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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
Re,urning TO School.

The sun shines with more sober light.
The bells ring out from Delfry towers,
The streets M up with faces bright.
Like dusty roads with fairy flowers.
The little shoes 20 hurrying past
That scarce have lost The scent Of
clover.
The old schoolhouss awakes az last
Vacations over.
Like some great hive OF buzzing bees.
The sohoolhouse starts its drowsy hum
ming,
And curls that danced meath summer
trees
Now quietly droop DER sums and sum
ming.
The sun paint tanned on each wee hand
or mountain lass and seaside rover
is lost beneath an inky brand.
Vacations over.
rE4sa n
When school time comes the STREETS and
parks
with no small tongues 10 be disturb
ing
Seem strangely lonesome with their
marks
OF pencils sharpened on the curbing,
And OH these little folks. a@yet
About whose hearts no shadows hover,
Are not the only ones regret
Vacations over.
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
POE AND 1.-THE RAVEN"
He Was Not Drunk When He Wrote
the Wonderful Verses.


The Religious Herald thinks Poe was
sober when he wrote 1.-THE Raven ana
II gives reasons for its opinions thus
The somewhat current notion lhat 10,
noem ."The Raven" was writgon when the
artl,or Vas intoxicated. is almost certainly
"a popular delusion, and is not az an
likely 10 impose upon any Intelligent nina
that knows much about Poe. That extra
ordinary man was no drunkard. He dld
drink "in sprees'. but these spfees were
often so far apart that divers people
who were associated with him IN Dusl-
ness and I'm society, testiiy tn4it iley
never knew him 20 DO drunk. some OF
these people were among the best ana
most approciative friends the poet ever
had n T. Wills was ne or them,
Mrs. Osg0od the poetefs, was an0th r.
Resides IL is well established by the
most unexceptlonabie testimony mat
glass or two Of wine ~0uld so upset
Poe as 10 make it imrOs .hie for him 20
do any serious work Whether he was
altogether sane. even when at his best,
may be- a question. but there is no qurs-
tion that. when in his cups, De was a
madran. The "phrenzy' ia which the
pcets eve" then rolled y. any tnlnB Out
a "nne phrenzy" FINALLY. one would run
little risk On saying that the exquisite
rhythm. the wonderful ana original heti-
cal effects and the almost miraculous
music which we ind I'm some or the
stanzas OF this unique creation, are be-
yond the capacity of any brain fuddIed
with driLk. IN these respects the poem
has been very seldom. IT ever equalled
by any one except IT'S author ana by MIN
in only two or three other poems. anna
bel Lee" being the most notable. Even
the magnificent opening OF Byron
Bride of AbydOs' must Yield 10 the
Raven" on these p0luts-rhythln metre
and music by the way, when the Brlue
Of Abydos" was first published, the me
tre-mongers found fault with IL because
Il refused 20 be scanned by their rules.
So much the worse for the rules.
And from the same source comes TINS
paragraph:
what about the negro problem asks
one OF our Massachusetts Irlends. Wen
that problem is a big one ana II covers
so wide a space and is modified by so
many different conditions that II Is by
no means the same problem everywhere.
For instance. one of our correspondents
writes: Last summer. l spent some
weeks near a little village IN virginia,
and then a week IN the country some
twelve miles from the village. me prob
lem was amazingly different IN the Two
localities The negroes near the Nhlase
we're. upon the whole. as worthiesS' ldle.
thievish. lying vagabonds as ever worried
the decent people of any community tnat
1 have ever known: those IN the country
only twelve miles away, were ABOUT the
best negroes in the South, SO Tar as my
knowledge extends.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
CURIOsITIEs IN POLITICS.

Politics Is so full Of surprises that we
have ceased TO wonder at anything that
happens in the political world. but the
various phases which II assumes from
time TO time are none the less interest
ing.
Apropos we note that the Raymond
Oliss) Gazette, a pronounced free silver
newspaper. has come out in favor of the
Hon. John n. Stone as candidate of the
Democratic party of that State for Cow
ernor. although Mr.. Stone is known to be
n strong advocate of the gold standard
1t declares that he made one OF the
best Governors that Mississippi ever had
his every act and motive being for the
good Of the state.
on the other hand. the Vicksburg Her
aid. pronounced gold paper, opposes Mr.
stones nomination on the ground that
his candidacy would be used TO make dis
sension among the good citizens Of the
state who need TO work in harmony in
the next campaign There are a dozen
free silver men in Mississippi" adds the
Gazette. upon either Of whom ali could
rally and whose name and reputation
would be a guarantee for safe and
creditable administration" The Gazette
is Of the opinion that the free silver poll
ticians are disposed to raise the cry OF
gold bug in order to distract notice
from records that will not bear scrutiny,
and IT is unwilling that they shall have
such an opportunity.
However this may be. we know not, and
II is no concern OF ours. but we arc in
terested 10 know that two leading news
papers in the state Of Mississippi, the
one in favor of free silver and the other
opposed TO It. are willing to eliminate
the currency question from a purely local
campaign. and TO elect the best man 10
be Governor Of the State, regardless OF
nis views on the financial question. In
purely national elections the people
should. OF course, give attention to pureb
national questions. but it does seem 10
us unwise ana uncalled for TO be con-
tinually dragging this question into every
local election that is held in the several
States, thereby distracting the attention
OF the people from the real issues in
volved In ali such elections 1t is very
much more to the interest Of the people
concerned that there should be good
local government rather than that the
cause OF silver should be exploited. Our
Mississippi contemporaries above alluded
TO are TO be congratulated upon their
good sense and their patriotism.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
AFTERMATH.

Governor I.eedy. Of Kansas, IS in such
bad health that ne has been forced to re-
tire from the campaign for reelection.
il IS feared that he viii lose one OF his
eyes.
II IS said that President Mckinley will
visit the Omaha Exposition about octo-
Der 1st. and viii extend his trip TO other
cities in the West and Northwest. swing
ing around the circle" as did Harrison
and Cleveland.
There IS strong sentiment IN Atlanta
In favor OF the citys purchasing and ope-
rating an electric light plant.
The state Committee OF the National
Cgold) Democratic party Of New York met
ON Tuesday last. and # IS inumated that
steps We're taken 10 put a fun ticket In
the field. The meeting was secre~
Six Savannah firms. some Of them
among the foremost druggists Of the
city. have been indicted by the grand
Jury for selling cigarettes 90 minors.
The death "a announced IN Massachu-
sets OF DR.. John NJ. Bailey, who is well
remembered i'm Virginia, particularly in
the Southwest, as the chief promoter OF
the south Atlantic and Ohio railroad.
DR.. J.. T.. Stokes. a well-known dentist
OF Macon. Ca. has been adjudged luna
tic and will be sent 10 the asylum.
The Chicago City Council has started
a movement for a Greater Chicago by
tho massage of a resolution calling for
constitutional convention, as the present
government OF the city cannot be changed
except by that method. II is proposed
to take in several suburban towns which
would add one hundred thousand to the
population.
oTonv." one Of me Indians At tho
Everglades. Fla. was instantly killed by
lightning a few days ago. He was sharp
ening an AK at the time.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Is 1898.
THE REVOLT AND RIOT IN CRETE

The recent outbreak. ana rpthiesS
slaughter OF the Christian population by
the Turks. In that part of the island
% Crete which Is called Gambia, is by
no means a. surprising incident to the
Intelligent readers of history. and the
discriminating observers Of current events
around the circling globe. Why should II
be accounted strange that the Turks
should renew in open acts their imne-
anorfal hatred and rancor against the
Christian people Of the same community?
II Is the ancient and irrecondlable feud
and warfare between the Moslems and
the Christians, the cross and the cres-
cent. which has been going on for now
two hundred and thirty years. since the
CONQUEST of the island by the Turks
1t is fresh in the memory of all that
within the past two years this bitter
antagonism broke out in war between
Greece and Turkey. brought about by the
fact that four-hfths of the population
OF Crete we're nominally. If not in actual
faith, Christians. But the one-hfth Turk
Ssh inhabitants were encouraged and eX-
cited. as was publicly asserted and gen
orally believed. TO hostile demonstrations
by the Sultan, from his Mosque in Con-
stantinople, whose minarets shine with
threatening efrulgence across the sea of
Niarnora, along the Dardanelles, and out
into the fair Aegean. The small and inn
potent State OF Greece would have been
crushed and annihiated. .as we all re-
member by the cleaning scimitars OF
the Mussulmans If tho Powers of Eu-
rope. notably England and Germany, had
not interviewed 10 put an end TO the
unequal strife. and dictate terms Of peace.
But what has happened in tho past for
nell-nigh three centuries. and happened
then is liable and likely to happen again
and again. II has just happened in this
outbreak and massacre OF the unsuspect-
ing Christian population by the irate and
irreconciliable Moslem. or. as Othello
puts It in the play. "the malignant and
turbaned Turk"
The plan proposed. and, in fact, actual
" adopted by the powers for the gov
eminent OF Crete. involved o separation
Of the Mohammedan portion Of the popu-
Iation from the Christian. This led to a
violent and discordant debate. and de-
fray in the so-called National Assembly,
which met in March last The sequel was
the recent riot.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
THE NECESSITY OF DISCIPLINE.

we print i'm another column very SEN
sible article from the Army and Navy
Journal upon the subject, Mob Law at
Camps"
This article points out the disposition
Of our volunteer soldiers to look upon
their enlistment as something of holi-
dav freak. and of the lenient tendency
of the public in its estimate of their
breaches OF discipline. II most Justly es-
Inmates that soldering is anything but
fun, and that when a man enlists In the
military serveicc OF the nation he must
understand that he absolutely abandons
his individuality and independence, and
must submit himself without reserve TO
obedience to the commands Of his supe-
rior officers.
War Is anything but picnic and the
soldier. to be ready TO perform his part
in war. must look for the severest and
most vigorous discipline. When thorough
~ drilled and attentively obedient TO
good officers almost any men can be
made good fighting soldiers But the
very best men are worthless upon the
field Of battle unless they obey orders
with unauestioning obedience. and sub
nit their view with absoluteless to that
of the officers who command them.
Persons unacquainted with the morale
of the Confederate army would have sup
posed on walking through Confederate
camp and observing the familiar rela-
lions existing between men and officers
that there was q lack of discipline there.
But there was nothing Of the sort. The
company officers were the comrades ana
intimate friends of the men I'm their
homes. and their old relations were pre-
served while off duty in their camps.
But the moment the drum beat or the
bugle sounded. the men became soldiers
and the officers became commanders, and
there was nothing then but absolute obe-
dieuce to orders and unquestioning exc
cution of commands. Instead of lack
Of discipline. the Army of Northern Nir-
ginia had the finest discipline of any
army that ever existed. 1t was the disci-
pline of men who had implicit. confidence
in the commander of the armySand in al
most all of his subordinates, and who
understood that they were 20 be soldiers
when on duty, whatever liberty they
might be given when in camp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
A POOR EXHIBIT.

We have been boasting much Of late OF
our trade with foreign lands and well
may we be proud OF the handsome exhi-
bit which the Bureau Of Statistics has
made. showing the enormous preponder-
ance OF exports over imports during the
past year. We called attention Tuesday
10 our increased trade with Great
Britain, and TO the remarkable fact that
for the past year our exports 10 that
country exceeded our imports from that
country five 10 one. But when we look
20 the republics to the south Of us 10
the South American countries. there is
nothing 10 encourage US. On the contrary
when comparisons are made with the ma
tions OF Europe our LITTLE trade figures
appear TO be insignificant and discredi-
table.
In a recent letter 10 one OF the New
Orleans papers. President Fish. of the
Illinois Central railroad. says:
The 100000 Of people living in the ten
South American Republics buy goods
from other countries 70 the value OF SSi6-
10000 annually. OF which We sell them
States. with a population OF 5,5O0,oOe. take
foreign goods 10 the amount Of So. O0O0 900
annually, OF which we sell them only
$4,000 Mexico. our neighbor. with rail
connection al several places on our bor-
der. with population OF 100000, buys
ebroad to the extent of $i2oOo.0O0 but we
sell its people only S2l. 10000.
The West Indies. not including Cuba or
Porto Rico, buys SIS. 600 900 worth OF goods
IN foreign countries. OF which we provide
Sl5. 10000.
The startling fact Is that we buy yearly
from the South American countries sss.-
10000 more tfal they buy from us; in
other words. they sell us their products
and with our money make purchases in
Europe
Here is a most inviting field which we
may go in and occupy Il we will. A field,
40 TO speak. at our very doors, part OF
our own continent. and yet we are talk
ing about annexing the Islands OF the
east in order that our trade may expand.
That we have not captured the South
American trade Is due not to our inabil-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
The True Reiormers.

Editor Of The Times;
sir-There appeared in your columns
on the 9Th inst what purported 10 De d
report Of the proceedings Of the Giahd
Fountain. United order OF True Reform
ers. then In session. While the repor.
contained some facts. they were placed
I'm such a light as 10 reflect greatly upon
the said organization and the men anu
women composing the session.
10 was denominated political gatheI-
ing, while In truth there were 40 polu-
cal methods visible For the first time
In eighteen years II had become necessary
because. Of the death of Rev. VIM. W.
Browne TO select a successor 70 him as
G. W. Master and President. There were
two candidates in the field. and very nat
urally the topic OF conversation on the
outside OF the meeting was as to VINO
would be elected.
The presiding officer hearing OF this.
found 1t necessary In his various speeches
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15

but her head has not been turned ana
she seems to appreciate the obligation
that rests upon wealth Instead OF giving
up her life TO selfish Indulgence and using
her money for her own private gratiaca-
ton. she has employed her time and her
means In many good works. and few
women In this country have been more
active than she in relieving the distress
of our soldiers She has not only made
generous contributions. but has given her
personal attention TO the good work
Miss Gould has set an example which
rich men and rich women may we'll imi-
tate Wealth is a sacred trust, and the
greater the fortune the greater the trust.
Every man has the right TO spend his
money as he pleases, but some day he
must stand before the Great Giver OF all
good things and render an account Of
his stewardship.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15

10 often refer to the condition OF affairs
and caution all TO be very conservative
in their actions
Ills manner of presiding far exceeded
the expectations of his best friends, and
he was generally commended for his firm
ness and backbone. The report OF the
various departments showed the work
to be I'm progressive condition. The can
vass Of the two candidates was con-
Quoted by their various friends, and at
no time was the sentiment so high that
the chair could not easily control the
body.
1 write this statement as the secretary
of the Grand Fountain, that IL may be
understood that the session OF the Grand
Fountain just closed was not marked by
any greater display OF political trickery
or methods than any which have pre-
ceded il i'm which the election OF pre-
siding officer was the principal business
10 be- done, and, I'm fact, the session was
one Of the most harmonious Of its size
ever held in eighteen years.
W. H. BURRELr.
G.. W. Sec'y Grand Fountain. ". o. T. r.
Richmond, Va. Sept. IA, 1S9s.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
snnreme Court ~ Appeals.

STAUNTON. VA. Sept M-Special-
The proceedings In the Supreme Court of
Appeals to-day were as follows. McClan-
ahan vs.. Hickman. from the Circuit
Court OF shenandoah county. argued and
submitted. NJ. L. Walton and WIN. h.
Alexander flr appellants and Jno. j..
Roller tor appellees.
Moore vs. Triplett. from the Circuit
Court OF Shenandoah county. argued I'm
part and continued ill tomorrow morn
ing; Jno e. Roller and JOS IL. Williams
for appellant and Barton & Boyd Wal
ton * Walton and 5. Triplett Jr.. for
appellees.
Snyders vs. snyders administrators.
from the Circuit Court OF Shenandoah
county. will be the reXt case called.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15

itv "a compete with the nations OF
Europe. for Il has been abundantly DEM
onstrated OF late years that we are the
greatest manufacturing nation on earth
and can sell goods abroad at the very
doors OF the foreign factories. But the
fact IS that we have done little or moth
ing 10 get this trade. We have held out
no inducements to those people to trade
with us, but on the contrary have shut
ourselves against them by a wall OF tariff
duties, and when representatives of the
South American Republics came TO the
United States little while ago for the
purpose OF opening up trade relations.
they were met by the Dingley tarin Jaw
which they did not hesitate to say was
fatal 10 the object OF their visit.
II may be said that the South Ameri-
cans are prejudiced against their neigh
bors 10 the north and for that reason
would never do business with us. But In
this age sentiment counts for little In the
business world. People are going TO trace
where they can get the best results
where they can get the best goods for the
least money, and II we can only convince
our neighbors in the far south that IL is
10 their interest to trade here, II VIII not
be long before we can make a very differ
ent exhibit from that which we print
above. All that America now needs Is the
opportunity 20 go IN and show its goods.
and wherever that opportunity is open
there is no questions as to the result. To
show our goods anywhere in competition
with the goods OF other nations is to sell
them, for ours are the best and cheapest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
The Killing Accidental.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Sept. it-Spe-
cial-Annle Smith, the woman who hUri-
"a "A lamp across a room in a house n
bad repute kept by Jennie Dek Monday
night and set ire 10 the clothes OF Bessie
Lyman. causing her death a few hours
later was given a hearing I'm the police
court this morning. The evidence show
ed that the women had been drinking end
that Annie hurled the lamp at woman
named Lula Perkins
The Justice fined Annie Smith 50 and
costs and dismissed her. as he was sat
isded the killing was accidental
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
SOME SOUTHERN NOTES.
Items of More or Less Interest From
Dixie Land.

The Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding
Company. which has erected 100000
steel mill at Ensl@y City. six miles from
Birmingham. has signed contract with
a syndicate OF Chicago. Cleveland and
Joliet capitalists TO supply the latter with
steel. TO be used in wire, rod and nall
mills. which the syndicate will build at
Ensley City at cost Of Between s2.10oc0
and SO. 100000. The latter enterprise II the
outgrowth Of visit here. some six weeks
ago. of President Josh W. Gates, OF the
Illinois Steel Company. and other manu-
facturers. and ii is understood that Gates
Is at the head OF the project. The new
mills will. II IL stated. be owned by capi-
talists who are interested In the new
Federal Steel Company, now being form
ed by the Illinois Steel Company and
other big Northern concerns, aud Will.
IL Is expected. in time be included In that
combine. IL Is said they will sell their
products exclusively I'm foreign markets,
shipping through Mobile and other South
ern ports. and will. therefore, not come
into competition with their Northern mills
I'm the domestic market. The mills VIII
be- completed simultaneously with the new
steel plant at Ensley city early next
spring.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
Grit.

sam Walter Foss. the singer or the
common people" thus glorihes grit a
trait of character that isn't nearly 50
common as it ought 10 be.
Luck loves the hard hitter ana giorihes
grit.
An smiles on the man who sian mp an
gets hit.
blow 'twixt the eyes
II loves the stout soul who still fights
and defes.
The fight is not gained by the strong or
The feet.
But bv the grim chap who don't know
he Is beat.
This life Is a dght that has got 10 be ~.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
THE SURGEONS KNIFE.
ONCE BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY
CURE FOR PILES AND RECTAL
DISEASES.
"A Better Way Now Discovered Whcih
Cures Every Form of Piles With
out Pain or Inconvenience.

Many people suffer the pain, annoyance
ana other serious results from pies, TOT
years. and after trying the many lotlons,
salves, Ointments and many 50 called
cures without cure or relief. give up the
hope OF a final cure, rather than submit
10 the intense pain and danger 10 ne
which a surgical operation Involves
Happily all this suffering Is no longer
necessary since the discovery OF the
Pyramid Pile Cure; a remedy which IS
approved by the medical profession, as
being absolutely safe. free from any trace
of opiates. narcotic or mineral poisons
and which NAV be depended upon as a
sure cure mot merely relief In any form
Of piles. whether itching, blind. bleed
ing or protruding. Some OF the hundreds
OF cures recently made are little short
of marvellous as perusal OF the follow
ing will demonstrate.
Major Dean, OF Columbus. Ohio, says;
I wish 20 add TO the number OF certin-
Gates as 20 ths benefit derived from the
Pyramid Pile Cure. I suffered from
piles for forty years and from itching
piles for twenty years and TWO boxes
Of the Pyramid Pile Cure has effectualiy
cu.ed me.
DR.. j. W. Meagan. Leonardvilie. Kan.
writes: / have used a box OF Pyramid
Pile Cure and received more Deneht ana
relief than from any other temedy 1 had
used in the past twenty years.
James Jamers0n, Dubuque. Iowa, says:
I suffered from piles for six years; have
Just used the Pyramid Pile Cure and am
4 we'll man.
Mrs. VI. G. Hinkly. col Mississippi
street, Indianapolis. Ind, says: Have
been n suffer from the pain and annoy
ance Of piles for fifteen years, the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure and Pyramid Pills gave
me immediate relief and in a short time
a complete cure.
The Pyramid Pile Cure may be found
at druggists az 80 cents and Sl0o per
package. 4 book on cause and cure of
piles Will be sent by mail by addressing
the Pyramid Drug Co, Marshall, Mich.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
A RICH WOMAN OF THE RIGHT
KIND

The recognition Of Miss Helen Goud's
services by the New York City Council
I'm the form OF resolution of thanks, is
a well deserved tribute to that admirable
young woman.
Miss Gould was raised in luxury and
has always had an abundance OF money,