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The news & observer., 1905-12-31
MIR. BOUSHALL'S FRANKNESS.

No man ought to ask the public to
put him in position where his pri-
vate interests may conflict with his
public interest. In the next Leg
islature the chief question will relate
to insurance. Everybody knows that.
Therefore no general agent of a great
insurance company ought to be
chosen to legislate. If any matter
comes up that affects his company,
what will he do? Some years ago
when insurance legislation did not
command a leading place in public
thought, Mr.. j. d. Boushall, a general
agent, was elected to the House from
Wake. A bill was before that body
not an insurance bill, but a measure
that Mr.. Boushall thought might affect
his company. With a frankness to be
commended, Mr.. Boushall said THAT
bill may affect my company, and,
therefore, l cannot vote for it," Some
men in Mr.. BOushalls position would
have lacked his candor, but nobody
need expect a general insurance agent
in the Legislature to vote, other than
with the policy-sellers. That is his
bread and meat. In 1907 the Legis-
lature will be asked to legislate for
the policy-buyers, and no man should
be elected to the Legislature whose
personal interests may be in conflict
with the interests of the many. The
man so elected will be like Mr..
Boushall did. though he may lack Mr..
BoushalPs candor and straightfor-
ward course. Mr.. Boushall is not a
candidate now, and neither he nor
any other man in like position ought
1907
The news & observer., 1905-12-31

| executive head. The tendency, how
ever, was in the direction of reaction
from that cOnditiOn-WitneS the in
creaSing control of the senate and of
the house of representatives by the
Democrats-until the advent of Mr..
Cleveland, who, though elected by
the Democrats was imbued with un-
democratic principles. His whipping
the unconditional repeal of the silver
purchase law through House and Sen
ate by using the executive patronage
to seduce Democratic members from
their party duty, was the beginning
of executive encroachment upon the
legislative branch, and has supplied
precedent which the Republicans who
have succeeded him have eagerly
availed themselves of.
Mr. Cleveland's example no doubt
has had a potent effect upon Mr..
Roosevelt, whose views of the sancti-
ty of the Constitution appear to be
as lax as those of the notorious Con-
gresham from New York, who re-
garded it as of no consideration if it
interfered with the demands of good
fellowship. This disposition of the
present executive is beginning to at
tract serious attention. By a curious
shifting of interests, the stalWart Re-
publicanS of the Senate have recently
shown a disposition to rely upon many
Democratic tenets in their opposition
to Mr.. RooseVelts views on the gen
eral subject of federal control. If
the airing of the Constitution which
this disposition is producing should
result in a recurrence to fundamental
principles that have long been in
eclipse, good will result from the evil
intentions (as in opposition to rail-
road regulation) which are the imme-
diete cause of this profession of virtue.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
THE SENATE'S "HOSS."
The OvershadoWing Figure of ''the'
Senator From the Smallest State.

Henry Beach Needham writes in
The Worlds Work for January on
THE Senate-of Special Interests"
the first of a series of articles on the
decadent upper branch of the National
Legislature. After quoting biograph-
ical notice of the Senate'S Boss Sem
ator Aldrich. of Rhode Island. he
adds.
There is a modest silence about the
early struggles of this "self-made"
millionaire. who began life as a clerk
in a fish market: became a bookkeeper
in a Wholesale grocery establishment,
in which he rose to be a partner,
served as president of the street rail-
way combination, and finally retired
with wealth in abundance. The Sena-
tors biography neglects to extend a
word of thanks to his close business
associates, MarSden J. Perry, Rhose Is
lands first captain of industry, and
William q. RCelker. whose legal abil-
ity enabled the triumvirate to do many
profitable things without breaking a
law or committing a crime. Above all.
there is no mention of the United Trac-
ton and Electric Company. Now it is
just as important to an understanding
of the United States Senate that one
should be familiar with the organiZa-
ton of the parent corporation of the
Rhode Island Company, as familiarity
with the promotion of the company is
essential to a proper estimation of
Senator Aldrich.
In the eaIly nineties, the triumvirate
obtained an option on the horse-car
lines of Providence and Pawtucket.
Eight millions of dollars were needed
to purchase the properties and to elec-
trify the roads. For four months Mr..
Perry peddled this option about New
York, but without success. Mr. Perry
is shrewd, clever man. otherwise he
would not have left the chattel mort
gage business of his young manhood
far behind him. He communed thus
with himself
I'VE have a powerful Senator in our
number chairman of the Committee
on Finance. To that committee must
go special interests, big as well as lit
tie. Let us use our Senator"
ThereupCn, Mr.. Perry lost no time
in seeking out Mr.. f. p Olcott, who is
the head of the Central Trust Com
pan-'-the Trust company of the
sugar crowd" OF his success Mr.
Perry frequently boasts:
IN twenty-four hours the matter
was closed and in forty-eight hours
we had four millions to check
against" And the sugar crowd" had
a United States Senator.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
SWEAR OFF AND ON.

With a certain inbred procrastina-
| ton, the average man waits until New
Years Day to swear off, Having
nerved himself tc the effort and then
departed from his resolution. he waits
until next year to try again. So that
| the typical New Year pledge which we
creatures of habit are apt to indulge
in, is scarcely more than a spasm. 1t
comes as suddenly with it's impulse, is
almost as soon forgotten. Only when
the next figure looms up ahead on the
calendar, do we. in the throes of new
reformation, give a backward glance
at the great measure of mental or
moral or physical houSe-cleaning
which about this time last year we
were promising ourselves to inaugu-
rate the while we felt. even in the mo-
ment of our virtue, the sckening fore
knowledge of failure
1t is not well. however. to be-little
the New Years resolution. 1t comes
from a good impulse. Weak as it fire.
quently is, incontinently as We fling it
aside when what was enthusiasm be.
gins to gall in practice, the measure
of its influence is real if not always
appreciable. AT the root of all the
things of which We would like to be
rid, or in which it would be pleasant
to create diversion for the better is
the tendency of habit. Lapse into any
thing once and yield twice and the Gus
tom is fixed with the average mortal.
Anything which jars the power of an
Objectionable habit is a good thing.
Hence the New Years resolution is a
good habit. The only regret is that
the thought to put it on does not come
with the morning meal every day rath-
er than as a sort of penance which
is the price of another year of indul-
gence. Whether it is kept or not.
there is good in a New Years resolu-
ton. Make it. Keep it if you can.
III it doesn't stick. there has at least
no harm resulted from the effort.
There is the thought about the New
Year and its resolutions, however.
which is recurrent in so many other
lines of human effort: that it is too apt
to stop at a negative All the world
knows the strength of the old habit.
whatever il is. 1t is but a vain hope
to say to habit, "begone"-to resolve
merely not to do any one thing. Not
TO do needs positive ally Good as it
Is to swear off, the hope of change
lies only in swearing on" as we'll.
Fight a bad habit with a good one.
and let the resolutions of the New
Year cut both ways ySse-
There are quite as many things that
one ought to do as one ought not to
do-more in fact. Vices, popular as
they are, are very commonplace after
all. They are limited in number. He
is SO original a man as almost to be
thereby possessed of a certain virtue
who can sin out of the ordinary. Yet
anybody can find a hundred ways " to
do good which no one else has thought
OF. There are SO many more chances,
so much more variety in good than
evil. The New Year resolution that
is positive has both q better chance
of being followed and is even a bet
Ter thing in itself than the negative
variety.
Swear off, by all means; but swear
on, likewise
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
A BIG RAILROAD FIGHT. .,

For forty years that magnificent
section of country in the mountains
through Mcdowell Yancey and
Mitchell counties has had no railroad
outlet. Last year the South and West
ern Railroad built from Johnson City
to Spruce Pine, distance of sixty-nine
miles, and is operating the road. 1t
has surveyed line on to Rutherford
ton and to Spartanburg and has
bought and obtained deeds for right
of way along Tow river, upon which
they expect to build. LO, and behold
just as they are ready to begin work
up comes a force of Southern Railway
employees and begins to grade track
On the land bought and paid for by
the South and Western Railroad. Did
you ever hear of anything exactly the
equal of that for coolness?
The Southern has long had mo-
nopoly in Western North Carolina,
bottled it up and retarded progress.
In all those years it would do nothing
for that section. Now that another
line is ready to build and buys the
right of way, up bobs the Southern
and without as much as by your
leave" grabs the land the new COM
pany has bought, and proposes to ask
the county to enforce their forcible
possession. The litigation, which will
be hotly contested, began yesterday
and will be watched with interest.
Talking about hogs-did you ever
hear of more hoggish procedure
than this last grab attempted by the
IOnil
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
"Listen. Believers"

Lissen believers!-Ez yo' race you
run,
You won't take warmth fun de Pro-
jickin' SOM
You eats yo' cake TO de dough's we'll
done,
Lissen. elevers,-'fo' de daytime fail:
You rise LAX Jonah. en- you spread
yo' sail:
You won't take warnin' twel you
swallered by de whale,
En- you weep en- vail in de mawn-
Lissen, believers.-'fo' de dark come
down.
En- Satan melt de metal what COM
posiR er yo' crown!
Or you'll Ian in de middle er de Trib-
ulation Town,
En- you'll weep en- wall in de mawn-
F l.. Stanton.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
Easing the Harness Joints.
(Fayetteville Observer.)

Vt dySllSNlllo OUSSi NClsI
The announcement made yesterday
by DR.. T. D. Haigh, dean of the med
ical and surgical profession in the
city and county, that with the begin
ming of the new year he will retire
from the activepractice Of his profess
sion, combining himself to Office work
and consultation with physicians when
requested will be received with re-
gret by this whole community. Es-
pecially deep will be the regret of
hundreds about whose hearthstones
he has for half a century ministered
with the care and tenderness of the
family DOCTOR who have been wont
to turn to him with unfailing conf
dence, the lives of many of whom
he has doubtless saved.
DR.. Haigh sits down to rest in the
evening of his days with full sheaves
about him, behind him life full of
years and usefulness. and blessed
with the love and esteem of all who
know him.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31

RADICALS AND RABBITS.

Poor Mr. Roosevelt! Just as he
was going to Virginia to shoot rabbits
he confded to a Richmond Times
Dispatch reporter the statement: Il
wish there was not Federal Office iii
the Southern States to be filed by a
Republican" And, as it is unlawful
to shoot Southern Republican,
though many of them deserve it, the
President went out to shoot rabbits.
He no doubt wished he could kill off
Southern applicants as fast as he can
kill rabbits. But even if dead there
worth a good fat rabbit.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
Rapid Development.

isn't it queer how quickly some
people develop!"
Eyes. There is Miss Flabbyson, for
instance She was a bud only a year
ago, and now she is a full-blown wall
flower. Chicago Record-Herald.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
Not Afraid of Microbes.

Columbia State
The Raleigh News and Observer es-
Inmates that "one hundred thousand
dollars came into North Carolina dur
ing December for holly and mistletoe
shipped North for Christmas" Gee
whiz, what a wholesale kissing trade!
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
Growth of Educative Power.
Fayetteville Observer.

Fayetteville Observer.
The Capitalization of power at the
federal capital was the obvious result
Of the triumph of the doctrine of
force, which the successful coercion of
the Southern States jim 1S61--65 Sc
cured. The logical progression OF
such a state of affairs would be the
The news & observer., 1905-12-31
A Good Suggestion

The Harbinger.
What's the matter with a repreenta-
tive from the ranks of labor in the
next Legislature from Wake county?
The news & observer., 1905-12-31

No public man outside of North
Carolina has more friends in this State
than Hon. Elliott Danforth of New
York. The news that he is seriously
i'll will be received with deep regret
He is a warm-hearted, high minded
gentleman, and his early restoration
TO health will be hailed with pleasure
by his many friends.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31

man gets awfully mixed up trying
to kiss a girl who has two dimples.
The news & observer., 1905-12-31

No matter how pretty girl is, it
makes her a sight prettier to kiss
her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-10
OPENING Avn CLOSING OF MAILS.

Northern mails, week days. close at II,
8 81 and II 90 o. M, and wv, ~, -
and 10 30 p. n. Open ct SOa. M, lzOV 10.
and 430 D. m. On Sundays Northern mails
close at 9 90 a. m. . 90 2. M. ana ~ y; N.
Southern mails via charlottesville close 81 81
Z 10 and 10 20 a. NJ, and 20. . IS ana lV 81
q. m. Open at 90 o. N. and 23Oand 50 p. M.
Southern mails, via Richmond. close al
10 &C 3. IT., and 5 20. 6 10 and 1850 p. m
Open At s a. m. and and p. m.
Manassas Division mails close al 10 3. M.
end 400 D. m. Open at II 90 m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close q!
7 80 a. n. and 4 p. m. Open at vOe a. m' ana
80 p. m.
Chesapeake and Ohio mails close at 22O p;
M. cd TO- 80 p. m. Open at oUOa 8. H. ana
80 p. IN.
Washington mails close al -. S % an !
II 90 a. m, and 22n, $40, % and Wv
p. m. Open at 81 a. .. M, u W 70. anu fVV p
m. and 4 30 ,. NJ.
Office Hoars-Open at 800 a. m. Close at
s 90 p. M.
Sunday Hours-oy4n at coca. m. Close
at 10 100 a. m.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on IN,
side routes--6 80 and 1900 a. N. and 20 and
5 30 D. n. Full route-6 80 a. NJ. ard D 80 p:
m. Sunday collection so p. m. carriers
window open Sunday 900 a. m. and close
10 90 a. m.
Deliveries made % q. m. p. m. and 10
p. NJ.
Al mail should be in the Office en minutes
before our indicated time for cloSi1g.
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AIexanoria Gazettf.
FRIDAY EVENING. NOV. 10. 1905.
Modern Athens

The rest of our journey was along the
Saronic Gulf of Athens. Here we found
a beautiful modern city Of 100, 600 peo-
ME laid off under the Bavarian King
Otto. with special reference TO the Aero
polls and the places Of interest in an
Gent Athens. These have teen ieit
apart. With free space about them, so
that il isa pleasure to study them IN
th large, unimproved prospective. 1t
is 20 different from Rome, where the
Forum. the Palatine Hill, the Coliseum
are all choked in and half buried by the
medieval and modern city.
The first place we visited here was the
stadium, or open air amphilheatre,
which is being completed in exact re-
production Of the ancient work. 1t Is
in marble from Pentelicus, whose white
cliHside can be clearly seen from Athens.
A wealthy Greek merchant of Alexan-
dria gave the money to rebuild 1t, and
left some sc. 600, 600 more TO The Greek
government for general purposes OF edu-
cation. art, etc. We saw polytechnic
school which he built The Greeks who
have left their own land are very pa
triotic and send much money home 10
promote the condition of Greece. Next
wear the international athletic contests
are to take place again in Athens, aud
now in the completed beautiful marble
stadium. Students and others here are
already preparing for them.
We saw tho beautiful temple of
Theseus, one of the few Greek temples
left intact. and after which the Made
leine in Paris was built. We saw the
temple of Olymphian JCye, begun by
the Greeks, but completed By the En-
peror Hadrian about A. ID. 100.
Hadrian had almost mania for build
ing temples, and some Of them he lett
unnamed. A few of these later became
Christian cburche', and the Christians
regarded Hadrian as a kind of heather
preparer of the way Of Christ. Bot |
cannot mention all we saw-tbe temple
Of the winds, the bema from which
Demosihenes spoke, a view Of Salamis,
where the Athenian feet defeated the
Persians, while Xerxes looked on from
a rocky eminence within our horizon,
the theatre OF Bacchus, cut out of the
rock, the cave and spring of Kscnla-
Plus, and the museum full Of things Of
interest. Most Advance" readers know
what is on the Acropois-the little
temple of Victory, now restored by
German scholars, built to commemo-
rate the defeat Of Persia: the PrOpy
Iaum, or beautiful marble gateway TO
the temple area, the temple of Erech-
theus, and above all the Parthenon,
built in honor of the virgin Athena, or
Minerva, the guardian deity OF the city.
The Parthenon everywhere speaks Of
life, motion, energy. 1t is said there is
n i a straight line in this temple. nor
anything exactly at right angles. PRO
lessor II. NJ. Scott, in The Chicago
Advance.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-10
Fish Hook in His Throat.

Although he has fish hook stuck in
to bis esophagus and a piece of strong
f.hlne in his stomach, Henry L. Read
ner, of ithaca, n. Y, is not afraid of
immediate serious results. According
to his own statement, Readner swallowed
the fishing tackle while eating his sup
per in semi-dsrkness. He thinks it fell
from a maOtel shelf upon his plate,
where he mashed some potatoes. After
the first mOulhiul he felt something like
a string in his mouth, and he pulled
out the fshlne until he felt sharp
pain in the throat. Being unable to get
the hook out he attempted TO swallow
string and all The line went down
easily, but the hook is still in his throat
If it gives him serious trouble, his physi-
clans say, the hook will either have to
be dissolved or removed by an operation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-10
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Schedule effective October 3. 1905.
Trains leave Southern Railway Station
Alexandria:
7:55 4. M.--Daily-Local for Harisonbur
Warrec.en, nanville and way stations.
11:08 A. M.-Washington and Florida limit
ed. Sleeping ears between New York and
| Jacksonville. Through frst-class coaches
| between Washington and jacksonville. Dim
ing car service between Washington and
| Columbia.
1872 A. NJ aily-U. S. Fast Mail. First
class coaches and drawingroom sleeper to
New Orleans. Dining car service.
4:l8 p. M.--Week Days-LOcal for Har
risohburg and way stations on Manassas
branch
5:l2 ?. M.-Daily-LOcal for Warrenton and
Charlottesville.
TAI P. M-Daily-New York ard Atlanta
Express-First class coach TO Atlanta: sleeper
| to Columbus, Ga. Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Wash
ington TO San Francisco.
1907 P. NJ, No. 33-Daily-New York and
Florida Express. Through coaches and
sleepers to Columbia, Savannah and Jackson.
vile. Sleepers TO Augusta and Port Tampa.
Dining car service la carte.
1917 Z. M.-Daily-Washington and Chat.
tanooga Limited (via Lynchburgl First
class coach and sleeping car to Roanoke,
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Sleep.
er to Birmingham and New Orleans. Dining
car service.
HOS p. M.-Daily--Washingto and South,
western Limited. All Pullman train, club
car to Atlanta, observation cars 10 Atlanta,
Macon Sleepers to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon,
Birmingham, Memphis and New Orleans.
Dining car service
Through trains from the South arrive at AL.
exandria 6:17, 6:S2, 9:o3, 933 A. NJ. and
2:40, 9:lC and $3.50 p. n. daily. From Har.
risonburg 1l:S5 A. NJ. week days and 900 p.
NJ. daily. From Charlottesville 500 A. NJ. and
from LynchbUrg 900 p. NJ. daily.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria 1921 A. NJ, lao, and
4:53 p. NJ. week days for Bluemont 6:S7
p. NJ. for Leesburg 9:20 A. NJ. and 4:53 p
N on Sundays only for Blue mont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull.
man reservation, etc., apply to WILLIAM g
LEHEW, ticket agent, Alexandria, Va.
II. B. SPENCER, General Manager.
s. ii. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf Mgr.
w. II. TAYL0E, Gen. Passenger Agent.
L. s. BROWN, General Agent.
Washington d. C.
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Washington Southern Ry

Schedule in effect April is. 1905.
Trains leave station western end Of
Prince street for Washington and points
north at OF and 9 81 a. M. 1921, 2 "a, 7O8
10, and IL "a p. m., week days.
Sundays-9 50 a. M, 1921, 708, s 10 and
l / "a p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and points
south at 4 4S. 756 (local, and II 05 q. M,
1859, 607 local, and 6 40 p. M, week days.
local, and 40 p. m.
Accommodation for Quantico 7 sc a. m. Sun.
days only, AZ p. m. week days and S32 p
IN. except Saturdays.
NOTE Time of arrivals and departures
and connections not guaranteed.
w. d. DUKE, c. w. CULP, w. p. TAYLOR
Gen. Man. Asst Gen. Man. Traf Man.
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D., D., -, ~, y ~, " 10
p. m.
Sundays 90, 9 50. 10 Al, IL 40 q. NJ. IL 20,
40, 210 3 40 4 AZ, : O5, 9 o. and 10 % p. M.
FOR ARLINGTON.
Leave Alexandria 10. 735. s 20, 100
80. 10 co. 10 rs, IL Is, IL 40 a. M, u 20, 90,
45, 21O, . 40, 3O0, 3 45, 4 S5, 5 10, 8 45,
30, So. Z 90 p. m.
Sundays-S 10, 9 so, 10 10, 10 40, IL 10, II As
a. M, II 10, u 40. o. 20, 90, 2 20. 2 40,
8 TO- 8 20, 3 40, 4 90, 20, 500, 40, 6 20, %
and 40p m.
FOR RossLYN
Leave Alexandria for Rosslyn, week days
7 10, 735, $50, eco, 1000, 1925, III 40
a. H., leo, 24h, S45. 4s5, 10, 545,
80, So snd 80 p. m.
Sundays 10, so, 10 10, II 5a. NJ 1215,
20, 90, 3 20, 400. 8 40, 700 spo Z 40 p. m.
Baggage checked and carried on the follow
ing trains from Alexandria for Washington
week days: $50 and 10 % q. M, 1 90, 8 90 and
10 p. M.
Sundays-S l6 q. m. and 20 m.
Parcels carried.
Freight carried daily, morning and evening,
In each direction. No freight accepted unless
delivered at the station at least 80 minutes be-
fore the departure of the freight trains.
CLARENCE p. KING, J. CoLvIN,
President SUPERINTENDENT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-10
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS

An OLD AND WELL-TRIED RIM RDY.-
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over sixty wears by millions OF
mothers for their children while teetnIng
with perfect success. II soothes the child,
softens the gums, ailays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for Diarrh@a. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by druggists in
every part Of the world. Twenty-Five cents q
bottle. It's value is iucalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
and take no other Find
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-10
4 rifle Race With Death.

death was fast approaching writes
Ralph F. Fernandez, Of Tampa, Fla, descrih
ing his fearful race with death, las result
of liver trouble and heart disease, which had
robbed me Of sleep and Of all interest in life.
/ had tried many different doctors aud several
medicines, but got no benefit, until ] began
to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful was
their effect, that in three days | felt like a
new man, and today / am cured Of all my
troubles" Guaranteed at +. S. Leadbeater
d Sons drug store price SOC.
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Rnt bow AIc ETcc.

Bu, few people are entirely free from indi-
gestion at this season Of the year. kOdOl
Dyspepsia Cure ! not only the best remedy
TO use because it digests what you eat but be-
cause il so enables the digestive apparatus
to assimilate and transform all foods into
tissue.building blood. Kodol relieves sour
stomach, heart burn, belching, and all forms
of Il digestion. Sold by W. +. Creighton 4
Co. 4Ol King street.