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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
SOCIETY IN PETERSBURG.
rUE UOufN's LffERiRr CIUB EN-
ROLLS 4 LARGE MLuBLRSHIP.
,te Cav World Is Getting Ready for Post
Ienten Pleasures and the Churches
Are Practicing Easter Music.

PETERSBURG, VA. March 27.-spe-
oial.-"Greece' was the subject OF dis
oussIon by the Woman's Literary Club
last Tuesday at the residence Of Mrs. Ed
ward yenable. on Adams street. and the
president. Mrs. ". II. Plat. read a very
interesting and comprehensive article en-
titled THE Living Greek"
Mrs. $. T.. Mitchell read a paper, which
sbo had compiled from different authori-
ties on the subject
Miss Ida Lownes read an article, enti-
tied public Spirit in Athens"
Mrs. Lula Claiborne Page read extracts
from Literary Digest on the present Sit
uation In Greece.
The club adjourned until next Tuesday
AZ the same hour and place. The follow
inc have been enrolled as members of the
club. Mesdames W. ii. Plat, Robert 1.
Meade. !. II. McCievy, Edward G. Vena-
bic. Robert II. Boykin. Edmund Patter-
son Oscar Bunting. :. L. Michel, George
Bernard. Bernard Mann. Randolph Barks-
dale. II. Noltenius. George Mason, Robert
Sully. W. j.. Watkins William Nichols,
Richard Davis, Waverley wilkins, Lula
Claiborne Page. Misses Ida LOwnes and
Willis Jackson.
PREPARING FOR EASTER.
Many preparations are going on here to
welcome Easter. The churches are al
ready practicing Easter music. Dress
makers are busy, and entertainments or
various kinds arc promised for the re-
turn Of the gay season. The recent mil
linery openings here have been so well
patronized that a scarcity OF money can
not be felt by Petersburg's fair citizens
or else under the influence Of a becoming
hat or a bonnet they forget the growing
admonitions OF certain stern tones Whlcn
caution economy
u is within the leans OF possibility that
n move OF prosperity is about 10 strike
Petersburg. started doubtless. by the rail-
road project. which promises. when built.
so much prosperity 10 Petersburg and
these openings simply Indicate tho signs
Of the times"
Building contractors say they will have
plenty Of work this spring and there Is
already quite n demand for desirable pri-
vate residences.
II IS not often that Petersburg has so
many settlers from other places all at
the same time. as has been her history
this winter and spring.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Mary Pegram. Of Richmond, came
over this week to visit her sister, Mrs.
George Cameron at Mount Erin.
Miss Julia Sully having returned from
Baltimore. after % short stay at home
left for New York. where she will pursue
her art studies. Miss Sully expects to be
gone until June.
Misses Matte and Lucy Watson have
gone TO Selma Ala. to visit the Misses
Lucy and Augusta Jones.
Mrs. W. l.. Watkins has returned nome
after n visit TO MONTGOMERY Ala.
Misses Mcclure and Bragg. OF Rich
rord are the guests OF Miss Lucy CHAM
borlayne.
Mrs. william Venahle has returned from
Cumberland Nd. Mrs. Nenable left her
mother much improved I'm health.
March has been very successful for sew
eral days IN its efforts TO ego ont Ike
lion" and has forced the courageous
Petersburgers who hravod the high winds
literally. 10 cat dust.
OR1OLE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

in the weaker. Any other bimetallism IL
a mere theoretical myth.
Mr.. Trigg. OF Richmond, and presi-
dent OF the Richmond Locomotive WORKS,
stated before the Banking and Currency
COMMITTEES that he did not believe. if the
10 per cent tax upon State-bank cir~'i-
latiOn was removed or the national banks
were given the power OF issuing credit
currency, under precautions however
strict, that there would be a corporals
guard OF free-silver advocates left IN
the South. The same views have been
expressed by others who have come be-
fore our committee.
IT, therefore, we would escape the i'm
pending danger, we must hear the dis
tressful cry OF our brothers. realizing
that the United States to-day IS little
more than one great neighborhood, ana
we cannot afford. and should not, as
matter OF courtesy, answer back 10 them
with jeers and charges OF dishonesty and
fraud, for there are men as loyal 10 our
country and az true 20 themselves IA
men as we dare be- entertaining Views
which we regard untenahle that are
born OF conditions ove- which they have
had no control. Let us be generous: let
us bo catholic I'm our spirit, and, above
all. may We manifest at least as much
solctude for those who dwell under tho
flag and stand ready To pour out their
blood like water In it's defence, as We do
for foreign missions; and let US, Lere and
now, each and ell OF us, firmly resolve
that we viii unremittingly devote ou.-
selvos 20 this great cause OF ieform,
which will do more to bring even, uni
Versal and permanent prosperity
throughout the land than all other things
combined: will correct almost unbeartble
evils which now exist I'm many sections;
will wipe out the injustice and injury
now inflicted upon n great portion OF
our people. and which certainly involves
the credit. the honor. nay. possibly the
very safety and integrity OF the republic
ffcalf
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
Goethe.

Goethe himself has said that the faults
OF great men seem exaggerated as well
az their virtues: and II We apply this
principle 20 his case, II ought 10 remove
much OF the odium which rests on his
name. Some OF the accusations which
have been brought against him are I'M
doubtedly Just, but IL is equally certain
that others have originated either IN par
" prejudice or from the Jealousy OF his
literary contemporaries. lie Is certainly
10 blame for his desertion Of Frederika.
and probably for other fiirtations-though
such behavior does not always seem to
initiate against mans character. Goe-
the's love-affairs, though by no means 10
his credit. we're OF quite a different sort
from the immortality OF Byron, Burns.
and Heine The accusation. however.
that he was selfish arlstocrat. unpatri-
otlc, insensible 20 the sufferings OF the
poor. and opposed 20 the popular and re-
formatOry movements OF his time. Is I'M
true and unjust. and can easily be proved
so. That he was an aristocrat cannot DO
doubted: but vas Walter Scott. for
they were both brought up and educated
at a period when ariztocracy was c0nsld-
cred the natural order OF society
seem 10 be so unntted-from their ten
derness OF feeling. their pictorial habit
OF mind. and their sensitive temperament
for practical politics. as poets and art
fists. and they have generally recognized
this themselyes.-F. y. Stearns. IN Apr.i
Lippincotts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
CoMMoDoRE JAMES BARRON.
His Reception to Lafayette at the r"'i'
adelphla Navy Yard.

In the Lafavette article which the
Easter Home Journal contains Is
SLIGHT mention Of the great Frenchman's
visit to the Philadelphia Maynard. That
station was then commanded by dis
tingulshed Virglnian, Commodore james
Rardon. the younger. Not as portrayed
in the beautiful miniature painted by the
Inner of the sovereign OF Denmark.
when the soft light OF youth still fingers
upon his handsome, generously moulded
features: his determined chin cleft by
dlmple: his handsome. firm-lipped mouth
his wide-open deep blue eyes. and the
thick locks of light brown that wave
about his fine head. Rather as his por-
traits show him. the man who has battled
against foes and adverse fortune, the man
indomitable-the parsonage, the officer III
all the state and dignity which belonged
TO his rank. For 1t was thus that he re-
ceived THE Friend OF Liberty upon L
memorable Saturday i'm October, 1924, af-
ter the long procession had moved along
under arch after arch-one OF which
oualltv characterized as elegant being
formed by bending together two poplar
trees-past bevies of fair DANES shower
ing flowers and applause upon the nero
till he alighted at the south gate or the
PHILADELPHIA Maynard, where Comho-
dore Barron was in command. Ihen
when the review was over; when the
thunder of salutes and "the chanting OF
the eight-hundred school children had
died away the General and all the dlstin-
guished company sat down to 'sump-
tuous collation." in the Mould House
where presently Commodore Barron de-
livered the address Of welcome. The COM
modoro was also one Of the guests at the
banquet given to Lafayette by the state
Of Virginia and letter from George
Washington Lafayette bears witness TO
the fact that the acquaintance between
his father and the brave old American
sailor deserves a deeper and more lasting
names.
JANEY BARRON HOPE MARI.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
FOWAR or mr. STEAMER.
Princeton Man Wants to Know About
tho Eml y. IN NlrrInia


Colonel John Bell Bigger. Clerk OF the
House Of Delegates has received the TO-
lowing communication from Mr.. l. L. Lee.
Of the Alumni Princetonian:
Dear Slr.-rhe following question will
be discussed at the approaching inter
collegiate debate between Princeton and
Yale. Resolved. That the power OF the
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
OF tho United states IS detrimental 10 the
public interest In order 10 form an ade-
quate conception OF the value Of the two
sides. 70 Is necessary 10 know something
or the practices I'm the State Legislatures.
j write 10 know n you cannot give me
some Information with regard 60 the pow
ers OF the Speaker or the House In your
legislature. Has your House a Steering
Committee. who have main charge Of
what goes on In the body. or Is that pow
er lodged in the Speaker What provision
have you with regard 10 dilatory motions?
l. your Speaker essentially moderator
or a leader OF the majority? How many
members has your House. and what is
tho average number Of bills presented In
the NE OF one legislature? | should also
Ike very much 10 have d CODY Of yaux
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
THE DOCTORS BIG PATIENT.
lie Was Giant In Size but a Baby When
IL Cnme to Suffering.


II was after the medical association had
adjourned the other night that the gruff
old doctor called several OF his prOfeS-
sonal brethren into a corner and told
his story.
Never had pleasanter case in my
life" he chuckled. you know what
big powerful fellow SENS is. Never was
sick "a dav and has always derided the
idea that pain was thing TO make such
a fuss over as Is made by some peoi"e.
Even his wife and children never got any
sympathy from him and he was always
ready 20 give them good going over Tor
not displaying more stoicism.
Tuesday morning about o'clock there
was a terrific ringing at my telephone.
on answering ii | was urged by an agitat-
ed voice 10 hasten to SENS as quickly
az possible. IL was case, or lie ana
death. Getting there post haste FOUND
that great big fellow walking the floor
in his night robe. groaning SO that ne
could be heard anywhere In the block,
growing out orders 10 the whole house
hold, locking pale as a ghost, and stop
ming every few minutes TO hold uD one
foot while he howled. His head was en-
veoped in towels and one side or II
steamed with hot poultices. He sailed
into me for not getting there sooner, SAID
that half the people died while waiting
for a doctor, jawed his wife because she
hadn't sense enough 10 tell him that he
had no slippers on, and then told her TO
call a lawyer so he could put his affairs
into shape I vetoed this until we found
out whether there was anything the mat
ter.
Anything the natter echoed SENS.
Great heavens man, the side OF my
heads coming off. l can't last till day
light I'm this torture. No mortal ever suf-
fered such agony. IL you're going 10 do
anything do II quick My own opinion Is
that I'm done for and he let out the
loudest how'd OF the night. What do you
think was the matter with the big calf?
Earache: just common. old-fashioned ear
ache His little girl had had II worse
and gone 10 school with piece of cot
ton in her ear. | fixed him up and then
told him IL he happened 10 prick his I'm
ger with a pin. or bump his shin against
n chair not 10 hesitate TO call me out OF
bed. even IL there was a blizzard."--
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

rules OF procedure. and will cheerfully
repay you for copy II you viii seno
them 20 me, as well as for an other eN
ponso you may incur IN furnishing me
with the above-named Information
Thanking you in advance.
In his reply. Colonel Bigger has s'$teD
that he could not say that the Speaker
of the House OF Delegates OF Virginia
was a moderator. lie also pointed our
that any member has the right 10 make
any motion that comes under parliamen-
tary authority. There Is no Steering Com
mittee I'm the Legislature Of this State.
and the Speaker Of the House has no
such authority as alluded to In the con-
yersation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

Of his means told me that 1t was patne,c
TO see his father, who was In Ill heailh,
laboring beyond his strength to answer
the letters that came to him. But IL the
President retains a fair measure OF
health he VIII take care or himself IL
he was ever capable OF directing the ar
fairs of the Nation he may be trusted
to administer his own business; anu =
he has won the esteem or ms ieiiow-clsi,
zens and has rightly valued II, he VIII
NOT barter IL for riches To any vocation
from which a man may be suitably call
ed 10 the Presidency he may suitably re-
turn"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

time, terriblepainin yleft side, chills,
loss Of appetite, and could not sleep
nights. After taking several bottles Of
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, some Liver Pills, and using your
Sanative Wash, l recovered.
can eat well, and every one that
sees me tells me am n different per-
son. / can do all my own work, sleep
well and feel well. am growing
stronger every day, and am able to go
out and enjoy walk and not feel all
tired out when l return, as used to. l
doctored for sixteen years, and in all
those years l did not feel as well as do
at the present time. l wish that every
woman that is troubled as was, would
try that medicine. Obi it is SO good
to feel well, and it is all owing to Mrs.
Pinkham's kind advice and medicine.
Mis-. JAMES CoRMaAS, 2si Center St.,
Jamaica Plain. MaS2.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28

Can He Live at Ease on the Income from
His saving?

II shall not attempt 10 answer the
question how much OF his salary does
the President expend?' writes ex-Presi-
dent Harrison In an article In the April
Ladies' Home Journal. on The Social
Life OF the President" But those who
think he can live at his ease after his
retirement on the income from his savings
should take account OF several things.
First that the net income from safe in
yestments does not exceed four per cent:
second. that the amount invested in a
home yields no income. and third. that
he must have a private secretary. for his
mail will be so large that he cannot deal
with IL himself. A son OF one Of our
most eminent Presidents who had lost all
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
A Unique Affair.

On Tuesday night next. at 2lS east
Grace street. the home OF Mrs. A. j. Pyle.
Trinity Lodge OF Good Templars will glse
"conundrum supper" European
style (psy for what you get.
A fine programme. under the direction
OF Miss Ellen Taylor. has been arranged.
and a good time IA promised All. Tho
naablic are invited
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
A LETTER TO WOMEN
From Mrs. James Corrigan.

would have 10
month.
He said that
the womb. and
must undergo
operation, as i
tumors in the
womb, and it
was a case of |
life or death. |
l was ope-
rated upon
twice, but it
did not seem !
to do me any /
good, it made
me very weak.
| was troubled
with the leu.
corrhna q
great deal.
/ also suffer
ed with the
sick headache,
vomiting
spells, back
ache all the
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
Silver a Dead Issue.

Uncle Horace Bois of Iowa has just
made public his views on the 16 to l
fallacy. He declares: For one, 1 do
not believe it possible to succeed up
on a platform that demands the un-
qualified free coinage of silver at the
ration of 16 to l with gold. We have
fought that battle, and it is lost. We
can never fight it over under circum-
stances more favorable to ourselves. If
we hope to succeed, we must abandon
this extreme demand
The frank statement OF Uncle He'd
shows tLat he has come to a realiza-
ton of the fact that majority of the
American people are intelligent enough
to understand that free coinage law
at the 16 to l ration would simply
drive US On plane with Mexico and
China.
The value of the coin of ultimate re-
demption depends entirely upon the
market value of the bullion of which
it is composed. A silver dollar under
these circumstances, cannot be worth
any more than the silver it sells for.
The stamp of the government creates
no value It is nothing but a certifi-
cation of weight and finances.
Mr.. Boies evidently relies these
things. From his letter, We infer that
he would be in favor of dropping to
the silver standard and to a 48 cent
dollar, if he thought the people could
be induced to adopt it. But he sees
they will not and hence he wants the
scheme modified.
He will find no tenable ground out
side of that taken by the Republican
national convention in the platform at
st. Louis last year.-Toledo Blade
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
The Daily Task.

We are not apt enough to think OF
our daily work as the Good Shepherds
pasture field. We are too apt to give
heed to a miserable distinction between
the sacred and secular and to seek &c
get out from what we call the secular
into what we call the sacred, that We
may find spiritual pasture fields.
This is the sacred service;
this is Gods work; praying, cOmmun-
ing. preaching, buying, selling, brick
laying. doing whatsoever things are
true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good
report, which Gods providence has
trust into your hand to do-doing them
for Gods sake and in His name. the
shining motive for them Gods glory.
The daily toll is real spirit
nal pasture field; and the best Of herb
ge we will find in it, if we will have
il so. if we will take into it the motive
cf pleasing God, aud so Of doing in it
our very best. How the spiritual life
NAV nobly grow in this pasture field
Of daily duty done from divine i'm
nuIse,-Wayland Hoyt. D. D.
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
Are the Mills Closing:

The convention of Iowa fusionists
declared that the mills were closing
and thousands of workingmen were
thrown out of employment. Brad
streets and Dun's Review report the
reverse. These publications are HSa-
partisan. They state the facts. They
are published for the information of
business men and tradesmen, and can
not afford to rake misleading state
ments. Their patronage depends upon
the correctness of their reports. On
Saturday, June 26, Dun's Review said:
There is no step backward in busi-
ness although the season of midsum-
n1er quiet is near. The improvement
continues, gradually and prudently
cautious as before, although in many
branches evident where no signs of it
appeared few weeks ago. Business
men of the highest standing in all
parts Of the country having gradually
perceived that the tide has begun to
rise, are regulating their contracts and
investments and their plans for the
future with a confidence unknown to
them short time ago. Great changes
before the adjournment of congress are
hardly to be expected, but the removal
OF uncertainty is with reason expected
to bring into operation buying forces
which have been restricted for months.
There are signs of Improvement
where none were observed a few weeks
ago. There is an encouraging increase
in the demand for textile goods and
even for cottons,' says the same COM
mercial report. Concurrently with the
statement of Dun's Review comes IN
formation from the east that
The custom of closing the cotton
mills during the summer months which
has prevailed in New England during
the operations of the Wilson law will
not be followed this season, the recent
announcement from the manufacturing
districts there indicating that work is
to go steadily on this summer in view
of the prospect that protective tariff
will soon be upon the statute books
With these evidences of the return
of, better times it was not opportune
for the fusionists to declare that the
mills and shops are closing.-Dubuoue
Times.
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
The Revival of Trade.

One of the most encouraging signs of
a return of prosperity is shown in the
statement made by Strawbridge &
Clothier, of this city, of their retail
sales during the month of June. The
sales of the firm, which is one of the
Oldest in the city, were larger than
in any corresponding June since they
have been engaged in business. The in
ference to be drawn from this gratify-
ing statement is clear, and it's signifi-
canoe is not to be understimated. 1t
surely portends a revival of trade
which, now only beginning, gives a
promise of exceptional prosperity to
come. And this is only one instance.
The price of iron has advanced; there
is a better demand for coal; prices are
firm and steady everywhere, and not
1ne report Of depressing nature is re-
ceived from any section Of the country.
Unless all signs fail, the opening of the
all season will find the promised pros
,erity upon us.-Philadelphia North
american.
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
remove these obstacles against Amer

remove these obstacles against Amer
sscan products. II they do not see 1t
\ .uat light, why, then, there are 9TH
or methods"
THE subject CT growing tea in the
United States is subject which has
recently come, especially to my atten-
ton. Considerable experimenting in
the past has been done in the tea line
IL this country, ard the trouble has
always been the difficulty of procuring
labor to pick the tea leaves, but | am
prepared to say that there Is no reason
why the southern states OF this country
should not raise and market every
pound of tea used in the United States,
and far better article, too, than the
great bulk of tea sold here now. This
is an excellent subject for considera-
ton and experiment, and will be heard
from later" G. H. Williams.
The McCook tribune., 1897-07-30
children and Church Going.

The fault may lie in some cases with
the minister. but much more often the
fault is with the fathers and mothers.
In the matter OF church attendance the
parents and the pastor must combine.
The parents should require and expect
the children to accompany them ID
Gods house as much as TO sit at their
table for their daily food in their own
houses. The pastor should endeayor
to attract the young to church by max
ing his sermons simple in language,
earnest in delivery and interesting with
illustrations. Very few sermons are
fit to be preached at all which are ut
terly beyond the comprehension OF an
average boy 10 years old. Grown peo-
pie, in turn, relish fresh, vivid, simple.
earnest, practical preaching as much
a. their children do.-Theodore L. Guy
Ter.