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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-28

A bit Of soft paper Is recommended by an
English doctor for dropping medicine into
the eye as being equally effective as brushes,
glass troopers, etc, and far less likely to
introduce foreign substances. Brooklyn
Eagla
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Grain and Cotton Exchange.

RICHMOND, VA, January 2.
OPENINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
Wheat. 10 bushels.
Corn 100 bushels.
OATS 800 bushels.
Meal 60 bushels
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
Wheat. -Longberry, 30 bushels good at
CSC.
Corn.-White, 1853 bushels prime on private
terms "a bushels very good at Sic 5le
bushels very good at Gotc.. 262 bushels good
al csc Total sales corn 902 bushels.
Oats. Spring, 49i bushels very good AT
40!c
Meal. TO bushels country bolted on private
terms
COTTON REPORT
Market dull.
Quotations -Middling, ~ Lice low mid
ding, ll.l6c.; good ordinary, sac.
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J. ". FRAYSEB. l5iS +. Main street. '.r.
sale and retail. Proprietor Oi tIay-ef 81.
inal Nerve and Rome Linlmont.
T.. Z. REEVE. G2 East MARSHALL pf .rf
Duyai n Nortou's Horse Tonic, loiloc<'r N.
pepsia remedy, &c.
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AlRFTELD DAIRY uormerly WestnanI 90
n. seventh street, and ii6 f. Nam sto...
Fresh milk. cream, butter. butter uHs. and
cheese.
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I. {. NUINIuN. 80 =. Nam sfrpOI
JOSEPH I. WINGFIELD, corner ol flrr.
aud Broad streets.
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Country Produce

Il. WALLERSTfNE & co. II aud /. s. 81.
tecnth street Potatoes, butter, Oe
bage, Ac.
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Office, 10 MOI tn Eighth street. kolmorf
Va. CaSrrh "a cd or money rcilnirf
Free test. Office hours Gam. -pm.
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VERNON PORTRAIT GALLkhS
no. i0T 4. BROAD STREET,
A. DELEN0S. PROPRIETOR.

We make none bur hrst-class work AZ th
gallery, at prices lower than elsewhere. "
Cabinets at 81 50 per dox. TIN Types tskeus 4
finished IN ten minutes. LIPESIZE run
TRAITS A SPECIALITY. Extra iarge
ducements offered 10 parties getting up o.
Of our cabinet ciubs Of ten.
ONLY GALLERY OPEN SUNDAYS
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Mrs. \. J. PYLE. SO y. Titth street. u.s.
cleaning, securing, ana carpet t|cI .
Manufacturer of the Acme RanOyatof
Mrs. III. BANNISTER. olJ T.. Broai Pr
Lace curtains q speciality.
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WILLIAM G.. FULLER. ITO Il. Cary stree,
Special attention to repairing.
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j. a. GRASBEKGER, Iiis t. Franklin str,,
All work guaranteed.
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Always on hand.
AS FINE A STOCK OF GOODS
rs can be found at any Merchant Tailoring
establishment In the country, and will b. mad
~ itrimmeu n the best manner. Thirty wears
experience as leading cutter ought TO guar
snfee entire satisfaction. and win be cod At
very nc 1derafe Dronf- Anl6-ly
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John j. GERfNG. corner OF Fourteouth .-,
Main streets. Tents, awnings, hays. hor.oag5
wagon covers.
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ndy Manufacturers

Candy Manufacturers;
OLIVER Is. DYER oit T.. Marshall .irea
Wholesale and retail. sole agent i0g ~,
Cherokee Cough Drops.
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WALTER J. TODD. i26 y. sixth street &
signments OF country produce solicited.
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I have tried b. b. y. and found It great
thing for the blood. | ALSO had heumatic pains
and the use OF one hottie of b. b b. has done
the work. but | will finish up on he second
bottle as clincher. May God spread 1t to every
ooeismytrayer. W. X. Ellis.
Brunswick, Ca. April 2s, 1881.
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Hardware aud Carriage Goods
4. y. CLARKE s. son, 1870 East MAJ sf-
hRrnIs TOR lmperlAl cnlIlch plnMs
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Butchers
WALTER f.. BRAUER, stall 30. l.. PISS
Market. Smoked beei-tonyuos speca't.
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uay. Grain, &c

Y. NICK REDfUAD, llU2 =. Nan ltftN-
sign OF the Horse. Manufacture aBd whole
IL. 4.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-20
LOUISIANA SALT MINES.
A Bel. Ut s-.,liferOus Dep0sit-Pure Inc
Aalk

a net. ot '-aliferOus DepOsit-Pure l:0cI
salt-Pepper Fields.
One of the visitors to the mines explained
to Mr.. Ely that there was a belt Of saiiferous
deposit il Louisiana extending from Bossier
and Bienville parishes, above Red river, to
the Gulf The largest of these deposits ap-
pears to be the beds of ancient exhausted
lakes. Salt springs were known to exist on
Petite Anse island from the earliest date, but
the works were abandoned until the blockade
during the war raised the price of salt SO
high in the southern states that Major Avery
leopened them for tho use Of the Confeder-
acy. 1t was at this time that he came unex-
pectedly upon the enormous stratum of pure
rock salt, which underlies the SOIL Like the
island Of Ormuz, in the Persian gulf, Petite
Anse is apparently only huge rock Of salt
The mines have now been in operation
about twenty years. The salt is excavated in
large masses by blasting with dynamite. It
is SO pure that it is prepared for the market
not by melting and refining, as in the Eng
lish mines, but simply by grinding into the
requisite grades of fineness. The native crys-
tails detached by blasting are as clear and
translucent as glass. Mr.. Ely went down into
the mine, and wandered through its far re-
treating corridors, whose pillars and lofty
arches shono with a soft silvery radiance.
When the lights Of the torches struck into the
darkness overhead, the domes flashed back
such splendors of color that it seemed to
Mr.. Ely as if he had entered one of the caves
underground where the Trolls have stored
all the jewels of the world.
''This is all a surprise to me-" said one Of
the visitors-a stout professor from some col
lege in Indiana-as he stepped from the elc-
vator into the upper air. II actually did not
know there was a mine of salt in the United
States"
"And yet," said their guide, quickly, ''you
have no doubt used our salt on your table for
years. We ship it to every large town in the
north and west"
This little island of Petite Anse furnishes
pepper as well as salt to our tables. Tobasco,
or the distilled cayenne dear to the hearts Of
gourmands and chefs, is manufactured here
out of wild pepper peculiar to Louisiana
Two or three fields produce enough of the
cultivated pods to send their essence to all
parts of this country and to Europe. It i;
one of the numberless minor industries which
have sprung into life throughout the south
since the war, and which hint at the strength
and vitality of that long sterile soil.--Re-
becca Harding Davis in Harper's Magazine.
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CARL DUNDER'S SAYINGS.

Bits of Wisdom with Slight German
Flavor-Pertinent Sentences.
II hat bird in my handt can eat him.
II he vhas in der bushes maybe go hungry.
If you vhas sure you vhas right 60 aheadt
some more midoudt shtoping.
Money makes der mare go off on gallop,
but maype she doan't shtop until she preaks
her neck.
It vhas foolish to tell der sluggard to 60 to
der ant. He doan' 60 onless you gif him
free ticket on der shtreet car, and den he vhas
too lazy to consider her ways.
If you can get out of shall today doan' put
him off till tomorrow.
Honesty vhas der best policy, but it vhas
mostly practiced by men who gif heaplng
measure in order to hide der badt fruit at der
bottom.
Truth vhas mighty und must prevail, but
some folks thrive so wonderfully we'll on
lying as to discourage honest folks.
It vhas saidt dat one-haf der worldt doan'
know how der odder half lifs. Vhell, / like
to find dot half which doan' know! Eafery
womans knows all about feefty families.
Money vhas der root of all evil. If you
doan' pellet him you go off somewhere und
lose your wallet.
Bring oop shild in der vhay he should go
vhas all right, but how ish dot vhay? Dot
vhas where we doan' see init der same eyes.
When tieves fall oudt honest men get DER
dues-in some horns! II der lawyer leaves
anything for anybody to get like to see
himl
Dere vhas some goot fish in der sea after
you catch some oudt, but dot vhas poor con-
ISOLATION to der parties who nefer get a bite
when dey go fishing.
Der blossoms always come pefore der buds
vhas beautiful saying, but what we vhas all
after vhas der fruit. One big apple yhas
worth q thousand blossoms.
We should be honest, efen if we die in der
poor house-und dot vhas der place where
most of der honest men die. like some poor
widow womans to get her lost money back,
but maype nobody saw me pick it up!
Break today und buy tomorrow vhas aw-
full true It means dot my hired girl can
preak all my dishes und make me buy some
more. und it doan' cost her cent
Der wicked man shumps oafer fence und
runs off when no policeman vhas after him,
hnt der man who robs der widow uld orfan
lifs in big brick house on der avenue, und
doan' be afraid Of nopody.-Carl Dunder in
Datr0it Free Press
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SOCIAL ETIQUETTE
Manners and Customs Practiced i'm Polite
Society.

Manners and Customs Practiced in Polite
Society.
A gentleman always lifts his hat when Of
fering service to a lady, whether he is ac-
quainted with her or not It NAV be. saws
one authority on the social etiquette of New
York, the restoration of q dropped kerchief
or fan, the receiving of her money to pass it
to the cash box of car, the opening of her
umbrella as she descends from a carriage
all the same. He lifts it before or during the
courtesy it possible. She bows, and, if she
chooses, she also smiles her acknowledge
ment; but she does the latter family and does
not speak. To say s'Thank you' is not an
excess of acknowledgment. but it has ceased
to be etiquette.
When gentleman accompanies a lady
upon whom such an attention is bestowed. he
always lifts his hat and says ''Thanl YOU "
1t it is in the giving up Of seat to the lady,
he will not seat himself while tho obliging
stranger is still standing, but will call his at
tention to the first vacant place should he be
unobservant of it.
A gentleman opens door for a strange
lady, holds it open with one hand and lifts
his hat with tho other while she passes
through in advance of him. He always offers
her the precedence, but he does it silently and
without resting his gaze upon her, Is il he
would say: "You are a lady and am gen
tleman-1 am polite for both our sakes"
A gentleman always raises his hat hen he
begs lady's pardon for an inadvertence,
whether he is known to her Oh not,
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prooress in the Celestial Empire.

According to The Chinese Times the neceS~
sity for the opening up of the Celestial EN-
Dire to civilization grows apace, and can only
he effectually carried out by the railroad pro-
iects now again under discussion. In some
notes Of travel in Lu and Isl the writer
states that everywhere in Shantung the nam
roads are lined with sumptuous tablets, tell
ing. as if in mockery, OF the repair OF the
road NV this or that official. In many cases
tho cost of the tablet absorbed the greater
nort Of the expenditure. In the meantime
10 roads are in ruins and impossible The
h,,sha ndman sows and reaps his grain, and II
4 he an average crop he has just enough to
.,,nnort his family and dependents till the
rart harvest. If it falls short he and they
have tn starve or live on roots and weeds, 1or
.,nnlies of food he cannot obtain from eise-
where. if it be abundant the surplus is rather
~, ;n,nediment to him than otherwise. he
has not the means of storing or preserving IT,
and the want Of roads prevents HIM from
so,,d;no it to those who need it. Absoluteiy
10 hos no market for his surplus; for MS I'M
n,ediote neigbbors have, like hlmseil,
s,,narfnity. and the carriage to any district
- ,,ead Of It would more than absorb the en-
10 - value Of what he has to offer. A Pater
-, ~ ,rovarnment besides forbids him to ex-
..o,+ T. 80. as q matter Of fact, the industral
aehack to overpopulation is removed, ana nus
e.Ss;,v and dependents increase till they eat
m themselves the entire produce - ~ aly
wonder he grows listless and careless' anu 4l.
FRAT each generation finds itself lower ~ 'n0
scala OF humanitY!-Public Opan'o"'
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CURIOUS THINGS IN LIFE,

In Connecticut gang of tramps killed
and ate farmers dog that interfered with
them.
John King nearly died in the country near
Plymouth, Mich, on account of an immense
meal Of raw chestnuts
A man in Ogdensburg, N. Y, converted a
footstool into bank. After his death s61O
in gold was found in the stool and the hole
plugged up with plaster Of paris.
Farmer Biggerstaff, of Richmond, KY,
recently plowed up dozen army crackers
which were as fresh as when the rebel forces
abandoned them twenty five years ago.
A Lewiston (Me.) blacksmith makes iron
and steel finger rings which, he says, are
sure cure for the rheumatism. He gets 80
cents apiece for them and warrants them to
cure. -..*
A Vassar (Mich.) barber has baby 10
months old that caught live mouse the
other day and proceeded to eat it, hide hoofs
and all. The squealing vermin was rescued,
fortunately, before the baby had succeeded
in its design
Says the st. Cloud (Minn.) Press-N News:
''Mr. John Buckman's little son broke his leg
again on Friday. He was walking with his
father and slipped and fell. This is the elcv-
enth time the child has broken the bones of
its arms or legs"
A man clad in nothing but shirt walked
up to the ticket Office on the platform of
station in Dublin and applied for a ticket.
He had delirium tremens and had gone into
the waiting room, taken off his clothes and
left them there. He was dressed and arrested
and fined five shillings and costs at the police
court.
One man in Kalamazoo has bought cast
iron mail box for his porch. He has just
found s25 draft moldering in the grass in
his front yard, where it had lain since the
playful breezes captured it four weeks ago.
He is now sweating over an eight page apol-
ogy which he feels he must send to square
the abuse he heaped upon the fellow who
owed him.
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Sorghum Sugar.

A correspondent writing from Fort Scott,
Kan, il Science, on the results of expert
ments carried on in Kansas under the aus
pices Of the department of agriculture, in
making sugar from sorghum, says:
This much, at least, can be said Of these
experiments: they have shown that good
marketable sugar can be made from sorghum
cane in sufficient quantities to pay at the
present prices for the products and by-prod-
ucts of the manufacture. The question as to
whether we arc to have national sugar in
dustry il the United States will probably
work out it's own solution before many years.
These experiments in the manufacture of
sugar should have particular interest for
scientific men, for their success means not
only a triumph Of science but also COM
plete vindication of the policy Of giving gov-
ernmental aid to scientific Investigations,
The development Of the sorghum sugar in
dustry SO far has been carried on entirely by
til" department Of agriculture with appro-
priations made by congress for that purpose.
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There are many tribes among the Ameri-
can Indians, but year by year their numbers
are decreasing. The home Of the civilized
and partially civilized remnants of the once
powerful and warlike Indian tribes is known
as the Indian territory, and contains what
are called reservations, Oh which the various
tribes dwell Agents representing the United
States live among these tribes with a view to
their further advancement and protection
Many of the tribes have settled down in com
parative contentment and follow agricultural
pursuits for a livelihood and have become
quite civilized. Others, from their naturally
fierce and warlike dispositions, continue to
give more or less trouble to the government.
Among the latter may be named the Utes in
Colorado and the Apaches in New Mexico.
Our cut represents Ute squaw and her
papoose, or baby. The Utes are tribe of
the Shoshones or Snakes, are migratory in
their habits and great hunters. They enjoy
wandering about the country and are to be
found in New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and
Colorado. When a Ute squaw takes up her
line Of march she straps the little papoose to
her back In the cut she is holding the in
FAINT in her arms, SO that our young people
may have a picture of tho faces of both
mother and child.
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Healthy and Unhealthy Occupations.

Healthy and Unhealthy Occupations.
The English registrar general has made a
comparison between the healthy and un-
healthy occupations Assuming the normal
average death rate Of the community as the
unit of comparison, and calling it 1000, par
ticular occupations may be regarded as
healthy or unhealthy according as the death
rates among those pursuing them fall above
or below that figure. The most healthy oc-
cupation appears to be that of ministers of
religion, whose rate is $50. Next are garden
ers and nurscrymen, 800; farmers and gra-
ziers, G31; agricultural laborers, 761; school
masters, 719; and grocers, coal merchants,
paper, lace and hosiery manufacturers,
wheelwrights, ship builders and coal miners,
with all of whom the average death rate is
under 10 The most unhealthy occupations
are the trades connected with the liquor traf-
fic and hotel service, with which the death rate
is 2,305; following these are general laborers
in London, 2,020; costermongers, bankers and
street sellers, 1870; innkecpers, ETC., 1921;
and brewers, 1861 After the trades con-
nected with alcohol, the highest rates are
furnished by occupations that involve the
breathing of dust-other than coal dust-and
exposure to lead poisoning The death rate
among butchers is also high, Ito.
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The Elephant as q Nurse.

In India, where the elephant is treated by
his owner almost as one of the family, the
grateful animal makes return for the kind
ness shown it by voluntarily taking care of
the baby. It will patiently, says St Nicho-
las, permit itself to be mauled by its little
charge and will show great solicitude when
the child cries. Sometimes the elephant will
become so attached to its baby friend as to
insist upon its constant presence. Such
case is known where the elephant went so
far as to refuse to eat except in the presence
of its little friend. Its attachment was so
genuine that the childs parents would not
hesitate to leave the baby in the elephants
care, knowing that it could have no more
faithful nurse. And the kindly monster
never belied the trust reposed in it. 1t the
flies came about the baby, it would drive
them away. If the child cried the giant
nurse would rock the cradle until the little
one slept
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India Ink Impressions of Ferns.

Procure some smooth cartridge paper, then
take the ferns or leaves and arrange them in
position. If ferns, they look well put in
groups; if ivy, it will look well as border;
but whichever it is, put a pin through leaf
here and there to keep the fronds from
moving-very fine pins, or the holes will
show. Then procure small tooth comb, a
stick of India ink, and a toothbrush Dis
solvethe ink in water-don'tg get it in Jumps
and dip your brush in the ink. Do not get
too much on and rub in gently along the
comb, holding it over the group Of ferns. If
you get too much ink on your brush, it will
fall in big drops; the object is to make them
as fine as possible. Rub more or near the
joints of the ferns, just as in photograph,
and let the color gradually die away to the
edge.
Take the ferns off, and, says Golden Days,
you will be surprised at the effect you have
produced. If neatly done, the ferns will bear
strong resemblance to a large sized photo
graph.
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COURTSHlP AND MARRIAGE.

A wedding epidemic has broken out in
Paris, KY.
A tailoring firm at Charlottesville adver-
tises that marriage license will be given
every young man who will buy his wedding
suit of them.
In trial at Philadelphia the other day
the fact was brought out that two young
people, who were neighbors, had been in tho
habit Of doing their courting on the roof of a
house near by.
John Martin, of Trimbelvillc, Chester
county, Pa, courted Miss Estella Webb for
twenty years and then broke a marriage en-
gagcment. Now she sues him for $50 900, or
$1,000 year for his courting.
James B. Bell, who is mentioned as having
been an eccentric man, died recently in Mid
dleton, Conn He leaves four wives and has
gone to meet three and at the time OF his
death he was preparing for his eighth mar
riage.
A young man at Tit1in, o., courted q young
lady until o'clock in the morning. When
he started to go home he found the door
fastened with wires SO that he could not
open it. When he tried to crawl o,1s of a
window he was arrested as u burglar and
had to be identified by the girl
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AMONG THE CHILDREN.

Little Tommy-Ma, wouldn't it be nice il
YOU had the toothache, stead Of Bridget!
Mrs. Blueblood-Why, my son! Little Toni
my-'Cause you take your teeth out; she
can't.'-Exchange.
Little Rosalind 6 years DID, Mamma,
where has Uncle Jack gone? Mamsna-On
ranch, pet; he's gone to be cowboy. Rosa
lind (after pause tearfully)-Oh, mamma!
will he have horns1Harper's Bazaar.
A little boy in Mount Vernon to whom
had been given birthday present of $500
asked his mother if he could buy wife for
that sum. She told him that q wife would
cost about SO much, when his eyes flashed
and he said: IF it's goin' to cost that much
I dess I'd rather have q horse. boston
Trnvallar.
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Til, equipment at Cornell in the limo Of
electrical engineering bids fair to become,
according to Science, tic most complete in
the country It has been almost wholly con-
tributed by friends Of the university. Tho
last and most important addition to tho col
lection is that of the Westinghouse $50 light
alternating current dynamo, exeter, lamps
and other material required in establishing
the plant. The list Of dynemos now includes
the Edison, the Grar1ne, the Mather, the
Westinghouse alternating current, the West
inghouse continuous, number of Weston
and minor makes, and all sizes, from little
toy machine made in the university shops to
tho 50 or GO horse power machines just added
~ tl,n 1is.,