The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-01
TIMES NEWS NOTES.
The last rose of summer doomed yes''

| from tUtli OWu phtcHros
| West yireinia's state Fair takes place ID
yyhaaIing Sentomber 7th. sth. 9Th and 10th.
! s,nong t6e Attractions announced Is q balloon
| ascension.
The Chicago Herald asserts that "llfe In
| Chicago is worth living" and us news coiuilns
| tell Of sXty-seven suicides ia one Week III 'hh.
city. Chicago editors are nothing. Il ho'
audacious.
Washington and Lousvilleare engaged IN
d deadly struggle for the possession Oh ,no
baseball BOBBY prize. Some otHer cl.es
| may not be envious, but this KIND Oh sIIus-
gle beats no struggle.
Henry Cabo- Lodge. the author OF tns
late and unlamented Force bill. seems 10 %, %
| learning political wisdom very RAPIDLY Ire
/ now says that the silver question Will De thc
| leading issue in 1892. What about the force
bill and the tariff!
A Wilkesbsrre man has sued Primrose q
| Vests Minstrel Company for slO, COO damages
| because the end-man made him the butt OF
witticsm. The plaintiff evidently holds with
a large proportion Of theatre-goers that the
average minstrel joke is no Joke
The French illustrated papers have com
menced 90 advertise tho Worlds talI Dy
| tackling Major Handy's flaming whiskers.
| The wisdom shown in the selection OK MAJOR
| Handy as promoter general becomes more
and more apparent. The MAJOR Is an oiu
Richmond newspaper man.
A memorable occasion in the history OF
the Catholic Church in America Will be- the
unwilling of o magnificent marble statue or
Pope Leo XIIl. on September 2oth next Inc
statue is gift OF Count Joseph de LouDat TO
the Catholic University OF Washington. Mr..
Lou5at is a rich New Yorker.
In Austria il has been found that the
slanting of letters in writing causes curvature
Of the spine: due to the position maintained
L A III Unit no
to consider the matter has presented a report
recommending that the school children be
taught to make upright letters only. Doctors
will soon say that 1t Is dangerous 10 write AZ
| all.
II mean to paddle my own canoe 70 the
end Of the chapter - said Mr.. Claus SPEECHES.
the California sugar king. when shown re,
port cabled from New York that ne haa
Joined the sugar trust. NO, / nave not
Joined the trust nor will do so. and any Wall
street Spectator who allows himself 70 be
gulled by the reports that | have, does not
know me-"
The farmers Of Yigo county. Indiana,
whose farms are taxed at their fuh value.
want to know why the trotting stallion AXteIl
is assessed for taxation at only 800 wilie LIE
enrned ESQ 900 for his owner last year 80 far
as taxation is concerned this case really looks
like horse" on the farmers: but suppose
the same trotter loses $4,000 for his owner
next year.
-Aeronauts in several parts Of this country
are meeting with terrible accidents as re-
suit OF their criminal foolhardiness. New
York has "a law which makes attempts at SUI
eide criminal Offense on the theory that
every citizen belongs to the State and there
fore cannot dispose Of its rights at Will The
principle might well be extended 20 meet the
cases OF cranks and dare-devis bent on risk-
ing their necks and shocking the COM
munity.
1t is the unanimous testimony OF travellers
that Port Said is the wickcdest small city III
the world The sink of creation Is the
phrase commonly applied 20 the pace by
those who know its vices. At Port SAD all
vessels passing through tho Suez canal arc
detained from three 10 six hours. and during
that short time sailors and travellers become
the victims OF vicious men and women, VINO
are attracted to Port Said by the opportuni-
ties offered by IT'S peculiar character. The
outcasts OF every great European city find IN
Port Said congenial resting place.
One OF the most immediate and marked
effects Of the present cool wave Is seen IN the
hurrying homeward Of hundreds of people
who have been sOjOurning IN the mountains.
The date for reopenlng tho schools IS tho
limit fixed for many summer vacations. but
the arrival OF cool weather few days before
that time sets the return wave in motion
! This year - has started little earlier than
usual though IL will be surprising if there IS
not fair nstalment IF summer weather IN
store for rs yet. September IS not unlikely
TO even upthings with July.
The courts at Baltimore have interviewed
lust in time TO save the dupes of the Progress
siyo Endowment League some OF their money.
The society was about 20 pay ont $4,000 %
three hundred members mostly officers and
their friends, who had paid IN only rlVOJO.
The difference would have represented the
amount OF toll taken from their followers.
As ID is now the court viii take all the money
on hand end distribute il 70 all the members
In proportion 10 the amounts paid IN by each
individual. All will be losers, but the indl-
vidual losses will not be SO great rs they would
have been if some had been allowed 20 walk
of with big profits.
In one part Of France AZ least the 'Marsell-
laisen il not played by military bands ~ tho
desire of the first person who chooses 70 ask
for it, At Rennes on two occasions lately the
public has demanded and obtained the per-
Torrance Of the Russian hymn by the
band II tho Artillery which plays m the jar
din des Plantes. but when the 4larseiiiHise'
was called for the bandmaster refused ID give
II and WAS sOuudly Missed IN consequence.
His reason for refusing Is that 10 play 1t with
out the express permission ot General CaulOt.
the commander Of the district. would entail
a punishment 81 fifteen days imprisonment.
A dispatch from Genoa. which arrived in
London Sunday night. is creating sensation
IN newspaper offices there and elsewhere IL
states that an Erglishman name unknown.
called az the ctfco Of a money changer SignOr
Ghisoh. and asked MIN % change thousand
pound Bank Of England note. SignOr Chi
soil fearing that the note might have formed
mart OF n recent Bank II England robbery 10
tho extent Of 1850. go. took down q list of the
numbers Of the stolen notes ia order 10 COM
pare them with that OF the note offered.
When he did this the Euglishman walked out
and disappeared leaving the thousand pound
note behind him The Genoese police are
looking for him, and have already notified
the police authorities IN London.
The appointment by tho British Govern
ment Of a commission % superintend the
preparation Of the English exhibit at the
Chicagos World I air viii have a stimulating
effect upon the prospects Of the exposition
abroad The Prince Of Wales lends the
weight OF his influence a. president Of the
commission. and among the members IS Sir
Philip Cunlifie Owen, who was the leading
spirit IN the British representation AZ the
Centennial IL is proposed % send q full ey-
hibit OF the arts and industries not only Of
Great Britain and ireland. but OF the various
colonial dependencies and in view of the cor
dial expressions of the Government and the
character OF the commission. the display will
doubtless be most interesting and satisiac-
tory one.
EuDsror William HAVING anfagOniZed the