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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

TnE TINES has been on such a boom
that we have not space for all the com
munications sent TO the paper, aud are
forced TO discard a number Of them
simply for want OF room.
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fNnchbiiTg.

J. w. Dinwiddie. postal clerk on th'
Norfolk and Western between Lynch.
burg aud Bristol, who has been bottled
OF his appointment asa post0iIice M.
spectOr. returned yesterday morning
from Washlngton.-I irgiltfdn.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

The gun-boat Petrol arrived in Balti-
more yesterday. She experienced a
heavy sea beyond the capes aud be-
haved admirably in it. She made a
complete circle in FIVE minutes aud
thirty-two seconds. Under natural
draft the Petrol showed speeC Of ~
Knots an hour. She developed $50
horse power aud then broke the second
airy link strap which ended the test
Enterprise Times.
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TIE DAILY TIN ~.
CITY DsIIvznr.

Delivered In any part q the ciiv and Man
chester 10y carriers at ~ cents PER week.
Persons desiring ihs TInrs delivered At
tEcif homes can secure u 10y pest,l card re-
quest or order through telephone 10. 30
Whom delivery Is irregular immediate com
plalut should be made 20 The once. The adj
drcss may toe changed "a desired, II care be
taken in al cases 10 mention the old and
new address
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

Come Join our watch and dia-
moud clubs. SOC. and II Per week.
Drawings tutday. SPJFT * SPOTT.
6ll East Broad street.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

''Ihc subject OF a national flower J.
being discussed a great deal now, Mis-
Minnie" remarked visitor at Mime
apolis TO n maiden Of that city. "Wha
DO you think about IL"
well, replied Miss Minnie, Il thinl
papa'S Fancy Winter Wheat Flour rather
takes the biscuit. New York Sun.
IMITATION Is the siucrIest ilattery.
II the Old Virginia Chereois did not
give universal satisfaction 10 tie con
sumner there would not be SO many
imta. ions OF that famous brand.
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PRESTON 3 4 J. V l n,
FINE ART HI I'm III
No. g Governor Stfeel.
AfnRFOLK ND WEsTERN RID.

NORFOLK AND WkSlkltN KALI
ROAD.
TWO DAILY TRAINS SO NORFOLK.
TWO DAILY TRAINS To- LfNlHBi no.
e(fIEDffGE Is EXPECT NAY D.. It9
LEAVE RICHMOND.
go A. VI. Daily. t'q Richmond tnd Petersburg
railroad. LcaYes Petersburg 1888
a. 81. dailJi arrive Norfolk lp
.qmA.M. Daiy. eta Richmond and Petersburg
raIIr0ad. Arrive af Petersburg lN.s
AN. SO. leaves Petersburg lNt
A. N Cor fsrmfNIe. I}nchnurg
Roanoke. Bristol. hrUkNNln, and All
points South lnl West. lhAOl 1h
COACH 10 kAUIOkD.
zoo T.. n. Daily. ti1 Richmond and Petersburg
railroad. Arrives 40 Iciefshus 40
-.Np. n. leaves PtfcrsDu rlN =.
NJ daily. arriving Norfolk lNg p,
a. IHkOJGu CAR TO NOR
FOLK.
200 P. NJ DEW fia Richmond ana pi peter,oaIf
-W p A.. connecting VIII 7 rain No.
f. leaving Petersburg at - =. ",
f.I farn. 500. IIUUnNNfF hNdnNtN.
pneaH.rlas. Dr..l0., KNOWN ha'
tanooal. lni aI points oouih and
PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR ACCoNN0nA-
TfOhN.
No -siecring-Car Petersburg to br.'io.
without change. leaving fritfr uult ltI.j ar
ks D.. g. Pullman sleeper L5ncnours tQ
Nsmrn.a. without change.
ro.3 pullman sleeper iyuchhurg to New
Orleans. anl ROanose f0 Chatianoo "a, without
change.
can BID. uifaIf.nI 600 hIl hm0nl and Petersburg
h.. .raad depot. A. So. GarOer., i'' Mi.n
ar.at. and ~ ffc Company Office fl East
". b. BENlIL
General pfssrngfr Agent
CHARLES q. EDDY, Vice Precedent
General Office Roanoke. Na.
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,,u.I,TX PKcnrnSsI0SIsTs.

Prohibition is q form OF lunacy that
is so false to the spirit Of our institu-
tions as to permeate the weak minded
with a crank iallacy that inspires the
timid with the impudence that some
times passes for courage. Prohibition
has bruised Its CHECK and blacked
it's eyes against the solid common sense
of many States. aud now u IL SWIM
ming into politics III Virginia, with
but slight regard for the traditions Of
the ancient aud glorious Common
wealth, aud disporting itself IN the
conceit of vain glory like a JohnstOwn
food. If there is a State IN the Union
that would not stand any nonsense on
the subject of the citizens freedom 1t
is Virginia.
According to authentic legend the
Virgiuan believed IN "A wise aud
righteous temperance, but in peace or
war. in council or ia the field. even IN
irving moments he drank the
Meade like" bold Sir 1alleysan, Of King
Arthur's round table, and still he
h Ids his welcome 20 be cold if 1t be
not favored with the comfort Of true
hospitality.
Most crank-like prohibiiois, 20 to
Taere is no room for your ioolishnes'
o. the sacred soil.
MINISTER WAsmBURN, accredited to
Switzerland from this country, ID the
ideal of an American Minister Plenl-
potentary and Envoy Extraordinary
which means that he has money enough
to make better display than the salary
allows to the representative honor OF
tn United States abroad.
His official duty, besides the usual
Alpine excursions, Meiterhorn and
Mere de Glace, ChamouniI aud St Der
nard dogs, consists in making the eagle
epeech on the GLORIOUS Fourth,
which he compiled from scrap-book-
and eagle poets, and the Congressional
Record, with a glance at Bancroft. lie
twisted the past into a wreath and
hooked II on to the future with an
apostrophe to the next century that
made the forty-two stars OF the new
galaxy Of States sointilate before the
eyes Of the Switzer and the ghost Of
William Tell and Arnold Winkilried
skipped into insignificance.
But the New York Sun SAYS that no
got the century awry and missed even
,le Bancroft figures. Or in other words
Minister Washburn. instead Of connn-
Jog himself to spending his money and
dclighting travelling snobs and dudes
with social display and with Alpine
excursions, has undertaken to exploit
the glory Of his country and very badly
slipped up.
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Co.respondingly quicz timetO other poinn
Through bills Of .sdsn issued 81 low rates.
G. A. TAYLOR,
oo22 Genera Freight Agent.
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PUBLISHED by THE TINES COMPANY
OFFICE: ool EAST MAIN STREET
RICHMOND, VA
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NEWS or THE STATE.
budgets OF News Prom Our c"rrresPon-
dents aud clippings from our state
Perfsrn oufh.

Exchanges
The TiMss gives below items ofnews
sent by our correspondents IN different
,a,fa of tho State
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YNHRk REEERI

Daily except Sunday.
Tho FavorIte Route t0 haItmoi
The steamers OF Cots .rH ale models ~
beauty. elegance, AND COMFORT
fIfaft Richmond
ashland $3.50 p.m.
Arrive baltimore fleafe ha.umore
eann SPIN.
Arrive richmond ID fNinl I'D i.NOa .m.
Fare Richmond to baltimore. ilrst ass
g.. second SASS. fI.IN.
Tne YORK. River Dine ar0ris superior ad-
vqntaaaa fo business ufn in enabling them 10
leave Richmond ntnr fle close ui inr days
transactions. ana arrive at Baltimore early
naEf meaning after having enjoyed "a iH Fli-
flI uilnif leaI. free ir. m tae dust tlN tt NJ
rslnaF travel.
WEST POINT ACCOMMODATION
Lave Richmond 3a 80 depot. la.m
Arrive Richmond. " ~ p.n
tDaIy. fnaIj except sunday.
Depot and f.lHHt.0ftcH foot n Virgins
street. nd fCHn Office. conner Tenth snd NAN
streets. -
rEYToN RANDOLPH. JAS. T.. rAfLOt
lrr. 81 Nanaqcf Gen. passr Agent
EOLr HAAS, JOS. =. tVt ~
Vraf.. e .aasr. Div pass'r Agent
rrf- Richmond Va.
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As kilrain evidently tells the truth
about the thrilling nature of his injuries.
how are the exaggerated stories that
have been tod by promoters Of the
match TO be accounted for, except %
the ground that the affair wa, nip
podrJme l-N Y. Star.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
The proposal 10 have an International
exposition at Washington IN 1892 10
celebrate the four hundredth anniver'
sary u the discovery Of America by
Columbus. and 70 draw closer the rela-
tions. commercial and fraternal, be-
tween the United States and the fifteen
South and Central Spanish-Amerlcan
States. has taken form and consislence.
II has not only met with approval and
pledges Of support every where at home.
but also by the SpanishAmerican min
isters accredited to this country. The
fixing upon Washington as the place
for holding this celebration was the
proper thing TO do Baltimore Sun.
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Mr. Parnell has done what fair-mind-
ed men on both sides Of tue Atlantic
would have pronounced him amply
justified in doing months ago. immedi
ately after the exposure Of. the Pigott
forgeries. He has directed his counsel,
Sir Charles Russell, To retire from the
case. and leave the Commission Court
to reuder such decision as they may
choose without any further opposition
or remous!rance on ms part.-NelC York
Sun.
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THE SIZE or JOHN WANAHAKER' s
SOUL.-Mr. Wanamaker's ATTEMPT to Is
sue a general pass to the government
over the lines Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company j. one f the most
curious features Of the new administra-
ton.
The law authorizes the Postmaster
General 10 fix the rate at which the
governments telegraphiug shall be
done by private companies, just as 1t
authorizes the fixing Of the rate for the
railway postal service. But 1t was
never contemplated that the rate should
be less than cost.-Nelr York EreniHg
Post
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-19

Try one bottle and YOU VIII he convinced
for sale by AN druggist Send for 0oos oil
testimonials ANA other valuable information
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SKILLED AND UNsKlILED LABOR
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers Is said to be engaged in etfecting
he projected fusion of all railroad
workers. In the Eight of experience, it
is not difficult 10 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
pathy strikers is sufficient evidence
OF their inability to Cooperate IL
debating terms TO employers. The
man who gets dollar and a half day
has but little IN common with the one
VINO, dissatisfied with three dollars aud
half. strikes for more. The knights
of Labor tried this experiment and
failed; and at the time when Mr.. Pow
derry and his associates are organizing
on trade lines, tie Brotherhood at
tempts to strengthen It's influences by
making this movement toward fusion
1t is a step backward. philadelphia
Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30

it is not surprising to find that when the
latter are fed into the presses and
clasped by the upper and lower die, they
receive a infinitely exact impression,
willis a toothel collar claspiug them at
the same moment, produces the reeded
edge. After being once more int
v1dually weighed the coins are piled up
in trays by an ingenious method which
does the work almost automatically. The
workman plunges his arm into the heap
of coins, gives the tray a shake, and
''hey, presto!' in less than a minute the
bright gold ~''t1enties" are neatly piled
away in rows, ready for circulation.
By this time the party is on the way
out, and the conductor begins to count
noses in the visitors waiting-room, to
see if the arrivals are numerous enough to
form a new party. The survey thus de-
scrioed and concluded is that which falls
TO the lot of the routine visitor, but it
cannot be said to be in any sense a COM
plete inspection OF the multifarious opera
tons in progress at the Mint. Pre-
sumably the complete elucidation of the
pro- pses would merely weary the average
curiosity seeker, besides consuming SO
much time that but one batch Of visitors
could be taken through in the brief two
hours and a half allowed for daily in
gpection by the outside world.
Among the departments not usually
| shown is that devoted to refining. Cali
fornia gold contains from three to twelve
per cent. of silver, and this has to be sep
arated. For this purpose the crude pro-
| duct is melted, more silver is added so as
to enable ACID to act on the alloy, and the
metal is '~sgranulated'' by being poured
into cold water while still in a fluid state.
The effect Of this granulation is to con-
vert the metal into a condition resem-
bling popcorn or pumice-stone, SO that a
large surface is exposed to the action of
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30
MOTHS IN CLoTHNG1.

More than $50 years ago Reaumur, OBJ
serving that clothing moths never at
tackled the wool and hair of living AMI
mails, inferred that the natural odo OF
the wool or of the oily matter in it was
distasteful to them, consequently ne
rubbed various garments with the wool
of fresh pelts, and also wet other gar
ments with the water in which wool had
been washed, and found that they were
never attacked by moths. Experiments
with tobacco smoke and the odors OF
spirits of turpentine showed that both
were equally destructive, but it was nee
essary to close the rooms very tightly and
keep the fumes very dense in them for
twenty-four hours to obtain satisfactory
results. Chests of cedar or sprigs OF
this tree are so disagreeable to them that
they will not deposit their eggs where
this odor is at all strong; but should the
eggs be laid before the garments are
packed away the odor will not prevent
the Matching of the eggs nor the destruc-
tive work of the Larvae afterward.
Clothing may also be protected from
moths by packing it in stout cotton or
paper bags made perfectly tight, but this
must be done before the moths appear on
the wing.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30
MONEY! MAKERS.
THE MEN WHO COIN UNCLE SAINTS
GOLD AND SILVER.
A Visit to the Largest Mint in the
WorlG-The Processes OF Tnrniag
Gold and Silver Into Coin
How 1t Is Milled.

The handsome structure at Fifth and
Mission streets in which Uncle Sans cur
rent coins are turned out, In co-opera-
ton with the establishments at New Or
leans and Philadelphia: has attracted re.
newed interest since the appointment OF
General Dimond as Superintendent IN
augurated a new regime by which a
number of patriotic San Franciscans hope
to be furnished with an Office at the carl
lest possible date. To these and to the
public generally it will be a matter OF
profit and useful information to repair to
! the mint about $50 A. NJ. The waiting
room is by this time pretty well filled and
the early visitors have fully satisfied their
curiosity in regard to the collection Of
coins and metals belonging to the State
of California pioneers, and formerly
known as DIR. spiers's collection. Among
the contents of the cases is II complete
set of United States dollars, fifty
two in number, one for every year In
which they were coined.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30

the acid. After being boiled for some
hours in porcelain pots the silver and
baser metals are taken up by the acid,
while the gold remains as a dark powder
at the bottom of the vessels. It is col.
lected and taken to the melting-room,
while the silver is easily recovered from
the acid solution.
The gold having been tested for purity
in the assaying room, is melted with suf-
ficient copper to reduce the standard
from 1000 to 903, the precise standard
Of ten per cent. being obtained by a SUBJ
sequent addition of copper, according to
the proportion indicated by the assay.
There are usually from t%hirty-six TO forty
ingots Of gold, Weighing sixty ounces
each, in one melt.
A question which hovers on the lips of
every visitor to the Mint, but which is,
for obvious reasons of courtesy and pro-
priety. rarely asked, is this: Where SO
valuable a substance as gold is freely
handled by SO many persons, how is it
possible to prevent peculation and loss2
The answer is found in the fact that
gold is so heavy a metal that it is easy
TO keep a check or tally on all who
handle It by the simple ~ezpedient Of
weighing, as it passes from hand to hand
and from department to department.
Gold is nineteen times heavier than water.
No other metal, except platinum, could
be used effectively as a substitute or imi-
tation for it; and it SO happens that pla-
tinum is itself very scarce, very valuable,
and fromits extremely high melting point,
altogether useless for the purpose OF
fraudulent substitution Of alloys for gold.
The weight test Is therefore an efectual
check, and as each employee is interested
in conserving his own reputation for in=
tegrity, he cannot afford to overlook any
shortcomings on the part Of the gold re-
cciyed from his neighbor. Whenever q
bar or osher portion of uneoined gold
passes from one department to another it
is checked and receipted for. Thus after
the a~nnealing process is completed the
ingots OF bars are delivered to the meter
and reiner, and in turn to the treasurer,
who weighs them accurately and then
delivers them TO the coiner. Tngots thus
delivered for $40 pieces are about twelve
inches long, one and seven-sixteenths
wide. and nearly half an inch thick.
The work OF adjusting the planehets
is done by females, each of whom sits in
front of q little pair of scales and weighs
every planchet without fear or favor. In
consequence Of the great specific gravity
of gold, o difference altogether inappre-
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30
Use Of Cats Whiskers.

Every one must have observed what
are usually called the whiskers on a cats
upper lip. The use of these in a state of
nature is very important. They are Or
gans of touch. They are attached to q bed
of close glands under the skin, and each
of these long and stiff hairs is connected
with the nerves Of the lip. The slightest
contact of these whiskers with any sur
rounding object is thus felt distinctly by
the animal. although the hairs themselves
are insensible. They stand out on each
side in the lion as well as in the cat; so
that from point to point they are equal to
the width of the animals body. II we
imagine, therefore, a lion stealing through
a covert of wood, in an imperfect light
we shall at once see the use of these long
hairs. They indicate to him through the
incest feeling, any obstacle which may
present itself to the passage of his body;
they prevent the rustic of boughs and
leaves which would give warning to his
prey If he were to attempt to pass
through too close . bush, and thus In 0 n
junction with the soft cushions of his
feet, and the fur upon which he treads
1.-THE retFactile claws never coming in con-
tact with the ground) they enable him to
moys toward his victim with a stiffness
greater even than that of the snake that
glides along the grass and Is not perceived
till it is coiled round it's prey.-Ameri-
an Gukigator.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30

back to be remelted into ingots. The
sight of these bars never fails to make the
visitors eyes fash with cupidity.
The next operation is the washing of
the plarchets in hot water and soap to get
rid Of the bceswax, after which they are
sent to the adjusting-room to be weighed.
Each blank or pianchet is passed upon
most carefully in this particular; if too
heavy it is fled down to standard weight,
ftoo light it is remelted and recoined.
When the machines are in active opera.
Ion gold coin can be turned out at the
rate OF $3.50, 900 an hour. The milling
OF the coins is effected by raising an edge
or them, with a suitable machine, for the
purpose of protecting the face of the coin,
Tor in q well-worn specimen it will be
noticed that the milling disappears first,
and when this has happened the inserip'
ton, effgy and date quickly follow suit.
When the milling has been completed,
the blanks 60 through another anneallng
process to soften them for the final i'm.
preston which is to convert them into
Uncle Sans currency. The stamping ia
an operation requiring a pressure equalto
$50 tons on every part of the blanks, and
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30

The use, or the alleged use, of cabbage
leaves for tobacco made up iniarge cigars
shAt sell for small prices Is now an old
thing. In che opinion Of q New York
paper, tons right suppose that there is
sufficient genuine tobacco raised in this
eouutry and il the West Indies to meet the
demands Of Ill tha smokers, but competi.
tion % something else has brought ont .
new imitation of the veritable leaf of Sir
Walter Raleigh. This Is . preparation
from rys ssyaw. The substance Is stepped
q d strong solution made from tobacco
stams. and Is then manufactured in such
manner % 20 make d fair imitation Of
DE sort Of tobacco used for wrapping
cigars. The favor Of the tobacco tens
i communicated to the rye straw, and
there i stamped Gu Il the grain which il
noticed III the leaf used for wrapping.
6 Is said that naaay Of the cheaper cigars
COW 90 che market have this spurious
wrapper
The Opelousas courier., 1889-11-30

60 the fact that he is walking on a floor
ing consisting of movable iron gratings
about eight inches square. Inquiry Leads
TO the explanation that with all precau-
fi0ns to prevent waste, such as greasing
the gold with beeswax and the silver with
tallow, a considerable amount of dust is
carried about the opeTating-room and .
periodical sweeping is resorted to with
surprising results, The guide intimates
in . natter-of-fact way that the sweep
ings of the Mint are worth from $50 to
$40 q day, and that in carpeted rooms
enough gold dust is entangled in the
fbres of the old carpet Il more than pay
for d new one. The sweepings contain
OF course silver and copper as well as
gold, the copper by cupellation and the
silver by the action of the nitric acic, in
which gold is insoluble. The nitrate of
silver is subsequently converted into
chloride by the action of common salt
and the chloride into pure silver By an
easy chemical process.
After the bars have been anneaIed to
get rid of the hardness and brittleness,
the strips of gold with their coating OF
beeswax are passed through the cutting
machine and then punched into blank
coins or ssplanchets. which exactly re.
semble the IIutuse coin without the de-
sign and the milling at the edges. The
strips, afterthe blanks have been punched
out ct the rate of $50 : minute, are sent