The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-30
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT.
TaE GREAT DfsrEsSER or JUSTICE
TAXES But SEVEN MINUTES.
xhe Morals of the City are Steadily I'm
proving, lie Says, and Gives Figures to
Prove IL.

Itss 10 dispose OF all the business before
the court yesterday morning. Nobody
went TO jail. not a cent was collected, and
only about thirty or forty people wer,
present.
This falling on In the attendance Is O
caaAe Of great disappointment and cnagrin
10 Justice John, and ne said yesterday
morning that inasmuch as MS circulation
was falling on he would have TO adopt
the New York newspaper mernods and
furnish an aihdaNit daily or ms attend
snce.
THE fact is continued the Learned
Jur.st, this city is growing better all
the time TN point OF morals among the
classes which naturally ma their way TO
Ais court. During theJirst few years OF
~ occupancy OF this bench me nnes
rsed 10 run up 10 between y-WD9 and
$4,000 per annum. and these days from
$500 10 $1,000 IS the best we can 40"
Then Justice John leaned back IN his
chair with the air or a man VINO Knows
that his great mission on earth Is being
funlcd. Error and darkness nee at
his approach as the shadows OF night has
ten away with the advent OF a giorioui
dawning.
In the lihgt of his eagle eye. tine hid
ing-piace of falseho0d Is uncovered, and
AAt TT re OF h'n swept away.
Great pulpit orators may paint the pic
ture Of the sleeping shepherds ana the
star that stood over Bethlehem until we
almost catch the faint echoes mat iioat
still down the corridors OF time or the
glorious anthem or peace on eartn, good
Will 10 men,"
With magic words and Irresistible ora
tory. they may portray the wild night
when the stars were MA ana the waves,
dashed into fury by the tompestuous
winds. were Gained with 1T is +; be not
afraid"
Geihsemane and Golgotha. lonely.
mournful Calvary, may 10y elOquence and
fcryid words be told until the kaDDi with
the Talmud. the Mohammedan with his
Koran. the BUDDHIST with MS Bedcgat.
and the Hindoo with his Nesta ana Zen
davesia. come troOping up, ana place
the volumes or their crceds IN one mighty
pie: Faith may apply the loren, ana the
curling smoke, wreathing in fantastic
shapes 10 heaven. proclaim to the world
the triumphs OF Christianity and the
dawning OF a brighter day.
NOT HIS CLASS.
But Justice John is not IN this class.
His library consists of Judge tiournoys
revision of Mayo's Guide. the city ordi-
nances. and a thumb-worn copy or the
Code OF Virginia. Yet VINO can say he
does not do good? Who can know but
some of his arrows. tipped with Wholesome
advice and shot at random, nave found
lodgment. perhaps, where the arcner nttle
meant, yet where lis work was accom-
plishedl.
Tie may not make a very noticeable di-
vision OF the goats ana sheep, because
ne has a tough gang 10 deal with,
~ is he vi
herd so well rounded up when the DAY
comes that Il will be no trouble 10 ma out
where his constituents belong.
Justice John had a rev colored men
before him yesterday morning, whom ne
was questioning about a matter when
he was not quite ready TO Try. lie was
not Just certain that any or the -FOUR
men were any too scrupulcus about daily
ing a trine with the truth, 50 no was
speaking rather plainly upon the SUBJECT
when one of them exclaimed:
You knows me. Mr.. Crutchheid; m
qvVine 10 tell mo- trufc bout dis thing
den eny Niger in dis state
This seemed To put the next man on
his mcttle. and he lowed as how ne was
evine 10 tell more trufe den anybody III
dis whole country.
Fore de lawd." chimed the third. you
done hear dat Niger, Mr.. CrutchneldF
He ain gwine tell YOU de truit' ! swihe
ter tell you nuthin' but de truff-mo
iruff den any Niger in dis whole world
Justice John saw that they had raised
the limit on him from the state TO the
whole world. ana he felt sorry for the
ante-man. but he turned TO the fourth
old darkey and said: How about that'
Jen?"
II doan no nuthin' bout all de niggers
IN dis State. Mr.. Crutchfcld,' he said,
'nur I'm dis country, nur in de whole
world. but l knows dis. T-e gwine tell
you mo trun deu any niger IN dis bur
cote-hOuse."
Even Sergeant Thomas Joined in the
laughter that followed this and Jeff VAS
taken as the witness IN a case which VIII
come up tomorrow.
THE GUILTY GERTRUDE.
Gertrude Quarles (coloreD plead guilty
to the charge OF being drunk ana abusing
Lizzie Shields. Gertrude is about eigh-
teen years Of age and is readily accorded
the cake as being the best-lookng gin
IN the neighboIhood Of the Chesapeake
ana Ohio depot.
Gertrude is however, as bad as she Is
rcputed TO be good-iooking and when
she manages TO get a comfortable and
complete snpply of the coffin Narnsh'
they call whisky in that ncighborhood
she makes night hideous and says some
very uucompiimeHtaFy things about her
girl friends.
''Why do you drink so much2" asked
Justice John.
cause ] always gifts so dry" tersely
replied the wicked Gertrude.
"Yes. and you viii drown yourself some
Of these days. Fine you $50" said JUS
tice John. Then. seemingly to justify
his last remarks. he said.
so Noah. when he anchored safe on
The mountains top. his lofty haven,
And all the passengers lac bore
Were on the new world set ashore,
lie made IL next his chief design
10 plant and propagate vine
which since has overwhelmed and
drown'd
Far greater numbers, on dry ground,
or wretched mankind. one 10y one.
Than all The Hood before had done"
Gertrude pranced OF to the PEN as she
was little shore of funds after her en-
tangiing alliance with "ught-caps" and
20 e-opcners. but some acquaintance
went her bail FOR a couple OF days, and
she started on 20 locate a few of her
prosperous frenGs.
The case OF Budd Morgan. who IS charg-
cd with driving 10 death a horse belong
INK 10 James Sweeney. had been set for
Yesterday but WAS continued until May |
sth.
ANCESTRAL PRIDE.
There is something grand in long fine |
OF ancestry II it hoppcns 10 start right |
but even then we know
The sap which at the root Is bred
iu trees. through an the boughs is |