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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
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III 1914 travelled by birch uar!. canoe
s0mcthng like Q thousand miles, from
Lapoiut over to the head waters Of the
Mississippi, and down the latter 20 Fort
Smelling. at mouth OF Minnesota river.
~, made several pOrtages, the longest
being nine miles. We had along tvO
trunks. and provisions ana bedding i0r
loW peIs0u5 fox one month. Tic load
which our two yoyageri carried was
certainly 70 to 200 pounds each. Thoy
mad. seven miles ia one day, Going over
the ground FIVE timos-i O.. thirty-hyc
milo Tnree-hitns Of the distance they
were loaded. and two-hfths going bacl;
for another load Their plan was TO take
the heaviest load first about zoo pounds.
and carry it about a mile OF a mile ami a
half pat 1t down, 20 back for another
load Of $50 pounds, carry this a mile on d
mile and q Laif beyond the first deposit,
then come back. take up the first deposit
and carry Il the same distance beyond,
etc. nutil All was carried to the camp for
the night, then. last OF all, they went
back seven miles to the last camp, took
up the boat (Which was the lightest load
Of alb aud carried iC to camp.
/ viii give an account Of one load.
They used a leather strap about Two
inches and hall wide in middle, and
slendercr toward the end, and perhaps
ten or twelve feet long. One fellow, Il
famous voyageur, would tie this
about my trunk about seventy-fve
pounds in two places near each end,
and throw it over the head, bringing the
band across the forehead, the trunk rest
ing on the back, then take hundred
pounds Of tlour and put on the trunk,
and then twenty-five pounds Of crackers
on Top Of all, and walk off briskly, almost
in trot. The man was not large or
very muscular man, but rather lean and
why Professor Joseph lie Conte III
Science
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
MOTIONS RECORD.

Hon Levi L. Morton has been en-
quired into in relation TO the attempts Of
his banking firm TO speculate in Sta.e
debts. There are some other interesting
features of his record that will be brought
TO light, and among them is the perform
ance referred TO in the following extract
from the report OF the Committee of In
quiry of the House of Representatives in
1882, appointed to look up the relations
of certain United States Ministers with
speculations like the "Landram claims"
"the Cochen claims" and the Credit In
dustrial"
"On the eth of August, 1891 =" say. he
report, "Hon. Levi y. Morton, Minister
Pienipotentiary of the United States To
France, as member of the firm Of Nor
ton, Bliss d Co, bankers of New York,
and sitter his appointment as Minister 20
France, entered into q contract with
Messrs. Gau,reau & Co, of Paris, repre-
senling the Credit ndustriel, to handle
all the guano and nitrates shipped bv the
Credit Industriel TO the United Staies-a
virtual monopoly OF the sale Of guano in
the United States-On a commission of
five per cent. on the gross sales-about
double the ordinary market rates-the
contract being conditioned for its cOntin-
uance beyond stated period on the
United States Government becoming the
mediator between Chill and Peru, and
thus securing peace and the recognition
of The concessions, rights, and privileges
of the Credit lndustriel
Mr.. Randall, attorney for the Credit
lndustrel Company, proved that Mr..
Morton used the cipher of the concern
to conduct negotiations for them with
his friends in New York Mr.. Morton
denied that he had used his official in
fuence In behalf of private speculation,
but all the same the dates do not agree,
and the testimony puts Mr.. Morton in
one of those unfortunate defensive posi-
tons that will draw the truth out Of
some of the aggressive policy of his
party.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
RADICALS TRATEEEIZE.

The TIMES has tried from the first to
convince the Democrats that personal
disputes about preference and policy
would not mai the harm my of the Vir-
ginia Republicans when the voting time
came, and for the reason that the Repub-
lcans have nothing 10 do but 10 stick to-
gether. No democratic leader would
run the risk of carrying any of them in
the Democratic party. Now Senator
Riddleberger, who has been quarrelling
with Malone. and "a leader in the John
Wise faction" tells u HcyaM correspon
dent that conferences have been held
and that harmony will he the result The
interview winds up with the following
statement from Mr. Riddleberger:
Il speak with perfect confidence when
say that Senator Malone has been aud
is willing 10 go az far toward reconcilia-
ZION as any one has a right 10 expect but
Brady he will never recognize. The re-
suit will be that Brady will be ignored in
the management of the State campaign
When Tie District Conventions meet they
will nominate candidates for Congress
ana electors and probably will pass reso-
lu,ions expressing a lack OF confidence
in Mr. Brady. Whether or not this will
have the desired effect is an open ques.
ton.
ut is my honest opinion that we have
GOOD fighting chance TO carry Virginia
for the Republican presidential ticket,
and that it is the only state in the South
where that tickle, stands ghost of a
chance
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
THE TOBACCO TAX.

There Is a unanimity Of opinion In
Virginia on The question Of the repeal OF
the tobacco tax, and il Is equally gener-
ally felt that The justice Of The measure
and the need If it bo'h point 10 the Ell
lire abolition Of the lax Dr nOthiug ii
there il reason FOR reducing the iaN,
the same reason apples to il io'al abro
CATION: and besides this is the 'ac, That
there should be no spying by patty
revenue off ers on The small dealers who
sell few cigarettes, cigars, or a lil'le nan
ufactured tobacco The revenue derived
from such sources would be lnilIiieslmai
compared with the Dor of collecting AMI
the worry inflicted in the collections. 10
look AT it in still another ilgni, The tinker
ing with The tobacco tax by relieving one
manufacture aud leaving tie o'hcr still
saddled, Is not sound poll towards tie
business Interests OF the wnUie c1uItry
which will naturally be disturbed by The
expectation OF being again halted by
another political repeal. If politicians
want offices for tEeir party friends let
them 20 into The pension buslh(s',
which, though greatly abused, cannot
do the harm That vicious service ike a
revenue bureau to spy on lit
street dealers in tobacco would do
We may ask the question whether it is
in accordance with the dig iiy Of the
United States Government To institute
system of palry tyranny in spying on and
biGgering the small dealers VINO ought 10
be encouraged
The idea of The tobacco lax is that in
the first place it maintains the revenue
system and in the second place keeps tie
farmers and the small merchants from a
fair share in the trade and Manufacture
Of the staple.
II the Democratic party at this time
does not promptly put itself right on
such popular question Of course II must
make a break in the party ranks III All
those States where tobacco is n large in
terest
And though we certainly do not think
hat political parry should treat a bust /
ness question in way merely to make /
sleclioneering capital still when the
business Interests and party policy hap I
pen TO agree, as We have shown, then /
here should be no hesitation hat prompt :
md vigorous action
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

4 new method Of Furnishing li'Aone'l bank
clerk, j, now being tried in a certain institu-
ZION Ut that lind ia New Hork some time
ago % clerks accounts were In, est. satei aud
be was i9und - be several thousand dollars
short. 70 remove and prosecute tho man
wouli have been troublesome ami apt 70 hurt
the reputation OF the bank, 50 they have
made him stay, as If nothing had hapI ened,
but have placed him in such position that
be caa take no more aud informed bis iello"
clerk, OF the defalcation. He IS avoided BY
the iasiders, and lis position i about a.
disagreeablc as can well be imagined. Con
stantly under surveillance, he Will work out
IN tine the amount be has taken, and viii
then he discharged Philadelphia J.mes.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
Honest Little Cash Registers.

Cash registers, 20 called, are by no
means a new thing, but the latest style OF
register is a perfect marvel 1t registers
the amount Of the purchase, indicates the
amount to the clerk or cashier as we'll as
to the customer; opens the drawer ready
for making the change, rings bell to
give the alarm and adds the amount
registered To the amount OF all former
registrations. All this is accomplished
by a single depression of one key. This
little machine is perfectly honest and
makes no mistakes. Ii detects careless
ness whether it is on the pant OF the en-
pIoyers OF employees. When the day 5
work is done the machine has all the cash
added up, 50 that il can be seen at
glance what amount Of money should be
found in the drawer. Or if at noon, OF
at any other time in the day, the pro-
prietor wishes to find out how much
business has been done, it is not q
minutes work to find out with the ma
chine, which is provided with secret
lock, to prevent the possibility Of any one
altering the figures or tampering with the
mechanism.
The machine can be ready for day 3
work and set for another days work in
less than two minutes The clerk may
lock his machine SO that no person can
tamper with it and SO that the clerk
himself cannot interfere with the regis
tering mechanism. The proprietor, if he
chooses, may, in moment, set the mech
anism so that no registration can he
made without opening the draw each
dme,-Nsw York Mail and Express.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
MONDAY

PRESIDE TIAL ILECIOR~:
At Large,
RICHARD f. BhIRNE of Hanover.
joins r. HARRIS Of Rockingham.
First District,
r. r b. WRIGHT Of Essex.
Second District,
ID. GARDNER TYLER Of Charles City.
Third District,
TAzEwFIL ELLETT Of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM H. McKENNEY Of Petersburg
Fifth District,
H. G. PETERS Of Henry
Sixth District,
W " BERRY of Bedford.
Seventh District
MroAJAu WOODS of Albermsrle
Eighth District,
/ L. MEREDITH Of Prince William
Ninth District,
JONI A. BUCHANAN Of Washington:
Tenth District,
r. b. PooRT of Appomaltox.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

The picturesque family tree of Candi-
date Ben Harrison has many interesting
prongs to it, especially that one published
last week with portraits of the distin
guished members of the family back to
General Harrison, the "Regicede," rs he
was called. But like good many other
American family trees 1t has been grated
and spliced to make up the connection
between the English and The colonial
branches.
The truth is that the Virginia Harri.
sons, to whom the present candidate for
President is related, are not kin at all to
the Regicide excep, through female
branch. The Virginia Harrisons settled
here long before the Regicide's lime.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
Origin OF the Express Business.

The vast express business Of this coun-
try may trace its origin to the small car
pet bag which young man named VIII
lam F. Harden, a native of Reading, ii
Massachusetts,, began to carry forth anc
back Oh the Long Island Sound boats, be
tween New York and Boston, via Proyi
dence, exactly half a century ago. Thai
famous travelling bag was kept in Boston
as q memorial for many Years, perhaps
IL today.-The Argonaut.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

Gen. Sheridan has often visited Omaha'
and his face Is familiar 20 many OF our
citizens, in whose hearts he holds warm
place. OF Ill his visits to Omaha more
is more memorable than that in January,
1872. when he and his staff came here
To- meet the Grand Duke AlcSI, of Russia
and suite and to go with them Oh gra'id
hunt in the western part Of the state.
which was then thickly 'populated' with
buffaloes
The buffalo hunt, which was conducted
under -thc direction Of Gen. Sheridan,
was % very successful affair. The de-
tails were executed bv Buffalo Bill. who
was a great favorite with Sheridan.
During the hunt Il grand war dance was
given by Spotted Tail and his Indians.
| 100 in all. who had been brought down
from their agency by Buffalo Bill to en-
teri tain the visitors On the return from the
hunt the grand duke and Gen. Sheridan
t0OkS seats IN a double seated open carriage
drawn by four splendid cavalry horses.
which were not much used to the harness.
The driver was Bill Reed. IN overland
stage driver. On the way in the grand
duke frequently expressed his admiration
Of the skI.iul manner IN which Reed
handled the reins. Sheridan informed
him that Buffalo Bill had also been a
stage driver in the Rocky mountains, and
thereupon his highness expressed desire
to see him drive. Buffalo Bill was IN adj
vance. and Sheridan shouted out 10 him
Cody, get in here and show the duke
how Won can drive. Mr. Reed VIII change
places with You and ride your horse
IAN right. general" responded Cody,
and in few moments he had the relns
and the horses were dancing over the
prairie.
When they were approaching Mcdi-
cine creek. Sheridan said: shake EN-
NJ little. BIZ. and give Us some old
time stage driving" Bill gave the horses
q craci, or two of the whip and they
struck an unusually rapid gait. They
bad q li,ht ioad g. pull and KEEP, increa5-
ing them speed at every jump Bill
found 1t dniicait t. hold them. They
fairly flew over the ground At last they
reached % steep hall N divide, which led
down into lie valley # the Medicine.
There was no brake ON the wagon, and
the horses were not much On the hold
back. Bill saw that it would be impos
.Uis 60 top thom. MI he could do was t.
t-ep them straight In the track and LIT
,Acll go it down the hill ior three miles,
which distance WIS made. it l. claimed,
ID about siA minutes. Every once ia q
while the wl .als would strike iiit ahd
take q bound, and not touch the ground
a. m for fifteen ~ twenty feet. The
duke ana tie general were kept rather
busy in holding their positions on the
seat, bat when tAcy saw that Bill was
kpepuy the horses straight IN The road
thoy seemed to enjoy the dash. Bill was
mab.e to stop the hosses undl they ran
into IA, camp where they were To- obtain
IL fresh relay. The grand duke -aid l.e
dilu want any more OF that Kind OF
driving. as he preferred to Co % lltl"
slower Gen Sheridan laughed and said
That is nothing unusual in this western
country. We do everything out here
with g. grand ru-b. Omaha Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

4 news item states that IAN umbrella has
been made in Glasgow for q king m East
Africa measuring twenty-ono lec, IA diam
eter.n The dimensions # the umbrella are
not given, but we should think II would
have 20 be pretty bulky - cover KING
twenty one feet in diameter. \ king 50 cor
pulent could make more money by travel
ing in this country with "A lO-cent SHOW thsn
TO remain on throne at home.-Norris-
town Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
Thieves at the soire,a

French hostesses tins season have had
to take The precaution of watching who
attend their so.rees, in consequence OF a
gang calling themselves the Franc
Tireurs," who make il practice To at
tend, uninvited various large receptions
and carry OFF valuable property. 1t is
the custom now in large entertainments
for the guests to bring their cards Of III
vitation with them and present them at
the door, as at II theatre.-Chicago Her.
aid
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
Tea at SIG a Pound.

Tea worth, CT at least costing, $40 per
pound can lie had in some Chinese stores
in this city. 1t is used as medicine, and
an American was seen buying some of 1t
yesterday. 1t is very strong, ard is said
to be good for heart troubles, throat dis
eases, and for weak eyes IS wash. n
cup brewed from it would keep man
awake a week.-Portland Oregonian.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

The hea, struck the inside of Repub-
lican Congressman so hard last Friday
night that he tried TO defeat the bill for a
pension to the widow of Colonel Burnes
of New York, thinking that the Colonel
had been q Democrat. He found out
afterwards that Burns was Republican
and an intimate friend Of General Ben.
Harrison.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

The Rev. DR.. Storrs of Brooklyn,a life
long and earnest Republican, Is so much
disguised with the high war tax platform
OF the Republicans that he can't IN
dorse It by his vote, aud he says that as
he can't turn Democrat, he must stake to
the woods"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

Among the titled American women in
Europe besides the Duchess of MARI
borough, who was the widow Hammersley,
are Lady Manderville, Lady Churchill,
the Princess Colonna and many others.
II is said with more practical diplomacy
than romance that he last named lady
was courted tor her fortune by scores of
the impecunious nobility.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
IL Take, Brains To Win.

Sporting Goods Dealer-Yes, my adver-
tised reductions are in good faith I'm sell
ing standard bassbslis 10 boys at i've cents
each.
Friend i'm the same linel-Great Scott
You'll be bankrupt.
NO WON'T I'm getting rich. You see
I'm silent partner in the firm Of Painter O.
0ladsr, dealers in window glass, etc Linz
qpln Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

A New England paper suggests that
the first thing for party that claims all
of the American flag is TO show that it
means national peace and not discord.
Besides this 1t sometimes looks as if
the Republicans thought that they and
nobody else had anything to do with the
fac
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

In 1884 the Republicans distinctly de
clared for a revision of the tariff, and
now they cry out against the Mills BILL
and object to an average duty of forty
per cent.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

Senator Sherman is not quite up 10 the
Republican paTty's high wafer mark of
protection. lie said at Cincinnati in a
speech last week that "ihe only way to
decrease the surplus is to reduce the
revenue. | will say that Congress ought
to take action on it right away and settle
the question before gazing any further
This is the time right now, and it is That
body's prompt action that will relieve
us" A clearer call for the passage OF
the Mills bill could not have emanated
from Chairman Mills himself, nor could
a more obvious vindicatiOn OF the Presi.
dents message have come from any
source.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

We quote some wise words in another
column that are selected from Beltords
Magazine, edited by Dom Piatt, whose
keen pen will be devoted to explaining
the tariff policy of the Democrats and
the monopoly protection of the. Repub-
licsns.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

The Republicans already show weak
ness by the quotations from English
papers on the Presidents free trade"
message
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

That funeral procession mixed up with
the Morton notification procession is
ominous, II there is anything In omens.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
ADVERTISING RATES;

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
abe Dailp Gimtfs.

Published Every Day in the year by the
Ttmes Publishing Company, Office SE"
test Main street. Kicbmood. Va
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

lpY Dt Nv TINS. delivered IA city by car
licrs II cents pcr wees Leave address
al 10 Office or seid IL bv postal card.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

Well-informed persons here deny that
an understanding has been arrived at be-
tween Austria and Russia regarding the
Eastern question. The Russians con-
tinue to erect military stores near the
frontier, and are building steam mills
and bakeries tor the army around War
saw, which place has been transformed
into first class fortress. The Russian
forces on the frontier are being increased
-ErrL0n0f
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
PnnsIpuNTIAL ILICToHs

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1888-12-28

Su 0ofota baben Die Ginwohner ein
Saar in Der 8rObibitionsfruge 9efunoen
unb mpllen ni6ts nit berielben 5u ibun
baben. &irjli9 bubeu DEM n2ocal
Option" Geicb 9emdB i'm 9ansen 5erriz
forum 9tbitimmungcn iiter Die 5ra5e
itattgefunnen, OF Der 9erfauf 9eilti9er
@etrdnfe geitattet tuerbeu iOa pber ni6t.
0abci iino Die 9rohi6itipuiiteu faIt
iberaQ ertegen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1888-12-28
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