The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
CURRENT COMMENTS
CAREFULLY CULLED.
The International frpositton-thes Sire
Of Johs wanamaher's soul - The
Work,ngmen OF the touDiry-other
Items Of Interest.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
The proposal 10 have an International
exposition at Washington IN 1872 10
eel ebrate the four hundredth anniver
sary II the discovery OF America by
Columbus. and 10 draw closer the rela-
tions, commercial and fraternal, be-
tween the United States and the hfteen
South and Central Spanish-American
States. has taken form and cOnsistence.
II has not only met with approval and
pledges Of support every where at home.
but also by the Spanish American min
i-ters accredited TO this country. The
fixing upon Washington as the place
for holding this celebration was the
proper thing to do. baltimore Sun.
The SIZE or john .WANA.AKER s
SOUL. Wanamaker's ATTEMPT to Is
sue a general pass to the government
over the lines Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company j. one II the most
curious features OF the new administra-
ton.
The law authorizes the Postmaster
General 10 fix the rate at which the
governments telegrap hiug shall be
done by private companies, Just as 1t
authorizes the fixing of the rate for the
railway postal service. But It was
never contemplated that the rate should
be less than cost.-Neir i0rk Erening
Post.
WHAT Is THE MATTER Win THE
WOEKINGMEN or THIS COUNTRY MIR.
Terence v. Powderly, in the official
organ Of the Knights OF Labor, tells
the wage earneTs some wholesome but
disagTeeable truths.
They have failed, lie says, because
they have not stuck together.
lie calls upon them TO go 10 the bal
lot box as one man, with the assurance
that they can get what they want If
they 90 the rigAt way to work.
At the same time he den0unces the
dynamite and all forms OF violence as
the policy Of a fool.
What you can't get by means Of the
polling boOth-that is the substance Of
his lecture-isn't worth having.
Powderly has a level head. But 10
tell the truth he has a lot Of unreason-
able and unreasoning fellows TO deal
with.-Ne,o York Herald
TANNER AND HARRISON There are
indications Of a disposition ON the part
Of the administration to snub Corporal
| Tanner, Commissioner Of Pensions.
Notices are sent out from Washington
from time to time, apparently By au-
thority. that Commissioner Tanner has
been forced 10 haul in his horns.
We don't know how much Of this Is
/ true. But we know that only the
meane.t meauness and hypocrisy on
| the part Of the Harrison administration
can drive Commissioner Tanner out.
Il is possible enough that the views
/ which Tanner honestly holds with re-
gard to pensiOning soldiers Of the late
war would. II carried into practice, lea1
the United States very far on the road
to bankruptcy. Ii is entirely certain
/ that those views suppose the soldiers OF
that war 90 be set Of favored meudi-
cants.
But General Harrison has made Cor
pOral Tanner. who was good soldier
and has a weakness for soldiers, Com
missioner of Pensions for the purpose Of
getting solid with the q. A. Z. and the
pension sharps who make use OF that
honorable order for their own pocket
books.-N y. Sun.
PARNELL.-lt is presumed that Us
clever Il lawyer AS Sir Charles Russell
and as cool a tactician as Mr.. Parnel
have well considered the bearings OF
such a step as has been taken 10y the
counsel for the Irish patriots before tie
commission Of ioquiry in withdraw.
/ ing from the case. Ii the court is
making unfair rulings aud the pro-
gamme of Ireland 5 enemies is 20 wear
out the defendants in patience and an
purse by al indefinite prOlongetiou of
| the trial. this is perhaps the only cOufsr
! left the Irish leaders 10 pursue DO order
90 put their wrongs plainly before their
English fellow subjects. At the same
tmc, it is good deal Ike boxer
dropping his hands aud taking "a beat
ing Iecausc has OBJ lnent persists, az
! long as his fists are up for defense, la
striking him below the belt The time
when. theoretically. shrewd legal
counsel Is most needed. Is when a per
son is on trial before court adversely
preiudiced. Washington star.
ELECTRICAL REslSrANCE.-SJm very
| interesting facts ate comiAg lo light in
connection with the Investigation HOW
going forward regarding the effect of
an electric current on man. Ono able
expert remarks IF, as DR.. Peterson
says, one ampere Is needed 20 Kill. Oh
would require as many volts To make 70
/ fatal current as the criminal has ohms
of resistance. This seems clean
enough at first sight. but Its Significance
is complicated by the fact that man p
electrical resistance varies according to
the state of his blood.
l. appears. therefore. that the square
root OF the number of volts required
multiplied by the cube Of the ohms ar
the dispcsa of criminal and subtract
ed from the number OF red cOrpusclcs
IN his blood might result IN placing
healthy and ambitious ampere hons de
combat in a space of time measured by
the mechanical resistance of an Ordi-
nary clock.
The importance of this deduction
must not be overlooked by the scientists
ana pnNnlCldho IOW investigating iIi'
subject. They must bear IN mind. how
ever, that the application Of the above
formula may not be wholly successful
II the criminal Is especially cold
blOOded. Furthermore. condemned
man who comes Of a blue-blOoded
family might destroy the mathematical
equilibrium of an equation which
would work perfectly With a less aristO-
cratic victim.-N. y. World.
SKILLED AND UNsKlLLED LAB0R.-
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers is said to be engaged in etiecling
he projected fusion OF all railroad
workers. In the E.ght of experience, il
is not difficult TO predict the failure of
this scheme. Labor cannot be made
Democratic IN practice. The various
grades of skilled and unskilled labor
are clearly defined: and the re-
peated failures Of so-cllled sym
patty strikers is sufficient evidence
OF their inability to cooperate III
debating terms TO employers. The
man who gets a dollar and half a day