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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19


Al the night session the first order was
the consideration OF the orphanase. The
annual report was read by the superin-
tendent. Rev George j. Holiday. The
report gratefully acknowledges the gene
raj GOOD health OF the children. 1t
sketches the history OF the orphanage
since August Is 1891. when the first brick
WAS laid. until now. when Il owns thirty
acres Of land. nd some eight or nine
town lots in the town OF salem. Ihe
orphanage has collected and expended IN
necessary buildings $4,000, ana mas sup
ported for three years siXiy-iiVo children.
The report details the practical work
incs Of tho orphanage The receipts du'
ring the year were Sl2,Se5.Ss. The present
needs II the orphanage are, first, 10 make
Immediate provision for furnishing the
Smeltz cottage and industrial shops; Sc
cond to pay OF "A debt OF S.5OV' third'
To take steps for securing funds TO erect
the main building; fourth. 10 erect otnet
cottages for the reception or chlldren'
DR. I.andrum read brief report from
the Board of Trustees.
DIR. HATCHER'S PLEASANT SPEECH.
Or. Hatcher pleasantly introduced Pro.
fessor Archibald Thomas Robertson, OF
the Southern Baptist Theological semi
nary. as one born I'm Virginia, educated
I'm No,th Carolina, and now the scholar,
IN professor in "our School OF the Pro
nbets" Or. Robertson made a simple
clear. and admirable speech.
Rev. DR. r. G. Mcconnell made one
Of his Characteristic speeches on the
Importance Of having constant stream
10 The orphange Of everything tina
will make gravy" DR. Hatcher thrr
engineered collection In his happesi
vein. and liberal subscription ana casA
trl and fhe association
s,.,se ana sang, From Greenland's ley
Mountains"
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. Or. A. Il. owen, vice-presidehi
OF the Foreign Mission Board ior VIZ
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19

The size of The Companion page is four time
that OF the leading Magazines. In each Volun
nearly TOO pages are given, profusely Illus
trated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19

Tho Companion is published every Thursday
and is received each week in more than thirty
six thousand post offices in the United States
and by more than Half a Million Homes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19
One Woman
Said to
Another Woman

Whenever / want anything In the
housefurnishing line / always go to eau
DIE & ROANES. because they sell me
what want-don't try to shove Off some
thing else II they don't happen to have
what wish to buy; and then again, they
have such varied assortment. Then
there is another reason: | don't always
happen to have ready cash. and | can
buy there anything I want without being
compelled TO pay larger amount simply
because / don't possess SO much OF this
worlds goods as my neighbor. In word.
II is the most satisfactory store one can
buy Furniture or Carpets or Household
Fixings."
Isn't that praise? We try to deserve II.
CASH or CREDIT-thats the way We
sell.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson left
last nieht for New York. whence on Sa-
turdav next they will sail for an extend
ed trlp abroad.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

more narrow became the breacn, and
swifter and swifter grew the current
Materials of all kinds were thrown in
only to be swept away. At last, one
cold day in midwinter, huge packs of
Ice came tumbling along from the
channel above and piled themselves by
combined rush in the very breach it.
self. At once all the hundreds of work
men brought on the blocks OF stone.
the logs and the immense bundles Of
brush and stalks bound fast with rome.
and piled them on the inward packs of
Ice and so closed the breach.
Some two years ago this successful,
official was made governor of the prov
lnce OF Human, known as bitterly hos
tile to all foreigners, and from which
were instigated the anti-foreign riots
OF 1891. By cautious management he
has sought to direct the affairs of the
province, and for the most part he has
succeeded in preserving the peace. in
checking the foreign haters and at the
same time in retaining his authority.
Perhaps he will have some good niece
OF fortune, like the blocks of ice in the
breach OF the Yellow river
GILBERT REID.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

mat time in an adjoining province,
some five miles from the river, and well
remember the occurrence. The river,
which lowed northwest toward the
sea, suddenly broke it's embanlkment,
some three hundred miles further up
In another province. The swollen
waters went rushing on southwark, dew
astating vast section of populous
country. 1t was generally claimed by
foreign engineers that the river never
could be brought back into its northeast
channel, but should be conducted into
still older channel running southeast.
Different syndicates offered to take
charge of the vast problem if provided
with a vast amount of money. Several
engineers visited the break and pre-
sented their opinions. Every offer,
however, was rejected The Chinese
persisted in closing the breach and pre-
sented their opinions. Several officials
in charge were degraded for failure,
and nearly every foreigner in China
prophesied failure for everyone who
attempted to close the wide breach
through which the waters rushed with
terrific force When Gov. WI took di-
rection, foreigners only commiserated
him. However, he went to work with
dauntless determination and inspiring
energy. An electric plant was secured
to light the place by night. A narrow
track was laid and foreign handcars
We're provided Some machinery was
purchased, miles of rope were made,
thousand of cartlods of long stalks and
brush were brought from the nearer
provinces, and silver kept pouring in to
pay the relays of workmen who toiled
by day and by night. According to
their own methods the two ends of the
embankment were heightened out into
the madly rushing waters, more and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

Nnen the PROJECT OF a railroad was
first preached there was some talk Of
connecting Tientsin with Picking. but
that met with too great opposition. not
only from the conservative faction. but
also from the many carriers and Junk
men whose business was threatened
thereby. 1t was, therefore. decided to
take its present course, not only be-
cause the.region was so barren. but as
war measure to resist the better the
advances OF the Russians During the
present war with Japan the utility of
the railroad has been abundantly
proven. Tens Of thousands of soldiers
have been transferred through the
flooded country in half days time to
the important military station OF Shan
hai-kuan, either to remain there or to
push their way still further into the
war section.
AS the war with France extended the
telegraph, so this present war will ex-
tend the railroad.
Just as the great wall winds its
course down into the sea itself, is built
this city of Shan-hai-kuan, the gateway
between the Chinese provinces and the
Tartar territory. Some three miles
back from the shore on the level plain
stands the small city of some seventy
thousand people. In the rear of the
city rise the hills, their jagged peaks
some fifteen hundred feet above the
level of the sea. Abrupt in their as
cent barren in their appearance, with
out tree or grain, the rocks and yellow
soil present dismal sight to the lover
OF nature. Above, however, move the
clear, blue clouds, beautiful and fair,
almost like Italian skies at times.
painted with the bright red of the set
ting sun, or the pale, light green or
lowering blackness of a swift-coming
storm. The earth repeis, but the
heavens attract. As for man, he is
nonentiry. Inc oarrenness OF the re-
gion around has made poverty-striclSen
hamlets, and In turn poverty-stricken
city.
AS in many cities, the most attractive
part will be some temple, with its large
courts, shaded by some o'er-spreadinr
tree and better-built buildings and de.
sirable or commanding location.
Within the city some American mis-
sionary of the Methodist church NAV
now and then be found, and always
now, as Sunday comes round, will he
gathered at the little chapel a small
company of believers, well taught and
directed by a bright, energetic native
pastor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

Probably one hundred thousand SOL
diers have passed throughTientsin and
Shan-hai-kuan, but of these the ma ority
have pressed still further north hun
dred miles to the city of Kin-chow, or
even beyond that, to resist the ad-
vance of japanese troops from New
chuang.
No properly trained military officer
leads the soldiers. The man in charge
is called a general or commander, but
his duties heretofore have been civil
rather than military. His name is WI
Ta-cheng, one of the strong and rising
men Of China. With stalwart physique,
round, ruddy face, intelligent and self.
poised appearance, he naturally as
sumes the leadership wherever he is.
He is a man of middle-age, and has
often been mentioned both by foreign
ers and Chinese as a fitting successor of
Ii Hung Chang. He first came prom
inently forward less than ten years
ago as governor of the Canton prov
ince. He was knt wn to be progressive
in his views, rea 70 learn from west.
ern nations if ereby improvement
could be effected Gov. WI is worthy
to be known and named by all we'll
read people.
Hardly had he begun to gain reputa-
ton as a provincial governor when he
was called in 1sSs to aid in repairing
vast damages caused by an overflow
of the Yellow river What he accom-
plished then was feat of determina-
ton, energy and skill. was living at
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

past, this French doctor asserts, II Is
rare to find man who has hair enough
on the top OF his head to make parting
possible.
1t is consoling to know, however,
that this affection is an almost certain
sign of intellectual activity, for brain
workers are most liable to it. On the
other hand, people of the laboring
classes who gain their bread with their
hands, are ~sasrally syeRpl irgmp
the sixty year mark. Why the av-
erage workingman, who takes ii6 par
ticular care OF his head thatch. should
be able to preserve it longer than the
man who spends much time in having
il brushed and shampooed IS mystery
not yet explained.
Among horses it has been remarked
that the name OF the thoroughbred is
thinner than that which ornaments the
neck OF his humber brother who drags
a dray or horse-car
Another curious thing is that
strong growth Of hair is generally in
dicative of longevity. Most centena-
rians have extraordinary heads of hair.
There is no rule without its exception,
however Bismarck is an octogena-
rian of wonderful vitality, but almost
utterly bald. For some years European
caricaturists have been exaggerating
and making fun OF the three hairs
which he has left This did not deter
an enthusiastic admirer of his-an
American-who had been much inter
ested in reading of the iron chancel-
lor's birthday fetes, not long ago, fron
writing him for a lock of hair, which
he said he would hand down as a pre-
cious relic to his heirs. In due time
his letter came back with Prince Bis
marck's marginal notation: Entirely
impossible"
In London there is a baldheadel
club. every member of which must
have a smooth and shiny pate. One OF
their favorite amusements is to attend
in a body music halls and theaters
where the ballet is feature The at
tention OF the audience, however. is
always riveted on the array Of bald
heads as their owners file down the
aisle and seat themselves in the front
rows, and throughout the performance
they receive more or less notice in the
way Of friendly remarks from the gal
lery.
Not many years ago there was
Partisan wit and boulevardier named
>iraudin, who would have been eligible
To the presidency Of the London club.
for his head was absolutely destitute
OF hair. one hot day he was sitting
oareheaded at one Of the tables out OF
doors on the boulevard, with a number
u friends about He noticed a hair on
/ his coatsleeve and carefully picked il
up and placed it on top Of his head
amid the laughter Of his companions
suddenly he began to mop his face
with his handkerchief and show every
sign Of excessive suffering from the
heat.
"Dieu. How warm I am" he ex-
claimed exhaustedly, a couple 81
times. Then the reason for it occurred
to him, and he cried as he raised his
hand to his head:
All, know what makes me so
warm. It's my hair" and he carefully
removed ii and placed it on the table
as he would a wi-.-N y. World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
THE PLEDGE Of CHINA.
Shan-Hai-Kuan, Terminus of Chi
mas Only Railway.
Under the Great Wall Something About
the Important Military ststions Sur
rendered Temporarily to Japan to
Guarantee the Armistice.
COPYRIGHT, 1888 /


Draw triangle, the two longer sides
sides of which may each represent a
distance of one hundred and eighty
miles. and the shorter side connecting
the two eighty miles, the two long
lines meeting AT the last, and the line
between them running north and SOUTH;
such is the comparative position of
Picking. Tientsin and Shan-hai-kuan.
The last is at the east corner, the first
at the northwest and Tientsin at the
southwest.
An ancient cart road runs between
Picking and Shan-haikuan, but, like
every cart road in China. it looks as if
it had never been repaired since ancient
times.
The easier and more modern way to
reach the place at the eastern extrem-
ity is by the only railroad which is
built in China and running along the
other side of the triangle between
Tientsin and Shan-hai-kuan. If one
We're i'm the Empire state and taking
the Empire State express" the dis
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
USES FOR OLD RAILS.
A Great Amour; Of Barbed-wire Fencing
Is Made OF Them.


Is Made OF Them.
In speaking Of the use of old rails re-
Gently. says the Railway Reviewer, an
official OF the Pennsylvania railroad
stated the life of rail on the Pennsvl.
vania lines west is about eleven years
and on the Pennsylvania railroad only
nine years. The difference is perhaps
due to heavier traffic on the Pennsvl-
vania railroad. The friction of con
stantly passing trains wears on the rail
until it must be replaced by a new one.
The company pays twenty-four dollars
a ton-now twenty-five dollars-and
the rails used on that line average
eighty-fve pounds to the yard. When
1t has passed its useful stage the rail is
replaced.
The old rails that are taken out from
time to time are gathered up every
month and sold to junk and scrap deal.
ers at twelve dollars a ton. 1t can read.
lily be seen that the company paws only
twelve dollars for the use of rails pei
ton. The price received from the SCRAP
man Is good figure, when it is known
that the Fails, when sold, are of no use
to the company. Rails that are not
much worn are sold to factories along
the road at eighteen dollars per ton.
where they are used for sidings and an
swer the purpose quite as well as new
rails. There are many uses to which
the old rail is put. A great amount of
barb-wire fencing is made of railroad
iron and very often the rails are used as
foundations for large buildings. There
are not many people who know that
the Masonic temple in Chicago rests on
q foundation of steel rails, layer upon
layer, six feet deep.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
Seen Through Too Late,

IN the rude northwest the hardy
trappers whiled away the wintrv
nights in gaming for peltries.
"Cuss the luck!"
The tallest of the party threw down
his cards in rage.
That makes thirteen mink and eight
beaver hides I've lost!
II might of known it, too, for"-he
pulled furiously on his pipe.
Its been nothing but skin game
all the way throughl'
Seeking the seclusion of his bunl, he
moodily drew his blanket over his ears
to deaden the din of the noisy PLAYING
OF his more fortunate companions. M.
Y. World
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
ODD FACTS ABOUT Badness.
Hair as a Sign of Observation-Disclosures
About Men with shining Pates.

Hair as Sign of intellectually Stories
About Men with shining Pates.
French doctor who has been study.
ing the subject for many years SAYS
that out of one hundred people from
t'genty to thirty years of age, taken at
hazard, twenty-seven will be found to
be bald.
Women conceal such a deficiency
with great cleverness, and are not
often detected, but while the loss of
hair is not so prevalent among them as
among men, yet If the proportion of
the fair sex whose heads are as smooth
as door-knobs could be accurately
learned the results would undoubtedly
be startling.
Between the ages Of thirty-six and
forty the percentage of bald heads
es to forty-seven.
The critical period, however, is be-
tween forty and fifty years. Out Of one
hundred chance subjects but twenty
fiv had fairly good growth of hair,
waile the other seventy-fve were al
mot entirely destitute of capillary
covering. When the sixtieth year Is
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26

tance could he made In little over
three hoEs, but in China even the
power Of steam has submitted Nself to
the retarding. leisurely way of the ma
ton. and so, starting from the one
place at early dawn. you reach the
other at sunset.
Leaving Tient>in. on past the Taku
forts. one sees a monotonously level
country on either side, covered by the
water OF flooded streams in autumn
and by the frozen ice in the winter, a
dismal deSolation, quick not only to
breed malaria, but melancholia.
Journeving still further along. one
crosses the river Ian. which roars with
its swollen waters from the mountain
heights in the RAINY season. and over
which strong iron bridge has been
built by the skillful painstaking super
vision of an English engineer. Costing
over a million dollars immovable to the
mountain torrents, this bridge is a Won
der to the plodding Chinaman and a
crown to western brains.
From the river onward the scenery
becomes more mountainous, till YOU
reach the great wall and Shan-hai-kuan
on the sea.
The railroad was intended to reach
clear to Moullden, the ancient capital
Of the Manchus, but thus far, after
overcoming all manner of prejudice and
opposition, it has only succeeded in
making this town by the sea its ter
minus. Here the old and the new meet,
the great wall. with its sweep of fifteen
hundred miles, and the single track
iron road. with its modest stretch of
one hundred and eighty miles. If the
former could be built in ten years time,
why may not some grand trunk sys-
tenn OF steel and steam be built now in
q similar length of time2
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
a sOTTOMLESS PIT.
Exploration OF Peculiar Cave Formatio
in France.

Among the most remarkable Of ma
lures wonders the subterranean pit at
Jean Nouveau, near Naucluse. France.
which reaches a depth OF five hundred
and forty feet, while nowhere more
than twelve feet wide, has only recent
" been explored The French Society
Of Speleology cave study erected Il
derrick at the mouth OF the (which
begins with funnel fifteen feet wide
al the top and narrows down to three
feet at depth Of about twenty fec;.
From here down the crevice in the
rock, for such il is. extends vertically.
getting wider as it extends deeper. un-
II at depth OF about four hundred
and seventy-hve feet it is twelve feet
wide At this point the shaft opens
into roOny cave in which Just beneath
the opening Of the vertical pit thick
Ia. 'er Of clay. containing remains Of
bones, both human and animal. was
found. The explorers found no ev:.
dence that the place had ever been Wis
tied by man, but tradition has it that
criminals were thrown into the bot
tomless pit. as it was popularity called
IN the neighborhoOd. and the remains in
the cave just beneath the shaft tend t.
corroborate this belief.
The descent made into the shaft was
exceedingly diiacult; it established the
fact that there must be further cave
far below the one now known, but the
crevice through which il is accessible
Is choled up with debris and powders
so that ii viii be very difficult matter
10 penetrate further into the cave than
has been done. The deepest point
reached in this crevice is five hundred
and ninety-three feet underground.
Great quantities OF water rush through
the shaft at every time there is a storm.
still no trace Of water was found in the
cave explored. which proves that some
other subterranean exit must exist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
-
Quick Retort of n Carpenter

A carpenter sent to make some re.
pairs in a private house entered the
apartment of the lady of the house with
his apprentice. Mary" the lady
called to her servant, "see that nv
jewel case is locked at once" The car
penter understood. He removed his
watch and chain from his vest with a
significant air and gave them to his ap-
prentice. John" he said, take these
right back to the shop. 1t seems that
he house isn't safel"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
ORDER NISI ON SALES.
No. 4756 INsoLvENTS.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County.
Daniel c. Wood on Petition.
Proceedings in Insolvency.

MAY Term. 1896
In the matter of the Report of Sales filed the
10th day of July, 1896
Ordered, That on the Sd day of August. lS95.
the Court will proceed To act upon the report of
sales OF Zeal Estate, reported 10 said Court by
r. Marion Faubel, permanent trustee in the
finally ratify and confirm the same, unless
cause TO the contrary thereof be shown before
SAID day; provided copy of this order be in.
serted IN some newspaper published in Freder-
lck county, for three successive weeks prior to
said day. FO "
The report states the amount of sales to be
5000. "
Dated this 10th day of July, 1895.
JOHN L.. JORDAN
Clerk ofthe Circuit Court for Frederick county
True copy-Test:
jly. l2-it. O''-A'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
FREDERICK STOVE HOUSE,
Y and Is East Patrick Street, Frederick Ma
my2 Vy
NOTICE.
NoTIo

NOTICE. N0Tlo
The attention of parents and teachers is call
ed to the law which requires that all children
Shall have been duly vaccinated before being
received in any school.
The provisions of the Act include all schools.
whether public or private, and although il is
believed that it has been rather better OBJ
served in this county than in many others OF
the State, yet in the considerable proportion
of instances it has been disregarded or evaded.
Although there does not exist at the present
time single known case of smallpox within
the limits of the state, yet 1t has prevailed in
the United States in a far greater number of
localities than is usual at this season of the
year, and may at any time make its appear
ance in this county.
The law has made fair provision for the com.
pensation to physicians for vaccinating those
whose means render it difficult to pay the
usual fee for such services, and pure nd relia-
BILE vaccine mattee can be gratuitously procured
from Dr. Yeackle, State Vaccine Agent, at Bal.
timore.
Under these circumstances it is hoped and
believed that the law will be more vigorously
observed without necessitating the enforce
ment of the penalty attached to its disregard
WIN. H. BALTZELL, NJ. D.,
sep.2-tf. County Health officer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
wooDsBoRo' DISTRICT,

Robert j. Nelson, John H. Della
plane, John p. Cramer Jno. @. Tough.
James Nj. Smith, Amos Eyler, Orlan-
do Remsburg, George w. Devilbiss,
George Nj. Shaw, Josephus Long, Jno.
Nj. Holbruner.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-26
TRBANA uI-I nIII-

Levi Price, Augustus Wilson, b. U.
Finehour, Nathan England, Edward
waste, John f. Davis, Joseph McLain,
James Davis, Rufus H. Davis, How
ard Mobley, j. Lee Simmons, John
Price, Vernon Baker, John l. Jamison,
Gideon Bussard, Richard Simpson, b.
u. Lamar, r. II. Magruder, James
iWorthington, Richard Norwood, Geo.
Hughes, Thomas Dixon, VIM. Wing
Cling, VIM. III. Roberts, Clinton Moore,
SG. Vernon Davis, Joab Davis,