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Fancy W sists.

Immediately after the holidays ail the large establishments offer for sale a number of costumes which were import sd in the autumn. and among them als maly ycrJ beautiful French gowna Fancy waists of every description are also to be had, and, while there is no Joubt that it is more in style to have st,irt and waist of tho salne material, it will be q long time before separate waists are pronounced entirely out of fashion. There are so many occasions when an odd waist is just what is need ed that women will not consent to give them up until the last moment Chiffon, that wonderful material, still proves most allu1ing, and, made np in the solid coloTs, is smart and becoming. Different shades of red, blue and purple, made tery simply. but with no economy as TO. gards the quantity used, are greatly in favor. In pale blue a pretty style has the surpliee effect. Where the folds cross is q graceful rosette, and tho ruff at the back of the collar is held up by band af gold passementerie studded with tur. quoises, while a RalTow belt to match is a charming finish to the waist A red waist, fashioned like the blue, has int tation rubies instead of the turquoiseA and remarkably natural are the stones In pale mauye is an exquisite waist with collar and belt of amethysts, which stones, by the way, have fairly jumped into fashion and are worn in brooches collars, belts and the inevitable chain about the neck.
 On ell the chiffon waists the sleeves are shirred and puffed-and the mate rial is particularly adapted to shirring while full puffs on the tops of the sleeves add the desired breadth to the shoulders Satin is preferred to silk for the lining, as the sheen it possesses seems to add more fuster to the thin fab ric. Black chiffon waists dc not show any marked change of style and are trimmed with horse hair net, with many jeweled ornaments sewed on around the collar apd in corselot style. ---Harpes's Bazaar
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Deafness.

It has been stated that three persona out of every five in this country who have attained the age of 40 years are more or less deaf i'll one or both ears, A large proportion of this deafness IS caused by catarrh, and medical treat ment for difficulty of hearing is usually directed to the catarrhal source. h Eu, rope much of the deafness Is hereditary. Dr. James Kerr Love of Glasgow re- gently read q paper on deafness before the Royal society of Edinburgh, from which tt appears that congenital deaf ness may De either hereditary ill the di- rect line or i'll collateral branches, and that it depends on not one, but many anatomical defects Intermarriage or deaf persons perpesaates but does not accentuate the tendency of deafness. The hearing brothers and sisters of deat mutes are IS likely to have deaf mute offspring as if they had been deaf mutes themselves. Consanguinity of parents emphasizes family defects, and in this way many cases of congenital deafness oecur. One of tho most singular points of Dr. Loves paper was the assertion that the state had the right to control the marriage of persons belonging 10 families badly ta3nte1 with deafness.
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xia.lnsanaa ef Eik.

Thirty thousand elk are wintering iH the Jackson. g Hole country of Wyoming, according te the estimate of the game warden, who says that in one herd which be saw the other morning there were I5, 600 of them, stretching over t distance of SIX miles The sight, he said, surpassed anything he had ever seen and utterly amazed him. The elk trail oyer the SHOW was ike flint ice, he said, 20 hard had the snow been packed down The animals are seen by thousands any morning moving along tho Snake rive, from the Great swamp to the Gros Ven ire hills, and at night ihe walls of the calves seraying from their mothers nay be heard,
 Rice IS tie most important Of all Japanese crops. The cultivation takes up more than half of the country,s total surface of arabic land.
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It's Amusing Side.

There is an amusing side to the story of how the female suffrage bill came to pass the New Zealand parliament The government promoted the bill in ae cordanee with electoral pledges aud supported it e=5st. every show of enthusi. asm ill the lssz .nfly. But they did moi want it to pass and relied upon the up. per house to throw 1t out. The majority of life senators are in the scar and vel. low leaf, some of them having sat since the colony obtained self government and have to be trundled down to the house i'll bath chairs when occasion arises, Unfortunately the female sui frage bill came on at an hour when th8 veterans on whom ministers relied fol rejecting it lad hobbled off to bed Be. fore they could be brought back to the house i'll ble 1kets the matter had gone too far, and the bill for female suffrage became law, to the consternati0n of tsiose who had only made show of do
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 SERVANTS tM JAPAN.

They Render Exc. scrvice if They
 Are Treated V 'nsideration.
 Japanese servar excellent if you choose them with t etion and treat them with the estabisshed consideration of the country. There is a universal SO eial compact in Japan 10 make life pleasant by politeness. Everybotir is more or less well bred and hates the man or woman who is yakamaghf.--. noisy, aDciyil or exigent.
 People who lose their temper are al. ways in a hurry, bang doors, swear and swagger, find themselves out of place in a land where tine lowest eooly learns and practices aaI aneient courtesy from the time when I.s 8abhles about as a baby npon hismother's back. Therefore to be treated well in Japan--as perhaps, indeed, ,elsewhere-you must treat every, body, including your domestics, we'll, and then you will enjoy the most pleas. ant and willing service.
 Your cook will doubtless cheat you little, your jinrikisha man will now snd then take too much sake, the mus. mu and the boys wife will gallop all over the place about everything you do, and the gardener and the coachman will fight cocks in the back yard when your back is turned, but if conscious of your own you can forgive the little sins of others. You can hardly fail to become closely attached to the quiet, soft voiced, pleasant people, who as soon as they have learned your ways will take reat pleasure in making life agreeable to you.
 A present now and then of a kimono to the maids, of toys and sweetmeats to the children, & days holiday now md then granted to the theata6as tsus>2les. fling match are richly rewaf11
 bright faces and unmistakable Was@z|! sf welcome on arriving and of good .peed on going as repay yap tenfold Respectful as Japanese servants are.-- and they never speak except on their knees and faoes-they like to be taken into the family conversation and to sit sometimes in friendly abandon with the magter and mistress, admiring dresses, pictures or western novelties and listen- tng sometimes to the samisen and koto ~s children of the household. Edwin Arnold in Scribner's.
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QUEEii LIBRARY FREAKS.
Funny Requests For Books That Amuss
 and Amaze Employees.

NbOd1 Al 4E7ssH@433snM n 1aCOA A&41S@ looking about aimlessly through the in- dex for time she discovered Losing B Family History of the United States h She wrote her request for the books CD one of the cards provided for that par, pose and was quite indignant with ths clerk who handed it to her because it did not contain what she wanted.
 1t was not long after this incident that another woman, who, from her dress and appearance, the clerks thought. might be literary, wrote on one of the cards a request for ''The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.
 Holmes Autoerat, do you want?' politely asked the clerk.
 "Oh, don't care whose it is, " waa the reply. 1T only want to find ont if is is proper to use toothpioks at the break, fast table, y
 Another request for | magazine which the applicant said was called Brain kept one of the clerks busy hunting half an hour before he discovered that what was wanted was tho magazine called Mind. Still another clerk was shock cd the other day by request for Wash ington Irying's Alabama. The clerk mildly suggested "Alhambra. '-~Cht' oago Times-Herald.
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nuploni nupionli Eupiontii

No doubt many people are awar that Eupion Oil makes a much bet ter light than the lower grades of coal oil, bUt we doubt if there are any that know that q gallon Of Eupion lasts longer than cheap oil. Then, why not have the best light when the differcncein cost is scarcely nothing. Eupion is sold at the fol-
 owing places:
 nieCain Grocery Co. John IL Talbot & Co Robinson < Greenfield. J. L. Lloyd Ma an-Tankersley Go. r Bros,
 " f. Dewoody & Co Houston & Roane. L E. oldsmith < G, fhalheimer Bros, Ferguson Russell, r. E. Mercantile Co H, F. Seveke. O. Lumpl1in, J. D. Simmons. Bluff City Lumber Co. Gs N Hart Drug Go. W.S Beard oodtf sl2 Hearin < Alexander
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anc;ant Tombstones.

The custom of inseribins upon tomb stones was i'll yogee among the Greeka and Romans. The Greeks only did this, However, ill the case of their illustrious men, but when Roman died he was duly buried near q highway, and on his tombstone was carved 2 suitable inscrlp- tion, which in the majer,ty pf cases be- gan with Sta. yiator" tstop, trayeier).
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costlp Et,nuetta.

The latest pamphlet published by the commission of historical manuscripts in London contains the following interest. ing and curious trayesty on etiquette: ssThe Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, having been summoned to appear befora the hoLye of lords in 1602 in order te plead their suit for divorce, it was dc. bafed whether the lord chancellor, sit. ting as chairman, should lower his dig. nity by lowing to tho duchess and speak ing to her only with his cap in his hand. This question was argued for several days in the house of lords until debate exhausted itself and several duels result ed. At length 1t was decided that ths lord chancellor should first receive the bows of the duke and duchess and re. turn them with uncovered head and aft CT that he should replace his cap. This rule was followed to the letter and is still adhered to today when similar con- tingencies arise.
 A French professor Is the owner of q collection of 920 human heads, repre- senting every known race of people on the globe.
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TIE BED ROLL.
Combinations of nrapery Which rrodue.
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INTERPRETATIONS Of prapery Which Produea
 Pleasing Effects h Inc Bedchamber.
 Beds arc very drasy affairs these days. An object of great admiration re- gently i'll a store window was bed made up with blue s tk and blue nous seline tie soie. The spread fell over the sides, nearly touching the floor the bor- der Tut1le being of the mousselfne over the silk. In this case there were square down pillows. instead of roll, each fin. ished with q wide ruflo. Marie An. soinette lace spreads over 6 color ars sumptueus, a9a when possible, window curtains sfould match. A combination Of renaissance lace and Marie Antoinette effects produces j. gorgeous drapery or spread. Irish point bed sets have been selling as low as S5. In Frenchy look.
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ing bedrooms the favored spread is one of chintz or cretoDne in eolors to match the decorations. Cotton fabrics for this purpose arc q great speciality of uphol. stery sections and range from IS centa to s1 per yard. These spreads should be lined and finished round the mattress edge with q heavy cotton cord. They may hang over the sides finished with E fringe or tuck ill according to fancy. Veay dainty youthful bed covers are oi silk or satin covered with made up spreads of lace insertion and outings The roll shown is covered with one os these fancy arrangements and finished as the ends with wide frills of lace and ribbon bows Satin eoverlids in deli cate silks, hand embroidered, are alsG fashionable luxuries.
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About 10, GOO, 0Go of the bovine spe' oies ure now to he found in the Argen~ tine Republic They are all descendants of eight cows and ane bull which were imported into Brazil in the middle Of tho sixteenth century.
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s.Honors of wars is the privilege al lowed to the enemy. on exploitation, ot being permitted to retain their arms This is the highest honor victor oaa pay a vanQuiahed foe.
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Whnn hah-

When a baby smiles in it's sleep 1t is the mothers fond belief that an angel Is kiss ing 1t. No woman
 attains the su- preme joy of wo- I'll a Il Il O cd until she knows the caressing touch of 8 first born's fingers. No wo. man knows the supreme sorrow Of womanhood until she sees her baby in the cold embrace Of death.
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thousands of women daily achieve yvo- naanhood,s supremest joy, only to meet a few days or weeks or months later. its supfemest sorrow. This is because so many babies are born into the world with the seeds of death already sown in their ittle bodies. If a woman would have healthy, robust children, strong and able to withstand the usual little illnesses of childhood, she must look before she leaps"
 If woman will take the proper care of Ter health Ill womanly way, during the period of prospective maternity, she may protect herself against much pain and sui fering and possible death, and insure the health of her child. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest of all medicines for prospective mothers. 1t acts directly on the delicate and important organs that bear the burdens of maternity and makes them strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic. IL aAays inflammation, heals alteration, seotle5 pain and tones the tortured nerves. It banishes the usual discomforts of the expectant period and makes baby's advent to thls world easy and almost painless. It Insures aa ample supply of nourishment It Is the greatest known nerve tonic and 1nyigorator for women. All good dealers sell 1t. Say Non and stick to 1t when urged to accept seesubstitute said to be Prescription an..SSt
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
NEW YORk'S DwINDI.ING EXPORT
TRADE.

Writing under this caption a few days
ago the New York Herald said.
that the expectation Of bread
stuffs has been diverted from this city
to the more southerly ports Is plainly
proved by the statistics: 1t Is only as
TO the cause OF the diversion that there
can be any dispute. Two years ago
the quantity OF 'breadstuffs exported
from Norfolk and Newport News was SO
small that it was not separately stated
In the official returns, but in the last
ten months fourth Of al the corn
from the Atlantic eaboard was shipped
from those two points, and Philadelphia
nearly doubled It's quota, while New
York's share fell from 43M per cent Of
the whole to 17h per cent. SO with
all other breadstuffs. New York Is
steadily losing and the other ports
gaining at her expense"
The difference OF two cents in the
freight charge to Philadelphia ard three
cents to the more southerly ports
has been alleged as the sole cause
Of this. AS matter OF fact, how
ever. the Herald says that the superior
wharf facilities at these Southern
points and the cheaper handling
of the grain play very i'm
portant part in diverting the traffic
The plans recently submitted to the
Dock Department OF this city by the
consulting board of engineers for i'm
proving the freight facilities along our
water front, while perhaps in some re-
spects undesira BILE. have served TO call
the attention Of the business cr,nmu-
nifty to the defects or our present sys-
tem-and to the possibilities that lie in
This direction It is humlia ting for
the commercial metropolis of the CONT
nent to appear as plaintiffs against such
poor rivals as the Southern outports.
Her supremacy, based on SO many adj
vantages Of established trade volume OF
traffic and superior wealth. should be
made sure by the Great ton of most i'm
proved modern facilities for cheap and
rapid handling Of the business"
This is frank admission for the
Herald to make, but as the conditions
are SO plain it could hardly be other
wise. Mark you: The Herald says the
Southern ports, mentioning Norfolk and
Newport News, have superior wharf ia
cilities. and so we have, and the Herald
should be thanked for thus frankly ac-
knowedging the fact.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
THE NORFOLK r.YCEUM.

A short time ago proposition was
made to the people Of Norfolk to join
the Southern Lyceum Circuit and thus
obtain the advantages afforded by this
well and satisfactorily tried lecture sys-
tenn. The Idea took root at once, and
immediate steps were taken to enter the
circuit, resulting in an exceedingly In
teresting meeting OF citizens Saturday
night, at which permanent organiza-
ton was effected and other necessary
preliminary action taken.
The benefits arising from 4 member
ship TO this Lyceum are manifold and
obvious. They need scarcely be men
toned. 1t Is conceded, in fact, proven,
that the lecture Is the finest educa-
tional method known, and for this re a.
son, has been adopted throughout the
world, not only In all the great universi-
ties, but even in the minor institutions.
The Lyceum proposes to bring to the
people the results Of the learning, OBJ
servation and research Of the best minds
In the country and to place these re-
suits before the public in the most at
tractive form at price which, when all
Is considered, lis merely nominal
Norfolk people, progressive in all
things, do not need to be shown the
advantages that will accrue from a
membership to the Lyceum, or to be
told that It's influence for good in a
community can hardly be estimated. Il.
Is 4 knowledge OF this fact that leads
The Virginian to bespeak for the move
ment that success which crowns alone
the intelligent cooperation of an intelli-
gent citizenship
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01

nation. and this being the case. Presi-
dent Mckinley must look for some one
else for the Turkish mission. Ii
Such objections are final. no matter
upon what they. may DO founded. The
Philadelphia Record, IN writing on this
question. recalls the fact that President
Cleveland recalled Mr.. Kelley from the
Austrian mission upon the suggestion
Of the government ut Vienna that he
could not be received; the reconsdera-
ton by President Harrison OF the APP
pointment of ex-senator Henry w Blair
as Minister toChipn because the Chinese
government had taken offense at his
speeches In the Senate on the exclusion
act; the withdrawal Of NJ. Catacazi from
the Russian Legation at Washington at
the request Of President Grant, and the
5Sackville-West affair. are few cases
in point
These matters are fresh in the minds
OF almost every one, an SO 1t is that the
pare intimation on the part Of Il foreign
government that the presence at It's
capital Of any diplomatic representative
Is objectionable,is sufficient cause for his
recall. No matter what the grounds Of
objection may be.
If this country could afford to do so
we might do very well without having
q minister at Constantinople, but we
cannot afford it, and if Professor Angel
is not acceptable. why the President Will
have to appoint some one who is and
that is all there Is about it,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
PERSONALS.

General Kostaro Kristos, the chief Of
me Cretan insurgents. is 100 years of
age, and is said 10 have the fire and
enthusiasm of q youth OF 20.
captain Mahan has received the I'M
usual compliment of having his work.
The Influence Of Sea Power in His
tory translated into Japanese.
The late G.. H. Sturgeon distinguished
himself IN school by a continuous ses
sion on the Ounce bench" Throughout
one coid winter. The bench happened
TO be next to the stove. Al Iost tho
teacher suspected 'possum tactics" and
mad al the seats reversed, bringing tho
hench next to the door. Sturgeon al
once rose to the head of his class.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Large numbers of rural farms in Nor
thern New England. abandoned by Yam
kee farmers, have been occupied and re-
claimed by French Canadians.
There are only two women in the
United Kingdom that hold the degree OF
doctor Of lawS-Miss Frances Bray and
DR. Letitia Warrington, both Of whom
are Irish women
First Auditor Cat the tank drama)-
Never saw such miserable acting in nv
life; let's go. Second Auditor-I,et's
wait till the net act There's a flood
scene with real water in that and NAV.
be some Of EN- will get drowned
York Weekly.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
HAVEMEYER AND CHAPMAN.

The case Of Mr. II. 0. Havemeyer and
that OF Broker Chapman have been
brought to an end by the acuuittal of
one and the imprisonment of the other
although the charges against both wrr.
the same. Broker Chapman, 1t seems
refused TO answer certain questions put
TO him by senatorial investigating
committee concerning sugar specula-
tons, and in consequence was sent to
jail. Mr.. Havemeyer, when asked GER
tain questions by the committee on the
same line did not refuse to an
swer but said his memory did not serve
him we'll enough to answer. Now note
the value of a bad memory. When Have
meyer was brought to trial the court
held that the only question to be CON
sidered was whether he deliberately re.
fused to answer pertinent and relc-
want question, and that the records Of
the investigation showed that he had
said that his memory did not serve him
On that point. Hence, he was acquitted
whereas had he had good memory lie
might have gone to Jail He did
not decline to answer. He only
could not remember, and it would be So 4
to punish man for not CARRYING his
memory around with him. MIR. Have
meyers bad memory has paid him well
for once
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
FOUR NINETY-SEvEN

= THE CLIMAX REACHED IN Low
= E S1CES: 81, THE UTTERMOST POINT
Ky ~, HONEST VALUES. SiJCH
,ii 5, AND BLUE SERGES IN
A. Ems FINE SUITS WE'RE NEVER
6I1GGfF,S S1R QUOTED BY ANY OTHER
GGS NOR CONDITIONS FOR THE
EOOR NINETY SEVEN. TALK IS
~ EAP. BUT GENUINE VALUE
MONEY is MONEY TOIJR NINInT nv
81, EN- OWNS MEMS FULL SUITS
IHAT ARE WONDERFUL BAR
GAIN CREATIONS, AND Hun
ARE WALKING COMMERCIAL AD.
NERTtSERS. AND TELL THE1R
+ TRENDS AND NIIGHBORS or
20 SAfEiNGS THEY MAKE IN BUYING
THE MAKERS. 1' az
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-01
sSAsLI,CENsED PRESS.

n The S'sirglnian has previously. pro.
tested Ste:s against certain very radical
features 1,e In the city taS ordinance
/ For prudential reasons. mainly looking
70 the interest OF this city, it has re-
trained from an agitation ot;the subject,
and even now itrests until thescourt de-
cides as to the constitutionolity Of levy
Ing q license tax for the privilege Of
publishing q newspaper in the city Of
Norfolk. With It's contemporaries-th
Landmark, the New Pilot, and the Pub
lie Ledger-it has united III taking issue
as to the legality OF the tax ordinance