The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

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OF humanity, it seems like ray of light
to sec men setting sail for higher goals
Let US, then, wish them godspeed on tilnir
several quests in Browning's words:
Greet. the unseen with a cheer!
Bid him forward, breast and back as
either should be,
Strive and thrive! cry, speed, flight on,
fare ever
There as hers.'s''
at a meeting of women in New York on
Friday Justice Jerome said tl,ar there
are 1O9,0J0 women in New York living on
the wages Of sin. They cannot be saved,
ne said. and it is useless 20 try to kill
the evil. He is not III favor o. segresI-
ton by law, but he believes it can be
regulated. A committee Of fifteen was
appointed.
we wish that every farm in Maine
would be named" says 1.-The Lewiston
Journal, This is not a mere matter Of
business. The man whose farm is known
oy some name is certain to take a greater
ii.eeiest u. lis products, and conduct all
OIL lis operations on a. better plan. On
every place there is certain to be some
pecul'arlty that will suggest name.
| a slsrlng OF pure water, grove of oak
| or maple trees. or something else OF a
| similar nature will give it local flavor
| Then paint this name on the end OF the
Darn facing the road. Let It be where
! every rasserby can see it. Your farm
will then soon become known far and
wide, and will aid You in a thousand
| ways. Besides. how much more dirnitad
| it is to be spoken of as the proprietor OF
! Oak Grove Farm than TO be alluded -
rs lin Jones'. BY all means name your
farms aud it will make you all better
| farmers
| Willie" said his father, as he pro-
ceeded with the laying on of hands, at
arm sorry to have to do this; it hurts me
! more than it does you
| Well" returned the precocious young
| sttr, resignedy, 81 never did believe In
| these here sympathetic strikes, anyhow
| Thny ai!.avs do more harm than good
| -Chicsg so Post
The annual report of the French rail-
| ways shows decrease of 50,u0O 600 francs
| in the receipts, as compared with the
previous year, While the expenses re-
manned the same. The companies have
! applied to the State to make god the
| deficiency according to the terms of the
! guarantee.
The star bet Of the campaign. says a
| New York correspondent was made at
tha Do -1y
It was $4,000 against $4,000 that Shepard
a member of the Tammany combine, put
up the $3.50 and George Wheelock,
bookmaker. the $4,000.
A prisoner with one leg, and charged
with intoxcation, was brought to the
Police Court yesterday afternoon, and
| he proved to be the most interesting spec
| linen of the hobo fraternity that has been
| there in some time. When asked his
! name he replied that he was deaf, dumb
! and blind Court Officer olukernan
! heard the mans answer, and nearly fell
| off a chair.
| whats your buslness?" asked Judge
! Brady
| I'm an astronomer" said the hobo.
|
| the judge asked.
| ''Well, from the present surroundings.
| should judge not he replied, with a
| smile.
The fellow was too humorous to be at
large, and he was turned over to the care
| of the county custodian of hoboes, on
| Maiden Lane.-Albany Journal.
A novel condition in railroad engineer
| ing was presented recently by the sink
ing of the roadbed on the Monon Rail-
way, in Lake county, Ill. About 500 feet
| of he'd settled, and in a little over two
| months the depression had reached an
| estimated depth of 100 feet. For months
| the company has been filing the hole,
| over $500 carloads of rubbish and timber
| having been dumped in it. The bottom
| seems to have been reached. Exhaustion
| Of natural gas is said to have caused the
! phenomenon.
.My dear, she is the most stupid per
son.
Really? She has pleasant face"
81 know. But she is one of those peo-
| pie who tell the truth about their neigh
bors, even if it is pleasant. Life.
There are a!,coo legitimate physicians
and 5000 quacks in the German Empire.
! AS the quacks appeal to the ignorant,
| who are everywhere in a majority, they
| constitute a serious menace to the Ger
| man medical profession.
Bridegroom don't see anything of
| your fathers $1,000 check He promised
| it, didn't he?
! Bride-Yes; but he saw that your father
had already given us one, and he knew
| we didn't care to have any duplicate
| Observation-Disclosures Record.
| An effort is to be made to remove a
| large red oak tree from the widest sec
! ton of Arkansas to Forest Park, St.
| Louis without injuring it. The tree is
| $50 feet high and II feet In diameter at
| the base. A double tramWay will be
built from the tree to the river, where
| it will be hoated and towed to st. Louis.
It is estimated that this will occupy six
| months.