The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-07
EDITORIAL.

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And he scars to springdom on wings.
EDITORIAL
We have come ID stay, July prepared
10 hold I'D our end OF the line. We al
here 70 no party save the parry or t@e
nrst part. viz. Prune. We shall pursue
rf.or.l foreign policy. as broad as the
distance between us and the Philippines.
yV, are as independent as member or
the cabinet. and are not afraid OF his
Satanic Majesty before day. IL anyone
contemplates soaring MS, he mad better
sDend his time In pushing pins We
don't scare worth IL cent Tie nrst man
who attempts 10 tell us how to run our
sheet will have % be removed from the
office I'm a coal scuttlc. No man toucne5
the buzz-saw with impunity. Ncroum
PERSONAL MENTION.
Chatting under the balmy influences OF
Spring the good citizens OF FatnacKel
are beginning to remove their winter
nannels
Abe Dugan IS on tho lift again. He
was caught lifting bunch OF croaKers
from Hervey Smiths store last TUESDAY
and was sent up for ninety days.
Miss Cordelia Grimes will return nome
eror boarding school next week. Al
ready the young men are beginning 70
Tom pickett received a fine lot Of zoe
borrlngs this week, and IS selling them
at &c. per doz. Tom always hoes MS end
rncle Euky Mears celebrated his
orghfieth birthday yesterday Euky IS
"a remarkable man. lie has not struck
"a lick OF work for forty-seVen yeas
and has not missed telling good lie
single day since the war
Hank Adams has purchased n plcFce
mon which he spins around most or the
time. This will be o. relief TO those VINO
who have heard him spin yarns Tor the
past ten years. nh
10 not forget 70 drop IN a. POD.
Pavne's and see his fine line or seer
sucker coats and straw hats; also nam
leaf fans. linen busters and pop on zee.
SOME ANSWERS TO CORhESFOND-
ENTs.
7 love a biue-eyed boy very dearly and
ho seems Indifferent 90 me; what snal
do2 "Hcartbr0ken'
Ans.-Give him the upper cut, straight
from the shoulder
I am exceedingly bashful. can you sug-
gcst q cure? Bashful Benjiman.
Ans.-Oh. yes. that's easy. Enclosed
ind the address OF Miss -, VINO Is
famous for bringing your kind out. ray
her two visits. Or she does not make yo"
"say something" then you cannot %
cured.
Whence came the saying, NO gooi
Indian but a dead one?' Anxious.
Ans.-It is the result Of inductive reas-
onlng: for further Information see Ia
cons Under the Lilacs"
nj
Ranks Of the Wabash" words and mu-
sic?
Ans-Not from u.s. We know Of man
who could furnish them TO you. but NJ
&c now dead: we shot him 10 death last
night. while he was serenading us with
them.
can YOU give me any rule by which
can tell the age OF a brindle COW? Agry
Cultshaw.
Yes. Put down ?. multiply II BY a..
add 10 II the SQUARE root Of Christmas
subtract ton and a half; divide by half
q gallon. throw on 3 cord feet and take
tho cube root or tho shortest route
either and your answer will be one-third
OF the number: do this three times and
you will have the required quota
How much is Jag OF hayF
Ans.-We don't now; jag or rye IS
about twelve drinks
CHARADE.
My first IS IN Pumpkin but not In SQUASH
My second in Crowley but not IN Hash
My fourth is in, well. Remember the
Maine"
Ny third is in Europe but not IN SPAN
My NTH Is in Weather but not IN Ram
My whole is the name of a great man
POETS CORNER.
Little drops 70 water.
Little bits OF dew
Whisper to the Seeding,
Hope you're coming through.
Dandelion.
This is the lovely month OF May,
May / ask you to be miner
You may" said May. this glad May
day.
You have made (h) az In the sunshine"
Ruta Baga-
Old Mother Hubbard. she went to tn
cupboard
To get for her dog a bone:
When she got there. tho cupboard was
bare.
Mrs. jude Blow.
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