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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29


by means Of dead monarchs and the dust of
heirs presumptuous to the throne Of Egypt,
you can safely predict that mummies viii be
mummies before snow flies again. You
can't eat your cake and keep it, too. Neither
can YOU turn out mummy in Connecti-
cut in two DAYS which will take the
place of the real thing. judge OF
those things will tell you at once that
the bouquet is different. There IL
not the same nut brown flavor and odor
of poorly ventilated lineage about the Con.
necticut made mummy that ,here is about
the Egyptian job The Egyptians had way
of curing their people good deal the same
as our physicians have now, VIZ; by hlliEg
them with high priced drugs. Our physl-
clans, however, begin on man before be
dies, while the Egyptians instead or printing
bulletins about thin people, showing what
their respiration and temperature were, ana
q large amount of sick room gossip, which a
man hates 70 read after he has recovered,
lust waited around until the gentleman had
been permitted to die quietly in his own way,
surrounded by his family, and then they
came in and cured him, so that on the morn
ing Of the resurrection a tooth brush and a
Turkish bath would make him look like new
man.
The American bison and the Egyptian
mummy are fading away. The day viii soon
come when those who have slaughtered
whole herds of buffalo for their tongues and
fortified their timothy sod with the dust OF
dynasties will 90 hungry. We may think
that an Egyptian cemetery has no bottom to
it and that n true iissure vein OF these people
is practically inexhaustibc, but some day the
foreman working on the lower Lowell viii
come to the surface and state III hoarse ac'
cents that the pay streak has pinched out.
The difference between gas well, for in'
stance, and deposit Of cmporors, IS that the
latter is not self-sustaining. gas well
may continue to give down or give up, as the
case may be- for hundreds Of years, but you
cannot dig up kings and queens forever.
Some day you are certain to dig below tneir
set and strike another strata Of society.
Embalming is process worthy Of the dark
ages. 1t is expensive, foolish, useless and
highly injurious to the complexion. | am
bitterly opposed to it. Ny own notion about
it is that the man who embalms me Will have
to climb over my dead body TO IL so-Bil'
Nye in New York World
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j.. cRIrIcAL OPINION ON HARRISON.

A CRITICAL OPINION ON HARRISON.
A distinguished Indiana man writes MS
the following about the Republican can
didatc:
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, L. s.,
WASHINGTON. June q, 1888
Yours OF the 28th instant receiver
The Republicans have nominated for
President an .eminently respectable gen
tleman. A partizan of the purest wat'
and man who filly represents the be-
elements Of his party. He is cold,
proud, selfi-h man, who attracts no one
class of people to him He is not popu
lar personally with the rank and file OF
his own party, but as leader and mana
ger, he will be able 10 poll the strength
Of his party in Indiana. Being at the
head OF the ticket It will enable the Re
publicans TO organize their party in our
State very thoroughly and we exptci
them TO do that. But we do not believe
that Mr.. Harrison will be able 10 poll u
single Democratic vote in the State I'M
less il is done by purchase. Mr.. Harrl
son has no cause 10 expect the independ-
ent labor vote, because his life and his
action has put him against laboring pee
pie all of his days. lie has never assoc
ated with them, has never been identified
with them in any way, not even in The
practice of his profession. Beiuga got d
lawyer he has been retained by corpor'-
tions and monopolies, and in that way,
has never known the better side of The
laboring man. He is Of Know Nothing
stock, his father having been elected To
Congress from Cincinnati distinctively
as a Know Nothing. n
While in the United States Senate he
voted and spoke against restricting Ch''
nese immigration. In 1877, during strike
OF the railroad employees against re-
duction of their wages to starvation
rates, Mr.. Harrison, as a private cit'ze",
raised a company of men who armed
themselves with guns, and went into
camp for the purpose OF putting down
the strikers, and, during the time, made a
speech 10 his followers telling them 10
load their guns with bullets. lie is well
known TO be opposed TO the German idea
of personal liberty. Although not Pro-
hibilionist, he is teetolaller and, being a
strict Presbyterian, we know what his
notions are. He will get no Democratic
votes in Indiana, and, believe. we VIII
carry The State for Cleveland and Thur
man. We need your prayers and your
works IA we'll "D"
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The y.oroIei i'm South America.

The Ioreiei Is indissoiubly associated
with the legends of the Rhine. ard no
one would ever have believed that she,
like less mythical sweet singers and
charming actresses, would leave her ma
tive waters aud cross tie ocean to en-.
chant men abroad. But the Germans
have been unromantic enough to suggest
the necessity OF removing with dynamite
the dangerous rock upon which the
Golden haired siren sat and sang her
..yvondrous melody" Turing careless
navigators to destruction. 1t is not likely
she Loreei has vet fully realized how
completely her charming song Is rem
dered harmless and that it will be neceS-
sarv for her to "niove on.
\ place has already been found for her.
\ colossal statue OF the Lorelei Is about
to he made in Germany and imported to
the rocky shores of that great South
American stream, the Rio de la Plata.
and the sculptor Albert Mantle has al
ready completed the model for the cast
ing. A lover of Rhenish romance, for
merly a Rhinelander. now dwelling IN
Buenos Ayres, who possesses considera-
ble land on a romantic part of the Rio de
Ia Plata, has cherished the memory OF
the Lorelei, OF his native stream, and
now proposes, prompted by a desire to
perpetuale the poetic German legend, to
introduce her to this distant zone. TINS
South American Lorelei is work of art
which will be q lasting memorial, not
only Of the tabled enchantress of the
Rhine. but also of the romantic poetry
and art of Germany. - Demorest
M,..l,lr
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

A great point in the policy of The Dem
ocra,ic Administration is its reform OF
the Republican establishment of land
steals
One of The most important measures OF
the present session of Congress is the
public land bill which has just passed
the House. 1t repeats the pre-emplion
and timber culture laws under which so
much of the public domain has been d.
verted from the original purpose Of fur
nishing settlers with homes, and makes
provision for the disposal of the differ
ent classes of lands intended to guard
against further squandering Of this herii-
age of the people.
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THE PRESS IN GERMANY.
The Editor Who Goes to Prison-Str'e
Law and Harsh Penalty.

Law and Harsh FenaIty.
The principal regulations Of the Ger
man press are these: Every German
newspaper must print Me name OF its re-
sponsible editor, who is expected to go to
prison whenever any one of the staff is
required for that important service. This
Guile is not so hard as it looks, for it is,
after all, much better for the paper to
have one man in readiness for prison alb
sencc than to live in uncertainty as to
whether the government might not come
to the Office and pick out for prison just
the most important man. The former
law which allowed the government to
suppress paper for short periods was
very much harder, for it threw the whole
staff out of employment at irregular in
tervals and caused much hardship to
many innocent persons.
Each copy of newspaper must be
handed to the police of the district in
which it is published Immediately upon
its appearance. The police then care
fully scan the columns to see if they can
find any language on which to base
charge. The government Is authorized
to exclude from Germany any foreign
papers whose contents are dispensing to
the chancelior-o course under due pro
cess of law. The fact that CORE
spondent signs his name to an article
does not relieve the editor of the respon
sibility attaching to any expressions he
NAV have used therein. There are
many ways in which articles may have
done injury in manner which no editor
could possibly have foretold; hidden
meaning may have lurked iii apparently
hidden statements, etc. For such cases
the Judges are allowed discretion, and
for that matter they can do pretty much
rs they please in all cases Of this kind.
for it is for them to determine not only
how offensive any language may be to
the government. but they also determine
the punishment which the wretched Ell
itor l. to undergo.
In order to make the law as complete
az possible, and to discourage in the
greatest possible degree the publishing OF
political newspapers, the law provides
that not Only is the editor responsible for
what il in his paper, but all the rest who
assist in producing it can 6e punished as
well-the publisher, printer and the news
agent who sells it, These regulations
apply to all respectable, law abiding
newspapers and periodicals-particularly
such as have occasion to discuss public
affairs In regard to papers advocating
socialism tho government makes short
work Of them. They are promptly sup.
pressed BY the police, their editors all
put under arrest, and every measure
taken to prevent their resurrection
Foreign Letter in New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
TUE PEDIGREE.

General Harrisons pedigree has been
published as climbing up family tree as
far as the "regicide" Harrison through
the Virginia family of that name.
Bosh
The Virginia family from whom the
Kentucky people and others in the West
are descended came to Virginia long be-
fore Cromwell's time. The Brandon
Harrisons who have a complete history
of the family can testify to this state.
ment.
1t 10 true that the Harrison family are
related to the famous King Killer, but 1t
Is through the Willing family of Penn
sylvania and not through the Hsrrisons.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
PROHIBITION.

The Prohibition party in New loik
State numbered 900 delegates represent
ing every county in the State
1t looks quite formidable except that
the declaration for total abstinence is
rather too irOn-clad for The free idea OF
America.
The Republican party, which used to
derive good deal of hs strength in State
politics from the temperance sentiment,
commands hardly more confidence
among those who regard the restriction
of the liquor traffic as matter OF press
ing importance than the Democrats;
though its subserviency to the liquor
interest is not so pronounced. The posi-
lion taken by the National Convention
in favor of removing all internal taxes
from whisky and beer, rather than touch
the exorbitant import duties which make
the necessaries of life dear, will aggravate
the dissatisfaction of this class.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
or PIscatoriai Interest.

Customer dn rcstaurano-W hat Kind OK
fish have you got waiteri
Waterfall kinds. everything. can gi'V
you what you like.
"Weil, bring me some fried whale
Erin very sorry about tue "naie''
mister, they're jest cut The dealer dlSAF
pointed us this morning an only sent TWO
Texas Siftings
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

We want 10 see how the Republican
party. the great alleged friend of Ameri-
can labor, can carry candidate who has
opposed the act to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton, and been also an advocate of the
shotgun for strikers.
We do not favor strikes when they in
terfere with the rights of employers or
with the rights of other working men !;
but the rifle is too dangerous a thing to
handle wantonly, and Mr.. Harrison will
have to begin by explaining how he can
protect" labor with high tariff and shoot
II with the bullet all at the same time and
by the same party. Perhaps this is the
best illustration of the absurd contradic-
tions in the policy of the Republican
pdrty
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
FRESH MUMMIES FOR ALL.
BILL NYE REGRETS THE DeCAOENCe
OF REAL OLD RELICS.
Some Of the Mummy Mines OF Egypt ARD
Nearly -Nummies OF Ameri'
can Manufacture Not Up to the Stand.
Notwithstanding Injurious.

Nearly txnausteu~hu"i"' VI ~'
can Manufacture Not Up to the Stand.
Notwithstanding Injurious.
Among tho many letters OF inquiry re
ceived during the past week is the following:
LAST year made trip abroad, and among
other trophies of my visit to the Old ora
| secured fine specimen OF mummy, iof
which | paid seventy-flye scudi. While
showing it to friend last week discovered
that the air OF Illinois is detrimental To IL
and that disintegration is taking place. Gan
YOU tell me what is the cause and what l had
better do in order to preserve the specimen
intactr
You have 10 doubt paid at least seventy
four scudi too much for your mummy, a
mummies go. Nothing is more dishearten
ing than the discovery that ones mummy u
not standing our harsh American climate.
But tho chances are that you have tht
modern style of mummy, made especially
for Americans by the trade. He Is not III
antique, and before August you will have tc
decide whether to cast him aside or let him
ran the house The genuine mummy hai
been ground up for fertilizing purposes dur
ing the past twenty years to such an extent
that we are running short, and spurious
mummies made of coarse people who have
died recently are flooding the market \
friend of mine purchased vanished king.
supposed TO he over 2 900 years old, for which
he gave 80 scudi and silk umbrella. In
May of last year he began to assert himself
the king did-and to enter more and more
into the home life Of his owner till 1t was de
cided to have a coat of shellac put ON him. y
house, sign and carriage painter came up to
the house, and while reiltting and returnish'
ing the royal relics discovered on the forearm
dark blue Goddess of Liberty in India ink
and the legend, Richard Maginnis, Nalpa-
raise, Ind, 1853" \ mummy that has 10 be
kept in the refrigerator is bitter, bitter dis
appointment, and no doubt yours IS OF thai
class. The modern methods Of preserving
people do not in all cases prove satisfactory,
and do not know Of anything moro pitifui
or more humiliating than while explaining
your mummy to a coterie Of friends IN the
library to have him explode on your hands
and reveal his true identity. Should disin-
tegration continue in the case Of your own
mummy, a private funeral is the test thing |
could suggest Let it be plain affair, open
ing with select reading or recitation, FOL
lowed by vocal solo and set-to between
some good artist AID the piano. You could
charge a small admission fee, perhaps which
would 20 toward defraying expenses, and
close with parade and torrent Of grief at the
grave.
The wanton destruction Of mummies and
and their wholesale importation to this coun'
try where they have been ground up and
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

The merchants, business men. and
wage workers of the country are suffer.
Ing from the effects of policy Of exces.
sivs taxation, which is rapidly absorbing
and locking up In the public Treasury
the funds needed for the untrammcled
and systematic operations Of trade and
commerce, and by which the earnings Of
working men are flched from their pock-
sts TO swell the profits Of the benencisriss
Of Q high tarin.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

REPUBLICAN OBsTRUCTIoN.-The Re-
publicans began again Wednesday their
merely obstructive tactics on the tariff
bill.
They have no excuse for this. They
have majority in the Senate, and can,
we suppose, depend on the Republican
Senators TO defeat the House bill The
Democrats in the House are ready to vote
on the Mills bill 4; If it passes it will 20 to
the Republican Senate, and will there be in
the hands Of Republican majority
Exchange.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
" Daniel"

Daniel"
"Sire"
"What is the news from Chicagoy'
Your Highness, the enemy has nom!-
mated Ben. Harrison"
"Tis well. Bring us our armor, and
bid Barnum get ready the Chinese au-
toma,on labor-savng. machine and the
strike exterminalor invented by IIarri-
SON."
by my Hallidome, these knayes
must be made to know that ancestors
cannot win an election after they are
dead"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

used as fertilizers,
is going 10 make
good munlnies
scarce and high.
When a nation be-
comes SO naughty
and ezacting that
it demands + Ii u
barb pies, stimu-
lated by the gentle
man who furnished
corn to Joseph dur
ing the dry speii,
and expects to pro
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

THE RE ELECTION OF DIAZ-Mexco' 5
presidential election this year has been
such foregone conclusion that the
choice of Disz electors a few DAYS ago
was deemed, even by the victors, hardly
worth formal demonstration of Joy.
Yet the result is one on which Mexico
may well be congratulated and very
likely after the formal baloting of the
electors, on the 9Th of July, Minister
Bragg will express the satisfaction of the
United States at the resul,-N. Y. Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

In 1884 the Republicans were defeated
bv a weak and assailable candidate. In
1888 they have presented an unohjection-
able if not popular candidate, and will he
beaten, if beaten al ALL by their platform.
In other words, the issue has been
changed from one of candidates to one
of distinctive party policies.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

1t is now generally conceded that tie
meeting of the National Democratic
League of Clubs, which is TO be held in
Baltimore on July 4th, will he the formal
opening Of the Democratic campaign Of
1888, and it will be signalized by the pres
ence of nearly all the Democrats of na-
tiOnal renOwn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

The contrast between the attitudes of
the two parties Is not likely to be lost
upon the American people. 1t is ad.
mitted that the President Is by far the
most popular man in his party. and he
has become 90 purely by his sincerity,
that 10 to say, by saying what he meant
when 1t required courage to do 80.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

European news is very interesting
owing to the virtual Inauguration of En-
peror Wilhelm's reign. The commence
ment of the great Irish crimes act debate
In the English House of Commons, and
the presence in Scotland of a noted
American who has seen great prize
slip through his magnetic fingers and go
to the next best hand to get it lost
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
A Wrong Title.

"Ask Herl Man! Ask Herr is tho title OF
| Q new novel written by New Yorker. Some
one should tell the author thai this is leap
year, and the title of his novel, TO be oppor-
tune, should have been ASK Himi Woman'
Ask Himr'-Norristow Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

BY The time the Exposition begins
Richmond will have forty miles of the
best rapid transit in the world Elec-
tricity has done the thing, aud besides tie
results in the way of commerce, il has
taught our people to encourage enter
priap
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29
Makes IL Plain.

The keeper Of a Detroit confectionery shop
and restaurant il evidently determined 10
make his calling sure, as the sisn upon -
window reads: Restaurant, lunch ana e01'~
cafe
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-29

4 PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM The
Democratic platform of this year differs
from all It's predecessors in tue adoption
of progressive principle, under the ope'
ration Of which il ia subject To vaiia-
ZION. and we trust also to Improvement,
up to the adjournment of Congress N
l. San.
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GENERAL "a ARK ETS.
Prndncn and ProHi,ioLs

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 7.-Elour-DUl and
easy. Wheat opened steady, but toon bro4e
of, with very slight reaction during the tes
Peace In Europa Is assigned as the cause Of
heavy selling for long accounts No. red,
caHn, SOS 6slci March, closing at o1<c; May
closing at 79.c August $40 79Hc. closing at
exc; De 'ember s44s4<c, closing at Sic. Corn
Xc lower heavy SELL for loug accounts; ca h
i5ha46c; February !'Ic; March clo.'pg at 4ec
0ornmieal strong at 81 20 WHISKY steady a.
81 GO Provisions firm. Pork, new, SIS o.;
Lard 81 49,. Dry salt meats, boxed, should
ers, S. 7796 20: long clear 81 ST5s al so;
clear ribs 81 5oa7 62H; short clears s. 75S
S. co. Bacon, boxed, should g, S. so; long clears
Ham. steady at ) . 5OSi2 90. Afternoon
b rard-Wheat market WAS easier, with Feb
ruary at = March, s1lsc; May saHci June,
s2&; JIlg, l97sc Y IN weak; February, A5&c;
March. 45Hc; My, 4Ic. Oats easy; May,
OEIcAGo, ILL, Feb 7.-Grsin markets on
CHANGE opened this morning with General
breaking down Of prlcee. Early cables were
bearish and the local roWd ero genera ly
'ng on .verythI Very many had ia en-
vie ! on the rengtn of The foreign situation
for few Gays Fast and, 4 oou Sc, tnete 1ere
many who want to unload this mornins
Sci Ing WAS the order of the morning. first BY
arge houses and these were (. flowed by ths
crowd. rntrs was quick decline OF Hc for II
the decline was checked, hSy opened shade
lower at SlSGsl2<J, sod down to Sic,
reacted 10 Size, and on renewal of
selling the pressure broke and closed 8 u i.
Corn Ike wheat Looked very weak Bnd The
c ovid holding fell very heavy this mo ming,
expected recfipiB as incident Of big GUS In
relght rates and W ak cab, q " re depressioR
Influences. Aay corn opened UNCHANGED at c,
sold dowu to 6lXc, reacted a little and was then
raided down - 5i[G5l3Ic and close a. tnat
figure Provision were oppressed by Weakness
ans decline 10 grain, also by free selling 4 lard
and short ribs by two leading OPERATOR, de-
cllnes being recorded OF T1sc o. pork, &c on
lard ana abort ribs. At bottom figures buyers
came IN freely ard absorbed feriEgs SO read
i!y Ihst pork rail- l05, lad and short ribs SC
m rket closing steady. Arrivals Of kogs were
IL 90 and p ices los higher; this, however, ha
larger, bat chief local; May pork opened a!
Sll BIZ 6ti 81, and closed at Sl4 As May lard
soll al s. sJ&d7 Sax, snd 81 ,sed at 81 30; MAY
| short rib scl1 st 81 70GI %, an closed
al 81 121S97 49,. Leading fu .ures clos
ed as follows: Wheat No 2, Ma. oh SIC
Ma, s1c;June Sick joys 4 .rorn-N'. ?, b.
usyry 41Sc; March 1915; May s &ej Jun9
571c. Mess pork, per barrel. Feb
ruary sl4 20; MAJ Sl4 -. L4rd, per 100 pounds
Februar, 81 10 March 81 rs May 81 90sJune s. 9 .
Short ribs March 81 511s. MAY 81 TX Uash
quotations were FIour-Quio, and
prices without special change Whe
No. red 7s4.c No. 2 coTu, 47c. III q
P rk. Pr barrel. Sl4 20. Lard, per lvt
pounds 81 725z97 IS. Snort rio sides. loo, g
81 10 Dry lied shoulders. boxed, s. tos6 o.
short clear sides, b xed D GOES o5.
NEW YORK, FEB. 7.-Cefee-sIot faiI; RiC