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New york-s "orranized'' Charities.

Our organized charities ere so much Tor
ganizodn that individual relief is next to az
impossibilty. | have now and then taken
the liberty Of sending family with card
10 relief associaticI, and that relief asso
citation, after invest. cation, has sent them a
half ton Of coal. 81 one occ1 ion they sent
half ton Of coal to a family which bad
pawned It's stove. its bed, its table, it chairs
everything except a pallet Of straw and two
candlesticEsl In the hurry scurry Of my
work simply took in the idea that there was
a poor family who needed help, and | gave
my card, iadorsing the application, and
turned TO my work. and a week after was IN.
tenseiy chagrined-thc chasrin somewhat
tinsed 10y tho irony OF the amusing fact.
must say, that the relief was a half ton Of
coal, which they had no stove TO burn IL
and no place to keep il they had had a
stove-Joe Howard in Chicago News.
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THE TOBACCO EXHIBIT.
General wise oorreets an Error.


RICHMOND, Va, October %, 1888.
Mosrs. Editors;
I want TO correct an error In my re
port published ia your issue OF yesier-
day, for which neither you nor anyone
else Whose head | would like to break
is responsible The error is clerical one
made in type-wiiling copying from the
original manuscript. which manuscript
I'm my own handwriiihg,wa entirely cor
rect. under the head OF "DepartmeH 81
Manufactured Tobacco" The reading al
the point. which will be readily recog-
nized. should have been:
Silver medal to r. A. Patterson y Co.
Of Richmond, Va, for second 6cst expert
t0jdcco
Bip3op.a to Myers. Bro. & o. q Rici
mond, Va. for g0y superior eie'oihg 6wleg
may.
lie itlliCs in the first paragraph show
the place therein where the mistake was
made in the publications the italics in the
second indicate whole clause that was
emitted.
regret the omission particularly, be-
cause II was calculated 10 DO temporary
wrong 10 one of the most public spirited
firms in this city, who are not simply my
friends. but The friends Of progress.
Yours PFYTON WISE,
Chairman, &c
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While the officers Of the German army
have bent their inventive energies to the
construction Of a practical air ship for war
purposes the French naval office has ro.
been idle and it las achieved success in q
Ike direction. Tho former have carefully
guarded their secret. Not SO the French Il
now leaks out that OH July IL balloon expert
ments were made in the ha'bcr II Ioulon, on
board of the floating battery Gmplacabc b.
the inventor. Lieut. Sorpettc, in tic presence
Of Admiral Amet end a large staff Of naval
aud military officers The balloon had %
circumference Of $40 metres was liled with
gas made on board OF the vessel and held
captive 10y thin steel rope.
The special invention q Lieut.. Serpotte
consists in a new method Of ballasting the
car by which ascent and descent are exactly
regulated and IN the practical application Of
direct telephone communication between the
aeronaut aud not ouiy the officers OF the ship
from which the balloon ascends, but also
with those Of an eatirc fleet Three asccA-
sions to the height Of $50 metres were made
bv the lieutenant and professional aeronaut.
At the second and third ascensioIs the In
pacablc aud the 4 EFT moved out 70 sea at the
highest speed. The results were satisfactory.
The aeronaut was able 10 communicate at a
distance Of twenty nautical miles the ap-
proach OF a small steam launch. Thus the
approach Of torpedoes, Of hostile fleets and
tho,moyemcnis Of land forces near the coas,
can be promptly sgnalcd When the expert
ments were made a calm prevailed. Whether
the invention is practical IN heavy sea with
q strong wind Is q question apparently not
Yet solved. 49, Philadelphia Times
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The little Coy Knew.

Miss R. was telling Lcr Sunday school
class Of small boys about The "Shu:.in So
ciety," an organization whose members are
mostly young persons confined with illness e
their beds or rooms
Whom can VIC think off, said she, en-
deavoring % awaken the interest Of the class
in these uniortunates, 'that would have bad
great sympathy FOR these that are so shut iuI
81 know. said a little boy, with brighten
ing face, some ono IN the Bible, isn't 1t
teachorm
YES said Mss R., and who
johnny
Jonah" was the spirited enswcr.-Har
nnr'. IaLar
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

A new form Of electric fire alarm con-
sists of a closed vessel nadeff very thin
metal and filed with naphtha or other
volatile liquid. This Is 50 arranged that
when the naphtha vaporizes, as conse-
quence of rise in the temperature Of the
surrounding air, the thin sides OF the me
tallic chamber bulge out, and in so doing
come in contact with ehonite pieces,
through which an electric circuit is com.
pleted and an alarm bell rung - San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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Ths 1hfatre.

Mr.. George T. Timer appeared at the
Theatre last night as Colonel Sellers
The audience was very much pleased
with his representation of The character
and showed by their applause that they
regarded him as worthy bearer OF the
mantle of the late John t. Raymond
The warmth of this reception was all 'he
more emphatic as this was hts iirst aP,
pesrance in Richmond. The play VIII
be repeated tonight, and our theatre
goeIs who attend will find millions IN
il" Tomorrow "For Congress viii be
rlven-a play very much in keeping win
the present state Of political feeling
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VIII PrOhated.

The will of the late William koss was
probaled in the Chancery Court yesier-
day. 81.
10 his wife. Mrs. Maria Koss, is lef'
the sum of $25 per month during the
term Of her life, which shall 0e PAID by
his son. Henry G. Koss, so long as The
wife and son reside together In case
ihev separate, the latter $50 per month
To bis son. Henry c. Koss, is appoint
cd executor Of the viii, and qualified yes
terday. The estate is valued al Ss,l7o
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c,lleh Meeting Of Council.

There will be a called meeting OF Inc
Common Council tonight in the Coun-
eli Chamber at o'clock.
Al 7.80 o'clock there will be called
meeting of the Board OF Aldermen al
the same place.
The object of these two meetings IS 10
act on an Invitation received TO psrIlc'.
rate in The parade and exercises incident
10 Colored Peoples Day, which is TO-
morrow. Wednesday, October 5lst'
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Young is the frat event on the programme
for this afternoon.
The home and visiting wheelmen will
meet at Schssp's this morning, al II
O'Clock, for parade.
ToDAY's RACES.
The programme Tor to-day Is as fol
lows.
Heat between Valentine and Young
for the second place In the boys bsndi-
cap race OF Monday.
l. Half mile, Virginia division L. a
w novice Medals.
g One mile, baudicap-Racer.
g. Half.mile, ride and Jun Medals.
A. Three mile, professional lap. 800
: 3 One mile team, Virginia division h.
A W-Medal.
g. Half mile, steeplechsse-Mcdsls.
z Half mile, amaleur-GOld Watch.
& Three mile, Virginia division l.. A
W, champion-Medals.
Half mile consolation race.
The races begin al 2 o'clock.
CONCERTS.
Conterno's Brooklyn Band has arrived
and yesterday gave three concerts that
we're hugely enjoyed by all who took sd
vantage Of the free music The attendance
was much larger than the audience that
greeted Cappas Band on their first sp-
pesrance. This band numbers foriy-fiye
pieces
BOYS DAY.
Additional arrangements are being
made every cav for the boys exercises
aud The old folks entertainment on next
Saturday The occasion was postponed
from last Saturday so that boys who had
failed to enter might have an additional
opportunity 10 do so. One hundred en-
tries have already been made and Others
are coming in In large numbers.
ro>uEn
Under the personal supervision OF Mr.
Paine, and with an extra large force Of
men, the work OF preparing for the great
spectacle, The Last DAYS OF POmpeii, ~
has been nearly completed, and every
thing will he in perfect order by next
Thursday evening. The managers want
10 secure the sersces Of about three hun
bred more men aud youths and about
fifty ladies and small girls 10 take part in
AAAi fAAtl AhAAAtLf NJ my NHA w. ~
take part is requested to call at the
Leigh-street entrance 10 the Exposition
at o'clock this morning. The managers
state that they viii pay participants lib
orally for their services.
The admission charges TO the spectacle
will be the same as those charged by
Buffalo Bilrs Wild West viz: twenty
five cents 10 the grounds and twenty. five
cents for a seat in The grand stand
BALLOON ASCENSION.
Carloua. Queen Of the Air, will al
noon to day from the race course make a
beautiful erial excursion upol a ligh,
board platform one half inch thick al
iached ty frail hammock iwine 10 The
dainty aiiship Flying Cloud The lady
appears fully visible during the entire
flight as if standing on the air Itself.
When the height Of one mile is reached
she will leave The balloon and descend by
means Of a parachute, reaching the
ground in safety
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AN I<CIDESr
Involving One of the Hurnors of TIE Ex.
position

Involving One of the Hu,norB of TIE ~
position
Dedicated 20 the count folk and the wide
eyed people who Ysi the Exposition anf
lose their railroad tickets
A well-snown gentleman Of this city
leisurely wandering through the Exposi
tion hall and, while crossing one OF The
galleries which span The hall from front
10 rear, found lady, plainly tut neatly
dressed, on her knees searching TO-
tently and very iearfully for somelhir {
IN the dirt and amidst thousands OF pieces
OF paper which had been torn and thrown
down vt that point.
The following colloquy ensued:
What are you doing here Z"
Searching for my railroad ticket.
have lot It, and don't know how shall
get home" 5obbing, as indeed she did
throughout the conversation
Whats your name
Mrs" -
Where did YOU me from -
"Ssssafrss Fork, Granville county,
North Carolina"
An inspiration, rather unusual II may
be, struck the gentleman at this poin'
He said IN the woman Mrs. Blank, Sit
right down there; don't move while ] am
gone, and don't dare TO whimper."
Thinking from the peremptoriness OF
the genteman's tone that she had found
some one of those rare beings entitled to
give orders and to be obeyed by one Of
her and every other ilk, she shot into d
seat and became veritable representa- a.
ton Of not merely patience on monu-
ment, but Of absolutely still life.
During the not more than four min
utes which ensued the gentleman visited
Mr.. Seaton G. Tinsley, the accommo-
dating and expert gentleman who stamps
return tickets on the left OF the main en-
trance Of the Exposition hall. He stated
10 the latter the lady's case, and was i'm
mediately rewarded by having the lddy's
ticket handed 20 him. He forthwith re-
turned TO the lady He said to her: Mrs.
Blank. of Sassafras Fork, Granville
county North Carolina, ] want 10 teach
you The great lesson that there are two
or three ways OF doiog thing le;iies
crying over H. There are several hay.
stacks around Richmond and / have
found your needs il one OF them. Here
your ticket
Where did you get 1t FROM came
from her in tones ihunder0us ana half
sobs, half laughter.
81 got it from the getting place. am
Mascot, and If you ever dare to cry
again on earth III never come 10 see
you and your children in Sgssafrss Fork,
Granville county, North Carolina"
She threw her arms around the gentle
man, and so large was ler impression
that he wss not Of the common Duliu,
but wizard, and one of the benefcent.
Cinderella type, she was STOPPING to kiss
his hand when she noticed The lady
standing b. his side and asked
Are you any kin TO this gentleman Z"
pm his wife the lady replied.
Mrs. Blank threw her arms around the
l4dy's neck, and gave her u genuine old
fashioned buss. And the lady, God bless
her (as her husband sayst felt h0nored
by the buss Of Mrs b.
Mosal If anybody loses his ticke, al
the Exposition 70 10 that invaluable
gentleman and officer Of The Exposition,
Seaion G. Tinsiey, Esq.
Moral No 2 Don't lose your TICKET at
all.
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The German Army Drill.

Under the slmpIifed drill of the Ger
man army The battalions will in future
learn but three formations, tho double
column, the deep column -four companies
following each other in company columns
and the broad column The company col.
umn is the basis Of all formations and
movements in war-New York Sun.
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ANTICIPATED.

The fields have ali been reapcd and cleaned foil
Oft
The rpapcrs gone before. their work well done;
We gropc amid the s,rbble here and there.
Hoping for something new beneath the sun
VIC seek IN vain for living growing grain.
Bat meet ias;ecd. dead straw and wiihcred
leaf:
or II h 10y we seize full. ripe ear.
We ind Il has been dropped from cut sheai.
Louise Phillips IN Pioneer Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

The sale of seats for the most success
ful dramatic cre ttion of the present Gay
Jim The Penmau," opens this morning
at 9 o'clock
No play has met with greater success
.hsn his from the time of its fast pro-
ducliou. and with company 50 evenly
balanced, and with its effective scenery
IL must be one of the successes oil ihe
Exposltion era OF Richmond.
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No Choice.

Travelled Dame-Oh. can rest as well
when travelling as when at home. Do
YOU like to sleep on the rail?
Mr.. De Winks proud father OF hrst
babyl-No. don't like to, but have to.
Philadelphia Record.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30
a Change Cf Ease.

"Dimpic, have you been at tho pre-
servesi'
no. mamma, was the faint answer.
"But they are all over your face,
chillw
Den, mamma, dess &c preserves ave
been at me. replied the little miss
promptly. Free Press.
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AInn,,, fnr shln Omners.

per,hshire inventive genius las pro-
dueed rew lamp. 1t Is a cross between a
candle and q parailiEe lamp, but ithas all the
advantages and none OF the defects Of either.
There is 10 fear OF explosion or Of flooding
tic place with oil. in ease Of a breakase, and
there is no waste. The way the wax is kept
liquid round the wick is SO ingenious that il
hal. been patented and company has bought
i. u is having great sale among ship Own
ere, 90 whom us qualities are especially vaiu-
at.c.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

Every man feels himself stronger in his
relations with others If he Is surrounded
with consideration. esteem, respect.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

Tie feeling in favor OF adopting uni
vcrsai hour IS growing among ssVants, iho
Russians being tho chief remaining Obstacles
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

The Oldest known manuscript is part OF
tho .sIliad,~' found in Upper Egypt.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

Powhs,an Club meets to morrow n'gh'
IN the Chancery Court. room al ociocA'
Every member Is desired TO be present.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-30

Various japanese towns arc building
water works, tho Toxic works having
proved so successful.
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LOCAL NOTES.

Again Yesterday morning the regular
supplv Of the lines was exceeded ny The
demand, and a second edition bad TO be
published II may he remarked incl
denlally that the TINES is still booming.
Miss Hartley Graham OF Washington
is al Mrs Lewis II. Blair ,jil East Grace
street.
Judge w. T. Birdsall Of Hclyokc,
Mass IS in the city, and yesterday paid
his respects to The TIMES. he Is Oh his
way South to Mexico and the Pacific
States. to visit his friends Of quarter
of century In the pane trade.
Colonel John Bell Bigger shook the
scribe by the hand Yesterday. He has
lust gotten to town from bis HON" in
opottsylvania, and reports all the fences
in order there.
An alarm Of Ore Wa turned ID ~ she
corner OF IlancOck anil Gihner streets
last night. lice Sergeant Cosby's
house was DANCED to he amount OF go.
An officer from PHILADELPHIA came to
The city Yesterday with requisiiion pa
pers for the alleged eIbt 1zler Walton
lW0nted mere 10 answer iof thdt CHING
and who was arrested here on atelegram),
and left with him last night.
IAN Evening With Ben Hur' was de-
lightfully rendered before a large au,
dience at the Academy last evening. All
the characters in the tableaux were well
sustained by the ladies and gentlemen OF
Richmond who took part.
Mr. W. II. Stale, who for many years
has been connected with The Theatre, IS
now at the Academy Of Ausic.
Among the marriage licenses issued in
Washington yesterday was one 10 30.
ward NJ. Roscher and Rosa Y. Neale Of
this city. For some time past Mr. Rosch.
er has been pressman on the Wig and
president OF the Fulton Democratic
Climb
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-01-18

at recent largely attended meeting
Of Knights of Labor in Philadelphia,
called to discuss the pending Reading
strike, one Of the principal speakers
claimed that, Notwithstanding the rise
iu the price of coal since 1872, not one
cent of the advance has gone into the
miners pocket "The stock Of the com
papy," be said, sis capitalized at $780,.
600, 900, while the cash invested is $10O,
700. 200; and they expect you to sell
your hearts blood to them so that they
can get profit on S25 when they only
have 81 invested La the latter declara
ton the Knights Of Labor speaker struck
forcibly the keynote of one Of the great.
est evils to which the industries, the
wage earners and the consumers of this
country are subjected How can it be
remedied2 That is one of the most
puzzling problems of the time. In every
legitimate industry good dividends can
be realized to the investors and fair
wages given to the workers if the CAPT
talization of the same is honest. but il
the capitalization is largely water" the
natural result is either extortionate
charges to the public or pauper wages
to The workers, and as rule BOTH
Trenton Sunday Advertiser.
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LITERARY LIGHTS.

Gen. Lew Wallace has another novel half
finished. It is TO treat Of the time of Mo-
manned.
Alphonse Daudet has just finished a novel
entitled sImmortel," ridiculing the academy
and its forty members
Mr.. Ruskin's mental condition is consid-
cred more and more unfavorable, and he is
under partial restraint.
Lord I.ytton Owen Incredibly is to take up
his abode in Parts once more as successor to
England's long time minister, Lord Lyons.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell will remain in
Europe the rest of the winter. His ELM
wood home, at Cambridge, is re-let to Mrs.
Ole Bull
Mrs. Maria Barton win not write any new
books except for pleasure. Her claim to
Mexican property worth $1,000, 900 has Just
been decided in her favor after eighteen
years of hard fighting.
Strangely enough, Mrs. Sarah ]. Hale, who
was for many years the editor of Godey's
Lady,s Book and did q vast amount OF lit
erary work, is today best remembered by her
verses; MARY Had q Little Lamb
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-01-18

The .Ho iday rush is
pas t, and we canno t
refrain from thank ing
the people of Lander t.
VILE and vi cini ty for
the very liberal pa
tronage bes towed on US.
You gave us more than
we expected, SO we can
not help but be pleas
ed. OF strictly Holt
day Goods we have not
enough left to mention
in the way Of clos ing
out. However tween
now and February 1st,
Is took taking time },
any thing in our line
will be offer ed at
special prices. On all
wool goods pr ces wi IL
be mater tally reduced
in order to close them
out entirely. All lines
of underwear we will
quote SPECIAL prices
on. We are we'll salts
fled when you have
money to spend we get
our share of it. We
are now willing to give
you more than ever for
your cash. A trial
will pay you.
S. A. FINGER, Ast.
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"A Western tfrss.trade Democratic e1

"A Western free.trade Democratic ex
change says:
1.-THE indianapolis News. an indepen
dent Republican Journal, put great trutl
in this strong sentence The fonnda
tiops of government are swept away whel
IL is conceded that people may be taxed
for anything but the expenses of govern
ment economically administered. Thu
reads like plank for Democratic plat
form"
Yes, and 1t also reads like piece oI
veriest besb. II is high sounding jin
gle of nonsense Outside of ''the expen
ses of government" the people are taxes
for thousand and one things, such az
magnificent buildings and public ground,
at the capital and elsewhere; for the sta
tuary, paintings, splendid furniture, ETC.,
that adorn them for appropriations fo'
monuments, for river aud harbor improve
ments; for an agricultural department
for astronomical Investigations; for wea
Their bureaus for Indian schools for the
Marine baud which furnishes music fol
the presidents receptions, &C., &c. Tt
strictly confine appropriations to the mere
expenses of government "economicall,
administered" would be to lop off one
halt of all the government expenses. Yet
nobody has felt that our government .hat
lost its foundations. It's only when some
free-trade fiunkey wishes to introduce
foreign goods that they may crowd oul
our own manufactures that he begins tc
talk like an idiot. The free-trader who
talks Of protective tariff as tax, and
who asserts that goods are as rule are IN
creased In price to the consumer By rea
son of this duty upon them, is willing
either to air his ignorance of facts or t
misstate. Nothing can be more readily
demonstrated than that the tariff hal
been the means of reducing the price o
nearly all kinds of goods to the American
consumer.
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There is not shadow of a doubt that
Thobe, the Labor candidate for Congress
in Speaker Carlisle's district, was elected,
and that he was cheated out of his seat by
barefaced frauds But the Congressional
Committee dismiss the case by ignoring
the charges and declining to examine the
evidence proposed to be offered. 1t would
not do to admit that that great Demo
cratic free trade light, Mr.. Carlisle, held
his seat by fraud, much less to displace q
heightened Kentucky gentleman with q
labOring man.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-01-18

According to the Phia. Records
Trenton correspondent, 1.-THE leaders" of
the Republican party of this State have
already selected the delegation to the
next Chicago convention. A list is given
of them, which embraces large number
Of the would-be bosses of the party. 1t
is to be hoped that the Republican voters
will see to it that men are sent who re-
present the men who send them.
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Mrs. J. II. Giles, OF Everett, Pa, says:
| suffered for many years from kidney
aud gravel trouble. Besides. had other
complaints common tony sex | began
using DIR. David Ksunedy,s Favorito
Remedy, of Rondouf, N. Y. A few words
tell the resuls. am happy and per-
fectly we'll woman once more. Thanks
to DR.. Keonsdy and his Fayorits Rene
dy. Price 81. jan t6-4w
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MARRIAGES.

ToN-sIEYERs.--At the residence 9
the BRIDES parents near Frenchtown. Jan. 7
1883, by the Rev. @. w, Ray, ID. d., Lizzi'
Meyers TO Joseph c. Woyerton.
OUNG-BRIcKER,--In Philadelphia, Jan. II
1888, by Rev. j. Addison Henry. d. D., John w
Young, formerly Of Ringoes, to Ella Bricker
daughter of james Bricker, Esq, all Of Philadel
phla
WLBY--READ ING.--Jan IA, by Rev. w. w
Bullock pastor First Baptist Church, Mr. w
Richard Bowlby, Of Bucks Co., aud Miss Ida NJ
Reading, of Laiubertville.