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National Republican., 1883-08-20
AMERICAN ROUND.
COLUMBIA RoUNl

The Potomac archers have been invited by
the Roger Ascham Archery club, of Balti-
more, to participate in tho tournament in
that city on Sept. 10.
Several archery experts give it as their
opinion that Mr.. l.. MaXsCn, of this city, is
the best long range or flight archer in the
country, and that Mrs. w. A. Bartlett, who
is far ahead in tho race for lady champion
ship, is the best lady archer in the country.
CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING.
The scores made by members of the Capital
City Gun club Saturday, fifteen clay pigeons
naoh aud nftCnu vayds ris ,ynrn.
National Republican., 1883-08-20

ALL tho leading physicians of Virginia and
North Carolina use in thoir practice and
recommend DR. Worthington's Cholera and
Diarrhca Medicine. Price - cents
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The Republican
Book AND jon PRINTING OFFICE.
Corner Tenth and d Streets.

The Largest aud Most Complete
JOB PRINT Nc EST BL1SIIM ENT
in the city, and one of the most extensive III the
United states. Possesses every ipciliiy Tor the
prompt execution Ofall kinds of work, from
NEAT CARD or CIRCULAR
TO
MONSTER POSTER,
in any variety of c1urs, t the shortest notice, and
on the most dsDnlbis terms.
Country Merchants, Farmers, and others re-
quiring
STORE Bills, PUBLIC SALE BILLS, &c.
Will find 1t to their advantage to Call ut or address
The REPUBLICAN, jon PRINTGNG OFFICE,
Washington. .
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deposited $50 in the hands of Mr. Mozloy as

Mr.. Moxlcy is offering a largo purse for
match between two noted wrcstlcrs to wrestle
Greco Roman style, and Steven O'Donnoll,
champion light weight. aud Gus Hill, of New
York, have signihcd their intention Of COM
pcting. This grand tournament takes place
at the Athletic park Friday next Aug. "a, at
4 D. IN.
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Fresh Ald"rnCy batter Churnrd every morning
and delivered in iSlb."Ward' prints nt Doc, perlb
Also cottage cheese, &c. pr bIl butternilS, 5c.
FER quart, and sweet milk. 81. per quart
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LOCAL MENTION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Treatment
OF DISEASE.


SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR AMOUNT PAID FOR
TREATMENT REFUNDED THE PATIENT.
IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN BALTIMORE, MD,
DUuiSG pAEr Two NEAus.
BRANCH OfFlCE, EMBRACING ALL THE ADvANT-
AGES OF HOME OFFICE, Now OPEN DAILY AT
OG%l9 n Street II. W., Washington.
Office Hours from ito II a. m. and to p. M,
Sundays excepted.
Consultation Free at once or Home of Patient
Gent cmdn, 60 years Of age, cured Of 10 years Chronic
HcUDld ISM, GOa, SirONCH inkics and Cod Fsd,
~ kaee 9nd 1hi8h JOINT, the slseyte,sness Of 20
Cm lgGk 10 NM" feess dH The Rsturntn0
ItgOr Of Youth"
BALrIMonE, May 3d. 1Ol South stricker street.
ME,SRs. f. a. PARsONs " Co: Gentlemen, have
been All invalid the last 10, out of life of69 yea 8,
with chronic Rheumatism. | hud tried patcut
medicines and doctors prescriptions without re-
lief. Last December purchased n part of your
Magnetic Treatment, which relieved me of cold
feet aud gout My feet had becu much swollen
aud uniformly cold. After being under treatment
10 days the swelling in ankles left, and my f,et
became warm and dry, but the rheumatic pains in
my back and sides continued almost 20 distraction,
down, my knee aud thigh joints being stiff, aud
my head much affected with vCrigO. procured
an addition to the Magnetic force In March, auo
in Is hours the pnin In my back ana sides was
gone, and has not rGrIHed. | procured still more
OF the Treatment in April, aud now my knee
Joints are elastic AMI well and can now walk
aR Mc returning vi1or Of goUth. Before applying
Your Magnetism l consulted n physician. He
soid: we can't cure rheumatism" then ~
formed him | would try your Magnetic Appli-
unccS. lie advised me To do So Us ne thUlIgAt
they would relieve me, aud they hure ,tjutend,ci
me. Before getting my second purchase of in
creased lorcG | could not sleep two hours at Il
lime. After putting them on NJ your Office rG.
liGd that night ut ., aud Slcut sound until
10 next morning without waking during the
night J now feel ut this datg rCcredtcd My
physical strength has increa' ed 100 per cent, with
good spirits aud high hopes, and ! am gradually
increasing in health aud strength every day |
can say to my Baltimore friends that am reCuI-
slrncted and my physical disabilities are re-
moved" with respect, JAMES X. BAELlS.
IL LII Ilnn
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DnIrY LVn~nms

PAINTERS placards, Look out for Paintr' nre
given away gratis nj THE REPUBLICAN, business
Office TO every painter on personal applications,
National Republican., 1883-08-20

PAINTERS placards, Look Out for Paint p'
are given away gratis at THE REPUBLICAN
business office to every painter on personal
application.
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0it0.

6licO.
KIRBY.-Depared this life on Aug. 10, 1888, SAM
UEI KIRBY, IN his Sjth year.
Funeral win take place on Tuesday morning at 10
O'clock Rcla,iv-s and friends Curlnlly Invited In
tcrmcn. ut AleXdnjrinNu, No ilOwcri. -
QCIRK.-Aug ls, 1883, at $50 p. M, after n lon :
and painful illness, PArRicK OUIRK, Ia lis iIIh
year.
Funeral at p III. Monday, Aug. 20, 1853. from ST.
Matthew's church. FrienUs invited. 1923 Fifteenth
street northwest
CLARK.--Nt l o'clock n. IN. saturday, Aug. Is,
JOHS HENRY GGLLGNr, yOungebt CIt!d Of Henrietta
Maria Gi,iiat Hndt - Rev. James Walters Clark pus-
tor O ~. Jamcss parish aged years mOnths and 10
duys
Burial Monday Mt l0a M.
BARRDN.-On Aug. 10, 1881 at 81 Is q, M, EDWARD
o. BARRoS, in the 3ith year of his age
Funeral from the residence Of his parents, AZ I
street southwest, NJ y. IN. Tuesday, Aug. n. Rea-
tveS and friends Of the family respectfully invited 10
attend.
CAMPBELI.-Died suddenly on Friday, Aug, H.
lSia RORERT CAMPBELL, iii teGOth year of his age.
Funeral from his late residence, corner o south
Capitol and Lstrecs Wednesday ut o clucN n. ~
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THE highest cash prices pnid for dresses and
gents clothing watches, jewGlry, &C. Can on or
address HcrzoS, No 3OS Ninth street. near Penn
sylvniia avenue.
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1rupusaIs.
PROPOSALS FOR COAL AND WOOD.
CLERKS OTFIcE
HOUSE OF REPnEsESTATIyEs UNlTED STAT

CLERKS OTFIoE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES,
WAsHISGToE, ID, O., July ~, 1883.
Sealed proposals will he received this office until
IL o'clock noon on FRIDAY, AUGUST "a, 1854 for
the delivery Of live hundred 56O tons Of best White
Pine Wood and eighty (sO) cords best Oak Wood:
The wood 70 be delivered aud stored In the vaults Of
the south wing OF the Capitol on or before the twelfth
day Of september next aud the coal on before the
twentieth day of September next The coal must
weigh 224O pounds TO the ton and the oak wood DO
cut In three pieces The wood must measure lzs
cubic feet TO the cord and be corded and measured
the Capitol. The right to reweigh the coal at the
Capitol and the right 70 reject any or all bids is
served
The bids to be indorsed Proposals for Coal and
"'''' EDWARD MCPHERSON
Clerk OF the House OF Representatives,
Iy2s-sit,
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Glass az" TUESDAY, SEPT IL, 1888, under
the supervision and management of Gems. G.. T.
Beauregard and J. A. Early.
Capital prize, $4,000 Whole tickets, S.; /;
fifhS in proportion. -
Address NJ. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.
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TNoR sALE-PRINTED CARDS. FURNISHED
IL Rooms, with Table Board" "Thls House for
Ront apply at -" and FURNISHED Rooms for
Rent poe 10 cents 0ach for sale NJ the business
ONCE Or The National Republican, del
National Republican., 1883-08-20

HUNTsvILLE, ALA.-Dr. j. C. Spotswood
saws: IL highly recommend Browns Iron
Bittors for dyspepsia, rheumatism, and general
debility"
National Republican., 1883-08-20

EDEY's Carbolic Troohes cure colds and
prevent disease.
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Marrie0.

TRUELL-LORD.-SunGa August 49, 1883, by
Rev. Mr. NGkenny, Capt. EDWIN M Thu ELL aud
Mis-. lsADORE LORD,
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Chicago and Rocky Mount. N. @. No. 6l $50,
draws second capital prize $4,000, sold in Chi.
cngo and Selma, Ala. No 81 ,5GS, draws third cap
Tenn. Nos 75,779, 76ll9, draw each $4,000 sold
in New Orleans and Philadelphia. and In Yicks-
burg, Miss. Nos l5, 5,26l 0l67 29672 43475, 9S252,
Guatemala, Central America; indianapolis, Ind.
Pnrsohs, Kan, New York, Chicago, opelika, Ala.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
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APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

1000 numbers ending with n, being the two last
figures of the number drawing the capital prize OF
$4,000, S25.
The subscribers, having supervised the Single
Number Drawing, Glass H. Louisiana State Lot
terry hereby certify that the above are the num-
bcrs which were this day drawn from the 100000
placed in the wheel,with the prizes corresponding
To them.
Witness our hands at New Orleans, La, this Tues
day, Aug. H. 1888. ,,.
&. + REEEANTIRTEGARp' EENIT Commissioners.
Prizes cashed in full without deduction.
Payable on presentation, Express Z. D. D., or
any bank for collection.
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L. 4. pARSONS

u 4. tn INNVN0 N IVT.,
82el9 L street II. w., Washington.
Central Onlce, n, L. Cor Lexington ts Liberty sts,
lAILimore, Md.
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sprtiaI aotitss.

n lH9' NOllCB
Agreeably to the arrangement OF April 90 1872 be
tween the Washington Market Company and the
Governor and Board Of Publc works Of the DistrlCt
OF Columbia, the following ratios will be charged ON
and after september !, 1888, nt the
STABLES AND CATTLE YARD
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Spetiul 9lotitrs.

s~1afs PAINTERS PLACARDS, LOOK OUT
W. FOR PAINT, are given away gratis at The
Republican Business ONCE TO every painter on per
NlALial nIAIn lnn N AmlA.lI
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h-ay@ AIR PILLOWS, BAGS AroMIzERs,
k=S9 DOuGhes, and other Rubber Goods at
CouGHLINS, Masonic Temple.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Practical POIiticg,

The domain Of politics is the present.
Tho politician may know tho past and
divine the future, but primarily he must
deal with the present. His operations
are with the real. The men and meas.
ures of to-day arc before him. It is his
promise to deal with them. He must
take them as he finds them. lie car
not havo them as he wishes them
There is so much material before him,
and It IS just this shape. SO the practical
statesman finds affairs He sees at once
that there must be adaptation. The
past is dead. The historian can retreat
into 1t and reconstruct it. There he has
no resistance. Demosthenese does no.
oppose him. Cicero does not controvert
hlm. Burke does not beat him down
with his relentless logic. Webster does
not slay him with n thunderbolt of his
eloQuence. The historian works among
passive material. The philosopher, or
| theorlst may rush in to the future ana
give to his ideas what shapes his fancy
may build. There is little resistance for
man IN either the past or the future. It
ls'the boast OF politicians that they are
practical. That is what constitutes
them statesmen of the hour. They must
work III the present. If they arc practical
they can not work outside of it. It is
the first qualification of ruler that he
should know the temper of the people
over whom he rules. This TEMPER ho
must recognize. Failing to do this
murdered Alexander, and causes the
paescnt Car to hido himself from his
people. Ihc man who acts truly for his
time Is also building for the future. But
Is man MAJ servlle to his age? If SO, chen
he Will not live in the future The
prachcal politician too often becomes q
mere Idle trlilcr, toying with the present
ior tho profit of it, and for the honor.
Such men arc the weeds on public life.
Ihey are neither naples nor oaks.
Consider Jefferson. He was n man for
ms day. He lived truly the life that was
before him. He did not live in the past
with tho Kings Of England, but he hung
on ont his light for the people Of his time.
Inc lamp has never been put out. People
III this country are walking by its light
now. Hc Was practical man and op-
posed Capitalization. Then twcnty-eight
years later came Jackson. He was
bungler besides Jefferson, but he WAS
practical enough to fight monopoly. He
Bmoto the national bank. Hero were
two practical men who fought the battle
OF the day in which they lived; but the
logic OF the events of that day has
reached to the present. The better fu-
tnro Is wrapped up in tho better now.
Iho practical politician who has the
scope to work unscllishly for the present,
ls also building for tho future. lie will
be considered by the historian and the
philosopher. -Hodjot0l)otj& Hcr0N
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Mems Brains,

The human brain is absolutely bigger
and heavier than that Of any animal
except the elephant and the larger
whales, but in no other animal is there
so great variation in brain weights of
different individuals as in man, and it
Is perhaps IL curious fact that the higher
the civilization the wider the variation.
That is to say, the brain weight in savage
races ,nore nearly uniform than in
enlightened nations. While i'm q general
way the average weight of the brain is
greatcr in civilized races, it does not at
all follow that the brain is an indication
OF the degree of intelligence. The
average weight of the adult European
male brain is fOrty-nine to fifty oupces.
That OF the female is forty to forty
five ounces, the difference being fully
ten por cent. Statistics for America
very nearly coincide with this result
There arc examples Of men OF rcmallla-
bic intellectual attainments whose brains
have largely exceeded the average, as
CuVicr, siXty-four and q half ounces,
and DR.. AbercrOmbic, ,Sixty-threo ounces.
Daniel Webster also had very large
brain. That OF Agassiz Weighed
lifty-threc and half ounces, not very
much above the average. On the other
hand, high brain weights have also been
found where there was no evidence of
superior intellectual capacity. In an
English inspne asylum nearly ten pcr
cent. Of the eases examined showed q
brain weight of over flty-fve ounces,
An excessively small brain indicates
feeble intellect, and an abnormally
large ono may Indicate the same. Be
tween the extremes there IS q wide
range, in which it is evident that intel
lcctual power is more dependent or
quality than quantity of brain matter
But it is estimated by several compo
tent authorities that in an adult male OF
anything approaching average size, a
brain losa than thirty seven ounces IS
usually associated with imbccility. In
other words, brain Of less than that
weight will not confer the reasoning
faculty in the civilized Caucasian, though
in uncivilizcd man, II rude intelligence
may spring from q brain Of thirty
ounces. ST. Louis ReDubhc~n.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
What ls Nickei9

Since tho convenient five cent coin
which in common talk is called ga
nickel" has come into general circula-
tlon, the question above is asked, either
mentally or orally, hundreds of times
every day, and but few get an intelligent
answer. In China and India, q white
copper, called pack-ton8, has long been
known and has been extensively used
both there and i'll Europe for counterfeit
ing silver coin. About tho year 1900 q
peculiar ore was discovered III the copper
mines of SaxOny which had the appear
ance OF being very rich, but in smelling,
1T yielded no copper, and the miners
called it krpfcr-uickel, or false copper.
In 1854, Cronstadt announced the dis
covery of new metal i'll kupfcr-nckcl
to which he gave the name of Nickel 1t
was III combination with arsenic from
which he could relieve it only in part.
The alloy Of nickel and arsenic which he
| obtained was white, brittle, very hard
and had melting point nearly as high
as caSt-jron. 1t was not until 1923 that
pure nickel was obtained by ANALYSIS of
German silver which had for number
ofyears, been produced ut Suhl in Saxony.
| Its composition was ascertained to bC
copper 10 parts, zinc 5, and nickel 4.p If
more nickel be used the alloy is as white
rs silver and susceptible of Il very high
polish, but becomes too brittle and hard
to be hammered or rolled, and can be
worked only by casting. Pure nickel is
whito metal with n tarnish readily in
tho air. Unlike silver, it is not acted on
by the vapor of sulphur, and oven the
strong mineral acids attract it but
slightly. Nickel has tho hardness of
iron and like it, has strong magnetic
! prnp2rties, but cannot be welded and is
soldcrcd with difficulty Pure nickel
has heretofore been used chiefly for
plating, for which purpose its hardness
and power to resist atmospheric innu-
cnccs, admirably adapt it. Within the
last year, the French have succeeded in
rolling the metal into plates from which
spoons and other table furniture may be
pressed. Nickel bronze, which consists
| of equal parts of copper and nickel, with
q little tin, may be cast into very delicate
forms, and is susceptible of high polish.
Mines of nickel are worked at Chatham
Conn, and Lancaster, Pa, and it is said
to be found ut Mine LIE Motto, Mo-, and
Mt several points in Colorado, and New
Mexico, where but little attention is paid
| to it. II is extensively mined in Saxon,
and i'll Sweden, but the late discovery
of new ore Ga silicato of nickcl) in Now
Caledonia will probably supcrscde all the
other ones. Tho mcXhaustible supply
of this ore, the ease with which it caI
be smelted and the richness of the or,
will probably suspend the use of tn,
arsenicnl ores, and yet bring nickel int,
common use. Switzerland in tho yea
1852, mado coin of German silver
which is identical in composition witt
our nickel coin. The United State
made nickel cents in 1856, and cigh
years later, coined tho tivo cent pieces
Belgium adopted nickel coinage in 1866
and Germany in 1873. England Ia
lately coined nickel pennies for Jamaica
! but at home she and France adhere T.
the clumsy copper small change.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Natural Advantages on n Small Farm.

Among the first of natural advantages
on small farm is good husband and
a good wife. One other thing | will
say-whatever you undertake to do, do
it better than you did before. Never
mind whether you exceed your neigh
bors or not-beat yourselves. What we
admire in plant or animal we admire
more in = man-.that is growth. If you
are making beef, or pork, or mutton, or
milk or butter or cheese, or working
oxen or trotting horses, make them bet
ter next time, especially if you make
things Tor the judgment day of the mar
ket. SO OF vegetable or fruit products.
Let withered and inferior goods come
by railroad. Don't let the market know
Of your going back in quality any. It
will despise and never forgive you IL you
DO. Again, don't try to do too much of
a kind, nor too many kinds of things.
To excel in leaping, you can't Jump in
all directions-you must throw your
heft toward one point. B. Alcoit.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Blacllsmiihing in Germany, -

In the interior towns and villages Of
Germany, it has been the custom for
many years for the farmer to purchase
the lron for his tires and horsCahOcs. and
IN some instances, when having a new
wagon huilt, to purchase all the iron en-
tcrlnG INTO the same the lengths of every
pee" DciMm furnished him by the smith.
Ono part of the contract is thai the smith
Shall not return to the farmer all ends
nnd cuttings from the iron, and it frc-
qucntIy occurs that the farmer remains
at the shop until the iron is all cut no
IN order that the smith shall not indulge
IN too much cabbage. Each smith shop
has what IS termed "thc hell" and in
cutting off a set of tires, if the farmer be
not present, the largest half of the end
cut OH iinds its way to "tho hell" the
duty OF putting it there devolving upon
inc Youngest apprentice From this
4iW"yS plentiful store the smith furnishes
ms material for the manufacture of
Doit", hola"sh0cs, ETC., for transient Gus
toners.
Tho horse shocng part is also q fca-
ture; the farmer will bring with him the
e'iI or some piece OF iron or tire. with
winch to make tho shoes, or pcrha,8 n
do"cn or more Old hOrscshocs TO be con
VGltcd into new ones The farmer must
DloW the bellows until the work is forged
or Clo shoes arc made, and must then
hold up the horses foot while the shoes
are beng driven on or taken Off and in
EVHllahly carries the old shoes home with
hiIn' unless he prefers to give the old
sh0cS lii payment for the apprentico'a
SclVlce i'll holding up the feet.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Umbrellas.

In the seventeenth century an 1mbrel-
In generally measured about four feet in
height and nearly four yards in circlm-
ference. 1t weighed at least four pounds,
and cost sum varying from co to G3,
and even more. 1t was then made Of
leather, oiled silk, or glazed paper, and
constituted an important article of prop
crty handed down as family heirloom
for generations. 1t was in 1880 Chat
the Paris manufacturers began to reduce
its size, and to make it Of lighter and
less-cxpcnsiyo materials. It's color had
then by no means become restricted to
the hues now in fashion, and the good
people of the revolutionary times, as
we'll as under the Directory, were free
to indulge, according to their fancy, in
such colors as yellow, rose, blue, and
Dven apple green.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

LAST Sunday afternoon the superin-
tendent of city Sunday school was
questioning the pupils on the subject Of
the lesson. Among the questions asked
was: "When God found out that Adam
and Eve had sinned in the garden.
what did he do?" A little fellow in the
rear of the room was just too anxious to
reply; his glistening eye and excited
frame attracted the attention of the
questioner, and unfortunately he was
greeted with nod, indicating that he
might answer: With voice, the echoes
of which could be heard far off in the
distant commons, he shouted, "Gaye
'em the 6. b." To most of the school
this was perfectly intelhgible and satis-
factory, but to o few it had to be ex,
planned that it was street arabic for
grand bounce" that is, removed from
the garden. ...
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A LENDER of America has arisen
among English novolists in Amelia B.
Edwards, who i'll her story of "T,ord
Brackcnbury" now publishing in JTa..
I)cF'$ Bnz0r makes Countess of Ameri-
can birth say to an importincnt Eng
hshwoman: cit seems to us that Won
keep your clover people at arms LENGTH
rnthcr-as if they hadn't been properly
introduced, or as if you wanted to know
about their fathers and grandfathcrs. I
dare say I'm wrong; but that is our i'm
preasion i'll America" " We certainly
don't send q man ont as ambassador to
Paris or Berlin because he happens to
have written a comic novel, or edited n
newspaper" said Lady Symcs. 'Ah,
no-of course not; but, then, you SEQ,
you arc great historic nation. You
have your traditional school of diplomacy
at the Foreign Oflicc, isn't It, Lady
Symcs?-one of the genteel idiot asy-
lums you mentioned just now. We have
nothing of that sort-no traditions, you
know; not even 50 many idiot asylums as
You have. But then we have no younger
sons OF noble birth to push through the
world; That, of course, makes o differ,