The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-26

by the boy Absa1om (the Hon. Joe sIaau-
~, In n sixteer-wheeled chariot covered
with silver leaf. The Colonel is In sad
colorcd rags typifying the desolation OIL
the people. He rings mournfully a Lid
crty Bell.
bv six black horses thirteen Filipinos,
hired for the occasion in the BoWery.
They wear manacIeS and q look OF woe.
From time to time they throw their
mana. cIed hands toward heaven and
howl.
Next comes the Hon. Gamaliel Brad
ford on a bicycle behind which is erected
n map OF the United States. He makes
freuucnt gestures OF remuneration, turns
10 the map and yells passionatcly: l
renouncc and forsakc forever an un-
grateful country
..I'hc Hon William Lloyd Garrison in
a Greek war chariot. He is dressed as
AJAX and defcs the lightning of the
tyrant Mckinley. y youth attired as
Peace distributes copies OF the AGulnai-
dian Sonnets among the people.
THE Hon. Edward Atkinson on pro-
digious Aladdin Oven on four wheels.
cooks al he goes. Then we have the hon.
Carl Schurz in a revolving chair carried
on the shoulders of Ervins Wirslow and
Edwin Burritt Smith. Professors of the.
Chicago University in a siH-ass drag
bring up the rear.
IN lovely procession could and should
be had
The Chinese Minister is a match-lEak-
or He congratulates himself on bring
ing about one OF the recent and notable
weddings in Washington, that of a
daughter OF a United States Senator.
II attended a marriage ceremony
about a year ago. Minister WI tells
it. land among the bridesmaids was
Miss Blank, the daughter of Senator
Blank. After the ceremony there was d
reception, and in the course of it l said
to Miss Blank: I suppose I shall have
the pleasure of attending your wedding
soon?' The young lady said there was
no prospect OF such an event. Why don't
You get married?' L asked. She replied
that she could not do SO until someone
asked her Oh said ]. that can be
arranged very easily. I'll attend to it,
l turned to a nice-looking young man
who had been what you call in this
country the best man. and said to him:
Wouldn't you like to marry this young
lady, Miss Blan.?' Then J. said to Miss
Blank: This young gentleman. through
me, asks you to accept him. We all
laughed and that was the end Of it at
the time.
" ~,
ceivcd the wedding cards for Miss
Blanks wedding, and I said would go
and see what kind of husband she
bad got. When I saw the wedding party
come into the church. there was the
young man for whom ! had proposed to
her had not much as known his
name when I made the proposal.
think I can say l am what YOU call a
match-maker''
a Republican newspaper describes as
somewhat platitudnous' the follow
ing confession of faith and political
principles which it attributes to Grover
Cleveland:
"a reverent belief in the Providence of
God, a sincere recognition of the value
and power of moral principle and noble
manhood, devotion to unreserved patrio-
tism. love for human equality. unques-
tioning trust in popular rule, the eXac-
ton OF civic virtue and honesty, faith
in the saving quality of universal educa-
ton. protection of n free and unpervert-
ed expression of the popular will and
an insistence upon a strict account
ability Of public officers as servants of
the people,"
If this is Somewhat olatitudinous,''
so are honesty, courage. uprightness and
all the cardinal virtues