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Nxw yo,x NV ns,o ,osk sxewsr ,,,,.,,.,
and weak, ordipsyy Is cents, sooS o,asnsg, "a
cen,s, 10y. nnc, m AZ an ns cen. m,adnng ~
otis.n. So M cents sms.r AM, ~ 1 nn,n,
nj, esnsS c.ot.. s,nh .u ios ~ hc%
Porto I. ki s i2,s@isX cents. Flour dull and
apm, VIM, ~ an, gY Ia, oris, n. W.
noml XIV oospi, nst: on'st u ,, oaS s.eauy
inaIiy coAei cents. Rye unchsnsed,ti'Is ssiso.
FORK quiet ous , s,ssay 49, Gold 1909
BALTIMORE, October 5"Brsai,,ue,. - The
mark market iUr Tiou. !; dall and weak No In
HTaL;ns ara ~ I'M M ,oo,i snS ~, we ,,saa
P,,csas ne ,n yoo Iou .pne local maas.
ported today OF Ouly 100 bbi'. Western Extra
th,,,.-p.oo,n,. ,,u,, ,,,. uor,,,u ,o..h.
nned i nsht ,h,s morning, res se,h
and lover The Offering. we're ali taken, how.
~ assso az n 'oI gpva W
pt,nne, si']'"h'A 'o' o'"'""'S W iait MARY
'' GrceyrreGuM,rse, for white TODAY NAV be
aS nss,sc,.S gu az. ooo S,.hni. nom, IT.
ssu 4. ng ,5na, "a, ono ~, nusneis ptme wh ~,
i, 600 DO, Western white Al essSas s mA'' Nv vi
HtS,og,.2 LOT soou 10 prime: 49,
has RIO sx "wsyis,esy, ." W.y ., Wy ~
" sOo bas, AZ h sso fePorted since saIs.
duN, a. n -
auty pau, hne marker ~, ~ nim 10 tone, ana
M M eq uo,.u ~ ou,VLe' VIZ. no IN POM, Msay
We W, ee r UT hI 70 soou! ilMWn1 een.s,
kU ', poI pIime esIfoes, anu 9uty pa,a MisB
49, ais ~. , '. koqu ihI, ,o,4g,ssy
eenu' soi1, ior eoou TO PRIME ana buioA
GEMS LOT choiee.
.ononiMWe ho..ee saIes yestefuyo IW paies
iVM niiannug ~ zo,1 eus, anu OF 20 phies mld'
aiing Nv zot.BA GEMS, out the market closes
ntmet, uhuet nuviees oI an improvement In
'he mMket ~ New noIk,
uo,aAea-I mere ~ hotntng doing In MO
lnsses, puu We quote as before, VIZ; cuba
eiaycI AZ l3WtO CTS; 40 Museovado Al tsgb
e n,i Engash Island at eSgds cts and Porto
hieo ~ ooYIe cts per gNlon.
MW feed.isi 10 lar demand Anu nrm AZ lol.
lows, VIZ ztBzo e,s' LOT Brownstuh, 3bgO
Gus. lot nEht Middilngs and esgoo cts. per
oushei ior hesny 90
Pror!nosIBscon 10 quiet to-day, aud the
market hardly as hrm IN tone 80 u has been:
Dusiness 70 y y epnhned 70 nli,ng ORDERS snd
Se,9uote IoI Joooing lots rs ionoWs, VIZ ~
yi,h eents LOT ohouiuets, gb en; lot no
Shun.' s sha LOT s'M fio TO- ,E t OF
mus mus. shouilets sold SMurusy NlIA cents.
mere u no BuiE Meat oheilngj put we quote
~, very urn ~ io,YVloA ets. Ior ShouiaeIt,
~ GEMS Ior ~ sues, snu iol4gs cents LOT
e,eat tlo 20 Latu Is Jopplhs ~ ~ eents, anu
Mess rork we quo'e 'o-uAy Nv sS@''oVSo per
oa pi III.
hee-lhe mathet u Quite oHte OF OhroIha,
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Carl Rosa has filed declaration to be-
come an American citizen.
General Isaac Bassett, prominent Phila-
dclfhiau, died Saturday afternoon.
"Brick" Pomeroy Is seriously Ill from con-
gestion OF the lung. .
Taghoni, inc dancer, said 70 Do uyinso'
consumption NJ brunn' IN MoraVia. one re-
tired from the stage In 1871 ana u no" %
years old.
Mrs. j. ]. Astor and her son, w. w.
sailed In tho Vile dc Paris, on Saturday, Tor
Havre. Young Astor goes TO Rome to pur-
sue his studies as sculptor.
Archbishop Meige, OF Kansas, and Bishop
Vierot, OF savannah sailed Tor Europe on
Saturday, TO be present at the opening Of
the commercial council.
Mr.. James O'Connell, Of Killarney, only
surviving brother of the Liberator, Is to be
created baronet. He Is 90 years Of age,
and has been all his life an active polltl-
clan.
Archbishop McCloskcy, according to q
letter from Rome to London journal, has
hired carriage at 1900 francs q month, to
facilitate his movements In the Eternal City.
Judge Jeremiah 8. Black claims from
$50, 900 to 500, 200 damages for the injury
he sustained by the late accident on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
Midshipmcu Thomas r. Dixon, of Penn
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the superintendent and school
Trustees.


We are not disposed to be hypercritical,
either as to the Mayor or Superintendent
Richards, in connection with the manage
ment Of school affairs. We think that har-
mony ought to prevail, and that clashing or
dlsputatlon, merely for the sake Of IL, or for
the qualification Of personal ends or eccen-
triclties, should have no place In such mat
tiers. We do not mean to say that the latter
Is the case, though some seem to think SO.
We hope 1t Is not, and trust that all these
guardians of our public school interests will
act from good personal motives and with
Just and liberal regard for the best admins
tratiou of the school laws possible under the
circumstances.
And with respect to any change in the
construction Of the school board, such as
has been recently intimated through the
press, we confess We do not see the pro-
priety or policy of such action. We Ger
tainly do not want a school board or any
other representative body all made In one
single mould, or subject to the manlpuls-
tton of a single hand. This would be neither
wise nor productive of the greatest good, for
we need a little friction OF mind against
mind to bring out the best results. Though
in the main oil should doubtless agree, 1t
does not follow that in every particular en-
tire harmony is essential to success. Hence,
though the present board and the superin-
tendent may not be a unit in all particulars,
the presence of this fact should not produce
ill-feellng or jeopardlze the interests Of pub.
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Hon o. II. BRowSISG, Secretary of the In
terror during President Lincoln's ADM nistra-
ton, has cast adrift from the Radical party.
He has accepted the nomination OF the Demo.
Gratis of Illinois as delegate to the State Con
stitutionAl convention.-S. o. Piedyune.
The Pieayne cannot make Democratic
capital out of the above statement, for 1t has
too many glariug errors. In the first place
Mr.. Browning was not Secretary of the In
terror during President Lincoln's admins.
tration. He served President johnson, and
was one of his bowers in tho political game
he was playing. In the next place Mr..
Browning was never in the Radical party
He was moderate Republlcan-one of the
most conservative klnd-and the transition
from that to Democracy was not very dlai-
emit.
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The Uitim.tum Of the Congregational

FrluNeFs
The smouldcring feud between Mr.. Super
intendent Clapp and the printers employed
afresh, and The members Of the Typosrapbi.
cal Union have not only received a singing
reproof, but have had hurled In their teeth q
defiance 70 which, II they tamely submit,
Mr.. Clapp will be henceforth the master Of
the situation, and the orders of the Union, as
far as that establishment Is concerned, will
not be worth the paper on which they are
written. 1t appears that Mr.. Clapp has
Issued several orders defining his position,
and announcing rules for the conduct Of the
printers, with the hint that, II they were not
compiled with, those offending against them
would be dismissed. This seems TO have
given the typos no trouble, but at recent
meeting they passed q resolution that all
"copyholders" employed In the Government
Office shall be printers.
"Copyholders," be II understood, are the
persons who read aloud the manuscript copy
Of the matter to the proof-readcr, while the
latter scans the first printed sheets for errors.
In most Offices boys are engaged In this
'copyholdlng." The Washington Union,
through one OF Its members, addressed Mr..
Clapp by note, asking him for an interview
to discuss the subject. The superintendent
refused all argument In the matter, inform
ing the Union ''that he has yielded his last
submission to the behests Of any combina-
ton Of mon inside or outside Of the printing
office which he superintends. Holding HIM
self responsible only to the Government for
his stewardship, he will respect no inter.
ference except that Of Congress-"
This Is to the point, and will put and end
to the squabble, at least until Congress
meets. Whether the typographical Union
will bring Senators and Representatives to
Its way Of thinking, remains yet to be seen.
II 1t succeeds In having the Government
office regulated according to the individual
notion OF Its members, Congress cannot re-
fuse to allow clerks in the various depart
ments the same privilege. The machlnists
In the navy yards have, probably, their ideas
Of managing things, and they are quite as
well deserving a favorable hearing as the
printers. II the latter are allowed to control
their office, all the employees OF the Govern
ment must be permitted to conduct the de-
partments In which they are engaged In their
own way. Heads OF bureaus, superinten-
dents and master workmen will of necessity
be Observation-Disclosures Inquirer, Al.
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The TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDER SYSTEM In
use in Belgium and Switzerland is about to
be established in Great Britain by the Gov
eminent, and the idea is received favorably
by the people. The plan proposed resem-
bles the post Office money order system. Two
similar forms, showing the amount of
money to be sent, are filled up In the same
way by the remitter. The postmaster re-
celves these cards and the money. He
stamps one Of them and gives 1t back to the
sender, to send anything he may wish by
way Of telegram. 1t is then sent to the tele-
graph oihce, and the receiver, by applying
with the telegram at the district post office,
Obtains the money.
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A CORRESPONDENT who signs himself
"sub" makes some Inquiries about the 10.
nadabs, which he no doubt considers yery
funny. II may Interest him to know that
the Jonadabs OF old had aocks and herds.
1t Ia fortunate that "sub" did not live in
those days, for he certainly would have been
eaten for muttonhead.
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A system Of treatment for habitual criml-
nails, recently estob lishcd by Act OF the
British Parliament, Is worthy of our most
careful attention. The old common law
maxim, that every man Is presumed to be in
nocent until proven guilty, has been found to
afford refuge for habitual criminals, for
under II they have grown cautious and how
ever much they might be suspected of leading
criminal lives, no steps could be taken TO
restrain them. But now, under the new act,
recently put in force, an altogether different
treatment prevails. Supplementary to the
sentence Of an habitual criminal Is one that
he shall be under the observation ofthe police
for seven years, during which time he must
not only avoid suspicion, but he must show
that he Is obtaining an honest living; II he do
not, II will be presumed that he has returned
TO his old habits, and he may be imprisoned
for not more than twelve months, with or
without hard labor. The same penalty may
be imposed II he Is found lurking around
premises, either with the intention Of COM
hitting or OF aiding to commit crime.
There are two other important provisions
Of the act. The keeper ofany lodging house
In which thieves obtain refuge Is fined $50,
and II he has q license 1t Is withdrawn.
Pawnbrokers and receivers Of stolen goods
=. ubject to the same penalty as the thieves
themselves, not excepting that applying to
the second offence and, to facilitate detec-
ton, a police officer may enter upon any
premises In which he believes stolen goods
are concealed.
new law cannot, OF course, be now deter
mined. Should It Unexpectedly tail Of the
desired end, the way will be prepared for
some other method, for II Is monstrous to
assume that as wealth-or what Is the same
thing, the fruits OF industry and well doing
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APPLlcASrs ron PENSIONS who have
changed their residence or post office address
since the date Of their application, should be
careful to make the necessary correction, In
order to save the vexatous delays which
Often otherwise occur.
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DIED,

DOwLING-o the 81 Of October, 1852, CATUA.
RrSE WEST DowLISa. wife Of John bowling, In
the 5ith year Of her age.
The friends Of the family are rsspcctfuly Invited
to attend the funeral. at clock, o. m on Thurs.
day. from St. Aloysius church
Neyilley B. and Asa L. Carrier. aged 10 month,
and days; God giyeih and God tAketh away I;
pleased be the ma re OF the Lord.
The funeral will take place at his fathers resl.
denee, on q street north, between Second aud
Third streets west, atSo'elock, p. m, to-day, De-
KEN DAHL. -0n the morning Of October 8, 1850,
PA. daughter Of John 4. Kendall. aged % years
After a lingering Illness, having, by her gentle,
her charming spirit, her Intelligence, her beautiful
Resignation and her holE faith, ILLUSTRATED, In a
shs peAc sfulIy expired
He, funeral Wilt place At 8 O'Clock on Thurs
No. 20! B street The friends Of the family are
In invited to attend
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SPECIFICATIONS for lighthouse OF the
first order at Cape Hatteras have been care
fully prepared at the lighthouse board, and
proposals will at once be invited for building
the same. The tower Is to be of brick, fully
one hundred and ninety feet high, and will
be, when completed, one Of the finest struc-
lures OF the kind In the United States.
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THE LAND OFFICE AT IRosros, Mo-. aIa-
posed of 6,772 acres of public lands during
the month of September.
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Boarding.

E ,Ss ChhssIcAs HOUSE, h sor S' Of s.yen,R
street aud Pennsylvania avenue. for sac per
month. sep22.6m
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WM. II. THOMPSON, Of Portsmouth, NJ
went fishing of that place a few DAYS since
and caught two hallbut, weighing $50 and
900 pounds, 200 pounds of cod and l5o
pounds of hake. Mr., Charles II. Wallace.
Of the same place, tried bis luck on ths
ocean ono night this week, and hauled In
$500 pounds Of nsh, worth nearly 80.
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N AVRICD,

KENSEDY-wILsoN.- On the 9TH th.tap,, by
the Rsy. Father MeNaily, JOnN T. KgsSEDr Apd
ni,s Miss LUIS WiLsos, daughter Of William 7.
Wilson, ESD, both Of ibis city. No cards.
wBsr-sTRwART. October 8, By Rev, DR..
Chester, M. 0HoRGE n. WEsr and Miss LIME
LoaAssrEwAar, both Of washington, D. O.
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roUGHLIN,s DRUG STORE, OPPOSITE
- Masonic Temple. Money can DO saved BY buy
ing
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s. P. WRISLEY.

(sueeessor to Il. W, Hamilton 4 Co., NJ. 2iIPenr.
tylNAhla ayenue,)
DEALERIN
SLATE \ MARBLE MANTELS, BRAUK.
ETS, BRACKET SHELVES, TABLE
AND BUREAU TOPS, HEARTS,,
CRATES, SUMMER PIECES,
Young Mems Christian Association
,,vuu sn, nnilding, 49,
NINTH STREET, (CkNrRE STORE ABOVE D.
The public are respectfully Invited to call aGd
examine my assortment Of goods, which In more
varied than any in this market. Oc6 II
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GALE OF FURNI TURE.
On THURSDAY, October7,
Al 10 clock m,wiil be sid the The Furniture
In house No JO1 Delaware Ayeoue between
and ntTestF north.
toTniee.
Pier GlAS, with bracket and slab.
Carpets, oil Cloths, Mating
bureaus, wArdrobes, washstAnds
window Shades aud Curtains, BOOkcase
Bsdsteads, Mattresses, aud Pillows.
Toilet Sets, Chairs, aud Tables
WhAtnot, Extension Tables, Stoves, and Inauy
other ARTICLES oc6.gs
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c...;.i u..;.
0pe0iai NOTICES
s. sSi ssSs!! M ?s$s! "a #
By order: Col II, o. OTIS.
.,,o,o. ,....~ $50
LiaUOk DEALEhs.-A MEET
Trade. pSon aa w. on wEDNGsDTxY LSE hsIS
'sSs present 8, order q sSs Hfs'iiss', IL
MI and n" RI; .is Tnssi e S;
to he practice Of his profession
once Hours, s tOs a. m. to ~. M. 7to. 8
!. : ,-.r.r7,s ,,,v -. g s:. :.
~ rss,i.r m.s,ia. az ~ IaE ..i.,,s.
Is,elsek.i ia room H. Ssasrsi Cbipnaa' : Once, No.
vii & ilsSse psii '''h 6pf PSuLr sS;n'
-,v Vie, n rI,. dent. . ..oc, 1T q:
A.sos .sS e {: g ol ss :s:s
ss:; n, ''' ' ,''" WI
isSrss r,n corner New York avenue and
Esys M ssstRSiI' 20 Pennsylvania avenue near
Middleton Co. bankers corner Fifteenth and
p bs:GIss Eosia;s %. wal, Robinson Co.., s's
y,,d q kcsn .,s sS.s.f sh Ssa asa .ro
9, storrs. corner Fifteenth and streets.
isasssi %:ssias; SoSbAY ESRSEsS Ss,SS.. T. i.
corner Ninth street ssd PeSnsyI1sais sysnae. ''
r. s A H. sHEPhERD.
y, Secretary oss:Ia
>IH. ATTENTION! KEPUDLICANs
~ or TIE SEVENTH WARD.-Thors will
e ! mss,!4a,S, $5 IiS KseaSlIssns q tss sSyspth
Come GPs' come s who Tax
"s,...... -, :. :. .s -
I GsSxr tkSSHsiahS iS tn: session open;
the Law Lecture Room, fiHh, bstwsea D aud
streets, at $3.50 o'cloek, y. IN. oet4.MwF-Mw
sg~HSWA HD SgJSIXERsITY
g the Sgqlar eSarse Of lectures ia this i9stits-
PParyi., IL ths cSnsrsssSloPsl church, corner q
a!s'elOek. This profession aud the public gener-
ally are iEyitsd 70 be Ire,snt; =,
o,,u JOS TABEh JOHNSON; N: p.
-DR- R,cu.Iys noI.DEs y EME-
w biEs. Use tS..s only aud save tine.
~ ai.es,e in Wien inv fs 10 snfs case
DR. ,'kicHiS s aoEbEs ,SlLsia NJ: !.
S1rsr Tiosr; uiSs1aied sSTs Throst and Month
bl3ttehes Soreness OF ne se,lP, ssroiniaS Vi y
Pariner foown: renoTss Ill mercury from he
''bS RiuHh Ais UOi,pkS BAIshM NJ 4
sS sIt:! HssRIs s u al "
Price q either NJ Tor " psr bottle or two
'I pk' ri lhAu's GOLDEN AYTIDoTE, anpid
frSea IS per bottle. y" =" D''1'
Dr. RlCHAu's GOLDEN ELIXIR D,AMoUR,
old or young, impaTtInE energy with woaderfui
sT;S PsS HS ST .wS DS1s f ~
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lust RECEIVED AT .
d sPICRRis BUTTER STORE,
Ninth street, between y and Streets
Several DaITIes Of CHOICE BUTTER.
Quick Sales, Small Profits and Fair Dealing.
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New Advertisements.

TOR RENT. -HousEYo. 3sS c STREET, NEAR
-Four. and half, two doors from the MstrUpoi.
iAn Church. Apply TO J. ID. MCPHERSON, attor-
hey at law, 4jO street. near Fourth. oc5. sotf
IN TUE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
BRR, 1912
LaurkH VI. Hall
vs. No, l.OJ kquIty DOgkpt 0,
PuTnsll W. Hall
On motion Of the plaiatiG, By Mr.. H. b Phil.
brook, her attorney. is ordered that the defend
before the 1rst rule day occurring forty days after
this dsyi otherwise the cause will be proceeded
with as In case Of default.
True cOpy-Test: A. d. OLIN, Justice.
II. j.. MEIG5, CLERK. Ocs. w3w
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II The SUPREME COUNT OF TIE DISTRICT
leg COLUMBIA. THIS 9TH DAY or 0CTo.
Annie G. Jones, by John
y. Ennis, next friend,
Frank W. joue. and w. '''' h'"'' D0sA''"
AnnE Grove.
On motion OF the complainant, by John J. john
son, his attorney 1t IL ordered that the defendants
Frank W. Jones aud ANA T. Grove, cause their
appearance to be entered herein on or before the
hrst rulo day occurring forty days after this date
otherwise the cause will be proceeded with AZ In
case Of default.
True cOpy-Tsst: A. d. OLIN.
X. J. hElGS, Clerk. Oe6.Wbw
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F. sEE EssE LIE. /, E2H HSatSbkrn.

H9UsSSsF2R shatE.Is MOUNT VERNON
and Ninth streets The House IL o. brick. four
stories, and In good order The location Is one Of
the best 10 the northern part Of the city. Apply on
the premises. sepH.er
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lPOLICR, -On lat instant, one sorrsl horse, with
yh,.s fsee and three white fset sbandoned BY
at this once. No. Louisiana avepls prior thersto
will be sold the highest cash bidder at 10 O'Clock
q. m THURSDAY, the 2lst Inst, at the Bazaar Of
BY order, GEO. X. HERRIOK,
oet.St Property Clerk.
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ray- POST LINCOLN, No. 3, @. A. r.,
kS meets THIS wednesday, EVENING, al
~ o'eloek. Members will report promptly
By order: Col II, o. OTIS.
II NJ.
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ru.sp@o1n HTL&NTTC CABLE

The successful landing Of the French
Cable at st. Pierre, on the south coast OF
Newfoundland, completes q second me-
dunn of telegraphic communication with
Europe, the Eastern terminus being
located at Brest, in France. The event
has excited very little enthusiasm, from
the fact that the novelty Of such an en-
terprise was pretty much exhausted on
the occasion Of the completion of the
English Cable. 1t has, however, been
watched with no incOnsiderable interest,
by the business men and the public at
large, in the expectation that 1t would
open up q healthy competition, and thus +,
by leading to reduced charges upon
messages, result to the public advantage.
The original cable charges have been reS
duced on several occasions, until at
Length they are so moderate that
the business Of the line Is many
fold greater than it was during the
first year OF its existence. The traffic
and revenue under the several charges
have briefly been as follows: From July
% to October 81, 1866, under Ego tar
riff, the income averaged f5O5 per day;
rom November 1, 1866, to November 50
1867, under El0 tariff. E579 per day;
from December l, 1867, to August 81,
1868, under E5 IS. tariff, E635 per day;
and from September l. 1868, to May
81, 1869, under f3 Is. sd. tariff, fGJj
1t is fair to presume that the laws OF
trade will bring the interests Of the man
ayers Of the new cable into harmony with
the interests Of the public, in which
event, an increase Of business betweei
this country and Continental Europe
will be pretty certain to follow, fter
connection shall have been made with
our own coast.
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ASECDOrE OF QUEEN VICyORIA

Some fifteen years ago in the days
before the demi-mOBde became IN power
in the world Of fashiOn-ip those good
times when it was not cOnsIlerei seemiy
for modest woman TO NIKE the dress,
the manners, and the personal charms OF
Anonymas and the Goa Pearls OF tho
day the subjects Of her c)nversatlon-
there hOurished in LJndCn a beautiful
woman Of the loretH species, who was
known by the name. red or assumed, OF
Laura Bell This fair hdy contriyed to
secure a box at the R.Sal Italian Opera
directly opposite TO pas occupied by the
Queen. and whaDyer toilette Victoria
might wear on spera nights, Miss Belle
was sure to appear in a fac-simile OF It
the nexs evening This adroit species Of
ANNOYANCE was kept up during the entire
season, and tits said that 50 great was Her
Maiesty's vexaton that she consulted
her lawyers to know if legal measures
could not be hken to put a stop to the
Iorette's exaspsrating and InsOlent con-
duct Her legal advisers informed her,
however. that Miss Belle had periecJ
riybt TO take whatever box she pleased nc
= opera, and to wear any decent COS.
tune that suited her therein. English
law was powerless in that ir-'.auoo -
protect the English sOvereig-, against AZ
novance But while o-e fully appreci-
ates and sympathises with the outraged
feelings Of the indignant Queen, one
feels that the crime must have brought
its own punishment, as Victoria was not
exactly the best dressed woman in hu-
rope before she subsidized into an eternity
If grape and bOmbazine.