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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
A CHINESE BARBER.

"a One of the most important personages
in Mott sstreet,~ New York, is Lee All,
the Chinese barber Unlike his Ameri-
Z can colleagues, he does the larger part
Y of his business in the stores or resi-
B dences of his customers. The chair is a
low, three-legged stool, on which the
customer sits bolt upright. Coat waist
E coat. necktie and collar are removed,
and common long cloth put around
the neck. The face and throat are
i. washed with perfumed water and dried
with Il soft towel any remaining mois-
ture being removed by vigorous fam
ming. The shaving that follows re-
sembles our own style, except that
almost no lather is used. After going
over the face and throat, Lee shaves the
Sack of the neck and the temples, and if
the eyebrows are irregular, cuts away
enough hairs to produce the symmetry
desired. The second part of the opera
ton is what he prides himself upon.
The razor is dried and put away; from
his kit he produces two small ear razors,
callipers, tweezers scrapers and sponges,
and with these proceeds to embellish the
ears. He first shaves off the down on
the outside. and then, with dexterous
sweep of the wrist. the hair on the
inside of the can The blade of this ear
razor is about as large as match, and
is conceived almost into crescent. The
sensation is pleasant rather than other
wise. With his other instruments he
rubs and polishes the ear until it's color
is bright pink. The third part of the
job is q Swedish movement cure on a
small scale. The muscles of the face,
scalp and throat are kneaded, pinched
and pulled, even the eyelids being exer-
cised. Then the large muscles of the
arms and trunk are alternately fexed
and extended, the finger joints cracked"
and the head twisted into dozen posi-
lions. The finishing touch consists in
being patted and pounded with Lees
fist and open hand from the top of the
head to the small of the back. and the
job is complete. Time, thirty minutes,
and cost chap Dolce"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Move On

Oxford has appointed a policeman
to keep the boys from stopping at
her saloons 1t would seem from the
comments of correspondent of the
Press, who makes the following very
pertinent remarks on the subject.
"a sick man who would continue
the cause of his sickness while using
remedies for cure would be thought q
very foolish invalid. What shall we
think Of Oxford appointing a man
with club to keep order when for
years two or three places have been
legally maintained and give cause
for most of the evil doing. Boys are
wanted to move ON and not stand be-
fore the saloons. Why not order the
saloons to move on and not stand
before the boys?"
This last question is the one we
want every advocate of license to
answer. We have ordered the sa-
looms to s'move on" in this county
and mean to keep them moving. out
some good people think it would be
an advantage to have them stop with
us again. They say it would mend
morals and cure drinking, but how two
sources Of the evil will cure the evil it
is impossible for us to conceive. 1t
will never, Then s"order the saloons
to move on, and not stand before the
boys" This is the true doctrine and
has common sense in it. p
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-06-11
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris. Texas. by the re-
markable recovery OF Mr.. J. T.. Corlev,
who was so helpless he could not turn
in bed, or raise lis head; everybody
said he was dying of Consumption. A
trial bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry was sent him. Finding relief, he
bought a large bottle and a box of DR..
Kings New. Life Pills; by the time he
had taken two boxes of Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery he was well
and had gained in tlesh thirtysix
pounds. s#f
Trial Bottles of this Great Discovery
for Consumption fee at DR.. Kinks. 2
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
CURIOUS THINGS IN LIFE.

They are telling the old story of sparrows
killing cat again. This time it comes from
Galena, His.
Tom Acrefoot is the appropriate name OF q
man in Key West whose feet are 10 inches
long and g., inches wide Hi, mother was
from Chicago.
A curious wedding ceremony took place Ill
Nicholasyille, KY, the other day. Miss Car
RE & deaf mute, daughter Of DR.. +. VI. Jas
per- was married to Prof. NJ C. Clever, Of
the Danvillo Deaf Mute institution. The
ceremony vas performed in sign language by
Profs. w X. Argo and G. T. Schoolfeld
The light from an electric lamp tower in
Davenport, Ia. falls full upon flower gar
den about 100 feet away, and during the past
summer the owner has observed that lilies
which have usually bloomed only in the day
have opened in the night, and that morning
glories have Enclosed their blossoms &C soon
as the electric light fell on them.
Miss Rosa Fenton, Of Crittondon county,
Ark, was recently bitten in the left hand Icy
a huge cotton-mouth snake. She seized an
ak near by, laid her wounded hand on a
block Of wood and chopped tho bitten fingor
"a at a single blow; then she ran into the
house. swallowed half a tumbler Of whisky
and tainted. She recovered in about two
weeks
A correspondent writes that in a gambling
saosn in Moscow the walls and ceiling We're
covered with paper on which stars were
stamped. Among the stars in the ceiling
holes were cut, and man lying on the floor
in the room above saw the hands of those
playing cards and telegraphed them, by
means OF wires connected with his shoes, to
biz confederate
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
The Chicago strikers doubtless have

The Chicago strikers doubtless have
reason in what they say about the attempt
of the packers to bind their employees
by an ironclad oath, which would tie
them to the employers arbitrary will.
But the discussion of that most important
issue should be peaceful, and becoming
to the dignity of cause that pleads a
great wrong. We are always on the side
of the workingmen when they put them
selves right
But we earnestly hope to see them appeal
to reason and justice, not to organized
passion.
The car-strikers in New York city illus
trated the fact that public opinion would
back a just demand always.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
SPORTING AND ATHLETIC.

The race between Hanlan and Ross is of.
The American Turf Trotting congress win
meet in Cincinnati ON Nov. 10.
Manager Watkins says the Detroit club
cleared over 5000, most of it being made
on eastern ball grounds.
John Teemer has offered Dave Goodwin,
the English oarsman, ten seconds start in
race over the Thames championship course
The fight between Tommy Warren and
Pat O'Leary for the featherweight champion
ship Of America will take place near Louis
vile on Nov s.
Cummings the English champion, will ar
rive in New York soon after Christmas and
run l. L. Myers a series Of races, providing
the latter has returned home from Australia
Patsy Cardiff has signed articles to meet
John l.. Sullivan in December, eight rounds,
with four ounce gloves, winner to take 10 per
cent and loser % per cent of the gate re
ceipts.
Jack Dempsey is turning out an all,around
athlete. He ran $50 yards in II seconds at
San Francisco and won a running broad
jump, clearing Is feet 5 inches Burke's
manager says it's dollars TO doughnutsp that
Dempsey will be defeated at the meeting be-
tween the two pugilists in San Francisco,
Nov Is
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
MACHINE LIFE.

OF course ours is an age Of machinery.
Mr.. Gladstone estimates that machine
power is doubling itself every seven
wears. Then well may the Knight Of
Labor be Jealous of a steam engine; for
it looks as if, presently, the world will be
entirely possessed by things made Of
iron and oak and run by steam or
electricity Our boys may exercise and
harden their muscles as they may, they
can never reach the capability of a
one-horse Tanner e Delaney. Steam en-
gines are taking place in society calcu-
lated to arouse jealousy; and their social
influence is felt and showing itself Men,
women, and children are learning. The
bows must throw off smoke-like little
donkevs, and the men and women run in
conventional tracks and talk platitudes
and utter emotionals as unyarying and
unsensible as steam whistles. Society rolls
on like great big machine; the old
pieces play out, and new ones are sub.
stituted for them. The game of life is
played with puppets, and then all are laid
away. All this is true of the common
place world And who wonders that a
man writes a book and asks, "Is life
worth living?"
Who can think that all this is natural
Who doesn't believe that after all the
hope of the world may be in the unlucky?
There are men and women that can't be
conventionalized There are men and
women that will not work in harness.
There are men and women that will not
be fixed in moulds and grooves. There
are men and women that almost resemble
the wild ass that will not heed the cry
of the driver; that scorn the multitude of
the city. For whom the range of the
mountain is a pasture, and that crave
things fresh, natural, and true. These
will survive machinery and inherit the
earth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
A POINT OF COURTESY.

The Dispatch publishes note from Mr..
Cooper, an Englishman, who represents
the English bondholders.
Mr. Cooper complains that the Dispatch
treated him unfairly in trying to put him
under the ban of public opinion for exer-
cising legal right.
The Dispatch is a great oracle, but it
slips up dangerously in mistaking the tenn
per of the Virginia people on question
of justice
Mr. Cooper, as a foreigner, has rights
that our ideas of hospitality acknowl-
edged above politics, and the motives Of
the Richmond DiSpath will be impugned
any time it attempts this most extraordi-
nary plan of manufacturing false senti-
ment in its back Office.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
MUSICAL NOTES.

Strauss receives 81 600 apiece for his
waltzes from his German publishers.
A new American aspirant for artistic hor-
ors abroad is Miss Alice Whiteacre, Of Chi
cago, who recently made a successful debut
in concert at Coyent Garden, London.
The Thomas popular concerts have begun
at the Metropolitan opera house, New York.
The orchestra this year is larger then last,
and Ar. Thomas says it is the best he mas ever
brought together
The Philharmonic society of New York has
just ordered from a Leipsic manufacturer Il
par Of pedal tympani turned by cogwheels
worked by the foot The accuracy with
which the drums are tuned mechanically is
said to be so great that half the drummer's
task il gone.
William Canddus the Philadelphia tenor,
who has such a fine reputation in Europe as
we'll as in his native country, will return to
the American Opera company this season.
Mix Mathilde Phillips the well known
contrslto and sister Of the lamented Adelaide
Phillips, remains with the American Opera
company this season as one Of the principal
contrAtos.
A letter from Milan states that prepare
tons are being actively pushed forward at
La Scala for the production Of Verdi's new
opera. For long time it was talked about
under the name Of "Iago;' now it would seem
that Verdi inclines to retain the name Of
"Othello."
Miss Cornelia Van Zanten, who has been
secured by the American Opera company,
and VINO will make her operate debut in This
country during the first week Of the season III
Philadelphia, has fine stage appearance and
rich voice Of large compass. She is expect
ed 10 make a great successes
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
MEN AND WOMEN OF LETTERS.

Gen. Lew Wallace's aBen Hur" has reached
a sale Of 49, copies.
Rhea has agreed to write a magazine arti-
Gle on French and American actresses
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton is back from
Europe. She will pass most Of the winter in
Boston.
Professor Huxley has retired from his &C
tive educational duties on pension OF $7,5Oo
year.
Hon. Andrew d. White is said TO have the
finest historical library in the country. IL
numbers over 10000 volumes besides many
valuable manuscripts.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich will be 80 years old
on Nov II. Half a century has fallen easily
on the authors shoulders and he scarcely
looks to be more than 40
W. d. Howells is going abroad next year
and will remain two years in Europe. HIS
son will go with him, and will be placed IN
the Polytechnic school at Paris
Adirondack" Murray has given up his
Montreal restaurant and is going to devote
himself entirely to authorship and occurring
He says he will never enter political life as be
has 40 taste for it, He hasn't been asked to
yet.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has written poem
entitled 1.-TWO Sinners" and Mrs James
Brown Potter expects to recite it. In this
way she will add to the fame she achieved by
reciting wOstler joe Mrs. Potter will win
ter in France.
Mr.. Bancroft, the aged historian, is very
simple in h.s habits He goes to bed early
and sleeps for eight or nine hours. He works
about four hours a day, and occupies the rest
Of his time driving or walking with his
granddaughter, Miss Susannah, who lives
with him in a great brown stone house.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.

4 snslh entered the house of Burt G..
Smith. at Kissimmee, Fla, entered the bird
cage through the wires, and after swallowing
Inc canary cooled up in the bottom Of the
cage TO take nap.
An engine of the 'camel back' type used
by the Pennsylvania road, has been on exhi-
bition on the Consolidated road. and has
taken several trains over the road. Once the
feed pipe seemed TO be choked up. At Bridge
port the pipe was opened, and after the water
was drawn of a two-foot eel came squirming
out.
i rat was put into box with a rattlesnake
in Sacramento the other day Instantly the
snake struck it, and in a moment the rat
turned over and died. The next day another
rat was put in the box, and although his rat
ship provoked the snake 10 bite him several
times, continued as lively as a cricket, and
when released ran away none the worse for
the battle.
John Burdick, employed on a Ridgefeld
Conn farm, was picking up apples for the
cider mill about four weeks ago One, mel
lower than the rest, tempted him, and no bit
cut a big mouthful With it came a bee
which stung him on the tongue The tongue
swelled up, and for two days he was con
stantly nauseated Then the swelling went
down. Since Slen every time he bites an
apple his tongue feels just as though a bee
was singing it, Two or three days ago he
made up his mind to eat an apple, any way
lie tried to, but the tongue sweled up again
and the nausea returned.
An interesting battle recently took place
between rat and garter snake at Vsalia,
Cal. The rat was cautious but quick, SPRING
ing with lightning jumps upon the snake and
burying its teeth in the serpents body The
latter would coil and dart forward frequent
ly, knocking the rat over on it'd back. Once
the rat caught the snakes head and held it
until the latter, coiling about its body,
squeezed it so tightly that 1t was forced to
let go Finally the rat, by biting his antag-
onist through the neck several times, severed
its head, and dragged its body in victory
away.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
AMONG THE RAILROADS.

Tho Baltimore and Ohio has not responded
to the invitation to stop cutting rates from
Chicago TO Washington.
Lehigh Valley railroad people deny the
story that the company has purchased the
Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England
road.
Tho tunnel under the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad under Twenty-fifth street, Balti-
more, will in all probability be completed by
Dec. /.
The st. Louis and San Francisco people
calculate that they will have $500, 600 surplus
for tie year ending Dec 81, after paying the
first preferred dividend
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

Lord Salisbury in his speech at the
Lord Mayors banquet did not forget the
main point.
He said that Russia had violated the
treaty of Berlin in her recent policy in
Bulgaria, and that it was the duty of the
powers participating in that cartel to see
to its enforcement. He said that in this
England would not be backward, and that
she would act in harmony with Austria
in the coming trouble.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

There are certain districts OF country,
wild and remote, where the unkempt ana
sons of the waste boast OF that
picturesque and exciting sort OF lawiess-
ness known as "moonshining, the prin-
ciple of which is to defraud the Govern
ment out of the value OF taxes OH
whiskey by producing an article that can
be sold low and by imparting to 1t the ae-
lusive flavor of forbidden fruit. BY pale
Cinthia's Pickering glimpses in weird
mountain gorges with the fascination OF
Gypsy incarnation, the ardent mud Is
with strange spells, and the
mountaineer as he quafis 1t IN
his cabin, dotes on the half superstitlous
tale of lost revenue officers who have ven
tured over the boundaries TO violate the
sacred privilege of a local sovereignty
that is above all law. Even here, in the
ancient and glorious Commonwealth, a
member of Congress was defeated by the
horrible cry, that he had favored the
prosecution of "moonshiners."
There is no doubt of the injustice and
cruelty of putting apoor moonshinerin' the
Albany cell just for making few gallons
of whiskey with limited machine, some
what the size of a teakettle; but still 1t Is
the law. and the civilized world will not
svmpathize with the theory of the moon
sinner.
And so it is exactly with the theory OF
the policy"
A set of gentlemen who are stepped IN
the ante-war theory of States rights,
announce that the State of Virginia has
right to violate a law Of the United
States, and actually order the taX-col-
lector to defy it.
The fact that the outside world jeers
and contemns the State and puts it in
coventry, is naught to the men stiiiened
with the stubborness of one fanatical
fallacy that colors every other considera-
ton to its own bad complexion.
But the question is, can the people OF
Virginia be brought to the standard OF
this moonshine craftsmanship
We have nothing unkind to remark OF
the officers of the State, and, personally,
it is with pain that we find much fault
with their official capacity.
But the facts hold up the argument OF
folly in such proportions that, when the
truth of the whole matter is known, the
manliness of the Virginia people will re-
volt at the condition to which we have
been brought, when we had a majority
capable of doing the right thing.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

The Republicans all over the State are
paying their taxes with coupons, and their
leaders openly declare that the party in
tends to cut loose from everything that
has even the semblance of defiance of the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
demand acquiescence in its decisions.
Where will the Democratic party be
when the Republican party officially de
clares itself in favor of accepting the
liberal compromise which the creditors
have proposed? Will it undertake to
run its candidates upon a platform call
Ing for defiance of the Supreme Court
|of the United States and reputation
alsos
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
PLAYERS AND pLAyHoUsEs.
Fanny Davenport is playing 4Fedora'

Fanny Davenport is playing @Fedora"
again.
Kate Claxton is now playing 4The Two Or
phansr for the eleventh season. She has or
dered new play from D'Ennery.
Fay Templeton is still in London trying to
obtain new piece to be brought out at the
Gaiety the first of the year.
Il is intimated that Joe jefferson will with
draw from the stage shortly and pass the re-
mainder of his life in the enjoyment OF his
fortune.
James Barton Key is going to bring out
"Jack," Mrs Harry Becktets play, in New
York II has had great success in London,
and Mr.. Key is very sanguine about it.
Myra Goodwin has 500 of the drummers
of the country on her free list. They work
up boom for her wherever she plays ISIS"
and this novel advertising scheme is turning
her in a lot of money.
The Boston Ideal Opera company is all
torn up by quarrel between the two leading
ladies-MiSs Huntington and Mile. Lablache-
and if Manager Foster cannot reconcile them
one or the other will have to retire
Mr.. DION Bouclcault Is playing Inc JhI
in New York 1t is said 70 he the freshest
Of the many plays he has produced and all
the plot is inferior. The play is diyerting
enough TO make pleasant evenings enter
tainment.
Mr.. Henry Irving will visit this country
ssah rext September, bringing with him Mr..
WIZ version Of Faust" which is acknowl-
edged by all who have seen it i'll London to
nc tAs finest production in "a spectacular sense
evr seen on the stage.
Lawrence Barrett is busy man this sea-
son, directing as he does his OWL and the
tour Of Edwin Booth, and acting seven times
each week himself. He contemplates pro-
ducing new play, by George II. Boxer, in
Washington in a few weeks.
Madame Modjeska proposes to sink herself
as star She would rather become the
leading member of a strong stock company
than TO play zone part piece" Her plays
are selected for intrinsic strength, and, though
her parts will naturally be leading ones, they
will not stand out and dwarf all the others
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

Is it not a plain thing to anybody but
a man blindfolded with ignorant per-
sistency against reason, that when the
State puts the result of "levy" in her
treasury, she recognizes the levying
officer in his official capacity, and there
fore cannot recover the coupon which
she refused as tender for taxes?
Can she eat her pie and have it still?
She takes the result of the official ac-
ton and then says the officer is no officer
of hers
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11
Interest on Coupon Bonds of 'oI to be An

The Secretary of the Treasury yester-
day afternoon issued the following order,
which will release about $4,000, 900, to
meet the demand for money needed in
the movement of crops
"By virtue of the authority conferred
by law upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury, notice is hereby given that the in
terest due December 1st 1886, on United
States coupon bonds of the funded loan
of 1891 will be paid without rebate, on
the presentation of the proper coupons at
the Treasury at Washington, ID. O., and
at the various sub-treasuries."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

G.. A. Easnich, merchant of LoudOun
county, rendered coupons for his license
taxes, and when they were refused he
went on selling goods without license.
The grand jury indicted him for doing
business without a license. He pleaded
his tender, and on Monday last the County
Court Quashed the indictment and dis
missed the prosecution.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

The State very wisely sets up the wick
ed abuses resulting from the free-pass
system 1t is strange thing that people
had rather give away their character than
ten dollars for a railroad ticket. 1t is
also strange that goat will climb a cliff
to get straw rather than seek an honor
able living in pasture.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

Why should there be protests against
executive clemency to Cluverius?
The Governor is not going to pardon
Cluverius, and the protests are not COM
plimentary TO The Governors sense. The
methods of the trial went through the
judicial test of the Supreme Court, which
is enough
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

Prince Waldemar has been elected to
succeed Prince Alexander to the throne
of Bulgaria.
The Assembly arose and voted unani-
mously, but there was no enthusiasm in
the galleries, and the indication, therefore,
is that the people do not approve the Sc
lection
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-11-11

Speaker Carlisle has denied the report
that he intended to resign and force a
new election if his opponent contested
his seat. He said there was no ground on
which a contest could be made for his
seat