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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

1t is cause for general regret that Hon.
L. {. Nenable was prevented by insur-
mountable reasons Of a private nature
from accepting the denomination which was
so urgently and persistently extended to
him bv the Congressional Convention for
the Fourth district. Circumstances which
he could not control rendering him unable
to conform 10 the wishes Of the DemOc rats
Of the district, whom he has represented so
ably and faithfully during the term that he
has been allowed to retain his seat in the
House, the Convention proceeded to nomi-
nate in his place Mr. J. f.. Epes, of MOTTO
way county, farmer of influence and
prominence, and man in every way fitted
to perform the duties Of the office for which
he is proposed by his party.
Mr.. Epes combines in himself many ee-
ments of personal and party strength, being
a man Of ability and energy, and repre-
sentative of the agricultural interests. The
canvass, which he will at once inaugurate,
promises to he one Of the most active in the
general Congressional campaign in the
state. All the Democrats will unite in Civ
ing him Jealous support, not only because
he is entitled to he elected as the exponent
of the most conservative and respectable
clements in the district, but as rebuke TO
that spirit of reckless partlsanship,lwhich
was displayed by the Republican majority
in Congress in dispOssessing Mr.. Nenable
of his seat without shadow Of justification.
There is strong probability that Mr..
Epes will receive an important measure Of
support from the numerous Republicans in
the district who resent the seating of Langs-
ton as IN act Of injustice to the Republican
"a well as to the Democratic party. With
such accessions 10 the Democratic ranks,
and with the negro voters divided, the DEM
ocratic nominee has most encouraging
prospect Of election by majority of hand
some proportions.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
Tournament at stribling Springs

Every one saws the tournament az >trib-
| ling Springs was IA grand success, says a
writer in the Valley Nirginlan. True, a
number of expected knights did not make
their appearance, and busy % Congress
would not let Colonel Tucker come and tell
those knights how to hold their lances. still
every one had good time.
Three O'Clock found the course surrounded
with spectators in carriages and on seats,
and al 1880. after brief drill. the knights
formed before the Judges stand for the
charge Mr.. Hartman surprised Captain
Tom CIOwder into telling them in rather
left-handed way that they were the most
handsome and Notwithstanding knights
that ever charged at each other or at an iron
ring. After this the knights did their
charging. which occupied the time till j:ij,
with the following result:
lst. Mr.. j. W. Crawford, OF New Hope,
Knight of the Nineteenth Century.
3D. Mr.. George +. Irvine, Of Parnassas,
Black knight of lyanhoe.
ID. Mr.. John East, Of Spring Hill, knight
Of University of Virginia.
4th. Dir. Hugh Braxt0n, Of stauntOn,
Knight OF Westmoreland, after riding of a
tie with Mr.. W. Dunlap, knight Of the
Mountains.
After this result had been announced by
the judges, the knights paraded the length
of the course, and on their return. Mr..
George Irvines equipment. as the Black
knight. was declared deserving OF the fifth
prize offered to the best-equipped knight.
The time before and after supper, until
the coronation took place, was agreeably
passed in listening to the eight members
of the stonewall Band who were in attend
ance.
l. Promptly al $3.50 the ballroom was open-
Nand after listening 10 the address by Mr.
lOuA Bumgardner, Miss Annie Eakle. who
y Wishing In Staunton, was crowned Queen,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
THOUGHT HE'D BE FUNNY.
\ Chicago Doctor Who shaved His Beard
Taken Aback by His Wife,

\ doctor on the North side played neat
little trick upon his wife one night last
week. Ever since she first met him he has
been bearded like the pard. and both wbis-
kers and mOustache have been regarded az
no incOnsiderable portion of the professional
outfit. The lady was returning from the
country and her lord was 10 meet her at the
depot. He usually wears Prince Albert
black coat and a tall silk hat,
as becometh the dignity Of medicine mar.
He changed all that upon the ap-
pointed day. First, he went and had
his face clean shaved. lie then purchased a
straw hat with blue ribbon band. and has
tened to array himself in a light suit, Of
which the coat was short sack, butt0ned
up to the chink. He saw his wife looking ont
for him. and deeping his head turned down,
he approached the car and said in dis
guised voice. "Can | be Of any assistance,
madam" The somewhat discOnsOlate lady
thanked HIM, and said she would be much
Obliged # he would call a carriage. When
she had taken her seat he jumped in and sat
beside her without saying word She gave
him long. piercing look, and then said
calmly: "Why. you great idiot, you're al
most naked. Chicago journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26

The most recent outrage committed by
the Republican majority in Congress, the
seating of LangstOn, who is no more en-
titled 10 the chair that he occupies than
Judge Arnold. the defeated candidate OF
the regular Republicans in the Fourth dis
trict at the last Congressional election,
must have powerful effect upon the Con-
gressional elections to take place in Viz
ginia this fall. That outrage will ineyi-
tally strengthen the Democratic party by
uniting all its members into one compact
band, determined to show their resentment
by their action at the polls when the time
20 cast their ballots arrive.
The unseating of Mr.. Nenable was all
that was required 10 confirm the popular
impression in this state that the Republican
party was bent upon restricting the liber-
ties and suppressing the voice of the South
ern people. Thee was not single citizen
of Virginia who was endowed with the or
binary degree of intelligence who did not
recognize in the Force bill legal instru-
ment, a political bludgeOn, intended to in
flict fatal injury upon the suffrage of the
South. This last crime against the rights
Of the people. this deliberate insult TO the
voters of Virginia, the exclusion without
the slightest ground Of justification OF one
of her legally elected representatives from
the halls of Congress, must convince every
man In this Commonwealth that the Repub-
lean party will go to the full limit of its
powers to remove the foundations upon
which our free institutions have hitherto
rested.
\ They have already gone TO this limit. 1t
nav remains to be seen whether the people
Of tMs state will calmly submit to such an
OUTRAGEOUS encroachment upon their consti-
tutional Nights. The Congressional cleo
tons will soSQ give them an opportunity to
expr, r. mahper which cannot be misin-
terpreted, the profound indignation which
they feel at the wronN which has recently
been perpetrated upon Mem, and through
them, upon the people of Nkwhole South.
II is demanded Of the DEM katic voters
Of Virginia especially, that thN>Sball show
the most indeiatgable activity in NQcrui-
ing their ranks, and strengthening theX or
ganization by every available means W
order TO secure such victory in the APP \
preaching election that it will be impossible
for the south-hating cohorts Of Reed TO mis-
take the meaning Of the result. There is
not Democrat IN Virginia who has reach
cd the age when he is entitled TO vote, who
will not ignore the most solemn obligations
Of a most urgent duty if he shall fail, not
only 10 vote (Which would be, without prop
er excuse, crime against his citizenship,
but also 10 exercise whatever influence he
may possess TO promote the great cause in
which he is interested.
The day Of election should prove 20 be a
political Sedan 10 the Republicans Of vir-
ginia. All the Commonwealths 10 the South
of us can be relied upon TO do their full duty.
Let Virginia, however, lead in the grandeur
Of its protest at the polls, against those In
fringemeuts upon our national and local
freedom, which Reed and his followers have
80 far committed with impunity. ,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
EDlSON'S BOYHOOD.
The wizards FIRST Great Invention the
Result of Accident.

ni,ut nothing is too wonderful for Edissn
N nroduce. When look back to twenty
five wears ago and put Tom Edison, as
then knew him. alongside Of the Thomas \.
Edison Of today, and note what has taken
Mace. | am prepared almost for anything
Twenty.five wears ago. a. sat by Edison
IN New York telegraph office. | little
thought that there slumbered within that
man the fires Of a genius that would one
dav startle the world. There was nothing
wonderful about Edison. \ plain and I'M
nretentiOus man, he came and went without
troubling any one with his conversation.
perhaps he spoke to me more than 10 any
other man IN the place, because we sat AT
adjoining tables.
zone day his wire gave out or went
wrong in some way. He was working New
Haven: | was operating Boston. He started
10 fix il. and while thus engaged his mes
sage came back over my wire. ! called
him: Tom. can you explain thisT He
looked for a moment and then remarked:
why, that is caused by induction; the
two wires are near each other lie went
off. and shortly afterwards came back
seemingly lost in thought. Yes, that's
what causes it, he repeated. Il wonder if
we could devise plan like that 10 make
two circuits on one wire so that two men
could send and two others receive at the
same timer And he went back to his in
strument. Out Of that little accident he
devised the duplex telegraph system. Then
I followed the quadrupleY. and these have
saved the telegraph company millions Of
dollars"
Had Edison before that shown any in
yentiye genius =
"He had been working on n telegraph
system. but he discovered that the Wheat
stone system-I think that is the name
covered the ground. and he gave il up. You
| know the rest. EdisOn's achievements are
now no secret.
1.-THE steps leading up to that perfected
monograph. how Edison discovered that
the sound waves Of the human voice might
be so directed as 10 trace an impression
upon solid substance, are just as wonder
| ful. Edison found il almost accidentally
while he was experimenting with different
object in view. In manipulating a machine
intended 10 repeat Morse characters, he
| found that when the cylinder carrying the
indented paper was turned with great swirl,
ness il gave off a humming noise. That led
| to several experiments, such as lifting ada
phragm 10 the machine, which would re-
ceiye the vibrations made by the voice The
| cylinder. when rapidly reyOlved. caused a
repetition of the original vibrations, Just as
| If the machine itself were speaking That
settled the matter. and Edison found thai
the problem Of registering human speech. So
that il could be repeated by mechanical
means as often as might be desired, was
solved. Yes. Edison is genius. '-Chlcagf
Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26

gravely referred 20 the alleged opposition OF
Englishmen TO the bill which bore his name
as the most convincing reason why II should
be passed by Americans, II being taken for
granted that what inflicted commercial in
Jury upon Great Britain redounded TO the
advantage Of the United states, and vice
versa.
The same position has been assumed by
other Republican speakers OF equal promi-
hence, until II would be inferred that TO be-
long to the Golden Club Of London was as
serious an act Of treason as the attempted
betrayal Of West Point into the hands OF
General Clinton by that arch prince OF
traitors, Benedict Arnold.
The Republicans, however, are wholly
mistaken in thinking that there is any very
| strong sentiment in England against either
the Mckinley bill or the general system OF
protection prevailing in the United states
II such a sentiment has existed In the past,
1t has been very much modified by tho re-
cent discussion in this country as to the
impossibility Of enlarging our trade with
South America while our duties remain as
high as they are now. Englishmen begin
70 see very clearly that as long as the Uni
| ted States continues 10 uphold its present
! tariff laws the people of this country are
removed from the markets Of very large
part of the world as the direct competitors
Of the people of Great Britain. Repeal these
laws or modify them most substantially,
and the United States, a rival Of the same
| energy and power as Great Britain, would
! at once spring into the field TO divide the
trade Of all nations, and especially Of the
Republics OF South America,
There are few more capable English
statesmen than Joseph Chamberlain, a
man trained in business as well as in poll
teal affairs. lie is now visiting this coun-
\ try, and in n recent interview he expressed
the growing opinion Of Englishmen on this
general point: 81 have repeatedly de-
clared," he is reported as saying ''what ]
now say, that England would suffer great
loss if the protective system should be
abolished in the United States. We have
built up an enormous trade with the coun-
tries of South America, with Australia, and
other countries which we could not
hold if tree trade were adopted
here. You have enormous resources
in raw materials, in workman
ship. and in machinery, against which
England would cut sorry figure If both
countries were placed on an equal footing
in the race for commercial supremacy. |
will not say that England will be totally
yanquished, but she would be greatly IN
jured in the competition. In few years
the United States would rule the CONNER
cial world beyond the shadow Of doubt.
Those people in England who have eX-
pressed themselves in opposition TO the
measure evidently have not studied the
question as they should. They need to eX-
anime Americas resources. As an Eng
lishman, therefore, hope your policy OF
protection will be kept up indefinitely. The
higher the tariffs the better will be salts
fed, for ] cannot imagine seyerer blow to
my country than the United States could
deal by declaring for free trade"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
NEWS CLEANED FROM SOME OF
OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

The Eighth District Confederate Monu-
ment at Fairfax &. H.-A William
Wilson Club Comments on the Unseat-
ing of venabIe-A Tournament.
Mr.. Hume withheld his announcement,
says the Leesburg Mirror, as candidate
until he was satisfied there would be no Re
publican nomination, and his main hope
Of election is by the votes OF that class OF
Republicans who endorse all the obnoxious
measures passed and proposed in the pres
ent Congress-the "Force bill' included
while even they will only vote for him as one
Of the Spokesman OF the Manassas Conven-
ton expressed il, to ''down the Democratic
party" admitting that it was as "imp0s
sible 20 beat the Democrats in this district
with Republican as it is to build rail-
road TO the mo0n.r "Will you walk into
my parlor. said the spider 10 the flyf" Dem
ocrats Of LoudOun, are you prepared for the
sacriicei
We fear that Mr.. Hume has listened TO
the siren voices of bad advisers who are
Turing him 10 political ruin If thereby they
can serve their own selfish purposes. But
he has. without sufficient Justification. as
we think, placed himself in antagonlsm
with his party at most vital period inner
bistory-and if the object Of his candidacy
il "to down the Democratic party"-Demo-
Gratis should convince him that they are not
he downed under his leadership-this time,
at least.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
READ The SUNDAY TINES.

IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Oryou are all worn out, really good for moth
ing, IL Is general debility. Try
BROWNS lion BITTEkS.
twill cure you, cleanse your liver and give
agoOd appetite.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1890.
VIRGINIA AND THE WORLDS FAIR.


At the meeting Of the Agricultural Board
on Wednesday Major u. V. Gaines, mem
Der. proposed a resolution, which was
adopted. "Tliat the attention OF the Gov
ernor should be called to the importance
OF an appropriation by the Legislature to
the Department of Agriculture for the pur-
pose Of exhibiting the agricultural and
mineral products Of the state at the Worlds
Fair in 1872
This resolution was not premature, either
in.its special application to the Department
Of Agriculture or in its indirect application
20 every interest of the state which should be
represented in the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Il IL far from being too soon FIR the pubic
authorities and private individuals TO take
the necessary steps looking to II representa-
tive exhibit on the occasion named; OF all
the varied products Of the soil Of Virginia,
of all the inexhaustible mineral resources
beneath its surface, and Of the different
forms of its expanding manufactures. lhis
exhibit should be full in its volume and DIS
tinctive in its character, and provisions
should at once be begun to be made to insure
the successful attainment Of so desirable an
end.
The good that would be accomplished 10y
such an exhibit would be almost beyond the
power Of calculation. IL could not fail tC
create profound impression in favor oil Inc
material resources of Virginia. Even
now, many months before the Fair Will be
inaugurated, the magnificent advantages
of this great Commonwealth are attracting
the attention Of the capitalists OF the nied
States at an ever Increasing rate. 1t Is mol
an exaggeration 20 say that the eyes OF q
very important proportion of the most iniu'
entail men in the financial circles oil 'h'
Union are being turned with growing IN
tercst In this direction.
An exhibit at Chicago in 1892 on proper
scale, in the point both Of quantity and
quality, would not only confirm the predl-
Iections that have already been formed IN
our favor, but would have the strongest
tendency TO promote the existing DISPOSE
ton among so many Of the Northern and
Western people 10 cast III tneh PeisVn"i
fortunes with us, or 70 make larger invest
ments in our enterprises. The expense
that would be entailed by the collection
and transportation of the materials for such
an exhibit would be mere bagatelle as
compared with the benefits to be derived
from such an outlay.
Every consideration that should influence
the action Of people, demands that Nir-
ginia, both by its public authorities and its
private or corporate individuals, should
make an industrial display at Chicago in
1892 that will fully reveal the infinite
variety and the ineXhaustible volume of her
natural and artificial resources. Any other
course would be unfaithiuness to the in
tefests Of her people, and recreancy to her
own claims to the highest material great
ness,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
Russell BIS Black Friday.
New York sun.

The Hon. Benjamin Harrison, like a stern
Roman parent, signed the anti-LOttery bill
on September 18th, and on that day it be-
came a law.
We look in vain through the columns Of
Mr.. Russell b. lIarrisOn's Helena Journal
Friday, September 1911, for any one Of the
several lottery advertisements which preyi-
ously to that date have been the most con-
spicuOus feature Of that enterprising sheet.
The Helena journal of Thursday, Sep
TENDER Is, contains in eXtensO the advertise
ments Of the louisiana state Lottery, the
Grand Lottery Of Juaeez. and the sO-called
Beneflcencia Publica Ofthe City Of Mexico.
Up to the last moment the presidents
sou continued to set these man traps and
to pocket his pay. lie stopped the profita-
bic practice only Just IN time to escape
criminal prosecution.
Friday was a black Friday for Russell Il.
Harrison and the Helena Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26

After an almost eneXampled fight, Con-
gresham O'Ferrall and his Democratic as
sOciates were beaten yesterday IN the
House by force Of numbers. says the Lynch
burg News. LangstOn, the struttlng negro
professor of the Petersburg district, was
awarded Mr.. Nenable's seat. OF course. II
was a partisan outrage, proceeding with
out a shadow of Qualifications but Mr.. Reed
and his men have perpetrated so many such
Outrages that they have ceased 10 excite III
dignatiOn. The announcement Is received
lust as a matter Of everyday occurrence.
MIR. O'Ferrall managed Nenabe's case adj
mirably, displaying marked skill as par
liamentarian, and deserves the applause Of
every good Democrat in the country, espe-
cially in Virginia. The seating of Langs-
ton will not cOnduce TO harmOnzing the
Republican party in the Petersburg district.
Ii will incense the Malone wing and afford
the Democrats a good chance 10 capture the
district in November.
The white people Of Virginia, irrespective
of party alliliatiOn, should, in view Of yes
terday's proceedings in the United states
House Of Representatives. resolve 10 resent
the outrage then perpetrated upon them, IN
deriving one of their fairly elected repre-
sentatiyes of his seat and giving it 10 a
negro who was not elected, by electing a
solid Democratic Congressional delegation
next November says the Alexandria Ga
zette. Ii was bad enough when Mr.. Wise's
seat was taken away from HIM and given 10
"A white Republican, because the sun re-
fused to remain above the western horizon
long enough to allow some belated negroes
10 vote: but to deprive Mr.. Nenable of his
seat and give IL 10 negro, when the white
Republicans of the district united with the
Democrats thereof in testifying that the
former was, and the latter was not, elected,
was an outrage that should not be sub
mitted to without conspicuous rebuke. 1t
was the more reprehensible because it was
perpetrated at the demand Of Northern
negroes, who threatened to desert the Re
publicans in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
and other Northern states nj the November
election, if 1t were not cOnsummated before
that election. This is no time TO talk about
electing independent candidates in Virginia
Dy negro votes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
ENGLAND AND PROTECTION.

II has long been the habit Of the adyo-
Gates and supporters Of the high tariff now
in operation In the United states 10 lay the
strongest emphasis upon the sympathy
which the people Of Great Britain. a land
In which free trade has been adopted, were
supposed to feel for the Democratic party
in It's Efforts 70 modify the revenue Lawn Of
this country. When MIR. Mckinley "a short
time since came before the Congressional
Convention in his district, which had Just
extended him denomination, be, with that
absence of humor which distinguishes him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-26
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