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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

The discovery by D Pittsburs chemist,
Of q new powder which Is more powerful
for small arms than any previously ID
use, is an interesting indication 81 what
the United States can do when its aiten'
ton Is turned TO providing the materials
OF war. With fact dynamite cruisers,
dynamite annou "a possibility tog cast
steel heavy artillery aud a new powder
for small III among our late warlike
products. 10 viii be seen that We are pre-
pared, IF Is comes 10 the tess. 90 repeat
The achievements Of the days when our
monitors and PARROT and Rodmau gum
reduced the old World naYie- TO fhe CON.
dition Of old JUNK. According to the
statements given the explosive power u
the news powder q. somew hat less than
thai of dynamite, and probably consider
ably below the later inventions known M
Europe But the claim OF superior safety
and TO- adaptability % firearms. with the
possibility OF making q cannon iu which
il can bee used. viii, Il substantiatcd by
experience. make 10 far moro efficient in
war than the old explosives. Give Pitts
burz r. little time and she viii make it
appear the part Of wisdom for the Old.
World 90 leave us alone -Pitt-burg Dis
patch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

THANK the Lord! Tho fussinS IL al
overt Jist what the stranger was going
to say. lie knows. Ho wouldn't be
way down we're if he didn't Pap you
AK an extra blossin' this meal, and stran.
ger. don't fear that bacon. It's some OF
my own cure."-M Quad IN Detroit
Free Press
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

81 am wiling % risk my reputation as
a public mas. wrote Edward Hine g.
The Liverpool Mercury, "if the worst
case ~ smallpox cannot boz cuf'l i
three days hq the Use ~ cream n tartar.
One ounce ~ cream Of tartar dissolved
in d pint " wafer drank 90 intervals
when cold. i, a certain, nercr llllinc
remedy it has cared Thousand. nere.
leaves O mark. never causes h~l.ianess
and avoids tedious lingering
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

Science gives M comfort 10 the dWellers in
earthquake lands. Each successive oxplaua-
ton rather adds 10 the terror The Chal
deans attributed the consul-ious 10 The stars.
Roman philosopher thought that imprisons1
gases caussd thom, and suggested digging
great wsis 60 lei tho case. escape. a theory
long prevailed that water suddenly broke inte
Internal dres Rut modern geolosys axplana-
ton 10 the most terrible Of uii. II l., that
our earth Is O. mas of molten Gre, with a
thin uusf; a. to- molten interior shrinks IN
cooling, the crust mt~t crack and shriv0l and
shrink 10 On 10. -l volcanoes must blafo and
earthquakes .hatter th. work u man. The
theory i the .upsrl2uye " subllmlty and
horror. il il Tie poetry u destruction, The
np0theosis Of q blind Samson u imprisoned
forco II this apparently sure AMI fra set
earth Is indeed on such an unstable basis, the
6evout may woli e1ciaim. What Is man
that thou arr mindful az him or tho .9n q
man that thou v@isitest himf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
Mr.. TOOLS, OF MONTANA.
the Man who Recently electrified the
House of R~cpresoutativcA

H0uEc 0I It0prfsnHtatFe%
Aday was iatoly $50 apart in tho houss Of
representative az Washington for debates on
the admission Of the territories n was near
ing the close. Sunset Cox had spoken, and
was followed by "a dan spoech from Mr. Gif-
ford. Of Dakota Many of the members bad
either gona away or wers preparing % do 50.
II So gottiug d1sf. Tho g%ailerla, were dS
serted. and reporters. supposlnB the days en-
sertllnment bal finished. Haro w'nlns thsir
way from toe Capitol Tho representatives
who remained in tho house were chatting
with each other. oni making So much nDiss
liat it was impossible 90 hear anything else.
Alr. To0le. of Montana, arose and began
reading o memorial from the citizens * his
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
THE ALL TIMES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY "a. 1889.

gushci from me rDrss. many springs were
taintel With s%ulphurous odors, and the
Indians afterwards told with horror that
they had seen bills ri=o around their prairie
lakes while The waters boiled beneath the
anger Of the Great Spirit. Ia 1863, the last
notable year. 10000 live grpre iost hv sarih
quakoe and tidal waves
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
MATED AT LAST.

She WA , h,tis maiden swcst
Who Al her e!itors hated,
nut asrhs grew to yeaTs Discreet
Her coldne~ much abatei
1t seemed a. n this maiden lvis
To single lie ven fatcd;
Yet when death clatued bet los his own
Al length she was cre-mated
Dexter Spjth
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

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$50 ,,viss.r r.i.d n, tbe v,.os
~rd d.,.. f,.,t al am qs b.f.ro t+rr-
r. 80 ne r..,i. w,-,enI,p ,fo d~sa
h~.,th cf.rV's sFv. f.ars uss rro oon.
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ns--i, Fl, v,.-rs vl,cb ma t-nr-rsriiv
..I o-,.oi o..r t.. o.v srf It.fror,5
o.. rol.- Va .l..,-,r sfb.v 90
-,r.,l r,r,Iss III. rj.l-.sf Lieo. tbe
c.-.t,i ~ rsrr w,s tt-r..t ir Ne lar
century 10 De- d, near "a paradio 90 liy place
on earth. Theclimata was perfection. al the
surrounding rerion was @ mass ol tropical
fruits and flowers, tho daily mist kcpr tie
earth p.ruotuailv green. In palaces. catho-
drals. theatres. gardens. fountains and drives
10 was eqlaiai Or very lew cities m Europe.
Onths evening of Osa IS il46. came one tre-
mendous heage as Z "a Titanic hand had
rIuca tho citys foundation from below. In
four minutes not q building remained Pal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

THE terw Of the eartbquaks never de-
creasos. No familiarity lessons it, 10 bravery
con withstlnd.i t the oldest chronicles tell
Us that AZ The drt sign OF he great convul-
the ties Of nature and instincts Ok do
cency were forgotten IN the mad rush. and
today tho people Of Spanish America at the
first shake rush madly into the street scream-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
THE LAST EARTHQUAKE.
EXPERIENCE OF COSTA RIGA AND
OTHER EARTH0UAKE LANDS.

Tho Recent Eruption and CONFUSION.
Some Facts About Costa Rica Most
NotabI. Catastrophes at Lisbon, Lima.
Cadir. CAllno and Galabrla.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

territory Thecon-
fusion was SD great
that he could not
be heard fly feet
away in O few
minute however.
O few members
vorvnoar nr Tooic
began 90 listen 90
him re was ovi
IDENTIFY saying some
thing that attract
ca their attention
As the speaker
went on others.
stopped talking and
listened too Pre-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24

Then all the Members in
FIR attention o. Mr. TOole,
,0rudors hearing the APP
'rom a babel the house
DOC with the rich YOico of
..rfnffUs.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05

tCatholic Advanced

"Mother Sweet word, when
earth 10 beautiful with her presence
-sngel;c nsme when God has
heconed her heavenvsrd : Dear
reader, did you ever stand mnte,
motionless aud almost parsly1ed b.
eide the open grave, vhers stranger
hands we're slowly, revercntly low
ering to ito last long resting place
the almost oorshipped form Of one
eithout whom life vas to be from
theoceforth but . barren waste to
you9 Have you felt your heart al.
most stop ito pulsatiOns. your very
breath refuse to come, and your
poor, shivering form rocked to and
fro in mortal agony, as clods Of the
damp earth fell like 80 many knells
| OF despair down upon the frail casket
which held oil that remained 70 you
Of her, your mother ? Aud then,
oh, then, have you turned away a.
most a. white - the dear face you
we're leaving to reach home again,
her home for 90 many years. and
for the first time to ind 90 fond
voice, no sweet smile, awaiting you,
no dear arms outstretched to vel
. come back her "child r
Home I" 1s it home nov? Hov
| the stihed air clogs your breathing
| what Z stiffness; what shadows and
| darkness everywhere, yet the sun
light is creeping in; how desolat'
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05

and empty the rooms. Yet friends.
are here, dear friends, who lnye
striven in vain to ride from yn,r
aching eyes the too familiar Objects.
Here is her favorite chair, there tho
little stool where her feet wer.
wont to rest, here, too, is her work
basket, with the bali finished gar.
ment, which will never be finished
now aud the needle just as ~he
placed it last, the well.worn thimhIc,
the scissors, and perchance ,l,o
gl9pses which shaded the dear eyes
from which the love light has gone
out forever. Yes, they are here,
though she is not, and with til.
mighty sorrow tugging away at
your heartstrings, you grope on till
days and weeks have passed in ona
unbroken dream Of darkness, onr
long, lingering vail of anguish, and
ss the weeks glide into month, you
awaken more and more to Z true
sense of loneliness and bereavement.
There 10 not an object which does
remind you Of her, which is not iu
some way associated with her dear
presence.
Each shrub and blossom now
watered by your tears has been
carefully tended by the poor, pale
hands, nov SO silently folded away
forever. The object she priced, the
books she read-ho~ sacred they
are'-but oh, her wardrobe, with ito
familiar contents-what bursts of
grief follow its removal. This
dainty edge which she arranged 90
becotniugly, and in which we saw
her last. the empty slippers. the
robe IN which she was arrayed when
the death angel claimed her, all, all
are sacred from hanceforth and for.
ever The seasons change, yet VIC
scarcely heed them, and are eur
prised to 6nd 60 great Q time has
passed since We gave her to thu
grave.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05
The ProhibitioA Girl.

They man who takes the red, red wine.
Can never glue his lips to mine.
The man who chews tho navy plug,
Will in our parlor get no hug.
Who smokes. OF drinks, OF cuts deck
Will never. never bite my neck:
Don't you monkey with the cards,
Or we can never more be pards:
The man who goz2les lager beer.
Can never. never chew ny ear.
Drink nothing stronger than red pop.
Or in your lap I'll nevsrfop.
If aught but water ysaa5 q t.aste. !.
Keep your arms from of my waist.
If you drink wine OF other slop.
You can never hear my corset pop.
The man who smokes the cigarette.
Can never squeeze me, you can bet.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05
How to kfll d Ts@m.

Send away for everything that
you can purchase two cents cheaper
than the merchants Of your town CON
afford to sell.
II yon have Q fss dull business
days. advise everyone you meet OF
the fact, stop your advertisement III
tho paper-if yoh have been liberal
enough to have one-and let your
general dejcctios lie most apparent.
Do not attend any public meetings;
or assist any public meetings, or
assist any public improvements; and
publish pour disapproval whenever
an opportunity presents itself.
Abuse all those who may happen
to show q lively interest in the vel:
fare Of the community.
Continue in this through the af.
fairs Of your daily life, add when
you have succeeded in attaining
sufficient degree Of general nastineSr,
wonder why your customers have
forsaken you; attrihnte the fact "
the want OF enterprise in the news
paper in which you will not adver-
tise, ana TO the ill.will to those
whom you have verified, When
you have o little ioh-printing to be
done and can get it for few cents
cheaper BY sending it-s neighbor.
ing town, always do 40; hut When
you want q free puff Of yourself or
your business relations With the
world. call upon yonr local paper
to do 80. and II il should fail in this
respect. denounce the editor for hsv.
ing been derelict 10 the discharge OF
HE duties, or say the paper 10 not
worth . damn. Then you will per-
haps find the town is not 40 good -
il should he. and that the great Oh
ject you have in view 10 nearly %.
oomplished.-Ea.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05
A M.rvelSus CHILD.
IN. o. picayune.l

mo- Picayune.l
Donaldsonville, La, has developed
wonderful child. The little fellow
is not yet I years old, but is said to
have accomplished some marvellous
cures. The skeptical say that he
simply goes through . drill taught
by some sharp adult, and that his
cures are the result Of the faith Of
his patients. On the other side
there are many believers in his pow
ers, and his home IL constantly
througed with afflicted persons, who
come to be cured. =
The boy will be I years Of age in
November, but is small and under
sized for his age. His name is A.
bert Simoneaux, and bis common
title is The Little Doctor" or
among the darkies "Little Jesus"
His hair and face are dark, and bis
eyes have q sparkle Of unususl
brightness. He is quiet, and seems
not to perceive the attention which
has been shown him, or ct leaet not
to have permitted it to take him de.
vlate from his childhood ways. 1t
is said there 10 On impression Of .
cross or chalice On his palate; but
certain it IL that his method 10 to
dampen his hands With saliva and
apply them TO the afflicted parts
His family relate that they 6rst b
came informed Of bic peculiar gift
when he was q years old, his drst
patient being his father, whose
hands we're covered With aores. The
baby asked permission to make
them veil. He went through the
same forms hs nov sses, and che
sores we're perninehtly cured. He
then lived on Bayou Lefourche four
miles from Dcnaldsonville, and con
tinued to treat HE relatives end
neighbors.
| About four month ego his pover'
became generally knoun in the
vicinity Of Donaldsonville, and since
then he has treated more pstienu
than the regular physicians, and il
said to have accomplished son'
really interesting cares. Among
the most curious Of these ere th'
following:
| Charley Landry, overseer ct St
Jacobs plantation, was among tn
| first treated. He was afflicted il
his leg. Drs. Degars and AcGay
ard wished to amputate it, but Les'
ing OF the little doctor, Mr.. Laudr.
went to him, ard after Ave day
treatment the Lex was in perfect COZ
dition.
In St James parish Mrs. Lam
bert's little boy, 8 OF . years Of sg
could neither walk or crawl; afte
three or four treatments he vhlked
z Mrs. Smith Trandiantll's . little DO
OF perhaps 9 years. used two erutche'
he went TOR the treatment in til
morning. At noon be diecarde
one and BY evening walked easil
with none.
An employe at Mr.. HymePs,
st. James, called "Old Felix" ha
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05

feet and hands crippled and twisted
but after q few treatments he was
perfectly cured.
Mr.. Joe Ruiz had sore eyes 90.
verely for years. preventing him
from working, reading or writing.
After seven days treatment he went
to work in tue field. {
In DonaIdsonville, the Italian vhe
keeps the fruit statd near the bridge
was suffering severely with rheuma-
tisn pains, On Saturday he waa
treated whiio begging for "Maeri-
code," and BY Sunday he was out of
his shop rejoicing. {
Two Chinese laborers were al.
most blind; one is quite we'll and the
other better, but still undergoing
the treatment.
A colored man in Donaldsonville
whose name can be easily learned
has q child who suffered three years
with sore eyes. For three month
he was in the charity hospital, but
all to no purpose. One eye is res.
tored and the other slightly inaamed
after a few treatments.
Felicien Born, Paincourtvillc, was
paralized in the arm and hand for
many years. he has nov the use
Q. both limbs.
Miss Hymel, Of St. James, vaa
cured after nine days of neuralgia
| in the head.
Arthur Prejean, Of Lafourche, had
. swelled kuee. After nine day.
he was cured.
vilcint Perthelot, of st. John tht
Baptiste, has been deaf twenty.6*,
years. His hearing was restored
by this little wonder.
The little physician Gao diaguns,
and prognose Z case quite accurate
y. He ear generally tell whethe,
the patient can be cured or vhetheI
he will die, and the knowledge ex
tends to animals % we'll. He char
ges nothing for his Investigations
has nevertheless accumulated quite
fortune from the gift Of patients
1t 10 not improbable that What good
he has done has resulted from faith
bat, never theless, he is creating q
tremendous sansation 10 his neigh
borhood, and Is we'll worth the stud!
Of scienti6c men.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05
1nVERTlSING RATES:

T-.,s;ent advertisements, $l.W per
IIs9st; ssst insertion. Each shbseqent n
.aci, .srt;on. A. 50 cents per inch. an NJ
Annou,.cW nnoucc Ward offices, IS 90 in advance:
ID n6asdhd Death and marriage notices; when not
over six lines published free Obituaries 20 arnaa
lssns1 Of sssRsa rates. Do
%. 0tst;c,as =; .I Of personal nature, when sd-
,A;ss;hle As;II win be charged double price.
"!ss't;i N!sspotice taken Of anonymous commu-
.;Ss.;"ns ~ In all cases we re1uirg the
wr;ter's name and address. not necessarily
~ nnhiication, but as 3 guarantee OF
sw s".a faith. We will undertake to preserve
T. rsturn rejected manuscript. In no way
will We be responsible Tor the views anu
n inions of our correspondence
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05
STATIONERY.

Fine lead pencils, rubber inserted,
20c per dozen.
E.terbrook Falcon steel pens 75c
per groe.
Commercial note paper, 20c per
quarter ream.
School chalk crayons, 15c per
gross.
Twelve lbs. legal cap $l.35 per
half ream.
Twelve lbs. foolscap $l.00 per
half ream
Fine writing tablets at Sc each.
Twenty-Five blank envelopes, Sc.
Twelve pen holders. Sc.
Best writing ink, black or violet,
35c per doz.
Pure gum mucilage brush. SC per
bottle.
EVERYTHING ELSE IN PROPORTION.
70 he entirely convinced, call, in
Quire, investigate and note my prices
On oil lines.
OPHELIAS BOURQUE.
Aug. II, 80.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-10-05

cntered at the Post Office, Abbeyille, La
AZ second class matter.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-20
TALK or TOWN.

essay Isenas s9 Iassresa 0ashspeA ~ Oar
Butte Copvsspo0oeat.
Special Correspoudence % the standard.
BUTTE, Dec. l9.-Samuel Trice, who has
been collecting the poll tax In town for
street purposes, to-day had two men AR
rested Tor refusing tn pay the tax. One
Was H. MOses n b b An Sing, a
Chinansan. Moses claimed 20 he . Pole
and declared he would die before he
would submit To tag levied ON him simply
because he belonged 10 . certain nation
ality: He did not sec Why h Poles
Swedes. n Chinan,an claimed 20 have
conscientious scruples against being taxed
at all. and begged to he excused.
came 10 Butte yesterday and took John
Keefe from the city Jail. Keefe had been
arrested for Drunkenness I'm this city but
Jefferson county wanted him for highway
There was a lively spat between two at
tornsys thi. morntng in !udss Eddy.
attorney accused the other of using abus-
i've language to q witness. One attorney
Thought better Of ii and lowered the chair
before matters became worse.
Samuel Morgan was tried this afternoon
for carrying concealed and was
The Parrot Lyccum club will meet to-
morrow evening in the school house In the
The funeral OF the late w. NJ. Cairns
was held this afternoon.
A marriage license was issued tO-tiay
for John Kirschiveng and Christine Ross.
The jury i'm the case of George
Jackson, the brakeman killed on the Mon
tana Union, rendered a verdict this after
noon that the deceased had met his death
while in the act of coupling two cars, one
n box car and the other n Hat car loaded
with iron pipe. Said iron pipe projected
so far over the car as tn crush his head he
tween IL and the box car, thereby causing
DEATH. The jury believed death was
caused by the careless manner i'm which
said pipe was placed on the car.
The Catholic fair still attracts a large
crowd and it's attractions increase nightly.
IL il stated that more men were held up
mt the fair tonight than have been held
up before i'm Butte for n year. The high
NM however, are so fair and their
means of relieving gentlemen of spare
change so clever that all consider the pro
cess highly enjoyable. The voting between
Ben libby and Thomas York AS to which
is the most popular mining superintendent
has become very spirited. A special fea.
ture of the fair ON Saturday evening will
he a vocal and instrumental concert given
by amateur musical talent of Butte.
For $15 IL month You can buy n lot In
Columbia City, Buttc's choice residcnt
locality, that will double i'm value in twelve
months. Call on or address the f.. T. &. B
company. Al East broadway, Butte, Mont
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-20

OF Katie Putnam. who appears In
'Honor Bound" at Evans opera house to-
morrow night, the Sydney Herald says:
''She il always in evidence and ne 'cr i'm
the same mood for two consecutive min
utes. Outbursts of childish Raicty are
succeeded 10y moments of profound bust
transitory depression. She IL confiding
and reserved. tender and ~resentful. IA girl
i'm impulse and "a woman i'm reflection, in
tellegent hut untaught, and with n supple
ness of form and feature that espond
Immediately tn the variableness of her
mind and the fugitive nature of her emo
tions. So we'll, indeed, does Miss Putnam
fit into the character and 50 complete and
consistent IL her interpretation of il, that
il might nave been written for her. She
was called before the curtain at the end
Of every act"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-20
The Fire Alarm System.

Dpecioi corresIonuehce u the StanuaTu.
BUTTE, Dec. 19.-H. Whitacre, of the
Gaynor fire alarm company, some time
ago promised the Butte fire brigade a
gong hell striker for their new fire house
i'm Quartz street, i'm case the Gaynor sys-
tenn should he adopted by the city. This
gift was to be over and above the appar-
atus stipulated for i'm the contract. This
promise is said to have been the origin of
the enthusiasm displayed by the officers
of the ~Olunte for the Gay
tenn.
Comment has been bitter to-day i'm re-
gard to the action of the council last even
ing in sighting the business men who
petitioned for n reconsideration. There
was scarcely a man or the list of petition
ers who does not pay more taxes than
three-fourths OF the aldermen, aud many
of them pay more taxes than all h al
dermen put together. Yet their request
was ignobly tabled, the plainest insult
that could be given to Butte's business
men.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-20

J. r. Bennett swore out q warrant yes
terSiay for the arrest of N. A. p. ober
shaw, charging him with larceny as bailee.
According To Mr.. story, the two
were together Wednesday night seeing
IN sights Of the town. ms drank CO.
pios,sly, and feeling his reason
gradually slipping away from him,
he thought il wise and prudent tn
entrsist his money to his friend,
Robershaw. who was comparatively So
her, or at any rate was not nearly 80 Tar
gone as Bennett. The transfer of money
took place in the Paris saloon. BENNETT
SAYS the amount was $16O, and
shaw took IL with the express understands
ing that he was To return IL ON the NOR
row, or as soon as Bennett should get
over his drunk.
Bennett went to Robcrshaw for his $l6O
yesterday, but Robershaw denied that
Bennett had given him that or
any other sum. Robershaw's arrest
followed and when taken before
Judge Fitzgerald he pleaded not
guilty. still denying all knowledge of h
transaction which Bennett alleges took
place in the Paris saloon. The case will
he tried in the police court at 10 o'clock
thism morning. Bennett AYERS that he can
produce witnesses who saw him hand the
money to Robershaw, and heard the con-
veration that took place relative thereto.
II il said that Robershaw ~sguandered the
&16O at the faro banks. Bennett is "a
wood chopper.