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boys" but wholesome entertainment
and practical information will be dis
pensed.
To give so large party proper atten-
ton here, run the side excursion to Fol-
som and Orangevale, provide transporta-
ton about the city, have a creditable re-
ception in the Capitol, and fairly improve
the opportunity before US. is going to cost
about $1,000, every cent of which will be
spent in the city, and as directly for pub
lie benefit as it would be possible to ex-
pend any sum. 1t is going to require
also many helpers, men and women of
energy and good will, who believe in Cal
ifornia, and especially in the city and
county of their homes.
To these ends committees of RESPONSE
bic citizens are about to address them
selves, and to all for the necessary finan-
cial means. a very little reflection, it is
believed, will convince every citizen de-
string common prosperity, rapid State
upbuilding, and trade and industrial de-
velopment, that here is the best opportu-
nifty which has ever offered to impress
upon the East the importance of this
State, and to command for it the social
business and Federal attention, of which
it is worthy, and to draw to it that which
it most needs-Eastern vitality, thrift,
capital and energetic people.
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STANDING COMMITTEES
How Those of the Federated Trade
Are Now Composed.

How Those of the Federated Trades
Are Now Composed.
There have been several changes OF
late in the personnel of the standing
committees of the Council of Federated
Trades. The committees, as at present
constituted are:
Executive Committee - John Hantz-
man, Otto Bell, 6. A. Pleasance, j. l..
Campbell, w. IL. Marshall, Charles Joy,
j. c. Moore, George E. Harder, j. w.
Berriesford.
Organizing Committee-Ott Bell, Rob
ert Hunt, J. l.. Campbell, J. j.. Robi-
nette, NJ. NJ. Glenn.
Arbitration Committee. G. Cox, C.
Z. Hughes, w. Smith, ii. p. Casey, J. A.
Sheehan.
Legislative Committee-John a. Sheo-
han, Richard Caverly, J. D. Jost, Otto
Bell, William Smith.
Finance Committee-Otto Bell, NJ NJ.
Glenn, j. II. Cooley.
Committee on Labor Statistics-J. L.
Robinette, H. Carroll, w. e. Plat, j. d.
Jost Il. Christensen
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Berlin Conrh Cure

For coughs and colds and all lung and
throat affections this article has superior
merit. 1t is perfectly harmless, gives
immediate relief and cures the worst
cases in from two to three days. In
bottle and you will always keep it. Price,
so cents bottle.
c. c. Liniment, the best remedy for
aches and pains.
Compound Sulphur Powder, the most
perfect laxative and cathartic known
Gives instant relief in cases of constipa-
ton, indigestion, piles, biliousness, liver
troubles, rheumatism, gravel, etc., ETC.
A great blood purifier and pleasant TO the
taste. The w. III. Bone Company, San
Francisco, sole proprietors. Kirk, Geary
& Co., Sacramento, sole agents.
LADIES French kid button shoes at So SO &
pair, worth So. at 615 street, between Sixth
and Seventh. Boston Shoe Company.
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MARRIAGE A FAILURE.
a Woman Arrested for Hunting II
Husband with Gun.

a Woman Arrested for Hunting Her
Husband with Gun.
Yesterday afternoon a woman who
seemed to be laboring under excitement
was seen to walk back and forth in front
of the meat market on Third street, near
X, occasionally going to the entrance and
peering inside. After she had done this a
number of times a policeman came along
and arrested her.
1t appears that the woman is the wife of
an employe of the market, named Bitch
Ter, and that the object of her solicitude
was her husband, with whom she has not
been living for some time. She had made
some sort of demonstration earlier in the
day, on which occasion J. Y. klotz. the
proprietor, took pistol from her.
The charge lodged against her is that of
disturbing the peace.
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There VIII Be Primaries.

Chairman Stump, of the Republican
State Central Committee, has notified the
Chairman of the Sacramento County
Committee that the call for the State Con-
vention cannot be so modified as to per-
nit this county to dispense with a pri-
mary election.
In other words, the Sacramento County
Committee will not be permitted to name
the delegates to the State Convention.
This action will undoubtedly meet with
the sanction OF the rank and file of the
party here.
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Concerning Public Lands.

On Saturday next Attorney General
Hart viii leave for Washington, where
he will argue before the Interior De-
partment the right of the State to in
demnity lieu lands in place of the six
teenth and thirty sixth sections of swamp
lands and in lieu of school lands in Indian
reservations.
He will also ask for the reservation of
100 townships south of the American
River, to preserve timber and prevent
the drying up of streams which flow into
the San Joaquin Valley.
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IN THE SUPERIOR CorTPT gram oF
California. County of Sacrs 1,,ento . In the
y = aver aver OF the estate of LAWRENCE BEN
FRIDAY i AYee ts ii Notice is hereby given that
10 O'Clock a. N. of said day. and the court
t 70 9 o. SAD Court, Department No. Two at
SouaS ~ IN the City OF Sacramento
MIA, have been appointed as the time and
RR iacS lor proving the Will of said Lawrence
l.+il y, qece;tsed and for hearing the appi-
eti2il ol lawrence G. Bennett for the issuance
70 w MN OF letters testamentary thereon.
tb5 4s s5 my hand and the seal of said Court
ttlls, @otn day OF March 1882.
S5EALl w. w. RHODES, Clerk
~ II. a. ROBINSON, Deputy Clerk.
hoBT. I. DEvLIN and WV. II. DEvLrN. Az.
tofress Tor Petitioner. mG8siite
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Dr.. Liebig 6 Co., the celebrated San Fran
cisco SPECIALISTS for all complicated, wasting
aud destroying diseases, are now making theiT
sixty-fourth quarterly visit to Sacramento
Offices at 100715 Fourth street, old st, George
Building, until Friday P. N.
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II Is Not What we Say

But what Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that
makes it sell, and has given itsuch firm
and lasting hold upon the confidence of
the people.
For dinner pill and general family
cathartie we confidently recommend
Hoods Pills
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Fleet yesterday, to be be declared sub
iect of Uncle Sam. Corfitz Nelson and
Henry Hendertmark testified as to Han
sens qualifications, and he was admitted
to citizenship.
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CLOSING OF THE RED HOUSE.


We wish to call attention large variety
heavy medium and light weights All
ade Working Pants closing aud S5c goods down
81 IS and 81 Heavy Satn Pants down Dark
Worsted Pants closing line of Fine Fancystrped
Pants at ST. line of Handsome Sikmxed closing A.
Another line of Dark Slkmxed S. Pants light weight
closing s. Five patterns in Fine Heavy
Pants great value at So all lot of Youths Fine Black
Dokn s. Pants waist measures IS length These goods
are very slightly damaged percepb Closing
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"cheap as Dirt.n

One man with 81 900, or two men with
$500 each. can buy $40 acres, wire fenced.
Two houses and barns. Address Ranch
err Placerville. Cal.
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MEMS French calf shoes at So so a pair,
worth So, al 615 j street, between Sixth and
Seventh. Bosom Shoe Company.
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WRITE to Cooper for everything in the
musical line. 63I j street.
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Special Lines Of Hats.

Lot Gents S. Silk Dress Hats different small
o. o. These be riding Closing
price, so.
We will give you the biggest kind of bargains all Soft and Stiff
Hats So Dress Stiff Hats for rs s. IS; 81
FINE Black Soft Fur Hats for So and Fine Stylish Soft Hat seal
broWn for 81 so and s. We to-day of Mems Soft
Cruher and Cashmere Hats All ordered anu
airy for trade These goods
50 Crush for ST. 81 Crushe for Cowboys
Wide-rm Hats for So The whole line goes
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A Chance for Big Men.

One lot of Fine Black and Very Dark Blue straight
cut rock Coats extra fine goods sold for @
While speaking big have Exta-size
Cashmere Wool Pants waist
at s. 49,
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist wEo
may not have it on hand viii pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes TO try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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Another New Citizen.
Hans Hansen. native of Denmark,
s3ia.le ap1ii a,ion to Superior Judge Van
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IF YOU HAVE NO LUCK
ENC0URLGE YOUR HOME MANUFACTURES

" nen 1t costs you nothing to do eo rr,,,,.I,
H. 49, bL0UR s sucent guarantee OF %J it,
Manufactured BY G. Mei as any other 1lrstclass
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
Length of Amin ais, Lives.

A butterfly lives only a few weeks, a
crow may live more than a century, and
swans are said 20 live sometimes over 800
years. An eminent naturalist tells OF q
falcon that was 1862 years old, white
headed vulture caught in l706 died in 1926
in the aviary Of the palace Of Schonbrunn,
near Vienna, where it had been in captiY-
ity for rs years
Again, parrots and ravens think nothing
of tuInblng about the world for hundred
years and more. and some of the sea birds
and water fowl outive several generations
of human beings. To come down TO some
Of the birds with which we are all well ac-
painted, the ordinary cock-unless he has
his head cut of by cook or her cOnfed-
erates-may live from twenty 10 twenty
five years, and pigeon, save when 1t van
ishes into a pie dish, lives for about ten
years A nightingale in captivity may
live ten years and thrush fifteen, but
when they are free they live much longer.
OF quadrupeds, the elephant lives longer
than any of his friends and brethren; he
NAV reach the age of 400 years, and you
will think he looks as if he was made to
last a good while. A camel is old at forty
a horse or q bull at twenty-five, lion and
a bear at twenty As for the whale, it
disports itself in the sea for some 3OOyears,
and no tortoise is considered TO have al
tanned ripe old age before 1t is at least
ninety years old.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
s Story About the PansY.

A pretty fable about the pansy is current
among French and German children. The
flower has five petals and five sepals. In
most pansies especially Of the earlier and
less highly developed varieties, two of the
petals are plain in color and three are gay.
The two plain petals have single sepal,
two Of gay petals have a sepal each, and
the third, which is the largest of all, has
two sepals. The fable is that the pansy
represents a family, consisting of husband,
wife and four daughters, two Of the latter
being stepchildren Of the wife The plain
petals ara the stepchildren, with only one
chair; the two small gay petals are the
daughters with a chair each, and the large
gay petal is the wife, with two chairs. To
find the father one must strip away the
petals until the stamens and pistils are
bare. They have a fanciful resemblance
to an old man with a flannel wrap about
his neck, his shoulders appraised and his
feet in d bathtub. The story Is probably
of French origin, because the French call
the pansy the stepmother.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
TRAINS NORrHWARD.
STOPPING PLACES.

Nos. "A. SO and 81 make no stops. Nos. %, "a
and ~ stop Oh signal at Manchester. Drewrys,
Centralia and Chester. No. q stops on signal at
Manchester only for passengers purchasing
tickets to regular stopping places Tor TINS tram
south Of Petersburg. Nos. p. 80. n q ~ 40 a.
a. a. A and A. will stop on signal at all stations;
Pullman Palace Buffet sleeping cars Oh all
through trains. On trains Nos. 81 and IL sleep
iug-cars between Richmond and Lynchburg,
NEW LINE TO ATLANTA, GA.
IeavinQ Richmond 9:B A. 81. daily; arriving
Walden ia:2O F. NJ and at Atlanta A. NJ via 4.
A. l. Through sleepers Richmond 70 Weldon
and Weldon 10 Atlanta, 49,. ,,,...
THE ONLY AL-kAlL LINE 70 NORFOLK.
piobmd hafys Zoo A. NJ Yorfolk. A.AixE IS A. ~
Richmond. '5:45 p. d. Norfolk. 900 Z. u.
Norfolk-... $50 A. NJ Richmond 10 30 A. u.
Norfolk q 90 z. NJ. Richmond. s:3s ?. NJ:
The trains leaving Richmond at 100 A. NJ. and
Norfolk a. AGO p. NJ. are solid trains between
these two points. and passengers go through
without change OF cara Close connections are
Also made at Petersburg by the :45 Z. N. and
e.5S p NJ trains from Richmond for Norfolk.
Trains leaving Richmond at 900 A. D., Il 20
P. M. and II 40 2. n, snd arriving at Richmond
st7:44 A. NJ. 2:l5 P. NJ. and 745 p. d.. make
close connection at Petersburg TO and from
Farmvtlle. Lynchburg and Mest;
Superintendent.
y. I. d. MYERS,
General Superintendent.
T. Il. EnKRsoS. Traffic Manager.
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EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL.
RICHMOND COLLEGE,
RICHMOND. VA.

The next session begins September 22d and
continues nine months,
Expenses per session OF resident student,
embracing entrance fees. tuition. board, fuel,
lights and Washing. about s205. OF non-resi-
dent student about $3.50 Tuition IN Law
School. IL both classes be taken, s7O; If only
one. csc.
The scheme OF instruction embraces The
eight independent Schools OF Latin. Greek,
Modern Languages. English. Mathematics,
h. .cs. Chemistry. and Philosophy. and the
Professional School Of Law. Provision il also
made for systematic instruction in the Art of
EXPRESSION.
he courses Of instruction in the Academic
Schools lead 10 the Degrees Of Bachelor of
Science, Bachelor Of Arts. and Master OF Arts:
in the Law School, to the Degree Of Bachelor
of Law.
The location OF the College, in the city OF
Richmond, gives 1t unsurpassed advantages
in healthfulness and in opportunities of i'm
provement in addition to those afforded by
the College itself.
For Catalogues apply at the bookstores Of
the city, or address
II. PUR YEAR.,
Chairman orthe Faculty.
i'm
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
STEAM SHIPS.


VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT CohPAsYS
' JAMES RIVER LINE for the seashore
Cheapest aud most pleasant route to Norfolk.
mont and James River landings. Connecticut:
AZ NEWPORT NEWS 90 ION and NOR
Folk for Hampton and Smithheld Va. Wash
ipgton, ID. c.. Baltimore, Philadslphia and New
york James liver by daylight. Great tOarss
line Jamestown, J'uIch Gap and war scenery.
Rates less than half charged by rail. Fare 10
portsmouth and Norfolk, 81 80; s2.hO round trip;
al second-class. / caves Richmond everv MON
DAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT A NJ
(STREET-CARS GO DIRECTLY 10 STEAM
FK'S WHARFlfor above named places. Ihrough
tickets on sale on steamer and At darbers
Agency, No. 9Ol Main street, Baggage CHECKED
through state rooms engaged tor day or night
freight: Freight received daily Tor above
named places and Eastern, Nortn Caroline;
also for Eastern Shore OF Virginia and ~
regular landings on the James rive At LOW
EST RATES, and through bills lssued
IUCIEA b. TATUM Vice President.
No. III Main street and Rooketta-
IRWIN WETsIoER Freight and Passenger A0enI
DHIIADELPHIA, RICHMOND AND NOR
i FOLK STEAMSH COMPANY.
Appointed railing days every IUESDhf ana
FRIDAY at u NJ. and every SUNDAY at D A IL
Freigh for Tuesdays and Fridays steamers re-
ceiyed till 30 A. NJ. For Sundays steamer
till p. NJ Saturday freight received daily tlu
Fare to Philadelphia. .eaS
For further information apply toop,cv
J. w. NCCARblCh.
General Southern Agent.
ONCE RocsettG
w. L. CLYDE co.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
An fyom the BANANA.

Mr.. Gels has shown that the ripe banana,
mt M in tin cans with condensed milk,
makes an almost ideally perfect food that
will keep as well as any other canned prod
net. that meal can be manufactured eco
nonically by simple processes from the
raw or unrIpe fruit in such way as to
Teen as well as wheat -four; that sausage
can be made of the partially ripe fruit
which. when thoroughly dried, will keep
In any climate, and, moreover, he has dem
o,strated that the meal, being pure
starch. can be utilized not only in the
making of bread, but in the brewing OF
beer In a way TO make and save fortunes
New York World.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04

A strapping young fellow appeared be
fore the committee of inspection.
"You claim exemption from military
service" inquired the presiding officer.
ayes, sir"
son what groundsf"
81 am subject to a most serious Attic
ton"
"Step into the next room"
"But, sir'--
"Step into the next roomw
"Why, it isn't"--
"Step into the next room!"
Our man entered the adjoining apart
ment, where he was made to undress from
head to foot, after which he presented HIM
self again before the committee, this time
sans coat, sans vest, sans everything"
Ohicer-Will you now tell us what is
your infrmityS
Recruit am Observation-Disclosures
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
UAII uOAD-
N = 4 !: w Ha1fak'Vssts1n

SCHEDULE IN EFFECr JULY II. 1892
tEAAyyEs ry RI 81 Is .T1os pAlLh
hIasD51s aad SS SSrfoE through
express Arriye Norfolk IL a. A "a
Stops only at Petersburg "a'ef"
300 A. NJ. For Lynchburg, Roanoke sao lll sa,,
mediate stations No copnecsion
beyond Roanoke except for WIN
ston- Salem division. p-,.,
~ 40 p. n, For Roanoke. Radford. fuiassli
Bristol and all points South ano
West via the Last tennessee, w
ginia and Georgia railroad; Tax,
Tor car Petersburg TO Roanoke, sno
Pullman sleeper hoanoke ~ hen-
phis via Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga. -,
ass P. NJ. Daily for Suffolk Norfolk and in
termedlste stations, arrives Of Nor
So, P. NJ. Arrives Arr : a. Norfolk At s:@PM
Iiao P. H.. For Roanoke, Rsdford. PULASKI
Bristol. Also for Bluensid; Poca-
hontas. Elkhorl and stations on
ylinch Valley Division. Also ior
Louisyille and stations on l.. ~ \.
4 H. via Norton: also for ROCKY
Mount and all stations on winston
saem division Pullman palace
sleeper between, Richmond ana
Lynchburg. Berths ready for occu-
paney at 900 2. NJ Also Pullman
sleeper Petersburg to Loulsvills
Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and
the West daily at IA A., d.. 2i5 ?. N. and Z 40
AIS T. N. and 6:33 p. NJ
Washington and { hattanooga Limited" q
train OF Pullman coaches and sleeping oars,
runs daily via Shenandoah Valley route, stop
ping only at Laray Shenandoah, Basic. Roa-
noke and Radford.
r. ". COURTNEY.
Passenger Agent
". u. BEVILL-
General Passenger Agent.
General once Roanoke. va
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
Hard to Work.

''You have been promising me steady
employment; have bee9 coming here five
or six times day and you haven't found
the that employment yet. want the two
dollars back / gave YOU" said an angry
man to the superintendent of New York
intelligence Office.
How far do you live from here"
"It's two miles if it's an inch"
"If you come that distance five or six
times a day, don't you think you have got
as much steady employment as you need,
eh?''-Texas Siftings.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
PARROTS.
Interesting Facts About These Peculiar
and Entertaining Birds.

The artist has drawn beautiful group
Of parrots upon the branches of n tree. but
think every reader will understand that
you could only see such group In an
aviary or birdhouse Those shown in the
picture are all different, and are rot to be
found in the same country. We have sew
eral birds that are climbers, as the wood
peckers, and If you look at the feet of any
of these birds you will see that two of the
four toes are turned to the front and two
toward the back This gives them great
power for grasping anything.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04

RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND PO-
III T0MAO RAILR0AD.-Scheduls commeno-
ing APRIL y. l'i.. astsrn standard time.
s;0i A. IL. leaves Byrd-strest station daily;
stops only at Ashland. boswell,
Milford, Fredericksburg, Brooke
and Whitewater. Sleeper Washing.
zen and. New. York Arrives :.
more. !: P. NJ; PhiladeIphis' s:ts
2. NJ; Now York. 0 2. NJ
80 Il NJ, leaves Byrd-strest station daily or
cept Sunday Buffet Parlor Car
Richmond TO New York. Arrives
at Washington at A:lq I. NJ; Balti-
?. NJ: New York. 10 :s5 2. NJ
ToS r. NJ. leaves Byrd-street station daily.
sleeping car Richmond to New
YORK stops only at Ashland. Dos
Brooke and Whitewater. Stops al
other stations on Sundays, Arrives
at Washington a. II z. NJ; Balti-
more. 1883 A. ~. Philadelphia. s:t5
-. a. NJ; New York. $50 A N.
$50 A. n, arrives at Byrd-street station daily.
Sleeper from New York. stops only
st Widewatsr, Brooke. ,Fredericks-
land; Stops at other stations on
sundays; Leaves Washington at
asssP NJ. strives at Byrd-street station daily
Stops at Fredericksburg, Milforl.
10 well and Ashland. Sleeper
from New forx to Washington and
Ma M x on 10 Richmond. does
mot mot st. stop S. st E Y Il Leaves Washing
s2s r. NJ, arrives at Byrd-street station daily
except Sunday Buffet Parlor Car
New York to Richmond Leaves
Washington at :07 z. ~
FREDERICKSBURG ACCOMMODATION
DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAL
COOP II, leaves .Byra-street station; arrives
at Fredsricksburg at $3.50 2. NJ
$40 A. n, arrives at Bvrd-street station;
loayes fredericksburg at 90 A. n
ASHLAND TRAINa
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
s@s A. N. leaves Eliza; arrives ST. Ashland =,
7:33 A. NJ
6a2 p. NJ leaves Elbs; arrivssAt Ashland al
6:i p N.
Gas A. ~. arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland Al
Cos A. NJ
COS p. 81. arrives st Elba; leaves Ashlsnd,s
5:IsP II.
c. A. TAYLOR, Trafio Manager.
IT. d. MYKRs. General Superintendent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
A mighty Blast.

The miQhtiest Of guDpowder blasts in
Connection with railway works, II not the
greatest blast exploded, was that by which
6ir William Cubitt blew away with one
charge OF 1900 pounds of gunpowder the
entire mass Of the Round Down cliff,
which rose 10 the height Of $50 feet above
the level Of the sea, within a few miles cf
Dover. The dislodged stuff covered a
space Of more chan fifteen scresS--fSt.-Lotsis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
"I Acknowledge the Corn. -

The phrase, 81 acknowledge the corn"
saws the Detroit Free Press. originated
with a slave in the south. He was charged
with stealing corn found in his possession.
Having a sack with him, he was also
charged with stealing that. His reply
was: NO sab. l knowledge de corn, but
l amt gwine TO knowledge to de sack"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04

Give a parrot plum, a nut or small
apple and you may see him take hold Of it
with his claws and 50 convey it to his
mouth. Their beaks are very strong, and
50 formed that the short lower jaw fits into
the upper, and the action of the two is
something like that of pair of scissors.
This beGk serves them as a third foot in
climbing, and with it they are able to crack
nuts Unlike the beaks Of most birds, the
upper half Of this organ is jointed TO the
skull, and is therefore movable. In place
Of the thin tongue so general in birds, the
parrots possess one that is thick and fleshy,
and which enables them TO suck and taste
1t is probable that this kind Of tongue also
helps them in their wonderful limitations
of the human voice. The colors of their
feathers though so varied are always
brilliant and clear, and range through
every tint, from pure white TO black. In
proportion to the size and weight of their
bodies the wings are not well adapted for
flight