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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
2opular Misconception of the Cloakroom

"a dark smelly rEluccats %
ars-as IRE C-lv place 20 vnicr
-atrlotic out pes-e-ed Statesmen mig-'
-eso-t when faEEe6 o. in need q
1oke-
n. reality IS 50 di@e-e-t as mos
% rs vho live here are sell aware
f.- ne Rercalica1 and D--oc-a-
.oel-o--rs q TIE house. fc- --s-arce
- furnished With such attention p
old cculfo-r-1ct O. speeA g --x-rl
As 70 make TIE lou-gicS nom q i-f
--1lrzry club -ook Ike par-or 10
Ia-u-s bv cozparsc1- There's
.--ur-rf io-slv thicS carpet reriec'
-ock q asto1lshinEly cc1tc-fal-'
nat-s and hslf e dozen leat1er-covere'
Il. ave-ro--a q remarkably zcrul -nttl1i
-uaI.ueE
u 81 To he ciosk-room that the les
sta-ire sack u bencs ard rLs oror
--v--- kles A--as. having ten
f o-arr resp.te. unstrags lis ~'--'
E t--ser dumps 70 IL the uea~es
f ,oruer. sleps brother Atlas o-
re hack and borToEs . ciEa- r.
e iesed frcn a pose thst is ofr-ntus
{ nhvrtcsl as vel as mental Atas b
4 cones human He listens 1s re--s
TOR, be sometimes laughs And q
I ~ Intervals o. reutrisCe-ce and sue
-a-d some-iueS there are 10 Interval
! he hroUs 20 q turr. Wi-h la1euas
-ouu~ehersi and Ornate. every -
IN ard ming connected with the 20
--u-rrt from TIE president and 81
( .0-erf-uftou down 90 The -1essen p.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
Lishtfoot News.

Lighfoot. Va. NAY Mrs. z.
K. Pettitt soe-t few DAYS with
friends IN Williamsburg lsst week.
Little Mss Elizabeth Graves Wis
tied her grandmother. Mrs. H
Graves. Of Williamsburg. this week.
Mr.. L T. Hznkins Has II Rich
mond Thursday.
Mrs.. J. W. Coode IS the guest Of
Mrs. II. K. Graves.
Misses Alice Brand and Alice
Hankins were in Lee Hall Sunday,
the quests Of Mrs. Nara Curtis.
Mrs. 2. 3. G. Taylor. former ten,
ants az Mr. Pet6tt's. have rented 0.
Mr. A. J. Barnes. We are glad Il
rave Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor smcnl
Is.
Mrs. W. II. Power ard daughter
Alice. spent one day. last week. witt
relatives Il Richmond.
Quite crowd from here insendei
witnessing the unveiling Of n
monument. but were disappointei
owing 20 the inclement weather.
Misses Elizabeth and Minn:
Power were In Phoebus. Hzrnpto
sa swport News few days agC
The farmers are Busy with the
r CT rs row. so far the weather h
been quite favorable.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09

On Nay 2Sr6 the Democrats c.
James Civ VII meet ~ TOsro C
elect a delegate . the state CONVEX
cor. Care should be vaken 70 SEE
thata delegate be sent who repre-
ssrts the sentiments Of 2 usiO-i-v-
So ta- as We can learn James CRY
Is for Bryan. and Z that IS the case
o-,ya Bryan man should 80 % Re
--~t-e
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
COugsT Designed Monument.

The Courier Marble Works, CT
Norfolk. were the designers q the
Confederate monument unveiled here
Tuesday. Mr.. and Ms. Couper
were present a. the exercises.
Ny. Couper stated thst the mont
nent was designed by 9 V;rginisn
made BY V.rginians OF ViTg'1is
granite. 80 The monument IS 2
SEE from base 70 apex and is really
work az az. The Coupers src
-robsb,v ire most widely know
Grnlin their Ere m ire south.
Automobiles tor hire. Ca
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
PRESIDENT OF HAITI

So-d Alexis president C rbe black rep1D-i
q Had who hzs been threatening Frz-cs E5u
VA becz-se she refuses - give up some r
surrecrox wbo have taken refuge 81 her consnl
ate. Is a. isseresrng tgpe Of Re Dsreoloo'sed
Negro.
Ills cr5nklee ~ool r. slOW white and BIS
lo1E. bo1y face scanned and Wrizkiea he "a
k.o-r Il Gaze FEairlen. August 2 1879 his f2fhss
s.efrx BsFcn Nord Aiexfs the rightkznd n-aa O.
Henry CAg.stophev. Wbo Afterwards proclsirae'
hsrnseH king q Haiti. bat mo hnally ~ss ~
tsc The mother q SoEd Alexis 80 MAJ
Louise the czrebter q Desszil1es. the hberaso'
O. HAITI from French rule &o-t Alexis vas &C
vcssec n q Preach R0n2n Catholic scboo4 81
csp~ Hatrier snc AZ the age Of IS entered tn
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
Virginia, Jefferson and Tyler.

Mr. Editor:-The English an
gusge on the continent was first
heard along the sands Of the CheSa-
pealSe near where the swirling tides
that lash the shores at Jamestown
Here in 1907. Virginia founded the
nucleus Of this robust country.
Her laws and civilization largely be
came the rule OF action" in subse-
ouent times. her statesmen and SOW
ereigns were equal 70 every emery
ency. As tine progressed. in order
70 preserve the constitution Of our
forefathers intact. her people fought
7 four years Europe. Africa and |
( America. thus evolving a word |
power that now sends feet Of war
ships around the earth on a peace
mission. giving soliditv 10 its corner
stone and completing the capStcne
/ Of the greatest Republic IN the an
| nals OF time. with its Atlantic front
| door counter marched 70 the Pacific,
|. facing the great Orient with rs
mighty possibilities. through the in
, imitable fsctors-Thomss jefferson
, land John Tyler.
Virginia. acquired Wet arms and
E treaty l774. under General Lewis.
O IN the first battle fought before the
= Revolution the great north west
g territory or the lakes and gave II 70
e the Federal Government in 1871, &
r cueenly gift from the mother o.
states and statesmen. This TERRITORY
was carved into six states. as fol
O. ows: Illinois. Michigan. Indiana
&c Ohio. Wisconsin and part OF Mn
r. aesota.
e. Jefferson extended the 'Na6ons
e domain by the Louisiana PuTthas
r from Napoleon. reaching from IN
-y Mississippi river 10 the apex OF n
se Rocky mountains.
L. President John Tv,er saved II
great north west known as the On
81 -or country. living between Z
- Rockies and the Pacific ocean. no
comprising five states Of the Anne
can union. VIZ. Oregon. WashinE'o
Idaho. Montana and Wyoming
80 from the political legerdemain
the Hudson Bay Company acting
behalf OF the British Crown. by
tearrg the Webster-Ashburr
~ treaty. Today. the sons Of y
g gina are DESTROYS OF keeping
-s'- touch tang;bly with the past. Z
preserving the ancient landmar
re lest we forget"
ror Napoleon. said II his dispatch
ash the mother Of General Dess;x u
OF MS staff during the Italian G
! pa;gn. Z have erected a monuu
i. 10 your gallant son for MS seri'
OF the heights OF the ApPen-l
3 CT that i may overlook concue
the Italy and regenerated France a.
here and the same tine. And SO j
uper proposed 20 erect monument
; the memory OF Mr.. TYLER. as Z
.onu- ward for his patriotic services.
Mar. il shall llum.ne the Oregon T
E7ria across the American oorunent
p indicated by Lewis and Clarke,
'eslly blzze6 the way from the Atlanu
are Astoria on the Pacific. subseque
nown reinforced BY DR.. Whitman,
n person besought President 7
70 send troops 20 the coast Wit
a. delay. ( H Livel
Aberdeen. Washington.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09


tack tie vial organs. causing cataT-h O.
The bladder. OF the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell BY cell
Bladder troubles almost always result
fro-n q arrangement OF the kidneys anc
A cure is obtained quickest by a propcl
treatment Of the kidneys. i yuu are feel
.re badly Won can make no mistake BY
taking Dr. Kilmer's SwaTnp-Root, the
great kidney. liver and bladder remedy
II c0rects inability 10 hold urine and
fcaiding pain ga passing 4, and over
4 cones that unpleasant necessltyci be'ng
compelled 70 20 often throu2h the day.
F aid 10 get mp many times duriRg tie
+ night The mild and the extraordinary
{ erect OF Swamp-Root IS sOon Teallzct-
f Il stands the highest for IS wonderful
cures Of The most distressing cases
swamp Root - pleasaut 20 take and l.
r,.l By all druggists ia asty-cent and
I onc-doiiar SIZE bottles. You may have 5
Z saraule bottle % tins wonderful new dis
F every and book that tells All about -
q b,.n sent free b. mail. Address. Dr.. II.
n r,er g. Co. Bingh4rton. ~ y Wher
y riting mention reading TINS geuerossi
oler IA this paper. Don't make an5
rl.stake. b.t remember the nAuie. Sssarnl,
Root. DR.. KiinIrr swamp Root. and th'
address. Bingbamton, y. u, On sssr,
bottle.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09
Educational Association Monday

Because OF the educational sign-t-
canoe OF Ben Greers play on Tues
cav. the May meeting OF the ECucs-
t;o,ai Association VII be held No--
CAV afternoon a. four. The line @.
work for the next year wiM be sub
n.re6. 50 q full attendance IS rec
essary. AShe close CT TIE meet
ing a. important meeting ot kinder
ysren mothers VII be held.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-05-09


"A had & overthrow q President POP
a hed position
4 conuH q
steadily retroEaec
dsnclcd
revor1o1iFts
i Another
,o vi s.gs vale sh4ns&
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
Lumber! !
Lumber from Exposiflons.

Lumber From ExD08MfoH6s We have
had vast lumber experience. After the Worlds
Fair at Chicago we sold 100000 feet; at the
Omaha Exposition, 81, 100000 feet; at the Pan
american Exposition, 100000 feet, and at the
|St. Louis Exposition l0ooOo00o feet. You will
miss one of the greatest chances you ever saw If
you overlook buying your lumber now. Prices
lon lumber are ever advancing. Do not wait for
them to go down. They never will. If you have
no need for a carload yourself. get your neigh
bors to club with you. By buying a carload you
lean save all kinds of money on freight charges.
We have railroad tracks running through our main
warehouses and buildings and load a car to
!good advantage to you. You can include other items
lin this same car, such as Pipe, Plumbing Mater
|iai and Merchandise of every kind. Roofing,
Wire, Fencing. Furniture and Hardware.
Fifty AsiIion Feet Of Lumber for Safss
We recently bought at Manufacturers Sale over
100000 Feet of all kinds of Lumber and Finish
ling Material We are making special concessions
Ito those who will buy at once. Even II you
have no use for this lumber at once, it will pay
you to buy now. We cheerfuily invite inspection
of our Lumber Stock and will be glad to have you
come direct to our warehouse and yards at Chicago
See the lumber are Offering, and you will recog
nze that 1t Is all we say Of it; make your sell
ection and see il loaded. 1t is not necessary how
ever to come to Chicago; we sell you by mail very
easily and will have no trouble to convince you of
the desirability of placing order with us. Just
you send us your lumber BILL and we will easily
Show You." On application we will send copies
of letters from customers who have bought FROM
us. They saved money. why can't your Write today.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30

"An odd thing about married paupers
is that they like to live separate" said
a single pauper.
you know how almshouses are ar
ranged. There's a mems ward. a wonl
ems ward and a mixed or married
ward. Well, the mixed ward is always
nearly empty. Not that we lack mar
ried paupers. oh, no. But the hus-
bands prefer to bachelor it among the
men and the wives to old maid II
among the women. The older u mar
ried paupers get the more vehement is
their insistence on separate living.
"'She's allus a-naggin',' the octogena
rian will growl.
"'Nobody can't sleep o. nights with
sech snorin' as hisn.' shifts the septua-
genarian female.
"And so they separate-to all intents
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
Sand Fish.

At low tide In midsummer on GER
tain parts Of the Breton coast men and
boys with baskets and hoes descend
the white beach to the seas edge.
They are anglers, but the fish they
seek live on dry land With his hoe
each fisherman makes swiftly in the
packed sand shallow parallel trenches,
very close together and about a yard
long. If the luck be good every scratch
OF the hoe uncoveRs three or four sill
very fish. the size of sardines, that
leap up gifttering into the air. They
must be seized quickly or at once they
bury themselves in the sand again.
They are called lancons. The smaller
ones are used for mackerel bait; the
larger, with their heads cut of. make.
fried, an excellent dish a good deal
like fried smefts, With daylight tides
the lancons ara seldom bigger than a
mans middle finger, but with the
night tides. when promenaders have
not disturbed the sand, they run very
large indeed. Then, their lanterns fash
ing on the beach, the Breton fishermen
often capture hncons a foot long.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
AUSTRALIAN RAIN.
When II Does Fall IT Pours Down In a
Perfect Flood.


How different things are In the old
world from what they are In the far
away tropics!
"They had no rain here for n fort
night. and they called 1t a drought"
wrote an Australian from Scotland In
a scornfully superior tone calculated
to induce the belief that It never rains
in Australia and that droughts last a
hundred years. Not so. Australia Is
the land of contrasts. A drought has
lasted for seven years. But what Is
there even In Scotland to compare with
the persistency of Australian rain
when 1t does see fit to fall?
For eleven weeks without stopping
did the rain continue to moisten the
dry places Of Sydney some years ago.
washing out most cruelty the brief.
bright season Of winter. when the Aus
tralian looks for living instead of ex-
istence and peace instead Of pressure.
And what rain! 1t shot from the clouds
like arrows, and the whole world vas
a battlefield during that July. AS the
arrows darted into the earth the earth
rose and dashed into the air, and rain
and mud met and grappled with each
other day after day. night after night,
week after week. And the battle was
HRekther to the rain nor to the mud. A
strange and horrid situation arrived.
Sydney ran clean out of galoches.
For two weeks not a galoche was to
be had In the rain drenched city for
love or money. Then a fresh shipload
arrived from somewhere or other. And
then-the rain stoppedl-London Mail.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
A Deal In Gum.

Some Of these little newsboys are re-
eourceful little mites. A day or two
ago a business man dropped a silver
mounted fountain pen through the
grating In front Of a building on West
Third street They told him in the
store that there was no access to the
hole from the inside. He seemed to
be up against 1t. Two newsies saw
him peering down into the grating and
got interested
-I'll git It out fer you, mister" spoke
up one OF them, "if you'll stand the ex-
pense. It'll take about a nickers
worth O chewin' gum"
The man said he would finance the
gum scheme, whatever it might be.
A minute OF two later the boy had
dashed into a store and got a yard
stick. He was chewing hard on an
entire 5 cents worth of gum. AS soon
as this was properly softened by the
process OF mastication he placed it on
the end of the yardstick. stuck the
stick through the grating until the gum
met the pen and brought the pen up
with the utmost dispatch.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
Cut Heads.

The Liverpool Post has been making
observations with reffrd to the "cut
heads" which are treated at the hos
pitfalls between IL and 2 a. m. The
Post says that the house surgeons
have noticed a curious difference in
the exc on different nights. On Sat
urday nights the subjects are mostly
men who have received their wages.
redeemed their clothes from pawn and
drunk enough to lead to a brawl. Mon
day night, however. Is ladies night"
The men have gone to work, and the
wives have taken their husbands best
and only suit to the pawnshop. and
then 1t Is their urn to drink the pro-
ceeds and cut one another's heads
The usual answer to the question
"Who did itY' is, Another lady wot
lives In the same 'ouse."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
One Trouble After Another.

81 have just found out about the
woman opposite me after two years of
mystery and anxiety" said the fiat
dweller. 'She is a pretty, fat, rolly
poly woman with a white complexion
who sits at her window half of her
time doing nothing. She has a boy of
about ten. Her life seemed so simple
and still l didn't see how she lived.
Evidently she didn't support a hus-
band, but who supported her? The
thing worried me, but last night 1
found how it was. Her husband is a
violin player who plays all night long at
some concert hall and sleeps the livelong
day. I'd rather work for my living
than keep the house quiet for a hus-
band who has to sleep all day. then
gets up just at the time you want to
go out for a little rollicking and plays
the violin somewhere" - New York
Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
NURSERY NOTES.

A hot bath up to the neck may save
the life of a child il convulsious If
given at once. If you have no Their
mometer at hand, test the neat of the
water with the elbow.
Certain kinds of toothache can be
relieved by painting the gums with a
solution of one-half glycerin and one
Of cloves. If there is a cavity in the
tooth, saturate a small piece Of abb
sorbent cotton in oil of cloves, tincture
of myrrh or laudanum and place In the
cavity.
When a cut win not heal. saturate a
piece of absorbent cotton with coal oil
and bind on.
Sprains should be treated as quickly
as possible with hot water, after which
the part affected should be rubbed
with liniment
The baby's bath is very essential to
its health and should be properly given.
The temperature of the room should be
20 degrees and the temperature of The
bath about 98 degrees during the first
three months OF the little ones life.
Among the various cause for cross
ness of children are some very COM
mon ones, such as hunger or thirst.
improper sleep, ~overeating. uncomfort-
able clothing and the pernicioug feed
Ing with sweets.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
SLAVES TO GOOD HABITS.
They Never Know the Freedom of the
So Called Wrong Way.

So Called Wrong Way.
One Of the essentials to a healthy
life Is habit By doing necessary
things with regularity we are spared
the friction Of haphazard. But those
persons are real slaves to their little,
good habits who fear to move out of
the ruts once In awhile. They never
know the glorious freedom Of doing
everything the 80 called wrong way.
Because they are accustomed to ris-
ing at Z O'Clock they are upset for
the entire day II by some chance they
are aroused at 6.
1t may be that an expedition has
been arranged for a certain hour. The
slaves OF little, good habits keep the
entire company waiting because a hair
pin must be fixed In the usual way.
1t would be a sin in this slavish creed
to go without that hairpin Just onee.
81 never leave the house without try
ing all the DOORS" said the woman who
made her friends miss the last car
downtown before the hour appointed
for the meeting. When she returned
home she found that the pantry win
dow had been broken and her best
preserves taken away. Retribution
does not always come 80 speedily to
the slaves of little, good habits. but
they experience a negative punishment
In the good things of life they miss.
Besides being an indication of age.
the slavery to little, good habits Is a
thief Of happiness. 1t robs us Of many
pleasures. We miss the opening ode
because we never can leave the house
until we have put the cat In the cellar.
Once, just once, left In the kitchen, he
might jump on the table, but shall we
experience more regret at having to
wash an extra tablecloth than at los
ing the first number on the programme
we wanted especially to hear?
1t occasions more worry to some peo-
pie to do anything the least bit un-
usual than others feel for the loss of a
small fortune. II unexpected guests
arrive on an afternoon when there is
the regular weekly mending to do
they are made to feel unwelcome,
though beloved. What has always been
lone on wednesday must continue to
be performed on that day Is a rule of
life hat some NM would not will
ingly break for anything.
Slaves of habit are pitiable creatures
If the habits are bad. Slaves of little,
good habits are bores, to say the least.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
A STORY OF MILLIONS.
The Way One Man Had a Fortune
Thrust Upon Him.

The Way One Man Had . Fortune
Thrust Upon Him.
A story is told of how the reluctant
giving of a promissory note by a penni-
less New York lawyer brought a for
tune into his pocket amounting to sew:
eraI millions. The man referred to,
John M. Bixby. went to New York IN
1880 from a backwoods district as a
half starved lawyer. To pay "a q week
for board and washing kept him on the
verge Of bankruptcy. He struggled on
for n year or two and was constantly
seeking odd jobs outside of the law to
enable him to exist when a friendly
lawyer in whose Office he had desk
room called him aside IN day.
"Here is a chance for you, Bixby,'
said the lawyer. 81 have an estate to
settle and must get rid of the farm on
the north side of the city. 1t Ia ap-
praised at 5000. You can have 1t at
that figure"
81 have not a dollar to my name"
exclaimed Bixby.
"You can give me your note, and ]
will renew 1t until you get ready to
pay it," replied the lawyer.
The young man hesitated for some
time. He was very nervous about plac-
ing himself under obligation for so
large a sum but finally consented.
Young Bixby had to ask for the re-
newal of his note two or three times.
had to deprive himself Of the necessi
ties of life to hold the farm until the
opening of the Erie canal and the first
lighting of the city by gas gave the
metropolis a new birth and his farm
was quickly swallowed in the growth.
At the time of his death Bixby's prop
erty was worth 100000. Today its
market value is more than $4,000 900.
National Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
A HINDoo's TOILET.
Curious Morning Scene In an East
Indian Compound.


All over the compound, from veran-
las and "go-downs." forms are seen
rising from sleep, each one wrapping
the drapery Of his couch about him."
with no Idea In doing so of conforming
to any standards urged upon the at
tention of the race by Mr.. Bryant, but
for the simpler If less poetic a
that these draperies constitute his bed
ding by night and his neither garment
by day. But do not make the mistake
Of thinking that because the require
ments of the Hindoo's costume are
scanty his toilet is therefore a per
~functory matter. Follow him to the
well. The chances are that you will
never drink water again. but you will
obtain knowledge. On the brink of
that great yawnlng hole In the ground
known as the compound well, whose
sides are of stone and whose steps lead
you down to the waters edge, behold
the "males" of the compound. Di-
vested of the draperies already re-
ferred to and In attitudes ranging all
the way from the pose of the "Disk
Thrower'' to that Of the most resolute
squatter upon q western claim, they
are lined up In q row from the top of
the steps to the bottom. In the hand
of each is a chatty, and one and all
are engaged In the offices of the morn
ing bath. And their tub Is the well.
The brimming chatties are passed up
and the empty ones down, legs are
curried, feet are secured, teeth are pol
ished with charcoal and stick, throats
are gargled, noses trumpeted, and, In
short, the whole man receives such a
washing and splashing, such a rub
bling and scrubbing, such a molishing
and polishing, as leaves nothing to be
desired except In connection with the
well. This latter consideration, how
ever, Is one that does not disturb the
Hindoo, who, priding himself upon be-
Ing externally the cleanest platter In
the universe, devotes but little thought
to the inside of the dish.
His ab%lutions and those of his col
leagues concluded, he fills his chatty
once more from the pure fountain be-
low, lifts 1t high in the air, throws his
head back and with unerring aim pours
the crystal libation In one long. steady
stream down bis open throat, ~skillfully
poised to receive and conduct 1t TO his
germ proof interior. This done, his
draperies are resumed, and he departs
to his work.
Suddenly, as out of a catapult, the
u leaps up from behind the eastern
hills, and day is at hand.-Mary Ana
bel Chamberlain in Atlantic.