The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
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SPICY COMMENTS
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SPICY COMMENTS
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spirituaiism and Religion bouianger and
! Paul de Csssagnac- Corporal Tanner
now Doodle Dudley Was snved-Mr-.
! Harrison and the cooks.
SpTRIrUAIIsM AND RELIGION. The
/ HeraM saws of lleber Newton's discus
/ sion of spiriualism Faith in the super
natural creates character. The granlcst
/ conceivable qualities are It's natural pro-
/ duct. Under It's tuition men and women
endure naltyrdom with n smile and aH
/ TIE latent magniilccncc of human nature
is developed Well. admit If you please
/ that the supernatural is a dclusiOn and
a snare. "a scientific sham, with 30 basis
Of fact on which 90 rest Then 1t iol-
lows that the most prodigiOus falsehood
can make men nObler, purer, iruer,
and more pairiOii. than-and Tor TINS
reason il infinitely preferable 'o-the
truth. Indeed. the truth is the most an
desirable thing i'm the universe, because
! 10 j. the most depressing 10 slams the
door I'm the face of hope, chills the heart
of faith and leave, one with the gayeuc-
Of the world and-ouier darkness. on
the other hand. this benelcent iaischood
/ is the source of inspiration. the dew ON
the grass. the bow in tine sky the I'm
pclling force of civilization and the
supreme consolation Of severed ties.
PorrANGrR AID PAUL DE CAssAG-
vAc.-The French Government Is at ia
showing an unmisiasable resolution to
oroteci and 90 yindicate itself The
prosecution of the League of Patriots
/ was strong and courageous measure
none the less courageous when 10 was
AIKEN bcrorse the event has proved that
II was nit safe During the debate ON
hat sn sec w. Paul DC Cassagnac dared
The Got,.nment To- prosecute General
Roulanrcr himself That challenge has
now been taken up. The Ministry has
unanimously agreed that the prosecution
.ball be undertaken. and the Senate has
oassed the bin erecting it into special
tribunal for the trial of oilenses touching
the safety Of the republic 49, fre'a"gf.
CoRPoBAL TANNER-Ihe iniimation
in the dispatches OF the Efmmg rest
that Corporal Tanner intends to make
"clean sweep"'n the Pension Office is
probably correct. Nh Tanners ideas Of
politics would suggest precisely thai
policy Luckily his rayages will be
somewhat checked by the civil-seryice
rnles which cover all the subordinate
places i'm his Office. and which We cannot
believe that the President would allow
tole egaded. They may also be checked
by hi. superior, the Secretary, but OF
That we cannot be 30 sure--Aen l0rh
Times.
Dom Piatt has not high opinion OF
a brilliant foreign policy for this gov
eminent In one of She trenchant edito-
rails which distinguish BsJord' N1ga-
zine from all the other American month
lies. he says AS the law of nations has
no tribunal 10 which an appeal can be-
made there is nO mode OF settlement
o,ber than one of aims. Yam
kee Jmeoiam is therefore, pitlable cN'
Aibiton of imbecility We have neither
the money nor the ships nor The guns.
How Booplr DUDLEY WAS SAVED
President Harrison. in his inaugural adj
dress. asked This pertinent question
How snail those who practise election
frauds recover that respect for the
sanciitv of The ballot which is the irsi
condition and obligation of good citizen
ships'
The persons described by the President
Will never either recover respect Tor the
sanctiiv of the ballot or experience
wholesome fear of the law against des roy
ing that sanctily So bng as Ml Niatt
og1bst 5ribery 0nd fraVd Is perasitnng
naNifsd bV u f,d,rNl Iu0g, .cth0W re5asf
tr0m the Presid,aL
This is what Judge Woods has done al
indianapolis.
I'm his first charge 20 the grand jury
i'm the Dudley case Judge Woods said
that the law makes any one guilty who
counsels bribery In bis second charge,
made after hearing from Washington.
Judge Woods said that cOunsellnr OF I'M
citing bribery "is not iudictable thai
"there must be shown in addition am AZ
tempt by the receiver of the letter or OF
some other instigatcd by him, TO execute
the scheme ~ J. U0rd
TIE NAVAL CATAsTROPHE.-I ca
tastrophe at Apia, Of which neagre de-
tails are furnished from Auckland, has
several morals of very distinct applica-
ton The first and most important IS the
expediencv of cOnciliatOry action az the
Berlin conference This masier'ul and
sinrularlv terrible intervention Of nature
in the rivares of nations will tend 20
facilitate n pacific settlement of the Sa- /
moan question N J. Ir'5ane
Mrs President AND THE COOKS
The announcement has been made by a
Boston paper Ia q Mrs Harrison has dis
missed all the cOlOred domCstics OF the I
White House. and that she Will employ
only white people in their stead.
In addition. George Alfred Townsend +
has begun "a crusade against Southern .
cooking. lie says that the old traditions /.
of the excellence of the culinary art as .
embodied by the colored cooks OF the I
South. are false entirely Nhatcyermay .
have been their past excellence, the T
Southern cook, according TO this eminent /
authority, has, except in rare cases, sad .
Y degenerated
Both Mrs Harrison and Cath are .
llLLl III lltll i4A AINlall4 az ANA 10 20 NRN's t.
But il is not wholly the fault OF the ones .
criticised Cooking and domestic service F
IN America during the past few years .
have undergone marvellous change
With the Introduction of foreign ideas
into America life, a radical change has
been made both in the serving and .
preparation OF our food.-Elchaage
Corporal Tanner does not appreciate
the fact that the civil service laws are
I'm existence. lie has selected successors
for all the chiefs OF divisions and most
of the subordinaies in the Pension Oiiice.
He wants new men. whether they know
ANYTHING about the business of the
Bureau or not Two other men who are
equally ignorant OF the laws regarding
tenure of Office are George W. lyon aud
General Joseph G. Jackson, the hero Of
New Orleans They are both seeking
rs District Attorney OF this
district. unmindiul of the fact that Mr..
Walkers term does not expire for nearly
ii year.-Nec Iork Str
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