The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-20
DEACON svaoeyrev PHILOSOPHY.
IT WAS A COLD DAY.


mon. that last month man was frozen 10
tlcath near Austin, Tex. 1t ISN'T tho iact Vi
tho cold weather that creates the surpr.so'
bnt rather that tho man should have timo u
free n de1.h before he got shot
THAT WAS SOLVED LoSG AGO.
S.r Taliafcro. Of Atlanta, Ga, claims INA.
lie has solved tho problem OF perpetna'
motion. Ito, no; tho coaceit CT some men.
IA though lie was Ito only man In America
With l0-ycar-old boy.
co,asG CLOSER TO HrM.ASITY
This must be the missing link. a goa. 'n
Berlin has rel w!iis;crs. Now lee tA' sciel'
tis.s nh-aryc closely 10 sc what ehecs n' ii'.s
nnon he ,.ai;, Loisc, and evolution may
stride ahead. not quito u century, pefhaps'
Lpt A. much - .iitcs-I minutes.
fAsf AND SLOW.
Auts, ain, la the wes: have fast nans
o,J .lo-, gires. Possibly this makes the
telerr.;,l seem slo'.ef than 1t reaiiy IS AUG
DO yol i.nc,. j. . much han'ier to wait ior
fa.. f.una tia. IL l. for q slow orc. lti'i rri-
tain. to waste one; lie at a station ana
boar an in. ,aticn. freight conductor extract
information from the station agent
"How the Cannon BALI
-Four hours late. ....--..
"How the Flyer .
Three hours late out Of Denve." $780,.
"lios ) tho ThunderLoiti
abandoned"
How tie Sleeping Grab"
uSbo'; r,lnn,n- Oh the IncandcScent lhun-
derboits tine today; went by without stop
ping, two hour ago.
RHEUMATIc LIGHTNING.
la all the great. throbb!ng, pulsing, grow
irr. booming west there is oDo slow thing
LIGHTNING. Ny experience with the telegraph
line, was slow, and, 70 rae, Very expensive.
About O'Clock one day, at Topeka, con-
1,ded 70 tho Santa 70, Colorow and Solar
system Telegraph company telegram TO
CHICAGO. one to Parsons, Kan, ard one TO
tho Coates house, sixty-six miles away, tell
inr the landlord to have my rooms ready at
CT The telegram reached tie Coates alter
| had eaten AMI digestcd my supper and had
rome to bed Tho other ono reached Chicago
some time that same night, and don't Enow
what became Of the one 10 Parsons And
sevor,l other times tried the telegraph, but
only to be convinced that | could have tho
message delivered few hours earlier by
sticking a special delivery stamp on it and
taking it along with me.
II WAS voLArUK TO IHE EATIVE.
THAT foreman OF yours is C. queer fellow"
said Nj. penwiper "Yes," replied tho man
ufacturer, ''but lao +, very bright and inteiii-
eeat lie is q native, however; was Logn
here ia North Carolina forty-5ix years ago,
and has never been outsid, Of the state. WY
do Won SPEAK Of Limf' Why, gave hun
Little volume OF North Carolina -kctches,
written By q talented young friend Of mine,
ia tue genuine tarhcel dialect, and be has
lust brought Ii back 10 me, saying that lie
can't understand word Of it," And as ST.
lenco entered the room with her finger on
her lips, q long lost grammar il the bookcase
could be distinctly heard, parting It's speech
In the middle.
AN EXTRAVAGANZA
Publisher ION the coolest, windiest corner
In all the cityD-Please, sir, can't you give
me little change for q nights lodglngf l
hain't had anything to cat all day Author
bursting In tears and cmptying handful
of gold into the outstretched palml-God
bless you. poor mani Here, GO TO the best
hotel in town and board there oil winter.
S.-This is not funny as it stands, but
g., IN