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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

Poets and ructorician, have in their usual
rec and easy way exaggerated the material
prosperity of ancient ireland Much ol tne
,olenior attrlhutI % Kettle kings and hish
DDS and bards fades under the cold light of
historical research But this very Research
mas put beyond all doubt that beneath the
.xaggerations OF rhetoric and song there las
q solid -ubstratum % TRUTH Thus fhe publ
.ati0n hy "a parliamentary commission Of The
immense and previously almost uueNplored
mass of legal institutes known a- the brehon
Laws" ha, verified the fact that at time
when Brltons were almost naked sayagcs The
irish Keits were clad ia woolens ami linens OF
their own manufacture
The Brehon laws abound with references
lot ouly % wooden and linen goods, but 10
arding weaving. dycing ana the other pro
.,...e~ az their manufacture. AEa'n. In the
remarkable netrlcal account of tho rights 90
the monarchs OF ireland and OF the pr0vin
cial kings, attributed % contemporary Of
ST. Patrick. aud known as the Book OF
Rights" we find that tribute was paid 20
largo extent n cloaks TUNES, NANTES 9nd
other articles OF wooden and linen manuiac
mre some white, some brown, some trimmed
with purple some with fur and some With
gold W0 can See for ourselves something OF
what was done IN the more durable mate
rails Textile fabrics, except of the coarsest
sind. perish in far Jess time than 1900 years
But metal work, i good 10 material and de
sign. survives Accordingly we have abund
ant specimens of such work come down 20 Us
from the Kettle period.
Many Of these are rough, but many are rich
In material, good in design, and exquisiteiy
,sillful in workmanship. some were found
deep below the surface Of our bOgs, where
probably they were dropped IN fight, and got
gradually covered with peat IN tho slow lapse
VI centuries Others were found IN stone
chambers made for their reception and for
gotten for more than "a thousand years Vast
quantities OF the gold work were consigned TO
The crucibe. Some goldsmiths estimate that
they purchased and melted down as much az
$1,000 worth of ancient Kettle gold work
found from time to time in ireland But.
fortunately. much also has been preserved
There is quite a magnificent collection OF
works in gold. silver and bronze IN the Mu
scum of the Royal Irish academy IN Dublin
Besides these there are many fine specimens
IN Trinity college, Dublin, and IN the British
museum, London. Harper Magazine.
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conscience was fairly clenr; and IL was With
some Subtraction that | buckled my sword
belt TO accompany tho party that was TO
Nreak rciributlon on the mutincers of the
til regiment. who, We heard. had intrcnchej
themselves at korImabad As rode along
with the others thirsting for revenge,
thought Of poor murdered Rosa and her
wrecked young life. thought Of her as an
angel in heaven looking down on me, and In
my heart swore 10 give 10 quarter to the
ruiiians who had caused her death. As did
so mechanically opened my holster, took
out my revolver and drew back the little
safety bolt that holds the chamber.
Good heayensl whats thisf
One OF the cartridge. had been discharged
You can fancy my feelings when discov.
cred that hers was the hand that fired tho
,hoi--thc shot that had slain her husband!
don't tell YOU how we wiped ont the ruf.
ians 40 Kerimabad II ever vengeance was
sudden and sure, that wal the day The bulb
Of then bad intrcnchel Themselves, and were
slain % a man
thanked Mai Fowler for bis story sup
pose it was all true, for / had heard Of the
death Of Cross at hcrimabad-l had evey
seen his grave: but tin now certainly did
not know that it was his wife who bad muir
lerei him-London World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

One of the kccncst things ever said on the
bench is attributed % Judge Walton, OF
Georgia While holding a term of The SO
premc court az Augusta ho sentenced man
20 seven scars in prison for "a grave crime
The prisoner counsel asked for mitigation
of tine sentence on the ground that the prs
oner'- health was very poor
Your honor. said bee. liam satisfied that
my client cannot live out half that term and
beg of YOU g. change fhe sentence"
"NeA under those circumstances said
the Judge Il will change the sentence. ]
will mase il for lie instead OF seven years
Ihe prisoner chose TO abide hy the original
sentence, which ihe judge permitted him to
ct-Chcaco Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

Tie death ratio in England for lsSs, the
statistics of which have recently been pub
lished. shows tho remarkable fact that IL was
the lowest average since Isl. when The eov-
ernmcnt first undertook the keeping OF accu-
rate records I'm ISL tho ratio OF deaths
was Is < % the thousand. and this was the
lowest known ull that tme But for l,ss a
still bettcrshosmg i,made, the utiobcing but
rs 20 the thousand What this decrease M
the death rate means can be better under
stood from the fact that more than half a
million persons were alive in England and
Wales 40 the cnd Of lSsS whose deaths would
have been recorded during the eight years
lSsl-Ss had tho rate OF mortality boz those
years equaled that which prevailed during
the ten years iSil-sO San Francisco Chron-
icle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

"Talk about cooking birds, said George
". cobb tho other day. when | was up IN
tho Red lake country last year with the In
d.ans, they would take tho ducks we shot aud
roll them la clay, feathers and all and throw
them on the hot Goals and ashes. After
awhile, when the clay vas baked, We would
take the bricks, or whatever you may call
them. out. break of tho clay, and, with IL,
all the feathers, AMI lind the naked duck done
most elegantly Al the juices were retained
and tho ineat Nls i1kei just about the third
OF an inch. leaving ihe inslde a. tender and
delicious %. any meat can he There is nc
way OF cooking game equal to this IL Is the
tr.uaDa VI GOOD cooke,y. ST faul Pioness
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Tho Iiftle GirI,s Mart..

a little girl in Auburn whose ways are al
togethor lovely became recently after the
manner Of childhood very much interested
In those cpidermic oxcrcsccnccs on her broth
ers hand known Familiarity as warts, and she
thought that she would be happy II she could
be blessed with some just like them. Her
mother had taught her 10 pray for what she
wanted. and the little daII.el Of her own &C
cord prayed one night for warts. They came
whether in answer to petition or by exces.
siye familiarity with her little brothers
beauty marks is not known, but they came
As time passed tho little ones views on warts
changed. She no longer thought they were
handsome or nice aud she took the same rem
edy % remove them, viz, prayer 10 proved
less eiicacious in this direction than IN the
other. and after some vain peti;ioning she
presented her fearful face az her mothers
side one day recently, and with determine
ton born OF disappointment said that she
would never make another prayer. Why
said her mother, you prayed FOR the warts
and they came. God only sent you what you
asked for Why should you complaint The
little maid looked thoughtfully up for a mo
nent and then replied With this direct state
ment. Il will tell you why, mamma. When
asked God for warts / didn't know they
were not nice and God did. 50 there" Ii set
lied TIE discussion - Lewiston Journal
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remedy Tor lhe white Grub.

The use of bouzine has been found e'iectual
m France 10 destroying the white grubs l-le
laryn Of the Nay or dor bug, which often
10 immense damage, especially ia dry sea
SONS, 20 lawns. strawberry plants, Seeding
plants and other nursery stock Holes are
made IN the ground infested with the sruh'
with one ~ the sharp iron dibJ.cs used some
times In transpIantlns small plants. and the
bonkino is poured into them Fliv grains Of
beuzine are used 20 the guaro yard, and care
Is taken 10 insert DC above the plane oi the
feeding ground Of tho grsbs In an expert
meut recently made by enc % the French
forest officers. and reported 40 meeting Of
the National Agricultural society, the grubs
On twelve acres were destroyed al cost Of
only IS. % per acre. New York Telegram
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

He was appointed charge d'atlaires and
consul general at Bucharest in 1880, and
when the mission was established there
Doe was made minister resident. He
has been travelling in Europe since 1889
Among his published works are Amer
lean Diplomacy and a Life of Peter
the Great" Mr. Schuyler was married
i'm July. 1877. in Paris 10 Miss Gertrude
King whose father was for some timo
president of Columbia college.
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members of the Gridiron club, of Wash
mgton au the members Of which are
famous Spondents. lie was fire.
Iueutlya guest OF the Clover club, Of
Philadelphia, was brilliant converse
uonailst and polished gentleman. 1t
Is not probable that death could have
occurred in the corps IT Washington
correspondents which would have been
more Ecany felt, nor viii his absence
from Washingtons Newspaper row be
unappTaciatei N unnoticed Tor many
years 10 come.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

you've lost him for good THIS time" ,ald
the boss barber to one Of his shavors as
customer went out and slammed the door be
hind him.
"Ycs, but forgot"
That's no excuse. II you can't attend to
business you must CO."
What is the troubled" queried a reporter
OF the boss
He didn't brush the mans head"
"But his head was as bald as a bone"
Certainly, and that's why he should have
brushed IT, Bald headed men are very sensl-
tive. YOU must uso tho brush the same as II
they had plenty Of hair To do 50 gives them
an idea that you don't take particular notice
Of their badness
"And won't that man returnf
Never He'll try some other shop next
time, and will even advise his friends 10 keep
away from hsgsn-Detroit Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
EUGENE SCHUYLER.
lie Has Been Appointed Assistant secre-
ta,v nf state by President Harrison.

Eugene Schuyler, who has been APP
pointed assistant Secretary Of state by
President Harrison, has before been in
the service Of the state department, hav-
ing been n dilsomat for several years,
and he has delivered lectures at Cornell
university on the diplomatic and consul
lar service of the United States. He was
born at Ithaca. y. Y, in 1910, and was
graduated at Yale with high honors in
1853 He studied law and was admitted
10 the bar but he gave more attention to
literature than to law, and his contribu-
lions to the prominent periodicals were
frequent.
lie studied the Russian language, and
was made consul 20 Moscow i'm 1868. He
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

NELL and began
his profess oial
career with
Judge T0urgecon
our Continent
H. aitcrwarlhe-
came connected
with the United
Press In Now
York city lie
went % Wash
ingion two years
ago. lie was ono
of the leading
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
1t Makes You Hungry

Spring medicine meansmore nowadays thanit
dld ten years ago. The winterof 1881 hasleft
the nerves al jagged out The nerves must 10
strengthened. the blood purified. liver and
bowels regulated. Palne's Celery Compound
me Spring medicine II fodoy-does all thls
rs nothing else can. Prescribed by Plysse,ans,
Recommended By Druggists, Eodors~i By Ainistvs,
Guaranteed by ne Manufacturers 10 u
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

became secretary
of legation at St
Peters burg in
1869, and in 1873
he was ira MS
ferrcd 10 Con
siantinople as
consul general
and secretary of
legation lie was
appointed consul
no Birmingham,
England, in 1873,
and in 1879 he
was made consul
.--..-..-I IL Hnn.n
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
a POPULAR JOURNALIST.
William r. O'Brien. Who Recently Died
la Washington.

~ NH'HlU- JON
William FrS O'Brien. who recently
died of pneumonia n Washington, was
one of the best known and most popular
correspondents loo tine United States. lie
was the assistant general southern man.
ager of the United Press llo was the
orieiuatorof tine O'Bricn-Bain ncwspa-
per syniic.rc. and was writer Of great
excellence. Tie won an snviable rcputa-
ton as the Saratoga correspondent of The
Now York World. lie was born thirty
onoyoarsaso u Brooklyn, and for theta
few years bias kept mp a residence in
Vow York lie was u graduatn of Cor.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

G.. Williams In 1888 Mr. Mellette was
a member Of the first Sioux Falls consti-
mti1nal convention. and displayed great
skill in the managementof territorial az
fairs. lie was elected governor Of South
Dakota in 1850 10y big majority. Since
his term expired be- has been practicing
law at WattrtOwn.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

seven years he
was proprietor OF
T n q VI a n ie
Times, after
which he went TO
w a terto n
OAK, where he
was after W ard
appointed regis
ter Of the Water
town land Office
lie held this po-
sition for four
years, and was
.....I - a.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
The Best
Spring Medicine.

ON the spring ~ 1851 was an run down.
would get up ia the morning with ~ Tired a
fe' ing and was - weak that Icouid hardly get
auund iDOughtn bottle OF laine's Celery COM
pound, and Tore bad taken it week | felt
very much better | can che fully recommend
20 90 an who need building upand strengthen.
ing medicine" MIS- B A. Dow burlington. VI
IscTJyFo FO00 Agg,i.ic. babe. pc.foly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

my fol, club I did not know hi, name IN
my own mind I lookcf ON him as the man
WhoaIuays sat Boo che same corner. smoking
lr.huopoh charoo's lie was very neat "a,
t0 hi, dress. anI ! detected at once that oi
some tme or other he bad bccn iu the ser
vice. H., har was perfectly white, and Che
mon appeared worn out with some secret
criof some mysterious trouble ] made Mai
Fowler. acquaintance on 0ae Christmas eve.
after lugne d.ncd little better than usual
and was corrap oulinsIy c.atcd and felt
must ta.. t1 somebody .n iaut de mieuy.
talked to Lm Generally at the Rice and
Curry. when memhcr whom $50 have not
..,u introduced Oh addresses u, wc pot ON q
Nru.cd ANA indignant a'r-a- e. iuIe. we
don't answer. if Ne do 500 make the man who
la. tlus darin.iy addressed us understand
IBIS mistake 10 i- fhus $50 assert our supcri.
Or.fr Perhaps thn Us why we have The
reputation ot being clluey
Why 30 Nas do nut Enuw. There Is no
other nurl ilr it-ne "chlmmei, literally
clunm.d. 900 once WcUad botn served n
tAe sau. presidency. 500 hal uet the same
people. hut Mal Fowler was acuior 10 me
lie bad n..u through Oboe nmuuy. bad not
10 $50, rather CHASTITY affair. aud cannot
-oe.nu. lt.l.lll base c,uiiiel 90 to me. Al
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for Infants and Children.

"Csstoria IS so well adapted to children that
commend it as superior TO any prescription
Aaown TO me- H. A. ARCHER, " D.,
III So. oxford ST, Brooklyn, NY.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01

Castoria cures Collie. Constipation.
Sour Stomach Diarrhra, Eructation.
Kills Worms, eives sleep, and promotes d.
geSton.
Without injurious medication
EE CrNTArR COMPANY, = Murray Street. S.Y.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-07-14
rHE TREASURY sInPi.US.

Notwithstanding tho fact that the
Republican party made great sport Of
the Democrats for claiming thai there
WAS q surplus in the National Treasury
~lation, and that some men us should be
devised for n reduction OF the revenues.
we have confirmation of the Democratic
claim in the following from Thursdays
Reno Journal:
"rhe financial statement Just issued
by the prcretrry Of the Treasury again
calls the attention Uf thu country to the
necessity OF a revenue reduction which
shall cut down the growing surplus.
Secretary Windows report shows Tint
the total receipts for the fiscal year.
ending June 80, weIe in round numbers
three hundred and eighty oven mill
IONS. Of which nearly two hundred md
twenty-five millions were received from
custom aud one hundred and thiit!, -npe
millions FROM internal revenues. Tho
heA' hust BIappio Win tue
surplus problem"
Daring the political campaign Of 1888
some Republican fnnnciers produced
the figures to show TINT there was no
surplus in tho Treasury. and many per-
sons were led to believe that the 'sur-
plus" m was n campaign lie man.
ufaotnred by the Democratic PARTY for
political purposes. but here We have
good Republican authority for tho truth
Government are in excess OF its require
meLts. md that the people uie c"in-
p. ll,d to pay much more thal is nscss-
sary TO meet thu disbursemn nts.
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ASNRNATION.

In reply to the Silvor State the
"tendsrfoot" Of tue INDEPENDENT wishes
TO say that he IL opposed 10 losing our
identity NJ Stnte by anneIstion TO
California; lie il opposed to tho annex
u lou OF Utah with lie disturbing social
slnnant which hns boen a source Of
trouble and yeYation for years; hs IN
opposed TO the ann, IHtlon Of Idaho
hssause he fails to see whsr, in the peo-
pie Of Nevada would DO benefited Ivy
Eu1h enlargement Of our boundaries
The I~sDErEspEsr il not Opposed to
increasing our NenIth aud population
md rehuciny tsrntion," as the Silver
sintu charges. but We diTsr ouly ia the
means by which this desirable end IL
TO he accomplished. The Silver State
favors the plan Of destroying our idou-
tity az . State and becoming an annex
VI California To- "inoreass our wealth
md population." while the I~spErEspEsr
heli.ysa in developing our natural re-.
sources and encouraging Immigration,
thereby increasing our wealth and
population, enhancing our prosperity
aud, M n consequences. reducing Tux.
stion. Icy tlie natural mtans which nrs
offered 10 tbe sutsrpri.iDg people Of n
SoYpruiuu Stnie,
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The s.r.a, P.xn,,,..

A New o. leaus dispatch Of the 9th
instant suys:
Governor Lowry Of Mississippi thi.
morning issued = proclamation. in which
he stated that he will eItEadite all pat
ticipauts in tho nsLt aud especially
Sullivan. X lrain aud the seconds. ST.
liSau's fear Of arrest will probably III
terfere with the arrangements for his
reception. and the champion is Icing
kept secluded. 1t is o reported that
k,lrain was seriously kick before the
light. his nilnent being Of n private ua-
ture. Mit;h,ll is supposed to have
known this. but Donovan did not.
''Suliivi IN saga he wall not accept
FoI's belt either for his bulldog or fox
him--lf, feeling il not necessary iu es-
tai l'shing the fact that ho is the cham
pi"n pug list. lie will remain here
several days 81 n guest. Kilrain. it IL
reported here this morning. bus three
ribs broken and will BIO unable to travel
foe some time"
The news published in these columns
Monday. (Which was srid TO lie rel
abb. to tue effect that both principals
were arrested AMI in jill. proved to Ue
without foundation.
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she John.town Disa.,cv

The Coronsr's jury which held an
Inquest OH lho remains VI Ellen liite.
Dpr Of tie victims Of Tho Jamestown
horror. rendered II yoniitt TINT deceased
game 10 her denllr by the breaking Of
tbs soutli Fork DAM. that tho dam was
not adequate TO Withstand the gren.
prrs.nre brought TO bear upon II. and
charging thr owners Of tue dam with
criminal Negligence Ia not making IL
secure The verdict close, as iollows:
I'VE hold that tho ovnors nro respon.
tibto for the fearful loss OF lifo aud
property resulting from the breaking Of
1 ho DAM
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rnE T..nUSE !. n,GHr.

The Earska Sentinel vants Utah all
nexsd to SsSad.. The Salt Lake
Tribuus doesn't. TIE Tribune i. right.
There u nothing in Utah excepting
perhaps q couple Of the Tribune editora.
who arn Nevada meu) that Nevada
wants. As to the matter Of maintaining
Statehood Ia Nevada there 10 10 ques-
ton whaterer. II is t,us that the same
number Of people in other parts Of the
Union or Of the woill. might hesitate
or fail in maintaining q government
there 10 good metal in E~eVada's men
AZ we'll as in her hills. Were this not
true Nevada wpul | have Jailed, an Colo
rndo and Nebraska did, to jS:T :.c
Union Of st .tes at TINT supreme hour
Of peril when her bright star gave ad-
ditional light to tue constellation which
seemed 20 be fading. No sensible man
sntsrtains for a moment tho idea al
giving up Statehood. 1t is tue cry OF
tho chronic crank. Even he doesn't
seriously believe in it; but he shrieks it
out because it sounds startling gives
him n new sensation. a. II wore. il
Nevadan's wore not better Americars
than tho be~eoud-rats poll iciaus who at
tempt TO badger The State. Nevada
woul,l not now he a State. II Hevadn-
ms were not better men than thu above
mentioned drivelers Nevada could not
now remain a Siatc. But. because Ne
vndans nc better America ms II better
men, and because they know that they
nre appreciated by tho patriotic Ameri-
sons Of oil the Stntes, and because they
know tbut OF all the stars on the old
flag none is brighter than Ervadn's,
they will keep that star there I'll all the
others are burnt out. il thut event shall
h%appeu.- Phoebe Record.
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Let 'I'hviII EIEhI.

John L.sSullivan has won the grcnt
istic battle. aud undoubtedly feels hiw-
Relf tho possessor Of ths earth aud the
tnllness thereof. It il to DO hupeh that
the big Bostuuinn will use his victory
With the moderation that becomes NO
distinguished a member Of tue blue rib
bon brigade. At the least we trust he
tnny deter to a Strong popular demand
by ~postponing his carminiIerous crle-
trntion until he hns given n first class
drubbing to Charley Mitchell. The
world OF sports would like to see tho
man who introduced the runaway tao
tics into the prizr-ring put inside the
ropes while Sullivan has his fighting
legs on Examiner.