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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
JOHN BULL.

John Bull Is so tremendously Wsvc
that we must understand the commercial
instinct of England before it can be ex'
aclly accounted for how scared The Brit
on can be when he hears that his army
and navy are not the very best in the
whole world, and that the meteor flag
may be challenged. About twenty years
ago a clever writer started panic in
En-. land with Bdckdro0d sketch called
"The Battle OF Docking" Ii protested
to give an account, by an eyewitness, OF
the capture Of London by continental
army and the downfall of the mighty
fabric of England's greatness toward the
close Of This century. SO powerful was
the impression left upon the public mind
by this prophetic narrative that the nj
most exerlions of the War and Navy
offices, spurred on by the liberal appro-
priations of Parliament, could not keep
up with the popular demand for an in
crease of the regulars and militia, more
ships and forts and improved ornaments
all round.
General Hamley has written n paper
on "Dcfenseless London" and all Eng
land Is again agog. The people do not
take note of the difference between
peace and war. II is true that Germany :
peace establishment of war ovcrran
France, but in grea: wars the preliminary
arrangements bea: but little relation TO
the efforts that the great excitement and
genius of the popular mind produces
Witness the Monitor and the Merrimac
and the varions devices of war that the
American civil war evolved. In the
cavalry service the American citizen
soldiery went as far ahead OF the Old
IDEAS as did the navy. In tactics we
went far ahead of the peace ideas of
scientific warfare.
England may not have an army or a
navy, but if she should have TO 90 To war
in ninety days she would be able 10 cope
with any nation ia the world. Not by
the arrangements she has now, but 10y
the courage and genius of her people.
1t is Just the same with us. Our army
Is nothing, our navy "a mockery, but ii
we had war, the inspiration of the oc-
casion would produce things that we do
not know Of now
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Among savage tribes some very strange
rules Of etiquette appear 10 govern the
matrimonial relationship. Convention
prevcntsa Yoruba wife from either speak
ing TO, or even seeing. her husband If II
can be avoided. and the rude Aleuian
islanders have the same regulation about
speaking. In parts of the FIJI islands a
husband and wife, If they wish 10 meet.
must meet i'm secret. n similar secrecy Il
or was obligatory among the Circassians,
and even among the li0ttcutOts. But the
African kingdom of Fuia bears OF the
palm in these respects. if an old traveller
is to he credited. who assures US that
wives there were so bashful rs never 10
let their husbands see them without
veil for three years after marriage. The
same sort of feeling IS manifest IN other
curious customs.
Among the EsquImauy. even IN cases
where the course Of true love ran It's
smoothcst and accorded fully with pa
rental settlements certain old women
had TO be sent to drag the bride iorcibiy
to her husbands hut. she being obliged
Aii'lNl Atl' lftltAlaN Nt tNA A4t 't'tt'
make as if it went against The grain.
and az if she were much uliled az 1t.
4 Kamschadal girl ,ani the people of
Kamschatka are among the rude,t of the
carth). however well disposed she may
be To her future spouse. makes x point
of honor To pretend TO refuse him. ard
the form Of force on his side and Of re-
sistauce on hers has In any case 90 be
regularly performed And the wild
tribe. the Hos Of india, regard 70 rs the
correct thing for wife to rm away
from her husband and to tell her friends
that she neither loves him Eor will ever
see him again while he in his turn is cX-
pected to display great anxiety foT his
loss. and when he has found his wife
after dligcnt search 20 carry her home
again by main force. -Genileman's Mag
aZIne.
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CURIOUS THINGS or LIFE.

a Wichita baker displays the sign: Eight
loves for 81"
a New England constable, who has had
great experience with tralnps, says that he
has never Yet seen one with a bald head.
The latest Arkansas sensation is a negro
baby with two heads and faces, one arm and
three legs, upon which 1t stands tripod fash
ion.
Louisville man called on Lotelkeeper
in Bullitt county, Ky, the other day aud
paid seventy-fiye cents for meals he had eaten
fifteen years ago.
An old lady of IS, living in Dooly county,
Ca, is able to perform the feat Of dancing q
jig with q tumbler OF water balanced on her
head without spillins q drop.
a parishioner stood up in ST. Georges
church, Bolton, England, recently and for
babe the bans Of a couple intending to be
married. The objector was quietly requested
to go to the veStry at the close Of the service,
when it was learned that he grounded his OPP
position on the alleged fact that tho man
was in debt, and consequently not in posi-
ton to be married.
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General Boulanger is turning out to b

General Boulanger is turning out to be
perfect circus hero His experiment
at swinging round the circle" does not
promise to be much more successful than
sundry political tours of the same kind
that have been made on this side of The
ocean The Boulangists who have no
reason TO give Tor their faith have doubt
less been awaiting the explanations of
their hero on that point. His speeches
will bring home TO such of them as are
accessible 10 reason the fact that there is
no adequate explanation to give.
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DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Oueen Victoria will not hold levee thh
year.
Lillian Russell is getting thin and pretty
again.
The late Nine Boucicaut's diamonds havo
lust been sold at auction.
Eleven-year Laura Jones has invented
a -four and grain elevator.
Mrs. Elizabeth Strong, Of San Francisco, II
the Rosa Bonheur of America.
Mrs. Theresa Fair travels oil palace car
with her own steward and cook.
The mother OF Gen. Lew Wallace lectures
on woman suffrage and temperance
Miss Paddock. daughter Of the United
States senator, wants 10 be- an actress.
Mrs Laura Webster i5 the only wom-n in
America who performs professionally upon
tic yicloncelio.
Vanderbilt once paid Miss May Tillinghast
$4,000 for invent,ng new Kind OF tapestry
hanging for his house.
Mrs. John 4. Logan rents IA plot of ground,
on which she has small flower garden, from
john Sherman, for $50 year.
\ woman living in Xenia, o., has not
spoken 10 her brother in thirty-fiyc years,
although she sees him almost daily.
Amelie Rives has never been known 20
keep an engagement at the hour named, but
is nevertheless Il great favorite among her
friends.
Haruka, empress of Japan, will visit
America next winter, travelling in state
with q dozen maids OF honor, numborless
officials and every incident Of luxury.
Mrs. Z. l.. Collins, who Is employed at the
lead letter Office at Washington at large
salary to decipher blind handwriting, can
read every known language except Russian
ald Chinese.
Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, Of Boston, a daush-
ter Of Louis Aeassi1, has for eight years sup
ported free sindorgaItens IN the poorest
quarters OF Boston and Cambridge, ct a per
sonal expense OF $1,000
Miss Linda Gilbert has devoted fifteen
years and most OF her fortune to prison re-
form. Sine has established twenty-five
Libraries in the prisons of different states and
found employment for $3.50 ex-convicts
Mrs Paran Stevens, the American mil
lionaire, who has just come to London, began
life rs a waiter girl IN restaurant. while her,
husband started out as "A stable boy D. the
way an English newspaper aliuGes TO New
Gork's prominent society leader
Insurance statistics show that the expecta
ton of lite OF American women at 20 years
OF age is sos years, and OF English women
precisely the same. After tho age Of 20 the
expectation OF life among American women
exceeds considerably that oil English women.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

The Star Of Cleveland is in the ascend
ant. II there is any mistake in what he
has enunciated we had Just as well accept
1t and also accept an explanation OF II.
Mr. Cleveland put the flag Of the party
ont so far tina, it is rather difficult to make
the party come up and form on the colors,
blt the truth Is that unless we do 1t we
will be beaten badly, though our enemies
are on the run. As for the position OF
the Southern States we are obliged 10
form In the Democratic line or hand our
selves over to the Radicals and lower our
necks to yoke when we have the chance
of putting the yoke on the other people
If the yoke must be carried.
There axe two questions in Virginia
AMI North Carolina that make diff
Guilty One is the idea of protection and
the other Is the tobacco tax.
We certainly want the tobacco tax
abolished, and the Mills bill calls for that.
We certainly want the war taxes re
duced if the people will only comprehend
the question fairly, and that is in nut
shell that 100000 people engaged in
manufactures have no right to get
'ibute Of forty per cent. from
5).G00.0 coo who ale not engaged
in these protective manufactures. Ii the
people OF the United States are foolish
enough to pay twice as much for their
clothing as people in other countries do,
they lad just as well say that instead of
being free men they are slaves. The
Canadian just over the border clothes
himself and his family for one half what
il costs the citizens Of the United States.
More than that He gets mackerel for
one third less than we pay for it.
How long are we to be bound TO the
rOck-Plymouth Rock with the iron clad
idea of enslaving the people with snch
tribute.
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Treatment Of raup,r cousuuptiyc..

30 hospital or di>pensary physician ia
our large cities can fal 10 recognize the
utter feebleness and inutility OF the pres
ent methods Of treating pauper and ludi-
gent consumptives Dr. scibcrt has
averred that among poor Germans dis
pensary treatment not only fails % cure,
but even sensibly 30 relieve this class.
DR.. Paul Ii. Kreizschmar confessed %
an experience nearly similar In the
hospitals the story is not quite 50 bad.
Many patients in the first stage improve
FOR a time. bur the percentage Of cures "a
extremely small. and most cdses progress
rapidly to the worse. IN New York clty
there are some 30. 900 cases OF consump-
ton, with 1000 annual deaths. II socl-
ETY. provided suiiiciest means OF treat
ment, at leas, Is or 20 per cont. Of them
could be cured and restored to useful
citizenship. Medical Record.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

George W. Childs has his portrait in
the Journalist. and it is a good, flattering
picture, calculated to make the original
feel better any time be looks at his guilty
counlenance in the mirror after big
dinner party the night before The re.
prosch of sixty-five years of good life
NAV suit Mr.. Childs very well as he sees
himself reflected in the portrait, and we
believe that his sins are oyerbalanced by
the good that he has done He is typi
cal journalist, and as such has made 8
big success honestly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
BASEBALL TALK.
Utica has a female baseball nine.

Utica has a female baseball nine.
Won der Abe has offered Louisville 81, 500
for the release Of Pitcher Stratton.
Arson is said to be only 40 years Of age.
but he acts like sixty on the ball field.
Boston has offered $4,000 for the RELEASE
Of Hardy Richardson. The Detroit club re-
fuses To sell
With proper training Catcher BushonS
hopes to make fine pitcher out Of Hughes,
of the Brooklyns.
Mike Kelly'S batting average is now little
over 500. This is considerably moro than
any other man in the League.
Manager John Kelly, Of the Lousyilles,
has engaged the baseball grounds at the Hot
Springs next season, and will organize a
team OF twenty players for games there next
spring
Some Of the Southern league players
worked on the management to let the reserve
privilege 20 by default They wanted 10 be
left free to skip out at the end OF tire season
The Southern league, however, is paying as
Dig salaries as any other, and 1t would be
folly to carry expensive teams this season
without the reserve privilege
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

The Herald remarks thai the Supreme
Courts refusal to grant new hearing in
the telephone case sanctions the contin-
uance of the Bell monopoly until the
expiration of the patent in 1893 But il
the Bell Company shall be able TO main
tain lis monopoly throughout the term
of the Bell patents, which expire in 1893
and 1894, it will also be able TO monopo-
lie the telephone business for at least
ten years beyond 1898, owing to trick
which it has played in the Patent Office.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17
WY NIoner nne.n.t Count.

There are abundant reasons why
money should count for less IN society
here than it does abroad. Rich men are
numerous AIMING US Wealth Is accu-
muated with case. and dissipated with
rapidly. Millionaircs are almost rs
plentiful as English sparrows We are
familiar with their presence and familiar
also with the fact that riches are often
found without the qualities that afford
pleasure to intelligent people Those who
are the JOY and pride Of the most select
society are frequently people of moderate
estate. The parlor in which it is most
difficult TO obtain admission is not gener-
ely that of the richest man in the city. -
James Breck Perkins in Cosmopolitan.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

There are men that attempt 10 repeat
Jokes, who simply in a stupid and
blunder headed manner turn The whole
thing topsyturyy, making themselves
ridiculous and the jest meaningless.
There are Others who preserve the ont
ward form OF the repartee, and yet some
how conlrivc TO lose its flavor They can
not carry a Joke" 1t is said that few
men can remember a tone in music or a
tint in color without llatting it and the
principle holds good Of wit.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

The Inter State Commerce Commission
is called to a very serious question The
New York Produce Exchange about two
weeks ago formulated its complaints
against the trunk railways in document
at once strong and dignilied No graver
indictment has yet been brought against
those corporations since the passage of
the interstate commerce law The
grievances are no new matters They
have been borne for many months. 1t is
proof of the conservative character of
the Produce Exchange that its move
ment for redress has been slow aud eau
tious Although il was perfectly evident
from the facts that the roads were dis
eliminating against New York, the Elk.
change has proceeded as carefully In the
investigation us if the subject were still
in doubt And not until the special
committee had accumulated an over
whelming surplus of evidence has the
petition for relief been prepared and
forwarded TO the commissioners at Wash.
ineton. The commission will be obliged
to tackle the question.
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Nirda for Tia Millinery.

The trade n birds lor womens hats
was 50 enormous last year that single
London iea.er admitted hat he sold
1900, 100 If small birds II every kind
and color At one auction IN one week
there were sold 5, 30 oirds Of paradise,
5000 Impeyan pheasants, 400, 800 hum
ming birds and ,tner birds from North
and South America. and $50 600 feath-
cred skins from IndAa.-New York Sun.
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The American thorough bred :.

Like his master, the America thorough
bred horse is fast becoming 4 distinct
species. Like him. too. the best strains
may come from MS English prototype,
but the air of the western world las
toughened his muscle. simulated ais
nerve and made him Observation-Disclosures
Tourgee in BLACK Ice"
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Mineral Deposits n Arizona.

In Death valley, Arizona, there are
thousands of acres covered with deposit
of borax two feet thick, and near by i'm.
mense quantities of salt. lime and soda
The locality is ninety feet below the !eve.
Of the sea, and is evidently the bed of a
dried up sea.-New York Tribune.
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Waste SILK for Pines

Careful experiments have shown that
waste silk is the most effective of all non
conducting covering for steam pipes. and
the demand for this purpose promises TO
lie great. notwithstanding the high price.
Boston Budget.
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Water anime in england.

NdtVT NV Hf III 1lIEI'tTII
There Is an alarming scarcity II water
in many of he large owns Of Great
Britain, and Liverpool. and Manchester
are threatened With water famine. In
view Of this state Of things it is proposed
to bring sea rater TO be Ised for paths,
closets. watering streets. flushing sewers
and extinglishing hr9. The scheme
meets with much favor.-.Ch.cago
Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

The few accidents that have happened
on the Electric Railway Line are not at
tribu,ed to any negligence on the part of
the railroad people The bells are sound
ed all the time TO give warning of the
passing of the cars and people should get
out of the way.
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One day last month four thousand emf

One day last month four thousand emf
grants left Liverpool for this country.
With such voluminpus immigration GO
ing on, the United States is like man
who is eating two or three dinners at
once. 1t will take miracle of digestion
to dispose OF the amount swallowed in
either case.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-17

Lord Woseley's explanation has been
accepted, but the explanation is the
worst thing that has happened in Eng
land for some time. The bully Britons
want to know whether or not it is true
that they have no army and navy
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Do not ask. VIII this do mo any harm2
Ask, will it do me any good? The COM
partnership of much Of what we call so
ciety" is little OF. no better.
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The Play on Words.

\ Brooklyn man proposes to import mon
seys and train them TO become bootblacks.
Would the public put up with such monkey
,hinesf-Texas Siftings
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Mrs. II. BANNI>rER. sn O.. Ru.d
lhDo curtains e speciality.
JOHN d. GtHlNG, corner OF Fourteenth 5000
Main streets. Tents. awnings. las. Doom. -.i
wagon CoyCrr.
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II. WALLEBSTINE - Co. % ant I -. DBL.
tccnth street. Potatoes hGtior ie.
hagc. AZ.
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Good Advice.

Ii YOUR lat blows off in the street follow it
placldly aud with gentle dignity. Somebody
els. will chase It for you.-liarper's Bazaar.
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ELLIS ADRIAN. G.b J.. Broli stt..
advanced On personal pr.Irfty. Dn'..
from Friday 100 suuloHu do sltl.l
shutdown.
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JOSEPH r. WlNGFlELD. dealer I un.er
and all kinds ot mOllIn-~ Hrt
building furnishings. bu uu.r ..t Pr
order. ONCE. corner 90 Broad ..l ..U.
streets. Richmond, Va.
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AlNtlELD DAIRY umm.,b Wuta..I d..
\. seventh street. and liI b.. NIn .f..I
ttrsH wiih. cream, OItt,L n.lrer n.a .I
cheese.
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RICHMOND STEAM BAKERY. I. Al.
proprietor II ). Twelfth street Wl.'.
and refuil.
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Analytical Chemist

Or. HENRY FROELlNG. Il s. Twelfth u-...
chemist 20 Chesapeake and Ohio snf n..
moud and Allegheny railroads. sn..
tention 70 ores and mineral water,
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J. r. TEAsDALE. 1913 p. Main -tra.f
shoes.
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narne-. and -ai.icn

81. SICK EEDFOhD. lin b. Stain tr
HEr yi the Horse. Nanuacui..aai et..e
-aie dealer
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Hardware and 1tTrine. Grnt.
a 9. CLAfkE Son. 1850 Ia.t tiI.n ,.....
agents iur Imperial chilled p.DN-
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A.t.HlGlI. i,2s T.. Main street Watch 4li
icac'ry neatly repaired.
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!. :. GRAsnERGER. lis p. Franklin .-...
All WORK guaranteed
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4. .. nor TON. BIB g. Main street.
JOSH H T.. NiACtlhlp. D.u.t . f....
and iuo.I Streets
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hanging and general machine l.I. .
Models tor patents.
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OLIVER b. DYER. 90 T.. MirlsY ar..f
wholesale and retail. Sole agent ..r fr.
Cherokee Cough Drops.
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Nil. A. PYLE. jl1 IItA .fu..t ls I.
C.t.tiN-, securing lUl tl...t .
Manufacturer ct tit Acm. t.u.. .f..
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DIRECTORY
or RELIABLE
BUSINESS HOUSES

1de D'rectory 6c'o'5 II relab< ardn,t
business hottses, Sioiag heir Lclaca AMI
'eSnss', '''H BE Joand cory uScfal a. u sglre,
81 rqerence tor information relqtioe 4, ,.s
and al tie oTT0rt 6ranoles ~ 5tstne,
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". ). DlMMoCk. llJ +. Main stras, Co.,.
respOndrnco ,Oiciied.
49, BARRIERS
WILLIAM n. GARDNER. 5ls
street HAIR cutting. dyc.ns, sha,
shampoOinx.
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WALTER T. BRAUER. stau 50 D. f,.
MARKET. Smoked 'ccf-tolguos a spe,..t,
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WALLEN ~ WHAY. Seventh fnf Uu-
streets Monuments. t'fnu-. martI. rl.I.
fIea .er
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WILLIAM q. FULLER. moo D.. Cary str..
Special attention 10 repairing
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asa sNTDER a CO. loFto'WCaD Ioe
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CITY BOTTLINO HOUSE. t' 49,
street. Manufacturers ot Vanilla
md ~ fu4r4I ttt fsra
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The New York Times thinks that a
protracted wal can always be prevented
by having a good standing army.
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RICHMOND PAINTsTORE.e g.. Bne
Paints oils. glass. and painters supplies