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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28

N. d. Same schedule Sundays, commencins
at 8 80 q. m.
POTOMAC RIVER NDINGS-STEAM-
ER WAKEFIELD leaves Washington MOI.
days at z 90 q. m, and Alexandria at 90
g. m, for landings as far as Nomini and on
Wednesdays and Saturdays at same hours foT
81. Clements Bay and Leonsrdtown.
G. w. RIDLEY, General Manager.
JOHN B. PADGETT, Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28
XXyARFIELD q HALL,
DRUGGISTS.
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX sTe.
Presentations a rnociaitv

Prescriptions rpeciaisy.
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag.
nolis, Hedyosimis, Gersnium and Fl0rids
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs best English Tooth
Brushes; q full assortment Of Patent Mcdi.
les Coxe's Gelathle, Corn Starch, Sea MUa
tarine, Spices Of sll kinds, and a select stock
Of all articles sold by druggists at prices as low
a the same quality can DO obtained elsewhere
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28
COAL AND WOOD

BY ELEvATING THE QUALITY
OF our coal We lower the price In economy Of
consumption. Consumers will find that 1t i,
cheaper to use our high grade Lee Coal, chat
stone, than that of an inferior grade. 1t gives
more heat, less ashes and burns longer than
any other coal, and our prices are as low a,
any. Coal and Wood under cover.
J. 2. ZIMMERMAN,
Foot Of Queen street {: Alexandria, Va.
Telephone II.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28

owe GROSS Tryphoss, Orange, Lemo rs
~ Raspberry and Strawberry, lust received
By j. @ NILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28
CHINA. GLASSWARE. 60.

Alxandris, Va Jan. l. 1901.
WE HAVE TBS DAY FORMED THE
w F.. J. MILLER CO.. for the purpose Of
continuing the business Of Messs. Z. ]. Mil
Ter & Co. We solicit share Of your patron
age ard hope BY careful and courteous alter
tion TO bu In, Is to maintain the position in
this city thst sur predecessor has held 50
Ior z and well. Thanking cur patrons in i'd
vance for all fsvors,
Yours truly,
TIE E ]. MILL ER Co.
By h. w. FULLER, Sec'y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-01-28
ESTABLISHED IN 1900.
Alexandria Gazette
FOR 1901.

FOR 1901.
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRL WEEKLY.
Receives full telegraphic dispatches from all
over the world. Publishes the latest news
especially with reference to this section of
the State.
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The TRI-WEEgLY GAZETTE, or country
edition, contains oil the news Of interes, IN
this State, snd will b Of especial interest to
Alexsndrisn living away from hese~ mt
who wish to keep up with thsir hsas lem.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
66e Mysterious
LhASSA

With the hope that he may ulti-
mately penetrate the mysterious Thib-
etan city Of Lhassa. DR.. Berthold Lauf-
er, who is connected with the Museum
of Natural History, New York city, is
about to renounce the world and his
friends for the solitude Of a Buddhist
temple. He will leave in a few days
for Pekin, where he will settle in a
Lamaistic monastery to live the life Of
recluse and to be among the priests,
studying their language, customs and
ceremonies. He hopes to obtain one Of
their official degrees which would facil-
itate him In his attempt to reach the
holy city Of Lhassa. All the specimens
he can secure will be sent to the New
York museum. DR.. Laufer believes that
In view of the increasing commercial
relations between China and the Unit
ed States, greater knowledge should
be had of that country and its people
But one other foreigner has ever lived
In a Chinese temple. He was a Hungar-
ian. Cosma de Koros, and death cut
short his labors A number of scientific
men are interested IN DR.. Laufer's mis-
sion.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
why They Longed For Home .

"One meets odd characters on ship
board" said a Baltimore woman VINO
visited the Paris Exposition.
Il recall vividly a lean Yankee Of
about tifty-fve years who on my re-
turn voyage spent hours near the PROV
of his ship with his face steadfastly
turned to his native land.
"'Yes, I'm glad TO be going back
he said one day, when inclined to con-
versation. I've done Europe as my
family said l should, and when / left
Rome, the last place had to Go,
shook my fist at her and said: Good
by, old Rome, I'm going home to
pumpkin pie
IAN equally amusing fellow-passen,
ger was young man from the faz
South, who confded to me his lnten-a
yearning to get back in order to enjoy
cnce more his mothers buckwheaS
cakes. I can scarcely wait for Them
he said. 'First you smear them over
with butter and then you smear them
ever with molasses, and then-his
eyes took on a rapt expression-'you
eat them? Baltimore Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
A mari, Twin Story.

Mark Twain tells thus the story of
his first great LONDON banquet, at
which, by the way, there were 500 or
900 guests. lie admits that, not hay.
ing been used to that kind of dinner
he felt somewhat lonesome. "The lord
mayor or somebody, read out list Of
the chief guests before we began to
eat. When he came to prominent
names the other guests would ap-
plaud
Il found the man next me rather n
good taHier Just as We got to an in
teresting subject there was tremen-
dous clapping of hands. / had hardly
ever heard such applause before. 1
Strengthened up and set to clapping
with the rest, and l noticed a good
many people round about me fixing
their attention on me, and some Of
them laughing in n friendly and en-
couraging way. l moved about in my
chair and clapped louder than ever.
"'Who is it?' asked the gentleman
on my right.
Samuel Clemens, better known in
England as Mark Twain, he replied.
II stopped clapping, The life seemed
to go out of me. never was in such
a fix in all my days."-M. A. p.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
An "Enulne pollceman.w

A city ordinance in Detroit makes
1t unlawful for hucksters or street ped
dlers to stand on a public thoroughfare
longer than is necessary to make a
SALE The keep moving" rule is not
always strictly enforced, however, so
an ingenious merchant who keeps &
fruit emporium on prominent corner,
has trained horse to do police duty
and at the same time keep rivals from
setting up in business in his imme-
diate neighborhood. Pedestrians on
the street who heard the command
''Sic 'em, Bill!" naturally expected to
see a dog respond. Great was their
surprise, therefore, when they beheld
horse prancing along the curb. He
was nosing at banana vender, who
was excitedly trying to get out Of
harms way-and he kept on until a
safe distance lay between himself and
the jumping-jack equine. The horse
then returned to his post in front Of
the store and waited for other inter-
lopers. 1t is an advantageous corner
and many hucksters try to do business
there. The horse, which draws a de-
livery wagon during the day, is sta
toned at the curb on busy nights, and
the moment a vender's cart appears in
sight, the equine policeman is turned
loose on the offender. The owner of
the steed Is proud of the record he is
making.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
A Victor Hugo Nrnsoum.

Thanks mainly to the munifcence or
Nj. Paul Meurice, says the Westmns-
ter Gazette Paris is about to te pro
vided with a Victor Hugo Museum.
The house which is to be used for the
purpose is the one in which the poet
lived from 1888 to 1S4S, and in which
much Of his most successful work
was written. Among the treasures
with which the building will be
stocked are a library of some 5000 vol
umes, a large collection Of drawings
made by Victor Hugo himself and a
number of bronze and marble busts.
Under present arrangements the mu-
scum will be formally opened on Feb
ruary 26, 1902. This date is particu-
larly appropriate, inasmuch as it is
that Of the centenary of the poets
birth.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
WIEN the rnrth WIN BE FnlI.

Although 1t need cause the present
generation no worry, it is interesting
to know that, according to careful
computation by a statisticlan, when
$50 years shall have passed the 6ens-
ity of the earJh's population will be
such that each person will have only
two-thlrds OF an acre. That space,
flfty-five and one-half yards square,
will have to suffice for all purposes
agriculture, roads, houses, parks, rail
ways and so on. 1t is estimated that
when the globes population reaches
density, which is about 1000 persons
to the mile the earth will be full. This
conclusion is reached by a careful
analysis Of the growth Of population in
the nineteenth century, and upon that
basis the population of the earth in
the year 22oO Is computed.
Present populations to the square
mile are: Russia, 49, United States,
21; China, 95; Spain So; France, 1856;
Germany, 26S; Italy, 2s9; United King
dom, 339; Holland, All; Belgium. 572
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
The Pope's sen,s =, numon

His holiness the pope is much sought
after as sitter by painters, who's,
powers are not always equal to theji
ambition. 1t is seldom, however, thai
an artist meets with a refusal. Quite
recently one of these painters, HAVING
finished his portrait, begged the pope
to honor him by insoribing upon II
some scriptural text, with his auto.
graph. The pope looked dubiously al
the picture. 1t was mediocre enough
and little like himself, but, unwilling
to disappoint the artist, he reflected 8
moment, and then, adapting the famil.
lar line in st. Matthew to the peculiar
circumstances, he wrote as follows
''Be not afraid. It is LEO XIII"
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Acnent, by Phnnorraph.

Il has long been supposed that
France or a Frenchman, is necessary
for the acquisition of proper French
accent. This is no longer so now
that an economical substitute for the
Frenchman has been found in the
phonograph. 1t Is understood that a
corps of distinguished French profess
sors arc spending their whole time in
converEing into monographs. A pro-
fessor's days work is to fill thirty
Photographic cylinders. These cylin-
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
lnatruetIonst, subserIbers.

PosrAoE-The postage TO all parts OF the
gnited States and Canada is paid by the
)ublishers.
REm1rTANoEs OF small sums may be made
nth comparative safety In ordinary letters.
bums Of one dollar or more must be sent by
registered letter or post-oflce money order /
Othsrwise, we cannot be responsible for same
CHANGE OF ADDREas--s Subscribers wishing
Iheir address changed must invariably give
their former as well as new address.
MISSING NUNBERs--It occasionally happens
that Numbers OF our paper sent TO subscribers
eEe lost or stolen in the mails In case you
Ae not receive any number when due write
d q postal card, and we will oheerfully fur
RisE duplicate Of the missing number.
MVeT IMPORTANT OF ALL--In every letter
that yoG write us, never fail to give your full
address plainly written, name, Post-ofnOe,
county Gad State.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
May Eventually be En-
tered by DR.. BertI1old
Laafer of New York City.

ders are destined to go forth bearing
precious French accents into thou
sands of happy English homes
book has now been prepared called
"The Pictorial French Course" It
contains thirty lessons, each illus
trated by picture ingeniously por-
traying the objects alluded to in tina
lesson. Each lesson corresponds
word for word with one of the phono-
graphic discourses. All that the stu
dent has to do therefore is to set
his phonograph going. The book win
tell him what it is saying. It will
be seen that the new system is pictor'
ial-oral.-London Daily Mail.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
of Course, He Never DOCS.

'T never tell a pretty girl she's pret-
ty," he remarked sentGntlously; its
unnecessary, it goes without saying.
She's knows she's pretty just as well
as l do, and to tell her so Is simply
piling on the agony. l reserve n !
compliments for the poor things who
need them. BY the way, Miss -,
you look awfully well in that gray
frock with that little touch of cherry
truly you do-pOsitively pretty, don't
you know."-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Inventors of Wool Pulp Ppror

A writer in a LONDON newspaper
speaking Of the ingenuity OF wasps In
building their nests says; Like
trained spaniel she finds at last somt
old stump or sill of wood, some ia len
trunk or weatherworn wound in grow.
ing timber whereon she settles and
proceeds to bite off bits of wooi and
chew them into paste. With this shl
flies to the hole again, and with jaws,
and head and feet, molds the thin.
drawn paste into fine gray paper, silky,
strong and waterproof. Hers Is an
nvention-"paper from wood pulp"
which has been Uttered before the
blind eyes Of man ever since in pre-
historic ages he first destroyed wasps
nests but was reserved to be his ''tri-
umph" at the end of the Nineteenth
century Of our modern eral
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
New England Ramon, for robaoco.

There are in the United States 7O0,-
900 acres of land devoted to tobacco, Of
which 1000 acres are in New England.
The annual yield Of all kinds in the
country is about 5OO,OOO,OOO pounds, OF
which NeY England raises 100000
The average yield per acre throughout
the country is 200 pounds. but in New
England it Is LOO pounds. 1t is inter-
esting that all the tobacco raised in
the country belongs to two or three
botanical species, yet there are more
than sixty varieties grown commercial
ly--all Of them quite distinct in shape,
color and qaulity Of Leaf Harper S
Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Progress in ToIerraphy.

II progress in telegraphy continues
the next few years at the same ratio
as in the past it viii soon be possible
to telegraph a verbatim running re-
port Of woman's congress. 1t is now
possible to send eight messages over
one wire at the same time.-MOntana
Record
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
TWlNING CITY NEWS.

Mr.. r. +. Bradbury is interesting
himself very much in getting small fac
tories to locate in rhs section. He has
several very desirable lots along the
river front for sale and recently sold to
Christie Bros, OF Phila., a site for a
glass factory, which is now being built.
1t will be in operation about the Ist Of
October We believe it is Mr.. Brad
bury's aim to make Twining City what
the Citizen pictured it some time ago
a great manufacturing city.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
PrimaCura.

primucura not only RELIEVES but PER
wANENrLY ERADIcArEs prickly heat Al
cNcE, and cures all skin diseases. 1t IL
an IMMEDIATE and PERMANENT allayer OF
inflammation. 1t is a new and economical
remedy which affects permanent cure
or sale by druggists generally
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

Dr. A. D. Waller states in a recent
paper that he Is able to tell whether q
bean is alive by its peculiar response
to electric stimulus, says the Balti-
more Sun. If dead it fails to respond.
His method of distinguishing is to
place the bean between a pair Of moist
electrodes and sending an electric dis
charge through the same. After the
impulse the bean electrodes are con-
nected to a sensitive galvanomcter,
and if the bean Is alive it will give a
relatively strong discharge, usually in
the direction OF the stimulus Some
times the test kills the bean. but some
times it may be made to grow. The
electric current from the bean may
gradually diminish during half an
hour after a sudden rise at the begin.
ming. This experiment gives an op-
portunity to approach the problem Of
the relation OF life and electricity from
new standpoint. The peculiar mani
festations and the various forms of
energy into which electricity can be
transformed have given the hope that
there may be a close relationship be-
tween this subtle energy and life force.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

II you are not friend to labor, you
are no friend to God or man.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

It often happens, according to LEI
eveur, that in cleaning fowls we find
pins, bits Of iron wire or the like, in
their gizzards. This is the case with
fowls that have no gravel at their dis
posal, and are driven by instinct to
swallow hard bodies. If a pin thus
swallowed Issues from the intestine
and reaches the shell-sac at the mo-
ment when an egg without a shell
reaches the same point, it will be en-
veloped in the shell and thus enclosed
in the egg. Perrauet, the famous ar
chitect of the eighteenth century, re-
lates a case in his memoirs. He tells
of an egg in which a pin was found
without anything to show how It got
there. The pin was covered with a
thin whitish crust which made it look
like a frogs thigh-bonc. Under this
crust the pin was black and somewhat
corroded."
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
scIE1TIJfj85IlB4uCs
~>-S~rS va

Torpedo tubes made Of aluminium
instead of steel have been placed on
board two destroyers at Portsmouth.
The use of these tubes at present is
experimental. but so considerable viii
be the saving in weght-an important
matter in connection with light craft
like destroyers-that If successful alu-
minium tubes will be generally used
AZ place of steel tubes.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

An important publication on Indian
forestry has been issued, in which
certain conclusions as to the climatic
influence Of forests are set forth. The
book is entitled Forestry in British
India" From a review of this work
in Nature it appears that while the au-
thor does not distinctly maintain that
by increasing the acreage Of forests
the climate of India might be 80 far
improved as TO stop the recurrence Of
droughts, he s evidently inclined to
that opinion. SIN a warm climate"
he says, the denudatlon Of a country
diminishes its moisture, and, conse-
quently, its fertility" The regula-
tions of surface drainage by forests
is clearly pointed out.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

In Hawaii enormous quantities OF
ducks are raised by the Chinese upon
the edges Of the ocean. Twice q day,
within restricted areas, they are per-
mitted to eat the young fish which
swim in the inclosed coves. Fish are
reported to be growing scarcer every
year, and by some this diminution is
attributed to the wholesale destruc-
tion Of the young fry by the Chinese.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
A Remarkable Suicide.

One Of the most remarkable
cases of suicide was that of the
king of Falaha, on the west coast
of Africa.
The king was attacked by Mo-
hammedian force, and, finding
resistance impossible, he assem-
bled his family and principal Of
fcers, and after addressing them
and intimating his determination
never to accept Mohammedanism
and inviting those who did not
agree with him to 60 away he ap-
piled a light to large quantity of
gunpowder collected for the pur-
pose and blew into atoms the
palace and all who were in it.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

A Record The pupils had gone
Breaking Run. into the school.
room Monday evening and the
dollhouse had settled down to it's
usual morgue-like stiffness when
a still alarm Of fire was sent in.
Guard began was at the desk, and
rushed hurriedly over to let the
department out of the cells. He
had the wrong key, and not door
opened. Then he went out in
front and got the right key from
Guard Goldsmith, after which he
unlocked the doors. Nary fire.
man appeared. Stiffness reigned.
Mr.. began looked dazed, and be-
gan to think he was playing part
in nightmare. However, he stood
off and spoke soothingly to the
gallant fire laddies, asking them
why they showed such hesitancy
in leaving their cells. Then they
replied that they were ready and
anxious to risk their lives fighting
the flames, but unfortunately the
bar had not been thrown up, SO to
leave the cells was out of the ques-
ton for the time being. This
oversight was remedied at once,
and the department left the cell
house hitting the high places.
The alarm was turned in at 7:O5
and the boys reached the scene of
the supposed confagration at 1928,
a record breaking run. It was a
false alarm.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

embarrassed and throws himself on
the floor and stamps on himself -
Here he stopped to take drink
of water, listening furtively the
while.
"By about 1 O'clock" he con-
.tinued, "the man in the cell above
begins to get tired. He seems to
be weary of waiting for the bar to
be thrown. Then he lies on his
nicely made bed, but for fear he
might fall asleep he swings one
leg over the side. The contact of
the floor with his foot prevents
him from sleeping too hard. When
he turns over he falls out. This has
gone on for two weeks now, and
heaven alone knows where it will
end. AS for me, I welcome the
thought of the silent tomb. Now
leave me to my fate," and he re-
sumed his seat on the floor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
The Peanut.

In Tennessee and Georgia the
peanut is known as a goober, in
Alabama and the western gulf
states ground pea, in the south
east of the United States and in
the West Indies a pindal or pindar
and in various parts of England
jurnut, an earth nut or mania.
nut.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
Paper Read Before the Oh Iutduqud Circle.
FRUITS OF SICILY.

IT was in the time of Homer
that the natives of the island of
Sicily began to cultivate the fruits.
of their soil. Previous to that
time the vine grew wild and the
fruit thereof was not improved by
human skill, nor did it afford
liquor grateful to the taste. But
1000 years later Italy boosted of
her celebrated wines, more than
two thirds of which were produced
from the soil of Sicily.
There was a law of the republic
prohibiting the culture of the vine
and olive in order to keep up.
their value. This law was yelled
under the pretext of encouraging
the cultivation of grain. The
blessings of the vine was soon
communicated to the province of
Gaul, but so intense was the cold
in these parts, that in the time Of
Strabo it was thought impossible
to ripen the grapes. This diff
Guilty was gradually vanquished,
and there is some reason to believe
that the vineyards of Burgundy
are as old as the age Of the An
toninus.
The apple was originally a ma
tive of Italy. When the natives
tasted of the rich flavor of the
apricot, the peach, the pome-
granite, the citron and the orange,
they contented themselves by call
ing all these new fruits by the,
common denomination of apple,
discriminating them from each
other by the additional epithet Of,
their country. These new fruits;
were imported from Asia and
Egypt, being transported by sail
ing vessels, which required from
nine to ten days from Egypt to.
the port of Panormus.
The olive is one of the largest
fruits product of the island, having
been introduced there during the,
third century after the foundation
of Rome. It was imported from
Egypt and was considered SYM
bolical of peace.
There can be no mistake, the
island of Sicily is. and has been
for many centuries past, the
greatest fruit producing island in
the world. The greater part of
the lemons, almonds, figs and
dates that are consumed in this
country today are imported from
Sicily. So delightful was the
climate, and SO abundant the fruit,
that the Emperor friedrich H.,
the enemy and victim of the clergy,
is accused of saying after his re-
turn from his crusade in 1850 A.
D., that the God Of the Jews would
have despised his promised land
if he had once seen the fruitful
realms of Sicily and Naples.
f. NJ. B..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register AMI cell number
and send to this offit Q with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. Each
paper must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

Movement of Ten arrivals and
Prison Population. three discharges
is the record of the movement
Of the population during the past
week. The inmates now number
500, graded as follows: First, 367;
second, 143, and third, 10.