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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-08

pv n w. Powe & Augustine Poval co.
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-08

At the same time and pace above
ramed / will. as trustee In a deed ex-
ecuted 10 me by said Geo. =. Terry and
c. Y. Davenport sell at public auc ion
q TRACT or 112 ACRES. ad1oin NC the
Mochan!csyille tract conveyed In said
deed
TERMS: Cash. J. r. HAW.
faG-su4t Trustee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-08
yCEUsTEE's SALE
OF
,A1,,.prr pr,r. ESTATE ABOUT
NINE MILES BELOW THE CITY
or RICHMOND.

nv virtue Of a deed OF trust from u.
raliev. dated May 9Th. 1850. recorded III
The Clerks Office Of Henrico County
Courthouse. in y. =. loi. page ~ ue-
fault having been made IN the payment OF
the note sect RED thereby. me unaeI sig u'
having been requested so 70 90 ~ w
bsneNCiarv will sell at auction, on the
premises on
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S g ifi'
H. A. McC URDY.
7 North Tenth Street.

Il financial.
we have 500 20 loan for a term Of
wears az 6 per cent. on City Real Estate.
CHEWING & ROSE.
Peal Estate Agents
feS-1t q north Tenth street
NONEY Ar LONG TIME ON CITY
realty. at a low rate of interest and
very reasonable charges. +. 4. CAT
LIN. No. north Eleventh street
jn30-su. tu, tn. su.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST: CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT,
No SOS. issued by the Planters Nation
al Bank of Richmond. Va. payable 70
the order OF Mrs. Mary r.. Burke. and
All persons are warned against trading
or accepting same. as payment has boon
stopr ed Application has been made for
duplicate Mrs. MARY q. BURKE.
Swansboro. Va. inIswd.sugm
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AiTISEM ENTS.

n oNFEDERATE MUsEUN-IN THE
u Da lis Mansion, corner Twelfth and
cray. is open 10 visitors daily from ID y
N. 10 5 p NJ Admission. 25c., except on
SATURDAYS when Il Is free 70 the public
Annual membership ticket =. which ad-
rnits the holder at all times life member
ship ticket 80 nol5-ly
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HA>KrHS AND BroKr=s.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
Sea Wafer as Medicine.

"Sea water isn't as palatable as
chocolate ice cream soda, remarked a
young doctor with merry look out of
the corner of his eye, "but neither is
castor oil OF quinine or any medicine,
so far as that goes. One grows really
fond of it, however, and in time longs
for it. The trouble is that most peo-
pie take their sea water as they would
bite from mad dog. They make
faces, get excited, fairly froth at the
mouth, and then chase of and take a
drink of something that doesn't go
with it. All mixed drinks are bad for
the stomach, you know.
''The way to take salt water is to
take it quietly with your sea bath and
leave it to do the rest. 1 followed the
sea when boy for years, and wen. to
many strange countries with many
green crews, aud 1 never yet saw al
old sailor who was a dyspeptic, who
suffered from insomnia, biliouoness,
nervousness, headaches or any Of
mans everyday ailments, aud whyi
As soon as an old salt feels the slight
est symptom OF any sort Of physie.l
arrangement he let's tin pail down
into his medicine chest, the ocean,
hauls up pailful of fresh sea water,
blows off the foam with the airy grace
of Bowery beer bibber, and takes
high ball. Sailors are good-tempered
and even in their dispositions, and
believe it is due to their fondness fol
and faith in the effectiveness of see
water as a medicine. You people all
give it fair trial and if you aren't
benefited in body and mind I'll tear uE
my sheepskin. New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A single candle, to give its full
light, requires 100 cubic feet of air
per hour.
Professor Alsnel says that between
the ticks of watch ray of light
could move around the globe.
If the sun was to lie divided into
smaller planets, it would make 1,310,-
000, each the size of the earth.
Professor Bilslik says: The right
hand, which is more sensitive to the
touch than the left, is less sensitive
than the latter to the effect of the heat
and cold.
All deserts are situated where the
winds from the ocean, before reaching
them, are exhausted of their moisture
by passing over mountains or across
extensive tracts of land.
In France tuberculosis causes one
out of every six deaths, and claims
twice as many victims as typhoid
fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, small
pox, cholera, and all other infectious
diseases.
The Foraminifera are protozoans
which secrete one-or many chambered
shells. They occur in great abun-
dance at the surface of the ocean, and
in fossil in most Of the geological
formations.
An eminent Prussian statistician,
Sussmilch, estimated in the time of
Frederick I. OF Prussia that about one
twelfth of the population of Europe
died of smallpox and that nearly every
body had the disease.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
Grinding Moving Machine Knives.

There is propriety in all things, and
the grinding OF moving machine knives
is not to be excepted. Most farmers,
however, hold the knives out at arms
length and grind them on the top OF
the stone, similar to the way that the
scythe is ground, thus not only max.
ing the process slow and laborious
one. but producing very poor edge
indeed when compared with that which
is obtainable by the method shown
herewith in the illustration.
Iu order to achieve the purpose at
issue, one should have good stone
stone so hung that it will run true.
1t is preferable to have it mounted
upon common friction -whee bearings.
Why? Because these raise the centre
OF it just high enough from the frame
to admit Of the inch-board rest on
each end and make it about right for
grinding the mowingmachino knife
when the back of the knife section is
held in position against the rest.
Thus constructed, hold the knife
section as described, bat with the
point pitching u little toward the stone
and at such an angle to the face of it
as will result in producing the re.
quisite cutting bevel-a position easily
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
Reporter and Lawyer.

The lawyer didn't want to be inter-
viewed. He had tried to impress this
fact upon the mind of the reporter in
so many words. But the reporter was
very persistent. He was endeavoring
to convince the lawyer that it would
be to the advantage of everybody il
he would talk.
The man of law interrupted him.
Gust have seat for moment, young
man." he said, motioning to chair ut
the other end of the office.
The newsgather congratulated him.
self on the fact that his cause was as
good as won.
The lawyer bent over his desk, and
for moment or two there was silence
in the room, save for the rasping
scratch of his pen.
Then he sat erect, and after scan
ming the sheet of letter paper on which
he had been writing affixed his sigma
ture folded the sheet, and handed it to
the reporter without word.
Here is what the reporter read:
'Mr Reporter; Dear Sir-In reply
to your request for information about
the matter to which you refer, 1 bog
leave to apprise you of the fact that l
have absolutely nothing to say. re-
iterate, have nothing whatever to
say; therefore, presume you will
grasp the idea that do not wish to
say anything. Yours, ETC.,
JEREMIAH H. BLACKSTONE.
Not wishing to be outgeneraled, the
reporter took an old envelope out of
his pocket and scribbled the following
on the back of it:
"Mr. jeremiah Blackstone, Attor-
ney at Law; Dear Sir-Yours of to-
day received and contents noted. In
asmuch as the letter itself deserves
publication as tending to bear out the
old saying that it takes lawyer longer
to say nothing than any living being,
my mission has not been entirely
futile"
This he deposited on the desk in
front of the lawyer without comment
of any kind, and departed forthwith.
Chicago Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

We should govern the supply of
drones, and an production of
them is sure to follow if the bees are
allowed to build their own comb. In
natural comb-building the bees build
a large amount of drone comb. They
do not do this solely for the purpose
of rearing drones, but build drone-
size comb to store surplus honey in,
hence large amount of it will be
found in every hive, and when the
colony becomes strong during spring
the queen will fill all available drone
comb with eggs, and the result is that
large force of drones is hatched.
This is easily prevented by the use of
foundation comb. This is made all
worker size, and when the frames are
properly filled with it all drones are
excluded. While it is important to
have some drones to fertilize the
young queens, these may be provided
for by using certain amount of drone
comb, and the beauty of this is that
we can use it in any colony we wish
and by this means select our breeding
Observation-Disclosures Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

the mistress wants to see you In ths
back parlor."
Never was toilet made in speedier
time. Albert wondered if all the coal
men went to the back parlor to see the
mistress, or washed and brushed.
He knocked on the door of this apart
ment.
81 asked you to >ome in," the lady
said, "beceuse my brother wants to
see you. Come this way"
And Albert followed her into an ex-
quisite dining-room, where, at the
head of small but elegantly ap-
pointed table, sat the merchant who
had offered him five dollars in the
morning.
The boys face was on fire again.
81 thought I recognized you," the
gentleman remarked, with smile.
"And so you have been putting in my
coal?"
'I didn't know it was yours" AL
bert replied,
81 suppose not" said the merchant.
81 want you to sit down here beside
me and have some dinner. You have
earned it, goodness knowsl so please
don't refuse. And, Albert, wish 10
say also that the boy who preferred to
earn dollar by shovelling coal to
taking five that he didn't earn, is Just
the young fellow need, and 1 cannot
afford not to make a place for such q
one. You can come to work tomorrow
morning at eight O'clock"
"I'm afraid you'll think, sir, that
haven't much gift of language, AL.
bert responded, when he could COM
maud his voice; "and the fact is, I'm
too astonished and overjoyed to know
what to say"
''Never mind about saying any.
thing" said the gentleman. "Sit
down and have some dinner. That's
the most practical thing to be done
| now."
Albert had had nothing to eat since
breakfast, and his recent exercise had
made him frightfully hungry; but he
was loyal to the last.
"Mother will be waiting for me
and worrying" he replied, simply,
and I know I ought to be going, il
you'll please excuse me-"
"Very WE'LL" the gentleman assent
ed. Here is your dollar, and sister
has packed basket for your mother.
Don't refuse it, my boy"
"No, sir, not for the worldl" said
Albert. "And, oh, I am so grateful
to you both! Perhaps, some day,
can show you better than 1 can tell
you. Good night, sirl Good night,
ma'amw
Mrs. Duryea thought it was a
young whirlwind that had rushed
into the house that evening instead of
her son. He could usually tell a
straight story, but now, shoveling
coal and five-dollar bill were so
mixed up with canvassing for a book,
a dear little girl and splendid situa-
ton, that 1t was a long time before
she could make head OF tail of it,
Golden Days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
Buckwheat in Orchards.

The only grain crop that can be
proftably grown in an orchard is
buckwheat. 1t is not exhaustive, and
the shade which its broad leaves fur
nish to the soil during July and
August helps to preserve moisture
quite as much as to take it from the
soil. Whenever there is a cool night,
great amount of dew falls on the
broad buckwheat leaves, and this
dropping to the ground moistens the
surface soil, and supplies the shallow
roots with the water needed during
the day. Wherever buckwheat is har.
vested enough grain is scattered to
make volunteer crop the following
spring, which can be plowed under in
June in time for sowing buckwheat
the following season. The only trouble
with keeping orchards always in buck.
wheat is that the soil is made toe
light, and being left naked every win
ter it is often deep frozen, and tree
roots nearest the surfaces are badly
injured. Where buckwheat is grown
every year most of the feeding tree
roots will be found ssr the surface
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

Boston has had a daily medical in
spection of her schools for the last
three years, and the system is pro-
nounced eminently successful in its
results. The city is divided into fifty
districts for medical visitation, and to
each visitor from one to five schools
are assigned. Teachers report the
cases of children who seem to be all
ing, and the medical inspector decides
whether the illness is sufficient to
justify sending the pupi! home again.
A report of this inspection for one
year shows an examination of 1864
cases, of which 1856 were found to be
too i'll to remain in school. The Presi-
dent of the Board of Health bears
testimony to the efficacy OF this system
of inspection, and says that by the
promptitude and thoroughness of its
action it has arrested epidem:cs OF
diphtheria, scarlet fever and other
infectious and contagious maladies.
The system is worthy of adoption else.
where than in Boston, and it is rather
wonder that something of this sort
was not thought of long ago.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

In seeking an explanation of the
success of our ships in the present
war, foreign critics are turning to the
last report of the Secretary Of the
Navy, in which the following passage
occurred: SIT is vital necessity,
from the standpoint of the Nation, to
have our naval service perfect at every
point. To provide target practice for
all ships OF our navy now necessitates
$500, 600 year. This allowance for
target practice should be increased,
not diminished; for it is all-important
to have our ships at the highest pitch
of military efficiency. And for the
same reason there should be no hest
tation in providing for the necessary
increase of officers and their proper
payment. There is no use in having
the best ships and the best guns, if
these ships are not to be handled in
the best way and the guns served with
the utmost accuracy. Much depends
upon building ships and guns; but
even more depends upon using them
Alright after they have been built. We
can hardly pay too high price for the
highest performance of duty ahoat
and the best use of material-that is,
the most perfect training of the per-
sonnel-can only be obtained by the
expenditure of money. The men must
be drilled and drilled, and drilled
again; the ships must be manmuvred
in squadron month in and month out:
the practice with the great guns at
targets mustsSo on without ceasinr.
Only in this way can the best results
be reached, and in this way they are
certain to be reached. The personnel
is the vitality important point in this
navy. 1t pays to wear out the mater
ial in training the personnel; for the
result is that the personnel reaches
such pitch of perfection that it car
respond to any possible demands made
upon it. 1t is wise to expend money
freely upon the tools with which The
officer work; and the most importan
of these tools is the officer himself.
Now that the value of our method,
has been demonstrated, we may ex
pcct to have plenty of imitators.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

ascertained by the operator after a
few trials. Grasp the section bar with
one hand, and with the other press
the knife against the stone. Then let
the stone revolve toward the knife,
and when that is ground, which will
be surprisingly soon, try another, and
so on consecutively until all the knives
on one side have been served alike,
whereupon change the other side onto
the other side of the stone Ia thing
necessitated by the crank being in the
way of the end of the section bar), and
in very short time you will have all
the knives in the most excellent con-
dition. 1t is advisable, however, to
grind few of the end knives occasion.
ally on that side of the stone next to
the crank, for this, together with the
scythe and other grinding that there
may be, will tend to keep the surface
of the stone worn off evenly, which is
of the utmost Importance.
When once o person has acquired
the art of grinding bevel-edged scols
in this manner it will afford him O
world of pleasure, in that he can thus
grind chisels and all such tools to per-
fection, his greatest care being to give
those that do not reach across the
face Of the stone side-wise motion,
SO as to wear the stone off evenly. In
deed, twill encourage much the sharp
ening of tools, and this is just what
ought to be desired, for nothing is
more ont of Dlnca than one's endeav.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

While it is true that the mutton
breed of sheep suffer more from
parasites than the Merino, it is by no
means true that the breed named is
wholly exempt, as seems to be the
general impression. Thanks to per-
sistent and careful experimenters,
sheep raisers now handle the tick
readily by dipping, but the internal
parasites are more difficult to over
come. This trouble is usually more
severe on lambs, and the best way to
avoid the difficulty is not to pasture
lambs on fields, that were occupied by
sheep the previous season. This is
more or less troublesome, but it will
be easy by having two fields to alter
nate yearly as pastures. Salt and tur-
pentine kept before the sheep at all
times will do much to prevent the
ravages of parasites. Plenty of pure
water, shade and salt are also neces-
sary during the summer with sheep,
whether on the range or partially con-
fined, and with these and the precau-
tion against parasites, the animals
will keep in thrifty condition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

The census authorities have, by the
use of means that space will not allow
the explanation of, supplied defcien-
cies and additional data that enable
them to deduce the true annual aver
age death rate of the country to be
about eighteen per one thousand.
This is lower than that of any Euro
pean countries save Norway and
Sweden, which fall slightly below it.
Great Britain, on the same basis, has
death rate OF 1874, Ireland of 1872,
France of 22.5, Germany OF 22.4, and
Austria of 29.4. Hungary has death
rate of 30. 4 per one thousand annually,
the highest found in Europe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
NEW CURE FOR PoIsoNlN0.
Man Bled Almost to Death to Save His
Life.

The bleeding of man almost to
death in order to save his life seems
like a contradiction in terms. but it is,
nevertheless, fact, according to the
statement of the chief of the medical
staff of a London hospital The case
was a common enough one, a poor
wretch tired of life having taken
large dose of laudanum in order to put
an effectual end to his miseries.
As soon as he was taken to the hos
pital the physicians set to work with
stomach pump and exhausted all the
usual methods known to the fraternity
in treating cases of poisoning, but to
no avail The poison had passed from
the mans stomach into his blood, and
in spite of everything he sank lower
and lower, until he was actually breath
ing only five times in five minutes.
The patient, according to the
physician, was practically dead, his
blood, which was circulating slowly in
his body, being impregnated with the
poison, when suddenly, with brill
liant inspiration, which it is believed
marks a new era in the treatment of
this form of poisoning, the physician
decided that the only way to get the
poison out of the mans body was to
remove the blood which contained it.
He knew as everybody knows, that
the body ordinarily is equal to any
demand made upon it, and will soon
manufacture blood for itself, provided
that the quantity of blood withdrawn
from the veins is made up by corre-
spending quantity of solution of
salt and water of the same degree of
saltness as the blood itself.
The risk was, of course, enormous,
but the circumstances warranted the
taking of it, for such life as there was
in the mans body was good only for a
short time, and was hardly life at all,
seeing that consciousness had almost,
if not entirely, vanished.
Accordingly,two pints ofblood were
taken from the man, and it was found
to be "as black as ink" Two pints
of salt solution were then injected
into his veins, and in the course of
few minutes he began to breathe more
rapidly, and one by one the organs
seemed to begin to resume the nor
NAL exercise of their functions.
For days the man had to be care
| fully treated, but now he's thoroughly
well and without any suspicion of
having gone through the valley of the
shadow of death.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

The man who sets out O hedge OF
thorn or similar trees should consider
the matter awhile before doing so. as
to whether he will, for lack of time.
allow it to grow undisturbed for years,
then expend goodly sum to have it
grubbed out after deciding it nuis.
ance to himself as we'll as his neigh
bors. I would not, however, discour-
age hedge-planting, for where is the
iron worker or carpenter who can
fashion fence to be compared with o
well-planted and well-cared- for hedgeP
Among the many suitable plants for
hedging is Cydonia iaponica formerly
enormously called Pyrus japonica), or
Japanese ounce. This is q strong
growing, thorny shrub belonging to
the ounce family, bearing in tho
spring great profusion of beautiful
bright crimson flowers, followed by
quantities of small ounces, which,
although generally supposed to be of
no domestic value, when used in small
quantities with the regular ounce i'm
part delightful subacid flavor which
seems to be lacking in the cultivated
fruit. The flowers of the Japan ounce
are so bright and borne SO abundantly
that the shrub is often called "burn.
ing-bush."
The honey-locust is very desirable
hedging-plant, the foliage being Of
such clear, refreshing green; and as
the young shoots and wood are rather
tender and succulent, are easily
trimmed. The well-known Osage
orange is used extensively for hedges,
and when kept under control serves
its purpose admirably; but if neglected
it soon becomes curse to any land.
Privet, thornless shrub easy to
control, free growing and quite at-
tractive, is used considerably and with
good effect.
In California, where the climate per-
mits the rose to attain high degree
of perfection, the La France rose is
very popular for hedging. To say that
the effect is fine, when the bushes are
in full bloom, would be putting it
mildly. In the same State the COM
mon white calla is used for the same
purpose, and makes very pleasing
hedge.
Very effective hedges, or covered
fences might call them, are made by
growing such vining plants as wild
grape, green and golden leaved honey
suckle, woodbine, etc., on light wood
or iron fences. Woman's Home Com
paniun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29
After the Honors.

They sat on the beach, and he had
been talking to her very earnestly.
Now he was waiting for her to speak.
She dug holes in the sand with her
parasol and blushed and hesitatea.
George" she said at last, "your
attack has been almost irresistible,
and feel that 1 must surrender
"Dearest!' he interrupted, and ii
was evident then that the maneuvring
was to be at close quarters.
Provided" she went on, "that il
is understood that I am to be accorded
all the honors of war;"
(Which are?" he said inquiringly.
"a diamond engagement ring" she
replied.
Having agreed to this, the final de-
tails Of the capitulation were soon
settled. New York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-29

inside an express or farm wagon, Civ
ing lots of room, and kind of room
that keeps the different products by
themselves. The doors in the rear
open into q roomy closet, where bulky
articles can be stored, while in the
drawers on either side can be carried
such articles as butter, eggs, etc. The
rallied space on top will accommodate
bulky vegetables--such as cabbage,
etc., and bags of other articles. The
advantage of such market box is
that no separate wagon is required.
And when not engaged in market uses
the box can be taken out and the
wagon used for other purposes.