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EXCURSIONS.
DEESONALLY-CONDUCIED
ENCI RsION TO NEW ORLEANS FOR
MARDI GRts.

\ select and personallv-conducted *
leave Richmond FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
Parties taking advantage OF the cheap
rates offered bv tnis excursion Will have
five days In New orleans for sightseeing
and other pleasures.
Tickets for round-trip. including ran
road fare. sleeper. and lodging in New
orleans $50
The ladies' having this excursion In
charge viii tndray0r t. make 1t sue
cessful and delightful trip.
Patr0nesses- clay Drewry, PA east
Franklin street: Mrs. Lunsfori l.. Lewis.
3l2 west Franklin street. Mrs J.. II.
peane. -nS east Franklin street; Mrs. >.
n. BOykin. 2ls east Main street. ~ l0-lt
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CITY OF MENlcO. February "a
prominent government Minister Informed
"a friend to-day that tserr is now no
probability Of wer between Mexico
and Guatemala. an questions having been
r-accably settled Wcli-ln,ormcd persons
aye unanimously OF the opinion mat Qua
t,mals comedies most o. the demands, the
amount O. indemnity being SIN in con
tfoypIsy. The excitement has entirely sub
sided
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NOTICE
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY
COMPANY


-.. MI. 'i,,r 1i.s- al, TIN,
X .t. IN n ONO Rail
'i'-..'- ,,.,'t'f-fp'A1N,y
80 ~ t'., ~, .i..n That a General
nre tii'i ~ ~, NJ, riff-
tt', ,t'-,,h'' ~ r.ill IT, hid m /.
y a., ,a ,''' an tfoNDAY. M. 18th daV
~ T.; -,.l,,rt ~. III IN. oni.- Of the
,'.,,,....., pace building. corner IT
u,Ir"s' ,i,D, e.,s.t' IN tho c.ty OF
- t,.. s-,f. al Iiraiuis. for the fol-
.i.lI.o. .'..r,,,..s. va
10Y 49, o-i-r IN. prooriatv ~ author
i7,og and 10 authorize the Board OF Di-
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Hict.ara nnd the british Lion.

LONDON. February 9.-rhe news that
the Englishmau, Richard. had been SEN
fenced al Honolulu TO death for his part
In the late revolution does not seem TO
have excited the slightest interest at the
British Foreign once. Most OF the chiefs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-10
HniI.,nn stniInn nnrnch.

ST JOSEPH. NO February 9-rhe
magnificent union passenger station IL
a nae. OF ruins 81 $50 o'clock tonight
sr. broke out in the United States EX-
r-. .'oe and in ~ few minutes the
..... structure was iu flames in all por-
...- The vetcr-pressurc Was mad p
..... 4uo the Grcmen had hard work
..n. tl. buildings. The books Of the
.,1. and ,hc horses ana wagons. which
,.,. .ot out Of "a stables just IN time
Il -l-L ll-m
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\. VI. {. \. .CONyENTION.
Great Vim and Inthusims m-ii"h
monderS IN lending Roles.

..-.,f.>.rl>- "a rI,....v % t-ra-
...l ... d..
c"'i' To-day was u" '"'
'lh-'' MN "ii.""i 1''''
f4nii oun- "-"A n'.7i'"" - '.''''
and the del gates. d.srit" The plspriit,
distressing BLIZZARD. went at their work
..., ,l., anil ...,,,,i.,.r, p,...l.rt
c..,,,,, ,,.,. g., r,. cb.I, ..ro d,,,- rr,-
.''''' ....,.' - ...,, d. ssr.-,, D., h,r~n
avail ,t...,s pi.h,r....1 and iona of-r.
H.. ,....,...
,..,... ..-r l- ,h, ,,,,,re-
- 80 &c. ,.,.. ,,.,... .t,ist.,, .--
..,,att,-s m ,.,.r..... aud universities was
,.st iv ~ Robert NicBr.d. Of Grace.
'l.rr,b r.vf-ot,r sr1 a. y Currtr.
.f pf,r,,,rr -..~sfarv to m local
i..,.h 80 tr. y,.,.a Mons Christie, A--
s'ri,,..., ,..,l e.,,,oitr.d n y.lIall,
,.r.r o1 ..rra Pest W. =, rea.h Rail
VA NJ"
,,- ,,'-.rs ~ ,f,r.pos..r tr.r I,l q,
- ,.t.. III, - p.t.rsl......
IL - -t.. ..,,..,.l'.,,.. ....,.
,,,.. .r.,'l 80. t...l ,..,.t,.f.., ,b. inn.
-. 49, ,,...,.,,~ 3D.. ,ee..tt.., 80 tp.
- .[.,..',l, d., ..ss..,.t,.,,r arI enlist
a.. ,h .,.,,,..tri.s 80 tho ,nufb ,rro..
IL, t,,r, ,ro,l5 r.,oh the r,r,rts ami
,,,.,, ,,,i,,, 49,, lrd.re T., ,.n,ti,
rroes.~or q Armand Miller 81 R,a-
.. his
riil. ~,
ppr.,rrp srvcrp
n..,......,
az 80 '-..'H' ~ '.'.7' W.
a,5 tfi az nave r.eo one ~ t..
features w the convention. III. ayors
~. aud. nee each day wl,h some sweet
500. SOMETIMES twice a. dav. General
Secretary George 4 Hau. of Wv York.
I'm discussing the tonic. '.rno Policy II
l~." urged the extension II Young Men.s
| Chfirtan Association work I'm all avalla-
bl, roiuts. and invited cooperation Of
associations 20 broaden and deepen tire
! a~-ociatlou'- efforts The Eev j. Wi
! liam Jones 10. d.. SPOKE on the subi,c'.
"Thlrty-Eight Years IN the Young Men
| Christian Associations" j. was a delight
ful ana inspiring adlrass TN" fighting
parsou. sketching his work among young
meu before the civil war. narrated the
| origin ~ The Young Men Christian As
socintion. ard related some interesting
| Incidents OF S'oneWhl Jacksons goih-
r.-s OF IT, br Jones also spoke Of th'
| h3stiv-con-truct-l primitive churches
constructed hv the boys in gray. and
| told Of the work ~ winning souls among
| m" boys In o." trenches.
This afternoon the convention visited
| the State D-af. Dumb and Blind Institu-
! ton. H. Thane Miller OF Cincinnati
and G. y. Hall. Of N-w York. this af-
| ternoon, addressing the convention on
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-10

WASHINGTON. d G., February 3
The DISCUSSION al the meeting OF the
House ways and Means Committee to-
day developed 80 much opposition TO the
plan OF the President favorins the issu-
ance Of "A thirty-year gold bond that the
subject was postponed until O'Clock Mon
day afternoon next
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-10

Of divisions in the Office were absent from
their posts to-day. and VIII NOT return
until Monday. The officials on duty thiS
evening apparently had not heard that
Rlckard was In trouble.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-10

Furniture.

VIII cloye out about Ave thousand dol
lafa' worth Of Elegant Furniture, 70
make room for rolling goods. y rare
opportunity. il WI pay you TO wait.
Notice Of salc IN next Sundays issue.
SYDNOR q HUNDLEY,
Leaders IN Furniture.
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y-,rIeIi succeed. Churchill.

LONDON. February 9-Mr. Ftrd"H
conservative was elected 70 the House
Of Commons for Paddington yesterday to
nm the seat made vacant by the death
Of Lord Randolph Churchill. He was not
opuOged
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-10

loads consigned by Taylor 8 L5''.
frn,, tennessee. cousl-tiIg uf "l
pain coach Teams. 'ou-. ANA '-H.'r
mems East Road Horses.
Also load consigned tF j. '''
r,nm Lexington. 49,. e1f '-
u1Ies I'm naich,d pains 'nI -.n-'' Nl,t
extra good bon" 1000.
from n o. d years "l-
Also. / load eon-i-ned b. re'gJi ,ioi ao
from Edna. Mo. CON .i-' .hs ~, .i,i
tSat a.. iG hands hIeh. m m" '.u'l
nairs atd single. with eNita-hh', uon-'
Shane. aud size. and broken 10 Cd" h'i-
Also load consigned hy Miller &.
Roach from Butler. Pa, conSi.l". 80
SoHtheru- Built Mares am loi.1,S 1}'l
b,Vn rlenty OF style. action. ana 'hln
r,r,.a and ar, suitable Tor lily or '''i-
trv uss. from % y years Old.
Also. I load consigned hy j. ''' 70
M nom Memphis. Mo. conSlstihf o.,
chs Matched Pairs. Coach Teams ai.l
S,IIie Eare,s that have an the g1itS
ana hich- school trained. safe Tor I"d''7
al children 20 rite or drive.
Alao p loads consigned nF * ~ iiAH'
I'm, Milton. Ia. consistiHE ~ lii-n-' '7 =
itrea- Actors. Matched Pairs. 'oa'l
Teams. Trotters. PAGERS, AMI Genuen'h >
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OUR LONDON LETTER.
Slight Hold on Power Of the Liberal
Government.
IRISH PtRTy-SrLIT WIDENING.
Popular Reaction Towards Con-
scrvatisni-Thc Armenian Matter
tration Trcnty-Othcr Notes.

hNfsla} uFAi, Wnen IN Wnls Ndlh''
the leaders on each side that II a division
were then taken the government would
certainly be defeated. The Conservatives
could rely upon n ma iority Of two against
all the votes that had been mustered on
the ministerial side, but no vote was
( taken
Tho vaci,lation Of the Un.onist leaders
has since been explained by themselves a.
having been based upon an unwllingness
10 seize an unscncrous advantage OF their
adversary. This naction enabled the Idbo-
raj whips to pat the screws on so effect
ually as to prevent th, feeble ma
jority u,on which tho government con-
tinuos to exist bit tho presence or even
this majority cannot Of course be reHt1
upon.
The amendment 10 tn address in reply
20 the Queens speech. demanding an I'M
mediate dissolution Of Parliament which
Mr. Redmond has announced that ne VIII
/ introduc. ou Monday. certainly cannot
! make The situation of the Liberals any
worse than il D.. nor can u very well IN
/ crease the strain which falls largely upon
the Liberal whips. who are obliged 10
/ keep constantly ou the alert 10 prevent
"a sui Il~' anu 4fi'dL OF iNf b'f'i til'4it'
IN making preparations f1r dissolution
AMI a consequent appeal % the country
the Liberals arc very greatly emhar-
rassod by The continued withdrawal Of
prospective cauIillfoe. ami especially
since 10 includes many % local distinc-
tom. The Liberals election "NcheGHor
S. ample. buf a number OF good men
wealthy and - high repu'e. who recently
/ acr 'd 70 stand for election. are now dc-
! Ginning 10 max. the race.
/ REACTION TOWARDS CONSERNA-
TISN.
/ The growing h.lei that th're is p'pu-
/ l1r r'c'Ion towards Oh" '"n-ciNa I'VE
/ i'r'F - Tho main ctiS. ~ 'ht 90. ca '',.
i'i' ri'i' 'f "'.oi- i't'~ I'D" '",'''
/ GOV ''". s'i'cl'i hF 'h 'h.iil I'A'''-
r tt' Con m'i" "ni whose .'''"
- d. .'.i "i '''
+ purse. ic'ifr chance + coming 70
4 t. 10 tl i tn 20 I- 'fN Iii
/ prospects "i the prom. "' I'D l'.'' i''I
/ l1liF la me l'Ni l'' lh,,' h,.
/ IAr am H+ihrhi "hI.h -Ii. l'''
/ Pos ''l'D'''' ..- WV '.'.'
! '"t' ''E '"' u va. D..i..
..f g.. .,-. f.sl,.....,.
.4I.t .,.,.,...' d. ,a. 7ri,-
t..,,,. ,.,.,, ..,..,.,.,.. +r,ro "a M r.~oa-
., .,.,' ,.,,
'' "
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AUCTION s.LEs-Monday.

WHEN REAL ESTATE is SOLD TIE
TAXES FOR THE CURRENT CALhN'
OAR YEAR ARE TO BE PAID PRO
RATA ~ THE VENDOR AND THE
VENDEE
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AUCTION sALEs-wopdsy.
ELLIS & SEABRIGHT, AUCTIONEERS.
WILL SELL
MONDAY. FEB. 18TH, AT 1920 A. NJ,
oO7 EAST BROAD STREET

Upright Piano Ga perfect orier). !
square Piano. . Parlor Organs. Psrior
Suit tsllk brocaieIlo : Parlor suit (hair-
clotn. , Fine New Oas chamber Suits,
. Fine New OAK Bugcts. Q oak N}oli-r-|
Top) once Desk oar walnut. and POP
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HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE FUR
! 1 NlTUKE AT AUCTION.
will sell at my store. at 1870 \. NJ
,lnNnAN EERRI,ARN Il lNla.

! handsome Rug and Plush P9rlor sui:
Nicr Oak and Walnut chamber SUITS
Walnut OAK and other N3rirohes
Walnut Flat-T0p and other Office Desk
Walnut Revolving Book-SheNr~ Once
and other chairs. Carpets Iron and IRA ~
CRIB. Brlst.aI- Bureaus. Nasc~idnis.
etc.
Large assortment OF Heafing-Stov-
AMI ii large lot of Miscellaneous Articles.
GEORGE W. MAYO.
fa - Aurtiouerr.
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In execution of certain deed ~ trust -
no dated March ]. lS~. and dulS corded
in the Clerks offlce Of the thauc"ry
Court of the city OF Richmond. dfiau, Z
having been made in IN debt securel
and being required 60 % 20 by the benz
hciary. [ shall sell by public auction. on
the pr misses on
MONDAY FEBRUARY ~. 1897
az 43O o'clock =. NJ. the above-nanie. !
WFLL-KNOWN AND VAIL AELE
BUSINESS PROPERTY. the lot fronting
q feet NOR or less. on Twenty seventh
street. and running back alons Marshal y
street. and between parallel lines ~
feet 20 an alley ~ common 10 feet WIDE
the store b ing OF brick two stories, with
frame addition, spacious ana We'll ar
ranged
This = well-eetahiishsd business
stand, now commanding. "a II has a lWa's
done. good retail grocery and liquor
trade. II offers unusual iuducnment to
businessmen. while IT'S hieh rn'al value
makes n desirable FOR investment
TERMS. cash as TO exp ns's OF SAFE
and the sum of 1854. with interest thereon
from September T. 1894. and the reSidn,
iu TWO equal inst1 ailments at SIN an.
twelve months. hy negotiable notes VII.
interest added. and secured hy ue"h ''
trust. or The whole iu cash. at the OPP
ton Of tn purchaser.
-. H. FJ'NSTEN Trustee.
! y Elan * Co.. Auctioneers. fro
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ACADEMY OF MisIC

INIUNI NFD 0N 7 ItIINI
February 18th and 18th
MATINEE SATt EDAN.
Tugagement " the Eminent Comedian,
sol SMITH RUSSELL.
appearing in his three greatest plays;
Friday uisnt THE HElR-AT-LAW'
Saturday matinee. peaceful VAL"
LEY: saturday night. "A POOR RE
I.ATlON." PRICES. First nooI. So
and 81. dress circle 81 and 15c., matin''
prices sc. and 81 sale Of seats opens
MONDAY MORNING, February ll'n.
m - O'Clock. r. 10-Su. IN. F&SaU
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LTRuSTEES AUCTION SALE

By J. r. Elan & Co.
Real Estate Agents and Auc,ioneers.
III! Main street
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REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
AND RENT.
II. A. M'CURDl.
NJ nn-.h renln sif,,t
LOST. .rRAYED. AND fot\ Nd

rosr brown sCor'H ''', 81
ma reward n returned % l'1
1'iDe sfr'st ana 10 questions ....,,.t,
LOST. OF sOUrH SIDE ,'l.ath
str.~f between Tnirteen.t. ~ -...e-I,.
Streets. 4 LADY.S bf'N ~, n r-.
wan silver ct,,r,1ljeT S.1 svpPL1 ., CON-
PANN. aDYAf.
pGtkFyI- BOOk. contalltHs "a chang
,o1e pl.in ana ihree so. g.. 60 >s~aid
smouhtIng o. IS cents. 4 " 'gy'l6erianIs
Will be gwen u irtt a. y, INN street 49,,
stable, No. III norm "''"' Re l9lr
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THAT WELf~LOCATED CORNER
BRICK STORE.
AND THE VALUABLE LOT on
WHICH IT STANDS.
AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
TWENTY SEVENTH AND MAR
SIAII. STREEIS.
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wHEN REAL ESTATE Is SOLD TUE
TANES FOR THE CURRENT CALEN-
OAR YEAR ARE 10 1919 PAID PRO
RATA by THE VENDOR AND THE
NENuEE.
py 7 THOMPSON Brown 8 GO.
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TRUSTEES SALE
nE

BY Ellis " Seabrsht Aucuo"eeis'
40. 20 east Broad street
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

fCggy morning. A cotton net yelling
can be worn with t.
The large hats have O hard upper
finish with a furry interior and wear
we'll in wet and wind. One good rainy
day dress will wear for many seasons,
as it does not go out of style not being
made I'm the extreme Of any mode. A
skirt banded with satin or braid is al
ways i'm style enough TO pass for a
pretty skirt. The same with the cape.
FOR THE DUCHESS.
Several ladies' who do not care for thu
expense Of the r2,ny-d2y dress have q
lining Of fancy rubber material One
Is being made for the new Duchess by
Fifth avenue maker Of NODES as
the mcjiste who makes odd suits styles
herself II Is of the finest melton. Ike
q winter coat. but not very heavy. lis
color is tobacco brown. The skirt Is a
short nasty l.-de affair. and Il is faced
deeply with curious variety Of rubber
cloth.
This rubber cloth is q very thin quail
tty Of rubber such as the plaid rubber
cushions OF invollds are made OF. II is
fine as silk, and looks precisely like
t. Il Lines the entire skirt and turns
up on the outside, making q chic facing.
Its color is the brown, green and red
plaid Of the Scotch variety. The waist
Of The dress is q Scotch plaid cloth. over
which falls cape Of tobacco brown
melton. lined again with the plaid rub
Der cloth. The rubber is delicately
scented and the gown. when worn boat
ing upon the English rivers and lakes,
viii be much admired by those who
gaze upon dUchesses.
A cheap macintosh or an old rubber
cont makes the very finest lining for a
rainy day skirt, and if it is put in the
waist it makes a protection for winter,
as It. must be lined itself to be pleasant
Co the skin.
Rubbers, serge gaiyer tops. a light,
strong umbrella and heavy gloves com
piete the outfit for those who go out on
rainy days whether for complexion and
health or for the business that knows
not the consideration Of either.
HELEN WARD.
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and / may never have such a chance
again, for they belong in this. and they
don Ike to have me tell il very well
either but it happened this wav.
We were staying at a place IN in tho
Catskills, near Mr. L. wrence Hutton g
country home, and Charles Dudley
warner was staying there too. After
we had been there a short time 7 was
called away for ten days. and while
was gone DR.. B. T. Martin visited Mr.
Hutton. Now DR.. B. e. Martin is an
American gentleman who has lived so
much in England that he has-well-
absorbed many English ways. He is
very natty and spruce about MS clothes
always wears nice gloves and so on.
Well, YOU know at these country places
they toss every newcomer up in a blan-
ket, so to speak. get all the good they
can out of him and then drop him and
pick up somebody else, so when came
back they had forgotten all about Dr..
Martin, and / never heard him men
toned, but the Warmers they are in
the story, too they invited him to call
on them if he ever came to Hartford.
and Mrs. Clemens and Claire. they
NAA sou lAlAll ~ 44NiiINE A llt NlHlhtu me
town to call at our house and we would
see that he had a pleasant time but
didn't know anything about that.
$50 it happened that about six weeks
later, one rainy, miserable day, I was
up in the billiard room on the third
floor. and I was in a desperately disa-
greeable mood I had just played a
game Of billiards with myself land lost.
and was in an overwhelming rage.
wanted something or somebody to be
violent toward, so when the colored
man we have brought a card to me
gave # q savage look and read, Mr.. B.
E. Martin.
Here was my victim! I knew in a
minute that this was q lightning rod
man. and I said, I'm going to kill him
What is it, Sambo? Did he say
anythlng-have anything-wear any,
thing?
81 couldn't ask him; he's a gentle
man. sir
"Didn't he have any lightning rods"
Not as I could see, sir; he had kid
gloves on, sir.
"'Oh, well, if he isn't selling light
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

to give the girls the advantage of things
at wholesale rates, and, therefore, we
buy everything that Is required in a
household"
Stepping to a very handsome little
escretoire she took out three ledgers.
These hold the orders" said she, "and
as soon as enough Of them are registered
1 buy the material Our object is home
comfort at living prices. Do you under
stand?"
Laying one of the books upon the
table. she opened at the first page:
There is our bread and roll list, you
see, said she. I'VE order 100 loaves of
bread a day and 200 rolls One baker
has our orders and he delivers at a little
above wholesale to the members in Eheir
apartments every morning ! pay the
baker, and the members pay me- That
is why we have to be so particular
about financial references.
with our milk we do the same. also
with -four. tea. coffee and the staples
We also buy meat at wholesale if de-
sired. l have orders for twenty rCasts
Of beef every Sunday and 100 fowls. I
get them cheap, and my agent selects
the meat to be sure it is prime. We
cannot take individual orders. only
standing ones, and so we get them at
wholesale
About our household linen, towels,
sheets. etc. We have 3 system also. Wo
hire them made and marked az a certain
store and we get them at hotel prices.
There is quite a rebate pay cash on
delivery, and the shopkeeper has them
carried to the different apartments all
over the city. See? Here is an order
from fiat No. 6 down town for half a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

dozen towels. another from fiat NO. IA
nm rovyn f7r six uill0w-cases, end so on
AZ soon as fifty are wanted / order
them. and we are never kep' ""-,-lIs
more than q week or TWO, as we ~ ~
800 bachelor household. IN our leue'-
alton. ,
"Carnets. dishes and such things
cbatted ON the President, seatlhs HeI-
self comfortably in her own very pIeI.y
apartment eve cannot promise 10 Du3'
as individual tastes differ. But l nave
here three samples CT fine carpet Whlch
I can oct at low price, and as soon as
tbere are orders for 100 yards l snail
purchase
There is one thing said the Presl-
dent "about which we are very pai w
ular. and on account Of which SO man!
co-oDer9tive clubs fail. We preserve
cur independence and our own socla-
CIRCLES None of our members nave d
personal acouaintance with each olher'
We have fen directors who audlt &C
counts once q month. but further man
that we never get acquainted. lnul-
viduallv know only a dozen OF our
members. though I get letters rom
them all. Here. for instance is a iel-
ter from a young artist who gives les
sons in a girls school She keeps house
Well and entertains considerably. She
wants little maid to open her front
door afternoons and bring in the tea
trav Here is another letter. This is
from q girl who has O business Oh her
own she goes out early in the morn
ing. and when she returns she wants
to find her house in order. She is en-
tertaining considerably and doing her
own work. I fancy the same little
maid wouid fit in both cases AT different
hours and 1 can get her for 81 a piece a
week if She can get her breakfast at
one Mace and tea at another How S
that for managing?
"Of course, we launder on a large
scale. One Of our apartment houses,
filled with bachelor girls in hard luck,
has :. laundry underneath, and here We
conduct our own laundry work, taking
in q little outside work.
care we all poor?' smiled the Presi-
dent. fitting her pretty nose and set
fling down into the cushions Of her own
uxuriant divan. mo, I don't think
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

"'What is your financial security?' I
asked.
IL keep books for a designing firm.
I get $40 q week and am engaged by
contract for @ year.
You are eligible. said I, and I will
send our list for you to choose an apart
ment and order such things as you
want regularly. You will have TO chip
in on your share OF my rent for man
aging you. 1t viii be about % cents a
month.
"She went away delighted, and, from
her orders she is spending her full $40
a week upon her good times. But that's
her business. not mine. And, by the
way. she wants two gallons Of ice cream
tonight. and eight others want a gal
lon each. 1 get It for 20 cents a quart.
This club would be a fine thing for
Door girls. shop girls and seamstresses.
But we run ours @ little 100 expensive
Nv for them. Why, look into that
closet There are fifty pounds Of old
fashioned fruit cake sent here to-day
ordered by members, and to be dis
pensed this afternoon. 1t isn't a poor
girls CLUB.
"You ask if it takes a head to manage
this club? Well, can say that it does
But I've got head enough for it. got
tired paying q big rent and darning my
gloves when I knew l could set the
same things cheaper by cooperation.
I'VE buy feather pillows for sofa
cushions-by the hundred. Did / tell
YOU that? And we supply members
with 800 coupons for furnishing their
apartments-g good for Sll0 at the deal
er's. And we do a great many OF those
things. keep thinking OF new
schemes all the time, and, though !
may be spelling myself as an artist, m m
sure a great many bachelor girls VIII
be made happy
CONSTANCE MERRIFIELD.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

From the New York Sun.
Mark Twoin visited Tacoma recently
taking in the CITY Of Destiny on his
way to Australia While here he and
Mrs Clemens, and their daughter,
Claire, were entertained by old-time
friends. Mrs. Judge Turner and Mrs.
the late George Turner, Chief Justice
of Nevada, during the great mining
of Nevada during the great mining
days, who made his first overland trip
IN 2 stage coach with Mr. Clemens,
then a young man of twenty-five. Be
fore a small company invited in inform
ally to meet them, Mr. Clemens con-
sented to tell a story, and every one
drew little short breaths and smiled as
the man every one knows and loves
rose and remarked:
Il want to tell you this story because
I have Claire and her mother both here,