davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
SENATOR HaLE,s SPEECH.

In an impassioned speech in the Senate
on Friday last. Mr.. Hale, tRep.) of Maine,
declared that nine-tentlls of the American
people sympaahize with the Beers in their
struggle for liberty against the greatest
power - Z, world.
This Is Il strong statement. but we are
inclined TO believe tina: i'll one sense Sena-
tor Hale is right. Many Americans are
preiudiced against Great Britain and
would sympa,hizc With any. enemy of
hers. 10 matter what the casus belli might
be. But leaving that rhase OF the question
out of consideration, the American people
are by instinct in sympathy with the
weak. and especially with those who are
struggling for liberty. We have tried to
point out the arguments which the British
have employed in behalf of their cause,
and there Is much to be said on Great
Hrita!n's side. But in struggle of this
character Americans lcok rather at the
condition than at causes. 1nSt1nctirely
They draw a parallel between the Beers
and the American colonists, and they feel
that the Afrikundcrs have the same cause
:or resisting British encroachmen!s that
cur own fathers had In their iieht for in
dependence.
We shall not SO into my further discus
siou of tie merits of this case. our riews
having been presented time and again In
extenso. Waving all this. wa cannot bur
be graufiea at the spirit which The Ameri-
can people have thus mamfested, for 1t is l
in proof Of the fact that The spirit Of
liberty Is as much alive to-day as it was
ia Revolutionary times. and that the spirit
or opposition TO tyranny and oppression
and outside interference with individual
rights Is still marching on in this country
and is st.lI leading Characterize Of tho
American people, We so step farther
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
CURRENT TOPICS.

We received socialist paper called
.Appeaa to Reason" in a late issue Of
which the following paragraph occurs:
What idiocy there is in many of our
customs and ideas. Take that elegantly
attired man over there, a useless orna-
nent Of society. He would not touch the
hand of the cook or waiter, but he will
eat that which their hands have been
manipulating! He would not recognize
the poor sweaters who have made his
clothing. but will wear them with
strut! He would not associate with the
workers who built his palace, but will
show II to his friends with pride. He
would be disgraced TO recognize the ar
fists who delight him on the stage. In
other words it is degrading to wash
clothes but respectable to dirty them! De-
grading 70 cook food bAt respectable to
cat it! Degrading to Work at house
building, but respectable to occupy
houses. Really. we have no classes
This paper is published in the State OF
Kansas and the doctrine which4t preac CHI
cs is a fair sample OF Kansas Populism
run to seed.
Socialism infects the air of Kansas and
whether, they call themselves Social
lists, Populists or Democrats. the natives
are all victims of the socialist microbe.
The Philadelphia Record Is zealouslv
counting Southern trade and by way OF
explanation says: Nothing is more GER
tain in the immediate future than that
the attractions offered by the Southern
Safes for the investment Of capital will
lead in the next ten years to unexampled
development. Resources that have lain
almost untouched for two hundred years
will be gathered fro mthe top of Southern
soil and from underneath, .nd this utili-
cation Of Natures gifts will advance the
domain below Mason and DiXon.s line in
growth and cultivation until the pros
perity of the South shall bear g. symlne-
trio relation to that of the more pop
ulous States of the North. TO share and
assist in this great transformation IS pc
culiarly the privilege Of the. people of
Philadelphia, who must look to tile
South and the Southwest for the future
assurance of their own prosperity"
The Northern people are beginning to
their interests and hence there Is less
and less of a disposition on the part of
northern Republicans to NEEDLE with the
local political affairs Of the Southern
States
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

than Mr.. Hale went, and say that way
down in the bottom OF his heart every
true American is in sympathy, at least
witt, that stanch and s.alwart and ire
pressiblc love Of liberty which the Beers
have manifested from the beginning, and
which they are SO CALAMITY defending to-
day.
Eut this does not mean, contradictory a
it may seem, that the American people as
whole are DESTROYS OF seeing the British
defeated in this contest. Many Americans
realize that Boers rule in the Transvaal is
the rule of an oligarchy. 1t is understood
by these that the Bocrs intend that the
Transvaal shall be ruled by the Bocrs,
and that although they have invited there
the citizens of all governments and parti-
cuiarly Of England, they do not intend
that these people shall have any share
whatever in the enactment of the laws
under which they are to live, or any voice
in imposing or spending the taxes that
they are required TO pay. Whatever one
may think Of a class, however one may
admire its courage and love of country,
an enlightened man cannot. in this day of
Christian civilization, approve OF any such
theory of life.
Democracy means freedom and equal
opportunities for all; Boer rule means the
very reverse OF all this; the British fight
means a contest for equal rights.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

~
Confederate Private and Laules' Car.
Editor Of The Times:
Sir-I hate to run counter to an old
"Confed'' IN anything, but my experience
on the subject of Confederate private and
the ladies' car is so different from that
described III u late copy OF The Times
that l must say q word.
Fresh from the trenches around Nicks-
burg, which were not lined with fullcr'S
earth. and after a tramp across two thirds
OF Mississippi in company with several
others, on July -, 1866, 1 boarded the
train at DeHopoEs, Ala, ell route for
Selma. The car which we entered was
as good as any in the train. l think
there we're ladies' in it. but that was thir
ty-siN years ago. we We're standing for
ward on the little one horse steamboat
that piled between Selma and Mont
somery when the double-fsted mate ap-
preached US and in no gentle tone said,
Go below We. as the RaDpal,annock
Academy boys used to say, merely "Iook-
ed down his throat. when realizing that
discretion was the better part of valor.''s
he added. '.or on the upper deck. We
obeyed, as that was the very place we
wanted to get This was the only time
an official ever "sassed'' me on trans
portation lines. On that trip from Ala
bama to Virginia, we took the first train
that was going our way. whether 1t was
freight or passenger. We rode and slept
for miles on the top of freight cars. We
entered any passenger coach we pleased
and were never interfered with. I re-
member distinctly that I travelled in a
passenger coach from Knoxville to
5Lynchblrg and thence to Charlottesville
On what is now the Chesapeake and Ohio,
T rode in the same coach with those fel-:
lows with stars on their collars and la
dies also. A V. NJ. T. cadet asked me if I
preferred to be in the ranks. plainly in
timating that gentleman OF my INTEL
igence should hold a commission. 81
Returning to Demopolis I rode in pas
senger coaches as could catch them.
In October OF G.; I returned to Virginia
on transfer and was obliged to- go by
way Of Augusta, Ga. and Wilmington.
N c., coming through Petersburg to
Richmond, always in the coach OF my se-
lection with no one to say me nay.
was not in rags, but not particu 'arly ]
Well-dressed. will add we never made
connection. ROB'T a. MARSHALL.
Delaplane, Va. Jan. 18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
,np.nv.s OF short Skirt

Editor of The Times:
Sir,-The change that is being maze III
women's wearing apparel should meet
with our heartiest approval. re"
months ago when the women adopted
the silly fashion of wearing on the streets
trailing skirts. + almost lost my faith III
the progress OF womanhood. The dis
gushing sight OF a woman sweeping all
Ilanner of filth from the streets nnd
weighing down her body with unwieldy
skirts made me feel that we were taking
a backward step in civilization. For
several years previous we had been con-
graduating ourselves on the disappear
auce of the waspish waist caused by the
deadly corset, one OF the greatest foes
to human health and happiness The
fact that women have discontinued the
harbarous practice of boring holes IN
their ears should also be source OF
congratulation; but what I wish to APP
prove especially is the new style Of alb
breviated skirt. I sincerely hope that
it will be uniformly adopted in preference
to the style which no one can see or
think of without rising sense of indig-
nation. My faith in the future OF wo-
man grows anace \ pretty figure
good hand, shapeiy foot are far more
to be admired than pretty face. but
under the present favorable conditions
the cultivation of one feature of beauty
will surely develop the others.
B. F. JOHNSON.
Richmond Va January 20, 1860.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
sI:scl,icyo,,s Bills.

Every legislature does probably more
good work in killing had bills than in
passing good ones. There are always
people who have some humane and beneT-
client object in mind. but who have not
studied much the principles of govern
mert. and who think that, II they have
good end in View. any method which
they adopt to accomplish the end must
be worthy. must be whitened over by
the purity of the object The first thing
they think of as an agency to use is the,
state. which should DC the last resort.
which should not be loaded With the duty
If it%can be otherwise accomplished. and
which. with many schemes. should not
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
SOUTHERN NOTES.

There is contest between Atlanta and
Macon as to which shall have the State
fair this year
a special from Grcenvillc, Tenn, says
Mrs II. J.. Patterson, the only living
child of Andrew Johnson. is critically,
III at her home there and not expected
to live. She is over eighty years OF age.
The Jacksonville Metropolis says:
Orange and grape fruit groves are still
valuable in South Florida. They are
yeritable gold mines, and the owners are
receiving more real CASH for their fruit
than ever before. Mr.. Owen II. DiShong.
one OF the leading orange growers OF
that country. is in the city as a delegate
Grand Lodge of Afasons.g now in session
in this city, and to-day he said to q
Metropolis man that three years ago an
orange grove in that county was pur-
chased tor $4,000. and the fruit from It
this winter brought in actual cash $1,000
On Sc grape fruit trees of this same grove
the fruit sold for $500. The fruit was
sold on the trees, the purchaser to rick
and ship it. All of the grape fruit is
still on the trees. of beautiful color
and flavor, and unhurt by cold or in
sects This grove, which contains about
thirty acres. is owned by Watkins &
Pfeifer.
Colonel C. r. Faulkner, of Bolton. Ca,
the champion story teller of Hall county.
relates an amusing incident that occurred
in the Glade district in that county. a
man by the name of Teller has been in
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

on the bank The fuse was sizzling and
Teller knew that it would soon explode
but as the dog was ma king for him he.
realized that his safety lay in flight
OF he put at breakneck speed, the dog!
following closely behind with the drna-=
mite in his mouth. The fuse was burn
ing slowly and dog and man having
a race for life. Just before the dog;
overlook his master the dynamite ex-.
p!oded, and Feller says he only looked
back, long enough to see the fragments
of dog flying through the mir. He says
he dom catch any more fish with dy1a-
mite and he don't want any more re
:rieying" dogs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

:
government except % Tar as such aid
may be necessary 70 prevent the vicious
from interfering with Its work. Let tho
separation te complete. Let the Church
discharge Its legitimate functions. LIE.
each work in Its own sphere. Church ana
State. and the greatest good will be ac-
$complished.
Such are the general principles which
this paper keeps constantly In view Such
is the chart by which It endcavors to
steer Its course.
PATERNALISNI IN PENNSYLTANIA.
A special from Harrisburg, Pa, says
that fifty pupils have been suspended
from school attendance at Mcdonald,
Washington county, because they refused
TO read the Bible in the regular religious
exercises OF the school
These are the children of Catholic fami-
lies. and while they raised no objection
to the reading OF the Bible in the schools
they declined to take an active part
in the exercises. AS !. result. all the
There you have q practical illustration
OF that sort of paternalism in the schools
about which we have been speaking.
What possible right have the school au-
thorities OF Pennsylvania to say that the
children of Catholic parents shall be COM
peeled to take part In the reading OF the
Protestant Bible? Nothing is said about
the children Of Jewish parents. and per-
llaps there are no such children in this
school. But suppose there we're Jewish
pupils. would they be compelled to take
part in the reading Of. the New Tesla
ment Scriptures?
The State cannot be too careful about
these matters. and We shall continue upon
occasion TO lift our voice against the lurk-
ing spirit Of paternalism. which is ever
brooding over the public school system.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

be employed at all. The socia!istic bills,
ana bills which. if enacted into iamss
would be wel-nigh death-biow TO liber-.
ty in Virginia, which are pressed enthu-
siastically by well-meaning visiondries
and fanatics, are enough to make every
patriot shudder.-Hanover Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

Come to think OF it, why was Mr..
Cannon, a Republican polygamist, per-
mitted to sit in Congress for years, while
Roberts. Il Democratic poygamist, is
to be driven out?-Bedford Democrat.
Perhaps they thought that Cannon
would go off witrout being fired.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
inculcated a sound morality and pointed
o,,+ for YOUR readers q clean and honest

out Tor your readers q c1e s''' q t'1
path. o;,,t If
has been a failure to advocate prohlpi-
ton. but in your position doubtless you
do not mean to be an apologist LOT
drinking liquor or for drunkenness nut
don't advocate prohibition as the pest
or only means to stop the drink curse
T have written these lines not TO ild..er
The Times, but do so sincerely peheviIs
that vo,, deserve to hear them. Journal
ism OF the right stripe is great bless
mystic any community.
E. P. PARHAM.
Christie, Va, January 10th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
You Notice He Said RESIDE

Strange Lady-If a pair OF eyeglasses
should t.e discovered by any Oh your
help, will you have them dlspatcheo os
TIC ext post to me?
Stare Clerk-Certainly. miss. In Thas
partt OF Boston do you reside?-Philade'-
phia North American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
AFTERMATH.

.'Of every thousand dollars given to
charity, - said Mr.. Andrew Carnegie in
an address delivered Thursday night in
New York, nine l;indred and fifty might
as wen be thrown into the sea. It IS bad
policy to aid the submerged man. Give
your aid to the man who is fighting with
his head above water. !"
Mrs. George sDewey.is suffering from an
attack of larysitis and has Cancelled all
her social engagements.
According to Lucien Mareschal. a french
railway engineering expert, at present in
New York, says the Evening Post, the
Observation-Disclosures Railway Com
Ea1iy Will purchase several thousand cars
from American manufacturers if deliveries
can be made sufficiently early. Orders
are also to be placed for six Am erican To-
comotives to be used i'll drawing the train
de Luxe which runs from Paris to Monte
Carlo.
The Cllillicothe GIo.) ssreet-car drivers
are very accommodating. When house
wife anywhere along the line wants some
groceries she halls car. gives her order
TO the driver. and on his return he delivers
the goods. One rainy night recently Il
driver had q call to take q woman 10 ,he
theatre. She lived three blocks from the
line. The gallant fellow got an umbrella,
walked to the woman's house. escorted
her TO the car and then started down
town.
1.-THE Waterbury, American. quotes this
passage from child's composition on
seals: TT is very cruel 10 kill seals just
because we want to wear their skins our
selves. but it is rather fortunate for them,
as it shows that they We're created for
some good purposes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
The Fault ofthe "A &C.

The fault of the age is a mad endearor
10 leap 10 heights that were made to
climb
BY a burst of strength, or thought most
clever,
We plan to forestall and outwit Time.
We scorn to wait for the thing worth hav-
ing;
We want high noon at the days din
dawn;
We find no pleasure in toilins and saving,
AS our forefathers did in The old times
gone.
we force cur roses. before their season.
TO bloom and blossom for US to war;
And then we wonder and ask the reason
Why perfect buds are SO few and rare.
we crave the. gain, but despise the get
ting;
we want wealth. not as reward, but
And the strength that is wasted in useless
!; fretting
Would fell a forest or build tower.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in New 1osH
Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
Observation-Disclosures.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. Jan 20.-Speciai.-.
NJ. LIcyd Sm-os,ff GEORGETOWN, and Miss
Lorraine Williamson. daughter of Mrs.
N. E, Williamson. of this city. were to-
night married at Grace-EpiscopaI church
by Rev Clarence E. Ball.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
IliSDb!iTiI,..

"Your partner never seems to borrow
trouble.
Borrow trouble? He won't take II "i'Sn
I hunt it up and give it to him. ,-Chicaso
Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

Everything + SC First.
Lady-Why don't you to so work ior
living?
Tra,np-Well, lady, I want to give
everything els, a fair tria! hrst!-fu:h.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

All subscriptions by mail payao.e 1 IN aa-
yance. Watch the label on your Ioc p .rfhe,,
IL you live out OF Richmond. anu ~. -, ), ,,e
re,Y before tho paper Is stopped.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
\ Flori,lian l;pitaph.

His fust name, it wuz Abrana-
Cu!lud hotel waiter.
Went in swinIrlin' on sunday
Couldn't wait 'twell Monday
En- wuz swallered by a sator.
Atlanta Constitution
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

Tue Times IS always Indebted 70 1s.sn ,1
sonuls but must urge that I'LL snsh pc
sent over the signature OF the scnGes.
All unsigned communications VIA DC
iccteo Away.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

PETERSBURG; AGENT.
MRS. s. C. HUTCHINSON. Z LOMBARD
STREET
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

MANCHESTER BUREAU. 1121 HULL
STREET.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
The 1lii1,lfs.
THE TINES COMPANY d i !
TIMEs BUILDING.
TENTH AND BANk STREE ..
RICHMOND. VA

-u-, DAILY TINES II scrxeu ~ car c5iy
r,ess H M Tor ~ cents a, week *:
month, when pa.d monthly. oan;I
Ss ats,u q IvtcarSsnyul,ere in the United
States. .,,no.ter TYNE
IL cents per line. r,,z .,,a ce fur
Cards OF advertising rates 1of spy -
Kes:,t by draft check. postonissee n 9r tby
or registered letter. SoTreaHcy :,
Times Telephones-BusineSS oit Sd;t oriai
Phone 23I. Old Phone ,a9;n ,one AZ To-
Rooms-Ecw 'Phore 81. OLD fn n,,a core.
snondcnce to The Times Company,
=. THE TIMES COMFASSS".
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
THE SUNDAY TIMES. sl.5o a year.

THE WEEKLY T1MES-lssueo Anu IN MI ,na...
ed in two parts. S1o 2 yea es
anywhere In the United STATES.
comics srCe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

= Clouds of Mcdicatcd yapor arc inhaled
Through the mouth and emitted from the nos
t:ils. cleansing and vaporizing all the innamed
and diseased parts which cannot te reached by
medicine taken into the stomach
II reaches the sore spots-It heals the rd,o.
,,luces-It goes to the scat Of dfsedse-It acts as
a balm and tonic TO the lritole systen-$10O at
druggists or sent bymail. 1905 Arch ST., Io,ttila-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21

THE MAILING LIST is oNLT PRINT Z
ED ABOUT EVERY Ten "a e.:
THEREFORE, DO NOT FEEL LSEAS4
IN TEE LITTLE PINK SLIP IS NOT
CHANGED AS SOON AS TIE SUB
SCRIPTlON is RENEWED.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
Confederate Private and Ladies' Can

Richmond, va. January 20, 1860.
The colored American., 1900-06-09
BISFRANCHISEMEKT OUT OF THE
QUESTION,

When Mp. Bourke Coekrsn spoke
fos the disfran chisement Of the Negro
yesterday at Montgomery, he followed
the Lead Of his own State. New Yors
fescinded its ratification of the Fif
teenth Amendment a few months after
Its passage. Bat the Amendment, raj
lfisd by thirty States, has now been IL
force thirty years. To sepeaI 1t on tht
grounds suggested by Mr.. Cochran
would be impossible. To repeal it in
any way would be an act of retrogres-
sion, at variance with the progress ano
civilization Of earth's greatest nation.
There are bad Negroes-irIedeemab
Negroes-in the South and In the
North. But II that fact is to be used a.
an argument for destroying citizen
ship, we need not leave New York City
The colored American., 1900-06-09

plause as she came 10 the front OF the
platform with a small bit of paper in
her hand. Doubtless many thought, as
did the writer, that upon this paper
she had the outline OF the very remark.
able and comprehensiT address which
she delivered. II she had jotted down
notes she made no use of them. She
iaid the paper by, and stood to the left
side OF the desk and proceeded to
deliver one of the abiest snd most eff
fective addresses I have ever heard
from any speaker regardless of sex Or
race. she discussed bright Side of the
Race Problem" In order to show her
views as TO the bright side, she firsl
presented facts logically stated and
fOrcelully substsntiated that there
"ere two sides to the socalled race
problem. Her presentation Of the two
sides was so convincing that the most
rsbid pessimist and philosopher of race
depravlty and final annihiIatIon could
Rot fail to see the strength and sound
ness of her position. Without dis
guising or condoning any of the faults
and shortcomings OF the Negro, only as
she shove the anteoeding pses
hich prot sd the conditions aud
unfaVorable traits, she considered the
dark eide ia brief, but timely and
pertinent summary Of this phase of
the proUlem. Having evidenced the
fac that she was not blind nor IN.
mindful of the Negro's faults and the
causes thereof both as they relate to
himself anG Others She then plunged
into the discussion OF the bright side
of the problem. The contrast was pre-.
sented 10 8 manner SO logical and her
thoughts Were explessed in language
SO chaste and diction so pure that the
audience was held IS il by q magic
wand for one hear to the minute.
Mrs. Terrell is q lady OF progresses.
Ing personality, commanding ap-
pearance, pretty face, pleasing coua.
tenance and broad culture gained
In the best schools Of America and
Europe. Her great sympathy and love
for hu manity ia general and her special
and intense interest in the elevation of
The race with which she Is Identified
as egIdenctd by hes faithful aud ss,s.