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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

roes the entire surface OF selected old
plant-bed. Cover over thickly with straw
or leaves; place green brush thickly
over this. and weight the whole down
with wood. When dry. in fall or winter.
set fire TO the heap, and thus reburn
the bed. Chop or rake fine. SOW, and
trench manure properly. and the bed viii
continue to improve for many years.
UNBURNT BEDS.
Select a moist, rich plat In the
forest: rake OH tho leaves; coulter and
chop the surface fine; manure heavily.
and SOW the seed. Such beds don't stand
dry season well, and don't repeat
wei after the first drawing" like burned
beds, which are more reliable for a
successive plant-supply. as the season ad-
vances.
SEED-SOWING TIME.
Any time from January LIST to March
10Th, In attitudes OF 30 TO ~ degrees.
north, tobacco-seed may be sown. For
bright tobacco. which requires early
ripening. the sooner the better. yellow
tobacco should be planted in May; June
paintings are usually for dark tobaccos.
which may be cut as late as october.
FASTENING PLAET-GROWING.
When "sduare"-that is, having four
necessary. Apply fine, rubbed, dry, stable
manure, sowed over the bed. FIVE BUSH
els to every 100 square yards. Apply
when plants are dfy. and manure fine
and dry. now is also the time TO use
n good fertilizer, preferably during or
Just before a shower. Chemicals suited
70 tobacco composted with stable manure
free from seed, mixed with just enough
moist earth. when used as n top-dressing
Is excellent for promoting rapid. vigorous
stocky growth, and for defying the
ea-hcltle and for fastening the plants
for setting out.
While canvas covering Is the best pro
lection against the fy-ravages, plaster
should be literally used on infected bed
plants; the plaster will be ali the moie
oGicaci0us If rags saturated with kero-
sene-oil have laid in 1t a few hours before
using. Covering with cadar-brush Is an
other remedy. Hard burning, thick SOW
ing. liberal manuring Of plants, Is tho
best OF I'll plans 10 secure fine plants
in good time
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16
Hundreds Declare They
Have Been Cured.
DOCTOR YOURSELF,
IL You Are AiIing In Any Way, No
Matter What the Disease Is or
How Many Doctors Have Failed to
Cure You, Ask Your Druggist Tor
Munyon's Guide to Health, Pur-
chase His Remedies, and Cure
Yourself.

T. L. Tribble. Anderson, S. c., says: Il
was afflicted with catarrh Of the stomach
and indigestion for nearly flve years. 1
sought relief in every direction, but was
unable TO find It. IL was only short
time after began taking Munyon's I'M
proved Remedies before L was complete
~ cured"
Mrs. Mary Jane Whitman, No. II John
street, Hartford, Conn, says: Mum
yon's Rheumatic Cure effected cure In
my case when n number OF remedies
which tried failed t. 10 me any good.
Mr. r. J. Clark, No. 81 " hit boro' street,
Utica, n. y, says: Munyon's Kidney
Cure cured me of Kidney trouble, and
my wife was also cured Of a severe cough
by Munyon's Cough Cure"
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure seldom falls
70 relieve in one to three hours. and cures
In a few days. Price. q cents
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure positively
cures all forms of Indigestion and
stomach trouble. Price. % cents.
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneumo-
MIA. and breaks up a cold in a few hours.
Price, - cents.
Munyon's Cough Cure stops coughs,
night-sweats. allays soreness. and speedi-
ly heals the lungs. Price, p cents.
Munyon's kidney Cure speedily cures
pains in the back loins. or groins, and
all forms OF kidney disease. Price, %
cents.
Munyon's Headache Cure stons head
ache i'm three minutes. Price. 25 cents.
Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates all i'm
purlties OF the blood. Price. % cents.
Munyon's Female Remedies are boon
10 all women.
Munyon's Catarrh Remedies never fan.
The Catarrh Cure-price, q cents-eradi-
Gates the disease from the system. and
the Catarrh TabIets-price. % cents
cleanse and heal the parts.
Munyon's Remedies at all druggists,
mostly % cents a Wal.
Personal letters TO Professor Munyon.
No 1903 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa,
answered with free medical advice for
any disease
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IA pounds Best GRADUATED Sugar Tor &C
Navy Beans, sc. quart.
10 pounds Best New Buckwheat Tor zoc.
New Raisins, &c. pound.
Albsmarle Pippin Apples, 2oc. per peck.
New Currants. &c. pound.
New Citron, Il sc. pound.
New Figs, &C.
New Mixed Nuts, 8 pounds for CSC,
Mountain-Roil Butter. l5c. per pound.
Hay, Toe. per hundred.
New Seedless Raisins. SC. a pound.
New Layer Figs. &C.; 8 pounds for &c.
Good Carolina Rice. &c. a pound.
Good Cream Cheese. 10c. a pound.
New Irish Potatoes. l5c. peck, or Soc.
a bushel.
pounds Fresh Table Butter for CSC.
New Canned Tomatoes. &c.
New Canned Corn. &c.
New Preserves, all kinds. SC. pound.
large cans Tomatoes for 25c.
lockwood Cocoa, Sc. can.
Dried Apples. &c. n pound.
Oyster Crackers and Cracker Dust. &c. a
pound.
boxes Chalmers's Gelatine for 800.
Wine. for Jelly soc. q gallon.
Sour Pickles. 2oc. per gallon.
Best Leaf Lard, SC. per pound.
West OF England Sauce. loo. bottle.
Best Oats, 3Oc. bushel.
Oil Sardines, &c. n box; or for sc.
large bars Soap for 25c.
Fresh Mixed Cakes, &c. a pound.
Large cans Table Peaches, l0c.
Vermont Maple Syrup, 20c. quart.
Imported Claret Wine. Csc. a bottle.
Best New Crop New orleans Molasses. +Oc
gallon.
Home Made Mince Meat. &c. pound.
Mountain Roll Butter. 15c. a pound.
Pure LARD, &c. pound.
Best Ginger Snaps, &c. pound.
pounds Milk Lunch Crackers. 2sc.
Good Soda Crackers, &c.
Brass 3-Hoop Cedar Buckets, 1sc.
Salt Pork, &c. a pound.
Mixed Spices, zoe pound.
A-pound Cakes White Imported CASTLE
Soap. &c. a pound.
Smoked Jowls, &c. pound.
Pulverized Sugar, &c. a pound.
Large bottle Essence Lemon and Vanilla,
&c.
New Strained Honey, loc.. or three POUNDS
for 2jc.
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Fine Sciloyy-Tobncco-sced.

The tobacco-seed. which will be fur
nished as a premium TO those Who sub
scribe 10 the Dispatch, has been Sc
cured from the tobaccO-seed farm Of the
Il. l.. Ragland Seed Company. at Hyco.
Va. Their list includes the best varieties
adapted to the Virginia and North
Carolina bright-tobac' 90 lands. Those Sc
lectcd by the Dispatel for Pre- NUNS are
the Hester, Yellow Oronokc, and Yellow
Pryor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

Cards, Biil-Heads. Statements. Letter
Heads. Motel Heads. Circulars. Handbills.
Dodgers, ETC., printed by the Dispatch
Company al low prices. WIN give you
good work at same prices you pay for
Inferior work. Send US your orders snd
We win guarantee satisfaction In every
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YOU CAN SAVE
Is per cent. by buying your supply of GRO
CERIES of us. WE GUARANTEE all of our
goods strictly fresh and of the best quality
READ OUR PRICES and BE CONVINCED.

Sweet Oranges. 2oc. dozen.
Best Cooking Sherry Wine. soc. gallon
Pie Peaches, &c. per can.
Jap. Brand Roasted Coffee. lava, and
Laguayra, in pound papers. best you
ever drank. Try II once and you VIII
use no other-20c. pound.
( pounds Of French Candy for sc.
Christmas Mixture Candy, &c. a pound.
Chocolate Drops, i2lxc.
Fine Gunpowder TIA, 4oc. pound THIS
is regular COO. Tea.
Imported Macaroni. Sc. a pound.
Carameis. loc. q pound.
An-Cream Candy. Sc. a pound.
Large California Prunes. pounds Tor &C
New Goldfish. &c. pound
Salt Salmon, Sc. a pound.
Sweet Cider, zoe. a gallon.
Pound box OF Best Baking Powder, loc.
Best City Meal. 45c a bushel.
Old Rye whiskey. years old. - q gallon
Succotash 1oc. can.
Good Rye Whisky, Si25 a gallon.
Snowflake Patent Family Flour. y .
barrel; or CSC. a sack.
Silver King. Minnesota, Patent Family
the best sold, s425 a barrel; or &c.
sack
Ann FduCy army TAVuts @oSS q coafSse
or &c sack.
Best North Carolina Cut Herrings. 7c.5
or $3.50 q half barrel.
cakes Buttermilk Toilet Soap for &c.
New Sourkraut. &c. quart.
Lemon Cakes. &C. pound.
Lake Fish. 15c. dozen.
4-pound jar Preserves, &c.
Whole Grain Carolina Rice. &c. q pound
Lemons 12c. "A dozen.
Cocoanuts. &c.
Best Switzer Cheese. zoe. a pound.
Pure Sugar Syrup. l5c. gallon.
Mocha and Java Coffee. Zoe. pound. :
Can Salmon, 10c.
Homemade Stick Candy. 7c. pound.
Best Cream Cheese. u l-2c.
Early Juns Peas. &c. a can.
Fine Bologna Sausage, &c. a pound.
Zine Washboards, l0c.
Sweet Mixed Pickles 15c. n quart
Chocolate Drops and Caramels. u Lee. q
pound
Rough and Ready Chewing Tobacco. &c.
plug.
Canary Seed. SC. pound.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

Over the bed attracts and retains mols-
tifr protects the plants from frost.
auI acts as a manure. Fine brush
should Dee 'lacei thiakly over the bed.
'f sIav haH free from grain Some
protection j. necessary. on account
'i frost or drought and 10 promote
growth
cANVAs-COyERING FOR BEDS.
i-u cloth hastens as a covering plant
''"1n' protests from freezing. anu flea
~" INJURY, makes a warm bed; acts
"' coii frame similar 90 glass COW
s' ilae- boards closely around the
'8h'een or twenty inches high.
on '"' upper Pc. Prepare small stakes
49,. p'ies. ore and a half inches in
,'ii. sawed on grad ially. from two
80 W eighteen Inches ia length, ana
80 f,Ne4 a. one end. Drive stakes six
~f.l' I'D rows through the bed. for
o,t-,. NO lhthes wide. ara one inch
-"NN 70 rest one. The tniddle lathe
~ prank one inch thick and six
I,s,' "'1e' Then drive tenpenny nails,
stnseen 'Mchos apart, al around the
a.. - '' D0"i ing. and rom five 10
- a. ''oin ,ne top edge: also drive
apart Make the covering A. 60 49,
edcn or the size OF hair the he5 ssy
ltNiO yafdS and sew on the ou,er edes
al around each cover loops or cloth.
mace on common domestic eighteen
Mches apart. 20 receive cord or tScine
winch runs through loops all sro,,na
ana tie, and the cover is ready 10 he
Lt,'d over the bed and fastened by
p.iNir ne Irvine or cord over the nails.
NJ around, letting the two covers
NJ IN the middle or the 6-inch board.
ims VIII facilitate removing and re-
pacing the cover. keeping II al right dis
tshce over the plants.
A STANDING PLANT-BED
." 'uiy or August shave down with
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Papa: Why. Dicki Jack! how you quar-
rel and all for little penny
Dick: Yes. papa: but You said the less
we quarrel about the better.-Harpers
Round Table.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

when they contain the germs OF malaria.
TO anninilate these and avoid or conquer
chills and fever. bilious remittent or
dumb egue, use persistently and regu-
Ia rlv Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. WHICH
also also remedies dyspepsia. liver trouble.
Constipation, loss Of strength. nervous
ness. rheumatism. and kidney complaint:
Appetite and sleep are Improved ~ TITS
nrmitIes of age mitigafsd by It. A wine
glassful three times O day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22
TABLE TALK,

Table Talk for December has for it's
leading article, The r Dad to Christ
mas" by Lucy Elliot Keller. 1t is full
of the Yule tide spirit and reminiscent
c8s of all countries and their represen.
tative people. Following it is "a Hard
Times Diet" by E izabeth Grinnell, a
spicy little article giving hints as to
the jldicious expenditure and serving
of what you can afford to place upon
your table. THE New Bill of Fare"
by Mrs. NJ. @. Myer, is sparkling with
the prevailing holiday spirit and it's
suggestions are most timely. The
'Housekeepers' Inquiries" the New
Menus for the Month";" and Season
able Recipes" by Cornelia Q. B edford,
are all full of help for the ~housekeeper
and thoroughly up to date. A number
VI choice recipes for the chafing-dish
are contained in this number also,
given by a practical woman who uses
them herself and feels they will be of
use to others. TIE Fashion article by
Title May Forney is in her usual enter
tanning vein and in q condensed man
ner, gives the dainty directions neces-
sary TO make ones dress all that could
be desired. The name and address of
any Of our readers will C them a
sample copy of the magazine free, if
they write to Table Talk Publishing
Go Philadelphia, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

upon it too hurriedly, and it stung me
with it's thorns." He came near to her
but she stood her ground. Resistance
had gone out of her power.
MY pretty Rose!-My sweet, wild
Rose!-How 1 love you!-You remem
Der what my offense was when I re-
ceived the imprint of your little fist in
my face ten years ago this EVENING" If
l commit that same ofense-if I do the
same thing to night, but do it better
will you wound me again3"
There followed a silence. At length
Rose lifted her pink face end a smile
fitted across her mouth while she
frankly replied, mo"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

one Of the things I have chung to and
that has chung to me-"
do you prefer a S5radivarius or q
Cremona?"
Neither. like best the plain old
$40 fiddle. It was good enough for me
when / was in need OF it's s5rocg re-
straint. You know I did not play by
note al first. When I heard a tune
That pleased me I just kept saving
away till I had got il down to suit my
taste. Many of the old ballads I al
ready knew, so I had considerable Of
a repertoire to start with, NV I can
struggle through almost anything,
having learned something of music
and having possibly acquired what the
professors call technique. Anyway, l
get just as much satisfaction out of it
as 1 did years ago, and that's all I play
for"
Once again there pause. When
Watson returned to speech the mem
ory of other days was still with him
"As 1 was saying" he began, you
cannot compare the violin to any other
instrument any more than you can
compare the emotions and sentiments
of the human heart to the original i'm
pulses of the beasts Of the field. No
other instrument has it's quality of
strenuous insistence knocking at the
door till it is opened. There are chords
in an old fiddle which seem laden with
tears and others which ring out in glad
acclaim. And you feel that somehow
the thing sorrow when you sorrow
and is glad when you rel oice."
Soon after that Watson went to bed.
The writer sat and wondered that a
man who in politics is all vitrol and
vinegar, whose principal weapon is a
butcher knife when other men prefer
the rapier, who is intensely bitter and
bitterly intense in dealing with a foe,
should have Sc soft a spot il his breast
for an old fiddle denied and battered
from contact with the years. But it
seems that he has.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

Ten years passed by. 1t was Christ,
mas eve again. The outside world was
wrapped in snow, and every limb and
twig wore it's garb of pure white. The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22
ALLEGED FUN.

Dobson: 1T seems to mt that gar
mant is too large for the baby" Mrs.
D., Bat you must remember that it
will shrink from washing" D: so
does the baby."-Modes and Fabrics.
Hubby, what in the deuce did you
e by letting that note I indorsed
for you go to protests" why, man,
there was no other way unless I paid
the thing. Detroit Free Press.
Uncle Simon, what is old fashioned
p~oliteness3' 1T is a way people used
to hsve of asking a man about his
health and then listening until he got
through replying."-Chicago Record.
Mother: "Why did you accept Char
IL among all the young mon who
nave paid you attention7" Daughter:
Because he was the only one that had
the good taste to propose Detroit
Free Press
Habsley: "The truest test of a mans
friendship is his willingness to lend
you money" Nudge: Oh, most eny
body will lend money. The real test
Is when you strike him for a second
loan "-IndianapoIis Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22
LETTER OF MISS FRANCES z.
WILLARD.
To The Press.

CASTLE, N. Y, December II, 1896.
Dear Mothers and Sisters Of America:
Ny heart is deeply stirred by the
sacred ministry to the hapless little
orphans Of Armenia. Anything more
Diteous than their condition it would
be impossible to conceive, and ! pray
with all my soul that good and
true people, White RibbOners and
everybody else, may give their Christ,
mas money not to fill the stockings on
the bleeding little feet of piEiful Christ
ian children who have no roof but the
sky, no bed but the ground, and no
food but the ground roots, except as
we who are surrounded by every com
fort reach out hands OF help toward
them and their heart-broken mothers.
Let us ennoble and enlarge the hearts
of our little ones by showing them
how they can on this loved day carry
out the Christ spirit. What we do
must be done quickly. One dollar will
feed, ehelter and care for an orphan
FOR g month. Twelve dollars Tor g
whole year.
The above suggestion is equally ap
propriate for New Years gifts.
Send contributions for this object di-
rect to Brown Bros. & Co., SO Wall
street, New York, marked: For the
Orphan Fund of the National Ameri-
can Relief Committee.
sometimes fear least I plead too
long, 80 1 will make this short but one
the less earnest, devoted and tender.
God bless you one and all and make
your Christmas sweet in the happy
homes that He has given you; and,
better still, may it be hallowed by the
knowledge down deep in your souls,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

that you have touched the keys of
power that r vibrating in stricken
Armenia, SO that forsaken little child
rem have food, clothing and shelter
from the winters cold. Let us re-
member the words of the Master, how
He said: "Inasmuch as ye did it unto
the least of these ye did it unto me-"
Believe me ever with Frightening
hope,
Your Christian Sister,
FRANCES E. WILLARD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

1-..s,ep for The Progressive Fdrmer.l
GROWN OLD TOGETHER.

rrran loves Dung dream fruition found,
With form aid soul divine,
N Thought there was tnaJ elJner COu-u
r. married or changed by time.
Ike flood of light in dungeon dark
She came into my life,
- ever since & b.. aTen here
She's maze of earthly strife.
The years have passed, and time has done
It's bsst TO scar and blight
T1- beauty of that form and DIN
That sou, s. pure and bright,
Her soul still leaks from out her eyes
With every LOOK she gives,
And viii through them its love outpour
While here she Oreathes and lives.
PERENNIAL streams of love are there
To flow and. foul or fair,
Tho e gOints are ever full and fresh
And ever bOnalr
Trough others see the change that time
Has wrought since havoc came
To blast the b-a y once 80 far,
To me she's just the same.
AI.ng the palh of life. with hand
In naud toEether pressed,
We've faSsed and closer grown through age,
We deem our portion blessed
What though er ha'rl Is white as snow,
Her heart Is pure as gold
WITh feelings just a warm ana true
As in those days of Old
A. warm and true as when that hair
Was golden with its sheen;
As when those cheeks were pink A. d plump,
And heart was fresh and green;
As ferYenL now a when | thrilled
With JOY at greeting sweet,
50 fond and true in those young days,
Whene'er we ChALCed to meet.
Deep wrinkles in her face are worn
To My show more plain
How time has stamped the klndnesS tnere
Her SOU will e er retain.
Old age hath come and left no dregS
Within my cup of bliss;
She's sweet and beautiful to me
As wnen | stole a kiss.
Our love has grown more fond As time
Scored down the ii citing years;
a love without an aftermath
OF pain. or dOuOt or fears.
The love that once SO 5Oundle. s was
Remains uumeaSurel SLIl,
AnJ never ct has ceased to flow
Like ever running TlII.
Since youth together We nave lived,
and now bowed down with age,
We brook ola time Serenely While
He turns another page.
The cares we've had a t past and gone,
We mind them not q feather
Since tivetInE time has LETT Us he e,
With -OYe grown Old together.
L B. GWYNN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22
POMONA HILL NURSERIES,,
POMONA, N. @.

Two miles west of Greensboro. N. G., on Ia
Southern Railway. Well known for thirty
years. Up with the times with all the new as well
as the old fruits that are suited to my trade,
which extends from Maine to Texas. The new
Japan fruits and all other good fruit and hOW-
ers 1 have, as shown in my new illustrated
catalogue, free to all. Agents wanted.
Q898 J. VAN LINDLEY, Prop'Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

AUi0mcemam, If you recejve o. sample
copy Of this paper, 1t is to remind yOu
that yOW should send us one dollar and
get 1t one yeGr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22

Teacher: What part of speech is
kiss7" Eatire chorus Of girls: "A con.
junction. "-Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-22
HOUSEHOLD
PUDDING FOR INVALIDs

First NIX q dessertspoOntui Of corn
f)ur with a little cold milk, and pour
into it a pint Of boiling milk, stirring
to prevent Jumps. Return all to the
saucepan and boil two minutes, care,
fully stirring. Add a beaten egg, su-
gar and fl ,voring to taste. Pour into
a creased pie dish and bake for a
quarter of an hour. Serve either hot
or cold.
NEAR PCFFS.
Roll out any trimmings of pastry,
left over from a pie or tart, as thin as
possible. Mince very fine three table
spoonfuls of cold meat, season with
pepper and salt, add a little bit of but
ter, q few drops of ketchup and a pinch
of sweet herbs. Cut the paste in
5rDcInds, wet the edges of half, put the
neat on it, fold :sne other over, press
and pinch the edges together. Flour
the puff5 and fry a nice brown in boil
ing fat.
OYSTERS IN A LOAF.
A much relIshed way to serve oys
ters is cut the top off a freshly cut
loaf of bread, remove the sponge, aud
ill the cavity with creamed OYSTERS;
put it in layers, with intervening lay
ers Of bread CRUMBS. When full, re
place the top OF the loaf. Cover the
latter with the beaten yolk Of an egg,
and set in the oven 10 glaze. This
makes a pretty dish If served On a
wreath of parsley, placed on the dish
with their stems turned in, so that the
leaf will conceal all but the leaves.
BOILED MUTTON PIE.
Fer this take one pound and a half
Of scrag of mutton or the piece from
under the shoulder. Make a good,
light suet crust, and with it line a
creased pudding basin. Cut the meat
into neat pieces, rejecting all fat and
skin, add TO this two raw, sliced pota
toes; dredge all with four, season with
pepper, salt and a minced onion. Fill
the dish with meat and potato and
pour over it a tumblerful of cold water.
Cover with a piece Of crust, tie over
with a pudding cloth wrung cut in
billing water and boil for three hours.
Serve Ia The basin.
The evening times., 1896-12-22
FIRE WAS INCENDIARY.
Mr.. Browns Servant Thought to
Have Started the BIa ze.

The mystery surrounding the burning
of the residence OF the Hon $ +. Brown,
at Langley, Va, la st Sunday morning is
pretty well solved in the minds of the
people of that vicinity. There seems to
be no doubt now that the fire was OF in
cendiary origin. and suspicion points
strongly to the colored servant girl en-
pIoyed in Mt. Browns family, and who
slept in the house.
She is said to have declared TO friend
that she would have revenge for criti-
cism passed upon her by a member of the
family. 1t is regarded as impossible that
a fire could have started on the roof of
the rear porch without having been in
tentionally kindled, especially as there
was no fire in the kitchen range.
This, together with the fact that the serv-
ant girl has not been seen or heard from
since the time of the fire, leads to the belief
that she is the firebug. The girl originally
came from up in the country about eight
miles beyond Langley, but has not returned
to her home, and it is thought that she
must have come to Washington. She is not
known to have any friendsor acquaintances
here and will doubtless show up at some
of the employment bureaus in search of
work.
No warrant has yet been issued for her
arrest. but the police will be given descrip-
ton of the girl and asked to look for her.
Mr. Brown, VINO was quite i'll at the time.
has borne up well under the shock and eX-
posure to which he was subjected, and
his condition is thought to be no worse.