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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-18
Rev. W. Nj. WeekIey,

He8ldang Elder, y, B. CHURCH, F"T-
kerSburg District,
Will address the People in behalf
of the Prohibition Amendment,
and help in organizing the Home
Forces, at times and places here
named evening meetings:
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-18
Domestic Department.

DUMGSuC DGpdIQQCll.
Our very best Calicoes, 5 cents !;
former price z cents.
Our very best Indigo Blues, 6 cents !;
former price s cents.
Our very best Century Cloth Prints
81, former price 10 cents.
Double Cable Cheviots, y cents
former price 10 cents.
Fine French Double-F Fold Chew.
lots, IA cents; former price Is
cents
Fine Apron Ginghams, "a cents
former price s cents.
And so on through the line.
&
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-18
Notion Department.


Bergman's Imported Zephyrs, 81
cents former price 10 cents.
G,rnantown Yarns, 81 cents; for
ner price 25 cents.
Saxony Yarns, Is cents; former
price 20 cents. Lsr go
Dress Reeds, 8 cents; former price
Is cents. EIGA tfL1
Best Skirt Braid, 4 cents; former
price 5 cents.
silk Twist, 3 for 5 cents; former
price 5 cents.
Sewing Silk, 7 cents; former price
10 cents.
Kid Gloves, "Our Own" best real
kid, sLO5 /; former price $1.25.
Kid Gloves, "Our Own" best EN-
broidered 1923; former pr. $3.50.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-18

Mrs. Thatcher is planning an
amendment Convention for Mar
shall County, to be held at Mounds
willie, April Goth and 21st. The
program was not completed when
|she wrote. Without saying very
much, the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has been quiet
~ pushing Amendment Organiza-
1tion throughout the State, during
the past year. Mrs. Thatcher has
been one of our most faithful work
4 ers.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-04-18
Dress Goods Depart.

UlUUU UUUuU UUPu1 l.
Our Finest 4S inch Henriettas,
IS cents; former price $1.OO.
Our Finest All. Wool fancy Tricots,
43 cents former prices 60 and 65
cents.
Our High Novelty Plaids, As cents; ;
former prices 65 and Is cents.
Our All-Wool Cashmeres, Black
\ and Colored, AZ ceats; former
price 80 cents.
Our Jamestown Dress Goods, 81
cents; former price 25 cents.
Our All-Wool Mixed Tricots, light
weight just to hand, 81, former
/ price so cents.
Our Cotton Worsteds, Al cents; for
mer price 7 cents, &C., DC.
Embroideries, Laces, Buttons, ev'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
Story Of A. Bronson AIcott.

Twas greatly touched by the story OF
the way the good man used to discipline
pupils by letting them ferule him until
they were fairly ashamed to be bad.
was getting fearful over the picture, when
an iconoclastic friend stepped up with a
story that brought me to normal cheerful
ness again.
1t seems that among the scholars Of Mr..
Aicott was one who bore the kind old man
some grudge OF long standing, and when
he was finally detected in evil he resolved
to settle the old score Taking the ferule
to deal the master his usual vicarious pun
ishment, he raised 1t high in the air and
brought It down on the poor pedagogue's
hand with such q tremendous whack that
he nearly tainted with pain. The pupils
did no more feruling after that. So you
~ another sweet Illusion u savagely
smashsd-Cor. New York World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
Where Good sponges Are Found.

1.-The best sponge Of commerce" said a
dealer, in speaking TO a reporter, sis
found in the Mediterranean, and Is known
as Turkey or Smyrna sponge. This is OBJ.
tanned by divers. Bahama or West India
sponge is coarser, and is sold at much
less price. Much sponge Is gathered off
the coast Of southern Florida"
How are they gatheredr"
"Sponges, when seen on the bottom at
tached to the rock, look like q big black
bunch. They are pulled of their natural
beds by fOrked hooks, which are run
down under the sponge, which Is formed
like the head Of a cabbage, and the roots
pulled from the rocks. When brought TO
the surface it is a mass OF soft, glutinous
stuff, which to the touch feels like soap
or thick jelly. When small boatload is
obtained they are taken to the shore,
where a crawl is built in which they are
placed to die, so that the jelly substance
will readily separate from the firm fiber
OF the sponge. These crawls are built by
sticking pieces Of brush into the sand out
Of tho water large enough to contain the
catch. 1t takes from five to six days for
the insect to die, when the sponges are
beaten with small sticks, and the black
glutinous substance falls Of, leaving the
sponge, after a thorough washing, ready
for market.-New York Mail and Ex-
press
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
The "Larrikins" of Australia.

The governor, instead Of importing q
decent class Of women advised the home
authorities to send ont shipload of the
worst characters, and thus it was that a
transport containing 500 women-the
refuse Of London alleys-was dispatched
to Australia. These viiagos were called
the red rovers." They in,ermarried with
the male convicts, and their progeny, as
might be supposed, turned out of the
criminal order. Their descendants of the
fourth generation are, with few excep-
tons, curse to the colony. They ill the
jals, and when at liberty congregate at
street corners, expectorate on the foot.
paths and insult women and children.
They are called ''larrikins.
The "larrikin" Is generally a thin, re.
pulsive looking youth Of ~ or 20. He is
never known to work, nor in fact to do
anything but steal and insult old men and
young nurse girls; yet he manages to get
enough to eat and to dress well at all
times. He has his clothes made of black
cloth, and occasionally sports a velveteen
waistcoat. This is cut very low in front,
the better to display frilled shirt and
small stand up collar, with tasseled neck
tie. His boots-sometimes let In with red
morOcco-have two-inch heels, and as the
proud possessor swaggers up the street or
'holds the post up" he affects q devil
nay-care sort Of manner as indicative OF
MS character. So much for the ''larri-
Kin. "-Australia Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
UIclean Worshipers of Benares.

At three of the CHATS crematories were
being made, at each of two there was one
body being burned, but at the other five
pyres were burning, and two corpses were
wrapped in white cloth, one lying with
the lower limbs in the water, TO be Gre
mated when the pile should be ready. \
sewer from the city was emptying its
reeking, filthy sewage into the river not
twenty feet above che spot where the
body was lying, and several bathers were
gulplng down great mouthfuls of the
water about ten feet below the dead body
strange infatuationl Not far from this
and above it was deep tank, in which
was as nasty a compound as one could
it was, say, fifteen by thirty feet
In dimension. Its waters had not been
for months Thousands have
bathed in it, and great quantities Of mari.
Colds and other flowers, milk and confec-
tons are daily thrown into it as offerings.
until it looks as fetid as cesspool, yet
dainty women, whose necks, arms and
ankles are weighted down with rarest
Jewels, lay aside their outer garments Of
gauze and silk and lave their
Faces and rounded forms in the sinking
slime, and believe themselves washed from
Impurities. Garter Harrison's Letter.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
Austria's Source Of Wealth.

One Of Austria's great sources Of wealth
is wood, and perhaps no country can boast
OF such an amount Of forests when COM
pared to its area. The pincipal wood pro-
ducing provinces are Croatia, Slayonia
and the former military frontier In these
provinces the woods occupy 1887, PA
acres, Of which 20 per cent. is younger
growth and 30 per cent. timber forest; SO
per cent. Of this quantity is in the hands
OF the government or of large land
owners, "A per cent belong to the parishes
D 1-2 per cent is In the possession Of the
clergy and 1-2 per cent Is owned by
single peasants. Were the ground
covered by forests divided among all the
inhabitants, the portion falling TO the lot
Of each would be 3-4 acres The cubic
measurement OF this mass OF wood Is
l,Ojj, 9GG, 34Ocubic feet, which, reckoned
at nine tenths Of a penny per cubic foot,
gives a total of f39 707, 200. The yearly
increase is l31, $40, ga cubic feet, which,
calculated at the value as given above.
amounts to upward Of $500, 900. Chicago
Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

The Duke of Marlborough has pre-
sented to his last bride and newes,
duchess "a very massive bracelet of dia.
monds in hoop form and closely set
having an enormous cats eye in the
centre an inch and quarter in diameter,
said to be the largest specimen in the
world, which is also encircled with dia.
monds."
Considering that MILFORD the luke mar
ried his bride so that he might replenish
his scanty treasury with her income of
$lO0,OO0 year, the above reads very
much like the story of the man who gave
his wife $25 to buy himself a Christmas
present with.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
Need IL Mechanical Experta

The present condition OF the sewing
mic.ine business is not favorable TO tie
development Of men who shall be thor.
! ohghiy educated both Ia the CONNER.
yiai and mechanical sides OF the trade.
llen die when .her usefulness is past. rs
| Eachine Is destroyed when its parts are
""i" out This depletes the ranks surely
| ;''h IL Is the only thing that seriously
ieSscils 'ae number Of sewing machine men
ia 'i'l' country. IL is as remarkable as il
fortunate thing for the sewing machine
trace 'iInt man who becomes identified
WIN IL thoroughly, seldom leaves it till
tie dies.
mere are the coming experts coming
fron' In the factories, where every man
- engaged duplicating the same pieces
forever, ana the adjusters and inspectors
never see any practical work. There
hei,her Is opportunity nor practice pos
Sloie IN the factories for the development
OF experts. In the agencies, where the
manager was bookkeeper or canvasser
ana VINO Is a rlIshers Where the repairers
are SO VIGOROUSLY incompetent as to be.
come the butt OF ridicule, And the man
uiacttlflng man Is specialist operator
49, NhpN tLiuk NfuttNtT OI
mechanical constructions THERE'S no ma
terlal IN the Office for the making Of ex- |
peris' 10 make experts you must take |
proficient men Jacks of all |
trades will not do, and teach them the
Practical side OF the business in the places
Nhere sewing machines are used as tools.
10 Know one make or style of machine IL
lot sufficient; he must understand all Of
mem, and understand them well. In adj
iitlon, he must study machines of obso-
etc patterns, for that which is new is fire.
lnently old, and often machines have
aiied Tor very trivial causes, and the per
on who desires to become an expert in ,
he sewing machine business must know
Is mechanical history thoroughly. There F,
plenty of work to be done by the man
mo begins today to acquire the knowl
dge which the old experts have gained in +,
orty years, but by the time he knows il
'ell there will be demand for his ser. !.
ices. -oewing Machine News. :,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31


PRESIDENTIAL ELEcroRs:
At Large,
RICHARD r. BEIRNE of Hanover.
JOHN T. HARRIS Of Rockingham.
First District,
T. r. B. WRIGHT Of Essex.
Second District,
D. GARDNER TYLER OF Charles City.
Third District,
TAzrwELI HLLsfr Of Richmond city.
Fourth District,
WILLIAM r. McKESNEY of Petersburg
Fifth District,
II. g. PETERS of Henry.
Sixth District,
WV. BERRY of Bedford.
Seventh District,
MrcAJAH WOODS Of AlbemarIe.
Eighth District,
Z. =. MEREDITH of Prince William.
Ninth District.
Ohm A. BUCHANAN Of Washington:
Tenth District,
II. b. PooRE Of Appomattox.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

1t was decided by Judge Brewer in the
cases against the Iowa Railroad Commits
sioners that the State has authority to
fix the rates of railroad companies and
that the Legislature can constilutionallv
delegate that authority toa commission
but in the exercise of the power the com.
mission can only be sustained in fixing
rates that "are reasonable"
1t will be seen after a little experience
that the ability of State Commission ia
quite different thing from a National
Commission, and how local State Board
can NIX the rates for so many railways as
traverse some of the States is hard to say.
The authority to fix the rates ought to be
vested In one board or none at all.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

One of the Oldest industries In Egypt Ia
artificial egg Matching, principally engaged
In by Copts. There are said to be zoo
establishments Of this nature in the coun.
try, and the production Of chickens from
the ovens has been estimated at from 10, (.
OOO, 900 to IL, OOO, 900 annually. The sea-
son for incubating lasts through three
months Of the early summer. The coun-
try people bring eggs to the proprietors Of
the "farroogs, and give two good eees for
every newly Matched ehisk - Chicago
Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

The total revenue derived bv the Rr;,.
ish Government from working the tele.
graph lines of the United Kingdom du.
ring the fifteen years since it took DOS.
session of them, has fallen short Of the
working expenses and the per cent. on
The amount paid for their purchase by
xS,OR4,sOO, or about $15.OOO,OOO. Last
year the deficiency was f47l 800, which
Is more than 1t was in any previous year.
II is proposed to raise the rates charged
10 newspapers, which. It is said, entail
IN ANNUAL loss of 100000.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
One of the Lost Arfs

To shoot buffalo successfully one must
ride upon the right side and shoot with a
large caliber rife and send the bullet
quartering through the lungs The ami
NAL will not drop at the shot, but in
few jumps the blood will run from his
mouth and nose, and as his life GIBBS away
he will stagger from side to side like
ship in storm, and then with a mighty
last effort he springs forward. 1t is the
last jump he takes. He falls headlons
ON the prairie, dead..-Dr. w. +. Carter
In San Francisco Examiner.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
Butterf1ieS' Winen.

Fixed electrical currents have been dis
covered to exist In the wings Of butter
flies, their detection requiring an exceed
tngly sensitive galyanometer. These cur.
rents have been thought to bear very
strong relationship to the disposition OF
the coloring pigments Of the wings, for by
the aid Of electric currents marked
changes can be brought about in their
color and mode Of arrangement
Democrat. 81.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

Candidate Ben Harrison says that it is
not the Republican party that ill.treats
The negro, but the fault lies in the fact
that the negro often ill-treats himself. {"
That Ia another good one, after the
Republicans gave the white scalawags In
the South all the offices and only allowed
the colored brother the proud privilege
Of doing the voting.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

The World says that Ella somebody's
new story, Mise Middleton's Lover" IL
10 very much warmer than some other
stories OF its sort that It actually melted
two fonts OF type before an impression Of
Il could b gotten.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
The New Emperor az an Athlete

The new German emperor is-or was
before stricken with his present ominons
maiady-a splendid athlete. both on land
ana III water. Years ago" SAYS n writer
III Hallgnanls Messenger, Il was swim
ming III the river near Cologne, when a
youthful giant, leaping into the water
from the scaffolding of the military botb
came down upon us with a terrific splash
greatly disturbing the equanimity OF oil
Father Rhine. The noisy arrival was the
heir to the Prussian and German thrones
Al passionate sportsman alike in the liuuid
us on frozen water. Stretching himself
illl length, and striking out with extraor-
binary vigor, he made several circuits
OF the extensize basin, and presently be-
gan to dive in the most ACCOMPLISHED and
eilectual style.
"A beyy VI small boys, who had been
jumping into the water after him. intent
upon sharing the honors Of the bath with
the iIlustrious visitor, next attracted his |
attention. Seated upon floating log. he |
would skim along the greenish wnves |
surrounded by the delighted Youngsters
md pcrpetrating all manner of tricks
upon them, ike Neptune playing with
frltons; or, changing the game, he would
place the boys upon the log and drag them
md push them about amid the exultant
shouts OF the dripping host. When he
eft at last, the boys hurried after him In
! body, and, dressing with the utmost ex-
edition, stood awaiting the prince rs he
from his cabin. Amused at their
earty cheers, and ayerse from cutting on
ezra firma those who bad been boon com
anions in less stable element, the {
rown prince invited his Juvenile friends
D the Aquatic restaurant and stood treat |
D the whole lot New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
BLAINE AND HIS

When Mr. Blaine coined Ting hom'
with Carnegie a. his bot solder ant
henchman, then the Repr blican camp
fires will te lighted nd the sport will
begin.
| There are people who believe that Mr.
Blaine did not want TO run for President
but II Mr.. Blaine can get in bis work to
the degree Of elecling Harrison he Is still
young enough 10 look for the reversion
Of the prize and inheritance four years
hence. II his health bulletin has ary
truth &c 1t at all, then his years are not
so full as TO debar him from the hope of
being successful candidate in 1890
Ambitious politicians do not mis-.
trust their health or years any more
than they do their ability, and the inro&i-
cation of Presidential aspiration has
possessed Mr.. Blaine for a long time His
power as party leader will be greater in
the cause Of another than In his own, for
though he may furnish the motive force
OF the canvass he will not be such
shining target for satire as he was in
1884. As wire.pullipg organizer lie IS
great master, and If he has the health
and vigor to make an extensive election
eering tour for his party the effect wi |
be felt all along the line.
However much his magnetism has been
rldiculed 1t Is o great element when
brought to bear on political wires, and
his host OF friends are always ardent
when they feel the touch of the electric
call from the Plumed knight. His great
point OF assault on the Democrats will be
protection against "free trade" and no
,ne knows better than Blaine how to
mask the ring policy of the party under a
oretense Of care for American labor.
While his friend Carnegie has been
living him free excursion on money I
ilched from the pockets of the people =,
N the false principle of protection, Mr.. >
Elaine has been meditating the sly me. h
hods of fooling the American voter into a
he idea that the Carnegies are all behe. q
actors to the American working man. =
lr. Blaine has already prepared b
ime novel tale concerning the S
Altering and writing laboring man of
urOpe COMPARED with the heatific cop.
ltion of the laborer in America. lie 9
Ill not say anything about the laborer n
ere paying twice as much as he ought t,
II the necessary articles of life. He will e'
silent on the face that the pet high u;
riff taxes the poor mans goods higher hi
ian those of the rich man. at
With the brilliant snrevs,,oo,o,;, 1f"'
." . W Mo p" s3y ne will make believe -
" all the prosperity Is to be credited H. II,
the Republicans, and all the disaster or
arged to the Democrats. la'
1t will be wise in the Democrats 10 ~
ke heed and mind well the splendid or M NJ.
nizatiOn of the Blaine boom intended al
elect Harrison and also TO fix Blaine 60
: the next chance.
Mr.. Blaine is not yet sixty, and he has
'kcn proudly as with kindred spirit 1y'
those men who are great, and In their Tn
me at eighty. Ne
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31
FREE RAW MATERIAL.

Mr.. Drexel, the well.known banker o.
Philadelphia. IL recognized as leadina
Republican and bitter high protection
it. Hs has ssss 3 c!!v End end State gror
fat and rich upon the bounties they
have received from a high protective
tariff, and as protection IL far moro a
mater of selfshness than of principle, he
would not be In accord with his party II
he did not wish to see Q high and pro.
hibitory tariff maintained. Mr.. Drexel
10 also recognized % sagacious business
man whose shrewdness and capacity
for locking after the main chance,
has enabled him TO accumulate a
handsome fortune; but though he
looks at the Mills bill alone from the stand
poin! of selfshness, cold. blooded business
and money making, he is still frank
enough to acknowledge that 1t has many
virtues.
For instance, on the subject Of placing
raw material on the free list-the very
gist and essence of the Mills bill-Mr.
Drexelis Of the opinion that to make free
Of duty wool, iron ore. and other raw
materials used In manufactures Is good
statesmanship. In that 1t shows an appre.
citation OF the needs Of all the construc.
tive industries. and that instead of being
check upon them will tend to increase
their output, cheaper their price, and
give steadier employment to working
man and mechanic without in any
way cutting down their wages.
He, In approving free raw materials,
gives precedence TO wool, knowing that
the wooden mills when relieved by the ,
tariff Of II per cent. on raw wool will be {
able by the introduction Of finer foreign |
woods to mix with the coarser woods Of I
he United States, to increase the variety
md quality Of their productions to an
extent. So also free iron I
'rs win cheaper the cost Of iron and q
teel. while free lumber will give an i'm {
'stus to the building trade. G.
The question Of free iron ore is one 1,
With whichIths people of Virginia, and 7
HE city, are more intimately concerned. v,
Here We havs. 10 our midst, large iron
works employing numbers of men.
These works ere greatly dependent upon ia
mporsasicns a. "bloons" from abroad In o,
rider TO keep up with the demands ri
pom them. Upon these blooms and raw &c
lAtsrial they have TO pay duties. thereby W
,creasing to them the cost OF their IN
manufactures and reducing their profits. e.
his, OF coust1:s means : reduction In We
'sIr ability 70 pay wages and 20 Il operates Is
rectly against the welfare of the iron II
orker, Yet there are, va learn, iron TO
orkers In this city who, wiah to vote an
'ainst the Democracy because II passed
. Hills bill, when II they would think
all they would see that the effect Of M
q bill. In reducing the tax on raw ma. N.
risl 10 directly to their benefit. N,
The workingmen, both protected and !
4 protected. will, no doubt Rs
" realize bsfore The Novem- The
election the decided advan. The
- to them. each and al, Of free raw of
lssrisls. Mr.. Drsxell 10 In opposition
shs large majority Of HE party In this ,
lsses. bat he sspsrisaes and ssgscity =. ..
az II
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

What miserable time We should have
in this life II we We're obliged TO mind our
"wn business and let our neighbors mind
theirs Uncle Eek.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

so there are some editors who would
appear to represent Omniscience, but ir
= only the roles q Mephistophsles.-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

Il you want to know what Q sliding
ooale y ~ to handle wet Dish.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-31

How the Mills Bill Was Forced Through
The Coming Language Of the World
Frank Hatton's Insult Ia BouIanger
Protected Manufacturer aud Labor, Etc.
Or COURSE IT WAS FORCED -Repub-
licsns assert that the Mills bill was forced
the House or course 10 wss
forced. The necessities OF the times aud
the merits Of the bill did the forcing
Omdha Herald.