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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
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Teacher Gin mineralogy)-Jo ohnny, give me the name of the largest known diamond
 Johnny-The ace.-Tid- Bits.
 What are you here for?" inquired the visitor at the penitentiary
 For keeps,' replied the convict known as No. 1,147, with mirthless laugh.-Chicago Tribune
 Mother-Why, Gertrude! Why are you praying at noon?
 Gertrude-Well, mamma, I thought probably during lunch hours God wouldn't be so busy listening to others. Puck.
 Rose and Mabel have never spoken since they took part in the private the atricals."
 Professional jealousy?' Worse than that-amateur jeal- ousy. life. What is your idea of a statesman?" "A statesman" said Farmer Corntos- sel, is an officeholder who can quit thinkin' about quail on toast once in while and remember the American eagle. Washington Star,
 Mrs. Youngwife--I want to get some salad, Dealer-Yes'm. How many heads?
 Mrs Youngwife--Oh, goodness I thought you took the heads off. l just want plain chicken salad.--Phiadelph Press.
 He-Darling, what do you suppose I have done to-day?
 She---I couldn't guess in a hundred years.
 He-I have had my life insured
 She-That's just like you, John Mann. All you seem to think of is yourself Boston Transcript.
 Mistress (after heated discussion with argumentative cook)-Are you the mistress of this house, l should like to know?
 Cook-No, ma l an't but
 Mistress (triumphantly)-- y)--Then don't talk like an idiot.-Punch.
 Its a Poor Rule' Etc.-"Dont both CT your father tonight" advised the mother Hes tired and cross"
 The little one looked surprised, Must let him alone?" she asked.
 Yes"
 He doesn't let me alone when I'm cross.
 Well, that's different" explained her mother.
 q should think it was different" re- torted the little one, but I don't see why it should be I get spanking when I'm cross" Chicago Evening Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
THE t. Y. FORD co.
 GREAT AUCTION SALE
 1 SOCIAL SUCCESS. Delightful Environments Enjoyed By the Visitors, and Sales are Extremely Advantageous to the Buyers.

The auction at the George H. Ford Co.'s has become quite the fashion It is a delightful visiting opportunity, and ladies have re- marked that they have met more friends at the sale than they would at an afternoon tea.
 It seems a misnomer to call this sale an auction, if one associates with the term the usual noise, buster and commonplaceness of the ordinary sale.
 Here the stock is exclusive, and the environments are refined and delightful. Seats are provided. so that the visitors become an au- dience who hear the progress of the sale and view the array of ar ticles at their leisure and without crowding or discomfort.
 Delft attendants assist the visitor in a tour of the store, being ubiquitous means of reference if one desires information.
 Then, too, there is the special privilege one has to select the ar- ticle to be offered for bids. Blanks are furnished to all, and when in the tour of inspection, some article is found that the visitor desires all that is necessary is to name it in the blank. which will be handed to MT. French, and he will put up the article for bidding.
 People who have admired articles in the store and who heretofore felt unable to pay the original price, now find that they are going in the auction at prices far below the original cost in Europe, to say nothing about the cost of importa- tion. Certainly the sale is pro- gressing to the advantage of the buyers,
 The hours are iO:3O to 12;3O, 2;3o to 5:30 daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
qHn UNKAoWA AAhMNNT.

"The unknown element which was spoken about in Hartford before the election succeeded in making itself known on election day, as it has in some other places in Connecticut. There is an interesting condition of things, which sets the politicians to thinking and the prophets to predicting. How much ''the unknown element will con- tnue to manifest itself can only be told when it is known, but the indications are that there are going to be some more manifestations. If there should be there would be no just cause of com plaint. This is a free country, and if an unknown element can beat a known element at the polls it has a perfect right to do it. The real test will come when ''the unknown element gets the power to carry out its ideas. It must govern we'll in order to justify itself and get e-elected. Well disposed peo- pie will hope that so far as the un- known element" gets power it will use it better than the known element has used it's power. If it does it will have ample support. If it doesn't it will have surprise and pain, even as the known element now hath.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

actions of the oriental world for the four centuries since the islands have been ruled from the west. The Haikwan or custom house tael is the standard weight and value recognized in the custom houses of the thirteen treaty ports in all transactions and is also used among the Chinese and other eastern traders and merchants in their commercial dealings in the Philippines The statement concludes by noting the fact that in the pending legislation in congress the metric system is proposed as the standard for transactions of commerce and account.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
4 KANSAS C0fNCIDENCE

Interesting things happen in Kansas. At Wichita the other night thief en- tered the Baptist church and stole the clothing with which a girl expected to replace her wet garments after she had been baptized The theft was commit ted while the preacher was delivering
 a sermon on "Doubting Thomas in
 which he called upon his hearers to
 have more trust in their fellow men.
 "A friend of mine' said he, told me
 that he was becoming frightened at the
 frequent burglaries being committed in
 this city, and told him that he should
 n't worry about such things; that the
 people should have more confidence in
 each other and not be distrustful all the time" At the end of this exhorta- ton the preacher went to the room where the girl had placed her clothing, and, upon discovering the theft walked back to the pulpit and said: q have preached to you tonight on the dis trustfulness of one man toward anoth- CT, I have urged you to be more trustful of mankind. It seems as though as a reflection on my thoughts and whole sermon that even as I was speaking some low down fellow stole Miss Donnell's clothes that she had left in wonder room. A person that would do this is the measliest, the meanest, w-browed-well, I have not suitable words enough in my vocabulary to ex- press what I think of the fellow who took those clothes. Nevertheless l will stick to my text and continue to trust humanity IS I have done before"
 Of course the Kansas preacher does well not to allow his trust in humanity to be upset by the fact that thief made him appear foolish, but the coin- cidence was rather striking one.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each in' sertion. Five Gents Word for full week tseven timesj.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one ih- sertion, $1,20; each subsequent insertion, At cents; one week, s3.20; one month, Sl0; cue year, $40.
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse; 10 cents per line. Notices of Births. Marfi- ages. Deaths, and Funerals 50 cents eacn' Local Notices, 15 per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter 10 be uDobjectiCpable) and their contracts do nos lpclude Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
OIL FOR NTE4 4hrNIIEPN.

What Sir Fortescue Flannery M. P,
 has said about the use of oil as fuel for ships is attracting attention in this country, where there is much oil which
 He said that already there were twenty vessels flying the English flag that were running regularly under liquid fuel, and at least dozen vessels were building that would be equipped for liquid fuel instead of coal. Already arrangements were made to supply this liquid fuel to ships at the following long list of ports
 London, Singapore Hongkong, Madras, Colombo, Suez, Hamburg, Port Arthur Galveston, Rangoon, Calcutta, Bombay Alexandria, Bankok, Saigon, Penang, Batavia, Sourabaya, Annoy, Swatow, Fuchow, Shanghai, Hankow, Sydney, l Melbourne, Adelaide, Zanzibar, Mom- bassa, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki. From this he showed that vessels could go practically anywhere in the world anu De dlIuOSl dS sure DI llHulHS OH TOT fuel as ccal So far, he thought, the at- tention of the British naval architects and engineers had been largely confined to the question of the use of oil on bat tleships. He said that it was admitted that oil would vastly increase the yes sells range of action, and would also save space, and these two were consid- erations which even transcended the question of cost in warships. With merchant ships the problem had to in- clude the cost, and on that point he did not seem to be of the opinion that oil would force coal out of use in British ships, for the present at least
 It is figured that almost 90 per cent. of the space now given up to coal bunk CTS on ship can be saved by the use of oil as fuel, thus allowing vessel more space for cargo, the oil being stored in the double bottom and other spaces not used except for water stor- age. On first-class Atlantic steamer this would mean gain of one thousand tons in freight-carrying capacity, which would be well worth having.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
Farmer Bryan.

A farmers life is the life for me: To see the signing zephyr Go rustling through the grass l feed My thousand dollar heifer. And when my hired man goes to plough My field of fresh canned peaches, I'll urge him on with campaign talk The kind that cheers and teaches. Oh, farmers life is the life for me, I'm glad that I am able Thus to exist within my twen- Ty thousand dollar stable, Until the workmen are through with The carving and the gliding Upon my humble residence They now are slowly building. Oh, the joys of country life for me, Where I may play the pumpkin, And loll beneath the spreading tree That bears the lordly pumpkin; To have real hayseed in my hair Will aid my verbal motor And help me in the next campaign To argue with the voter.
 Baltimore American
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

The division of insular affairs of the war department at Washington has prepared statement giving an account of the weights and measures in use in the Philippines. The extension of com mercial intercourse between the United tates and the islands, the statement says. is attended with great incon- yenience and expense growing out of the complicated system of weights and measures in vogue in the archipelago. China has ruled the commercial trans
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

With letter in her hand announc- ing that she had won $25,000 in 8 lot tery, widow who kept small shop in Paris was recently found dead in her chair, killed by the violent emotion re- sulting from her unexpected good for tune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

The Medical Record calls attention to a recent legal decision in France in which the opinion was recorded that doctor should regulate his fee ac- cording to the means of his patient. Doesn't he have to do about that now?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

Most people have an idea that Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans acquired his nickname of Fighting Bob" from some gallant service in the navy A naval officer who was a cadet at Annapolis when Evans became a cadet tells this story of how he came to be thus christi ened "Along in 1859 and 1860 there was a saloonkeeper named Robert D. Evans, who continually got drunk. Every time this happened, and it was several times a week, five or six policemen had to be called to carry the drunken chap to jail, and he was dubbed Fighting Bob So the minute a cadet appeared bearing the name of R. D. Evans the nickname was applied to him. Brother officers of the rear admiral say that he got the luckiest nickname on record.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

China is making arms as great rate, all the Yangtse arsenals being at work full time At Hankow over two hum dred workmen are employed. in making field guns, Mauser rifles and all kinds of ammunition, including smokeless powder, and at Shanghai an equal num- Der are employed in turning out like product. As treaty stipulations pro- hibit the importation of foreign arms into China it's home production, partc- uarly in view of the recent experiences is stimulated to a degree of activity not often witnessed in any of it's indus tries.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

Fast Day is still impressive in spots. For instance, Governor Jordan of New Hampshire thus begins his Fast Day proclamation: "The ceaseless roll of years into eternity has again brought us nigh unto the period usually set apart for the observance of our custom ary feast"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

Three Philadelphia men decided to rob a house. They gathered in front of the building. One of them entered and started up the stairs. He had his boots on, and when near the landing his boots made a noise on the stairs. A female voice called out from one of the rooms: You go right down stairs and take clean up mud and dirt after you come up here with your boots on. You march right down and take them off" He and his boots off
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

Some people are calling Iowa "the os- teopathic State" Her legislature has passed bill empowering the State board of medical examiners to issue cer- tificates to graduates of osteopathic col leges and to others who pass examina- tion, and authorizing the choice by the governor of an osteopathic physician to become member of the State board of health and State board of medical eX- aminers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09

The Doukhobors, not being able to ad- just their customs and their eonseiences to the laws of Canada, have forwarded statement of their position to Premier Barton of Australia, with the request that the Australian government receive them on some piece of land, where they may be quite free from govern rent for the land as the property of the community, but they will not own it privately. Nor will they submit to such human laws as relate to marriage, divorce and property.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
JUDGE KILLKp MuRpERER--A ter

JUDGE KILLED MURDERER.--A ter
rible double ttagedy took place yester.
day in the little town OF Fallsburg, 1C
miles down the river from Louisa, KY.
Town Marshal Maroum was shot and
moitally wounded by George Cook. a
returned Philippine soldier. Then
Cook was shot and killed by Police
Judge Wolfe while resisting arrest for
the crime he had just committed. Cook
is said to have gone to Fallsburg yes
terdsy morning and been sbusively and
boistrously drunk. He defied arrest by
the Marshal. He and the Marshal had
bad previous trouble and he Is said to
have Invited Marcum to try to arrest
0im. The Marshal had not attempted
to arrest him till he was about to leave
tlwn q little after noon, when he was
riding about town, cursing, brsndiship2
q big revolver and asking the where
sboute OF the guardiso OF the peace.
Marcum swore in young man to assist
him and slipped on Cook from behind,
but before they could drag the prison.
er from bis saddle be had shot the
Msrsbal In the temple, inficting
fatal wound from which he died In ten
minut .s. Edward Wolfe, police judge
of the village, armed with o large re-
volver, went out and halted Cook and
demanded that he surrender. He was
answered with an oath followed by q
shot that just Rrazed his head. Wolfe
returned the fire, using both hands to
take deliberate aim. The shot took
effect and Cook reeled from the saddle
and dropped to the ground, where be
died without ut'fiidg word.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-
rlip has been used for over sixty years
by millions of mothers for their chill
dren while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softer 8
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for d.:
arrhea. Is pleasant to the taste, Sold
by druggists in every part of the
world. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
It's value is incalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing
Syrup and take no other kind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
Alexandra, Va, April 8, 1902.
To the Honorable, The City Council o.

AleXbnorls, VA, n hpIll o. l0O<.
To the Honorable, The City Council o.
Alexandris, Va.
Gent emen: Much has been said about the
Alexandra Gas WORKS not being paying
branch of the city government, and the ex-
penses Of Operating the city electric light
plant covered by appropriations from the
City CouneiI) have been consolidated with the
reports covering the operations OF the city gas
works since the installation Of the electric
light plant some ten or twelve years back, to
make as far % possible an unfavorabls show
ing of the tiuo operations OF the Alexandra
Gas Worke. Your committee claim that at tae
time OF installing the electric light plant
there was no thought or expectation OF it
ever bling revenue producing branch OF the
city government. 1t was installed with the
understanding and intention Of giving the
city electric arc lighting. and the expenses Of
maintaining the stme were to be paid BY sp.
propristions from the City Council.
Your committee now consider, ard have
always considered, IL separate and distinct
from the gas works, and its accounts have no
showing whatever on the gas office records.
Your committee claim that 1t hiss been
demonstrated by the present management
that the Alexsndris Gas Works has been
paying branch of the city government: that
the net revenues have been suflcioot TO give
the city free, without any restrictions as to
the amount, all the gas desired for the light
ing Of its streets. public buildings and char
liable institutions, and that the net revenues
we're also sufficient 10 pay sll the running ex.
pensos Of maintaining the electric light plant
during the psst four fiscal years. They slso
claim, besides doing this, that 1t has turned
In ten cents for every thousand feet of gas
sold TO consumers during the past four years
and in addition 10 this has transferred to the
General Fund, over ard above ell those ex.
penses, 81, ,T60, ,46, and that it has done this
with the actual net esrnsngs and still bso an
excess Of 81, ,593, "a above all these expenses,
IS reference 10 the following statement will
show.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10

See our new line of Veilings.
Just received full assortment of
Trunks, Suit Cases and Satchels.
l@Any purchase not satisfactory
money cheerfully refunded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
THE CITY LIGHT WORKS.

rte following report of the Com
10 tee 90 Light snd the joint Commit.
g on Finance and Light on the pro.
position Of Messrs. Gold sboroueh, Vii
lard & Warner to lease the ty light
plant were presented to the City Coun-
Gil April s. 1902. and adopted by the
Common Coupcil and Board Of Alder
man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10

CONVINCE YOURSELF that Ely's Cream
Balm deserves all that has been said Of it as
q means Of quick relief and hDal cure in OBJ
stinste cases of nasal catsrrh and hay fever.
trial size costs but ten cents. Full sire 90
cents. Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely
Bros, 90 Warren Street, New York.
Mt. Olive, Ark, May II. 1901.
Messrs. ELY Bros. please send me one
bottle OF Cream Balm. family sizs, think
il the best medicine for catarrh In the world.
Very respectfully, J. NJ. sCEoLTZ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
COLDIN HEAD
On the Market
THE ".3 DAYS" CURE
(For Men.)

For Men.
The only remedy suited to all cases from
the mildest strain to tho most inhsmed cOndi
tions Your money refunded II 1t fails.
Pnre 81. Call and see 1t and read the guar.
antee. ERNEST L. ALLEN,
oc0e1v EDGAR WAKEFIELD. JR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10
Neglect Means Danger.

Don't neg. .ect billiousness and constipation
Your health will suffer permanently if you
do. DeWitps Little Esrly RiseIs cure such
cases. NJ. B. Smith, Bntternut Mich, says
"DeWitts Little Early Riteis are the most
satisfactory pills / ever took. Never grips
or cause nausea" For sale by Z. s. Load.
beater & sors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10

DR.. TALMAGE's CONDITIoN.-Ths
condition OF Rev. DR.. L. De Witt Tai
ms. o took decided change for the
Sorse last night. DR.. G. L. Magruder,
he attending physician, said last night
that DR.. Tslmsge was suffering from
congestion OF the brain and severe
catarrhal complications. He said that
the condt ton Of the distinguished
patient was very precsrlous, and that
while there was no actual danger oil
death within the next twenty. four
Oours, be could not predict anything
that would be in any way hopeful.
Dr., Msgruder said that Dr.. Talmsge
was almost wholly UNCONSCIOUS; that
while be partially recognized the mem.
bers Of his family day befo:e yesterday,
last night be was unable to distinguish
anyone. The honeymoon trip of DR..
rslmsge's daughter aud Mr.. Fredriok
Wyckof, whose marriage was solem-
olzsd yesterday at noon ct the Tai
msgs residence 10 Wasbioe tor, has
been postponed indefinitely. 1t had
oeen planned that tne couple should
take a tour to japan, but these ar.
raDgemeDts were set tside on account
of the illness OF the father OF the
bride and Mr.. and Mrs. Wyckoff left
the city yesterday for some nearby
point sOd are in tslegrsphic COM
munication with their home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10


lily Cazed breathless at this strange
tragedy of the air. Then they went back
to the sick room TO tell Of the terrible
struggle for life they had just witnessed.
1t did not occur to them that under their
very eyes a more terrible, more pathetic
struggle was going on daily.
There can be nothing more pitiful
than the struggle the consumptive
makes against disease. The greatest
help in this struggle is gained by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. It cures obstinate coughs, weak
and bleeding lungs, emaciation, and
other ailments which If neglected or
unskillfully treated find fatal termina-
ton in consumption.
aIn 1893 one Of my daughters was suffering on
account Of a severe cough, hectic fever, wasting
of flesh and other symptoms Of diseased lungs
writes Rev. Joseph H Fesperman, of Barium
Springs, Iredel Co., N. c. al promptly gave
her DR.. r. V. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
with gratifying success, and she now enjoys
excellent health. This being true, hereby
heartily endorse your medicines1
Accept no substitute for "Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing "just
as good" for diseases of the stomach,
blood and lungs.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the
acton OF the vDiscovery."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-10

Y INA BEANS-15 sacks extra choice
IL Lima Beans for sale by
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at tranEient rates, and undsf no circum.
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space contracted fox.
Marriage and dsath notices. mun Be paid feI
in advance.
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