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scoRcHING A DISEASE.
Speed Mania of Automobiles Scien.
tfically Explained from France.

Paris Correspondence of London Truth.
A new disease which comes within my
scope has burst upon us. The doctors
have given it some name in spoiled Greek.
Ordinary people call it la bougeotte. 1t Is
state of nervous trepidation that obliges
sufferers from 1t to be constantly on the
move. The king of Spain, the German en-
peror, M. Octave Mirbeau, motor enthusi-
asts, and Americans most of any, are
stricken with la bougeotte.
That motor ride of King Alfonso from
Segovia, by Soria, to San Sebastian so ex-
citing, dangerous and modern in its incl
dents, did not ease the kings impulse to
keep rushing on and about. Had there
been a. fatality through the dash of the
kings motor on a lean old COW. the death
would not have been exactly noble" In
French it could not, for want of nobleness,
have been spoken of as tragical
The German emperor has bought an
eleventh motor, and is ready to purchase
a faster one If it can be made Those af-
hicted with la bougeotte cannot prevent
themselves rushing over all the roads of
Europe Ito gain time" To hear them
talk one might imagine their time is noti
OF less value than a Kimberly diamond
mine
As gamers of time" they take a pas
sionate interest in Siderable balloons. mos
tor river launches, undergrounds for mos
tors. and feel disgust at having to content
themselves in villages with the pace the
town council ordains. Generally they pays
no attention to municipal rules. Prince
Eugene Murat, a case Of la bougeotte Of
long standing. hardly ever did.
. There could be no clearer case of la tou-,
geotte than the late Empress of Austria,
except, perhaps. the cases now furnished.
by the Archduke Leopold Salvador and his
family. M. Octave Mirbeau. and certain
American millionaires. who rush around
Europe just as Indifferent to municipal
rules as any Murat.
This disease grows on what 1t feeds on.
Commissioners of police report that the
morbid state of motor enthusiasts shows
itself in recklessness. want Of respect for
human life, of gentlemanly feeling, and
indeed, of the most elementary moral
sense.
The peasants on the other side of the
scale nurse a ferocious spirit against les
riches. 1t is only the very wealthy who
can afford to keep iron greyhounds that
can go at a speed of 70 to 100 kilometers
the hour.
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By-Products Of Abbatoirs.

Among the other articles manufactured
out OF the former waste products of the
abattoir are glue, nypaper. sandpaper'
gelatine, isinglass curled hair bristles'
wool felt. hair felt, laundry soap. soap
powders. gycerine, ammonia, bone meal.
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LIFE LED BY THE
HOTEL JEWELLERS
American Traits Shown in the
Modern Hosiery
THE LOVE OF DINING OUT
How the Modern Hotel Cares for Its
vlsltors-Labor-sav Devices
in Use-Everyday Duties
of the Clerk.

New York.--With the coming of cool
weather the managers of the great New
York hotels are making arrangements for
the season of dinners and banquets. The
capacity of the modern house of entertain
ment is suggested by the fact that, with
out disturbing the regular routine, 1t is
possible to give a dinner in a private din
ing room or banquet hall to party num-
bering hundreds of people. Americans, be-
sides being the worlds greatest travellers,
have in recent years mastered the art OF
dining, and those who cater to the wants
of the inner man in the large cities of the
country know that their patrons, while APP
preciatiye, are also exaeting. Whether it
Is a breakfast given by a woman's club
as an accompaniment to lecture on do
nestle science. or an after-theater supper
party. the hotel man must have the ma
chinery of his establishment running with
equal smoothness.
Mention of an after-theater supper sug-
gests little party of friends who can be
accommodated in one small room, and
who partake of few choice viands. But
ehS iiouoiH Hosi - pIepdfeu 10 entertain
theater parties which may be equal to the
population of goodsized town, and the
word supper" sometimes covers a multi
tude of courses. Last year, for instance,
| LEO men, members of the order of knights
| of Columbus, sat down to what was prob.
ably the largest after-theater supper ever
given in a New York hotel, or. it may be
safe to say in any hotel in the wide world.
The gathering filled both the large and
small bathrooms of the Hotel Astor, the
sevenm illion-dollar caravansary in Long
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Not for Publication.

From Harper's Weekly.
The engagement between wealthy Ball
timore belle and an impecunious clubman
of that city was at one time last winter
perilously near the breaking off, point,
and all by reason of the unfortunate mis-
take of a florists assistant of whom the
young man had ordered flowers for his be-
loved.
1t appears that the young fellow had
hastily despatched to the florists estab-
lishment two cards. one bearing an order
for roses to be sent to the young lady's
address, and the other intended TO be at
tached to the flowers,
Whr was the astonishment and indig-
nation of the beloved one when, on taking
the roses from thear~ boxes, she found
affixed the card bearing the legend: -
'Roses. Do the best you can for 50"
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TOYS you looking for anything you'll right
All xmas OF dolls veocpedes
cal toys, hobby horses and any other that's made . : ~
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VITALITY THE MAIN THING.
He Who Has II Pulls Through Al
Right.

From the Worlds Work.
Two men undergo operations of the same
character In a hospital The same surgeon
does the work. The conditions are iden-
teal. Equal care is exercised In each OPP
Grafton and each is successfully perform
ed Yet one man RECEIVERS; the other dies.
Or there is a tremendous business press
ure which does not let up for months. 1t
puts the men under a terrible strain. One
man goes to pieces and his business ls
wrecked. He cannot keep the pace; he
loses control of himself His rival has no
better brains than he-perhaps not so good
yet he pulls through successfully. We
say that there is a difference in vitality;
that one man has more OF 1t than the 9TH
er.
once saw a man In a hospital who was
suffering from five so-called fatal diseases,
and vet he would not die. He had kept on
living year after year in spite OF every
thing. He refused to succumb. We find
the same thing illustrated every day. In
shipwreck there are men who seem to
give up their lives without struggle,
without any power to resist: others cling
to an open raft for days without food. al
most frozen. constantly whipped by the
waves but for some reason or other they
survive. The vitality in them is strong.
Notice how rapidly and surely one man
RECEIVERS himself after nervous break
down, while another drags along through
years Of semi-invalidism. Notice the re-
suits upon two men of a long. cold drench
of rain. One of them comes down with
pneumonia; the other suffers no i'll eff
fects. How Is it to be explained?
He has n reserve sOmewhare-an {nuar
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ADJUSTMENTS.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE "a.


ton, Blanche Douglas and Christensen
Tabbs, with Maurice Costello as stage d.
rector on tour.
When Pierre Berton wrote Zaza, he
builded better than he knew, for instead
of making a popular play, he made a
classic-a modern, Partisan classic. There
is hardly a thing in it that suggests lit
erature. There is no Oscar Wild straining
to be epigrammatic; no George Bernard
Shaw, laboring TO be smart. clever, o.
unique. 1t is honest work from start TO
finish 1t is the best play that has come
out of France since THE Two Orphans.
Zaza's story has been that of many mil
lions of women who loved to find their
love betrayed. Miss Mabel Montgomery
will be seen as zaza early in October at
tho Jefferson.
Mcintyre and Heath, two exceedingly
funny burnt cork impersonators will bring
"The Ham Tree" to the Jefferson octo-
Der 20.
The lines OF 1.-The Sultan of Sulu' scintil-
late with George AIDES satirieal humor
and the music, which was written by AL
fred G. Kathall, is full of tuneful hits.
Manager Douglas will offer this GLIDER
tan satire at the Jefferson October II.
Joseph NJ. Gates has made an arrange
ment with Liebler & Co. whereby he will
be able TO present S. Miller Kent in Raj
Hes. the Amateur Cracksman," the hero
of the Hornung- Presbrey dramatization OF
that name.
Those who have seen the rehearsais
of Simple Simon at the Chestnut Street
theatre, Philadelphia, are enthusiastic
about a new song entitled. Shine, Shine,
Shine" and are predicting that 1t VIII
be one of the biggest hits of the year.
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pepsin, poultry food, meats foot oil and q
score of other products. The annual value
of the by-products of the packing indus
try, all of which are manufactured out
of what was considered a waste material
thirty years ago. is approximately $20O.00O,-
COO
Prior to 1860 cottonseed was usually
hauled to remote place to rot or dumped
into stream of flowing water. Out OF
this product, then deemed a nuisance
there was manufactured in 1900 by-prodt
uets having value of more than S42 000,g
900.
More than a score Of products are to4
day manufactured out of cottonseed in
GLIDING butter. paper, fertilizer. cotton
batting, cattle feed soap, lard, eottolene,
crude oil and salad oils
John ID. Archbold, vice president of the
Standard Oil company, is authority for the
statement that for the last ten years more
than one-half the profits OF the company
have been made out of the manufacture
of by-products. The company could throw
into the ocean every drop of refined oil
as fast as it was manufactured and
would still be able to pay handsome diyi-
dends to its stockholders simply through
the sale of its by-products.
Perfumes From Bad Odors.
The choicest perfumes which are placed
upon the market are obtained from oils
and others extracted from flowers, but
there are many other oils which are artl-
fcially made out of bad smelling ele-
ments. Oil of pineapple is best made by
the action of putrd cheese or sugar or
by distilling rancid butter with alcohol
and sulphuric acid.
The essential flavoring substance of the
vanilla bean. known to chemists as va
nillin, as well as other essences are man
ufactured out of coal tar and the oil Of
cloves. The most beautiful dyes are man
ufactured out of coal tar. The clippings
of the travelling tinker are mixed with
the parlngs of horses hoofs and there Is
produced one of the most brilliant of blue
dyes.
According to DR.. Lyon Playfair, 1.-The
dregs of port wine, carefully rejected by
the port wine drinlker in decanting his
favorite beverage, are taken by him in the
morning by seidlitz powders to remove
the effect of his debauch. The offal of the
streets and the washings of coal gas re-
appear carefully preserved in the ladys
smelling bottle or are used by her to
flavor blanc manages for her friends"
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Different Mendino.
n the Chicago News.

From the chicago News.
Yes, Rounder was addicted to poker
and cocktails before the marriage. She
told him 1T was never too late to mend
and he reformed"
THAT was fine"
"Yes, but now he is telling her 1T is new
er too late to mend. -
I'm what way?''
why. he keeps her up until long after
midnight mending his shirts and stock
ings."
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tore moving time when there will be dozens of articles
you need and its just beginning the fall and winter sea
our new purchases We making several changes on
the inside of our big stores, putting in some new fixture
and generally improving the looks of things and to get
articles u PiiNO0 OH aii
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acre square, The supper on this occasion
was in reality an eight-course dinner, and
the 1900 were served in the space of an
number of other private dinners were in
progress in the same hotel. So important
Is this feature of the hotel business be-
coming that at the New Aston on any
fairly busy day, from eight hundred to
thousand persons are served in the seven
teen rooms reserved for private parties
and banquets. 1t is often more difficult to
arrange and carry through these affairs
than it is to take care of even a larger
number of Individual guests. People who
are giving dinner and supper parties very
often do not know long in advance just
how many persons they will entertain or
Just what they want. But the hotel people
have a carefully worked out system by
means of which the information Is made
available as soon as 1t is obtained, and
when party gathers in a roo inset aside
for 1t everything is in readiness, even to
the floral decorations, which may not have
been ordered until half an hour before
Only One Feature.
But the giving of banquets is only one,
feature of the hotel life of the fall and
winter IN the metropolis A hotel like the
Aston, with its 500 guest rooms and its
great dining rooms, shelters every day
thousands of people. To care for them
means much more than providing some
thing to eat and a place In which to sleep.
From the time the guest hands his valise
to the boy in buttons who meets him at
the door until long after he has left the
hotel, the efforts made to promote his
comfort are never for a minute abated.
40 81 90 fba
,.,,oa+ ~. a4t po.i. - w" 80
~, 49, ,,.oaa.,, 49,, a. 80 ~ az 80,
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Stoves and Ranges

We carry the largest and most
complete line Cooking Stoves and
Ranges you'll find in the city, and
our prices are the most reasonable.
Better make your selection now,
and let us deliver before the rush.
A high-grade Peninsular Steel
Range, double asbestos lined oven,
nickel-plated trim 81 RO
mings, for. -. 49,. -. - 'OO
And Al hot, other q. styles 5000
No. Z Eureka" Cook Stove. s. 6.95
No. 8 Eureka" Cook Stove. $3.50
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-29

A curious mystery 10 the temporary
unsasinsss Of animals about an hour
before dawn, no matter ut what hour
this occurs. Children turn and moan,
elderly people awaken and turn over
for another sleep. cocks crow, dogs be-
como uneasy and horses and cattle
move about for aoshort period. when
stiffness returns for q time. What Is
the cause? Are the animals affected
by some magnetic wave which pre-
csdss sunlight an hour or 30, or 10 the
habit one Of hsrediy parsed down
through numberiess generations from
an original wild state, when an alert
ness Just before daylight was neces-
sary for protection from enemiesf
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Alexan0ria= 6azefte.
MONDAY EVENING. OCT. 20. 1905.


A Bridge Kept In Repair by Musses'
The byssus, or silky beard, by winch
the mussel moors itself to the stone, Is
q familiar object of our sea ROCKS. IL
Is in its nature Ike the silk OF the SILK
worm and exudes in a glutinous thread
from ali organ at the base OF the Iool.
The following IS an instance In when
the mooring of the mussel was use1ul
10 effect q purpose which human skill
could not accomplish: A large bridge,
with twenty arches, in the town OF
Biddeford, in rcyoashre, crosses the
Torridge river near the spot OF ITS
junction with the Taw. The tide flows
70 very rapidly here that it was found
impossible to keep the bridge In repair
by means OF mortar. The corporation
therefore keeps boats employed In
bringing mussels to it, and the inter
stlces of the bridges are filed by hand
with these mussels. II is supported
from being driven away by the tide
entirely by the strong threads which
these mussels fix to the stOnework, ana
by an act or grant 1t is a crime liable
to transportation for any person to re-
move the musSels unless in the pres
ence and by the consent Of the cor
porative trustees.-Sc Scottish Nights.
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The Innkeepor Of England.

Englands unpopularity with the
Englishman-and the American-is
largely due to the country innkseper.
III any class Of public servant ought
to be made to pass an examination 1t
Is certainly the licensed victualer,"
writes v. v. V. In tho London Sphere,
for ut present any man may obtain a
license without any knowledge Of
cooking, housekeeping, sanitauon-any
knowledge Of anything but Of the due
pulling of beer handle. Moreover. his
wife may be the most Incompetent OF
housewives, even for her own family.
On the continent innkeeping Is an art
to DO studied. In England 1t Is too
often the refuge Of the man who wants
an easy chair to sit In.
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and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of q wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1sl3 she married Isaac Pinkham,
builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
-FOUR children, three sons and .
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days IL
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling In physician only In specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perienoe many of them Gained a won
dsrful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
In the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides In the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
TO find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies sx-
pressly designed to cure the various
Ills and weaknesses of the body, and
It was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi.
oines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar TO the female sex, and Lydia e. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
Of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Centsn-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
Of Income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-29
One Side of the Mouth.

Did you ever meet stranger VINO
talked from one side of his mouth,
usually In an undertone and with his
eyes wandering While talking? The
mans manner is not an indication that
be is weighing his words or has some
thing important to tell. 1t Is almost
sure sign that he has spent years In
Jail. This manner Of talking Is ac-
ouired In prison, where conversation
among prisoners Is prohibited and
where the men have to talk out of one
side Of their mouths in order to prevent
the keeper from noticing that converse
ton is going on. The habit sticks to
the convicts for years after they get
out-New York Press.
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For Sale By
w. F.. Balm, Alex Va.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at 10,
SIS and IL 90 a. NJ, and 30, w, 10
and 10 10 .. VI. Open at 500 a. M, IZoO m.
and 4 80 o. m. On Sundays Northern mails
close AT 9 90 a. M, 200 p. m. and 70 p. m.
Southern mails via charlottesville close az
7iO and 10 20 a. NJ, and 80, 81 ana lVlo
q. M. Open at s 90 a. IN. and $780, and 81 p. M:
Southern mails, via Richmond, close al
Q as a. NJ, and 800. 500 and ID p. Id.
Opeu at s 8. m. and and p. N.
Manassas Division mails close at 2 10 q. m.
and 90 D. m. Open at II 90 m.
Alexandria and Round Hill mails close 81
73O a. NJ, l 90 and 90 p. m. open al wv
a. m. and sop. m.
Cbesapeake and Ohio mails close at IS p;
N. aSd 10 Is p. m. Open at $40 a. H. and
Washington mails close at 7lO. SO and
100 q. M, and So, 600, 10 and ~ 10
%. m. Open at 500 a. m, IL % m. and 4VV p.
Office HOurs-Open at 500 a. m. Close al
Sunday Hours-Op4n at sOOa. m. Close
at 1000 8. m.
Carriers Schedule Collection made on in.
side routes so aud 10 90 O. and 90 and
53Op.m. Full route--6 30 o. "a. and . 80 p.
m. Sunday collection 800 p. m. Carriers'
window open Sunday 900 q. m. and close
1000 q. m.
Deliveries made 90 8. IN. p. m. and 4 10
.. m.
All mail should be In the Office Ten minutes
before oar indicated time for oloslnR'
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RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union Station Alexandria.
In Effect October IA. 1905.

In Effect October IA. 1905.
n. B-Following schedule figures published
only as information, and are not guaranteed.
7:52 A. M.-Daily-LocaI for Harisonburg
Warren.es, Dsnyille and way stations.
HOS A. M.-Washington and Florida limit.
ed. Sleeping cars between New York and
Jacksonville. Through fist-class coaches
between Washington ard Jacksonville.
Dining car service between Washington ana
Columbia.
l132 A. M.-Dsily-U. s. Fast Mail. First
class coaches and drawing room sleeper 70
New Orleans. dining car service.
4:18 P. M.-Week Days-Local for Har
risonburg and way stations on Manassas
branch.
5:l2 P. M.-Daily-Local for warrentoD ard
Charlottesville.
7:47 P. M.-Daily-New YORK and Atlanta
Express-First class coach TO Atlanta; sleeper
70 Columbus, Ga. Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays Sunset Route Tourist sleeper Wash
ington to San francisco.
1907 T. NJ, No. S3-Daily-New York and
Florida Express: Through coaches and
vile. Sleepers to Augusta and Port Tampa
DininL car service la carte.
1917 z. M.-Daily-Washington and Chat.
tanoogs Limited (via Lynchburgl, Flrst
class coach and sleeping car to Roanoke,
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Sleep
er TO Birmingham and New Orleans, Wash
ington to Roanoke. Dining car service.
1l:02 p. M.-Daily-Washingto and South
western Limited. All Pullman train, club
car to Atlanta, observation cars TO Atlanta.
Macon, Sleepers to Nashville, Atlanta, Macon,
Birmingham and New Orleans. Dining car
service
Through trains from the South arrive at Al
exandria 6:l9, 6:35. 933 and 1913 A. NJ.
anc 2:43, 9:13 and 1888 p. NJ. daily. Har-
risonburg 1888 A. NJ. week days and 1903 P.
N. daily. From Charlottesville 1853 A. NJ.
and from Lynchburg 9:0S P. NJ. daily.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria Nv. 4 o. Station 1921 A
NJ. l:40 and 4:53 P. NJ. week days for Blue
mont; 6:37 p. NJ. for Leesburg 9:l6 A. NJ.
and 453 p. NJ 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. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agent
L. 8. BROWN, General Agent.
Washington, ID. G.
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Mammalian afraid that young Wild
er will not make you q good husband.
Clara. Clara Why not mamma
Because II seems to me that
he rather ,nesiects bis personal APP
pearance, Clara - Yes, that's true,
mamma. and I'm glad you mentioned
It. I'll see that he makes his personal
appearance here every evening after
this instead of only twice a week.