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The Lamar register., 1894-12-29

How much superior to a Christmas pase
Is a Christmas present.
The Lamar register., 1894-12-29

No man ever made a success Of trying to
hide a Christmas present from his wife
The Lamar register., 1894-12-29

81 understand that willoughby was half
seas over at the Sneerwell dinner" "Ohx
no. He was sailing into the port when
left
The Lamar register., 1894-12-29

"Hanson's Magic Corn safve.
Warranted to cure. or money refunded
Ash your druggist for It Price. 10 centA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11

Editor Times: have encountered a num-
Ter Of senators and members Of the House
Of Delegates returning home, and / have
been immensely gratihed by the general
recognition on their part Of the work
done by the Times in arousing public
opinion to such point that the Walton
bill was demanded
While l admire very much your courage
and determination in this fight for pure
elections I feared the plan of campaign
was unwise, but I gladly admit that the
result has proved your wisdom. TO say
that we owe you debt of gratitude for
giving us at least half loaf in the
shape OF the Australian ballot is to ex-
press it mildly. As leading senator said
10 me- 1T will almost evangeliza cur
country districts where the use Of money
and whisky has been as demoralizing to
the distributors as TO the voters, who were
thus debauched'
1t is another Illustration Of the value
Of adhering closely 10 principle, scorning
oxpedency. and making the best fight
YOU know how TO make. 1t must have been
a trying ordeal to you but I feel sure
you will be retarded by the conscious
ness that you have done what could
rot have been accomplished by a milder
course and rescued the State at a critical
period. CULPEPER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
THE r1mEs-RlcHMoND VA SUNDAY MARCH II 1894

they mean something; when they moyo
they move for a purpose. and B..b.
things fly before them. Behemotb a.,
Leviathan are their pleasant s,n,,.
These have felt the searching air .,
adversely. They have been rooted and
grounded In Faith. Their munitions .
rocks have been strong convictions %
duty and right, and firm reliance o,
Almighty God. The thirst and hungor
OF their souls have been for truth and
light and strength And their cravings
have been eager. positive and lnsatlabIe
And they have grown, matured and set
in a steadfast and immovabie manhood
They bear in their bosoms the badge
Of the Edel Weiss. the Noble White.
OF this kind was John the Baptist. OF
this kind was Paul the Apostle. OF this
kind We're the noble army Of martyrs
on whom all the storms Of persecution
and torment spent their fury: OF whom
the world was not worthy. So while
we consider the lilies, let's study too the
Edel Weiss. The lilies are the little
ones, the Edel Weiss is the Master.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11

| OF the Inhabitants. England sent man
| of-war there, which fired on the cuS'''"-
house. The Nicaraguans SURRENDERED III"
the controversy was left TO the arbitration
of the Emperor Of Austria, who mace an
award In 1881. fully sustaining the risn'"
Of the inhabitants Of the territory nhuo'
the treaty as England asserted them, ana
Nicaragua complied with the award. MAJ
ters have been entirely at rest there ever
since until the inhabitants complaineu
recently TO England that Nicaragua was
again attempting to levy customs duties
ON ,heir commerce. This has grown out
y, tho recent war between Nicaragua and
Honduras Nicaragua looked for an at
tempted invasion OF her territory through
the Mosquito reservation, and she sent
q regiment TO Bluefelds to be In pace
IN resist il II any such was made. The
commander Of this regiment, 1t Is asserted
has undertaken to levy tribute upon the
people as a contribution to the support
Of his troops. The Mosquito people com
marines there to secure them the rights
which Nicaragua agreed with her they
should enjoy. These seem to be the facts
Of the case, and if they are, there Is no
sort of occasion for either excitement or
buster. England has, Of course, no right
10 take any step that would be viola
ton Of her treaty with this Government
and we have not the slightest idea that
she contemplates any SUCH She has a
perfect right to interfere. as she did in
1870. TO compel the Nicaraguans to COM
ply With their treaty with her. and 1t Is
in entire conformity with her record for
Englishmen wherever they may |
be that she draws her sword to maintain |
the treaty rights that she stipulated peo-
pie should have who have so shadowy /
a claim as these have to call themselves |
British subjects.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
SUNDAY MARCH II, 1924.
MEETINGS AND EVENTS MONDAY

-,-.,o~,,t 1.o6ee. Masons, Masonic Tenn
4ickeft Camp. c. V. Central Han.
oid Dominion Lodge, X. OF T., Schiller
Hall. oss r-ot,o,,.e,
Syracuse Lodge h-ol Lee
Hall. oasrI
jefferson Lodge, T a. O. F. odd-Fel-
lows Hall. .,,
Richmond Lodge. ]. o. o. F., Belvidere
,snaUau Tribe T. O. r. NJ, Laube's Hall.
Indianola Tribe l. %. r. NJ, Ioneys
Hall. -
Grey Eagle Tribe, L Q. r. NJ, Jr. o. L.
a. Il Hail.
r.. T. Lee Council. Jr. o. u. ~ NJ Jr'
O. II. A NJ. Hall.
Patrick Henry COLncn' JI. ". - ~ N''
Aurora Council. Jr. o. L. A. NJ. Jr. o.
u. A. Nj. Hall.
sidney court, L. L. Of A., 500 west Cary
street.
Munford lodge. Tont. Jr. o. L. A. NJ.
Hall.
west End W. C. 7. L.. Y~M C. A. Par
lOrs.
west-End Lodge, T. o. G. T., Clay-street
Baptist church.
Rescue Lodge. /. o. G. T., Gatewoods
Hall.
iCharitx lodge. T. o. G. r., Springfield
Hail.
MYRTLE Temple. I. o. G. T., Pine-Street
Baptist church.
.NfcGnl Catholic Union, Cathedral Hall.
SCarpenters' Union. Concordia Hall.
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
1890 A. NJ, Toneys Hall.
lMoman's Christian Association, Associa-
+ ton Rooms.
lCompany "E," First Regiment, Armory.
Jefferson Castle, X. G.. T., Jr. o. L. A.
M. Hall.
Virginia Hospital Board, 2O2 east Main
street. +. NJ
CITY Democratic Committee, No. 12lO east
Main street, $50 =. M.
rianchester Democratic Committee,
j.. M.
Opening OF Court OF Law and Equity.
March term Henrico County Court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
SOME THOUGHTS on PoPULIsTs.

The New York Journal of Commerce
gives the following definition or descrip-
ton of the Populist:
The Popullst is product Of the times
He is a real product. not the offspring
Of a pure within, and is perhaps as little
likely 10 be laughed off the Stage as he
is disposed to be pursuaded off it. He
Is an agricultural product; inasmuch as
he is born Of farmers grievances. He
is also an industrial product; for he is
a by-result Of system which has
singled out certain industries for pater
nal care whilst leaving farmers to bear
the burthens without compensation. lie
is, at the same time, a plutocratic pro-
duct; having been indoctrinated into the
idea that money. not property, is wealth.
and that the less money represents real
wealth the better is II. He IS a political
product; in the sense that. having con-
cluded that neither Of the historic parties
are to be entrusted with the care of his
interests he thinks it necessary to have a
new party. lie is a sociaiistic product;
for saving discovered that the State
manages what it undertakes very in
differently, he therefore concludes that
the true remedy is TO have 1t do every
thing. He is also a railroad product; for
living on the outermost limits Of civil
cation, he discovers that he has 10 pay
more for getting his products to market
than other producers, and therefore must
have relief either by the railroads carry
ing at a loss. or by the Government be-
coming the owner Of them and fixing
rates on the principle Of sectional con-
Citation.
Still, as we have said, the Populist is
a genuine product OF the times; and
therefore, whatever may be thought Of
his strangely inconguous make up, his
parentage must be held responsible for
his existence and his faults.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
Irr ECONOMY BE THE WORD.

The approaching primary election is an
occasion which should arouse the most
active interest OF every man in Richmond
who has the slightest concern in seeing
our city government economically ad-
ministered- And who has not a deep in
terest I'm this? Every man who owns a
house is Interested to cause the taxes on
that house TO be as small as possible. and
all men, whether they own their houses
or whether they do not, are deeply in
terested to make the administration OF
she city's government as economical as
possible. Capital seeks investment where
taxes are low, but capital flies from
places where taxes are high or where
81 IL said there is iooseness or extrava-
yance in the administration of a city's
nffairs.
Every man, therefore. in Richmond Us
deeply interested to have our citys gov
eminent administered as economically as
possible. because that attracts capital
here for Investment and investment Of
capital makes work and the more work
there is the higher and more certain
wages are. This appeals especially TO
our mechanical and Industrial classes
A movement is on foot nominaly in
the interest Of workingmen. to have all
The city's work done by day labor. instead
OF by contract, when all men know that
city work costs much less when it is
done by contract than when IL is done
by day labor. And this. too as we have
before shown, without necessarily re-
ducing the wages Of the workmen. We
cannot believe that any workingman who
viii reflect moment will give his ap-
proval to this improvident movement
II It goes out TO the world that Rich
mond proposes to have all her work done
by day labor instead Of by contract.
the world understands at once that the
spirit which rules here IS one Of extra
vagance instead OF one OF economy. The
world AT once says. then. 1t will not in
vest money in Richmond. and there il
less employment here for mechanics and
iaborers. and down goes property.
But who is helped II the city has her
work done by day labor Only those few
iaborers who are fortunate enough TO get
the citys employment. There would
never. under any circumstances be more
than few hundred out OF the thousands
in the city. The case comes down. then.
20 this: That the thousands OF working
men In Richmond are 10 do themselves
the incaiculable injury that comes 10
them from the announcement going out
TO the world that Richmond has a spend
thrift aud extravagant government, in
order that two or three hundred men
may get lazy jobs.
Every property owner. then. and every
workingman should vote In our primary
20 send to the Council men who pledge
themselves to reduce the expenses OF the
city at every possible point
Make an issue. then. with the candidates
tcr the Council. Require them 10 state
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE.

Senator Villas put the case very happily
on Friday, when. discussing the seignior-
age bill. he said: "The difficulty with the
| discussion Of the question is that many OF
those things which appear to the one side
| 10 be the greatest danger in the bill ap-
| pear to the other side to be its chief
| merits" This is n most remarkable state
ment, but II is nevertheless entirely true.
The friends Of a sound currency are
alarmed TO see in It a movement towards
fiat money or a change OF this country
10 single standard, and that silver in
which the dollar shall be worth less than
one-half OF the present dollar, or possibly
TO both. The friends OF the bill recognize
It 20 be a step in that direction, and they
glory In the fact They want to see either
one or both of those results secured. Now,
IS It not astonishing that. with the his
tory of the world before them, these
United States, here, at the end Of the
nineteenth century. should be confronted
with a serious peril Of having either an
inflated issue of irredeemable fiat money
imposed upon them, or their standard
Of value suddenly cut down one-half?
Can it be true that there is really any
considerable body Of men in this country
who wish 10 see our money fiat money,
depending on and backed. not by coin.
but on and by the Governments stamp
alone? Can It be true that there IS any
considerable body that is willing to see
us Danish the gold dollar, both as cir
culation and as the standard Of value.
and substitute the silver dollar, debased,
as it is. less than one-half the value of
the gold dollar? We shudder to think Of
what would happen If this were attempt
cd. All men having debts due to them
would Immediately press for payment.
This would bring great masses Of property
into the market for sale. when all wanted
10 sell and none wanted 10 buy. The great
bulk Of existing debtors would BE ruined
by this. But many. in the universal panic
and stampede that would ensue would be
unable 10 pay, and the creditor would
therefore. lose his claim. 1t would, there
fore, ruin both ways. And what would
be accomplished after the whole country
had been wrecked and ruined? Nothing.
but that after two or three generations
Of honest dealing had once more restored
credit, we should be going along Just as
we now go. calling things that are now
worth one hundred dollars worth two
hundred dollars. with new set Of dema-
gogues clamoring TO have these dollars
cut down again in value 1t is the fashion
10 call the men who are trying to bring
this state Of things about 'lunatics."
But that is not the word. There is but
one word to describe them, and that is the
good old Anglo-Saxon word idiot"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
RATE CUTTING IN THE SOUTH.
Important Meeting TO be Held in New York
TneadaY.

A fun meeting Of the Southern Railway
and Steamship Association will be held
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. in this city
on next Tuesday for the purpose of CON
sldering the troubled condition OF AFFAIRS
among the southern railroads.
The cpen cutting of rates Dy the LOUIS
Vile and Nashville Immediately Followed
that roads withdrawal from TINS aSSo,
citation. and it IS feared that great uetl
of misc nief Is done, unles5'@AlstlhS GIL
ferenccs are speedily settled.
one of the features of the meeting here
Will be The presentation or lettcI from
s. NJ. FELTON,. Jr., receiver or the Oliiclu-
matt Southern railroad, IN reply 20 acc
satiOus Of surreptitIOus rate cutting made
bv President Milton II. Smith, Of the
Louisville and Nashville road. Presi-
dent Smith wrote a particularly iasplns
letter TO the executive committee OF tHe
a. ISOLATION, and the general expectation
is that Mr.. Feltons reply VIII De DJlN
spirited and causuc.
There is reason to believe that the
Louisville and Nashville will make other
reductions as soon as IT'S ra'es are met
by competing lines, and that between now
and next Tuesday rates Will 90 cOnsid-
erablv lower than the Louisville and
Nashville has already made them. 1t
remains TO be seen whether or not the
association will be able TO reach an agree
ment by which a continued rate war VIII
be averted Certainly little VIII be ac-
complished. unless by arbitration or some
other means the disputes OF the roads
between Ohio and Tennessee rivers can
be settled.
President Smiths letter viii probably be
made public after the meeting OF the
executive committee on next Tuesday. 10
is quite long, and is printed i'm pamphlet
form. IL is said 10 be sensational ana
snicv from the beginning TO the end,
and conveys many serious charges against
the roads Of the association that have
been cutting rates I'm violation Of the
rules of the ass0ciation.-New YORK
Times
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
THE EDEL-WEISS.

The lilies commend TO rs peaceful.
gentle. faithful. fragrant and beautiful
lives; full Of interest but without con-
fict. They bend under the strong blast
but perfume the breeze that blows
softly over them. Life is cheefed and
beautfied by their presence. sweetened
by their influence. They tell. in their
own way. how it is that the meek in
herit the earth, and how through the
little ones the praise of the Most High i5
perfected, how a poor instrument may
DO noble office. They are lovely and
pleasant in their lives. and a most whole
some and inspiring study. They never
ask, Is life worth living? They never
think about that sort Of thing. TIE
soul Of man contemplates them with a
pious and loving jealousy.
The Edel Weiss has another story to tell;
Edel Weiss has another story 70 tell;
purity. He cannot tell how he got to
be away up on the mountain; but there
he is on the slope Of the Alps His com
panions are glaciers; his entertainment
asks no questions: Only lives. The crew
ices Of the rocks are his opportunities:
and down into them he sends his roots,
and takes mold; out Of the cold. bleak
air and hard ground he draws his
nourishment. and where he is he serves.
The traveller finds him, wonders at him.
and calls him the Noble White. Out OF
his dire and fearful conditions he has
honor. And his name stirs the soul
more profoundly than the grace Of the
lily or the glory of solomon. He de.
serves to be set on high. He deserves 10
live where only spirits that share his
nature reach his home, and look him
in the face; child of danger, nurseling
Of the storm. And he is a perfect flower.
full blown and enduring; strong, firm.
but graceful.
No one will disparage the lily. OF
such is the kingdom Of heaven. Such are
the flowers that bloom in Paradise. Who
knows but the Edel Weiss too may there
unfold and spread a glorious divineness.
now all shut up, compressed. and con-
centrated by the hard cold pressure
and strain that have made his life here
They are both flowers from the hand OF
Cod
The world is all full Of both of these.
There are multitudes of lilies, perfect
In lovoliness and divinest extalence. But
there are OF these that did not chance
to fall in protected gardens. Yet tbev
are very fair. and shed on all around
the perfumes Of their refined souls. And
there are lilies. none the less lies no
cause things have all gone against them.
yet they taught for a season the Il les,
lesson. though they only lived an
apologize life. faded and died. And O,
how is the world honored by those for
whom the Edel Weiss stands!
They were born In the frost. Poverty
and hard times were the first things
they knew. They were not made for
sportlvc tricks. They had no time to play.
Instruments OF hard service were their
only toys; no words to waste had they.
Everything with them has been, from
childhood. hard work and earnest life
They are matter of fact by the force OF
circumstances. Therefore their hearts
and minds and bodies have been well
knit and firm. and when they speak
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
The Walton Bill.

The Richmond Dispatch has lately
contained great deal of patronizing rot
about the great sacrifices the city Of
Richmond is willing TO make i'm the mat
ter Of the adoption Of the Australian
ballot in order 10 accommodate lbs
brethren in the negro belt" who alone
were TO be benefited by the adoption of
the Australian ballot. The truth Of the
matter is this system is as badly needed
in the white belt" as il is in the negro
belt" i'm order to stem the tide OF cor
ruption that is sweeping over il. II is
needed I'm Richmond and it is needed right
here in Stanton and Augusta county and
down the Valley. The use of money in
elections has become a stencil in the
nOstrils of the decent men Of Virginia.
The honest administration OF the Aus
tralian ballot law viii do away with the
lavish use of money
The Dispatch speaks Of ENGRAVING the
Australian ballot On the Anderson Me-
COrmick law, and claims that this vim
dicates the character of the Anderson-Mc-
Cormick law. The truth Of the matter
IS that il is very difficult 10 put through
any reform in its entirety. Concessions
have TO be made, and many Objectionable
features at first remain to be pruned
down afterwards There is no founda-
ton for the claim, if any such be made,
that the AndersOn-McCOr law re-
mains, and that the Walton bill is mere
~ an addition 10 this law. The only sub
stantial part of the Anderson McCor-
mick law which remains is that relating
10 the appointment Of electoral boards
and judges Of elections This part OF
the law, I'm difference 10 an educated
and growing public opinion. will very
likely come in for changes at the next
session Of the Legislature. Meanwhile
reformers will rejoice over the victory
which they have won over the Dispatch
and other obstructionists. The Walton
bill will re-establish the Democratic party
In the confidence of the masses of the
people, and will make possible hereafter
Democratic victories which. without II.
would have been Observation-Disclosures
Daily News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
Simple Justice.


We publish in full the Walton bin. by
which the Australian ballot system has
been engrafted or the Anders0n-McCor-
mick law.
1t Will take the electoral boards, judges
clerks and other election officers fully six
months TO master its MANY cumbersome
provisions, and the average voter will be
quite as long in learning To understand H.
But IL will probably prove Of some bene-
1T, for, while il does not entirely shut
out fraud, IL closes the door. 10 a large
extent. on corruption. for no one will pay
for vote where the voter must 90 into
secluded place and fiX ballot, which Is
then put In a ballot-hox which cannot be
approached by political strikers and heel
ers.
We think it will, to n very large ok
tent, stop the purchase " votes. and for
this reason alone we are glad It has
passed.
1t is probably due 10 ne rigorous and en-
orgefic fgh Of me Richmond Times that any
such ldlo has passed The Times Jet the ne
cessitY Of reform IN fhe manner and methOds
Of conducting elections in This State, and II
forced. at The hands NJ an UnrWng DemOc-
rdcy, n recognition Of Us righteous demands.
II cUt not be TONG bcf0re Il NIL be- apparent
that the Times has rendered not only the
Democratic party u great serUicc in forcing
il 10 start such a reformation, Jut has done
me State grand Scrrics.
We believe that the law will give such
satisfaction that it viii be. at the next
session Of the legislature. so amended
and perfected as 20 make ii a far better
measure than it now is. 1t is, at any rate,
CLEAN Of sunshine in what has been
dreary blackness heretofore.
We really expect great things from this
new law. and we hone it will meet with
a hearty reception at the hands of the
le.-Fredericksburg Free Lance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11

kthat they will vote hereafter 10 secure
wbat the city requires at the cheapest
bprIcc,possibe, or refuse TO vote for them
This is a crucial election for Richmond.
II We now declare ourselves for economy
and business methods. Richmond VIII so
ahead II we tie ourselves TO rottenness
and extravaganza. the future will DO blue
indeed.
We urge voters to decline to commit
themselves TO any candidates for the
Council. Walt until the day for the pri-
mary approaches. There will be plenty
more candidates before the day Of cleo
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-11
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

New York Sun: There is no reason for
laughing at the Ncbraskan who has
trained twelve Leghorn chickens for a
long-distance tramp from Omaha 10 San
Francisco. II is good thing to do
The trainer may settle questions that
have always been in dispute: Is the Leg
norm chicken long-winded2 Can any one
OF the breed hold out on a pedestrian
match or thousand miles? Is the biped
merely a Splinter? There is no way
OF getting at all the facts but by experi
ment and Mr.. Davis, Of Omaha, is the
eNpeiimenter In the interest OF science
ana sport. He himself viii accompany
the twelve Leghorns from the Missouri
river across the plains over the noun
talns, aud on 10 the Pacific. The betting
men viii await the start with interest
Keep time during the Reorganization. and
watch Tor dispatches from the telegram
stations along the route. We commend
Mr.. Davis for his pluck. Every man
VINO throws light upon disputed question
Is benefactor.
New York World. The eforv x~...