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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-30
YOUNG MEN IN COLLEGES.
a Chat with President White, of Cornell
A Broader Scope.
New York Mail and Express.l

New York Mail and Expressl
Andrew ID. White, president of Cornell
university, was in chatty mood when the
writer met him the other day. ~ regard
the prospect of educational progress in the
country" said he, especially in the univer-
stiles, the number of which you can reckon
on your fingers, as being much better than
1T has been for many years. The young
men are more inclined to study than for
merly, and their efforts are productive Of
much better results. Classic literature ia
not forced upon those who have no desire to
study in that direction; while those whose
minds are bent on Greek and Latin are not
hampered by the want of progress in those
whose inclinations are not directed that
way.
ain class of 100 there may be twenty
who are strongly inclined to study Greek
and Latin, while the remaining eighty cara
nothing for them; yet have a desire to study
modern literature, notably German French
ana English. The twenty are enabled Is
progress five times as rapidly without tie
eighty, while the latter can be more profita.
bly, employed in other studies for which thew
have the inclination. The tendency to study
the literature of our own language is growing
and students find there is much that is beau
tful therein. The better class of literature
III DOUn Une herman ana french languages Is
being read with advantage to the scholars,
while ancient classics are not being neg.
lected. Education is having broader scope
than it had fifty years ago, and students are
enabled to grasp it with far more advantage
than formerly, Universities are becoming
more liberal in their courses, and the young
men are reaping the benefit"
Are modern languages taking the place of
the ancient or dead languages?"
"Yes, and no. Both have their students
and their advantages. 1t is not considered
now positively necessary that student
should devote himself to Greek and Latin to
hit him for other studies, while who
have fondness for ancient litera IRE are
enabled to devote their time and minds
thereto. The German, French and English
authors are certainly attracting more atten.
ton than formerly and l think with adj.
vantage to those who make them study. II
Is not many years ago, that graduates were
unable to state the order of such writer's as
Shakespeare, Pope and Byron; but this is now
changing, and scholars are becoming as con-
versant with the classics of modern Europe
as formerly they were with those of ancien,
times /, therefore, think of the progress OF
collegiate education as being bettsg than
formerly,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-30

wThis Stock is well worth an in
spection, the Goods having just been re-
ceived per Stmr. Umatilla. 155-1y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-30
A Needle Through 81 Cont.

We know that one body is harder than
another when it is capable of scratching
the latter. A piece of glass scratches
marble, bit of diamond scratches glass:
so glass is harder than marble and the
diamond is harder than glass. The steel
blade of a knife scratches copper; SO
steel is harder than copper, and it is not
impossible to pierce copper coin with
needle that is much harder than it. The
problem at first sight appears insoluble,
because If we endeavor to drive a needle
into cent just as we would drive nail
into board, we never fail to break the
needle at every attempt, since steel, al
though very hard, is very brittle. But
if, through some artifice, we succeed in
holding the needle straight and rigid
over che sent, we can drive it into the
copper with a hammer. To do this it is
only necessary to introduce the needle
into cork of the same length, when, be-
ing held in a true sheath, it will be I'M
able to bend in any direction and can be
given hard blow in the direction of its
axis without being broken.
Under such circumstances place the
needle and its cork over cent laid upon
a bolt nut or even upon table that YOU
do not fear to injure, and then take a
somewhat heavy locksmiths hammer
and strike the cork hard blow. IF the
blow straight and very hard one the
needle will pass through the cent, and it
will be impossible to remove it. The ex-
pertinent may be tried with any other
piece of money. We should add that
success may not attend the first blow,
and it will be necessary to make several
trials; but the fact is real, and we have
on hand cent thus traversed by a slen,
der misunderstanding American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-30
THR PLAN OF BATTLE

When the army reached the locality In
which battle was to be fought the spies
had already been over the ground. and the
eourlers had conveyed description Of it to
The commander. The plan of action had
been determined upon, and the legions took
Up the positions assigned them without anv
delay. This preparation of the plan Of &C.
ton was very complete, and it was what en-
abled the Tarascans to be so uniformly yicto-
rious. Their commander had been informed
II the character of the ground so thorough.
~ that he was not only able to assign his
forces advantageously, but he carried ON
with wonderful rapidity pretended repnlses,
made apparently unsuccessful advances and
retreated until he had drawn the enemy into
just the place he wanted. Then bis legions
Tell upon the opposing army from all sides
and annihilated it. This was so often done
that the Tarascans, although a small nation
compared with the Aztecs, maintained their
Independence
In battle the Tarascan legions carried mag
1ificent standards of plumes. In some OF
the engagements more than 800 of these stand.
ards of white heron feathers glistened in the
sun. Each warrior wore plume of eagle
feathers. column of smoke upon hilltop
was often the signal that the enemy had been
1rawn into the desired position, and that the
Time had come to uncover the ambuscades
and make general charge Then the bugles
and drums sounded. The long lines of waving
slumes seemed to spring up from the ground
md to come from front, tanks and rear.
Even boosted Aztec prowess could not stand
before such an onset. The Tarascans repeat
IDLY destroyed the armies sent against them
and retired to the lake with great numbers
Of prisoners. Of the younger they made
slaves. The older they sacrificed to their
gods. Human sacrifice was the blot on
farascan civilization.
1t was honor to die in battle, and the
widows and orphans of dead warriors were
literally pensioned by the government
Globe-D Democrat, .
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
LEGAL NOTICES.
NIRGINIA-IN VACATION IN
THE CLERKS OFFICE or THE CIR

NIRGINIA--IN VACATION IN
THE CLERKS OFFICE or THE CIR
CUT COURi OF IHE CITY OF HUH
NOND. JANUARY ETH. lss9;
James Harnes o. .......-...,,... PlaIntin,
against
Richard Gibson. Defenhsnt.
10 case and upon an attachment returned
executed.
The object Of this suit j. 20 recover against
the defendant so. aud Ia attach the estate
OF tn said defend ant and - subject the same
TO u pay ment OF hc pialntin' claim.
And AFFIDAVIT having been made and lied that
the d. fendaut Il not a resdout OF THIS state.
II ID ordered that e appear herr WITHIN NJ
teen days after due publication hereof. aud do
what i necessary To protect bis interest In
this suit.
Testes ALFRED SHIELD. elk.
a eopy-~Teste.
x J. DOswgLt %. o. l.-Frsw
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
FINANCE AND COMMERCE


Review Of the New York Stock MARKET
NEW YORK, February THE mar
ket opened active and higher in response
to higher prices and bouyancy from
London. During the forenoon there was
free realizing by people anxious TO take
profits This resulted in sharp break
of per cent in &. c. c. and l., which
was felt more or less on the whole list.
but only temporarily. Strength and
activity soon cropped out in unexpected
quarters. while &. &. G. and |. soon re-
gained most OF IT'S loss, the Northern Pa
cit0 group became unusually active and
higher, while the coal stocks also showed
advances and more life. Pacific Mail
and New England each gained about
per cent, 50 that the afternoons market
was characterized by certain amount OF
bouyancy I'm certain stocks, which closed
the general market strong at prices
higher than the opening, but fractionally
lower than the highest Of the day. The
grangers, Yande.bilts, Erie and Union
Pacific did not sympa,hize with the adj
vances In other stocks, although they
were not subjected to any special selling
pressure. They were in a measure ne
elected to-day, but signs point for the
moment to more active and higher prices
in them before long Pullman stock
touched It's highest price-203-t0 day.
The advances In coaiers, begun to-day,
look a. though they would be carried
further. Sentiment on market 10 de-
cidedly bullish. Money, Il.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
NIRGINIA.-IN THE 'HANCERY
' COURrOF THECllYo OF RlChaoNp.
TIL "a DAY on I .Nlf AIRY. lN-q.

E. w,puttt, JR.p.q. te 0-ruiw
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
Card Etlanette

One gentleman asks: If seven or eight
Indies are staying in one hOuse--say, Mrs
Taylor and two daughters, Mrs Brown and
three daughters, and tho Misses Sinclair sup
poSo wish 70 call on them all, should leave
sven or eight cards, o. shall simply call on
the hostessp
Simply call on the hostess and ask for tho
others, We should say, OF possibly on the two
married ladies, inquiring for the others.
There Is common sense ia etiquette, az there
is In everything else, and gentleman must
decide these questions for himself, nor
leave cards 10 packs A card Is ones self,
and must be treated a. such. 1t is tha
BEGINNING and the end Of etiquette, tho
alpha and tho omega OF social inter
course. The card ID t5o frst Introduction
and final leavo taking These little pieces Of
white pasteboard, Il imporishable, will, in
their amount, their many inscriptions, puzzle
the New Zealander who disinters Now York,
after 1000 years, as tho Schliemanns OF to-
day are digging up old Troy. What arc
theyp they all ask "Do they represent Tho
money Of that buried peop!eP
Indeed, the card business, being the social
exchange Of society, multiphes itself 50 IN
definitely that a wit onco suggested that
there should be q CLEARING house for cards,
where Mr.. Brown and Alr. Smith and Mr.,
and Mrs. Jones should leave their cards for
each other On tho lst Of January, and the in
terchangs afterward be managed BY clerks
Tho idea is a good one, but, unfortunately
unavoidable. as tho sentiment Of personal
friendship and attention still hinges around
tho card Mrs Sherwood Ia St Louis Re
public.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

BALTIMORE, February cotton quiet
and nominally firm; middling, 05@l0c
Flour fairly active and steady. Wheat
southern firm and wanted; Fultz, 97c
@Si.0S; Longberry, 97c.@si.0S; No. 2
Southern, 81; Western strong No. :
winter red, spot. 93c bid; February, 99c
Corn-Southern steady and firm; white
4l045c; yellow, 40@49e.i Western
weak mixed, spot, 4O@4Otc. Oats IN
active; Southern and Pennsylvania, 300
S4c.; Western white, S2@3ic.i Western
mixed, 29Q3le.; graded No. 2 white, 81
@S3tc Rye lower at COCO. Pro-
visions nOminally steady. Petroleum
quiet; refined, SG0OGG9O. Coffee firm
Rio cargoes fair l7ic. Sugar quiet, y
soft, &c; copper refined firm at l6@
l6tc. Whisky steady at gill.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

The automatic Weighing, electrical ana lift
Ing machine1 and other devices for getting
tho public TO drop nickels In a slot seem 20 DO
as popular as ever, and the company owning
them l. making barrel Of money every day
Tho best patrons Of the weighing machines,
according 10 a collecting agent, are actors
and actresses. Many Of the latter insist on
being weighed AZ tho ferry every night on
their way home and often induce their escort
to give up two or tlrco nickels so that there
can be no mistake --New Yor' lo~rn9l
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
rnriish Innanf Wrong.

In 1909 One Ash farm, Molyash, which
has been since that date tenanted by the Bow
man family, was only a poor homestead
with much uncultivated land and right oil
pasturage over two neighborins commons
Ia 90 years the tenants have mcioSed-
drained and cultivated these 500 acres, put
up, chiefly at their own expense, outhouse'
and agricultural buildings and greatly i'm
proved the farm house And what u the re-
sulti The rent has been about multiplied by
ten on the strength of their Improvements
and if they arc turned out tomorrow the
whole visible results Of theso two centuries Of
toll and outlay are tho property OF his grace
the Duke Of Deyoazh.re And there are PEG
Pc Who think that this system ran lAFsl-'
london Truth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
New York Markets.

New York, February Flour closed
dull and nominal; fine grades winter,
81 S5@S275; do. spring, S2l5G 81 90;
Southern closed dull; trade and family
extras. SS.G0@s5.3j. Wheat closed
moderately active and steady; spot sales
No. / red, $f05@106; extra red, Sl.0o,
No. 2 red, p4tGG5c: No. | white, 0Sc.;
No. 9 red winter March, 96sc Corn
closed active at s4.c. lower; spot sales
No. 9 mixed, 43}c.; No. } mixed, Feb
ruarv. 43sc. Oats closed dull and weak
Al 4dLtc. lower: spot sales No. white
5s4c'7 No. 2 white, 8Sfc.; No. 2 mixed,
February, S0tc. Pork duh and lower;
new moss, sl9GsiS25. Lard closed
dull
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

Tho vain and amorous wear theirs sidewis<.
Tic reflective wear theirs Tilted back, tz
with the chin lower
Solid business nen usually wear the hat
sQuarely over The brows,
The careless ond praise loving wear theirs
tilted back, keeping the elm high
Tho secretive, sly aud unsocial wear Their
hats tipped forward squarciy over the bTowA
An ancient hat, we'll brushed and always
worn. indicates q man Of means, shrewdness
Httlo Sensitiyeness, method and uiserliness. -
Philadelphia Call.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

the clothes Of the passengers standing on the
back platform Of the car ahead Foot pas
sengels who wish TO cross the street are
obliged to cross tho platforms Of the cars, or
stand and listen 10 the swearing and shriek-
lag Of conductors and dRiyers until the
blockade is loosened This condition Of mat
tiers is not much improved, however, even
when the cars are not running, for then the
cartmen and truck drivers usurp the tracks
and mako Romo howl with their tremendous
expletycs aud sapeflatiye swearing. But a
View York man becomes so used to tho din Of
elevated railroads, the mighty roar Of
!egions Of rumblins wagons, the constant
ianele Of street car bells and the eternal
srowl Of the fog horn voiced drivers that
tie comparative silence Of a small city pall'
upon him os much as does a scrunching
barrel organ upon the nerves Of q vtrtuoso.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

One Of the ulost marked characteristics Of a
Sew York man is that he positively will not
WALL anywhere if he can possibly ride. lie
viii pay five cents to ride two blocks on a
street car. But another equally marked
Characteristic Of a New Yorker IS bis good
humor in an emergency During a surface
road strike, fhc is toa far away from the
elevated roads, he will pick up his heels and
strike out for his Office or store without a
g>oul, and when many thousands Of busi-
ness men agole on Jan 2JS0nd found that
most Of the street railroads in the city
were tied up, they simply said, Let EN-
strike, and struck OFT for down town as
brayey as six day Pedestrians
There have probably been moro broken
heall in Now = ork and Brooklyn during this
last strike than Ia onY other to ups On
reaord Tho police were ordered to prevent
violence AZ any cost, aud they have used their
long nigh. sticks with great effect But thoy
have had hard work 20 constantly repulso
the surging throng Of strikers, and have
shown that the polio, forces Of New York
and Brooklyn Gre as competent as any In
the world
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
Roadlnr Tor tho Young.

The jewish Progress, San Francisco, has
some good ethical reflections in the somewhat
light far western vein a. to deleterioUs read
ing:
The pcrniciogs literature that Is floating
round and rapidly gathered up by our young
fraternity is doing moro mischief than is al
present apparent Those Of Us who have been
through tho mill as the saying goes, can tes
ufy as regards the bad effects OF mediocre
and Ciorbid literary absorption. Happy the
lad or lassie WHO can profit 10y the experience
Of their older teachers, and who will place
naueht but tho cleanest and most beneficial
reading in their hands. II is better gift
than jewels and leaves an impress that must
be felt in aftcr'yoars
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
History of a Poem.

VIII S. Visabher who was George D.
Pfontices amanuensis on tho Louisville
Journal for some time says DO wrote The
Closing Year" ono Of bis greatest poems,
under tho following circumstances 1t was
New Years eve, and tho carriers Of the
Journal had no address Tor tho patrons Of
the paper, q departure from a long estab-
ushed custom. In those days tho Carriers
New Years Address was matter Of serious
financial importance 70 the boys who de-
liverod Tho Journal 70 the city subscribers
Il was handsomely printed usually, and every
subscriber gave 10 the carrier a remembrance
u the shape OF coin. Tho poet who had en-
eged % furnish the annual address had
failed and the boys wero in distress Mr..
Prentice. ono Of the hndest Of men, appre-
GATED tho situation. aud said suddenly 10 his
amanuensis. "Wtlte-I viii dictate tho New
Years oddross," which no did, and thus
The Closing Year" was produced some
ono present, and IN authority, recognizing
tho strange beauty Of the poem, caused 1t 10
b. printed on satin--something immense In
those days-ond all Louisville was charmed
With 1t the next morning. -Buifa!o Eews
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

New York city looks curious AMI unnat-
ural during a street railroad strike It's
streets, especially Broadway and the leading
avenues, are usually almost impossible from
,he great number Of cars constantly passing
90 and fro Frequently there Is q blockade
and the spectacle is presented Of a string Of
horse ears a quarter OF a milo long, so close
together that the horses on one car will nose
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
STRIKING THOUSANDS.
IDLE STREET CAR MEN IN NEW
YORK AND BROOKLYN CITIES.

There Was Probably Never a More LIZ.
tcnsivc street Car strIkc-Ettent OF the
Idle lines I'm sew ybrk-Scene@ and
Incidents.
The street railroad strikes which were IN
augaTatol ia New York city aad Brooklyn
NOT long ago may perhaps he considered the
most extensive on record Somo idea Of the
importance Of tle strikes may be gathered
from the fact that in New York the aggrc.
cato number Of miles Of tied up roads would
amount 10 something more than l2J, and the
number o. strikers is set down at between
5000 and Goo IN Brooklyn tho number Of
strikers IL given az between 100 end 500,
operating about forty milos Of road
Tho roads tied up IN New York on tho first
morning Of tho strike included tie First and
Second avenues. Fourth avenue, Sixth
avenue, Broadway and Seventh avenue.
Eighth and Ninth avenues Tenth avenue
or Bolt line Forty-seccnd and Grand streets,
Forty.sccond street aud Boulevard, St
Nicholas avenue and Ono Hundred ord
Tenth street, Central Crosstown 1,ichteeu b
street. Grand street crosstown), Avenue b
and D, Cortlandt street aud Grand street
Avenue G and Pavonia ferry, Madison gid
Chambers streets, Harlem bridge, Mouisania
end Fordham one Hundred and Thirty
eighth street and Port Morris
Tho most important roads in Brooklyn
simultaneously tied up on the morning that
the order 20 strike was given out were tho
Atlantic avenue Bergen street and Butler
street likes.
Tho reasons for the Inauguration Of the
strikes wcro many, but the chief grievances
II the men were too small wages, over lengthy
Tours, and the refusal Of tho companies 10
mbtrate with tho executive boards Of their
unions Tho men claimed that the companies
lad violated the state Law by compelling
lhem % work longer than the time prescribed
hy the statute. The companies virtually ad.
mitted Ibis some time ago, but made no move
10 remedy the grievance The'snen further
objected TO the 50 called ironclad agreement
into which the companies had induced them
10 enter, and which they claim made them no
better thnn scrfs
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

March BIC; May, s5i@95ic. Oats
May, 20sc.; June. &c. Pork-March
SIP May, Sll.27i. Lard-February
$3.50 March, sGs2i; May and June
SUD-. Short ribs-March, SO May
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
Cracago Markets.

CHICAGO. February Wheat opened
weak and nervous and to, lower. Corn
weak anf &c. lower. Oats active anG
&c. lower. Provisions weak and lower
Closings Wheat-February, oslo; May
81 .03s; June 9Sc. Corn-February. Asc
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

Tobacco Chewing Husband after ascend
g Tao stairs I'm all out OF breath
W..e-rhcn tss me. please -New York
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
VIRGlNIA:-lN THE CHANCERY
' COURT OF THE rN o. RICHMOND
LIE 2D DAY OF EEHliI AIRY. lSsn.

' OURT OF THE rN o. RICHMOND
he 2D DAY OF FEBRUARY. lSsa.
In the matter oft -cttl mont OF the esia
Of he lat, ID vid A. "a. ter &c p1ffs.
IL appearing tO the court thar The counts
OF Ssrnn +. Winner, oNcCuir Of tho iato
David A. after, dec 40. q. and an account OF
the ebta n demands ~ Inst the estate
the said Carrier have he, regularly sstt cd be-
fore In mas J, Eva ,. commissioner OF ao-
counts OF this court. aud re Ut ell and
nlsd IN the clerks oilco OF the IL court,
an more than one year having eN-
pired noe the Qualification of the
said ssecutrix upon tie sid estate. The
court doth, upln the motion OF George w.
Carter a 10 atee N der TIE vii Of said David
A. Carter deceased, adjudgc. % der and deer q
that the credito az the 81 4 David A cater,
deceased DO appear before this court on the
sh 0ay Of Mare 1852. 10 shcw cause. Il any
they can. against the payments delivery OF
the estate OF the said David A. Carton 10 hs
dEtnbutees.
\ copy resto;
HAS " GODDIN. Clerk.
T.. WtnDttr. JR..p.Q. f. 5-ruiw
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08
suegRsrIrloNs ABOUT DISEASES.

SUFFERS llIlONS AbOUI DISEASES.
Earrings were considered sure cure for
sore eyes
Fried mice wero looked upon as a cure for
smallpox
Aguo was frequently treated with spiders
and cobwebs. Fright was also looked upon
os O euro for aque
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

The-ohicct of th. suit = TO recover against
the defendant sd 81 with csa interest thero-
on. and 10 AT ach the estate of the said dcfen-
dant IN the city n Richmond. and subject the
same 20 q Q payment the plaintiffs claim.
Aud affidavit having ucen made ana died
that he defendant l. not a resident OF this
State, Il Is urdcre that he appear here with
ana 90 what Il necessary 70 protect his
In or 81 In THIS suit.
A copy Tcsts.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-08

BROADWAY HOTEL.
DI'abWAl. bErw TNl1IBAND lsTH
fihELIe
rfrv from MON square. NEW YORK
no European plan. uowly ntfei
i' .enfef elevator. steam beat.
3D. ilr restaurant at popular
.... Elegant h9yms from l5l $50
iilU-Gu