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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06
VOL. TX, NO. 8.
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II would seem that frs;-born chil
aren excel later-born children in
height and weight. Tais may be due
% The greater vigor of the mother at
the birth of the FIRST child. We are re-
minded OF a fact. mentioned later. that
out OF 80 great men OF this country. 20
Der cent. were she Youngest sons in
England ia was found that growth de-
generates a. we 60 lower in the social
scale. there being a difference OF even
Ese inches in height between the best
and worst fed classes in the com
nunity. An Investigation OF 10000
children i'm Switzerland showed that
children born in summer are taller for
their aye than those born in winter;
a. ma aiority of children in the public
schools are poor. i'm winter their par
sntS are forced TO economic more on
account of expense of heating: their
rooms are also liable 10 be small and
poorly ventilated. while in summer
they are out in the fresh air; fooS is
also cheaper and more varied. The in
fiuence OF unhealthy conditions on a
very young child would be much great
er than when il is older and better able
to resist them Eyerybody's Maga-
zine.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

II has been observed that on account
OF the = DSeuce of an atmosphere ON he
moon and the consequent lack OF gra-
dStion in shadows. the eve of the OBJ
server il seriously nlisird In judging
the actual relief OF objects forming
the lunar landScapes- Prof. Prinz. OF
3rus sells. has recently developed q
method of avoiJing this difficulty. and
OF seeing the craters and other details
on the moon in their natural proper
tious. Taking advantage OF the fac.
that a. the moon travels around the
earth the eccrntricitN of its orbit pro-
duces tne effect of a sioN, iibrasion. or
balancing 60 and fro. ULich causes IL,
face TO be inclined now little one
way and now a little the other way.
Prof Priuz makes two photographs %
the lunar object TO be studied. at ol1o-
>ite points in the libration. and thsr
combines them in a Stert oscope. W he re-
upon the object stands forth in fun
relief. This principe has hitherto been
applied only To photogrsi rs Of the
moon as whole. ard not 90 part icuIa r
craters or regions Scis nee.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

Most curious are The sewing or tail
or birds of India-little yellow things
not much larger than ones thumb. To
escape falling prey TO snakes and
monkeys the tailor bird picks up a
dead leaf and flies up into a high tree.
and with n fiber for thread and its
bill for needle sews the leaf on a
green one hanging from the tree; the
sides are sewed up, an opening being
left At the top. That nest is swing
ing in the tree no snake or monkey or
even man would suspect.-Nature.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06
Nineteenth Century aud Aeterorite..


Among the great scientific advances
of the century just passed there i
one which is seldom mentioned. al
though il is OF remarkable interest.
IL j. the demonstration of the fact
that stones and metallic masses fall
from the sky. DIR. .. c. Harrington
reminds us that mp 10 the beginning
Of the nineteenth century the atti-
tude OF scientific men toward the
accounts of stones reported TO have
fallen from the sky was in general
Zone OF scOrn and Incredibly" He
quotes remark 90 President Jeffer-
son when told that Profs. Silliman
and Kingsley had described a shower
OF stones at Weston. Conn. i'm 1907:
ut is easier 10 believe that two Yam
kee professors will lie than &c believe
that stones will fall from heaven"
IL was only after great shower of
meteOric stones at Laigle, in France.
an lsO3 had been care fully investigat-
I'd by the French academy that men
of science finally became convinced
that such things really occurred
Science.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

To Illustrate the absolute and deli
cate control of electric cranes the man
ager of large iron works at Ipswich.
England, during a recent engineering
meeting stated that his cranes OF 25-
ton capacity could be started and
stopped many times in an inch."-En-
gineering journal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

Don't you sometimes feel like go
ing TO theater or ball game?"
Never" answered Mr.. Meekton.
But don't You some times long for
eXcitement?"
"Of course. That's only natural.
When do. j go with Henrietta TO a de-
partment store or else stay home and
watch her clean uSe."-Washingt
Star
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

II is said that the fauna OF India
has not lost single species OF mann
NAL. bird or reptile. not merely
during the nineteenth century. but
within the period of definite history.
There is one animal the eNtermina-
tion OF which. IL not imminent. IL not
improbable. namely. the Indian ri
noceroS. The tiger. which DESTROYED
300 human lives i'm the latest reported
year. has a pros pect OF survival which
the most pessimistic prophet cannot
dim with predictions OF destruction.
Except for exhibition purposes. the
tiger does not seem desira BILE con
temporary, the rhiuoccros is still
more picturesque and greatly less
harmful.-Naturc.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

Manager am sorry that you wish
10 resign. What is the trouble?
Star--It is too much OF n strain on
me TO try to live up to the salary
your press agent says get.-Chicago
Daily News.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06
A nIrcrf Accnnnrion-

"Falsel faise!" shrieked the hero Of
the latest matization in falsetto
tones.
DO you say that to my face %
screamed the heroine.
Il say II TO your very teeth!" roared
the hero.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-07-06

Mrs. Jones-They say bachelors
should be taxed; but don't think
they are always To- blame.
DIR. Jones-Certainiy not! No man
fs always TO blame until he gets mar
gfedt-Pnc1.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01

PECULIARITIEs OF AUSTRALIA.
There is no continent which has
so much dry land as Australia. 1t
is a great dry heart, with a few
patches OF green about the edges.
On the east side facing the Pacific
is long range of mountains, rough.
ly speaking Running north and
south, and the most of the good
land lies between those and the se,
West Of the mountains vast pls-
teams begin and extend on and on,
spotted here and there By low rocky
ranges for more than 1000 miles.
The land falls slightly as it goes
toward the west, but at the end it
is still 1000 feet high. II is 1000
feet high at the east, and in the
Australian Alps or the Eastern
range it rises to more than z, 600 feet.
There Is general slope toward the
south in some places so great tina.
the continent falls to the level of
the sea, but in others it keeps an
altitude of 500 and GOO feet, end =
ing in cliffs at that height, which
line the Australian Blight for hun
dreds Of miles.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01

II had q severe attack of bilious collie,
got bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Dirarhoea Remedy, took two
doses and was entirely cured" says Rev.
A. A. Power, of Emporia, Kan. my
neighbor across the street was sick for
over q week, had two or three bottles Of
medicine from the doctor He used
them for three or four days without re-
lief, then called in another doctor who
treated him for some days and gave him
no relief, so discharged him. I went
over to see him tie next morning. He
said his bowels were in q terrible fix,
that they had been running OF SO long
that !. was almost bloody fiux. asked
him If he had tried Chamberlain . Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and he
said, No. / went home and brought
him my bottle and gave him one dose
told him to take another dose in fifteen
or twenty minutes If he did not find re-
lief, but he took no more and was en-.
tirely cured. think il il the best med.
lcine have ever tried" For sale BY
Greenweli & Drury, Leon ardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01

II you have a baby IN the house you
will know the best way to check any
unusual looseness of the bow els, or diar-
rhoea SO common to small children. o.
+. M. Holiday, OF Deming, Ind, who
has an eleven months old child, says /:
Through the months of June and July
our baby was teething and took q run
ming of OF the bowels and sickness Of
the stomach. His bowels would move
from five to eight times q day. had a
bottle Of Chsmberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy In the house and
gave him four drops in n teaspoonful of
water and he got better at once" For
sale by Greenwell & Drury, Leonard
town.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01
himself about an hour to work ozt.

himself about an hour to work ozt. ,
We'll, then, paw said Tommy,
not to be downed, here's another
one of those Treasury things. What
was the national debt Of the United
States in 1859, just before the ont
break Of the Civil War p
Dye want that in round num-
bers ? asked Tommy's dad desper-
atelY.
'Yes.' said Tommy.
Well. l'il tell you to- morrow
evening, after I've had . chance to
think it over and make o few men.
tai calculations, replied Mr.. Next
door, figuring on getting hold Of
the information at the department
on the following day.
Then Mr.. Nextdoor pretended
that he heard stray dog running
over the flower garden in the front
yard, and rushed out, saying to
Tommy as he went out the front
door, Run upstairs and ask your
mother q few
Which Tommy did, to his moth
er's intense misery and mortifica.
ton, for about three-q quarters Of
an hour.
'It's too bad that boy Of ours
isn't about five years Older said
Mr.. Nextdoor to Mrs. Nextdoor
when they had retired that night.
'Why!' echoed Mr.. Nextdoor.
Just look at the examination he'd
be able to pass for a $3.50 billet 10
the seed division, or even for
s720 job as a computer in the Cen.
sus Office. .'-Washington Star.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01
PHILOSOPHY IN PARAGRAPH
Force is no argument.

PHILOSOPHY IN PARAGRAPH
Force is no argument.
Ii ia better to cry tomorrow. il
you must; bat laugh today.
1t isl great misfortune in nature
for q woman to want a confidsnt.
What some men call success, 9TH
ers call death. Death of love, death
of hope. death of manhood, death
of soul.
A baby does not shed tears until
it is 3 months old. Up TO that time
it just yells on general principles.
Many sensations are attributed
to the heart which have no con nec-
tion with it.
The man who marries q widow
often finds himself the successor of
the ideal hust a1d.
Selfshuess is many times Q wo-
mans best safeguard, bat one which
she is usually born without.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01

ing rapidly. ] rubbed and beat my
hands Rnsiisthe circulation was re-
stored. Then ] set about taking
the necessary precautions against
too rapid descent. Bot Isactsd
more Ike AN autoilatioiA than d
conscious agent, for ! seemed in q
kind Of stupor or trance ell the
time.
How and where / reached The
solid earth cannot say. have
only ; dim, hazy recollection Of be.
Ing surrounded by crowd of peo.
pie. Some we're bending over me
and seemed to be questioning me,
bnt / couldn't make ont what they
said. | felt an ssful pain in my
head and remember nothing more
until / found myself in bed in a
dark room and my wife bending
over me. This was several DAYS
afterward, and / learned then that
| had been brought home in q de-
lirious state and had had brain
fever.
When | recovered my friends
congratulated me and tried to per-
suade me that. as my homicidal act
was done in self-defenss, it was
justifiable. l hope it was, but
can never recall it without misgiy-
ing and horror, and have never
made q balloon ascent since.-1'it-
Bits.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-08-01

The laws Of health require that the
bowels move once each day and one
of the penalties for violating this law is
piles. Keep your bowels regular by TAX
ing 9 dose Of Chambe.lain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets when necessary and
you will never have that severe punish
ment inflicted upon you. Price, 25 cts.
For sale by GreenweIl & Drury, Leon
ardtown, Nd.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
POR TLAND MAN MISSING
AS WEDDING DAY NEARS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 23.-The disap-
pearance of Alexander K. Bell in San
Francisco on the eve of his wedding to
Miss Edna Cannon. a society young
woman Of Portland, has given rise to
grave fears as to the safety of the miss
ing man. Bell is a well known loan and
insurance man, and his wedding day was
set for next Wednesday. Every detail
of the ceremony was complete, from the
creation of the wedding gown to the
choice of ushers and bridesmaids. The
disappearance of Bell has been great
shock to his fancee and to all the mem
bers Of both families. There is no suspi-
cion that Bell is trying to avoid his we'd
ding engagement.
The fact was made known to-day that
Bell recently intrusted $1,000 in cash to a
friend, to be placed in a safety vault.
This money was to be used for the
honeymoon trip to Europe. 1t has also
developed that this friend, whose name
is known only to Bell, recently left sud-
denly for San Francisco. Suspicion aris-
ing in Bells mind that his friend was
playing him false, he left two weeks ago
for California. Up to ten days ago let
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
ALASKAN STEAMSHIP
FARALLON DISABLED
Loses Two Blades of Her Propeller
and Puts Into Skeena
River

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov 23-The
steamship City of Seattle, which arrived
here this morning from Skagway, brought
news Of a serious accident to the Alaskan
liner Faratlon, Captain Ord. The Farallon
was found lying in shelter under the lee
of Kennedy Island, at the mouth of the
Skeena River, and will remain there until
some steamship comes along to tow her
to Seattle. The City of Seattle took the
Farallon's mails and several passengers
aboard and the rest of the passengers
will come on the Dolphin.
The Farallon was passing through drift
wood just south of Wrangel Narrows on
Wednesday when her propeller struck a
log and two blades were stripped off be-
fore the machinery could be stopped
Then the engines raced and the steam
ship had to be stopped altogether Later
in the afternoon the engines were started
again at half-speed, but with only quar-
ter of propeller they could not be con-
trolled, and the jarring of the ship caused
her to spring leak. The longer the ma
chinery was kept running the more the
water came into the hold, and to prevent
the boat sinking, steam has to be shut
off entirely,
In the meantime sails were rigged I'D
and the vessel was held on her course to
the south, She sailed all that night ana
next morning, and by noon had anchored
off Kennedy Island,
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
QUICK ANSWER
Or A STRIKE
Switchmen at Pittsburg
Suddenly Demand
More Pay.

/. PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 23.-About one
third of the switchmen employed in the
various freight yards here have present
ed a sudden and unexpected demand for
an advance in wages and other changes
in their work The notice was served
upon the officials of the several railroad
companies in the city this morning at 10
o'clock and a request was made for an
answer before 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
The wording of the demand is such as
to lead the officials Of the roads to be-
lieve that strike will follow the refusal
of the demand
Presented so Unexpectedly and with so
little time to consider the matter, and
with the utter fmpossiblitiy Of submitting
the demand, to the proper officials in New
York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, it is
said it will be an utter imposslbility for
the local officials to make any definite
answer to the men.
Should the men strike it would be far
reaching in it's results, and cripple the
roads in the most congested sections,
coming as it would at a time when IT
has been by superhuman efforts that the
roads have been kept open at all.
The present difficulty is largely due to
disagreement between the Federation
Of Railroad Employees, representing all
branches of the railway service, and
what has been termed radical element
that once was connected with the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
Should the strike be ordered it would
affect the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie, the Baltimore
and Ohio, the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg, the Bessemer and Lake Erie
and the Allegheny Valley Railroad So
far as known the switchmen in the yards
of the Fort Wayne and Panhandle roads
are not allied with the new union.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
STORM RAGING
Up THE COAST
Rivers in w estern w ash
ington Are Out Of
Their Banks.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA. Nov. 23.-The heaviest rain
storm known here since November. 1888
has been sweeping over western Wasn-
ington since last Tuesday. Rivers have
been rising rapidly for the last two days
and last night Puyallup, White, kalama
and Chehalis Rivers began overhowlng
their banks Railroad traffic has been IN
terrupted since yesterday morning. Trans
due in Tacoma yesterday afternoon were
blockaded at Eagle Gorge, in the CASCADE
Mountains, where serious washouts on the
Northern Pacific were caused by an un-
usual freshet in Green River. Three de-
layed trains, carrying mail. arrived this
afternoon and evening. Another large
washout is reported on the Palmer cut-off,
which is used by fast passenger trains.
Trains leaving Tacoma last evening were
held at Puyallup until the bridges could
be strengthened, because or the large
Quantities of driftwood and trees that had
lodged against them. Similar sides ana
washouts have occurred on the Great
Northern west of Cascade tunnel. Inc
movement of wheat to Tacoma ware
houses from Eastern Washington Will DC
interrupted for several days.
Near Kalama yesterday a long stretch
of county road was swept into Kalama
River by a landslide. Four landsIldeS
have occurred on the newly built w asn-
ington and Oregon Railroad, and one tram
is now blocked between two SHOES hVe
miles south of Kalama.
A boom at the mouth or the halaInd
River with more than 100000 feet or logs
in 1t is likely to float away before morn
ing, as one end has already given away.
Men have been working all day trying 10
get the logs into the slough for sarely /,
and succeeded in securing about 25O,Voo
feet, but there are ut least 750,Oo0 1eet
more in danger. Heavy rains have caused
high water in the Chehalis River, and
yesterday afternoon a log boom OF Chand-
Ter Brothers at Dryad went out. To-day
14o0 cords of shinglc bolts are floating
down the Chehalis ic Grays Harbor-
Other booms are threatened. The rains
have continued to-day and the rivers are
still rising.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 23.-The
steamer City of Seattle arrived this aft
ernoon from Skagway. The officers report
unusually stormy wea ther, severe gales
and heavy snowsquslls The steamer
Newport was windboun6 at Safety Cove.
north of Queen Charlotte, several days,
being unable to cross ewing to the gales.
The City Of Seattle reports that when
she sailed from Skagway last Monday
afternoon the Yukon WIS frozen as far as
Thirty-Mile The river. where it was
open, was not navigable for even small
boats on account of the danger from
masses of floating ice, which at certain
points have been formed into immense
Jams.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
FALLS IN LOVE WITH A PHOTOGRAPH
AND WILL SOON WE'D ITS ORIGINAL
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of Los Angeles Across the Seas His Bride

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The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24
INDIANS POISON
SUPPOSED WITCH
Unique Murder Trial
Ends in a Double
Conviction.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

FoRTLAND, Or, Nov. 23.-A unioue
nnuroer trial was finished tonight when
Nolumbla George and Toy Toy. two lima
una Indians, were found guilty of murder
IN the hrst degree for the poisoning of an
lnd1an woman, Anna Edna, on the Una
una reservation, near Pendleton. The
motive for the deed was. the Indians he
ile1 That Anna Edna was a witch and had
peen practicing her diabolicaI art to rhe
uetriment OF the two Indians and their
Ia. ,aisiiiies. According to the old tribal be-
iIen 1t was the proper thing to do to
ALI witches, wherever and whenevor
iouhu. Anna Edna was a harmless old
woman, whose practice of mixing herb
concoctlons, coupled with her old age
ana ugl1ness. led to her death. The crime
was committed on August "a.
IN the trial the defense followed novel
tactics in introducing Indian testimony
through interpreters as to the Indian he
1efs in witchcraft and the right to xill
Wltches practicing their art. This nm
oouotedly led to the verdict of the iurv for
lie imprisonment, rather than canital
punishment, as the evidence was clearly
against the two
Columbia George admitted having given
the sQuaW poison, but blamed Toy Tow for
,he suggestion. George said he believed
ne hao right to kill the woman, as She
was Wltch, but he acknowledged to Dis
trlct Attorney Hall that he knew il was
against the law to kill anybody.
anna Edna never did me any harm >,
ne salo' and had no reason to kill her, -
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-24

poor digestion nearly all my life. It now
seems to me that for years never knew what
it was to be hungry, to have good natural
appetite.
Il was troubled with gas in stomach causing
pressure the heart with palpitation and
short breath. Nearly everything l ate soured
on my stomach sometimes I had cramps lii
the stomach which almost resembled spasms.
Doctors told me had catarrh of the ston-
ach, but their medicines would not reach it
and 1 would still be sufferer had not in
sheer desperation. decided to try Stuart's Dys-
pepsa Tablets.
II knew they were an advertised remedy and
I didn't believe anything 1 read about them
as I had no confidence in advertised remedies
but my sister living in Pittsburg wrote me last
spring telling how Stuart's Tablets had
cured her little daughters of indigestion and
loss of flesh and appetite and hesitated no
longer
81 bought ffty-cent box at my drug store
and took two of the large tablets after each
neal and found them delightful to take being
as pleasant to the taste as caramel candy.
Whenever during the day night 1 felt any
pain or uneasiness in the stomach or about
the heart 1 took of the small tablets and
in three weeks it seemed to as if l had
never known what stomach trouble was
II keep Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets in the
house and every member of our family uses
them occasionally after hearty meal or when
any Of us have pain or ache in the digestive
organs.
Mr.. E. H. Davis Of Hampton, Va, says: .I
months got more benefit from stuaTts ,n pys0 5w
pepsia Tablets than in five years of the doctor
treatment
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest as
well as the simplest and most convenient rein
edy for any form of indigestion, catarrh OF
stomach biliousneSs, sour stomach, bloatiny
after meals, sympathetic heart trouble
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is not cheap
the put pepan and he
weak stomach lacks, and they cure stomach
troubles because they digest the food eaten and
give the weak, abused, overworked stomach a
chance to rest and recuperate.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold in every
drug store In the United States, Canada and
Great Britain,