The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-09

IN ceaslng 70 bother yourself with plans. You
did,', Man how You should come into this
world did youi Or who should b. your
father and motherl Didn't you come and
cot bcra all the samei Why not follow the
e.,,o ,.rle now you're herei l hold plans in
mo- do habits When / was a boy. de-
sirinr TO live an upright and correct life.
oeted my father ono day what habits should
form. Saws the old man: Don't have any
bahits nv SON. They are dangerous things.
First Reporter-How old are you Mr.. idul-
fordi
Mvself-I am flfty-six. never was fifty
six before. may never be again. am on
the shady side Of forty. am verging on the
sere and yellow leaf lam soon % try on the
"lean and siiuperod pantaloon." am nearer
than ever before 70 the place whore tho wicked
cease from troubling and the weary pull down
their vests.
First Rep0rter-But--
Mvself-Don't but me nowi You asked me
my age. am trying 70 give It you. am
Oh enough % be wiser than / was don't
know whether / am or not. l don't care
much. Ihavearrived at that period Of mans
life where be should soar above the unruly
passions and desires Of youth. ! say l have
arrived at the time Still l do not soar so
much as / might / may not soar until am
seventy ] shall put of soaring as long as
can. hope YOU have got my age down cor
rectlv. Did say ffty-six or fiftyf Ny age
varies according to circumstances. When /
have a close shave at the BARRIERS am only
fortv-fve. have a sort Of folding ago. IT
can contract or expand at viii. borrowed
it Of a lady who did not want it any longer
because she was dead.
First Reporter-How long have you beer
away from California, Mr. NJ
Myself-Twenty years. That Is a long
time Yes. Had it been forty years, 10 would
have been twice rs long have remarked
that mathematical concurrence all my life. ]
have not lived ia vain.
Second Reporter-Do you find many Of
your ola acquaintance herei
Mvseif-N0t many. Most Of them are
dead: nj least they call them dead. DO not
believe in death myself Ny old friends havo
simpiv lost their bodies, which, through lack
Of Judgment in the Use OF whisky and the
othei good things Of life, were not worth
keeping. But their minds, their real selves,
are as much here as ever, some Of them as
spiritual buns. loaing about barrooms, and
arientlv desiring the coming Of the coming
man who viii treat.
Second Reporter-But do you find any Of
them alivel
Mvself-Wen don't know whether to call
sucb as have met who stll walk the earth
aiive or not. Some of them are really dead.
but they don't know it. In more enhght
enoi ace and condition of affairs, such as i-
inferred I'm Bellamy's work Looking Back
ward. - they would be put in their collins and
straightway buried There isa great deal of
nonsense about Death ending all' There
n great deal of the desirable that's ended
with some folks before they've drawn their
last breath. / put mankind now in three
closses: live folks, half alive folks and dead
folks. II the half alive and the dead folks
were all under ground, there would be more
go and snap IN this world and times wouldn't
be so hard
Second Rcporter-What are your plans on
this coast, Mr. Mulfordi
Mvsolf-I intend tomorrow % have four
shirts, ten collars and seven pairs Of cuffs
washed / shall probably buy a morning pa-
per and read it, shall not put mustard in
my coffee nor soap in my tea.
Second Rcportcr-But--
Mvseif-Don't but me now. am telling
YOU my plans ON this coast. l acknowledge
The right of the press 70 know every mans
business. down 20 the minuto.t details, ami
now that 1 am started you've got 20 take
them. Tomorrow, probably, I shall be-
guilty Of some sins both Of omission and com
mission may load up with q few drinks
shall not drink behind the bar. Because ]
have no bar % drink behind. I hope, young
man. you have got that all down. Because DC
NAV be Of importance t0 some one 10 isn't
20 me. and don't see much sense in what
an saving bat this is a world Of evolution,
discoveries and surprises, and no one knows
OF what moment something may come out Of
nothing. Further as % plans, l would say
that intend 90 get my bat blocked. inca 3
my brains now in plug. When l lived ont
here twenty years ago, ] would wear then
only the soft felt s0mhraro. Now l wear O
plug 10 show that / have risen above mere
sectional prejudice. a plug gives the inn
preston also among strangers that You are o
railroad director, and il properly worn gem
crates on tho part Of the landlord a certain
respect and trust in your inferred finances
Further ns TO plans, T.
Second Reporter-But--
Myself-Don't interrupt me. You asked
me as TO my plans. You must have them
Besides. YOU have acted on my mind as a sort
Of laxative, and You compel me to pour ont
plaus You are responsible; you brought this
thing on When get up tomorrow morning
shall put my right leg ont OF bed FIRST. II
was a woman. DO might Dee the left OF tha
] am not thoroughly certain. have not
bad the opportunity 90 observe The habit or
plan Of an women in this respect Nor
DO ] wish for sIcn opportunity ! am
a quiet and frugal man. content with what
Providence sends me. Enough is as good as
afeast. ButnOw as 10 plans ! would like TO
cay few words here on the Chinese question.
But before that havc some ideas regarding
the possible auuexalon of Canada Tho o.
feet ~ tle novel of Robert Elsmere' ON tho
religious belief oi the time, the coming posi-
bltcs. coming OF the Pan-American con-
gress, the Worlds fair In 'e2, Bellamy 5
book and
looked around. Ny friends the reporters
bad l.d PRENTICE MULFOaD.