The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-05
PERSONS IND THlNes

PERSONS AND THINGS.
Vow. No,e. COMPLIED From the "Tines"
Exchanges.
A GrNrrEuANL1. genial and urbane citi-
zen of Merrill. Wis, started the new year
well. if not better. lIe walked into the
saloon Of a man who had won money from
/ him af cards and wished ham % Happy New
/ Year. sf tine same time shooting him deao.
I Vhou ho went into another saloon ana nrti
/ tbroo shots into crowd of merry maker
! inst by way of greeting. Tie was alone do
/ The saloon Zoo about $50 seconds. lhen an
officer Thought he would arrest this bdG
man. he ordered tlc -entlemanly. GENIAL
and urlane party l0 throw mp bus hahn.,'
] mi. repit was two bullets. one of which
/ took away part OF the officers Ten ear, ana
/ fhe other came fO 600 anchor 100 his shoulder.
/ lie dropped. and the hHlpf-NcW-l ear man
went 0n his bright silNery way. The chiel
/ of police thought ho could do something ODD
/ This state of affairs and went after ihe
shooter. DE got bullet i'm his lung at the
fr.t shot and dropped out of the came
/ FINALLY q crowd of citil. ns and oihcere
canfured the genial gentleman of the gun.
Aid they didn't hang him. This Is one OF
those stories which is woeully licking in
climax.
IT'S the excellent practice the teachers
IN the Washington public schools to- give
out to their pupils brief extracts fthe best
poetry. and toa.k the pupils 90 reproduce,
/ ihe idea in their own language. Ibis h"l
only imiliar.les the pupils with our best
/ literature. hut teaches Them tu read under
1 -faudiueiy and I0 write each boo Dds oNn ln-
dentudent -tyio THE other day- -o 81 -tn-
/ tloman Who t0ueAe- i1r iie truth OBJ lh'
story INFORM us. says ihe Washington
/ Posi-. % teacher gave 0ut the following iiht-
/ from lou-ielllN.
.a heard the trailing garments ofuight
/ sweep through rer marble haiisi
I / saw Icr sable -Hitfe Hll hinged WIN A4ht
From tne celestial wallis
Oae little fellow brought in his trans
/ latlon. beginning.
eInoard the long taus her nightsSirt
crNtcn along ihe stone loor.'
POLICE JUDGE LAlDLow, Of Oakland.
Cal. imbibhol too freely one day, NOT long
ago. 800 Che sam Francisco Alta says. The
next dav when he opened court Doc said o.
/ tine haillH. "Placc Alexander lmdloN under
arrest Tor violating 5000 ordinance. MI
/ lai0iow i4 released on DIS own recognil-
ancc. SIR. Clerk. lou W.Il enter iili name
on your docket: ho plead. guilty. llcthen
nr0ilod manuscript and read q speech.
admitting Chat Doe was drunk. aud talked 90
/ length on ihe evils drink caused. lie con-
clulDd DIS saving. "Ihe sentence Oi ihi-
court i4 That the defendant pay fine Of
/ inv dOiiar-. with the usual alternative.
/ lie then gave thc clerk % check for ihe
amount. iO save himself from being conn
miiied 90 iail for luy days.
A PHYSICIAN who was in the Mexican
war. SAYS tine 81. Paul Pioneer. Is authority
for % very curious statement. The MeXicana
deyour large amounts OF rcd pepper. eating
DO atall Times and places, as their brethren
in cooler CLINE. enjoy sWeeimeat,. lit
states ihatafier battle the whereabouts oi
dead American soldiers could Doe detected
ly the yuliure-. which would NOT touch the
hiehly-spa-1ned bodies of the dead grtaser-.
/ From what the uIiurtli-ts say about ines,
/ charming birds. One would not think they
were at all cpcurean boo taste. bui of cour~,
/ they must draw ihe ilne somewhere, and
perhaps DO is on meal seasoned with pep
per bat lacking salt. which has always been
the symbol of hospitality.
A GENTLEMAN in This city says the Aiill-
waukeo Evening Wisconsin. who is -0ner
ally interested in mental philosophy. has
been engaged for long time ON book on
| thc memory. which Doe viii publish some
day. 100 the middle Of "a chilly night, not so
very long ago. when the partner of his joys
and sorow- WAS apparently lost iu sweet
/ sleep. lhc mci00gy man suddenly Jumped ui
boo Bed and exclaimed: "Drat the luck!
/ forgot t0 nli the -ittng-r0Om stove III
ecanty attire ha struck out for the coal ccl-
lar. and just as be disappeared there came
/ from beneath the bed covers, i'm "a sleepy
tantlzng tone. My dear. what chapter
of your book did gou say you were working
on last evening"
a FEMALE book agent had extraordinary
luck ai Abbey.lle Miss, recently. She wa.
q sweet spinsicr of twenty-five, and he a
loyable old man of eiehty-two. She tried in
her ariless way tO sell him book. but b.
had no heart for books while She wac
around. Tie had S2i0Olo, however t0 leave
toawile. and asked her 90 become a candi
\ date for that office. After some c0nsidera
tion she consented to allow the use Of hCi
name. and he elected her forthwith, ana
agreed 90 leave his s2lN.uNO tO her when Do
died. The old geuticm1n's name is Allen
Mcdonald aud the charming book agent'-
late appellaliOu WAS Miss Addie ID. Bowen
She is now Mrs. Mcdonald, and has become
the old mans darling.
THE Nashville American has gotten int,
q controversy with SIR. G. W Gable. In
reply 90 recent structures Of that paper, Mr.
Gable writes from Paradise Head Mas
sachusetts. asking the editor 90 specif,
points in his conduct deserving public re
sentiment. THE American. in reply, file.
Mr.. Cables writings on ODE south. and SAYS
..as MIR. Gable has signlned his preference
for the society of negroes by meeting anl
minglin1 with them in social way. DO vii
hereafter bo expected of him that Doe ahid,
the consequences of his own choice. In th,
south "a man must choose between white ant
black. and Mr.. Cable has chosen. That !.
an the "puhlic resent" there is in the case
THE st. Louis Glohe-Damocrat has mad,
the discovery that in order 10 BIO eligible {,
Jury duty In Missouri it is not necessary
that the party summoned should De twenty
one wears of age. A gentleman whose son
AGED twenty. was included in a Inst of per
sOnS eligible for jury duty, went % Judge
WithrOW in his behalf, when the Judge said
that if he was but nine years Of age and
possessed the requisite intelligence he would
be- obliged % serve.
Mss BIsLAND, who is travelling around
the world u see how quickly she can make
the trip. left Colombo. Ceylon, Tuesday.
/ Nellie BY. who is circling the globe in the
opposite direction from Miss Bisland. was
/ due at yokohama Thursday.
THE Sioux Indians say that school does
not agree with the little Sioux. They come
home fun OF learning and die. They are not
anxious for such educated c0rpses, and do
not like the school.
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