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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
AT the Annual Convention Of Must

At the Annual Convention OF Must
clans in London, Mr.. Lavallee Of Boston
will deliver an address on the develop
msnt Of music in America. The world
10 the better of for every effort made to
cultivate the divinest Of the arts, which
In the p,aintive melodies OF home, the
heroic strains Of grand opera and the
grandest passages Of church music ap'
peal to the highest emotions Of the soul
Perhaps the e~nterprising amateur may
sometimes bore a person of correct and
educated taste, but all the Rubenstein as
sociations and Mozart associations are
In truth the development towards the
high civilization that recognizes the
truest principles that are born and grow
In the heart, the mind, and the soul and
bring men to the exercise OF tho purest
feelings and the noblest virtues.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

II will be greatly regretted that Mr.. S
s. Cox Of New York has declined The
place profered him on the Ways and
Means Committee. Mr.. Scott Of Penn.
~sylvania has accepted the appointment
Mr.. Cox thinks that bis long service en-
titled him to more honor and that he had
better confine his la6ors to the chairman.
ship Of the Census Committee.
Speaker Carlisle decided not to give
the Randall wing of the Democratic
party . representative on the Com
mittee but he is reported as saying Oh
Tuesday night that the committee will
consist Of eight tariff reformers who can
DO relied upon to support a tariff mea
sure | In the line of the Presidents mes.
sage.
The reason given by the speaker fol
this course seems TO be a sound one, anC
that 10 that the appointment of a Protec
ton Democrat would require also a Pro
lection Republican.
The Protectionists hope to get eigh'
Democrats in New York, three in New
Jersey, four in Pennsylvania, seven il
Ohio, and others In various quarters
who will not support such a bill as is ex
pected from the Ways and Means Com
mittee as 1t is now.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Madame Sarah Bernhardt declares
that Barrymore Is crazy for saying thai
LA Tosca" lisa plagiarism on "Nadezda,'
Mr.. Barrymore's plsv. With he showed
to the Ber.aardt.
The Madame says that Mr.. Sardou, the
author Of La Tosca, would not have
stolen q play, and that nobody will sus'
pect him Of it.. Very likely, but LII
Tosca certainly resembles Nadezda very
closely, and perhaps some one nigh
have accurately described 1t to Sardot
without saying that there was any sucf
q play In existence.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

The average production In the United
States Of linseed oil Is 2s,0OO.0W gallons
and for some time the Linseed Oil Trust
has covered about one-half Of the man.
u~facture, the import duty on the article
being "a per cent. The Inter Ocean
shows how the formation Of q Trust has
affected prices. In January the jobbers
price OF raw oil was 80 cents. After The
formation Of the Trust 1t steadily adj
vanced, and at the end Of the yea
CLOSED firm at the top" which
was fifty-two cents, an advance
Of fifteen per cent.
At Pittsburg q year ago a syndicate
was formed to buy glaas from firms need
ing money at a fixed price, notice OF
price fixed TO be sent 10 manufacturers in
other districts, and If prices were cut by
them the association was to sell In theiI
market at such prices as will make theil
territory improbable to them. The
recent advance in glass is reported now
from Pittsburg rs 80 per cent.
Now, in view of these results in the
two branches Of manufacture cited and
such results accomplished in one year, il
does look very plain to any man who
wants TO buy linseed oil or glass that he
Is paying 100 per cent. tribute to the
monopolists who can control the market
by reason of tho tariff. The man who
wants a plate glass for his store window
has to pay 152 per cent. ad oaIOrem duty
and In addition to that the so per cent,
put on by the process of throttling the
market.
Verify it is written that those who
live In glass houses should not throw
stones"
But the mighty Republican organ does
1t when 1t says that all this tariff zen
courages home competition"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

he lived for ten JOSEPH r. BoDwELi~
wears, working his land and doing odd
Jobs at shoemaking. Having taken a pair
Of oxen for a debt, he agreed TO haul
granite from Pelham, y. II, to Law
renee, Mass, and this eventually led him
INTO the granite business. Ia 1892 he
formed u co~partnership with Hon. Moses
Webster and worked quarries at the
mouth Of Penobscot bay, hauling aud
loading the granite himself.
I'm 1866 he removed 10 Hallowell, where
he became connected with many enter
prises. through which he accumulated a
large fortune. In 1879 he bought a farm
and began the career Of a stock raiser
and was supposed to have more means IN
vested in land, stock aud buildings than
any other man i'll the state.
Mr.. Bodwell was a Republican, and
was a warm admirer OF Mr.. Blaine, con
tributing largely to the Blaine campaign
in 1884. He had been a member OF the
Maine legislature, and as "A emb OF
the Republican National committee III
1884 had given Mr.. Blaine an active sup
port. In 1886 he was Blaine's candidate
for governor of his state II was elected
In private life he was a model MAJ
He used his great wealth wisely, and l.
said to have given away on an average
$40 every day.
BY the law Of Maine the president Of
the Maine senate becomes governor in
case of vacancy by death. This makes
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

The first half Of the current fiscal
year closes with a surplus in the Treas
ury Of $107, 0O0, 900. The statement of
the receipts and expenditures for the
past six months shows that the receipts,
a. compared with the latter half OF 1885,
rose from $751;, 19S, 05s to $l92, $40, 942, or,
In round numbers, $11 100000. The in
crease In the customs was q little over
S., 900 900, In internal evenue it was a
triAe under IS, 900, 900, and In miscellane-
Gus receipts, which form about II per
cent. Of the total, a little over 81, 1000, 900,
This, 1t will be noticed, is a general ad-
vance, somewhat greater in internal rev.
epue than In customs. but fairly uniform.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Governor Hill in his message says that
nearly all the monstrous fraudulent trans
actions Of corporations in recent years
are tIaceable to watering stocks
and stock jobbing, and the time
Is opportune to render their repetition
impossible. The proposed creation OF
q State gas commission, with powers over
gas companies similar to those exercised
over railways by the railroad commission.
Is a suggestion that will be approved by
every household and business establish
ment subject to gas extorlions.
He recommends spring elections in or
der to separate local from general cleo.
lions, and thereby prevent the deals and
dickers that have existed. Charter re-
vision Is another recommendation in the
message that will be generally approved,
but the advice to put personal property
on the same footing as real estate is open
to doubt.
For the consideration of the relations
between capital and labor the Governor
recommends the creation of a special
commission to deliberate upon the prob
lens arising between employers and
employed, AMI to report to the Legisla-
ture what laws are needed TO promote
the welfare Of the industrial classes.
As New York and its Governor are so
important in the presidential year, the
message is interesting as apoliiical docu.
mept.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

.Bismark's very last utterance, 10 Te'
ported by cable, 10 that Germany Ia
stronger than France, In fact, than any
other power, and could have but one
thing to fear, and that would be a sur
prise, and ever then Germany could re-
sist An attack successfully on two OF
three sides.
Then be added that the best guarantee
OF peace 10 the bad powder used In tie
Lebel rides.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

The Tribune found an employe OF the
Fifth Avenue Hotel who declared that
one effect Of Cleveland's administration
was to cause business to fall OF In travel
ling; and q ribald contemporary remarks
that Of course the message brought on
the cold weather. and thereby indirectly
caused q decrease Of travelling.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

The Brewer Workers Union Of New
York issued an edict boycOtting Milwau'
kee beer, and the Milwaukee brewer
workers obeyed, but Mr.. Michael Keely'
President Of the Brewers Association
Of Chicago, says that the Chicago brew
err will furnish the beer and give the
profits 10 their brethren Of Milwaukee,
who by an agreement meant to meet such
emergencies would do the same thing for
Chicago.
Mr.. Keely says that the order that
s~yppAthizes with the Anarchists 10 asked
to back the boycott, and regarding that
emergency he says: ut 10 foolish for
few thousand beer-dripking Anarchists
TO suppose that they can get ahead OF the
brewers by a boycott. Why, we could
boycott them II we wanted to. W. could
nx it 10 that not an Anarchist could buy
. glass OF beer in Chicago. No, sir; my
advice to the Central Labor Union Is
that they 60 ahead and drink Milwaukee
beer, II that is what they have been drink
ing, and let the Chicago saloon keepers
alone. The boycott anne about, In the
first place, because the ignorant brewer
workers did not know what they were
about. Simply to be up with the times,
they imposed a boycott in Milwaukee,
but they had better not attempt to carry
II into Chicago"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

and was a member of the Republican
state committee for fifteen years. In 1882
he was elected TO the state senate. he l.
affable in manner, a fluent speaker, and
highly esteemed throughout the state.
Mr.. Marble is a strong friend of the
venerable Hannibal Hamlin, wee presi-
dent during Mr.. Lincoln's first term.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
The CHINESE FLOODS.
Terrible History of the yellow River
Tho Celesiials' sorrow.

The awful floods of September and DC
tober in northeastern China, caused by
the TIoang Ho, or Yellow river, breaking
its banks, give one a vivid impression Of
the ~precarious tenure millions OF those PEG
pie have upon their lives and dwellings.
All the low country-in China IS else
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Mr.. sebastian >.
Marble governor
Of the state I'll
January, 1889
Mr.. Marble was
born in DiXhcld,
Nc. He received
a school education
and studied law
p~racticing in Wal
doboro, Ne. IL
Is now 90 years Of
age. He has he'd
various offices IN
der the state ard
the United States.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Merely because Mr.. Lowell compli-
mented Cleveland the Cincinnati Com.
msrc;al calls him q at associate for Dem.
ocrats, and . "stumper Of the second
degree"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
NAMES G~oveRNoRsHlP.

Decease Of Hon. Joseph II. Bodweli-S.
4. Marble His Successor.
The death Of Joseph r. BOdweli, gov
ernor Of Maine, occurred recently at Hal
lowell. Governor Bodwel was born IN
Methuen, Mass, ~sixty-ninc years ago.
He WAS forced to earn his own living at .
years Of age. When a young man he was
n common farm laborer, but at % he
,aarned the shocmaker's trade, and while
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Some of the papers are emphatically
of the opinion that there is good vice.
presidential timber in the tall Sycamore
Of the Wabash.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

The Gear will leave the Gatschilns
palace In . few days. and 90 to st. Peters
burg, and bis route will be strongly
guarded.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

making shoes he
was also engaged
in reading and
study. He attend
ed school during
the day, working
mornings and
evenings at his
trade. In 1888 he
combined his saw
ings with those of
his father, and
the two bought a
small farm in
Methuen, where
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

1t 10 reported by cable that Holland is
strongly disposed to join the Triple al
lance.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
HERMANN SCHMlDT'S


HERMAN SCHMlDT'S
EUROPEAN STORE,
80 AND 503 BROAD. CORYRR FIFTH TREFr
Thu greatest var ETY. OF
DELEGATES AND LUXURIEs
Of the season ever offered Is Ia stock now
also, RAIsfNs, CURRANTS. CITRON. OR
ANGE and LEMON GELATISE. PIGS.
DATE, NUTS OF all kinds, ALMONDS, soft
and paper she'll and " thout hell Candle
and CAKES OF every description, GENUINE
NUREMBERG LEBKuCHEN GOTTA.
CHICKEN SAUSAGE. wEsTPHALIN SAT-
SAGE, RUN. BRANDY. WHISKY. CHAN
PAGNE, WINE, and CIGABs. sdeldtf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-05

Too late. too late
The date, the date;
We wrote II 81
when II should be IS.
Washington Critic.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19

VIII, Constable.
CIV J Leslie, Magistrate
r Nav. Constable.
7-sP Richardson, Homer, Magistrate
" T Bridges, Homer, M"s
VIC Boring, Coha'"'.
wv Clingman, o'" ,.,.
4DAJ carathers, Lisbon, Mas's', "
Reynolds,
HOMER TOWN offich''' ~
Walter Ward, ''''
Err White,
| JE llulsp,
AEW ilder, tSelectmen
co Ferguson,
JT Otis, o)
81 Mafett, Clefk
Thos. Harris, Marshall
! WE Bridges. Treasurer.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. I. N. NIX,
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19
The Real Cause.

The article recently appearing
in the Sentinel on woman mas
excited considerable comment anu
much speculation rs to its author
ship and philosophy, That the
facts contained therein are 'fue'
No one seems to doubt, but vafi-
ous speculations as to its causes
have been advanced, "L'hemme
Qui Ritz" in our opinion 'nousu
wrong in sonc ofhis proposltlohs' ,
came near the mark IN his mover
suggestions cf"keeping house TO-
pether for awhile" While we &c
not advocate such extremes meas
ures we do believe that much ;. o .
the unhapiness Of married il''
9 comes as the result Of hasty mar
r,ages. There is an abnormal sen
- timsnt abroad, the tendency =
'e which is to discourage long cour'
81 ah,n. but unless the parties nav
been intimately aqualn'eo 'o'
" long time before becoming eDsS'
ed. reason and common SEN
- would dictate q "long engagement
on Even in the most ordinary ou'
~. ness affairs, one will not take
dn business partner with whom ne
ant SO little acquainted as many you
,elf people are when they become ~
for. ried. Can it be possible taa' d
on. sensible man will for a nom
i'm suppose that less knowledge Is :
ouired Of the peculiar trai's VI
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19


When one thinks much on ~"
wickedness of the world and 81
the strength ofits opposition to !, :
gospel, one is tempted to dcspsI' :
Of its conversion. At such tins
he does we'll to rccolect that, IS
Charles Kingsley said, This This. : .
Gods world, and not the devils
Christ paid the price Of the world
redemption, and in due time it i. VI
be conquered by h'En.--No"
| Herald.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19

1t is just as necessary tokee'
salt from absorbing bad odo
as cream. A sack of best sa.
standing where there is a sne
of fish or any Objectionable .
dor. vii. absorb the flavor.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19
Get to the root Of things !

Get to the root Of things ! Q
gold mine of Scriptures are not =
the top soil; You must open
shaft; the precious diamonds $
experience are net picked up
the roadway; their secret plf'
are far down. Get down into Y
vitality, the solidity, the serae'
the divinity Of the Word OF o.
and seek to poses all the inv
work Of the blessed spirit,-H
Ge0n.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19

Power abused and misused' Is
about as bad boomerang as e'c'
struck any ordinary mortal 1t =
sure to strike sooner or later' az :
when it does strike, stand from uis
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19

one he proposes to make his
ner torliie, and in whose h
: his happiness rests, than is nc
sary in selectinga business
ner whose relations to him Will =.
er be more than matter as al
ing dollars and cents comb
with ordinary friendship?
Sensible persons too often "''
thinkingly advise short courts' )
and the consequence is the N
! tal VOW is too often assumed vi"
a ont a moments moments con.,
: Grafton rs to the sacredness a.
y the true import OF the reIa'' ~
l. existing between the CONTRACT
e payties. Hence, we have so m";'v
t, divorce cases, as we'll as a W"'''
T. Of tears and bitterness the res''''
Mt Of illadvised marriages entere "
st to without having acquired an
or ,imate knovlcdg of each OF" ;
n ljspositions und tcmperament*.
ad OF course We are aware Of
I'D fact 50 often repeated that the
ao no reason or judgement in w.
en- but why is it thus? Why sho"'
F'y not sensible man or woman
'S' else AS much judgement IN co'
'or ship, to say thcleast, as one Wo; :
"'d exercise in an Ordinary busints
'"c transaction? We contend that
'"e' nv marriage entered into in the m;''
'1e ner alluded to without al int'mA
'p.' knowledge of each other is nc
~, ,f ing short of a crime, and part
:. who violate this law will a!r;'
NV inevitably suffer the consequeH'
e0'' in a lifetime Of woe. A vi
n"ss ~ w, volume might be written on
~ 'n subject, but we merely ven;
nv" these thoughts dlsclaiming ::
ajori. ""o"lNe ,,, :. no,b,n, after
} pre- e.''1' .o.ohor Aycadia S..
aking '"' '0'
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19

A special from Atlanta, Ca, TO
the Times Democrat says that Gen
Marion Bethune, the former own
Or Of Blind Tom, and father OF ME-
I.s a Bethune, a former resident
of this city, has announced himss' :
| as the Republican canldate 10
Congress in the district now req req
resented by Hon. Thos. w. 0l'n
les.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19
He Ought to be Trusted

There are different kinds
pluck. They don't always ms
the same respect and conildel
A man in Arizona sent up t' e
firm in San Francisco for sc'N'
Goods. They were to be furn'
on credit and he gave relere'
in town. The firm called u =
the reference.
"Do you know this man IN a.
zona2'
.Knov him? Certainly; kr.' W
him we'll"
"What kind Of a man is hc'
"He's splendid fellow; q s.
fellow"
"He'si in business there isn't /
"Why yes. Hs's an enterI
e ing chap; go,s lots of push '''''
, pluck
"He's written 10 u.s.
IT "What does he wanty'
- "Credit."
- "That's all right
y, "Well! we'd like to know wh,S'
40 kind Of a man he is."
:. "What kind Of man be is!s Of
- y. That's what he is. He's the XII
s ~ of man who'd put up 900 OF.
,ot pair of duces and never WINK
.a' -: %Thank you" San Frane'st
-, Chronicle.
Homer guardian., 1888-10-19
CLEVELAND'S LUCA.
Aided By Republican B'uneers'

WAsH1xeroS, D. c., Sept. o.
Up to the time that the senate's
first vote on the Chinese exclusion
hill was taken, a fortnight ago,
the fates seemed to be working in
favor of the Republicans, and hao
tho Senate acted on the bill as
promptly as the House. it "o"'"
have gone through there and 'een
returned to the House on tFe al
1ernoon of the 4th of September
or the morning of the 9th. AL
lowing the three days, which are
the average time for enrolment
the bill would, in the natural or
der, have gone to the fresloeh'
! NV The sth Of September, and must
: have been approved, vetoed O.
h permitted to become a III" WIN
il out signature by the Stl' ha
l. the president approved it he ToU'
IS have called down upon his lea
IS, the appreciation of the more e'
In )iohtened clement Of his part
Ii and Of the Mugwumps in q bod
We Had he vetoed it, no matter i
I'm how excellent reasons, ne wou
,pi have been execrated all over t
es. Pacific coast and in many 9th
sea narts of the country, where
bic sympathies of the working peol
r a are strongly enlisted for til
cal brethren in the extreme West
cen he had allowed the bill to becom
nd law by the expiration of the c
this stitutional limit, he would Il
and been accused on both sldes OF
lrea ignominous straddle. But
rail we're the hopes of his enen
blasted? The Republican MAJ
4D
Q re- ty In the Senate, in order TO
nted vent the Democrats from tai
luire all the glory Of Mr.. SCOTS
,triAl iapt sroke, or the President
,rou- reaping any profit one way or
e the other, insisted upon ma
II the speeches on the bill, when
, the sumed so much time that the
a the vote was not taken until the
facts scDtember. Then the chang
verse. vored the Republican progra
each But at once a Republican
,ricul. tor proposed a reconsideraS
d fast his vote, which delayed the
. is to ter for ten days more, and tn
OF the Of September was reache"
all the the act could be sent OVER
/ Prov by the President of the sen
os him The other end Of the {
ack Of There Mr.. Killgore's dis
G in an that no law existed whlc1
the ex- force him into surrendellns
incntly ay Of the act and the anu
energy, he found in playing fast an
as dill. with Mr.. Morrow preven'
late our ther progress until yes
ance, we Finally, on the very DAY
ible and was presented to the Pres
b we ab- receive his fatal decision
from China direct the ne"
solves the whole olnlcul''
otherwise stroke and saves the Chle
oucb i'm trate all trouble in the +
g people, Is it any wonder al'cf euc y
climate velous series of related +
f produc- the faith OF supels''.'o'
us indus-' clans in Clevelano 5 i"'
liant upon receive a fresh empct
n,ennfnh