| Show 0 I B S SIN I i I IN OLD DOMI DOMINIONI m mI I Those Thole lu in I Northern North Part Port of r State Are Arc Becoming Attractive to Northern Men SEt SEP STEWART QUITS DAIRYING r President reside tit Hay Clay lla Appoint Ap Col rc Agent gent for Canal Com Commission Comi i mission Sure Signs of or Spring Special Sp CIRI Correspondence Washington April JO 20 0 The abandoned farms fA Im of ni northern VII Vir Virginia ginia g I nha are becoming attractive a to north northern orn ern men mid each ench year oAr sees seen additions to the tho lists of congressmen and others from the north who have Invested In Inlands InlAnds n lands which a It few years ago wore were cond con practically valueless Twenty border bolder borderIng borderIng yours years ago ngo thousands of ut acres Ing tho the shores of oC the Potomac were In Inthe Inthe Inthe the market at from two to four dollars nn on acre And many of these farms urns comprising from to 1000 acrea ouch each verre were Improve Improved with with old Colonial build buildIngs Ings which cost live or ten the I 1 pi Ice asked for fOI the entire I place ten t l or or ten years ago a Senator Stew Slew MI of a last Nevada N purchased pure lap about acres In I Loudoun L oun county coming some p pup of miles mt co up the tho Potomac 1 of Shortly Sh thereafter t herM Brea wrest Interstate Commerce C Commissioner J JJ JI JD I D Congressmen em It Hull em of oC t lows Iowa Om and of oC New Ise J one ono or two others formed forme a n company y mid purchased about acres below former homo home hoe at lit t 4 I Vernon They stocked th tho place with Ij overal hundred finely bred Jersey Jerse K and grudo rude lOW cow lOWr I and ond established a n modern modem dairy plant plant r on en a 1 scientific basis balls They supply milk it I and cream not only to hotel hotels II and anti reM reel 1 5 1 dences In III Washington but to 10 o the win WIll winter WIllij p ij ter tel hotels In III Florida as aH with well p Senator Stewart decided a year ngo ngor to abandon the dairy business s Hobo Ho sold pout I r his hili Farm of oC GOO aces a to Mr Yeomans Faints U It Is III the most thor Ihor thoroughly equipped dairy farm in the pinto tato and Mr Yeoman since his retirement from the Interstate commerce com corn commission mission is devoting nil 1111 his attention to his hili agricultural Interests lie He pur purchased purchased purchased chased In lit addition to the Ashburn film fum 1500 1800 aceR In III another block from from tho senator and It It Is IR likely that he will dispose of at the latter to other northern men who are looking look I to VII Vir Virginia ginia as nut promising great groat possibilities In agriculture lank Frank I a O Carpenter r the tho traveler and writer Is III another northern man mOil who has Ilan Invented fed In III tho the lands of the Old Dominion and half a 1 dozen ozen others might tin hI named With proper meth moth methods method alp od It Il has hap been demonstrated tho the soil soli of ot tho the can lIn agate again II In bo ho made pro productive and an Its It II cultivation profitable With cheap lards lands an nn excellent climate and capital enough ollough to make a n tot lest te t any allY man film may nul expect excellent returns for his hili Investment in cattle raising and fruit growing In the state south of the tho Potomac which Is III known as UK Tha Tic Mother of ot CANAL CANAI COIN Arr Crr There In t a IL strong probability that thai ns as oS ho returns to Washington Pros Pres President ident Roosevelt will otter offer tho the position of ot purchasing agent of the Panama until I to Col Joseph Mine Minetree tree treat roe now Imo occupying a u like position with wIlh the Southern railroad tol Col 01 was attached to lo the staff of Gen den Wll during tho Civil war and when when that fiery fiery little tighter lighter abandoned l the this Democratic party and Joined 1 the Joe took nil ull tha of nit too of ot social II 1 u anil political ostra ostracism which huch n 1 course CaUls meant and cism ellI I I followed followed his hili iii military leader In hit hiM Cou CouI poll noil tics ties Twenty years ago an ex Republican was Willi looked upon I nut lint ns its III a IL pariah In Virginia persisted In his hl political course and to 10 today today day IlLY there here Is III no more popular official of oC tho the Great Orent Southern railway system than the colonel It 11 Is III not only mi account ac nc account count of his hili popularity that he ho Is III likely like likely ly Iy to bo ho III Invited to connect himself with the tho Panama commission lon It Il Is la In III fact far moro on account of oC his hl recognized ability us as tho the purchaser of oC supplies required by a IL great corporation We all like Col eol oh ee remarked 1 the tho agent of oC a II railway supply house In it speaking of oC the possible chungo today and WB WI hope that ho he h will be he appointed and will accept Tin Tha reason Is II not al III altogether altogether together disinterested Col Cot nan call talk thin the most of nil all cor car corporations Into ii Il 5 t or II 10 per cent crill dl dia 11 fount on 1 rock rork bottom holtom prices and If It ht hi hegt gt out Hill of ot the this Southern we ws shall have havn a u bettor chance to make a II few te dollars dollar on our OUI sales 1111 I ell to that railroad The president Is le determined to obtain tho the lest best h lIl available man for Cur forthe the this position which Is III ns ruts ante of or tho thin Importance Such Snell men man menH H R lip are scarce and If it hit his sec per el Vices CAn enn b be t s d It will viii not lIot only Im bit Ima h hIL a It great grent card for Cor the government but serve nerve Ie nn nil nn an Insurance policy polley grafts In la any form formA A sumo SKIN Ably OF 01 SPRING Spring Hering Is III not 1101 looked 1 upon as 1111 In Wl until the tern K of the tho American He have and gone The rho Daughters wore hero thin week werk and already tho signs of ot i spring are aro In to tho the air nil The Tho resident ll set pet of or the national capital do nothing In Inthe tho the way of ot new lIew until after otter the Daughters have set the pace mince Their gowns mind and their lists huts tH are aro looked upon IH OK the proper mode They come como from all points of oC the compass Lent milliners and onel dries dress makers life are employed to build hats und and dresses for the dell of ot revolutionary sires and the edifice they construct mire aro wonderful to behold The resident and fU set lIet of oC this the national capital retire HUre to their eaves caves until the Daugh Daughters tam get Kel away and then they blossom blosom forth In ht Imitation of their more fure for Cor fortunate sisters slaters A visit to a of ot the Daugh Daughters tors congress Is Ilka liken a IL visit to 10 a U bounty show Clowns and women women and Bowns gowlis every where When hen tho the daugh daughter ter como come thou then truly Is IR spring In the saddle It Is III estimated that the daugh daughters tern t spend 2 a n year on go gowns mind and hats for tor their week w l In hr Washington Sons Koine of oC the lenders leaders three and ami tour four trunks They put Jut up at ul tho the swell hotels and join In tho the parade parado through the lobbies hobbles and bully halH They love the tho which Is t showered upon UIn them their and an 1 for seven days revel In hl the tho lime light Spring Opting has come to the capital The rho daughters once moro have lilt 0 set 1 tho the pace |
