The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-08
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.

BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.
The Price Of Becf-New Dynamite Throw
ers-something New In Wedding Pres
ents-McSican Eeciprocity--Big Tom
E.id-Othcr Topics Of Interest.
THE Pace OF BEEF If the slaught
crers and shippers Of beef. who are com
monty called tine big four. ~ had d p
signed to appear az witnesses in answer
to the call of the Senate committee, SIT
ing in Chicago. they would have been
asked TO account for the fact that, while
the price of live cattle at Western yards
has fallen about fifty per cent. in the
last six years. the price of beet 10 the
consumer has suffered scarcely any de-
cline in the same period. On Monday
last witness who had been engaged in
the cattle business for thirty years laid
before the committee figures showing
thar the price of live cattle was
S3s GO per hundredweight in 1888. and
that it declined in the following years
until il was only Sf9.SS in 1883 and
SlS.O4 In 1889 Every body knows that
there has been no corresponding de-
cline Of the price of beef TO consumers.
Indeed, there was testimony before the
committee that the price Of beef had
been maintained with very little yarla-
ton while the price OF cattle was fall
ing. and Consumers in the three cities
where the great stock yards and slaugh-
ter houses are situated appear 20 have
eniOyed no advantage in this matter
over those who live thousand miles
away. -Erchdage.
NEW DYNAMITE THRoWEks.-Wh
the Nesuvius has been preparing for
the final test Of her pneumatic guns,
two other methods of using dynamite.
explosive geatlne. or other similar sub
stances. have attracted public atten-
ton. One is the multicharge gun, for
which an order mas been given by the
Board on Ordnance and FOrtificatiOns.
Since it Is hardly likely that an APP
propriation Of sos 600 would be recon-
mended by this body of experts for
acquiring an experimental gun Of this
sort were il wholly worthless. their
action has aroused much expectation.
The gun is TO be of eight-luch calibre
and while this has been surpassed IN
size by the Xalinski pneumatic tubes,
yet for regular cannon. with large
charges of gunpowder as the propeling
force for the projectie, it implies an
aim to solve the whole pr Oblem Of using
the high explosives IN the shells Of
powder euns.-Ne,c Yorl Times.
SOMETHING NEW Is WEDDING PRES
ENTs. We learn from a valued Kansas
exchange. which comes to Us weekly,
that an important wedding took place
there recently, the eldest son Of the
popular Justice Of the peace Of the vii
lage marrying the Youngest daughter
of another prominent citizen. This Is
not remarkable in itself. nor. perhaps,
were the wedding offerings. though
they are worth passing mention.
Among the many beautiful and cost
/ " presents to the happy couple just
| launched upon the sea OF matrlmOny -
we quote directly from our contempt
rarv-"werc fine dOublc-barreled
shotgun from the groom 5 father. and
an excellent short-horn COW. remem-
brance from the brides mother. jim
was already possessed Of good pointer
dog: 80 he Is now well fixed for house
keeping ~ York Tribune.
MEXICAN - rchimede'
only wanted standing place outside
the earth in order to life it out of ii.
place. As soon a. Protcctiouists escape
from the tariff fog that covers the
United S,a,es they are able TO lift them
selves into the clearer atmosphere OF
commercial freedom. Mr.. Minister
RYAN is hardly warm in his seat at the
capitol of Mexico, yet he writes 20 Sec
rotary Blaine that the people of the
United States have very largely to gain
and little or nothing TO lose by the most
liberal trade relations with Mexico.
He begs pardon for the suggestion, but
he insists that the longer reciprocal
trade shall be put off the worse 1t will
be- for the people of the United States
Here's a pretty how d'ye-dO foi
years past Mexico has been persistently
standing at the gate. waiting for Re
publican Senate 10 act upon satlsiac
tory reciprocity treaty In the mean
time the commercial interests of the
two countries have been welded firmly
together with railroad connections. and
a large amount Of money has been III
vested by citizens Of tn. United state.
in Mexican industrial undertakings
Nothing has prevented a great augmen
tatiOu of profitable trade but the tariff
wall Noe the less il was impOssiDl,
To gel Republican Senators to PERM ,
breach IN lt.-Ptladelph'a Record.
Bio Ton REED.-"lt looks to me as il
big Tom Reed. of Maine, would be til,
next Speaker of the House Of Represen
taiiyes. said Congressman John Quinn
OF tie up town West side district. las
night. Il think the republican member
from this State Will combine upon him
and from what hear. | would not b,
sufpr-cd 10 learn that the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey members Of his party
Guild do the same thing A curious
little matter about the Speakership OF
the House is that only two meI
have ever held the Office more than
three terms. Henry Clay was Speaker
six times. and Andrew Stephenson
of Virginia, four times. Since Schuyler
COllax's term. things have been run
pretty evenly between the two parties
lie became Speaker in 1863 and served
SIX years. Then Mr.. Blaine served six
years, and when the Democracy took
control of the Forty-fouTth Congress in
1873. Michael G.. Kerr. of Indiana. be-
came Speaker. He died. aud Samuel j.
Randall held the place for six years.
When the Republicans carried the
House in 1881. the wonderful Keller
became Speaker. and after HIM Mr.. Car
Isle filled up another SIX years " Y.
star.
\ REVEREND nYPOCMTc. The Rev.
I. W. Henders II, of Chicago. who at
tempted in 1872 TO lead the negroes OF
the South to Kansas. turns. up now at
the head Of colonizipg scheme for
| Montana and Washington. or course
there is a political Job at the bottom Of
ms proposed exodus. but the parson
will reckon without his host The
negro will remain in the South because
the climate suits him and because the
people of that section best understand
him. I'm due time this status will be
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