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euffaIo SIM Mild West.

Colonel Cody with his congress of riders
Is billed to appear In Houston Friday az
ternoon and night probably for the last
time. as they depart for Europe on Decem-
Der s
Old coins old pictures, old tapestries, old
castles, all have their historic value, and
may be collected or preserved. But the lie.
gions OF Hannibal and OF the Caesars nave
disappeared; their brazen armor, their
shields. their chariots AFFORD specimens for
museums, but the mighty men who formed
tne terrihc hosts have left no visible trace
Or their personality. Tho old guard OF
Napoleon that died az Waterloo after Win.
ming victory al Marengo, Austeriitz. Wa
gram, Lodi aud on other memorable fields.
i've only on the canvas OF Ncrpet, So it
Y with oil OF the historic bodies OF So.
diers OF the past. Even our own Revolu.
uonary. troops, the famous and heroic Com
ilnentals, have siumhered IN their honored
patriot graves for nearly a century. There
fore there is valuable and instructive his
torical interest In Bunglo Bits Wild West
exhibition. Though few Of this "old
guard fngcr or the scene, still here are
the living opponents of su epoch fraught
alike with interest and Importance n the
several steps taken hy the United States
" ITS magnificent progress rewards Us po-
sltion q 4 wqrldawlue power Il IS ne
rial thinE but a. Father Time eutA bis
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Sons Of confederatea.

The Sons OF Confederate Veterans met
yesterday afternoon In tho aruefy Of the
Houston Light Guard Immediately after
the adjournment Of the Dick Bowling
camp,
- As they were rather late in getting start.
ed, the session was a hricf one rhe miu.
utes OF the previous meeting were read and
other routine business transacted,
Ten or twelve applicants for admlssl, m
sent In their names. committee was ap.
pointed. consisting Of Captain George Nc.
Cormlck, w. h. Bolts and A. h. Robadoau.
10 pass on the applications aud credentials
Of all these desiring to Join the organiza-
ton. The committee was also authorised 20
eliminate all names OF members who do not
nle credentials.
The committee appointed TO select a name
was to have made report nc yesterday
meeting. but owing TO the fact that they
had not been able 70 and anything suit,
able. they were given more time.
With the exception OF the commandant
and adiutnnt, no officers have vet been
elected The additional officers OF the
camp win probably he chosen at the next
meeting.
Mr.. y. c. Crawford made very interest.
Ing talk In behalf OF the camp. urging the
members 10 assist Ia Its uphuilding, and
after al general discussion OF various topics
81 Interest 70 the camp the meeting al
jcurhed.
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DICK BOWLING CAMP
Held interesting Meeting and Appointed
Committees for Ensuing Year.

Held interesting Meeting and Appointed
Committees for Ensuing Year.
Dick Bowling camp assembled on time
with good attendance Mt the regular hour
yesterday afternoon. The following COM
mlttees were appointed FOR the present
year;
Executive commlttee-W. II. Lloyd, G, A.
Younger ana Il. j. Franks.
Finance committee John Farmer, H. T.
JHpp, A. Mckinney.
Mortuary commlttee--W. "a. Crank, A. G.
Sullivan, William Paschnl.
Relief commlttoe-L. L. Cohen, Frank
Tult A. r. Kone
Application committeeC. c. Beavens,
John Farmer, q, A Braurd
Order No, from General j. 4, J8rrard,
commanding the Ninth brigade, was rend
and hled. This order was published by
The Post somo days ago. The following
Captain Philip Fl. Fail, Adjutaut OF Dick
Bowling Camp United Confederate Vet
Grams, Houston, Texas
Huntsville, Texas, October 15.-Dear
sir. have the honor 10 acknowledge re-
ceipt ot your very nicely prepared roster OF
your camp, for which ] can only say that
] wish the rosters of the most of the other
camps were only half as nice as yours.
Hoping TO meet you and become acquainted
With You IN the near future, ] remain most
fraternally yours. H. X. Goree,
Adiutant First Brigade
W hNit buHlnNHh iVl lht kbNu VI lut oINtE
wns taken mp, Comrade Tapp made a stir
ring address. He stated that Dick Bowling
camp had as fine n body Of old soldiers
as members us eau be found ia any country,
hut he stated there was Il hydra-he
monster existing which would destroy tho
camp II not scotched-petty jealousies OK
listed which should be dropped, He stated
that Mt Dallas every brigade but the First
was well represented, and had II not have
been for the adiutnnt of Dick Bowling
camp, Comrade Philip ii. FAN, the brigade
would have suffered dlsgracefuly. He
urged better attendance az the next an.
nuRl state reunion.
After reading TO the camp the able article
In yesterdays Post. Comrade l.. l.. Cohen
offered tho following resolution:
Resolved, That Dick Bowling camp here.
with express their thanks TO the committee
on design, as well as TO their secretary,
Mr.. D, D. Bryan for the uutlrlng zeal In
accomplishing that for which we have strug-
gled for years, and how Houston will have
erected monument 90 the hero and heroes
OF Sabine Pass.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

William Mastersou of Sandy Point is at
the Bristol.
A. l., Brown Of Beaumont wEs In the city
yesterday for a short time
Mesdamcs :. r. and o. L. Best OF Grove.
ton are visiting Houston today
Hon. W. c. Henderson Of Brenham ia IN
the city today, guest Of the Bristol,
Claib II. johnson, a law student at fine
city. '"e
J. w. ownby, a prominent attorney OF
lars lars was In Houston yesterday on legal
j, :. WEIGH and wife OF Beaumont wore
visitors to the city yesterday They were
guests az the Latham
Mrs. Guy Moore returned vestsrd.v ,,.,,
three weeks visit 10 her narsnts ~ I'm iu
Sas ana relatives In Fort Worth.
y; \. Harris, a prominent merchant =,
u, Sii,s, was among Yesterdays arrivals I'm
'i,u p''y' he Is stopping at the Bristol.
Mrs. Robert Greenlee, wife Of tho aa,,o,
ga me Sallna Record, was ia Iionston a
aiSt, WINE Yesterday while en- route 70
Joe. the Turk, the evangelist =, -.
Natlon Army Will arrive In Uonston o Sa,.
anu VIII remain here until Wednssdsv 'ou ~
gio blv"eh ualiy on the streets ana in tho
iaSul3 Natterson passed through IIo,s,o,
SesSterlA!' en- route from Navesota n, 49,
~. ,vVsured saturday, 70 New ORLEANS ~
watSsetSon was on his way 10 Iom,s,.,,ia
~ pten suddenly called home ana ~. >
no proposed Texas visit.
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CIV VIII NOT PAY FOR THEM.
Hereafter Pauper Patients Passd Up TO
the County

AllG .OQullya
Hereafter pauper patients picked up on
tho streets, unless suffering from some con-
tagious disease, will not be looked after by
the city at its own expense, rs mas been
the practice IN the past, except 80 far rs aid
can be rendered them by tho police de-
partments patrol wagon and the city health
officers temporary attention hut will be
passed up to the county health officer for
dnal disposition of their cnses, these in
structlous having been contained In an OIL
cla order to Health officer Brumby late
Saturday afternoon from Mayor Holt aud
Dr. Brumby IN turn having transmitted
these instructions TO chief Ellis Of the po'
lice department
Heretofore the plan Of dealing with these
cnses has been simple one, paupers
found I'm the street sick, wounded or in
need Of medical or surgical aid, being placed
In the police patrol wagon and taken to st.
Josephs inhrmary for treatment at the
city's expense for the period of three days,
after which the county assumed charge Of
their ease. Under the new ruling, however,
the county must pay for them from the
start,
The city administration Is tired Of foot.
ing the bills for numberless paupers dumped
IN here from all over the State "a be cared
for by local charity and has determined
NO far az It's powefh are concerned. 10 cut
OF this item OF expense, there being no OK
iStinC statute requiring the city 90 Houston
TO care for sick paupcrs save sucn as may
be suffering from contagious diseases
This order has placed the health and no
llce departments IN very emharrgssinC
pTedlcament, as under the new ruling tEe
county health officer must he located and
notthed Of INC finding of such a person at
any hour OF the day or Might as they have
no authority TO convey him TO the hospital
Ht the citys expense and having iuadc-
qnale, eonyenlences for even temporarily
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RloE EArlNa lN HousroN.

"a Suggestion Whereby the Use OF the
Cereal May Be Greatly Increased.
no the Editor OF The Post.
Houston, Texas. October 17.-In The Post
Of Thursday / noticed an article stating
that rice kitchen was TO he temporarily
established IN Houston during the carni-
val and that enc of our department stores
contemplated adding a rice kitchen de-
partment TO its establishment.
While thepe things are all right. II seems
to me that there are several important
things hcing overlooked right here in Hogs.
ton our rice jourrais, our daily and week
ly papers, our literature ana special publ.
cations advocate rice eating by everybody
IN tho United States, call attention 10 us
healthtuness as food und show how
ninety inc Japanese get aloug on consump.
tlon OF 700 pounds per capita annually,
ana SrtInole because the consumption In
TINS country averages only i've pounds pet
capita. But they never look around NJ
home right here In Houston.
What Is being done IN the great city OF
people 10 eat rices Nothing! There is
not "a hotel, restaurant or boarding house
IN the city that makes any pretentions to
making rice en- Important feature OF It's
nll OF fare. In fact, IL Is n difficult mattcr
70 mud place In the city where rice can
DE had In u palatahle FORM Even the
out"
| viii venture the assertion that there IA
not real cstote man In Houston land thene
are dozens OF them who are making rice
lands speciality and telling the people OF
the North what a great food rice ISL who
make II rule for his household 10 have
rice served at least one meal each day
aud l will venture the further assertion
that not per cent OF the families of
Houston cat rice regularly at bali dozen
meals a week.
Here, then, is tho place for thssc who
want u see rice become 40 it5nnortant mn RI
OF the food Of the AmsFican peopie 10 do
lheir missionary work OF education. let
US teaeh ops thousands of visitors from
D Uvle skates that We practice what we
pl-s%cn Here "a suggestion:
= Let the Business League take Up this
matter and appoint COMMITTEES whose
duty Il shall be TO visit the hotels, restau-
rants and boarding houses regularly and in.
duco them to serve rico AT least one meal
each day. Every public eating house in
Houston should have neatly printed cards
placed In conspicuous places calling Atten.
ton TO the healthfulucss Of rice as a
food and 70 It's prontabloness MS a crop
A great educational campaign can be con.
Quoted right here at home at small expense.
aud " the same Is done in every other town
In the rice belt Il will not be many wears
until the rice men will have little complaint
OF the small per capita consumption 81 thar
cereal ia the United States.
George " Meehler.
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A NEW PLAY COMING.

brIm fun OF charming cna Is'Seuss
tious is promised for the ope es Mai
day night, October =; yeii pfislnl
when Manager u. d; New,sNN New 81
beautifui romantic play OF .,I IA, n
life. entitled "a Jolly Amethhs M Dat
This play is said 70 pe .n or u =
written by that veteran au'ssS oi smlla
der. who is responsible for p po, Re'l
sells great successes, = "a JOLT
and Peaceful Valley, ID srs 10 IL
can Tramp" Mr.. Kidder SSobIeuep.
story OF one OF natures nys wss
fhronrh stress Of circulnstsp'hsst wbs
pelled To become nm outcas.k he ,Irlas
Ills manhood and honesty ~nessenis =
''hobo." The play also rcnually s.
nther studies IN character c1Y. sach :
emf ms that OF the tramp XII, scniHl
dlstinct purpose ia view. ~ rsihe
njiy blending With laas nr thf 4
Scenes s ara said 20 be aIpos4ss The
eoneeits that win appeal .tblitils 3
strings ms well as inc ~ the 81
hehoiders' The cast is one vvlronni'r.
tninable and the scenic ~ inforg.
mechanical effects We 81 dramaE
truly magnificent a resl .sentstlei
If promised when us
Mace ---~
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Revival servIo.,.

The first service of series Of revra
vices was held at Mckee Street Net
church by the pastor, Rev. John z. Z
last night. There viii be q service
night during the present week beglual
7:45 O'Clock. On account of the lneli
weather the sermon on Social PuhiI
Sanctity Of Home, which was dell
three weeks ago, and, by special ~
was to have been preached again last
was postponed until tonight. The
Is cordially invited to attend these SCI
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The Courts Today.

In the criminal district cogrt the q,
Jesse Alexander. charged with nurd,
Robert Towns, charged WITH crimln
sault. arc set for this morning.
In the FIFTY fftn district civil con
argument In the suit Of j. Il. Burn,
Corn b. Foster viii he taken ii
morning, the evidence having been
pleted late Saturday afternoon.
Tho Eleventh district tiril Court /,
United States circuit and districts
will also he in session today.
The commissioners court will meet
q. ~. In special called session, ma
three Of the commissioners. the Intsi
details Of which were published h
days rust.
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drst year aud I think have learned some
thing about selling rice as well as raising
It.
My expenses this year were sT73 rs, 80
nbove everything. could have farmed n
good deal more land than ! did at the
same expense, and would have made q
good zeal more money on the crop II |
had known the frst year what | do now
] watered all my crop from one we'll,
using n gasoline engine.
My farm i6 on section %, Liberty county,
twenty seven miles west of Houston,
H Giugtad,
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A Laroe Party.

Messrs. j. II. Garrison, G. F Gs'
John Adams, C. NJ. Rhodes, ]. A hen,
A. Parrott, NJ. Peterson, Carl Nay
Strong, Lancy Thackes, John Hines
Palnholt. r.. S. Adams and W; ,, =.
comprised party Of I.ufkln ci' y 7
arrived here last evening 70 pe y ~, 4
ance as witnesses In the trial Of cn,
in the district court today ana 'V'n'''
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saenaerbund Winter opening

The grand winter opening at saenss
hall last evening was decided succ
every particular, and very pleasant
WINS had by the large crowd present
The program for the evening Was
entertaining one, including tableaut'
tatlons, comic songs and orcneslfa
tions. A leading feature was tne "
singing of Miss L. Wagner OF New ~
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OF rHE va no MAN1LA.


Another amusing thing happened while
we were on our wav to Manila. big
man Of war was sighted In the distance.
and instantly all were alert. As we were
on tho lookout for Spanish ships everything
was In readiness for action As the two
ships bore down on each other our crew
became intensely excited. on came the
strange boat and lust as we were getting
ready to arc she made a graceful sweep,
UP went the American AaG and. behold, It
was the Baltimore. Her commander had
played Joke on us. The two ships then
Went on 10 Manila In company.
a funny Incident happened at Manila
Ihe spaniards had never seen a monitor,
and when the Monterey with her deck
the mouth OF the barbor. accompanied by
a collier, the Spaniards reioiced exceed.
lngly. An American wnrship had been
towed Into hnrbor I'm a sinking condition
Ihey mad 4 regular celebration In the town
over the American loss
mo / was not I'm the battle of ManIln.
J was on the Charleston nc the time and
ports
we were at Honolulu when we received
orders TO proceed az once TO the lsnnd OF
Gum. This time we were sure that we
would have some ngbting TO do and ali
were much elOtcd The forts wero we'll
supplied with guns and two gunhoats were
Thought 20 he IN the harbor,
Wen, we planned TO sweep around under
the fort, dnsh into the harbor aud seize
the enenF's ships We carried out our
plans all right. but not n shot was fred
on either side and no gunbonts were found
we took the town and about nifty Spanish
prisoners. which we sent 10 Manila mi
every one was greatly disappointed Ia not
having fight "
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Seventeen at One Tine

Seventeen colored sports were y
by a raiding party OF policemen . =. /.
resort on Vine street az 10y "a
morning Their ages run FROM Is.. y
and they were making. nlgnl hv III
vicinity when pounced upUn ,syred n
Gaming was the charge plel'i
the hunch.
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EXPERIFNCr WITH n1cF

Siiison. Texas, October iT.-C w. Hail
s Co., 220 Main street. Houston, Texas
Dear sirs You asked me some timc ago to
write YOU letter and tell You about what
am doing here. Well. I VIII tell you. I
came from Atchison county. Kan, and
bought the land l am farming Of your
hrm for Sill an acre. This is my arst crop
and while didn't know anything about
rice farming ! am well satisncd ana win
put out several hundred acres next wear /
have Just sold my crop on Of eighty.ayc
acres ! had IN Honduras rice FOR S4466. rs
and have twenty acres In late Japan rice
eral hundred dollars more Ny Honduras
rice averaged 1914 barrels 10 the acre and
sold 9I6 barrels az $3.50 per barrel and
3ll barrels at $3.50 barrel This Is MI
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City Council s.ssion

=, ue SllS council viii meet this atternoon
-. S'oeA IN regular weekly session
s la'Su y, .Se important matters to be consId
San ~ = tns petition Of the Fifth ward resi.
~ ~" 49,. sus' ,ee southern Pacific be forced
70 tunnel either Handy, ElysIap Or Man. Man,
d SsIis ana the report OF Messrs Hasri.s
Ing refunding cSe@raiS,ssiitutloualty Of the nav,
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sHERIFFs, pEPARrMEnr

Taken Up by j. l.. Walker I4ls i
avenue, Fifth ward. bay horse TbIt,
feet. IA hands high. Texas saddle. NJ
good condition, shod all round, Star n
head. branded anchor upside down.
Anderson, sheriff; by A. l.. Anderson
uty.
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A Church Tea.

The ladies OF the Parish Association Of
Christ church Will give tea Tuesday az
ternoon from 8 10 ! O'clock az the residence
OF Mrs Robert Brewster, oo6 Milan street
THIS tea helug a free will Offering. no adj
mission fec viii he charged. but donations
made by those charltahly inclined will be
thankfully received.
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WILL BE BURIED HERE TOT
Robert Pcary, Jr., Killed SATURDAY.
at Galveston.

The remains of Robert Pear !,
who was killed by a switch engine
yards at galveston Saturday uIsht
o'clock. were brought to Houston -.
evening at o'clock over the La ro,I
ard conveyed to the residence Of n,
Mr.. q. r. Miller u loo r,
street who're they will rest until a
tlis afternoon. VIXEN the funeral !,
VIII he Conducted by Rev. Iothsr !
Z. Eanteld, pastor Of It. Josenh,.
Ia THIS city deceased leaves fstb,
Andrew FeGry, brother. Mr. Anass,
ry. and sister. Mrs. A. Il. Miller ~
his death. Friends of the fsmlly n,
cd 10 attend the funeral services M M
noon. sp''
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min 2. raknn 10 HsmpsIala.

Reddick Barton and Jim wssl'I a., Z,
negroes who confessed to tne IA
Mrs S. p. Lewis at Hemps'eau, n
were lodged in the Harris eG ~ Herri
safe keeping, will be taken W,5aIs b
In the morning to stand lhsn n,nrned az
ments having already been le
them
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Fwathe through the ranks OF mankind. all
these living representatives OF the old nDd
glorious wild Western country will have
Joined the Roman soldiers, the grlz2led vet.
crane Of old France, the Contlnentals and
the other heroes OF ancient and modern
hlstorv
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HOUSTON BOWLING CLUB.

Oohtcst Tor Jules F1lrsoh Medal Won
Yesterday by A. Holla,
At the alleys OF Mr.. p Dletzschold yes,
terday afternoon the contest for the Jules
Hirsch medal by members Of the Houston
Bowling club was won by A. Houa with
a score OF %, 4. Neumam was close
second with his credit. while C. J.
sahm c9htented himself with che BOBBY
prI% and score OF II. Following Is the
.offipial score.
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admiring It's beauties
SPORTS AS WELL.
I'VE used TO have a crack rowing crew
on the old Lancaster which was called
the Cast Iron crew. We boosted Of having
never been beaten in a rowing match We
pulled twelve cared iongboats and bad
frequent contests. The merchants at villa
Franc and other ports would frequently
grange races for US, but we always man.
aged 20 come on winners.
Monte Carlo was another fsvorite port,
and the boys could always count ON having
n good time there. Tho island Is nlatchlcss
in beauty and the many splendid residences
and public buildings add much to It's at
tractlyeness.
Eyes, we run upon newspaper men whcr-
ever we 60 They 90 everywhere and get
into all kinds Of things. recall row
I'VE had once with some natives In the West
Indies. party from the ship was set
upon by number OF the people and live.
ly pitched battle resulted. All OF us were
more or less Injured. young newspaper
cut up. He did not fail, however, to get
about two columns In the paper next morn
ing about the AFFAIR.
Another time we were going up mar
row little river In Corea near COul, When
n reporter came out OF the woods and
bawied out, See any Chinese shlpsr IL
was during the China.Japan war and he
was looking for news OF the m8neuyers.
speaking Of tho war between China and
Japan, we had rather exciting experience
on Port Arthur We were lying on a short
distance from shore when two japanese
torpedo boats hove In sight. They inn
medately bore down directly on tAe fort,
their sharp bows cutting the water Ike
knives. The guns on shore Immediately
opened ERE and the shells began TO whistle
around our ears ia . very uncomfortable
fashion. We made all haste TO get out OF
range, but the plucky little torpedo boats
kept straight on. They were so narrow
that the shells constantly fell on both sides
OF them, but never touched them at all.
After they had gone as close rs they wish.
ed, they began to drop slowly back IN order
to discover the range OF the forts guns.
1t was a daring and beautifully executed
ruse.
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Groves Black Root Ls 81. IL
Made from an active pl w % y
from Black Root. NE s~s no ~
equal to calomel and lsss stopasA
elects No griping, no SIC esrIee ,
ours choruie constipation
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SPORTS AS WELL.

rannan cruises. That IL a wonderful coun.
try over there and a person never tires OF
admitting It's beauties.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-25
The Listener 1t the Door.

Ibid she say. This is SO suddenY"
"No; her mother was listening at the
keyhole. and she didn't dare to throw
on any frills."
allow do you know her mother was
thereY'
Because STOPPING over shuts OIL er
wind. and you could hear her gaspihg
all over the ROOM"
'Well, what did Minnie sayw
"She whispered: Cut 1t short, Jack.
Ma is apoplectic.' - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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A. P. ABBOTT & co
Dicken. Said she Was . Woman.

1t is said of George Eliot's literary
style that it's most marked character.
istic ia sympathy. And long before
her identity had become known Charles
Dickens. a singularly acute critic Of
his own art, detected her sex by this
undercurrent Of womanly sympathy.
He had been reading "Scenes Of Cler'
ical Life" which had been sent to him
by the publisher, and on putting the
book aside be said, "Well, this writer
possesses great ability, but l should
say, despite the name, that George
Eliot is q woman"