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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-14
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PRESS COMMENTS on TIE LATEST
Events OF INTEREST.

what the Leading Papers Have TO Say
About Blaine's Retire ment-A Retired
List for Civil Service Emploves-The
AduIterstion of Food-&c.
Here is the way the New York Herald
give Blaine his conge:
1--WE part from Mr.. Blaine on his with
drawal from the canvass with enilre
courtesy and good will. In the retire
ment and recreation he seeks he has our
best wishes for his happiness lie Is 100
Young man even in this country y,
young men to think of final wi'hdrawa
from public affairs. The kepuolican
party has msny leaders ready Tor the
campaign. New England has presented
Hawley with strong following ana me
advantage of a meritofious civil and mill
tary career. In New York we have Ev-
arts and a score of statesmen. The west
will send many candidates, with John
sherman easily in the lead. And unless
the enthusiasm aroused by the name anu
glory Of Sheridan should disturb Repub'
can political calculations, John Sherman
will probably take the place as Republi.
can leader which Mr.. Blaine surrenders.
And here is what the Wortd THINKS
about it
"This letter has the air Of sincerity. 1t
is plain that Mr.. Blaine has made up his
mind that he cannot be again nominated
for President, and if nominated he can
not be elected. This is the interpreta
ton that will be placed upon the docu.
ment. His frienGs, who have doubted
the policy of bringing him into the con
test again, will gladly accept their re-
lease. They will seek other affiliations,
and before lwenty-four hours there will
be a general reorganization in the Repub-
lican camp"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
A Railroad Racing Dog.

n. Y. Sun.
James Griffin, of Danbury, Conn.,,
has small terrier dog that is surpris-
ing the people of his town by his
abilities as a runner. Every evening
during the summer, when the l6:45
train from the West blew its whistle
few rods from the Main Street
crossing, the dog would bound out of
the house near by and take the track
ahead of the train for the station,
half mile away. The train crosses
Main Street at the rate of fifteen
miles an hour, and between the cross
ing and the station is a treStle about
300 feet long. Over this the dog flies,
always keeping just so far ahead of
the train, slackening his speed as the
air brakes are applied, and coming
into the station at the sameidistancs
ahead of the train as he took when
he started the race. Once or twice
the engineer has put on steam to try
and overtake the dog, but he has not
yet succeeded in doing it. The dog
never looks back, never barks, and
never pays any attention to the calls
of his master. When, he reaches
the station he looks up at the engi.
neer, gives two or three short yelps
and quietly trots home up the track
Thisperformance is repeated with
unfailing regularity, and if an effor
is made to keep him in the house a
train time, he raises an unearthy
yelping. 1t is the custom now fol
crowds to gather to see the exhibition
racing.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
The Parson Gets in Firstly.

"Well," pleasantly remarked
Brother Doeg, as he greeted the pastor
on his return from the long vacation
six weeks is long vacation for a
preacher), "well, you have come back
to work at last. And what do you
suppose the devil has been doing all
the time you were away on vaca-
ton ?" 81 don't know" replied the
parson, for it was he, "but if he has
been any buster in some of the pews
then he was before | went away, he
needs a great deal longer rest than
I've had, and he needs it a great deal
more, too, poor fellow" Brother
Doeg forgot what he had intended
saying and couldn't think of any
thing new until after the pastor had
announced the first hymn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
BY Rail to Bagdad.

The Turks have projected a railroad
from Constantinople to Bagdad the
historic city of the Caliphs, the very
heart OF that romantic and magical
region which is celebrated in the
gorgeous stories Of the ARABIAN
Nights" Its length is to be 1,400
miles, and it is estimated to cost some
$70,0O0,000. A thousand years ago
Bagdad was the seat of the mightiest
empire on the earth. Now it is
a place of but little Importance,
and is almost destitute of any
regular communication with the rest
of the world. To-day Bagdad has
about eighty thousand population,
composed of people of every race and
color. Arabic is the common Ian
guage. The principal commerce of
the city is in wool and wheat, which
are exported down the Tigris river in
boats to the Persian Gulf. The coun-
try over which the railroad will pass
was once traversed by the caravans
which brought the treasures of the
East into Europe. The railway is
rapidly driving out Of every country
the romance which, it appears, was
inseparably connected with tyranny
oppression, poverty, squalor and gen
eral misery. Romance and civilization
do not co-exist N. o. Picayaaae.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
What shall we do with our Calves ?

On nearly every farm where cows
are kept more or less calves are
raised, and the few dollars they bring
in the fall or spring are looked upon
as clear gain to the farmer. He
takes no account of the feed, in shape
of pasture for the summer, or coarse
hay (Which is good enough for the
younger stock, and entirely torgets
to consider a grain ration necessary.
The calves are saved in a haphazard
way generally the large growth ones
are sold as veal, while the thin, poor
ones are good enough to be saved,
and the result is lot ofpoor scrawny
things barely worth the saving at six
months old. A little more sense
would be a paying investment to
many farmer on this subject. A
large well-bred calf, with a good
appetite, is much more likely to
make a good COW, or an easily
fattened beef animal. 1t is only by
selections, and breeding from those
selected that farmers will improve
their stock. The time to begin this
work is at the very beginning, when
the calf is dropped. The work OF
choosing the animals to be raised for
cows should be done at once, and the
subsequent care and feed should be
such as to develop the milking
propensity. There are numerous
examples Of improvement in breed
ing by which the bulk of a herd has
been increased as much as fifty per
cent. in a few years. This requires
good care and feed as well as good
breeding.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Snake versus Snake.

A resident of Hopkinsville, KY,
in passing through tobacco field a
few days ago, happened to run across
two snakes, one copperhead and
the other chicken snake, wrapped
around each other in a deadly en-
brace, and fighting with all the
strength and venom they possessed.
Taking long stick he carried them
to an open field, where they contin-
ued to battle until the copperhead
was killed. Shining it over, the
chicken snake proceeded to swallow
it whole, after which it was allowed
to escape. The chicken snake was
seven feet long and the copperhead
five.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Smiling Acquaintance.

30 mamma," said little boy of four
years, rushing eagerly into the pres
ence of his mother, Give got &C
quainted with the little boy that's
moved into the house next door,"
"Have youP" replied the mother.
"You have been playing together,
then?n
mo" replied the boy; "but there's
a hole in the fence, and | smiled
through it at him, and he smiled back
again; so we're acquainted, amt we?'
Youths Companion.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
ACoNFESSIoN.

Do you remember, little wife,
How years ago we two together
Saw naught but love illumine life
In sunny days or winter weather?
Do you recall in younger years
To part a day was bitter pain?
Loves light was hid in clouds of tears
Till meeting cleared the sky again.
Do you remember how we two
Would stare into each others eyes,
Till all the earth grew heavenly blue
And speech was lost in happy signs?
Do you another thing recall,
That used to happen often then.
How, simply passing in the hall,
We'd stop to smile aud kiss again?
Do you remember how l sat,
And, reading, held your hand in mine
Caressing it with gentle pat
One pat for every blessed line?
Do you recall how at the play
Through hours OF agony we tarried!
The lovers griefs brought us dismay;
Oh, we rejoiced when they were married
And then walked homeward arm in arm
Beneath the crescent moonlet new,
That smiled on us with silent charm;
So glad that we were married too.
All me, twas years and years ago
When all this happened that sing,
And many time the winter snow
Has slipped from olive slopes of spring.
And now-oh, nonsense! let us tell;
A fig for laughs of maids or men;
You'll hide you bushes? III not. Well
We're ten times worse than we were then
From the Century.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

Mamie had noticed that the ducks
and chickens did not stay much togeth-
er. Not knowing that the ducks pre-
ferred the pond to the barnyard, she
one day said: "Auntie, think the
chickens treat the buckles real bad. l
b'lieve they just won't 'sociate with
them because they've got big feet and
such ugly noses. l wouldn't treat my
friends that way just because they
don't look pretty. IN Y. World.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

Positively the best remedy ever
discovered for all diseases of man end
beast that can be reached by external
medical application, is Rangum Root
Linim emf. One trial will convince
Manufactured only by Rangum Roo
Medicine Co., Nashville Tenn. 90
centsper bottle. For sale by W. ii.
Flemi ny.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
The Dictionary in the schoolroom

Being interested in all that per-
tains to the success and usefulness OF
our public schools, we would call the
attention of educators 10 the value of
early training in the use of language
and the need of more thorough in
structing in the knowledge of 2Cords.
We mean the English language, and
for the most part, good old Anglo
Saxon words.
We are constrained to believe that
in far too many schools the ability to
name words rapidly as they occur in
the reading lesson, in the geography
or the history is allowed to suffice as
the full measure of instruction in the
department of language, and the
pupils thus pass to other fields with
out the ability to either correctlyspell
or properly pronounce the words they
have used, and with no knowledge
at all of their true Specification or
wealth ofmeaning.
The derivation or history of word
as found in the dictionary often opens
up amost delightful field for study
and investigation, and through this
the learners ambition to attain great
er power and fiuency in the use of
words might be melted. We believe
that the learned man is most clearly
distinguished from the Ignorant by
his greater command of language and
wider knowledge of the power of
the words. What better field can
here be, then, for the development
of a greater usefulness on the part of
our public schools than through a
larger and more intelligent study of
our own vocabulary?
Fortunately we have standard
authority for the meaning and use OF
English words, a recognized and
universally conceded court of last re-
sort, an open "Webster," where he
recorded for the use of all, the decis-
ions of the best writers and speakers
upon the correct usage Of every item
that goes to make up the beautiful
whole of our mother tongue.
We believe that our public schools
will attain greater usefulness, ano
be more successful in teaching Ian
guage just in the ratio that they senC
their pupils to the dictionary with
more frequency, teaching them tt
study its record more intelligently
and abide by its decisions more stead
lastly, 1t needs no argument t.
prove that every schoolroom SHOULD
be supplied with copy of Webster''
Unabridged Dictionary, as the foun
dation for improved language work
AS a further means to this desirable
end, we can make no better recon-
mendation than that every pupi
should acquire the habit of constan
reference to authority by having a
his desk a copy Of an abridged edi
ton of Webster, and that every teach
er should be competent to give in
struction in its proper use.
Without disparaging the oil
abridgements, we regard Webster
Academic Dictionary as the best {
all for the hourly use of pupils, an
when it is remembered that its ust
fulness will survive the pupils schoC
days, and in the absence of the III
a bridged, become the family dictior
airy, it is not too much to say that
should be found on the desk of ever
pupil in our schools above the mo,
primary grades.
II - 4l,N 81,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

Today is important. Yesterday has
gone. Tomorrow never comes.
Take care Of your cough today by
using Warmers Log Cabin Cough and
Consumption Remedy. 1t is a sure
cure.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

There are 10000 reptiles kept in
one room in the Smithsonian Institu-
ton at Washington. 1t is needless to
add that they are kept in alcohol.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

WHY WILL YOU cough VIXEN Sh;loh's
Cure will give you Immediate relief. Price
10 cts, 80 cts, and 81, at W. II, Fleming Z
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

tits generally understood that Lord
Tennyson compOses much of his poet
ry during his rural rambles.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

SHILOH'S CURE will Immediately re.
lieve Group, Whooping Cough and Gron-
chitis. Sold by W. il. Fleming.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

Protection is for tho best interests OF
producers, mechanics and manufacture
ers, aud consequently for the whole peo-
pie Of this country, ! should vote ne j
have always done. But l know from eN'
pehence, and my views have been
strengthened daily by the reading OF and
listening to the arguments Of the Demo
cratic tariff reformers, though really free
traders, that the policy they advocate
would ruin the industries OF this country
and reduce our people to poverty. 10
talk about competing with foreign coun-
tries in manufacturing without reducing
the price OF labor is absurd. 1t could
only be done by reducing American
wages 10 the level Of the miserably paid
white slaves OF Europe and the colored
slaves OF Asia. =,
Naturally, the cigar business would
suffer most; for ii you take away from
the people the means OF obtaining de-
cent lodging, food and clothing, they
cannot buy cigars and tobacco. would
place high duties on everything raised
III this country, and prohibit, us far rs
possible, the importation OF any goods
that can be manufactured here. 1t will
not prevent foreign countries from pur-
chasing from us all they must have.
That is mover done from sentiment or
friendship, but from necessity. We
have in this country almost everything
we need, and those who want the luxu-
ries OF Europe or Asia can obtain them
by paying for them, and it will then DO
in reality, the rich who pay the import
duties. therefore am in favor OF re-
ducing the surplus by raising the duties
on all such goods as can be made here,
but arc now imported, because the du.
ties are not high enough to enable us TO
them, and by reducing or
the internal revenue il neces'
sary, but not by lowering the tariff.
When VIC consider the low state OF man.
interests, tho low wages and
the poverty OF the people that existed in
this country before the Republican party
came into power in 1881 and enacted
the Morrill, tariff, rs compared with the
prosperity that has blessed us, 1t is time
to stop and consider the consequences
before going back to the old state OF
things.
As cigar manufacturer, I remember
that our market was then flooded with
German and other foreign cigars that
were sold here at much less prices than
We pay now for the labor OF making
them. Knowing now, as | do, that the
policy of the Democratic party would
ruin the industry of this country, and
that the policy OF the Republican purity
in upholding high protection duties will
continue our prosperity, shall vote the
ticket for Harrison and Nor
Ton, and cannot see how any man who
has to work for his living can do other.
wise, II he understands the subject as
10. Yours respectfully,
DAVID HIRscn.
Ner YorL. Oct. Is, 1883.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

The chief merit claimed for the yesti-
bule appliance is that it cliectually pre-
vents telescoping OF cars in case OF col
lision, and the second great advantage
lies in the fact that the new device en-
tirely overcomes the swaying motion i'm
parted to ordinary trains when rounding
curves Mt high speed. The Limited Tx
press running via Baltimore K Ohio Rail.
road between Philadelphia and Chicago,
is composed entirely OF Nestibuled Cars,
the Baggage Cars, Day Coarhes, Dining
Car and Pullman Slecpers all being fitted
with Pullman's Patent Ncstibules.
All cars in the train are heated by
steam drawn from the locomotive. Por-
tiers are in attendance in the Day
Coaches, as well as in the Slecpers, to
look after the wants Of passengers. The
entire: train runs through without
change between Philadelphia and Chi
cago via Washington and Baltimore, and
no extra fare is exactod from passengers
holding tickets OF any class.
The Baltimore & Ohio Vestibuled
Limited leaves Wheeling at $50 p. m.
daily for Chicago and ut 5:25 a. IN. daily
for Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delDhia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

From Neir York Tribune, Oct. 10.
The Democratic political managers
have been attempting still hunt for the
Bohemian vote OF this town. There are
said to be Ms many us 10000 cigar makers
Of that nationality in the city. Insidi.
Gus appeals have been addressed to them
in their own language, and thousands OF
circulars misrepresenting General Harri-
sons position on the Chinese question
have been distributed among them. It
would be difficult to condense more
mendacity into hand circular than we
find in one which has been brought to
this Office from the Bohemian quarter.
Fortunately, the cigar manufacturers
themselves have taken measures TO coun-
teract the effect OF such circulars by lay
ing before their workmen the plain facts
respecting the dependence OF that indus
try upon protection. The following let
ter has been written to II. r. De Milt by
one Of the largest employersin the trade,
and the president OF the National Asso-
citation OF Cigar Manufacturers;
In reply to your query as to my opin'
ion Of the Mills tariff bill and its effect
on the cigar manufacturing business In
general, permit me to say; / havealwayE
been n Democrat, have never voted an
other ticket since cast my first vote in
1850, at st. Louis, No., where then 70
sided, and were It not for my belief thu
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

What is this nervous trouble" with
which so many seem now TO be afflicted?
II you will remember few years ago
the word Malaria was comparatively un-
known-to-day it is Us common as any
word in the English language, yet this
word covers only the meaning OF another
word used by our forefathers in times
past. So it is with nervous diseases, as
they and Malaria are intended to cover
what our grandiathers called Biliousness,
and all are caused by troubles that arise
from diseased condition of the Liver
which in performing its functions finding
it cannot dispose OF the bile through the
ordinary channel is compelled to pass it
OFF through the system, causing nervous
troubles, Malaria, Bilious Fever, etc.
You who are suffering can well appre-
ciate a cure. We recommend Green's
August Flower. Its cures are marvellous.
D2W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

CHICAGO, Oct. -Catlle-RccelptS Il, 900 head /:
shipments $500 head; market steady; beeves
s. i0I5 %; steers 50 25l5 IS; EtOckers and feed.
Crs s. l6a3 Is; cows, bulls and mixed 81 IUa3 TO-;
western rangers s. i0ul IS. HOgs-Recclpts
steady; mixed s. iOa5 10; heavy s. 3Sa5 IS; light
S. 40I5 70: Skips 81 b0aj 10. ShCGp-RccelptS
5000 head shipments 5000 head; market steady;
natives 81 seas W: western s. 00a3 co: Texans
s. 76a3 IS; lambs 81 50a6OO
oSSS head; shipments 1876 head; market duh
aud l6ll5c of from last weeks prices. HoIs-Re-
celptS 1000 head: shipments G,l00 head; market
slow: Philadelphia s. 7Oa5 50; mixed S. G5;
Workers s. 5Oa5 90; common TO fair S. 26a6 40;
pigs 81 jOiL5 90. sheep-Recelpts $500 head
shipments 1900 head: market active aud l0C
higher than last week'spriccS.
CtScfHSATI. Oct. 22.-Hogs easier; common
and light 81 2ja5lO; packing and butchers g 15u
co.; receipts O,9O0 head: shipments 1900 head.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

Young PIllkIns was a handsome youth
As6ny meath the sun,
In fact, he was u man, you know,
For he WAS twOnty-One,
lie courtcd sweet JcIDlmA Jones,
And her he ilin would wed,
But Papa Jones was obstinate
And grlmly shook his head.
Now Pillklns was a Democrat
Aud diseeHTsed ON Free Trade,
And though he hadn't voted yet
Ills mind was fully made.
He sroiIed Ht things Republican
And rnvcd about dear Grover"
In short, this callOw stripping was
4 Democrat uit over.
Jones wns a stAunCh Republican
And answered every query,
but Iillkins blnstcr lnndc him mad,
Aud also very weary.
Aud so when Pillklns came 10 Call
Upon the charming daughter,
Her Pa dismissed him then and there
With grim aud irlgid hauteur.
But PIIIkIns was plucky youth,
And then he rouully SwOrc
That he would win JCuilinn Jones
Or spill her Papa'S gore.
SO he and Papa Jones one day
Just talked the matter over,
Aud now jcmima IL his bride,
But he has shaken GrOveFl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23

HEw YORK, Oct. 2g.-Flour. receipts 1000
packages: exports 3,9SS barrels and ], ~ sacks;
market very dull: sales ., 400 barrels Wheat re.
CcIptS 1900 bushels; sales 600 bushels OF fu
lures and 1900 bushels OF spot; spot market
iirn and higher; ungrate4 rel ssca$t t24: No.
Chicago 81 loyal ~; No. = Milwaukee 81 0SlS;
vcmbcr 81 lOlS; December 81 u 5-lGal u, closing
1T 81 l2I4; january s l3ssal ll1S, closing AZ
s. lJ1i; February 81 liHGl 1871 closing atsl l41S
March sl1G; April 81 IA. Rye arm: Stocks Of
y,3i5,Sl6 bushels; corn l.l1S,SS7 bushels: oats,
2,Oii,Tl bushels; rye, 6,2y7 bushels: malt 2O5,'
OO2 bushes: barley, G,993 bushels: Corn. re-
sales $500 bushels Of futures and ri 900
bushels Of spot; spot fairly active; ungraded
mixed 4g5{aIlc; options stcIdy:s October 5OlIc;
November o. sajll &c, closing at jg'lc; December
ISe. Oats, TsrsIpss s2,SGS bushels: exports Is
bushels: sales 1000 bushels Of futures aud
$4,000 bushels OF spot; market Armer; spot No. 2
whlte3lc; mixed western 2TI3l 70; white do ga
October llOOall.C5c: November II6Eal3.76c; Dc.
CGmber II. l0ll33jc; january, February, March, |
April. May, June, July and August l3.OcOlS. &c;
spot Rio dull At l6.OOc. Sugar, raw dull
refined steady, Rice hrnl. Tallow firm. Rosin
dull. Turncntlne steady at 46kc. Eggs firm;
western nike Fork dull; mess SIG ONil6 20, |
Cut meats steady. Lard trlte steadlcr; west.
S.sjc; December Sole; January s.65c; February
S.5Sc; March $500; April Sole: May Solo. but
ter steady: western dairy l21SalSc; do creamery
lSE961se. ElglA &c. Cheese quiet and steady |
western 9il0Ec.
CiucAco. Oct. ol-The feeling In wheat WINS
nrair unsettled ana ncrvSns. Only moderate
trade was reported In corn. Oats quiet. Pro-
ci,,',,aJ WbS"t r1sh No > SnrInr, a. tSsiiiiZ
M earring s7ais,, IA, j rct 81 mi Ii. Ortier
Al III! Nnve,nLcrsi iial IEi clost, nj ii iiII.
fieccn,hrr ri iSnI ~ ciSsinI Al Il ifsS. NAV
81 iSiIhI iiE cIosIn1 NJ 81 iai3 Corn cash Nj, |
I.sJ..: 0cItLer tsiSaiIIgc. ciesIag al IaIc: No
vemGer iaJsafiJSc, closing at i2J.c; December
;tgJ.aiOySc. Cios!Ig at lOlsc: May SJ1[". Oats,
cash No. =, 2iIs: October n 20; November 2isiA
!il4c, closing 1sc; DecCmbcr2jtc; May 2g1Ec.
Rye, No. 2, 5SatShc. FlnSSeed, No. ], 81 Ala