The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-20

duce him 10 run for uoFcInor VI NC" ioiA
State.
-Balmaceda would be great politician in
Kansas. His action in coolly issuing ti2. 000.0
of notes and compelling the people to receive
them ought to send thrill of exultant erpo-
ton down the spines Of the cheap money ad-
yocates.
The London Times approves Of the single
term theory as the best way 20 abolish Ottce
seeking abuses. Ia England, where the un-
gle-term idea is followed TO excess. such
things as office-seeking abuses are, of course,
unknown.
1t doesn't conclusively testify that
higher degree of political morality obtains in
New York, but it's certain that though She
Republican nomination for Governor is lying
around loose there none Of the prominent
party men will take II.
"A resolution has been adopted by large
majority of the Geographical Congress at
Beirne that the Greenwich meridian ought 20
be universally accepted as the prime This
gives a noteworthy sanction TO the view taken
in the Washington international Conference
of 1854.
Professor Forbes paper on "A Bacterial
Disease IF the Chinch Bug might have "a
more hilarious title, but there is lots of fun IN
the paper for all but the bug. 1t tells how
the chInch eats up the wheat. and how most
amiable bacterOid has been discovered which
A Congo native, who has been taught to
read and write, has just sent letter, his first.
to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1t reals
as follows: Great and good chief of the tribe
Of Christ, greeting. The humblest OF your
servants kisses the hem of your garments.
and begs YOU TO send to his fellow servants
more Gospel and less rum. In the bonds OF
Christ, Cgalia."
Kaiser Wilhelm's Government is not wor-
rying over the Russian Cars ukase prohibit
ing the expectation OF rye. The stout soldiers
Of His Imperial Majesty will be fed on wheat
bread instead of the black lOaves made of rye
flour; that is all. What the German army eats
the German people will eat and the result
may be permanent and unexpected change
in the dietary habits OF great nation.
Isn't il strange that men who are rascally
enough to be willing to pass counterfeit
money in large quantities are too stupid TO
know that it is next TO impossible to get imi-
tations good enough to pass. lsntit strange.
also. considering how much has been printed
on the subject that they haven't learned that
the men who offer TO sell them counterielts
haven't any for sale. and wouldn't dare oder
them SO freely if they had;
There is yet living" says gentlemen
from New York State. "a man who recalls
having seen Robert Fulton many times and
who knew the great inventor we'll" This
venerable survivor is Christian Cooper. II
he lives until next October he will celebrate
the completion Of his Nth year. HIS al
vanced age Is we'll established. If the record
OF the Reformed church Of Germantown
spoke truly Christian Cooper was born Octo-
Der 25 l774.
Two romantic young ladies Of st. Louis
ran of with an opera troupe and married two
fascinating members hereof. With that beau
titul trust Of love which Is nm essential lngre-
dent of romance, they sc0rned 70 make any
prOsac inquiries about the men 10 whom they
had linked themselves for life. The men
turned out TO be eX-cOnvlcts. Romance Is
charming thing. and would be simply perfect
were it only favored with q touch Of hard
common sense. But then there wouldn't be
SO much of It.
The hard-headed, practical Nermontors
seem TO have abundant sense Of the pictur-
esquo This was proved at the great celehra-
tiOn and dedication OF the monument COM
memoratiye of the Revolutionary battle of
Bennington IN that place yesterday The
President and his Cabinet and thousand
other guests of the Stgte passed beneath an
arch. on the towers of which q beautiful
Young girl posed rs the Goddess of Liberty"
The thirteen original colonies were repre-
scented by thirteen pretty girls and balconies
on the arch contained $50 other pretty dam
sells, all singing.
Next TO Phillips Brooks whose gigantic
size Is well known. the bishop Of the Epico-
pal Church who possesses the greatest glrth
snd stature is Bishop Walker. Of North
Dakota. lie is three inches above SIX feet IN
height. stout IN proportion and has strik-
ingly handsome face. His hair and beard are
black The bishop 10 an entertaining talker
ana man who shines as brightly IN society
az in the pulpit A few years ago he won
some notoriety by introducing a missionary
car" into the service of the Church, and with
IL he carried the Gospel by rail through the
Northwestern States.
Governor Eagle. Of Arkansas. is one Of the
many men whose success in life is due 10 the
encouragement and stimulus Of "a clever wife.
Ever since hermarriage Mrs Eagle hes pushed
her husband forward She even educated him.
for he could not read until he had reached
mature years, andas q result Of her efforts he
became in turn a student 4 preacher of the
Gospel and a teacher. In every way she en-
coUrage1 him and hi nomination 20 the gov
ernorship Was tracoable directly 20 her IN
tluence over the state convention Naturally,
Arkansas is proud Of Mrs Eagle. and her posi-
ton IN the State IS not unlike that OF Mrs.
Logan in Illinois.
The inspired denial" of the report that
q secret treaty has been concluded between
France and Russia, which is cabled from ~.
Peters, urg. was hardly neces sary for the IN
formation for those who had carefully con
sdered the international situation ~
olOgy in which the denial is expressed Is, even
10 the closest observer an additional indlca-
ton of the difficulties in the way OF forming
such an alliance as was rumored There -
nothing in the history or the traditions Of the
TWO nations which is favorable 10 such an
alliance and there are many Tec0llectlons and
considerations growing out Of past hostility
which must tend 10 draw them apart Sepa-
rated from each other geographically by
the breadth OF q continent. they are yet more
widely separated by historical and political
bias.
Our special cable dispatch from Shanghai
saws Yesterdays Herald. shows that the for
eign ministers are putting upon China p pres
sure which must break something. Either the
Government must act or the fleet viii. The
Government. knowing its inability 10 suppress
the demonstrations against foreigners for the
strongest feeling has been shown IN the prov
ince from which comes the bulk OF tho army
tries 20 tempOrize, but the Powers have en-
durcd that old trick for the last time. II the
Government makes pretense OF doing some
thing il may find itself the first combatant
knocked out" Then the Tartar will 20
and China will have q Chinese ruler-but
hate the foreigner as savagely az ever
Should the allied fleet be obliged to
do something, both Emperor and foreigner
will he hated more than before. Should the
Emperor lose his head. mentally or physi-
caly. and Ii Hung Chang call himself regent.
protector or president he will probably have
all the support he wants from the fleet
should he want any at all for his own body
guard is worth about AZ much as the entire