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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-15
DRUGGISTS.
@. L. LEADBRATER, c. G. LEADBEATEB
e. 8. LEADBRATER, J. LEADBEATEB
f. S. Leadbeater 4 Sons

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DhUOOIoI .
los and 1O7 south Fairfax street.
Dealers in Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi
cines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stufs, Spices, Drug
pists' Fancy Goods and Specialties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virginia
~. c. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas
Co.'s Tinted Gloss and Prepared Paints, &c.
Manufacturers Of Standard Pharmaceutica
preparations.
we have ;:;ade large additions TO our stock
and are buying leading Pr. Drietory Articles,
Chemicals, &C., direct from the manufacture.
ers. We are therefore enabled TO supply the
trade with all goods usually carried by well.
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 speciality. We guarantee
the purity Of all drugs furnished. Cores
pondence invited.
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Good Comnlexinn

Sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks restored
by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers, so
writes S ?. Moore, of Nacogdoches, Tex. A
Ger ain cure for biliousness, constipation, etc.
Small pill-easy to take-easy to act. Sold by
all druggists
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FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTs.
WIN. S. MOORE

MACHINIST. IRON AND BRASS FOUND
Err, SHIpSMITH AND BLACKSMITH,
toLD DOMINION works.
South Union Street Alexandria, Va,
win furnish and repair all kinds Of Ma
chinery, 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
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DRY GOODS
swan BROS.
42S-430 King st.
B Ii Tei p HOne.

The wants Of our patrons have been
very carefully planned for the fall and
winter season. We have been to the
best markets buying only reliable mer-
chandise, and buying in large quantities
direct frorh manufacturers enables us to
offer the best t. he had at the lowest
possible prices.
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GROCERIES.
APPLES
ST. Per Barrel.

On account Of being obliged to make room
for a car Of potatos to arrive shortly l have
decided to sell Baldwin Apples at one dollar
per barrel. Think Of it! 40 quarter pecks for
$l.OO; just 2sc per quarter peck. No other
store will attempt to sell apples at near this
price, and my only reason for doing so is to
get much needed room. They are reduced
from $l.25 per barrel.
also quote the following fruit:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-11-15

HEADLESS ROE HERRING, cleaned
and packed on shore when caught; also Prices
Roe Herring for sale by
J. C. MILBURN.
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PROPOSALS.

TORT MYER, VA, NOVEMBER u, 1904
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, for Compile
ton of Annex and few Repairs and Altera-
tons to the Administration Building of Post
Hospital at Fort Niger, Va, will be received I'M
Ill 10 AN November %, 1904, and then public
ly opened. The right is reserved to reject any
proposal or part thereof. Information fur
nished upon application. Envelopes con-
tanning proposals should be marked Pro
posals for Buildings" and addressed to CAP
TAIN o. w. BELL. Quartermaster.
movie, IA, Is, 6,25,26
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New Lace
Curtains.

We are showing many new Lace Cur
tains, new styles and very large as
sortment to choose from, at very low
prices.
The pair SOC, 75c, 81, sl.49, s2.49,
1898, So and Sc. so.
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WASHINGTON FERRY GO.

Schedule in Effect March 10. 1904.
The Washington Steamboat Company (lim-
ited) on and after March 10, 1904, will operate
the eteamer GEORGE WASHINGTON be-
tween Washington and Alexandria on the
following schedule:
and IL 80 a. M; 80, 10, 4 80 and 8 80
LEAVE WAsHINGToN.-e 90, 20, 9 90
and 10 80 a. H.; ~ 80, 2 30. 4 10 and 3 80
p. m.
MD-Same schedule on Sunday, leaving
Washington on first trip at 9 a. m. and Alex
andria at 8 40 q. IN.
JOHN B. PADGETT,
au1 II General Manager.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

Alexandria, Va, November s, 1904.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
" the partnership heretofore existing be-
tween d. f. Summers and John r. Edelin,,
trading and doing business under the firm
name Of THE JOHN w. SUMMERS CO.,
is this day dissolved All persons indebted
to the said firm are hereby authorized to make
settlement Of their accounts with john W..
Summers. All persons to whom the said firm
is indebted will present their claims to the
members Of the said firm for settlement.
ID. L. SUMMERS.
JOHN r. EDELEN.
Having purchased the interest of d. +.
Summers in the above firm, the business will
In future be conducted under the firm name
of John w. Summers Company.
JOHN w. SUMMERS,
JOHN K. EDELEN.
Carriages, Buggies and Daytons at cut
prices. now .lw
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STEAMERS.
STEAMERS.
WeeHlS Steamboat Company.

The Steamers Of This Line Will Leave Alex
andria
EVERY SUNDAY, TUESDAY and THURS
DAY at 4:30 p. m.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE USUAL
RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York solicited and handled with care,
Through rates and bills of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, ~; round trip, ST.
Staterooms, one way, $l.5O. Meals, 5Oc.
WIN. NJ. REARDON. Agent, Strand.
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WAKEFIELD Il HALL.
DRUGGISTS,
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX 8
Presentations a specialtv

NNAlNHh fA'iA'NH AMI rAlhrAA
Prescriptions specially,
English, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps; Genuine Farina Cologne: Mag.
nolia, Hedyosimia, Geranium and Florida
WAFER Genuine Lubin's Extracts; Sponges,
Tooth Brushes; full assortment of Patent
Medicines Coxe's Gelatine, Corn Starch.
Sea Moss Farine, Spices of all kinds. and a
select stock Of all articles sold by druggists
tanned elsewhere. 49, ~ W.
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Ladies New OUT
ing Night Robes.

Our new line of Ladies' Warm Out
ing Night Robes now on sale, in neat
colored effects; also white.
At SOC, 75c, 81 aud Sl.50 each.
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GROCERIES.
-~---~-~-~-~-@-~-~-~~~--
w. A. JOHNSON & CO.,

WHOLESALE GROCERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand Gibson's Xxx, xxx, xxx,
and Pure Old Rye, Old Cabinet and Mono
gram Whistles also Bakers and Thompson's
Pure Rye Whistles, TO which they invite the
attention Of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise
shall receive prompt attention.
Tonsignments Of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantee
he highest market prices and prompt returns
N. e corner Cameron and Royal Streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Stanchheld.

John B. Stanchfeld, who was the demo-
cratic candidate for governor of New York
four years ago. is mentioned for the nomi-
nation again this year and states his case
as follows:
II will not endeavor by coercive measures
to secure the nomination this fall, but II
the party as a whole look upon my political
career with favor and entertain the belief
that at all times and under all circum-
stances / have been a democrat. and for
those reasons see fit to tender me the nomi-
nation, l would accept it,
Could anything be franker, and yet more
modest? Why not Mr.. Stanchfield again?
Some people accuse him Of being Hills
man" Is he any more "Hills man. than
Judge Parker? Mr. HILL 1t is true, nomi-
mated Mr.. Stanchfleld in 1900. and would
probably be glad to have him try again.
But he also nominated Judge Parker at st.
Louis The truth is that. after all is said
and DONE Mr.. Hill is really the whole demo-
cratic shooting match in New York and Is
entitled to have his pupils and lieutenants
represent the party i'm its appeals to the
people for office and power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Pyrites.

If a report that comes from Italy is true,
there will soon be one less fraud In nature.
For countless years gold-seekers have been
bitterly fooled by the mineral generally
known as iron pyrites. 1t glitter like gold
bearing rock and to the eye of the inexpert
prospector it has all the appearance of true
gold. Many a man has been lured into ex-
pending days Of back-breaking labor upon
shafts to mine this worthless product.
Many a claim has been sold by swindlers to
greenhorns who have greedily believed the
literally sprinkled pyrites could be none
other than gold. But now the despised py-
rites may have a chance to shine with
purer light and to add to the store of the
worlds riches, from being the despised of
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OVERRIDING the Scare.

There seems to be an inordinate amount
OF apprehension in anti-admInistration cir
Giles lest Mr.. Roosevelt IL elected in No
vember and thus freed from what is said
to be his campaign restraint will run
amuck with the liberties of the people and
cause desolation to fall like a blight upon
the cherished American institutions. One
OF his critics declares that It Is a psycho-
logical certainty that he will regard his
pledge to continue the policies of his prede-
cessor as having expired by Limitation
when he takes seat in his own right as an
elected President Then will come a riot
of unbridled Rooseveltism with its attend
ant dangers and menaces
This sort of campaign talk appeals to n
very inconsderable fraction of the Ameri-
can people IL all evidences are worthy of
credence. This is not an alarmist commu-
nifty. 1t Is not given to seeing bugaboos
1t has never shown its fear of the man on
horseback" 1t does not today. despite all
the persistent partisan clamor to the con-
trary, see in Mr. Roosevelt champion of
unconstitutionalism or absolutism There
is not the slightest evidence. outside of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

machine-made indignation of a certain CO.
terie of interested campaigners. that the
country regards the President as a man
potential tyrant or flre-eater.
This clamor about the President being an
unsafe man has its purpose, of course, and
especially now with Judge Parker in the
field 1t has it's direct personal Significance.
No one In his widest moments of unfet-
tered imagination would dream Of calling
Judge Parker dangerous or radical or I'M
conventional He is conventionality itself.
He Is always in leash, so much SO that he
does not allow himself in these days of
acute public interest In his mental processes
and his ideals to utter syllable which dis
closes the inner man to the gaze of the
world. To play up the President as a son
OF war, as waiting for the release afford
ed by an election to spring full armed into
the world arena. Is therefore the game OF
the managers of the campaign which seeks
who has never written or uttered single
word. SO far as known, that suggests that
he knows the business end Of a gun.
The picture of the President in war paint
is being drawn rather too luridly for sue
cess. The country knows the man too well
by now. There is probably no other Ameri-
can citizen today whose life is laid so fully
open to the public and whose ideals and
conceptions Of duty are so thoroughly I'M
derstood. That such a man would play
foxy" concealing his real nature for the
sake OF election. only to shout the war song
and swing the ''big stick" regardless OF
cause or effect, is a theory that, If 1t were
not absurdly impotent as a device. would
reflect sad discredit upon the intelligence OF
the American voter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
The Contemplate Practical Joker.

An inexpncable cruelty animates some
people to the point Of playing practical
jokes which can have no possible good end
and which may have a tragic effect upon
their victims. No psychologist can salts
factorily explain this trait short of the
hypothesis of a survival of the primal
savagery. The youngster who puts a tack
In chair or who pulls CHI ir out from
under the intending sitter is merely dis
playing this remnant of innate cruelty
which in his elders expresses itself In a
more subtle and cruel fashion. The prac-
teal joker finds his greatest zest in life In
the devisng of new and strange ways of
inficting mental or physical pain No
fear of causing insanity or death seems to
deter him. No risk is too great. The
game is never too dangerous to be played
Just now New York is experiencing a
peculiar though not unfamiliar outbreak
of cruel joking of this kind. There have
been during the past few weeks several
instances of murderous blackmail by a
gang OF Italians who are believed to be
banded together under the name of the
BLACK Hand Just as soon as the fact
became known that these wretches were
frightening their countrymen through
anonymous missives couched in terms of
bold demand for money under penalty of
death or loss, the practical jokers took q
hand in the pastime and turned their tai
ents into these novel channels. BLACK
Hand" letters became numerous Many of
Them bore unmistakable evidence, when
examined by the police. of being crude imi-
taiions Of the Enthusiastically genuine black
mailing letters of the gang. Others were
more craftily designed and added to the
mystery. Now the fake letters are in al
most daily receipt, until the pursuit of the
real criminals has been greatly confused
and there is little hope of catching them.
Just why any one would want to cause an
other to tremble with fear of assassina ton
or The loss of loved ones Is the mystery
which can be explained only on the suppo-
sition that the savage instinct is not wholly
eliminated. Personal grudges that can be
satisfied by this anonymous means are too
contemplate for patient thought Yet.
doubtless, this method is often adopted by
the cowardly and the vulgarly brutal to
express their hatred without danger to
themselves.
The man who would send an imitation
threatening letter to another merely TO
cause him agony of mind is one OF the
meanest of human beings, and If caught
should be given the full punishment that is
meted out 10 the genuine criminal when
convicted of blackmail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

all miners. A method has been perfected In
Italy. 1t Is stated. that SO treats the pyrites
as to render the ore reducible to gold
yielding basis. 1t has never been denied
that there was a trace OF gold In certain
grades of this obdurate rock. but in such
combination as to resist all economical pro-
cesses. So chemistry is to come into play
with this ore, just as 1t has already to
render other refractory" ores commercial
ly valuable and the day may come when
pyrites will be as eagerly sought as they
have heretofore been contemptuously cast
aside. Thus does science keep everlasting
ly at work to turn things topsy-turvy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
That Constitution Club.

A number OF New York lawyers-all
democrats-have formed what they are
pleased to call the Constitution Club. Tne
most eminent men on the roll are james
c. Carter. John G. Carlisle and Francis
1.ynde Stetson. The country Is asked TO
accept this as sign of how far things
have drifted from the true course, and
how necessary 1t Is for the old ship of
state to be put on new tack. Here are
men learned in the law and close students
of the Constitution who are banded to-
gether in patriotic effort to restore that
instrument to the respect in which it for
merly was held. and to save republican in
situations. 1t Is. We are informed, an I'M
pressive demonstration. Is it?
These men are corporation attorneys, and
do not appear to have been aroused as to
the Constitutions dangers until the trusts
were resolutely tackled. The notification
or the Constitution in the matter of the
suffrage did not stir them al all. Neither
Mr. Carter nor Mr.. Stetson volunteered his
services to defend the rights Of men and
Insist upon constitutional representation
IN Congress and the electoral college. Mr..
Iarllsie. II common report was correct, re-
FUSED a fee In one of the cases. 1t was
stated that he would appear before the
supreme Court with John g. Wise in be-
haif of those who had been dlsfranchlsed
py the Virginia state constitution. Sew
eral southern newspapers read him a
pretty sharp lecture on the subject, and
Tor that or some other reason he did not
appear. Mr. Wise argued the case alone
The Constitution, in a policy extending
over period of ten or more years. is nulli-
ned IN the southern states not in the inter-
ests OF an intelligent suffrage, but to es-
tabhsh without longer employing armed
force and ballot-box stuffing a partisan
majority at the polls and not chirp Is
heard from this trio of distinguished law
yers. But how could they chirp? Mr.. Car
ter and Mr.. Stetson friends of Mr. Cleve-
land rejoced to see him benefit by the
policy, while Mr.. Carlisle as member OF
the second Cleveland cabinet shared in the
unconstitutional swag. Disfranchise all the
voters you please. and not a word of pro.
test. Touch single hair of a trusts head
and presto, a Constitution club,
But, really, are not these men being
counted twice? Are they not included In
the general trust opposition to the admin.
istration? To quote them again as indi.
viduals. as sensitive patriots defending the
Constitution. is to perpetrate the ofYense OF
repeating. They are a bold set in New
York, but great lawyers ought not to be
put to such uses.
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Judge Parker's Intimate Associate "

IAN intimate associate Of Judge Parker
is quoted as follows from Esopus on the
subject of the reported stumping tour:
Judge Parker has no faith in the utility
OF speech-making for it's own sake, and
will make no speeches anywhere for the
mere purpose of appearing in any given To-
cality. He believes a stumping tour by
presidential candidate to be improper, and
he will undertake no such tour. The only
condition upon which he will make any
speech anywhere will be the fact that he
has some definite thing to say. and that he
is convinced by his own reason that some
given time and place best suit the saying
Of 1t there and then. You may say with
the utmost confidence that under no other
conditions will Judge Parker make any
speech anywhere
A new spokesman for the candidate
should be selected. This man is not quail
fled for such a post He Is lacking both in
diplomacy and in the capacity to ex-
press himself clearly. A cloudier or more
fnept deliverance than the one quoted could
hardly be imagined.
Why have criticised Mr.. Bryan? His
stumping tours while he was a presidential
candidate were fruitless at the polls, but
the question of their propriety Is a matter
OF taste. Why have impeached Mr.. Bry-
ans taste at a time when as a party worker
he Is on the eve of taking the stump for
Judge Parker? Besides, a far greater than
MT Bryan did the same thing Mr. Blaine
toured the country on railroad specials, and
spoke from rear platforms and rough-board
STANDS at the tracks side. There may be
no votes In the procedure-history supports
that contention-but there is nothing In
herently improper about 1t.
And then what mess the candidates
friend makes Of the rest of his de,veranca,
1t is not to be presumed that an intelligent
man Is going to make a speech anywhere
unless he has reason to believe that some
good will come of it, If Judge Parker
should go to Chicago or indianapolis, or
New York city. 1t will be because he has
been persuaded that his appearance there
VIII benefit his candidacy. And the same
influence should take him to Kokomo, kala-
mazoo and kankakee. He is not a man who
talks for the mere love of talking That is
reserved for men who have gift that way;
and attractive and able as he is, Judge
Parker is not in that class
There Is a marked difference between Mr.
Bryan's case and that of Judge Parker.
Mr.. Bryan was anxious to have his views
on all questions thoroughly understood. He
was holding nothing back, but was proud
of every vote he had cast and Of every
plank in the platform upon which he was
standing. 1t was for this reason that he
stumped the country. He wanted to come
face to face with as many people as posi-
BILE, and explain things to them by word OF
mouth Judge Parker, as we all know, is
little embarrassed about his record, and
still more so about the platform which his
party has constructed. Too many speeches
might increase the tangle which already
besets him. Still. if the people want to
see him. he should show himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Acquisition of Wealth,
From the New York Mail.

Public opinion is strong enough in this
country to see that the expenditure Of
wealth shall follow wholesome channels
in the main. There are signs that at
last 1t is becoming stronger In the stand
of wealth. After all, how a man makes
his money is of more consequence than
what he does with 1t. The question, Where
did you get it?' Is Of more import than the
other question, What will he do with it?"
But Americans, as practical people almost
worshiping success, have not Daen disposed
to put 1t in very searching form. 1t Is a
most hopeful indication that hereafter that
question Is going to be asked with an en-
phasis 1t never had before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
A Song of Patience.

A Song Of Patience.
Only for a little while
Sunny days consent to smile.
ALI their charms must fade away
In the mists Of wintry gray.
Flowers must wither; leaves must fall;
flushed must be the robins call.
Summer blooms but to beguile
Only for little while.
But the SHOWS will melt at last.
Days of storm are quickly past;
Just the same as days so gay
Sun and shadows shift and play.
Quafr the pleasures while you can;
Bear the SORROWS like a man,
For the tear Is, like the smile,
Only for a little while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Sanitary Cars.

From the San Francisco Call.
Common sense, fortified by the conclu-
sions of medical science, dictates that rail-
way coaches should be well lighted, COM
pletely ventilated and so constructed as to
be subjected in every interior part to sun
shine. Draperies, cushions and all the I'M
necessary gimcracks Of ornamensation that
collect and hold dust should be replaced by
comfortable, durable washable stuffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

number of communities are struggling
with the abstruse problem of how a man
who can afford ten thousand dollar auto
mobile can be held in restraint by ten
dollar fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
SHOOTING STARS.
His Esteem.

Il can't feel that man who looks after
his pecuniary interests rs closely as you
do really loves his country
You are mistaken" answered Mr.. Graf
ton Grabb. Il regard my country with
feelings Of affection and profound gratitude.
If it weren't for my country where would
all these salaries and perauisites come
FROM"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
German a Jap.
From the Dallas News.

From the Dallas News.
Senator German will locate in New York
during the campaign ito be In touch with
the managers Of the democratic party" It
has been believed by those who know Sem
ator German that during the heat of the
conflict he would not be found ,ying in The
shade on his farm, near Laurel, Md. For
the senator Is a very Jap for a fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Terrorized.

You don't say down with the trusts"
any more" said the friend.
NO" answered the apprehensive citi-
zen. ut doesn't seem to have any practi-
cal effect and I'm afraid some trust might
hear me and retaliate by casually remark
ing up with prices