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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24
THE TWO CONTINENTS.

Il seems TO be generally accepted that
the Panama canal scheme is broken 10
pieces by the fact that it was built on a
foundation of Misrepresentation and
fraud with only preliminary ooserva'
ton Of the route printed as a pretended
survey. Though numbers OF men at the
time referred to the insurmountable dill
culties Of making an inter-oceanic water
way through the backbone OF rock that
connects the two Continents at the mar
rowest part Of the neck, still Mr.. De Les
seps had the prestige of the Suez canal to
back him, and be proceeded to "bill' every
country town In France with circus pos
ters.
Though he could not make turn on
the Paris boarse the advertisement was
successful in the provinces, and II is said
that the capitalization Of the stock was
simply sharp trick on the unsuspect-
Ing. -.
MDe besseps said himselfthat among
our shareholders are 10000 women hold
Ing shares In their own names, outside
OF family subscriptions
The final disclosures come at the
moment when the Nicaraguan canal route
10 being surveyed with every prospect
that the result will be report that will
convince the world of the practicability
Of the route. We explained at length the
characteristics OF this route, which pro-
noses to use the San Juan river and the
Lake Nicaragua, through the valley OF
the San Juan that is healthy in climate
and Is so located that 1t draws the trade
winds through Its funnel entirely across
the isthmus.
OF the great outlook for such an enter.
prise, perhaps the most impressive feature
10 the American mind is the political effect
on the advancing power of the United
States. The Nicaraguan politicians see
already that 1t is somewhat greater
thing to be Congressman Of the United
States than local one, and the conces.
sions granted to the American company
were owing principally TO the prevalence
Of an American idea.
Nor do the probable results rest there.
There is no war feeling between Mexico
and this country, but the superior char
scter and mercantile enterprise Of our
people must inevitably subordinate the
races south Of us in the natural course of
development and settlement, and the
constant infusion Of the pure and strong
American blood will make Mexico Amer.
lean by the simple process that operated
In California.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

The poet Byron's hundredth birthday
was celebrated on the 22d inst. in Lon
don at Baysworth church.
A telegram from Athens showed what
the Greeks thought of the bard who died
In the attempt to be soldier in the
cause Of liberty: THE hundredth an.
niversary of the birth of Byron to-day is
the theme of enthusiastic articles in all
the Greek papers, which express in
the warmest terms the gratitude OF the
Hellenic nation for the inestimable SER
vice Of the English poet to the cause of
national regeneration and independence.
At Missolonghi, where Byron met his
death, the statue erected to him in the
centre of the town was to-day covered
with wreaths Of spring flowers and ever.
green's"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

The following, from contemporary OF
the most practical wisdom, is the best
paragraph of the day, for it punctures
the fallacy Of protective tariff right a,
the point where the President pointed
out the target for reform to make the
first bulls eye: "The woollen manu-
facturers tell US that If raw wool is put on
the free list they can start the mills
that are now idle and for sale at from a
quarter to a tenth of their original cost.
Starting these mills means the employ
ment OF thousands of men and women.
SO, then, the only way in which wage
earners can be affected will be by steady
work."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

The Heralds European edition publishes
the following;
1.-THE Pope received Prince Lowenstein,
who presented deputation Of German
nuns, and later on an Austrian dcputa.
ton, which included, among others,
Countess Bergen. Countess Itchy and
Countess Apponyi
"The Pope exhorted the Austrian Cath.
elics TO be In readiness to act In favor OF
the Holy See.
al reply said he, ON the influence OF
all Catholic people to solve the present
unsupportable position and enable me to
regain the temporal power which 10
essential to the prosperity OF the
church,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24
We have advised our friends in the

We have advised our friends in the
Legislature to adjourn because any bust
ness before them could be transacted very
quickly, and we do not see why the mem
bers should suppose that they are obi
gated TO sit ninety days.
The pittance Of salary is not for
ninety days work, but is mere recogni-
ton of the services of legislator TO
which he is entitled il he served but a
week. The position involves certain
sacrifices of private business and certain
responsibilities. The member is subject
to the call in his representative capacity
at any time, and there is no relation what
ever between the time and the pay.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

Here's another one. The Tribune says
that "great abundance of money, more
hopeful reports regarding labor Difficult.
ties, and q growing confidence that a
Do-Nothins Congress will do no mis-
chief, all have helped to make markets
stronger toward the end Of the past
week."
What Republican cheek to credit the
Democrats with weakness after they had
the strength 10 beat the Republicans.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

Mrs. Brown Potter 10 entitled to the
recognition Of society, aud, Of course,
che will get II. Mrs. Lsngtry was entitled
20 tho recognition Of society, and she
got II.
But II 10 q hard fact, In the common
sense Of this world, that society cannot
sstablish . standard Of art on mere MILL.
merry. and al the dresses will moi ma ke q
rood play.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

"The edge of the blizzard which has
struck this portion of the country has
caused no little inconvenience and un-
doubleday good deal of suffering; but
1t has had one good effect for which the
prudent housewife will innocently give
thanks."-N. Y. Times.
No thanks to the blizzard for not hit.
ting Richmond. 1t never can. The dif.
ference between here and Washington is
always six degrees.
Think of that, Florida pilgrims.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24
A Long Distance Ride.

The greatest long distance ride on
record is now to the credit Of Col Cat.
acre He went from Simla to Umballah,
80 miles, in 8 IL hours, with three
quarters of an hour allowed for changes,
and returned. making 1872 miles under %
hours. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

The Herald dispatches say that in Ger
man business centres the high-handed
action of the government has raised a
perfect storm of indignation.
The German telegraph officials have
received instructions to receive no cable
messages for America addressed "cia
Commercial Cable"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

Prince Bismarck says that he will turn
his attention to the outgoing tide of emf
grafton. The Empire cannot stand the
drain from her population. That is just
It. Think of the disadvantage OF peo-
PIE that takes all the youth into military
service for three years instead of letting
them learn the mechanic arts.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

We call attention to the culverts on
the southwest quarter of the city where
the estuary of the canal used to come
up just by the Tredegar works. The
drainage of Richmond is peculiar.
The top drainage is good, but the sew
erage in some localities comes down into
the wrong place.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

Paint 1t white and red, for the remark
Of our esteemed contemporary, the Utica
O6s,ruer, excites reflection:
"Thc activity with which the Republi.
cans are manipulating the sheep raisers
indicates that the shirt they will wave
this year will be woolly II not bloody"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

The correspondent of the New York
Times says that Irving's receipts for four
weeks were 100000
Ard yet Mr.. Irving is not good
actor.
Chicago takes on to the sensation.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-24

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country $685., 295 pounds of coarse car
pet wool. The carpetmakers are forced
to buy this wool-their raw material
in foreign countries for the very good
reason that they cannot procure it In the
United States. Still they are required to
pay tariff tax of about % per cent. OF
It's value. This absurd tax raises the cost
of carpets to home buyers, prevents the
sale of our carpets abroad, and thus re.
duces the wages Of the workingmen, (for
over production has reduced the hours of
labor) and protects no one except the
foreign carpetmaker.-Ecchange.
The Massachusetts Republican. have
tardily decided to redeem their pledge 10
the friend. of prohibition who stuck by
the grand and mendacious old party. 4
resolution providing for the submission
to the people OF aprohibtory amendment
has PISSED the State Senate, and has been
accepted by caucus of the Republicans
Of the House.
The question, therefore, OF putting prohi.
billion in the State Constitution will al las,
20 10 the voters of Massachusetts. Then
the temperance people will obtain furth-
er information as to how much the sweet
words and soft promises of the Republi-
can leaders are worthy J. Sun.
Whatever may have been the real
nature of the contest over the the chair.
man of the Democratic State Committee
in Pennsylvania, there is no question
that the free trade journals regard the
result with peculiar satisfaction. Whether
the Administration was on one side OF
not, Sam Randall was, and they rejoice
at the defeat of the great protectionisl
Democrat, whatever it amounted to-
Neso York Sun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
onick Runs by Rail-.

The speed OF passenger trains has
shown steady improvement from year to
year. In the month of June in our Gen.
tennial year, 1876, train ran from New
York to san Francisco, a distance Of
1917 miles, in S3 hshrs and % minutes
actual time, thus averaging about Az
miles an hour, but during the trip 1t
crossed four mountain SUBMITS, one of
them over 5000 feet high. This traiu
ran from Jersey City to Pittsburgh over
the Pennsylvania Railroad, distance Of
All miles, without making a stop. In
1882 locomotives were introduced which
made speed OF 20 miles per hour. In
July, 1885, an engine with q train OF
three cars made a trip over the West
Shore road which is the most extraor-
binary one on record. II started from
East Buffalo, New York, at 1904 a. m,
and reached Weehawken, New Jersey,
at 1927 p. m. Deduciing the time con
sumed in stops. the actual running time
was hours and % minutes, or an aver
age Of So miles per hour. Between
Churchville and Genesee Junction this
train attained the unparalleled speed OF
81 miles per hour, and at several other
parts OF the line a speed oil from 20 TO
80 miles an hour From Railway Pas.
senger Travel, by Gen. Horace Porter,
in 'Scribner's' for September.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

Judge Mcguire rendered a decision re-
garding the liability Of beneficiary socie
tics for sick benefits in San Francisco
that VIII be Of much interest. Emanuel
amucls sued the fcandinavian gociety
Tor so 10 sick benefits samuels Ia.
been q member since January, 1877. I'm
Juno Of that year his eyes became weak
and hc lost his sight to the extent that
was unable longer TO pursue his ordinary
Business. lie received benefits for ono
year. when thc society refused 10 continue
payments, unlcs he was taken TO hos.
pitaI. lie refused 20 consent TO 10. and
thc society refused 10 continue the benc.
Cts The constitution OF the society pro
vidcd that ai. recipients should 20 to a
hospital after a certain period OF sick.
nose Judge Mcguire further said that
bUudDess D. not sickness per Sc. and that
amacis could not claim benefits when
DIS sickness was only blindness. Sac.
teHe4f0 Cukl Bee
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
cue one small. useIess lynnd.

A clean bolc, free from knots and
gnarls, is handsome sight in a tree.
whether fruit or shade tree. Every
large branch removed leaves a scar.
more or less conspicuous. that in most
cases may be obviated by summer prun.
ing. Too heavy summer looping of LARGE
branches has tendency TO check growth.
but the cutting out OF watersheds nm
the stem, and unless young branches.
started from the inside of n tree where
no light can reach them, promotes
growth. If allowed to remain thew will
live but few years, and il not then re.
moved give tree that unsightly appear
ance OF having mass of dead spray in
aud around its body. Cut them out in
the summer, they then leave no wound
The same rule will hold good with cur
rants aud gooseberries. a mass of shoots
IN the center of a bush is worse than use
less. The rcd currant is often badly
infested with the borer In that case
there is often much dead wood from this
source. When this is cut off, the fire is
tho best place for these trimmings. so as
to get rid of the borers in the wood. =
Prairie Farmer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
Tho Carrot as a Fnrm Cron.

The carrot can be grown upon any
good, mellow, loamy soil, but requires
liberal feeding, and its cultivation should
not be attempted in soil thar is cx
cessiyely weedy, or the labor mt first will
be so great as 10 become disconraging.
as they must be kept clean in order 70 IN,
sure even average success. The carrot
rs, however, when fairly rooted, rapid
and vigorous grower, and its spreading
foliage greatly assists keeping down any
growth OF weeds. Several hundred busl-
cts may be grown upon the acre. They
should be harvested tefore they are in
lured by frosts and put in root cellar
that is secure from freezing. With dry
nay ,hey form most valuable supple
mentary food, and are especially liked
by horses, which seem to thrive under
them: Some farmers consider them fully
as valuable as oats for horses, and will
not be without them. They are also ex
cellent for. mich cows, giving rich.
wholesome color to the cream aud but.
ter. 1t is a crop worthy of cultivation.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

While 1T is an undisputcd fact. saws
the F0Httry Guido, that an orchard is one
oil the best places in which TO establish
a poultry yard, we have also found poul.
Try to be excellent for fruit trees. We
have sixteen Shockley apple trees. now
seven years old, standing in and around
our poultry yards. Some Of these stand.
ing directly in the run of the fowls has
as many apples rs any five of the trees
on the outside. This is conclusive evi.
dence that the one is beneficial TO the
other. The chickens destroy all BUGS
and other insects that prey upon tie
trees aud fruit; ut the same time they
keep down all grass and weeds and keen
the surface of the ground scratched mn
ana IN a mellow condition, thus pro-
noting the health and vigor of the trees
causing them to bear larger and better
crops OF fruit Some OF the trees in our
Yards arc literally hanging with nice an
pies and so heavily laden that we are
compelled to keep the limbs well
pFopped to keep them from breaking
down. Shade is one of the indispensa.
blcs about poultry establishment dur
ing the summer months, and il is GER
tainly better and more profitable to have
some good variety OF fruit. We at the
same time get the needed shade while we
get bountilul supply of delicious fruit.
IL OF the right kind. We would certain
~ ADVISE all to have orchards for poultry
and poultry for orchards, for the one
VIII be greatly benefited by the other.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
Remedy for the ucave.

Unless the disease is the result of a
change in the structure of tho air tubes
or the lungs. il can be cured by giving
soft feed aud avoiding clover hay. The
food should be the best grass hay, cut
before it is in blossom, and free from
pollen and mildew. This is cut in short
chat, slightly moistcned. and then mixed
with the ground feed, which should be
oats, corn and bran, in equal parts.
ground together Itwould be advisable
TO give with the feed, three times a week.
tablespoonful Of the following mixture:
One pound OF salt, half pound of car.
Donate of soda, four ounces of ground
ginger, and two ounces each of powdered
celisaya bark and sulphate of iron. ---Nsp
York Tftacs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
spearmint nnd rennermint.

n minnesota correspondent in 1aegi-
can Garden gives the follwiug advice and
information concerning the culture of
spearmlnt and peppermint: Select the
oampest piece OF land you have. thor
oughly cultivate, clean and dress it lib
orally with farmyard manure, we'll
rotted, and work it thoroughly into tho
soll to good depth, for mint likes n
deep, rich, damp soil Get rs many
TOOLS as you require, then pillow out fur
roughs across the field, or dig holes one
loot apart each way and three or four
inches deep; into those drop the roots
and have some one TO follow and cover
them immediately, so they will not dry.
MAKE all level, keep clean OF weeds by
hoeing, and at the end Of the two fol-
lowing seasons plough the field. THIS
cuts and separates the roots, which will
soon start again and mat the ground
completely with new growth. Keep
clear OF weeds. After you cut the green
mint IN July or August give the land n
top dressing of well-rotted manure do
not disturb the root again aud you Will
have good crops ofmint for many wears.
Mint can also be grown in heated pits.
OF frames under glass during the winter,
If we'll watered.
J When you have once got plantation
pl mint you can enlarge it to any extent
by simply cutting the green stalks close
70 the ground, take them TO the land
prepared, stretch line across aud dibble
them IN as you would cabbage plants.
FIRM the soil we'll to each cutting. DO
rms In damp or dull weather The cut
nngs viii soon root and eventually make
better plantation than by the other
mode Of planting.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
Farm and Garden Notes.

1t does not pay to feed runts.
Feed more wheat and less corn.
Sorghum is highly recommended for
dairy cows.
Chickens to thrive must have plenty
of green food.
The green hay is twice as nutritious
as the oyer-ripe.
In England ensilage is fed to sheep
with good results.
Breed, weed aud feed are the three
needs of stock-raising.
Who is the mother of the incubator
chick The man who tends the brooder2
II the hens be we'll cared for while
moulting, they will begin to lay before
winter.
The horses that arc best able to stand
hard strains, are those which work
steadily.
Coops no longer needed will last
longer II wh'tewashed and put away un-
der cover.
DO not get the pullcts too fat by high
feeding Let them grow bony and
muscular.
Farms always sell most readily, and at
''iN a'EASob piACcos Whcfe fOauS arc Kent
IN the best repair.
Thirty minutes spent in cleaning M n
team IN the evening, may mean an hours
gain ia time the next day.
II you arc troubled with white speoks
IN Euttor, try stirring tho cream every
morning before it is churncd.
a New England farmer concludes that
farmer can keep n sheep with every
COW without any additional expense.
All fallen young fruit should be col.
lcctcd and destroyed in some manner. as
many insects will then be killed by do.
ing so.
In marketing any farm produce IL
should be remembered that the sale is
best made when IL attracts the eve bv
The ncatncss ia which il is displayed
for sale.
Salt should always be placed where
swine can have free access TO IL. but do
not keep 1t on the ground I'm the barn
yard or pig rcn. Have IL in troughs OF
on shelves
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

Cibm.'ar has been in the possession Of
tHc British since 1905, but not without
many % contest with France and Spain.
Wb0 ion0cd lor important rock which
gives tO iis owner fbc KEY 20 the Mcdf.
tcTauean Sea. England guards this
garrison win Jealous care. Every avail.
aD.c point Tor defense is brisUinQ with
weapons The mountain is houevcombed
with galleries, aod batteries hewn in inc
rock from every side. Immense stores
" provisions aud munitions Of war are
constantly maintained, while an army
% infantry artillery and engineers make
TIE ~ iia blfren pax. - C1afisr-. Journal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

Belva A. Lockwood, tho ssEqual
Rights" candidate for President, Is feet
8 inches high, weighing $50 pounds. and
Of the type known as gray blond. She
possesses en- indefnable expression OF
motherliness, earnest good humor and
gentle good will, not unmixed with an
old school grace that Is winning rather
than remarkable. She does not pretend
to style in dress, but there is none of the
soiled tawdryness OF attire Of some gen
tlewomen who utterly repudiate her
views, neither the aggressive masculinity
which many Of her own school affect.
She never wore corset. and attributes
the remarkable uniformity OF her good
health to her freedom from il.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
Z The oat Crop as FertIli.er.

IHV O"O NFop as a FcrtiIizer. =
4 Oats do not enrich the soil to great
extent, and it is not advisable to sow OATS
twice in succession on the same field I'M
less the ground is previously plowed in
the fall, and it is not always advisable to
do this. Oats stubble grows excellent
wheat, 1t is true, and it undoubtedly is
true that the wheat crop from oats stub.
Die is better than il would have been II
sown year previous, or before oats had
been grown from the land. Given the
choice of two fields for corn. one a timothy
meadow of six or eight years standing,
the other an oats stubblc Of average fer.
tiiIty, and the oats stubblc is much pre-
ierable for the corn crop. Cats rather
tend to prepare the soil for other crops.
while clover cnrichcs both for itself and
other crops. - Mo- York Iyif1sss.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20


Dun, heavy headache. obstruction Of tho
nasal passages, discharges falling from the
head INTO the throat, sometimes profuse. wa
terry, and acrid, at others, thick. tenacious.
mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the ewes
h i weak, watery, and iniiamed; there Is ring
ing IN the ears, deafness, hacking or Coughing
20 clear the throat, eXpectOration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers: the
voice rs changed and has n nasal twang; the
DIeath Is offensive; smell and taste are i'm
palredi there is a sensation OF dizziness. with
mental depression, a hacking cough and cen
er9l debility II you have all or any consider
HDie number OF these symptoms, you are suf-
Ierlng from Nasal Catarrh. The more compli-
cated your disease has become the greater fhe
number and diversity OF symptoms Thousands
o. cases annually, without manifesting half of
the above symptoms, result in consumption
ana end IN the grave. No disease is So COM
mon, more deceptive and dangerous, or less
Understood, or more successful treat cd bV
physicians. Five hundred dollars reward Is
oHeTed by the manufacturers of DR. Sag.s Ca
tarlh hemedy,tor case OF catarrh which they
tannot cure. Remedy sold by dlugx SITS, az
bnly % cents.