The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From The Times"
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
CONSIDERING the millions Of money
spent on the weather service every YEAR
said "a well known merchant. 1--WE certainly
-pt very little return. Everybody is. n
course. thoroughly aware that fhe weather
Is very difficult t0 forecast but since our
signal Service gives such small sati,tac-
ion, and the results ARE always problemat-
icai. 70 Is difficult from the standpoint Of
commercial policy 90 understand why the
service should ne continued. All the
papers publish the weather predictions reg
uiariy. Who reads them. one paper has
"a big chart on the first page. and
publishes the Signal Office predictions in
capital letters and in the most prominent
portion OF the paper. II amounts pracii-
caliy tO nothing. Nine times ont Of ten tine
existing weather, when man picks up A>
paper. exactly reNcr-cS the prediction. and
after reader of the paper has followed It
once or twice. he quietly and calmly drops
the whole thing and accepts the unirust-
wOrthiness Of the service without MUIR
muir. There is iot of money spent in this
direction by the government without any
tangible or sensible result"
W. II. II. MURRAY in the Arena. says
that when Christ was born "a new manner of
living. not new manner Of thinking. was
D
not new creed. appeared for mems guild
ance; and by initiating the life. and not by
believing "a creed, were men 90 Doe saved.
lie did NOT take knowledge OF men by what
they believed, bat by what they did. BY
their deeds shall Sc know them.' said he. He
did not ask men to believe in any form Of
truth. lie said. "BeiieNc in me and YOU shall
De- saved" Have faith I'm and copy my per-
sonality; incorporate my spirit i'm Your
body; let the affection of my heart make It's
genial abode IN your bosom. and you shall
be saved. The disciple was 90 leave father
and mother and follow him. The ancestral
habits. the effects OF heredity. the pcrpetu-
ated characteristics of blood. the family sell
h,hness the pride of race these We're % e.
displaced. showed aside. killed i'm them.
that they might De free from them rs be- was
free.
AT the annual convention of the National
Electric Light Association. which is 10 meet
in Kansas city, February II to ~, Edison
will deliver "a lecture by photograph. 1T
viii make n0 gestures. said tho greatest oi
inventors Ion speaking Of 10. "but 10 viii NOT
Dee hashful" Mr. Edis0n's reputation for
bashfulncss and modcsty is well known.
aud De informed ihe president ot The Assoc
citation that De could not possibly accept
the invitation tO De- present and lecture.
{
Edison said: II tli You what VIII do, %
IL !. satisfactory tO you. ] VIII talk to my
ph0nograuh ard send 10 tO Kansas city 90
lecture tor me. lt viii make 800 gestures.
bat tAn tone viii be perfect. and J VIII war
rant that 10 can be- heard all over ihr opera
house, This agreement was satisfactory
f0 President Weeks. as very few persons
have ever heard Nr. Ldi-on speak in public.
4 COUNTY seat election is soon to Doe held
in RaNlins county. in the northwestern part
of Kansas. Two towns are competing for
the honor Of being fhC seat of government
Atwood and Brakeman. The latter town
has inau1uraifi 70 novel method OF cam
paiguinr. a fund has been subscribed 90
bus ali Che houses in Atwood and move
Them fO Brakeman. and thus dppOpulaie It's
rival. lorfy-seyen dwelling houses and stores
have already been purchased and moved no
Bakoman. and ihs purchasing committee
il negotiating Cor % majority OF the remain-
dor. The people of Atwood are said 10 Doe
hard no and quite willing tO dispose Of their
/ houses af "a fair price. ih0 Brakeman PUP
chasing Committee is backed by railroad
and a town company. and finds no difficulty
+ iu raising the necessary funds. ihe bake
man people are confident OF success at the
comm. election.
That Southern Democratic journal, the
/ Ncw Orleans imes-Dem0crai, llors the
project. which hi, opponents insist on cred
/ Ting o. secretary Blaine. If purchasing
and auneXug Cuba. The Iimes-Democrlt
SANS OF the purchase OF the island. thal IT
q. would protect our southern coast alike
/ from foreign enemy and from disease, and
would add greatly 10 the production and
wealth OF the country
/ THIS extraordinary weather reminds, or
should remind. MS that death turks ln May
/ flowers that bloom in Dccemherg The old
saving. " \ green Christmas makes TAT
/ graveyard" is the folklore for line blt OF
/ scientific truth. d the community forget IA
/ the enjoyment Of halmy air those lessons
Of per,0nal careiulness which are lndls
peusable 90 physical well-baing.
TuK New York Times states on the au-
tboritv Of a gentleman who knows as much
of inside Standard oil affairs as any out
slider can possibly know. and wlo has q
lclOser personal acquaintance with John u
Rockefeller than IT, usual. even among mos
counted his friends. that the president d
the standard oil Company is worth -l2J,
O0J.0OO.
LEON Peppers, a Washington flower ped
der. has HOt only made living for hlm-el
and family by selling bOutOnnicrs, but ha'
accumulated handsome fortune, estimate,
Do De IN the neighb0rhOcd OF Sjo,OD.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the R0ckland (Aio.
Courier reports new cause ilr pension
! lie saws veteran in Union H. suffering
from strengthening Of the brain, genera
| ability ana chronlcal Information OF Ia
spontaneous hilality system