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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16

DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup for teething
babies, Full-size bottle, 10 cents. Cures
Wind Collie, Disrrhea Loss Of Sleep. Gripping
Pains, Sour Stomach, Fever, Cholera Infsn-
tum. DR.. Balls Baby Syrup also promotes
the digestion and soothes the baby. Sold by
Richard Gibson and all druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16

In cases OF cough or crolp give the little
one One Minute Cough Cure. Then rest essy
and have no fear. The child will be sll night
In little while. 1t never fails Pleasant to
take always safe, sure and almost instsn-
tsneous 10 effect For sale by Z. 3. Lead
bester & 9ons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16

Ladies' Fine White Shirt Waists
lace yoke front and back, reduced
from 81 40 to
0SC ca.
Ladies' Fine White Shirt Waists,
all lace in front and lace yoke in back,
reduced from $1.9S TO
S1.10 ca.
One small lot Misses Colored Shirt
Waists reduced from SOC to
25C ca.
Small lot American Lady f1.00
Simmer COrsets reduced to
75c pair.
Ladies' 800 Crash Skirts
Now 20C.
Ladies' SOC Crash Skirts
Now soc.
Ladies' s1OO Linen Skirts
Now 69C.
One lot Ladies' Pique and Duck
Stocks reduced from soc to
SOC ca.
Ladies' s1.OO Blue and Oxblood
Shirt Waists
Now 75C.
Small lot Light Dress Ginghams
reduced to
SC yard.
Onelot lOand l2sc Dress Ginghams
reducek to
SC yard.
Lot of Ladies 12lc extra size Ribbed
Vests reduced to
1Oc ca.
Balance ofthe Mems sl.5O Neglige
Shirts
Now 81. 90.
One lot Mems White Madras Shirts
sizes IA and 16l only, reduced from
81. 90 to
75C ca.
Small lot Hamburg Embroidery
and Torchon Lace, on center table,
reduced to
SC yard.
Mems Nainsook Underwear, what's
left. reduced from SOC to
25c ca.
New Standard Patterns for Sep
tember are now ready.
The September Designer is full of
Interest. only 10c copy.
New Fashion Sheets free.
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AlsxsaAsia @sssits.
TERMs

FUBLIzaLD DAILY Ard TRI.wEsELY AT
Gazette Building. 610 a si2 Prince sf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16
Reduced Rates to 1 ouisville.

on sccount OF the Triennisl Conclsve Of
the Knights Templsr, to be held in Louit-
Vile, KY, August 81 to 81, the Pennsyl-
vsnia Railroad (ompsn7 will s-ll excursion
tickets from August % to 25, inclusive, to
Louisville and return, at rate OF one first
class fare for the round trip. These tickets
will be good to return until September 2,
inclusive, but II ticket is depo'ited by the
original purchaser with Joint Agent st Louis
vile not earlier than August 2S, nor later
paid ct the time OF deposit, an ,-tension OF
the return limit may be had until septcm-
Der 16
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16

~N CENT TEA.-Five half chests exeep.
DO tionslly Fine Movune Gunpowder
Toa 10 sell at SOC, inst received by
]. @. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-16
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
$ w A N Bros,
424 and 40 King Street.
ONE PRICE.

All Summer Goods selling Bargain Prices Odds and Ends broken
sizes and all goods slightly sod mued Greatly Reduced Prices
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

of the trolley, their faces about twenty
inches above the rail The other two
men trundled the car along, now run
ming alongside pushing heavily, now
sitting on the back Of the platform
prOpelling the little truck forward with
an occasional kick at the ground. I
was seated amidships facing forward,
and the cold air came to my mouth and
nose for all the world like a dry icy
spFay-if such thing could be. There
was now Just enough light for the two
watchers to see pretty clearly twenty
yards ahead and the unCanniness Of
the experience was passing. Atkins
who pushed on the right had fine
taste for gruesonae anecdote, more
particularly in the matter of exploded
mines. and his converse ton was not
cheerful His repertOry included the
stories of the InjudiCiOus Corporal, the
Jnouisitfve LOyalist. the Unfortunate
Goat and the CircumsDect Boer.
The story Of the Inquisitive Loyalist
vas about a BOer who lived on farm.
And when the English came along this
'sre Boer discovered that he had never
been in favor Of the war from the very
Srst. so was allowed to live on his
farm providing he gave in his arms.
50 this ere sOmethinged Boer handed
in the Tower musket with which he
had been plugging TONNES at 1000
yards and upward. and the nlHt-lock
which was, so 10 speak, his second
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and ballast with the object Of reducing
the rolling stock of the Imperial Mill
tarv railways So we are going down
the line on the CANCERS trolley to nose
out these modest destrOyerS that hide
covlv behind sleepers and retire unOb-
trusively TO the shelter of fishplates-
Before heaven and a critical PUBIC 1
declare i am no hero, although Uhe men
who were with M We're They knew
the risk they ran did not. Perhaps
II L had known the risks / was ABOUT
70 take ] should not have gone; certain
it is I will never go again
Three full priv6tes, one corporal o.
engineers. one war correspondent OF
the Daily Mail-that was the trolley :
passenger list; and as the night
thought of her sins and paled eastward
two Of the TOmmies gave the macnlne
a shove. and we were on on our ten
miles voyage Of discovery. The road
was down hin and easy going for
mile, and the enemyAs country did not
begin until we reached tte foot OF the
slope. There we passed the advanced
post of the siding guard--a solitary
Tommy hidden somewhere in the semi
darkness. who challenged and was 81
lent.
Then the search commenced on the
outer edges OF the trolley the corporal
and a man stretched themselves full
length along a wooden platform, their
heads just oyeITsaching the fore end
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

barrel. and was allowed TO live peace
fully in sight of the camp.
And as every day passed his love for
the British increased, so that the ami
able camp commandant allowed him to
visit the camp and sell the brutal sol
diery milk and vegetables. But the
amiable commandment was not the fool
his eyeglass and his dTaWl led you TO
believe. and he had a notion that the
new convert TO imperialism was in the
maitland a disgusting habit it is-of
communicating with outside pals And
once a culvert was mysteriously blown
up. and nobody saw the Beers who did
it, So the cOmmanddnt took that -
- u won't attempt to tone down the
adjectives) BOeT into his confidence
The culvert south of the siding had
been blown up, he said, but had been
repaired: he was now having il care
fully guarded. he did not intend hay-
ing the other culvert, which was north
Of the siding. watched, as he did not
think the Beers would experiment on
that. and. besides. he couldn't spare
the men. And the Boer was touched
by the Confidence the guileless Phiiis-
tine reposed in him and wept. That
night the commandant sent for the
farmer and held hmm in conversation
for two hours on agricultural prospects,
in which time two engineers laid down
a devilish contTivance near the north
ern culvert.
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ing away on a Yacht and taking SO. 900
worth Of Ice along, she would feel En-
viOus. The MOnnyhans got most Of
their Ice in the Winter Time. Some
times she would look out at the two
lonesome Trees in Kidd Street and wish
that her Husband was an unpopular
STOCK JObbeT instead of an honest
Worklngman- Mrs. Monaghan loved
to read about who was Entertaining at
Newport and what to wear at the
Races. She used to figure out what
kind Of speckled Horses she would
drive to her Private Hack, II she should
go out in the Alley some day and pick
UP a Million Dollar Bill. She spent a
lot Of Money in this way.
Mr. Monaghan was Home Body. He
asked nothing better than an Al Fres-
co Evening on the StOOp, putting his
little Henry Clay and now and then
/ burying his Face in the Grower.
But Mrs. Monaghan had the Travel
MicrObe in her System. She wanted to
take Trip into the Country. Her
Husband advised her to go over to the
Park if she wanted to see some Grass,
but she said that a real Outing meant
at least forty Miles on the Steam Cars.
And she kept nagging MOnnyhan.
One night the Good Fairy of the
Eighth Ward came and perched on the
Installment Bedstead and Spoke to
Monaghan as follows. Your Side
gets that Ride TO the Country. Next
/ Sunday the Steam Filters Protective
Association gives a Dollar Excursion.
I think it will help some if you give her
enough RecC- ration in one Day to last
her all Sum
Mr.. Monnyhal. lcted on the Tip. His
Wife was ticl1led to know that they
were going. She FADED d Basket with
Lunch and laid out her best Things.
On Sunday Morning the MOnnyhans
put on their heavy Clothing and start
ed for the Station. The Sun had got
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21
y By GEORGE AIDE.

selves Up against one Of these bluff
Groves. There was not enough Shade
TO go around. They had TO take Turn
About standing under the Tree. And
if you didn't like the Place. YOU had
10 stay just the same, until the Train
was ready 10 pull out.
The only Amusement was doing the
Pivot Waltz with the Heads together
That IS no Entertainment for anyone
past 2S. so the MOnnyhauS cut fl out
1t was a long Day with nothing TO
see except the Track, the Rag Weeds
and a lot of Spoons who held on to one
another for fear of losing a Good
Thing.
The Train was seven hours in getting
back, and by that time the ATOnnyhans
were a Sight 1t would not have been
a regular Sunday Excursion if some
Gentleman had not smashed another
/ Gentleman for insulting his Lady. Mrs.
Monaghan tainted and dropped her
Wild Flowers, and by the time she
came to they were all over the Place.
knee-deep.
Late at Night the AIonnyhans showed
up in Kidd Street To Mrs. Monaghan
those two dusty Trees were a Bower Of
Eden She had taken enough Vacation
to do her for quite a Spell. she wanted
to get into the House and make n few
quick Changes and take Long
Breath.
So when they were back on their own
Doorstep where they could shed a few
| Carmen Is and catch the Breeze from
the Switch Yards they realized THAI
Kidd Street was an earthly Paradise
Now when Mrs. Monaghan needs
| Recreation, she shakes a, Nickel out Of
/ Willie's Bank and flags a Trolley.
MORAL: Be it ever so Humble
/ there's no Place like Home when il
| comes to Wearing what you like
CCopyright. 1901, by Robert Howard Rus
sell)
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Tommy Atkins Chasing Dynamite. TheP

And this is the way it was made;
They dug a hole and placed therein q
camp kettle. Within that camp Kettle
were fifteen pounds of dynamite. IN
serted in that camp kettle was the
muzzle of a loaded Martini carbine, and
attached to the trigger of that carbine
were wires that the foot of the most
careful walker would not fail 10 catch.
Well, that night
STOP"
The story stops suddenly, two pairs
of hands grip the right-hand brake and
the trolley Jars TO a standstill.
We are off in a second, and the cor
pOraI is gingerly scraping away the
earth piled around a thing that looks
like a bottle with the neck protruding-
1t is placed by the side Of the rail, the
bottle raised to the rails level, and had
the truck gone another dozen feet II
would have smashed the neck
''Ihis," said the corporal, speaking
with great niceness and picking his
words. as though some discOrdant
phrase would be sufficient to agitate
the contents, SIS a new fake, I'm not
goin' to take this along with me. Here
What s-your-name, take this bottle out
about 800 yards and stick it on rock
where we can see it.
What's-his-nam tucked the bottle
under his arm with as much unconceTn
as If it were a bottle OF beer ana
strolled to the required distance. /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21
The Peril of Exploring Mines Planted
BY the Beers.

ers stretched at full length put their
hands UP to turn the wind from their
eyes.
The brake fails on the wheel, but we
have gained too great a momentum,
and the pace is not perceptbly slack
ened. The corporal looks eagerly for
ward; the growing light has increased
his range Of vision, but the speed of
the trolley has Iessened its usefulness.
Suddenly:
''Brakei BrakeI For Gods sake!i
He has seen something on the line-a
something smuggling close 10 the rail-
an OminOus shaDeless something that
has no right 10 be there. In a moment
you see there is not time to jump for
it; you can hardly rise to your feet
in the time. Then swift hand snatches
up rifle, the rife is poised for mo-
ment before the whirring wheels Of
the trolley, then dropped crosswise onto
the metals.
There is a jump, a bone-racking thud,
thud thud as the wheels kick UP
against the sleepers; the next minute
there is an overturned trolley with
wheels still running. and five human
beings sprawlins unhurt upon the
veldt. but the five little sticks Of dyna-
mite with the Upturned percussion cap
are untouched.
Only a broken rife few feet from
them shows where the trolley left the
lac.
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fancy it was half that distance. for the
bottle was quite distinct in the broad
ening light. When Whats-his name
had got back the four men took up
their rifles from the trolley floor, and,
taking steady aim, opened fire The
third shot took effect. The little black
object Just visible became instantly a
broad white fan Of angry flaming light
Only for a second, and then smoke was
where flame had been. and the earth
shook with the roar of the explosion
"One." said the corporal lacOnically,
and the journey was resumed. Back to
the charge came the anecdOtal Tommy.
Well, this blank blank Boer was
found in a dozen different places the
next morning. he having prOhted by the
commandments confidence to walk
round the unguarded culvert in the
early morning with a dynamite cart
ridge and wicked smile Tommy
lapsed into fiction at this point to
sketch the Beers glee as he walked TO
his work of destruction.
Now We are at the top Of the bank,
and there IS a clear run down to the
next siding. Day is mere now, and as
we rattle down the steep grade we dis
turb the thousand tiny creatures OF the
sun that are waking TO activity.
STEADY with that. Put the brake
on xou silly fool"
This from the corporal for We are
moving at a great rate, and the watch
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RollOpOzariu11, who was CalCimined to
a creamy white and chewing PepSin
Gum in twO-f0ur Time. And the Queen
with the Satin Slippers and the gold
Bridge Work N her Teeth. Was she on
hand with Clarence and his Ps-eU-
Leathers2
Mrs. Monnvhan was iO0kins for So
Ciety, and she got her Dollars WOr-1
right on the Jump.
She was right next to a Stout Lady
in white, who carried a Small Child
probably five weeks old. a very young
loves to get away on Sund2- and have
a Time with the Steam Filters on the
other side was a Gay Dog With a. Red
Handkerchief around his Neck and q
japanese Fan in his upper Coat Pocket
No Sunday excursion IS complete with
out this Boy.
The cars mad been standing in the
Yards since 4-30. soaking UP Heat.
There were not enough Seats for all,
so Mr.. Monaghan put the two Chill
dren in the COat-BOX, while ne and the
Pleasure Seeker sat behind a. Couple
that talked Baby Talk. The Woman
had artificial Cherries on neT Hat. and
the Man smeIled of Musk. Then some
body began to sing a Bird in the Gid
ed Cage" and others started in to open
up Lunch and throw Egg-SEells sOn the
Floor. The Humorist who puts his
Head out Of the Window to Josh those
at the different Stops was present in
Numbers Also the rOlhcking youth
who keeps tramping up and down the
Aisles.
The Train ran for six Miles and then
backed into a Siding at a Gravel Pit
and waited for a Freight. The EXCur-
sion Train waits for Everything.
Mrs. Monaghan had a Clinker in her
Eye, and Mr.. MOnnyhan's Collar was
done for, so ne thought it was about
time to say something. He said he was
glad he wasn't back at Home with his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

an Early Start. 1t was a hot. gummy
Day-just the kind for an Excursion.
On the Railway Platform stood about
One Thousand in their Sunday Best.
slowly Cooking. The MOnnyhans
worked their way into the Pack Every
Person in that Crowd seemed to be ra-
dating Heat like a Parlor Stove.
1T was a Sure-enOugh Sunday Bunch.
There WIS Hiney-BlOtz with the Badge
and the Pale Cigar. He was putting
Finger Marks on the dove-COlOTed
Basque of Jimpsy, the pail Mechanic
of the Commercial Hotel. Also there
was Mike the Bite, with his regular
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21
MODERN FABLES >

,-Cr- there was a Family that lived
/ right up in the City where they
v trv TO put two Houses on one Lot.
~sa name of the Thoroughfare was
odd Street. It was in the Eighth
-r.rd lust of Cinuers avenue. There
-.sa swell View Of the Gas House and
,sa Residents might have seen the Bot
ling Works and the Dump if it hadn't
zen for the Foundries in between.
All the People along Kidd Street were
q, tumble Circumstances. That is
Vbv they Married so early. They want
ii to cut down Expenses.
The name Or this Family in Kidd
street was Monaghan. Mr.. MOnnyhan
r0rked be- "a Blast Furnace where they
sd not provide Electric Fans for the
geIp When Summer came he never
lad to worry about his Automobile.
and the Problem Of getting a good
PUtIer for the Country House did nor
give him a moments UEeasiness. M.
Monaghan was one of the Plain Peo-
Me- He wiped his Mouth on the Back
n his Hand, and when he saw a Man
IN Duck Trousers he had Murder in his
Heart
Shortly after the Whistle blew. Mr..
Ncnnyhan would show up in Kidd
street, dragging one Foot after the
ether. the Prosperity Dinner Pail in one
horny Aitr and his Coat over his Arm.
He would collapse on the Step with a
Moan of Relief. Then he would call
Tor his Evening Paper and read about
Summer styles for Well-Dressed Men.
After supper he and the other Toll
ers along the Row would come out to
me Front Stops and peel off until
they were comfortable. no matter what
ths Ladies Home Journal said. The
Children playing in the Street wore
7atiOral Costumes. Sometimes a For
egner came along and played Rag
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

az criticism is kind and fair, accept
It with respect and thanks; if it is
fair but mkind, accept it with re
suect without thanks, if it is I'M
kind. treat it with contempt.
Have an aim i'm life and let nothing
divert YOU from the road that leads to
the goal Follow the precept given in
m, favor.te proverb of the Arabs:
THE dogs bark. the caravan passes.
BE comforted. whether you are an
artist. write~. or anything else, by the
thought that. as a rule, the untalr
critic is a failure In the art he criticises.
If he could write good books and good
pIavs. which would bring him an in
come OF $4,000 year. if he could paint
good portraits which he could sell for
5000 apiece. he would not waste MS
time mding fault with the productions
Of other people. And there are even
worse critics than those I have just
mentioned, there aIe the utterly ig-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

very proud, because I said to myself
1.-The critics on the staff OF the Paris
Figaro do have a decent knowledge of
French. Hello, old man, although you
have lived nearly thirty years among
the members of the English-spea
race all over the world, you can still
write a fairly good piece of French
The next day I opened the London
Saturday Review. There was in it a,
criticism of my book which wound up
thus: His style, generally. is as
slovenly as French style can be-"
What am I to do2 No author can
hope to make a living without the ap-
probation of the Saturday Reviewer.
Am I, in future, to publish a French
English vocabulary at the end of the
French editions of my books2 Or am
I to bring my French down to the level
of the Saturday Reviewers knowl-
edge of that language, of whom /
might say, quoting Chaucer;
He spake We French Of Stratford-
atte-BOw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21

- EARCHING out and destroying
- dynamite that Roers have placed
- In the roadbed Of the English
military railways in the Trans
wal Is described graphically by Edgar
Wallace, war correspondent of the
london Daily Nail. This dangerous
sofA is done by the British regulars
~ real Tommy Atdinses-and cOnse-
lily less is made by the public Of
heroic achievements than wOuiG
me ease if volunteers were TO do IL.
says Mr. Wallace, who writes
o- early morning and bitterly cold
~ the stars-frozen sPangics Of
ii IN the heavens, only a white rim
~os1 en- the ground, and between
49, ana stars an empty silence, save
49, rom the engine OF the mail train
f1s'. mas been held up ali night at the
ma tel1t siding comes the Mss and
s,s- peeuhar TO It's kind. A feather of
49, snaNes lmptitiently at its safety
aas,' Tor the wakeful engine and the
faSs passenger coaches behind are
sar-ss = soon as light shall come to re-
"a. -ie INTREPID journey TO Pretoria.
nlSt "l9cn may have happened in the
a5-r Brother Boer may have crSpt
efa - t-le darkness and lifted a rail,
CIT - lett q packet of some unpIeas-
ss afGully kidden between rail
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By Max O'ReH

is yourself. The rest viii cry out in
chorus that your luck is something
wonderful.
Luck" as I exclaim in a little book
of mine What a drudge this poor
word is madei The privatiOns which
you have imposed upon yourself, and
the long nights which you have devOt-
ed to study-that's luck, Luck means
rising at in the morning, luck means
straightfOrwardness, sincerity and
earnestness: luck means saving 81 If
you earn 81; luck means minding your
own business and not meddling with
other peoples"
Do what is right, or what your con-
science tells you is right, do your best
and never mind what your critics
say.
Many a one who criticises the mil
IiOnafre that has amassed his wealth
through intelligence and industry,
would lick his boots for a greenback.
Copyright. 1901, by W. r. Hearst)
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norant ones who do not know the rUdi-
ments of the arts which they criticise-
If you are a philosopher and can al
ways see the bright side of things; if,
better still, you are of a humorous turn
of mind, you may get a great deal OF
amusement out of either cOnceited or
ignorant criticism. Ina CINE the joy
that Mark Twain must have felt when,
a good many years ago (mOre years,
perhaps, than I care to remind my eel
ebrated friend OF, the London Satur-
day Review took his "InnOcents
Abroad" seriously, called the book
"fippant," and praised the tOpograph-
icaI portion Of it. His description Of
the towns is fairly correct" said the
pOrtentious weekly. How Mark must
have rOared-why, till tears came to
his eyes.
The Saturday Review has been at II
again. and this time I am victim of its
arrows. A few weeks ago I published
a book in Paris. in French, naturally.
I viii not name that book for fear you
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21
Our Best Friends Are Our Enemies. BY

For French Of Paris was TO himme
unznow."
And then I remembered that when
some fifteen years ago I published a
school edition of BOssuettS sermons
the Saturday Review said: 1t was not
so bright and entertaining a book as
John Bull and His Islands, The
whole thing dawned upon me and
have felt happy and comfortable ever
since
Criticism should never rexasperate US;
on the contrary it should benefit US
and even occasionally amuse US.
We should not hate our enemies, not
only because the gospel tells us to love
them but because we should be CRATE
full to them for the good they do US;
for If we owe part Of our success to
our enemies, because they make more
noise about it and advertise US ever
so much better.
There are two ways Of making an
animal advance. whether that animal
be- an artist, a writer, a bishop or a