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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Drifting Ey-Carv;ng the Beauty Of Christ
-studyinG Christ and the Satnts-A
Prayer for Mcrcy-The symphony o.
, Virtues-A Change OF Environments.
Drifting by, The winter days,
Drifting by. the storms and snow;
Swift unto the.woodland ways
Come the hours when buds will blow.
Hasting by, the childish life,
Breoded DER by mother love;
Soon will come the toll, the strife,
Stones beneath and clouds aboys.
Passing, all our grief and pain,
Every heartache, every care;
Passing, sorrows bitter rain;
Coming days serene and fair.
Drifting by, our deepest loss,
Burden, anguish, drifting by;
They who patient bear the eros,
hlay receive the crown on high.
Hurrying ON, this mortal day;
Earth to earth and dust to dust
Over us some voice shall say,
Yet the ceaseless Love we trust.
Heaven shall open wide its gates,
Let our pilgrim bands comedn;
There for US the Master waits,
There Well drop the load Of sin.
Drifting, drifting, drifting far,
Fast and far the tieeting days, ..
TIL Wa cross the moaning bar, 'a..
Till We reach the endless praise.
'Mar"aret e. Sangster, in Christian Intellis
Rencer '.
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POPULATION OF MANILA CITY.
A Censuu Takon by tho Sanitary Corps
Places 1t at About 10000.

A census OF the city OF Manila, taken BY
:he Sasite.y Corps Of the city, has been re.
.elved at the War Department In Washing.
ton. It shows the population OF the city
proper. rot including the suburbs or the
residents OF houseboats, converts or som.
Inarlesi to be approximately 1So, ,ecc5. .neH
work o; enumeration was exceedingly
difficult, the natives showing strong
dislike to answering questions, and the
ceusls ls therefore not rs accurate as IL
might be. As basis for sanitary WORK,
however, il is sufficient.
According to the report there are 20 !o9
buildings In Manila, containing. 42,oIo
rooms: The population is diyiaed sii,sa rs ro,
29. $685.; aged persons. 4OS7; Chinese. 1852
The figures given for the Chinese are
thought to be fur below the actua! num-
her, the estimates placing them as high a;
$4,000.
The population OF Tondo was reported
as rs 423, with 1884 houses; OF Binondo
1865, and S649 houses; Of Santa Cruz. ~
275, with 1868 houses, and San Nicholas
q. .794. With 26lS houses.
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A PRAYER for Mercy.

Lord God, merciful and gracious, long
suffering and abundant in goodness and
ruth, keeping mercy for thousands, for
giving iniquity and transgression and sir, and
that will by no means clear the guilty; in
,llne thine car and hear; for We do not pre-
sent our supplicatons before thee Tor
our righteousness. but for thy great
nercies. From coldness to thy merits and
Heath, from error and misunderstanding,
rom the loss of our glory In thee,
from the unhappy desire of becoming
great, from self-complacency, from un-
timely projects, from needless perplexity,
from the numbering spirit and devices OF
Satan. from the influence Of the spirit oE
his world, from hypocrisy and fanatieism,
from the deceitfulness Of sin, from all sin
preserve US, gracious Lord and God. 0
Christ, lear us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon US. LORD have
mercy upon US. Amen.
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trees aud ShrubDery. Inc sun seeneu
particularly bright on this occasion,
as four young ladies, with all the at
tendant gldry of Easter hats and nm
cry, entered,a carriage. One OF them
carried guitar in green cloth case,
another had a music-roll, while the
-ctler two were empty-handed. Down
a cross street they were driven TIL
they found themselves opposite q low
two-s storied wooden house, sadly in
need of paint, the door of which bore
a plate saying sThe Good Samaritan
Children's HospitAEss
Cheap tensments and small strug-
gliug shops were jumbled together In
a composite group which completely
shut ont the sunlight. and seemed to
be slowly squeezing the hospital build,
ing out of shape. The arrival of the
carriage brought veritable army Of
small, ragged, dirty, noisy children
te the hospital steps, aud several oi
the older classes, with undisguised
curiosity, watched the girls pass ur
the steps and disappear inside. The
ringing OF s very thin voiced, cracked
doorbell was responded to by sweet.
faced, plump little woman of about
fifty, who Immediately exclaimed, joy.
ously:
"Ah, my dear young ladies'! Have
you really come? I hardly thought
the association was in earnest when
they said some musicians would be
here to-day. Come right into our poor
little parlor. Take care and don't trip
on that doorsi!l. Now lay of your
wraps, Ny. Won't the dear little
souls be delighted to hear you've
really come, l haven't told them you
were really expected; I didn't want to
get their little hearts too e1pectaat
till 1 was sure you were coming. So l
told them that sometimes, on Easter
morning, the angels sang beautiful
music, and that maybe they would
hear them before loug i they kept
real quiet"
"And have they been particularly
QulSt. aSkeC uEdCe lCl luC sahC w
something to say; for the good woman's
Joy and whole-souled pleasure had
just little touch of pathos in it that
was fast raising sad havoc with the
girls desire to be cheerful.
"Why, bless you, yes. They've
been just as quiet as mice" replied
the matron. "It's pretty hard for
we'll children to be quiet, to say noth;
ing OF little sufferers like ours. Come
this way, now, and we'll aoon have
many little face smiling that hasn',
smiledfor weeks" A1dsh bustled
off down the hailsay and up q fight
OF very crooked, marrow, creaky stairs,
which, however, were scrupulously
clean. !, ,
They entered the ward and found
four chairs. The room was dreadfully
low-studded, with little stingy, tiny
paned windows. The air was hardly
endurable to the girls, who were fresh
from the outdoor sweetness of the
spr!ng, but at last they started out or
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The symphony of Virtues.

A man may take dollar or a half-dollal
and hold it up to his eye 80 closely that he
will hide the sun from him. Or he may so
focus his telescope that fyor a bowldet
may be as large as a mountain. Now. let
ls beware OF distortion In the arrangement
of the religious truths which We hold. 1t is
almost impossible to get things in :heir
proper proportion and ,symmetery. but this
Is the thing We must be cons taDtly aiming
At. We are told in the Bible to add to your
faith virtue. and to virtue knowledge, and
to knowledge balance, as the word literally
means balance. 1t is a word taken from the
orchestra-the sopranos, the basses. the
altos. the tenors and all the rest OF them
must be regulated. II you have too much
,t the bass, or too much OF the soprano,
here is want OF harmony. That is what l
mean by the want Of proper focus.-Profes-
sor Drummond.
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RAILROADS ON THE INCREASE.
Nearly $4,000 Miles Are 20 He Built DuI
Ing tho Year,

The Railway Ago OF Chicago SAYS: A.
though more miles of new railroad wer
oullt In the United States last year than 1
any year since 1880, there Is every indies
:ion that the present year will witness eve
greater activity. In the aggregate thes
are neurly $1,000 miles OF projected road
New England States, AT miles; Midi
States. 2240 miles; SouthAtlunttc States, 975
niles; Gulf and Mississippi Valley State.
s798 miles; Central Northern States, 662
niles; North western States, 6l97 milo,
Southwestern States, 81 ,2O7 miles; PRclh
States, Gs77 D,iles: total. 5S.S4l miles.
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just a Change OF Envlron,nent.

1t is probably no abrupt shock to The one
who appears to US to die 70 himself he
only seems, suppose, to be placed in the
midst OF new scenes, new friends. new oc-
:upations. We shall be no moro surprised,
imagine. at finding ourselves ia the other
world than we were at finding ourselves in
his world. Softly we were Graded into OK
.stence here, gently We shall be lifted into
existence there. There, as here, we shalt
% in a world OF surrounding beauty and
wonder; there, as here, we shall Hnd our
selves born into home and ssciety; there.
as here, by slow degrees We shall under
stand our new home and our new work.
James Freeman Clarke.
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mouth and holding the egg lightly,
you can easily blow out the inside.
To make the ghinamsu, q brown
|ish-colared egg is the best. His hat
is made simply by taking piece of
stiff paper and cutting out circle,
with an inner circle fitting the top of
his head. His mustache and pigtail
are made OF. darring cotton and glued
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You will find yourself refreshed by the
presence Of cheerful people. Why not make
earnest effort to confer that pleasure On
others? You will find half the battle gained
Il you never allow yourself to say anything
zloony.-Lydia Maria Child.
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jail Pay $50, 900 q Year.

CAPTAIN Joseph Nicholson. tor twenty
one wears warden OF the Detroit House, 0
Correction Is dead. Under his superlnteu
deucs the big prison With Its GOO Inmates
Including many Fedsrul prisoners. pah
$50 QUO annually to the city.
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thiekly). His cap can be made OF
white paper, aud also his ruftled col
lar. The eggs if glued ou to stiff cards
will stand; or ribbon may be tied
through the two holes at each lend OF
the egg and the eggs hung up.
!: If one prefers it is very pretty to
paint little flowers on the eggs. 1t is
easy to make these Easter eggs, and
children will find it great fun if they
try it, ~
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was over

was over
and it was East
er morning, so
late in the spring
that it seemed
almost like sum-
mer itself. Cro-
cuses aud yio-
lets were up,
and tiny new
leaves we're ap-
pearing on the
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One OF the oldest hostelries in Eng
land is the New Inn at Gloucester,
but in spite of the centuries which
have rolled 81 sfTssit was built il.
once appropriate description still
cliugs 70 il. ~
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HE accompanying
cuts show four
Z a 8 t er eggs.
Would you like
to make some like
them? 1t is very
easy. Get the
cook to give you
four eggs, and
perhaps she will
help you ''blo ""
them. All you
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Never offer to do for another what you be-
lieve that other not only can do but c.Sh.
20 do himself. Unnecessary help pa: per-
;zes both character and energy.
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have to do is to make small hole at
each end of the egg with large pin,
ana then, By putting one end to your
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ask 1t. Are oil your children safe? A
mother, wien the house was on fire, got
out the household goods. many articles OF
beautiful furniture, but forgot to ask till
too late, "Are the children safe?" When
the elements are melting with fervent heat
and God shall burn the wo:ld up and the
cry OF Fire! Fire." slall resound amid
the mountains ard the valleys, will your
children be- safe!
wonder ir the subject strikes a chord Ia
the heart OF any man who had Christian
parentage, bu. hae not lived rs he ought?
God brought you hero this morning to
hay. Your memory revived. I'd you have
Il Christian aarestrv? "Oh, yes!" says one
luar. IL tnere ever was good woman,
my mother was Soou." bow she watched
YOU when YOU were sickl Others wearied.
II she got weary, she nevertheless was
waketul, and the medicine WAS given ut the
right time, and when the pillow was hot
she t"zueh il. And, oh, then, when You
began to go astray, what grief 1t was to
her heart,
: All the scene comes back. You remem-
Der the CHAIRS. you remember the table.
you rsGiembec the, .1oorsil! where you
played. yoG reme7fbs- the tones of her
voice. She scans calling you now, not hy
the formal tEle wit which We address yo",
saylngHTlr. this or Mr. that, or Hon.
orabls" this or Honorable" that. Il IL
-jnst the nrst name, your first name, she
calls you by this morning. She bids you to
better life. sne says: "Forget not all the
counsel I gave you, my wandering boy.
Turn into paths OF righteousness. 1 nm
waiting for you at the gate" on, yes, 600
brought youfhere this morning to nave
that memory revived, and shout upward
the tIdtngs. Angels o{ God send forward
the news. Rlngl Ring! The dead !s attVs
agaia aud the lost is found!
Coal Diseeysrea,sn the KI"ndike'
It issufd TINT Coal has beeL found nea.
Dawson City. In the Klonkike region
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Coal Discsysreasn the Kl"ndike.
: Il IS satd TINT Coal has beeL found nea.
Dawson City. In the Klonkike region
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A new WAY 70 HAVE
FUN WITH EASTER EGGS.

-rl HE accompanying
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
DR.. STEEl'S LECTURE.
Ho Spoke on Home Life in Dixie
Durin. the War"

He Spoke on :. Home Life in Dixie
Durin. the War"
Rev. DR.. S. a, Steel, pastor of Cente-
nary Methodist church. Of this city, lee
tured at the Y.M. C. "A, Hall last night
on Home Life in Dixie During the
War;
The lecture was under. the auspices and
for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid Society
of Centenary church. The auditorium
was well filled with those who wished
Ito hear the lecture and the musical pro-
grarnme which had been arranged, ana
several old Southern songs were sung
by voices well known in the musical
circles of the city. SIX.
The musical features We're Southern
melodies, solo and made quartette, My
Old Kentucky Homo" Centenary chruch
quartette: solo selected. Miss Rueckart.a
8 DR. Steel was introduced by Mayor r.
NJ. Taylor His subject was one of inter-
1 est to the audience and one with which
he Is thoroughly. fanilia ar. DR. Steel Is a
lecturer of note, and that of last night
was up to all his former efforts In this
line. HE related many incidents Of the
day In the South during the struggle be-
tween The states and told many stories.
/ both pathetic and 5laughabl e.
Els anecdotes of the darkeyz Of slavery
time produced much Amusement hose
who. heard q the lecture enjo yea & 2 most
pleasant evening. and rheysa considers
their time well spent In LISTENING % me ne
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

1t would be hard to imagine a moro
beautiful sccne than that presented at
rte residence of Mr.. James Hayes last
evening. when his daughter, Miss Nir-
gnia Carter Hayes, became the wife OF
MR. Francis Whcatley Mccullough.
The house was eNuu;sttely decorat-
ed, the balus,rade eatwinel with smilaS,
the curtains festooned anG The mirrors
screened with the same graceful vine.
Stately palms everywhere were in evil
acnce and Testout roses lent their beauty
tand fragrance TO The scene
In the front room, between the win
<iows. WAS erected an altar covered With
Hs.dde.s roses and banked about with
Il bower OF palms. through which peep
pd the pink shaded lamps and candles
with their radiant glow. Here the cere-
anony was performed by Rev. a. S.
Lloyd. of New York formerly Of ST.
lJukc's church. Norfolk. To the Strains
OF Lohengrsn. played by Thiiom.s band, The
bride and her maid of honor and sister.
Miss Lucy Cha1npe Hayes. entered from
ghe library and We're met AZ The altar by
she groom and his hest man. AIr. Hugh
G Whitehead. She was given away by
her father. Mr.. James Hayes.
The bride was gowned in an ex-
gnisite creation of white chiffon over
aaffeta. the bodice draped in rare point
face and caught with orange blossoms.
THE Yen was fastened with mag
s,ificcnt diamond sunourst. presented by
dhe groom. She carried shower
. e,o.,oue, CT llies-of-the-valles. The maid
of honor wore an elegant gown Of
rcse-pink chiffon over liberty and carried
Tesiout roses.
After the ceremony an elegant recep-
lion was held ia the din.nC-roon.
where the same color scheme OF pink and
white was beautifully carried out in the
BANKS OF pink roses. rose co!ored RIB
Mons and CHEEKY lights.
Miss Virginia Hayes, ever since She
rrade her first bow TO society, has been
one OF Richmond.s acknowledged bellies
ME, fresh girlish beauty, added to her
great charm OF manner. have attracted
hosts OF admirers wherever she has vas
AIRED, and the ranks Of Norfolk society
E:ili gain valuable recruit
Mr. Mccullough IL one of the most
prominent men In Norfolk. and is exceed
an4iy popular dn both business and so-
r.sai circles OF that city. IS
Seldom does one see more snaSnid-.
cent array OF presents than those OF the
popular young couple.
s3 Mr.. and Mrs. although will SO to the
Be,m, das on their wedding journey.
some OF those present from Q
distance were: Mr. and Mrs.
itiarhes. d.outsviile, KY: Mrs. NJ, A.
l,on7alnan, Fredericksburg, Va: Mrs. Is Al.
~ McCutDsanh Nnusoik: 1ir., Iaunsa II
~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09

\ agT
BY direction of the owners, will offer
for sale, at public auction. on the prem
Uses, in the order below mentioned, the
said real estate above referred to, on
TUESDAY, THE GOTH DAY OF FEB
RUARY, 1900,
at 5 O. clock P. NJ, the truly valuable and
well-located RESIDENCE, No 304 NyEsT
FRA1>4>AIN STREET, in the occupancy
of Mr.. Lathrop. The lot has a front of
p feet 6 inches on Franklin street, run
ming. back full depth to a wide alley The
dwelling is large, spacious. well-built, and
has all the modern convenienceS and i'm
Drovements. The location and surround
ings are too Well known to require further
comment.
On WEDNESDAY. THE 621ST DAY OF
FEBRUARY.
al o'clock P. NJ, will offer the LARGE
THREE-STORY DETACHED APART
MINT HOUSE, on Main near Sixth
street, known as THE ARLINGTON.
well-appointed flats of about seven rooms
each, with modern improvements, ETC.
The entire building has very recently been
thoroughly overhauled and refitted with
new plumbing, papered and painted, halls
carpeted, etc, and is: now in firSt-class;
order. The lot has front Of 81 feetsand
& inches on the north line of Main street.
and runs back to a wide alley IN the. rear.
There is an alley blso on the side. and
the building is entirely detached on all
sides, and has ampleeliGht, SO that all the
rooms are desira BILE. 3s1SS II
This residential property can be in
spected by those having the purchase Of
the same in view at reasonable hourS.5BYa
PERMIT FROM THE AUCTIONEER.
OR OCCUPANTS, or the auctioneer will
take pleasure in accompanying any per-
sons DESTROYS of viewing the property.
{ On THURSDAY, THE ODD DAY OF,
FEBRUARY,
at 5 o. clock p. NJ, will offer the LARGE
WAREHOUSE PROPERTY, situated on.
the east line Of Eighteenth street. imme-.
dtately north of Broad street. now n the
occupancy of the American Tobacco CON- ON
pany and Messrs. Wesley & Co. The
building covers the entire property, which
has a frontage of 96 feet and 1nches.i
and IS we'll suited for any business re-
squiring large floor space, together WITH
ample light and ventilation. F or ma nu-z.
featuring purposes it has few co uals.5Ihe
Improvements are compare lively new
having been erected but "a very few years
and are III perfect order
The attenuonsof investors Is asked to
this real estate. SSS5
TERMS: One fourth cash: the residue
in three eQual II inst ailments a twelve
eighteen and twenty-fou 81 months. re-
Specttvely, after date, and forswhfch the
purchaser will give negotiable notes, with
interest added from the day OF sale, and
secure the same by a deed OF trust on the
srealaestat Property to- be keptEinsured
until fully paid Tor.
~ Any further informat ion viii he cheer!
fully given by the auctI oneer.s
H.eAs5Nf.cERDY,
fe9 AUG ioneer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
By II. Seldom Taylor
and
ChaS. A Rose,
Real Estate AuctiOneerS.

IRE EHAH vA AgeazGE s Shhh IS
PROPERTY. KNOWN AS WEST
VIEW VIEW Or "BALLARD,s PLACE.
G G9NTAISING HaA AGREs Sn WITH dTHr 4
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. JUST
BEYOND THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS
AT ACCAz STATION, ON r., F. AND K
EEoa 1TITRH mp On 4 2 RER E T!IE
sESQ--In part execution of certain deed
of trust to the undersigned, trustees,
dated March Ii, 1892, and duly recorded
in the clerks office of Henrlco County
Court, In D. B. 139 "a" pRge 1i2, default
having been made in the payment Of a
part of one of the notes thereby secured.
and, at the request of the holders there
Of, we will proceed to sell the above
mentioned property at public auction.
on the premises. on
FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1900.
at 1 o'clock P. NJ, it being a part of the
same real estate conveyed by said deed
and fully described therein. The I'M
provements consist of a nrge, handsome
and welI-built three-story and basement
5tage with three rooms. stable. carnage.
house, etc.. etc.@The water is excellent
and the supply IS abundant. This prop
erty has a frontage of / 600 feet on r..
F. and r. rnilroad, at Acca Station, It's
locati being both beautiful and heaitn-
full, and its proximity to the city 1ustines
the belief that it must In the near future
E be very valuable.
TERMS: Enough in cash to pay cost
of sale all taxes to day of sale. anu tue
sum or S14,277.OO, with interest thereon
from April 20, 1899, and the balance on a
credit OF twelve and eighteen months;
4 for negotiable notes. with interest a9 1ae1
from day of sale, and secured py q oeeu
of trust on this property. or all cash. at
option Of purchaser. a plat Of the prop
erty can be seen at the office OF the
EaucI1oneers. s
III. SELDOM TAYLOR,
CHARLES "A. ROSE,
NARSHALLaM. GILLIAN.