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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
Retired on Her Dignity.

4 little friend Of mine, aged -. or,
as she would tell you, "half past >, was
in the habit Of calling at any and ell
times and bringing her plaything5 with
her. One day she called as usual and,
il being Saturday, il was quite Il busy
day with me. After she had remained
some time. and | had answered iunumer-
able questions-why did this, and why
/ didn't do that, that wasn't the way
her mamma did it; her mamma did 10
this way said: Now, Nette. like a
good little girl, take your playthinss and
run home. am very busy today.
haven't time 10 talk
Without Il word, but in silent con
tempt, she placed her little shawl about
her shoulders and, gathering ~ her
playthings, put them i'll her tier. Then,
holding the shawl together with one
hand and the tier with the other, she
turned and faced the enemy:
You'll 'stuse me, Mrs. Granger:
know my place. didn't tum 10 fight
or trorrel wifi you. | only tum to stay a
little while, and dess I'll do now
And with head thrown back AMI the
air of an injured queen, she left thu
house. Boston Globe.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
Eating Food with IA Knife.

Well bred people make q great outcry
against the bucolic habit q conveying
food to the mouth with knife. They
maintain, quite correctly, that the knife
is intended for cutting the food, and the
fork for lifting it to the lips. Then why
is it not as barbarous to cut with fork
as to carry with knifel 1t has become
the fashion to provide only fork with
certain dishes, such as pastry and many
kinds of dessert. On what grounds can
this be defendedl The custom is, in
truth, a silly affectation. Apparently it
sprung from al idea that one can eat
more elegantly with fork alone. If
the food requires no cutting, this may be
so, but whenever there is anything to be
cut knife should be provided. The
idea Of cutting with fork Is fully as
primitive and preposterous as the idea Of
carrying with a knife, and the embar-
RAISING predicaments into which people
are being led continually, by persistihg
in this absurdity. always cause me to re-
joice with exceeding great joy, because l
like to see 1.-The punishment ut the
crime. New York Commercial Adyer-
user.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
THE GREAT CITY.

n p,Acs where The great city stands q not N
piace of stretched wharves, docks manu-
iacture.. depodtr Of produce,
Nor the place OF ceaasIess salutes OF new comen
OF The anchor Iiftes OF the departing,
Nor he place Of the tallest and costliest oui'd
8 Ing. or shops selling goods from the rest OF
tho Garth
Nor The p,acc OF tho best libraries and schools
! nor the place where money II plentlfSt.
M, tn place OF the most numerous population
Where the city stands with the brawhiest o'oeo
Of orators and bards,
WAere the city stands that Is beloved by these
and loves them In return, and understands
them:
yphsre no monuments exist TO heroes but In the
common words and deeds:
WHARF thrift is in its place. and produce Is In is
place; A..
Whore the men and women think lightly OF the
laws;
Where the slave ceases, and the master OF slaves
ceases,
vrhere the populace rise at once against the never
ending autaci;y Of elected persona
where fierce men and women pour forth. as the
sea 10 the whistle Of death pours its sweep
ing and unripped waves
Where the city Of the faithfulest friends stands;
where the city Of the cleanliest OF the sexes
stands;
Where the city Of the healthiest fathers stands;
Where the city OF the best bodied mothers staDds'
There the great city stands. ,..,,.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
Her Own Oh DarIinr.

4 good deal Of amusement IS furnished
this spring by the wife of n certain SEN
ator who always calls her husband Oar
ling" He isn't such a one as the term
would be ordinarily applied TO, being big
and burly and not very nice about his
person, but she seems 10 think 10 is q
pretty pet name, and uses the term Of
endearment on all occasions. Whether
she is addressing him in private orpublic,
or whether she speaks OF him to others,
she always SAYS darling, and does is so
frequently that when Darling is re-
ferred to now everybody knows who is
meant.
Darling has such a bad cold" she
said TO another senator's wife the other
day, that am going to put him to bed
when he comes home"
Darling went to the Capitol early this
morning." she remarked 10 another, ito
attend one Of those horrid committee
meetings. What dreadful things they
arel positively hate them. Why, Oar
ling says if it wasn't for his committee
work he could spend lots OF time with
me.
The other senator's have ''caught on,
so to speak, and now seldom allude to
their colleague by any other term-In his
absence of course. One senator came
very near making q blunder the other
day by using it at .he wrong time. He
entered the committee room 4 little late,
and az he took off his coat and gloves,
looked around the table, at which half a
dozen or more senators were seated, and
asked:
Where's DarlingI"
There was some frantic gestures toward
a bookcase at the other end of the room,
and the late conner blushed deeply and
looked alarmed. Darling" was behind
a map rack, where he could not be seen,
and if he overheard the remark lie showed
no sign. Memphis Avalanche.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
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The dressing room Of . circus presents
a queer scene during a performance The
dressing tent is divided by curtains eight
to ten feet high into three different com
partments. In one the men dress, in
another the women make their toilets
and in the third, which is the first en-
tered from the exhibition tent. the ami
mails 10 be used in the different acts are
made ready for the work, the horses
saddled and bridled and the trick animals
dressed. In the mems dressing room
with the Barnum show over $50 indi-
viduals at n time are removing their
street garbs and getting into their ring
costumes. Look into this department IN
the morning, when no performance Is
going on, and you will see only four or
five rows of closed trunks, more than
$50 stretching in five or six lines through
the space. On posts four feet high, at
intervals, are small, square table tops
and square l4xll inch mirrors. The
tables have chalk and bismuth stains.
and there are marks of much usage on
them. At these tables and before these
mirrors the clowns and other performers
make up
The trunks are arranged in exactly the
same order in every town. Each man
has his place, and he can go into the tent
in the dark and place his hand on his
trunk. All nationalities are here com
mingled. You can see devout Arab
among his companions in all conditions
of costume or nudity sitting piously read
ing his Koran, and japanese acrobats
carefully preparing themselves and their
children for their act in the ring. All
the performers are on hand at o clock,
and when they go home after the per
Torrance their trunks are packed and
locked. and so when we leave city the
trunks are lifted into wagons and carried
away only to be deposited in exactly the
same order in the next town in which
we show C o. Starr in Globe Demo
Graf.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
a Choice of Weapons.

Old 10 La Petre. from near the River
Rouge, was drinking With a neighbor ~ .
Detroit saloon lately when his neighboF
picked quarrel with him.
Me keel you'll" be shouted Me keel
you wiz a knife. Me keel you once. sare '
You keel mel" yelled 10 detanily. as
he danced around him. You keel me
wiz knife ! do more worse zan dat.
keel you one. two. tree time. No VIZ q
knife, mais. wiz my tongue ! gay you
one bad man. BAH Den you 80 dead NJ
everybody. "-Desroit Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
Cou,,ry House. la America.

There IS "a curious lack in America
The dining rooms Of country houses are
generally small and not cheerfully fur
nished. The more modern houses are
improving in this respect, and we have
lately seen many large room with a
good outlook, or with hard wood floor or
mating, or with India rugs. The table
should be round or oval. The chairs Of
some hard wood. with cane. The table
cloth of fine damask, smelling Of layen-
der; colored cloths are only permissible
for dinner and tea. The matter Of light
ing rooms troubles people who live in
country neighborhoods. If there Is no
gas. candles are pretty, but very trouble
some. The wind blows the flame to and
fro, insects Autter into the flame, an un-
happy moth seats himself on the wick,
and burning into an unsightly cadayer,
makes Il gutter down one side; the little
led paper shade takes fire, and there Is
endless trouble. Kerosene smells abOm-
inably. However, pretty carcel, or
moderator lamp with transparent shade
is the best thing, and, now that they
come with long brass standards, very
convenient. NJ. T.. w. Sherwood.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
Robert Collyer ON Oratory.

1t has fallen out often, again, that pro
fessors Of elocution and oratory have
come along and wanted TO teach me their
art, but lacked three things-thc time
TO learn, the money to pay them and tine
desire TO take lessons-or else / suppose
might have been able 10 answer the
question now 10 some purpose, how T.
be an orator. All | know now will tell,
apart from the slightest claim to such a
distinction What l may have 10 say |
try TO say in the simplest words l can
find. and in happy moments l seem to
find these by instinct Then, | never
make up my mind how will say them;
leave all this to some swift intuition Of
the instant, and the holy spirit of the
truth, aud know beforehand that if the
thing is well worth saying. and | can
forget Collyer, it will be all right when |
am through. New York Mail and Ex-
prpSs
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
The New Saccharine.

DIR. Worms, Of the Paris Academy OF
Medicine, has ascertained that bees, ants
and wasps show a marked dislike to the
new saccharine. TO the human palate
there is no difference ir the taste between
il and sugar. 1t has been shown, how
ever, that its use disturbs digestion. -
Detroit Free Press
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
a Famous Old HORST.

On the return voyage Of Buffalo Bills
Wild West show he lost his famous old
horse Charlie just before entering the
New York harbor. The old horse came
into the scouts possession twenty years
ago. When he died he was wrapped in
an American flag and was buried III the
sea. The scout, with his company
around him, delivered little funeral ora
ton, in the course of which he said:
Charlie, but for your willing speed and
tireless courage would many years ago
have lain as low as you are now and my
Indian foe have claimed you for his
slave. Yet you have never failed me,
Charlie, old fellow. | have had many
friends, but very few of whom | could
say that. Men tell me you had no soul,
but if there be heaven and scouts can
enter there I'll wait at the ga.s for you,
old friend -Chicago Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-20
stock Men of Arizona.

The plains are not adapted TO a numer-
GUS settlement, because the underground
water reservoirs available near the sur
face are infrequent. They are ten, fifteen,
twenty miles apart and water is raised
By steam, wind or horse power. The in
dustry is mainly cattle raising. and the
cattle trails from large areas converge 70
these ranch and water stations like the
spokes of a vast wheel.
The stock Of these ranchmen number
from hundreds into thousands. When
the grasses are growing and succulent ii
is amazing how long cattle will do with
out water. They frequently will not
come in for 1t for one, two, or even
three weeks. | have known horses that
have been wanted, waited for, for two
weeks, and then four days more con
sumed in hunting for them. This is one
Of the resources Of interest when Deepen
dent Or them for q trip. Sheep, owing
to coyotes and like enemies, have 10 be-
c0rralled at night. Some Of these corals
are a mile square, and water is piped to
them rs far as four miles. These ranch
men are from all parts of this and most
other civilized countries, and are in
the main an enterprising and educated
class, who have settled there for their
health or TO make money, and they
mostly win both.
They are hospitable. and their hospi-
tally has the grace Of sincerity. They
have not accommodations for many, but
they will not refuse friend or stranger,
and they who for health or pleasure find
a winter harbor in one Of these semi
tropical ranches are indeed az well Oft rs
this world can make them. Cor Home
,JOurnal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23

The Burlington Route is the official r0utt
for the teachers bound for the National Ed
ucational meeting at San Francisco. Off
cial tram from Otso leaves Chicago Wac B.
II q at 600 p. m, July 5th-trsin of tour
ist sleeping and Pullman cars The official
train from .Nchigan leaves Chicago via G.
b. & ., at 100 p. m, July l0lh-free chair
cars also Pullman and dining cars, direct to
Der yer without change. The official train
from Indiana leaves Chicago via G. B. & C.
at 400 p IN. July Sd: leaves Peoria same
pate The official Nelo York and PennSyiUa-
MA trains leave Chicago via &. B. " O.
Sunday, July Stb. These magnificent spe-
cial excursions via Denver and the scenic
route of the world-the Denver and Rio
Grande-will he under the personal super.
vision of the Educational Directors of the
above named states Special chair cars and
sleepers for the Illinois delegation will be
attached to official Michigan train, leaving
Chicago July 10th at 100 p. m, and run
direct to Denver, only one night en- route.
Take this train at principal points on main
line One fare for the round trip. For
further information in regard to these ex-
cursions, address 2. s Eustis, G. P. x I. A
c. b. g. Q. r. r Chicago, III
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23
state TaNatiOn.
Agent

La Sale county in 1856 paid State tax
of SG3OSGs3 In 1887 Gust collected
$0G,4i452. Increase, S33,35LG9.
This IS at the rate of over 5000 town
ship
This is the rate at which taxpayers fiddle
while republicans rule Illinois.
The republicans complain that il Is very
unfair 10 speak of this, claiming that the
charitable institutions of the State are the
cause of the increase of Sl4j0,blS02 in
the State tax for one year. If this increase
of 80 per cent in one year is due TO that
cause, II is time there were change of
management Of those institutions Illinois
is controlled by boards who spend the
money voted by republicans on their own
estimates; and so long as they hold their
places they will keep on in the same old
ruts and the taxpayers will foot the bills.
The change In the national administration
three years ago has resulted happily for the
people at large. Now II Is time to try a
change In Illinois. The democracy has
proved It's capacity for government In ma
tional affairs; lei them be tried In State
affairs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23

It's pages are embelished with engrsvings
OF the highest merit, Its typography Is
excellent, and the heavy paper upon which
II Is printed imparts sense Of substantial
graft fcation TO the holder. The illustrated
features of this issue comprise the second
installment of Oliver Thorn Miller's series
on Representative Woman's Clubs" an
essay on the important subject of Physical
Culture for Our Girls" by Charles Richards
Dodge, en.irg pictorially avariety of
forms of physical exercise adapted 10
women; Helen Campbelrs account OF
prisoners of Poverty Abroad :" u charm
ing descriptive sketch of Scotch scenery,
entitled Through Ayrshire with Burns
&c; special mention should be made Of
several important papers In this issue, such
Ms Emma Haddock s discussion Of Women
as Land Owners in the West" and Ella
Rodman Churchs valuable recommended
tons IN Harmonious House Interiors"
which is replete with practical and wise
suggestions
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23

When Edward Love joined hands with the
stern, clammy fingers of the law, ne mourned
as one bereft of precedence in political
jack-p pot. When the grand jury indicted
him, the impression grew upon him, until
Monday when his trial came off, he was the
most crestfallen individual in La Sale coun
~. However, the testimony in the case,
developed the fact that the stealing of car
penter Wilson's chest of tools was huge
practical Joke. Edward was very repentant
and volunteered the statement that he and
Benony Martin, (the would be anarchist
who scared Carl Zwanzig out Of square
meal last winter by proposing to blow up
Castle Garden, or Streator beer garden, or
some other garden had planned joke on
Wilson. in order to euchre him out Of a
week work by abstrscting his tools. Be-
nony, as in case his proposition with IVAN
zig insisted on Love doing the work, con-
sideriug that his great brain for planning
balanced the mere manual labor of lifting a
chest of tools, and thus Love was made the
cats paw.
1t is safe to say that practical joke that
ends up in earnest, in indictment and trial
for burglary, is very poor excuse for a
Joke, weak minded, knock. kneed, lantern
jawed joke, entirely too practical to become
popular.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23

The Republican, has frequently remind.
ed democratic orators that one of the bes,
ways TO reduce the surplus is TO use II In
paying the nations debt" says our neigh
Dor. Well, as John Sherman, while Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, fixed things" SO
there would be an interim when bonds
would come due or could be paid, paying
them was an impossibility until congress
gave the treasury power to do it; and debt
paying is going on now. But that the peo,
pie should be made to pay the bond holders
five years unearned interest for the privi-
lege of reducing the surplus is good
politics and economy only in the minds Of
republican high tax monomaniacs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23
ChilllPh's Day.


Children's day was celebrated in the Con-
gregaiional Church on Sunday evening last
before larger audience than is wont to
gather in that edifce at usual service. The
decorations were nicely arranged and pro-
duced very pretty effect. Great ropes of
evergreen hung from the chandeliers TO the
walls and banks Of flowers decorated the
front Of the church, while a large banner,
with the inscription, sunny Days." hung
in front of the choir gallery. The program
consisted of vocal and instrumental music
and Rotations, which on the part of the lit
tie folks were very credi,ably rendered. The
singing by the choir was also q prominent
feature Of the evening.
Plans are now nnder consideration to
change the seating arrangement, extend the
galleries and remodel the whole interior o.
the auditorium, as well as the exterior o
lie church, at cost of several thousand dol
!ars making il the finest appearing place o
worship in the city.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23
The New Coiors.


For the boys Of every hue,
Green and yellow, gray and blue,
There is nothing 80 becoming rs Bsndanna
So Just tie it round your head,
And be sure that il is red,
And wear il in pretty. graceful! mannah.
II will suit the ladies, too,
While driving out with you,
Or strolling long the stormy Susquehannah
Where the waters bill and COO
And the fishes envy you,
While they gaze upon the flaming Red Ban
danna.
When loosed TO kiss the breeze,
II made some fellows sneeze
So you'd think their heads would soon need
the trepannab:
II is just the kind Of stuff
To hold lot Of snuff
That will sweep the land from Maine TO Geor'
giannah.
You can bet your bottom dollar
That every vote twill collar
From the Golden Gate TO weeping Manhat'
tannah;
So Just step up into line,
And hoist that color fine,
appropriately styled the Red Bsndanna,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23

In a recent conversation with reporter,
(which a cotemporary repOrts) Worth, the
great dressmaker Of Paris, gave some idea OF
the extensive manner in which his estaS-
lishment is conducted, the rspidity with
which the work can be done, and the ex-
travagant prices sometimes paid for single
"frock," was elected: "Those ladies are
wisest who leave the choice entirely TO us"
said the great modiste "By doing 80 they
are always better pleased in the end, and the
reputation Of the house is sustained. Curl
ousiy enough the persons who realize this
fact most clearly are precisely those whom
you might fancy the most difficult to please
For example, Q telegram comes from the
Empress of Russia:-'Send me dinner
dress Nothing more. We are left abso
lutte freedom as to style and material, Not
that the Empress is Indifferent in the matter
Of dress. Quite the contrary. She will
sometimes require that all the ladies cos.
tunes at certain ball be pink or red or
blue. And her own toilets are always mas.
terpieces of elegance, The point is that she
trusts our Judgment rather than her own.
In the same way, during the last few days,
we have received over twenty kilograms
from Madrid for ball dresses, and we shall
make them up as we may think best
allow long does it take to fill these tele
graphic Orders2'
"Why, we generally want week, but if
n cessary we can finish a costume IN twenty.
four hours. We have had French ladies
order dress in the morning and dance in
it at night. | remember once making a
gown for the Empress Eugene in three hours
and a half OF course such rapdity would
be impossible if elaborate work was required.
1t often takes weeks to complete an EN-
broidercd gown. At the time Of the corona.
ton Of the present Emperor Of Russia we
had girls working night and day for six
weeks on u court train for the Empress,
which was covered with magnificent en-
broidery in real silver. That train alone
cost 25, 000f, and will be preserved in the
State Museum as historical curiosity.
"You ask me if fabulous sums are some
times paid for dresses. II Is quite impossi-
bic TO make any estimate as TO that. II you
begin putting on gold thread, Jewels, etc.,
of course there is no limit to the cost. Some
years ago a Peruvian heiress paid US l2O,-
000f, for single gown, llS,OOOf. being the
cost Of the laces alone. A few weeks ago we
sold cloak for 45OO0f, Of which 44,OOOf
went for the fur.
"Oh, yes, we count among our patrons the
ladies of all the courts in the civilized world,
that is, all with single exception, Queen
Victoria has never honored us with her
patronage
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23
Didn't RAtify,

Eyes" said Danielem Masonem to Chssem
Fowlerim, as they walked arm in arm into
the south west gate of Washington Park on
Saturday evening, "Kennedy is a great ora
tor, and those fellows will have to drink Geld
water before the twentieth century, and
don't you forget it?'
They had just reached the grounds and
Kennedy was just in the act Of being intro
duced to his audience, when
Pat
"Ow!"
Pat Pat! Pat
SOW. Wow"
1t was rain. AMI the prohibitionists FED
before it like coffee colored southerner
before his satanic majesty.
History repeats itself; there have been
cases of men going back on their principles
before, but scarcely as fragranC denial as
this, since the cock tapped its wings thrice
in Jerusalem.
II was a clean back down, and yet it is
said that Danelem and Chasem were seen
Saturday in front of the court house speak
ing thusly
Danelem-"And weren't it too savorous
of treachery TO thus turn our backs upon the
cause-our faces toward retreat from the
water we so loudly proclaim to be our
SALVATION
Chasem-lcond "Yea, Twere better
we had remained. Flight thus early in the
fight doeth lily become us here"