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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-21
Tur coNrrprRArE FLAGS.
The Secretary OF War Returns s'i- An
sver to the Bouteiic Resolution.

Tho Secretary Of War today returned
10 the House his answer TO the Bou'elic
resolution, calling for information Is
10 whether the flags captured by me
United States have been removed i'uu,
the place where they are deposited aud
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-21

- The citizens. as soon ~ the injured had
been released from their pcrilous positions
and the wounded turned over 70 the car.
Of phyEicians. held a meeting and organized
permanently. The city council acted
promptly aud appropriated 500 for Inn
mediate relief. And although there Il nc
money In the city fund, the order wa'
quickly cashcd by tho banks The follow
Ing committees were appointed Finance
Committee w. Evans, chairman; Dr
W. Duff Green, J. T. Howard, Morrii
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

Calling upon an acquaintance one even
ing recently | found him writing at his
desk and smoking long Dutch clay pipe,
the extreme end of which was inserted
through hole punched in the brim Of a
broad straw hat, which he had on his
head. While was laughing at this curl
Gus contrivance he explained to me that
It was the only available way in which to
combine the comfort Of pipe smoking with
work beneath the study lamp
The bowl Of the pipe being on the
other side Of the brim. said he. keeps
the smoke from half binding one, while
you have a shade over your eyes at the
same time. and here lie proceeded TO en-
velop himself in a hugo cloud from his
calumet in order to demonstrate the ad-
vantage Of his scheme The idea is by no
means original to my friend. however; for
old Bishop Burnett who in his latter
days could never write q sermon without
a pipe in his mouth, made a similar de-
vice for his comfort and would sit for
hours at time and puff tobacco smoke as
he wrote down the word OF d-John
Preston Beecher in New York News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
Whnt Music IL.

Music Is largely o matter Of association.
Il q person hears and If attracted by an
air in childhood, the chances are that its
hold VIII be intensified In later years. even
II he should have become more cultured
in music in the interim aud knows the
melody TO be trashy What is ono mans
meat is auother's poison, ia music, and
one must beware Of judging hastily as 20
the merits or dement's of any particular
school Of music, even if rcpollod 10y it at
first. The Chinese music, for example.
seems 70 rs aconglomoati0u If dissonant
noises yet wc have proof positive that it
goes 90 the hearts of even the most refined
OF the Celestials while the finest Of our
music leaves them cold and unmoved
Custom has also something to do with
the appreciation OF music Of some kinds,
for East Indian gentlemen have informed
us that the music Of the Hiudoos, when
first heard by them, with all its third and
quarter tones, seemed quite out Of tune,
but after hearing 10 through months and
years they not only grew accustomed TO
It, but learned TO like IL greatly. Il may
be stated Is a truism that any combina-
ton Of tone which can move the feelings
has a right to be considered music,
whether IL repel some auditors or not
Musical Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

He was eating % substantial breakfast
Of steak and eggs in q well known reetau-
rant a few days since, and the meal was
euliycncd By the presence Of p small army
of hungry flies. which percned content
eddy upon the food. and chung thereto
much closer than q brother. varying their
exercise by lighting cn Bis face go rest
from their labG.g lie llre tlc ordeal
with supreme patton a"l u-conccrn for
a time, but he bad ordered a square meal,
and as the waiter hci deposited the
check therefor, he materially desired TO
appropriate tho major part of the odlbles
to himself and 10 contribute but little TO
the voracious insects.
Finally he rluttored 80 expressive oath
as q detachment Of the enemy made bold
attempt 10 carry of u roll and. dipping
his spoon in the sugar he proceeded TO
erect sundry little piles Of the saccharIne
pellets 40 intervals of several feet from
his plato, TO which he invited their atten-
ti0n, and earnestly besought the bnzzlg
besicgers 10 communicate their good fort
uue 20 their relatives and friends.
The experiment worked 60 a charm, for
the dainty creatures preferred the sugar
TO tho rump steak, and they Toasted sight
royalty and in utter contempt OF the
young man When hc left the table his
face wore a triumphant smile. and he paid
his check with so much promptuess and
satisfaction that tie clerk venturei TO re-
mark that the meal must have been IN
commonly well prepared lie replied,
after some hesitation that be had given
the flies o chance and was 40 peace with
all the world.-Proyldenc Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
Propagatinc Trees DIV Euddinc.

In propagating trees otherwise than
from seeds, as by budding or grating.
IL may be said that the limits Of the oper-
alton are not very clearly defined. but for
all practical purposes it is limited TO the
members Of the same genus or closely
allied plants; that is. oaks may be budded
on oaks, naples on naples, the cut leayed
birch on stalks Of the more common
kinds. and generally the more nearly re-
lated the species the more successful the
operation.
Occasional exceptions occur where
woods of two species belonging 20 the
same genus cannot be made 10 unite and
form union. The operation is usually
performed in summer soon after tho buds
are fully developed on the young wood Of
the present seasons growth. The stock
or branch In which the buds are 20 be in
serted must be il a similar condition. al.
though at the point of junction il may be
more than one year old, but in 10 case
must the bark be thick and rigid. as tho
bud is 20 be inserted under tho bark Of
tho stock. Ia general, the small slice OF
wood taken OF from the shoot with tho
bad under the eye is allowed 10 remain.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
Ia Death 1'rcventablee

Why should men. women and children
die of disease at all? There is no pro-
vision for death in early life except by
accident, ignorance OF tho laws of health
and neglect Of duty toward our neigh
Dor on the part Of somebody. d.
Why do some die and some recover?
Why should disease be fatal at allg Fa-
tally is connected to some extent with
the surroundings in which the patient
has lived before lhe became affected. and
Is living at tho time at which the dis
ease commences in a given district. If
there has been q large number Of fatal
cases of Inflammation Of the lungs. YOU
may be certain that the air Of that dis
trict is not so pure as it ought to be, end
the habits Of the inhabitants are not so
prudent as they might be. No man dies
of inflammation Of the lungs in middle
life, or indeed of any acute disease, bit
what it may, if he has lived heaithily
both as to habits and character Of sur
roundings.
If district has death rate of twenty
four in the 1000, it is double what II
ought to be. The half Of the deaths
which take place might have been pre-
vented if the people would obey the laws
Of health. keep their houses and thoir
persons clean. dispose OF their excreta in
a proper way, and b. temperate in their
habits Of living. and at the same time DO
their duty 20 theirneichbor by avoiding
the sophisticatioa Of articles Of dict, or
the mischief Of adulteration.-Dr. Alfred
CARPENTER
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

Drifting from the judiciary to Cover
rors. my congressional friend told how
Governor Dick" Oglcsby "bus;cd" 4 mo-
nopoly. In his sight barber monopoly
Is as odious as big railroad corporation 5
pool. When he was in the senate Oglesby
was one Of the best story tellers there.
and the story Of his experience wont lose
anything If given in his own language,
though at second hand 1t was Ia the
bonanza days Of Leadville when the
stranger within its gates paid for what
he got. II had little hole in the ground
out there" Governor 0glcsby tells his
friends, land went 10 see when | was
going to get dividends. wanted shave
and they sent mo TO the Only barber
in the place. 1t was the toughest shave
ever got. ard I'm blessed If the robber
didn't ast for four bits when offered
him quarter. Now. when you're OIL tie
borders OF civilization mebbe two bits
isn't too much fer shave, but half a
dollar when you've just stood another as
sessment OH your mining stock Is too
much. swore and said the next time Id
go somewhere else. But the robber only
laughed ana told me to try it on.
Sure enough there wasn't another
barber in the town. There had been one,
but he hai struck lead and was able TO
bny all the tonsorIal establishments in
the country. However, pretty soon one
came along. He didn't have much to
begin with, but told him to start up and
I'd get him some customers. Then |
stood out in front of the other fellows
shop and told every msn who came along
what a robbers den it was. Some Of
them only laughed, but others went to
my man and saved two bits. Tho mo-
nopolist tried TO raise a row, wouldn't
be bluffed, and in less than week he'd
come down to twenty-five cents. Then
my man put the price at Fifteen cents,
and before left thai was the regular
charge in Leadville, and you could get a
shave for less than it cost to take a
drink. Washington Cor. New York
Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

United States Sub-treasurer Sutton,
suppose thief should get into your big
vault some nightY
NO thief can get in there
But suppose he could!'
II is impossible"
But say that some clever fellow did
get in. how much could he carry away in
goldy
Not more than $4,000. We put
that much in double eagles in a single
bag, the weight of which is 100 pounds.
That is good deal of weight in q mighty
small bundle, making it hard 10 carry. A
thief would have hard work to run with
one of those bags, and he couldn't mc-age
TO lug two to save his life. You have no
idea how hard il is to carry 100 pound
bag Of gold. The weight is 50 concen-
trated. But. after all, no thief can get in
there. The safes are absolutely proof
against burglars. st. Paul Globe.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
Tho Diamond neaIer,s Ie.hods.

Jacob Dreicer. the diamond dealer who
made the sensational sale of jewelry 10
George Laws friends, the sioggers, IS a
Saratoga character lie seems IS soft
and amiable aud flexible as a maiden. but
that is merely his way Of accomplishing
his business. There is more looking at
diamonds than buying them, he says
That is true Of every place in the world
If could charge cents q look from all
who come here 1 would soon be rich with
out selling q stone" Is it is, the shrewd
fellow says he is merely paying his rent
and his fare back 20 Now York. 1T is q
queer business, he SAYS. People think
a mau buys diamonds when he has made
little extra money. II takes more than
that. tell You. lie buys diamonds only
when he feels good. Il man feels just
right, diamonds seem just the thing 10
invest - for himself aud his VITO If he
didn't feel good they might IS well be so
many bricks. suppose a man made pot
OF money and got up With headache, or
his wife made him cross by refusing him
something-he has 10 use for diamonds
then The littlest thing that crosses
man who has diamonds in his mind VIII
drive them out.
lie knows another thing, does this
shreUd dealer in luxury.
lie kaows enough 10 sell his goods in
the store. and nowhere else. Tho store
is my stage he says There is whore /
play and understand my part If man
takes diamonds away TO bis hotel to show
TO his wife / might as well give him up
as o customer She shows them TO one
lady. Tho lady is curious. Isn't that o
daw in that oney she says. She shows
them to another Beautiful, says that
lady, but | like EN- clear white, or rosy
or whatever color these don't have. She
shows them 10 a third lady. and that one
says, They're splendid, but Mrs. Jones'
are bigger. That settles il, particularly
as tho husband has been told by one man
that he saw q finer pair sold for less
money once. Saratoga Cor New York
Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

At Media, Pennsylvania, the Demo
cratic and Republican Clubs have Jointly
invited Messrs. Mcclure and Cooper 10
speak on the tariff issue That is good
way 10 set the example of calm and dis
passionate reasoning on the question
that is to decide between the two great
parties which policy shall prevail.
In the end the American people will
find out that war taxes in time Of peace
are essentially wrong, especially when
they are maintained for a different pur-
pose than the one for which they were
levied originally. But in the meantime
the discussion is only on the advanced
line of the main battle for the reform
tariff bill of the Democrats only calls fol
small reduction.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
GOLD WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE,

This quaint name has been 50 dear 10
the people Of Virginia that it is gem 10
her traditions, and one, too, that 10 set
around with cluster OF the bright per-
sonali,ies In our history, lights that shine
far beyond the limits OF the Old Do
minion.
7, will. therefore, be good news TO
everybody in the State TO hear that Old
William and Mary" has again lighted her
torch OF learning. and that 10 her time
honored walks the youth OF Virginia
may again have the opportunity to study
all the classics shat our fathers learned,
and 10 addition To that the arts and SCI
ences that make a part Of modern etu-
cation. be President Of the Board OF
Visitors Is Judge William ". Crump'
and the President of the Faculty and
Professor of Moral Sciences ia Hon
Lyon G. Tyler, NJ. a, Of the University
of Virginia.
The State. In rehabilitating this hon.
ored institution, has done q meritorious
act that will be applauded by all her peo-
pie; and by the way it ia something to
remind us of the shameful neglect of our
State history that has 50 long prevailed,
and that we should hasten to redeem
The college opens on the 4th October
and closes on 4th July.
Communication should be addressed
to Lyon G. Tyler, president, Williams
burg, Va.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
ANOTHER POINT IN THE TARIFF.

We call attention to another vital
point in the effect Of high tariff taxes
and this is that they force Americans &c
buy inferior wooens, because the fine
and desirable foreign goods are virtually
prohibited except to the rich, and OF
course all people, poor or Of ordinary
means, are forced to buy such goods as the
favored and protected manufacturers
choose to put on the market
1t is a plain proposition that when we
are forced by prohibitory duties to buy
only homemade goods it is a premium to
make them as cheap as possible and as
bad as will barely fill the requirement of
the market. Let anyone compare the
goods worn by people in Canada with
those worn by people on our side Of the
river and the fact stands beyond contra
diction that the Canada goods are not
only vastly cheaper, but vastly better
for the simple reason that our protected
market acts in favor Of destroying all
competition just to foster monopoly.
When once the people get it into
their heads that import duties that raise
the prices Of the necessaries Of life are
taxes.
The next thing is TO find out that
the only right of taxation is to support
government
And that we have more revenue
than we require by $l50,000,000.
With these three facts in view let US
ask why the import duty should be so
great as to force people TO buy only the
homemade wooden goods that are infe-
rior TO the foreign-made article and at a
higher price We use the comparison
with Canada because the juxtaposition
illustrates the point that everybody must
have seen in the difference Of prices and
the quality of the goods; that is, the
Canadian buys his raiment, from his
shoes and socks to his hat, at very much
lower prices than his American neighbor,
and the goods are better and last twice
as long.
The answer of the protectionists to all
this is that the high tariff protects
American labor" Suppose it does, for
the sake of argument.
There are 50,OOO0OO Of people who do
not manufacture those goods of which
wearing apparel is made, and The ques-
ton is must they pay forty or fifty per
cent. tribute to the 100000 who are
engaged In the manufacture.
But the just and correct view OF it is
that the high protective Tariff does not
protect American labor, but, on the con-
frary, II confines II to working for the
home market. instead of re markets of
the whole world And Hence the Demo
cratic idea is TO Let in raw materials free
10 the end that the American workman
may be put on equal footing with the
rest of the world and compete with his
rivals with an even chance Thus the
price of what he makes will bring more
to labor and less TO the arbitrary tax on
the material, which tax goes into the
Treasury, already overburdened with the
surplus.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

The Bedell forgery case makes a re-
markable sensation, but it is eclipsed by
,he Leather Apron" murderer of Lon
don, who has committed five ghastly
murders leaving by his victims notice
that he will fill out the number to seven
teen. He is supposed to be lunatic
surgeon as the bodies were all carefully
dissected.
The London police and detectives have
had big opportunity to display their
skill, but have not even caught on TO a
clue, and every night brings accumulat-
ing terror to the quarter 10 which the
murderer has confined his work.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

Louisville takes the lead for charity
and courage and admits the refugees
from the fever stricken districts.
The point and moral Of it all is that
after the lesson of the yellow fever in rs
the first stroke of the scourge should
have suggested to State authorities and
municipalities aud to Congress to estab-
fish camps where refugees could be pro-
yided for. 1t is useless in such extraor-
binary occasions to discuss the right of
the thing. 1t is inter anna silent lgos. for
self preservation is the first law and the
help should come from where il may.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

Captain S. d. Shannon Of South Caro-
Inns, so well remembered by all Exon
federates as the gallant aide-decamp OF
General Dick Anderson when he com
manded Longstree's corps after the latter
was wounded in 1864, is at present Secre-
tary of Wyoming Territory with the
prospect OF rising higher in political hon
ors when the Territory becomes a State
His many friends in Richmond will be
glad to hear of his advancement.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

The death of Marshal Bazaine recalls
one of the two principal events in the
Franco. Prussian war, the surrender OF
Metz, with its garrison Of 10000 men
TO force not very far superior.
The Marshal was tried and condemned
TO death, but the sentence was committed
by President MacMahon to twenty years
Imprisonment, and after a years incar-
cerstion he escaped and took up
his residence at Madrid, where
he died. Bazaine was the princi-
nal figure in the establishment OF
Macmillan az Emperor of Mexico
Through the seventy seven years of his
life mis- career has in all respects been
honorable and distinguished except foT
the shadow cast on it by the surrender
of Metz, which, TO great extent, was
eclipsed. if q shadow could be obscurated
by the darker episode Of Sedan. The
long years of reproach and exile that he
endured should serve to the word as an
atonement for his blunder, If it was
one.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
A rondness for vowels.

The scotchman has long been noted for
bis fondness for novels, a popularity in
language illustrated by the following
story: Going by diapers shop a man
noticed coat and asked. Jaw 'ooi" AYE,
aw 90, replied the shopl:ceper. "Aw'
e. 'oof' was the next question. Aye.
aw' a 90. was the reply In English tho
dialogue would have referred simply TO
tho fact whether the coat was alt WOO!
and all one wool tic answer being yes TO
both questions. Chicago Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
"a Rnrn, Cl,lld.o Etc.

Little Alec had been burnt several
times, and had been cautioned 20 keep
away from the stoves. Walking out In a
country garden with his mother one day.
he CHANGED to be stung on the hand BY a
bee. lie did not cry. but. wringing his
hand, said in voice Of establishment,
"Whewl mamma. that bee had fire IN
him. YOUTH Companion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

A Rhode Island paper calls the atten-
ton OF Senator Edmunds to the fact that
the number Of Vermont sheep has de-
creased almost fifty per cent. during the
twenty years OF high tariff on wool.
Therefore the Vermonters should take
chance at the Mills bill and see that
their representatives push IT,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
THE LIMIT OF LIFE.
AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS MAN
GROWS OLD RAPIDLY.

Chronological Eerorsis Not Altogether Re-
Iiabie-Ths Tale Told by the Census Of
fSs0-Tablc Of Comparative Longevity.
The Proloncation of Life.
There is no doubt that after man has
turned 100 years lie grows old rapidly.
Months become to him as years were be-
fore he reached that limit OF age. The
human machine is well nigh worn out.
and the motive power nearly exhausted.
Therefore We are not surprised TO hear
that Col PefSias. the Norwich ccntenar.
ian. died ono month after his Tooth birth.
day. and that NJ Chevreul the French
centenarian, was too feeble 10 receive the
friends who came to honor and fclici.ate
him recently on his 102d birthday. Like
Col. Perkins, the venerable French chem.
list was in the full possession Of his facul-
ties at 100, but that stage Of his LIES
journey passed, tho race became difficult
for him. and his steps began to totter
He has distanced Col. Perkins by two
years, but he seems to be near his limit.
There are recorded instances of men
and women who have endured far beyond
100 years, but none Of them is well
authenticated, they having lived at
time when no accurate chronological
records were kept. Thus the countess Of
Desmond died in the reign of James /,
some time after 1903. at what was alleged
to be the age of l4j years, but modern in
vestigators are skeptical as TO the fact
Though there is evidence enough 10 show
that she was o centenarian. and was vi
vacious and in full possession Of her facul-
ties up TO 100 years. it is probable that
she did not get much beyond that limit.
Thomas ParT, better known as Old Parr
died in 1886 at an age which was estima-
ted as lj2, but bis years were rather a
matter OF tradition than OF well substan.
tiated fact, though he, too, had doubtless
passed his Tooth birthday, and was in all
respects a remarkable old follow.
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
Somewhere about one hundred years
seems to be the present limit of the span
of the life of man. and tho proportionate
number Of instances where il has been
reached viii undoubtedly much increase
as medicine advances IN tho preservative
art. The census Of 1850 gave 4,0l6 per
sons as Of 100 years AID over. and not far
from the same number. or 4,6i3. MS from
% TO 80. The chances. therefore are that
when 2 man has got well past go be viii
round out the 100. Ii is before 3 years
and after 80 years that lii3 rs IN most
danger under present conditions and with
the medical art rs it is. In 1850 there
were llG,3G2 men and women In the
United States between 80 AID 50 years,
but the number from 50 20 90 was only
40 $50 Yet there were more at % than
at % or o.
Putting, then, the limit Of are FOR
man at 100 years, it thus compares with
that Of some Of the lower animals, the
table being on the authority Of Professor
Owen.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

Some Of the French. Canadianpapers are
E'aking war upon Anglicisms. II seems
that English words are creeping into the
French LANGUAGE. iust az French words
creep into lie English language. Tho
Quebec papers Gud ia this process Of cor
ruDtion DANCE o. their nationality
Chicago Hersld.