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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
Modern Church. Music,

Within a hundred years the methods of
church administration and work have
changed materially. 1t hns not been a
change involving catastrophe, but one of
growth. Consider the single item of
church music. Well-nfgh the distance of
diameter lies between the church music
of the beginning and The end OF the CEN
fury. Recall the dismal hymns. Lined out
to more dismal tunes. and the drenry
fuGues, as dull and involved as an Indian
medicine dance. Our fathers did not rise
up on a certain day and say: Hence
forth we nre done with them,' But as
the musical cultivation OF the people adj
vanced, church music perforce shared in
the general movement. 1t is sadly true
that bigotry has succeeded in holding the
church pretty steadily to the rear of the
advancing column. but no institution can
live wholly outside of its own generation.
The bigotry which has piously shut the
best music out of the church is sur
vival OF that asceticsIn which nipped, like
a killing frost, everything vernal IN the
religious life. But as The rigors of bigotry
have softened in the growing warmth of
general enlightenment, and the love and
culture of music have stendily advanced,
the church has quietly dropped It's old
methods and has uncbnscously taken on
the new, until To-Day It may be truthfully
said that the best music Of the world is
laid under tribute for church services.
Even the wicked music of the heels is
sometimes so judiciousIy slowed up and
subdued in color ard punctuated tn
solemn pnuses that sta:d deacons deco
rously, innocently pace to their pews to
strains from an opera.-Harpers Maya
zine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

On the Links.

On the Links.
She is surprising fair. and so
I linger still her face to see,
And oft sigh, for we'll know
She dreams OF golf ana not Of me.
I seek to babble and be gay;
Her eye from mine no rapture drinks;
I cannot lure her thoughts away;
Her mind is ever on the links.
I brought book: twas lenthern bound;
I'd ever sighted it before:
Its pages yellow, yet profound.
Were filled with zoolo,-c lore.
what creature, pray, DO you like best?'
Quoth I. (My voice to pathos sinkso
She smiles and says: ..More than the rest
1 think I should prefer the lynx"
An hour we wandered through the grove;
I SAID that I'd her cat!die be
II she would but consent to rove
a little while TINT way with me-
The birds sing loud. What birds,'I cry,
Are sweetest to your carp The mink,
Without q pause, gives reply:
My favorte birds are bob-o-lnks.'
And then I turned to literature,
My heart awoke to crn:c glee,
For on that topic 1 was sure
Her thoughts by mine mus. guided be.
What books most please your gentle
taste?"
Her stendfast eye she never winks.
I'm vanquished. T retire in haste.
She simply answers. f'MaeterIinck's."
-PhilanGer Johnson, in. The Smart Set
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
And So She Went Forth.

The moment had come for the maiden
in the ancient ballade to escape from the
battlemented tower.
But" she faltered, shrinking suddenly
back, my hair is not sufficiently luxuriant
to serve me in the stead of attre!''
The good fairy, who was nothing If not
resourceful, hethought herself to bark
forward a few centuries.
There is enough Of it to pass for rainy
day costume!" cried the good fairy, in all
confidence
Hereupon there seemed to be no reason
why the regular programme should not be
proceeded with.-Detroit Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
"OI1 JrorSfIaS,"


tNote.-Aus,,st 10th is the eighty-eighth
anniversary Of the famous naval duel be-
tween 'O,d Ironsidesr and the Guerriere)
There Is a battle-story told
That sets our Yankee blood afame.
How down the Massachusetts, coast
F'uTi-saiIed. q stately frgBte came:
cod Ironsides''-the rame that shines
In history's pages hike a star:
"Ol6 Irousides''-the famous ship
That went to fight the Guerriere.
With pillows frothirs in her wake.
With canvas booming tn the breeze.
With every gunner at his post.
She raced across the tunSstng seas.
A sheet OF flame a mighty roar
That shook her bulk from keel to spar
Was. on that sultry August morn,
Her greeting 70 the Guerriere.
As when the lightning splits the sky.
AS when the powder Tives the rock,
SO broadside on the rolling blue
The vessels met IN deadly shock
Drowned sailors in the ocean caves
Rose To the lannon's ceaseiess jar,
When. deck to deck and rail to rail.
"OId Ironsdes'' raked the Guerrsere.
White faces in the plungtng foam
Beneath pam OF drifting smoke.
a fiotsan on tha tainted wave
OF tattered sail and spafntered oak,
A SWiritrg eddy on the deep,
And frightened sea-birdS screaming far,
Together told the thrilling tale
OF where she sunk the Guerrero.
Though gone to dust this many a year
Is Captain HUI, with all his crew.
"Old Ironctdes'' still rides the waves.
Her ancient tinbLrs sound and true.
God rest in peace the gallant soul
OF every brave immortal tar
Who spread her sails and manned her sun3
The day she fought the C:uerrt9re!
-lI-nna Irving in Lesltes Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
How Porto Rico Nav be Developed.

Porto Rico is an utter stranger to EMU
lation and is not we'll acquainted with
competition. AS soon as the highways are
constructed it would be wise to divide the
island into six or seven districts. with San
Juan, ArecEba, AIayaguez. Ponce. Cayey.
etc, as the centres of the districts. and in
stitute annual district or county fairs.
These people take to carnfvals naturally.
and I have no doubt that they would be
success from the start IL properly man
aged. With prizes of money Cor a gaudy
decoraton) it is possible that some little
emulation could be cultivated. to the bene-
fit OF the quality of the products OF the
island. Such fairs would bring out mot
for sale) truly marvellous display OF
women's work, in faces. darwin work. etc..
and also of guaya and other du!ce. II tia
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
China.

Kingdoms and empires. for uncouneed
years,
The flame of slaughterous enmity have
lit.
And saturated (ah. the pity of IT'D
Ear,r.s meek soil with torrential blood and
tears.
Yet long ere now, through storm OF snarls
and sneers,
Through clash of prides. through hate
with vengeance knit.
A shadow. a dream, phantom exquisite,
The IDEAL of Peace. hath urged angelic
cheers.
But you. dull swine of nations. have loiled
Turning from progress with contempt
uous grin,
Wallow in bisotry's worst mfre and
reek.
Till clear at last. for myriad eyes to scan.
Blister,ng the vast Wall round your vile
Pekin.
Fate burns the words that blanched
Belshazzar's cheeki
Edgar Fawcett in Golfers Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
Electric Shark.


The young lineman twirled his hat in
ms hands in an agitated manner and
spoke in a voice that seemed to have
tendency 10 get away from him
Mile, the fact is, I-I-there's some
,lihs We been wanting to tell you for a
long time, but [ can't seem to fetch it.
When you look at me like that, You
Know, it breaks me all up. I've been
comlns here SO long that I oughtnt to
be afraid, | reckon. but-but you know
now 1t ls-or maybe you don't either. I
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

Concerning the proceedings of the IN
ternat;onal Council of Women, which
recently met IN Paris in secret session.
Isahecca y. Instey. the Official secretary,
writes in Harper's Bazar as follows:
The feeling was strong and unanimous
that the unfortunate wars in which Eng
land in one part Of the world. and the
United States in another, are engaged.
far from eScusing the council from an
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

district or county fairs were held Sextua-
res;ma week an iusular fair could be held
a. San Juan during carnival week wnieh
would we'll be worth the voyage from .he
States to see.-Albert W. Buei, III lhe
Engineering Magazine for August.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
Apparatus Nec,;e,l.

Mother-yVhy, Tommy. what you
doing with your shoes and stockings Off
this morning?
Tommy-StudyinS my lesson, mama.
This book wants to know how many
four times five are. and I haven't got
enough fingers. SO I've got to count my
toes. too-Stray Stories
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
The Art OF Washing Dishes

Two large dish-pans are absolutely
necessary for the proper washing of the
dishes. One of these should be two
thirds full of water as hot as the hand
can bear, with sufficient soap added to
make a strong suds. The other dish
pan should be filled with clean water
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
rhe H,,,nd ~ Information Sore

HE may be a little tedious at time. but
his fund Of information is ineXhaustible.'
Yes answered Miss Cayenne. there's
no doubt of it. He takes 50 much time to
tell every little fact that there is no dan
ger of the supply ever giving out. WASH
sington Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
I'hc South Wind.

Made of a mist Of jewels,
The Goth on a wondcous wing
Sang to the soutE-wind "Oh, lift me
In your skey wandering,'
And the beautiful vagrant at dew-fau
FIuttered a broken thing.
And the live-coal whispered the South
wind, tItAjsl45
Fan me to life, pray:
Blow me to large and splendid name
Bright as the plumes of day."
And white and dead, when the wind had
passed,
The ash of the live-coal lay.
And the red rose breathed to the South
wind,
$50 sweet these gardens are
Fam would I send my fragrance
Into some farther STAR
And the wind, for the burden stopping,
Tore her. and scattered her far.
And the lady sighed to her lover.
Love me, love, while you may!
Though the cup OF loss be bitter
When the trembling lip is gray,
I shall have drunk deep Of sladness;
I shall have had my day.
Harriet Prescott Spofford in Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

One day he met a Beardsley girl,
Who set his manly heart awtirl,
She was dressed in u splash.
With d Splotch for a sash,
And her hair in Snaky curl
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
AMomnn,s Question.

The Paying Teller cannot cash this
check. madam.
Shs-Why not?
'There isn't enough money here to meet
It"
Then can't you meet it half way?''-
Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

.'Aiv dear" began the minister's wife.
4:there's a bonnet down at the milin-'
There you go again, he interrupted;
always thinking OF worldly things,
But, my dear, YOU wrong me, she
eaid This bonnet is perfectly heaven
ly.'-Stray Stories.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

thought you're a little the Invest wire I
eVeT-I didn't think it would be SO hard
when T.
Here he came to a dead stop.
''NIillie!'' he exclaimed, in DESPERATION
TIN short circuited; I've burned out a
fusei''
Jerry, are you trying to ask me to
marry you?"
''Y-yes!'
''Why, of course I will, you foolish
boy''
And loves current flowed unobstruct-
edly again, lighting up with it's pure
radiance the rose-embowered pathway
that, etc, etc.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
One orthc rertls Of The Game.

Ida-Elmore received a terrible insult
this mprning.
May-N hat was it?
Ida-Nihy, an old lady saw the handle
OF his golf clubs projecting from the
bag, ana asked him how much he would
charge to mend an unlbrela.-Stray
Storia&s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
And the red rose breathed to the South
III PrOl,ibitio,,y;Ile.

'Now, Edmund remember-''
Remember what?''
If You don't get home till Late
Well go on; will you sit up to scold
me?
mo; but there won't be a speclz of Ice
in the ice chest."-Indianapolis Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
THE CRADLE OF THE REPUBLIC
JAMESTOWN AND JAMES RIVER,

JAM ESIONN AND JAMES XIV Elk,
by Lyon G. Ty,er. Whittet & Shopper
son. Richmond, Va, Publishers.
This is more than guide book It is
the work of a scholar OF the historic
places from the head of tdewateT or the
James River to the sea. All Of its state
nents can be accepted without
question. Il tells us ali there is
to tell about jamestown and James
town Island, in a most satisfactory way.
Strangers, as vel, as citizens, will find the
book exceedingly valuable There is no
headland between Richmond and the At
Iantic without name. One would often
like to know what the origin of some of
the rather peculiar names. Take for ex-
ample ''Willoughby Spit" opposite Old
Point Comfort, on Chesapeake Bay. and
we find %. 300 that its correct name is
'Wi.ioughby's Sand-Swt," ''named from
Col. Thomas WilIougllby, a member of the
Council from 1Gi4 to 1859. He belonged to
the family of Lord Willougllby, Governor
Of Barbados. His descendants are num-
erous." The author very properly gives
the real date, by the present mode Of COM
putting time. of the landing at James
town. May oath. and not May 18th. 1907,
Up. 23) and calls attention 70 the difference
between The old and new style.
All that is known of jamestown is to be
found within the covers of Tho Cradle of
the Republic 1t IS complete as a Baede-
ker and yet it is much more than a guide
book, for it was labor of love for the
scholarly author. It is as well printed
and bound as if it had been gotten out by
one Of our great publishing houses and it
reflects credit on the publishers. as wen as
the author. Prof. Tyler has never done a
better piece OF work
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
IIitcrarr Notes.

Anthony Hope has just finished reading
the proofs of his new move ,.Quisan15,
which is to BIS published early in Septem-
be-.
Mr.. Rudyard Fipling is now just fin
ishinG novel upon which he mas been at
work during the past eight years. ent1-
led Kim of the Rishti" (Rishti meaning
barracks) the story Of a Llama priest
and his younG disciple, Lite Friend of
all this World"
lillian Ben.7 n.w novel ''Tha Expa
trIates," which is now in active prepara-
ton at Harper e Brothers, is written up
on entirely different lines from those fol-
owed by this authors former work. Love
Affairs Of an Old Maid and ..As Seen
Miss Bells first genuine novel.
In THE Bacillus Of Beauty" which they
viii publish n the near future. The F1re7-
er-cl1 a. Stokes Co. claim 20 have that
rarest of all books novel with a fresh
and unhackneyed pot and treatment It
tells the story of a young girl from the
West, who IS made the subject of an ex-
pertinent by a Professor in Barnard Col
lege, which transforms her into the most
beautiful woman in the world.
1.-The Lane That Has no Turning" is
the title of a new book by Mr. Gilbert
Parker which viii be published by
Doubleday, Page & Co in the autumn.
It is a dramatic story of Quebec. MI Par
kers favorite literary hunting ground and
VIII be the frs. book published by Mr..
Parker sincs 1888.
A beautiful little volume OF verse bear
ing the attractive title OF IN Cupid's
Court" vii shortly be issued with r.
H RusselI's imprint. Mss Ina Rus
sel1e Warren has collected 2, number
OF lyric and love poems by ancient and
modern poets, auG under Mr. RuSseil's
cara they are being put in dainty form,
with Cupid running rife in borders ant'
full page reproductions of pictures of
Cupid as seen by the eyes Of Titan,
Raphael, Gue7c:no and Franceschini
Sir Walter Besant's new novel. "The
Fourth Generatton,' Is to be published al
most Immediately. He writes to his Amer
lean publishers thai the book IS a romance
Of modern days. The motif Of which is the
apparent injustice contained in the visi-
tation of the fathers sins upon the chill
Cren.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

a large number of ladies signed petition
o,d sent II TO the Government complain
ing that the presence of the Ensiisnlnen
in the heart Of the town was puohc
nuisance, and in consequence OF this tney
were removed from their comtortapls
quarters and sent to the camp.-Richaco
Harding Davis IN scribner's-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

Norweeaus Past and Present.
The hills along the fjords descended
sheer into the deep water. There was
practically very little ground for grazing
or for growing, but, wherever there was a
ragged patch of uneven or sloping green
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

They met by chance in motley crowd,
The Gibson Man politely bowed
The BeardsIey smiled in queer designs,
And writhed herself in eccentric lines.
And when she began
To swirl her fan
She captured the heart of the Gibson
Man.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
WHY He Coll a,se1

What" he exclaimed as he hurried to
where the crowd had gathered, was the
ambulance called for?"
They've just taken a man away in a
precarious condition.
DO you know what happened to him.
at was a case of heart disease He had
made an appointment to meet his wife
here on this corner at o'clock precisely"
''Yes?"
ne got here exactly on time
"And he had to run so hard to do this
that his heart went back on hin?'
mo. He didn't run at all He found the
lady waiting when he got here. st. Louis
Post-Dispatch
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
A Study OF Costume.

t.Noung Mrs. Torkins was in the mu-
~ I'M looking at a group representing
some Pacific islanders.
Interesting, aren't they?' he COM
mented.
yes she answered, but don't you
think they carry their rainy-day skirt
idea little too far, Charlie, dear?'-
Washington Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
n Pedxg1eo.

A tale of the Gibson Man I'll tell.
And how he met his fate
Now the Gibson Man was HowlnS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

And he always dressed exceedingly We'll:
And his height was six feet, eight.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
Wen, he made the Beardsley 81

Well, he made the Beardsley girl his
wife,
And they both lived happily all their
life,
And their dear little children are per-
feet Jewels.
They're seen in pictures of Peter Ne
wells.
Carolyn Wells in the August Brown Book
OF Boston,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

COUNTESS HELENA. A novel by Ger
trude Hague. New York: G. w. Del
bingham Company. Bound in cloth, 10 mo.
sl7 pages; price, sl.5o. For sale by The
Bell Book and Stationery Company,
Richmond.
This book PROCESSES to be the story
of the life Of a woman a. the German
nobility and presents many supposed
scenes from German life. 1t is really a
libel on GeAzlan character There is not
chaste woman in the story, save one, and
she, poor soul! goes crazy.
The men are no better than the wo-
men. most of them dissipated ones with
no sense of honor or chivalry There is
absolutely no Well-defined plot. AMI the
story is not even sufficiently pfauant
to be entertaining.
The characters are mere wooden figures.
without life or Individuality Possibly
there may be few characters among the
German nobility such as our author pic
lures, but they certainly cannot be suffi-
GENTLY numerous to be considered as a
distinctive type.
Countess Helena" certainly belongs to
that class Of stories, alas, too numerous!
which We're better unwritten, and which
we can only hope may speedily pass into
oblivion.
STORIES OF THE RAILROAD. by Jno
A Hill. Chicago: Jamieson-Higgins Com
pany. Paper; Illustrated; price, 80 cents
This volume consists Of nine short stor-
les relating to the adventures of the
knights of the throttle. If we mistake not
several of these have already appeared in
McClure's Magazine. They are mixtures of
humor and pathos. comedy and tragedy
and the details of everyday life on an
engine. and through most Of them runs
the golden thread of romance which
brigntens their wor!l-a-day world. 1t is
a collection of well-told stories, calling
attention to the dangers and heroism of 4
class of workers Of whom the general
public knows little. and yet upon whose
devotion to duty the lives Of many daily
depend.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

alone,
For his private opinion, mayhap,
And II it should chance to agree with our
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

Generally Does Come to Pass.
We ask q dear friend, when we find him
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

own.
Hes a mighty intelligent chap.
Bur If his advice isn't what we expect
Or. say, if it should eer come to pass
our own cherished notions he'll calmly
reject,
We declare him an adjective ass.
Pick Me-Up.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

Anthony Hope has just finished reading
the proofs of his new move .G3uisanla,
which is to bs published early in Septem-
bcc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

And the live-coal whispered the South
wind, .H.Ha;is,45.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19
NOT WorIG!y ut All.

Washington Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
4 Pleasant Surprise.

\ major Of cavalry not long ago sue
ccedcd to the colcnclcy of his regiment,
and according to the custom in such
cases he came to Berlin to personally
present himself to his sovereign upon his
promotion, says Berlin correspondent.
Appearing before the Kaiser at his next
public reception, he respectfully pro-
nounced the set phrase always used on
such occasions:
.,'Your majesty, beg to announce my
ser as colonel of the - regiment -
naming his new command.
Ihe Emperor looked at him a moment
without speaking. Then he said in his
sharpest and most incisive tone:
Ihe announcement is false''
"A dead silence followed. There was a
sensation among the spectators, who ex-
pccted to see the unfortunate officer con
signed to a dungeon on some terrible
charge. But minute later the En-
peror went on.
1.-The announcement is false. have
appointed you colonel of the First Uhlan
Regiment of the Guard" And then
came hearty laugh at the discontinue
OF the man to whom he had thus given
one of the crack commands Of the Ger
man armV
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Thought His Hour Had Come.

An old man in Georgia named Jack
Baldwin, having lost his hat in an old
dry we'll one day, hitched a rope to a
stump and let himself down, says the At
lanta Journal A wicked wag named
Neal came along just then. and, quietly
detach'nS bell from BaldWin's OLD
blind horse. approached the well, bell in
hand, and began to ting-a-ling.
Jack thought the horse was coming,
and said: Hang the old blind horse;
he's coming this way, sure. and he ain t
got no more sense than to fall in on NE
whoa, Ball!'
The sound came closer
''Great Jerusalem! The old blind fool
will be right ON top Of me in mint
whoa. Ball-whoa. Ball.
Neal kicked little dirt Oh Jacks head
and Jack began to pray:
"Oh, Lord, have mercy on-whoa, Ball
a poor sinner; I'm gone now-whoa,
Rall-Our Father, who are in-whoa,
Rall-hallowed be thy-gee, Ball! gee!
whatn | do?-name. Now | Law me
down to siege, Bali! Just then in fell
more dirt.] Oh, Lord, if you ever in
tend to do anything for me-back, Ball
whoa Thy kingdom come-gee. Ball!
Oh. Lord, you know I was baptized in
Smiths, milldam-whoa, Bail! no! up!
murder! whoaW
Neal could hold in no longer, and
shouted laugh which might have been
heard Two miles, which was about as
far as Jack chased him when he got out.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-07
Never Had So Much Money!

some years ago 4 reporter for New
\ ork financial newspaper was sent 10
interview Col. Thomas J. Lowery. q
prominent railroad promoter and opera-
tor of the Northwest. on a runner that h,
was about to make an assignment, re-
lates the New York Commercial He
secured an audience with the railway de-
VelOpcr. who was in conference at his
NOEL with numerous tinanccrs and Off
cals.
"There is a runlor in Wall street, Col.
IoWety,' began the reporter, that YOU
are financially embarra ssed'
us that Su: interrupted the colonel.
Nh hat IS the name Of your paper, and
how long have YOU been working on it?'
Il have been on the Coupon seven
years.
"Well. my dear boy, so back to the
ONCE anu tel the editor that YOU re not
on to your job. Why. | have been tinan-
clally embarrassed more years than YOU
have been ON that papcr'-and with that
the reporter was led gently from the