The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-22

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| Ohio, permitted his wife to trim his hair.
Republican paper says he did this 20 catch
| the Alliance vote, and warns him or the
fate Of Samson.
A prominent schoolmistress in Australia
| has recently been suspended by the Minister
Of Education at Victoria for undue indulgence
| in the singular improperly of praying for the
| death of her husband.
Mr. Pnrnel is said to be looking. happier
| and jauntier than for years. After all though
| il is said 10 be O failure, sometimes an acute,
pronounced and irritating failure. there IL
| nothing like marriage for n man-especiaiiy
for man seeking home rule
That Minneapolis man who eloped with
| two women at the same time. taking them
along with him in the same car, has been
heard from. lie has written 10 his only true
wife 10 say that If she will come out and Join
him in his new home all will be forgiven.
At a recent meeting of Southern writer's
in Louisville. KY, an executive committee
was appointed 10 call convention of tho
representative men and women interested IN
the literary welfare of the South. The con
ventiOn has been called 20 meet In Nashville,
Tenn. on October 18th
A man who was heeced out of his money
in q faro den in Ohio returned and with two
pistols held Up the dealer and compelled him
to return the money. There has been a good
deal Of holding up done in Ono lately, and if
Mr.. Mckinley IS not careful some farmer who
las been robbed by his tariff will hold him
up.
All the time the German Emperor vas in
London tho Empress Frederick never suffered
an English paper 20 enter her house at HON.
burg. Her son having. in q moment Of
irritation at the consequences Of her trip TO
Paris, snubbed her. she did not want to see or
hear accounts Of his dOlngs in England. She
hroods over what she regards as his undutilul
conduct.
The United States gunboat cruiser Ben
nlngton sailed from New York Thursday un-
der orders 10 find storm of Cape llatteras
and get into 10 in order 90 test her strength
and real sea-going qualities. The Bennlng-
ton ought TO have taken Secretary Rusk and
some OF the rain-makers with her 20 bring
down a rain-ftll a heavy sea would be most
likely to follow
For more than forty years tho United
States Government has been trying b. get
possession Of the Mole 81. Nicholas but We
are no nearer t. the prize now than when wa
first commenced negotiations c9nse4 uonty
there Is every reason to believe that We VIII
never get the Mole for a coaiing station unless
We adopt the English plan of taking what
we want and negotiating for It afterward.
The very latest amusement for picnics
which Mr.. McAister Ger tainly ought to lntio-
duco at Newport. j. the laced-shoe race. All
those who enter the contest take of their
laced shoes and hand them 20 the referee.
They are then consigned TO q capaciOu5 bag.
we'll shaken up and dumped in heap on the
ground. The person who first finds. laces
and ties the correct par Of shoes IS the
winner.
The Southern Exposition at Raleigh, n.
c., which is designed TO be a permanent ex-
hioit q Southern products and industries,
under the auspices Of the Southern Inter
State immigration Bureau. VIII open on the
LIST OF October and close on the lst Of Decem-
Der II is the purpose Of the managers %
keep the exhibit intact and 10 make IL q part
of the display of the Columbian Worlds Fair
III Chlcago III 1873.
A staff correspondent abroad has naturally
wondered why some euterpr-ing person
doesn't start a soda fountain Oh the Paris
boulevard. Yet, though good Americans
when they do 20 to Paris It's not to drink
soda wafer And ~ for the modern French
man and his European brother, or step
brother he cares not for our cherished plan
of a quick. ice-cold swallow and away. he
wants 10 sit and sip his sOmethlng-and-wate
M his leisure.
1t is rather amusing 10 find that ex-
Speaker Reed should have displayed such a
lack of information IN his institution Of COM
PARSONS between our galleries and those Of
the Old World. lie was much impressed
bv Michael Angeles David while abroad
here. when II reality there is q replica the sIZo
OF the original IN the COrc0ran Gallery IN
Washington IL looks very much as though
Mr. Reed had been neglectlng his home op-
pOrtunities
That Liverpool hangmah made afrightlul
botch Of his job day before Yesterday. llo
killed his man. 20 be sure but he bun JED So
cruelty that England may well cast her eyes
toward elecfrOcuton and seriously think or
giving up the rope. Tie miserable wretch
deserved to dlo but for the sake of our own
self-respect wa ought TO XII our criminals
without causing a thrill Of horror IN the com
munity. 10 Jerk q mans head nearly OF IS
hardly in accordance with our nineteenth
century civilizations And Yet II has been
pretty well demonstrated that nothing in the
shape Of penalty Will deter man from coin
hitting murder.
How thoughtful it was of Frank Amy to
be Yankee instead of "a SOuthcuer. Had
the fellow lived somewhere IN the South.
killed his sweetheart aud shot ono of his pur-
suers. been chased by several hundred men
inclined % lynch hlm should they catch MIN.
hid himself IN barn under twenty feet ot
hay and threatened a. sell MS Ire dearly and
then shoot himself unless guaranteed protec- .
ton. what deal ~ would be obliged t. n'ar
about "a Characteristic southern incident +
What scontll fun, too. would be mado ~ /
forming the nursners i'm double limo SO that /
they all should have good look 80 the pr.s-
oner But all this did not occur Town south /
New Hampshire was the scene of the holy /
terrors' exploits. To was nota rough back !
wOodsman hut "a fellow who surprised col /
lego students by the extent or his classical /
knowledge.
Judging from dispatch from Baltimore |
about destitute Hebrew immigrants, there !
seems 10 be u good deal Of misunderstanding |
in regard TO the purposes for which the Baron !
dc Hirsch fund. held in trust in New ok. can !
DO applied The fund is primarily intended to /
help needy lsraeltes of recent immigration % /
help themselves. The money given u lDdlyi- !
duals is in the form Of a loan, and may De en- !
ployed for the purchase Of tools, the teaching /
IF a trade. transportation 10 points whore /
labor is IN demand and other purposes m tho !
line OF making its benefclarles se.isuppOrt /
ing. II is very doubtful whether there is any /
Hirsch fund available for paying the passage I
of destitute Jews 10 the United States, and n /
is certain that there is not one large enough 10 |
take caro- OF all the refugees who are now lying /
from Russian oppression and spOliation.
Wheat isn't the only thing keen men OF +
trade are trying % corner A corner in |
gutta percha and IT'S gradually being cor
nered is a great timing Gutta percha IS be- !
coming very scarce Ii used 10 g very aDun-
dant The lack IT gutta percha is a problem I
that is interesting the builders Of the Guato-
malan and Pacific cables. cable without |
insulation isn't any good, and the only iusu-
D inc.