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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

Usually the newest thing in flanneis IS
a baby.
Street corners are the turning points
in many lives.
Poets are born, but verse-Wrlters sro"
OF their own accord
Speaking of women and 1oidlng-peus'
Il man can shut the latter up.
When a bright man is wanted for ac-
tual labor he doesn't have TO pass d
civil service examination.
After being Landed ~ girl VINO mas
been angling for him a man naturaiis
fee.s like a fish out Of water.
More people spend their time IN Won
t.ering why they are not loved than III
irving to make themselves lovable.
Many a fool man VINO is always say
ing that life isn't worth living continues
to do business at the old stand just
the same.
The hare may be cowardly, yet he u.s.
ually dies game.
me virtues a woman boasts OF she
seldom possesses.
A man is not wholly bad if his DOG has
confidence in him.
Some girls marry in taste ana repent
in 8 cheap clearinghouse.
No respectable cat will look at KING
if there is a mouse in sight.
If a hog could be changed into man
he would make a first-class egotist.
1t is usually the better half that gets
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
thermometers.

Calico in 1898 speaks Of a water Their
1nometer that was used by him in public
lectures as early as 45s2. sanclorius. a
colleague of Calico, fixed tyo l"lnts &
reference on the tube the temperature OF
snow md The heat of a candle, an. a.
g.dtd the range between them into oe-
ices. The 1lrst Thermometer w.l,l a
scaled tube was made bg Fer Al2nl Il:
C2:an= Duke of Tuscany, some tini D.i"r
TO 1854 About the same tine Hooke, in
t1cland Constructed thernlcm, ts-s IN t
four feet long flied wlth water The
freezing point of water was taken as
a zero point, and the range between sum-
1ner and winter temperature Just about
used up the length of the long tube.
The use of, the coiling lint Of water
for an upper standard temperature was
suggested by Renald.ni in 1894. Sir Isaac
Newton used linseed oil in the tube in
stead OF water. The temperature of
melting. ice he called zero and that of the
human body was L degrees on his scale.
Trustworthy thermometers failed with
quicksilver We're not made until the tins.
of Fahrenheit in 114, who marked: the
temperature of melting ice as 30 degrees
and the upper standard point of his scale
was 96 degrees, which he called the tem
peratIre. Of the human body. '.-i,c point
q. degrees was observed to agrae with
boiling water and the division rf the scale
into $50. degrees between 80 degrees and
2l- degrees was really quite accidental
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
What Old Tin Cans Ars aoos Tor.

The utilization u the metals in the
thousands of tons o. tn cans tllT,ewn an
nualls into she rubbish heap, has long
been dream of The metallurgist- Net
Only is il desirable to save The tin coat
ing. but his must be done III such a WY
that the iron plate that it covers :
available for soldering. hammer5ns and
Eli the ordinary meta tirgical prosssses
The Larneottc method, used in Rrassels.
changes the tin, by the acton OF eh MI
Gals. into q CHORD, whence the metal is
recovered as If from an orc. BY a new
process The ;an coating IS attacked by a
mixture OF nitrate ead salahate of soda.
into a bath OF which he cans are plung-
ed. 'ae,ng afterwagd heated 10 assist ,ile3
cha,r,fesl action, The chem caas do not.
gttack ihe iron, 50 it can be utilized as II
1T had never been timed Anostr pro-
cess Sill destroys the iron. but has the
/ advantage OF bringing the tin into the
metallic state without any supplementary
4nc,isng. The old isn-raatc is treated
Msth ss,aphate Of copper This throws
down It's copper In the mets,iio statei
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

the worst Of it.
It isn't the stage that needs elevatlns
its the public.
NO wonder the up-to-date girl Hmps
after being vaccinated.
Modern air-shlps are q SUCCESSES
dime-museum attractions.
Elevators lift many discouraged NOR
tai uo in the world
ParadoXicaily speaking. fast colors are
those that refuse to run when washed.
The Texas steer is q pretty tough Gus
toner. especially when you meet him IN
a cheap restaurant.
A fool man keeps quiet when he
ought to talk; and a fool woman talks
When she ought to keep quiet
If a girl ornits pickles from the lunch
she puts up when a young man escorts
her to a picnic, his case is hopeless.
After reading an account of man
who had tasted forty days, an Jrishman
said he would rather starve than fast
for a living.
The man who invented work ought
to have finished it.
Brilliant falsehoods dazzle more eyes
than gems Of truth.
Square dances come handy when there
isn't enough to go round.
It is easier to protect ones self from
an enemy than from a fool friend.
Beauty may have no real advantage
but it catches the foating-vote.
When married woman sits for a.
portrait her husband has to stand for
it.
A pretty girl who wears a perpetual
smile may be jolly but the monofony
is something fierce.
Deeds rather than words prove an old
mans love fer young girl-especiaily
sfneds for real estate
Some men would get along better on
the Journey of life if they didn't consult
50 many contradictory guidebooks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

M partly Of cars bearing TINS g
nIirton's Refrigerator Llps s'1Ei 3
HAMS Llpton.s Export Beer &c. :, lhey.
were soon convinced that YOU,
would say,sa great going concern. The
roTriperatar car a. modern Institution
which would have made it possible for TOT
our aaddies and granddaddies the In
terror to eat oysters nearly as fresh as
we on the coast get them. II have 80
Long Island oysters on Fred Harvey $
dining cars on the Santa Fe system Jus.
as good as those I buy for my nome
table in the New York market All
grades are sent to the South and West ST.
saddle-rocks, box, cuttings. and bushel.
It Is only necessary to put them in par
rels and: feed them on cornmeal,-NeW.
York Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
Took a ~Erucer. in Church.

Speaking about weddings, said the
sexton of one of the largest Preshyteria
churches in the city to a reporter. of The
Sun yesterday, Il shall never forget an
even that took place at this church sew
era1 years ago. when a Baltimore bel.
was married to q gentleman from New
York The wedding was elaborate ii
every respect, and the groom. aceompan-
led my his best man. arrived at the church
several minutes before the bridal party. /
showed them to the Suilday-school room,
where they remained until the bride en-
tered the edifice. While waiting in the
Sunday-school room the two mel evil
IDENTIFY had a good drink. fer an empty
champagne bottle WAS afterwards found
in one OF the seats. And 1t was the
finding of the bottle that caused some
trouble
Shortly after The marriage cere-
mony a meeting CT one of The ladies' So
cie,is OF the church was held in The sum
day school room. as the ladies were
gathering and as ] was cleaning No the
church subsequently TO the wedding one
OF The ladies rushed UP TO me and eS-
citedly requested me to come irnGaediate-
~ 10 the Sunday school room. When ]
got there several ladies were Standing at
pne of the seats, and / WAS asked 10 en-
plain how the bottle had come there. and
grew very indignant when Tod them
about the groom aud his best man hav-
ing evidently taken q tracer '-5ai timore
k,,,,14
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
IH.UNlTERI TN
WITH. DOG Nd Gun
ven a Preacher is Found Willing to
Take Delight in Bird Killing.
? ,llTER PUP GELS THEM UP,
he Rev. john o.. Ear Starts Isto Their
Lair, Fires ,uto the Air
aud Gives ,h-m
Scare.
tBy the Rev. John D. Blair.)

tBy the Rev. John D. Blair.)
- men tired with business. worn with care.
would unbtnd my mind;
l call my Pointer. take the air,
-Ahu ieave my cares behind.
With gun in hand l onward jog
10 some adjacent fields,
men the Well-scented pointing dog
abundant pastime yields.
Sow Clio beats with willing mind,
Well skilled to act her part;
Win nose erect she snufIs the wind,
mile transport fills her heart.
Big with expectance. forward I
with quickened step pursue,
Not DOUBLING that some game is nigh,
keep her full in view.
Till bounding Ger a rising hill.
AT once she 'scapes my sight;
onward l press with eager zeal
And quick surmount the height.
When see! with cautious feet and slow
She creeps along the ground;
She goes, yet scarcely seems to go.
In stiffness most profound.
With anxious voice, yet half suppressed.
Take heed, take heed | cry;
/ feel a futtering at my breast
The game, the games hard by.
VIII.
.Tis so-she stands-as staunch as death
(Such is the sportsn1an's phrase,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
Driving a Cork Out.

AZ prominent social club the other
night a man won a bet OF $40 by driving
a cork out OF a bottle. There We're sew
e,al who wanted TO wager large sums
that he couldn't do it, but being guest
he declined ali but the ten-do.lar BET. on
the familiar ground OF Gentlemen,
don't want TO rob YOU II was an OF
binary whiskey bottle, full 10 the neck.
He proposed TO grip 1t !ifrlnly in the left
hand and strike with the palm of h+s
right smartly upon The concaye bottom,
holding The bottle in horizontal posi-
ton. In a reign of the. deepest silence he
s,note, and to the surprise OF an the
cork flew out. Anybody can do 1T, he.
says-New York Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

With sinews stiff she nnlds her t1eath,
And I with ardor gaze.
The Partridge squats. in sreat alright,
Under its covert close.
Hoping to scape the Pointers sight,
Nor once suspects her nose.
At distance yeti pick the lock,
Prepaid for the surprise,
Then slow advance to flush the flock,
Which thunder as ,.ley rise.
Precautions vain. I'm all confused,
They fly to left and right,
Around across. all interfused;
They quite distract my sight.
I fire at last, but they are gone
From ev'ry fear exempt:
Safe from the Pointer and the gun,
T..ey mock my vain attempt.
A while / stand and at them look
AS swift they skim the plain,
With care I marked the course they took
And load my gun again.
XIV
This done, but with less sanguine hope
Thither bend my way;
Meanwhile i cheer the Pointer up
And brisklys cry: sHie way.
XIV.
The very word new joy supplies;
It makes her gay and brisk;
In blithesome mood aWay5she HES
AM bounds with wanton frisk.
WI.
Anon, she winds them from afar
And high with JOY she leaps,
But cautious as she draws more near,
With WEAKNESS she creeps.
ny II.
4 If ere#you saw the willy cat
~ Ste.ls on a little. bird.
A se,ah'ance strong then lust co that
The Pointer stands oompar' q.
XVIII.
Description would but tire the muse,
in Again at distance fit:
$Staunch Clio stands, and with her nose
IS Points to the place they sit.
XIX.
They rose but now with deadly sight I
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

promised The writer belongs to the lat
ter unfortunate class, and has passed
through strange experiences in conse-
auence.
To the player unhappily affected ON
first night the conditions seem 70 De az
normal. and they are destructive Of con-
fdence and are "a weight on the sptrir
The excitement. the preliminary hurry.
the worry over things that may so
wrong, and the general sneryousness-for
even the players who pass through the
ordeal successfully ara Themselves ner-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
rffec Of = ..,,l-s. sight" Upon the Actor.

Some day a psychologist may write an
Interesting essay on the strangely vary
ing effects upon actors of first-night
performances. writes Minnie Maddern
z Fiske, in The Critic" It would require
n psychologist to illustrate and analyze
the temperamental phenomena that a
4first-nfght performance develops.
One actorsis stimulated by the excite
nent of a first Performance TO do his
best, and all the conditions C such an
event seem to inspire his most artistic
efforts On the other hand. another ac-
tor Is depressed by the excitement of
such an event and fails utterly to develop
4 in a character those attributes that
stud ability and purpose may have
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
Our Photo Department

vous before the play begins-aiI these
things have dispirising. benumbing and
depressing effect Are this depression
and its concomitants the results OF weak
ness OF artistic character. or are they
due to momentary confusion OF the ar.
tistic character? The player who on q
first night may be rendered inefficient BY
the peculiar influences OF the occasion
may subsequently, show the very beat
that IL in rim Thus the Temporary
weakness must be accidental rather than
characterized faulr,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

The left-hand gown is of mouse-gray
cloth trimmed with bands of open work
embroidered taffeta, which are bordered
with bands of purple velvet. The bodice,
il the form of an E.cn Jacket, or hotro,
is trimmed in front military Iashioh,
with braid fastened by handsome but
tons. 1t opens over a waistcoat, COM
posed Of alternating bands of the OPEN
work tafreta and the purple velvet, the
latter also forming the facing of the
medici collar. The other gown is of ca
Diet blue Goth. trimmed with rows OF
stitching The skirt is cut with seam
in the middle of the front and back,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

both finished with stitching. The deep
shaped hounce, wider in the back than
in front, has an inverted plat in the
center of the front and back, and is
headed by rows of stitching which ex-
tend part way down each side of the
pIaits. The little Elton jacket, bordered
with stitching, and ornamented in front
with buttons, opens over a. waistcoat
with revers, rounded fronts, and little
round basque showing below the jacket,
all of white cloth bordered with stitch
nr done in blue silk to match tn" gown.
The high turnover collar ard the cuffs
are of the blue cloth.-Wiener Chic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
OUT OF 7 HE
BEATEN TRACK
Dog and Monkey Use Phone--Took "Bracer
in ChurcI---Refrigerato Cars---DTlVlng
Cork Out--What Old Tin Cans
Are Good For.
Are Good For.

and forms sulphate Of tin, but as soon
as the iron is laid bare the tickle acid
DROPS its Tin, also in the metallic state,
ard SEXES on the iron, Transforming 1t
inIo sulIllate of iron. BY one or another
OF these processes the tin from any Old
scrap heap may be obtained as the 4t1re
metal, in a Commercially valuable form
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
refrig ra.or Cars.

The. day after the last race between CO.
lalnlda and Shan'"oci. sona pleasure
seekers on a Hudson river steamer saw
trains on the. West Shore Railroad made
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

: stra ir11 twav single me-.
I r IA lis from clio t king fiish
4 victim to the :. g g:
Il <
81 rn1,a and pick 4 up with JOY
I7;,I sorrow soon succeeds
,,,;a Measures mixed with great alloy,
NJ Ny heart with pity bleeds
XXI.
poor 1-apIcss bird, ITcry, what harm
Hast thou ere done to me
,r,,at against thysrace Should arm
And death inflict@ on thee.
XIII.
sy,nt such is Natures laws; she gave
Cor use this sav.ry brood:
Then blame not him whose wishes crave
or birds or beasts for food
xxIII.
The Israltes of old were fed
With mama and with quails
Thu he who would their use forbid
Mans privilege curtails.
XIV.
Yet let comparisons voice be heard,
Full grateful in it's sound;
Ne.er xii! for mrth a harmless bird
Nor give a wanton wound.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20
Victorious.

There is encoura cement, if not poetry,
In the following from Georgia singer:
I struggled up the mountain,
But fell to earth, ker-flop!
I said in pain,
"Ill try again.
And finally reached the top!
Atlanta, Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

z .Peggotty's house" one of the most
interesting features of Yarmouth, as de-
scribed by Dickens in David Copper
field,' has beeen sold by auction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

They rose: but now with deadly sight
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

VIII
Description would but tire the muse,
Again at distance At:
Staunch Clio stands, and with her nose
IS Points to the place they sit
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

His Engagement.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-20

/ The little boy who really likes school
must be the same one who never had
to learn TO cat olives
The Washington times., 1901-12-09

Mr.. Justice Peckham has invitations out
for dinner for gentlemen on Friday, De-
cember 12
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
Dutch Gossip.

There is good deal Of very rice
human nature in the world. This is
the reason why there is manifested
so much curiosity about the Queen of
Hollands relations with her husband.
We do not long to know the truth
about the German husband from
vulgar curiosity. and we are not to
be told that the matter is nome of
our business. 1t is the business of
gentle and humane minds to hope
that the stories of the consorts
brutality are not true, and that the
other story of the abounding love and
felicity of the royal pair is true. SO,
whether or not it please those who
are too nice for newspaper gossip.
and think that it ought to be confined
to quiet corners and uttered in
malicious whispers. the newspapers
viii continue TO print what comes TO
them from the Dutch.
The little Queen of Holland" as
most people call her. with an affec-
iionate familiarity which is not in
trusiSe. but like respectful caress,
has won the hearts of the world by
her girlish beauty and her simple
royal dignity. which seems more like
that OF character than of station.
She was girl on 4 throne. and filed
her high place &ith the native man
ner born of long descent from demo-
cratic princes. Therefore, we of
this land viii be glad of the assur-
ance that Prince Henry is not brutal
to Wilhelmina; that Major Won Tets
was not killed by him in a duel, but
that. on the contrary. life in the pal
nee since the marriage has been one
long honeymoon.
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
Croker,s value.

Mr.. Richard Croker's retirement
from the leadership Of Tammany Hall
may or may not be about to take
place The world is fun of last APP
pearances There were Patti and
Campanini. and several others.
But if ii should really take place, it
would not be an unmixed blessing. Ii
is difficult, perhaps impossible. to find
just such another boss as Croker, and
80 long as our self-governing munic-
ipalities are to have bosses-may the
day soon come when this necessity
shall be obviated-Croker is as good
"a boss as can be found, in England or
out of it.
His finest virtue is his unconsci-
ousness of the moral degradation OF
his organization and of himself He
takes the public into his confidence
He informs il that he is in politics
for his own pocket When he is asked
if he has used his political power 10
sell franchises, 10 kill off a rival tcle-
phone company for money, to black
mail merchants who have goods to
sell the city, to prevent the introduc-
tion of iireproofng material until
be has been arranged with. he re-
spopds that that is his private bust
ness. When the connection bei ween
the police and vice had been proved.
he stood by the police. When n Judge
on the bench would not submit TO his
dicfation. he ordered that the Judge
be not renominated.
lie IS bad lot. and. not knowing
IL. confesses il. Therefore. for the
advantage Of decency, CrolScr's re-
tention Of his leadership would be for
the best The town knoys him, and
might have to find ont his successor.
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
PAYING SALARY BALANCES.
More Equitable Method Advocated
when officials Die.

The consideration OF the appropriation
TO be made in the sundry civil bill OF a
years salary. less what the late Presi-
dent Mckinley had drawn, for Mrs. Me
Kinley, will probably lead to a change in
the present method employed in such
cases. 1t has been the custom to make
such appropriations in the case Of Presi-
dents, Senators, members Of Congress,
and certain officers of the Government
when the occasion justified it. but the in
Justice of the arrangement has been
brought home to the members of Con-
gress by the present case.
Under the system now in vogue, had
Mr.. Mckinley lived until March .. Mrs.
Mckinley would have received but one
days salary, whereas If he had survived
until March !. she would be paid an en-
tire years salary.
The feeling among those who have taken
an interest in the matter is unanimous in
favor of fixing some sum to be paid under
such circumstances to the widows of
Presidents, Senators. Representatives
and others who died in office. so that all
widows viii be treated alike. 1t is prob
able that in the future they will be al
lowed full years salary without regard
to the time of their husbands DEATH
and it is possible the precedent may be
established in the case OF Mrs. Mckinley.
The Washington times., 1901-12-09
UNDER FOUR FLAGS.
Remarkable Career of Hungarian
Soldier of Fortune.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Col. Philip Figyel-
messy visited the Hungarian colony here
a few days ago to help celebrate the fif-
tieth anniversary of Louis Kossuth's land
ing in New York.
Colonel Figyelmessy, who is eighty
years old. has fought under four flags.
He carries the scars OF hundred wounds.
Kossuth died in his arms. Garibaldi nom
mated him the "bravest of the brave"
Napoleon III decorated him. Victor
Emanuel pinned on his breast the medal
of the Thousand Heroes" and the Con-
gress Of the United States passed spe-
cial act in 1851 granting him a colonels
commission. He served for four years in
the civil war and was twice severely
wounded.
He was personally acquainted with
Gladstone; Lord Raglan urged him to ac
cept a commission in the Crimea; Sew
ard and Horace Greeley were his friends;
Lincoln asked for his advice in certain
military affairs and he served on Fre-
mont's staff during that generals cam
paigning in the Valley Of the Shenandoah.
He has met and known personally nearly
all the monarchs. statesmen and soldiers
OF both Europe and America who lived
during the latter half of the last century.
After the civil war he was appointed
Consul TO British Guiana, in South Amer
lea. In that capacity he served this coun-
try for twentythree years.
From Demerara he went to Turin. Italy.
where Kcssuth, the exile. was spending
the last days OF his eventful life. After
his leaders death the colonel went to Ge-
neva. Switzerland, to arrange for the edu
cation OF his only son. Then, an American
citizen by adoption and an exile from the
land of his nativity. he decided to pass
the last days of his life in this country.
He went to Philadelphia year ago.
Colonel Figyelmessy is a modest man.
At eighty years he has but one boast.
My ambition was ts- become a soldier
he said. II attained my ambition. I
would be with the Beers in South Africa
today IL my legs would carry me as they
should"