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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-02-07
Novel Titles.

Am Vhey rather strange names for dogsY'
'No' at all. I've named them from their lit
erary suggestiveness. call one Edwin brood
because MS tail is cut off short, and the other
Howells "-Phia, Times, '
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-02-07

girls, and better degree of treatment than they
have known in the past. There is an old theory
that good wholesome cat will do more to scare
away mice by her mere presence than well-balted
trap. Probably if the women could control some
of the factory votes, they would not be SO super
fuous in Mr.. Connelly's mind.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-02-07
NEW YORK NOTES.

NEW YORK, Feb, Q, 1891
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

In some part of Teuue>>-- the p-o-
pie celebrate "a monthly holiday. the
name Of which Is apr To- puzzle ~trau-
ger, until they find that ir~ spelling 8,
not what they imagine from the pro
uuuciatiou given ir almost universally.
by white, o., well a- c5IDred people.
This holiday is called 'Fu~, Monday. '
that Is. First Monday and il j. ceIe-
brated Oh the first Monday of every
month.
IL J., a great day for marketing shop
ping. trading and racing horses, and
go,,ipiug among all the suburban pop
ulatiou of a large town or city.
Early in the morning the procession
Of men. women. children and babies,
on horseback, on foot or in wagons
and vehicle, Of every description, be
gin, TO stream along the pike to-
ward the centre where the Fuss Mon
day festivities are 10 be- held, and late
in the day the same procession wends
it, way back again.
The people. though many Of them
are undoubtedly weary from the days
excitement. almost invariably look
good uarured and well satisfied with
the success of their purchases, sales
and exchanges Of news Youths Com
Daniou.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

1t is a never failing source Of o
derment where all the new curbstOne
novelties come from and what will APP
pear next. Almost every day some
new toy is displayed by the fakirs and
disposed Of by the busheL Human in
genuity seems TO be taxed TO its utmost
to produce new and curious toys that
can be sold readily on ire street.
Every now and then some particular
little thing makes a temporary hit and
the fortune of the wue This stimu-
lates other inventors, and there you
are-haviug something new every day.
When a strike is made the market is
flooded with the new favorite, for its
popularity is short lived. A few days
and its reign is Y er.-New York Her
aid.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

Oh. once ! had a lover ami ne did not come IN
time,
Oh. true love is rhe sweetest thing I snow,
such a splendid. honest fellow that { wanted
linn tor mine.
Truc-ove will make us happy where we go.
He often came 10 ~re me a- ba4my a. the May,
! said ! did no flirting, but lac would not keep
away,
50 / resolved that Johnny should be mine to
come aud stay.
True love viii make NJ happy where we 60.
20 / l%essed up with a mask, pu; phosphorus
on my face,
Oh. true love . the sweetest thing . know.
And / went 70 hide for Johnny ia a dark and
lonesom place,
True love " d make Us happy where we 90.
said !. You Z man, beware. for you had bet
If you desc. tina, lady, / will take you down
says he. All right, old fellow, / don't dare to
disagree.
True love will make Us happy where We go.
Next night hr came 10 see me, and be looked
AT me 80 queer,
Oh. true love is the sweetest thing ! know;
says be. next sunday evening } will marry
you, my dear
True love viii make u- happy where va go.
Twill set tine FOLKS to talking whenever 10 gets
round,
And they say that am married. 10 will have a
funny sound
To tue sweetest a,r.e spirit that ever yet was
found.
True .ose SD. mas4 u- aappg where we eo.
- Johnny is my husband. and Dee d.d not come
DO vain.
oh. true love b. rle sweetest f.Iu- ! SNOW.
And bee loves Joe Sind and rr4.y. and ! love
him back again.
True love viii make ne aaur. wa,re we -1.
The uaupiest place ou earth i- THE home that
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

After tEe goods have been examined
and tested they are >pougrd. or shrUnk
There ARE several methods of doing this
work uue &, 10y wettins the cloth and
hanging it up to dry Another is 10y
rolling the garment on perforated cop
per cylinders into which live tea is
admitted. which p]erIneates the roll of
cloth and shrinks it e., after the
cloth is laid away 10 cool, the water
and the heat together shrink it, and SO
set the eOer Of the wool that it shrinks
very little, If any, more. There are
certain houses which make a business
Of sponging goods for the trade, but a
good many large clothing firms do their
" sponging. Interview in New YorE
Epoch
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

with him These have their bows
stretched and they keep their eyes NOV
ing from side 10 side "a they 20 along
If they see a head or an eye peeping
out. they send an arrow at il, and the
Peepiug Toms become blind. While /
was ia Pekiu his majesty took "a walk
or "a ride through the city. and before
he went Minister DENLY received notice
10 ask all the Americans 10 keep in
doors during certain hours that day, As
the Son Of Heaven would pass through
the city Frank q. Carpenter in Ma
tionaI Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

The size Of the biggest ball ever fired
from "A cannon was four feet in length
and weighed ? 500 pounds. Such were
the dimensions and weight Of the nor
p~roiectile fired from the largest
cannon yet manufactured at krupp's
works at Essen for the Notifications Of
Cronstadt IL is made Of the finest
quality Of east steel and weighs 27O,
900 pounds about l3j tons; the caliber
is 16 Il inches and the barrel a feet
long, the core having been removed in
u piece. The greatest diameter is
6 - feet and the range about twelve
miles. IL will fire two shots per min
ute, each estimated To- cost $500. At
the trial the proiectile was propelled
by a charge of 200 pounds Of powder
and penetrated nineteen inches Of ar
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27


The coinage Of quarters has fiuctu
ated iu "a most remarkable way Be
ginning with $50. for three years the
coinage averaged about 80. 900 a year
Then in 1888 il jumped up 20 S3.sl3.
55j In 1854 it was almost us much.
s.. O9j. 600 Then il dropped 20 STA
2GO In 1853 I'm l~jG it wa. -. SIC. 900
In 1857. = al. 900 and in ISIS. Sl.s42
900. Then IL dropped again. never
rising 10 500. uUU. and during war
times ~eragI only five or six thou
sands, except iu 1861, when it Wa
&. 2l3.6 $50 In 1873 il was 81. O75. 37j
In 1876. S4.4j4.2 s7.5O In 1877. 4. 727,
927. 50 Then began she coinage Of
silver dollars b. the millions, and the
production Of subsidiary coins dropped
of. For the past ten or fifteen years
the coinage Of quarters has averaged
only 8. 900 or 81. 900 a year
Just examine the dates on the quar-
tiers that come into your possession, and
see how they bear out these statistics.
For instance. in 1856 there we're only
S1.471. so in quarters coined. and there
are a thousand chances to one against
a coin Of this date coming into youI
hands. Albany Argus.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

The following experiment demon
strates the elementary power Of the hu-
nan breath
Take a large bag Of good, heavy pa
per. lay il on the table and owe the
closed end of il with several books-a
Webster Unabridged and a family BIZ
HE. for in,tance-then blow into the
bar, filling or initiating il with air. and
you will soon see that it will overthrow
the books o.. remove 10 small noun
tain.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

In Austria it is an indictable ofense
10 neglect saluting the emperor when
he appear, in public. A few weeks ago
a university student Of Vienna was ar
rested for this olTense Of omission. He
only got of by pleading that the sight
Of the emperor had 50 dazed him that
he lost all his presence of mind.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

Children love to PROFOUND p~hilosoph-
ical problems. and ! must say / do not
find il easy 10 give satisfactory answers
to those which fall from the lips Of my
three-year-oid boy. One Of the sim
plest, and yet "A question which ven a
wiser mother could not have answered
at "A moments notice, was this: Nam
una, why cant we see our own faces -
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

'Shepp'- photographs of the World
produced at MI outlay of 500 o0o; IRE
mendous success; Mr.. J. VI. Marshall
Dexter, Ind. cleared SjO3 IN I days;
R-h. Henry FISHER, Plai' field, Mas,
Sls7 IA g hour; Miss H.. Harris, Gar
field. Penn. Sl4 in 80 minutes. The
greatest ho"k ou .stth. Mammoth
illustrated circulsr- and terms free.
Books uh c%rruit. Freight paid. BsutI'
ful outfit ouly 81 Address. Globe
Bible Publishing Co.. 705 Oh, stnut
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

At the Woodland school one - the
little boys had "a pair Of dice. which IN
some way were lost While he was en-
gagged 100 prosecuting "a vigorous but
futile search. tine teacher was asking
other pupil, about thing, they had
read Sine asked finally
Who ha, read Paradise Lost
The y~ouug,ter frYfu ru, rear Of the
-rhDulruum Immediately halted ia the
search Do, wa, making aud shouted out
Them dice beluu-- % mr hau,as
Cry Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

\ young reporter not long = was
sent out by the city editor to report "A
sermon 10y Rev. Joseph Twitchell, Of
the Asylum Avenue Congregational
church. lie came back and began
heroically on his task Of writing it.
After "a few minutes labor lac looked
up and. addressing the city editor. said
This sermon was about Paul, but
I've forgotten what he did after his
conversion.
WHY, he vent up To Damascus, "
observed the religious editor.
"Oh. yes, exclaimed the reporter.
That, IT,. and Ice found Damascus
sitting outside OF his tent. Hartford
Post
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

Almost a hundred years Of expert
ment and hard work were needed be-
fore the cultivation Of the beet for sug-
ar became profitable in Europe. No
crop in the world requires more pains
taking and scientific cultivation to
make il a success, and none rebukes
easy going methods mor promptly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

when the Chinese Emperor Goes Out.
1t is almost impossible to appreciate,
without being in China. the divinity
which hedges the emperor. He is
never seen by the people, and when he
goes out Of the palace the citizens are
warned to keep indoors. Blue cloths
are hung up before the houses and
across the streets which open into the
road along which he is to pass. This
road is covered with yellow earth, in
order that his cart may not jolt his
royal bones as it goes along, and that
he may ride on the imperial color.
The best Of the Chinese arches goes
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

Aluminium is found 10 be an excel
lent material to use in the manufacture
of beer mugs. Il will prevent the beer
from becoming fat for a long time.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

The head waiter at a certain London
restaurant was named Topp, and the
diners noticed that if they wished to
have a tiptop dinner they had 10 tip
Topp.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

NOR, going 1912 yards beyond the tar
get.-London Tit Bits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27

Flower"

For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
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least. | was 50 weak that l could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of a friend who had used
your preparations
A WORKOUT with beneficial re-
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Stomach. bottle of August
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menced using it. 1t seemed to do
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petite became good, and / suffered
no bad effects from what / ate. 1
feel now like a new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me Of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES +. DRDERIcK,
~Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, St. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. .
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-27
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-16
DIR. TALMAGE WILL LECTURE.
The Great Brooklyn Divine TO Speak at
MOrehead, N. C., in June.
GRAND LODGE 0DD-FELLOWS ADJOURNS.
Closing Session of the Kings Daughters-
Reward offered for "A Murderer-Ef
feet OF the Rains-North State.

RALEIGH, n. c.. May Especial. l-Secre-
tary Harrell, of the North Carolina Teachers
Assembly. announces that Rev. DR.. Taimase
has positively accepted an invitation to de-
liver a lecture at the coming session OF the
assembly at Morehead in June. This will be
one:of Dr. Talmage's last public lectures as
he has decided TO retire after this season.
The Grand Lodge Of Odd-Fellows, which
has been in session Mt Oxford this week, adj
jOurned late last night:
The committee appointed to arrange for the
establisbment of a new orphanage under the
auspieies of that order were directed TO meet
in this city the second week in July and per-
feet all the plans for the institution as early as
possible
The State convention Of Kings Daughters
after q session Of two days at Edenton street,
in this city adjourned this evening. Miss
Bettie Carter of Graham. was reelected
State secretary and Miss Clara Albright, OF
Greensboro was elected recording secretary
for the ensuing year.
Tonight concert was given compliment
tary to the visiting ladies at the Deaf and
Dumb Institution.
Major =. NJ. Finger. superintendent of pub
lie instruction, left this afternoon for Newton,
where he will tomorrow deliver an address
before the Alumni Association OF Catawba
College.
Governor Holt to-day offered reward for a
white man named II. II. Riddick, who Is
wanted in Brunswick county for the murder
of If. NJ. Conan while III difficulty which
arose about q woman.
Rain. which has been falling constantly for
two days. continues tonight. Reports are
received that it has done vast benefit TO crops
all over the State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-16
UELDOH.
Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston Rail
road-Large Tea Plantation,


WELDON. n. c.. May Especial. I-Yester-
dav several gentlemen left Tarboro for the
purpose of examining that portion OF coun-
try with view OF locating the line Of the
Norfolk. Wilmington and Charleston railroad.
The road will be located on the most practi-
cable route. The principal work done up to
this time has been the obtaining of char
ters in Virginia and North and South
Carolina, pertectng organizatlon' com
bining several companies ana securing the
necessary capital to build the road Inc
charters are now obtained and a pc 'ion OF
the money secured, with fatterlng. =. Dect
of the remaining portion being Forthcoming.
The parties interested are chiefly fhlladel-
phia capitalists. and speak III tho most con-
fdent manner of the completion OF the pro
iect: .. 900 acres OF what IS known as Green
Swamp. living in the eastern portion OF this
State was recently purchased IN the interest
of this road.
The largest tea plantation in this country
is situated in Cumberland county, near Fay
etteville, in this state There are about DOO
of the plants. many Of them growing among
the pine trees and shrubbery, almost entirely
uncared for. The plants are from TO 10 teet
high.
Several nights ago at Poplar Point, Martin
county the barn, clubhouse. stable, Two oxen,
two mules and six COWS belonging to Henry
Slade were destroyed by fire. The origin OF
the fire was not learned
The seine fishing on Albemarle Sound was
not at all profitable this season, and on that
account operations ceased before the date
prescribed by law. Bad weather in the be-
ginning of the season and afterward the
small run Of fish were the causes. Only Tor
about week was there anything like full
catch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-16
PETERsnURG POINTS.
Political News-How Randall watson he
ceIved His Communication.

PErYRsBuRo. Va. May 15.-lSpecial. The
Republicans of Matoaca district, Chesterfield
county. held a meeting yesterday at Woods
church and endorsed Isaiah Mann for super
visor and w. j. Moore for constable
The German Society of Petersburg have
received an invitation 10 attend the reunion
of the German-American Society of Virginia.
10 be held at Sanger Hall in Richmond on
Monday next.
The new registration which has been going
on since Monday last in l'lves district
Prince George county, will close tomorrow.
There are a large number OF candidates Tor
the different county officers and the llyel.est
interest is felt as to the result OF the election;
Randall Watson, the negro who was sentenced
10 be hancs I'd at HickstOrd, Greensyllle county,
on the 10th of July next for murder, when
informed to-day that the Governor had com
muted the death sentence 10 SIX years lmprlS-
onment in the penitentiary appeared much re-
lieved lie said that he thought the Governor
would save his neck He said that he was
convicted on the testimony of negro thieves
and liar, and that he bad found that the
white people were his friends, Watson mas
been confined in the Jail of this city for nearly
five years, seventeen months OF which were
spentin the dungeon. He has made most e&-
Ccllent prisoner.
Walter johnson. the negro who is to be
banged here on Friday next for criminal as
saut on lady in Nottoway county, was ylsi-
ted to-day at the Jail by several Of his church
members from Amelia county, W no talked
with him concerning his spiritual welfare.
johnson told his visitors that Ee was ready
and willing TO die. The rope TO he used IN
hanging the condemned man has arrived here
from Cincinnati and carpenters are now at
work on the scaffod. johnson is confined IN
a cell in the dungeon.
Rain has been falling here steadily all day.
The Circuit Court Of Prince George county,
Judge 3. A. Hancock presiding, has been en-
gagged since Friday last in the trial OF the SUIT
of John Doswels administrator against the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company tor
10000 damages The case was suo-
mitted to the jury to-day, who
failed TO agree on verdict. Ihey
stood six for allowing damages and SIX against.
boswell was killed by the caving in OF clay
bank in Summit cut. n short distance from
Petersburg. on the 7th Of March, 1890.
The cases of Archer Griffin against me
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
and Of Lewis Stewards administrator against
the same company, in which there were mo-
tions 10 dismiss on the grounds Of defects IN
the proceedings. were removed 10
the Circuit Court of Petersburg for decision
at the June term of this court: These cases
grew out of the same accident by which
boswell was killed, and the claims Tor dam
ages in each case is $4,000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-16
The Presidents Silver Brick.
lChicago Mail.

In the course Of his Western peregrinations
President Harrison has at last met the silver
people of Colorado and ne is theirs. They
have given him in token Of their admiration for
him and their expectations of still further
favors 10 be received at his hands in the way
Of silver legislation a silver brick weighing
about seven pounds and appropriately
inscribed One of the inscriptions which
may well be pondered by tue Presi-
dent aud 10y the people as well. is that
which reads: 'Sl59 .0s7 in twelve years ="
This seems 70 be jubilant statement of the
output OF the Leadville smelters for the time
stated. If the gentlemen who gave this brick
of white metal to the President had their way
the National Government would be forced in
future TO take this enormous product of the
Leadville smelters and coin every eighty
cents worth of il into dollar. The plan Of
moulding il into bricks 10 give tc junketing
dignitaries is after all. less harmful