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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

A Practical Illustration of the Need of
Good Roads.

BLACKSTONE. VA, Dec. Especial
Our sportsmen are rejoicing at the un-
usually large number of deer in this and
the surrounding counties. Hardly dag
passes but some lucky hunter reports
"A successful chase.
The fOx-hunters. however. are complain
ing greatly because their dogs frequently
leave Reynards trail for fresh deer
NJ ana Ioilow IL out Oh the VICINITY !.
Turkey are also numerous. and some good
bags are made. 50. while partridxes are
almost unheard OF, the hunter still finds
Il mark for his skin.
The recent rains, followed by heavy
freezes. brings up the good-roads aues-
ton again. There Is not respectable
highway leading into this town. and from
now on Till spring are virtually impassa-
bic. Your correspondent on one occasion
last winter counted fve broken-down and
abandoned wagons In a drive OF nine
miles. We rejoice that at last the State
seems alive 10 the necessity OF change
in the old and obsolete system 80 Ions
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

FArRMOUNT-AvENv METHOpisT
p. N. BY the pastor. Rev. 4. bEA-
DIES. Sunday school et e;p freacn-
s or ciasssmsssins Monday night At sso
ST. JAMES NET DIST
church tcorner fwenty-ninth and Mar
shall strets). Rev. W. T. BEAUCHAMp.
n BY the pastor. Sunday school At BIS
o'clock Epworth League. O'Clock. ~, IN
Tuesday night there will be q public
church welcome EXTENDED 70 .ns t,'tss
ters of the East-En will be present
.baarrsdhhfnts Nnd school It s:1 A. n.
r, preasn .1sr q Rev. Il Al r. ana IaArHAM also
ana ana ns6 gfu tsk rs sS ~
rw,s, nt ever; Wednesday night q, 8
BARTON HEIGHTS NJ. e. CHURCH.
Rev s. G. HATCHER. pGstor--sunday
school At $50 A. M prsf Enansxc At n IL =.
ing at p. NJ Praysr-meetins every
"Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. All are
invited to attend.
METHODIST srJNDAY.sChOoL So
o,o,v me regular monthly meeting OF
the Methodist Sunday School Society OF
Richmond Will be held AZ , .s,arnoon a:
81" o c'ecN n. VALENTINE. President.
Charles p Rady. Secretary
MONUMENTAL CHURCH. SER
,-,Sns Of II A. NJ. and =. NJ. sunday
school and mems Bible class az 5;1 A. III.
Wednesday night lectures at r. NJ
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH COR
.nA Ufr
TANDON r. MASON. rector .-Regular
aa,,,,res every Lords-Day. Sunday school
st az, A. NJ. Morning prayer and sermon
il ~ and evswS eSksd pfasssr s evening ing
PRAYER ,y,,,'n aon on the first SUNDAY at the II
ociock servics and on the third and ni, n
s snr seats and are made to feel cordial
ly welcome
sr ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
corner Laurel and Beverly streets) Kew.
~ sunday al ii A. NJ. and s +. NJ.
| Sittings all free. and hearty welcome Is
extended to all visitors.
CT MARKS CHURCH CORNER
| First and Clay, Key u, Z. ABBll,,.
sunday school at $3.50 A. NJ. Weekly lee
! ture Wednesday at Z. NJ.
ALI, SAINTS CHURCH WADISON
street between Grace and trankln)-J
| v DOWNMAN, rector.-Service SUNDAY
morning at IL o'clock, evening service az
< o'clock. Sunday school at $3.50 o'clock
| o'clock Sunday morning.
| ST. PAULs CHURCH 'coRNEH
Ninth and ssr Gra9e Re- e' Il ESenIns
Drayer and sermon, s:i5 p. NJ. Holy
ammunition. first and third Sundays after
| II iclock service; second. fourth and
/ arm sundays, $50 A. NJ. Rev. HART
| I'I5Y CARMICHAEL, ID. d., rector; Kew.
. : FARLAND, assistant.
CHURCH or THE HOLY TRIM
nv "a memorial To Bishop Moore, Pro-
testant EpiscopaI church. north Laurel
strset Opposite Monroe Park, Rev.
i t;RAVATT, rector.-Morning prayer
md serrnon at ii a. NJ Evening prayer
and sermon at Y. NJ. Holy Communion
on first Sunday In each month at II A. NJ.
and on third Sunday at 1880 A. NJ. Lltany
service every Friday at noon in the morn
INC chanel other services announced
from The chancel on Sundays. Sunday
school meets at $50 a. NJ. In Sunday
school building at rear or the church,
Entrance through north vestibule OF the
church.
ST. JOHNS PROTESTANT EPIsCO-
pal church BROAD street. between Tween
ty-fourth and Twenty-ffth). at
( II A. NJ and 2. NJ. the rector. Rev;
| X. A. GOODWIN. officiating. A cordial
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
An Alabama Railrrai Sold.

MONTGOMERY. ALA, Dec. THE
Montgomery and Eufaula railroad was
sold at public outcry to-day under decree
of court and bought by J w. Hutchins
for Thomas x Ryan. OF New York.
last OF the property OF the old Georgia
Central railroad, and IT is understood that
there will be no change I'm the manage-
ment. the road still being part OF the
system to be operated as heretofore.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

This brilliant and delightful comedy.
which has created a tremendous stir
In England Australia, as well as Amer
lea. will be seen at the Academy next
Wednesday and Thursday. it Is adj
mitted by the press on both sides of The
Atlantic to he one OF the funniest AMI
cleveriest comedies OF this decade 1t
will he interpreted by very powerful
organization headed by Berte Coote. 60
and see it, you really cannot afford TO
miss H.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

BALTIMORE. MD. Dec DIR. j. Ed
win Michael the weil-knOwn surgeon
and gynee0lOgist, died at his home, In
this city. to-day. OF Bright's disease: lie
was forty-seyen years OF age. Dr. Mich-
ael was educated FOR his profession IN
Baltimore, but took postgraduate courses
ed coplously TO the medical press OF the
country. Al the time OF his death, Dr
Michael was dean OF the University or
Maryland and president of the Medical
and Surgical Society Of the state.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
Suspected Burglars Caught.

John Carter ana John Morris. both
colored were arrested in Petersburg yes
teday. and brought to Richmond and
lodged in the Second station. They are
charged with breaking and entering the
store of Mr.. Marks. in Manchester. The
men We're detected and caught by Of
ficers Gibson and Wrenn. OF this city.
who were accompanied by Officer LIDS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Dec. THE
three-story brick building at the corner
of Bush and Battery streets, owned
hv the Clarke estate, and the adjoining
51nding. owned by samuels Bros, was
autted by fire tonight a rough esti-
mate at late hour places the entire
loss on building and stock al $50, ~
The amount of insurance II unobtainable.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
u.gsn.Shins Surrender Demanded.

LONDON. Dec IA dispatch 10 q
rows agency from Shanghai says mat
Inc chinese Government has telesraphed
asking the Russian and American lesa-
tons to surrender or disclose the where
e,ho,1ts of Ii-Han-Shln and other con-
spirators recently taking refuge IN TIE
legation - .,,,,
,rhe Corcan Government accuses many
Russians and Americans OF sharing
In the plot against the King.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
Church Dedication.

NORFOLK, VA. Dec. l.-SpeciaI.-
South-Street Baptist church. Portsmouth,
vii be dedicated at 8 +. NJ. tomorrow.
Rev Or. X. j. Wlllngham. Of Richmond,
preaching the dedicatory sermon.
MIR j. Y. K. Walker, OF Portsmouth
member OF the firm Of Charles r. vVeiton
q Co. died suddenly this morning OF
heart-disease. lie is survived by wife
and one child.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
MISUNDERSTANDING.

PORT REPUBLIC. VA, Dec. 7-Spe-
cial.-Mr. John j. Harnsberger and Miss
Adelaide Kemper were married on the
9TH instant. at Madison Hall. the home Of
the brides parents Dr. and Mrs. q. w.
kemuer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Dec. -
The British tramp steamer Gorsedd, re-
Gently reported as having fourdcred on
her voyage between Singapore ana th'S
mort. arrived here this morning. All are
weu on board The delay was caused
by the blowing out of her boiler tubes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
Captain Dreyfns Escapes.

PARIS, Dec. The Intransgeant says
il is reported that Captain Albert Drey-
fus who, in January last, was publicly
degraded and confined In a fort, 10 un-
dergo "A life sentence. for having diNulB-
eel Government secret has escaped from
the pri~On.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

Miniature Bicycle for little girls nine
wears old would be an excellent holiday
present for your little daughter. They
az. CHEAP. j. II. QUARLES,
1O3 east Broad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

Wbselmen should examine our stock OF
BICYCLES before purchasing elsewhere We
ire the leaders. J. II. QuARLES.
103 east Broad street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

Two pounds Table Butter for 25c. at
s. Ullman's Son.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
BTxETdLLTC CONGRESS.
JntimatIou. That Great Britain and Ger
many win send Delegates.

PARIS. Dec. THE international 81
metallic League has received intimation
that British and German delegates VIII
attend the bimetanic congress, TO be
held IN Paris, December 10th, llth, ana
18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
Robbed for the Eighth Tine.

ASHLAND, ORE, Dec. 6--The Ager-
Klamath Falls wage was robbed yester-
day for the eighth time within eight
months.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

Ladies' Bicycles at J. T.. Quarles', 1903
east Broad street. are worth your inspec-
tion before buying elsewhere.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

ST. JOHNS PROTESTANT EPIsCO-
nal church BROAD street. between TWEEN
tv-fourth and Twenty fifth. Services at
II A. Nj. and 8 p. NJ, the rector. Rev.
X. A. GOODWIN. officiating. A cordial
welcome to all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

CENTENARY METHODIST EPISCO-
nal church. South Grace street, between
Eourth and FIRTH. Rev. w. Y. TUDOR
at II A. NJ. and at 5
+ NJ by the pastor. Subject at /. NJ.
l.r..ice -l1che IoaNes and Fishes. y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

UNION STATION METHODIST
church corner OF Twenty-foursh and Mel
S .l,,, s1roetsl REV. GEORGE c. WANDER
SLICE. ID. D., pas;or.-Preaching at IL
a NJ. and 73O Il. NJ. Morning subject.
"A reason for the Hope of the chris-
tan" Evening subject, Past Feeling.
Revival services.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

BROADUS- MEMORIAL II A L 4
church (Thirty-second and Mnrshai
streets). Bible school and 9:l5 A. ~
Come early and bring your Bible. Preacn-
ing at II \. NJ. and T. NJ. by the pastor
Rev. JACOB SALLADE. Seats free.
Visitors cordially welcomed. Prayer-mee.-
ing Wednesday evening st p. NJ Men
prayer-meeting T.. VI. Friday. prohta-
BILE hour may be spent I'm either or these
services.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

sRoAp-srREEr MISSION HALL
r7Ia east Broad. open every night
Naonday prayer-meeting every day ex
cept sunday; Tn. Christian 5ssnsp h lnisnSS
re meets every Friday night Al
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

,,,a.t Marshall street LAY services: II
a N sunday school. II A. ~. sermos
on "'rhe Christmas o. the New Age;
Library OF Swedenborg tneolos'o"' WV
ings free to responsible persons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. COR
ner Grace and Pine streets). Rev. r. A.
BAGBY. pastor.-Preachine A. III a. Al:
and S p H. Prayer-meeung "Wednesday
evening az p. NJ. Sunday school at
A. NJ Baptist Young Peoples Union sun
day at +. NJ.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

GROvE-AvENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
Grove avenue between Linden ana beech
strsets), Rev. J. G. HIDEN, ID. D.. pas
tor.-Preaching at IL A. VI. and at
Il. NJ. by the pastor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

LAIREL-STREE1 NJ e. . ID
Episcopal Church. South Corner Laurel
ana Aibemarle Streets Rev; T. J. TAn-
LOR, pastor-Sunday school at a; NJ;
NJ The Epworth League will meet at
1.1n i. NJ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

How hot our clothes are has just
been determined by Dr. Won Bebber,
German meteorologist. When the
outside temperature is so degrees
Fahrenheit, the temperature on the
coat is 71.2 degrees, that between the
coat and the waistcoat 1876 degrees,
between waistcoat and shirt 75.9 de-
grees, between shirt and undershirt
77.4 degrees, and between the wooden
undershirt and the skin 900 degrees.
The oil fields of Pennsylvania have
produced during the year 1894 about
10000, 900 barrels of oil. During the
year 1893, the total product was 3l,-
900 barrels. The oil was sold dur
ing 1898 for 81 cents, and last year for
81 cents a barrel In all about 1900
new wells were drilled in 1894, while in
the previous year only 1000 new wells
We're prepared. The demand for Penn
sylvania oil showed no diminution dur
ing the year.
In a paper by T. Wrightson, read
before the Royal society recently, evil
dence is brought forward to show that
the welding of iron and steel is similar
in character to the RELOCATION of ice.
Iron has been found to expand in pass
ing from the liquid to the plastic state
and then contracts to the solid form,
Experiments at the mint have also
shown that at the welding point iron
cools under pressure Welding differs
from melting pieces together in that in
the former case the union takes place
below the temperature of fusion. En-
gineering and Mining journal.
The normal wheat area of India is
about 10000, 900 acres, against our own
33, 500, 900 acres. Its rice crop covers
almost as much area as our corn crop,
standing $4,000, 900 of acres for Indian
rice and 72,000,oO0 acres for American
corn. About 100000 acres are
planted in cotton to our 20, 900, 900. In
dia produces about l20, 900, 900 pounds
of tea, which sells above 20 cents
pound. Indian tea is making great
Roadway in England. Indigo is one of
the few products that increases in
value under modern conditions of pro-
duction; 600 hundredweight of this
product is worth more to-day by ST.
OOO,OOO than 10000 hundredWelght
was few years ago. :;
One of the most remarkable things
about the heart is The amount of work
it does, Considering the organ as a
pump, whose task it is to deliver
known quantity of blood, against q
known head" it is easy to show that
in twenty-four hours mans heart
does about one hundred and twenty
four foot tons of work. I'm other
words" says a contemporary, ''if the
whole force expended by the heart in
twenty-four hours were gathered into
one huge stroke. such power would
lift one hundred and twenty-four tons
one foot from the ground. A similar
calculation has been made respecting
the amount of work expended by the
muscles involved in breathing. In
twentyfour hours these muscles do
about twenty-one foot tons of work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
The LAWYER and His Client,

The extent to which lawyers can
exercise their Imagination when plead
ing in behalf of their clients is almost
beyond belief; BUT sometimes the
tables are turned in very unexpected
fashion.
On one occasion Mr.. s. was engaged
in presenting the case of a woman who
petitioned the court to grant her a
judicial separation from her husband,
a workingman, and urged that as she
was in extreme poverty, she was en-
titled to alimony according to her
husbands means.
With voice broken in its pathos
the lawyer dilated on the imperative
necessity of the case, declaring that
his client was utterly destitute, not
having mattress to lie upon, and not
possessing the means to purchase a
crust of bread.
When the evidence had been heard
the judge, who we'll knew the counsel
unlimited powers of exaggeration,
turned to the appellant and addressed
to her few questions.
"Have you, then, no occupations"
YES, my lord: am a nurse" was
the incautlous reply.
"And where are you employed?"
II am at Mr. SIS" she witting-
ly rejoined. pointing to her counsel.
1t was with the greatest difficulty
that the judge refrained from joining
in the shout of laughter with which
this admission was haiIed.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
He Bluffed the Barber,

Old Blobbs entered the BARRIERS and
called for shave. AS usual, the bar
Der began to badger the customer
about hair restorers, shampoos, and
other knicb-knacks. The old man
withstood the siege bravely. Then the
barber tried him for hair cut in the
usual strain.
Hairs a little ragged, sir
Yes; like it that way"
Longer than yea usually wear it,
amt it, sir?'
Think not"
Looks as if it hadn't been cut for an
age, sir"
ut hasn't"
At this point the old man rose and
very politely drew off wig, disclosing
pate underneath as bald as an ostrich 5
egg. Liverpool Porcupine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
PHlLADELPHlA'S TOLL GATE.
Archaic Surviyals That Testify the Quaker
City's Backwoods Slowness.

Archaic Surviyals That Testify the Quaker
City's Backwoods Slowness.
Toll roads in great city like Phila-
dclphia cannot be considered other
than as gross anachronisms and real
barriers to civilization, but few do
exist and linger on as interesting sur
vivals of a different generation from
this.
In the days of stage coaches and the
infancy of railroads the turnpike was
well-established institution, treated
with respect and looked upon as
public convenience. To travel with
comfort in almost any given direction
was impossible without the payment
of toll, as the free roads were full of
ruts and washouts, making driving a
difficult and dangerous task. The turn
pixies, which received their names from
the turnstiles that barred them at
stated intervals, were kept in condition
by the coE panies that built them, and
that in return for their labor exacted
toll from those who used the road
This was considered just and fair in
the old days, but now the toll gate is
looked upon either as curiosity or as
a nuisance, according to the tempera-
ment of the man who must pay to pass
it. A pedestrian is a favored individ-
ual, he can pass without paying; SO
can funeral procession, but ali,others
who drive, ride or bestride a bicycle
mnst give up their pennies, and n
special tax is levied upon droves of
cattle, sheep and hogs
There are SIX toll-houses on the Old
York road, which cover distance Of
about ten miles That the road does a
paying business is shown by the fact
that the revenue derived from one
gate alone is said to be from four to
five thousand dollars a year. This,
however, is the busiest gate of the lot,
llnown-as gate No. .. 1t is situated at
Tabor road, near the Jewish hospital.
Gate No. 1 is at Nicetown lane; No.
at Haincs street; No. at Spring
avenue, Montgomery county; No. at
Washington lane. and No. 6 at Susque-
hanna street, Willow grove. The toll
charged is one ana one-quarter cents g.
mile Tor each horse driven, three
fourths of cent a mile for bicycles
and one-half cent mile for horse led
or ridden. Mules or oxen harnessed
are charged the same rate as horses.
Sheep or hogs are taxed two cents
score a mile, and cattle five cents
score.
The penalty for lodging the payment
of toll is legally fixed at ten dollars,
and placards advising the traveller of
that fact are fixed in prominent places
at every gate. The majority of the
toll-houses along the Old York road
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
MEXICAN PUlOUE.
1t Is the National Beverage of the Poor
People.


The picturesque maguey plant, of
which our century plant is diminu-
tive species, is found almost every
where in Mexico. 1t looks so royal,
even amid the foliage of the tropics,
that it would seem to belong to the
gardens of the dons and grandees; but
it is cultivated chiefly by the Mexican
Indian races, and is regarded as the
poor mans COW. 1t is of slow growth,
and when it reaches maturity it is
MIXED until it dies, and young plant
is set in It's place.
The juice of the maguey plant is
called pulque-pronounced poolkay-
and is national beverage among the
poor people of Mexico. When fer
mented it tastes like sour milk, and it
is in this condition that it is commonly
used. 1t is slightly Intoxicating when
drank in large quantities, and of late
the same moral objection has been
brought against it as against light
wines, ale and common beer. 1t is
said to make people dull, sleepy and
lazy.
1t has become somewhat famous
remedy for diseases of the kidneys, as
people who use it are said to be exempt
from such weaknesses. A like claim
has been made for sour milk and but
termilk Many Americans go to
Mexico to drink pulque as medicine.
What its real value is in such cases re-
mains to be determined. We can see
how the pulque habit, once formed,
might lead to other habits which might
prove seriously detrimental.
1t is Il curious sight in the City of
Mexico to see the pulque vendors come
down from the hills of the country
with sacks of the milk on their backs.
Their bronze faces are not devoid OF
beauty, but are so serious as to indi-
cate hard life. They look like pack
horses.
Let us go out and see an Indian
milk his cow" said a Mexican gentle
man to an American boy visiting his
hacienda.
The Indian went to large pulque
plant and cut out the main stem. lie
then inserted a gourd-like object, ex-
hausted the air in it, and so drew into
it the sweet milk, which he poured
into his sack. He then put back the
main stalk.
ale will not have to milk his COW
again" said the Mexican. Milk will
gather in the cavity for months. SO
you see he has the advantage over you
Americans. Youth s Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
A City Built In a Cherry Seed.

At the time of the French Crystal
Palace exposition a Nuremberg toy
maker exhibited cherry stone within
the cavity of which he had built per-
feet plan of the city of Sebastopol,
streets, railway approaches, bridges,
etc, A powerful microscope was used
city, and it is estimated that not less
than five ahundred thousand people
took peep at the results of the toy
makers toll Each of these five hun
bred thousand sight-seers deposited a
one-franc piece In the hands of the in.
geuious workman, the total of the cash
thus taken in netting him snug little
fortune.-St. Louis Republic.