Sbi.ii '? ?
BAY STATE PRESS.
iCC?PTION IN PETERSBURG-AD
ORESS BY MAYOR COLLIER.
A T. M. O. A. IImII on th? Iron-front I-Ota?
?arof ? (rosil Ml ?b^ lie, riling-?
lAngaton'? Nrtrro Strength.
a^o*fT*w?port*i*rice ol the Kl.-hmori<1 ?BjasassaVl
PiTKRsiieari. Va. Mnv 17. WO.
Thetram from the Went, hat Inn "" board
the aneaban of the m isetts Presa
Associaiii.ii, was'conaiderably behind tu:i?*
tv*~day. and the il.?!ay caused some litt)** in
terferenc?* with the protrramme. Thafol?
lewmg tretit iprising the (V>m
plltt<M Of llei'cpt;. rt, met the
Visitors at the ?nter*<?ction <>( t;,o Norfolk
and Weateva and Petersburg and Aayluia
rain.a.ls. at.Hiit two a lea was, of tho
i-;t\. wltetu 1 1 cars
to visit tin* D quarrie? ?ad
il . * . m: H. i . Hardy. iT'-ai
ihl.t ..i ? ? re?; I
{I. I*.. . |{. Smith, Hon. Charlea
\ Colbei hV '?? K K H lend* r.
John Arr.'i ? ' ?>? P.
Jtarxhi. a, M ' and W. It. M* -
} ,):!..? tin- Norfolk
ami WesteTTj tram the m- tora wera wel.
rowed m a i'.-i'-f adttreaa l>y Mayoi I
as foil*
?tun Mivof.'s ?r>nRi?s.
?TasjSBSsaaae/ Vu Ms From Astoria
Y.'ti rire th**? gai ' ' ' Chatabae of
(' imtni rea of our city. ( vi hick : ly honor?
< ad, H. ' Hardy. Esq.,
but as allow :
i
a/ite yon to accept their hospitality 'nth'?
Basas . * all the p* ople tsn
- ?
abase 11 atinent
?jrascrad eetheravsof independ
rm .- i?? i: .? d forth m electrio enrrenta
kindle l the nn - of tie l? \
as ettii ?? country, '
i 1 forever ?as bi
?! a cut.' perfect 0 ''1* r in
Ir the hand of i. Uowahip
an?) the bear! ol w< leo
The whole party tfa n to k the
tram pn video for tbem on the Asylum
Bailwar . vi ' .!??-? led the'granite
tiuan ies called at the < * n
l-.uii, ?l.i .? el apitably
j
si 1 hi? ? and th? n
.' here,
? rovided wil I driven
out t . * ? and other j?<>mt- <m the !
; hostile Unas and taken t..
j City. Ai 1:30
. d elegant collation was served I *
then ut the Alhemarle Hotel, and later I
j Ki< urn 'ill. I he \
a
eommittee having them in charge and ih*'
;
who entertaini j them.
miik. m'kinm ? in i * a
The. ? Musi?
col Ass iciati n ?? over to Hieb?
pond . to invite Ooven
Mrs. He I. *i festi?
val win |i I * - n the 27th
I ? ? : ? ??..-( ;..v.
? rni.r. I lu v had a very pleasant i ut ? r\ u .v
Ira. SJcfflnney, who expressed th**
hop?', i: < i r.t ami illow, that the
* ?. mid be able to
< ne day dm iv i be festival. Our
; inch ilr a: |
Should t *.' v be i
It isr* i* .rt ?. nng Mcn'sChrts
ti.ui Association is n< cotiatins foi t e pur?
the burn. .1 district, on which, should the
i t( ?!, ?.: ia propoaed
t ? . !? cl s Ith fine
stores fronti toocou-1
pi th. ground-floors, I
in need oi .i b une it** the
gyisl wink .' * and to render it
still mor.* i te obtained the
; would !?" forthcoming.
PAT?acaooL mi t uso..
i ? .'
lfetfa list Sui ' ? Schools ol Petersburg
and l.'tri.k will hi held in the Washington
Btreet church on Sun ! ? n, a hi d
oirV..r.- \*. II I-- elected t - the ensuing!
y"?,'.. Addn sea will be delivered, annual
r?,j>..!'- . ii -i* fil |.ro.
(?raiitm* hi?: been arranged fort he oei i
\ gfi ut Buober o? our i.pie out
th*' t"il:?.u\ organ . it dus will go to Rich?
? f May to witm ss the
Baveiliago I I .?,:.-. Many others
wh*< would like 1 ho de?
tail*?! for fear tl ? re may be a lack of ne
ootna it crowd who
wiM uiund.
WILL 1U.I V ("Ml }
It ci'i-.t be stated positively wl
tkiin ral Miihuti*' v. U attend the unveiling
esassanoaii --. He went np to the Kouthwi st
laut night to look uit-T some coal lands in
which ha,Senator Sherman, and ?'tiers
are verv LiTl:*?!-. interested, ml it said ha
w.ll not I., tstos for some daya
T?a? r- i k were
Hi fa '-.'?' ? us, and th*< solea of lo
(*>) i-,
Wr. * Bea lie, proprii tor "f tha
ffraat-railwaj eompanv, has purchased a I
numbei ot u< a i . toi
niton hu hue here,
LiJIOBrftW TllKii; viv.
Wlnl?* ,t. ?m il. Langstoa may not be,
am! pn ? abb is ?
o8 be was vh'':i he r m t r i
o, it is neverthi !?? i s t ici that the
i . gem ral tt. rtiiy in
fa\'.r ? lidacy l^r Congr? m tin-*
fall. 1 ? salri ah transpired, and
from what is almost lailj aid among
it is jndged that the negroes do not wani
auvm.i toi ess but
a negro, and that Langston is tir*.t and last
ehoiee tor a le ehr. In the \s hirl ol ?
I rer, it may turn out thai I
will ni ? . ididate fot ele* tion, but
that a white iv to a ill be tha
it.*. It i-.. ? tain n-< day?
light thai there v. ill be two Republican
caii*liilut.-s in Ihe field
the Muhone und the
oil;, r the anti al
i..mts Anata.
s,\ I., Mu- I? Alta ave taliu.
'Hi.- . ? : ' derate
hat.i;- of a < tain ha . I erere
] ilium !>> ? she moves
with the '...
eata slowlv
i. r.ik- nothing bul
? it. t W ,''i !:. r m
? ii..t for h r I.rill
. - oontinuoaa >?( :
v...iii'l nol in- mter?i ng,
f ?? go any? hen or do
anythic md aha
Willi her
another.
dull rerentlt [learned the cause of the
pretty creature's lethaigj and bei
? lv n p.-. .
: h white a.id pui
plexion, but excitement or any m
?i blood red
mark I nation. It is
it doWB . i
bridge
h?K-l the bell-shaped bowl Sf
with i. . viudiie- . 1 hi re ..?
Lot usi.'n ..I ihi- mark while slm is iu al>
, . minnte ex
amiii.i' i threa i lik.- onl :
the gl i tly \ isible. Bui the mo?
ment tu? blood s driven to the iawd it
c BvaVB* i -,; tbu fing?, spot.
A saenanti i n n tatioa to
. ? :
ouc <?: I ivoredbyher above the
in' duy
?li h- sittiaa by bar Bide i
SUIlill: I . ,'.[ i.: il.?? .
la the fashion of men be did
n"t Bi the grirl witl his eyes aa ho put
the ttsadet a
ao ratals '?? i 'ii ?na ?ace,
ftthe had a iiaiiill.iui.nl pressed sloes t I
nni ?WS. A? un OB. WBS I'V to SB. b.
r*Bc?it'(l toward in-r ami geutlv dr<w ban
aandsaway. I ? red wine ??lass burn. .1
bkc tu?. He. \
lovxeij at him wth ? dsepairlnf ga
asked what it meent,and ?he t"l 1 hi.".
H it -he iiererlf did rtot know the- whole
truth. Her father, who was a fust and
rot-klcs? nun, had tiu'.'-Il dead bid..re bet
mother's eves while huldin*? a wiiie-nla^s
aloft at ii ilium-r uartv.
lin- I i.i Bras a ?rue one. He will be
?earned to the -??rl m h very low wevka.
Tho I ?er 11na of Drinking.
ll. i.don Telagiapu.l
Ifthenimtte nth <?< utury .looa uot boast
"tw.'-ix.ttl" men"il i-,ust I,-, attr.lmted
to the incitable action ot the law? of
Itere ditv. 1 .-? (not i? that our worthy
I but bibalona Bneeeb :...,r nn.
limited indi Ig ? atad Uqttoi.
hase inii'li- :t if:|io?*.il)le lor, th< ir
? . ra'.o d-jscendaats t.. imitate their
exemple. Ail their fino fta-din).? ami
?. s. all those stea?l> <iritikii:i*l>out**,
when ?.heelotaratrsaeoved Midtheiadi**?
had i?one ii|?-?t?irs. and many of tin. gee>
fiemen were (|tiit<? poBtesll tu linu-h the
? r.-inti?; timler the tiibl.?, have left au uti
?relcome heritage in th'jt?? contemporary
disorders which mu so glibly on the
' Siijtpreftsed gout
snl i. i.li-iic ?-. to acidity ami .-rujitiona of
esxem*. *?* owe them all t<>?fether with less
distrui und generous
lit. ?: . :
How mauy (?sopla nowadays conld drink
airou** ixxsr with theit dinner, old port
afterward, sad lit? n liinsli ui> wilh some
mor strong beer'/ \<t ihiswas theaoranal
hahil ol old university dofis and country |
elergyutcn at the timu when the "sanded |
Boor, which grit? beneath the tread,
usually found in bar parlors sud ?M
rooms, before an era of mi
valetnd t-arisnism, and thin French c
bave dawned for feebler if not
moral humaniiy. We can only wash
otn teMlB in WhsdUrj and ??rated
in?tcH.I of "'I'ritnly Hiulil ale-' utxl
Ar.-hfleneon " and wine of the cornel
The only -?copie who drink |><>rt ao
fox hunting sotiirea and undergrad
whr? hare just left BBBOoL HeaTf pi
amart young men, bceidei ? til t i \
other interesting fads like vegotnna
ami a belief m lb?, n'? dramas, pro.
the virtue.s of blno-ribbit "in.
"nan" Lsinntil as it Ittialnr-.s-.tlai
(Philadelphia Times.)
Psrhaps the most interesting flgui
tin? Clevelaod Administration is the
President'? fesser private SOlifH.I?,
l .?i Lemon! is profound. 1
: himself thoroughly and pns
the interests of hUfrisnda, These fri
are thr? "i th rid "-it men in
York, lament has Immesslrs office
th. Mills bnilding, ami the i
of his 11 > be to trink into ?pp.
oblivion, lie is forever trj u b I
sight. When he enters. caBnepallsd
the shade, and hi- favorite seal on an
Fated train is at the tauend ol the last
with hia back :o bis fi Uow-ps
apes tob '?? very early in the mora
?lidea in thi im door, and
mains aeelnded natif all but his confit
rk 1 ave d. part, d for tne night.
:??<>. lr.lt
Isaaanxiotta to keep this knowledge f
most ni' n are t.i c<
are. Latmont seldom arail . He i- tbii
than when ha wse in Washington, and
over a face thai en never particnl
nnhant. Ii" is de lined to bee ven
man, and there is no donbt that bis
tana has grown to comfortable pro?,
t ?.?us. The greatest saccessof the ex.
?
? enl ol honesty in d
Ing with the ? dera ol Sew ^
c.* v. i h i i ..i i a not i sea .pproeel
in a verv long time, and pr<
My Lam is H-t mnch ant
the novelty of his attack us t.> aayot
. . years it ba ? bei n
??list,un iti s. w V irk for cap I il
to introduce a railroad or ai
similar improve
ol b. ' irrnptiofl to push tl
measures through. Ii was usually n qu
lion ol price. Sir. Lamonl has retan
to the primeval plan of operations by
f. ring a 1 '?? ? ? i i be city in
open and bon? rab?? wi I authori!
luv ii- i bim ball way, but they ;
th? develt
_
The Balan Of the < / ir.
u ne Bps. teli -?.
'I ? ?? gn ol the pi.il C.'.nr has bet
it is now admitted on all bends.? ; ?
eryatb
: .. ral father "it >n is, a
an absolutist, as every Komanofl is, th
?i drivi 'i bv the mur'!
fat ht r mill th. Nihilist a
to believe I
? m danger, thai revolutii
lir, ths ???. "-? Liberal v.
hia i foe, and that I
. ther for Brj ? a or hii
self e ' ? stamping out all germa
i . tt rdii f the authorities
all K" lly l b? police, have i i
til tb g M'- nearly aba
lute; the sovereign bas secluded bimst
nut il he is almost a prisoner; only to be
Liberal without action bas been trs U :
a penal offt nee, Itussians being p
for merely buying "incendiary" publici
tions ivs 1" ' h bended over i
ni i ? urts; thetreatmenl of p
has become moro s. v. re, and 11
ble weapon of admin nten ???
whicb ?? i" rated t bi
between the Kreneh people an ;
Mouarchy, baa bt on empl ijed v, itl
t:tiilcr the i. 1111 ?? - r. ? r '?
Almost all local bodies have t sen deprive
of their authority, th baa bee
limit, 'l to ' ? and the uni
vi rsil **ttl ;'? d .-.i :
I of nrit ileges until th
ited els - of Russia is, ? di th
o ? lie to ther. gime.
l'rotul of the I'.elat iiiiiatiip.
I ktlaatS i nstli ? on. I
"Oh, Mr. Dusenberry." cried h'r littlt
?i : "I'm so glad you are going to bt
kin to me."
"Ah, Johnny, hi that so?" !??? ga
l"..k ol uappin over hia face
"Bow did you know? Come here and sil
on inv lap and tell me all yon heve board."
other f.-ll.-r come bere last
night," begai , after bewassrfelj
m the mu?s ui th" young man at veunng i
rrnarter's worth of candy, "and i heard
Mil;: 'bOUt \.'U "
"What did they ?ay?"
"He was road, replied the terror, "'cause
sis goes with yon ?o much."
"And what wee h> I n ply to him?" eon
tinned the young man, the look <?f haapi?
neu spreading further across his features.
I, began the youth, airain,
" t :..it bs needn't g?'i mad 'cause j ou coma
bar, as yon was a soft snap and was
saving himl i y that would go to
fixin'up their hones after they were mnr
?j
The look of contentment on th? young
??> ny to the pallor oi de>
t-pu:r ?i.-. 11.' gal '?" I
" W. 11. bow i.^ that going to make mo kin
to you?"
Oh," went on the boy, "Fmcomin'to
that now, Bhe said that when you pro?
posed *.o her shew, old i ??? a. ii ?? ' to you -
and wont tl at make you my brother?"
As the child picked himself ofl i he floor
be beheld the form of a young muu Hit
throiie.h tin? irout door.
An Old-Tlane Tltnaekeeplag l'roM?*m.
;.!. | rJy.]
Btandard time, it seems, is no! i ne
thing, in the twi nlicth ?
. it waa applii 1 a nl- far more th.i
. ility and variel ?. Hezekial
i as ?: ' ? mten p irarj ? ? ?i' ?? er, a :
. ?\ ?sed by tl.
Prophet I ii m t" put his Ii
du being i'!::
turned his face i ? I wi pt, th>
prayi d foi rei very. Boon afterward I.
? prophet that the ptay*
bad be n h ar I t fifteen j eai
a Ided to his life. Hezekia
? would I ! I
wen 1 that tl.
iw on the sun-dial hould be move
forward or backward ten d ? is tl
dosired sign, and the ?tared history coi
t?nues :
"in. And Hezekiah anaweredi 'It is
iw tu go down i<
; ha shadow r. fur
backward ten d
"11. / phot cried uni
the Lord: and i." broug 1 low t*
d* gr? '.. 1. which u ;..
dow 1 u. 1 he dial . Inez,"
Thus the first known mention of the sue
dial is coupled with a m "re difficult pn
ping than uny l*.w agi
he public._
l.\-(.(iv; linn, of I'lnn-vtvaiiii?.
Pb?adel? ala Tisses.]
Governor Pollock, who wn? burle,
on l nee lay at Ins old borne in Milton, wa
. * nor ol the Btate altki
\ i**. II" was elected it
d 1 was SU( *? sd* d by William F
1 ?11 omii 1, who dn 1 \t art ago
Packer and Pollock each served onlyoni
. 11 Pai k< ? wa * suec ?*??;? I bj In.
drew i?. Curti? m 1861, wh<
f-ervod two tern,:., and who ia yet
and now tha oldi st ei-<l ?y
. i n e. Curt 11
.. d 1.v .lohn VV. ( leory
whoasrvad two tenu, and *h*'.i soon aft? 1
his r* t ' il* '1 b]
Johu F. Hartr uni, who s.ived tnu terms
and who died within the last year. Hi rj
IL H"- IHarti aft in !>7.*. th*
first ander the provision of th*
Constitu? "H that made th.* ti n
years, and mude the Governor in.
for reelection lo iinn?.
Governor Hoyt is hi ill
lniuk*. am! ons of * OX ? live nur
Pettiaon au
Hoyt, und is now ?a the head of an Import?
ant tiuiMii.il institution in this city. Ths
death of Poll* <"k I nves only three ex
*? 1 n <ts "i Pennsylvania i""""*! th?
living, Messrs. Curttn, Hoyt, and Pi
Curt in'.1 eh ction u'-11 ' ack to 1?H0, lioyi'i
to 1878, and l'uttisuu'B to 1882.
Cayrol ess with m? Oai steamboat,
[Nashvllla Ataorioaii.)
Tho prevailing high waters and tha
ilni'.'.-r ol :. weeping flood reoalls to mind
a hum il o? the freut fiood of
IMt, which is good enough to repeat, a
osrtala boat ooming nptbe Issaalaaippi lost
lur way itud humped against a frame
koajaa. She hadn't more than touched it
before an old darky ramrasrl bia head no
through a hole in the rooi where the chim?
ie y *.iii-i' pama out, ami veiled at the Cap?
tain on the roof ;
** Wtiar tie-is yr-rgwiue wtddatboat?
Can't you saw nufriu? Fust thing yer
knows y?r gwiaa to turn dis house over,
?Dill da old woman au' de chilVn out in <ie
an* drown'em. Wat you doing out
o ?lo country wld yer boat, any
?owr <?. ..n back yonder Mo de eo'u
u ?et haeii into de rlber whar ver
f. Am't i*ot no buaine-ji sev'n milea
out-in da country foolia1 roun1 people's
liuuatas, nohow ! " UIid she backed out.
"Miller A Hboada's nest Relief Hale
which b*?:*i!iii to-morrow morning will
mrcly he tho t-?*h> avent?, the K.ftson.
litaad tho particulars on the last oa^-e of
I this paper." ,
OI.DFIELD TURNS ?P.
ABSENCE CAUSED BY MENTAL DE?
PRESSION-BOND RENEWED.
rrraltlrnt KlmbaU's rrcilW-llon of Nor?
folk's ropulallon-rrop-xrty-ltold
?ra liiiitiiiii: Too Hard,
fCorrespondence of tha bbsbbsbbsbbI Dlspatcrul
NouroLK, May 17, UM,
Judge Oilfield, th** tm-siilent of tho late
Boom bunk, returned to tho city this
nvTiiinc. accompanied by a relative who
wont after him to North Carolina. Be
went into court at 11 o'clock and renewed
his bund in the penalty of fifO.OuO. His
friends aav that trouiilo over the trial of
the bank officers atfactadhini mentally and
he left town without bowing where be
was I'oini;, aaid when his mind became
olear be found himaelf ahme in the woods
of North Carolina, when* he had driven
his hon? and buggy. Judge Oldfield'a
business oonnei tion i Is Norfolk am large,
and he own-* ? rary b indaoma property in
his immenaa I.rick-yards, which are '
Just north oi the' city. Ute hank eeees
v ill be called a^ain in tho Corporation
Court on the 20th in-1aat.
NORroi.K's HAl.P MILLION IN UKVI.
President Klmball, of the Norfolk and
We tern predicts thai Ibero wib baa r>opu
lation of half a million on this harbor
w thin the licit twenty years. He is sub?
stantially backing bis faith by uniting
with his friends m making Large
manta in property and improvements
hero. There are many others who be?
lieve like Mr. Kimbali, which accounts
for the values in real esteta running up so
in the oountr?
Bot the country p* o^** have th
perhaps too bau, iindpth*' booming specu?
lator at wall us th" solid, conservative
buy or looking foe sites f..r the aatabliah
tii'nt ..f manufacturingenterpri eamay be
keiit out and the natural re rturces and ad
vantagea of the locality utilized and de?
veloped very slowly i'i coneeQO
) I .>? being circus-das hers in
crowds of people are in from all the sur?
rounding country and retad business is
brisk.
Rev.Dr. William--, of the First I
chun b, Baltimore, wh ?] ? isiting
in ? bis section tor a w* "k or two, r* tune a
home ' ? crday.
The first full train-load of tobacco oven
the Atlantic and Danville railroad arrived
la-1 nicht tri in Ball imore and * -
warded by tl"- Cape Charles route without
breaking hulk.
on :i isn ooAi Bjuvsuata.
Mr. O. M. Hugl
dent of the Norfolk and Virginia Bes i
railroad,ha !? lignedt ?accept a position
d Mr. (i. M.
; been apt* inted his succi ? or.
1 : montas from the
I.a:iiii* rt's Po jump up to
nearly 29,000 tons this '?
aan
There was sn enormous rainfall in the
' ' ? rday.
Irish potatoes in this rj ar] ?
the North Carolina si tioo sell at $6 a bar?
rel.
\ new 7.000,000-gallon pump hi.
placed oi the pump-h use of the city wa
ter-wi .i ka.
\ party of business-men from Danville
aril! arrive here to-morrow.
H n, John Goodi | ted the invi
t'it.i n to deliver Ib
day in Norfolk, and Amistead Gordon,
of Staunton, has accepted the invita?
ti* n to deliver the poem on the oi c isi m.
Mr. W. .1. Rogers, one of the local re?
porters of thi i .ffiumi, suffered
anattackof paralysis of the whole of the
left side this morning, and his ?
serious.
'Mi*-re was no street show of Bamum's
circrj < to-day owing to an accident on the
road und delay in getting h'ri-.
Mr. Lang's Disappointed i aale.
[< blcago v -
"Sonic years ago, " says Mr. B. 1'. Cable,
"I attended ? dinner given by a friend in
New York a physii ian, who coming origi
-
n our country, Beplying t
on this occasion I congratulated auld
Scotia upon having just giv< n t.. the world
:? son v. ho oci npied a
most place amons contemporaneous
Robert Louis Btevi nson. 11
ended my speech, which was sa felicitous
ilil make it. 1 Bat down, and was at
once drawn into conv creation bi an ?
hard by. lin
man told ni.? tt^ut Stevenson wu-< a p .
lnr f ri-'ud of bis nephew, and he recalled
severa] Incidents illustrating the cordial
relations between the two, Perc*
tliat the old i ntli... ii bin
Scotchman I rei rith Increa
thusiaam my praises of Steven? n, which
seemed to pi'-asc my friei d mightily.
" Bis nephew, ho said, was a very
man. and had hi * ho en h? pn I
.?!;? have amounted to much.
But he would have hie own way, u
trary t.. the a ? '.*?- and
n literature. 'I his step
of his had livrays been regretted by the
speal ? r . t..r he r. cogni:
, and it ba i pain?
talents perverted and wasted. Ho might
have amounted toso mach it I
out ..i ht. rature '.
"The old gentleman ?aid this with so
great feeling that mv heart went our in
pity toward him. Still 1 was cm
?tew who thu nephew wi
guided young genius, the boa n ?
I of Stevnaon.
" "And what is tout nepht w'* name? '
"'lli- nsme 1- Midi ?. Lang,' so
the old gentleman. 'Did yon ev?x I
liltt: '. '
'" Did I .ver bear of Andrew Lang?1 T
roar.d. ' Well, I should rathor say ? : Why,
bigg, -t all-rouud
rj an m Engin It" day, yet here
loodtl ? lusion that he has
mistaken bis proft s i- a'.'
?"1 know,I know.'said the old gentle
man. sadly ; 'tis a
grace o1 Uod in hi heart he i
madt -ic a gude mini ter.'"
Stil.'.' ti ?kCinic.
r? bjcsgo Trtl
ArUmr Beresford, an English gentleman,
.
day Bvei tev
mething in tii" i r bum ab. ni :? bill
1.1 bet ' ?
Conn il, i at
wht 'h?-r it will osss or not is yet a ques?
tion. In that bill there was ?cli :
would have provided pun hmenl fur au
actor f..r gaggi in a forcibl
logical speech Mr. Augustus Hams
killed that elttUae, und t
did, for what would Marly all
actors do if thev Brers nt I permitted to
Blip some joke or local hit ii to their lines.
You tnii'ht a- v. 11 re? s M . :
Hr. 1 enley from ths Stege it they \ .
barred from eaeging, Your De Wolf Hop.
per,Francis Wilson, Dixie, Goodwin, and
nearly all th? n t would b? staid i
they were not allowed to ramble ab. at, -
it were. Our late-Mr. Buckstone inti
.gee into *8bo Stoops to Conquer.1 One of
the ?Jet sreel bits in English dramatic litera?
ture, now classical, is nothing bul s gag in?
troduced into the text. There is :
person in a hundred who knows thai th?
comicsmaon ihliver.il by Uawworm In
U-ickerstiifle's 'Hypocrite1 is not in tho
original. Il was introduced for th? Crut
?ms the oponinjr night of th? Lyceum in
isoj by Charles Bath, ws. He was recitina
his lines when be suddenly branohed on
sod spoke the very words of a afethodisl
minister, perfectly imitating the voice and
gestures. Thegagwaa auch ? wondrous
an oot .- that you never aee tb. * Hypocrite '
without list, nil'," to th. funny sei
No, sir: to stop ?'?i ectOT from :
would be Hke dispensing with the ncdit
system in business."
Why Thread Is Numbered.
DM, Louis KetMlillc]
Every so.mat reas, whetner ?he wants No.
BO ori lor ISO ihr. ad. knows from the num?
ber Jual wiiut sis. tno tlircftd will be and
what kind of sewinc >t can be used for i
but how the numberi ?am? tob.? Just what
they itre and just what they mean Dot one
person in 1,000 knows, vet U i- a vry sim
?tie matter to scBpiain, providing yon only
?now th" points and how to aluciaste
tl ? m. Win ti Mi yards, of yarn weigh 7,&N
grams (a |.ouiid of cotton, tho thread
unk, r< mark it No. 1. If l.tiHO yards weigh
a pound, it in marked as No. 2. fot
varit it would take 50 multiplied by H4U to
weigh a i".nuil. This is the whol
nation oi the yard-measurement as need by
tiit? spool-cotton manufacturers. The early
tetureu thread was of three instead
of bix-cord, the number being d. rtvi-d
from tlio number of yards t > the pound,
just as it ia to-day. No. ISO yarn made No.
HO thread, though tu point of tact the ac?
tual calibre of Bo, CD thread would
No. 30 yarn, being mado of three No. M
Miranda twisted together.
I ii. i> lll/i-d VAoturii.
Mis? Alice Fletcher tells of an old Indian
chief who said to her . " Have > tv on my
women, to wiiom we own eiuj Ihlng, when
all is taken from us." iluch str. .. is laid
on the fact that among the uncivilized th?
women are the workers and tho 1
bearers, but according to Miss Fletcher
there are noaap. nsationa iu tin-. .i-,.- ,,t 111 ?
American Indiuus. If tho husband ol a
aquaw prove tyranuical or lazy in pro?
viding for his family the w.fe tells him to
co back to Ins kindred. If the pair are
living in a tout ?ho takes it down and
departs. Miss Fletcher ?av* that her
kindred will not send her back, uir
would her husband be allowed to.ret
Lto ine with him. Aceordtr..; !.. the
fearned Lapltau. in his book publiai,,,] n
;"' "Vl.tiiet, fllliollg th" mp?
council of their own. which had the initia
SVain diacuawio?, wWeati presented h,
hem leini.' set?ed in lbs council of>tdefg
andeldenf In this latter conned tha wo.
men'had an otWSOV, ofU*n of the.r ? wt, sea,
? ^present them. The matron? had a
leading voice in determining she Mixes).
,mn ?? chiefs. There wer*' als,, female
c ?f .on.', of whom, with her ,,?f*;,:d ml.
rarne to Qua* - ,t. UBS with an mnbssMJ
Marie do l'Incarnation.'
[I'uUUbod B* ******
Colonel ltfinJ..lph Snauahtar.
fRirhard Williamson, Jr.. In the Century Maga
War down In Ola Vtrglouy. on the bord-rs of th?
Where's "inrl?cr Is perpetual and the ann foraver
Wb?7e*wb?skey'* always taken straight, without
in .* eTdays"nThsppler Umes lived OSSfSj
liandolph Saaogbter ?
The t'olonal was a gentleman of wondrous high
TBcraCwas not In all Vltgmla such another
TUS gay and paliani gentleman was food of
A taVtc hi* had "inherited from his late illustrious
Hit Bible was "the Code", ha knew It all by
And from Us pre-dou? precepts ho rarely did
He never was so much at borne as when engagea
in-t.-.fe. ., , ,
And bs touk with -?real decorum Hi? adversary's
life. , . ,
The Whale ai!T..un?lii-.C countrv looked up to
bin ????tii Bans: , . ..,_.
?. in fm*t, a sort of bisher
Till in Colonel Miaiigh'er'? presen*-? it was not
a .
Without the sacred formula, "I errait rae, If you
please '. "
n.
Tha Colonel IItM alono wltha very lovolydatigh
?,>r*
; rough a'.l ?Le i-ountry round as pro!.y
?iit.*r.
Thia maHta t? bar fa'tior was often Mara to
"Ii- ' the old plantation, and should like to go
an*.
Mow Polly WSJ OIS Old man's pet-tho p?
I bin much to aoe b**r mope, and j.lue.
and grieve, and stab,
Bo i, . ti is b< r i r a i nanga to the far-famed
Where Ih? W men flirt and dan*-?, while the men
And i.T. tbey met a genUataaaaf *ery great
?n. , _
Who was known through sll the 3ou?li ai
sndread) diamond, hut of tha ptireat
L ii'ghtway fell la lova, ot eaaiee, with
. - DBUghtwr.
? sasa theCoioaols
-..i.
Willi** I'* lly's-n ineas vanlshel aud her health
? tu Mil. 1.
III.
One sultry August afternoon those two dlstln
-
laity tegetber in me Ganarais privan
den ;
i drunk np all the whiskey and smoked
.; Brown propard a nwia
game <*t "draw.''
Thele- "iie "l:>ar*!a" In the picket
ol bl
Wbleti ' raeenUy had handled on a atlas
Boa m ry pleasant linio gamo waa quietly be?
r kept it up with spirit mi th? setting of
- .111.
Tie* *f aJoMleoeral was a man of smooth an-1
? aad winning
aid wero wonderful?liryond all
inter found, I
. ...
: a dashing gam? a
. do ?? kin 1er sorter" chance
? . swful lock.
ji? loai ? ? in tit-* poras, ha lost uis
.
of nrown'a good look to
I ill .
? beld three aces, tha Genera! ho
held four, .
II proper, have bald
a-* man; m >r*.
. lely hinted, in langua.**
andi
That the Ueaeral wai a. : playingasactly en the
a mare.
. ...iir surds are
?s^n Us .1 r.r..?n, rising ?lowly to his
MCheatitigis apaotone among gentle
known;
For tl.H unseemly language I must oak you to
au.n>* ';
.-.ilng from bis rollar a tul ver-band led
knife,
in a frank und (rlendl ? manner ho took the Col?
on, r? life,
nel :.- ?ras hurtad lnaehureh-yardnear
ringe
A gre**n ? lof suburb, whoro the ru-un
aaal tlnga
IV.
HI i Pony bar raJafortuae moat tou-hingiy be
Whlln'-r. th? r?!'.nnt Oeaeral h?r gsntla ey?s
were V-'it;
And wh**n this D ible fellow, wiih gnof U]
- very deop regret at what had
i :n-'i.
b r lean sway, this rrinim
.
,. ?? .. ... . i. Brown, yoa
? I
Ani tha ?' ;? >ured f* rth Ils lalocf
In a rui ?I '"?' wlnnln
?...mod In the chapel on
. ilT,
.i-plt-e could
en.*?,'.
it w asa'! a nii.tr.
iNcn- TorkS hul
I i u talking with iii" landlord of a
.111 Illinois.
-
?
?
? ? \, ; lao II r I?"
?
?? w ; .. .; ...it of m
?
?
?' !
"'I
?i I will blow ruv 1 niti? oi '
"
think tin- r, and
will any will hui
house more than i th,why. don
? mi thirty ;
ide."
"Here'a your tiv." said tL-* landlord,
h .. .. .: with a " 'I hank you,
;:', and B week Ut
"Whois ht -" I
"Dont kti'.v.-.
?truck me I
ilow his brains nut if I I
ordered him out, and th.-r-' be
ras bluffing, but he had a full
hand and play i d it."
Lillian RnSBOll'S Photographs.
map. lia Bea
By th? by. th? photographers all ar/rce
t
: u ul Lillian Ktu .11. Hho certainly
? . md it is said
. addition to h-T knowlt
in;; ?.-1*1 posil
for? they squeeze the tube throw into her
eyes tb ?k thai fa i- i
al! New York ami the rest of the
States ? : ths Gran i !
don'l think there is en: ' Heaven
above Ilk-- i photograph "i' Lillian I.
*k> that there will be no harm whatever in
mi and nur.
abipping it. she is on? en, cn?
? an: ,? ha
been acknowledged byother women, and
ait.-r looking at her a great deal the i ?a"ii
sei m? to be th a then hi a awe* : 1. i
ther thai would make her,
quite outside of being ? popular
woman among women, l. - do -n't by
any means always ' In If to beauties
LaatsU Tart of Th?<ir nui.
The Pari- i lit ion of the New Y<rk Utrtud
Dr. Brown-8eou. taining
that to cut one's h< ? almost paili?
ions operation, ?ou begin with y our throat
andas Boon as you have cut a littlu wav
into the windpipe ?11 pa n soasen. anfi v,,u
can g1' "ti ami get through the whole nek
with the exception of tho spine without
being mads nncoml?Btabte. The painless
i>art of th ? *??m? to be overlooked
oak? th r ? \u fr.'in
this world by severing theii windpipe.
They usually stop whan tluu -
then expire, with' I
ii..' prt cess, the i uni. -- an I .-. ? ?fortable
part Suicide? by th? throat-rotting ?
turn should bear thi-> in nnml ami cut oil
l entirely, thus ?seing the whole
show for the price of a aingl? ticket.
"Mill, r X llh .a-U's gnat l'.-li?f Bale
which begins to-morrow morning will
.?! event of the season.
Bead the particulars on ths la*t page of
this paper."
TUE
BOSTON'S
$9 SUITS
SEE.
Bark Twain's I'matlnc?..
(Cblcago News,]
Mark Twain's success in life soems to
have made him crude and ?our. Years
ago. when he was struggling for fame and
fortuna on t>i? ? reci?o ('oast, these who
know him said hi was warni
n, I cordial. Hut he ii certainly far
from that now. I saw him on tho
awhile ?go, dressed in it dark
ensuit. He has an attractive face, a
splendid need, set upon a pur of strong
ghoulders. I!i< eyes are clear, and his
mouth .bnotes ?mat firmne-aa, Mis hair is
(iilvnng gradually, although there is nn
abumhiuee of it. Jim mcBataohfl i. reddish
End bis eyebrowi are heavy, Mr. I lemena
litt . m -tvl.'in II n-ttoril.lJonn. His home
is un Parmington ?venue. It is ?hoe s
luxuriously furm ?heil and filled with rare
I ii,uires and books. Tho oeeupant of the
?.u-o adjoininc is Mrs, Harriet Beech?
St ..we, ami not far nway is the home of
Charle? Dwdley Warner, Mr. Clemens
pat?? talks about bis book? except to
tbos? who? he knows intimately. Hut
therei? <me topio thai he is willing todis
? any time, and thai Is inten
copyright. In met, it msy be said that h ?
H a crank on the subject, ii ok? still
?,.11 w. H. B nts Abroad." th?
? :ul of all ms lib rarj rentares,
teadv aal., and hi? fortune
bj th< te a bo know bim tob?
Bideraoly ovt r ??.. ), Bometis
pa] ? _ _
t help I Blaeee Ph* ntantas
tSiui fraadseoCnroaf-sle,] ?
The rate at which Mongolian pheasants
have increased m the V. Ilamette Valley,
' ? ?? 11.-1 : r w.re sent ben by
.: i
d rtul. From . w pair pla< d n
Linn county I id all
? on, I ncoun
? ! farii,. i
shoot them despite the btw protecting
tlielll.
Judge Whalley ancf a friend, whili I
inu' t' ii do* ?
thousands of
mts, and found 1 three in
which wei ? frt im s. \ ??..?
a. h. 'I h ij bal -i t wo or tl
in ?season, ver? wifl ?
nning ?nd i
?
: ? a l '
the probab?
will hat ' nion.
V, aman'? Place and Worn.
l se Cl . ? i. man. )
'1 he f the I
: ? the i
: -. Womi i " Ion i 'i l. ;.
, and women exhil -
?t. .| unwavi ' ? ? . while one ?
b ited ' ther 'I >ubted bia
resurrection, and s third di i
?
ti'.rttl ?. t who fli . th-'it accept,
nnd finallj ! away witl
jorra and elevate the w< rid. It is 11
t. rs, :: o can
?
nial which is still on earth a
? life, an incarnation of
? '?
. ? h, but apes I en and
sanctifies the child and ?
and acta up I rt of the .
w th a <?? a- lesa pha for what is g
what is dit ine.
A'i .Mm ( are? Hydrophobia.:
T ?r. 1 n tbePeru
I
? in Ayacn
? lingthat th.- wonnds hid
gau '.ii a i
? . show unrj I having
! ? drophobia, atldt no laj. .-> I ?
?
!i"i'ls ati'l : i . ol he
?I . m. Alt. : ' tii" ? 11 ?
- and tl. ? '
in aloe is very common i
h ?n I Cen
tl e Mexicans an
.m the 1. ares,
: . tolera?
ble so Dr. Pa
? .
inLsh medical jour*
nal ..i ,i. .in? n bal aimi ir oc am :
Wall Whitman's Grave.
W lit Whitmai
ms life
I id, 'I he place is char
?;, satj i tbe Philadelphia I'm*.
a Harleigh tery, about
ir in ? ' itnuen, and in the
inds. It is
b i.i oral !?? and, beneath majestic
oaks and chestnut tr?es, whi!*> about 200
fe.f. below a steam of water flows over a
precipice from on artificial lake. A drive?
way, which leads through the woods,
winds within a few fe*?t of tho spot, and
the boughs ot the gnarled oaks are spread
like arms over the hillock, and touch tho
*,t.-i-iisward on the Hide*. Hack ?>f this ?
pisas "f ground is the u nod?, where a foot- ?
path leads to the on traue?.* gate.
I.if? In Oasaaa Abyssa??.
Pr. Regnard has raised thoquestion.sav?
tho British Mrdiral .fiiunit', as to whether a
corpse which ?Inks ton very greet depth
i? pieaeryed Lndeflnitely or otherwise fr >tn
putr?faction. According tobmreatarehea.
published in th*' archivai of th*' Biologi, al
Society of Paris, putrefaction does not
tako plane in dee,mpo able substances
submitted to a preawnra of boo to Too
atmosph?res. Tneee figures correspond
to a depth of 6,000 or 7.000 rastres il
sen. From the-., experiments it must
not bt concluded, according t*> Dr. lag.
t in!, that then* la a total abasaos of putre
in the greater depths of t
The eurioua " abysmal" tistios discovered
m the Challonirer ?ml other expeditions,
app* ir to riaa after death, so that they are
aomctimee found on the surface, tl ough as
aruJetiiey gofc>pieeea,astho 'ounding
: r sail imanes long before they reaofi
the uir. Still there 11 no it. *>f that hathy- I
bial or abysmal micro-organiams do not
exist, and it *-*>. they 00 lid c mse d icompo- \
n ti-.*' corps, ? of men as a ill a? in :
id bodies of abysmal oshoa. The
question is of considerable medicodegal I
an 1 vet greater biological interest, and it
Is far from 1
A K.-lle ..f Cirant'- !>,?y.
[Laaacastst gaasslaar.
With both m n and women fond of
ogton life II ? prising that
t iis 1- the place in which the " eves '
do congregate. A man is .ind
powerful, whom 1 iple thought
might himaelf become ' of the
I nited Suites, now \v.ilk-* or ilriv
St re is of Wi vn to uearlv
all who eea him. H adaome man,
with iron-gray hair, 1 Una profile, ?*i Intel?
I.-. 1 nal fac . Hi Boutwell
"Lawyer Boutwelln he is called by the
few who know bim and he *
lent tirant,
d as wall as a political
?1 almost d <d\ :.' re'ep
. . I 1. -i . \ ?'! -lieh
? . ? ' ? moi * s
perien . confines In- social ei?
? the streb ander
1 i" mal ? ? ? ? plenty of
good wine and go id ? ompany.
?leasing Hit Ow ?> 1 umb?
M'sll-'
Cardinal 1 avigerie is t" do mi?i than
I of 1 ' irtbage. He
la to bless his own tomb. Everytl
t, w m ids ready for bis os o 'I" id I ody
1 apon the
.. . 1. I ran ateditrrj ? thus;
Here Keats In Pi a 1
In the Uope *'f ihe tnflalta Mercy
H? who ??a
CHABiri-MasTut. AU ??tUND-Uviur.niB
* u ' 1
Priest rf u isa Church
Arobtnthopol 1 artliage and Aig..-,ia
Prim
An 1
1'ray lor turn.
A Withered Romance,
[Cbti .
l young man
dr 1 !"? I on 01 11- far
:i " ! learest
g M. and i . the kin h vou
I
? ? 1 to " when he ?u Ideal?, stopped,
nd li" stared in bl
ick 't the young ladj.
"Go "ii. M
? of any 1 ihould
pause,
" 'i ? -, go on. Mr. Ferguson !" ei hood her
- appi araui ?*
?? the door in tin background.
in u. and Mr. Per.
:. \vnt "li. _
.!. C V?rela.
Fin.* Cigar ina, the only one
n the ''.i\.
rth Ninth l
THE
BOSTON'S
S5) SUITS
SEE.
Q
itj
OUR
SUITS
$9
_$10
Cannot Be Equalled Anywhere
FOR
THE MONEY.
\uC lU'Y THEM HEBE DffiEOT FBOM THE MANTJFACTUBEB
AND
Sav
ulie
ailer's Profits.
children's SUITS,
ALL GRADES, FROM ?1 DP,
II O Y S ? S F 1 T s
AS L')W AS |9.fiO IN LONG F AM S.
MEN'S WORKING PANTS,
STRONG AND DUBABLE, 6S CENTS.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT
OF
Men's Suits
IN RICHMOND. ?
WOOL SUITS, IN SACKS AND VxWCKS, A* LOW AS $1.% ALSO, A
COMPLETE LrNE OF MEDIUM AND FINE GOODS IN ALL THE LATEST
STYLES.
Uimm and Me? (An,
. 1310 EAST MAIN STREET.
(dMPaiJy
will no
SOME WONDEBPUL THDCOa
THIS WEEK.
Baby^iirm^.
BAR?
EXTRAORDINARY.
A third largo ?lilprao-it of BabT-f?. ?
tia ?t prlsM fur balOS ? ? v ? ?
ot th? ?fuHiun aaablea as to efl r i ? greet -,t
vain?? .v t oflsfod lu ti. ?
?very Carretea mi
down ta order M m ?'. tas BCl N ' '
resataetL
Th r Best Makes Only,
K.-ic?! and ?T?ry t'nrrias'? goara - ' <
taraogfj ? tur Imaete it -1 ? ill i
th? at ovo fa.-w.
DKCUKATE? ITlM SCl i.
DBSIONS,
new ?hsps Par
?ot;
lieaiif.? -ii Chios Ta
g'.a/ I
ault tas 'i
'
IB BBS r*. 1 . ? . -? 11 i ?'Mm -
now ahapsii .. I : ra a, M >
set?a?;t nal w I
Aiar.-oHua ol bandsoass Dinner lets el sx?
! ireaael] km i
! A apei-i.vi i I of assort? ' i
; priatD? I I
' ladla Vasss; ?lapaneea and Bo fa
artta fcaneV pala ted d
, eral Kuoert I ra> it") art
Mason'?. '?!?*?? Fr'ii'- ?nl Pr???-*? I
caps sod rubt??r?, at ?); .
1-quartat.l ' ? '
CABINET?] iMiii,
HAIO-WOOD MA(
Dry Air
latfa i jiv.? a.?" ' ?
:
:
.1. THALHIMEB.
/ /
f
?/?/t <?
s* 0
?tos/ / ??< c?> / y m* y y y i ysw* y w/ m
We disJil to 1
in order to keep un with the I
forgive us if wo promise not to inflict you
We us ? the papen to tell yon \-.: ?.?
and bp? to inform yon that we do not int
meut ?oath of NEW ?OBK in th?
Millinery and Fancy Goo
W? have all the la' il styles a: i
both Trimmed and Cnthmnved, nits
Ladies of any age an ! ta -,
For Alouday only aw will raa oar LAJDII
A great bargain which cau't be Lad eUea
We Btill have a nie ajKrtnien ?
were reduced from 76, ??', and <X;a, ac t ;
CHEAP.
r* (7 i
aW /a-a y^ /-s> y # **r- ^ /my ^, ^
??**/ th*?V / * W- VX /?tesa- w" w#^sw->?w/ #
sV
W< have everything in this depart u.
J [rea ly to supply jo;:r wants a: reasonable ?
(1 () R S E TS : < O R S K TS :
As va have dt?,m ! t
our advertisement in Friday's aud B l
notue. All wo can my ii if y<
GANSS&CO.,
113 EAST BROAD STRE1
Between First ai cond.
ff(b|JEN
OMPA??Y
k
M ILL! N E R Y I ) 1 : P A B T M 1 ?: S
A special piTlsaaa ol ei^Lt tin - -
kinds of Millinery (ioo.Is \ : ?.
department at prices th:U arc way below tftnee thai Lav I
where? Flowers, Feathers, BibUms, rtraw ?I
dies, Misset?, and t'Lildrou white, black Of, ? lured.
I.sdies'and Misses'^hasle Hats, train h :
S: sjajej lot of Hats, trimmed BsMsflwal ij ? * ! ?Ol *.
etc., from SI.'17> up. AH new foods, new sty! .
own workroom aud trimmed with I
An immenee pun-Lane in FLOW! B .
as well-singly or bunched. It's on* ot saw
United States.
Bunches of Flowers i. Id, H\ -I, Ma,, etc ;
Wnaths, handsomely bunched. l.\ 34, 3.1, i
with which thoy aro buu.hod is exclusive * thi-v house.
New French Pattern Hats will be sh.wu V luililf.
11, 13, 15, and 17 east Broad street,
HrWIaUl riKST ASO gOl>Ul?.. STRKaUi.