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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
BrownIng's characteristics.

To come TO the question which cannot
be honestly set aside. although 1t IS no
longer profitable to discuss it. Brown
ing has not cared for That poetic form
which bestows perennial charm. or else
he was incapable Of 1t. lie ialls I'D
beauty, in concentration OF interest In
economy Of language, in selection OF
the best from the common treasure OF
experience. In those works where he
has been most Indifferent, as In the
Red Cotton Night-Cap Country" ne
has been merely whimsical and dull;
i'm those works where the genius he
possessed is most felt, as in saul, "A
Toccafa of Galuppi's," Rabbi Ben
Ezra The Flight Of the Duchess "
The Bishop Orders His Tomb IN 81.
Pra1ed's Church" "Herve Rel,
Cavalier Tunes, thine S Revenges,
and many moro. he achieves beauty or
nobility or fitness OF phrase such as
only a poet is capable Of. -,
1t is in these last pieces and their like
that his fame lies for the future. ii
was his lot to be streng as the thinker
the moralist with 1.-THE accomplishment
of verse. " the scholar interested TO re-
build the past of experience. the teacher
with an explicit dogma to enforce IN an
intellectual form with examples from
life. the anatomist Of human passions
instincts, and impulses in all their
gamut, the commentator on his own
age: he was weak as the artist. and IN
dulged, often unnecessarily and by
choice. in the repulsive form-in the
awkward, the obscure, the ugly, lie
belongs with Johnson, with Dryden
with the heirs of the masculine intellect.
the men of power not unvisited by
grace, but IN whom mind is predomin-
ant. Upon the work OF such poets time
hesitates. conscious of their mental
greatness. but also Of their imperfect
art, their heterogeneous matter; at last
the good is siited from that whence
worth has departed. From "Studiesi in
Letters and Life" by George Edward
Woodbury..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
NOTICES.

MONEY TO LGND.-TaE OLD Do
w MiNlON BUILDING aud LOAN Assoc
CITATION is prepared 10 LEND MONEY ON
CITY PROPERTY in sums 70 suit on accom-
nOdatlng terms and al reasonable rates,
Office lll5 east Main street,
CARLTON MCCARTHY,
Secretary and Treasurer.
J. TAYLOR ELLYsON President,
NORMAN Y. RANDOLPH, Nice-President.
Oc BO-Im
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
For Over Finy Year,

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has been used
for children teething. II soothes the child
softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind
collie. and IL the best remedy for diarrh0s
cents bottle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
livery lfnfIt.r

should see that her little ones are pro-
.ected, and that bottle of DR.. Dayid's
c ough Syrup is at hand to give in case OF
Group, coughs, or colds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
PcalIng. the clock % Time
Has struck the wOnNh's houI
No hear A on our knees.

wrote Mas Phelps for the graduates OF
Smith College ten years ago. To day
we faithfully obey the summons, thank
fully acknowledging that the high liter
airy development of woman is posi-
bility: golden morrow will sooner or
later make il a reality.-The Century
October.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
disannnintment

that some disappointment has
been felt. because woman's advance
in literature has not been more marked
since the establishment OF woman s col
leses, but this apparently perpiexlng
phenomenon is easily explained. The
Intellectual fruit produced 10 women s
colleges has not yet ripeued, because
an unavoidable self-consciousness num-
pe-s the first worker under new dis
pensation. Added to the restraining
influence of this feeling is the sense of
new social responsibilities, as the con"
comitant of new opportunities.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09

lfyou wantt0 enjoy y0urm meals strengthen
your digestion with simmons Liver ReW.
latOr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
DRUGS. MEDICINE. &C..

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EMULSION COD-LIVER OIL
FOR COLDS. COUGHS. AND BRONCHIAL
THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLE.
Prepared from trc best Norwegian oI ani
combined with the hypophosphi,es OF b. .
and soda. Take only that prepared hy
PURCELL. LAUD & CO..
oc3O Richmond. 81.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. }
OFFICE or COMPrROLLEROF THE CUkRENCY,
WAsIIINgTON. Get IL I.gD

OFFlcE OF OOhPikOLLEkOF THE tUhRENgN, :
WAsHuNGTON. oct IS 1880. }
Whereas by satisfactory Evidence pre-
scented 10 the undersigned 10 has been made
70 appear that THE MERCHANTS Ma
IlONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, in the city
OF Richmond, ia the county OF henrico aud
state OF Virginia. has compiled with all the
provisions OF the 'act OF Congress, 20 enable
national banking associations To extend their
corporate existence. and for other purposes, f
approved July ~, 1882.
Vow, therefore. I, Edward :. Lacey. Comp
trOller Of the Currency, do hereby certify
that THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
OF RICHMOND" In the city OF RichmOrd
in the county OF HeDricO. and state OF Viz
glnia, is authorized 10 have succession Tor
the period specified In It's amended articles
OF associatiOn-na until close OF bust
ness on December :. 1910.
In testimony whereof witness my hand
and seal Of Office this 18th day OF Octobs r,
1880.
lSignedl r. 5. LACEY,
Comptroller OF the Currency.
Currency Bureau.-Seal Of the Comptroller
OF the Currency. Treasury Department
&c 22-}Ot
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
NIMBLE WITS AT WORK.

of folks. highly gifted in many ways, herd
ed together in certain localities, cut of
from association with the whites, and
thrown upon their own resources, should
set their nimble wits % work 10 generate
supersiitions and Obseryances all their own.
should develop a psychology naive ana
singular in high degree, should work out
peculiar themes Of poetry and song belong
ing 10 themselves, and should compile an
ethical system full OF tenets and paragraphs
not found in any existing jurisdiction
Mhether MOsaic. sOlOnian or NApOleOnIc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. J
MERCHANTS NATIONAL bANK.
RICHMOND. VA. Oct %. lSgO !

THE FOLLOWING IS PUBLISHED
Ia conformity with The requirement OF
the comptroller II the Currency IN extend
ing the charterO OF this bank.
}. r. GLENN, Cashier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
RELIGION.

1t is this strong, religious aspiration
which on one side communicates that
plaintiye melancholy which is another
Characteristic OF the negro psychology.
The negro is never perfectly joyous; there
is always an undertOne OF unrest, Of alarm,
Of expectation about him, which is ever
dreading what day may bring forth. This
his health. He will never admit that he is
perfectly well: "toPable' is the only an
swer you can get out Of him, though he
may be in the most uproarious health. 1t
is this expectation Of death and change
that contributes 70 the plaintiyeness OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
ormEk CHARAcTERIsTIcs.

superstItiOns, musical gllts, mlmetc IN
stnct, and manners is the psychology OF
the black race trenchant and distinguish
able 10 a degree, but when 1t comes TO more
serious matters-tO matters OF religion and
OF faith-its individuality is positive and
emphatic beyond the conception OfthOse un-
familiar with the workings Of the religious
spirit in men Of oriental race. The negro
soul is nothing il not red hot. 10 tingles
and tintinnabulatos at the slightest religious
pressure aud its response is antiphOnal IN
ferv0r aud directness. \ negro preacher is
nearly always q poet; in him the
rhythmical popularity Of negro speech
reaches the ultimate power; be-
is master al rude prose which.
uplfted upon the wings OF his fiery
utterance. sprouts figures OF flame and
transforms Itself into musical heartbeat
and verse. The audience beat time 10 his
utterance sway their bodies, calculate
their riyulets Of interjection into the burn
ing crater Of the sermon, aud energiZe and
electric the preacher until he literally be-
comes a coal Of fire. \ negro that cannot
sing is seldom successful. The fOrked
lightnings that play between him and the
congregation become faint and futile unless
they are continually replenished and re-dy-
namOed from the fountains OF song. Thus
reinforced they become astOnishingly pow
erful, and it is no unusual sight to see a
whole churchill OF Africans physically and
mentally frenzied, like a college OF der
wishes. sentiment, emotion, susceptibility,
in them become roaring stream
often breaking forth in an uncomfortable
torrent. Each sister or 'brother'' is a
miniature Hecla bubbllng and boiling with
feeling-an ebuIlition which finally finds
relief in beautiful congregational singing.
SURPRISING In richness and strength CIV
thing that Caucasian congregation can
well conceive. The spirit Of harmony floats
over these assemblies and rolls them to-
gether in sweet harmonious waves 10 which
every lung contributes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-09
CHNOND. Va

sold by owens Minor Drug COMPANY 'nd
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

The Hon. I. Hammond Trumbull of
Hartford, Conn.,, who is the most noted
antiquarian i'm the state, made a curious
discovery not long q while scanning an
old tome that had come into his posses
sion. In turning over the pages he came
across two old confederate letters which
had been sent through the south during
the first year of the war. The letters
themselves were Of no material rom
sequence, but the Cancelled stamps
on the envelopes turned out 10
he rare specimens. They belong
To the first lot of postage
stamps issued by the confederacy.
and bear the likeness of jefferson Davis.
The cancelled stamp of this period is of
special value, being exceedingly rare ] n
stamp collections. Mr.. Trumbull, as the
librarian OF the Watkinson library, has
received great numbers of interesting
stamps, his collection containing some of
the rarcst specimens of official issues in
the country. These official stamps, which
nave never been used, came 10 him from
the departments at Washington I'm public
documents and publications. No be-
ing used by Professor Trumbull in ac-
acknowledgement of the volumes received,
the samps accumulated, and he Is now the
wner of a most admirable assortment.
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ing came of II and salaries stand at the
figures that were named for last year.
II is always In order to propose a cut In
official salaries, and we suppose that
question would have been more seri-
ously discussed Saturday night If the
aldermen had found that, with the tax
paying public. there was a demand for
retrenchment along that line.
In its finances, this city Is in good
shape. Taxes seem high, but so are
the net earnings of property. The city
is growing apace, never more rapidly
than at the present hour. II proposes
to be progressive and 1t assumes that,
within the lines of prudence, 1t has a
right to be generous toward itself. IL
is admirably equipped with the i'm
prOvements that serve TO make a city
healthful and inviting. IL enjoys the
advantage that comes from the invest
ment, within recent months, of many
hundreds of thousands of dollars by
railway corporations and in the enlarge
ment and extension of the smelling
works. A good deal of work has lately
been done in the way of permanent
improvement of the highways and a
generous appropriation has wisely been
made for continuing that work. The
central portion Of the city has been
greatly benefited within a year; the
new electric street railroad, which is to
be pushed to completion, will be of i'm
mems help to the outlying portions of
the town.
No risk is involved in predicting for
Anaconda a prosperous year. Its mu-
nicipal affairs are in good hands and,
If individuals would hasten to take ad-
vantage of the now at their
service for the adornment of their
homes with lawn and shade, the city's
attractiyeness would keep pace with
its growth.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
IFS THlRD YEAR

The formal control of city affairs in
Anaconda passes 10 a new council at
noon to-day. The third council in the
history of the city will thus begin its
career. II has - decisive democratic
majority-the impulse In favor of that
party which controlled most of the
Montana elections this spring was felt
here. Yet we have no idea that par
tisan considerations will be of account
with the incoming administration.
But for political events that have made
Montana methods notorious, IL is prob
able that the people of this city would
willingly have yielded To the republic
cans the choice Of mayor for the year
that now begins. But the democrats
determined TO place OH record their
conviction regarding the right OF the
wrong involved in the long pending
dispute over last autumn's vote. This
done, everybody is ready to put politics
out OF the council chamber.
by an arrangement which has always
seemed odd to the STANDARD. a retir.
ing board of aldermen. in the cities OF
this state, makes up the annual budget
for the persons who are TO succeed
them in Office. This appropriation has
been fixed and the itemized figures were
given IN the STANDARD yesterday
morning. While the details of the
budget were under debate. a brisk
little discussion oyer salaries for two OF
three city officers engaged one Of the
aldermen and the city attorney. Moth
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

Yesterday, on the field of rivalry in
Butte, this city's iiremen carried off the
coveted trumpet, and the Anaconda
youngsters got away with the silver
pitcher. IL was a great day forthe Ana
conda boys big and little. We suspect
that, with favoring breeze and the right
sort of an umpire, this city might even
have won a game of base ball yester-
day. This city pays a good deal of at
tention TO its fire department and can
always muster a good team for a on,
test like that of yesterday. The home
companies may be pardOned If they
take a good deal of pride in trumpet
and pitcher.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Emile lola recently sat upon q Paris
jury, and Alphonse Daudet In now acting
as juryman at the Paris ~assizes.
Robert Barrett Browning intends 10
present to Ballot college, Oxford, England,
most OF the manuscripts OF his fathers
poems.
~ own 10000 hectares of forest" said
Prince Bismarck to Jules Simon, land |
plant more trees than / cut down." Bis
marck Is never SO happy as when he is
tree-plantinR.
Professor Brooks, director of Smith OBJ
~servatory, has been awarded the medal of
the Astronomical society OF the Pacific
for his discovery OF the comet now In the
eastern heavens.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, who
Is to be the editor-in-chief of the American
Catholic Rerie,c, beginning with the July
number, is one of the most enlightened
and progressive prelates in the American
Roman Catholic church.
An autograph letter of Richard iii was
sold in England recently for about 1925
per inch Of surface. 1t was written at
Barnard Castle in Durham, August 4, 1890,
or about three years before the crook
back Duke Of Gloucester, Their constable
and admiral of England, came to the
throne.
Moberley Bell, the new manager Of the
London Times, Is the author Of two vol
umes on Egypt, namely, Egyptian Fl
nance' and From Pharaoh TO Fellah."
The first mentioned work is mainly sta
~tistical, but i'm the latter volume there is
much lively description, clever satire and
political criticism.
rrh, ....o - N..l.. hi. A..
the throne Of Italy. will spend the coming
summer in o tour of the European courts,
looking for n wife. The prince is q dark,
slender youth, not bad looking, but with
n very delicate constitution. He hopes to
he more successful in his matrimonial
quest than was Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia.
General Crook was a man of very strong
affections. The last time he was at the
old homestead near Dayton, Ohio, was OH
September 8, 1873, his 50th birthday. He
told his brothers then that il would be
long before he would return. 1.-THE fact
is" he said, ait is easier for me to stay
away from here than to get away IL ]
come here. II hurts less"
Archbishop Corrigan has been having a
grand trip through the holy land. He Gel.
cbrated mass OH almost every sacred spot
i'm Palestine. When the archbishop and
his friends vent out for n sail on the sea
Of Galilee the water wa as smooth ms
glass. Within a few minutes the whole
scene was changed into an angry tumul,
of waves. DR.. Taimage had a similar ex.
perience.
Susan b.. Anthony disclaims any inten'
| ton of standing as a candidate for United
q. So. --. "
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

Some vigorous letters nave come from
reputable men In Florida in response to
the peremtory order in which President
Harrison instructed officers Of the federal
courts to go right ahead and have things
their own way. There are two sides To
the question. II isn't so clear after all
that a large number of people in Florida
have risen up TO defy federal authority ! n
an indiscriminate way or to make them
selves n party to lawlessness. II will pay
President Harrison to go slow with his
general orders.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

The city tr~easurer's report, presented at
the meeting of the council Saturday night,
shows that o total OF e3i9 was collected
last year In the shape Of n dog tax. Il
must he that a good q dogs get
away.' There are times when a stroll
through two blocks of Main street would
Impress the observing pedestrian that
there In n cur apiece for ever man, woman
and child In the city. II the authorities
could find some man who is rs good as
Speaker Reed at counting that dog tax
would get a boom.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
A McritedI Rebuke.

Frum the Livingston Enterprise.
. II the Miles City Bomb. the new prohibit
ton paper, has no other mission than to
give publicity 10 scurrilous communion
ions magnifying and distor,ing what 10
the writer's Of these screeds may appear
TO be individual failinRs, the sooner its
vaiedictory is published the better for
Montana and it's fair name. We are
prompted 70 this belief by the recent slam
dercus attack upon the Grand Army and
sons Of Veterans sent from this city. II
the Bomb desires 10 do the cause il pur-
ports 90 represent any lasting good II
should confine itself 10 legitimate temper
ancc WORK and not become a public re-
ceptacle for the cirusions of social
engcrs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

out until deeper water Ia secured, and
with . more rapid discharge an improve
ment Of navigation will occur. Accord
ing 70 the latest news, there In something
going very wrong. The difficulty has been
that the entertainments do not stand long
enough TO give the idea upon which their
erection is based n thorough trial. II fol-
lows that too much or too little money
has been appropriated. Congress- should
make haste to investigate the Mississippi
while the great river is manifesting itself.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

Industrious seekers after truth for the
newspapers have deemed it worth while
10 tote two items OF news all the way by
cable from Germany to this country. The
first story IL that Bismarck is I'm the habit
of taking a good deal Of morphine and
that this weakness is at the bottom Of his
trouble with the emperor. The other
startling yarn is that Won Caprivi can
drink more beer than any man living.
That explains IL all.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
The Mss~issippi Floods.
From the brooklyn standard tnion

ETOfh INT HfuokIyH slihuhfU-I IInU.
Congress has been for many years
spending large sums of money. and a
great deal more has been asked for Co
construct levecs along the lower Missis-
sissippi river for the protection of valu-
able plantations. Therc have also been
national expenditures in the jettics. the
immediate effect of which is tn narrow
the principal outlet of the river TO the
gulf. The theory is that IL the Mississippi
floods are confined within c~mbankments,
the bottom Of the river must toe secured
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
A Dinhcuit Language.

PROM The VIlic1lRo TIhlts.
Il is becoming difficult nowadays to
understand the English language, so
widely spread are the English-speaking
people. A word which in England mean
one thing In Massachusetts means
another. and in Illinois, for instance. may
mean a third. A new instance of this
diversity Is the fact hat a small glass re-
ccptacle covered with leather, fitted with
a metal cap. and filed with ''bug juice" is
in some sections of the United States
called a flask, in others a pocket pistol
and in Iowa II Is known as an ''original
package"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
Not Much Difference. Amer All.

From the Chicago Times.
Queen Victoria and her family have
been photographed in a gronp. II is not
reported that the queen sat in the center
with her hands incased In mitts and
crossed in her lap while the children sur.
rounded her with their hands placed af-
f~cctionately upon Zach Others shoulders,
but they probably we're. There is not
much difference between English royalty
and American democracy after all.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
Unreasonable Juch.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
just because an Indianapolis audience
forgot 10 compliment her with an encore
Emma Juch jabbed her dagger through
the drop curtain. Her audience had paid
their good money To near "Annie
Rooney and see a little "wingin'" on the
side, and her indignation was probably
no greater than their disgust.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
The Farmers Deep In Mythology.

From the Louisville Courier Jourpal.
IL Is thought the farmers OF America are
SO deeply absorbed in Uncle Jerry Rusk's
NEUROLOGICAL works that they will not he
able to give due consideration to the
beautiful scheme of raising silk.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
Here's An Idea.

From the Troy Press.
The Chicago Herald wants no quadri-
centennial demonstration a. New York
and Washington. 1t Is evidently afraid
that the Chicago worlds fair will not he
big enough to have side shows.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
No Tears for Mr.. Randall.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The whisky ring and lobbyists gener
ally are not shedding any tnars over the
| death Of Mr.. Randall.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05
A Great Condenser Gone.

From the Boston Globe.
The author of 'In God We Trust on
the coins OF the United states is dead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05


The election TO he held four weeks
hence in Oregon will be the second
state election for the year 1880.
In their state convention the re-
publicans proclaimed their approval
OF the Mckinley bill, although the
operation of that measure will he
singularly to. the disadvantage of
oregon In the removal Of the duty
on hides and, on the other hand, by the
increase by more than n hundred per
cent. in the duty Of tin, duty which
will operate disastrously for the salmon
packers in that state. Two years ago,
the republicans swept Oregon, yet the
democrats are entering a vigorous an.
S and believe they are going to win.
The population of Oregon has greatly
changed within twenty months, So thar
the results of former elections are of
relatively small account rs a basis for
speculation rs to what will happen
there In June, but in view of the rapid
change In sentiment throughout the
country the result will he significant
and the returns will be watched with
interest.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

The Pittsburg Post mars a grand old
word but makes n clever turn when IL
speaks of Philadelphia as the Quayker
CITY.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-05

The Anaconda kids got there In fine
form yesterday.