The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-01
GOSSIP Caught IN
The J4fofei c bbies.

the 9ofgl COMES.
Sherlock Holmes would have to ,se Off
his 1a t and grovei in the dust before the
| astounding pefsp tcacity Of the sfFerftss.
! American hotel clerk. Ard Mr. ffoffues
! has a slight reputation fo- perspicacity
himself, being able 1T q glance 10 tel,
| whether q man w%ts black or white and
to do a eEotner amazing things.
Here's how .lia hotel man makes Holmes
| CHEAP.
One OF the clerks III Murpt1y's yester-
day was talking to a@reporter about ar
rivals as he ran his fager doY:i Z le
register. Finally he stepped at q sprawl
ing signature and opined thuatg.
.fIe.c5s q fellow who got !lsre to-day
and ne seems to be some Kind OF. big
chap, although don't know who he IS.
Half a dozen we'll dressed men came IN
here a few minutes ago and took him off.
! had never seen aay of them before, but
they looked like street car men.
why did they look like street oar
| men,
II don't know: but they did,
And he whipped the register around so
| the reporter could read the signature. 1t
was that of W. D. Mahon, of Washing
| gamated Association of Street Railway
Employees. The delegation was composed
| Of members Of the local association.
There seems to be more than one Sher-
lock Holmes.
Judge W. Samuel Goodwin and wife.
of Emporia, were registered at Murphy s
yesterday. They will remain in the city
for several days.
There IS striking-nay, startling
| resemblance between Senator William r.
Barhsdale. the noted BLACK Belt" poli-
tician, who has been stopping at Muir
phys for several days past, and the late
Colonel John r. Fellows one of the most
noted orators New York ever produced.
The chief difference between the two men
is that Colonel Fellows is dead.
Senator Barilsdale has that jovial rotun-
Gity which characterized Colonel Fellows;
ne has the same short, curly hair, the same
clean shaven face, the same snapping
eyes which spit fire when he is at the
height of political enthusiasm; the same
habit OF COMPRISING his lips when he
has made a point, and there could not
possibly be an eighth OF an inch differ
ence in height or pounds difference in
weight.
There, however, the resemblance stops.
Senator Barksdale says not an awful lot
OF words in an address, but there is no
installing him. while keen his wit is
pronounced and at times startling and
through an extreme cordially he makes
friends even Of his enemies. His violence
of gesticulation is vastly different from
the mild methods OF Colonel Fellows;
the soft speech of the New York orator
couldn't be heard in the same street
with Senator Barllsdale, and while point
ed in his remarks, Colonel Fellows was
often almost cfIeminate
But they We're both Democrats
General c. c. Watts, of Charleston. w
Va, was at the Lexington yesterday
Atlanta, tabled as the city Of self-.d-
vertisement. was the subject of couvsr-
sation yesterday between R. A. Cuppe.
prominent citizen of that city now visit
ing here, and friend in the lobby Of
the New Ford s..
:Atlanta's vast representation in the
cities OF the world is astonishing, said
Mr. Cuppe. Take, for instance, the as
sassinaion of President Mckinley in But
falo, and see how Atlantians figured in
the incidents surrounding it. Jim Parker,
the negro who attacked CZolgosz imme-
diately after the fatal shots were fired.
used to be hotel waiter in Atlanta; Mr..
Wilcox, at whose home Mr.. Roosevelt
was entertained when he hurried to Buff
falo to take the oath as President, is the
brother-in-law Of an Albanian; and, fin
ally, Emma Goldman, who it was said
was indirectly responsible for the assas-
sination through being the leader Of the
anarchists has relatives in Atlanta. At
lantians are everywhere
Yes" softly responded his friend.
''When I die and go to that place where
it never SHOWS I expect to find Satan's
chief cook and bottle-washer is from At
lanta.'
There was a thoughtful pause.
William P. Towaut and wife, of Sara
Lexington.
Apropos of President Roosevelt's decli-
nation yesterday of the invitation Of the
Lynchburg Gun Club for the annual quail
hunt two gentlemen were discussing the
President in the lobby of the Lexington.
You may rest assured that he didn't
decline because he can't shoot said one
of them with smile, as his thoughts re-
Cured to the Booker Washington dinner
''As q matter of fact, he is one of lie
best shots in the country. having ac-
qured his skill while leading the life Of
a cowboy in the far West.
And in that connection he told story.
It seems, according to this. that the
President was at one time nothing loath
to take hand in a small game. and
that many, many moons ago he did take
q hand in a ''small game" among stran-
gers, ono of whom had only one eye. AS
the game progressed the }edonbtapLe
Teddy" suspected the man with the one
eye of cheating, and finally becoming con-
WINGED of this, arose and said:
.Gentl men, l thought you were all
honest men I find that one of you has
been cheating. and while I will call no
name, I will say that if | catch that man
cheating will shoot his other eye out.
Roosevelt never drops hint. sala
the narrator ''He takes an axe.
VIRGINIANS HERE
Murphy's-E. Conway and wife, Rapi-
dan; J. R. Wingfeld, A6hemarle; John f.
Houghton, Charlottesville Sidney F'iscn-
or, Petersburg: Walfriend Lyh'n, u 5.
Lighthouse Service; z. n. Nichols, Lex
ington,
New Ford Isl. H. Robertson Peters
burg; ]. II. Ogburn, Virginia: George NJ.
Turner. PoccIlontas; Manly Broadde,
King and Queen county; c. L. Turner.
Old Church; W. "A. Pritchard, Norfolk;
John A. Newberry, Coburn
Lexington--B. II. Cozart Jr., Danvil!e:
]. D. Hodges Martinsville: c. L. Davis.