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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-03

-, 49, = ~uC,e sam tvv,pD
employees. | am only SO years old. and
L understand there are older men than |
IN the government service. but none who
nave served so long. After working az.
teen years in the Baltimore Office VIVA
transferred here, and here | have been
LOT iiY'iiye years, nearly There had
oeeh out Tour postmastors general before
! came, and OF the remaining TWENTY-FIVE
! have sworn into office all hut one, Mr.
was Here l. expect 10 stay till die.
lhey offered me a pension some years
ago, but SAID no, as long as ! had
hand TO work with Iii work Cor nv
living"
Mr. lawrenson is becoming quite fee.
bic, but he still writes a good hand and
docs fair days work lie il full of
"reminiscences and delights TO tell Of the
times IN which he was private secretary
10 Gen. Heath Ia the var Of 1912. and
how he carried official tolecrams 10
President Polk every uight during the
Mexican war and remained at the White
lio.sse tiil midnight. lie keeps on the
desk before him thc little OLD Bible which
he has used In swearing in the twenty.
toIr beads OF the pOstOlice department.
'.''N N'' - "'Nif 10 ttli obout C.1CI one OF
them. Postmaster General Cave john
son had two young sons named Martin
Van Buren, and Andrew Jackson. One
day there was a hubbub in the corridor
near Johnsons Office. and Lawrenson
was sent out TO see what the trouble was.
In few minutes says the veteran,
Il came back ana astonished the post
master general by telling him Andrew
jackson had hit Martin Van Buren, in
the eye, while Martin Van Buren, had
pulled out q TUT OF Andrew Jackson's
hair
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Glass.
cnnce-nInr the Eye

Tho ruouoclc is a circular DISK
class which was invented by 1901 n !,
ish the visual capacity Of an IDIOT II snoi,.
feasible on no grounds wo so t,yo Lenses out
tGI ' common o focus It ;deba'bly Of efnsls
,Tbero there I, one weak eye ou' y ,,,,ar.
Good for weak head as IS genora aiy , ,1
med It Is one OF the fOw directions domain n, in
the male human animal enters a. a ao snnrsma,
which the female usually ie a', On nonsense
taat Of pursuing custom ooseu ' o., ne If an
s oea ssm po 5S e of imitation / !, sssa sg
of value as illustrating the trulsn sN .,or ,
have no moro digested wisdom than pa , SD pur
generally speaking, but outside - :, ,o 'e General
nose the monocle falls into the same ge S",
class as the mu quito, the klp SS,ants all
Articles articles D which humanity could get a Ssg
mich ulI, better without. -Lonion Cor NS"
York Times.
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the same way. The %Sg~'
effect was very beautiful, but | think
it would have been moro artistic had
the whole been in browns.
must here mention that the street
dresses for the winter are 10 be very short,
reaching scarcely to the instep, and m
many cases hardly to the tops Of the
boots. and they arc full three inches
higher than the boots have been. The
effect IS certainly neither graceful noI
modest, especially on a windy day. But
the more one breaches against sly le
the more the women will wear II. AS II
is now the young ladies look like over
grown school girls, and the demand iof
the new stockings will be great. These
stockings. by some popularity IN the
knitting. are, in some portions, over han
an inch thick. They arc warm though
The tea gowns are gaining, one might
say, hourly, and nobody now can AFFORD
10 be out Of the fashion. The leading
beauties of this gown are the loose com
fort and the flowing grace. There are
so many possibilities for delicate anu
dainty effects, which can be turned INTO
distinct. individual styles, that they ara
such favOrites.
Nearly all Of them have loose crepe
lace or soft surah fronts, and an endless
amount Of lace in cascades, jabois, ruf
Aes or fiounces, and it takes from ten tC
twelve yards Of ribbon 10 properly dec
orate one, and ribbon and laceare alwdy'
pretty and effective in combination
Some ladies do not like the wrappel
like look Of the long ones, so they lhyI
theirs made in redingotc shape, the IRON
having the required softness and grace
There are several new features IN tn
heaviest cold weather wraps and IN
garments, which 1 will present mex
week. One OF them is to have walking
Jackets faced or quite lined with III
which shows when the Jacket IS left open
OLIVE HARPER.
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..-. ..v. l.s bead being too big and his
o.. .rl legs too short lut he was
,..n .m. aai s,uIi0Us. and was rather
rr.r.t. Wilh the professors and
.... lie was not fond Of play
,n.rtS. and rarely Joined the
..r rmr- men ira their games or
Banks Ar attention was first called 10
II. lslC case of hazing ot which he was
b. N..im. s. number Of the Young
d.. .rrruol him one night and took
- t1tne barn and triei 20 folco linn
- f.rru1a lot az mummery for
-uu-emouL Though Ouinumbercd
-. q. one De fought them Ike O. little
t.- ..l they were soon Cia1 60 lct him
I.e affair reached The cars Of the
and there was en- Investigation,
La nothing cecr came of o.. Little
P.-ilet is what Doe was called on ac-
r- Ot his diuiuuuvo size. though i
E..-r. tls students called him shorty
....r-e Of DIS very short legs-himseli
.. lr Anderson 90 drop The matter
jill boarded with President Anderson,
f-t..rr took liking % my daughter
l.r... ul1 wls no bigger than MmsSt.
remember lllt during lis counting
....fu v house Ben and Carrie talked
rr. .l the.r studies thln ~ anything
ell. -rI n.l. who had quick mastery
t everything. doll-l-eI Do helping
.. ...r dlgl-uit spots. They studied
rr rnIullci tu tha same day,
.... r.rr soon altcrwari and made
grandfather before either OF them
r.s-L
.... case r.--r l.-. and SO Youthful
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D. of Ne,ssnaner Mon.

The nav Of men in position Of any conse-
ouance in all our dailies is good. The pay OF
men who are subordinate is bad. Why, the
writer on one Of the great dailies Of New
York CITY who has made the deepest, the
widest. the most creditable mark during the
last two wears receives the extraordinary
sum of $50 week. is not permitted 10 90
any outside work, and finds appearing IN
syndicate of papers, the profit OF which goc,
to The employer, the very matter prepared
with care and skill aud loyal industry
Thirty dollars is a large weekly income u
the ordinary reporter. You will DO sur
prised to know that there are men on tines
great dailies to whom weekly bill OF $40
an Armament. Howard in Chicago News
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I'D to the times in the ~
STYLES which make them prettier IMAM
their neighbors who don't read these
letters The winter mode OF dressing
tLe hair has changed greatly from that
for the summer and is fast approaching
the old. old fashion Of knots ana TWISTS
Toachieve the results in the upper TWO
heads of the illustration Of hair dressing
fine lady must either have very tnlck
head of hair herself or wear swltch az
leost twenty inches long. In the BACK II
ia twisted over and brought up to the TOP
of the head and then turned over anu
under the hand and fastened ughtly anu
finally held upright by comb WIN very
For the other two styles the Nair Is d.
vided and rolled into two very loose
twists. and these are tied at short as
tanees until the end of the hair Is reachea'
when it is all gathered in close bl'ncn'
standing high on top OF the mead
Switches often come into play with thu
style also There is also what Is called
the London basket braid, which mas
many strands and is closely woven ana
then set up high on the top OF the head
With this style are worn little, old-fash-
toned side combs. Indeed, there Is a
great variety of combs worn now and an,
he older in appearance the better. Inc
STYLES are those of old days revived, with
the one difference that they have long
prongs Some are jeweled, some OF sll'
YER but more are of real or imitation
tortoise shell. Some arc set with kiiine
stones. some with real jewels, and there
are many Italian flagiee combs:
There arc somo ladies WITH classic
shaped heads, and they defy styles and
wear their hair bound with filleis OF
white or other colored ribbon, as does
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DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
III AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.-schedule
commencing MAY 9Th. lsao-eastern standard
time:
7:SS am. leaves Byrd-street station daily; etope
only at Ashland Junction, MIifords
and Fredericksburg. sleeper n
Washington. Leaves Washington TO-
New York at ll;40 am.
ll:QT am. leaves Dyrd-srret alton daily, ex-
cspt Sunday. Leaves Washington for
New York at f:l0 pm. PaIlcr car TO
WASHINGTON.
$50 p N. leaves Byrd-street station daily.
sleeper TO New YORK.
1898 am. arrives at Byri-stIeet station daily.
Sleeper from New York.
2.4a pun. arrives at NyTt-etfeet station daily,
stops at Fredericksburg, Milford. and
Junction. Sleeper from Washington.
lO:i5 pm. arrives Mt Byrd-strect station daily.
except Sunday. Pailor car from
washington.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
400 prn. accommodation, les-ges Dyrd-etreet
station arrives at Ashland 1T pm
eN PM. leaves Elba arrives at Ashland u
6:42 Pun.
s:l7 am. accommodation, arrives at Byrd-
street staiion; Leaves Aehiand at 10
am.
$50 pm. arrives OF Eliza leaves Ashland q
5:l2 pm
3. T. ID. MYERe. Goneral Suoerintenoens.
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Needed Improvements in RAILWAY ..n,es

Needed improvements in hs''"" ..ores
The compalsion used to dispose Of t, s1oS to
in railroad coaches has led fromons o NEST,
another. until now it is no longer =
Of safety, but Of sanitation ~ - Passenger
.ba I nos be be at the mercy of another VINO
S ~lRo. "ps w window open that shall . lSt
draueht on his neighbcr. Inc onis -. tbs
from this, and the fatal colds caught by n rDo
weaker and sensitive passengers wiz " -
partial adoption Of the apartmeh, s sy1', On.
This sanitary demand is associated VIZ, o,.a q,
other, no less important that y .uJ in
supervision Of the supply OF "asyi p'rtN onlv
r usabe owing to the ice placed in it but for
ali that source Of poison to all who 90 S use
it, it, Nor are tho closets on many lines t. De,
Gently cared for so that, from sanl ,'o,,
nojnt Of view. they are unsafe for the occu'
paut, of the ars.-Globe- Democrat
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A Nsn Aluminium Process.

Anew process for producing aluminium
slloys has been invented in London Vt
dinary rich clay is mixed with reducing
agent or "Aux" into a paste with water
J'his paste IS put into a small cupola IN
lavers with broken pig iron and COKE
Ia about twenty-five minutes the pig IRON
i melted and the product IS aluminium
steel. 4" containing about 1.75 per cent: Of
aluminium, very sonorous, free from I'M
nlrities and blow holes. -- New YORK
IslofrFafn
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SOME CHEAP PRESENTS.
OLIVE HARPER TELLS OF DAINTY
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Very Pretty Arrangement Can 30 Made
with an Ola wornout Hat and Tomato
Can decoration for the Back OF Pianos.
Fashion Notes.
IsnccIal Clrrespondeuce.l


NEW IORK, Nov. % i have Just made
n discovery, and one which ] am sure
will please my sister women. az it ia one
which will show them how to make
some lovely Christmas presents out Of
their oil discarded straw hats. and which
are certainly very lovely. The coarser
and coinmOner and older tie hats the
prettior is the final result. One of these
when finished would be suitable pres
ont for any friend from whom You might
expect a diamond bracelet in return.
The way to make them is, first take the
old hat and rip of all the old trimming
and then buy four dollars worth Of
worstels and colored silks, which you
sew all over the hat until it is one mass Of
composite coloring many pattern that best
pleascs YOU. The crown and outside of
the brim is decorated as well as the in
side a handsome cord is then fastened
50 IS 10 balance the hat when it is hung
up. Another economy Is also TO be
made by the use OF an empty tomato
can, which is set inside the crown. The
cans can be found in any ash barrel,
willie a dish large enough for the pur-
pose could not hc bought for less than II
or 10 cents This can IS then 10 be filled
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A, Ar,s.ocrat Among vultures.

A vanity is shown by the Pondicherry
x71lturo in its intercourse with the Ben
cal y1llture. The two birds resemble
each other in their habits and In SIZE
But Whenever the Pondicherry scaven
Ger descends upon a carcass on whici
a crowd Of Bengal vultures are feeding
tbey retire until he is satisfied. He, fol-
some reason, has tho precedence
Youths COMPANION.
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,nven,ed INV a Banlter's VIE

The wife Of New York banker has IN
vented machine for making wire rope, the
uatent Of which she has sold to San ffhn-
cisco firm FOR 5000 cash and roJ ATTY
The way she came to hit upon this was nom
a device she used to twist her wogsted.--ChI-
cago Herald.
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On nnsinnss Cares Intent.

THAT gentleman who just passed US" re-
marked Brown 10 Robinson, Il have met
several times, and II BIO notices you at all no
looks you square in the face. | like that style
OF man"
-ssYes,n replied Robinson, he Is boss oar.
bar and probably wants to see II you DON'T
need a shave. Tho Epoch
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,,.,,,o A,,Inst RLeumatIsm.

Ever since tho year people have car
r,ad bueIeyes IN their pockets as charm
i,rI rheumatism, and now comes o
Georgia man to swear that the acorn,
Ijkewise carried, is even sovereign
balu and cordial to all the Ills, aches
pains and swelIings Of a lmping world
Chicago Herald.
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CONNECTIONS.
Train No. 90 connects daily at KeysvilIe
for Chase City. ClaTksviiie, and Oxford;
Durham, Hende. SOD and Raleigh con-
meets ~ Greensboro for I1rhnm>
Raleigh. Salem, and Winston. and ali points on
North Carolina Division; at Salisbury for Ash
yille, Hot Springs ana AL points in Western
North Carolina, aud ut Charlotte for g.. Y 3
A. X. II.
Train No. SO connects daily AZ 0recns-
boro' for Salem, Winston. Raleigh. aolda-
boro', and Morehead City; at Salisbury Ton
Asheville. Hot Springs, AID all points, -
Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta railroad Tor
Columbia, Augusta, Aikon, Charleston, swan
nah, Thomasville, Ca, Jacksonville aud othox
Florida points; also with Carolina Central
railroad for Wilmington. ~
Trains from the South arrive ct kfcAuaou1
Sl6a.m. and 8:3o pm. : =
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She Coz a Sent.

She was a little cross eyed woman, and
she had stood up in a street car and
chung to a strap TIL she was tired. Sud
denly she spoke; Ill
"Thank you, sir. Since you kindly
offer me seat ! will take it.
Six men looked up. Each one OF the SIX
thought she was staring at himself ana
she took her choice Of the six seats In
stantly placed at her disposal. Wonder
full is the power of the human eye when
it happens to be little askew' Chicago
1rihlnc.
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r,,a tonoest Word In English

Which is the longest word in the English
languagei "Smiles," because there's nile
between the first and last letters. Christian
Register. The Register has probably forgot
ten the word beleaguered. There are three
miles in q league.-New York Observer.
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Governor Hubbard, Of Connecticut,
was postmaster general during the chol-
era epidemic. One day Mrs Hubbard
called at her husbands Office, apparently
in a state Of nervous excitement. She
could not sit still, and her right foot was
particularly restless
Mr.. Hubbard" she said, tossing her
foot about uneasily, Il have Just met
with an accident. While in q grocery
store buying some supplies an awkward
clerk spilled some Jamaica ginger down
my shoe"
You'd better let it stay there" re-
piled the gruff old governor, "for before
night y0u may want it down your
throat -.
The veteran Of the navy department is
". u. Moran. who is rs years old and
has been in the government employ for
ffty-four years, eight years in the navy
and forty-siX years in the department,
lie makes out all the commissions in the
navy and writes a beautiful copper plate
hand. 4 large number of employees in
the navy, where political changes have
little or no effect, have been IN their
present positions thirty-hye or forty
years.
once in a great while a clerk, by care
ful attention to his duties and long SER
vice. is able to rise to position OF honor
and fairly good pay. Such was the ex-
paricnce Of William Hunter, who en-
tered the state department as clerk in
1920. When he died, two years ago, he
was assistant secretary Of state The
chances against such promotion arc ten
Zines greater in government service than
il commercial employment.
The career Of a government clerk Is
fairly typifed In the case Of James Eve
leth, the veteran of the war department..
lie began working for the United States
In 1929 at $500 year. In 1886 he was
given 81 600 q year; in 1880, q ,21O O
year: from 1851 to 1853 he was paid
e1 zoo. and the next year was promoted
TO 81 600 III 1864 he was given $l,eOO,
and in 1885, on account OF advancing
I ace. was reduced to 81 800 There he l.
now at about 80 years of age, and there
. he will die. unless. perhaps, he lives long
I enough TO suffer further reductions.
Amendment Clerk Smith, OF the treas
MY. tells me he has on his rolls nine
men over 40, the Quest OVAI7 -, '.si-'
Pitts, born in 1902. Richard Nhl1e'
F ercd 70, has spent fifty-two years OF hif
life in the department. John LoveJooy
worked forty years in the treasury, wi'I
lolt f5rtv-one days lost time. A few OF
the old employees in the various depart
monts are virtually on the retired list
nv consent drawing full pay. Two Of
/ fl5rce of them have their salaries sem
fben. and do not visit their desks once
vear There is no warrant IN law tol
this, Tut who carest --
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81 saw lovely bonnet 10 a windo" 20
day" said MIRA Spite. III just became me
and was real bargain"
did you buy itf'
"No I let that Hiss vandowater take 10,
heoau1e kneW 4 would make bsr lock 3 pr
~ Tight H-Nsw York Sun
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Not since 1910 has Philadelphia had
isrrer reputation than New York city.
In $50 Philadelphia had SO, GOA inha6l,
tants' and New York had 96,313; IN 1872
New York had 1913, 1Q5, and Philadelphia
1n41l9.
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ominous for the Bettors.

Had you much money up on the electionF
asked the judge.
mot cent, :" replied the mayor. Il worked
q better scheme than that this time"
What was itp
81 was in the stake holding industry p
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
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About as useless a thing as there Is in this
world 10 the word ''obey" in tho marriage
service. The bad wives won't obey, anu the
good ones never give their husbands occasion
to command them - Martha's Vineyard
Herald.
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Satisfactory

He with evident asitation)-M-Aisa
Grin1s, ID you sinsi
She-A little.
Io--Andplayl
She-Yes.
He tsishingl-Paint, too, I supposed
SLe-Sonc.
He-Recite anyl
She-Onco in a grea. while.
He-Do you cooEl
She-No!
He-Thank haavenl Miss Grimes, viii you
he M Burlington Free Press.
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"tirst Dsy - hats.r she sald. k.er
., ths smaller boys turned s s.nso s.sios
,a ~, and drst corner, and. uo rv CROP
,args ,aa o of hi, saop' bat, shoy ys,y SIX
MN , rano,ei their own he'd cove snd the
ra aDi rs Of light hair weo rsvsalsa sa r." Srsdiy
Of white a. ssaS s teacher s The Gss SSy
an ps.s0tIv shifted his position ana ,ss smaller
ga sao heads also shifted their ,b p0 room With
c cSsa ,as Ganss with s.sor s1ss up
called called ia me ad the rest Of tho Whit beside beside
9 S.r r1 lie turned STERN ,.r race he com
~. Set dowu and stay , rna,r they re
theL. behsn, 49,, S,nc manner as II
mauded nun ~. tha litter instantly
turned tot. % ~
and the boy in.
they bad expected c,a..
torn to pieces by inc :, ,o.ishet
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A good substitute for paper knife Is
postal card, or any card OF similar thickness.
or even lesA For cutting magazine leaves u
answers all the purposes OF . knife ia
effectiveness u surprising. Tho Writer.
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of paper, and they do not ! '
cost so much money and last longer.
Dried grasses are very pretty to use
among the flowers.
The other old hat Is set upon little
tripod Of bamboo filed with flowers and
has the addition of two bows of rich rib
bon. The bamboo legs can be painted
with liquid gold FAINT and the ribbon
should be pale blue or pink or scarlet.
1t il true that the mounting of the old
hat for a flower stand is rather q costly
matter, but the fact stands that the hat
never cost more than six bits when new
and isn't worth anything now, and that
without that it would not be possible to
make the iardiniCre; SO, OF course, 1t Is
cheap if n0t altogether necessary.
But there is a thing which ought to be
found in every well regulated family,
and no family making claim to respecta-
bility can afford TO exist without 1t. II
+ fills a "long felt want and Is crying
need. and so, Of course, | present 1t, say
inc that it is for drapery TO hang On the
back of the piano. The front already be-
4 inc provided for by the manufacturers
and the top with a plush covering to
deaden the sound, the back las hereto
/ fore been left TO bare end naked neg
lect by the decorator, who has painted,
bedecked bespangled and cross stitched
and KensiEgtOned everything else IN the
+ house from the attic to the ash barrel
But now, there being no ether places 10
decorate with buzzard5 or sand hi
f cranes. the back of the piano must be
dressed up, and for those WHO wish to
direct their missionary efforts in that line
present the piano back drapery..
/ doesn't matter that no one Will see 1t.
There can be an indefinite amount OF
labor and stitches lavished upon this, or
II can be made quite simply. The pic
tnro of the pilgrim father standing on O
cbunl, of mud and watching out for
blllfrog can be painted, embroidered, o.
can. if desired, be bought ready done.
The drapcry il TO he Of plush, the right
half being sewn with spangles and the
other having a band Of Persian emDroid.
orv. and all finished with worsted bail
FRINGE and a heavy cord. This idea could
also be utilized TO cover the front or a
fireplace, and to the impartial observer
woiild seem TO have more reason ior
being" than it has now. Still there are
women who must decorate or die.
knew one who gildcd the wires ana
sewed velvet on tho family mouse trap.
She afterward put plush around the roll,
Ing pin and painted a beautiful sheaf OF
wheat on it and tied it with q gorgeous
yellow bow, and then was astonished tG
find that the cook wouldn't use 1t 10 ron
out pie crust with, and thought II showed
a reprehensble lack Of artistic taste.
saw q very pretty stand for plant
made ont of four willow furniture beat
ers tied together with cords finished VIII
worsted balls. Tho handles were tled
together in such way as made four feet
Inside the top large pot was set, ana II
this a plant The whole cost about 81
but was extremely handsome and would
have cost $40 at a store.
l have given these hints above to assis
ladies' to get up some handsome ana mos
IN 80 ,.coAarl frQcppfe. aut