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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
HISTORICAL PUNS.

The Roman Bishops famous co ompli-
ment to the handsome Anglo Saxon
csptives, Not Angles, but Angels" "
had greater results than its actual bril-
liancy might seem TO merit, and st
Leo doubtless had no idea when he
prayed to Heaven to aid Rome against
the invading Huns, "and huri back
these Tartars into the fires of Tartarus, y
that this punning prayer was to fix
upon the unlucky "Tartars" las they
were then called) a nickname that
would never die.
Such puns have more than once played
formidable part in history. France ex
plated by the devastation of an entire
province coarse and clumsy play upon
corpse and "corpulence made by
the French King in derision Of his ter
rible neighbor. William the Conquerer.
Charles VS. jesting assertion that he
could put Paris in his glove (gant), ho
meant only to indicate the superior size
Of Ghent TO the Paris Of that day,
stung Francis l into the renewal Of a
languishing war. One Of Lous XV's
upstart favorites was driven from the
court by the biting pun that turned his
new title of Marquis do Vandiere into
Marquis d'Avant-hier" (the day be-
fore yesterday
The epigrammstic brevity Of Sir
Francis brakes celebrated. but prob
ably mythical, dispatch announcing the
rout of the Armada, which consisted Of
the single word "Cantharides-i. g., the
Spanish hy-has been twice paralleled
in our own age. Sir Charles Napier aud
Lord Dalhousie respectively announced
the annexation of Scinde and that of
Dude in one word piece-"Paccavi." "
I have sinned (Scinds), and "Vovi," |
have vowed (Oudel. Equally historical
is the bitter pun that changed the name
Of the sluggish Admiral Torrington to
admiral Tarry-in-towD."
Napoleon (who was no man for light
jestingl is credited with only single
pun. aud that rather poor one. Dur
ing his great Italian campaign of 1857
he replied to lady. who wondered to
fiud such famous man so young, " /
am young to-day, but tomorrow shall
have Milan Ii. g.. mile ans" a
thousand years.. A much better joke
was that made on the great conqusror
himself by an Italian countess, who,
hearing him say, "All Italians are
traitors" ," replied, pointedly, mot all
of them, but a good part" (Bou-na-
parte). Equally neat, and oven moro
grimly significant, was Bismarcks
answer to person who was speculating
how much the impending war OF 1870
would cost France. Not much, " said
the Iron Count; only two Napoleons!"
David Ksr, in Harper's Magazine.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

Yesterday morning Mr.. David u. Berry
died AT his late residence, No. 10S east Cary
street. lie had been complaining of a pain
IN the head for some time, but nothing
serious was apprehended. He rose yestcr-
day morning and was down stairs before his
children, as was always his custom. When
his son, Mr.. Oscar Berry, came down he
found his father sitting in front of the
LatrObe stove dead. DR.. 1Ompkns was
summoned, who pronounced death the re-
suit Of paralysis of the brain. He was
eighty years of age. For fdy years he had
been connected with the Gallego Mills, the
latter portion of the time being head miller.
lie retired from the mill some months ago,
after completing his fiftieth year of his
service.
Mr.. Berry was n good man. a cOnscien-
tious Christian and 4 model citizen. lie was
liked and admired by a large circle of
friends. lie leaves two sons. Oscar H..
Berry, a member Of the firm of McAdams
4 Berry, andiDouglas Berry. now living IN
Michigan, (vh0 has been telegraphed for)
and four daughters. Mrs. .. +. Weisiger.
Mrs. Arthur Clarke, Misses Celeste and Al
berta. Mrs. Berry died only last October
3d.
The funeral will take place Tomorrow
morning from DR.. Hoge's Church at IL
O'Clock.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
BOOKS as A MEANS or GRACE.

We ordinarily think of books as Q
source of knowledge. Good books are
something more they are a means OF
grace as well. For genuine piety in.
cludes the head as we'll ss the heart
the use Of the intellect and reason a.
we'll as the affection. Ignorance is the
foe to true religion. the nurse Of super.
stition. To be. without knowledge il
not good.
or the value Of popular knowledge
few men had stronger sense than
John Wesley. No man ever did more
to convey it to the people. In the abb
sence of schools or as supplement to
tie school. he resorted to the prsss,
which could be utilized where the
school could not go. Long before Chau-
tauqua, the Chautaqua idea became in
carnats in John Wesley. See that
every society is supplied with books,
some of which ought to be in every
house" was wesley's standing charge
to his preachers, as they went forth on
the long rounds Of the circuit.
In 1854 the fathers in council ir-
quired why are the people under our
care not betterp' The answer, in part
was: Because we are moi. more know
ing" To be more knowing we are eS,
hoTted to be more "diligent, never to
be unemployed. never to be tritlingly
employed" Read the most useful
books, and that regularly and con-
stantly." II the preacher had no taste
for reading, he was to create one and
to communicate the good usage to
the people, and even to the children.
No itinersnt had done his whole duty
until be had supplied the people with
books and tracts. and stirred them up
to fair estimate of the advantages OF
good books and habits Of reading and
study. The books would remain as
monitors and aids to grace when the
preachers had departed.
To the pastor of to-day these primitive
men set valuable example. lie should
not neglect the use of the press az a
means to enlighten, stir aud mold HE
people. Books reterate his message.
Much he could not say In the pulpit
may be whispered to the ear and
heart from the book or paper around
the fireside, Next to your preach
Jag, see to the reading Of your peo-
pie. Vacant hours are the devils seed
plot. Where there is no good read
ing, he will furnish what is bad; and
one bad hook or paper during the week
may neutralize the good of your ser
mon on Sunday. The religious journal
is the best help to develop the habit aud
taste of reading, as we'll as to enlarge
the hearts of our people in the great
work Of the denomination. - Zion's
Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

Mr.. 4. c. Becker, superintendent of the
Union News Company. in this city. is the
recipient Of a roller desk, easy chair and
fancy clock, the gift Of the Office agents in
his division, as token Of their appreciation
OF him as their friend and employer.
The bronze equestrian statue of General
Lee by Mercie Col. Archer Anderson Zone
of the board of the Lee Monument AssOcia
tom said yesterday, would in all proba-
bility be ready for shipment the latter part
Of January.
Major Poe, the ChiefofPolice. desires in
formation of w. l.. Mcfadden. who disap-
peared from his home, No. 29lS east Clay
street, on December oh.
The swearing of time is so close at hand
that yesterday asseyerauOns We're freely
made 10 be broken in the future.
The Richmond Mercantile and Manufaci.
n ing Journal, with the December number
Lst out, closes its seventh volume.
Sergeant J. NJ. Macon has nearly COM
pleted his work Of summoning the January
Jurors for the Hastings Court.
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VA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER %, 1889

the truth. A silver dollar is silvs
dollar all the same, you know, whethsl
We hand it across the counter with lib
erty or the spread eagle turned up. St
then. boys and girls, just q few word'
on the advantage Of learning to say
Yes" To know how to say Il
promptly, gracefully, with . steadfast
purpose. is no mean learning.
One day about fifteen years ago, in
the office OF the Daily Telegraph OF
London, the editor of that journal and
Henry n. Stanley, now the African
explorer, were talking together Of the
dead Livingstone's unfinished work in
Africa. Stanley expressed his eager
ness to follow up that work himself.
The result of the conference was that a
message was sent to Mr. James Gordon
Bennett, Of the New York Herald, put
ting the question to him whether "he
would j,in :hs Daily Telegraph in send.
ing S.anlsy out to Africa to complete
the discoveries Of Speke, Burton and
Llvingstones" 10 q few hours the an
swer sped back under the bosom OF the
Atlantic: Yes. BENNETT
The application is very simple. When
the poor tired mother calls on John or
Mary to ease the burden a little from
her weary shoulders. is the errand OF
love always undertaken with unclouded
brow and with willing feet? When
the lonely old lady at the corner, or the
tired child asross the street, or the dull
boy at the next desk, appeals to you for
sympathy or support, is the support
given with glad alacrityr When from
the heart of love eternal in the Heavens
there flashes into your heart or mine the
question whether we will JON ia help
ing forward the work Of the great dis
coverer of a new and living way into
the kingdom of God, do we swiftly sig.
nal back the answer "Yes p"-Forward.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
THE DUTY OF BEING PLEASANT.

In his speech at the Dean STANLEY
commemoratiOn meeting, James Russell
Lowell told OF a tombstone in til,
neigbbOrhood Of Boston on which was
recorded the name and date Of the
death of a wife and mother, and ther
the words, "She was so pleasant. ,
Applying this thought to the subject Of
his address, Mr. Lowell added: 81
think no man ever lived who was sc
pleasant TO so many people,
80 pleasant to SO many pcople!'
The whole force Of The sentence lie. in
that latter half Of it, for everybody
knows how easy 1t is to be pleasant
at times, and TO certain people, but
when it comes to $50 many ah,
there's the rub; for no man, be he dean
or deacon. or nobody in particular.
could ever win like ercomium by
being pleasant only when it was pleas
ant to be pleasant.
Very lovely must have been the life
OF the New England mother whose BIZ
ography could thus be summed up in
one short sentence which yet leav, S
nothing to be told, and of that 9th, r
mother whose resting place in an Old
England church yard is marked with
marble slab bearing the beautiful words.
" She always made home happy"
Many a time must the outcries Of
wearied muscles and overtaxed nerves.
not to speak of sorrow-smitten hearts,
have gone unheeded in order that the
face might seem full of sunshine to the
sharp eyes ever upon it.
1t may appear bard thing to say,
but it can be gainsaid, that there is no
duty more largely neglected by the
average everyday Cristian than the
duty OF being pleasan;!-which, in view
Of the fact that no other duty is so easy
Of performance, and costs so little.
seems passing strange. particularly
when, of all the people in the world,
Christians ought to be the most cheer
ful in their social relations.
Understand mel have no reference
to that thin veneer of geniality which
the gruffest OF US can assume together
with our " company manners There
is something 90 patiently insincere about
this that it hardly deceives even the
children. Nobody would earn the
Massachusetts, mother S epitaph, though
they practiced that kind of pleasant
ness all their days. True pleasabtness,
like true beauty, must be more than
skin deep. 1t must have ito rootsiu the
heart ere it flower forth in the face to
brighten and bless.
II Christians only realized, as they
should, the gain Of being pleasant. they
would surely take more pains to cult
yate the grace.-Sunday-S,hool Times
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ErIZOOrICALLY INCIINED.
Eafal Explosiou.

CINCINNATI, December 2S.-An explosion
occurred in the stOre-rOOm Of schmitt 4 Co.,
manufacturers OF showcases. at 81 aud b.
Main street, at O'Clock this afternoon. The
report of the explosion was heard for sev-
eral blocks. The skylights running from
the first TO the fourth floors were demolished.
The following persons were probably fatally
injured Engineer William Filett, Ell
gineer Edward Boyle, of Charles Maser .f
Co., who happened to be in the building
and packer, Edward Lentz. They VERT
horribly burned and lacerated. Whal
caused the explosion is not known.
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Disastrous Fire I'm Yazoo City.

lAZOO CITY, Miss, December 2s.-Tht
Citizens warehouse, 5000 bales of cotton
and seven freight cars with contents, were
burned to-day. The Yazoo Oil Works,
near by, were saved by a change In the wind
The loss on the cotton is estimated
AT S3oO,0OO; on building, $4,000; on
cars and freight, $lo,500. There was large
insurance on the cotton. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The flames were first seen
in the west wing of the platform. A high
wind caused the fire 10 spread so rapidly
that efforts to save the property were futile.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
DLRGE.
(BY PERCY BYssmE SHELLEY.

Orphan hours. the year Ia dead.
Come and sigh. come and weep.
Merry hours smile instead.
For the yeaf is but asleep.
See. II smiles as II Is sleeping,
Nocking your untimely weeping.
As an earthquake rocks a corpse,
In it, coffin In the clay,
SO white winter. that rough MUSE.
Rocks the deai-cold year to-day,
Solemn hours wall aloud,
For your mother In her shroud.
As the mild air stirs and sways.
The tree-swung cradle Of a child,
SO the breath Of these rude days.
Rocks the year; be calm and mild,
Tremb ling hours, she will arise,
With new love within her eyes.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
GIFTS TO THE CHRIST CHILD.


o HOLY Child. 70 Thee
In Heaven tho white-robed throng uptaise
Their swelling hymns OF love and praise.
And bow tn sdoring knee.
o holy Child. to Thee
Poets their lyric diadems
OF beauty bring. all set with gems
OF sweetest poesy.
q holy Child. TO show
How the seraphs round Thee ring.
Genius doth soar on stately wing
In oratorio.
Ohoiy Child. for Thee
10 architect and artist plan
The proudest. grandest work OF man
Dreams wrought I'm masonry.
o holy Child. my part
May never be such tribute rare.
But on my sinful knees in prayer
bring Thee all my heart.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29
KEEP AWAY.

The proprietor of high toned drink
ing saloon in New York signed the
pledge and closed his dram shop. On
learning that company Of lads had or
ganized themselves into a temperance
society. he went to them and gave them
some Of his experience as a rum sell
ler.
~ sold liquor" said he, eleven
years-long enough for nee to see the
beginning and end Of its effect. have
seen a man take his first glass in my
place and afterward find the grave OF
the suicide. | have seen man after
man, wealthy and educated, come into
my saloon who cannot now buy a din
ner. Irecall twenty customers. worth
from one to five thousand dollars, who
are now without money or without
friends
He warned the boys against entering
the saloon upon any pretext.
He said that he had seen young fel-
low. q member of the temperance so
ciety, come in with friend and wait
while he drank. NO, no, he would
say, when asked to drink, =" never
touch it. Thanks all the same" Pres
entity, rather than seem churlish. h'
would take glass Of cider or harmless
Lemonade. "The lemonade was moth
ing,n said be, but l knew how j
would end. Toe only safety, boys, fol
any one, no matter how strong hi
resolutions, is outside the door Of thu
saloon.-Wesleyan Christian Advocate
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LEARNING TO SAY"YES." 4"

There is a little book called Don't,
which tells Us of q great many things
we ought not to do or had better not do.
Thsre are lists of Don 'ts' published
now and then in the newspapers which
contain great deal of good advice IN
this negative form. Young people hear
and read many an exhortation about
learning to say No" But life is not
all negative; duty does not consist en-
tirely in not doing things. A boy
writing an essay on pins and referring
to the benefits which have come to the
wo-ld from these little Instruments
said, among other things, that great
many peoples lives had been saved by
pips-"by not swallowing them" No
doubt many young persons-aDd older
ones, too-hsve been greatly blessed
ard prospered by not doing things;
but there certainly is another side. We
are taught in the Bible TO cease to do
evil. y and then ITO learn to do WE'LL
Most of the commandments in the Dec
alogue are "Tnou shalt nots." +" but most
of our Lord s commandments are Thou
shalts.n We need to learn to say
Mo- and to say it with vigor and
energy: but We need also to learn to
say Yes"
One OF our good people who fire.
auently writes for Forward sends the
following, which puts its lesson well
Ever SINCE | was little child have
heard great deal Of the value of learn
i1g to say mo" and mean no disre
spect to my training when sugges
hat we look little at the other side o.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Nine Men Horribly Burned by an Ex-
plosion cf Molten Msiai.

DALLAS, TEXAS, December 2s.-By an ex-
plOsiOa Of molten metal in a mould at the
Mosher Machine Company's foundry &C.
day, nine men were horrily burned, some OF
them fatally. The names Of the victims
are: j. A. A. Dobbins, moulder body,
head and meek terribly burned,
will probably die; married. John Hughes.
moulder both eyes burned out, whole body
SCARED, may die; unmarried. Mattson
foreman, breast neck and arms terribly
burned and foot cooked; will recover.
Charles Hurt, back burned in two
places so that the flesh fell away to
the bone, lost much blood, and will be per
manently disabled. John Wheeler, "A work
inginan, was severely burned. Fred Ayres.
Wiley Jones, Mack Haney and Jake
Mitchell, wOrkmen, more or less burned
about their bodies. The foundry will be
closed down for some time.
The mold was prepared for a 10000.
pound piece. The explosion was due 70 the
formation OF gas ss the metal was being
CURED In,
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carried from her bed 70 the chapel.
The following Sunday size also went and
took young woman with her. Soon
she found my words were true, and
Jesus became "a precious to her as He
was to me. II God had not made my
business to fail. should not have gone
to live near my relations, aud they
would not have heard the Gospel. 1t is
worth hundreds Of dollars to me to
know that they are now rejoicing in
Jesus as their Saviour. / have proved
God : goodness to me, and / want to
follow Him all my life.'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

The numerous friends Of Mr.. Alpheus
Boiling Will be pleased TO learn that he is
conyalcscent after protracted sickness, and
hopes 10 resume the regular publication OF
his paper, the Literary Messenger, in few
days.
John .. Bragg, man from Lunenburg
and one who has wide reputation as an
old Virginia farmer, is in the city.
DIR. 4. James Taylor. OF Brunswick
county, was in the city yesterday.
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rO.r rF WEST POINT. DECEMBER 2s
ARRIVED

ruEr oF WEST POINT. DECEMBER 2s.
ARRIVED.
steamship CASTOR Dale. New York, general
c.r.O. steamship Iauvilie Billups, Balti-
moro. general cargo.
SAILED.
steamship d. IA. Miller. Taylor. Boston via
NnrOlk. general cargo. steamship Charestia.
NIrkIc. Baltimore. general cargo. steamer
Em city. WalkertOu, general car o.
rOlr OBJ NEW FORT NEWS. DECEMBER 2s.
ARRIVFp.
steamship Wavoriy. West Point. to load
ufr.landlst: steamship CASTOR, West Point
o. Id merchandise. steamship Jes.mOere,
NtW orleans. 90 coal; steamship Merciano.
Sew orleans. 90 coal. steamship AvernmOre.
Sew orleans. 90 coal. steamship Roanoke,
New oik. and sailed for New furg, mer-
c.Hnli.f. steamship Myanoke. richmond
aUI sailed Tor Ncw York. merchandise.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

THE JINRIKIsHA, the two wheeled car
riage drawn by men an universally
used in Japan, was the invention Of
Rev. Jonathan Goble. the first Ameri-
can Baptist missionary to japan. 1t has
become indispensable. and the tax on
them forms one OF the most important
item in the yearly revenue of the gov
ernment. Large numbers Of the vehi-
cles are being imported to other coun-
tries. and it is not improbable, says q
writer. that the financial bsne fits which
the country has drawn from this invcn'
ton Of q missionary would 20 far r.
pay the whole cost of missions In thai
Interesting land.
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A business Murder.

New ORLEANS, December 2s.A Times
Democrats Houma, La, specill says that
Captain \. A. Wood was killed last eve.
ming by Ernest La Payrause, a tenant upon
the Woods plantation. The cause OF the
tragedy was misunderstanding between
the men growing out Of business rel atoms.
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SIR CHARLss BERNARD recently

SIR CHARLss BERNARD recently
stated that the Christian Karens num-
Der 200, 600. or fully one-third of the
Karen people. About 500 congrga-
tions are self.sup porting. They liihe
the produce of their land for che sup
port Of their pastors. They also send
missionaries to Siam, and furnish all
their support.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

The New York World, canvassing
about three hundred New York City
churches on a recent Sunday, found q
total of little over one hundred and
sixty-four thousand worshipers. There
were few more than sixty-seven
thousand men and a few more than
ninety seven thousand women.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-29

A PILGRIMAGE to the Holy Land, to be
composed largely Of Baptist clergymen
from all over the country. will leave
New York on March 26:h, next. II will
follow substantially the same route as
that taken by the Catholic pilgrims last
spring.