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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
WOMEN IL C.Vll; LIFE.

Several months ago We suggested to the
public spirited women OF Richmond that
they take an active part, as we knew
thai they took an active interest. in GER
tain phases of civic life. We argued that
he housekeepers of Richmond could great
ly aid in municipal housekeeping, that IS
10 say in matters pertaining to public
cleanliness and public ornamentation. We
print today number OF interviews with
Richmond women, in which it is clearly
set forth that they agree with The Times
and are disposed 20 enter upon the work
under review.
womans first duty is to her home.
and she cannot afford 10 neglect the du-
ties of lie lone circle for anything. But
The housekeepers Of K hmond, many OF
rhem at least, q" find time without In
teriering with Their home duties for worA
On the outside. In the churches, in chart
table institutions, in societies for tie
preservation of memories, in various other
ccmm5 ndable organizations Richmond
women are in evidence, and these insttu-
tons would be poor Indeed we're the
women to withdraw their support. We
submit that If the women can find time
ur this class of work they can also 1nd
time in Richmond, as they do in other
tities, for wo-1 in The municipality.
Some women contend that they are too
busy to do this, but every observer knows
hat it Is the busy people who must be
relied upon to do the extra work that
GENES up. ldlers have acquired the habit
oc idlene.ss and it is next to impossible
q stiIr rlate them to eXertion. If the
municipality is to be aided by women along
The lines Indicated, it will be ard must
lie by busy women, by the busiest women
Il town. and It Is to these that the ap-
zeal Is made.
Ali such work must be done by organ!
zaion, for 1t is only through organizat OH
and cooperation that there is system. But
fortunately the organization is already
here. The Woman's Club is an institution
established. 1t is an organization Of wide
awake, publ c-sioirited. busy women who
feel that they have q mission IN life, who
FEEL that they have part in the activ-
ues of life. and for years past they have
been sxe-t!ng themselves in the direction
Of Internal and external improvement
II is an educational inst tuition and the
members have employed themselves with
various branches of education. The sug-
gestion now is that the Woman's Club
take up this question: of public cleanliness
and public ornameatation and become I,
= rnit
Il! the Club VII employ its energies in
this direction, there need be no fear as
10 the result
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18


II had the act OF Congress passed fmpos-
Ing prohibitory tar on the issues Of
State banks, and he offered the national
banks the interest on the Governments
bonds that they might buy, the premium
on the bonds when they should rise and
the interest upon their new notes which
they m. sht put out upon the bonds. This
vas a most taxing offer, the banks all ac-i
copied 1t, and the accused national bank
system came by 1t 10 be liked upon the
country-assyslem that is responsible for
every Ill the peop.e Of the United States.
have suffered since the war. including all
The political discord of the day.
One of the strangest things to us Is the
notion that our ma tionai banking system,
founded as it is uponga national debt, can,
by any possibility. be a national blessing.
II is 3 truism in political economy that
na,iona! debt is a national curse, which is
nothing more than a form Of expressing
the liked determination of every prudent
man to pay what he owes as soon as he
conveniently can. In other words, every
prudent business man thinks his own pa
possibly put his profits. Now. il we are
going to pay off our national debt jus,
as soon as we can with convenience, which
every consideration Of sound policy calls
upon us 10 do what will become Of that
"best banking system the world ever saw
and will 1t not be in order to ask whether
it could possibly have been the best bank
Ing system the world ever saw. if the
very breath of its being was q curse to
the nation?
We were glad to see one statement in
Secretary Cages letter. and that was
that out of 1900 banks and banking insti-
,u,ions in the country only 1888 are ma
tional banks thatihave awaited themselves
OF their privilege to issue currency. AL
most all the rest are State banks. and
this shows that the true principle OF bank
ing leads to the STATE bank rather than
The national bank, -an elementary truth
that all philosophers know to be q truth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
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Eve gazed and reflected when she should
near the sin OF the race, SO it does in the
individual. No man means to become the
sinner he finally makes himself. He only
intended. like Eve, to taste. The mystic
rious and forbidden appeal to us with
strange power. 1t is always so. One
yelled figure in an assembly will attract
more scrutiny than the greatest beauty.
But it is a fatal deiusion Only by choos-
ing good, in presence of the evil. are true
manhood and real strength gained
90 Through this craving for an enlarged
experience. unbeiief In the power of God
finds entrance. We are tempted to feel
as if God were grudging us our enjoy
ment. We begin to think Ne know better
than He Tha. is good for us. Our loyalty
to him is loosened, and already we have
lost hold Of His strength. and we are
launched on the current that leads to sill,
misery and shame.
I'd Ono taste Of evil ruined our first
parents. It is always sd. One taste alters
our attitude to God. and conscience and
life. The actual experience of sin is like
one taste of alcohol 10 a reclaimed drunk
ard; like the first taste of blood TO a
young tiger, it calls out the latent devil.
ana creates a new, fierce nature within
US. At one burst it wipes ont all peace
and JOY, and self-respecl and the Do,dness
of innocence. and numbers US among the
transgressors. the shame-faced, the vi
cious, the hopeless. the despairing. It Is
but one step. but it is step over steep
precipce, or down the open shaft Of
mine,
% The first result is shame. The form
in which the knowledge of good and evil
comes TO US is that we are stripped Of all
that made US walk unabashed before God
and man. Sslf-rehection begins, and the
first stirring of conscience is shame. SUI
fer:ng must ever follow wrong-doinG.
From the first sin to the last, the track
of the sinner is marked with blood.
Finally. God alone can relieve mans
shame. Until we feel that we cannot be
al peace. The cross OF Christ, and that
cross alone, can speak forgiveness and
peace to our souls.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
DEMO l:AlYioHEvEE.

THE last election held said Senator
Vest, of Missouri, the other day, demon
stra;es the fact that Mr.. Bryan can never
be President. But" he added, 1.-The Demo-
cratic party is not dependent upon the
fate OF any one man. 1t survived the
death of Thomas Jefferson, and it will
survive the disappearance OF Mr.. Bryan. ;"
Pursuing the same line Of thought the
Louisville Courter-Journal says that the
Democratic party has often been pro-
nounced dead by the learned physicians OF
the opposing party, but as often has. re-
fused 10 confirm the diagnosis. In re-
viewing the history Of the party since the
war it says:
1t went UP against war President
seeking re-eleciion III 1854, and came out
with only twenty-one electoral votes
though the popular majority against it
was only about 10000 in a total Of four
million votes In 1858 it ran sound-money
man on a greenback platform, got eighty
electoral votes and cut down the popular
majority to 10000 In that year it carried
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land and Oregon. live States which it lost
this ylar, besides carrying Kentucky.
Georgia and Louisiana. Its situation at
the end of this contest was bad, but not
desperate. Out OF ., .VJJtH voters who went
the nolls it had 2.IcN eco behind t, be-
sides those dlsfcanchised in Southern
States. But in 1872 i; tried fusion with
the Liberal Republicans. In this year its
popular vote increased 10000 over 1865. but
that Of the Republicans Increased nearly
GEO, goo. OF the electoral vote the Republic
cans mad 2o6 to 6S that were counted
Three votes cast in Georgia for Horace
Greeley. deceased" and the votes of
Congress.
Everything considered, November, 1872
was the darkest hour the Democratic
party ever passed through. The popular
majority against it was I62,39l in q total
of some I,+00. 900. Even with half the num-
Der of votes cast 1t exceeded Mckiaiey's
plurality cf four years ago by 1Gl,t00 In
this vear also The Democrats were divided
those dissatisfied with the fusion having
nominated Charles O'Cnnor. who received,
however. only 2a,.Gs of the popular vote.
Still he was supported by some eminent
Democrats.
Bad ar WAS this showing. desperate a.
seemed the chances of the Democrats.
they were not permanently discouraged.
'i'w.D wears later .ss-i rlsltv WAS re-
wardeG.. At the Congressional elections of
1874 the Democrats swept the country
Two years later they carried the Presf-
al election oN a poou.or majority of
e74.000 though as finally counted it was
not quite 25l,10G. They had Yts electoral
votes to l66 for the Republicans. thoush.
as counted by the Electoral Commission
1t was ISL to 1s5, No matter what may be
said about the way the Presidency was
lost to the Democrats. it is impossible to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18

THE FALL. Of MAN.
(Seiected.)

Now t:?e serpent was more subtle than
any beast Of the field which the Lord
God had made And he said unto the
womun. Yea, hath God said we shall not
eat of every tree in the garden. Ard the
woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
OF the fruit of the trees In the garden.
But Of the fruit of tho tree which is in
the midst OF the garden God hath said. Ie
shall rot cal Of it. neither shah ye touch
il lest ye Gle.
And the serpent said TO the woman.
Ye shall. not surely die. For Goo doth
know, tina, in the cay sc eat thereon. then
Your eyes shall be opened, and Sc staii
be as Coz $. knowing good ana evil
And when the woman saw the tree was
good for food. and that * was pleasant TO
The eve. and tree 10 be desired tc make
one wise, she took the fruit thereof anu
did eat, a...i gave some to her husband
with her. AID nc 1i5 eat''--tien- iii; 1t.
II, thes. few a:li simple words we have
stated ,c rs The tragedy Of ocr race. Vol
umes have been written and endless dis
cuss:ons engaged in on this appalling DIS
aster. but me facts are pia.n-toid. and
ne are lei to draw our own lessons from
them.
we can only a, this time take up In re-
view q few points from when 10 draw
some lessons. which may prove helpful; 10
us in our encounter with me ever present
evil
First of all: Temptation comes like a
serpent: like tho most subtle beast of
tie tield-, Unseen. unheard. temptation
lies abou, our every path. and before NE.
have Iine 10 reflect. VIC are bewildered.
fascinated and too sffen uadone.
rs the serpent !inde is way everywhere.
opas sence and barrier. into cosaer and
.eesss. 40 1, Is impossible 70 keep sea1psi-
ton cut .. .!ts: & sprsars whea ,es :snas
sxpec, Il and whc. We .ancy ourselves
most secure. Il Tier dead. apparently. Tor
month";. but when aroused. 1t VIII crush
its victim at Q blow.
CO Temptation excites onr tdls curiosity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORA-
l, les


How green are the fields seeded in
wheat Amid the browns and russets of
November the seeded feds are now re-
lief and pleasure to
THE SEEDS OF the eye SOFT and
THE GOSPEL. rich and uniform
are the squares of
green across the land. On y a few weeks
ago these feds We're smoothsd and har-
roWed for the last time. and the seed
WHEAT was p ansed evenly with the dr. H.
under the surfa-e of the powered s5i. And
now it IS UP in an amounted multitude
OF green spires. and s very fair to see.
Ii seems such far away ard costly
preparation for next summers harvest
We have taken so much out Of the preci-
Gus store and cast it into the ground.
hidden and no longer TO be bread for the
hungry. But so promptly the tender
/, ades OF green have come up that we
kncw there is life beneath the ground
and everywhere there S promise that our
told and our seed and sacrifice shall not
pA IN vain. BLhold, the hushandrnn
waitsIh for the precious fruit OF the earth.
and hath ,ong patience for it,
II Is so Will the seed OF the gospel We
take that most precious seed. bought with
tbs fe anil death of the Son of God. and
most dear to our hearts. and SOW Ii brcrd-
cast in the public assembly, even with
tears How anxious We are for the golden
harvest! we pray for heavy sheaves.
But it is dden from our eyes:
I'VE know not which shall be-
The late or early sown!.'
We look up for the early and the later
rain. We would be 50 glad # the harvest
were to COM at once. But now is the
waiting, ''the long patience the trial o..
our fa'ttl. the leaving It to God to bring
the harvest when It seemeth him good
Now he that m nister=tn seed to tha
sower, both minister bread for your food.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
TIE Grca, Il. at beverley ,.ioStcr.

The fine Minister Of Beverley, Yorkshire.
now posSesSes a great bell. 2ttch IS un.y
exec, ded n size Ey tarse .ker c:urc7 &c IS
n Eng and. IL has berl gwen ny The
Vicar OF the Minister 'as thank "Ifsr'
ing for twenty. happy years 0t work IN
the Minister parishes" and was recently
dedicated Dy the Archo shop or fork at
an impressive service. attended oy the
Mayor aud corporal OF OF Beverley and
a guard OF hon = from the Fifteenh Reg
.r12ent Depot The bell t!aS been nun5 IN
the southwest tower at he.5ht o. ~
feet from the grodnt- II Is 'eet ny
inches in diameter. Is inches thick IN
the sound bow, and weighs tons ind Is
cwt.. a quarter OF ton more Than Tom
nj I,ncon," AMI half a ton more than
the famous old Great Bel O. ST. Paul 5
Rut whereas these rena rssid and IRE
ou.y struck by hammers. the Beverey
great oeli has been suspended by an urcH
of steel. so that the ''gudSedHs' or p,|ots,
on which Il turns, are uea'.y on level
Nth tho centre OF the bell, avoiding all
81 tf,r11st ag1...lst the tower walls: and
tbesa aca.n revo!ve IN roller bearings. BY
,-I,fch fr:ctor, * reduced TO 81 sn n-murn.
and the fscu,;y OF fabrication Is e'tt.Fs!S
nbviated. The Del as result Is : ~uns ~
tr,o men. bringing out its full tone With
49, oar.f,c the slightest vibration In the
tower
..ro,,a, have erected IN ths.r works En
su,,,s1sa machine. caoa5,e OF tuning bells
- anv s.ze. IN accordance IN the oFH-
cipies propouadsi BY the late Canon
sJnnson. OF Ftt;eworth in Sussex. so
~, all the fl4-mou'e= OF the bel are In
ssrfacr harmony w.th the n mi a fisD.
~ S-arne Is C. massive ron, resting uoon
neavv steel rders securely butt into the
ws.fs The bell IS OF ssHguiary tail and
taautEful share. It's curves being the result
a., 1org ard car u' st''dr ot-ths g~eat bells
~ the Cont rent. and 70 this is doubtless
ow- NJ its rich End full tone.-Loudon
I.rar,yric
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
Dawn.
I):,w
The night was dark. though sometimes


The night was dark, though sometimes a
faint star
a little whil5 little space made bright,
The night was long and like an iron car
Lay hlavy on the land: till Ger the sea
Slowly within the East, there grew light
WI CHI half was starlight, and half seemed
to be
The herald of greater. The pale white
Turned slowly 10 pale rose. and up the
hight
OF heaven slowly climbed The gray sea
Rose-colored like the sky. a white gull
flew
Straight toward the utmost boundary o:
the East.
Where slowly the rose gathered and in
creased.
It was as on the opening OF a door
BY one that in his hand lamp doth hold.
Whose fame is hidden by The garment 5
fold
The still air moves, the wide roam IS less
dim.
More bright the East became. the oc,en
turned
Dark and more dark against the brighten
Ing sky
Sharper against the sky the long SCI. line.
The hollows Of the breakers en- tA2 shorz
Were green like leaves Hharaon no sun
doth shine,
Though white the outer BRANCHES Of thE
tree.
From rose to red the level hsavsn burned :
Then sudden, as ii sword fel from. on
high.
y blade OF gold flashed on The horizon's
rim.
Richard Watson Giidsr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Is. 1900.
THE I,.4ol.i,s AND rtlEcoLLEGE les

One of the great problems that con-
fronts the Southern people is the need of
procuring the very bsst possible university
fac ;ties for their young men. No one, in
comparing the growth Of material well
fare with that Of educat onai matters n
the South can fail TO be struck by the
great advance IN the former over the
latter The South had nothing like the
same material resources actually d.
yeloped and productivity employed in
1860 that 1t has to-day. Despite the
enormous destruction of property by the
war. dsspi:e the humiliation of the
wealth invested in slaves, the South i
richer to-day than II YVES in 1850. and yet
the South does not begin to hold the %
si.ioa among the educational centres of
the world that il held prior to The war.
AT that time the South had more unirer-
sites, more colleges and more military
training schools per capita than the
leading universities of America. Men re-
sorted to ii for learning not only from the
South, but from the North and West.
The same was true of other Southern
Institutions.
What is the case to-day This much at
least is true. that IN the West. where the
land grants of the Government have been
Set apart as a special fund for education.
the. universities have come forward with
amazing rap idlty.
Notable among the great universities
of the West are those Of Michigan. Wis
ccnsin, Californa and Chi ago. The no
sition Of the Universities of the North
has advanced until to-day they rank with
tl,e lead ng universities Of England and
Germany And this enormous accretioa
of educational facilities is largely due 10
q widespread interest in the people Them
Selves to see that their educational insti-
tutlens are kept to the highest degree of
efficiency.
''To him who hath shall he given and
this is true because the 2eopl. through
out the land of great universities have
iasens.b.y grown up under the impress
OF the idea that theJ are obliged to do
their share towards keeping up institu-
tons of this character. We have the
men. we have the brains we have The
fed In the South. All that we lack is for
our citizens to fee tha, they are indl-
r.dually responsible for the result.
whether 1t be a great advance in univer-
sly work or retrogrcssion.. for our
future lis absolutely in our own hands.
None can help Us II we will no, be helped.
and none can hold MS back il we desire
to go forward. and there Is no man or !.
STATE so weak CO. rsor that help is not
es.rnessssy desired and VII not produces
firit IL TIE fed of university work If he
can he psrsuoced to bestow his energy
ana hi I'D n tina, direction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
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CURRENT TOPICS.

We take the following tstraet from
sensible editoria, article in the culp:per
Exponent:
:.We note that a contemporary Of ours
has, apparently. attempted 70 lend per-
sonal color TO this discussion o. the man
ner Of selecting our delegate. It viii De
impossible TO decide the question on ITS
merits if .lis personal Interests OF any one
ind vidual is to be injected into the mat
t:r. That is the very thing that the ES-
ooneat IA 60 anxious to Sc avoiteo.
al r. tsns lot Ia Gse!de 81 questions %
ways and means be:ors re ces!s g con.
s.d.r the persona! Claims o. any asa.t s.as-.
What poss.5.e personal Calm mas any
man on a seat. In the Constitutional Con-
ven,lon? This Convention Is not c sl.se
for the purpose OF making places for place place
hunters, II Is called TO revise rne con
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
rhe First Court in CHESTERFIELD County

Our friend. NJ. Samuel Goode, has
shown US an interest ns paper. giving
data concerning the drsr court ever held
IN Chesterfield county. Va 1t met Juns
2. 31749. With fourteen justices present.
che OF whom was Robert .Goode. ESQ,
from whom our county1n.n traces us
ancestry. Benz. Watkins was the drsf
clerk; John Archer. trst h,ga sa.s.h:
Augustne cla borne, deputy k.aTs q:
nsesscStaY> attorney. Mr.. C.a!ee':s.
jeha Wsyies and Benz. Ht:rss were sne
n.s: lawyers 20 qualify nstors the court.
ard George Currio was first county sur
veyor.
In July, 1I4s. John Booker gave bond
In $500 for bu lding courthouse. prison
and pIllory Convenient TO the spring ao-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
Tac Hunter ,.c>su,re Me""r,.i Asso

The Executive Board of the Hunter Nc
CURE Mem0r!a! Association he.G an inter
e=,-n=5 ulee.iNs ca IuSss,.yr LIE i"eu' d.
tbs res. G..nGe OF Mrs. Chdr-ss a.t-och'
Mrs. r y Lancaster IN the enalr En-
courag.ug reports were received from the
various committees. The Publication Com
n1.ttee auuouuctu the l.reu.stss ready Tor
distribution. Any one desiring iuforma-
ton in reference 10 the work OF the Asso-
c.at.CEl - fsCli2-t- NrI,e 10 rIs tJf-
responding secretary, Mrs. Stephen Put
ney, No. 81 West Franklin stree, ElSh-
mond Va The treasurer, Mrs. James X
Gordon. No. Sol East Grace Street, IS now
ready to receive contributions ard MEM
bersffp fees not already paid. The next
general meeting viii Je he'd a the Y NJ
c. a., and will be called through the
press
The following members have been en-
rolled since the last meeting: Miss Eliza
beth Coleman, Mrs. S.and Smith, Mrs,
Lewis Wheat, Miss Sarah Rutherford,
Mrs. Calvin Whitley, Jr., Mrs. Milton
Marcuse. Mrs B. NJ. Abbott. Mrs. NJ \.
Lloyd. Miss Minnie BauGhman, Mrs. j. AL
Iison Hodges, Mrs. Z. c. RsanoldSt Capt
John Cussons. Miss Effta Branch Mrs. ".
S. Donnan. Mrs. j. W. Gordon. Mrs. NJ 5.
Smith, Mrs. Hugh Campbell, Mr.. NJ s.
Smith. Mr.. John w. Scott. Miss Evelyn C.
Gordon. Miss Jennie LaFus. Mrs. e. Fl. Pc
terkin. Mss Bette Larus Mrs. Thos. c.
Johnson. Miss Minnie W. Meade. DR.. Geo.
S. Vaughan. Mrs. E. D. Farland. Mss
Louisa Dixson, Mr. F. S. Valentine. Mr..
a Eichei, Mrs. F. S. Valentine. Miss En-
ma f. Ayres. Miss f. E. MunSord. Mrs
Herbert Weisiger. Miss K. C. Stiles. Miss
Bessie Hoge, Mrs j y. Cuilingworth.
Mrs John B. Newton, Miss Lizzie Putaey.
Mrs. Preston Cooke, Miss NJ. n. Munsord,
Mrs. c. c. McPhail. Mrs. Geo. A. Lyons,
Mrs James a. We!ch. Mrs. Allen Talbot.
Mrs. Charles Watkins Mrs. Richard
Gwathney. Mrs. Byrd Warwick. Mrs. B.
F. Laid, DR.. L. S. Pendleton. Mrs L. L.
Strause. Mss Rosa F!eischman Mrs L.
R. Page and Mrs. r. s. Brooke.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
lis General ircctio,,,

After taking his last mint iulep for the
evcning Mr.. Jagway aosent-m.nded!y put
the straw In his pocket.
II was this straw-this last straw-which
Mrs. Jasway found when looking through
his pockets next morning for the purpose.
no doubt, OF me.rding the holes IN thsm.
III M" she exclaimed. as she noted the
faint aroma It exhaied, this shows thu
way in which he blows his nonsy:"-Chi-
cago Tribune.