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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

and in voice of low toned apology
utter the formula
"Mr. Langdale does not receive"
The ultra curious would now and
again tramp out as far as the little
chateau on Il fine summer evening
aud linger by the gate with Il hope of
catching just glimpse of the English
recluse. Those whose efforts were
successful agreed that he must be
about sixty years of age, and that his
appearance seemed to indicate sad
story connected with his past life.
Several years went by. Then came
the event which stirred those sleepy
districts into passing excitement an d
gave birth to a mystery which has not
been-probabl will not be-cleared
up.
A visitor had presented himself at
Chateau Rosendael and when Coulson
appeared his explanation was waved
aside with the remark
''Stand back. | am expected"
In subsequent examinations and
ss-examinations before the judicial
authorities the old servant always
made the statement that this visitor
didn't look like any one human. "
When pressed to explain this opinion
he added that he was more like
somebody who had been dead and
buried" However, he had handed in
a folded paper, which was carried to
Mr.. Langdale in his study, and,
wonder of wonders he was instantly
admitted without a word of complaint.
1t was then late afternoon, but not
dark, for the month was August. Both
servants deposed to the absolute calm
which reigned in the house; they did
not even hear the sound of voices.
/ After about an hour there were steps
along the hall, and the door opened
and closed, as though the visitor had
taken his leave.
The room was empty when Coulson,
according to custom, carried in the
tray with a few sandwiches and a glass
of water-the masters invariable sup
per But writing materials lay on the
table, books were scattered about as
usual, and concluding that Mr.. Lang
dale was strolling in the garden, the
servant withdrew and presently re-
tired to bed.
Next day, there was no sign of
! Godfrey Langdale, Upon half sheet
of paper he had written, Il give and
bequeath all of which die possessed
to" There the Twill" ended.
The police were of opinion that the
hermit had drowned himself, and the
canal was dragged-with no result. A
search was made for many and many
a mile round that part of the country,
but the master of the chateau was I'M
discoverable either alive or dead.
The next monthly letter was sent
back through the postofice; the Coul-
sons packed up their personal belong
ings and departed in haste from the
scene of so unpleasant an occurrence.
The civil authorities closed the house
and left it to its fate. Thus by slow
degrees it dwindled from chateau
into a Spookerii =
The Flemish are very superstltloL-.
They firmly believe that Godfrey
Langdale was only spirit sent back
to earth in human form to expiate
some crime of early life. They say
that the mysterious guest must have
brought him his release and summons
whether to celestial regions or other
wise has often been the subject c
heated argument.
But others think that he is not
really dead. and some day may see fl
to make a temperance.
My story-so far as it goes-is true
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

Instances of natural selection in the
animal kingdom and OF the survival
of the tittest are always OF interest.
especially when the particular instance
is not due simply to the. long results
OF time, but due to local cause. the
effect OF which can be appreciated in
few years. Such an instance was
recently brought forward by DR.. HI.
Jameson, who exhibited before the
Geological Section of the British as
sociation examples of race of pro-
tectively colored mice that are found
on a sandy island in the Bay of
Dublin, known as the North Bull.
The marked predominence of sand
colored mice, or mice distinctly lighter
in color than the ordinary variety. is
considered by DR.. Jameson as due to
the action OF natural selection. A
reference to old charts shows that this
island came into existence about CEN
fury ago, so that it is possible to fix a
time limit within which this light
colored race has been evolved. The
explanation given for the survival of
this particular colored mouse is ingen-
ious, and is typical example of the
survival of the fttest. It il
explained that the hawk and
owls, which frequent this is
land and hunt by sight, are the oolv
enemies that the mice have to conpete
against. 1t is evident that the dark-
colored mice are the most easily sean
when viewed against the sandy
ground, and thus weeding-ort pro-
cess OF the darker colored nice has
been going on for some hundret years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02
THE EoYs CALLED HIM MIKE.
1t GricVed His Mother, but the"Old Man"
Ihnunllt II WINS smart.

1t Gricved His Mother, but tIne"oId Man"
Thought IT Was Smart.
''Where's the boy?" inquired Mr..
Spadina, cheerfully, and it occurred
to him that it was about time for his
7-year-old son to bid him good night
"Ihe boy" replied Mrs. Spadins
severely, lis in bed
Not sick?"
''No he is not SICK" said Mrs. Spa
thing even worse. GIVE been wait
ing for an opportunity to tell you all
about it, but have not had chance
until now. 1t just means this, that
we must move away from this neigh
borhood. It's no place to bring up
boy, and just won't stand it. We
must get house in some part of the
city where Harold will have nice chill
dren to play with"
''But what's the matter?" asked the
husband with concern. "What has
happened?"
''Well, I'm telling you just as fast
as / can. This afternoon when the
doorbell rang | was i'll the hall and
answered the door myself, for saw a
boy there. On opening the door the
boy said to me- Please, can Mike
come out and play ball?' told him
that we had no Mike here, and said
that he had called at the wrong house.
NO, he said, Il mean Mike, you know
your boy, Mike. l guess you call
him Harold, he said
"Now, what do you think of that?
Well, you may be sure L told that boy
what 1 thought of him, and he began
to whimper and said that Harold had
licked him that's just what he said
Harold had licked him yesterday for
not calling him Mike, and everybody
called him Mike at school. And its
worse than that, for they call him
Mike Spad-not Harold Spadina, but
Mike Spad."
"Well, upon my world" exclaimed
Mr.. Spadina.
81 marched out into the dining
room, where Harold was eating some
bread and butter" continued Mrs.
Spadina, and went for him, and do
you know that child sat up in his chair
and said that he'd rather be called
Mike than Harold, and, that since his
chums had started to call him Mike
Spad, the other gangs afraid of him.
Well, | just sent him off to bed at 5
o'clock, and he's there yet. Mike
Spad," she added with intense feeling
on each word.
1.-The little scampr' exclaimed Mr..
Spadina.
eve have been talking of getting a
better house in some other part of the
city for long time," said Mrs. Spa
dina, land I'm sick and tired of this
place. We can't send him over to
that school any longer, with its rowdy
names and its gangs and its fighting.
Harold has clearly been fighting, for
the boy said as much.
The father was looking silently at
the ceiling. He generally thought
NJ atters over before giving his deci-
sion, aid Mrs. Spadina cautiously
| went upstairx., WHARF cha found the
formidable Mike Spad sound asleep
and with the clothing kicked off him.
And Mr. Spadina said: "At school
they used to call me Bump" And
presently he smiled and, knocking the
ash off his cigar, he chuckled: "There'f
good stuff in Mike. L wonder how
big the boy was that he wallopedl"
And the important point is that OF
the son, the mother and the father
one was as true to human nature as
either of the others.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-02-02

One hundred and nine thousand To-
comotives are at present running in
various countries. Europe has So, 600;
America, 10, 900; Asia, $500; Australia,
1000, and Africa, 200.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
KS EGA v.
POm6r kOwy : Psy MILEAGE.
Gzygzaki STRAIGHT.

Tutaj, dlatego, CO teraz nastspi i dlatego, o czem
|pozniej bsdzie NOVA, p~otrzebna jest jedna uwaga.
Autor tel ksisaki, acs niechstnie, must z tego po-
|wiedsiec slow kilka. Opuscil on ParyA ja cd lat
wielu. Cd jego wyjazdu Parys sic przeistocsyf. Pc
wstaio MOVIE miasto, prawie mu niesnane. Me potrxe-
buje on movie, De Parys mu Jest drogi: jest to rodsin
ne miasto jego umysfu. Wskutek smian, jake " MIN
|porobiono, burzac iedno, a buduisc drugie; Parys je
go ~miodosci, ten Paryz, kt6ry on 3 TAXA czcia uni6si W
|swojej pamisci, jest obecnie dawnym Paryaem. Pc
~zwolciez mu movie o owym Paryzu, j~akgdyby on ist
Mai jeszcze. Bardzo bye moae, ae tam, gdsie autor Ia
|prowadsi csytelnikow swoich NOW &C: Ma takiej uli.
|cy jest TAXI DOM, niema jus dzisiaj ami takiej ulicy
ami takiego domu. Czytelnicy sprawdzs, jezeli re
chca. % do a~utors, ten ME sna nowego Paryaa i W
ziudseniu. kt6re mu jest drogie, pisse, majsc dawny
Paryz pred oczami swemi. Milo mu Jest wyobrszac
sobie, ze pozostalo "a MIN coskolwiek . tego, co wi
dziai kiedy byl W kraju, ze ME ~wssystko znikfo. Do
p6ki zyjemy W rodzinnym krsju, wyobrakamy sobie,
1e tie uice 50 nam ~obojstne, zs te okns, te dachy i te
drzwi 50 ola mas niczem, ze te injury 50 nam oboe, ae
te drzewa So jak w~ssystkie inne ma swiecie, ae tie do.
my, do kt6rych ME wchodzimy, So nam niepotrzebne,
ze ten bruk, 20 kt6rym chodzimy, skiada sic tylko .
kamieni. P6zaiej, kiedy ~opuscimy te miejsca, spo
strzegsmy, ze te ulice SO nam drogie, se czujemy brak
ltych dsch6w, tych okien / tych drzwi, ze te injury 50
nam potrzebne, ae tie drsewa 50 nam drogie, De te do
my, do kt6rych ME wchodzilismy, zwiedsalismy co
ldsiennie se " lynn bruku posostala jskaS csssc mas
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
Y

MOneta pieciofrankovs, kt6rs Pads na ziemie sprawia
hsias.
Byf kolo sw. Medarda ieden ubogi, kt6ry siadal
ma cembrowaniu dawnej studni; Jan Vatican chstnie
obdarsaf 60 %iaimusns. PrEechods.c mimo, .awsse mu
co zasdroscii sebrakowi, p~owiadali, se naleiaf do 20.
lcji. Byl to starry bedel, kt6ry wciss mruczl mod
|ltwY.
Pewnego wiecsora kiedy Jan Vatican prsechodsil
tamtsdy, q ME miaf : sobs Correctly, spostrzegi aebraka
co 1aPalono. Jan Vatican podssedi do niego i wio4yf
mu " rsks swykls ~jafmusne. Z.brak nagie podni6sl
oc1y, prseci.gle popatrsai ma Jana Vatican, potem
|s Siysl spusoii giS:s. Ten much ;ush isgS bya isksdayby
prey swietle latarni ujrsl niespokojna mine swistosz.
ka starego bedela, ale jakss inus twars strsszns a So
bic snans. Dosnaf tskiego %wrazenia, jskgdyby sic ma
gle, oko " oko, :potkai $ ~tygrysem. Cofnaf sic .pr.e
vic, ami sostac, ami uciekac patr.ai ma aebraka, kt6.
ry spuscii glove pokryts iachmanem i zdawl sig "a.
pominac o tenn, &c on tam byl. w tel dziwnej chwili
~instynkt, mose tajemnicsy instykt zachowawcsy, ME
Zsbrak byi takiegof wsrostu, mial ma sobie takiez
lachmany i takas powierzchownosc jak zwykle.
Bal rsekl do siebie Jan Vatican jestem
szalonyl ~prsyGnilo mi siel niepodobnsi 1 mocno pc.
~misszsny wr6cif do siebie.
Prsed SODA samym saledwie smial wyznac, ae
twarr, kt6rs ujrsai, byia, ik mu sic zdawalo, twsrzs
Javerta.
w nocy, rozmyslajsc mad tenn, aaiowai, ae ME
~przen6wa do csfowieks, by 60 Emusic do powt6rnego
podniesiena gfowy.
Na.ajutrs, o smroku, poszedf tam znowu. zs
brsk byf ma swollen miejscu.
Dsieh dobry, poczciwcse - rzekl smisio Jan
Vatican dajsc mu jeden sous.
Zebrsk podni6si glove i odpowiedziai glosem:
Dziskujs, moi dobry panic.
Byf to Mkt inny tylko starry bedel.
Jan Vatican uspokol sic calkowicie. Zaczsi sic
smiac. Zksd u licha dopstrzyfem W MIN Javertai 20
mysial. Goa snowu, cmi sic mi jua teras W oczach3 /
ME myslai o tenn wiecej.
w kilka di potem, mogia bye 6sma godsina
wiecs6r, byl W swoim pokoju i Cosetta sylabisowaia
prey MIN ma gfos, kiedy ~usiyszal, iak drEwi rudery o
Itworsyly sic, potem z~amknefy. Wydalo mu sic to div.
mem. Stsra, kt6ra sama tylko opr6cz niego miesska
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

W
Pokazaio sic, se Cozetta byla wesolego usposo
bienia. Stara posfugiwala i'm. s~ajmowafa she kuchnis
ME zmienif W umeblowaniu mieszkania; tylko oszklo-
ne drzwi gabinetu Cozetty kasaf zastspic drzwiami
calko
Zawsse nosif sw6j z6lty surdut, czarne spodnie i
trafalo sic csasem, ae Etosciwe kobiety oglsdaiy sic
"a MIN j dawaiy mu jalmusne. Jan Vatican przyj
mowal i gisboko sic klanial. zdarsaio sic tea c.asem,
se spotykai nieszcsesliwego,. pros1scego o jaimusns,
sbliaai sic ukradkiem do ~ubogiego. wsuwai mu W re.
ks pienisds, csesto srebrny i szybko sic oddalal. Mia
10 to swoje niedogodnosci Zacsynal bye znany W cyr.
kule pod na.ws sebraka dajscego ialmusns.
Stara gf6wna lokatorka, istota skwassona i . "a
wistns uw.gs prsypatrujsca sic bliznim, sledzifa bacz-
ME Jana Vatican; ten ME d~omyslal sic teso. Byla
trocba gfucha i z tego powodu gadatliwa. q prsesz
iosci p~Osostaly jej diva zeby, jeden W g6rze, drugi ma
dole; ssby to wcia4 udersyly jeden o drugi. Rospyty
d.ied ME mogl.. to tyiko w@iedaisis, ae prsybyaa |.
Montfermeil. Pewnego rama, stara podpatrzala, ae
Jan Vatican, 2 jakss ~czcigodua nina, jak sic ~zdawaio,
wssedf do jednej Z niezamiesskaiych kom6r rudery.
Skradsjsc sic. jak stara kotka, possla "a MIN ME bs
dac widsiana, mogla go sledsit przes szpars we
~drswiach. Jan Vatican, ola ~wiskszej ostroanosci Ia
pewne, stall odwr6cony plecsmi do tych drzwi. Stara
~ujrsala jak wydobyl 2 kieszeni ~futeral, a z niego no.
|sycski i nici, poczem zaczsl pruc podszewks u poly
AoVobOA
s6ltawego papieru, kt6ry roslosyi. Stara . pr.estra.
chem poznala billet tysiacfrankowy. Byl to drugi csy
trzeci, ktory widziala cd csasu jak syla ma swiecie.
Mocno przerazona uciekfa.
Ia chwils potem Jan Vatican sblizyl sic do niej i
prosif, by poszla zmienic ten billet tysiscfrankowy, do.
|dajac, &c byl to p6lrocany procent, kt6ry odebrai dnia
|poprzedniego. Gdsiel p~omyslala stara- Wyszedl do
|piero o ss6stej wiecz6r, a kasa rssdowa z pewnoscia
samknista jest o tel godzinie. Stara posala zmienic
billet, robisc prsytem swoje prsypuszczenia. Ten BIZ
let Discriminatory, pomnozony ozdobiony dodatka
mi, spowodowal tysisce rozm6w miedzy kumoszkami
|ulicy Vignes Saint-Marcel.
Nastepnych dni przytraflo sic, BE Jan Vatican,
~zdjswssy surdut pifowaf drsewo ma korytarzu. Stara
byfa sauna W pokoju i ~sprzataia. Cozetta byla zajeta
podsiwianiem pilujsoego sic dlsewa. Stara ujrzawszy
surdut wissscy ma g~wozdziu, przetrzssnsla 60 natych
mast. Podszewka byla ma nowo przyszyta. Kobieta
|uwaznie ja obmacafa i zdawlo sic jej. &c czuje pod
palcami papier W polach i rekawach koio pach. Ia
kiez blety tysiacfrankowe, zapewne!
Opr6cs tego sauwasyia, ae W kieszeniach byfo
~mn6stwo rozmaitych r.eczy. Me tylko ~noayczki, igfy
i nici. ktore juz widziala, ale nadto gruby ~pugilares,
bardzo wielki n6z, j rzecz podejrzana, kilka peruk
~rozmaitej barwy. Kazda kieszeh tego surduta zdawa.
"a sic mice jakies przeznacsenie ma nieprzewidsiany
wypadek.
Takim sposobem mieszkahcy rudery przesyli W
niej do osta.nich dni simy.
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V.


Jan Vsljean byi ma lyle ostrozny, be nigdy we
dnie ME wychodzif. Co wiecz6r, o zmroku, przecha
DIAL sic, csasem sam, czssto z Cosetts, wybierajsc do
tego bocsne, najsamotniejsse aleje bulwaru i wcho
dssc do kosciola w6wczas dopiero, kiedy robifo sic
juA ciemno. Chetnie u~czsszcza do najblizszeg 60 mu
koscioia sw. Medarda. Jsteli ME brai z SODA Cozetty,
na6wczss Ia zostswaia prey stsrej kobiecie, ale ola
dsiecka s~scssscie to byio, kiedy wychodziia z Jsnem
Vatican. Godzins czasu ~spsdzona z MIN, przekiadaia
nawet mad sachwycsjsce sam ma sam z Kstarzyns.
On idsc trsymai j. "a rsks j opowiadai przyiemne
rsecsy.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
III.
o ~szczescie. re po Austerlickim moscie przeehodzs WOW.

TO szczescIe re pc AusterIickim mOscie przechodzs wozy.
Ola Jana Vatican wszelks niepewnosc ustafs;
szcsesciem trwa1a ona jeszcze ola owycb ludzi. Sko.
rzystaf z ich wahania; byl to czas straconv Ola mich.
wygrsny Ola niego. Wyssedl z pod bramy, gdsie she
byf ukryfi pomknaf utica des Postes " stfone bota.
nlcznego ogrodu: Cozetta z~aczynaia sic mecsyc; wsisi
u ma rsce niosi. Me by'o ami jednego przechodnis;
+ powodu ksissyca ME ~sapalono iatarni.
DsIsxy ossg sss<paJ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-11
MISS EUKER TO WED
A Pretty Marriage to Take Place This
This Evening.

A very pretty wedding will take place
to-day from s.. Johns German Evan
gelical Church when Mr.. Walter c.
Schaft and Miss. Marie G. Euker will
be married.
Rev Dr. Paul Mcneil will perform the
eermony.
The bride will be attired In green satin
and viii carry white roses. She is the
daughter OF Mrs. Peter Euker Of SIS 12
n"rth Fourth s.rect. and Is beautiful
.oung lady OF ,he blonde type and very
attlsctive.
Her maid Of honor. Miss Marie Schaaf.
sister OF the groom. will wear white or
candle and will carry pink roses
Mr. Henry Grant will be best man.
The ushers Will be as follows. Mess-s.
fred Schaaf. Thomas Thiermann. Oswald
hasten. Charles I4aase. Charles NJ
Allister and George PoindeNter. At 6:45
o'clock the bridal party will enter the
church which will be decorated in pink
ard white. and will proeeed to the altar
On leaving the church the young couple
will be driven to the depot where they
will take the train for tour through
northern States They expect TO return
in two weeks and will make their home
ri No. 50l north Third street.
Monday night reception was held for
the ushers and the friends OF the Young
people. The presents 10 the young bride
and groom are both handsome and costly.
the groom's present being a beautiful
diamond breach.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-11
PATTON TOBACCO CASE
An Appeal Perfected, and the Matter
VIII Go Higher.

In the case Of James d. Patton against
James y. Brady, collector OF Internal
Revenue for the Second District of Vir-
ginia, the appeal has been perfected. and
the matter viii be taken before the
United States Supreme Court.
This case has been one Of great interest,
as il has been brought 10 recover damages
and 10 test the constitutionality of the
war tax. MIR. Patton is a tobacco dealer,
trading under the firm name of j. ID.
Patton & Co. and says that he bought,
in open market, 1O20,6 pounds Of manu-
featured tobacco in May. 1895, which had
been properly stamped. and these stamps
Cancelled, prior to April II, 1895. when the
war tax bill became a law. lie states
that the Collector of Internal Revenue
compelled him 10 again pay tax on this
tobacco under the war tax law. and that
this tax amounted S3O52.2S. His dam
ages. MIR. Patton claims, amounts TO
5000. and he brings suit to recover.
This case was argued before Judge
Edmund Waddill, Jr., and on motion OF
the United States Attorney, September
% 1888 the case was dismissed and the
costs were placed on the plaintiff. Mr.
Patton now appeals from this decision
and the case will go before a higher tri-
bunal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-11
LEFT A LEAD
PENCIL WILL
Brief Document Containing Dr.. W.
W. Parker's WIFI.
THE JEFF DAVIS MONUMENT
He Did Not Wish that Obligation
Overlook ed Desired the Estate to
BE Divided According To Law,
Stafford n. Parker Executor

dr. W. W. Parker's will was proven
and admitted TO record in the Chancery
Court yesterday and Mr.. Stafford II.
Parker qualified as executor. The es-
tate is valued at Sl.5oc, which does not
include property In West Virginia The
executor must qualify In West Virginia
Court to administer in that part OF the
estate.
The will was very brief and was writ
ten with lead pencil II was written
on both sides of sheet Of small niue
note paper, such as Is used great deal
by ladies for social correspondence. The
instrument bears no date
After the will had been signed and
nroperly witnessed, a foot-note was add
ed. which. while unsigned, illustrates the
devotion OF DR. Parker 10 the Conted-
eracy. He made provision Tor the pay
nent OF his debts. and then, as II afraid
one obligation near to his heart should
be forgotten or overlooked. he added;
II owe thirey dollors $1,000 Jen
Davis monument.
The text of the will follows;
al. w. w. Parker, am III and expecting
20 die. make this. my last VIII ana testa-
,nent, trusting my soul i'm the hands OF
God In perfect confidence and in the
hope OF eternal life. ] am in full posses
sion OF my faculties. desire all my
property shall remain in the hands OF my
wife. Ellen Jordan Parker, until my
Youngest daughter. Florence, Is Of age.
She is TO have entire control OF the
same: that she shall pay all my debts
that she can. and that the property be
divided according to law, between my wife
and children when my said daughter,
Florence becomes of age That they
shall remain together as long as possible
and love each other. ] desire Stafford
y. Parker TO assist in administering my
estate as long as II shall be together,
undivided. without security of admins
uation.
fSiEned) w. w. FARMER
ssWltness: Stafford II. Parker. Ellen j.
Parker.
'T owe thirty dollars 5000 Jef
Davis monument.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-11
SUNDAY LAWS.
uhe Crusade of the Ministers May As
sume Monster Proportions.

sume Monster Proportions.
The proposed movement against the
alleged disregard Of the Sunday Law
rronises TO reach large proportions.
The state law on The subject OF sun
aav observance IS quite plain. II states
that all persons who engage IN work on
SUNDAYS. except in household duties, mat
ters of necessity and charity, shall be
dealt with summary and hned for each
offence. >,
lhe city ordinance applies more d.
rectly 10 liquor dealers, and Is as Tor
lows, taken from title :. chapter 60, sec
ton 10:
EVERY hotel keeper and keeper of
restaurant, lager-beer saloon, or other
place wnere ardent spirits, beer clGer'
or other drinks are sold, or given away,
shall close the bar where such drinks
are sold or given away, every Sunday,
during the whole day. At all times when
such bar shall bc open the hccnse IN
der which the business is conducted shall
remain posted in some conspicuous place
IN the bar-room. Any person violating
any provision Of this section shall be fin
ed not less than ten nor more than five
hundred dollars
Mayor Taylor was seen I'm reference TO
the matter, and said that when the com
rnittee came 10 see him. which he expect
ed them To do. he would probably lave
something 10 say on the matter AT pres
ent he preferred 10 remain quiet.
The Mayor does not indulge in intoN-
Icants. and his position on that aues .pn
Is well-known. Not even during cam
paign does he spend money on drinks.
1t Is known, too, that when called upon,
the Mayor viii do all that he can 10 stop
the traffic I'm liquor on Sundays.
The chief OF police says that his men are
always on the alert. and are doing ali they
can TO stop the sale Of liquor on sunddy.
The general public must. however. assist
them. for 1t is quite an imrOsslbllity &c se'
evidence enough against the dealers 10
convict them. He is ready to heartily vel
come the committee when it calls upon
him.
The prominent liquor dealers. themselves
declare that they favor the Sunday obser-
vance law. and Will do all IN their power
10 have the laws enforced.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-11
\ popuiar Club.

81. Leo's Club held a meeting Monday
members.
II was decided TO open the winter
series Of entertainments of the Club on
"wednesday Ocfcho~ IS. With humor-
Gus debate. entitled. "Res0lyed. that
the Bachelor IL happier than the Bene.
Diet" The affirmative side OF the ques.
ton will be held 40 by Messrs W H.
5celthaus aud Edward q. Hulcher, while
Mesers John " P'il@" ard Joh' r. lV"s'
will defend the married men. Some good
arguments pro and con on the subject
are locked for. and lively time Is
ANTICIPATED. After the debate refresh.
snents will be served.
A committee was appointed to make
the rpeiirn'-arv arrangements for the
Xnnvuo Thanksgiving German of the
CRub. which II 70 take place On the eve