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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04
ATEYANDRTA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

DRY GOODS. ....
Woodward
& LOthrOp,
10th, Ilth and u SIS. n ".
nrstore closes at o'clock; Saturdays az
o'clock
CLEARANCE SALE OF
Boys and Girls
Summer Clothing.
Pending improvements In Boys and Girls
Clothing Departments we have transferred
same to Tenth street building, and We are
Offering various lines OF high-grsde garments
at midsummer clearing prices.
BOYS DEPARTMENT.
Boys' Atwood Navy Blue Serge Sailor
Blouse SUIT, fire quality; PANTS lined TIM ough-
out; sizes 3 to ID.
$3.75 each.
REDUCED From $500.
Fancy Cheviot Atwood Double-bress ted
Salts; sizes 3 to is.
$3.50 each.
REDUCED FROM 1915.
Fine Wool Pants, for hard, rough wear;
| sizes 3 To- 10.
Special price, 4Sc a pair.
Third floor.
| GIRLS DEPARTMENT.
Girls White lawn Dresses; sizn4 to 10
years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

EvAPORATED CREAM in Lib tins just
D. received and for sale by
O. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

VAvA AND MOCHA COFFEE, best grade
y bean, ground, or pulyerized, none better
at any price, delicious in favor, 26c per h., Al
W.P. WOOLLS & SONS.
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TOJR.CHAPMAN
424-426 KING STREET.
Turkish Bath
Towels.

Just p released very cheap large lot
OF very fine quality White Turkish Bath
Towels VIII CHI we fer at very low prices.
Turkish Towels. 36x16 in.. worth
lZ3", at........ ......... ..s...... s..s.ss. iOC
Turkish Towels, 40x19 in, worth
19c, at...-.. ............."... 100000. l25c
Turkish Towels 4Sx2O in, worth
zoe a'...... .'''....' ..'.''''' ''''''s.. LOO
Turkish Towels, 53x24 in, worth
0Sc, Bt.."."................ ......''.'''''..@o c
Turkish Towels, 56x25 in, worth
soc. .......,........3 5c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

NNE GROSS Tryphoss, Orange, Lemon
~ Raspberry and strawberry, lust received
BvJ C. MILRURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

'Phope so
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

| GIRLS DEPARTMENT.
Girls White lawn Dresses; sizs to 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04

QUALITY TEILs.-A full line Of Fine
J. c. MILBURN's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04
"Old Bruin'' 81 3,
"COlunbia Brau."

ALE and PORTER of medicinal value, re.
commented for family use. Family and
all other order, have strict and prompt alton
ton. Bell phone No. 1924
J. J. KELLEY, No. 1414 King street
Alexandra, Va, sole agent. sue4 I'm
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-10

J.H. Sample and A. ]. Green went
hunting this morning, bringing back
some fine prairie chickens.
Bids will be received tor remedy
that is equal to DR.. Caldwell's syrup
pepsin. For particulars ask Peoples
drug store.
Several prospective changes in bus
mess in Vlnita on tap, which may de-
velop into realities in the near future.
Ladies who take pride in clear,
white clothes should use Red Cross
ball blue. Refuse limitations.
The Katy flyer will carry the excur-
sionists from points north Of Vinita
Sunday both coming, and returning.
Look out for malaria. 1t is season.
able now. A few doses Of Prickly Ash
bitters is sure preventive. Chap
man & Briggs. - dw
Mr.. and Mrs. Osborn, of West Vir-
ginia, arrived Wednesday last and
will visit some time among relatives
here,
Are YOU runnin' for office this year?
| No you durn fool; I'm runnin' to
Peoples drug store for bottle OF DR..
Caldwell's syrup pepsin to cure this
indigestion. dw
Rev. w. T. King and wife went TO
Woodley today at which place Mr..
King will preach tonight and tomor-
row night.
The ladies wonder how Mrs.......
manages to preserve her youthful
looks. The secret is she takes Collins
agne cure, it keeps the system In per-
feet order.
A big democratic picnic is advertis-
ed for Saturday the 18th, instant, at
Neal England's spring few miles
south If Alton.
Jumbo store will sell Monday morn
ing ladies' and gents ties that you
Will buy at lOc each that every person
should get dozen.
A letter from DIR. Winner today
states that his party have enough Of
Cape Nome and we're headed for home.
/ The letter was dated July 20.
A well improved farm, good bearing
orchard, an abundan nee Of small fruit
Just marketed 500 worth Of black.
berries. To trade for town property
/ In vinlta. S. A. Perry, Big Cabin
II. I. 4s-dS"z
The W. J. Harrison bankruptcy case
was resumed Ia Judge ellis court TIL.
afternoon. A number Of witnesses
! are to be examined and the case will
occupy considerable time.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-10

You will feel better tomorrow, II
you take Collins Ague cure tonight.dw
Don't miss the musical tonight at
the Presbyterian church.
Just received car load of Coffey-
vile S g. p flour at Cobb 4 Nc Glas-
sons.
Little Anna Tibbils is working at
the Jumbo during the sale.
When you go to buy bluing; ask, for
Red Cross ball blue. Large package
5 cents.
Miss Myrtle Webb entertained a
number Of young people last evening.
S& P, Dandelion, and White Lily,
are the best All can be found at
Cobb & McGlasson.
Miss Edna and Francis Andrain OF
Fairland are visiting DR.. G. r. Griffith
and wife.
Warm days and cool nights cause
malaria and chills. Collins ague cure
will quickly cure you. DIV
The dry weather is jnjuring late
corn and late peaches are almost ruin
ed in places.
Collins ague cure cures the kidneys,
works the liver, tones up the stomach
and purifies the bowels. DIV
Tom Cobb has been quite sick for
a day or two, the result having a
tooth pulled.
Buy your meats at the Vinita meat
store. Fresh meat skillfully handled
and deliveries promptly made.
Miss Bernice Lewis Of Adair is ex-
pected today and will be a guest OF
Miss Halle Thompson.
Say; do you know that the best
meats, fruits and Vegetables are sold
at the VinIta meat store?
A gentleman named Haines is here
from Missouri looking over the coun'
try with a view to locating.
Ladies, colored under skirts 90 Ia
Jumbo anniversary sale at 81, that the
reader has seen sell at s..
Marshal Ledbetter has declared wal
on the hundred or more vagrant dog'
that infest the town at night.
Our health giving preparations. an
unexcelled, they arc the best and d'
their work we'll. Peoples drug store
L. W. Burlington and wife viii leavl
tomorrow for Eureka Springs tospent
few days.
Collins ague cure is az unfailinl
remedy for all liver and kidnel
tronbles aud a thorough blood puf
liher. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-10

Fine melons at Nichols.
Cold ice melons at Gus Nichols
Halls family pills are the best.
Sam Cobb won his race at Alton.
Fresh bread, cake and pie at Gus
Nichols.
SIS. Cobb went to Seneca last even
ing.
Fresh, tender mutton and beef at
Gus Nichols
! Ratcliff is receiving some OF his fall
goods.
Machine oil at W: W. MiIler's. All
kinds.
Andy Green went out chicken hunt
ing today.
Fresh vegetables and fruits-vinita
meat store.
I.B. Hitchcock went to Chocotah
this morning.
For Sale-Five number one young
mules. See Uhas. Newman.
Mrs. Joe Harris is suffering with
rheumatism.
That sick headache is malaria, try
Collins ague cure. uw
Joe Walsh is somewhat under the
weather with a cold.
Don't forget that Cobb & Nicolas.
son haudle Dandellon -four.
Judge Gill returned from Muskogee
yesterday afternoon.
When you want the best dcur Try
sap at Cobb & Nc Glasson's
A number Of young people enjoyed
hay ride last evening.
Ask your grocer for Red Cross bal
blue. Large 2oz package Eve cents.
IA. Thompsonis j. expected hons
from Tahicquah today.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-08-10
Probabilities.

Generally fair tonight and tomorrow.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25

fensive beggars and unkempt children;
stuffy litters, suspended on long bam-
boo poles and carried by coolies, make
life a burden; odors, concentrated be-
yond the power of descriptive writing
to portray, overwhelm the nostrils; the
effluvia Of ages of non-sanitatiOn,
drawn heavenward by the torrld sun,
spreads disease; the chatter Of a
thousand gutteral Mongols and Chi
nese is intermingled with the yelping
Of the dogs, the squealing of the pigs,
the screaming Of the children, and the
loud cries of the coolies-such is Pc
kin.
OF course, there are parts in the out
lying hills where the rich mandarlns
and merchants live, where true Ori-
entail luxury can be found There
magnificent palace-like dwellings dot
the landscape, surrounded by idyllic
gardens. The art and imagination Of
the Chinese architect have found full
scope for his talent, and as a result
these habitations are a editeXternally
and internally-all save the sanitation
of which the Chinese are in biissful
ignorance Yet the wealthy Chinese
has luxury, even though a coolie takes
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
Keeping Il Bright.

"Its a good thing to be neat" said
Mr.. Willowby to his wife, but be-
lleve Sister Jane goes a little too far;
| really think she does"
"What has she done now" asked
Mrs. Willowby.
"Wel," said her husband slowly; Il
went there this morning, and what
should see but a white cloth dutter'
ing from the bell handle. I thought at
first something had happened to one Of
the children. But when l got close l
saw that tho bell was covered by the
cloth, and there was just a kind of a
bow futtering.
"When 1 got inside I asked Jane
what under the canopy she'd tied the
bell in that kind of Il rigging for and
she said:
"Well, Amos Willowby, If you must
know I've got that bell all polished
up for tonight, when the minister's
coming to tea, and If you think I'm
going to have it all dulled over before
night, you're very much mistaken.
And I'm making a cover that will just
lit on it, and after this I'm going to
keep it covered every day till well
along in the afternoon, whcr I'm LA.
BILE to have callers. '"--Youth's Com
Daniou.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25

British subjects predominating. About
half of the total number Of foreign
ers reside at Shanghai.
Three religions are acknowledged by
the Chinese as indigenous and formal
ly adopted: Confucianism, Buddhism
and Taoism The Emperor is consid-
cred the High Priest of the Empire
and can alone, with his immediate rep
resentatives and ministers, perform
the great religious ceremonies. Con-
fuclanism is the State religion. With
the exception of the practice Of ances-
trail worship, which is everywhere OBJ
served throughout the Empire, and
was fully commended by Confucius,
Confucianism has little outward cere-
monial. The study and contemplation
and attempted performances of the
moral precepts of the ancients constl-
tute the duties of a Confucianist.
Buddhism and Taoism present a gor-
geous and elaborate ritual in China.
The bulk of the people are Buddhsts.
There are about thirty million Ma
hommedans, one million Roman Cath
ollcs and fifty thousand Protestants.
Most Of the aboriginal hill tribes are
still nature worshipers
Peliin is at once interesting despic-
able, superlatively beautiful, disgust
ingly filthy, and, in short, a city of
contradictions. Originally a Tartar
encampment, begun by the hordes that
swarmed to the eastern part of China,
Pekin soon became a fortified city of
much strength. Here the Tartar rul-
ers lived, surrounded by their Manchu
followers-fearing the white mans
usurpation far less than the numerical
preponderance of the Chinese. So, In
order to protect themselves from I'M
expected assault, they constructed a
huge wall around their city-for China
is a land of walls-and for a time lived
in tOlerable security.
Gradually, however, the Chinese,
! realizing to some extent their power,
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
WoRos OF WISDOM!


Silence in times of suffering is the
best.-Dryden.
BuIdens become light when cheer
fully borne.-Ovld.
Be charitable and indulgent to every
one but thyself.-Joubert
Care admitted as a guest quickly
turns to be mastcr.-BOyee.
Censure is the tax a man pays to
the public for being emincn..-Swlft.
1t is we'll to learn caution by the
misfortune OF others,-Puplius Syrus.
In business three things are neces-
sary-knowlcdge, temper and time
Feltham.
Character and personal force are the
only investments that are worth any
thing.
TO dispense with ceremony is the
most delicate mode Of comforting Il
compliment.-Bul
When one has no design but to
speak plain truth, he may say great
deal in very narrow pass.-Steele.
The meanest most contemplate kind
of praises is that which first speaks
well of n man, and then qualities it
with a "but."-H. W. Beecher.
The way to avoid the imputation
of impudence is not to be ashamed
Of what we do, but never to do what
we ought to be ashamed of.-Cicero.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
Don COYOTE" OF THE PLAINS.
The American wild Dog is an Interest.
ing Animal.


The American wild Dog is an Interest.
ing Animal.
One Of the interesting and typical
animals of the Far West is the Ameri.
can wild dog, lowland wolf or coyote.
CAMS latrans, it being known under
these and other titles. While n very
common animal, it is rarely well
figured in the books, and is made to
look more foxlile than wolfsh, says
Professor G. +. Holder in the Sclen.
tifc American. The accompanying IL.
lustration gives a correct idea Of
young male two-thirds grown. In
general appearance it resembles the
typical wolf, the fur being a dull yel.
lowish gray, with dark, even black,
clouded spots; beneath it is sometimes
reddish and white.
While the coyote hunts singly in
towns or villages, he runs in packs in
the open, and it is here that he dem
onstrates his skill and cunning. A
friend of mine observed a pack of coy
otes on the edge OF the desert manipu-
across the country in a line, soon start
ing hare, iAen formed in two paral-
lei lines about POO feet apart, There
was regular plan Of action, and none
Of the coyotes seemed overexcited, but
when the hare was started they
wheeled into columns like soldiers, the
leading coyote running at the top Of
, his speed. After a few moments he
dropped to the rear and a fresh coy
ote took the lead, and this was kept
up until the hare was run down. The
chase was a silent one. This method
recalls the wild dogs Of Australia, or
dingO.
Seven or eight years ago Southern
and Central California abounded in
coyotes, and the State Legislature
passed an anti-coyote act, putting a
price upon his head or scalp. had
the tomerity to oppose this, but time
has shown the fallacy Of killing all
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
NIexionu IIospItnlltv,

In travelling in Mexico ono meets
with courtesy, an article in which the
Mexican people excel. II you enter
q little inn or rural fonda, people ceat
I'd at rough tables will not fail to say
10 you, politely. "Gustn vd, comcr"
It Is Spanish aud most Arabic wiihal
to offer Of your food to the fellow
traveller or the newcomer.
There is hardly n common pcon IN
Mexico who will not invite You In
this polite way to partake Of his fare,
and those of us who in mountain hut
or little rancho have been pressed to
eat and have accepted nave diued In
buen humor y compania On good llu'
NOR and agreeable company.
Your true Mexican of any degree OF
The social scale has heart, hns the
generosity Of prince. lie lnherlts
It from the chyalrous Spanlnrds. The
poorest Spanish shop lad in Mexico
on the days Of his lnfrcqucnt outings
viii ask you as he sits down to his re-
past to share IL with hlm.-AIexlcan
Herald. -'-------
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25

the place Of an electric fan to cool
his fevered brow.
Taken all in all, China and the Chi
nese make an interesting study from
any viewpoint, but it is wrong to un.
derestimate their brain power in such
study, for they are far more advanced
than is generally conceded. Let China
be civilized, and the world will wit.
ness as great n metamOrphosls as that
which so astonished the world when
Japan emerged from her chrysalls of
Middle Age conservatism and prOyin-
cialism.
The mobiles in China, both male and
female, cultivate extremely long nails
on the thumb and all the fingers ex.
cept the one nearest the thumb. Six
teen inches is considered n good length,
but those who manage to attain the
length Of seventeen or eighteen are re-
garded with enviOus admiration.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
1hIs HORSE couLp couNr.

UnderstoOd the Moaning OF the Fire
AInrm Strokes ms Well as the FireInen.
"If there is any animal that knows
more than a horse" remarked men,
Der OF the fire department the other
day, "I would like to see it. I mean
one that knows more than a smart
horse, for there are fool horses as well
as fool people and once in a while we
get one of these fool horses in the
fire department But l will say that
our horses, as a rule, are pretty smart
and knowing.
II remember one we had in this
company some years ago that actually
could count. George was his name, If
remember rightly, and George was
one Of those horses that never did
any more work than he was obliged
to. Not that he couldn't, but just be-
cause, like some people you run across,
he was opposed to looking for work.
Well. every company of the fire depart
ment has q certain district to cover on
first alarms. That is, every company
responds to certain boxes on the first
alarm, and doesn't go to others, except
on special or general alarms. Well,
sir we didn't have George many
months before that horse came to
know our district just as well as any
Of them. He knew the boxes we went
out to on the first alarm, and it is a
Cact that that horse got so that he'd
hnfnr0
he'd bulge out Of his stall. If the
box was not in our district, George
would walk leisurely to his place, but
lf 1t was one we were due at on the
first alarm he would rush down to his
place In those days we had to hitch
up on every alarm that came in
whether it was in our district or not
and stand hitched for fifteen or wen
ty minutes, George knew this, of
course, and that was why he'd always
take his time going to his place when
the box wasn't in our district. And
it's a fact that If he was eating when
an outside box came in, he'd just keep
on eating until the foreman yelled
out to bring him down to his place.
"Of course, now and then George
would miscount the box and rush to
his place on box not in our district.
But when hO did make Il mistake like
that, which was precious seldom, that
horse would get so mad and feel so
bad about it that he wouldn't get over
it for a day or Washington Even.
ing Star.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25

causes Of the trouble in China, owing to
the fact that the Empress Dowager
was able to obtain ascendency over
the young Emperor, so that on Sep
tember %, 1898, an imperial edict was
Issued announcing that the Emperor
had resigned power to the Empress
Dowager, who has since retained the
direction of affairs and by her dislike
Of foreigners has done much to foment
the troubles and has made it easy for
the Boxer movement to gain headway,
even if she is not directly responsible
for the attack, as has been suggested
by those who have an intimate knowl-
edge of Chinese affairs. On January
"a, 1900, it was declared by decree
that the son of Prince Tuan should
succeed the present Emperor. This is
generally regarded rs equivalent to
Kwang Su's deposition. The lively in
terest which Prince Tuan is taking in
the attacks of foreigners is easily ac-
counted for by his sons right to the
throne.
The government Of the State is based
upon the government Of the family.
The supreme direction of the Empire
Is vested in the priyy council or grand
council. The administration is under
the direction Of a cabinet comprising
foU. members, two of Manchu and
twc Of Chinese origin, besides two as
sistants from the great college, who
have to see that nothing Is done con-
trary to the civil and religious laws
of the Empire. These members are
called ministers of Sta G. Under their
orders are seven boards Of govern
ment, each of which is presided over
by a Alanchu and a Chinese. The
boards are: /, for civil appointments;
2, for revenues; 3. for rites and cere-
monies; 4. for military affairs; >, for
public works; g. criminal jurisdiction:
Z, admiralty board. Independent of
the government, and theoretically
above the central administration is
the Board Of Public Censors, which
consists Of forty or fifty members un-
der two presidents. They are privi-
legged to present any remOnstrance to
the sovereign, and one Of them must
be present at the meetings Of each f
the Government boards. Each Of the
eighteen provinces is governed by n
encouragement, who Is responsible
to the Emperor for the entire admins
tration, political, judicial, military
md physical. He is assisted by a coun-
Gil and other officials. Each province
IS subdiyided into apartments, ruled
by prefccts and each department into
districts, each under separate ruler.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25

began a rival city adjoining the Tartar
fortress. They, too, built a wall, and,
as the Tartars did, whenever q work
man died. his body was entombed
within the wall. In this manner, it
is estimated, that one million human
beings found their last resting places
in the walls surrounding Pekin.
While the Chinese city is of much
interest, both from a sociological and
architectural viewpoint, yee the Tar
tar city is the more important, for
within its precincts is the Forbidden"
or Purple City, where lives Kwang
Su, the unfortunately progressive mon
arch Of the Chinese. The Forbidden
City is city Of night, for there the
deniZens of the palace of the Son of
Heaven awaken and begin their life.
Little is known Of the Forbidden
City, for within the memory of man
not half a dozen whites have entered
it. An that is known is that it CON
tains the palaces Of the Emperor, and
what is perhaps more interesting, the
famous coal hill. This immense heap
Of coal was accumulated for use in
case the city was beseiged. The hill
is several hundred feet high and con
tains hundreds Of thousands Of tons
Of coal.
Whenever the Emperor was about
to leave the Forbidden City for some
religious or State function, the lega-
tions Of the foreign nations have been
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-25
JUDICIOUS
ADVERTISING
PAYS.
cYcLi@1 HcTE5.


A cycle path b. wccn New ITaycn.
Conn. and Bridgeport is in process
of construction.
In Monroe County, New York, last
year, $4,000 sidepath license tags were
sold. Thus far there have been A.,
900 tags purchased.
Aching wrists may be taken as an
indication that the saddle tilt or the
handlebar tilt is wrong, or else that
the front tire Is pumped too hard.
In case n nut or bolt comes loose
without apparent reason It should be
removed and carefully cleaned Then
sprinkle powdered resin inside the nut
and on the threads Of the bolt
1t is related that an English in
ventor has perfected a puncture To-
Gator, whereby an ammoniac solution
is forced into the tire. The result Is
n blue spot on the surface Of the tire
around the puncture.
While the correct position Of the
handlebars must necessarily vary
with the build of the rider, the best
results for road riding will be oh.
tanned with the handles one or two
inches above the level Of the saddle.
Large hotelkeepers who last year
found it necessary to provide base
ment accommodation for hundred
wheels or more, say that twenty
wheels Is n large number this season
in n house of two or three hundred
guests.
John J.. Bergen, Of Belmar, was rid
Ing his bicycle, when a chicken run.
ming across the road struck the wheel
md was caught in the chain, its necl,
being severed. Mr.. Bergen was
thrown and fell heavily. His collar.
bone was broken and his right shoul.
der blade was dislocated.
When a saddle spring breaks It usu.
ally gives way close to the clip which
holds 1t to the saddle In such cases
the clip should be looscned and moved
along to include the break, and then
when frightened It will generally be
found to hold securely enough to last
until a repair can be made.