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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14

The husband is q, sensitive animal, and
must be treated delicately, and with
finesse. Lack of knowledge of this fun
damental point has been the means of
spelling many promising specimens.
There are a few standard rules to be
observed. Firstly, the *sSsly repeating
to ones self the fact mat he is not
an angel any more than we are, that
he has his little weaknesses, and that
these must be considered if We are to
expect him to consider ours. AS a rule,
his expressions Of preference are IN
minor matters, and require but sinai.
concessions. If these arc refused on the
ground of foolishness or unreasonable
ness. the man feels that he has just
cause TO be aggrieved, and when his turn
comes he viii probably retaliate in kind
On the contrary, the unimportant point
being sweetiy conceded, the husband
feels that he is tile life partner ot q
woman of discernment and grace, anu
he viii be delighted TO show his appTe-
citation in substantial form. The great
principle on which it is wise to work
with husbands is that If YOU give way
TO them in small matters, you VIII be
able to do as YOU like in the greater.
A man is very like q child;> he likes
his creature comforts, he likes Smiles
and gentleness, he likes TO feel that he
is being consulted, and that his opinion
has weight in the house. Let him feel
satisfied in these points, and when there
is u serious matter at issue. III ninety
nine cases out Of hundred lie VIII let
you have your way.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14


Marital troubles are rarely over great
or important matters: analyzed and re-
duced to early beginnings. they general
ly spring from absurd trifles. which. if
treated humorously on one side, or quiet
ly ignored. would never mature to the
dignity of a disturbance. II young wives
would cultivate sense of humor, it
would do more to bring them happiness
than all their beauty and accomplish
ments.
Above all things, don't nag great
many wives would be very indignant if
accused of so doing. not realizing that
their methods of objecting and tauitfind-
ing are deserving of such an ugly and
opprobrious name. Wives get into the hab-
tilt sounds strange aud unnatural, but
is undoubtedly truce Directing 10 thing
simply because it is suggested by the
other side OF the house; it is habit TO
be nipped in the bud, to be carefully
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14

II the uaaj1rit& Of cases, too. if you
submit quietly 10 oHe or other OF HIS
Vagsliss. ne VIII Sc the fooiishness OF
it himself; for example. ne comes home
tired and cross, and tumbles over the
settee in the parior; - that thing;
he calculates, What an absurd, useless
thing it is! I can't imagine what You
want to stick the room up with such per-
fectly outrageous trash for; why don't
you put the thing in the fire." The set
tee is quietly removed, by ana by. and
he misses it. BY this time he has had
his dinner. and is in a normal state OF
mind. Where is that jisger-mirandy
thing that used to be near the door,
Maria?' The question is expected, and
the wife answers calmly: You seemed
to dislike it, dear, SO had it put away.
why YOU sweet child to pay so much
attention to my whoins. replies the gra
titled partner of her joys and sorrows;
what a wife YOU arc." And kisses are
in order. Needless to say, the settee Is
restored to It's former position OF proml-
nence. The hasty word resented IS an
insult to the treasured piece OF furniture.
recriminations and angry tears. and that
settee would ranlz!e ard irritate, like a
needle in SOFT flesh.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14

Annie Walden, who killed her husband,
James Walden, a horse trainer as a re
suit of jealousy. was convicted OF muir
der in the second degree by a jury deeply
impressed by Mr.. Howe's plea Ella Net
son and Michael ]. Considinc, clients of
Mr.. Howe, were acquitted after eaeh had
tried to plead guilty of murder in the
second degree and the plea had been re-
iected. as the District Attorney insisted
that they should be punished with death
Others whom Mr.. Howe defended includ-
ed Chastine Cox. Jerry O'Brien, Bernard
]. Fitzpatrick. Lebruto Calleser, Burton
y. Webster and Martin Thorn. In his
life of a young man named Gautier, who
Killed his sweetheart in an East Side hotel
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
A Doctors Little Daughter
Cured Of Grip bv Pe-ru-na.

DR.. r.. Robbins, Physician and Surgeon
of Muskogee, Indian Ter. writes:
Il have been practicing physician for
a good many years and was always slow
to. take hold Of patent medicines, but
this winter my little' girl and myself were
taken with the grip. was so bad l
was not able to sit up. I sent for doc
tor, but he did; me mo- good.
Finally I sent and got a bottle of
Peruna' and commenced to take it. l
took two, bottles and my cough was gone
and my lungs loosened up and my head
became clear. My little girl took the
1T looked as thoagh she would die:
she was so sick.- gave her medicine;
but 1t seemed TO- do her little good, SO
l sent and got one. more bottle OF Pc
rana and commenced TO give it to her.
1t was only q short time until she was
getting along all right, 50 give your
medicine; Peruna,. tie praise for what
1t did for me end my dear little dauqh-
fer. Dr.. r. Robbins.
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MAKING MAPLEaSUGAR
Method of Gathering the Sap and
Boiling the Sirup. t%

Method of Gathering the Sap and
Boiling the Sirup. 81
Maple sugr and strip are favorite
sweets the country over, and this fact
gives general interest to some infor.
nation about the maple sugar industry
which has practical value also for the
sections where this particular kind of
sugar-making prevails. An American
Cultivator correspondent supplies the
following details:
The evaporation is the first and most
important consideration. The point to
be considered in an evaporation is the
one that can make the best sugar in the
least possible time with the leastamount
of fuel. Evaporators are made of gal
vanized iron or steel, copper or tin.
They are usually supported on iron
arches lined with brick, but sometimes
the arches are made entirely Of brick.
Storage tanks, draw tanks, strip tanks,
buckets and pals are of galvanized
steel, tin or wood. We consider gal.
vanized steel the superior article be-
cause it will not rust. Bucket covers can
be Of wood or tin; spouts, steel or tin.
Take sugar place of 5000 trees or,
rather, one that uses 5000 buckets.
When the ''boss" thinks it is time to
sugar." the men are set to tapping the
trees. A three-eighths or one-half inch
bit is used, and in large trees the hole
is bored about two inches deep. in
smaller trees only about one and half
inches. Spouts are driven or screwed
in, buckets hung to each spout and eoy-
ers. if they have them.
Some trees are tappepd in two or
three and oftentimes four places, hang
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ever to make our speech kindly, even
when obliged to find fault "a blow
with word strikes deeper than a
blow with sword" We shall never
err by speaking too kindly. These
nagSers are often kind at heart and
would not willingly wound another
They have formed the habit uncon-
sciously and are not aware Of how
frequently they indulge in that kind
of talk. It does not occur to them
that any one may take further mean
ing than they have meant, or that any
part Of it will be taken seriously. 1t
is unavoidable. however, that this is
So
The nagging habit is the real reason
why some women find it difficult to re-
tain servants. 1t is for the sharpness
of their tongues that some really ex-
cellent people are avoided and disliked
in society. People dread the tongue
lashngs that slip so easily from the
lips and without real malice, but they,
nevertheless, cut deep. Let us put
guard on ourselves and see that this
habit of sarcastic speech and nagging
is not ours. The Chinese have say
ing that "A mans conversation is the
mirror of his thoughts There Is a
truth in it. II we habitually talk in
certain way, we grow to be that way
in Observation-Disclosures Journal.
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When q Man Falls Down,

when Man Falls Down.
Slippery sidewalks tend to bring out
emphatically one of the peculiar sides
of human nature. No matter how much
the fall Injuries a man physically, it
seems Us nothing to the damage to his
self-esteem if perchance his misfortune
happens to be witnessed by some one
else. The first thing the unfortunate
does after picking himself up is to look
all about him with an idiotic smile on
his face, just as if he took the whole
thing as joke, but anxious to see if
any one has seen his tumble.
If there happens to be some one near
by who has witnessed the fall the smile
vanishes, and there is display of tenn
per that is ludicrous. 1t is his hat that
suffers. 1t is pounded instead of BRUSH
ed, as if that hat was responsible for
the humiliation. or as if he could. get
square with the hat by ''roughhouse'
sort of brushing. If, however, no one. is
In sight, and no face is seen at a VIM
dow, the unfortunate goes his way af-
ter few preliminary limps, as if the
thing was a matter-of-course incident,
that must be taken good-naturedly in
common with the other trifiing affairs
Of a lifetime. The result is about the
same when soft, slushy SNOWFALL,
hurled by small boy, finds it's mark
on the broad back Of an otherwise dig
nlned Observation-Disclosures Star:
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The Origin of "Buck.RoarfR ~


There are few persons" says SOL
dfer who, long since returned to civic
ranks, "who know how the name Of
blackboard came to be applied to We
hicle. 1t was way back in the zoos,
when the transportation of goods,
wares and merchandise was principally
all by wagons. DR.. Buck, who for long
years after was the military storekeep-
er here, was then in charge Of stores
en- route to army posts in the South
west. In east Tennessee difficulty was
experienced by reason Of the rough
roads. and there were frequent mis-
haps, mostly from the wagons over
turning. DR.. Buck overhauled the out
fit, and abandoning the wagon bodies,
long boards were set directly on the
axles or hung below, and the stores
were reloaded in such a manner that
there were no further delays from
brea kdowns, and the stores safely
reached their destination. The idea
doubtless was not new, but DR.. Buck
example was followed, especially when
roads were rough, and soon much haul
ing was done by the use of wheel, axle
and boards only. Now the fashionable
blackboard recalls the old gentleman
to some Of us."-Washington Star.
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this, two Of the passengers in the held
up stages knew something of Black
Bart when he held central California
in terror 20 years ago, and, from his
speech and figure, are sure that their
rObber is the noted bandit. Moreover,
no one seems to know what has be-
come Of him since his release from
San Quentin prison, where he had been
sentenced for eight years.
The trial of Black Bart for highway
robbery in Visalia. Cal, in May, 1884,
revealed mass of information about
this unusual bandit. For II years high
way robberies by Black Bart had taken
place at intervals and in least expect
ed localities, all the way from Port
land, Ore, to Yuma, Ariz.
His arrest came about in this vay.
In March. 1884, the stage coach that
Travelled the rough road over the DESC
late hills and through the lonely
guIclles from gold mining cam D in
the Sierras to Marysville, CAL. was
held up by masked, lone highway
man, whom the driver and all the pas
sengcrs recognized by his manners and
speech as none other than Black Bart.
The veteran highwayman had reduced
his mode of robbery to science, and
when he had quickly harvested a crop
of gold watches, purses and bits of
jewefry, he shouted to the driver to
go ahead.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
while they We're excitedly. discussing
Black Bart's latest hold-up.

while they were excitedly. discussing
Black Bart's latest hold-up.
The outlaw was convicted and be-
cause Of his confession and apparent
determination to lead q new life he was
sentenced to San Quentin prison for
only eight years. He was a model pris-
oner, and he earned all the commuta-
tions Of his sentence for good conduct.
He was liberated in July. $780, For a
few days he lived in Sacramento, wait
ing, he said, until he got some money
from Eastern relatives, when he meant
to go to Seattle and earn an honest liv-
ing. Then the man disappeared.
There is no doubt in the minds of
the officials who participated in Black
Bart's capture before, but that the ac-
complished stage robber is again at
work and will once more lead the Of
ficers of the law a merry chase before
he is apprehended
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orators by rubber hose or iron pipe, the
flow Of sap from storage tank to evap-
orators being regulated by automatic
valves. Thust he sap enters one end Of
the evaporation, working back and forth
through partitions and corrugations till
it reaches the other end Of the evap-
orator, when it is drawn off as ''sirup."
The sap is not 'handled'' any from
the time the men pour it into the draw
tanks until it comes out finished ar
ticle, i. e., made sirup at eleven pounds
to the gallon.
This may be put away in strip tanks
and allowed to cool and settle, and then,
if the sugar is wanted, this strip is put
into the 'sugaring off, pan on separ-
ate arch and boiled down until the right
pitch is reached. when it Is taken from
the fire, stirred gently and allowed to
cool and then put into tin cans or wood
en- tubs. and it is then ready for market
In the form Of maple sugar.
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ing a bucket to each spout, Of course.
Then, the weather being right, the sap
runs, and the teams are started as soon
as possible, for the quicker the sap is
made into sugar the better the sugar is.
Men with pals holding sixteen quarts
go to each tree, collect the sap and
empty it into the draw tank, which is
being hauled about on "sugar sled'',
by pair of horses. These tanks hold
anywhere from twenty-five to fifty pail
fuls. When load is secured, the team
is driven to the sugar houses, and the
sap, by means of four-inch pipes, is
drawn from the draw tank to the stor-
age tank.
The storage tanks are placed on
staging on the outside of the sugar
house and connected with the evap-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
NAGGING.

One of the Sins that Destroy Home
Comfort.
There is one exceedingly disagree
able habit into which some people fall
without seeming to notice it. This is
nagging. They cannot say what they
have to say and then let it alone, but
keep pecking and pecking at it on ev-
cry occasion and if occasions do not
arise naturally, they make them. In
this nagging, sarcasm, or irony, bear
Il leading part. \ thing may be said
once or twice as pleasant raillery, in
a genial humor, but when repeated
over and over it ceases to be fun. 1t
then cuts. Sarcasm is a two-edged
tool; it cuts and wounds the one at
whom it is aimed, and it irritates and
roughens the one who uses it. 1t is
dangerous tool for one to use who
wishes to be either kind or just 1t
comes easily to the lips and the in
tellect takes certain kind of delight
in >aptness, ingenuity or sharpness It's
use grows on one. At least the habit
becomes so tabitual that it is used
unconsciously. However good-natured
one seems to take it, it is almost GER
tain to leave sting; there is wound
that hurts. Struggle against it as one
will, there will often be an impression
carried that some part of it is meant in
earnest
Too often do all Of us wound the
feelings of others by carelessness in
speech. We cannot too carefully
guard ourselves against the nagging
habit. 1t rasps and wears out the
best of dispositions. Let us endeayor
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When the coach had rumbled out Of
sight on the way down the mountain
side Black Bart turned his attention
to splitting open the wooden box con-
tanning the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany's treasure Something must have
disturbed the highwayman while he
was gathering up the money from the
treasure box, for when the stage coach
passengers had armed themselves at
the next station and hurried back to
the scene, later in the day, they found
among the debris of papers, empty
purses and wrappings of parcels a
linen cuff. The robber evidently had
dropped it in hurried fight to his
refuge.
The cuff was turned over to the eX-
press company detectives They found,
after weeks Of inquiry, that the indeli-
bic laundry marks were those of a
Chinese laundry on Bush street. in
San Francisco. When the detective
had learned from the Chinese laundry
man that the marks on the cuff indi-
H. Bolton, a regular patron of the
laundry, they set about to hunt up
Mr.. Bolton. 1t came out that Charles
K. Bolton, who owned the cuff, was a
quiet, unobtrusive, spare man of about
50 years. He lived in a modest and
quiet boarding house, where sedate,
old-fashiOned business men had rooms,
and every one there was his friend.
When a detective Went to live in the
same boarding house he found that
MI Bolton was studious man, lived
a correct life, was a reader of new
books, dabbled in poetry, and every
few weeks went away to visit one Of
the several little mines about Califor-
MIA in which he had investments. Boil
ton was an expert whist player, and
evidently he had travelled far and wide
In his early life. His hobby was water
colors, and he spent whole days in
painting bucolic scenes alone in his
rooms. Then when he had dined in
style along with the other bachelors in
the boarding house he went alone to
ulkS OuVl1tCA, uC1t AG lOOh luc least
conspicuous seat. He never got mail
and never sent letters. but he devoured
the daily newspapers at times. Never.
theless it did not take the detective
long to connect this quiet, polished gen
tleman with the most dreaded outlaw
in California.
For II years he had kept half the
sheriffs and constables, a lot of detec
tives, and all the United States mar
sh1ls In California ceaselessfy watch
full for fresh deed by Black Bart
He had many time walked down t.
q bcal bank carrying snug fortune
in hls gripsack-the proceeds of q re
cent AFFAIR out on 1.-THE road"-pas
h1D1Eeas OF San. Francisco people
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part OF her little hoard of savings, and.
lin spite OF all my protests, paid It to a
gypsy woman on the outskirts of
Brooklyn for a charm. This charm con-
sisted of a piece Of parchment, on
which were written some queer char
:acters. The whole was tied I'D in a lit.
tie bag and was suspended by a string
around the patients neck. When she
showed it to ME laughed the> thing to
!scorn and tried to show her how foolish
she was to pay hard-earned money to
miserable quack. l could not convince
her of the folly. however. and so gave
up the effort. trusting to time to prove
Inc right.
1.-THE neighbors of the woman with
the swollen knee soon heard of her
gypsy charm, and one Of them who had
an eruption Of the skin which had long
detied the power Of medicine to remove
it begged for copy Of the charm. The
first woman was ready to do this favor
to her fellow-sufferer, and as neither
could read nor write they used Il
1O-year-old son OF one of them to make
the copy. This boy had been attending
a public school. and his parents were
exceedingly proud Of his ability to read
and write American But the lad could
make nothing of the gypsy writing on
the parchment. He was equal to the
occasion, however. and showed he had
the making of true merican, for he
would not acknowledge defeat. What
he wrote was This is know good
1T was not until some time after
ward that I heard of this, when the
woman with the skin trouble was show
ing me the copied charm. When saw
the trick the boy had played on both
Of them thought my vindication had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-07
BEAUTIFUL chill DREN
Made Well and Strong BY Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. schafer, 1876 Pope Ave, st. Louis
Mo-, writes, r.. -. -":'
I'm the early part of last year 1 wrote
to you for advice for my daughter Alice,
four years of age. !
"She has been puny, sickly, ailing
child since her birth. She had convul-
sions and catarrhal fevers. was always
doctoring until we commenced to use
Peruna. She grew strong and well.
Peruna is a wonderful tonic; the best
medicine I have ever used."-Mrs.
Schafer. = ~
Mrs. G. E.. Long,. the mother of little
Nina Long, writes from Atwood, Colo.,~
as follows: Z; #.~s
1--WE can never thank you enough for
the change you have made in our little
ones health. Before she began tax
ing your Peruna she suffered every
thing in the way of coughs, colds and
Group, but now she has taken not quite
bottle of Peruna, is we'll and strong as she
has ever been in her life. She has not had
4 @Peruna, and when she has q little cold
afew doses of Peruna fixes her out all
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ran2ement Of the bowels. She. was g.
mere skeleton and we did not think she
would ever get we'll. After giving her
less than one bottle of Peruna she was
sound and well. Now she has asQood
appetite and is q picture of health. 1"
Mrs. Heard, also writes in regard. to. her
son, Carl:
my sons ears had been affected
since he was baby only a fewymont bs
old. The last year thought he, had
almost lost hts hearing and had aIocal
physician treating him for about six
weeks. Finally began giving him your
remedy, and after he had taken, two,
bottles He was entirely cured. I cannot
praise Reruna enough. "-Mrs. G.. ",
Heard.
If you do not receive prompt and. satis--
factory RESULTS from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to- give you his valuable adj
vice GRATIS.
! Address Or. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. o.
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A Smart Mans Clever Ruae

II saw your wife in car with you
the other day." said a friend to the
gay Wall street broker. II thought she
was going to stay South over the holt
days."
"She thought so, too," and the brok-
er smiled. ''She was with friends down
there for a long time, and kept writ
ing me not to tell her to come back
just yet"
How did you manage it,"
Il didn't write for her to come back
l just sent her last months gas bill.
1t was for II cents. She got here two
days later, and her trunks have been
coming in on every train since"
Then they both smiled.-Nev York
Press.
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THE POWER OF SUPERSTITION.

The Gypsy Charm and Its ALLEGED
Miraculous Cure.
Superstition is force to be reckoned
with and not despised by those who Ia
Dor for the good Of the poor in the large
cities. A philanthropic woman Of New
York tells the following experience:
"A poor Italian housewife, living in
Mulberry street, had a swelling Of the
knee. She told me Of her trouble and
I gave her the address Of a free dispens-
ary, where she went for treatment. The
treatment did not cure her and she
drew out from the savings bank larRe