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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-03
IEE-CREAM.
CE-CREAM! ICE-CREAM.
c. ZIMMER'S
STANDARD ICE.CREAM

4 STANDARD ICE-CREAM
has earned an unriyalled reputation not only for
superior QUALITY but also for Its cheapness, which
brings 1t within reach of everybody. After thirty
years study and experience tof which eighteen
years was in Richmond. challenge the world TO
beat 1t. - ......@ ~
may frankly state that have furnished this sea.
son three fourths Of all the excursions, pc-ncS, aud
festivals IN this city, and have given universal sat
isiacttOn.. =. t.G -. % p :, 3, =. -.
/ manufacture daily from 80 to 100 gallons OF
my STANDARD ICE-CREAM, and am using rom
Kennebec ice per day. My steam-freezing ma
chinery is Of the most improved kind, and has ca
pacity OF 500 gallons per day:
CREAM made to order of any desired favor.
WATER and FRUIT-ICES OF all descriptions.
NV ICE-CkEAM EXPRESS-WAGOSSd deliver
CREAM TO all parts Of The city and surrounding
parks. ,,,,x,r, :.
saucers,. Spoons, and Tables furnished without
extra charge.
An experienced hand will be sent with any excur-
e,on IN nssist if desired. c. ZIMMER,
Wholesale Ice Cream Manufacturer,
+. nm 3.ot 4 ~ -; - 1885 Main street.
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Sixty-seven failures occurred in New
York city in July, with liabilities amounting
to So, 38,171--an increase Of fifty per cent.
in the number and one hundred per cent. in
the liabilities over the same month last
year.-BQltimore american.
The repeal OF the bankrupt law accounts
for it. After September 1st there will be
fewer failures
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-03

Editors Dispatch. The Wig of this
morning quotes from Colonel Lamb, OF
Norfolk, to show that depression always
follows contraction. From these figures
hasn't the depression been the result OF en-
pansion, which eliminated in the disasters
of '37, '57, and '73? .. NJ.
August l, 1878.
We were surprised to see Colonel LAMB
quoting such figures in the face OF the ofil-
cial facts. Here are the correct figures.
See page 326 Of the American Almanac for
1878. They were prepared by EDWARD
YOUNG, Esq, Chief OF the Bureau OF Sta
tistics, in November, 1877: -
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ap l5-tAu3

nESIRABLE SECTION FOR SALE.
~ Letter j, Section No. AZ, In Hollywood, on
main avenue, Immediately opposite DR.. Christians
section. This, We think Is the most desirable sec
tlon that eau now be bought Hollywood. Apply 10
4 y tst s',t' GEORGE y. VASHQy& SON,
hzsH4 - sz'.E - .'Is~ ~ Real Estate Agents,
IS 50-eod3t 7,.g1 - - -.
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CHANDLER 81 sINNoTT, .UNfsa
" DERTAKERS AND CaBfNET-M A-><xas
X ERS, No. 7224 Main street, between Seventh and
Eighth keep on hand large and ane stock of WOOD,
METALLIC and CIOTH-C0VERED BURlAL-
CASES and CASkETS. The fnest zHearses ana
Hacks In Richmond furnished.s AL AZ the lowest
prices Ind most Enable lermst my 2-eod3m
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ID CON! Is \ G 0 n!
PROPOSALS..

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT
VIRGINIA pENITENTIART,
August 2, 1878.
cEALED PROPOSALS will be received
y ut this Office until
WEDNESDAY THE It'll INSTANT,
AT 10A O'CLOCK A. ~,
10 furnish the pcnitentiary with the following
quantity OF
COAL
for tho ensuinp twelve months. to be delivered In
such quantities, from time TO time, AS the superin-
dent NAV ordcr-vtZ.: ..-
100 tons iof 1000 poundsl Oh QulSSAhoS1
200 tons lof 1000 pouudsl Of ANTHRACITE
-. EGG coal.
so tons (of 1000 poundsl of ANTHRACITE
NUT COAL.
30 tons (or 1000 poundsI Of CUMBERLAND
COAL.
The Board Of Directors reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids offered. s. 4. SWAMI,
Superintendent Virginia Penitenuary.
BvC. Z. CROSS, First Assistant. au 3-3t
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VICTORIA LAWNS reduced TO ga, 10, and 12'sc.
per yard, and ten cents taken Oft or every dol
lars worth you purchase;
FRENCH CORDED PIQUEs-extra wide goods
at CSC. per yard worth Soc, and sou get len
cents off on every dollars worth you purchase'
STRIPED LINEN DRILLING at SIC. worth 23c.'
at zoe. per yard worth Soc, and you get len
cents Off on every dollars worth you purchasc'
A large assortment Of SILKS at the lowest prices
ever known and you get ten cents off on every
dollars worth on purchase
IRISH POPLINS at about half price;
WHITE QUILTS very cheap.
We are determined to close out our wnoic stocH.
as we intend making Il very important chahse III
our business next fall. LEVY BROTHERS.
Tau 81
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SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH Corner
Main and Sixth strcetsj.-Rcv. HENRY MCDONALD,
d. De- having returned to the city, will preach at
A. VI. No services 1T night.
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We are authorized to announce Hon.
John e. Massey, OF Albcmarle. as candidate
for Congress from the Seventh district
Page Courier.
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MAJ GRACE-S 4 r EE L PRESBlTE-
RIAN CHURCH.-Prcaching at IL O'Clock a. NJ.
by Rev. II. S. kEPLER.
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NET FIRST PR L S 3 I I Z RI A n
CHURCH.-Rcy WILLIAM +. BISHOP, Of Ashland,
will preach at l 4. NJ. No services at night.
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hope that the people OF the Southwest will
have more sense than to elect Colonel Fu!-
kerson to Congress upon such issues as he
is making. Lynchburg Virginidn.
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nj SEVENTH-STREET CHRISTIAN
misunderstanding at IL y. NJ. by Rev. j. II.
No services at night
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LII COD-LIVER OIL.
MEADE 4 BAkER',
INCIDENTALLY PURE.
IMPORTED DIRECT

we have the testimony Of physicians who pre-
scribe It, and OF patients who have taken 1t. that 1T
rs MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE STOMACH AND
MORE EASILY ASSIMILATED THAN ANY OTHER
OIL MEADE & BAKER.
importing and Dispensing Pharmacists,
pol5 9l9 Main street. Richmond. Va.
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The Greenbackers Have Carried Ii
IBERIA. .s ts.
.[Mr. Wliliams,s letter to .he COMMISSION News. ]

Mr.. Witliams's letter to the Charleston News.l
She has paper currency gotten up in a
style that reminds me forcibly Of old Con-
federate dollars. They promise on their
face to pay the bearer 10 gold so much, no
date, however, being specified. AS long as
the Government had gold matters pro-
crossed very well, but by-and-bye hitch
occurred in the arrangements. In 1876 an
act was passed authorizing the signing and
issuing Of 100000 additional currency.
Then the paper went down, and down, un-
til at length it became 30 per cent. below
par. The act authorizing the issue was re-
pealed last year, and the currency has been;
gradually getting back. Now:it is only at
a discount Of from - to Is per. cent. Even
this price, however, is paid principally, I
expect, because the money Is receivable for
duties. si.z s@,. ..t.s.i.
l"As long as the Government had gold"
heb n 1 ,il s f. , .s.........l 81
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WHe SHALL: Rule ?-The CONSERVATIVES
Democratic party must rule Virginia, or 1t
will be ruled by the Radicals. There is no
battle-ground. The Radicals are now
down, but they are biding their time. No
new party which can be founded will be
strong enough to beat them. ANY split in
the Conservative party on either. the State
debt or the greenback question will ineyita-,
bly, result in the Radical party ,again getting,
controi OF the State, and then woe betide
our poor people. In the name OK all that,
Virginians shonld hold dear we appeal to
conservatives to settle aft questions OF dis.
putef i'm their OWE i,art The majority can.
shape Its polio. ~ Demo ra 1. i.
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MT NIGHT-G o w NS, DRESSING
sACQUE>, CHEMIsEs, CoRSET-CoVERs,
DRAWERS, and APRONS In all qualities and 1T
all prices 1T LEVY bhOIhEkS.
You can save an extra TEN PER CENT. by phf-
chasing before the 18th of August. au
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G5~ SIDNEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. VERNON HANSON will preach at l A. VI. and
Sis L. ".
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NTFIRST ENGLISH LUT Ii E r a n
CHURCH Seventh street near Grace).-Rev. L.
TIER L. SMITH will preach at II a. NJ. and SIS
p NJ Seats free. All welcome.
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SIMMER RESORTS.

BEDFORD ALUM AND IRON
ID SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.
Delightful drive of two hours from Lynchburg.
lecant carriages at The train.
FARE FIRST-CLASS.
FULL LINE OF ADJUSTMENTS.
BUILDINGS ALL NEW OR ENTIRELY RE-
FITTED.
GREATEST HEALTH-GIFING WATERS
KNOWN.
UNEQCALLED FOX DYSPEPSIA. DEBILITY,
AND FEMALE DISORDERS.
TEMPERATURES ALWAYS PLEASANT.
BOARD, $50 per month; $40 per week: $50
per day.
Equally adapted TO invalIds, pleasure-seekers, or
those in quest or rest and recreation.
This water at soc. per gallon, or 81 per case,
aud the mass containing all the properties oil the
water 1t 60c. and 81 per package. Is furnished TO
those unable 10 visit the Springs. Address
..s A. NJ. DAVIS. =.
President OF the Company,
10 Main street, Lynchburg, Va.
Round-trip tickets ut reduced rates.
ty M
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AN INQUIRY ANswERED.-In answer to a
correspondent from Keswick. we give the
following statement as showing OF what
character OF United States currency amount
ing to the sum Of S1,600,000,00 in circula-
ton in 1865 was made up-viZ.:
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Making The total circuation.... 81 ,s01, 791,o76
Charlottesville Jetersonian.
Suppose we make up statement for the
present year to match the above. Not that
the JeBerSonian is an innater or green
hacker. So here goes. The following are
from the last public-debt statement:
Bonds at six per cent...........S 733,56l ,250 %
Bonds mt I'VE per cenl.......... 70S,266,650 90
a. .ou. 24s.ooo.ooo 90
Bonds ut four per cent. s'l12,SoU,Uou w
Navy pension fund ut three per a., 100 IN
cent. 19.VOOVcu Wv
Old demand and legal-tender 40 900 20
Certificates of deposit. .......... 51,200,000 90
Fractional Currency ............. 16,455,598 II
coin. and silver. certificates 45,69l,03 90
Coin. ..,.......................$ 207,0o7,832 40
Currency. $50. l,10s,317 SS
9raetiona aet eu iGe 100000 90
Special deposit held for redemp- r.
ton OF certificates Of deposit, ooo No
rs provided by law. minimum 0l,20O'ouo w
Grand total. ,5se,o2s,s 1871 10
notes . s24.00o.OOc 90
i r----------
s2,s6s, O2S.9sl 70
All the new four-per-cept. bonds for
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23
The Use of Milk.

Dr. Crosby, of the Bellevue Hospital, pro-
nounces milk an article of diet which all persons
may use, under nearly all conditions There
are those who say that they cannot take milk.
that it makes them bilious, ETC., but he declares
that this is not true. A person who is sick
may take milk with the greatest possible advan.
tage, because it contains, in a form easy of
assimilation, ali the elements essential for nam
tanning nutrition. 1t Is the natural aliment of
the young animal and certainly answers q good
purpose, for the old animal, provided it is used
properly, and not poured into stomach already
over-flled, as though it had in itself no sub
stance or richness. New milk, he does not hest
tate to say may be taken, far disease is con.
cerned, in nearly every condition.
Perhaps it will require the addition of spoon
ful or two of lime water. The addition of a
little salt will often prevent the after feeling of
fullness and "wind on the stomach" which
some complain Of If marked acility of the
stomach is present. then perhaps little gentian
may be requisite to stimulate the stomach some
what, and it may be necessary to give it in small
quantities and repeat it ofton but ice.cold milk
can be put into a very irritable stomach, if given
in small quantities and at short intervals with
the happlest effect. IL is used in case of fever,
which formerly it was thought TO feed" aud
when scalded it has desirable effect in summer
complaints.
But it is an article of diet for people in health
and who wish to remain in that happy condition,
that milk should be most appreciated. For the
midday lunch of those whose hearty meal comes
at night, or for the supper of those who dine at
noon, nothing is SO good. The great variety
and excellent quality of prepared cereals give a
wide choice of food to use with milk. Bread
with berries in their season, or baked sweet up
PIES boiled rice, cracked wheat, oatmeal hued
corn or hominy, taken with generous bowl OF
pure milk makes the possible light meal in warm
weather for children, and for all adults who have
not some positive physical idiosyncrasy that pre-
vent them from digesting it. The men of the
frmest health and longest life are the men Of
regular and simple habits, and milk IS a standard
article in such diet
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23
The Orher Train that is coming.

AS q train was passing over q New England
railroad it struck broken rail- The conductor
felt the shock. He new a car was off the track,
and sprang for brake. 1t was his last brave
service. The crash came, and be was picked up,
q poor, mangled wreck !; his skull had been
broken. He made out however, to utter these
w0rds-the last utterance of o faithful, loyal
soul" Put out the signals for the train !"
Somewhere down the track be knew another
tram was coming, laundering crashing along,
dashing faster, faster faster. and there was his
train on the track Out with the signals, out
with the signals another train is coming That
was his last injunction.
That other train, that other train, | am say
ing to myself, the generation that is following
us; the boys and girls that are pressing hard
after u.s. coming along faster, faster, faster, Just
ahead of whom we are, only perhaps to be in
their way, hindrance, an obstacle, and possibly
the occasion Of their ruin. What need of care,
what need OF caution, what aeed of restless
vigilance for their sake, in speech in act, in
look, in gesture want nothing to escape me
that will be an obstacle in their way If we are
on the track, blocking it, if we are in the way,
let us take ourselves out of the way as soon as
possible.
What will you take ?" was the question
asked an observant boy at the table, and refer
ring to the beverage he might desire
" | will take what father takes" The father
had received from the waiter glass OF intoxi-
eating drink.
The father heard the boys remark, set aside
his glass and called for water. He saw the
other train coming and cleared the track for 1t
at once.
think the saddest experiences is the con
seriousness that an opportunity for right doing
has been lost. 1t brings a sad look into man s
face to know that he has an example, bad in it
self. and hopeessly followed by others. We
know of an empty train that came to q stop on
down grade, the station having been reached
In the absence of an official the train broke
loose and went crashing down to meet
the steamboat express. Some one chased
the runaway cars, but could not overtake them
to pot on the brakes. The opportunity for the
arrest Of the train had gone. There was COL
lison that night
o, souls on the track fathers and mothers
your opportunity in behalf of your boys and girls
is to-day-now Don't let it slip from you.
We are not only to have clear track for the
next train, but in every way we are to make and
keep that track suitable for the travel of the
coming generation. Here comes the work of
the Sunday-school teacher, to get the uneasy,
rambling feet of childhood over into the road
way of the very best life.
passed recently large rabbe of boys in
vacant city lot. They were noisy and rough.
What more important work, | asked myself,
than to labor for that age and class, the genera
ton coming? Through the Sunday school, the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23

INSECT TALKING.-"rwo ants" says Bucbner
when they are talking together stand with their
heads opposite each other, working their sens-
tive feelers in the liveest manner aud tapping
each others heads" Numerous examples prove
that they are able in this way to make mutual
communications, and even on certain definite
subjects 81 have Often" says the English nat.
uralist jesse, placed small green caterpillar
in the neighborhood of an ants nest 1t is i'm
medately seized by an ant, which calls in the
assistance of friend, after Intellectual efforts TO
drag the caterpillar into the nest. 1t can be
clearly seen that the little creatures hold con-
versaton by means of their feelers, and. this
being ended, they repair together to the cater
united strength. Further have observed the
meeting of ants on the way to and from their
nest. They stop. touch each other with their
feelers, and appear to bold conversation, which
| have good reason to suppose refers to the best
ground for obtaining food" Hague writes in
letter to Darwin that he one day killed with his
finger number of ants who came every day
from hole in the wall to some plants standing
on the chimney piece. He had tried the effect
of brushing them away, but it was of no use, and
the consequence Of the slaughter wac that the
ants who were on the way Immediately turned
back and tried to persuade their companions who
were not yet aware of the danger to turn back
also. A short conversation ensued between the
ants, which, however. did NOT result 10 an i'm
mediate return. for those who had Just left the
nest first convinced themselves Of the truth Of
the report.-Leisurs Hour.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23

LABOR STATIsTICs.-The facts which have
been compiled by the Massachusetts Bureau OF
Statistics to show the condition of labor in that
State, furnish, says the N. Y. Tribune a good
answer to its demagogues. domestic and impor.
ted. The Bureau found q 900 laborers out of
employment on the lst Of June. of whom nearly
two-thirds were unskilled laborers. This num-
Der, it IS believed, would have been greatly re-
duced if the enumeration had been made OF a
buster manufacturing season, though there is
compensation in the fact that it was made when
many persons had temporary employment on
FARMS Admitting this figure to be larger than
1t is well to have it, the report still declares
that there have been fewer demands for charita.
BILE relief, throughout the State, as shown by
indisputable evidence. than for several years
back ; and the general testimony of officials is
that many OF those who are without work would
not take it if they could get it. Taking this result
as basis, the whole number of persons ont Of
employment in the United States is estimated
at $1,000, or less than per cent. of the aggre-
gate Of persons occupied in what are called pro-
ductive industries. This is formidable showing,
aud yet it is scarcely one-sixth the size of the
figure that the tramp statesmen have been i'm
posing upon their audiences.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23

THE WORSHIP OF FIRE-An Austrian resi-
deIt at Tabrez has furnished the FrsmdenblaF
OF Vienna with an account Of the election OF
high priest BY the Parsees. or FIRE worshippsrs,
of the district of Yezd, the original home, and
still the headquarters OF that sect In the dis
trict of Yezd the number of Parsees is very
great. and there are no less than thrty-four tenn
Piles raised to their deity in that neignoorhood.
Their high priest, who was very popular, died
last spring, and was generally mourned by the
Parsees both of Persia and of India A sue
cessor was elected on the 7th OF last March. The
election took place 10 small temple. in which
huge fire had been lighted for the occasion on
the altar, the priests attending IN long lowing
white robes. The oldest priest present addressed
prayer to the burning flame to the effect that
the deity symbollzed BY il would illuminate the
electors aud give them wisdom to choose n
and proper person After this prayer the votes
we're taken by word Of mouth, and the result wss
that Hormunga Hori Azmida, a young man oil
only %. and hitherto guardian Of the i've most
ancient temples, was unanimously elected his
election is very popular. That night the sacred
fires were made doubly brilliant by the addition
of much extra fuel, and the Parsees kept up q
religious revelry. dancing around the blazing
flames, and singing songs of joy in honor OF thsiI
Rew priest. At sunrise fresh ceremony took
place. the members of the sect assembling 10 an
open field, and kneeling down before the orient
sun to render it worship. The next day was KEEP
as a general holiday
The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-23
The TeIeport.

The telephone and the photograph are no
doubt very wonderful examples (says the Mel
bourne Daily Telegraph of the purposes to
which the power of electricity may be applied,
but these novelties begin to sink into insiguif-
canoe before the still recent strides OF sci.
ence The newest contrvance is called q tele-
port, and is described by Bombay paper "as an
apparatus by which man be reduced into
in6ntisimal atoms, transmitted through wire,
and reproduced safe and sound at the other end"
The apparatus according to the Indian paper,
consists of a powerful battery, aud large metal
disc, bell-shaped glass house. and q large iron
funnel connected with the wire. An experiment
is described as follows: "a dog was placed on
the metal disc, and a powerful current was up
piled TO it. After while the animal disappear
ed and was found at the other end gnawing
bone, just as 1t was doing before it was trans
ported Afterwards boy was experimental on.
Under the glass house, it is reported, the inven-
tor OF the machine placed Geonese boy, Pedro
who was grinning as if he thought it good
joke-and we suspect it was not the first time
he had been In that house. The current was
again applied to the under part of the disc, and
the same effect was observed as with the dog
The house was instantaueously filled with va
porous man, whose features and parts we're quite
distinct until they disappeared. Even the grin
was discernable as mere film Of vapor-in fact,
it seemed to US that the grin remained even after
the body had disappeared. In fifteen seconds
Pedro was gone; but they found him also at the
end OF the wire. 1t was then attempted TO send
the boy and dog along at once, but by an unfor-
tunate accident the 'iufntisimsl atoms of the
boy and those of the dog got mixed in transitu,
and the result was that they both looked dread
fully unnatural creatures" AT least, go says the
Bombay paper in its account Of the first expert
ments with the "teleport." 1t says that by means
of the teleport man will be able to travel from
India to England by submarine cable in few
minutes, but unfortunately there is always the
danger that the "disintegrated atoms" Of one
man will become mixed with those of another,
as in the case of Pedro and the dog, and for this
reason it is feared that the teeport will not SUI
percede the railways-at least, not so far as the
| passenger traffic is concerned.