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Not Much.

Little Emily. 8 years old, is great favor
ite in spite of her incorrigible freedom Of ex-
preston. Tho other day she had been on a
visit with her mother at a friends, and had
remained 10 dinner At the table she had
amused the family, with the possible excep
ton Of its elderly and serious head, 10y occa-
sional remarks As the meal was drawing 10
an end the hostess remarked;
Emily, wouldn't You like 10 stay here all
the time, and be our little girlp
Emily looked up, pointed her finger at the
head Of the family and exclaimed, contempt
uousiy;
What And have him for a fatherr'-
Boston Transcript
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

\ good old col0red brother thus sent word
10 the bishop TO send minister ou7 20 preach
to his church. Send us bishop 10 preach
If YOU can't send Us a bishop send sliding
elder II you can't send sliding elder send
us "a stationary preacher, II you cant send
him send Us circus rider; If you can't spare
him send MS a locus preacher. II you can't
spare a locus preacher send us an exhauster. "
That settled it and he got a preacher.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

\ noted Washington wag and bean o.
thirty years ago sighed bis name ~. More
Mrs John Washington bad invited him - "a
formal dinner party no Mount Vernon The
company all arrived except Mr. More. but
knowing hi, queer way, thc hosfes, ga nof
wait for Lnn After sho was seated som.
time hugs envelope was handed her. ~
which She found an enormous leaf Of syca.
more trc, The Interpretation was sick
A. More '-ChicagO America
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y orator. and how they were SO fcehly dis
cinlincd that whenever he shouted ont
an order they did not like some one
would yell in reply: 20, say now, Tom
HaFrisl whatll YOU take 20 don'U' OF
course such band of soldiers fed in all
directions when a fairly we'll drilled and
very well armed Federal regiment came
la sight. most OF them went home, and
tire estate troops OF Missouri cut bnl
little figure in that section And of the
attacking party Mark Twain says:
"In time came 20 know that Union
colonel who frightened me out Of the
war-it was Col Grant. / came within
n few hours Of seeing him when he was
a. unknown rs was myself, when any
body could have said. Grant Ulysses
S. Grant? | do not remember hearing
the name before IL seems difficult TO
realize that there was once time when
such a remark could be nationally made;
but there was. and was within a few
miles of the place and the occasion too.
though proceeding in an opposite d'rcc'
ton"
Ii was amusing 70 note now what was
going on in the other camp. The Illinois
men had heard blood curdling tales Of
the ferocity Of the Missouri guerrllias ana
were "ncrving themselves up 10 deS-
perate encounter" as the Journalists OF
in,e day said. Col. Grant was very un'
az and totally forgot that Brig Gen.
M Harris was likely 10 be uneasy too
nd Of the occasion he says
AS we approached the brow OF the
m from which 1t was expected we
ould see Harris camp and possibly ma
Il men ready formed 10 meet U.S. my
cart kept getting higher and higher un-
!, feit TO mo I'M though Il was IN my
,roat | would have given anything
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
paerrY ooLLYs eAcHeloR HOVE
The Dainty Little Ne-t of an Independent
Young Spin>tcr Uptown.

I
Young >pin>ter Uptown.
\ Mail and Express reporter was counting
on his finger, last evening the girls he knew
who have set up apartments or installed
themselves in establishments oi their own
lie ran over the dicits OF one hand, then OF
the other and repeated the operation - often
that he lYst all track OF reckoning The girl
bachelor grows enterprising. She mo- longer
boards Sine makes a bachelor home She
takes rooms. Sine lives IN them without a
chaperon Her conduct is unque>toned
There i, no limit o. the pluck AMI the indie
pendeuce Of the young and unmarried and
perfectly decorous and entirely delightful I'm
married woman. She Is no longer an unprO
tected female She has found out after all
a girls best protection Is girl The last dc
cade evolved "A phrase The present decade
l. now at work evolving another Bachelor
suites Is established IN the language Maids
suites, or Dorothy apartments, a. somebody
In conversation the other day christenel
them, Is going to find place before very long
Yesterday the reporter drank a cup Of tea
with brown eyed Dolly Dolly has small
fortune and is - Her father died her re-.
lations with her only relative, an aunt, were
strained. The two did not thrive under the
same roof tree The kettle sings on the hearth
most merrily since Dolly has hired a dat aud
butler, and sci up "A buffet and receives
calls on her own responsibility Novel situa-
ton. PIquant experience. Delightful day s.
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No sympathy with such Teachings.
"L-eo am late Wii you hindly toll me
.he subject OF the preachers dncoursef h,
inquired. pag.mg at the church door,
'Ihc Lord latl made oi oac blood all na
lions of mon. replied the u.lT
Thanks. ltAins sill not 81 in, Doc said
as be turned from the church and walsei
away with l0ok Of extreme disgust on hi-
.ace he was one of Ward MeAln-ier'- -Four
Hundred Chicago Tribune
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ping

SlKSEANI, WHAT AXE YOU bDlNb HERE.
\ sketch OF Gen. Grants appearance
on the field near the close of the civil
war will be a fit close 10 these random
sketches. for i, may be assumed that the
public DO not desire details of his linger
ing and painful illness OF Of his funeral
Sergi William Ransom, of the Seventh
Connecticut. gives this account of an
event near Petersburg:
III was sergeant of the guard. detail
Of eight men being under my charge
Some of the boys had swapped papers
with the Confeds., whose picket line was
not far from ours, and had given me The
Richmond Gazette. leaned my muskct
against the trunk Of n tree. and sitting
on the ground braced my back against
the tree and read. II was not long be
fore became deeply interested in a
story and forgot about pickets. duty and
even such thing rs the war. suddenly
heard tramp of squadron of cav
airy. and looking up saw number Of
horsemen approaching. saw that my
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

a couple Of burglars wero trying TO effect
their eniran e into house. Tho master Of
the establishment heard them, and, opening
the window gently, he observed. 'You had
better come again after while, as we haven't
oil gone % bed vet p
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

HE advent Of
Gen Grant s
birthday. April
o. brings ont an
unusually large
nuinl,cr Of ancc
Il totes, an a
strange to say
very many more
than usual are Of
an amusing na
turc. Grant s
worst enemy
never accused
him Of bing a
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
Why Dinner Was Late.

Mr.. Thunderationl Hungry us Il
bear, and no signs Of dinner What's tho
mattori
Little Benny-lt's the girls day out and
ma hasn't got back from cooking school
Chicago Herald
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HI. Past F,p.,,c,c. a u.,,

Capt. Ansons late successes as an after
dinner speaker show what deserving young
man can accomplish by long years OF CON
sc'en'ious talking bacN when tho umplres de-
cisions do not suit Tim. = Chicago News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
THE GREAT COMMANDER.
ANECDOTES COZ THe ANNlvE RSARY
or HIS BIRTHDAY, APRIL 81.

A New Tiemcn, This Year l. the Hnmor-
ous Character Of the fncidents-Grants
Lack of Musical tbiiity-iiis March on
"Rric. Gen. Tom itarris"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

Have sou got that famous mince pie re-
cipe OK your, Marlan
Yes Nhyi It's rather lato for minct
pie
Il was just reading here about a burglar
who got into "A house IL New Jersey. tie 20,
hold OF some minee pie, and the paper says
here II Is: In the morning be was found
seated IN the middle OF the Kitchen floor. in A
dazed and helpless condition, and he fell AN
easy prey 10 the officers -
well, what has,
Just make some Of your mince pies and |
won't buy that burglar alarm New York
Here Il
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

POLES AND WIRES COMING DOWN.
work of removing telegraph, telephone
and lighting wires from such streets az
are provided with subways for their re
ception. The cut given here is from
sketch made on the first day of the work
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28

There is great rejoicing IN the city Of
New York over the action of young
MAYOR Grant in summarily beginning the
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
MRS. JOE PERSONS REMEDY.

From Rev. G. j. Gibson, ID. D., minister OF
Episcopal Church. Petersburg, Va: II ave
used Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy In my own
family, and II gives me pleasure Ia say IL has
proved valuable tonic and purifier OF the
blood. and II thoroughly tested. | think VIII
remove many cutsneous disorders.
CHURCHILL j. GIBSON"
Psf0stUg. Ia, January 10. 1855.
For sale by l.. p. ROUTT, Druggist, III east
Npin street AL
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Engines. BOILERS. ETC.
nUYAL Il NORTON'S CELEBRA- |
TIN HORSE TONIC

" I =
- TED HORSE rONft.
for Horses. Mules. Cattle. &c. Cures scratches
in dogs. warranted 90 cure chicken and hog
cholera. Read what those vino have used II
have 90 say.
Va, says. DuNM n Norton's Horse Tonic
Is the best tonic ] ave ever used.
III. T.. AleXanc r, Oh Church. Hanover
county. Va, says. Too much cannot be said in
praise Ot DuYal s. NOrtOn's Horse Tonic
John l.. Curtis. Warwick &. H. Va. / think
Il almost indispensable 20 our raising hogs.
Jos I. harr0w. Warwick, 4. h.. Va. SAYS
II j. the best remedy / ever saw for chicken
cholera, as do1eus ~ my nelghbors will testify.
T. r. Campbell. Mauagohck King William
county. Va: | had valuable dog with
scratches which | had give up "a die. few
doses Of the Tonic made 4 complete cure.
Price. . aud ID cents per bottle. For sale
by all druggists. sample bottle by mail for
u cents la stamps. l.. T. REEVE y CO.,
Richmond Va
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t.lst-,4.. r%~F lAFls - ! a III
-, u 2tt@ worst enemy
~ ~, never accused
>>,,.S>-. him Of boing q
"humorisi bat his intimate friends dis
covered that There was good deal of dry
fun" in him. though 10 came ogt IN such
u peculiar form that his hearers often
took it in the English Way"-,hat Is. II
took them fcw days to SEQ the point.
The natural result j. that his Jokes i'm
prove by time pcrhal~. alo thr lape
of time since bis death. as.uaging sor-
row. makes thc occasion of "a birthday
moro appropriate for humor
One of the standing subjects of Wit at
Grants expense boz hisnrly army service
was his total lack of tie musical faculty.
He was at first "a iiitle sensitive about H..
but soon grow o. lool, ON it in a humor-
Gus light himself Gay young lieuten-
ants with some skill on The fate or violin
would invite their follow. Lieut.. Grant,
in 10 hear can entirely now picce-muSic
iusf received = the overland express -
,snd Shcu play tno Last Rose Of sum
Imcr.' After doe usual compliments
and fcw minutes conversation the
snusicai wae would ash li he bad ever
neard Annie Laurie. and Lieut.. Grant
evould of course politely reply that hc
Should b. pleased % hear b.. after which
.4.ne the same performance. And go
the musician would go over long list
oi tunes. all mcgc variations of the
Last Rose If summer and Lieut..
Grant would graveiy return pOhtc thanks
for the entertainment and go away feel
--irS highly compimcmtcd
o. most people This Viii seem an ab-
y cxaggortiou. especially as the duh
Imam who cnllsis IN the army nearly
,ays acquires some musical sense, the
necessity OF keeping step 90 the tap of
the drum appears 70 develop the capac-
ity Of "rimc. which is. az one may say,
the skeleton of music. Grant. however,
has left his own testimony o. his def
Cheney in this respect. after his return
from his lmcin tour and the wonder
full oyatiDus succeeding. he announced
witha sori of pride THAT hc had mastered
one tune ncHercry noicoi II, and that
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The shad was created for psrposs, and
that purpose was 10 act as a dump for all the
bones wWch could not be crowded behind the
siils Of every other variety Of ash.
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The samoan DisaStcr.
GERMAN SUP ADLER.



seen that the wild waves made very sac
work Of the vessels.
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Parties failing 10 pay this tax on or before
APRl l. SJ. lssH viii BE- subject fO the penalty
prescribed by the city ordinances.
". CUNNINGHAM
apl-td Collector " city Taxes
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-26
Uncle SANS soy-cenIus.

Uncle Sam never looked more hale and
hearty than now. He will be lib years old
next 4th Of July and his step is as elastic,
his eye as bright, and his brow as free from
wrinkles as when he was boy.
II the reader is interested in Uncle Sans
family affairs, the writer of these lines will
consider it pleasure to coax Uncle Sam to
tell story. OF course you mustn't mind
those short legged striped pants and that
stoye-pipe hat; he always has worn them,
and presume, purposes to do so for the
next ten centuries land long may he live. to
wear that swallow tailed coat-indeed no
would lose his identity, were he to wear anv
other suit.
Uncle Sam is the fond parent of three
children-a daughter and two sons-and a
prouder parent never lived
What are their names did you say?
He calls the aughter-Liberty; and his
two boys bear the euphonious names-En-
terprise and Genius. The last named boy is
the delight of his fathers heart; he never
grows tired Of hearing people praise that
boy. tl4r
Never was Vulcan prouder of Pandora
never was Jupiter prouder of Diana, than is
Uncle Sam of the boy whose name Is becOm-
in household word in every land under the
sun Thomas Alva Edison.
1t Is not necessary to be born In Boston,
New York. nor Chicago In order to be great.
To be sure Uncle Sam does not care much
in what State or territory his children are
born. so long as they are his children. Cen
ius, Uncle Sans youngest boy, was bornIin the
little town of Milan on the Huron River, in
the Buckeye State, Feb. 18th 1847, of
it-not yet AZ years Of age, the possessor Of
go patents-a acknowledgements every day
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-26
A Dog Is Property.

To the Editor Of the Press:
In the opinions of some of our best law
yers, and according to some court decisions,
under the existing laws in the United States.
dogs are property, although not technically
defined as domestic animals" Under the
laws of England and of the United States
dogs have long been regarded as wild ami
mails, 'Jerae naturae." The owner of dog
OF of any other animal, has recourse in law
against any person stealing or maliciously
manning or killing such animal. If, by act
OF legislature, dogs should be declared ssdo-
nestle animals" they might be more direct
~ amenable to being taxed at any valuation
put upon them by their owners or by the as
SCISSORS. My attention having been called to
a report published in yesterdays issue Of
the PRESS relative to bill before the com
mittee on legal affairs, this explanation is
made that my position in the matter NAV be
more clearly understood. As an owner of
valuable dogs, L would certainly favor the
enactment of any law which would prove TO
be OF any real practical protection for tie
dogs. or advantage to their owners
EVERETT SMITH.
Portland, Me-, Jan. 26, 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-26

like a Trojan, and is as interested in his
w sll as II he had only gained the first rung
o. tne ladder OF fame. is IL surprising that
oRcle sam Is proud of him?
Ell. Edlson.s boyhood was not marked by
ihuieations OF greatness.
;, All that could be said of him was. that at
i Ins age OF 10, he was a real live American
az. ,au psrnaps shade more thoughtful than
t W; ordinary boy. When ~ years old Mr.
G srasoh , LOOK position as train boy on the
Pct n trunk hallway between Detroit and
lort duion. His alei tness and affableness
!. won for him a host of friends; but be
a :. issin n 1t takes more than aertness
anu az anaoleness to write ones monogram on
.ne sandstone of fame, as Mr.. Edisons ex-
p pori as train boy clearly shows He
S;onIIeVeu the Idea of printing paper dur
ing his leisure moments aboard the train. and
u .,n lnorning the train hands and passengers
mere treated TO copy of the Grand Trunk
nSssIIald, OF which Mr.. Edison was the proud
o o ana proprietor; this was published
once week for some time and obtained a
circulation of several hundred.
All went well, until, Alas for poor Tom;
ouc uay while experimenting with some
chemicals that he had slowed away in the
same compartment of the car with his type,
q pottle OF phosphorus got knocked over,
which soon ignited and very nearly caused a
coDfiagaration.
For this accident, chemicals, type. and
Thomas Alva were hustled off the aforesaid
siain Wiiuuut the ssllgnteSL regard Tor eti-
quette. Undaunted, the boys next venture
was the issuing of weekly paper In the
basement OF his fathers house in Port HUI
ron, which proSpered, till, through the care
lessness OF a contributor whose destinations
were too strong respecting another mans
character, the blame falling on the editor and
proprietor of paul Pry," caused him to be
River. wy
so we might go on enumerating similar
ventures with unfortunate Examinations; but
fortune fayors the brave" you know.
so Tom pushed on; learning telegraphy;
working in many of the cities, reading ON
vigorously in his spare moments and expert
menting withal-in short, too busy to sleep
=. have brought Mr.. Edison to his present
lofty position as king of inventors: and now
as we walk through his extensive laboratory
and note the wonders which are there to be
seen, we are almost inclined to ask, with Eli
Perkins, will not Mr.. Edison next extract heat
from lire. barrel 1t. and export for cooking
purposes? Mr., Edison in his home life Is
said to be unassuming and genial-nOt
cranky-not given to whims as is the case
with so many who have attained to even a
small degree of celebrity. In personal APP
pearance the great inventor of electric appii-
ance is slightly above the average height. of
light complexion, smooth face and gentle
manly departments always willing to talk to
those interested In his discoveries, in a man
ner utterly devoid of affected greatness.
which is charm which all great men do not
possess. 4. 100
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-26

Speaking before the Indiana Civil Service
Reform Association, its retiring president,
Mr.. Foulke, had this to say concerning the
prospect of civil service reform under Presi-
dent Harrison:
We have his word for it in the clearest Ian
guage that in appointments to every grade and
department, not only of the classified service but
everywhere, fitness and not party service is to be
the essential discriminating test and fidelity and
fitness the only sure tenure Of office. But, more
than this. the Presidend-eect has told us that
only the interest of the public service should sug-
gest removals from office. This means great
deal. IL means that the local claims of political
asprants and even the local political sentiment Of
the community shall not be able to accomplish
the removal of that Democratic official who has
faithfully performed his duty. An extension OF
the ciassifis service to every place to which 1t
can properly apply must be accomplished before
the incoming administration shall have completed
its term OF Office The spirit and purpose Of that
reform must be applied 70 every Office high and
low, within the bestowal of the executive. In
spite of The difficulties he will advance the reform
and The platform to which he has assented has
shown the means by which this is TO be done.
The Portland daily press., 1889-01-26
the Germans in samoa.

From Commander Leary's report on the
troubles In Samoa IL appears very clearly
that Tamasese is nothing but tool of Ger
many, and is backed by the whole power of
that empire. The German government has
protested all along to our foreign depart
mens that 1t was not responsible for Tama-
sese's operations, that he was simply the
leader Of faction that had rebelled against
the Samoan government, and that whatever
acts its commanders had done had been done
simply with view Of guarding the rights of
German citizens Of the Islands. Its position,
according to its own declarations, has been
one OF armed neutrality. The report of
Commander Leary shows, however, that
Tamasese is nothing but German puppet,
that If left alone he could not naintain him
self twenty-four hours, and that it is really
Germany that has been making war in
Samoa. On September a, German gunb0at
shelled the island of Manure, because the
inhabitants refused to SURRENDER to Tama-
sese. Commander Leary demonstrated with
the commander Of the German fleet at this
act as violation of internati, nal law, and
the reply he got was essentially that the
German commander had no option in the
Of the German consul, who as a matter of
fact was in close communication with Bran
deis, Tamasese's prime minister In Octo-
Der, in communication to Secretary Whit
ney, Commander Leary gave our govern
ment to understand that Tamasese was
backed by the Germans. "The German con-
sui" he wrote, "seems to control the naval
and military, as well as the diplomatic and
political affairs of the Germans, and it is
difficult TO negotiate with them In any case.
as the naval commander evades the question
at issue by taking shelter under the wing of
the German consul, who appears to order
them as he pleases. Atrocities are commit
ted by the armed natives belonging to. Tama-
sese's party almost under the shadow of the
German fort, and have written to the Ger
man naval commander concerning such a |
violation OF American rights, &C., and have
received an evasive reply" On several 9TH |
er occasions when the German fleet had com. |
mitted outrages which to the American COM
mander appeared to be in violation Of inter
national law as well as in contemptuous dis
regard Of the rights Of American citizens.
the American commander demonstrated.
The replies in every case were evasive, and
in one case insolent. Yet apparently all this
time, though Commander Leary kept it
informed of the facts, the administration at
Washington was very innocently swallow
ing Bismarck's protestations that Tamasese
was nothing to him or to Germany, and that
Germany had no interest in his fate. In
short, our astnte foreign department was
fooled and outwitted by the Germans, just
as it had been in another matter by the Eng
lish. The Senate has taken the Samoan
matter In hand none too soon.