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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-20

TheSequoyah alphabet is and will long
remain a curiosity 10 scholars. Knowing
nothing of the phonetic force of the
American letters, ho adopted them at
random and invented other characters,
one for each sound, in the Cherokee Ian
guagc, and thus produced by Ignorance
and native intellect a completely phonetic
and thoroughly scientific alphabet So
admirably is it adapted for the purpose
Of written speech that a white man Of
ordinary intelligence can learn to read the
language fiuently in u week without
understanding it. As the Cherokee Ian
guago IS, however, like that Of all other
Indians, polysynthetic that is, it consists
Of n number Of radical syllables, each
conveying primitive idea Of form, color,
number, size. intensity, etc., chiefly adj
iectives, the combination Of which sylla-
bles go to make up any needed word,
it Is etymologically the simplest Of ton
CUES, and after mastering It's radical sylla-
bles one is master OF the language, and
two months study enables aman Of ordi-
nary intelligence to speak it with auency.
There are three newspapers published IN
Indian territory, one at Tahlequah, the
Cherokee capital, in Cherokee and Eng.
fish, tho others In the Choctaw country
in English and in Choctaw represented
by English characters.
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THED DAILY TIMES SUNDAY. JANUARY 90. 1889.


The secretary OF the navy works IN
beautiful room. from whose windows
one may look out upon the White House
conservatory and the window at which
the presidents wife ats with her book
or embroidery. Secretary Whitney has
had more work TO do here than any
secretary since the close of the war, and
his successor will find his task anything
but easy. Uncle Sam is now engaged IN
building navy, and with his usual I'M
petuosity he is doing it with a rush. Mrs.
Whitney once odd me her husband,
of whom she is justly very proud, had
worked harder as secretary Of the navy
than he ever did before "He took hold
Of the department" said she. "as he
used 10 take hold Of difficult law cases,
and etudied night and day till be had
mastered il. Mr.. Whitney likes hard
work. When he was in the city attor-
news office in New York they used TO
leave all the difficult cases 10 him, and
he rather liked it," Secretary Whitney
knows how to handle men as well as
Ships. Indeed, the duties Of his Office
LARGELY consist Of handling men, there
being naval bureaus, in charge Of naval
officers. 10 take care OF the ships and
thcir belongings. At 10 o'clock every
morning the secretary takes up position
In his outer Office. All his callers are
admitted 10 the room, where he can see
tbom and they can see him. He stands
bv a high desk, and receives his
visitors one after another. Tho caller
nav sit. but the secretary stands.
Under such conditions the average
visitor states his business in the
fewest possible words and gets away
as soon as he can. IT is a common say
ing in Washington that Mr. Whitney
can dispose Of q greater number OF
callers in al hour than any other official,
and this is the manner In which he does
ia good hint for his successor. After
two hours at the outer desk the secre-
tary rctires 10 his Office proper, where
he works steadily till or in the even
inc. He has been one Of the most sue
cessful Of all Of the present cabinet min
isters, and his administration has the
credit OF giving the American navy its
start Oh the road 90 greatness.
There Is nothing sumptuous in the
Offices of the postmaster general and sec
rotary Of the interior, except the marble
bathroom in connection with the latter.
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chnrol.ees and creeEs.

There appears 10 be among the Chcro-
KEGS. as far as travellers can observe,
about the same variety of religion as
prevails among the whites, but under
the regulation OF the Indian bureau, first
established under President Grant, their
agents are nominated by the Baptists;
though the Nethodists, Presbytcrians,
Quakers. Morayians and even Roman
Catholics have missions among them
and o considerable number Of mem
bers. When tho Creeks or Nus-
kokees first went 10 war with the
Americans and concluded what was 10
them rather disadyantageous peace,
= considerable number Of young men
refused to recognize the treaty and fled
to Florida, then Spanish territory, and
were given tho name Of Senmoie5,
which in the Creek language means
exile, or runaway. In no long time, By
internarriagc with the Indians OF
Florida, and 10 some extent with rum
away slaves from the adjacent states,
they became a distinct nation; but they
still use substantially the same language
rs the Creeks. The Greeks have from
the first taken unususl pains to educate
their children, and tho result Is seen III
the general high character o. intelii-
0s1ce IL the tribe
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DRAWING ROOM GOSSIP.

Among the beautiful things Of the day are
the antique desks intended for ladies who can
spell
in cards the game Of Hearts Is sthl ap
parenuy in highest possible fashionable
favor
Center tables 50 handsome as not to re
quire any cloth are the proper thing In
milady's house
Artificial orchids, even in real water, or
bulbs, are humbug, even If they have found
their way into good houses"
If women continue TO put so many Of their
names on their visiting cards, that piece OF
Bristol board viii soon have to be enlarged
II is a small matter whether certain fash
ionable women sleep between colored silk
sheets, 80 long as they do not suffer from in
somnia.
No sofa or lounge Is complete these days
without the pine pillow, which, with en-
brolierv and fringe, has become an elaborate
affair Of les kind
So called art furniture has gone 70 ride
ul0us extremes, and most Of 10 Is neither use
ful nor ornamental, only something sho"y
manufactured 20 sell 10 snobs
There are several novelties In dinner cards,
pretty and dainty enough 70 revive the fash
ion Of them, which was discontinued TO a
large extent last season
Lamp shades made Of colored beads and
buglcs are something new, and affirmed,
when there are no skeptics present, 70 be Of
direct importation from London. 10 is fur
thor alleged, Of course, that tho Princes Of
Wales has one New York Mail and Ex-
UrlN-
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The postmaster general works in a plain
room, which has rather old fashioned
furniture. IN this room and about the
devoted head of Mr.. Dickinson's success
soF will be seen the worst crush Of the
season after March 4. Here the place
hunters and their friends literally swarm.
Mr.. Villas estimates that he lost ten
years Of lis life during the first Fix
months Of the year 1855, when he sat at
his desk and fought off the mob, besides
making fifteen or twenty thousand enc
mics, who have not yet forgiven him.
IN number Of persons employed, and IN
direct contact with the people, the post
Office is the greatest of all government
departments, a postmaster general need
not be q lawyer, hut a secretary Of the
interior should have had law training.
department controls the patent
office, the pension office, public lands
and mines, the Indians, education, rail-
roads, public surveys. the federal CEN
sus, etc. Secretary Villas room IS IS
plain as Dickinsons, but his desk Is kept
always in the perfection Of ordcrlines5.
Both Villas and Dickinson were lawyers
Of renown before taking public Office.
WALTER NELL1iAN.
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DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

The 81. Marks railroad in Florida IS 10
ported to have a lady conductor.
Mrs. George Quintard is worth some s.,
100000, left her by her father, tue late
Charles Morgan.
Miss Harriet uosmer advises art students
going abroad 10 study sculpture at Rome and
painting at Paris.
Nine Mutsu, wife Of the japanese minister
has already learned 10 speak English. She
does not wear native costume.
A German specialist asserts that Patti has
two extra valves ia her windpipe. She may
be considered. therefore, a kind Of blValye-
yeritable oyster Patti
Sarah Bcrnhardt is conducting things with
high hand in Egypt Her bills at the Gus
tom house for articles purchased already
amount 70 over $4,000.
Mrs. August Belmont has the finest col
lection OF sapphires in this country though
Mrs William Aston is credited with possess
ING the finest single one.
Nine Boulanger IS a singularly sour tenn
pered and disagreeable woman. Her temper
at dinner was 50 tagging that the husband
got into the way Of dining at a cafe.
4 poet is allowed heap Of license; but
when Mrs. Kershan, Of Cairo, threw bot
water on a neighbor who made fun Of her
rhymes, the judge said that license had gone
beyond the limit.
Some days after the imperial railroad accl'
dent, the czarina wrote % her mother Of
herself and her husband, I'VE still have big
black and blue bruises all over US, but they
are Of no significance"
The Philadelphia woman who died Of tight
lacing was an Old maid, homelY and angular,
and never had beau, and yet She said she
laced b please the men. All men should
chip ia for monument 10 her.
The richest child In America is little May
Sharpless, now but o years Of age. She L
the daughter OF a late member Of the great
dry gods house Of Arnold, Constable & Co.
and she is worth $4,000 in her OWN nRm'
and riga
Mrs. William Gammen lives in Providence
but il almost as well known in New York a
In her own home She Is the richest woman
in New England, Eer assets footing up sons
$4,000 900, made by her late husband in th'
East India trada
Miss Ellen Terry has herself designed thu
wonderful dresses in which she appears a
Lady Macbeth. One clinging SEAMLESS gar
ment OF dark blue wool, woven with gol'
thread, to DO worn under a blue velvet an'
gold worked mantle, Is peculiarly effective
Mrs Elliott F. Shepherd, Mrs William
Sloane and Mrs IT, ". Twombly were 81
left large fortunes by their father, the lat
/ Commodore Vanderbilt, and these were ia
creased by generous gifts from their brother
I William ii. Vanderbilt
Mrs Newton, ono Of the four women VIII
were given the Crimean medal, which Quec
/ Victoria personally pinned ON her, 10 sun Nv
ing In Toronto She was nurse N the Criineal
war and was shot through tho knee IA
trench before tho Redan.
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Both Mistaken.

He stopped In front Of a maiden fair
Twas at O waxworks show
And he said. How lifeiiLe is her stsrel
How natural her golden hairl
Her cheeksl sT'what hue they wearl
They actually glow"
The maiden opened vide her eyes
mot only can they walk. 30
She said In evident surprise,
But now it seems these efiigies
Are made 10 such o WOudrous wise
They actually taikI'
Chicago Tribune
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SECRETARY WHITNEY.

Of but fifty persons all told, half Of them
LAWYERS Of more or less ability. IL seems
queer that the country is full Of lawyers
eager 10 give up their private practice,
with perhaps $4,000 or $4,000 year,
IN order 10 come down here and work
like hired man for $4,000. but such Is
the fact. Attorney General Garland
often gets to work as early as 1880 in the
morning. / asked him the other day
what The hardest part Of his work was.
"Weu," said he, "when first came here
was most pushed to find means of es-
Gaping the Office seekers. l had the APP
pointment Of 20 marshals, 20 attorneys
and a number of territorial judges. These
places are highly priced by lawyers, and
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asAnlANNtA A"A t'tttt'tt"t'.r
There are several other STYLES Of over
coats. the ulster shapes and Inverness
copos being the favoritos with the gilded
voiith. The Inverness Is lined with satin.
which makes them 20 on and of easily.
These have capos and are considered
very swell. The skirts reach TO me
ankle and the capcs to the waist when
gives the slim youths much the appear
ance of q half opened umbrella.
Collars are seen in every shape and
width. and crayats arc as various. !
saw some pretty China crepe ties, with
cold colorod silk worked figures, winch
we're very pretty in white ana hghl
6uts Plain white satin, cream coloied
satin. gr0s grain silk and colored satlnss
and silks are all made in the four-m-hand
STYLES. which con be tied in any way the
poor martyr wishes
Gloves for gentlemen for ordinary
wear are dark brown, tan and leather
color with wido black stitching on the
backs, and white linen hcmstitched
handkerchicfs arc preferred 10 the White
sill, or colOrcd bOrdercl ones.
Dress shirts have embroidered dots OF
small detached sprig5 of flowers all over
the bosom. though some are seen where
there is simply fine line Of embroidery
along the button holes. White linen
crochet and pearl buttons are used m
preference TO gold or jeweled studs, and
very little jewolry is worn.
Another new and praiseworthy fashion
has come % the surface for general use,
and that is for each head Of household
tO set apart q certain sum Of money for
the use of the women, to be paid
monthly or quarterly. as Is preferred.
This IS an excellent fashion and one to
De greatly commended Ii is called pin
money. and though there IS q general
belief that this fashion has obtained tOi
many hundreds of years it has never
been general here. 10 ought 10 be, iOrno
woman can respect her husband nor her
self who is obliged to beg or coax iof
money of him.
am sure that everybody ought to he
pleased with the impartial manner III
which tell them the newest fashions
OLIVE HARPER
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rosrMAsrER GENERAL DicKINsoY.

POSTMASTER GENERAL DICKINSON.
lawyers were never noted for their back
wardness. The result was that for the
l75 places we had about 0 900 applicants.
Maybe its was not 80 large a number,
but at the time thought it was 90, 900.
Each applicant sent ab0ut fifty letters
and ali the way from half dozen to
two score Of men 10 talk it over with me.
For one office there were 2i0 applicants.
am sorry for my successor
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Tho Ago of steal.

Grocer to clerkl--Did you read about this
sugar swindle, Jamesi
ayes, sir"
"What robbers there are IN the world The
days when honest men were in business seem
to have gone by.'
Eyes, sir"
"By the way, James, you might put an
other gallon Of water ia the vinegar barrel
while you have nothing to do."-Nebrasha
State Journal.
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TO Be AVOIDED.

Don use obsolete words.
Don't use technical terms
Don't use slang expressions.
Don't write feeble sentence.
Don't write a clumsy sentence.
Don't say commence for begin
Don't write an obscure sentence.
Don't say vituPeration for abuse.
Don't Say initiate for commence.
Don't use foreign words or phrases
Don't take al impracticable position.
Don't say Bard Of Florence for Dante.
Don't tempt one 70 question your ycraciy.
Don't say Quaker poet for Whittier, un-
loss It be 70 prevent too frequent repetition
Journal Of Education.
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RELATIVE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.

Five feet six inches should be 10.
Five feet ten inches should be lGy
Five feet five inches should b. l42.
Five feet two inches should DO l2d.
Five feet nine inches should DO idA
Five feet four inches should he lSc.
Five feet eight inches should be 10.
Five feet three inches should bo 1873.
Five feet seven inches should DO i4S.
Five feet eleven inches should be Ia
A man six feet high should weigh l7s
Five feet one inch should ~ 10 pounds
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What lie Hnnilr Meant.

Editor to assistant-Ihat joke might
have been written by William Shakespeare.
Assistant lblushing with pleagirel- on
hatter me, sir.
Editor--No, / don't either! It's over POO
years old-Burlington Free Press
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There is now no doubt that the great
in Charles Nix county Is
not caused By burning coal alone, There
is great volume of steam constantly 10
suing from the creyice, accompanied by
a strong sulphurous odOr and light
colored smoke Tie earth for many feet
about is warm. 1t is also phosphorcscent
and can be seen at night tor many miles
At frequent intervals q deep rumbllng
sound i heard for a long distance. The
phenomenon is situated on The portion Of
The Randall military reservation which
was lately thrown open 10 settlement
New York World.
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Miss Adele Aus der One is said to have
played on the piano with both hands at
The tender aceo of B. She heard some one
playing I'll Bacio, and seating herself
at the instrument, she ratified of that
brilliant waltz in 4 manner that made
every one who heard her stand agape
with wonder.
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Talk o. turkey, breast so white;
Goose baked brown an sarved up ntei
snokehouse ham, an likes o. that
Streak o. lean an streak O. Fat;
Juicy backbone, steak on toas';
Mutton chops-which sum likes mos
sakes they amt a simmon blossom
TOa good ole Georgy poessmi
-RoAs (Ga) Tribune.
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Social nehts Promptly Paid.

Mrs. Westend-Who was it calledi
Marie-Alrs. Grubbs, / told her you were
out
Mrs. Grubbs is out making calls, thenl
Order my carriage quickly. viii return
the call before she gets home. "-fhiiadelphia
Record
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Customer after a shagel - Great Scott,
barber, that razor Of yours is in terrible
condition.
Barber-Yes, sab, I spect it am. l was
ont to q darnce las night. Dat razzer need
DO grindstone, OATS what 1t needs. - Iha
Epoch
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A Frenchman has invented q new sys-
tenn for propelling canal boats. 1t con-
sists Of an endless cable running along
the two hanks. The boats are moved at
double tho ordinary speed, and can read
lily be attached and detached from the
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Our Servants.

MARY, how Is it that the chairs are al
covered with dustf
"Why, maam, no one has been sitting on
them 30 far today. "-Exehange.
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4'I A. 'i onANiAc. yorcd by Simmer
gentlemen. These an haveall the outside
pockets finished with flaps. which 70 in
OF out Straight front sack coats viii
also be worn by young and quite middle
aged gentlemen
me tr""sers f0r the early spring viii
~ nom 20i 20 2li inches at the lnee and
ron ~ 20 10 NJ thc bottom. The seams
down the outside viii be welied. The
uouscrs IN general are neither too loose
nor TO snug, and are a happy medium
rs"een spring bottoms and peg tops. |
] don't. - WV ''''A''''
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This last fact however viii not sur
prise ans married lady who ever under
fu.k 90 make hcr dearest Tom, DICK or
Iarrv ga dozen shirts ior Dis Christmas
bless him. only to weep @ briny. scald-
irg tear for every stitch She set when ho
tired them on. and then Oct loose his
flood of ol0mcncc as Doe 0rraycd each
s.narata portion az The garment for
distinct anl individual sim from collar
to russot. from button lNIos t0 ODE hcm
ON the bottom. Andoitor having brought
fnrse sins forth Doe gives them the benefit
of criminal uigl. with himself as tine
rr.srcifinr attorney and DIS wife the
c.uifal offender. and thm ho turns to the
stern mlre. and condemns tho whole
thing generally and collectively, and
only ends when Doe is ont of breath ami
rIt dreadful criminal iuttar5. iieW would
r.ton store. teu the number of inches
i.fakos to c0 around IBIS pimply. hairy
900 Adams auniev mock. and paF aH
..ifs of prices ior the rarmeni5 in gue5-
rl. and take What the store Keeper
.ur him. only saving an impatient
biz D. all to hmo whom Ec found
r..m mot halt u5 good as those his
.r0rIrr hftIe angel Di "a wife made iof
him. ru1 f hc CVrr mentioned thcm 10
I.r.t.H 3D. ,youIi he CD make lntidiNus
.mnari.ns lt mas possibly hc chat !
I... mentioned Dds. subject before. uut
fff.n subject that s. always repeating
lt-Ifinr..l Iif.. and every bride always
I.. lon.in.- THAT way. 50. dear young
wives. lt ONE who has passed through
that fire twice n Atf ile warn you
D HH.|| d..
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oil the ltllo MENTAL EXERCISE FOR hlaEAApa
wilos anxious energy and also give the
husband enough Go occupy his super
fious mind in studying out a use for
Them. believe they are for scarf pins,
collar buttons. haudkcherchieis and so
forth -
Prom the best authorities CLEAN that
Gle STYLES for spring for gentlemen will
Vary materially, and the eye glass viii
hereafter bc worn in tae other eye. The
coa, lapols have q sort OF shawl roll
ffom neck 90 waist when the coat is
open. and it can button nearly up 90 the
t.pwAen disclosed. Ihc skirts To Prince
Albert coats are cut 30 that the bottom
D. 4uile full
IAe double breasted frock coat Is cor
rect style Tor day dress, particularly for
s'ald and respectable men. though the
sack coat and getaway arc suitable and
much worn. There are some single
breasted irock coats with Eve buttons and
very peaked apo.s. which are silk faced.
Vests ior day can he of 1larseilles or
cashmere. cloth or chsviots Tho collar
IS straight, creased Oh uotchcd, with two
blt)l-. and opens about fifteen inches
Dress coats are llack cloth. fine serge
Or diagonal materials. and tho Prince
Albert Of the same material though they
aIo frequently seen in dark brown or
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drab, eOm times
oycnin dark wine
color The dress
suit for the An
glomaniac lIas
tho addition OF q
pair Of drabclOth
caiters and q
crush hat These
CATERS belong 60
the cyeflass and
tho dude belongs
lntIirtn iuih. lle
one button cuta-
way S. the favor
Ste Of the fortly
loly, handsome
men, and the
three or four but
ton coats Of She
same kind are ga
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FASHIONS FOR MEN.
OLIVE HARPER GIVES THE STRONG
Err SEX SOME POINTS.

She Also Gives Young Wives Little Adj
vice. One OF the chief Warnings Of
which IA, "Ncver MAKO Your Husband
shirt
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IL Killed Him.

The cobbler yielded up his breath
And from this world he passed.
The moment he was choked 20 death
Was when be breathed BIS last
boston Courier.
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Special Correspondence.


WAsHNGIoS, Jan. l7.-Thcre are
good many gentlemen in this country
who would like TO take possession Of the
five desks in the public departments OF
this CITY Of winch write. These are beau
tiful desks, surrounded by elegant car
pets, fine paintings, hosts Of menials and
a good deal Of the pomp of high official
station; cut the men who sit at them
must work hard fer their salaries
and abandon the delights Of leisure
and independence. The pay is not as
great as the responsibility, aud the honor
scarcely equals the labor, and yet Gen.
Harrison will not find it necessary 10
coax men into these five seats. ANY one
of the occupants Of these desks might
become president Of the United States,
but surely this is not the inducoment
which causes the posts 10 be so eagerly
sought; for the first cabinet official Of
whom ] write could become president
only bv The death Of the president him
self, the vice president, tho secretaries Of
state and the treasury. Nought but a
plague. earthquake or cataclysm could
thus bring the secretary Of war into the
White House, and the chances Of the re-
naming four ministers are even more
remote. But if the secretary Of war may
not be president he certainly has the
pleasure Of occupying the most beau
tiful suite Of Offices in the United
States. The present secretary Las
Just moved into his new rooms, three