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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

ON DYMER'S CREEK "a acres
good land, with two houses (total of II
rooms), good barn and all necessary out
ouiidings: Fruit trees and oyster shore.
Cost $4,000; will sell for much less.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

DIVIDING CREEK. .-35 acres on
west side, at $50 per acre. Term easy.
or acres oyster shore thrown In. No
buildings. Well fenced.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

20 ACRES-On Great wicomico river,
within IL miles of 8 steamboat wharyes'
stores and postoftice. Oyster rocks ali
around One acre of shore goes with
place. Convenient TO canneries. Can
be bought for $240. Quick sale.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

ON TAYLOR'S CREEK-Lsncaster
County, 25 acres land. some in cultiva.
tion and some wooded, small comforta-
BILE house and barn, aud acres OF oyster
shore fairly well seeded, TO be sold at a
low figure.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

! "MILLWOOD"-Iu lower Richmond
Co., convenient TO churches, schools and
postotiice. S65 acres. one. half cleared,
balance In hardwood and other timber.
Mill dam In center of tract. Navigable
creek within half mile. Soil light loan
and we'll adapted to early fruit and veg
etables. Tracts of mari on the place.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

TO SELL.-About 10 acres on Rap
pahan mock. opposite La Grange Greek
with lovely view. Land level and easily
cultivated. Is just opposite one of the
best oyster rocks on the river. Has a
valuable inlet from the river for raising
ducks, etc. Dwelling and brick base
ment (old fashioned). Other small build
ings and fences. Terms $12 per acre.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

LARGE OR SMALL FARMs-432
acres, as a whole or in thirds. On arm
OF chesapeake Bay. Good farm and
trucking land aud abundant oyster
shore, also timber land. Near schools.
wharf and postoffice.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

SPRUCE TIMBER-1e5 acres, near
kilmarnock, medium spruce timber, ex.
cellent for cord wood; old, but good house
on tract. Want TO sell land and timber
AT once.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

RAPPAHANNOCK FARM-0n Rap
pahan mock River about go miles below
Fredericksburg and 40 miles above
mouth. Has navigable creek some dis.
tance up into the farm. Splendid oyster
and fishing ground. Baltimore, Norfolk
and Fredericksburg steamers daily at
wharf and postoffice two miles distant
100 acres arabic, 90 marsh grazing land
aad wood land. Dwelling small. At
low figure for cash.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

BARREN NECK TRACT-A hun.
dred acres fairly good but small timber,
on the water. To be sold as a whole or
In small tracts.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

GOOD OYSTER PRoPERTY.-Ten
acres land, with good house and barn,
artesian well, ten acres good oyster
shore, oyster house on steamboat wharf,
batteau aud tongs-all to be sold cheRp'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-24

FARM NEAR BARNETT'S-Rus,
tract, 262 acres, nearly all small wood,
can be bought cheap now.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

1t was sixty years ago that England
abolished fiogging at sea; it has long
been abolished in our army and navy;
and now the Car of Russia has abol-
ished the harshest remnants of the
harbarbic punishments of former
times namely, castigatlon with cudg-
els and cat-o'-nine tails, claiming to
the car and shaving the head, which
were still inflicted for certain offenses
on persons eXlled to penal settlements
or To the mines. Castigation with the
cat-0'-ninc rails and even with cudgels
not infrelupnuy ended in DEATH and
was one OF the harsheSt forms of the
death penalty, being death by torture.
The abolition of the cudgel and of the
cat does not, however, mean the pro-
hibltion of corporal punishment alto
gether. The revised statute of June Is
preScribes chaStisement with birch
rods MP to 100 blows. Barbaric pun.
iShmont can be inflicted by birch rods,
if not as severely as hy eat" or cudg-
81, The better way would be to abol.
iSh punishment by flagellaton alto
ccthcr -Lesle's Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
"The Rest-Iaid Plans. |"

A story Is being told in London about
a man prominent in public life, whose
name may not he mentioned which H.
illustrates the insecurity of human pre-
paratiUns, lie was planning an enter
tainment, OH an elaborate scale, TO be
given 10 various friends In the neigh
horhood Of his country-scat. Unfortun-
ately, his nearest neighbor, a close re-
lative, is highly uncongcnial to himself
and his intimates. and he racked his
brains to devise n scheme by which he
might avoid the necessity of inviting
the undesirable cousin to be among his
guests
Il have it," he announced to his wife
at breakfast on the morning of the
event. I'll send him some tickets for
the play tonight in town. OF course
he'll be delighted as he seldom has an
opportunity Of going to the theater.
The tickets We're accordingly sent.
and the host. with an easy conscience.
proceeded to enjoy the company of his
friends But his satisfaction was OF
short duration At the height of the
festivities in walked the objectionable
neighbor.
such Il stupid mistake you made. :"
he announced. as he approached his
cousin; las soon as | heard about your
party | knew that you must have sent
me the tickets for the wrong night, SO
| got them changed for tomorrow
evening and came right over here as
soon rs | could"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
MISS GOULD GIVES PALMS.
Presents Fine Specimen to New York
Botanical Garden.

The collection of rare palms on cXhiM-
ton in the central and main building of
the. conservatory range III the New York
botanical garden was enriched last week
hy Miss Helen Gould. who presented 10
the garden five large palms from her con-
Scrvatorics in Iriu@tou. This is the
Culamu~ aSperriWu>. one of the rattan
palm~. which * also one of the COM
paratively few Of the species Of the
climbing habit The specimen at the
garden has already attained n height Of
some - feet. and bears leaves from e.
q feet in length In its native haunts
il clingS to the trunks OF the rougher-
b#r!ed or softer wooded trees, hut in
the garden ii will he trained to stake
Another specimen iS of the leaning date
palm. native to southeast Africa. II is
remarkable for the length and graceful
,utving of its dropping leaves \ com
paninu plant is like il in appearance. hut
Is native, To western tropical Africa. The
gourth is Il tall palm. rising 10 II height
nF - feet or moro and crowned with a
N.aH! spreading cluster of leaves 1t is
The 1oltirn fruiJed palm - named from
4h,, color of its larse clusters of small
fruits tt is native Of madagascar.
The iftu is a specimen Of the AleXan-
dga'S feather palm. ltS tall, smooth
irank has attained height OF some s
feet. and its crest of many long finely
.ut leaves makes il several feet higher,
ANA presents n broad area of deep green
foliage. II Is a native of Australia
New York flames.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

study OIL the Drlml-
tive peoples; and just how his inter-
est in these branches was awakened
Is rather curious.
Some people may recall DR.. Powell
who was famous as an ethnologist
When DR.. Keckeler was a young man
he had his attention drawn 10 Pow
ellis work, and was induced to take
mp that line of study together with
the attendant sciences of phrenology
and hereditary criminology 1t is the
pursuit Of these studies which has led
him among strange peoples. One time.
for example. DR. keckeler went into
the region In which the Roman En-
pire went to pieces, and took up the
native tribes there, who with practi-
cally no intermarriage with outsiders.
have come down in blood, and, what is
more important. in dialect and Gus
toms, from the old Cloths and NandaIs,
and what not. that went TO make up
the hordes of old Europe Another time
the strange race Of goitered people Of
Europe We're studied by the doctor.
with the result of his finding constant
intermarriage to be perpetuating Il
most horrible affection. Still another
trip had as its desideratum the arsenic
eaters Of the Tyrol a race comparable
to the ginger fiends and the NOR
phine tiends of our own city in
the results of their habit. and TO the
clay caters of the Kentucky noun
tains in the mature OF its partaking
Then. too, Or. Keckeler shunS moth
ing in the way of danger when en-
gagged on his trips, and his visit to the
lepers of the Hawaiian Islands may be
cited as only one of numerous similar
experiences. 1t Is hard to name any
curious tribe or race Of Europe. and
but few OF \ STA. that he has not lived
among In the pursuit Of his studies.
On trip Dr.. KeckeIer secured some
pictures in the heart of Russia and
Finland. South American and Aus
tralia are still untrodden ground with
him. but the North American CONT
nent. including Iceland; Europe to the
most northerly bounds of Norway. and
10 the wilds Of Russia. where Asia
and Europe grow to one Turkey and
Bulgaria. and the Leyant Egypt and
the far Upper Nile, Arabia, Tangiers,
the Desert; in fact. all the great routes
of the four grand divisions might be
charted on his maps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
Won a Race with Death.

Edward Gum, one-armed sheep
herder employed twenty-five miles
from Miles city, Mont, has Won a race
with death. While caring for the sheep
Gum was bitten by a rattleSnake
Jumping on his pony, which wore
neither saddle nor bride Gum started
for Miles City, With the horse on 4
dead run every foot of the way. Gum
reached the city just as the deadly
poison was beginning to take hold OF
him in earnest. AS he checked the
pony in front OF a doctors office he
reeled and fell 10 the ground. Every
thing possible was done for him. and
he will recover. The pony dropped
dead after his long run of twenty i've
miles
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

Since then reports have been receiy-
ed saying he was at Cape Brenton. He
was not. The Boston police said he
was in Chicago. They erred. Toronto
was reported to be his hiding place,
bur no trace of him could be found
there. Search was made i'll English
cities. 1t was futile. An artist who
claims TO know him says he met him
in Texas a few weeks ago. but did not
then know he was an absconder Wher-
ever his Whereabouts. he has earned
the reputation OF being one of the
sleekest swindlers on record-Utica
Globe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
Arer the Explosion.

Il saw Fuddlesome running down
the street this morning" says the first
suhurhanite. What was the mat
ter?'
He was going for a veterinary sur
geon and machinist," explains the
second suburhanite.
What was wrong"
Last night he went out to his sta
BILE to see that everything was all
right. and incidentally TO fix his bay
mule ami ais automobile for the night.
You know how careless he is:"
Yes. out
well. now the mule has gasolinitis
and the auto has hay fever. Judge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

WILLIAM s. ALLEN. ties OF HariS are
holding him captive or he may be look
ing over Uncle Sans possessions in
the East Wherever he is Willard s.
Allen. OF Boston, carries with him the
consciousness of having stolen $4,000
and the knowledge, which might I'LL
some men with dread but which does
| not seem to worry him. that the police
of many cities want him. 1t is esti-
mated that Allen has with him $4,000
in ready money,
Allen Is no ordinary criminal. He is
college bred and most of his life has
been spent In a. legal atmosphere. For
over % years he was clerk OF the East
Boston District Court and the methods
OF law breakers are familiar 10 him.
He has witnessed the operations of all
classes Of criminals, from the very
stupid to the crafty and competent. He
often expressed himself as holding in
contempt The mental qualities Of the
average thief. Perhaps while he was
speaking his mind was turning in the
direction of theft, The ease with which
counts as treasurer of the Methodist
Preachers Aid Society. shows how
thorough was his equipment for the
criminal career. OF course his high
standing In the Methodist Church and
in official circles placed him beyond
the pale of suspicion. But figures have
way of telling the cold brutal truth:
and that Allen succeeded so long in
manipulating his accounts proves him
10 have been man of no ordinary
cunning With the exception of one
reliable clue the only things known
about his lights are The things he
chose to make known and those
amount to absolutely nothing from the
standpoint or the police
The first intimation given the world
that he was the thief OF $50. 900 came
from himself, This startling piece Of
intelligence was received early in An
gust 10y his pastor, Rev George II
! Spencer, pastor Of the Saratoga Street
Methodist Church of East Boston.
The letter bore the Montreal post
mark. IT had been delayed several
| days in delivery from the time it had
! first been received al the Boston post
Office. owing to the fact that il had
been twice forwarded to Mir. Spencer
! before 1t reached him.
/ In this letter the fugitive confessed
his crime, and begged that he be left
! IN peace, as he was old ana infirm
lie urged ;bat his arrest could have no
/ other result shan 10 cause his family
. anguish The police smiled when they
read Aliens ahject letter They told
the reporters thar his case would cause
NO trouble whatever. They would sim
ply 20 10 Montreal and cause the ar
rest, and then apply for requisitjon pa
IprrS. which were quite as easy to oh
tain as though Canada were part Of
the United States,
The Montreal police were wired 10
gather him In. Great was the surprise
az the Boston officers to learn that the
fugitive was not to be found and that.
in the opinion Of the Montreal police.
Allen had not visited that city. Ii was
then seen that the letter was but a
clever ruse, While the police were
mnsacking Canada. Allen had been
making his way in security 10 some
other part Of the world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

also accurately adjusted at any desir-
ed temperature between the two ex-
tremeS. The feature Of the invention
is the mixing chamber. into which the
water from both the hot and cold pipes
must flow. The valve used is of such
construction that it Will uncover both
Of these openings or either of them,
and 1t will be readily seen that by the
manipulation of the handle any desir-
ed temperature or water can be OBJ
tgiDcd.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
THE SONGS / SING.

Ny songs, IL neither grand nor loud,
Nor any portion of them sweet,
Of them | still must e'er be proud,
If they but your approval meet.
My songs for ages may not live
To be repeated far and wide;
If they TO you one JOY but give,
In them l ever must take pride.
Ny songs may never have place
With those that so the world delight;
If in them you some merit trace,
ask for them no greater height.
The songs l sing may power lack
Mid famous songs to hold their part,
And yet I would rot call them back,
If only one has touched your heart.
Boston Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
-Williamsport pa Grit.

ager. left the happy couple alone on
the great, gloomy stage.
Next day Mr. and Mrs Burton Leslie
announced their marriage to the COM
pany, and while the orchestra poured
forth the beautiful strains OF Men
deIssohn's wedding march they re-
ceived the sincere congratulations from
all. and Beatrice Dillaway's, now Mrs.
Leslle's, career was fulfilled indian
apolis Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

A South Sea Islander NJ the close
Of a religious meeting, offered the fol
lowing prayer;
20 God. we are about to so TO our
respective homes. Let not the words
We have heard be like ne Ene clothes
we wear, soon to be taken eff and
folded up in box till another Sab
bath comes round. Rather, let Thy
truth be like the tattoo on our bodies,
inefraceable till death, = Cartoons
Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

ance and fine dress
who has outwitted
the police of the
world. He may be
basking in the IA
vor OF a United
States minister in
South Ameri or
enjoying the So
cicty Of the we'll
TODD at Carlsl)a d.
Perhaps the "a ye-
- -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

They equal those
that have been cost
ing YOU from 500
to 500. The i'm
neuSa sale of W. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas useS Cor
ona Colt proves there is
value in Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Plt.Leafher made.
o.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
Not Founded by Romu,u.

Excavations in Rome prove the city
to have existed long before the time
of Romulus--So the story Of his found.
ing the Eternal City is as mythical as
that of his being sucked by wolf.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

about to start on
his sixtieth voyage,
and, like the in
trepid Sinbad, no
man can tell where
ii is likely 10 end.
DIR. Keckeler has
been a globe-trOtter
e yer since 1863,
when, at the age of
30, he first became
interested in eth
nology an d tn e
e,4vff-- 90 I'll :.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
MAGIC sPIGoT.

Hot and Cold Water Drawn from the
Same lancet.
The fable of the man who blew hot
and cold is suggested by a recent in
yention of a spigot from which either
hot or cold water may be made to flow
by the manipulation of n single handle.
The temperature of the liquid may be
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

\ bottle of Bruder's botanical Zer-
fah BalSam is better than e doctor in
tie house See ad this issue.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

I'm She city ot New York there are
only 137,47T white persons born OF ma
IiFc paFeutS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
Nc ORDINARY CRIMINAL.
W. S. Allen, Who Stole $50, 900 from
Methodist Society.

Somewhere in this wide world OF
mysteries and perplexities there is a
man of smooth speech. good appear
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

The importation of American pork
products + NJ longer prohibited by Tur-
key
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

Il is born il woman 10 boast OF
her love affairs. aud in man TO deny
HIS
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
A MODERN slNeAp.
DIR. Adoiphus Eeekeier Eas made so
Trips around the World,

Cincinnati has the record globe-trot.
ter for the country, in the person
of DR.. Adolphus Keckeler, who is
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26

Our 81 6it Edge Line cannot be eqgaea at ars rFrs
Shoes by mail. 20 cents extra. illustrated
Caiaiog free. W. L. DOUGLAS. BrockfCB. HAS,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-09-26
w. l.. DOUGLAS
So 50 & So SHOES SsiSs

You can save from SO to SIS yearly by
wearing W. L. Douglas SO. so or SO shoes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-02

II. w. HarGoway, OF Joplin. Mo-, is
here, the guest OF friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-02
GOOD ROADS SUGGESTION
Wheel Track Roads Have Been Tried
in the East With Good Results

A prominent steamboat captain stat
ed to the Graphic that fer twenty Years
he had been coming to Pine Bluff and
that the streets are worse now than
he had ever before seen them. Streets
arc Pine Bluffs greatest drawback.
The improving of the streets is new
the most important matter to be con
sidcred, and business could be much
more swiftly disposed of if the streets
We're SO improved as to prevent them
from becoming mud lakes in winter
and several inches deep with dust dur.
inS the summer. Mayor d. G. Bell
has received a communication from
The National Good Roads association
which contains some good suggestions
an &ooh streets at small cost. The idea
= 20 lay two parallel tracks. far
enough apart for the wheels Of vehicles
brick or stone and ten to fourteen
inches wide. This now system of road
and street construction comprises a
marked advance in the art of laying
smooth and durable roadways, with
recommendations from Martin Dodge,
the highest authority in this country
en- this subject. Owing to its merits
il has been introduced in a number of
places with satisfactory results, afford
ing superior streets in many import
ant respects, to brick or asphalt pave
ments. at less than one-tenth Of the
cost OF the latter. so it is claimed by
the National Coed roads association
Considering the small outlay REQUIRED,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-02

less than 30 cents per running foot.
tax payers would appreciate having a
few hundred feet OF it constructed in
Pine Bluff SO as to become acd,laipt-
ed with its advantages before next
seasons improvements are contract
ed for. This would also enable the pee
prcciate its merits for chcaply and per
mancntly improving their country
roads. At least an investigation of this
system would be of great value and
interest to the people
Mr.. Martin Dodge. on brick and track
road making gives the following: "A
wheel track road between albany and
Schenectady, n. y. has oeen in cor
stan' use for nearly sixty years, with
Very little ef no expense for repairs,
and so SO far shows very little wear.
1t is probably the oldest and most sue
cessful road in this country, and now
looks as if it might last another cen
tury or two without material repair
expense"
This plan would insure no wagons
hub deep in the mud and that load
| can always be hauled, and the price of
! fifty cents per running foot is SO smaA
that it affords the county an opportuni-
| ty for permanent highways at very low
cost II is certainly worth experiment
ing with. az the experiment wolay
be practically nothing as to cost TfA
| Graphic does not believe the whAsl
| track street would answer for the 01tk,
but it would certainly be the ting
fer He country roads
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-02
ARKANSAS MEETING is HELD
Chicago Managers Decide to Pull Out
of the State.

4 Chicago special to the New York
Trade Journal says: Managers having
jurisdiction over Arkansas today met
and passed a resolution unanim ously
agreeing TO retire from the state the
moment the antitrust law passes, not
even waiting for the sixty day limit
provided for in the bill It WAS also de-
cided to cancel all policies in force ex-
cent those on dwellings, there being
but one dissenting vote on this. Sew
eral eastern people wanted to have
companies withdraw at once, but this
action was regarded as too radical
The companies represented yester-
day were the Springfield, Hartford,
Connecticut, Traders Fireman's Fund
Sun. Phenix Of BROOKLYN, Prussian Ma
tional, Manchester and Northern Man
ager De Camp OF thu Liverpool and
London and Globe, advised the meet
ing by letter that he would concur in
any agreement. J. r. Boyle, Jr., Of
Little Rock, was present and reviewed
the situation Although business men
in this city have been enlisted in behalf
of the bill, it is not likely to pass.