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SUXDAV. JUNK 0. Mil
POLITICAL METHODS AND POPULAR CHOICE
The campaign for Governor has got
ten far beyond the lield of persona l
triumph for Mr. Swanson, Mr. M<jiua
pue, Mr. lZchols or Colonel Marshall.
The four candidates are all Democrats
standing high in the party and deseiT
ins well at the hands of the citixens of
Virginia. Ami had up other question
been brought into the canvass the nom
ination would have pone to that one
who most nearly represented «ne
wishes of the people. This was cer
tainly the principle on which the peo
ple believed the campaign was to be.
conducted, and the shock of finding
that a wholly different plan is being
adopted in many localities is being fell
Throughout the whole Slate.
Since IR<>7 it has been popularly J.e
lieved Uiat though the white men must
stand together in life Democratic party
to protect themselves, their properly
and their lives, yet; within t!ie party
each man believed that he had a sacred
right to vote for, the candidate of bis
choice. At various times there have
come murmurs from defeated candi
dates that even within the party, which
was organized for the Democratic
white voters of Virginia, there was a
close corporation known as "tile ring.' ?
•which was organized and operated for
the members of Hie ring. Any at tempt
to exploit this fact or jo point out its
obvious dangers has universally been
met by the supporters of that close
corporation, either by denying the
existence of a ring, or, if further press
ed, by insinuating, that such charges
were proofs of disloyally to the princi
ples of Democracy-
Tile people as a whole took but little
interest. in such controversies, for the
existence of the state of affairs under
discussion either did not affect them
'or -was disbelieved entirely; but mark
the change now that the shoe has be
gun to panch. From many parts of
the States come cries of trickery or
open^fraud. On the stump the chief
question under debate, between the
leading candidates, is whether this cr
that county committee has acted with
even a semblance of fairness.
It was thought and hoped that the
infamous rowdyism and unfairness by
which the iwpular will was suppressed
at Shumaker's and Howard's Grove
precincts would have no parallel, and
yet the reports from Norfolk county
and Newport News show that the ac
tions there out-Heroded Herod. The
columns of the Saily papers have been
lilled with, the accounts of those pro
ceedings, which, appear to have been
organized with the distinct: purpose of
iirst keeping the voters ignorant as to
the times aud places of meeting, and
second, of preventing the voters who
happened to be present from having
their votes recorded unless they were
trast for a. certain .candidate.
No party can survive under such a
state of affairs— and with the fall of
the party will corue the fall of the lead
ers who Inaugurated these methods.
The Times has no candidate to urge on
the voters of Virginia, but The Times
owes a public duty io the citizens to
call their earnest attention to 1 he
means that are being used in many
localities to prev-ent the people's will
from being given its due power and
effect. The welfare of the .state, the
good name of the Democracy, and,
above all, common honesty and fair
■ dealing between man and man demand
that the people make a short end of
such oui rages on decency and such
travesties on. elections.
The studied attempt to defeat the
will of the people, whether by shifting
the unit and minority rule to suit the
■ locality, or by packing mass-meetings,
! will only arouse the people the more.
The conimittecmen and officeholders
wiio <Jid tliefce. tilings are not. the lirst
. politicians who forgot tlie source o£
V their brief authority, jind they will not
be the last whom the people have over
■wlieluietL Every indication points to
a popular deluge this year.
AN ECHO FkOM NEWPORT NEWS.
When we wrote yesterday of the ini
quities of the political ward uavung,
we had not seen the following rcpoit
of the late Newport News ward meet
ings, as printed in the Tress of the
city. The Press says:
"It will probably be a long time be
fore even the most rabid of those who
supported the ward convention plan
will ask for ward conventions again.
If the exhibitions in the Sixth, Fourth
and Second Wards were not enough to
make them sick, they are incurably \
healthy.
"In the First. Third, Fifth aud Sev
en Ul Wards, where the sentiment was
overwhelmingly one way or the. other,
no trouble was experienced, for the
■crowd was! one way and had everyr
thing that way.
*'lv Vise, other wanls named condi
tions were different and results were
lamentable. It was the same old ward
meeting story that is told every time
Che game is tried and lias been told
from time immemorial.
"There was utterly no chance for
correctly registering the popular will;
a fair deal had no more show than a
snow-ball iv the nether regions.
"There never was a ward meeting
that could not be packed and there are
few that have not been. I^ast night
the packing process was applied. ln a
number of the wards. Not only did
First-Ward men attend Ihe Fourth-:
Ward meeting, after transitrtiug their
own business, and Fifth- Ward men
attended the Sixth-Ward meeting: not
only did Republicans attend any and
fill of the meetings they desired, but a
crowd of Norfolk hoboes and thieves
were imposed and voted in various
xmrdg. or were attempted to r>e voted.
Some of them were thrown bodily out
of the Fourth-Ward meeting. In the
Sixth Ward they came to the back
door *nd were barred from entrance."
I» all Uot politic*! - coatests, the
ward meeting is the sloriu-contre. . It
is the place where the political tbiiKS
of both sides congregate to ply their
little pirae of rowdyism: - -They - nrc
tlsoio for :i purpose', sud it is hardly,
necessai'y to wiy.thiit that purpose Is
not i he public £ood. Of course, we do^
noi menu to say that all who attend,
ward meetings are Ihugs-. but. we do
say that in Jiot contest!-:, the thups are
ev"or present at: the ward meetings -md
many jroort citizens are mnvilliujr to
he found in .such company, and so thoy
stay at. lionie and give the thugs that
much more power.
Newport News had been spared the
disgraceful scenes pictured in the
Press had the primary plan of select
ing delegates been adopted. It umy
be set down as a political opinion that
where the primary is discarded for the
ward meeting there is manipulation
to thwart the -will of the people.
CITY FOLKS AND COUNTRY FOLKS.
Speaking of. the drift of population
cityward, the Indianapolis News re
cently suggested that if the fanners
tempted their boys to love agricultu
ral pursuits by giving them something
to care for and call their own is might
be a help. A correspondent of the
News differs with the conclusion of
that paper, saying that a thing of the
gravest Importance is that w'uen a
young man from the country makes
occasional visits to the city he is look
ed down upon as an inferior in iutel
leei, and such, terms as "Country Jake"
and "Clodhopper"' fall upon his ears;
Ihat he is isolated from, society and
is an object of scorn.
This is only half true. If a country
boy comes to towu wearing grotesque
clothing, with iiis hair unkempt and
his boots unpolished and presenting
generally a slovenly appearance, and
if he adds to this a slovenly manner
and a rude speech, naturally he will be
laughed at by a certain class of peo
ple. Rut the country lad of refinement
and character will always be received
in lovni with courtesy and considera
tion by all gentlefolks, and other sort
of folks don't matter. Such a lad i:>
always more welcome in any sort of
good society in town than the city dude
who "smells of cheap perfumery, who
plasters his h.-iir down with sweet
grease, and who prides himself on
using the latest slang and smoking the
newest brand of cigarettes. City peo
ple appreciate worth as much as coun
try people appreciate worth, and the
young ni:i£i of merit, whether he be
country born or city born, need not 1.-c
afraid of his position in city society.
Some very *illy people may laugh at. a
country boy or country girl whose
dress is not a la mode, but people in
town -.vhosc opinipnsiare worth hav
ing. <lo not judge by outward appear
ance and will extend the right hand of
friendship to the meritorious youth or
maiden whether their clothes be up
to-date or not.
Indeed, we believe that city people,
as :i class, despise sham more than
country people do. because people in
town see .^o much more of it. City
people of character conform to custom
in the matter of dress and manners, be
cause they do not wish to make them
selves conspicuous by being out of Hie
fashion. Moreover, they recognize
that there must: be certain forms and
observances in polite society that all
polite people must conform to. But it
is the greatest; mistake in the world
to think that city people, as a class,
care more for these things then they
do for character. It is a mistake to
suppose thai a young man or a young
woman can go into good society in
town upon their outward tfppe.'iranee,
just as it is a mistake to suppose that
men and women of worth "will be ex
cluded because they are not. always
dressed In the height of fashion. Every
day in the year there are country peo
ple in Richmond, and if they are de
serving they :ire always cordially re
ceived and considerately treated-
GEORGIA'S BRAVE SHERIFF.
All honor to Joseph Merrill, the
Georgia sheriff, who fought Hie mob
at Carrollton and upheld the law. It
was an art. that was doubly brave. It
required physical courage to face the
mob, and it required moral courage to
protect a negro prisoner against white
men. It was not a popular thing to
lire upon white men under such cir
cunistanees. but this backwoods sheriff
thought not of popularity. He thought
only of duty, and lie discharged liis
duty like a man. All honor to him,
say we. • v
Hut some will say that Nt was a
shame to shoot while men to death in
order to save a negro murderer who
richly deserved to be hung. That is a
very narrow view. The issue was not
between good white men and a menu
negro. The issue was between the
mob and the law. The negro was a
more incident- He had been com
mit led to the sheriff for safe-keeping,
and the sheriff was the representative
and the custodian of the law. The
mob proposed to run over the sheriff
and trample the law under foot. But
the sheriff would not permit it. Ho
gave the mob warning, and when the
mob advanced in denauce of his or
ders, he opened tire.
It was an awful thing to do, but it
had been a more awful thing for the
sheriff io make an abject aud dishon
orable surrender to the mob. The law ,
is more to be regarded than the lives
of those who •would assault the law
and bring it into contempt. What
would human life be worth ' r f there
were no law to protect it? The man
who defies the law lakes his life into
his own hands, and his blood is upon
his own head.
All honor, we say, for the third time,
to Sheriff Merrill. If all officers of the
law were like him, mob violence would
be less frequent.
There is another lesson, however,
from this Georgia tragedy. "When the
law begins to dilly-dally with a case
like this, where the evidence is plain,
it is but natural for the people to be
come impatient The circumlocution
of the law is a great incentive to mob
violence.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Nor
folk YirKiniim-rilot, makes a poUi* &iul
good-tempered reply to our soft im
peachment, and tlien adroitly endeav
ors t<s draw The Times into a discus
sion of the late- free-silver issue. We
would like to indulge our contempo
rary's hallucination, but our readers
must' be considered, aud moreover we
are now engaged in discussing hallu
cinations with Editor Bryan, "One at
a lime, gentlemen.''
LOVE OF GOD AND MAN.
(Sek-ctcd for The Times.)
"God is lo\»*t aud ho that riwelleth in
l«.iye dwellcth in Clod, and OoU in film. *
•• • And this* commandment have we
from Him: That he who .loveth <"sod loves
liis brother also."— l John iv., 3(3-21. i
Which is to come first-love to God or
love to man? On this point men in past
agres have differed and will to the end
Unless they will take honestly the plain
words of St. John and sec that to love
their neighbor is to love God. and to love
God is to love their neighbor. St. John
says so clearly enough twice over. 1 "God
is love and he that dwellcth in love
dwelleth in God and G.od in him." The
two things are one and the one cannot bo
without the other. .
Does this seem strange to you? It need
not if you will but .consider who God is
and what man is. Thou lovest God?
Then, if thon lovest Him thou must needs
love all that He has made. And what has
He made? All things except, sin, and
what sin is He has told thoe. He has giv
en thee ten commandments for a guide;
beware of adding any more or calling un
clean what God hath made clean, and
cursing- what God hath bl^ssc'd. Thou
lovest God? Then thou lovest all that is
good; for God is good and from Him all
good things come. For it is written "God
fh>- everything that Iff had made, and
behold it was very good."
Therefore, if thou love God thou must
love all good things, for all things are of
Him and by Tijni and through Him, and
in Him all live and move and Slave their
being. Then wilt tln'u truly love God.
Thou wilt trust God. for thou wilt have
the mind of God. Thou wilt be satisfied
with God's plans, from the rise and fall
of great nations to the death and life of
the smallest gnat which dances In the
sun. Thou wilt say forever and concern
ing all things: "I know in whom T have
believed. It is the T-drd, let Him do what
seemeth Him good."
Again. Thou lovest thy neighbor; thou
lovest wife or child; thou lovest thy
friends; thou lovest (or wishest to love)
all men and to do them good. Then thou
lovest God. For what is it that thou lov
<:-st in thy neighbor? That which is good.
Thou lovest him for his kindness, his
honesty, his helpfulness, his helplessness
from some good quality in him. From
whom does that good come but from
Christ, who sends us all good gifts?
Yes, if you will receive it— when we love
our neighbors it is God in them— Christ
in them whom we love— Christ in them
llio hope of glory. If we will look at it
aright we will learn that when we love
our neighbor truly it is the divine part In
him. the spark of eternal goodness In
him. what St. Paul calls Christ in him.
which we admire and cling to and love.
But by that rule we cannot love every
one, for every one is not good. Be not
too sure of that. All are not good, alas!
But in all there is some good. It may be
a very little— a hope of glory, even
though that hope be very, very faint. It
may be dying out: it may die out alto
gether and their souls may become ut
terly base and evil. Still, while there is
life there is hope— even for the worst—
and just as far as our hearts are fulJ of
the Spirit of God. just ;o far we shall sro
the Spirit of God, striving with the souls
even of the worst man and love them for
that. Just as far as we love the likeness
of Christ in us, we shall be quick to
catch the least gleam of His likeness in
our neighbors and lov.-> 'hem for that.
Just as far as our hearts are full of love
we shall see something worth loving In
every human being, and we must love
them for that. I know it is difficult. It
dors not grow in a day— that wide and
drop and pervading spirit of love to all
mankind. It takes a whole life-time.
Before our eyes are cleansed and purged
to .see some trace of good in every man
our hearts must be cleansed and purged
from all selfishness and bigotry and pride
and anger, so that they may be filled
■with the loving Spirit of God.
As long as a taint of selfishness or
pride remains in us we shall be- in con
tinual danger of hating those whom God
does not hate; despising those whom God
does not despire, and condemning those
whom God does not condemn. But if self
is cast out of us and the Spirit of God ami
of Christ is enthroned in our hearts, then
we shall love our brother and in loving
him love God who made him; and so
dwelling in love we shall dwell in God
and God in us.
The Virginia u-PUot felicitated the
public on the absence of campaign poe
try prematurely nnd unadvisedly. It
is informed that both Mr. Montague
and 'Sir- Echols have been made the
victims of madrigals,— Norfolk Yir
ginlan-jPilot.
So there are goo-goo eyes iv the cam
paign, are there?
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KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN
Stakes will be divided among charities as
fresh air fund. $1.0%; Five Points Mission,
follows: Herald ice fund. $1,000: Tribune
Ciisoo; St. John's Guild. $2,090: Catholic Or
phan Asylum, $2,000: Protestant Orphan
Asylum. $2,C00, and the Hebrew Sheltering
Arms Society, $2,030.
Mrs. Man' Ashland Townsend, whose
norn de plume was Xariffa. n. well known
Southern poet and writer, died on Friday
in Galveston, Texas.
Johnny — What is conscience?
Father— Conscience my foil is some
thing- that we think should bother the
other fellow.— Tit-Bits.
The Kins? of Portugal is a clever artist
and has been awarded medals at exhibi
tions for his pictures. As a rule, he works
in pastel, and much of his leisure time is
occupied with sketching favorite spots
along the coast.
"How did you find your married daugh
ter getting along- wh«*n you visited her in
the city. Uncle Joph?' 1
"Oh, Bella's gettiii' nlonar well enough,
but she's just like all thpm s:eiety folks
now, and 1 don't think T could ever git
used to th°ir ways. The fust thins she
did when 1 wpih into thR house was to
give me. a splendid hi? rcckin' cheer to pet
ill. and the next thing was to tell me it
wasn't good form to rock it!"— Chicago
Tribune.
The Pennsylvania Senate has voted to
appropriate SIO.COO for tho erection of a
monument to Andrew :D. Curtin, "the war
governor."
The Fourth of July this year will be the
two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
the founding of the town of Xatick, Mass.,
by John Kliot. th<? famous apostle to the
Indians, and on July 3d there is to be a
grand gathering oC Ms descendants, who
have scattered into widely separated parts
of the country, and call themselves indif
ferently Eliot. Elliot or Klliott.
AFTERMATH.
A novel law-suit was heard recently in
the Superior Court of Concord. N. H.,
where a jury grave a verdict of $1,979.16
to a pharmacist for preserving in alcohol
the amputated limb of a once prominent
man.
In ISS7 John H. Pearman. a ruilroad
manager, who lived in this city, lost a
leg by amputation] The legr was pre
served in alcohol and stored in a safe
place in a local drug store. When Mr.
Pearson died, in ISflO, tho leg was, by his
direction, taken from its jar and buried
with tho rest of his body. Shortly after
A. Feiiey Fitch, the local druggist who
had cared for the leg:, sent to tho trus
tees of the estate a bill for 55.450 for ser
vices rendered in connection with the am
putated limh. This bill tho trustees re
fused to pay. and Mr. Fitch brought suit,
which was heard to-day.
• » •
"Please don't drag my name into print
in connection -with this absurd affair,"
cried the. indignant citizen to the reporter;
"but if you do be sure to spell it with a
final 'c.' "—Tit-Bits.
' « '
If the telephone had been in use in
Paul Rcvere's day a writer in "The Eos
ton Journal" thinks that instead of riding
lie might have employed that instrument
as follows: "Hello! Yes. Give me — •
hello! What's the matter with you. Cen
tral? Give me — yes — I want Concord ::S1 —
yes. Concord — Concord — three — eij?ht — one —
yes, that's it— waiting— waiting— oh, is that
Concord? Yeia? Well, this is Paul
Revere. No— No. Revere— Boston. Hey?
Never mind wjio I am. Well, don't get
gay with me. or I'll report you. Oh, you
arc, arc you? Well, just, tell your folks
that tho. Brilish arc lauding' here in Bos
ton in strong force. Yes. that's it. And
just ring up Lexington, will you, and tell
them. Thank you. Good-bye!"
Church— What is the principal musical
instrument in China — the lyre?
Gotham— No; 1 believe it is the loot.—
Yorikers Statesman.
* *
There is a gambling house in Phila
delphia which employs au automatic
church organ instead of a lookout man.
"The scheme," says "The Record," "has
worked beautifully, and neither the neigh
bors nor the 'fly cops' of the district arc
onto the game. When the organ is started
you might think In passing the house
that a, prayer meeting or revival service
was in progress behind inn closed blinds,
for it plays nothing but hymns. All thn
evening it switches from 'Nearer, My
God, to Thee' to 'Rock of Ages.' and
then to 'From Greenland's Icy Moun
tains.' And all the time the chins are
rattling and the 'kitty' is growing fat.
Think of raiding a 'joint' where an organ
was playing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee!' "
A bill for tho incorporation of Ridley,
Term., passed by both houses of the Ten
nessee Legislature, contained the follow
ing paragraph: "Thence north. S.i degrees
east, to a black gum marked with a cross
and with mistletoe in the top, and with
a bluebird sitting on a limb, which tree
is a short distance cast of 'Ed' Johnson's
horse lot."
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORARIES.
Mr. Charles G. Trumbull, editor of the
Sunday-school Times, in a memorial no
tice to his friend, Dr. Slaltbie D. .Babcock,
refers to an. mci
THE PREACHING dent that occurred
THAT ABIDES, shortly after he
took cnarge of the
"Brick Church," as it is known, in New
Yqrk. A richly dressed, fashionable wo
man was overheard saying: to her com
panion one Sunday morning as they were
leaving the church: "I don't Tike that
church. I'm not going there any more."
"Why not?" said her friend. "Don't you
like Dr. BabcocK's preaching?" "Yes;
but I can't get r*d of him all the week."
That is the kind of preaching that tells—
the preaching that rouses the conscience,
that fastens itself upon the memory, the
impression dnd effect of which cannot
readily be shaken off. It was this that
gave to the late Mr. Babcock his peculiar
power. Ho was not eloquent' according
to the highest standards of oratory; but
he was eloquent in his magic sway pver
thft migds and emofign* ' o{ hjg hsftrsrt,
his power to 1 persuade, convlnca and corv
trol. And t..ia, alter all, is the truest elo^
quence. He was a man of strong convic
tions. He realized in all its Inward and
divine potency the truth that he utlered,
and it came from him wltn a directness
ana earnestness that reached and roused
others. Above all, he was a man of
prayer. He spake with an unction from
above. The word was like a nail driven
into a sure place by tho master of as
sembles. The removal of such a man is
a great loss to the American pulpit and
to the whole Church of Christ.— Christian
Advocate.
We are. in lino with Paul's own testi
mony when we see in the' events of his
vision of the risen Christ the apology for
his life. When
THE TEACHERS standing before
OF ST. PAUL. Agrippa. as well :is
speaking before the
Hebrew mob from the casi.c stairs, he I
does riot recount what he had learned at
the feet of tho great Gamaliel, but what
he had experienced at the feet of the
once crucified Is'azarene. as the basis of
his defense. "And the- Lord said: "I am
Jesus, whom thou persecutest. But arise,
stand upon thy feet: for to> this end have
I appeared tmto thee, to appoint thee a
minister and a witness both of the things
wherein thou hast seen me and of the
things wherein I will appear unto thee,
delivering the* from the people and from
the Gentiles unto whom I send thee. that
they may receive remission of sins an-i
inheritance among them that are sancti
fied by faith in me.' Wherefore, O King
AgTippa. I was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision." Paul's whole life and
theology were Mit an expansion of this
call-vision from the risen Lord.— Religious
Herald.
Ac Vent £>a £'&sprit.
The wind that sighs before the dawn
Chases the gloom of night.
The curtains of the liast ar» drawn
And suddenly— 'tis light.
A faint breath wakes the slumbering
seas.
Peaks, plains and forest dim,
The brave birds 'mid the rustling trees
Raise a glad morning hymn.
And all the waiting world around
Adores the coming sun,
New warmth and life, new cheerful
sound,
Xew destines begun.
So on old the familiar earth,
As on the faintest star,
"Where'er a. new life conies to birth.
The Spirit's breathings arc.
Thro' the soul's dim recedes dark
They move <-re yet 'tis day.
And she even as tho faithful lark
Awaking, toars away.
They blow, they stir the voiceless doep
With winds of fruitful strife.
And from the chills of Death and Sleep
Draw warmth and light and life.
—Lewis Morris.
The Human Seasons.
(■By John Keats.)
Four seasons till the mecsure of the year;
There are four reasons in the mind of
man;
Ho has his lusty spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span.
He has his summer, when luxuriously.
Spring's honeyed cad of youthful
thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming high,
Is nearest unto heaven; quiet coves.
His soul has in its Autumn, when his
wings,
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness— to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his "Winter, too, of pale misfea
turc,
Or else he would forego his mortal na
ture-
Selected.
(Published by Request}
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory —
Adorns, when sweet violets sicken.
Live within the sense they quicken
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead.
Are heaped for the belov'd's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
P. B. Shelley.
Selected.
(Published by Request.)
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now I am a man.
So be it when. I shall grow old—
Or let me die!
The child Is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety,
— Wordsworth.
O'Ferrall's Joke.
Governor Charles T. O'Fcrrall, of Vir
ginia, told one 01" the liuest and most
effective anecdotes ever heard in Con
gr>:«s. It was at tho expense of William
Bourke Cockran, whose lame as an orator
extends all over the .English-speaking
work!.
Among his many qualifications for suc
cessful public speaking Mr. Cockran has
a voice which would have aroused the
envy of the Bull of Bashan. Jt so hap
pened that O'Ferrall and Cockran locked
horns on a contested flection case, aud
Cockran's voice was in prime condition.
O'Ferrall, though Chairman of the
Democratic Committee 011 Election*--, ad
vocated the seating of the Republican,
lor which Cockran assailed him bitterly
and bombarded him with his heaviest ar
tillery until everbody within hair a mile
was deaf from tho noise.
O'Ferrall began his reply as follows:
"The remarks of tho gentleman from New
York remind me of the story of an old
colored man down in Virginia who was
riding a mule and who was caught In a
violent thunder storm while passing
through a dense forest. Being unable to
make any headway except through the
agency of the fitful flashes of lightning
which occasionally revealed his surround
ings, and becoming greatly alarmed at
the loud and terrible peals of thynder
which shook the earth and reverberated
over his head, he at last appealed to the
Throne of Grace in this fashion: 'O
Lawd, if it's jest the same to you. I'd
rather hey a little less noise an' a little
mo' light!' Now," concluded O'Ferrall,
"we have had a hogshead of noise and
would be thankful for a thimbleful of
light on this important subject!"— Champ
Clark in Saturday livening Post.
Newport News Politics.
The Newport News Press of yesterday,
commenting on the political situation in
that city, says:
"We congratulate the gentlemen who
fought no nobly and so successfully for
ward meetings in this city when the
people wanted primaries. We hope that
Anew <4ee/ £g
/V* V REAL ESTATE M/,
LOANS 'AND RENTS.
_ - W0.6 NORTH TENTH ST.
BL&S jj&^feniiy k t J3^mL»Hi t
The srveet promise' of youth ! How often it turns to- «shes
through neglect at the critical time t """
Mrs. Josephine Townsend, 19 Clark Place, Jersey City, says :
" It ijs tvith pleasure that I write this
testimonial in behalf of my daughter JKL
LJIHan, who was very sick. Our doctors mgL BS|
said her blood had turned to suear at the M
critical time of womanhood. She could -
not -walk or stand, but had to lie in bed " ""iSr
almost, all day for five Ion;? months. Our N>^%^
doctor d;d all he could for her, but she got "\»
worse all along: I was anxious about her* and . $Wi£\sk
in fact, all our family were almost crazy to^l^B^j^^?
think she -would die so jounjj. - _- ••* c' jjfs*iSs*T*?s
" I hud heard and "read so much of Dr. " ;^Oc^SHKVji
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy ilXvj^^S
that 1 went and got a bottle. On the second day '^a^;
I satv an improvement in her condition. 1 rras **&jm
ovrrjo-#2d and k<"pton and got another bottle, 3ft«M>,
and When the second bottle was used J«^^^TO»^Sh^B
thanks for T am surf that Dr. jgSzgsKiy^^M^jJl^^^^Kß^
letting their lives be sacrificed I , < • :' ' '■
' Dn" Greene's Nervura blood ->---^ "~--- "■v-** "T' ■ """*!!
and nerve remedy is the great strengthener and helper for weak and
nervous women. It preserves beauty, and saves lives. Don't be
without its benefits if you need help. Get Dr. Greene's advice. It ia
free if you write to or call at 35 W. 14th St., New York City.
they are satisfied. The spectacle they
have wrought is a mrst edifying one.
is it not? By all means let us continue
in this good course and have ward meet
ings every time the people -want prim
aries--. By all mean? let rv handful or'
men on a City Committee dictate to the
people what they shall have ariti what
they shall not have and inflict upon the
rity whenever they sec lit the disgrace
of episodes such as characterized some
of the meetings Thursday night.
"Oh, but the ward meeting is the way
to pet at ;l fair expression of the will
of the people! L,ook at the present
ghastly situation and feast your eyes
upon it. Is it not enough to gladden
the heart of the most ardent lover ol'
party harmony?
"What mor>> could bn asked of this
game to thwart the will of the people?
True, it did not quite work out in a
couple of instance?, but it accomplished
all that could have been expected of it.
and the other part of the machine, will
finish tho job. True. too. that decent
people of both factions attending the
sickening seances i;i the Sixt'.i and
Fourth Wards were disgusted, but what
rights have they that a machine need
to consider? None, of course.
"The ward convention plan did all
that its advocates and. Its opponents ex
pected, and any man with half an eye
could have foreseen when it was
adopted, not only the disgraceful epi
sodes of the ward meetings, but the cli
max reached in the pandemonium at
the so-called City Convention yesterday
morning."
COMBINE THE SCHOOLS.
This Will Probably Be the Case in Henrico.
Stolen Goods Recovered.
It is very probable that by the opening
of the next school session, in Henrico
county, the three high schools of the
county will be combined into one.
The Henrico County School Board m<H
yesterday morning at the Courthouse in
special session for the consideration o£
the Question of combining the schools.
The iJoiirii, after a short ses
sion, decided to appoint a com
mittee to report as to tli« advisability of
the move and sn?jr»st plans at another
meeting to be h<*ld Saturday, June I'M
This committee is composed of. Messrs.
l*. H. Jeter, of Brookland; Caskf^kSmfth,
of Tuckahoe; R. M. Pitcher, of Varlna,
and Dr. Hu?h P. Smith, of Fairnejd and
will meet next Wednesday at 2 o'clock to
take up the matter.
So far as can "be learned the trustees ap
pear to favor the move to combine tac
schools. Some discussion will arise over
its situation, but ihi*. it is thought, can
be racily settled, and th^ new school will
doubtless be an established fact by the
opening of the next session. Mr. Frank
P. Brent, secretary or' the Stato Ro;irtl,
was present at the meeting yesterday
and made an address strongly advocating
the move.
Some time ago the residence of Mrs.
Freeman, on Fulton Hill. Wit* robbed
and. a. lot of her personal eff'v-ts taken
off. The matter was reported to the Henri
co police and Mrs. Krreman has since
had returned to. her a portion of the stol
en property. Among the thingai recovered
are a diamond ring, two sold rinsts. two
gold bracelets and two hunches, of key«.
The other things — one pair of kid gloves,
oie box o-f handkerchiefs arid $7 in. cur
rency—have not yet been, located.
Two white men, named Lonnie Conway
and Harry Sha.w, are in the Henrico jail,
charged with allowing: sixty cows to tres
pass on the property of R. HI. Beattie
within three miles of the corporate limits.
There is also a warrant against the men,
charging them with threatening to as
sault Percy Merch and with usins abusive
language .
The Henrico County Court will meet
to-morrow in regular grand jury session.
The annual picnic of the Sunday-school
of the Falrmount-Avenue Methodise
Church, will occur next Thursday. The
excursion will go to "West Point.
Miss Daisy Walker, of Lunenburs. ar
rived in the city last night on a visit to
Mrs. John R- Jeter, Xo. 1900 Fairmount
Avenue.
A Prominent Farmer Sunstruck.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
GREENBACKVILLE. VA., June S.-
Mr. W. "\V, Scott, one of the most promi
nent farmers of this place, was overcome
by heat Friday while at work on hts
farm and was taJten to his house In an
unconscious state. He has been speech
less ever since the sunstroke, and is now
considered by hTs physician, as bein^ In a
critical condition. All of the immediate
family wer« telegraphed for and are now
at his bedside awaititigr the inevitable.
Port Huron, Brewers' Union succeeded
lij sfeurjfjg a.-r»l*9 «( 12 per. week, she
new "scale being IM ocr weak aal m. 10
hour day.' . .
LEARNING HOW
STREET CARS RON
Richmond People Must Watch the
Color and Signs on
the Cars.
The traveling public. Is r.ipiily fiesomtos
accustomed to the changed contl't ona of
street, railway travel by reason of the now.
routes! inaugurated on Friday la*t !j." the
tw:> loc;il street car companies. The
greatly improved faclHtlea, which ■<■;- :\>™
within the reach ot" the public, are really
very dirrrpie and easy of comprehension.
Neither line huj discontinued de tn any
way chimgeil or modi fled the services it
was rendering previous to y. stecdajr. The
Passenger and Power Company has add
ed one new and additional route and ser
vice and th-? Traction Company has add
ed two new and additional routes and ser
vices.
The new servion o? thf* Passenger
and Power Company follows exactly t'.
old mule-car Uru- ai"-;:;'! the tlollywood
loop, down Broad, down Ki;;hth. down
Main, up Ninth and up Broad 1 , as of oM.
These cars are painted red, have the
word "Hollywood" on a side-board and
"Broad Street." on each end. In this way
they are readily distinguishable from th*
regular Main-Street service of the Passen
ger and Power Company.
The Traction Company has added :»• ■•
new routes or servlc s-.in O-ikwood-ffotly
wood service m;".'^ Main Streel .•::■! .t
Chlmborazo-R sffrvofr service a,''>:i^ Haiti
Street.
The Oakwood-Kolly wood or "rert board"
cars of the Traction Cotnpitnj . . r»m::i? east
fromr Hollywood, bran h .it First and Jlalrt.
Half continue by way ol Broad to Oak«
wood, as formerly, and are miirked "Oak
wood iinrl Hollywood" o" -I. ' —H
"via Broitd" on bvth cuds. Hdif turn
down Main at First ami ■• : !■>
by way oi Eighteenth, and are marltfd
th>> »arn<" on the sities an.! "via Main ' on
both ends. These signs ,ir» on r*"i
board.-:. Returning the Oalcwood-Hol
tywood can branch nr Eighteenth, ona
proceeding by way o'_ Slain and the oth
er hv w;>v nf proad
The Chlmborazo-Reservofr or "blua
board" cars .>r the Traction
Company, coming <*a.-n, divid« at
Eighteenth and Bros* Hair prnf*<*rl to
Chimborazo by way of Main, with front
and end hoards marked "vja Main-" Th"
othr.- half proceed to ''himborazo by w,iy
of Broad, with front and end b-iard3
marked "via Broad." These sfgaa are on
bliip boards and these cars h;ivp "i'hlm
borazo and Reservoir" on rh*» svi'V". n»
furning westward 1 they branch at Eigh
t»f>nth and Broart.
Thf new routes f>f thf two rnmpanlfj
have somewhat disarranged and thrown in
to confusion the transfer system which haa
be«*n in operation between these two :om
panif-s for several months. rr.»s:rj-iit
BemifH. of tlv: 1 Traction Company, ancl
CFenerat-Sranager Dimmock, of tht> pas
senger and Power <~"onip«ir>y. will cnnf»r
n^xt week on this matter with a view- to
arranging a r.^w transfer s.;h»f|iils with
additional p«irU3 of transfer contact be
tween the fines.
The- V-d&.<"i".Z Fr :ilK ' Tower Company {3
operating an al!-nl.?ht car on It.s Bread;
Street-Hollywood senrfce on 3. hair-hour
schedule. Th*- all-night car is run, on
Main a<? heretofore*.
The Traction Company has added >.->m's
eighty men to its pay-roll o( mot«rrn?n
and conductors because of the iniTeajci
number of can which it La operating on
its lines.
TOBACCO AND GRAIN CROP.
Colonel Archer Again Takes Charge of the
Buffalo Lithia.
(Si>evUl Dispatch to Th» Times')
BL'FL'AIXt JVSC'VIQS, VA., June ?.—
Notwithstanding i^« recent heavy rains,
farmers In thia section, have about all
finished planting their tobacco crop, a.ad
have an excoUOQt stand, and. th« pros
pect bids fair for a good crop, as it is
starting off so welt
The freshet was wry destructive to tho
corn crop which had been planted on th*
lowlands, but most ot the s»owera hava
planted It over and it is to be hoped -wilt
make a good crop yet. Corn on the high
lands U-looklHK very fills.
The wheat and oat e:-.->p wiit b« op* of
the best hud for a number of vtars. us
It is very rarely a good, yield on fhm
sandy soil !tl lhi * Immediate section.
Preparations ar» b«inij nutts f«r the
opening fff th* Buffalo Lit hi* Springs
Hetal on the 15th instant. Colonel A. W.
Ai-ch*r. ih» rawwgw •< th« hot?!, arrival
a few days ago from. Bristol. R. £, wHi«J»
Is his trtnter hom^

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