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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

Oh. when Mckinley called for men
one Of the Grst was 4
Who offered 20 my cOuntry's need
The strength j could supply;
But now the war is passed and gone
And the pulse of Peace doth throb,
I ask YOU as Il duty firs.
To give me back my jobl
do not ask for speeches,
For kisses and bouquets,
do not care for brass bands,
or hear the towns 'Hoorays;
Nor columns in the papers,
Nor carried by the mob;
The thing I most desire. sir, IS
TO have once more my job!
Oh. YOU who cheered us when we went
To camp four months ago,
A hoping and a wishing that
we'd meet the Spanish foe
Don't let ms think you've shook US,
Just cover up your sohs.
And hustle round like sixty
And get us back our jobsl
Syracuse Herald.
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Tho WAY Ont or tho Philippines.

Mr. Woodward Emery. OF Cambridge
SUGGESTS a solution OF the Philippine
problem. The plan proposed IL JONI
protectorate not TO include any OF 'n5
decadent Powers. but 10 be composed
If representatives Of this country Eng
Ind Russia Germany and Holland me
latter as being the least powerful ana
most pacifc country. 10 furnish tho pres
ident of the board. which would be- IN
vested with power 20 formulate a code or
codes for the government OF the i'l'nus
~ he modified or changed as the people
s,lyancsd 10 civilization and developed ca
racitv for self-eovernmcnt The CLAN
further contempates making Mania d
free port. Opening the door 20 the rnoo-
structed assistance of all the philanthro-
nists and humanitarians who may ofoose
"a make an effort" IN behalf of The ma
lives As long ago as last June the
transcript favored d Joint protoc'orate
Cor those islands. though on a somewhat
more restricted plan than the one nero
proposed II we desire 10 show our hu-
manity for these people without inNoiV-
inc ourselves in "a strange policy ana
dangerous experiments. here IS WY
Of doing IT, or trying 10 do IL. wilh the
least risk. II difficulties present them
selves. we must remember that tho am
bilious and selfish. and Tor our govern
ment unconstitutional. course viii launch
us on n siin wider sea of difficulties and
troubles.-Boston Transcript.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
GUATEMALAN CLAIM.
The State Department Takes Action in
Behalf OF X. III. May, an American.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-The State De-
partment to-day took action on a claim
for $50 600. filed against Guatemala by
u u. MAY, an American who some time
ago secured contract for the operation
OF a railroad from Port Barros toward
Guatemala city. The contract for the
construction Of the road was given 70
S'lvsnus Miller, who died after complet-
ing ls5 miles Of trackage. 1t is contended
that the Guatemalan Government owes
his estate $7l5O0O on this contract.
In April last r.. "A. May was contract
cd with 20 operate the line for one
year at $4,000 per month. The Guate-
maian Government fell bohind in its pay
ments and finally ceased to pay at all,
owing Mr. May for the months Of July
August and September. on September
2lst the employees OF the road. not hav-
ing received their wages. refused 10
work Mr. May. accompanied by Minis
ter Hunter, secured an audience with
the President Of Guatemala, who prom
issd 20 pay all claims to date or inter-
view II May would resclnd the contract
May accepted the proposition, and $1,000
was paid him on account, leaving
balance Of $4,000 II is alleged that
the Guatemalon Government, by military
forced. seized tho road and elected May
from fits control and has since refused
70 pay tho balance.
J. A. Withersroon Of Meridian, MISS.
counsel for Mr. May. appealed 70 tho
State Department some time ago. and
Minister Hunter was requested TO use
his good Offices 10 adjust the matter
with the Guatemalan Government. Lit
tie progress was made and last month
he was again Instructed 30 pres tho
case To-day Mr.. WithCrspoon was at
the state Department and secured
further instructions 70 Minister Hunter,
who has been told 10 make an iuvesti-
CATION, demand tho payment Of tho
money now due. and IL it Is found
that tbs military authorities acted un-
Justly 10 demand such Indemnity as will
cover All damages This rs estimated by
Mr.. Witherspoon at $4,000 Mr. May
says that he was dispossessed Of the
road to make way for foreign COM
tractor.-New York Sun.
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WHAT Is GOING TO HAPPEN ?

What Is this country TO do with the
negrog The mutiny Of the negro reei-
ment at Knoxville will probably cause
many people in the United States to ask
themselves this question who would have
turned a perpetually deaf ear to the rep
presentations Of the Southern people that
present conditions are very bad But
when a regiment OF soldiers that has been
under military discipline for six months
behaves as that regiment has done every
one is forced 20 ask II there Is not some
thing that makes II impossible for the
white and the black races ever TO get
along peaceably together under the af-
teenth amendment to the Constitution
But the mutiny OF the negro regiment is
the unerest trifie considered by the side n,
the hideous misgovernmcnt the negro has
caused in North Carolina The country
at large will attend to the nutiny of the
regiment, while the horrid spectacle pre-
rented in North Carolina Will get but lit
lie attention in quarters where the negro
IA looked on as tho ward OF the nation"
ana what white men and women may suf-
Yer is thought TO be OF little or no con-
<eouenee. The white people OF North
Carolina have the deepest sympathies OF
cha Times and Of the sshole white pope
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Fusion in North Carolina.

4 Journal reader writes 20 inquire how
the present government Of North Carolina
came into existence.
This administration which has so deeply
disgraced the old North State and reused
its decent citizens 20 a determination to
sweep II out OF existence and restore
good government Is the result OF a coali-
ton formed two years ago between the
Populists and the Republicans. The Pop
ulists OF North Carolina. like those OF
Georgia. are almost entirely former DEM
,crats. who seeded from the Democracy
Neveral years ago. There are very few
White Republicans In North Carolina
now. but their leaders control the negro
vote. and by throwing this with the Pop
Mist strength I'm 1896 q fusion victory was
won and d. L. Russell Republican) was
elected Governor. He received. IN round
numbers. Ia. 900 votes, but would not have
heen elected II there had not been two
white mems candidates IN the hela
against him. One OF these candidates.
cyrus Watson. received 1900 votes. he
WAS the regular Democratic nominee. The
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
Now frank LesIIe,s Popular Monthly.

Frank Lesles Popular Monthly Tor
November Is the initial number 200 mo
new and improved form of this long ume
fav0rito illustrated femily magazine.
with a handsome cover in c0i0rs and
gold It's price IS reduced no ten cents,
one dollar per annum This is unques-
tionabiy wise and popular move on tho
part OF the publishers. and the return 81
Mrs. Frank Leslie 90 the cditorship ~
the magazine assures for h q future as
brilliant ~ is past has been prosperous
The current November number of tho
new Frank Les.ie's Popular Monthly
makes good its promises I'm "a splendid
table Of contents which includes: An
illustrated SYMPOSIUM on Greater Amer
lea" with contributions by Col. A. X
Mcclure. Cen. fitzhugh Leo and Sonn-
tors Chandler and Davis, with Wheeler
and Roosevelt no Santiago" by the Rev.
Peter MacQueen; Clara Barton on "Red
Cross Work In Cuba. Walter Camp on
Football. Mrs. Frank Leslie on .The
Southern Woman. Converting Silver IN
to Goid"-an account OF the wonderftit
discovery OF DR. Stephen IT. Emmens. the
openinu chapters OF April Bloom % the
new serial story by EgcrtOn Castle (au-
thor OF 1.-THE Pride Of Jennico'o. Illus
trated by Wenzcll. complete short stories
by Frank r. stockton. Margaret r. sang
ster Eta W Pierce and Z. Louise Lid
dell. sketches and poems hy Louise
Chandler Moulton Lillian Whiting II.
Vnners Barnett. Madison Cawein. Isaac
w Eaton. Charles Crandall r.. X.
Munkittrick and Henry Tyrren
The illustrators Of this number Include:
Albert Wenzen. :. Werner. On. Grun-
valid. Hugh NJ Eaton. Frank Adams.
Florian Peixouo and Walter Gotta
Frank Leslie's Publishing House 1919
6lsth AvanusA Nav York.
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ulatyon Of Virginia. and we all hope. from
the bottom OF our souls that they may
succeed in Riding themselves IN the ap-
oroacb,rv election OF tho nightmare that
now rests over them.
The Times was especially struck by tho
following passage in our special dispatch
vcat.rdey from Wilmington. our cores
pondcnt said:
TO lose this election would mean that
wilmington would be turned over abso-
lutely 10 tho negroes. The whites would
have 20 leave here. Property owners
realize this. They will win. but not by
secret cheating What they do will be
done openly. They have decided that
they will rule. and the victory will be
gained before ballot Is deposited. Peace
ful methods are now being pursued to
show the negro that he cannot run the
government II these should fall, then
Il will be necessary to use force and 10
will be done.
That is the way The Times has always
claimed that tho case should be dealt
with. Have no cheating and stuffed bal
lot boxes. because that degrades the
white people. and will ultimately make
them a people who may as well be ruled
by negroes as in any other way. But
when negro rule has become what 1t is
In North Carolina. let the white people
take the stand the North Carolinians
have taken. and say openly before the
world that they will not submit TO It, and
that they will rid themselves Of 1t by
peaceful means IL they can, but by open
and undisguised force If they must. When
this contest f. over the white people Of
North Carolina will be In possession OF
their government, but they will control it
with their own sclf-respect preserved. and
every high and noble impulse in their ma
ture will be stimulated instead Of having
them all cast down In humiliation at de-
grading practices that they have all con-
uiyed at
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1888.
AN INTERESTING CONFESSION.

We have no quarrel with our friend,
Mr.. w. VI. Bickers, Prohibitonist, who
protests against the article in The Times
on Sunday last in Prohibition, although
Mr.. Bickers does not by any means
interpret correctly The Times article.
1t is a very serious charge TO say that
this paper is an apologist for tipping
and bar-rooms, but we shall not take
The trouble even to deny the charge for
the double reason that none but a Pro-
hibtionist could so understand our ar
ticle. and as a Prohibitionist IS incapable
Of seeing but one side of this question,
there is no use in arguing the matter
with him.
However, we cannot resist the tempta-
ton TO call attention to an interesting
confession In the communication OF Mr..
Bickers. In the concluding paragraph he
says that the prohibition of the bever-
age liquor traffic is the great moral and
economic question OF the day" ETC. The
conclusion is Irresistible, therefore, that
Mr.. Bickers is not, after all, a Prohibit
limits. He would prohibit only the "bev-
erage liquor traffic" He would license
the sale of alcohol TO be used In the
arts and to be used for medicinal pur-
poses, but not to be used as a beverage.
This, we say. is an interesting con-
7ession. From the way that Mr.. Bickers
has gone on about the crime of licensing
the sale Of liquor we would have sup
posed that ne was in favor of prohibiting
both the manufacture and the sale of
alcohol for all purposes, but it would
appear from this confession that he
agrees with The Times that It is better
for the liquor traffic TO be licensed"
that is regulated restricted by law.
There is, therefore. very little differ
eDce after all between the position of
Mr.. Bickcrs and the position of The
Times on the question of license. There
IS this material difference, however, that
Mr.. Bickcrs has the idea that in some
sort of way the law can make men
temperate, and that liquor can be sold
Tor some purposes and not for all pur
poses. We say that If liquor is sold at
all. the law cannot prevent the purchaser
from using II as a beverage if he so
desires. unless we pass law making
81 a criminal offence for any man to take
drink, and we eau hardly suppose that
even Prohibitionist is willing to so to
that length.
Coming back to the original proposition
we say that It is perfectly competent
for the people Of any community 10 regu-
late by law the liquor traffic, and we
say that tho sale Of ardent spirits is
regulated and restricted by the very
act Of license. The people Of any COM
munity, without infringing upon tho
rights OF others. have the right TO say
that no man shall sell or drink liquor
in such way as 10 make It public
offence and a nuisance. That is n matter
for each community to determine for
itsolf.
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And she appeared 10 understand
All that he had 70 say.
-. IL. Kiser. ia Cleveland Leader.
AFTERMATH,


Croker predicts that Van Wyck will
win by $1,000 majority.
Cotton made new record IN New
York on Thursday. selling at five cents
pound for the November option.
Charles S. Bulkely. who thirty years
ago was a millionaire and one Of the
most prominent business men in Con-
necticut. died on Thursday. He was a
son Of Iohabod Bukely. Of Wilimantic.
Conn who was for long time a State
Senator.
THE funeral of Mrs. s. c. Harris, In
Atlanta. Ca. the othor day was made
public affair owing to the fact that
the dead woman had earned the title of
mother OF Atlanta" In 1872 by bearing
the nrst child born in that city.
The Prince Of Wales IS a great cigar
smoker although he rarely buys a cigar.
His stock, which IS tho finest amateur
collection IN England. Is replenished
every year by large consignments from
the Austrian Emperor and the Car. and
some OF his most costly brands are VAL
ued at $50 per 100.
John Ferguson. who works a farm near
calhoun Ga, is hfy years old, Just
over eight feet tall. and weighs sls
pounds. Up to the age Of twenty years
no was an invalid, but after that he in
creased In Drawn and muscle with MI
raculous rapidly. until az the age OF
thirty he was. as he Is now. a veritabls
giant. He is forty-eight inches around
the chest and forty-four around the
waist.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

II was the time when north winds blow
And autumns crispness Ills me air.
Lord Ronald sauntored out TO rlay
A game of golf with Lady Clare
She fooled and he mashed
And they woegled at ihe teest
He swung HIS brassie pro and con-
As deity as you please.
Lord Ronald talked Of puts" and odds
M "bunkers." "holes." and swings"
OF runners up" and "cleeks" and all
The other golhsh things.
At last the gentle Lady Clare
Threw down her iron' ana
Said. ooh. lets quit and talk about
Things 1 can understand"
lord Ronald tossed his club aside.
And said TO lady Clare;
"TIurrahi Come on, wen talk OF love!
I'm sick Of this affair!
.1 eft others play the game OF golf
And monkey round The tee.
while there are maidens TO he voiced,
but none of IL for me-"
They left the caddies and the links.
They slaWlY strolled sMsx.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
II Stayed There for Thirty-four Years
aud WAS Then Removed.

and was Then Removed.
A peculiar surgical operation was per
formed In Monroe La, recently. cap
tain Alyatt of that place was "a member
OF the slst Louisiana Regiment, and was
in Vicksburg az tho time OF me siege
whore he received a federal mimic bail
FIN his right eye during tho month or
June. 1s68 From that time until last
week the bullet has remained IN his
head. DESPITE tho efforts Ob-physicians
90 remove IT, He was standing behind
the brsastwOrks when HIT The bullet
came through the oarthwork5 before
hitting him, and thus q great deal OF us
force was lost. To was sent 20 the hospi-
tal where he remained until july IT,
when he came homo
While an inmate of the hospital, after
the surrender Doe was tended By some or
the best surgeons in the federal army,
all OF whom asserted that~ihe BAH had
gone too f1r into the back OF the mead 10
boo got out While the captain has suffer-
ga much. he has attended 60 his mercan-
tile and planting interests
Tho manner IN which the bullet was
located was purely accidental Captain
nfvatt was suffering from toothache,
and called on Or G. y. Johnston 10 have
him pull the tooth. which was giving
him considerable pain. on closer OK
animation DR. Johnston found it was not
a tooth. but a lealen bullet that was
causing an the trouble. Ho called 80
Drs Brewers and Faux, physicians,
who made the same diagnosis Of the case
as he himself had made. Captain Wyatt
refused 10 be put under tho inhuenee OF
onesthetics and the dentist undertook 10
drill the ball out. and after several ste
tirgs succeeded i'm extracting the bullet.
Tho bullet after entering had turned
6ov,, NJ right angles and came under The
owe whence Il had gradually worked Us
vvav down 10 the Jaw. O Picayune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
BLIND FARMER IN VERMONT,
successfully Tills the Soil Though
Sightiess for Years.

successfully His hh' ''ii
Sightiess for Years.
Lafayette Stearns. OF Rutland, W. IS
a man who has mastered one OF the most
trying OF physical inhrmi-ies and made
hfs life useful when others would nave
given way in despair. Mr. Stcarns Is ID
farmer. seventy years old. VINO thou5n
blind for eighteen years. has durn5 az"
but two OF those years carried on '"'
cultivation Of ten acres of land. foF Two
wears after he became blind Mr.. S.etrnS
was Obliged 20 lay aside al laoor lnoUoN
brawny and physically as able anu ANA
i0u5 20 work as ever
During this period he tried many times
10 plant portions Of his garden uy A"ee'-
ine and trying 70 perfect mtisu ein' i,'7
with his implements. ono ming 'ho
idea came 70 him that he wouid iaho w"
stakes and a string. and susp'nuils mo
latter from the stakes couid eonatiuo'
satisfactory guide.
Mrs Stearns set the stakes ior the NIsl
,o0, ~ be nlanted across the garden
with this assistance he planted MS nfst
,ore setting the stakes over FOR each
new row. obtaining measurements WIN
The short hoe handle which ne carried,
while on his Blended knees he opened the
hin planted the seed and covered II over
Refor. ne could do much gardening he
earned money churnlng for neishbors. In
this way ne carried enough 70 purchase
covering for the addition 70 his house.
ana afterward built tho staging himself
and laid the covering.
Mr.. stearns mows, rakes ana prepares
enough hay 70 keep three COWS and
horse For moving the STAKES are set
at the outer edge OF the neid oy Mrs.
stearns. with the string suspended AZ
sncn hoirht that with each swing or
the scvthe the blind mans forearm Just
touches r.. when he has moved swath
across the field he sets the stakes over
the width OF a swath. which he measures
with "a scythe; then. guided by the string
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

other white mans candidate. w A. Guth-
RE. received %. 900 votes. so there were
1900 votes cast against Russell and only
Is. 900 cast for him. To the credit or
North Carolina It should be rememoered
that the present Governor did not re-
CAVE a majority OF the votes in that
state. He was elected only because the
white people OF North Carolina were d.
vi6ed two years ago. We do not think
that there will be much division among
them again for long timo Russell, with
all his dirty work. has done one good
thing without intending It. lie has made
white supremacy in North Carolina a GER
tainty for all time 10 come. or the 49,
900 votes which placed this fellow in the
Governors chair II Is said that at least
10000 were cast by negroes.-Atlanta
Journal.
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LOCATING De R0UGEMONT.
Investigation Shows Frenchman
Sailed in the Cutter Ida.

Sailed i'm the Cutter Ida.
VICTORIA. B. c., Nov. 8.-News is
brought from Australasia by the AOran-
gla. which arrived in port this morning.
that systematic search IS being made
on the Australian coast and I'm the Poly
nesian group fin the endeavor 20 verify
the story OF NJ De ROugemont, which
created such q Juror I'm London.
Inquiries regarding the cutter Ida.
which De Rougemont or Groin is said
70 have owned ia Queensland ia 1918.
show that "A cutter OF that name was
built at Freomantlo 20 the order OF the
imperial government about twenty years
ago. The vessel was subsequently ac-
qulrad by n Frenohman, who had at
tractod some attention I'm the colony and
had married a woman IN the government
service. The Fronchman subsequently
sailed In tho cutter on pearl hshing
expedition 70 Tors Straits with two com
panions Nothing was afterward heard
OF them at Fresmantle. and 10 is not
known locally what became OF them
A Young woman, 4 resident Of Free
mantle. states that seven or eight years
ago an albatross was found on the
south Beach. noar Freemantle, with a
pleco OK tin round IT'S neck similar 10
those described by De KougemOnt in ms
story. bearing a perforated inscription
I'm French from a castaway, whose nam9
sho believes was given as RougemonI
Further investigation, however shows
that a message was found pinned on the
neck OF an albatrOss at FrPemdntlo eiSn-
teen years ago. but II was not from De
Rougemont. 10 was from thirteen brehcn
castaways on the CrOset ISLANDS, o'VNV
miles distant and 1900 miles from the
~ooa The castaways were subsequently
rescued bv French warship.
Otner Investigations have found many
rlarinz mlsstatements in the story or
De Rougemonts adventures. The inves-
tigation Is being continued-New YORK
Herald.
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Actions Versus Words.

Johnny which does your sister Ike
the best-Mr. Hankinson or Mr.. Spoona-
more?"
Johnny-Wen, Mr.. Hankinson. he talks
sweet TO her and Mr.. Spoonamore he
always brings her candy. She likes him
a heap the best. But she's agoln' 70
marry Mr.. Peduncle. lie takes her TO
the theatre in a kerridge.-Chicago Tri-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

The man who is always pleasant
who meets you with smile;
Who rain or shine, seems cheerful,
Who is beaming all the while,
MAY be Just what folks think him.
But the chances are. you'll ma
That his wife could tell a story
OF a very different kind.
Cleveland Leader
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

A Baltimore paper insists that one or
the great questions Of the day is how to
save the oyster. A drop or two OF lemoH
Juice and little horse radish on the half
shell viii do IL.
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Only n Matter of Time.

Dixon-There goes n young man who
IS above the average. He's In rather
hard luck. just now, but he'll come out
on top some day.
Hixon-Yes; ] suppose he VII get bald,
Just like the rest Of US, In time.-Chi-
cago News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

Softleigh - Bobby, did you - aw 90 tell
youah sister that / am waiting?
BObby-Sure.
Softleigh-And what did she-aw-say?
Bobby-She said you ought TO get
lob like that in a rostaurant.-Chicago
News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

Tennessee boasts OF citizen who IS
afty-two years old. weighs sixty pounds
and IS forty-two inches tail. This. how
ever. cannot be Hon. Benton Mcmillan, as
he was born on September II, 1916, and is
therefore fifty-three years old.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05
NIntter of Capacity.

"They say that baseball players drink
a good deal more beer than football play
ers do
"Of course. Don't pitchers always hold
more than NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bull
letin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-05

Girl in the Pink shlrtwalst-Your first
name is Alberta, isn't it2 1 think that is
such a pretty name.
Girl in the High Collar-I don't Ike Il
at all. 1t sounds as If it must have been
the original intention 10 name me Al
bert-ChicagO Tribune.