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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03
RentuclIy's Mountain Beauties.

While the mountain men are generally
unprepossessing 10 appearance, having
thin frames, thin faces, thin scraggy
boards and trembling open mouths. the
young women are fair. Their cheeks
are red, their forms are plump and
rounded, their limbs taper and their car
riage is graceful. When they laugh,
which they do frequently aud heartily,
they show white teeth, in spite Of the
fact that they learn TO smoke stoneware
pipes with fish pole stems at an age
that would compel northern man to
marry q very young lass II he would
have wife with bearable breath. The
forms Of the mountain girls arc such as
nature provides. There are thousands
Of them who never saw corset, and who
never will; neither do they bang their
hair, but they are no less attractive, even
to northern eyes, on account OF either
popularity, and II one doubts this, let
Tim come down here and see for himself.
Mouth Of Pond p. g. Ky Cor. New
Yorx Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03
Severe pIainue.. Of rol.toi,s Home

On arriving at the house Count TOlstoi
showed me into a little room on the right
hand side oil the entrance. There" said
he, you can occupy housekeeping in
he little library among the books, and
you can dress in the adjoining room
where ! dress The dressing room was
also the sitting room and work room OF
the count. In the recess by the window
lay the shoemaking tools with which be
used to employ himself; near the door
was a washstand and mirror.
Perhaps you would like to wash now, d
said he. opening the washstand. You
can wash here. When you are done you
can empty the water out 50" and, suit
lag the action TO tho word, the count
stepped out on the raised terrace In front
Cf the house and flung the dirty water
out into the garden. This was done SO
naturally. and with such an evident un-
conscious confidence that it was the right
thing thing TO do, that you could not
feel more than mOmentary impress
sion az 10 the incongruity Of the novel
ist, philosopher and nobieman, emptying
Lis dirty water for the convenience
If his guest. / had been told, moreover,
fhat the counts simplicity was more
theatrical than real-that he Jared as a
peasant and did" his hair with a silver
comb, and go forth. / saw nothing Of
this There was certainly no silver plate
or luxurious plenishings In the counts
living rooms. Everything was severely
plain and in harmony with the desire of
its occupant 10 simplify his life.-W, I.
Stead IN St. Louis Republic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03
MISS MARY.

Miss Mary Anderson, after playing
"Hsrmione" with great success, has re-
,arued 10 one of her favorile characters
Gslatea," In which she is particularly
charming.
The critics sill arise and extol Mary TO TIE
skjes vet these are the same oracles who
were so severe on the fair KentuekiSn a
few years ago. l, cannot be denied that
Miss Anderson Is a better actress than
she was, but not SO much better as 10 pro-
claim that perfection that challenges
only praise, and so we conclude that The
recognition" she won in England makes
The chief part of that success that is so
successful.
To be invited TO the Princes palace
and decline and then 10 breakfast with
Mr.. Gladstone are two high and bright
feathers in the crest OF any American
woman. snd when the woman IS 20 hand
some as Miss Mary and SO altogether
good and smisble, the verIest cynic Is
ready 10 ioin the procession and give the
applause that calls attention to noble
example.
Therefore, we say long live Mary, and
may she rank With the siddons and the
other great stars. She certainly Is con-
sidered by many admirers TO be heaven
" body.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

The report OF the Interstate Com
mercs Commission recommends an
amendment TO the Law 10 provide for
joint tariffs aud through routes and ex-
tending the law 10 navigation transpor-
tation. Both suggestions appear 10 be
good. The effect of the act is felt as
curb on great abuses incident TO the
power and reach Of corporations that can
combine and force the public to their
terms.
The number OF cases beard during the
year was l07, aud the decisions 90. Few
complaints of the violation OF the
long and short haul clause were made
from north OF the Ohio and east Of the
Missouri rivers, the only exception being
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PsuPS ef-
fort 10 charge greater rates for shorter
haul than longer one between termini,
on the ground that this action was forced
by the competition Of other lines This
was ovsrruled by the Commission.
With reference to the rate wars, which
have taken place in the Northwest. and
among the trunk lines during the year,
the report says; "The effect Of the de-
cisions Of The Commission has been to-
ward an Improvement in the relations
between the carriers, instead OF toward
the originating or intensifying Of contro-
versies."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

Atpoon to-day the curtain Will DC ruog
m on the second and last session oil the
Fifteth Congress
The Republicans are in h'Sh sp'i'' OUT
IN. democrats have had lesson that
may inspire wisdom
We say ssain tia, the majority ought
70 advance and not stand sin, Tor the
Democratic candidate ior the Presidency
does net cary the party dowa vita him.
not by long shot
Even his own idea survives ny TIE
RIGHT Of It's own powerful vitality bred in
The growth OF justice and planted
where II will o9eFsasdow and Kill
the mongrel principles OF the Re
publican party. -,
The first tus.le ia American politics
between Federslisis and Democrats
showed ,ha, the ideas OF J,fierson were
tina only ones on which free popular
Government could stand 1t is the same
TO. dav, and within the next four years
the people of the United states must rec
ognize the tyranny of system that im'
poses war taxes in time OF peace, moi for
revenue but TO foster aud pamper mo-
popoly-,o make The rich richer and the
moor poorer Now II she Democratic
majority backs out from this they are
lost, for the present at least, ana will
give away rich opportunity.
Let the Democrats declare for the
abolition Of the internal revenue taxes,
excep, the tax on whisky, and then pass
bill to put few articles on the free iisi,
such as tin and wool, so that the people
can see a, a glance the meaning o! the
policy, and that the policy, instead of
mere political card playing for effect, will
be Ike a beacon light to show the way
,ha, the great party OF free Gov
eminent proposes 10 lead the people
out of The wilderness Of high tax,s and
poverty, monopolis:ic atislocrats, Carne-
eies. Blaines, Quays and MahoDes.
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SHEPAKD's WAR.

fCol Shepard in declaring war agantt
the dead Confederscy ali on his own
hook, only knew how many Southerners
are painting 10 shed Yankee capital and
bedew the historic fields Of the recent
war with Northern immigrants, he would
hesitate before mastering himself into
service. Suppose he advanced through
Kentucky on the route of Sherman with
the intention Of cutting the South In two
by march TO the sea.
II he escaped Colonel Watterson and
the Notifications around Lexington frown-
ing with bottles of Bourbon he would
encounter Northern traitors at Birming-
ham engaged in the reasonable work Of
helping the rebels to dig coal and iron
and make pig iron aud steel rails. AT
Nashville he would encounter the
cadets of the Vanderbilt Uniyer-
sity, and If he penetrated as
far as Florida he would be seized
by the Northern Copperhesds and traitors
who built the Ponce de Leon Hotel and
the Alcazar, and If be ever did return
northward via old Virginia Malone would
fall weeping on his bosom and confess
that the war was over On the whole we
are glad that Colonel Shepard declared
war, for it will make people laugh at the
last attempt 10 fire the Northern heart.
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boord arc long andgray, anu 'sls apparent

beard are iong andgray, ana &c Is apparent
that bis sentence will be n short one.
Looking about him the reporter saw a
dark bearded man cycling him intently. II
was Edward McDermott, man with whom
many years ago the writer played at school.
Upon cvery hand there were murderers,
'orcers, sneal; thieves. embezzlcrs and men
sho previously obtained livelihood by
ways that arc dark and tricks that are
-ain.n
AT II o'clock the big bell on the top OF the
prison sounded, and the men quickly formed
INTO line aud marched up to the chapel IN
single Gle. Each had his right hand Oh tue
shoulder Of the man in front Of him.
The Grst rows were first llled, then the
second. anI 20 on until every seat vas
taken. 4 space IN the rear right hand cor
ner was reserved Tor the colorcd caavicts.
On the right side Of the pulpit Is space
reserved Tor visitors, ami here the reporter
sat. whilo on tho left ia the little organ ami
the lcnchcs for the choir A smooth faced,
Youthful prisoner took biz seat at tho instru-
nent while the choir, the members Of which
all wore stripes, took their seats.
The little organ responded to the touch OF
thc convict player, and tho choir sang
Nearer, Ny God, TO Thee" as well as they
render 10 in most churches where the mem
tiers are free. Several other songs were sung,
and then tho chaplain preached all eloquen:
sermon.
Every man listened attentively through
out. ami there were tears in the eyes Of many
when tie good man had concluded Then
another song was sung the bencdiction was
pronounced aud the men slowly dled Out
o. dinner
Ia the afternoon they were again let out
in the cell house until 4o'clock, when they
we're locked up for tho night This Is fair
sample Of the way every Sunday IA ttAa veal
is spent. ..Ht 4e.Al-tt-l
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s no.. FL rlrs.nicai AfrIea.

Several incidents Of recent African ex-
pl0rati0n call - pliBi the stories that
were told OF the early travels Gf white
tnen in this country. A white. man on
horseback Is a very unusual spectacle In
tropical Africa, and the animal Mr.
HOLSTER rode a few months ago made
almost as much OF Il sensation az ths
horses that COrtez introduced into Mex
lco. HOLSTERS journey was short
one. extending only from Landana, on
the coast. To Bona, on the Congo, but 1t
led the traveller through a densely
peopled region ii which little is yet
known.
MY horse, he writes, "made a great
sensation At sight OF him all the
women in the villages at first were pet
rihed with establishment. They stood
m0ti0nless. with their eyes fixed on the
strange animal Coming to themselves
at last, with their hands raised above
their heads, they raised their cry Of
'Ho. no. hor expressive Of boundless as
constituent. Some of them threw them
selves upon the ground. shifting their
breasts. Could it be, they said, that
such a great beast, with a white man
above him. was harmless; Such an ami
mai must certainly eat black people.
when we convinced them at last that
horse was harmless and that he was a
very useful animal they yentured nearer.
rAey had 10 eyes for anything but the
horse. As we passed through the vii
ages many Of tho inhabitants followed
Us. The men turned back after a mile
or 50, but many Of the women. who
showed the greatest interest and curl
ositv, followed us for three miles. When
my horse trotted they trOtted, too, their
ewes fixed on the beast. Unmindful Of
where they were stepping they fell into
the burrows in the manioc fields. and
tunbled down in the tall grass. They
Kept pointing the animals out to the ba-
bies that were fastened on their backs.
From some Of the villages deputations
came to me asking me to stop a while in
their towns that they might have time
@ admire the prodigy"
A whole menagerie Of African curl
Osities would not excite 20 much atten-
ton Ia the civilized world as this horse
aroused in part of Africa where the
zebra never roams and no species Of
the horse family is known.-New York
Sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03
The Poet Grar,s Unhappy Lie.

Gray'5 was, in many ways, a melan-
choly life. His vitality was low, and
such happiness as he enjoyed was OF a
languid kind. Physically and emotion.
ally he was unfit TO cope with realities,
and this though he never felt the touch
OF some Of the most crushing evils that
humanity sustains. lie was never poor,
he vas never despised, lie had many de-
voted friends; but on the other hand he
had a wretChed and diseased constitution.
he suffered from all sorts Of Frustrating
complaints, from imaginary insolences,
violent antipathies and want OF sym.
pathy. Fame such as is rarely accorded
TO man came to him; he was accepted IS
without doubt the first Of living Eng.
lish poetsi and he took no kind Of pleaa-
ure in it. He was Mortified 70 find him
self a celebrity; he refused to be poet
laureate; he refused honorary degrees;
when at Cambridge the young scholars
ere said to have left their dinners to see
I'm as he passed in the street; il was a
sincere pain to him. Cooper counter
balanced his fits of umutterable melan-
choly by his hours Of tranquil serenity
over teacups and mullins and warm coal
fires, with the curtains drawn close.
Johnson enlivened his boding depression
by tyrannizing over an adoring circle
But Gray's only compensations were his
friends. Any one who knows Gray's
letters to and about his young friend
Bonstetteten, knows how close and warm
1t is possible for friendship to be.-Ar.
thur Benson in Macmillan's Magazine.
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That isa grim reason for having a
navy, that we may have peace, and yet Il
Is true, for the United States Is ahead OF
the world in the genius of inve ntions
and we can build such fleet that we
could defy the world. Already we have
taught the European nations the new naval
warfare once, and we are trying now the
experiment of fast cruisers armed with
heavy ordnance that can throw two hun
dred pound dynamite shells.
II the "efete moharchies," as the play
ful hoosier calls them, want to try con-
illusions let them come on.
We will only have to get ready few
more swift dynamite cruisers. sooth the
wrath Of Colonel Shepherd of the Mai
and Express with bomb-proof position
and we would at once be prepared to
sink any navy that came against Us.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

Why WE WANT A NAVY America
then, wants navy thor oughly equipped
and efficient, because she wants peace
Strong naval forces keep nations gooc
humored. II Russis, Austria, Ger
many and France had nothin
better TO fight with than cross
bows or flintlccks war would be
the chief business Of the time. Wha
makes them think twice before sounding
the alarm IL inevitable carnage They are
all equally courageous, all are well armed
with the finest modern implements,
and not one Of them hesitate5 becaus'
he doesn't want 10 fight, but because
fighting Is 80 expensive Ia treasure
and life. There Is hardly govern.
menf bank vault In Europe that could
stand the strain. A War would kunck
commercial interests end for end Mill
tsry glory has beensubmerged IN the love
OF money. That IL the change which
the nations In this uine'
tenth csplury.--N Y. Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

The Washington Epsning Post Satirize'
the warlike Colonel Of the AGf
and E1prs. by drawing CORY
picture o. the battslions OF unre
constructed rebels he would meet in the
South and how they would make mlnce'
meat Of him, and then adds as +. D.
'In the above editorial We have merely
tried 70 outline to Colonel Shepard the
kind OF hornets nest he ID getting
into, and unless be wants to eat up the
pronss Of bis paper In carrying on war
Of bis own fomenting he had better back
out early and no. bankrupt the Christian
example he has set up the Mail and IT.
pres 10 represent"
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SUNTAY IN A PRISON.
Murderer and Thieves Who Sing Nearer,
NV Cod TO Thee"

My HOdi 10 Thee
Six b ndFed men in striped clothing lis
.enel } the sermon Of the Rev. Mr. Barn
will { the prison church in Jelfersonville
yestf day morning, says The Louisville
Tin 5. Since breakfast the cells had been
ope 1. and tho men sat about in the corridors
am sing themselves by singing, telling
5tori,'s and in divers ways
twas a curious, yet witbal a sad sight
Among theu. ERE great, powerful fellows,
With splendid m, scles and intelligent faces
Zen who, had tley stuck 10 the paths Of
apnesty, might have ranked high among
ID Fir fellows IL social and political life
.hen there ere scores of low browed con-
Wet, with the .nculiar hang dog look that
alwaSs characterize a sneak thief, who did
not see u atall out OF their proper sphere
There we're large ,len and small men, fat
men and lean me' arr dgly men; in fact,
every type 4 nial kir4 could have been Sc
lected from al..~.-s hem. There we're >.any
present whom the reporter knew in happier
times.
Towering high above all the rest wa the
figure OF a man who now owns one OF the
finest farms In Clark county and who once
stood among the foremost in ms neighbor-
hood It was Jack Robinson, who Is serving
life sentence Tor killing his neigbbor, Sam
uel bay, In quarrel about tho boundary
lpss OF their farms.
" " Oyer 7Qyaely 81 sgs, biz bar and
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GENERAL HARRIsoS's TREE

We do not generally take interest in
family trees, and prefer to see the anti
auarian climb The same and get tangled
In tie branches where he has TO hang
dudes and geniuses, as well as aristo-
Gratis, and perhaps come across a Canada
refugee to put on prominent limb as
the fruit thai came BY various degrees
from some noble root that has rotted in
the dull earth or served TO stop the chink
OF cabin. We recall ihe beautiful words
of the poet
I'm baron hold
A da night OF old.
And lord Of high degree;
In my castle hold
Sy ccucs are told
In tales OF chivalree."
Virginia is proud Of her ancestry, and
we know d good many colored aristo
Gratis SIS we'll as descendants Of Irish
kings in Virginia who love TO tell Of the
romantic past The difficulty is to
analyze the sristocrat and ascertain the
specific gravity Of his noble blood, and
then when you get 1t to see whether Il
dead ancestor Is more successful than a
live IDIOT
These are general remarks.
The roint Of interest TO day in ances.
Try IS the prominent figure in American
politics. and here is what the New York
Sun says-lhat the tree" of the Harri-
son family that establishes their lineage
is given as follows
Pocahontas and John Roife had one
son. Thomas Rolfe, VINO married Jane
Poythress. Their only child, daughter,
married Robert Boiling, whose descend.
ant married Benjamin Harrison, ancestor
Of the newly elected President
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THE TIMES.

Mex. Sunday we will publish the TINES
in cighs-psge form, with additional news
and miscellany to suit the day.
In to-day's edition there will be fcunt
. full telegrsphic report OF all the news
review OF the church services OF yesleF
dsy and a stenogrsphical report of DR.
Horc's first Old Market sermon.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03
Peruvian Iyhistiing Jug.

Tie silvador5 or musical jugs found
among the burial places Of Peru ar-
most ingenious specimens al handl
work. A silvio in tia William s.
Vaux collection at Philadelphia con
sists Of two vases, whose bodies ala
Joined one to the other, with a hole OF
opening between them. The neck OF
one Of these vases IS closed, with the
exception OF small opening Ia which
q clay pipe is inserted leading TO the
body OF the whistle When a liquid
il poured into the OPEN necked vase,
the air Is COMPRESSED into the other,
and in escaping through tho narrow
opening is forced into HE whistle. the
vibrations producing sounds. Many
of these sounds represent the notes OF
birds one IN the Clay collection OF Phil
adel phia, Pa, initiates the robin @
some other member OF the thrush tribe
peculiar 10 Peru. The closed necl, OF
this double vase is modelled into a rep
resentation OF a birds head, which is
thrush like in character. Another
water vase in the same collection, rep
resenting q llama, initiates the dis.
gushing habit which this animal pos
sesses Of ejecting its saliva when en-
ragged. The Kissing sound which
accompanies this action is admirably
initiated. A black tube OF cart IL
ware ornamented with q grc.esque
head in low relief, TO which short
arms are attached pressing q three
tubed syrinx to its lips, Dc erves special
mention, as it sugges', the evolution
of this instrument f.on G single tube
to more complicat d forms. Tho Clay
Worker.
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Below We quote prices of a few of the many
Bargains We have 10 stock:
Needles, lc. per paper; halrpins lc. per
punch ana &c. per boz; 10 slate pencils for lc.;
lead penc Is for lc.; rubber ZIP pencil, Ic. ,;
note paper, &c. for "a sheets; envelopes, &c. FOR
20; shoe backing, lie. per box; shoe polish.
No. per bottle; sewing machine OIL &c. per bot
tie; papers pins. &C.; silk. &c per spool; but
ton hole twist. le.; embroidery silk 81. per
dozen: standard prints, o.. per yard; gingbams,
from = exc. per yard; ali wool henriettas.
81 :; all wool tricot, IS and iOc.; plaids, Is
10 &c; unlaundried shirts. "A to Sc: ladies'
rubber shoes. 25c. per pair boys knee pants,
&c: large lot OF mems work pants for sl.Uo
aud 81 -.
A choice of Harper's Bazaar Patterns free
to every purchaser Of IS worth OF merehan-
disc
With small profits. square dealings and good
yalnes, we hope To merit Il share OF your pat
ronage. JOHN NJ. I.YELI.
Racket store,
'decl-tt Gil +. Broad street.
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We request the people TO whom the
TINES will be delivered free for one week
to give It the attention it deserves, and
when the canvasser calls be ready to
send Ia their names as regular sub
~.~ft<a~c
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

Over 800, 900 cent postage stamps are
sold daily in the New York postofice'
while the amount Of oil stamps sold each
day is over $4,000.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

We never thoroughly know . man
ugu We hssy him laugh. Squire HOODS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

Auction Sales, legal Notices and Amcss-
i,serflon'
~. yxrklY Trnrs. by mail. posture PAID
zoe year, 81: ak months. ~ cents; inree
nonfhs. u cents.
sn,s,cd &C the Richmond (vs) fostofnce
a second-cless m<sfte,.
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dor THE PICKING SEASON.

II -
Pure CIDER and WHITE WINE VINEGAR
warranted 10 keep Pickles,
Pure fresh SPICES ofall descriptions
Old FRENCH and CALIFORNIA and APPLE
BRANDIES: also WHITE WHISKY,
Don't forget my four year-old PREMIUM
WHISKY at f2.5O per gallon;
Just arrived a small quantity Of new MACK
EREL, large size, sni Of new DUTCH
HERRING, at
HERMANN sCHsnDT'S
EUROPEAN STORE,
aud 5O2 Drosdscr