The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-19


0 mind OF the Gar that 800 years have elapsed
, since the sixth century.
The report that Secretary Blaine intendi
, TO give his brain thorough rest has beer
confirmed. He has interested himself in tn,
bar Harbor lawn tennis games.
In spite Of the advanced price Of -four the
conscientious baker will continue 10 sell the
regulation seyen-eighths-O f-a-pound loaf for q
pound. Honesty is the best policy.
Now that DR.. Baker has been sentenced
to be hanged for wlfe-poisoning, the hand
some Mrs. Baker and co-c0nspirator will re-
ceiye the attention Of the Abingdon IVA.
court
"A new industry will arise from tho success
Of grating operations. Very soon human
skin will be quoted in the exchanges. varying
IN price according to age, sex, color and size
Of samples.
With England complaining because the
Mckinley bill Is shutting down her factories
and America crying that the same law is rob
bing her consumers, 1t would seem that the
ONO major had produced most disagree
able straddle.
-Rumors multiply that leprosy exists in
New York, New Orleans and other places
one of the inevitable results Of placing no re-
strictiOn upon the coming OF the hoi polvi
from Europe, Asia and Africa TO these shores.
The silly talk about pensoning former
slaves is beginning to bear fruit, Judging
| from the utterances Of a negro at Raleigh a
| few days ago who held that this country be-
longs to the negro and the soldier, but that
the former has first lien on it.
The New York Sun yesterday called Sam
Jones who has been preaching in Prohibition
Park near New York lately, a blasphemer.
| ana says; We are unwilling 10 permit such
language as he often uses in his sermons to
/ appear IN the columns Of the Sun.
A New York paper declares that no Wash
ington correspondent would be able to hold
his place # be were to turn his pen loose and
describe all he sees and hears. This is sheer
nonsense, SAYS the Post The great trouble
with the average Washington correspondent
Is that he describes about so per cent. more
than he OF anybody else sees OF hears.
The special monthly crop reports of the
London Times on the crop conditions of Great
Britain are valuable feature Of that journals
columns, and at the present time are of ex-
ceptional interest. The latest returns cover
the progress of the various crops up to the
first week IN August. and Il IS gratifying TO
note that during the month OF July wheat.
barley and oats all marked some improve
ment.
The War Department has received the
report of Lieutenant Colonel X. LOder the |
Army officer who made an inspection Of the |
annual encampment Of the National Guards /
OF the State OF New York held OF p eekskll |
from June 18th 10 Augustst. The total strength !
OF the militia is 6282 enlisted men and 81 |
officers Of which there were present at the
encampment 1850 enlisted men and 300
officers.
The American dory Mermaid was spoken
on the 10th instant in longitude 30 degrees
west. Her competitor. the Sea Serpent whose
skipper told us the remarkable fish story of
feeding sky-rOckets TO a shark that WAS sharp
enng his teeth on the fore foot OF his dOry,
and sending his sharkship 10 piscatora glory,
arrived at Lizard Point on the 9Th instant,
safe and sound. thus beating the Mermaid
very badly in the race.
There are certain drawbacks about the
life of q tramp, but the danger OF assassina-
tion was never accounted one of them BY
putting ball into the back of old John Gala
han. OF New York however a rutfan has
made 1t clear that not even the most con-
sclentious abstention from the duties and
struggles OF life can rob human existence Of |
It's RISKS. The boys Of the period bothered
Diogenes. Even tramp has his worries
Another athlete succumbs 20 the inevitable
SOraklchl, the Japanese wrestler is dead of
TO the careless observer it is ]
Uncomfortable that the physical giants should J
Iall beneath disease that is associated in the {
public mind with the utmost constitutional {
ielicacy, but consumption Is the logical reac- {
ion Of Overtraining. The college athlete ut
east, should be warned that the stoutest bow, Y
nee oyerdrawn, become faced and yield G
ng. t
Vermont unveils to-day at the historic Il
own Of Bennington the tallest battle monu- v
nent of the world. Its crown is over three ?
hundred feet high, and it stands on such an II
minence that it will be visible for miles J.
round. Well will it mark tue ground on a
which General John Stark. with a handful of !!
rave men. defeated "A detachment Of Bur ,
oyne's army. which was the first of series 6
4 set-backs that eventually resulted in the II
urrender Of BureOyne and his force Ii
1t is the firm belief Of Professor W. f.
lassey that figs can be grown with salts
actory profit TO the grower in the two Caro- u
mas. Forty varieties Of the fig are now
nrlying at the North Carolina Agricultural
tation and private experimenter in that
tate has sold his crop from a fve-acre 81
richard for Is cents a quart. Planted in r.
roper SOIL of which we have an abundance"
avs the professor and cared for in the
natter Of training and pruning. / know Of no q
-ult promising better results than the fig" III
A letter received day before yesterday III
ON Major Butterworth, dated ut Berlin. an Gu
ounced that he would be in London on Sop
smber LIST. and that he would return 10 the q.
nlted States as soon as possible. Tie writes ~
! happy mood over the success of the Worlds .
air commissioners in securing the interest Ia
nd cooperation Of foreign governments and us
Tvs that the party has been received in a ~
ost cordial manner. He feels that the sue az az
'ss which the party has achieved is far be- VI
md their most sanguino expectations. 81,
Public cooking schools are being opened in ~
Early all the large cities of the world Froken an
va Rohde petitioned tho school board OF
for money for a cooking class.
be funds were Immediately forthcoming.
ID enough was appropriated in addition to =,
able the cooking teacher TO visit the large Isl
oking classes for children in Glasgow
)oking classes for colored girls throughout s
9 Southern States would be a boon 10 the -,
erage hOusekeeper. and would do as much Az
ward solving the negro problem as anything ISL
So Mo
An interesting exhibit. which will be care TIL
lily removed intact 10 the Worlds Fair will all
three mummies recently found in an an /
mt Inca tomb near Aucon. Peru. by the ex- the
onng party under the direction Of Lieu UNI
Iant Stafford aud George A. Dusey, of Har- \
ri College. In room at q depth Of ten Wis
Il below the surface the three mummies
re found together. One was that Of wo- i'll
N, apparently about forty years Of age lie
.ted upon dais in the act Of spinning I
tn yarn and dstaf in her hands At one mu
e was pile of yarn and in front were 1
hes heaped with beans corn and food Of sch
nous kinds including fish and crab The We
Ter mummies were those OF baby and a par
% girl about ten years OF age.