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4 Great Change.

This Is the camp meeting season. During the last twenty years great changes have taken place in these annual gatherings. Formerly these meetings were attended by crowds of people who came for the express pur- pose of engaging in tho religious servi- ces. Tents were pitched; board seats were built {; preachers were secured who possessed what was commonly called "6re," unbounded enthusiasm, great power in moving people by appealing to their emotions and great strength of lungs. Very often the preachers were men of but little education and small culture. But they moved the people and hundreds were converted.
 Now things are very different. Cot tages have been erected on most of the camp grounds. Commodious tents for services are provided. Preachers of established reputation, of scholarship and social standing are engaged and advertised as Attractions" People as rule attend the meetings to enjoy an outing. to renew acquaintances or to listen to the "eloquent orator" or accomplished preacher. The num- Der of conversions is comparatively small. The old time fervor is almost entirely lacking.
 No doubt some good is accomplished at the camp meeting of to-day, but it is certainly question for serious thought whether the good accomplished is enough to balance the undoubted evils connected with the gatherings-[ Middle town Herald. The foregoing can hardly apply to the Pine Grove camp meeting of 1888.
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An lmterestinG FAct

More than $5O,O have been expen- ded in establishing the Yale Business College, New Haven, Conn. No insti- tuition in this country is more complete in all its appointments. It is elegantly fitted up, and in fact stands at the head of all institutions for imparting prac- tical business education. Students may enter at any time.
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Tho R ind of . Ian He Is.

As showing the kind of man that he is, it is stated that " the salary of $1,- 500 per year which Mir Bulkeley recei- ved as mayor of Hartford, was, during his eight years incumbency of that office, devoted by him to the poor of the city.-[Middletown Herald.
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Truth vs Fiction.
Emil White, 8 highly respected

Emil White, highly respected Ger man citizen, has lived in Hartford for IT years. His sister has lived there 10 yeals, but neither knew the other was so near at hand. They met by chance last Saturday and the recognition was most joyful. Middletown Herald.
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From Springfield to POughkeepsie.

TO THE COAL REGION AND TO THE WEST,
 VIA. OF THE H. & c. W. RAILROAD.
 An exchange says A company, the Connecticut members of which are Wm H. Barnum, Henry Gay and J. O.. Phelps, has been formed with capital of Sl75. 900 to build several miles of railway from Agawam to Springfield with the Connecticut Western railroad and form through line to the Pough- keepsie bridge
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Hartford and Connecticut wost-.
 ern Railroad.

Hartford and Connecticut Vest
 ern Railroad. Runs from Hartford to Rhinebeck on th~ Hudson river, where 1t connects with
 tho N. r. c. d Fl. R. Railroad.
 Commencing July 19. 1888. GOING WEST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. 7.S0 . m. for Rhinebeck. 12.90 p. n. for Millerton. 40 p. m. For Rhinebeck, connecting with trains on the N. Y. c. & Fl. R .rsilr oad S.E p. m. for Millerton. GAO p. m. for Millerton.
 GOING EAST. TRAINS L1AvI CANAAN. 600 8. m. or Hartford. 0.45 .. m. from Millerton.
 Connecting at Winsted for Watea. bury and Bridgeport. At Simsbury foa Westheld, Northampton, Wji. Hsmsburgh and Holyoke. AtHartford with Express for Springfield and Boston. and all points North and East; arriving tn Boston It S.S0 p. m.; and for New Haven, arriving at 1.N p. m.; also for Wilhmantic, Now London, Providence New York. 3.U0 p. m. connecting at Winsted for Water. bury, Bridgeport. At simsbury for West. field and Holyoke. At Hartford for Nov Haven Springfield and Boston. 7.06 p. m. for West Winsted. F. s.sss'ns,sa..., nsss1..a WALTER q dr14sc 5. .s2
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Tyringham is more fortunate than many of her neighbors, being out of debt, and possessing bank account.
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-16
Iron WORKS

IRON " Ori-s
ASA SNYDER h CO.. los 20 loii CaiT 3us,t
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A Common Error Corrected.

The common error that because thing
grows out of the ground ii is peculiarly
work Of nature" and therefore Of ne
cessity beautiful, is a most fruitful source
of failure in gardening and landscape. In
this light it seems almost heresy TO
state the fact that many of our garden
flowers are as much the work Of man as
are aniline dyes, for instance, and that
one may be as atrocious i'll color as the
other Akin TO this error is the idea that
things which may be excellent and beau
tiful III themselves must be correspond
ingly excellent and beautiful III conjunc-
ton. The women Of certain insular
realm have u reputation, in other lands,
for i'll taste in dress. The silks, velvets,
laces, etc, Of which their garments are
made may be of admirable quality, and
even beautiful in themselves, but an array
like green velvet bonnet with Il purple
feather and scarlet ribbons combined with
pink waist and blue skirt, constitutes a
spectacle which would probably have
startled the eyes of one accustomed sven
to the sight of King Solomon robed in all
his glory.-Atlantic Monthly.
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TrYing the Engineers COURAGE.

The fast runs ont of Chicago are all
night runs, and it is night run that tries
the engineers courage Driving ahead at
a mile minute into sea Of darkness,
which human eye cannot penetrate is
work such as no cowardly or even timid
man could perform.
Among engine drivers there are bold
men and timid men, but only the former
were selected for these fast runs. a timid
man, prone to shut off steam for every
shadow seen on the track, or for every
imaginary danger, for engineers are called
upon continually 10 beat back their own
apprehensions, could never make time on
a run like one Of these limited trains TO
the west, Some Of the best and bravest
engineers in the world are on these foot
plates, and In this climate and under the
disadvantages besetting them they will
find enough to try their mettle.-Chicago
Herald.
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Tho Mourning Ring.

did you ever see mourning ring!'
asked O Maiden lane jeveler of a reporter
the other day well, here Is one"
1t is heavy gold band, perfectly plain,
and with q seal in the shape Of a coffin.
It has a glass face, through which can be
seen Il skeleton in gold. On the inside Of
the ring is the inscription, in black enamel,
giving the initials Of the deceased aud the
date Of death.
These designs were used over CEN
fury ago, and now they arc to be revived
rs the latest fad. Some young widows,
vino find it difficult 10 indicate their be-
reavement when indoors, with hat and
flowing veil removed, take advantage of
the ring to announce to susceptible young
men that they have returned to the mat
rimonial market. They need not look
melancholy. A turn Of the finger and the
sad news is told"
DO men use them''
Most assuredly. Widowers have no
way Of announcing their loss except by
the band on their hats. With a mourn
ing ring ell embarrassing inquiries re-
garding the deceased wife may be avoided,
and knowledge Of the widower's restored
eligibility quickly and neatly impaired. I"
New York Mail and Express.
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miles Il, order to 80. back bis sa.rsnco fss,

miles IN order 70 got back bis entrance fee'
and In order to do even this he would have &c
average over three and a half miles an hour.
Fitzgerald, in his famous walk in 1884, aver
ared over four miles an hour, and during tho
whole six days he got but twenty eight hour
sleep. Rowell, who walked 602 miles, got
but twenty.six hours sleep Albert. in his
recent walk in Philadelphia, averaged thro
hours OF sleep in the twenty-four during the
six days.
II is a terrible strain, and when a man gets
through he looks more dead than alive.
Naturally, during a contest like this, unlike
the period OF training, what man eats has
good deal to do with the matter, and only the
most nonrishing foods are taken. Albert
don't believe In stimulants and never takes
ANYTHING stronger than coffee. Rowell, on
the contrary, when he was in this country,
declared that no man could live through q
six DAYS walk without the use Of stimnlants
But what do you think Of cold cabbage,
Strolel is en- Austrian, and this is what lac
likes He logged around the track with
Dlatc of cold slaw" in his left hand and ate
it with the fingers Of his right Strokel, next
TO Tilly, the Canadian parson, was the fun
NEST walker. They called him 'The Crab. =
He has big hands, and he wags them inces-
sanity. One would think, to look at him,
that this ceaseless motion alone would tire
him out, but it doesn't seem TO.
Another curious character is Sullivan. lie
is a young fellow, and had to DO carried out
in the great race Of 1884 before it was over
He was nicknamed the Ghost, and he looked
it every inch. He carried the specter OF
sickly smile along with him, and if he had
been going 10 his own funeral he couldn't
have presented a more wobegone appear
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SADDLERY AND HARNESS.
..-.-.- .~.-.-.-.--,---~
ESTABLISHED 1871.

: : COrrHELL, JAS c. CoTTREfL.
Special Partner General Partner.
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LIGHT AND Aiav.
III rHeots of a Wrong Habit.

Ill Effects OF q wrong us"'
oh. weak alike arc pen and tongue
To Picture Angslinas graces'
The a,norous poets who have sung
OF fairy forms and ongel fnces
Se'er looked upon face 80 sweet
An eye so bright, lip 50 rosy,
4 form 80 lovely, SO complete
OF female charms SO fair posy.
The beauty OF her face outvics
The summer gardens rich adorning;
The tint her velvet cheek that dyes
Is like the new blown rose OF morning.
Her tresses, black as jet. cares
neck as white as alabaster,
Who looks upon her lovellness
Looks surely 10 his hearts disaster.
But not the beauty Of her form,
Or face, which every eye euricheS,
Is Angelina's chiefest charm
fier sweet demeanor more beNitches.
Her smile Is like the morning. eye
When opening spring the oarth reJoicss'
md like the richest melody
OF birds the music OF her voice -.
Dut was there ever woman yet
Could stand critical Inspection
Since Eve was made who ever met
One wholly free from imperfectionf
.And AngeLna-inuseJ weep
This maden, fairer than Aurora,
Has her defect; when she's asleep
she Is most tremendous sncrer
boston Courier
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The most graceful man on the track was
Hart, the negro. He stood up as straight as
string, and his carriage was beautifuI.
Next to him in poise came Albert Albert
carried little sponge under bis nose most of
the time, slightly tinctured with ammonia,
TO keep him awake In his left hand he car
ried black cane, which he says he wouldn't
part with for anything He has had it for
years, and when he was wrecked in the
steamer Narragansett, in Long Island sound,
some years ago, his little black cane went to
the bottom: but it was rescued and he has
kept il ever since
We give cut Of Albert albert Catbcart,
the winner of the race Just over. He came
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wAIKING MATCH sYHTcHEs.


Generally each man who goes into walk
ING match has booth built alongside Of the
track, where he can eat and sleep while the
contest is In progress. Here his trainer hangs
out. and here IL where he dives in TO catch
catnap occasionally. Some of them have
great trouble in sleeping, while others get to
sleep before their clothes can be taken OF.
Some Of them sleep while they walk. Strokel,
the Austrian, who, by the way, is another
funny walker, went TO sleep on the track
during this match and was run into by an
other ped. Strokel made things lively for
few minutes after this.
But 70 return TO the booths. Some of them
are models Of neatness. while others are ell
tremely untidy. When they are neat there
Is usually woman in the case. There is as
much difference i'll trainers as can be. When
a man comes of the track his trainer will
strip him. and rub him down with hard
towel, and then TO bed After he has slept
where tho trouble begins.
Those who have difficulty in getting down
to breakfast at the proper time every morn
ing will appreciate the feelings Of a man who
has walked several hundred miles, more or
less, and who is pulled out Of bed just when
he is in full swing. Here the trainer comes
to tho front He humors, he cajoles, be
scolds, he fights his man He pulls out his
legs and starts him off Tom Cox, the young
Iyishman, is one of the hardest men to start
after nap. He will fight like tiger.
When he Is asleep he looks like a dead man
During one of my visits TO the recent match
his friends were holding bogus wake over
him Fitzgerald, who is another 1rishman,
u like big baby in tho hands Of his trainer
Tho want Of sleep is what tolls In these walk
Ing oontssta Each man had TO cover 81
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ther. | went up 10 the walking match at
the Madison SQUARE the other day while II
wns in full heat. The first thought man
has when he looks down on the weary wights
rerging away for dear life is that Of pity
TIN no laughs.
Ehyl Because it's funny.
Just rs soon as a man sets out TO do one
thing. 70 tho exclusion Of everything else, he
Ioses control Of himself in everything else.
Every man has SO much will power, and he
is obliged 10 concentrate it on the object in
Wow. The consequence is that all his little
peculiarites crop out. and they are sure to
make the spectators laugh Parson lilly
was the funniest OF the lot He has crook
in his back like an Alpine stick, and he tries
10 counteract this by holding his head high
up. His arms stuck out on each side Of him
like pair OF awning rods, and his feet went
ahead Of him a. great rate, but they came
back nearly as far Perhaps that's why he
didn't get there
"Wcll. never. said an old lady from the
country. II thought this ere was Il walking
match. hut declare 20 goodness if they amt
running
That is one Of the privileges of walking
match You can run You can even start
In at y o'clock Sunday night and run all tho
week as hard as you want 10.
That is, # sou can stand it.
But they don't all do it, Sometimes they
run and sometimes they walk Then they
vill vary the monotony by snatching up
something to cat A cup in one hand and q
spoon in the other, joggety jog, joggety jog,
around tho track they go, through the long,
weary hours.
Do they get uredi
Well, rather.
There is no more utterly woe BECOME speci-
men Of humanity than pedestrian who has
Just finished SIX days. contest.
And yet when they get through they are
willing TO do it over again. One would think
that one such trial would be enough. But it
isn't Future matches are frequently made
Oh the last day Of race.
How do they 80 into it' What are their
methods Of training etcf
Wei, they go into it to make money.
Rovell, the great English pedestrian has
made good thing out of walking matches;
SO has Fitzgerald, who wound up Clio miles at
the Madison Square, in May, 1884, and
cleared over 5000 Albert has made money
since no began walking, and he will probably
make more before he gets through. The
training depends on the man. Rowell used
TO get up early in the morning and spend
most Of the day in walking over powders and
crags in a hily country. He ate whatever
he wanted Dieting isn't practiced SO much
as il used TO be 1t Is getting to be pretty
well established fact now that whatever the
man wants is good for him
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A.C. HIGH. 1929 L. Main street. watches eci
jewclry neatly repaired.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Reported by q. w. Branch & Co., bankers
md brokers. No. I'LL Main street.
New York STOCK Market.
REVIEW.

New YORK, February 15-To days
was another dull market. Generally, this
dullness Is followed by decline In the
active list of stocks. May seems to be the
pivotal month on stocks, and some bears
predict that this May will see a very blue
state of affairs in Wall street. The ex-
pected aid from Congress don't pan out,
and Washington advices report more dis
position to discuss politics and presiden-
iial nominations than do any legislatine.
ondon trading here to-day didn't
amount to much. The total sales for the
day we're only 76,sOO, of which 81 1900
were done up till noon. Some trading in
ST. Paul moved the stock up I, and this
Lraced the granger stocks. Telegraph
WAS comparatively firm, 200 shares
moved price 2 in the morning. The be-
lief that telegraph tolls will be sharply
advanced by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company helps the stock. The
news to-day from outside was scant and
featureless.
The closing transactions had no fea-
iure. Sterling exchange, 4s5dS' /;
money, 2@3.
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the service as private He rose, through
the Rhode Island and New Hampshire vol
unteers, to be full colonel and brevet briGa
dior general He served in tho army of the
Potomac, and was in most Of the battles OF
that army. At Gettysburg he captured q
portion Of Lees army. He also took part in
the raids made under Gems Stoneman ana
Wilson. In the Shenandoah valley, under
Sheridan, he fought in the battles of Fisher
Hiu Waynesboro and Cedar Creek, and
in one of the cavalry engagements of the
valley Gen Sheridan directed Gen. Thomp
son to conduct 1000 prisoners to the rear
He was subject to attack during his march
of several days, but turned in more prisoners
than he had receipted for.
At the close Of the war Gen. Thompson re
turned to Chicago and resumed his desk in
the law office he had left four years before
Soon afterward he began practice on HE
own account, and at the time Of his death
was one OF the most prominent members Vi
the Chicago bar.
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Purely for Romantic Reasons. =

She-Mr Qualkcharry, do you ever rise i'll
the morning early enough to sec the gor-
Geous sunrisei | can imagine nothing more
beautiful than that. The golden glow falls
upon the earth SO softly and lovingly, the
heavens smilo in unison, and all nature seems
to wake and rejoice
"Yes, it's very nice"
DO you see the sunrise often"
EVERY morning. You see, | have 10 get
ny milk wagons started before o'clock. -
Lincoln Journal
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A firing Process.

She was very stout, very jolly and a little
sarcastic, and she was Gliding Mr. De Dood
for not speaking to her at reception the
day before.
law, Miss Laura" he pleaded, Il wanted
-, but you wouldn't recognize me Really,
don't you know, | walked all around YOU,
out you wouldn't see me"
Clear around me- Mr.. De Doodr she said
alphabetically How tired 1t must have
made you Washington Critic
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a Powerful Plug.

Landlady-Really, Mr.. Smith, / am 30
annoyed know not what to do
Boarder-Why, what is the matter,
Landlady- There IS rat hole IN my pan
try. and no matter what | stop the hole
with the rat gnaws his way through again
What would you doi
Boarder-Well, | don't know, but you
might try plugging the hole with one Of the
breakfast scuits.-Boston Budget.
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Winter sports.

Vow no lover from afar picks the twangulent
guitar
To a melancholy Spanish serensde,
Nor do sweethearts, hand in hand, seek the ice
cream rendor's stand,
Breathing taily while they wait for orangeade
bent glare,
And the swift toeogean fashes down the slide;
Everybody has girl everybody takes his whtIi,
And the bouillon man takes many a dime beside.
Burlington Free PToss.
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field. In 1858 he
was graduated at
the Harvard La.
school, and imms
diately W o II [
abroad, completing
his studies in civil
law at Munich,
Berlin and Paris.
On his return in
1880 he went TO
Chicago and enter.
cd a law Office.
When the war
came in 1861 young
Thomson entered
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DIRECTORY

DIRECTORY
OF RELIABLE
BUSINESS HOUSES
The Directory 6elov Of reliable and o.,4
eunness houses, gicing their bcatlon an, ana
rtsaness, ioiA Dc found Gerry usIm az a .o,,,,.
" reference for Information relatit ~
and al the different branches Of 5us.ae.,
Analytical Chemist,
Or: HENRY FR0ELING, Il :. Twelfth st.s..
chemist 70 Chesapeake aud Ohio AMI ~
mond and Allegheny railroads. specls' :,
tention 70 ores and mineral waters.
Architects:
". J. DIMMOCK, llC8 4. Main stree, A..
respondence solicited N'''
WILLIAM II. GARDNER. So = De-.
street. Halr cutting. dyeing. shawn.
Bakers;
RICHMOND STEAM BAKERY A..
proprietor, II 5. Twelfth stfeet Wtc'r..,
and retail.
Roots and shoes.
J. X. TEASDALE. 1915 T.. Main sfreet n
500 and s. mems and a. ana ,zsI ID
shoes.
Butchers.
WALTER f. BRA UER, stall No. H. ~,
Market. Smoked beef-tonguCs d spoc,s'ty
Candy Manufacturer
OLIVER Il. DYER. 8h f. Marshall .,,.o,
wholesale and retail. Sole agent Tor ~
Cherokee Cough Drops.
Canvas Goods
JOHN j. GERING, corner OF Fourteenth An,
Main streets. Tents, awnings, tag. h0rse Az,
wagon covers.
Carbolie snoLe Rail
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A Word of Praise

Mr.. Gotham after the performance OF
julius Cesar)-And so you were pleased,
Miss Breezy
Miss Breezy (of Chicago Delighted with
the whole performance, Mr. Gotham, and So
much obliged TO you. think Marc Antonys
Grafton over Casar's body was the cutest
thing ever saw.-The Epoch
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1t IL Not Always May.

The boniface OF Florida,
With smile and outstretched arms.
Now welcomes shiy ring uorthorners
And tells them OF the charms
That Florida has now In store
For those who seek its sunny shore
He says: Behold this baimy air,
The orange blossoms scent.
Oh feast your eyes on paradise,
Where every ones content
But while he speaks blizzard drops
And freezes stia his wagging chops.
Hotel Nan