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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

The Hanover ard Caroline seaato.,h ship.
/. Is understood that there Is q grow
ing feeling among The Democrat Of
Hanover which will probably res III in
Offering TO Nj Henry Z. NicAbam the
Democratic nomination for The senator
ship left vacant By the death Of his
father General Williams c. " ickhan il
being recognized that VI Wickham. Ike
his lamenied father, has always cooper
aied heartily with the Conservative party
20 resist Mahone'sm in this state. and
that be vii. support Cleveland IL the
coming election
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02
OUR STREET CARS.
,voyx.s THE M,NCHrsrfR RAIL
v,yA IMPROVEMENT toMfA>f'

y
All Preparins For The sxoosition.
There is genera desire among the
citizens o. Richmond. and particularly
The r aders Of The TIMES, VINO are tne
rcpresentatiye people Of the cry, 10
know what IL the forthcoming acuon oi
Of the various street car lines Of the cry.
There is scarcely any douoi-in ia'l
there is no douh'-lpt iha; the various
companies controlling these lines VIII
eiye all facilities possible to eyeryDody.
HARD At WORK.
The new line Of stree, cars. which has
the franchise 20 run sll over Manches'er
and Richmond. are hard Al work buidlns
their line in Richmond Tic track IS laid
nm fo Third Stree. and il Is expected VII
he I'm operation oy ;he Exposition.
Last winter q bin was passed ~ ne
two branches of She General Assembly OF
Virsinia incorporating the Mhn'hes'el
R.ilwav g. Improvement COMPANY, anu
the charter gives Them the right 10 hul'd,
contract ana t-t't "'.,','s,., ~ hors,
operated n' s.e~'.', .-...',. ,,..,ht desire
The franch.-" vas granted, however,
lv the General Assembly conditioned
pncn the cts a. Il cAmond and the city
NJ Manchester giving Tie Manchester
Street Railway * lmpToYemen, Company
fhe right of way through the tWo cities
either 'y s'e''"' '''0 ''''s'
power
NAN'hh''Hh ''' ~ -
The Manchester Council gave tAe com
pany ali ihc iranchises asked for They
we're 10 construct street railway up
Hull street from Mayo H1.ise 90 SeY-
eufh street. thence % Decatur street,
thence 10 Twelfth s.rec and ,Aence ou'
Twelfth street go CoNasdia Avenue.
.........,..-
~ '''''
The company chen applied 10 'Ac Board
of Supervisor. az Henrico county for the
privilege Of running their .ine ou' ile
Continuation of Leigh -iEe,, .n ,a- f'Hn-
ty. and across the Richmond, fIedeiicA.-
lufe A Potomac Railroad isaCa, A'3
ihe Exposition Grounds The baan
postponed ihc consideration o. 'De app"-
cfilon util tAef M'ciii- na l". i'i.o0
ing Saturday, an" "' i"t. s.ls'' ..",
meeting lhe Board eha''ino.''l -''--e'
'he company iar -i-i..' "-Nt' .'.'
WHAT Dr.. lvoNu u-D
rto .,,oery ,hen came ta tbe Rich.
,.'rI Circ r.rnri. .nf obtained lie
,i,f, .. .o.. aior- Four.eenth ,,r.et.
nom vat0. Er.tr. fo Broad. thence
dis-o,,rv across Broad to College.
tbe9 to Marshal, and up Marshall 10 Tire
cornnrafe limits The CouacI granted
tbc nri,i,eres a.aod for'
Tio comnaav Nen aupra-el before
the City Council and ae6tC lhf I-ht 10
construct iheii inc ai'hg i0lIleeh," d"
street 10 Main, sAip lAe streets rom 5,aih
20 MARSHA ana begin rou'e fom Mar
shall and College 10 iAe LAposiiioh
grounds. The Councl. allowed inis
privilege. This company 'hen nh1eI me
Management OF MAJOR uInel "eni a,
work and iAey nave accomplished q -'ea.
deal
WHAT THY HAVE REALLY DoNa.
A, ro,r,.,,.h s,r.e, ,ho ci.c ,ail t5e
az wa Ntff''
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

The Manchester Counci. gave tAe com
panv all TIE franchises asked for Iley
we're 10 construct street railway up
HnU street from Mayo D1iise 90 SeY-
cnih street. thence % D,eaiuf street,
thence % Twelfth stree. and thence our
Twelfth street go C0Hagdia Avenue.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

There is general desire among The
citizens Of Richmond. and particularly
ihe r aders Of ;he TINES VINO are the
representative people Of the cry, 10
know what il the forthcoming action oi
If the various street car lines Of the city
There is scarcely any dou9t-in ia0'
There is no Goub.-lut thai the various
compsni,s controlling these lines VIII
ejye all facilities possible to every body
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02

The company 'heu applied 10 flo Board
Of Supervisor. of Henrico cnIa'J' for the
privilege Of running their line ou' ile
Continuation of Leigh ,-e,, ia ,l- r9nr-
tv. and across the Richmond, fIcdciicA.-
lufe A Potomac Railroad track, into
Nse Exposition Grounds. TIE Board
postponed ihc consideration o. 'Ae app.i-
c,u6n uitil tAcir meeting oa Gee follow
ing Saturday. and at iaa' subsequent
meeting ihc Board unanimously granted
the company Dee r.1l., asked to-.
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Taken altogether. the removal O, the
monitors from City poiat 20 ou7 inme-
diaie vicinity viii be Of decided benefit
20 Richmond sHd il is a source 81 con.
graduation 70 the city thai the Gre ern
meui has decided on the step CC'0nel
Ruilin. Nj Wise and all Sho lave been
instrumental IN electlng the removal de
serve the hearty thanks Of al or ciil-
zens.
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"The double track from Clay and Han
cock streets, thence 10 Broad and thence
oui TO the Exposition grounds viii be
constructed lust so soon as the iron rails
are received, said General Manager
Burt yesterday
These iron rails viii le cotton from
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-02
wtaTaxK INDICATIONS.

-, w.sHtso-oS sept i.-iriicat.ors
! uux for virginia aaG North Carolina
- Threatening weather and rain. fol
loved hy ci aripf' cNoi'I N'''N 7"'' ''"'
'norftcriy
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Fer .nsteeo or ebedtently approaching
Mr. B.Rke's catstretched hand, Sim rose
on his hind legs and staggered across the
room, wildly waving his hand above his
head. Then he chartered and hiccoughed
alternately for moment, after which he
plunged boisterously at unhappy Mr..
Putter, and whom he bit in the calf Of the
leg. He's mad-he's got the hydro
phobiar' shouted Nr. Putter, in dire dis
may as he held on to the wounded member
with both hands.
If Sim rds mad there was method In his
madness; for all at once, having violently
twitched the tail of the Angora cat IN pass
ing, he skipped nimbIy up on a side table
upon which stood the handsome buhl
writing desk belonging to Mrs. Brown
Before that estimable lady realized the
situation Sim threw back the lid and
snatched in his small paw an addressed en-
velope with broken seal, with which he
sprang to the floor.
Mrs. Browns fine color gave place to a
sickIy pallor as she saw the act
Catch him, some one-that letter"-she
gasped, and Francie Bruton. who was not
in the least afraid of Sim, whom she had
often coaxed into her room with bonbons,
was quick to respond.
Selling Sim laughingly as he dashed
past her, Francie wrested the envelope
from his paw, but as her eyes unwittingly
rested on the address SO plainly visible un'
der the glass chandelier, she uttered a lit
tie exclamation of surprise.
"Why-it's addressed to me-and the
seal is brokenr' she exclaimed, fixing her
clear eyes on Mrs. Theodosia Brown, who,
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for the moment, was stricken dumb.
There was an awkward silence that was
suddenly broken by Dick Blake's deliber-
ate vice.
"Yes, Miss Franc;e," he said, quietly,
II know it is yours, because 1 wrote it and
laid 1t in your room while you were out
this morning. The seal was unbroken
them" he added, with curling lip
by Jove. that's a facer for the widow"
muttered Buffer, who was known to have
sporting pruclivities.
~ think l must bid you good night"
said Francie, bowling with a slightly
heightened color to the curious faces about
her. Good night, Mrs. Brown" and van
ished through the door.
Half an hour later Mr.. Blake heard a
gentle tap at his door. Throwing it open,
he stood for a moment in a state of extatic
bewildernent
For before him stood Francie, looking
demurely downward at knot of roses,
whose carnation seemed reflected in her
cheeks.
With a rapturous exclamation Blake
sprang forward. But lifting her glad eyes
to his own with sweet, yet shy glance.
which told him all he would know, Fran
Gle turned and sped lightly up the stair
way. Pausing at the head of the flight
and detaching one Of the roses from her
breast, she touched her fresh young lipi
TO it and tossed it so deity that it fell al
Blake's feet.
Z" Something to be thankful for" she
whispered-'.good-ni night And Blake, no,
unfrequently, calls his wife his Thanks
giving rose. FRAME n. CONVERSE.
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The PROHIRITIONISTS.
Where Is the Vote That Was to Rob {
Republicans of Victory?

Where Is the Vote That Was to Rob the
Republicans of Victory?
Next to the establishment expressed
over the disappearance of the mug
wump vote is that relating to the Pro-
hibition vote. The threatened over
whelming of both parties by the advo-
Gates of prohibition was boast too
recently made to be easily forgotten,
but at least one of the old parties is
alive and XII No, the other party
is kicking. while the Prohibitionists,
where are they? Where is the vote
which was to rob the Republicans of
the prize by defeating Harrison in
New York? Where was the boosted
Prohibition strength in Iowa, the
stronghold of prohibitory legislation?
There is but one answer to these ques-
tons. Prohibitlonists. unlike mug
wumps, are amenable to the laws of
reason, and when they are con-
WINGED of the error of their
former ways, they thereupon retrieve
their mistakes. In spite of sporadic
agitation in a few widely scattered
points the Prohibitionists made little
attempt to rally under the banner of
the hermaphrodite ticket of Fisk and
Brooks. Prohibitionists have at last
come to the conclusion that their
cause will flourish better under Repub-
lican rule than under the proposed
regime of prohibition. They never
had chance of succeeding national
ly, and their hope of obtaining the bal
ance of power is gone Their local at
tempts at prohibition have proved
failures, and therefore the wise men of
the party have generally agreed that
the cause will be better served by aid
ing in the success of the Republican
movement This is about the only rea-
sonable conclusion they could arrive
at, and the wisdom of their action will
be seen in the coming years. 1t is to
be sadly regretted, however, that they
did not unite for Warner Miller in
New York, who stood upon a platform
of temperance and decency, as opposed
to the rowdy and saloon elements
which backed Dave Hill Chicago
Nal.
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Press

-IHItUuetpHLU TTeSS-
Rg The Democrats who were bet
ting on Michigan have gone out into
the woods to meet the fellows who
staked their money on Minnesota
Burlington HaUkeye.
IA The Brigadiers who have been
sojourning abroad for the past few
years at the expense of the country
they tried to destroy can prepare to
come home Ohio State Journal
Ea5- Thanks to the Republican Ma
tional Committee They were men,
every one, and were backed up by men
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More
harmonious and energetic workers
never united to accomplish greater re-
suits. Chicago Inter Ocean.
EN- 1t has been decided that the
people of the United States do not on
coming to the forks of the path, take
the one that leads downward into the
barbaric lands, but they are on the
march for the higher and better civil
cation where the sunlit cities shine
on the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
EH~The Democrats say that the Re-
publicans thought up enough votes
to carry New York. If that was the
case, there must have been a good
many Democrats for sale. But it is
not true. The Republican gain was in
the country, where the purchaseable
vote is not found This seems to de-
stroy that plea Chicago Journal.
BS Farewell to thee, Grover the
Lucky, Bayard the Blunderer, Gar
land the Unsavory, Black the Total
Wreck, Higgins the Heller. Phelps the
Chappie, German the Smooth, Steven
son the Headsman, Kelley. the Royal
Football, Dickinson the Partisan, and
all the phantasmaso rical crew who
have strutted and fretted through the
nightmare of what seems a political
dream!-BufaLo Express.
s6Think of it! There is not only
a prospect, but an absolute certainty,
of Delaware being represented in the
Senate by Republican,! The little
colony, which has all along been
looked at as the personal pocketpiece
of the Bayards (Buyards. if you please,
with the accent on the Buy, has at
last plucked up courage and obtained
Republican majority in its Legis-
lature- This insures a Republican
Senator, If the aristocrstic king of the
copperheads does not make use of the
first syllable of his pronounced mama
Chicago Nail
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Hans Brietman gave party;
Where is dot party now!
The Nation had a surplus;
Where is that surplus now:
G. Cleveland whacked the surplus;
Where is G. Cleveland now?
His message struck the surplus;
Where is that message now.
Free Trade assailed the surplus;
Where are Free Traders new:
The Mills bill hit the surplus:
Where is the Mills bill now:
They all "shied " at the surplus;
Where are the "shyers" nowf
The country had Z surplus;
Where is that surplus nowg
Don't worry about the surplus;
II will be all right now,
Troy (N ~ Times.
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to create diversion by loudly inqu;r;ng
as to the whereabouts Of his friend Sim,
whom he had not seen that evening.
Had Mr.. Blake known that a wicked
young man among the guests-Bluffer by
name-had been slyly plying Sim with
egg-nogg behind the window curtains, be
would perhaps not have ventured the
query.
''Sim! oh, he's chained in the bay-win-
dow, sound asleep" responded the widow,
with glance in that direction.
But alasl Sim was neither chained o.
asleep, and at the repetition OF his name
he suddenly crawled from beneath the
curtaia folds on three legs, and uttering
sound like hiccough strangled in its
birth.
The fsore timid of the ladies uttered
small screams and cast imploring glances
at their male protectors. Miss Dash, gath
ering her skirts ABOUT her, skipped upon
the nearest chair, as females do at the ap-
proach of mouse.
Naughty Sim" said Mrs. Brown, re-
bukingly. 'Mr. Blake, will you"
The sudden pause in her adiuration was
caused by the unexpected action Of Sim,
who IN strict justice was usually one Of
the most gentlemanly and mild hammered
Of small monkeyA
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pathos, as the case may be, are quite famil-
lar to present day readers.
1t vaguely occurs to me that l have
somewhere read or heard that truth is
stranger than fiction" Ard this shall be
my apology for thus departing from es-
tablished usages in the simple Thanksgi
ing tale which itself is connected with
Sim-Theodosia Browns monkey.
The monkey was only part of Mrs.
Browns menage-menagerie, Mrs. Bax-
ter's other boarders called it The widow
was also the owner of a parrot, two
dwarfed pugs with sawed-off noses, an
Angora cat and a small pet alligator. But
Mrs. Theodosis Brown had inherited from
the deceased Brown something like half
q million. And as she paid literally for
her two front rooms on the first flight
Mrs Baxter would have allowed her to
have kept an anaconda or q baby elephant
provided they did not annoy the other
boarders.
Dick Blake, who had the room opposite.
was never annoyed by Mrs Browns pets.
Indeed, generally speaking, they were to
him a source of perpetual joy and comfort
1t might have been the extreme interest
which>he took in them all-the alligator
excepted-thatle led the fair widow to fancy
that IN spite Oh ner SIX years OF seniority
she had made q conquest of the handsome
young fellow at whom she had cast Ian
gushing eyes.
Dick himself was far too modest to
dream of the interest he had aroused in the
widows heart Indeed, he would as soon
have. thought of making love to Mrs. Bax-
ter, ibis landiady, who was old enough to
be his mother. even had his affections not
already been pre-empted.
Her name was Frank or Francie-ac-
cording to the fancy Of her friends Dick
called her Miss Francie always. pending
thetIme when he fondly hoped to cali her
Frsncie darling. Her room was up three
flights, and Mrs. Theodosia Brown always
spoke of her IN view of her occupation as
s'that type writer girl"
But Mrs. Brown was thirty odd, some
what high coiored, inclined to embonp0in
and LAngtry wave: while Francie was
nineteen, with q graceful, well-roundeo
figure and firm, elastic step, suggestive
of perfect health. And when I add that she
had q sweet, refined face lussroasdark eye.
sad heavy hair curling tendril- like over Q
broad, white forehead, and was, withal, a
g6odsas she was pretty, il win be readily
es2 chat the widow had the best Of fem
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--put u 70 the test
And MIDI lose il all =

This, then, was the meaning of the sheet
after sheet which, completed and torn up
in disgust. filled his waste paper basket
Thanksgiving morning, while small Sim.
The monkey, having temporarily escaped
from his mistress room. sat looking Down
at the disturbed w-:tsr ,citti Infinite inter-
est iroyi re open transom over the door.
But finally Dick managed to compress
his hopes. fears and desires into four
closely woven pages Of commercial note.
az may venture to hope" he said, in
a burst of originality at the close, will
you wear at yoIr throat when you come
down to dinner one of the JacqueminOts
the chambermad left on you- dressing
case this morning." and signed his name.
This eristle, enveloped and addressed, he
took upstairs Miss Francie's door stood a
little ajar. He raped once, twice, but
only echoed replied. Hesitating moment,
Mr.. Blake stepped softly in and with half
rererent glance about the prettily fur
nished little apartment with its atmos-
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FARMER kENTs PARsoN.
Written for this paper.1
Who stood IN the Kestibule.

Who stood IN the Vestoule.
The parson stayed a moments space
BY the beggar grim and gray:
He said: Good morrow, my worthy friend
Are you giving thanks to-day.
Move on-no doubt your dinner waits;
And the parson went his way.
The beggar smiled: My Father lands
Extend from sea to sea;
He feeds the ravens when they CRY,
And He'u save q crumb for me.
somewhere within His wide domain
A table doth await;
Beneath some humble cotterS roof,
Or by the rich mans gate;
only know need not haste,
will not be too late"
Then Farmer Kent passed where he stood;
He was kindly man,
With shoulders broad, and heartsome voice
And cheek and brow OF tan.
He said: - 1 own as fair home
As is beneath the SKY;
Yet when l catch the scent of fame,
Or when the WIND is high,
Ifear, mayhap. 4 smoking heap
VIII greet my eager eye.
Ny fields are rich with flociIs and herds,
Ny wI1e IS good and fair;
And half q score Of gi-ls and boys
Crowd close about my chair.
of could know death would not come
And all their beauty blight
This morn l was happy man,
] may not be to-nignt"
Shall not the Judge of all the earth
Do for His own the right:
Some time agone, it is not long,
Your fortune fair was mine;
My wealth took wings and few away;
But shall fret and pine!
81 My wife and chIld-greeu grows the turf
Above their place of rest;
No drop OF blood is kin to me,
There is no lOwly nest
To call my OWE; and yetrm sure
The Father doeth best.
When summer breezes round me play,
And sunshine warns my face,
flare along. only know
I'll find my rightful place.
o And when the summer days are dead,
When ice and frost and snow
Blot out the sun and hide the earth,
And fierce winds wildly blow,
Still trusting to my Fathers hand,
Upon my wav go.
The summer leaves and running brooks
Were never more His own
Than are the frosts and biting winds
That chill me to the BONE
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AFTER THE ELECTION.

1R The educational campaign has
been a wonderful Democratic eye
opener-M Y Tribune.
ES THE Solid South" and "The
Solid North" will merge into 1.-The
Solid United States" Hail, Columbiai
-MJnue1nolis Tribune
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mime reasons fer speaking in sighting
way of Francis Bruton.
Now, Dicks heart had long before gone
out into FraIcie's keeping If the young
girl herself was aware of this she made no
sign Why should she when he had never
spoken-in words. But on this particular
day Dick Blake had resolved to
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Then Farmer Kent took Of his hat;
He said: 81 came to-day
To hear the parson talk OF Heaven,
And, haply. show the way;
But the truest preacher have seen
Is this beggar, lean and gray.
Now come with me; from this day forth
You are my honored guest"
The beggar shrank-the farmer said:
" The Father knoweth best.
"H He leadeth you, He leadeth me,
He brought US all the way,
Through paths of sin, and doubt, and pain,
To this Thanksgiving Day,
That you might teach me how to trust,
To thank Him, and to pray.
A coy nook awaits for you
Beside my ample hearth;
Aha. He never makes mistakes,
The Judge OF all the earth"
MARGRET HOLMES
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DICK BLAKE.
The Story Of His Thanksgiving
Rose-How He Won It.
Written for this paper.1

HE THANKSGIV-
ing story of fiction
is apt to have a GER
tain sameness about
it. The country, the
gathering under the
family roof-tree, the
dinner and the wan
derers' return, all
con n &c tie d by a
thread of love or
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Respectfully inform all who intend
building in Manchester and vicinity
that they are prepared to furnish
Telegram-herald., 1888-11-07
C-ren Corn and Okr,.

'sTt Is southern fashion 10 cock green
corn in the husb, and never ls it rnors deli
cioss,n says lover OF the good things of
the table.
Remove only the coarse outer hrlsrs. lesv-
hng on the inner ones, Strip these down so
"a 60 remove the SIX. then tis them in place
again and boil Serve within bowl Of melted
butter and season well with salt and pepper.
"Okra and tomatoes are excellent when es-
caIlcped Slice them and tnse twice as much
IL the otra os Of ths tomato, stow lfteen
minutes, add butter. salt and pepper; pour
into an esrtacn dish. sprinkle with tre.d
crumbs and bits Of busser and bake about
half on hour