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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Cheated Death.

Kidney trouble often ends fatally, but by
choosing the right medicine. f. II. Wolfe,
of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated death. lie
says: Two years ago had Kidney Trouble
v hich caused me great pain, suffering and
anxiety, but / took Electric Bilters, which
effected a complete cure. have also found
them of great beuefit in general debility and
nerve trouble, and kept them constantly on
hand, since, as | find they have no equal,
f. $. Leadbeater and Sons. druggist guaran'
toe them AZ 50c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Advanced Rate of Interest

Berlin, Oct. 3.-The Imperial Bank
of Germany has advanced its rate of dis
count to FIVE per cent On the Bourse
two reasons are advanced for this. One
is the advance made recently by the
Bank of England in its rate and the
other is the extraordinary pressure upon
the Imperial Bank at the end of last
week and Yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Work of FirebuRs.

Suffolk, Va, Oct. 1.-Two fires at
Holland, Va, early this morning are
supposed to have been the work of fire.
bugs. At one O clock Aaron T. Hollands
barn and stables were burned, and about
two O'Clock the Standard Peanut Com
pany's plant was consumed. The total
loss is estimated at SIS, 900.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
For All Kinds of Piles.

To draw the fire out Of burn. heal a cut
without leaving scar. or to cure bOils, sores,
teter, eczema aud all skin and scalp diseases,
use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A specific
for blind, beeding, itching and protruding
piles Stops the pain instantly and cures
permanently. Get the genuine. Sold by W. Fl
Creighton & Co., 4Ol King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Exaggerated Renorfs

London, Oct. 3.-The correspondent
of the Evening News at Dublin. wires
that the reports printed in New York
and Chicago, in regard to the robbery
of the home of John Mulhall, in
which it was stated that jewels to the
values nearly 81, 100000, including the
crown of an ancient Irish king, had been
stolen, are greatly exaggerated. The re-
ward offered for their recovery is only
$3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 9.
Trnag narrNTW .

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that be is
senior partner Of the firm Of FL. cheney d
Co, doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County a State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case Of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured BY the use Of
Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CAENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. d..
1886.
(SRAL.) A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on he blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testimon-
ials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by ali Druggists, zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Six Persons Burned 10 Death.

Steubenyile, o., Oct. Six persons,
two women aud four children, we're burn
ed to death in a cabin home at Edging-
ton, w. Va. last night. Both husbands
escaped. Those burned were Mrs. j.
AlgeO and three children, and Mrs. james
Cardell, and one child. Their bodies
are in the smoking ruins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Killed in a Duel.

Madrid, Spain, Oct. ga telegram
from Barcelona states that General Lo-
PEI Diaz and General Merendez fought
a duel there yesterday, with reviewers
and that General Lopez Diaz was killed
The authorities are concealing the de-
tails in regard TO the duel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
To Overthrow German Rule.

Berlin, Oct. ga conspiracy has been
discovered in German southwest Africa
on the part of the Beers who were taken
there from Cape Colony to assist in the
war against the Herreros to overthrow
the German rule in that territory, and
establish a Boer republic in its stead.
The leader of the conspiracy is Andrew
De Wet, a nephew of the BOer General
De Wet, and he, with his principal sup
porters have been arrested. De Vets
plan was TO surprise the small German
garrison, at Windhuk, seize the COVER
nor general and massacre every one who
resisted his attempt to secure possession
of the county. Having thus captured
the capital, be intended to proceed to
the quest of the entire country, mas
sacreiDg the German troops, unless they
surrendered. The Beers had obtained
promises OF support from the Witbois,
Herreros, and other native tribes by
pledging themselves to restore the native
privileges, after the Germans had been
driven from the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
New York stock Marker

New York. Oct. g., IL a. m.-The trading
element on floor Of the exchange is generally
disposed to be bearish, and has been working
for reaction in the general list since the
be seen, is almost wholly for short account.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

l. A. Bodmer, son Of GeOrgsBOdmer,
of Aide, Loudoun county, died on Sat.
urday at Pleasant Valley, OF typhoid
fever aud meningitis, aged 70 years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
YalI0w Fever

New Orleans, Oct. 3. Up to noon to.
day, II new c.ses of yellow fever and
one death from the disease were re-
ported.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03
Eewer Gallons; Wears Longer.

Fewer gallons; takes less Of DeyOe. Lead
and Zinc than mixed paints. Wears longer
twice as long as lead and oil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

Not less than $50, 900, 600 in taxes
was received in greater New York yes
terday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

CIRCUS SOAP. &c. % boxes Circus Soap
just received. for sale at &c cake.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

Another invoice Of the celebrated POTO
MAC FLOUR just received by
j. e. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

One tierce cox & GORDON's MISSOURI
HAhS, small sizes, just received by
JC. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-10-03

CODFISH.-New Boneless and Shredded
Goldfish just received by
20 MTTRURN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

day expecting to hear Blank your eyesl' for
answer when | ask service of my great-grand-
children. Why, sir, | remember when
respect was paid to Governor Hancock's lackey at
commencement than the Governor and all his suite
get now
Perhaps the worthy old gentleman born in the
last quarter of the eighteenth century would not
have found il easy to answer question or two as
to why Governor Hancock should have a lackey,
and as TO why any special respect should be paid
this laCkey What seems to the octogenarian as
a loss of manners might be explained a gain in
manlincss But the evidence Is abundant that from
the very beginning, from July /, I776, American
manners have been sadly unsatisfactory TO American
conservatives well the most of such foreigners
rashy adventured themselves on this side Of the
Western ocean
Mrs Trollope, Captain Marryatt and Charles
Dickens have left the record of their impressions,
and their record Is fatal any belief that there
has been deterioration of late years. However bad
our manners may be now, they cannot be worse
than they We're when these three Observation-Disclosures
British novests were shocked by lack of repose
and distinction. There IS some consolation for our
sad estate in taking down Tuckerman's book
America and Her Commentators, as instructive
as it Is amusing; and in assuring ourselves by
perusal of its pages that at least no worse
now than foreigners found US in the earlier decades
of the nineteenth century.
1t is in that unforgettable essay Of Lowell's con
written Just after the close of the Civil War, and
which might well be required the basis of
eXamination-paper from every wandering Breton
and Gaul and Teuton who proposes TO survey us
from a window, a preparation for book
about us-it IS in this paper of Lowells that find
the best summary of the attitude of the ordinary
European traveller toward America and the Ameri-
cans:
But whatever we might do or leave undone,
were not genteel, and it uncomfortable TO be
continually reminded that though should boast
that we were the Great West till we were black in
the face il did not bring us inch nearer to the
worlds West End. That sacred Enclosure of re-
speciality was tabooed TO us. The Holy Alliance
did not inscribe its visitng-list. The Old
World of wigs and orders and liveries would shop
with us but we must ring at the area-bel, and not
venture TO awaken the more august Clamors OF the
knocker Our manners, it must be granted, had
none of those graces that stamp the caste of We're
de We're in whatever museum of British antiquities
they may be hidden. In short, we vulgar"
1t IS this ingrained European belief that we
not genteel, that vulgar, which underlies
Matthew Arnold's complaint that Americans lack
distinction and which sustains the detestation
shrllv expressed by Ruskn-who was himself the
son of a liquor-deaer and who wholly devoid
OF the self-restran- and the urbanity which have
been held to mark the conduct of true gentleman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

American social usages may differ from European
without being inferior in reality, however vocifer
ously the Europeanized Americans assert this in
feriority Especially different is the relation of
master and servant, and that of buyer and seller
in a shop As to this latter, the British assumption
seems to be that by his possession of money
to spend the purchaser is raised to superior caste
and is thereby entitled to be treated with atterng
adulation. The American assumption is that buyer
and seller two equal parties to a bargain by
which both hope to profit, and that they meet on
the level ground of sef-interest and common
courtesy
in London shops than in those of New-York. Pos
sibly Hopkinson Smith went to an extreme when
he suggested that if you go into English store
the proprietor will take it for granted that you have
come to crack his safe but the American traveller
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

thCat1On; and 1t IS wholesome for to ask
selves and again what this justification may
be. Are foreigners right wrong, when they ex-
press their dread of our influence In their eyes,
manners bad; and in the eyes also of
many Americans who have been to Europe and
who have fingered there fascinated by the in
dubitable charm of an Old World citizen Are
our manners in America really as bad as they seem
to these observers contrasting them with the stand
ards of Europe?
be helped to a solution by remembering that the
standard of Europe-n far as there is any uni
formity over there's not final and that it is the
result of feudal tradition. 1t is a codhcation of
the practices of countries still conserving the habits
of an aristocratic social organization and still gov
erned by the idea Of caste stanchly rejecting the
theory of democracy and absolutely hostile to any
practical application of the idea of human equality
When the Eng1ishman engaged in business in New
York complained of the absence of Civilitv in
America perhaps what he really meant was that
he found here lack of the servilty which is Gus
tomary in England and which seems to an American
unmany and detestable.
The Englishman who has money expects to find
his interiors cringing before him; and in his own
country his expectation is rarely disappointed
When he happens to come over here he fails to find
1t and he misses it Even when he is devoid of
haughtiness and when he tries to be condescending
he does not elicit the response he has expected
The explanation is to be found in the fact that
whether he intends not, he assumes the attitude
of a superior and this IS something that the ordinary
American resents instantly and righteously 1t was
a queen, Carmen Sylvia, who declared that princes
were brought up TO be atfable TO every man; and
every man should be brought up like a prince 1"
But until every man is brought up like a prince
affability may take the less agreeable disguise
of condescension; and Robert Louis Stevenson
shrewdly remarked The pleasures of condescension
are strangely one-sided."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

IL spite of Burke's as
sertion that il is i'm
possible 70 draw an
Indictment against q
people. the inhabitants Of
the United States have
recently been summoned
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
CITY ASTIR
Over Northumberland Report of a,
Blind Tiger Run by a Respectable
White Woman.

Blind tigers now form u OF the
chief subjects FOR talk and among The
different reports, one of the nos a
mazing and incredulous is that a
white woman, always regarded 70 he
of respectable character, is daily dis
pensing whiskcy and beer. 1t seems
tina the report is well-founded and
nan are almost ready to swear tha-
it is a fact, regardless of how amaZ-
ing it may seem. 1t is said that inc
officers know that some woman is sell
ing liquor, but that they cam Sc
cure the right kind of evidence ~
cause her arrest nor even learn ner
name. 1t is stated further that the
report came to them indirectly, as
others have received it, and so far they
have found no tangible clew upon
which to work to secure her identity
and the location of her "speak-easy.'
A number of prominent citizens have
had good reason, it is said, to become
convinced that such an unusual place
is being run, but right there the In
formation ceases. 1t has been known
at all times that blind tigers were be
ing operated in the city, but the idea
of a woman of supposed respectable
rank dealing out the booze" is simply
breath-removing. Such places have.
been heard of in other cities, but
before in Elizabeth City.
All who speak of the matter seem
to be purposely reticent, as if scared
that some report will be traced to
them. 1t is evident however, that
some careful investigation is being
made. If it should prove correct and
the name Of the woman disclosed, a
sensation would be caused.-EliZabath
City ECONOMIST.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Still Member of Church.

Westerville, o.. September 21.-Mrs.
Clayton Judys. United Brethren Mis-
sionary to West Africa, who has just
arrived here from Free Town, South
Africa, on a visit to her father, Rev.
Frederick Rebel says that Daniel
Flickinger Widberforce, the native
missionary who was educated in Ohio,
has not gone back to sayagery and
cannibalism, but is still a member Of
the Radical United Brethren Church
and was continuing his missionary Ia
bors when arrested by order of the
English government and put in prison.
She says that the arrest was made be-
cause he is the chief of his tribe and
is therefore held responsible for any
unlawful acts by the members of the
tribe. He is accountable to the gov
eminent for the good behavior of the
tribe. Mrs. Judys' work is in the
same district as Wilberforce's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
For a Smart Set City.

At it's next session the legislature of
Rhode Island will be p%etitiOned for Il
divorce between the southern section
of Newport and the remainder Of that
city. The southern section is tina. in
which the smart set has its summer
residences and IN the smart set a petit
ton for divorce ceemS always in order.
The rich ultra-sOciety people who
have acquired residences and citizen
ship in NewpOrt-many of whom are
alleged to be taX-dOdgers from other
cities-are kicking about their tax
burdens and the slight returns they re-
'ceive from their tax payments. They
claim that they are paying % per
cent. of Viewpoints revenues, or about
S437, 900 out of 6 total of $675,O0O, while
the municipality spends for lights, po-
lice and fire protection, ETC., only about
$50 900 a year for the benefit of The
fashionable section of the city. More
over, the police do not afford h right
sort of protection. The cOttagers are
continually annoyed by camera flends,
reporters and other Objectionable per-
son who really have no right to tread
the sacred grounds. The cOttagers
. claim that they have a right to seciu-
: sion, inasmuch as they are exclusives,
and it is no part of the public's busl-
ness what they do or say in their own
part of the city, to build up which
they have spent vast sums OF MONEY
In view of these and other facts, re-
cited in a petition that is being signed
for presentation to the legislature, the
summer cottagers pray that the legls-
1ature to give them separation from
Newport under the name OF South
Newport. They promise that they
will make it a model town.
A smart set city would be a novelty.
A municipality governed by people
who attend monkey dinners and poo
die teas would Re an interesting inno-
walton. 1t is not suppOsable, OF course,
that the social swells would them
selves attend to the details OF govern
ment: they would employ servants to
do that for them. But in a general
and dangerous sort of way the swel1s
would indicate what they desired. and
the Wallets and buffers would do the
rest. But it may be doubted that
Rhode Island will permit of a division
of Newport. Rhode islanders are
thrifty, and the natives need the
none of the t%aXpaying milliona1res.
What the trusts are to New Jersey, the
millionaires are to Newport. in the way
of supporting the government.-oaV-
'annah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
SALISBURY MAN IN TROUBLE
Attempts a Filtration With a New
York Shop Girl and is Now i'm Pris-

A middle aged a of respectable
Mary Graeben, u pretty eighteen year
old salesg1rl in a Broadway store. Miss
.Graeben did not take kindly TO the ut
tentiOns offered. She gave the man
such a cold reception hat he gave 1t
up and went away. An hour later just
after the girl had her lunch the man
was back in the store. This time he
carried a note which he handed Miss
Graeben. He went away without say
ing "a word. AS the note was directed
to "You," the girl could not resist the
temptation. She read it. 1t said:
Dear Madam: | am staying in the
city for a few days and would like To
make your acquaintance. II you care
to see me | Will be on Twenty-third
street between Broadway and SIKH
avenue at 8 o'clock | am a single man
Garry a handkerchief in your left hand
so | will know you.
"a Stranger
Miss Graeben was offended and the
police told about the occurrence.
They decided to arrest the man. Ac-
cordingIy at 6 O'Clock Miss Graeben
carrying the ignal walked through
West Twenty third street. Her adj
mirer OF the morning me her. They
were met at Broadway by detectives
who put the man under arrest. In the
station house the prisoner described
himself as John Arey, forty years old.
a merchant of Salisbury, n. G. He is
stopping here at the Lafayette-Bce-
vOot. Fifth avenue and Eighth street.
He is a single man. he says.
MY intentions were good" he said
by way Of explanation. 81 would nave
gone no further if the young lady had
not met my advances in the store
up to a late hour Wednesday morn
ing he had not been bailed out. He
will be arranged in the Jefferson Mar
ket police court charged with disorder
" cOnduct.-Wilson Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Associated Press

New York, September 21.-Follow-
ing the annual meeting Of the Assoc
ciated Press held yesterday the newly
electd board of directors elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President-Frank 3. NOyes, Chicago
RecOrd-Herald-
First Vice President-Gen. Charles
Fl. Taylor, Boston Globe.
Second Vice President-Rufus n
Rhodes, Birmingham News, elected in
place of II. II. Cabaniss of the Augusta
Herald.
Secretary and General Manager
Melville E. Stone.
Assistant Secretary and Assistant
General Manager-Charles S. Diehl.
Executive Committee-F. B.. NOyes,
Charles w. Knapp, Victor F. Lawson,
Charles II. Grasty and Adolph S. Ochs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
KILLED AN @
Thomas Rich. Who Lives Near Morris
vile. Killed a Large Bird.

Thomas Rich, who lives near Nor
r~isville, was in the city yesterday and
he told of killing an eagle the day be-
fore. AS an evidence of his marks
manship and good luck he had with
him n foot of the large bird. This
vas SHOWN to a number of our people.
The eagle measured seven feet two
inches from tip to tip and it weighed
eight pounds. The foot brought to
Durham was eve inches from front
to back and six inches wide.
So far az known this is the only
eagle killed in this section in a number
of years.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Negroes Impertinent to Ladies on the
Streets.

IISStS.
There is a candidate for a good lash
ing with a buggy trace some where
about these parts. A young lady re-
ported yesterday evening that h had
been rudely accOsted in the streets by
a well dressed negro man.
There has been a good deal of com
plant recently of the impertinance OF
negroes on the streets and most pao-
pie recognize the lac hat unless there
is a change made pretty quick there Is
going to be some examples made. some
decorations on the landscape and no
body even the most law abiding Will
be able to object. There is not a
little talk of a reorganization OF The
regulation committees for the time IS
apparently getting very ripe for he
teaching of a severe lesson in this sec
ton Of the country where the negroes
are inclired to be very impertinent
and it would not be surprising il the
good dtd way of dealing with this soft
of thing were not revived in he near
future.-FIcrence Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Are You Engaged.

Engaged people should remember.
that, after marriage, many quarrels
can be avoided, by keeping their diges-
tons in good condition with Electric
Bitters. s. \. Brown, of B~ennettSvllle,
S. c., says: For years, my wife suffer
ed intensely from dyspepsia. compli-
Gated with a torpid liver, until she lost
her strength and vigor, and became a
mere wreck Of her former self. Then
she tried Electric Bitters, which help
ed her at once. and finally made her en-
tirely we'll. She is now strong and
healthy" r. r. Bellamy. druggist,
sells them, at soc q bottle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
It IL easy to relieve a cough or GILL

1t IL easy to relieve a cough or cure
a cold after a copius evacuation. 0
the bowels Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar is the Original Laxative
Cough Syrup, It acts on the bowels
-expelsr all Geld from the system,
and cures coughs by removing the
cause. This remedy clears the phiegm
and strengthens the mem
branes of the throat, chest, lungs ami
bronchial tubes. The honey bee and
the red clover blossom is on every bot
tie of KeaISedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar. the Original Laxative Cough
Syrup. r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
Wreck on the c. and. 0.

Charleston, W. Va, September 21.-
Local passenger train No. 80 on the
Chesapeake and Ohio jumped the track
on Il curve near Carken, eight miles
east of here today. Express Messen-
ger O.. \. Hopkins of Charleston, was
instantly killed. Three passengers
We're badly injured. They We're:
Noah Smith, of Richmond, Va, right
shoulder and left knee badly injured
Wal Scales. of Madison, Va, left hip
and head hurt.
William Smotherman, of Salisbury,
y. c., several ribs broken, back
wrenched. badly injured.
Engineer Henry Fox. Fireman c. II.
Censor and Baggageman Walter Talks
man were slightly injured.