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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09

A writer in Texas Farm and Ranch says
Last spring we planted fifteen acres OF corr
| in COW peas by dropping peas between hill'
of corn ahead Of the plows, at second pillow
ing Of corn MAY lst). We plowed the corr
again, and laid It by with turn plOws about
Mas 10Th. Peas got good start before the
drouth, which ruined our corn set In. We
made but little corn, but peas-well, they
are a show to look at. We have picked
everything full on the place, aud yet there's
peas to pick Some farmers say they do moi
mink cow peas are a paying op, but
think no crop pays more on land aud labor
invested than peas. We have saved
more than two tens OF hay per acre,
besides several bushels Of seed that
sell fast at 81 per bushel. And besides the
above there in great profit IN the way OF
enrichening the land with pea vines aud
roofs when turned under. | have on my
deska bulletin from the Alabama A. and
n. College, ex-station, on the subject II
COW peas as fertilizer. IL gives The
chemical analysis u pea vines aud roots,
showing the amount Of available plant food
IN an acre OF pea vines. Then estimating
it at the market price Of the average fertil-
izer sold in Alabama, the conclusion il
reached that a good crop OF pea vines is
equal to SIS worth OF manufactured guano.
III they are worth SO per acre 10 land in
Alahama, why are they not worth as much
ia Texasy
Here is another thing about II: Our grass
l. about ,vne, hence the time-hOn0red, long
horned range COW must give way 10 better
milk stock, that will require better feed.
Can YOU tell US how TO raise better dairy
feed than one pound OF cotton seed with two
Of good pea-yine hay will make for the same
money that these will c0sti
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
jury system in New York

Such il the active business life OF New
York so numerous are the demands upon
the time and thought Of its most energetic
and industrious men, so earnest ana IN
tense is the competitor IN all branches Oh
trade. and so many are the cares ana c'h-
Germs of be pdblic-sprted, that III Is eN-
tremely difficult T. secure efficient jurors.
I'm consequence of this the business OF the
courts. pioyerblally slow, has been further
retarded aud the rights Of ltigsnts Ire
quently impaired. e,yyo ~,
Accordingly, the Legislature OF 1881 AZ
the demand OF the professional rei0rmer5-
and ,,non the report of a special com nttee
of the senate appointed for the ptrpote, so
amended the Code Of Civil Procedure thai
the corporation counsel shall every three
months furnish detailed list to the Mayor
Of the number of fines collected from mos
who failed to do jury duty, together WIN
the reason why any fine previously ilhpos' q
upon delinquent should be RENTED. ms
was the reiOrmers' pet plan, ana IL War
prOmised that II would reVOlutlonlle jury
service in this town, raise the stand 20 o'
efficiency among jurors, do away WIN
abuses which were known 10 exist. equa lIe
the burden of service, and, generally Speak
ing, btace up the law, Jurisprudence ana
humanity.
Like most reforms devised by ignorant
persons, il has fallen short Of she results
sought, for the reason that 1t was entirely
superficial, and did not touch the reai
causes of the evil. That such 10 the case is
proved by the report furnished to Mayor
Grant bv the Corporation Counsel. II shOWs
how little wool has rewarded the loud cry
Of the well.meaning professional reiormers.
These are the figures for three months:
limos ,mnosed on delinmonts $63 800
Fines RENTED by judges .......... o. -
Fines not RENTED. ....--..--..... z'z'O
Fines actually collected. .......... None
In order to reform it is quite necessary 10
know what YOU are about.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09

popular opinion succeeding the refusal
Of distinguished Senator'S In Congress
toobey the instructions OF their State As
semblies. The principle Of representative
Independence can be abused, but the ami
mus Of the independence under these cir
cumstances is palpable. and receives. very
properly, no commentator.
Tho broad principle laid down by Senator
Vance is open TO attack in itself. but 1t Is
especially deserving OF amin sdyersion when
announced by himself IN connection with
the sub-Treasury scheme, which be has on
many occasions condemned in terms sui
6ciently explicit to reveal that it IS entirel,
opposed TO his own convictions, and his
sense OF public duty.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09

The modern girl skater better merits tho
description given her ancestrrss 10y an old
chrOnicler, who writes that she went "as
swiftly as bird ilyeth in The air or an ar
row out Of "a crOss-bOW.'
The best skate Is one that clamps firmly
on the heel and hts the edges SO tightly it
becomes part Of the foot itself II should
be accurately and perfectly steady il
properly strapped % the foot. Laced boots
for skating are 90 DE preferred Ia buttonej.
as they permit the freer circulation of thc
bl cd. The beginner might advantageous
carry a stick or light pole ln the hand. but
neyeris a friend-One in need and one IL
decd-as when her trusty hand forms the
main,tay ON the treacnerOus and unknown
slippery surface. But make trial. learn 20
balance the body properly, AID with a little
confidence success VIII CO me very soon. J.
is wonderful how soon children learn O.
skate. Tiny little bodies. wee bits Of wo-
manly humanity dart by their elder sisters
so cautiously feeling their way, bright
fishes Of gold and silver as it were, lliung
boy some unWiodiy body Of the deep.
The girl skater 10 learning ought never o.
look at her feet. should Keep the head up adj
yancius the body, her face in th' direction
she is going, and toe body slightly inclined
forward, according % thr first principle OF
grayitatiOn, which in scientific language
says keep the centre Of gravity over th.
base. In skating. all movements should be-
smooth and graceful, and an effort made "a
keep quite free from jerking and awkward
GESTURES. The art of STOPPING is soon learned.
Slightly bend the knees, bring the heels to-
-cther and bear upon them. II may also be-
accomplished by turning short 10 The ri ghi
or LEFT, and as you and | know, too often
happens 10 lis by sudden contact with Nhai
acts Iu place of Terra tirma.' and from No
desire on our part 90 reach 80 decided d
halt The best skaters avoid swinging the
arms. They are also careful 10 wear a close
lifting dress. as fIll and loose clothes catch
the wind and ret3rd progress. A sensible
skater never ventures on thin ice, and I'M
less perfectly sure that the CLASSY rink viii
bear her weight, does not think Of putting
on her sSates.-Ellen Le GaIde, in the La.
dies Home Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
a MONUMENT TO SPINNER.
A Female Department Clerk Suggests
Thatthe Women BuiId IT,


That the Women Build ~.
cit would SEEM" said an intelligent an(
grateful female clerk in the Department o.
the Interior, "a fitting tribute 10 the mem
ory Of General f. L. Spinner, who in 1886.
drst employed women in the Department al
W ishinyton: that while the church bells Of
New York have scarcely finished tOlling biz
funeral knell a movement should be insntu
ted bv the women ~ the Department lC
erect here In W Washington monument tC
evince their gratitude TO him who opened
TO so many the means Of honorable employ
ment and livelihood.
Nv III not every woman now in the Gov
eminent service. and those who have left 1t
contribute TO the causei The small sum Of
81 from each would raise monument thai
would say TO the world, lie still lives in the
hearts of those he held out his hand TO help
opening new field TO honorable mainten
ance 10 many, who bat for him would have
toiled in poorly paid positions in less com
Portable and more trying conditions
contributions need not be confined TO 81
That amount, suggest, as within the possi
bic giving of each one, though any sum. NJ
matter how great or how small, would testi
fy the gratitude of some toiling woman's
heart.
LET the monument be placed within the
Treasury enclosure at the south entrance
near the intersection Of Pennsylvania ave
nue and Fifteenth street, as 1t was while
United States Treasurer that General Spin
ner first employed women in the Treasury
LET us women then take the matter NJ
with all earnestness, and frOm the humblesi
charw0man to the best paid employe con
tribute to a suitable memorial 10 him who
did 40 much for 10, that all may see and
know how gratefully we remember General
Spinner, the woman clerks friend"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
1 Tin Plate Fraud.
fTlalfituOrr sun

4 subscriber sends Us piece Of tln-plate
which. it ia stated in some proteciionisi
doggerel on one side Of il. was made at a
rolling mill III Pennsylvania. The rhYmster
saws "it's surely made on Uncle SANS
premises, and we can sell it very well at
Johnnie Bulls late prices but our CORES
pondent SAYS the specimen CLOCKS Ike
foreign tin-plate." and believes II 10 sent
around in furtherauce Of some protectlonist
scheme. The specimen does undoubtedly
look Ike the foreign article, but II Is not
impossible, our correspondent should re-
member, 10 make tin-piate here, II one
doesn't mind the cost. Nobody doubts that
PENNSYLVANIA rolling mills can roll IRON
thin enough for tin-plate and coat 1t win
the imported tin. They could coat 1t Tor
that matter with gold. But the objection
lies in representing that the circulated
specimen can he sold at proht lat Jonnn. .
Bills late prices" " hen the new tarin
on tin-plata lakes effect we shall probably
hear another story.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09

matically difficult doctrine Of concession"
and "acquiescence" cOmLs IN. Mr.. Blaire
establishes the fact that the RUSSIAN Amerl-
can company's seal monopoly continued tor
forty Years after the treaty Of ls2j; that
during all that time no British vessel die
turbed the seal fisheries, and that the Brit
i.h Government never in any way protested.
But the British Government replies that a
general right Of this kind cannot he held to
BE- abandoned because the subjects OF a par
ticular nation had not seen NJ 10 exercise II.
In regard 10 this Behring Sen contention 1t
il shown that thirty years ago there was no
British COlumbians. or any other British
subjects, who had the least interest in the
matter. When, however, British popn' a
ton. originally drawn 70 the Pacific coast
by the discovery Of gold, came 10 find the
| seal fisheries OF the neighbOring seas valu-
able. it had prima facie right, under iht
full sanction Ofthe law Of nations, 10 engage
in those fisheries outside " the prescribed
limit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
1sRRIsLr HUMAN CARNAGE. Q
\ Slaughter Of e,5OO.OoO Lives In WAS
OF the Last Thirty Years.

OF the Last Thirty Years.
According to the estimates Of French
and German statisticiars, there have per-
ished in the wars Of the last thirty years
>. 10000 men, while there has been eX-
pended 10 carry them on no less than the
inconceiyable sum of Sl3. 600 COCOON. says
the san Francisco Chronicle. OF thls
amount France has paid nearly S3..o1Wo-
30 a. the cost Of the war with ffu.sl''
Viii her loss in men Is placed NJ l5'.goV;
OF these $1,000 were killed on the ueld on
battle. 49, 600 died OF sickness, accidents W
suicide. and 20.fOO in German PRISONS
while there died from other causes enough
to hrieg the number up 90 The given asgfe-
gate. The sick and wounded amounted ~
+7T.42f. the lives Of many thousands ON
whom were doubtless shortened by theiI
illness or injuries.
According 10 DR.. Roth, a German author
inv. the Germans lost during the war uOVpV
men Killed or rendered invalid, ana SoOV'-
Gao coo in money. this being the excess 0l
eynonditure or of material losses ONe- me
s .2j0.0 900 paid by France by way oil ~
! Cemnily. Or. Engei. another German stu
ustician. gives the following as the approx
innate cost Of the principal ware Oh tle ~ las.
thirty years. Crimeah war. VUO'tV'UVo'
| Italian WAT OF iNNft fI'''s"f'f'''f
Danish war of 1864, S35.0O)mO; war oil tne
rebellion (North), $j.loO,OOOWO, l7outn
-. 300. OO0. 900: Pruss0.Au-trian war OF 800
| $500 OO0. 900: Russ0-Iurkish war Sl2o,vW,-
| 600: South-Aricau wars, SS,llNWo; Alri'
IAN war. $l3 2JJ,O0O: Seryo-Buigarian,$ l'o'
100000.
Al these wars were muIder0us I'D the eN-
IRENE. The Crimcan war, IN when lew
! battles were fought. cost 1jo,OlO lives. only
$1,000 less than were killed or died oil then
: wounds North and Suth during the war OIL
! the rebellion. These figures, ~ must DE re-
memtcred. are German. ans might not aglet
precisely with American estimates. Inc
| Mexican and Chinese expeditions cos'
! S3OO. 900 coo and $500 lives. There Wer'
| 80. 900 Killed and MORALLY wounded during
the Russo Turkish war. and i1.OW each II
the Italian war Of 1853 and the war between
Prussia and Austria. In the other wan
The los az life was relatively less, Unlcl
did not make either the men or money easle
10 part with ion the more limited areas Wher'
they occurred.
An this il but part Of the accounting
since il does not include the millions q
ueuded during the last twenty years u
maintaining the vast armameuts 81 th'
| European powers. the losses caused 10y th'
stOpuage Of commerce and manufactures
and the continual arrangement of INDUS
rries by the abstraction from useful EN-
pOyment Of 80 many millions of person.
held for period ~ military service extend
ing from three 10 five years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
Calling tho senate Together
fPhiladelnhla Record.

When the Sena'e was called TO order on
Tuesday only seven members were present
and Mr.. Edmunds moved a recess OF thirty
minutes to give the others time to drop ID
Jerry ~imnsod, the coming Kansas stat =,
a dinner-born at 6 4. NJ, sharp, from the
portlco oflthe Capitol, land at 7 o'clock The
IIonse should be called TO ORDER and ever
man who doesn't answer to his name should
he locked a days pay" As between thf
Id nun Is and the simpson remedies LOT lai'
dIness a rigid sense OF equity would decidt
in fNs Of the latter Undoubtedly an a.
tempt to graz the Jefersonian simplicity
Of X nsas fam life on the sybarlicai me
thods of Congress would meet with resist
ance aud ridicue; but some remedy u
needed for the present system Of futile dal
lance, and stranger things have happene'
than the fulhllment Of the plan wnich DIT
simpson is alleged to have proposed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
aLEaIsLAroR's INDEPENDESCE.


The position taken by Senator Vance in
his recent letter to the president OF the
North Carolina Alliance, namely, that ne
would. even contrary to his own conVlc-
tons. vote In the United states Senate in
favor OF the passage Of the sub-Ireasury
bill. or any other bill that might come be-
fore that body, il the Legislature OF the
State which he represents should instruct
him to do so, is opposed TO the spirit oil the
best section OF political sentiment IN the
Southern States.
Among the many claims to distinction
aud honor enjoyed by MIR. Lamar is the urn
attitude which he assumed ON memorable
occasion in the Senate, when he was directed
by the Legislature Of Mississippi to sup
port measure then attracting universal
attention, but which he justly considered 10
be inimical 10 the permanent welfare oil TN
country.
The words which he uttered will be quoted
as an example OF dignihed eloquence. lie
dlssented, on the ground OF expediency ana
principle alike. from the position which had
Assembly, and firmly declined TO aeknowi-
edge its right to govern his action as REP
resentative u 1t con1icted with the course
which both his Judgment and conscience.
prompted him TO pursue.
Mr.. Lamar was then candidate for re-
election to the Senate, the term which he was
then filling being on the eve OF expiration
Notwithstanding this fact, which, naturail!
enough, was well calculated 10 shake the
constancy and hrmness in adherance to
conviction Of smaller and weaker man,
the distinguished senator was not TO be
driven from the line Of conduct which he
knew 10 be right. He remained faithful to
his own unbiased conclusions regardless OF
conseque, ces. and In doing so, he not ohi,
advanced himself in the esteem OF the
Southern people. but he made 80 deep an
impression upon the Legislature Of Missis'
slppi Itself, that he was not long afterwards
returned TO the Senate without opposition.
This il the spirit which Is most admired
I'm the south in estimating the qualities OF
representatives, for this 10 the MANY spirit, |
the spirit Of just and reasonable indePend'
ence. the spirit that makes Senator and
Congressman aud Assemblyman true TO the |
best interests OF the people, even when the
psople become blinded by passion and mis-
conception TO those interests themselves.
Auan OF this stamp 10 always 10 be relied
upon II generally distinguished for pru'
dsnoe and conservatism 10 forming Ms
opIoions. A body Of msa are just as much
subject rs a single individual to the innH-
spce OF passing emotions, which leads 'oen
Into courses which they as keeniy regre'
when their calmnsss Of Judgment returns
This has been illustrated Thousand tunes
In our national history In the reactions OF
legislative sentiment which have followed
>hs exercise Of the Presidential veto. MOL
90 oftsu, but equally as plainly, the same
fscs has been illustrated In the changes u
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
Arc We a Christian People?
fnnnnha Wnrld-Herald.l

OF course the Indian is always to blame
lie neither votes nor owns newspaper
Ills opinions or wishes are never consuiteu
tie has been starved, robbed ana lled TO uh'
iii ne has no right to expect anything else,
and he should be at once put to death OF
tamely submit 10 an unending succession
of R0yers that will be inflicted ON hin
whether he wants them or not. Yet we are
still Christian people, for murder starva
ton ard death are still the portion oil Inc
heather, as it was in the days OF Pizzars
Cortez and the noble pilgrims of New Eng
land
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
Aus,isning Churches.

The Supreme Court Of Georgia has re-
Gently decided that church may be sold
10 pay the preacher, the case being one IN
which the pastor levied upon the property
Tor arrears OF pay. In delivering the opin-
ION the Chief.Justice is quite facetlOus,
without much warrant in ~ nature o. the
subject. and in humorous way puts the
decision upon the ground that the immuta
bic principles Of justice require payment OF
debt, though, as appear by the opinion, al
least one exception from this requirement
IL part of the laws Of that State.
The opinion says that 1.-THE law grants ex-
empuons Of property to families and on
looking this up IL appears thai property Of
this kind 10 a considerable amount is eN-
empt in Georgia from seizure for, say, =
provision account or doctors bill the idea
appearing to De that 1t is more important,
tor the family 10 have home than for the
grocer or physician % be paid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
The NInney I'm Pnisnte.

"lf you want to lose or make fortune IN
a day," said MIR. IL. {. Lodge, a well-knOwn
Colorado patent lawyer, now in the city,
"just go into the business Of the inventor.
Il is better than lottery, for you stand a
chance Of Winning once in while. The
man who invented the hooks now in use on
the tops Of shoes wa Missouri shoemaker.
tie got $3.50 for his patent, but the man who
bought it made $4,000 out of it. The in
yentor and patentee OF that toy for children,
the redounding ball, now almost forgotten
by the tickle youngsters, cleared Si23,OOO
out Of his patent, while the chestnut bell
prohted the firm that patented the idea
$4,000. Pigs in clover would have
brought the inventor, Central New York
farmer. as much more, but number Of
drms manufacturing children's toys ran
the risk for infringement of patents during
that craze. and the inventor only received
$4,000 aud lot Of law suits. | haven't
said ANYTHING about G men who have lost
fortunes in the business, but their name is
legion. Kansas City Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
Businefsin the Clubs.
lTcNas Strings.

The recent law suit Of Pryor vs.. Eilistof
raises a question Of interest to all cluDmeH
Both plaintfi and defendant are members
of the Manhattan Club. Ellist0n was con
yersing with friends in the cafe one even
ing when he WIS informed that gentleman
wanted to see him in the reception room
{Ie went out and was served with sum
mons int suit brought against him by hi
fellow member Pryor. Was this according
10 club etiQueltey majority OF the mem
beers the Manhattan are judges aud law
yers. Ii will be a saving Oftime and trouble
il the Board Of Directors decides that they
can transact legal business IN the club
house. Thus a venerable Judge might rt
mark in "A billiard.rOcm at IS my shot
but before 1 make this carOm let me hand
YOU the papers IN the case OF Doe ". Roe
or. in the card-rO0ms, one lawyer could al
dress his opponent thus: 81 will see your
raise and 90 you i've better: but allow me
to take this opportunity of serving you with
a notice Of Appeal from the verdict you won
this afternoon" These proceedings would
simplify legal business exceedingly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
WHEN IMMleRAIIoN WILL CEASE
America snd Austria Still Have Room
for Thousands Of Foreigners.

America End Austria Still Have Room
for Thousands Of Foreigners.
According 10 Mr.. Ginen, a few genera
tions more will see the end Of immigration
because there will be no room Tor more
immigrants. all the blank habitable space
having been occupied Mr.. Gihen IL mas
ter Of statistics, saws the London stand
ard. but his manipulation OF NJ
ures i'm support Of this rather dismal
theory is open 10 objection. Take the case
of the United States the present time the
most attractive emigration iield.U ncleSam's
territory. exclusive of Alaska, amounts.
-peaking roughly. to about 100000 square
miles. Onethird Of this Mr.. Giilen deducts
a. uninhabitable; but If ever the rest OF the
country becomes as populous as western
Europe. the Americans will soon iind means
of utilizing and frtilzing their sage brush
and alkall deserts.
Then Of the remaining 2,0W,0OO square
miles he saws that only about 100000 square
miles remain 10 be cultivated, implying that
that is the only tract open 10 tue agrcul-
tural immigrant. But any one who has
visited that great slONen continent a.
Nathaniel Hawthorne stt led America, Will
know that, although the remaining nine-
teen-twentieths have been alienated from
the state and have become private property
only "A small percentage u th. area j. cul-
uyated. in the sense in which cultivation
is understood in such countries - England,
France, Holland and Belgium.
I'm the state Of New York alone. despite
the big city at it, southern extremity, there
are hundreds of square miles Of wild land
land which could and would be cultivated
| if the pressure of population needed II. De-
pend on ii. the United states, and still more
Canada and Australia. Will need an sbund-
ance Of strong. willing hands for many
years TO come. and We only regret that tn
working CLASSES Of our nation show Al the
present time 20 little desire for migration
| England alone ought 90 send out a. least
100000 emierants yearly; and in then new
homes they would do more to preserve th'
unity Of the Empire thas any artificial
federation schemes ago News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-09
Two sides of the seal Controversy.
WASHINGTON Pnsll

The American Government, according d
Mr.. Blaine, insists that Russia asserted
and exercised her night to certain exclu.
siye Jurisdiction in Behring Sea in connec.
tlpn with her exclusive possession Of the
seal fisheries therein prior 10 the cession OF
Alaska and the eastern half Of that sea TO
the United siates-an act which trans
ierred such jurisdiction and right TO our
Government. The British Government,
through Lord Salisbury, asserts that Great
Britain never admitted the Russian claim
tina, Russia, by the convention OF 1928. re-
IOunced IL, and that the English have al
ways insisted upon the freedom Of nayiga-
ton and fishing In that sea.
IL IL At this point that tbs hay and diplo-