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Middletown transcript., 1909-07-31
SINGING KETTLES

The Japanese, who know SO well how
to add little, unexpected attractions 10
everyday life, manufacture, In q great
variety Of forms, iron teakettles which
break into song when the water boils.
The song may not be very perfect melody,
but it's perhaps as agreeable as tha notes
produced by some Of the insects which
the Japanese also treasure for music,
The harmonious sounds Of the teakettles
are produced by steam bubbles escaping
from beneath thin sheets Of iron fastened
close together, nearly at the bottom Of
the Kettles. To produce the best effects
some skill is required in regulating the
fire. The character Of the sound varies
with the form Of the kettle. These cur
ious singing kettles have been used by
the people for many centuries.
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birds, rEEr II rEleHr


When the new twenty dollar cold piecs
was issued in 1907, a critic Of The design
on the coins asked, .Who ever akW Cd
eagle in flight with its legs tlailing ba.
hind it2'' This touches Upoa aqueslion
that has often been debated, bps DF. q.
w Townsend thinks that The dssienek
was right and the cfitic wrong An birds
Of prey. be says, habisaaIly carry tI,sir
legs behind in flight, except wlssn aE6ut
to strike their quarry. Waier.hifds also
fly with their legs extended behint, and
pheasanta. grouse and other eslliaaesoas
birds do the same thing s t5an "a tllevI
are well under way Bnl the Pzseges 81
peFcbing biFdss such s. af|ish black.
birds, sparroWs, robins. ravens, rocka.
crows aud sWallo 81; " Mlasa "a tllNlit oafFg
their legs drawn ~ 5ii The ,s6lf
Of humminghiFds l1ias alfh6nak
some havs hea gSlna
their legs IL frus
Middletown transcript., 1909-07-31
cHzn1CAL DYES IN RUGS

W, II. Doty. United States Consul al
Tabr furnishes some interesting facts
on tha extent to which chemical dyeatuffs
are supplantlng those Of vegetable origin
in Persia.
"The large carpet importing houses,
be writes, shave done their utmost to
guard 'asainst coal tar preparations. and
presumably most Of their Oriental rugs
are abOnt what they are represented to
be. Naturally, the price Of such rugs is
above that OF the products in which
chemical dyes are employed. In Persia
there aFs some well established rug ex.
porting firms that loudly cFy. s.Back 10
the vegetable dyes. II ia to them the
credit ia given that 9 royal edict was
issued more than eight years agO forbid.
ding the Introduction Of aniline coloripr
material, This law, howevsr. Is moi en-.
forced.
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70 DISPOSE OF FLIES

Flies were regarded formerly a. merely
annoying pests. but now that they have
been discovered TO be active enemies Of
the human race every effectual means of
destroying them deserves the widest pub
licity. Aud the appropriate time to
spread the news Is surely now, when
'fly timen lie here. A correspondent of
Nature recounts his success with soiu-
tion Of iormaldehyde and water. Two
teaspoonfuIs Of formaldehyde in a soup
plate of water is bis prescription, and the
effect he describes thus:
Some die in the water; many fall in
the immediate neighborhood of the plate;
others succumb on window sill or floor.
AZ the result Of leaving a single ptateful
of the solution on the kitchen table (I
am writing in the south, of France1 hume.
dreds Of the dead flies are each day swept
up from the floor. FormaIiu water is
free from the gruesome association of
fypapers and other traps which hold
their struggling victims. It may even be
turned to ornamental uses. A wire cage
placed in the centre of the dish may be
covered with flowers, which flourish
equally as we'll, with some slight but
interesting changes in tint, in diluted for
malin as in pure water. The solution
neither attracts nor repeis flies. Two
similar dishes placed side by side, the
one containing pure water and the other
formalin, are visited, so lar as one can
Judge, with equal frequency"
Ifthe fy il fond Of formalin water, and
partaking thereof results in his early de-
mise, it would seem to be we'll to provide
him with bis favorite tipple. Screening
is often inadequate. nor is it possible in
all places. The "sticky hypaper" is OBJ
iectionabls in many ways, as the writer
quoted hints. Perhaps housekeepers who
are troubled by the common pests would
be glad to avail themselves Of this new
idea. At least it can do no harm to give
il trial.
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Cures Blood, Skin Dissas ss, Cancer creates
Blood Purifier Free
tt your blood is impure, thin, diseased
hot or full OF humor. If you have blood
poison. cancer. carbuncles. eating sores,
.scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and
bumps, scabby, pimply skin, bone pains,
catarrh, rheumatism or any blood or skin
disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B
B. }. Soon all sores heal, aches and pains
stop and the blood is made pure and rich
Druggists or by express 81 per large bot.
tie. Sample free by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially
advised for chronic, deep-seated cases. ~
It cures after all else fails.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
THEIR CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

This year" said Cartwright firmly.
there are going 10 be no Christmas
surprises In my happy home-nOne
Of those pleasant little attempts az
playing Santa Claus which begin with
suspense and effort and end in NORTH
cation and disappointment i am go
ing 70 take my wife downtown and
let her pick out anything she wants
within the limits OF my spending ca
pacity, and then I'm going TO let her
take me around and Tx me up with a
pair OF embroidered suspenders or
gold cuff links or any old thing she
likes and that Will make her happy.
Neither Of Us has quite got over the
effects OF the last holiday season yet.
you see we had been married just
long enough last Christmas 10 wear
out our first installment OF furniture
and most Of our wedding gifts. Things
were looking a little shabby around
the house, so we both agreed that in
selecting our little remembrances for
one another We ought 10 confine our
selves 20 something which would be
mutually useful and attractive. Both
of us had been secretly longing for a
Morris CT air-One OF those mission
things with big leather cushions that
swallow you up in delirium of com
| fort. Mrs. G. wanted It for the beauty
% the library and her afternoon sizes.
tas. and wanted it for evening recre-
alton.
Months before the Christmas season
/ I began putting by a little sum week
/ ly. with the Morris chair In mind. TWO
weeks before the 25th l went down Z
a dealers 90 look at chairs ! haC
/ been looking casually for weeks be
fore, but II was not until / came upoI
this particular shop that / discovered
what ] wanted. 1t was a beauty In tn
darkest and finest OF weathered oak
| with all attachments and a pair o
fat, greeny brown leather cushion
that fairly felt like pipe dreams, lace'
with leather strappings and tied TO tn
woodwork with thongs. The minut
/ saw the chair ! knew X was for me
but the price was rather staggering
The dealer wanted sos for It at frs
and when had got him down to SO
h0 acted as though he were givin
the thing away. ! thought IL best
hold out a little. so / merely requisite
that be give me a days option on th
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09

fact before Il burned itself upon his
consciousness. At the end OF the week
he leased Drusilla 90 90 with him TO
the top OF Green Hill. an eminence
overlooking Newton village and the
countryside beyond. To him the coun-
trysIde was--a landscape. nothing
more. ITO wcould he Kuess that Drusfl-
la loved a with the passion OF the
true land-lovery o. that 4. was seam
ed and threaded with memories OF
Arpeth-there was the brook they had
waded together. there the fields they
had raced through. the nut trees they
had plundered. the sweet open wood
land they had walked within, so many
happy days.
Drusilla looked at everything. draw
ing long quick breaths. Until then
she had not known how much she
loved IL all. Could she leave II for
Italy. for the hot sun and sands OF
Algiersj1 Could she give up all the
dear familiar homely things 50 knit to
her hearth With the questioning there
came a rush OF understanding. Ar
peth. part Of all these things. was also
knit TO her heart.
Unconsciously she turned half about
20 search the highway. The stage had
come down Il half an hour before.
Duly she wondered why her heart
leaped so at the recollection. She
dropped her eyes. but raised them III
stantiy with little glad cry. She had
beard Arpeths step. AS she looked.
he came around the shoulder of the
hill. his eyes strained and eager. his
face fall Of unrest. IL cleared magic
ally at sight OF her own--she ran TO
him. holding out both hands. but
speaking no word. As she drew the
hands away she turned 20 David, say
ing with a shake of the head and an
elfin smile:
Il can never thank you quite enough
YOU have shown me 1 belong to
my own
II am your own. Arpeth said. smil-
ing
She smiled. tOo-a tender smile di-
vinely touched with compassion as
She answered. Ito be sure-sO much
my own you are just part of the land
scape."
AS David rushed away from them
Arpeth took her in his arms. saying
/ huskiiy:
Il shall never leave you again"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09

chair and paid a small deposit for the
privilege.
Meanwhile my wife had been saw
ing every penny. cutting down ON the
grocery bill and keeping me on cheap
meats with Christmas in view. It
seems that she. TOO. had a Morris
chair on the brain. On the afternoon
OF the same day on which / dtscov-
cred my prize she strOlled into the
same shop. The first sight of the chair
was enough for her. and she offered
to buy IL on the spot The dealer
was inconsolable. He had sold the
chair. he believed: at least. he had
given a gentleman an option on II, and
the gentleman had paid a deposit, but
II madam would leave her name some
thing might be done.
When my wife spelled out her cog
nOmen for him he lifted his eyebrows
In establishment. That was exactly
the name and those were the initials
OF the gentleman who had already
spoken for the chair. My wife thought
for a moment. Then she controlled her
emotions and merely remarked that
such condolences were quite common
and walkd out without leaving her ad-
dress.
Next day hied me to the dealers
quickly. prepared TO leave my order
! for "a chair. But the dealer did not
seem half so inclined to sell A lady
( had been there. IL seems, lady OF my
own name, with the same initials
odd. was IL not?-who was willing to
give the full price for the article.
/ Then IL was my turn to think. On the
whole. / decided / did not want the
chair after all. II Ellen wanted 20
buy IL. I'd let her have that pleasure.
Christmas morning we both fused
about the house expectantiy. / won
dered where on earth Ellen was keep
ing my Morris chair. After breakfast
unloaded a pair OF green portieres
had bought for her. AS the wrap
pings came OF / saw her face fall.
Then she went over TO corner and
produced an exactly similar bundle
and unrolled another pair Of green
portieres for me.
But / stammered. 4 thought you
bought a Morris chairl'
III oh. John, didn't you buy Il
|, after allr
And then. in the light Of our under
standing. we went on one anotheT's
} shoulders. New York Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
HIS WIFE HEARD
THE FATAL SHOT
Artist John n. Souther sends Bullet
Into His Brain While Wife and
Children Stand Outside
Room Door.

WASHINGTON. u. a.. - Special -
While his wife and three laughing
children stood outside the door % his
room in The Grafton Hotel asking ad-
ultrance. John *. Sourner. an artist
thirtg-nlne years old, sent "a bullet
through his head and ended his life
shortly before noon Sunday.
Mrs. Souther was Miss Mamie Tay-
Zoe. OF Charlottesville. Va
Hearing the revolver report. which
came as the only reply 90 her repeat
ed calls ana shakes % the doorknob.
MrE. SOuther became hysterlcal. and
with her frightened and weeping chill
dren clutchinE al her dress she rushed
Downstairs FOR assistance
When the door. which had been
locked and bOited. was broken open
hy employees % the hotel MI Souther
lay on his bed with a bullet wound
Ia his mouth and q revolver IN his
right hand.
on the bureau In the room lay a
note. evidently written hurrletly and
erNously- u VAS addressed 20 Mrs.
Souther. and. 90 Is understood. explain
e her husbands frame Of mind when
ne frsd the fatal shot
Net With Financial Reverse.
Coroner hewitt. after investigating
the circumstance % Mr. Souther s
death. and said financial reverses was
the only cause known 70 have pro-
voked the artists destruction. DR..
Nevitt said ne learned that M South
er a man always accustomed 20 IN
limited means. met with financial
iosses during the furry two years ago.
and falling 10 recOgp his fortune. be-
came cespo1dent and ended his Efe.
The zote. according TO Or. hewitt,
read.
Ny Dear WIFE, have decided 20
end IL all think you vii De better
OF without me. ] have tried 20 settle
that estate for that woman. but ny
Efforts have failed. Please take care
/ OF the babies. Have my body ere
( mated
Mr.. Souther Was a son % one Of Tho
vcalthleBt nnanclers 81 Erie. Pa
/ where ne was born. and his friends
say he did not know arat q was q
need money. He owned "a coy cottag'
/ on Long Island. where ne spent hi
summers and Tor the past ten year
had been coming 10 Washington To-
/ the winter and spring lie moved iI
I an exclusive set. and vas one o
the most popular members q the Cos
mos Club
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
IRATE BROTHER
UNDER ARREST

WASHINGTON. D. G.. Special. --
Charles II Splnls. a farmer who
lives ar Haymarket. Va. Friday night
called 81 the FIRST Precinct station 10
see tire man Nho elCDed with hls four
teen-y ear-Olo sister. Nellie SpinkH
The irate brother 8aE armed with a
revolver. the police aiiege.
A new. shiny weapon was taken
from a pocket in SpinkB' coat. the po-
Ice say, and every chamber in the
cyllncer contained q bullet The pO-
lice took the weapon from him and
locked him up.
His name was written on the blot
ter opposite a charge Of carrying q
concealed Wea pom.
Miss SDinks aBd Wslter Robinson,
nineteen years old. left Haymarket on
Thursday night last for Washington.
intending 20 be married IN thsR city.
Detectives net the couple at Union
Station. sent the girl 20 the House 81
DeteDtion, anc placed Robinson Ia q
cell az the First Precsncf Station.
awaiting wore from the girls parents
IN Eaynarket.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
SMITHSON SLAIN
BY DRUNKEN NEGRO

NEWPORT NEWS. VA.-Special.-
T. H. Smithson. twenty-six years old,
of Mulberry Island Warwick county.
died az the Elizabeth Buxton Hospital
here last night as the result OF "A wound
Inflicted saturday afternoon by ne
gro. Lewis stewart Smithson was
foreman for the Southern Pine Lum-
Der Company's mill. near Lee Hall.
and is the son OF II. II. Smithson. a
well-known Warwick county oyster
man and farmer
Stewart. with another negro. got
drunk. and on their return 90 the mill.
became involved Ia nght SmithsOn
attempted 20 separate them. which 30
enraged Stewart that ne struck the
young man over the head with a heavy
piece OF timber. fracturing his skull
The injured man was brought here for
treatment, and died following an ope-
ration.
Excitement Is running high, u IN
said. and violence is feared.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
PRESENT MKEoRIAL
TO JUDGE HORSLET

LYNCHBURG. VA Special The
local bar IL the Corporation Court
presented memorials u Judge John
ID Eo-sley. VIZ ried r~~-- VS.
ago, TIE resolutions beng pre-
seutet ~ J. 1BEsary COlrllasa.4, - uo.
with George Czskie. IS. Y. Kemp. WI
liam n Mcrreu and Ju1Ee Christian.
raAcs euioRln1lc remarks
Later the viii - JucEe Eorsiey was
prObatec- g. v. Eemper and ArE-
Florence Iorsley and Catherine
HOrzley. widow and daughter q the
lestator. qualified az executor and eK-
ecutri1 % the estate. giving oOEd with
out security ln penalty of 100000.
The estate goes 90 the family
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
DEATH CLAIMS
MAJOR MORGAN
Superintendent OF Virginia PenIten-
tiary Passes Away After Long
Illness

MOND. VA - Special. -
Major Evan f. Morgan. Superinten-
dent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.
who had been critically i'll for weeks.
died at his residence at 7:4S o'clock
last night.
The funeral will take place on Mon
day afternoon at o'clock from Pine
Street Baptist Church. OF which he
was a member. The intermeDt viii
be made in Hollywood Cemetery.
Major Morgan made many friends In
Richmond during his residence here.
and although his death was not unex-
pected. the announcement brought
forth many expressions Of regret and
Of esteem for the man whose life work
has ended. He will be missed from
the coterie of men who are coming to
the front in Virginia in recent years,
who believe in doing something prac-
teal for the age and for the Com
mOnwealth.
Good Work at Prison.
Major Morgan was born in Brennan,
Tex. forty-seven years ago. He came
TO Virginia in May. 1865. located in
Botetourt county. near Cloyerdale, in
1875 he moved to Roanoke county. He
was the eldest son OF Mr.. and Mrs. d.
A. Morgan. His father died in 1888.
and his mother now resides in Roam
oke county, near Hollins Institute.
After the death Of his father he as
sumed charge Of this business in this
State, South Carolina and Texas. He
came TO this city sixteen years ago,
I accepting a position at the peniten-
tiary later succeeding William T.
+ White as assistant superintendent, and
+ then Major Lynn. of Bedford county,
as superintendent. which position he
/ held up 20 the time of his death.
In prison affairs he was recognized
as a man OF more than usual ability,
and for a number of years had been
active as a member of the American
+ Prison Association. He was conceded
/ by some of the most prominent au-
thorities TO be one of the ablest prison
men I'm America. Under his manage
ment the standard of the penitentiary
has been raised TO "a point where il
I compares favorably with the foremost
/ criminal institutions of the United
I States His ambition and aim I'm life
/ had been to place the Virginia Peni-
/ Tertiary ON a basis equal 20 that OF
any penal Institution In the country,
and there is no doubt that his purpose
would have been accomplished could
he have lived 20 carry out his policies.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
STATE HORTICUITURALISTS
TO MEET AT WINCHESTER

The Virginia State horticultural So
ciety viii meet in the auditorium at
Winchester. on "Wednesday and Thurs
day. January 5th and 6th. The scs-
s.ous viii be called 90 order promptly
day.
The fruit exhibit will be open 90 the
general public after the Judge has
made thc awards The services Of
Professor S. B. Hedges have been se-
cured 90 act as judge of exhibits.
Am fruit Intended FOR exhibition
must Doe entered with the secretary at
least ten days before the date of
meeting. and an fruit must have been
and am exhibitors must be members
of The society
Entry cards viii DE furnished by
the secretary or Stewart Bel. of Win
chester. on application, and no fruit
viii he exhibited for premium un-
less accompanied 10y such entry cards.
Tn response Go suggestions from sew
eral quarters. that 50 is adyisa bile that
boxed apples from Virginia should bee
packed in boxes OF uniform size and
shape. and that this type OF box should
/ be endorsed by this society. the eNecu-
I tive committee has decided 90 rec
ommend the Oregon" box as the uni
form box for Virginia apples This
box Us made in two sizes for fiat or
elongated shaped apples. one. called
I the Standard measures 1SNl1 i-2N
7 1913 and the other. called Special. "
measures 2ON11N1O. both inside meas
ure. Both boxes contain about the
I same. filling two half-bushel meas
ures. heaping measure. per box. and
can be procured from Virginia box
! factories
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
WISHES HE HAD
LET MONEY ALONE
xsrly's Wife Grieses Over Latest Ar
rest Of Her Husband.
WERE HAPPY0K FARM
Devoted Woman Has Foliotced Her
AFFLICTED Husband Through Many
Dlficulties. Longs TO be
Les Alone.

Richmond. Va. Special
Sad-eyed and broken through Ions
anxiety. strugglinS against strsncs
ditficcity. Mrs John r. Early. wife OF
the suspected flepcr" 81 recent local
celebrity. was thrown into the
very depths Of grief BY the report
OF the second arrest OF her unhappy
husband az Wsshinrton- The man had
sought the national capital with the
design or coilectins S1ss hack pension
money. lie LEFT last Wednesday. 60
ms from a little farm in Chesterfield
county. and had not hccn heard from
BY his wife up until last n shit When
Ms Eaarly learned that her husband
was again detained by the health au-
thcrities At Washington she broke
down and gave vent 10 perfect
psroNySm % CrieL She lancntet the
fact that her cousort hac endeaVorco
% collect the money due him by the
Government. saying.
I'VE were happy snd quiet AZ our
little farm in Chesterfield had
rather have happiness than s. 1875.
The most affecting part or the
EinEuiarly sad history OF the man who
has come 20 he known as "Eearly. the
leper." rs the stRunch and unwaNertnE
and uncompronisinE fidelity 81 his
true wife In DAYS when the divorce
courts are busily humminE when less
1han a frcwn and the vauor % sls-
picior a. considered grounds Tor
esrra urer1 eut between -ar ana W'fe
lae actle. SO CNss s
Early Is looked upon lT most Nltn
admiration and by many with wonder.
who does not permit even the creao
oritenr1l disease or lerrcsy ltsei 70
par her ION lle 49, ., @ -.n
The many recent 1r-als s1l , e.--.-
already detailed fn trc press HOW
TIE man. Srsuerfel Df being a lcner.
vas iro IS
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-12-09
WOULD DECLARE VAR
AGAINST NICARAGUA

WASHINGTON. u. Special
Tork. introdnced q joint resolution
fuf be Ho1ss, soon after II met AZ
eos. which practically declares war
against Nicaragua
IL otrccfs the President 20 use
the hand aHd naval forces % the
United state 40 restore order iu
NicaraetaA. Tt demands the arrest
and pEuishDcBt Of Z<-iaya Tor ule
TnNr1er 81 American citizens. and
also demands an apology and
damages frOE8 Nicaragua for the
execution Of GrOce aud Cannon.