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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
social Eecordsofthe Scotch.

Miss Mures own experiences date back
from 1872. but the facts relating 10 the
earlier years of the century have been gath
cred from the generation preceding her
own. There is little arrangement in her
remarks. The results Of her observations
in various fields are put down very much as
they come into her head; but this only
makes the essay more natural and interest
ing. Within her memory manufactures
seem 10 have been at a very low ebh, and
every woman made her web of wOye llnnen
and bleached it herself" Fine gentlemen
got their shirts from Holland til about the
wear 1873, when "wavers were brought over
from Holland and manufdctorys for linnen
established i'm the West The dresses of the
ladys." goes on Miss Muro. "were nearly as
eXpencivc as at present though not so
often renewed. and hoops were A. yards
wide, (which required much silk TO cover
them" Their tables were plentiful, but
very addressed. and as i'll served up
though. on the other hand. they had clean
tableclOths every day, and 'allwise nap
kns." The servants "eat i'll, having "a
sett form for the week Of three days broth
and salt meat the rest megare, with plenty
Of bread and small bear. Their wages
were small till the walls were abolished ;
the men from - to a in the year, the maids
from 30. 10 4Os." Ii was usual only TO have
zone man servant, or Two At most. unless
they kept carriage, a thing very uncom-
mon in those days, and only USED by mobiles
OF great fortune
Food was very cheap during the early
part Of the century, when hen could
be bought for 3D., calf for Is, and a tur-
KEY for Is. But after the 10 riches in
creased considerably, and prices roso. Be
fore that time rents had been mostly paid in
kind. as money was scarce. This awaken
ing prosperity seems partly TO have arisen
from the growing communication between
London and Edinburgh after the union, and
impetus given to trade by the residence in
Edinburgh Of wealthy English people who
held official appointments there. OF course,
some years had 10 be allowed for tn. coun-
try to settle down, but when the disallection
Of half "A century and more had exploded in
the 10, the people gave up the struggle and
things followed their natural course. Be
sides this, ''men came back from abroad
with large fortunes" presumably chiefly
from the Indies, and "began to buy up es-
tates," and so altogether the internal al
fairs Of Scotland were looking more prosper
0us.-The National Review.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24

From ClignancOurt. the famous ward
which returned General B0ulanger, there Is
reported a terrible case Of cruelty 70 boy
OF twelve. The parents OF the child. 1t Is
said. had shut him up in a wardrobe for
TWO wears and half and had starved him.
The police were only apprise2 Of this To-
day. aud on going 10 the house described to
them they found the boy, who looked like "A
living skeleton. The parents were imme-
diately arrested, and were booted vigorous
ly by a large crowd as they We're being con,
veycd 20 the station. The ill-iated child
died on It's way to the Hospital Of the In
FAINT Jesus. The parents were well on, and
no explanation of their inhuman conduct Il
forthcoming. The mother Of the boy has
been sent back 70 her dwelling, where she
tried 10 Jump on, Of window during the
afternoon. but was prevented from carrying
out her suicidal intenton.-London Teie-
graph.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24

sad have been the reNerses OF the old
French nobility since Edmund Burke penned
his splendid eulogy. According TO NJ. Les
cure, "a grandson Of that same Marquis
d'Hauteroche who chiyalr0usly requested
the English troops at the battle OF Fontenoy
10 sire first" ended his days as common
policeman. Sadder still, from the point OF
view of the amateurs Of "blue biOOd, one
of the noble family Of BabOu de la Bourd@-
siere il now a washerWOman. Representa-
tiyes of other noble families, equally famous
i'm their time, are, or were, according TO the
same authority, occupying the humble posi-
lions Of gamekeeper, carpenters appreh
tice, house painter, cab driver, millers as
sistant, innkeeper, conductor OF an 0mnl-
bus, box opener at theatre, gas man. bath
ING man, maker Of mOusctraps, chorus
singer at the opera, and woodman, while
one. who is a great-grandcousin OF the H.
in.frious Cardinal de Retz, uniies in BIS
own person the lowly Offices Of grayedigger
and village iiddler.--l0ndon News
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George sands Granddaughter

Mile. Gabrielle Dudeyant sand, who was
married on Monday 10 signor Romeo
POlazzi, of Rome, refused, our Paris cor
respondent says, either 10 adlure her
Professionalism or TO make promises IN order
% obtain the benediction of the Catholic
Church at her nuptials. Her husband :
family did not wish either purely civll
marriage or civil marriage followed by a
Protestant ceremony. The matter was laid
before the Pope. who granted dispensa-
zion. The bride was attended 20 the altar
by her illustriOus grandm0ther's friends,
NJ. Paul Meurice and NJ. Plauchu Of the
Temps, who were her witnesses, and by two
bridesmaids. The witnesses for the bride
groom were Count Montal1an, attache Ia
the Italian Embassy, and -ignor feza.
The bride is dark. aud has rather striking
physiogn0my. She is an accomplished
musician.-London News.
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NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAIL

il ROAD.
TWO DAILY lt.AINS TO NORFOLK.
TWO DAILY TRAINS 10 LYNCHBURO.
SCHEDULEIN HfF hCT MAY IL, 1880.
LEAVE RICHMOND: BYRD-STREET STA
TON.
$40 A. NJ. Daily, U<a Petersburg. Richmond
ana Norfolk through express. Ar
rive Norfolk 1925 7. NJ. stops only
at PetersDuIg and suffolk. A sec
Und train, leaving Petersburg at
1890 4. II o. and arriving at Norfolk
at2P. NJ, stops at all stations.
odOA NJ Daily ria Petersburg. Arrive at
Petersburg 1918 4. NJ. No. .
leaves Petersburg lib 4. NJ. for
FaunVillC, LyuchbuIg and all
points south and West,
3.3h p NJ DAILY, "a Petersburg. Arrives al
Peiersbur- AIS T.. VI. daily; leaves
Pc ershurg III 4:4O T.. NJ, uaily, ar
irving at Norfolk T.. NJ.
Heap NJ. Daily. ria Petersburg. arriving at
Petersburg at 1902 A. NJ, con-
Meeting with Train No. /, leaving
Petersburgat 1910 \. ". for Farm
Vile. Lynchburg and all points
South and West.
HOO A. NJ. Daily, RIA BurkeVllle, ior faiIn-
vile. Lynchburg and the West and
south.
PULLMAN sLEEPING-CAR ACCOMMODA-
TONS.
No. / Sleeping-car Petersburg 10 Bristol
without cnange leaving Petersburg daily al
1910 A. NJ. Pullman sleeper Lynchburg 10
Memphis. without change.
No. 3-Pullman sleeper Lynchburg to
Rome. ana Roanoke 10 Memphis, without
change. ,...
Tickets. baggage-checks, ana all intorma-
ton can be obtained al lNcnlnpId ana fcleIs-
burn railroad depot, 4. ". CARRIERS, 1000
Main street ami at the COmp3ny's Office, BOZ
east Main street. .....
T.. W. COURTNEY,
Passenger Agent.
". q. BENIIL,
General Passenger Agent.
CHARLES G.. EDDY, Nice-fresident.
General Office. Roanoke, Va.
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RAuu.gOADs.
RICHMOND B DANVILLE (. R.
suoRTEsr qUICkEST ROUTE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY ~, 1890.
LEAVE RICHMOND:

LEAVE RICHMOND:
TRAIN No. 81, $40 A. ".
OOUTHEi,N EXPRESS, daily, for nanyille
- Greensboro Winston-Salem, Durham
Btndlt man, salisbury, Asheviile
Hot Springs, Charlotte. Columbia. Aiken
Augusta. Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgom'
ety, New Orleans, Texas. and California
Pullman Ialacp sleeping-cprs Richmond "
Danville ard Danvjlle To Ashevile, Augusta
Birmingham. and New orleans.
TRAIN No 81. 100 A, VI.
VIRGINIA AND NDKTH cARcllNA ES'
Y PRESS, daily, Tor Butkevlile, all sta
lions on the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Iynrhrtirg Knoxville. Chattanooga, Mem
pins, and Nashville: also for keysville
Clarksville oxford. Henderson, Durham
and Raleigh. This tram goes through SOLID
TRAIN No. 80. 3 p. NJ.
MAST MAIL daily, for all points on 'he
i Farmyille and Powhaian Railroad, IAN
Vile, Greensboro. Winston-Salem. Raleigh
CHARLOTTE, ksheville, Columbia, Augunta
Alfalfa, Birmingham, Montgomery. New
Orleans Texas, and California. Pullman
palace sleeping ears Danvillc 20 Augusta and
Atlanta. and at Greensboro sleeper via Ashe-
VILE u MOrristown, Tenn.
TRA1S No. 40, q i. VI.
MFLIA ACCOMMODATION, daily. except
n Sunday. for Amelia Courthouse ana IN
TGAiN No. II. 900 4. NJ.
ILOVER LOCAL. daily, e-cent Sunday
freight train with coach attached, ioi
Clover. Va. and intermediate points.
ARRIVE AT RICHMOND:
Train No. SO, 1855 4. NJ; No 81, 80 !. Nj
No. 5f, 4:3O L. NJ, and No. Al, $40 a. NJ.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24

The death of the Queen Dowager of
Corea is "A matter OF supreme concern 10
the nation. Al! business will be at stand
sill for months, aud every Corean- man,
WON M. and child-will have 10 90 into
mourning. which. It is calculated, means at
the ycry'least. and TO the poorest, month";
" ig..s. in a country where nIne-teDihs al
to- population at any given time are on the
brink of starvation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
WORK RIVER LINE VIA WEST
POINT.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
THE FAVORiTE ROUTE TO BALTIMORE
PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK.
LEAVE RICHMOND:

LEA r lklAllhOANbt
TRAIN No. 81, $40 i. NJ.
I OCAL EXPRESS, daily, except Sunnay
| 4 stops at all stations. At Lester Manor
connects with stage for WalkeriOn; also con-
meets with Baltimore steamer al West Point.
TRAIN No. b5, ABS j. NJ.
BALTIMORE LlMlJ ED. daily, except sun
ID day. for West Point, connecting with
York-river steamers for Baltimore. At Bal.
timore steamers connect with Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad fDr Washington, Philadelphia
ana New York. FARE: Richmond 10 Balti-
more, 90: TO Washington. So TO Philadelphia,
$3.50; New York, s7.3O.
STEAM RS LEAVE BALTIMORE i. VI.
NOR WEST POINT, daily, except sunday
/ thence by Richmond and Danville Raj J.
road TO Richmond. arriving 9:15 A. VI ana
1910 \. NJ, and connecting with Train No.
"a. see Tram No. 54-Nirginia and North
Carolina express.)
TRAIN No, 10. TAO A. VI.
I OCAL, MIXED. daily, except Sunday
l leaves Twenty-thifd street station for
Nest Point and Intermediate points.
Ticket Office at stgtiOn foot OF NiTgnli
street open 500 \. VI. to 600 +. NJ. and from
900 Z. ~. 40 2:3O \. NJ.
CITY ticket Office corner Of Tenth and Main
streets.
SOL. HAAS, JAS. l.. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager. Gen. Passenger Agent
JOSEPH :. POTTS, Div. Pass.Agent,
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RAILROADS.

/
II ICHMOND. FREDERICKSBURG
| ~ AND POTOMAC RAlLBOAD.-Srhed'
ule commencing APRIL 10Th, 1SN)-tast-
etn standard time;
7'32 n. m. icayes Byrd-stteet station daily
stops only ~ Ashland, BdthNtll
Milford. Fredericksburg. Brooke
and Widewa.sr. sleeper washing
ton and New York.
1852 a. m. leaves Byrd-street station daily
except sunday.
8:46 p. IN. leaves Byrd-street station daily
sleeping car Richmond to New
York.
8:50a. m. arrives at Byrd-street station daily
Sleeper from New York.
2.88 T.. m, arrives at Byrd-street station daily
stops at Fredericksburg, Milford,
Boutwell,, and Ashland. sleeper
from Washington ard New ork
does not stop nj Elbas
9:45 %. IN. arrives al Byrd-street station daily
except sunday.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
6:4S a. N. leaves Flba. Arrives at Ashland a.
1913 n. m.
400 u. NJ accommodation, leaves Byrd-streei
station; arrives at Ashland at pm
6:24p m. leaves Elba; arrives at Ashland al
7:03 y. m.
8'l6 a. NJ. arrives Elba. Leaves Ashland al
sos Il. nj.
836 a. m. accommodation; arrives at Byrd.
street station: leaves Ashland at
1887 a. IN.
6:Is p. m. arrives al Elba; leaves Ashland ai
$50 p. IN.
A. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager.
T.. L. u. MYERS, General Superin tendent.
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~ktAnsHIp~.
DLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM.
" pANY,
FOR NEW YORK.

Steamers leave Richmond EVERY II rs
DAY and FRIDAY at . i. VI. Manifest
.Il.el one hour before sailing time.
Steamers beave New York FOR luchmOhc
EVERY WEDNESDAY and SAII RDAl al
3P NJ arriving i'm Richmond MONDAY ano
FRIDAY mornings.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed
Cabin fare to New York via James
river route Qncluding meals ana
berlin 80 W
kpund-trip tickets, limited To ihlfty
davs er dale OF issue .................. Ii &c
~f"cra,,e vim subsistence ................ q 0l
Steeraee, without subsistence ............ o u
Cabin fare via Chesapeake ana ONO 49,,
Railroad ~ w
CABIN fare via Richmond ana refers 49,
burg ~ ~
Tickets eau be obtained al y. ". bifpef 4,
1000 Main street. Chesapeake and ONO anc
Richmond and Petersburg depois, ana al
com panys offices, 1901 Main street ano
wharf, Rockets. ,,.,,
treights rWarded and through bills OF lad
ing issued for points beyond New YORK.
Freight received daily until L. VI.
Passengers leaving Richmond on Mon
DAYS TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS by the
Chesapeake and ohio railway via Newport
News at 800 T. NJ. and by Richmond ana
Petersburg railroad, same days AT 33b j.
VI. will make connection al NORFOLK win
steamer aving those days.
GEORGE w. ALLEN y CO., Agents,
No. 1901 Main street, and
Oily 1o-tf COmpany's Wharf, Rockets.
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TRAINS NORIHWARD

.Daily. tDally except sunday.
STOPPING PLACES
Nos. II, II, IS. 80 and 3S make no stops
Nos. % aud 70 stop on signal at Manchester
Drewry's Bluff Centralia and Chester. No
80 stops al Chester Nos. 81, "a. IS. 81. 10,
Al. AZ and AZ will stop al all station for pas
scngers.
PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
On Trains Nos. ID and % sleeping-cars be
tween New York and Tampa, la ria jack
sonvillel On Trains Nos, Ii and ~ sleep.
ing-c between Washington and Charles
ton. On Train No. u sleepin gears between
Washington and Jack sOnyille. On Train No.
7S slcepiA gears between Jacksonville anc
New York.
lhE ONLY ALL-RAlL LINE TO NORFOLK
LEAVE ARRIVE.
Richmond. $40 \. N. Norfolk, 1928 7, NJ.
Richmond, 1895 +. VI. Norfolk, 700 i. NJ.
Norfolk, $40 A. VI. Rich'd, 1915 j. NJ
Norfolk. 400 ". hich'd, 6'39 J. NJ.
The trains leaving Richmond AZ $40 NJ.
and Norfolk at 400 +. NJ. ar" solid trains be
tween these two points, and passengers &c
through without change of cars. Close con
nectiOns are also made Al Petersburg by the
$3.50 l.. VI. tain from Richmond and the S:A
\. u. train from Norfolk.
Trains leaving Richmopd nj $40 A. W. anc
l1:2OP. NJ. and afriyingat Richmond AT l2:lb
+. ". and b.O5 +. VI. make close connection
al Petersburg 10 and from tarIDvlle, Lynch.
burg anj southwestern points.
X. VI. SULLY,
superintendent.
EFT. -. MYERS,
General superintendent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY Il. 1890.


SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY II, 1890.
LEAVE RICHMOND.
700 A. VI. Freight, except sunday. carries
passengers between Richmond
and GOrdOnsville.
8: 30 A. VI. Daily. for Old rOlut ano NOriOlk
Pullman White sulphur To OLD
Point.
HOO A. NJ. Express, daily for Cincinnati
Pullman Palace Car Old Point
10 White SULPHUR, and pullman
Sleeper Charlottesville TO Gin
cinnati. Char Car Richmond TO
Clifton Forge.
g:2OP. N. Express, daily, for Old Point
and Norfolk Pullman Sleep
ing Car Cincinnati to Old Point.
4:30 7. NJ. Accommodation. except sunday
for Charlottesville. ON Satur-
GAYS this train runs 10 stanton.
S:3OP, NJ. The +. +. V. Limited, daily. Pun
man sleeping car Old Point &c
Cincinnati. solid vestibule train.
with dining car and Pullmanh,
Charlottesville to Cincinnati an0
Pullman 10 Louisville.
ARRIVE Al RICHMOND.
7;15 A NJ. and 2:55 +. 81. daily from en-
cinnati.
S:l5 \. NJ. from Charlottesville. and on
Mondays from stanton, daily
excspi sunday.
1850 A. NJ. and 7I5 +. ". daily from Norfolk
goo T.. VI. Freight, from Charlottesville.
Carries passengers.
G:3O l.. NJ from White sulphur and virginia
Springs, dniS. ezceptSunday.
station: Broad street near seventeenth
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xTIRGINIA STEAMBOAT CON

LANES RIVER LINE FOR THE SEA
SHORE. CHEAPEST AND MOST
PLEASANT ROUTE TO OLD
POINT, NORFOLK,
PORTSMOUTH. VIRGINIA BEACH, OCEAN
VIEW, NEWPORT NEWS, CLARE
MONT, AND JAMES RIVER
LANDINGS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-24
FREIGHT
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND AMI
il NORFOLK STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Appointed sailing days every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY at IL VI and every SUNDAY
ats a. NJ. Freight for Tl' sdays and Fri
sundays steamer til 5 L. ". saturday
nreight received daily Till 3 4. NJ.
tare To Philade phia.
For further Information apply Ia
j. W. McC Ak rJCk,
dsreIal Southern Agent.
Offire, no"krits.
W, p, CLYDk.& 20.
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CONNECTIONS :

CONNECTIONS:
At OLD,POINT and NORFOLK, closely
with all lines for Baltimore, Philadelphiadn0
New York, Virginia Beach and ocean View
same afternoon: also at Norfolk for Eastern
North Carolina and the South.
AtNEWPORf NEWS for Hampton and
And at CLAREMONT with the Atlantic
and Danville Railroad ior Maverly. Hicks
'0-'' Only ALL WATER ROUTE.
JAMES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT.
GREAT TOURIST LINE.
JAMESTOWN, DUTCH GAP. AND WAR
RATES LESS THAN HALF CHARGED BY
RAIL LINES.
FARE TO Old POINT AND NORFOLK,
$3.50, STRAIGHT; $3.50 ROUND
TRIP: 81 SECOND-CLASS.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS.
The elegant and fast steamer.
ARIEL.
CAPTAIN DEYO,
(carrylng United states mai),
leaves Richmond every
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AZ
IA. NJ. (STRkET-CARS 90 DIRECTLY IL
STEAMER'S WIZARD for abOve.namef
places. Returning, the steamer leaves Nor
folk, Old Point and Newport News on alter
nate days, arriving at RichmOnu ABOUT o T..
Nj,
Through tickets on sale on steamer and al
CARRIERS Agency, No. 1000 Nam street. Bag
gage checked through.
sTATE-ROOMS ENGAGED FOR DAY OR
NIGHT.
FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk. Porte.
mouth, Smitbfield, Hampton, Old Point,
Wavorly. liicksfOrd and Alexandria. Va:
Washington, ID. G.: Newberne, Washington
and TarborO y. C.; ali stations on Atlantic
aud panyille SeabOard and Roanoke Norfolk
sOuthern and Farmville and powhatan Rail-
! ads, and Eastern North Carolina gencf-
ally; also, tor Eastern Shore of Virginia and
all regular landings on the James river a.
LOVES RATES. and through bills Issued.
LUCIEN II. JATUM, Nice-President,
No. 1117 Main street and kOcketts.
IRWIN WEIsIGER, Freight and Passenger
Agent. .myZs-u
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
" WAY COMPANY.

u T.. ? 7
General superintendent
NJ EMERsOr. General PASSENGER Agent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
An Awful Panic.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 2.-Tele-
grams from Villa Leredo give full
particulars of the fall of the plaza
last Tuesday while bull-6ght was
In progress. About 10000 people
were crowded into the building.
When the second bull was being
killed nearly everybody rose and
stood, applauding and stamping their
feet. when suddenly one side of the
plaza commenced to give way. A
rush followed. II burst out rapidly
and then collapsed. precipitating the
unlucky inmates to the ground. the
distance ranging from 10 to % feet.
Many were buried beneath the de-
bris. Among them were many ladies
of the best families of the town. In
their desperate situation fights occur
red among the men and many were
stripped of every stitch of clothing.
The crowd on the opposite side of the
building, which numbered several
thousand, became panic stricken and
fell and trampled on one another in
their attempts to reach the outside of
the plaza. The bull.fighters were
also sized with fear and made their
exit with the bull closely following.
The trampling of the helpless and the
agonizing cries of the men and women
made the place scene of pandemo.
mum. II was not until outside help
came to the aid of the people pinned
down by the plank and timbers that
the unfortunate victims were reIeas-
ed from their painful positions.
Many physicians were called and the
wounds of the people attended to.
The number of wounded will reach
into the hundreds. and while the in
juries of a great many of them are
serious and painful, it is believed that
az case will prove fatal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
Grants Beginning.

In connection with the reminiscent
ces of General Chetlain of the diff
culties overcome by General Grant
in his entrance upon his military ca
reer, the fact is recalled by Illinois
parties familiar with the circumstan-
ces at the time that confidence in his
ability was developed so slowly that
even prejudice might be inferred.
His early successes were quite gener-
ally attributed to luck rather than
generalship and even after Shiloh
he was put on "the ragged edge" as
it were. He came to the command
of the Twenty-first Illinois Regiment
when it was greatly demoralized by
the utter failure of its commander,
Col. GOode, as a military man. The
latter is remembered as lawyer,
older than Grant, of more impres.
siye presence, good address and SEEM
insly one far more likely to achieve
reno n in military or any other de.
partment o. effort than the unattract-
i've and rather seedy-lOoking man
from Galena. II circumstances alone
are the factors in eninence, GUOde
should have passed into the hands of
the historians as one of the worlds
greatest captains, rather than Grant.
While the latter went steadily for
ward up the ladder, the man whose
retirement gave him first place drift
ed to a quiet Illinois town and open
ed up a small but tOney saloon. AS
he stood behind the bar dispensing
the drinks it was often remarked by
customers that but for STOOL luck"
he might have been the man win.
ming the victories and moving up to
the highest station. But they were
mistaken. Water seeks its level.
Circumstances are but the channels.
Grant might not have achieved even
the small success of Colonel Goude, as
a mixer of drinks. but he had the
qualities that make a good General.
st. Paul Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-01-11
The Forest on Puget Sound.

Plying en- Puget Sound is boat
122 feet long. The timbers of which
the hull is built run from stem to
stern, and not one is spliced. AS
specimen product a Washington
lumberman sent to San Francisco
last year a beam "a inches thick and
1872 feet long. writes a correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe. Democrat. He
explained that his intention was to
make it 100 feet long. but the end ran
into a bank and the log had to be
cut. Spars for ship yards on the
Clyde. in Scotland. are shipped from
Puget Sound. At mill in Port.
land you may see the timbers sawed.
mortised. painted and numbered, for
bridges to be put together in Michi-
gan, Ohio and Indiana.
Puget sound cedar shingles are used
In New York State. Four ships are
loading to. day at Sound wharf. all
with lumber. One goes 10 London,
the second to Melbourne, the third to
Valparaiso, the fourth to San Fran.
cisco. A test was made not long ago
of 4 inch sticks of Washington fir
Michigan pine. and good white oak.
The pine broke at LOO pounds, the
white oak at $500 pounds, and the
Washington fir at 1890 pounds. En-
gineers say the straining force and
endurance of this fir lumber is greater
than that of any other. When one
of these monarchs of the coast forest
goes down. it shakes the ground like
an earthquake. Let 1t fall across q
canyon, and 1t doesn't snap under
the tremendous shock, but lies in.
tact and rigid.
There is bridge in Oregon across
a irvine 60 feet deep. made by spik-
ing a plank on tree where it fell by
accident. Where a windfall in the
forest has occurred, these great tim
bers lie so thick that the only way to
cross is to walk on the trunks from 10
to 80 feet above the ground, Lum.
bermen tell of travelling for miles and
not once putting their foot on the
soil. In the old town of Tacoma,
where the settlement was before the
land company and the railroad made
city. there is a church with fir
tree for a sreeple.