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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
Tho Times and the End Of Panics


The Times is dreadtully afraid OF q
paternal government. That paper stands
for the resolutions of 1913 and '99, and
tries TO discrodit MIR. JErr. CHANDLER's
banking scheme for rendering depositors
hereafter as safe as note-holders now are.
We expect to return TO this subject soon.
and say something more in favor OF that
scheme. In the mean time we would re-
mind the Times that the government
need provide only for deposits in
the failed banks. The sound banks
would have to pay reasonable tax
in order TO make depositors IN all the
banks feel secure. The government has
statistics showing how small proportion
of the national banks have failed. More
over, the theory is that the fact that the
depostors will be as safe then as note
holders now are will prevent panics here
after and allow business TO continue IN
definitely in natural and prosperous
manner. MIR. CHANDLER's scheme may not
accomplish all the results expected OF It,
but. like the Committee of Nine, it will
do great deal Of good" and from 1T
may be evolved in due time perfect sys-
tenn of banking and one that will render
panlcs impossible.
Paternaln though 1t may be, Mr..
CHANDELIERS banking scheme 10 tar supe-
rior to the wildcat banking schemes
which the Times advocates. That paper
has said that 1t would I've willing to have
| its State. bank circulating notes of diff
| ferent color from that OF the greenbacks
or national-bank notes. 1t has set forth
| the doctrine that bank notes are nothing
but promissory notes, and that everybody
ought to be allowed to issue as many
of them as he can work of on the peo-
| pie. 1t argues that government has right
| fully nothing to do with the banking ousi-
ness. but leaves the usury laws of Virginia
| unrepealed without say ing word against
them. In word. If We were to reproduce
in our paper the columns and columns OF
denominations of the old independent
| State banks which (denominations) we
have in our possession the Times would
have occasion to ask itself whether there
could possibly be any worse system OF
| banking than the one which 1t advocates.
And if our neighbor should turn banker
and determine TO use none but real
bsnk-notes he would soon find himself
poor indeed "-destltute of current
money and bound 10 join the band o.
broken bankers without having even one
half of per cent. of gold wherewith tC
redeem its ridiculous State-bsnk issues.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
Gold-A Remarkable Utterance.

IL the following paragraph is remarkable
it is because it comes from New York and
from that staid. conservative. and prud ent
paper, the Journal Of Commerce. Read:
"This Same pressure for economizing the use
Of gold must at NO distant day raise the question
whether there is any longer any real advantage
or necessity to Justify the use OF gold, 70 any
thing like the present extent for the settlement
OF international balances. With the existing
powers and facilities Of banking 1t seems to DO
really a rejection upon the Intelligence and en-
terprise OF the men who conduct the worlds
great financial operations that It should be
deemed necessary TO keep an enormous amount
Of gold constantly traversing the soas In settle
ment Of the ever-ductuating trade balances
the several nationt No sooner have such ro-
mttances reached their destination than a
change 10 the trade ba,anco selds them back.
Is this costly seo-saw process really necessary
Is It an i'm possible problem for banking 10
bridge over these transient fluctuations in the
international ledger through the introduction OF
some organized agency OF credit or some credit
instrument suited for the purpose and backed
by unquestionstls guarantee! IL would be no
thing moro than the adaptation for interna-
tional uses OF a principle common to banking
operations as conducted within tho several
Countries
A philosopher once said that II was
disgrace to our civilization that a man
could not get pair of shoes tor himself
without first killing cow. This remark
was recalled to our mind by the Journals
reflections upon the fact that men keep
vessels crossing the ocean to carry gold
backwards and forwards between America
and Europe. The gold cannot be eaten,
nor drunk, nor worn. and we have no use
whatever for so much of it as thus passes
from country to country. Yet AL the
kings horses and all the kings mon" are
upon occasions called upon to aid in
transporting this metal from country to
country. And for what? To settle
balances, which might as we'll be settled
otherwise. The Journal Is q little ahead
of the times Not much This disgrace
to our civilization" will give way to q
better understanding of the laws Of
finance and better method of debiting
and crediting the balance Cor balances) of
trade. What the Atlanta Constitution and
other papers style "Goldolators must
qo.n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
A VERY SHORT WILL.
CAPTAIN w. II. M'oHeE LEAVES ALL
HIS PROPERTY TO HIS WIFE.
Over One Hundred witnesses Exsmissd
in the Prince George Election Cor
test-Gens to Buy Cotton.

Correspondents OF the Richmond Dispst,h-I
PEruEsbuRo. Va. July 22.--0no OF tho
shortest willsever presented in the courts
of this CITY was that OF the late Captain
W. II. McGee. which was admitted to pro-
bate in the Hastings Court to-day. IL
read a. follows:
Know then: make my last will. l
give oil OF my real and personal property
IN the city Of Petersburg 10 my WIRE,
NJ. l.. MCGEE. w. II. McGsE." tSealI
''PETERsBuno, Va. March l. 1872.
II give all that have IN the world TO
my VITO, NJ. y. MoCiee.
' Wv. H. McGrE."
The will was probated. though thcre
were no witnesses.
THE PRINCE GEORGE INJECTION easy.
II was expected that the testimony IN
the Prince George coDtested-election case
would be concluded TO-DAY with tho ex-
ANIMATION Of witnesses for the defendant,
Clerk w. ID. Temple. IL Is said that llS
witnesses for MIR. II. G. Britain. the con-
testant. were placed on the stand during
the week, and that in some instances the
evidence was quite amusing. The argu-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
sIoo. 900 in bonds TO enlarge our water
works. lay new mains, DC.
VIZ shall Meet In the Warehouse.


The 1000 delegates, slternases. news-
papersmen, and " visiting statesmen VINO
will come here on August nth to attend
the State Democratic Convention wni 90
glad TO hear that they are not 10 10
slowed away in the Armory.
No, they are to have roomier and amer
Mace In which TO meet-a place where
none of the orators ornate sentences Will
be lost to their hearers and where ample
.oace can DO given each delegation aud
room st,ll be left for thousand spectators.
amongst whom we hope there will be scores
OF ladies. The decision OF the committee
"a IN favor Of Shelburne's Warehouse
across Twelfth street from the Gallcgo
Mills). which can seat with tho utmost
comfort $500 persons.
This warehouse Is quito a new binding.
II consists of one high-pitched story
above a basement and is almost as con-
yenient to the hotels as the Armory. IL is
but two squares distant from the DISPATCH
Office. As for committee-rooms they can
be provided in abundance-at the hotels,
City Hall, Capitol, Circult-Court room.
&C., &c.
We think that the convention will be
pleased with its new hall.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
Electric Railwelding Machine.

INdllW l'AhSAAAO'
The Boston Globe SAYS that q new use for
electricity has been ound in that city
namely. to weld together the rails OF the
street railroads aud thus secure a smooth
and even surface for the cars to run upon
at the joints or places of welding. There
will soon be sixteen miles OF this improved
street railroad track in operation in Bos-
ton and vicinity. There is only this one
electrical welding machine IN the United
States, though electrical welding Is not
unknown. Welding street rails together
by electricity instead Of joining them
with bolts IS something which has not
been tried before"
The first thing tho would-be practical
man asks is, how do you provide for the
expansion and contraction of the steel rails
when you weld them all together. and thus
make one continuous rail extending over,
say sixteen miles of distances The skilled
workman answers that there is apparently
no contraction or expansion OF the rails
in the different degrees of temperature
when they are partly under ground. as
street tracks are. The inventors OF the
welder tested 1900 feet OF welding, which
had passed through temperatures in the
different seasons of the year from zero to
100 degrees above. and they could never
discover the least effect upon the rails"
Therefore there is no space left between
the ends of the rails, or if there Is space
found there. it is filed with molten steel
and oil welded together. 1t takes seven
minutes to weld joint. Tracks on which
the rails are welded do not have to be dis
turbed to tighten the bolts or put in new
ones to keep the rails together.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

ment In the case will be rn.ae 90,
or TUESDAY. Major Robert ~, l't ~
Judge Holiday. % Richmond -. 81
for Dir. Britain. and Mr. Alsrasi.. ~.
ton and Mr.. John ]. Cooke. n +, ...'.',a
for ME. Temple. -' eiI
oosE TO TEtss.
Mr.. John DOnnan. on ~ on,
spected old-tims merchant. ia m
ning tor Texas 70 buy cotton B.. ''.
correspondents Mr. DonnaD I'll. .....''i
Der OF prominent businers f-,.
far back a. 1899. anI Tor near. r...
was a leading merchant in ~. .l
He the loldest living r.l.,
1ebb-Street lresbYtsfiau .f... f
while IN he 18th year IA b.
marked vitality and busros, ,,,
eUALrPiED A. HI0H cns.r....
Judge Bernard. n the Ilg.,.,..
TO-DAY appointed NJ John A t..
High Constable Of The cit.. H. AL
five candidates Tor TO r.a..
them, including the sucees.f..
Fifth Ward. Alr HafviI sar.f,.
ed the position 81 DEPUTY H..l
for several years aui bis am
gives general sAtisfaeticr. D.
for tho Office immad aie'v afl g...
required bond " 5000 for -.. 49,.
discharge Of his duties. with Nr d..
l.. Harrison as his surety.
OTHER goTEA
Mr.. II. ID. Parker. an oli am -......
citizen and Cor many year. ...
shoe merchant. has been c.rf
residence by sickness or som. .I.,. "a
The political outlook IN Ga ....
this section. which have noes.
delegates. seems 20 be yerg f...-.
Colonel OFerrall tor Glyrrr.-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

IlHVel1nI anu bIlS idlAOi
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH still insists that Mr.
Cleveland was theissae In the last campaign
and the platform amounted 10 nothing. Strange
10 say, Is does not xploin why there were bitter
contests over certqln provisions In tho platform
or why the platform was adopted before Mr..
Cleveland was nominated. II Mr.. Cleveland
was platform enough why was another
adopted ?-HebstSr's Weekly.
1. As we understand it there were no
bitter contests" over any provision in
the Chicago platform. The vote as re-
corded on striking out tho tsyif plank
reported by the Platform Committee was
564 yeas to $40 nays. Mr.. NEALE, OF Ohio.
offered the amendment and 1t met with
little opposition. Indeed, We believe 1t
was accepted by the committee, nobody
being willing to postpone longer CLEvE-
LANDS nomination.
2. 1t is the usage of Democratic national
conventions first to erect platform and
then to put the nominee upon it. So strong
and overpowering was the demand in the
Chicago convention for CLEvELAND's noml-
nation that platforms, speeches. and every
thing else had TO yield to 1t. 1t was as
"the rushing of many waters" There was
nothing in the delegates minds until
after the nomination was made except
CLEVELAND CLEVELAND! "CLEyE-
LAND"l
8. 1t was entirely unnecessary, as the
event showed. to adopt another platform
than Mr. CLEvELASD's. His letter of &C
ceptance contradicted in plain terms the
| declaration that Congress has no power
under the Constitution to levy customs
duties except for the sole purpose OF
raising revenue to support the govern
ment. The Weekly cannot but see that Mr.
CLEVELAND contradicted that declaration
when he said that orr manufacturer
might be benefited by according to them
cheaper raw material"?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

The Strasburg Virginian and Nsus comes
to US with turned colump-rules, In mourn
ing for its editor, Dir. JOHN l.. BRADY, who
died quite suddenly recently at Scots
vile.
Mr.. BRADY had previously been con-
nected with the Wythevills Enterprise,
and was at one time the DisPArcH's Scotts-
vile correspondent. He was good news
gathersr. a bright writer, and very CON-
panionable gentleman.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

tho pross to furnish the people. ana !.
cannot suppress 1t without acting In bad
faith. but 1t 10 in its power. and II Is Its
boundsn duty. to give it without mise COL
oring or exaggeration.
one of the so-called enterprisine,
dashing papers of the day is capable OF
doing community boundless mischief In
these times.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
Butord, o,rerrall, and Tyler.
rhe Northern Neck NssSs says /:

Tho Ncfrlern NECK Nftcs shys:
at IL allimportant that the conventlon which
ASSEMBLIES In the city Of Richmond on the 18th
of August should know a. far In advance Of that
time - possible just where and hew eaea can
didats who comes before II stands on the sub
Jet Of silver. 1t viii not do for that convention
70 nominate any man who Is not IN thorough
sympathy with the people upon that question.
and the people have right to demand that
every candidate shall make known his position
IN the piaincst and most unsquivocal manner
before the meeting Vt the convention"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
Newsnanars. Good ana Bad.

II may not have been so everywhere. but
we doubt not that IN many cities rurs on
hanks have been brought about by scare
headings "-big sensational heAd-lines-in
their newspapers.
Some OF these foolish journals tried to
Guido each other in sensational headings
aud exaggerated articles reporting failvses
elsewhere. and thus brought trouble to
their own doors.
The news Of tina cay--fnsnoial news. a.
we'll 90 any other news--it u the duty Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23
MEETINGS.-FOurth Monday.

STRICT OBSERVANCE LODGE OF NAsoSs.
NUSFORD LODGE, TONTI.
RESCUE LODGE, GOOD TEhPLARs.
wEsr-KSD LODGE, GOOD TEhPLARS.
MYRT1B LODGE, GOOD TzNPLARs.
CHARITY LoDGS, GOOD TEAPLARS.
M'GILL CATHOLIC UNION.
GRANITE LEGION OF THE RED CROSS.
"E" COMPANY, FIRST VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
AURORA COUNCIL, AMERICAN MECHANICS
LEE COUNCIL, AMERICAN MECHANICS.
PATRICK HENRY COUNCIL, AMERICAN MECHANICS.
IND,ASOLA TRIBE, RED MEN
GRAY EAGLE TRIBE, RED NhN
ANNowAN TRIBE, RED MEN.
SYRACUSE LODGE, KNIGHTS or PYrH1As.
OLD DOMINION LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYfHIAS.
RICHMOND LODGE, ODD-FELLOwS.
CARPENTERS AND J0ISEas' UNION.
KING's COUNCIL, ORDER OF CASA.
WOALE's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

originator of the law was Chief-Justiee
CHASE. We pit the Chief Justice against
oil corners on this question. With such q
hacker. We can safely pronounce Hon.
JxYr. CHAspLHR's banking scheme consti-
tutional. though "paternal."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

Many Of our country exchanges of this
week have notices of the death OF JAnEs
A. GEsrRr. with handsome euloeies on
his character and capacity - Q journalist.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

Tho adoption of the watsr-meter system
u tho only thing that stands between
Richmond's treasury and the issuing Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

will witness a terrific slaughter. You
can see a slaughter. though, without
waiting for q war if you come to our
store and see our grand sacrifice sale of
Summer Clothing. It's a tremendous
slaughter of figures and the next war
won't parallel the massacre. Troops of
buyers are in it and they're bound to
carry off everything. We're willing
they should, and this week are selling
Clothing for silver dollars. You'll travel
on your head before you can beat our
figures. We have but one sale. If you
buy elsewhere ttere'll be two ; what You
buy will be sold and you'll be sold, too,
and more sold than goods.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

A Paternal State Government
For forty years Ohio has hsd constitu-
ton torbidding the sstabliskmsos of banks
OF issue In that State. The principal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-23

lDietiers ard kilograms must be ADDRESSED"
gbR DISPATCH COMPANY.
Ee1ected compaunloations WIN not be rsturnea
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
Paraguay Points.

At the beginning of the last war
Tin 1ss6l the population of Paraguay
was reckoned at $1,000; to-day it has
less than 250,Oo0-and fully six-sev-
enths of that number are women.
These figures do not refer to the nos
madic savages that swarm that part Of
the country called the 1'Chaco," whose
borders are separated from Asuncion
only by the narrow river-but to their
near kinsmen of more or less adulter-
ated blood, who live in bamboo huts,
cultivate the soil to limited extent,
and consider themselves civilized. The
uncontrolled Indians of the Chaco
are reported by the government sta
tisticians to number upwards of 100, 900;
but in reality nobody knows much
about them. Even at the capital the
aboriginal Guarani language is more
universally spoken than Spanish, and
the weekly journal, RI Latigo Im-
montal, is half Of it printed il that
language.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
THE CROWN or SCOTLAND.
1t Is Supposed to Have Been Worn b,
Robert Bruce.

1t Is Supposed to Have Been Worn by
Robert Bruce.
A once precious diadem, which is
now only an historical relic of much
interest, is the crown of the Scotch
kings, kept in the castle of Edinburgh.
1t is supposed, says the ST. Louis Re-
public, to have been made for Robert
Bruce, and is formed of two circles of
gold, the upper and narrower circlet
being surmounted by a row OF crosses
and gem-incrusted imitation flowers.
The lower ring, the head band proper,
is adorned from end to end of the
golden band with large precious stones
of different kinds, mostly in their
rough, unpublished state. Above rise
two arches of gold, which unite and
are surmounted with the historic
''cross and ball" Even when the
Stuarts became kings of England they
went to the trouble of going to Scot
land to seat themselves for few mo-
ments upon the celebrated ''stone Of
Scone" and to have King Bruce's dia-
dem pressed upon their royal heads.
Charles I. declared his intention of re-
moving Scotlands famous relic to Lon
don, SO that such ceremonies could be
carried out at home, but the sturdy
Scots soon convinced him that such a
proceeding would be an infringement
upon their rights, so the king had to
go to Edinburgh as others had done
before. The wife of preacher by
the name of Granger once stole the
Scotch crown and the other royal in
signia-this in 1852 Or 1858. At the
time of the restoration they were
transferred to Charles II. They were
returned to Edinburgh castle in 1907,
and have remained there ever since.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
SAGAClOUS SHEPHERD BOYS.
Their Faithful Watchfulness of the FlOcks

Under Their Care.
Gen. John Bidwell related to the
Oroville (Cal.) Register the following
as showing how well trained the shep-
herd dog becomes. He and a friend
were riding in the Salinas valley when
they came to G band Of one thousand or
more sheep guarded by ten or twelve
shepherd dogs There were from
twenty-five to thirty coyotes along the
edge of the hills and within short
distance Of the sheep but between the
two were the we'll trained and vigilant
dogs. ''Two or three times while we
were in sight Que or more of the coy
otes made dash for the sheep, but
each time they were driven back by
the guardians of the flock. We rode
on and put up at the Gomez ranch,
which was owned by wealthy native
Californian. About shutdown the
sheep. driven by the dogs, came up to
the house and the flock entered cor
raj Two of the dogs laid down at the
entrance and waited there until the
owner came out and put up the bars.
Then the master patted his different
dogs and fed them we'll He told us
that the dogs drove these sheep out on
the plains two or three miles in the
morning, remained with them during
the day, kept the coyotes and other
animals at bay. and each evening drove
them up to the house and into the cor
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
"A Strange Lake in Africa.

Lake Assal, one of the finest salt
lakes in the world, in the district of
Obock, East Africa, only few miles
from the head of the Bay Of Tadjouiah,
has been bought by Mr.. Chefneux from
the French government All along the
edge Of the lake, which comprises only
sixteen square miles, is bed Of near
~ pure salt about foot in thickness.
The water Of the lake is SO surcharged
with salt that it is impossible to sink
in it. The bottom is apparently a bed
of solid salt. The heavy waters lave
the base Of jagged and precipitous
mountains which descend to the edge
Of the lake, making it almost impossi-
BILE to travel around it. Mr.. Chefnenx
will probably carry on his work By
floating machinery on the lake and
dredging ii the salt bed at its bottom.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-05
FUN FOR LITTLE JAPs.

Street Vendors Go About with Charcoal
Stoves on Which Children Bake Cakes.
Japan has been frequently referred
to as the ''Children's Paradise" and
with considerable justice, for in no
other country is childhood made so
much of, and are children surrounded
by SO many devices for their amuse-
ment. In every town, according to DR..
w. D. Eastlake in the Popular Science
Monthly, there are numbers of street
vendors and hawkers whose sole Gus
toners are children.
One class of these vendors carry two
charcoal stoves, or furnaces, swung in
the conventional manner of the country
from the ends of pole which rests
across the shoulder. Arriving at con-
venient corner. the load is put down,
and group Of eager children quickly
gather For the moderate sum of one
or two rim the children are supplied
with tiny cup Of sweetened batter
and a spoon. Thus equipped, they
proceed to bake their own cookies on
the smooth iron top of the stoves, fash
Joining the dainties into whatever
shape they please, and, when they are
crisp and brown, devouring them. The
anne vender also devotes his skill to
children. His ''stock in trade" consists
of dried reeds and a quantity of midzu
anne, a sort of malt paste. Some of the
anne is put on the end Of a reed and is
nodded or blown into some fantastic
shape by the vender. The young GUS
toner dictates as to the figure, and
butterflies, flowers, gourds, or what
not are shaped from the sweet paste.
The children, after having satisfied
their taste for artistic design, eat the
finished work, the reed handle prevent
ing their fingers from becoming sticky.
There is another of the child amusers
that can be seen in the streets of Toxic
Or any other Japanese city. This arti-
san molds, fruits. flowers and vege-
tables from colored rice-hower dough,
and does his work SO deftly that it is
really difficult to distinguish the artifi-
cial from the real fruit.
This universal love and regard for
children is also displayed at every
temple festival, where numerous
booths, gay with toys, flags and games,
form always prominent feature.