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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-23
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I'm Germany IL masses mo- difference q d
uonleuan whether y0u oWu shop or af
merely employed in one. 10 both eases you
WORK. and that is sufficient fire effect 90
tins is that the German shopse-i.r aH.
man at middle class does BOT Keep b.
clerks and servants 10 hlii the di.sl'.
that hi, American cGuircr docs, Nm Amor
nlu shouaceper lives 100 iiIn hOu ana r1i,
about hi, emporium OF fashion a, llI.
tiyasa ear II bis Wiie ~ daughter A3a3r
,ne place at all 10 j., when tney Uaat Dr..
.rc.s or a check from papa iu Franco
Germany the same class oi -lopht.! ger lif.
M the room over nIs shop ard 10 ai prob.
5ilits na, ms wife ecep his books 1uj iu
laughter wait az the counter A. night
when the house j. put % right, the hpu.e
raid viii comrimto tie family sitting lopm.
and while shifting listen 10 her cmp.oyo
read bis papers or chat VIII she family Sht
- rot kept in back room 10 thc uttc non
thrown entirely on hc1 own ro,1ulro. TO-
amusement
Hence the Germans aud frucu d' not o..
pcrience that diiicuip 100 securing, cap'..
domestic help which most American h0l-e
wives too often encounter They bring tuD.-
customs. more o. Jess. ID This country nnI
in American cite, the first % get good hni
servants aud the last To lose them are not
American but German and French famlD
Time was. in New England az AMY rate
when mouse girls were not called servant
and were not treated as machine. ont n,
which was 70 be gotten all the work possible.
They used to say help ln New England
and when the help had finished h,rdul.
she not seldom rolled down her sleeve, ai..
took her seat at the table along with thc laa
ny That custom i no longer in vogue. es
cept perhaps now and then 100 tine country
or in very small towns, and rs result b, :,
now a. hard 10 ct house help in New In,
land as in any other part of the country.
Cor Washington Post.
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4 ycnder OF Bread Pills,

The old shifts 70 which men who have be-
come recruits II the ranks OF poverty resort
90 ct living are worth perhaps passing no.
tie. zone half the world does not know
uoW the other half livesn might be with jus
iice altered to gets its living How some
people. living n good style, get that living
Is often a mystery to their neighbors, but tho
d0lges among the wreckage OF the pr0fes-
,ioaal and trading classes arc extensive and
peculiar
William Jones, when first knew him, was
a commercial traveller, making from 600 to
.,JJ a year Through his own folly be lost
MS situation, and then lived chow he could
On one occasion, during a drinking bout IL
the north Of England, he jumped into the
river and was rescued by some men working
~ pudding furnace, and carried into tho
works When he came 70 himself he faucied
a. vas in tho Internal regions, and this so
Mortified him that 1t brought on an attack OF
brain fever.
lie drifted n due c0ursetO London slum,
and when lie was on the brink Of starvation
BE- remembered the old opera IN which he
tad seen Dr.. Dulcamara He got an old
college cap. rolled up a bit of bread into
pills. sprinkled them with -four. aud went
oat and sold them, screwed up in a bit OF
paper. half q dozen for penny proclalmlng
them to be an absolute and certain cure for
almost every disease under the sun. Having
the gift OF the CAB, he soon got an audience
and be sold his pills out In half an hour. He
then went home and made some more pills
and did equally well Ia a few months he
l.I .-t,l.lt.haI himself MS "a rrl.oQf medical
authority. ANA marvellous cures were related
Of lis wonderful pills He did SO well at tho
gang that he earned enough money 10
take to dissipation again, and having ruined
his health he IS now in the workhouse.-
George r. Sims London Letter IN Philadel-
phia Times
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Something amusngiy tricky was accom-
pl.snei by minor. actress In tue Nallack
company last winter The final season Of
that now disbanded organization was drag
ciue along, wi.h very frequent change oi
bin from one DID comedy o. another THIS
actress had becl out Of the casts for q
month. and was very anxious 70 get beior,
the public again, which she knew she would
DO if "She Stops to Conquer we're revived,
but not otherwise. One day sho was sad
deEcd 10 hear the stage manager sag that the
piece would probably not be reproduced az
all That meant further soclusi0n for Der
and possibly no appearance at all before the
disntegratlon Of the company. AT this
iuncture her wits devised a scheme. She cn-
listed score Of her friends. men and women
not connected with the stage, aud induced
them to serve her purpose. Next day wei
dressed lady went 70 the ticket Office. os,c
Tor two seats for one night Of the ncE, week,
and remarked:
"Thesoare for She Stoops 10 Conquer
No the treasurer replied Il believe
Money is % continued
Ion, then don't s. ant these seats. viii
wait until She Stops 70 Conquer is pro
ducodn
\ dialogue Of something like the same pur-
port. but in different language, Nos re-
peatcd twenty times within wee.. The
treasurer told the management of this strong
demand for she Stops % Conquer No
doubt Of the honesty Of those requests wa
raised, and they were construed as indicating
a general fashionable curiosity as % cha.
comedy. Therefore, it was pat into immcdi
ate rehearsal, and the ingenious actross hal
the pleasure OF facing the foc1.ch.5 again
whatever may have been the peaIni.ry ra
suit to the theatre Clara Belle in Now Or
leans Times Democrat
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~ Lincoln and zen. Mcclellan.

Tho friendly visits of The president to army
headnuarteri were continued almost every
Mich, until a., 18th of November when an
incident occurred which virtually put an end
to Them On that evening Nh Lincoln
walked across the street, as usual. accom-
pauied D., one Of his household to the resi-
doncs Of the secretary OF state. and after a
short visit there both OF them went to Gen
McClelian's house. in II street They were
there toll that the general had gone to the
wddm. of aH officer and would soon re-
turn Tho, waited nearly an hour in the
drawing room, when the general returned,
and. without paying any special attention
&, TIE orderly who told him the president
Was waitin. 90 seq him. won't upstairs The
president thinking bis name had not been
announced 10 tine general, again sent a ser
want e. his room ana received the answer
that be had gone 60 bed 5ir Lincoln at
tached uo special importance TO this Incl
dent. aad. so far as $50 know. never asked
nor received amy explanation of it, But it
uas not unnatural That BE- should conclude
his frequent visits had become irksome to
the general. and that De should discontinue
them There was I'D cessation If their
friendly relation. ihou b. after this most Of
their conference. ~,rc Ae.i at the executive
mansion. Tho Century.
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Al reduces this TO 40 per cent. by ell

iNupNto VINO W ~ ~
larging the free list for raw material.
Mr.. Springer, in closing the debate On
the bill, very well refers 10 il as memo
rable one IN the history of American leg
islaiion. When the discussion began
eyea the Democrats were not nnittd n
any general plan, and some Of them wee
far apart on details. The close Of the
discussion, however, witnessed prir-
iical harmony in the party and spiii'
Of enthusiasm for the moderate revision
upon which they will 90 before the pee
pie in the coming elections. There -
good cause for the belief that The result
will be received as another evidence OF
the conservatism which guilds the pres
cnt administration Of our national Affairs
and that the country ~ a whole will see
in this carefully modified tIiif just claim
10 the continuance of the confidence
which pow exiS's
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-23
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATISM.

The cry of free trade is the fayorile
scare-crow-a cry raised with the hope
Of frightening the thoughtless and un-
wary into voting for the policy of pro
lection. The absurdity of any such allie
CATION, however, is patent to any one who
INDUCES In the luxury of thinking no
matter how specifically. for with the
revenue demanded by the Government TO
pay the public debt and enormous pen
sion demands, free trade cannot be a
possibility In the lifetime of the present
generation
So far from the Mills bill leaning to
wards free trade l, Is In reality one of the
most conservative OF measures AS 1t
stands, 1t reduces the tariff only per
cent; 10 other words the importing bust
mess OF the country IL now done on the
basis Of ~ per cent tariff. and the Mills
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ANOTHER BUBBLE BURSTED.

For months and months the protect !
barons have been industri0usly telling u'
that the passage OF the Mills bill Won j
mean free trade, and that free tra'e
would mean the destruction # al tie
industries of America IT was 30 doul
with the intention OF intcnsiiying H.
impression so a. 10 influence Congre :
and the country that these same pro
tected iron barons attempted, few
weeks ago, 10 cni down The wages t
their working men on The plea that they
were unable longer to make any mon'
at old rates, especially a. financial ruin
was staring them in the lace.
What has been the upsho. 0i the whole
business: An absurd iiasco The men,
evidently with more intelligence than
their employers gave them credit for, rc
fused to submit to the imposition and d.
clined 10 accept The proposed reduction.
The barons shut down their mills think
ing they could, as usual, oy II s,oppage t
work not only save wages, but be enable
to work off their surplus stock aud
finally force the workmen into submis
sion.
In this the iron barons have been sad Z
disappointed so far from business being
psralyzed by the prospective passage OF
the Mills bill, it improved so rapidly that
1t became absolutely imperative for work
TO 20 on. Orders came in so rapidly that
the difficulty had to be settled on the
terms proposed BY the men, and in con
sequence the scale of wages determine
on by the Amalgamated Association was
signed, and the mills have resumed
work.
In forcing this strike at this time he
bsrons have not displayed their usual
sagacity. Ordinarily they take sdvan-
tage of dull season to drive their en-
ployes out, but now 1t seems that they
slipped up completely, and not only have
been unable to improve their own
financial condition, but have been COM
PEELED to stultify themselves by acknowl-
edging business to be unusually active
and THE, too, right In the face Of the
tariff reform action of the House of Rep
resentatives.
This Is another point in favor of the
Democracy and the Mills bill. Perhaps
It 10 also another illustration of Cleve-
lands luck.
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rla,ins a DIPLOMATIC Game.

Prince Won Bismarck likes cards, and has
l..t lt ON record that he once played with q
political purpose in his mind. He sat down
az ecarte with the Austrian plenipotentlary,
who ia % few days would have to discuss
with him the Schle,vig- lIolstcin question. II
was his cue 20 make his opponent believe
that be was q rash man, and 50 he played
wildly and stakcd nigh. Tho effect was that
when they cam. ID talk politics he found his
opponent deeply impressed with the belief
that Austria must not provoke state having
in its councils 80 reckless minister. Lon
don Telegraph.
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Tho profession of veterinary surgeon l. an
excellent one for young men. II Is proies-
sion that is not overcrowded and the young
man VINO has the necessary capabilities and
the requisite amount OF push needed IN any
vocation will almost always md plenty 10
do Our government Is. however, slower
than il should be in recognizing the value OF
this class OF professional men In the resu-
lar army veterinary surgeons are ciaSsed as
fal.riers and taken IN tue ranks Us enlisted
men. Their pay is from SO TO 500 month
In private practice the rates OF the veterl-
nary surgeon are the same rs those OF the
medical practitioner The need OF skll.fui
men who know how 10 treat lnteligently the
disease of animals Is shown by Few stalls
ties giving the number and value OF some Of
the domestic animals in the United States.
These statistics were taken four years ago.
There were then in the United States lO,sis,-
IN horses. valued at 6,Oil ,3Uo, l,s7l,OD
mules. valued at $lIs,132,;iy0. l3,l25,G>j
mich COWS valued at s3.D5l5, 4U5, and
-. Ol6 ga oxen and other cattle, valued az
sell .5Iy. lG9 From 1878 To ISL the es,i
mated loss from pleuro-pneumonla alone was
slO,UO0, OO0.-Nsw York Mail aud Express
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AN INDIAN AT SEA
Red shirts Views on the sunny and shady
Side. of a NcNn.a.

One OF the bairl of Indians with Buffalo
Bills show has for a chief brainy old Gel
low known as Red Shirt lie has am original
manner Of thought and eSpn sion. which
maEes hliu - constant source of amusement
10 those with whom he comes In contact.
For two days after the great show sailed
away from Vow Yorl, for England last year
they mad a S-l as smooth a., glass. On the
evening Of the second day old Red Shiro
called pow WOW IN one OF the cabins, where
he proceeded 10 chin chin about the crest
voyage. Among other things he sad that
the mighty works OF the white man continued
to TX wonder IN his brain aud still the VIC
lent beatmgs Of his heart
They are a great people" said he, 'and
this last evidence that We have Of IL here on
this mighty epee boat is greater than all
ali other. The giant river ocean which wc
have known about a. "A tradition of Tho OLD
men has become ID US now q known aui &C
tual thing Down n the bowls Of this Giant
tauee the white man has placed b., mircu-
lous engine that eats Wood and drinks water
and spits tire and smoke and fog, but soef
Uhirling round and round ITS paddle, %
move this great mass OF wolt ANA iron. We
know that vc are safe In tde white mans
company, because he goes with us, aal be
has beon over the mighty river many time,
before But it is all SO wonderful that it
seems like a beautiful dream
The next day was darS, cloudy aai linailr
stormy Il vas three days before Oh Red
.5nlrr crawled out OF his bunk and summoned
his warriors 10 another council THIS time
they were a sicl, looking lot not one Of
them had escaped the horrors Of seasiclmess.
and, although they endeavorcd with stoical
Indian iorttude 10 brace mp, The evidences
of their uuhaPplnes5 were as plain as the
s..ns OF dcbaucn on man ~ho Ina, been ON
long spree Old Red Shirt shook his head
sadly as he began to tall, to the braves. lis
first sentence might have been almost liter
ally translated. These be pcrIlJus time,
lie continued IA something of this strain in
llrubriJus and melancholy tones. This has
been trouble to Try our manhood and our
nerves The SKY was black, and the waters
were dark, and the great waves rolled, ami
wc were SICK like women Ugh. The biz
tepec must have taken fire water IN It's bow
els and become like a drunken man Ughl
It pitched up and down like ahucJng horse
9Th! Il was no longera beautiful dream, but
what the white man calls a night horse. IL
vas foul. bad dream New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-23

A National Tobacco Exposition is bein .
now projected by number of cigar
manufactures from all over the Union,
who have been arranging details in New
York during the last few days. 1t is the
intention TO secure large hall or build.
ing and exhibit the tobacco raised in the
various States of the Union. Ii is not so
long since that the French Government
decided in favor of Maryland tobacco
for use in the French army aud navy.
Our product ought to make good show
ing at tobacco exposition.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-23

\ volume Of annals oi Oh fmla-e.ia.a
contains an auec,lo.c OF FiaLsAu which Sab
$50 think. be lew 10 our readers Il &C." Hl''
after be- bean TO publish a reH-lah't b,
commented sharply on the dal4e-, con-l.'
Of certain influential ami wealthy town Old
cials Three or four Of his friends, ta.As
mechanics like himself, anxious O. r.so iH ID.
world. sharply reproycd him for h.s iulf'
dcnce. and told him that poor man c1-.-
not afford thus 10 make enemies
Franklin listened IN silence and patience
and when the lecture was over asked Ah
critics to sup with him. They came ana SCI
down, expecting luxurious meal, 'uch az
was common III those days anon, the Sc. q.
do Before each guest, however was a Dow.
OF mush and milk and a pitcher u water
They tried in vain 10 swallow the coarse iaIe
watching Franklin as he emptied his bo"
with evident relish When he had ended De
said.
That Is my usual supper. | have az al
vantage over you, as you SEE, for when {
man can hive on sawdust plsiiins and watei
he needs no patronage. e. Youths CON
panion- ...
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PRESIDENTIAL fIICTOR>

At Large,
RICHARD T. BEIBNT Of Hanover
JONI T HARRIS Of Rockingham
First District.
T. x. B. WRIGHr of Essex
Second District,
ID. GARDNER TYLER of Charlie CIV.
Third District,
TAzEwELL Elicit Of Richmond Cit
Fourth District,
WILLIAM II MCKENNEY Of Pciershur
Fifth District,
Ii G.. PETERS Of Henry.
Sixth District,
W W BERRY of Bedford
Seventh District,
MIcAJAH WOODS OF Albtrmsrle
Eighth District,
E.E. MEREDITH of Prince William
Ninth District,
john A BUcHAEAN of Washington:
Tenth District,
X. b. PooRE OF AppomattoN
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MAY DAY supeRSTITlONS.
Strange Beliefs Of Georgia Colorod Pco-
ple--Atlanta Street Scene.

"May day seems 10 b. day for peculiar
suuerstitions.r said one of Atlanta's charm
ing yonng ladies to reporter Last Nay
day was passing along Spring street when
noticed a crowd Of negroes standing around
an old we'll ~ eNIe Of them were rushing
around the yard in an excited manner. ans
one woman had her apron UP - her face.
CRYING, and a man was holding l)o..ns
glass SO as 10 throw the light INTO the well.
naturally supposed that some OF the nuner
Gus pickaninnies had fallen III. Upon invest
cation found that they were only having
little innocent fun, though they seemed 10 b.
enjoying it in very grim sort Of way
They we're using the glass with the firm bo-
lief that tine image they saw reflected would
hc d ikenes, OF their future wife or husband
a the case mi ght he.
"Al seemed % believe implicitly tia,
something strange and supernatural was 60
ing To take place, and they worked them
selves up to a very high state OF excitement
Presently an old woman. 4 regular old crouc
exclaimed: Look, look | 'ciar 70 dc lOri
| see a oman laid ont and two men kneeln.
on each side of de colin. aud hit looks iii.
nv Mandy what died iscf spring. fh-
negroes all seemed awestruck and proceeded
to 20 into hysterics. 4 mulatto girl uc1t
took the glass ard after patient waiting "a
her part and anxious silence from the other
she declared she saw the best looking OH
eemin she ever sot her eyes OIL an to- had on
a white vest and blue necstie Sine was $50
entranced that she did not want t. give zap
the glass to the many who now sraOb-u
for n.
'Wcl, a big, burly man got it, Presently
= broad grin Illuminated the surroandu
darkness Of his swaTthy c)uutcuaHce, aua
with a loud gulIaw be- declared THAT Dee saF
'-,ripos-broad, black and white strip and
ibems for that niger Tom, there, what
stole dem chickens last night But vha'
they adj exclaimed with one voice that What
ever was seen that it was meant for the oHr
holding the glass, he turned a. pale as Dr..
knew now dropped the glass ami hurried
lett the throng who had so adroltIY turned
che joke on him. Atlanta Constitution
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The excitement IN Washington Sstur
dav, when the vote on the Mills bill was
taken, is described as being more intense
than has been experienced in that city
for years over a congressional measure.
This was natural, for that vote meant a
crisis in the history of etwo great parties
Of the country. If the action of the House
is sustained by the people, the Republic
can party must disintegrate If it is not
sustained, then the Democratic party, as
at present organized, must 90 by the
board In other words, the passage of
the Mills bill defined an issue which
promises TO inauguratc a new ca in the
political history of this country.
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Theoly and Practice.

Mrs A-I'ou loui join our Hereditary
r.e-r Weo-e ani aFor.rE 10 ar0u,a pub.
ID. sentiment % the necessity Of scientific
marriages 1t is our cardinal principle that
nobody should enter wcilOcI; unless be or she
i-abs0lutely sound in body and mind
tirs B-Aud a very proper principle it IS.
81. Speaking Of malrimouy, hear that your
daughter is to marry old Mr. Toodle, who,
beside, being little oil ia his mind, has been
an invalid from birth
~ les. AMI a very good matchlwe call 1t.
Mr. Toodc you know, has lots Of money. -
Boston Transcript.
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1t Is said that Calvin 5 Brice, tn
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee, has made it.one OF the first
rules of his action since his election that
the committee shall not encourage any
attacks on General Harrison's personal
character This news, if true, marks a
big advance in American politics 1t will
make the campaign the cleanest on record
and in marked contrast to that OF 1881
Having made the rule, he could have but
one possible excuse in breaking IT, name
", wanton attack by the Republicans
on President Cleveland's personal char
acter.
Mr. Brice is represented to be a firm
believer in the policy of deluging the
country with the best literature pertain.
ing 10 the issues Of The campaign. He
would distribute The Presidents tariff
message and the speeches of Carlisle
Mills, and other leaders by the hundreds
of thousands, until the voters are brought
to be educated up to the Democratic poll
cies He has a great respect for the
power of the printing press This
means campaign of principles, not Of
personalities
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The female employees Of the goycrnment
printing Office and the bureau OF engraving
at Washington 90 ali KINDS Of wora, dizzy Is
well rs clean. They help manage the presses,
their sleeves are rolled up high above their
elbows, and their plump, round arms receive
many an ink spot during the day About
1880 women are employed in the two Offices
aud coiored women work side by sid5 with
white women without clashing. Chicago
Herald