The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-25

1t looks rs IL Europe will not only return
the seventy million dollars in gold that she
drew from Ms. but will add from thirty 30 nifty
millions more, all ON account OF the wheat
she must buy.
| Call q girl a spring chicken and she will
laugh call woman hen and she gets mad.
! Coll a young lady witch and she will enjoy
| il: call an old woman q witch and your life IS
| in danger. Call girl kitten and she won't
take 1t unkndly: call woman a cat and she
will hate you.
| Tho French farmer who says that the
| phylloxera is caused by sOveny cultivation
Of the vine is probably right. The Irish
| potato blight was traced 10 the use Of yltated
seed Filth and carc)essness can occasion
pretty nearly rs many diseases in the country
as they can in the town.
| When James Russell Lowell was ia ITALY;
| he one day met mendicant fTiAr, who begged
! him for aims 10 assist IN the building Ut q
church My help would do you no good.
said tho American poet " for am hereto"
| mo matter" was tho quick answer, you
may be hereto, but your money 10 or
/ thodox."
A Los Angeles paper says there are sixty
| slaves IN that city whose owners mold DIS OF
sale Of their bodies, and deal in them as horses
and cattle are bought and sold. The slaves
are Chinese women, who dare not attempt t.
escape. as such Al ATTEMPT would mean death
|
! They range IN price anywhere from $500 70
$4,000, according to ,her age and beauty.
Some wise man once advised friend
| Never call man q liar; prove him 20 be
one" Emperor William, Of Germany, ap-
| pears to be following that advice when, in
stead Of saying anything about the Parisan
! roman0lsts who have been writing about MS
ailments. ne rides about the streets OF Berlin
! in sight Of all the people. the picture OF
| health"
An exploit" said Dr. Talrnage in his scr
mon Last Sunday is q heroic deed. The
| three greatest exploits IN the world are TO save
! man, to save q woman and 10 saY9 "a child.
| You can do one or all of the three. Many
| would rather destroy q man. New Ork and
| Brooklyn grind up $4,000 women every year.
| If there is no hell for the men in this busl
| ness Il is time that some phllanthroplst built
one for them
Although there was q conflict of opinion
| among several judges in the Indian Territory
| Oh the right TO classify beer as spirits. and
| thereafter 20 admit or T. exclude 1t from ITS
| borders. the Secretary Of the Interior has de-
| cided that it must not he sold there. The sa-
| loon keepers were preparing for biz profits,
! even at the expense Of poor LO. One year u
| liquor traffic would put back the progress OF
| the civilized Indians Of the Territory fully ton
| years.
There is a certain shrewdness in the Hay
tian reyolutionists. They have concluded
! not TO stir I'D trouble until the coffee crop has
! been gathered When the crop il IN and paid
| for they Will have the time and the money
needed for plotting and fighting. Aleanwhllo
! they will endure their grievances restrain
| their passions and curb their ambition TO WIN
renown upon the CORY field under the banner
OF General irophete OF any other available
hero in a gorgeous uniform.
The Philadelphia Record has tho impor-
tant information that the Hon. James q.
| Blaine cannot become a candidate for Iresl-
dent as against General Harrison without
violating "a solemn pledge 10 Ar. Harrison
! for a second term If there Is IN existence
! any such letter TO General Harrison as Mr.
| Blaine wrote TO General Garfield about tie
| end OF the year 1880. promising LOYALTY and
self-edacement, the fact is not generally sus-
pected.
From Hinton. w. va. comes story OF mo-
teoric showers oft repeated the strangers
| from an uitramundane sphere being very
small in size largo in numbers, and the area
restricted. II Is this last detail and the fur
| tber one that they ars mainly sandstone
which stamps the story as improbable. Me
teorites do not favor any particular looahtyin
! West Virginia when they have the whole
earth before them Tho largest number OF
varieties known all contain iron, too.
One Of the members Of the Scientific Asso-
!
imitation coffee is being marketed IN tbs
country, and pronounced 10 be as good as the
natural article. II IS made OF white bran and
molasses and a chemical ingredient that pays
two cents per pound tariff for admission 20
this country. The new coffee. which is large
~ used a. an adulterant, may be wholesome
and cheap and in every way serving As "a fit
ting substitute, but there is-or should be
enough law TO care for the man who wilfuly
mispresents il 30 be other than what II IS.
The investiture OF a clergyman with The
rank OF Bishopin England i attended 10y some
curious suryiyals OF medieval mummery
When the Bishop Of Peterborough was or
daned recently he raped his pastoral stan on
the door of the church and waved his hand
for the purpose Of exercising all evil spirits
from the interior Then when he entered tho
sacred ediiice he was preceded by chaplain
bearing a. crown, and marched W the broad
aisle arrayed in an antique cape or white SATIN
deliberately ornamented and trimmed On his
head no wore b mitre of white satin covered
with red trimmings OF silk braid
DR. Paul Bumgarten, the young Roman
ecclesiastic, who ha- gained considerable no.
tOriety through cabled announcements Of hls
visit to this country 20 aid Herr Cahensley Of
Berlin. in his plans 10 BRING foreign priests to
take charge OF emigrants 10 TIE United States
has arrived in ST. Louis lie denies that he Is
here % consult with the Priester ereln. or TO
continue Herr Cahensleys agitation. lie says
lie is on his usual vacation. and came hero on
the invitation Of friends. He further states
that the cable accounts of his intriguing Tor
preferment at Rome are al bOsh.
A decree has been issued by the German
Minister Of the Interior, IN accordance with
the order Of Emperor william. forbidding the
use by his subjects % baptsmal names OF
political character. Tho only legal names
in the future arc 10 be those taken from the
characters in the Bible. from princes OF from
famous statesmen, generals and patriots. II
has long been practice among the Socialists
TO give theiY children the names Of dema-
gogues and revOlutiOulsts. This practice the
FmperOr hopes 20 overcome IL is almost
needless t. say that the decree has caused
storm Of indignation.
Colonel Chaile-Long writes from Alex
andrla. in Egypt. urging that New York,
finding that the Cleopatra's Needle that she
obtained IS @ white elephant On her hands,
pieces He claims that the monument was
main in New YOrkit will always be a reproach
10 the city. which uncOnSciously Lent itself
10 an unQualiiable act Of spOilatOn aud van
dalism" Aside from this view Of tho case,
il is very plain that unless New York puts
the obelisk under cover. il viii soon he d
thing Of the past Whether it will be- posi-
bic 10 raise fund to tow il back u Egypt is
the question but It's fat5 ought 10 teach the
lesson that the antiquities of the Old World
will not thrive ia the healthful climate Of the
New
DIR. Frank whose paper on cases Of hui