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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23

An electric girl in Iowa can hold a 500
pound man in a chair with ali ease Almost
any pretty girl can hold man of any size in a
chair, or even on piano stool, whether she's
electric OF not, and she needn't even so much
as put her hands on bim-Portland Ore
gOniQn
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23

Ellie Van Rensselaer, pityingly to Miss
Smithl-lS TINS the first time you've been to
Newporti We always come here WHY.
we've been here twelve years.
Miss Smith-How old are you
E1le-Seyen. -Tim0
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23
JAMES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT.

JAMES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT
GREAT TOURIST LINE.
JAMESTOWN, DUTCH GAP, AND WAR
SCENERY.
CHEAPEST ROUTE
RATES LESS THAN HALF CHARGED BY
RAIL LINES.
FRS t-CLASS MfALS.
The elegant and fast steamer
ARIEL
carrying United states MaiO.
Captain DEYO.
leaves Richmond every
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY,. AND FRIDAY
AT 7 IN. (STREtT-CARS CONNECT IN
FULL TlMEl TOR above named places, arriv-
ing az Norfolk about 500 pm Returning.
the steamer leaves Norfl X. Old 'oini. aud
Newport News on alternate days, arriving III
Richmond about 500 pm.
through tickets 10 above named points on
sale Oh steamer and at CARRIERS Agency. No
TO- Ndn street. Baggage checked through
sTATE:ROOMs ENGAGED FOR DAY
OR NIGHT.
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True.

Since bathing became questionable among
the elite one must keep out Of the water 10
order TO DO in the swiaa. Time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23
ARRIVE EICuuONo

ARRIVE RICHMOND.
i.gV pm.-MAIL daily Except Sundavl
I'D ACCOMMODATION daily (erceps
Sunday.
Il ~ am.-EAPRESS daily
sunday accommodation between Richmans
ana sSOttsVllle leaves $50 am, arrives return
IN l:lj I'm.
CONNECTIONS
Al clifton Fore with Cheese peake and nh,a
railway Tor the South, West and Northwest
Al Ly1caDurg with Norfolk aud Wesr1 rn
ralrQad Tor All points South. Southeast. and
oiYlutnwsst, and virginia Midland rail- way for
81 points North ana South.
AT Richmond with Associated Railvavs fov
al points In the south. and Richmond frcds.
lcksOurg ana Potomac railroad for the North
AT Lexington With Baltimore and Ohio rall-
tVau, maAlns close connections at Harpsrr
terry 70 and from Pittsburg and the Vest
also 10 points North and East
Sleeplng-car attaC bed 70 NIGHT EXPRESS
stops at Lynchburg
CARS LYNCHBURG Ia MEM
Phls, NEW ORLEANS. and LITTLE ROCK.
rIains marked daily except sunday sDajly
Ickets sold TO all points. Offices. ala
T. 81 Maln street, 1000 Main street.lcf
h hicnmond an Allegheny depot. Eight. nd
80. JOHN Il. MACNURDO.
.Heo Hen1 Passenger Agent.
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How a Flight Was Avoided.

'Sir, you are an internal liar!n
!, Il see by that tina: you are u truthful
slan Lincoln journal.
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CONNECTIONS.

Train No. 30 connects daily except Sunday
a; heysyille for Chase City, GAINESVILLE. and
Raleigh. salem. and Winston. and an points on
North Carolina ID. vision; at Salisbury for Ash
vihe- Hot Springs and an points in Western
North Carolina, and at Charlotte tor c., { x
A. K. X.
Train No. 81 connects daily az Greens
borO for Salem, Winston, Raleigh. Colds
poro' and Morenead City Ut Salisbury fol
Asheviiie, Hot Springs. AID all points! 10
western North Carolina; ~ Charlotte With
Charlotte. Columbia and augusta railroad far
Columbia, Augusta, Aiken. Charleston. swan
nah, brownsville, Ga, Jacksonville and other
FLORIDA points; also with Carolina Central
railroad FOR Wilmington.
Trains from the South arrive at Eichnond
500 am. and 800 pm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23

"You must give me time, George, 10 think
80 over. lis oll so strange, so unexpected
Il viii give you years time if you wish
IT, My love for you is great enough 10 bear
that strain
"Cb don't want a year-giye mo five
minutes. Life
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FREIGHT.

Freight received daily for Norfolk. Ports
mouth, Smithfelt. HamrtOn. Old Point. Wav-
cry. and Hicksftrd, Va: Washington, ID. C.:
Newberre, Washington. and Tarboro. N. C.:
all stations on Atlantic a Danville railroad
SeabOari Roanoke railroad. Norfolk south
ern railroad. ard Eastern North Carolina
genera ,ly; also, for Eastern Shore OF Virginia
and all regular landings on the James river
az LOW toT AAIks, and through bills is
sued.
LUCIEN y. TATUM. Vice President.
No. llls Main street and Rockets.
IRWIN "EisTGER, Freight and Passenger Agt.
fmyZe1tf
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DAILY. tDaily except Sunday.
STOPPING PLACES.

sTOFPIAG PLACES.
Nos. q and IA make no stops. No. q atom
only on signal at Manchester and Chester
10. - stops only on signal at Chester. Centrn-
ia ana Manchester. No. - stops on signal at
All regular stations. No. IS stops on sigma At
al regular stations. and also at Temples and
fOst "aithau. Nos. 81. -, IS. "a, IS. %. 81,
ana % VIII stop az all stations for passengers.
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
On Trains Nos. IA and % sleepins-cars be-
tween New York and Tampa. Fla, (yis Jack
sohViiiel. On Trains Nos. IL and q sleeping
cars between Washington and Charleston.
On Train No. u sleeping-cars between
New York and Jacksonville. On Train No. ~
sieeping-cars between Washington aud Jack
sonVlle.
THE ONLY ALL~RArLLTNE TO NORFOLK
Richmond. 'lO:ss am. Norfolk. go pm.
Richmond, '600pm. Norfolk. e35 nm
N0rfolk. 500 am. Richmond II.45 am
Norfolk, 500 pm. Richmo~d d. 7:59 pm.
these trains also make close ronnect!ons
Tor farmville, Lynchburg, and south-
western points. and all stations on the Norfolk
ana western railroad. except the lO:53 train
passengers for points west of Petersnurg
should take the s:35 am. train instead.
K. NJ. SULLt,
Superintendent.
+. L. d. MYERS
General superintendent
4. NJ. EMERSON, General Passenger Agent.
SOL HAAS. Traffic Manager. iapse
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tCIoyer ACCOMMODATION.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
How They Farm in Chill.

Farming in Chill is conducted ON the old
feudal system. The country is divided into
great estates, owned by people who live in the
cities and seldom visit their haciendas. as
they are called. The tenants are permanent,
and have retainers in the form of little cot
tages and gardens, for which they pay no
rent. If the landlord requires their services
they are always subject to his CALL and aIe
paid by the day or month for whatever labor
they perform, generally in orders upon the
supply store or comnlissary of the estate,
where they can obtain food, clothing and
other articles, and rum-especially rum. They
are given small credits at these stores. and as
the law prohibits a tenant from leaving
landlord to whom he is in debt, the former is
never permitted to settle his account. The
poems never get ahead. They live and die on
the same estates and in the same cabins where
their fathers and grandfathers lived and died,
and know nothing of the world or the condi-
tions of men around them. Although they
are badly treated in most cases, they are al
ways loyal to their masters and take their
peonage as a matter of course.
The war with Peru had demoralizing eff
feet upon the agricultural population, from
which the army of Chill was recruited and it
VIII require many years to recover from it.
When they returned from the war it was
found almost impossible to get the men back
to the estancias. They were enamored of mil
itary life, and had got taste of city dssipa-
ton, and large proportion of the army, when
it was mustered out, became thieves, beggars
and nighwaymen. There is not enough labor
in the country to work the farms, and the
lack has not only caused higher wages to be
paid, but has done much to break up the old
system. immigration is encouraged, labor
saving machinery is being introduced from
the United States, and new conditions are
promised But the estancieros who adopt la
Dor saving machinery have to get some i'm
migrant TO operate it, as the native can sci.
dom be induced to do so, and when he does,
usually smashes the implement at the first
trial-Harper's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
The London Half SATURDAY.

OF course the British public is used to it.
nall Saturdays now, and perhaps in time tn,
American public will come TO it too The
distinction between Saturdays in the two
countries is something very marked Satur-
day all day is the busiest part Of the week
IN america l know many business men in
England who don't count Saturday as day
at all Before you get rightly started a.
work The day is finished 1t takes an Amer
lean long time to get accustomed to the
London half Saturday. was a year in Lon
don before | got at ali reconcilesd TO the fac.
mat you could not count on SATURDAY for
much was continually going down in the
afternoon to the printing Office and finding
everybody gone
But the four bank holidays are frozen ter
ror to the American A paper has TO Be got
out about week ahead ia order 70 tide over
that terrible Monday, for any employer viii
tell you that 1t generally takes most Of tie
week to get things going smoothly asaiu I
pity the man who has TO 20 anywhere On a
bank Holiday. Traffic seems 20 be knocked
silly. You can buy a third class ticket and
60 into first class carTisge-and tnen stand
up-Luke Sharp IN Detroit Free Presa
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29

| 1t is more interesting to watch Bismarck
when making one of his great speeches than
to listen to him. His words are far stronger
and make much more of an impression in
cold type than when they fall from his lips.
This shows their inherent force and weight.
His delivery is slow; he always uses the ex-
act word he wants and his facts are mar
shaded in clear and lucid order When he
first rises to speak great silence falls upon
the reichstag; not even q whisper is heard
and the deputies of all shades of political
opinion crowd as closely as possible around
him, fearful lest they might lose a single
syllable Of what he says Bismarck has little
or no rhetorical action. His motions are not
graceful, his voice is husky and unmusical,
and some of his sentences are as long as those
of our own Evarts. During debate he
makes frequent notes in a coarse, scrawling
hand. When attacked by some keen oppo-
nents he grows nervous, shifts in his seat, his
pen shakes between his fingers and very often
his hand goes menacingly to his sword hilt,
for Bismarck while he is the first civil Off
Ger in the empire, is at the same time gen
eral of cavalry, and always wears his I'M
dress uniform in the reichStag
When aroused his ebullitions of passion
arc IeqdehOly UeiiADlS his great frame
quivers with emotion and his gray blue eyes
flash fire as he turns towards the benches of
his adverSaries and demands to know who it
was that Kissed him. Scenes of this charac-
ter, however. are of rare occurrence in recent
years. He is merciless in retort, unsparing
of persons, no matter their age, their per-
sonal services to himself or to the empire.
He possesses a caustic humor, which he uses
with great effect. A master of invective,
his coarseness of speech very often defeats
his own obiect.-John P J-@a.son in New
York World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
Gladstone's Vitality and Versatility.

Perhaps 1t is in private life that Mr.. Glad
stones vitality and versatility are most re-
markable. 1t is great sight TO watch him
at dinner with few friends He never talks
for the sake of talking. but listens attentively
TO every one else, and is eager to draw out
from his company all they can tell him But
they feel the influence of e master mind in
the smallest details Mr. Gladstone asks a
dozen searching questions in a few moments.
and presents the subject in an entirely new
light by some exposition that the listeners
never dreamt Of He is full OF "reminiscences.
and seems to imagine that everybody's mem
DRY ought to be as tenacious as his own.
One night when he was prime minister he
set on the treasury bench with only one col
league beside him he was apparently asleer.
and the other man thought he might indulge
In a doze. But presently Tory speaker
ventured upon Some historical statement.
Mr. Gladstone was on the alert ct once.
Turning 10 his companion, he said: THAT is
entirely wrong This fellow is mixing up his
facts and his dates Don't YOU rememberF'
Then he proceeded 10 explain some obscurs
passage of political history of which his uu-
fortunate colleague was obliged 10 confess en-
tire ignorance. Mr. Gladstone looked at him
for a moment in pitving wonder and as soon
as he dared the hapless man skunk away
Meeting friend. he said: Pm going home:
/ can't stand that iendish old man any more
Wig, he actually cross examined me about
something that happened before l was boru!s
London Cor. Philadelphia Tmes
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
New York DoubIoon of l12S.

Seating the reporter at table Mr. ProSkey
went to large safe and took out one of the
small drawers with which it was filter,
From this he took little channels skin ts,s
containing a small brown paper package, in
side of which, carefully wrapped up in tissue
paper, was large, thick, irregular gold coin,
about the size of one of the largest copper
cents
There" said Mr.. Proskey, throwing it
upon the table, ''is coin that is much rareI
than the 1904 dollar 1t is the New York
doubloon, coined in 1887, and intended as g
state coin. Only a very few were struck and
but five are now known TO exist"
On one side of the coin is picture of the
sun rising over mountain, strmounted By
the legend, Nova Eboraca Columbia Ex-
celsior.n Below the mountain is the word
"Brasher, the name of the designer The
other side has the original form Of the ma
tional motto, "Unum E Pluribus" Inside
Of this is an heraldic eagle, ON one wing of
which are the letters E. B., the designers I'M
Geved in advertising, and didn't intend to let
the designers name be forgotten. 1t is
worth about $500 The last one that was
sold, which was not nearly as fine speci
men as this, went for S507, and subsequently,
for S521. IL had been held in an old Mary
land family ever since it was coined If this
piece only had the reputation of the 1904 dol
lar it would be worth great deal more
money."-New York World
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
A QUESTION.

We loved for summer from June to September,
Twas only jest, tho, beg you'll remember,
But the tears in our ey es, were they only mock
sorrow,
And the ache in our hearts. will it vanish to.
morrow
Twas only jest, and we're parting forever,
The words our lips, pale a tri!le, are never,
And the look in our eyes; ali. can eyes SO dis
semble?
Do they lie, like the lips, as they whiten and
tremble?
Goodby, yes forever to make believe passion,
Back from nature and joyance to heartache and
fashion,
flower.
Was it worth all the pain for the jest of an hour'
Roberta White in Home Journal.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
Internal Revenue mixed Drinks. .

VI ben whisky, rum, gin, CT any Of the
stuff known as hard liquors are Cow r.
cefved they are al mixed together and poured
into barrels This destroys the distinctive
quality of each aEd makes compound that
toe hardest drinksr would turn from II dis
gust, and whose smell alone would make a
soOer man see snakes When about ter bar
res OF tbs hes accumulated tie collector Of
internal revenue Is notified, and be seois oze
Of kis officers 20 gauge the liquor and csrssfy
10 TIE proof and amount TIE eF7rer also
se@s personally 70 its delivery 20 ;iss dls,iissry
where II has been sod For after tie stuff
has bSsn made unfit for It's original yurpese,
Il may be made sAiRbIe again Ia toe form 81
sleoboi by being GistiIiei- Toe purchaser
pays for j. a. the higasx. market Pre-. in pro
portion 10 the amount Of alcobcs usich 10
contains as shown BY tbs internal rrvenn. Of
hcers certificate. and which averages ninety
s1I ceats per gallon WIses arsserFsa IA tbs
kzEsA WAY. = ScxScn ASrerszskg -
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
Two Confederates Who Had No Interest
in the Struggled Frightened Skulker.

Two Confederates Who Had No Interest
in the Struggled Frightened Skulker.
Mai. J. II. Shelton related in our hearing
the following diverting incidents of the san
culinary battle of SharTSburg or Antietam:
Gen. BarksCIale drew his brigade up in line
and addressed them in substance as follows:
men. upon this battle hangs in all proba-
bilitv the destiny of the Confederacy, the
destiny of our beloved homes, the destiny Of
our property, the destiny of our fathers, OF
our mothers, of our wives, of our sweethearts,
Then. let every man of us be hero in the
strife. and acauit ourselves like men. If there
be man among you that possesses none Of
these precious things that / have Just enume-
rated and feels that he has nothing to battle
for. if he will step TO the front | will give
him permission to retire to ignominious
safety"
At this iuncture two lean, lank, dirt eat
ing looking shadows of men stepped to the
front, and one of them in nasal tones drawled
out:
''Gen'rul, men him." pointing to his COM
rade, ''haint got no home, no pappy, no
NANNY, no wife, no sweetheart, an nary
Niger; kin we go."
Phe general looked at them with whitening
scorn for few seconds, and then, pointing
to the woods in the rear, thundered: ''GitI"
and they got.
While the battle was at its height, and the
cannons' thunder fairly made the ground
quake, and the shells and grapeshot shrieked
through the murky air like veritable de
mons, Gen "Ranse" Wright saw a fellow
running out of the fight like a scared rabbit.
The general drew his pistol, and, putting
spurs to his horse, intercepted the recreant
soldier and shouted to him:
$50 back to your place, sir; go back or I'll
shoot you"
The frightened skulker yelled back: "Shoot
and be hanged to you; them fellers hev got a
thunderin' sight bigger guns than you bev!"
and, darling under the generals horses
oelly, incontinently took to his heels.
The above yarns of Maj Shelton recall to
our mind the witty pun of an old Johnny
Reb" On the march to Hagerstown, Md, Just
before the battle of Shagpsburg. Many of
the soldiers were barefoot, and the soleS or
their feet Were worn and bleeding Our
company, which had been detailed as rear
guard, had halted in the road for a moments
rest One old fellow, Joe McCracken sitting
on the roadside, held up his feet for the cap
tain's inspection, and pointing to huge stone
bruises on either foot, said in lugubrious
tones:
"Capn, these are the days that try mems
solesln
The company groaned, while some of them
cried xiii him on the spot!'
McCracken had his arm disabled by
sharpshooter's bullet in the trenches around
Petersburg, but refusing discharge, was
among the few ragged rebs that grounded
their arms when the sun of the Confederacy
went down behind the hills Of Appomattox-
--Hartwell Snn.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
The Elevator Mans Memory.

at is not hard to memorize the situation Of
the different Offices" said man who runs an
elevator in the Field building. "The difficult
thing is to recollect when the different people
get down to work in the morning. When
person fails to find a man in his Office the
first thing he does is to ask me at what tiIne
he usually arrives. If | make a mistake or
can't answer at all am complained of to the
boss, so to hold my job must not only be
walking directory but oracle as well.
This building is made up entirely of small
offices, and many of the tenants employ no
help. On this account [ am obliged to know
exactly when each man is in the habit of get
ting down in the morning. If man always
comes at the same time each day it would be
a simple matter, but in calculating | have to
make allowance for queer feature in human
nature which you have probably never heard
of before.
"The average man finds it harder to keep
good resolutions than to make them. When
he sits at home on Sunday and thinks over
the past week he feels that he could have
done much better than he did do if he had
got down to the Office much earlier than he
did. He remembered that it was almost time
for luncheon when be had finished discussing
his morning paper, SO he resolves to turn
over a new leaf for the coming week. The
result is that he gets down here on Monday
morning before we have the steam up. The
next day he is half an hour late, and on
Wednesday be is an hour behind. When it
is time to turn out on Thursday morning he
feels discouraged at being unable TO live up
TO his resolution. SO he turns over and takes
another nap. BY Saturday he has returned
20 his lazy habits. Thus it goes on year in
and year out When I'm asked when man
viii be down in the morning don't look at
the clock but at the calendar. New York
Evening Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
NO CHANCE FOR ESCAPE.
The monograph as Third Party at .
Popping of the Question.


| care you in earnest, Mr. Hankinsong"
| The lovely girl who asked this question OF
| Marcellus Hankinson sat behind the center
| table with her hands in her lap and regarded
the young man intently.
''In earnest, Irene.' he exclaimed, pale with
emotion and chronic dyspepsia, 1.-The whole
happiness of my life is wrapped up in your
answer to the question have asked. If YOU
will trust your future in my hands, my life
shall be devoted TO the task of making you
happy. 1t will be my sole aim to shield you
from the rude blasts of all adversely, to
smooth your pathway through the world, to
interpose my right arm between you and
every danger that threatens to disturb your
peace, and
''f listen to your suit. Mr.. Hankinson,"
interrupted the young lady, casting her eyes
with some timidity and confusion to the door,
''you may regret it some day. You would
find me ignorant of the practical duties OF
housekeeping and without
practical duties of housekeepingr' broke
in the enthusiastic youth; ''you will have no
practical duties of that kind. As my wife
you shall not be drudge You shall be the
queen of my home You consent, do you
not, my darn-
"Wait moment, my dear Mr.. Hankinson.
/ am afraid you would find me thoughtless
and extravagant in great many things"
"Extravagant! Irene, it viii be the joy
of my life to provide you with whatever
may crafty your slightest within. You can
never make request of me that would not
rejoice to anticipate and grant beforehand"
"And you will be willing to spend all your
evenings at homer"
"My angel never would want to spend
them anywhere else'
"You would never break my heart by
joining club or becoming drinking man!n
Clear me, Irene. promise never to do
either!"
''Let me see" said the young lady, medi-
tativly; 81 think that is all-Oh. You will
agree to have the word obey left out of my
part of the marriage service, will you, Mr.
Hankinsonm
'Obey? Hal hal Why, my own, GER
tainly. am even willing to promise to obey
you!"
''Then, Marcellus," said the lovely girl, as
she lifted a full grown monograph off her
lap, locked it carefully in a drawer of the
secretary that stood against the wall, turned
up the gas, and beamed in a sweet yet bust
ness like manner upon the terror stricken
young man, 81 am yours.'-Chicago Trib-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-29
The Musou.to Mans Friend.

A lecture was recently delivered at Mad
ras, India, on that interesting and familiar
pest, the mosquito. The lecturer, MIR. II.
Sullivan Thomas, asserts that il is only the
female musquito that does the biting. he
considers the musquito most useful pest
seven-eighths Of its existence being devoted
70 the service of men and only oneeighth 70
their annoyance. 1t exist in the larval state
twenty-one days, and during that period
engages in sanitary work with ardor and
thoroughness. Wherever there IS dirty
water, wherever there is a filthy drain, Their
the musquito larya are to be found IN hun
dreds, voraciously devouring the contarniE
ating matter.-New Orleans Times Demo,