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The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
THE DEsPIsEo SPARROW.
A Government OrnithoIosist Commends
Them as a Table Deiicacy.

A Government Ornithologist Commends
Them Table Deiicacy.
'sIt does not seem to be generally
known that the English sparrow is a
superior article of food, indeed a real
delicacy," writes a government orni-
biologist in a short monograph. pre-
pared as result of an inquiry set on
foot by the agricultural department.
desire to crafty epicurean tastes
may not have inspired the department
to pursue this line of investigation. for
in the same report the hope is ex-
pressed that the table qualities of tn e
despised bird may recommend it
speedily to popular favor, not only
because it supplies delicate and
wholesome article of food, but be-
cause Its general use will tend to
diminish the rapidly increasing
swarms which in many parts of the
country have become veritab BILE
scourge."
Nevertheless the ornithologist finds
that throughout Europe the sparrow
always has been held in high esteem
as a table bird, and in great Britain
sparrow pie has come to be regarded
as fairly typical of all that is savory
and appetizing. The young at the
time of leaving the nest are about
two-thirds as heavy as their parents,
and if properly prepared, form the
most tempting morsels Imaginable.
Thousands of sparrows are sold to
restaurants annually in some cities,
and often are served to uns Inspecting
customers as rice birds or ortolan."
The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
HYPNoTizsp PERSONS.
instantaneous Pictures Taken of fPatients
in DIR. Charcot's Clinic

fnstantaneous Pictures Taken Of Patients
in DIR. Chsrcot's Clinic
Photogra ply has been introduced
into the clinical laboratory of DIR.
Charcot. the Parisian specialist In
Simultaneous pictures have been taken
of patients One shows a woman Just
at the point of being hypnotized- The
condition is being produced By a mere
look and by the sight of diamond
Other photographs present patients in
various lethargic and cataleptic con-
ditions
One of the most remarkable of
thes photographs shows hysterical
contraction, and in this a strange
phenomenon is apparent One of the
middle fingers of the patient reaches
far over the wrist Under the hypno-
tization the patient appears to develop
the faculty of lengthening the middle
finger abnormally.
These pictures. with others, showing
nervous rstients in different crises of
their Affections, were sent over with
the French Photographic exhibit for
the worlds fair. They ars exciting
much attention and talk among the
American doctors-they are something
entirely novel to the profession. By
the instantaneous photograph con-
dition is presented at a glance. The
long preliminary description of the
clinic is not necessary.
The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
New York Women Making War on Di.
essed Cats

Merry war is being waged by band
of thirteen women on all the diseased
cats of New York. Says Miss Devide,
one of the workers:
something must be done for va
grant cats They lurk in the dark cor
ners of thousands of tenement houses
suffering from hunger. and they are
dangerous to human health, for many
have diphtheria or consumption and
other human diseases, so they might
help to spread cholera germs"
Detailing her methods, she said:
I'VE go out in pairs or singly. gem
orally at night, and carry bIslSets
lined with oil-cloth. Provided with a
quantity of cat meat and a bottle of
chloroform, we are ready for business
''We seize and drop the cats into the
basket Sometimes we use catnip
That's the stuff. I've had twenty-five
tabbies and Toms rolling at my feet
at time, and it's such fun to pick
them up kindly and drop them into
the basket When the basket is full
of squirming, wriggling and cater
wauling avenue and tramp cats l
spray a few drops of chloroform from
an atomizer into the basket through
an aperture, and in about five minutes
they are dead.
II prefer to leave the bodies in
Fifth avenue and the fashionable
cross streets. on the stoops of rich
people, because they are carted away
soon. I've had lots of fun dumping a
basketful of dead cats on the stoop or
in the vestibule of Fifth avenue
mansion
The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
THE RETIRED SNOWMAN.
He Had n Bitter Experience with the
Bearded Lady.

Yes" said the retired Snowman.
''it is curious how hard luck will fol-
low man when once things get to
going against him"
For instance?' said friend.
well, when I was younger than l
am now. l was in the museum bust
ness l had a lot of freaks that sent
around the country, and they were
making money for me by the peck
The best one that | had was bearded
lady. 1t was in the early days of
bearded ladies and they were
good attra ;tions. My LADY had
whisSers foot long and
n mustache that would have
made Jones, of Bingha ntou. green
with envy. The beard was no fake.
either. and she was featured in every
town that she visited thought that
l had card that would be good for
couple of seasons at least. Just as
things were getting rosy she took sick
and died.
THAT was hard luck" SAID the
friend.
Hard luck," replied the retired
Snowman. ''hard luck amt no name
for it Besides losing my freak, she
left a wife and two children that had
to support for six months"
The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
oRAssHospses on TOAST.
A Western Lu,ury Ant beats All the
High Faiuttp' French Fixin'~

A Western Luaury An.s beats All the
High Faiutip' French Fixin'.
LIVER eat any grasshopperss"
askedJohn Mills of the Progress man.
at ne Pacific hotel in Pomona,
-Sdl. the other day You never
Idid' Then you don't know what
luxury is Talk about your fricas-
seed frogs. pate de foie gras and all
the rest o your high falutin' French
fixin's,
They just amt in it at all with a
big. fat Kansas hopper. done brown
in fresh country butter. was once
travelling from St. Joe to Wichita
when the hoppers swooped down on
Kansas like a horde of hungry office
holders on a president-elect When
they finished feeding and hoped up
on the barbed-wire fences to pick
their teeth and talk it over. the
country looked like the burned dis
trict in Chicago after the big fire
Il had a new green wagon with
red wheels. ana the hoppers ate
every bit OF the paint off it and
gnawed the woodwork. They ate all
the backing off my harness. the tails
off my horses, and / had to keep my
dog under tarpaulin to prevent
them devouring him raw. You never
saw such appetites They got into
my commissary department and
made away with everything but a
stone jar of butter | haa brought
from St. Joe. / didn't have cent
and it was two days drive to Wich-
ita Couldn't live en- butter, you
know, SO concluded to play for
even. built a fire, put my skillet
over it, and dropped in half a pound
of the dyspepsia provoker.
lit was soon frying and sizzling
away at great tie, and hoppers
We're hopping into it, sixty second.
let 'em fry about a minute. then |
moved 'em and sat down to give my
stomach surprise party. Well. sir.
the hind legs were the finest meat |
ever ate They had an excellent
game flavor, and tasted like mountain
brook trout. / Jared sImptuously
after that. and found the journey far
too short.
Il had always been sorry Tor st
John. whose diet was locusts and
wild honey. but tell you that he
knew his business. If locust is
anything like Kansas hopper. the
original pathfinder had no kick com
ing"
The Lamar register., 1893-08-12
p,n.r.n, KIND, Of Forgiveness.

The Breckenridge referred to in DIR.
Briggs letter as belonging to the ''re-
dictionary school of theoiogians" was
the celebrated Presbyterian minister
of Kentucky. He was engaged in
many bitter controversies, one OF
which was with Mr.. Crittenden- AT
the conclusion OF one of his fierce at
taclSs on that gentleman. in whi n he
had u-ed the strongest epithets. he
said: But may God Almighty forgive
you, as | do" Tom Marshall. after
reading the diatribe, said: That's
Christian like: but If God Almighty
forrives Mr.. Crittenden as DIR. Breck-
inridge does won't he catch hades in
a. o. r..,- .,-r,-id 4 -,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

woman. and child who lives. or has lived.
or aver shall live in the South. For tho
in,nlication is irresistible that thoy
thought that the widow OF the lead
iur Federal general should have re-
fused to recognize tho widow OF
the great leader OF the Confectionery
when they met nearly thirty years after
The war And why? Because the nus
band OF the one was a patriot and the has,
band of the other was not only rebel
bnt the arch traitor" But Mrs. Grsnt
rose superior 10 the occasion. and there
fore they thank her and praise her noble
act of Christian charity and forsiyeress.
OF course. tbls will not do. Neither the
Doctor nor the camp could TOR moment
occupy such position a. this, tor the one
was a gallant Confederate officer and tle
other is, no doubt, COMPOSED o. as sallan'
ex.so!diers Of the South. -,
Can II be that they think that Mrs.
Grant has done something whlol she
would not have been expected TO do
something which most persons IN her po-
sition would not have donel IL so. they
wrong all the people OF their country
nav. thew dscredit human nature itself.
Let us suppose that Ms. Grant bal re-
fused TO speak 10 Mrs. DAVE.
Is there a Just man or gentle
woman in America lor on eartnl VINO
disgust from such display OF llttlencss
Do the Doctor and the camp believe that
the peoule of the North would have APP
proved and spplGuded such conduct!
No. hardly. Do they think that II was
great act Of condescensIon on the part OF
Mrs. Grant to speak to Mrs. DAVIS |
trust not, indeed. Do they think that
Mrs. Davis, or her husband, or ais people
have wronged Mrs. Grant. or her husband,
or his people. and therefore they humoiy
and gratefully accept tins noble act OF
forgiveness on the part OF MIS-. NfanS
1t is not pleasant to think so.
Then. IN the name of PLAN people who
live down here on earth and are concerned
with homely, everyday Affairs, Will they
please tell MS what they really mean oy
humbly thanking, pralslng. and applaud
ing Mrs. Grant aud making appointments
to meet Der in Heaven and there continue
their lauiations merely because she spoke
TO Mrs. Davis!
The writer, though not personally ac-
euainted with DR.. Parker, has q high re-
gard for his many noble qualities OF heart;
and therefore nothing herein contained
must be taken as indicating the least I'M
kindness or want of respect for him. his
modesty is as great as his merit, ana coin
would conspire TO make him the trst TO
disclaim as applicable to him Lowers line
applied to the writings OF Poe:
"But somehow the hart seems squeezed out In
tho brain"
Ihumbly think that his letter is mis-
take and one of much more importance
than might at first be supposed. Any
thing which represents the southern peo-
pie as sincerely desirous of peace repre-
sents them truly. but IN the language OF the
great Disraeli thrust be peace with hon.
or" Anything which represents them.
however unintentionally. as acknowledging
error or praying forgiveness misrepresents
them and should be promptly repudiated.
Respectfully. NINDEx.
Richmond. July 10, 1893.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
Dr. Parker and Mrs. Grant.

To TIE Editor OF ne Dispatch
have read the resolution Of the Florida
camp Of Confederate Veterans and the let
ter of DIR. Parker, of this city. in your
issue of Sunday last. both applauding
Mrs. Grant for speaking to Mrs. Davis.
with feelings of surprise and regret.
Let US see what il Is that Mrs. Grant has
done which has called forth these songs of
praise FROM the good Doctor and the enc
tionL camp. That excellent lady (for no
doubt she is SUCH did not neglect or re-
fuse to speak TO Mrs. Davis (snother ex-
cellent LADY, when they met ut public
place; she even won't so tar as TO greet her
cordially.
Why should this simple aud natural act
so surprise Dr. Pgker and the camp ?
Msnifestly for one OF more of these three
reasons First, because II was something
waich they did not expect Mrs. Grant to
do; or. second. because il was something
which they thought she should not have
done; or. third. because IL was something
which they thought she would not have
been expected TO do.
II they expected Mrs. Grant to refuse to
meet Mrs. Davis or to snub her il they
CHANGED TO meat. then they have grievous-
ly wronged Mrs. Grant in their thoughts.
since they did not expect her to exhibit
the ordinary virtue Of politeness to stran-
ger. They imagined that she would play
the part of cad. II ought Of course to
go without saying that no gentleman could
entertain such opinion of lady. and We
must at ones acquit both the Doctor aud
the camp OF thm charge.
Is Vt. then, that they thought that Mrs.
Grant sA0ad not hace spoius 10 Mrx. DGuis
II -, they hsye insultsd' every man
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

ment which has proved On utter failure
In the past? Why not make the state
banks DESTROYS OF issuing currency national
banks instead OF the reverse.
The nationaI-bank issue has been greatly
reduced owing TO It's being Improbable
under present conditions. and u We must
have mole currency. why not encourage
an increased national-bank issue. against
which there has never been cast breath
of suspicion since its inception, nearly
thirty years ago? This can easily be done
bv removing the tax on national.bans
issues, creating a special issue Of national
bonds bearing low interest and permit
ting national banks TO issue currency 10
the extent of the face value of their COL
lateral, regulating the issue. OF course. IN
accordance with our requirements.
Please pardon the length of this letter,
which does not present one half tho ad-
yauiages of the national over the state
bank system. NJ a. y.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

Old papers for sale Ct Is cents hundred
q pzsrArou ofacs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

Legislature for the purpose OF preparing
the State machinery tor the application OF
such changes as the NATIONAL Congress may
adopt, deem il proper that our business;
men should freely discuss the financial
measures which srs,now paraded before US
and proposed for adoption.
THE SHERMAN ACT.
Tie FIRST Of these measures Is tho pro-
posed repeal of the Saerman act. with
which we are all familiar. This act, on its
approval 10y the President July II. 1870, 70:
peaied the act of February %. 1873. aud IL
II in turn were now repealed the fnrther
coinage OF silver would thus be stopped,
and as the act OF February IL, 1913 would
then be left In force or has not been re;
peaIed) the further coinage OF silver wouid
be prohibited, and ell the SILVER now stored
bv the government would be denied coin
age. Tine repeal of an act OF Congress
does not revive az old act repealed by the
former.-Eos. DIsPArcg.
The question then is. Have we currency
enough, or If not. how are We TO provide
for increasing our stock!
From the report OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury November 1. 1892. the money IN
circulation In the United States was as
follows:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

Now, successful management requires
more than average honesty. The nearer
10 unity OF management the sursr honest
management, and the further from unity
of management the surer dishonest man
agement, because the greater the numbers
the less the sense of responsibility. In
large bodies like Congress this feeling Is
so slight and often so entirely lost that
members, personally honest, pass at
command OF caucus or constituents
laws confessedly designed to bene-
ct one interest or section at expense of
another, or corporation. or even individual
at expense OF community. In the conten-
tons about silver pril ciple or honesty has
been little regarded. Men clamor for re-
peal of the Sherman law not because re-
pugnant TO honesty. but simply be-
cause the law apparently Injuries them.
aud men resist repeal not because re-
peal violates honesty. but because
repeal apparently Injuries them. And
yet, strange TO say. men think
Congress, swayed by seeming interest,
alone can give honest money. OF all in
consistent creatures that Is most incoa-
sistent which claims the greatest posses
sion of reason. As we'll make praoticed
burglars custcdians of the Treasury vaults
es make legislatures puryeyors OF honest
money. OF this We have daily proof,
when Congress commands two coins TO be
accepted ss equally valuable. though un-
der similarly changed circumstances they
are worth respectively IS end 100 cents.
Therefore because OF incapacity aud dis
honesty. it 10 not emphaticaily the duty
OF Congress to csin money and TO regu-
late Its value LEWIS II. BLAII.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
GOLD AND SILVER.


1t is pretty we'll established that the
government cannot issue money except III
exchange for yalue-in the purchase or
something. Well. If we stop the purchase
of silver shall we provide for the purchase
of gold?
The mines of this country produce an
nualIy about S3S, 000, 900 Of gold and about
AIS. 900 900 of silver Ii the sum OF these
products were coined into money annually
would our supply overgrow our necessl-
tiesf
Why not. reduce our currency practi-
cally TO metal alone by redeeming the
$500 600. 900 of greenbscks in gold and
silver and thus free the 800 ,OOO.0W OF
gold kept in the Treasury OF the United
States as pledge, at the rate OF % cents on
the dollar. for the redemption OF these
notes!
or course we could get the gold and sill
yer By purchase. and perhaps the best way
to purchase is by paying in 2 per cent.
bonds running for thirty or fifty years.
AGAINST STATE BANKS.
In nv opinion we do not want State
banks OF issue.
History condemns them, and prudent
business. would have nothing TO do
with them. We must therefore keep our
minds on national currency, and that
must be sufficient in quantity, uniform in
value, and current at Its face yalue eeery-
tghere.
Let us think about this matter and let
us write about 1t. for 1t is OF vital impor-
lance to us all. and | think that we may
find some better solution than that sug-
gested by my friend and ueighbor, Gene
raj Field. of impeachlng the President"
Yours truly. THOMAS l.. RossEB.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
KIND AND COURTEOUS.

Never have seen or known such a
man as General Lee" said poor Corlev.
who died by his own hand not long after
the war. - saw HIM every day for hours.
No officer could Do kinder or more courte-
Gus. But he was hedged about By some
thing-a strong. natural dignity that no
man upon earth ever broke through"
Senator John w. Daniel probably best
estimated General Lees character In his
incompatible Grafton at Lexington. Va.
June 30. 1888. when be said When the
line of battle formed Robert Lee took his
place in the lines beside his people. his
children, his kindred. his home. There
can be no stronger or tenderer ito than
that which binds the heart to kindred and
home. And on that tie spanning the hes
vens. rivited through eternity TO the
throne of God on high, and beneath il to
the souls of good men and true. in that
tie rests. stainless and immortal, the fame
OF Robert Lee.n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

The old conservative State of Tennessee
proposes State bank issue of S25 00n, 600,
and on this basis the United States will
issue about $500, coo, 000--an increase of
about 60 per cent. in our circulating me-
dunn.
Let the currency be greatly increased
and giut Will necessarily result, which
must seek investment to produce O reve-
nue.. and loans will at once be made on
everything having basis of value.
Would this produce general thrift and
economy?
Would all the money borrowed be sx-
pended carefully and judiciously for the
pscessaries Of life or the development OF
agricultural, Misunderstanding. or mercan-
tile interests?
The adage. What comes easy goes easy,
always hoIds good.
What would be the neoessary'f6s In Q
few yearst 0yertfading. imitation. and
speculation. The sequence: Bankruptcy.
There IL no originality in this idea. and,
unfortunately. II cannot be controverted,
because this result has always followed
Whenever any civilized country has tried
the experiment. The advocates OF this
measure are necessarily strong States
rights believers, who claim that tho iesue
will be- secured By the deposit Of State
bonds, and in the next breath boldly as
sert that every State has the right to re-
pud<ate her Indebtedness.
Why discard banking syatem winch 10
acknowledged TO be one Of the best the
world has svsf Known to Try ~ expert.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16

feae esq
Assoc
BnNpaAN I'D BY rue COAPANri
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
Views of G..srsl ns.s.r.

CuAsIor1xsynLs, Va. July 10. 1893.
IL ne Edfov ofRs DsspateAi
In view Of the fact that Congress viii
soon meet IN extraordinary session for the
purpose OF further tamperlas with the cur
rency, and hat the people OF Virginia ara
about TO select members for the State
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
A DISTURBANCE

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This is Just where Dr. Pierces
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Thoy act Ia an easy and natural
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q A-three for cathartic. Constipa-
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va They're the smallest, the easiest
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
.sI.6o5,l39.735


FROM the fret table we see that the to-
tai circulation. per capita. is about 81,
and from the second table We see that the
bulk OF tho paper currency Is in SUCH large
denominations as TO be OF no use III ordi-
uary business transactions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-16
EPILEPSY OR Fits.

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