The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

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~oman vbo ara in the habit OF kissing their
dogs that they are apt to catch echinococus.
IIncle Sam now has a fsmily numbering
raayIy AZ. OO0. 600 souls. All things considered,
il is tho happiest household on the lace Oh 'ne
globe.
A Mississippi Judge has decided that foreign,
cornoratiops doing business in that state ana
evading the privilege license cannot collect
debts.
The Youngest man TO sit in the next Con-
gress will be q Texan named Bailey. HE'S
under thirty, wears long. sweeping coat-tais'
and looks like q before-the-war statesman.
AMsine farmer. who sent ten cents to learn
how to run a farm without being Houbied
with potato bugs. got this reply by postal
card: 'PlAnt fruit trees instead of potatoes.
II is a wise suggestion of Mr.. W. II. Harri-
sou, Jr.. In q recent article on Apple Or
chards in Virginia. when saying. THE South
should sec that its agricultural development
shall keep pace with its industrial move
ments."
When fashionable families disagree. who
shall decide? Two brides that are TO be want
the ssne church at the same hour and day IN
September. and neither will give up TO the
other.
Tho South Carolina Agricultural and Ne
chanical Association decided last Thursday
that entirely too much cotton had been
planted. and that the farmers should combine
TO prevent as large an acreage IN subsequent
years.
A poor old man appeared at Old Orchard.
the other day, says the Boston Traveller. and
told folksIhe was living on faith alone. This
was so painfully obvious that a kind-hearted
hotel proprietor took him in and gave him q
good square meal.
An experienced steamship captain expresses
IL .s-.- H. ~ - E~of ~
Atlantic liners will make the voyage across IN
four days. This will enable the personally
conducted" to do Europe and the Holy Landin
fifteen DAYS. instead Of twenty. as now.
The latest Whitechapel murder. reported
yesterday by cable. is attributed TO "Jaek the
Ripper" but nothing thus far developed
identifies it with the crimes OF that cowardiy
assassin. although the affair was as dastsrdly
as any Of his doings.
William A. N~icodemus. cashier Of the
Franklin Bank of Frederick City, Md, has
composed a campaign song entitled Tin
Tin. American Tin" and forwarded the same
to Major Mckinley, of Ohio. for campaign
purposes.
One Of the best books of the season, full Of
wit and knowledge of human nature. is Kate
Sanborn's Abandoned Farm" mere is a de-
licious bit-an old DANES fierce criticism OF a
neighbor: Folks that pretend to be some
body, and don't act like nobody, ain any
body"
Many communities are receiving ice for do
nestle use taken from ponds or rivers the
waters of which would never be used for
household purposes. Freezing does not purify
water, ii does not destroy germ life. and there
are the same reasons for rejecting the ice as
for rejecting the water.
Fitzhugh Lee. Southern gentleman, EXON
federate general and ex- Goyernor Of Virginia,
may have had all the fighting to do that he
cared for during the war. but be couldn't re-
sist the very cordial invitation he had last
Thursday to be in command at the sham bat
tie in Atlanta October 2Sth.
A delegate at the convention Of the odds
and ends, christened the Peoples party, " at
Springfield, o., says: Il hope to SEQ the time
when money will be just as free as the air we
breathe and the water we drink" Why
doesn't the dear, good brother buy a second
hand printing press and issue all the money
he needs;
The little pupil of the eye keeps all of its
pictures. This enables US to recognize any
person or thing when seen a second time.
The eye is the quickest and most perfect
kodak. One eye may contain a million mega
tives and continue TO take more right along
without any hindrsnce whatever. It's all IN
the eye, etc.
There is an advantage in being small. In
INC wreck Oh LuS NtSb buOlt itAAlDoA ldDb
week was Mr.. William j. Wilson. Pr
small, -" said he in his account of the accident.
and ( guess ! squeezed through" Many OF
the worlds heroes have been small in stature,
and it was a merry Irish soldier who COM
mented on the bullet-hole through his cap
IF I'd been an inch taller I'd been a goner,
sure
1t is estimated that $50, 900, 900 bushels of
wheat will be needed in Europe to cover the
deficiency in that quarter Of the globe, says
the Charleston 6. c. World. The United
States will ship TO Europe about $50. 00O.OOO
bushels and from the rest of the world about
100. 900. 600 more bushels will move toward Eu-
rope. but that will still leave then a deficiency
of over $50. 600. 900 bushels and the price of
wheat will accordingly rise.
A Yankee named Snow, who settled in
North Carolina after the war. is making a for
tune and revOlutionizing the Southern to-
bacco industry from the Snow tobacco barn.
which he invented after several years resi-
dence in North Carolina and continued eX-
perience with the crops. 1t Is q simple appl-
ance. but. like the cotton gin, 1t hits the main
point in the production of a great staple crop,
and is something that nobody else ever
thought Of before.
Mr.. Farmer. a Southern delegate 10 the
Peoples Party Convention in Ohio. says: III
the Government can take seyenty-fve cents
worth of silver, stamp 1t and make II u dollar,
it can take a piece Of paper. stamp 1t and
make il worth a hundred cents. and that's
what we propose 10 do" Precisely SO. but
how is O man TO get it without furnishing an
equivalent! If a man has labor. or produce,
or anything to give. he can easily obtain Its
full equivalent in money now.
Somebody, totally lacking in a sense of
humor. has hung up in the streets OF Windsor,
Canada. a somnOlent little village across from
Detroit, where the q. A. Il. reunion was last
week. a banner with the inscription: This Is
Canada. God Save the Queen" OF course.
as there is q much larger and better part of
Canada. and as the Queen has other dominions,
she is not really in such desperate need Of
saving as ono who inspected Windsor and
took the inscription too literally might sup
pose.
Amaiden-lsdy school-ma'sm of Galena was
married last evening TO one Of her pupils some
twenty years her junior. Evidently the
school-ma'am has taken up this interesting
Youths education with an earnestness and
practical thoroughness that promises well for
the youth. BY the time he is old enough to
marry it is probable that he will have acquired
more sense than most young men have at that
period. OF course every youth cannot expect
TO be so provided with an experienced school
ma'am. 1t is TO be hoped that the Galena
groom and pupil appreciates ais good fortune.
Good Sister Kate Field is sorely discon-
certed because the sweet girl graduate per-
sists in reading essays on outlandish subjects,
instead of declaiming cookbook recipes.
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