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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-11

On Thursday evening the Thursday
Club met for the first time this season
at the home OF Mrs. Gray SkpWith, where
Il was entertained most charmiugly There
were many guests of the club, who added
greatly TO the brtlliancy Of the event,
and filed the places Of the many mem
bers who were unavoidably absent. Six
hand euchre was played by the ladies
until about II o'clock. when the gentle
men were made welcome 10 the winding
up pleasures At each card table there
were pretty chocolate bonbons as souve-
Mrs. An elegant supper was served, and
the evening declared in all things most
enjoyable one. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs A. T. Harris, MIR. and Mrs.
John Dunlop Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Lang
horne. Mr. and Mrs. Otway Allen, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas rutherford. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Boiling. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
i. Workman, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
n. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles r.
Lathrop Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Osteloh.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. T. ID. Meyers. Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Levin Joynes, Mrs. Charles p
Stokes, Mrs John Enders. Mrs. James A.
Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Barbour Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Guy. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert *. Whinock, Mrs. Edward Beuk.
Mr and Mrs. Waller Morton, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kerr Branch, MIR. and Mrs
Gideon Davenport. Miss Roy OF WASH
inston Miss Effie Branch. Miss Stewart
and Miss Irene Langhorne. Messrs
Arthur Seldom. Frank A. Davenport.
Thomas Nelson Page William Grant and
John Rutherford. The club will be en-
terisined next by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T.
Harris.
The new card club. known as the Tues
Say Euehre Club, held its inaugural
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-11

The new card club, known as the Tues
Lay Euehre Club, held its inaugural
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16

The experience of a professional
beauty, Mrs. Langtry, in regard to
black gowns is worth recording. The
first season that the Jersey Lily spent
in London found her the possessor of
one evening gown, and that very
simple black. Immediately after her
picture appeared she became the rage,
and duchesses themselves did not
hesitate to stand on chairs to get a
glimpse of her as she passed. Every
where she wore the black gown. One
night it was turned in so that her
beautiful throat showed another night
it was drawn up close to her neck and
a bunch of white lilies against it
brought out its blackness and her fair
ness. 1t was mended, it was pressed,
but at reception or ball all that season
the beautiful woman wore the black
gown. Later on, when evening dresses
were very ordinary things, to her, she
said most positively: "Never tell me
that woman can't dress well who has
a single frock. | know that she can
not only look well, but always oe dis
tlnguished; and know it through the
best teacher of all-experience." And
so it is that the black evening gown is
commended, not only o the woman
who has great deal of money but to
her who. though she may be bent on
pleasure, yet has frugal mind
Philadelphtd Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
Old Nature Slowly Giving Way.

The shrek of the locomotive whistle
along the line of the Adirondack and
St. Lawrence railroad, which pene-
trates the very heart of the Adiron-
dacks, has already frightened the deer
so that they have been seen in num-
bers near the bordering villages. With
The iron horse climbing Pixies Peak
and invading the recesses of the North
woods, steam boats regularly entering
the Grand canyon of the Colorado and
the fakir and peanut vender about in
the Yellowstone and Yosemite, the
sportsman and the lover of the pictur-
esque will soon find it hard matter
% discover congenial retreat on this
continent. \. Horid.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
The First and Last Guns.

The first gun fired was at Fort Sum.
ter and the last was fired at Macon.
Some interesting stories have been
published lately about the firing of the
last gun. and the statement has been
published that it was done at Column
bus, in this State. The facts were as
certained recently from ID. f. King,
the commercial agent of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, at Albany, Ga. Mr..
King said:
Il was in the Federal army, and be-
longed to the First Ohio Cavalry, in
General Wilson's command. We reach
ed Columbus, Ga, on April II. 1865,
and stayed there three days, after
which we marched to Macon.
while on the march we were fired
at frequently by scouts or bushwhack.
ers. and the advance guard, after some
little accommodating, would return the
shots and advance. | was an orderly
under General Alexander, who had
charge of the advance forces, and
when we were within seven or eight
miles of Macon we were met by a
party of gentlemen, citizens from Ma
con, who asked us not to enter the
city, as an armistice had been de-
clared.
Il went myself to General Wilson
and notified him of what the delega-
ton of citizens said. He went forward
and had talk with them. l was
there and overheard everything that
was said. General Wilson said that
he had not been officially notified of
the armistice, and that he intended to
establish his headquarters in Macon
that night.
HE told the citizens that he would
not allow his soldiers to disturb any,
thing or anybody but that his en-
trance to the city would be peaceab BILE.
He was informed that the Confederates
had forces stationed across the river
from Macon and beyond the railroad
where he would enter.
I'VE proceeded to the city and after
entering it we could see the Confed-
crate camp to our right. While
marching through the streets three
shots directed at our column came
from the Confederates without effect,
and WE proceeded on the march. This
was the last gun fired. do not re-
member the date we entered Macon,
but il was between the Goth and 30th
of April, 1865 "
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
SIXTY GLASSES OF BEER DAILY.
The Rations Upon Which New York Brow
cry Employees Thrive.

Early last winter the employees in
the New York breweries made an
agreement with the bosses which al
lowed them to drink all the beer they
wanted while at work. In every brew
cry in the city there is now a bar and
a bartender The latter does nothing
but draw beer for the worbmen. No
charge is made and the men can get
beer in as large quantities and as fire.
auently as they wish. Some time ago
a dispatch from a western city said
that a man employed in brewery
there consumed on an average 100
glasses OF beer daily. A SIM reporter
called on the SECRETARY of the brewers
association, in East Fifteenth street,
the other day and learned from him
some facts about beer drinking in the
local breweries. All the breweries
keep records of the amount of beer
consumed by their employees, and sub
ject the men to frequent medical cx-
aminations for the purpose of learning
what effect beer has on their systems.
Every year report is made out about
such employees, which contains this in
formation:
His age, length of time employed in
brewery, height, weight circumfer-
ence of chest, difference in forced in
SEPARATION and expiration, average daily
consumption of beer, general state of
health, condition of liver kidneys and
heart. According to number of re-
cent reports, there are few men en-
ployed in the local breweries who av-
erage more than sixty glasses of beer
during the working hours of a day.
That does not, however, preclude the
possibility of their drinking hundred
during the entire day. Brewery en-
ployes work ten hours day. If they
sleep eight hours they will have six
hours to boost their average. Perhaps
it is fair to presume that the man who
drinks six glasses of beer an hour
while working will drink a good deal
when idle. If he maintains his aver
age it will place ninety-six glasses to
his credit in day. A few men are re-
ported as drinking seventy-hve glasses
daily during working hours. and a
large number are credited with fifty
and sixty. The average, however,
seems to be below forty, and some are
put down as having averaged only
five.
According to the reports of physi-
clans employed by the Brewers Be-
nevolent bureau, which looks after sick
and disabled workmen and the families
of deceased workmen, this large con-
sumption has no deleterious effects.
Among 1000 workmen in one district
included in the operations of the bu-
reau, the death rate was only five a
year during five years, and the death
of only one was due to alcoholism.
Most of the men are big and strong
and the tabulated reports show that
nearly all can lift more than 400
pounds. The brewery physicians say
that the brewery workmen who aver
age more than twenty-five glasses of
beer day are in better health than
any other class of workingmen in the
community.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
Kathleen MavourneeD.

Kathleen Mavourneen! The song is still ring
ing
As fresh and as clear as the trili of the
birds
In world-weary hearts it is sobbing and sing
ing
In pathos too sweet for the tenderest words:
have we forgotten the one who first breathed
it,
o have we forgotten his rapturous art
Our need 10 the master whose genius be-
queathed III
why art thou silent thou voice of the
hearth
Kathleen Mavourneen! Thy lover still lin
gers;
The long night is waning, the stars pale and
few;
Thy sad serenader, with tremulous fingers,
Is bowed with his tears as the lily with
dew;
The old harpstrngs quaver, the old voice is
shaking.
In signs and in sobs means the yearhing re-
fran,
The old vision dims, and the old heart 10
breaking,
Kathleen Mavourneen, inspire us againl
james WhitcOmb Riley.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16

Forty-nine per cent of the days ip
London are said to be wet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
The Red Rose Speaks.

once was white as any snow that falls
From your calm skies, by strange, sad stars
attended
Until that day when he stood nude and
splendid
Before the lion in the Roman stalls,
Then when the beasts loud roaring shook the
walls,
Leaping into the amphitheater
He turned him smiling from their coronals
And caught me, fragrant from the hand OF
her
His mistress-klssed me, held me near his
heart;
There was n sharp, swift glitter In the air;
A roar of voices. Well he played his partl
And prone with him, bafiied, beaten
there,
Caught ON my petals scented by the south,
The red rain dropping from the lions mouth!
Frank l.. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
OUlDA ON MEAT EATERS.
She Thinks They Are Not Athletic and
Gives Lot of Reasons.

have all my life thought that meat
eating was Objectionable from the
aesthetic point of view. writes Onida
in the Ninete nth Century. Even as a
child the fasi ion of handing around a
huge gross piece on an enormous dish
reyolted my sense of beauty, and was
delighted when. on my first visit to
England, IA small slice of beef was un-
obtrusively shown to me behind my
left shoulder, to be accepted or rejected
ad ibitum. quite agree with Lord
Byron. who said he would not marry a
pretty girl because she had asked for
two helps of lobster salad, though il
beefsteak had been substituted | should
understand it better still.
The bJtek u tanglaise, which seems
to be the only idea foreign waiter
has when he is asked to suggest some
thing to eat to English speaking tray
elers. is simply piece of hot raw meat,
far more fit for the Geological Gardens
than for human food; for, despite of
constant and sometimes indignant dis
chalmers, it is generally believed on
the Continent that it forms the staple
food Of the British Nation-that the
strong limbs of the young men, the
lovely complexion of the girls, and the
bright eyes of the children are entirely
due to this nourishment, and anxious
mothers of families abroad are con-
stantly impressing upon their offspring
aud every body else about them the
utility and necessity of this panacea,
if they wish to be in good health and
feel tit and strong. 1t is curious tact
that in places where this regimen of
Uiande saignante is followed annmia is
very frequent.
| have been told, though have not
read it myself. that somebody has writ
ten description of town where the
whole population was vegetarian.
The change this would make in all the
sights and smells is far greater than
we at first imagine. The CHASTITY
butchers shops which meet one at
every turn appear to me an incongru-
ity. not to say more, IN this civilized
age. They would disappear, as well
a. the lishmonger's, which are hardly
any better. Then there are the saus-
age shops, which, especially in south
ern countries. prosecute one with their
pungent odor. How often have | been
driven away while admiring the facade
of an old paiazzo or the portco of an
ancient church by the emanations OF
the terrible pigzicheria half way down
the street.
Another dread sight which meets
our eyes abroad, especially in Germany
and Austria, where much veal is
eaten, are the slaughtered calves pa
raded about the streets, dozen or
two of them hanging over the sides of
the cart. There can be little doubt,
too, that our kitchens and dining
rooms would be far sweeter and more
attractive if no animal food was ever
brought into them. The eyes GER
tainly would be gamers, and our oil
factory senses too. In pictures and in
poetry the tables are laid out with
luscious fruit and sparkling wines,
whenever charming and pleasant
scenes are to be conjured up before
our minds. When coarseness and dis
comfort are portrayed. "men brought
in whole hogs and quarter beeves, and
all the hall was dim with steam OF
flesh
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
Canned Fruit from Pompeii.

Do you know that we are indebted
to the old Pompejians who lived in the
first century of the Christian era for
our knowledge of how to can fruit?
Perhaps not, but it is fact neverthe-
less. Years ago. when excavations
were first being made on the site of
the old lava-colored city, party from
America found jar of tigs-not only
one. but several. Upon opening one
OF them the contents were found to be
as fresh and perfect as when first put
into the jar nineteen centuries before!
Investigations Instituted on the spot
proved that the fruit had been put into
the jars in highly heated state, and
that an aperture for the escape of
steam had been left in the lid. which,
when it had served its purpose, was
sealed over with wax. Yankee ingen-
uity caught the idea at once, aud the
next year canning factories were
erected all over the United ST. tes.-
Philadelphia Press
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
airs. sir. SAID the locksmitn.

stars, sir. SAID the locksmitn.
We'll, there are two bodies upstairs.
They have been bodies something like
1000 years, so | don't quite see how
could have made them bodies. They
are mummies, found by me near the
great Pyramid in Egypt.
Complete collapse of Bluebeard's
mother-in-law. Exit police.
The cloth in which the mummies
we're wrapped" exclaimed Mr. Pol
whele to his wife shortly afterwards,
"is covered with inscriptions which |
am transcribing. thought you
would be shocked if you saw the
mummies without the bandages, so l
kept the room locked up."-BoSton
G(0be.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-16
MISSING LINKS.

The first photograph was made in
July, 1889.
Laplanders often skate distance of
15J miles a day.
The nightjar has cry like one
lamenting in distress.
One pound of Indian tea will make
no cups of strong tea.
Two-lifths of the companies started
yearly in England fail.
A Cincinnati doctor recommends
eating lemons for rheumatism.
The region about the Dead sea is one
of the hottest places on the globe, and
the sea is said to lose ], JJ), UJJ tons OF
water day 10y evaporation.
Consumption is prevented by the timely
use of r. Hall S Pulmonary Balsam. Price
so Cents.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
GENERAL MARKET REPORT
The Weeks Quotations From sh
Trade Gemtera

NV "osSHoAs rrom shs
Trade Senters.
NEW RK.-GRAIN-Wheat, No. 2 real
56Izc. 79lxc. : rye, SIC. q &c.; corn. M :.
5O1Sc. 62az: oats. No. 2. 42c a 421sc.. buck
wheat, Rls u 631fc. Lard prime
$S.U $s.25:- tallow, SC: butter. ,creamery
State and Pennsylvania. &c.; cheese. fni
cream, llc.; skins. choice. &c.; eggs. "a.
pork. family. 81. 90 a$l7. 80; dressed hoIrs "a.
aSAc.; dressed beef. &c. a o.. lin othy Ser,
$2.OS $2 1O. Clover Seed, l31kc. a l4c.: a.,
AND SrRAw-NO. / timothy. per Hn ,r,r,uL
S5c.; clover. 65c.; straw. Mol rye. s5r ,,,,,
EOc. FEED-Bran. $500 per ton. oil caEs
~. 80; cotton seed meal, $500.
LIvESroCK-Hogs. 50. 6Oa So 20 per ion Ibs
calves, $500 $S.25; sheep, "a. 90 a a IN
lambs. $500 Q S6.O: milch cows ss5 m ,
5000.
PoULTRY-Fowls. hens. 1Oc.; old rooster.
&C.; chickens. &c. 10c. Dressed Poultrv-.
Fowls. 1lc.; broilers. 121<c
HIDEs-Country slaughtered cows Az.
bulls. 5c.: calf skins, salted. &C.,: /: green. 5c
> BALTIMORE. - GRAIN Southern q -,
&C.; corn. yellow. 4e115c.: white. 4S11c.: osts
No. white. &c.: rye. No. 2, 5sc, pno.
vIsIoNs-Butter creamery, 0Oc.: tubs lSc .
eggs. &C.; cotton. 9.aOc.
PHILADELPHlA.-WHE st...
red. INC; corn. No. 2. &c.; oats. No 5
white, tsc.; rye. CO.,: bnttsr. State cream.
sry. prtnA, e,e.; sggs. &c.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10

Wayne county, Pa, is in the delirium
Of silver and copper ore fever.
Prince Bismarck says he will take his
seat In the Reiehstag before Christmas.
Plans have been made for the reno val
nf the r. & o. tracks from the streets OF
Washington, D. c.
Henry NJ. Hoyt. ex Governor Of Penn.
sylvania, died at his home in Wilkes.
bnrre. Pa, on Thursday.
Commissioners have secured the re-
quisite number OF signatures for the
throwing open Of the Yankton reserva-
ton, in South Dakota.
Mrs. Lamar Wilson. of Chicago, has
begun suit for $1,000 damages against
John Doyle, c.nsus enumerator, who
kissed her while he was making inquiries.
Mrs. Fannie Adams, at Little Rock,
Ark. has confessed that she murdered
her husband November 20. She wanted
to marry George Williams, who fur
nished the revolver.
Secreted in the bottom OF crock
filled with lard, in rag bag and in other
out-of -the-way places, a total of nearly
SIC, 600 was found after the death OF Mrs.
Anthony Gregg, Dover, Wis, miser.
The Supreme Court Of California has
affirmed the decision of Probate Judge
Coffey that Florence Blythe was the ille-
gitimate daughter of the deceased mil
lionaire, Thomas n Blythe. and entitled
to inherit his estate, valued at 81, ,OOO, 600.
Pension Commissioner Raum, in his
annual report, says there are S76. .O6o
names now on the pension roll. He esti-
mates that $165, ,000, 900 will be sufficient
for next year, and that the highest num-
Der of pensions will be reached by the
close of 1894.
Congressman Springer says that it is
the intention of the Democrats to "blaze
the way for tariff reform" by putting
iron ore and scrap iron on the free list
and reducing the rates ON all metals and
metal manufactures to a maximum OF
IS per cent.
Patrick Gleason. Mayor of Long Island
City, has been indicted by the Gran"
Jury in conjunction with the entire
School Commission of that city, on a
charge of malfeasance in Office. The
Mayor was foreman of the Grand Jury
at the time.
At the opening of Congress Monday
the anti-option bill was the first business
taken up in the Senate. Mr.. Washburn,
its champion, is not confident of its fate.
A number of Democratic leaders of the
House conferred for the purpose of map
ping out programme.
Senator Proctor says that the state
ment that he is to build marble palace
in Washington at large cost was un-
authorized by him and greatly exag
gerated. He says it is doubtful if lie
builds, but shonld he do 50 it will be
substantial residence without display.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
Mexican Bands at the Worlds Fair.

General Sorrano, director general oi
the Mexican exhibit at the Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, has received s
letter stating that Nine. Diaz, wife oi
the Mexican President, is going to send
TO the Fair, at her own expense, q
woman's band of forty-five musicians.
This band will be composed of the mos
expert artists to be found in Mexico.
From Mexico will also come the Eighth
Regiment Band, considered the finest in
the republic. Both these bands will
remain at the Fair from its opening until
its close.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
For q Shfn Canal

Senator Hill and Congressman Charles
Tracey are both making active prepara-
tions to try and force through Congress a
bill TO at once build ship canal through
New York State. The proposed route is
up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal
and thence through the Erie Canal. The
argument to be used to hasten the meas
ure is that the completion of the Cana
dian canal will injure our commerce.
The new ship canal will provide for a
waterway 200 feet in width, with an
average depth Of twenty feet. The cost
will be $3.50, ,O00, 900.
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
Will Give Gilroy . Chance,
1908 f Street. N. w.

Mayor Grant will make no more ap-
pointments before going out of office
January 1. 1893. In giving his reason he
SAYS: My reason for this course i, that
in my opinion, as rule, an outgoing
Mayor should not, in the closing weeks
OF his term. appoint officials who will
necessarily take part in the administra
ton of municipal affairs during the term
of the incoming Mayor" Many impor-
tant appointments will await the new
Mayor
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
They Stole About a52E. 600.

James E. OstranIer. for 25 years
treasurer Of the Ulster County IN. "
Savings Institution, and Matthew T.
Trumpbour, assistant treasurer of the
same institution for the same period,
have been taken to Dannemora prison.
Ostrander was found guilty on the
charge OF perjury in swearing to false
statement as to the condition of the bank
and was sentenced to seven years i'm
prisonment Trumpbour was found
guilty on similar charge and his sen.
tence was five years,
The Washington bee., 1892-12-10
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The Silver Coufaropoa

The proceedings of the International
Monetary Conference began at Brussels.
The following countries were represen-
ted: United States, Austro- Hungary,
Belgium. France, Germany, Great
Britain, Mexico. Italy. the Netherlands,
Portugal, Roumania, Russia, India,
Spain, Sweden, and Norway and Switzer.
land. 1t is believed that the prospects of
an agreement upon basis of restoring
silver to more general use as money are
more favorable than they were a year ago