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Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

13 - HAT has become of the old. fashioned plcnic7 It has not
 been so many years ago when the picnic was an established
 institution, but now 1t Is al- most extinct. Probably n few families adhere to the d-time custom of giving the annual picnic. but these are few, and the celebration is almost forgotten.
 For some reason or other it was always n beautiful day-that day of the picnic and the sun seemed 10 shine in all Its glory to make the weather the best Of the year. The picnic was sometimes held in autumn, when the leaves were begin ming 10 turn russct and scarlet, but more often 1t was held during the spring and early summer. when the woods were cool and inviting. But no matter when the date. il was always a fine day.
 The early morning start was a thing that was imperative. indeed necessity. in order that the picnic grounds could be reached before the heat of the day. Sometimes there was a long wagon trip. sometimes jaunt on the electric cars and often short trip on the train. Whole families. from the graudfathers to the tiny member who had 10 be carried with care, knew this day as the joyous day of the year. the day when all were happy and romped like the very nymPhs of the wood.
 The huge dinner-and words cannot de scribe this feast-was prepared and the final touches placed on it the night be- fore the eventfu occasion. Huge bas- kets contained everything from the In significant sweet pickle. with sour taste To great fred chickens. boiled hams and things that mothers made so well Moth ing was forg .tten. not even the milk bottle for tie labs and the large case of bottled pop for the grOwGups Encb picnic dinner was better than the before. sO much better that everyone re marked on this fact. and credit given the women folks for their efforts 10 sft.sfy the very apparent appetites of the hungry ones.
 Then when ILe .--.. ,.-.s -etfing nreftE
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Dew As Drinking Water.

n EW has very seldom beer used as
 drinking water except in poetry, but " 1t has been robbed of Its poetic char acter by the English soldiers stationed at Gibraltar Water is very scarce at this great fertilization. and the dew is col lected In the following manner. large pit is dug in the earth and covered with dry wood or straw, which in turn Is covered either with earth or sheet Iron.
 The straw or wood serves as n heat in- suiator and effectualiy prevents the con ductIon of heat from the ground to the layer of earth or the sheet Iron above. Consequently, the earth or the Iron cool, after sunset much more rapidly than the ground. that its temperature soon falls below the dew point of the surrounding air Hence dew Is formed on the layer of earth in very large quantities. The water thus obtained Is drained of into reservoirs and, after clariication. Is used for drinking.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Mr. Justwed Installs Canned Music Machine

MT. J. grinned, but ventured no further explanation
 ''Oh! You exasperating person." eI- claimed Mrs. J. Why don't you tell me what I'm to meet you for! How can tell whether to dress for a wedding or a funeral!''
 Do you like canned musicf' asked Mir J. mysteriOusly.
 Mrs. J. was nonplused for the moment. "Can-canned music. What do you mean. HomerT'
 MT J. grlnned again.
 Why canned music, of course-exactly what l said. One of those instruments that have arias md sonatas pickled in- side of them and you step on them with your feet to get them out,'
 Mrs. J. was thinking hard, but she couldn't quite catch the drift.
 How in inc world do you expect me
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

and await him on the outside. She did so, ard h. swung through the door to come face to face with
 Mrs. ]. Aunt Florence. Sister Sue. lit- tie brother Willie. ten years oly, and "Mommer.''
 They had nll come to help select the player plano!
 An important event like that about to transpire and the family" not in on it, Impossible,-at least. that was what ''Mommer" had declared. And. in Obedi- ence to Blossoms lOng-distance phone message, she had come post haste, as all good mother-in-laws do, from the nearby city In which she lived.
 The smile faded from Homer-dears face. and n suriy frown took its place.
 Cant we do anything, Blossom he growled under his breath. without hay ing that denned family of yours runS
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Animal Swimming.

ALTHOUGH nll reptiles and most aui-
 mals and insects are able to swim .n varying degrees, few possess the swimming power of human beings man has been known to swim thirty miles without pause. and the only land animal which approaches this performance Is the American black bear.
 The American deer will. however. occa- sionally swim twelve or fourteen miles at a stretch. It is noteworthy that, whereas the hare Is a proficient swimmer. the rab- bit cannot swim at aIl.s' The common mouse and the field mouse can swim only a few yards. and they often drown in the act, yet rats can swim splendidly.
 Lions and tigers swim well. although only from necessity, as to cross a river. for example. The horse can swim for miles without becoming exhausted. and he shows wonderful instinct in ehoOs- ing the best landing places. Bears aud moles swim we'll. but bats and monkeys are helpless In the water.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

TIE MT Justwed had known the vari-
 ous complications that would arise
 from his little plan to surprise Mrs.
 J. with q player-piano. he might have
 called the whole thing off from the start. But. being human, he didn't. Therefore be chuckled to himself in glee as he pictured Mrs. Us complete sur prise and pleasure when he broke the news to her.
 And for that express purpose Homer dear hurried home from the bank. But as he reached the door of his apartment and turned tbe key, his haste and en- thusiasm dropped from him like n dis carded cloak. Indeed, he sauntered In as nonchalantly as you please. All of which. somehow, seems natural to husbands when they have nice little surprise up their sleeves for "wifey."
 Mrs. iuSt wed arose in some trepidati ton.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Worlds Longest Lawsuit.

= HE concluding statement has just V been made of the longest lawsuit - In the world. which has been pend ing in the courts of Mexico for the past three hundred and forty years. The suit WAS over the boundary line between two towns, Yodocome and Mum, and both towns held titles to the same land. the conflicting grants being made by the colonial government The titles of pri- vate properties were also involved.
 The suit dragged on for the first hun dred years, several legal steps being taken, and two more centuries passed and still the suit was unsettled. All
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
INITIALS AND NAMES.

Z71 HEN working the first name or ini- tai in script upon handkerchieis Or W underwear. the French now use the same shade of embroidery floss which they have chosen to Introduce upon these iainty lingerie articles. Since IL has be ,ome q fashion tO use coarse linen and cotton threads for the embroidery of tine
 nulls. these heavy threads are split or separated for the wOrklns of initials or names.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
The Chap Who Believed in Himself
 and the One Who Didn't.

 = HERE were once two Rising " Young Men who had All the
 World before them and nothing to ~ Conquer 1t with but their own
 Brains. their own Hands and their own Strength. Both had sufficient amount of Gray Matter to Make Good when put Up Against It. Both were Industrious and sincere h their Desire to Succeed. Neither was Afraid of Workout Each had a different concep- tion of How to work.
 Chap No. 1 was a conservative. look before -you-leap young Fellow. He took things As They Came and worked his hardest on tbem-but he waited Until they came To him. He believed in In- tensive endeavor. so to speak. instead of Extensive labor. He did his Daily Tasks capably-and knew that he had Earned His Salt when evening came. If a change occurred in the Days Routine he was Annoyed and Apprehensive. Perhaps he wouldn't be equal to the Demands of the New Work? As matter of fact, he generally was-but he Lost Sight of that fact and Worried and Fretted, crossing the Bridge of Incompetency and Failure before he Reached It.
 Hence, obviously, he was always work ing along in a Rut. He did his labor well and conscientiously, that is not to be gainsaid. But he was Negative Force in the field of Business Endeavor Suf1cient unto the day was the Labor thereof-and Deyout Hope that No More nor No Less would have to be reckoned with-seemed to be his Con- cept of Getting On in the World He was afraid of Himself. often he thought 1t was his Work. But 1t Wasn't, for he generally Got By with It. He doubted his own Capabilities. And his Modesv and Apprehension were like Millstones around his Neck. C A Good Workman in his field, he labored continually with but One Tool-and allowed all the rest in his Kit to grow Rusty through a fear that he might not know how to Weld Them
 Chap No was a Live Wire He also looked before he-leaped. but his Chief Concern was about being able to Leap
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Peculiar Facts.

~ HE Peruvian Indians nre credited
 with having the greatest range of - vision of all races. Cases have been recorded of their distinguishing hu- man beings IS miles away. The German Army is now using paper kettles, claimed to be of Japanese in- vention.
 A new machine gun which the United States Army Is testing fires three hundred shots a minute. weighs but thirty pounds
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

ujOvc the main floor level and two steps iron. tue kitchen reach this platform, the main stuirs going up directly from the same on the risnt hand side with base ment stairs underneath. The dining room md kitchen are on the left of the hall. connecting through the pantry and pro yided with small rear porch. On the second floor are three good chambers with clothes closets and bath room. The roof of the house Is low and spreading with wide projected caves, the lower portion is covered with wide drop sid Ing and all of the upper part of the house shngled The interior Is finished in natural pine and yarnished with oak floor. The estimated cost is s2.aOo. exclusive of heating and plumbing.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

porch. the latter is feet in depth by II feet in width and is covered by the main roof and q second story room. The out side Is symmetrical in outline with center entrance, central hall with columned arches on both sides and one in front facing a wide window on each side of the porch. giving liberal appearance and a fine outlook from the rooms On the right hand side Is large living room
 with fireplace The chimney is built outside of the frame of house and car ried up In part with bouiders making very attractive feature of the exterior of house. on from the rear of living room Is small library or den, provided with book shelves. The rear portion of the central hall floor is raised two steps
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

- HERE are several advantages in
 cottage such as is illustrated over
 the one-story bungalow. The prin-
 cipal gain is the additional floor
 space without increasing the size of the cottage on the ground. There are other advantages, and one that is always considered Is the greater economy of construction. The additional height gives better appearance on the outside and makes cooler and pleasanter rooms of the first floor. The saving in cost and the gain in floor space without increase of size are the features that often make the cottage more popular
 This cottage Is 30 feet in width with total depth of g. feet, including the front
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

corded in Spain by the use of wireless telegraphy.f ff
 The worlds production of corn reaches the enormous figure of ninety million tons each year.
 For the innstiOp of sutomobils tires .
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Physician

ELtEP can Frequently De Induced by lying on the face with the right srm - Under the head Instead of a pillow.
 To bathe the face in hot water every five minutes for an hour will often cure a cold in its first stages. Another rem edy for a cold in its first stages Is to take about four hours violent exercise outdoors.
 The best way to take oily medicines is 10 heat the spoon So that the liquid will easily slip of, ,-'--
 A teaspoOnful of warm giycerine pourei into the ear will often cure me wa-.I earache. This is kept in with d rtrie heated wool i-eotton over which 6 tbandage Is fastened. .Tt
 By breathing through the nose tue Hir Is both warmed and pdrifed before h reaches the lungs. The nostriis aef as a sort of sieve. allowing o0ly the pure sir to pass beyond their domain.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
Parasol Gives
 Finishing Touch.

nAFAsoLs give the finishing touch to
 a costume. Handbags fIl certain place, of course, but there is noth- ing that can take the place of the para sol An embroidered parasol Is not at all a foolish investment. even for the woman of limited means.
 Nowadays embroidered silks are made of such materials that they can easily be cleaned at home. Women who are handy with the embroidering needle can make a very pretty parasol. but it re quires time and patience before the ar ticle is finally completed. Long white handles are being much used for the sum- mer parasols.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

and can be operated by two men. one loading as the other aims and fires 1t.
 Eighty-fve per cent. of the population of New York are moved every day by the railroads in this city.
 The approach cf thunderstorms is re-
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

Frenchman has invented tubes containing aluminium with small proportion of mercury bichoride. The admission of water forms hydrogen gas nnder pressure. which may easily bs turned into the ttre&
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

during this time the residents of noSn cities were arrayed against each other and many conflicts have taken place sipre the matter was first brought to the eyes of the Mexican courts. The matter was finally laid before the people of the t~o towns. and after many conferences a settlement of the case was reached. and the suit in court was formally dismissed President Dlaz had a hand In the settle ment. being a native of the town Of lodOcome
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26

hawk can fly 150 miles per hour and q rock can cover distance of 6O miles in the same length of time.
Arizona republican., 1910-05-26
FOR TENDER FEET.

FOR TENDER FEET. ID ATHE tender feet in warm water to which little ammonia has been U added. After drying, the feet should be dusted over with boracic powder Salt water is very strengthening to the feet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
CHURCH ATTENDANCE COM.
pULSORY,

Paying the penalty of attending
CT urch fer violation of the saloon law
lsst Sunday, was the novel experience
of fonr saloonksepers at Indianapolis,
Ind, yesterday. Three of them attended
Holy Trinity Oturch and listened to a
sermon by Rtv. john Smollsy, and the
other attended the Columbis Avenue
Methods. Chcvch With his wife, where
Rev. James Hixon preached from the
text, CD and Gin 90 more"
l1tereet centersd 10 the case OF Marion
Oummins, who admitted to Mayor
Sasuk that he had not been to church
since he entered the saloon business.
OunmiDs violated the Law las. Sunday,
snd on Thursday the mayor suspended
bis iiceussl until he should attend
church sud bring letter from the pastor
saying thst he hsi been to church
through an entire services.
There were many smiling faces in tbs
little Methodist congregation when
Oummins and bis wife entered Sunday
morning. Mr.. Hixon looked up ss they
entered, but Immediately dropped bis
eyes, as though not wishing to give
them any special attention. He was
ezoec iug them, however. f,r Oammins
csllsd upon him yesterday and received
the promise Of letter to Mayor shsnk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
INTHE C)ID, GRAY DAWN.

THE end of numerous New Years resolutions,
| dreamed that dwelt on en- isle Of cracke'
ice.
In the mid.t Of lake of champagne,
Where bloomcd the mint juleps In meadow!
ofgreen,
Amid showers of lthla rain.
recliaed on 4 divan of lager beer foam,
With q pillow Of froth for my head,
While the spray from Eountain OF sparkling
gin fzz
From the far aw y mountains of chrIstalline
A zephyr refreshing and cool
Came waiting The incense of sweet muscatel
That spsrs led in many pool;
Nv senses were soothed by the soft purlInt
soIg
Of brook let Of pousse cafe,
That rippled along over pebbles OF snow
To river Of absirthe trappe.
Then lulled By the music Of tink ling glass,
From the SCHOONER that danced on toe deep
1 dreamily slipped high ball or two,
And lsnguishly foated to sleep;
But when | awoke on o bed of soft rocks,
With bolster as hard as brick;
A wrench in my neck, rack in my head,
And stomach detestably sick.
With sand in my eyes and grit in my throat
Where the tas,e OF last evening still clung
Aud felt bath towel stutf into my mouth
Which I afterwards found was my tongue
In the mystifed maze of my brain,
Until great light hurst upon me at last
I'm OF the wagon again.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
JEWS REGAINING PALESTINE.

Dispatches received 10 London from
Jerusalem tell of remarkable strides
| made during tbs last few years in the
reopening of Palea.ins with Jews
The proclamation OF the constitution
io Turkey threw open the doors of
Palestine and led to an enormous influx
of jewish colonis!s, who ara already
settled oa some of the best lands OF the
country.
In Jerusalem alone four.ffths OF the
population DOW belong to the Jewish
'aitb. Large lracs Of laud around
Lake Tlperiss have been bought up
rom poor natives and converted into
prosperous farms The Plain OF
Sharon, between Jsffa snd Lynda, is
one vast garden, owned and tended by
Jswlsh skill and labor. The Haurau,
ous of tbs most fertile wheat districts
| IN the world, is being cold to Jewish
syndicates.
Almost the whole OF the extensive
Plain of Esdraelon has been bought
up by Jsws. Their prosperous colonies
spread from Dan to 8 B,erSheba, and
even farther s:u:h 10 the outskirts of
Egypt. Thousands are escaping from
Per.is to fnd shelter aud protection in
the Holy Land, while every ship from
0jesss carries some of them.
The JOr4an Valley, once the property
OF the ex Sultan Abdul Hsmid, is being
ssgssly sought after by Jewish capital.
lists, whose agents, distributed all over
the land, are buying up the rich
pop srties Of the Mvhammedan effendis,
whose iucomes since the revolution have
lees ened.
At Jafs, Tibsrias. Sifen ard Halfa
Mount Carmel Jews are rsckoned By tens
| of thousands. Towns like Ramoth. G.l.
head, Bethlehem, Nszsreth snd Gsz1,
| shere few years ago no Jew dared
show his face, have now their Jewish
quarters and syrasoIu:s.
The whole city of Je,u1a'em is essen.
tislly Jewish t0wr. Bankiug ss we'll as
trade aud commerce is mouopolzed by
Jess. The government has found 1t
necessary to orgsuize company of Jew
ish gendsrmes.
Hu ldreds of thousands OF pounds are
annually sent from Europe aud Am erica
to ensble the colonists 20 tuild homes,
hospitals, schools, aud invalid homes.
More thau 100 Jewish schools already ex-
ist in Jau,siem aIoae. Synsguoes are
rising uo everywhere.
The value OF tho land has risen four
tol' The ignorant and poverty. stricken
tellsheen (0easants) are being ousted
from their homes and villages by the
Europesn Jew settler, whose modern
agricultural implements aud methods
have made the land protu:e hsrvests
never dreamed of bY the natives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
The Farmers Wife

Pa verv careful about her churn. She
scalds it thoroughly after using, and gives
n a sun bath to sweeten 1t. She knows
tbat II her churn Is sour 1t will taint the
hntter that Is made In 1t. The stomach 10
A churn. In the stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are performed pro-
eesses which are almost exactly like the
churning OF butter. Is 1t not apparent
then that II this stomach-churn is foul 1t
makes foul all which Is put into it?
The evil OF foul stomach is not alone
the bad taste In the mouth and the foul
breath caused by 1t, but the corruption OF
the pure current Of blood and the dissem-
lnation Of disease throughout the body.
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
1t does for the stomach what the washing
sud sun bath do for the echurn--absolutely
removes every tainting or corrupting ele-
mcnt. In this way it cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions. scrofulous dwellings,
cores, or open eating ulcers and all
Gumors or diseases arising from bad blood.
If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste in
yonr mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and despondent, have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks. gnawlng or distress in stom.
ach, constipated or Irregular bowels, sour
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number Of them. indicate thatyou are
suffering from biliousncss, torpid or lazy
liver with the usual accompanying indi--
eesticn, or dyspepsia and their attendana
arrangements.
The hesI sGs2ts kleMn. lseG1. &c nssdicsl sels
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
ENUMERATOR's RATES OF PAY

ENUMERATOR's RATES OF PAY.
Centu, Director Dulaud has issued 10
the cepsus supervisors detailed state
ment of the Classification OF rates adopted
for the compensation of enunerasors in
the thirteenth ccnsus, commencing april
Is next.
Theirs ere three general ra:es-tbe per
ca pits, the mixed, and the per diem.
The frat snt secnnd general rates baVe
FIVE subdivisions Zach.
The per diem rates range from S3 to
SO 80, 81, 81 so, IS, SIS so, and IS, and
are 10 be paid for day of eight hours
WORK.
Fer enumerators or the per capita
b ,sis, which will be that most widely
uaed, the pay for each inha'itant Is:
Class A, cents; class B, q cents; class
O, certs; class D, 8! cents; and class
E, 4 cents. Such enunerstors will also
he paid for each farm as follows: Glass
A, 20 cents; class B, 224 cents; class Q,
25 cents; class D, 27l ceuts; and class l.,
80 cent?. These rates are in each case
cents or more higher than those paid
10 1900, when the range was from / to ~
cepts. For each establishment of pro.
ducrive industry the rate for each class
i, 80 cent?. For each barn and it clos
u,e containing live stocE, not on fsrus,
tae pay ia 10 cents for each class.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31
Mardi Gras Celebration. New Orleans
ILa Leh = q u 1910

Account above OCCASION Southern Railway
will sell reduced fare tickets from ell points
in Virginia, including Washington, D. G.. to
New ~ cans, February l. 2, / 4, s, 6. q final
limit to reach original starting point not later
than mi night OF February l9. Original pur.
chaser of tickets n,ay secure an extension OF
1919, by personally depositing ticket with
special agent, 708 Common street, New Or.
leans, not later than February 19, 1910. aud
upon payment of one dollar $500 per ticket
al time of deposit. Consult agents.
l.. 8. BROWN. Gen. Ag't
Southern Railway, WASH, D. C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

Sufferers who say they have tried every
thing without heneft aye the people We are
glni Experience that Ely's Cream Balm will
conquer Cold in The He sd, Hay Fever, aud
obst:nat. forms O! Nasal Catarrh. This rem
edy acts directlv on the inf.med, sensitive
membranes Cleansing, soothing and heal
ing. One trial will convin ce you Of its heal
ing power Price SOC. All druggists. OF
mailed by Ely Bros, IS Warren ct New
York
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-01-31

THE annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the MATHERS-LAMM PAPER COM
PANY, Incorporated, will be held at the
Fairf.x street, Alexandra, Virginia. Mt II
o'clock m. on TU ESDAY, February l, l9 0,
for the election of directors and such other
business as may properly be before the meet
ing. J. =. LAMM, Secretary.
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