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a SOLEMN THOUGHT.

The denoralization which is alleged to
exist in Richmond, Norfolk and other
places in the State may be in a measure
traced 10 the election methods which
have been practiced for years, and the
perjury and fraud which have been per
petrated to subserve partisan ends. NO
greater crime can be committed under
our system os government than to poi
Lutte it at its source.-the ballot box
Old Dominion Sun
This is a serious charge against Fir-
gina by a Republican newspaper, and If
it were a SANDER. we could afford to
pass it hy with silent contempt. But.
humiIiating as is the confession. it is
not a SANDER, but the simple, piuful
truth The stream cannot be purer
than its source We have befoulcd the
ballot box in some parts Of Virginia,
and it is no wonder that the currena
is muddy. Nothing is more demoral-
izing in a government like ours than
ballot box stuffing. and the people who
do it. CIR who countenance it, must suf-
fer for it.
virginians understand this well, and
they have promised themselves that by
the help of God this iniquty shall cease.
The new Constitution is their sacred
pledge to that end.
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5t 4
North 4s5.4I4 rneh In an army larger
than the whole Confederate enlistment.
New York enlisted 4is.S50 men. and
Pennsylvania. 1856, a total CT 1875,
or an army larger than the Confederate
States army. Illinois. Ohio and Indi-
ana furnished ies.sos moro men Than
were in the Confederate army. The
new England States furnished Ss3 Ie2
men TO the United States army, or more
than half OF the tota! Confederate en-
!istment. It is no great wonder that
with four armies as numerous az our
os1e. and half an army besidesi the
United States was able to overwhelni
our little band of heroes.
In connection with the number of
foreigners in the United States army. :"
writes General French, Il will remark
that General Benjamin f. Butler, Of
Mass, in his argument before Tewks-
bury Almshouse Investigating Commit
tee, July l.. 1859, said: Before you go
to throwing ridicule on the foreign
born, let me tell you that you had bet
ter look into The question of who fought
your battles. In the first place, look at
the per cent. of what birth the inmates
in our soldiers homes We're; ffty-e:ght
and one-half per cent. of the soldiers
in these homes are of foreign birth And
again he said: Some of us stsid at
home and pressed soft cushions while
these foreigners so much sneered at.
were fighting our battles y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
land OTHERS"

we have all noticed announcements OF
political and other kinds of meetings
which furnished the information that
Hon. John Smith, Colonel Within Jones,
Major Robert Thompson, ''and others,
made the best speeches while the Honor
ables, the Colonies and the Majors walked
off with all the honor and all the glory
because their names figured SO conspic-
uously In the printed announcement that
was prepared beforehand by the Com
once reading a very witty and entertain-
ing pamphlet entitled and Others"
which Was doubtless written by one
who had frequently figured as Others"
on occasions OF the kind mentioned. We
never knew the name Of the author, but
If he is still in the flesh he should know
that material for another gem of satire
from his pen is at hand
The Emperor OF Germany has recently
been decorating and otherwise honorinS
many Americans who aided in making
pleasant the recent visit of Prince Henry
to this country. In addition to those
who were decorated quite large num-
Der of people were presented with pho
tosraphs of the Prince. The list of those
honored with a photograph has just been
received and published in this country.
1t contains the names Of two hundred
or more persons, and concludes: and
the newspaper men who were on Prince
Henry's train Thus the reporters who
accompanied the Prince on his tour and
did more than all others combined 10
make the Emperor's brother popular with
Americans anu TO increase their friend
ship for the German Empire, which was
the object of the tour. We're huddled to-
getfer as odds and ends. thrown in as
kind of Job lot and dubbed nd
:tl,ers !gsnt rss2rtsrs vii net n..''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
OUR ARYAN ORIGIN.

The term Aryan comes from the San
Skirt word Arya, meaning literally the
bright people" and variously "of a good
family, excellent. honorable" Down TO
time of the laws of Manu-, India was
called Arya-avarta, the abode of the
Aryans In the yeda, the most ancient
document known, .srya is the name of the
religious, Dominant White people of the
upper Indus, who are enemies of the Da-
sas. or Kasyus. the jrreligious, inferior,
black people. in the vedic age race dis
tinctions were as strong as caste. In the
Veda. l., 81. 6, we read las nearly as our
type can indicate it, wi ganthi Aryan
We ka yavaI"-"Distinguish, Indra,
the Aryas and those who are Dasyus.
And in H., II, Is: .Jntra uncovered the
light for the Ar9a; the Dasyu vas left
on the left hand And in Ill, 81, 8:
''Indra, having killed the Dasyus, pro
tected the Aryan color Giatvi Dasyun
pra Aryam varnam await, which may be
translated also: .'Indra protected the
Aryan color by the destruction of the
Dasyus.' And in V, "a, 6: He, the Arya,
leads the Dasa, according to his will.
The Aryans that remained in the upper
valley of the Indus after the great dis
pcrsal OF the race, became tainted with
the Dasyan color. however. and we can
see in them to-day the evil effects of the
ancient racial mesalliance. Their surViv-
ing Aryan genius is rendered fatally de-
iec,ive and incompetent by the nsidious
influence 1t was. remarked, long before
the time OF Alexander. that even in the
Puniab the races had mingled until: as
MAS written by Arrian: The natives OF
lHdia ana Ethiopia are not much differ
ent in their features or complexion.
Ii was the great early westward migra-
ton of, first, the Celts. CT forest peo-
pie" and then the Teutons. or strong
ones that saved their Aryan purity to
the race called Indo-European. These
two branches of the same aboriginal stock
left their ancient Aryan civilization and
disappeared in The barharous wilderness
of Europe. to emerge at last still the
bright people, praying to their God, as
prayed their fathers of old to Indra: Dis
tinguish, Lord, the .Aryas and those who
are Dasyus."
1t is curious thing, in this connection,
10 note what was the origin of the word
slave. The third and last great division
Of the westward Aryan migration was
the Sclavonic race, but its hardness pre-
JUDGED its purity. These Sclaya or
sIavs, were often turned upon and en-
shaved by. the strong Teutons; hence the
cdous word.
The Teutonic tribes not only beat back
their Slovenian followers, but they over
ran all Europe. from the Baltic PENN
s;:las TO farthest Iberia. and pushed the
Celts SO hard that only the Celtic fringe
has survived in Brittany and the British
Isles 1t is the Teutons that have been
foremost to preserve the Aryan color
hest of them all. those hardy Norsemen,
TIE Jutes. Frisians, Danes, Angles and,
above ALL the Saxons, who crushed the
Celtic remnant in Britain. restocked the
island and made it the cradle of the
| 1n.shtiest people the earth has ever seen
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"NoT NOW, BUT AFTERWARDS"

(SeleCteds for The IlmeS-)
Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord.
Whittier gcest Thou? Jesus answered
him, Whittier I go. thou canst not fol-
low Ne now, but thou shalst follow Me
afterwards. st. John Kill So.
Children will love everything now"
afterwards is word that plaques
them. It is mocking word; it points
to a time that may never come It lies
beyond the vision and the range of the
little grasping, hand.
As life advances we become more
familiar with the world afterwards"
indeed, we come to like it and build our
hopes upon it. 1t is the mystery and
charm OF our little life, to which God
holds the key. Twice in this same chap
ter has our Lord said the same thing to
the same man. Simon Peter was never
chapter. He enquiries, What is the
meaning Of this foot-washing?e l do net
know what Thou doest,' and the reply
was given, Thou knowest not now, but
thou shalt know hereafter" Again he
asks. "Whither goest Thou?" and Jesus
answered. Thou canst not follow lie
now, but thou shalst follow Me after
wards
THIS was Just the training Peter need
ed. Peter was man who wanted every
thing done at once; there must be no
delay; what the impatient heart desired
must be supplied the moment the wish
was expressed. But the Lord, in the
Masters firm tone. delivered with
brothers heart and voice, says. Not
now"
This is a grand doctrine; who can re-
ceiva it? We must be drilled into it..
Patience of this kind is not born in us.
We cannot follow any great scriptural
doctrine TOW in all the range OF its
in the possibilities Of its issues. Who
can explain the creation? Who can I'M
fold the atonement? Who can under
stand the mystery Of the cross? We be-
gin in the right spirit when we are ready
to wait. We accept the cross, but can
not explain it We need the atonement,
but cannot unfold it. None can tell the
measure of that oblation nor the eff
fcacy of that sacrifice, It is called
precious blood; it is called "self-sacri-
fee; and the words dimly hint at a
meaning very gracious and comforting.
but what they imply in all their fitness
we know not now" but shall know
afterwards
Again look at the mystery OF daily
Providence. We cannot follow In thought
or purpose and sovereign decree the great
Leader whose way is in the whirlW1nd
| and in the storm.
We ask why i've are made thus With q
will 80 easily led; not passions SO m
stantly ignited; with dispositions rising sins
upwards, or falling downwards-a life
| that seems all trivial form. Why, 9
| Lord, were we not given stronger wills;
&tenderer hearts. without perversity with
out selfishness? An explanati ton would
| help US. we think, to bear It better. This
individuality is a. heavy burden; this this
persona The. 4 u 'gh Witch
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'm -Four G2ifh
Virginia Editors
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The Cr:1ueper Exponent thinks the Leg
is,ature was entirely too timid about the
matter of a commission TO REVISE 'ils
Code, etc. It says:
..?,he commissions work would have
had 10 have been submitted to the Leglsla-
ture for ratification; thus that body "ouid
have lost none OF its power or prerosa-
tives. Enthusiastically. the situation JUS
t!aes the belief that politics, more
than considera ton for the interests OF the
people. had a weighty influence IN the oe-
Cisicn of this important question.
The Orange Observer has not lost all
hope yet It says:
I'VE still hope that the Legislature VIII
make an ample appropriation to nave
Virginia properly represented at the ST.
Louis Exposition. It will certainly be a
shame not to have a creditable display
from this commanding Commonwealth.
Can these things be? The Fairfax Her
aid says:
ana some other small towns IN the State
are in prime condition just now lhey are
allowed to Craze on the streets at night.
The Blackstone Courier takes this part
ing whack at the Legislature:
1T seems that every member OF the Leg
islature wanted whack at Lralsill,s ll!e
new laws to conform to the new constr
t,,rion. not wishing it left to a commits
sion r., suggest That means another sea-
con of talk. talk, talk, all during next
winter
rho Irvington Citizen goes for the pri-
mary election plan in the following FASH
ion:
..Under the farcical system OF the pri-
mary the people may have foIsteG upon
tharn an aspirant who can control the
I,iEtr;ct Committee. and come near to q
certainty of having that committee close
the date for applications. and with scant
advertising. so that another would not
rave a chance to get in the race. To all
but the managers of the manipulation OF
the primaries the system IS snare and
d deiusion. cheat and fraud
Discussing the effect of the new consti-
tutor on the ''nisger in the woodpile,
the Eastern Shore Herald says:
For time the people of the State may
rest in the thought that the negro ques-
ton is not rnenacing. But Virginia IS
spending half a million dollars year to
raise the ignorant negro to the qualihca-
tons necessary to vote. Unless KIND
dispensation CT providence presents some
solution to the matter the same old fight
must come on again. For the good OF
bofh races. we hope it may be settled
It is best fer both that the whites should
control now"
Norfolk virginian-Pilot: It seems to US
that business man from the East or the
Meet. and lawyer from the other end OF
the State. with the transportation expert
from Richmond. would make up an aG-
rcirable commission, and one that coulo
be relied on to conserve the interests OF
every section of the State
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
SOME STATISTICS OF THE WAR.


General Samuel C. French in his re-
niniscences called TWO Wars: An Au-
tobiograhpy' gives some statistics re-
lating to The Confederate war. which
are exceedingly valuable and interest
ing. General French was graduated
from the United States Military Acade-
my in the famous class of lS43. of
which General Grant was a member;
he served as an officer of the armies
OF the United States. participating
with great galiantry in the war
With Mexico. and he rendered
Distinguished service 10 the Confederacy
in the war between the States. His
authority for the facts presented is the
so-called rebellion Record" published
by the government at Washington.
From these figures it appears that the
total enlistment in The United States
army was 2.9sS.soi. while the total en-.
las,memt in the Confederate States
army was a mere 100000. There We're
$4,000 foreigners in the United States
army-Csermans. i76S0: Irish. 1920;
British Americans. $500; English. $500;
other foreigners. 1890. Add to these
the s7s4 ss whites from the South, and
the l7s,s75 negroes from the South, and
there is a grand total OF a5a,Sl4 men, n
force s5o.sl4 stronger than the whole
confederate army. without eniisting a
,:attse born citizen OF the North. This
EheMs t2e that shs South f,r,.Isiasa It's thss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

1t. They are used to that kind Of treat
ment at the hands ofstneir own country.
men, and it may be that the Kaiser and
his brother Henry thought they were
doing the proper thing when they did as;
the Americans themselves do. Therefore,
perhaps after all they are not to be
blamed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Remarks About Richmond.

The city of Richmond is a big hive OF
industrial activity, and has done Won
ders since the terrible drouths Of siege
in war times. and the destruction by tire
later; but it does look like the au-
thorities or the citizens, severally, could
do something to rid her of the large
number of ridiculous nuts that masque-
rade as habitations for the homeless
down in that ravine. in the heart OF the
city near the market house. Can't sucl!
things be condemned and torn down!
They are frightful blot on the face o.
that otherwise fair city. Surely Rich-
mond can't afford to let strangers see
that quarter of town. Hide it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

phur. the grand jury taking six weeks
off. the Police Board out of business and
the legislators at home, Richmond is
having a real midsummer holiday and no
mistake.
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every man calleth to his heart is a most most
storment!ng fire. It would comfort US
to know why. but the only reply voucn-
. safed ls-.'not now but Afterwards
Why all this suffering? Who did sin!
4, or my parents, that this burden IS
laid upon me?--A burden for which !
have no light and certainly no strength.
Why am l buried every day, cut OIL
without hope? Why does the IRON OF
affection enter my soul? Why IS the
desire OF nv ewes taken from me? Why
/ spend my nights waking and my days
in sorrow?-yVhy?-Th tender answer is
the same to all His children, not now,
but afterwards No Christening for the
present seemeth to be joyous. but ratn-
er grievous nevertheless. Afterward it
Weldeth the peaceable fruit of righteous
ness to them which are exercised
thereby
All is going on well, even when we
think all is going on ill. 1t Is al III
Gods hand, and shall not the judge OF
all the earth do right? When we can
not see, we must believe. In sickness,
sorrow, bereavement, DISAPPOINTMENT
trial, we must summon up our faith and
patience. and listen to Christ saying to
us .'What do thou knowest not now.
but thou shalt know hereafter.
The Master here doth not only rule the
scholars book for him, but writes him
roDy with IJiS own ha nd.
There must be a now" of obedience,
ii there shall be an ''afterward'' OF reve-
iat;on. Now" has its darkness and its
agony; now has its immediate call to
LATHE and strife. But it is only for
rloment and not worthy to be compared
to the glory that shall be revealed and
shared in the hereafter.
To obey in the darkness is the great
thing. Thus did Abraham and Job and
Daniel and all the saints of God.
Obedience prepares the mind for fur
Their knowledge and the heart to receive
wider demonstrations of the mercy of
God. There is a marvellous sraciousness
in this gradual Interpretation Of His
plans to US!
All we have to do is to hold to the
truth, obey the immediate duty, do the
work which lies next and easily to hand,
and the revelation will $50 to speak,
steal upon us and then encompass us
without the violence Of haste or the IN
rest Of surprise.
Lord, give US grace to wait patiently
for Thee! Both "now" and "afterward"
we gladly leave in Thy guiding hand'
content to grope through the dimness OF
this present life. knowing that we shall
attain "afterward" unto the glory re-
vealed in Thy presence above!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

Newport News Press:
Investigation Of the charges against
that Richmond police captain, accused
of Shaking down the gambling houses
for protection money, seems to have
demonstrated that, after all, he is pretty
much at right angle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

The Kansas man who wants the Agri-
cultural Department to cross bees with
lightning bugs, so as to equip the bees
With a light for night work. is not a
Kansas political freak, but just plain
freak.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

It has been minated by Mississippi
paper that nothing would help Demo
cratic chances better than about three
funerals among leaders. No names are
revealed but the three subjects can be
guessed at.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

Miss Van LEWIS friends in Boston have
written. in granite. the following: She
sriskcd everything that is dear to man
friends. fortune, comfort. health. life it
SCI, all for the one absorbing desire OF.
her heart-that slavery might be abol-
sished and the Union preserved.
As friend OF Miss Van Lew. as one
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

A Texas town reports hundred-pound
watermelon that got ripe. No camp
meetings were being held in that neighbor-
hood this year.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

The seductive game of American draw
poker is too much for royalty of the Rus
sian variety, as Grand Duke Boris found
out to the diminishing of his pile.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Pamplin. WIN
,nsir SON. Master Bland Pampln. who
have been spending the past two weeks
In the maunsains, have returned nonss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

In the Death Of Hon. John J.. Mayre
Virginia sustains the loss of true and
tried patriot, who devoted his best ener-
gies to the work of defending her good
Eame at a time when she most needed
GOOD and noble men to protect her.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

The oyster trust is like all the others
II promises well at seeding time. Just
wait until we find what the harvest will
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

The last trace of Harry Tracy furnished
evidence that he is headed east LOOKING
rlD a lecture engagement perhaps.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

When collectors get too numerous about
the premises. the Sultan of Turkey sends
for the reporters to work up buponlc
plague scare.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

Albany is net the only town that can
produce one cent consciences.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

Rose-tinted peaches from Albemarle and
rattlesnake watermelons from Hanover
and Cumberland are making summers
other annoyances bearable
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

"Put." Bradlee Strong has on hand an
abundant supply of tears of the Bob Fitz-
simmons brand.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Norfolk Dispatch:

Norfolk Dispatch:
Just when Richmond was getting all
puffed up with pride Norfolk comes along
and threatens TO do a little grand jury
ing on its own account.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

senator Carmack's faith wouldn't ask
any odds of the Andes he really expects
to see Maine go Democratic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03
Observation-Disclosures
); Trend of Thought s
5 In Dixie Land s
Observation-Disclosures

Ihe Atlanta Constitution reads a lee
ture 10 a negro church conference soon
to assemble in its city, touching upon
the custom Of the churches of shielding
its criminals. an dconcgudes:
When the negro criminal finds himself
as friendiess with both races as the white
criminal now finds himself, crime will
lose its last refuge from the law and the
negro race will soon emerge from the
shadow of suspicion that it makes a re-
1iglon Of sympathy with its own crimi-
nails"
The New Orleans State reviews at
length the recent action of Judge Jack
son in West Virginia and says in CON
clusion:
THE accusation is made that he used
his judicial power TO further the inter-
ests OF corporations IN which he was a
stakeholder That may not be true. but
it is a fact that ne abused. his authority
and save way to scandalous and SIAN
derous language from the bench
The Galveston News, which believes in
grand old Texas, enthusiastically ex-
claims:
.The Texas cotton crop will drop a
hundred million plunks into Texas TINS
year And cotton is only one item LOOK
at the cattle, the lumber, the OIL, the rice.
the fruit. lie sugar and the hundreds OF
other nice things in Grand Old Texas.
The Florida TiInes-Union sums up the
value of the much-talked-of German dec
orations thus:
THE decorations will only serve as
,iycn Of visit unless
they can be used to marry off the sons OF
the men who received them TO American
heiresSes. a few American girls may
marry men whose fathers may be classed
with the aristocracy of Germany if not
with the nobility without crossing the AT
lantiC, and after all that is said the men
who received the decorations will prob
ably average a higher level of manhood
than the nobility of Germany or any
other country"
The Columbus (Ga9 Enquirer-sun takes
pleasure in calling attention to graft
flying fact as follows:
In the Southern newspapers to-day.
while politics necessarily plays a con-
spicuous part, the reader will find many
other subjects discussed, not the least
of which are our public schools. public
roads and manufacturing industries. ghis
means that the people are giving their
attention to schools and roads and indus
tries, and it is not necessary to say that
the South is making wonderful progress
in ALL The change IS most notable and
significant and is an inspiration"
Montgomery Advertiser: Whenever a
politician reaches the point where he
thinks the people owe him some thinS, be
it vindicaton or what not, those same
people generally put him out of the
game.
Mobile Register: 1t turns out now that
Senator McLaurin's opponents IN South
Carolina are disappointed by his refusal
to accept the Presidents appointment as
Judge of the Court of Claims. They
wanted to get rid of him as a factor il
State politics.
0ACL0A0A0AoAOS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-03

The small vote in the congressional
1,soI,,a,s sdisr,,st for personal politics.