The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-07
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Philadelphia Ledger: The Association OF
German American Technol0eists. now in
session IN this city, includes IN It's mem
beTshlp many accomplished scientists.
German tccunlcal literature is of inc nl.sa-
est authority the world over. and our
German-Americans have brought TO their
adopted country the habits OF thorough
research and patient Investigation which
distinguish the German student at home.
Baltimore American: The United States
Signal Service has forced the most august
member or the solar system INTO The --r-
wee OF man by utilizing the sun in flash
ing messages from one point 10 another.
In spite Of the vast advance made 10y
science IN lis Investigation and practical
app1cdtiOn Of natural resources. il is
pr"oahie that only beginning has been
made IN comparison with what VIII be
done, and some Of the wonderful things
told as eXtraVagIucc- I'm rOnauces turn
ing upon the resources of the future may
prove within the bound Of literal truth.
New York Times: OF course nobody win
pretend 10 justify the planters II Georgia
who have been firing al q cOlOred adVO-
cate of colonization and seriously wound
Ing him and several of his followers At
the same time, il must be admitted that
their provocation was great II seems
likely that the COlOuzer. CASTOR, was Il
common sWindler, and never had any
notion OF leading colony from the South
ignorant and credulous negroes whom be
addressed. But the planters did not know
this. What they dld know was that az
ter they had been supporting their Neld
hands all summer and cultivatng their
cotton crops, CASTOR was OstcuslblV try
ing 10 induce the fell hands TO run away,
leaving their bills unpaid and the cotton
unharvested.
New York Herald: II is to be hoped
that the runlor Of plan 10 send the san
Francisco, The Columbia and the Raleigh
Cor the Cincinnati TO the European sti-
ton is not well founded There is ahsO-
lutely no use of keeping even one snip
there. We ICED ships ia Chinese waters
more than anywhere else; but II several
large cruisers are 20 Dee detailed for hOll-
day duty in the Mediterranean IL viii be
impossible 70 keep up the China squadron
as II should be.
impression Of strength which IT IS $50
necessary 20 maintain in China. and our
squadron in Asia should be quickly and
powerfully increased
New York Sun. our Presbyterian con-
temporary, the Evangelist, appreheuds
that the Christian people who are in
hucntial in our churches have largely
been lured 10y thar vile II the devil
which he presented iu the third tempta-
ton. the temptation 10 secure none tenn
poral ends by admitting that satan is
the prince of the world
we must hope that this horrible APP
prehersion of the Evangelist is ground
less. II there were good ground FOR A.
Inc Evangelist might at ouce put it's
ear To- the mouth NJ tho bottomirss rit
and listen to the laughter In hell. We
say that 10 "uobie temporal end can
be gained through submission 10 the wilcs
of the devil, and that the man who adj
mis his princeton cannot Doe a Christian.
The devil is a liar ana fool. with whom
no genuine Christian can have any deal
ings. and We wOuiI find il hard 10 be-
lieve that the Christians spoken OF the
Evangelist could be lured by his whes.
New York World: According 10 the
very latest advices from Hawaii the for
mai recognition Of the Republic by the
Cleveland Administra ton took place on
August 9Th. So after all, and I'm spite
Of all, that episode ends I'm way that
does not outrage the common sense OF the
American people.