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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
Pus. Remembered an old Trick.

1T was white cat" said townsmsn
recently, land every one in the family
thought great deal Of il. 1t was con.
sidered very knowing cst--one ofthose
felines quite capable Of taking care of
No. i. One day 1t was missing. Great
was the grief, especially OF the children.
Just five years afterwards that cat came
back to the house. 1t was first seen
walking on stone wall, as 1t had
often been seen walking there before
it 80 mysteriously disappeared. 1t re.
cognized members OF the family, and
purred with great satisfaction. Some
one suggested that after all 1t might be
another cat, and test was made which
proved 1t was the same one. The origi.
nal cat had been taught TO open one OF
the doors by jumping up and striking the
latch with its paws. Puss was put in the
room and the door closed. In few
minutes it was heard to strike the latch
The door opened, and the cat walked
out"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

Secretary Villas promises to make a
good custodian of the portfolio Of the
Interior Department Under the grants
made by the Republicans In past years,
over two million acres OF the most
valuable lands In Oregon were seized by
various railway companies, aided by the
local incumbents. Settlers were cheated
and harassed until new order OF things
was brought about on the installation Of
Democratic officials Now Secretary
Villas has taken measures t. restore these
stolen lands TO the public domain, and ten
thousand settlers will be made happy and
prosperous.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
REFORM THE TARIFF
Tho Laboring Man More Interested Than
Any One Else.

Editor Of the Times:
Sir,-Your editorials recently In dis.
cussing the repeal OF taxes on tobacco,
fruit brandy, and proper revision OF
the tariff Ito my mind and comprehen-
SION are plain facts, to the point, and
should be readily understood by the
ordinary reader. 1t will be bad policy,
and will seriously damage the prospects
OF Democratic success this fall If they do
not act, and that promptly, on these two
questions.
Just here let me suggest, the time has
arrived and Is fast passing that some.
thing should be done 10 relieve large
number of our manufactures whose
capacity for manufacturing is largely in
excess Of home demand Many of them
are compelled to shut down half Of the
year, and that means the labor has 10
suffer and live on half years pay for
wan. OF proper laws regulating this tar
if. Let us protect the laborers of our
country first; then, If We must, the mo-
nopolist
Our high tariff on the raw material has
driven Us nearly out Of all foreign mar
kets. lspeak more particularly OF m anu
featured hardware For instance, before
the present tariff our exports of hardware
to Canada were twenty three millions,
now abOu, three millions; Australia
about the same Other manufactured
goods are affected in about the same
proportion.
The time is not very distant when the
laborers of our country will demand their
pay for whole years work, tariff or no
tariff. Why noty Their wages are re-
duced by the monopolists who have the
highest protection, as in the great steel
and other trusts for instance The work
ing man, above all others, should vote to
keep the factories running all The year.
O. w. A
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

Ribald inhabitants Of Dakota and
Minnesota have been satirically sym.
pathizing with New York for being para
lyzed by 9 blizzard. 1t must be. some
consolation to the blizzard ridden Hoosier
to hear about the sufferings Of an Eastern
nefghbor after he crawls out of his house
through the chimney and inhales balmy
breath OF spring with the assurance that
be will be blizzard-free for about eight
months. But walt until Mr.. Hoosier gets
forty feet under the snow next winter
and see II his humor IL not showed under
also.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
The sunny South greets the frozen
North across the melting chasm.
8 5b,OOO,OOO.
This is the Surplus at the End of the
Fiscal Year.

This is the Surplus at the End Of the
Fiscal Year.
Confronted with probable surplus OF
Of $4,000 600 at the end Of the fiscal
year, the Senate Finance Committee is
still hunting for devices TO let the
money out Of the Treasury. instead OF
comforting about plan TO keep 1t from
coming in.
What patriotism and what statesman
ship Is this that calmly considers the
collection Of $3.50, 100000 a year. In un.
necessary taxes as fact to provide for.
not an injustice to stop
Why should this generation be taxed
10 pay debt that the sinking fund will
provide for before 1t maturess 1t Is
adding extortion to Injustice to tax the
people to pay premiums to bondholders.
Secretary Fairchild Is right. The way
to deal with the surplus is TO stop II (!
The best place and the only honest place
for every dollar not needed by the Gov
eminent for its economical administration
is In the pockets OF the men who earn
it.-N. Y. World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

The terrific storm which paralyzed
everything for three days all along the
North Atlantic coast laid its hands on
Richmond so gently that there was no
stoppage of telegraph and railway com.
munication and NO discomfort beyond a
good deal Of wind and cold rain. We have
pointed out before the reasons for the
sudden change Of climate that the travel.
lers from the North experience Just at
Richmond, between which point and
Washington there outstanding difference
OF seven or more degrees in temperature
all the winter. During the recent storm
Washington was laid under six inches Of
SLOW and all her communications cut off
by the violence OF the tempest, and she
has not yet recovered from the effects.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
ought not to be nominated and could not
possibly be elected Warrington Post.

Concerning that gigantic fraud, the
Alaska Fur Company, the World says
that "Thc Alaska Compsny's contract
is presumably very profitable one, and
the company has naturally number OF
enemies, composed Of those who wished
they had the contract themselves, and OF
those who want tree seal.fishing. With
out saying anything about the abuses
charged against the Alaska Company or
the right or wrong of It's monopoly, 1t is
we'll 10 observe that the company's lease
terminates in less that two years, and
tha. it is incumbent on Congress to in
form itself of the whole Alaskan situation
in order to act diligently in the matter
when the question OF renewal comes up.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
LEMON ELIXIR.
Its Wonderful Effect on the Liver, stomach
Bowels, Kidneys and Blood

As prepared by Dr. II. NJ ozley, Atlanta
Ga. A pleasant Lemon drink, that posi-
lively cures all Biliousnes', Constipation,
Indigestion, Headache, Malaria, Kidney
Disease, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite,
Fevers, Chills, Bloichcs, Pimples, Pain
in the Back, Palpaiation OF the Heart,
and all other diseases caused by disor-
derer liver, stomach and kidneys, the first
great cause OF all fatal diseases 80 cents
and 81 per bottle. Sold by druggists
generally. Prepared only By II. Motley,
VI. d., Atlanta, Ga
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

the representatives would free tue PEG
pie from a tyrannical burden of tribute
paid to few monopolists.
The cost of this dallying and dems.
goguing is to scare capital and unsettle
business. The whole point of 1t is that the
people of the United States want more
really representative men who under.
stand more about the spirit OF the age of
business and think less about politics.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
OUR MIGHTY NAVY,
1t Tries to Alright the Unkempt Noors
OF Tangier.


Up to date our man-of war, so called
has not cut very enlivening figure in
the little bay of Tangier. If Consul
Lewis desired this marine reminder OF his
native land as hint to the MOOrs that
his Government would back him up. the
result has been far from inspirating The
Moors of the squalid Tangier docks have
made merry over our six-gun vessel, and
II things are so bad as represented the
wretched captain of the Enterprise will
find himself fortunate If his small guns
and other portable articles are not carried
away, for the townsfolk are the most
exper. thieves out of Barbary The bay
is small, the channel mere creek, and
the water so shallow that the natives
wade out a mile or more on the arrival
OF the packet from Gibraltar " Y.
World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

Boston and New York discovered,
thanks to the great storm, that they could
communicate by way Of London and get
the news early, for dispatch could reach
London from New York and be cabled back
to Boston relating an incident before it
actually happened that 10, il the dispatch
wss read according 70 the London date.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
DpEnfnI To NIu.ir.

He TO Miss Breezy, Of Chicago Which
do you prefer, Miss Breezy, the Italian or
German school Of muSicf
Miss Breezy Chesitatingly)-Well, hardly
know what TO say, Mr.. Waldo When hear
sweet Violets' from the hand organ think
nothing can be sweeter than the Italian, and
then again the strain Of white Wings from
q little German band will leave me in doubt
which prefer. | am passionately fond Of
both schools New York Sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
4 Matter of Eusiness.

Tailor-No, sir won't let you have this
suit OF clothes until you pay for it
Customer-But, my dear sir, il / can't have
tie clothes TO wear can't pay for them
Don't see any sense in that
You don't, Ell, Well, you've got a mighty
poor head Tor business How do you suppose
I'm TO borrow enough TO pay for them if
have to so around among my friends in the
ragged suit I've got onf'-Omahg World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
Cln.e Hands at Poker.

Two Old sports accustomed to catch the
granger at poker are playing against one
another.
81 call you. What ye gots"
-Four aces"
What's yer outside card ? I've got
four aces myself"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
ANGLO-CERMAN EXPRESSES.
English Princesses Who Have Preceded
Empress Victoria on the German
Throne

English Princesses Who Have Preceded
Empress Victoria on the German
Throne.
BERLIN, March Is, lsSS.-A German
savaut this afternoon informed me that
the Princess Royal of England was the
fifth English born occupant OF the Ger
man throne as Empress. and tina, this
line of Anglo German Expresses by a
curious chain Of ancestry led directly TO
a blood descent of Queen Victorla's
daughter as German Empress.
Thus" he said. there was Saxon
Princess who became Empress of Otto |.
A daughter of Csnute married Emperor
Henry III, OF Germany. The third was
Matilda, daughter of King Henry /, the
last Norman sovereign who married
Henry v, Emperor of Germany
THE LINE OF PLASTAGENETs
Aft his death she married Plantage-
net, the Earl Of Anjou, and their son was
the first Plantagenet king. Next King
Johns daughter became wife of that
worlds wonder, Emperor Frederick H..
Their daughter married Margrave,
whose son-another Frederick a di-
rect male ancestor of Prince Albert
Cable 10 the Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

The loss of life In China by floods Is
appalling, but comparing their populs-
ton with US the murderous blizzard Is
Just as bad as the Chinese flood.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
Advice to the Careless,

When the winds blow cold and fields are boar
With frost when or you make call,
TITS better tar to slam the door
Than not 10 shut the door at all
Boston Courier
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
Won't Have to Go Far.

Won't Have to Go Far.
Brown-Dumley, want to buy dog
Dumley-That's good idea, Brown. /
think every man ought to own dog.
Brown-Do you know where | can get a
good onei
Dumley-Yes; III sell you mine. Harpers
Bazaar
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
THE LINE OF PLASrAGENETs
BOULAN0ER IN DISGRACE.
Deprived Of the Command OF the Thir
teenth Army Corps.

PARIS, March l5.-The Journal Ofictei
publishes a decree depriying General
Boulanger of his command for breach of
discipline in visiting Paris three times
without permission
The cabinet have, moreover, summoned
General Boulanger, who for the present
still remains on the active list, to Paris to
explain his connection with the recent
election. The General announced that
he arrived here last night Excited
crowds awaited him at the railway station
and in the adjoining streets.
AT a Council at the Elysee Palace yes
terday ii was ordered that measures be
taken against the threatened Boulanger
demonstration.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
An Awful Blunder.

An Awful BIunder.
Druggist lin alarm, to boyj-Janles, run 70
Mrs. Smiths at once I've made an awful
mistakel
James Selling his nat)-Morphine
ne-arsenic-poison--
Druggist no; she sent for ten cents
worth Of one cent stamps, and cent her ten
twos.-New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17
No Chance with Her.

Lets play u game OF cards SAID she,
20 pass away an hour or So
you'll surely beat rue love, said he,
you have such winning wGys you llow. "
boston Courier.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

After Buffalo Bill and John L. Sulli-
van. what more appropriate than that
London should be introduced TO that
other American terror-the blizzard p
N. =. World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-17

1t is tribute to the justice of the cause
Of the striking engineers at the West
that Judge Gresham's decision In their
favor on one point should be promptly
characterized by the corporation press as
"a bid for the presidency"
There Is nothing in Judge Gresham's
career which supports the imputation
that he would be influenced by personal
or political considerations In deciding h
point of law.-N. Y. World.
The hottest political fight now on is
raging in the Northwes, between the
Harrison and Gresham factions. Ii
wakes hotter day by day. and there are
no surface indications that lis consuming
heat VIII be miligated before the assem-
bling Of the Chicago Convention The
field of the conflict embraces broad
area, including such important cities as
Chicago, ST Louis and Cincinnati, and
enlisting the ablest belligerent efforts of
such veteran warriors as the Chicago
Tribune, ST. Louis Globe Democrat and
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette The full
measure of consequences cannot be fore
told at this stage OF the game, but 1t is
beginning to be apparent that each fac
ton will be quite successful in proving
that the candidate Of the other faction
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
MATERIAL OF BOOKS.
Essays Written on Bricks, Tables Of Stone
Ivory and the Bark of Trees.


Ivory and tho Bark of Trees.
If we of this stirring generation were
suddenly jolted backward to the time
when the art of writing consisted in
painting with different kinds of ink, or
when events were recorded by plant
ing trees or throwing stones into pile,
we should begin to appreciate our cur
rent privileges. Visitors at the British
Museum are often entertained by the
examination of specimens of the earli-
est modes of writing on bricks, tables
of stone, ivory, the bark Of trees and
the leaves OF trees. In the Sloanian
library is nabob's letter on piece of
bark, about two yards long, and richly
ornamented with gold. There are also
several copies of the Bible written on
palm leaves. The ancients appear to
have written on any leaves they could
find adapted to the purpose. Hence
the name leaf of a book, referring to
a tree, was derived. The Babylonians
made their contracts of business on
tiles or broken pots. The treaties be-
tween the Romans, Spartans and the
Jews were written on brass. The
speech of Claudius, engraved on
plate of bronze. is preserved in the
town hall of Lyons, in France. There
are wooden manuscripts, which must
have existed prior to 1923. In the shep-
herd state people wrote with horns and
avis; then they invented an iron bod
kin. After that the stylus came into
use, made sharp at one end to write
with, and blunt and broad at the other
for effacing and correcting. But the
Romans found these sharp instruments
dangerous, as vicious persons used
them for daggers. A schOolmaster was
killed on one accession with them IN the
hands of his own scholars.-Aagaziise
of american History.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
A New Fire Quickener.

The servant girl who pours kerosene
oil on the fire. seems to have disap-
peared pretty completely. Perhaps she
has been to considerable extent ex-
terminated. At any rate we don't
often read of cases of explosion and con-
fiagration. though the vigilant house
keeper, if she happens into the kitchen
may still detect an odor which tells her
that the girl must have poured oil on
the kindling either before or after it
was ignited. But the Listener has a
case which may explain why kerosene
accidents are not so frequent. The
servant girl has discovered a new fire.
quickeuer. 1t was in Boston, and not
long ago, that the mistress of a house,
not much given to going into the
kitchen, entered one day, unexpectedly,
Just in time to catch her kitchen maid
in the act of emptying spoonful Of
granulated white sugar into the fire.
Sugar is exceedingly infiammable, and
its application made the fire flash up in
excellent shape. The head of the
house had noticed that he was called
upon to pay for great many barrels Of
sugar, and his wife had wondered at
the family's enormous consumption of
that article, but she did not wonder
any more. especially as the girl, under
pressure, confessed that she had regu-
larly been using the sugar to quicken
the fire. "Sure. num-" she said, 1--WE
must have the fire, an the coal burns
that slow that me heart is broke waitin'
on it."-Bostop Transcript.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
Two Pictures from Life.

Women have resources; they must
have them. They can spend hours
alone and enjoy themselves. 1 wonder
how? Do they dream? Women never
seem to lose their fancy, and there
seems no age at which they can not
call their sentiments to their aid. But
women have interests in the world that
men. no matter how good, never have.
my little boy is quite SICK" the
father says to his friend as he meets
him, land am quite alarmed about
BIN"
The mother says but little, but she is
By the bedside holding on to that little
life with all her might. No thought is
hers but to bring her darling back to
health; her soul is all in the sick little
one, and her eyes are fearless with the
effort to save him. The father feels,
but the mother suffers.-SaB Francisco
Ctronicls.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

By the fall of g wall of building re-
Gently burned in Hamilton, Ont, the other
day three workmen were fatally injured
and twelve more or less hurt.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana has
decided that the capital of bank invested
in United States bonds is liable to State
taxation.
The blacksmithing department and wood
working and finishing rooms of the extern
sive Cortland wagon works at Cortland,
n. Y, were destroyed by fire recently.
The company has an insurance of S91I, 900,
which it is thought will cover the loss.
By a collision between two trains on a
curve near Youngstown, O., the other
morning, one man was killed, two fatally
injured and fourth badly hurt Both en-
gines and ten cars were wrecked.
THE Porte has signed q convention with
the Seligmans, the American bankers.
providing for the junction Of the Turkish
aud Greek railways. 1t rejected for polit-
zeal reasons the English, German and
French tenders to carry out this project.
A NUMBER of men who were on a strike
In Belgium exploded dynamite cartridges
In the vicinity Of the houses Of obnoxious
employers the other night, but no one was
injured At several places the strikers
paraded the streets bearing French flags,
which they cheered heartily.
TIE attempt to consolidate the Federated
Miners with the Knights of Labor at
Columbus, o., was reported a virtual
failure on the 9Th.
CASoscHEr, Ex-Governor Sprague's CO.
lossal and famous residence at Narrapan.
sett Pier, R L, has been sold for $500, 600.
1t will be used as heightened hotel.
TIE steamer Haytien Republic has been
released -,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Postmaster General has concluded
and signed parcel post convention with
the republic Of Guatemala
LORD CHURCHILL's resolution adverse to
the Egyptian policy of the Salisbury Gov
| eminent was rejected in the British House
| of Commons on the 4th by 231 to 1S9. The
| Government came near being defeated
runners being sent out to fetch in sup
porters.
MUNICIPAL elections in Massachusetts,
| on the 4th went in favor of the Repub-
licans.
THE official canvass of Nebraska is:
Harrison 10S, 425, Cleveland SO,552, Fisk
| 8, 429, Streeter ,226.
| OFFICIAL returns from all the States
excepting Colorado, give Cleveland a plu-
rality of 10000. In Colorado Harrison's
plurality was estimated at 12,64S. Cleve-
land thus had a plurality Of the popular
vote of 9S,261.
GENERAL B. E. SPINNER, formerly United
States Treasurer, is said to be suffering
from cancer. Heis living at Pablo Beach,
Fla, and is eighty V ears old.
PRINCE KARAGEoRGEvITCH, a claimant
to the throne of Servia, is dying in Aus
tria.
The President resumed his receptions to
the public on the 9Th, but, as it was not
generally known, only small number
were present.
The Secretary Of the Navy has appoint
ed board to select a site for navy yard
on the northwest coast.
THE bill leasing ''the Strip" to the c. s. L.
s. A. has passed both houses of the Chero-
kee National Council and is only awaiting
the approval of Chief Mayes to become law
The bill releases to the association the
entire Strip for period of five years for
the sum of 500, 900 per annum.
THOMAS THOMPSON, of Rockport, Mass,
| pensioner OF the war of 1872, died re-
Gently, aged ninety-four.
The Russian railway officials have been
ordered to observe the same ceremony TO-
wand ex-Queen Natalie, of Servia, as is
shown a Grand Duchess.
The Portuguese Government announces
blockade of the Portuguese coast in East
Africa.
The King of Portugal was attacked with
a congestive chill recently and was
seriously ill.
The following is the official vote of Hi.
nois: For Decentralization, $40, 473;
Cleveland, 34S 272; Fisk. q, e95; Streeter,
1880. Harrison's plurality, 22,201. For
Governor-Fifer, 36I. $50; Palmer, 3355, 313;
Harris, 1895; Jones, 1894. Fifer's plural
ity, 1851.
The funeral ceremonies over the re-
mains of the late General R B. Ayres,
U. s. A, were held on the 7th at Trinity
Church. Washington
SECRETARY WHITNEY has ordered three
more vessels to Hayti, instructed to de-
mand the release of the steamer Haytien
Republic.
GEORGE w. SEWARD, brother of Sec
rotary of State Seward, died at Florida,
n. Y, recently, aged eighty.
ARTIST WAKE of the London Graphic
has been killed at Suakim by an Arab be-
sieger Of the town.