The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-02
ARoIlr IxPdsIrgoNs.
speaking of the Charleston ESpcsl

In soeakinE oil the SHaiiS0'oA~
ZION the News and Courier says:
It is a greater show. FAR srestsr o''s'
than peopla have any idea or any pai
of it is we'll worth all that 1t wou!u cose :.
come many miles to see it inc Mio"a3
alone would draw thousands Oh ease.
strhtseers to every country town Il u
vcre travelling exhibition. Yet !: IS
only an incidental feature, "a side show
of the great show all around it
The simplest statement must s'i'1lce
where no amount Of printed description
will avail. The ends of the earth. frc!l
the Arctic regions to Egypt and lar SCUM
America. from Europe to the dawalian
Islands; three continents and the IS! IS Oh
the seas have sent here for eNhlbltoa
for a time the most interesting things
Of all kinds that they have to exhibit.
II is a world show: costly and COM
prehensive one Nothing like it has ever
been seen in this part of the country be-
fore. and nothing like it will be seen asaln
for years or perhaps generations.
Every word of which is true, But IN
what respect does this exposition differ
from others that have been held? The
people of this country Ike novelties. and
the average exposition is no longer
novelty.
In this connection the New York Tri-
bune saws that a piece of real estate in
Harlem. which was held at 5000 at one
time when it was thought possible the
Worlds Fair, in celebration Of the 4ooth
anniversary of the first voyage OF CHRIS
TOPPER Columbus across the Atlantic,
would take place in Manhattan, was sold
ernnjlnt hHt
the price was far below the extravasant
figures of nine-tentho of a million
It significantly adds:
Are New Workers now sorry that no
great exposition has been earned on mere
for more than forty years? Conside- the
experiences Of Philadelphia, OF Chicago
of Omaha and Of Buffalo! Does this
great city really need great fairs, which
are usually followed by great reactlohs
The Superintendent of Prisons for the
State of New York is pleased with the
parole system. He says that under TINS
law the State Parole Board has inter-
viewed sos prisoners who were eligible. OF
which number conditional pardons wcre
granted to lS7. He adds:
The Legislature also provided that every
prisoner. sentenced to the State prisons
from and after September l. 1901 for 4
felony, the maximum penalty for which
is five years or less, shall be sentenced
by lnde:ernlinate sentence. These laws
are in line with the progressive system
of penal administration inaugura ted !y
the superintendent. and in harmony w.'h
his orders abolishing the locllstep and the
ancient custom of cutting prisoners hair
as short as possible.
There is no surer mark of civilization
than intelligently humane treatmonr OF
convicts We hope, however, that out
siders will not judge Virginia civilization
by conditions at the State peniteutiary.
Harmon Wilson tells a story which
demonstrates that there is always room
at the top. It is about a young MN
who, a couple Of years ago, was fitting
about Kansas with bum show, making
balloon ascensionst He parse l"rHd I"aT-
fully. neglected no opportunity to i'm
prove his condition, and eventually be-
came the head man OF snake eaters
den. His ambition being far from salts
fed, he redoubled his efforts to make
name for himself. and is now doing stunts
as a s'buried sleeper.'-Kansas City Star.
so long as thiS aFlhlt!ouS man WAS III
the balloon business he was sure to rse,
but TOW that he has taken to the bury
ing habit. we are not SO sure about him.
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Even when the Government does all that
1t can 1t cannot make a wicked man
happy or protect thoughtless man from
TIE trouble which his conduct invites
et-. Bryan's Commoner.
Nor can it make a shiftless man rich,
or lazy man prosperous. The man who
relies upon legislation rather than upon
his own merit and effort to make him
rich will die poor.
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With to-day the first year OF the old
century will end.-Norfolk virginian-
Pilot
Stranger. whar have you been!
The people Of New York city are. TO he