The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-22
TIE TINES: R1CIaoND:VA. SUNDAY. APRIL %. 1900.

E t,,res a11or,t the town OF the late lamented
ID. young and his plurality OF better
halves Il asked a. man Standing in the
aoostoffice if Mr.. Young left any descend
ants. left any descendants:s he scream
ed. and he looked at me as though he
doubted my sanity. Left any descend
ants. II the children, grand children, great
grandchildren, great-sreat-srandcn
and aereat-great-g -r-e-a-t-gran dchndren or
n Young could vote they could alone
carry any measure in this town, which has
q nopula ton OF $500 people,, and mop
ring the perspira ton from his brow he
gave me a whitening look and left Uncle
SANS building thstanding the
..ioshing', about polygamy and the piu-
ralfty of street names, which seems only
to be in line with the eternal fitness OF
things that originally obtained. there, SAT-
Lake is a beautiful city, and like TO
visit III It's fine business place and
,e.best town between Denver, Col, and
San -Francisco.
=. ,WuDE-oPBN POLICY.
The wide-open policy, as it is called,
obtains in most places in the West Inc
saloons open with the first mnute OF
January. lst, and the last ticking OF tie
clock of the 31st of the following iece!n-
Der finds them still doing business at inc
old stand-ttay and night, week day and
Sunday. all look alike to the dispenser OF
s[idIrid refreshments. There are no screens
inside the door to shield the imbiber from
the curious gaze of the passing throns,
but instead there are big, double DOORS
and both thrown wide open. II you are
selling wiisRey," said a laxative chanl-
bermaid, as she scooped up soiled tower
while 1 was putting on my gloves anu
overcoat preparatory 10 gong OUT 10 op
NV DAYS work, you can do tine business
here, This was said in Butte, Mont,
and the same can be said of many other
places. While this seems strange TO me-
There are other things equally as remark.
able 1t follows as naturally as DAY inc
night and vice versa for man IN kieh-
,nond to give his seat to lady IN q
crowded street-car. gave tne piase,
occ,rnied in a car in Denver to a iady'
ond half doze;, people looked at me as
5.ho,,ph they thought Twas crazy, anu
several ,,4hispered conversations were ned.
+ don't know what was said, but Its pies
TO cornbread that they were discussing
NV sanity. One of the pecuhar1tles Oh
the west. however, that is ever a source
of amusement to me is the effort OF many
men to eat and read at the same tline.
I eat great deal In restaurants ana
hotels-that is, ] mean that all l eat is
in tbese n,1blic hostelries-and, of course,
7 ann thrown with many different kinds
of neonle. More than half of these men
Will be sitting at the table holding
paper in one hand and trying TO READ It,
While with the other they endeavor to
fork into their mouths some fried pota-
toes, scrambled eggs, or something else.
Sometimes they hit the mouth and some
times they spill the food in their laps
Others will prop paper up between the
catsup bottle and a glass of water, and
thus try to eat and read at the same
time. A photograph of some of these
people thus engaged would pc me SUD
jects for comic valentines VIC. y.
Butte, Mont, April Is, 1900.