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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

"Im no doctor, says Mr. Edgar nartwcll,
"nor am I one Of those fellows w40 alwayl
have recipes for curing every M that th-ir
acquaintance may have, but / trow ono
thing, and that il that hot drinks induce
nervousness. ! used 10 drink everything as
hot as | could bear II. and / c0ull bear 10
al almost a boil, too. | wanted my coffee
and my tea rs soon rs il was brought from
the stove, and when / drank at q bar u was
always "a hot tOdly OF n sling or something
fresh from the fire.
'On, day in Boston 7 heard a Chinese tca
merchant say that in his country tlov drank
their wines cold because hot wines ,ande
them npryous Now, ! was about as nervous
, man rs yOu ever saw iu those lays was
almost hyster.cal at times. Hrll. ! Thought
2 good deal about what the Ch.nacl1n SAID,
AMI the more | figured on it ta. moro was
convinced there was something in it. So [
began 90 experiment with myself anil s0on
found that, though / drank even mor- ra.f.e
and tea and stun. when / drank Do rcni It.
lldu't make me nervous, and when I i-n.k
ID hot 10 did, Pretty soon ! quit aII bot
drinks AMI | haven't had Il nervous spell for
years.
After had satisfied myself that ras not
ls nervous when ! let hot dr.lis alone. I
wondered If my Imagination didn't have
something 10 do with H.. To test this tod
my wife, who was troubled with Indigestion
and was a nervous person, too, tia. / bad
heard hot drinks We're bad for the digestion,
md advised her 20 drink norhing ho.. She
.ollowed my advice, supposius it rc'1tci
only TO her dyspepsia, and she Co. over her
NERVOUSNESS, though | don't think her lcos-
lion was any better. So, you SEQ. magma
ton didn't help her. | have had other of my
friends try the same thing and every one II
them has been benefited. You don't -.ta..y
more hot drinks into me. chicago news
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
jag Gouid'> i,tcr.

ih' mNI looking. rather petite. Lut dicri-
Ird. woman just passing must have boon
NhtH pretty m ior youth. though sine never
probably could have bo.u called handsome
There I, 90 certain something. however. about
her-4 rHcetne- loo l.r looks ana manner
tlat is moro charming Iu "a woman of her
years thlu amy remains If physical belut,
"ould hc Nne Is very simply attIreI m
BLACK. and 90 black bonnet mod.sty covers
har -il'cry gray hair.
Who is >Ief
She - Jay Goull's sister She has come
over from Der home m Camdo1-a quiet
little town acr0,, the riypr-t1 dosome sbop-
ping. probably One often meets, her I'M the
busy streets. bat a- her identity is known to
few. She escapes theo-img and comment that
she would otherwise bee subjected to. She is
not rich by amy means. Indeed. aside from
a moderate allowance that the ,pcculating
orneus makes hcr, she derives her living
from % school fog g.rI- that her daughters con
ddcl The schor Q is said. is an excellent
one, and Gould like g-ts the cream Of the bu,i-
ness 300 south Jersey.
The school house was erected M jay Goulds
expense JAY knew that his sister had not
married we'll from q financial point OF view.
and that hcr daughters were STRUGGLING for a
living, but bee was too busy piling up ms
millions 60 give the matter much personal
attention. But his wife had her eve on the
sifls, anu She was SD pleased with their earn.
estneos that She brought the matter 10 the
az her husband. and insisted on
ms huAa.ng the girls a school. Gould did
not OBJECT. and, now that his attention ,,o.
directed io the matter, bee gave orders that
no expense should be spared IN making the
oulidine 70 model one In every respect. lie
himself takes as much pride in it and i'm the
success Of tine n.cces as any one whenever he
himself the luxury OF five minutes
thought on a subject So far removed from
stocks and bones. Philadelphia Cor. Chicago
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

There i> mo- better preventative of nervous
exhaustion than regular, unhurried muscular
exercise. II we could moderate our hurry.
lessen our worry, and increase our open air
exercise a large proportion of nervous dis.
eases would DO abolished. For those who
cannot get a Sufficient holiday the best sub
sltute is an occasional day in bed. Many
whose nerves are constantly ssIa!ned in their
daily vocation have discovered this for them
selves.
A Spanish merchant in Barcelona told his
medical man that be always went 70 bed for
two or three days whenever he could be
spared from his business, and he laughed at
those who spent heir holidays on toilsome
mountains One of the hardest worked
women in England, who has for many years
conducted a large wholesale business, retains
excellent nerves at an advanced age, owing.
II Is believed, TO her habit OF taking one day
a week in ted. IL we cannot avoid frequent
agitation We ought, II possible, to give the
nervous system timeto recover itself between
the shocks. Even an hours seclusion after a
good lunch will deprive a hurried, anxious
day OF much Of its injury. The nerves can
often be overcome by strategem when they
refuse 10 be controlled 10y strength of will
James Muir HOWE in Nineteenth Century.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

The widest and most exhilarating sport in
Idaho is that indulged in by the Sheep Eaters,
a branch of the Bannock tribe. They are
known by this name because they Sibsist
largely on the huge mountain sheep. When
the sheep are heavy with young they drive
them far up on the cliffs, and then with their
dogs make them jump down, where they
are found dead ut the bottom and made away
with by these fellows. These Indians are
first class shots, too, and Of course kill many
Of these sheep and other game that way. The
bald headed grizzly bear IL the only animal
the Indians won't disturb. They amt afraid
of the others. I have myself driven an ordi-
nary she grizzly away from her cub, and she
didn't attack me, being thus less dangerous
than a sow A SOW wouldn't permit that.
But these bald headed grizzlies are large and
extremely vicious. The silver tip grizzlies
are also very cross. Francisco Exam
liner
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
Training the Children of Criminals.

In a letter on the employment of criminal
children, published a few years ago, from
the pen of Mr.. Isaac Ashe, president of tire
Central Crimina asylum OF Dundrum, Dub
lin, he expresses that if the child of the
clever forger be taught draughtsmanship the
hereditary procliyity TO a criminal use of an
instructive faculty, so called, is directed into
an analogous yet healthy channel, with the
hopeful results of curing a tendency for
crime and of making a skillful artisan. IL
the children of generations of ~pickpockets
be taught TO use their crlminally deft fingers
and delicate touch in some handicraft requir-
ing a special capacity of finger, such as
matchmaking, the healthy function is found
for a nervous proclivity and a muscular APP
titude which would otherwise fairly work
itself out in the criminal acts to which its
very existence forms an almost irresistible
temptation. But to attempt to abrogate ut
terly or eradicate a criminal tendency with
out such utilization Of it in a healthy direc-
ton is futile. -Asclepiad
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
They Weren't Dihmnnd..

Every cheap jewelry "flkir" regards the
south as his special territory. and the darkies.
when they have money, wIll buy OF him any
thing that does not cost more than fifty cents.
| met a queer character M Georgia. He told
me that he had been peddLng cheap jewelry.
either singly or in combination envelopes.
for nearly fifteen years. Evidently the bust
ness paid, too, because he put up at one Of
the best hotels and lived pretty high when
he wasn't out trading" As he called it. So
much 'jewelry" used 10 go IN his packages
that | often wondered how on earth he could
give even so much brass for twenty-five cents.
In one parcel, which d. darkey bought one
night, | saw him put a watch, six colorei
stone rings, two plain hand rings, six cuff
buttons. a watch chain, half a dozen collar
buttons, and two rings with enormous white
stones. When the last two articles dropped
into the bag the buyer, who had been watch
ing every move, passed up his quarter and
left the crowd with protrudlng eyes.
Half an hour later, while | was still watch
ing the fakir's operandi, his customer came
back with a look of scorn on his face and de-
manded his money back, because dem stuns
want dhmuns at all n-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

10 is my impression that q farm without "a
boy would soon coine % grief. What "a boy
does is tine life of the farm. He is the facto-
tum. always in demand. and always expected
to do the Thousand and one thinos that mo-
body else will DO. Upon him falls the odds
and ends. the most difficult things. After
everybody else is through be is 20 finish up.
HIS work is Ike n vOmans, perpetually
waiting on oth~rs. Everybody knows how
much easier 10 is 10 'Ook a good dinner than
20 wash the dishes atterward. Consider
what "a boy e. a farm Is required 10 40,
things that must be done, or life would
actually stop. 1t is understood. in the first
place, that he is % do all the errands. to go
20 che store, 10 the postolhce and to carry
ID sorts of messages. If be had as many
les as the ccntipede they would tire before
night
He is the one who spreads the grass as the
men cut il. be slows il away i'm the barn; he
rides tine horse 10 cultivate the corn up and
down the hot, weary rows; he picks up the
potatoes when they are dug; he brings wood
and water and splits kindling: he gets up the
horse and turns out the horse. Whether he is
i'm the house or ont of the house, there is al
ways something to do. just before school in
the winter he shovels paths, in the summer
he turns the grindstone. And yet, with his
mind full of schemes Of what he would like
to do, and his hands full Of occupation, he is
an idle boy who has nothing to busy himself
with but schools and chores. He would
gladly DO all the work if somebody else would
do all the chores, he thinks, and yet, | doubt
If any boy ever amounted 10 anything in the
world, or was of much use as a man, who did
not enjoy the advantages Of a liberal educa-
tion in the way of chores. Charles Dudley
Warner.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

There are such things as real livery and
mock livery. Every family Of position and
standing in England has a family livery.
The proper cut, style, trimming. buttons.
iacinss and decoration generally Of real liv-
cry are rs much "A science rs is the correct
emblazonlng of arms. No one of any stand.
l~ng-peOple who belong 10 the families of
the nobility and country gentrv-would
dream Of having any livery on their ser.
wants but that they are entitled to. Some
families have blue cloth, Others brown. Others
claret color, others drab, and so on. Collars
and cuffs where they are worn sol are Of
other different colOr. Some have gold or
silver bands around the mems hats-'gravel
paths have heard them called by an old
gentleman belonging TO one Of the estab-
lishoi families. \ pla n black hat, with a
corkade, IN the master entitled 70 have
one, Is the best form, all things considered.
No gentleman in England would have a
cocknde on ms servants hats unless he were
entitled to it..
don't mean 10 say that there are not lots
Of English people who put cockades on their
servants hats who have no right TO them.
But they show mt once what they ara by
doing 50. There is nothing-no law-to pre-
vent n person uslnga cockade, but good taste.
The people VINO are entitled 10 cockades IN
England arearmy officers. active and retired.
high sheriiis, deputy lieutenants, etc. The
royal family have "A cOckade of their own. 1t
Is really "a misn0mer to call 1t a cockade. for
it Is simply a black leather rosctte, without
the fan or cOckade. Whenever You see this
plain rosette on the top Of n servants hat
you know he is a royal domestic. dare say
u Is not unlikely that these ~ro,ettes have, be-
tore now, made their appearance at Newport
Jr Long Branch.
There are a few settled rules about ~liveries
which every one should know. Only coach
men and grooms wear top boots. A fOotman
wears trousers. Only coachmen and grooms
wear single breasted frOck coats. F00tmen
wear double breasted dress coats. The tails
VI all the coats are short Oyercoats are
lOIblc breasted and very long. Fur capes
tr- only worn on cold days. saw a picture
he other day Of n scene in Central park,
New York-a summer scene, evidently-and
the cOachman and tOOt,nan Of one "~equipage'
mad fur capes oni-The Argonaut.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
WAR TIMES BRIDGE BUILDING.
How Gen. %. VI. Mitchell Eebuilt the
Treatle Work Across STONE I:lver I'm 1902.

In the campaign Of 1862 il became the task
Of Gen. Mitchell. division commander, 10 re-
build the trestle work across Stone river. near
Murfreesboro. With W companies OF Mich
igan mechanics ard engineers. assisted by de
tails from among the other troops Of the
division. the work was accomplished in a re-
markable short time. \ private letter writ
ten By Gen. Mitchell TO q friend thus tells the
story:
"On Friday a large force was pr 10 work
on three railroad bridges near this tOwn-No.
/. 80 feet long; No. ,, 30 feet long: 20. 3,
20 feet long. These formidable bridge must
be rebuilt before we could advarcc. cs With
ont the railroad we could not fc-l tle army
for lack Of transportation. Ga Saturday
morning. / learned that We hal frlfniny tools
for ONLY two gangs of f@-guicrf, vaen ] wished
10 set twenty gancs % WORK. / 20 orce
mounted my horse, went 10 Nlshv he. pur-
chased ali | required, reformed tho samc day,
and on Sunday morning ct dayl.-tt the
wagon arrived with the took. Ii Journey
was seventy-fve miles. Suniay eycr-,.irg
was groovel up. Monday we fracsnl and
raised four butts. Tuesday five butts won't
up on No. ! aud four Oh 20. ,. Timber ont
on No. 8. Wednesday five butts weut " on
No. I, SIX on No. ,. and the framing COM
menced on No. 3. Thursday finished raising
the butts on Nos. / and !, and this morning
two bridges are finished, and the third one
nearly ready for the iron. Thus in ten days
a work has been accomplished which has NJ
parallel in the histories of bridge building.
and which Gen. Buell. pronounced absolutely
impossible
OF this same work Col. Paul ac.crwar1
wrote: Il was with Gen. 0. H. Mitchell in
1862 when he rebuilt the bridges 70 ,,.rtree5-
boro, Tenn, and | was afterward commis-
sary of subsistence on the staff Of Gen.
George II. Thomas, commanding iho four
teenth army corps Of the army Of the Cum
berland, under Gen. Rosecrans. commander
in chief. After the battle OF Stone River
and the retreat of the COnfcderates these
bridges were again burned, and it was e.
sential that they be again built "a, so0n as
possible, IN order 20 transport ratios into
MurfreesbOrO across Stone river. IT.. work
was under the charge Of Gen. Morton. f
the engineer corps, n regiment Of ~ea-inpcrs
and mechanics, and with the Army Of t1e
Cumberland % draw from for workmen;
and they were engaged for a rer.ol II TX
weeks before the bridge was compile. l. The
bridge was made much more substantial
than the one constructed by Gen. Mitchell.
But the first bridge answered The pu~po-, ~
well as the last. Life of o.. VI Michel,
Astronomer and General
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POPULATION or The WORLD.
Estimated AZ ~~arly 1900. 600. OOO-Pro.
frS~nr LcyaSseur's Figures.

Estimated ~ ~~arly 1900. 600. OOO-Pro-
fcS,or Lcyasseur's Figures.
Professor Lcvas,eur. the eminent stat
iic.an, Inmates the population of the world
80 10 10000. lie has faith in the sub
stantial accuracy Of the recent estimates Of
the population of China and japan. based
upon the la'c.t official reports. There has
been considerable controversy with regard
70 the population of these countries. and the
opinion of Sir r. A,cock. Sir Raw5ou Raw
son and other ,tatisticians that China CON
tains about i00,OJO.OJ people will derive
considerable weight from the fact that Pro
fcSsOr i<vasseur has reached the same con
clusion The stati,lcians who do not think
the Chinese estimates are far from correct.
baso their opinion, upon , comparison Of the
Chinese census returns Of the last and the
present ccutur.c, and upon the ratio of popu-
lation 90 area in other countries.
Those person, who imagine that the con
ntlous OF savage life are uufayorahle 10
density Of population may be surprised 10
learn that the latest estimates give Africa n
population at lG aud North America only SIS
% the square mile While our continent is
known % have only about NO.OOO.O 900 people.
the population of Africa according 10 Pro
feS-or lnra,scIr. 1pproXimatcs l91. 10000
The results of this comparison are not very
surprising when the fact is borne in mind that
Africa is nearly oncthird larger than this
continent and that while about a third part
of North America D., almost uniuhabitabIe.
mo- considerable part of Africa lacks popula-
ton. Even the Sahara has many thousands
oi inhabitants and the density of population
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
SCOUTS NO LONGER NEEDED.
Daniel Drawbangh's Machine will An.
nounce the Approach of an Enemy,

Daniel Drawbangh's Machine Will An.
no"nce the Approach Of an Enemy.
Daniel D~rawhaugh, the slpposd inventor
OF the telephone, and who is now al work on
an invention by which the presence cf large
oonies OF men on land and ships on the ocean
can he detected, lives about four miles from
mere, and the other day a correspondent drove
over IN Sea him concerning his contemplated
continuance.
III Is an electrical machine, and D~raybauph
claims that a general with this new contrib.
ance IN his tent can tell by its peculiar mr..
Ton II the enemy Is near and prepare to give
MN a warm reception. The commander Of
a war vessel can also to. the approach OF
any vessel, hostile or otherwise. the resist
ance OF the water or the approaching vesxal
causing sufficient friction 10 establish a cur.
rent that will cause the indicator to sound
the alarm.
The instrument consists Of what Mr.
~pra"baugh calls a microphone and a regis.
terlns dial. The microphone. m extremely
sensitive combination Of wire. is placed in 4
holow iron tube. which j. hermeticallv
sealed. The ~microphOne. when IL Is IN }.
used on land. IS attached 10 an iron screw
with "A very wide thread. by means of which
IL Is sunk firmly into tho earth. An insul.
ated wire, which may be- buried or RIM over
tree tops as the emergency may necesSitate.
connects with a G%alvanic battery and the
registering dial' which may be pa. el miles
away. Inc registering dial IS sImoun.ed by
a needle that works from the zero roint
Underneath the dial IN the small cirrriar
brass box that it cSyers is another ne.ala =,
the form Of a walking beam, like fho.s ..o,
on Sidewheel StealnbOats. When the vtlrrtons
Of sound, either by the medium al e,rfh
water or air waves, affect the ZEN live
rlicrophone the needle beneath tne dial Is #
once caused 10 dip The dipping nut, na
md of the steel into 4 dimiautiye not Of nsr-
curry. and a new local current Of -le.frt trv
Is started, which move, the nee, n. On rho
face Of the dial and serves to give the alarm.
The practical working of the INSTRUMENT +,
intended 10 do away almost entrei, with In,
picket lines of an army. To give IN IN
stance, a commanding officer NAV at 10 his
tent supplied with "A registering dicl ,pd
Keep Informed Of the approach OF large
Dody OF troops from any direction ny n
proper distribution of the stakes containing
the hermetically sealed microphones. a dozen
ot which may lie used, as the situation de-
mands. The instant the air or earth vibra-
lions caused 10y the tramp of feet or the
sound OF voices affect the m~icrophone. tina
instant the effect is shown on the face of the
Iial by the turning of the neeslle from the
zero point. The instant the sound ceases at
The micrOphOne the needle flies back to tbe
zero point again-Harrisburg Pa Cor.
New York World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
Condolences Of Nomenclature.

One Of the strange condolences of nomen.
clature is that the daughter Of Gen. Logan
married a Mr.. Tucker, while the daughter Of
* Representative Randolph Tucker married
a Mr. Logan. Each couple have a son. The
name of one is Tucker Logan and the other
is Logan Tucker. The boys are about the
same age, but | am told they have never seen
each other. Something very similar occurred
here a number Of years ago. Senators Dor
sey and Clayton, of Arkansas, had sons born
TO them about the same time. They were in
innate then and christenei their children &C
cordingly, one being named Clayton Dorsey
and the other Dorsey Clayton This was very
nice, and the boys werea as loving as brothers.
There was no fence between the Dorsey and
Clayton mansions, and the two families were
a. intimate as any ever wera-New York
Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
Oxford's College Oarsmen.

The country around Oxford is beautiful.
The town itself is quaint and most pictur-
esque. The life here is one that would charm
either q student or a young man fond Of so
ciety and athletics. The river is constantly
thronged by college oarsmsn. When the
racing season is on, | am told, one Of the
most exciting events of each day is the strug-
gle TO gain the position known as ''the top
OF the river" As il was explained 10 me,
the top Of the river means this: Several boat
crews-sometimes TO the number of fifteen or
twenty-will be placed in line-one slightly
ahead of the other on the river. At a signal
they start Off racing for a certain point. The
object of each boats crew in the rear is to
run down the boat ahead Of them. This Is
called humping. If they can bump the nose
OF their boat against the one Just ahead Of
them, that entities the humping boat to 60
up above the boat that has been bumped.
And the boat bumped falls back one la the
line. The boat that obtains the position OF
the top of the river is the one which is able
10 distance all competitors and TO draw away
from them in this most exciting Of strug-
giles. Very often the boat crew bumped lie
turned clear over and has to pick its way out
as best it can But this only appears to ado
fun and hilarity to the race.-T. c. Craw
ford in New York World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08
The Metal OF the Future.

"Twenty-iye cents a pound for aluminium
means IN economic revolution. Its applica-
tions We do not rs yet fully know, but it is
confidently predicted 10 be the metal Of most
practical application in the future. Its
strength suTpasses iron and steel, while it is
almost uncorrodable. Case, acids and water
do not tarniSh it, while heat does not change
its color. 1t is the best known conductor of
heat, also Of electricity. Il e very ductile
and easily worked, while il is lighter than
some of our harder woods. A leading scien-
fist sums up our knowledge of it as 1.-THE
hghtest, easiest worked, strongest, most dura-
ble and generally most valuable of all metals:
and the man who invents a methods Of max
ing it cheaply will revolutionize industry
Only one year ago Henry Cary Baird pub
lished a book on aluminium, telling every
thing known on the subject. The price at
that time was projected 10 be 81 a pound, by
a new process of reduction; but the promise
OF that process was never realized. Practi-
cally the metal has 30 far rested at about 81
a troy ounce, or sl2 a pound. II the Cashier
method prove a s,cs~ss, it becomes as cheap
a metal as it is widely applicable to mechan-
ical and domestic uses. 1t takes but a twelve
month TO make our knowledge OF such mat
ters Anticipated Globe Democrat.