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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
MIR. PIERsON OF COLONIAL
BEACH.
He is Living on a LIQUID Die

He is Living on a Liquid Diet
The following extract from a letter
written by Dr. +. f. Ninde, the pop
ular treasurer of King George county
wasPublished in the Washington Post
few days ago: "My attention has
been called to an article in the Post
OF January 20 from Druggist r. IL.
Reh, Colonial Beach, Va, which states
that Mr.. j. A. Pierson, of that place,
has taken no solid food for one ar d
one half years, subsisting solely on
milk and whiskey. Having been Mr..
Persons family physician since 1891,
L can vouch for the facts stated by
Mr.. Reh, and, furthermore, add that
from 1893 to 1923, his system grad
ually accommodated itself to LIQUID
diet, and for the last two wears an
absolute liquid diet has been taken.
l first treated Mr.. Pierson November.
1898, and he has been under my care
ever since. He suffered with q most
aggravated case of indigestion, the
stomach, liver, bowels, and, in fact,
the whole digestive tract being in
volved. From 1893 on, article after
article of solid food was gradually
eliminated from his bill of fare,
until twoyears ago he took only soups,
milk and whiskey. The soups six
months later were discontinued. The
quantity of milk consumed every
twenty-four hours ranges from three
pints to half-gallon. The milk is
always mixed with whiskey-three
ounces milk to one ounce of whiskey.
This portion is taken at short inter-
walls during the day from the time he
arises in the morning until his bed
time about Q or 10 o'clock. Mr..
Pierson did not adopt this mode of
living to demonstrate any pet theory,
or to gain notoriety, but solely to
benefit his health.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
Test Advertising.

Frank Daniel, apopular New York
comedian, made an experiment re-
Gently at Wallack's Theatre, in that
city, to test the value of different
modes of advertising. Hesays: "Be-
tween the acts the ushers distributed
among the audience slips with brief
printed statement politely ask
ing the recipient to indicate by a
check mark in the list of various ad-
vertising forms employed which one
had attracted him to the perfor-
mance-newspapers, billboards, win
dow Autographs or something else.
The people seemed to take kindly
to the idea and the responses were
most liberal. Eleven hundred slips
were handed to the ushers and of
that number nine hundred and
ninety-one had been attracted by the
newspapers solely"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
New Steamer for weems Line

The tiue new steamboat Northum
berland, built ip Philadelphia TO
the Weems Steamboat Company, ha.
been launched from the yard of hel
builders. Her sponsor was Mis-,
Elizabeth Chew Williams, of Balti.
more, daughter of Henry Williams,
president of the Weems Line.
The Northumberland's contract
time calls for finishing by May 1,
The new steamer is 200 feet long, Al
feet wide, with ID feet three inches
depth of hold. Her hull is con-
structed of steel, while her upper
works are of wood. She will be fit-
ted up with triple expansion engines
with cylinders Is by rs inches, with
stroke of 30 inches. Steam will
be supplied by two steel boilers of
the gunboat type, each feet inch
es in diameter, and 90 feet long.
The interior fittings and decora-
tions of the boat will make her one
of the handsomest of her class afluat.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
"ObIong Squares, Again,

TO the Editor of the Dispatch:
With reference to the Query and
Answer in your Sundays paper re-
garding an "Oblong Square," i wish
to submit the following:
An instrument used by carpenters
mostly, bears the name of "square."
1t is 2 feet one way and only one foot
the other, and is in the shape of an an
gle. tits oblong; hence the expression
oblong square, as applied to this
taslis a correct expression.
j. S. S.
Dinwiddie, Va.
We think the term "oblong" might
be applied to the instrument called
square to distinguish it from the
instrument with equal arms.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
WHERE THE GOATS co.
They are Being Quietly Canned as
Mutton in Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Thousand.
of Texas goats have been marketed
in Kansas City during the past few
months. During the month of july
there was one consignment of $500
head and another of 1000 head. all
being Angora grades. The goats
have been slaughtered in Kansas
City, and the Times states that all of
this goat meat has beenput upon the
market as mutton.
A United States inspector at the
stock-yards explained to an inter-
viewer that the United States gov
IN its regulations of inspec-
ton, takes no cognizan3e of the goat
as food product, hence the inspect
ors have nothing to do with goat
meat when it is passed through tho
packing houses and put upon the
market as mutton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
THE TARIFF RIIL

My name
Is Bill;
My full name is
Porto Ricau Tariff Bill
Some spell it Puerto,
But
That's down East.
L am the z
Thing that stirred up that awful
Mess at Washington
And M. 4. s. s. doesn't always
Mean Methodist Episcopal
Sunday-school, either.
When was first born
didn': think I'd be popular;
Then | thought would be;
Now know I'm not.
| raised what William
L. Sherman said
War was, and
raised II quick.
was
Given a dose of what human
Beings call popularity,
And now l
Am getting all the inevitable
After results of that
Well.disguised curse.
| am gettingit it
AT the point Of my
Anatomy where
The collar is supposed to be worn.
And don't you cease to
Remember it,
My friends hate me
Worse than my enemies now, and that
s saying a good deal.
Most of 'em wish they hadn't met me,
And so do L.
! will new
Er, In fact, be proud,
Until Davis
Amendment changes me so that the
Man who made me wouldn't recognize
The fit Of my clothes.
Until that time wait
Well, just
Wait
l am thirsting for
Oblivion.
Indianapolis Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
SiS,OOO,OOO WITHOUT OWNERS
Proceeds OF Cotton Sales During the
Civil War Now in the Treasury.

Civil War Now in the Treasury.
"The records of the Treasury ar
full of romauces," said Treasur,
Official. "Take that Bureau calleC
the Division OF Abandoned Land
and Property, for example. 1t is il
itself one great romance. Why, ther,
is about $l3, 100000 in its keeping
belonging to people of the Soutf
alone. You see, during and at the
close of the Civil War valuable prop.
erty of all sorts fell into the hands OF
Army Officers and was turned into
the Treasury. Finally the amount
became so great that when William
+. Chandler became Assistant Secre.
tary he created a division to have
charge of the entire matter. More
than $12, 100000 charged to that di-
vision is the proceeds of cotton ta-
ken from plantations and towns all
over the South and sold.
81 know in one case in which S2,-
100000 worth of cotton was taken
from a far South plantation, when
the staple was worth $500 bale, and
sold. The peonle to whom it be-
.longed were not rebels at all, but
were always loyal to the Union. They
haven't an idea where their cotton
went to. Their names were on the
bales and it wouldn't be difficult for
them to make their case if they only
knew what j do. 1t is nearly 81
years since the money was deposited
there. l don't know whether any of
the owners are alive or not, and if
they are, it is hardly probable that
they will ever get back what is really
their own. ALI the testimony in the
case is IN the possession of the Gov
ernment, and it never lets 90 any
thing it gets its hands on. The agent
who took this cotton is dead long ago,
as is the mali who sold it. SO you
see the owners could not prove their
case by either Of them.
"There are other instances similar
to this. In 1868 we received from a
Government agent more than $780,
600, which was the proceeds of cot
ton taken from foreigner supposed
to be blockade runner in one of the
larger cities of the South. When
Secretary McCulloch heard of this he
said:
"'This money is only held in trust
by the Government. Some day we
shall be obliged to account for it, for
the United States has really no right
to keep it. But from that time un-
til now no demand has ever been
made on us for it, and there 1t lies.
| doubt if the owner ever knew just
where it did go."-Philadelphia
Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-16
.HOICE Vegetables

n VCSS LdOlSo
~ will always find a ready
market-but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to OBJ
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use Of we'll
balanced fertilizers. No fertil.
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least so Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish full
information. We send them
free of charge.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
% Nassau St. New York.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
Thinks Columbus Made n Mistake.

We liked Americans very much indeed
the kind of Americans one meets-but
we did not like the American mob, the
human background, the kind one doesn't
meet. and il is unfortunately the mob the
human background, and not the chosen
remnant in the foreground, that gives a
country its character, its dominant note.
American food, American hotels, Ameri-
can railway carriages, American shops
land the "ladies" and gentlemen" who
flung things at us in them, American Of
6cials, American servants, American
newspapers, the starved looking Ameri-
can landscape. and last, but by no means
least. the great American climate, ended
by getting on our nerves to such a degree
that we were compelled to wonder with a
French friend of ours whose affairs ne
cessitated his residence in New York
why Christopher Columbus had not ex-
ercisod n little discretion and kept his
disgraceful discovery a ecret."-London
Chronicle.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
Coffee In Jamaica,

You see all those bushes with red ber-
ries strung among their branches! That
is coffee, and the taller trees among which
it is growing are pimentos, from which
the world gets its allspice, 1t looks like
jungle, does it not? Yet many hundreds
of pounds would not buy that one hill
slope. Among the lovely flowers hum
ming birds sparkle as they fly and hover;
butterflies as large as the birds dispute
the honey with them. As you turn round
the corner you surprise parties Of tiny
ground doves, and every now and again
the larger pea doves fit across the road.
Up from the valley below the sounds of
voices and laughter. Stop your carriage
and look down. Those are the works on
a coffee estate. and those flat terraces
partitioned off into squares are the bar
becues" upon which the berries are dried.
You can see that some of the squares are
a different color to the rest. The dark
ones are those that are covered with cot
fee; the others are those which have not
yet been filled.-Good Words.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
One Kind of a Life.

There is solid comfort in life IL people
only knew enough to take it, but to have
comfort one must forsake ambition. With
just enough to eat and a decent suit to
wear. what does a fellow need besides
but to find a quiet spot where. with a
good novel, he can, in his mind be rich
as Crpsus or in a position to sympathize
with Lazarus, where he can read if he
wishes or can lay down his book and
watch the ever varying phases of nature,
where he can be as lazy as he chooses
and it is nobody's business. where he has
toll and no trouble and is only aroused
from his rcverie by the ever hungry chill
dren calling him to supper. Such exist
ence is pleasure, but it only falls to the
lot of old men who have no care to be
rich or great.-Central City (Neb) Dem
ocrat.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
GEN. ROBERTS, POSITION.

The Two Armies Facing Each Other at
sO.fontein.
London, March Ga d spAtoh to the
Standard from Ostontein dated sunday.
March 4. says:
'iLord Roberts army now occupies
most advantageous position. The Sixth
division under General Kelly Kenny.
10 posed on the right and holds all the
kopjss for . distance OF i've miles south
of the Modder river. The Seventh divis-
lon, under General Tucker. Is In the cen :
ter, Immediately south OF tbs river and
General Colvills, with the Ninth division.
Is ON the north bank. The cavalry bril-
gads under General French, 10 posted on
the left front an the mounted infantry
under Ridley Martyr on the right Il ont.
The country round consists Of wide.
grassy plains, broken only By ridges aad
isolated kopiss.
A body of the enemy has taken up
position on ono of the latter o flat-toppsd
hill to the north Of the river, five miles
beyond General French. who today took
out horse artillery and shsllsd them.
Another force four thousand strong,
holds an Eisolated group Of kopjes south
of the Moddsr river and In front Of the
British mounted infantry. Their position
is surrounded on all sides by level plains,
over which the Beers must make their
way In order to reach the river. As q
consequence their situation appears pre-
carious In the extreme.
The veldt 10 nov In beautiful condition.
Water In plentiful supplies bsing obtain
able not only from the river but also
from numerous clear springs. The health
and spirits of the troops are excellent.
The British cavalry and mounted infap'
try have besn accommodating the enemy 4
position. There has been little fighting.
A despatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Osfontein dated Sunday. says:
"Tns Boer front covers eighteen miles
to the south OF the III oddsr river"
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06

The bridal procession was approaching,
In front, walking abreast, came the wed
ded PARTIAL, handsome and of an ex-
ceilent tawny hue. The bride, a beauti'
full young girl, exhibited u ludcrously abb
surd appearance. Her shapely legs and
feet were naked. She wore a low bodice
of scarlet satin bedecked with shoulder
knots of brilliant blue. Round her body
so many robes. some of the paperlike
barkeloth, others woven of the native
grass, were enwrapped, that her aspect,
instead of impressing US, as 1t doubtless
did the natives, with respect for her
wealth. merely made comic suggestion
that the poor child was parading inside a
barrel! Her pretty head, running over
with close rings of tan tipped hair. was
uncovered. aud her neck and limbs glis-
tened with oil.-Blackwood.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
MESSAGES OF DEATH.
warninEs of Fatalities In Dreams
That Proved 10 he True.

WarnfnGs OF Fatalities In Dreams
That Proved 10 he True.
Speaking of dreams that come true,
few days ago the newspapers published a
strange but Trustworthy story of a wo-
man who. In n dream. saw her son caught
under the wheels of n railway train. The
vision was so vivid, it SO wrought upon
her, that she rushed out into the night to
the railroad and there. crushed to death
on the track. found the body of her son.
When ! read this incident. it recalled
one OF a similar tenor. but more remark
able, which was related TO me by prom
inent lady OF this city, who spends much
Of her time abroad. "A few years ago."
she said, II was tarrying few weeks in
Paris. accompanied by my maid, who
had been In my service for many years.
One morning she came to me with her
eyes red with weeping. and ! asked her
what the trouble was. She replied that
her mother had died the night previous in
Philadelphia.
"'How can you know thatT said |.
"'During the night she explained. my
mother appeared to me In II dream and
told me that she had just died. | saw her
as plainly as | see you, and | know she's
dead
II was attached to the girl. who had
faithfully served me, so, having assured
her that il was silly to believe in dreams.
l promised that in order to convince her
that her mother was alive | would send
a cable Of inquiry to Philadelphia. | did
so, and the reply came that her mother
was alive and well. A few months later
we returned to America, and. leaving
me in New York, my maid went over to
Philadelphia to see her people.
"And what think you she discovered?
Why. she discovered that her mother had
died on the identical night OF her dream
and that when she felt that her end
was approaching she made her family
promise that they would not let her
daughter in Paris know of her death.
I'm tell her myself said the mother.
But il you cable or write her she may
leave her employer and come home. and
/ wish to spare her that useless journey
'Therefore'-the family explained to my
maid-'when your employer sent the ca
BILE message we felt that justice to your
mothers request required US to tell o
fb.'"
This story as I have related IL Is abb
solutely true in every particular. l won
der il the Psychical society has anything
in its records which eciipses it?-New
York Mail and Express.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06

and that otherwise the strsgsls viii con-
tinue TO the bitter end.
The agency believes that the Afrikander
element In Cape Colony and Natal viii
rebel rather than allow annexation and
that the Dutch members Of the Gaps Col
ony parliament will vote BY soolamaiion
In IN vor Of Beer Independence
BULI.ER's CASUALTIES.
London, March g. General Buffers re-
vised list of casualties from February IA
to February "a, gives So men killed, $40
wounded and % missing.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
WARD ONE.

Aldsrman-Gerrish,R Rep. ia2; Fossett,
Dsm., 81; Watson. Pro-, 81.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Rep, 5f6; Connel-
Ian, Rsp., 5l2; Monroe, Rep, 59l; Lorin2
Dem, 3l2; Conneep, Dem, SOS; shaw,
Dem, go; Cottp, Pro-, 80; lrafethen,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Rep, 5s7; Nicely,
Dem, $50; Written, Pro, 81.
Ward Clsrk-Hortop, Rep, 5SS; Burke,
Dem, 279; Skiilings, Pro, 81.
Constables-Hastb, Req. ,5S2; Hartnett,
Rep, 557; Logue, Dem, 22S; Price, Dem.
sa5; Craig, Pro. S3; skiliings, Pro, "a.
School Comm ittee-Bucknam, Rep,
5i1; Curtis, Dem, 3l5.
ISLAND WARD ONE.
Aldermau-Gerrish, r., 6s; Fossett,
ID 80.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, R., 10; Connel.
Ian, K, 50: Monroe, n, "a: Loring. D.,
Wsrien-Wailacs, X CA; Merrill, ID.
go.
Ward Clerk-Littlsjohn, r., "a; Nc,
Vane, d., 20.
Constables-Doughty, R., "a; Harring'
ton, D., %.
School Committee. buchanan, R., "a
Curtis, D., 20.
ISLAND WARD TWO.
Alderwan-Gsrrish,R r., 3S; Fossstt, ID.
2S; Watson. Pro, 8.
Councilmen-3riffin, r., 40; Connel.
Ian, R., s5; Monroe, r., 40; Loring, D.,
81; Conpeen, D., 20; Shaw, ID. 20; Coffin,
Pro. 8; Ire fsthen, Pro-. 8; S,7sw. Pro-
y.
Wardsn--Aokley, R., 43.
Ward Clerk-Jones, R.. AZ.
Confederation. r., l.
School Committee-Buoknam. r.. 81
Curtis, D., IS.
Ward Ons as Whole, Including the
Island Vote:
Msyor-Robinson, Rep, 665; SWEET
Dem, 356; Orr, Pro-, As.
Alderman-Gerrisb,R Rep, COG; Fossett
Dem, 3ss; Watson, Pre-, 40.
Cou ncilmen-Grifin, Hep, 90; Con.
nellaD, Rep. coo; Monroe. Rep, 695;
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06

Harrison, March 5.-Town meeting was
held today and the following officers were
elected:
Moderator George f.. Tarbox.
Clsrk-Howard L.. Sampson.
Selectmen, etc.--A. W. Weston, j. S.
Chaplin, Victor l.. Jordan.
Agent-A. o. Weston.
Read Commissioner-James Thomes.
Treasurer-A. s. Pitts.
School Committee. p. Blake.
School Supervisor-E. A. White.
Truant Officsrs-Silas Pitts, Herman
Thompson, N. o. Pinkham.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES p. Parsley. James
Thomes, K. Ii. Eaton.
: There was small attendance.
CORNISH.
Cornish, March 5--At the annual meet
Ing of the town Of Cornish he Id at town
hall Monday, March 9TH, the folio wing
off GERS were selected for the ensuing year:
CIerk-Lswis b. knight.
Selectmen, to.-Jamss q. Aver, Wyer
w. Pike, Lorenzo Day.
Treasurer-Win X. Copp.
School Committee for one year-Georgs
ii. Parker.
School Committee for three years
Willard II. Pugsley.
superintendent OF STRAIGHTFORWARD
Brackett.
CoIlector-Leroy y. Pike.
All ara Rspublicans.
ELLSWORTH.
Ellsworth, March 5.-In the city cleo
tion today, Arthur W. Greeley, Demo.
orat, was reelected MAJ or by 47U plurali-
ty over Orren X. Burnham, Indepe ndent.
Aldermen elected: Ward one, Higgins,
DemooT at; ward two. George b. Stuart,
Democrat; ward three, barnard k. Jelli-
sor, Republican; ward four. h. Freemont
Maddocks, Democrat; ward five. Edward
Il. Grady, Democrat. last year the he
publlosns elected thIes aldermen.
RICHMOND.
Richmond, March Sat the annual
town meeting today the following officers
were elected: Moderator, II. X. Drew
clerk, @. q. Nswaii; sslsctmen, Nobls
Maxwell, II. u. Smith and s. Il. Skill.
ings; treasurer, W. II. Stuart; auditor.
George Randistt; town agent Noble
Maxwell; eoilsctor. Frank Duren. IL was
voted mot % reopen ehs liquor agency.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
Auburn Strange to Say
Democratic.
The Results In Other Maine
Towns and Cities.
oRxcIAL 10 THE rRKss.J

cRHcHAL 70 THE rRkssJ
Saco, March 5.-5aoo is no longer On.
titled to be RANKED In the shortening col
umn OF Democratic cities In Maine. 1t
was redeem ed, or partially SO. today. and
for the coming year ct least Republican
mayor will preside over the deliberations
Of city council made mp Of . majority
of the mem hers Of hts party.
Col. William J. Maybury, . member
of Gov. Powers's staff, 10 the mayor
elect, he having received s13 votes, and
Mayor Luther K. Moore $50. . pluTa lity
Of SO. This was . Republican gain VI
lss on the vote for mayor, while the Dsn.-
ooratic vote fall Of 90 from that Of last
year.
Last spring the Democrats carried all
but Wards aud Z. Today they succeed
ed in holding only three Of their tive
wirds, and in those three their majori-
ties were greatly reduced.
-Four years ago the Democrats came
Into pow Or o. q result Of disaffection with
in the Rspubiiosn rAnka From that time
till this winter the Republicans have
been In no shape to put up an old-fash-
Toned Eight, but during the last two or
three months they have been orgaDiz-
ing and getting together on common
ground. The result Of their effort 10 ex.
tremsly gratifying to everybody except
tho defeated Democratic leaders and their
friends.
The makeup or the incoming city
souncil will be AZ follows:
Aldermen-Republi Frank II.
Boswell, Albion Boothby, Ernest L..
Morrill,. Alfred 5. Bradford; Democrats,
Frank q. Dsering, John Dockerty, Jr.,
Marshall Fenderson.
Counoilmen-kspublio Richard l..
Berry, Charles e. Skilhngs. Edgar 4.
Mills. Frederic A. Lord, Cherries y Babo.
David Wright. Walter 3. Mitchell, VIII
liam l.. Falconer; Democrats, Daniel +.
Littlefeld, Norris Marshall, Frank w.
Noyes, benjamin Palardis, Harry h.
Bean. Orrin Sawyer.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-06
He Was Rem q m bered.

A young man whose rich uncle recently
died tells the following story on himself:
my uncle was a crusty old fellow and
something Of skinflint. l had perform
ed a number of kind offices for him while
visiting him on several occasions, and
had an idea | would come in for good
stake after he passed in his checks.
was present when his win was read. and
you can imagine how ! felt when | saw
these words at the bottom of one of the
pages: TO my nephew. b. j.. in eonsid
Grafton of his many thoughtful kindness
es, | bequeath 10000 The sentence
was finished on the other page, but the
word that completed It was thanks and
not dollars "-Memphis Scimitar.