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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-08

EASTERN LUNAuc AsYIuM1
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, :
January 4, 1901
The undersigned will. until y clock NJ Of
WEDNESDAY. JANutkf ~ w. reeve sca ~
the fol owing for the ensuing quarter Deslh-
ming JANUARY J. 1892;
GROCERIES.
1G5 Barrels Family Flour.
40 Bushels Corn Meal so pounds per hushell.
500 Pounds shoulder Bacon
1900 Pounds Ham Bacon.
600 POUNDS Pure Lard
40lg Pounds GTauulaied sugar.
1900 Pounds Yellow sugar.
ls00 Pounds Laguayra Coffee.
$50 Pounds Green lea.
sOOPOunds Rice.
30) Pounds soda Crackers.
1900 Pounds Laundry Soap
200 Gallons Moiasses.
45 Gallons Vinegar
u Barrels uerrIngs.
20 Cases tomatoes.
DRY GOODS.
1000 Yards Mems Wear
500 Yards Domestics.
80 Yards CAMEO
500 Yards Glngbam
$50 Yards beached Cotton.
800 Var IS Unbleacbed Cotton.
SOD Yards heetlng 6-i).
Do en- Mems Ondershlrts.
1ODoZen WOmens Vests.
80 Dozen PAR Men 5 shoes &c. :, s. s. 81.
Is uozen Pair Women Shoes o. g. =.
200 PAR blankets
% Dozen Pair Half-Hose.
Parties NAV bid for any one or more Of the
articles above. All are required 10 furnish with
bids samples to be examined by the board OF
Directors at their meeting January II. 1922
Articles in all cases must come fully up to
samples, otherwise 10 be returned at bidders
EXPENSE. All articles must be delivered freight
pre aid at the Williamsburg depot on or before
the 2lst day OF January, 1892, unless otherwise
required by the undersigned. and will be re-
weighed and rem ensured. Payments 10 be made
within thirty Ga at er receipt Of the goods.
No payment to be made until the contract has
been fnIiy and faithfully complied with.
Bidders must state price on each sample and
designate their samples with private mark do
not use same mark as in former BIDS, bat IN no
case must name Of bidder appear on sample.
list of bidders, samples. prices mark and name
must be sealed AMI addressed 10 the Board OF
Directors care of the undersigned. The night
being reserved to award the contract 20 any one
or more OF the bidders or reject any or all bids
samples should be marked TO Furnish Sup
f- c. ?. ARMISTEAD.
ia CTS Steward Eastern Lunatic Asylum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-08
"THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD"

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-08
Graln and Cotton Eschanre.

RICHMOND. VA, January z, 1892.
CYFEKIN0s.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
Letter Writing.

Letter writing is of great antiquity.
The sending of letters by post was orig
inallv established by the koman en-
pcrors for safe and speedy TRANSMISSION
Of public documents and in modern
Europe by Louis NJ. of France for the
same purpose. The first approach to a
regular postal system in England was III
the time of Charles |.
Stamps for letters were first tempo.
rarilv used in France in the time OF
Louis XIV, and different devices were
afterward used in Spain and sweden.
In 1910 the postal reform was flrSt pa,
il opcration in England, and first used
in the United States i'll 1871 Two
values only were at first issued-il'e ana
ten cents, bearing respectively, the p"r-
truits Of Franklin and Washington In
1913 they were withdrawn and one cent
and three cents introduced, and now we
enjoy the privilege Of sending letter al
over the United States for two cents
New York Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05

have lust heard Of bird story that
is more than clever; it has touch OF
poetry and romance. 1t is told me by
lady who spent last summer Ill California
and it came out when was admIring the
song of pretty vellow canary that she
calls Willie. He was with his mistress
while she was dumiciIe0 in a country
house in a California valley Just at the edge
of the foothills The large surround
ING grounds were fairl Y overrun with
birds, the whereabouts of between thirty
and forty nests within u space OF three
or four acres being known at one time.
The house was SO big that some OF the
rooms were not in use at ali-not by the
unfeathered household at any rate-but
the linnets III q number OF cases came
through the Stats of the shutters OF these
unfrequented apartments and made nests
on the window stills This performance
was more ingenious than wise on their
part. fo. the wind was liable 10 turn the
Stats and cut oil supplies at any time
1t was part of the seIf-imposed duties
Of the vouns Girl of the family to see
that incidents OF this sort were set
r'glt, bit cen the pretticSt ana most
becoming duties will occasionally be
neg,,c el 10y young girls, and one time
q ncs, was forgotten for nearly week.
When If was visited tragic sight met
the eve Of the rcmorsetul visitor, tor
there was Il nest with five dead, unteath-
cred little birds in it, and on" not dead,
but at its last gasp. he mother piru
had been shut out Every effort was
made to nourish the survivor, halrplns
and knitting needles being used to intro
duce the food but all i'll vain, and 1t
looked as if the poor baby bird would IN
a few minutes Join its departed brothers
and sisters.
At last it was noticed that Willie, from
his cage, was showing great interest III
the performances over the staryellng,
and the experiment Of putting the little
one with him was suggested. It was a
,uckv SUGGESTION. Willie Huttered
around the stranger moment or two, all
his feathers standing on end with excite,
ment, and then he flew to his dish OF
bread and milk and began to feed his vls,
itor in the most approved mother bird
fashion. He had been Il family man, al
though at this time a wldower, ana he
knew how young ones ought to be cared
for.
lie gave up singing and devoted him
self wholly for weeks to his founding
lie brought it up without assistance eX-
cept-and this is not the least singular
part Of the story such as came from
male Iinnet who. when the cage was hung
on the porch. used to come and iced the
Young one through the bars.
II Is the conclusions as true us fitting
to this bird idyII, ,hat when the rescue ,st.1'.
bird grew up--it was female =" llIl'
married her New York Herald:
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
ITEMS ABOUT THE HAIR.

Much has been said pro and con as to
the effect Of salt water on the hair. Miss
NIantalini ahirms that when properly ap-
piled, salt water is not onl y not in)ur-
ious, but is an excellent tonic. She says:
'If allowed to remain in a damp mass,
however, it will cause the hairto fall out.
The strands should be carefully combed
after the bath and not put up till per-
fectly dry. Tar soap rubbed into the
scalp before going in helps to keep
blonde hair light. A three-corncred
handkerchief OF rubber is the on y means
Of keeping the hair dry in diving and
bathing. 1t should be tied turban fashion
as tightly as possible around the head.
The hair curled constantly in one place
engenders a fever, which causes it to
fall out. 1t is wise, therefore, to change
from topknot to Psyche and thence to
Langtry as frequently as possible. -
[St. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
SPEAKER CRIsP'S VIE

Mrs. Charles Crisp, wife of the new
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
is not at all we'll known to the country at
large or even to Washington. She is
Southern woman Of Georgia birth, and was
born and brought up in Ellaville, near
Americas, the Crisps present home. Her
life was that of a ypicatSouthern woman.
Her father was wealthy planter When
quite young she was married to young
Crisp, and the pair made a home in
Americas, where they have lived ever
since. Four children came to demand
Mrs. Crisp's care and she devoted herself
to them and to her home. While the
Speakers wife has an exclusive position
and ranks along with Cabinet ladies, it is
not probable that Mrs. Crisp will feel
like assuming it unless her health should
greatly improve. She is very domestic
in her tastes and is also Il severe sufferer
from rheumatism, which prevented her
last season from even returning calls.
Although her choice would lead hcrto re-
main in Georgia, Mrs. Crisp has always
spent the winters with Mr.. Crisp at the
Metropolitan Hotel, where she is ia
yorite with the Southern contingent. She
is q well-informed woman, interested III
her husbands career Chicago Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
AN EXQUISITE COSTUME.

The fashion for wearing gold and sill
yer knots in iewelry has spread to dress
trimmings. Beautiful metal bows OF
jewcled passementerie are made for trim
ming the lower edges of skirts and adorn-
ing trains. The jcweled passementerie
is made to match with the .jeweled bows
which are worn as actual iewelry upon
the waist and in the hair. A lovely
dress Of shrimp pink satin has bows and
loops and ends extending all around the
front of the skirt and around the train of
silver passementerie. The passementerie
is dotted with blue stones that look Won
derfAlly like turquoise. The waist OF
the dress is a shrimp pink brocaded satin,
with putting of pink chiffon around the
neck and around the shoulders. The
dress is sleeveless. Upon the front OF it
there is a large silver pin, set with tur-
quoise, and a silver and turquoise neck
lace is worn In the hair there is silver
pin with turquoise in the end. The fan
keeps pace with the dress, for the sticks
are of silver, and the outer one has a
series of blue stones set in it New
York Advertiser.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
PROTECTING THE BIRDS.

Some time ago several women in Eng
land started society, the members OF
which bound themselves ''to refrain from
wearing tho feathers Of any bird not
killed for purposes of food, the ostrich
only excepted The society grew very
greatly in numbers, and its good in
Huence is shown by the letter OF pro-
fessional fowler to newspaper. a year
ago, he says, he was asked to get 5000
kittiwake guils, but this year he has not
shot one. The gull is a beautiful and
useful bird, and the fashion of wearing
its plunage seriously threatened its eX-
termination New York Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
Prehistoric Canals.

Prehistoric irrigation canals in Ari-
iona are really worthy of more notice
than is usually given them The Salt
and ella River valleys are intersected
by a vast network of these canals, which
antcdate, at least, the arrival of Coro-
nado in 1862, for he mentions these
ruins and the traditions of the Indians
regarding once dense population i'll
this region. Modern engineers cannot
improve upon the lines of these canals,
nor in the selection of points of @iver-
sion from the rivers. The first irriga-
ton canal in this section, tho one that
has made Phoenix, with its present popu-
laton of 10000, simply followed the
lines of one of these old canals.
Their extent may be appreciated when
it is said that in the Salt River Valley
alone the land covered by these canals
once aggregated over $50, 900 acres, and
the canals themselves, with their laterals,
must have exceeded 1000 miles in
length. This country is filled with pre-
historic ruins, with walls of stone Or
adobe, and almost every acre contains
fragments of pottery, she'll ornaments,
stone implements and other remains OF a
population which can only be estimated
in its aggregated Engineering News.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
! wardlv. eve have canvassed this subject

wardlv, ave have canvassed this SUBJECT
thoroughly, and-er-ah-'
Il reckon agreed Fanshaw.
"And-er-" continued the colonel,
have reached the conclusion that in
considering the interests OF orr fellow
citizens we-er-cannot discriminate
against the weak in favor of the strong.
We-cr-
"Yep," encouraged Fanshaw.
..The case stands thus" went on the
embryo legislator. Stands thus-er-
Stands this away" broke in Benson,
steadily. "Poor girl, tryin' her best TO
make a livn' for herself an mother-kln
do if, too, if it want for opposition. Ii
she has to go-l-er only her dear
Lord knows what'll become OF her an the
little mother. IL"
And there he stuck.
But Harry said Colonel Pride, in an
almost accentless way.
"Harry,' added Hank Fanshaw. II
reckon we love him.
And Fanshaw never spoke truer words.
Love him? Aye. they loved him with
the deep quiet love of strong men.
But" began Colonel Pride.
'But Harry'll have to go!" uttered Ike
Fosdick, STORMY.
And the others wagged their heads.
DIR. Harry was not at his office when
the prominent citizens, marching slowly
and deiectedly, reached it. They shut1ied
solemnly over to Jean Ransom's cottage.
At the gate Colonel Pride, the embryo
legislator, held back. They had decided
to break it to him gently.
II can't tell him, boys!" he said
hoarsely.
"I'll tell him." growled Ike Fosdick,
with desperate energy.
The cottage door was open. AS they
crowded up to it there was futter
within. and Fosdick's astonished senses
told him that he would have been war
ranted in taking oath that DIR. Harry
uniniured arm had been around DIR.
Jeans waist.
Boys" cried DR.. Harry, heartily, the
while a decided dash of red shone IN his
pale cheeks, but less decided than the
red that dyed Jeanie's face, 81 am glad
YOU have come. Wei should not have
told you for some time yet, but now you
may Us well know the happy news, tor l
know your congratulations will have the
hearty ring of truth. Jeanne has prom
ised to become my wife. i
"Woop'" roared the sphinx-like Ban
ming. THAT settles it ALT
DR.. Harry did not understand him, but
was too happy to inquire.
Ladies' and gentleman, er-er" began
Colonel Pride ,grandiloquently, as Harry,
right before them all, placed his hand IN
that of blushing Jean. 'Er-er-dear
boy and girl, we do congratulate you
and--er-'
Come away, Pride!" whispered Ike
Fosdick, hoarsely. Come where we kin
all yell"
| When next the prominent citizens
gathered at the office of Colonel Pride
that gentleman felt called upon to say
something.
"'While [ have always maintained,
he began, that woman should moi
go outside of her proper sphere in lite
"But her proper sphere is jest where
she blame pleases to go'' broke in Ike
Fosdick.
Il reckon it ISL agreed Fanshaw.-
Frank Lcsie's.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
PAID HER V Al.

Every middle aged l'hiladel Phian can
remember a wild, picturesque figure that
thirty wears ago was as familiar sight
to the inhabitants OF the Quaker City as
the Liberty Bell or the wooden statue Oh
Franklin over the door OF his famous
library. -
Irish Sheeluh." as the town called
her, was gamt woman nearly SIX feet
in height, whose vacant eyes told her
story before she spoke.
Since she was child, the children
with sound brains had booted at her and
stoned her. She was child still, with
white hair and wrinkles. She knew
nothing: she did not even know that the
learning and thought and pleasure was
in the world in which other people found
their life.
Her only enjoyment was in the tags OF
bright ribbons stitched to her o'd SKIRT
which the children gave her from their
doIl-rags. These were all that she
would accept from them; she was never
known to take money. That was the one
sound spot in her poor, crazed ora'll-@
fierce pride of independence,
Her old mother became helpless.
| Sheclah could not work, but she would
alamo aims. She donncd a man : coat
| md hieh hat, and set out ito earn money
like a man." only to be followed by
| l,rr.r crowds Of children than before.
| Charitable friends attempted to send the
two helpless women to nsylums. bus
| shce!ah declared thai no one but herself
should support her mother. On this
no;ue she was rrsoute and sane.
It occurred to some one to make of her
9 street debt collector When creditor
despaired of payment Of Il small bill, no
gave it to her. She stationed herself
with # silently on the curbstono III front
| If the debtors house. She made no dls-
trrb%ucc. and could not be driven away.
nnt every n ssrr by understood why the
wrllknown glo,,sque Inquire was 'he[o'
f. h, del II lnent seldom was able to pear
the mnr'il.atiun for more than one gay.
For TWENTY-FIVE Years the poor, flIghfy
creature STE ldiIy pursued this strange
| coliiny in order. as She persisted, t" pay
hon. VIZ" After her mothers DEATH
she rrew rapidly more feeble and Wild
REt she had one solid comfort II IN
no teeear. pay my way
The poor demented woman; a. at =, " n vi
so ,nanv people had laughed, died at last,
Under her pillow was left money enough
to bury her. rd,v
paid her own way. ,.Lor
How many of th"s> VINO i WIi'so a. rn nv.
could make her boast lou'hS "on'-
panion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
AFTER THE BATTLE.

Sing banners and cannon and roll OF drum
The shouting O men and the marshaiilhe
To, cannon to cannon and earth struck
dumb
Oh, battle, in song, is glorious 'h'hs'
Oh. glorious day riding down to the fight!
Oh glorious battle in story ana sops'
Oh, godlike man to die for the right!
Oh, manlike God to revenge the wrong!
Yes riding to battle on battle ay-
Why, q soldier is something more than
king!
But after the battle? The ri !n- hway'
All. the riding away is auot 'r ns
ID u In -.i.er.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
Finger Tip Evidence.

Further evidence as to the reliability
of finger tip impressions for indicating
character or establishing indentity, Il
subject that has of late attracted great
deal of attention. has been compiled and
published by DIR. d'Abundo. After ex-
amining the fingers OF seven idiots he
found that the markings on the tips of
all the fingers on each hand were identi-
cal, thus showing a marked difference
between those of idiots and OF sane
people The thumb tips of one idiot
had the same markings as those OF his
fingers There was a noticeable smooth
ness of finger tips in all idiots. In one
case there was Il perfect resemblance be-
tween the markings on the fingers OF an
idiot and on those of his mother. Out of
twenty cases of imbecility, in four only
was one sort of tracing found on all the
fingers, in the remaining sixteen Il ten
dency to repetition asserting itself to
considerable extent. In hemiplegla,
when the lesion was of old standing, a
distinct smoothness of the finger tips
was noticed, which prevented the obtain
ing Of good impressions. y prominent
medical authority is Of the opinion that,
from Il medico-legal point of view, these
researches may ultimately have an i'm
Dortant bearing Oh crimes OF a sanguin-
arv nature For instance, if drawings
were taken of the impression of hand
bathed in blood the markings would be
most clear, more especially if the GRIM
inal had not merely laid his hand on any
papers, but had actually fingered them.
| The evidence of crime would be still more
| valuable if the criminal had any peculiar
ity of finger tip impressions. Courier
! journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
An Impromptu Dress Coat.

"About eight years ago" said Auditor
Joseph Brown to the St. Louis Chronicle,
81 was in London, England. One day |
bought stall to see Patti at the Royal.
A stall corresponds to our boxes. When
the evening came took the ladies around
and walked in at the door. But l did
not get far. You cannot come in here,
said the doorkeeper. why not?' Iasked
in surprise; here are my seat tickets.
Well, you cannot enter he replied, de-
cisively; your coat is frock, and moth
ing but dress suits are allowed / ex-
postulated told him that my hotel was
3 oAg way off and that the ladies would
~ greatly disappointed. Twas an Ameri-
,.an and did not know the rule of the the
atre. Finally he told nae t. 60 into the
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
TIE LADIES'.
A MARlrIsE BEGGING BREAD.

Promenaaers along the Champs Elysees,
according to Paris France papers,
could see, until recently, a woman beg
gar who was not clad in tho traditional
garments of the prolctaran. Upon OK
citing the interest Of the public she was
taken to the station, where it was dlScoV-
cred that the woman was tho Mar1ulse
de Laporte de Grandsai@ne. In her
rooms four dogs were found. The noble
lady received small pension from rela-
tives, but declared that she was obliged
to beg in order to feed her canine com
panions.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
Queer Ways Of Japanese Pupils

When japanese pupil comes to q
Chinese character in his book which he
does not understand, instead of marking
it with a pencil, he tears off minute
piece of red paper with his teeth ana
places it alongside of the difficult char,
acter. After his teacher has explained
the passage he brushes the red paper
awav A sheet of this paper called
h;dosbi, "Chinese" or foreign paper =.
is to be found among the specimens OF
Janarcse paper in the Museum OF the
University Of Pennsylvania Ne" or-
leans Picayune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, OF WURTENBERG.

Wurtemberg is not wholly without
consolation over the death OF the late
King William I. That create monarch $
consort. OLA. may have had the sym
pathv of his subjects for the treatment
She rece ,pI II his hands, but she never
inspired their love. The new Queen,
wife of King William H., is more Likely
to win ana retain the affection OF the
Wurtembergers, for she is young, ami
able and beautiful. She is the second
wife of the King, whose first spouse
died six years before he married the
present Queen. The latter is the eldest
daughter of Prince William, of Schaum-
burg-Lippe, and was born in 1864, Her
youth was spent at Ratiboritz and
Nachod castles, in Bohemia, where her
parents reside She received, under the
ewes of her mother, Princess Bathildis
Of Anhalt, most careful education,
eight tutors being engaged to teach the
seven chlldren-four sons and three
daughters the family. Thus Queen
Charlotte became well read in German
and foreign history and literature, an
accomplished linguiss, musician and
amateur artist but was also taught how
to handle horse and how to drive q
pair of fiery Bohemian ponies, not tc
mention her great personal attractions
and the winning ways which endearec
her to her future subjects. New York
Mail and Express.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
REVELATIONS ABOUT FALSE HAIR.

Are the members Of the fair sex likely
to be narrowed by the revelations mad
by a French contemporary as to the
methods by which false hair is prepared?
1t is not probable. They may be eX-
pected to profess, in the first place, III
credulity, and in the second-if it be re-
ouired- Indifference. The story is that
artificial chevelures are in most instances
furnished not by the coiffeurs who
trade in human hair derived direct from
the head, but by the chiffoniers who sift
out combings from the 80 common or gar
den dustbins. These comhings, it is
stated, are carefully cleaned, separated,
re-arranged and made up, forming the
basis of some very elegant combinations.
1t is possible that some more than usually
soueamish lover of false hair might be
disnclned to wear dustbin product it
she knew of it and could help it, but, in
general, ignorance is bliss. -! = Z.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05

A NEW ORLEANS teller has beaten
the records as a bank robber. Ac-
cording to his confession, his thefts
have been going on for sixteen years,
and amount to $3.50, 900. There was a
simplicity about his methods, too,
that is refreshing. In making UP
packages of bills he put tens in place
of hundreds, and invested the differ.
ence in wildcat speculation. Such a
story provokes the reflection that a
bank where such Irregularities could
be carried on for sixteen years de.
serves to lose the money,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05

SOME too of1icious Sabbatarians in
Pittsburg propose to arrest every
newspaper man they find working on
Sunday. 1t appears that in getting
rid of her smoke Pittsburg has not
wholly freed herself Of pestiferous
nlliSanCeS,