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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
REIGN OF THE RUFFLE.
A Grave Professor Explains It on
Scientific Grounds
The "Everlasting Womanliness" In Dress
Part Of the Universal Plan-Mod.
ern Women and tho Pretty
Frivolities Of the Day.
lCoPYRIGHr, 1887

ICoPYRIGHT, 1897
1.-THE essence Of femininity," said the
philosopher, beaming mildly upon us
through his glasses, 1.-The essential
feminine qualities of mind"
us it possible" said sweet young
girl, all smiles and curves and DIM
Piles, and amber locks in chronic re-
bellion, and devoted admirers in de-
spairing subjugation equally chronic,
that grave professor thinks at all
of such frivolous subject as women?"
"My dear young lady" said the
professor with mild effusion, 1.-The
study of psychology, which includes
all stories and all phases of human in
terest, must, when pursued by men,
concern itself chiefly with women. OF
men we are compelled to know some
thing, principally because we are men,
partly because we daily associate with
men and share their condolences. But
the great. mysterious, unknowablo
Sex. half tho human race in number
and infinitely more than half in i'm
portance, because the training of
youth is in feminine hands 50 largely;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
OUR NEAR NEfGHRORS.

01R<azakF Of the population of Mex
leo are fniiaAeode,i Indians
IsSnath america boy who wants
TO o-'n q pet animal gets q monkey in
stead of a deg.
IL Caha etiquette requires that re-
quest from eae smoker to another for
= light mast always DO honored
In the last ten years, 10000 resi-
dents Of tbs province Of Quebec have
emigrsteS. Most of them have taken
mp Their rct.5 zace in tho United States.
IL scEe parts Of y sxieo, the party In
power Ras2ntSia their positions by
throwing into jan their political op-
P&nents en- tfre eve OF On election.
Then the election is decided, the dis
franchised are released.
THE little town of Newport, Hants
county, Nova Scotia. has population
Of about 1,400, and there are among
them forty persons, twenty Of them
women, whose united ages amount to
$500 years. an average of S4 years each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
PRESS PICKIN0S.

IT is an offense to throw waste paper
in the streets of Spokane, Wash.
ACCORDING to measurements given in
the Bible, Noah's ark was a larger YES
sci than the Great Eastern.
In the Henry mountains, in southern
Utah, is a mound covered with giant
crystals. Perfect prisms Of selinite
five feet long are found there.
The drinking of salt water is said to
be a perfect cure for sea-sickness,
though it makes the patient very
miserable for few minutes after he
has taken the cure.
A SUIT over the burglary Of eleven
dollars in the court at Centerville. N.
Y, has already cost the county and
the several parties in the suit over a
hundred times the amount Of the orig
inal loss.
ONE room in the Tenderloin club of
New York is papered with six thou
sand playing cards, while another is
covered with theater tickets, and con-
tains cornice of champagne corks
right round it.
GLORIA, which is now extensively
used in the manufacture of umbrellas
and dress pieces, is product of silk
and wool of fine quality, its high de-
gree of luster being due to the silk
which it contains
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

ST think I'll tell Mile. Celestine to
put on one or two MORE" murmured
the mink.
Was the professor right?
It would seem so from the most
cursory glance, wouldn't it? These
are the last days of the ''woman's cen.
tury." Look at the shops, the streets.
the boudoirs, the bathrooms. The
ruff1e and what it stands for-the
idea of femininity and futter and all
the dear things that begin with "f''-
is supreme over womanhood in its
latest and best estate. Never before
had fashion-another ''f'-such i'm
perious and universal Sway.
It happened that l took the pro-
fessor's words with me upon the street
next day. The breeze was crisp but
kindly. The prettiest defender from
its too imperious wooing that saw
was neat jacket, than which nothing
could better illustrate the "everlast-
ing womanliness," as Goethe put it.
Consider. if you please, the fluff
Of fur at the wrist, the exaggerated
lines of the upper sleeve, the
beautiful flowing outline of the
bodice, cut to suggest the figure,
not reveal it. There was q wide flow
ing collar of the same fur that edged
the front, and beneath that queer
collarette of black and white stripes.
And all of it, the wide collar, the flow
ing sleeves, the big useless buttons
and all, though the garment is not
frovolous as such things go, prove how
far woman yet remains from bold lit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
OLD SED GRAY.

MEa. HAHNlT CAY. OF Brunswick,
Ne, dina recently ia her one hundred
and FIRST year.
E1-SEN3ToR JOSEPH u. Brown, Of
Georgia, is said to be failing fast. He
Is now about seventy-two years of age.
,JoHN VARyAN, of Indiana, Is in his
ninety-first year, and doubtless tho
oldest legislator in the world. He has
voted at eighteen presidential cleo
tons
A-woMAN named Mary Smeaton, re-
siding in tho suburbs of Cincinnati, al
though east the age of ninety-one, has
within TIM last year cut four new
teeth.
JUDGE JAMES A. LEWIS, who died fine
other day at Ellcton, Md, was long
the private secretHry Of John M. Clay
ton, and as such il was his task to
write at Dir. Clayton's dictation the
original draft of tho Clayton Bulwer
treaty. The private secretary lived to
become probate judge OF Cecil county,
Md
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
PERSONAL PuEASAN1RlES.

You've Mr.. Wolcott, of Colorado, ha.
earned the reputation Of being the
most expensive eater in congress.
GEORGE GOULD announces that he is
in favor of an income tax. Every
rich man." he says, should be taxed
in proportion to his income"
ME. JAMES SMITH, who was crowned
some years ago watermelon king OF
Boone county, Mo-, has this year
raised pumpkin eight feet around the
waist.
Mrs. SAMUEL BENNETT, Of Tanner
W. Va, has twenty-nine children. She
is forty-six, Mr.. Bennett ffty-three,
and the twenty-nine young BENEFITS
are right peart.
CORD MEYER, JR-, the democratic
candidate for secretary Of state of New
York, is thirty-nine years old and a
millionaire. He is fond of yachting,
fishing and outdoor recreation gener-
ally.
Few couples reach the SEVENTEEN
anniversary of their wedding. This
distinction, however, has just been en-
joyed by Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin
Stevens. of Hannibal. Mo. Mr.. Stevens
is ninety-three and his wife eighty
eight years of age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
IN CROWDED CHINA.

THE tao. or knife coins, Of China,
made current B. c. 2,453, were of iron,
in the shape of daggers.
CHINESE burglars wear not a scrap OF
clothing and artfully braid their pig
tails full Of fish hooks for obvious rea-
sons
In China boy begins his schooling
at five years of age and IS at his study
nearly twelve hours day, seven days
in the week.
In China white is the color of mourn
ing; in Egypt, yellow; in Turkey,.vio-
let; in Ethiopia, brown; in Europe,
during the middle ages, white.
A CURIo dealer at Annoy, China, owns
a group Of figures carved from gnarled
tea roots. which stands nine feet high,
weighs $50 pounds and is valued at s13o.
The Chinese doctors lot is not who'll
~ happy one. Four members of the
Imperial College Of Physicians at Pekin
failed recently to make 4 proper dag
nosis Of the emperor's indisposition
and were punished by being fined q
years salary.
THE favorite headdress for a lady in
China is tho figure of bird composed
of copper, silver or gold. The wings
are made to droop over tue temples.
the tail covers the back of the head,
the head and breast plumage are just
above the brow.
KEROSENE oil is rapidly growing in
favor as cheap illuminant in China.
The consumption, which was s,256, 900
gallons in 1882, had risen to 1885, 600
in 1891. Of this amount so per cent.
was imported from America and 20 per
cent, from Russia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. YE, the Corean minister at Wash
ington, and his wife attend the Pres
byterian church, but not in Corean cos
fumes, which they wear only upon
state occasions.
BUFFALO BILL has bought ten.thon-
sand-dollar residence in North Platte,
Neb., very near the spot where he
killed his first Indian, and there he in
tends to spend the rest of his life.
Mrs DUaAs, daughter of Gov. Pick
ems, Of South Carolina, died lately, and
her body was borne TO the grave by ex-
slaves, not one of whom LETT the serv-
ice of the family, Notwithstanding the
emancipation act.
JOHN HOOKER, husband of Isabella
Beecher Hooker 1sister of the late
Henry Ward Beccher), has just re-
signed the position of reporter of the
supreme co0rt Of Connecticut, which
he had held for thirty-si1 years.
TUE estate of the late Edwin Booth
Is valued at six hundred and FIVE thou
sand dollars, and tho greater part of it
is loft to his only daughter, Edwina
Booth Grcssman. A life of Booth,
written by his friend. William Winter,
Is soon TO be published.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

THE first American counterfeiter, Sc
far as known, was one William Buel,
of Vermont.
THE Aztecs filed quilts with gold
dust, sealed them and passed them
from hand to hand as coin.
THERE are 1905 daily newspa pers in
the world. Over one-third of them
n.757) are published in the United
States.
A WATCH that is claimed to have once
kept time for Napoleon was shown in
the Swiss exhibit in the Manufactures
building at the worlds fair.
HUMAN hair varies in thickness from
the 25oth to the 6O0th part of an inch.
The coarsest fiber of wool is about one
500th part Of an inch in diameter. the
finest only the 1,50oth part.
IN Vineland, n. J., there is an cpl
demic OF the hiccoughs. One man was
attacked by it and for three weeks his
life was in danger: another was IN bed
six days before the attack could be
stODped
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

eralness of apparel cut to fit the need.
And, oh, how thankful we women
must be if we can fulfill manifest des-
tiny and wear stunning three quar-
ter length jacket all at once. And if
that picture hat we've all been longing
to buy is a part of the universal plan
and purpose!
The picture hat, indeed, represents
the furthest possible remove from
Gradzrindish practically. With its
great fiat disc of felt, twisted and
tortured into thousand fantastic
forms, it's aigrettes and plumes and
ribbon bows, it fouts the future to the
face and cries, exultant: 81 am vom-
IN, and reign because l am as am!
And never shall be very much differ
ent!''
( Comforting. isn't il?
| l almost wished the professor might
be with me as looked forth upon one
of the earliest balls of the season.
There was high-necked evening dress
worn there with languid grace which
would have suited his theories ad-
mirably. AS remember it there rose
from foot to waist long folds of soft
white silk. so that thought of Tenny-
sons line:
Clothed IN white samite, mystic, wonderful"
It is time to leave generalities which
do not even glitter for the considera-
ton of that most feminine of all robes,
the ball gown. How. since last spring
we babe it adieu, have mesdames the
milliners sought to produce in it that
variety which is the spice of their life
Is Of others?
Ono l have selected for description
because it seems most cleverly to adopt
tho seasons specialties, the point and
tho dounce. The points are distributed
In wide undulating row about the
lower skirt; the lounce falls therefrom
to tho floor, shimmering cascade Of
lace, tho joining line marked by a
loosely-twisted roll Of silk fastened at
the upper angles by rosettes. Rea-
sonably plain is the skirt, but It's
material, lustrous tinted stuff of won
derful sheen, distinguishes it. The bod
ice is of satin ip one of the seasonable
browns. with a curious effect of being
wrapped about the bust and fastened
under the left arm. Above this there
is a vice tucker" of creamy lace,
than which the satin skin seen through
and above it CLEANS more white, the
ballooning sleeves are of the same
filmy lace, and odd little double epaul-
cites at either shoulder recall TO mind
the memory of last seasons multiple
ity Of capeS ELLEN OSBORN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
D''NERvEsErps.s
THE GREATEST THINGS.

The deepest coal mine is in Belgium,
$3.50 feet.
| The Oldest known poem is the song
of Miriam.
TIE oldest collection of poetry is the
Book of Psalms.
The greatest marvel Of modern times
is the printing press.
! THE most wonderful clock il that in
| Strasburg cathedral.
! THE deepest artesian well is At Pots
dam, $500 feet deep.
TIE largest city in the world is Lon
don, 4,,64, 312 persons.
THE highest waterfall is the Yosem-
ite in California. 1850 feet
! THE largest cataract in the world is
| Niagara, nearly a mile wide.
THE oldest cannon in the world are
preserved in Constantinople.
THE deepest silver mines in America
are the Comstock. 2. roo feet.
THE United States has the greatest
number of miles of railroad.
TIE tallest iron tower is the Eiffel
monument at Paris, $50 feet.
THE deepest mining shaft is at Priz-
dram. in Bohemia, $3.50 feet deep.
THE finest sea mirage is the Fata
Morgana, in the straits of Messina.
The Oldest college in the United
States is Harvard, founded in 1888.
THE largest building in the United
States is the capitol at Washington.
| THE fortune or Mrs. ". Il. Wander
bilt is estimated at thirty million dol
lars. Z
AT the Catholic congress Of the
worlds fair Mrs. Rose Hawthorne
Lathrop read a paper on woman and
Mammon."
PRINCESS LOUISE is said to be very
superstitious, and sometimes will not
attend public functions as agreed upon
on the plea that she knows it will be
one of her bad days"
PRINCESS OF WALES is said to have q
collection Of laces worth fifty thou
sand pounds. Whom the princess mar
ried, the king of the Belgians gave her
ten thousand pounds worth of laces:
Only one other woman in England, and
she the queen, has finer collection
of rare laccs.
THE chamber of commerce Of Cuba
sent woman journalist, Sonora Eva
Camel, editor of Havana political
weekly, to make report of the Chi
cago exposition for it's use. Sonora
Camel is novelist as we'll as a newspa-
per woman. and has also written brill
liant papers for Spanish and South
American magazines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

that It is which the philosopher mus
study all his days, yet never with AM
hope of learning his lesson. It is S,
vaot.'
'"Then, perhaps, if you have made /,
study Of women you can tell US abou
the fashions" said the young mink
THAT interests US"
and very properly" said tho pro
fessor.
''Oh. what an unusual sense in .
mere mani Tell us, professor, are
rlfaes really going to last? You know
what mean The thingumbobs tina,
go all round the skirts and flap So"
You misunderstood me-" said The
professor, blushing little. Fashions
in detail I do not know at all; but
what may be by rufhes symbohzed, the
frou-frou, the daintiness, the poetry
the frivolity, Il yon like, OF
feminine costume will last be.
cause it is founded on the inherent
womanly quality in mind. used to
think there was no sex in thought
was set right, or set ON the right
track, by scholar whose years and
wisdom commanded respect. There
was, he told ne-aad l have since
found this to he true-en essentially
feminine quality Of mind that inheres
through all time, that always VIII en-
dure. though subject TO great modifca-
ton"
But the advanced woman Does
she, ana will she, wear rufaas?"
"Ruffles or their equivalent The
emsncipated woman, delighted In tho
new freedom which the 'woman,s
century gives her. at first eHervesces
into eccentrieities and bubbles into
conventionalities like vino newly
poured. But this ebullient state
doesn't last. She settles down into
the same kind Of woman at heart that
her unlenrned sister is, . womanly
woman. She insists ON the rights and
privileges of her womanhood. Present,
company is always excepted. The
most intellectual women have known
have been the most feminine; most
fond Of ruffles. if you insist on particu-.
lars They are not reactionariss.
They believe In voting when they get
tho chance, md ell that. But they
ycarA Tor the dominant uastsrful
quality In man and for the Gentler
qualities in women. And they like
dresses, and y dress reform ever pre,
walls upon tho feminine conscience
as. Of course. ii ought-it must first
conform TO the femiaine instinct for
deintiness. prettiness. The advanced
woman is ia instinct more conservative
than in theory. Her instinct is wiser
than her theory. She dislikes to be-
conspicuous So she submits to the
great leEei!nS democracy of dress"
''Oh, professor, that's a bad break"
said the impertsnent creature. "The
democracy OF sress, indeed"
Certainly. The Democracy of con-
ceSiueat- There has been democracy
in usn's dress since she French rsvo-
luton BDadly speaking, all men are
dressed alike. Tho skirt, the rufie,
tho fan. tas feather, are the greatest
lsrelers that ohliterate class distine-
tons and ciea@e the social strata asun.
der to show that Flora McFlimsey is,
after all, more like her washerman
than she is like the gallant who brings
her roses; infinitely more like"
Then ruffles are a sort of high and
holy duty" said the hostess. mindful
that her tete-a-tetes should not last too
long.
They are mere and better than
duty, dear madam" said the professor
wiping his eyeglasses, they are mani
fest destiny and the fulfillment of
natures law
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

6rycn 1897 there have bscr, exported
trom Cape Colony So.oco,cCo carats of
diamonds approaching . total valne of
t3so. ccc.oco
Stays exports LAST year included no
less than six aral one-tsalf tons of birds
nesta sens 10 Hong Kong to make the
celebrated Chinese soup.
IL Is stated that an American house
has concluded CONTRACT for 2, son. 900
hOus Of SaYssnesc coal. to be delivered
ut San Francisco in the corrsc cf the
hsxt tco yearA Hitherto tie coal i'm
ported at san Frapciaee has been prin-
Dipsuy Australians.
tx California Gariny the second week
81 THIS mouth nearly cye mili;o. pounds
of fruit were shipped tg rallssad from
Santa Clara county skcGa. 81 his
hmonrs nearly three ard half million
pounas. including 1850 pounds OF
Bartlett peers cs--,- east.
Austria hasreeeafly sliowed women
70 practice medicine IN Bosnia. In other
parts Of the empire the profession il
010oed to them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
FASHIONABLE FANCiES.

SATIN is one of the favorite trim.
mings for very light colored and white
wool materials.
THE newest importations OF fancy
galloon show some elaborate and very
elegant designs
A GREAT deal OF Irish-point and vari-
Gus antique laces are worn with ma
terials of all sorts
THE fehu cape with long ends fall
ing over the front of the skirt is one OF
the features of autumn costumes.
YELLOW and black Is one OF The most
perfect combinations fer brunettes. es-
pecially those with but little color.
SHoULpgg-cArEs for autumn are made
with double fronts in Russian style
and enormously fall-plaited collars
VELVET ribbon rs trimming IS COM
ing into favor again and dresses and
wraps trimmed with velvet ribbon two
inches wide are among The novelties
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
NemeSis.

Sweet Girl-My hired chaperone saw
you kiss me last night
Adorer-My graciousi What did you
do?
Sweet Grill discharged her.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
Boasts.

Toni saw a mountain this summer
so high that it was in the clouds.
Jack-Tfats nothing. / saw a val
ley 50 deep that il was in a lake
Harper's Young People.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
A Singular Error.

"Haw-haw" laughed the Chicago
man, as he read che bill of fare You
fasteners make some queer mistakes.
You've got croquettes under the head
Of entries Ont west croquette is a
game. Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02
Lo.Lc L. Logic.

May l call you Mae?"
But you have known me such a
short time"
Yes; but Mae is such shor; name. .
Puck
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

When Bsby was sic;, We gave her CastoffA
whcc she VS. Child, she cried for CastoriA.
When she became Miss, ssae cl'ug Is Castoris.
0hen she had Children, she gave them Cssto-ia
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-02

A Newport tKy.) girl married
fellow seven feet tall She had loved
him long. Plain naAlAA
, 1893-10-14
DIE ATEIS
registered of persons buried in
the public. cemeteries

CHRISTIAN TED.

sent CHRISTIAN TED.
lLNr William Henry Greonadge of Barba-
dos. former Retailer in his town, aged
AZ years.
Hans Christian Dons Of Denmark, iri-
waite in tho Infantry of the lBt Company
aged 20 years.
5-Invalid. Johannes Williams Of the Luna
tic Asylum at Richmond, age not given. :
8-Widow, Mrs. Mary Wiihams OF Frederik-
sted, age not given.
u-Domestic. Victoria Harligan of this
town, aged 80 years.
I5-Infant. Nehemiah Emmanuel Christian
of this town, aged 3 months.
20-Pauper. Joseph Greenadge of Est.
Granard, age net given.
22-Domestic, Sarah Ann Plaskett Of this
town, aged 66 years.
Invalid, Ann Eliza Sacky of the Luuatlc
Asylum at Richmond, age not given.
24-Coachman, Jacob James Petersen,
(alias George PETERSEN Of this town,
aged IS years.
23-Domestic, Eliza Thomas still born male
child
20 Widow, Mrs. Martha Arnold, born
Robinson Of this town, aged 80 years.
Sept. FREDERIKSTED.
: Cooper John Abraham William Of Kings
Hill aged u years.
2-Korporal, No. s, Peter Christian Bawiath
Nielsen Of Yiborg, aged rs years.
Cook. Bridget William of Est Betty's
Hope. aged so years.
10 Cooper, Charles Richard Of Est. Gaslin
Bay, aged 81 years.
I8-Iuiant. Elizabeth Christopher o. this
town. aged 5 weeks.
l9-Infont, Cornelius Frederik Of this town,
aged 5 days.
24-I2fant Maud Elizabeth Ferris of this
aged 5 months.
26-Wilham Croswith Of Est. Hardlabor, aged
% years.
"-La6onrer. Richard Wilson of Montserrat,
aged 24yea:s,
27-Sailor, James Jonas of Est. Springgarden
aged 20 years.
, 1893-10-14
T E l. Z q r A NJ s !

Ut. DKOEX STAIIVN
London, Oct. 18th = Sir Napier Broomo, Sir
Charles Bruce and Sir Bradford Griffith
sailed from Southampton to-day for the
West Indies.
New Yo,k, Oct. 18th. Dispatches from
Dublin state that, after the recent speech by
Mr.. John Redmond, it was resolved, seeing
, 1893-10-14
CHRIsTIANsTED.

Oct. i2th-per schnr. "Vi2ilant' from st
Thomas-Lawyer F. Brun & servant Peter
Christian, Francis Thomas, Henry Lynch. e..
George, Philip Bastian.
Oct. I3th--per schnr. "Vigilant'' for St.
Thomas-School Inspector John. T. Quin,
Angelina Mescus, Maud Kuntz.
, 1893-10-14
Translation
Publication.

AGREEABLE to orders from Government
II The aforementioned articles required for
St. Croix Jail. House
during the period from the LIST April 1884 to
the 31st March 1895 are hereby put up for
public Licitation. viz untII
10 puncheons CoInmeal.
1900 lbs. Navy Bread,
"a Brla sugar Of middle quality
40 e" Mornings
to be delivered during the year.
Parties wishing to undertake tho delivery
of such Articles are required to forward
Sealed Tenders Marked
TENDERS for Articles for
ST. Croix Jailhouse
TO the undersigned Chairman before SAT-
URDAY he 18th November a. c. at 3 o'clock
D. III. containing Il Statement OF prices lat
which the parties will deliver all or part of
said Articles.
The tenders will be opened atssChristiansted
Police Office at 4 o'clock p. M. OH The day
above stated in the presence Of those who.may
appear, and information afterwards be given
the party. whose tender is approved Of
st. Croix's Prison Commission, the 18th
October 1898.
MAXEN.
Tbu,,
, 1893-10-14

We have been told that a Tortola boat
which started for this port yesterday has
not since been heard of. She had a number
of people on board and was coal laden.-
Lioktbourns's Nail Notes II Oct.