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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08
4 Use for NaphthaIIne.

Those who are suffering from tapeworm
may be relieved by naphthaline, which has
been given very successfully In doses of
four to eight grains for children, and fifteen
for adults, rs yermifuge. When other
drugs failed completely this expelled the
tapeworm in short time.-Ysnkee Blade.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

How much can be accomplished by in
PRODUCING fos%gn strains Of chestnuts no
one can tell ss yet. but there are native va.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Among the inexpensive and useful little
things for kitchen use to be found at Jap
anese stores are the dark blue bowls that
come in many sizes, costing from seven
cents to seven times seven. They are fire.
proof, and endure the heat of the oven
without loss Of beauty The small yellow
bowls that are even less in price will also
be found most convenient to be used in the
refrigerator and in warming over foods in
a steamer They save much of the labor
that comes from keeping many tin utensils
bright.-New York Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Selia Sawtella, lawyer, says that in many
of the states will made by single WON
an becomes worthless on her marriage.
She should make new will and have he.
husband give his written consent to it on
the document itself, This consent is not
necessary in every state, but can do f.
harm anywhere.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Initials are not considered good form or
note paper, not even monographs, but Is 1t
very much better taste for Americans 10
stamp their stationery with unmeaning,
valueless crests' The present fashion OF
having city address or name Of country
residence stamped in plain letters across
the page is much more sensible one.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08
Modern Methods of Coloring blowers.

Blue roses have heretofore been ranked
among the things unattainable. By the
most modern method Of culture, however,
all difficulties are said to vanish. For ex-
ample, water a pure white rosebush con-
tinuously with solution of Prussian blue
and the ensuing buds will take on a sym
pathetic tipge. In like manner proceed
with green sulphste of copper and hope
for similar satisfactory result.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Parents should understand that for a
long time young child's diet should be
much restricted. First of all it must be
taught to eat slowly; the habit of boiling
food, so common to many-both children
and adjusts an extremely pernicious one,
for which there is no excuse.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Lamp wicks must I've changed often TO
insure good light, as they will soon be-
come clogged aud the oil does not pass
through them freely. A clear flame will
be certain if the wicks are soaked in vine
gar twenty-four hours bO ore using.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

1t is a fact beyond dispute that the Dutch
housewives cannot be eQualed in managing
their houses and servants. They seem born
tic command and the servants to obey.
Doubtless one cause is due TO the regularity
and the precision with which their house
hold affairs are carried N.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08


1t took Il Paxton to bald fer Chats
worth a covering for the wonderful flow
er, Victoria Reyia, five feet in diameter.
But our LILY Of the Valley shall need no
shelter from the blast and in the open
gardens OF God shall put forth its full
bloom, and all heaven snail come TO look
NJ it, and its aroma shall be as though the
sherubim lad swung before the throne a
thousand censers, | have not seen it yet
] am in a foreign land But my Father is
waiting for me to come home. / have
brothers and sisters there. In the Bible
have letters from there, telling me what a
fine place it is. 1t matters not much to
NE whether am rich or poor, or whct her
the world hates me or loves me, or whether
go by land or by sea, if only may lift
my eyes at last on the family mansion.
1t is not Il frail house. built in a month
soon to crumblc, but an old mansion which
is as firm as the day it WAS built. Its walls
are grown with the ivy of many ages, and
the urns ut the gateway are abloom with
the century plants of eternity. The Queen
of Sheba hath walked its halls, and Esther
and Marie Antoinette aud Lady lluuting-
don and Cecil and Jeremy Taylor and
Samuel Rutherford and John Milton, and
the widow who gave two mites, and the
poor men from the hosp.tai-these last two
perhaps outshining all the kings and
queens Of eternity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Good Christians Are All the Subjects of
the Great King of the Uuiverse-Graph;c
Picture of the Kings Estate-Oh, for
the Reunion of Saintsi
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

Recommendation That Terra-Cotta Bricks
be Used In Laying Them.
Editor Times.

Editor lines
1t seems 10 be in order TO make suggestions
as TO how to finish Cor payo) the streets
around our new City Hall. building in
which all feel pride. realizing lis magnitude
and beautiful prOpOrti ms as u neatS COM
petion. and desiring that itssurrouudings chaD
be in harmony. Therefore the essentials OF tho
pavement around 10 should be freedom from
noise and dust The MacAdam pavement is
expensive and dusty. needing constant re-
palrs The granite blocks are more costly
and noisy and being uneven upon thor sur
faces are knocked over tilted IN few years
by the travel. requiring RELAXING: 10 say noth-
ing Of their becoming slick ana hardened py
exposure afiording but little friction 70 the
horses shoes. hence falls and accidents 70
horses.
The asphaltum has been suggested as the
pavement II has one esseutlal-freedom
from noise. The cost, however, ranges hgh,
and with the greatest care IN It's construction
contraction and expansion have never been
successfully mastered. especially in climates
like ours. with great thermometric variations
in a few hours. hence it pits or breaks. requir-
ing constant patching. and IN few years en-
tire renewal.
In Washington city. where it has been eI-
tensively used. it IS said 70 produce disease
of the ears Cedar. oak and cypress blocks.
aud plank roads are things of the past
In the vast iange OF materials in the history
Of mans experiments the most enduring and
cheapest have been found O. be concretes
when properly made. and bricks made from a
good terra-cotta clay. Of the former the
pyramids and many of the Roman roadways
and streets the 'Appian. and others. or the
latter. the tile bricks of the streets or high
WAYS are seen to-day of Troy, Ninevah and
Babylon.
would. therefore. suggest a good terra
Gotta brick as the cheapest and best for the
square around the new City Hall. 10 would
not cost as much as q common MacAdam pave
ment which are SO common IN Richmond
and which on every breeze fill our houses
with dust and our eyes and lungs TO our SOY
row.
Holland makes her country roads hundreds
Of miles OF such bricks and find them the
best and the cheapest. European CIT es are
using them for their streets, and many 0f our
great western cities are pronouncing them the
very best OF payements free of dust and
noise, requiring no repairs for years
alter being properly laid OF course
they must be made from good
terra-cotta clay and not an a.luvial soil A
brick of such material properly made and
burned will stand greater pressure per cubic
measure than granite block Of Ike dimen-
sion. such claws are convenient and album
dant IN our vicinity. CIVIL ESGNEER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

New Orleans Ilmes-DemocratI
When few years ago one Of the Southern
States made a new departure and required the
railroads 70 provide separate cars Tor the
whites and blacks, 1t was regarded as an e1-
pertinent. The movement has steadily grown
since. and there i. every reason Tor believing
that DO a very short time the law Will Oe ell
forced throughout the South. few years
agl this was not $40, and tho Louisiana Legs
lature was advised not 20 pass the law. De-
cause the rest Of the southern states had hoJ
done So This objection no longer pre-
walls, for three or four Legs atures
have since adopted it, We were then
told that while the law might do for tho
extreme Southern States on the gulf. IL
could never be passed or enforced IN those on
the border and Virginia was cited as sam
ple This prediction proves a serious mis-
take. Governor Mckinney has pronounced
m favor of separate cars and Will recommend
the necessary gslaton TO the Legislature
with the aim ST certainty of its adoption, and
he IS strongly backed up by the popular sent
ment of the State. indeed, IN Virginia It Is
proposed 20 90 further than elsewhere and 10
separate tho races not only ID tue railroad
but the street-cars and other conyeyances az
well.
Tie action taken under the very shadow of
the national capital viii probably provoke
more than the usual deuunciatOns from the
Republican papers. but these will have no
erect in the South. As We have already
noted, the action taken Is with no unirendy
feeling toward the negro. put intended merely
as o declaration u the country that the white
people OF tho South intend that the two
races shall live separate anu on entirely dinrr-
cnt lines II Virginia passes separate car
law. AS Low seems certain % Is quite evident
that the lew remaining southern states which
have AS yet failed to act Will follow It's exam
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
Tho Negro In the Railway Train
fAlleghany Sentinel


A dispatch from Richmond to the Balti-
more Sun SAYS that the multiplied instances
OF insolent conduct OF negroes on railroads IN
his State are almost certain 10 result IN the
enactment bv the next Legislature of law
raouiring companies 20 provide separate
coaches for whites and blacks. Governor
Mckinney in a recent interview s1id that ne
would recommend 10 the Legislature THIS
winter the passage of such law.
We do not know n law that would be moro
popular among the better classes of people III
this section than the one referred TO above.
he local trains Of the Chesapeake and ONO;
especially in the vicinity OF mines ana
furnaces are daily crowded with rough ana
drunken negroes generally good natured, but
occasionally quaTelsome and always Disagree
able. They push into the ladies' car. displaying
tirst-class tickets and amuse themselves by
singing low songs indulgng ID rough
language and drinking. The trainmen
arc powerless against such numbers and
should they interfere might preclpltate row
that would endanger the lives or other pas
sengers Shooting scTapes are frequent, one
negro having Just completed sentence tor
shooting on a train and another having been
sentenced last week. Any law that would
place this lawless element to itself and allow
It's members 20 waste their bullets on their
own color would be greatly welcomed among
u
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
REV. GEOBGE =. BOOKER.
His Degree of Doctor of Divinity Sketch Of
His Career.

Editor TIMES.
have read in ono Of the daily papers that
the Rev. John f. Booker, of tho Virginia
Conference. had been honored by having
conferred on him the title of Doctor of Di-
yinity This is d mistake. IL was the Rev.
George l.. Booker. aud as his personal friend,
beg leave to ask you through your paper %
correct this mistake. This very high honor
was conferred unon him by the Ruth rf1rd
College Of North Carolina which stands in
the front rank Of the many colleges of the
South.
The Rev George r. Booker was born in
Buckingham county, Va. and early IN life he.
with his parents. removed 20 Cumberland
county where he remained until be- entered
Randolph College. from which he
graduated in i~55. He taught school in Cum
berand and at the Southside Academy. arm
vile. until 1853 when he connected himself
with the Virginia Conference ia 1861 his
State withdrew from the Federal Union At
the call Of his country be headed o company.
joine the Fifty-e -hth Virginia volunteers.
and was soon promoted as major # MS re-i-
ment. The war over he resumed has place IN
the Conference and ia stil at his post or duty.
working IN ais Masters vineyard.
Richmond june ~ 1891. j. 8Ic. G.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

The census of Virginia shows some Of the
most remarkable Increases Of the decade.
Norfolk advanced from - 956 IN 1880 20 "a. 81
IN 1890 but this is only part Of the growth
that took place in that neishborhood. for
Portsmouth added nearly 1900 u its popula-
ton. and Newport News. with 4.489, and
Berkley. with 1890, are places that
gives a net increase in that section.
not counting the country around. Of over
2}O0O-or more than all If Norfolks popula
ton in 1850. In the ten years West Point
grew from 557 T. 2OlS Roanoke from $50 70
I6.l59 q notable advance Charlottesville
more than doubled its population SaIem's in
crease was over ninety per cent; Luray jump
Ell from $50 10 2.Sog, and the general town
growth of the State was the largest in It's his
tory. Virginia will become a State OF great
wealth in the course Of time and develop
ment
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
Guatemaian Annexation.
Atlanta journal

The report that the people of Guatemala
desire annexation % th. uited States does
uot appeag 10 receive any favor .n tai, couu-
Try Our Government would make IL great
innovation upon its traditional and prudent
policy n 10 should seek tlc political anueTs-
ton of distant countries. OH encourage the de-
sire of tne.r people for annexation. our
limits have been largely extended by the
acquisition 81 contiguous territory. which Gid
not destroy the c0upaetnes o. the republic 0r
tho homogeneitv ol IT'S people. But 10 an
mex country separated 10y thOu--
anIs of miles of wafer and whose people
speak a different language aud have different
customs anl different ideas IF government
and society would be dangerous step We
have already territory large enough. and
rich enough Ia varied resources O. satisfy the
ambition OF any people. liz strength consists
ia It's c0mpactue-s of territory and the ac-
cordanco If the great body Of It's people IA
their efforts 10 preserve the admirable system
of government under which TINS country has
grown $40 great. An element If discussion
and weakness would he the incorporation az
distant people with different teachings and
asDIrt-LOL-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
ALCOHOL md TOBACCO.
Distinguished Frenchmen Differ on the
Effects of These stImulants.

by Gable TO The Timesl
LONDON June 27.-An interesting canvass
Of distinguished Frenchmen has been made
on Tolstors denunciation Of alcohol and to-
bacco as agents destructive Of moral con
science.
NJ Gounod the distinguished composer.
thinks they produce sluggishness and affect
the Will. but not the conscience, which is a
Divine decree
81 Ricepn condones the use Of stmulants
which, producing dream Of forgetfulness.
result IN renewed strength. He has however.
abandoned the use OK tobacco
The novelist. NJ. /ola says he does not
drink wines for tie reason that they 30 not
a2roe with him. He considers the use Of
stmulants as "a mere matter of bomhome
The distinguished physician. jean Martin
Charcot. thinks Tolstoi's tenets are exagge-
rated .and false stimulants e says, are inIuri-
Gus. but may be used in moderation
NJ Daudet said he found that smoking as
sisted and that intoxicants prevented work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
sherman's Thrift.


In the matter Of Senator John Sherman and
Ohio il may be remarked that while Ohio has
not done particularly well by Alr Sherman.
that distinguished statesman has done very
we'll by himself From an humble but am
bitous citizen worth a lew years ago say.
$4,000. be has by close attention 70 business
and craftsmanship. lifted himself up 20 o COM
mer.ial rating of rSOO0.OOO at least. He
would have been worth even more than that
had ho not made such n reckless drain upon
his pocket ia 1850 i'm fayOr.ne the entire South
with his iirhogranhei portrait in tie interest
Of hi, presidential boom. But 10 man ike
Senator sherman . fortune OF 5000 900 isnt
the presidency This is the point OHIO
should have considered long ago, but did not.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
John Randolph Tucker.

Haryard's honorary degree could hardly
have fallen upon one more wOrihythan is John
Randolph Tucker. Nr. Tucker was one of the
scholarly and thoughtful men Of virginia in
the days following the war. He was among
The earliest members Of Congress 10 give his
attention 10 the tariff question aud he dis
cussed IL several years ago with q thorough
ness OF argument that has not since been sur
passed in any quarter. John Randolph
Tucker and Abram s. Hewitt were IN their
day the two men of their party n the popular
branch of Congress who best of all treated
public questions from political science
standpoint II Is pity that either of them
left that body.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

r harIestOn MONS anu tOufIcT.I
10 is noted that the native Africans have
offered successful resistance this year 10 sey-
era large and well organized expeditions
which have been equipped and sent out by
European governments TO occupy their terri
tory and subjugaCe them. The story OF tho
torture and slaughter OF some of the men
who composed tho invading forces is harrow
ing enough, and the deepest sympathy
must be felt by every one for these
hapless victims Of the cupidity of their
own governments. There is room for
sympathy also, however. for the unfortunate
natives whom they were sent TO subdue TO an
alien yoke and who were slain by thousands
in pursuance OF the unrigbtsous sndeayor. No
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28


Daring the last few years several ladies
from the Virginia counties bordering on the
Potomac aud Bappahannock rivers, whose
fortunes were destroyed hy the war though
their love of society and excitement was
not. have LETT their country homes. where at
least their reduced circumstances were con-
cealed from strangers. and gone 10 Wash
ington where they have opened boarding
houses In almost every case their venture
has been unsuccessful They are not suitedto
the business and. after parading their pow
erty would gladly come LacA 10 their old
country homes If they had the means % do
So Conteutmeut is what woman as well as
man should pray for. and all should learn the
wisdom III the following lines
when wearness OF hfe my spirit fills,
When deep disgust cOnsuue- Ine VIII my lot,
I draw some store oi comfort from the Ills
haven't gOt.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

IMMIGRATION 10 this country for eleven
months of the current fiscal year is largely in
excess OF that Of the corresponding months
of last year. and the increase is largely com
posed Of non-assimilatiye elements-Italians.
Poles Huns and other oa-scourings Of East
ern Europe. A contemporary thinks it i'm
peratiye that Congress should be called upon
10 deal sharply with this rising tide Of inya-
sion 10y an alien and seryile horde of Euro
pean mercenaries And yet many thrifty and
industrious mechanics are shut out by the
contract labor law.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

What did tho oatmeal manufacturers want
of duty Of even cent pound when they
could export aud sell in competition with. all
corners over ten times as much oatmeal ~
was imported And why did they want tie
duty doubled2 Simply to enable them TO
form q combination and exact higher prices
from their couutrymen than they could get
from foreigners in free competition and TINS
is Just what they have done About n month
ago they organized q trust, and now they viii
show us what the Mckinley double duty was
for. VIII the farmers get any good OF iu Not
nj all. They arc not in the trust. They must
take the competitive prices for their oats
while the manufacturers will tako trust prices
for meal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

IHE Richmond Mercantile and Mannfac-
tuning Journal for June has been received.
captain Richard Z. Frayser, It's editor, has
been quite III for several weeks past, but
nevertheless he has pulled himself together
suiheien'iy 10 get out his paper in its usual
attractive dress, 10 give US FIRST rate article
On 'ne uptown HOTEL and prepare an issue
iui OF interest TO our business men and
manuiae'urers 1t contains great deal of
very valuable information.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

European nation has shadow Of right TO
foot OF African soil. The continent belong TO
the black man. and when he fights in defense
of his home and for his freedom from foreign
domination he fights in as just cause a.
man ever shed his blood for. He deserves to
win and no would win If his American brother
would 90 TO his help before IL is too late
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

TEy Tr,rsf. always tor sale at the following
Richmond news stands;
E1cuANoE HoTEI. franklin and Fourteenth stS'
PoRp's HorEL. Broad and Eleventh streets
AMERICAN HorXL, Main and Twelfth streets
JosEPH RsorLBUno. sis east Broad street
l. q. MYER. 100 east Broad street corner flrSN
c. NJ. TALNAS. s25 east Broad street.
W. II. ANDERSON. DIP east Broad street
=. Jackson JANIS. 7Os west Broad street
JoeXPn B. DAVIS. 1909 east Main street
W. H. CowARDiN, 1907 east Main street
n LEONARD. sOs east Main street.
UNION News COMPANY. railway deDots
SOUTHERN NEWS COMPANY. railway depotS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

THE CIRCULATION OF THE TIMES is
LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE IN IT'S
HISTORY, AND STEADILY INCkkAs-
ING.
Readers Of THE TINES going out OF town
for the summer can have THE TIMES mailed
90 them for fifty cents per month, postage
rec.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
Books Received.

MASTER AND Man. by 0. 0. b. Strayer. J..
S. Ogilvie, New York.
THE THREE Miss KINGS by Ada Cambridge.
d. Appleton 4 Co.. New York.
IhE EVOLUTION OF CHEMISTRY AND OF ELEc-
TRIO AND MAGNETIc PHYsics-Series Nos. 5
and 6. ID. Appleton 4 Co. New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28
TnE New Hayen tradesman who soucht %

TIE New Haven tradesman who sought to
secure the debt which was due him by Yale
student by attaching his diploma Just before
IT was 10 be delivered showed himself to be
man who had a shrewd insight into human
10 the students trunk or his books he might
have gone of without paying his bill. but as
1t was his diploma, the one thing which about
that time ho considered the most valuable
property in the world. lie no doubt settled his
debt on the spot. contented TO lose his money
II ne thereby gained his sheepskin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-28

CONCERNING the recent Cabinet conference
10 devise ways and means for getting little
more money into the Treasury, which was
made bankrupt by the late bilion-dollar Con-
gress, the Philadelphia Times says "A solemn
Cabinet council has succeeded IN evolving a
plan to replenish the United States Treasury.
There are some silver bars on hand made
from old trade dollars, and these are to be
coined into standard dollars. The half dollars
in the Treasury are also to be coined into ten
cent pieces. which will be available in making
small change. With this magnificent addition
10 his resources Mr.. Foster hopes 10 continue
payments for a few days longer, and mean
while he VIII think of some other way Of
vaising the wind"