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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET

New Yo''.. Dec. 17.-Money on call
easier at 2@3 per cent; last loan, 9 per
cent; closed at 2@2h per cent prime
mercantile paper, 31AGiH per cent;
sterling exchange about steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at
4S4Q4S5 for demand and ait 4S2T4S2IA
for sixty days; posted rates 4S3@4S3Ih
and 4SbW4S6R; commercial bills 4Slls
silver certificates 56& @57M: bar silver.
56B: Mexican dollars, 45; Government
bonds firm; State bonds dull; railroad
bonds weak
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I8rHaYEY. 3 q n, 81 I,i..

AfLl,aA:NI1C AND n ~ saE
SeahTsauls n sfssss oetsp
wharf, foot OF Ma thsWss street. at 81 10 "a
mr.: West Norfolk. a o go a. me- for Dahsl
Vile. and .interruediate point IS arrssy Al.
TRAM r No saRaiIyt except sandaSy;ss
Leaves Norfolk $40 p.t MY West TorfolHsS
7 Z: Z, p; M. arriving at DanvlIle SOD
TRAIN No.24 arrives at rfolkS ct y; 10.
a m. daily except Sunday.
TRAIN NOHa arrives at n orfolk "a & $40
TRAIN No. s.cennects i At 4 lDennisten
road for Durham and intermediat "a, poitits.s;
TRAINS NOS AND & connect. et JeS.S
frcss Junction and pnnyille for alt points
on the Southern railway system. aS'ss S:
Pullman slcepers between panville and
Ashevillc. Atlanta. Jacksonville Memphis
and New Orleans. z: .;Ss S5
Tickets on sale and baggage checked at
Wakes agency and 4company' 8 b WHARF,
Norfolk, and ut W. ". H. Williom'e agen-t
WIZ II. TAYLOR, SS fsasf;S
70 Traffic Mana ger. 81
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PeRssut Market.

-, FARMERS market quiet; fancy, new.
prime, &c; Spanish, 5o@55c.; low grades
smelling stock, 114@1Nc.
Hand ricked--Fancy, &C.; extras.
&c: third grade. 2lac.: No. Spanish
Shelled. &C.: No. 1 Virginia, 3lkc.: No. 2
VIRGIN 2lac.; old farmers goods.
2E@2&c; new prime. 21s@2Ac.; new
black and damp. 1@11sc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
NoRFoLKv TRGINIAN: sATTJRDAY y. DECEMBER. 81 1897
New Orleans Molas ses--ouiet. yair

New Orleans Molasses-Quiet: Fair.
1S@25c.; Good, 27Q3oc.; Choice. sic. 9
Flour-hiarket firm; Western spring
wheat. Best Patent Family. $3.50: Win
Straight Family, s4.s5: Good Family,
s4.75: Fair Family. s4.65.. as to grade.
Rice-Milled. 4&@6hc.: rough, clear
OF red. 45@G0c.: with red. csc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18

sDniIy except Sunday. Other limo daily,
No. l-Norfolk to Cincinnati and Louis.
willie daily. Pnrlor car Old Point to Rich
mond for Cincinnati. Louisville and ST,
Louis. Meals served on dining cars wesi
OF Gordonsvillc Connects at Richmond
for Iypchburg and Lexington, Va.
No. 5-Dally except Sunday, Richmond
to West Clifton Forge.
No. 3--Norfok to Cincinnati and Louis
vile daily. Pullman sleeping cars Old
Point TO! Cincinnati and Louisville. Meals
served OH dining cars west of GorLons-
ville
1906 noon and TOO u. III.
For further information apply to
i. W. CCRD. Passenger Agent.
G. and O. Ticket Oflcc, CRANKY street
Under Atlantic Hotel.
JOHN d. POTTS,
Asst General Passenger Agent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

changed.
Wheat-Dull; spot and month, 97ls@
97ssc.; January, 9S@9SAc.; steamer No.
red, 92hc.; Southern wheat by sam
pie. 92Q97lsc.; do on grade, 93@9Sc.
Corn-Steady; spot. S3B@33Ac C.
month, 323a Gp33c.; December. new or
old, 32ss@32Bc.; January. A@32Mc.
February, 32%@325sc.; steamer mixed.
31B@31Ac.: Southern white and yellow
corn, 2Sk@3Skc.
Oats-Duli; No. 2 white, Western,
29k@30c.; No. 2mixed, 27@27kc
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
AND CHESAPEAKE
CANAL COMPANY.
NORTHROITND

Stml. Col. ]. c. Hill. with raft. from
North Carolina TO j. L. Roper Lumber
Company
Stmr. Croatan. towing, from North
Carolina TO Norfolk.
Sloop Sam Seed. corn, from North
Carolina to Norfolk.
Stmr. Winfield S. Cahilr towing. from
North Carolnu to Philadelphia.
Barge Charles L. McIlwaine, lumber
from North lUarolina to Philadelphia.
Barge w. b. Blades. lumber, from
North Carolina to Philadelphia.
Barge L. L. Dale, lumber from North
Carolina TO Philadelphia.
Stmr. Harbinger, merchandise, from
North Carolina to Norfolk
soUTHBOUND.
Stmr. Lucille Ross. towing. from
Richmcrd to North Carolina
Barge Lizzie Wallace, light, from
Richmond to North Carolina ,
Barge Richmond Cedar Works No. 1.
light, from Richmond to North Caro-
lima.
Barge Virginiu. light. from Richmond
to North Carolina.
Stmr. Grace Titus, towing, from Nor
folk to North Carolina
Barge Virginia. light. from Baltimore
to North Carol.Na.
Barge T.. Il. Jackson No. 4, light.
from Baltimore to North Carolina
Schr Rosa Lee. light, from Norfolk
10 North Carolina.
Stmr. Juniper. towing. from Norfolk
to North Carolina.
barge a. ~. COhn, light, from Nor
folk to North Carolina.
Stmr. G. w. Petit. merchandise, from
Norfolk to North Carolina
Stmr. Zephyr, light, from Plymouth,
Mass. to Charleston. S. C.
Stmr Corinth. merchandise. from
Norfolk to North Carolina.
Stmr. Crotan, towing, Norfolk Ia
North Carolina.
Barge Sarah, light, from Norfolk to
North Carolina.
Barge Roam. light, from Norfolk to
North Carolina
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS.
ARRIVALS.
Schr. T.. Marys. Boston.
Barge Roundout. New Haven.
Stmp. Araa. Galveston.
Schr. L. B. Douglas. Portsmouth.
Schr. George Bailey, Privodence.
Barge Marion, New London.
Barge Wasp, New London.
Schr. Mary L. Moore. Washington.
SAILED.
Stmp. Arara, Liverpool.
Stmp. Chickahominy, London.
Barge West Point, Providence
Schr. p. w. Sprague, Havana, Cuba.
-
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Sngnr Mnraket.

Market-Firm; out of town prices are
dependent on the delivery mates to the
different points. Local sales are being
made as follows: Cut loaf, $5.72; pow
dered. S5.2S; granula ted. $50; confec-
TONERS standard a. S4.9S: American OFF
a, S4.S3; centennial bright, yellow b,
Wits: California B, SAIL; Franklin
standard extra c. 1895; keystone extra
u S4.2S; American, extra c, All.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
Fresh Fish.

Croakers. per pound. &c.: taylors. per
pound. &C.; pan fish. per pound. &c.; bak-
ing fish. per pound. &c.: founders. per
pound.3c. sheepsheads.per pound. S@1oc;
niacknrel. per pound. Sc: blue fish. pei
pound. Sc; speckled trout. per pound,
&C.; rock. per pound. &c.; Spanish
Mackerel, 1Oc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
g rNnuce.

Southern Fruit-Bananas, s1.0001. so
per bunch; lemons. S300@3.50; cabbage.
Northern, $3.50 per barrel.
Potatoes-Haymans. s1.25; yellows,
Sl.5o; onions, $3.50 per sack; Irish pota-
toes. S2.25 per sack; applies, fancy, $500
@4.0O
l'oultry-old chickens, 2o925c.
Eggs-Wholesale steady, at lie. per
dozen.
BeeswaX --23@2ic per pound.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
Norfolk Iron Works,
GEO. w. DUVAL & CO.,
No, is Water Street. Norfolk, Va

ENGINES. BOILERS, SAWMILL and
all kinds OF machinery OF the most i'm
proved patterns. Also repairing at tho
shortest notice. Particular attention to
steamboat work. DUFAL'S PATENT
BOILER TUBE FERRULES are tho
only perfect remedy for leuky boiler tubes
They can be inserted in a few minutes by
am engineer. and airs warranted to stop
leaks.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. Dec. 17.-There was what
might be called reaction in wheat to-
day. May closing II and December lc.
lower than yesterdays final prices.
Big seaboard clearances sustained
the market for a while. Other markets
were easier. Corn and oats declined n
cent each, and provisions closed 507iI
cents lower.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18

Galveston via Newport News.
st. Allchaels, Dec. 1I.-Arrived: Sill
verdale via Newport News, for Bremen.
Rotterdam. Dec. 17.-Arrived: Car
vile, Newport News.
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SHIPPING NEWS.
Fort OF Norfolk nnd rorisns0uth
December II, 1897.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Schr. John S. Ames. --. to VIM.
Lamb & Co.
Barge San joaquin, --, to VIM.
Lamb & Co.. for coal
Br. stmp. Hibernea, to VIM.
Lamb & Co., for coal
Danish stmp. Morden, to
WIN. Lamb & Co. Coaled and sailed
Stmp. Santiago de Cuba,
from Cienfuegos to New York, was dis
abled. losing her tail shaft. She was
lowed from the Capes into Hampton
Roads.
CLEARED.
Br- stmp. Kildona, -. from
Newport News. to lead, for Bristol, by
North American Transport COMPANY.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
RECEIPTS RY RAIL AND STEAMER
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS..
Provisions.
Norfolk. Va. December II, 1897.

NofIolk, va, december II, 1897.
Fish-Mackerel. No. ?, iu kegs, 50lbs
S475; roes, Sl7.50; new. small, sI2.5O:
new, medium, none: No. in kegs. 81 ~:
Herring, Family Roe. half barrel, 50, 20:
North Carolina Cut Herring, 1925: Pc,
tomas in barrels. $500
rovisinn-Market steady; mess nor,,
old, $S.75; new, 1925; hams, pork, $40 u
Bulk Meats-Clear ribs, $50. as 10
size and cut; fat backs. 4Mc.; bellies
heavy, 5.15@5Ac. for small: 6Ac. heavy.
pork, plate,t s4.S5.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. &c.
Bacon-Shoulders, 7Ac.
Breast-Sugar-cured S&c.
Hams-Smithiield, 17QlSc.; S. c. s,,n
hams. loo.
Lard-Pure lard tierces, 5HI5hc .
cases and tubs, &c. over price of tierces.
compound, 4Ac.; tierces, In cases md
tubs. &c. higher.
Cheesc-Cream. 1O@1o,Ac.: Western
dairy. Sh6i9hc.
Meal, per bag OF 1oOlbs., &c.,: per bag
of 92lbs., soc.
Salt-Firm; Liverpool Fine, S56a0c
Butter-New York State daIrv new
23c.; fresh creamery. 22@23c.: country
1i615c.
Kerosene Oil-Firm: 112 degrees. nc {.
Go degrees. 9Ac.; Red, $50 degrees, ga ice
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18

Peas.-Steady; black-eye peas. new
crop. $3.50 per bag; black. 50Q60c
straight per bushel: clay. 100000. per
bushel.
White corn. 40c.; mixed. CSC.
Mill Feed-Market Arm; bran. $500;
shipstuff or middllng, $3.50; meal, white,
bolted, per 100 pounds, coo.
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. No. 1,
Timothy hay. $3.50: No. 2. $3.50: mixed.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
THAvEIEIsS, &: UTD p.
ON Railway Co.

THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CARO-.
IiNA, TIE LAND OF THE SkY.' p
tWeen Norfolk and Chattanooga with Pull
NUN Sleeping Car between Raleigh and
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
.FORElGN PORTS

London. Dec 13.-Arr!vcd: Green
brar, Newport News.
Portland, Eng, Dec. 17-Arrived:
Emma. Newport News via Norfolk, for
Copenhagen; Kurdistan, Galveston via
Newport News, for Aarhuns
Hamburg, Dec. 17.-Arrived: Kairos,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
GrOcerieR.

Corfee-Green. quiet; rio common.
ShG9c.; fa!r. 11@111ac.; good, 12A9
14c.; choice, 15@16c.; Laguayra, l60
17c.; Java. 27H@29c.
Syrups ard Molasses--Hlgher: syr
ups, Bright. 1S923c.: Fair Grades, 15c.;
Port Rico. 10, zoe and &c.. as to grade.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
Norfolk & Southern R. R. Co.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SEPT. 10. 1897
MAIL AND EXPRESS LEAVES NOK.
g sjIs daiy SeXSHeE sunday, 10 IN for
al Edenton With n ( S. r. e II. ' stenfner
rym 1o1i9%s a Dsiy Sssesgt ;snda fo5
Winnd5s9T. TUESDAY, TfiURsDHY ana ana
SATURDAY for ell landings on Chowan
eappef 70" pNA and dh4 EbRA9 fG5
steamer v;rsinia Dare f9r Makleyyiiie,
termediate landings. Connects at Eliza
beth Citr Monday and Wednesday with
Oriental and Newbcrne.
EVENING EXPRESS LEAvEa NOR
FOLK Mt 10 r. IN. Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday for isl:zaheth City. iGdentoii and and
WAY stations Connects al Elizabeth City
Morehead City, KinstoIi and Goldsboro Via
y. &c y. G. r. r.. and for JacksonviIle
W WI nj i \; 6; and for al stations on
land Tuesday and Saturday.
NAIL A sEb hA 1F N2gFo ak; .,e.n,
at 1f am hi sa % and saiu 'nig
Norfolk for the North. East ana West
Passenger stations foot o: East Main ST..
Norfolk ana Western d:pot. Freight sta.
ticn OH Water street
=, EA AZ III i;I,, GAHok1NA plssPATca.
MINION LINE between all points North
and East via Norfolk and Norfolk and
Carolina.
Freight received daily until f D. m. and
forwarded promptly at low rate
For further Information appfy TO Tho
General Office of the N. & s. r. r. Co.,
Norfolk. Va.
II. C. IIIlDGINS
General Freight and Pass Agent
II. K. KING. General Manager.
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= 1YDEs REGULAR ,II:NIE :, STEAM I n;
u SilIPS FOR PHILADELPHIA -. . ss
ONLY tfDiREGTl LINE FROM MOB
FOLK 10 PIilLADELPLIlA;..s!}S
Until further orders. steamers are m.
bE ,AiY ''WEDNESDAY and SATQRDA13ht5
{ n m and from 4Phlladelphla every
iJiESDAY. THURSDAY AND ,s sAt
ThyonSr bills .ot ladlng TO all point ~
South and Southwest Via Sca6oafd35AfE5
Teni;s ssee y. II 4! M. soutietGiT Hail
Norfolk and Garel;i,t ar;t
Southern Railroads t ij * w s53S
Ia; 10 Philadel l,:::t! m
o ,tiT ~ 'srlP. ntfd:r iasa
Lower rates y5Sffs $. sc !,,e 81 lylnfss
Rail en- CHI ~ OH day:
y An F..s9 Ga ss
Il General Southern "a sen
ILLIA,hds p 81 sss s
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
Merchants GHileIS Transportation O.

DIRECT HoJTE
FOR BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE.
BOSTON, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
AND FRIDAY AT GOO +. Nj.
FOR PROVIDENCE.
Every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SAT-
CkDAY At u. M.
FARES TO BOSTON AND PRovI.
DENCE.
First-c!ass, including meals and
Second-ciass. including meais and
berth .............; ....:,...:;,a; WV
PcriShable freight sent via Provid. hre,
forwarded by early train TO Boston. and
at the same rate as by direct steamers to
Boston.
Tor further Information apply to
r. II. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va.
A. d. STlIBBINS. Asst Tariff Mgr.
W. P. TURNER. General Piss. Agt
]. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Ofrlces. baltimore. Md
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18

pa J. RI. WfNGFIELD, =
f11snIehEer ACT. No. Ice Main street. Nor.
w. H. GREEN. Generai Superintendent.
w. a. TURK. General Passenger Agent.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18

pAiy' Daily, er Sunday. Daily. ex. Aond.y.tg.
Connection, At New or!can, with Bos,h,rn P.elBo .ns
California. $3.50 =. .-eN'--'. 49, 'I 40
20. ~! Arrive roTWnou,h daily. LIS {. m. = IA
40. a,.-Aftre Fort,nlouIh d,iy $50 pm VI st
j. '" brown, ir.. ra',r Agt ioo Main 81 Norfolk IA
Murray fo'he', Trs' Pn.,r let., Port.nouth, Va. VIZ
+ Sc JOHN, Thr.Prr,idnt and al ans
y, T. Iei!RE General Sup rrn, e,irnt.
u. w. L. GL0rElt T. J.ASDERsOy, w IS.
'rah'e hnisrr Ueu1 7a,.'r "a. n
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-18
Live Stock.

BeeswaN --23@24c. per pound.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

out to his chop and ~disordered desk two
strange trunks in the corner Of the mt
ting-room reminded him that he had
not yet engaged another lodging. Mrs
Hodgson came in. She hoped that his
luggage was packed. as the other gem,
tleman was coming in an hour. The
professor did not reply. Twice he lifted
up his cup of tea and set it down with-
out drinking.
ssThen / may take It that YOU arc
ready 2' she asked.
mo. AS a matter Of fact, I've been
so busy that / haven't had time to look
about much for a place. If you have
a small room that I could have only
for a week it wouldr-he spoke with
great reserve-sbe in the nature-ah-
of an Accommodation"
It happened by mere chance, as Mrs.
Hodgson was careful to explain, that
this was possible. Harriet was sent to
help him carry up his belongingseWhen
the wreckage left by the wayside had
been collected and everything he pos
sessed was piled helter-skelter in the
little room on the third floor, the pro-
lessor concluded that he would make
no attempt to put things to rights for
SO short a stay. BE heard q cab draw
no ia front Of the house The new lodg-
Ell must have eonaes Prompted by a
e~uriosity possibly Inconsistent with the
dignity Of the authoe Of Isaac Newton
ana TITS Cornpee ne emit ~ the
window He stepped back ia surprise,
None other than his mutton-pie friend
WAS to be his successor in the drawing
room floor. His misery was increased
the following morning when he saw
Harriet taking pne of Mrs. HodgSon's
works of art in to the one who had
sworn that omelets were the enemies Of
mankind.
He now fairly hated chops and cons
descended to ask Harriet for an omelet
for to-morrow's breakfast. She brought
him one-of her W making. He was
on the point of telling her of some
thing that was Dot to be spoken OF
lightly. But he sighed instead. Aworl
Of art was not to be expected from
such as Harriet.
He did not go to the museum and
strategically contrived to avoid q
meeting with the base i~nterloper all OF
TIE week. Once he had to wait at this
head of the stairway while he saw
Mrs. Hodgson help the interloper or
With his overcoat-convincing proof
that a man who ate mutton pies would
stop at nothing, Though he became
the terror of the landladies of Blooms
bury, Saturday found him with Strang'
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

the door so hard as fairly to make the
flower pots tremble, but Mrs. Hodgson
only smiled. She had recovered her
dignity and her faith in her art, despite
sour criticism. The professor deter
mined never to forgive her now TO
prove it he ate voraciously of the mu-
scum mutton pie for luncheon. The re-
suit was Indigestion, which he attrib-
uted to the omeIet.
He was rudely awakened next morn
ing by Harriet, who was sweeping and
busting in his sitting-room. Hereto
fore Mrs. Hodgson had made it a point
to attend to this herself, doing it so
quietly that the professor was never
disturbed. However, he had his chop
for breakfast; and everything else, even
to the ~overcoat lying on the chair where
he had thrown it the night before,
was as he had requested.
After ransacking the drawers of his
desk and paving over the disordered
papers on top of it in a vain search for
his notebook, which contained the
fruits of three months researches, he
was anything but treasured by . hazy
recollection Of having nodded over the
notebook on the previous evening and
having carelessly laid it on the chalk
4 Ills side. This had happened before;
but he had always found the nbtebooA
ON his desl1in the morning.
Did you see a book on the fonr2" he
cried Is Harriet. when She had answered
the fierce ringing 81 the bell
"Eou-you said anything on the
aoor@
.sFind III Find itI', he Numbered.
Don't dare to come back without it!'
Poor Harriet's face burned as she
went downstairs, for she knew, if the
professor didn't, that the refuse wagon
had called some fifteen minutes ago,
The professor paced up and down, with
anger in his heart against Mrs. Hodg-
son and her omelets, until there was q
soft knock at the door, which he recog-
nized as Mrs. Hodgson's. He presumed
she had come to apologize for what she
would doubtless call IAN unfortunate
accident" He would let her know il
plain terms that hers was the worst
conducted house in London.
"Come inl" he roared.
"Your book, professor" she said
holding it out to him. Though Har.
riet had found it on the floor, 1 picked
it out of the rubbish, thinking 1 could
do no harm, anyway"
"Er-ah! Thank you'll"
Sand 1 have let the room for Satur
day." she went on in a voice which ht
thought was assumed to annoy him.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
"Er-ahl Very welI!"

"Er-ah! Very well!"
His friend observed that the museum
mutton-pie on that day was especially
good. The professor ate heartily of it,
but was soon feeling SO badly that he
concluded to devote the remainder of
the afternoon 10 searching for rooms.
After climbing the stairs of seven diff
ferent houses, he began to speculate
upon how in the world landladies were
able to let such miserable, ill-kept
apartments to anybody. At n place,
in a moment Of Observation-Disclosures, he
actually asked il the cook could make
good omelets. When the landlady said
perfectly lovely omeietsls he told her
abruptly that he wouldn't think Of
taking her rooms. It was on his
tongues end to add that the making of
omelets was not an art to Be spoken Of
lightly, when he remembered that this
was the very expression Mrs. Hodgson
had once used. He determined never
to utter the word omelet again. Weary
and cross, he returned to his rooms. In
the morning, noisy Harriet robbed him
Of his sleep, and he went into his sit
ting-room to face a chop and a disor-
dered desk again.
shall we have our customary nut
ton pie9" the tempter asked him at one
o'clock.
81 have an engagement to-day
was the reply.
The engagement turned out to be il
a little restaurant on Great Russell
street, and before he realized it tn,
Iyearning of his stomach had put a re
quest for an omelet into words. A fla
creation, without the slightest individu
atty, overdone On one side and under
done on the other, was placed beforl
him.
Don't you know he exclaimed fret
fully 10 the waitress, ~that an omele
Is a work Of art not to bey-here b.
stopped abruptly. But I via eat-th'
thing" he added.
On Saturday morning, when he wen
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08

How the New AdmiRtstratiOo Gees
to Work.

How the New AdmintatrntiO0 Gees
to work,
President McKinley's first proclamar
ton declares that an extraordinary oc-
casion requires the congress of the
United States to convene in extra ses-
sion, and sets the date for the
bling of the national lawmakers ct
March Is.
1t is well known that MI. Mckinley
considers the enactment of a new tariff
bill embodying the protective principle
as the most vital and urgent business
to command the attention of congress.
he is anxious that such a measure shall
be in operation by the beginning of the
next fiscal year, July 1.
The tariff bill which has occupied the
attention of Chairman Dingley and his
fellow members of the ways and means
committee for over two months is
nearly ready for submission to the new
congress. The wool and lumber rates
have given the COMMITTEES the most
trouble and the formulation ofssched-
ules which win sasisfy all the interests
involvedwilI not be easy of accomplish
nnent. Tie bill as it win leave Chair
man Dingley's committee viii be near
" if not quite as radical in its protective
features as the Mckinley law.
The republican leaders look for no
serious delay in the house. They feel
confident that no factious or stubborn
opposition will prevent the realization
of the executives wishes as far as the
lower house is concerned. With their
large majority, the party managers on
the republican side feel that they can
out-maneuver the opposition if dilatory
tactics are resorted to by the latter.
In the senate the signs are not as
favorable for smooth sailing. Already
the proposed action of the republican
side in filling the vacancies in senate
committees with their party colleagues
has provoked the warning from the
democrats, independent republicans
and populists that they will unite in op'
position, in which event the repub-
licans would not be strong enough tc
control. f
The new administration begins Sc
renely, with scarcely a cloud on the
horizon. But in these times of politica.
Independence, of strong personal aspi
rations and conflicting ambitions, there
is no assurance that fair weather will
prevail for long. The conditions now
existent in the senate may prccipitatt
such a tempest as that which sent dem
ocratic tariff reform on the rocks at thu
beginning of the last administration
The president proposes; the house may
concur, but it is the senate, as we have
seen, that disposes.-Detroit Free Press