The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-23


from excessive indulgence in cigarettes.
Italy does not need big navy half as
much az i, needs IN army that will clean the
brigands out of its mountains and put them
10 breaking stone for the bono fit of the Gov
eminent
Woman is asserting her rights with
vengeance New Haven has woman tramp.
and out at Argonia. Kan, where the mayor
and other officials are women, one OF the
most desirable girls in town proposed mar
riage and was accepted.
The Peoples Municipal League has be-
gun a movement for the radical reconstrue-
ton of the New York reformed election law.
II desires 10 abolish the use Of pastors alto
gether and 10 substitute "a blanket ballot ior
the official ballots now in use.
You can get bath, Il crash towel and a
cake Of soap in the new perennial oatnlng-
house in New York for five cents, aud you
can take the cake Of soap home with you.
That's as cheap as a glass OF beer, and IT'S
twice as refreshing aud wholesome.
Room Clerk John Hill, Of the Albemarle
Hotel. New York, has neat way OF saying that
| a man is Of no especial Importance. When
reporter inquired az 10 the standing OF GER
tain guest he was met with the reIOlnder:
Well, he would be good man IN town with
a population Of LOO. But ! wouldn't raise
the figure"
The Rev DR.. Holmes, of Chicago, relates
that when his niece came from Kansas to visit
him she lifted her hands in holy horror when
she saw d saloon on Madison street. 1t was
not the location that shocked her, but the
fact that 1t was the first saloon this inexpe-
rienced Kansan had ever seen. 10 IS not made
quite clear how she happened to recognize
one OF first sight.
The indications now are that Mr.. Andrew
d. White, ex-presdent of Cornell University,
ex-minister 10 Germany, and one OK the aDiest
men in the country. viii be the Republican
candidate for Governor Of New ork State.
He has expressed himself as perfectly conn
dent that the Republicans could ana woma
carry the state this fall. and that the great
ISSUE should be against hiihsm.'
Ex-Governor Foraker has announced
himself as earnestly in favor of the nOmlDa-
ton OF Mr. Blaine for President. tie regards
him as the model American statesman and
the idol of the American people" Mr. Foraker
says there ~ but one thing IN the way Of Mr.
Blaine receiving 0hiO's solid vote II the he-
publican National Convention. and that IS
his refusal 70 be considered presidential
quantity.
Those American negroes are not far
sighted who are claiming tho Haytian mis-
s0n as "a porquisitos Of their race because
Bayti s a black republic To insist that
| only u negro shall DO sent a. minister 70 a
negro country IS 90 invite the logical infer
ence that only white man shall lie sent rs
minister 90 any country whose people are
white That is hardly what the claimants OF
the IiaytiGn mission wish - establish.
The weather prophets Of Boston would 10
! we'll 20 give notice 20 the whole country of the
exact date IL the first rainy Saturday In DC
, t0ler." for that L. the day that the dress re-
formers have appointed for their public APP
pearance there IN short skirts, trousers and
! fixings 10 is possible that there may DO
! greenhOrns ready % 70 % Boston 20 See tho
! queer sights On the first rainy Saturday In
| Octoberif they can be assured II seeing them.
Senator Faulkner. Of West Virginia. fell
| into the hands OF a newspaper interviewer I'D
| Philadelphia Thursday He said he had no
| doubt tho Democrats Of West Virginia pre-
| ferred Mr. Cleveland as a presidential candl-
date. aud that the eI-Presdent was his own
| personal preference but the change IN
| things political occurs so rapidly IN our coun-
| try that il il nos in the power OF man 81 say
what will be done year hence"
Mr. Watterson's lecture on Money ard
! Morals" Is picturesque. but is not free from
the objection Of sacrificing truth 10 point.
| The keynote of the address IS the eplgram-
| matte assertion that "the trail Of the trade
mark is over Us NIL" Mr. WGtterson can
marshal his words almost as well IS AIr. In
eslls but - il really true that tho American Il
| a merceuarv fellow In tho Revolution no
| fought for principle. not pence. end ~ our
| civil war faced death for a sentiment.
1t is predicted by a prominent bank
president in New York that early ia Septem-
/ Der Government Al per cent bonds viii 10
/ selling at ~. II this should prove true II
! would be tho first time bond Of the United
! States had sold below par since the glOOmlcst
| period Of the civil war. Not more than
! IT'S 900 900 of these bonds have mp 10 this
time been presented for extension az per
/ cent. and it is estimated that not less than
! S25, NO, 900 viii have 10 be taken up by the
! Treasury Department
-Staid New Hampshire has furnished
| chapter 10 the literature Of crime which IS ex-
| ceedngly grim and sensational. II seems al
most incOnceivable that murderer should
| have selected as his hiding place a barn be-
! longing 20 his victims home, should have re-
| NAMED there Tor several days, and then. when
| discovered should have kept a crowd Of
armed men at bay md dictated the terms on
| which he would surrender. That he was not
| lynohed indicates degree OF moral restraint
| on the part Of the people as rare as 1t Is
| creditable
The Mexican Government is not ayerse 10
! the planting of cOlored colonies u Sonora or
elsewhere upon Mexican territory, md the
| American Government will PIT no obstruc-
! ton in the way Of any cOlOred people WHO
| may dosire 10 go there Thus far however.
! there has been no sign that any. part ot the
coiored population OF the United states Is 90
| q
other country. even in Mexico, or IN tho West
Indies OF Liberia u s evident that they
rather like 70 live and labor in these American
States in which they enjoy peace and pros
perity.
"A short time before his death General
John A. Logan. says the New York Truth.
returned from Mexico 20 Chicago. and there
young lady OF twenty, fayorite Of his, who
! had picked up palmistry, was asked by him to
tell his fortune She laughlngly took his
| hand. but her face soon grew serious. and she
told him that death was marked IN 1t and
warned him to change his method OF living
| and working and get rest. Mrs. Logan, who
stood by. observed that this revelation had "A
disturbing effect on her husband, and with
some reassuring remark and laugh held out
! her hand and told the young lady 70 read her
hand. The girl took il, looked at the lines an
! instant and burst ont crying "lou Will be
widow within ak months sobbed the
young palmist. dropping tho hand
| Mr.. Bull is at present working With all his
might 70 correct the impression that France,
| by her recent naval demonstration at CrOn-
/ stadt, meant TO imply that she had entered
| into an alliance with Russia. The importance
! which he attaches 10 this seems, NJ first sight.
rather exaggerated inasmuch as England can
now scarcely refrain from acting ia concert
with the Triple Alliance IN case Of war. and
| fFropou - bpun1 with or Hf.louf RusSio ~