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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
ENGL1ND'S WAR PROBLEM.
Royal Commission Finds That it
Consists Mostly in Lack of
Food supply.

After all, what are the sincwS of
war? Are they ammunition. guns and
men, heavy artillery, cavalry and in
fantry? The royal commission re-
Gently appointed to investigate the
conditions of England with regard to
her preparedness for war does not
seem TO pay much attention to the
amount of men, ships or firearms on
hand, but calls attention to the fact
that if Englands mighty navy We're
to prove as weak and inadequate as
her dull battalions did in the Bocr war,
AL were to be sent to Slumber among
the wrecks of the bOaStful Spanish
Armada, the little island under n state
of siege would be practically helpless.
Much of EnglandS actual neccsSaries
of life is imported. Suspending these
imports for any length of time the suf-
frling among the Inhabitants would be
acute. The commission, then, in its
wisdom. cmphat.cally brings the people
Of England face to face with the ac-
tUal conditions as they exist, brin"S
thcm face to face with the fact that
they have been providing for war b.
spending vast sums for army and navy
and paying no attention to the actual
SlncWS OF War-lOOu. recommends
ton has been made to Parliament for
til" erection of a system of elevators
and storage houses of sufficient capac-
ity to store $IO,OO0O0O worth of grain,
besides vast quantity of provisions
They reason that the storehouses
should hold supplies of food sufficient
for three months, figuring that that
length of time would be long enough
to prove whether Britannia would be
sovereign over the waves or go down
to tho depths, leaving the coast unle-
Tended at the mercy of the blockading
fleet
The Commission would be wise, too,
if it could work out an industrial rev.
olutiOn by which the vast tracks OF
land held in England in great unpro-
ductivc estates could be transformed
into small, sclf-surporting homes, such
as can be found Ivy the tens and hun
dreds of thousands in Japan. Fnglan
itself contains much more arabic land
than all of Japan and the single island
comprising England, Scotland and
Wales has fully three times the agri-
cultural land of Japan.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
SHORT WEIGHTS IN HOUSEHOLD
GOODS.
AS Much Need for This Legislation
las for Pure Food Laws.

4 great deal has been said in the
papers about adulterated goods but
very little about short weights, which
are quite as dishonest. Now comes Il
correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce, who declares there is as
much need of full weight laws as of
pure food laws. He says: at is a we'll
l.nOwn fact that candles weighing only
II or 11la ounces are sold as pound ::
that raiSinS are put up in packages
containing -, II and II ounces. which
are sold as pounds: that there is hardly
Il tin of lard, cottolene or any other
product put up in packages that the
tin or pasteboard is not weighed With
the goods packed in them"
Paper made of wood and clay forms
the wrappers for packages containing
cereal products. crackers, etc, AMI
these come 4 little cheaper to the man
ufacturer than the goods; but the CON
sumner is not getting all he pays for,
unless the actual contents of the pack
age weigh Il pound.
The package on the scales will uSu-
ally weigh IL pound but the wranpingI
often exceed two ounces. Sir Thomas
LINTON was once brought to time and
fined by the English authorities for
padding out his pound of tea packages
with paper. The hand of the law
needs to be applied in many such
places in this country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
SOME ADVICE FOR WIVES.
Would Not Have Hubby Made Nurse
and Assistant Chambermaid.

"oulu MOI nave huDpy NldoS NuTSS
and Assistant Chambermaid.
From the Washington Times.
Are you one of those women who con-
tinually request your husband to run
get you this, that, or the other as long
as he is about the house? Do you
habitually call him back from the cor
ner to mail a letter or give him sam
pie of silk to match? Does he no
sooner sit down than you ask him to
run upstairs and get the baby's pins,
or take the small child walking, or run
around the corner and get the meat for
supper?
There are misguided wives who
make it constant practice to keep the
man of the house fetching and carrying
for themselves and baby from the time
he enters the door until bedtime and
all day Sunday. It's "Tom, get me
this" and tom, please bring me that
until in the eyes of third party Toms
position in the home appears to be that
of well-trained servant.
The Poor, Pativnt Worse Half.
1t is hardly fair to let him drop to
that, is it? DO you really require that
he should go into bondage of this sort
to you and baby? lie does it patiently,
maybe, but it wears on him, and hurts
his self-respcct. Why don't you do
your own buying, and mail your own
letters, and match your own samples?
Why don't you have the baby's things
handy, so he won't have to wait on you
hand and foot when you're busy with
the little one?
What would you think if your hus-
band brought home lot of his office
work for you to do at night? Suppose
he expected you to spend your spare
hours clcrking for him and helping him
with his bills and accounts? Ridicu-
lOus, wouldn't it be? Yet, for some rea-
son, you expect him to act as second
houscmaid and assistant child's nurse
the whole time he is away from office.
In Times of Need, Yes.
Nine times out of ton it's simply
habit that gets you into this practice.
or course, there are exceptional cases
of illness which make it necessary for
Il faithful husband to step into the
shoes of 4 domestic help and assist
wi,h the meals and the children. But
unless there is this necessity it ought
nc; to be expected.
The mans field of labor, little wife,
is his Office or factory, where he earns
tie bread for you. Yours is in the
home where you do every whit as mu, II
IS lie toward earning the living. He
doesn't expect you to 90 down to the
Office and work. Don't expect him to
come home at night and do the house
work and mind the baby.
DO your end as well as you can. BE
as indrpCnlpnt and Sclf-rpliant about
it rs possible. When he comes home
let him rest. And if you manage right
you can be ready to rest, too.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
DEATH KNELL OF GYPSY MOTH.
Work Of the United States Department Of Agriculture

GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

United States? Or. Howard. the Gov
crnmcnt entomolosist, made visit to
continental countries and he has just
returned, bringing with him the death
warrant of the Gypsy moth.
In Europe this terror of the New
England States is but one of the in
sect pests which do some, but not very
material, damage to foliage plants and
trees. Nature always provides for Il
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
The Race Growing Smaller.

Size and suf1iciency are not neces-
sarily associated, as is shown by the
way the japanese have outwitted and
outdonc their Russian enemies in
strategy and in combat. Nevertheless,
it is not good sign to find people
diminishing in size, and the English
people are properly disturbed at find
ing that such is the case with them.
Their improper nourishmcnt is sup
posed to be the leading cause. hut DIR.
Anna Shaw reminds us that the
American people are on the verge of
taking the same turn.
A Brockton shoe manufacturer
already claims to note n sign of
degradation in a falling off in the
demand for the larger sizes of mems
shoes, and predicts that if nothing in
tervenes to prevent we shall be no
larger on the average in another 100
years than the present Japs or French
men.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30

other devices have been tried with only
partial success and in no case has COM
plete determination resulted. The
minute this work ceases, the moths in
crease with astonishing rapidly.
What was to be done? The Depart
ment of Agriculture was finally applied
to, and it was realized that since the
worm and moth might spread over the
entire country. it became Il national
necessity to provide for its eradication.
The department took up the subject ut
once 1t was known that the GYPSY
moth was of European origin, as it had
been brought here in connection with
silk worm investigations, some of the
moths accidentally escaping. The Qucs-
ton then arose, is this pest in Europe
what it threatens to become in the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
Southern advancement.
Northern methods are gradually

Northern methods are gradually in
vading the South, and to its CONNER
cial advantage. Mr.. NJ. V. Richards.
head of the Industrial Department Of
the Southern Railway, who has caro-
fully gone over conditions in tn
Southern field, says that when the
farmers down there become inoculatcd
with Northern system AMI economy.
the South will take its right position
in the country as a highly developed
agricultural region, whore every man
on Il piece of land, intelligcntly cult
waited can be his own master in a
sense that no other man can be. \
farm anywhere is nearer nature
heart than the sidewalks of the CITY.
Besides the air is purer, and 50 IS The
water, and food right out of the
ground is not adulterated.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
Pointed Paragraphs.

From the Chicago News.
Beware of the financial pointer; it
usually points the wrong way.
As weather forecaster there is
nothing superior to Il healthy corn.
Isn't it pity that the average re-
former neglects to begin his work at
home?
Cigarettes, if properly classified,
would come under the head of fouls of
the air
Any small boy will make home run
every time he knocks his ball through
a pane of glass.
Nothing arouscs a woman's wrath
so much as Il man who appears to be
we'll satisfied with himself.
one man may be able to break a
horse, but later the horse does stunt
on the race track and breaks dozen
men.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
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been generally disrogardod and it was
apparently believed that they amounted
to nothing more than futne lAr,a,S.
Information comes from San Fran
cisco that in China some ten thousand
of the merchants have signed the boy
colt resolutions, which carry a penalty
Of about $1,000 in each case for their
violation. Further, the Chinese news
papers are refusing advertisements of
American firms.
Since the facts are coming to be
realized, the question in this country
becomes live one. The National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers which sup
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
MerciIcSs 10 GranerS.

From the Kansas City Star.
If William TINers Jerome is re-
elected district attorney of New York
on an independent ticket it will be be-
cause the people Will respond to his
splendid courage in denouncng all po-
litical bosses and to his remarkable
activity and inspiring fearlessness in
going after the evils of the Metropolis,
showing no mercy to criminals on The
one hand and shaming the wcll-dis-
posed people for their Indifference on
Tho other
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
The Packers Were the Hogs.

OF sixty-eight samples of sausagcs
examined by the government analyst
at Melbourne, Australia, not one was
found unadulterated. In the so-called
pork sausage put up by the packing
houses not particle of pork could be
discovered.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30

ports nearly half million working
people and represents $S0O,0OO,OOO in
Co. .,.I Will use all its influence. it is
stated, upon Congress to have the
Chinese exclusion law mtigatcd in
such way as to appcase the Chinese.
On the other hand the labor uli n;
Will oppose every effort to modify
t..InCse exclusion, as is inuicat,d IS
Tie recent interview of Mr.. Gompcr'
with President Roosevelt. The Amer
an interests which will be the
Heaviest losers if the Chinese persist
il their boycott, are the cotton planters
and the cotton and cotton cloth traders.
The accompanying diagrams from Col
licr's Weekly indicate the rapid in
crease of our trade with China during
the past two years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
Easy for the Coroner, Anyway.

to at once summon the coroner to view
the remains of person who has died
without medical assistance, and he
then impanels jury to inquire the
cause of death. a wise ruralist ex-
planned, however, that there is no rea-
son for calling in coroner to see the
body of a man who has had physi-
clans aid, because everybody knows
who killed him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT.
Alarm Beginning to be Felt by
American Merchants.

The Chinese boycott of American i'm
ports into China continues in spite of
the action of the President in modi-
flying the harsh execution of our ex-
clusion laws, and our evident desire
to placate the Chinese. This Chinese
has been brewing and
Stewing for some time. There have
been mutterings and threatenings dur
ing the past two years but they have
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30

vide against. 1t is question of tiger
eat tiger. needing only the knowledge
of how to apply the natural remedy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30

Government entomoIogist of The De
partment of Agriculture that the Gypsy
Moth will probably thirty" in all the
temperate States Of the Union AMI be
come as destructive in tie city of
Washington or the State of Missouri
as it has in Massachusetts.
In spite of all the fortune which
Massachusetts has expended to fEht
this pest, the moth has annually
Matched its brood, and annually the
worms have spread themselves over
The great elm and other trees Of Bos-
ton and the surrounding towns extend
ing their domain each year until il
seemed, in the light of the expert tcSti-
mony as To their habits that they were
destined to cover practically all of the
United States.
Ordinary Methods Unavaiing.
Cotton batting. kerosene torches,
chemical mixtures, fumigations and
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-30
Ordinary Methods UnavaiIing.

Cotton batting. kerosene torches,
chemical mixtures. fumigations and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
Gold Revealed by Dream.

There is excitement in Pike county,
Illinois, over the discovery of gold. Two
wears ago Frank Clazebrook purchased
AZ acres of land on a bluff three-quarters
of mile southwest OF Montezuma. Some
years previous to that his wife had dream
ed Of seeing a spring of water with gold
issuing with the aqua. Recently, while
inspecting the newly acquired farm in
company with her husband, she saw a
spring which she declared was almost an
exact counterpart of the one in her
dreams After much effort she persuad-
ed her husband to explore the bluff near
the spring, and he was amazed to find
gold 10 paying quantities. A sample of
200 pounds Of sand and gravel assayed
at s. 25 a ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
SnhrietY in business.

"The business and social life of the
great city of New York is turning to
beer and soft drinks" said Charles d..
Treat, United States treasurer, when
the subject came up Of the experiment
Of the Subway Tavern. Gas collector
of internal revenue in the Wall tsreet
district of the city and in the clubs OF
which | am a member | observed the
same tendency. If you should walk
into some of the great political and
social clubs of New York today,
organizations composed of the best
business and professional men oil
the city, seventy-fve per cent. OF those
sitting around the tables would be drink
ing soft drinks, in which | irelufe
beer as the foremost. Even wines are
being used in decreasing quantities.
This is because wines often contain much
more alcohol than is good for the con-
sumner. Ny long experience as collec'
tor of internal revenue taught me thai
the fortifcation and blending Of wines
often resulted in a mighty strong drink
1t is well known that wines are nearly
always fortified with alcohol. Wine
dealers blend their different varieties
resulting in another mixture of alcohol
The consequence, is that the alcoholic
I strength is variable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
Democratic Committee.

A meeting of the city democratic COM
mittee is being held this evening at the
Hotel Fleischmann 10 consider the mat
ter of filling the place on the democratic
ticket nominated last June and made va
can. by the death of Mr.. j. 5. Beach,
clerk of the courts. 1t is generally be-
lieyed that a primary will be ordered
early in October. So far the only can
didates for the position are Mr.. Charles
Bendheim, recently appointed clerk, and
Mr.. N. S. Greenaway. who served AS
deputy under Mr. Beach. These gen,
tlemen both favor primary. Both viii
make an active canvas for the position.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
Personal.

Very Rev. I. Canon Meeban, p. r.
of Ballindaggin, county Wexford, Ire
land, an old friend of Rev. Father Cut
Ter, is visiting at the parsonage OF 81
Mary's Church. He preached able SER
mons at both services yesterday.
Col. G. A. Dempsey, U. S. A., retired
but now inspector of State militia IN
Virginia, spent yesterday with bis
brother, Mr. P. ]. Dempsey, OF This
city.
Mr.. Charles Mander has gone to Alex
andria to spend some time with his son.
Mr.. Charles Mander, jr.-[ Fredericks'
burg Star. -.
Col. Willsam Kilgore, once a familiar
figure in our midst, but who for some
We IRIS past has resided in Rockville, Nd ,
is here on a short visit and is being most
cordially greeted by his many friends.
Mrs. r Shinn and her son, Robert
are visiting Mrs. George Kidwell on
Duke street.
Mr.. w. II. Bontz, engineer OF the
Reliance steam fire engine, is taking his
vacation. His place is being filled by
Engineer Noble Smith, of the Columbia.
Mr.. F. J.. Entwisle ha' charge OF the
latter.
Mrs. sallie V. Daingerfeld and daughter,
Miss Mary of Alexandria, are the guests oil
Mrs.. w. r Sutherlin -Danville Register.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
King Heir to Fortune.

King Edward has just inherited a
fortune from Capt. Wilson, who lived
the Last thirty years of his life as re"
cluse at Folkestone.
Capt. Wilson formerly held a commits
sion in the Guards. Wilson's life until
his fathers death was that ola well-born,
wealthy mans son. When his father,
Sir John Wilson, Bar ., once commander
of the British forces IN Ceylon, died, he
learned for the first time that he was
i ,pilimate, Wilson at once resigned
from the Guards, said good-by forever tC
society. and went to live the life oil
recluse on an estate at Brantford.
He dispensed large sums in charity
through a female servant until he died.
His own fortune, which now goes to the
King. amounts to over $3.50, 600.
In addition to this, the King will re
ceive $3.50, 900 left to Wilson by hi
father, who died in 1856 This money
Wilson refused to touch, Inc estate hav
ing remained unadministered until now
when the Crown inherls both fortunes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
New Fall COIOred and
Black Dress Goods.

Although this is not season Of novelties ia
gown materials, there are distinctive features
marking the newest weaves one Of the most
conspicuous being plainness ofsurfac~.
Our buyer has searched the best foreign
and domestic markets in selecting fall and
winter supplies. The result is a superb array
of the finest fabrics from the most celebrated
looms of the world.
Trimmings will be feature Of this seasons
gowns. Velvet is in much demand for coll
lars, cuffs, bands and folds of many shapes.
and here are finest yelvets in every color and
shade.
Plaids are with us in splendid variety Of
colors and materials. Soft fabrics, taheia
wool, Panama and other heavier wei hit woods
come in rich and beautiful plaids. Some
have an overweaying of silk in bright colors,
making artistic contrast with the yari.color-
ed ground tints.
Specially stylish are the small checks,
those in gray being particularly popular for
tailored gowns, Some of the checked woods
are in dark coIors, with hecks Of silk in
bright tints, the tiny specks being in highly
contrasting colors.
Second aeor, est.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
RAILWAY Tracks in Alexandria.

The practical abandonment OF heniy
street by the Washington Southern Kali
way Company will naturally enhance lne
valu- of property on that thorougnisre'
as heretofore it has been undesirable as
q residential street by reason OF the pas
sage over it day and night OF passenger
and freight trains. There are sewer
facilities on a portion OF the street, anu
after the railway tracks shall have been
removed and some repairs made to tine
tboroughfar., there is every reason 70
believe that the vacant lots on the
northern portion Of the street Will De
utilized for building purpose. Whiie
the tracks on Fayette street are sun
being used for the transfer OF freight
cars and from the yard of the Washing
ton-Southern Railway to the Fayettee
street depot, now utilized for local
freight purposes, and for placing cars al
the glass works few squares north, the
abandonment of that thoroughfare by
the company is believed to be merely a
matter OF time. A large brick building
to be used for freight purposes mas oeen
erected near the new union depot, and
when tracks shall have been lald to 1t
and spur tracks constructed from the
north to the glass works, there Will I've
no further use for Fsyette street nor
the freight depot. Some persons sui
believe that the ultimate object OF the
railroad companies is to run cars on
Union street from the north instead OF
via Wilkes street. About year ago 1t
was determined TO abolish the transfer
service between Alexandria and ohep-
herds and an order was issued to that
effect. 1t was, however, rescinded, with
the understanding that the service would
be continued until the completion OF the
new union yards north OF this city.
The time may not be far distant when
the Union street track and a shorl
stretch running west from the W. ~ y.
road toward the Portner Brewery Will be
about all the trackage in Alexandria
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-18
Didn't Know whereabouts.

At an early hour last Friday morning
a colored woman, who had not visited
Alexandria for several years, boarded q
Washington Southern train for this city
The road was familiar to her until she
reached point near St. Assnh Junction
and when she found she was being whirl-
ed within a few yards Of the aims house.
then into a cut and subsequently, on the
high embankment over the BraddocK
road. the woman began to gro" restive'
and finally asked one of the crew the
objective point of the train. She was
told it was Alexandria, and a minute later
the cars had stopped at the new depot,
a structure the colored passenger had
never seen before. She was helped out
and the train proceeded south. The
woman was bewildered and refused to be-
Iieve she was at Alexandra, notwith-
standing people about the depot assured
her she was. She had some familiar
landmarks pointed out to her, and later
wendell her way toward King street.