The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-26
FyuRTH DAY.


Y,uRTH DAY.
-, SUNDAY -BEEe AND Music
CSC'Ss',,u EATING --ARRANGeAgNTs OF 1He
fS.,sr,oS roR MIKE TEAR--vSis0RM OR
iSsos .,se voLurIoS--ExcCRsIoS
~ wotNpSyiJLE, &C.
!" nam Cur Special Correspcneen'l
c,csxSArL. oHIo, August %, 1881.
49, Vas Sunday, SO called. 1t
lcs'e'. Il, he denominsied the sabbath,
scoa nV' INC usual sense Of the term. l
q kss' ~ thsi this city takes some pride
rieei 80" sometimes applied TO II OF the
j sof "S :, America" wherein there Is re-
APsfs .,sinIy. | surmise, to the somewhat
sgene. ao1 remotely Partisan msnner OF
ipese's.ss soinr is evidently at DISCOUNT;
C es,SS everything else. from so-cAlieo
sd ', .',,,'erts. In the rear OF lager. beer
Vs. aewo, is in order.
Scce.pSing beer, under all possible eondl'
ems 10 be the one proper thing 10
,saeed. have concluded thd VI the
o. Cincsnustian were interrogated a.
t,''' s,iSoe d'eire-tt'c resson OF his be-
Rp' wentd, Il he understood himself, ut
Ns mend. "Why do bey Why, be
eac' ~. Otbcr things may and must
81 ~ IN, they are Incidental; the pro-
one 80 svsibu,on, sale, and Inhibition OF
eoeuee ~ nr,me object Of life. He builds
bttt 80 halls and saloons, aud palaces,
pssn, .'.,,sa. ana gardens luxuriously equip
'ae q. which TO drink beer. he
Pu' music, that he may while
sehl'' ,se lime between drink. Of beer.
iNs! -, and keep, friends 10 enhante the
&c 90 ~ eerdrinking. Tie is diligent
Sss,osss tbat be may the sooner get
y - and get to bis beer; aud he tolls
49, go rlch lbst be may have more beer TO
He cuhivstes science doubtless In
49, f,st beer mas be improved there
"a he cheTishes religion whose Chief
W SONS 10 be that there ought 10 be
1,v NJ the week set apart for drinking
Ard set have seen nothing disor-
80 Growing out OF this universal guz-
49,, and really The prsct'ee has some par
ss-bis ard even agreeable copcOmltants,
~. 4 4. A. 5. are somewhat suspi-
.;.,.lr REGARDED by those who talk OF the
...s,onism 81 science aud religion. But
:. lad 10 say tbst there wss prayer
ling on Sabbath afternoon composed
-,,,ir q its members, snd the services un-
s'n,iir interesting and devout. Some
Numbers Of the Association also preached
% DE city.
fist in The election oil officers ms morning
isr tbe meeting Of 1882 the president, unsni-
mrnlv chosen, was Principal j. w. Da@-
son. Of Montreal, Canada, wellknown
,eisptlsi. WHO, / believe, is neither 40 eYo-
ip,iopisi nor 40 in6del, sud whose writings
cften sppe7r in the Princeton ReUieu. The
o,ber officers also we're chosen in fun COM
nlement. but toeir names would interest but
few Of ms readers.
Various special committees made their
rsporis 10 diy. embracing such matters as
T6ilorm standards of Weights Rnd Nes-
,pre, FOR the World; the Rssurvey OF
Tsrara Fins; Stellar Magnitudes; State
Geologici Surveys; Congressional Action
on ,be Records Of Births, Desths, aud Mar
risges: aud, especially, one which ,eems 10
h epgseiBg great atteDtion-yiz., Uniform
or Standard Time for the whole Uoited
ssie,, or IS some desire, for the whole
nbntt. THIS matter Of time 10 GER
isihly en- important matter, and other
CARNATIONS are working at il also; but
n, Key to The difficulty is perhaps prscil-
calls with the great hines OF railroads.. II
vs.. sisted that four different rsiIrosd times
se row 10 use in this city, all differing from
lbe CITY or local time. The most popular
idea seems to be 10 adopt either one time
sy Washington time-ior the whole
country, or 10 take two or three stand
ards differing by t1hOle hours. Ny watch
with Ricbmond time) is at this mo-
nsnt Just bali an hour too fast hY
Cincinnati tine, and in these days, when
tbe railroads have taught US both that we
NAY rambe at will AL over this great coun'
iTy OF ours add also that punctuality to The
minute is thing indispensable, this ques-
ton Of fixing the time we are to 90 by Is
pressing for adjustment. Ii will come ur
prominently next year at Montreal.
Leaving my section daring a dry paper,
dlOpped awhile into that Of Natural Histo-
u-iust il tine TO hear psrt OF the discus
sion on a paper With the title, ga Note on
Whether Man is the Highest Animal." The
paper deprecated our unfortunate race
snaiomlc lily, and put us low In the scale,
nakIag u. as animals, Inferior, for 10
yarce, to tbe geologic Icthyossurus. Pro-
lessor Morse, OF Boston, made popular
lone said an dd cdptandum) address sup
porting the same view, and referring with
unc ion and with the evident appreciation
q most Of his large audience TO his mon
leg ancestry.
Professor Swallow, a distinguished but
Dlber brusque geologist of Missouri, made
4 strong speech 10 reply, claiming that
msn's anatomy could not be considered
spaR from the brain that directed 1t, and
lspudisiing in toto the whole Darwlnisn
"hypOthesis on hypothesis" as be termed
t. he referred also 20 mans moral ana re-
lgious nature, but be lacked tact In the
ps.entsliOn, aud, after many protests, IN.
ierfuptioUs, &c, be was at length ruled
out Of order. Some feeling was manifested,
but the happy arrival Of The eYer-Welcome
lubeh hour gave opportunity for the de-
llghiiul amenities OF that most soothing In
tery.l, and soon all was serene again.
To. afternoon the Anthropologists and
their friends were invited 10 make an ex-
eufsi0a TO Moundsville, on the Little Miami
road about twelve miles on. About three
carloads Of Us went. Tue ride was de-
hghiiul, aud as The city itself extends some
eight or ten mites up The river along which
We went the views we're beautiful. Soon
We were Al our destination. ADD of we clam
Deied up steep wooded hill 10 this ancient
burial ground Of prehistoric man. The bu-
fial-place, only partially explored, seems TO
occupy about Fifteen acres, now blled win
immense trees, benesth which the bodies
he We scattered about in the woods, some
gathering relics, some inspecting tue eXca'
iAlion' COW going On, but most listening
lor Toe time 10 addresses (real stump
'pseebesl explanatory OF this most curious
q al cemetaries by those who bad made OF
y especial study. II was a rare occasion In
nany ways, but cannot now do more than
Eve a personal item or two. In my new
porn abt0ropoIOgieal zeal leaped into one
p The numerous sO-caslcd "ash-pits" that
most singularly lie underneath the buried
poiles, and set vigorously 10 work, nrst
VIVID nv knife, and then with 3 "dl2ger