The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-19

simple. As soon as the Republicans
have settled on the man they want put
in any postOflice, the incumbent Is po-
litely requested to resign.-Neio York
Star.
TEAR.TAPs AND TANK PLAYs.-East-
ern people who have fallen victims to
the Hazel Kirk" habit will be in
terested to learn that that famous tear
tapping play has been hooted and SCOT
fed by an audience IN Montana mining
town. The fact Is the only plays which
are received with favor in certain re
mote places in the West are tank
dramas or Shakespeare plays. Any
drama which holds middle ground be
tween these extremes should avoid
ming camps and lakewood towns. But
perhaps the weeping which has been
done over Hazel Kirk" may have led
Ellie Ellsler ard her company to
consider it a tank drama.-NelC Yorl,
World.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN Two GOOD MIN.
Colonel Shepard Ito Wanamaker)-
That's right, and | am with you. No
labor whatever should be performed on
Sunday. TO a Mail and Express re-
porter standing near.) Mr.. Faber. be
sure and attend Father McGiynn's lee
ture Sunday afternoon and make a
page report Of It for Mondays paper.
ITO Mr.. Wanamaker.) DON'T you think
that passenger as well as mail trains
4 H.. OH
Wananaker-MOst certainly / do.
10 his secretary.l Oh. George, don Z
fail to secure parlor chairs on the Sun
day afternoon express for our party to
20 to Washington.
George-It Is all attended TO, sir.
Wanamaker - Thanks. And now,
Colonel, let us evolve plan for stop
ping all travel and work on Sunday.
They evolve.-Erchaags.
TAMMANY AND THE COUNTY De
MOCRAcY. The County Democrats are
not stone dead-not as dead rs a smelt,
so TO speak. They are, on the con-
trary. just boiling mad, and a more
teeth gnashing set Of men you never
saw in all your days. The ring tailed
dragons, the scorpions. the iiery-eyed
Lehemoth which glass that magpifies
two thousand diameters discovers in q
drop Of stale water, are homogeneous
fraternity Of Quakers in comparison
with the wild passions and carniyerous
appetites which prevail among these
Counties.
They have been downed by Tammany.
That evangelical angel of New York
politics has danced a Highland fling on
their PROSTATE bodies. walked all over
them with its hob-naled shoes. pounded
and pummelled them till they resemble
bowl of calves foot jelly. They are
sore from crown to sole. inside and out
side, in consequence OF the threats. the
sarcasm. the ridicule of those other
fellows. "-Nelc York Herald.
CORPORAL TANNER AND HIS TROU-
BLEs.-A dispatch to the World re-
counts the rumors Of trouble in the
Pension Office, and says
The outward and visible sign of dis
turbance in the Pension Office. as has
already been stated in the World. is the
bouncing Of George y. Squires. the
confidential secretary whom Mr.. Tan
ner brought with him from Brooklyn.
As soon as Mr.. Squires was dismissed
the story got out that it was on account
of discriminating against other attOr-
news in favor Of Lemon. and Commits
sioner Tanner did not at first deny
the charge. An army Of Brooklyn
politicians, friends of Squires. be-
gan TO show their indignation
against Tanner for what they
supposed was the sacrifice of Squires
for the deliberate purpose of giving the
position to Tanners own daughter
When Squires' friends began to put
this serious face on the matter Tanner
opened his mouth very wide, and. de-
claring that ne would no longer hide
the truth, said that Mr.. Squires had TO
be dismissed because, in letters to "A pen
sion-otfice clerk, Mrs Friend. widow
of forty years old, he.had depropOsi-
tions of a compromising character. In
view Of the circumstances attending
Mr.. Squires' removal, Mr.. Tanner
thought he could not do a safer thing
than to appoint his own daughter u
the place, and she took the oath of Of
fee to-day
The ribald scribe Of the World writes
the following about Colonel Llge Hal
ford:
"Said Private Secretary Halford a
few days ago: 1t would be difficult to
find a cooler place lms weather than
A.. L., "a. l nj Ia 10
House. and | sometimes hate 10 leave
il for the glare and heat of ;he concrete
payements. The breeze seems 10 sweep
i'm from the river continually. and the
air is fragrant with the perfume Of the
flowers on the grounds south Of the
Executive Mansion This is all very
well. but office-seekers unite in saying
that there is at least one cooler place
i'm the White House than Halford's Of
flee. and that is the Presidents
RAILWAYS FOR THE CoNGo.-The Eu-
ropean edition of the Herald publishes
the following editorial
Our cable dispatches yesterday an
nounced that a $4,000 had already
been subscribed to build 262 miles of
railway between Stanley Pool and the
lower falls of the Congo. The railway
will therefore soon become a fat ac-
compli. for only 100000 remain to be
subscribed, and of this Mr.. Coils p.
Huntington, president Of the Southern
Pacific railway, has himself subscribed
$4,000
We had the best possible reason to
believe that the Congo administrators
would be very glad TO see the rest Of
the stock covered in the United States.
We are very glad that Mr.. Huntington
has taken the matter up.
The Norfolk Landmark says that I'VE
have understood that there Is good rea-
son to believe that Mr.. Barbour favors
Mr.. Basil Gordon for the Craftsmanship
and Nr. S. w. Nenable for Governor.
Ii is fair 10 say. however, that Mr.. Bar
bour himself has declared that he is
without preference among candidates.
and only desires to see the best man
Scenes are witnessed every day in
civilized lands that call to mind the
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