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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-13
A gentleman ,eeentIv oprea Of dyspepsi

A gentleman recently cured Of dyspepsia
gsvo the following appropriate rendering Of
Burns's famous blessing: "Soms have meat
and cannot eat, al d some have none that
want il I; but we have meat and We can eat
Kodol Dyspepsia CuSe be thanked" This
preparation will digest what you eat. Ii in
stantly relieves and radically cures indiges-
tion aud all stomach disorders.
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ARNOLDis BROMO-OELERY Try this
o. yalei remedy for Headache. Hsun'lsis.
gl,-rle-s,'sr- 10 cents
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75C COrsets, 40c.

One lot of Warmers Corsets--iu summer
weight and couti--double stay-heavily
boned- well strsppsd-lace trimmed-short
and long lengths. 75c would be cheap-but
Kings Palace has decreedthe price to be Acc.
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VTIRGINIA POLYTE HNIC INSTITUTE
" Lct. A. Al ral and Mechanical Cnl,

VyIRGINIA POLYTE HNIC INSTITUTE
v (state Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege) Blacksburg, Va Southern Institute
of Technology. Thirty instructors. Thor.
oughly equipped she ps laboratories. and in
Urinary. Fam # four hundred acres. Steam
heath and electric lights in dcrmitories. De-
gree courses in Agriculture, Horticulture,
Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Appled Chemistry and General Science
Shorter courses IN Practicsl Agriculture and
Practical Mechanics. Total cost Of session Of
nine months, including tuition and other fees
loard. washing, textbooks, medical attend.
ance. etc. about $195. Cost to State students,
about S165. Next session begins SEP. 81,
1900 For catslogue and 'ther informstion
spply TO J. NJ McBRYDE, Ph. d., Ii. d. #,
President Jyo 3w
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To Cure Constipation Forever
xe q o. o. fau 70 cure, druggists refund money
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Wash Skirts Worth Up to S., S5C.

Greatest of summer skirts Ladies' Pique Covert and Duck
blue black, plain
and polka dots arsticly and made thoroughly and
generously graceful hang In Short shirt that IN
ordinarily $3.50 to $500 Our Sensational VyOO
Price
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NEE rINGS.

NTERNATI NAL Bull DING AND
l. loan ASSOCIATION OF WASHING
TON, d. C.-Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting OF the international Build
Jog and Loan Association of Washington, ID.
G., will be held at the Office Of Judge j. X.
NJ. Norton, No. 12S south Fairfax street,
Alexandria, Vs., at 10:45 a. m. WEDNES.
DAY, July Is. 1900, for the election of di-
rectors for the ensuing year and the transae-
ton of any other app iopriste business
ie21 I'd CHARLE5 LYMAN, President.
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AIsxamaria 9ssstts.
TERMS,

PUBLIsHxD DAILY AND TRI-wKEKLY AT
Building. $40 d 812 Prince st
TERMS:
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0Sc and $l.25 Wrappers, 6St

Kings Palace noted for its genuine sales andhe honest trade
bringer 90
with double rue shoulders,
with embOdey others pointed breteen light and dark
patterns; well worth 9Sc to $l.25. for 6Sc
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10c Organdies, l2HC.

Lovely Organes ne fmy kind which makes
wide and dresses
or costumes economically Not 1885, but l23c yard
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OHOICE CALIFORNIA EvAPORATED
~ PEACHES, extra bright only 1Oc per ID.
At W. p. WOOLLs& SONS.
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NUR FINEST EXTRA SMALL CANNED
" PEAS are cheap at 16c per can:
J. G. MILBURN.
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A MOTHER INVOICE OF h0ICE CAL
n IFORNIA LEMON CLING SLICED
PEACHEs' in cans. received and for sale by
"a vi - - q. MILRTPN
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EINE wINTER.CURED HAMs-Cox x
II Gordon's Sugsr.cured Hams, small s,IeS
inst racaived hv j g. MlLbO Mn
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TOB LOT DOMESTIC ToRCHoN tACES
u very cheap at 4c, &c, snd oc lot 10 ~ your
choice A g SbA " - -
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VTTE SELL TEAS LIKE WE DO EVERY
w THING ELSE at reasonable profit
Our Green I ca st 40c equal TO any 50o Tes
in thi. citv ". P W0OLI,S Il SON.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11

question for most of US to forsake the
four walls which have protected us
from the day of our birth and go out
to reside in tent and under the open
sky, and if we did so there would be
fine harvest of pneumonia and malaria,
but as soon as the warm, dry weather
is actually established we should alter
our mode of living from that which
we followed when frost and cold reign
ed in the land.
City people have pretty hard time
obtaining the air and sunlight which
they should have in summer time. Yet
even in the city man might be more
comfortable than he Is if he would
construct his dwelling properly with
balconies and roof gardens. In the re-
cent building Of apartments architects
are approaching the decorative use Of
the balcony and are substituting it for
the ugly but necessary fire escape. One
ten story apartment house put up last
year has most artistic wrought iron
balconies from the second to the top
floor. These are overshadowed in sum-
mer time by awnings and are wide
enough to hold steamer chairs, jardi-
nieres and even small tables. After
sundown the male heads of the various
households which inhabit the building
resort to these balconies to smoke.
while the ladies in their light summer
gowns enjoy there whatever breeze
there may be afioat and sip lemonade
or iced tea.
In the country out Of door living is
easy, for it is queer cottage that can
not boast piazza nearby tree or
two or Il summer house. For piazza,
whether wide or narrow, corner seat
such as is shown in the illustration Is
convenient. AS will be seen, the con-
struction is of the simplest and is quite
within the scope of the home carpen-
ter. Thin mattresses Of excelsior or
cotton are made to fit the seat and are
covered with denim. These are taken
In on rainy days and at night so that
they may not become impregnated
with dampness, concludes The Design.
er, in which appears the sketch.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Chord Playing on the Piano.


Clear, incisive, resonant and power
full or beautifully shaded chord playing
is not very commonly heard. In addi-
ton to the proper muscular conditions
and the mode of attack, which should
be carefully considered, good chord
playing requires proper shape OF the
hand and fingers. The hand should be
we'll arched so that the metacarpal
points are elevated considerably above
the second joints. The wrist must bs
held high and the fingers well rounded,
their third joints being perpendicular
to the keys. With the hand in this po-
sition the fingers must be trained to re-
sist very heavy pressure, as at the
moment of attack in heavy chord play
ing the weight of the body is thrown
forcibly upon the finger tips. At this
instant there must not be the least give
or weakening in any of the joints or
the fingers. the elasticity and looseness
being in the muscles Of the wrist and
arm. The playing fingers should be
firmly set while those not playing
must be well extended in order to
avoid the a-o.dental striking Of ada
cent keys. 4 the hand Is kept in the
shape described all the tones Of the
chord played will be of equal power,
and when the hand and arm are raised
the hampers will fall upon all the
strings which have been struck at the
same instant, a thing that rarely hap
pens in most of the chord playing that
one hears.
In playing a succession of chords the
fingers must be shaped in the air while
going from one chord to the next, and
this shaping must not in the least in
terfere with the solidity of the hand or
the proper condition of the MUSCLES
Etude.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
How to Make Black Ink.

With black ink selling at cents or
SO a bottle it seems hardly worth while
for one to use homemade ink, but the
trouble is that all black ink is not
black by any means. The following
recipe, however, which, by the way, is
some 200 years old, tells you how to
make a black ink that will not fade
and which is dead black in hue. Here
Is the recipe:
One quart of rainwater filtered
through a close woven cloth, three
ounces Of bruised gals, one and one
half ounces of sulphate Of iron green
copperas) and two and one-half ounces
of gum arabic. Coarsely powder the
gals and put into bottle with the
other chemicals; stir them up and add
the water. Securely close the bottle
and place in the sunlight, letting the
bottle stand until the gum arabic and
copperas have dissolved, occasionally
stirring the contents to bring this
about Shake the bottle each day for
q month or six weeks, then add some
20 drops of carbolic acid to prevent
mold, and your ink is ready for use.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
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FOR THE ;
FARM :
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one who has never tried it would
hardly realize how many of the eX-
penses of the family can be borne by
the small things or side crops grown
On a farm that is reasonably near a
market, says S. II. Galloway in The
Prairie Farmer. Every I<"m has or
should have 4 good kitchen garden or
truck patch to supply the family with
fruit and vegetables in their season.
Then why not make it n little larger
and have some to dispose of? 1t takes
but little more trouble when you drill
peas to make the rows 100 or 200 feet
long instead of so. The same thing
will apply to bcetS, cabbages, tomatoes,
caulifowcr, sweet corn and, in fact, all
the vegetables necessary to keep u
family supplied as they should be with
all the best in their season. Have a
good, long row of asparagus. 1t comes
very early. Most families are fond of
it, and it will always find good sale.
DO not forget a nice patch of the best
melons, both watermelons and musk
melons. Do not have all of one vari-
ETY., but have some early and others Of
later and larger varieties. If you have
a small patch of Strawberries, why not
have a larger one? Have several vari-
cites to lengthen out the season, and
while late frost may catch the early
ones you will be pretty sure to have
some good varieties. Then the raSp-
berries will be just coming on when
the strawberries are gone. Have the
main crop of raspberries of the later
varieties Next will come the cherries,
followed by plums and early and late
apples. Then every farmer should
raise nice lot of chickens and, if pos
sible, from 80 to 100 turkeys, all Of
which, if marketed with judgment, will
be found a great help in paying the ex-
penses of running the average farm.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Old Fowls For Eating.

Farmers should eat more of the poul-
try that they grow. 1t is nearly al
ways Il high priced meat says The
American Cultivator, but it is so very
largely because when young and well
fattened the flesh is more easily digest
ed than any other. Most of those who
grow poultry content themselves,
through mistaken ideas of economy,
with killing for home use only those
that are old, tough and unstable.
These last, however, are not to be de-
spised, if cooked long enough over n
slow fire 20 reduce the muscular parts
to tenderness. 1t is time rather than
great heat that is required to make all
old animals good to eat and to some
tastes better than the young. All kinds
of meat should be cooked long enough
to make them tender There is more
nourishment in the old fowl than there
is in broiler, and if it is cooked long
enough it will be quite as good.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
A Homemade Toy.

If you've never tried to make teeto-
tum, you certainly should do so now.
You commerce by cutting the phosphorus
end of a match and sharpening it as you
would a pencil. Having found a claret
cork, cut a thin slice crosswise and stick
the match through the middle of it. Meas
ure the cork across and then trim round
piece of cardboard till it is just four
times as large as the cork. Divide the
round card into four parts with pencil
and color each one differently with either
paints or crayons. Then make tiny
hole in the center and slip the round card
on to the match so that it rests on top of
the cork A second piece Of cork trihe
thicker than the first should then be push
ed on to the match to keep the card in
place.
The teetotum will spin quite a long
time if started with the finger and thumb,
and 1t really looks very pretty If painted
in bright cOlorS
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Working Cattle.

Before the days of coal and western
beef working cattle were common on
the hill farms of New England, says
The Rural New Yo 'ker. Wood brought
Il good price as fuel, and the cattle
were invaluable for hauling it out Of
the rough wood l1ts. After serving
their purpose at the yoke the cattle
brought a good price as beef. Even
when the price of wood fell and west
ern beef found its way to every butch
er shop within easy distance of a rail-
road there was a place on the farm for
the working OK. lie vas not fast
enough for the new generation; but, as
with other slow old things, it was
mistake to try to get rid of him en-
tirely. There are many jobs on hilly
farm which the OK can do better than
any other working partner. We would
like to have q yoke right now to work
among the roots and stumps at the
back of the farm. 1t does not cost
much to feed such cattle, and wherev-
er the land is rough and stony they
will more than pay their way.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
A NOVEL. IDE A.

MRS HELEN ROOF, of Lima, Ohio, writes
that she has supplied herself and three
daughters with shirt waists and earned a
beautifully decorated, 100 piece dinner-set,
also a "a piece silver-serVice, in three
months, by simply getting few friends
and neighbors to try DIAMOND DIGEST
TABLETS for Dyspepsia and Constipation.
The premiums are certainly beautiful, and
Mrs. Roof says she Is over $50 ahead in
useful household articles and wearing ap-
parel What makes it so easy to earn these
lovely presents Is that DIAMOND DIGEST
TABLETS are warranted to cure any case
OF Dyspepsia and restore the bowels and
liver to perfectly natural action in two
weeks or the money Is refunded. The tab
lets do exactly what Is claimed for them,
and a few persons once started will use
enough to secure you several lovely pre-
miums in very short time. IL you would
like beautiful shirt waist, very latest
style, color and material, just send your
name and address to the DIAMOND DRUG
Co., S4 West Broadway, N. Y, requesting
them to send you eight boxes of tablets to
be sold at 25c. box, and get your father.
mother, brothers, uncles, cousins or your
aunts to take them with the understanding
that they pay you If found good. This they
will do and want more every time. Collect
the 81 and send it in and receive your
present. You can then get the "a piece
silver-service and 100 piece dinner-set in
a very short time and absolutely without
cost. This firm requires no money in ad-
vance and will mail tablets with premium
offers merely upon request
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
MAUD AND THE CENSUS.

Again did Maud on a summer day
Go forth to rake some additional hay.
figure came riding along the lane,
And she said Its that beastly judge againi
'I'll tell him to chase himself, for he
Fatigues me too quite excessively"
As she stood and leaned on her well worn rake
She saw she had made a slight mistake.
The fellow was young and handsome and
Possessed of figure to beat the bandl
He drew a book from his saddlebag
And slid down off his perspiring nag
"Your name" he said "and your place of birthf
Are your parents yet on or OFT the earth!
'Have you had the mumps? Are your teeth your
Or made to order? All right; self grown.
"Did any ancestors, shes or males,
Have fits or boils or ingrowing nails2
'Do you ride a wheel, and how do you wear
Your skirtings, divided or solitaire!
'Is your hair self cultured, is it 'queerT
What size of feet do you wear this yearF'
All these pert questions and many more
He fired at the grille with gall galore.
And Maudie parried each pointed quiz
With the answer, Its none OF your bloomin
biz"
At last he gazed III her seal brown eyes
With piercing look Of unusual size
And said: "Now your answer must be true
As the law and gospel-how old are your"
And Maud replied in a modest way,
''Tu be eighteen on hay next birthday"
Then the quzzer sucked at his fountain pen
And saucily told her to Guess again?'
And Maudie pouted and tossed her head
And sweetly cackIed, That's on the deadP'
Come off, he grunted. "Old Whittier wrote
OF you when the ark was yet atloat!"
And Maudie answered: Don't get so rawi
That Whittier gal my reatgrandma!
"Go chase yourself from this field, you chump,
Or I'll comb your hair with the rake! Now
iunp!'
He lamp and boarded his horse and sped
Down the dusty lane and sobbingy saio:
"Of all tough jobs since the world began,
The toughest is held by the census MANI
denver Post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
WILD ROSE DOLLY.

ing baste fish net carefully in place un-
Aierneath the linen, making sure to
keep it perfectly straight, as careless
ness in this part of the work cannot be
remedied.
Work the outside row in the flower
with double thread and shade with sim
gle thread. The loaves are worked in
long and short with double thread, and
stems are in straight satin stitch with
double thread. Buttonhole stitch Is
used only on the outside of the design.
The linen is then cut away, leaving the
fish net underneath as the groundwork
of the design.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11


the facts at issue. incidentally it may
be said that many of the contests OF
the past have not been so conducted,
and in our political minds may be
found many bitter attacks on both the
views and the personalities of candi-
dates.
Behind the outward manifestations
of the political engine exists n vast ma
chinery whose operations extend to all
parts of the land. From it are sent in
to every nook and corner a flood OF
pamphlets, books, copies Of speeches
and various other ingeniously devised
forms of argument. No mans mail ID
safe in these days of political hustling,
and voters are greeted with arguments
at their breakfast tables, in their Of
fees and, in fact, everywhere. Each
of the great parties has what is known
as its literary bureau expressly for this
purpose, and to it are brought the high
est resources of editorial ability. In
deed the labor expended by these bu-
reaus would suffice to run a large num-
DcI VI lHdSdZIIIeS. II 10 SuiSulaleu 'hob
a presidential campaign costs about
$10,000,000, and the largest portion Of
this goes for literature. Among the
most important features of the work
done by these literary bureaus is the
dissemination of matter to newspapers.
Unusual ability has been enlisted by
both the great parties in this cam
paign. The head of the Democratic
campaign bureau, Willis ]. Abbot, has
had extensive experience as a journal
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
In NOW EinIla

Miss Eleanor Ormerod has been for
many years the greatest authority in
Great Britain on insect lifp and has
given special attention to parasites
mischievouS to vegetables and fruit.
She is the regularly appointed consult
ing entomologist to the Royal Agricul-
tural society The University of Edin-
burgh will confer an honorary degree
on Miss Ormcrod at the coming com.
mcnccment Mrs. Shute, rs secretary
of the Colorado state board of horti-
culture, has made herself a similar
authority among the farmers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
CovvPeSs ns Green Manure.

The Agricultural Epitomist says
some of the farmers in the south have
succeeded in growing larger crops after
cowpeas when they have taken the
vines off for fodder and plowed under
the roots and stubble than when they
have plowed the whole crop under. 1t
scarcely seems reasonable, and yet
there may be abundant reason for 1t.
But whether this is exact or not the
crop of cowpeas and vines is esti-
mated to be worth about $50 per acre
for fodder. and we should much prefer
to feed it out and use the waste, the
excrements Of the cattle that eat it, to
fertiliZe the soil with.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Improv In Domestic Swine.

The Improvement of the domestic On
the wild hog has been very marked in
many ways, in the opinion of The
American Agriculturist. The long, mar
row head with large, heavy ears has
given place to the short, broad, thick
head with the dished face, turned up
nose and small, pointed ears not as
large as a mans hand. The back has
been Strengthened, the legs shortened
and the hams and shoulders made as
broad as they are high. Another won
derful improvement has been in the
disposition. The wild, vicious boar or
sow which was dangerous to meet has
become dccile and gentle, so that a
good brood sow with litter of pigs is
as safe to handle as any other domestic
animal. Another improvement has been
in the power of assimilation, so that
while a pig of the present time does
not consume any more food than one
of the seventeenth century, it is able
to convert a greater percentage of 1t
into flesh and fat. The early maturing
quality is one of the most important
differences between the two types. 1t
Is no longer customary to feed pigs for
IS months or two years to get them
into market condition. They now attain
the same weight in from 8 to II
months.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Currant Julep.

Mash pint of currants, add pint
of water and rub through a sieve, then
strain through cheesecloth. Set on ice
to chill. Take some tall, thin glasses,
put crushed ice in the bottom of each
and three cubes of sugar. Line with
tender mint stalks just tall enough to
come well above the brIm all around
the edges. Place three ripe raspber-
ries crushed slightly on top of the sug-
ar, tlen fill the glasses to within an
inch of the top with the iced currant
water. Serve with straws tied with
narrow ribbons of green and pink
Boston Cooking School Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
A Curious Puzzle,

The following is a very curious puz-
zle. Try it, all Of you:
Open a book at random and select a
word within the first ten lines and
within the tenth word from the end Of
the line. Mark the word. Now double
the number of the page and multiply
the sum by five. Then add 20.
Then add the number of the line you
have selected. Then add five. Then
multiply the sum by ten.
Add the number of the word in the
line. From this sum subtract 80, and
the remainder will Indicate in the units
column the number Of the word, in the
tens column the number of the line and
the remaining figures the number Of
the page.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11

in the turn of the wheel, come up to the
surface of the water again quite full. The
vessels, on arriving at the top of the
wheel, empty their contents into trough
placed for the purpose Of conveying the
water to the garden or whatever land it
may be desired to water. Where this wa
tering is done, or where the Nile reaches
when it overfows its banks, the land Is
beautifully green and productive, al
though perhaps a yard farther off it is
barren and sandy desert.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-10-11
Tender Hearted Timmi ins.

"That Miss Timmins is such tender
hearted creature! At the Women's clubs
convention last week what do you sup
pose she did,"
Give il up"
"Tbey voted TO lay a resolution on the
table and she came hurrying up with a
sofa pillow for them to lay it on"'-CleVe-
land Plain Dealer.