The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-18

The question has been raised as TO wha
course this Government would pursue in cas-
, Liberia should ask it - defend her from The
aggressions of England and France.
Dismissed census clerks say that Super.
intendent Porter required Of them speed in.
stead of accuracy in their work. This may
account for many Of the errors or omissions
of the census.
Patti has made enough money out Of
Americans at five thousand dollars night C.
entertain a few of them at her castle and not
lose money by their being there; but they
have not been invited.
1t is more romantic perhaps, to commit
suicide after sending ahectiOnate remem-
ORANGES to wife and children, but it is great
deal more manly 10 attend to ones business
and support them decently.
-Chicsgois the most progressive city on the
American continent. but she will never do
justice to her possibilities. says the Philadel-
phia Times until she begins TO issue marriage
licenses with divorce coupons attached.
The Treasury Department has decided
that ayes-ayes-a rare Madagascar quadruped
may come in free of duty for the Washing
ton 100 Oh. if Tom Reed had only thought
! he would have imported lot OF aye-ayes for
the fitty-first Congress.
The following opitaph is in Lanesboro. s.
C.: Here lies Jane Smith. wife Of Thomas
Smith. marble-cutter This monument was
erected by her husband as a tribute 10 her
memory and specimen of his work. Monu-
| ments OF THIS same style. $3.50"
The Hebrews may not be the most desir-
able sort OF citizens from the Russian stand
| point, but they are human beings. and are at
least. entitled TO humane treatment. The
! trials they are now undergoing in Russia read
like chapter out OF the history ofthe dark
ages.
"A farmer in Union county N. j.. has sued
German minister at Newark to recover
penalty of $500 on account of the alleged mis-
conduct of the clergyman in performing the
marriage ceremony between the farmers
daughter and farm labOrer with whom she
had eOped
"A letter that has Just reached the dead
letter Office is addressed follows: Post
master Please deliver this 20 the young lady
living in the first house beyond the stocking
factory, who wears black dress and sacque.
with white straw hat and brown trimmings.
Now don't make Il mistake"
The metal of the future" is coming to
the front grandy IL has gone down IN price
from - a pound to 80 cents a pound during
the last three years At that rate iron will
have a competitor one OF these days in aluml-
mum, and there will be new element" in
politics as well "a in manufacture.
The latest fashion in Partisan society is to
give entertainments for young mothers %
invited. Children's toys are distributed IN
the place OF favors. and on the following day
the participants IN the previous festivities call
with their children upon tho hostess
Colonel A. K Mcclure, editor Of the Phil
adelphia Times mas accepted an invitation 20
deliver an address at the North Carolina tx
position at Raleigh, October2l. He will also
90 TO Asheyille. where he says he has long
been wanting to make a visit Colonel Nc
Clure will see beautiful and progressive
country, and will be warmly welcomed.
The story comes from one Of the G. A. r. /
excursion trains for Detroit that a lady pas |
senger asked what occasioned q long wait on !
a side track. stopped 10 fix hot box !
ma am, was the conductors reply. We'll. |
if you heated EN- before you started instead /
of leaving II till now. we'd get into Detroit on
time, was the indignant lady's comment.
The Zulus are said TO have taken to the
salvation form of religion. General Booth is
going to South Africa % visit them and 10
found Salvation Army colony Ii s natural
that sayages should he more readily capti-
waited by the beating Of drums and iingling
Of tambourines than bv Psalm singing And
probably this Is the best way Of going about
their conversion.
Lord Lurgan is the first landlord in Ire
land to accept the Irish land-purchase act
he having agreed to dispose of his large estates
20 hls tenants under the provisions Of the
Lei |
eXtrayagant habits and his constant need Of
money are doubtless the controlling motives
for his action and to men of his class the
act of Parliament will come in very oppOr-
timely.
The Cunard Line has contracted for the
building of new steamer which IS % COM
pete with the Majestic for the record break
ne championship. aud if she shall fulfil ex-
the time between the two CONT
lents may 10 reduced t. five and a half
lays The new vessel is 90 be completed in
line for the Worlds Fair rush 10 these shores I
"a measure Of forethought which tho other }
rans-Atlantic lines viii not be slow o. imi-
ate
A we'll TODD negro preacher named Benia-
min. and living in San Francisco, has a great q
cheme for coloniliug two or three scofa
thousand Southern negroes III California and q
r1wdiug ont the Chinese lie SAYS ho has ,
ecured 20 900 acres Of land in Shasta and :
resno counties. special low rates of railroad
rams portation. and assurances Of immediate r
work. and wages for the cOlonists. IL is re- =
'orted that Senator Stanford thinks the pro-
ect good and feasible one. and is backing y
he Row. Mr.. Benjamin. i
At the Chicago Worlds Fair there will be o.
Inhibited a sliding railway. The cars are :.
Iith0ut wheels. Their motor IS water. and b
hey rest on steel boxes called skates. These :.
Hates arc hollow. connected with tubes ;,
trough the tubes lifts the train and gides it
long on thin film of water on the rail The
ais may be Of iron, steel, glass or asphalt. .
here IA no friction. - water main is laid by
ne side or under the rails. and pressure IS
applied by stationary engines
The German army is now the largest in the il
ord. The estimated cost Of maintaining il
ais year is .slOO0OO0 Tho estimated ex- T.
enditures on pension account in this cOun-
v for tho current year are 1850, 0O0, 900, and p,
lis. too. twenty-s1 years after the close Of
re war So it seems that the expenses of the @,
rgest present army on the face Of the earth ~
o only about half of those of an army TINT ~
as dishanded more than quarter of cen -
Try ago. All other men die. but those whose y
ames were Oh the rolls Of the Federal army =,
70 on forever. =
A Chicago man. who thinks that the nov T.
~ OF the kife tower has been worn away CT
opposes an excursion in the opposite direc-
)n. lie suggests that one OF the attractions in
the Worlds Fair should be a hole or shaft NJ
NIX into the ground deeper than any shaft
Is yet penetrated and al elevator" So in
He'd be rugged TO take passengers 10 the Ill
,ttom Most people Will probably be reluc- al
Mt % 90 too lar prematurely. in that direc-
II but for those who may wish 10 under ola
ke 1t, Chlcagol as good place as any from nj
nch 10 make the start, on account OF prox- We
ity.
A traveller in Texas says that he was riding NJ
)ng cathedral near the New Mexico line. W,