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The Washington times., 1902-09-21
ALEXANDRIA ITEMS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Republicans Elect Congress
sional Delegates.
Believed That Mr.. W. K. Skinker, Of
Fauquier County, Will Be
the Nominee.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 20.-The
Republicans of this city held meet
ing at noon today at Agnew's shipyard
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the Eighth district Congressional con-
vention, which convenes in this city
next Thursday to nominate a Repub-
lican candidate for Congress for this
district. The meeting was but slimiy
attended, and there was no opposition
to the delegates elected. The meeting
was presided over by City Chairman
Joseph L. Crupper. and George A. Now
land was elected secretary.
The delegates elected are Messrs.
Joseph L. Crupper, Marshall L. King.
Charles Dearborn, Frank Phillips, and
Magnus L Robinson, the last named
colored. They will go to the conven-
tion uninstructed. but it is probable
they will vote as a unit for w. X.
skinker. of Fauquier county. Mr.. Skink-
er, it is said. will be the nominee.
Mr.. r. P. W. Garnstt was elected a
member of the Congressional district
committee. The selection of city
committee and city chairman was post
poned.
The body of white male infant was
found floating in the river near the out
let Of the old canal. this morning by
Charles Jackson. colored. He notified
the police headquarters, and afterward
Coroner W. r. Purvis viewed the re-
mains and deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. The remains were badly decom-
posed. BY order OF Coroner Purvis they
were removed to Demaine's undertaking
establishment and prepared for burial.
The September term Of the circuit
court, with Judge C. E. Nicol presiding.
will convene Monday morning. at 10
o'clock. A number of important railroad
cases will come up at this term. The
jury summoned for the term consists Of
Frank NJ. Hamilton, Edward B. Kcmpe-.
William Desmond. Robert W. French,
Mark E. Miller. William F. Brookes,
William Recker, Clarence Leadbeater.
C. b. Marshall, r. H. Babcock, Louis
Shuman and H. C. Ansley.
telegram was received in this CITY
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The services at the Railroad Read
ing Rooms. corner of Henry and Wilkes
Streets, which were discontinued during
the summer months. will be resumed at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon, Mr..
Faulkner. of the Episcopal Theological
Seminary. will conduct the services A
special musical program will be rem
dered.
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All &c Notions

Such as Spool Silk. Spool Cotton,
Needles. Pins. Tape, But n1C
tons, etc.; choice of any SC ~
article tomorrow for. IL
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Japanese Wash Silk, plain colors
and black; pure silk. 20 1Pc
inches wide; ssc quality; for, NJ
yard. ID
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Switzerland in Canada.

A telegram was received in this cit,
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Silk Anniversary Sale.

Every yard of silk which passes
over our counters is sold with our
personal guarantee.
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Royal Silk Poplin, 20
inches wide: new fall shades; Snr
heavy high luster; 81 ali-i1Ey
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Hosiery Anniversary Sale.

CdIens heavy ribbed school stockings 12'zc kind fast black
ss up 10 years. Tor 4'3c pair
Chhds heavy ribbed school stockings 2c kind fast black
up 10 largest size 61ac
Ladies seamless full fashioned Stainless black stockings
15c kind all sizes, for DC
Ladies pure Lse drop stitch and fine silk finished plain
black also fancy stripes, SOC and kind pair
Ladies fine plain red hose with End instep fall
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Rustic Taffeta. 20 inches wide,
strictly pure silk; guaranteed nAH
for wear; black and all col 1Ay
ors; 59c quality, per yard, for VO
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Yard-wide Black Rustic Taffeta;
strictly ali silk; s1.25 quality: orr
note the width; guaranteed xhV.
for wear; yer yard, for. $50. W
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-10
In a Chariot of Gold.

Sunrise always has peculiar fascination
were sunrise there would be moonlight
bow for the would set if must
lend his light to the moon to
must shine. What would the people not
rise? They would be blundering street
Those in the offices could not write The would
not grow and would all starYe.
All lovers of beauty like to the clear
mid summers day. First the tinted red as
Aurora draws back the curtain of night they as
all the different Of the
himself riding his gold
ding his light all earth Sunset moonlight the
rainbow all do well in their places
rise surpasses them all in beauty and grandeur.
.T Oakley Tupp,
Seventh Grade. -Worthington, Minns !,
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as II the birds sang their sweetest and the
flowers looked their prettiest, as the sun rose.
Everything seemed happy. AS we journeyed
on we came to a farmhouse Every one was
moving the. roosters were Growing, and the
boys singing or; whistling, for on farm
everyone is, or should be. up at sunrise. Here
We We were forced to turn about or lose our
breakfast.
What would the world be without sun
rise! 4 think we should grow tired of darkness
and moonlight, but not Of the fresh morning
air In the morning as the sunzrises every
sone seems rested. except those who sit up
enjoying the beautiful moonlight. Spirits are
the brightest in the morning air and the
bright sun If one is riding before sunrise.
as the rays of the sun strike him how pleas
ant and warm it seems, and how he enjoys It'll
s Willie MCGEE.
Tenth Grade Lamberton. MINI.
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Seventh Grade.
MANY MILES OF WIRE.

The International Telegraph Bureau Berne
land has recently issued astonishing regard
the length Of telegraph and cable lines world
that there cables covering
907 miles, and $40 cables owned by private companies
have length of 1885, 2s miles, in all aggregate
miles, The longest cable existence is Deoen
Brest France Cape Cod, Mass which length
1874 miles States greatest
telegraph wres there being mile for II
The figures country telegraph
lines representing l18086 miles of wire The mileage Of
Europe miles line, wire 1585, ,267
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be lit in the evening At that hour gathered the
bonfire singing speaking pieces and telling Our tent
pitched the brow of the hill cluster of Eastwood
trees looking the lake. little stream bubbled
Its bed at the foot of the hill The only
feature hornets in front of the One day
people started this but enraged the
hornets that glad reach them
pursued and it is needless what happened few
days after great cloud the which told that
great storm about to break. We went to Paynesvie
but returned the morning. that the had
not been as bad thought it would be-
Mabel Richmond.
:. A Sixth Grade. Merose MINI.
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several times climbing hill after another It Ves
with the rainbow in its red yellow orange purple
hues During sunset have delightful time Of
day, the soft, gray twilight.
The world at least half of it, work at
set The gentle the lowing contentedy
The fowls flock to their roosts,
and the busy bee flies to its hive unless perhaps
flower closes while he is busy that he
sleeps in the flower contentedy though his hive
The most beautiful sight just when
the out and sets clear and bright dark
cloud with the bright earth shining all clean and
from its recent bath Ivy L. Green.
Eighth Grade. 5s& ~ Mora, MINI.
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AS~AA0oSSSPS
eyes feasted on it's beauty, and felt
happy. The center of my view was a
ship at anchor in the large lake. There
was not stir on the ship and the
moonbeams touched pieces of canvas
and made them look white as snow.
There were many other colors re-
fected from the ship. The slight rock
Of the vessel started rippies on all
sides of it, and when they reached
the reflection of the moonlight on the
water they sparkled like diamonds.
The stiffness, the loneliness and the
beauty of this picture made me feel
sad. Soon I would have to go home
and sleep so could attend to the
work of next day; the ship also would
leave and everything would look wild
and deserted. Then I noticed particu-
larry the gloomy shadow the ship cast
on the water. A cloud swept before
the moon and was in darkness.
Christine Kohn,
Fort Smelling, MINI.
A Eighth Grade, " -.
Adams School, st. Paul.
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A SAFE SITE

the sweet passed
their like ourselves seemed in hurry go
The thought impressed me that life would be sweet
dream if everything could always be like this All Of the
people put aside their business
and spending this beautiful evening in and
enjoyment. It late in the evening when
home but neither of had noticed the time
could retire the beautiful evening
knew when the evening would be more.
Bessie "A. Arthur,
Ninth Grade. Mantorville MINI.
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=, Frasr Fruit Blossoms.

The most beautiful form of nature
was the sunset which from country
IN spring There large forest and river
s delightful to glide the water
The COWS stand peacefully chewing their cuds
OF the bossoming fruit makes the air
the faint of birds shall watching the
sunset IN the country. Louisa DoIeshy,
Sixth Grade - Woodruff, N. D.
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A Sixth Grade.
A Rival of RafnhOvvs.

Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause In the days occupation,
Which is known as the children's s hour
The sunset sis most beautiful. In
some places It is not SO gorgeous as
others. In the hills we may see It
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Stuck i'm the Mud.

"Oh. how beautiful the sunset is to-
night" is a common saying. One eve
ming few of us girls went out for
walk. We walked about block and
then We stopped at a lake and watched
the sunset as it was fading away. We
borrowed a boat and went for ride.
But as none of us knew how to row
very we'll we stuck in the mud. We
called till we were hoarse, and at last
my brother came and pulled us out. We
never felt like taking ride again
without someone to row for us. Sum
set is almost the prettiest sight that
one could wish to see. It's beauty,
and that boat ride, are my reasons for
choosing sunset.
d Amy Lundsten,
Waconia. MINI.
E A Sixth Grade.
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Seventh Grade.
Fringed With; Gold.

Sunset Is favorite time Of day always
beautiful until night when my friends
were out for walk. We hill house,
was just little cloudy the through
Clouds and they all fringed with gold The
In the valley looked like solid gold thought that
there was need of poverty any gold
plentiful as that We stayed until the
faded away and the gold had all disappeared
we took walk after that hoping as beautiful
sunset from the hilltop. have preferred
sunset. Laura Patterson
b Seventh Grade, - sssEN Red Wing. MINI.
Central School,
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of the moon goddess Diana-how night she
her chariot the sky she handsome shepherd
and guarded him. Then too the moonlight full of witch
everything looks beautiful and mystical by the Light
of the shadow of long forgotten world.
do not think of the the body which
tidal but rather with the poet radiant
less, queen OF: the night Hazel. .McCulloch.
Eighth Grade. Bismarck, N. D..
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a Poet on a Post.

How pleasant it is. when is working to and
sit post waiting for daylight awhile
first casts smile mother earth
seems as If the whole earth beautiful lake.
and looks around beautiful all fresh
with the morning every grass
it seems as if it indeed a paradise.
AS my cousin and started off for wheels
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Calm, Lasting Beauty.

at choose the moonlight starry night. rain
bow is of flashing beauty sunrise of
and colors they DURATION which
is not the with the calm lasting beauty of the moonlight
starry night give this reason for my choice and also
the Impression which boatride Of such night
1t was at the time of the high started about
eight o'clock. It night Imaginable
warm and light The water perfectly calm We had
most enjoyable ride and all commented the extreme
beauty of the dark azureblue sky, studded with clear
diamondlike stars that clearly reflected in the
transparent water which silently gliding.
...-, I-. Walter S. Cory,
Eighth Grade. Bathgate. NJ D.
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awhile sat down read. It seemed to be growing
brighter all the time, till presently
that she had rainbow clearing
Papa had harnessed the last
better still stayed all night played dog
cat fed the chickens, grandpa
the next day, evening.
rainbow welcome for it brought happiness ~
z-Edythe Crowley,
Seventh Grade. st. James, MINI.
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Sweet, Distant Strains.

remember seeing only the-perfect moonlight night
1t in the time and the very thick
and the shone its brightest. The air still
croaking of the frogs and the chrpng OF the could
be heard distinctly There SOFT cool breeze blowing
and not too One Of friends and had been
In the country and glad to have beau
full evening in which to drive home We many
orchards and friend aghted and picked Of the
luscious fruit Some OF the people sat the
others in summer houses and others the lawn.
passed bridge stopped and looked
Two three boats floating idly along
singing and the up
AS it growing late could longer taking
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Eighth Grade,
Manufactured Signs

Sc
enjoy night the best Of the thought OF
OF those beautiful summer nights will always nger
in memory"
The evening sultry breath wind could
felt After going upstairs search cool
fhappy thought I snatched rug sofa
pillow and jumped of the window the roof spread
the in and sat down watch the
awoke with start the stars seemed to blink and
to wink at each other Going the window found it shut
and locked and then remembered that
lily had for visit in the country and had left alone
dog howed dismally, and startled that lost
balance and found myself seated on the roof
After had back to the began to notice the
stars found the big and little dpper and manufactured
other signs for pleasure The stars seemed
beautiful before, and although looked the
nowhere to be pretended that the up
hoated away towards the stars and hen-I
falling jumped up, and it broad daylight by the
time had climbed down by of the lattice fence.
ns-#- - 8. e. - :-- Annie Titus.
Ninth Grade @%& >@-~ ,-". Mnto N D.
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Ninth Grade
A Study In Shadows,

On pleasant autumn evening the full spread It's
warm, pretty landscape My
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An Uncomfortable Bunk.

An Uncomfortable Bunk.
We must be lost said Glenn. "We might be-" I
Piled We in the thick woods without compass.
the early started hunting rabbits
about four o'clock in the afternoon We tramped
the direction thought the town lay. We did not know
that step took farther away from home5,as
The night coming and stopped for while to
rest AS did not know whether the lay the
rection walking not, decided to climb tree
and stay there all night It cold the
the ground but wrapped ourselves
and tried to sleep. We could not Sleep sat all
night listening to the bowling of the wolves. We
wishing all night that the would rise last it did,
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from home. We started home and ar
: rived at IL o'clock. The sunrise was
certainly beautiful, but it looked
more so to us because it helped us out
OF our difficulty. Willie Scott,
Two Harbors, MINI.
Seventh Grade. -f=.. ~.sr
- Pictures in the Clouds. -t--
I have always liked to see the sun
rise. on summer morning. Some
times there are fleecy white clouds
in the pale, blue sky in the early
morning. Just before the sun makes
It's appearance on the horizon it sends
messenger to let us know that it is
coming by tingeing the white, feecy
clouds with a beautiful shade of pink
which makes them look very pretty
indeed. 1 often imagine that can
zee some very beautiful pictures in
the clouds at sunrise. Sometimes they
seem to be castles built of pink mar
BILE. At other times I think I see
angels in the clouds and sometimes
see cloud that looks like a large
throne with an old man sitting on it.
The pictures do not seem imaginary
to me, though. They seem very real.
and that is why like to watch the
sun rise in the morning when the
birds are singing their songs Of praise
and when the dewdrops yet rest in
the hearts Of the flowers. When the
dewdrops are lying thick on the soft,
green, velvety grass the first rays OF
the rising sun make it look like beauti-
full green velvet sprinkled with little
diamonds Susan Casey,
Morris, MINI.
Sixth Grade,
Longfellow School:
I =
A Mere Shadow World.
Others NAV choose what thew win
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-05-10
A Messenger of joy.

One day I had planned to visit my grand
mother, as she was not feeling very we'll; I
thought 1 would go to see her and stay for
supper. 1 had this planned out the day be-
fore, so I had made all arrangements for
the visit. My grandmother lived three miles
from where we did and was going to walk
and pick flowers for her on the way. When
the time came to go it was drizzling: was
di nj ed nd hoo 70 s,,,i,z A
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A Mere Shadow World.

Others may choose what they win,
but best Of all I love the calm, NOON
light starry night Of June. After the
long, warm day, everything is rest
ing and still. It is then the moon
sheds her silvery light over every
thing, the quiet river, the trees, rocks.
hills and flowers and the tiny moon
beam fairies hold their nightly festi-
walls. One loves to lie on etheg grass to
watch the moon and stars as they
silently journey through the sky. and
to think of the ancient Greek stories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
PRESIDENT READ THAckERAY.

From the New York Sun.
 Yesterday the President lay in the brass bedstead in his stateroom, propped up on pillows, and read Thackeray almost all day. As the train rolled through the will lages of Pennsylvania without making any stops there were many people at the stations to see the train go by Those on the northern side might have seen a flash of red dressing gown and the back of mans head in one of the windows of the car Colonial, but they could hardly have known that 1t was the President. Once or twice in the morning the Presi- dent suggested to the doctor that he would like to be carried out to the lounge in the sitting room of the car where he could visit with some of his party more comfortably. The doctor said that he thought the President would bet ter lie as still as he knew how to be. But later in the day the President sent his messenger through the train and had all those who had been his guests through the trip come to see him for a minute or two at time in his stateroom. All found him in excellent good humor whenever he could get his mind away from the disappointment of breaking off the trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
THOSE STURDY INFANTS
 MUST SOON WALK KALONE

From the Baltimore American (Rep.)
 Infant industriesl" The term has come to be ludicrous. Where are our infant industries of today? Iron and steel and thelr products and manufactures, were once classed among our infant industries, and prohibitory tariffs laid against their importation. These tariffs endure until to- day; but the idea of infancy among iron and steel manufactories Is more than dis sipated by the steel trust, with a capital of $l, 40O 0o0.00O, and by twenty-three other iron and steel corporations, each with a capital in excess of $1OOOO. 900 and an aggregate capitalization of $779, ,000, 900. The infant copper industries of America con- sist of two corporations with capital of $50, 000,e00 each, and another capitalized at $155, ,O00000. The sugar babies of Ameri- ca are one with $9O 1000 capital and an other which boasts of $2O ,0OO The weak and puny tobacco baby measures up only to $262, 100000, while the poor tinplate infant, with its tincan twin, are on the verge of expiring because they have not more than $120 900, 900. But why continue the list? We have these same kind of infants in biscuits and breweries, chemi- calls and cottons, leather and locomo- tives. blows and pumps, coal and cars. harvesters and hides. beef and writing paper, glass and grass twine. safes and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
LEO XII AT s3.
Pope's Extreme Age and Some of His
 Habits.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
 the wonders of the world. He has just elebrated his ninety-third nameday, and. if appearances may be trusted, he will have very many more. This fact he rather cstentatiously fiourishes in the faces of those who come in contact with him. For instance, at the reception he gave on his nameday he entertained sev- eral people at some length with what he intends to do next year on the same day "So few people," he said, know the beauties of my garden that next year I shall receive there, and let a breath of my flowers come to outsiders. Alas! that my grapes will not be ripe.'
 This was an allusion to Lis own par ticular vineyard. which he planted him. self and which he keeps under lock and key If it is a success" he went on, who knows that l may not make 1t yearly custom"
 The pope is. in fact, devoted to outdoor life, but cannot or Is not allowed to in- duige in it much. He has now arrived at an age when he no more feels the heat, but is very sensitive to cold, so that when one sees it said in the papers that he cannot go to his summer house, 1t is not for fear of the heat but that he may not be exposed to any small change in the temperature, and because once out of the vatican it is by no means an easy matter to induce him to return, and If he fingers one moment toe long the sun goes behind the trees and he runs imminent risk of a chill.
 When In a particularly jocund mood he makes reference to the solicitude with which he is surrounded, and says he is grateful but adds, with great ,apprecia- ticn, they want to persuade me that I am a delicate old man. but my span of yesrs goes to prove that if I am old I am not delicate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
fcrnss Rnrinu Straits.

A new agitator has arisen in the person of M. de Windt, who also has a rival in M. Pavot, both French men. These particular Frenchmen propose to build a tunnel under Be ring Straits, so that palace car start ed in Birmingham, with a spur to At lanta, may be landed in Paris at least, and even in dear old London itself. An alLrail route between this country and Europe is feasible enough from an engineers point of view, but the trouble consists in making it look feasible to the f1nanciers and inves- tors, who are proverbially cautious.
 The Trans-Alaska-Sier scheme is very popular in Paris, but 1t is not yet demonstrated that a passenger will prefer a 14,670-mile route to one about 5000 miles long, when he knows the latter is replete with all comforts, in cluding draw poker and other enticing games. The steamer is still the thing, and the Boring Straits route cannot take away it's passenger business. As for freight from New York to Paris Boring Straits will never see a pound of it.
 The scheme is very attractive on paper especially to Frenchmen, but the investor will consider it without any of it's glitter or sentiment. It is ques- ton of income and outgo to him-of interest and dividends. When the s-Alaska-Sierian scheme is sub jected to the money test it disappears, and there is nothing but French rhet- Dric left.