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The morning times., 1895-07-23
REACHED FOR The Cash BOX
Young Negro Thieves Determined
Effort to Rob Herdie.
Driver Flynn Caught One and the
Him, But Was Scared Off.

Archie Flynn driver OF a Sixteenth street
herdic, had desperate fight with two
negro thieves at about 7.30 O'Clock lass
evening at the northern terminus OF the
roate at : Sixteenth street andF FIOrida avenue.
FIynn drove his vehicle 10 the ~Curn
about and went ahead OF his horses to
lead them to the drinking fountain pre-
paTatory TO going back
The animals were drinking, when the
drivers attention was attracted toward
the herdic by hearing a sound and turning,
ne beheld a small negro boy on the front
dashboard reaching under the seat. where
was the cash box, containing SO in Change
and So worth OF tickets
Flynn rushed back and seized the boy,
who had gTasped the tin money box, at the
same time calling for the peliCe.
At this moment another and larger
negro dashed out OF the darkness with
q long -bIaded knife in his hand a young
plumber named Gerry was passing on
Sixteenth street, and hearing the racket
ran TO the assistance OF Flynn, who was
in deadly peril. as the armed negro bad IN
the meantime passed around the rear or
the vehicle and was apparently about to
plunge the knife into the driver
When Gerry ran up the approaching
negro dashed off and escaped, but the
" OuId he thief was held until Police
man F. 2. Kelly came up and placed him
under arrest.
At No. 5 station the boy gave bis name
as William Jones and his age fourteen
years The berdic drivers say that re-
Gently there have been several cash boxes
stolen from herdics at the same spot
The morning times., 1895-07-23


The most bewitching
jewelry imaginable is here
at my store; especially solid
silverware which is now so
fashionable. Belt Buckles,
Heart Lockets, and Waist
Sets.
| have all sorts of beauti-
full things in silver, both use
ful and purely ornamental.
My stock of Ladies
Watches is worthy of your
investigation.
C. Il. DAWSON,
IlO5 ST. n W.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
G & n- Inc Official Route.

The Joint committee of the 6. a. R. and
Old Guard met last night. They decided
to make the c. & O. Railroad the official
route TO the biz eIrampment at Louisville
beginning September lith next. The Wo
mans Relief Corps win also go this way
The C. & O. Railroad officials say this will
be q gilt-edged excursion, and the very best
cars and equipments in the roads Superior
service viii be called into requisition This
veterans VIII be personally conducted
by an official of the company, who VIII
explain the many grand scenic features
along the popular road
The morning times., 1895-07-23
- AEE7---77-L--
Fair. I"

Cool, refreshing summer
drinks that cheer but do not
inebriate.
Our soda is unexcelled,
and we have the very latest
drinks.
We are careful about fill
ing prescriptions, and only
keep the very best and
purest drugs.
All kinds of patent nnedi-
cines we keep, and sell them
at wholesale prices.
The morning times., 1895-07-23

People leaving the city for their
summer vacation cannot afford TO also
leave THE TIMES. 1t VIII be mailed
40 Cly address and VIII continue to
b2t: best local ne ewspaper in Wash
fnS -
The morning times., 1895-07-23
Fau of an oId Soldier

Mack Gerdin. an inmate of the Soldiers
Home, fell on Seventh street, near north
west, about O'Clock last evening, badly
cutting his head. He was removed to
Freedman's Hospital.
The morning times., 1895-07-23

For a summer drink there
is nothing cooler than Whis-
XIV Setter. Pure Berkeley
Rye is an excellent brand.
It's ours.
JAMES THARP, Importer OF Wines and
Liquors, Sig I street northwest
The morning times., 1895-07-23
PuGH WIS PROVOKING
His Threats Against the Trolley
Stirred Up Mr.. RidOut.
PROTESTS WERE PRUITLESS

Judge Miller Ruled That the Prose-
cutOr Could Continue to Rile the
Counsel For the eBarons-Delay VIII
Cost the lexington Com pany a
Pretty Penny Every Day.
The morning times., 1895-07-23
rhev Met SATURDAY. Nicht.

1t was inadvertently stated in The Times
yesterday that the Sons and Daughters Of
Maine held service Sunday night. when it
should have read Saturday night
The morning times., 1895-07-23

Send your wash" to us,
and you will be pleased with
the result.
TOLMAN STEAM LAUNDRY,
9th and c streets \. w
The morning times., 1895-07-23
WHY He Wont.

Al hear that your friend X has gone 70
South America. Was it upon his physicians
advice?"
B-No; his lawyer Sit Bits.
The morning times., 1895-07-23

THE TRAGEDIAN'S DISAPPOINT-
MENT
The morning times., 1895-07-23

Handy Piece OF Furniture.
Poet-"Do you digest all the poems you
read7"
Editor-"Oh,no, / have a goat to do
tha tfor me. New York World.
The morning times., 1895-07-23

Ride an "ILPERIAL" wheel-the
sgo-lightly" kind We sell it-are
sole ID. C. agents for it, We show all
models. Call or write for a catalogue.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
PULoUE.
The Plant That Is Regarded In Mexico as
 the Poor Mans Cow.

The Plant That Is Regarded In Mexico as
 the Poor Mans Cow.
 The picturesque maguey plant, of which our century plant is diminutive species, Is found almost everywhere in Mexico. It looks SO royal, even amid the foliage of tho tropics thst |. would seem to belong to the gardens of the doLs and grandees, but 1t is cultivated chiefly by the Mexican In- dian races, and is regarded as the poor mans COW. It is of slow growth, and when it reaches maturity it is milked un- til it dies, and young plant is set in it's place.
 The juice of the maguey plant is called pulque-pronounced poolkay-and Is na- tional be, craze among the poor of Mexico. When fermented, it tastes like sour milk, and it is in this condition that it Is com monly used It is slightly intoxicating when taken in large quantities, and of late the same moral objection has been brought against it as against light wines, ale and common beer. It is said to make people dull, sleepy and lazy.
 It has become q somewhat famous rem edy for diseases of the kidneys, as people who use it arc said to be exempt from such weaknesses A like claim has been made for sour milk and buttermilk. Many Americans go to Mexico to drink pulque as a medicine. What its real value is in such cases remains to be determined We can see how the pulque habit, once formed, might lead to other habits which might prove seriously detrimental.
 It is curious sight in the city of Mex ico to see the pulque vendors como down from the hills of the country with sacks of the milk on their backs Their bronze faces arc not devoid of beauty, but are so serious us to indicate hard life. They look like pack horses.
 ''Let us go out and see an Indian milk his COW, w,' said a Mexican gentleman to an American boy visiting his hacienda.
 The Indian went to a large pulque plant and cut out the main stem Ho then in- serted gourdlike object, exhausted 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.
 'tHe will not have to milk his COW again. said the Mexican. Milk will gather in the cavity for months. So you sec he has the advantage over you Amer jeans. "-Youth's Companion.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
Charms, Ancient and Modern.

A belief in charms must bo reckoned among those strange things that belong to tho mystic border land where tho finite and infinite meet, says tho writer of Q clever article in The Minister.
 From time inmemorial charms and amulets have been sought by all nations, and while tho rich havo set their beliefs on gold and jewels the poor have contentcd themselves with coarser mediums. If you cannot have q turquoise to give you good health you may at least avoid courting ill., ness by dipping a courtesy to tbc new moon. No doubt the health thus secured will scarcely be of tho double distilled tur- quoise kind, but it will serve your pur. pose.
 It has become the habit to mako useless littleappcndages of gold, coral jewels, etc., and to call them charms. The fashion dates from tho Rue Rivoli, like many oth- CT flippant limitations. It is absurd to suppose that charms can Do created by the gross, and it is sheer want of reverence to expect to purchase them for 25 centimes each.
 'All kinds of magic arc out of datc and done away with except in India" writes Rutlyard Kipling, 'where nothing changes in spite of tho shiny, top scum stuff people call civilization"
 An Indian silver amulet, "unnunt," ;" is worn by women to secure tho accomplish ment of their wishes. This is not the first timc that wo have heard of feminine charms insuring that effect
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
THE ENDEAVORERS
CLOSING DAY OF THE GREAT MEETING
Five Pilgrimages to Historic Points-"God Love the Queer" Is Sung on
 Bunker Hill.

Boston, July 15.-Nature had wiped her eyes this morning and there was prom ise of bright skies for the closing day of the great Christian Endeavor conven- tion. The usual early morning prayer meeting in twenty churches were well attended and throngs were in Mechanics hall.
 After the open praise service Miss Anna D. McLaurey of Boston gave her address in the ten minutes assigned for information concerning Christian En- deavor missions.
 The morning service in Tent Williston was on "The Scholarship of the World for Christ"
 Tent Endeavor had the same general topic as Tent Williston, and after the praise service, conducted by George C.
 Stebbins had inspired the assembly. Rev. A. P. Cobb, D. D., of Spring field H., opened the speaking with a strong address on the call to Christian Endeav- orers for service in unlikely places.
 Noon meetings were held in Bloomfield Street church and Fanuel hall C. N Hunt of Minneapolis conducting the for mer and Rev. Francis b. Smiley of Dem yer the latter.
 Evangelistic services were also held in various parts of the city conducted by state and city delegations.
 No services were held by the Christian Endeavor convention in the tents or halls this afternoon but five pigrmages were made by as many groups of delega tes to places of historic interest in Boston and vicinity. These were the first of a series which will be extended further from the city during the remaining the days of this week. Perhaps the most important and interesting of these trips was that to tl2e Washing ton elm, near Harvard square, in Cambridge, where the first president took command of the continental army. Nearly a thousand people had gathered around this tree at 2:30, when the com memorative exercises commenced. Rev. D. N Beach. D. D., of Cambridge pre- sided. He said In part:
 "The design of these pilgrimages is not to glorify the United States or those his- torical spots, but to stir the hearts of all people in admiration and love for cour- age and fidelity to duty and country"
 He called attention to the neighboring homes of Holmes, Longfellow and Lowe. and the noted educators now living, and said in concinsion:
 Here under this tree, let us conse- crate ourselves to civic righteousness, holest aspirations and noblest living"
 He then introduced Rev. H. P. Rose of Montreal Quebec, who said the victory of Washington was the victory of com mon liberty.
 Three thousand attended the exer- cises at Bunker Hill, which opened with the singing of America" Rev. R. c. Brown of the Withrope Congregational church, Charlestown, Mass, called the gathering to order and acted as presid- ing officer Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16

was then introduced, and gave graphic description of the battle of Bunker Hill. God Save the Queen was sung, and then Prof. w. w. Andrews of Mount Allison university, Rockville, N. B., made an address. He dwelt upon the peace which now exists between the United States and Great Britain and expressed the hope that war would never come again between the nations, and that Canada might serve as mediator to pre- vent it and to keep up the good feeling which now prevailed.
 At the old South church Rev. E. s. Tead of Somerville presided, and after a few words of welcome addressed MT Edwin D. Meade, editor of the New Eng land Magazine, who gave an able and n- terestng historical address. The exer- cises closed with the singing of Amer ica."
 Tt the old North church Rev. Dr. Lit tie presided. The old church bells were rung from to 2:30 at the expense of tn 1 Ohio delegation.
 Another pilgrimage was made to Fan euiel hall, where Rev. Nehmiah Boyn- ton, D. D., of Boston presided, and ad- dresses were made by Rev Anderson Rogers of Nova Scotia and Rev E. C. Porter of Boston.
 The largest convention in the world closed this evening with three of the most remarka ble meetings ever held. Me
 
 and shortly after that hour President F. E. Clark took the chair After that de- votional exercises had been concluded some time was spent in congratulatory greetings, resolutions of thanks and then Chairman F. Walsh, Jr, of the ac- commodation committee announced that 56 2S5 members of Christian Endeavor so- cieties had registered.
 Dr. Rouse then read a petition drawn by the trustees and to be presented to the president of the United Staes and to Queen Victoria. urging upon them the Turkey and asking them to use their in safe government The annual coDven- ton sermon was then preached by Rev. H. M. Wharton. D. D.. of Boston.
 Rev. Wyland Hoyt of Minneapolis of fered the closing prayer of conservation. The great throng sang one verse of God Be With You Till We Meet Again" re ceived the benedction of the society and the chairman pronounced the conVen7 tion at an ead.
 Tent Williston was packed in all parts of the closing services.
 Tn Tent Endeavor there was another immense crowd at the concluding exer- cises- Rev. Jeremiah Boynton. D. D., presided, and there was plenty of music under the direction of MT. H. F. Wash burn. The petition to the president and Queen Victoria regarding the Turkish atrocities was read, conservation ser vice held, and after singing All Hail the Power of Jesus name" and the pro- nouncing of the benedictin, the great meeting came to an end.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
The Stopping of Fast Trains.

When railway roadbcds havo been made as nearly perfect as possible, when tho lines have been strengthened and as far as practicable icvcled, and when tho best types of locomotives and cars havo been devised how fast will steam be able to carry usP An answer to this question, based on n scientific examination of tho conditions involved, is furnished by Mir Theodore N Ely, an authority on facts re- lating to railways One hundred miles an hour is about tho limit of speed suggested by him. Another very important question growing out of the first is, Within what distance can a train running 100 miles an hour, CT but little less than 150 feet in u second, be stopped9 The reply is that, un- der tho most favorable circumstances, n distance of nearly half q mile would Do re- quircd. A train running a milo minute can be stopped, it Is estimated, within a distance of 900 feet. By adding only two thirds to the speed, therefore, the distance required for bringing the train to a stand still would be increased almost three times. It is evident that when we arc whirled across the country at the rate of 100 miles an hour n clear track" will become a far more important thing even than it is to- day.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
A Common Practice.

It's quite common for some trades peo- pie to persuade a customer to take some other article instead of that called for. It is sometimes called substitution, but it's cheating the customer out of that which he wanted. It is always done for mean Ino- tive. The dealer who does this has no con- slderation for his customer. It's like get ting ride of something in which the dealer himself was swindled and yet he must get money out of it by deceivlng the customer. Wesay to the readers of this journal that when yon ask for Simmons Liver Reg ulator don't take anything else instead it's the best liver medicine. The advertise ing is increasing the demand for it and the people who call for it should get it, esps- cially 80 because there is no liver medicine like Simmons Liver Regulator. Insist upon having 1t and note that the Red z is on the front of the package. 8
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
The Brook Farm House Today.

Tho Brook Farm house is now German orphan asylum, supported by some union of charities in Boston, writes Heze- kiah Butterworth in The Ladies Home Journal. Large additions have been made to the solid house associated with Profess or Ripley's literary and philosophical com munity, then called the "phalanstery. To an eye like Thoreau's it would be re- garded as beautiful estate, but its charms are subtle and simple. The brook sings forever by the roadside under the pond willows and goes winding through matted grass of rich pastures to the river Charles, that glitters afar, silver sheen guarded by priestly savins. The hills are hearsed with pines. A little way from the old house is the so called Margaret Fuller cot tage, and a little beyond, in long, cloudy cloister of pines that forever chant the monotonous sweetness of the passing worlds life, is Pulpit rock, where, accord ing to tradition, the apostle Eliot used to preach.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
NAPoLeoN's STOMACH ACHE.
It Played an Important Part In the De-
 feat of the French.

It Played an Important Part In the De-
 feat of the French.
 Suddenly, In the midst of an order to General Vandamme, who was to head of the retreat near Kuhn, 100 miles to the north, the emperor gave sharp cry, clap ped hand over his lower waistcoat but tons and doubled up completely, unable to think or act
 Napoleon had the stomach ache.
 You laugh at this, but lot me tell you there is nothing so demoralizing as pain. Headache and indigestion have wrecked more than one great cause. Men who can withstand armies have surrendered to the toothache Napoleon was never victorious on the sea because he was always too sea- sick to command in person. Napoleon could not endure pain and lost his crown through a stomach ache. For the cramp that caught him that day at Pirna kept him from pursuing his routed foes, and queror's downfall.
 At all events, he gave up his plan of conducting the pursuit in person. He re- turned to Dresden. Disaster fell upon his generals whenever they fought without him. Oudinot was beaten at Grossbeeren; Macdonald was overthrown at Katzbach; Vandamme was captured at Kulm Ney was routed at Dennewitz. The allies turned back. With fresh troops swelling { their recovering ranks they drew about the man they had sworn to destroy.
 His vassals forsook him; his tributaries deserted him. France was left alone, and yielding to tho advice of his marshals rath- or than following his own wise judgment Napoleon gave up his plan of marching upon Berlin. His enemies drew about him, they inclosed him in ring of steel, and on the 18th of October, 1913, the em- peror and his men stood at bay under the walls of quaint old Leipsic, a handful against host.
 That bloodiest battle of modern times has been called the Battle of the Nations.
 It was France against all Europe. For three days it ragged. Ninety-four thousand men were killed or wounded. Then the Saxons in the ranks of France went over in body to the enemy. Retreat was a necessity. Napoleon was beaten.-"A Boy of the First Empiro," by Elbridge S. Brooks, in St. Nicholas
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
SOUTHERN COLONY,
Fort Payne, Ala.
On line of Queen and Crescent Route 2a QQQ Acrns Erl1it da

On line of Queen and Crescent Route.
 25, 900 Acres Fruit Lands.
 Beautiful homes on Lookout Mountain Plateau. Good Markets, Cheap Transporta- tion. Two Hundred 20 40 and 80 Acre Fruit Farms. Five to Ten Dollars Per Acre. One-flfth cash. balance in one, two three and four years.
 Rich Soil Never-Failng Crops. Lumber plenty and cheap, raises finest Apples, Peaches, Pears. Plums, Prunes Grapes, Figs, Pecans, English Walnuts and Pea nuts. Vegetables attain large growth, and good markets for everything raised. DWELLINGS FREE OF RENT UNTIL SETTLERS CAN BUILD.
 NO SALOONS IN OUR COLONY. THIRTY 20-ACRE FARMS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE FIRST SET TIERS WHO WILL BUILD AND PLANT FIVE ACRES IN FRUITS AND VINES. WE ALSO HAVE LARGE TRACTS OF TIMBER LANDS.
 Twenty thousand acres near Muscadine. Ala; 20,000 Acres near Taliapoosa, Ga, for Colonies: 10000 Acres in Monroe county, Mississippi s per Acre; 90,000 Acres in Clarke county, Mississippi, $2.5o per Acre, (solid); 1040 Acres in Dallas county, Ala bama, Arteslan Wells, S15 per Acre; 1000 Acres in Fayette and Lamar counties, Ala bama, s3.00 per Acre.
 For full particulars, Railroad Rates, Maps, etc., apply to
 SOUTHERN COLONY,
 1921 First Avenue. Birmingham, Ala. IA dy wky 6m
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
DRUGS BEHIND TIE BAR.
Eixcd With Other stImulants and Served
 to the Customers.

to the Customers.
 Nowadays the bar in cities has become, with regard to it's stock and the character of it's concoctions, almost as complicated as drug store. As a matter of fact, most of the bars about New York have in a way gonc into the drug and prescription busi- ness. Behind their mahogany counters and lined up in front of the French plate and ranged upon their shelves are to be seen a hundred different liquors and cor dials and drugs. Jars and bottles and bromides and bitters and powerful drugs of various descriptions decorate the side boards. All of theso enter into the daily consumption of those who moro and more often seek tho saloon rather than the drug store for thoir medicinal remedies. Tho prescription business of the fashionable bar is very big and growing business. Men with headaches, stomach aches, colds, coughs, consumption, that tired feeling, loss of appetite, lassitude, etc., rely upon tho bartender rather than upon tho doctor or drug clerk. The implicit confidence is often amusing to tho bartender himself, as well as to those who are drinking for tho fun of it. Anybody who has ever patron izcd bar for beverages must have seen and heard tho men who approach it for tnclr mcuiclne.
 'I feel miserable right here,' placing his hand on his stomach, perhaps What ought 10 drink?'
 'Oh I'll fix you up" says tho bartend- er grabbing a small bottle in the rear. He pours little into glass; then he grabs another bottle and pours something else on top of it, and squirts in Q jet of bitters and jet of absintho, and stirs them up in glass of ice and strains the connection off into cocktail glass
 Meanwhile the customer pays little or no attention to this, but promptly swallows it whom it is ready He doesn't know what it is or whether it is injurious or beneficial to him. But the powerful stim- ulating quality of tho mixture probably 'sets him up" in few minutes. In the middle of his conversation he is conscious of this and when tho next round is or derod he promptly says he will take an other of tho same sort.
 "That stuff seems to make me come around all right, he remarks. "What do you call it9''
 "Oh, don't know" responds tho bar tender, with smile. "It's pick me up we're on to-" And he straightway pre- parcs another. Ho knows it is not bev-
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
Prussian Dairymaids.

In the great Elbing daries in West Prussia the dairymaids are not permitted to wear corsets The different grades of proficiency are indicated by the caps worn; 1; the milkmaids wear white caps, tho pupils white also, with the addition, however, of black velvet bands, and the dairy teachers caps with silver lace. Many daughters of the landed nobility take n course in this work, but all alike wear tho uniform pre- scribcd. This is not skirt, but waist and knickerbockers. It is found that this is the most cleanly and comfortable and serv- iceable in an occupation subject to various accidents
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-16
Nervous Breakdowns.

There is a curious modern theory about nervous breakdowns which may be worth stating. Some physicians say that just before the nerves "go on strike'' they full i'll their functions most fully and easily, deluding their unsuspccting possessor with the idea that his mental capital is inex- hnustible and thus intensifying the break down Certainly this was the case with Lord Randolph Churchill in 1885 and 1ss6 On tho other hand. there arc medical au- thorities who cherish the hypothesis of a slow and gradual wearing out of the nerv- ous onergy. Saturday Review.