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third, more than probably. would not be pleas-
ing TO either Of Us. Nor. indeed. could you be
retired In any room In my house, for what. with
the sitting up Of company, the noise and hustle
0 oas servants an and S,s many other things You would
ness and serenity Of mind which In
my opinion you ought now TO prefer 10 every
other consideration in life. II you incline to
follow this advice the house and lots on which
you now live You may rent and enjoy the bene-
nj OF the money arising therefrom as long as
you live. This with the rent Of the land at thS
little falls and the hire Of your negroes would
bring you In an income which would be much
more than sufficient 10 answer all your wants
and make ample amends TO the child you live
with; for myself / should desire nothing. IL it
did not would most cheerfully contribute
more. man, maid. the phaeton and two
horses are all you would want To Law in a
suffciency for the support Of these would not
require one-qusrter OF your income. The rest
would purchase every necessary YOU could pos
sioly want. and place IL in your power 20 be
serviceable to thoee with whom YOU may live,
ties.
There are such powerful reasons in nv mind
for giving this advice that cannot help urging
II with degree Of earnestness which Is I'M
common for me TO do. II is. I am convinced,
the only means by which you can be happy.
The cares of a family without ANYBODY to as
sist you-the charge Of an estate, the prof Iitsl
OF which depend upon wind, weather, a good
overseer, an honest man and a thousand other
circumstance, cannot be right or proper at
your advanced age and for me- who am abso-
lutely prevented from attending 70 my own
plantations which are almost within call of me
TO attempt the care Of yours would be folly in
the extreme; but the mode l have pointed
out you may reduce your income to a certainty,
be eased Of all trouble and-f YOU are go dis
posed, may be perfectly happy, for happiness
depends more upon the internal form Of a per-
sons own mind than the externals in the world.
VI the last if you will pursue the plan here
recommended am sure you can want nothing
that Is essential. The other depends wholly
upon yourself, for the riches Of the Indies can
not purchase il.
Mrs. Washington. George and Fanny Join me
In every good wish for you,
And am
Honored Madam
Your Most Dutiful
a Aft. Son
Go WASHINGTON.
Mount Vernon,
February Is, 1887
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The Sultan Of Johor>.

From the London Daily Eews
A little party Of Americans have MA . -
to the Sultan Of Johore, and one of THAR No.
Der has given an account Of thor expedito.
from Singapore, which repressuSs .o,,,. -
uresque details. The hospisabIe suIe.n 49,
out his state barge, manned VIM MAJ. ..
canary colored suits, TO meet them. snd ~ -.
landing pier they were received by 60 nm
trious secretary Of the sultan. vho.s sss,s
and name are "Dato Qord) Abdul Rsh-s-s
he Is q commander Of the Enrlish 49,
ST. George and ST. Michael, and a sS.s.x -
speak Malay, Chinese, Ensliah FrcncS -
German with equal huoncy Ths -
who is said TO have inheritsd "a 90
from the late suisans - million snd . ~
Of this worlds goods" appear fron 49,
narrative to be prosperous per,o~ ~
hall, approached by marble rsoeptioc -
In which the company we're entsrt.ir>6 -
banquet is described e $50 fecs A
Every article Of the service for sevSnfv 49,
and sixteen courses vas Of eold. snd On -.
was served on the oelsbrated EIlenhcr~rG
plate" At the table the sultan rsmerks6, S3
are all temperance folk In this NoA.ns.>a~S
country. See, all drink Is pinsappls iuSoe J
His guest gazed about the table, and {ouSl a.
the foreigners were the only psrsons vko ~
A.:.Afng ths vines provided for thsR H6o
nosswcsny ~ - nDSupyso0 e e. 80
sultan, Of this Malay STATE are prinsipeny q
nese. They are, il b statei, allowed . oS-:0
Johore and settle ON The best piscss~f nnd shsg
can find unoccupisd -
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Not Mary's Voice.

From the Detroit free Press.
Anybody that knows Josiah Smith. son of ole
Josiah Smith and grandson of old John Smith
and otherwise related to the Smith family
knows he is a good, serious, practical sort o,
man, who looks upon all sides Of a question
before committing himself to an opinion.
When Mr.. Smith courted his wife it took him
several years TO make up his mind before he
asked the important question. Everybody
around the house waited and wondered why he
didn't pop and II he ever would, but Josiah
kept on the even tenor Of his way, getting well
acquainted with Mary and the family before
taking the decisive step.
There was parrot in the house, q wicked.
evil-minded bird, who hated Mr.. Smith on
principle and never said a word in his presence.
or at least never did until-but thereby hangs
this tale.
Josiah had reached the point in his courtship
where he thought IL advisable to take a Kiss =
not q hurried smack Of affection. or an all.
devouring osculatory effect, but the prim,
proper, moderate kind Of kiss that goes with !
declaration OF love, like grace before meat.
Taking Mary's hand he asked her to stand mn.
as the occasion was solemn one.
I've will now indulge in our first kiss" he
said, In formal but convincing tone.
mot much" croaked voice that seemed 70
come from the air above their heads.
MARY" said Josiah solemnly, s.if Won can
indulge In such unseemly levity at such . mo-
ment we are not suited to one another"
Poor Mary was struggling with tear. n, a;s-
appointment, but before she could exnlain
matters to her angry sutton he had taken his
hat and left the house. -''
However, the spinster aunt Who owned the
parrot saw him the next day and explained
matters, and Polly had her ears boxed and was
s snIs up; 20 tnat the next time Josiah under
the right
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ever he pleased. This, however, was . custom
only Of the lower classes, and Il II now more
honored in the breach than the observance.
The Russian bride, howevsr, has hsr happiest
time just at the marriage. Ths peasants wife
world, and this is especially 20 during the arst
years Of her married life. She u the slsve OF
her husband, and, what 10 worse, abe d usually
the slave Of her mother-in-law, and she d
treated a. badly - the widow II in India,
Here, where the families Of three generations
often live together In . hut Of one or two rooms.
the young bride 10 not welcomed, and The hus..
band can do little TO protect her The oldest
man OF the family 10 boss Of the household.
and the Russian author Tikhomirov gives q
number of songs which illustrate how the bride
is received into the family. In Little Russia
Who l. 70 bring the wassr2 The daushtsr-in-
Law.
Vine Il TO be besten7 The daughter-in-hv.
Why Is she beaten? Because she Il the daughr
ter-in-law.
As soon - she comes sinse the family, the
older member: Of IT make war asatnst hsr.
They have brought ~ bear.
Says mother-in-law:
They have brought ~ an eater of msn.
Say ths brothsrs-in-law,
They have brought rs an unclean thing.
Bay the aunts:
And 30 the young woman spends her honey
moon, and 30 she Lives until she becomes an old
woman and Is ready TO avenge her wrongs upon
her daughter-in-lsw Of the future. Think Of
the troubles OF woman and or tho horrors of
having to raise families and 60 through Ill the
circumstances. Still this IL what these people
do, while laboring day after day in the fields;
they accomplish on the poorest of food the
work of able-bodied men.
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6ughters OF the man get only one-fourteenth
of the family inheritance, but by the law % the
peasants the right Of inheritance comes from
work Aionn. and there il no distinction between
wives and eoncubincs. The husband inherits
the vtfe's property only when they have lived
together more than ten wears, and otherwise
- goe- back - her parents. The peasant
women tAhe part IN the village assemblies and
widows Who are the heads Of families have the
right % vote There cases in which the
whole village assembly Is rlads mp of women
and this assembly divides tho land OF the village
AID q woman NAV be mayor Of the village IL
she u elected a. such
AMONG rHk PEASANTS.
The PEASANT women OF Russia are all hard
workers You see them everywhere in the fields
moving ard reapihg. spAding up the ground
and rsking the hay and doing. in fact. every
thing that man can do. They work IN gangs OF
twenty or thirty; and each gang Of women is
usually directed BY a man, who acts ~ overseer
and who ksep- them at their work They go
into the fields almost ~ soon as they are old
enough % walk and they work until they are
gray hairel Hard labor takes the beauty
out % theia and the older women have faces
hke loather, full % wrinkles and furrowed with
care. The younger girls are plump. bright
eyed and. IN some eases, pretty. have seen
tsv, besanf1l women among them. but there are
feSvery ugly ones. The type Of tho Russian
pea-ant's face IL that Of the hes, type OF
Q kind mother, aud the most Of the faces show
strength o. character and many Of them are
what you would call fine looking. Marriages
among the peasants are made both on the
grounds Of convenience and love. The sexes
associate - closely togsther in their work and
IN the villages tina, they have a chance &c
get thoroughly acquainted with one another
snd . good, strOng woman Just doubles
the working force Of tbs man who mar
ries her without very materially increasing
HIS sxpsnse-- Neither ser among the peasant.
spsads much upon dress. Ths women
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The Child Was Exper,enosd.

From the Detroit Tribune
NOW that We are together again for another
seasons work, :" said the teacher in the mission
sunday school, i've win have to arrange for
little entertainment-by the way" she added.
can any OF you children tell me what an enter.
Up went . Ittls hand ,n.,. ., A.. 49,,
benches. VIZ w Ss0A
We'll, what il II, Sammy"
ITS sumpin' ter eat"
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.c sose,smon.-"I hear that Pienepont has b.
=. Fulton. Domestic Is no na1s for ~ n,
nves In Brooklyn now, and when called 10 see
him last Sunday he was SITTING In tie Kitchen
working out the puzzles on the ohildren's page
OF religious weekly. Puck
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RUSSIA'SPRETTY GIRLS
All About Woman and Woman's
Rights in the Land of the Gar.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.

The Peasant Girls OF Russis-How They
Drsss and work-rhe Mohsmmetan Maid
eas--How the Daughters of the Merchants
Live-M.rried Life of the Upper Glasses.
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His Feelings We're Wounded.

DO you love me very much, pet?''
yes, indeed, papa, but you're beginning to
need shaving Just awfully."
fasens the darling child gently OF his lap,
sne s.iong man won't out on the back porch.
leaned against . pillar, looked despafrineiy
out into the darkness aud wept bitter. scslj.
ing tears. He had spent six of the hsriss,
weeks Of his life cultivating that first CROP oi
whiskers. VI
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z TORE OPEN THE
bundle with trembling
hands. He could hardly
restrain the words Of
excitement that were
evidently upon his
tongue. A great event
had como, for his fall
clothes had arrived
from London.
Did the package bear
the complicated, cabal-
istic signs by which
Uncle Sam marks the
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wear nothing but handkerchiefs upon their
heads while working in the fields and their feet
are generally bare. In the summer such shoes
as they use are made Of bark, woven into the
form Of slippers like basket work, and in the
winter they put great heavy boots Of felt upon
their feet Neither sex wears stockings and
they wrap q cotton rag around the foot and up
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maidens from Finland walking the streets side
BY side With the ed-haired girls who have been
imported thither from the Caucasus and
Georgia, and here at Moscow you ses the Tar
t.rs, thu CossAcks and the Armenisns mixed
toxsther with the other different types OF the
eighty provinces Of this vast empire. Along
tho yolga you will meet different cos
tunes and different races OF women at
every landing place, and the girls
Of Little Russia wear different clothes and
have different manners from those Of Great
Russia and South Russia. Here in Moscow there
ere Q vast number OF gipsies, and Russia has the
harem of the Mohsmmetau. the polyandry OF
the Hir.alayas and all the varied combinations
Of civilized love and marriage. The pure Rus
sians look upon marriage much as We do. and Of
late years the relations Of the sexes among the
upper classes have been almost a. free a. they
are with ne. The Russian lady Of today has her
friends among the young men of her acquain-
lance. and though she rarely goes about without
Q chaperone she receives her callers in her own
home and her ideal marriage is one Of love.
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"Mamma," said George, who is lust bee;n.
ming to wrestle with figures, chow do You writ
thirty-three? Now can make the three bul
how do you put down the thirt2"-Puck,
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CLOTHESFROM LONDON
The American Swell Thinks He is
Wonderfully Well Dressed.
BUT REALLY He IS NOT.

Engiish Tailors Never Fit q Man - American
Tailors Do-Ths Petty Kind OF Smuggling
That is Engaged in to Bring Foreign-Msde
Clothes to Friends in This Country.
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Would Let Him In On II.

From the st. Louis Republic.
A tall, lean citizen, wearing shiny suit and
An old plug hat, stood ct the bar and gulped
down half glass Of fiery liquid Then - the
stun began to warm his iawsrds he leaned
against the wall and eazsd oontemplstivsly At
sne Peopie VINO came and went Finally Q
dappsr young man hurried In and called for 3
glass OF beer. The old citizen moved stealthily
toward him and whispered:
don drink 1t, young man, don't drink It. a."
the youth.
"why. sir, That which YOU ara about 10 sv.I-
low contains bacilli choisrabua Don't touoh
it." "u'" =
"Oh, :tu9! Il that allf Thought you meant
It bad nies In II But say, old psrd, When I get
10 drinking whisky IN lot you IN on It. ssS2''
And ne CD ettissa dipped away visA 9 huzt
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their social relations and the story has gone
forth that every Russian noble has . mistress
in addition to his wife, and that it is not un-
common for the wife TO have her lover in ad-
dition to he's husband. This IL true to . GER
tain extent, but not more %, 4 think, than you
will find in some Of the other crest capitals
OF Europe. There are % many faith
fui wives and husbands in 81 Petersburg
as there are in London, and the fact that 1000
wives care enough for their husbands to follow
them into exile TO the wilds Of Siberia every
year shows that married love h strong In Rus
STA The car himself is said to be one OF the
best husbands in the world, and the conduct OF
the empress is above reproach.
FLANK G. CAHPENrxR.
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OF late wears the laws of marriage have been
raiicallv changed, and now females are for
hidden b we'd save between tine ages Of sixteen
and sixty. Men cannot marry until they are
over eighteen nor after they are eighty. and
divorce. are less common in Russia than thew
are with Us. The church OF Russia objects to
more than one marriage. 10 has it, peuances
for second and third marriage, and a man who
mArries n fourth time j. excluded from the holy
communion. Few marriages are made in the
upper classes without the consent of the parents
and In most cases the woman - expected to
bring q very respectable dot with her. i know
% American girl who recently married
Russian noble. The noble came 20 America
and the wedding celebrated in one of our
large cities. Before 10 took place. however. the
groom called upon the bride 5 father and asked
about the settlement. what settlement said
the old man. who had considerable wealth, but
who had not hitherto had daughter marry
Europesn baron
The settlement upon nv wife. was the re-
ply. Don't Won Intend to give her something
AZ the time she IL married.
II had not thought Of II. replied the old
man And how much do you think she ought
20 have?'
.sweIl," said the Russian noble with hem
and Q haw, ia seems to me that she ought 10
have a. least $4,000. II would not be bad
idea II tbs sum was sl00, 900.
don't know whether the old man objected
OF not. but a. the story Is told here he raised
the 90. 0o and put the securities for II in the
bank 10 his daughters order before the mar
rage took place.
wOMANs RISHTs.
The Russian woman now has more rights
AFTER marriage than she ever had before. Two
hundred years ago she vas little more than a
slave and the husbands horse whip always
hung over the oed of the married pair and it
used freely. Women were then seldom
seen upon The streets and Peter the
Great hal q way Of kicking them when
he met them here or in ST. Peters
burg and telling them that their place was home
and that they ough, u be in 1t. The wife beat
ing Of today h almost altogether confined to
the peasants. and the Countess TOlstoi told me
tina; even the peasants were improving in the
Treatment % thsir women The peasant women
have in fact many rights Of which the women
OF tho other parts Of the world know nothing
In the communal systems by which the
Villages Of Russia governed the women
stand on an equal footing with the men as re-
gard the distribution Of property, and they
have their share Of the property Of the village
according TO their share in the work Accord
Ing 10 Russian law the legitimate wives and
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uosSO", ocpL Il, 1oeZ-
HE WOMEN OF Rus.
STA,
How shall / describe
them?
They arelikeno other
women on the face OF
the globe, and still
among their millions
they have types Of
almost every race of
women known to man.
In ST. Petersburg you
See the fair-haired, blue
eyed, frecklsd = faced
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Special corre,poni-ncs Of IN. Evening Star
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-12
------------ - -
DiscOrd in the CONJUNCTION.

LONDON, Nov. Ill Special IL strong
Unioniss attack is directed against the
cvicsed tenants commission, which is g
part OF Gladstoncs schemes for the bet.
terment Of tho affairs in Iceland. Sails
bury aad Balfour nave both publicly
denounced what thcy term N =
parI!sanship Of Justice Mathews,
president Of tuo commission, and
nov it is announced sna. Murphy.
the cnly Unionis. member ~
the com nmision. has resigned ~ u
protest against Justice Hashsws re-
fusing to allow Carson, tho landlords
solicitor 20 croSs'oNs'niDc til witnesses
who appeared before the Commission at
its tirst sitting, wh;cn examined the
evictions on the C!anricHrde cs atcs
Strong efforts will be IL ADJ by the orpo-
sition 10 prevent any Unionist taking
the place madc vacant BIZ Murphy d
withdrawal.
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SHE HAD HIS MEASURE.
And He VIII Pass Her House by Next
Timc.

And He VIII Pass Her House by Next
Time.
The tramp knocked at the kitchen
door and the lady let him in, or rather
opened the door and blocked his DIS
sage.
What 10 you want?" she inquired
harshly
~ great many things. madam he
replied dcferentially. (which | never
expect to get. and in that respect | am
the equal Of the millionaire. However
that IS another story. To return TO your
inquiry. propounded Il few seconds ago
should reply that came to ask you
who the people are residing in the house
adjoining you on the right
"ls it any business of yours" she i'll
quired. preparing to shut the door
mo. madam" he said more politely
than ever, but | had some curiosity to
learn, being Il stranger in your large and
beautiful city"
This compliment to Detroit detained
her Il moment.
"Why do you want to know" she
ventured
Because, madam, the lady there |
am sure beyond the peradventure of a
doubt, is the very homeliest woman my
eyes ever rested upon-or rather. may
say, found only unrest upon-and she
dresses i'll such dreadful taste that really
it spoiled my appetite and could not
ask of her what | SO much hungeret, for "
Ho bowed and smiled expectantly
he had worked that gag many Il time
and oft.
Well" she replied so gently that he
could almost taste pic, nobody lives
there and hasn't for three months. Be
ing stranger i'll the city, is there any
thing else you would like to know
about?'
There might have been. but if there
were the tramp didn't ask it. He actu
ally blushed, ana touching his hat he
walked out, and taking himself around
into the alley he administered thereto IL
kicking, interspersed with remarks de
rogatory to blame fools and compli
mentary to sharp Detroit women. DE
troit Free Press
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A MODEL CAR SYSTEM.
Roanoke Has One That Compares Favora-
bly, With Any.

Roanoke Has One That Compares Favora-
bly, With Any.
Under the skilful management OF
W. +. Carr the Roanoke Electric Street
hallway Company are spreading their
iinos over She ontire city. From Ccys.
tai Spring on tho south TO Vinscn on
tho north, and from tho Lynchburg
turnpike on the east To the furnace in
tue West End tho trolley revoives. and
III short time aeon plctc loop consisting
o. Jefferson strcer, Railroad avenue.
Nelson streetand Campbell avenue will
be made. Tho people OF tho city will
,hen ne able 10 catch tho cars 20 ana
from all points.
Tho present electric car line covers a
distance OF ten miles, with an cxtrn.
sion OF TWO miles moro in tho near IN
turo, making The total distance covered
twelve miles. Eight splendid, and
nodernly equipped cars run under tho
trolieys at the presen. time and tho
number viii be increased to ten.
MIR. Carr. who built tho fino system of
tho st. Paul and Minneapolis car lines,
covering distance OF 235 miles, com
mcnctd the Roanoke lines on April 1st,
and en- Juno 18th, deccnnial day, tho
hrst car was run on jefferson street to
Crystal Springs, and on that day han
died 7,000 people. Tho central service
system covers tho streets OF jefferson,
Campbell. Franklin road, Patterson, the
Boulevard, Riverside Boulevard, Roam.
oke avenue west of the Improvement
Com pany, Bridge street as far as the
furnaces Of the Roanoke Iron Company,
Salem avenue, Commerce 10 Park and
Park street across the bridge 20 Shen-
an0oah avenue.
nc east system covers the streets OF
Randolph, Holiday, monwcalth,
rutherford, Kimball, Page Us far as tho
lynchbuTg turnpike. Then comes tho
Vinton line and Salem dummy line,
which Is owned by the same company
Next week tho following schedule will
be run: Cars on the Crystal, Sprirg line
every fifteen minutes; OF the Franklin
ROAD every half hour; east limo every
twenty minutes; Vintcn limo every forty
minutes; West End and Norwich every
twenty minutes.
The old sheds havo been removed
from the corner Of Railroad avenue and
Campbell avenue, to now quarters on
Earnest avenue with 4 shed capacity of
twenty-five cars. The shed is divided
into the following ompartmonts: A
motor repairing room, store room,
and pit for repairing cars. Tho motors
used ara of the Westinghouse and
Edison make and tho machinery at tho
power station is of the Edison manu-
facture.
Roanoke may we'll be proud of her
electric car system, as no other city of
equal sizo can claim q more perfect one.