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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16
ART AND ARTISTS.

There Is one merit which all la Farge's
brother painters agree in awarding him.
apd that is the power OF putting paint
ing upon the wall so that Il does not
change the character Of tho wall as
part OF the building. His painting takes
nothing away from the soldity OF the
wall which IL invests. The upright mass
retains its rigidity and weight. II stil
carries the roof, II still holds firmly 20 the
adjoining walls, IL is n massive and trust
worthy part of the construction, and the
painted picture has added 10 rather than
taken from its permanent and resting
quality. How this is done Is fully as in
exprcable as is the glow and splendor
of color itself No one can say abstractly
and without having the picture imme-
diatelv before him how any such result
is attained. nor IS a. easy 10 explain the
picture. even to the loOker-on, In any
such terms as will fully express this
duality.-From "John Ia Fargo" by Rus
sell sturgis, In the July Scribners.
on the 18th OF August there will be held
IN Antwerp a Van Dyck exhibition. Pic
lures nave been promised by many foreign
collectors. The Queen OF England VIII
show three PICTURES. The Amsterdam eN~
nibition Of Rembrandts was great sue
cess and II Is believed that the Antwerp
one with the Van Dycks, Will rival II.
we may be proud Of being citizens OF
republic. but We are all, more or less. In
terested In tho doings OF royalty. Mr..
Constant has recently painted portrait
OF queen Victoria. and this is what he
mas to say about it:
Her Majesty posed for me- said NJ.
Beniamin Constant. eat Windsor. but Tor
only a few moments, sufficiently long
however to enable me 10 give the finish
ing touches TO my picture. As rule,
wnen royal personages ask me 10 paint
their portarits and suggest sitting for
only half an hour I am unable 20 accede
, IN their request The time Is too short
10 be of any use 10 me- But'this was
different case altogether. In the first
Mace had 10 consider Her Majestys
great age. and her gracious condescen-
sion In consentlng 20 SIT at all for a por-
trait which she herself had not ordered
secondly I had been able, by studying
previous portraits and photographs Of the
Queen. to obtain a perfectly satisfactory
resemblance.
"rhe Queen IS a very quiet sitter. and
noes not converse while she poses. On
the whole. do not object TO my stters
talking as long as they do not talk too
much"
me great lady IS shown seated on her
throne i'm the House OF Lords, and the
expression Of the artist emphasizes just
a trine melancholic, 1.-THE melancholy OF
old age"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16

by some people who were strangers 10
nim he was treated as the great man.
and his most Indifferent or flippant re-
mark was received with grave interest
ana tossed about the table TO the death
OF any general conversation. After the
luncheon his hostess asked him to write
something IN her little boys diary so
tnat the little man might always remem-
Der the day when he saw the great
writer. Mr.. Zangwill turned over the
leaves Of the diary, reading here and there
under their respective dates: Got a re
ward Of merit Had birthday party
'TOnsilitis,' and so forth. and then ne
wrote: December -. Zangwillitis.
NJ. Francois Coppee, the French poet.
IS now engaged upon a new volume OF
poetry. which he calls his Liyre d Au-
tonne. NJ Coppoe has also two plays IN
hand one Of them dealing with the carl
list war OF 1872
MIR. Gilbert Parker has gone 20 Egypt
TO gather material for new novel.
A curious book IS to be published soon
by Messrs. Henry Holt 81 co. It's tue
Is The Hoolgan Nights" and consists
OF "reminiscences OF the actual lie OF All
Hooligan. leader OF the notorious hool-
gan gang Of London. as set down, mostly
I'm "The Ho0lgans" own words. by MT
Clarence Rock n London journalist. "lhe
Hoollgau" was burglar, thief and coun-
terfeiter. but possessed a good sense OF
humor. It is thought that the book gives
70 interesting chronological Information
the charm OF fiction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16
BEDFORD SPRINGS.
Free Silver Takes Its Place with Con-
federate Money.

BEDFORD SPRINGS. VA, July b.
Special-Although the season is some
what advanced the springs hotel Is not
crowded beyond its captcity. A pleasant
company Is on hand who seem 10 De en-
loving life 10 its fullest extent few
more could be taken In and gwen the
best tho market affords. Inc alum
water has lost none of It's virtues, ana Inc
supply IS ineXhaustble.
The frequent rains OF late nave inter.
fered somewhat with the thresnlnB or
wheat The crops IN this section are
small. but some seem satisfied If they
get their seed back. Tobacco and corn
are looking well and II nothing happens a
good crop will be made.
The contest for the senate IN Bedford
bids fair 20 be lively. Four candidates
are already In the field and more ex-
pected
1 hear but little now Of the silver ques-
ton II seems tO have taken It's place
with Confederate money. / think 10
looks now as if "COl." Bryan would be
left out and German or some other man
put on the ticket 10 is too early to
guess what the future programme will
be. The advocates Of &c 10 f. viii hard
ly be willing 20 risk that issue again
The melon season has not opened yet
and we are dependent on Georgia and
Florida FOR a stale one occasionally The
blackberry never fails and If we can
bridge over the time till they come In
we will be all right.
There seems TO be a good many apples
In the county. but they are very Inferior
The peach crop was an entire failure.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16
Books and Authors

| POEMS OF HENRY TIMRoD. With
Memoir and Portrait Houghton. Mif-
hin & Co. Boston and New York.
For sale by the Bell Book and Station
cry Company. Price, sl.5o
This new volume of Timrods Poems IS
q memorial edition. issued by the Timrod
Memorial Association. of Charleston s..
G.. the authors native and beloved city
TOR the purpose Of erecting a public me-
mortal 10 the poet, and also TO "let his
own words renew and keep his own mem
DRY in the land of literature" Mr.. Tim
rod. who died in 1861, and now sleeps in
Columbia, s. c., was called the Poet OF
the Lost Cause" His songs burn with
intense patriotism and are most touching
interpretations OF the superb herOism Of
a brave people. Like Keats. he loved
nature and lived close TO her. many of his
verses dwelling I'm sweetest reverence and
submission to her teachings as he under
stood them. The volume is handsomely
bound and the type Of pleasing order
IL shoyld find n prominent place IN
every Southern library.
COMRADES. by Claude Bailey, MD IS
a novel that tells OF society and scenes In
MARYLAND and Virginia. The hero youth
upon whom fortune has lavished favors'
resolves 10 seek a worthy object on which
to express his gratitude; such he finds
during erratic rowing. in a mountain maid.
Wild as the region about her. where mys-
ferrous surroundings awaken suspicion
that she IS not related TO the rude people
with whom she lives. BY strange chance
the Young man obtains possession OF her.
and. constituting himself her secret guar
dian. transferred ostensible charge 10
clerical friend BY the thread or com
radeship woven in the story, and by the
girl developing into noble womanhood'
responsive % culture and refinement the
youths platonic project merges into pas
sion. but though the physical beauty or
the girl impresses him. her moral lowell
ness not only proves her safeguard, but
exalts the nature Of the youth In his bat
tia for the mastery OF self-control Part
Of the narrative embraces the period or
the civil war in the States, and the Incl
dents connected with Il, though brief, are
vividlv told and are OF historic value
A tone Of moral purity pervades the book
the interest is maintained and the Identity
OF the heroine skillfully concealed until
the closing chapters are reached. Some
OF the scenes are laid I'm Richmond Dr.
Baxley IS a prominent physician or Fau-
quier county. Va. +. Tennyson Nicely
publisher. New York, Chicago and Lon
don.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16

literature Music. Art and Social and Personal Notes.


Is another such formation in the East,
/ DO not know OF its location.
] set out with the intention OF writ
ing something about Roanoke Island,
which is In fun view, and about two OF
the most intereEing women OF Ameri-
can history, Virginia Dare and Lucretia
Burr. but 1 have spun this narrative out
20 such a length that 1 must devote an
other chapter 10 the famous island and
the famous women who mysteriously
lost their lives within a stones throw.
go to speak, from the port where l sit
as | write. q.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16

Small Willie had accompanied his ,un'
Gle to the circus. and was especially
pleased with the Shetland ponies.
what did you see at the show. VIII
lie2" asked his mother upon his return.
Lots OF things" replied the little fell
low: "but tho condensed horses were
the best Of all."-Literary Digest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16

The greatest triumph OF a teacher does
not consist in Transforming his pupil into
a likeness Of himself. but in showing him
the path 10 become his own individual
selr.-Ehlert.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
POINTED pARAaRAPHs.

For that tired feeling take a street
A remark carelessly dropped doesn't
always fall nat
Learn 10 do with diligence what you
would do with ease.
In silence danger Is concealed. Women
are seldom dangerous.
Unless a man has some knowledge Of
figures he doesn't count.
When a tall man finds himself short
hei Is naturally embarrassed
( Some words on the end OF your tongue
should be allowed % remain there.
The WIDOWS mite Ii used too often as
an excuse for small contributions.
A man must feel awfully upset when
he finds himself head over heels In love.
Il u easy to discourage a man who
realizes that he Isn't entitled to any
thing,
Don't seek to know too much. That
was where Mother Eve made her great
mistake.
The one trouble with a lot of poets is
they are unable to make the feet lock-
step.
No matter how careful woman may
be she invariably loses her name at the
marriage altar
Two persons may be. able TO live as
cheaply 90 one after they are married
but they can't do'it while engaged.
II vas an Irish philosopher who said
the strangest thlngV In some newspapers
are the ones that are left out.-Chlcago
Daily News.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27

Yesterday the IntellIgencer quoted
some expressions OF southern Demo-
cratic leaders favorable to the expan-
sion policy of the administration, and
we are lnsIstent In regard to the matter
because 1t goes to show that that Sec
tIon Of the country is not In accord with
the reputed national leader Of the par
ty-wmiam Jennings Bryan. A trav-
cling man in an interview In the Wash
ington Positive give his name, G. NJ.
currie, Of New York. so that he may
not be suspected of being man OF
straw-speakIng of the address dellv-
cred at Buffalo the other day by Clark
Howell. editor of the Atlanta Consti
tuition, said: my business causes me
TO travel In nearly every southern state,
and 1t is in strict accord with the truth
TO declare that an Overwhelming ma
5orlty of the Intelligent people Of that
section are In favor Of holding on to our
possessions in the east. They look at
the question from business stand
point, and argue that an extension of
our Oriental trade is bound to benefit
the cotton planters and manufacturers
Of the south. But in addition to the
commercial argument they do not take
stock in the AtklnsonIan idea that we
should abandon the Philippines to the
natives after the expenditure Of so
much treasure and the loss of so many
lives. Editor Howell voiced the real
sentiment Of his eountrymen in elo-
quent English. and on this question he
represents them far more accurately
than their political idol, Col. W. J..
Bryan"
The Washington Post, admitting the
truth OF these reflections, points out,
however noticeable Inconsistency in
the southern friends Of expansion, and
It comes In pat with the
foregone conclusion that Bryan
will be renominated and the
Chicago platform reaf'irmed. It says
III the southern people are 80 welded
to expansion, and so distinctly Its BEN
efciaries. why do southern publIcIsts
and newspapers unite in opposing the
party whose policy makes expansion
possible? why do they applaud and
support with all their energy the men
who oppose expansion. and who, If they
had their way would oblltarate the
conditions under which the south ia
now revealing in prosperity 1t is all
very well for gentlemen to issue proc
lamations or deliver powerful addresses
lauding a rollcy which enriches them,
bat 1t ID neither beautiful nor consistent
fer those same gentlemen to nntagon-
fze politically the authors Of that policy
and to fervsntlY advocate itS implaea'
bic tradueers.
It socms to US that n our southern
friends are getting rich on expansion
they can iil-afford to defeat tho party
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
THE INTELLlGENcBR.
DEogMBsR q. 1888.
A Hnak Of HYpocrisH.

A correspondent writing from Quiet
Dell, w. Va, makes some very perth
hent observations In connection with
the agitation for non-partisan SUI
preme, court. He calls attention to the
fact that when the Democratic party
was in full power in the state the Wis
dom Of the scheme never suggested
itself. This is true, and we are anxious
to know whether this sudden sollcitude
for an impartial judiciary on the part
Of the Democrats is sign Of improve
ment in the body polite, OF whether 1t
is another evidence Of the conspicuous
impudence for which the party in this
state has been noted.
In all It's history there has not been
one CLEAN Of hope as to the sincerity Of
It's professions of fair play. Its des-
perate and successful fight In defeating
the will of the people by cheating Cen
eral Con out Of the governorship, and
Its more recent and atrocIously corrupt
practices in disturbing the properly
elected legislative delegates in Taylor
and Monroe counties do not inspire the
people with any confidence in its advO.
cacy Of non-partlsan supreme court.
It seems to US that 1t is an antlcIpa-
tory slur on the honesty of court that
will in all probability be composed Of
Republicans. If Democratic court is
acknowledged to have dispensed fair
article of justice, we do not see why
the ability Of able Republicans should
be questioned under the circumstances.
The Democratic party is very sly, and.
like the Greeks, It's motives are treach-
erous when 1t makes a display of Ab-
crafty. that Is foreign to Its nature. It
is more like death-bed repentance.
It knows 1t Is doomed, but 1t wants to
get as much salvation as possible be-
fore 1t passes away.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
street Car 81 III Incubator.

Chicago Chronicle: The other day a
woman who had been doing her market
Ing climbed on a North State street
car at Lake street. These cars have
some kind Of redhot arrangement un-
der the seats that gets up a scorchlng
temperature. There was plentyiof room
in the car at that time Of day. so she
placed the market basket on the seat
beside her. The bridge turned before
we could get across, and we had to walt
several minutes. The passengers nd.
geted around on the hot seats. and two
or three men got up and went out on the
platform. Finally the bridge turned back
and we shot over to the north side.
About Ontario street queer sounds be-
gan coming out OF the womRnlb basket
and she looked nervous and alarmed.
BY the time we had reached Elm street
the sounds had doubled in volume, and
the woman was badly ratified AS we
approached Division street she got so
anxious she couldn't stand It any long
er, so she opened the basket and looked
in. You never saw such look OF con-
sternatIon and surprise as came over
that woman's face. When the car
started she had dozen eggs In her bas-
ket, but the heat from the chr had
Matched out six woolly little chickens
from half OF them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
s1oo Rewnrd. a1oo.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all Its stages, and
that Ia Catnrrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires q constl-
tutIona! treatment. Halls CAtarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system thereby destroying
the Foundation OF the disease, and CIV
ing the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in
doing It's work. The proprietorS have SO
much faith In It's curative powers that
they ofler One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address,
r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
Fable.

indianapolis News: once upon time
a Frog sat upon tho bank of pond and
croaked and beloved all night. AS he
croaked and beloved he communed
with himself. and his thought was:
II must sing with all my might, for
sec. the whole world is listening TO me.
can hear no other sound but the sound
Of my singing"
Presently the Frog paused a moment
and he then found that all the other
Frogs were singing as loudly as ne MINI
self while the Katydds in the trees
were working overtime. Then the Frog
thought again:
at would seem that am not playing
star part, but am simply one OF the
Moral:-There are heaps OF people in
this world who are like the Frog. The
only trouble Is that they do not pause
moment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
A Thermometer $50 Years Old.

Beaver tPa.) State: W. ]. Cunning
ham, druggist, of Beaver Falls, has in
his show window a thermometer that is
fully $50 years old, and. as Mr.. Gun.
ningham, says keeps good time yet"
THE thermometer was brought from
paris, France, In 1903 1t is made OF
hammered brass, and IB dark with age
II ia in the shape OF a lighthouse set on
a rocky promOntory made Of hammered
brass. on the rocks Mt the base sit
two water fowls on plvots, that are sup
posed 10 turn aE the weather changes
from hot 10 cold. They do not do that
now, having long ceased to perform that
function The whole afralr 10 about
seven inches high.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
REE1EcT1oNs OF A BACHELOR.

The more sensible a woman is the
more she hates to have a man give her
sensible presents.
A woman may keep from telling q
man a secret, but she can never keep
from telling him that she has got one
that she won't tell him.
A man Is said 10 make woman a
good husband when he gives her for
Christmas q lot of things that she has
told him she needs around the house.
A woman can carry around more
things in one mum that she has to put
her hands in, too, than a man can In
all his fourteen pockets, counting his
hip pockets and both coat tails.
Every Christmas lot of men have
to explain to their little children that
Santa Claus is always 80 busy earning
money to buy folks presents that he
can't afrord to have wIfe.-New York
Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27

West Virginia Is taking the lead In
other things besides the production Of
coal, coke and oil. Internationally she
is close to the front rank. In the fig-
ures given by the national commission
err OF education of the percentage of
school enrolment of the public schools
West Virginia is only few decimal
points behind the state at the head of
the list. Kansas. The percentage is,
Kansas, 27.SS: West Virginia 1927. OF
the great divisions Of the country the
south central comes FIRST with 22.oS per
cent, and the south Atlantic division Is
a good third, with 2l.0 per cent The
old slave states are plainly not behind
the northwest in their comprehension
OF the necessity OF education. and both
surpnss in that respect the north At
lantic states. including New England
which has only 1855 per cent of the pop
ulation in school.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
The Non.Partisan ory.

To the Editor Of tho Intelligencer.
sIR:-I am heartily in accord with the
Republican Of Grafton in regard to the
supreme court Of appeals. A non-par-
tIsan court would sound well to the
Democrats OF this state. Had a Demo-
cratic paper advocated such thing a
few years ago 1t would have been read
out Of the party. We remember when
there was nothing Of a non-partisan ma.
ture. You could not find an assistant
teacher In any OF the normal schools
whose faith was that Of Republican,
much less principal. All were Demo-
cratic, A Republican was not compe-
tent to stand at the head Of our normal
schools from a Democratic point Of
view, But when the Republicans came
into power the men who ruled were
ad-mInded and bIg-hearted. and to-
day you can find principals and assist
ant teachers whose faith In Democratic
in our normal schools. We think they
should have a dose Of their own medi-
cine, 90 let us nominate full Republi-
can ticket, without any compromise on
this line, and elect 1t by 10000 majority
We can do It. j. N.
Quiet Dell, W. Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-27
TWO MEAN TOWNS.
What They Did For Their Injured
Citizens.

What They Did For Their injured
Citizens.
Chicago Times Herald: 1.-THE meRneBt
place l ever was in," said The man who
travels for liquor house, rs down in
Massachusetts Say. do you know what
happened while l was stopping there
once? A man had fallen through hole
in the sidewalk and sustained INJURIES
that resulted in the loss Of the use Of
his right arm. He sued the city for
damages, and 4he case was tried before
jury which the papers said was COM
posed Of representative citizens. Now,
what do you suppose they did to hlm2
Brought in q verdict In favor OF the
city, holding that inasmuch as he was
left-handed his injury didn't amount to
anything"
yes" said the cigar man, that's q
pretty mean town, admit, but know
Of worse one. This place Is In Penn
sylvania. An acquaintance Of mine
down there was injured some time ago
In pretty much the same way the man
you mentioned got hurt. He fell on
bad sidewalk and lost one Of his legs.
He sued the city, and didn't get any
thing. / never heard Just why, but
probably because the Jurors didn't be-
lIeve he needed more than one leg In his
business, seeing that he was aibarber,
and couldn't hone a razor or shave a
man with his foot anyway. Being
poor man he couldn't AFFORD to buy
cork leg. so he had to get along with
wooden peg. and one day while he was
crossing the ,priclpal street this peg In
some way got wedged between a couple
Of paving blocks right in the middle Of
the street car track It took them
nearly an hour to get him loose. and
Blamed II they didn't fine him SO and
costs for obstructing traffic"