cas-.
toria Is the Chdrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
=TNE
bnA!ANDgRx
\EASTER.
A60Nl1~--

Ill Akenside was
stirred by the
WIS that the
commander would
be home for Eas-
ter. To the young
er generation he
was a hero. per-
haps all the more
SO on account Of
his .OpU obSanpa
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
A Universal PrOxerh.

Familiarity breeds contempt" is .
proyerb found In one form Oh another
in every European or Asiatic language
having a literature. Its earliest form
is believed to be the Sanskrit
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

a-"Nosology' is not, as some might
suppose, the science Of noses. The
term comes from two Greek words and
signifies the scientific classification Of
diseaseS-
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
Castoria.

~castoria Is an excellent medicine for chill
oren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR. G. c. OscooD.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

"castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which 1 am acquainted I hope the day is not
mr. distant when mothers will consider the
real interest Of their children, and use castoria
instead Of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium. morphine, soothing syrup aud other
hurtful agents down their Threats, thereby
sending them to premature graves"
Oh. J. F. KINcHELoR,
Conway, Ark.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03
Castoria.

"castoria Is so well adapted to children thse
recommend it as superior to any prescriptions
known to me-"
H. A. ARCHER, M. D..
III So. Oxford ST.. Brooklyn, N. z.
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

The centaur Company. TT Murray Street. York City,
The Forrest City times., 1896-04-03

sour physicians in the cbildren's depart.
ment have spoken highly Of their expes1.
ence in their outside practice with castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known a. regular
products. yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoris has won us to look With
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DrspENsARY.
Boston, Ma
ALLEN c. SMITH. Pres.
uProy Street. New vopk ce<>s
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
THE BRITISH DEFEATED.
Matabe1es RepeI an Attack and Drive
Troops in the River.

Cape Town, April PA dispatch from
Buluwayo, dated April "a, says that
Commander Duncan with one hundred
whites and two hundred natives, with
rapid-fring guns, met tho Matabeles
three miles from Buluwayo. The Mata-
belss fired a heavy volley into the British
party and drove them into the Umguzs
river.
Later details of the fighting at Bulu-
wayo, show the defenders of the town
decided to make sortie. The British
party met with no resistance until it
reached the Umgusa. where it came
upon the enemy. The Troops drove the
enemy up the river, inf1icting severe loss
to them. The number of killed and
wounded Matabeles is not known The
Matabeles were pursued by the1 British
and their native allies when the order
was given for the latter to fall back to
Buluwayo, it being feared that much
stronger force would be met. There is no
truth in the report that the British were
defeated. The only basis for it was the
statement in the first dispatches, that the
the British had been driven into the riv.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
SOLD OLEOMARGARINE.
Suit Against the Armours Brought lsy
New York State.

Albany, April 24.-State Commissioner
of Agriculture Schaub said today, have
caused papers to be served today on Her
mon o. Armour, as representative OF
Armour Packing company, in the suit
against the company to recover sum
aggregating $1,1500OO, for violation oi
the agricultural law during the year 1885,
The violations consisted of selling oleo
margarine. There are papers ready to be
serve upon other concerns for similar
offence during the same period This il
the period during which the question wal
being llti gated as to the right of corpora
tlons in other states to ship oleomarga
rine into the state of New York, in origi
nal packages, and sell them in that man
ner. HThe courts held that importers could
not do this, with oleomargarine made in
imitation butter. which made every sale
by these people during that period q
violation of law.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
ular purpose each has in view Is to pro-
tect the cities on the Canadian border.
THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY.
Progress Which is Being Made Towards
Settling the Question.

Washington, April 24.-Very little
progress toward the settlement of the
Venezuelan difficulty is now being made.
The English people believe that their case
is very strong, and the opinion preva il
in official circles there that the American
commissioners are getting ready to admit
substantially the British claim. AS "a
matter of fact, the commission is not so
impressed by the exhibits accompanying g
the blue book. and are nearing oonclu-
sion which cannot but surprise British
public opinion in it's present state.
To the extent that the foreign office
learns of the disagreement of the commits
sion with the blue book the Englishmen
desire delay, seeming to believe that the
arguments of their case will find accept
ance if they can only be given time to
settle into the minds of the commission
ers and the American people. The delay
is what the administration does not
want. 1t desires prompt settlement of
this Venezuelan question, and in case the
outcome is u treaty, the administration
had hoped to present it to the Senate for
ratification before the end of their session
of Congress. This will not now be
possible. but in any event the admins
Its successors come into office.
The Venezuelan boundary commission
reassem hlod today, and decided to send
one or more persons to The Hague to ex.
anime the original Dutch manuscript re-
lating to Guiana. They discussed the ad-
visibility Of sending some one to Madrid
to inspect the Spanish records. An ad-
ditional mass OF testimony in behalf of
the Venezuelan claim was fled with the
com mission today.
A brief presented by Mr.. Soruggs
answers various contentious of the Brit
lsh government as given in the published
Blue Book, mainly through historical
notations with comments of his own.
He mentions the statement of the Blue
Book that in 1896 Dutch settlements were
formed near the mouth of the Orinoco,
but says Mr.. Soruggs: SIT was precise
ly in 1896 that Sir Walter Raleigh made
his first voyage to the island of Trinidad,
and hence through Boco de Navois up the
Orinoco to the mouth Of the Caroni.
He reported that after first overcoming
the Spanish forces at Trinidad he as
cended the great river where ne found
that Spaniards had previously traversed
the whole country and that they had
been cruel to the Indians. He told the
Indians he should come to deliver them
from their Spanish oppressors. Yet 1t
is gravely asserted in the Blue Book that
in 1896 the Spanish did not then hold any
part OF Guiana.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
PLEDGED TO POWERS.
Augusta Delegates VIII Support Aroostool,
Man for Governor.

Augusta, April 24-The Republican
caucus held here this evening elected
the following delegates to attend the state
convention, to be held at Bangor June
2nd: J. F. Hill, r. G. Burleigh, J. H.
Manley, j. M. Haynes, Fl. NJ. Heath,
+. o. Yickery, John W. Chase, W. S.
Choate, E. c. Harrington, Saumel W.
Lane, Charles A. Milliken, A. G. An
drews, W. H. Williams, M. S. Campbell.
George A. Pbilbrook, Charles W. Jones,
Joseph Fl. Wall
The following resolution, introduced by
Hon. H. M. Heath was unanimously
adopted: Resolved, that, recognizing
the marked ability with which Hoa.
Llew ellyn Powers has filed all public
positions entrusted to him, and believing
he will give to his state fearless con-
scrvative and economical administration
we hereby instruct the delegates this
night elected to use all honorable efforts
to promote his nomination as governor. -
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
CURRENCY MUST BE SETTLED.
That Determination Likely Assist Reed
Candidacy.

Boston, April PA despatch to the
Globe from Washington says: Manley
of Maine is on deck again, in command
of the Reed forces. He rallied from his
recent indisposition. His is one of those
rare natures which finds It's best tonic in
promoting the case of friend When
seen at the Arlington last night he was
in the best of spirits.
"We're perfectly satisfied with the situ-
ation," he said. sour cause and our
candidate are both growing. Connecticut
and Maryland went exactly as we ex-
pected they would. You cannot be too
strong in saying that the entire vote of
Connecticut will be for Reed, and that
every vote in Maryland is for him. This
statement will be verified at ST. Louis to
the fullest. AS Connecticut went this
week so will Vermont go next week. The
entire New England delegation will be
unit for the Speaker.
"These are facts which cannot be
gainsaid. 1 have just received tele-
gram from Greensboro, Ala, announcing
that at the convention of the 9th con
gressional district, held there today, one
Reed delegate and one Morton delegate
were chosen"
Mr.. ManIey is not the only one of
Reeds friends who is confident of his
success. All about the CITY there is a
general feeling that the adroit manner
in which the campaign of the speaker has
been managed has effectively put McKin-
ley on the defensive SO far as the para