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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

10 resist or throw off other diseases.
Men and women who are sick are In
vited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free,
and 80 obtain without charge the opinion
Of a specialist on their ailments All cor
respondence strictly confidential. Ad-
dress DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
rFor the past two years I have been a very
sick woman" writes Mrs. Chesley. of IoS Wood
land Ave. Cleveland. Ohio ri tried medicines
from doctors and to 10 avail At last ! decided
TO try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
When l started | was all rundown and had q
very unpleasant taste in my mouth. Was
choked up and at times it was very hard for me
10 breathe. had severe headaches and cutting
pains in my knee joint. Was 50 weak could
not attend to my work nor walk up or down
stairs without the assistance of my brother or
some friend. am now taking the fourth bottle,
and am happy to say feel like myself again.
/ can 90 up and down stairs and perform my
duties as we'll as any one Everything seems to
be brighter. and can assure you that life 10
worth living"
Accept 10 substitute for "Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing just
as good for dyspepsia or debility.
Biliousness is cured by the use Of DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
A. c. Slaymaker,
429 KING STREET.

HUTCH, HUTCH, HUTCH.-Try HUTCH
or indigestion. IL will cure you. % cents
per box For sale only by
WARFIELD & HALL,
Corner Prince and Fairfax streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
SWAN BROS.
424-426 King Street.
BELL TELEPHONE.
Simplicity Mosquito Canopy.

There is no mosquito canopy so simple,
so strong, or quite so convenient as the
Simplicity. We are agents in Alexan-
dria for this canopy, which is made
from the best grade spring steel. II can
be easily adjusted to any iron bed with
out clamps or screws. 1t can also be
adjusted to any cot or wood bed and is
the only frame that has no rights or lefts
to cause confusion. Let US show you
one demonstrated on small model bed
This canopy is very reasonable in price
and should las! life time, as it is made
of highly tempered steel.
Price, 1925.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
MEDICINAL.
THE CAMEL'S HEAD.

uWhsrs the camel's head goes HE
BODY follows,1 says an Oriental proveroo::
IT'S the same way with disease. "A small
opening will give 1t an entrance and
when disease once has place IN the
body large number Of ills may follow IT.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
FINANCIAL.
THE GERMAN COOPERATIVE
BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
No. ),


Offers the best inducements to whoever wants
to build or buy a home, pay of old mort
cages or improve their property. LOANS
are made payable in monthly instalment.
Settlement in full or in part may be made at
any time. Strictly SIX PER CENT. is
charged, and when part of loan is settled the
monthly INsTALMENTS ARE REDUCED
proportionately. Office Sl3 King st.
ISAAC EICHBERG, President.
JUSTUS SCHNEIDER, See. and Treas.
f. +. DOWNHAM, Director.
JOHN T. MALLS,
THOMAS HOY.
P.F. G0RMAN,
r. p. AITCHESON,
+. c. GRAHAM,
my26 6m
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
st. Mary Academy, Alexandria, Va

Boarding and Day School for Girls.
Thorough course in English Vocal and
instrumental music taught by efficient in
structors. Typewriting and stenography
after the most approved methods. Physical
cuIture a special feature of the school. De-
partment for boys under twelve years of age
as day pupils Very young children received
as boarders. Terms moderate. Advantages
many. For catalogue address 1900,
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS.
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KINDERGARTEN.
YOUNG MGlald Women

Call or write the ALEXANDRIA AND
WASHINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE,
corner Pitt and King streets, Alexandra,
Virginia, for Stiehl's Thirty'thlrd AnnuSi %
Announcement and Special September Offer
In order to advertise and prove that they e@-
cell in everything. Mr.. L. ?. W. suehi' SS'
sisted by Mrs. Stiehl and specialists, ofier one
months tuition, free books and many other
inducements to investigate their new college,
Call or write now.
aug6 Sm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
WIN. S. MOORE

MACHINIST, IRON AND BRASS FOUND
ER, SHIPSMITH AND BLACKSMITH.
(oLD DOMINION wORKs)
South Union Street Alexandria, Va,
Will furnish and repair all kinds Of Ma
ehinery. Iron and Brass Castings, Wrought
and Cast Iron Fences, Mill Work, Ship and
Blacksmithing, Edge Tools, Mill Picks, Fac
ing Hammers, and all kinds of Mill Work
made and repaired at the shortest notice and
at reasonable prices. The highest market
price paid for old Wrought and Cast Iron,
Brass and Copper
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

507 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
Next session opens Monday, September
10, 1904.
Graduate and college preparatory courses.
Careful instruction in primary department.
Music. elocution and languages.
For catalogue address
Mrs. FRANCES b. EWING,
aue22 6w Principal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

CLOTHING
Sacrifice Sale
Of Clothing.
30 l-3 Per Cent Discount.

IN ORDER TO QUICKLY CONVERT
our stock into cash and make room f r
heavy fall purchases. we will give dis
count of 3Sb per cent. OF all MEMS
YOUTHS and BOYS FANCY SUITS. On
all black and blue goods discount Of 10 per
cent. Every garment is marked in plain
figures at the regular selling price. Deduct
from the marked price of the fancy suits and
YOU get SIS suits for $lO $l2 suits for IS aud
so on.
This is rare opportunity and worthy of a
second thought. as most Of them are suitable
for fall wear. This offer is good until Sep
tember lst. No goods charged during this sale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

The opening for disease E
il often found in a "weak"
stomach. when the
stomach il Uweak the
BODY also becomes weak
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

ened by lack OF
nutrition, and
disease attacks
the heart, liver,
lungs, kidneys
and other organs.
DR. Pierce e'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

Golden Medical Discov-
cry m TAX es the weak
stomach strong. 1t cures
diseases Of the stomach
and other organs of di-
gestion and nutrition,
and so enables the body
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
WILL MAKE BACON.
Croker, Former New York Boss, Pro-
poses to Drive American Pig
Out of Ireland.

Richard Croker has begun his resi-
dence in Ireland by throwing himself
into the industrial revival that is pro-
ceeding there. His first scheme is the
creation of bacon factory in Tipperary.
He is not going to run it exclusively as
his own, but he is finding the money to
set the machinery in motion. He has
planked down $4,000 to put up build
ing, which will be supplied with the lat
est machinery and appliances for bacon
curing purposes. He has financed
delegation which is now exploring Dem
mark for the purpose of ascertaining the
latest methods employed in that country
in creameries and bacon curing.
1t is Mr.. Cookers intention to work
the factory on the cooperative principle.
He has made thorough investigation
into the possibilities of the proposed
business and he has satisfied himself
that the native product will drive
American bacon out of Ireland. He is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
BIG BEARS IN LASKA.
There Are So Many OF Them Tha.
Stock Raisers Make Complalntsj
to Le4islatOrs, 80

Senator Foster, of Washington state,
has received Macedonian cry for help
from the ravages of big bears in Alas,
ka., If President Roosevelt, ever again
wants a glorious hunt for bruin, Mr..
Foster Is willing to pilot him to tho
grounds where great game is plentiful.
The Alaskan variety of bear is said to
weigh from 1900 to 1900 pounds.
A recent letter in Mr.. Fosters mail
from Seattle tells the story. 1--WE
shipped 800 head of cattle and 9,1O0
breeding ewes to Kodiak, Alaska, last
spring." writes a firm of packers from
that city. "The bears have been get
ting into the bunch and have killed 500
to date. During the mix-up about II
bears were slain. About 80 days ago
two bears got into the sheep and, after
killing Fl sheep and tearing the coat
of one man, the bears were killed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM.
vey In the Barren Lands
Of Colorado.

Though so recently established the
reclamation service undertaken by the
geological survey in the barren lands
has already begun the construction of
certain large dams, and has under con-
sideration among other projects six
mile tunnel for diverting the Gunnison
river in Colorado, so that the waters
may be used in irrigation. In the plan
ming and carry out of these great works,
says Our National Survey: the Ro-
nance of Scientific Pioneering" by H.
r. Balm, in Booklovers Magazine, the
officers of the service will have unex-
ampled professional opportunities, not
only because of the size of the works
themselves, but on account of the free
dom given the engineers in planning
and building them. The supervising
engineer will report to a board of con-
sulting engineers, each of whom is thor
oughly familiar with the difficulties of
such work, instead of having to win, as
in private work, the approval of board
of directors largely unfamiliar with his
difficulties, and concerned mainly with
completing the work at the lowest posi-
bic cost.
1t has been estimated that ultimately
eo,ooo,oo to oo,ooo.ooo acres. which are
now worth perhaps so cents an;acre, will
be converted by irrigation into farming
and orchard land worth from $50 to $500
per acre. The law carefully provides
that this shall be sold in small lots to
actual settlers, so as to accomplish the
main purpose Of the whole work-homes
for our rapidly increasing population
and opportunity for the young men and
the children equivalent to that which
the older generations enjoyed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
ABLAZE WITH DIAMONDS.
Son Of Poor ChaSwoman in Vienna
Found Precious Stones Worth
Fortune.

How a poor charwoman, Frau
Blaschek, came into possession of a
large number Of valuable diamonds,
which she had had for the most part
set, pawned or given away, came out
when the woman and her son were ar
rested\ by the police.
Last August Herr Lachmann, court
jeweler, sent away by parcel post a
packet containing 308 diamonds, worth
$4,000. These never reached their
destination and the mystery of their dis
appearance was only lately cleared up.
Frau Blaschek's son, confessed that he
found the precious packet in a rail-
way van and gave it to his mother.
The charwoman was remarkably lib
eral with the jewelry To the godmoth-
er of one of her children she gave three
stones, and on her sister (also a char
Woman) and her niece she bestowed 16
diamonds each, after having had them
set in gold. 1t was this display of Jew
elry which led to the suspicious of the
police and the woman's arrest.
She herself possessed five rings, three
pairs of earrings, necklace and a
pendant cross, all richly set with dfa-
monds. and these she usually hid in
ner bed. She sold 81 stones to a jew
eler. givingtanother dozen as presents
to his children. She explained that
they were gifts from a relative in Chi
cago.
When Frau Blaschek WIS taken into
custody there were still in her DOS.
session SO large and 81 small unset
brilliants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
THE STORY or JAPAN
It Reads Like a Chapter from a
Work Of Fiction.
Nation Was Deep i'm Oriental Slumber
Until Our Navy Woke 1t Up
Great Progress Made i'm
Half Century.

Originally the islands that made up
Dial Nippin, or Great Japan, were peo-
pied by Caucasian race, who occupy
in japanese history a position similar
to the early Britons, in English history.
These people, now represented by the
| hairy Anus of northern Yeddo, were
>driven northward by the swarm of Mon
golfans, who. swept across Corea from
northern China. The first great leader
known was Jimmu Tenno, who founded
his dynasty about $50 B. c. He is del
fed as the descendant of Amaterasu.
Goddess of the Sun. Another string of
Mongolics came from the Malaysia by
way of the string of islands,. To this
southern strain is probably due the mer-
curial temperament OF the Japs. Super
Acially the Japs seem to resemble the
Chinese, but close examination proves
that the race has been evolved indie
pendently. They, however, absorbed
the earlier Chinese civilization:
The history Of the succeeding CEN
turtles is vague until about 200 A. D..
when an amazonlan empress by the ap-
propriate name of lingo captured Corea.
This campaign was a big thing for
Japan in more ways than one. The vas
sails brought with their tributes the
knowledge of writing, the civilization Of
China, the mulberry and the silk worm.
The art of spinning and weaving fol-
lowed, and IT, the year $50 the first image
of Buddha appeared. In the succeeding
century" there was a perfect rage-like
that now for western ideas-for the CIV
ilization of China. Arts, customs and
opinions-whether of society, morals or
politics-were assimilated with the
greatest ardor. Buddhism made rapid
progress. Feudalism was instituted and
great offices were made hereditary and
the shotgun of Yeddo (sho-general, gun
army became Of greater power than the
mikado. In the fifteenth century the
mikado and shotgun got to fighting, and
both were whipped by the samurai, or
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
SWISS ELECTRIC ROADS.
Are Operated by Cheap Power De.
rived from Alpine Streams
Instead of Coal.

Owing to the increase in the price OF
coal during the last few years, Mr. Thor
man, prominent Swiss engineer, wished
to ind out whether it would not be an
advantage to use electrical energy, fur
nlshed by hydraulic plants, over the
whole OF the railroad system of Switzer-
land, says consular report. After i'm
vestigating the subject he published a
report which has awakened considerable
interest and will no doubt bring about
practical results in this direction. He
finds that the substitution of electricity
Tor steam on the railroads is quite prac-
ticable and has many advantages, al
though it will not bring about any con-
siderable reduction in the cost of operat-
ing roads.
The i've main railroads in Switzerland
require over 10000 horsepower daily.
IN, order to- organize a complete electric
al service it will be necessary to obtain
about $4,000 horsepower in the shape of
the alternating current of high tension,
not counting the reserve supply, which
Is indispensable. Not taking into ac-
count the considerable number of falls
which are not" utilized in the country,
there exist already Fl large hydraulic
plant which can give a total of sc, 900
horsepower. These include the plant of
Siel, near Linsiedl; which has a capacity
of 10000 horsepower, and the Laufen-
burg plant, on the Rhine, giving also TO-
600 horsepower, and five others, giving
each 5000 horsepower He enumerates
II plants which will be more than SUI
ficient to supply the energy for the Swiss
railways.
The cost of changing over the system
would, OF course, be considerable. It is
to be noted, however, that the adoption
OF the electrical system would have the
great advantage of doing away with the
present consumption of coal, which Is
now imported, and that the use of
hydraulic energy would be of great
benefit in developing several branches
OF manufacturing.
The publication of Mr. Thorman's re-
port aroused considerable attention in
different quarters and already one of
the railroad companies has applied to
the government for an authorization to
use electric trains on trial stretch of
road IL miles long.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04

: HARUKO, EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
(She Is Now 81 Years of Age, Two Years
Older Than Her Husband)
warrios. After that series of strong
shoguns held sway over the land.
In 1915 the Portuguese navigator Men,
DEE Pinto, with lot of followers, land
ed and soon established himself. He
was followed by the Jesuit missionary,
st. Francis Xavier, who made rapid
progress, the initiative Japs taking
readily to the new visitors and new GUS
toms. But the visitors were too free,
and were ordered away in 1897. BY 1888,
after terrible persecution, Christianity
was extirpated and all foreigners were
kept away except the Chinese and Dutch
traders. This expulsion was accom-
plished by the Tokugawa shoguns, who
introduced a horrible system of espion-
age, which has left its mark until the
present day in the shape of dishonesty
and lack of civic courage.
When Commodore Perry knocked at
the door of Japan in 1854, the shotgun
rule and the last phase of medievalism
fell before modern civilization. That
date, when the treaty of the United
States was signed, March 81, 1854, was
the birth of modern Japan. Yokohama
Nagasaki and Hakodate were opened to
trade In 1859, and the next year we sent
minister to the court of the mikado.
The daimios, or military leaders.
were long time in accepting the
changed conditions, and there were
many attacks on the foreigners. Our
own legation was attacked in 1861, and
an interpreter killed, and the legation
was burned in 1868. Reprisals and punt
tive expeditions followed for several
years, and it was 1863 before order came
about after the young mikado had over
thrown the military rulers. The first
year of enlightened rule really was 1868,
when the mikado moved to Tedo.
changed its name to Toxic and made it
the capital of the empire. He soon abol-
ished the feudal system and began to
copy the ideas of the western civiliza-
ton. The first newspaper appeared in
1870, and the first railway was opened
two years later. History moved rap
Idly after that, and the country was
opened to foreigners generally. The
edict against Christians was removed
and missionaries welcomed. A consti-
tuition granted to the people went into
effect in 1889. Japan declared war on
China on February IL, 1895, which last
ed less than year. After the treaty of
peace, Russia stepped in and robbed
Japan Of all the fruits of victory except
the island of Formosa, and the retention
of the captured Chinese navy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Honeymoon Psychology.

She said something that rubbed him
the wrong way.
Seeing the look Of pique on his face
she cried:
"Oh. my darling, my darling! have
hurt you!"
mo, my dearest" he replied gravely.
the hurt feel is due to the fact that /
know it hurts you to feel that you have
hurt me-"
"Ah no! Do not let that hurt you for
an instant. My hurt is because know
it hurts you to feel that have hurt N.Y.
self by hurting you" + 1880
mo, my precious. My hurt is be-
cause you are hurt over feeling that I
am hurt because you feel that you have
hurt me, and are therefore hurt your
self"
Let us leave them, dear reader. They
will get over it in time.-Baltimore
American, H. ~ VI ~. =: :. ss. Sc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Positive Order.

"1ll bet," said Cadley, scornfully,
that you didn't do the proposing; dol
lars to doughnuts your wife asked you
to marry her.
20! No; you're wrong" replied Hem
peck.
.'Oh! Come Off!''
"No. She didn't ask me to marry
her. She told me to."-Philadelphia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04

just they did 1000 years ago.
The Of civilization against the Asiatc hardly
Of struggle business of liv-
ing Western gunboats have oh broken down
the Chinese and have forced civilization on ASIA
The present fear of general which all European
the United States will be entanged indicates
will find himself engaged an industrial death struggle with pep
pie of marvellous industrial efficiency of swang productive fertility
and of ability through of poverty thrive upon mir
m of existence.
The has but small to disturb the Asia
marvellous powers Of the Chinese very
existence of occidental When the Chinese world
civilization may endure, but hardly be able
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
A Corrected Bill.

JIouseholder-Did the master plumber
make the corrections in that bill re-.
turned to him.?
Collector-Yes, sir, and he found an
overcharge- of two dollars
aha! Just, as said.''
eyes, sir; but it took him about an
hour to look up the items, and he
charges five dollars an hour for his time.
Three dollars more, please. IN. Y.
Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04

ing Alaska 6edfS./
The United States marshal on hearing
OF this had all our men arrested for
killing the bears. Five of our men
were compelled to stand trial at con-
siderable expense to us.
'The bears are very numerous on
the island" concluded this letter, :'and
since they have tasted sheep the sheep
are badly scared and are continually
piling up. Unless something is done
with the bears they will put us out of
business"
Senator Foster is puzzled as to just
how he can help his constituents in
their plight. They assert that "a
bounty of at least five dollars head
should be placed on the bears for a
year or two in order to clean them
out"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Similar, Bat Different.

Professor asked the inquisitive stu
dent, "are the three elements, fire, wa
ter and air, political elements?"
NO." replied the professor, "but the
political elements are somewhat SINH
lar"
what are they?" queried the student.
"Fire-water and wind,''- replied the
man of wisdom, winking his other eye
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
He Wa. wiling to judge.

Bobby was visiting at his Aunt
Martha's, and when he was asked at
the dinner table which kind Of pie he
liked best, apple, mince or pumpkin,
he replied, after thinking it over q
few moments:
Il don't know exactly, auntie.
guess you had better give me d piece
of each so that can find out!"-N. Y.
Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Naturally AdQDted.

The man who has the worry Of !
business on his mind really has the
most responsibility" ..s,:e ~ y ! \
'Well,' said Mrs. Bliggins, 81 guess
Josiah will be great man one of these
days. He don't care much about actual
work, but he'll take almost any bust
ness you mention and sit down and
worry about it by the hour:"-Wash-
ington Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Not Much Difference.

The candidate will soon come forth
And shake you by the hand,
And show You what great plans he has
To benefit the land.
And when he gets the place he seeks,
You'll note with mild dismay
The world he promised to reform
Plods on. the same old way.
Washington Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Fought with Gen. jackson.

Jerry Gleason, of Frederickstown. O.,
recently celebrated the one hundred and
ninth anniversary of his birth. He was
born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1894.
He fought Indians with Gen. Jackson,
and also served insthe Mexican and the
civil wars.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Hint for Old Bachelor.

In Crownpoint, Ind, town of 2, 500 in
habitants, there are. 80 good looking
widows who are all wealthy. Many suit
ors have coveted the widows smiles, but
they all seem disinclined to further ven
lures in matrimony.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-03-04
Gar Has q Big Income.

The car sings his money around as
if he owned the mint and could make all
he requires. The government allows
him $12 100000 year, and from his vast
estates and mines he draws an addition
al income Of $5,000,o 900 year.