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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

The extravaganza Of the Roman
ladies of high rank was one Of the
prime causes Of the fall Of that mighty
empire. Lola Poppea, who cut wide
swath in Nero's time. was the happy
possessor OF gown said TO have cost
nearly 81 900. 600.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28
PfTH AND POINT.

the light OF day." He believe 1t
was at night.
Jack-"Oh. I suppose she has her
faults" Toni thought you we're |
in love with her?"-Puck.
Il can't see. why you object to young
Softly: I'm sure he Is constant"
Worse than that. He's perpetual
Truth.
Berger seems TO be spending his
vacation IN town." Eyes. he spent
all his money on outing clothes. De
t-Oit News
Count-"My love FOX you Is as deep
AS deep as" Constance -" Papa's
pocketbook. dear count "-Phiiadei-
phia North American
Jack Dashing-"The entries arc:
Slowcoach. los pounds" Ms Askins
cher first experience -"Goodness, /,
that oil that horse weighs?"-Puck-
jones' wish old Richman would
give me tip on Stocks. smith
If be did you'd lac wishing Won could
tell whether II was straight or not. '-
Puck
Drrmmer. by whom was the play
presented in the Town Hall last night:'
Sluam Corners Merchant II wasn't
presentel-it WAS perpe,rated- -
Puck.
First Doc This hot weather makes
menervous. second Dog Ne. too.
Hea. seems 20 drive some people crazy.
and they develop mania Tor shooting
/ dogs Puck
Mr.. D.stra.t Dear me. ta.s
/ chicken salad seems very stringy
/ Miss Frankly-"Gooduess gracious. 1
/ don't wonder, You re eating 70 through
your veil. Truth
What does that man Sticky do for
q livinge" For board and lodging he
does the hotels and for clothes he does
has tailors. Outsi ie Of that be does
the best he can Detroit Free Press.
u think it, absurd 70 say kissing
is dangerous. gushed Mrs. Lillyton.
What possible disease could be spread
by the simple act;' Marriage,
madam, gruntel Grumpy. -Philadel
phia North American.
ITO save me. can't tell which
Jones girl VA. % marry What
i the tropble." "One makes such
] delicious strawberry shortcAke. bat
the other ono looks SO lovely on her
wheel. "-Det~oit Free Press.
Wallace-"S1 yogr partner fell II
the river AL rose no more2 d vot
think the shp~s &c getting wet was to-
much for hims' Perry Patettic r.
Nav. Guess .ne disgrace Of Il brok
his heart. "-Csnciauati Enquirer
Mrs. EaStlaLe-"You visited Nenic
. while yoa we've IN Europe, / hear
| / Mrs. Trouer:" Ms. Trotter-"Ies
b. indeed. a~j we wee rovei about b'
one OF tbs chandeliers for which tina
I city is noted "-narper Bazaar.
p Ethel-"Wel. Jimmy didn't bio
: MS brains CT. after all. because 70
. refused him de proposed 70 Mi
. Golightlv yesterday. Maud i
I heg Then bee mus, have got rid
e them IN some other way,"-Lond0
/, Punch.
Am I - take this medicine int
!, nally or apply II cxternaily?' aSke
the lady customer OF the drug cler
who WAS filling her prescripuol
q Whichever pleases vou, madam; q
! stun is perfectly harmless. '-Detro
l. Free Press.
;, Il have come 20 have = serious
: terview with you, announced q
- would be son-in-law. The old GENT
- man fell right IN with this idea. az
made things SO serious that the youl
;, man was glad 10 escape without
g hat Detroit Free Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

Mans hearts an ian;
Its guests are for day.
hight falls. bugse calls,
saddle and away.
Hans hearts an Inn:
IT. guests are for night.
Eve sap. stirrup-cup.
Sooa As fao-a Il white.
Cut woran's hearts a home:
It's master stitch by
Fire-liS \, and hearth bright.
For.vrr and for ave
Post Wheeler. in New York Prcss.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

Lifting Large Rocks Out OF the Ground.
Field boulders are usually buried
either wholly or in part in the surface
OF the ground. To pull such a boul-
der out of the ground requires an enor
nous amount of power. unless much
hand digging is given beforehand.
The sketch herewith shows a way TO
lift the stone as it is dragged out by a
team of horses or oxen. The inclined
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

Before we can think of picking Gu
cumbers We must grow them, and that
Is not always an easy matter, especial
" where the blight (leaf- blight.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28
Parsley to Correct Onion Breath.

If sprig of parsley be dipped in
vinegar and eaten after an onion, no
unpleasant odor from the breath can
be detected. Home Doctor.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-28

lfA white-bordsred veil Is far more
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
Grant Drilling the Home Militia.

Grant left West Point in midsummer
and spent his furlough In Bethel and
Georgetown. He was invitedrby the offi-
GERS Of the militia to drill the troops at
general muster" which took place at
Russelsville during August of 1914.
William Wilson and Peter Wamax are
two Of the few witnesses living who re-
member the splendid occasion.
1t impressed itself ineffaceably ON
young Wilson mind because it seemed
wonderful, even revolutionary, to see q
young lad such as Cadet Grant looked,
ordering the pompous old officers about.
"He looked very young, very slender
and very pale.
''He was dressed in long blue coat,
with big epaulets and big brass buttons,
and his trousers seemed to be white,
though they may have been light gray
He wore cap and a red sash around his
waist, and he rode his horse in fine style.
81 was particularly struck with his
voice-that is, his way of using it. Tho
old men barked out their commands.
You couldn't tell what they said. Noise
seemed to be their idea Of command,
but Grants voice was clear and calm
and cut across the parade ground with
great precision. It was rather high in
pitch, but it was trained. I could tell
that, though was only q boy. Ham
lin Garland in McClure's Magazine.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
VOL. XVI NO. 52-NEw SERIES.
HARPER'S Bazaar
IN 1897

The BAZAR, thoroughly up-to-date periodical
for women, will enter upon its Thirtieth Volume
in 1897.
AS fashion journal it is unsurpassed, and is an
indispensable requisite for every well dressed woman
Katharine De Forest writes weekly letter on cur
rent fashions from Paris. In New York Fashions
and the fortnghtlY pattern-sheet supplement,
ladies hnd full details, directions and diagrams for
gowns, wraps, and children's clothing. Sandoz,
Baude and Chapuis draw and engrave the newest
and finest Partisan designs every week.
The serials for 1897 will be: The Red Bridge
Neghborhood, by Maria Louise Pool; and Father
Quinnallion, by Octave Thanet. Short stories will
be constantly presented by brilliant writers, among
whom Mary E. Wilkins, Harriet Prescott Spot
ford, Marion Harland Ruth McEnery Stuart, Viola
Roseboro, and Margaret Sutton Briscoe.
What women doing in various parts OF the
Union will form series OF special interest.
Other interesting features are The Outdoor Wom-
an, devoted to heathful sports and pastimes Music,
Amateur 1heatricals, Embroidery and Needlework,
Ceremony and Etiquette, Good Housekeeping,
"What Girls are Doing, Current Social Events,
and Personals cleaned from original sources.
Women and Men. Colonel L. w. Higginson will
regularly continue his valuable essays.
Answers to Correspondents. This column is con-
Quoted for the benefit and convenience OF readers,
and all questions received answered in rotation,
promptly and fully as practicable.
Art. The BAZAR is notable picture gallery,
reproducing the most beautiful works of American
and foreign artists presented in the annual Paris
and New FORK exhibitions. Wit and Humor
everybody turns for hearty laugh to the BAZAR'S
An All-Round Woman's Paper.-What more ap-
proprate gift can be made to wife, daughter sister
than a subscription to HARPER'S BAZAR? Sc
aure it as a welcome visitor in your household for
1897.
Newspapers are not to copy this advertisement
without the express order of Harper & Brothers.
HARPER's Bazaar
For One Year, $500
Postage Free to all subscribers in the United States,
Canada and Mexico.
Address HARPER & BROTHERS,
PO Box 959N Y. City.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
AN INFANT TERRIBLE.
She Made a Man Blush and the Girls
Giggle.

Giggle.
Literal children, or, more properly,
children who take your chiding literal
ly, are holy terrors," relates young
man noted for his politeness to ladies.
ST was in herdic the other day which
was much crowded, though no one was
standing at the time. Presently lady
and gentleman got in, and 1 gave my
seat to the lady, leaving the old gentle
man standing. Immediately young
lady sitting in one end Of the herdio
called to her little sister, a child of
perhaps, who was sitting near the door
at the other end, to come to her and
give her seat to the elderly gentleman.
The child came willingly enongh, and
while the sister was reading her q lesson
in manners q passenger got out, and I
took seat ''Never let me see you re-
main seated again when people older
than you are standing" closed the lee
ture, and the child was crowded, half
sitting, half standing, between the old
er sister and the lady next to her. Two
minutes later pretty girl got in, and
of course, as the only gentleman in the
herdic, I gave her my seat. No sooner
had done so than that small terror was
on her feet.
"Oh, mister,'' she said in sweet,
shrill accents, "you take my seatl You's
older than me-. =" And everybody laugh
ed, of course, trust lot of -giggling
girls for that, for the only place on earth
that could have "tal1en a seat" was on
the cictar,S lon From which the child
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
HE GOT THE MILK.

Story Showing the Sympathy and Sim
plioity Of Professor Child,
Twenty years ago the writer, with
her 3-year-old child, was on.her way to
Washington in midwinteN Instead.of
reaching that beautiful city early In the
morning, as was expected, the train was
stalled In the night by terrible biz.
zard. After the height of the storm was
over it took hours to dig away the heavy
snow that buried, not only the rails, but
the whole. world apparently Slowly
and laboriously the locomotive crept on,
and we were still 200 miles from Wash
ington when the church clock struck 8
in village where we halted. Men
jumped up to see if there were time to
get cup Of coffee; nervous and anxious
women clamored for tea and 1 cried
with the rest, "Oh, If only could get
glass Of milk for my little grip "Im-
possible" said the brakeman, who was
passing through the car; 1--WE sha1,t be
here but a minute"
Paying no heed to his words, a gen.
tleman Of striking appearance, whose
fine face and head had been silently
studying, hurriedly. left the car and dis.
appeared upon the snowy platform.
He'll get left, sneered the brakeman.
The train moved on, feeling it's way
through the huge white banks on both
Sides The gentleman had evidently
been travelling alone, for no one seemed
anxious because he did not come back
The cars were hardly ip full swing,
however, when he jumped aboard, lit.
tie out of breath, busted with snow,. but
self possessed and calm, holding care
fully tall glass of milk;sHhich he gave
to the wee girl beside me, My STAN
mered thanks for such unexpected kind
ness from an unknown traveller he brush
ed away with wave of his hand. "But
the glass?" ! insisted, knowing it could
not be returned, as we were now thun-
dering onward. sis yours, madam, " he
replied, settling himself into his seat,
paying no more attention to us. But
later in the course of the Gdreary fore
noon he motioned to the little lass to
come to him, which she willingly c.
He lifted her to his side, and with his
arm round her she cuddled up against
him, and for two hours he whispered
stories into her ear, SO low that no one
else could hear, but the delight of.which
was reflected in her dancing eyes and
smiling lips.
At Baltimore the stranger disappear
ed, and gentleman across the passage
from us leaned over and said, "Do you
know who has been entertaining your
child SO charmingly, as indeed only he
could?" II haven't the faintest idea 4"
Professor Francis J. Child. -
So many years have flown since then
that the little lass herself writes stories
now-perhaps faraway echoes Of those
she heard that wintry day when Profess
or Child made summer in her heart,
but the tall, thick depot tumbler still
stands on the high shelf of the cup
board, too sacred for any use, save as a
memento of the kindly chivalry Of
great man to little child.
Contributors Club. =
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
GEMS.

Some very large trees bear very little
fruit.
1t takes religion 18th sunshine 10 it to
attract child.
Be generous. Meanness makes enemies
and breeds distrust.
The great deed is thing of earth, but
the good deed lives forever.
Be careful where you step and those
who follow You will stumble less.
The point of view should bs we'll tenn
pered to secnre good penetration.
Sooner or later every great thought W i'll
make its way around the world.
Improve your time and you can depend
upon it, that time will improve you.
Money is the root of evil, and the con-
tribution box is intended to extract it.
Every bride marries the best man in
the world, but she doesn't live with him
long.
Spend less than you earn. Do not run
10 debt. Watch the little leaks and you
can live on your salary.
Enter into that business or trade that
you like best and for which nature seems
to have fitted you, provided it is honor.
able.
Work. The world is not going to pay
you for nothing. Ninety per cent. of
what nen call talent is only genus for
hard work.
Be honest. Dishonesty seldom makes
one rich, and when it does riches are
curse. There is no such thing as dis
honest success.
Every man has some peculiar train of
thought which he falls back upon when
he is alone. This, to a great degree,
moulds the man.
Set before you high models. Try to
live with the most generous and to
observe their deeds. Be oontented, yet
aspire; that should be the faith of all.
and the two are quite conpatiable.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
Hadrian'a Wall.

Hadrian, in A. D. 1870, built a stone
wall from Bowness, near Carlisle, on
Solway firth, to the river Tyne, near
Newcastle. 1t was so miles long and
garrisoned by 10000 troops. 1t was
from 10 to 20 feet high at various
points, 8 feet thick at thetop and was
provided with gallery in the rear,
which enabled its defenders to take
their stand with only head and shoul
ders visible to the enemy. At every
quarter of mile there was castle
with garrison of troops Beacon lights
and signals were used, and on an at
tack, whether by day or by night, the
news was at once flashed up and down
the wall from sea to sea.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
Decline of the Leech Trade.

The indicative leech is now practi-
cally thing Of the past. The falling
off in the demand for leeches by the
medical profession is quite astonishing,
as may be judged from the fact that in
the year 1845 the two largest hospitals
in London called for about so, 900 of
them, whereas now these institutions
order only 80 or 100 leeches at irregular
and infrequent intervals.
We are informed by we'll known leech
importers that the trade in leeches has
been subject to such fierce competition
that the price has been brought down
almost to nil. The quotation for sin.
gle hundred leeehes at the present mo-
ment is fixed at rate which is little
more than half what the great hospitals
paid for their enormous leech supplies
in 1916.
At that time the importation of
leeches was carried on by means Of sail
ing boats plying to and from Smyrna;
but, owing to the difficulties of transfer
and the irregular arrival of the boats,
many attempts were made to conserve
and breed leeches in England. One en-
terprising man established three ponds
"on his own" at the top of Brixton hill
and used to dispose of many thousands
of leeches weekly. His successors, how
ever-our informants-have a gross an
nual output of only 40, 900, not a tithe
of the business done half century ago.
Assuredly the leech has seen his best
days. With the old regime, when cup
ping and bleeding were the sheet an
chors of surgery, the leech all but disap-
peared. So constant was his employ
ment in medieval times that his name
furnished synonym for the medical
profession, and the doctor came to be
known impolitely as "the leech," per-
haps subtle allusion to the rapacity for
fees which characterized the profession
in those times.
AT present the Hungarian speckled
leech is most i'll request. 1t is unsafe to
use the leeches found in some of our
ponds i'll England, for their bite is dam
gerous, often giving rise to blood poison
ing. g.-Household Words
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
THE REST OF IT.

Give every man his sh are
Of sorrow and of glee,
And he will wonder where
The other part can be.
If pain be half his lot,
He tiles to make jest of it;
1t serves to warn him not
He wants to know the rest of it,.
Give woman half hint
OF how the scandal goes,
And she will never stint
When telling what she knows.
One tells the story straight.
Another what she guessed of it
The others watch and wait
They want to know the rest of it.
Give any growing boy
A watch, and there's no doubt
Twill be his vandal joy
To turn it inside out.
He isn't satisfied
To merely be possessed of it.
The watch looks we'll outside
He wants to know the rest of it,.
And so the story goes,
Through all the alphabet,
No wit or science throws
A light upon it yet.
The problems in our hand;
We ought to make the best of it..
But still, you unders tand,
We want to know the rest of it.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
The Circle County.

The oldest shaped county among the
5000 which go to make mp the separate
divisions of the various states As Warren
county, Tenn. 1t lies almost exactly in
the geographical center Of the state men
toned and is about as near aperfeet DIR,
Gle as any division Of land could posi-
bly, be. The circle would be perfect but
for the fact that there is short stretch
of the northern boundary11ne which fol-
lows small stream for a.short distance.
1t is bounded by Cannon, sDeKalb, Cot
fee, Grundy, Van Buren, and White
counties and is in norway remarkabieexr
cept in shape:-St. Louis Republic.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
THE SEMI-WEEKLY is pri

THE SEMI-WEEKLY is printed on Tu sday
nd Friday, and gives twice much matter as The
Weekly
The craving for color the part of the young and
even of other members of family has now been
recognized by THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
in the publication of colored supplement of 10
pages with each Friday paper. If not gratified in
a proper way, the liking for pictures and innocent
bright aiding matter will incline many to seek in
less desirable publications that which they cannot
find in their favorte paper. The jokes and quaint
paragraphs, and the fifty more political cartoons,
humorous sketches and half-tones, and other anus
ing contents of the colored supplement will prove
welcome addition the wiser and weghtier parts Of
the paper 1t is printed superfne paper, and its
6 pages are themselves fully worth the price of the
SEMi-WEEKLY. Sold separately, as a pictorial
weekly. s'TwiEkles" readily brings cents a copy,
and in the course of year the reader would receive
more than he has paid for THE TRIBUNE itself.
The pqnaut comicalites OF the supplement will lend
new value to bound volumes and make each copy
valuable long after the date of publication.
This edition is not offered in combination with
local weekles. The colored supplement will be sent
only to subscribers who forward the regular price OF
the SEMI WEEKLY, $500 year, to 1 HE TRI-
BUNE direct. -
Sample copies of Fridays SENII-WEEKLY free,
DAILY $500 a year. SUNDAY TRIBUNE.
s. co. SEMI-WEEKLY, So. 90. WEEKLY, 81. 90.
TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1897, with full election
returns, out in January, IS cents copy.
THE TRIBUNE, NEW YORK.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
You Can Be Well

When your blood is pure, rich and
nourishing for nerves aud muscles. The
blood is the vital fluid, and when it is
poor, thin and impure you must either
suffer from some distressing disease or
you will easily fall a victim to sudden
changes, exposure, or overwork. Keep
your blood pure with Hoods Sarsaparilla
and bs we'll.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

The Best Salve IN the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price rs cents per box. For sale by Harry
Guest
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

Shake into your Shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, a
powder that makes tight Or new shoes easy.
Cures Corns, Chlblains and Sweatening Feet
At druggists and Shoe Stores 25e. Sample
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
N Y
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
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The TIMES aims to have the largest circula-
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The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

When person is losing flesh and
wasting away there is cause for alarm.
Nothing SO worries physician. Con-
sumptiVes would never die if they could
regain their usual weight. In fact there
would be no consumption if there was no
wasting of the system. The cause of this
loss of flesh is failure to properly
digest the food eaten. Nine tenths of all
our diseases date back to some deraDge-
ment of the stomach.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial will stop
this wasting of the body. 1t acts by
causing the food we eat to be digested so
as to do good, for undigested food does
more harm than good. The Cordial
contains food already digested and is a
dgester of foods as we'll.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

Prevent sickness and save doctors
bills at this season by keeping your blood
rich and pure with Hoods Sarsaparil.a.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

Every mother hates to make her child
rem take Castor Oil. Laxol, is sweet
Castor Oil.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12

HOODS PILLS are the best after. dinner
pill; assist digestion, cure headache. 25
cents.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
Studious Boy.

e One day visitor to the school found
Sydney Smith during play hours absorbed
in the study of Virgil, gave the lad a
shilling, and with it a few kind words of
sympathy and praise.
"Clever boy, clever boy ~ exclaimed
the stranger; "that is the way to conquer
the world"
Such unlooked-for encouragement
broke like glenn of sunshine across the
dreary and troubled life of the neglected
boy, and reused within a capable heart the
laudable mbition for distinction.
Sydney Smith never forgot that man,
and to the end of his days praised his
deed. The stranger went his way,
little dreaming of the good his pleasant
words had accomplished, while the lad be
had cheered soon afterward rose to the
proud position of perfect of the school.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-12
Bucklen,s Arnica salye.

You can Dever bring a crab to walk
straight: