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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-13

results of agriculture, and 20 gather from every
source, within or without her territory. for
comparison and instruction. all the best and
most recent labor saving devices and machin-
cry for filling her soil. rcaping her harvests
and changing her crude products into useful
and beautiful fabrics.
For accomplishing these ends the Exposi-
ton Of the Virginia State Agricultural, Me
chaniesi and Tobacco Association invites the
cooperation Of the counties. cities and towns
and all classes within her b riders. and
the exhibition of all articles. whether
Enumerated in the following premium list or
not. tending to illustrate these resources and
TO develop or improve them.
To exhibitors this Exposition offers unusual
inducqoents. No such opportunity for prof
table display has been presented. and at least
half mil ion people will epre eRt from abroad
during the Exposition. Extra rdinary attrac-
tons will be offered, and every effort made by
the management, Imposed Of the best bust
ness men Of Richmond and Virginia. to make
this Exposition profitable TO exhibitors. enter
tanning and instructive 10 visitors. and gener-
ally useful to the people Of tho country.
Virginia at the present time presents many
advantages for the profitable investment OF
capital and labor. advantages whose value will
enhance ia rapid proportion as her resources
are developed.
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Announcement.

In response 70 a demand from the wore to
day. a grand Exposition will be held AT Rich
nond. Va. on the grounds Of the Virginia
state Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
about one mile from the Capitol. and upon
which has been erected building Of magnin-
cent design, suited TO the various departments
Of general exposition, aggrega'ing acres IN
area and at a great cost. This main building.
fronting on Broad street, is 10 feet high. U
feet long, and 80 feet broad, constructed
in the most substantial manner, containing al
exposition space Of over three hundred ana
ffty thousand square feet. The interior EN-
be,ishment anu general arrangements are &C
cording 10 the highest style Of art and a'chl-
lecture. anording spaces for floral, domestic
manufacture. textile fabrics. mechanics and
manufacturers products. merchandise ana
other displays. A magnificent music hall,
wherein grand concerts will afford delightful
entertainments for all visitors throughout
the entire season.
The agricultural and mineral displays, 20 be
exhibited by all the counties IN the State ana
the various railroads travcrsing her territ"y,
will show TO the world the hitherto unknown
and wonderful resources OF Virginia.
A capaelous and splendidiy arranged art hall,
constructed Of iron, one hundred feet in di-
ametes, will be filed with collection Of rare
works of art, now being collected by one Of
yirginia's most gifted artists. embracing
paintings. sculpture, etc. Other annexes will
be constructed for the exhibition Of h0rticui-
tIral products. floral splays, vegetable and
t.I. l.iI
try and pet stock will be provided with large
and commodious structure, with every CON
venience for the proper care and comfort OF
such stock.
A beautiful and scientifically constructed
race track. with a grand stand with accom-
modations for five thousand people.
The general headquarters for the Executive
Department will be ia the historic building
which was erected in the Centennial at Phila-
delphia by one OF Our most public spirited citi-
zens. and afterwards removed by him 10 Rich
mond and placed upon these grounds and do
mated TO this society.
Ample accommodations will be prepared for
the reception of the live stock exhibits OF
! horses, cattle. sheep and swine.
A Bench Show will be held in the Poultry
building, under the auspices Of the Virginia
Field Sports Association. and managed By
some OF the most celebrated dog ianciers in
| this country.
One Of the principal objects OF this Exposi
ton is TO exhibit the progress and improve
ment OF Virginia in machinery, manufactures
her docks and herds. and her methods and
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upon such fact we base the future CONNER
cial growth Of Richmond.
40 power can keep her back. she has al
ready increased in the last ten years more
than any city in the Union.
Thus situated. with the tides Of the sea and
the passes of the mountains in her favor
Richmond presents greater advantages com
mercially than any other city 10 the United
States.
I. She has from her commanding position
the largest and most productive back-country
Of any CITY in the United States.
H. She is by virtue Of her position the great
distributing depot Of Virginia. North Carolina.
West Virginia. South carolina and large sec
tions Of Georgia and Alabama.
III. She IS 10y virtue of her position the chief
railroad centre OF the South. Sir rsilwsy
lines meet 10 her limits. two Of them great
trunk systems. which drain each third Of the
continent.
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Committees.


Relics and Antlquities-Dr. X A Brock,
chairman: Grin Cottrell, Charles VI West,
Granville g, Valentine, Benjamin b Yalen-
tine.
North and South Carolina Relations George
D Thaxton, chairman; W S Robertsoni "
D simmons, 6. D RsB. Judge George L Chris
tan.
Tuis committee Will answer any inquiry
from North and South Carolina, as TO exhibits
flight and passenger rates.
EGueatlural-John q Cary chairman. Super
intendent Public Schools; John L Buchanan,
superintthttht Public Instruction Of Vir-
GINA; Professor II II Harris. Richmond Col
lege: George + MeFri !. John II Powell.
Railroad Transportation and Advertising
Charles A Taylor chairman. General Passen
ger Agent X. & p K K; Sol Haas. Traffic
Manager Associated Railways Virginia and
The Csrolinas; II W Fuller, General Passenger
Agent * o Railway.
Nanufactures-F Glasgow. chairman; X
II whitlock. Thomas Christian. liam Talbot,
Gustavus Milhiser. W II Whitehurst. An
thony Bargamln. II L Pelouze. F. J Bosher.
Lewis D Crenshaw, II W Rountree, Byron
Wallerstcin. Tower, William Simpkin.
Oruithoiogical. Piscatorial. Field and Aquat-
ic Sports Polk Miller, chairman; c NJ Worm
ley. II B Owen. W Miles Cary.
Horses and Raeing-Powhatan Z. Dupuy'
chairman; W Roane Ruiin. Charles stokes.
Cattle and Stock-walterS Grant chairman;
VI. q Rowe. DR. G Beat ie. A NJ Bowman.
Pharmaceutical and Surgical Apparatus,
Appliances and Preparations-T Roberts Ba-
ker. chairman; Hunter Mcclure. NJ d. c W p
Brock, VI D; John " Pierce, Hugh VI Taylor.
" d.
Exposition Committee Colored Department:
J.. E. Farrar. president Joseph T. wilson
secretary; John Oliver. Professor J.
Jones, Robert McNaughton, DR.. ;. h Dis
mOnd.
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Special Premium.

For the county exhibit which shall be dccid-
cd the best by the judges OF
award there shall be added a
special premium. offered by Messrs " = Phil
lips q Stein, Wholesale and Retail Dealers IN
China and Glassware. OF Richmond, Va,
Of one set OF china valued At $40.
This special premium shall be- conferred
upon that person who has done the most
towards procuring and display ingsaId exhibit
and who snail furn sh herewith the most
complete statene Of the resources OF the
said county; said person 20 hee'ected by a ma
iority vote Of the county judge. clerk and
chairman of the Board Of Supervisors, after
said special premium is conferred oy the ES-
position
By order OF the Executive Committee.
ASHTON SrARKE. President.
Ar YLSABLE, Jr, Secretary
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Classification and
Premiums.

The following classification OF articles is in
tended merely to indicate the character OF
each department, so that exhibitors ofsrticies
not named may easily determine in which de-
partment to make application for space. The
management desires it to be expressly under
stood that every object, method or process
which can be displayed at an exposition of this
character, possessing merit, either in point Of
utility or attractive novelty, whether related
10 fine art. science, or industrial art, will be
an acceptable contribution.
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OFFICERS.
Ashton Starke. President.
General Joseph X. Anderson. First Vice Presi-
dent. President Tredegar Iron Company.
John p. Branch. Second vice-President. Presi-
dent Merchants National Bank.
A. s. Buford, Third Vice President. President
Virginia and Western Railroad Company.
Henry c. Jones. Director General.
A. K. venabie. Jr.. Secretary.
John :. Elicit. Treasurer, President state
Bank Of Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DR.. X. A. Patterson, Nv. Randolph,
Or. ID. 8 Watson, W. 7. Dupuy,
II. L. Lyman, John X, Cooke.
j. B. Beverley. G. J. sale.
W. T. Sutherlin, X. Z. Kent,
K. W. Burke, Joseph Bryan.
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WHERE is RICHMOND
PospEs-Loox TO YOUR MAPS.

Taking map of North America and follow
ing the lines OF traffic il is found that Rich
moni is for the manufacturer, merchant and
farmer, nearer all points south Of line
drawn from the North line Of Virginia 10 Lake
Superior than New York. Nearer all points
south OF line drawn from Washington City
10 the north corner Of Montana than New
York or Philadelphia. Nearer also all points
south OF "a ,e from Washington City to north
line of California than New York, PhiIadel-
phis OF Baltimore. In word. she Is better
located, closer and more directly in contact
with the great West than any Of the Eastern
cities. This.is bold statement. yet true, and
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Department y.

Section 10. Articles for fooi-canned goods
preserved meats, fruit. vegetables. sauces.
pickles and gr0cers sundlies.
Section il. Confectionery. swocimeats and
sugars
Section Is. Mineral waters, fermenfed and
spirituous liquors
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Pictures, statuary. modelling IN any plastic
material, artistic ceramics mot for domestic
usel. carved work, chased and repousse WORK.
artificial flowers. taSidermic work.
One special feature Of the art department
which Will display the artistic qualities Of
Southern art, will BE- a colonial exhibit. No
State is so rich in colonial relies MS Virginia
No state has so many citizens interested 10
her colonial history.
To give an accurate idea Of what a colonial
house in Virginia was there will be- a fac simiie
of the house and Of the beautiful old dining
room. etc, at the splendid old colonial man
sion Brandon on the James.
This def artment viii occupy separate iror
building. Mr.. william l. Sheppard will have
entire charge Of the arranging aud care OF
this department. Many prominent artists
have promised contributions Of their skill 10
this exhibit. Applications for pace in this
department should be- addressed 90 Mr.. wi
liam L. Sheppard. i3g4 Main street, Richmond,
Va
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Machinery Department.

Section 1. Hydraulic machinery. including
mill machinery and fixtures.
Section 9. Engines. locomotives, steam gen
orators, tire engines, fire extingnIshing appa
mtss.
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Section 3. Railway aud car fixtures. syppues
and vehicles.
Section :. Wood working machinery and
machine tools
Section .. Iron and other metal working
machinery and tools
seetion Q. Mining tools and machinery.
Department A.
Section !. Dairy machinery. apparatus and
appliances.
Section ? Vehicles, Carriages OF all descrip-
tons, wagons for the road and track. etc.
Section / Agricultural implements, farm
machinery Of all kinds.
Section Stable fixtures and devices. instrI.
uents and 1sdicincs used in veterinary sur.
gerry.
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Department +.

Natural Science and Educsti0n.l
Section Is. Collections and specimens, mod
els. drawings and illustrations OF any depart
ment Of natural science.
Section y. Examples Of work Of pupils OF
the public and private schools in penmauship-
design. map drawing, etc.
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Premium Department.
COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION
OPEN TO THE WORLD,

Except Where Otherwise Specified.
Whole Amount Distributed In Premiums,
ga, 10000.
First 'Sion-Horses and mules.
Seoons Diyis.on-Cattle.
Third Division-Sheep and swine.
Fourth Division - Poultry. pigeons, pet
stock and incubators.
Fifth Division gIicuitural and Horticul-
,tural.
Sixth Division Fiorsulture.
Seventh Division womans Work.
Eighth Division-Bces, Honey and Apiarau,
uppi -.
[Cmsine<d OF se-erth fdge
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Department II.

Section 20. Typography. book binding. sta
tionery and material foy printing and book
binding.
Section q. Musical instruments sud goods.
Section -. Medical and surgical apparatus
and Instruments, drggsaui chemicals.
Section p Telegraphy ald electrical apDa-
ratus, electric potOrs aLd dInamOs.
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Department G.

Section IL. Cloths. clothing. boots. shoes
hats, umbrellas. trunks. Rubber goods, sad
dlery silk fabrics. carpets and upholstery.
Section 49, Raw materials Used IN textile
manufactures -w00.. cotton. 3. D. hair. hemp
iute, fax, etc.
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Department ID.

section i2. Collective display by counties and
organizations OF agricultural and natural pro-
ducts. plants fruits. flowers, etc.
Premiums-For the best county exhibit Of
agricultural products. $500 for the SECOND
best. $3.50: for third best. slOO. For the best
county exhibit OF minerals and woods. $50:
for the sccond best, ESQ; Tor the third bees.
800.
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DepnrtmentK X.
Art Department.

Antiquities, loan collections OF bric-a brse,
etc.
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Department A.


bectioE D. Metallic ores and raw materials,
etc.
Section 8. Products ~ the foundry-cast~
ings Of all kinds.
section7. Wrought and cast products Of adj
kinds, such as hardware. safes. plumbers. ess-
filters and timers goods. carriage and wagon,
trimming, etc.
Section 9. House furnishing goods o; an
kinds. brushes. bf00ms, etc.
Section 9. Pottery. porcelsins, stoneware.
china. queensware. glassware, etc,
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Department O.

eeetIon TO- Furniture ornamental wood
work. etc.
Section IL. Jewelry time pieces, optical
goods, toilet goods. bronzes, etc.
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This was in 1887 and from that day to the
nresent. Richmond has been the Gem C1ty OF
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience,
for ALL the charms and advantages which can
make home delightful, or place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme
Since il was founded the most momentous
events of the nation have clustered around it,
focusing it as it were in the focus OF a sun
glass.
is the most historical spot of the most
historical region. of the most historical State
of the Union.
One cannot walk the streets or take turn
about the enyirons without stumbling 'er
rcollections."
Here. as has been said, the hrst settlers
stopped. here Nat Bacon. the Rebel, sprang 10
horse and rode hence camonng to James
town with revolution and liberty armed fof
individual rights at his back.
Here came the representative branch oil
the Colonial Government in the time when
revolution again brooded over the land and
when men were gravely weighing their
liberties against their heads and lands.
Here met the great convention whose
members here devised this Government and
formulated ordinances which till then I'M
known, have since become inalienable herr
tage of mankind.
J Here. in old st. Johns Church, still stand
ing amid the trees and graves on Church
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
FISHING WITH ACORMORANT.
A. Very Novel and Interesting Adventure in
japanese Waters.

A. Very Novel and Interesting Adventure in
Japanese Waters.
made journey of about twenty five
miles, from Toxic to q small river the
Baungawa, to witness this novel sight,
says p. j. Jouy, in the American Natural
list. It was a bright moonlight night,
said to be a bad night for fishing, a
cloudy or dull evening being preferred,
as the fish were then not so active. The
liver consisted of two branches, running
very swiftly, and each from twenty to
fifty yards wide, bu5 il food time it ex-
tends over space OF 200 yards or more,
running between high bluffs. The man
with his bird was waiting for Us on he
stony bed of the river, with his torch of
fat pine burning brightly. The bird
(Phalacrocorax SPY was very tame, and
sat on a rock close by. A cord was tied
pretty tightly around the lower part of
the throat and between the shoulders,
from which was attact ed piece of BAN
boo having swivel at each end long
enough to extend beyond the birds
wings and prevent fouling of the cord
while the bird was in the water.
Everything being ready, the fisherman
takes the torch in his left hand, and
clasping the cord to which the bird is
attached wades out into tbs stream, the
bird following him, and after perform
ing a hasty toilet, dipping his head and
neck in the water and preening itself,
begins the business of the night. The
fisherman holds the torch directly in
front and above the birds head, SO that
it can see the fish in the clear water. The
bird seems to be perfectly fearless, and
as he comes up, sparks of fire are
constantly falling on his head
and back. The fishing was done up
stream, the man finding it all he could do
to keep pace with the bird, as the water
surges up nearly TO his thighs; in fact. it
was hard work for US on shore to scram-
bic among the rocks in the uncertain
light and watch the bird at the same
time. The bird dives, swims under water
for eight or ten yards, comes up, and Is
down again. working very rapidly and
constantly taking fish. When the fishes
are small the bird is allowed TO retain two
or three in his throat at time, but fair
sized fish is Immediately taken from him
and put into the basket.
During space of half an hour fifteen
fishes were taken, which was pronounced
a good catch considering the brightness
of the night. The largest of these fishes,
which were all of the same species, were
nine or ten inches in length, and having
been taken Immediately from the beak of
the bird were scarcely bruised. The
largest and best of these we had the next
morning for breakfast, the others we gave
to our friend, the cormorant, who was
kindly assisted by his master to get them
past the cord which CONSTRUCTED his throat
so that he could not otherwise have
swallowed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
WASHINGTON.

THE President has sent to the senate
the names of Strother M. Stoekslager, of
Indiana, for Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, and Thomas J. Ander-
son, of Iowa, tc be Assistant Commits
siOner.
The National House of Representatives
by vote Of 178 yeas to 81 nays, passed
the bill authorizing the issue of Faction
al silver certificates of the denominations
of 25, Is and 10 cents, to be exchangeable
for silver certificates of larger denomina-
tions.
THE following nominations have been
confirmed; Miss M. t. Ballantine, post
mistress, Syracuse, Neb. G. G. Jones, reg
lister of land office, Neigh, Neb. A. j.
Jones of Illinois, consul at Barranquilla.
A FAVORABLE report has been authorized
by the house committee on judiciary on
the bill to punish by a maximum fine OF
$1,000 and Imprisonment for three years
persons who pretend to deal in
counterfeit money.
Senator Cullom, in behalf of the
minority of the committee on territories
presented report opposing the annex
alton of the panhandle of Idaho to Wash
ington territory and favoring the ad-
mission into the Union of the territory
of Washington with its present bound
aries
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-29
INHERITED DISEASES.
The Sins of the Fathers That Decend to the
Third and Fourth Generation.

The Sins of the Fathers That Decend to the
Third and Fourth Generation.
In the realm of disease, the fact of in
heritence are most numerous, and are
daily accommodating. Here they are no
longer alas, curious and amusing, but
terrible, fateful, overwhelming. No fact
of Nature is more pregnant with awful
meaning than the fact of the inheritance
of disease. II meets the physician on
his daily rounds, paralyzirg his art and
filing him With sadness. The legend of
the ancient Greeks pictured the malig-
nant Furies pursuing families from
generation to generation, and rendering
them desolate. The Furies still pursue
their work of terror and death; but We
have stripped them of the garb of super
stition threw around them, and they now
appear to our eyes in the more intelligi-
BIZ but less awful form of hereditary
disease.
Modern science, which has cast illumi
nation into SO many dark corners of
nature, has shed new and still more
lurid light on the words of the Hebre "
scriptures: "The sins of the fathers
shall be visited upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation" In
stances Of hereditary disease abound on
every hand. Fully 90 per cent. of the
cases of govt is inherited. The proper
tion is not much less in the fell destroyer
of families, our national scOurge, con-
sumption. Cancer and scrofula runs
strongly in families. Insanity is here
ditary to marked degree; bat fortunate
~, like many other hereditary diseases,
tends to wear itself out, the stock becom
ing extinct. Nearly all defects of sight
are occasionally inherited. Sir Henry
Holland says truly: ''that Do organ Or
texture of the boGy is exempt from the
chance of being the subject of hereditary
disease" Probably more chronic ois-
eases which permanently modify the
structure and functions of the body are
more or less liable TO be inherited. The
important and far reaching practical de-
auctions from such facts-affecting so
powerfully the happiness of individuals
and families, and the collective welfare
of the nation-w1ll be obvious to rehec-
live minds, but caunot be dwelt upon in
the present article.
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TALK OF WAR GOES ON
Switzerland Preparing to Defend Her
Neutrality in the Event of a Gen
eral European Outbreak.
Aiming for the Great Contest.

LoNDoN-Advices from Geneva state
that notwithstanding the peaceful as
sufances that have been heralded from
Berlin since the death of the emperor,
military preparations are being pushed
forward with vigor, and by April l Swift
zsrland will be thoroughly prepared to
defend her neutrality should it become
necessary. The Notifications st Mount
st. Gothard are now all but completed
and command not only the tunnel itself,
but also the mountain passes which. con
centrate at that point, and which renders
the position the key of Switzerland on
the south.
The ordinance or military department
has been in readiness for months, but the
infantry have not yet been fully supplied
with the improved Vetterli cife Of nine
milllmeters. The TRANSFORMED ton of guns
of the eleven millimeter type into the
standard Is going on as rapidly as posi-
BILE, however, and it is expected that the
active army, if not the reserve also, will
be equipped with the improved arm with
In a month or six weeks. The reserve has
been increased under the law recent =
passed by the federal chambers until il
now numbers nearly 100000 men. They
will not be called upon for service until
hostilities actually begin-if they 5sgin al
all-but IS eaca man is required to keep
his uniform and equipments at his place
of domicile the rapidity of mobilization
will be almost equal to that obtainable il
they were regularly cautioned. The Swiss
reserve will probably be of more value
than that of other countries, owing to the
fact that almost every member of it is al
so a member of one or other of the 5000
sharpshooters' clubs of Switzerland
which embrace total membership of
nearly 125, 900 men.