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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14

Other owners had to pay for filling
their lots and he saw no reason what
ever why Yeaton's marsh should be fill
ed at tie public ,st.
Mr.. Flsner said that Surveyor Graves
thought the earth to be taken from
Wythe street, was needed to protect
the new Second ward sewer. He
thought the filling up of these lots
should be charged TO the property
owners.
After further debate by Mr.. Uhler
and Mr.. Davis, Mr.. Evans said if the
sewer needed protection and the marsh
requ r1d filing for sanitary reasons, the
work might as well be done and the
earth obtained in cutting down the
street used for these purposes.
Mr. Mushbach introduced an amend
ment prov ding thatif any private prop
erty be filled up the cost of the same be
charged to the owners of the real es
tate.
Mr.. Fisher accepted the amend
ment.
Mr.. Mushbach thought that Council
was called TO 90 blindly into this mat
ter and urged that there should be
more light before action.
Mr.. Aitcheson said that there had
been no lines given and no cuts or fills
set out He thought that time should
be taken to provide proper information
before any appropriation should be
made.
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on streets for estimates, sc.
Mr., McCuen urged action on the
resolution to relight gas lamps in sec
tons not lighted by electricity.
The chair said that was his resolu-
ton and he had often urged action
upon it.
The light committee was requested
to report on the matter at the next
meeting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14

The steamer which carried the Royal
Arcanum excursion ftom Washington
to Marshall Hall last night did not stop
at this city and those who had gone to
the wharf to join the excursionists were
disappointed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14
=tL-A-A
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sun rises tomorrow at 4:35 sun sets
-.a5 High water $50 q. m. and
ge0p m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14
CITY COUNCIL

The last regular meeting save one of
the present City Council was held last
night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14

WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs.--For this
cotton partly cloudy weather probably show
- near the coast this afternoon or this even
i,,,, north to east winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-14

EoUND-on Sunday SUM OF MONEY
u and some TRINKETS, which the owner
Gun obtain by calling upon private watcbman,
1 )21 King street, and paying for tt adyei-
tjSement. 1t
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Solved by u Woman.

Mrs. leila Nuttall, it is said has Mt
last solved the enigma of the Mexican
calendar which Won Humboldt and
many other great scientists have worked
at in vain. Mrs Nuttall's conclusions
have been accepted as final by arch@olo-
gists and astronomers, and alESelaborate
work will soon be published by her.
Mrs. Nuttall first made her discovery by
reading brief resume of her work be-
fore the anthropological congress at
Chicago. Years of work and the closest
study of mind trained III mathematics
and astronomy and stored with history
and archaeology were needed to unravel
this mystery of the calendar stone.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Needlewomcn In Paris.

An inquiry recently made into the con-
dition of the needlewomcn in Paris shows
that a worbwoman cannot count on
earning more than $50 francs, or e54 a
year, which is about 3s Id. day. The
designers and cutters out of patterns
and the filters of course are much more
highly paid, receiving in some cases sal
aries of 5000 to $500. and perhaps even a
share of profits The average earnings
of the ordinary seamstress may he put
down at little over shillings Il day.
NJ. Jules Simond in 1851 made an in
quiry into the matter, dealing with l01,-
600 cases, and he calculated the average
daily wage as about 16 pence. There
were among the women concerned about
1000 earning less than pence per day
and about 600 whose takings We're about
3 francs. Ten years ago the average
earnings of milliners were valued by NJ.
dHaussonville at over 3 francs a day,
and that of ordinary seamstresses as be-
tween 22 francs and 5 francs. If all
trades We're taken into account. the re-
suit was a little lower, as some trades
were cruelty undergrad. especially sack
making at which more than 8 pence a
day could not be earned even by IL hours
work.-St. James Gazette.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
THE LITTLE BROWN WREN n,

Fhere's little brown wren that has built In
our tree.
And she's scarcely as big as big bumblebcc.
Eho has followed house IN tho hoart of a
limb
And made the walls tidy and made tho 6oor
trim
With tho down of tho crows foot, with tow
and with straw,
fhe contest dwelling that ever you saw.
This little brown wren has the brightest Of
eyes
and n foot Of a very diminutive size.
Her tail is as trig as tho sail ola ship.
She's demure, though she walks with a hop
and a skip,
And her voice-but a flute were moro fit than
pen
10 tell of tho voice of the little brown wren.
One morning Sir Sparrow came sauntering by
And cast on the wren's house an envious eye.
With strut of bravado and toss Of his head,
"I'll put in my claim here" the bold fellow
said
So straightway he mounted on impudcnt wing
And entered the door without pausing to ring.
An instant-and swiftly that feathery knight,
All towsled and tumbled, in terror took flight
Whilo there by The door on her favorite perch.
As neat as IL lady just starting for church,
With this song on her lips, HE will not call
again
Unless he is asked" sat the little brown wren
--Clinton Scotland in Harper's Young People
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
WOMAN'S WORLD.
SYMPATHY WHICH EXPRESSED IT.
SELF IN A PRACTICAL WAY.

She Was Supcrstitious-NIethod Deacon
esscs In India-Thc Board OF Lady DInn-
agers-Frce Women In tho City of Lon
don-Nccdiewomen In Paris.
On hot day last summer n New York
woman passed through the city en- route
from her summer home in northern Yer
mont to the seashore for fortnight's
stay. Needing some gloves, she went to
shop at which she usually dealt, and
while making her selections noticed the
pallor and evident exhaustion of the
young woman who served her, a sales
woman she had often encountered in the
place before.
"You look tired" she commented. 81
presume your vacation will soon come"
81 have none," replied the girl briefly.
absurd, was the indignant response.
You can easily be spared at this dull
season.
''Oh, yes, but l can't afford to go
away. / have no place to go except
where must pay board, and that is out
of the question:
an of generous impulses. She bit her lip
anu tuouSuC 81 ulOuleut. Iuen Sn6 looked
again at the girl, whose air and manner
showed lassitude and WEAKNESS.
Gould you get a fortnight's leave at
once if you had place to go?" she asked,
and the girl thought she could, where
upon i'll brief conversation with the
proprietor the matter was arranged, and
the next morning the young glove seller
turned her back on the hot and dusty
city, ticketed through to her patrons
lovely summer home.
Meantime her kind hearted hostess had
sent a dispatch to her husband, whom
she had left in possession with several
male friends to enjoy the hunting and
fishing, announcing her portegees ar
rival and its import. Accustomed to his
wife's warm hearted ways and always
willing to second them, he saw to it that
the young stranger was received and
cared for. His wife's carriage was placed
daily at her disposal, and two weeks of
thorough rest were provided for her.
She was i'll her place III the shop again
when her benefactor passed through on
her homeward way, and the good of her
vacation was most satisfactorily appar-
ent Which is story absolutely true
Her Point of View i'll New York Times.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
a Highly contented old Maid.

One of the least popularity known but
most influential literary women in New
York is Ellen Hutchinson, the literary
editor of The Tribune, the collaboration
of f. G. Stedman in the History of
American Literature" and the author of
several volumes of poems-very good
poems, too, though little read. Nellie
Hutchinson, as her old friends call her,
does not look like Il poet, but like very
practical, somewhat severe little bust
ness woman. And indeed she is both.
The unfamiliarity of her name is due
to her boundless dislike of all personal
publicity of literary receptions, clubs,
and, in fact, of all the machinery of lit
erary life. She lives III Il flat of her own,
has Il few friends of whom she sees Il
great deal and is Il highly contented old
maid in her own way.-New York Re-
corder.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Free Women of tho City of London.

Lady Charlotte Schrieber is the only
woman i'll the world, if we except the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who can boast
of being Il free woman of London city
company. She owes this honor to the
Fanmakers. for She is at the present time
the great authority on ancient and mod
ern, foreign and British fans, and the
splendid collection which she lately pre-
sented to the British museum is visited
almost daily by people from all parts of
the world. Lady Charlotte was born in
the year of Napoleon's retreat from Mos
COW and was the only daughter of the
Earl of Lindsay
Although her greatest interest will al
ways be her fans (she spent something
like 90 years in collecting the $50 rare
specimens now in the museum), she has
performed piece of very practical phi
lanthropy in erecting shelters for the
London cabmen, who would all be proud
to give her IL ride for nothing Lady
Charlotte is now quite elderly, but she
is full of bright intelligence and is at
present engaged in an exhaustive work
on old playing cards. The queen, who
is also collector of curios, takes great
interest in Lady Charlotte's treasures
and accepted the dedication of her book
on fans.-Pall Mall Budget.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
a Messenger Girl.

In Easthampton, Mass, the people re-
ceive their kilograms with promptness
that makes the neighboring towns green
with envy. The reason is that the "tele-
graph messenger boy" is girl, and that
baseball. marbles and dog fights have no
charms for her. She lisa 1O-year-ol girl,
named Elsie Cough, and she works in
order that her big brother may 90 to
school. She is also saving up her earn.
ings to buy bicycle, and her present
ambition, aside from the bicycle, is to
become telegraph operator. Boston
Herald.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

conspicuous figure Of the assembly.
Next to her an elderly, but very Wig
orous lady, whose blond hair refuses to
turn gray and hangs in curls behind her
ears, is an object of interest. This is
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister OF
Henry Ward Beecher, and a very bright
and interesting woman. She is always
to be found in her place at the left of
the front row and keeps sharp outlook
Oh all that is transpiring.
There are two little managers who are
known as "the tigers" and their mission
appears to be to contest and wrangle
over every question. This tall, hand
some woman, who is remarkably we'll
versed in parliamentary law, is Mrs.
Eagle, wife of the governor of Tennessee,
and that slender, handsome woman with
gray hair and bright, black eyes is Mrs.
Rosine Ryan, real estate dealer from
Texas. Mrs. j. J. Bagley's fine face
wins the confidence of listeners at once,
and the lady is one of the broadest mind
ed of all the managers. Mrs. Meredith
of Indiana has fine red cheeks and pref
ty hair and is straightforward in all her
methods. Altogether it is unique gath
ering, for it represents the first national
congress of women convened for the
management of national interests. -New
York Ledger.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Side Dishes.

Side dishes are not used any more.
Bone dishes We're never favored by peo-
pie born in the purple. One vegetable
is served on the plate with each course,
and if more are desired IL separate course
is made of asparagus, artichoke, kale,
caulifiower. etc. The only accepted side
dishes are the lettuce for the game and
the plate of cucumbers TO go with the
fish. For these rclishes tea or dessert
plates are used. and not the oval dishes
so suggestive of soup dishes.-New York
Telegram.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
London Literary Women.

More than so women sat down ut the
recent literary ladies' dinner" at the
Criterion i'll London-a banquet of an
nual occurrence now become famous.
Everything was original about the feast
even to the menu, OH which were
quaint designs of imps and ink bottles.
This year Miss Mathilde Blind sat at the
head of the table and made the speech
of the evening. One interesting feature
of her remarks was her advocacy of
making Christina Rossetti poet laure-
ate.-LondOn Correspondent.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
She WINS Suncrsiiiinns

There is Il young lady in the census
Office who is IL smart, clever and well
informed girl generally. bat she is as
superstitions rs may be.
Some time ago she secured her regular
leave and Went to Atlantic CITY to
spend it,
Arriving at Il swell hotel, she was as
signed Il room. She had unpacked her
things, attlred herself in Il most attract
i've dress and was about to 90 down to
dinner when she discovered that the
number of her apartment was 13. With
out moments delay she hastily dis
robed and pat on her travelling dress,
repacked her trunk, and hurrying down
to the office directed the clerk to send
for an express wagon to take her lug
gage to another hotel. When the as
tomshed young man requested a reason
for her sudden determination, she told
him. He said another room would be
placed ut her disposal, but she replied
that she could not sleep under the roof
after such warning as that" and off
she went to another hosiery.
Next day she made her way to Jack
sons bathing house to take hot bath.
When she was conducted to it, she gave
Mortified shrek and nearly tainted. It
was bathroom 49,
AS hurriedly as she had left the first
hotel she got away from Jackson's es-
adjustment and rushed to her stopping
place, and despite the pleadings of half a
dozen friends who had called on her she
threw her things into her trunk and took
the next train for home.
She said she wouldn't have remained
another minute longer in Atlantic City
if the entire island was given to her.
Washington Star.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Ruth NIcHcnry Stuart,

Mrs. Ruth McHenry Stuart, the au-
thor of The Golden Wedding" and other
admirable negro stories, has left her old
home i'll New Orleans and will spend the
winter in New York. Her literary asso.
Citations arc principally among what is
knowna as the Harper set," and she is
definitely enrolled as what the magazine
people call Harper pet" She is a
slender, dark eyed, middle aged widow,
has one child, son, is very bright
talker and full of generous interest in
other peoples work New York Adver-
tiSer
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Methodist Dcaconesses In Inaia.

From the very first it has seemed near
ly impossible to get the idea clearly fixed
i'll the public mind that Methodist dea-
coness is woman who devotes herself
to any work to which she is adapted,
and which the church is willing to give
her. The popular notion is that a dea-
coness is a woman who visits the sick
and poor and devotes herself to such
forms of holy drudgery as other women
shrink from. Such is by no means her
calling. Her mission is wide as the
world and broad as the sphere of human
wants. In our faroff India we have
never limited our duties within the mar
row boundaries set up for her in most
parts of the United States.
For instance, the principal of the only
Christian woman's college in all Asia is
Methodist deaconess. The principal
of the Calcutta girls school, our largest
boarding school in India, is a Methodist
deaconess. The editor of two of our
Indian periodicals is Methodist deacon
ess. The most successful and gifted lady
evangelist working among the natives of
India is q Methodist deaconess. A dozen
or more of our working lady missionaries
in India are Methodist deaconesses. One
Of our most active lady physicians is a
Methodist deaconess. In short, we have
long since solved this question, which the
good people in America are just begin
ming to debate, and we are able to call
the attention of the church not only to
what we have attempted. but to what
we have actually accomplished in the
way of enlarging the sphere in which
deaconesses can move and ct.-Bishop J.
NJ. Thoburn in Western Christian Advo-
cafe
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Houseworkcrs and Artists.

AT the recent annual convention of
the Pacific Coast Women's Press asso-
citation one of the speakers, Mrs. Sarah
Pratt Carr described the Arcadia from
which she came, Lemoore, Tulare coun-
ty, Cal. In Lemoore it seems the ladies
attend faithfully to household work
and yet find time to cultivate the muses..
"a woman" says Mrs. Carr, 'will leave
a beautiful picture half painted on the
easel to cook her husbands dinner, and
neither the picture nor the dinner suf-
fers"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

An attache of religious bookstore in
this city has spent so many years of his
life among theological volumes that he
is Scriptural or nothing, but he some
times evolves misfit. When his atten-
ton was called the other day to rose
neatly attached to the lapel of his coat
and an insinuation thrown out that q
lady friend might have had something
to do with it, he paralyzcd the insinuator
by saying, mo, sir; | gathered that rose
from my own vine and fig tree. Pitts
burg Commercial-G Gazette.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
She Felt Chicago.

Miss Marion Couthony Smith of East
Orange, N. j.. whose poem on Chicago"
printed last March in The Century, was
reread a week ago in the Womans build
ing at the fair, prefaced its recent read
ing with the remark: Among the news
paper comments upon this poem was one
which amused me greatly, and pleased
Inc also, because of its uEintentional
praise. The critic said of me: She evil
IDENTIFY lives in Chicago' | am native
of Philadelphia and now live just across
the river from New York. never saw
Chicago until last week, but l felt her."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Women as Duelists.

a we'll known woman's rights cham
pion has founded school for fencing in
Paris. y condition of membership is
that the pupils place their swords at the
service of woman's emancipation. They
intend to be able to defend their cause
at the point of the rapier, and one of the
rules is that the members conduct their
practice secretly, that the persons with
whom they may have to fight duels may
not learn their methods. Paris Figaro.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Miss Lee a. Starr.

Miss Lee A. Starr, who was compli-
mented by ex-Chief Justice Agnew as a
lecturer during the constitutional cam
paign in Pennsylvania, graduated Mt its
last commencement from the United
Presbyterian Theological seminary in
Allegheny City, after delivering an elo-
qnent sermon i'll the seminary before the
faculty, students and invited guests
Philadelphia Record
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
CITY DIRECTORY.
ofthe Principal Business Houses
of Roanoke, Va.

The following is published daily for
the benefit Of strangers and the public
generally. 1t includes all trades and
professions and cannot fail to prove of
interest to all who intend transactine
business in Roanoke:
PLUMBING.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING COM
PANY.
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, ETO
B0wDRE SHOE CO., ITO South Jefferson st.
FURNITURE, CARPETS. ETC.
Z. Ii. STEWART FURNITURE CO.
VIM. +. BAKER CARPET co.
REAL ESTATE.
j. F.WINGFIELD.
j. 5. GROVES " CO.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
-. AhlWEG, Terry Building
ARCHITECTS.
CHAS. C.;WILSoN, Commercial Bank Building.
G. II. WERTZ, Commerce Street.
DRY GOODS.
HEIRONIMUS n BRUGH Commerce Street.
ROSENBAUM BROS, Salem Avenue.
CLOTHIERs AND GENTS FURNIsHERs
K ~ s., Salem Aycnuc.
DUGGAN ~ SAUL Ell, Jefferson Street.
PIANOS s. ORGANS.
HOBBIBlMUSIC co.
HOTELS.
HOTEL LEE, EUROPEAN, Commerce Street.
HOTEL ALEXANDRIA, Chicago.
PRINTfNGiAND BOOK BINDING.
STONE PRINTING CO., Opposite Hotel Roa.
nOke.
ROOFING AND METAL CORNICES
ROANOKE ROOFING AND METAL CORNICR
COMPANY.
IRON WORKS.
CUSHMAN IRON COMPANY.
MARBLE WORKS.
JARRETT " BROWN, Camp ell Avenue.
DRUGGISTS
MASSIE ~ MARTIN, Commerce Street
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
What Is Their Motive?

The Japanese government is now clos
ing the schools it had established for the
higher education of girls. The mission
aries think that the reason for this is
largely due to the fact that educated
women rebel against the degrading Gus
tom of polygamy, which the government
at present sanctions. -Jenness Miller
Monthly
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

more than half, though 1t is said to be
increasing in other parts Of the country.
Wyoming's neighbor, Oregon, has 81
times as many offenders. In all the
prisons of Wyoming not one woman was
ever imprisoned for any offense what
ever. The Wyoming house of repre-
sentatives itself has declared that under
woman suffrage the jails of the state are
almost empty.-Chicago Post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
The Board of Lady nianngers.

The sessions Of the board of lady man
ayers of the Worlds fair have been
quite an interesting feature of the great
exposition, and visitors in great num-
bers have sought admission. Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer is a graceful and able pre-
siding officer. and naturally the most
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
Business Scheme.

Clcrk-Might ask what you intend
to do with these 500 young men you are
advertising for:
Shoe Dealer-I am going to give one
away with each pair Of women's shoes to
keep them--tied. -Indianapolis Journal.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14
woman Suffrage In Wyoming.

Woman suffrage in Wyoming has II
record of which its friends may he
aroud In the ~ years from 1880 to 1890
the ratio of crime to population fell off
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

Special books are fad this season, es.
pecially those for youthful brides. The
richest cover for brides prayer books,
which contain only the marriage service
are Of MORE or sick, suede kid, or of
white satin MORE or silk corduroy.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

Miss Gaines, the president of that club
of clever Jersey City women calling
themselves 1.-The Odd Volumes" is re-
cent and valuable acquisition to the lee
ture platform.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

Two girls recently walked from Mus
kegon, Mich, to Chicago. Another WON
an walked from Dallas to Chicago. AL
together Professionalism seems to be gain
ing in favor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

The new organization of Roman Cath
Ole women, to be known as the Catholic
Women's National league, has made a
beginning in Chicago by opening day
nursery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

Hair parted in the middle, combed
low on the ears and having II tiny curl
in the center of the forehead will be the
most popular style for this winters de-
butantes,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-14

A dispatch from Melbourne says that
the legislative council in Wellington,
New Zealand, has passed the women's
franchise provision of the election bill.