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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

Cattle and sheep are being constantly
driven TO the abattolr They may he seen al
almost any hour Of any week day ploddMs
leisurely along the road from " atert0wu, %
from the other stock yards, in biissiui ignor-
ance Of their impending fate. 1t seems rather
hard on the sleek, plumb creatures that on
arriving at the abattOr they should be
driven into what they probably think are
comfortable stalls, only 10 discover That be-
tween the clean iron bar, thereof they arc to
gaze upon the slaughter Of their kindred aud
await their own death It must be said, how
ever. that they bear IL with true iortitude.
They stand up like martyrs, face the execu-
toner aud expire without struggle Oh q
groan.
In the slaughter houses OF Chicago the
method OF killing is quite unlike that prac-
tced at the Brighton aDattoir IN Chicago
the cattle are driven one by one through d
narrow opening, above which nan stands
with a sharp spear which he plunses into the
neck Of each passing beast severing the
spinal column. This method, however re-
quires the greatest accuracy OF aim - The
steel instrument, to effect its purpose, must
pass through very small aperture. This
missed, the beast dies in great agony AT
Brighton the beast drops instantly, shot
through the brain. There IS 10 struggle or
moan This remark does not apply 10 the
beasts that are killed for tue Jews These
poor animals struggle and cry, and arc
doubtless frightened half to death before the
knife touches their tnroats-Boston Herald
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ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS.
soc,e Of the Contrivances to he Seen NJ
the Patent oaicc,

The electrical inventions Of the patent OF
fee have within the last ten years grown
into mammoth proportions. Inc gfeat
American brain seem, 10 b. devoting itself
10 electricity Just now, and there Is a class
hor. devoted 10 this subje". In II are the
divisions Of electric signaling ielegraphy,
telephony. electric lighting medical electric
ity. electric motive power electricity genera
ton, electricity conductors and others. Each
Of these classes have sub-classes and new
classifications have to be made every year or
two Before 1915 there were less than two
thousand patents granted TOR electricity.
Since that time over eight thousand have
been granted, and we nOw give ont over a
thousand patents or electrical inventions
every year.
And still electricity is in its infancy. 1t
ha, made many Of the big fortunes Of today,
and the Bell telephone aid the Western
Union telegraph are founded upon it. There
are now electric street cars IN many OF the
cities of the country, and "a company has been
formed in Baltimore TO run a lightning cX
press over ali ele;atel railroad acroS, tue
country for the carrying OF mail and import
ant express matter The car used will he, |
understand, about the size Of the average dry
goods box, and the speed vii be 600 miles an
hour. This will beat the telegraph AMI pneu-
matte tube. and it viii revolutionize much OF
the business of the country By 10 a letter III
your own handwriting can 60 from New
York to Washington IN twenty minutes ana
Chicago will ct the New Norl, papers FOR
breakfast. " viii be- able 10 send pack
ace from New Yok t. San Francisco IN five
hours, and the outcome of the whole Will be
that passenger travel viii be- carried on in the
same way
The romance OF electric inventions has not
its counterpart IN fiction \ little more than
A decade ago, Telephone Bell, who Is now
worth >6,0oJ000, was walking about " ash
ington ION bis uppers' and trying 70 sell ms
telephone stock for ten cents on the dollar
Shortly before TINS he was teaching deaf
and dumb school in Boston, and his pocket
book was III a continual state Of leanness
Now he has an income OF hundreds OF dollars
n day lie Is surrounded by fine pictures,
owns magnificent residence, and his soul
reioices in all the tatness which money can
give.
The telephone gavea great impetus to cleo
trical inventions. Tho electric light soon
followed it, and there Is d millionaire in
Cleveland, named Brush, who was working
at SIS a woel, before lac strucl, the light which
turned his poverty into fabulous wealth. l
met an assistant Of Edison ia New York last
week and be tells me that the phonograph,
which IS 10 o.. run by a small electric motor,
is about perfected. ami that IT viii be il gem
eral use before many months It viii cost
less than 800. and oaecaH talk bis ideas into
1t and have them reproduced IN the Same
language and tones iu which Eo uttered
them
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Lurid Sentiment in Rhyme.

stand at tho gate Of a smoldcrlng Iand
and bask in its sulphurous glow, and
beckon the spirits with welcoming hand to
the regions Of torture below. Tho young and
tho old, the rich and the poor. who live IN
the palace OF sin, beckou and welcome them
all to my door, gather, / gather them IN.
The chump who deserted the town OF his
birth to boom up \ town far away, who'd
never invest in the citys own earth, for fear
the move:wouldn't pay; who groancd of tho
evils that held the town down, and never
would squaDder his tin; as sure as I'm living
he wandered down-lll gather, I'll gather
him in. -Atchison Globe
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

A special from Richmond TO the New
York Tribune says that il is learned here
that the State Central Committee of the
Republicans belonging 10 the Houston, or
anti.Mahone faction, is to convene as early
as practical to consider the propriety of
taking down the electoral ticket put up in
opposition to that named at Petersburg
in May by the State Convention. The
Malone Central Committee, which met
last night in Petersburg, will posi-
lively decline to make any concessions to
what are called Boilers" and it is
thought that the Wise and Houston fac.
tion, for the good of all, will give the en-
tire Republican forces show, and fight
Malone on State issues later Every Re-
publican expects and believes that Wise
aud his friends will yield
This dispatch may have been sent by
one who knows. At any rate we publish
! II for what 1t Is worth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
rARpY JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO.

The Republican party has always de
luded and deceived the negro, using MIN
only as hobby upon which TO ride into
mower. II even gave him the ballot only
with the hope iha, by that means II
might buld up II power in the Soulh'
and IL has never cared anything for
him cxcep, to use him as tool and mat
Of him its creature.
This fact was most painfully and prae'
,icslly demonstrated over twenty years
AGO. when, in carrying out the pretence
of beinp the friend of the .reedman II
established the Frcedman's Savings
Bank and induced the newly enfrsn-
chised negro to deposit therein his hard
carmel wages. This bank turned oul To
he rotten concern, ana finally went into
bankruptcy after sUinding ils Ignorant;
victims of about n million Of dollars.
II has been quarter ofn century since
the bank bursted, and yet the freedmen
have ney,r been reimbursed lortbeirlosses
,broupb the swindliug concern. Many
Of them lost ali they hal, but 80 far all
appeals for Justice have been disregarded.
Only now. at the outset OF a presidential
campaign. has the Republican Senate seen
hi 10 appropriate 100000 to meet the
affiliations Of the Government to lis
dupes. and this step would not have been
taken even now, did not the Republicans
feel that they need every vote in Novem-
her. and that it is necessary for them
once more to pose as the friends OF the
coored citizen.
The Democratic House will, in all pro
liability. promptly concur in the Senate
bill and if il goes TO the Democratic
president, he will no doubt IS promptly
sign IT, In this way justice will be iardiIy
me,ed ont to the deuded freedmen, who
will again imagine that the Republicans
are their friends, although in reality
they will get their dues under a
Democratic administration after having
been for years kept out of them by the
party which is wholly responsible for the
swindle practiced upon them If this is
done the negroes will have cause to feel
doubly grateful to the Democracy which
had nothing 10 do in the first place with
the Frecdman's Bank fraud, and which
really is under no obligation to come 10
their relief, further than that, the org
inal swindle was perpetrated in the name
of the United States.
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bringing CA. u -:c.. Novcl

Suppose |. ~ an American author. WlItc q
novel, ami arrange with publisher to bring
it out at the price of one dollar volume, or
iifty cents paper II he has confidence in
the book. the first edition viii b. i.O33 copies.
my share OF the proceeds on the ordinary
ten cent basis, 500, payable &c the cad a
the year. If live by M pen, / mu5t sub
sist daring that year Oh nothing at all ana
when get ms 800 must pay ont OF it my
debts for that past year, and. probably, my
present funeral expenses; for who can live
on thigty-dve cents a day, even If he wcro
not Obliged to starye 10 death before be could
enter upon the enjoyment Of that princely
ircOmei But let Us BE- eXtrava-aHt and
utopian-et rs say that my edition Is 300
copies, instead Of 1000 In that cIse-wnich
perhaps occurs a. often as once in u thousand
timcs-ny reward amounts to the sum OF no
less chan 500; assuming, OF course, what Is
never the fact, that all the copies sold are IN
the dollar cloth form, and none IN the fifty
cents paper.
Five hundred dollars year Tor d success
full novel How many Of our authors make
twice thati How many ten times as mucnf
How many twenty times as much, lwlil
engage 20 entertain at dinner. al roAnd
table five feet in diameter, all the American
novelists who make more than thousand
dollars year out OF the royalty Oh any one
Of their novels, and to give them all they
want to eat and drink, and three Of the best
cigars apiece afterward. and hack to take
them home in. and viii agree 70 forfeit
$1,000 to the Home for lmbeciles ii S}j does
not liquidate the bill and leave enough over
to buy q cloth copy Of each Of the works III
question. with tho author autograph on the
Nv leaf One hack would be sufficient, anu
would allow Of their putting up their feet on
the seat in front Of them Julian Hawthorne
ia Belford's Magazine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
CHEAP PATENT MEDICINES.
A Peddier Lays I'm His Stock OF Drugs
for the Rural Trade-Grirks.


"I want n box of tho cheapest axle grease
in stock, onc-half pint Of alcohol, one ounce
OF oil of mustard, three dozen small tin saive
boxes and tue same number OF one-hnlf ounce
vias'
Now that was certainly a queer looking
purchase for such an 'orneiy' looking TEL
low 10 be making. So the druggist asked
him kindly To come III and look al ms
SAMPLES when the wine in them was red, ana
lie soon had the fakir, for such he was. max
ing n confession TO him. And tins was the
drift of it,
"These a ings cost me less than seventy
cents. shall sell the boxes and vials when
they are filed at twenty five cents each--sX
dozen in all. equal to sls But have mate
rial sufficient for twice that number Of
boxes and yials, 50 that for about thirty
cents more, or about 81 in all, snail realize
s36 ANY trouble to SELF Not bit Of H.
rarely stop at farm house that fan to
sell one OF each-somctimes two, three or a
half dozen: while ut every village / enter a
dozen or 50 gooff like hot cake.
WHAT is it. do sou say, and how 30 work
it, Nothing simpler The axle grease goes
into tho tin boxes | did not ask for the
cheapest 70 save money, but for the smell
I've done considerable patent medicine ycnd-
ing. and have found that the yiler the smell
the reader it sells This axle grease. once 1t
is in the tiny tin box, call it corn salve--
receipt obtained from SIOUX medicine man
Nine people ia ten in the country have corns
on their feet, and a single smell OF the stun
i, enough to effect a sale.
"In the vials pour two spooniuls Of aico-
hol, tive or six drops OF the cal OF mustard
aud till it up with water That vial then be
comes toOthache drops which ! learned how
TO make II mean 1 tell the people this from
n Turk whose life saved IN the sea or Mar
mora, and he gave ne the recipe out OF graf
itude There's lots OF toothache among
farmers, their wives and daughters
"As to their virtues, what OF thati Farmers
are the most credulou5 people under the sun,
and their self esteem, the bump Of which IS
awfully big, but makes imposition upon them
more easy There are probably hundreds oi
men in the United States engaged, like mo.
in selling n1strums TO village ami country
people. not one Of whom knows or cares
whether there be virtue in them Do over
hear from those | have yictImiZodl Blc>a
you. this country is biz and wide and
never return the way / 60, and am disn-
clined to sel at tue houses at which put mp
for the night until the following morning. |
give IL to YOU straight young man. do not
miss sale one time lH ter. and were not -
ayerse to gaddiug about / snouli follow MS
business as II livelihood There. ten times
as much in it a. In farming -' mcag0 Her
aid
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

1t seems TO be definitely settled that
Mr.. Randall is suffering from cancer of
the stomach If future developments
substantiate this, of course the distin-
guished Pennsylvanian's public career is
ended.
Mr.. Randall Las differed with his party
on the tariff question, and has called
forth some very severe criticisms because
of his having Joined hands With the Re
publicsns TO defeat the Democrats. He
has, however, on all other points been An
earnest, honest Democrat, and his great
ability has never been questioned. The
whole country, irrespective of party, will
feel great regret at hearing OF his being
attacked with so dread disease.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
I'M lash 81 s.onh n.e.,ln-.

\ well bred man Is quiet IN dress, respect
ful to women, kind 10 the weak, helpful T.
the feeble lie NAV not be- always an cspo-
cially generous or ELUSIVE man, bat good
breeding will tell hlni ali the proper obscrv-
auccs ana the duty OF being conventional
gentleman lie Stimulates a virtue II he uasc
it not, and is courteous and tender 70 tue DID,
Tho feeble. the humble Noblcsse obiiy. Is
his motto and his pride is to do that which
he owes TO himself. even II he have no dis
tinction.
1t is the absence Of this air Of distinction
which Matthew Arnold noticed AID crtl-
cised There are fashionable men HEo hatl
a bored expression wuea - i-iy speaks 10
them, Who seifshly takes The hest seat are
like bears Of modern society Like bcai'
they can only be propitlatci ly Sweets. To-
sec such young man at tie Casino at "e"-
port refrain from rising TO give bis CHAIR
to n married lady. perhaps hIs motLors
friend. such men laci, distinction 10 see C.
man cultivate q brutal manner, who laughs
ct some unlucky accident Oh The lawn tennis
Ground. to notice the thorough solisnnei
which governs his conduct. would be % uc-
SPAR of the world dill not one SEQ ID tue nc1i
house some better bed man, although with
not such fashionable surroundings
The trouble Is that such q uau hos II cul-
tiyation The breeding that be should have
received at home has been rubbed out by the
selGshness Of his surroundings Mothers
perhaps have been more busy trying 10 ST.
cure a rich match for their sons than 10 make
them thorough gentlemen. They have heard
money money, money talked lgom morning
until night The worship Of wealth Injuries
good manners. Mrs VI + v Sherwood IN
Philadelphia Times
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS;
AT Large.
RICHARD f. BEIRNE Of Hanover.
JOHN 7. HARRIS of Rockingham.
First District,
T.R. B. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
ID. GARDNER TYLER of Charles CITY
Third District,
TAZFwELL Elicit of Richmond ci'y
Fourth District,
WILLIAM II. MCKENNEY OF Petersburg
Fifth District,
II G PETERS Of Henry.
Sixth District,
W. W BERRY of Bedford
Seventh District,
MicAJAH Woops of Alhermarle
Eighth District,
E.E. MEREDITH Of Prince William
Ninth District.
JouN A. BUCHANAN of Washington
Tenth District,
RIB. PooRE of Appomattox.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

Hon. 3. s. (Sunsetl Cox thus describes
In his peculiarly inimitable style the
tariff situation
Whenever you diminish the abund-
ance of things which minister to our me-
cessities, 1t Is like interposing a desert
swamp, an unbridged stream or bad
road between producer and consumer.
No road at all 1t is prohibitory duty.
Twenty pei cent. duty Is like bad road;
80 per cent. Is a corduroy road laugh.
teri 40 per cent. Ikea broad. deep and
rapid unbridged river, and so per cent.
like swamp fanking the river on both
sides. while 100 per cent, such as levied
upon steel rails, blankets and widow-glass,
Is a band Of brigsnds who strip the mer-
chan, Of nearly all he possesses. He
should be gateful to God that he escapss
with his life"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
About Cet.iarinc Wheels.

Catharine wheels are SO named i1o@
Saint Catharine OF Alexandra, VINO sl'
fered excruciating fortunes on q ~ sl'..
before she was finally put to death. Ia2
are made in great numbers OF sizes 20
smallest being called pin wheels oec .''
they can be fastened up with ap1n. SOW
are made In parts, each part being ., :, !.
different coloreso that 1t changes - !"
turns. c." in Brooklyn Eagle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

A GAMBLERS TRUST Tile latest thing
i'm the way Of trusts - the gamblers
trust that is now in operation Ia New
York. According 10 "A New York coz
respondent three OF the most prominent
sporting men of hat city are managing
il. and their intention is To freeze out
ali Others who are not in their OrIanilA-
ton. The trust" caters II the gaming
tustes of all classes of society. They play
for rich and poor, black aud white, c.ers
thief, youth and sport. Their checks
range in value from five cents TO hy;e
dollars apiece, and their games inc'ndr
faro, roulette, red-and-black ana stud
horse pokcr.-Phda TtDics
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

THE QUADRENNIAL RAtD - NJ
ousdrennial fraud is abroad once more III
the shape of the individual IS ho takes the
census Of passengers on board steamboats,
aud railroad trains is 20 their political
opinions. This thing was INDUCED III ad
naIseam four years ago, and it may have
been only a just relrjulion that the po-
litcal party in whose favor The returns
were usually said to be was defeated al
the polls. Figures obtained in this way
count for little or nothing.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

30 FAILURE NEXT TTME.-Ihai invcs-
,igation OF Castle Garden last August was
ashamcful failure. The report wAs SUP
pressed for cogeni reasons. and nothing
ever came Of il. The indications are pat
the investigation which is To begin thi-
week under the auspices of COn5fea
sional Committee will not be farce.
There will, at least, I've no suppression 81
the report ". \. lI0rH
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
Making Fast Time.

1t was at S-ratoga, and no had passion
ately declared his love.
ii am wholly yours, Mr.. Higgins" the
happy girl replied; but would you kindly
leave your card before you goi Not as a
guarantee of good faith" she explained, "bnt
all cui ious to know your full name, New
York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

THE TARIFF AND HUMAN NATURE -
The value of the final passage OF the
Mills bill, or any other tarill reduction
measure, is greater than the actual re-
form it accomplishes. 1t would increase
the number OF advocates for tarlil re-
form. Take the wool-growers, for in
stance. When wool is definitely placed
on the free list, and The industry has been
brought TO the natural level of the IN
protected part of the country it is MOI
likely that the wool.growerS will vote 10
keep others on pedestal. Every retuc
ton of the unjust tariff knocks The scales
OF selfinlerest from somebody eyes -
ST LoUis Post. Dispatch.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
CURRENT COMMENT BY CONPE-
TENT CRITICS.
a Curious Protection Issue In Paris-fei-
tinent Qnerry-The immigration fnve--
tication-A Gamblers Trust-Ihr En-
peror's Peaceful MissiOn-Other Matters

CURIOUS QUESTION OF PRorEcTioN.-
A curious question of Protection mas
come up in Paris. The people who do
washing in the city, principally On tie
boats in the Seine, have asked for pro-
uec,ive duty To enable them To compete
with the washers in the suburbs who pay
small rent They want tax of % franc
on each thousand OF charges on all wash
ing done outside of the city iimi lhc
prospects of imposing the tax are mol
very good - Word.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
Two True Gcutlemcn n.

Asked who, in his long experience, was the
besttype be had met of true English gen
,ieman, a veteran official Of the house Of COM
mons said Il remember two-Sir Stafford
Northcots and Lord Stanley, the brother OF
the Earl Of Derby The latter i; The new
governor general Of Canada YorS
Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24
Its Many Meanings.

The most common stock expression in the
language is probably. "Wel, l." used as an in
terjection. 1t may be given more meanings
than any other meaningless word OF few
letterS
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

The EMPEROR's PEACEFUL Mission .-
The young Emperor Of Germany Is yis
iting the car OF Russia ~ II. Peters
burg with the view OF promoting peace
full relations between The two powers,
whose interests appear to he at variance.
According to recent dispatches it has
been arranged that the young Emperor
shall next visit Vienna, in order Il
strengthen the ties o; peace and friend
ship with Austria, and that aiterwari he
shall pay visit TO Rome in the interest
of amicable relations with Italy. II APP
pears to be great mission of peace in
which he is engaged We should like to
know why no arrangements have been
made for his visiting Paris upon a mis-
sion of peace and friendship with she
French Republic His appearance in the
streets of Paris would tie an exceedingly
interesting spectacle this year-N \
Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

A PERTINENT QUERY -" Cheap coats
make cheap men" these are GENERA
Hsrrison's words. Quite epigrammiiic,
aren't they? But what sort OF men doe
cheap whisky make ?-hdiaHopo'' He"l''
nG
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

Don PEDRo's WONDERFUL CURE --
The Emperor of Brazil, who is residing
nj the Splendide Hotel, Ak les-Bains,
has made wonderful cure. He arrived
there few weeks ago apparently dying
man. He now daily takes drive, walks
about the gardens, and generally plays a
game of billiards in the public room. He
and his suite have forty-two rooms in the
hotel. The Emperor's dislike of etiquette
and his affability have rendered him eX
tremely popular - London IruM.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

NATURE AND THE DEMOCRACY Old
Dame Nature is clearly on the side of the
Democratic party this year
As general thing we have had an
enormous and demoralizing surplus of
heat in July During the last twenty
days, however, the surplus has been re-
duced, the weather is as cool as a cucum-
her, rs refreshing a. watermelon, and
as delightful as that of Paradise.
In like manner when the Federal sur
plus is reduced-but you can see the
point for yourself N y Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-24

BEER FOR ALL WHO ATTEND THE
FuSERAL.-Among the effects of John
Francis Charles Herald, an aged cooper
who committed suicide in south Balti.
more Sunday, was sealed will, singu-
lar provision Of which was that all those
who 60 to the funeral shall, upon their
return, be treated TO beer and lunch not
TO exceed $40. The whole bill must be
3l60.-Bdh American.