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New York Curb Stocks

CTrom f. F. Hutton & Co.'s private wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Today's curb market
was quiet and without feature with the excep-
tion of the oil issues, which were strong. The
tobacco issues were exceptionally dull. Changes
In the mining ernun were slighf
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LISTED SECURITIES
Morning Session
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
BONDS

70 northern Cal Power Co Con-. 3. 50
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UNLISTED SECURITIES
SALES AUGUST /. 1918

The following the latest quotations for
Francisco Stock and Bond exchange:
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Oil Stocks
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK ExCHAN
Los Angeles OIL stocks

11:15 g. m-
200 Caribou 4
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Total. 1913 81 272 e2s 2f $so2 43s 3s $3.50 1872 50
Total. 1872. 1,17e, ,5S5.31 635.T93.24 $40 1872 07
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Voice Of the eople
Defends Eurcnics

I
To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
I, Sir.-We are glad to learn from IL
thatf a" :!M,d LIE Roy In Saturdays issue
eusenics and about the prospective
,hirdidegroor1 furnishing health Ger
to ne" little We were Of the firm opinion
disturbed lest Virginia were waiting
10 take her place as forty-nrst State
however, one of her citizens has so
Tar awakened as 20 ask questions. and
we are anxious to suggest the solution
OF few problems proffercd on the
For instance: No. /. The bride does
not furnish health certificate because
no sentimental scruples nor mistaken
sense OF honor prevents the croom's
investign ting the matter. Men have
the brides physical condition unrc-
scrvedly with the family physician; In
most cases l suppose. this is done, and
If necessary the ceremony is postponed
indefinitely.
No; > (a) No tuberculosis patients
should be subjected to the same rigid
examination; but that is another Qucs-
ton. OBJ Sexual diseases may be in
hSrifed. but generally the patient Is
considered suitable as second party 10
n matrimoniai contract
No. 3; II immortality We're confined
TO single persons" by Law there would
be fewer weak-ninded. idiotic women
who were willing TO exchange the mar
riase altar for n j. P.s Office, Mr.
Faunt LIE Roy suggests.
No. (a) Those thirteen Richmond
ministers will have 5000, 900 recall
citrants TO reconcile to anything pre-
servative that is not rnusty with Co
lonial convcntionalsm. (b) Virginia
must be certain that these conservative
subnormals arc not shocked out of the
ruts OF mock modeaty before she will
countenancc any law to save the next
generation from degcneratinc into
puppets OF conservatism and serVile i'm
hecility. (c) y mans devil I'LL he
proves he's not. a woman's an angel
for the same reason
No. s. y State law and a ministers
union" Will amount to" protection for
those who wish 1t; and those who do
not should be subject to the same Law
that obtain In Iowa. y magistrate
may perform the marriage ceremony
for prostitutes Of both sexes, but no
preacher OF the gospel Of Jesus Christ
has a right to bless marriage that Is
a curse 1T it's source. S. B. 4.
Charlottesville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Bunkum Beach. August oo-Mrs
/ t1t%hugh Algernon scrogg found upon
I arriving at Bunkum Beach this week
I that she had left her party gown at
home She wrote TO her husband for
It, and he inclosed it in his regular
weekly letter and sent it 10 her. Mrs
Burlingame Jones Jcnkinsson is hay-
ing three yards of mosquito netting
made into attractive bathing suits for
her three daughters.
| Eggs are only Sl.25 dozen hero
now. The price was reduced from
$3.50 last week. Butter remains sta
tionary, at S1.o0 pound. That is to
say 1t remains stationary If you nail
II to the table.
Mr.. Fitzmaurice Reginald Estabrook.
who had the misfortune TO dislocate
two of his shoulders while dancing the
bunny hug at the hotel last Saturday
evening. is doing nicely, and is ex-
pectcdi to be out of the hospital within
a week
There are four men and sac women
at the resort this week. The four men
comprise the quartet at the hotel. and
have TO stay here or lose their Jobs
Mrs. Jane Frsby, of Kansas City
who is at the resort. is being made
much Of this week on account of her
hcroism in shooting a particularly
ferocious mosquito last night She
shot the animal with 32-calibre
rifle. but the mosquito lmpcd away.
carrying the bullet with him.
The Grand Duke Boreals OF Russia.
who has been visiting at the resort
for two weeks. has returned to Schen-
cctady. where he has a lucrative posi-
ton as salesman in shoe store
MIR. Aloysius Dodds. OF Sprinefield
Went out in a canoe this morning at
o'clock. and while in the same tried
to pluck pond lily. He leaves a
large circle Of relatives and friends
Three OF the Mattresses at the hotel
starved TO death last week, and several
Of the guests have grown so thin that
the wind blows through them. and
they do not obstruct ones view of the
scenery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
WHY RICHMOND GROWS.

Those who have wondered at Rich
mond's growth found both evidence of
it and proof burdant in the remark
able article printed Sunday in the
Industrial section Of The Times Dis
patch. These figures, which our read
ers doubtless preserved for reference,
gave a detailed comparison OF the
condition OF our banks juno f. 1918,
and February IS. 1890. The marvels
wrought In twenty-three years .were
really unbelievable.
For instance, the total resources OF
Richmond banks in 1890 were but about
slS,Soo.OOO, while one Richmond bank
now has loans and discounts within
$500, 900 OF -nis hyuIe, and our banks,
as a whole. have resources OF more
than $7Looo.o0o. In 1890 the city felt
il was doing wonderful business
whom the banks showed loans and dis
counts OF so,493.ooO; now we do no.,
regard it as UNUSUAL to learn that our
BANKS have outstanding loans and dis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
USE MORE LOCAI NA,,rs

Richmond people are much pleased
at the action of prominent firm of
tobacconists in naming their leading
brand of smoking tobacco after the
hero OF novel In approving, all of
us will doubtless wonder why some
good business man did not do the like
years ago, and we will expect other
manufacturers to use more local names
in advertising their goods
Why should they not take advantage
of that splendid local tradition that
makes Richmond distinctive. and why
should they not brand their products
with labels that will let people know
these goods are made in the most IA
nous OF American cities? We have n
host Of local traditions, n host of lit
crary associations, host of historical
settings, any one of which may legiti-
mately be utilized for business adver-
Using.
That II Will he good business. We
have not doubt. In fact, we believe
that no Richmond manufacturer has a
greater asset than the town in which
he lives. People who know little of
business or geography know of Rich
inond, and If they see the name of
the city on goods offered for sale they
Will remember the brand. one Boston
tobacconist. for instance. used TO sell
only Richmond made goods. and when
asked why he did this, would always
reply that his customers knew the
name Of the city and were willing TO
trust its products.
Incidentally, OF course, the city will
be benefited for where our name and
our history are known friends will be
made among our friends. visitors will
come in ever-increasing numbers, and
the Industry OF the town will be helped
proporiionatciy. Advertising Rich
mond's name, in short, Will mean dol
lars and cents to every Richmond
dealer.
Let's make the most of our greatest
asset-our name
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
TIE HOSPITAL.

The failure OF the Committee on
Public Buildings. Properties and Utili-
ties to got n quorum yesterday after
noon will be a source OF regret TO the
people OF tho city, not because we
! anticipated any definite action at that
time. but because we thought the city
should ut least show its appreciation
OF tho tender nade by the Medical
College of Virginia.
We hope, however. that the absence
OF quorum yesterday was merely one
or those accidents that happen with
busy men. and that the next meeting
Will find all the members present.
ready To consider in n liberal spiri,
the entire proposition of a city hos
pital.
We say the entire proposition be-
cause, rs we see it, the discussion as
TO whether or not the city Will ACCEPT
the offer OF the Medical College of
Virginia Is really the old question we
have agitated for years-whether or
not the city intends to abandon the
policy OF caring for its sick and its
'''J".SC al the same Dulld1nE.
Upon this point the views of The
Times Dispatch are SO wel-known to
our readers AS scarcely to need rope
uion. We have always felt that a
great and prosperous city like Rich
mond was doing It's citizens an in
justice when 1t offered to the honest
workman injured at his craft no bet
ter facilities fog hospital treatment
than those afforded at what is prim-
arily a home for the city's INDECENT.
We have felt that instead we should
follow the example OF other large
cities and provide an emergency hos
pital where an honest workman need
not feel himself on a parity with
paupcrs
On this point We believe the sen,i-
ment OF business and workmen alike
Is UNIFIED. When the Council com
mittee comes to consider the PROPOSE
ton 1t should regard this sentiment,
and" should pass on the proposal with
an eye 10 the real needs of the city
tomorrow not less than to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Cnson in-irs great,

prompted only by n desire to do my
part assn citizen in the public service
or the city and the State. | was three
times elected Mayor of Richmond In
made by which either the Mayor or
any committee Of the Council could
eNpcnd money in the entertainment OF
distiUEulshcd guests, spent practi-
chIIy all or my salary in the entertain
,nent OF prominent visitors. whether
nittces representing cities and States.
l have even entertained an entire con-
Vent!on: ON tho day before | retired
from Office entertained at luncheon a
large delegation from Boston. who
came here TO inspect our municipal
gas plant. ! was. in other words. glad
70 act ns the host on behalf OF the
city which had so repeatedly honorcd
me with its highest office
MY predecessor III office Hon. Joseph
tttnant-Govcrnor worth what 1t cost
he spent many times more than did
TO sccuro his nomination and election
Were we justified in doing it? If
your estimate OF the Office is right Wa
were. for in your editorial OF June L.
Governor, YOU say that ''ln the gov
eminent OF this Commonwealth the
Office is second IN honor and dignity TO
the Governorship alone: contests TO
obtain II emphasize Its emincnce and
serve to remind the people OF its I'M
portancc"
II was worth to me NIL 1t cost to
have received such splendid tcstI-
inonial or tho confidence and esteem OF
the Democrats OF Virginia MS was in
dicatcd by my overwhelming majority
The love OF the people you serve is
after all. the richest reward that can
be bestowed upon Il public servant
J. TAYLOR ELLYSON
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
FRAMING 4 PLATFORM.

Our readers and exchanges, discuss
ms our reoen; suggestions for a def
mite Democratic platform. are asking
how we are 10 set 1t, and in some
quarters are Inclined to the belief that
we cannot frame platform until We
return to the convention plan Of maxi
ms party nominations.
This Of course, was to be expected,
for along with those who are sincere
believers in The convention system are
some VINO never lose an opportunity
OF oTticiz'ns any system which would
give the people the right to choose
'he'r own nominees for high office.
but are al OF these critics or any
q then right? Must we make nomi-
nations oy convention TO nave con-
Ven''on7 Must we have either to set
declaration o. principles?
4housh we should mover advocate
convention u II were 10 make the
nominations no" MADE ny the primary
cIec'''n' we snou'o nRe 10 see con-
Fenn"n caA-ed 20 frame platform
r. Eo' '0Ee'hef' convention. which NH
harm oH'2e the party forces OF the
state Many OF our party differences
arc que 10 the faot that the party as
who!e never gets together; some Of
'he'n w0"'d certainty disappear were
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
"Don,t Give Her the nu,1otr


Don't give her the ballot twill but
On woman's fair hist'ry." is nothing
but rot:
And yet it's tho language from one
some think great.
Talk OF one small statesman from one
small South State.
He's been called "old Pitchfork" and
such nom de plumes,
suggestive of demons and sulphurous
Fact Is, he's most happy when leading
Cares littie Or nothing whether wrong
And SO , he's :, predicting at once the
when all
Are granted the suffrage. He then
wants to dwell
Not here, but some other place not far
from-er-heaven.
We've heard from him often in press
and in speech.
We've learned to distrust everything
in his preach.
And should he tomorrow declare for
TO give new nj, IaW ,he ballot we'd o,ost,on
OF course, woman suffrage is coming
TO stay,
No matter what Tillnlan and folks
like him say.
1t leads The procession OF progress
The man is a dummy who eots on the
track.
TO DO so is having tho story retold
OF the ignorant puppy whose act did
The fast express charging. his feet
on the rail,
The train left in passing blood spots
REV. D. H. KENNEY.
Philadelphia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Flics-AGnin.
,ccn sWatting flies

w
Since carly in the spring:
/ begin to think he lies
Who says we can eXterminate
The fly. which never dies.
We swat. and swat. and swat
But they just walt and wink;
And we but swat Cor naught
can't see where they come from.
But still they come, they come.
If it were something rare
That we would try to keep
They'd die in spite of care.
But oh. the flies. they never sleep.
All their energy they keep
They buzz and buzz and bite
And you can cuss and fight.
One fly can torture a big man
Till he feels like saying d--n,
But he only gets fan.
He reads his paper for awhile,
a fly lights on his hand:
It takes his hand for stile.
And climbs across and back;
He swats and cusscs for n mile.
II seems he'll never tire
or walking on your hand;
You think you will not fire;
But soon you lose your sand.
And swat. and swat. and d.
don't think there is danger
OF discriminating flies.
For he sure liz a ranger.
North, South. East and West,
He Is the one great pest.
We can swat. and swat, and swat.
Till our arm is very lame.
But ono great lesson. dearly bought.
And by tho fly is taught,
We must swat and swat, and swat.
MRS. v. E. DE PUE.
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Love WI Find n 1ya1.

ChicaGo young man climbed tree
and mewed like cat to attract ira
attention OF his sweetheart, who had
been locked in the house by stern
parent.
Young lady in Wisconsin, who was
waitress IN restaurant wrote message
on nara boiled egg. which she served
70 customer, and said customer mar
ried her the next afternoon
thwcicone caller at home In Ohio
had pair OF aluminium trousers made.
and the bulldog placed on watch nv
ms sweethearts father grabbed in vain
and lost all OF his teeth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

L used to slam those gay slit skirts
Which showed of calf yard;
L thought they were the limit, and
dealt in language hard
used to see EN- on the street.
And shameless things they were:
put on binders like a horse
And turned aside. Yes, sir.
cannot roast them any more;
Their use l must allow.
My lips are sealed / am resigned.
for mother wears one now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MoULrON.

Equal Rights.
Women demand equal rights with
men What does n woman have to
wear during the oppressive dog days
of 1913?
one low-necked sleeveless mosquito
netting gown slit up to the knee
one pair silk stockings.
One pair of slippers.
That's all
What does man wear during tba
said dog days?
Ono coat.
Ono vest
Ono pair trousers
one shirt with starched collar
one pair socks.
One pair shoes
One union suit.
One hat.
One pair suspenders
One belt.
One necktie.
II he takes his coat off in a hot
restaurant he is thrown out If he
taxes his tight collar off he's a rube
IL lie wore his trousers slit up to the
Knee he would be sent to the insane
asylum.
Equal rights? Huh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
An Ear Trumpet Gone.

olo Bill Sykes says that all of the
equai suffrage talk he has heard lately
reminds him of Obed Hambcrg's lamp
chimney. Obed had 4 lamp chimney
mat was twenty-cight years old. and
for years he had used il for an ear
trumpet II was claimed by Obed that
you couldn't break his lamp chimney.
nut one night he went TO hear an excl
suffrage speaker down to tho town
Aaii, and takin' along his glass chin
ne! ear trumpet he got right down into
the front seat.
lie was holding tho thing right clus
TO MS ear and was nodding his head
10 everything she said till all at once
she hollei ed: down with the tyrantsm
ali 'ho conclusion broke tho lamp
chimney into forty seven pieces, That
settled Obed. and he is now apin'
the whole business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
F L | E S f!

Horse manure is the principal
Matching place for nles.
1t can he made sterile with co,I
oil, cnrbol!c ncid, copperns winter or
dry lonm by mixing thoroughly.
Horsemen. stnbIemcn, owners of
horses md sanitary inspectors. pay
attention.! Cut this out.
Let 1913 be n nylcss year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Grnss Widow.

What is the origin Of the term grass
widow? y. j. WILSON
1t is grace" widow, as opposed to
death" widow. The Latin Is vidua do
Eratia; the French. vcuve de grace a
smart discrimination is grass" widow
and sod" widow. IT is said that the
early adventurous to California had the
practice OF alluding among themselves
to wives left behind as out at grass"
and 1t is sometimes suggested that the
use grass widow" came this way into
oXistcnce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Lord strathcona. who Is going r.
'eS'F" the post of Canadian high com
missioner next year. VIII then be ONLY,
ninety four. ana win doubtless become
q life insurance collector.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Wake UP and cheer up! The London
Economist, the most authoritative Eu.
'opean trade and financial review de-
clares its belief that with the passage
of The tariff bill this country will ex-
ptriencc great access OF Industrial
activity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

y Warrington judge has decided that
. ""ah'nd has no right, just because he
P''o ioi them. 10 take away his wife =
ie'se teeth II she doxerts him. The
man In tic case was as mean as tho
boy "ho' according to late DISPATCHES.
stole his fathers cork leg and rawned
it,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
The CI,crokees.

Where may ! get information which
VIII help me to trace the Chorokees
from the Chickahominy up the Rivanna
TO settlement in Albcmarlc County.
Va? G. l.. B.
The Bureau of Ethnology. Washing
ton, ID. G. They may ask your atten-
ton to the an sit, by the way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
wild West Virginia.

Where may | find in West Virginia
spot fifty miles from sign or cfvili-
cation? Where may l get information
about that State? HUSTLER
There is no such spot. From the
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Charleston. w Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
The Fundamentally Worth |

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-In your editorial in Thursdays
Issue. discussing tho expenses of tho
primary. you ask the question:: rs the
Office OF Lieutenant Governor worth
the price paid for itT I think 1t is
for pecuniary gain. I have been
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
MIR. Webster,

What American statesman was called
The Great EXpounder." and why?
Which is correct "a wood" or "a
woods? ID
Mr.. Webster. on account OF his adj
United knowledge OF the Constitution
The former
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Where rs the biggest rock in the
United States? What IL the highest
point In the United States. and what
Is its height? WIMINGTON
Mckinley in Alaska 10000 feet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Mrs, Carrie Chapman Gait dislikes
Mrs. Pankhurst. The latter would be
doubly justified In kissing. Cat"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
DnccnInurentc Sermon.

is there any reason against having
the baccalaureate sermon in a com :
inehcement on some other day than
Sunday? r. G. L.
No.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
&
ANSWERS
Big Snow.

In what year six or seven years ago
was there a deep snow beginning De-
Cembcr 222 q
1905
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

Daily Menu.
What publication carries n menu for
each day? HOUSEK EEPER
The Modern Priscilla Boston, Mass;
Good Housekeeping, New York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Daily Menu

| Are you not confusing the funeral
baked meats? The brides family.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Liability for wifc'r Debts.

If man living with his wife adver-
tisc that he Will not be responsible for
her debts. VIII that relieve him?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Largest Rock, etc,

Not for debts contracted for things
necessary 10 her condition In life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
Bridal.

Who should pay the sections fee at
a church marriage?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26

It's purity hard ind tn waist line
on q girls foot this summer Men
ought L keep still about our skirts
since It's only been twenty ve err
thirty years since they WIZ wearin'
bell bottomcd pants an alligator
morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

ed by other considerations, Is demon
strated in his speech in response TO the
Lord Mayors toast. That speech con
tanned not only an assurance OF the
continued vitality of the friendship OF
Great Britain and France, but predic-
ton that their common wilf' would
make for the peace of Europe. Such
words can have but one meaning: the
alignment of Great Britain and France,
with sympathetic Russia close at hand
against any policy of adventure by the
Dreihund that shall threaten the peace
of the old world. One can but wonder
what viii be the feeling inspired in the
kaiser's mind when he reads this adj
dress by his British cousins guest.
That before Poincare returns to France
the understanding may receive contri-
buttons even more strengthening than
his assuring words is more than plaus-
ible. Details of common action may
be worked out between host and guest
without even a tell tale memorandum
being left behind. Ministerial respon
sibilitv on both sides will be saved by
an exchange of views between King
George and Poincare; views which min
listers will respect without ever being
officially called upon to explain or advo-
rate. There is more than one way I'M
der the parliamentary system for utiliz-
ng most conveniently the reserve powers
ii monarch or executive.-Boston Tran
script.