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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Prices Of some cuts Of fresh meat have de-
clined slightly in this city recently.
A marriage license was issued in Washing
ton Yesterday 10 Horace Green and Matte
Brown, both Of Stafford county, Va.
At the last meeting of ut. Vernon Chap e.,
ROYAL Arch Masons, the Mark Masters degree
was conferred upon several candidates.
Marguerite, the fifteen-months-old daughter
Of Mr.. James O'Meara, died at her parents
residence, 10 Prince street, this morning.
Another large congregation gathered at the
Gospel tent services on Patrick street la I
night The subject tonight will be Where
will Christ's everlasting kiagdom be estab
lished?"
Affairs around the river front this morning
were quiet and gloomy. The tide was high
and the southeast wind dashed the wave
against the bulkheads. People whose bus.
ness carried them to that section Jumped
mud puddles and picked their paths. Apart
from the regular river steamers there were no
arrivals or departures.
Those who purchased the Rocky Ford,
Col, cantaloupes from Mr.. b. ii. Jen kins
say they are what he claims them TO be
sweet and delicious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
The Growth of the City.

As an evidence of the gradually rising
tide in the business affairs of Alexandria,
it is said to be difficult task at times
to find boarding houses to suit all classes,
and it is no uncommon thing to see peo-
pie looking for such places for them
selves or acquaintance. Persons who are
in a position to accommodate such. or those
who feel disposed to do so, should adj
vertise the fact. There are apparently
more strangers in Alexandria now than
at any time since the days of the civil
war. and all should vie at this present
time to take the tide at its flood. Things
seem to be coming our way. 1t is hoped
the procession will not be allowed to
pass ON this occasion, as it may never
return
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
Tumbled Into the Run.

On Saturday night last Glib. Struder
and Frank Williams were engaged in a
friendly wrestling match at the Stone
Bridge, at the head of Duke street.
They pressed each other toward the
centre of the structure and while
clinched both tumbled over the side
into Hoof7s run. They fell about
fifteen feet into water and on stones,
weeds, drift wood, &c. Struder was
seriously hurt, it is feared inwardly, and
has been under the care of DIR. Jones
ever since. Williams escaped unhurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
Wants $1,000 Damages.

Suit was filed yesterday in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia by Ida
NJ Hall against the Southern Railway
Company to recover $4,000 claimed as
damages for the loss of personal proper
ty. She states that on March % last
she took passage on one of the defend
tan's cars at Pinehurst, n. c., for Wash
ington. While the train was rounding
curve near Covesville, Va, she says
it was derailed, and her trunk contain
ing her pockctbook, jewelry, and other
valuables destroyed, and the contents
lost. An itemized accounted the articles
contained in the trunk placed their val
ne at 81. $40 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
PropertY Sales.

Mrs. Catherine E. Bradley has sold
to Mrs. Anne f. Knight a house and
lot ON the south side of Gibbon street,
between Fairfax and Lee, for 1928.
The Columbian Building and Loan
Association of Richmond has sold to
Mrs. Catherine E. Bradley a house and
lot on the south side of Duke street,
west of West street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
Thought they were Drowned.

Word was sent the to station house last
n;ght from Fort Washington that Ser
cant Berry and four men had left that
,Iscc in boat and not returning at the
expected time it was feared that some
disaster had overtaken them, Lieutenant
smith instituted inquiry and soon asser-
famed through his officers that the men
were safe and sound in the neighborhood
they usually visit when they come TO tins
CITY. They returned to the fort during
the morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
nS~GOODS DELIVERED IN ALEXAN.
DRIA.
Woodward & LOthrOp
10th, 18th and F Sts., N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
FigurativeIy Speaking.

"Well," said young Graftsky, I've
soldlered half of the afternoon, and /
guess | might as well round 1t out by
loafing the other half"
EYES," said his friend, j. Wise, Jr,
"but the rounding out will be q lot
easier than squaring yourself with the
boss afterward." LOS Angeles Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
Resigned.

Sergeant Goods this morning sent his
resignation to the Board of Police Com
missioners. 1t is supposed the board
will elect his successor at their regular
meeting ON Wednesday, the 18th in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
The Home Rulers.

Mrs. Krank-Yes; I'm fond Of pets. ]
have five cats and four dogs that just
rule my house.
Mrs. McCall-Ahl I've often heard OF
"relgnIng cats and dogs" These must
be the oues.-Philadelphi Press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs.-For this sec
ton clearing and cooler tonight; "Wednesday
fair; much cooler brisk to high southwest to
northwest winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

For a bad taste in the mouth take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. For sale by Richard Gibson Drug
gists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
A Sad Disappointment.

Ineffective liver medicine is a disappointment
but YOU don't want to purge, strain and break
the glands of the stomach and bowels. De-
Wits Little Early Risers never disappOint.
They cleanse the system of all poison and
putrid matter and do it so gently that one en-
Joys the pleasant effects. They are a tonic to
the liver. Cure biliousness, torpid liver and
prevent fever. For sale by +. S. Leadbeater
* Sons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
alexandria Gazette.
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9, 1902
LOCAL NEWS.

Sun rises tomorrow at 5:43 a. m. and sets
6:2i p. .m. High water at 1912 a. m. and
1907 %. M
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

When we get what we want we dc
not enjoy 1t as much as we had antici
pated.-Atchison Globe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
The Market.
Georgetown, Sept. 9.-Wheat 65a73.
PROFESSIONAL.
PROFESSIONAL.
PROF. HEATH,
PalmiSt

and Card reader, gives your adaptability in
business and marriage, fortells the future,
gains or losses; also your lucky days. Ladies
Is cts, Gentlemen 80 cts. Office hours, 9 A.
NJ. TO IL NJ, 2 to 6 p. NJ, and to $50 p. NJ.
Q02 Cameron street Alexandria. au29 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

A Chinese compositor needs a type
case at least sixty feet long and has tc
walk about twenty-five miles a day
up and down It.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

Our Lack.
"What is the national air of this
country" asked the foreigner.
"This Is q republic and therefore has
no national heir" replied the native.-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09
Dh1 6OOI~.
Special Offering
New FaII Goods.
Bargains to Supply the
Children With Their
School Outfits.

Boys Waists at 12lc each.
Light Outings at ode yard.
New Dress Plaids at l0c yard.
New Garnet Prints at 53c yard.
New Mourning Prints at &c yard.
Case Indigo Blue Prints at &c yard.
Extra Heavy Canton Flannel at Sc
yard.
One case Dark FIannelettes at 73c
yard.
New Fall Dress Ginghams at SIC
yard.
Infants White Flannel at 12Ic
yard.
One case Dark Outing Flannels at
&c yard.
Beautiful line Dark Flannelettes at
Zoe yard.
One case Dark Percals, yard wide,
at 7ic yard.
Heavy Plaid Back Cloths for skirts
at soc yard.
Heavy.Mottled Flannel for under
skirts at SIC yard.
Ladies' Walking Skirts, with tuck
ed founce, at S3.9S.
Ladies' Walking Skirts, II gore,
tucked seams. at 1898.
Beautiful line Fancy Waist and
Dress Cloths at l2lc yard.
Ladies' Heavy Cloth Walking
Skirts, 10 rows stitching, at Sligo.
Light Outing, heavy quality, suit
able for dressing sacques and gowns,
at Sc yard.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-09-09

A large assortment of FLOWER POTS
and FERN PANS just r, ceived by
l. e. MlIBIJRN
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
Ava lanche Breakers.

In Switzerland the people have en-
tered upon effective plans to defeat the
avalanche in its devastating work. No
ware the awful avalanche for these
rolling, pitching. sliding bodies of snow,
that accumulate into masses of de-
struction, are now broken up before
they gain dangerous amount of ma
terial or velocity sufficient to make
them dangerous.
Along the mountain sides, where av-
aIanches form. earthworks in the form
of a V are constructed. with their
points upward, and when the moving
masses of snow come in contact with
them they are broken apart and Sc
detected as to be rendered harmless.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
Five Intellectual Feet.

According to President Charles W,
Eliot. of Harvard University there is
no good reason why the normal human
being should not have an intellectual
training that would meet the require
ments not only of our advanced civ
iliZation. but be up TO The highest
standard as fixed by the learned presI,
dent himself, for recently he said: "A
library that will 70 on shelf five feet
long is enough to give All intellectual
training 10 any human being that ever
came into the world
Just think of it. You can hole the
five feet of volumes between your
extended palms, and all you have t. do
is to transmute their contents irto
memory cells that can at the will. he
put into action for TIE pr duct III #
understanding.
Only five feet. l have taken the
trouble to put the rule on this and ap-
ply little mathematics. AS books in
the library average. five feet means
thirty-Seven volumes: which is not an
array calculated to frighten Il reader.
Again, an average shows that these
thirty seven book. contain 10000
pages. made up of 10000 600 words.
Not so very much material from which
to imbihe intellectual training. New
York Herald.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
Left CSt;lyc to tsOOStt.r.

y wealthy woman NAMED Silva re-
Gently died in Lisbon. Portugal. and
lett ner enlire property to rooster
She was ferVid suiritualis,. and i be-
lever i'll the trausmigration of souls.
and Imagined that The soul of her dead
husband had entered the fowl She
caused Il special towlhouse to be built.
ana ordered her servants to pay extra.
attention to their masters" wants.
The disgust of her relatives over the
Will caused the story 10 become public,
and lawsuit might have followed had
not che of the heirs adopted the SIM
PIE eSpedient Of having the wealthy
rooster killed, thus Becoming iils.
self tie nsS: OF Kin.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

An adequate idea of the high value
of "A modern Atlantic liner may be
gathered from the fact that the in
surance value of the North German
Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm H.,
now in course Of construction at the
Vulcan shipyard, Stettin. is 81 ,591 100.
This represents only the launching
value of the bare hull 4 further i'll
surance sum of S3549. $50 is required
to cover the ship for the first trial
trip, while the company require q total
sum underwritten on completion of the
vessel of S6,175.000 The risk of launch
ing. river work and trials is TO be COW
cred by the policies.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

There are more artificial teeth made
in the United States than in any other
country. Formerly they We're made
from bone and ivory, and carved out
by the dentist himself. Now they are
made of porcelain, and are produced in
factories. All shades and shapes of
teeth are possible of imitation. 1t is
said that even the temperament OF the
patient is taken into considera ton in
the selection of artificial teeth.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
Trades For the Blind.

AT a recent conference Oh matters
relating to the blind held at London,
q member announced that he had sent
out papers to 100 institutions ut home
and abroad asking what trades and oc-
equations they recommended for the
blind. The following was the list he
obtained, in order of merit: Basket
brush and broom making. piano tun-
ing, mat weaving, chair Gaming. music
lin all branches}, mattress making,
knitting. typewriting. legal and clerical
work. AS new employments he sug-
gested telephone exchange work, limo
type typesetting. reporting, gardening
for the partially blind. massage, lee
turing, commercial agencies. organ
blowing. bell ringing. In the discus
sion which followed much time was
given to the question of massage. sew
erai doctors speaking i'll favor of it.
In regard to typewritins. it was men
toned that such an office had been
started in Birmingham. -Four blind
girls are now employed.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

DOUBTLESS imprisonment Tor debt
presses very heavily i'll mauy cases. us
many correspondents who have lately
written to Us on the subject have
pointed cut. but there are some persons
VINO prefer any punishment to pay III.
money. What some people viii under
go IL order 10 eNade payment is shown
by al instance recorded IN the Gentle
mans Magazine lor the wear lI1J 1t
mentions the death OF II MI. Iardley
on September 10 in Fleet Prison. where
he had been confined for nearly ten
years in execution for debt of tluU.
He wa. possessed of nearly Zoo i Year
and securities and other effects 10 the
value Of 5000 were found in his room
Qfter his death. III those days. 200. iui-
prisonment meant much greater hard
slip than it does at Tie present time
London Chronicle.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

The population of tav entire Aus
tralian commonwealth is but a few
thousands greater than that OF New
York City, viz. 3,775.12S. This is made
ND as follows: New South Wales. l.
1856, 600; Victoria. 1,201.17 Queensland,
ern Australia. 1S4,O99. and Tasmania,
172.475. New Zealand. which does not
wealth. has a population of about
500 600,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

In a clever book called TO morrow
an English writer has presented the
possible ideal of the future garden
city" To his mind such Il city would
be arranged in concentric rings. The
road lined with factories Within there
would be cOncentric belts of parks,
houses. churches. schools and shops. At
the centre there would he beautiful
garden with the public buildings that
served the whole city. Many public
conferences have been held in England
concerning ideal city construction.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

1t is an odd week indeed that slips
through the present without leaving
behind q record of the founding of a
library some place in the United States
by Andrew Carnegie. Books are being
fairly rained on us, and but few States
have so far escaped the literary tiow,
and they have no desire to escape it.
The figures arc becoming intensely in
teresting, and are daily growing more
so, as the rain Of books promises to
bring reign of literature. Just think
of it! There are now $40 cities and
towns in the United States that are
rejoicing over the possession of Carne-
gle libraries. Every State has them,
with the exception of Rhode Island.
Delaware, South Carolina. Mississippi.
Arkansas and Idaho. and in every one
Of these States steps are being taken
to profit by Mr.. Carnegie's hberality.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

Teacher-..Where was the Declara-
ton OF Independence signed:' Dot
"On the table. "-Chica Tribune.
quite polite. isn't he?" Il should
say so! He is SO polished that he can't
tell the plain. unvarnished truth, -
Tit-Bits.
Dawson Bjenks is 4 great believer
in fate. isn't he?' I.awson-'Ies. he
has 10 blame his incompetency Oh some-
thing. --Somerville Journal.
in liies melee
Mighty tough,
Don't forget
Brains and bluff.
Detroit Free Press.
Miss Hoani,ey-"W at any rate.
I'm sure no man viii marry me for my
fortune Miss Pert--'Ah. l see Your
face is your fortune, h"'-Philacel-
pIia Record.
That talk is cheap"
Is often true.
But not the sort
Our lawyers do
Catholic Standard and Times.
where are you going. my pretty
maid:' Down to the butcher shop"
She said. Have you money TO buy 4
steak asked he. Yes. we've Just
mor1gaged our place said she.-Clli-
cago Record II erald.
How can you tell cut glass from the
imitaton?' asked Mrs. Gaswell. You.
can't always said Mr.. Gaswell, but
when anybody offers YOU a piece af
real cut glass for fifteen cents don't
buy it.'--Chcago Tribune.
Briggs" How long has Euddtou
been speculating in stocks:' Griggs--
Not much more than year | fancy.
1t was only about a month ago that he
began to borrow money from his
friends Detroit Free Press.
Professor ~ connoisseur in ancient
pottery,--''But, lisi, that vase was
1000 years DID, Housemaid-"H' m!
Anybody that has used Il thing so long
as that ought to be able to afford a
new one"'-Fliegende Blaetter.
Smith, don't like TO make any
complaint TO Il Leighbor, Mr.. Jones,
but your dog kept up a terrible barking
all night oh. that's all right; hes
used to it-won't hurt him. Kind of
you to mention il. however. Tit Fits
Bohhie-"lou KNOW them press Ie>
out in III panrry Wot you told ne
/, OF to ea,:" Mothpr-"Yes" B".uie
You lino" YOU said they'd make me
sick if | III 'rn didn't you Mother
Yes" Bobbie--"Wcn, they dtn t.
Ohio State Journal.
Little Willie-"say pa. What is the.
difference between market value and
intrinsic value ra-"Ihe market
value, my son. is what you pay Tor n
thing The intrinsic value is four tilueS
what Il secondhand dealer offers yor
for il. '-Cbicago News.
Jenks-"f should think you humolis,S
would get lots Of funny suuibS out Of
this new plan 10 eXterniuaie the mos
quitOes. Hugh Morist--"\ot much.
It's really serious If The plan succeeds
as it promises to what Oh earth VIII We
have 10 joke about III the SuniuIer
time?'-Philadelph Record.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
A Supreme Court Judge has decided

A Supreme Court Judge has decided
that New York City need not pay for
plain, ordinary water. outside OF mill
privileges, reservoir rights, vested ill.,
terests and the like. He holds in his
decision that just simple water, With
out regard to pressure OF power or dam
Sites or claims of individuals or compa-
MES. is not taxed as property, and
therefore the city of New York should
not be compelled to draw upon its
treasury to buy water of the humble.
unassessed quality any more than it
should hand over the money CT the tax
payers to somebody for the breathing
of the large, free general atmosphere.
This looks like common sense.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

The immensely of Siberia, which runs
through 100 degrees of longitude. is
not often realized. 1t possesses one
ninth of all the land of the globe. The
United States. Great Britain. and all
Europe, except Russia. could be
dumped down upon Siberia and there
would be small rim of uncovered
area all around.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

There are more smiling college presi-
dents throughout the United States
this year than ever before in the coun-
try's history. The contributions for
education are exceeding all records.
and in this generosity the smaller ill.,
situations are participa ting.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

The recent coal-mine explosions, fol-
lowing Mont Pelee and La Soufriere,
suggest that the earth objects to mans
probing Its inwarls.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

Master of the Kings Motor Cars
has queer sound among the archaic
titles of the household Next we may
look for Lord High Caddie of the I'm.
perial Golf Clubs and Most Noble
Picker-Up of the Royal Ping Pom.
Rails"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21
Russian Railway Stations.

Most of the railway stations in Rus
STA are about two miles from the towns
which they respectively serve. This is
precaution against fire, as many of
the Russian dwellings are matched
with straw.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-21

Uranium. worth $50 a pound, is used
in the glass and porcelain industries.
1t has been found that uranium car
bide is superior TO nickel or tungsten
in the manufacture OF high grade steel.
A London physician. having made a
long and careful scientific investiga-
ton OF a girls inability to throw
stone as boy does, says that IT is
due to the physical conformation of
her shoulder. A boy throws with
possible with a girl, because her collar
bone is larger and sets lower than the
boys. The girl may excel in sports
where this action is not required. but
she can never learn to throw like
boy.
4 German invention in fire apparatus
has been tried with success. 1t con
sists of telescope ladder. capable
Of being extended to a length Of eighty
five feet, and worked by means of COM
pressed air. The ladder is attached to
heavy truck carrying an air-tank.
The ladder can be directed at partic-
uIar window or other place in burn
ing building that it is desirable TO
reach. fireman dashed TO the end OF
the ladder is shot up with it. and res
cued persons need no, Chamber down.
as the ladder can be quickly lowered
with them on it.
An invention has Just been com
pleted by Professor c. +. Anthony, of
California. by which the immense ke1p
beds of the ocean are 70 he utilized ia
the manufacture of paper. The lnven-
ton consists in taking the seaweed
and forming into Il pulp. from which
paper of the finest quality can be
manufactured, equal even to the finest
linen paper. which. though a product
of the chemists laboratory, it greatly
resembles. Not only has Professor An
thony succeeded in making suitable
paper-pulp from Eelp. but he declares
tLat the pulp can be poduccd at fifty
per cent of the cost of other pulp.
According to new theory of hered-
ity advocated by Felix lie Daubec. the
phenomena of descent are Identical
with those of growth The child is an
actual fragment or detached bit of its
parents, and grows into their likeness
as naturally as any human infant
grows into a man instead OF dog or
a horse. He deprccateS the view OF
heredity that regards it as mysterl-
Gus force. and rejects Weismann's
ri
dows the reproductive elements with
mysterious power and makes them es-
sentially different from the other it's
sues of the body" This theory admits
of the Inheritance of acquired charac-
teristics and explains the modification
of heredity by education.
In 1900 the output OF coal through
out the world was about 75I 100000
tons OF this amount 616.O0o. 900 We're
furnished by three countries. viz:
ain, 225. lS1 300; Germany. 149. 55l 900
(metric tons. Then follows in order
Austria II ungary. France, Belgium,
Russia. which produced, taken to@eth-
er. Ill O0O,OO tons. Canada furnished
4,76O. 197 tons. The increase since 1883
has been enormous, viz. eighty per
cent Great Britain about lS3" fur
nished about $500. 600 tons: about
1870. nearly ]S20oO.0W IONS. and
finally. in 1900. about 10, 900, 600 tons,
The question arises. how long The
worlds supply is to last in the face Of
such expenditure: