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rirs Horse Khisd.

Taylor Tex. Oct, i7-some excite
ment was created here Saturday night
by the sounding OF an unusually ylgor-
Gus hFe alarm. A small residence IN
the southern part Of the city was burn
ID with contents. While on the way
TO the aro and drawing one OF the hose
carts. schley. the finest horse belong
lng 10 the nre department, ran into a
hfteen-fool well and vas killed. No
other casualties
The Eddy current., 1898-10-22

Brenham. Tex. Oct. iS.-Nows has
reached here that farmer living three
miles north Of this city az O'Clock
last evening murdered his wife and
then made what will prove to be- = sue
ceafiul attempt TO destroy himself
Sheriff league has just returned
from the scene Of this horrible crime.
and from him the following facts were
lerqnod
Tho farmer and his wife were gath
crlng corn some distance FROM the
house and. with what proyocation will
perhaps never be known. he stabbed
her In the neck, producing an ugly
wound and seyorlng the lugular vein.
He then got In the wagon. left hIb
dead wife in tho weeds. drove to the
house. Embarrassed the horses. wont
into his room. barred every door and
window and attempted to cut his head
on. failing in which he ondoayorcd 20
shoot himself to death Ills chin was
blown on and his face IN other ways
was frightfully disGgured.
lie was 80 years old lie was born
IN this county. he married young
woman OF prominent family, by whom
he had i've children. lie was we'll
known here and all Of his acquant-
ancos are amazed ut this act. which
makes hve orphans and sends two souls
Into eternity.
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Marshall, Tex. Oct i5.-Arch An
thony was killed Thursday afternoon
by n tree falling on him John V. Hall
was returning from his field IN a wag.
on. with Anthony riding on the from.
seat by him. Mrs. Hall and a son OF
Anthony were riding In the beck part
OF the wagon, While travelling along
the road a tree fell without warning.
striking Anthony. fracturlngh his skull
and breaking both arms. IIe only
lived n short while. None Of the 9th.
ers In the wagon were injured
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Annual nsnnr,..

Austin. Tex, Oct. 1.-THE commits.
sion has received the annual reports OF
the following railroads: Houston and
Texas Central. gross earnings. s3,-
i0Il37; operating expenses s2.OSS sos
After paying interest ON their bonds
other interest. taxes. siOs.G5 for per
manent Improvements. etc. had a sur
plus left from years business Of SiG,-
222 Accumulated surplus on June 90
last t2,G73.22i. Of WHICH slsi O57 was
In cash.
Texas. Arkansas and Louisiana
Eight miles on new road built during
the year from Atlanta To Bloombcrg;
gross earnings S7sii, operating ex-
penses ti5i9.
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Galveston. Tex, oct. ii.-rhe court
Of clv'l appeals affirmed the verdict Of
the district court OF Galveston award
Ing 20 J. W. Bohan $4,000 damages
against the Galveston. Houston and
Henderson railway On Nov S. 1886,
Bohan was thrown from a switch en-
glnc by rock on the track. which
crushed the footboard upon which he
was standing Ills left arm Was
crushed and had to be ampulatod. Ne
entered suit for $4,000.
Tho ease Of Louis Bonltz who vas
killed AT the same time. wael comprom-
iaed By the payment Of $500 to his
widow and children.
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II paso. Tex. oct. ii.--Ilenry Coins
committed suicide IN the iail at Maria
this county, by hanging himself with u
clothes limo lie had been a bartender
In this city and LEFT Tuesday for san
Antonio, where he formerly resided
but was detained by the authorized
when tho train reached Maria to an-
swer to a charge Of theft preferred
against him by his employer here. A
warrant was Issued aud Sheriff Sim
mons went TO Maria Wednesday 20 get
the fugitive and saw him locked up
last night Yesterday morning he
was found hanging az the end OF a
rope. which was fastened to the top
Of his cell, Iio had been dead several
hours Deceaseds family resides In
San Antonio.
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Sig Marasi, tho celebrated Italian
sculptor. who was commissioned by the
pope some years ago TO execute his
tomb, has completod the task The
tomb Is OF aawless white Carrara
marble. surmounting the I'D OF the
tomb is "a lion. while on the right hand
Is n statue Of Faith with a torch In one
hand and tho Bible In the otfsar On
the opposite side II a statue Of Truth.
bearing the arms Of the Iope. On tho
tomb. beneath the lion. is carved the
inscriptions "Iiic Leo XIII. r. NJ,
Prelvls Est"
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ro.tomes Robbed.

Grecnyille. Tex. Oct 1.-THE post.
Office at Floyed. ten miles west OF
here. was entered and robbed We'd
nesday night The thief got about 50
In the Office and store OF H. Il. Lewis
IN the same building The burglar
also broke into Davis a shlra's store.
bat awoke Mr. Davis, who slept In the
store. lie fred three shots at tho
thief but he escaped no clew 10 the
burglar.
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Dog nit

TeAarkana. Tex. Oct. H. While a
crowd Of lltts children were at play
on a sidewalk In this city wild dog,
apparently attacked by fts. sprang up.
on them. severely biting the 9-year.old
daughter OF Engineer James Costello
Of the Iron Mountain Railroad COM
pany and q little child Of Mr. A. J..
Hines. The children were bitten over
the neck aud arms and blcd profu1ely
from the wounds The brute was final
ly run down and killed but Il is not
thought 10 have been rabld.
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car Of Co,,on Harms.

HillsDoro. Tox.. Oct. iS.--A car OF
cotton was destroyed by hre on the
Katy track az noon yesterday near the
compress The cotton is supposed TO
have caught from a spark from a
switch eHGine. The good work Of the
IRE department prevented serious
IRE In the yard. These are several
hundred cars on the track loaded with
cotton and a high wind was blowing
from the north.
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Waxahachle. Tex, oct. IT.-Thc gin
property OF II. %. Rosser was
burned at 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
The plant was valued at about $4,000
and only short time ago had been set
on IRE by unknown parties. Mr.. Ros.
ser Is satisfied the loss Of his gin SIS due
to incendiarlsm. lie Is preparing to re-
build tho plant lie had been carrying
Insurance on his old plant. but at the
time OF the burning no had no In
surance.
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Kerrville. Tex. Oct. ib.-Theo
Herbst. a young German farmer who
was recently adiudged OF unsound
mind. but who was believed TO have
recovered, when left by himself during
n temporary absence OF the family.
committed suicide by shooting hlmsel;
through the head.
A brother, hearing OF the occurrence
while riding to the house was Violent
ly and II Is believed fatally hurt by his
horse falling aud rolling over him.
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Manos Arrested.

Laredo, Tex. Oct i5.-Marclal Nun.
oa, who assisted In taking the last
scholastic census Of laredo, was ar
rested and examined before Justice OF
the Peace Chamberlain on thlrty-four
aflldayits charging him with having
forged thirty-four names TO the census
list. His total bonds aggregated siO,-
600, in default OF which he was sent
TO Jail.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-22

Gatesyille, Tex. Oct. 1.-THE mem
bers Of the Bailey cavalry (hrst cay-
alry) living here. who have been at
home on furloughs. left yesterday
morning for Fort Sam Houston. They
are confident that they will be- muster.
cd out In few days. However. they
received n telegram yesterday saying
that the first cavalry would be retained
IN the service II sufficient number OF
each company would sign a petition TO
that effect The boys who were here
all express themselves as having had
enough OF war and therefore they do
not think the desired number will sign
tho petition.
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Franklin. Tex. Oct i5--Wll Glass
the i2-year-old son OF Mr. w. w. Glass
Of Bald Prairie. while handling a shot
gun al his home accidentally dlscharg.
ed the same, shooting the side Of his
head on and causing instant death. lie
WAs brought here and inferred In the
Franklin cemetery.
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Mrs.liayricks-lt says here in the
paper sllas. that this war has served
to bring the people OF our country
closer together DO you tank there's
any truth IN Il:
Mr.. hayrloks-Ycs when I looked
into the parlor last night Lieut.. "trip
llngs and our Annie was settin'
good deal closer together than have
ever seen 'om afore he went away.
The Eddy current., 1898-10-22

Jncksboro Tex, oct. i7.-The plans
ana specifications for Jaclssboro's new
threo-story stone hotel building have
been adopted and the contract TO build
Il viii be let In a few days. Tho plans
and specifications call for the building
OF the walls out OF Jacksboro's beauti-
ful blue stone. which Is attracting 80
much attention throughout the state
Just now for building purposes. The
hotel will be modern In every respect.
and VIII be built on the southwest cor
ner OF the public square. where tho old
Landmark, is now being moved from.
preparatory to commencing work on
the new hotel.
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Orange, Tex. Oct. ib.-superinten-
dent W. y. Mulvey. Or. w. W. cunnlg-
ham Of Beaumont and three physicians
from Houston came in and applied to
Mayor slbley and the county health Of
fcer for a modification OF quarantine
restrictions. but they declined 90 act
without the consent Of the citizens.
Later an impromptu meeting was call
ed and after several speeches. pro and
con, large majority voted to make
no change yesterday II was not learn
ed whether or not the request made by
Mr. Mulvey had been passed on by
Gov. Culberson since his quarantine
proclamation against Louisiana and
other states Of the 18th inst.
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Ennis, Tex, Oct i7.-Col. w. n.
Howell. commander OF Camp Long
street, United Confederate Veterans. "a
In receipt OF note from uen. Joe
Wheeler expressing his thanks 10 the
camp for che resolutions Of sympathy
passed month ago on the death OF
the generals son. lie says the death
Of his boy removed the brightest hopes
OF himself and family.
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San Angelo. Tex, Oct. i5.-ln a Eight
here I'D lIauk was stabbed In the right
breast with a large pocket knife. Sew
eral ribs we're severed and the allt ex-
tended into the hollow He Is IN u
serious condition. VIII Lang was
locked up In Jail.
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Tyler, Texas. Oct. IT, william Van
kuren a swltchman employed in the
cotio'. Belt yards here. was caught be-.
tween two drawheads while trying 10
make a coupling and had his leg 80
badly crushed that II was necessary 10
amputate Il as soon as he was carried
TO the hospital.
Mr., Van Kuren died.
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Laredo. Tex. Oct ii-Mr Gabriel
Morton, vice president sf the Mexican
National road. loft on his private car.
accompanied by his family FOR his
headquarters In the City Of Mexico.
Ne has arranged IN compliance With
orders Of Texas railroad commission
70 move the headquarters Of the Texas
Mexican road to laredo.
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on clii,.n,. n.ml...

sohulenberg. Tex. oct i5-Koneran
Ticmann, an old citizen OF Fayetts
county, was found dead al his home.
one mile from sohulonburg, where he
lived all alone. lie was seen ia the
morning and appeared us well as usual
The situation OF his body indicated
that he died suddenly Of heart failure.
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Mr jose ArmenEol. ono OF the
woalihiost merchants IN Laredo. waG
found dead IN hls bathroom.
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yellow fever has appeared At Amlts
City. Ia
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Lazard Freros announce that be viii
Import s50O.O00 more goid
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..,, Tss so.is, ss',ss "a win , blood Poison ana II.
The sun., 1898-03-06
SHORT NEWS STONES.
4 0hssva 8nusslins 11Sok = 1sovsly
Woman In 1ank-1eate1 ~
ths Colorea Cook.

''Some Of the shrewdest tricks ever
played are by the smueglers Of opium. |"
said Il. A. Tanning Of Seattle, Wash.
"a very unique smuggling scheme was
unearthed . few years ago BY United
States secret service officers in North
Dakota. 1t was noticed that an unusu'
ally large number Of cattle were being
driven across the line to the North Da.
kota markets. and tho secret service
men planned an investigation. For
some time their work was In vain. and
they had about given up hope Of discov.
ering any unlawful operations when an
accident revealed the fact that the nos
trils Of the cattle we're stuffed with
opium wrapped carefully in tinfoil. In
this way each steer was worth twice its
normal value. Hundreds upon hundreds
Of animals had been driven across the
border with their nostrils loaded with
opium. and it was estimated that the
smugglers had cleaned up profit Of
t25. 600 before the discovery was made
But the smugglers were sly and they
escaped and were never captured. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Child's Patriotic Gift.

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt recently
received a postal order for 81 from
Bridgeport, Conn. with a statement
explaining that it was sent by patriot.
ic little girl Of Bridgeport who desired
to help some other little girl orphaned
by the disaster to the Maine. The little
girls name is Lalla Cook, and she &C.
companied her contribution with q let
ter to the newspaper, in which she said !:
II am little girl years Of age, and
my grandpa gave me 81 to do as liked
with, and SO thought would send it
to you to give to some poor little girl
that lost her papa Oh that dreadful ship.
I hope every little boy and girl will
give something
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt wrote
an acknowledgment Of the receipt of the
money to the newspaper and said:
"Through you want to thank little
Lalla Cook for her gift aud to say that
it shall bo used just as she desires and
that the people in the navy are glad
that the little American girl should
have thought Of the children Of the
American sailors who were drowned
while doing their duty. '-Philadelphia
| Press,
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canned meats. There is, too, the aggra.
waiting comparison of his table with that
of the officers mess, IN which the best
Of everything appears.
By s o'clock Jack has not only finish.
ed breakfast. bit done Nv,Ial other
chores, and is ready fer the in! ressive
exercises which occur at Exactly that
honr On every wa!ship the world over.
These consist of dressing snip and 81.
luting tie 'ulOrs. 1t is at 8 o'clcck that
tbs officers make their ,ir,t aplcarHnce.
In the days Of sailing ships dressing
the ship included manning the yards,
which called for agility and suroness Of
foot. If any other NarAhip was in sight,
there was always Il race as to which
crew could execute the evolution quick
est. Gu the new iron ships the most
lofty points to he manned are the fight.
ing tops, Int there is still much rivalry
as to which crew can spring into posi-.
tion along the rail in the shortest time
and with the greatest precision.
During the forenoon come drills Of
various SORTS The officer of the day has
charge Of the drills, and he it is who
indicates whether it Shall BE- the setting
up drill, the gun drill, the fire drill or
any one Of dozen others. Only when
the ship is at sea in stormy weather are
these drills omitted, and so in time the
hundreds Of sailors are able to execute
the most intricate evolutions with clock.
like precision. The secret of this is that
each man has certain SIT Of duties Co
learn, and when each one has mastered
his own list the whole crew works as
one big machine. Some Of the drills
Jack disIikcs, while others he regards
merely as pIstimcs
During the afternoon be generally
has two Or three hours Of leisure and
this spare time often drags heavily on
his hands, but by long experience he
learns how TO do nothing with calm,
serene satisfaction. He plays checkers,
mellds his clothes, smokes bis nine.
reads books from the ships library,
practices III the ships gymnasium or In.
oulges IN day dreams concerning the ap.
preaching day when lie will be given
shore leave and makes up a startling
programme as to what he will do with
bis liberty when it comes.
In fact, there are few allurep,ents
about the life, and perhaps that is why
'he navy department finds that 1t IL only
when war threatens that there are plen.
y OF men who want to fight Unuls
VANS battles on the sea.
CYRUS SYLvHsTn
The sun., 1898-03-06

III trousers and padd.ts barsfnote1
about The deck In the track Of the bisD.
ips bose. The deck, which few mo-
ments before was almost deserted, now
swarms with life aud activity. Two or
three hundred sailors rushing ab0us
with brooms, brushes. pals and nozzles
give good deal Of life to the scenes
They also make good deal OF noiss,
but through it all the officers sleep un-
disturbed. and for ut least two hours
after. They ure used totbat sort Of thing.
After the ship has been tidied comes
breakfast In the days Of old Jack used
to take bis salt horse or pork and beans
out of metal dishes while squattin8 ON
. tarpaulin spread on the deck. Now.
however, he has such luxuries as bare
pine table and porcelain dishes. The
ship's crew is divided into messes OF 70
or 25 men each, and the men who
"mess together" are those who eat at
the came table. There 10 much fellow.
ship among messmates Each mess
elects its cook from among its members.
II the cook does not suit. then another
one is elected until finally the mess IL
satisfied. The cook receives few dol.
lars extra each month for bis services.
Each mess also has its caterer who
buys the extras. As Jack il Q born
grumbler and is never satisfied with
what he has to eat he is allowed the
munifcent sum Of ~ cents day with
which to provide himself with the luz.
uries Of the season. Needless to say he
does not buy terrapin Or canvasback
duck.
No day laborer lives 60 simply or 40
economically as does Jack. In many
cases prison fare is luxurious to bis. 1n
theory bis daily food is regulated by
act of congress-that is, the regular m.
tion which il served on every American
warship is the one prescribed by the
navy department. Reduced to common
lang uage the American man of-war's
man gets pork and beans for breakfast.
dinner and supper On Tuesday and Sat.
urday, canned meat and duff ON Monday,
vegetables and rice instead Of duff on
Wednesday, salt beef and apple dump.
linss on Thursday, canned meat and
tomatoes en- Friday and canned meat
and vegetables on Sunday.
Hard tack is the invariable accom-.
paniment OF each meal and is eaten dry,
except on Wednesday, Friday ard Sat
urday, when Jack gets two.thirds of mn
ounce Of butter for each meal. His tea
or coffee goes without milk, and for
delicacies he has a little vinegar to spill
over his pork and beans, and he may
ask his messmates to pass him them
molasses' 10 lub1icute the passage Of
the f1inty SEA biscuit or to sweeten bis
pasty duff.
Modify this by substituting roast
meat for canned when in port aud such
delectables as ~ cents day will pur-
chase, and you have pretty correct no.
ton Of what Jack Tar actually eats
What will most impress the lands
man about Jack bill Of fare is the lack
Of variety, tLe uncnding monotony Of
round Of pork aud beans, salt beef and
The sun., 1898-03-06

blind TO the naval intersts Of the nation.
Admiral Matthew has informed the
Naval Committee that the sum requested
is none too extravagaat for League
Islands needs. At the meeting of the
Naval Committee on Thursday he pointed
out the absolute necessity .of eniarg'ng
the present dry dock SO as to admit the
largest bat,leship Of the navy, and also
recommended the other improvements
needed to turn the Island into first class
naval station. With such naval authors
ties active in behalf oi this country's
claims, it is difficult to see how they can
be ignored. The present crisis shows the
great need of first class naval station Oh
the Atlantic coast, and where Is there a
better site for it than that Afforded by
League Island?
The sun., 1898-03-06

EVENING GOWN.
the head from DRIFTS and are at the same
time fashionable and effective. The trim.
mings may be as delicate and Almy as Is
desired, provided the foundation be sub.
stantial. and light colors-tan, pearl gray,
white, cream. gold or nauve-are quite In
order.
Decided cosrs arc also permissible fol
tho street, the differentiation from ths|
costumes Of youth being rather In cut hndl
general style than In color. The redingote|
and half length coat are appropriate, with
vests Of pink, white or other delicatsll
tinted taffeta.
In the matter of reception costumes al
elegance and richness are allowable-nay,|
desirable. The finest Of cloths and silkei
fabrics commend themselves for this pu
pose, and for the style Of making q ne
effect Is seen, similar to that Of the oot
train, In which the back part Of the q q
Ia separate from the front. the latter Sbd
ing sort Of petth,0at Of brocade or IN
broidery. The bodice combines the TN
goods.
An illustration is given Of q princes
evening gown Of pansy velvet The bodios
and the edge Of the decollctsge arc deco
rated with embroidery Of Jet, steel and
amethyst beads. The short pu6ed slesves.
similarly embroidered, are 6Dished hy
choux Of mauve satin.
JUDO CBolazr.
The sun., 1898-03-06

LEAGUE ISLAND has staunch friend in
Admiral Matthews, Chief of the Bureau
Of Yards and Docks in the Navy Depart
ment, who has taken up the fight for the
improvement and utilization of that
magnificent naval station. General
Bingham and the Admiral are working
hand in hand for the island, and if we
do not secure the appropriation of $685.
600, for which General Bingham has
asked it will be because Congress is
The sun., 1898-03-06
Burke and His Dagger.

When Burke, in melodramatic fash.
ion, threw down the dagger on the floor
Of the house, eSclaiming, "These are
the fruits of your French revolution, "
Sheridan was heard to whisper, "The
gentleman has brought us the knife, but
where is the fork:' Laughter" as
Quintilian observes, "has more des.
potic power than anything else" " bat
there are things OH which men feel
deeply, when they will not tolerate lev
ity, and the words Of King Henry to
Falstaf rise to the lips:
Reply not to mo with some fool born lest.
-Westminster Review.
The sun., 1898-03-06

ments Of all kinds; the other is to hlee
embroidered, indeed, but with ltterl
worked uuCn the cambria itself and cntin
ly flat and close. The embroidery nay 9,
solid or open and is, Of course, all done :
hand. This is u suitable style for stoa,
women who wish to reduce the bulk =
their clothing to the smallest possible con]
pass.
In France three petticoats arc ol's
worn at once. The first Is q short one
fine nainsook, adorned with emhroldeI
and lace; the second. also short and a'
Adorned with embroidery and lace, IS
surnh, flannel lined, II the weather y
mands 1t; the third, that worn inm~
ately under the gown, is long and Is lDSS
Of silk appropriately decorated.
Tho princess gown increases IN la'J
1t Is often very plain, one Of the new lid l,I.i
els being simply buttoned at the side W.
nvo buttons and having guipure gum
and jowclcd girdls. -
Here is pretty wrapper OF mnuve ,a vs' 4
mere. 1t Is Of the blouse form, hela m
the waist by II girdle Of cashmere trlmw ~
with all application Of cream gulpulv, ~
the reyers, the collar and the culls u. ., h
loose sleeves match the girdle. lne'H ni.
lace oravat, and there are also '"
wide lace In the sleeves. .,,r
The sun., 1898-03-06
Routed by tho Colored Cook.

DR.. Lorimer recently in fremont TEN.
pie told story that was apparently
heartily enjoyed by the women folk
present.
"When was first married." said the
doctor, II had my strict ideas about
Sunday observance. Mrs. Lorimer had
a colored 'aunty' for cook, and on the
first Saturday after she came I went
into the kitchen and told her did not
want any Sunday work, so she could
prepare all meals for that day before.
hand.
"She didn't say one word whilo
was talking; then she looked up and
pointing to the door exclaimed:
Now, look hyah, Marse George
You jest go in dar and tend to your
Christianity and leave me to tend tc
nah kitchen.
II went, and as near as can remem
ber she had hot dinners Sundays as long
as she staid with US. "--Boston Record.