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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
Business Is One uneDding Drive.

business hours are from TO 8. In the
larger establishments but little IL done after
o'clock, except in certain seasons During
these seven or eight hours the work Of TWEEN
ty-four is done Every nerve, every muscle,
every power and faculty Of body ard mind
/, taxed to the utmost 10 discharge the duty
of the day. Go into any Of the large estab-
lishInents Of the city during business hours,
and you will be amazed at the ceasless rush
and push Of clerks and customers.
1t is one amending drive.
Everything must be finished up 10 the clos
ing hour, SO that the morrow may be begun
with q series OF new and clear transactions
Merchants from other cities, coming into
these establishments 70 make purchases, find
themselves caught in this whlrl Of work, and
are carried along and made TO decide ques-
tons and make purchases with rapidity ut
terly unknown to them in their own home
We grind, grind at our treadmills all day,
and grind too hard We bolt our meals in a
fourth of the time We should give to them;
We rush back home at night as furiously as
We left in tue morning, and our evenings are
spent in an effort to keep up the excitement
OF the day. We are living too fast, too hard.
We break down long before We should.
This haste, this furious pace at which we
are going, at business, at pleasure, at every
thing, is the great curse Of New York life
Joe Howard in Now York Graphic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
Tigers In Caicutta's ZOO"

At the lower end of the esplanade ID tho
geological garden. 1t IS well kept up and
has the finest collection Of tigers | ever saw.
Two captive man caters are noble specimens,
as far surprising the beasts Of the menagerIe
as big tomcat does u sick Kitten. One, not
long since captured, Is said 10 have eaten 90
natives. He is as perfect in bis glossy skin
as il possible. shool- my stick at him; he
sprang toward me with 4 roar which caused
my heart to pulsate painfully for nearly an
hour after had often felt DESTROYS Of par
ticipating in tiger hunt, but this fierce ami
NAL has made NE contented With what may
read of such things hereafter. Lord Duf-
FERN told me yesterday that he would give
mo al open letter which might be useful t.
Us in our tour through the country, provided
would not ask for elephants for a tiger
hunt, which was the grand aim Of globe
trotters. laughed, and told him Of my
scare, and that I would not hunt tigers II the
elephants were twice - high. Garter Hsrrs
Aon ~ Chicago MAIL
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
The Delights Of Listening.

a listener and Observer How the import
OF this attitude comes out IL the biographies
of the literary men who have been most skill
full in making their characters talk natur-
ally and who were themselves, on ~ coca
sions, fine takers What prodigious powers
OF sitting silent, and simply absorbing, had
such delineators OF human life Is Addison
and Moliere Their own personality was
sunk out Of sight, as they sat watching, and
contemplatiyely taking in the ideas, humor5,
follies, virtues Of those about them The
whole scene was school OF instruction
They did not want to air themselves, did not
want TO drive every other mans ideas out OF
his head and substitute their own. No Won
der, then, that 50 often, at the end OF an
evening during which they had scarcely
opened their mouths they were pronounced
the most agreeable and delightful of men
They were such.
The man OF woman is always delightful
who is q sympathetic listener Exchange
between mind and mind is not by word Of
mouth only. a nod smile, q spontaneous
interiection goes farther than many set
speech. In fact, how can the man who Is
ever on the stretch to thrust IN his own oar
fail 20 destroy all capacity Of passive recep-
ton in his nature lie inevitably ceases 10
feel others, ceaseS-to use an old word-to
sense" others their ideas humors, enthusi-
asms, and becomes not only an egotist and
nuisance but-what, il he only knew 1t,
would trouble him far more-a lIan Of too
blunt perceptions Of external objects and
personalities ever to make all elective, dis
crimnatiye, sympathetic talker. go Boston
II.rnII
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

General Boulsnger's retirement by a
vote Of the Assembly 10 blow at strong
personal representative Of the militant
idea Of France. He had offended the
Orleauists, and then offended the Con-
servatives In the Assembly.
General Boulanger Is the representa-.
tive OF the Radical wing In French poll
tics. He is regarded by his friends as q
brilliant soldier, who has kept alive the
patriotism Of the country and elevated TO
high pitch the morale Of the army. The
feeling Of that class was well expressed
in the Chamber Of Deputies by N.
Laguerre, when he said that II General
Boulsnger were put on the retired LIST
Berlin would be illuminated and the peo.
pie would wear mourning In Metz and ct
Strasburg."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
The WomaD's Convention In Washing

The WomaD's Convention In Washing
ton ought to take In hand the resolution
introduced In the Georgia Legislature
last year to tax bachelors. The tax may
not be exactly duty" or protective
one, but Colonel Lizzie Stanton, Major
Belvs Lockwood, and Corporal Mary
Walker might succeed In making ma
tional issue on this question. This being
leap year, of course the aforesaid female
colonies and captains havs extra privi'
leges. especially when they propose TO
pool their issues and make Trust Com
bine.
We advise all bachelors 10 make q
combine and find some good, charitable
women to manage 1t, SO that they can get
over the river and rest under the shade OF
the trees without having any wives that
wear trousers. When female colonies
and majors wear trousers, 1t 70 time for
men to ask the kind protection OF real
women.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

Then there was something said about
boiling OIL" said the Mikado and so he
says again when he shuts suddenly down
on the liberty Of the press, and all be-
cause the newspapers ridiculed the Gov
eminent
As soon as The Japan editors found out
that they could express an opinion with
out being boiled in oil they proceeded to
criticise the Government in that light and
ribald style that most delights the bar
barism of the West There was fun In
Japan for about three months, but at
the end Of that time the Mikado found
out that fun was being andaciously poked
at the Throne. He did not boil the editors
In oil. He did worse-he stopped the
papers
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
WOMAS's POWER.

One of the great problems In modern
progress Is the change In woman's con-
di,on. Her change from slavery was
achieved By the spirit OF chivalry three
centuries ago, and it was all done by
mans nobility; but now The woman OF
modern times comes to assert herself po'
litically. The international Woman's
Council Is sitting In Washington. Among
the prominent ideas thrown forward Is
that by Mrs. Livermore, who says that
"the amazing developments In the indus
trial world that succeeded the war have
given women almos, limitless industrial
opportunities. In 1910, when Harriet
Mariineau visited this country, she found
only seven occupations open 10 women.
But the last national census enumerated
nearly 300 industrial occupations in which
women are working, while In Massachu.
sets alone women are engaged In 2S4
occupations, and between 100000 and
800 1000 women are earning a living in
them"
Mrs. Hulda Loud spoke of the intlu-
ence of woman in the Knights Of Labor
In reducing the influence of rum. Colonel
Susan Anthony introduced DR.. Steven
son, a tall and muscular lady, who made
an effective Grafton on the medical talents
Of women.
Among the other speakers were women
who represented religion. science, jour
nalism, and politics. According to the
way these women talk there Is power
that they represent. aud the question Is,
what can we do with 1T ?" The tone Of
the Woman's Convention indicates that
the women are more numerous than the
men, and that they ought to run the
whole machine.
What Colonel Sue Anthony and the
Doctor aid Major would do with q
national policy we cannot guess, but
what they would do with fast cruiser or
a dynamite gun In time of war can be
easily surmised
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

The proposition In the Senate made by
Republican, to give manned Confederate
soldiers as candidates for office preference
over all other Southerners, resolves itself
into this; The manned Confederate SOL
diers must be entitled to being taken
care Of by the Government Then why
not put him on the pension list and give
him morsel of the taxes that his people
pay 10 pension the Union veterans The
principle is fundamental, and you cam
not get around IT,
Senator Daniel has been applauded for
his patriotic and plain statement OF the
question. The idea of putting the Con.
federate veterans who were wounded
ahead OF the veterans who happened not
to be wounded would be to say that the
accident OF wound made all the honor
and glory Of war
If this idea of Republican Is TO be
pushed It is TO be hoped that Senator
Daniel, who Is Il wounded Confederate
hero, will again show that such plan
would work discord, because 1t is vio-
lation Of consistency and principle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
The Propagation If Cholera.

An examination Of the waters Of New York
harbor has been undertaken for the purpose
Of determining its character, and how long
it would support life Of the different micro
organisms, more especially that OF AsiatiC
cholera. Specimens were obtained at differ.
ent places, the first at the Narrows, tho
second alongside the steamship Britannia
dying in quarantine); the third at Hoffman
island and the fourth at Swinburne island
The results Of the chemical and microscopic
tests were such that the Investigator, As
sistant Surgeon J. J. Kinyoun, N. 3. G.
says: "After closely studying the current.
Of the upper bay, an led to believe that, il
dejecta from cholera patients should u
thrown into the lower bay, cholera could gain
q foothold on tho contiguous shores, wherS
every condition favorable to its development
and propagation sometimes exists. "-ChicaSS
News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
THE SITUATION.

The position of the Democratic party
at present in the face OF another great
political pitched battle Ia remarkable
one, In the fact that a powerful personal.
ity represents tie party beyond the
chance of o compromise.
The story IL told that Mr.. Cleveland
was playing billiards when he was nomin.
sted for Governor Of New York, and did
not take the trouble to stop one game 10
win another There IA magnetic charm
In the courage and independence of such
q man whose rough honesty and boldness
prompted him TO ding the gauntlet in the
face of the Republican party and drive
the fraud party. the protection party, the
party OF monopoly and the party of land
grabs and jobs to join fight on the main
issue, which Is to illustrate true Demo
cratic principles as opposed TO bogus Re-
publcanism.
Mr.. Cleveland may be an accident, but
he has the look Of Presidential accident.
There are tides in the affairs OF men, and
the tide that put Cleveland In the White
House was an irresistible movement OF
popular feeling towards reform of CEN
tralzed partisan power and an identity OF
Government offices with apolitical party.
The Republican politicians had taken all
the glory of the war which Others fought.
They had organized magnificent system
of job politics and ring government. The
thing on which this was done was hatred
OF the South. But the military spirit OF
both sections comes and calls for peace,
and calls for the great victory OF peace,
greater than the victory of war The
manly spirit of the American people
arises to achieve this great victory OF
peace. And at that particular movement
of the tide Mr.. Cleveland is elected.
Now, it cannot be denied that Mr..
Sherman and every candidate of the Re
publican party is the exponent of back
ward movement to rekindle the passions
of war and hypothecate hatred. II can.
not be denied that all those political war
heroes, who did not fight represent a
retrogade movement. They have nothing
but two things-one Is the hatred OF war
and the other is the protection of mo-
nopoly.
How shall the Democratic party meet
these two issues
The first way is to call the manly spirit
of the soldiers of both sides to stamp on
the attempted perpetualion OF quarrel
that Is dead. The second is TO pass an
act in the House of the Democratic ma
joriiy 10 show that the party will not tax
every citizen (6OO0O,0 OOl to pay tribute to
a few monopolists. And the people will
see that they are entitled to have their
wearing apparel at one.half what they
pay for it now,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
How to Write Ia Pllx.

A very quick method Of making play
and very satisfactory one TO those who
adopt it, is 10 steal it If foreign play, trans
late it or get some one to translate 1t for you,
then change its title, clap Jour name to it
and call it your own. We could easily men
ton several well known dramatists who have
done this ali along. Few persons think the
less of them for il, and most managers don't
care what the history of play IS 50 that it
will draw. Ii you make $4,000 or $4,000
by tho theft, and your conscience hurts you,
send the original author, II living, check
for 500 That will make you feel better
and him feel worse You will think that
YOU have done a noble action and lie will
gnash his tooth at having had insult added
TO injury
If YOU wish to write & farce In three or
four acts. take two or three old English or
French farces and alter them sufficiently to
throw them into one. This will require
thought and tact, but this is the way orig
inalr PLAYS are sometimes made. Or you
NAV draiuatize book by cutting out the
conversation-an old and clumsy method,
viii III mas almost gone out OF vogue. O
YOU may extract tue entire skeleton OF some
good novel published twenty years ago,
change all the names, add some new inc
dents, suppress others, retain all the strong
situations aud givv the happy ending
which managers SO much love, and then de
clare that you never read, saw or heard of
the novel in question Nobody will believe
YOU. especially your brother dramatists, Out
that does not matter II tho play Is a success.
Nobody can prove that the similarity is not
a coincidence except yourself, and Of course
YOU won't stand in your own l.ht.-New
York Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
eo,soN,s FIRST MARRIAGE.
Forgetting His Bride ut the APpo'"'e"
Uour-His Second Wife.


Uour-His Second Wife.
rhs first Ms Edison was an operator IN
the Newark factory where Edison was n'cA-
ing the machines to I'LL his first order ior 'n'
stock Indicator, which brought MIN ih'o
notice and formed the basis OF his fortune
She was n tall, fine looking giri-onc OF
dozen sitting at "A bench winding magnets
One day as Edison vas walking down the
line, that girl spoke up and babe him good
morning without raising her eyes fTom her
work
GOOD morning." said the inventor "How
did you know 1t was =
"Oh. can always tell when you're near
was the reply
"See here said the man Of inventions,
1--WE noticed you good deal of late. Sup
pose you and | get narried%
Pm ready"
when shall IL be!'
Three weeks from tonight"
"All right and the inventor went on his
rounds while his intended bride merrily
wound away upon her bobbin OF wire.
On the wedding day the first consignment
IF stock indicators came back from the pur-
chaser. imperative When Mr. Bachelor,
who has always been Edisons right hand
man, went down TO the shop after supper he
found the inventor there in his dirtiest shop
clothes tinkering away at tue machines
Didn't he remember that it was his wedding
night No, he'd forgotten all about it.
Bachelor dragged the tagging groom 10 the
nearest clothing store, got him into new
suit, then to a barber shop and finally put
him on u car and shipped him Off to the
house of the bride Then he went back to
the shop to work, supposing that was the
last Of Edison for that night In an hour or
two, however, Edison rushed in again, threw
his new coat down OH greasy lathe, hung
his waistcoat upon the gas pipe, kicked his
shoes under tho bench, seized Il file and went
at the defective stock indicator Us II there
were no such thing as marriage and giving
in marriage, and there lie stayed with hi,
faithful Lieutenant till the morning sun
looked in on two weary toilers and al cleo
trical stock indicator that worked like u
charm.
When wealth came 10 them, Mrs. Edison
No betrayed tendency TO branch ont In
the social world, but il had no effect ON the
inventors habits. One OF the largest enter
tainments Newark ever saw was given ut
her house All the leading men Of the Edi-
son works were there, but he was nowhere 10
be seen His subordinates grew little I'M
easy. \ committed Of them went over TO his
laboratory about midnight aud there was the
inventor, tipped back in rickety old chair
in his shirt sleeves, his shoeless feet high up
On the workbench, singing away into his
II. 1. rf lf. xr.tea hpr,DN
a clam at high tide
The present Mrs. Edison sticks to her hus-
band like q shadow She Is always at his
elbow in working hours, with book aud pen
Gil, taking down his ideas and experiments.
SIZE is, in fact, helprnate in every way
worthy Of his abilities New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

Washington can boast Of the preltiest
red-headed girl In the United, States who
produces such an effect that all the street.
car horses on the line that runs by the
house turn white. When a beau stays
late In the vain attempt to make her
mama a mo.her.in.law she asks what Is
the figure in the first column Of the re.
port of the Treasury Department; and (
he doesn't know II she says one taken
from the end and added to the first four,
the second three and The third two zeros.
The result Is, "good god, 9ol"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

1t Is proposed to hold conference be-
tween the United States and the South
American Republics and bill authorizing
this has PASSED the Senate.
If the House concurs ia the Senate
amendments the conference will be held
in Washington in April, 1889, the United
States to be represented by the delegates
appointed by the president and the other
comforting countries by as many dele
gates as each may choose to appoint.
This Is a step In the line Of commercial
development that Is wise.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

while the expedients thus employed,
to release to the people the money lying
idle In the Treasury, served to avert i'm.
mediate danger, our surplus revenues
have continued 10 accumulate, the excess
for the present year amounting on the
first day OF December to S55,25S, 70l.l9,
and estimated to reach the sum of $l13,.
0O0, 900 on the 30th OF June next, at which
date It is expected that this sum, added to
prior accumulations, will swell the sur
plus In the Treasury to $40, 1000, 0O0."-
The Premdenfs Nessdgs.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
A VAST MILITARY CAMP.
Russia's standing Army the Largest In
Europe-Ths Reserves.

Russia is vast military camp, and has
been since the war With Turkey; 500, 000
able bodied men compose the standing army,
the largest in Europe, supported at a cost OF
nearly 500, 0O0,0 900 year, while the work in
the wheat fields and the gardens IS done by
women and girls. | saw women carrying
hods, digging sewers, bitches, and doing all
sorts Of manual labor, which in other coun-
tries is done only by the strongest men, and
when | asked why it was SO, was told
that all the men were in the army. n few
days after | took a trip TO krasnoe Selo,
about forty miles from Petersburg, and saw
10000 idle men in camp.
Until tue late war with Turkey, 1t was the
custom to recruit the army in the agricultural
district, ana in the cities, resortlng TO con-
scription only whenever the ranks needed TO
be filed, but the late car reorganizet the
military establishment, and issued ukase re-
curing every mail citizen OF the empire 10
serve as soldier for fifteen years, i've years
to be spent in actual service, and ten as O
member of the militia or imperial reserves
At the age OF ls every young man, therefore
must enter the service or furnish a substitute
who can.be obtained, usually, by thepayment
Of small bounty to some professional sol
der who has served his own time But who
ever offers a substitute must serve in the
militia reserves, and is liable to be called into
the field at any time. The substitute is merely
Il hostage and does not relieve his principal
from service if the car needs his arms
After five years Of active service, the young
men, well drilled and having knowledge Of
military duty, arc sent home to serve in the
reserves till they are 80 years OF age, being
called upon each year to spend few weeks
in camp, so as to keep their hands in w l..
Curtis
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
The new treaty will. China, the obtee

The new treaty will. China, the object
OF which is to stop Chinese immigration to
the United States, forbids the entrance OF
laborers during the next twenty years,
but permits any laborer who has lawful
wife, child, or parents in the United
States, or has accumulated property here
amounting to $1,000, or debts due him of
that amount, to visit China and return.
The application Of the treaty will be
interesting as the Chinaman is noted for
learning how to cheat "Melican man"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
A Iaan Year problem.

Suppose that during leap year a young
woman proposes to a young man and mar
r!es him. After year or two he finds that
wedlock, SO far as nc is concerned, Is delu-
sion and a snare He applies for a divorce
and gets it,
"Yes; what Of thatf
This 10 what want to know. Il be ELL
titled to alimony or notr-Merohant Trav.
slsg,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30
GROCERIES AND LIQUOEs.


L'Ok The LIN TN cfASpt.
MACKEREL. something ycrg fine and 'si
SALMON. sailed, smoked, spicci. aui r.l'
HERR GS. roe. Sun Red, and klppcre4.
GOLDFISH, extra tine AID bOue.-ss.
ANCHONIS. in salt and On 0l.
SARIINES, French, rs. .an. ana smoked
LOBSTER, fresh IN cans ard picked DID R.si''
MACAKONI. Spaguetli and t'rmiceie.
APRICOIs. 4 cab IN sans aud tfapniaiel'
PEACHES, fresh I'm cans, eyapoiatel, ana
sun-dried.
APPLES. evapouted and sun dried.
PRUNE-, a great variety OF French az
Turkish.
PbUNELLES, Italian. skinned, aud dried
LIMA BEANS, California, dried lud iI''1
GREEN and YELLOW fre.h SNAP
BEANS IN cans.
French ana domestic GREEN PEAS % la,n,,,.
Dried SPLIT, GREEN. and DLAbhEfL
PEAS .....,.....
LENTILS and WHITE KIDNEY BLANs.
English and domestic PRESERVES, f~y
srILTON. ROQUEFORT and balb
CHEESE our celebrated I'VE year O1 -
"PREAIUA MHI-kEln sells stu. b tt.s
a gallon at HERMANN Schmidt.
90 AND 605 BROAD, CORNER FIFTH srltei'
iicDl Y
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1t is evident that the Democratic and
Republican, the Prohibition and the La
Dor parties are not to have the field all TO
themselves In the presidential election
There are signs that the famous " PEG
pies Party" is getting ready to sprout
with the other buried things that bloom
In the spring, ira la.-N Y World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-30

Lsbouchere says in his last letter The
Emperor, however, now refuses 10 leave
the vicinity of Berlin, which has the very
worst climate for him that could be found
in Europe. He declares that change to
Wiesbsden would be OF no permanent
benefit, and that the mass OF most urgent
private business, as well as public affairs
cannot at present be transacted in a salts
factory way unless be Is near the CAPT
tai"