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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

being tested, other men In various parts
OF the country are trying their birds,
and those found to be the swiftest OF
wing VIII on the day OF the race, be
ptted against one another.
Tic average speed of a carrier pigeon
can he fairly approximated for the beue-
III of the unnltiated by the tests from
the bridge to Flatbush. This distance Is
n trine more than five miles and the
time consumed in the flight varies from
five TO seven minutes. II a bird takes
more than the maximum time II Is ruled
out as being too slow. occasionally y
bird is found that will wing the distance
I'm few seconds, or fractions OF second,
less than the minimum time, in which
case il is declared a record breaker
sort Of feathered Nancy Hanks. and as
soon as it's record becomes known among
the racing fraternity its owner finds dim
Guilty In making matches, except I'm flying
his bird against time.
Il might be thought By the uninitatsd
that race, or flight as IL IS termed, OF
this kind. conld not be otherwise than
honest that such a thing as pulling
favOrite would be ont OF the question,
but in this they would be- mistaken.
The professional flyer is as full Of guile
as the average Jockey. and understands
a thousand tricks by which BIRDS
flight may be retarded To the extent OF
a few seconds. or sufficient 10 throw
down the heavy betters. Il Is said that
an infinitcsmal bit Of cobhler's wax stuck
upon the undeTside Of the pigeon wing
will slightly impede it's fight but not
sufficiently 10 create or excite suspicion.
\ less ingenious and more hazardous
method Is to pluck a wing feather, bur
this trick would be resorte1 to only by
a more reckless flyer and under the
most desperate circumstances.
In the training Of young birds the
greatest skill and caution must b" oNer-
cised First Of all. a bird must be I'm
prime condition. before Il IS subjected To
a flight Of any distance. Its fitness Is
shown by several signs familiar @ th.
EXPERT 4 bird I'm good form l. indicated
by the smooth lay Of the feathers ami
erect pose Of the head, a brightness or
and absence Of film i'm the eyes, ana,
above all, quick. nervous action, ana
constant movement OF the head. \ thoI
oughly sound and ambitious bird VIII
usually have clean feet. The next Inn
pnrtanf point is to avoid overworkiug a
bird once a bird becomes fdtgued n
grows discouraged, and viii make no
further effort at flight than 30 reach the
nearest perch. ana what might. with
proper training, have been developed into
A high-cIaSs flyer, may thus no pcrIua-
ncntly spoiled by an oyer-ZealouS anu
reckless trainer
Pigeons are never trained 10 carry let
tors or packages unless specially ordered;
and such orders are rare. ~ prln'lpai
use 10 which purchasers devote 'h" nirdS
IS racing. or flying FOR sport and SO
popular has this new sport become, mat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
james !. Bailey. 81, owner.

After several months Of negotiations he.
tween the heirs and executors os the as.
tate Of tho late h. r. Barugm and Mr.
j. A. Bailey an arrangement has lbs,
been effected By which the latter b..
comes the absolute owner OF an the .u-
terests embraced I'm the Greatest shoe
on Earth with its titles. trade marks
OUTFIT Of railroad cars. shops. buIIirs.
and other property Mr.. Bailey ls now
the owner OF the two largest shows .g
the world. having possessed himself
of the Adam FOrepaugh show upon me
death ~ It's former owner. The necessary
papers have been signed az Bridgeport
Conn. IN the presence Of m. heirs. oy,rn-
tors, and legal representatives of tho
Barnuu estate. By the terms Of sale
Me Railey takeS immediate possession
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
,,,,r r,mrs-Rnamovn VA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 81 1884:

quiesced in. may encourage further I'M
positions Of like character so az eVehtuai'
IS TO become oppressive. ..t,al
NO doubt that Is one Of the prlhGlpal
apprehensions. said Mr.. carter Hlt
heard people say that they hai Il" ~, UV
lection to paying the present az 3,'orin .
that IL would be used as an ehteI ,hISS
wedge, and that 1t would be imp',s nl 81
10 limit il; but / cannot see the iotLUe ~ =,
this view. II the tax Is right anu J'S ',,,o
is no argument against Ii that at sou
future time II will be- swelled 10 d" Wv
just and oppressive amount baud no
IF IL is right and just H. siguI ,.iIr,.
Welded 10 unhesitatingiy. AMI oolectlyliiI
TO Injustice aad oppression mo,
for the time and occasion when said
may be attempted. ! have alieauy our.
that the only hold we nave H. CON
fellow-citizens who have dDso,.aH upon
troll Of our fortunes is 20 =, cot INST
them TO do nothing when J. ~" I'm
and right We cannot fairly answer tL'c III
whom they seek to impose on 10 a some
crate tay Inv saving: You mean o. 80 =, =,
time or other TO double IT or VtOostiaod
No inference Of that sort l,a,o.yJsd has
when the actual scheme ~
no element Of injustice III il"
Lannon's MODERATE DEMANDS.
"But do not entertain the ~ NY form
sion that an aCquleSceh'e "a To- rrea Z
~ tayation is likely 10 ieah 70 e.
- va" ,binl, the demands or tnost
u,bo are SUPPOSED 10 represent Ine 81,
,r,esoe Who do not enjoy great ilN1'' :,
10. bi,berto been characterize y.
moderation and placed upon "t i 80
foundations i'm reason. ~ wiz ~, tboir
ILL., that this will continue 20 ne M
Ith',S - they are met. not by he-
.llaI , a., ,t and appeais TO prejudice, put
i',st and fair consideration. Ne"
York World.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

their wheat when there are other sellers
of wheat who are willing 10 take Sky
cents bUshel for theirs.
But, above all, Mr.. Garnett does not
want a silver dollar worth only nifty cents.
So soon az enough OF these are coined
and put ont amongst the people TO make
Il impossible for the Government TO re-
deem all Of them with gold dollars, they
would fall in value 10 their bullion value
Of fifty cents. IL the Government would
not give gold dollars for them no one
else would; consequently. as the cheaP
money always drives of the dear money
gold would wholly disappear. and these
fifty-ccnt dollars would be all the mD"Vy
the people would have. The hrSt e''e,,
OF this would be that all creditors
begin to call for payment OF 'h'"
and we should have another case 20 "
gcneral breakdown In confluence
what we saw q year ago WIN 10 az
tcndant panic and universal rum >''''
We had got through with the general
l,ouldation that would be caused by that
what would be the result? Nothing. eH-
cent that We should thereafter be dong
h,,si,.es on the basis Of a dollar worth
of,v cents Instead Of on one worth one
hunared cents. We would call a horse
y,or,b now So worth then $40. but he
would not exchange for any more COWS
than he VIII now.
Of course, II Mr.. Garnett IS one Of those
pcopIe who believe that the Government
can perform the miracle Of commanding
fifty cents 10 be dollar, and thereby
make It dollar, argument of this sort
is wholly thrown away on him. But II
bis mind is free from that radical ana
pcstifcrcus error, and he viii think on
what We have said here, We believe he
viii conccde after a while that he does
not want great quantity Of silver dol
IHrH worth nnIu nftt rruf. rnch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
HOUSED furnishings.

Imported Og1. Gas Globes. new
tariff price NINE CENTS EACH.
White English China Dinner
Plates, never sold for less than SL25
dozen; now ) cents each.
Full size White English China
open Vegetable Dishes, new price
) cents each.
Handsome Imported Jardiniercs,
all the newest coIorS, raised floral
decorations, 80 inches circumfer.
ence, 70 inches deep, value St
each, for SI64.
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the raising and training OF sporting
pigeons is n lucrative business.


Perhaps too much attention !s boin,
given 10 General Mahone's scheme RI
better election laws. The need Of reform
Is clear enough, and. with a leader p.s-
sessing a reputation for fairness I'm eia..
ton methods. IL may be that a maiortr,
Of the people would place thoms.!.st
effectively on record as favorable t9 ali
necessary changes; but they 90 not ~.
pcct and Do not agree 10 Try 90 gaf.,-
igs from thistIcs The proposed ira8.r-
ship I'm such a matter would. Wn fear
postpone any reform. rather than hasten
IT, Probably the General Is not iV D4r.-
est. He wants only 10 Identify himself.
perhaps prominently, with some political
scheme IN which his associates RUgl
be those whom he has lost rather than
those he has found I'm the last ten wears
ami more. Petersburg ludcX-Appeal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

Rich Cut-GIlsS Toilet Bottles.
old tariff price S2.75; the new $3.50.
Fine Tissue Toilet Paper, value
5 cents package, for ? cents.
lndurated Wood Fibre Basins,
value 20 cents each, for cents.
Handsome Imported Framed PIC
lures, value 81. 20 each, Tor 95c.
Handsome China I'm brella
Stands, gold decorations, under the
old tariff $40 each; under the reviS-
ed S5.9S.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 81 1894.
a MI NENTt.

Richmond Theatre Harriet WcomS IN
Cricket on the Hearth" at the matinee
and "Othcllo" at the evening perform
anCe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

Drlpery Silks in most exquisite
designs, from the usual 69c to a re-
wsel tariff price Of 500.
Plain India Silk. in ali the leading
bright and high colors, from the us
ual 35c to a revised tariff price Of
q cents.
Black Brocade India Silks in neat,
small, newest designs, from the SOC
to the revised tariff price OF SOC.
Sis Black eros Grain Silk for
% cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
MErrI>Gs .Sp hynNrs rnIs DATE

Schiller Lodge. /. o. 0. F.. Schiller Han.
Good-W Council. Junior .. L. A. NJ
buidS' Han.
KichmOnd Castle. x. G.. f.. Eagles Hall.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

The tariff has nothing to do with
these Gloves.
$50 ana s. KID Gloves for 7gc.
We bought out an agency tor the
"Pennot" Real French hid Of most
noted make.
Reindeer, Suede, fye.hook dress,
ed; tour large or small buttons, IN
dressed MoS4utalre.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

| whatever II Il is just, the sOon.i ~ ~ -
| made American the better. bu' a. t,,r t'os
| un-American. On the con. iyi g., pnnn-
have been and are larsely 'nN'e t.ssacbi,-
| getts and 7 sunpoge IN many other states,
| but these forms of taxation nave NJ ~
| been assaiied by those lipii9 -" ~ -, =,
have been urged against ths income 'a ~
| contained in the tariH bhi' 49, aaa $50
they are Objectionable In the one case,
| they are equally Objectionable III the
! other. -, a..
| III II is Jus, and expedient that the
| public expenditure of PenhSy wanna, -"
| York or Massachusetts shOuld be deIIdy
| ed in whole or in part by taxing incomes,
| IL is equally lust and eNpedient that
| the expenditure II the united states
| should be betrayed in the same ihdH.el'
| The objection that II IS class 60 'tu' t
| has no Just foundation. 81 course We
may divide people into Two classes . us
| who enjoy incomes sufficient 10 make
! them the object Of taXduon aI ii ,Hio'sS,gs
| who do not. Md j. ~ Oily ~.
! who have incomes VINO ar ~ tbarn
| this sense Il is class taxation. huI IuSte
! is no objection To il on that ground. we
| might In the same manner dlFlIe People
! into two Cldsgcs-those WHO own PyP
/ erty and those who 30 hul-aul III lIg
same way show that all taxation upon
| property is class taxation. and II "ouId
| be equally true.
THE objection that the tax IS sec
| tiOnai has as little force. IT lS uuI"u ~,
| cdly true that the great incomes are
! found principally IN those great cen
! tres Of population which lie ~ me NpIIu
| and Fast and any scheme or taxing IN
| comes must ssarly impose Il7 pm. II
cipal burdens upon those Tt' ll,,'o. ~
| tax. therefore. IS. IN certain sense, sec
tionaf but IL is only because Wra!lh ~
sectional Tho burden is p.atc1 upon
those parts Of the country uut TINS !.
only because the ability 10 p'd' ~ -
IL. mot DO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
rnIlnl..hl. .M-...nNIr.

New York Sun: Many hearts beat
warmly for Dan K.chDrspetG't g., Of 'hir"-
70. but the forouips, political character
i'm the West At present Is not hoth'f'-
pergcr but the candidate LOT senator
ir, m the TWruty-sINth a'iuucSoit district.
Ills name is Nic Pottgirs"r. lie IS as
true a Republican a. kocher-pcIS'r ana
bo weighs perhaps half "a stone less than
the Hon. Grover Cleveland. The WhoI"
northwest is bound up in PottEleSer. lir
is born statesman. and 70 better Judge
Of Hamburg steak has ever lived IN IN"
dornccuc of the GOphars. Beat me, II
YOU must gentlemen, says IN" non.
Knute Nelson the Republican candidate
for Governor, but hy tho sarks OF the
Bcr-crkcrs. elect fo.tislcscr Nc Iotl-
eiceor is Indispensable. He is man OF
destiny"
New York Herald. Republican orators
are telling WOrkiugmcn thaf their wages
have been or wii be reduced by the VIII
son tariff
II is certain that under this new tariff
(Which gives free wool free lumber, and
scores of other free articles Of consunp-
ton. as well as lower rates on all Hoces-
sarioS Of lifcl 81 VIII soon buy from j.
or on per cent. more 'nan il could have
bought while the Mckinley tariff was
in force After January next, when the
new tariff rates VIII 20 fully into opera
ton. SIS benefits will begin ia appear
clearly. If wages then are not higher
than urdcT IN" Mckinley regime. IT Is
probable their purchasing power VIII be-
greater and labor will DE- more steadily
cmplycd.
New York World: When asked how
she had managed TO secure pledges from
600 voters whose SIGNATURES she mas ON
her list, Mrs. Carr explains that she Just
walks right up to them on tn" street,
regardless Of whether they are ashmcu
cod
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
IK4INING CAEEIER PIGEONS.
Most of them are not Iutended for Racing
and not for CtrryinZ Letters.

and rot for CtrryinZ Letters.
ANY bright sunday morning pedestrians
crossing Use Brooklyn bridge may nave
their curiosity aroused By 2 man WIN an
olleug Iau,r box. with perforated ia,
saws me New York sun. When Dc
80. a suitable. su1t he sits down, puts
nh. box on me seat beside HIM, and con-
suits Il Lrayy gold watch presently ne
raises one corner of the box I'D, slides
ms uand cautiously Iu. and draws out a
carrier p re1u. Aitcr smoothing down the
birds feathers i'm a deliberate ana leisure
Iy maurer. tine man takes out The s1Id
watch l-aIu. puts il back INTO his pocket,
and losses the bird up into the air
The bird rises 5NlI-ly 10 height Of
several hundred feet, darts with seeming
r..t. .t--su,-s first m one direction and
then iu another and al Length getting It's
bearings. sails away With the =lOcity
yt an arrow and is soon LIST 20 view.
The man watches It's behavior Wilh indif-
ference until il settles upon It's course,
when BE- again turns his attention 20
the heavy gold watch. This he consuits
from time 10 time until he releases an
other bird The same mauoeuFres are
repeated until probably hat dozen
birds are set at liberty, when the man
takes up his paper box ana walks away
Before this happens he has TO answer
many questions. one Jf The most COM
mon IS:
win il come back2'
To which his nyarlble answer j.:
"Oh, certainly -ccme right back and
come into the box.
The mans business H. the raising ana
training Of carrier pigeons chiefly Tor
racing As each bird Is rel asel he makes
a record Of the time. The cote is In
FIatbush There another man keeps
watching for the arrival II the birds and
times them accurately. Then, when the
first man reaches home notes are com
pared ard the time made by each bird
l. ascertaiucd. Two O. three trials like
mis-. under favorable conditions, viii de-
termine pretty fairly the ability Of each
I'd. lust as a Jockey determines the
speed OF d horse 10y successive trials over
the course.
The races for which the birds are en-
tered are not unlike those IN which four
footed coursers take part While the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

French China Dinner
Service, beautiful new
shape, costly decora-
ton, price under old
tariff $29.75; under the
new, 33 1-3 per cent.
less. $19.75.
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Dress Goods.

We pick an lien here anu WeTe
from the tons Of materials.
Serges in wide vale.
Two.Tone Armures and solid et-
fects, all 25c goods, for u sco yard.
Novelty stuhs from England and
sold readily up to two days ago tot
500, for 2gc.
Al..Wool Fancy CheyIots, mar,
veIs Of value two days ago at as,
for 2yc
Broad Goth, a,l-wool and 80 in
ches wide, astonishing at SL.I9, for
~ cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

Two large cases Of Silk Velvets
and Pushes, all good and desirable
shades; Silk Pushes were $40; re-
yised tariff price, 25c.
24.inch Silk Pushes, were St.Gg;
revised tariff price 80 cents.
Silk YeIyets, were SI.2o and
SI.25, for ~ cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

Two cases of Outing again to-
day; value has been right at SC, for
) 7-8 cents a yard.
Henrietta Finished Black Sat
teen, quality was 1896; revised
tariff price is 10 cents a yard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31
NOT US-AMFRfCAs

To say that the tax is un-American. +"
continued Mr.. Carter is TO no purpose
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-31

family who has an income OF 81 900, 3
or 5000 "a year requires The whole Of il
to support his family I'm ordinary COM
fort No part OF IL can be taken from
his standard OF comfortable living. and
II IS mighty important. especially in a
Democratic society, that the standard Of
comfortable living should be kept rca-
sonably high. Il Is the best guarantee
We nave OF sef-rcspect, OF Intelligence.
OF regard FOR the rights Of others ana of
Nearly every useful personal quality Ii
can never be a sound policy TO so dis
tribute the public burdens as 10 render
II difiicult 10 maintain such d standard
OF comfort.
1T is charged that there is some dan
ger that the present income tax. II ac-
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-14
Marriage Under Difficulties.

When young New Englanders
in the early days of the colony wish
ed to enter the state of matrimony,
they did not find it any too easy
work. In the first place, no young
man would make "motion of mar
riage" to any young woman whose
fair face or deft fingers or sweet
disposition had attracted his fancy
or affections without first obtaining
the consent of the fair ones father
or guardian to thus address her.
He was liable to arrest, fine or i'm
prisonment if he spoke to her first
and thus "inveigled her affections"
Many bold and headstrong swain
was punished for that natural Of
Tense in early days, and l doubt not
many another slyly inveigled, I'M
punished and undiscovered, in order
to find out from her own lips the
state Of affection borne toward him
by the one he loved. 1t must have
been somewhat of a damper on love-
making to have to make such for
NAL beginning, but there was no
lack of marriages.
Indeed single persons were much
scorned in the Puritan community.
ancient maids" were few and much
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-14

Congo region were brought to Eu-
rope. Among them was a black
man named Masonna, who had
learned some French, but who had
seen nothing Of European life.
When he was asked what struck
him most in Brussels, which was
the first city where he stopped, he
said:
1T is this-that people run about
so. Why do they do it?"
"Life is short, Masonna," was
the answer given, land we must get
a living"
"But that" he answered, sis not
a reason for running about so. Do
you not have women enough to
support you? And there is the
land, which God has made the prop
erty Of all men, why do you not use
it?"
No explanation could make it
clear to him why people iran about
So" "And you are" he declared
beyond all doubt a race of sorcer-
ers, else you could not build such
high huts." They are enormous
vast, they go to the sky; but in
them you must live one on top OF
another. | do not like that way
| like little hut, and no one to
live on top of me.
at is strange to me that you
should have little square rocks along
your roads, which must hurt your
feet. And you have beautiful long
boats which float on the land.
"You have many strange thing
but with them all you must run
about-run about all the time.
mo, | will stay a little while in
your country. Your village is
great and beautiful, but | like mine
better, and | will soon go back to
it, and to my little hut, which
built myself. | like better than
your rivers the river which flows be-
side my hut, and | like to see it
through the tall grass! All, you
have no such tall grass. And where
without grass, do you hide when
your enemies come after you?"
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-11-14
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made for six months and
upwards the part of the mortgagors, in the con-
ditions of a certain mortgage, made and executed
by Baptiste St. Charles and Emma st. Charles, his
wife, Exavier Paquin and Josephine Paquin, his
wife Of the city and county of Alpena state of Mich
igan mortgagoIs, 20 the Alpena Loan and Building
Association, corporation organized and doing bus
mess under the laws OF the state OF Michigan, as
mortgagee bearing date the l4th day OF Aug, 1885,
and recorded in the office of the Register OF Deeds
for Alpena county, the 22d day OF August, 1888,
in Liber ~ of mortgages, on page 2, upon when
mortgage there is now claimed TO be due and I'M
paid for principal interest, premiums, lines taxes
and insurance paid by the mortgage, the sum OF
six hundred and ffty-four dollars and nineteen
cents (s65L191 together with an attorney fee as
provided by law, which said amounts the said
mortgage, by virtue of the option contained In
said mortgage, has heretofore and does now declare
To be due and payable, and no proceeding in law or
equity having been had instituted TO collect said
debt, or any part thereof:
Now therefore, by virtue of the power OF sale IN
said mortgage contained and OF the statute IN such
case made and provided, in order to satisfy the
amount due on said mortgage, including costs and
attorney fee, the mortgage hereby gives notice
that il will offer for sale aud sell, at public auction
or vendue TO the highest bidder, on Monday, De-
cember, 3D. 1884, at o'clock p m of that day, at the
of Alpena, in said county said Court House being
the place In which the Circuit Court for said Alpe-
ma county is held. The premises described In SAID
mortgage, 10 be sold aforesaid, are as
follows: Lot number seven az, in block number
forty-six (i6), city of Alpena.
Dated at Alpena, Michigan, Sept. 4th, 1894.
The ALPENA LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
Mortgage.
O'Brien & Sleator,