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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09
Author Of Two Hundred Plays.

We have found Grand Old Man to re-
place M de Lesseps, who IS no longer 10
Grand Francois His successor IL NJ. d'En-
merry, who has got 10 the shady side OF eighty.
and who is yet hale, hearty and bright OF
wit He claims to have been for the best part
OF his life moral man and TO have lived by
rule; and limited his ambition to that OF being
a popular playwright never troubling him.
self about what the Academy might think OF
him. When he got to the downward
slope of life he gave up work
Ing in the day time and going to
dinners md other festive doings in the even
inCs. His plan WAS TO husband his strength
and to keep his brain fresh by not letting 1t
beoyerwrought To this end he did notrise IN
tie morning before eight. After cup OF
black coffee he worked until eleven. when he
lunched generally on two eggs and small
quantity either Of fish or chicken He then
went TO a cafe TO see friends. read the papers
ard make notes Of incidents related in them
which might be worked UP into dramas. AZ
two he was at home to callers. The dinner
bell rang at six. He generally arranged to
have a few pleasant people, with whom ne
could chat in quite unaffected manner, TO
share the meal. Mild whist. ecarte or
piuuet followed and desk work from nine to
eleven. he never was in hurry, and he has
MANAGED in the course Of his life to produce
and bring out on the stage two hundred Ora
mmatic works. D'Ennery has one mania-the
bric-a-brac one. He built for himself pretty
seaside house at Yillers-sur-Mer, where he
spends the hot months Of the year. Madame
d Emery is & notable housewife, and her
husband as he writes his plays, submits them
TO her Judgment. He isnOw busy at sensa-
tongl drama in Ave acts.-LOndon Truth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

The chief struggle between Biblical ortiz
cism and the traditional dogma ~ about tns
question of inerrancy. No word OF Holy
Scripture no sentence of historic creed.
makes this claim for the Bible. II is theory
Of modern dogmaticians. Biblical criticism
finds errors in Holy Scripture in great mum
bers These errors are in the circumstantials,
and not in the essentials. They do not dis
turb any doctrine: they do not change the
faith and life of the Christian Church. Ihs
great reformers, Calvin and Luther, recog-
nized errOIsin the Scriptures; Baxter and Ruth
erford were not anxious about them: the
greatest theologians of modern Germany,
Van Oosterzee, Tholuck, Neander. Stler,
LANCE Dorner Deltzch, do not ignore them.
Where il the German scholar of any rank
who denies them? British scholars such az
Sunday, Cheyne, Driver, Gore. Davidson,
Bruce, Dods, Blake; American scholars
such as Schaf. Fisher. 1hayer,. Harper.
Smyth. Evans II. 2. Smith, Francis Brown.
and hosts of others. frankly point them out.
II may be regarded AS the consensus OF BID
lical scholars that the Bible Is not inerrent;
aud yet the dOgmaticians insist that
one error DESTROYS its inspiration. They bat
tie in eath-struggle for their dogme because
their Bible shares in its defeat. They risk
their whole Bible on single error One or
ror in citation, ono error in natural history.
in astronomy, in geology. IN chronology. de-
stroys the whole Bible for them. 1t IL now
generally admitted that there are errors IN
the present text, but 1t Is claimed that the
original autographs as they first came from
their authors were inerrent. But how can
they prove this? Ii is pure speculation In the
interest of their dogma Criticism does not
find the number Of errors decreasing; they
rather increase as we work our way back in
the study of manuscripts, versions and cta-
tons. and advance in the critical analysts
of the literature II discredits the entire
work Of criticism to speculate as 10 another
text than the best one We can get after tho
most patient and painstaking study Biblical
criticism pursues its work in q purely scion-
tifc spirit. 10 will detect, recognize and
point out errors wherever il may find them
in Holy Scripture If the reformers and Puri-
tans the great Biblical scholars OF the past,
have maintained their faith III the Bible not
outstanding the errors they have seen IN II,
il is improbable that the Biblical critics OF
our day will DO disturbed by them. II any
one is disturbed, it will be those who have
been misled by the dogmatcians TO rest their
faith on the doctrine Of inerancy. These
will ere long find the doctrine broken reed
that will give them a severe fall and shook to
their faith if does not pierce them TO the heart
with the bitter agony OF perpleslty and doubt
From The Theological Crisis. by Professor
Charles A. Briggs, In North American Review
for July.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09
Wake Up.

If you wake up in the
morning with a Bitter or
bad taste in your mouth,
Languor, Dull Headache,
Dependency Constipa-
ton, take Simmons Liver
Regulator. 1t corrects
the bilious stomach,
sweetens the breath md
cleanses the furred tongue.
Children as well as adults
sometimes eat something
that does not digest well,
producing Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Restlessness,
or Sleeplessness--a good
dose of Regulator will
give relief. SO perfectly
harmless is this remedy
that it can be taken by
tho youngest infant or
the most delicate person
without injury, no matter
what the condition Of the
system may be. It can
do no harm if it does no
good, but its reputation
for 40 years proves it
never fails in DOING gond.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

Vhsre is 20 chance. no destiny, no fate
Can circnmvent, can hinder OF control
The firsn resolve OF n determined soul
Gifts count for nothing will alone is great
Al things give way before Il, soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty forco
or the sea-seeking river IN It's course.
Or cause the ascending orb Of day to waiti
Each we'll born roul must win what il deserves,
Let the fool pirate OF luck The fortunate
IL ne whose earnest purp0 q never swerves
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim. Why, even death stands
still
And waits an hour sometimes for such will.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoriA'
when she was Child, she cried for Castoria'
When sho became Miss, she chung TO Cas'oria'
Whom she had Children, she gave them Cas'oriA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09
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We will pay the above reward for any case OF IeNOo
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s.parinn or Costivencrs cannot csre with Vosco
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

We shonld as far as possible feed cooling ICED
in the hot season. Bran and oats are not -
heating a. corn. yet tho horse should havs
little corn every day with this iced. trecn
fodder carried to the barn is better than COM
polling tired horses TO work for their support
half the night see farmers turn their WORK
horses out at night to Craze and have dope so
myself. but do not like the plan, Tor tho
horses are more stupid and lifeless than when
kept in the stable. Keep in the stable. feed
good, cooling feed. and keep the stables olean
and nice. for the strong odor Of the stable
encourages stable flies, which keep the horses
kicking all night. How much rest 10 It TO the
horse if he has 70, fight flies all the Tuner
Have the doors and windows OF the stables
protected with wire gsuze or mosquito net
frames TO keep out flies.
Another very important thing overlooked
by too ms.1y Is watering the horses. Many
farmers pracsice watering their horses only
three times u day. and know some who do
not water their horses IN the morning before
going TO work This is thoughtlessness
is very hard for horse to be compeiled 20
work without water until noon. and especially
on hot summer day. How would bis driver
get along with only a drink at noon anc one
at mighty These long June and July days II 70
equally as bad for the horse. but he cannot
tell his desires in words.
No farmer would think OF taking out ms
morse 10 WOrk WITHOUT lttulnE nm N'aA ~ff>-
hay. or feed Of some kind. 1t Is just rs essen.
taAhat the horse have water. Water ID 1000
just the same As grain, and when the horse Ii
in need of water IL ID because the system Is
becoming exhausted Just the same as when
needing grain OF other feed. and have
thought the scarcer farmer is Of feed tho
oftener he should give his horse water. IL
one could provide water ~ the field for his
horses and give the poor tired beasts few
minutes rest, and drink every time he
drank water himself, it would be far better fox
his horse.
INSECTS CARRYING POLLEN.
professor at Ann Arbor. Mich,
was discussing the the process of fer
tilizing plants by means of insects car
rying the pollen from one plsnt to another.
and TO amuse them told how old maids wero
the ultimate cause of It all. The bumble-bees
carry the pollen; the feld-mice eat the bum
e-bees. therefore the more feld-mice the
fewer bumble-bees and the less pollen and
variation OF plants But cuts devour held
MICE and old maids protect cats. Therefore,
the more old maids the more cats; the fewer
feld-mice the more bees. Hence old maids
are the cause of variety in plants. There
upon. q sophomore, with aslngle eye glass, an
| English umbrella box coat. with his trou-
| sers rolled up at the bottom arose and asked
II sa-ay. pr0fessah. what is the cause -ah -
OF old maids. don't you know" 'Perhsps
Miss Jones can tell you." suggested tie
professor Dudes" said Miss Jones, sharply
and without moments hesitation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09
I-nsold Ronka in Paris.

Parisians- if we are 10 judge from some sta
tistics published do not take SO kindly at
present 10 fiction in book form. Formerly the
yellow-covered novel. which cost usually
about half crown OF a little more when Just
issued. was TO be seen on every table and IN
the hands Of numerous travellers by boats. rail
or car There Ii now. however, crisis threat
ened in the book trade, and novels are at a
considerable discount. II IS estimated that
there are from fifteen 10 twenty popular
authors whose books fill the require
ments of the publishers. To attain
this end at least $4,000 copies OF a
work must be sold Xola and few others
reach this point easily, but IT has happened
lately that one Of the most celebrated OF the
latter-day fctionists had the misfortune to
find that AZ. 600 copies OF his last production
were returned to the publishers by the Mai
son Hachette. which has the monopoly Of
railway bookstalls OF a splendidly bound
book by a famous author. ornamented with
designs by eminent artists and advertised IL
the most extensive and elaborate manner.
only one COPY WAS got on: Ot another work
OF the same description, but less expensive,
only six copies were sold. the remainder being
handed OYER at aridiculous price 10 the second
hand booksellers on the quays. 10 IS stated
furthermore that one publisher IN Paris has
now on hand three millions Of volumes which
he cannot sell. The fact is that the authors
themselves are TO blame partly for this threat
ened crisis in the book trade 10y allowing their
works TO appear in serial form IN newspapers
and reviews before final publication. People
read feuilletons as eagerly as ever IN France.
and. what is more they cut them out ana sew
them together, so Is to avoid having 10 buy
the stories eventually in book form AZ the
same time. there are select body OF authors,
who appear well able to hold their OWn.-Lon-
don Daily Telegraph.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

UICKOK,s NO. 4, ". ID. G., FIG, AND
CAROLINE SUN CURED ARE PURE, CLEAN
AND CHOICE sUN-CUKED TOBACCos. TRY
THEM.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-09

We are obliged to pass by two gardens
every day, says the Rural New Yorker. In
one the rows were made either by guess or
with very slack string. They now wobbie
and twist across the field. In the other they
run straight as an arrow and the seed WAS
carefully sown with a seed-drill. The sowing
with accuracy took little longer, but It paid.
The straight rows have all been worked with
a garden wheel-hOe. IL is the boast II the
owner that he won't permit hand-hoe % be
brought into his garden. There is no need OF
one. for the wheel-h will run close 70 his
straight rows and kill every weed worth kill
ing.
den the wheel-hoe would do more harm than
GOOD. and the owner is obliged 70 depend
npon hand-hoe or 60 down on his knees 70
paw the penalty due @ careless start. We
noticed much the same thing in large potato
fields last week. Through the straight rows
the mules drew the riding cultivator at q fast
walk without hitch. In the crooked rows
so Der cent more time was required lodging.
twisting and stopping to avoid pulling mp
plants. II pays to be straight. Nothing pays
better
HORSES IN HOT WEATHER.
A writer in the National stockman says
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
Portagai's Gold Mines,

''Few people know that in Portugal
there are gold mines that can be worked
ct a profit, if the proper machinery could
be taken into the country" said Watson
3 Percy, of London, England, at the
PARK Avenue Hotel, shut it is a fact,
anG l have recently make trip through
that ;ouatry, In prospecting around I
struck one of the old Roman mines
worked in the days Of Caesar Augustus,
just 23G1 years a 30. In taose days they
cut down to the vein OF ore, and this vein
was 500 feet deep before pay rock was
reached. !he mine was opened for an
area OF ten Of more acres, 500 feet deep,
and every foe: of the surface OF the
ground hal be.l taken off.
at was curious to see the way the
miners reached ii, cir work There were
shelves or steps made into the earth an1
the dirt was pac&e& hard by the many
feet that had troddea them. We found,
too, many old Roman coins and evidences
of smelling in this mine, as well rs
Others We explored, The trouble is in
Portugal that the cost oftrausportiug the
machinery is so great as to make it i'm
possible to WORK the mines at 4 good pro-
fl. You know people have al idea that
gold mine should pay an enormous per-
centage on the capital invested and are
never satisfied with small returns.
"rhe profitable mining in Portugal is
fot anthony and this mineral carries
sIcb trace of gold in it that it pays fox
the transportation dowa the Duro oa
barges aud to be taken to Swansea, Eng,
land, where the ore is smelted and the
ingredients separated, l don't think
shere will ever be gold rush for Portu.
gal, but many of the natives make com.
foltable living in individually hacking
away at the vein of ore. "-NeO Yor5
Tee g,Jn.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
LARGE INDIAN LAND CEssIoN.

Over Million Acres in Wyoming 10 be
Coded to the Government.
The commission appointed by the Secretary
Of the Interior 10 negotiate with the Shoshose
and Arapahoe Indians, Of Wyoming, for a
eession Of part Of the Wind River reserva.
ton, has effected an agreement With the In.
dams under wh.ch they cede to the United
States more than half Of theirreservstion, tie
Government getting about 10000 out Or a
total Of about 2,o00t00 acres
For the lands eeded the Indians receive
500 600, or about 70 cents per acre OF this
amount all bur cash paymeatof go 900 will
be put into funds for The benefit Of the In.
diaHs and the annual interest expended in the
purchase aud maintenance Of al Indian cattle
herd. in living them irrigation bitches, sehools
and other things necessary 10 make the Indian
Transporting. The Indians, as far as prsc.
tieable, ere 10 BE- given preference in work
under these articles.
The lands ceded include practically al the
land north Of Wind River and a strip on the
eartern part Of the res rFation. The country
Is well wsfercd; the bottom lands are rich
end there is about 100 go acres Of trench land
which irrigsfion companies can make good
agricultural land Of 4 reasonable cost. The
whole d the reservation j. fine sheep snd
cattle range.
Coal and oil are found an the eeded land
ard there are Indications Of the presence 81
more valuable minerals. The country IA 80
miles from railroad communication, and for
its development needs n railroad line through
il in the direction Of the Yellowstone Park
and the Northwest.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
4 New Vegetable.

\ new vegetable is about to be intro
duceG to tbs people OF the Unitcd States
through the Department. Of Agriculture.
1t is nothing more nor less, says the
WASHINGTON correspondent of the st.
Louis GLe}, Dsm7er1, than the root of
the Gala lily, watch resembles sonevhat
in appearances the ordinary Irisa tu5ar,
with the add ,tion o. a few whiskcrs that
have nothing 70 do with the case or
with the qualities of the article as az
esculent.
However, it is more elongated, and
when cut, the interior is ;rda more Wis
cid. But a section Ct it ia SO potato.
like that you would net be likely to dis.
tinguish any difference. In cooking, it
has first to be boiled in order to destroy
certain acrid properties, after which it
may be fried, roasted, baJel, or what
not, according to taste
Farmers in Florida have begun to raise
these Gala roots for market. The plants
grow readily in swamps, and So thickly
that the yield of a single flooded acre
is enormous. They reproduce themselves
by the multiplication of their buIos
underground, so that the grover has
simply to dig up the offshocts and leave
the parents to propagate anew. For
centuries the Egyptians have cultivated
similar crop during the seasons of the
Nile overflow, and at the present time
Gala lily bulbs ate common vegetable
in japanese markets. So prolific aud
palatable are they that their propagation
in many parts of the United States,
where conditions are favorable, may
reasonably be looked forward to as an
agricultural industry of the future.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
a jealous Husband Tries 60 XIII His wife
and to Take His own Life.

jealous Husband Tries 60 XIII His wife
and to Take His own Life.
James Brady, aged thiriy-fve years, at
tempted 70 murder bis wife BY cutting her
throat, and then attempted suicide by cutting
his own throat with razor, ct his home in
Elkton, Nd. he resides on North street with
his wife and four small children, the Oldest
aged seven years. The neighbors we're startled
about FIVE O'Clock by seeing Brady come
running out Of his house with blood streaming
from q gaping wound in his throat, crying
that his wife had tried to murder him. A crowd
coon gathered and doctor was sent for
On entering the house his wife was found
with two cuts on her throat, from which blood
was flowing freely, Blood was smeared over
the furniture and floor, showing that a des.
perate struggle had taken place. The four
little children we're huddled in corner. cry
Ing. Deputy Harvey 1ackey arrested Brady
and took him 10 jail, where it was found that
he was In an almost exhausted condition from
loss Of blood. DR.. J. II. JaInar examined his
wounds and found that his windpipe was
nearly severed and several blood vessels had
been cut. Mrs. Bradly's wounds were found
70 be several cuts across the throat aud CHA,
but not dangerous.
Mrs. Brady claims that while they we're
eating their supper Mr.. Brady became pro-
voked ~ her, and going to the sideboard,
where be kept bis razor, came up behind her,
eanght her by The hair, pulled her head back,
and attempted to cHt her throat. Thinking
he had succeeded, be then attempted to kill
himself This statement is corroborated by
their seven-year-oid son, who was present II
Is claimed that jealousy w,s the cause Of the
lrBgedy, and that Michael, brother Of Mr.
Brady, who has been boarding With them,
was the cause Of the trouble.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-24
MARTINsBURG W w. SATURDAY, OCTOBER p, 1891.
CABLE SPARKS.

MRS. PARSELL is still in an exire ely weak
condition and scarcely able TO speak.
THE daughters of the late Genl. Bonlanger
have retained counsel and will contest four
clauses OF their fathers Will
The Chinese government Is alarmed over
the encroaehments Of Russia upon Pameer,
the extensive tablela.id Of Central Asia.
THE British tiadcs-uninn parliamentary
committee has decided in favor Of promoting
the local trade options eight-hour bill.
THE German minister to the United Stats
Count Ludwig Won Arco-Nallev, died in
Berlin after un ergoing a surgical oper ton
THE Russian government is negotiating for
the purchase of large quantities Of breadstuif
in the United Statesto relieve famine sufferers
in that country.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. deeply offended by an
anii-Jewish agitation in Bielefield. caused by
the comforting of an order on Hebrew living
there, has rebuked the leaders Of the move
merit
IT is reported in London that a meeting of
several prominent members Of the British
peerage, respective Of partisan attachments,
will shortly be held to consider the question
of the abolition Of the House of Lords.
THE police of Vienna have arrested man
named Steinart. of Cracow, who is believed
to be implicated in the recent bomb outrage
at the Rosenthal railway bridge in Bohemia,
whereby the life of the Austrian Emperor was
Jeopardlzed.
An outcome of the sit of Mr. Charles T.
Murphy, special representative in Europe of
the United States Agricultural Department
II Berlin is that the German government has
decided to appoint commission to inquire
into the value of Indian corn as a food
product
HEIR MANcHE, who was chiefof the civil
cabinet of William | of Germany, has been
sentenced in Berlin to nine months imprison-
ment for accepting hrbes for his services in
procuring titles lie had tor accompIicea a
police captain and countess.
THE gale which svyart over ror,s of c,root
britain cansed great domo,,a p,Ii;c na ,SlS
have been DEVASTATED bv III VIM hniift, Tin