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baltimore AND OHIO
r RAILROAD. ~
..y- Washington from station corner Of

r..y- Washington from station corner OF
New Jersey avenue and { ST.
r- chicago and Northwest, 'EO.5o a. m,
,s,. p ln.. daily.
-.rripuati. ST. Louis and indianapolis,
....sa. .n. 's.4sP.m, 'IIO night.
r.--5arg aud Cleveland FIo.5o a. m. IS, 90
and 800 night.
'---.gmbus aud Wheeling, "8.oS p m.
Winchester +s.ss a. M, tl-4s, and $3.50
rrLmag +54sE.m.
sraap,.is. t-I5. $50, +0.5sa. m, tia.ls
... ...s. -28oP m.
'- r- r--aerss +s.ss, $500, tlo.so. a. m seas.
..-..t..-5. -.o5 p. IN,
''- .T....-.t5ya. -Io.os a. m. and 1880 pm.
r..f and way points 1855, $500 a. ln.,
s,-.-.-5 1880. '1.o5 p. m.
-...herseurg and way points, 1885.
,.... 20 -us7, SIS, +3I5, 1890. 500,
eos. sr5l5. +u.aSP. m.
.g.srmgt.u Jun -tiou and way points
..ss.a.n.. E..I5 1880, $3.50, p. m.
r..-.n5r-. week days, X2.35, 500, 6.3o,
.-.- xsEr s55, 1850, NIo.oo q. m,
-sr. x.I0 K5.o0. x4.oo, X 80, X s.,
.. r-r- a.r5 N5.zo, go, Ns.oo, xIo.oo,
--... u9s p. 10. Sundays, x2.5s KOS
--.. s.-,. z-aa. am. xI2Io, xIIo. lis, X5.Oo.
--. .r.,z.s5. N5..5. 6.51, $500, XIo 90, Xu,3o.
1Iasz %. 10.
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
Al. trains Illuminated with Pintsch Light.
e. baltimore Philadelphia, New York Pos
,,. and .a- East 'z.55, +7.oS Diner], 1889
.g.a.,s.s5 g.. .rsr 10 90 lDineT), a. m, AZ. o,
,r-..-.s.r5. Iurr 500 Royal Limited, " Din
200 ..B.fgu sos (Diniag Carr *e.oO and
s.,-.o -7 .5.--Ping Car open at 1000 o'clock }
r..... carson ru day trains.
F.r sr.at. City, 1000 a. NE, tIz.Io noon,
,r.-..la and = 90 p. m.
sr.r Except Sundays. ssunday only.
1Express trains.
p.-rags cal. cd for and checked from hotels
aud -ss.dsaces by Union Transfer Co., on or
der. .enatt,ket Offices, 6Ig Pennsylvania Ave
rg. - Vs. Sew york Avenue and 18th Street,
...r.aot telephone ticket Offices for B. and o.
E.,.r. Automobile Cabs.
ID. B. MARTIN,
Mgr Pass, ITafic.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27

wasps, which they consider an eXquis-
ite dish. The natives of Guiana eat the
VyaCDS
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Smallest City in America.

The smallest incorporated city in
the world is Fenton. Ne. 1t has
been an incorporated city for 25
years, but has a population of but
100 persons. This little city is about
IS miles from St. Louis.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
Hns IA Trn-Ennf BED

Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri giant
ess, has erected a house for herself in
Gown, town in that state. The
doors in her home are ten feet high.
and the ceilings Il feet. Her height
is eight feet four inches. and she
sleeps on bed ten feet long.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
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AND OHIO
ID. B. MARTIN,
Mgr Pass, Traffic

THROUGH TIE GRANDEST SCENERY IN
AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED
ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED
DINING CARS ON THROUGH TRAINS
STATION. SIXTH AND STREETS.
Schedule in eAsct April II, I9oE.
-.-ru Eaflv-Cincinnau and 81 LOUIS
Social Solid train tor Cincinnati. Pullman
.-srars 10 Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville,
IosI.usu0Ils and ST. Louis without change.
Crs-rygtIan asrIor car Washington, toVrgInia
b., grrIr,.r. .s.Iv except Sunday. Par-OT Cars
o. Cincinnati and Chicago.
1iTo r NJ DAILY r. Y. Llmited-Solid
tyair ION Cincinnati Pullman sleepers TO Gin
rtUrar lexington and louisville wlthoU,
change Connection for Virginia Hot springs
Dauy Pullman Compartment Car to Virginia
Hot Springs daily except sunday SleePeTs
GrnrIHu4u Do Chicago and ~. LOUIS.
rrra.m DAILY EXCEPT NrSDAT-For New
rart News Norfolk and old Point Comfort via
Penn K. K e. p. * p. and Richmond.
400 p NJ DAILE-FoT GOrdonsvilte, Char
loIt+syiIIe. StauRtou da..y and for Richmond,
daily. e .teUt Sunday.
Reservations aud tickets al Chesapeake and
g1ro Offices SIR Pennsylvania AveRNe; oo9
Ifr Street urs- = and at the station. Iele-
eLefs call Ia4I i.l Pennsylvania Railroad Cab
Service.
Telephone 1900.
u VA FIJI Ep
The Washington bee., 1901-07-27
RAILROADS,

,.,-~uORE AND ANNAPOLIS SHORT
LINE RAILROAR.
- TRAINS LEAVE CAMDEN STATION.
t,1apolis and way stations, week days
A. 40 a. m, no $40 p. n
I.fo sundays S. 50 a. m, 5. 80 p m
,I oI V-l1d Raw and Bay Ridge, daily 800 P. m,
20. ~ aruspolis, week days, 64S SIS q. IN.
M go and rs p M
--,4-l[ss * a. m. !. so and 7.4S p. m
7tL- }Vs, Ridge week days 700 p. M.
9Il--', 9Ir-..- ~ gsy Ridge and return, soc.
Fai- ~ c A. C0ombs. 9. NJ.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
ORIGIN OF THE SKIRT DANCE.
According to This Account II Was
First Seen in a French Draw
ingroom in 1857.

The woman who invented the skirt
dance seems to have been more ia.
nous than anybody supposed. 1t was
no less person than Emma Hart, Of
London, Lord Nelson's Lady Hamilton
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. That is
the person Francisque sarcey has &C.
lected as the real originator of the
dance, which in its somewhat degene.
rated and present estate is largely a
matter of calcium lights and dress
goods. A letter which M. Sarcey
quoted was written by Goethe, and de.
scribes what the French critic takes
to be the origin of the dance. The ia.
nous German wrote in March, 1887:
"Sir William Hamilton, who is still
the British ambassador here, after
having studied the works of nature for
so long time, has found beautiful
young woman the most delightful
thing in art or nature. She is an Eng
fish woman, very beautiful in face and
figure. She gives an entertainment
dressed in Greek costume. Her hair
hangs loose. She takes two shawls in
her hands, and she so varies her atti-
tudes, gestures and play of features
that it is like dream. Kneeling,
standing, sitting, she assumes by turns
an expression of exaltation, repent
ance, anxiety, remorse, affection"
vi Ihe skirt dance now is so much the
i,sht man that it is agreeable to find
,iie orlglnai inventor of it's grace and
beauty was woman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
THREAD USED IN SURGERY.
That Made from Knnsaroos' Tendon.
Is the Most Highly Es-
teemed.

The modern surgeon EMPLOYS in
his work dozens of different kinds of
thread for sewing up cuts and
wounds. Among them are kangaroo
tendons, horsehair, silk and very fine
silver wire. Many of these threads
are intended to hold for certain
number OF days and then naturally
break away. The short, tough ten
dons taken from the kangaroo,
which are used for sewing severe
wounds, will hold for about four
weeks before they break away. Silk
thread will remain much longer.
sometimes six months, while the fine
silver wire is practically indestructi-
BILE.
With the entire outfit surgeon
is able to select thread that will
last as long as the wound takes to
heal and will then disappear COM
Pietely. To accommodate this as
sortment of threads special varieties
OF needles are required. Besides the
needle craned in different segments
of a circle, surgeons use. needles
shaped like spears, javelins and bayo-
net points. Some are as long as bod
kins, in point like miniature
knife blade. Others have the sharp
ened end triangular.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
MARRIAGE AIDS LONGEVITY,
German Scientist, DIR. Prinzing, Offers
Proof in Support of
His Theory,

Many theories have been PROFOUND
ed at London regarding the secret of
longevity. To them the German, DIR.
Printing, adds marriage as, at any
rate, distinctly conducive to long life.
Among many proofs which he mar
shaled was an article in the Allge-
meines Statisches Archive, quoting
the fact that the percentage of deaths
among priests is greater than among
their co-Anglican brethren. The
deaths of Catholics who took vows of
celibaoy were chiefly due to diseases
of the organs of circulation, includ-
ing cerebral paralysis.
Commenting on this theory, the
Boersen Zeitung quotes statistics to
nrnva that there is greater mortality
among husbands and wives who have
lost their consorts than among those
still married. Suicide is also more
frequent among the unmarried than
the married, less so with widowers,
and very much less so among the
married, while among women suicide
is very seldom among the married,
and more frequently among widows
Of almost all ages than among married
women.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
PLANS OF MARCONI.
Comes to This Country to Establish
Wireless Telegraph Stations.
Says That America II Behind Eng
land in Utilizing the Marvellous
Discovery Says Tesla's
Hopes May be Realized.

Marconi, the inventor of the wire
less Geographic system, has arrived
at New York and will spend one month
in America, during which time he
will visit the New England coast and
other places and consider the advisa-
bility of various sites as wireless tele-
graphic stations. Concerning his
plans, Mr.. Marconi said:
"One of the objects of my visit is
the establishing of wireless tele-
graphic stations at points along the
coast, SO that incoming and outgoing
vessels can communicate with the
shore from the sea. Among the trans
Atlantic steamship lines the North
German Lloyd will be the first to take
advantage of my system"
Referring to the use of the wireless
conf said plants had been instituted on
vessels of the British, German and
Belgian navies. In the British navy
20 vessels are equipped with the sys'
TEN, in the German three and in the
Belgian four.
From all these" said Mr.. Marconi.
messages can be transmitted success
fully from a distance of 200 miles at
sea.
II am confident the system will ulti'
mately be adopted throughout the
world. The fact that several steam.
ship companies have adopted the sys,
TEN, but are unable to utilize it, ow-
ipcr 4, Tho ol,canoa of raceiyinu sta.
tions on shore, has prompted me to
attempt to establish stations, both in
this country and abroad. You don't
hear SO much of the system in Eng.
land, for the reason that it has be.
come established. 1t is used over there
now as one would the telephone or
telegraph. America, think, has been
somewhat backward in taking hold OF
the matter.
even the Beers attempted to use
the apparatus. Forty instruments
were seized by the government au-
thorities at Cape Town, but on trial
they would not work. They were Ger,
man limitations of the Marconi sys-
tenn"
How about the Tesla system. by
means of which he proposes to fash
messages across the sea?" Marconi
was asked.
"All | can say in regard to that" he
answered, sis that Mr.. Tesla's declara.
tons are interesting. l don't see why
it cannot be accomplished in time.
The possibilities are unlimited"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
REVENUES OF RUSSIA.
Government of the Gear IL the 0reat-
est Factor In Eastern Trade
and Finance.

Statistics recently published show
that the Russian government draws
an annual net profit of 100000
rubles from it's forests, mines and ag-
ricultural property. 1t receives an
nually sO,0oo,000 rubles from its COM
munities of ex-serfs for the use of
land it coded to or purchased for
them. 1t is building by far the long
est and most costly railway in the
world and it owns and works over
10000 miles Of railways, the net rev.
enue of which is equal to one-seventh
of the net revenue of all the railways
of the United States.
In 1898 it received $9Oo,oo0,000 into
it's Golfers, nearly one-half of which
sum was not produced by taxation.
Its budget is greater than that of
France by more than $500, 100000.
In 1890, when one Of the banks of
London was unable to meet it's OBJ
legations, the Russian government
had with it on current account bal
ance of so many millions of pounds
that when the Bank of England came
to the rescue request was immedi-
ately made to Russia not to dispose
of her balance before certain date,
since to do so would be to precipitate
a financial crisis of the utmost grav-
ity. Finally, besides being capital-
list and banker of this magnitude,
the Russian state is also a metallur.
gist and spirit merchant.
In word, the proud claim is made
for it that it is the greatest land
owner, the greatest capitalist, the
greatest constructor of railways and
carries on the largest business in the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
WEED DESTRUCTION.
Successful Experiment by Agricul-
tural Department.
Found That Obnoxious Growths in
Fields of Growing Grain and City
Lawns Can BE Exterminated
by Chemicals.

Secretary Wilson recently institute
ed most interesting series of ex-
periments in weed destruction in
fields of growing grain and city
lawns by the use of certain chem
icals. Among the chemicals tested
were salt, copper, sulphate, kerosene,
liver-of-sulphur, carbolic acid, arsenate
of soda, and two commercial weed
killers, the active principle of which
apparently was arsenic.
The weeds experimental upon We're
plantains, dandelion, chicory, rag
weed knotweed and various undesir-
able grasses. All the chemicals were
applied in solution, except the salt,
and it was found that if applied in
large quantities it would kill out all
the weeds. However, arsenate of
(crude carbolic acid, one pint in four
pints of water, applied at the rate
of eight gallons to the square rod)
proved the most valuable chemicals
for weed destruction under the con-
ditions of the experiments.
ten per cent. solution of blue
vitriol was sprayed over a weed
ridden field of wheat, there being a
variety of weeds in the field, the
spraying being made in June, when
both weeds and wheat were from
three to five inches high. All the
weeds practically disappeared. While
some of the leaf tips of the wheat
had been burned slightly, the net
yield of grain was much greater than
upon land not so treated.
A similar experiment was made by
using one pound of copper sulphate
to four gallons of water, and this,
too, proved a great success. Where
a fear is felt for cattle on grazing
land copperas may be used, but with
less success. The result is considered
of great Importance, not only for the
sake of public parks and lawns, but
in that it clears grazing land of many
weeds that contaminate milk.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
Wheat in China,

The greater part of the wheat
grown in China is winter wheat,
planted in the fall. 1t is not sown
in large tracts, as in the United
States, but planted in small lots of
fraction of an acre. It is in MANY
cases planted by dropping about
three grains in a hole and putting
few ashes in each hill. 1t is hoed
and weeds are pulled out by hand.
When ripe it is cut close to the ground
or pulled out by the roots. The
threshing is done by fails on the
ground. The grain is gathered up.
with a large percentage of dirt, and
sold without being cleaned Another
method of threshing is to whip the
grain over a row of sticks placed on
a box: The wheat is not cleaned be-
fore it reaches the mill. and when
ground in the native mills much of
the dirt is ground into the flour, so
that it is gritty.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
BOAT SECRET OUT
ylckers Company Announces Size
and Features of the New
Craft

Now that the British government
has admitted that it is building sub
marine boats the Nickers company has
and OTHER 'hsfT aa9EaHissted & aimenSons
63 feet inches long, have IL feet 0
inches beam and have submerged dis
placement of 100 tons. The main en-
CINE, OF the gasoline type, will be of
l6o-horse power. The boats will car
ry enough fuel to enable them to
steam 400 knots. The maximum sur.
face speed will be nine knots. The
main motor will be electric, giving
submerged speed of seven knots.
Means will be provided for expellino
torpedoes under variety of condi
tons. The armament of these heats
VIII consist o, single torpedo expul-
sion tube located in the bow of the
vessel They will be able to carry five
torpedoes, each II feet inches long.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
GETS TIE DUCHESS coRsETs.
Father of Manchester's Bride Pre-
vents Public Sale by Pay
ing Duty.

Many women who hoped to bid in
the duchess of Manchester's three
pairs of Partisan corsets at the sale
of unredeemed articles in bond at the
United States customs collectors
office at Cincinnati were disappoint-
ed. Eugene Zimmerman, father Of
the fair duchess, took the corsets out
of bond, paying the 5000 duty. They
had been on hand year, and were
really forfeited to the government
for the unpaid duty, but the customs
officers and the railroad magnate
came to an agreement.
For some reason the duchess did
not value the Partisan articles to the
extent of paying $3.4o a pair in duty.
Mr.. Zimmerman refuses to talk, but
it is understood mention of the fact
that the duchess corsets were to be
sold at auction was distasteful to him
and he determined to head off further
exploiting of the subject.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
MAKES NEW ARTIFICIAL FUEL
Lowell Chemists Product Resembles
Coal, but liz Cheaper and
Better

Dr. George NJ. Randall, a chemist
OF Lowell, Mass, has discovered a
method of producing an artificial fuel
resembling bituminous coal at a cost
OF much less than the ~rice of coal
In the states where it is mined. The
ne" substance is composed of min
erai products now abundantly distrib-
uted throughout the earth.
The manufacture of this "synthet-
ical'' coal has already passed the ex-
perlmental stag and is produced in
commercial quantities. 1t has been
tested in the engines of New Eng
land city fire department, and also in
smelling iron ore in large quantities.
1t was demonstrated to produce rom
II to y per cent. more heat units.
pound per pound, than bituminous
coal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
NOVEL NAVAL TEST PLANNED.
Value OF Submarine Boats TO BE Test
ed Thoroughly by the French
Government

The naval authorities of France are
preparing to test the efficacy of rapid
firing guns against submarine boats,
especially at depth at which the lat
ter are supposed to be invulnerable.
A hulk built after the model of the
submarine boat Gymnote is being con-
at L'Orient for the purpose,
1t will be moored at varying depths
and subjected to plungiug fire. The
results of the experiments are to be
relied upon as affording guidance in
shaping the tactics of submarine
boats.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

The theory that surnames were
awarded and not chosen finds support
in the familiar legend of the ancient
Welsh prince who gathered the people
of Wales together, and gave to one
elan the name of Morgan, to another
that of Griffith, to another Thomas, to
another Williams, and 50 on, until
finally he became weary, and said:
LET all the rest be called Jones. The
Smiths must have come in later on,
but they have outstripped the others.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

! Elroy, Wis, had scare the other
evening when five stalwart females
Carrie Nationed the saloons of the
place. The unwelcome visitors were
thoroughly disguised and threatened
all sorts of things unless the saloon
Keepers promised to close their places
of business. There was great excite.
ment until it was discovered that the
supposed women were well-known
men of the place, including an ex.
mayor
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

A queer instance of improper infiu-
ence said to have been exerted upon a
juryman comes from New Haven. The
jury in certain civil case, went. to
Fairhaven to visit the house of the de-
PENDANTS. There, according to the
counsel for the plaintiff, one of the
parties to the suit gave one of the
Jurors piece of pie. This piece of
pie is the ground upon which motion
to set aside the verdict is founded.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

A novel cure for the toothache was
inadvertently applied by a dentist
at fremont, N. Y, recently. A man
suffering from raging tooth called
at the dentists house at night, for
got to ring the bell, found the outer
door open, entered the hail. uninten-
tionally stepped on burglar alarm
and thus brought the dentist to the
dark hall with pistol in his hand.
The dentist threatened to shoot, and
the visitor was SO terrified that the
ache departed from his chattering
teeth
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

A recent report says that a New
Jersey iceman lately had 20 square
inches of skin removed from his body
and grated on to that of his wife.
who was severely burned recently. In
case of this kind it is safe to OBJ
serve that nobody would like to be
the iceman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

A book has just been completed at
Los Angeles in which California vis-
itors to the Buffalo exposition next
summer will register. 1t is the larg-
est book ever bound, being 30 inches
long, % inches wide and IS inches
thick, is of 1000 pages and weighs
400 pounds.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

A company playing one of Hoyt's
farce comedies in the west has hang
Or which reads: Everybody goes to
"A Hole in the Ground. One of these
hangers found appropriate display in
the window of an undertaken in a
Kansas town, and the editor of local
paper opines that the joke is better
than anything in the play.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
Violation of n Law of war.

Bombardment of the residence por-
tlons OF towns, now forbidden by the
laws OF war, has been repeatedly
practiced in spite Of this prohibit
ton. (.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

During recent smallpox scare in
the south the mayor of small town
in Alabama took the extra ordinary
precaution Of appointing all the con-
ductors on city and suburban lines
as quarantine officers, and all per-
sons coming from adjacent infected
districts We're required TO show a
health certificate before being al
lowed to enter the CITY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

"A professor in Cornell university
has been discussing in print the ques-
ton w h h er a
farm can be made
EARNS to pay. He thinks
It can, but with some mental reserva-
lions on the subject of what it means
to have farm pay" He says of
one of his early experiences with his
farm: Half of country life is in the
living. 1t is in the point of view. 1t
is in the way in which we look at
things. Thoreau rejoiced when it
rained because he knew that his
beans We're happy. One day my man
was agitated because the woodchucks
were eating the beans. He would go
to town at once and buy gun. l
asked him how many beans the wood
chucks would probably destroy. He
thought from one-eighth to onc-quar-
ter of an acre. Now, one-quarter Of
an acre of field beans should bring
me net cash return of three or four
dollars. / told him that he could not
buy gun for that money. If lie had a
gun he would waste more time killing
the woodchucks than the beans would
be worth. But the worst part of it
would be that he would kill the wood
chucks, and at daylight morning aft
er morning I had watched the ami
mails as they stole from the bushes,
sniffed the soft morning air and
nibbled the crisp young leaves. Many
a time I had spent twice four dollars
formuch less entertainment. Myneigh-
Dor thought that I ought to cut out
the briers in the fence corner. told
him that liked to see the briers
there. He remarked that some folks
are fools. replied that it is fun to
be FOOL
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16
No Sure Things.

This race problem" said the
thoughtful man, SIS problem in very
truth"
That's So" replied the man whose
clothes were able to speak for them.
selves, mo matter what systems a.
nettin' You follow you're bound to git
1 u, down some day or other."--
Philadelphia Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-16

When quail are out of season in
Missouri it is said the frst-class res
taurants in Kansas City offer Snow
birds to their patrons. 1t is said
that the flavor of the snowbrd is
identical with that of the quail.