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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

.rv was made by the government au-
thority a national holiday. In all the
cities OF the French republic Il is com
memorated by iuuminations. fireworks.
special theatrical performances. balls,
concerts and much chanting OF the
Marscinaiso. the greatest OF all war
songs.
what IS called the festival OF the
EscalaGe ia the Independence day OF
the little republic OK Geneva-certain'
/ IN the most picturesque OF all repub
lies. IL IS now. OF course. part OF
\ Switzerland but this Is comparatively
recent. During all the middle ages,
| with bloody wars raging on every
hand. Geneva quiet little town 10
the Valley Of the Rhone. surrounded
by snow-capped mountains-held ia
own against every foe and retained it'
freedom.
But on the night OF December II
1902. Il had an exceedingly narrow Cd
cane. Large forces, secretly gathered
which had marched from severa
strongholds ia Savoy. crossed IN
, River Arve and began 70 scale IN
, walls with ladders. There vas a
3 alarm and the citizens. springsng froi
4 their beds. rushed out in scanty attir'
b The enemy were driven back and
noon on the following day were COL
4 pletely routed
h Italy. although monarchy. has i
y own independence day. This falls
q ways on the first Sunday IN June a.
l. Is called the festival OF the consSi'
= ton. Il celebrates the anal union
Il italy. which was accomplished In IS
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
GOAT HIGH JUMPER
Leap Of Thirty Feet ls But Sport
for Swiss chanois-
caprloornus From sNsltxeFsend Keeps
o.. Louis Nelahborhocd Amused
BY Aorobatlo Feats-Hurdies
Barns and Coal 6heda-

st. Louis, Mo.-Frank r. Aesse-
macher Of the Thirty-six engine house /
has at his residence q channels Chup
lcapra traSus). or Swiss mountain
goat. that Is at once the wonder. de-
light and mystery Of the nsisnoor-
hood
Born and bred IN the Swiss Alps.
this goat amazes the neighbors oy
most astounding leaps. II IL nothing
for him TO Jump on a shed or add
ton" roof twelve or fifteen feet high
Often he will jump on TO the porcnes
which ornament tho second story
thence 20 tho roofs OF the houses.
A jump OF the highest roof. about
twenty to thirty feet. is nothing TOT
him. He can walk right up 70 fence
twelve TO fourteen feet high and ny
over II like a bird The grace with
which this channels makes these anas-
Ing leaps attracts and delights All
who see him
Dwellers IN the vicinity Of heste-
macher's home, who IN hot weather
sleep on their porches. have been Wis
tied by the chamois ia the morning
He has all the impudence and curl
osity OF the common goat and Is at
tracted 20 make his Jumps BY any
thing that may excite his interest II
this way he has Jumped on every TOO
that has attracted him save that 0
Christian Brothers college. which !
, some distance away.
Those who have seen him perforr
are sure that be can leap 70 the roc
OF the Third National bank buildin
n II he cared 10 do 30. and say that 70
only Jump he has not taken is into
second-story window. They would n'
( De surprised 20 see him do this At an
time.
When the chamois gets going sero'
the back yards he takes fences IN
stride and hits the ground but on
IN each yard. He hurdles coal she
and stables as n they were a 10
5 high. He Is a wise old goat and TAX
lifo easy. except when molested
children. who love 70 see him p
form. He is very fond OF salt and v
jump anywhere 20 get It.
20 He is immense IN sire. being abe
- three feet six inches az the shoulde
0O and looks more like m antelope ID
= goat
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
WOMAN, AGE "a, WILL VOTE
Her Daughters. Aged 70 and ~ Years
Register az Farminstons
Wash.

Pennington, WRsh.-Mrs- Hannah
Holmes, aged ninsty-fOur, registered
for the first time recently and viii cast
her arst vote al the special election
called TO vote on the proposed bonding
of the town for water SYSTEM
she declared her intention Of vot
ing At both the primary and general
elections.
She has two daughters registered,
Mrs. Rose p. Carr. aged seventy-one.
and Mrs. Kate Frownfeltsr. aged sew
antyfour.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
College MEN IN HARVEST
MANY Of Them Help to Gather Con-
nsoslout Tobacco Crop and Re-
esiVe Good Wages.

Springfield. Mass - Undergraduate
students from Yale. Harvard. Prince
ton and Dartmouth are providing In
valuable help on the big Connecticut
valley tobacco plantations during the
harvest season which Is now at its
height College men who are working
their way find that harvesting tobacco
a more congenial than collecting fares
or guiding trolley cars The wages
naid vary from Sass to 90 a day.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
PLAN BIG BUTTERFLY FARM
New Jersey Men VIII Raise Brightly
colored insects 20 Sell 20 the
Society Women.

Red Bank. N J.-Business men
from New York are 70 establish here
the hrst butterfly farm in the world
They will raise butterflies OF al va
rieties. specializing IN specimens Of
brilliant ooloring and highly deeora-
tive appearance.
The product OF the farm Is to be
sold 70 society women. who Viii thus
be enabled 70 satisfy their whim for
having butterflies flying about thsii
conservatOrjes and parlors.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

In re: Public road from Norge to
CroakeT.
1t appearing to the Board that
there should be placed to the credit
of the State Aid Fund $S4.94 the
same being balanne due to meet
the Automobile Taxes for 1912.
1t is ordered that S. S. Hsnkins.
Treasurer transfer from the Stone
house District Road Fund. to the
State Money AID Fund the sum of
$34o4 the same to be expended
along with the 10000 heretofore
appropriated for the year 1912. IN
der the direction of State Highway
Commissioner.
The vote being taken upon thi
resolution resulted as follows. Aye
LIB. Walden. John A. Barnes and A
J. Johnson. Nays none
The Board then adjourned unit
the next regular meeting.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
TELL OF HARDCLINB
Parker and Companion Back
From Mount Mckinley.
Brooklyn Mar Arrives az seattls'
Wash. Meets Young wife and sees
Ais Child FOR First Tine-Wil
Not Ascend Again.

Seattle. Wash-Prof. Hsrschen c.
Parker OF Brooklyn. y. Y. and Bel
more Browne OF Tacoma, who came /
within 800 feet OF reaching the summit /
OF Mount Mckinley last June. have
returned from Alaska. Prof Parker
was greeted az tie pier by Mrs. Par
ksr. a bride OF a little more than q
year. who had come from Brooklyn 20
meet him. He fastened to Tacoma on
the first interurban car 10 see Tor me
hrst time his child. baby OK Few
months. born during his absence In
Alaska.
Prof. Parker and MI. Browne left
Seward February 3. reaching the foot
OF Mount Mckinley April IS. on their
previous expedition they attempted 10
ascend the mountain from the south
side. but this time they crossed the
Alaska range about twenty miles east
OF Mount Mckinley. They went I'D
Muldrow glacier. taking the route So
lectsd by Tom Lloyd and bis party oil
explorers when they ascended the
mountain In 1910.
At an altitude OF &c. 600 feet the Par
8 ber-Browre party reiayed supplies VIII
dog teams from the camp below. AT
= sr remaining at this altitude severa
days and unable 20 proceed higher Dc
cause OF a severe storm they decides
70 await more favorable conditions an
h dropped back 70 an altitude OF 500
u feet.
# The party set out again June 5. g
% ing up the northeast ridge and Mu
az drow glacier. The route selected va
narrow and hazardous and the ride
d steep, but the explorers were able
al reach an altitude OF 600 feet befol
being driven back BY the severe CO
ID, and binding snow blown BY hii
ne. gale from peak 70 peak.
sy. On the third attempt an altitude
aO,lOO feet was reached. There. vi
only three days provisions left. N
ct were unable to withstand the cold a.
gave up hope OF reaching the SUNNI
Prof. Parker In explaining the
on we're cold on the mountain said u
at a height OF $4,000 feet June IS
was 10 degrees below zero
Il found that pemmican. the spec
- food used BY arctic explorers 3
made OF beef, tallow and raisins. Is
no value at the high attitudes" a
- Prof Parker. We were soon an
a. ed with severe cases OF indigestion.
a." the food was too heavy. and We "
- unable 20 use large part Of
49, rations ! found that az an altit
80 OF $4,000 feet could not smoke "
out experiencing severe diEEin
while Mr. Browne seemed able
smoke at any height About the c
est weather we experienced Was
S opH $4,000 feet, when the temperature
-. Co 26 below zero"
hrse - .S !. -. - 80 -, go
20 reach the top Of Mount McKinis
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
o.oushv Of Mnadys Charms.

Cincinnati, O.-8uspected OF mere
" hooking when a girls hobblo skirt
~ouldn't stay down when she alisht-
"A from q car. Charles Lindeii. train
nan was attacked by her escort and
Traated to a smashed nose. Lndell
says he was struck with brass knuck-
les and denies be even looked At the
girl
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
SEED PEANUTS I!
Try a few acres OF
VALENCIA PEANUTS
for a money crop.


They Weld twice the hay
and % per cent. more nuts
than the white peanut and
require less hand work.
They bring full market
prices with an unlimj ted
demand.
Hand picked seed for
sale as IL runs, delivered
lin williamsburg evCTy
morning at 10 o'clock:
10 pounds, 90
E50 pounds, 500
| 100 pounds, 500
which is one-half price
charged by seed dealers.
Telephone orders to
IOHN a. BECHTEL,
hone No. 22O2.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

New York.-Three members OF the
Vtddish Joke Writers union on the
East side are on . strike for hisheE
wages.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
IunatIcs va Inersaee.

I.ondon.-Dr. Forbes Winslow proph-
s.aeA At the Eugenics congress here
that there would be more lunatics
than sane people in the world three
hundred years hence.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
eolsss BOY lie swImmsr.

Philadelpbia.--Aithough legiess ryA
son Rolwer. aged fourteen. has DO
come an expert swimmer and wrestler
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

Two coats Of paint cost less than pa
poring. A painted room is sanitary
No chance for breeding germs. Use
the I. & NJ. Seni-Mixed Real Paint.
adding one part OF Turpentine To two
parts of the l. & NJ 60 make IL ready
for use. A child can mix this paint.
it's SO simple.
Sold by Lane & Christian.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

Mr.. Elmo Hundley will enter the
Massey Business College, Richmond
for q business course about April ].
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13

Inquest
To w. II. Porter. J. P. acting
coroner. viewing body of
Henry Randol. ......... 5 %
D. w. Spencer. J. P. acting
Cor. inc. over body OF
McHil. decd .... 5 90 |
w. w. Ware. sheriff sum.
cor. jury. ............ l SO
]. T. Slater. JUROR. l 90
w. T. Kinneman. $50. l 90
w. B. Green, ... l OO
jeremiah Wallace, .. l 90
Junius Randols go. W
James Crawley. .... w
Chas. Wilson. wit. 800. So
Nick Jemmison. $500. 50
Nora Wilson. ...... 50
Eli Washington. $3.50. 50
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
MONTHLY REPORT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

AT a meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors of James City County
held at the courthouse thereof IN
said County. on Monday March ord'
1913.
Present: J. B. Walden. Esq.
Chairman, John A. Barnes. Esq. and
A. ]. Johnson Esq.
Inre: The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Crossing East of Williams
burg. Va.
This day came the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company and
appeared specially in response 10 the
order entered herein az the last meet
inc of this Board, and appearing
specially as aforesaid without waving
the ground Of SAID special appear
auc $. the said Railway Company
asked a continuance Of this matte
until the next meeting Of this board
which request of said Railway ION
pany is granted. and this cause
continued.
The following accounts were the
presented, examined. allowed an
ordered certified for payment out c
the following funds, TO wit:
-
OUT OF DEPOSIIUM FUND
Hawk and Crow Bills
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
JAMESTOWN ROAD FUND

To c. S. Lainer. running road
drag q hours at IS cts. 8 OS
w. T. Kinneman. cutting
tree out of road. ... 81
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-13
Costs Lsss Than Psprr

To Paint the walls and woodwork OF
a room that has previously been paint
ed
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
- COMMON 39@ENEH @A H1tn[lQ2ME M q go
WHAT DOES SUNDAY MEAN IN YOUR HOME.

II you choose to call II so. How about the
immaterial part Of the day?
Try to make Sunday stand out ss day
of special privilege. different from the other
days OF the week. Begin with your little
children. Make the day different from the
others and let the possessions they handle
then have some connection with the re-
lIgious life, directly or indirectly.
Give yourself to the children on Sunday
as you do not on other days. Let them
have time with you in which you tell them
stories, or read to them, or sing to them.
or walk with them. Make them look on II
as a day Of festivity. As they grow MP
encourage them to bring their friends to
the house and to feel that 1t Is home day
and their day peculiarly. All this need not
interfere with church and Sunday school.
and 1t need not detract in the least from
the sacred character of Sunday. Only
avoid making this last q nuisance to the
children or to your husband. Never let
any ono under your influence feel the day
is one to be dislIked and dreaded, -
have known it to be in some homes.
To get q good idea Of what Sunday ought
not to be we have only to observe our
streets on pleasant Sunday afternoons.
Crowded with promenaders. out not only
for the air and the exercise but to see and
be seen. No harm in that" you may say,
and in a way you are right. These walkers
are taking their outing on the only day
in the week when they can get II, and when
I see husbands and wiVeA parents and
children in the procession II does my heart
good. But too often the clusters Of un-
guarded and unguided children, OF reckless
boys and girls. make up the bulk Of the
walkers. What sort Of Sunday are they
having? Where are the parents who should
be giving them some other notion Of Sun
day except a chance for frolic and firta-
ton? Are any Of your young people put
ing in their day in such throng and such
pursuits? II SO, don't you think II Is about
time you gave some pretty serious thought
to what Sunday means in your household?
1 would like to hear from other mothers
on this matter, to be told what they make
of Sunday. how they spend 1t. II they and
their children love II, or II il IL q tresone
period to be struggled through as best one
may. Can you not give the rest Of US
some suggestions you yourself have found
useful in making Sunday what it should be
in your homer
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Exchange Of Pieces.
Recipe and a Useful Hint.

GOOD CHOCOLATE ICING-one cup
Of powdered sugar. two tablespoons pow
dered chocolate-m0re II you like it dark
and less IL you like it Highland boiling
water to make the icing the right consist
ency to spread. think a Tablespoonful
would be enough for this quantity Of sugar.
Have you ever tried taking the lid Of
a spice can to get clean those kettles that
things will stick to? Two tablespoonfuls Of
lye in a good cup Of water will take out
anything that has been burned on in .
kettle and leave no stain after IL has been
secured well with some good preparation
made for that purpose. Boil the lys and
watar in the kettle for about ten minutes
before you scour the kettle. hope these
hints may be Of use to some one.
a ScHooLoIRL CooE"
You have begun well If you have learned
already an easy way Of cleaning scorched
saucepan or kettle. / had never thought
Of the tops of the spice cans suppose the
top Of q baking powder box would answer
as well, would it not? have always used
what IL sometimes called an iron dishcloth
bunch Of rings attached TO q handle
This takes OF the things that stick am
clad YOU have begun to learn the Joys Of
cooking and housekeeping while you are
stiil a schoolgirl. There are few branch
es Of learning which will give you and eth
srs more pleasure
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

- WOULD like to ask your advice
" about my youngest boy. who is
sensitive He is in his fifteenth year.
1 good looking and bright, and has
passed for his high school grade
He says the boys tease him and the girls
slfl~n- and laugh at him until he is very un-
He has always been studious and
L. my heart on giving him an educa-
uo. My other three boys were hard to
manage and would not go to school much or
study, but they are all working well and
are good to me.
My boys teachers tell me he IS entire
ly too sensitive. and sensitive children
usually become selfish men and women.
and it's my place to correct him. and the
small amount OF hazing done in the pub
lie schools doesn't amount to anything. He
was amiable and obedient as q small child,
but of late l notice selishness. Do you
think hazing would ruin a child's dispo-
sition?
One thing that struck me as queer about
him was he never took TO the baby who
came to US two years ago. He was en-
plOyed during the summer vacations at a
candy store and got good wages for boy
but ne never brought the baby or me q box
Of candy or anything. My other boys adored
the baby. and when she died this summer
they were as heartbroken as I was, while
he was quite Indifferent and even chided
me for grieving for one who. II she had
lived-for she was a cripple-would be an
expense TO US always. My doctor says to
let him leave school and go to work. but
1 don't know what to do.
MOTHER OF Four"
1 am afraid you have a selfish boy there.
His teachers are right when they say
sensitivepess in children usually means
selfshness in men and women. for sensi-
tiveness is a form Of vanity or self-love.
I would advise you to talk to him seri-
ously and kindly when you have him alone
and try to point out to him how he is in
juring his character. II you can awaken
his conscience in the matter it would be
a great help.
While do not approve OF hazing either
in school or college. do not think the
slight amount of this he is likely to get in
a public school ought to affect him perma-
nentIy. Ali boys go through with it. and
ne ought to have enough Of what is called
sporting blood " to take it as part Of his
school experience.
! confess his callousness as to the baby is
not encouraging. and yet 1t may be he is
going through the transition period
through which SO many boys pass at about
his age. and that when he is older he will
take fresh start and improve. Keep
him in school If you can, and try to make
him comprehend he Is only undergoing the
same experiences which all boys have, and
that it shows weakness and incapacity Il:
he cannot stand what others have borr
without complaint
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

caring for her and Of clothing her prop
erly. Can you not take some time when
he is in the right mood and talk to him
about this gently and quietly? He surely
ought to be brought TO look at 1t in a more
reasonable way than he does at present
=
Planning TO Study Lam.
In obedience to a burning desire TO
study law. have made arrangements with
one Of the leading schools OF the city for
my instruction. but, owing to my small
salary as a stenographer and the depend
ence upon me Of my aged parents, cannot
possibly purchase all Of the expensive
books which are necessary. I wonder II
some OF your kind readers or their friends
have any second hand law books which
they would be willing to loan an eager
and earnest student who will accord them
the best OF care and return to the donors
when they have served my purpose in
classes. Anything offered will be accept
able, and shall gladly call at any address
for them II you desire to confirm my cir
cumstances as outlined above I shall be
glad TO place you in touch with my present
employers upon receipt of advice from
you" J. E. b.
To my mind there is little doubt that this
letter Will meet a prompt and satisfactory
response. While law books are expensive,
there must be kind hearted lawyers who are
willing to help a young strusgier along. and
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

lust as you would your own? Hard7 Oh,
YES, certainly. But, remember, that Is part
Of your Christian duty. 1t may be she is
self-willed because she doesn't understand
the reason and thinks it is because she isn't
your very own. Children are wonderfully
deep thinkers, and once you gain her con-
fdence enough to get her to explain why she
refuses to obey you you will nnd things
much easier. Let her do as she wishes once
when the consequences will fall upon her
own head, first telling her you think she
should not do so. Experience Is good
teacher, you know.
Then, again. I find a girl from 10 to ID
is irritable, Jealous, prone sometimes to lie
even 1t just means patience. patience, pa
tierce, and, above all, never forget the
thought, II she were my own child what
would do under the same circumstances!
Let her understand that while you may
make mistakes. as we all do, you are doing
the best you can for her own coed Above
all. her associations mean a great deal.
My girl is nearly IA now and was only
I babe Of weeks when she came to US
Though. thank God, she doesn't knowo
and l don't know how we would live with
out her always try to say to myself. II
she were my own shed have some other
faults because have, and then what would
l do?' She is the greatest company! We
do housework together, get her lessons to-
gether, practice music together, and she's
a fine travelling companion. Once she re-
fused TO go to Sunday school or church be-
cause there wasn't anything to it. Now
she's a good little church member. Once
she hated school and couldn't learn. Now
she loves school Once music was buga-
boo. Now she loves 1t. II requires-again
let me say it-patience and real love Not
because of duty, but because you love her.
Not for an instant would consider house
OF correction. Would you II she were your
own? MRS. M
I have printed this letter, long as 1t Is. be-
cause believe it may be Of help not only to
the correspondent for whose sake it was
written. but to others who may have trouble
with their children, like the " mother Of
four" whose letter precedes II The same
rules hold good with boys as with girls, and
they can be managed on the same princi-
pies. II seems ungracious to make q criti-
cisu1 of the course Of the wise. loving wom-
an who signs herself Mrs. M" but
cannot help feeling that she will make
mistake II she always conceals from her
daughter the fact that the latter is not an
own child. There is always the possibility
of discovery and the shock then would be
far worse and work a more serious influence
than IL the adopted mother told the truth in
her own words and at the best time
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Has an ADOPTED DAUGHTER.

an glad to print in this connection a
lettsr from another correspondent, who
SsndS some excellent counsel in reply to
the appeal Of e mother who has difficulty
with her little adopted daughter Some Of
thA advice given may help you with your
boy:
" In reading Mrs. G. H.'s letter felt
must write OF my own experience in the
hope she might gain a little help thereby.
Ny heart goes out to her In greatest SYM
pathyD yet that little girl needs sympathy
also. She is said to be self-wiIled and
strong headed. For twelve years I have
been combating the same thing. For twelve
years 1 have prayed as she has prayed,
and sometimes have felt it was all in vain
Bu; let me say now II has been well worth
while. You say yoI have another child Of
your own.
Are you szrs you trsot the adopted efrtld