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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

not forget. no a yer forget the
brave. noble and se,f-sacraficinS
soldier boys, in Cuba and th-
PHILIPPINES, facing the dangers
of disease and the dreaded pois-
onous m user bullet. and De
Tending our homes and home
steads. Oh, let us pray con-
stantly for their ssfty aud re
turn.
Finally. let Us begin the New
Year Alright, with "Frien6shsp
for all, and malice towards
none,' rendering to ev ~ man
his just due. Let everyon,
close the following year sayinS
truth ally: Il have been bet
tered and 50 has mankind, ioI
my having lived another twelv,
month" Go onward and for
ward, never backward and re
member,
Con with our yesterdays folded apart
Lait b. with she treasures wc had IN IN
heart
be year that has left Us So SILENT
: shod.
iAsh carried ats record OF earth up I
GOdr
ASlin thanking our adveT
u.s., subscribers, aud pa.roa
generally for their patron =
and believing the GAZETTE wi
an the future merit your supper
We close wishing you On an
all:
A right Merry hgistmas and H.pf
q New Year.
;. Nila LOIS 81 Good Wishes and heaps
Good ghetr
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17
SATURDAY, DEC. Il, 1898


To prove to the doubling
Thonases that a business
enterprise will pay In Viii
Harrisburg we note the follow
mo interesting facts: Ten
shares Of PenInsular Bank
srock were offered for sale
one dav this week and 1t was
taken at once at 37Is- The
narvaluei is %. Thisis there
lore equivalent TO what Is
called in the stock maket OF
! prjc. OF LOO Earlier IN the
u.-.S aour snares were bought
al 36. and some people who
claim 10 be business men
declare that "a bank would
not makeits saltin Williams
burg.
The prosperity of the Pa
ninsula Bank may be solely
due TO its good management
and williamsburg may be 9
bad place to dc business, but
the above figures show what
modern business methods
and sound sense can accom-
plish even IN a town ITS PEG
Die declare dead
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

The second lecture OF the
series 10 be delivered by the
Faculty VIII be gwen be Dr.
/ Leslie Hall on Monday
Ssxt. Dec. 18th, at 100 r
IN the T0ilegshapel-
Dr. Halls subject viii be,
-Pecuharities OF the English
Language" As with ali the
lectures OF the Faculty serlee
there II no charge for admit
tanca. and the cIJizensof VII
Harrisburg and the public
generally are invited, al
though the lectures are IN
tended primarily for stu
dents.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

Telesphorous, who died lSs A. q
D., has the day been observed {
the centuries as |
fessal and festive day in cele- :
bration OF the birth OF Christ
To the children Christmas, with
It's many pleasant memories and
Santa Clause, Ellis their little
hearts with glee and their little
stockings with goodies, and who
of our older readers does not re
member, Twas the night be
fore Christmas, &c, &c"
Christmas was often con-
founded with Epiphany and
observed by Eastern churches in
April and May and this confu
sion existed along about thu
middle Of the fourth century
when an order was obtained
from Pope Julian for an investi
CATION 10 be made concerning
the day Of Christ's nativity. a
body Of theologians selected
December 25th as the prop
day, basing their decision upon
the tables of the censors in the
archives of Rome.
During the middle ages we
! find Christmas celebrated 10y
l~gay and fantastic spectaclss o
dramatic mysteries performed
~ persOnages in grotesGue
masks and singular costumes"
! In England Christmas has al
WAYS been observed a. rrligi-
Gus, domestic and merry MAXIM
estival for every rank and IL
zion.
In our glorious America thr
custom Of lighting large candle
IN Xmas Eve, kindiing larg'
!, | ares in the rural districts and
= telling lengthy and amusin-
= stories OF Santa around the 1uis
log and mp FIRE has long beer
observed. ~ much for the orr
> jim Of Christm day
Ii il ous intention, however
: in this edi;oFill to congratulate
: our readers on The many bless
l. lings a great God has bestowed
!, upon us and 10 chow how eecl
: and every man shonld be thank
= fu for his creation, preserva
+ ion. and the manifold blessing
l. bestowed upon Us in the fesf
Ic Some Of Us are downcast an
l. respondent, and think, perhaps
/ The Reaper Time has dealt III
kindly with Us, but if We woul
only look al our neighbor v
would find, perhaps, many VII
4 not only get nothing in the
h stockings but some who haV
j. no stockings to hang
q Try and do some good" an
you will find your Christmas N
T onlo more pleasantly and prof
y tabIy spent. but your New fes
= will be begun with lasting mon
= un,ents. Who can build shat
~ higher than Heaven.
r .For the soul that gives is the soul II
n. lives,
Doth Tighten your own and shorten
- way.
III Everyone to-day in Ameri'
nas so much TO make this Ne
= Year especially one of gladnss
al and rejoicing. The old yes
now lettering and trembling
the verge OF the grav-. has be-
NJ notable for many great event
the most important being Il
AZ war with Spain; Tut 10 day q
dark clouds Of warfare p,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

President Mckinley srecent
visit 20 the South marks a
new era in the country's his
tory.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17

wrrLsansauRe. vsRcrSsA.
ovslcks = Peninsula Bank Building
Rooms Nos. 4 anu 2,
Stsnogsspher aud Neiary in Office
Also branch ofsice At Tosno. Va. in
..Hotel Felix on Thursday in each
week de i2 "
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-17
Che lpeiEe 4 Ohi0 RlIIWE.

Connection made st Richmond Tor
Washington and the North.
NJ. CINCINNATI E, press Daily Par
Tor car L. ki1 mond and Pullman Rich
ond 10 Cincinnati. Louisville and 81.
Louis.
Puilm D on No 10 Hinton. ". Va 1,
Cincinnati nj LOuisyi lie.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
BUTTER
KING ON AMERICAN SHIP.
How European Monarch Was Re-
cefved by Yankee Commander,

How n European Monarch Was Re-
eetved by Yankee Commander.
The following is from Rear Admiral
Franklin's naval "reminiscences, Just
published: when the Independence
lay at Trieste she was visited by thou
sands and thousands of people who
had never seen SO large a ship before,
and among those who inspected her
We're the king Of Saxony, the Ban Of
Croatit ard others of exalted rank.
Ithe commander Of the Independence
was Commodore Morgan, who was
very equity and old for his years. The
visit Of the king Of Saxony stirred the
Ga gentleman up to extraordinary ex-
ertions.
we were all in full uniform to re-
ceive the kirg, and while assembled at
tie starboard gangway, expecting him
to come OH that side the commodore.
discovering that he was making for
the port ladder, rushed about as wild
ly as his equity legs would let him,
ard 'shoed' us all over to the other
side with the exclamation: Don't you
see the king coming on that side?' He
was very queer character. He had
been accus toned to the usages of good
society all his life, burt in showing the
king around his ship, instead of adj
dressing him in the usual form he
would gay, Step this way. king, if you
please or ttLst me help you down this
hatch, king L could never under
stand whether it was drcllery on his
part or rot.
He dined a large number OF Aus
tran officers ere day, as sort of
wind-up to the festivities pricr to our.
sailing away to the coast Of Italy.
They were adj pretty well filled with
wine by the time 6inner was over, and
adjourned to the poop deck. The old
gentleman presented a most comical
appearance. with his wig slowed one
ride, ard his eye, which always looked
as if i. We're glass, rolling around in
the most cuizZical fashion. He was
surrounded by Austrians, who SEEM
Cd ali to he talking to him at the same
time. He was backing away from
them ss they were gesticulating az
him, until he reached the end Of the
Poop, and, when he could get no fur
tter wi hort -irg overheard, he threw
up his hands in despair, exciaiming, /
don't understand word you
S9y'''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
BOG BUTTER"
Prehistoric Pat Sent to Canada From
the County Kildare.


From the Toronto Globe.
David Boyle. the curator of the Ontario
Archaeological museum is in receipt OF an
exceedingly curious survival from prehistoric
bog butter" In Ireland In the very old
times the art Of making butter was known,
but the preservative effects Of sale were
as yet undiscovered. Nevertheless, the peo-
pie Of that age possessed some means Of
the process. Firkins of it were frequently
left there for safekeeping, and from time to
time these relies of prehistoric housekeeping
are unearthed. Mr.. B. st. George LEROY, of
Toronto, who is now in Ireland is the
donor CT a good sized piece of cheesy-looking
stuff to the museum. Mr.. Lefroys letter to
Mr.. Boyle is in part as follows:
Il have just sent off per parcel rost a
piece of bog butter to you. 1 don't know
whether it is a thing of sufficient antiquity
ard rarity to be of any value interest to
yeu, but as the Dublin museum has key in
prominent position perhaps you may con-
slider it worthy of admission to place in
the museum. 1 notice the Canadian ems
toms forbid substitutes or limitations of but
ter | hope red tape won't signa!ize itself
over .hs.
1.-THE key of which this is portion was
dug up recently (this Year, in a bog near
Dunlavi1, County Kildare. The stav2s are
said to have been round it. but to have fallen
Off on removal It lay In a PEASANTS garden
and the dogs fed on it for time. Mrs Hop
kins. Of Blackha1 castle, Kilculen, County
Kildare, got it then, and 1 got this frag-
ment from her. l melted a piece and it
seems decidedly butterish.''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
Billy COULD STEER.
Green Hand on the Yankee Proved
80 &c Prize Pilot.

. A Green Hand On the Yankee Proved
TO &c Il Prize Pilot.
From tie Electrical Review.
The auxiliary cruiser Yankee, which
is manned ley the New York naval
militia, includes in her crew num-
Ter of electrical men. During the
Yankees recent visit to New York
shore leave was granted to the crew
for the first time since they Joined
the ship.
the hard work" said one of them. 1--WE
were cut at sea and one OF the boys
yea Know flinl-was doing his trick at
the wheel. Commander BroYnson
came up alongside him, and, after
watf!iing him a few minutes, said:
you steer very well, my man
BILLY just saluted-being UP en- ma
val etiquette.
the ship?' asked Browr!son.
g. No, sir, I haven't been practicin.g
much said Billy.
Well, you handle this ship as if
you'd steered before said Brownson.
Eyes, sir said Billy, I have
Where? says Brownson.
All along the Atlantic coast says
Billy.
What did you steer?' says Brown
son.
MY own steam yacht, SIR says
Billy
How big is she?' says Brownson.
after pause.
"sAbout Thousand tons, sir says
Billy.
"I see, says Brownson.
+" Thank ee, STR gays Billy saluting.
Ard the old man went to his
state rcoan.''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16

1t is now stated officially that the new
defender will be butt by the Herreshoff
company. The design will be one upon
which Capt. "NEit" Herreshoff and c.
Oliver Iselin have already agreed.
The greatest secrecy is maintained,
and to guard against Intrusion from
newspaper representa- ives and Others
the number Of watchlnen will be in
creased above anything ever attemoted
at TIE yards. P. esi1ent John B. Her
reshoff, the Bind bcatbuilder, will take
an active interest in the work of con-
struction, ard he has today sent for
ard conferred with some Of the most
skilled metal workers in the employ of
the company.
The conferences Of leading yachts
men have been numerous and most i'm
portant to the Herreshoffs Not only
has Capt. Nathant=l Berreshof been in
close conference with the wealthisst
Of the younger sgt Of yachtsmen about
New York and Newport, but he has
also met and talked the whole thing
over With the cider and more experi-
enced cup-defender syndicate mem
bers.
1t is estimated that the cost Of the
new defender, built of metal, will be in
the neishborhocd of $4,000, and the
contract will provide that she shall be
aficat in the Herreshof dock in su.fi-
cient time to race in 1899.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
NAUTICAL MASCOT.
Cusack Good Monkey, but Doesn't
Like the Ships Goat

Like the Ships Goat.
From the New York Tribune
On the gunlboat Newport, anchored
off Tompkinsville on Tuesday night
two sleepers lying ON the deck caught
Inc Tribune reporters eye. and present.
ed a fascinating picture Of domestic
bliss. The two We're side by side, nest
ing cozily together, With their arms
clasped about each others neck in an
sHectlonate embrace. The sdeepers
were Cusack, the monkey, mascot
plenipotenttiary of the Newport, and
SANDY, tar, who has charge of this
P@fs. Cusack was picked up in Nicara-
qua by sailor on shore leave. He ia
OF the ring-tail species, brown in color
and large.
The men on the Newport interr1pted
their stories of the Cuban blockade to
tell their visitor that Cusack was thu
cleverest monkey alive. ard that money
could not buy him from them
Cusack's story is interesting. because
IL Is exceptional. He does not in the
least resemble the monkeys usual pro-
totype, the small boy. He has no bad
habits. Cusack is as steady-going as
the Oldest tar aboard, and, being of an
INDUSTRIOUS turn of mind, he is happy
Wren he gets a bodkin aCd is per
nflted 10 assist Jack in mending the
Sails. He sews like a woman, and all
the time keeps up chattering like an
OLD dame at a sewing circle. No one
mas been able to translate Cusacks
language, but it is generally thought
that his remarks relate to the goat on
board the Newport, and are not COM
plimentary In their character.
This goat is the monkeys pet aver
sion. II 1t were not for her his cup
of happiness would be FULL as 1t is.
there is a fly in Cusack's milk.
Until the goat came Cusack was sole
master of the situation, but he now
feels that he has a rival in the affec-
tons of the Jackies. When Mamie
first came ON board Cusack tried to
make her sick of her surroundings, and
every time the goat appeared on deck
the monkey would jump on her back
and ride around the ship, the goat
vainly trying to shake him off. At
other times Cusack would overturn a
pail of water into the goats food, and
for this he was severely punished
Poor Cugack felt the disgrace keenly,
and after that he would often go and
sit on the pinnacle, looking mournfully
at the sky and water. One afternoon,
while the Newport was with the
blcckading squadron off Havana, there
was splash and the monkey was seen
in the water Whether or not it was
an attempt at suicide the sailors do
not positively know, but Sandy went
over the side quickly and Cusack was
saved. Now the monkey is happiest
when lying with his arms about San
dy's neck as he was the night the re-
porter saw him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
CIRCUIT RACES At BUFFALO.
Thirty Thousand Dollars In Stakes
and Purses In Eour Days Racing.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 15.-The Grand
circuit will be at Buffalo this week. begin
ming tomorrow, and during the four days
racing $50, 000 will be distributed in stakes
and purses. The 2:O4 pace brings together
seven of the fastest PAGERS on the turf. and
should result in one of the grandest races
of the season. Trey are Bumps, Chef ais.
Frank Bogash, Frank Agan, Pear Onward,
Rubnstein and Searchlight This entry
is so close that it would be stupidity to at
tempt to name winner. 1t is simply
question of condition, and the horse that
is in the best shape on that particular day
is the horse which will win. The 5000 Elec-
tric City stake for horses eligible to the 2:30
trotting class has sixteen nominations in
Guiding Governor Holt, John Nolan Lur,ine
McGregor, Major Chew Miss Beatrice. Noun
taineer, Russo-Greek and Timorah. The alb
sence of any pronounced winner of phenpm-
email speed is liable TO make this race very
speculative affair, indeed.
Eighteen are named in the $1,000 Queen
City stake for the 2:16 trottng class. and
in the list are such crack performers as
Directum Kelly, Matte Patterson, True
Chimes, Big Timber, Boquita, Bowery Belle
and Quarterstaff The clever pickers of first
choices viii be divided between the claims of
Directum Kelly and Matte Patterson. The
former is undoubtedly one of the greatest
campaigners of the year. He has that inval-
liable quality Of the Dicsassfs, the ability TO
come back,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
Pickle and an Emergency.

From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
The talk turned the other day in an East
ern Maine town on good luck coming out of
apparent misfortune, and as an Illustration
gentleman told how Waldo county man s
house caught fire in time of great drouth.
when the well dry and there was no
house discovered 1t burning at a lively rate
on the dry roof. Help was as scarce as
water. She began wringing her hands and
pretty pickle! A pretty picke!"
Pickle, PICKLE the word unconsciously re-
peated itself. and then she thought of a
whole barrel full of pork pickle in the eel
lar. saved for boiling over. She darted
down the cellarway and soon began deluging
the roof with the brine. Every one who
tiDguisher salt water it. The effect was mag
ical, and before the supply of pickle" was
exhausted she had the fire out and the home
was saved; she says she never should have
kept running in her mind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
Libraries for the Soldiers.

Wisconsin's example in providing travelling
be followed by Buffalo, the officers of the
public library there taking the initiative
The plan is much the same as in Wisconsin.
from fifteen to eighteen volumes, encased in
weather-prcof box. and the companies will
exchange libraries periodically. The work is
to be done at the library, but the reading
matter is t. be furnished by the people, as
also the money needed for cases. transport
tation. etc. In addition to the bound vol
umes, it is hoped to send large quantities of
trated newspapers. to be distributed without
tie requirement Of returning them TO the
company libraries. 1t is branch of relief
work which might well be undertaken in
every city. where the supply of paper-bound
volumes and of magazines is practically un-
limited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16

sARTCGA. N. Y, Aug .15.-Tae talent
landing each race, and Tod Sloan riding
three of them. TIE weather was fre. the
track fast, and the attendance large. Re
suits:
First race. seven furiongs-afanassas won,
Turtle Dove second, Wadsworth third. Time.
1:261s. Manchester and l. p also ran.
Second race five and half fur,ongs-Di-
third. Time, 1:0SA.
Third race, pi!e-Irish Reel won. Hurley
Burley second, Orina third. Time. 1:40k.
Fourth race, mile and ur.ons-Twinkler
won. Ben Ino second, Banished third. Tine.
1:54N.
Fifth race, steepechase, full course {ab1ut
two and three-quarters miles)-Equerry wo1.
Hurry Up second Sir Play third. Time,
5:C3. Irianian bclted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
OLD DAYS At OXFORD.
Living Cheap at the Famous Uniyer
sity Two Centuries Ago.

Living Cheap at the Famous Uniyer-
sity Two Centuries Ago.
An old account book of one James
Wilding, who was am undergraduate at
Oxford from 1852 to 1888, enables
us to trace, in some measure, the ex-
penses of a university student of small
means at the close of the seventeenth
century. Up to the end of the term in
which he took his degree his total ex-
penses amounted to less than
f57 sum which today might
be equivalent to three times that
amount. Board and lodging were then
extremely cheap, and, though James
Wilding seems to have lived in Oxford
the whole year round f10 suff1ced for
his chamber rent and food for nearly
five years. His other payments were
on a similar modest scale. Ten shil-
lfngs a term was his tutors fee. Half
a crown to the barber, or 5 shillings
to his bedmaker and laundress, with an
occasional sixpence to the buttery boy
and the cook, include about all that
could be called fixed charges; while
his matriculation cost him 2 shiilings
and pence: his entrance into Mer-
ton. when he migrated to the college.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
Anaconda Races.

ANACONDA, Mont, Aug. 15.-Results:
First race-Sallie Gdodwinn won. Lady Ash
ley second. Trappan, third. Time. Ill.
Second race, six furlongsFE Mido won,
Croker second, Ocorrona third. Time. 1:171s
Third race, seven fur1ongs-Palmer Rosey
won, Queen Nubia second, Herman third
Time, 1:31A. hsf3
Fourth race, mile and a sixteenth-Lorena
II. won; Master n,, Mariner second. Barrican
Fifth race. five furlongs5Sam McKeever
won, Hemera second, The Light third. Time
1:041z.
Sixth race. SIX furlongs-Tammany Hall
II. won. Open Door second, Pat Furney
third. Time. 1:0Sh.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
THAT FINE GOES.
New York Must Pay the Baltimore
Ball Club $1,000.

New York Must Pay the baltimore
Ball Club $1,000.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-The board Of
directors of the National league and Amerl-
can association of base ball clubs held
meeting here today and sustained the for
fixture to the Baltimore club Of the New
Baltimore game of July Is. imposed a
fine of $1,000 on the New York club, TO be
paid to Baltimore. and directed the Baltimore
club to suspend Player Homes for tho bal
ance of the season. The New York club was
relieved OF the payment to the Baltimore
club of any portion OF the gate receipts of
that city.
The case was called at the instance of the
New York club on an appeal to the board
for re-decision or a modification of the fine
impcseI.
In the game in question President Freed
man. of New York, alleged that Player Holmes
addressed an insulting remark to him, and,
Umpire Lynch refusing to put Holmes out
Of the game, President Freedman withdrew
his team from the field and returned to the
spectators their admission fee. The Balti-
more club was awarded the game on the
ground that the action of President Freed
man was violation of the National league
constitution, and claimed the $103O forfeit.
which had been awarded it.
President Freedman appealed the case to the
board of directors.
The dispute between Baltimore and 2hila-
delphia over Catcher Boyle was decided in
favor Of the former.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
Chess Tournament.

COLOGNE, Aug. 15.-1hIs morning the
chess players contested the eleventh round
OF their international tournament, when the
rictsen. Janowski VS.. GoltchaI, Fritz vs..
Popiel, Schallop VS.. Cchn. Settlers vs..
Tschigorfn, Sch.echter VS.. Steinitz Albin VS.,
Showater and Burn vs.. Berger.
When an adjournment was taken at 1
o'c-ock this afternoon Janowski had won
game aginst Gottschall;. Schlechter had beat
en- Steinitz; Albin had gene down before
Sstowalter, and al the ether games were ad-
Journed in even positions.
After recess Charousek defeated Heinrich
lop was beaten by Cchn Schiffers succumbed
to Tschigorin and Burn and Bergen drew.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-16
MABEL WON.
Captured the Trial Sailing Race of
the American Canoe AssociatfOn

GANoNQUE. Ont, Aug. 1.-THE trial sail
ing race, event No. 4, of the racing pro-
gramme of the American Canoe association,
was started promptly at 10 o'clock this morn
ing with the following starters: Mabel,
Who is the only Canadian competitor: orr Tanis
F. G. Moore; Aziz. Loomis H. May; Pioneer
H. c. .Smythe: Toreador, ]. E. Plummer, and
Zap. John G. Mobray. all of the New York
Canoe club.
The race was sailed In fair southerly
breeze. The course was triangular and a
mile and half long. Each canoe was rugged
with $50 square feet of sail of the standing
type, The canoes were we'll punched at the
Start. The Aziz crossed before the gun fire
and had to return and recross. The Tanis
was first away, but later fell to the rear,
while the Mabel led over the course, with
the Zip second and Azlz third. The Mabel
won at II: 12:39, with Zip second.