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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-17
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Realistic.


deal more.-Saturday Evening Post.
Realistic.
Mamma-For goodness sake, Elsie,
why are you shouting in that disgrace
full fashion? Why can't you be quiet
like Willie?
Elsie-He has TO be quiet the way
we're playing. He's papa coming home
late, and I'm you.-Philadelphia Press
Can You Say Thise Try 1t.
How much pleasanter it is to sit in a
cab and think how much pleasanter 1t
is to sit in a cab than it Is to be walk
ing. than it is to be walking and think
how much pleasanter 1t is to sit in
cab than 1t is to be walking.
His Gray Hairs.
Sunday School Teacher-Remember,
children, always respect gray hair.
Tommy Traddles-Well, my pa does
not
Sunday School Teacher Gin astonish-
menO-What makes you think thatF
Tommy Traddles-He dyes bis whis-
kers.-Exchange.
His Last Venture.
"What is our old friend Hardup doing
nowadaysT
"Oh, he's gone into real estate"
'Thats the very last thing l should
have supposed he'd do"
at was. He's dead."-New YORK
Times.
He Was the Only One.
''Did they have goat when yor
| Joined the lodge, Dozer?"
"M'm-well, they had a scapegoat-"-
Philadelphia Bulletin. y,-
| Didn't Get the Credit.
81 was sorry l sent Ellen such an
expensive wedding present"
"Why were your
"Why, she went and placed them or
exhibition without the donors cards.
philadelphia Bulletin.
Easily Accounted For.
Blobbs--He says he would rather
fight than eat
Slobbs-Pugnaclous, eb?
Blobbs-No; Observation-Disclosures
Record. >
Il
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Fayorite Nearly Everywhere.

FaYorite Nearly ETeryWhero.
Constipation means dulness, depression, head
sohs generally disoIdersi health. DeWitt's
Little Early Rissrs stimulate the liver, open
the DO Jels and relieve this condition. Safe,
speedy and thsroagh. They never grippe.
Fsyoiite pills For sale. BY E. 8. LeAd5ssier
a Son.
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No man can be brave who considers
pain the greatest evil Of life or tenn
perate who regards pleasure as the
highest good.-Cicero.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-17

Commencing Tuesday, December, "a, 1so1'
the steamer
POTOMAC
Will lesve Alexandria
EVERY THURSDAY at A p. N.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL The USUAL
RIVER LAND NGS.
Cuisine and appointments un Icelled'
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited aud handled with care.
Through rates and bills OF lading issued,
Single fare to Baltimore, 81 round trip
50 ststerooms one way, 81. Meals, Soc
WIN. n. REARDONr Agent,
lei Strand.
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0ANNED PEAS.-smsl and extra small
CANNED PEAS for sale .. reduced
,rjc.s b. ]. O MILBURN
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By the time we get what we want In
life we want something else a great
deal more.-Saturday Evening Post.
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The Century Magazine
will make Of 1902 year of
HUI M OR.
CONTRIBUTORS to the year of Humor (,
"Msrk wsin," F. P. Dunno ('Mr. Dooley'l,
Ioel Chandler harris ("Oncle Bemus'), Ed
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wbitcomb Riley, Paul Laurence Dunbar,
9elett Burgess, Frank b. Stockton, TUDOR
jerks, Ellis Parker Butler, Carolyn Wells,
Harry e. Edwards, Chester BAILEY teinalo'
Charles Bsttell Locmis, Oliver HeTford,
Elliott Flower, Albert Bigelow Paine, Beatrice
Herfora.
THE WEST
illustrated by Remington.
Interesting Papers on
SOCIAL LIFE IN NEW YORK.
80 Personsl Articles on
PRESIDENTS MCKINLEY AND
ROOSEVELT.
A great year OF the greatest OF american
msesEines begins In November, 1901, mat
issue of the new volume. Any reader Of thii
advertisement will receive copy OF beau,
tiful b.s1klet printed in six colors, sivisg fuil
plans OF THE CENTURY In 1902, by sd
dressing st once
THE CENTURY co.,
Onion Square, New York.
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About 100000 trees are annually
planted by Swedish school children I'M
der the guidance of their teachers.
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1929 Eichberg, Isaac
20 Emmert, W q Co
129 Entwisle, Chas
1O4a Episcopal High Schoo
1872 Fsnnon, 7 J
80 Field & Co, II K
27a Fisher Brothers
55 First National Bank
1859 Fleischmann Hotel
66a Fleischmsnn Hotel
1907 French, Geo 8
1875 Gibson, Richard
1899 Gibson, Emily n Misc, residence 100
Duke
1852 Griffin, Mrs BllsV
1913 Gibson, DR. VIM.
1862 German, DR. r A
102 Green, DIR Louis 3
10l6 GriHiB, WI
80 Hammond, W & Sons
2b Harlow, NJ B & Co
1873 Havenner Baking Co.
85a Harlow Brothers
43 Harper, F
75a Hellmuth Brothers
Goa Hill, J NJ
20 Hill. JIM & Co
1869 Hill, Frank NJ
1O3ls Hill, Fora
1889 Hooff, Chas
1889 Howard, Clifton 7
1869 Jsnney, p
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1011S johnson, DR. Albert
1094s Kelly, james
13 Kirk, II
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II King, Charles, rssideros
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1074s Kramer, Mrs Frederick
40" Kretol Chemical Co. Prince & Fairfax
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Union.
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1O95s Peck, VIII
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Farmers at COLLEGE.

A number of agricultural colleges re-
port that many of the students taking
the short winter course are men who
are operating farms. many of them
men who own the farms they work.
This indicates that farmers are begin
ming to realize that they must keep up
with the modern methods. 1t is frank
~ admitted that some of the more adj
vanced methods in some lines cannot
be adapted to ali cases, but there is not
farmer in the country but who would
give considerable if he had some knowl-
edge of agricultural chemistry. Fur
ther, it is hardly probable that any in
telligent man could attend one of the
colleges for this short course and not
learn enough on general lines to pay
him well for the expense. One of the
best fruit growers in New York State,
man who has made a comfortable
sum for his work during the last dozen
years, is taking the short course at
Cornell College. He agreed that he
knew considerable about fruit growing,
but said that he was rot so strong on
agricultural chemistry as he should be
and wanted more knowledge in this di-
rection that he might know better now
TO use commercial fertilizers. He fig.
ured that he would be reimbursed for
his expense in single purchase of fer
tilizer, for the knowledge gained would
enable him to buy more intelligently.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Winter Butter Making.

Cream for churning must at all times
be kept above the freezing point or
there is difficulty getting the butter
For small Cummings, where the milk
is kept in pans, the method of a New
York State prize butter maker is a good
one to follow. Have a few extra pans
and in each put a half pint of boiling
water; then strain the milk into this
pan, and so on with the other pans
These pans of milk should have the
cream removed in ten or twelve hours
and when a churning is ready set the
quantity over a boiler of hot water and
stir it occasionally. Keep it over the
hot water until it tests 70 or so degrees
by the thermometer One of the other
troubles in winter butter making comes
from trying to churn the product of
cows that are near calving, and this is
particularly hard to overcome. indeed,
unless decided change can be made
in the feed given the animal it will be
useless to expect anything but trouble
in churning. An increase in the bran
portion of the ration and the addition
of some green food will likely improve
the consistency of the milk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Cow Peas for the Orchard.

While the usual plan of intelligent or
chardists is the best under normal con
ditions-that of the shallow cultivation
between the trees during the summer
there are times and certain conditions
where the cowpeas would be of the
greatest value Take. for example, soil
badly run down; here cowpeas. sown
late in May or early in June. would be
more valuable to the soil than summer
cultivation, for they would add much.
needed nitrogen to it and conserve the
moisture in the soil quite as well as the
summer cultivation. Then, if the tops
were cut in the fall, early, the stubble
and roots turned under and the ground
sown to a cover crop, the result would
be seen the following season. 1t is true
that it might be necessary to cut the
cowpeas green, in order to get in the
cover crop early enough. but even then
the growth during the hot weather will
have done the soil an immense amount
OF good
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

A remedy that would act imme3iAsrssg
upon the congestetl mucous membrane.
restoring K to its normal state. wotsat
consequently cure all these Diseases
Catarrh is catarrh wherever leSsteRs.
whether il be in the head, throat, arass,
stomach. kidneys, or pelvic organs a.
remedy that viii cure it in one aocA&a@n
will cure It in all lDcatians.
Perbsla is such remedy The S5sAs~S
Of CHI Atty know this When CATARRHAL
disease make their appearance fhey Ese
not Disconnected, but know exactly rlans
remedy 20 use. These wise ana psUaeEss
Sisters have found Peruna a neyVr-fNla-
ing safeguard They realize thAs WasaaE
is theSremedy. Dyspepsia ana gdsDaan
weakness are considered by many 80 tle
entirely different dlseases-that 6ysSrp-
STA is at9rrh Of the stomach and ffFSl2ae
weakness is due to catarrh Of the pF2giSc
organs the Sisters are fully aware. gssc-
sequently Peruna is their remesiy Rzs
both these very common and annoying.
diseases.
If YOU do not receive prompt ana Sns1s-
factory results from the use OK PsEWase.
write at once TO DR.. Hartman. giving 81
full statement OF your case, and ae HlG
be pleased to give you his valuable nsa-
vice glatis.
Address DIR. Hartman, PresiUnpf 81
The Hartman Sanitarium, ColnmazssD
Ohio
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Dehorning Cows and Calves.

There has always been more or less
argument over the question of dehorn-
ing, and while it may be admitted that
the process is painful, and, in the case
of an adult animal, causes a shock to
the nervous system, it is not at all like
ly that the young calf suffers more
than momentary pain, and the process
certainly does not injure the animal in
any way. The process of preventing
the growth of the horns on the young
calf is to take the animal when it is
three or four weeks old, and after To-
eating the embryo horn with the finger,
rub the spot for a minute or two, or
until it gets quite red, with q stick of
caustic potash, which may be bought
at any drug store The potash should
be moistened slightly, hHt not enough
so that it will run, for it viii take off
the hair wherever it touches it. Wrap
the end held in the hand with a cloth,
to prevent burning the hand. The
work is quickly done, and if thoroughly
done, the horns viii not grow 1t is
generally considered that the age
named-about a months nearer the
right time than earlier and the work
should never be attempted with potash
after the calf is six or eight weeks cid
or after the button has assumed much
prominence
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Feeding Mash at Noon.

In no branch Of farming are we learn
ing new methods so rapidly as in poul-
try-keeping. Late last winter some ex-
periments were made in feeding pouI-
try the warm mash at noon instead of
in the morning or at night, as was tile
former custom, and, in the majority of
cases, the results were satisfactory.
When this plan was followed the morn
ing food consisted of a fair quantity
of grain scattered through chaff on the
floor so that the fowls would spend ap
hour or more scratching for their break
fast. At noon the mash, consisting of
several grains, such as bran, ground
oats and corn meal with some meat
meal, was mixed with some chopped
green food. and fed to the fowls while
quite warm. At night the ration was
liberal, and consisted of whole corn.
Plenty of fresh water was, of course.
provided during the day, and in all
other respects the fowls received the
best of care The results, as far as
the egg production was concerned, was
better than under other methods of
feeding. -indianapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Muscular Soreness.

As the result of oyer-exertion and ex-
posure to heat and cold, or from what
ever cause, may be treated successfully
by the timely application of st. Jacobs
Oil. A thorough rubbing is necessary.
The Oil should be applied vigorously, for
at least twenty minutes, two or three
times daily, when all pain, soreness, stiff
ness will be removed 1t will also
strengthen and harden the muscles. Foot
ball players, gymnasts and all athletes
will find st. Jacobs Oil superior to any
other remedy for outward application
for the reason that its action is more
rapid and its effect permanent. Thou
sands of people all over the world use
and recommend st. Jacobs Oil for muscu-
lar soreness. A twenty-ive-cent bottle
is quite sufficient TO prove its efficacy. In
cases where muscular soreness is compli-
Gated with any disease which requires an
alternative, Vogeler's Curative Com
pound should be taken. Prepared by the
St. Jacobs on Co., Baltimore, Nd, who
will send a sample free.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters all over the United
States. A recommend recently received
from Catholic institution in the South
west reads as follows:
A Prominent Mother Superior Says:
Il can testify from experience to the
efficiency of Peruna as one of the very
best medicines, and it gives me pleasure
to add my praise to that of thousands
who have used it. For years | suffered
with catarrh of the stomach, all RENE
dies proving valueless for relief Last
spring / went to Colorado, hoping to be
benefited by a change of climate and
while there a friend advised me TO try
Peruna. After using two bottles found
myself very much improved. The re-
mains of my old disease being now so
slight, consider myself cured. yet for a
while l intend to continue the use of
Peruna. | am now treating another
patient with your medicine. She has
been sick with malaria and troubled
with leucorrhoea. l have not a doubt
that cure will be speedily effected"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
For Her sistera, Sake.

Stendal, Ind. March 10.-Mrs. Sarah
A. Shrode of this place says:
II suffered much as many other
women do with Kidney and Bladder
Troubles. / tried many medicines. but
got no relief till / used Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Nine boxes of this remedy cured me
completely and feel it my duty to my
fellow women to make this statement.
II can heartily recommend them to
any woman suffering with Kidney and
Bladder Ailments"
The words of Mrs. Shrode viii be
good news to many of her suffering sis
tiers. Dodd's K,Caey Pills have proven
themselves to be sick women's best
friend. for they arc as effectual in all
cases OF Female We akness as in Blad-
der and Kidney Dis vase.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

A man who was bicycling in south
ern France was pushing his machine
up a steep Hill when he overlook a
peasant with a Noakey-cart. The pa
tent beast was making but little prog
ress, although it was doing its best
The benevolent cyclist. putting his
left hand against the back u the cart
and guiding his machine with the other
hand, pushed so hard that the donkey,
taking fresh courage. pulled his load
successfully up to the top.
When the summit was reached the
peasant burst into thanks to his bene-
factor.
''It was good of you. indeed, mon
sieur!" he protested. g should never
in the world have got up the hill with
only one donkey"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
LETTER FROM LowELL's FATHER


Gave Excellent Advice, Even Though
1t Was Not Acted Upon.
James Russell Lowell did not win
high rank of scholarship at Harvard. In
his college days the curriculum was
narrow and fixed. and a man of Low
els temperament. although he was by
no means indolent, could not confine
himself within strict limits, but reached
out into miscellaneous reading. He had
the happy faculty which geniuses may
exercise of going out of bounds; in or
der to broaden according to his own
tastes, he disregarded the discipline
which ordinary men cannot safely neg
lect.
When he was graduated he stood low
in his class, but had a greater knowl-
edge of the worlds literature than
many of his professors. His father. a
good gentleman of an earlier and more
methodical school, had stricter ideas
than his son was willing or able to live
up TO. A letter to the son, at a time
when Lowell was still too young to
show his special talents, is quoted in
Horace E. Scudders new life of the
author of The Bigelow Papers" The
letter contains good advice, even though
a great man like Lowell could ignore it
with impunity.
My dear son. writes the elder Low
ell. Il shall direct Charles to pay you
half dollar a week. If you are one of
the first eight TO be admitted to Phi
Beta Kappa (an honorary society for
the highest scholars) one dollar per
week as soon as you are admitted. If
you are not, to pay you seyenty-fiye
cents per week as soon as you are adj
mitted.
If you graduate one of the first five
in your class, shall give you 500 on
your graduation. If one of the first
ten, SIS. If one of the first twelve, $50.
If the first or second scholar, $500. If
you do not miss any exercises uneX-
cused, you shall have Bryant's 'Mythol-
ogy' or any book of equal value.
MY dear child | wish you to be faith
full to yourself. You can easily be a
fine scholar. Use regular exercise. AS
sociate with those who will exert the
best influence upon you. Say your
prayers and read your Bible every day.
l trust you have made up all your ex
ercises. If not, make them in one
week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

There Is 40 Vegeta bic
that pays better. The
Salzers annually dis
tribute nearly on e
eighth OF O million
lbs. of onion seed,
selling same at e0c.
and up per ID.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

"Eor grip and winter eatarrh especially II has
been OF greaf service 10 the inmates of this
Institution"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
A New Danger.

Every Improvement is fraught with
some new danger. The wire ropes
fastened to some of the most danger
Gus places in the mountains of the
Alps, while they form an important
safeguard, have been found to present
new danger as we'll They act as
lightning conductors, and several tour
lists were stunned during the past
summer, but none of the casualties
proved fatal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Artificial Ice.

Few people who are not in the BIZ s.
ness, and some who are. have but a
faint idea of the great increase in the
manufacture and sale OF artificial ice
in the decade from 1890 to 1900. The
census bureau says that in 1890 there
were ODD manufactures in the United
States, with a production valued at
81, 900,9S3 on an invested capital Of
50, SAC, 46S. In 1900 there were 7S6 ice
manufactures, producing $13, ,554
worth. with a capital Of SIS, 159, 324-
But we think this does not reduce the
demand for the natural product of our
waters as do the many cold-storage
plants which do not use ice. but cold
air We have not been able to find any
statement of their number or increase.
American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
OmciaI Exnedition.

Wife of Postmaster-Why weren't
you home to dinner to-day?
Postmaster-W you see, l had a
hurry call to Albany.
Wife-Didn't you know anything of
it when you went away from the
house this morning?
Postmaster-No 1 didn't look at that
letter you gave me to mail until l was
half way to the office, and when l saw
it was mark ed ''in haste" of course l
had to take the first train to the indi-
Gated destination and see that its in
structions were obeyed.-B Boston Cour-
Ter