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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23

Mr.. Warren, who has seen the big
trees Of Mariposa, those of the Big Tree
Grove in Calaveras county, and all the
big trees Of the coast range, says there Is
in no place in California a tree that APP
proaches in size that on the Kaweah.
The men had with them no rule, tape
line or measure Of any kind, but Mr..
Warren measured the tree with his rifle,
which is four feet in length. He found
il to he forty-four lengths Of his gun in
circumference at a point as high above
the ground as he could reach. The top
Of the tree has been broken off, but 1t Is
still Of immense height.
This monster tree stands in small
basin near the Kaweah, and is surrounded
on all sides by wall of huge rugged
rocks There IS so much brush in the
vicinity that the little valley in which the
big tree stands is almost inaccessible. A
landmark, and notable feature Of the
landscape, is an immense rock known as
Homer's Nose. This rock stands on a
mountain that has an elevation Of from
5000 TO 5000 feet above the level of the
sea. The rock itself is about five hun
dred feet in height. II is visible above
the pine forests from Tulare valley. The
small valley in which the big tree stands
is a mile or two east Of Homer's Nose
About it are many giant trees, several
larger than the big trees of Mariposa.
Lower down the Kaweah is what is
called the Giant Forest. AT this place q
colony of Socialists have taken up ten
square miles Of timber land. On their
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23
Use OF Paragraph Sisus.

Writers Tor newspapers should use para
graph signs freely in their copy The mar b.
do not disfigure the manuscript ct all. AMI
they make it clear at glance 20 the com
positor where paragraphs are % be made
No harm is done II two signs are used, one As
the end and another at the beginning OK ih'
paragraph that follows. In writing ma''ar
to be sent by telegraph, Il IS essential il-'
the paragraph signs should be Inserted ana d
note should be written at the TOP u the l. 81
page OF the copy instructing the operai '' y
send 7 signs Us indicated" VIXEN tll' /"
done the matter will go through ~ n'aen
better shape than il no such care Is taken
"W. IL. HI In Tho Writer.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23

.engths OF crusty bread, and red, yenow
and green liquids in clumsy bottles sealed
with wax. As rule, be it said to their
credit, these fellows Of the London Ital-
ian quarter arc much more peaceable
than those here. They mind their own
business and the weapons so conspicu-
ously displayed in their belts are never
made use Of; certainly not to the extent
that they are in New York, at all events.
John Preston Beecher in New York
Nous
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23
Ree4her Not a Heavy Eater.

Contrary TO Oft expressed criticism,
Mr. Beecher was not heavy eater This
was particularly true of the last years of
his life. When he first came 20 Brook
Ign he enjoyed very heartily late sup
pers, and it was his custom to have after
preaching, either in his own home or in
the house Of some one of his more init
mate friends, quite an elaborate spread,
at which there would be oysters, cold
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23
Plain Folk, but Blue FLOODED.

There are plain American citizens who
have in their veins the blood Of William
the Conqueror, Alfred the Great, Charlie
magne and other noted kings and con-
quercrs of days gone by. The lines Of
descent are almoat universally legitimate,
and came chiefly through younger sons
and daughters Of these sovercigns. New
York Evening World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23

mno are many trees mat are nom rweIve
to eighteen feet in diameter. The noun
tain men say the big trees Ghe sequoia)
are a cross between the red wood and the
fir.-Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23

roast beef, bread and butter, tea or
coffee, pie, and sometimes delicacies re-
quiring more careful preparation. Joe
Howard i'm Once Week.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-23
THE CHINESE NATION.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
IN THE EMPIRE.

The Peoples Iucapacity for Self Elevation.
Lack OF Intelligence ON the Throne.
Corruption Of Oaicials-Revcrence for
Acknowledgements Prejudice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
Cast Upon the Worlds Charity.
From the New YORK Journal.


By the North German Lloyd steamer
Ems there was landed at Castle Garden
on Monday morning decrepit German
woman named Rosina LAUDER, 81 years
of age, and who has lived with her in
valid son in Dubuque, Ia, for twenty
years. Some months ago her son told
her that he had just received letter
from the Burgomaster of Ausbich,
Ostfriese, Germany, to the effect that a
le ,acy of 5000 had been bequeathed
him by an uncle.
At her sons request the old woman
undertook the long journey for the pur-
pose of collecting the legacy. On her
arrival at her destination she discovered
that the legacy was myth, and by bor-
rowing money from brother she took
passage in the Ems for New York, which
landed her in the Garden on Monday.
The old mother immediately tee
graped to her son in Dubuque, Ia., in
forming him of the result of her journey
and stating that she was penniless. The
answer she received was to the effect
that the sender was tired her.
Tie old woman was completely pros
trated by the heartless answer, and
wept Historically for several hours.
Toward noon the woman sent another
telegram to a son-in-law living in Ne
braska City asking him to advance the
money, but he also replied that he was
in very straitened circumstances.
The old woman was sent to Wards
Island by the Castle Garden officials and
will be taken care of until her case is
narmanently decided
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
"Jubilees' in the OIden Time.


One of the most crowded iubilees of
which history gives record was that
of 1850, celebrated by Innocent X,
called the Ugly. His ugliness, indeed,
was SO great that, it is said, after he was
elected to be pope, some of the cardi-
nails protested, saying that he was TOO
ugly TO be elected "Father of the Faith
full p 1t is also said that a celebrated
friend o; his, the bella OLYMPIA, zone
day brought one of his nephews to see
him, who was even uglier than himself.
"Let me never see the fellow again %
the Pope exclaimed. "He is even uglier
than [ am p Soon afterward, how
ever, he made him cardinal. 1t was
during this jubilee that forty-two. no.
BILE Roman ladies went about the city
to collect money for the Pope, and col
lected SIC $50, which were employed to
feed the poorer pilgrims. who
amounted to. 10000 people, from all
the nations, of the world. Clement II.
gave $1,000 in 1915 for the support of a
pilgrims home, and the unfortunate
Jews-who We're always ill-treated at
Rome-had to give 1925 every year to
the same institution. For the Jew,
therefore, the word jubilee became ut
terly transformed, as it is now for the
Pope. 1t is no longer period of rest.
On the contrary, it has become kind
of Olympic festival OF Christian piety.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
THE FARM AND HOME.
Ownership.

Old Farmer Boggs, OF Doggy Brook
Went to the country fair,
And with his wife he strolled around
To see the wonders there.
"That horse" he said, "Gray Eagle Wing
Will take the highest prize;
But our Old Dobbin looks as well
And better to my eyes.
He is, know, what folks call slow
It's far the safest way to go:
Some men, perhaps, might think it strange
really should net like to change.
"And those fat oxen, Buck and Bright
Don't have so large q girth,
Nor match like them, just to hair,
But l know what they's worth
They're good to pillow, and good to draw,
You stronger pullerS never saw
And always mind my gee and 'haw,'
Some folks, perhaps, might think it strange
really shouldn't want to change"
s'That Devon heifer cost, heard,
thousand dollars. Now"
Said Mrs. Boggs, "my Crumple Horn
Is Just as good COW;
Her milk I'm sureS the very best,
Her butter is the yellowest;
Some folks, perhaps might think it strange,
I really shouldn't want change
"Those premium hogs" said Mrs. Boggs,
"My little Cheshire pig
Is better than the best of them
Although he's not so big,
And that young Jersey is not half
So pretty as old Brindle's calf
Nor is there inthe poultry pen
AS Speckled Wings so good hen ~
AS Farmer Boggs to Doggy Brook
Rode homeward from the fair,
He said, II wish my animals
Had all of them been there;
Ana if the judges had been wise
I might have taken every prize!"
Vnutbc' Cor, no N o,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
Youths Companion
The Senses of Animals.

Sir John Lubbock lectured recently
at the Catford Hill Literary Society on
THE Senses of Animals" He gave
reasons for thinking that in other ami
mails the range of sound was different
from that of man, and that they could
hear higher notes. He had proved that
the limits of vision in animals extended
beyond ours. He then showed that an
imals posed sense organs Of the use of
which we were as yet entirely ignorant,
and be suggested that these might be
the seats of unknown senses. At any
rate they could certainly hear sounds
which were inaudible to us and see
light which was beyond the range Of
our eyes. Sound was the sensation pro-
duced on us when the vibrations of the
air struck on the drum of our ear; when
they were few the sound was deep; as
they increased in number, it became
shriller, but when they approached 49,
900 in second they ceased to be aud
ible. Light was the effect produced on
US when waves of light struck on the
eye. When 400, 000,0O0, 100000 Of vibra-
tons struck the retina in a second they
produced the sensation of red, and as
the number increased the color passed
into orange, then yellow, green blue and
violet. But between 10000 vibrations IN
second and 100000, 200, O00, 900 we had
no organ of sense capable Of receiving
the impression. Yet between these
limits any number of sensations might
exist. We had five senses, and some
times fancied that no others were pos
sible But it was obvious that we could
not measure the infinite by our own
narrow limitations. Here, then, was a
wide, and yet almost untrodden, field
of study.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

We read SO much about the obligation
laid upon the wife to be a perpetual sun
beam IN the house that word to hus-
bands on the topic may not be amiss.
A cheerful atmosphere is important to
a happy home life. It is very hard for
children to be good when they are ex-
posed to an incessant hail-storm of fault
finding from their parents. It is very
difficult for a wife to maintain a calm
and charmingly sweet demeanor when
her husband is critical, cynical or sullen,
and takes all'her tender efforts with in
different appreciation.
[ know full we'll the air of polite
amusement, or amiable incredulity,
with which men receive the statement
of a woman s opinion that in the home
partnership wife, and not husband. pulls
the laboring oar. Still it is true, that
let mans business be ever SO engross-
ing, ever SO WearlsOme, ever SO labori-
Gus, the mere tact that he goes to in the
morning and returns from it at night sets
him above his vile in ease and comfort
For him the slavery of routine has it's
intervals and breaks. He gets breath
of the world outside; he has change Of
scene daily; he sees people and hears
them talk, and his home is distinctly
his refuge and shelter.
Let wife and mother love her home
and children with the most absolute,
answering devotion, and serve them
with the most unselfish fidelity, there.
are, nevertheless, times when she is
very weary.
She knows, better thar any one else,
the steps and the stitches, the same
things done over and over, and the pet
tiness of the trials that come to nursery
and kitchen. They are so insignificant
that she is ashamed to talk about them,
and fear that she sometimes forgets to
tell her Savior how hard they press her,
and SO. bearing her cross alone, its
weight becomes crushing.
A sunshiny husband makes a merry,
beautiful home, worth having, worth
working in andltor. Ii the man is breezy,
CHEEKY, considerate and sympathetic,
his wife sings in her heart over her pud
dings and mending basket, counts the
hours until be returns at night, and re
news her youth in the security she feels
of his appreciation and admiration.
You may think it weak Or childish if
you please, but it is the admired wife,
the wife who hears the words Of praise
| and receives smiles of commentator,
who is capable, discreet and executive.
[ have seen timid, meek, self-distrust-
ing little body fairly bloom into strong,
self-reliant womanhood, under the
tonic and the cordial of companionship
with husband who really went out Of
his way to find occasion tor showing her
how fully he trusted her judgment, and
how tenderly be deferred to her opin-
ion.
In home life there should be no jar,
no striving for place, no insisting on
prerogatives, or division of interests.
The husband and the wife are each the
complement of the other. And it is
just as much his duty to be cheerful as
it is hers to be patient; his right to bring
joy into the home as it is hers to sweep
and garnisb the pleasant interior. A
family where the daily walk of the
father makes lie festival is filled with
something like a divine benediction.-
Margaret E. Sangster in Congregation
aliSt
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

only one poor potato crop in seventeen
years, and the cause was that I let the
patch run to weeds. | don't care what
kind of potatoes you plant, if you neg
lect them and let the weeds get start
then no man can expect good paving
crop. / often noticed that some hills
had perhaps twenty potatoes, and the
next hill to it had only six or eight. In
the summer of 1886 while [ was digging
my crop of Lees Fayorite potatoes /
found some hills that had forty potatoes:
I found many hills with thirty potatoes.
One hill found that had fifty. Iselected
the largest potato from this hill. This DO
tato | cut through the middle in the
spring of 1887 and planted them in two
well prepared hills; from these two
hills I got seventy -four nice-sized pota-
toes; they filed a large bucket These
seventytour potatoes [ will plant very
carefully next spring, and name them
Improved Lees. IeXpect to raise one of
the most productive kinds of potatoes
that was ever in existence. The Lees
Favorite has yielded every year for me
400 bushels per acre. [ would not feel
surprised if the Improved Lees would
yield six or seven hundred bushels per
acre. Last year I had half dozen diff
ferent kinds o. new potatoes, but none
of them were half as good as the Lees
Favorite; now this year | won't bother
with any kind except the Lees. AS
long as I can raise such large crops it
don't pay me to try other kinds because
some one says he has new Seeding
which is the best in the world. | have
tried all kinds of fertilizers for potathes,
and the best found out SO far was one
bushel of wheat bran mixed with one
bushel of wood ashes, and handful put
In the hill at planting time D. N. Kern
in (Practicai Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
One Glass Of Wine too Much.
From Cham bers Journal.

A glass of wine, for instance, changed
the history of France for nearly 20 years.
Louis Philippe, King of the French, had
a son, the duke OF Orleans, and heir to
the throne, who always drank only a
certain number OF glasses Divine, be-
cause even one more made him tipsy. On
memorable morning he forgot to count
the number of his glasses and took one
more than usual When entering his
carriage he stumbled, frightening the
horses and causing them to run. In
attempting to leap from the carriage his
head struck the pavement and he soon
died. That glass of wine overthrow the
Orleans rule, confscated their prop
erty of 5000, 900, and sent the whole
family into exile.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
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SLEIGH ELES.

The night is starry, cold, and still,
he moon is liz its glory,
And rising up to meet the blue,
The mountain heads CLEAN hoary;
AS up the hill AMI down the dale,
And dashing through the dingle,
All overgrowll With evergreens,
Ebe merry sleigh bells jingle
Fair checks outredden now the rose,
And beautys eyes beam brighter,
More music maidens voices make,
And happy hearts grow lighter;
For lie itself is more alive,
As every nerve a tingle:
The blood goes dancing through the veins
When merry sleigh-bells jingle.
What though the winter king has bound
The earth with icy tether?
Love makes it summer in the heart
And, cudde ed close together,
Two souls may meet and mlngle.
All many d wlnsome vie is won
When merry sleigh bells jingle!
= Boston Globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
Saved by Her hustle.

A young woman up in Redwood
Canon, Col, not long ago was walking
through pasture when mad bull ran
believing at her. She flung herself, face
down on the ground, feigning death, hop
ing the brute would not touch her. But he
charged, all the same, and, thrustlng
his horns into her new hustle, tore IL
from its anchorage and cantered away
woman ON made fast time tor the fence.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

SpoGGs-Was it not disgraceful the
way in which Smiggs snored in church
to-day? Stuggs-I should think it was.
Why, he woke us all up Boston Re-
view.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22
Improving Potatoes.

Most all the farmers take the small
potatoes for planting, and it is no un-
common thing to hear such farmers
complain about poor potatoes. ! had
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

A NEW Boston theater has large
number of parquet sofas. sn0gly hold
ing two persons each. The special at
tractive ness of these seats is apparent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

The next morning Miss Flemlngs
waking ears were greeted by the sound
Of steadily descending rain. "Oh, my
poor Zephyrp' she murmured, going to
the window and looking out upon the
weltering world. "She'll be heart
broken to find no one to meet her after
her dreadful ride"
With cautious movements, that she
might not disturb the slumbers of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-02-22

''maid,' but that xery night she button
holed Johnny as he was going off to bed
and told him the facts Of the case. And
Johnny in his own mind was not the
least surprised. All sorts of angelic
deeds might originate in such girl
All, you lovers OF misunderstanding
and disappointment and heart-break,
you shall find nothing to your liking in
this simple tale That two young people
like these | have SO brokeniv described,
should come to love each other, is as
natural thing as the descent of water
when its way leads down an inclined
| plane.
And yet neither was fully aware of the
sweet and all possessing passion, until
| arrived the morning OF separation. It
was when the little leather trunk and
the violin were borne out of the house
that Johnny's heart grew sick with both
joy and agony-the joy of conscious love
and the agony of remuneration.
1t was when Miss Fleming went down
the front walk for perhaps the last time
-or life is uncertain-that wild pangs
seized upon her soul, and her ewes ore w
so misty under the sailor hat tipped UNI
naturally forward, that the bright dahlias
and gladeoli beside the path turned into
mere blur of color.
Aunt Jane had kissed her on both
cheeks and told her with fearful fervor
that it was just about like giving up the
sunshine, and possibly her tears were
contagious.
The St. Bernard fingered on his front
porch rug and displayed no enthusiasm
! Tor this particular trip to the Junction
well, James, is it possible you really
don't wam to go with me ?" called back
; Miss Fleming-having gotten rid of her
wet ewes, and smiling quite merrily.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
Death of a Notorious Bunco Man.

Doc Holiday is dead. Few men have
been better known to certain class OF
sporting people, and few men of his charac-
ter had more friends or stronger champions.
He reDreSented class OF men VINO are fast
disappearing in the new West. He had the
ren,itation of being a bunco man, desperate
and bad man generally, yet he was a very
mild-mannered man, was genial and com
nanionable, and had many excellent quail
ties In Arizona he was associated with the
WYATT Earn gang. These men were officers
of the law, and were opposed TO the
s,,ustlersn or cattle thieves. Holiday
killed several men during his life in Arizona,
and his body was full of wounds rec ived In
bloody encounters His history was an in
terestinr ouc. He was sometimes III the
right but quite often in the wrong proDa-
hiv. in his various escapades.
The doctor had only one deadly encounter
in Colorado. This was in LeadVllle. he
was wel-known in Denver, and had hyed
here a good deal in the past few years. he
had strong friends in some old-time detec-
tive officers and in certain representatives
of the sporting element He was a rather
good looking man, and his GOODNESS oil
courage his nffable ways and fund OF inter-
estinpf experiences, won him many admirers.
lie was a strong friend, cool and deter
mind enemy, and a man OF quite strong
character. He has been well-known TO all
the STATES and Territories west OF Ken
tuel,y. his old home. His death TOOK place
az GIenwood Springs Tuesday morning