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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-04
Jewellers and siIversmIths.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.

The water mains will be flushed FRIDAY,
August 4, at 7 a. m. Water takers will govern
themselves accordingly and provide supplies
so that they will expo rience no Inconvenience
during the time the flow is cut of from them.
au2 2t GEORGE UHLER, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-04

We have placed on large center table
splendid collection Of girls fine white lawn
dresses, which we offer at a specially low
price. There are several styles, in both low
aud high neck and leng and short sleeves;
also guimpe style, aud they are more or less
deliberately trimmed with laees, embroideries
and tucking sizes to ~ years.
1925 for Choice. Values, 1926 and 1915,
Girls White India linon Dresses
In the more dressy effects, being light aud
fluffy.
10 NJ - IN IN ooaL
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Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Table.
Weather Probabilities,

Sun rises tomorrow at 500 and sets 7:Oo.
Iiob water AZ 1899 8. m. and ll:06 p. IN
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school Board.

For this section partly cloudy tonight AND
Saturday; light variable winds.
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NOTICE.

During the next thirty days I will be at
my office in the Fairfax street wing Of the
Market building for the purpose of testing
weights, scales, measures, &e,
LAMBERT d. LYLES,
iy27fw Market Master.
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Girls, White Dre,te, al S3.7S,

We have paced on center countera splen
did collection of Girls White Dresses, being
the remaining few of several lines of this sea
sons best andfmost popular styles. There are
sheer lawns and dainty dotted Swisses, and
they are effectively trimmed with iiRt
laces aud embroideries. Quite number o.
styles are represented, including guimpe End
high neck effects. Sizes to IA. We Offer
the entire collection at the special price,
a Il Each for Choice
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-04
% 50 Each. Reduced rom $3.50.
Children's OutfittingS

For Town, SeashOre and Country.
We supply every requisite of boys, girls and
infants for town, country. mountain or sea
side. Dress up, tennis. yachting, bathing and
general outing apparel, in the broadest va
riety and in effects not often seen elsewhere
Out.oftown patrons can safely order by mail
Mail orders carefully and promptly filled.
Third floor. G st.
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SHARP KNIVES AND SCISSORS

ShhhE &NibN <o NV
Trunks, gasoline stoves, umbrellas, locks
and guns repaired. Razors, clippers. knives.
scissors and lawn mowers ground; razors
honed; keys fitted.
F. d. GRAIN & son, lO4 n. Pitt St.
aug1 Ste
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-04
1915 Each for Choice,
Special Value in Girls Mackintoshes.

Made with military capes and very full
skirts, in navy blue. brown and maroon;
cashmere surfaces and plaid cloth backs; sizes
TO Is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-04
D. BGldlein ( Sons,
80 King Street
WANTED.

WANTED. LEARN TELEGRAPHY and
w Z. r. Accounting, $50 to $500 month
Salary assured our graduates under bond.
Our six schools the largest in America and
endorsed by all Railroads. Write for catalog.
MORSE SCHOOLOF TELEGRAPY, Gin
Crosse WI D Ts1.rE h. T H.a San oA Fran
cisco, Cal. augl 4w
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
CHAPT Err V.
The 4:3O Train.

Dinner at Magnolia Lodge had been
ordered for a quarter to eight in or
der to suit the convenience of the trav-
elers, who were expected to arrive at
about that hour
As the time drew on, Mrs, Burritt
suddenly became troubled again in her
mind concerning the soap dish.
81 do wish, after all, | had ordered
the best spare bedroom TO be got
ready, though I've generally consid-
cred the second best good enough for
a single gentleman, and | suppose he
is single gentleman. But for all
that"
Here they are!" suddenly cried her
daughter May. who was watching from
The window
We'll, it's too late to make any
change now" sighed her parent, half
relieved at having the matter sum-
marily settled; and perhaps he won't
notice the crack. | do hope my cap is
on straight!
The said cap was, as usual, consid-
erably out of the perpendicular but
as it happened. its lack of rectitude
was. in this instance. of no particular
consequence. for the alarm proved
false. and the cab, which had at first
appeared as though about to draw up
before the house resumed its snail
like crawl and gradually disappeared.
Then came another spell of waiting,
"They must have missed their train
at London Bridge" said Ted Burritt.
Perhaps the other one was late. I've
looked in Bradshaw and see that it's
due in town at seven o'clock If so,
they ought to be here by this time"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
st. Peter Remembered.
(To be continued.) j

A poor son of Erin died and was
lauded as a very good man by all his
neighbors. Arriving at The Gate he
found his way barred by Saint Peter.
Before We can enter says Saint
Peter, will we tell me we are not
guilty of any great sin?'
Il am not, said Paddy.
Think again" said Saint Peter.
We'll" says Paddy thinking hard,
Il remember once using bad language
over an ould rooster we had"
That was great SIM, said Saint
Peter, land yez can't come in"
Paddy turned sorrowfully away. but
before he had gone for Saint Peter
recalled him.
I've been thinking said Saint
Peter, land ! think we must have had
great provocation, and that your Ian.
guage was perhaps excusable. Ye can
come in. ! remember, | once had
trouble with the same sort of bird
myself"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

seemed to be shouting something
In the distance. May also perceived
that the voice was drawing gradually
nearer and resolving itself into that
of a peripatetic newsboy, who was
vending his wares and shouting out
the most sensational headings at the
top of his voice Was that all? Still,
he was not yet near enough fol- her
to distinguish the sense of the sounds
which caught her ear from time to
time, as she absently crumbled her
bread, and thought to herself over and
over again, IF only father would come
home!"
Mrs. Burritt, as though the thought
had set in motion some electric cur
rent which connected the two brains,
remarked at this juncture, Il sup
pose they are quite certain to be here
some time tonight"
Almost before the words were out
of her lips, her son, who was sitting
on her right, started to his feet with
a cry.
What is it? Oh, what is it," ask
ed his sister, as sense of something
terrible about to happen fell upon her.
He made no reply, but with dilat-
ing eyes, stood there with every facul-
ty absorbed in the one effort.
Then he raised one hand-the other
clutched the edge of the table. Lis.
ten" he gasped.
And the voice without, now close
to their very gates, made itself plainly
heard, as it shouted out the latest bull
letin-
"Spechul hedishun! Hevenin' Stand
ard 'Orrible railway haccident! Over
twenty killed and injured. The four
thirty from Dover wrecked by down
train carryin' petroleum barrels! The
line on fire. Horful scenes! 'Artrend'
in details!"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
CHAPTER VI.
The Search for a Father.

What happened after this no one
ever knew exactly. Before Mrs. Bur
rift had begun to grasp the idea that
something was wrong, her son had
rushed from the room.
After what seemed an age of wait
ing, but was really very short time
he returned. In his hand he held a
copy of the newspaper which he had
just bought Mother" he said, put
ting a strong restraint upon himself
Il am afraid there has been an acct
dent on the line. You mustn't be
alarmed, for though some people
have been injured, there is no reason
why my father should not have es
capped, and very likely the, affair has
been greatly exaggerated.
Ted" said his sister, in voice
almost as calm as his own, though
her face had lost every particle Of
color, and seemed to have suddenly
become years older, Let us know
the worst" And she held out her
hand for the paper.
The worst" he answered, with
sound like a strangled sob in his
voice, why should there be any
worst? And as for the paper" crump.
ling it up in his hand, you can't place
the slightest dependence upon that
Tm-I'm going up to town by the next
train, so as to be on the spot, and
He may be hurt in some way, you
know" he added, slowly, by way of
preparing their minds for whatever
might be the result. He may have
come off with broken leg, or some.
thing of that sort. You can hardly
expect him to have got off scot free.
But whatever it is, I'm going to find
him out and bring him back home
Take care of mother"-this to his sis
ter-and he was gone.
But before he could leave the house
while his hand was yet upon the latch
he found himself confronted by the
girl. Goodbye she said, slowly an0
sadly. 'You will do your best-but
! have no hope-none!"
He caught train which was on the
very point of starting, and leaped
into the first carriage he came to
Then he took out the paper which he
had kept SO carefully from the sight OF
those others at home, and began tc
study more earnestly the brief but
terrible announcement which it con
tanned.
(To be continued)
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

The next half-hour slowly licked
itself away without bringing any
change in the position of affairs
They were all vacantly conscious of an
increasing sense of anxiety and de-
preston within. Why did they not
come? Surely, if they had missed
one train, there had been plenty OF
time to catch the next? Then the
clock chimed the half-hour, and, at the
same moment, an interruption took
place. The message ran:
IF you please, m, cook wants to
know what she is to do about dinner"
Mrs. Burritt started nervously 'Tm
sure, | don't know, Jane" Then, ap-
pealing to her son, II suppose there's
no mistake about the day? Your dear
father didn't mean tomorrow"
Her son produced the telegram,
which he had about him, and repeated
the contents aloud:
Am returning to-day by the 430
train. Shall be home to dinner,
Friend accompanies me-"
We'll, I'm sure | don't know what to
do about it" exclaimed the poor lady,
almost wringing her hands.
Hadn't you better go and speak to
cook yourself?' said her son, making
the proposal without the slightest
comprehension of what it involved.
Il suppose | had murmured his
mother; very well, Jane, you can say
Pm coming" And she left the room,
leaving the young people together.
Aren't you tired of standing, May?"
asked her brother, addressing the girl,
who had scarcely varied her attitude
an inch in the last half hour.
Tired" she exclaimed, half turn
ing round What has that got to do
with it? | want to be the first to see
them" Then she added, Tell me
what you meant to say, little while
ago, when you began I wish, and
stopped"
why" he answered gloomily, II
was going to say | wish the governor
had never started on this journey;
though" he added, in hurry, "of
course he's all right-missed the train
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
MACHlN cry.

The Machine which skins the
cream from milk does not lose a drop
while the old skimming process was
crude and wasteful. Washing ma
chimes, which will relieve woman of the
drudgery of cleaning clothes have not
proved an encouraging success up to
date, but when it comes to manufac-
turing exclusively by machinery with
out the touch of human hands, there
Is nothing more interesting than the
history of Pillsbury's Vitos-the best
breakfast food in the market today.
The white heart of the wheat ker-
mel is cut out by steel rolls, conveyed
to sterilizers, and then packed in two
pound, alright packages (this is the
whole story, all by polished steel ap-
planes, no handling. no cooking, no
coloring, no adulteration, just the
white heart of the wheat berry steril-
lied, nothing added, nothing taken
away.
Pillsbury's Vitos is therefore a
healthful, substantial breakfast dish,
actually the Meat of the Wheat"
Price zoe.
A package will supply weeks
breakfast for five persons.
See the economy.
Ask your grocer to-day.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

or else there's a block on the line, or
something He broke off
without bringing his sentence to a
conclusion, and asked, Was that
what you wished, too?"
Il! she exclaimed. II wish that
and more. | wish he had never had
that letter. | wish his friend. who
ever he is had never come back from
where he was"
"Oh, come, now" was the would-be
comforting response now you're 60
ing ahead too far OF course. it's vex-
ing and all that; but, after all, the
only thing that will really suffer will
be the dinner, and that won't be fit
to eat, If they don't come directly"
AS if in answer to this remark. Mrs
Burritt at that moment re-entered the
room. She was flushed and agitated
and, as was apparent to the most OBJ
fuse observer, on the verge of tears.
Really, cook has been most trying"
she sighed, as she sank into the near
est chair. she almost intimated that
| had done it on purpose She saws.
SIZE has never been used to such ways,
and that flesh and blood won't stand
it, let alone legs of mutton. She says
she can give lis another ten min
utes, but no more
The ten minutes passed as the pre-
Vious thirty had done, and at the end
of that time three very dispirited peo-
pie sat down to their spoilt dinner.
May soon noticed that her brother,
whose attention had been obviously
wandering for some time past, appear
ed to be listening to something from
without. At first her heart bounded.
Could ii be that they had arrived at
last? Was it the click of the gate that
he was straining his ear to catch?
or the sound of footsteps upon the
gravel drive without? So she. too.
listened in her turn, hoping to be able
to distinguish one or the other of
these welcome but long delayed sig
nails. But the only thing she could hear
was the faint sound of voice which
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
CHAPTER !V.-Continued.

my dear James," interrupted Mr..
Burritt, hastily, you must know very
we'll that it isn't that. But the truth
# the matter is, I've great aversion
o firearms. Still, If you will assure
ne that the weapon isn't loaded,
IL "
"I'll assure you of that or anything
Else that will add to your peace of
mind" was the somewhat equivocal
eply. "At any rate, it isn't loaded
low; and, what is more, l will also
give you my word that | will not at
empt to blow out my brains during
he journey-or," he added, as sort
If afterthought, anyone else's."
When Mr.. Burritt and his friend ar
lived at the station, the latter took
/ considerable amount of trouble to
insure a separate compartment to
,hemselves-in fact Mr.. Burritt rather
The guard, who thereupon locked the
loor upon them, and consigned them
10 solitude.
The carriage in question, it may be
worth remembering, was the fourth
from the engine.
s"I wonder" thought Mr.. Burritt to
himself as the train steamed out of
the station, which is the pocket he
carries the revolver in?" Then his
thoughts wandered away from the
actual present. II suppose | shall find
them all right at home. Dear, dear,
anyone would think | had been away
month. What an old fogey I'm get
ling By-the-by, wonder what James
Is thinking about? he looks uncom-
monty gloomy. | wish he'd say some
hing instead of staring out Of the
window in stony silence. Somehow,
one doesn't like the notion of riding
alone with man who has shed
another mans blood, especially when
ne carries revolver. | wonder
whether he's thinking of that, or
what?".
If Mr.. Burritt could have read what
vas passing in his companions mind,
he would have been amazed to find
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
THIN BLOOD-WEAK NERVES
o,a Follows the Other, but Or. VIII
IIams' Pink Pills Quickly
Cure Both.

The steady use of particular set Of
r,nscles tends to chronic fatigue, which
nrodnces faulty or difficult motion,
from hing. cramps and even paralysis
Writers. photographers, tailors and seam
stresses are among the classes mos
threatened in this way with the loss OF
their power to earn living. Inc ioi'
lowing instasce shows that nerve power
NAV be recovered after 1t seems entirely
lost, if the right means are taken: MRS.
O s Blacksten, of No. 5S4 North Bow
man street, Mansfield, Ohio, says;
=" For wears my hands would become
ca numb at times that l would drop
ANYTHING I attempted to lift. Later
tbev became so bad that could not sew
snv longer. and at last | could Scarcely
do ANYTHING at all with my hands. At
uight the pricking sensations would
come on worse than ever, ana my hands
and arms would pain so that l dreaded
70 90 TO bed. My family doctor gave me
some nerve tablets. They helped me a
little. but only for a short time after L
had taken them and if happened to be
without them for day or two l would
he as bad as ever or even worse. Finally
got box of DR.. Williams FINK fliis
and began to take them.
"The result was surprising. BY the
time had taken the last pill in my first
box I could see a gain. Thanks to DIR.
Williams Pink Pills, lam now all right
can sleep undisturbed by pain, and for
two wears have been as well as ever.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills feed the
nerves by making new, rich blood and
in this way have cured nervous diseases
of every description from simple rest
lessness to paralysis They have ban
ished the tortures of neuralgia, the
weakness of nervous prostration, the
disability and awful pain of locomotor
ataxia. They are sold by all druggists
or direct by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. 7.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
Analysis of Medicines Open to All.

Analysis OF WcOIClnCS oPCH 10 AL
There is no public demand and
there is not the slightest public nee
essity for a law compelling the publ
cation of the formula of proprietary
medicines" says the Committee ON
Legislation of the Proprietary Assoc
citation Every Health Commissioner
and every Pure Food Commissioner
in the country, as well as every pri
vate physician or chemist, If he
pleases has the right to make an
analysis of any proprietary medicine
and to publish the result and to tell
the public what he thinks, and there
is nothing in the world to prevent
such action. But that is not what the
agitators for such legislation want
Their object is to destroy the sale OF
such remedies entirely"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

The Breadwinners college, a school
for those who must work for their liv-
ing, has been opened in Boston.
Whether it succeeds or not will de-
pend largely upon the showing its foot
ball team is able to make.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

France and Germany have reached
an agreement on the Moroccan ques-
ton. 1t doesn't matter, of course,
whether the agreement is satisfactory
to Morocco or not.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

A former baseball pitcher who drew
a salary Of $4,000 year is now max
ing $3.50 a day in lumber camp. 1t
doesn't make much difference to him
when the season closes
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Schumann-Heink has sprained her
voice. We wonder how it is that peo
pie with bull voices, foghorn voices
nutmeg crater voices and sawmill
voices never sprain theirs.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

We do not believe that George AIDE
Is making more money than he knows
what to do with Did anybody ever
make more money than he knew what
to do with?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

that, instead of dwelling upon the
past, he was merely repeating over
and over to himself the words which
the former had spoken only few
hours before-"The secret lies be-
tween us two! The secret lies be-
tween us two!"
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

1t Is doubtless true that no man can
afford to dress poorly, but it is proba
bly, also true that some men cannot
afford to dress as well as they habit
ually do.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Young Mr.. Rockefeller gladly would
part with some of his ability to buy
rich viands if he could only purchase
a good digestion wherewith to enjoy
them.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
Truth ALWAYS Victorious.

All truths are at first badly received
by men, but they soon take root, and
often the very ones that shrugged
their shoulders and refused to listen
are the ones who became the most
fervent converts-Dr Johnson.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

G. w. Schwab is going to have
$500 silver gilt dinner service
Even with that, however, he will prob.
ably find it impossible % take more
than one mouthful at time.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

What shall we do when the lobster
disappears?" anxiously inquiries the
Boston Globe But there is no danger
that the lobster will disappear so long
as the chorus girl is on earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Another cure for consumption has
been discovered. The remedy consists
of the juice of vegetables. Certainly
the Juice of corn has made many at
least forget worse woes than consump-
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Fame is that blissful state where
other people think you are as great as
you all along have considered your
self.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21
Cholera Decimates Arnoy.

The increase of the death rate in
the army to 15.49 per 1000 during the
fiscal year is chargeable to cholera,
which carried off three and half men
to the 1000
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

great many humble folk with
good appetites and little cash will not
envy Mr. Rockefeller his legacy of dys-
pepsia.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Weber and Fields are talking of
joining forces again and kid" Mccoy
is going into vaudeville at $500 a
week. How can anybody continue to
worry about the condition of the
American stage?
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

A Brooklyn woman committed sui
eide because she had no friends, Some
people would regard that as the finest
kind OF encouragement for living on.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

The fashionable thing is not often
the comfortable one, but very shortly
a well-sewed pair of walking gloves
will be welcome on any old plea.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

A New York girl has had man put
In jail because he admired her. Yet
she would probably have despised him
II he hadn't turned to look.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

King Alfonso is again reported to be
engaged to be married, but a good
many people will refuse to believe it
until he exhibits the license
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Ill-gotten gains, child, are often what
the other man makes by taking advan-
tage of the opportunity you miss by
being good fellow.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

1t is generally allowed that the late
Rain-in-the-Face is now good Indian
whatever he was when he was en-.
gagged in warwhooping.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

"Hoopskirts Occupy Women at Con.
ventions," says newspaper headline.
1t should have been Women Occupy
Hoopskirts."
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

There is a deficit of $4,400,000 in the
Dutch treasury. The dispatches do
not say whether it was stock gambling
or the ponies.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-11-21

Prize Fighter Fitzsimmons is going
to star in a comic opera. Furthermore,
he is to be paid for doing 1t.