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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

Many men who would make very re
sDectablc presidents OF the United states
could not successfully run retail gro
Gerry store. The anxieties OF the grocery
would wear them out. For consider the
varied ability that the grocery requires--
the foresight about the markets, 10 take
advantage Of an Is per cent. off or
on here or there; the vigilance required To
keep full lnen and not livestock, to
dispose OF goods before they spoil or the
popular taste changes; the snavity ana
integrity and dupicity and fairness and
adaptability needed 10 get customers and
keep them; the power to bear the daily
and hourly worry; the courage To face the
ever present specter Of failure which
Is said TO come upon so merchants in 100;
the tact needed to meet the whims ana
the complaints Of patrons and the dill
Guilty Of getting the patrons who grumblc
most TO pay i'll order TO satisfy the cred
itors
When the retail grocer wakens In the
morning he feels that his business is not
going to come 10 him spontaneously; he
thinks of his rivals, OF his perlous stock,
of his debts and his delinquent customers.
He has no constitution to go by, moth
ing but his wits and energy to set against
the world that day, and every day the
struggle and the anxiety are the same.
What a number of details he has TO carry
in his head consider, for instance, how
many different kinds of cheese there are,
and how different people hate and love
the same kind, and how keen must be
his appreciation Of the popular taste! The
complexities and annoyances Of his bust
ness are excessive, and he cannot afford
to make many mistakes; If he does, he
will lose his business, aud when man
fails in business honestly he loses his
nerve, and his career j. ended. II IS simply
amazing, when You consider il, tie amount
Of talent Shown in what are called the
ordinary businesses of life. -Harper's
Magazine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
OUR CITY.

The map OF Richmond has been so
vastly changed 10 the last ten years that
II Is hardly recognized, and the recent
great enterprise in rapid transit has
placed the city ahead with any town OF
her size in the United States, while she
has advantages Of location and climate to
offer extra inducements 10 immigration.
The modern city will be vastly more
comfortable than the OLD one. 1t spreads
over greater area by reason of the facill-
ties OF rapid transit, and Richmond is so
located that it has top drainage and
sewer drainage both, such as 10 secure
the most heal,hful conditions.
The railway lines that connect all the
outlying suburbs with the heart of the
city enable the citizen, whether merchant
or laborer, to keep bis family in com
Portable home at fair expense Of living;
and more than this, If the laboring man
gets a home mile beyond the city limits,
in five years it will be worth three times
what lie gives for 1t now. These are
practical ideas that our citizens
should consider, and that should be
put forward on all the trade
lines of Richmond. And there Is
another thing TO let the world know, and
that is that we mean TO maintain just re-
lations between capital and labor, so as
no, TO have any disturbances to break
the tide OF oMSrogress. -
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The new treaty with China imposing
new restrictions on immigration is be-
fore the Senate
The fact is that the old treaty was
strong enough, but corrupt officials con
nived at violations of IT, Ii is shown by
the figures that the gross immigrations OF
those who have remained living and dead
amounts TO lG6,S07 That country with
an area of 1901, 400 square miles and CO.,
100000 of people, twice as large as China
proper, should raise a row at this petty
issue is simply piece of sensational
demagogueism
The debate on this question in the
Senate will DO interesting, but of course
il will be performed in star chamber
session, end The public will get just a:
much Of it as the Senate chooses and nc
more.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
DAUGHTERS or EVE.
M,.. Ellen Terry nses a Quill pen.


Lady Colin Campbell is writing novel.
The wife Of General Sherman disapproves
Of dancing
Tho receipts Of PATHS farewell perform
Gncc IN Madrid were $1,000. She Is prepar-
ing her autobiography.
Oucen Victoria will take her own bedstead,
bedding, plate, linen aud china with her
when she starts for Italy.
Mrs. Cleveland has had a child named after
her who was born an inmate OF the Sank
county, Wis, poor house.
Nine. Carnot, the wife of the president Of
the French republic, has had seven dresses
made of the new color, absinthe green.
The daughter of Mayor Hewitt is one Of
the best whips" in the country. She can
drive tour in hand better than most men.
ExOueen Isabclla Of Spain divides her
time nowadays between sleeping, eating and
knitting, having grown too stout to dabble IN
political intrigue
Queen Christina Of Spain uscs an eyeglss',
with q long tortoise she'll handle, which IS
raised 70 her eyes whenever she looks mt any
body or anything.
Miss Paddock, daughter Of United States
Senator Paddock, possesses dramatic ability
and longs 10 make her debut on tine stage.
Her parents are trying to curb her youthful
ardOr.
Miss Louisa VI Alcot+ u.ei to receive many
requests for her autograph, but Systematically
ignored them al! without regard 10 the beg
gars race, color or previous condition OF
scryitude
Miss Paddock. d1ughter Of United States
Senator Paddock, possesses dramatic ability
and longs 70 become g professional Her
parent arc trying tocurb, her youthful ardoI
tor t. .toge
Rose Elizabeth Gle, Gland viii attend the
International Council Of Women aoon to be
held in Washington. sac viii deliver an adj
dress upon the subject Of why isnot Woman
the Equal Of Man"
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will attend the
international council OF women soon u he
held in Wellington She will deliver an ad-
dress upon the subject Of why Il not No-
man the Equal OF Mml"
Miss Sara Elliott the story writer has re-
turned to New Orleans, after spending a
couple Of Yeas abroad. she is daughter Of
the late Bishop Elliott, Of Texas, and IS dc
scribed as small, brown haired and demuro.
1t is said that the czarina OF Russia, al
though employing housotui OF scamstresses.
makes nearly all the clothing Tor her young
est children and also takes tier ncv, hats TO
pieces and trims them over according TO
her own taste. The empress has knack
with tie needle, and makes beautiful en-
Lroidery.
The empires; Of Austria has been suffering
severely from rheumatism during the last
month and the benefit which she derived
from Lcr lengthcucd stay at IIcrculosbad has
not been permanent Her medical attend
ants are anxious that she shoald pass the
winter in upper Egypt 1t IS probable that
the empires w.li visit AiX-les Bans carly IN
The spring.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

A bill before the Ohio Legislature TO
prohibit the importation of beef into that
State is fair sample Of The protective
idea. A few Ohio beef-mongers want to
be protected, and the idea is to make the
people eat just what will pay tribute to
monopoly.
The same idea applies In National
politics II is an outrage and piece of
high handed tyranny TO make the citizens
of this country pay more for food and
clothing than people in other countries
do, In order to support tee Barons " of
monopoly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

Mrs. Brown Potter has been under.
going the pangs of sudden fame. and
begins to'see what it is 10 try the part OF
star. Mr.. Lonsdale, one OF the mana
gers, says of the little imitator of Booth
and Irving
Il think the ill-adviser OF Mrs. Polter's
tour Is Mr., Kyrle Bcllew, who has gained
strange and powerful influence over
her. He is her adviser I'm everything
If wanted TO consult her Mr. Bellew
was always present, II she went to re-
ception MIR. Bellew accompanied her, and
he was the only member of the company,
with the exception Of Mr.. ]. Barton Key,
who lived in her private car Dir. Bel
LEWIS influence IL so marked that her
acting has become simply reflex OF bis
peculiar mannerisms and pos,uring."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The Mechanics Institute is a new and
progressive institution that has nothing
to do with any other concern.
The progressive mon of Richmond
who understand The requirements OF the
time will be eager 10 show that en-
ployers want TO establish school OF
mechanic arts 10 develop the talents Of
the youth Of the State.
This is the age of mechanism, and the
genius of the people goes into the study
of machinery and art. Let the people of
Richmond show that they understand
this and wish TO foster the young and
ambitious talent of the State.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
The Pneumonia of Old Age.

IN advanced life the lungs are especially
prone TO Inflammation The pneumonia
Of old age is excessively fatal Even an
ordinary cold on the lungs is Halle 10
become a very serioul matter Tho rios
and breast bone lose most II their elias
ITCHY, and breathing IS not so deep or 80
free us il is in earlier years Hence one
of the reasons for the fatality OF brCn-
chitis and catarrhal pneumonia in the
aged. One remarkable fact connected
with the pneumonia Of old age is that il
may run its course to fatal termination
aud give but little notice Of its presence by
significant phenomena. Hence this dis
ease IS frequently overlooked. 4 large
number OF cases Of "senile debility
''seuile marasmus, " death from old age. -
are, In reality, due TO pneumonia. Ii is
proper to call such cases deaths from old
age for il this factor had been absent the
disease would probably have been rccog-
nized and properly treated; the element Of
old age having been the really important
one in determining the fatal result
Globe Democrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

the decision of the United States SUI
preme Court in the Bell Telephne case
seems to enfranchse a monopoly with an
exclusive privilege for some time to come
but we learn from well-pos;ed cOntem-
porary that there are in the Patent Ohice
some twelve or more patents for tele-
phones granted since Bells. These were
granted because they were held 10 operate
on scientific principles different from
those set forth in the Bell patents Other
wise why should they have been granted
Undoubtedly some of these patents will
now be put into competitive operation
against the Bell system, ana being non
infringing patents, at least SO declared
by the Patent Office, they will become the
basis for a wholesome rivalry.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

= A Republican organ says, that barring
an occasional attack of rheumatism, Mr.
Blaine is in perfect physical health-as
we'll as he has ever been in his life"
That is mistake about the disease
which Is not rheumatism but spotted
malaria, induced by over-feeding and
gross luxury, II is the same thing in an
other form that afflicted the King of the
Cannibai Islands. as narrated by Captain
Cook, who fed on his fellow men until he
was spotted all over.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
THE CENTENNIAL INFANT.-In revie

THE CENTENNIAL INFANT.-In review
ing the progress of the country and show
ing her glory Of the centennial year, the
Presidents message says. yet when
an attempt is made to justify scheme
which permits tax to be laid upon every
consumer In the land for the benefit of
our manufacturers, quite beyond u rea.
sonable demand for governmental regard,
1t suits the purposes of advocacy TO call
our manufactures infant industries, still
needing the highest and greatest degree
Of favor and fostering care that can be
wrung from Federal legislation"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The enterprise of Richmond has at the
present moment the best possible chance
to develop the resources at our command
The Northern capitalists who have es-
,ablished here the largest electric railway
In the world are able to give a good ac'
count of the city and its capacity for
improvement and development, but the
first thing for the people to do is TO en-
courage the enterprise and foster ali the
assistance that the North sends us.
The creation of capital ip the South is
barely above the working demands, and
its use has been as yet confined to com
paratively narrow limits. We want to
put all our resources, agricultural and
mechanical, under purer system of taxa
ton so that the pulse of enterprise will
work more rapidly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

Some able New England authorities
think that the potato ought 10 he protect
ed, and as the peculiar American potato
IL called Irish, We presume that the
average statesman will catch on TO ii
even as St Patrick would have grabbed
the dragons tail But the ruth is that
the Irish pOiaio i Of South American
growth, and though naturolized in Ire
land, ought moi TO De ridden with duty
OF fifteen cents a bUshcl a, foreign pro-
duct The potato is an extremely p0pu
lar vegetable, aud the consumer who
makes such genera! demand for the po-
tato ought not TO BE- taxed too high. Let
more people 90 into the business of rails
ing the potato instead Of pinng in tene.
ment houses aud wasting life in the
sickly narrow streets Of great cities.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
New Apparatus for Transmitting Fore

a French engineering professor, NJ
Raymond Snyers, OF the LOuyain uniyer-
sity, has invented an apparatus for trans
hitting force between bodies moving at
greatly varying yeiocities without accom-
companying disadvantage Of violent col
l:sion The method consists in furnish
ing the contact surface with steel brushes,
which, by the ENHANCEMENT Of their
'bristles," are enabled tc grip one an
other In this way the swiftest motion
may be impaired gradually 10 a perfectly
stationary body, and a maximum Of
shock cali be arranged for which can
never be exceeded be the impellng force
and velocity what they may. The inven-
tor has in view chiefly the requirements
OF quickly moving lifts, railway trains
and other bodies moving at high speed
and with great momentum; aud II It be
possible to produce in this way an effect
i've brake, or to obtain an automatic
working OF railway signals, much Will be
done 10 minimize come Of the most seri-
Gus perils which at present threaten life
and limb in industrious occupations. -
Chicago News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The United States Supreme Court
sometime ago decided. tina, a State had
the right TO prohibit the manufacture and
sale OF intoxicating liquors within its
borders. But here comes snotrer de-
cision the other day TO the effect that
State cannot prohibit tho importation
into Its territory Of articles recognized by
the Interstate Commerce act. The
latter cited principle, however, would be
sound without the Interstate Commerce
act
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

Governor Larrabee Of Iowa is evidently
a typical politician whose vanity leads
him 10 think that he can be Vice. Presi-
dent. The buzzing bee got into his head
out of his bonnet, and caused him to per-
form on the strike question as if he had
anything to do bnt attend to the very
little business that State Governor has
10 attend to. Larrabee rushed into print
to explain that business was disturbed on
account of the railroads refusing 10 do
something. The representative Of the
company neatly batfled him by asking
that The complaints In the possession OF
the Governor be sent 10 him for adjust
ment, whereupon the otiicious function
airy had to confess TINT he had no com
plants In a tangible or trarsmissible
form.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The New York Herald charscterizes
Jay Gould as Corsair because he has a
swift yacht, but We should think that
isnd.pirate was the best name for the
. great land.shark.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
TOR THE "LENTEN SEASON"

TOR THE LENTEN SEASON"
MACK EkEL. something very line and rat.
SALMON. sailed, smoked, spiced. md fresh
HEkkl NGs, roe, smoked. and kippervi.
GOLDFISH, extra tinc aud bODeiCss.
ANCHON1s, in 9alt aud ia oil.
sAkhlNES, French, Russian ana smoked
LOBSTER, Il eshin cans AID picked I'm glass.
MACAROSl, sp9guetii and Nermicelic.
APRICOrs, fresh in oals and cvapumtei.
rbAtHtS, fresh IN cans, eNapOrated. and
sun-dricJ.
APPLES, oyaporated and sun dried
PhtNt., algreat variety OF French and
Turkish.
PhUNELLES, italian. skinned. aud dried.
LIMA BEANS, California. dried. and fresh
In cans.
GREEN and YELLOW fresh SNAP
BEANS In cans
French ami domestic q REIN PEAS i'm cans.
Dried SPLIT. GREEN. and nLACkEYg
PEAS
LENTlLS and WHITE KIDNEY BEANS.
English and domestic PRESERVES, very
fine
STILTON. R0QUEFORT. and BRIE
CHEESE. Our celebrated tive year old
premium WHISkEY" sells still AZ A.. 81
gallon at HERMANN SCHMIDT.
oU AND So broad, CoRsRn FiyTH STREET.
+febl7f
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

The TriJune Is so far shaken up by The
ironical sympathy FOX New York that
comes from blizzard land rs TO express
some little satirical admiration for the
New South because wrecked passenger
at Blackshear paid negro boy $40 for
carrying his valise. We pause for a
moment TO wonder that the Tribune
should say valisc instead OF using the
English word pOrimauleau-don't you
know. The Tribune In this little spasam
OF satire says TINT valise carrying" in
the New South ought to prove great :. Il. &
dustry; S3w,, s satff' Se approach the shrine
nl(oEy VIC great Republican oracle meekly and
venture the remark that it was not the
valise, or porlmanteau don't you know,
but the pet-bag, that proved a great
industry in the new South. and that this
industry was so developed that It's cham
pions became knights--not of labor
but Checaiiers d IHdustrie which the great
English Blaine editor may find out means,
In The irony Of France, thieves. Per-
haps he may remember Moses Of South
Carolina, ii. G b Knight Of the Carpet
Bag
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
3. c. WHERRY, Local Agent,
RICHMOND, VA.

NNUAL STATEMENT FOR TIE YEAR ENDING THE gi
conaen
mace ne Public Of
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23
INSURANCE STATEMENT
NNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE FIsCAL YEAn rNnI,l,.-..

diy December the
pD nei under the Of The State YORK made &C.
10Y 'he Comm onwcath Virginia
senby chla n the approved feb
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

When Mr.. Powderly leads his hosts
against such men as Hewitt he attacks
the best friends Of dignified, self-respect-
ing labor It's foes are the cunning
knaves who, under cloak of protecting
labor, make wage earning precarious aud
the profits Of capital so moDstrous that
the earnings Of the mass are not equal TO
the wants Of bare living
For nearly half century the consumer
has been robbed 10 enrich the corpora
tons that are now striving 10 crush or
ganized labor. Now the labor leaders are
attempting to make the monopolists
recognize their right 70 part of tao spoil
Labor can only get its fair share by join
ing In the demand for unshackled indus.
try, free markets, and untaxed articles Of
consumption.-Exchangs.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

A Frankfort plumber has given the
best answer that can be given for the
death-irap plumbing that Is done in a
very large majority Of our city homes,
and including many Of the most costly
homes. He admits that the general
plumbing work in Philadelphia is bad
and sends poisonous yapors through the
family rooms; but he says that i; would
cost money to introduce sanitary plumb
ing into houses, and plumbers fea: that
they may lose patronage by telling their
patrons the PAad. Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
The Rate Makers

CHICAGO, December 1.-The trans
continental representatives yesterday
further considered the proposed revis-
ion of Pacific Coast freight tariffs. The
question regarding rates, or, in other
words, making the rates from Chicago
80 per cent. of therates from New York,
took up most of the time.
Representatives of the Rock Island
and Burlington tried shard to obtain
olces, ioas.
General Traffic Manager Stubs, of
the Southern Pacific, strongly opposed
the proposition, which showed that the
present method Of making rates FROM
al points 10 q e Missouri uver the sar e
as from New York, was rather ror the
benefit Of Chicago than otherwise, and
he could not comprehend Why repre-
sentatives of the Chicago lines were
trying to bring about the adoption of q
graded system. The latter, If adopted
he said, must be general. Under the
system, st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas CITY
and ell manufacturing points west of
Chicago would b9 entitled to lower
rates than Chicago. BY adopting the
tat rats from all points east of the
Missouri river, Chicago would be on an
exact equality with st. Louis, Kansas
! City, Omaha ard more westerly points,
IN which event Chicago's unequalled
facilities would give it command Of the
situation. Its competition was not New
York or New England, but the business
centerS west Of Chicago. The present
rates were certainly low enough and
satisfactory to shippers. as he had
heard no complaints, and did not think
Chicago people desired to have the
GRADED system adopted. It would give
western competition material ad 1tags
in rates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
In tho Commons.

LONDON, Decem her 1.-The Commons
went into committee of supply this af-
ternoon, on the vote of 9236 $50 for
embassies and missions abroad.
Morley moved nominal reduction in
order to raise discussion on the pro-
posal to send British lroops to Suakim.
He denounced governments policy of
shedding blood and wasting the
-conntry's treasury in projects which
would result in no good to any human
being. [ Zen ,.-..
Ferguson, Parliamentary secretary
of the foreign Office, replied that the
present government was not respon-
sible for the waste of the treasury and
blood in the Soudsn The advance
sent to the Egyptian government was to
maintain a defensive rather than an
aggressive policy. but the defensive
policy did not mean a surrender of
Suakim. which WOO leave the country
oyerrun with Arabs. Surely, Morley
did not mean. the absolute abandon
ment Of Suakim. Referring to, the
slave trade, the speaker said be was able
to intimate that government had pro-
posed to Belgium to invite fresh refer
ence of the powers on the lines indi-
Gated by Cardinal LaVigrere.o e.I II VI.
Ths Cardinals motion was rejected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
The Smuggling conspiracy.

AUBURN, n. Y, December AT the
opening of the United States Court,
this morning, Judge Brundage summed
up for H4ines in the opium smuggling
conspiracy case. The great weight of
his argument was the denuncia ton of
Lawyer Stone, of OgdenSburs who
turned States evidence, and in eulogy
gave Haines good character He en-
deavored to shoE the absurdIty of
Haines engaging in any such a plot,
urging the jury not to give any weight
to the testimony of perjured Williams.
United States Attorney Lockwood fol.
lowed for the government, carefully
reviewing the testimony upon which he
asked for the conviction of the defend
ant
Erwin A. Gardner was. this after
noon, sentenced to four years in the
Erie penitentiary and fined $4,000 for
smuggling opium. The jury Is still out
on the conspiracy case.