The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-13
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From the Times"
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
DOGS will be worn this season cut latiiul
dinally instead Of lonriiudinally, as was
The style last year. 4 beast was seen lately
which was presumably trimmed according
to the very latest fashion. IL was an ugly
creature at best, but the clipping machine
had icit u q perfect monstrOsty. Its color
was a muddy brown where the matted curly
hair had bad been allowed 10 remain. The
head and shoulders had been left shaggy
ana leonine. The body had been shaved 20
the skin. except that three parallel, Maroon
bands Of hair remained encircling il a few
inches apart. The legs were trimmed clear
down 10 the lower Joint Of each, where a
bunch Of fur was left. giving the animal the
appearance II walking on four sticks, with
the ends thrust into balls of dirty cotton
battling. The tail was bare with cheer
fully waving iuft Of hair al it, tip. The
woman who owned him was evidently proud
OF her grotesque pet. lie was rugged out 10
attract attention, and he did. The reflected
/ interest that was turned towards the MISS
trcss didn't seem TO displease her.
TnE fact that q man who fell dead in
/ New York the other day carried q card Civ
/ ing his name and address was not an I'M
usual one. All persons insured i'm the acct
dent insurance companies are provided with
q card of the same sort. and tens Of thou
sands 81 men not so insured order their
/ tailOrs 20 put their names and addresses on
/ their coat straps or just over one inside
( pocket Of their coats. Other men cause
their hatters 10 keep similarly printed slips
Of silk 90 put into their hats (Which is sim
| ply 90 save their hats. not their bodies. and
still others carry little stamped metal tabs
on their key rings. Then. Of course. half the
world carries visiting or business cards or
both.
SOME Of the uses men and women are put
10 are very peculiar. Now we hear Of a
large wholesale cloak-housc where a dozen
girls are employed. They are picked girls.
representing the grades between school
misses Of twelve and quecnly mairons of
tbirty-iiYc. They are hired 10 show OF
clOaks % merchants toetock for the winter.
The girls have AN the different styles Of
ci0ak- ready I'm little room. and as they
put ON the different kinds, one nj time.
they parade down long room before the
merchants. They can display 100 cloaks in
"a few minutes. making the most rapid
changes as they pass through tLe little room
where the goods arc piled.
PERSONS who liye in hoiclsarc beginning
70 notice q remarkable change i'm the man
ners Of all ihe hotel employees they meet IL
+. because Christmas is close at hand. The
elevator boy. who used t0 call out, BE
lively If yer going DOWN now remarks,
Good morning. Mir. Dashaway. did YOU
sleep VOL la-i nighiF' The cnHmDclmWds
have crown thoughtful enough i0 pat cheap
little uin-cushi0ns ON tine bachelors bureau;
the ben boys come with Ice water without
waiting t0 bee rune for. On. Tins is the .ea-
SON at which to live at "a hotel. u causes
regret that Christmas comes but once "a
year.
SOMEBODY asked Mr. Lloyd. Mr.. Depcw's
private secretary, who was also at the
Buffalo press banquet how i'm tine world
Mr. Dpow kept mp hi- stock Of stories.
b. SO trouble at ah. said Mr.. Lloyd. b" lie
gets 'cm hy dozens Doe the mail every day.
Ills friends an over the country. railroad
men especially. viii see something IN The
papers. or hear new story. and they I'll say.
DopeW u.hf To- have that and go they
send DO 90 him. He doesn't mind it., and
sometimes hc makes good Use of things that
come to him in that way. But ic doesn't
need them ho can make q good story out
Of nothing ON short notice at AMY tMe.'
THE Rev. ". u. Milburn the blind Chap
lain Of thc House Of Representatives, is q
native of Philadelphia, and was born m
$50. iin loss the sight of one eye when
quite Young. and the other soon became
practically useless. lie mastered the blind
alphabet. and 40 the age of twenty was or
dIined minister. After that he Travelled
over two hundred thousand miles, filling al-
u0intmcnts 90 preach in AN the southern
states. S. ithn the last thirty years Doc has
ureachcd 200 nearly every state in thc mon
and in some European countries. HE has
been Chaplain of the House since lNNi.
DO YOU suppose men like being porched
in high pcriiod mushroom 20 eat their
luncheon of "a still higher counter. with mo-
place % put their legs. their hat their um-
hrDlla. or their oNcrcOat? But the many
endure 10 because after paying the proprle-
tor for his food they don't have 90 pay the
servant extra for putting 10 ON
the table. stools save tips. do you -cc;
Well. how long will il Dee before some clever
r.-taurantcr finds 10 ont too, and bids for the
custom of This very class
A FARMER read in an agricultural
journal: "a side window in stable makes
"a horses ewes weak ON that side; a window
i'm front hurts his ewes by the glare; q
window behind makes him squnt-eycd; "a
window on a diagonal line makes him shy
when he travels, and "a stable without
windows makes him blind" The farmer
has written TO the editor of the agricultural
paper asking what effect a window without
"A stable would have on his horses eyes.
SEATTLE. which a few months AGO was
devastated 10y fire. announces that it has
raised $4,000 10 be given To the winner Of
the standardization tight. provided the
mill takes place at or near seattle Wilhln
nine months. Those who contributed
money to hamesWept seattle 20 assist hti
i'm rebuilding her industries didn't include
~mills" of the character suggested.
Arh Wimebaso district convention of
CONGREGATIONAL churches at kauAauna,
Wis. the Rev. J.. II. smith, of Oshkosh, was
expelled from the church for heresy.
ENGLISH capitalists propose to establish
bank in Philadelphia, with branches in
New York and Chicago with a capital of
S25.oo0Oo0.
THREE Apache Indians, under sentence
Of death at Florence. Ari., tried 20 strangle
themselves with strips of cloth, bat were
prevented.
GOV MriLErE, of south Dakota, says
there are more than 600 families absolutely
destitute in Union county, i'm that state.
In is mmorcd in Washington that Cen
eral Malone may receive an important
diplomatic appointment.
w. I..nr.lc nl.mlLind Too soon.