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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
a rOcpreeq.

Coffee-Grecn, quiet; rio common.
81 G9c.; fair, 11@ll&c.; good, 12h a
l4c. choice, l5@lGc.; Laguayra. 16Gp
17c.; Java. 2IlaGi 29c.
Syrups ard Molasses-H igher; syr-
ups. Bright 1SG23c.: Fair Grades. 15c. :
Fort Rico, 10. zoe and &c. rs to grade.
New Orleans Molnsses-ouict: Fair.
iST25c.: Good. 21@ SOC: Choice. SIC.
FloW--,Market strong and higher.
Western spring wheat, Best Patent
Family. $5.55; Winter Wheat. Rest
Family, $3.50: Choice Straight Family.
S4.S5; Good Family, S75; Fair Family,
$.G5, rs 10 grade.
Rice-Miiled. 4N@GHc.: rough. clear
Of red. 45GG0c.: with red. Csc.
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CAPE \ New York,
ruRDlrcI Philadelphia
CllhslGSo and Norfolk
ROUTE Railroad.
QUICK TlME-LOW RATES.
TWO TRAINS EACH WAY.

I'NO TRAINS EAS.i W "a
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. 20. 1897
LEAVE NORFOLK.
I:45 d III. uuuy, ca cpl SunGay--(Ports-
Iavuth. high street, 7:3u a. IN. }
Arrive at Philadelphia 6:42 D..
m; New York at S:3S p. IN.
LEAVE NORFOLK.
6:1o D. IN. daily. Portsmouth, High street,
5:55. Arrive at philadelphia
$40 II. m: New YORK. I:i3 u. IN
ARRIVE AT NORFOLK.
600 a. IL. daily. Portsmouth. High street
9:io leaving Kew Icri at p
IN, philadelphia. ll:i0 p. III.
ARRIVE AT NORFOLK.
7:;O r. m.-ba.ly, except sunday Ports-
month, High strcct,S:D y. nh
.eavlng New York at n. III. !;
Philadelphia, 1929 n. M.
Close connection made with all rail- and
sound lines TO and from Boston.
Pullman Sleeping Cars en- night trains
beteween Jersey City. gntlndelphia and
Cape Charles. pullman Buffet Parlor
cars on dav trains between Philadelphia
and Cape Charles.
Through Tickets sold md bnfsase
checked Mt Wake Agency. under Allan
tic Hotel. and or steamers.
General Passenger and Freight Agent.
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Live stock.

Market firm for all kinds OF stock
with strong demand at good prices
choice heavy Western cattle, 31&milac.
North Carolina. best. 2Am3kc.; common
7a@2!5c: heifers. Western, 2&mic.
bulls, 2la@2Hc.: fat cows. 2MGT3jGc.
mich cows, good per mead S2500TiO.0o;
COWS. common, SI0.000 1000; butchers
shecp, 2!2mic.; good corn-fed hogs.3A a
1c; light pigs, 3ai@4c. Hogs, weaker in
sympathy with Chicago prices: dressed
hoss' 11ac per pound; lambs. 3i2@ilac
per pound
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17c.; State dairy. 1i@16c.; State cream

17c.; State dairy. 1i@16c.; State cream
cry, 14@19c. Z
Cotton Seed oll-Duli and rather
weak at a shade lower prices; prime
crude, 19c.; prime crude. 15@16c.; prime
summer, yellow, 22@22hc.; off summer,
Yellow 22c.; butter oil, 24@26c.; prime
winter, yellow, 271s@29c.
Spot Coffee-Rio dull; No invoice.
6Ac.; No. Z jobhing, 6S1c.; mild and
quiet; Cordova, S1s@l5c
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining. 3
9-16c.; centrifugal, &c test. Lice; re-
fined, steady; mould A, 5asc.; standard
A. &C.; confectioners' a, &c.; graduated,
SIC.
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: THayEL. E..p aurDE.
.oSN~s.e,o-J-...SS
"A rLANTlC AND *. III y

ATLANTIC AND X q II 35555 D
"a iDANyILLE{RAII,W
Schedule In effect October 2nd. 1871 4
!, TRAIN ~ "a NO; IEp,aily-Lcayes NoriSs
n.y.: West Norfolk, $50 q. B m. FOR Dn
yillo and Intermediate points. arriving Il
, TRAIN No; socDESnily except sqndss
7;l0 p; M, arriving at DanvIlo at 81
o'clock u. m so n
TRAIN NO. 4 arrives at Norfolk at Nh
q M, daily except Sunday. 4. III
TRAIN NO, arrives at Norfolk at sB
= TRAIN No. 3 connects. ct d ennI,,a
Junction with Norfolk and Western ni
road for Durham and intermediate poInG
TRAINS NOS. l n ND 2 connect ut III,
fress Junction and Danville for all pohJ
on the Southern railway system. p !.
Pullman secpers between Danville a1
a shevllle, Atlanta. Jacksonville, MempAl
and New Orleans ~"
Tickets on sale and baggage checked n
Wakes agency and company's wlaL
Norfolk, and at w. V. II. Williams lGta
cy, Portsmouth.
VIM. II. TAYLOR,
Traffic NJ anaga
CHAS. o. HAINES. General Manager
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
BALTIMORE MARKET.

Baltimore. Jan. 29.-Flour dull and
unchanged.
Wheat-Easier; spot, month and Feb
ruary. S1.O0@1.00A; March, sl.0oh@
$l.0O&; May, 99@99Ac.; steamer No.
red, 95A @S6c.; Southern wheat by sam
pie and on grade. 97c. @S1.0l
Corn-Ste1dy; spot, month and Feb
ruary, 34@3ilsc.; Southern white corn,
33mS5c.; Southern yellow, 33@3ihc.
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white Western, 291s
M30c.; No. mixed white Western, Csc.
bid.
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SUgnr Nsnrftpf,

Markei-Strong: out of town prices
are dependent on the delivery rates to
the different points. Local sales are
being made as follows: Cut loaf 1922;
powdered, $5.42; graduated, $5.23; con-
fectioners' standard y, S5.ll; American
off y, Si.S7; centennial bright. yellow
u, SAP: California Is. ASS: Franklin
standard extra G. S4.29; keystone extra
c, 4.23; American extra c. SILL.
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Peanut Marriott.

Market steady: fancy, 2sk@2%c.:
strictly prime. 22sG2hc.; prime. lia@
&c: shellcd stock. 1hMlIc.; Spanish,
55GIjT1ac. per bushcl
Hand Piclicd-Fancy, 3AG3&c.; ex-
tras, 2laM2&c.: third grade, 1&62c. !;
No. ! Spanish shcllcd, 3h@3%c.: No. l
Virginia. 2iaM2Hic.; No. g Virginia. &c.
Farmers Stock-Fancy. 2iaM23c !;
strictly prime, pa @2i&c.; lower grades,
lGi2C.
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WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York. Jan. 29.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes
Surplus reserve, increase, S,3H $50;
loans. increase, S2,395, GOO: specie, in
crease. S2,445,200; legal tenders, Increase,
$3,S9l 900; deposits. increase, SS011 400;
circulation, decrease, 1921 900
The banks now hold $50, $50 in eN-
cess of the requirements Of the 25 per
cent. rule.
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Z Tho leading futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Clos
WEont No. p
NEW YORK MARKET,

Now YORK, Jan. 29.-Flour market In
active but firmly held; city mill patents,
S5.706f$6,G0.
Whcat-Spot easy; No. . red. Sl.G7.
Co.n-Spot steady; No. 2, 363sc.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. .. 296t2?hc
Beef-Firm; family, Sll.00GD$ll 30: OK
ira mess, $G.00M$S.50; beef hams. $1,000
6D23.50; packet. $9.o00l0. 80; city extra
India mess, $15.00Grl600.
Cut mcat-F>irm: picked bellies, 5M@
&C.; picked shoulders, iMc.; picked
hams, re
I.ard-Stcady; Western steamed
$50: refined, steady; continent, $5.35
Pork firm; mess. s9.75I10.OO; new
mess, short clear, sl0.00@12.00.
Buttcr-Steady; Western creamery,
141&@2Oc.; Western factory, 11614c.:
Elgins 20c.; imitation creamery, 100
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET

New York. Jan. 29-Noney on call
easy. IL per cent: last loan, IA per
cent prime mercantile paper, Sal prr
cent; sterling exchange, steady, with
actual business in bankers bills ut 4.S4as
for dem ana and ut l.S2iaGliS22t for sixty
days; posted rates. iS3Gli.S2ih and +S5i.
04.S6: commercial bills. 4SlMcnlS2; sill
Yer certificates. 5GM @57M; bar silver,
56M; Mexican dollars. 45M state bonds,
dull: rainoad bonds, firm; Government
bonds, irregular.
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GrnIr.

GrnIr.
Peas-Steady; biack-eye peas, new
crop, $l.95G200 per bag; black, 75c.
straight, per bushel
White corn, 3ldt35c.; mixed, 34c
Mill Feed-Market firm; bran, $1i.50;
Shipsiuif or middlirg. SIS so; meal, white,
boited, per 100 pounds, soc.
Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Nc. i,
Timothy hay, $3.50; No. ., $l250; mixed.
S12.C0.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
Asi,NiiIIcR.

Southern Fruit-IIananas, 90c OSLO
per bunch; lemons. $2.1503.O0; cabbage,
Northern, Sl.50 per barrel
Potatoes-lIaymans $l.7562.00: on
ions. $2.2SFi3.O0 per sack; Irish potatoes.
$50 per sack: apples, fancy. $3.5O44 90.
Poultry-Oid chickens. 20030c.
Eggs-Wholcsaie steady, at lie. per
dozen.
RNcsMaN ->22GoIc ner mound
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Croakcrs per pound, &C.; taylors, per
pound. &c; pan fish, per pound,4c.: bak-
Ing FISH, per pound, &C.: founders. per
pound. &C.; sheepshcad, 5@7c.; blue
fish, &C.: spcckled trout. &C.. rock. per
pound, 12c.; Spanish mackarel, 12c.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
SHIPPING NEWS.
rorr ct Norfolk and Partanloutn
january ~. 1898.

A1tlLlN ED.
Schr. ]. Dallas, MARVEL Elgey, for
baltimore, with coal.
CLEANED.
British stmp. Thordsa. Rel for Fps
wich, with grain, by North American
Transport Company.
British stmp. Linchinder, Whitley,
FOR Manchester, with lumber and grain
SAILED.
British stmp Dun aven, Dalton, for
Hamburg, with general cargo.
Schr Lizzie Fl. B!ayton, Rogers, Fall
River, with coal.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
CHICAGO MARKET.

Chicago, Jan. 29.--Wheat to-day felt
the heavy liquidation which was done
near the close Of yesterdays session,
and acted weak and irregular May
closed &c. lower. No attempt was made
to do anything in January.
Corn and oats were heavy and de-
clined lac lower each.
Provisions were firm, without much
trading, and closed unchanged
Tho fc1GjDr fptiIrrs roprn6 "a. f,pou,..
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.
x SID SOUTHERN
0DA Railway Co.

THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CARO-.
LIMA, THE LAND OF THE sky" &
me only line operating solid train be-
tween Norfolk aud Chattanooga with Pull,
man Sleeping Car between Raleigh and
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WESTWARD

Gladly except Sunday. Other time daily.
No. l-Norroik to Cincinnati and Louis
vile daily. larlor car old Poin, to It:rh-
mond. Pullman Sleeping cars Rich
moud for cincinnati, Louisville and 81
Louis Nleals served ON dining cars west
OF GorlouSvlle. Connects At X richmond
for l.ynChburg and Lexington. Va.
80. 5--Daily except Sunday. Richmond
TO West Clifton Forge.
No 3--NorfOik to Cincinnati and Louis
ville daily. Pullman Slccpini; ears old
Point 20. Cincinnati ana Louisville. Meals
served on dining cars west OF CiorGonJ-
willie.
Steamer Louise arrives ut Norfolk dailv
IL :05 noon and I:tD y.
I'oi further Information apply 10
T. w. EURD. Passenger Agent.
c. and o. Ticket Office. CRANKY street.
Under Atlantic Hotel
JOHN d. POTTS,
Asst. General Passenger Agent.
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Norfolk & Southern R. R. CO.
SCHEDULE IN EFrECT SEPT \ 1s,

MAIL AND EXPRESS LIcAyESSO r.
EOLk daily Except Sunday 10 o. d. FOR
elizabeth City. Edenton, Mackeys Ftt, ~,
Roper, l'antcgo, Belhaven, etc. gtane els
as foilnws: Daily Except Suniul FOR
plymouth. GAINESVILLE, Williams a nd
Windsor. TUESDAY,, THU RSDN 6, nd
SATURDAY. for all landings on CrOg,y nv,
river; on MONDAY and FRiDS for for
ScuppernonS river, and W EDNFSDA va
for Avoca. Connecting at BchaNn " lin
steame. Virginia Dare for Maksyyt lie.
South Creek. Aul ora. Wash ing ton md In-
termedate landings. Conaccts al iii IN
beth CITY Monday and WedncSdy 81 lin
steamer Newhernc for Roanoke bls- nd
Oriental and Newherne.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30

j. H. WlNGFIMLD,
folk, VA. W.
l.. S. CANNON,
Ihird Vice President and Gcu'l NIan's'r.
: M: GULF. Traffic Manager
w, n. TURIN. General Passenger AEent
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30

EASTERN CAROLINA DlspaT on.
MINlON LINE. between all point, N oHh
anu Fast via Norfolk and NoftA and
Southern railroad and Eas.eil N orth
Carolina.
Freight received daily until SIM and
forwarded promptly at low rate
For further information apply 10 tho
General Office Of the N. & S. RR Co..
Norfolk. Va. '-8
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30

EVENING EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
FOLK nj 1910 p. m. Tuesday. Thushy and
Saturday. for III .zabeth City. EdaNn aud
way stations. Connects at F;!izatNh Civ
With tie steamer Ncusc for Htyhe me.
Morchead City. kinston and Goldlofo via
4 tS y. c. r. r.. and for Jaci,av ilIe,
Wilmington. y. e., and for all s!aims5 Oh
the w Il \. II. r. Stops at RolssEa IS
land Tuesday and Saturday.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
AKPIVE AT NORFOLK

= XXI V ~ AT NORFOLK
MAIL AND EXPRESS (dailY tsCep.
SunGar) At i:GS p. m, and mornks .'an
eonneetins Nil all rail- and sIea H s'H sa az
Norfolk for the North, East AMI " est
Passenger stations foot OF East !hn ST.
Norfolk and Western depot. FMlht stu
ton on water street. #
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Is ErrECr NAY 30, 1891.

Daily. Daily, cS. Sunday. iB.ily oI y.,
Connections at Few Orleans with Southern r,t.,ri
California;.
No. t0i,--ArTlrr Portsmouth, daily, f.15am
No. Is.--Atthc Portsmouth daily, go pm
J. ". Hr"wp, jr ra,>r ACT, In9 Hair ST. Sorroli n
aurrny fn.br,, Trav. Fas.'r Ag;., Purt,mouih Va
T.. ST. JOHN, yicr.prr.td~ut end Gene raj Manager
Y. T. NeR:f, Grnsral Superintendent.
u. W. u. GLOVER, 4, J. Iyneusuy
frame H"n'err, Gcn'i faarla
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~ COAST
TAo SSe Eco LINE.
tSorfolt IL CnraIlnn RnilroadI
In Effect November 2S.h, 1897.
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|lI II. c. HUDUN3 ,
General Freight and Pass Ire Mt
n. X. KING. General NJ amaze 80
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IrCuif Elsil.

Beeswax ~2s@2lc. per pound.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
St. VaIentlne'$ Day.
It's history and Customs.

ordinary singers are Obliged to have
their poems printed in the magazines,
A fairly good journeyman magazine
poet can never earn more than SIS or
$40 a week, while a valentine factory
bard receives rs much as $50 a week
the year through. Though he is
obliged to work eight hours a day, he
gets his wages every Saturday night.
Probably more mere artistic and
literary skill is bestowed upon the fe-
male typewriter than upon any other
calling or profession, The bicycle
rider-bloomer girl, scorcher and trick
peformer-is good second. The IL
lustration is founded upon verse
something like this:
Now, don't you cut foolish figure
Mounted on that stupid ''jigger,"
Tearing UP and down the street,
Soaring ev'ry child you meet?
Go, and give away that silly toy,
That's only fit to please boy.
Some honest work do if you can
And try to be useful man.
hSll SoitSS tilS SldluCItI Lie
gossip. usually, strange to say, fe-
male biped. Nothing cutting and
cruel can be too severe for this class,
and doubtless the spiteful missives
often provoke reform as we'll as anger
The mean employer and the office
holder furnish their quota to the mas
torpieces of art and composition. The
offlceholder has been portrayed in this
scathing verse:
You'll bow and shipper, rant and shout
To cozen fools when you are out
But once you're in don't care jot.
All other outs may go to pot
A few new pictures are added every
year, but comic valentine publisher
never destroys a plate. A hasty look
through an assortment of 100 or more
styles will always reveal many that
can never wear out.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
MY VALENTINE

One little maid across the street
Seemed never Of her chances chary
But when today we CHANGED to meet,
And knew that date in February
When birds and woods are wide awake
And all the earth to spring Is turn
ing,
saw her smile-'twas no mistake
And our two hearts with love were
burning.
A dimpled check, a soft blue eye,
A figure like a wood born fairy,
Long locks of hair that vagrant fly,
A manner not too vain or airy,
Rose lips that put the rose TO blush,
And do not lack the roses sweet
ness,
Are hers. Words fall into a hush
That try to paint her forms com
pleteness.
] only know she has such grace
AS prompts the passion of lover
A beaming glow illumes her face
That nowhere else can you discover.
| wound my arm about her waist
And found her welcome did not vary
And SO today the bliss we taste
So long prescribed for February.
Joel Benton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
SKILL IN SARCASM.

st. Valentine has become a very
much abused individual Indeed, he
always was for that matter, for history
tells us that the good old Italian
priest suffered martyrdom away back
In the early Christian era, at date
upon which good authorities differ.
One legend has it that he was brought
before the emperor, who asked why he
did not cultivate his friendship by hon.
oring his gods. But good St. Valen-
tine pleaded the cause of the one true
God earnestly Whereupon he was
sent away to be judged and punished,
but 1t seemed that his eloquence con-
verted the one who was to punish
him, and this so en- aged the emperor
that he caused all to be imprisoned and
lSt. Valentine to be beaten with clubs
and afterward beheaded. Recently
there has been less of the delicateIy
rented and lace befrilled little mis-
ives that convey such tender senti-
tents and more of the so-called COM
ics which give spiteful individuals a
Ehance to pay off real or fancied griev-
noes and to exercise their skill in
Anonymous sarcasm. So the valentine
bctories are about as busy as ever.
hey employ some of the best poets
hat is, II salary be the proper criterion
TO write for them, while the plain,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
f.FRE WAC

handed her uncle. suspieously. 81
hope no one has had tho audacity to
send valentine into my house."
Il don't know, Uncle Henry" said
Elsie, family.
open 1t and let your uncle see,"
lnterposed Mrs, Higgins, moved. per-
haps, by some feminine curiosity.
So Elsie reluctantly cut the string,
undid the paper, took off the lid and
disclosed dozen pairs of long suede
gloves OF varying hues, but OF the
same dainty size, and family perfumed
with yiolets. and. alas. on the top
lay a lovely hand-pninted card, ITO
my Valentine. Rufus" and portray
ing an Arcadan pair lovemaleing I'M
der an apple tree.
II thought forbade you TO have
anything moro TO do with that dis
solute young man." said Mr.. Higgins.
turning upon Elsie with an awful
calm that foreboded storm. And
thought. also you were aware OF
my objection to that ridiculous, I'M
neral, vulgar custom OF sending
what idiots call valentlnesl And yet
you dare to flaunt your disobedlence
under my very eyes!"
I'm very sorry, uncle" said Elsie
meekly.
Sorry! Prove 1t, then: prove II. J
say! Take those sinking gloves and
put them on the fire. At once! Do
you hear?" he roared.
"Oh, Uncle Henry!" cried Elsie
aghast. Burn her gloves! All those
delicate tans and pearly grays. and
Rufus present tool
Yes, 1t would surely be great
waste Now she has them she may
as well wear them out" said Mrs.
Higgins thriftily.
Burn them, | say! Am master In
my own house or not?" vociferated
Mr., Higgins furlously.
elsie looked at him wildly, rebellion
rising even in her gentle heart. But
suddenly there was a loud ring and
knock at the front door.
Who's that trying to break my bell
WATe' OOH1e Vi tHObe YHRhDOHu boys
again? Susan, tell that person unless
he wishes 10 be taken up on charge
OF malicious damage TO property he
must be more careful In future"
shouted Mr.. Higgins wrathfully.
Please. sir, It's boy brought a
parcel from the station" said Susan. as
she appeared with small hamper.
"fie says 1t was TO be delivered I'm
mediate, and would you please give
him something for his trouble"
I'm give him a good horsewhipplng
II he doesn't make himself scarce at
once, said her master savagely.
Whatever can 1t be, Henry"
said Mrs. Higgins. inspecting the
hamper. 1T hasn't railway label on
IL. but see It says This side up-with
care
Perhaps the label has got torn of.
shouldn't wonder II II isn't present
from my nephew David. That young
man has proper idea OF the respect
due TO me" said Mr.. Higgins more
suaYely.
He cut tn. string, united the lid,
lifted on q layer OF straw. another OF
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10
rlr. Higgins Valentine.

1t was Mr.. Higgins frequent and
proudest boast that he was a plain,
straightforward man, with no non
sense about him. Plain, he un-
doubtedly WIS; straightforward, he
might be, If always speaking the
truth when it happened to be un-
pleasant counts as such, and he GER
tainly had no nonsense about him Of
the sort he meant, which included all
tender sentiments, all fancy imagina-
ton or tender-heartedness. Like King
George of immortal memory, he saw
no good in "boetry or bainting," he
even went further and called them
immoral and un-English. SO his
state OF mind can be better imagined
than described when Elsie Wears, his
wife's pretty niece, fell in love with
Rufus Murray, rising artist Of the
impressioniste school, who had come
down TO Mudbury on visit.
He treated the young man to full
exposition OF his views on art In gen
eral, on Rufus Murray in particular,
and fsw more things thrown in, and
wound up by ordering him out of the
house and forbidding him ever TO APP
proach or write TO Elsie again. Mr..
Higgins was the kind OF uncle who
inspires fear rather than respect, and,
perhaps, Elsie might have managed to
do without his consent 10 their en-
gagement and have made a runaway
match Sith her lover; but, nnfortu-
nately. Mrs. Higgins was her guardian
and as she. Of course. saw matters
through her husbands eyes, the
young couple could not afford to dis
pense with Elsie's modest ESQ year,
50 there was nothing for 1t but TO
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-02-10

wait, in the vague hope that Mr. Hug
gins might relent.
He was n stout, h-complexioned
man, with a bald head, mutton chop
whiskers, pursedup lips and cold,
green eyes, and looked just In his ele-
ment when bullying the rector at an
Easter vestry. or sitting on the board
of poor law guardians, where he en-
joyed himself greatly in cutting down
the paupers' dietary, docking them OF
Il dole of tobacco or snuff. refusing
the magnificent grant OF IS pence and
a couple of loaves q week to aged
couples or admonishing refractory
members OF her majesty's workhouse
club. There was n legend still extant
of the awful act of one Sal Skaters, q
quondam flower girl, who. smarting
under his remarks about her fringe,
had hurled couple Of aged and I'M
savory shoes at his head with quite
unfeminine directness OF aim; but
there were not many other people
who defied Mr.. Huggins.
The loudless Of his voice, the brutal
frankness of his language and the
glare Of his eyes generally oVerawed
! the most contumacious, and pretty,
golden-haired Elsie had mortal
dread of his anger. Mrs. Higgins,
however, had once or twice proved
more than his match, but as In mat
ters that concerned the girl she al
ways took his views, poor Elsie did
not benefit by that at all.
Now, Christmas cards. birthday
presents and valentines were among
the many things Mr.. Higgins clas5ed
as nonsense, the latter being also i'm
moral. So on Feb. IA no wonder
Elsie sat at the breakfast table listen
ing anxiously for the postman's
knock. Her instincts told her that
Rufus would be sure TO send her Il
valentine, and she shiyered 10 think
Of her uncle's anger II he should see
II.
May ] ask whether plain, whole.
some breakfast is not good enough
for you, Elsie?' said Mr. TIugglns,
magisterially, as he cracked his third
hard boiled egg.
"Oh, yes, thank you, uncle Henry"
said Elsie, nervously. 'Only---only
I'm not hungry this morning"
"Stufing unwholesome sweets last
night I suppose" said he, sourly.
What makes you jump up like that,
gir1?"
Il thought | heard the postman's
knock"
Unless you have suddenly gone
deaf you undoubtedly did, but as
Susan will bring in the letters fall
to see why you should try to knock
the table over" he said, with a scowi
and Elsie resumed her seat In fear
and trembling.
There was some delay before Susan
made her appearance. Perhaps she
was slipping couple Of valentines Of
her own into her pocket. and when
she came In she handed her master
two or three business letters while
ghc laid before Elsie a long, slim box,
directed in a masculine hand
Hump! What have you there - de-