The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-09
PERSONS AND THINGS.
statsss.ts Gathered From many Of 1.-THE
Times" Exchanges.


Times" Exchanges.
TIE designs FOR the new series Of postage
stamps have been approved by Third A.
sistant Postmastcr-Gencral IIazcn. but Do
will De weeks. perhaps months, before they
will be ready for distribution. The change
in size will bee first marked, while the change
in color OF the iwO-cent from green 20 red
has already been commenced. Instead Ol
the figure drnOting the denomination being
in the center Of the stamp, it is M the bot
tom. one figure is in each Of the bottom
corners, thus giving prominence to the de-
nomination. The Onc-cent stamp. as Of old,
is blue With the head " Ben amin Franklin.
The twO-cent stamp has the head Of Wash
ingtOn, a very fine cut. The threc-cent.
Ike the twO-cent, has W ashingtOn's head.
The lOur-cent stamp has jackson. while
change has been made in the iye-cent stamp
by placing the portrait of Grant on instead
Of Garfield. Garfield has been promoted.
and his head ornaments the siX-cent stamps.
The other stamps Of the series are not yet
ready, but there 10 little change i'm the gen
eral design, except some finer and more
delicate work in engraving. New designs
and dies have been made for all the stamps,
and although the design OF the stamps are
I'm some instances the same fresh portraits
and better ones have been made for the new
issue.
WEN he starts for home. Dir. Gould,
SAYS the Chatterer, is very much more ey-
haust.d than a laborer on the aqueduct.
The days friction frequently brings ON
nervous headaches which completely wilt
the owner Of s70.O00,0OO. John Jacob AstOr
Is on the 90 from his early breakfast hour 10
dusk. lie trudges about Wall street like
an errand boy. He does this for about
twenty-four days in the month, and by that
time he calls in his cab. He is tagged out.
and week in his cab so reyiyes his ener-
gies that when the new month is ushered i'm
he is ready 70 start again on his daily
tramps among his real estate agents and
bankers. Every day in his life il devoted
% the hunt for substantial investments for
his money. lie has other folks 10 collect his
income. 10 is his business 10 see that il is
reinrested satisfactorily. Great labor. un-
firing industry and relentless attention are
necessary 10 do this. He ID IN the city
winter and summer His fortune Of 500
OOO,OOO chains him 20 the city Just az tight
a. the driver Of leased hack with a big
family on his hands.
IT'S a recognized fact among the numer
Gus women's organizations that Yassar
graduates make the best presiding officers
% be had. That institution enjoys a pie
th0ra Of all sorts Of clubs, whose meetings
are always conducted with great fOrmality
and with strict regard 20 parliamentary
rules. Az assar girl, therefore, gets a fine
experience In such matters, and one whose
effect is az once distinctive when she comes
IN contrast In ihis regard with other wo-
men. Nassar alumnp are in great demand.
and no one who has assisted az a meeting
presided over by a fussy. incOmpetont. em-
barrassed woman will wonder al the desire
10 see her replaced I'm the chair bv one of
dignity. deci sion. and parliamentary knOwl-
edge.
An Official Of telephone company saws
that there l. no work that mas such fasc-
nation for women as oper ating in the CEN
trail Office Of telephone company. VERY
few n them ever leave because thew are
dissatisfied with the work. They 20 in, 20
through all the grad - and the several in
,rcases OF salary which fall to them under
ne length-Oi-serYice rules of the Company.
,et married, and resign. That is about the
history OF O. iephOne girl. The payis good.
ina some OF them gel $50 "a month, but the
'orA Is yer y exacting. ltrequires constant
'uenuoh. and the strain on the nerves IL
ery gre az while Il lasts.
THE Rev. Lyman Abbott says that 1.-THE
Won IN Of to-day care not for their domestic
, ties as did their grandmothers." Blu
they don't have 10. Even the Rev. Mrs. Ly-
man Abbott don't have 10. The Rev. Mr.. Alb
bolts grandfather worked for eighty cents
per day, slept on strsE, lived on pork and
corn, and wore homespnH.