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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
Pleasure for AL

The board Of managers Of the Baptist
Home for Aged Women expect large
attendance 10 a reception that is TO be
held a.. the Home, corner Of Grove ave-
nue. and Harvey street, this evening from
10 9 o'clock.
There will be music. vocal and instru-
mental for the entertainment of guests,
and the lady board OF managers. and a
special reception committee Will be pres
ent 10 show visitors the home. Ice cream.
cake. and lemonade will be served, and
delicious candy will be sold by the
young ladies who have charge Of the
candy table.
Children will b. welcomed. and some
thing TO entertain them has been provided
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
10 90 MO THF sHoT RrsIyTss


BEDFORD CITY. June H-Special.-
The Big Island Paper and Pulp Company,
In this county. leased their plant few
months ago 10 W. Il. husbands. The en-
ployes of the mill last week had a re-
ceiver appointed to secure their wages.
The owners " the plant have filed a petit
ton setting forth their claim 10 the pro-
cceds for rent overdue. and a fight VIII
be made at the next term Of the county
court 10 decide whether rent has preCe-
dence over WOrkmens salaries.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
4 Sudden Death.

Yesterday evening about 4 o,o,..,-
colored man named Nick Slau,p,(oiro eh q
lives at l29 west Canal street S M
suddenly in the saloon Of AneiobtI ie y
Cincci. No; II west Broad street IL b, q
Jus, helped to carry trunk upstairs. and and
his death occurred. Coroner Tai when
summoned and viewed the remSips Vas 5s
OF the lungs. congestion
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The Trip to Canada

The Retreat for the Sick have nerfoo.
ed All OF their plans for the Grand ~
cursion TO Niagara. Toronto Co., On Ak
Rochester and Watkins Glen. To- Iea altu IA
July nth. at II NJ 'Sa'e on
under twelve years. $3.50 The i nheh
erones are Mrs. Anna +. Rqhrr S" a,,
Miss Hiss Bette ElIyson who VIII be glad '' "a
Ihis VIII be a charming excursio,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
KAUFMAN 6 Co,
HIGH PRICES ARE :
= Not SEAS0NAplr

You'd think 50 were you 10 60,
prices on MILLINERY. our
20c. buys a Trimmed New shane s.,.
Hat; IN WHITE black. and navy. Cr1f
Rough Straw Trimmed Sailors I'm u..,.
black, and red with leather swea, bl.'e.
price CSC, always sell for Tic '-'9
SOC. buys n White. Black. or ~.
Trimmed Sailor, which f. being SOFA r.41'y
where on Broad street at sc e''''
Fine Milan Sailors IN elk sh,r,.
and 1875 ~ '''-7' "a
THE GREAT SLAUGHTER ~ pp,r..-
or TRIMMED HATS Still. ''~-s
GOES OF.
The Children,s Hats at $50. tAa. -,
ways sell for 50. have caused qlifo = . 10
among the ladies. But there BIS ,...
MED HATS '"'"-
Chidrens Pink. White. and Ligf. p...
Null Hats. with lace edge and rii
strings. just half price-i7c. ''''
Light Blue and Pink White Polk, n..
Sun BOnnets. reduced % pc.
Other styles and qualities IN finer WE.
j. x. Sun Bonnets at b. q. ana s0.
Null Tam O'Shantas. for little I.vs .,
duced from 6c. 10 pc
White Canvas Caps and Tam O.St.r...
and Hats. choice pc.
Chidren's Corded and TucHcf t...
Null Caps at -. g. 80. o.. and $50 .-..
worth double the price asked.
The coolest and most servicoahio r.-
ments for the ladies now are the Sftl.,
WAISTS AND DUCK SUITS
We have the Waists az ~. sd -5e a-.
81 mat are pretty and good enough r..
anybody '.i
We have them more expensive. s.irn ,
the Sl25. $l69. and Sl.sj. IN both me .l.,-'
and white. should YOU desire them
DUCK SUITS start AZ Sl64. nov, d.,
price $l95. and then s2.S and upwards Deb
We show them bon White ana c.l,-s
and you will find them well made a-t
perfect fitting.
VESTS IN ALL COLORS TO CORPr.
SPOND.
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- Windsor Ties. fancy colors, the kline
that sell for l1c, Zoe each.
9 Gents Gauze Babriggan Shirts. size.
IS. A. and q. l9c; 3jc value
II pairs Half Hose. leather shades. full
regular made, l. l-2c. from zoe.
II Linen Plated Bosom Shirts. open back
and front, 42c, from COO.
WASH GOODS. Thousands OF
yards are in the Remnant Pile to-
day; impossible to price or describe
them here--I5c. 1Sc, zoe and 25c
qualities at sc, &c and &c yard;
often enough to make dress.
SHIRT WAISTS. s. odd Silk
and Muslin Waists are here again
to-day. This weeks accumulation
one-half the usual price on them.
LaceS and Embroidery Remnants
are here in profusion; no matter
what the cost is, the price is made
to get them out.
White Goods Remnants are treat.
ed no better. IS indrawn thread
Dacca Muslin, in 5, 8 and S-yard
lengths, 6Tc; 2oc values.
5 Remnants Coiored Figured
Dress Piques, IN, 8 and 815-yard
lengths, I5c a yard, from 25c.
Lots Of Remnants of White and
Colored Ducks; bargains for you.
100 pieces Muslin Underwear are
on Remnant Counter for VOL IN.
day.
Prices fixed guarantee that not a
piece will be left over this sale;
they must get out of the way.
SO Ladies' Blue Mixed Duck
SUITS, sizes 81 to 10, SI.45 each.
2I Suits in Polka Dot, Stripes
and Navy, sizes 80 to 10, S2.25; all
Remnant suits.
7 Atwood Serge Suits, in Navy
and Black, sizes 81, "a and 10,
SO. so, from $3.50.
II Ladies Double Breasted tailor |
made Vests, choice, 96c, from |
SIPS.
10 Outing Wrappers that were
SG.25, 75c now.
Mating Remnants from our last
weeks sale, SC, &c and &c a yard
10 close them out.
Every department in the store
shows Remnants; not fourth of
hem mentioned in advertisement
o-daV.
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H0USEWARE

Etched Gas Globes, crown shape, from
35c each 10 l5c.
5 Cylinder Lamp Globes. from CSC each
10 25c.
White Gas Globes, lOc each.
) White Porcelain Cups and Saucers.
25c for ALL been SIS dozen.
large Meat Dishes, been zoe each, for
l5c.
/ short Dinner Set, Thin English Por.
celain, been Sl3.5O, for &C.
Decorated Covered China Soup Dishes
been SOC each, for l5c.
3 odd Decorated French China Cuspi-
dores, 75c each instead OF SlB.
10 odd Decorated Real China Cuspi-
dores. 25c each; been 50 and 75c.
Decorated Large Turkey Dishes. SOC
each; been SIS.
II Decorated Tea Cups and Saucers
been 80 dozen. for sc cup and saucer.
10 Decorated Dinner Plates, been y'50
Dozen for &c each.
/ Refrigerator, with Water Tank
scratched. from $3.50 10 sl3.
/ Refrigerator. only one left OF this size.
from $3.50 10 50.
Refrigerator. slightly scratched. from
so to 1915.
l Ice Box, from 80 TO SG75.
Ia Adjustable Window Screens. wire
slightly dented. 2oc each. instead OF
34c.
8 Door Screens. 75c each.
scratched Japanese Toilet Sets. 75c
set; been S.25.
scratched Walnut Finished Pedestals.
from s. each TO N.oO
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Socks.

An inspection Of our stock Will save you
money II you are in need Of anything in
the way Of SOCKS-Blacks, Tans,
Browns States and Unbleached at l. II,
p, So. - 80. 60. and Soc.
COTTON. SILK, AND Isle THREAD
PHONE 40.
AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD PA
PER PATTERNS.
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EDITORIAL COMMENTS

New York Sun: There is a erotesoue
put not improbable report from Haweii
that Madam Liliuokalani has retained a
s!Ldlcate OF native magicians. or kahn
Mas mas, 10 destroy the new republic by
means or the occult arts and mvsterions
cohJura lions. Her last hopes are mined
upon this curious enterprise.
New York Times: 1t is not to be denied
tnat The Democratic party in the House
OF Representatives makes a far better
showing and has done far more to win
the confidence of the country than the
majority in the Serate. Its tariff bin
despite the unnecessary and incongruors
Ihcoihe-taX provision was not only a
much wiser, but a more honest bill Than
the one made in the Senate Peg,rdino
the currency. as 10 which most distruef
and suspicion were felt. the course of The
majority II the House has been extremely
satisfactory. ''''''
New York Herald: Scanning the enor-
nous taxes imposed by the Senate's torirf
on womens and children's wooden dress
GOODS, wraps: jackets. and cloaks. one
would naturally infer that the senator's
were staid bachelors, blissfulIv ienoren9
or the needs Of the lender sex. The duties
on these necessaries of life mount nm 10
fifty cents in the dollar
IL is true there is no woman-suffraee
70 revenge this wrong directly but The
indignation OF millions Of noble American
women-compelled by such high tarlf TO to
wear "unwomanly rags" or buv higby
priced shoddy clothing. and scant AZ that
VIII soon make itself potentially felt.
Nothing did more to wreck McKinlevisro
than the frightfully high prices which r.
put and fixed upon and still keeps upon
all wooden clothing in America.
New York World: AS long as we have
political bosses we will have the law
used. not to protect the community. bnt
10 extort tribute from the lawless' We
are bossed too much
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
TEMPLE,
PEMBERTON,
CORDES & CO.,
Z and 8 w. Broad st.
CENTS SHIRTS.

For material and workmanship and gen.
eral goodness We put our CENTS DAUN-
DERED AND UNLAUNDERED SHIRTS
against any made. Made of the best Cot
tons and Linens Of our own selection
and 10 our order.
We start the line with an excellent
SHIRT WITH UNION LINEN BOSOM,
all sizes, at the very low price OF 33c.
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.x7 % @S - @

LADIES BLACK HOSE. sizes 8 to .
only, full regular made, stainless,
l. 1-2c a pair
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15

What a merry hum Of trade is
here! How the great stocks lower
under the steady onslaught of such
a trade; and, what's more to you,
the more we sell the cheaper we
can and do sell the more Rem
nants we have every week to dis
pose of. 1t takes nerve and back
bone to keep stock ike his clear
of Remnants. An unusual June
Remnant Celebration takes place
to-day.
SILK REMNANTS, about $50
yards in disable lengths are here.
bits from the quick-selling of new
beauties; China Silks in solid and
figured Taffeta silks, Surahs, Satin
Duchess; in fact, every kind Of
Silk material is in Remnant Pile to-
day. Barganed Priced Parasols
and Umbrellas, ends OF lots, or one
here and there has marks of show,
be they ever 50 slight, nothing but
the prices, they 90 at hall.
5 Gloria Umbrellas, the 81 kind,
400.
BELT BUCKLES, the no tar
nishable kind, 7 of the 25c ones
left, I214C each.
7 dozen Tortoise Shell Hair Pins,
t5c kind, sc a dozen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15

9. Iwsqty<nve Choice Sweet Peas for o,c
az Al. H. Catlin & Co.'S. Ninth and MAR
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
Temple PambertOn, COrdHS 4 Co.
BrgGlGl, I2IPy
( %. 5
OFFERINGS.
25c. GINGHAMs, selected patterns, for
15c.
y lie. GINGHAMS for l0c.
1Oc. GINGHAMS, a few patterns, for SC.
INDIA LINON, 23-ic
PINK. NAVY BLUE. AND LILAC
ALL-WOOL ALBATROSS. for l9c.
Big SILK Bargains.

so and 39c FIGURED CHINA SILKS
reduced to 25c.
75c. CHINA SILKS reduced TO SOC.
Good quality z inches wide BLACK
CHINA SILK. SOC.
BLACK BARRED LINING MUSLIN, Sc.
WHITE CHECKED MUSLIN, &c.
BETTER CHECKED MUSLIN. Sc.
PILLOW CASES. 61-lc.
ERD'S LINING CAMBRIA. 3l-2c.
PERCALINE. for Dress Lining. lOc.
These. with thousands Of other good
values, always to be had at our store.
Come in person or send for SAMPLES.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15

5Oc.-We have an excellent CUSTOM
MADE SHIRT. Wamsutta Cotton, Pure
Linen Bosom, Patent Stayed Inserted
Bosom. Long, Short, and Medium Length
Of Sleeves. and the price is only Soc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
THE CHILDREN'S CHANCE.

We viii also put on sale I'D PAIRS
CHILDREN'S ONFORDS. Sl-1 O. i0I.-.
worth zoe. and 81. f0r 59c
$50 pairs ONFORDS. o 20 $. worth ,..
FOR ace
such bargains cannot be had every day
I'm the year. SO call early aud secure th.
prizes.
our prices In MEMS BLACK ANDTAN
SHOES seem ridicu.ously low. but u.y
are nevertheless genuine bargains
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-15
GENTS FURNISHINGS.

Mems Diamond Shape SILK Teck Flow
Ing-End Ties. % left, zoe quality, for
SOC to-day.
- Windsor Ties. fancy coors, the kind
that sell for l7c Toe each.
3 Gents Gauze Balbriggan Shirts. sizes
5s A.. and q. 19c; 3jc value
II pairs Half Hose. leather shades, full
regular made. l. l-2c from zoe.
II Linen Plated Bosom Shirts, open back
and front, 42c, from COO.
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75c. buys our next grade. better and
very superior garment. 1t has all the
latest Improvements and made OF the best
materials. Only 75c. apiece.
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KAUFMAN & CO..
Cor. 4th and Broad Sis.
jul3-we&fr
Shoas! Shoes! Shoes.
SlIIn2D BDVIPI,
I0I EAST BROAD STREET.

To make things interesting. wa f-v,
just added 20 our e1c. Counter enough p
our Sl.50 and $40 BLACK AND UU~-rr
ONFORDS % nm in the missing .n.s
which caused us a great loss OF sales ..t
week.
We have on hand two lots Of CINDIN-
NAII Oh ORDS. $3.50 and 81 rra
which Will be disposed OF at yieS TIL
are the greatest bargains ever given Do
Richmond.
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81 buys the best SHIRT OF the kind
that can be made. The Shirt you have
made to order at $50 or Sl.75 cannot have
better materials or be made in a better
manner. and the price is only 81.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

tne next pest thing for girl, and that's
kiss and | got down off my horse
and kissed her for my own little blue
eyed girl at home. Another little black
eyed girl here showed up. and had to
kiss her for a niece of mine she looked
like BY this time, another little girl
showed up, half head taller than the
rest, and, not to be impartial, | kissed
her: when | found that four or five
other girls had gathered, and was in
fOrit. So, beginning with the smallest,
| kissed each one. The change in
stature was so gradual that ! didn't
notice that the last one was a full
grown young wOman-and right hand
some at that-until l had kissed her.
Looking up, saw that there were two
or three old ladies laughing at me, and,
thinking | had made a bad break, T
lifted my hat to the young lady and
begged her pardon and explained how
IL was. She didn't seem to mind il
much, but the old ladies kept laughing,
and one of them said: why, durn it,
she's Bills wife
"'Well,' l thought, I'm in for it.
That knocks out all my votes in this
neighborhood' inquired at the next
house who Bill was, and was told that
it was Buck Holmes, the hardest citi-
zen in Carter county. Next day had
to speak at the court house, and when
came up noticed gang of about
twenty-five rough looking fellows off
at one side, and a big six-footer talk
ing to them and gesticula ting with both
hands.
"'Who's that?' inquired.
THAT'S Buck" Holmes and his
gang was the reply. Cold chills ran
down my back and / shifted my res
volver around to where l could reach
1t without trouble, and then sauntered
up to overhear what he was saying.
"'Well, I'm blankety blanked,' L
heard him say, If he don't catch my
vote. No snob thar, gentlemen. Jest
as soon kiss a poor mans wife as rich
one'sr That settled 1t, and 1 got one
hundred and fifty more votes In that
county than any other man on the
ticket"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

never recovered from 1t, ana nad even
to submit to having a new bell made
and named Guillonettc. in honor of the
murdered mayor, Guillaume This
bell, after six centuries, still rings the
curfew in Provins every night When
Edmund went back to England, leay-
ing misery, poverty and terrified quiet
behind him, he carried home, says
DEN Stanley, two relics.
"One was the yard measure which,
for many years, was in France peculiar
to Provins; the other was the crimson
rose, which through him became the
rose of Lancaster"
The heraldic rose of England is still
of blended red and white, significant
of the union of the two great houses;
but as Lancaster was victorious in bat
tie, so also is the red rose the victor in
popular favor, aud it is of that, not of
the stiff parti-colored rosette of the
British coat-of-arms, that we think as
the emblem and flower of the nation.
The old French crusaders holy rose,
the rose of Sharon, the rose of Provins,
has become the rose of England.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
A Fishy Story.

Pyeng Yang, city in Corea, was
founded three thousand and sixteen
years ago. 1t is known as the we'll
less city. Within it's walls is not a
single well and all the water of the
city is carried up by watermen from
the river which washes its southern
wall. Tradition shows that this has
always been so, for it is said that when
a Chinese general besieged it two thou
sand years ago, believing that he could
compel its inhabitants to capitulate by
cutting off their water supply, he was
led to give up the attempt because the
soldiers on the walls took fish scales
and went through the motions of the
bath, and the scales, glittering in the
sun, looked in the eyes of the aston
ished besiegers to be drops of water
Exchange.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20

produce a thin ana rigid set OF lips. IL
is seen almost invariably in housewives
of the Martha type, who are careful
and troubled about many things" and
whose souls are shaken to the center by
petty worries within doors, and the
strife a outrance with shortcomings of
the scullery maid or the cook.
The compressed lip so loved and so
often misinterpreted by novelists is a
sign of weakness rather than strength.
1t tells of perpetual conflicts in which
the reserves are called into the fray.
The strong will is not agitated into
strenuous action by the small worries
of the hour, and the great occasions
which call for its whole forces are too
few to produce permanent impress of
this kind upon the features. The
commanding officer, assured of his
mems obedience, does not habitually
keep his lip muscles in state of ten
sion. Look at the sea captain, the
most absolute monarch on the earth.
He carries authority and power in his
face, but it resides in his eye and the
confident assurance of his easily set
mouth. Every spar and shaft and
muscle in his floating realm must obey
him, and he knows it. This is prob
ably a reason why the sea captain and
the engine drivers show certain SINH
larity of type. The engine driver can
make his captive giant, strong as ten
thousand men, obey the pressure of his
finger. His lips are usually calm, like
those of the statues of the wielder of
thunderbolts on Olympus. Who ever
saw a man commanding a man-of-war
or driving locomotive with the con-
tentious lip of the school usher? The
typical expressions of the members of
those three liberal professions which
Sir Thomas Browne says are all
founded upon the fall of Adam are
we'll enough recognized to have been
long the prey of the caricaturist. The
several distinctive traits of each, and
the possible causes which give rise to
them, are too complex to be dealt with
In a single article. Speaking very
generally, the clerics face is indicative
Of authority of the thin-lipped kind,
and of a dignified sense of the sanctity
of his Office. The doctors jaw and mouth
are less rigid, yet tell of decision. His
eye is viRilant and sympathetic, and
his whole facial aspect conveys the idea
Of q fund Of untapped wisdom. The
lawyers countenance is confident and
confidential, with c bouncing alertness
Of the eye. anda revailing expression
Of weighty perspicacity.
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SATURDAY.
OCTOBER 90, 1894.
ACQUIRED EXPRESSION.
Facial Peculiarities Which Come
Through Habit.
Distinctive Types That Are Found in
Certain Callings-The Queer Eff
fects of Occupation Ones
Upon the Features.

The incessant flow of involuntary
nerve currents to the facial muscles
doubtless accounts for the odd SINH
larity of expression among men of the
same vocation. In many such cases,
says Blackwood's Magazine, the condi-
tions are so complex that it seems i'm
possible to lay ones finger upon the
special items of environment which
conduce to the facial characteristics
exhibited by nearly all members of
certain trades and professions. What,
for instance, is there about the process
of making shoes which evokes the I'M
mistakable cobbler's visage? The por-
trait of Edward, the Banff naturalist,
in Mr.. Smiles book, shows the type in
a marked degree. AS far as my obser-
walton carries me, the cause must be
looked for in the last, lapstone and
waxend of old-fashioned cordwainery;
modern shoe factories, or who do or
binary repairing, do not exhibit the ex-
preston. 1t appears probable that the
tailor's distinctive type of face may
have been partially created by his
habit Of working his jaws concomitant-
1y with his shears. Let anyone watch
person cutting a piece of tough ma
terial with scissors, and he will see
that the lower part of the face wags in
rhythmic and spontaneous unison with
the blades. Shepherds and farm labor
ers who join strengthening gangs GER
tainly acquire q different expression
while engaged in this kind of work.
The cast Of countenance by which
one SO easily recognizes a groom Is par
TALLY applicable from the fact that the
muscles which close the jaws and COM
press the lips are always called into
play when we are asserting our will
over that of horse. Nearly all jock
eys and horsemen have a peculiar set
Of the mouth and chin, but have been
unable to distinguish any special char
acteristic about the eye or upper part
Of the face. 1t Is instructive to COM
pare the yisage of the ruler Of horses
with that of the ruler of men. The
horseman's face shows command in the
mouth, the drill sergeant's in the
mouth and the eye. The last is I'M
doubtedly the most effective instru-
ment in exacting obedience from our
own species. Here we get hint of
that cause of want of dignity, that ele-
ment of coarseness, which is discern
able in the countenances of some men
and women who have much to do with
horses. The higher and nobler method
of expressing authority is outweighed
by the lower and more animal one.
Generally speaking, it is a strenuous
contest with minor difficulties which
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
Damascus Swords.

To the lovers of strange goods the
bazars of Damascus are far more allur-I
Ing than those of Cairo or of Constan-
tinople; the capacious chests OF tho
merchants contain much that we would
buy were our purses longer. Old em.l
broideries of wonderful color, delicate
china, silks of many hues, swords Of
cunning workmanship, all these lie
piled beside us on the floor. II Is but
seldom that really good specimen Of
the Damascus sword can be obtained,
for the art of working and engraving
steel is dead. These swords were made
Of alternate layers of iron and steel,
so finely tempered that the blade
would bend to the hilt without break
ing, with an edge so keen that no coat
of mail could resist, and a surface so
highly polished that when a Moslem
wished to rearrange his turban he used
his sword for looking-glasss
Ragged Reuben-"I serppose fell
Ter should hev some convictions, even
eff he is only er tramp" Hungry Harry
Huh! I've alters had too blamed
menny fer me own good. Jes' femme
hev acquittals efter this an I'll be
mffeckly satisfied. Buffalo CourieS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-20
A Pompous Little Chap.

Alfonso, king of Spain, is now a lit
tie more than eight years Of age, and a
pompous little chap he is, which is not
to be wondered at when Spanish ETH
quette is considered. His slumbers are
watched throughout the night by the
Monteros de Espinosa, body of men
who for four hundred years have en-
joyed the exclusive privilege of guard
ing the king or queen from sunset to
sunrise. They are bound by tradition
to be natives Of the town of Espinosa,
and must have served with honor in
the army. They lock the palace gates
with much ceremony and solemnity at
midnight, and open them again at seven
o'clock in the morning. Naturally,
Alfonso thinks he is great little man.