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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-28

WI TING-FANG, the Chinese Minis
ter, while at the White House yester.
day, gave vent to bis sentiments 10 re-
gard to the preiudices of the American
people as to the Chinese exclusion law
BE called on the President to urge him
to prevent the re-enactment OF the act,
Mr.. WI Is one OF the brightest and
most discerning men OF the age, aud 1t
has not taken him long since his resi-
dence In Washington to fod out the
true inwardness OF the American peo.
pie. This is shown by his conversation at
the White House yesterday with q
number Of newspaper men during which
he said:
You are blind and dealt You have evss
and see not and ears and hear not Whv
do you write 80 about my peoplei 1t Is
prejudiced, biased, and you are saying ali
these things against my people Just to cater
70 the workingmen. not because you believe
what Il says is right or Is justice. Why can't
You DO fair? You say thst if the bars are let
down all the 400, OO0, 900 Of Chinese would
flock over here. or ct least, half Of them
Do you believe that is rightf Or do You say
that because you think II will do Won goo5 ,
Would you talk like that II nina vas mot a
weak nstienf Would you say 1t II the ChInsse
had votesf Why don't ell the anti-Chinsse
editors answer by arguments instead OF APP
pesling to prejudice by piceturing millions of
Cinnamon flooding this country They don't
want argument They do like the lswyer In
court who has no case. He abuses the other
man ana kicks up big fuss. he hides the
iscts under the Gust he raises. II nv areu.
ments are not Just and right, IL thew are not
sensleie, crush them, snnihilste them. Nv
speeches have all had Arguments In them
sut am night. What say lie just. Chins
does not want any fAyors. We are NOT ssI
ing for anything that is not right. We oniv
want iair treatment and that is what We
can't get. II 1 thought Cinnamon wopIS
come to this country in large number soniS
favor putting up the bars; yes, City bars. Ar
you know the Cinnamon wouldn't be dis.
orininsted against II he was voter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-28

MANY REPUBLICANS and government
appointees are 30 used to interfering
With elections that they believe that
suoh interference, no matter where
they are, Is part Of their duty. To
illustrate:
A dispatch from Havana says: Part
OF the national party which is support.
Jog Gen. Bsrtolome Maso, the demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency OF
Cnbs,, has voted to send oablegram
to President Roosevelt asking the lat
ter to recommend that the representa-
tivss OF the United States 10 Cuba OBJ.
serve the strictest imDartiallty in the
approaching election for Cuban presi-
dent. This communication reads as
follows: 1--WE make the request be.
cause certain official elements are try
ing to secure the election OF Senior
Tomas Estrada Palma (the nationalist
csndidate) by stating that he is the
candidate favored by the government
at Washins ton."
This recalls the oarpetbsgger days 10
the South when "the word was sent
down from Washington" how the fed
eral oficeholders and negroes must
vote and they did just as they we're In.
structed. Cuba is today exactly In the
position Of the Southern States during
reconstruction days and the talk OF "a
fair ballot aud fair count" Is oil non
sense. The returns from the Cuban
election will show the election for
president of the man who is favored by
the republican administration 10 Wash.
ingtou, though another may be the
choice Of the people OF that island.
This Is believed by all who have had
any experience with elections conduct
ed under the management OF republi-
can or United States supervisors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-28

HAY. Swanson, Lamb and Maynard have
arrived here ard are all ready for the open
ing OF Congress next Wednesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-11-28
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The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
HEAVY GAMBLING IN NOME.
sigSest Faro Games in the wsrId
Are Being Played There at
the Present Tfme,

Dawson in its palmiest days never
saw any higher bets made on one
turn of the card than have been wit
messed in two plays in Nome lately,
says the San Francisco Call. The first
play came up at the Dexter, when
bull Con" Jack and Gus Seiffert at
tempted to put Wyatt carp and
Charlie Hoxie out OF business in a
few turns. Bull Con" made several
stin bets, and with his usual luck
won, and the dealer did not cut him
down until he attempted to bet 81 900.
1t was lucky for the dealer, as Jack
won his $500 bet, and for some time
that was the usual stack on a single
card.
There was another stiff play in the
Northern, when four gamblers pooled
together in order to win out enough
to stake themselves to a bank roll.
They started in with $50 bets, which
is the usual limit in the Northern,
and then commenced to double, win
ming every bet until they had $1,050
in checks out. Then they stacked
them all up on the ace and asked the
dealer to turn for the bunch, but be-
fore doing so the dealer asked Pro-
prietor James Murphy if he would
"stand for it,"
"Let the boys put on as much as
they want, and If the ceiling is too
low We'll tear 1t off," said Murphy.
With that the dealer wet his finger
and slipped on card. 1t was great
big bullet, and four disgusted sports
walked out Of the house.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
NEW FUEL PUZZLES FINDER.
Product Recently discovered Looks
Like Wood and Il Found in
Vein Like Coal.

Out in Washington they have dis
covered a new fuel which is believed
to be commercially valuable and
which cannot as yet be classified by
the scientists. This peculiar deposit
has been discovered near Asotin and
Lewiston. The product has a woody
fiber and burns with a bright fame
like dry wood. There Is on COCA sions
a sputtering as il there were oil in
the substance. but there is no book
on bitYmens that treats Of IL in any
manner. Assayer Fassett says that
he has never seen or heard of sim
liar substance. He says that it ap-
pears to him Hike dried fungus, but
that IL the reports sent him are cor
rect his theory must be wrong. In
a letter sent from Asotin the writer
states that he has a four-foot ledge
uncovered and has sunk on il a dis
tance of six feet, the ledge lying be-
tween rock walls. There was a de-
cayed worm found in a piece of the
product sent to the assay Office, and
that is taken to show a vegetable
formation. The samples can be split
into sections with knife without en-
countering any grit. If there is .
ledge as described and 1t is within
well-defined walls the substance will
be of great commercial value.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
BRAIN WORKERS EAT APPLES.
story of One Who Makes a Late Sup
per ON Half n Dozen with
Plenty of Cider.

The declaration is made by an In
vestigator that he has discovered q
food that is peculiarly adapted to the
needs of the literary man. This man
asserts that apples, and raw apples at
that, are the best diet on which to
feed genius. He tells of the penchant
of his father, 8 man Of letters, who
lived to the age of nearly 90, for sp-
pie pudding, which he ate almost
daily, and raw apples. which he ate
morning, noon and night. He adds:
''It is surprising how many per-
sons fancy that raw apples are indi-
gestible, and only endurable in the
early morning. Doubtless the old
adage that fruit is gold in the morn
ing and lead at night is to some ex-
tent ntanswerable for this, to my think
ing, erroneous impression. I find that
after working late at night, say till
twelve or one o'clock In the morning,
one gets hungry, and that then five
or six apples or more, according to
their size, with a draught of good
cider, constitutes a most agreeable
and wholesome supper, and one that
conduees TO q sound and refreshing
nights rest. But apples. to beereally
beneficial, should be eaten as children
eat them, rind and all, and in sufh-
cient quantities TO be satisfying. The
man who, first pairing OF the skin and
with 1t the best part of the flesh, dal-
lies with the residue of an apple after
dinner is no true apple lover"
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
TRAVELLERS THERMOMETERS.
A Variety of Them Are Made-Sum-
mer the Time of the Great
est Demand.

There is no end to the variety of
thermometers" said a dealer in such
things to a New York Sun reporter.
"They include, for instance, thermom-
eters for travellers use. The oldest
style has a nickel-plated metal case
within which the glass mercury tube
is held when not in use. With the
glass inside the metal case and
screwed down 1t is securely and safe
ly carried. Another sort of travellers
thermometer has the tube upon one
wood box.
The newest style of travellers
Thermometer has the tube secured to
the inner side of two narrow, hand
somely finished pieces of rosewood
that are held together at one end by
3 hinge. Closed. these two pieces of
rosewood shut up together With the
cured by q little clasp like q pocket
book clasp. In use this holder is
opened widely, the hinge being SO
made as to permit of moving one part
through three-quarters of circle.
one part being then placed fat on
the shelf or dressing case, or wher-
ever the Thermometer may be put.
the part with the tube attached
standing up, then inclined a little
from the upright back from the
hinge. These two last-named kinds
sell each at two dollars.
"As we sell more outdoor thermom-
eters in winter, so we sell more trav-
elers' thermometers in summer. At
this season they are articles of daily
SALE"
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
HORSE ORIGINATED HERE.
what scientinc cInvestixation In nrfs-
tel County, Texas, Has
Developed.

The Texas fossil expedition recent
ly sent out by the American Museum
of Natural History has made val.
liable and startling find by unearth-
ing the remains of . prehistoric horse.
This fossil animal is a remarkable dis
covery, as it proves the origin of the
horse to have been in America, says
the New York Herald.
1t was generally believed that the
horse originated in Europe, especially
as the aboriginal Indian tribes first en-
countered by the white men on this
continent had no horses.
The fossil horse now discovered has
been mounted and placed on exhibition
in the tertiary mammal hall of the
museum. The skeleton was found by
Mr.. ]. w. Gidley in bed of sand, about
100 feet in thickness, in Bristol coun-
ty, Tex.
1t is an entirely new species of pleis-
tocene horse, and the only one so far
found. A new name was necessary to
designate it from other types, so the
term Equus Scotti was selected, in
honor of Prof. w. d. Scott, of Prince
ton, well known paleontologist. Sci
ence can hardly calculate the exact
time when this fossil horse roamed the
marshes of primeval earth and was
smothered up and embedded by the
hrst great dust shower
Comparing the ske Teton of the fossil
horse with that of an ordinary horse
of the present day, there are some
striking differences. Thus the skel-
ston of the fossil horse represents an
animal with head about the size of
that of large draught horse, but with
height of body and length of limb
of an ordinary western pony and with
length of body very similar to that
of the zebra.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
Bfr Man with Weak Heart Takes
Home Drawn Tooth to show
How Nevy He In.

A dentist congratulated a young
woman on the pluck with which she
had undergone an operation in dental
surgery, says the Pluta Record, and
added:
"But women always have more forti-
tude than men when it comes to the
treatment of the teeth. There's Mrs.
Blank, for instance, thin, pale, nerv-
GUS creature. I pulled four Of her
back teeth the other day, and she
didn't make the smallest whimper, but
her husband came to me little later
and he, a s.x-ioot Hercules of man,
howled like Comanche while pulled
. molar for him, and after the job was
over he tainted dead away. When he
came to he said:
"'Give me the tooth, doctor
"'Why?' said I.
ITO take home to my wife. to prove
to her that had it pulled. She said
wasn't brave enough
'I had thrown the tooth in box
with lot Of others, and, Of course,
couldn't identify it. but picked out
one that might have been it, and the
man put 1t in his vest pocket and went
home"
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31

No travelling canvassers are
employed. Terms for local agents
will be sent upon application.
All money should be send by P.
0. order, Express order. or by
bank draft on New York or
Chicago. Do not send individual
checks or stamps.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31
Pithy Sayings,

Sound doctrine does not depend on
the volume of sound.
Prejudice masquerades as principle
that it may slay it.
You will draw the world rs your
deeds draw the picture of Christ.
1t is not wise to consume all mud
because some contains diamonds.
The success of your ministry does
not depend on the strength of your
misery.
When God shuts one door in your
face it is to force you to find the other
door.-Ram's Horn.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31

Don't you think you lose patience
with your husband on rather slight
,provocation?" said the near relative.
sI have to provoke him sometimes"
was the placid answer, so that he
will lose his temper and then give
me anything l want so as to atone
for the way he has acted. d."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Jamesburg record., 1901-08-31

The most elegantly fitted boats, finest state
rooms and best meals. The rate including
meals and state rooms is less than you can travel
by rail, and you get rid of the dust and chang
ing cars.
If you want to go South beyond Norfolk to
Southern Pines and Pinebluff, the Winter
Health Resorts, or to Vaughan, N: c., the
Pennsylvania Colony headquarters, Peachland,
NC, the New England Colony, Statham, Ca,
the Ohio Colony and headquarters of the Union
Veterans Southern settlement, or to points in
Florida. you can connect with the Seaboard
Air Line. For information as to rates of travel
address II B. WALKER, TRAFFIC MANAGER,
New YORK CITY, N. Y.
For information as to farming or mineral
lands, water powers; manufacturing sites or
winter resorts, rates of board, rent Of cottages,
employment for invalid mechanics who need
to go South, address JOHN PATRICK,
Chief Industrial Agent, S. A. L., Pinebluff,
North Carolina.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
3 fs-2szlL al- ! 49, .!
TALKED TOO MUCH.

III b ga
Chicago Tribune - 49TS
Tie general manager of somewhat
prominent firm in the wholesale line was
recently convinced in an amusing way
that it Is extremely foolish to talk too
freely With chance acquaintance en- the
railroad cars. "a -
One Saturday yevening a couple of
weeks ago the man in question took a
u for his summer home in Wisconsin.
He took seat In the smoking comparl-
ment OF Pullman and engaged in con-
versation with three or four other pas
sengers who happened to be also seated
1 ,, one OF them happened to be a
member of the board of review, which
mas the work of fixing the figures at
winch hrms and individuals shalf be as
sessed. The conversation finally ID Gifted
around to discus ion of the principal
hrms IN the line of business which the
general manager represented. The claims
OF the several firms for supremacy we q
put forward and SO much was said about
their financial strength and the huge
STOCKS OF goods which: they car led that
the general manager felt called upon, To
say something in defense CT his own COM
pany. az 49,
Didn't any Of you men ever heu Of
the SIN th-Brown company % he said II
know all about them and in my opinion
they stand well at the head. They carry
regular balance of never less than $780,
w Ooss at t. Their BANKERS and their stock is
worth not less than $4,000. I am not
what am talking about
When the member OF the board of re-
view got back to the city on Monday
he happened to pick up the schedule Of
the Srnith-Brown company. He looked
at 1t with considerable interest and
thought it astonishing that a corpora
ton which he had heard spoken of so
boastfully Should schedule only $1,000 in
bank and should estimate their stock at
only $4,000. With the figures which he
had heard quoted fresh in his mind he
sent over for the general manager Of the
firm.
W hen the general manager walked into
the office of the board of review; and saw
his acquaintance of the sleeping car In
one of the official seats he almost lost
why, how do you do. sir2" said the
reviewer. I'VE sent for you to ask If
you don't think this Sn1ith-Brown sched-
ule too low. understand that the COM
pany never has less than $4,000 in bank,
and that their stock is, worth at least
half a million"
The general manager thought that he
was getting off more easily than he de-
served when the schedule was doubled.
And he has sworn a great oath not to
do any more falling hereafter on rail-
road trains, especially to people he don't
know, $3.50, -. - sas',' 'is1 A. = -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

heightened by powerful lime lights i As-
he foated on the surface his body seemed
TO De devoid of actual substance If, an.
pearlng translucent and almost trans
parent. =
Microscopical and other examinations OF.
the animal which causes the unusual con-
dit1ons of the sea have been made at tha
biological laboratory for marine studies
curing the summer months established
IN san PEDRO under the state university.
n. b. Torrey, who has conducted aInyes--
legations of the little animal at the San
Feoro laboratory, pronounces the turb- d
and pnosphorescent conditions as having
peen produced by the organism known to
science as the Pertdiniun. "The pres
ence of that animal, or one very much
ike 1t, he says, has been observed IN
a number Of cases. Probably the plague
of blood in Egypt, when the water turn d
red at the command of Moses, was due
to the presence of these animals, which
IN certain stages of their development
are blood red and extremely phosphores-
cent. The organisms may be seen with
the naked eye as minute red particles.
These animals multiply so rapidly that
they have very bad effect on the fish
and other organisms in the water
No serious uanger is to be appre-
hended on account of the presence of the
phosphorescent animals in such great
numbers. as at present in the sea along
this part of the coast. Under different
conditions, however, they would I'M
doubtedly be a menace to health While
they are not germs of a disease, still the
presence of so much putrefaction, caused
by the death Of these organisms, fosters
disease germs. San francisco Chron-
ipIo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
NO MORE HAvANAS
ING MADE NOVA
DAYS
CAUSE OF THEIR PASSING
Fancy of American Smokers for
Lighter CoIored Cigars Sounded
Death KneH of Vuelta
Tobacco.

1t is a melancholy fact that the pure.
high-grade Havana cigar, as 1t was once
made, is thing of the past. Money can
not procure for the fastidious smoker now
the cigar he enjoyed fifteen or twenty
years ago. In shape. color, variety of
leaf, and last of all in the personal pride
the manufacturer took in it, there has
been a change for the worse. It was
always a restricted product, says the New
York Sun, one little understood except
by the inner circle Of cultivated smokers.
Consequently the number of those who
regret its passing is comparatively small.
The demand for the cigar made in Gu
ba of what Is termed Havana tobacco is
no greater than it was ten years ago.
There are still only about $50, 900 OF
these cigars made annually. The difficult
ty in maintaining the old-time excellence
does not come from an increased demand
for the cigars, but rather from an in
creased demand for the raw material, the
wonderful leaf which will grow only in
a small area of Cuba in it's curious per-
lection Of quality, and which cannot be
duplicated in any other spot in the world.
Twenty years ago very few so-called
clear Havana cigars were made in this
country. These are the cigars which are
made entirely of tobacco grown in Cuba,
without any admixture, and are. rolled
by what is termed Cuban handwork. Now
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
AN OCEAN OF FIRE.
Peculiar Phenomena Due to PhOs
phOrescent Organisms.

Peculiar Phenomena Due to PhOs-
phorescent Organisms.
For the past three weeks the sea for
many miles up and down the coast mas
been a mass of cloudy water by day and
great pool Of fire by night. Early in
the morning of the, 9Th a slight shock
of earthquake was felt along the shore
about here. Only a few hours later the
fishermen putting out to sea observed,
only a few miles out, great streaks of
muddy water. The muddy water lay in
patches and contained a. great deal of
loosened seaweed. Launches crossing
the zones of apparent disturbance would
pass through quarter mile or more of
the cloudy water, and then there would
be an intervening clear space.
It was discovered that the turbid water
by night was a cleaning mass of fire.
Every ripple was shining like a star, and
the breaking of the waves produced a.
marvelously brilliant scene. A jar full
of the sea water, when agitated In a
dark room, produced light enough for
people near the water to recognize one
another. Even~the sands on the beach
es spaTkled when disturbed
At Redondo an expert swimmer and
diver plunged from high wharf into
the sea late at night, when the moonless
sky brooded over almost utter darkness
AS he struck the surface the splash sent
particles of water flying In all directions
and created fountain of fire, while all
about there was beautiful play of the
colors Of the rainbow. AS the diver went
down he disappeared from the view OF
those on the rier. but the phosphores-
cence was sufficient for him to see his
hands, even at a depth of about fifteen
feet. When he came to the surface he
worked his hands so as to turn himself
rapidly. The effect was like that of a
Fourth of July pinwheel. The scene is
declared by w.tnesses to have been COM
parable to the gyrations of the famous
skirt dancers under the shifting colors