The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-28
CREAM OF TIE PRESS.
Current Topics Called From the heao'ng
po,,.rs of the Country.


rho ,,o,e one considers these celestial ell
counters. the stranger seem the adventures
If tho suu and his attendant worlds in their
siupendous voyage through space. IL IS
h,rllv necessary 10 remind our readers tha'
his VOYAGE is an actual one; That the sun
h really carving us with him toward the
northern quarter of the armament NJ Hasl
Two hundred million miles every year.
railroad train does moi more ccIidlh'l Nhhi
us 10 our destination than ny TINS great
solar migration We are sWep, Oh through ,ne
aiVss Of The heavens toward the constclia-
ion nf Hercules. only in the one
case the rate of speed is more accurately as
contained Than in the other. The widest
imoginines of the Eastern story tellers,
will their magic carpets and enchanted
horses. appear spiritlcss IN comparison with
chat science tells o. the wonderful flight in
which the inhabitants Of the earth all I'M
concious,v are engaged. 4 celestial eye
that closed i'm the slumber Of the gods while
hchfding Adam enjoying the delights OF
Eden. II suddenly opened now, would look
in vain for the peasants iiems ana WOODS OF
Paradise. They would have disappeared
with their unfortunate inhamtant ana
even the earth that bore them
would be gone. vanished ieaNihS
only the emptiness Of space where mat VS.
ion Of happiness had been. The blazing
orr that shone upOn Eden would likewise
have departed: and The sleeper awakened
would find himself plunged in eternal night
and tho awful cold Of sunless space. Dur
inc his sleep the whole system would have
rassod on. leaving him behind millions Of
million, OF miles, like an abandoned travel
or in the desert. III there were no interyen-
tion OF divine knowledge, the sudden sound
in.s of inc Judgment trump would produce q
most strange spectacle IN the universe
when troop, Of departed souls thronsed in
the wake of the nying earth searching iof
the bodies that they had left when the globe
was I'm far distant regions OF space
But. as we have said. the greatest atifae-
ton of this story of astronomy for the mind
lies i'm The certainty that it is absolutely
frue. Nearo actually going ON TINS celes-
tial Journey in vast spiral track. the dlrec-
zion of which is governed by the combined
influence Of the suns attraction ana thai
amazing impulse. whatever its origin may
be-. which keeps the SUN itself ever lying
uolthWard. Aud As we 90. what adycn-
lures weme having. OGt0fihe proiundilrot
surrounding space rs we plough through IT,,
come comets rushing southwark, and Thea
rushing back siarWard. trailing the electric
-plcnd0rs of their trains across the skies.
Left-h"nded Friendship
Nashville American
When the duty on cotton ties was under
discussion in the House. Mr. Mckinley de-
clared that Ibis duty would prove beneficial
| fO the negro cotton rlisCrs IN the south.
Just how. be did NOT undertake 10 explain.
or ai least. bis ob-eUauons on that head
were So muddy and confused that no intelli-
| .,iLlo reason could be- extracted from them.
| The dnclaration made with such assur-
,~ca and apparent candor does considcra-
he damage TO Mr.. Mcknley's reputation