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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Dumas and the Cabman.

Nv father had inherited from my
grandfather remarkable strength, OF
which had the first experience when
was II or Is years Of age. Ono Sunday
10 had taken me to the Gymnase. Al
the end of the play it rained in torrents
He moved toward fiacre stationed or
the boulevard and signaled me 10 follow
him. lie gave an address 70 the cabby,
who stood upright beside his vehicle, into
which we prepared TO mount. The
goodman put Ills hand On tho door, say
ing:
II don't move q step for less this time
than five francs for the journey"
will you not move"
"No."
"Once, twice, thrice" Cabby did not
rcspond, but remained with his hand oI
the door. Then my father seized hin
round the waist, lifted him mp from The
ground, and planting hin on the sea'
said, go now" Then taking his place
in the cab, he said; Bear in mind always
how 10 do with an Obstinate coachman.
/ have not forgotten the procedure, b9s
have never put it IN practice-not thai
cabmen have become more civil. but thai
other things arc Observation-Disclosures
Dumas ILLS.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
LOUISIANA SUGGESTIONS.

When a woman whistles it makes the Vir-
gin Mary weep.
The crows. coming 20 eat pecans, cry;
Paul, Paul, a ii gra! "a ii grai Necque only
la 20, necque la 20.
A person must come out OF room by the
same door through which he came in, other
wise there will be a misfortune.
Put nails in tho shape CT cross in the nest
Of goose, that thunder should not spoil the
eggs and prevent them from Matching.
When the palate falls we must tie very
tight lock Of hair in the middle Of the head
and the palate viii resums its natural posi-
ton.
When ROSTERS crow the negroes pretend
that the big ones say, pitt coz bon pou fe
bouillon." and tho little ones reply, "Popa
aussite.
When little children in their sleep put
their arms on their heads Ne must put them
down, for they are calling misfortune on
their heads.
The following Is game for winning pc
cans: One person holds several pecans In his
hands and says: "Tt rozo dap BOZ" The
other replies, "Tire H." "Combien coupsF
dc trois, cate" etc. II the player has
guessed right lie wins the oceans; otherwise
he must give the same number OF nuts to III
adversary.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29

England has a record for punc,ual-
ity of passenger haius that Is worthy
Of emulation by some, II not all,
American railway companies. Ont OK
n total OF 1000 passenger trains ON
tle, Great Eastern road, for the first
six months Of this year over 81 PER
cent. were absolutely punctual, 81 per
cent. were less than five minutes late,
4 Der cent were over five and lcss than
ten minutes late, and 3 per cent wefo
over ten minutes la;o in criivnS 81,
their destination. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Fast Time la tho Mountains.

Another engineer has been discovered
on tho Union Pacific read who has a
reckless passion stuck in his heavins
breast for fast running. His territory
extends from Evanston to Ogden, sew
enty.five miles, and 1t is about the rough
est bit Of road on the entire system.
The track winds through deep canyons,
shoots over high precipices, darts in and
out Of dark holes, IA full Of short curves
and dangerous places. but the Flying
Dutchman," as this engineer Is called,
makes the run, including all stops, u
ninety minutes. Omaha Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29

The Siamese ape is said to be in great
request among i5iamesc merchant
rs o cashier m their counting houses.
Vast quantities of base c.in obtain
circulation in Siam, and the faculty Ok
discrimination between good money
and bad would appear 10 be posse'scd
by these gifted monkeys IN such an cX-
traordiuary degree Of development
that no human being, however care
fully trained, can compete with them.
The cashier ape meditatiyely puts into
his mouth each coin presented q hm
in business payments, and tests II with
grave delibcration. His method oi
testing is regarded in commercial car.
cles as infallible; and, as matter OF
fact, lis decision isunfomly accepted
by al parties interested IN the uans-
action. london lid Bite.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Nexsboys Wearing Sheer Bells.

The newsboys Of japan are hired by the
month, and $40 month is good wages.
They are nothing like the ne~sboys Of
America. The sign Of the calling is a sort Of
sheep bell, which tinkles as they trot along
with bundle Of newspapers sticking out OF
the breasts of their gowns. They wear bowl
like hats which cover nearly the whole OF
their faces, and the calves CT their legs are
bare. You hear everywhere their bsils
tiakling, and wherever there is a bell there IS
always a newspaper. There arc 20 news
stands on the streets AMI the papers are not
sold in the hotels. There are few street sales
OF papers and the most OF the copies 20 10
subscribers Frank q Carpenter IN New
York World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
RAIN Nv THE HEART
Into each life sons rain must fall -

Into each life sone rain must fall
n this were sll-Oh n this were all.
That into each life some rain must fat
There were fainter sots IN the pods rhymes
There wero fewer wrecks on the shore Of tine.
But tempcsts Of Voc pass over the soul
Such winds Of anguish We cannot control:
And shock after shock we are called 10 boa-
Til the lips are white with the hearts desr.,r
The shores 81 time with wrecks are s;rcau.
Unto the ear comes ever moan;
Wrecks Of hope that set sail With gIec
Wrecks Of love, sinking ssleutly.
Many are hid from the human eye,
Only God knowcth how deep they lie;
Only God beard ~hcn arose the cry.
Help me to bear Oh, help me 10 dic"
Courier Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
He Prefers Experience.

a writer who is a good observer, and
has had considerable experience, thus
defines the difference between the old
and young. There is, ho says, a wido
gulf between youth and ripe old age,
hence the proverb, you cant put an
old head on young shoulders " This
proyerb WAS written by an old man
youth had nothing TO do with H.
Youth don't believe the old man know
anything and the old man expects con
tiuualiy that the young nam viii BE-
along saying, Il didn't know it was
loaded The wise young man vii
seek the counsel of those ripe ~ ycar
and experience and avoid the mistake
in life. But Young America Will con
tinue to figure in the divorce courts,
and compound his debts at ten cents
on The dollar. lie don't want 10 be-
told tina; it is loaded he prefers TO iiQ3
ont himself. He gets there, and pa'
the piper generally.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Fitting Them to BE Soldiers.

Franco has now National league
for the promotion Of physical oduca-
ton, designed 10 tit her citizens TO- 10
soldiers. The programme which has
been completed includes outdoor
games throughout the land, for when
the local authorities will set apart 2
green" whereon the children SHAH
regularly "play."-New York Sun.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Black Hills Horses.

The Black Hills country IS making
q name for itself as o horse growing
country, and it is predicted that within
len wears it will 30 as famous for rs
horses as the Blue Grass region. IL
already boasts many fine horses OF tho
best breeds known in the world
New York Evening World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
SING TO NE.

OFT OF the silence wake mo song
Bcautiful sad, soft and low.
La the loveiisst music sound along.
And wing each note with san n Voc
Dim and drear,
As hopes last tear.
Ont Of the sihncc wake me hymn.
Whose sounds are like shadows soft and DIM
Ous OF tho stiffness OF your beart-
Athousand sc;-ss are sleeping there
Wake me song, thou child of art
The song Of hope In last despair.
Dark and low,
A chant OF woa
Ont of the Stiffness tone by tone.
Cold a. g snowflake low a. a moan.
Out OF the darkness fash me song,
Brightly dark and darby bright;
Let 1t sweep as o lone star sweep' along
The mystical shadows Of the night.
Sing 1t sweet
Where nothing Is drear or dark or DIM
And Garth song soan INTO heavenly hymn
Father Ryan.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29
Generous Gifs for Industria, Education.

]. V. Williamson, the millionaire OF
Philadelphia, is about to found an M
stitution similar in many respects to
Girard college. He has determined to
begin operations at once, and, though
feeble in health, hopes to finish dur.
ing his lifetime. The cost Is estimated
at over 100000. 1t is to be an IN
stitution for the education Of boys In
all departments of mechanical labor.
Mr.. Williamson has appointed seven
trustees to manage the business, whose
names arc carefully kept from ire
public for tie present -Scientlnc
American.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29

Railroad SUPPLEMENTARY OF the pas
senger cars need repairing!
Head Exeminer--Yes, air; No 300 Is IN
very bad shape; ought to 90 TO the SHOP at
once.
Railroad Observation-Disclosures the mat
teri
Head Examiner-Two Of .ht windows are
so loose that any ordinary man can raise
them, sir.-Time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-29

Germany last year imported g. 900
horses. 4,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
Condition Of Winner CO.

April statistical returns to the de-
partment of agriculture relate to the
condition of winter grain and farm ami
mails. The season for seeding was a
long three months in some of the south
ern states, and the appearance, as win
ter set in, was uneven, though the
plants were rooted. In the states af-
fected by summer drought there was
slow termination In the soil not we'll
pulverized, causing thin stands in such
areas. Only partial winter protection
was had In the northern belt. The va
riable temperature of March seriously
injured the plant in the central states
Of the west, and some loss from winter
killing appears, even in Texas. On the
Atlantic coast winter injury was very
slight. South of Maryland the tenn
perature was mild and favorable. The
present appearance of the crop is quite
unfavorable. As spring is late and the
present growth Of late sOWn grain com
paratively small, favorable spring wea-
ther might make a material improve
ment. The average of present cOndi-
ton is 50 per cent-lOwer than in re-
cent years, excepting only 1888 and
1888, when the averages were so and rs
per cent respectively. The condition
OF rye Is much higher, standing at 50. 8
for the entire breadth. The condition
of farm animals is comparatively good.
Estimated losses from disease and cas-
ualties are averaged as follows for each
1000 animals: Horses IS, cattle %,
sheep 46, and swine rs per cent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
Take Care. Girls.

Philadelphia Times: There are some
things a well bred young lady never
does:
She never accepts a valuable present
from a gentleman acquaintance unless
engaged to him.
She never turns around to look after
any one when walking on the street.
She never takes supper or refresh
ments at a restaurant with a gentle
man after attending the theatre unless
accompanied by a lady much older
than herself.
She does not permit gentleman to
join her on the street unless they are
very intimate acquaintance.
She does not wear her monogram
about her person or stick it over her
letters and envelopes.
She never accepts a seat from a
gentleman IN a street car without
thanking him,
She never forgets her ball room en-
gagements, or refuses to dance with
one gentleman and Immediately dances
with another.
She never snubs other young ladies,
even if they happen to be less popular
or well favored than herself
She never laughs or talks loudly in
public places.
She never raises her Iorgnette and
tries to stare people she doesn't know
out of cOuntenance on the street.
She never wears clothing so singular
or striking as to attract particular
attention IN public.
She never speaks slightingly of her
mother and says she don't care
whether her behavior meets with
maternal appreciation or not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27

It'd Bits: His salary was 81, 900 a
year and he had Just proposed to Miss
Clara Lighthead and had been accepted
and they were both exquisiteIy happy,
until she said:
~And you don't know how lovely our
home VIII be, George. 1t viii be a
home indeed for. you, a place of rest
and Joy and comfort. I'll call the
hOusekeePer up every morning, and
%The housekeeper p
"Yes, yes, dear Now don't inter
rupt, you naughty boy. I'll tell the
housekeeper to tell the cook to
The cOok?"
@Of course. And I do hope We can
get a French cook. I love French
cooking. And I'd like the diningroom
girl to
The diningroom girI?7
Yes, yes I'd like a brisk, tidy.
rosy checked English diningrOom girl.
I don't care so much about the cham
Der maid
Why, my darling, I'm afraid
Now, now. yoU bad old boy, You
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
Bridging the Games.

The Times of India: The formal
opening by the Viceroy of tie great
railway bridge across the Gauges at
Benares was a memorable ceremony.
The work has taken seven years to
complete, and its successful accomp-
hshment Is one of the grandest of the
many grand engineering triumphs
achieved by British enterprise in India.
The magnitude of the task may be
gauged from the following figures ::
The length of the bridge from end to
end of the girders is 3, 253 feet; there
are sixteen spans, seven of $50 feet and
nine Of ia feet; the piers of the large
spans are founded on ellipticaI wells,
50 feet by q feet; the piers vary In
depth from 63 feet TO 152 feet below
ground level; the weight of the mate
rial used In one OF the deep piers
Is about 16, 600 tons; the total weight
of the steel girders is 6, 405 tons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
B0ulanger, the French Idol.

The dissolution of the French par
lament. as demanded by BouIanger in
his manifesto to the electors of the de-
partment of Nord, is now conceded
upon all sides to be inevitable. but the
assumption of the aIarmists that the
popular verdict is in favor of that
movement viii inevitably lead to the
overthrow of the republic and the re
suscitatiOn of the form of government
which preceded it, is not by any means
well founded. If, during the crisis
which viii unquestionabIy follow dis
solution, BouIanger shall retain hold
upon the popular favor-and there is
no apparent reason why he should not
he can not, consistently with any
pledges that he has given or demands
which he has made, accept anything
more than reinstatement as minister of
war, or at the most, in the event of the
triumph of his followers at the polls.
an election to the presidency. A great
many prominent Frenchmen believe
BOulanger to be a sincere republican.
and this conviction is rapidly gaining
strength. If called to the chair of the
presidency he would unhesitatingly ac-
cept the honor, but that he would
strive for further exaltatiOn, in the face
Of his frequent patriotic dissertations
and the growing certainty that the
mOnarchists would make a catspaw of
him if they could, fewer persons be-
heve than are generally supposed to en-
terrain the idea.
1t is not BOulanger who menaces the
peace or threatens to change the form
of government in France, but disap-
pointed and discredited politicians, who.
strive however hard they may against
the thought, have had their day and
abused their opportunities. Prominent
among this class Of men is Jules Ferry.
With the remembrance of the TOnQuin
expedition fresh in the mind of every
F'renchman, NJ. Ferry can hope for DO
htical resurrection at the hands of no
party. He is too able to drop entirely
out of sight, and too narrow minded to
permit a new man to assume the reins
of power without making an effort to
hamper his progress. But, like many
others who are now bidding for popu-
lar support to enable them to "save
France" he is marked as a man who
can do the country more good as an ag-
itatOr than a leader, and infinitely less
harm out of power than in it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
INTENDED TO CAUSE SMILES.

The turtle has an easy time of it, and
yet 1t does not have q soft snap.
An exchange says: "The fathers
have formed a union" Who. the car
penters or the BARRIERS?
Mr.. Wheat was recently married to
Miss Rye In Illinois, and a funny man
at once asked: What viii the harvest
be 2" Now that IS a grain uncertain.
Missouri has a blind man charged
with stealing a flock of geese. No
other state In the union can make a
like showing. Missouri men triumph
over all the Universities of fortune.
A Georgia boy was recently killed
by swallowing a brass mouth organ.
An impression generally prevailed that
nothing had ever been invented that
would kill a boy who played mouth
organ.
An exquisite, leading dog by a
string, lOunged up to a ticket Office of
a railway station and inquired: "Aust
aw-taile a special ticket for a
puppy?" No; you can travel as an
ordinary passenger, was the reply.
What's the matter, Pat?" more
fun in the family this morning, sor. 4"
What! Twins again - NO, sir. Faith
and it's triplets this time" You're
getting on. Getting on, is it? Be
hivins, sOr, L behave the next1I be
quadrupeds!'
Hotel Clerk What was that noise in
your room? Captain-Oh, 1 had to
break the neck of a bottle I found
there, as I. couldn't draw the cork.
why, the only bottle there was a hand
grenade for fire extinguishing." is
that so? thought the liquor was
very mild.
Condemnation are a shiftless mig
ger, Rastus, and no good to yourself or
the community. This is the third time
you have asked me to go bail for you.
Rastus-I knows 1t, Mistah Smif, I
knows it, an eff you'll 'cOmmodate me
jis' wunce mo- III skip out de fust
thing in de mawnin' an neber show up
agin, deed won't.
The fellow that painted the end of
log black to catch rabbits is not far
ahead of the genius who catches ducks
by stratagem in MOntcalm, Mich. He
says he cuts out a chunk of sod.
spr1nkles hooks bated with corn upon
it, wades out into some lake with the
sod on his head, has strings to the
hooks which he holds with one hand,
and when the ducks alight and swallow
the corn he jerks the strings, and they
fly and carry him to land.
During the recent eclipse of the
moon some coIOred people living near
Smithville, Ga, became frightened and
ran screaming from their houses to a
field near by, where they Frustrated
themselves and began praying, think
ing the day of judgment was at hand
The lamentations were making the
woods ring, when a deacon in one of
the colored churches came up. "Git
up, dar," he said, AN go to your
house-ebery one oh you. Dey amt
nOthin' de matter; OATS only a clipper
grass oh de moon, caused by de sub
lection Oh de sun. You niggers amt
got no sense, nOhOwp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27

must let your little girl have her own
way when it comes to the house serv-
ants You can engage the butler if
you like, and of course you'll get the
coachman; but when it comes to the
laundress and seamstress and-whv.
George, what a dreadfully long face
you have. I don't ike It. -
IL looked longer as he sat In his
IOXI2 room an hOur later irving TO
inquire out how the wages of the cook
and hOusekeeper and butler and all the
rest OF them were to be paid on SIS. %
week. He hasn't figured 1t out vet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
BLOOD faint FROM BIRTH.

BONNEVILLE. Ind, January IS 1851.
shall ever praise the day that you gentlemen
born and shall bless the day that your medicine
known to had blood poison from birth and g
much that ali the doctors my town said ] would
be crippled for lie. They said would lose my lower
Limb could not stand In class TO Fecte lessons
and eleven bottles Of your b. B. B. ana
we'll You can use my Rs you ht In ny
ease there knots my shinboues as large a.
sens egg Yours gratefully MIarLE a. TAs1Ela
Address. BLOOD BALM co. Atlanta. a.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-27
Need Of Intellectual Improvement.

A writer in the Boston Traveller
urges the necessity of the salon in
this country for the improvement of
the intellectual status of both men and
women in society. As things are now.
the latter takes refuge IN trivialities,
and men recognizing this fact, follow
thier lead, and seldom obtrude anything
serious upon their attention. The
salons would make a difference in this
respect, if it could be made to possess
the characteristics of the salons of the
past. That would compel the putting
out OF sight the pursuit of wealth and
the restless activity which pervades all
classes of aur people. There are now
enough who could command ease and
leisure for intellectual pursuits to make
this possible, and the result would be
the establishment of a society which
would possess some national signifi-
canoe. The writer SAYS: This con.
test with masculine metal would test
intellectual cahber of our women and
spur them on towards a desire to assert
their equality in this respect at least
The salon could be made the means Of
giving women a larger interest in each
other; as from its very nature and
character 1t should be devoted to the
PRONUNCIATION of intelligence in its
broadcast sense, the emulation could
not be petty one. In striving to
maintain proper position within its
circles, women would rise above the
limitations of those friends whose
minds never reach beyond a certain
restricted channel