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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-07
The Now Emperor a, Prince.

Prince William is a thorough soldier;
he Is also a clever commander and often
makes speeches Father and son did not
resemble each other in their speeches.
The Emperor Frederick spoke quietly.
cleyerly and with precisio~, not n word
too much or TOO little. An expert short
hand writer has. however difficulty in
keeping up with Prince William. The
words tumble over one another hut II
sounds concise and short; he takes pos
session Of you and fasclnates YOU, and
his hearers feel that he knows what he
wants. HIS voice - rather harsh. which
enhances the military impression 1t
makes At Konigsberg in 1855 a
review OF the troops was held, and
atterward at students drinking bout
the prince commanded "salamander'
with such precision that all the glasses
struck the table together, not one stu
dent being behind the others. Our pres
ent emperor laughed when he heard of
this He had probably not yet discov-
cred this talent IN his son. Always
soldier even when commanding a saia-
mander he said
The prince Was once present at the
carnival in Cologne Here there was
much gayety especially at the iete in Vic
toria hall. which was attended by the
principal military ana civil authorities.
On this occasion the prince proposed q
toast to the editor Of the Cologne news
paper He said DR. Greben IS also
general he leads thousands Of soldiers
every day into battle. GcDtlemen, three
cheers for Comrade DR. Hermann Grie-
ben If the Emperor Frederick had
been there, IS At Konigsbcrg, he would
have said; Always i soldier London
Daily News.
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lie Must be a Genileman.

Both in the ranks of workers and III
the ranks of society we still find the ideal
gentleman. We are charmed with the
good breeding which we discover in the
numbIest as well as in the highest ranks
of American society. We find in every
class in college some natural bcri gentle
man, and in every profession. IN every
branch Of industry, there is Dian with
a good heart. modest, unsclfish ana no
Die; who is not thinking Of himself, but
OF that mother whom he hopes 10 sup
port he is working for her AID not FOX
himself: lac begins thus TO find the road
10 fame and honor
In the banking house. III the dry goods
store in the railway Office. do We look
for the coming gentleman tho man
who is not working fcr himself but for
some one else That cultivation, which
is the parent Of good manncr1. Is, how.
ever, necessarily left out 81 the training
If such a young man He has got to do
it ali himself: hc must male himself o
conventional gentleman. IL a n.2n IS
scholar. a thinker. n rcaGoi. manners
will come to him. even if. Ike Burns, he
starts from the pillow: bat II he has to
work lee must think of lis Manners
Mrs. VI. l.. W. Sherwood
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American Capital I'm Mexico.

IL is estimated that the railroad mileage
Of Mexico owned By Americans is nearly
three thousand miles, and that the capital
thus invested is upward Of Ss00O0,0O0 The
amount Of American capital invested in
mines is thought 10 be nearly s20,00OOO0. In
1873 the imports Of Mexico were $50, lG6,0l3,
and only s5,23l, 255 Of this came from the
United States, and of this latter amount only
very small proportion went across the
frontier. Last year the exports from this
country to Mexico were about slO,00O,0OO, Of
which moro than half went by American
railways 10 the border and thence by rail TO
interior points The International company
Of Lower California has grant, estimated
at IL 10000 acres, and brisk town IS now
established about one hundred miles south Of
San Diego. Cal Exchange on New York in
northern Mexico is sold more largely than
on any other city, and IN the City 0. Mexico
il second only in demand to that on London
New Orleans Times Democrat
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Cuban Type OF Beauty.

The Cuban wOman's face may be said
to be wholly interesting and lovely rather
than wholly beautiful. Its beauty is in
it, expression rather than in repOse.
There is a type of beauty on loveliness
which CLOVIS in activity. 1t seems to
warm ana color and beam with a certain
goodness Of nature. of heart, Of soul, be-
hind it. And it is something like this
;hat is very engaging in the Cuban
woman : face. This face Is Of the Latin
mold oval and with a delicate protrudmg
Of a pretty and shapcly chin. Her com-
pleXion - waXen, creamy, with no car
nation in her cheeks.
But her mouth, large, mobile, temu-
lous, with just suggestion Of pathos in
the slight drawing down at the corners,
has lips so red and ripe that her ever pei
feet teeth dazzle i'll brilliant contras,
Her hair is Of that lead black darlne. $
which suggests a weird, soft mist upon
the night, and is indeed a glory ever.
But her eyes are her precious, GROWING
loneliness. her never ending power and
charm. When you say that behind their
long. dark. half hiding lashes they arc
large. dark, dreamy yet glowing, flash
ing with fire liquid with languor, you
have only limited their inexprcssible eX-
pressiveness. They are the same eyes at
nine. at nineteen, at nincty.-Edgar l..
Wakcmans Cuba Letter.
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Smallest Plant in the World.

The smallest towering plant in exist
ence Is Wotiia microscopica, native OF
India. 1t belongs to the natural order
Lemnacee. or the duck weed family 1t
is almost microscopic NJ size, destitute Of
proper stem, leaves and roots. but having
these organs. merged in one. forming a
trOnd There is. however prolOngatiOn
Of the lower surface into kind OF rDizoid,
the purpose of which seems TO be TO en-
able the plant to float upright in the
water. The fronds multiply asexually by
sending out other fronds from basilai
slit or concavity. and with such rapidity
does this take place that few days often
suifices to produce FROM few individuals
enough similar ones to cover many square
rods Of pond surface with the minute
green granules.
But small as these plants are. and sim
pie in their structure. they yet produce
nowers Two flowers are produced OH a
plant. each OF them very simple, one con
-isting Of u single stamen and the other
Of single pistil, both of which burst
through tho upper surface Of the frond
There are TWO species Of this genus grow
Ing in the eastern United States. one Of
them. Wolfia Columbiana, about one
twenty-ffth Of an inch in diameter, and
the other. W Brlsiliensis, somewhat
smaller in size The American species has
been collected near Philadelphia. Boston
Prdppt
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QUAINT FASHIONS IN FANS.

Vatican fans are very beautiful and mic,
wedding present
For semi dressy occasions there is nothing
more becoming or duroble than Japanes,
fans. and the new varieties are peculiar
Fans intended to accompany bridal and
full evening toilets are Of ostrich feathers
exquisite and costly lace, or spangled gauze
with pearl or carved molntings.
The Tuxedo" narrow and high at the
center, is favorite shape. and is furnished
in gauze, spangied or hand painted, a. well as
in the costliest point lace. with gilded or pearl
sticks
a handsome fan has sticks OF red Russia
leather, finished at the top with soft red
lnarabout tips, and another is shaped like Il
Hat Japane.e tan. and has long handle with
a silver ring in the end. through which Il
ribbon may be passed.
Feathers are conspicuously employed on
expensive fans, one design having tortoise
shell sticks with an ostrich feather mounted
on each stick The handle exquisitely
carved, has a silver loop by which the fan Is
10 be attached to Il chatelaiue or ribbon.
Fans entirely OF one piece or lace mounted
upon satin have ivory sticks, and the pend
ant cord is finished with tassel Of lace
to match the cover One design has the
foundation of marigod satin and the sticks
Of pearl are decorated with arabesque fig
Ures.
A novel fan OF the ordinary size and shape
has mountings Of olive wood, inlaid and GOV
cred with siam" golden brown gauze.
Upon this surface are painted sprays Of field
daisies, and the top is bordered with fringe
of narrow plcot ribbon which represents
daisy petals
Flower fans are favorites One Of these,
of yellow silk, has a wreath Of forget-me-
nots and daisies stretching from side 70 side,
the black showing small sprays upon which
wasps arc apparently just settling. Poppy
sprays are arranged upon scarlet gauze and
pansies upon pale lilac.
White marabout tips and peacocks' eyes
are ranged in circular rows upon the sides,
making SNOWY effect. Fans made in this
way have the small feather points carefully
glued upon a foundation the size Of the space
they are to cover, and this foundation is
fastened securely in place, so that, although
their appearance is most delicate, the fan Is
really Us durable as one made of lace
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RELIGIOUS GLEAN!NGS.
Miss Delphine Baker is about to establish
Christian newspaper I'm Jerusalem.

Miss Delphne Baker Is about to establish q
Christian newspaper In Jerusalem
Presbyteranism in Brooklyn numbers
twenty three churches and l5525 members.
The first Protestant missionaries TO Tor
eign field were sent from Geneva To Brazil IN
1878
The German Reformed church numbers
SIT ministers, l,iSl congregations and 49,
$50 meml ers
Ii is stated that al the policemen OF Kan
sas City are church members two OF them
being elders and several q them deacons.
An effort is being made TO establish a ma
tional organization Of the colored Young
Mems Christian association Of the United
States
One hundred and fifty United States anG
twenty seven Canadian delegates are IN Mt
tendance at the Worlds Missionary confer
ence, London.
Miss Florence White, a capable teacher IL
the Mills seminary. California, Is going &c
hioto, Japan, whers she will he teacher II
training school
The opinion gains strength y the Metho
dist Episcopal church that the day Will come
when the clergy and laity Will sit as separate
bodies in general conference.
The khedive Of Egypt has dismissed hi.
prime minister, NUbar Pasha, and called Ria2
Pasha &c lead bis cabinet. Nubar is an Ar
menian Christian, Riaz Mohammedan
The general synod OF the Reformed church
in America called a strong protest against
the rum traffic on the Congo TO the World
Missionary conference, London, calling upon
the conference to take decided action
Tn, George Wood medal of the American
tract society for the year 1858 has been as
signed to the Rev T. T. Burr d D., Ii p.
of Lyme, Conn, author OF Long Ago. a.
Interpreted 10y the Nineteenth Century"
For the - 900 soldiers in the army of III,
United States there ale only thirty fou
chapains Several OF these chapains ar,
disabled, thus a large maj ority OF the "a
army posts are without any religious initruc
ton.
The three great Protestant powers OF the
world are Germany Eng and and the United
States These powers are represented at the
Mohammedau court of Constantinople 10y
two Roman Catholics and a Jew-flerr Won
Radowltz Sir William White and Oscar VI
Straus
Definite action in the rlatter OF union toe
tween the German Reformed and Dutch lie
formed churches cannot be taken until 1890
when the general synod Of the German
church next meets Meanwhile the move
ment in favor Of such union will gain
strength
It is proposed to establish in Bethany 9TH
town OF Mary and her sister Martha" where
the Lord raised Lazarus from the dead, d
home which shall form center Of Christian
work. The village has today about five
hundred inhabitants, whC live ia squalor and
die in ignorance OF the Gospel A piece OF
land has been secured and the prospect
said to be encouraging.
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With a Dreamy. EmeIsOnian Ar.

"Mr Cahokia." said the young lady
from Boston. softly. az she drew her
skirts carefully away from the sides OF tue
boat and gazed with a dreamy. Elmer
sonian air at the stalwart youth who was
handling tho oars. have you never fen
that aching void that irrcpressible long
ing. that imperious inward cry that will
not be silenced when the soul realizes it,
own isolation and knows that somewhere
in the trackless depths of space its
kindred soul is flying on restless wing
mayhap at IA remote distance. peradven
ture almost within its grasp
"Why-of courc. Miss owjames. re
piled the st Louis y.ing man. rather
vaguely. as he changed he course of the
boat 10 relieve his eva, from the suns
dazzling glare reflected from the speo,a
Giles IN front of him and noted with some
uneasiness that he was several hundred
yards from shore and mile from any
other boat. II have sometimes felt, as you
say that sort 0f--er-goneness-e
the early spring. you know-nothing but
ham and eggs. you know. at the res
tau
oh, Mr. Cahokia'" broke forth the
fouug ldul hIpuIrftlN. bi.i SURE you
nave often wished. with the poet. for
some little isle with wings, and that you
and your souls mate within It's fairy
bowers were waited off to seas unknown
where not pulse should beat but ours.
and we might live. love-but what an
saying
II think, said Mr. Cahokia looking
Iesparingly up and down the stream and
wiping his brow neryously with his hand
kerchief. ''you were saying something
about islands and seas When it comes
10 geography. Miss Howjames, don't
know beans -
"fou don't know what, Mr. Cahokia?"
Beans"
DO you dislike beans, sir
Can't 60 EN- at all. Miss Howjames.'
mir Cahokia," said the Boston young
lady, with chilling haughtiness, Il think
We will go ashore, ii you please. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-07

The "tallyman plays no inconsiderable
part in the disasters of the poor especially
in the little household where the wife is
vain or thriftless The tallyman or travel
ing draper Is, as most Of ms readers are
probably aware, a superior kind OF hawker
or an inferior kind of commercial traveller
whichever you like. In purchasing and
selling it was ut one time customary tor
traders TO have two sticks and 10 mark
with a notch on each the number OF goods
delivered These tallies from the French
word taller, to cut) were the means by
which accounts were kept The tally
shop is a shop at which goods are sold
20 customers on account. the account
being kept in corresponding books One is
called the tally. and is kept by the buyer
the other side is the counter tally,
and is kept by the seller Sometimes a
card is given to the customer instead of q
book The tallyman calls with his goods,
his fncry and his household stuffs, and
displays his tempting wares to the eyes
OF the housewife.
Unfortunately, many poor men wives
uon't want much pressing They see the
fnery; there is only small sum to be
paid down and it will be 50 easy to pay
tie rest by Il small installment every
week Many a good honest workman
dates the day Of his downfall TO the tai
lymans first stroke Of business with his
wife. The tailyman will be paid, and to
pay him the wife will sometimes pawn
her children's things and descend 10
lodges which are the beginning OF bad
times. The great desire Of most Of the
tallyman's lady customers is to keep the
fact that they are in debt from the hus
band 5 knowledge, and threat 10 tell the
husband or to apply 90 him Tor the money
is a very powerful weapon in the tally
mans armory.-George Il. Sims in Phila
delphla Times.
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The Indians OF Califor ~.

The Californian Indians generally wero
extremely low m culture They did not
till the soil nor polish stone, nor burn
pottery. nor weave cloth, nor make
canoes nor possess extensive political or
ganizatioE, nor submit themselves 10
permanent chiefs. nor even keep tame
dogs. All the characteristics Of q higher
sayageism observed among the aborigines
on the Atlantic slope Of the continent
were here lacking. The natural capacity
and intellectual activity, the military en-
terprise and oratorIca! genius proniinent
among the Iroquois and AlgonkDs. were
unknown west Of the Sierra Nevada.
Our sympathies for moral character and
our admiration for courage and puolic
spirit are not aroused by any Californian
Pocahontas, King Philip, Brandt. Logan,
Tecumseh. Red Jacket on Black Hawk.
Instead Of rivals Of the Greeks, Della
wares and Shawnees, as warriors, ora
tors and cultivators Of the ground, we
find here a race which completes with the
Bushmen and aboriginal Australians and
Tasmanians for the lowest place in tlie
scale Of human existence. 8. Hit
tell in Overland Monthly.
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PHILOSOPHY OF CHANGE.
Living In One Cnvarying Rut-fhe In
stinct of Exploration.

For here we have no abiding place or
continuing city The old proverb. "a
rolling stone gathers no moss" is born
ont of the stupidity Of greed. 1t is ap-
propriate only for the barnaces Of the
race. who must fix themselves tightly in
one place, then life work being only to
keep their mouths open and gather
slime.
To be tied for life to one place, one
house. one home. one round of assOcia-
lion and one unvarying rut Of occupation
is to retard growth. Use continually
one set Of muscles in certain way, and
all the rest suffer and shrivel for lack of
due exercise. Similarly, if fastened to
one locality. but one system of mental
faculties IS called out, the other powers
suffer for lack of exercise.
Imagine a human being confined until
io years Of age in a single room, seeing
during that entire period but the same
person at certain stated houIs. In what
condition would such person be when
liberated to meet and cope with the
world? Yet, relatively. people who stay
IN one place their whole lives are little
better off when taken out Of their corners
and placed in unaccustomed conditions
and Surroundings.
The destiny of the awakened soul is to
travel, TO explore, and to gather to itself
new thought new idea, new suggestion
from new lands, new peoples and new
conditions of life. To stop is impossible
The instinct once awakened demands its
expression. 1t feels enriched by each
change Of place or condition, and the bet
Ter prepared to meet the next. 1t will he
ever making new homes for itself among
new peoples and new hearts. 1t carries
ever with it its real and only home-the
eyer increasing, ever widening world Of
its own mind, and this world it is ever
anlarging.
If yOu crave home and rest, look
around and see how many Ideal homes
You viii find. How many that will bear
Inspections How many whose inward
peace corresponds with outward seem
inc: How many wherein the monoto-
nous routine Of the conventional life is
not wearing ont somebody? To be so
much on tn' move Is pltllesS prospect,
YOU say, no abiding place or continuing
.ily--a Wandering Jew.
But the very rest you seek may come
If change and changes. What is it you
desire? The truest companionship. Can
lhat come of a barnacle? or Of one who
lesires to make of YOU a companion bar
lacle: Trust in the power that desires
you should realize your greatest happi-
ness, and launch boldly your craft on the
unknown seas. You may be travelling
toward a home rather than away from
me. Your fellow apostles are all travel
rs. You can affiliate with none other.
You want the association Of experience
originality, varied thought and varied in
terest. None other can satisfy you
Prentice Milford in New York Star.
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The following will make excellent cam
paign documents:
President Cleveland's last annual mes
sage that is wholly devoted to tariff re
vision and revenue reduction.
Mr.. Blaines Paris interview in answer
to President Cleveland's message, as
cabled from Paris to the New York
Tribune.
Mr.. Blaines Florence letter of declina-
ton, in which he earnestly defends the
high tariff policy OF the party.
The full text of the tariff and revenue
blanks OF both the Democratic and Re
publican platforms of 1888.
Tue speeches of acceptance Of the Pre-
sidential nomination lately delivered by
President Cleveland and General Harri
SOn
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LITERARY CuARIATANs.

Dion Bouccault, the stage carpenter
hterateur. said once that Shakespeare
made his plays with paste and scissors.
Now he Publishes in the Hera9d long
article in the following text. Or the
three dramatic unites he says
"Let us see what they are, and how far
they are useful and worthy Of observance
They consist of the unity of time, the
unity of place, the unity of action.
The unity of time restricts the action
of u drama 10 within the limits OF TWEEN
ty-four hours.
The unity OF place confines the action
TO one spot.
The unity of action requires the ten
dencv of the incidents 10 one catas-
trophe."
Now we absolutely deny that any really
educated man will admit Mr.. Dion Bouc-
csults statement or his Interpretation
And no one but literary haberdasher
would undertake to say that the
"uui,ies mean any such thing.
According to the artistic Interpretation
of the Greek rules, "a play is an Idea
represented In a story, each scene OF
which Is logical par, of the story and
of which all the scenic and dramatic &C
cessorie are parts Of the story.
Mr.. Dion Boucicault has evidently not
read the highest authority at the time
when Corneille and Racine wrote, or else
he could not be ignorant enough to SAY
that the unity of time means twenly'iour
hours and the unity of action a reference
mere,v 10 the catastrophe. 1.-The unity
Of time" means simply that the dates
shall agree, and the unity OF action means
simply that everything performed on the
stage in play shall be necessarilya part
If the story. "rhe unity of place" means
simply that the scene shall suit the ac'
,,on. and whether the dates of different
.cts and scenes cover twenty-four hours
or ten years has nothing to do with the
o..a The critics OF the time OF Louis
XIV interpreted all these artistic laws
and Il was we'll understood even then
that the isw Of the "unities should be
phrased a. follows
"Ths unity Of time Is that the dates
should agree, the unity ofplace applies to
The scsues, and the unity Of action means
thst each piece Of action mus. strictly be-
leng TO the plot"
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Rob iNGTISsOIt.

The Tribune says that 1.-THE Mugwump
daily microscopes are trying 10 arouse
religious prejudices against tie Republi-
can party because Colonel lngersoll, who
is outspoken for the ticket, is VIGOROUSLY
an atheist This is simply too absurd
Colonel Ingersoll's religious opinions are
his own affair and the Republican party
has nothing to do with them"
The microscope is not the thing. 1t is
the "microbe" in the Republican party
that pOisons it with int ellsm III politics
as well as religion Bob lngersoll is a
Republican because patriotism, which IS
a part of Gods law, would not suit bis
nature.
Bill Chandlc, is Republican because
All honest government would not suit
him, and so with the Star Reuters and
land grabbers who want government OF
steals and rings and jobs, just as
the Republicans gave it to us. The
Democrats call for "a government for
the people by the people"
OF course Bob lngersoll and every
other imp of the devil is Republican.
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Tie vice prcsi,lencr Is, according to
most politicians. he most inconsequen-
tial Office Of our government Vet four
men elected vice president have been
made presidents through llic death of the
executive With whom they have been
chosen. Daniel Webster. though always
desiring the presidency, twice missed II
through his unwilllngncss to take the
lower office. 1hurlow Weed urged Web
ster 10 take the nomination under Harri-
son, and again VIXEN Taylor was nomi-
mated, but hc refused, beneath his
dignity. Then, ia each case as when
the Vice president WAS promoted by the
death Of the superior officer, Webster
went into the cabinet rs secretary OF
state, feeling. probably, that but for his
pride he might have been himself select
ing the cabinet instead Of being q part OF
it.-Boston Budget.