The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-07

| Porter's guess at the census OK that city Will
soon como right. after ell.
There is one thing to be said in defense OF
! New York's new collector OF the port; ne IS
not so bad looking as the newspaper GUS
represent, says the Washington Post
/ IL is now evident that the State Farmers
| Alliance in session at Lafayette. La. Will not
| favor the third party movement or put an
! Alliance ticket in the field for the State cleo
| ton.
| A newspaper man in West Superior, Wis,
is said to be worth 90 900 900, but II Is hardly
necessary to add that he didn't acquire the
fortune by doing reportorial work. He lately
| fell heir to the money.
James Wright organizer for the Knights OF
| il for constitutional convention and ballot
| reform. and in OHIO the knights will find
| allies in the Peoples party and the farmer.
Between the colored brethren on on one
| side and Confederate flags on the other the
| Northern and Western Grand Army men seem
to have about as harmonious time, SAYS the
| Norfolk (Va.) Landmark as the traditional
parrot and monkey had.
Lillian Russell is getting fat and is taking
| violent exercise. Carmencita is also getting
fat, but is resting to set rid OF it. Marie jan
sens bodice yawps for more room, and Pau
| line Halls tell-tale double chin is beginning
| to show, while she looks waist-heavy.
| A little boy in Winterport. Me-. few days
ago found birds nest with four young birds
and took the nest home. Shortly after the
| mother bird flew in at the window and fed the
| little ones. Since that time she has called
| regularly several times day. bringing food.
| 1t is said that in district in Mead county.
| Kan, there is only one family. The hus-
| band and wife constitute the school board.
and they employ their only child, daughter.
| as teacher, who, of course. has no pupils.
| Recently they raised her salary from t35 TO
| $40 per month.
| Senator German, of Maryland was one of
| the free silver men in the Senate last winter.
Now his partys convention in Maryland mas
! made declaration which really points IN tho
! opposite direction. II is good sign to see
Democratic convention calling halt in crazy
silver legislation.
! General Abner Doubleday, who aimed the
| first gun fired in defense OF Fort Sumter,
| in 1861. has been i'll for weeks at Mendham.
| Morris county. n j. Recently fourth OF
series OF Assesses has been opened, and lie IS
| much exhausted by tie attendant fever,
| though signs of Improvement are dlscernioIe.
| The earnest-minded women at Chautauqua.
| who have projected the Inauguration OF
! dress reform movement, having declared that
| in accordance with the demands of health
| THE skirt, the corset the hustle, the garter,
the collar and the high-heeled shoe must 60"
| Lut tiucsllOu uhS Dttu Ihlbcu NHCburl VIC
remnant left would size up sufficiently TO
meet the requirements of polite society.
1t is said that Mr.. p D. Armour, of Chi
| cago who has made millions OF dollars by
| getting between the producers and the con-
! sumers of beef and pork, thinks he may make
many millions more by sitting through his
| hands the bountiful wheat and corn crop for
| 1891 His plan is 10 obtain control of grain
warehouses and elevators. and, pushing aside
middlemen. deal directly with exporters
A kinkajou for the Washington geological
garden was admitted free of duty by the col
lector of New York under instructions from
the Treasury Department Now that the
status of the jinrcksha and tho kinkaJOu has
been officially determined the country can
struggle through the dog days with little TO
worry and fret over. But why should the
administration discriminate in favor of a
kinkaJou and against Jinrcksha
The new constitution Of Mississippi makes
il white mans State by it's provision that q
poll tax shall be paid four months IN advance
| of election. Returns from half the counties
show q registration of A. 971 whites and IT,
331 negroes. II is bad policy, perhaps, TO mar
row the suffrage so as to keep out the poor,
but if 1t is done the negroes have no right TO
complain if they do not want TO pay the poll
tax. IL is as fair way as can be devised 10
suppress their vote.
The uncertainty which has hitherto existed
in regard to the spelling of the word New
bern the name of the busy North Carolina
city, which has been variousiy spelled as New
bern, Newberne. New Bern New Berne and
New Burn is done away with by the authori-
tative decision of the Board on Geographic
Names, which makes it Newborn. the decision
being in accord with ndresting upon the spell
ing of the name in the original charter Of the
town and the early statutes referring to 1t.
Professor j. L. Ray, Of Ashland. Va. who
has been studying the moon through tele-
scope, says there has recently been eXtraOrdl-
nary volcanic action on the planet. declares
the Atlanta Constitution. He SAYS that on
the night Of June I'D tremendous energy over
the whole surface presented itself. Il saw
that what of late have been considered great
gray plains are in reality great seas, or else
molten mass az ! saw immense sheets. seem
ingly Of water. thrown through the lunarian
atmosphere and find \ resting place at least a
thousand miles from where they formerly
were ! saw several great mountains sink
the whole moon swayed TO and fro and every
thing in tho luna heavens was in the widest
confusion. ] gazed with intensest awe upon
this awful spectacle for hours, until the con-
fusion finally subsidized and there seemed TO
be dead calm rs before. feel fully conn
dent that the moon was thrown several de-
grees ont of her course. and she is also per-
ceptibly nearer perhaps 10000 miles No
other astronomer appears TO have noticed
these disturbances.
Foreign.
In Mexico il is said, when young man
takes girl to tho theatre the latters father
frequently provides the tickets anda carriage.
Marie Gordon. once an actress of note;
handsome woman, and the first wife OF John
T. RAYMOND died in London recently. She
was born in New Orleans.
XVbotaror no tba state If cOiOred pIOtOO-