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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-31
WHEN YOU WANT

a truss fitted exactly and of the best
make come TO see US. We keep crutches
all kinds of braces. al kinds of rubber
goods, air cushions and pillows. also a full
stock OF hair brushes. clothes brushes,
shoe brushes, fine coiognes. toilet soaps
hand kerchef exuact& ETC., etc. Ali
kinds of patent medicine
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO,
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DO YOU. WANT CREDIT

We have a large stock of all small in
truments-Guitars. Mandolins, Banjos,
etc We have been selling them at the
new reduced prices for a year back. Come
and see our stock
WALTER D. MOSES & CO.
No 103 East Broad Street
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-. !, i,.r. e,,t,,.,

1,ho no,;ce force viii he Inspected on
toln re afternoon at $3.50 o'clock by the
soard q Police of G tha ota Ha, On Broad
ss This - regular fan Inspection. and.
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Eor Indian Sufferers.

contributions TO the Indian famine fund
ara r,onnt last reported. S10ls.s7: Miss.
cIa Wiener. Soc; cash. 50; L. NJ West,
80. VI j Camper. So. Miss Rosa
WaItbal,. 81; Herbert Walker, $40 total,
81 ese,s7,
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FROM NEW YORK.

PASSENGERS can leave DAILY, zex-
ceptE suneay, from compdny,s pier. No. 2S
North River. at 800 +. Al. Ic: Old Poiy.r
Comfort and Norfolk, connecting With
c. and o. and n. and w. trains for
Richmond.
F,tsnluHT received and forwarded daily.
except Sunday -
Tickets on sale at Richmond transfer
Com pal1y,s oO5 East Main Street; J efterson
Hotel c. and O. and r, and p depots
ttlcnnlend. Baggage checked through 10
For further tnfor:,,ation.ap apply to
jGt n sA1.AyER,# Agent,
l2f2 East Main StrSet. R!chmond. va
General OFFICES; 81 Beacn street. corner
West Street, New York, n.
III. BROWN
H 3. WALKER, Gen. Pass Agent. Z
Traffic Mana; er- z
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NOVEMBER ETH AND 17TH.
The Great Battle of Ballots comes off
on November 7th- And the popular per-
sonally-conducted excursion of the Old
Dominion Steamship Co. 10 New York
leaves November 18th. on account of the
great New York Horse Show.
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SOUTHERN R'Y.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE OCT. p, 1906
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. VA.

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE OCT. p. 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. VA.
HOO PL N, No. II. southern Express.
daily for Atlanta, Augusta. Jack
sonEille and points South. Sleeper
for Danviiie. Greensboro, Salisbury.
and Charlotte, open at Richmond
3:3o 2. NJ. Stops for passengers at
local stations Connects at Dansilie
Florida Express (No. 3;;3). carrying
through sleepers between New York
and Tampa. with connections for
at Danville and Charlotte with
Washington and Southwestern Lin
tied tNo, 30, carrying through
Nashville. New York and Memphis.
New York and New Orleans; also.
PrilInan Tourist sleeper MONDAYS.
tor to san francisco without
change, with CORRECTIONS Tor all
points in Texas. Mexico and Cali
fornid.
1901 ?: NJ. No. =, solid train 6aily for
Charlotte. y. c., connects ut Nose
ley With Farmyilie and Powhatan
Railroad at keysville Tor Gidrhs-
willie. Oxford. Henderson ana Dur
ham. ana at Greensboro for Dur
ham, Raleigh and Wins5on-Salem;
&C Danvllle with No. 80. United ted
states last mail, solid train. daily
for New Orleans AID points South.
which carries SleeperS New York
70 New Orleans and New York to
Jacksonville. connecting for Nassau
and Havana. Buffet Grawing-room
sleeper Richmond to Atlanta ana
birmingham. Through sleeper Sal
isbury TO Memphis.
600 P. NJ. No. II, local. daily except
Sunday, for Keysville and interme-
date points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
6:25 P A. from Atlanta, AT susta and
Ashevilie and Ell points
$40 A NJ From EeysvilIe and local
stations:
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.
Nos. G1 and 81. between Manchester
and Neapolis.
YORK RIVER LINE via VEST POINT.
THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH
LEAVES RICHMOND.
$3.50 P. NJ. No. 1e. Baltimore Limited.
Pout and intermediate stations.
making close connection at Vest
Point with steamer sor Baltimore
2:30 z. NJ, No 10, IocaI express, daily
except Sundays, Tor West Point and
intermediate stations Connects
with stage al :, lester Manor for
Nalkerton and "appahanEock; also.
at West Point ,Eltn steamer for
Baltimore Stops at all stations.
500 A. M. No. a. local mixed. Leaves
daily except Sunday TOR West Point
and intermediate stations, con-
Meeting with stage at Lester Manor
for Walksrton and Tappahannock-
L.
a:15 A. NJ, daily from West Point. with
connection from Baltimore. except
1o:45 4. NJ. except Sundays and Mon
co.; p NJ, daily, except Sunday, from
West Point and intermediate STA
lions.
except Sundays, 80 p. NJ, arr.V-
ing Baltimore 500 ~ ID; returning,
leave Baltimore at . 2. NJ, daily
except Sundays, arriving Richmond
Steamers cali at Gloucester Point
and Almonds Wharf Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. York
town and Clay Bank Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
c.. w. WESTBURY,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
No. 920 Eas. Main Street.
Richmond. Va.
J. M. CULP W. a. TURK.
Traffic Manager Gen. Pass. Agent.
Third vice-President and General Man
ager. Washington. D. c.
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G a s I OIL
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s sssss se: 81 1z72zzzzzzz@
GUARD AGAINST DISEASE

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yid's Liver Pills cure sick headache, bill
iousness. constipation, dyspepsia, indges-
ton and stomach and liver troubles.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO,
Opposite Postoffice.
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g "a STo n
Bears the u The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature "a L9HzNztZI
AS A MILD TONIC

and buIlder-up or the system, Gladstone
sterlized Extract Malt can't be surpass-
ed. Try dozen at only s1.5o. We also
invite you to call on or send ~ us
when In want OF anything in the drug.
or medicine line. Handing as we do
large quantities Of medicines. our stock
ts always fresh and good.
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO.,
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ESR Old Dominion
] Steamship Co.
Daily Line for New York, t!!le North
and East
FROM RICHMOND.

PASSENGERS can leave DAILY. ex-
cept Sunday, at 500 A. HI. via c. and u.
Ry., or $500 a. NJ. and 5:13 p. III. via N
direct steamers sailing same day, 500
T. NJ.
Steerag e passengers can leave by aux
iliaiy steamer Monday, Wednesday and
Friday ar 8 2. NJ. changing to mainline
ship at Norfolk.
FREIGHT for all northern, eastern
and foreign por,s received and forwarded
daily except Sunday.
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RAILEoADs.

E IIleSapeaaG;
S6uTE & Ohio RI. j
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OII. 4. 1ao0.
E'HCM RICHMOND
LEAVE BROAD-STREET STATION.
900 a. NJ, Daily for principal stations.
Newport News. Old FONT, Norfolk
meets at Norfolk With o. D. S. s..
for New York. except Sunday
$40 P. NJ, Daily Local, for Newport
News. Old Point and Norfolk Pull
man to Old Point.
= ~ IRA Train Tor Clifton Forge. Connects
at GordonsviIle Tor Orange, Cul,
pepper, CaIverton. Manassas ana
Mashington Connee,s at Eaaic
City for HagersIown, and at Staah-s
ton for lexington.
2:45 PM. Daily Limited. to Cincinnati,
- Louisville and St Louis Pullman
Sleeping cars. Connects for Eir
ginia Hot Springs. No. 4, Local
Train, follows No. 4, except Sun
day, from GordonsSile to Stanton
$50 p ~. Accommodation, except Sum
day, to boswell.
1916 P. NJ, Daily, T. f. V, to Cincin-
natl and Louisville. Pullman Sleep
G 5aE ear uo! To ssSf1sEs FOR VIZ.
LEAVE cl1tt1d-S1R5E1i Si<Al1oN.
1880 A. A., Daily. for Lynchburg. Lex
ington and Clifton Forge. ParIor
car Connects, except Sunday,
with Buckingham and Alberene
branches.
5:15 P. NJ, except Sunday. to Columbia.
TRAINS ARRIVE BRoAD-STREET
STATION.
500 \. NJ. except Sunday. from Dos
$50 A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ. Daily, from
Cincinnati and Louisville.
II 80 A. NJ. and 600 z. NJ, Daily from
Norfolk and Old Point
S:15 2. NJ, except Sunday, from Clifton
Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH-STREET
STATION.
$40 \. NJ. except Sunday. from Co
e:2o =: Nj. Daily, from Lynchburg and
Clifton Forge. Except Sunday.
from. New Castle. Lexington and
Rosney.
For detail information connections.
etc. apply at Richmond Transfer offics.
No. SOB East Main Street; Chesapeake
and Ohio Passenger Office. No 500 East
Main Street: Station Ticket Offices, or
address JOHN D. POTTS
Assistant General Passenger Agent
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s. a . l.E2 v.
eaABoARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
I'm, FAyoR1TE ROUTE SOUTH.

SEABoARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
-nE. FAvoR1TE ROUTE SOUTH
f-l.rpyTLr: IN EFFECT JUNE 3 1870.
po T. {. .. Bt1CAD-STREEr
STATION.
Nj. Daily. except Sunday. for
- ,...tt.rsbiirg, Henderson, Durham.
t,tseish, ATLANTA anu all points
1,,i,ln and Southwest.
o..z !. Al --e'Ioclda Mail and Express
-' IlaIiv for Petersburg. Henderson,.
Raleigh, Cheraw: Camden. Column
pa. Savannah, Jacksonville, Tam
pa, F'ernandina and all Florida
,o.1o 3 PoinsIs 'FLoRIDA LIMITEp..
~ Daily for PETERSBURG. henderson,.
Eaieigh, Wilmington. Charlotte.
Chester. Athens. Atlanta. Mont
gonery, Mobile, New Orleans,
points South and Southwest: Che
raw Camden. Columbia, Savan-
nah. Jacksonville, Tampa, Fernan-
dina and all Florida points.
Trains arrive from South AZ z. g Y
SI,roal- Street Station. OIL! ~ NJ, ana 1:4o
r. NJ. Daily. Also. eco p. H. Daily. ex-
For tickets. checking baggage. sleeping
car reservation. etc. apply to tne Sest-
board Air Line Railway Office $50 East
pany, ao3 East Main Street; Jefferson
p1ntssi and 70 Depot Ticket Agent.
- - ~ z. p. SMITH.
Dist Pass. Agent.
- S36 East Main Street.
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SCHEDULE. LIT l.NlIE 4 UtI. II, iooV.
TRAINS LEAVE ACKNOWLEDGED
GTtsEET STATION.
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n. r SNIIH.
District Passenger Agent.
S3G Fast Main Street.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25
LnaAL NOTICES.

ptdF0sAtls PuR LEAHE The tlaard
% Regents % the University - WASH
lnston Ntn receive saalsd proposals vs.
leasing Tor a term ~ thirty on years thu
trart knpsu ns ne Ola University tio.
IN Seattle. King county, Wash Fne
- rent 90 b. pal6 foF each fs-
rcd q i've % years DURING saii
term. and agree that ine lean@n, y
awArded the lease via furnish a hau1 &
tori 90 the Beard q kaxrulN- Ter tho
faithful peftqf nance - ths conditions ~
fAA !ssss The lessee muat also AAl@a
- furnish Ga tire university ffns 90
charge aaftng said 'efFa the faliaaiuEs
TeD ~ rooms 81 iHsst FORTY fest ntsssfs.
two % rooms at least nftsaa iset
sguAfe, one a. room sf least tweniv faet
H4Bafs. ard tRo aaia u taiief rooms sal
cloak ro~ngs. Gns each far HaaAe and ".
male sfadeufa. Sail Foaws need ugs
necessarily - sgEAFv IN shape. PROVIDED
the area ~ each fD@u eaaais mas - a
square room e. above given as4a ftatff&
mast ne fpTnlahed Nifh attt8olsl nsst
thhn The second story ~ @aT b@NQing.
gnIsss ths buil1inK - fufuishaa Hllh
comgeisHi elevator sersies aAtly, ste@pe
asid rcona nust ~ arA iGNtsd W&,h a.
rcci uAht ffoFn outside.
Each pfcpossi uast bs aeeauss nisd ~
4 rKffiHed check o. ne 1f1rf 81 tae aeETFs
taFg - The board f1F ts91t9 ~ forfeited
ga raEe TIE aaecfhafli hAGaaf fsAs m -.
'gsss 70 enter Into the ieAse Tne isArd
cay ang as ada prpgesais t9 be seaisE
hHt delivered tg tha pF0sAruf - ~
tear9 81 foom . boston l.orS. seattle.
- order n the BEARD q Regents q rs
ENlHNNltg ~ Maahinstku.
---. Gfsu H gig0. rss 1esI
CLARKE DAVIS aecretafY
BT.p-TAL sT0CRHotDEr1T MENTiSG--
TIE uncers, Eue3. hring q rfa fsfiig ~ tks
B. 4 ~
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SPRING HlfI VILLA TRACTS
West Seattle,
Saen r. Jacobsen 80 New YORK hids
FkUtf. chicNan ranch en Nashon island
20 sale very cheap Chas. A4ucOln.
-l last Columbia street
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THE SEATTLE Observation-Disclosures SUNDAY MARCH IS 1900

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Continued.
~~----~----~-------- -----------~----------~---~-
FINISHING FOR AMATEURS.
ALL kinds. Alaska Studio. sol Third ave-
nue.
FOLDING Red FACTORY.
MORRIS & SON. manufacturers. 1870
First avenue
FISH DEALERS.
phone, Main St5.
SAN JUAN FISH CO. Columbia dock.
HARNESS AND sADDLEBY.
MsoRLEY & HENDERSON. 2o5 occi-
dental avenue
HousE-RAIsIyG AND FOUNDATIONS.
CONTRACTOR. builder. A. F. Tnford.
GAS LAMPS.
Pacific GAS LAMP Co, 1909 First ave-
nue.: finest gasoline gas lamps OF great
brillianey. -
INSURANCE.
ATLAS INSURANCE COMPANY, OF
Iondon--Organized lS0S Assets SO, eOo-
COO Fire losses promptly adjusted. Ed
mund Bowden, agent, Horton Bank
building.
WATSON. HANFoRD & CO. rooms
26 POS and 20I Pioneer building, tele-
phone Main III. -------------
70 r
Co. ) and . Roxweu block. General
insurance.
II. A. RAISER. agent and adJuster I'm
perial Insurance Co. 30 Pioneer build
inr . Main 226.
BURNS & ATKINSON. general insur-
anee. IA Boston block.
CALHOUN. DENNY & EWING. insur-
ance. olympic block
wATERHoUsE 4 BEACH. insurance.
A, Colnlan building.
CRAWFORD. CoNovER & FIsKEN.
New York block
INsURANCE-MARIN
HuLIs. cargoes gold dust coin. cur
rency and advances insured. marine
losses adjusted; underwriters agents.
Watson. Hanford & Co, 200 Pioneer
building,
ICE AND STORAGE.
DIAMOND ICE AND STORAGE COM
pany. Tel. Pike l59. Ice and storage.
JUNK.
SEATTLE JUNK COMPANY - Highest
cash prices: orders promptly attended.
Rear Seattle Market Black lib.
ALASKA JUNK co. pays highest prices;
prompt returns iii Western avenue.
Phone, Pike liz.
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OR sALE-CITY REAL ESTATE
Continued.

az The second hill. three blocks from
Madison car line, VIII be one block from
nsw line, the most attractive and pleas
~ eight-rOOm house in that section;
frllt last year for a home. fine corner
~ unobstTucted View Of Sound. only
M best ma terial used and competent
xorkmen employed: brick foundation
mi basement under entire house; laun-
Srv room, with cement wash trays: re-
esption hall, parlor and dining room:
guofs polished. artistic nantel and grills'
woodwork finished IN oil, Of the very
hsg quality. open plckei-plated plumb
lng and porcelain bath, a property that
"a appreciated when inspected, and can
4 sold at a reasonable price. A. f. Par
her 4 Co 900 Burke building.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
What We Do,

Ignorant or cultured, playing on the
miners vocabulary of 200 words or on
the university professors thesaurus OF
many thousands, it appears that we let
fall 11,S0O,O0O words between January
and December
Every year we shake hands about 1000
times. expending on the ceremony force
sufficient to raise locomotive weighing
80 tons. The raising of our eyelids is
accomplished 94,GO0,O0O times per year
and represents the consumption of EN-
ergy capable of lifting weight of 81
pounds.
Turning to the division of our time, It
Is found that normal man living 10
years has spent no less than "a years,
0 months and Is days asleep and II
years and 8 months at work. His recre-
alton has occupied exactly the same
length of time as his work.
He has passed years and 10 months
in moving about and the same space of
time in the operation of feeding. His
toilet has occupied 2 years and II
months Two years and II months also
pass in doing nothing or IN little things
that are not easily classed.
The surprise is the estimate that a
man passes exactly the same time in
thinking as in speaking-one year FIVE
months and half. Which gives one a
new idea of the value that ought to be
attached to every mans utterances.-
Golfers Weekly.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
An Unpleasant Memory Recalled.

A prominent official tells this story,
which. he says. he got from drummer.
The pastor of coloreG congregation,
be relates. was warming up to the climax
Of his sermon, and his auditors were
waxing more and more excited.
81 wahns yer, o my congregashun,"
exclaimed the exhorter-"I wahns yer
against de sin Nv crap shootin! | wahns
yer against do sin Nv whisky drinkn an
de sin Nv chicken raisin, an wahns yer,
my breddern, against de sin Nv melon
stealth"
A devout worshiper in the rear of the
church jumped to his feet and snapped
his fingers eXcitedly.
"Whuffo' does yer. my brudder, r'ar up
an snap yer fingers when . speaks Nv
melon stealing" asked the preacher.
"Kase yer jes' minds me whar Ief'
nah ovcrcoat." replied the devout wor-
shipper as he subsded into his seat
Memphis Scimitar.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
OLD TIME SHOE BUCKLES.
An Eighteenth Century Crnxe Which
Was Picturesque and Costly.

An Eighteenth Century Crnxe Which
Was Picturesque and Costly.
Once on time your shoe was nothing
without the buckle. Indeed it was
case of the tail wagging the dog" for
the buckle was the attraction and the
shoe but the accompaniment. Be it OBJ
served that at first. however, 1t was not
the size but the costiness Of the buckle
which was conspicuous. Thus among
royalties. people Of high rank and those
who were the glass of fashion and the
mold of form at court wore diamonds.
Needless to say that then. as now. those
who desired to initiate them wore paste
buckles. happy perhaps in that self COM
placency which magines nobody else
shrewd enough to estimate possibilities.
In 1920 leader of fashion would wear
a full flowing curled wig reaching in
ringets half way down back and arms. a
laced coat cut straight. with buttons put
on in every possible place-thereby, by
the way. affordng a remarkable SINH
larity to the ''peurlies" of the popular
and up to date costermonger-and square
toed. black shoes. with an enormous flap
on the insep. high heels and on the flap
small but brilliant buckle. Next to the
buckle Of brilliants came that Of gold.
Rich landowners and equally rich mer-
chants. men whose reputation for being
"warm"-Or. in the then recent Alsatian
fashionable slang. 'rhinocerial." a quite
obsolete synonym for moneyed-wore
gold buckles larger than the diamond
ones. but still small in proportion to the
flaps.
Your thriving shopkeepers wore buckles
Of silver and your opulent farmers those
Of shining steel, and the poorer classes
had buckles of brass or iron, but of some
material every one wore buckles on the
shoes. Indeed so wide reaching was the
depreciation in buckle makers work
when. at the epoch of the French revo-
luton. people in general followed "Ro-
land the .Just's' example and took to
shoe ribbons that the buckle makers ac-
tually. in their desperation. pettioned
George III and parliament that shoe rib
bOns should be forbidden under penalties,
clamoring for a renewal of the sumptu-
ary laws Of Plantagenet and Tudor. with
an apparent inability to read the signs of
the time. A spasmodic attempt was
made by the princes and their encourage
to benefit the buckle makers by wearing
buckles as ostentatiously as possible. but
ribbons, decidedly far more unpctur-
esque, though much more practical. car
ried the day.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
A Picture of Your Voice.

To take picture Of your voice It Is
only necessary to tie sheet of thin,
strong paper over the wide end of tin
trumpet. Hold it with the sheet Of paper
upward. take thin pinch of fine sand
and place it In the center Of the paper,
hold the trumpet vertically above your
face and sing note into the lower end.
Do not blow, but sing the note. Lower
the trumpet carefully and look at tle
sand.
You will find that the vibrations Of
your voice have scattered the pinch Of
sand into beautiful sound picture.
Every note in the musical scale will
produce different picture, so you may
produce great variety Of them. Some
Of these pictures look like pansies. roses
and other flowers: some look like snakes
and others like flying birds; in fact. there
is no limit to the variation.-Kansas City
IndeDendent
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
She Knew Her Business,

As the South Side ~" train reached
Twelfth street the other evening it was
boarded by curious feminine figure. clad
in shabby attire. As is the custom with
so many women, she backed up against
the door, her bright eyes in the parch-
mentlike skin scanning the passengers.
At the next station man left the train,
and his seat was quietly taken by some
one standing near. The old woman hesi-
tated a moment, then bent over the wom-
an nearest her and asked. "lf you please.
ma'am. will you tell me where yer gon
to get off?'
The woman addressed looked surprised,
but answered, 'Why, at Forty-third
street."
And You. ma 'am?" she asked the next
woman, who had been an interested lis
tener.
~ get off at Fifty-frst street. But why
do you want to know?"
"Shure. only want to stand in front Of
the wan who's goin to get off first, so l
won't lose the seat!"
1t is needless to say that she immedi-
ately got place.-Chicago News.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-04-02
LIFE IN ENGLAND IN 1896.
A letter Which Tells Eow Folks In
Those Days Passed the Time.

l
In the year 1876 there was houseful
at certain English country place in the
autumn. II consisted of an elderly dow
ager and her two unmarried daughters. a
member of parliament. two young Off
GERS and a clergyman, the writer of
letter which has been handed down to
this generation. The letter tells how they
passed their time. There were besides,
occasional visitors in the neighborhood.
The first night of his arrival the writer,
fatigued by his journey, went to bed ear
ly. In the morning he got up betimes in
order to enjoy the air. The house, how
ever. was still locked up. Not single
servant was down. Presently a boy ap-
peared, who told him that Mr. L. s gen
tlemen" had entertained the visitors
gentlemen" at cards till in the morn
ing.
At II o'clock the party began to appear
one by one for breakfast. The dowager
and Mrs. L., the hostess, did not come
down because, as the young ladies' put it,
they could not be "made up SO early.
The girls themselves, who had not taken
the trouble to make up" were in rum
Piled nightcaps and their hair sin brown
paste" over their shoulders. The gentle
men "joined with the second teapot"
very odd way of dividing the meal. Their
heads were still Sin disorder" from the
gin punch Of the night
Breakfast was got through about 1.
The weather being rainy, the gentlemen
played billiards and cards. The writer
would have sought refuge in the library,
but found that the books were for show
and not for use. A box of things from
London dressmaker having providentially
arrived, everybody-men and women to-
gether-spent the afternoon in discussing
chiffons.
At they dined. At 8 the men Joined
the ladies' and they sat down to cards.
Farthing loo was the favorite game when
the young ladies played. On Sunday some
of them went to church. The young peo-
pie nodded and laughed all through the
service. They sat in a gallery by them
selves; they cracked nuts and pelted each
other with the shells, while one Of them,
who could draw, made caricatures of the
country people down below. The clergy
man, however, was a great favorite at
the house, because he kept the ladies' &C.
quainted with all village scandals; could
tell the gentlemen where coveys of par
tridges were to be found; was useful in
drawing corks. 1t remains to be stated |
that one Of the guests taught a new way
of dressing mushrooms and superintended |
in person the preparation of the grouse
soup.-Chicago News.