Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-15

but such il is. and we oil obey II reli-
giously. We must be difnihed. and not
indulge in levity nor IDLE words. We
must wear the hair, beard, and the coat
longer than do the rest OF the commu-
nifty. We must not dance with the other
rex, nor enter saloons or similar eBtab-
lishments. nor use alcoholic stimulants.
except il he for sickness. II we do other
wise We lose orr diploma, and also our
social position and reputation.
THE life is q good and healthy one.
The only danger is blood poisoning from
a soiled knife or other article IN the
butchers shop. or from the horsefiles
that live on animal matter This occa-
sionally destroys a shochat, but gene
rally only makes him sick for ashort time.
The same risk, / believe, attends all
slauehtering, excepting where the Chi
caCo system Of abattoirs and refrlgera-
tors is followed"
A COMMERCIAL LASCELoT.
A song came out OF the West many
years ago, q verse of which ran as fol-
lows:
"Come. Phllandor. let IA be marchin',
Every one bis true love sarcntn';
Choose your true love now or mover"
Charles Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee
merchant, waited until he was fifty years
of age before he yielded to some such
sentiment as that embodied in the senu-
mental stanza and began his love-lorn
peregrinations. His "marchin' and
his "sarchin' led him to the feet OF q
maiden Of o certain age, said TO be about
forty, and he called her Bunny " aud
SIZE called him "Baby Bunting" She
accepted money from him, wrote long
letters TO him-One of which, she AYERS,
contains thirteen more words than
the one which il answfrs-is said
to have proposed marriage TO him;
receives from him letters full Of such
initials as CHS and KS hugs and
kisses and OK. NJ. O." which stands
for " kiss ne quick At length, when
tho lover signs less vehemently, the lady
drops poetry and sentiment, and in the
most prosaic manner sues him for breach
of promise, and has just recovered
verdict OF S45, 900 from a jury OF es-
teemed shoe-string vendors. suspender
dealers. and other equally important
lights of commerce. This sum, obtain
ed through letter Of introduction to the
millionaire by clerk on a Mississippi
steamboat. is equal TO more than $4,000
wear during the time OF the acqusint-
ance, and as the lady could hardly have
earned that sum in the role Of opera
singer, to which she aspired, this is clear
" not q case of Cloves" labor lost.
Who is Charles Arbuckle?
His namo has became known all over
the country by an unhappy denouement
of his sentimental adventures, which
have been the theme of gossip in society
and business circles for several weeks.
lie is one Of the largest coffee merchants
in the world. Short, stout, ruddy-faccd,
with round, moon-like features, small,
dark eyes. and thick bull neck, he is
q familiar figure on tho Coffee Exchange
and IN lower Wall street, the haunt of
COFFEE importers and brokers. He Is
plainly, almost shabbily, dressed, wears a
moustache dyed black, and has quiet, off
hand manners. Heis illiterate, close, and
sharp in bargain, but ~ business man
he is straightforward. He is without
exceptional business skill, but knows how
TO keep what he has. Brokers do not
ike him because, as one OF them SAID the
other day, you can never make cent
out of him, and he passes around cigars
worth SO a hundred" He is not hail
fellow well met with every broker of his
acquaintance he docs not take them to
Delmonico's for champagne dinners nor
to private boxes at the theatre or the
opera, nor on midnight explorations OF
the neither world of New York. He Is
regarded as a man who would see
as much life as possible at the
lowest cut rates, and who Is by
no means ayerse to certain
cereal in liquid form. In other words,
10 employ q term more expressive than
Chesterfieldian, he is known as "blg
stuff" He is without the ostentation of
some men of wealth his manners are
entirely devoid of preteuce, and the only
display in which he INDUCES IS a large
diamond shirt stud, suggestive of small
locomotive headlight and an equally
imposing diamond ring. Standing by
the trading ring in the Coffee Exchange
lie is q picture Of stohd ignorance and
petty vulgarity, u man worth a million
and half in money, but sppraisiEg his
worth in every other respect at an appro-
priately modest valuation. In other
words, a mere trader.
THE BROTHERS.