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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22
DRUGGISTS.
@. L. LEADBEATER, c. C. LEADBFATFR
e. s. LEADBBATER, J. LEADBEATER
E. S. Leadbeater & Sons.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST
1O5 and 1O7 south Fairfax street,
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi-
cines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stufs, Spices, Drug
gists' Fancy Goods and Specialties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virginia for
J. C.rAyer's Medicines and John Lucas 81
Co.'s Tinted Gloss and Prepared Paints, Sc.
Manufacturers Of Standard Pharmaceutical
preparations.
We have made large additions TO our stock
and are buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals, &C., direct from the manulactur-
ers. We are therefore enabled to supply the
trade with all goods usually carried by we'll
appointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE at
prices as low as those given by the best houses
In larger cities. All goods forwarded by FIRST
freight or express after receipt Of order.
Promptness is our specially. We guarantee
the purity of all drugs furnished. Cores
noudenea in vifQd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22

All diseases that begin with fever-an lnnamm i,.c
tion-ail cafarrb-all contagious dseases-ah tne
results Of Impure or poisonous oloO1. vt,.iI,ar
In nervous debility LiquoEone acts a. "s~Dse''
accomplishing what no drugs can DO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22

stomach and other organs OF ulSestion
and nutrition.
$4,000 FORFERlT will be paid by
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL. Asso-
CITATION, Proprietors, Buffalo, n. Y, If
they cannot show the original signature
of the individual volunteering the test.
monial below, and also of the writer's OF
every testimonial among the thousands
which they are constantly publishing,
thus proving their genuineness.
VThe praise wonld ike to give your Golden
Medical Discovery l cannot utter In words or
describe with PEN writes James B. Ambrose,
ESQ, of I7o5X Miffiin street, Huntingdon, Pa.
III was taken with what our physicians here
said was indigestion. I doctored with the best
arosnd here and found no relief. l wrote 10
you and YOU sent me question blank to MI out,
and I did so, and you then advised me 70 use
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery TOOK
three bottles and felt so good that stopped,
being cured. I have no symptoms OF gastric
trouble or indigestion now" :. ,
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent free on receipt of stamps
to cover expense of mailing 0nY.
Twenty-one one-cent stamps tor the
book in paper covers, or 81 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address DR..
R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, n. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22
LEGAL NOTICES.
XJIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office of the
Corporation Court OF the City Of Alexan-
dria. on the 22nd day of January, 1904.
Mary +. Essex

TUWIU 7 LNstA.
Memo. The object Of this suit is to obtain a
decree divorcing plaintiff. Mary Z. Essex, "a
vinculo matrOmOnii from the defendant Ed
win F. Essex.
IL appearing by an affidavit filed in thi,
cause that the defendant, Edwin f. Essex, is
not resident of this State II Is ordered,
That said defendant appear here within
fifteen days after due publication ofthis order,
and do what is necessary to protect his interest
in this suit, and that copy of this order be
forthwith inserted in the Alexandria Gazette,
a newspaper published in the City of Alexan-
dria. once a week for four successive weeks,
and posted st the front door Of the Court
House of this city. copy-Teste
JOHN 5. BEACH, Clerk.
by NEWELL 5. GREENAwAY, ID. c.
Norton d Boothe, p. q. jan22 w4w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22
WAKEFIELD Il HALL,
DRUGGISTS.

CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX SITS.
Prescriptions a speciality,
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag
nolia, Hedyosimia, Geranium and Florida
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Hair Brushes and Combs; best English
Tooth Brushes; a full assortment Of Patent
Medicines; Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch,
Sea Moss Fsrine, Spices Of all kinds, and q
select stock of all articles sold by druggists
at prices so low as the same quality can be OBJ
tanned elsewhere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22
HOLIDAY COAL

fills most important place in the essentia s
Of fine Christmas dinner, as your cook will
fail if the fire is not right. it will be right,
however, if you buy the coal Of us. Our coal
is the best for any kind Of cooking. 10 gives
just the right fire always.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22

LEADBEATERS'S Perfected Preparation
Of the Tasteless Extract Of COD LIVER OIL.
II ounce bottles, 75c. For sale by
E. LEADBEATER & SONS.
CHOICE NEW EvAPORATED APR
COTS Just received by J. c. AILBURN
CODFISH.-NewB oneless and Shredded
~ Goldfish just received by
J. c. MILBURN.
CHOICE SUGAR CURED HAMS and
Breakfast Pieces, small sizes, just received by
J. q. MILBUhN
Gases CEREO MALTA just received for
J. c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-22
MEDICINAL.
HANDICAPPED.

a AO 1880 w.
chains and letters
would be visibly
handicapped. No
one would expect
him to succeed.
The man W b o
rams the race OF
life W hen his
digestive and nu-
tritive organs are
diseased is equally
handicapped. In
the one case his
strength Is over
weighted, in the
oth& it is under
mined. Success
demands above
all else a sound
stomach.
Doctor Pterce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cure s
diseases of the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
INVEST A MILLION A DAY.
Insurance Companies Make a Prac-
tice Of Sinking Funds in Rail
road Bonds.

Practically a third of the insur
ance assets are in railroad bonds,
and the companies own about ten
per cent. of all the six or seven
thousand millions of outstanding
bonds issued by our railroads. A
few years ago the proposed reor
~ganization of a Georgia railroad
with a whole great plan of cOnsOl-
idation depending upon it, was alb
solutely blocked by an insurance
company, which held a large pro
portion of the bonds, until the
terms were modified to meet its
ideas, declares the Worlds Work.
Next to railroad bonds the com.
panies seem to prefer mortgage
loans on real estate, and the totaI
sum invested in this way is only q
hundred millions less than the
other. Most eligible are Office
buildings in large cities, fertile
farm lands and dwellings wortl
$40, 900 or less.
Railroad stocks and bonds ant
real estate mortgages and hold
ings take up three-fourths Of tn
vast sums TIE insurance compa
MES invest. They hold also stat
and city bonds (the former some
times bearing the unpleasant pos
sibility Of "repudiation"), a FEY
United States bonds, and a grea
many of those of foreign govern
ments Zone of our companies ofte
takes an entire Issue Of, say 10
100000 of such securities, bond
of electric light, gas and waite
companies, stacks of trust con
panies and banks, and a few mi
cellaneous concerns, and a coup
Of hundred millions of loans Q
premiums to policy holders an
f: on collateral.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
MIKADO IS A HARD WORKER
Great Capacity Of Emperor of Japan
for Labor Brings Praise from
His Subjects.

To sagacity of this high order is
united a capacity for hard work
and the habit of devoting close
PERSONAL attention to public bust
ness. AS one japanese writer
says: "His majesty makes his
appearance in his place of official
business at eight a. M, ready to
attend TO affairs of state, and he
will sometimes continue at work
till midnight" His ministers al.
ways have ready access to his pres.
ence at all hours, and | have the
highest authority for the state
ment that the attention he gives
to important matters is of no per.
functor.y nature, but that, on the
contrary, the imperial sanction OF
any measure implies a careful ex.
animation of the details as well
as approval of the principles in
vOlved.
The emperor has always mani
tested deep interest in military
affairs. In times of peace he shows
this by participation in military
reviews and maneuvers, and in tn,
graduation ceremonies of militar,
and naval colleges, and by his in
defatigable personal concern a
all times in the success of the pol
icy which has brought Japan
military and naval establishment
to their present efficiency.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
CREDIT AGENCIES ABROAD.
Rormany has an Almost Perfect sys-
TEN for the Collection
of Debts.

Writing from B%amberg, Consul
NV. Bardel calls attention to q
German way Of doing things.
'The most influential and most
Important credit agency" he says,
'gis an association called the Yer
Elm Creditreform. This association
is composed of the best element of
bankers, manufacturers, mer-
chants and tradespeople in over
hoo cities in Germany, IT'S in Aus
tria-H Hungary, IS in the Neither.
sands and with branches in every
large city of Europe. While these
work entirely independent, each
In its own district, they exchange
their experiences in a systematic
and honest way.
The object is to look after de.
iinquent debtors, to inquire care.
fully into the solidity of business
,ouses and to give verbal or writ
y reports on their standing. A re
lsible secretary is constantly
thasarge Of each Office. His pay
tioihds upon the amount of fees
I'D by the members. The assOcia
,tions issue cards of introduction
dor the use of travelling statesmen
which enable them to obtain fairl,
correct reports on the trade the,
have to visit in any place, no mat
ter how remote from home"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
WoMAN's CHEER UPLIFTING
Desired Members Of Fair Sex Are
Those Who Possess Optimistic
Temperament.

The cheering up woman is a real
entity nowadays, says the Indian
apolis News. Registered on the
books of a certain woman's ex-
change, she dispenses her cheerful
ness at so much an hour, and is in
great demand.
She reads to invalids, talks to
them, sings or plays to them, as
the case requires. She is a bright,
hustling little body, with CHEEKY
ways and optimistic temperament.
She will come to you for five min
utes or 30. She will darn your
stockings or mend your clothes,
She will fix flowers in vases and
make your room home-like, or will
talk to you about everything or
nothing.
Personally she is just what yau
would expect such a woman to be
She has a family Of her own who
rejoices in her optimistic view OF
life, but she uses her talent also tC
keep the wolf from the door.
There was a time when there
was plenty in the home, but fnan
cial reverses came, and with then
the need of retrenchment. TIL,
husband fell i'll and some one mus
turn bread winner.
1t fell upon the wife and mother
To-day she is supporting her fan
lily comfortably by acting as
cheering up woman, and her Ell
gagement book testifes to tn
success of the experiment and I
the demand which exists for he
SERVES.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
CAN'T SAVE IN NEW YORK.
Experiences of Enterprising Stenog-
rapher Who Wanted to Aecu-
mulate a Bank Account

at is of no use" said the stenog-
rapher, taking the pencil out of her
hair and replacing a refractory
hairpin, relates the New York
Press. ITS of no use trying to
save any money. It's against the
law in New York"
"WhO's been trying to take your
money!" asked the other girl.
"Trying to take it? They won't
take it. That's the trouble. At
least the right people won't take
it. / went down to the bank the
other day to open an account. l
had two weeks salary to deposit.
Before they would look at
the roll Of bills l carried they
wanted me to tell them who | was
and why l had a right to any mon
ey of my own. The clerk looked at
me suspiciously over his glasses
and told me I'd have to prove
that my name was Smith and that
/ was-well, what / said l was as
to age. He asked me how long !
had been living here and a lot of
other questions that were posi-
lively impertinent. When he had
quite finished and knew more than
! did about myself he said
he would agree to take care of by
money for me-if he decided that
he liked the sound and the color
of it. When handed him out $50
he gasped!
"'Whatp he cried. MY dear
madam, we never accept deposits
of less than $2O0p and then he
looked at me as though | had beer
trying to pass a bad penny off OF
him.
"What did l do? Well, l jus.
took a car to my dressmaker's
and she beamed on me and invite,
me in and told me how pretty
looked, and gave me a glass o
wine, and, of course, / bought tina
burnt onion suit that ] had bee,
determined to resist. Two hur
dred dollars! don't see how any
body ever gets a chance to say
5000 in this townw
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
JAP PROGRESS A MIRACLE.
Count okuma Tells Of Awakening Of
Island from Lethargy of 80
Years Ago.

Count Okuma, in a brief article
in the Monthly Review, points out
the miracle of Japanese progress.
Fifty years ago Japan "was awak
ened from the dream of two cen
turtles and a half and her door
turned SLOWLY on its rusty hinges"
st. Francis Xavier preached the
Christian religion in the land Of
the rising sun as far back as 1862,
and it is said he made a million
converts. Then came Portuguese
missionaries, who, the writer says,
were more intent upon plotting
against the independence of the
country than in the spread Of their
religion. But for this, the count
says, Japan would have been a
Christian country. When the
United States sent Commodore
Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan
so years ago that officer, Count
Okuma says, "by his friendly ac-
ton, sho wed US that every nation
was not like the Portuguese In
triguers. When we came to real
ize that in a state of isolation no
civilized existence is possible we
at Once opened our doors to the
outside world and were admitted
into the comfy of nations" In
the short time which has inter.
vened since Perry's visit to Japan,
which had been for 25 centuries q
hermit nation, with no other civil
izatiOn or religion than that which
it had received second hand from
China, through Korea, has nov
become the envy and object of ad
miration of all Asiatic %cOuntrie,
and of some of those of Europe
This rapid advance in the arts anC
appliances of civilization ha.
scarcely a parallel in the worlds
history. In less than half a cen
fury Japan has thrown off the me
dieval feudalism which it had 70
its local basis, has abandoned it
exclusiveness and has adopted tn.
civilization of the most enlight
ened nations, until in the arts, i
manufacturing skill and in metH
DDS, machinery and the appliance
of industry it has little more t
learn form any nation. This, a
Count Okuma justly remarks, q
one of the most perplexing prof.
lens in the history of the world.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
WHAT The HEIR MAY MEAN
Likely to Cause Gar to Cling Jeal-
ously to His Autocratic
Power.

The ear may see in the birth Of
his son a reason for still more
jealousy guarding his a%utOcratic
power, says the London Specta-
tor. His readiness to make pill
grimages in order to pray before
special shrines for the gift of a son
suggests a mind prone to supersti-
ton as well as faith and he is said
TO believe, with a conviction I'M
usual even in kings, that he stands
between God and his subjects and
is responsible in some special way
alike for their destiny and the
safety of the orthodox church.
He cannot, in his own judgment,
shake off that responsibility, can
not share it with counselors, can
not part with any portion of it to
a parliament and must, therefore,
if he is resisted or his action so
freely criticised as to be ham
pered by opinion, continue and
even intensity the policy OF re
preston which the bureaucracy SO
strongly adjures him to pursue.
1t is not, ne thinks, to his people
that God has confded absolutism
as a trust, but to him alone. That
is always the ground thought of 9
theocracy and the Russian mon
archy always wishes to be thought
a ~theOcracy and in many respects
is one-that is, it places in theory
the supremacy of certain religious
or dogmatic ideas above even it,
direct interests.
Add that much of the prevailing
repression is intended to pre-
serve the emperor's life and tina
every emperor with a baby hei
must earnestly wish to live unit
that heir is competent to govern
and we have conditions in Russi'
which we fear will prohibit tn
smallest movement in the diret
ton of liberty, ever such libert
as exist in Germany or Austris
Men will still be liable to be sen
to Siberia without trial. CriticisI
will still be forbidden under tel
rible penalties. The le~gislativ
, power will still be denied to an
, but committees of bureaucrats al
) pointed and removable by the so
! ereign's will.
Thatpolicymeans anarchy in th
. end should great distress occur, 9
should the springs of power dr.
up as they dried up in France fC
, want of money, and anarchy |
Russia, though so many liberia.
write as if they wished for it, migl
produce grave disasters for all 81
; rope.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
SULPHUR FOR DIPHTHERIA.
Pronounced by Physicians One of
the Most Eficacious Of
Remedies.

Sulphur is one of the most eff
cacious and simple cures for diph-
liberia. All that is needed is -four
of sulphur and a quill, and with
these, it is said, one celebrated
physician cured every patient
without exception.
He put a t%easpoonful of -four Of
sulphur into a wineglass of water
and stirred it with his finger in
stead of a spoon, the sulphur not
readily matchmaking with water.
When the sulphur was we'll mixed
the physician gave it as a gargle,
and in ten minutes the patient was
out Of danger. Sulphur kills every
species of fungus in a man, beast
and plant in a few minutes. In.
stead of splitting out the gargle
the swallowing Of it is recon.
mended.
In extreme cases in which the
above specialist had been called
in the pick of time, when the fun
gus was too nearly closing 70 al
low the gargling, he blew the sui
phur through the quill into tn,
throat and after the fungus haC
shrunk TO allow of it then gave The
gargle.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31

, The population of Japan totals
lat least 5,000,000 more than that
Df Great Britain. If you include
.Formosa and the other annexa.
lions the Japanese people mum
bered 46, 5OO,OOO six years ago, and
khey were then increasing by near
Nv 100000 a year. Japan also has
nome very big towns. Toxic has
population Of about 1000, 900
Osaka between 100000 and 900,
boo, and there are about 20 Others
with a population of more thar
10000.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
BOYS THRIFTY AT OXFORD
Participants in Rhodes Benefaehon
Make Creditable Roadway
in Their Studies.

1t is pleasing to know, declares
the Philadelphia Inquirer, that
the group of American boys at Ok
ford enjoying the Rhodes scholar
ships are making creditable head
way in their studies, but what has
impressed England more than
anything else is the way these
young fellows walk off with the
athletic events. A few days ago
there were nine contests on track
and field, and, although the Amer
lean boys had barely settled down
to business, they carried off seven
frsts, to the amazement of all be-
holders.
We do not hold that preemi-
nence in athletics is in and Of it
self the highest crown of a scholas-
tic career, but it has its place, and
il should be remembered that
Cecil Rhodes ordained that the
candidates should be chosen for
physical as we'll as intellectual
prowess. Certainly, the first group
of his benefciaries has met his no
tons in a way he had little reason
to expect. Already there is talk
of an American boat crew, which
is to challenge the university
eight, but this is a little prema
ture. Moreover, there are said to
be three of the Americans who are
likely to make the varsity eight
next year. That there is some dis
quietude over this condition in
Great Britain is natural, but con
!, sidering that Rhodes wanted the
pick of S0,00O,O 900 of Americans it
was net surprising that our boys
r have done so well.
| It is known that Mr.. Rhodes de.
! sired not only to aid American
/ boys and to develop a feeling Of
? mutual regard between the ma
tons, but also to educate the Brit
Y ish boys by some impressive OBJ
/. ject lessons. He was a young mar
I when he died, but he had seer
i enough to give him confidence il
the American spirit. On many oc
q casions he found himself balkeC
in great enterprises and wa'
/, saved by American intelligence
and courage. He had seen the golC
mines in the Rand, containing th,
g richest deposits in the world
working at a loss until American
v mining engineers came along an,
made them highly profitable. II
knew that this was not entirel.
education of the schools, but wa
It due to the dauntless spirit AM
]. originality of invention which ar
possessed by our own people in
large measure. he wanted to Sc
Z. his own people develop thes
qualities and took his own metho
of accomplishing it. APPARENT
the object lessons are to be a
that he had hoped.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
MILK WILL SUSTAIN LIFE.
It Is the Most Nearly Perfect Food
That Man Has Yet Dis
covered.

In twenty pounds of potatoes
there are three and three-quarter
pounds of nutriment; in twenty
i've cents worth of fat salt pork
there are three and one-half
pounds of nutriment; in the same
value of wheat bread there are
two and one-quarter pounds; in
ghe neck of beef, one and three
nuarter pounds; in skim-milk
eheese, one and three-quarters; in
whole milk cheese, a triae more
than one and One-half pounds; in
butter, one and One-half pounds,
and in smoked ham and leg of
mutton about the same; in milk,
D trihe over one pound; in mack
brel, about one pound; in round of
beef, three-quarters of a pound in
balt Goldfish and beef sirloin, about
bne-half OF a pound IN eggs about
heven ounces, and in fresh Goldfish
about six ounces. A quart OF
milk, three-quarters of a pound OF
moderately fat beef, sirloin steak.
eor instance, and five ounces OF
wheat -four, all contain about the
same amount of nutritive materi
HI, but different prices are paidfo
them and they have different
value for nutriment.
Milk comes nearest to beins
perfect food. 1t contains all Of
tbedifferentkinds of nutritive ma
terials that the body needs. BreaC
madefrom wheatdourwill supper
life. 1t contains all of the neces
Bary ingredients for nOurishment
but not in the proportions bes
adapted for ordinary use.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
Warlike Crustaceans.

The lobster has been endowed
by nature with two gifts which go
Far to offset the evils attending his
lOt-One is the ability to fight
early, often and all the time, if
necessary, and the other is the
ability to grow a new member, an
EYE, a leg, or a claw whenever the
original is lost in the fortunes OF
war or by reason of any domestic
unpleasantness. 1t is these two
gifts which enable him to grow ny
and become a useful member Of so
ciety, most of his members being
secondhand, so to speak, by the
time he is really grOwn.-Fron
-aThe Life Story of a Lobster" b!
Glen Alan, in FOur-Track News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
Testing the Richness Of MiIlr

Dairymen abroad have been ex-
p%erimenting for the purpose of de-
termining which yield of milk, the
morning or evening, is the richer,
both for butter and cheese making
qualities. The milk of cows fed
on ground feed in winter was rich.
er than that produced by the same
cows from grass in the summer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-12-31
He Pulled Loose.

Al young woman recently re
centIy received the following note
and ID heartbroken:
"You needn't expect me up to
vure house no more sunda nights
"a CURL that leaves toffee a-stickin'
On the parIiour chairs for a Teller
~ sil on ain't no CURL fur me-
Dim Iondon Tit-Bits.