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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21

chance to beild up the wasted and dis
eased tissue. Wine Of Cardui regulates
the menstrual flow and Nature, when
relieved of the drains or of the poisons
in the system, makes the functional
organs strong and healthy again.
ANY woman who is silently suffering
untold pains because she is too sensitive
to undergo q physicians examination
and treatment can find no excuse for
not securing relief when Wine Of Car
dui is offered TO her. There is no pub
licity to deter her. She can take Wine
Of Cardui in the privacy Of her home,
with as much assurance Of final cure
as though dozen doctors recommended
It. Many physicians do recommend
Wine of Cardui to their patients.
Why not get s1.00 bottle Of Wine
Of Cardui from your druggist todayp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21

Received today 200 pounds good BUTTER,
only 23c pound.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21

Home Packed FRUITS-Huckelberries
Blackberries, Peaches and Pears put up in
Mason quart jars. 25c a jar.
VIM. r! WOOLLS & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21

CHOICE SUGAR CURED HAMS and
Breakfast Pieces, small sizes, just received by
J, q. MILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21

20 dozen S. & w. high grade CANNED
TOMATOES received today by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21
M. Ruben s. Sons.

Home packed TOMATOES, packed whole
in Mason Quart Jars; II you trythem once you
will want more Of them. lie jar.
VIM. p. WOOLIS 4 SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21
Lace Hose.

Large assortment just received Of the new
est styles and at all prices.
NEW LINE OF EMBROIDERIES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-21
White Madras, Mercerized Stripes and
Figures, at 12l, 10, 49, 20, 25, IS and 40c.
Hopsacking,
Danish Cloth, &c.
India Linens.
Madras for
Shirts and Waists

In Figures, Woven Stripes, plain colors,
at 10, 124 and 15c.
Mercerized Zephyrs, plain and striped, l9c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14

have lines running in several tones which in
different lights CLEAN out most unexpected
ly. The bolero is the style again for spring
jackets. 1t is becoming to almost everybody
and Is too youthful and jaunty to give up
BY the way, tweeds are as rough as rough
can be. and you know their possibilities in
that direction. Then there is a new kind
of crepe de chine with a more brilliant
surface than we have had of late.
The Double-Decker Skirts,
Many of the cloth frocks are made with
the double-decker skirt, while the old kilt
plated one of long ago is revived When
putting on a skirt for the first time it is
always well to examine it to see that the
hooks are in the proper place, after which
the skirt should be well drawn down in
front If woman stands properly she will
have no difficulty in keeping her skirt at the
proper angle. After the skirt is adjusted
the waist comes in for consideration.
Pull 1t well down in the back and If nos
sible have the skirt hook over the bodice
In this way one never need be afraid of
missing connections. After properly putting
On dress the next essential Is to wear It
well. This can only be done by standing,
and walking gracefully
Paris has been quite excited over con-
troversy going on in the newspapers anent
the Outrageous fashion the women have
of holding up their skirts. News Is evident
ly at a premium, and the enterprising young
reporter is possibly filing up space.
CATHERINE TALBOT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
The Craze for Beadwork.

The beadwork Of the Indian woman ia
steadily growing in favor, and We are using
her artistic and beautiful handiwork for
almost every purpose in both the world of
fashion and in the household Moreover. We
are becoming very expert in the making of
attractive designs ourselves, and pretty soon
the paleface and the squaw will be brought
into sharp competition. But we shall be
handicapped, as the Indian girls knowledge
of this bead painting is second nature to her
For use in the household nothing is better
to brighten up a dark niche than a string
of the glass beauties. They adorn chande-.
liers and hang over picture frames Lovely
are the new candle shades. Covered first
with silk. they are dotted with beads, and
fringe of the same finishes the bottom of
the candle drapery. Battleaxes having
beaded handles are good for decorative pur-
poses, and the tomahawk and pipe combin-
alton is also adorned with beads It seems
we are to wear bands of beads on our sum
mer hats as well as on the belts of our thin
dresses. Purses. slippers and all sorts of
fancy baskets we have seen from time i'm
memorial, but the viewpoint has changed.
and We now look upon the once despised OBJ
jects as things of beauty. and If the en-
thusiasm keeps up they will prove Joys for
ever, as the durability of Indian work is
proverbial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14

white velvet, showing chemisette of Val
enciennes lace. 1t was cut square at the
back and front and had large, pulled
sleeves with voluminous white frills. The
wearer was shod in the sweetest little gold
slippers with flap front and wore a trellis
worked cap Of jewels In her hair.
You may make a note of the jewel treliis
cap, for it is going to be the coming head
decoration. The artistic jeweler, like the
clever dressmaker. is also utilizing the cx-
quisite designs of other days, and the de-
velopments are most satisfactory. There
has been a perfect furore for enamel of
all kinds. The italian work is by far the
most delicate and shows wonderful min
Cling of color In second-class jewelry,
more properly known as bijouterie, the art
nouveau is still in vogue.
A Real Achievement.
Pretty fashions for young girls evening
frocks are really the most pronounced sar-
torial achievements. Net dresses trimmed
with rows of graduated velvet ribbon in "a
color is quite the latest idea. The skirts are
shirred round the waist and mounted on
chiffon and lined with soft silk. Sometimes
between the bands of velvet on the hem is
a fine tracery of silver sequins, but the
omission of these by no means detracts
from the charm of the dress. Then there
is fascinating girls frock of white en-
broidered and spangled net which is COM
peted by a velvet belt of rose de chine
There is no doubt that in our fashions We
are returning to the style of the sixteenth
century-the new gagged, flowing skirts
belong to that period-and We may be pic
turesque up to certain point without being
thought eccentric. In the new spring cloths
for walking gowns the weaves are still rath-
er shaggy, with raised dots in several har
moniZng tones showing underneath the
plain surface. Invisible checks are not for
gotten by Nine. La Mode, and all sorts of
canvas are assured as a novelty. These
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
FOUR HANDSOME GOWNS.

swell white cloth Easter gown; not for
Easter Sunday wear, however. We have
left all that long ago for the bourgeoise.
The ideal hat to wear with this costume is
one covered with closely clipped black
ostrich feathers and crown Of mouf-
fion. If a new fiat boa of black ostrich
feathers with pendant tails and silken
to a costume which will redeem the most
hopelessly unattractive woman.
Speaking of attractions, l do not think
the exaggeration of the straight front one
sees everywhere Is anything save attrac-
tive, being simply grotesque. The straight
fronted corset is admirable. but l do not
believe it was ever intended to produce
the absurd figures one sees just now. The
best ideas can be abused and by this eX-
aggeration we are abusing a very good
thing-the STRAIGHTFORWARD effect. Many
women believe that by wearing corset
of this kind and throwing back the Shout
ders in a stiff kind of fashion they become
models of the correct form.
Big Ostrich Muffs..
The fur boa and muff are being replaced
by the ostrich feather ones. The ostrich
muff must be prodigious In size, and the
boa fat and scarfiike in outline. These sets
are very dressy and becoming and smarter
up passe costume wonderfully. The color
ties at present Is a royal blue, and in NOUS
seine de sole it makes a lovely ball gown
and may be relied upon to be becoming
to the neck and arms. This bright blue
was the material of a dress very much
admired at soiree recently. The gown
had a skirt set into large, fiat plaits and
swathed bodice bearing tiny revers Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
A Coal-Heated Sly.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

from the Brooklyn Eagle.
A friend who lives In a fiat on Stuyvesant
Heights tells me this story of thrift. 1t
seems that, though he and the other ten
ants paid for heated apartments, the land
lord, claiming that he was unable to get
coal. let the furnace fires go out. At last
the situation became intolerable and the
tenants. all but one, Clipped In and bought
a ton Of coal themselves on the chance of
getting their money back from the land
lord. The one exceptional tenant was re-
puted to be amply able to pay his share,
but he positively declined to do so. Yet as
soon as the fires were lighted he not only
opened his radiators and partook of the
genial warmth. but hustled out invitations
to a rather pretentious social function in
order that it might take place before the
coal was gone.
Now what do You think of that?' my
friend asks.
Well, after prayerful consideration, I
think one Of these fats might, without Of
Tense to the eternal fitness Of things, be
named 1.-THE Sty."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
To Keep Silver Bright.

Silver In daily use may be kept very
bright If allowed to soak in strong borax
water for four or five hours occasionally.
The water should be perfectly boiling when
it is poured over the plate. This simple
hint will save much elbow grease and also
plate powder if carefully followed
Bourette, is an effect produced nv intro-
ducing lumpy, knotted yarn into the weay-
ing. The yarn SO introduced is woven in at
intervals, forming patterns or creating an
evenly arranged rough surface
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
Couldn't Trace Him,
the New York Times

F1om the New York Times.
The elevator men in the big downtown
buildings preserve marvellous recollection
Of the addresses OF tenants who have left
the building, but sometimes they fall The
other day a somewhat pompous man de-
manded Of the passenger man in sky
scraper:
"Isn't J. G. Blank in this building any
more?"
mo. SIR replied the elevator man.
s'Where Is her" .s
~ don't know"
why don't you known" said the inquirer.
rather superciiously.
Because he's Dead" replied the elevator
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
A New Spring wrap.

The daintiest little wrap imaginable for
early spring wear is called shawl peler-
Inc and Is fashioned Of filet guipure banded
with chinchilla. The fastening u Of chem
Tile and silk passemsnterie. For summer
wear dainty ruffies Of chiffon might be sub
stituted for the fur. In most instances the
attractive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
Sleep Without a PILLOW.

girl who is noted for her grace of car
riage sleeps on a hard, straight bed. She
says that at first she found it difficult to
get to sleep on its somewhat rigid surface
after the luxurious feathery couch she had
been used to. But now she would on no Az
count return to the soft resting place. There
Is no doubt that the practice of sleeping
with the head high is not nearly so restful
or conducive to good carriage as a fiafter
pose
The head should only be raised slightly
above the level Of the body at the utmost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
Abstraction.
from the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The street car ran bump into a beer
wagon and piled all the standing passen-
gers in a heap on the floor.
The man sitting near the rear door, with
tho newspaper In front Of him, lunged
heavily against the man naxt to him.
"I beg your pardon" he said, dimly con-
scious that he had been rude, but unaware
that anything else had happenedy ana he
went on reading his papen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14

wire and covered with wadding and chang
ed at will in order to get just the becom-
ing form. 1t can be pinched or lowered,
poked and twisted into any conceivable
shape but when once done it must be final,
as the feathers admit of no elaboration
when put on the hat for good
White will be the summer as it has been
the winter craze, and white veilngs and
voiles are safe investment
On all sides we hear that red and blue
will be the dominant color note of fash
ion. Anything in black and white will
be-de rigueur. and the woman on a linn
tied dress allowance will do well to make
this her particular style. 1t is an eco
nomical as well distinctive idea to have
a color run through ones entire wardrobe.
The accessories then harmoniZe and
really imposing appearance is made on very
little. This is an open secret to most wo-
men: still we have a bad habit of forgetting
sometimes when a new color is alluTEg-
ly displayed. OF all the bargains in cloth
and silks. it is well to look out for those
in white. for the white dress is to be the
dress par excellence for early spring wear,
and zibeline and face cloth are the kinds
to be most keen about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
More Work for the Handy.

The fashion of embroidering white cloth
in crewel work suggests a task for the in
dustrious. A little bolero or short pouch
ed bodice entirely covered with wooden car
nations might be easily accomplished and,
with small vest of ecru lace and plain
skirt tucked at the hem. will make a very
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

But only the season prior every one
had looked upon the place just as a
melancholy ruin, and old residents
would tell the story of its ancient
building in the time of William and
Mary. The names of those sovereigns
were then associated with it, but the
vicissitudes of it's history have each
given it different title. During the
revolution it was called Hancock, and
when rebuilt in 1908 the name was
again changed to Constitution.
From it's exposed situation at the
mouth of the Piscataqua, Newcastle
has always been not only a place of
danger from attack by hostile armies,
but to mariners at every season its
shoals are to be dreaded. Sailing par
ties know how easily the squalls come
upin this vicinity, and dread the ap-
proach. And yet for years the islands
had no lighthouse. At last the Fort
Point lighthouse was installed, an in
ner light for Portsmouth harbor.
1t was during the administration of
Gov. John Wentworth that the first
one was built, in It'll. Before that a
lantern hung from the Flagstaff of the
fort was the only beacon for sailors.
When the governor, in his most elo-
quent phrases, appealed to the assem-
bly,, there was talk of ''squandering
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Ruins to Be Preserved.

The United States has lately taken
steps to preserve the extensive ruins
discovered on the Navajo Indian res.
ervation in the northeastern part of
Arizona.
In these canyons are cliff dwellers'
ruins, varying in size from a single
room perched on some ledge to an
extensive communal building, number
ing as many as seventy-five rooms and
several stories in height On the can
yon bottoms are most interesting
pueblo ruins. There are more than
200 of both classes and at one time
they must have housed a population
of $4,000 souls. Students of Americas
prehistoric civilization hold that the
cliff and pueblo dwellers belonged to
the same race and possessed the same
characteristics, dwelling in harmony.
1t is of interest to note that the Indians
who now dwell in the canyon show
a less advanced civilization than its
prehistoric occupants.
Rev. Henry Mason Baum has made
several visits to the canyons and dis
covered many valuable specimens. In
the current issue of Records of the
Past he tells about some of his visits.
DE found Del Muerto the most inter-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

esting. 1t takes its name-"the can
yon of death"-from the fact that at
the time of the Spanish conquest a
large force moved up the canyon and
massacred hundreds of Indians.
1t was in this canyon that he found
most peculiar mummy-an aged cliff
dwelling warrior done up in a we'll
preserved feather cloth. BY his side
was bow and arrow of perfect work
manship. 'As l made the accompany
ing photograph" writes Mr.. Baum, cit
seemed to me that a more pathetic dis
covery had not been made in recent
years"
In another cliff ruin was found the
well-preserved skeleton of a male
dwarf, supposed to be about 35 years
old and measuring thirty-three inches
in height. 1t is the first dwarf mummy
found in the southwest and opens a
considerab' field of investigation. 1T
may bring the student face to face
with race of dwarfs as found in some
of the native tribes of Africa. Each
tribe is the possessor of from one to
four of these dwarfs, whom they re-
gard as their wise men. The saying
is current among them that you can
fool native many times, but dwarf
but once. New York Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Odd Systems of Curing.

cially used in cases where disease Is
known to have a bacterial origin.
An important class of cures includes
hypnotlsm, suggestive therapeutics
and magnetic healing. Related to
these methods also is Christian Sci.
ence.
The National Health league is a
million-dollar corporation formed for
the PRONUNCIATION of the nature cure.
This includes many methods of treat
mept, but its central idea is the study
OF healthy conditions and the attain
ment Of them by normal methods.
Complete rest is the cure-all devised
by a prominent Philadelphia physi-
clan. He advocates an occasional
week spent in bed under conditions
favorable to the least possible exhaus-
ton of vitality
The olive oil cure is widely prac-
ticed. Pure oil is used externally with
rubbing and internally as nourish-
ment.
Deep breathing is claimed by many
to be specific in all manner of dis
ease. The theory is that perfect aera-
ton of the lungs means healthy
blood and consequent health of all the
tissues.
Physical culture is very import ant
branch of therapeutics. It's advocates
claim that with regular exercise in
telligently directed, and, as an essen
tial accessory, right eating and drink
ing, the body may be kept in normal
condition.
The treatment of certain diseases by
baking the body in a special oven has
recently been practiced with success.
The lean-meat cure is another sys-
tenn of dietetics-NeW York World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

tain points Of support. In this case
we can approximately calculate the
force exercised. Take, for example,
fly by the wings, leaving the legs
free so that they may seize and raise
a match. If man wished to perform
relatively equal labor he would have
to raise beam 241s feet long by 145k
inches square. The earwig harnessed
to small chariot drags without diff
Guilty matches, which for a large per-
cheron horse would mean drag. ing
$50 beams as long and thick as him.
self. The man who leaps the 300 me-
tiers of the Eiffel tower is merely re-
peating the action of the flea, which
can leap 200 times its own height.
Finally the Hercules is obliged to
raise eighty large locomotives to
equal the relative strength of an oys-
ter, which in closing its valves exer-
cises a force of fifteen Kilograms.
Thus it is much more simple thing
to calculate the strength of insects
than to equal it and our modern ath-
letes have yet long road to travel
before they can compete with ami
mails occupying very humble positions
in the living world.-Public Opinion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

the combination which we show may
provide welcome substitute. It has
been designed especially to answer
the purpose of the high chair, rocker
and wheel chair, and yet it occupies
no more space in a room than any one
of these pieces of furniture would.
Only a little study viii be required to
master the details of construction, and
learn how to convert this piece of fur
niture from a rocker to a rollor or ele-
waite the seat to the position required
to enable the child to sit at the Ia
BILE. The chair is fitted with four
short legs, rigidly attached to the
seat, and to the end of each leg is
pivoted a rocker, those secured to the
front legs being considerably longer
than those which project toward the
front When the chair is to be used
at the table the rockers are extended.
as shown in the upper picture, with
pin driven through holes where the
rockers cross each other. When used
as a rocker the curved pieces are low
cred into the position shown in the
second drawing, where the pin again
serves to hold them rigid. To make a
roll chair the four wheels are turned
beneath the rockers by revolving the
short arms which carry them.
Warren w. Leopard of Otsego, Mich,
is the inventor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10
Are Small But Strong.

Everyone in general way knows
OF the astonishing muscular power
employed by insects and of the real
tours de force which they execute
either in the pursuit of prey or in de-
Tending themselves against their enc
mics. At the same time one rarely
mas precise idea of the strength of
these insects because there are few
standards of comparison, although
nothing is simpler than to make cor
rect valuation of their strength.
The wing strength of insects is
known because of the work of Felix
Plateau and De Lucy, who showed
that these little creatures could not
raise weight much heavier than
themselves, no matter what the sur
lace OF their wings. During the course
OF these experiments a very interest
ing fact was overwhelmingly
that the size of the wing decreases as
the weight and size of the animal in
creases, a fact which explains the
slow. heavy flight of the beetle and
the swift, light movement of the gnat.
The case is entirely different. how
ever, where the creature moves on a
solid surface where six feet may OBJ
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-11-10

uara are a number of odd systems
of curing disease which are now prac-
ticed in New York city;
.asrhe grape cure consists in revert
x to a diet exclusively of grapes
Nor. several days at time. 1t is much
'practiced in Europe. Patients gp to
the vineyards of the south and spend
ten days there, eating the grapes all
day long.
The fruit cure largely used in this
country is merely a modification of
the grape cure.
Allied to the grape and fruit cures
are the two-meals-a-day, one-meal-a-
day and the fasting cures.
A somewhat SINH. 81 cure is the
milk treatment, advocated and prac-
ticed quite extensively in New York
city. It's disciples prescribe an ex-
tain cases as two or three gallons a
day.
The bathtub cure, largely practiced
in Germany, but also in occasional
use here, is a modification of one of
Kneipp's systems. The patients body
is immersed in water at blood heat.
and he remains there for days at a
time, even sleeping in the water. The
cure is of special efficacy in the treat
ment of burns, scalds and other ex-
ternal wounds
OF baths there is an almost infinite
variety used Independently. The
Turkish, Persian and Russian baths
are familiar. The needle bath is an
other.
The recently developed light treat
ment is assuming important proper
tons. 1t has many forms and is espe-