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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06
American Students of Music.

Professor Joachim, Of the Royal Academy
Of Music, chatted amiably about American
students. They nave" he said. "a mis-
taken idea Of the tasks which ore before
them Nearly all of them expect to become
finished artists in twelvemonlh or so.
whereas it takes years of training to develop
even the greatest talent. like the energy
with which they go to work, and do not
find, as it has often been said that this ell
thusiasm soon wears itself out. find ability
to work bard and to work steadily and per-
sistently nearly always go hand in hand with
my transatlantic pupils, the only trouble
being that they usually arrive two or three
years before their time. There are admir-
able instructors in the United States, and it
would be better for the students to take ad-
vantage of the home opportunities to their
fullest extent before coming here, for then
they would escape the drudgery, and with a
shrug) We would escape It, too. "-Blakely
Halls Berlin Letter
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Not u Humane Rifle.

1t was promised for the new Lebe.
,r'-,,-.--.,-g tuuu IL WIS
humane, either killing outright or disa
bling, but not tOrturing with the frightful
wounds made by single irers of large cali.
Der, and indeed, so far as known, the
magazine guns as well. Recent expert.
ments, however, have shown that the 8
millimeter Lebel magazine gun Is no more
humane than that of II millimeter caliber.
The experiments were conducted by
Capt. Jaricot. his men firing into dead
bodies and at live animals at distances Of
200, 400, 800. 1000, l, 400, 1000 and 900
meters, and the result, as summed I'D by
DR.. Delorme, are that the Orifce made by
the entrance of the eight millimeter ball
is smaller than that'Of its going out, the
same varying from four to six MILNE
tiers, according to the velocity of the bul.
lets-the power of the new steel projec-
tile being greater than that of its prede-
cessor, the bones offering less resistance,
and there being consequently less dehec-
tiOn Of the bullets The hope that the
bones would have "clear" fracture, with
little OF the splintering which is SO pain
full, has not been realized. On the con-
trary, the bone is torn hivered" would
perhaps more nearly express what DR..
Delorme says in the article he writes on
"Chirurgie de Guerre." And yet lie says
that the effects of the new rifle, Us used
at present, are triaing compared to what
they will be when the new explosives,
roburite, etc., are used. -Scien-
tific American.
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The Candahar Railways Importance.

The public generally were well informed
OF the progress Of the Russian railway to
Samarcand, but little has been known re.
garding still more important line that
the British have been constructing to
Central Asia from the opposite direction
Since Jan. this new line, the Candahar
railway. has been opened TO Killa Abdulla.
5000 feet above the sea level; and there is
now daily service of trains between
Killa Abdulla and Quetta, with caravans
from Candahar and Herat stopping at the
former place To unload and transport their
goods onward by rail. From Quetta to
Candahar the railway will run in almost a
straight line, and its construction will be
exceptionally difficult and expensive
From Gulistan to Chaman, on tho
Candahar side Of the Kwaja Amran range,
the distance is only thirty miles, but the
estimated cost OF the railway along this
part of its course is $400, 600 per mile
Pending the construction Of the permanent
line, it Is the intention to open up com
munication with Chaman as soon as
possible, by means of light mountain
railway. One of the chief features Of the
permanent line Is tunnel two and half
miles long, upon which English miners
will be employed.
The importance of this railway to the
Anglo-Indian empire can scarcely be over
estimated. AS a commercial enterprise
alone, it cannot fail to be of the greatest
utility, as by it the productions of central
Asia can find more direct outlet to the
sea than by any other route. But the In
dian and British statesman will regard it
as mainly of Importance as means for the
transportation of troops to the confines of
India and central Asia In the event of any
threatening advance on tho part Of Rus.
STA, or in case Of rupture with that
power. Frank Leslies.
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At a certain period Of the year New
York always reminds me of q baker
oven, with the fires well fed This period
is now about upon us. There has been
enough sunlight during the past couple
Of weeks To get the town well heated,
and it will not cool again until the season
changes. 1t will not be much hotter, for
the sufficient reason that il cannot be
Only ali exceptionally torrid sun canadd o
the enervating heat that is radiated by
miles of houses, whose sunny walls
scorch the hand, and Of streets whose
pavements exhale the caloric Of furnace
doors. BY day the town sends up SHIN
mer of heat into the air. After dark it
still retains its suffocating temperature
Every breeze that blows through the
streets is wilted out of all freshness in it's
passage, and in order to get a breath that
is not stale. you have tn climb upon your
roof, and you are in luck If tho roof is q
high one.
The parks by day and night are like
tropical jungles. Even in Central park
you saunter as if in the calendarium of
Turkish bath, for whatever air does
wander around its winding ways is
exhausted by its journey through the
city. The experienced New Yorker who
stays in town for the summer continues
to exist by keeping indoors as much as
possible, alleviating the temperature with
closed blinds and plenty of ice water.
have been in tropical cities in midsummer,
where the heat was not as great or oppres-
sive as it is at the same season here Al.
fred Trumble in Pittsburg Bulletin.
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Coffee Among the Arabs.

The great event of the visit is the
coffee. The host has a kind of brazen
shovel brought, In which lie roasts the
beans; then he takes pestle and mortar
Of the oak of Bashan, and with his own
hands he pounds it to powder, making
the hard oak ring forth song Of vel.
come to tho guest. Many Of these
pestles and mortars are heirlooms, and
are richly ornamented and beautifully
black and polished by age and use; such
was the one In question. Having drunk
coffee (for the honored guest the cup is
filed three tines, you are quite safe in
the hands Of the most murderous
So far do they carry this superstition
that man who had murdered another
fed to the dead mans father, and beforS
he knew what had happened drank coffee.
Presently friends came In. and, Is they
were relating the news to the bereaved
father. recognized the murderer crouched
beside the fire. They instantly demanded
vengeance. mo" said the father, 1T
cannot be; he has drunk coffee. and has
thus become to me as my son." Had he
not drunk coffee the father would never
have rested until he had dyed his hands
in his blood. A II war. it Is said he
further gave him his daughter to wife,
Last Journal Of Bishop Harrington.
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Height of METEOROLOGICAL stations.

OF the present very limited number OF high
stations for making meteorological obserya-
tons there are only two in Europe which eI-
coed 5000 meters In height. being abou.
10000 and 1000 feet respectively Among
those in this country Pixies peak, which has
an altitude OF IA. 100 feet. exceeding thus, by
more than 5000 feet, any in Europe. These
great heights are much more accessible Oh
this continent than in Europe. there being
five In America where | 900 feet or more Is
reached by railroads built for facilitating
mining work; the highest Of these In North
America Is Mount Lincoln, In Colorado. the
mining works On which are IA ,297 feet above
tho ea.-Public Opinion
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RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION.

Representative Oates, one Of the Con.
gressional Committee now investigating
the abuses of our immigration laws in
New York, is reported as being in favor
of legislation to restrict immigration by
imposing tax of $500 on every immi-
grant, and he would also place more safe.
guards around American citizenship
The country may not be prepared just
yet for such legislation as this, but there
is no doubt that 1; is rapidly realizing
that some steps such as are proposed by
Mr.. Oates will, in the near future, be-
come an imperative necessity. Not only
have the fragrant abuses of the immigra-
sale importation of Italian paupers, made
this apparent, but 1t is fact which must
be recognized that the population of the
United States is now sufficiently large to
comfortably people the country by its
own increase, and that therefore the ne
cessity for free and wholesale immigra.
ton is not so great as 1t was in the in.
fancy of the country, when a supply of
men to build up our waste places was the
first thing needful.
immigration reform will hardly be
upon during the present press;;.
iential campaign, but after tariff reform
has been settled it will be next in order
or regular cussion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

THE KINGS AND THE REPUBLIC.
The European news 10 full OF the omi'
nous apprehension that the great
monarchial powers have resolved to con
cede 10 each other 40 much as Is reason
able In order to establish q united policy
ito isolate France" or course the who's
motive OF this movement 10 the progres.
sive danger that lies ia the growth Of Re.
publcanism In the midst Of traditional
monarchies The absolute antagonism OF
free popular government to monarchy
and personal power is the danger that
threatens all the kings OF the continent
OF Europe, especially when every Kaiser
has among his subjects class OF men
who represent the vanguard OF Republi-
canism In violent and murderous form
and who may be encouraged by the de.
vclopment of free government as tie
enemy of monarchy. just because there
Is q common enemy. though popular
government and socialism are not akin.
The first indication of an understand
ing between the kings to oppose France
was the determination OF any one OF
them not TO recognize the Paris Exposi-
tion.
The vast evidence of it is said to be
hidden in the conference of the militant
young Emperor of Germany and the Car
OF Russia, the two most powerful mon
archs in the world.
There seems to be on this subject
of France what is in diplomacy called
the "entenb cOrdiale" between the
European crowned heads. They
see the inevitable destiny rising
on the horizon In the form
OF the sun Of new and free era In which
men will be Sufficiently enlightened TO be
able to GOV ern themselves, by representa-
tive government, or retain the real sover-
eighty in the citizen, and the nearer the
French Republic comes to the American
system the more certain is the grand sue
cess of France as Republic and grow
ing menace to every throne on the conti-
nent.
When Bismarck's far seeing eye caught
that point. and he gained the confidence
of the young Emperor, the first chapter
of new European deal in politics was
opened, and The monarchs came 10 under
stand that there was AL outside danger
greater than any quarrel among them
selves could cause, and that 1t was worth
great sacrifices to each other to combine
and meet the peril.
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A "sportsmanlike" scarecrow.

A mechanical scarecrow has been in
vented. The new invention represents a
man of sportsmanlike" appearance
standing with gun in hand ready to fire
at the first intruder The arm holding
the gun Is made to move by clockwork,
which Is inclosed in strong iron box at
its feet, and at proper elevation it fires
a shot louder than an ordinary gun After
the report the arm lowers. The mechan.
ism can be regulated at the owners pleas
ure by regulator like clock, and only
requires to be wound up once day
Public Opinion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

II was Fourth Of, July. He had b,su
inhaling good deal Of powder suoke.
So he said. Il was not LIQUOR: be said
the fumes OF the iirecrackers had roma Ia
his head. They had not bereft him Of
reason. He knew he had wife and fam.
lily. When man gets to his fullest ca.
pacity of inebriation. when he has for.
gotten where he lives. who Is with hin,
whether it is Tuesday or Saturday, or
what his name Is, he will still remember
that his wife has to be reckoned with.
He knew that there was trouble ahead.
and he was thinking of all sorts of Queer
excuses for his condition as he wandered
to and fro looking for hack to take him
home. At last he came across dingy
looking machine standing in solitary dig
nifty at the corner of quiet street. lie
was not so far gone that he could not di.
rect the driver where to take him. II
was some way out in the suburbs. The
hack drove along, aud as he bumped from
back to front in the usual cratic way one
does in hack, he tried hard to make up
his mind what he would say to his wife
when lie got home.
There came very lively bumb that put
an end to his musing, for when he came
down he found the bottom had fallen out
of the hack and the seat had come to
pieces, so he could only grasp hold Of the
two doors and run with the machine. He
yelled at tho driver, but the driver was
deaf, and for half mile he had to move
as fast as his legs would go. He did not
need any excuse when he got home. He
was sober; so terribly sober that he had
forgotten he had had anything to drink at
all. He was maxwell, mad is mild
word-but he was knocked speeches.
when the hackman, after looking earnestly
into the hack, instead of offering an
humble apology, turned Oh him and said
Say, what In thunder have you done
with the bottom of my hack"
And whenever his wife wants anything
she asks him in the blandest tone:
John, what did you do with the bot
tom Of that hackg"- San Francisco Chron.
icle "Undertones.
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= dispatch to the New York Times Of
Sunday, says: General Malone of Vir
ginia and Senator Spooner of Wisconsin
called on Senator Quay at the National
Republican Headquarters yesterday
Each is small man weighing 100 pounds
or so. General Malone had much the
longer conference with Senator QUAY,
the subject discussed being, it is supposed,
the quarrel between Malone and Wise.
Unless that is settled in some way it is
conceded that the Republicans might as
well let Virginia 90 by default.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

The New York World has discovered
as notable fact that while General Har-
rison has made eighty short speeches
since his nomination he has not said a
remarkable thing. The party has not
had one single rallying sentence from
him. He has not even uttered solemn
truism in mighty way.
In other words. while be may have
never done an utterly absurdly foolish
thing, 1t Is very certain that he has never
saba wise one.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

dis Is de kline er thing weighs my
friends wild Lemme sho' yo'," and going
inside after the crowd had dispersed he
stepped up on the scales and dropped the
nickel in the slot. holding on to the string.
Instantly the hand few around to the 40
pound mark, and, looking up, the porter
said: "Wut l tell you? Amt it SOP
Then he pulled the thread and out came
tho nickel. Winding 1t up. he replaced
1t IN box In his paptaloons pocket and
walked Oh. chuckling to himself: Dds
niegsr wuz BON gsset."-Ssvannsh News.
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The art Of proof reading, which exists
in very crude state In this country, has
been brought to high degree Of perfec-
ton by The London Times Five years
ago Lord Winchelsea made q bet that he
would find thirty misprints In six mum.
bers Of The Times. The stakes were
$500 and $50 additional for every blunder
additional. more or less. Six numbers
were taken at random. and three mis-
prints were discovered Lord Winchslsea
lost nearly e2.0o0-Nsw Orleans Times
Democrat. Is go. eaia
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japanese Spinning Machines,

The British consul at Ningpo calls the at.
tention Of British manufacturers to spinning
machines used In his district that were i'm
ported from Japan, and which he thinks will
eventually he adopted in cotton producing
countries The advantages claimed for them
- compared with the method Of spinning
used In America are that the staple is Len
injured and that the seeds are better cleaned.
This IL attained BY drawing the cotton b.
tween straight steel edges or knives, instead
of uang awk-Chicaso Herald
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PREsIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
At Large,
RICHARD r. BEIRNE of Hanover.
JoHN T. HARRIS of Rockingham.
First District,
T. n. B. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
d. GARDNER TYLER OF Charles City
Third District,
TAzEwELL Elicit of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM r. MCKINNEY of Petersburg
Fifth District,
ii. G. PETERS of Henry.
Sixth District,
W. w. BERRY of Bedford.
81 Seventh District,
MIcAJAH Woops of Albemarle.
Eighth District,
e. 4. MEREDITH of Prince William.
Ninth District.
JOHN A. BUCHANAN of Washington:
Tenth District,
r. B. PooRE of Appomattox.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

1t has been reported that Chief Arthur
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enei-
neers, will insist that the strike on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
shall be declared off, and the Brother.
hood withdraw financial support from
the strikers; and If this be not done he
threatens TO resign his position. Mr..
Arthur seems 10 have at last recognized
the folly OF further continuing a contest
which had almost been forgotten by the
public
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

Rev. DIR. Storrs of New York, who
was reported as having taken 10 the
woods because he could not endorse the
Republican platform, Las returned to biz
first love. and now proposes to swallow
Ben Harrison. Levi Morton, and FREQ
whisky al ct one gulp.
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THE SENATE TARIFF BILL.

Reports from Washington are to TIT
effect that the Senate tariff bill Is being
rapidly completed, and, in all probability
will be reported to the full committe,
within few days, and will be reported
to the Senate within the next ten days
From all accounts the chief item of in
terest In this bill Is the wool schedule. II
IL said on excellent authority that the bill
will make no changes in wooden goods
except to classify all worsted as woolens
As to raw wool, II the duty is not allowed
TO remain as II Is 1t will be increased, and
to this end strong pressure Is being
brought to bear upon the Senators in
charge OF the work The demand for
tn!s M increase ss comss from haeY Qphgfe IN
apetition to Congress to grant additional
protection to agriculture. The Senate
committee, In conformity with these de.
mands, has adopted schedule furnish
ing this protection bya duty of 20
cents per bushel on barley, with
proportionate increase of duty on
malt by duties of 25 cents per
bushel on potatoes and onions, 81 per 100
on cahbages, % per ton on hay, 10 cents
per pound on hops, 20 per cent on beans
and peas, cents per dozen on eggs, 80
per cent. on fowls and poultry. and on
vegetables in their natural state, or in
salt or brine, not otherwise provided for"
with no removal or reduction of duties on
market garden products now dutiable
by such increased duties on flax and on |
linen goods "as will effectually encour.l
age the preparation Of fibre and manuf&c. !
ture of goods" by abolishing all duties
on sugar, with a bounty to. Ikome pro-
ducers; by preventing imports of leaf
tobacco and repes.HnHg all internal taxes
on noscc2 <snd by restoring to wool
growing the substantial protection en-.
joyed under the tariff of 1867, 80 modified
a. to meet the later forms of foreign com.
petition and OF evasion"
From this it will be seen that the Re.
publican Senate Ii at its wits ends to
know what to do with the tariff. 1t re-
cognizes the fact that tariff reform is q
necessity, and yet is afraid to take any
Dtep In that direction for fear that, If 1t
does, 1t will stultify both itself and Its
party. In fact the proposed reform, as
above outlined, 80 far from being reform
1t oil really adds to the already heavy
burdens of the taxpayers, and the outcome
of the whole matter will, II Is plain to
Dc seen, be confusion worse COMPOUNDED.
The Radical statesmen of the higher
House are evidently doundering abou,
'opelessly and aimlessly, pretending to
y doing something while In realitv do
ng nothing, and the Senste's proposed
Measure OF reform 10. In . word, full OF
ound and fury, signifyine nothing. If 1t
magines It can deceive the American
'eople BY Its vaporings It will find itself
calculating without ito host. The average
otter will not b slow in fndirg out the
Inference between actual reform. such as .
proposed by the Mills bill. and the y
osus article proposed to b presented to y
10 public BY the Rsdical Senate
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Rlddlebergsr has donnsd the mantle of
hicheiieu Robinson, and now poses as
Inc champion twistsf Of tho Britiah Hons
'.ii IN Cosgrsss. Hurrsh for old Viz
sinis She never Tires.
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Gen wolseley Gays that the bicycle Is mil
itxry instrument Of great promise And, II
line With many othsr military weapons u
diaablss sathy than kill
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Auction Salea, Legal Notices and Amtine-
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Insertion.
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Entered at the Richmond (vs) Postoffice
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CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SPICY UTTERANCES BY LEADING
WRITERS.

Another Campaign Lie Nsiled-Hsilstone
Like Hens Eggs-A War Cloud in urope.
ParpelI's Bsttls-How to Settle the Fish
cries Trouble-vsrious Topics.
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You've JIM IN TRAINING. - Young
James G.. Blaine has been given clerk
ship at the National Republican Head
quarters. This Is eminenIlv proper He
should have through training in politics
N. Y World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-06

Onro's HUMAN Gas. WELIs-An Ohio
gas we'll has ceased from exh austion
Foraker and Hals:ead are still running
untiringly at full blast Chicago Herald
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How He PLAYED 1T ON HER.-She
was a dear little woman, and hubby
wanted her to stay at home all summer.
She had her eye on fashionable water.
ing-place hotel and he knew that meant
q cool thousand out of pocket. Did he
storm and rave and argue and talk of
bankruptcy Not at all. He urged her
to 60: he was eager ::he poo poohed
every objection and then be had his
wicked cousin Charley" write him a
mysterious note about horses and little
dinners. and left It where WHEY would
ma II, and inside of week she declared
nothing would tempt her to leave New.
Ark this summer for longer than the two
weeks OF her husbands vacation.-ReIo.
boh Herald.