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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-20

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oI was taken with what our physicians here
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VOLUME CV.---NO. "A.
MEDICINAL.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-20
SWanBrOS.,
424=426 KING STREET.
Big CLEARANCE SALE.

the interior OF store and to oeer ce
the work carpenters hangers we have decided to have
weeks clearance goods and fine dress goods at positive COST
70 week only.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
That Was Long Ago.

Some fanciful stories are being cir
culated about Joseph Chamberlain and
his oratorical powers as II youth, but
from what friend of his says con.
cerning the great statesman's college
days 1t is a great mistake to say that
young Chamberlain could speak well
when at school. In fact, he could
never be induced to speak. and In this
he somewhat resembled the retiring
Arthur Balfour.
One day one of the masters of the
school which he was mt asked Cham.
berlain to make the reply to speech
which had just been delivered by one
of the elder students of the debating
class. The hour came. and with II
firm step Chamberlain mounted the
platform. With perfect outward self
possession he faced the audience and
made his bow-a low bow.
Everyone waited eXpectantly. Peo-
pie became anxious when the Young
man again bowed. but said nothing.
Then litter went round among the
boys. Suddenly the coming colonial
secretary. with "A look of utter despair.
sidled off the platform with another
bow. not having said one word
London Answers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

Certainly not BY the way, who was
at the supper tonight
"Oh, Nine. Bartoll, Claude, and
Ramsay
And the doctor?"
THE doctor WAS telephoned for-an
emergency case, believe" The
prima donna's voice sounded cold i
am too i'll to see anyone this morning, =
she added, and gave herself up to the
ostentatious reading of a political
leader.
The breakfast tray was brought in.
and the girl busted herself with the
coffee service while the prima donna
read her letters. Over one she mused
long time.
"Chum, | ought to go see Fleur-
ette. | promised. you know Do you
remember how she cried that morn
ing they took her away? One goes
out on an absurd train which leaves ut
noon.'
She looked up vaguely at the clock
on the mantel And one gets off at
mile. more or less, to the farmhouse
Dear me. Really, | am too good ma
tured. | shall not go to-day. | am
sure it is wretched out. and | shall
take cold or something and hurt my
voice"
She placed her tapering fingers on
her beautiful throat and essayed a
run. 1t ended in croak. at which
she shook her head mournfully and
glanced at the girl; but the girl was
writing letter, and her back re-
fused sympathy. so the prlma donna
presently arose and found refuge in
the compensations of the toilet. This
process was not completed before II
bell boy brought up card
1T is the doctor" said the girl care
lessly But as you are feeling so i'll,
I'll just do down and make your ex-
cuses."
The prlma donna flushed ASK him
to walt on the second thought,
Will go down myself"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19


her Guelph predecessors had been
The throne of Hanover, therefore, fell
TO her next of kin in the male line,
the Duke of Cumberland, who was
succeeded by his son. the Queens
cousin. That King of Hanover was
the last. In the war between Prus-
sia and Austria in 1860, which was
practically Il war for precedence In
the German speaking lands, the King
of Hanover took the wrong side; that
is to say. he took the side of Austria,
and Prussia WAS victorious. The re-
suit MAS that he found himself crown
less and an exile and Hanover be-
came part of the North German Con
federation. The exiled King died in
1878, but his Queen still lives She
is now So years old and lives quietly
on her Austrian estate at Gmunden.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

How sad life Is" she murmured,
her head against his breast and she
wept-a little at the sorry pageant
or humanity, and u good deal for her
own JOY.
They then went back and gave
tlenrette the Cruel. which as mere
Cruel was not success. Not that
Fleurette cared. She was engrossed
with the puppy, who irresstibly If
unhygienically. licked her cheek and
then the porridge bowl BY and by
She was humming and beating time
with her thin little hand
To see you as Marguerite
Cera un re Ill Thule
10 hear you sing 1t once again,
ma am selle. what happiness
Smiling at her, the diva began To
Sing. at first very softly. The notes OF
Marguerites plaintive ballad fell clear
and sweet upon the twilight The
round red eye of the stove glowed
upon the little group about the child $
sofa, and the shadowy. moionless
forms that had gathered In the door
way to listen.
The girl at home replenished the
fire and lit the gas. A moment after
ward she heard the prima donna at
the door, She went to meet her and
unfastened her coat. Her friend was
painting and wore an April face. and
the girl suddenly exclaimed:
Darling, Not really?"
He Is SO strong-and dear. or
course I'm Il fool, and It's all prepos-
ferrous and romantic and Arcadan
and too good to be true in this work
ing day world; but" And the prina
donna dimpled and smiled and wept
again.
"Since you are bent on making a
fool of yourself, you could do 1t TO
much better advantage, you know"
the girl reminded her, laughing and
crying in sympathy. - New York
News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
PARADISE FOR LAZY MEN.
Women Do the Work in the West In
dies While the Men Loaf.

dies While the Men Loaf.
On market day in the West Indies
thousands of peasant women and girls
San be seen walking along the roads to
the town from their palm-thatched
huts in the mountains and woods. They
carry on their heads immense loads of
bananas, oranges, yams, pantains.
brown sugar or tobacco, stepping along
at the rate of four miles an hour, with
the gait of princesses.
Constant carrying of heavy loads
gives them splendid carriage. They
will walk 40 miles to market to sell 30
cents worth of produce. Often they
could sell the same stuff for better
price at their homes, but they enjoy
the merry company on the road and
the fun and gossip of the market place
too much to give up their weekly jaunt.
Most people think such a tramp hard
work, but they regard 1t as a picnic.
Tramping along over rough mountain
tracks, fording the swift rivers, tug
ging fra actious mules in the way they
should go. these women never let their
loads fall. They could dance a jig
without dropping them
Meanwhile the men fOlk-who have
not even taken the trouble to SOW or
harvest the crops, much less carry
them to market-are sleeping In the
palm -thatched hut or lying down in
the yam patch outside and smoking the
strong native tobacco.
'On my estate" said coffee planter
to an American friend, Il employ about
900 people in the busy season, besides
200 or 800 children. The women out.
number the men by more than two to
one, and do far better work, though
they are only paid 1S cents day, as
compared with the mems "A cents.
The difference is most unfair, but ii is
regulated by an iron clad custom which
cannot be broken, however much one
would like to do So"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
New S.Yle of Gibson Girl.

Mrs. Gibson, the mother of Charles
Dana Gibson. says that few days
since Dana's little girl, aged Z, came
over 10 see her. After playing con-
tentediy for some time she came up to
her and said:
GRANDMA, | must 90 home now"
But why SO soon. dearie?"
We'll, you see, grandma, | must
look after papa. He's all alone there,
With nobody but his wife and the ba
hy."-\ew York Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
THE HUMBLED PRIMA DONNA
5sssss sssssss ssssss
~s0e

OH HE prima donna opened her
eyes to the gray light of Il
November morning. Her first
sense was one of deep gratitude that
her alternate was to sing that evening
and she lay luxuriantly in the thought
until girl came in from an adjoin-
ing room with the morning newspa-
pers.
Let in a little more light, will you
dear!' And she read:
The sumptuous diva looked queenly.
and was at her best vocally. Her op-
ulent charms
The prima donna crushed the paper
and sighed heavily. How hideous,
the daily and nightly grind, and then
reporters writing impertinent things
about ones figure, Chum"
"WellT'
Il shall never marry"
Il have heard you say you We're
done with youthful follies."
Il am welded to my thankless pro
fession, but if | We're inclined to make
a fool of myself. | should do it to ad-
vantage. and annex nice bald-head-
ed, coupon-cutting bondholder who
should spend most of his time at his
club. | could never marry u pennlless
young enthusiast with hopeless ideals
for me to strain up to-"
"A young surgical person. for in
stance. who devoted all his energies
to amputating the limbs of the indi-
gent without money and without
price, put in the girl innocently.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
Josh Billings' philosophY.

,Thoze who are alwuss anxious to
take sekret to keep are the very last
ones to be trusted; they are az leaky
az an old roof.
Everybody seems to luv to ridikule
every boldly, not retiekting that ridikule
IL weapon that requires rare skill to
use It properly.
The best writer IL he who can mix
sugar and salt together in the right
proporshuns,
Thare is no sutch thing az sekond-
rate poetry; poetry that IL not excellent
liz simply worthless.
Honesty in theze our times IL ex-
pekted to liv and fatten on kompli-
ments: this IL about all II kan git
Flu men repent so long az they kan
commit sin with impunity
II yu don't want ennything, every
boldly haz sumthing to lend.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
LOVES SPRlNGTIDE.

My heart was winter bound until
| heard you sing:
o voice of Love. hush not. but fill
My life with Spring,
My hopes We're homeless things berors
| saw your eyes:
. smile of Love. close not the dooI
To paradise.
My dreams We're bitter once, and then
l found them bliss:
o lips of Love, give me again
Your rose to kiss.
Springtide of love, The secret sweet
Is ours alone:
q heart Of Love. at last you beat
Against my own,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

WHERE ONE CAN LIVE CHEAPLY.
Portugal Is the Best Place in Europe
for Those of Small Means.

Men with limited means and a de-
sire 10 enjoy all the comforts and
most of the luxuries of life should go
country in the world for the tourist,
while the resident there can have IA
good time by the expenditure of very
little money. An American visitor can
live there IN good style on the equiv
alent of the mere daily tips exacted
in French and English hotels.
II your bill comes to $1.25 day at
a Portugal hotel you will be living
extfayagantly. For half of that sum
yoa can easily get good board and
lodging in reputable houses, with two
meals daily SO full of courses that you
cannot help thinking it is sheer rob
berry to eat even half of the menu.
An Englishman stayed over night at
a country inn near Lisbon. The din
ner, served especially for him in the
evening, comprised macaroni soup,
roast veal with pork and spinach, pes
cada (sardine-fed hake), roast chick
en- with salad, cakes, ounce preserves,
fruit and coffee.
He had a good room for the night,
and i'll the morning was served with
Il breakfast of coffee and buttered
toast. Then the landlord. presented
his bill, with profound apologies and
compliments. 1t amounted to 81 cents
III American money.
The same man, friend of the wri-
ter's, did even better than that on an
other occasion.
Late one night" he says, Il cy-
cled into village called Santa Com
ba Dao, and found there was no kind
of hotel there. After some hesitation
| ventured TO knock at the door of
little house. in which, l was told, liy-
ed two maiden ladies, who received or
refused guests ut their pleasure.
AT first sight of me these gentle
souls begged TO be excused. They
were not accustomed to foreigners,
they said, and feared they could not
give me satisfaction. But | overcame
their objections, and in the most gra-
clous way they then invited me to ell
ter. | must give them a little time
TO prepare dinner and make allow
ances for their rural simplicity and
roughness.
Presently dinner came-llors
d'oeuyre, yermicelli soup, puchero,
beefsteak with new peas in she'll,
trout, salad. chicken with new pota-
toesl sweets and cheese fruit and
coffee
Every item of the meal was ex-
cellent 1t WAS served in pretty
room transformed into a bower of
flowers Masses of carnations and
roses filled one side of 1t, and on the
other side Il creeper with purple bios
SONS grew into the house and draped
the door of my bedroom.
when the ladies went TO bed they
put refreshments on the table for me
and blushed with pretty pride when
thanked them for their kindness.
They asked me for the equivalent of
10 cents and thanked ME cordially
when | paid it,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

Hanover. W hen
Queen Victoria
came to the
throne In 1887
the Salic law,
which prevails In
German principal
tiles, made it i'm
possible that she
should be soyer-
eign OF Hanover
AS we'll as ruler
- w. Al. a
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
At the Grating

Teller cannot cash this check,
madam. unless | know who you are.
the money, anyway. from anyone who
doesn't know who | am.-Life.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
No Eye for Color. q

Artist-My dear, that new cook will
never do.
Wife-Why not? He used 10 be
chef of fashionable club.
Artist-That may be, but can't you
see that he's just served spinach in
blue dish and tomatoes on pink
plate? Horrible New York Times
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
0O0N0

!
appendicitis does not seem 10 be borne
out by experience says Medical Talk
While these are sometimes found In
the vermiform appendix, there Is no
good reason for believing that they
really cause appendicitis. Appendicitis
IL the result Of catarrhal intiam ma ton
of the mucous membrane lining the
bowels
Value of Mastication-Scien in
vestigation has clearly established the
fact that when food Is masticated
thoroughly, or as long as il has any
taste and is reduced almost to fluid
condition, then much more efficient
gastric juice Is secreted, and the food
remains II much shorter time In the
stomach, thus reducing the liability to
fermentation. BY thorough mastica-
ton less food is required, as the sys-
tenn actually secures much more nour-
ishment than when ii Is eaten In the
ordinary or rapid way.-Coollng Club.
"'"' h' sui
eucalyptol and guaiacol are now used
In combination for catarrh. Sangui
maria canadensis affects the bile. in
creases uterine activity, and Is priced
az an Alternative in intestinal catarrh
1t is the powdered root of the flower
called blood-root. Hydrastis canaden
sis is famous for use in similar condi-
tions. Hydrastis is the active princi-
pie. Some caution as to dosage IL
necessary, also care not to increase
uterine action when this is hurtful
Guaacol is distilled from guaicum
resin. 1t Is contained in beech creo-
sote and is purifying and useful In
cases of offensive catarrhs or In tiatu-
lent conditions from offensive decom-
position. 1t can be given In vehicle
like cod liver OIL 1t is useful in tuber-
culosls conditions. Eucalyptol is a por-
ton Of oil of eucalyptus. 1t Is mix.
ture of turpene and cymene. 1t Is pre-
ferred to crude oil for inhalers used
for nose and throat, as 1t does not
leave such a dry surface. 1t can be
mixed with these other remedies to be
taken internally in suitable quantities.
Any druggist can give the proportions.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

\ woman cares not where man
halls from if she is permitted to reign
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well-known and finely furnished and is the
most popular resort in Caudearia. The bar is
stocked with the choicest and best brands of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
A THRONELESS QUEEN.
Once Ruled In Hanover, Now Lives In
Exile in Austria.

There is Il throneless queen living In
Austria whose name rarely appears in
print. She Is the exiled Queen of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19

Black seems to be the swell color for
eyes this season
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-02-19
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had i'll the Market.
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but first.
class house, and II cordial welcome will be eX
tended to all guests.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

Dered the magistrates injunction about
being indoors before dark, and so made
my way home to dinner during which
L sat at the same table with the magis-
trate. He was a man of considerable
ability, and made good use Of the Eng
fish language. During the meal he
leaned over toward ME and said, smil-
ing:
Il understand you have been taking
some pictures"
Yes" / answered penitently.
We'll, of course that is against the
law, and l am afraid I shall have to ask
you to turn those plates over to me-"
I eXpostulated mildly, but found that
his mind was firmly made up on the
matter. To tell the truth, my mind was
also made up on the matter.
But" said /, "the plates are still in
the camera, undeveloped."
"Oh, well, bring your camera along
and l will develop them for you"-this
with little smile Of amusement.
Shall I go now?" said I, pushing my
chair back from the table, although
dinner was not half over.
Don't think of it. Tomorrow morn
ing will do just as we'll"
And tomorrow morning surely did,
for that night the camera went to bed
with me, and when the magistrate
smilingly drew out the plates next
morning and cracked them, one by one,
on the corner of the table, he was not
aware that he was spelling fresh plates
I tried to look as sad as the occasion
seemed to demand.
l asked him if any of the convicts
ever escaped from the island. He gave
a short laugh and said:
"Some of them got away once.
will tell you about 1T. A Japanese
fishing schooner put in here under
stress Of weather and anchored off the
town. That night eight OF the convicts
swan off to her, murdered the crew
and sailed away without the slightest
knowledge of navigation. After drift
ing about ainlessly for several days,
they We're picked up by an American
whaler and carried to San Francisco.
AS soon as the facts became known the
Russian authorities demanded their eX-
tradition, but the American papers took
the matter up and made a great out
cry about sending back these innocent
political cOnvicts to the horrors of ST.
IBERIA, while the ladies Of San Francisco
heaped CONNECTIONS and flowers upon
them. The United States authorities
declined to give them up, though it
should have been we'll known that no
political suspects are ever sent to
Saghalien-only tried and condemned
criminals. But mark the sequel. With
in two years all but one of those eight
men were hung for murder. and the re-
naming one was in prison for life. We
appreciate the kindness of the United
States in relieving us of the support OF
these criminals, and she can have all
the Russian convicts on the island of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
She Gets Cigars.

A nice looking woman walked into one
of the stores Of the tobacco octopus the
other night and asked to see some OF
the stores best cigars. The clerk handed
out dozen boxes in a jiffy.
While the new patron was taking a
dry Whit of each fifteen men lined up
along the counter to make various pur
chaSes. They might just as we'll have
been wooden Indians as far as one clerk
was concerned. But just about the time
the entire line began to display a merry
Gus desire to get away, the fair one Sc
lected a 12-eent cigar with a bright
band, and asked the customer next in
line if he didn't think 1t was a good one.
I've been smoking thirty years and
couldn't have selected a better one my
self" he replied calamity.
Then will you please wrap this one
up?' she said, rendering the clerk q
twenty-dollar bill
It took the clerk five minutes to change
the bill and then he tripped on an
empty cigar box and dropped all the coin.
1t was finally handed to the purchaser.
When she had her hand on the door knob
she thought of the coupons. She turned
back.
Don't you give trading stamps with
cigars?' she asked Sweetly. whereupon
the clerk thrust a quarters worth or
coupons into her hand.
ut does beat ell how dead easy a lady
can paralyze a cigar store" said one OF
the men in line when he finally got the
package OF tobacco for which he had
waited twenty minuteS.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

pany with Russian official 1t was
not till the razor was playing about my
chin that learned that the barber was
a common murderer. There was no
backing out, for | knew not what saw
age instincts l might arouse in him by
proposing to leave his place half
shaved. | generally manage to get a
nice little nap when under the sooth-
ing influence of the BARRIERS hand, but
this time / confess that l remained
rather wider awake than usual. The
gentle reader can, perhaps, imagine my
feelings as the keen steel rasped across
the vicinity of my jugular vein. Strange
to say, the only image that remains in
my minds eye is a staring advertise
ment which hung against the wall, and
which eXpatiated with Yankee modesty
upon the merits of a certain American
barber supply house and the unique
opportunity it offered of securing the
best goods at the cheapest price. 7
was informed later that this barber
combined with his tonsorial occupation
that OF procurer, which shows how
wide a range of pursuits Russia allows
her convicts.
A superficial examination Of the va
rious shops which lined the main street
Of the town showed that American
canned goods. sheetings, prints, -four
and other foodstuffs are most in de-
mand. The hardware was mostly OF
cheap German manufacture. | saw no
English goods displayed.