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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
How Cowboys BRAND tho Calves.
As soon as all the brands of cattle are

As soon as all the brands OF cattle arc
worked and the animals that are to DO
driven along have been put In the day
herd attention Is turned to the cows and
calves which are already gathered in df
ferent bands consisting each Of all the
cows OF a certain brand and all the calves
that are following them II there is a
corral. each band is in turn driven into it.
II there is none. ring of riders does duty
in its place fire is built. the irons
heated. and n dozen men dismount to. a.
it rs called "wrestle" the calves The
best two ropers 90 in on their horses to
catch the latter: one man keeps tally. a
couple put OF the brands. and the others
seize. throw and hold the little unfortu
mates
first class roper invariably catches
the calf by both hind feet. and then. hav
ing taken a twist with his lariat round
the horn of the saddle. drags the bawiing
little creature. extended at full length.
up 10 the fire, where it is held before II
can make n struggle less skillful roper
catches round tho neck. and then. If the
calf is large one. the man who SEXES ii
has his hands full. as the bleating buckiug
animal develops astonishing strength,
cuts the widest capers. and resists fran
tIcally and with all its power If there
are seventy or eighty calves in corral.
the scene is one OF the greatest confusion
The ropers. squirting and checking the
fierce little horses. drag the calves up so
quickly that dozen men can hardly hold
hold them the men with the irons.
blackencd with SCOT. run to and fro the
calf wresticrs. grimy with blood. dust
and sweat. work like beavers. while with
the voice Of stentor the tallyman shouts
out the number and sex of each calf Tho
dust rises in clouds and the shouts
cheers. curses and laughter Of the men
unite with the lowing of the cows and the
frantic bieatiug of the roped calves to
make a perfect Babel Theodore Roose
gelt in The Century
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
The BIrdseiiers Of Mexico.

Then there are street impositions here,
rs everywhere. One Of the shrewedest
and most revolving is that Of the bird
sellers, who stand on the curb inviting
the passerby to purchase one of the
feathered little creatures that perch on
the oitstretched finger of their owner
without ever an effort to wing away to
blue skies and clear fields, out of the
dirty. crowded, pestilent street, whose
roar and reek must be- something diaboli
cal 10 the once free creatures of the for
est and meadows. II is not that the lit
tie brilliant hued morsels do not feel fear,
for the beady bright black eyes are
strained and starting their tiny bodies
a-quiver with agony. Their wings are
not clipped; they are not drugged, for
there is naught OF the stupidity that be-
tokens doing. Yet at will not fly
away from YOU. Your worship. Sec how
tame my little pet Is. Buy twill YOU
buy it, Two hard dollars," SAYS the
vender, and the little pet il not tame, Is
certainly quiescent What spell has been
put upon il: The coarse and cruel trick
which has been told under 80 humorous
a cloakiug in "The Jumping Frog Of
Calaveras. 80 The bird does not attempt
to hy, knowing the endeavor hopeless
Its tender little body has been heavily
poured full of leadau shot TO achieve that
very result-City Of Mexico Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

.'What DO YOU mean by q splendid
phvsiquc Miss AbbottY'
Il mean good hcalth--a good. strong
body and plenty Of rich blood There IS
no class Of persons IN all this world who
make health mora q study than the sue
cessful singers. Il amuses me to hear or
to read rs | DO now and then, Of the
champagne supper- and midnight fcasts
Of great singers. OF course these stories
are generally untrue. Once In a while,
perhaps a treat singer may indulge IN a
wine supper. but 1t is only once IN q
while, and once ia a long while, too, that
he or size can afford - do 30. From
Christine Nilsson down all singers are
very particular about their diet. Meat
and milk are their staples. and as for
midnight supper- they consist generally
Of crackers and milk Patti almost al
WAYS take a little mutton broth after her
performances. but nearly all the others
have crackers and milk. Chicago
Time
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~ lhcmlo,l ,gorld'. rary.

Tie fury OF the chemical world slys
Mr Maui,u Williams is thc element
fluogine; ID exists peacefully in company
with calcium ia Guor-5par and also IN a
few other compounds. bur when isolated
as it recently has been by lL iicnri Nois-
san. i5a rabid ~as that nothing can resist.
Il combines with ail tn. metals cvrlo-
-Iyrly with some. OBJ If They are already
combined with some other non-mctaiiic
element 1t tears them from il and takes
them 10 itself iu uniting with -odium.
potassium. calcium. magnesium and
aluminium. the metals become heated
even TO reluess by the fergor OF Its en-
brace. Iron filings, slightly warmed,
burst into brilliant -cuuliatiou7 when
exposed to it; manganese does the -ame.
Even the noble metals. which 40 melt
ing. heat proudly resist the destinations of
oxygen. succumb 10 this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures. Glass is de
youred at once and water ceases TO be
water by contact with this gas which,
combining with It's hydrogen. no the
same moment forms the acrd, glass dis
solving hyIro1uonc acid and lberare-
ozone iron.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
THE TOBACCO TAX.

The people never heard of it before
the civil wax, and as it was the exigency
of the war, why have 1t now
The farmers want TO raise patch of
tobacco and sell 1t 10 their neighbors
without being spied on by Federal
minion of our unjust law. and if the
country manufacturer wants TO make
plug or twist or smoking tobacco let him
do H. and the local farmer will be the
better of for having local market.
1t has been traditional idea In Vir-
ginia that tobacco was a sort of currency
with which the poor farmer could buy
his supplies by a simple operation of ex-
change.
II this Is the idea still the Democratic
party should put il IN their platform.
1t is In the tariff bill, and there Ia not
the slightest chance that Cleveland will
veto it.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
The Races of Australia.

The Inhabitants OF tho continent u
Australia have always been stumbling
block in the classification OF the races
owing to their exhibiting in milsd form
some of the characteristics OF two distinct
races Their complexion. features and
peculiarities Of the skeleton are distinctly
negro like. yet the frizzly hair so chnrac-
teristic of that race is not found in tho
Australian The suppostion is that they
are not a distinct race at all. but cross
between two branches of two primitive
stocks. 1t has been supposed that the
frizzly haired Melanesians or Oceanic
negroes. which include the Papuans OF
New Guinea and the inhabitants OF tho
Western Pacific islands. originally peopled
the Australian continent, and that a
modification of their physical characteris-
tics was brough. about to some degree by
the infusion Of low form Of Caucasian.
such as IL now found In the interior Of
the southern parts Of India, among the
notifications being the change to straight
hatr.-Globe Democrat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

i Is not an uncommon thing for
guest Of big hotels in the cirv to COM
plain at the office because there is not 70
comb and brush in the guest room.
had one the other dav. the first. think.
on my watch" for several months Tie
was "a well o. 90 merchant from a prom
incnt central Illinois town, and the last
person in lho world tlat would De sus-
pected To- be- $40 foolish ass 20 think about
asking for such q thing. WHY. If q hotel
proprietor would attempt to supply every
room in h4 house with q comb and brush
wouldn't give mach for his profit 20
the end OF tho year. The guests would
carry them of as fast as be- could buy
them. 4 good share of the hotel man.
profits is wiped ont now by the loss Of
soap and towels carried away by guests.
People who have never been in the hotel
business have no idea O. what extent
this practice is INDUCED in by the travel
ing public. IL IS simply enormous. -
Hotel Clerk IN Globe-DemOcrat
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
THE CONVENTION.

The muster of the Virginia Democracy
at Norfolk Is patriotic gathering OF the
clans whose love for their homes have
kept them cemented by the strong ties
that have not been ever broken in all the
trials that have beset rs. Virginia Demo.
Gratis are brethren partly by the tradi'
tional descent from The fathers who were
contemporary with Jefferson and now
they are fraternaly linked together by
The consciousness Of conservative pur-
poses and sound ideas without which our
politics and our society would be naught
and our homes only the abode of desola-
ton.
The mistakes that men make may be
sometimes part Of folly, but the faults
of the Virginia Democracy do not touch
the core of its heart, nor DO they maj the
bright hopes that attend our good will
among men and fair idea of popular
rights
Thus far upon the spirit OF so hopeful
an occasion we invoke the sense and
Judgment of the leading men present at
the Norfolk Convention John Daniel
Fitz Lee, John s. Barbour, and numer-
Gus others well tried In the difficult
scenes of our political battles will he
able TO give to the convention a broad
idea Of the relations between our State
politics in the presidential year and the
national issues We doubt not that they
will wisely advise, and in their counsel
command the respect due their good
judgment
We would suggest that the committee
on platform would do well to remember
that a general declaration is the best at
this time when we do not know what
Congress will do or what the National
Convention may do. We are always safe
10 stand by the main principles of De-
mocracy because in all deiberatve bodies
the principles are the first thing
The Virginia Democracy. always mind
full of the fundamental principles of the
party, should emphatically declare them
selves for those principles as laid down
by Jefferson, and illustrated by every
true Democrat ever since his time, and
that they pledge themselves, irrespective
of local issues, to stand by the platform
and the candidates of the National Con.
yen,ion at St Louis
As 10 the tobacco tax and the tax on
fruit brandy we can clearly enunciate
request that Is in accordance with the
Mills bill
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

A Jackal met Hunter in the Forest
and at once began to pour out such NIals
Of Wrath against the Lion that the
Hunter was Amazed.
why exclaimed the Jackal, "tho
Lion is n Lar, Thief, Bobber, Ghoul and
Murderer, and is not Worthy OF the
Friendship Of the Polecat.'
Did he ever Abuse YOU or lnIure
you:"
no.
Then Whence this Malignity"
. Well ah-well. | can't get over 10
that he was born a Lordly Lion and / a
Miserable Jackal.
AIoral-That's the key note to nine
tenths Of the ISLANDERS. Detroit Free
Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

The electric railroad has been acceded
the right Of way on Cary street. II is
true that this may inconvenience good
many people, but the convenience of
100000 people must he considered. Be-
sides this, the fact is that single track
along Cary street will not So very much
hurt the business OF loading and unload
ing drays and wagons. The drays and
wagons can take on and put off their
loads without standing longitudinally
across the street.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
Phrases the Girl. lTnst Ischew.

The list of words, phrases and express
sions to be avoided by young ladies Of
Wellesley college includes the following;
Il guess so, for | suppose 50 or
thinl. so.
Fix things" for arrange things or
prepare things.
The use OF ride and drive" inter-
changeably.
Real good" or real nice, " for very
good or really nice.
II have studied some, for studied
somewhat, or II have not studied any, y
for not studied at all.
Not as / know. for not that know.
TRY an experiment, for make an
experiment.
Had rlther." for would rather, and
had better for would better.
Right away" for Immediately or
now.
Well posted, for we'll informsd.
Try ami do " for try To do, or try
and go, for Try to go.
1T looks good enough" for it looks
well enough. or docs it look good
enough for does it look well enough.
somebody else's, for somebody's
else. Philadelphia Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

The passage of the copyright bill by
the Senate, which We have noticed, re-
minds us of the recent suit of Mrs Bur
nett against Seebohm, who, against her
protest, .dramatized her charming novel
Little Lord Fauntleroy" into II much
less charming play Mr.. Seebohm is
ordered to cancel all passages copied or
colorably altered from the novel and
submit them for the plaintiffs eSamina-
ton when cancelled, and pay the costs of
the action
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

IL Is to be hoped some emterprising
traveller will before long visit the Grand
Falls in Labrador and tell US whether
they are really the slupendous affair they
have been reported. They are a little
over 200 miles from the South coast. near
So west longitude An Englishmsn
named Holmc endeavored 10 make them
yisi, last summer. but his provisions
ran short, and as the fislf wouldn't bite
and there WAS nothing 10 shoot. he was
compelled 10 turn back when within
fifty miles of them And he Is supposed
to have made soup out of his boots before
he got back TO relate what beautiful
land he had seen.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

The men who are responsible for the
management Of the elevated roads in this
city seem to hold the opinion that 1t does
not practically" matter whether the
company Is esteemed or detested by the
communily.-N \. Times
Exactly. Don't forget that the com.
munity has some rights that the corpora.
tions should respect
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

There are two conventions in New
York State to-day as well RS in Virginia.
The Democrats meet in New York city
ard the Republicans in Buffalo. Bad
luck 10 the Republicans for choosing
Cleveland's town.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

The people of Virginia want the in
ternal revenue reformed so far as not to
make it penitentiary offense for a poor
devil TO make his apple crop into brandy
when he has no other way of getting a
price for the fruit that he can raise on
remote mountain farm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

Dr; HhNhi tRoELiSG. o. 81. TarIfft st-,..
chemist 70 Chesapeake And ono. rf ~.
mohb ana Ai.rgnany railroads ~.f-... ..
'"h''on Ia ores ana mineral va0crs.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16
DIRECTORl'


ne I'rtcsory b,ior # reh1hl e,d..,
S ,.i. ngases' girlAq Their hcfarn or'
,tsaaeSs'' o'H Dc Jouad sery u.lf,i ~. % ...,.,
y reference FIR intorn4qti0n relotr,
and al TIC d,gercnt trancte, o, 5,ann,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

H. NALiEkSTINE 81 CO.. Do .rI ...t
tcen.h street Potatoes batter.
ta4c. Sr.
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hiClihoND .sTFAM BAKERY. N. A..
proprietor, II IS. lwc,ffh ,fr.rf ST.
end retail.
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81 NlCk EEDFOHb. liUe g. N.u .r.r
s'-T 90 tho Horse. Mauun,fIrranf ,I ..-
-lc dealer.
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=. :. GRASBERGER ltsE. Franklin .-.,
400 wnr> guaranteed.
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a PORTRAIT

"A PORTRAIT -
Madame, M sound Of Gabriels trump,
Would give no vulgar start nor Jump,
But owiy rise with tranquil grace,
Lay all her Union plumes III place,
Make them secure with safety pins,
Account 10 Heaven or her Sins,
And take the PoTauise road,
A charming angel a 10 mode.
-Rvcbauoa
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

A.C. mon. lsfs T.. NiIn street. Watches saf
icwr.ry neatly repaired.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

Postotiices were first established in
Paris in 1852. in England. 1881; in Ger
many, 1641, in Turkey, l740.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

JOSEPH pELANt g.. ,I D.. N.u -tn....
hanging ANA srnDlaI mHD...e
N I'D. ia tor Iit.lfr,
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Boot, sndsh...

}. r. lbAsDALE. lJt g.. N.u .f...t .
20 ana 81 meme aud 2. a1f T..
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OLIVER 70. DYER. Gli l.. "r.H sr.t
wholesale ana retain. Solo a.tHf f.. t.'
Cherokee Cough lruu4
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

VI. ). DlNNOCk, lb3 r. Main ..-...
rcspoudcuce solicited.
BARRIERS
MILAN H. GARDNER, 3D.
street Har cutting. dyc.ug .aa,.
shdnpnCing.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

,. y. Jr-ll@. 60 y. Ftuu.n -u4
agent Established l-,-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

ASA SNYDER a. co.. le."m'caD Street.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

CoNsPIRAToRs. - Several Witnesses
have recently testified before the House
Committee on Manufactures concerning
the attempts of the Standard Oil Trust
10 ruin them and drive them out OF busi-
ness. George Rice of Marietta, Ohio,
has told again the story which courts had
already heard, and which drew from the
Inter. State I Ommerce Commission de-
cision against the railroad companies
which the Trust and its subordinate cor
pora,ions used to his disadvantage.-Ef-
ciange.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

All the preparations Tor the council of
Democrats of the Empire State, which
meets to-day, have be- n made in the
joyous spirit proper to the opening OF a
campaign in which the harmony OF in
vincible hosts renders victory certain
y. y Star
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

Panics ia London over the defenceless
state of the United Ningdom are periods
cal. a chill OF Indifference and apathy
invariably follows the fever of agitation ;
and millar, croakers, after publicly ex-
posing the incompetence of the War De-
partment functionaries and the penuri-
Gus economy of Parliament, retire TO their
clubs to lament in secret the degeneracy
of the times. N Y 1riJune
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

Senator Evarts is filled with pride over
the triumphant debut of his son Sherman
AT the bar of the Supreme Court OF the
United States Young Mr.. Evarts pre-
pared the briefs and led the arguments &c
counsel for appellants, with his father.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

The United states Supreme Court
ended its session OF 1897 IS
Yesterday after rendering an unusually
large number of opinions Of exceptional
interest aud importance. The refusal to
rehear the telephone case finally dis
poses of that controversy and sanctions
the continuance of the Bell monopoly
until the expiration of the patent in
1893 EhcitdHge.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-16

raini-.OiI-. SC.

CITY BOTTLIAG HOUSE. lp|
street. Manufactures f Natut
and miurul HufDf-.
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paints. ou-.xc.
-
Paints. obs glass. 'hH painters
Paper Hanging
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VIRGINIA RI BBKR Co. 53 T.. B-
Betting. hose. aud All KINDS OFT iN0.'
Rubber stamps
ATLANTIC M BBER ~EANf NAHlfh
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RlCHMONDPAIEI IUNt.-E nHI.
Paints. oils. ylIs-. lnd painter,
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/. j.. DAVIS. 90 y. ninth rI..L
Plumbers. Gas and steam fiftrr-
3. p. BEDFORD. 1890 g.. Nan efH l
cal plumber. timer. sIi- tui .i'..
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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
TORTURE BY FAMINE.
An Unfortunate Creature Who Was Starved
 to Death in Cage.

An Unfortunate Creature Who Was Starved
 to Death in a Cage.
 Yesterday we visited the Che-hsien's yamen in the city for the purpose of inquiring into the truth of the state ment that a criminal was exposed in cage and was being therein starved and tortured to death. Such an event is of fare occurrence in Shanghai City of recent years. and its revival by the new district magistrate is some- what surprising. The unfortunate creature stood upright in a bamboo cage. about five feet high, with his neck through q cangue, by which he would have been almost suspended- or, at least, the tips of his toes woulI barely have touched the bottom of the cage-had it not been that some person had placed large stone under the mans feet.
 By this his suferings were greatly relieved ahd his chances of death by strangulation reduced. He did not look particularly distressed at his position amid the raillery and the jeers of the spectators, who displayed an almost fiendish delight in mocking his state, to which he seemed not loath 10 reply with interest. and perfect fire of abuse was kept up between the cruel people and the wretched prisoner. We learned that in the morning a friend of his gave him some rice and water and also prepared a pipe of opium with which to soothe his suffer- ings. If this humane friend, however, were de:ected in his merciful mini5tra- tions by the authorities there is no doubt that he would be punished severely. perhaps even clappcd into similar cage.
 It would seem that the yamen peo- pie make no provision for providing the prisoner while in the cage with any kind of food. and that they also direct dire threats against any one who might give him any. The man is described as a desperate thief and has been in prison ten years. His last offense was stripping prisoners of their clothes and stealing every thing else of the little that these wretched beings possessed. His legs are weighed down with heavy chains, and, alto gether his tortures Tn the horrible contrivance give strong contradic- ton to the belief that the Chinese are becoming more humane in their judi cial system. In no other country in the world boasting of any sort of civil ization would such thing be toler- ated, and the worst feature of it is that the people generally applaud the cruelty of the Che-hsien and have no sympathy with the unfortunate man. Our impression was that they were very much disappointed that the stone was given him. although they made no attempt to remove it while we were there, and they also denounced the humanity of the man who fed him. - North ChinG NeUS.