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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

Street Baptist Church, appointed to rec
ommend pastor to succeed the Rev. f..
S. futile. has definitely settled upon the
name Of the Rev. I. L. Boyles, field editor
of the Religious Herald, Of this city. The
committee will submit its reports next
Sunday morning and tho church Will
doubtless extend him call.
While this, Of course, is not positively
known, it is understood that Mr.. Boyles
will accept the call.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

>. lutte, mas QeHnllely sSteicu ul'oif 1iio
name Of the Rev. l. L. Boyles, field editor
OF the Religious Herald, Of this city. The
committee will submit its reports next
Sunday morning and tho church will
doubtless extend him a. call.
While this, Of course, is not positively
known, it is understood that Mr.. Boyles
will accept the call.
Bishop Gibson preached and confirmed
Sunday morning at st. Johns; Sunday
afternoon al st. James. and Sunday
night at Holy Trinity. He left for Fred
ericlsburg yesterday. but will return to
the city in time for Easter.
The Rev. ". Z. Hurt, of Boynton. who
for several months has been supplying
the pulpit Of tho Randolph-Strcet Baptist
Church, of this city, has accepted a call
to become the pastor of the Baptist
Church at Yorkville, S. c. This call was
extended to Mr.. Hurt several weeks ago.
He will enter upon his new duties on the
LIST Of April.
At the Baptist Ministers Conference
yesterday Dr. l. NJ. Mercer read pa
per on "Shall Systematic Theology 30
Shelved?" The opinion of Dr.. Mercer
and Of each of those who engaged IN the
lively discussion which followed the pre-
matte theology should not be shelVed.
The Rev. Dr. T. X. Winn. agent OF
East Hanover Presbytery, to raise the
sum apportioned by the Synod to TINS
presbytery for Christian education, be
gan his work Sunday among the
churches Of Richmond at GraCe-street
Church This fund is called the TWEEN
ticth century fund for education. Dr.
Vim preached q strong sermon on Chris
tian Education, lea ding up to an appeal
from generous responses by the people.
= large congregation heard him and graf
flying results are hoped Tor.
The choir of tho Masonic Homo. under
the direction of Miss Edna Barbour. will
render the special Easter music at the
celebration of the Sunday-schools con-
nected with st. Johns Church on Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock. This choir is
composed Of thirteen girls and boys and
are exceedingly we'll trained. Tho music
will. accordingly, be of a high class.
At the meeting of the Presbyterian
Ministerial Association Yesterday morn
ing ministers were appointed to opoen the
Constitutional Convention with prayer
each day this week.
The Rev. S. r. Maxwell formerly
pastor of the Third Christian Church,
of this city. has resigned tho pastorate
of the Christian Church, at Macon. Ca,
to accept a call to the church at Naldosta,
Mr.. William Richards has resigned his
position with the choir OF st. Paufs
Episcopal Church. of this city,, to accept
a similar position with the Epworth
Methodist Church, of Norfolk.
A called meeting of East Hanover
Prcsbytcry will be held April I'd at II
o'clock in the Second PRESBYTERIAN
Church. The Rev. c. NJ Chumbley has
requested the meeting to ask that his
pastoral relations with the Samuel Da-
vies Church, Hanover county. be dis
solved, and that permission be granted
him to accept the call to Lancaster, Ky.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

Bishop Gibson preached and confirmed
Sunday morning at st. Johns; Sunday
afternoon at st. James. and Sunday
night at Holy Trinity. lie left for Fred
ericlzsburg yesterday. but will return to
the city in time for Easter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

He then discussed tho suffrage question
along lines so often reported before, and
had not concluded when the noon recess
was ken until O'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

At the Baptist Ministers Conference
yesterday Dr. l. NJ. Mercer read pa
per on "Shall Systematic Theology Be
Shelved?" The opinion Of Dr.. Mercer
and OF each of those who engaged In the
lively discussion which followed the pre-
sentation of the paper was that syste-
matte theology should not be shelVed. =
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

At the meeting of the Presbyterian
Ministerial Association Yesterday morn
ing ministers were appointed to opoen the
Constitutional Convention with prayer
each day this week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

Mr.. William Richards has resigned his
position with the choir OF st. Paufs
Episcopal Church. of this city, to accept
n similar position with the Epworth
Methodist Church, of Norfolk.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

Meredith and said he intended to vote for
his plan in preference to the compromise
plan. He claimed the Mr.. Meredith had
not been personal.
Mr.. Meredith stated to Mr.. Wysor that
he did not need any defense, but Mr..
Wysor said he was going to do it any
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25

The Rev. s. r. Maxwell, formerly
pastor of the Third Christian Church,
of this city. has resigned tho pastorate
of the Christian Church at Macon. Ga,
to accept a call to the church al Naldosta.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-25
Morning Session.

There was no business transacted by the
convention in the morning save the open
ing PRAYER of Rev. DR.. r. p. Kerr. OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Church, sixty members being
present. The convention met at noon,
President Goodc presiding, and adjourned
in fifteen minutes, when the Democratlc
suffrage conference was called in session.
General Ayers presiding, in the absence OF
f~l,, irr,an J<eeZcll
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
ENTIRELY TOO CLEVER.
How a Self Confident Physician Treat
ed the Wrong Patient.

An anonymous physician who has
written some confessions for the
Independent" tells this story about
himself:
81 received request TO call from
an old patient who was afraid she was
taking scarlet fever. / responded at
once. The patient was one of Two elder
ly sisters whom / had attended for
many years. / greeted her in the sitting
room and noted her pulse while in the
act of shaking hands with her. BY some
witty remarks / contrived to make her
laugh, which enabled me to see her
tongue. Then / said in playful tone ::
If you will get me glass | will treat
you to some of my patent soda water.
She did SO. ! put tablet in the water
and she drank it.
Il want you to know that take pride
in my original methods. try to educate
my patients to like. not to dread, the
visits OF the doctor in this case all
of my work had been done without the
direct knowledge OF the patient, and
felt very good over it. So l bade my
patient goodby with extreme cheerful
ness. She looked surprised and then
said: 'Of course. you will come upstairs
and see my sister?' Not today, | said
Give her my respects. Why. she said,
locking mystified and startel. how
strangely you TALK Strangely
echoed. 'Why?' Because sent for you
to prescribe for my sister and you de-
cline to see her. 1t flashed over my
mind in an instant. ! had prescribed
for the wrong sister. ! was entirely too
clever"
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
wEALTHIEST ROYAL FAMILY.
Russian Reigning House Said to Have
the Distinction.

The Russian reigning house has, it is
royal family in the world. In the Rev
H. n. Hutchinson's Living Rulers Of
Mankind 1t is said that the minimum
revenue that the Car derives from the
crown and state domains Is estimated
at s1.500.G0 year. More than forty
members of the imperial family not IN
the direct line of succession draw rev.
enues from landed estates set aside
for that purpose by the Emperor Paul
l. To these estates is given the name
Of the imperial appanages; they cover
an area of 100000 acres, larger
than Scotland, and the total income de-
rived from them is $4,000. 000 Before
the emancipation Of the serfs. 500, 900
peasants were attached to these vast
estates. and were in a sense the proper
ty Of their. owners
Another item of the vast wealth of
the imperial family. We are further told
is the quantity of Jewels It's members
possess.
The Russians love gems. Serfs have
toiied to fashion these wondrous jewels;
Emi's and Shahs. the vassals of the
Gar. have laid them at his feet The
English ambassadors daughter said.
laughing. that when Alexander III pre-
sented the various grand duchesses.
ladies OF the imperial family. with most
costly jewels on the occasion of his cor
onation they thought nothing Of the
gifts. but tossed them carelessly in a
drawer. To ladies so plentifuIly sup
piled with pearls and diamonds fresh
necklace or tiara was a thing OF small
account
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
HOPELESS CONSUMPTION.

"a believed my case to be one of hopeless
consumption. Why? Because every symptom
pointed to that disease.
After thorough examination by Wash
ington physician who knew my case. | was
told by him that il was consumption. As |.
understood this disease to be incurable, | nat
urally felt not only depressed but discouraged
and alarmed.
II felt that couli not afford to trifc with
physicians VINO did not make consumption a
specially Ny lungs were all stopped up, and
for many months had been coughing, splitting,
and hawking large quantities of yellow mat
ter. Ny case went from bad To worse.
My lungs were raw and panied me whenever
coughed. especially my right lung. l was
daily losing flesh and strength.
Il knew Of others who had been cured of
consumption by the Koch Lung Cure, SO
wen, to them at their institution at $50 Elev-
enth Street northwest, Washington. Tney gave
me hope. Like drowning man who grasps at
a straw to save his life determined TO try the
treatment.
II breathed those healing, oily vspors INFO
my lungs, and they seemed to do me good. Ny
lungs began TO get better. Ny bad symptoms
one by one left ME. | grew stronger and
better and | began to see that my life would
yet be saved. | continued TO take thi, treat
ment week after week. and now, alter four
months of careful treatment. have been made
strong and well again. Why should | not
recommend the treatment that saved my lifef
II therefore offer my testimonial for publica-
tion, as wish TO lhuorse this treatment,
thoroughly believing il to be positive cure
for that fatal scourge. consumption. | can
only speak of what it has done for me. My
case was hopeless under ordinary treatment
Medicine taken into the stomach did me no
good. but these healing, oily vapos have healed
up my raw diseased lung, and | am strong
and well again.
II live at 02G + Street northwest, Washing
ton. and will be glad to prove the truth OF
my statement to anyone who cares to call upon
me.
auS,7,lO.l4 SAMUEL u. RHINE"
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
August Affords Brokers
a Needed Breath
ing Spell.
LITTLE ACTIVITY SHOWN
Architects Invited to Submit Plans for
the New Foundry M. E. Church
Bricks Used in District Buildings
Made in Vicinity of Washington.

August promises to be dull month in
meal estate circles. 1t will afford the
\rokers time for breathing spell at
eashore or in the mountains. The pres
month is usually the quiet one, and
s year will prove no exception.
uly was made interesting by the plac-
on record of a number of deeds
nsferring property, for which ncgo-
tions had been under way for some
he. So far as can be learned, there
S been but little left over. 1t viii
robably be fall before any great activ-
ty is shown. However. the indica
tions are that the fall season will be
record-breaker.
BY a deed placed on record yesterday
William B. Isham and Franklin B. Lord,
trustees under the will of Richard s.
Ely, of New York, purchased from John
A. Chisholm, of this city, lot e. in
square 15S, for s45, ,OOO The property is
located on the north side of y Street,
between Seventeenth Street and Con-
necticut Avenue northwest, opposite the
Church of the Covenant, and has a 'front.'
age of forty feet. 1t is improved by
fine residence.
Activity still prevails in the building
line. and the continued increase in the
volume of business forms feature of
the market The demand for houses and
building establishments during the past
year has been remarkable, and it is in
order to meet the demand that the pres
ent boom is due. Apartment houses
continue to be as popular as ever, al
though there are those who say that
too many have been erected or are in
course of erection
1t might be well to show the value of
the permits issued during the seven
months of 1902 rs compared with the
same months of last year. They follow:
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
CAUGHT DUCKS WITH OIL.
Montana Rancher's Novel Method tc
Provide Himself With Game.

Architect Joseph Smith. of Helena,
Montana, who has just returned from
the Big Hole country, tells Of a most
remarkable and successful method Of
securing game by a resident of that
section, despite the fact that he has
neither powder nor shot. and the prob
abilities are that he Will make no such
expenditure as long as the ducks show
no more chariness.
A great deal of excitement exists
over the oil discoveries in that sec
tion, and in many places the land has
been tapped and prospecting carried on
without regard to the results should
the oil be found in paying quantities.
In some instances, because of the pre-
mature work. great quantities OF the
sought-for fluid are spouting out and
going to waste before the eyes of those
who were so anxious to ascertain
whether their land was rich in de-
posits of petroleum. The rancher who
startled Mr.. Smith, as we'll as mis-
neighbors. was in just such quandary.
He had oil. and 1t was going to waste.
while he made almost superhuman eff
forts to control 1t or dispose of his
lands to those who had the capital and
were willing to do so. In the meantime
game became scarce, and his appetite
was on edge.
Ducks were moving north, and the
rancher longed for pair, that he might
have feast. but he was short, ex-
treme1y short. of ammunition. His
thoughts reverted to the wasting oil.
An idea came to him. and 1t was
put in action. He dug a trench from his
oil we'll to nearby g1rlch, and soon had
the oil running into he depression in
the earth's surface. Once the gulch
was filled the rancher waited for his
game. and he was not disappointed,
for before the setting of another sun,
a large flock of ducks circled about the
gulch and soon alighted in the veri-
table oil river.
No sooner had the birds alighted than
they discovered their fatal mistake.
They were powerless TO withdraw. as
the oil weighed heavily on them. and
the ranchman found little difficulty In
securing enough ducks to last several
weeks. He says he will keep the oil
pend replenished. as the ducks will
bring in a handsome revenue from the
market this season.-Philadelph In
Cuirer.
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
MILITARY MASS AT SEA.
One of the Most Impressive Ceremonies
on Board Ship.

By long odds the most impressive of
the ceremonies that occur on shipboard
is the military mass on Sunday. Moth
ing less than a full Cathedral service
compares with il. and although II Is pri-
marily for Catholics. yet the attendance
is OF all sorts. sailors, officers and cas-
uals. The afterhatch on the gun deck
is cleared and an altar erected there
with various OF the ftments pertaining
to the service. A large American flag
partitions off the space behind 1t, and
also conceals the band that is the organ
in this function. accompanying the priest
in the intonations and playing during
the offertory. The priest is in full ca
nonicals and is a wonderful spot Of color
as he kneels under the opening where
the light falls.
Before the hatch. forming three sides
of a square. are the marines. standing
silently, their lines swaying to the roll
of the ship, like trees bending together
In the wind. They are in full uniform.
with fixed bayonets, and are at atten-
tion. A sailor in white is altar boy.
and the choir, on the front seats in the
audience. consist in this instance OF
newspaper men, the least terrible in a
collection OF voices that would not he
accepted by SIR. Grau. At the cleva Ion
Of the host the drums give a ruffle and
the marines present arms. the flag ad-
vanced. while all in front bow And at
the end. after a short and practical SER
mon by the chaplain. the band plays
America" and all joir in the singing
of it.
1t is to be noted that in this service
the hymns are not those OF the Rornsn
Church. but are such things as Abide
With Me-" Rock of Ages Nearer,
Ny God. to Thee and Coronation, ."
since these are better known TO the ma
jority who sing them than are the
masses.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
CORNSTALK PAPER PULP.
1t Will Revolutionize the Paper-Mak-
ing Industry.

A short time ago the Boston Herald
commented on the scarcity of timber
for pulp in the United States, stating
that the paper making industry Of The
world will soon be largely dependent
on Canada for timber for pulp.
At the same time two trade papers.
the Fourth Estate" and the southern
Industrial Review" commented on the
same important issue. The Fourth
Estate of May 10, 1902, stated that
pulp enterprises In Canada are at
tracing the attention of British and
foreign capital. which realize the great
opportunities which such investments
offer, while the Southern Industrial
Review" wrote: "A material which IA
ture may renew yearly must be discov-
cred and adapted 20 the trade, and the
most natural sources must be sought
in the field OF agriculture or among the
tibres and grasses which have annual
growth"
Hardly were the above remarHs III
print when the industrial world was
startled by the announcement of the
National Fiber and Cellulose Company.
Of Chicago. that the same had secured
the exclusive ownership of the process
for turning waste cornstalks into pulp
for paper, which will make the United
pendent OF Canada in regard to their
supply for pulp.
An idea OF the magnitude of this lew
industry can be formed when one con-
siders the waste tonnage of cornstalks
in the corn belt OF the United States
amounts to over 5s 100000 tons annual
ly.
This new industry OF converting curl-
stalks into wealth furnishes another
splendid proof of the ever triumphant
American genius TO solve great Iroo-
lens when the necessity arises.
The paper industry has been estab-
lished beyond doubt by the new inven-
tion-an independence that will have
untold blessings in its train for farm
ers. workingmen, railroads, and espe-
cially the newspaper publishers, who
are today our greatest consumers Of
paper.-Omaha Bee.
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
How TheysImproved.

The sewing machines manufactured
prior to the Singer. and many of the N
long after, used the vibrating arm for
impartirg motion to the needle. This
result was accomplished either by means
of the vibratory arm actuating needle
bar carrying a straight needle. or by
means of the vibratory arm and curved
needle.
1t is obvious that sewing machines
constructed on either of these princi-
pies could not ba enlarged or decreased
in size without destroying their effect
iyeness; on the enc hand the lengthen-
ing of the arm would naturally increase
both the power required to operate 1t,
and its liability to spring. and thus af-
feet the proper action of the needle,
on the other hand, decreasing the size
OF the arm would necessarily increase
the curve of the needle and contract the
space for turning and handling the work.
Singers arrangement of the rigid over
hanging arm made 1t practicable to en-
large the machine to any desired ex-
tent. and added great solidity and
strength to the machine, thus making 1t
available either FOR doing the heaviest
kinds OF work or for sewing the light
est fabrics. The general style OF the
original Singer machine has been uni
versally copied. and serves as model
for most of the machines now manu-
factured
The Washington times., 1902-08-10

structed machines for stitching gloves,
and others for sewing the seams of car
pets. sewing the ends of filled bags,
brooms. embroidering, and do
ing various other work, are produced by
the leading sewing machine manufactur-
ers. Machines for working buttonholes
and sewing on buttons have been made
very effective in their operation. and
produce a quality of work equal TO the
hand product a greatly increased rate
of speed"
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
DULL MONTH AHEAD
IN REAL ESTATE

market has never used to exceed 120, ,000,-
O00 in any year The estimated consump-
tion of brick during the year 1902 is
so. eco coo. an excess of 100000 over
last year.
Several attempts have been made by
brick companies to protect themselves
against the bad-paying bricklayers and
contractors. Something like twenty-five
years ago all the manufacturers organ
lied and established blacklist for Gus
toners who did not pay. That associa-
ton did not last. 1t was not found TO
be self-sustaininS.
About ten years ago all but two of
the companies formed themselves into
a bTickmakers' exchange for their pro-
lection as well as for various reasons,
but also it fell to pieces.
About four years ago the brick
makers agreed to sell all brick through
an Incorporated company, which enter
ed into an agreement with the dealers
to pay twice a month for what was
handled. In order for a company 10
enter an agreement of this sort it neces-
STATED an agreement between the COM
pany and consumer, that the brick
should be paid for at stated time and
thus bring the contract under the lien
law.
Organized to Sell.
Eight of the seventeen brick compa-
nies. manufacturing over three-quarters
of the brick sold in this vicinity, en-
tered into 4 contract with the company
incorporated to sell brick for commits
sion. The contracts have been salts
factorily fulfilled.
The manufacturers who continue to
sell their own brick obtain considerable
custom through cutting the price. the
amount of the commission charged and
not requiring the security the commits
sion house was forced to exact Six OF
the eight manufacturers who originally
sold their brick through the corporation
organized to do business on commission
still continue to dispose of their product
in that way. paying 5 per cent commits
sion. there being no limit to their pro-
duction and sales except their ability
TO produce and deliver and the desire
Upo-- tHe part Oh the consumer 10 De
supplied with brick manufactured by
them.
This method of selling brick, | be-
lieve, brings TO the front the better class
of master bricklayers, who can and are
willing to give satisfactory security for
payment, and is largely benefit to the
property holder making improvements.
because that class of mechanics taking
pride in their work use the best ma
terial obtainable. Of course, this method
of selling brick is of great advantage to
the manufacturers, who material is sold
at fair price, whose accounts are
kept for them and the money guaran-
iced monthly for the brick delivered, for
which they willingly pay per cent.
The operations OF the commission
house are in no sense a trust. The
company does not seek to establish
lfIces by curtailing the output. A GUS
toner buys of a manufacturer the brick
which are the best in his opinion for
his purposes. and his wants are supplied
promptly in any quantity through that
manufacturer, or those who have brick
of the quality bought by cooperation
through the commission house"
The Washington times., 1902-08-10
Adapted to Various Usages.

THE work OF adapting the sewing ma
chine to the various kinds of stitching
required in the variety of manufactur-
ing and mechanical industries to which
it has been applied. was early taken up
By Isaac VI. Singer. Allen B. Wilson. and
others. and has been successfully con-
tinued by later inventors.
Machines for stitching with waxed
thread have been perfected for use in
the factory manufacture OF boots and
shoes. as we'll as in the manufacture Of
saddlery and harness and various other
articles of leather. Heavy power ma
chimes are used III the manufacture OF
awnings, tents. sails. canvas belts. and
articles Of like nature. Specially con-