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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
The Freight Co-durtor's Duties.

The freight conductor is simply high
grade OF brakeman His work is almost
wholly supervisory and clerical. and so,
after several years service, he becomes
more sober and business like in his bear
ing the responsibilities of his position
being sufficient to effect this change: but
he generally retains his sympathies with
his old associates who have become sub
ordinates. His duties are to keep the
record of the train. the time, numbers Of
cars. etc; TO see that the brakemen regu-
late the speed when necessary, and TO
keep general watch. The calculations
necessary to make n seventy-five mile
trip and get over the line without vast
ing time are often considerable. and an
inexperienced conductor can easily keep
himself in a worry for the whole trip.
Often he cannot go more than ten miles
after making way for n passenger train
before another overtakes him. so that
he must spend good share of his time
sitting i'm his caboose with the time table
in one hand and his watch in the other,
calculating where and when to side
track the train.
On single track roads perplexities of
this kind are generally more numerous
than on double lines, because trains both
i'm front and behind must be guarded
against, and because the regulations are
frequently modified by Geographic in
structions from headquarters. a mis-
take in reading these instructions, which
are written in pencil, often by slovenly
penman, and on tissue paper, may, and
occasionally does, cause disastrous col
lision, These duties of conductors are
especially Characteristic of trains that
must keep out of the way of passenger
trains, so that in this particular line it
will be seen that the passenger conductor
has much the easier berth. The freight
and work train" conductor must really
be a better calculator. in many ways
than the wearer of gilt badges and but
tons, though the latter receives the
higher pay.-B. b. Adams, Jr., in Serb
ners Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
Woman's scslusion Ia India.

had not been long in India when a
native lady who owned large c.tatos
sent to oeg my husband to pay her
visit, rs she was anxious that lac
should take charge of her property.
which was ruch embarrassed and
wished TO discuss the matter with him
We dismounted from our elephants in
the court yard OF her house. and wero
conducted by a magnificent major
domo and crowd of smaller fatel-
lites TO carpeted ycranda. wherc
chairs were placed ready for us Tho
steward then approached. holding In
the palms Of his joined hands ,omo
gold coins, which we touched instead
of royalty taking, as was the generous
custom in less prudish days. Bot no
lady was 10 be seen, and was amazed
and even startled to hear my husband
still looking straight before him. be
gin speaking as If hc saw some orc.
Ii gave me quite a shock. but rs 10
showed no other sign of sudden in
sanity. | looked around for some cx-
PLANTATION, and then discovered that
our chairs were placed near a kind OF
screen called a chik. made of thin
strips of bamboo, which completely
prevents any ono from outside seoinr
in, although person within the room
can see out, and behind this shelter
ing mantle Of invisbllity sat the lady
and her women. The conversation
was long, and almost wholly mrtel.
ligible to me, but | gathered that my
husband having reason 10 be- dis
pleased with the ladt's conduct de
clined to accept her hospitality in any
way. which, Judging from certain clo.
quent sounds that Issued from hehnl
the screen, drew from per tcors anal
lamontaton -CornLlll Magazine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

Yes" the inspector said. Il do
know something Of smugglers' tricks
especially female smugglers, who, !
must say, carry on their nefarious
business with the most charming eff
frontery. OF course. there are SNUG
glers OF both sexes. but for cunning
boldneSs and determination the women
cannot be approached Do you know
that women are born cheatsf Oh
well, | mean in this direction 4
woman's dress affords her more facili-
ties for hiding small but costly articles.
and 1t Is far less easy % detect them
than men, and. Us the elder Weller
would say. almost impossible t. cir
cumyent II takes an experienced
searcher to say whether a woman has
got anything concealed about her per-
son. and, as we cannot search every
body. some Of the clever ones manage
TO get through without detection ~
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
"BRorHERs ONCE MORE"

The New York World has done good
service In compiling the opinions oil
numbers of Southern editors, and 1t gives
the above head line to the full page of the
extracts. Let this go forth TO show that
the people Of the Southern States are
Democrats as far as the vote for Presi-
dent shows, but that they believe that al
this late day after the war there is in both
sections a patriotic feeling for Ameri-
can institutions that is above
party. We have quoted largely
from the Northern papere to
show the general and accepted idea OF the
character OF the incoming President, and
concluding from a review Of Northern
opinion that there is no present indica'
ton of policy of sectional luminosity,
1t is gratifying 20 see that the majority
Of the Southern press, as stated by the
World, voice conservative opinion.
There has really been but one issue in
the election, and that in spite of the dis
advantages, would have triumphed bu,
for the Unprecedented display OF corruT-
ton money. The issue is one OF taxes
and revenue, and one that cannot be
avoided, for every time II is discussed the
naked fact OF tribute to class preference
forces itself. Sectionalism might be
used to mask it, but that same Republi-
can dogma of protecting monopoly in
time of peace with war taxes is obliged
to 20, and its political patrons with it,
unless they repent.
This warning was served on the Re
publican party six years ago in the Sen
ate by no less an authority than Mr.
Lamar and Mr.. Cleveland's departure
from the White House will leave the
cause Of reform only delayed, not
.hwarted.
Whether the Solid South be broken or
not, the Republicans are confronted with
an issue that has double front: First,
useless taxation on the necessaries OF
ife, and, second, taxation not to support
he Government, but simply and ayow-
idly to protect monopClists. And on
such an issue, as the World puts it, We
an be brothers again.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The whistle of the elk D. % sound
which many have tr.ad t9 lcmne
yet | doubt i any one who may larn
read All the descriptions of 10 ,rer
written would recognize ~ on. first
hearing ID is a most strange. weird
peculiar sound, battling all effort. of
the most sllliltul word painter I, is
only uttered by the male. and there j.
the same variety IN the sound made by
different stays as in different human
voices. Usually the cry begins md
ends with sort Of grunt, somewhat
like the below oil domestic
cow cat short, but the inter
lude is long drawn. mclodous.
flute like sound that rises and
falls with @ rhythmical cadence. feat
ing on the still evening ain. by which
it is often waited with singular dis
tinctneSs 10 great distances. BY other
individuals, on even by the same iudi-
yidual ~ various times, either the first
or last Of these abrupt sounds il
omitted. and only tic other. IN con
nection with the long drawn, silver
toned strain, Us given.
The stag uttcrs this call only in the
love making season, and for the pun
pose OF asccrtaining tic whereabouts
Of his dusSy mate, who responds tv 70
short and utterly unmusical sound.
similar 20 that with which the iaalc
begins on ends his call. C. 9. Shields
IN Harpers Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
Time ceckoninc at Pucet Sound

According TO Mr.. NJ. Eells' account Of
"The Indians of Puget Sound. in The
American Antiquarian. the Inequalities
divide the wear into thirteen moons, for
each of which they have separate names.
also for the waxing and waning Of the
moon. The daytime is divided into
dawn, sunrise, forenoon, noon, after
noon, sunset and dusk, while the night
has the single division Of midnight
These Indians Obtained the idea of Sun
day from another tribe, bcfore~ the
English came, and after that met on
Sunday. sang, danced, prayed and tried
10 purify themselves and throw away
their bad and make their hearts good.
They also married wives on that day.
Among the Twanas Sunday means
holy day, and the other days are day
past, two days past. etc, except Satur-
day, which means alongside" that is.
of Sunday. March is getting warm"
August. 1.-THE deer sheds its horns" Oc-
tober, the grass dies" and November,
"thc grass goes into the ground" The
people are generally in debt to one
another with obligations of many years
standing. The debts are seldom heard
of, except wher trouble arises about
something else, and then there is a gen
eral turning up Of old scores for ten or
fifteen years back. and of the debts OF
relatives and wife's relatives.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
ARISTOCRACY.
ence.

One of the most significant incidents
of the opening chapters Of the civil war
was Stewards Chicago speech, as it was
called The great State OF Illinois had
hardly answered the call for troops with
a single drum, when the war statesman
saw that match had TO be applied TO
kindle the noble spirit Of the Hoosier
He took his text on the peculiar institu-
ton Of the South that made the sla' cry
aristoorat the main political power OF the
country, and at the same time beat down
the Northern working man by cheap
slave labor.
Mr.. Seward struck keynote, and so
eloquen,ly did he perform the variations
on the tune that for thirty days it was
difficult to get arms enough for the vol
unteers. The people waxed wroih at the
picture he drew of thousands Of rich
planters enjoying the benefits Of unpaid
labor, and the description Of an aIistoc-
Tacy so false to Republicsnism aroused
the Western men to enthusiastic rage.
Now recalling this shrewd play in
popular sentiment we would like TO ask
what the Republican party is to do with
its "aristocrats,' for your shoddy baron
like Carnegie is not more bent on the
class privileges of monopoly than the lit
tie counts and lordlings who lost their
heads in the French Revolution were bent
on the arstocra,ic claims Of their station
as opposed to the rabble.
Besides the individual character OF the
men is The aggregate power Of the great
order of the monopolisiic barons that
aim at control Of the Government by
bribing with the money they make as
sole beneficiaries Of the profits OF our
industries.
IL the Southern sristocracy was so
hateful, what is to prevent a popular
sentiment against a set OF men In com
parison with whom the alleged slave
driver was an angel
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The accident that originally produced
the political anomaly in the Congres-
sional gap next year has nevertheless
produced some good results. The Fifty
first Congress will not sit until Deem
Der. 1899, though the question Of the
majority was decided this month and was
involved in the national party contest.
If the Fifty first Congress, with its Re
publican majority in both houses were to
meet next month, or even next March,
the popular excitement would indubita-
b)y affect its conduct, as the feeling Of
triumph on one side ana the cisappoint-
mept on the other might incite passion
and produce useless wrangles on issues
that are too partizsn. But the frost of
the winter and the heat Of the summer,
with the returning autumnal relief in
next November, will restore an equable
temper. and time will have shown the
statesmen how popular feeling can
change.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

FROM BAD To WoRsE-In other col
umns are some interesting Letters ana
interviews on this subject. They make
it clear that the great body Of the people
have become alarmed because ballot is
a commercial commodity with a money
value, and they demand some electoral
reform which will minimize this growing
and often open and iDsolent corruption
1t is, Of course, an evil which will be
remedied as soon as it is generally re-
cognized The people are king, and
whatever laws, or reforms they demand
viii be promptly granted. Legislators
and CongressmeE are the obedient ser
wants Of the public and are willing 10 be
honest in order to retain their places.
And this matter cannot receive atten.
ton too socn. We have already gone
from bad TO worse, and it is only few
steps from the worse to the worst.-N.
Y. Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
4 Primitive Tolcn,nno Line.

\ correspondent at Lake Meeantic
sends the particulars of % telephone
line that has at least Gre advantage OF
simplicity and freedom from paying
tribute TO telephone company the
correspondent says.
I'm Moose River Ne. 10y have 20
telephone working between the New
ton house aud q store about Lalf "a mile
distant The receiver and hlnsmiiter
are an one. They have q hole cut n
the wall and within hNe placed 90
small frame covered with shoepslln
70 this The wire i3atoohod The wire
is suspended with tmTod rope Any
one wanting 10 speak through the tele-
phone simply ap5 on thc frame Tho
rappiug can be lcndfcn or twelve feet
from the recovered tlc other end If
the wire. II has been iu operation
about tTo weeks now and gives good
satisfaction. The naiiyos ara delighted
to get talking through it'-Derot
Free Pres.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

Till You arc in the cast YOU cannot
realize the necessity Of q "forerunner
TO clear the way for a great nan. There
is no pavement or side path for foot PEG.
pie TO walk on, and they scatter all over
the road, thronging it thickly, so that it
would he impossible to move quickly
unless the way were cleared. Your
syces, therefore, or a mounted Sepoy
orderly, speed ahead in front Of your
carriage shouting without ceasing: 80
wayfarer. o merchant escape from the
road. o seller of cloth, escaped Make
the road clear, o people. The great
sahib is coming. Make his way clear"'
thus clearing a passage through the
crowd, which closes again the moment
you have passed.
Children are often lifted bodily out Of
the way, while absent minded persons,
who have their thoughts in the clouds
and their heads in blanket are apt to
find themselves Of sudden sitting by the
roadside and wondering how they came
there.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

All the higher organism plead hard
for pure fresh err j. keeps OF di..
ease. Don't close windows too soon.
Keep them omen O. little, or much,
night and day, as long as possible
When YOU use dcuJlo wilIoWa don 3
have the outer o. storm window fast
encd on the frame and depend only on
the almost useless little slitol ana OPEN
ing la the frame al the sash. mis-
named O. "ventilator Tor your life
giving oxygen. Have the window
hung with hinges 30 thet IL can boz
opened wide, as well cs the inner one.
and have both opened freely and often
to 'hush" the room. Even In rooms
with provision for ventilation. this
flushing IS desir2ble.-Thc Prophy.
Tactic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
A.tention Giren 20 nelioonlnc.

Ballooning is receiving a great deal Of
attention from the naval and military
authorities both in England and France
Is q valuable aid in land and marine
movements. During the recent naval
maneuvors in the defense Of Toulon, a
accommodating balloon was used with
good effect day and night b. Che aid of
electricity, and now an experiment is
being made with a navigabc aerial ship
for the Same purpose. In England bal
looming has also attracted attention. es-
pecially in connection with the new for
nation Of troops for attacking purposes.
Almost daily ascents are made &c the
training camp Of Lydd for the purposes
of photography and observation On one
occasion moving balloon was made the
target OF party of gunners working 4
twelve pound Armstrong gun, with the
result OF its being blown to pieces after
rather moro than a dozen shots. SO
that the fiction of the fatal duel between
rival balloons is likely to be realized dur
ing the next general war-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
The Native speniard's "ou,at."

1t is wonderful the number Of arti-
cles a Spaniard needs for even c short
journey. The list j. never complete
without a garlic pot, full cigarettes,
cd inhnitum; Q guitar rosary, pan
niels, pomegranates, knives, etc.-all
these n Spaniard deems necessary TO
take with him even Tor u journey from
one village to enother They seem 70
have meat, and were generally we'll
supplied; more 50 than one would
think from their lazy appearance in the
fields, sometimes letting tie patient
buro drag the plow without help or
guidance. w. Parker Bodish IN
Denorest's Monthly. tx -,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The TIMES has organized a regular
staff for the tobacco department OF the
paper which will be made specially, and
will cover all the news relating to that
lire Of business, as well as the full su-
tbentic reports from ali sections Of the
tobacco districts.
In this work we invoke The support Of
the tobacco trade at all points along the
trade lines of Richmond, and also recon-
mend the department as interesting TO all
the farmers, especially in Virginia and
North Carolina. This full daily report
of the market with ample extracts from
the weekly tobacco journals will furnish
those in the business with a complete
record that will be invaluable for refer
ence.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The much-needed reform in Presi.
Dental elections is taking hold on the
popular mind, and now while the wrong
is go strongly felt the idea should be
pushed all along the line. First to have
one day set apart for the election so that
there can be no trading the Presidency
against local office and patronage; sec
ond, that there should be but one term
for a President, and third, that the term
should be longer. As to number one
We know that an election has been ac-
complished by trade, and as to the
second, we know equally well that Presi-
dents, or their friends for them, begin to
electioneer for a second term before the
inauguration music has ceased.
The third reform, that is a longer term,
is less important than the other two, but
we have had ample proofs that all these
are needed
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Sadie Martinot's tour will begin in
January next.
Miss Rose Coghlan's new play, "Joce-
lyn, is well spoken Of
Mary Anderson is making a brief tour
of the English provinces.
Edwin Booth will complete his fortieth
year as al actor next season
Emma Abbott viii sing Gilbert aud
Sullivan : new opera in San Francisco.
Fanny Rice may star after her New
York Casino contract expires next May.
Sarah Bernhardts new pet is large
green lizard, which crawls about her neck
and shoulders.
The expert Mrs Alice j. Shaw will
whistle over the continen, under the
management Of Maj Pond
Annie Pixley travels now in her own
private palace car, the Miss, and will
not stop III hotel duripg the sAAsna
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The brakeman gives the prevailing
tone 10 tire society of dc-patchcr
Hobbies and other loWglng places
which Lo frcqucl,s He originate
whatever slang may be deemed ncee
sary to give spice 10 the talk OF the
caboose and round house. lie calls a
gravel train dust express, and rc-
fers 10 the pump for COMPRISING ar
for the power brakes a. wind i4u
mor The fremans proSaic labors are
lightcned by being POLITICALLY mel
toned as the handling OF bla,s
diamonds. and the modification Of Boz
ing called into the superintendent
office 10 explain some dcrcliction Of
duty is disguised By referring 90 the
episode as 'danomg ON the carpet
b. b. Adams, Jr., in scubners Naga-
ylup
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
How Guiana Indians Count.

The Indians of Guiana have o curl
Gus system of Enumeration. They count
by the hand and its four fingers.
Thus, when they reach five, instead 81
saying so, they call it a hand, six is
therefore "a hand and first finger
seven "a hand and second finger" ten
is 1.-TWO hands, but twenty, instead of
being -four hands" is q man. "
Forty is two men, and thus they 20
on by twenties. Forty-six is expressed
as two men, a hand and first finger.
New York Telegram.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
steel and Wrought Iron.

n metallurgist gives as a reason why
steel will not weld as readily as
wrought iron that it is not partially
composed of cinder, as seems to be the
case with wrought iron, which assists
i'll forming fusible alloy with the
scale Of oxidation formed on the sur
face of the iron in the furnace. -Bos-
ton BUDGET.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The "short session Of Congress as II
is called. will open next month and viii
close on the Sd of March, 1889.
The Democrats will certainly be par
,ictlarly careful and the Republicans will
doubtless be anxious TO confne the pro-
ceedings to appropriation bills.
The Democrats will have some advan-
tages. They will not be obliged to intro
duce any positive legislation or to assume
responsibility for any new measures
while, knowing that they are to surren-
der power in the next session, they viii
be "a, liberty to criticise their opponents
as sesrchiDgly as they can.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

The result Of Secretary Whitney's en-
terprising administration appears in the
rapidity with which our country is re-
covering its rightful place among naval
powers. Daring the year 1890 the Uni
ted States will rank third in number and
fourth in tonnage OF armored cruisers Of
nineteen knots speed and over fifteen
hundred tons displacement.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

An Englishman has invented an in
gcnious method Of producing @ cipher OF
secret communication by mechanical
means. II is adapted for use on type
writers or similar writing machines
where The type or corresponding index
scale. dial or pointer is capable Of being
moved On adjusted. Tho typo writing
machines 10 be used for the purpose are
made in duplicates, so that the two index
scales correspond with each other in the
arrangement Of their characters, but diff
fer from any other pair Of machines.
Since the index scale is adjustable. it
may lie shifted in two corresponding
machines, so that one or moro Of the
characters is moved out Of its normal po-
sition, and, I'm consequence, when the OPP
orator strikes a certain letter on the key
board, another totally different will Le
printed. Thus he can continue and write
out an entire letter, which, % the unini-
tiatcd. will seem like nothing moro than
a confused tumble OF characters.
To docipher whatever has been written
it j. only necessary for the individual
who has the clcw 10 shift the index scale
in the opposite direction from that used
by tho original operator, and then. by
striking on the keyboard the characters
OF the secret communication. the correct.
message will he printed.-Ihc stationer
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

In your promises Of reform remember
that tomorrow is day that never comes.
philadelphia Call.