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HUMOROUS.
Used upBalloons.

Used up-Balloons.
Chop-sticks-Ax handles.
A military outbreak Camp fever.
A city full of watchmon-Gcneva
Above all other animals-The giraffe.
Vienna bred-The Emperor of Aus
tris.
Mountain climbers have high old
times.
The counter sign-"No goods ox-
changed"
A favorito toast in Algers-The Dey
we celebrate.
The great difficulty about common
sense is that it IS Sc tremendously scarce
that it amt common.
A burglar may not be, properly speak
ing, a man of iron nerve, but he is of ne
cessity man of steal nerve
The al tist who puts up gilt signs may
not be much Of correspondent, but lie
turns out some brilliant letters.
Old Lady crushing into drug store)--
"Say, mister, l want some paint
Obliging Clerk-''Yes'm. Face or
fence2"
"What is man of-war2" said a teach
er to his class. "a cruiser" was the
prompt reply "What makes it go2"
'Its crew, sir "Who go with ita"
otis crew, sir"
Very Stout Lady Gmpatiently, TO
driver of bob tail caD-Witl you ever
make this car go2 Driver (despairingly)
i am afraid not, madam, as long as
you make the cargo.
Young Husband. don't see what
am going to do. have been adyertis-
ing for q servant fora week, and haven't
received q single Duplication Exper-
fenced Mother-in-law: Try advertising
for girl.
Mr.. Brefe Less ,.Did you read the
account of my heroic rescue Of a child
from under the feet of runaway team2"
Miss Edith-''No, l think not" Mr.
Brefe Less-''oh, yes, the paper had
nearly quarter Of column about it.
headed 'Heroism of a Prominent Young
Attorney" Miss Edith-"Why, yes,
saw the headlines, but never dreamed
of it being you"
Miss Beacon (of Boston)--"You
Western girls are dreadful slangy Do
you know, l heard Chicago girl say,
the other day that she would get there
with both feet >" Miss Dearborn
eyes; we are somewhat given to that
sort of thing. Is it true that Boston
girls are-ah-as deficient of beauty as
they are said to be2' Miss Beacon
owe may not be handsome; but in tho
matter of culture we arrive at our desti-
nation with both of our pedal extremi-
ties"
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Nea Music.
Sink, sun, in crimson far away,
Float out, pale moon, above the roar,
While brown and lver flame and gray
Round rock and sand the waters pour;
For night had clew to all the store
OF wild wave-harmony that rings,
And Earth hath not in all her lore
Such legends as sea-music brings
Here singing silver shadows fray
The ruby tufted, golden floor
Here wcndrous twilit forests sway
Round coral perch and corridor
Where lurk-but all. why yet mpIore
The splendid dream that round thein clmgsi
Where the dead lie who heard of yore
The legends that sea music brings
This is the sea that coud not stay
The tides of m n, that evermore
Rolled westward still and cleft its spray
With followed trunk and daentless Ca,
Here Grecian trirem rceled before
Romes purple galley; here sca-kings Il
Left red on wave and black ned shoi NeS
The gends that sea-music brings.
Earth keeps not now the face she vi re; o.
The smoke trails dusk, the vide wh,,.,
wings;
No longer s of old shall soar Il.
The legends that sca-music brings. ku
Mortimer Vheeier. 81
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Frances Dread PhrIInxnra.

The prize of $50, 600 offered some
years ago by the French Government
TO any one who should invent remedy
for that destructive disease of the vine,
phyllozera, has not yet been awarded,
although experiments with some of the
remedies proposed have yielded encour-
aging results. The losses caused by
this disease are enormous. About one
half Of the vineyards of France have
been totally destroyed by it. Mr.
Roosevelt, our Consul at Bordeaux,
repors that the loss caused directly by
the dstruction of vines is thus far
81, 4D, 600, 900, to which should be
added more than $3.50, 600, 900 expended
for vine and dried grapes imported to
makegood the shortage, raising the
total loss to 81, 600, 900 600. The value
of wine imported into France, to be
"Dodored' in various ways for use at
homeand sale abroad as the produc5 Of
French vineyards, has risen from 81,
67O,aS IN 1875 to $1O9, 600, 600 in
1S87-4AtD York Times.
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SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifica-
ton of the blood. If this is neglected.
the disease perpetuates its tait through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous EvuptiOns, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
steal Collapse, etc. Ii allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, ScrofulOus Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and yari-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced bY ii.
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How to Visit tle White House

When the visitor goes to the White
House, which he ought to do if he wants
to see the President, at / o'clock in the
afternoon, he goes into the East Room,
may be permitted, if the messengers in
charge are at liberty to grant the permis-
sion iu midday, to see the Green, Blue
and Red Parlors and perhaps the conser-
vatory, but not to go up stairs. If it is
on Wednesday or Friday the President
will appear at about to 1.3O o'clock,
and, standing in the door leading to the
inner corridor, will shake the hands Of
the waiting crowd as they are passed
rapidly BY him. Then he will be turned
out by side door and be expected to 60
his way. YThere are no tips to be given
at the ,Wite House or elsewhere. Thu
custom z s---zs lisse1,ssa. ssstsislzsi,oa here
For some years it fourishei in the Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing, but il
has been nipped there. A visitor who
must be economical can find a comforta
bic room and bearablc board for a week
70 81 day and see all the sights that
he can reach in day at an expense not
necessarily exceeding 50 cents a day
more This is al very primary and
''chestnutty'' information to the person
we'll acquainted with Washington, but it
may be useful to the stranger .-Neu
Yort Times.
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CaIifornia's MeaIth of Minerals

The report Of the California Mining
Bureau shows that 10000 specimens are
cont aimed in its collection, which is the
largest in the world This collection
reveals the presence in the state of ..yalu-
able minerals besides the precious metals
that Caliiorn a possesses. Among them
are minerals for the manufacture Of
artificial cement, in large quanti-
ties, and of greater tensile strength
than Portland cement, for which
the United States pays foreign producers
annually nearly 81, 200, 600. There are
deposits of asbestos, of long, silky fibre,
that can be woven into freproof cloth;
of building stone, GRANTEES, sandstones
and marbles Of all varieties. Mica in
large sheets, transparent and clear, and
roofing slate, equal to any in the world,
are also represented. The Bureau is
asking for an appropriation for making
thorough geological survey of the
state.-Ae0 York Iribuae.
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All Pockets Suited.

Yong girl (at fortune teller's) =
What ! am going to marry a poor la
borer and live in shanty? It's outrage
Gus Ny friend Sarah had her fortune
told here and you said she was to marry
prince and live in three castles. Huh!
HeresEour quarter.
Frqlne-teller with dignitD-Yom
frieri Sarah got ffty-cent fortune,
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NO. 48.
The Song of the Year.

The Song of the Year.
The ilacs are ont,
The thrush is about
The first of the year
Loves sweet and Loves herel
On thorns that we know
The rose is a-grow-
Loves sweet, AMI Loves here.
The heart of the yearl
No bird in the air,
No bough but is bare
The gray of the year
Loves sweet, and Loves herel
The woy~' that is last,
The flakes falling fast
Loves sweet, and Loves here
The end ( the year.
-Lizetie W. Reese IN Wide Aioake
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RI TOBACCO, MARYLAND. MARCH %. 1889.

would come up now and then. She was
thinking of it, dreamiy, when Mrs.
BostwicS's coachman left her at Mrs.
Bosiwicks imposing front door.
''You look charmingl" said Mrs
Bosiwick, as she kissed her at the wide
parlor door. you'll capt,vate all the
gentlemen. George seht college
lriee9 Sho is in the city temporarily,
with etter of introduction. And he
is uc b gentleman Id have given
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A Place of Rest.

Wfhhgton guide Ito tourisD-This
Sir he Senate Chamber.
gOpht from the country)-0h, yes,
sof 7 I, sleeping chamber, l s'pose.
Gdla there's some sleep
ing Fee here. Phi5ia. II. Weies.
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Her Native Language.

fiFsllittle girl; "Can your doll talk9
hn9sn say mamma and papa. /"
second little girl: "oh, mlne says
that TOO, but in French, you know she
doesn't speak any English
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home with you, she whispered to Jes-
sic, as the girl put on her wraps silently
at rather an early hour; she had com
planned of headache, and she did look
pale. 'It's lovely night; it will do
your head good, I'm sure.
And Jessie went down the moonlit
street a moment later with her futlering
hand on Alfred Fosters arm.
"Did you have good time, dear"
said grandma, slecpily, rousing from a
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Rather Preindiced.

'gfangs is no judge of beauty
saidE ZONES.
'lf@'t know about that, replied
his ha.
Aa, / do" returned De Jones.
"H going to marry that girl who jill
ted
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miserable.
She laughed little happily.
"But he's only taking two years.
medical coursc-he always did want to
be a doctor-and he's worked awfully
hard for the money, and he says he
economies drcadfully. He's in the city
to see about the prospects for settling
here when he's through. And the dress
suit wasn't his, poor fellow; George
Bostwick had made him take his, for
fear he'd need it, He said he'd meant
to hunt me up Wien he got here. But
do you know, grandma, that he was
afraid of me, too2 He thought-well,
all kinds Of ridiculous things Wasn't
it funny-both Of us thinking so, and
being just wretchod all the evening2"
eyes, y said grandma, sympatheticaIly.
"And what now, child2"
"Well, ho's-going to write to me, "
Jessie faltefe1.
''And he's going to settle here, said
grandma, with a thoughtful premoni-
ton of the loss of her pretty grand
daughter. "Wel, wellT'-Satmday
Nl0ht
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'sdom Is the gray hair unto men,
anu % anspotted life is old age.
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WILL
CURE YOU
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to scrofuk
because OF a superstition that il @ ,uld be
cured by kings touch. The world !.
wiser now, and knows that
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Ayers SarsaparyNa

IS the only po,rerfW aud olUGys reliable
hood-parifgin0 medicine. 1t is so effect
ual an Alternative That it er2dicates from
the system Hereditary Scrofula, ana
the kindred peisehs Of contagious diseases
and mercury. At the same time it en-
riO.'es and yitalizcs tine blood. restoring
healthfal action to the vital organs and
rejuyenating the entire system. This great
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her granddaughter entered.
Ielyl cried Jessie, softly. do
bow who was there, grandmaG
Foster. Do you want to hear all
~
sat down, with her elbows on
ais lap, and grandma listened be-
IDLY.
ncan,' she said, breathIessly,
Te had a good time coming home; ;
a miserable evening. You re-
him, don't you, grandma' "
We remembered him. But he
. nice in dress suit, and Mrs.
said he was a college friend of
and l thought of course he
ve got suddenly rich or some
didn't know what; but | didn't
he'd look at me, and | was just
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Regenerative Medicine

Is composed Of the genuine Honduras
SdrS0parMa, with I'e7ot7 Deck. Stil-
tla9id. the I0dides Of Potassium and
Ir0R, ard other ingredients of great po-
tencv. careidlly and scientifically COM
pouBced. Its formula is generally known
to the medical profession, and the best
physicians constantly prescribe AYERS
SARSAPARIILA as an
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Absolute Cure

Fer all diseases caused by the vitiation of
The blood. 1t is concentrated TO the high
est practicable degree, far beyond any
other preparation for which like effects
are claimed, and Is therefore the cheapest,
as well as the best blood purifying medi-
cine, in the world.
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seis Remedy has the endorsement Of Coutlrental.
rhysieians sud Government Sanitary Commissions
e Wen as the thousands Of sufferers TO whom it has
brought relief 1t has saved others Who have
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12
Smiling The rmn.

Mr Powell gives an interesting account OF
how the native. Of Australia hunt the emus
u that land Tho method Is ingenious, but
10 sometimes exposes the sportsman 10 the
risk of himself being hunted in turn.
A black, on spying emus feeding on the
,lain. will cover his back and head with an
emu skin. allowing it 10 hing down well on
the side towards the unsirpeciing birds. In
bis right hand be will carry. hidden 10y tho
skin. "A boomerang aud one or two throwing
sticks or "wadiies.n Then his left arm will
protrude beyond the skin straight out TO tho
elbow. and tho forearm will be bent up with
the hand at right angles o. IL, thereby max
ing "A capital imitation OF an emus head and
neck
Now and then this hand or head will DO
brought % the ground as II Tor feeding, and
as tho black walks along, he initiates every
motion Of the bird, whilst at the same time,
by means of the big toe, he drags spear
along the ground
A friend OF mine was once riding across
one Of tine vast plains Ia Queensland As he
ana his companions Werc just rising ridge,
and ns their eyes cleared the summit, they
Jaw one Of the very Wild blacks Of the dis
.rict walking quietly along toward small
scrub IN the middle Of the open. They pulled
up To see what he would DO. his sharp eyes,
however. soon detected the white men.
though their heads only were visible 70 hini,
and bee dashed into the scrub.
Almost Immediately from the opposite side
~ the scrub dartcd out what 10 them appear
ed To be an emu, driven out by the entrance
Of the black, 50 they gave chase, but quickly
discovered it to beonly the black, acting emu,
aud never expecting that the white men
would give chase 90 what was IN those part
4 very common bird Youths Companion.
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have never seen hig0t yei but what had
a small and apparently hraules7 he'd. but
laiut seen all the bisots. you know
Silence " like dar..ness, good place re-"
hidc.
Thare IL no revenge so komplote a. forgive
ness
DE tbat desires % De ritch Only o. hs char
liable is not only wise man. bat good one
Crate weith. m our journey thru liie is
only extra baggage, and wants "a heap Oh
watching.
The malice oy the world amt half SD dan
eerou- az lbs flatiers
Ifilecl that am right, ail The kurs n tho
country mag snap at my heels
Treing tew satisfy our desires with wealth
H. like tlIeing tew stop up @ rat hole with
.and. the rats will soon dig out sou WHARF
else
A piece ov satire. tew be beneficial. shout.
be- 40 rendered that every mau wh1reas Oh
hears 1t shall say 20 himself. "lhat IL just
hekauze 10 bits every boldly but me.
Skamdls IL as ketchiug as the smallpox
and perhaps thare IL but one real Preventive
and that iz-tew be yacksinaiei with deal
ANA dumbness
Really VIE men pay but litileatten,nun t'
nistery. bat one g0oi MYSTERY Will furnish
iozen phoois with sitla- and drinks for veal
md FAD the whole Ov them besides
We are an ov us too apt tew judge ov "a sin
5y its size We viii pass lead ten cen
,icce when We would shuider at a counter
'eit ten dollar bill
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Letter from Yazoo.
lcorre.pondenee ol lhe TmEs.


YAzoo CITY, MISS, May with the
thermometer at So here there is still "a
pleasant breeze waiting the perfume OF
The acacia and magnolia, producing an
elegant langu0r in shaded hooks and
yine-cOyered bowers, from which the oc-
cupants look out on the yariegaied How
cr.gardens which beggar description by
pen or pencil. Here, amid all that is
beautiful i'm nature, was inaugurated in
1873 what has since been known in the po-
lifical world az the y aZOO Plan, which
redeemed not only this county, but the
entire State from the most INSCRIPTIONS
negro rule. In the cemetery here sleeps
the author and executor OF this plan,
shot down on the street in 1879 with a
double-barrelled shotgun. lie is at rest
under the shade OF the wide-spreading
trees where a marble shaft, erected 10
The memory of Henry VI. Dixon by low
ing friends, records his virtues and lie
role deeds. The shock Of his death
killed his wife, but recently a mother
and father. mother, and innocent babe
lie together in the cold earth. Not
far of are the graves of John h.
Hancock. born in Fairfax county, Va
aud his brother George VI. Hancock,
bonn in Frederick county, Va. The
Inscription on the slab above their dust
tells us they were Two grandsons of
John Hancock. the first signer Of the
constitution" II at the trumpet- call
on the last day. departed spirits rise from
their sepulchers, John Hancock's grand
sons will not be- ashamed 10 meet Henry
Dixon. Monuments and slabs here mark
the graves of many Nirginians, among
whom NAV be noted llarrsOns from near
Richmond. Barksdales from the Pied
mont section, and Testers from the
SOuthside.
The Alliance people here are deter.
mined to get free OF the "bagging trust,
and will start factory of their own al
Jackson AT an early day, sufficient money
having already been raised and paid IN
10 run ii successfully.
The contest for Governor Is waxing
warm. with Barksdale and ex-GOyernoI
stone in the lead. The convention, which
meets al Jackson on the 10Th OF July
will make a nomination-virtually an
election-and the campaign Will b'
ended.
Prodigal. returned from Oklahoma
will "eat Of the husk" before they are
again caught in like craze.
Richmond tobacco and Richmon'
dummers are as thick here as IN NorIl
Carolina. H.
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Interesting Ruins Around Delhi.

The kotub Minar is "a magnificent pillar 81
red sandstone. the largest ~ the world, being
~ feet n height IL is situated eleven miles
from Delhi among a pale Of RUNE, including
those Of Hindoo temple aud palaces. Hero
is an iron pillar twenty-five feet long which
one Of the former kings Is said o. have placed
there b. keep an imaginary serpent pinned To
the earth After a number u years be had
ls taken up and, sure enough, the base was
found clotted with blood lie al once ~
stored il TO lis place. where IL has remained
until the present day In these ruined halls
some beautiful bits Of sculpture are discoy'
cred which would delight the antiquarian
and artist On tho way back 10 the city
numerous tombs are visited, among them
those OF Krushroo. the author, - the natives
allege, ~ tho Arabian Nights, and that OF
Jehanara. the daughter Of the queen, "a
whose memory the finest monument IN the
world j. erected. the Tai at ARA Both OF
these tombs are plain IN comparison VITA
others. bur the marble screens which sur
round them are a, beautiful As one would
wish 10 ~. that delicate tracory work. winch
seems 10 belong 10 India only, being moss
prominent. Delhi Letter
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TOBACCO DEPARTMENT

RICHMOND, May ii.-No sales of
loose tobaccos to day.
Offerings 81 tobaccos at auction on
[ Change none
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange
W. II ,mooi, Henderson, y. c. j. W.
Douglas. Albemarle county, Va.
ONCE of the Collector OF Internal
Revenue reports collections for the city
OF Richmond to-day as follows: Tax
paid on cigars and cigarettes, 81 s22 30,
tax paid on tobacco, S3,6644O special
tax. $4,000 Total collections for city
to-day. SG,lOG9j; total collections for
week for the district, S40,5s0j3.
Office OF the Tobacco Inspector re-
ports to-day Inspections, 81 hogsheads;
reinspeciiors. 81 hogsheads For week
ending Saturday, May 18th Inspections,
i03 hogsheads; reinspections, 2O9 hogs
heads
CrenshawA Planters, Shockoe, Da-
venpOrts. Blanchards, Centre, sea
brooks. Allegheny, Shelburne's, vii
sons. MYERS and Old Dominion ware
houses report 1873 hogsheads and 10
tierccs delivered to-day.
For the week ending Saturday, May
ilth 1850 they report ESQ hogsheads and
81 tierces delivered.
sales Of tobaccOs reported 10 the sec
rotary to-day Wrappers, , hhds. smokers,
3 hhds, sun-cured, hhds Western,
hhds. Total sales reported to-day, ID
hhds.
Sales Of tohaccos reported 10 tho sec
rotary for the week ending Saturday,
May I, 1889; Wrappers, s. hhds filters,
B. hhds smokers, - hhds.: cutters, 10
hhds. dark, l2l hhds.; West Virginia
hrights, hhds; sun-cured, l3 hhds
Western, 1903 hhds. Total sales for the
week. 36S hhds.
4 letter from oxford. n. C., received
here to-day, speaking of the inability OF
merchants t0 collect money from the
farmers. saws THE heavy taxes and
failure of last years crops creates much
distress amongst our people. but they
are Juggling away upon another crop IN
good earnest. raking and scraping all
the home made manure that can be
gotten. and using less fertilizer than for
several years past, and are making, or
attempting 10 make. i,ss toj1cc0 and more
a. c4f than has been their want.
mere viii certainly we hNth fr1
tobacco planted This ycar. 4 greater
effort made for hog and hominy and "a
general catering t0 the inner man.
To-day WAS Saturday, which is usually
duh day on Change The Richmond
tobacco market wn, quiet with few sales
sales for the week were goOI-3Gs hhds
Deliveries to-day. l.3 hhds and 40 tees ,
and for the week. $50 hhds ami s tees g.,
were large G. Mel
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12

A wol known Chicago attorney VINO has
musical and literary TASTES, accompanied hi-
,.fe tine e-uer night under protest, 20 "a
...,ciqh.s" at beer church. BOO one OF ihe iash
.onshle southern suburbs. Tho young en-
..Y.a.t who had in charge the music ana
Df.r,r, nl1.ramms was dead onto him a.
..,,, pal. ho entered. and Doe asked him % favor
f.. comnany with piano solo. There was
no ,,n. out OF DO. s1 bee bad o. chase himself
o,er tho ley. Tor % brief period Al the wind
ups,f the REGULAR programme the young en-
fb9.,a.t arose. and. in the manner Of al
,,nno church enthusiasts, said. I've avo aii
i.eu dca.hfed iAis evening by The piano 500
~ ,,r d.sr brother ---, and venture 10 say
thof be vii favor as at our next socianio
with IA brief paper upon am Interesting ana
,nnropriato subject. ami think may prom
Il. ,bat ho wi DO 3d." Well, the lawyer
f,,,J himself caught between the bases and
a.. had to lie down But be got beautifully
even. lie did read "A paper at tho next socia
lle ami its subject wa. "Cold Storage lie
,,.,,.e8 that a vast rlrgeraiing store mouse
,...,ld h, connected n "A system Of under
round p.p.s with the various church Socia-
bles IN the city aud suburbs, ami that the ex
tren,e collness generated at these s"lne''nas
could be- piped 10 the store house i"' '"0
n,...ryation Of eggs. fruit, meat ana N.Ee.
IN. II was a mastery effort, though II
was not'fully appreciated Nc" 'ofA o."