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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
JoKER's JOKE WENT WRONG
bis Young Son Got Into the Fun and
There Was a Big Surprise
for Him.

Elso II. Thurber, OF Detroit. who was
once newspaper man in that city, but
who has abandoned that field and taken
10 the prosaic occupation OF sening
fiavoring extracts. was at the Plankin-
ton house. the center Of a storytelling
group. relates the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The head OF the firm had a trying ex-
perience last Fourth OF July" said Mr.
Thurber. as the conversation slackened
He thought be would play a funny Joke
on his family, SO a day or so before the
holiday he bought one OF these candy
boxes made in imitation OF a cannon fire
cracker. He secreted this In the pantry
where be thought 10 would be sac.
But bis little SOD. about eight years
old. discovered the hrecracker. and also
discovered that IL was filled with candy.
he helped himself 10 the contents and
finally. finding the box empty. be made
way With il. and substituted a real can
non cracker.
Fourth Of the July came. and the head
Of the family. smiling broadly at bis ap-
preaching Joke. came down stairs and
placed his big hrecracker in the middle
Of the breakfast table. Then, regardless
OF his wife's expostulatiOns. he touched
a match 10 the fuse, never thinking but
what il vas the candy box on the table.
His son and heir astutely vanished
from the scene about this time. In about
80 seconds there was an explosion that
wrecked once happy breakfast table.
and one hour later the worst spanked
boy in Detroit had sobbingly confessed
TO an iTate father why the joke had
failed"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
RENTS OUT HIS HENS.
Ente-Fr-ssnE NsnAyunk, Pa, Liv~
s-yzzzn Eln5s u More Pro1t-
able Than Chickea-RAiri1g.

Rs-tf1E OFT cluckt1E hens r. ths new
Business venture O. vel known Mana
yuuk Mve---a-. a11 he hncs = more
profitable thar chtcken--zisinr ssys TIE
PhEla6elqhia Record. The Everyu2a.
finding thzr lis hens we've beginning 70
SET very early. Ard lot having had drst
elHzs luck Il ne poultrT business Il
former ys8rE. Postsc 3 pisczrc a-nouoc-
1nE re -s--zl O. rs ~clucEers" a. IS
cents for TIE season TIE scheme Vas n
great success. and Il short c1e TIE
demand zzz greater thar ne supply
BE ssc a. the hens with food mixed with
- pepper 20 make then Sc. and finally
took 70 the woods for more -ciucke-s- -
Fss trEvelec ID through Montgomery
cou-ty purchasing laying hens az low
prices. and a. present has rented out
asErly 100. u calculating Ais profits O.
tie scheme he clans ks saved tie feed
gets g cents a hs26 for the keus ia
Mn< VII have then 20 ss-l Il lie tAll
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
A CITY Forest.

In Europe Il is not uncommon for \
city 20 own. ia It's suburbs. 4 forest which
contributes az once 20 the recreation q
fts citizens as a park and 20 their COM
mon veal as a source OF income through
the sale OF timber This admiral bic
plan Is being adopted BY the city OF
Los Angeles. in California. which pos
sesses 1000 acres OF brush land. on
which II is proposed 10 plant CON
mercial forest" which shall serve as a
park and az the same time be scientif-
ically administered for the growth and
sale OF timber. 20 the advantage OF the
eiiy treasury Youths Companion.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
WHAT'S in a Nnnef

Representative Olmsted. Of Pennsyl-
vsnia. says that old Dr. Levi Bull was
A clergyman Of the Episcopal faith.
and lived IN Chester county. his state.
many years ssO. The good old doctor
was called upon 10 baptize a child. the
offspring OF a family with the surnams
OF Frog. Without any preliminary OBJ
servations the father and mother we're
called % the front az the END OF the
second part OF lesson Of the service.
Name this child" said the doctor.
We name IL after you. sir" said the
mother In a low voice. as she handed
the baby 90 the doctor oh. but YOU
named the last after me II was
christened Levi" said the minister.
Well. doctor. call this one after your
t'other name" And so the minister
did christening IL Bull. and the
yOunEster went forth with the cogno-
men Of Bull Frog.-Balunore Herald
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
THAT COOKED THE SCHEME
Ingenious Autograph Hunter Re-
ceived a Setback from Dis
cerning Author.

Perhaps the most ingenious and the
most original OF all schemes for prccur-
ing autographs was from n lady In a
western town. She was raising funds
for the building and support OF public
library. and she had conceived the idea
OF issuing volume to be called The
Authors Receipt Book" Authors from
all over the country. the most distin-
guished OF authors-always authors
with a capital A-hRd been good enough
to send her a list OF the favorite dishes
OF their own construction. with their
method OF making them. says the Critic.
The cook book was one OF the many
forms OF literature 10 which the recipient
had never turned bis attention. He had
40 more idea OF cooking than he had OF
milking a COW. or OF Harvesting horse,
or OF setting a hen. or OF building dyna-
mo. He did not even care what was
cooked for him. so long as II contained
none OF the ingredients OF tripe and none
Of the essence OF tomato. But he vas
asked to contribute n paper. which she
would have reproduced IN facsimile.
stating what he could prepare. most To
ais liking. upon a kitchen range or In
a chRfng dish: with his manner OF pro-
cedure. This quite nonplussed him. I'M
I'll he bethought himself OF one partic-
ular and peculiar delicacy. in the evolu-
ton OF which he could safely trust his
reputation as an expert. In reply. for
which he received no thanks. he said;
Take long paper cutter. attach 20
The same. by means OF rubber bands. and
securely. an ink eraser. insert the ink
eraser securely into q marshmallOw
! plug, and hold the same over a student 5
lamp. or study IRE. until the marsh
mallow begins 10 six. drops into the
ashes. puts out the light or burns your
/ hand. And eat while hOt!" He has never
seen copy OF The Authors Receipt
/ Book"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

The Santa Barbara lighthouse on the
Pacific coast has been kept by a won
an for IS years IN 1856 q lighthouse
was erected two miles south Of Santa
Barbara. and President Franklin Pierce
appointed Albert J. Williams 10 be the
keeper. In 1895. near the close 81 the
civil war. Mrs. Julia F. Williams was
appointed keeper. 20 succeed her hus-
band. who had died. She has had the
longest service OF any keeper on the
coast. She has been away from her
post only two nights ia q years. and
rarely leaves the lighthouse except on
Sundays when she drives 20 Santa
Barbara 20 attend church. The tower
rises ITS feet above the sea level and
the solid white light can be seen i
miles az sea
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
Leave Williamsburg
LRAvK.
VESrBOUND.

LRAVR. WESrRorrND
$40 a. 10. Except Sunday toRichmond
Connects at Richmond VITA
James River Division train
daily for Lynchburg, Lex
ington, Va, and Glitter
Forge.
lO:47 a. m. Fast train daily to Rich
mond. No stops. Buffet Par,
Tor car Old Point TO Rich
mond. Connects with
through Express. leaving
Richmond at ? Z. NJ. with
Pullman for Cincinnati, In
dianapolis and Chicago.
Pullman service TO Louis
vile and St. Louis.
6;O1 p. m. Daily Fast train to Rich
mond- Parlor Car. No
stops. Connects at Rich
mond with f. F. " leav-
ing 10:45 with f'ulmsn
Sleeper 10 CINCINNATI and
Louisville
6:32 p. m. Except Sunday Local TO
Richmond,
KAsrBOUND,
S.O4 m. Local except Sunday to
Newport News.
9;56 a. m. Fast train daily, TO Old
Point. Norfolk and Ports
mouth.
800 p. m. ID lily. Fast train
with Parlor Car for Old Point
Norfolk, and Portsmouth
No local stops. Connects
at Old Point daily with
Steamers for Washington
and Cape Charles and
except Sunday, for Balti
more; and at Norfolk with
New York Steamer.
s.32, p, m Daily. Local to Old Point.
For detail information, connections.
rates, tickets, etc, apply to your statios
agent, or TO
W. o. WARTHEN,
ID. T. Agent, Richmond, Va.
II. w. FULLER,
General =. Al
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
NUNS AThE 0ARs OF MEN
Buddhist Institution Described By .
British Commander
IN 1850.

There are nuns who wear male at
tire. The religious females who are
thus strangely gsrbed are mentioned
by Sir Charles Gordon in his "Recollec-
tons OF Thirty-Nine Years in the
Army"
In 1860 Sir Charles, accompanied by
a fellow officer. was seeking a hospital
site in Tientsin. China when he came
in sight OF a Buddhist nunnery. In
spite OF the warnings Of one OF the in
mates. who appeared in male attire.
they entered the building and found
that all the other nuns were similarly
dressed. The intrusion greatly shocked
the Buddsist women.
Our regret was real" said Sir
Charles. Explanations were sx-
changed: we were informed that the
community within adopted male COS
tune as an indication that they not
only renounced the world but with II
the emblems OF their sex. We were re
ceived by the lady superior. tea and
cakes were offered 10 and pa taken OF
by us. We were then permitted TO visit
the private chapel and finally we
parted from the TeligieuSes on the best
OF terms"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
No Poultices Tor SOLDIER

Linseed and hnseed meal have been
dropped from army medicines. and the
army physicians have been notified that
Il is the opinion OF the surgeon generals
once that pOulticss have no place in
modern therapeutics. all the good re-
suits obtained from them being got IN
a much more clearly way by hot wet
congresses. The prohibition OF the
time-hOnored iinseed meal. the best
material FOR pOultices. seems 20 inter
fere with a method practiced BY a large
number OF physicians. who would be
inclined 20 testify that without 70 our
soldiers would not receive the best
care. There is surely much 20 be said
on both sides. The psychological effect
az least OF n poultice is entirely too
great for a successful family physician
70 ignore. and why deprive the soldier
OF this old-fashisned comfort Medical
Record
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
Truth Sins o..

~ol1 D. Puisbury seems 70 take Ife
p-srty easy remarked The village drug
Eist
Yes" replied -he undertake.. whose
mind happened % De wandering az the
time. -Eie isn't above doing an occasion
al favor for a friend Chicago Daily
News
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Mr.. DavidUottom. who for
the past two months has
been in Dayton. Ohio, for
medical treatment, is ex-
pected at his home at the
Grove next week.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
NOTICEi

The regular annual meet
ing of stockholders of The
Peninsula Bank of Williams
burg, Va, will be held on
Tuesday, March IA. 1905,
at 3 p. IN. III. \. PHILLIPS.
Cashier. 2-1S
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY
shen Line TO Principal Cities Of tke
South and Southwest, FIond.,s
Texas, and Mexico.
SCHEDULE IN EFFEcT JAN. 10
1904.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND MAIN
STREET STATION DAILY

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND MAIN
STREET STATION DAILY
1925 p. m.-Seaboard Florida Limited
composed exclusely of puIlman's me-
Improved dining car, double drau,;,g
room sleeping cars. compartment car
and Observation car. TO Raleigh. South
ern fines, Hamlet. Camden, Columbia
Save. nah, Jacksonville and ST. Angus.
tine,
<'i% p m--Scaboard Mail, composed Of
latest day coaches, pullman sleeper
pullman parlor car aud cafe car r.
henderson, Raleigh. Southern Pire.
nSmlst, tinehurst. Atlanta, Camden.
oiunoia, savannah, Jacksonville. 81.
Augustine and Tampa,
HOO p. m.-Seaboard Express c.-.sl
posed OF day coaches, pullman
10 Atlanta, Jacksonville aud Tan
Ssie cars south of Hamlet, pullyl
sieepiny cars between WASHINGTON - IL
IinenSrst, TO henderson. RaleisfH
Soutnetn Fines, Hamlet, Bins hurst.
Ausnts' camden, Columbia. Savan.
nah, Jacksonville, ST. Au0psr;n.
Tampa and New Orleans.
s.lO.a. m.-Local for NorIina, HamIe,
and Charlotte
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND
DAILY
e.@5 a. m.-No. 34-From. Florida.
oi'O a. m.-NC 6O-From Florida. Ar.
lanta and the Southwest.
800 p. m.-No. 66-From Florida. Ar,
lanta and the Southwest.
go p; m.-No. S6-From Norma and
local points. anu
II, s.. LEARD,
District Passenger Agent.
No. $50 East Main y
Richmond. Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

There Is a time when death is much
easier for a man than 20 fulfill his duty.
and = be 6ies just for the sake a. death
he cannot execute the duty that Is as
signed him True bravery IS not in
throwing away ones life. or counting
death. but IN doing ones duty AZ the haz
ard q ones life You must not for
get thAt-From "A Daughter OF Japan. q"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Attorneys Armistead. of
Williamsburg, Sgd. Smith of
Yorktown and Hooper of
Richmond, were taking de-
positions this week before
Commissioner Geddy in the
Austin. Minor suit.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
Here and There

Mr.. A. o. Broughton is
visiting his parents near
Croaker. tie will return to
the west next week.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Mr.. Il. T, Wright was here
Thursday on business.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Samsnith-I car hardly sleep nights
OF account @ chronic guitar
Ji1iones-Fou mean chronic cs-ar-h
NO. I con g Chap IN the room uex-
"a mine twanEs the guitar every riCht
till rsa-ly tvo O'Clock ~-ChlczEoS sun
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Capt. j. W. Minor was in
town several days this week.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04

Treasurer :. r. Curtis of
Warwick, was in Richmond
Wednesday,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-03-04
G & q Scenic Route
ROUTE. to the West
10 Cincinnati. Louisville, chicaao. s.
Louis, Etc.

SCHEDULE IN EFFPcT. JAN, 1. 1905.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
Finds What Was Burning.

The noses Of a little group of men
around the stove in the box office of
the Op'ry house went up in the air
simultaneously. Whats that burn
ing?" said Jake Bentley, twisting his
body half around and examining his
coattailS. Must be somebody's
boots" Everybody took his feet from
the stove hearth and felt of his soIes.
Pegleg Hostetter made a minute ex-
animation of the smooth yellow cigar
he was smoking.
Il hope nobody's been putin rubber
comb teeth in my pipe" said Uncle
Sam Rankin, as he opened the little
cap over the bowl, knocked the con-
tents out on the hearth and began
stirring among the ashes.
Its matches in somebody's peck
cts" said Jason Snodgrass. And then
everybody turned his match pockets in
side out
We'll, this'll help some,' said Sam
Knight, as he filled his pipe with ''tur-
tie" tobacco and lit it.
II soneLnIu sure, Salu ADlJdn
Novel
'''Tis So" said Eph Baker.
"Smells like somebody set fire to a
wet dog" said Jake Bentley.
Suddenly a large cloud Of smoke
settled over the group. Everybody
arose and peeked out of the little win
dow Wilson Snozer, the manager,
was standing in front of the store with
an advance agent who was smoking
a Standardization Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08

in more moderate circumstances. Mod
est headstones, simply engraved with
name and the date of the beginning
and the end of life, appear over many
of the mounds.
John D. Rockefeller owns a burial
plot in the cemetery. Over it he has
erected granite monolth. the largest
i'll the world
Growing a high point in the GENE
terry is the mauSoleum erected to the
memory Of President Garfield. 1t cost
about a quarter of a million dollars,
and the money was contributed by his
admirers throughout the world.
On a hill near the Garfield monu-
ment is the grave of the great Secre-
tary of State. 1t is near the grave of
his son, Adelbert, who met his death
at New Haven a few years ago. The
remains of the late Senator Hanna
also are at rest in Lake View. So it
is that John Hay rests at last among
the friends who knew him in the days
before he became a famous diplomat,
who loved him for his many fine quail
tiles and rejOiced with him in every
victory that led him nearer the exalt-
ed station he reached at last, as the
foremost statesman of the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08

eign matter and no arsenic or poison
Gus metal
In recent address Prof. II. f. Os-
born gave some additional facts about
ancient American horses. 1t appears
that in North America there were all
ways from four to six entirely differ
ent varieties of the horse family living
ing contemporaneously. Some were
sloW-moving and relatively brOad-foot-
ed horses, living in the forests; others
were very swift, having narrow feet
more resembling those Of the dea-, and
lived on the plains. Moreover, there
were American horses larger than the
huge Percherons of to-day, and others
smaller than the most diminutive Shet-
lands. Strangely enough, the grea test
beauty and variety in the development
of the horse family were exhibited here
just before the total extinction cf
horses on the American continent. a
catastrophe which still offers an I'M
solved problem for investigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
"LOOk Pleasant

What would be the effect upon civil
ization if everybody would keep CON
stantly in mind that suggestion of the
photographer, Look pleasant" The
The most difficult part of the pho
tographer's work is the effort TO get
the subject before the camera 10 rid
himself of the cold, stiff, set express
sion OF his face and to replace it by
a genial. kindly look or a smile He
is not willing TO reproduce the sitter
until he succeeds, because he knows
that the change of expression will
transform the photograph.
How the habit of looking pleasant
would revolutionize our natures, and
civilization itself. II we could only
get rid Of the hard. eager, worried
look habitual to many of Us, not for
the few seconds We stand before the
camera, but for all our lives. how
bright the world would grow!-Suc-
cess Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
Some Facts About NORWAY.

More reindeer than horses, MOI e
sheep than COWS.
Young farmers can borrow money
from the government at per cent.
On pay days saloons are closed and
savings banks open until midnight
Servant girls hire for half year
at time by contract at public regis
try office.
There is a telegraph box on every
street car. Write messages, put on
right number of stamps, drop in the
box
Practically no illiterates. Men per-
haps the finest in the world physical
ly. Army services universal; only %
per cent. of youths rejected for ply
steal defect
Health splendid Death rate for
men 1873, because of dangerous fish
ing; for women 1865 Average ex-
pense of living less than any other
civilized country perhaps. Aver sc
wage earnings, $SS a year.
Illiterates--Two men in a thousand
in Sweden, three in Noway and Den
mark, seventy-eight in Russia, which
wants to Improve" Norway and
Sweden by dividing and conQuering
them; 1876 even in England.-New
York World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08

ueusIOuS uOuDle LuOSe WHICH were
unassisted in the matter Of illumina-
ton. The accompanying illustration
shows very clearly the difference in
growth made by plants under the two
different conditions. The plant in
bloom was stimulated by acetylene
gas at night, while the less matured
one depended on sunlight only.
The experiments were carried on
through three months in dollhouse.
This house was divided into two parts
by a curtain. This curtain was hung
in such a way that each half of the
house received the same illumination
from the sun. The beds on each side
were exactly alike, not only in size,
but in location and contents. II a lily
was planted In a certain part of a bel
on one side, another of the same spe-
cIes and age was set out in the same
part of the corresponding bed on the
other. An equipment consisting Of
twelve 35-candle power acetylene
lamps was erected on one side Of the
curtain. Ordinary tin rehectors over
each light threw their rays downward
upon the soil. The lights were run
whenever it was dark, the length Of
time ranging from nine to fourteen
hours, according to the period of day
light. The soil, temperature and
amount of mixture were as nearly the
same Oh each side of the curtain as it
was possible to make them
The plants on the acetylene side in
many instances matured twice as fast
as those on the other side of the part
tios-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
E SEDAN TULLIS 4 4 =

The runnin' gear was yaller, but the
waggin it was red,
An feather plumes, red, white and blue,
adorned each horses head.
An with them six horses prancin' with
all their might and main,
Sich an inspirin' spectacle I'll never see
again.
They subscribed six hundred dollars fer
to fix IN that old band,
But the buildin' didn't cost much, fer
the hull town took a hand,
An the Squire an the Mayor'd come in
whenever work was slack,
An the minister nd often doff his coat
an take 4 whack.
We played our first engagement In the
year of fifty nine.
Down to Mason. on July the Fourth. the
weather it was fine.
An as we started playin'. with the drum
goin' thr-r-ap!
That ere part of Warren county was
credit to the map.
Onc't a week we gave concert so the
Maineville folks could hear,
An We made heap O. money at engage
ments fur an near.
But at night when home returnin' we'd
wake our kith an kin,
An rouse the sleepin' echoes with the
strains of Home Agin."
Well, the bend got so famous they was
wanted everywhere.
To play at celebrations, sir, an at the
County Fair,
An at Lebanon an Wilmington, an as
fur as Morrowtown,
In fact from several counties did CLOWN
praise resOun'.
But now the organization that was once
the city's pride
Is busted up, an all The boys are scat
tered fur and wide.
Ones in the Legislator, and ones an
actor great
An one in Congress represents this dees-
trict of the State.
An now the old band Vaughn, with all it's
glory shed,
Like faded specter of the past it stands
in Stephens she'd
An sometimes when children play In it,
it heaves a creaky sigh,
As If longin' for its cronies, and the days
that have gone by.
But like the old band Vaughn, 1 am
shaky DOW and old,
An I caPlate soon to take a trip where
all the streets are gold.
But l feel sure that some old comrade
will grasp me by the hand
An say, Member how we used to play
in that Old Mainevine BandY
st. Louis Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-08
The Duck and the Orator.

Some day, my child, l will take you
out into the wide, green country and
show you a young Peking duck He
is an active little tyke, is the Picking
duckling, even when he doesn't date
back further than day before yester-
day. When it comes to swimming he
is a sight-reader, and he is more des-
tructive to tender grass than a young
Nebuchadnezzar. But unfortuntely he
is so constructed and fat of back that
if by any chance he gets turned wrong
side up he cannot turn over again un
aided; and unless help comes he lies
there and paddles the air with his
little feet until he fans himself to
death He is cheerful about it,
though, and makes no cutlery, appar-
emily thinking that because his legs
are working he is swimming along
according to Hoyle.
My child, little duck on his back
and the average after-dinner orator
on his feet are both deserving Of the
sympathy which we should be ever
ready to bestow on the unfortunate
and therefore we should sign all petit
tons that are presented TO US looking
to the establishment of a commission
to turn little ducks over and loaua-
cious gentlemen down, in the hope
that if they are prevented from pad.
ding and Cabling themselves to
death they NAV he of soma yIca t,o,,o
after-Tom Watson's Magazine.