The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17

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Congress has advanced n step in the
direction OF getting Itself untangled from
lnat COLOSSAL sugar trust and tatiH muu-
Ole, / would be untrue to my conscience
II ! passed unrecorded the capers OF the
mercury last week. Monday and Tues
Gay were days long TO be remembered
from thermotical standpoint as you
all know. Now. don't assume an ex-
preston OF countenance as though you
were decapitating a railroad spike with
your teeth. crumple up the paper and
say: That newspaper reporter, like the
inexperienced social caller. has gotten TO
me END or the rope. and gone 70 chirping
about the weather for you are mistaken.
can always find something 10 gay. When
my subjects get fraZzled like some wo-
mems prospects for matrfmony. what's
the matter with "cussing' the Office boy?
But to come right back to practical
matters | walked up Main street last
Tue sday. and about every other man
met, smiled as complacenuy as you
ps,esSSe' and asked that mcst borrowing
or all question s: Hot enough for you
as though / hadn't been struggling for
hours to recall how the STOW flakes
Looked on the top OF the Presbyterian
church In Sitka. When you are gasping
for air on one Of these ninety-seven.
in-the-shade afternoons such as Old sol
sent down here last week, there is no
more eNGsperating question IN the world
than the very one that every fellow
swoltsrer I'm town is sure TO ask you
You're tempted 90 ask him 10 join you
in a Jog on a Narshall-srect mule car,
or q jaunt TO Fulton by way Of revenge.
Then you go straight home. blow out on
the cook for not serving everything on
crushed ice, exhaust all the abusive
epithets You can think Of, and then man
ufacture a few 10 tack on 70 the name
e your WasherwOman for inserting an
cuLce Of starch I'm your handkerchief.
and wind up by arming yourself with
q pick-aXe and three bowie knives and
sanying forth in search OF the man who
had the audacity TO say: Hot enough
Gentle reader don't do that way. stop
and think for a moment by way OF vari-
ety. If you only knew how many people
occupy cells in the penitentiary, how
separated forever, how many cooks, OF
iice-hOys and WashorWOmen are out or
n Job. all because folks would persist in
saying: Hot enough for your why,
this warning would be useless.
don't know Of any better time and
place TO get in a word for the lichmond
HOwtZers than just here. True nave
instructions to keep everything down,
but that old song prevails In the office
every Saturday night and right mere IS
where I'm going to get ahead or the
Editor. He can't possibly protest against
allowing me q little space for pralsing
the men who have inaugurated the
movement TO erect monument
his maternal relative and his better
half are two Of them, and the thing
comes down 10 a sort Of personal matter
and appeals 10 his pride L honestly be-
leve that the erection Of monument
| to Southern women viii, as II should,
meet with universal approval throughout
| this fair land Of ours. There are 10
more gallant men 70 be found in the
| world than right here in the South. Ihey
| honor their women, they recognize the
| sterling worth of their mothers and Sis
! ters, and they hold above everything
| me virtue. the purity, ana all tndt goes
| mike the trilr WOmINDOOU OF lltI
| fair companions. The Southern women
| have attracted the eyes of the world
| for their beauty, grace ana lhtellect.
| Authors artists, and Musicians nave beeh
| hv no means infrequCnt among them
| While their home life, bringing comfor,:
| courage and happiness TO the hcad OF
| the household. has always been shih-
| ing example which the women OF many
! a country would do well 10 initiate
| | for one am 4 genuine admlrer OF the
| lyrical Southern woman. Her ald' NJ.
| Inspiration. not TO speak OF me cheeriul
| manner IN which she gave up Tor SlO-
| rl0us cause those nearest and dearest 70
| her great thrObbing heart during the
| late war entities her 10 a monument
| emulating In beauty ana durdDiiittG ecSe.S
| similar structure now adorninS ms zap
| ftal CITY OF the COnfederacy. me How
| tiers, though not the nrst 10 SnsStst
| the movement. have the honor or nelus
the first 10 put the ball in motion. IheI
| name will be always closely ldenuhed
| with the monument. for they nave en-,
tered the work upon a purely practical
| basis and were the first 10 90 down
into their purses and give Of their means
| 10 so noble an undertaking. Such
| movement presents another strong com
| mentarv upOn the gallautry Of the cam
ana trT1e =" Dafriotisrn nave long been os-
| tahished But what graceful ana peiu-
tful tribute TO the women that me cree
ton Of a monument i'm their honor was
suggested and has been inaugurattd by
| the opposite sex.
The monument to the women of the
| South. together with similar honoIS 10
! tha memory OF General Cooke. President
| Jefferson Davis and General j. y. H.
Stuart. all of which, ID is believed are
| structures Of no distant day, VIII, per
haps. rob Baltimore Of its glory rs ne
Monumental city IN ia'9r o. l.cN.''o'o
Sporting characters are frequently OBJ
| lccts Of general atte.tion - me al IN -n
| have acquired the habit OF staining th't
| surplus funds upon the results OF eFent5
| 90 such an extent as 10 lose all sense OF
! reverence and bet on the mcsi serious
! questions. Right here in Richmond
| Youngsters have been known 10 put up
sing sums ON the results Of dangerous
accidents. malignant types ot lcNtI' anu
| thc like while others SUI iCrt ihtir OH. o.
ions on the hesults Of Police Court trial'
| with q freedom that Us surprising. Al
| tne corner of Ninth and Main yesterday
| afternoon some what unique wager was
| made. hich nothing out a commission
of lunacy VIII be able 10 decide, s-iat r.
| 10 saw. Two men were Gaming ~.
the lamp-post by way Of ornament. one oil
Them was lam nabituM sporuht yuu.A.' II
| with toOth-picN shoes, long-lah coat ana
loud trousers. He held a sneppaIN $ ci.oA
near the lower end. His comramon was
n witherod looking individual ana ne
morped his brow M intervals. \ wheel
man all bumped up IN knot sped by
| at a twO-torty rate. III.
Another tri 'ycie. murmured the WIN
| ara1 looking individual.
Beg your pardon, that's bicycle
| yCnWrld tie sport. 49,
NO. 10; you're mistaken, came the
reply; y guess l know a tricycle. "heh
IN go YOU five on that"
| put up"
The money was staked.
"Now," said the withered man. there's
one wheel in front""
| YES"
and one behind?"
| The sport nodded.
"Wen. il that rider hasn't got 2 wheel
in his head. I'm 4 liar" concluded the
The bet hasn't been decided as yet.
though every indication points 10 the
withered man as the winner
|
To the many admirers of the lamented
| actor. Edwin Booth. il may be crafty
ing TO know that his last appearance on
! the stag was for the benefit or the
Edgar Allan Poe Memorial fund. Poe:
| position in the literary world was equiv
alent 10 Booths in the hstrionic. Poe
! was, perhaps the greatest poet America
has ever produced With n diction wen
derful vershcatOn perfect genius
| brilliant he painted a picture in every
verse. He was born poet whose talents
! any country should be proud 10 claim.
| And yet-an oft repeated ale-people
didn't know IL until he passed away, II
| | should ever write a paragraph that
| a