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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

GfO m For Mems oyercoats-
n tu ILL choice Dress Top Couts-as-
sorted lengths, shapes.
weights. colors, styles. shades, values that
cannot be duplicated again for an y. See
the show windows for ONercoat Bargains.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

C. 90 For Childr ems sui,a-Dark
M II 4 navy blue twillcd Cheviot-
sizes only from to 15-noth-
ing larger nor smaller. One Ninety Eigh,
never hut such purcha sing power in Boys
Attire.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25
MEMS OvERCOATs.

q 4 IN For Mems Ovcrcoats me-
,MEeO II dunn weight. medium length.
medium shade, far above me-
dunn In quality and far below medium in
price. Regular bargain snaps for Four
SiXty-ninC.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

co TT For Mems Ovcrcoats, light
hNsf land dark colors, plain black
and blue Trcots, beavers and
Corerts: up to date in style and down 20
date i'll price.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

90 For Short Pants for Boys
NH, Fine Cassimcrcs. worstcds and
Embellishments from COM
binaton outtts-thc material in some is
worth more than Is charged for the pants
ready to wear.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

Of For Short Pants for Boys
mi, Solid Heavy Brown Wooden
Notwithstanding value in
Knee Pants for the Twenty-Five Cents.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

e. ~ Tor Childrcn's Sults-Scr-
b e. ! Nceable Chcviots-ncat mix
nires-the sizes are slightly
out of shaIG-but every suit In the lot u
genuine leader for One l'orty-Seven.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

CO. For Short Pants for Boys
SSf Coed dcsigns--all wool-patene
bands ana buttons double seat
and kaccS-reGular Wear reslsters.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25

that make any prctonce Of following tho Rus
sian lines, and the closing is usually made at
the LETT side, while pcplum TO lcngthcn tho
garment is recent addition calculated 10
please any women whose figure this acces-
sorry suits. The modes shown in the sketch
are taken from the last nutfbcr OF The
1'SS'nGa'or and tho styles are practical and in
eool taste Tor street wear, church, calling or
'lSt'ng. Garnet broadcloth made up in this
style was remarkably effective trimmed with
black braid and a bronze cloth trimmed with
fur and braid was equally pleasing.
Specially prepared fer us by The Butterick
Publishing Co. (LimRcD
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25
KNEE PANTS.

Ct, For Short Pants for Boys
IL Made WITH tapped seams ami
hold fast bands from stout
wooden fabrics-sizes from age l2 to 1G
inclusive.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25
HB) " q glD
INCREASING
Bargain Wonders ]

The most triumphant record of popolar enthusiasm
ever known in merchandising siege of undated selling
an opportunity OF greater and greater buying of Fine
Clothing and Furnishings by crowds and crowds Of bargain
seekers continually paronizng the various DEPARTMENTS
OF the big store That is the history achieved by the mar
velous Bargain Creations at the Great Stock Relief I'm
loading Sale and thus will it be from time to time merc
lessy sacrificing and unreservedly Strengthening every
Heavy Weight Garment in this magnificent stock to con
season fyou are a money saver, seeking double and
treble worth in reliable Clothing and Furnishings Of stand
ard manufacture, this wonderful sale must stand in you
eyes as chance that demands ycur imperative and i'm
meeiate attention.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25
CHILDREN's SUITS.

NOo For Childrens Suits-Good de-
TEI, Sign-winter weight-sizes only
from 10 to l6 Think Of It! Sub
stanttal winter suits for boys up to age
IL for only Eight Cents.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

There seems to be a good deal OF
doubt as to what an American is. The
native Indian does not exactly fill the
ban, even when he is improved. In fact,
when he is much improved he disap-
pears. 1t was thought by some at one
time that to be an American one had
to be born in New England, or to have
come there at very early day, with
the serious intention Of having every
body who was just right born there
after the date Of 1921. But the Dutch
OF New York and the Germans of
Pennsylvania and the French of Lou
isiana, seem to have had different ideas
about it. AS. sometimes, it seems to
be an easy way to settle the question
by declaring that no one not born in
Ireland is an American, but this would
justly offend the Germans and irritate
considera BILE portion of our rural pop-
ulation who do not enjoy city govern
ment. Ability to read the Constitu-
ton Of the United States, coupled with
short residence, seemed to answer,
until we discovered that ability to un-
derstand it did not go with the accom-
plishment Of reading, and still less of
obeying or accepting it's spirit. With
an increasing number of people Amer
lea is sort Of go-as-you-please place,
where every man is a law unto him
self, and every woman, also, and it is
a very un-American thing to interfere
with the indulgence of any sort Of
vasary. In short, it is a leftover region
that belongs to everybody, and he is
the most American who exercises ut
most license in speech and conduct.
Consequently it is a surprise to many
who arrive that they find they have
brought with them some rights that
they hau run away from; namely, the
right to be imprisoned or to be hung for
Hsobey1ng the laws. 1t may not be
possible to define exactly what an
American is, still less to describe the
American spirit. about which we hear
SO much and which is so variously con-
ceived. But it is time that one thing
were very clearly understood by all the
newcomers who purpose to favor us
with their society, and that is that the
country is already made, and is not
waiting for them to make it, That it
is just as much a nation, with as we'll
defined and as distinct a political life
and purpose as Germany, or England,
or France. This fact clearly under
stood will save the newcomers a grea,
deal of trouble. In ou. Federal system
and our local self-government we find
the American idea, and it is just as diff
ferent from the license and the social |
Ism which some conceive to be the
American idea as can be. 1t is useless
FOR foreign newcomers to butt their
heads against this idea; it will injure |
their heads
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

There are various methods Of ex-
pressing affection, from the nose rub
bings of the Hottentots to the thrash
ings which the American boy receives
''for his own good" A Kansas man has
developed new method, however.
This gentleman, strolling along the
street, met another mans wife, and
fired two loads of buckshot into her,
after which he dscreetly took to the
woods. He has mailed a letter to the
woman, who still survives, explaining
that hs action was the result Of the
great love he bore for her. Singularly
enough. this explanation does not salts
fy the people of the town who yearn
for Ms return, so that they may lynch
him. 1t is the fate Of great minds to be
unappreclated.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

saved by a young bugler. 1t was in
little skirmish, and L was the mark for
q cavalryman's saber. L saw it COM
ing, but was henmed in so l couldn't
help myself. In a second would have
been struck down, when a boy from
the ranks sprang between us. 1t must
have cut through his shoulder
ut did, Cap'n."
The other stripped off his coat and
turned back his rough flannel shirt,
leaving the right shoulder bare. A deep
white scar disfgured it.
81 ought to have known you before,
john" he said, simply. But never
mind that now. When you come back
from Buffalo you are not going into
any soldiers home, but mine. And
when taps are sounded from above
you'll rest on as good a pillow as
you've ever had along the march.
Good-by. I'll meet you next week
when you come back, and We'll go
home"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
He Rode with Sheridan.

OF the five United States cavalry
men who finished the famous ride with
Sheridan from Winchester to Cedar
Creek in the Shenandoah valley in
1864, two are living in Reading, says
the Reading, Pa, correspondent of the
New York Sun. Barton Ream is one
and Samuel Lewis is the other. Ream
was a sergeant when the special es-
cOrt was formed. He is now tele-
phone lineman. Lewis is employed at
Bard's spoke works. Both are in eX,
cellent health.
Sergt. Ream says that 200 cavalry
men of 18th Pennsylvania regi-
ment escorted Sheridan from Martins
burg to Winchester on Oct. Is, 1864
The next day twenty troopers We're Sc
lected as a special escort to ride with
Sheridan from Winchester to the front,
where Longstreet's army had put to
rout the Northern army in the Shen-
andoah valley.
1--WE were picked out to ride with
Sheridan because we had good horses"
trip was long. We had to jump fences,
bitches and barricades, owing to the
crowded condition of the public road,
filled as it was by the retreating army.
BY the time we got to the front, ! don't
think more than five of the escort had
held out. On the way We met United
States soldiers in full retreat who were
clad only in their undershirts and
drawers. Mind you, it was a sharp,
cool, October day. Sheridan wore
cap that day, and kept waving it and
cheering to the retreating soldiers to
face about History has recorded it
properly that it was Sheridan's great
personality that re-rallied that broken
army. believe the private soldiers
III that memorable ride all agree with
the version given to the world by the
officers who wrote the historical ac-
counts. When Sheridan arrived at Ce-
dar Creek | rode along the battle lines
with him when our army was ready to
charge on the COnfederates about 4
o'clock. l was not in the thick of the
fight, being too tired. We were ex-
cused, and saw the fight from high
ground near where Sheridan and his
staff stood. After that battle 1 was
with Gen. kilpatrick's raid toward
Richmond and did other service"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

ou LIS pale, stern lace.
Il suppose I've heard that old call
but l haven't noticed it for good many
years. Play it again, won't you?'
The old soldier hesitated. give pret-
ty nigh forgot how?" he said, then re-
peated the stirring strains more conf
IDENTIFY.
The gentleman left his carriage and
went over to stand beside the trum-
peter as one after another of the ia
miliar signals fell from the tarnished.
brown lips Of the army bugle; and by
and by a flush crept into his cheeks and
light touched his eyes and he sang:
Blow out your lights, you lazy bummers,
Blow out your lights and go to bed
The soldiers well-known accompani-
ment.
Both old men We're laughing now in
fooling, old soldiers way. Then they
shook hands and began over again:
Come down to the stable
All ye who are able,
And give your poor horses
Some hay and some corn;
or IL you DON'T 90 IT,
The colonel will know it
And you'll go to the guardhouse
AS sure as you're born!
The music died in a dismal discord.
"Comrade," said the old man, with a
droll wink, 81 don't recollect that it
was the 'guardhouse' where the boys
said they'd go when they ulster sing it."
1T wasn't, you old rascal, it wasn't"
roared the singer, slapping the bugler
on his thin shoulder. Lets have it
again, and we'n sing it right" And
they did.
What regiment, comrade?" he ask
ed, as with bugle replaced in the shah
by coat, the trumpeter locked his arm
within his. Nineteenth Michigan?
Why, man, was with the Thirty-third
Indiana! We've been in some pretty
hard fights together in our day. Those
two regiments were like brothers,
He paused and looked at his COM
panion closely, noting the worn gar
mentS. the weary, careworn face and
silver hair, and then said gently and
little hesitatingly:
rs the world using you pretty well,
old friend?"
"Oh. yes flush dyeing the wrin
kled face. IL can't complain. The
boys Of my post are sendin' me to this
reunion in Buffalo; an when l git back
[ guess they can git me into the sol
diers' home-I never did exactly like
the idea of that-I'd ruther work till
I'm mustered out-but,'' the voice
trembled, bravely resumed, and then
failed utterly and the old man turned
his face toward the lake to aide his
tears. The other man had been look
ing at him intently.
'In '63," he said. 81 had my life |
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
McKin1ey's Illuminating Positio
Sowing the Wind,

The crowning idiOcy of the tariff is
that we are laying up trouble for our
selves. When the United States be-
comes the foremost manufacturing na-
ton other nations are going to retaliate
by restricting the importation of our
manufactures as they now restrict our
grain and meats. Already South Amer
lea is striking at our growing manu-
factures. Europe will not long delay.
In keeping with the Internal policy of
protecting" the trusts, we are sowing
the wind. 1t is inevitable that we shall
have to reap the whirlwind.-Kansas
City Times.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

Germans are adopting American ma
chinery for their manufactures and
American ideas as well. The English
manufacturer proclaims boldly-prob-
ably for the effect it may have upon
his workmen-that if he cannot adopt
American machinery and methods in
Great Britain he will have to shut up
shop. The Germans and English may
be able to compete with each other
with the aid of American machiney,
and they may be able to excel all the
world save this great country, from
which they are drawing new inspira-
tons. But they cannot go the A-meri-
can pace. Having caught up with
them, we will pass them-distance
them, perhaps-for in all the world
there is no such combination Of excel
lence as in these United States Of
America
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

out of the way Of the usual visitor.
Once there he looked up and down
little anxiously, and then draw from
the breast of his shabby blue coat
battered old bugle.
The instrument was tarnished and
bruised, and the once scarlet tassels
were faded, but the old man held it in
his hands lovingly and turned it from
side to side, lingering over it as one
might over an object of peculiar beau
ty.
81 wonder if l dast?' he said at last,
aloud, smiling the shamed, pleased,
difident smile of unusual daring
81 amt tried it fur thirty year, but
uster make it sing-an' I b'leeve L
could now!'
He raised the instrument to his lips,
but they twitched nervously and he
could not make a sound. Twice and
three times, and then, high, clear, but
tremulous, rose the first sharp notes of
the reveille.
The old man laughed to himself and
hugged the tasseled bugle to his breast.
"Thats good, comrade, try again.
A carriage had stopped near him, and
an old gentleman was leaning forward
with a strange, new look of eagerness
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY.

New England rallied to the support
of the Republican party at the Presi-
Dental election of 1896, and cast its
electoral votes for the advance agent
of prosperity"
New England is now getting a sam
pie Of the kind of prosperity heralded
by the advance agent. No doubt a
large majority of the 125,0O0 opera
tives of the cotton mills who are now
suffering a cut in wages of from 10 to
II per cent. voted for Mckinley. Per-
haps they should not be blamed for
this, as they We're coerced by the mill
managers and promised good times and
increased pay if the Republican ticket
should win.
How truthful these promises were IS
now being demonstrated, and the cause
Of this disaster is the very measure
which the Republicans asserted would
bring about prosperity. In discussing
this phase of the question the New
York Journal says:
"Whateyer explanation may be given
Of the present situation Of the cotton
industry of New England, it is certain
that increased protection is doing it
no good. What is called protection re-
stricts its market, tends to Over-prOduc-
ton and lower prices by hOthouSe com
petition at home, and the more it gets
of this kind of fostering the worse
off are those employed in it,
l. 4 II;
of the situation is correct, but will the
operatives of the New England cotton
mills recognize that fact? Will they
realize that they have been made the
victims of a gigantic confidence game,
and will they, with a spirit of self-pres-
ervation, turn away from the Republi-
can party and espouse the cause of
Democracy?
This is the important question which
is pressing upon the minds of the wage
workers all over the United States.
Upon its correct answer rests the fu-
ture of the masses in this country.
Labor has true friend in DemOc-
racy and a bitter enemy in the Repub-
lican party. The latter is the servant
of the trusts, and the trusts grow rich
and flourish at the expense of the peo
pie. There is only one party great
enough 10 hope for victory in strug
gle against the trusts, and that party
is Democratic. Every vote cast for any
other party organized to befriend labor |
is Il vote thrown away, and every vote |
cast for the Republican party is a vote |
to impOverish and enSlaye the masses. |
Cannot the wage-earners see this: It |
is as simple and clear as it is true.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
Mark Hanna's Victory

Hanna won. He has won a glorious
victory. He is reelected United STATES
Senator from Ohio by the magnificent
majority OF one. He was entitled to
eight, but even the Ohio Republicans
are growing ashamed of Hanna. He is
a great catch for the Republican party.
1t shows what principle will do when
backed up by enough Doodle. 1t also
shows how dignified Il President we
have, when he stood az the receiver of
a Jong-distance telephone, keeping the
wire hot in Marks interest.
This is indeed q free government
when heaven and earth and the DOW
ers OF darkness are turned loose to
compass his election, and then some
of our Republican friends are pleased
to call it a great triumph of manhood,
The President and his entire official Die
counter were moved to help Mark. No
stone was left unturned to win this
victory Of manhood.
o. yes: that was Il glorious victory.
1t WAS so StupendOus that it will tIlrn
ONO Democratic at next falls Con
greSsional elections. It will bring the
Republican party into worse dishonor.
1t will brand every man who voted for
him. against his wishes, hireling. 1t
will make the next President Demo
cratic. No Democrat has any reason
to feel discouraged. The political skies
never looked brighter than at this
Mark Hanna's election is a great |
for the Republican admin
!stration, but it cost Mark Hanna a
barrel of money to make 'er yindicate
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

Pupils are conducted through many
"ologies" and introduced to many
'fsms," but they are not we'll grounded
in the three or four primary matters o.
an English education. A boy or sir
who has learned to read and write ane
spell, with a knowledge of arithmeti,
and geography, is better prepared fo,
a university education than a boy o.
girl who has been dragged through al
endless array of the so-called highe,
studies N the common schools.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
A coast defense gun now in proc

A coast defense gun now in process
Of construction by the United State
Government is to be a wonder in ORC
nance. An expert estimates that th
striking energy of a projectile fro1
this gun will be equal to the blow of
six-thousand-ton steamer ramming
sixteen knots speed. To complete Il
comparison, the expert adds that, viii
q vessel in collision strikes all alon
her cutwater, the damaging power {
the gun is concentrated on a circ
having q diameter Of sixteen inche
Should the gun ever be used against
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
Mckenna,s Bod Break.

Attorney General McKenna's nause-
atinS dispatch Of congratulation to-
Hanna was well calculated to please
Hanna and the President, who has
nominated him to be a Supreme Court
Justice of the United States. but it is
said to have had Il bad effect upon the
Democratic side of the Senate chamber.
In the end it may prove to have inn
periled his confirmation. Democratic
Senators cannot be much blamed for
being Sickened. McKenna may think
that Hanna is virtue incarnate, but
that only shows what sort of a man
McKenna is.-Springfield, Mass. Re-
publican.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
Brief Comment

The tidal wave Of Mckinley prosper-
1ty in New England is the largest and
thickest and saltiest and wettest eva,.
, known in that section--Atlanta Con
Stitution.
Mark Hanna gives the lie to those
who term him a plutocrat. There ;s
after all, line of demarcatfon he-
tween a plutOcrat and cOrruDtionist
Atlanta Constitution.
The Mckenna victory in the Judici-
airy Committee and the Hanna victory
ID the Ohio Legislature will rejoice alb
the trusts and all the organized grab
bers of the country.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Mark Hanna has returned To Wash
ington to resume the work of running
the administration which was inter
rupted for season by circumstances.
oyer which, by the judicious use of
fooence, he finally secured the neces-
sary control.-Lafayette. Ind. Journal
oklahoma has unanimously declared
in favor of Statehood and as sba bos
the requisite population her Detition iS
a reasonable one. But her politics 10
inclined toward Democracy and the
powers that be are Republican. so Ok
lahoma will undoubtedly be obIioad
to wait-Manchester, y. H, Union
Doubtless the spirit Of warfare is
still hot in the breasts of the Ohio Re
publlcans, but we would advise the suc-
cess1ul side to beware of carrying on
the struggle by measures based ON tba
that the Republican vote in
that State Is so large that if needs 20
1uclng-Pittsburg Dispalrn
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03
"Conci1iation with an AK


1t is alleged that the administration
has given Mark Hanna a gentle hint
to curb his tongue in the matter of
threats against Ohio Republicans op-
posed to his election as Senator Nc
kinley is not at all anxious that the
split in the Republican party OF the
Buckeye State should be made any
wider than it is now Kurtz has eX-
hibited such a show of strength that
alarm is felt by the occupant of the
Presidential chair, and Hanna'S curses,
it is feared, may work mischief to the
Presidents plans for a denomination.
1t would never do for Ohio Republi-
cans TO refuse a united support to Nc
kinley in 1900. and therefore Hanna is
cautioned to modify his expressions of
rage. This will be Il severe dose for
Hanna to swallow, and in the long run
he will manage to get even with his
enemies with a result which will be
but pleasing to the admins
tration. Hanna believes in 'concillia-
tion with an AK" He has no idea of
what the word diplomacy means, and if
the fight in Ohio does not wax fierce
and dangerous all the portents of the
present will have proved misleading.
Knives are sharpening for the con-
filct. Charges and counter-charges of
bribery and bad faith are made. Bush
nell is threatened with an investiga.
ton; Foraker is abused and the merry
war is merrilly progressing Good
uck to the man with the longest knife"
and "a plague on both their houses"
say the people.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-02-03

An English prophet announces fol
1898 the discovery of the north pole
the opening of communication with
Mars, wars in Europe, a revolution in
South America, riots in London and
the kidnapping of the young King OF
Spain. That South American event
is reasonably certain to happen.