The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03

Stder= VIII set something, oppose -lle colii-
ing of all foreign capital. This opposition
is gradually fading away however
ington.
( Mr.. E. .Beverly.,S Slater, one Of the lead
ing attorneys OF Warrenton and a speak
er in behalf of the Democratic ticket at
the coming election, is, with his wife,
registered at ,Murphy's.
Ssi One of the mystic signs which has de-
scended to posterity on the wings of ira
dition, like the red and white of the bar
ber's pole, is the three balls OF the pawn
brokers' Office No one ever saw a pawn
brokers' shop without the three balls in
front, and no one-that is. not one in q
thousa pd-can tell why they are there.
not even the gentleman who has made an
intimate of Ibis uncle
e Here is the history of the three balls
as explained by Samuel Bachrach,s OF this
city: q
"Three gold balls. the usual sign Of n
pawnbroker, originally represented money,
I the idea being that no matter from what
side they were viewed they were disc
like always round. The sign OF the three
balls has come down to the present day
, hards being the first brokers Of Europe.
These balls We're adopted as a sign by
/ the Lombards because they were the most
convenient way. Of exploiting the. money!
lending business; 49,, ~ :fzs
SIN addition to this, the Medici famil:-,
of sLombardy, had coat Of arms show
ing three us1baHs non a white 1ield;ta:1d
as they were noney-lenders, that sign
also came to be adopted as. a; pa Yvrbr
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pawn shop without the three gold balls
on whiteain front of it. Your uncle FIN
ally came to be known by that sign, and
will continue to be known so. II
3 Elm olden times the three balls were
called the pills,,'44sa play upon the name
Medici. which means physician; but the;
armorial Importance of the sign has ae-.
scended down to the present. aHeanlns
merely your uncle have been asked
h1,;ndreds of times what the three balls
mean, and I am glad to, at last, explain
their significance and origin.
"Hello, jones'; are. you .soinS.to get "a
nurse for that new baby?
!. Nope; going to:rget night-Wat ten
mans
.You know Northern people sometimes
howl about the way negroes are treaten
in the South said Charles ~. hoy !, o.
Alexandria, in the lobby of the Lexington
LAST night '.Weil, here's a story with q
moral in that connection which might POS
ss;hly4be7 Of interest to a few OF our NeFth-ss
a,.,, friends won't vouch for the@story,
but 1T is good enough for the purpose.
{ E..It seems, according to the story, liat
a ''way down SOUTH negro Ehad neensi III
the Nest where Tl1e had had hard luck
and was trarnping toward nome. y Lew
DAYS OF this ramping; naturally sharpelled
his appetite, and as food was sorelSn
substance to him he stopped one Gay 81
a small place in Illinois, near Chicago,
and asked a cont Portable looking man on
the front porch for something to eat.
".I1n very sorry, indeed. but we nave
nothing lust now. was the polite re-
sponse.
.trhe negro moved on for a few miles.
and finally found another well dressed
man in 'front.' Of sumptuouS iookllls
: house. Again. he asked for something to
eat and again came the reply, / m very
sorry, indeed, but l haven't anything,
and so forth .54s. .aE.@8 r,s1.s:t
"Eishea rtened, weary a nd lfea rly astarv-s
ing, the negro moved along for couple
of miles until he came to q little CABIN,
not particularly we'll kept. A tai man
Z was sitting on the front porch, whiting
stick. ~
s Boss, please sir, give. a poor. nissah
tSTs edl, eAStNStA,
'.3.FIey,f you black rascal. what do you
mean by. coming to the front door? Go
around to the kitchen, if you want. some
thing to eat. They'll give you all you
want.
'':Y Vas, sir, boss, thank We. sir. When
did you cum frum de south?
Hamp5en- sidney's foot all. team is reg
istered at, he New Ford's. .5Itrconsists
Of r. H.! Cohu, ] Johns Brooks, eeAbney.
Payne, William Read Martin, II ugh Maj
fit SNic4allister, W. c. Nice orklefa;I j. e:
Rudy. -. G. Lawrence. T.. O.. Easley and
w. G. Butler: The boys will probably
return home to-day
a party of Californians. consisting of
Nj. and Mrs: Charles Nelson. and Mr..
and. Mrs. NJ. Digs, all of Woodland. are
| registered at Murphy's. The party is
making a tour of the country, nd will
| remain here for several days.
Fred. B. srnith.-ithe well known lectu-
rer. of Chicago. is. s<t5lt the Lexington.
Mr. Smith leatured last night and yester-
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