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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

Zone Of the best opportunities for g
young fellow to mako money quickly
in these days" said a self made mill
ionaire of this city recently, is 10
rack his brains until he has invented
something useful or that tho public
wants. 4 general impression prevails
that it takes skilled enginecrora man
Of phenomenal inventive ability 90 de
vclop anything useful 10 manufac-
turers in this age OF machin-
cry. But there is a wide field
open 10 shrcwd amateurs, 50 TO
speak, to supply little articles Of con-
venience to housekecpers, shopkecpcrs,
etc, and designers can be had at rca-
sOnable rates TO execute the idea once II
is conceived. American women are 50
accustomed to getting what they want
that anything which ightcns their
labors in the household Is sure TO 60
When | was boy on the farm at
home my mother used to make inc
clean all the dinner knives on sun.
day with bath brick. Now, scraping
this brick into a fine powder without
humps in it, used TO be the most tedious
part of the whole work. The other
day | heard Of a man who has made O
fortune by supplying the trade with
powdered bath bricks in neat packages
You know how difficult it is 10 pick
up small coins from a wooden coun-
ter. Yet the whole civilized world has
growled at and endured it since coins
were stamped and counters made, un-
til the other day young fellow in
vented a rubber mat with little bris-
ties of rubber standing up thickly all
over it, Coins thrown on the mat arc
as easily picked up as if they stood on
edge. The public was quick TO APP
preciate it and the inventor need not
work for a living any longer.-New
York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

\ Lit OF L.ccorc.

The last official act Of President
Madison was the veto of John c. Cal
houn's famous bill appropriating ST.
5000 for internal improvements,
which sum was TO be divided among
the several states pro rata This bill
passed the house by a vote Of Sc to 81
and the senate by vote OF 20 TO H..
Madison pronounced such an employ
ment of the federal surplus 10 be un-
constitutional, Notwithstanding the
fact that Jefferson had Endorsed such a
use OF the surplus, and that he himself
had swallowed the proposition OF q
national bank and had recommended
the establishment Of "a national uni
versity, for which measures no con
stitutlonal warrant could be dlscoy-
cred. The presidents Inconsistent
action OH Calhouns bill was possibly
suggested by the closcncss OF the vote
III the two houses. - Philadelphia
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
THE FAlRVs HAMMOCK.

last night tho fairies a hammock swung.
Under the myrtle boUghs q hung.
7 Vas woven q slender siikcn thread
= anc that even The lirh'--t t-..e<
or mortal passing al carly morn
To gather tho rpscs newly born
"Ve" Nha'tcr thc web and 10 tho ground huri
IN showers OF opal diamond and pearl
The dc~drops which fastened each delicate mesh
Caught from the miSts OF the morning fresh.
SUSPENDED from clistcnng myrtle leaves
y canopy oi iacc the spider wcavc~
The lovely form Of the fairy queen
Lightly rcstcd beneath tho scrcrn,
while iho soft fcaihcp blooms Of sweet nyr,ic~
shed
Jhcr perfumes around and overhead
The ioifios have held their rcvcl hcrr
NoN tho Rosy tinis OF The dawn appear
AM hoating ccuty out og sight
The son gray mists the, vrilcd the night
AM iu the morning suns bright raw
The f'ii1 'iscn mclis away
~ New Orleans piraviine
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
The Gaelic SINGER

Gaelic song. Of which The people ard
so fond, and which they sing so admir-
ably. are no less remarkable for their
freedom from the slightest faint of i'm
purity or indclicacy than for their ma
tive vigor and simplicity, whatever
The thCme, When We assert that they
are always well sung, the reader will
probably wonder how this should be
possible whom VIC have ni the sans
time to make the admission that even
the most delightful singers are as Il
rule utterly destitute Of any scientific
knowledge Of music. OF musical rules
and musical terms they know moth
ing. Song is with them as with the
wild birds of their native woods and
wilds, an instinct, an inspiration; and
IT IS simply the fact, strange rs it may
seem, that the native singer who
knows not a note of music from the
scientific standpoint will render a
Gaelic air more unsteady and better
IN every way than the most accom-
pisncd musician you can persuade to
attempt it, Tho philosophy and
motif Of a Gaelic song grave and gay,
are so closely intertwisted. so init
matcly blended with the melody, that
only q native singer can give them
full musical utterance; and, better,
paradoxical ass it may seem, when he
is totally ignorant Of music as written
and taught than when he has had any
amount you please of scientific
training. Good Words.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

charm about him, for Tue cures lie
made wcrc marvellous and none died
under his hand. But il was no charm.
IL was only the strong. pure love Of
the simple flower maiden that, bios
soming after she had persisted into a
Hover, retained her healing powers
and transmitted them to the young
physician. Victoria Morton in Home
Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

There are some points in Indian
hofscmanship that deserve mention
here. 10 begin with he always mounts
from the Off (righO side Of his horse
instead Of the near sidc, as we do The
only reason why the cavalry man has
not been taught for centuries tomount
from both sides is that his sabcr.
swinging from the waist belt on his
own left side, WAS iR the way. Now
that we are attaching the sabor TO tho
saddle instead Of the trooper, il viii
probably lead topracticc on both sides.
West Point has already begun it. The
iudiap. oucein his saddle. wrapped in
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
WEST END
Land & Improvement Co
OfHce Of Agency, Over Merchants
National Bank. Corner Main and
Eleventh Streets.
PERSONS PROPOSING TO BUTT.

PERSONS PROPOSING TO Built.
Persons wanting 10 acquire homes fer thcm-
selves in an improving locality. where every
dollar invested will increase. will do well TO
examine tho properties Of this company.
which will be marked by sign boards. posted
upon each tract Of land. and plats can he seen
at the Office OF the agency, over the Mer
chants National Bank, corner Main and
Eleventh streets.
The company will make special terms With
parties desiring TO build, and TO all such will
lend fifty per cent. of the value Of the lot and
Improvements ut s per cent. on long time.
The properties were acquired at prices much
below the present market value. and the com
pany can afford TO sell on reasonable terms to
such buyers.
JAMES II. DO0LEY, President.
GEO. J. ROGERS. Secretary.
lap7i
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
Whit Ahont the nrnkrmcn2

Has the Travelled reader ever 6b-
served that in about four cases out Of
five the men at the great railway &c
pots, who are selected to call out the
names of the railway stations which
departing trains will reach, seem to
have been singled out for the express
reason that they may not be under
stood when they make their announce
mcntsf We have heard these profcs-
sioual orators 90 over their routine
calls I'm a way that dcfed all compre-
hcnsion. Instead Of pronouucing
names in accordance with the rules of
the English language, they seem de
sir0us of showing how often and how
dciiantly their mother tongue can be
put to shame The man who cries old
rags and sweet potatoes on the street
cart hold a candle 10 the average
train caller; the latter mas copied the
former and left him far behind. IL Is
% wonder railroad managers don't stop
the unmcauiug iargon of these fellows
or put people I'm their places who can
and viii cnmciatc their words with
sufficient clcarncss and distinctness
that the average traveller can u<der-
stand thcm.-Lancastcr Pa) New Era
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
DUvAL < YoRToN's cELEBRA-

nUVAL * NORTON'S CELEBRA-
IL TED HORSE IONIC.
for Horses. Mules, Cattle &c. Cures scratches
m dogs warranted TO cure chicken and hog
cholera. Read what those who haze used II
have 10 say:
George -. Smith. Atlces. Hanover county.
Va: SAYS. puyal & NOrtOn's Horse Tonic Is
khe best toDic have ever used.
IT, G.. Alexander Old Church. Hanover
county. Vs.. says: FOO much cannot be said
in praise OF Duyal & Norton's Horse Tonic.
John l.. Curtis Warwick. &. H., Va: ]
mink 10 almost Indispensable 10 our raising
hogs
Jos. 4. Garrow. Warwick &. H.. Va. says;
II Is the best remedy ever saw for chicken
cholerr. as dozens OF my neighbors viii
testify.
T.. +. Campbell. ManagohicI. King william
county. Va. I had a valuable dog with
scratches which had given up 10 die few
doses 4 the Tonic made a complete cure.
Price 2o and 20 cents per bottle. For sale
by all druggists. sample bottle by mail for
p cents iu stampf. +. 7. REEVE K co,
Richmond. Va.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

vel as the woman hcrscD will not be rubbed to pieces
We think most women would appreciate such present
10 prove all this, get package of PEARLINE from
your grocer and wash clean something by the labor
saving directions which every package
Beware Of limitations JAMES PYLE ok.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
Special FkATIRES.

BY terms Of contract the Company must de-
post the sum of all prizes Included la the
scheme before selling a single ticket. and re-
celye the foll0widg official permit:
CERTIFiCA r. fkfeig cyflfg Nafnf lon
dOH Bank n h,FicO and >0Hh .ineric1 has 90
speciaf dtVosN M Htceas0fv fnnds fO gn1fanfse
,ls pagaeaf QfG M prizes drafn by ne LOfsriai ds
b. Bsnsacencia gnbiira.
y. RODRIGTEZ RIVIERA. Iafyrsntor.
Further. the Company il required 10 lis
tribute IS per cent. OF the value of all fhc
tickets in prizes-a larger proportion than Is
given by any other Lottery.
Finally. the number of tickets Is limited 10
s).uo-auOp less than are sold 10y other lotte-
rlcs using the same scheme.
For fun particulars. address 4. BasSett,
4 partadO 736. City OF Mexico. Mexico.
Wyi. lm os BoS 5SS, HonfeosoefN, Ala.
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Give
it to the deserving
Poor

The number of bright women who
no longer doubt that PEARLINE
saves time. labor, wear and tear in
all washing and cleaning. and is
withal perfectly harmless, reaches
millions-and increases daily-a
fact proven by the consumption of
the article, which is equal TO two
packages a year for every family
in the land.
. Every pound Package Of Pearl
inc which you give away will enable
4 poor woman to do in half 4 day,
washing or cleaning that would
Consume a whole day if done in the
ordinary way, with soap; besides,
the work will be we'll and easily
done, and the things washed Gas
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09
DRIVING OF JUNE Q, 1889.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50, 900.

PRICE OF TICKETS. AMERICAN MONBY.7
whoies, ~; Halves, 81; ousrters. 80 Cents.
Club Rates: 2sH Tickets for SO United
State Currency.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09

Beware Of limitations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
A CHEAP TIP TO ORATORS.

1t has been left to James P. Foster, the re-
tired, but not retiring, President of the Re
publican League, to point out to the
ambitious orator a royal road to fame. He
has been pretty successful in keeping him
self before the public. His political OPP
ponents have helped him nobly with their
pleasant repetitions of his famous phrase
about "frying the fat" out of Republican
manufacturers. But Mr. Foster has gen.
erously given the secret of his success. Ac-
cording to the Baltimore Herald Mr.. Foster
handed nice typewriter copies of his
speech to the reporters at the recent league
meeting in Baltimore. To one young news
paper reporter he said, as he gave him a
copy of the speech: "Be sure and put the
noise in" The reporter obliglngly in
serted laughter, applause, tremendous
cheering, and other parenthetical remarks
into the report. thus leading the public to
believe that Mr.. Fosters wit and eloquence
had been highly appreciated by the au-
dience.
Mr.. Fosters method is simple and direct
All you have to do is to catch an innocent
young reporter after you have made your
oratorical effort. 1t is like that famous
recipe in the cook book: "First catch your
hare" We cannot guarantee that orators
will always have Mr.. Fosters luck in this
essential preliminary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
MORE vIGILANT CoNsTABLEs.

The returns to the March term of the
Quarter Sessions, show that while the vend-
ors of alcoholic beverages may not lie cured
of their proneness to illicit liquor selling,
there has certainly been decided improve
ment in the bad habit on the part of con-
stables of not reporting violations of the
law. The increased list of violations re-
ported may be taken to indicate, in varying
degrees, increased vigilance on the part of
the constables rather than increased de-
fanee of the law on the part of unlicensed
liquor sellers. 1t is not likely, forinstance,
that the list of violations from Braddock,
though larger than the whole list from the
downtown wards of Pittsburg, means that
the Braddock liquor-sellers are more defiant
of the law, but that the Braddock officer has
been more especially active in the discharge
of his business. If all of the officers OF the
peace in this county were of his sort the
illegal liquor trade would get very en-
phatic setback.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
AN UNFORTUNATE CLOSE.

With due credit to Mr.. Cleveland for
what he has done that is honest and fair, it
must be said that the TWO important docu-
ments with which he closed his term, put
his administration in an unfortunate atti-
tude.
The direct tax bill veto was eminentIy a
sectional document. 1t forbade the restora-
tion from an overfowing treasury, of the
amount obtained from tax that was COL
lected from one section of the country and
not from another. The opposition to it was
wholly due to the determination of the
part of the country whence the retiring
President drew his chief support, that the
other section should not be placed upon an
equal footing as regards the payment of this
tax.
The DesMolnes river lands veto takes a
more unfortunate attitude. This is case
where land-grabbing corporation is evict-
ing the actual settlers and improvers of the
land, and has VIGOROUSLY failed to perform
its part of the agreement by which the land
was granted to it many years ago. The bill
was an endeavor to check the legal jugglery
by which corporations are enabled to get
hold of the public domain without any con-
sideration; and the Presidents veto was a
practical declaration that the effort should
not be made.
These vetoes have been loudly praised
by the interested parties, but it is neverthe-
Jess unfortunate for President to go out Of
Office, ranked by himself as on the side of
sectionalism in the disposition of public
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
AN AFRICAN RUMOR.

The report of great battle on the White
Nile, in which Emin Pasha inflicted dis
astrous defeat on Khalifa Abdellah, one of
the Madist chiefs, has little more claim
upon the public belief than the average
African rumor, about one in five ofwhich OBJ
tains verifcation. 1t would be very grateful
news to the civilized world if the persistence
with which that leader has upheld civiliza-
ton at the equator should lead to such q
victory. 1t would also afford a commentary
upon the reliability of African news if,
after the world had heard of the capture of
Emin and Stanley, the latter should first
disprove it by appearing on the Congo,
and the other give a very practical demon
stration of its falsity, by beating his foes.
This report differs from its predecessors in
that they were news OF disaster; but that is
hardly so tangible as to warrant the plac-
ing of great reliance on it, Christendom
will await with great interest the verifca-
tion or contradiction of this rumor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
PUBLIC PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.

A NEW operate star, in the person of Frau
lein Irene Abendroth, a young Polish lady of
II, has just made a highly successful appear
ance in the Austrian capital in BellInis "Som-
nambula."
THE silver pen with which Senator Ingalls,
as President pro TEN. of the Senate has been
afixing his name to bills and resolutions has
been stolen from his room at the Capitol. The
Sergeant-at-Arms will have to buy new one
for Mr.. Morton.
THE wedding of His Grace OF Newcastle will
leave the Dukes of Portland and Somerset the
only bachelor Dukes in the peerage. His Grace
of Somerset, however is 79 years of age, so he
is not likely to get married now. There are
five wearers of the strawberry leaves who are
widowers-the Duke of Devonsnire, the Duke
of Grafton, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of
Richmond, and the Duke of Sutherland, and
their ages are respectively u, 6S A. II, 81
THERE is young woman now in Washing
ton named McMillen who possesses startling
facial resemblance to Mrs. Cleveland. A few
days ago she was walking down Pennsylvania
avenue when real estate agent Of that city
accosted her and insisted upon few moments
conversation. Miss McMillen hurried on and
paid no attention to him, but he, thinking he
would never again have SO good chance at
the Presidents wife, insisted upon forcing an
advertising card into her hand. Even then an
approaching policeman was required to drive
him away.
Mr.. ARLo BATES, in the Book Buyer, quotes
the following dialogue as having taken place
between Wendell Phillips and Thomas G. Ap-
pleton when they were young and briehess law
yers, rich, and too aristocratic to attract busi
ness. One day Appleton asked Phillips if he
had any clients yet Not Client" was the
reply. "How long," Appleton asked, ''are you
going to hold on? Pm getting pretty tired of
it myself" II think I'll try it six months
longer" Phillips is said to have answered, land
if don't get start by that time 1 shall take
up a cause" AS matter of fact Mr.. Phillips
did take up cause, as all the world knows,
while Mr.. Appleton became the most charming
OF dilettanti.
Mr.. HOUSTON, the young gentleman who
acted as the go-between for Mr.. Pigott and
Mr.. Macdonald in the matter of the Times
letters, was some years ago reporter. During
that period of his life he had some peculiar ex-
periences of the methods of 'law and order"
During the strike of the Dublin police, the
task of keeping the streets was entrusted to
the military, who frequently charged the peo-
pie. On one occasion a regiment charged
straight down on a street where Mr.. Houston,
notebook in hand, was making his impressions
book frantically and shouted ''press," but the
soldiers charged on, and one of them made a
pass at Mr.. houston's flying form. The bayonet
went to its mark, and Mr.. Houston bears the
scar to this day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
THE EXPIRED CONGRESS.

The Congress which brought its labors to
close yesterday, by a very undigni6ed
squabble over the respective positions of the
two branches at the inaugural ceremonies,
will take place in political history rather by
what it failed to do than by what it did.
Hardly any Congress has got through its
two sessions with shorter record Of really
broad national legislation than the Fittieth.
Its sole work has been the struggle with a
question which was either too great for its
powers or for which the body itself was too
unwieldy.
The Fiftieth Congress commenced its
career with an avowed determination to deal
with the subject of revenue reduction.
While there were the most radical antagon-
isms as to the methods by which this reduc-
tion was to to be affected, there was prac-
tical agreement as to the necessity of cut
ting off surplus revenue somewhere. On
that state of the case, it would seem as if
some ground of agreement might have been
reached, by which to stop the collection of
unnecessary taxes. Yet delay and dawdling,
principally in committees, has resulted in
the present situation, that after 13 months
of sessions the Fiftieth Congress leaves the
subject of revenue exactly where it found
it; and an extra session will be necessary if
the collection of surplus revenue is not to
go on for another year.
Whether it is due to the character of our
politics or to the unwieldy size and meth
DDS of the lower branch, it seems to be the
fact that the one class of legislation which
the late body could handle was that COM
posed of private jobs and petty special pen
sion bills,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
THE IRISH TO BLAME.
Germany's Oficinl Organ Talks Queerly of
the Samoa Trouble.

Germany's Onicinl Organ Talks Queerly of
the Samoa Trouble.
BERLIN, March 4-The North German Ca
zette. referring to what it calls remarkable
contrast between the utterances of the Ameri-
can newspapers published in English and those
of the German-Amer1can papers, charges the
former with bringing groundless accusations
against Germany and placing events in Samoa
in such light as to make Klein's 'crimin-
ality" appear as heroism. while the German
American press points out the moderation Of
Germany. After quoting the opinion of the
latter to the effect that the hostility to tho
Germans is due to the hatred and envy of a
section of the American population, and es-
pecially the Irish portion, the North German
Gazette says:
These 1rish-Americans are doubtless ami
mated by envy and hatred at seeing how well
the Germans can earn their bread. The Ger
man is more industrious ana more contented
than the Irishman, and this is the reason for
his unpopularity in America. To the aversion
felt by section of the American people
toward modest and industrious competitors is
due their dislike of Germans and their prose-
cution of the Chinese. The Germans in
America might gain their good will if they
cared to be less industrious and less contenred;
but this they consider too dear a price to pay
for the good will of the Irish"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
Historic Spots.

Afew feet below is pointed out the lamp
post, corner Bridge and Prospect streets, un-
der which Gen. Lee, after playing cards at DR..
Miller's till nearly midnight, shook hands with
hisWashington friends before crossing the aque-
duct bridge and casting his fortunes with the
wayward sisters The same bridge. which
spans the Potomac at this point, shortly after
ward witnessed struggling and struggling thou
sands "hurrying in hot haste" from Bull Run
towards the capital; and under the same lamp
post General Thomas Francis Meagher alighted
from Government train, after losing two
horses in the fray, and, as an eyewitness de-
scribes. almost black with dirt and the smoke
of BATTLE" and worn out and exhausted, asked
DR.. K. for glass Of brandy as restorative.
Stretching away on the Virginia side is Alex
andria, whence George B. Mcclellan led the
finest organized army that the country ever
had, to those down in front of Richmond.
Washington is in its holiday attire and is dis
posed to be hospitable at card rates, and the
natives all seem to say ''if you don't see what
you want ask for it." j. W. BREEN.