The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-15

silent about the Blaine boom whereas the
Democratic editors are pushing II on.
! The power Of sunlight in promoting the
| fragrance of flowers has been investigated by
! Herr Recell. who finds that when plant IL
kept in the dark the flowers are scentless
The miserable jewellers in the Now York
| tenemsnt houses are suffering indescribable
horrors these blistering August days. 10
| would puzzle the most severe Optimist TO tell
what these wretched unfortunates have to be
thankful for.
With a population less than one-fifteenth
rs large as that of this country the Argentine
| Republic has debt of more than 5000, OOO,
| 600 as compared with ours of al, SOC, 600 900.
| This is what it cost TO experiment with lots
of irredeemable money.
A New Yorker who spent an evening in
| Boston recently accuses the Hub" OF being
provincial. II am more convinced than
ever" he observes. that New YORK 10 the
| place for an American 70 live in" Chacun
son govt as they say in Dublin.
1t is now proposed 10 dig out the hole in
tho rock known as Jacobs Well" and to
bring it over to this country 10 be exhibited
in the Chicago show How would 1t be to
bring on the whole Holy Land? The McKin-
ley tariff would not stand in the way.
Bishop Coke Of Buffalo, who can write as
| good poetry rs he can preach catchy sermons.
! has now turned his attention to the horrors Of
the theatrical billboard. and lashes its las
civiousnsss 80 sternly that people are begin
ming % forget how he satirlzed woman on
! bicycle.
Master Harry Burns and Miss Gilmore
| Fredricher. who startled the propriety Of New
| lOrk's social life by eloplng are not much
/ the worse for their romantic experience, and
| as their united ages only cover 81 years 1t
would be premature to say they ought to have
known better.
An American who had the good fortune
| Of seeing the Princess Of Wales the other day
| said that Her Royal Highuess has lost entirely
her former beauty and that she was now a
homely and fat matron. horribly besmeared
with paint. and her once lovely tresses had
received an unfortunate supply OF dye.
The Boston Herald quotes young Mr..
| Thurman "a saying that the Democrats are so
divided on the silver question that the only
way 10 decide it IS 20 make the free coinage
| experiment The Herald Is doubtful about
Mr.. Humans greatness as a statesman. and
! advises him 10 stick to the baseball busl-
ness.
Charles S. Wolfe, who died unexpectedly
at Harrisburg day before yesterday from
heart disease. was a real political force IN
| PENNSYLVANIA. though Of such an Independent
turn II mind that ne could not work well in
party traces, and hence attained 10 higher
! public Office than that Of member OF the
! Legislature.
It is good news that Postmaster General
Wanamaker is giving serious attention TO tho
| practcability of using pneumatic tubes to
facilitate the transportation Of mails in large
cities In this respect the United States Is
| behind England. in several of whose cities
| the pneumatic system i in successful use.
Some improvements on existing devices are
claimed by one OF our inventors, and there IS
oil r.fo az haff
| cage and New York.
Indian corn, one Of the most valuable Of
| all our crops, has been delayed in its growth
by the cool weather of July. says the New
! Ork journal Of Commerce 10 was fay0fite
maxim with our fathers that it was impossible
| TO have a good crop or corn without week
succession of nights too hot TO sleep under
covering Every one of the hot nights the
present warm wave has spread over the conn
try has been worth its millions IN the reckon
ing Of the years wealth
Frederick Douglass. the late Baytian
| Minister, is powerfully built mUlatto, pos
session a tall and commanding figure and
has an abundant crop of wayy hair that IS
now white as snow. Douglass Is older than
he is generally believed TO be, having been
| born rs nearly as he can tell in 1877. His
mother was black slave on Maryland
plantation. His father he never knew. He
escaped from slavery at the age Of twenty
three, and two Quaker ladies' Of Newcastle,
England. purchased his freedom.
In France the progress of irreligion and
unbelief seems 20 be terrible. At the recent
Catholic Congress. held in Paris, the Cardinal
Archbishop Richard declared that in con-
sequence Of the antl-reliROus tendencies OF
the public schools and school legislation,
more than one third of the children in Paris
who arrive at the proper age no longer par
| take of the First Communion, and "a q con-
sequence cannot be regarded as members Of
| the Church, nor are they entitled to priest
service in case Of their marriage or death.
In the construction Of the Worlds Fair
buildings in Chicago 1t has been found that
some one has blundered. The buildings have
neither been made stout enough 10 Withstand
| the customary autumn gales OF the Windy
| CITY nor the live strain" of a surging crowd.
| Happily. the Buddensieck business has been
discovered in time to provide against the
possibility of a colossal disaster. One such
| experience as that of ner tumble-dOwn Federal
building should have been enough for the
City Of Lakes.
-Burton-upon-Trent is the great pale ale
brewing centre OF England and the vast con
Germs Of Alsopp, Bass, Salt, lnde-Coope.
Robinson and the Burton Beer Company are
all gathered on the banks Of the Trent. which
within a few miles Of its length. gives quail
ity and purity Of water fOnnd nowhere else IN
its course, and winch alone enables the par
ticular class of aes for which Burton Is
famous TO be brewed in perfection. Lord
Hindlip. who was recently Kissed at meet
ing of the Alsopp stockholders. was. prior to
his being raised 10 tho peerage sam Allsopp,
the founder OF the firm and the man who
made India pale ale World-famous
-Advices from Texas indicate the approval
by. tho people on Tuesday OF the Ave consti-
tutional amendments submitted 10 them.
One of these empowers the Legislature 10
mass an Australian cor other ballot law If II
see fit. and provides tor a registration Of
voters in the cities. Another makes 10 per
cent. the maximum legal rate Of interest in
tine State. per cent. when the contract Is
silent Oh the subject. A third Is in the in
terest Of the Texas schools and sch ol-teach-
ers who now have 10 wait long time some
times for their pay. and the effect Of fourth
will be 10 make local option more binding
The remaining amendment has to do with the
Texas courts
"A captain Of the dress-reform propaganda
qiyes out this announcement: The days IF
The fourteen articles in woman's apparel are
numbered and we are on the threshold of a
revival Of classic simplicity in matters of
dress. The reform will ultimately DO mar
roved down 10 two articles" Ihoughtless
persons OF the unreforming sex may nail the
snecious promise of this announcement with
great satisfaction, but the more cautious will
rememl er that. byA strange ldiosyncrasy of
the feminine mind il requires precisely the
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