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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-03
FREDERICKsTG ACCOMMODATION.
4 A. / ATLANTICCOAST
AA Ss Az LINE
Schedule I'm Eject November 20. SOS.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-UNION
DEIOT.

'lNS LEAVE RICHMOND-UNION
DEPOT.
70 A. NJ, Daily Arrives Petersburg
y:3l A. NJ, Norfolk u.5 A.
NJ. Stops only al Petersburg.
Wayerly, and sun0Ik, Va.
10 a. ~, Daily. Arrives Petersburg
$3.50 4. NJ. Weldon 1875
A. NJ, Fayetteville AIS j.
NJ, Charleston lO.3J l.. 3d..
Savannah 1900 A. M., jack
sonyille 1880 4. VI. Port
Tampa $40 +. NJ. Connects
at Wilson with no, 40 ar-
irving GoidsbOrO' $40 J.. 3D..
Wilmington 5.i5 Il. 81. Pl..-
man Sleeper New YORK 10
Jacksonville.
10 A. NJ, Daily, except sunday. Ar
riyes Petersburg l-Vl p. d.
Stops Manchester. preWry
BLUM, Centraiia, ana Chester
g P. NJ, Daily. Local. Arrives Pc.
tersburg 4:i5 p. ~ Makes
all stOOs.
% p. NJ. Daily. Arrives Petersburg
go h. NJ. Makes an ..c4.
stops Richmond ana Peters
burg railroad.
% p. NJ, Daily. Arrives Petersburg
6.ut L. Ne NDuAtlla ..A
Norfolk and Western i.r
Norfolk and iutarmelia,s
points; Emporia $40 CON
meets with a. and D. for
stations between Emp ra
and LaWreuceyilie). Weldon
g:l2 L. NJ, Fayettevills iW
A. NJ. Charleston t.l2 a. A.
Savannah 500 A. NJ. jack
sonvllle Z. NJ, Port Tampa
NEW LINE TO MIDDLE
GEORGIA POINTs.-AIrY-
ing Aiken lbs A. NJ, Augusta
$40 A. NJ, Macon "a 4. VI,
Atlanta t2l5 r. NJ. Pullman
S'eaptTs New York t0 Wiz
mington. Jacksonville. Plft
Tampa, Aiken, Augusta anu
Macon.
% p. NJ. Daily. Arrives Petersburg
g39 II. NJ. Weldon JED /.
NJ Makes local stops Pc
tween Petersburg ana WEE
o p. NJ. Daily. Arrives Petersburg
300 4. NJ. LynchnIfB 80
a. n, Roanoke ilJ a. A.
Bristol 1885 J.. N. Pullman
Sleeper Richmond 20 LynlN-
burg.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-03
-EAVE EIGHTH-sTREET
GrrafTIn

Daily, for Lynchburg. Ley
lngton, Va, and Clifton
], orge. Connects, except
with Buckingham
and Alberene branches and
al Clifton Forge with No. 1
for Cincinnati.
Except Sunday. for Column
hia ''Nii
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
A Sad Experience,

A Washington woman who has just re-
turned from Omaha tells the Troy Times
that she heard the most remarkable name
out there that it has ever been her for
tune to come across. 1t belongs IN the
EStabrook family, and when one says
Estabrook in Nebraska, it is as if one
said Lee in Virginia or Adams in Mas
sachusetts. The owner of the name is a
grandson of old Gen. Estabrook, the
family's pioneer across the Missouri
When the child was born his parents de-
sired TO give him the names of his two
grandfathers. Gen. Esta brooks name
was Experimentation. Experience Esta-
brook. The other grandfather's name
was Asad 1t was the intention to give
Gen. Estabrook's name as the first name,
but at his particular request the other
grandfdther's name led off, and the luck
less boy was actually christened Asad
Experience EStabrook
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
A Joke on BaIfOur.

First Lord of the Treasury Balfour was
once made the victim of q rather effective
st. Patrick's day joke. On the occasion
alluded to an oak box, about ten inches
long, was sent to him at the House of
Commons. On this being opened a sprig
of shamrock with a card bearing the in
scription, From a sincere admirer,' was
disclosed to view, and through a layer of
some compound a steel spring could be
seen, says Cassells Magazine. Mr. Bal
four is we'll known for his extreme cool
ness and scorn of seeming danger, but
the whole thing was so strongly sugges-
tive of an Internal machine of the worst
description, that the services of an ex-
pert were Immediately requisitioned.
When the expert arrived Mr.. Ralfour
joined him in his endeavor to solve the
battling mystery. AT first both were puz-
zled; but. the expert having placed par
ticle of the compound on his tongue, dis
covered that it was only powdered sugar,
favored with lemon. The box was in
verted, and out tumbled an old corkscrew,
a spiral spring, a well-wOrn nutmeg
crater and piece of paper, on which was
written, Buy the whisky yourself; You
can then concoct the famous lemonade Of
BallyhOOIy"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
The Father Said Too Much.

An amusing incident occurred in an A,
B. & c. car on the afternoon Of the
Fourth. Four young couples, evidently
out for an enjoyable day, were seated on
one side of the car having a decidedly
good time. While their merriment was
at its height 7-year-old boy across the
aisle suddenly leaned forward.
Say, mister" he called to one of the
young men, ''why don't you kiss your
girl?'
The young man looked up in surprise
and the girl-a pretty girl, tOo-blushed.
'Talmage, Talmage," said the boy $
father, what do you mean by such
talk? 2"
The boy looked at his father in sur
prised disgust.
whats the matter with you, dad?" he
cried. You told me you'd do it If you
was him.
And the father found the landscape de
cidedly interesting until the young people
left the car.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
IT'S TITLES IN BAD DOOR.
Why Ita1y's People of Rank Are Not
Thought Much Of.

Throughout Europe Italian titles of no.
biity do not enjoy a very high reputa-
ton; so much SO that as a general rule
mere Australian baron is more highly
considered than an Italian MARQUIS. One
explanation Of this fact is that NAVY of
these Italian mobiles with high-sounding
handles to their names are not in a very
enviable financial situation. Many as
founding instances may be cited of Italian
dukes and counts who occupy the strangest
positions abroad. Some are cOachmen
others MOTEL pOrterS, one is an Interpreter
IN a railway station, another is butler in
the family of an American millionaire In
New York there is Well-knOWn Italian
! count who has run an elevator for several
years past. In Southern Italy. where pow
erty Is greater than in other portions of
the peninsula, the great noble families
are compelled to resort to the most eX-
traordlnary strategemS to save appear
ances. In Naples poor noble families have
adopted a system of mutual carriages and
horses which is somewhat curious Five
or SIX families agree to pay the expenses
| OF luxurious establishment, generally a
! four-ln-hand with cOachman and fOOtmpn
The carriage door, with the various coats
of arms Of the different families. is alone
changed, according to the family which
uses the carriage. On great occasions
these families dra W lots to see which shah
use the carriage and horses.
But a strange fact is that now. when so
many noble families have become impover-
ished, the Italian government is about to
Increase the price of titles. In future the
! man who wishes to bear princes crown
must pay $4,000 to the government: to be-
come duke $4,000 is sufficient; for $4,000
one may be marquis and for $4,000 a
count; $1,000 is sufficient to become a
baron and $1,000 for the simple prefix
de" These figures apply only to the IL
ties conferred by the King. Besides these
| royal titles are the dignities conferred by
the Pope, with which several American
merchants and business men have been
hOnOred. These papal titles are somewhat
cheaper than those conferred by the King
| At the vatican brand new count may be
created for S2400 and marquis for $4,000.
American amateurs should take note of
this fact.
1t is hardly necessary to add that the
proud old Italian aristocrats look down
with the greatest contempt on these par
venu nOblemen, whether created by the
King or the Pope. These proud italian
aristocrats Of ancient lineage. such as the
Colonna. the Borghese. the Orsini of
Rome, the Strozzi of Florence and the
Visconte of Milan. consider themselves
vastly superior to the most ancient MOBILES
of France and Great Britain and the
equals of most royal families Some Of
the old Roman mobiles even claim direct
descent from the days of ancient Rome
T ondon Mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
A CURIOUS FIND.


A correspondent writes to the Buffalo
Express from Lockport, n. Y: Work
men up the canal, employed by Hughes
Bros. q Bangs, the contractors who are
building the Buffalo breakwater extern
sion, have recently made a remarka Die
find. Three men are loading into canal
barges loose stone which was thrown out
of the deep rock cut through which the
Erie canal passes, and the stone is sent
to Buffalo harbor for the rubble founda-
ton. While working at some of the
stone heaps, thrown out when the canal
was enlarged about a half century ago,
the men came upon quantities of ice and
snow. The ice is clear as crystal and the
snow, after the surface was scraped
away, was white as though fresh fallen.
There is little room 70 doubt that this
deposit has lain where it was found since
it was covered some winters day half
century or more ago."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smarting
feet and instantly takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. It's the greatest COM
fort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight-ftting or new shoes feel
easy. 1t is a certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching
feet. Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in
stamps. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, y. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Few European orators can boast of 6

Few European orators can boast of a
wider audience than the German Empe-
ror. During the ten years of his reign
his speeches have been anxiously perused
in the political circles of the world, and
their effect has been as remarkable as
their vigor. An enterprising publishing
firm of Hanover has collected the more
noteworthy of the Emperor's public utter
ances and they will be published shortly
in a handsome volume entitled Kaiser
Worte 1SSS-1S9S''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

you would be pretty" persisted the
other. 'if you didn't know it yourself"
The gorgeous Boston creature shook her
head. 4 can know nothing" she argued :;
II have mental impressions, but they do
not establish external fact. Externally
is Pigment Of SUFFICIENTLY. Ergo, l do
not know | am pretty, quod erat demon
strandum." Casuistical suhtleties, doubt
less, but not easily to De swept away, for
all that.-DetrOit Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
kissing of Hand Forbidden.

It has hitherto been the custom of The
children attending the public schools in
Austria and Hungary to kiss the hands of
their teachers on arrival and departure.
This has now been forbidden by a ukase
just issued by the imperial board of educa-
ton, which bases it's decision on a declara-
ton of the sanitary council to the effect
that kissing is a dangerous proceeding.
and should not be practiced when not alb
Solutely necessary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

A former member of the Minnesota
House of Representatives who has voted
the Republican ticket ever since he was
naturalized visited st. Paul the other day
and encountered an old friend who ques-
toned him about his method of voting IN
the House, says the New York World.
II always voted Republican," he said,
with a smile Of pride. But how did you
vote on questions before the House?" "a
Republican sit beside me-" answered the
statesman, land ven he say yes | say
yes too" But suppose he was absent
when a vote was taken; what did you do
them well. a Democrat he sit behind
me, and ven he say yes say no
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Chinese Customs.

In some parts of China the young wom-
en- wear their hair in long single plat,
with which is intertwined a bright scar
let thread. The style of ornamentation
denotes that the young woman is mar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
The Enormous Gold Product of 1895

From South Africa, the Klondike and
Australia gold is being shipped in large
quantities. This years output will nearly
double that of any previous twelve
months. The sale of Hostetter's Stomach
Bit:ers are also increasing very fast.
This famous remedy will cure dyspepsia,
indigestion, constipation, nervousness and
weakness
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Muse of Eighteen.

Paris call for a muse to be crowned at
the Michelet anniversary was answered
by $50 young women, chiefly of the gri-
settle type. The one selected to represent
the Muse of Paris is a brunette, IS years
of age, dressmaker by occupation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Wheat 40 Cents a Bushel.

How to grow wheat with big profit at
40 cents and samples of Salzer's Red
Cross go Bushels per acre. Winter
Wheat. frye; Oats, Glover, etc, with
Farm Seed Catalogue for cents postage.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO, La
Crosse, Wis
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
No Colonies for Austria.

Austria is the only empire in the world
which has never had colonies, or even
transmarine possessions, in any quarter
Of the earth. Her ambition has hitherto
been purely continental.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

The first stone of monument to be
erected in Dublin to the memory of Wolf
Tone and other United 1rishmen who
were executed in 1893 has been laid on
the site of the old Newgate prison.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Partisan BARRIERS are legally COM
PEELED to wash their hands after attending
a customer and before waiting on another
They must also use only nickel-plated
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

-Corks for bottles were first manufac-
tured III Spain and Italy, some time dur
ing the Fourteenth century. Corkscrews
were contemporaneous with cOrks.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Lanes Family Medlc1r

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headac che. Price. % and SOC.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
Silver Producing States.

The chief silver producing states and
territories of the country are now Colo
RADIO, Montana, Utah, Arizona, Idaho and
Nevada
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

London has street lamps in operation
which supply pedestrians with tea, cof-
fee, cocoa and hot water on the penny-in-
the-slOt system
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

| believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette. Kas.. Dec. II, '95.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Kemp's Baisam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist today and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and so
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
CerOuS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

"A railway guard says that the fastest
trains are always the safest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

EFT Permanently Cured No fits nervousness after
II - first days OF Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Re
Send for FREE trial bottle treatise
DR. R H KLINE Ltd, 931 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17
SPINNING WHEEL.

DON'T WAIT.

DON'T WAIT
If you've anything good to say of man,
Don't wait till he's laid to rest,
For the eulogy spoken when hearts are
broken
Is an empty thing at best.
All. the blighted flower now dropping lonely
Would perfume the mountain side,
If the suns glad ray had but shone today
And the pretty bud espied.
If you've any aims to give to the poor,
Don't wait till you hear the cry
Of wan distress in the wilderness,
Lest the one forsOok may die.
On, hearken to poyerty's sad lament.
Be swift her wants to allay!
Don't spurn Gods poor from the favored
door,
As you hope for mercy one day.
Don't wait for another to bear the burden
Of sorrows irkSOme load;
Let your hand extend to a stricken friend
As he totters adOwn life's road.
And if you've anything good TO say Of man,
Don't wait till he's laid al rest:
For the. euIogy spoken when hearts are
broken
Is an empty thing at best.
Atlanta Constitution.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

The most extensive system of canal
in the world is in the great plain Of China
which is fairly scanned with canals.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Mrs. WinslOw'S SOOTHING SYRUr for chit
dren teeth1ng softens the gums, red u cesinham.
nation. allays pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Women generally commit suicide by
drowning, men by shooting
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

the end of the chain being attached
small live monkey, which was holding on
to her hip as best it could"
Little Willie had been spanked, and he
hadn't had time to forget it.
you will never go to heaven and be
an angel, Willie" said mamma, IF you
are SO naughty"
81 don't want to be an angel" sobbe1
Willie. Il shall be a cherub, so that
you can't spank me. "-Pick-Me-Up.
"Whut's de use O. botherin' me bout
dat rent?' inquired the occupant of di-
lapidated shanty. ode grocery man wus
bill an hull lot O yuthuh folks. An,
hyuh [ is down to my last four dolahs:
''Why don't you pay that on account!'
go way, man! | needs dat ter pay
de license fob dem two dogs. Washing-
ton Star.
Little Dot Ito Eminent Professor of
Chemistry)-"Arey you chemist?'
Eminent PrOfessOr-''Ye my dear"
L. D.-"Have you got shop with love
Iy large colored bottles in the window?''
e. Pho, my dear; l don't keep a
L. D.-''Don't you? Then 1 suppose
you don't sell Jones Jubilee Cough Ju-
iubes?'
E. Pho, my dear, 1 certainly do
L. D. (decidedly)-'I don't think 1
ought to talk to you any more. You
can't be respectable chemist
E. P.-"Why not, my dear
l.. D." Cos it says on the box, Sold
by all respectable chemists Punch.
-:o:--
\, no +lo
milking were discussing life in the
corner of the dining room at the Britain
mia hotel at Abbey-On-the-Sea, says Pick
Me-Up.
Il know more about morals than any
one would think" said the teapot. "Many
a time when I've been filling a cup I've
seen brandy at the bottom, and I've
known bit at once"
Pooh. that's not MUCH" said the
sugar-basi sis it, Milky?'
Not it, said the miIk-jug "Why,
look at those two just coming in"
oh. they don't drink-they're all
right said the teapot. glancing at the
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, the waiter said
You wait until / show em up said
the sugar-basin.
Then the two sat down-he. a fine.
strengthening man, and she, fair-haired
and with a pretty complexion.
AOu Silu Tea, uAuu you. USheu lue
man
"Oh. yes, always have tea for break
fast. How many Jumps of sugar do you
take?' she asked.
There said the sugar-basin with
laugh, didn't l tell you so?'
Il never take sugar, thanks said the
man, and the teapot turned hot and bit
ter.
ooh. mamma, don't read any more
about cannibaIs being wicked for cook
ing the missionaries. Why. my own
dads as bad as any CT them; heard him
tell you himself that at dinner last night
he toasted all his friends. Ally SIoper
Aunt Gertrude-"And what will you do
when you are a man, Tommy
Tommy-''Im going to grow beard
Aunt Gertrude-"WhyE
Tommy-''Because then I won't have
nearly so much face to wash.''-Pick-me-
Up.
A Kalamazoo crockery dealer was just
closing up his store for the day when
one of his customers, a grocer. came in
in a great hurry Here" said he, 4
packed this jar full of butter, and the
jar split from top to bottom. Perhaps
you can explain the phenomenon" "Oh.
yes, | can" was the ready reply; the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

WANTED.-Case or bad health that R.IP.A'N-s will
not benefit. Send cents to Ripans Chemical Co
New York, for 10 samples and 900 testimonials.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

One hundred new words are annually
added to the English language.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

the end of the chain being attached a
small live monkey, which was holding on
to her hip as best it could
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

The London Daily News the other day
chronicled this incident: "a fashionably
dressed lady, attired in white, with Il
large hat, and carrying a vari-colored EN-
tout-cas,' was to be seen walking down
Parliament street yesterday afternoon
with a thin chain around her waist, to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Mrs Blank sprang from her chair with
a loud scream. Mr.. Blank sprank toward
Mrs. Blank in alarm.
Its dropped down my back" ejacu-
lated Mrs. Blank with paroXysm that
suggested mysteries.
Calm yourself, my dear What is the
matter?' said Mr.. Blank, rushing around
the house eXcitedly.
'Oh, l shall faint! / shall die! I shall
go mad. Get it out! Help me, quick!''
and Mrs. Blank began clawing at her
shoulder blades in a most alarming fash
ion.
1T is one of those horrid caterpillars.
l know it is screamed Mrs. Blank.
But just at that moment Mr.. Blank
succeeded in grasping the intruder and
triumphantly drew forth--an escaped col
lar-button. There are some features of
the shirtwaist costume which should be
carefully avoided by women of highly
nervous temperaments.-Bu Express.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

She-"He kissed me when l was not
dreaming of such a thing
He-''I'll wager you We're not. You al
ways were wide awake when kissing was
in sight-Indianapoli Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

"Whut's de use O. botherin' me bout
dat rent?' inquired the occupant of di-
lapidated shanty. de grocery man wus
jes' 'roun' hyuh, an I owes a doctor S
bill an a hull lot O. yuthuh folks. An,
hyuh [ is down to my last four dollahs."
''Why don't you pay that on account?'
Go way, man! [ needs dat ter pay
de license fob dem two dogs. '-Washing-
ton Star.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Little Willie had been spanked, and he
hadn't had time to forget it.
You will never go to heaven and be
an angel, Willie" said mamma, eff you
are SO naughty
81 don't want to be an angel" sobbe1
Willie. Il shall be cherub, SO that
you can't spank me."-Pick-Me-Up.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

THAT shows what you can do in this
country said the man with loud voice
as he rang up a nickel with a view TO
stopping the car. Johns one of the most
remarkable self-made men we ever had in
Wayne county"
rs that true?'
Why, that fellow came here twenty years
ago with $50, and last week he failed for
a round half million. Beats the band
what rustler can do in this country
Detroit Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-17

A little anecdote about Mr.. Gladstone
in the Chap-Book makes itself welcome
by touching the great mans humorous
side.
The premier was invited to attend one
of Punchs famous dinners. He was to
meet Harry Furniss, who had. as one
might say, discovered the Gladstone col
lar. and was in the habi Of caricaturing
the statesman weekly by representing him
almost buried in his own collar.
Mr.. Furniss had, of course. been told
that he was to meet Mr.. Gladstone; and
the entire company looked forward with
amusement to the night when the ideal
and the actual should thus confront each
other.
The evening came, and Mr.. Gladstone
with it; but he wore a little band of white
linen behind which not even the lobe of
the ear could be concealed. He had ap-
preciated the situation and provided for it.