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

| eaide their revojuton amusement and begin
| their preparations for the Worlds Fair.
The Paris Municipal Council has voted TO
| have an underground railroad. TO start from
| the Arc do T'riomphe TO the care saint Lazare
and under the Place de Popera TO the bastiio
Riqht-Fielder Wolf. champion batsman of
| the American Association last year, was rs
| leased by the Louisville club Wednesday
| Strange 10 say. he has been one OF the weak
| est hitters Of the team all season..
Senator Plumb, Of Arkansas. 10 said TO think
| seriously OF abandoning the use OF socks
Jerre Simpson may be able to boast that the
| lives of some great men remind US how 10
| mako their footprints on the sands OF time,
An Indiana man. being assailed by White
| Caps. fired on them with gun loaded with
| carpet tacks. and filed two of them with the
| missiles. An eye for An eye, a tooth for
| tooth, tack for attack. That is Moses law.
Mrs. Loqua. a Universslst preacher, OF
Chicago. pre-empts an extensive field Of labor
for her sex. IL believe" she declares. that
men are in time 10 give up the profession OF
the ministry. and we women are to be the
| only ministers"
The late Archbishop of York. DR.. Magee,
| according 20 Canon MacdOnnel, used TO
divide speakers into three classes the
speaker you cannot listen to- the speaker you
can listen 10. and the speaker you cannot
help listening to-
Stuart Robson has decided to open his sea
son at the new theatre IN Jersey City, n. j..
on September II with The Henrietta" as II
is found that the stage Of the new house is
not large enough for the ponderous produc-
ton OF She Stops 10 Conquer"
Postmaster Smith. ofNewton, n. j.. wanted
the honor of supplying Mr.. Blaine with fresh
eggs FREQ of cost during his stay at Bar Har-
Dor, but the offer was respectfully declined.
Mr. Blaine didn't want 10 offend ex- President
Hayes, who is in the egg and poultry trade.
London paper advises European states
men TO be ready for that crisis in their social
problems when America refuses 10 help
them IA free dumping ground Cor their re-
fuse. The audacity Of the cool confession In
VOWED in this advice approaches the sublime.
Miss Emma r. Steiner. on August "a, will,
in theory. face" New York audience. In
practice she will turn her back upon 1t.
Seated in the conductors chair in the Stan
dard Theatre she will WELD a dainty baton
at the production of her own opera, "tleu-
rette"
The softening effect of matrimony on son
of Mars like General SchOheld may be noted
in the fact that he has discarded his ordinary
boots for tennis shoes. His honeymoon trip
has now come 10 an end and he will take up
his residence with his young bride in Wash
ington.
Sweet champagne has been distinctivelv
ladies' wine, and SO il ID interesting to know
that the German Emperor drinks 1t in prefer
ence to dry champagne. A tipple that suits
bold war lord ought TO be strong enough for
the dudes who have hitherto devoted them
selves 10 vim sec.
A characteristic of the Seven Pines railway
is that it sometimes fails to carry passengers
10 their dest nation. The last time this hap
pened was Thursday night. The little dummy
jumped the,track near Stony Runs gurging
waters and several hundred excurslonists had
to walk TO Richmond.
The Atlanta (Ga) Journal declares that
king cotton's reign in the South IN the future
will not be as extensive rs It has been in the
past The planters, it says, are beginning
systematic crusade against extensive cotton
areas. which will in all probability result IN
smaller crops hereafter.
Henry G. Cook, of Norwich, Conn, is a
fair-sized man of five feet Six inches in
height And yet he has a beard so long that
it not only reaches to the floor. but laps over
enough 10 enable him 10 stand upon 1t when
he wants TO weight it down so that the wind
can convert it into an aeOlean harp.
Miss Willard objects to the comparison of
girl upon bicycle 10 the old woman upon
her broom but suggests Fortuna on her
wheel Aurora from the smiling circle OF
the hours and the scene where swift Ca
milla scours alongIthe plain flies DER the un-
bending corn and skins along the MAN,
Salisbury so advising, the Queen has pro-
rogued Parliament until October "a. In do
ing so. she (still advised by Salisbury tells
the Britsh legislators that things are going
nicely in Ireland and elsewhere; that they
havo earned their holiday by passing lot OF
good laws. and that she is content with them.
II depends upon which side Of the fighters
in Chill gets the use Of the cable first as 30
the sort OF news you get about the war down
there. One denies all the other says. and de-
feats are turned into victories, and vice versa,
with the utmost ease and comfort 20 the con-
science. The world has not improved In some
respects since Falstaf's time.
The revolutionary volcano on which the
throne of Spain is pleasantly situated has Of
late been giving some more signs Of activity,
unimpOrtant, except as indicating internal
commotion. II is evidently meditating Ame-
thing something humorous with boiling
lava in it, 1t looks as though Spain is destined
to be the next European republic.
A Judge at Butte, Mont, is trying to coerce
the Helena Journal folks into divulging the
name of the person who gave them certain
piece of information, and has threatened to
lock one or more Of them up for contempt II
they refuse 1t is likely that they will afford
him the opportunity to try that interesting
Though not entirely novel; experiment TO
finish.
Cardinal Gibbons could employ every hour
of his busy life in marrying the sons and
daughters Of the prominent people IN the
Catholic Church if he would yield to all the
solicitations for his presence on these inter
estng occasions. The Cardinals sunny tenn
per and aHable manners no less than the dig
nity of his exalted position make HIM much
sought after as an officiating priest.
Secretary Fosters fondness for baseball ia
said TO be developing into mania. He goes
out TO the Washington ball grounds whenever
there il a game on, and when the Cincinnati
team was playing at the capital promptly on the
stroke Of four every afternoon the Secretary
would make Decline for his hat and coat.
A moment later he could be seen chasing
car with the agility of second-boy.
It is reported that the Tilden heirs have
effected compromise with the city OF New
York whereby the fund created for library
will be handed over somewhat diminished,
though not so much rs it would have been by
litigation. The fact that the best lawyers are
divided on the legality Of the clause in the
will providing for library shows how uncer-
tain law is. even in the hands of experts.
At Cotton Plant. Ark, number of colored
citizens formeda Democratic club the other
day. Thereupon the white Democrats gave
them a banquet" by way of welcoming them
into the party, and resolutions were passed
pledging them the most cordial support in
tbair nav nOlitical departllre. and Congress