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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25
NO EXTRA FARE on ANY rRAIN.


No. d03.--"The Atlanta Special - ioatea
Norfolk, vim Ferry, DAILY, MT 1870 y. ma.
Leaves Portsmouth, DAILY, at IL .oi night,
for Suffolk, Franklin, Eoykin, Weldon. nohdbr.
ION, ,n,r. Durham daily. except Sunday Raleigh
Ghsnier Citation, Greenwood, Abbey,lie. ElIprt. II,
Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon. Nnalvlllu,
Memphis; Texas. California tvin Mrmphs) So,ie
Limited Tram, with Pullman Buffet Shoppers and
SoS;.bnlrd Coaches.
No. 1.-THE y. a. l.. Express" lonvcs
!>"r'oik, daily, at 900 n.n. Leaves Ports
mouth. daily, Rto. Gam, for all abov puiuts
and pcndlct"n, MmireeSborn. Lewiston, mud ali
atlantic GoaSt Lie points, via w eld0n. Also TO.
bi"ht=onerN, Mobile. Now Orleans Texas, ana
Mexico wi. New OIlcansl.. Also connecting at
trmSlin Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for
landings on tho Backwaier irver.
tu io2.-hrrive Portsmouth, daily 81 a. M.
No ~. Arrive Portsmouth daily 5.50 p.rr.
tor tickcti, baggage checks, sleeping car rcsa-.
vations. etc, apply to
u W. ariwn, jr.. ras>r Act., az Ean ST., Eurrolk Va
0er. hel Hattie, TrI,. rL>s'r AEt, Psrtsrnnih, Va,
VI. v. IT, William, 1irle As All High ST.. reritnsat Va
=. Fl. JOHN, rirr President and General Manager.
" !. We ntf, GrHerHi Superintendent Pori.aan,h, W..
u ". H. uLbNsh. a. J. AEBRilsUS,i. :. =,
ifaEe aah"rcr. ~ dsnsrai Paisr Aat
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25
Five stock.
Quiet and dull

VUfCI
Choice heavy cattle. s2@4c.: common
Carolina, best, 2k@3Ac.; common 1lh0o
&c: heifers. Western. 3@3hc.; bulls. 2@
2lac:.: fat cows. 21aG3kc.; mich cows.
good. per head, s25O0@35. 90; cows. com,
mon, s10o0@2o.00; butchers sheep. ~ "a
&C &C.: good corn-fed hogs. aye; light pigs,
3bc.: hogs, dull Lambs. best 36p5c
price. ''
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25
D ALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE G.
d RICHMOND SrEAMROA 20


PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ROUTE
baltimore and Norfolk Route)
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY i, 1856
Leave Portsmouth by Norfolk ferry daily
except Sunday, 800 p. m: leave Norfolk,
foot Jackson street, $50 p. m.: leave Old
Point. ESQ p; M; arrive Baltimore. foot
Lee street, 200 Il. m.
Leave Baltimore. foot Lee street, daily
except Sunday. Goo p. M: leave Old Point,
6:lO a. m. Arrive Norfolk, foot jackson
street. 1880 o. m: arrive Portsmouth (Nor-
folk ferry $50 q. u.
enjoyable sail on the Chesapeake Bay
The service is iirst-clasS in every respect.
Tncnls served on American plan ,Tjckcts
sold TO all points North. baggage checked
O destination. Statcrooms reserved upon
application at the company's Office foot
OF Fay cite street, Phone $50, B. & o. r
K. ticket office. GO Main street, Phone 523
or on board steamer. ,
F'reSh; received at the company's
wharf, Norfolk. and Emmerson's whnrf
PC rtsmouth, daily except Sunday unfit
p. IN.
]. D. -&cCARRIcK,
E. T. LAME. Agent. sS wi
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

Bus.er-Good demand STEADY; state
day 1o@14h. do. creamery ll,sq3l5:
Western dairy 9Dl2. Elgin: is.
CoTee-Duli, steady unchanged for
ops.ons. Spot rio dull. lower; No. Z. u.
Sugar raw. steady: fair refniny aas..te.
daed Quiet unchanged
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25
CLXDE-s REGULAR LINE srasA Il.

CLIDE'S REGULAR LINE SrEAaf.
~ SHIP FOR Observation-Disclosures INV
oirect line from norfolk 10 Phiiaceiphiii.
Until further orders. Steamers are q III
pointed to sail from Norfolk eysstV
Monday, Wednesday and SATURDAYS d &c
6 PM M; and from Phi!sdslphia every Tues
Through bills OF lading 10 al. mil, Is
South and Southwest via Seanonrd IL III
lantic Coast Line, Virginia and Ten fiefsssostl
Air Line. Southern Railway n er7o1 {, 4 5ts
Carolina. Norfolk 80 Southern, RI M 4 III
JAMES W. &eCARRJ<frs ~
General southHrn gent.
WIZ. r. tLYEFx SsS3 * 81.
Aeents- Philedsfpfiss ~. 81
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CAPE New York,
CHARLES Philadelphia and
ROUTE Norfolk r. r.

SIN HOURS QUICKER THAN ANY
OTHER LINE
THROUGH DAY AND NIGHT Ex-
PRESS EACH WAY.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY II. 1895.
LEAVE NORFOLK.
mouth. High street, I:SO a. m
Arriyc ut Philadelphia 5.52 H.
M; New York at S:3S D. nj. ~
LEAVE NORFOLK
CLIO p IN daily. Portsmouth,, High street
6:S5) Arrive at Phiiadeiphia
BLY, a. m: New York, 7:i3 a. M.
ARRIVE AT NORFOLK. - a.
500 A. M daily, Portsmouth, 1lgh street
9:lO) leaving New York az \ =,
m, Philadelphia, IL 10 d. IN. ~
ARRIVE AT NORFOLK
S:O5 p. IN. daily, except Sundny-(Ports
inouth. High street, SIS u. m
leaving New York nj ! !, ~, M,
Philadelphia. ln:aU a. m
Close connection made with all rail and
sound lines to and from Boston
Pullman Sleeping Cars on night trains
hetween Jersey City. PHILADELPHIA ami AMI
Cape Charles; Pullman buffet and par
Tor cars on day trains between phiia :
delphia AID Cape Charles.
Through Tickets sold and baggage
checked RI Wakes Agency. under At
lantic Hotel. aud on steamers
X. e. COOKE. General Agent
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Produce.

Southern Fruit-Banannas, 75c. @s1 50
Der bunch; oranges, Messina, s4.600p5. 90:
c0coanuts, 1918 per bag of 100: lemons,
S2.75@3.00: cabbage (neW). T5c. per crate
sweet potatoes, new. rcd, SLIPS: new
Haymens, $3.50; yellow. s1.75; Bermuda
onions, $1.25 per crate.
Poultry--Chickens, old, Csc; spring
Chickens d large. 16@2oc.: small, 10c.
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Fresh Fish.
DoUnd).

Trout, large gray (per pound,
Zqp2hc.: salmon( per pound), 4c.; croak-
ers tper hundred), S125: Sleeps
neads (per pound). 6G7c.; blues, &c.: but
ter fish. &C. per pound; Spanish macker-
Ell, &c. per pound; spots, S1.5O per 100.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

Cash Quotations.-Flour dull. prices
unchanged. No. spring wheat SIX
No. red 59% No. 2 corn. 261s@%; No
oats 2lls@22: mess pork S5.60@5.75; lard
$3.22laQ 1880; S. r. sides s3.25@330; d. S.
shoulders s3.75@4.00; S. c. sides s3.5O6D
S.57l5; whisky l22
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Merchants GAiDeTS TRANSPORTATION CO

DIRECT ROUTE. s.,
SA V AMMAN.
EYE? MONbAi, MLBNESDAY ald
FRIDAY ut q y. III. for ROSTUN
FOR PROVIDENCE
Every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY Mt y. M
FARES no BOSTON Ard PROyI-
DENCf;.
firSt-ciaSs, Including incnis and 81.
loon Stateroom berth. al %
second class. including meals jnc.
,, EOlt SAVANNAH. ~! ~
EVERY WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY
-, ~. at a. IN. ~,
arc arc, fLrst class. including meals
r,.u ocI VI ...:........... Sl2 GO
fare,,Second class. including meals
par.sha6le freight sent Via Providence.
iorWafued by early train 10 Boston, and
~ y, me same rate rs by direct steamers 10
,n perishablo FreIghts not received, later
ships: $50 smiling days or Providencs
For further Information apply to
4: y. Sn'EBRINs. ASST Tnrifr M'er:
". =. TURNER. General Pass. Aft.
j. 9. WHITNEY. Traffic Manager
General Offices. Baltimore. Nd.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25
NnynI Storna.

Rosin. s1.00 per barrel; pitch. 81. % per
barrel: tar. Sl.T5 per pork barrel. and
$3.50 ligion; turpentine doc. per gallon.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

'Daiiy except Sunday. Other time daily
Extra daily trip OF steamer Louise-
Leaves Portsmouth. s:S5 IA III; Norfolk.
s:!5 II. M.
No. 5-Daily, Norfolk to Richmond; ex
cept Sunday, Richmond to Ronceyertc
Parlor Car Old Point 10 Roncevertc.
No lE dciIy TO Ci Gia and
for Cincinnati, Louisville and St Louis
Meals served on Dining Cars west OF
Gordonsville.
No. 3-Norfolk TO Cincinnati and Louis
willie daily. pullman Sleeping Cars for
Cincinnati and Louisville. Meals SERVED
on Dining Cars west or Gordonsville
Steamer Louise arrives at Norfolk
daily 1906 noon and 1880 y m. from the
West; and 9:20 a. m. extra trip from
Newport News.
FOR further information aTp;y to
r. r. BROOEE. passenger Agent.
c. and o. Ticket Office. CRANKY street.
Under Atlantic Hotel;
Asst. Gen'i Passenger Agent.
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Peanut Mnr.tct.

o Marllet--Very weak: prime 22:c;
strictly prime. 2%c; fancy, Sc. common,
2iac.; Spanish, $780,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

The trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the elegant
ed. The, steamers are comparativeiy
new, having been built in 1891, and are
with electric lights, call bells and stea n,
heat In each room; The tables are. sup
from the markets Of Washington and
Norfolk: Tickets, On sale ut b, & %.
TICKET oihce; N.& Q. office. at w. n
For further information apply
y. ]. CALLAf1 ~ Z
Telephone. IN Agent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

EgEa-Wholesale, dull, at 9Q9lEc. per
dozen.
3ceswax-2l@25c per pound.
.Iruck-lrlsh potatoes. new. red, 40@
Soc per barrel: early rose. 600G0c. per
barrel.
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Norr"Ik cotton MARKET.
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS.
Pr0SiAi0na.
Norfolk. Va II,

Norfolk. Va, July "a, 1896.
Fish-Mackerel. No. 2. in kegs, $500:
new, small. sl2.5U: new. medium. si2 no.
NO. 8; In kegs. 1880: Herring. Family
Cut Herring. $3.50: Eastern in barrels
s2.25. e'S'
Provisions-Market steady: mess pork
new. sS.75: ham. pork. new. $3.50; hams
H. s Bulk Meats so,I,hs ribs. Use; fat
pieces; pork. plate, s3.SO per 100.
Shoulders-Sugar-cu &C.
Bacon-Shoulders, &c.
Breasts-Susar-cure TIC
Smi:htield. 12h@l4hc. S. c. slip hams.
So 20
Lard-Pure lard. tlerces, 5ss@5Hc :.
cases and tubs &c. over price OF tierces !,
compound. 47sc.: tierces. in cases and
tubs. &c. higher.
Sc.
Butter--Market easier: New York
State dairy, new. 1gc.; fresh creamery
19c.: Western. 1G01Sc
Kerosene oll-Firm; 112 degrees, nc.
60 degrees. 10c.; Red. $50 degrees, 1910.
Groccrics.
Conee-Steady: Rio, common, l5a1
fair. 16hV11c.: good. 1SQlShc.; choice.
J902Gc.; Laguayra. 20kQ2lc.; Java, 290D
S0IAc.
Syrups and Enthusiastically; Syrups
Bright. 1SG2Sc.: Fair Grades. 1G@2Oc.:
Porto Rico. TO- 20 and 2Gc.. as to grade.
New Orleans Molasses-Quiet: Fair
20925c.: Good. 25@3uc.; Choice, 35c.
Flour-Market steady; Western Spring
Wheat. Best Patent. Family, SALE; Win.
ter Wheat, Best Patent, s4.15.'
Winter wheat, Choice Patent. s4.l5: Fam.
dly, s4.05; Choice Straight Family. s3.G5.
Good Family, S2.65; Fair Family. sS.55:
Good Family, s335; Fair Family, IS. 20
Meal, per bushel of 80 lbs, 44c.
Salt-Firn.: Liverpool Fine. s1O0cs
l.lo, as to grade: G. A. 55065c.. az to
Rice-Mllled, 546c.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

These trains connect at Greensboro with
main Line trains, reaching pr,ncipal
points South. Southwest and Southeast
Depot ticket office open thirty minutes be-
fore departure of trains, foot OF jackson
For tickets and fun information apply
]. A NEUGEBAUER, City Ticket
Agent. No 36 Main ST. Norfolk Va
L. r. LAMB, General Agent, corner Lee
and Iayetje SITS. Norfolk Va
w. H. GREEN, General Superintendent
]. NJ. CULP. Traffic Manager.
w. a. TURK. General Passenger Agent.
General Ofices--No. 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue. Washington. d. C.
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TRAVELLERS, "a, s.s,I 70 e. =,
toll0ls, V|TQInI0 Beech and S0uIhalTR. Il
the mno,u, nr,an ,s,..s.,.,s 80
TlME TAELE 1 & E.ltIEn,1r AZ EN.i ~

~ EfFECT MAY u,
d Lave ., NokFoLE-i I:vo u. m. Mixed
!AT =, .n; through Ea; III 80 a. m. Note
trough q ~ EN- En- 200 p m. Through ES. s:s;
$40 D. M. rb E4; IL p. N. Through Ex,
ME- LEA ~. w .riiR tsINI BEACH-'s.i5 O. m.
m m NJ Mixed ed, '2;oo r. m Through Es. s:S;
!G;lo il. M Tbr0 M; 1;G p m. Through Ex.
aX: ,lg;So p; m Through Eek. ii 1860 n. IN.
i Il E9, 4 100 n. IN. Through Eek. Il 4.oo
=. DAILY aiil,y,: Daily except Sunday. # Sun.
NolS "A"-stops only n, Kemp.v,lis
l.ynnhaven and Occnna
date stntions 20 put on or take or nn q
s se ,rin IN Thrb9'ngh Exnress Trains make
presn Trains forty-iivs minutes. isN-
CHAIR Car IL attached to al Pnssen
ger trains. Seats. Pc orch
e. p. IOLLAND,
General SuDerIntendent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-25

MR III 70 NORFOLK AND
Nv anu H. CAROLINA
g. we RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
MAY H. 1896 -
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THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CARO-
LIMA, THE LAND OF THE SKY"
The only line operating a solid train he
tween Norfolk and Chattanooga with Pull
man Sleeping Car attached, without
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
Big Pacific CLANS.

A monster clam from the sound
weighing some six or eight pounds, was
displayed in front of fish market the
other day, and attracted much atten-
ton. The neck was about foot long and
as thick as mans wrist, and the body
looked like mallard duck placed be-
tween two clam shells not big enough
for it. Such CLANS are seen here oc-
casionally, but never in quantities. \
dozen or sc is the largest number ever
here at one time. They are not bad
eating, the neck being no tougher than
that of the ordinary clam. They are
only to be obtained on occasion of very
high tides, which run very far out, and
then are only to be secured with diff
Guilty by digging a trench like a sewer.
1t is said that they climb down into the
mud or sand with as much agility as a
clatsop razor clam, and they go so far
down they may be said, like truth, to
live at the bottom OF a well, but not
every well. The clam exhibited is to
form one of the attractions of the Elks'
clambake, and the man who swallows it
whole is to have a medal and a pain in
the stomach.-Portland Oregonian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The entire population of the state
standing room on tract of only one
square mile in extent
Having taken his brides name upon
marriage. a Topeka man who is suing
for divorce wants now to regain the I'M
furnished name of his keyday.
There are not many islands with
more stormy or more heroic history
than that of Crete. In remote antiquity
it was the redoubtable Isle of One
Hundred Cities" and had an illustrious
line of kings, among whom were Rhad-
amanthus, Minos and Idomeneus.
The great pyramid of Cheops is the
largest structure ever erected by the
hand of man. Its original dimensions
at the base were 764 feet square, and its
perpendicular height in the highest
point 448 feet. 1t covers four acres,
one rood and twenty-five rods of
ground, and has been estimated by an
eminent English architect to have cost
not less than $165,O00,000.
The maharaiah of Jeypore has Of
fered to supply public institutions, free
Of cost, with six portfolios containing
about CAS- examples of architectural de-
tails copied from old buildings at or
near Delhi, Agra, and parts of Rajpu-
tana. According to Mark Twain, who
wrote from India to the Critic, calling
attention to the offer, the plates are of
great interest, and would make a valu-
able addition to any library.
In the New View of London, pub
ished in 1868, it is recorded that lone
James Fair barber, who kept the
house (Which is now the Rainbow by
the Inner Temple gate, one of the oldest
In England, was in the year 1857 pre-
sented by the Inquest of st. Dunstan's
| for making and selling a sort of liquor
jailed coffee, to the great nuisance and
| prejudice of the neighborhood. And
who (adds the author) could then have
thought London would ever have 5000
such nuisances, and that coffee would
have been, as now, so much drunk by
the first quality and PHYSICIANS.
The aggregate circulation of books
from the Chicago public library dur
ing the year past according to the re-
port was 1,173,5S6. This is larger cir
culation than that of any other library.
Manchester, in England, has circula-
ton of 975,944 volumes; Boston has
847,321, and Birmingham, in England,
stands next in aggregate circulation.
The San Francisco Public library has
circulation of slightly less than one
half of that of the Boston library. A
comparison of the circulation in proper
ton to population shows different re-
suits, however. To each 100 people,
Chicago has an annual circulation of 60
volumes; San Francisco has 90; Boston,
1863, and Manchester. 1913.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Perfect Gentleman.-'Paw, can
a man be perfect gentleman and re-.
fuse to pay his debts?" Mr.. Figg-"Not
his poker debts. "-IndianNpolis Jour-
nal.
Patriotism Up to Sawyer,
don't you think man ought to work
for his political principles?" NO, sir;
L think a mans political principles
ought to work for him. Chicago Rec
ord.
-Modern.-"And shall l then look
daggers?" asked the ingenue. The
stage manager tore his hair. NO
he shrieked. This is a modern play.
Look hat-pins. Detroit Tribune.
Il think, remarked the goat, charg-
ing headlong at the small boy who
was bringing up the rear of the politi-
cal procession, ''I'll do little business
in the campaign buttin' line myself"
-Wicks-''There is one thing l will
say for Baxter; he never talks about
his own writings" Hicks-'I am glad
TO hear that. Where there's a sense
of shame there's always some hope for
reformation. Boston Transcript.
-FashiOnable.-Sir Toby latter ring
ing the bell furiously)-"John, what is
that COMPOUNDED van waiting at the
door for?" John-"If you please, sir,
it's the milliner who has sent it to
take away two of her ladyship's hats
TO alter" -Moonshine.
Ambiguity (Scene, a Highland
ferry )-Tourist-"But we paid you SIN
pence each as we came over, and you
said the same fare would bring us back
Skipper-"Well, well, and 1 telled We
nothing but the truth; an it'll be no
more than the same fare I'm wantin'
the moo for bringin' We back. Punch.
"A lady who was looking about in a
bric-a-brac shop with view to purchas-
ing something old noticed quaint fig
uEe, the head and shoulders of which
appeared above the counter. What is
that japanese idol over there worth ~
she inquired. The salesman replied in
a subdued tone: Worth about c TO-.
600, madam; it's the proprietor.
Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
RELIGIOUS MANIAS IN AMERICA.
Our Short History Is Full of Examples
of Menta! Epidemics.

Turning now to the American, who
somewhat resembles the Hebrew, both
i'll business ability and righteousness, we
find social suggestion working in him
on a larger and grander scale. The
American is highly suggestible, and the
short history of his national existence is
full of iIst1 uctive cases of mental ep;
denies. a few instances will, perhaps,
Suffice for our purpose.
At the beginning of the present cen.
fury mania of religious revival swept
over the continent of northern America,
and reached its acme in the camp meet
ings of the Kentucky rerivals." The
first camp meeting in Kentucky was
held at Cabin Creek, and continued four
days and three nights. The scene was
awful beyond description. The preach
ing, the praying, the singing, the shout
ing. the sobbing, the fits of commissions
made of the camp a pandemonium
Religious suggestion soon affected
the idle crowd of spectators, and
acted with such virulence that those
who tried to escape were either struck
by commissions on the way, or impelled
to return by some unknown. irresistible
power. The contagion spread with
great rapidity and spared neither age
nor sex.
The camp meeting of Indian Creek,
Harrison county, is especially interest.
ing and instructive for its bringing
clearly to light the terrible power Of
suggestion. The meeting was at first
quiet and orderly. There was, of course,
good deal of praying, singing and
shouting, but still nothing extraordi-
nary occurred. The suggestion, how.
ever, did not fail to come, and this time
it was given by child. y boy of 12
mounted log, and raising his voice, be-
gan to preach. In a few moments he
became the center of the religious mob.
'Thus o sinners" he shouted shall you
drop into hell, unless you forsake your
sins and turn to the Lord" At that
moment some one fell to the ground i'll
commissions, and soon the whole mob
was struggling, wriggling, writing
and "jerking.' In some camp meet
ings the religious mob took to dancing,
and at last to barking like dogs. Men,
women and children assumed the post
ure of dogs, moving on all tours, grow
ing, swapping the teeth and barking
Boris Sidis, in Century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29

A groan of horror escaped from pass
ing pedestrians as the scaffolding gave
way, and the form of the house painter
was seen to drop through the air. He
caromed on the third-story cornice,
struck the telegraph wire in front of
the second-story windows, plunged into
p pile of bricks on the sidewalk, and
rolled to the pavement with thud.
Strong men turned away their faces.
A woman tainted. The engineer. who
was getting Il breath of air in the area
way, bounded up the stairs and stopped
over the PROSTATE form. AS he did so
the PROSTATE form rose with spring
and nearly knocked him off his feet.
Aren't you hurt?" asked everybody,
in a breath
"Hurt!" was the eontemptuous re-
Spouse. "Why, I've ridden a wheel
every day for five years" - Chicago
journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINING.
There Is Secret in 1t Which Must BE
Learned.

Learned.
81 do all I know how to do when see
that my table is properly appointed
and my menu correct" | heard a wo-
man say recently. But there was no
one among her listeners who could tell
her how dull her dinners and her even
ings were. No one is happy with a
hostess who conveys an impression Of
having done her duty, even all her duty,
to the fullest. One likes it no more in
hospitality than one does in love. \
sense of having done duty dams many
a spring at its source, and nothing re-
freshing to soul or body can ever flow
out afterward.
The woman who apologies for the
little she has must always be failure
when she entertains. Yet her nonsuc-
cess is no greater than that of her sister
who is so overwhelmed by her grandeur
as never to be able to equal her condi-
tons. There are hostesses in great
houses who seem to be no more a part
of their surroundings than frightened
mice who sit in corners.
The secret, in fact, of success, in en-
PERTAINING is as subtle and elusive as the
secret of charm. Yet few things in
life, unless it be the way to bring up
children, tempt the world into laying
down so many laws on the subject, or
into framing so many precepts. The
secret, however, must always be elusive,
because it lies in the power of person
aiity-the personality of host or hos
tess; and by personality I mean the ex-
preston which each individual nature
has consciously or unconsciously
framed for itself. And in this express
sion lie tact and taste, generous inn
pulse. kindly feeling, love of others,
subordination of self, readiness to give
and willingness to receive, power of
adaptability, desire for harmony. And
these tests of success hold good whether
entertaining involves lavish display. in
which the unaccustomed are apt to be
bewildered, or includes only hospitality
extended to those who would otherwise
be without shelter.-Harper's Bazaar.