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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Fertilizer Season.

The fertilizer season is now on, and
the companies and individuals engaged
in its manufacture or shipment in this
city are busy filling orders. This line
of trade has been on steady increase
for some time, and each year makes a
noticeable increase in the receipt of or
ders. As was stated yesterday, one
company needed the services of sixty
railroad cars Saturday to move the many
tons of fertilizer which had been order
ed, while shipments to points on the
lower river were also being made. Alex
andria is the natural base of supply for
all this part of the country, and farmers
realize that their orders can be filled here
more expeditiously and satisfactorily
than in other places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Personal.

Mr.. Powell Brookes, of Alexandria, is
spending several days in this city
I Winchester Star.
Mrs. G. r. Howard, of Fredericks-
burg, is visiting her father, Mr.. q. >.
French, in this city.
Mai. r. w. Hunter, who was pail
bearer Monday at the funeral of the late
A. J. Smith, in Alexandria, has return
ed to Winchester Winchester News.
Mr.. w. J. Boothe who has been quite
sick is rapidly recovering.
Miss Bessie Griffith who has been seri-
,usly i'll for some time with typhoid
fever has gone to the country to spend a
few weeks.
Messrs. Paul and David Hulish have return
ed from a visit to New York
Mr.. /. Eichberg and family have returned
from Philadelphia and are again at their resi-
dence on Washington street.
Mr.. Charles Irwin celebrated his 18th birth
day last night at his home, 23l south Peyton
street. He entertained number OF his friends
on the occasion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Application for Pardon.

Ollie Rodier, who some months since
was convicted in the Corporation Court
for attempted arson and sentenced to
serve two months in the county Jail, has
made application to Governor Montague
for a pardon on account OF Ill heaith'
The application has been endorsed by
City Sergeant Cox and DIR. Gibson,
physician to the Jail, and has been aP-
proved by Commemorative Attorney
Brent. Rodier has served over half his
time and it is believed that Governor
Montague will take favorable action up
on the application for pardon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
U. D. G..

A meeting of the Seventeenth Vir-
ginia Regiment Chapter was held IN the
Camp Hall last night at s o'clock: A
visiting daughter, Mrs. Stewart, of the
New York Chapter, was present, and a
short talk on her chapter work was
much enjoyed. The chairman OF the
committee to prepare resolutions oil
sympathy on the death Of the president
of the chapter, Mrs. F. j. Brooke, sub
mitted them to the chapter for approval,
and they were ordered to be placed on
the minutes and published. Some other
important business was transacted and
delegates were elected to attend the State
division convention in Norfolk in the
third week in October. A very touch
ing letter of sympathy was received from
the acting president of the Virginia
State division, Miss NJ. Ruth Jennings.
1t was much appreciated, as was also
the courtesy of the Richmond Chapter
in attending in body the funeral O
Mrs Brooke
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
The Railway Gates.

-Four owners of property on Fayette
street appeared before Mayor Simpson
this morning and recited their objections
10 the placing of posts for railway gates
on the corners adjacent to houses owned
by them. They bad no objection to the
erection of the same alongside the tracks
or anywhere else save on theirpavements.
CITY Engineer Dunn was present, and he
said the committee on streets and HIM
self had decided to place the posts be-
tween the curb and the gutter, and IN
doing so no pagements would be disturb
ed. This seemed to be acceptable to
the compliments. The Mayor stated
that as chief executive of the city he
would suspend any work which would
result in the digging up OF pavements.
In the meantime the committee on streets
could meet and endeavor to decide on a
plan which would be acceptable to all
concerned. Should they fail to reach a
satisfactory conclusion, Council, the
Mayor said, would be compelled to pass
a resolution defining the meaning OF the
ordinance, which provides for the cree
ton of the gates under the control OF the
committee on streets and the supervision
of the City Engineer. The latter thought
the placing of the gates in the street
would be moIe dangerous than on the
curb lines. The property-Owners, how
ever. combatted his opinion and con-
tended that by following his plan vehi-
cles wolld at times be sandwiched be-
tween the gates and trains. The ordi-
nance was passed at the solicitation OF
the Washington-Southern Railway Com
pany in order to avoid collisions between
their trains and those of the electric
railway.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Dainty China, Rich
Cut Glass, Artistic
Lamps, Imported
Baskets and Modern
HOuSefurniShings.

Our large fifth floor departments have
been rearranged and reclassifed in order
that our patrons may more quickly and
more easily see and select the vast va
riety Of wares. Never before have we
shown such complete and high-grade
stock of China, Glassware, Lamps,
Baskets and Housefurnishings as today
And buying as we do, direct from the
makers, both at home and abroad, en-
ables us to quote the lowest possible
prices consistent with first quality.
Fifth floor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Gtomach TFOuDle.

81 have been tronbled with my
stomach for the past four year, says
d. l.. Beach, of Glover Nook Farm,
Greenfield, Mass. "A few days ago |
was induced to buy a box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. have
taken part of them and feel a great deal
better" If you have any trouble with
your stomach try box of these Tablets.
You are certain to be pleased with the
result. Price % cents. For sale by
Richard Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Colored Row Killed.

Andrew Brice, colored, 10 years old,
is dead from the effects of a gunshot
wound said to have been inflicted by
Newton Pellon, also colored, of Cherry
dale. The boys went on hunting trip
Monday in Virginia. While going
through the woods they became involved
in dispute about the ownership of a
parlor rifle carried by Brice. While
they we're scufiing the rife was accident
ally discharged and Brice was shot:
The county authorities have been asked
to arrest Pellon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
The Pleasure of Eating.

Persons suffering from indigestion, dys-
pepsia or other stomach trouble will find that
K6do Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet. This remedy
is never failing cure for Indigestion and
Dyspepsia and all complaints affecting the
glands or membranes Of the stomach or d.
gestive tract. When you take Kodol Dyss-
pepsia Cure everything you eat tastes good,
and every bit Of the nutriment that YOUR food
contains Is aSsimilated and appropriated by
the blood and tissues Sold by all druggists
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Marriage license was issued in Wash
ington yesterday to Allen Jones and
Alice Baylor, both of Rosslyn; Ira G..
Phillips, of Hyattsville, Nd, and Sallie
F. Linton, of Riverside Park; Robert L..
Dent, of Pittsburg, Pc, and Ruth f.
Dodd, of Westmoreland county; Albert
Hausborough, of Middleburg, and Eliza
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Boys Narrow Escape.

Joseph, the fve-year-old son of Mr..
Emanuel K. Amster, glass blower, at
SOB King street, had a narrow escape
from DEAN at King and Alfred streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

WEATHER PROBABLITIEs.-For TINS i, sec
ton rain tonight and Friday cooler Er,uay )
fresh snntherly winds. shifting 70 Westerly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Rocky Ford. COL, CantalOupeS

have a supply of the above which will be
found satisfactory in every particular. Ihey
are among the sweetest and most delicious
captaloupes grown. b. II. JENKINS,
Southwest corner Duke and Fairfax sis
1t
OTTERBURN LITHIA WATERING are
agents for this celebrated Lithia wafer an
been constantly on hand a full and fresh sup
ply. WAKEFIELD & HALL,
Corner Prince and Fairfax streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
LOCAL NEWS.

Sun rises tomorrow at 5:45 a. m. and sets
621 p. m. High water at lO;Oo a. m anu
ln.24 ID IN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

Interesting to families just returning
from the shore or country and to hotel
proprietors and all those needing such
goods for present or future use.
This sale comprises all wOrthful grades
of goods, from the lowest to the highest,
and the prices, which are notably low,
are made possible by importing the
goods direct, and by buying from over
stocked manufacturers many lots of de-
sirable goods much below their value.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

Ross, of Washington; and to Robert E.
l.. Hart, of Baltimore, and Floy j.
Bragdon, of Fredericksburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
Tomorrow, Friday,
REMNANT DAY.

The remnants of the week that is end
ing must go before the new week begins.
This thoroughness, this regularity
with which we clean house land no store
in the world does it more thoroughly
enables US TO offer for the selection OF our
customers a stock that is always clean,
fresh, complete and up-to-date-and, on
Fridays, to offer so many and genuine
bargains.
No slow merchandise is allowed to
exist here.
Remnants are disposed of quickly and
completely on Friday Of each week.
Bargain opportunities tomorrow-and
the goods are just such things as can be
used now and for several weeks to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

A dispatch from Sarana Lake says
Joseph Buprey, grandson Of General
John Curey, Of Washington, ID. C., ac-
cidentally shot and killed his guide,
Fred Barbour, at Moose Pond, near
Utica. n. Y, at an early this morning.
The two we're members of deer hunt
ing party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

Terrible plaques, those itching, Fostering
diseases of the skin. Put an end TO misery.
Doan's Ointment cures. At any drug store
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10

All LADIES interested in the CONFED-
a FRaTE VETERAS BAZAAR are
urged to attend meeting Of that assoc iatlon
At ZEE Camp Hall, SOC Prince street, on Fri,
nay EVENING, September IL, at 7:3O
o'clock. Business Of importance.
Mrs. w. +. CREIGHTON,
sonto d Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-10
OYSTERS AND LOBsTERs.

~ y III
take great pleasure TO inform my many
friends and the public in general that nave
added 10 NV oyster business HOLSTERS, which
I receive from The coast Of Maine and Massa-
cbnsetts Lobsters have never before been
sold i'm this market. | receive them daily
from Boston and can be seen at the corner OF
Kine and Royal streets and at my Oyster
House 907 Prince street, / am now prepared
70 Tromntly I'm all orders for Oysters or Lob
]. NJ. YOUNG, 800 Prince st.
aug96 1ms
HITCH HUTCH, HUTCH.-Try HUTCH
for indigestion. Il will cure you. % cents
ner box. For sale only by
~ WAKEFIELD & HALL,
Corner Prince and Fairfax streets.
TOR FXCURsIONIsTs.--Ham, Beef and
Veal Soup. Potted Meats Clipped Beef
Sard;nes Fine Cheese, Crackers, Cakes, DC
J. c. MILBURN.
POASTED COFFEES.-Coffees carefully
elected in green state, freshly roasted, for
sale at Toe to S5c pound by
''''' ~ ~ J. c. MILBURN.
GREEN GINGER jus: received by
j. &. MiLBURN.
Yerv fine MOCHA AND JAVA COZ
FEES for sale By J. {. MILBURN.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

"Jim. tell the boys why you call him
Honest Old Abe"
Blake undertook to establish the claim to
the title with It's specific adjective. Then
he stopped. The question was repeated
with emphasis on "Why?'' Again Blake
went over the usual. natural, and very
appropriate reasons, when he was stopped
by Haines.
"Oh, I know all that, but Just tell the
boys why you call him Honest Old Abe?'"
"well." replied Blake. 81 don't know
any other reasons than those l have al
ready given"
"Ah thought So" said HaInes. "shall
l tell the boYs?"
Eyes. IL you know better than I do"
ITO distinguish him from all the rest Of
the party
They are telling q Joke on a certain
over-ambitious young lawyer who lives not
many miles from Chicago. He has met With
some success and in the charging for ad-
vice has followed the assertion made by
veterans in all professions that the higher
the bill the greater the confidence OF the
public in the skill Of the man concerned.
Not long ago a young woman who is de-
cidedly handsome. but who may boast of
little money. came to the young lawyer
with a suit. not complicated, but of much
Importance TO her. The evidence was all
In her favor and the suit was won. The
lawyer, however. took much credit upon
himself for cleverness in bringing the case
TO a successful close for his client and
forthwith sent her a bill for $1,000.
The next day the young woman called at
his once. "Mr. j." she said soberly,
"were you really IN earnest In proposing to
mef'
The lawyer looked at her a moment In
establishment and then exclaimed rather
excitediy:
"In proposing to you. madam! Why. I
didn't propose to you!"
"NO?" she said calmly. "Well. your let
ter OF yesterday asked me for my fortune
and / thought you'd perhaps have the grace
to take ne with It,"
The bill was cut to $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

Whom Mr.. Brown first went out 10 Caracas
as the United States minister. relates the
Saturday Evening Post. President Castro
called on him one afternoon. Ths two
went into the garden and Mr.. Bowen was
expressing his amazement at the rapidity
Of all vegetable growth in that climate.
"A seed planted over night wou d re ut in
forty trees the next day" was the laugh
ing remark. Just then an American
photographer passed and asked TO take a
picture Of the two distinguished mel rs
the stood among the flowers. AS he snapped
the amera he made some laughing, dis
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

49,
Eastertide. nature and music. 1t
- is not a hard study. Look with
me at yonder drama which was to be the
contamination of q principle, for which a
mantle Son Of Man-was about to die.
and which has given to the world what is
now called the Christian religion.
On a cross yonder the Savior of the world
is being crucihed. Not in a square in the
city, not In a public thoroughfare. other
men have died for a principle and have met
death upon a scaffold, in a courtyard, in
palaces and in royal prisons; but Jesus of
Nazareth was crucihed upon "a green hill
far away"
And SO we find that the city is not chosen
as the site of the worlds great sacrifice,
where He of the spotless and blameless life
was crucihed for mankind's benefit; and
today the messages which are cheering
mankind are the words which were spoken
by Him many years ago, in fields and on
shores-by Him who loved nature, by Him
who saw God in nature.
When He was discouraged He went for
relief to the bosom Of nature; when He
would rest, it was beside a well. or on the
mountain side.
It was in the city that He was tempted
and tried by the Pharisees and the Herodi-
ans.
One Of the greatest lessons which He left
for our Easter contemplation, and the les
son which is embodied in our Easter music,
and the lesson which ofttimes the church
appears to be forgetting, is this, where He
says: Goo is not the God Of the dead, but
of the living" And we are told that the
people were all astonished at His doctrine.
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And so at Eastertide we have this great
lesson brought home to us, in nature
more than anywhere else. The brooks
which have slept in winters fast embrace
have awakened to new life. The birds Of
the field have awaited patiently this return
of life to the world. to sing their morning
carols of hope and cheer and Joy, the lilies
of the field have raised their heads and
breathed forth the truth of the word
resurrection" the trees have CARRIED
themselves in choicest raiment. and the
blossoms, fruit-promising. have shot forth
triumphant from every spray, and each one
sings with the lambs in the pastures, and
the colts and the young cattle, "Hallelujah!
for God is not the God OF the dead. but of
the living
And the church is today emphasizing the
lessons taught in the life of Christ, more
frequently than it accentuates the "bleed-
ing. mangled form" Golgotha is not so
close to us, does not affect us so deeply as
does Galilee, blue Galilee, with its lessons
of love and sympathy and kindness, or even
Gethsemane. the place of Encouragement,
the garden we all must enter some time.
The Christ of nature is not the Christ of
the dead, but of the living.
Do you enjoy that bird singing in the
tree, that beautiful sunset, that ripping
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

And so at Eastertide, the day which cell
ebrates the resurrection Of this Master,
nature puts on her best array and gives
forth her immortal voice singing "Allelulia
forth in duteous praise" while we, the
children of man, shall say:
Almighty Christ. to Thee our voices sing
Glory for to Thee we bring
An endles Allelulia!
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
Gleanings From the Story Tellers' Pack

late, and his boys and the hired man had
about decided not to haul in the hay.
"We'l haul it in" said the farmer. 81
AVE consulted a lawyer. and while 1
haven't read his advice, I have no doubt
he tells me never to put on till tomorrow
what 1 can do today"
Accordingly they all pretty nearly broke
their backs and hauled In the hay. But it
did not rain that night. Instead. the barn
took fire and burned to the ground.
The next morning the farmer thought he
would read the lawyers advice, just fer a
cod.
1t ran something like this:
Keep up your insurance"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
What the Day and Its Songs
Signify to Mankind
Easter Music and Its Symbolism

But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him;
The thorntree had a mind to Him,
When into the woods He came.
out Of the woods my Master went.
And He was well content,
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame.
When Death and Shame would woo Him
last,
From under the trees they drew Him last:
Twas on a tree they slew Him-last
When out of the woods He came."'
And that dear writer Of childhood, Eu-
gene Field, says. in one Of his little prof
table Tales something along the same
lines, and which l cannot fOrbear to copy
here:
zone day the Tree heard some one COM
ing through the forest. Hitherto the angel
had fastened to it's side when men APP
preached; but now the angel strobe away
and stood under the cedars yonder.
"'Dear angel cried the tree, can you
not hear the footsteps of some one approach
ing? Why do you leave me3'
Have no fear said the angel, for He
who comes is the Master
Many times after hat that Master came
to the forest, and when He came, II always
was to where the tree stood. Many times
He rested beneath the tree and enjoyed the
shade Of its foliage, and listened to the
music OF the wind as II swept through the
rustling leaves. Many times He slept there,
and the tree watched over Him, and the
forest was still, and all it's voices were
hushed.%
Ever and anon men came with the Mas
ter to the forest, and sat with Him in the
shade of the tree, and talked with Him of
matters which the tree never could under
stand; only it heard that the talk was OF
love and charity and gentleness. and II saw
that the Master was beloved and veneer
Rted by the others. 4" .
1.-THE Master came one night alone into
the forest, and His face was pale with an
guish and wet with tears. and He fell upon
His knees and prayed. The tree heard Him
and all the forest was still, as IL 1t were
standing in the presence of death"
Then the story goes on to tell about the
commotion In the forest when a band Of
strange men came there with swords and
slaves and loud voices and came to the
tree, and cut II down mercilessly and
stripped 1t Of its foliage. and the poor tree
was eeen no more by the forest.
But the night wind that swept down
from the city of the great king that night.
to ruffie the bosom of distant Galilee, tar
ried in the forest awhile to say that 1t had
seen that day a cross appraised on Calvary
the recon which was stretched the body
of the dying Master"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

Much that is going on in the political
world recalls an incident Of the general
election which resulted In making Abraham
Lincoln president, relates the New York
Times.
Twas in Vermont, then. as now, and
always. what 10 known as Republican"
only then the prefix Black was invariably
added by those mot So" There was a
mass meeting In one OF the smaller towns.
Two or three speakers. all OF them Of the
immediate neighborhood. IA delivered their
testimony in favor Of Lincoln. One Il win
call him Jim Blake") was speaking. and
over and over again referred TO the eandi-
date he favored as Honest Old Abe" At
a pause in his speech. ito wipe his heated
brow" Tom Hsines." sitting on a rail
fence across from the speaker. quietly re-
marked:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

brook, that broad expanse OF green carpet
which nature has spread on your meadow
Then-if you consider the source-you are
worshiping God, in spirit and in truth. Can
you feel unkind now? Couldn't you. now,
forgive that thing that bothers you?
Couldn't you let that little matter pass
AWAY now into oblivion?
This is the lesson OF Eastertime. and IL
you are stirred with those feelings and
prompted by those impulses, you are in
deed worshiping God, / care not what your
creed is or whether you have any, and you
are listening to the words of that great
teacher who told them that day, over in
Jerusalem, after he had ridden in meekly
on an ass's colt, and upon a carpet of tree
branches. that God vas not the God of the
dead, but Of the living"
%
The symbolism of Eastertide. Let us
look at the most beautiful titles applied to
this man of Nazareth. We will pass over
the prince and king, and the high priest,
and those titles which perhaps may not
mean SO much to us. But when 1t comes
down to the titles Of nature and we think
OF this Christ who has made the Eastertide
that we know, our souls like to dwell upon
the Good Shepherd the Lamb of God"
9TH Branch The Vine," 1.-The Tree Of
Life The Lily of the Valley" THE Rose
of Sharon" 9TH Shadow OF a Great Rock
"As Rivers OF Water in a Dry Place." A
a Tender Plant "As Rain Upon the
Mown Grass" LAS An Hiding Place From
the Wind"
Where can we get more beautiful symbol
ism than these, when applied to the prln-
ciples He set forth, His own life, His gen.
tie influence, which can be felt today by
anyone who really wants to feel it, without
protruding His own personality.
And then He was always abiding to
nature and the peaceful pursuits of the
country, drawing lessons from the simple
things that every one knew about:
Behold the fowls of the air; for they
SOW not, neither do they reap nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly father feedeth
them"
Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow"
do men gather grapes of thorns or figs
of thistles?"
Even so, every good tree b~r,ngeth forth
good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth
evil fruit etc., etc.
THE foxes have holes. and the birds OF
the air have nests" etc.
pray ye therefore the Lord OF the harv-
est, that He will send forth labourers into
His harvest" etc.
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That beautiful American poet. Sidney
Lanier, has given us a beautiful illustration
OF the Christ-in-nature thoughts which APP
peal to us as an Easter meditation on the
thought God is not the God of the dead
but OF the living"
He calls it a Ballad Of Trees and the
MASTER"
Into the woods my Master went,
Clean forspent. forspent.