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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
IN LONDON LODGINGS.
What 1t May Cost the American Visitor
In England.

In England, though in London at least
there are many boarding houses, it is
more usual to live i'll lodgings that is,
NOR: usual To hire Il furnished room by it.
self than To include the taking Of meals ut
the common table. Frequently however,
you arrange TO have part of your meals In
the house, but served III your own room.
III that case YOU may buy your own ,na-
teri;tls and pay for the cooking, or the land
lady will buy what you direct and cook it
for II slight charge. In u thoroughly coil-
venicnt and respectable location in Lon
don 81 80 !. week would be u low price for
plainly furnished sitting room and bed
room and the cooking. You can do bet
ter than that III the suburbs, but distances
are long in London, and it is economy to
pay fer Il convenient location if time is
any object.
Prices are lower in the smaller English
places and the landlntlics more endurAble.
Those OF London are often so bothersome
that many Americans advise against tax
ing lodgings there Figures from the OK
pensc book of two American girls who
took lodgings wherever they had addresses
show that in Lincoln for apartments in a
delightfully."- quaint little house just out
side the cathedral close, where the land
lady and everything about tho place was
spotlcssly clean. thoy paid s. 40 apiece for
the nights lodging and thrco meals. In
York they lad lodging, supper and break
fast for 81 apiece AT Oxford tho same
thing with IL fine CRATE fire cost 81 apiece
hi Edinburgh they had lodging and break
fast for Il week for 50. 80 apiece.
,, In London and the large cities it is the
custom to go out for dinner. London res
taurants are more costly than those Of the
Same grade in the States, and so London
! is not the cheapest place in which to dine
| 10 live in this way abroad is much sim
| pier than at home, for restaurant life is so
| much more common. 1t has been said
that third of the people Of Paris dine at
! cafes. Women seldom have any serious
trouble i'll finding a restaurant where thcy
can dine unmolesci, and great many OF
| the art students abroad live in this fash
ion, often not spending 81 y day for the
| whole cost CT existence. Furnished rooms,
| however, are not ST. easily to be found in
| Pnr!s as i'll London, but they are there
| Robert Luce in '.l,uinG Abroad. :"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
A Fastldious Desdernona.

When Wilson Barrett did his lone night
only performance OF "Othello" in Mel
bourne, he Questioned" with much frenzy
and gave rise to u ludicrous situation
Having sti1lcd DesdcmoEa in IL business
like fashion, he came down the stage, be.
ing first supposed to draw tho tapestry to-
gcther leaving the smothcred Miss JEFF
fries comfortably corpsetl on the bed
But in his enthusiasm he did not quite
close the arras, and whilo he was elocut-
ing In the foreground half tho audience
were tittcring at tho comic sight of the
benutcous corpse in the rear sitting ur
and arranging her draperies to pictur.
esque advantage Having seen that they
were correctly displayed, Maud Desdomona
lay down and Went dead again, while
Wilson Barrett continued his riot.-Syd
ney Bulletin.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
Free Mustard.

James Russell Lowell said, ''All lcacons
are good, but there are odds in dcacons, y
and it may DO added that there are odds
III other varieties of men.
Squire Blank. according to Harper S
Bazaar, was not only the richest man in
his village, but the stingiest Us we'll
Nothing gave him such keen delight US to
get something for nothing
Ono day he and several of his ncighhors
had been in conference with nlanufnc-
tnrer who contemplated establishing u
mill In the town. The conference was held
IN the one store of the village, and ut its
close tho manufacturer stepped up to Il
showcase containing cigars and said:
Have cigar, gentlemen"
All the men selected q cigar except
Squire Blank He did rot smoke There.
fore he said:
"1h;snk you, sir, but don't smoke.
But rs the cigars are "a dime apiece I'll
take dimes worth o. mustard If you say
So"
OF course the astonshcd gentleman
said SO, and the squire went homo jubi
liant over "a hun half pound O. mustard
that never cost me Il red cent"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
Only Marked It Out.

A lnvclorE youth had qtarrclcd with his
ladSlove, and with bitter, angry words
they parted, and nc decided that life was
no longer worth living Abruptly turn
ing into BARRIERS, he sat in II vacant
chair and calmly requested the barber to
cut his throat.
Tho barber aclricSced and, tucking the
cloth round his neck, fined the head rest
SO that the customers chin was we'll elc-
waited Then drawing ~ stout pin from
the cciilcr of his wai>tcoat and holding it
firmly between his finger and thumb, he
drew the pin quickly across the neck of
the man
Immediately, with u scream worthy OF
rcd Indian. the GcsIa!rng ono lcaped
from the chair, shouting:
surely, surely you have not dono it:'
oh, no, sir!'' said the barber ''Sit
down again. sir I've only marked it
out! "-i'c:!rson's Weekly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
Anac,JNtn of Aiirich.

A very clever anrctiotc is told of Thorn
as Bailey Aldrch. One day the distin-
snishcd author happened TO Sumter into
an auction room while u sale of rare etli-
tons, old manuscripts ;.nd autographs was
going on. Tho ;,uctoncer holding in his
hands bundle of letters, said: Ladies
and gentlemen, / have hero two auto
graphs which We're written by Il man
named Thomas Bailey Aldrich. / shall
now start them for you at the price Of two
for cents" No bids wcro made, and
they were sold for that sum
Mn Aldrich, in speaking of the incident
ftcrwaru to u friend, said, ~ wouldn't
have cared at all if they mad gone fer 5
cents each, btit two for 5 reminded mo
very forcbly OF little apples. "-Phladcl.
phil. Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
S,l IN mary Convarsi.i,.

Hnwaiians all became "Chrstinns''
through the simple process OF an cdict-
kaloo-of one of the sturdy old kameh,,-
mehas. That worthy king, observing that
~ was easier TO Kill an enemy with i. rifle
than with Il club and that tho rifle was
the invention of the Christians, took II
snort cut through the Theological m;.Zes
ot the missionaries WHO were trying to
convert his subjects, and announced that
nli HnwaliAns were from that moment
Christians As lie added th;l: he would
Knock Oh the head any who objected, the
talng was doio rs fast ns his co,ricrs
could deliver his message to his loving
suDiccts.-Ncw York World.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
High Erred Alnericans.

Here couple Of hundred years ago was
planted II little obscure trading post by II
few score OF broad brccchcd HollanderS
History records nothing moro remarkable
of this small colony of Dutch:nen than
that they lived at peace with one another
and drove the sharpcst bargains with the
untutored rcd man 1t is certain that none
of them ever talked of his ancestry or re
gnrdcd himself rs IL founder.
Indeed the practice among European
nations Of dcrorting their social dregs and
coioniz!ng their nndcsirablcs In the new
world marked no exception in the case of
tho Batavian commonwealth. A span Of
200 years is not, forsooth, the antiquity of
the Percys or tho Howar(ls, but few OF the
sons and daughters Of whom we heaE SO
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
Finding Tar River.

There Is really and truly y tar river In
Anrth>G pE"''A bNt .1onnl5 Acp- sollr ,no
following story of how tho Yankees found
it:
When tho Confcdcratcs evacuated Wash
lngton, n G., they rolled 1000 barrels of
tar and turrentinc into the river ut Inft's
store, and two months later Il steamboat,
the Colonel Hill, with 400 Yankee prison
ers going from Salisbury To Washington
to be exchanged, tied up at the wharf to
let the boys hathe. They stirred up the
tar at the bottom of the river and were
smearcd with it from head to foot. When
we came upon them, each man had his ,1.-
lions of meat i'll one hand and small
stick i'll the other scrlping and crossing
for dear life. Hello, boysl What's the
lnntter?' l asked. And they replied,
burned if we haven't found Tar river ut
last; the whole bed is covered with pitch. !"
New York Press
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

Buyer-Lookce here, you! You said
this horse WAS sound and kind and free
from tricks The first day drove him he
baked II dozen times, and he's AS bad TO-
day.
Dcaler-Um-you've been wondering il
l cheated you maybe?
Yes. I have
And the first timo you drnv tho hoss
you sort o wondered if he hadn't som.
tricks, didn't your
"Of course"
And you kept saying to yourself !
wonder if that there horse will balk, may
be-"
" Probably"
"And YOU had your mind on it good
dcnl. most like"
THAT 5 true"
That's wot's tho 1nattcr--you'vc hyp-
notice.! him Ser?"-New York Weekly
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
1T Broke AN ENGAGEMENT.
That Old Problem About a Picket Fence
Over n Hill.

over n E1sIl.
Dan Cupid sailed out once upon IA day
and aimed an arrow ut youth and u maid
whom l know. The aim was true, and
presently the naid was wearing IL solitaire
diamond on tho third finger of her loft
hand, star Of promise Of palmer ring
which was to CLEAN there by and by EN-
erything went well till ono day the youth
received IL letter from third cousin of his
out i'll Denver, Il simple, innocent letter
with II postscript.
PIP. s." it read. 'tWill it take moro
pockets to build q fence overa hill or right
straight through the hill, the pckcts in
both cases to be the same distance apurt
and to be set perpendicular to II horizontal
line drawn through the basc Of the hill?"
OF course tho youth read the letter TO
the maid, and she said right off:
why, what an nwfully silly question:
OF course it would take moro to go over
the hill y
nd tho youth said:
mo, it would take precisely tho same
number
Then she fell hack on Euclid and the
two sides of triangle, with certain cal
cu!ationS, in which reference was made to
'li Il square" and he pinned his faith to
simple diagram with the banistcrs of the
front stairs and in tho hall rs an object
lesson TO clinch his argument They
couldn't agree, and they parted in cold
ness, meeting later OILY to part in anger.
ic says she is obstinate, and She, l regret
to say, calls him pighcadcd. The soli-
tairc is gone and happiness with it, and
after all that she thinks it will take more
pickcts to build the fence over the hill,
and he is sure it won't What do you
think?-Washingto Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
sandy's nreadful1y Sudden pem,sc.

Ii still happens occasionally that tho
price OF some particular stock or share de
pends largely on one life 1t often hap
pens. too, that the sudden death Of IN
operator who is II large holder or a large
bull of amy stock will cause 4 sharp fall in
It's price, because the knowledge TINT this
stock Will have TO be sold makes the deal.
crs sell bears in anticipation II is related
that certain Scot, Oh hearing Of the sud.
den death of an old Glasgow friend who
was VIGOROUSLY very deep iii North British
railway stock, first rushed to the railway
market and sold 10000 British in prep
alation for the fall that was sure to follow
W hen his dead friends account was lioui-
dated, and then took telegram form and
wired TO the widow, Am terribly vcxed
t" hear OF poor Sandy dreadfully sudden
demise. "-IIxcAanre
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
MADE OF THE RIGHT STUFF.
Commander Powell Won the Admiration
of His Captor.

COMMANDER Powell Won the Admiration
of His Captor.
Sand always commands respect and con
federation from those who are themselves
brave mon. Captain Jones, who was in
command of the Florida troops when they
took the United States arsenal at Ana
lachicola, always delighted in telling this
Incident:
Commander Powell was in charge OF
the arsenal" related tho captain. "He
had been III the service for 20 Years ana he
1nHtie !, gallant defcnse against ovcrw helm
Ing numbers. 10 be accurate he did about
III the lighting himself and gave us the
Impression that no had quite respectable
force back of him When we entered, tho
grim old warrior turned and addressed MS
thus:
= Five minutes ago 1 WINS commander
oil this arsenal; but, in consequence of the
weakness OF my command, was Obliged
11uiieSro'T-atu To 40 during my entlre mill.
tary career. If lud n force equal to or
even half the strength of your own, I'll be
ID II you should have entered that gate
until you walked over my dead body.
You sce, L have but three men. If they
wcro soldiers instead of common lnborers
we would be lighting yet. l now consider
niysulf II prisoner Of war. Take my sword,
Captain JONES'
II did tako it mechanically and under
the spell Of his Sutburst, but immediately
returned it and told him he WAS too brave
man To disnrm. Spontaneously the en-
tire command gave three cheers for Powell
and there WAS not one Of us who did not
feel proud thar he WAS an American citi-
zen. Detroit Free Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

ODD NUMBERS IN PRICES.
Fascination of the Bargain Counter
Nine Cont Goods Sell Better Than Eight

Fascination of the Bargain Counters.
Nine Cont Goods Sell Better Than Eight.
In speaking of special sales the other
day and of tho figures that seem to attract
the public tho most, MS we'll as the class of
customers who frequent these sales, Ill old
and successful merchant said:
There is u fascination In odd numbers
that always draws purchasers. Now, I
Will call your attention to some of the
marked down articles that arc being sold
on our bargain counter Notice those
necktics that arc marked at 37Ia cents,
three for 81. 1t is an actual fact that we
sold twice rs nn.ny of them at 81 = cents
as We would sell Mt 30, and wo sci, IA
many again by allowing three for ST..
When man sees them selling as 81 u
cents, hc naturally imngincs that they are
so cont goods, and he reasons that he can
get thrco cheaper than he can one, SO he
takes three. lIc really does get /, bargain,
but he would not take it at IL less attract
Two figure.
Speaking Of odd numbers, it is u curl
Gus fact that some aro much more attract
i've than others. Nine cents, for intancv.
is one of tho most attractive figures and
sells moro goods than s cents would
Thirteen and II cents are by no means so
Eood as 10 cents for running off an extra
line, while 81 and 23 arc comparatively
poor sellers. Thirty seven and y half cents
is IL great favortc and hcttcr than 80 by
lar torty-nine used tn bo much better
than it is now. I attribute the fact that
1t is less popular to the number Of Jokes
that have boon made upon it.
When you get above 30 cents, people
commence to look moro ut tho real Value
OF thing and less at the price charged
Seventy nine cents is Al great favorte, and
W is ono of the best figures still that we
havo to sell ut, although not SO good rs it
used to he 1t will soil, however % per
cont more goods than will $l."-Wash,
ington Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
LESSONS IN SLANG.
Tho Tencl,er Began Well, but Soon Came
to Grief.

In spite OF the fact that She wanted to
learn IL little something about the subject
1T seems probable that she was better
Hcrsed in some features of it than he
thought III Truth, the ucnurc appear
nncc OF 4 girl or IA woman does not neces-
| sarily make it safe to draw any conclu-
sions us to her knowledge of those features
| Of our language not usually recognized in
polite society.
"John,' she said, 81 want YOU to give
mo the meaning of some slang words"
why, OF course he replied ''Fire
| ahead"
There is nothing that plcascs u man
more, you know, than any sort of az in
tinAton from Il woman that he knows
more than She docs about any subject
Things of that sort occur seldom.
What Il 'cilich:' -
That's easy he replied You know,
In the west the Knot cowboy ties in his
saddle girth is called u cinch, the feature
of it being that it positively will not slip
or come loose. From that we sort of rc;l-
son tEat-er''-
Yes"
well, it conveys tho iden of something
that holds Tight
"Liko lnatrinony?''
Well, not exactly. Mntrimony is some
times Il cinch, but not always-not by u
EDHu zeal
There was just u suggestion of some
sinister meaning underlying this hut be-
fore she had rilno to go very deeply into it
he FASTENED to explain that cinch meant
something that was casy--;l certainty
For instance, - he Went on, ''whcn l
made up my mind to ask you to MARRY
me- 1T was Il cinch that would get you -
oh, it Was, WAS it:'' sho demanded,
suddenly showing unmistakablc signs Of
ngsrcssivencss "A nd what is Il bluff Can
you tell Inc thut.''
'Why-cr--cr-a bluff is-cr''-
when YOU told mo you could support
me i'll the style to which had been ncc,.s-
toned. she interrupted, II suppose that
was Il blutf''
Sometimes Il man whose bump of humor
is "bnornally developed is unable to see
the point Of y joke when he is the butt OF
1t. Possibly that may explain the strained
relations that existed in that household
for as much ms half I: day.-Chicuyo Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
Sailors Cant Swaar

The regulations of both the army and
navy forbid profanity, and any soldier or
sailor who objects to bong sworn at by
his superior officer may make complaint,
thereby subjccting the offending officer to
trial by court martial. Yet we have reason
to believe that such men ns Washington,
Farragut and Grant could swear and did
swear upon occasion, and history furnishes
no record OF their liusing been court mar.
tailed OF that t.--Exchangc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

The following story of Mr. Gladstone is
told by tho Sunderland correspondent OF
the Leeds Mercury: Years ago ! was in
tnwnrden, and in talking to an old man
VINO sa'd he was older than Mr.. Gladstone
by I. year or two I've told NO he knew MIR
Gladstone since few DAYS after he was;
married This old man in his younger
days used to carry pig iron from ship OF
boat to foundry some miles distant He
hna hlll 70 e up. end he had to put his
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
His Addition.

A down east correspondent recalls q
story told in tho last century of a school
boy named Eells, who had Is teacher
named Bascon. The lad afterwnrd be-
came u noted preacher. One day his teach
or set for II copy IN the boys writing book,
"Ecls are an ordinary fish, The boy
copied it very carefully and added, '.Ecls
We're an e,zlinary fish till Bascom (bass
omc)"--New York Times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
A WICKED MAN.
How he Planned to Turn the Tables or
Ii liz UnsuSpect Ing WIFE


Hc looked at his watch, debated with
himself for IL minute and thcn said GO
on with the game. Ill sit in Il little lop-
GER
Likely to DO somebody sitting up for
Sure to be- was the reply.
Possibility that Tho party who is sitting
up vii! be mad clear through?' inquired
the player opposite.
Not only possibility, but n certain
ty," answered the man who had looked ut
his watch, land don't mind saying that
if it was any other night Wouldn't dare
stay another minute.
What is there peculiar about tonight?
asked the dealer.
The fact that l received this today
replied the player us he took IN envelope
from his pocket and held it up
Letter" they asked.
mo: BILL" he answered "Milliner 8
bill.
Il don't see began one of the others
why, it's simple enough - returned the
man with the bill Can't you always
find something to kick about in Il mil
liners bill:'
They admitted That they usually could.
We'll, he went on, THERE'S an item
for u hat here that's all right She told
me she was going to get it and what it
would cost, but there's another item Of
Ss.3a for ribbons and things that would
give me I. chance to make my roar. III
turn loose the minute get in tho house
before she has Il chance to say Il word"
"Well?" they said
well, he answered, THAT will put her
on the defensive at the start, and then III
keep it up until curtain lecture or any
kind Of " sarcastic reference to the club j:
about as Ear from her thoughts MS we arc
from the Philippines. just you show III,
a man who can't work out his own saliva
ton when he once succeeds III putting 4
woman on the defensive. and / will show
you q man who has not been married
long. Give nc two cards, please. Chi
cago Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

shoulder 70 the wheel One Gay MIR
Giadstone was going up tho Hill, and he.
too, put his shoulder to the wheel until Ii.
got To the top. The man rested his hur,:.
1T the top of tho kill, and AN old man
breathing stones said DO you know who
that WAS who put his shoulder to the
wheel: The carter said. No Well
that is Miss Cuthcrine's husband. was
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
The Cold Shoulder.

1t was once customary III France when
guest had remained too long for the host
to serve n cold shoulder Of mutton instead
Of n hot roast. This was the origin Of the
sl,rase . to give the cold shoulder"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
~ McRHingicss Term.

Hicks--Whcn people mean to make
things exceedingly uncomfortable for u
man, they speak about having a picnic
With him.
Wicks--1 know. just rs though people
who have picnics ever have IL good Tins! i
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
The provision for "A traroi0n,s .a,,,

me provision for "a Travellers reauire.
mcnts are distinctly generous in Scryin
Not on!y does he find public soap, which
hngliShmen sometimes resent not finding
IN France, but also hairhrlsllcs clothes
brushes, combs and slippers in his bed
room Even u public toothbrush is by no
means unknown.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

lhuch Ctili prove u ucsccno rail n, idng
AZ any rate, II admits no doubt of grand
rather, or even on" to spare, and AS Nj
Biouet observes, that is the greatest ,l,Sid-
oratu,n of the high bred American Phil
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

'tSsr-rmons In stones." quoted Mr.. Doc.
Ian after his literary daughter Oh dunno
about that, but sure there IS some good
,Incnta An tEcrus theirs la GinetR.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

In the sixteenth century frogs were con-
sidered fish and allowed on fast days.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11

The bachelor who builds air castles
usually lives i'll flat after lie gets mar
RED Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-11
sa,utes the Quartz rdecI,.

y naval seaman has once every day to
Aalnte the quarterback OF his ship, even If
no officer is upon it