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VOL.2. ABBEVILLE, & C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER *21, 1880. ' v'"' NO. 52.
Their Lost Blue Beanls.
Twenty-five years ago I was one evening
leisurely promenading with a
French gentleman the Champs lOlysee,
in I'aris. My friend tooK me to one of
those little theatres, generally hidden
by trees, which are as charming as they
are odd. The piece I saw was "Bluebeard."
But it was a travesty on the
travesty, and I have never seen the same
version presented again.
When the curtains rose a man came
on the stage dressed as a menial, without
a vestige of hair either on his head
or face?in fact, even without eyebrows.
In one hand he carried a pail of water,
and in the other he held a scrubbing
brush. Divesting himself of those incumbrances,
he naturally took the audi
t'tice into his sccret, which was substantially
as follows:
"I am Ltluebeard," "[he said,"'] although
I have neither beard nor even hair. A
year ago 1 was a feudal lord and had a
castle, troops, retainers, and in fact I was
a rich and prosperous potentate. My
chief amusement was to uiarry a handsome
young girl and try her curiosity
and blind obedience. Whan 1 found
that she would go into ihe secret chamber,
which I particularly forbid her to
do. 1 cut her head off and married another.
This went on happily far a number
of years and 1 became quite famous.
Standing in noed of a wife, 1 unhappily
met r'atiuin. a very tiaudsome young
woman, who, however, brought with
her an appendage in the shape of an old
woman whom she called her nurse. Hut
I have every reason to believe that old
woman was a sorceress or a witch. Before
1 had time to lay my new historical
injunctions on my wife the old witch
gave my wife bo th a poi.iatum and
advice. Fatiuia applied the pomatum on
my face, and mv blue heard came oft' as
if by inagic. Now, the moment 1 lost
mv blue beard ! lost all?courage, prestige,
even manhood, all was lost. My
wife and her old witch then made a
menial of me. and behold my plight ! 1
' have tc scrub the lloor and do all sorts
of menial work. But I am secretly iit
search of a fairy witch or devil who may
by some magic power restore my blue
beard, and then 1 shall be in power
niMin siii< 1 hiKV<> vcnirinnu'i'."'
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Twenty-tive years lmve now passed
since I xhw this curious burlesque, but
1 have often thought of it. As 1 fancied
at the time, there was a moral in
the story. Emperors, Kings, Princes,
statesmen, Generals, financiers, stock
gamblers, merchants, &c.% all have nt a
time a blue beard, which, when they
lose it, they lose all. And invariably
they run about in the world in search of
? fairy, witch, or devil to restore to them
the lost blue beard. The latest example
of the kind is the loss of their blue
beards by Mr. Blaine and Mr. Samuel .J.
Itandall and their frantic search for the
lost appendages.
Mr lllaine lost his blue beard when
he lost his election, anil Mr. Uandall lost
his when lu was put horn <le combat
by Mr. Carlisle for the speakership.
Both these gentlemen imagine that the
tai ly,"witc.h, or devil who can restore
to them the so much regretted blue
beard is Protection, and they t.aturallp
invoke this ma<ric nower. which, like nil
fiends, is playing Ihom false.
Xow. I sincerely regret that Mr. Maine
should in his own State have the "chestnut
bell'' rung on him when he was
trying to get his lost blue heard hack
by upholding protection. I regret it
because I am spoiling for a good tight to
show clearly the folly, wrong, and wi;ke'lness
of the protection robbery system.
And it may naturally follow when I
show, for instance, that during 10 years,
say from 1870 to 1880, the productive
capacity of the cotton mills has increased
40 per cent, while the wazos during
the 10 years have fallen or d'-crna-ied 45
per., and the average price of daily labor
in Fall River is about cents a day
that I muht have the "chestnut bell''
rung on me also, ns 1 have .shown up
such and many more robberies like them
for the last 20 years. Yet I am eonsoleil.
because the difference of the chestnut
bell between tariff refovmers and tariff
upholders is this; The people being
tired of hearing the virtues of a protective
policy that has made the schemers
and the workinginen poor, that has unhinged
labor, %nd has broken the good
understanding between master and men,
or between capital and labor, they in an
abrupt manner sny, Knough ! we have
heard all (his, and we see the results is
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false.
We want a change, and will have it.
While, on tin; other hand," the majority
of the people being ih earnest, don't so
much care now to hear the ever-open
demonstration how the tariff is a swindle,
snare, and robbery. The time for
action has come, and the time for argument
is over. In the meantime, Messrs.
Blaine and Randall are as much
alike in their economical views as two
peas. Suppose Mr. Randall had been
invited to speak in the State of Maine
on the Democratic side ; what in the |
world could he have opposed to Mr. |
Blaine's speeches ? Mr. Randall in his 1
latest elfort to get his lost "blue beard "
1 11 t tmn<l O Itlll f A ( n v 1 in f I
uuvi% imvi v d?v.vu a kj iii w\s itiA tunwn nv.i
about 70 to 80 per cent., tin plates 80
per cent., worsted dress goods 80 per
cent., aad to on, with the explanation
that these enormous duties wore not
calctilatcd to raise revenue. Contrary,
their very enormity was to act as a cheek
to importation. Surely Mr. Blaine cannot
go further.
Boll) Mr. Blaine and Mr. liamlall !
have a lofty disdain for civil service j
reform, And both outvie each to get j
their lost blue beards restored by the j
Irish vote. And Mr. Randall stole a]
march on Mr. Blaine the other day by |
being quite handy at Chicaga's great j
Irish meeting. Still, I believe that our j
Irish friends have rather a *variner1
corner in th'eir hearts fi*' Mr. Blaine j'
than for J'r. Knudall.
'-'lie best solution would be to have |
have the next national ticket headed" ;
!iloi He and lln till at IS' In that case Mr. !
I Blaine would not onlv get all the lie
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i publican protection vole, but vould also ;
I get the Uandall protection Democratic j
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I ?nil.-, ? n;ii ever mere is i?i u. wiuie Air- I
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: lliuxlall would of course catch on anil j
succeed. ;
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lii this way tho two gentleman so dili- ;
gently in search of their lost blue beards :
i would have a chunee to regain those !
] lost appendages of which thov stand so
t much in need.
t J. S. MOO HE.
' N'kw Yoiik, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1886
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A Mystery nt tho Cistern.
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! Quite a sensation among the colored ;
i people was excited Monday when it !
i was found that the water in the bis* '
j b !
! cist* ru below tho court house was run- |
jniugover, without any auparent cause.'
I Of course it was attributed to tin j
j earthquake. Some thought the ground'
at the bottom of the cistern was risinir
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: others that tlu? trfnnit/1 i
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court house was sinking.
| lint what. did^ cause it ?
! When the cistern a;is dug a spring
! was funnel at the bot'.win : Imt tiic hot|
torn was afterwards covered with co!
nient. And if the additional water
; came from a spring, why did it not
j continue to overflow.
1 Kveryorie has observed that in cloudy
' weather following dry spells, water
i ri.Ni's in low places, enough sometimes
I to make a small stream. The atmos|
phero becomes lighter, and the water
rises in consequence. This might aei
count for it. Hither that was the cause
j or something wss thrown into the
; cistern l>y some person, or bv the bank
! caving in.
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i A Mutual Misunderstanding Between
the Two Ituces.
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(Wadcsboro Intelligencer.]
Wednesday nigh*., September the 1st
was the time appointed for the uprising
! among the. Richmond eounty negroes.
I It was generally believed, and a great
j many of the white people were looking
J for the uprising. The negroes, on the
other hand, had heard that a white
army, five thousand strong, were campingiu
Wadesboro, ready to swoop down
upon them at any hour and exterminate
the last one of them.
When the earthquake shock was felt
i Tuesday night, the whites thought it
j was the negroes after them, and the
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v^.1 tmukgiit uh; i uiiiuiiii^ was lilt!
trump of the white army's deadly
footsteps. In loss than twenty minutes,
fully one hundred white people, of nil j
Hges, classes and conditions, had nssetn- ;
bled at tho residence of Col. .John P.
Little, near Mangum. The negroes, in
terror, fled in every direction, clinging
piteously to their, white friends, and
praying to l?e saved from tho terrible
white army. One darkey, on tho
premises of Mr. J. l>. l'emborton, who
prides himself on his bravery, when ho
heard the noise, grabbed his gun and,
.4'^ $
going to the door, fired out into the
dark. Louder and louder grew the
noise, more and more furious grew the
shaking. Dropping his gun, thedairlev
fled from the house crying, 4,0' Lord !
Oli Lord ! "Please don't shoot: Please
don't shoot ; Pll give up ; I'll trive up !
Oh. Lord, I's so skeared."
The Grand Army of Charity.
News and Courier.
Two groy-haired, unpretentious-looking
gentlemen arrived in Charleston ves- i
terday. One of them carried an empty
sleeve, a record of his sacrifices on the
field of battle. Both were fine specimens
of the gentlemen of the great ,
Northwest. They were Ex-Governor j
Lucius Fairehild and Col. K. B. Gray, j
both of Madison, Wis., and their mis-1
sion was one of love and mercy. Gov.
Fairehild is the commander-iurchief and
Col. Gray the adjutant general of the
Grand Army of the Republic, an asso- i
citttion composed of the veterans who I
followed the fortunes of the Stars and j
Stripes from I8(?l to 18(55. and who have
since 18(55 laid down their arms and devoted
their lives to relieving the distress
of their fellowmen.
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The mission of these gentlemen was
to investigate the situation in Charles- ^
ton and to report to their comrades if;
there existed a necessity for additional .
lid to this stricken city. Yesterday !
morning both south-men drove through
the eitv in company with a reporter and
visited the; various portions of the city.
In the ceurse of conversation Governor }
Fairehild said that the Grand Army was J
iin association formed for benevolent |
purnoses. of veterans who had served |
the i'nion aru.v durintr the late war.
Its purpose was purely benevolent, and j
it had from ttt)0.<j<X> to 400,(XX) members j
in its ranks. The object ef bis mission |
iiixl that of C?;l. Gray was to look into,
tin1 condition of things in Chaileston and ,
to report to their comrades if there were,
nr.v need to otlV*r aid. It was this spirit, t
lie saiil, which had prompted the Brooklyn
Post to offer the services of one
hundred wtcrars to aid in preserving}
order, or for any other purposes that ;
might bo required of them. The Posts !
of the organization are scattered throughout
the States in almost every village,
city, town and hamlet, and these old veterans
are anxious to know if the necessities
of the occasion are such as to require
additional aid. Il it is, they will
willingly come to the aid of Charleston.
The organization can act promptly, and
efficiently.
At 1 p. 111. Governor Fairehild and
Col. Cray met tho committee on relief.,
which was in session at the City Hall.
After .1 conversation with the committee
and a full investigation of tho situation,
Governor Fairchild issued the following
o
address, which was telegraphed last
night to the Associated Press und which
will he sent in circular form to every
department commander in the United
Stairs.
Ciiatti.KSTOK. Sept. 14, 1886.
(fomnidcn of the Grand Army of the
Jlepublic:
With you 1 have been profoundly
touched by the great calamity to Charleston
and vicinity caused by the recent
earthquake. I came here as your representative
to learn the exact facts as to '
the necessities of the people and to take
such action as the occasion might require.
The situation is briefly this : The immediate
demand for food is promptly answered
by funds already contributed ;
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houses arc more or loss shattered who
have no means with which to repair
them ; this class, and those who, being
houseless, have suffered loss of personal
property, require aid from abroad. It
will ho to them a continued calamity unless
help is rendered. The community
here have dono and nre doing everything
in their power.* A large sum of
money is runuired to do nil that, michi
to he done. This condition of affairs
warrants immediate and extraordinary
ottou. I feel confident tint every comrade
is anxious to do what ho can to
bri?K comfort and happiness to this
stricken people. I therefore request department
commanders to call upon each
Post in their departments at once fo appoint
a committee which shall collect
such sums as - omrades and their fellow
citizens, in cili \s, villages and on the
farms, may desire to contribute.
Tho money should he transmitted to
department headquarters, whence it will
bo sent to VV. A. Courtenay, Mayor of
Charleston. A committee consisting of
some of the best citizens of Charleston
will see to it that the money is properly
applied to the re.lief only of the worthy
and necessitous.
Li'cirs 1'AiitcHii.n
Commander in Chief O. A. H.
Ciovernor Fairchild said last night that
ho could say nothing more than is said
in the appeal. He and Col. Cray were
both appalled at the situation h'-re and
recognized the need for liberal and immediate
aid. lie was convinced that a
large sum of money was needed for this
and he was confident that his comrades
in the North and West would make an
immediate and liberal response to the
call for help.
Governor Fairchild was a general in
in? i moil .win3* miring ilH- war ami lost j
an arm in battle. lie commanded the
First corps of the army of tho Potomac.
Col. Gray commanded the 28th Wisconsin
regiment, and like Gen. Fairchild
served with distinction through that
long and fearful struggle.
Fat People and Fluids.
Gent Ionian's Magazine.
The question whether water is fattening
or otherwise has been much discussed.
Formerly it was generally asserted
that the victims of obesity should mortify
the llesh and reduce the fat by abstaining
as much as possible from li- I
quids and remaining in a continual state J
of thirst. Latterly tho opposite has been |
allirined, and i am told that a reduction :
of weight, is one of the results claimed |
by "tho hot water eur;*,"' provided al- i
ways the water is taken as hot as possi- j
hie. painfully hot, and in great qnanti- j
ti?s.
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Experiments have been made in Paris j
by Dr. behove which controvert both j
these doctrines. These experiments incliente
that, provided the same amount
of solid food is taken, large quantities of
water make a man neither thinner nor
latter. They were carefully made on a !
friend who took weighed quantities of|
food daily,-and while these remained
equal doubling the quantity of water had
no measurable effect on the weight of
he body.
Still, it is quite possible that the old
theory of thirst cure and the new theory
of hot water cure may both be correct.
Both violate the natural conditions of
health. Scalding hot water, like tea or
olfee or grog of similar temperature,
unquestionably injures the teeth, the
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in the early stages of digestion, and it is
very probable that deficiency of liquid
impedes the latter stages, whereby the
chime, by the aid of the digesting fluids,
becomes converted into chyle and blood.
A fat man ma}' easily become thinner
by injuring his health. "Manting" is
dangerous, as many who have fairly
tried can prove. The difficult problem
is to reduce the fat without reducing the
strength at the same time. A skilful
trainer will undertake to bring any man
down to his "'fighting weight," i.. e., to
the best condition for violent exertion ;
but as soon as the discipline of the trainer
is relaxed the obesity, when constitutional,
returns ; and a long contii.nance
of high training is murderous.
Perhaps the old prescription, "Keep
your mouth shut and your eyes open,"
when followed with judicious limitations,
is the best. Eat less, sleep less,
n;>d w-ilk more, nro safe injunctions,
piovidcd they are obeyed in moderation,
1M\ Dehovo's conclusions apply to water
only, not to other beverages. The i
fat man who uses malt liquor as
a daily beyerage deserves to !?? buried
under cross roads nt midnight, according
to the ancient modes of degrading i
the jvilful perpetrators of J'elo da sc.
W. Mattiku NVii.i.iams.
Shooting Scrape in Virginia.
The Dun villi", Va., rtuj/fxfe.r of the
7th instant contains an account of the
shooting scrape in llunry County, in
which Jno. T. Darlington, editor of the
Ilenry shot ami killed Dick Itausmun.
Bailsman ftr?t shot anil seriously
wounded a son of Darlington. There
was a grudge of old standing between
the parties. Darlington was formerly of
Duo West, 8. C., and is a brother of
lion. .Joseph J. Darlington, of Washington,
I). C.
When you are constipated, with loss of n?Sctito,
headache, titko one of l)r. J. H.
IcLean's Little Liver and Kidney Fillet*.
They are pluanajit to take and will curc you.
5 cants a vial.
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.Minister Jackson Defended.
C'rry or Mkxico via, (ialveston, Sept.
115.?Owing to the news having been received
hero that Mr. Sedgwick's brother-in-law
had charged that Minister
Jackson and his friends concocted the
stories of Mr. Sedgwick's conduct here,
much indignation was aroused in the
American colony. This morning a call
was published for an American meeting
at half past three this afternoon, ihe call
being signed by thirty five of the most
prominent members of tin* American
colony. The meeting was large and
harmonious, and was composed of leading
Americans, among them being six
ministers of the (Jospel. General Jackson's
earnestness, patriotism and ability
was strongly and enthusiastically indorsed
by a unanimous vote. Consul
General Porch's telegram to Mr. Bayard
denouncing Mr. Sedgwick was also indorsed
with but two disesnting votes.
The following resolutions were adopted
:
Resolved, That we hereby tender the
Hon. Henry It. JacKson our heartfelt
thanks for the fidelity and zeal with
which he has ever espoused the cause
of his countrymen residing in this Republic.
Resolved, That we appreciate the superb
ability he has at all times brought |
to bear in protecting the interests of
those whom it is his mission to defend
ar.d tlm evidence ho has constantly exhibited
of a keen perception of the manifold
phrases of his duty.
Unsolved, That Gen. Jackson, l>v the
purity and uprightness of his character,
his manly independence, sincerity of
purpose, patriotism and loyalty to the.
government, has at all times inspired us
with pride that such :i man should have
been sent to represent the United States
Government at this capital.
Resolved, That the late attacks made
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United States ?rc entirely uncalled for
and not in any sense justified by the
facts. We view with pain and indignation
the attempts being made to ascribe
unworthy motives to him i 11 connection
with a recent deplorable occurrence, and
express sincere regret that silence and
forbearance on the purt of resident
Americans in regard to said occurrence
are being used as weapons to injure
their honored representative, whose
character we regard as above reproach,
and hereby publicly express our admiration
of the manly, honorable and dignified
course pursued by him during the
exciting events of the last few weeks.
After these resolutions the following
was passed :
Ilesolved, That this meeting indorse
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iiiu (.cic^iuiu null L uii AligllM OW uy V>OIlsul
General Porch to Secretary ttayard
as stating correctly the facts of the
Sedgwick scandal.
V ictoria Home Again.
New York, Sept. 13.? It was deffinitely
ascertained to-day that a reconciliation
has taken place between Mr.
Morosini and his daughter, Victoria,
and that she is now in her father's
house, whither she went upor. leaving
Visit* lllloKon/l'l! ?
IIVI e? IIWIIII; tiCTIl UUjrft
A little less than two years of life with
tho man for whom she had forsaken
ease and luxury has apparently satisfied
her that she took a false stop, nnd it
required but little persuasion to induce
her to return home.
The chief agent in bringing about the
reconciliation was George 11. McClellan
who lives at the Westmoreland, and it
was he who arranged several conferences
between Victoria and her Hither. The
last toi?k place the Sunday before her
disappearance, and was held in this city
and it was then that she was finally
forgiven and agreed to return to her
home
That a divorce from Schilling will bo
obtained is* unguestiorcd. That the
husband will receive $15,000 or any
other sum is only known to the persons
immediately concerned. Young McClellan
has gone on an extended vacation
to Europe, and will probably visit
Paris and the East before he sjes New
York again. In talking to a friend
before she returned home Victoria
said :
"I regret my marriage. When we
went to Europe I was so 'homesick I
had to come back. My life has been
miserable ever since."
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The C'liiM of the Confederacy.
Ai.kxanhiua, Va., ScpttMiihcr 10.?
Jefferson Davis's young'-st daughter?
who has boon called "the child of the
Confederacy," because she was born at
Richmond while her father ruled as
President of the Confederate States?is
on a visit to the family of (Jen. "lluny" ^
Lee, who lives a few miles outside of
this town. Until last week Miss Davis
had lived, ever since the war, at her
father's home, Bcauvoir, Miss. A few days
ago she came to Richmond with her
aunt and after calling on somo of her
family friends she set out for Fairfax
County for a visit to (ion. Lee, who is
one of the Confederate President's cIobcts
friends.
Many Alexandrians have gone out to
Ravenswood, ("Jen. Lee's country seat, to
pay trioir respects to this "child of tho
Confederacy.'* All speak of her admiringl}'.
Miss Davis is a typical Southern
beauty. J?he is just tall enough to be
commanding in appearance, and has a
willowy, graoeful form, which is clail
with a richness and taste that are surprising,
when it is remembered that
this joum* trirl has lived all her life in
the retirement of a country house. Her
face is long and somewhat inclined to
leanness, but its every lineament bespeaks
the patrician, ller complexion
is a rich olive, her eyes hazed and her
hair black and -urling. Although still
very young, and without society experience,
she looks like a queen among
women as she stands receiving her
callers. From her conversation it appears
that she cherishes the same sentiments
as her father in regard to tho
'Lost Cause." Sh<> ronrni^iu ;? ?- ? 1
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theme and considers the Southern people
as martyrs to Northern greed and
jealousy. That she should imbibe such
sentiments is no more than natural.
Every since the war she has been at her
father's side, his chief support and consolation.
He educated her personally,
gave her liis views of life, and fashioned
hor in the mould of the ante-bellum
Southern lady.
It is said by those who know Miss
Davis well that she helped her father
considerably in the preparation of his
recent history of the war. Her studies
from youth had been directed in the
line of Southern war records ami political
history, so that when it came to
preparing the work she was a valuable
assistant. Iler aunt says that the old
Confederate leader relied on her almost
entirely in the matter of collecting and
arranging statistics of tho war and employed
her as amanuensis most of tho
time while preparing the work. Nothing
pleased tier so much as hunting up factft
and theories to defend the South and
the policy of her father's administration.
Her favorite retreat at home is in the
big library, which consists almost Exclusively
of the war records and histpries
of the United States. Here sno
reads to her father several hours dailv, .
ts-hile tho fallen chieftain listens, ]
and dreams of the past. It is said that
he fairly dotes on his handsome child? \\
Pfinnnt Kaoi* I-** ' 1 ' 1
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It was only after a long struggle that ho
consumed to her trip to Richmond and
Alexandria. She seems equally devoted
to her father, for she has refused several
advantageous oilers of marriage from ^
wealthy Mississipi planters,'in order to
soothe his decling years by her presence.
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Whilo Miss Davis is in Virginia she
will, it is said, visit most of the places
of historic interest. She has already
seen the room in the Governor's mansion
at Richmond, where she was born, and
pored over war records at the CaDitoI.
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Anything of inU>r<ast connected with the
war has an all-absorbing interest for x,
her. Wherever she goes she in received
us a princoss. She has received hnndreds
of invitations from members of tho
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*l\ F. V.," but wiil of course have to m
dccline most of them, since her visit is
to be a brief one. It is reported thst .;>*
her next :sit will be to Gen. Park Custis
Leo's, and thence she will visit soma
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oi ine rirsi iammcs along tidewater
Virginia.
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