The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-05

plants. eats 81 and refuses III: and the pil
out Of 2i3 plants. eats - and refuses ILL.,
An cx-news boy who i now manager q
the Park thcater in New York. gave a per
fornancc for the benefit Of l.0oo newsboy-
| Thursday night: and they did not interrupt
| the performance halt as much a. one TWEEN
! ticth part their number Of college students
often do.
CORNELL is much pleased with Professor
smiths success in Notwithstanding.
The course has proved practicable and usc-
ful. The world must bc improving since it
has az last become 10 be- recognized that it
is not every man in the world who can be 2
better newspaper man than the man trained
10 the business.
Kansas rciOices over her great corn cror.
''1he cribs are full Of corn now and mar
riage feast- are making the whole Stale
merry" saith an exchange.
A LAWYER Of rather ponderous proper
tions ha. been -urrcptitiously keeping lit
Of things which his pretty typewriter eats
at luncheon. She i in perfect health. r.
bust and cheerful. He j. suffering from govt
and the other effects Of oNcrcating. Tie
heaviest luncheon which she ate last week
according u the lawyer, cost exactly eleven
cents. 1t was made up of the following
courses: one pear. two cents: one Vienna
roll, three cents; four bananas. four cents:
one pear. two cents.
ONE Of the crying need, Of this portion Of
the world. writes Arlo Bates. j. a sOcic;,
for the suppression Of authorship. Where
have been passing the summer" he said.
were at least dozen nice. bright girls. all
Of them rather pretty and Of the society age:
and there was hardly one Of them who.
before the summer was over did not read
me IN original story she had written: and
the amazing part Of il wa. that they were
almost all of them pretty good. some Of
them should be- proud Ia have written my
self. But then the girls" lac added. with
twinkle in his eye. ''werc for the most part
from Boston,
The substantial flcts-about the change.
in the system of elevated roads in New York
city. when sifttd Of all the false rumors. are
as follows: New tracks are 10 be built Oh
the Third. sixth and Ninth avenues. and
these are 10 Dc devoted expressly to fast
trains. which will make Only four or five
stops in the whole length Of the city. This
CRYING for years. and ill., planning shows
that JAY Gould j. a man of much foresight.
He is getting ready for the exhibition rush.
With express trains the Sixth avenue road
alone could transport all the floating pOpi-
lailon IN The metropolis during the Column
ban festival.
InE man-about-town j. an excellent insii-
tuition on any newspaper. He, Of the New
York sur, in the last sundays issue Of
that paper. says. ''lIappening. the other
day. 10 be down 10 see a European steamer
land her passengers. saw coming ashore
lady with a slight girlish figure. a pale.
thoughtful. spirited face and "A brisk step.
recognized her As the widowed daughter
of the late Captain >emmc-. Of the Ala
bama. who was after his defeat in the fight
with the kear-arge made an admiral in the
confederate navy. The daughter il now The
principal of large school in Mobile. where
her brother, Oliver >emmes. am artillery
officer under General Dick Taylor. is a Judge |
of one Of the courts. The old admiral's chill /
dren are all tremendous workers."
An anathema by Archbishop Clear, at
Westport. Ont. last week is attracting at
tcniion in Canada. lie publicly excommu- |
nicated woman baptized and confirmed /
in the faith. but who had been defying the |
laws Of the Church by living with a man |
not her husband. Four times he had ad- /
monishcd her. but she persisted i'm her |
course. She offered Is "A protest "A bill Of |
divorce procured from some court i'm the
| nlied states, and said the Archbishop.
ITO add sacrilege 10 adultery she produced |
a ceriihcaie Of pretended marriage under
gone by her-clf and her partner in guilt AT
-
town. This but added religion.
insult 10 her immortality. for there i no
such thing rs divorce under the Christian
law"
joaquin MiLLER's statement that The
name Idaho should be spelled Idaho. and
that it means Eight on the mountains"
is disputed by an old settler. who saws:
. The word Idaho was perfectly familiar 10
thousands of white miners. traders and
travellers OF every class before Miller ever
Jaw the country. Even in 1859 "A steamer
'n the Columbia river. at a point above The
ascadcs. was christened Idaho Gem If
hc mountains j. the correct Translation If
he Indian phrase which has become the
IerritOrt's name. The account given by
'lillef n his talk with Colonel Craig. and
u their JOINT observations in the country of ,
he Nez Perces during the autumn of 1851. ,
doubtless pure myth-the afterwork of
ne poet prain. II Is now time for the !
'oet 10 rise and explain.
rITrUL scene was witnessed at Il.
'atrlck's cathedral on Fifth avenue, New c
laven, last week, when no services were {
DING on. An elderly woman. wearing q
'idoW's weeds. advanced down the centre
Iii ~ inc in 4
ant and in the other porcelain miniature. 4
alklng rapidly 10 the chancel rail. she fell q
n her knees. threw back the veil from her
zee, and holding the two portraits above .
Pr mead. gd/ed upward AT a figure Of
hri>t- ana prayed aloud for "A blessing ON y
ZEN. An officer of the cathedral reInon- D
rated With her. She continued 10 cry for d
blessing on her pictures, which. She said. a
ere the portraits Of her father and her hus a
ma, both Of whom were in heaven. bur =,
me down 10 visit her every dav II was !.
idiiy necessary TO arrest her, ne her mind
rs evidently unbalanced. p
THE ruling spirit is strong in death. Old
an Spinner has been reported diving on
ieral occasions, but he still has vitality
Ough to indulge in his former worship of
golden cali. I'm letter 10 Frank les y
- -. 'N't''l ii' ~ dil'Etu 10 sly ">ll- vi
r com has had its day; but the day OF lis |
eiilness as circulating medium il past II;
me was when an English silver shilling ;,
luld buy fat sheep. Now il would u
arcely pay for Il mution-chop. The silly 10
'ng that 1.-THE dollar Of our daddies i cool Fl,
ough for u.s. will not avail. One might =,
well say "Ihe scythe and the sickle of ~
daddies il good enough for us.- and 81
ce their use In the harvest field by act of So
ngres, as the equal OF the moving ma. lin
me and the reaper. and substitute "A "tal- =,
dip' for gas and electric light. Even IA
iser'aiiye Germany has ridden herself ON on
cuinbrous silver coin and substituted W,
ii and paper money in its stead. While fr
er nations have advanced. ours, that =:
ms to be the most progressive OF all The 3.
ions OF the earth, has retrograded. This OF
an age Of progress, and the fy
pie who don't keep time with lis drum to
u VIII most surely get LEFT. silver coin ~
SIN answer the purposes Of the Chi. 'h
e ana other WORKOUT and semi-ciyiIized sy
pies; but that II Is not wanted in Young. wi
sressi'e America IL evidenced by the N,
that everybody, fools excepted, prefers - -
)llar note Of any Of our national banks 10 cit
standard silver dollar Of the government lit