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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-23
GENERAL DEPOT OF THE QUARTER
VI ,nnainrla Dn.,n "A mani Washiunlnn Id T.

GENERAL DEPOT OF THE QUARTER
~ masters Department, Washington, ID. c..
May 5th 1906 Sealed proposals, in tripli.
cate, will be received at this Office until 2
O'Clock, j, NJ, Friday, May 25th, 1906, for
the construction Of roads, cutters, walks.
'lraii ard fatch.basins at Fort Myer. Va.
Plans aud specifications may be S en- aud in.
fOrmati' n obtained by applying to this office.
The United States reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all proposals, or any part
thereof. Envelopes containing proposals
must be marked, Proposals for construction
of roads, cutters. etc ."and addressed to Capt.
A. w. KUTT. Quartermaster, u. :. A., in
charge of Depot Mayz8.9.l02
OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTING QUAR-
~ TERMASTER, u. :. Army, Fort Hunt,
Va, April "A, 1906 Sealed proposals, in
triplicale, will he received at this office until
" O'Clock noon May 2S, 1906, for furnishing
and installing Door and Window 81 reens in
the Post Exchange and Gymnasium Building
at Fort Washington, Md. Information re-
garling plans aud specifications may be OBJ
taintd at this Office. Bidders other than
manufacturers must state in their proposal
the name of the manufacturer whose screen
they propose to furnish. Envelopes contain
ing proposals must be marked Proposals for
Screens for Post Exchange and Gymnasium
Building at Fort Washington, Md" and
addressed TO Constructing Quartermaster,
Fort Hunt, Va. apr26.Y,2S, 80, may25 20
GENERAL DEPOT OF THE QUARTER
VI masters Department, Washington, ID. C..
May 10, l906.-Sealed proposals, in triplicate
will be received at this Office until O'clock
p. M, Thursday, May 81. 1906. and then
opened, for the construction Of brick stable
at Fort Myer, Virginia. Plans and specif-
cations may be seen aud information Obtai ed
by applying to this Office The United
State reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all proposals or any part thereof
Blank forms for making proposals will be
furnished intending bidders upon apple ton
TO this office. Envelopes containing proposals
aust be marked Proposals for construction
of brick stable" and addressed TO Captain
A. w. BUTT. Quartermaster, u. $. A. in
charge of Depot.
mayli ,l2,14.l5,29,30
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
SAID BY THE sAaEs.

Lack OF desire Is the greatest of
riches.-Seneca.
Ten noes are better than one lie.
From the Danish.
Deeds are fruits. words are leaves
From the French.
An old bachelor is only the half of
. pair of scissors.-Franklin.
Avarice and fidelity cannot dwell to-
gether In the same house.-Grimm.
A virtuous woman commands her
husband by obeying him.--Publius
Syrus.
Whoever undertakes task cannot
repudiate the responsibility.-Chin
Maxim.
Who bangles after the great is the
last at table and the first TO be cuffed.
From the Italian.
No man can escape the vitiating ef-
feet of an offense against his own con-
science.-George Eliot. s..
The path of duty lies In what is
near, and men seek for 1t in what is
remote. The work of duty lies in
what is easy. and men seek for it in
what is difficult.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
NisCcIIn nneous.

Leonard Boat, his wife and six chill
dren were drowned while attempting
to ford the Animas river near Cedar
Hill. n. NJ.
Five hundred freight handlers of
New Orleans have struck for an in
crease in wages.
Princess Frederick William, wife CT
the German crown prince. has given
birth to son. The child is heir to
the German throne.
The Hamburg American liner
Deutschland defeated the French liner
La Provence i'll a recent race across
the Atlantic by IL hours.
Cholera of the most virulent type
has broken out among the natives OF
Manila and surrounding provinces.
Four Americans have been stricken
two of whom have died. Twenty-one
new cases and 16 deaths were reported
in one day recently.
The collection of relics of Gen. La
Fayette, which was exhibited at the
worlds fair in Chicago, was recently
sold at auction in London to an En- 3
lishman for $4,000.
The states of Oregon and Washing
ton recently experienced the hottest
weather for many years.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
Sensible Military Changes.

The French army has just given up
the drum. That was sacrifice from
the standpoint of sentiment, but what
really good purpose did it serve? 1t is
an awkward thing to transport and
easily broken. It does not produce
music and soldiers can keep step with
out its assistance. 1t is only within the
lat few years that the suicidal foolish
ness OF wearing bright uniforms in ac-
tual warfare was recognized. The folly
of this was borne in upon England dur
ing the Boer war. The men of the
Transvaal were fine long-distance
marlssmen ard they put many of the
most lordly mansions of Britain in
mourning. There remains still another
useless military incumbrance = the
officers sword. 1t interferes with his
movements and is no longer OF use IN
ighting.-Cleveland Leader.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
German Strikes Inerea easlns.

Strikes increase in number every
year in Germany. AS shown by the
published statistics, the average num-
ber OF strikes for the years 1899 to
1903, inclusive, was 1922; in 1904 1t
rose to 1870, and in 1905 to 2,O57 or
much significance is the increasing
number of lockouts, which show the
combination among employers is also
developing. The number of lockouts,
which averaged only forty-two for the
period of 1899 to 1903, rose in 1904 to
120, and in 1905 to 200. 1t is expected
that the figures for 1906 will show
further considerable increase.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
THE HERALD
ranoy7ELD. COLORADO.
Indian Eduaction That Counts.

Indian Edunction That Counts.
The Indian school at Chilocco has
Dust graduated the largest class in Its
history, and some of Its graduates and
tmany OF Its other classes will help the
sugar beet raisers in the vicinity of
Rocky Ford, Col, during the vacation.
'Over $50 of the young Indians are now
,engaged In this work in that district.
and will remain there until the crop is
all gathered. They will be back In the
school in the fall, ready to resume their
studies.
At Chilocco and many of the other
government schools the young Indians
get the right sort of education to fit
them for their new role in life. The
education is equally divided between
the books and the workshops. The
boys and girls are taught all that is
1mparted in the ordinary grammar
schools of the country, and little
more, in some cases. In addition the
boys are taught to make and repair
harness, to shoe horses, to build
houses, to do farm work of various
sorts, to raise and care for cattle, and
some of the rest of the things that
need to be done in the average COM
munity in the west or east. The girls
are instructed, by actual practice, in
cooking. baking, laundering, nursing,
sewing and other work suitable to
their sex.
This is the education that counts,
says the st. Louis Democrat.
The Chilocco school was in practical
operation at the St. Louis worlds fair,
and was one of its most attractive fea-
lures. 1t was visited by hundreds Of
thousands of people during the seven
months of the fair Admiration for Its
system and for the intelligence and
good behavior of its pupils was ex-
pressed on every hand Superintendent
S. M. MCGOWAN, the head of the school,
was here with it. and won h4gh praise
for the thoroughness and practical
character of the work of his pupils.
The United States government made
Indians in the old days, but for the
past quarter of century 1t has been
on the right track. Chilocco, Carlisle,
Haskell and the rest of the great gov
in training the young Indians of both
sexes to help to intelligentIy bear So
ciety's burdens.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
Congregational.

The total number of laws passed at
the recent session of congress is given
officially as s. 9S9. These are exclusive
of public and private resolutions of
which there were "a enacted.
REPRESENTATIVE Tawney, chairman Of
the house committee on approprin-
tions, has made a statement regarding
the expenditures authorized by coll
gress in which he says the per capita
cost of government in this country Is
less than that oH any European coun-
try.
A statement issued By the United
States treasury shows that at the
close of business June 30. the total
government debt, less cash in the
treasury. was 1861, ,435.GS5, a decrease
during the month of s17,519,005.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

In. My feet and ankles swelled up. my
hands puffed, and became SO tense
could hardly close them. l had great
difficulty in breathing. and my heart
would flutter with the least exertion.
could not walk far. without stopping
again and again to rest. Since using
four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the
bloating has gone down and the feel
ings of distress have disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

II Mary, Mary. quite contrary"
be an Algerian, perhaps her garden
grows with silver bells and cookie
shells and sponges all in a row. The
cultivation of vegetable sponges is
making progress in Algeria. About
len species of the plant are known
and they are cultivated in Asia and
Africa, being extensive in the regions
of Algiers and Oran. Prior to ma
turity the fruit is edible; when the
stage of ripeness, however. has been
passed the pulp becomes separated
from the fibrous matter which then
forms the spongy mass entitled the
vegetable sponge. Fine specimens
when bleached in a weak lime bath
are sold at about nickel apiece.
Paris is at present the chief market
for most of the vegetable sponges
grown in Algiers They are suitable
not only for toilet and bathroom, but
also for domestic purposes.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
Chinese Students Uniforms.

The establishment of government
schools in China, and the equipment
of students in uniforms is furnishing
q market for military clothing Ac-
cording to the British consul at VII
chow 60 of these schools have been
opened in that prefectorate alone. The
uniform consists Of coat and trousers
Of foreign cut, with brass buttons and
veak caps, and shoes Of foreign pat
tern. The material used is either
..rge, union cloth or cotton tweed for
winter uniforms. and for summer
wear any light cotton cloth. In the
. Nrictly military schools khaki is
Urn All the uniforms seen appear
4. be of British cloth, but there is a
rule, which is evidently ignored, that
only native material be used. Caps.
buttons and braid all come from ia
pan. The shoes are said to be of
Hongkong manufacture, but very in
ferior kind is made locally of native
leather. The cost of uniform of cot
ton tweed, the cheapest, is only $3.50
Mexican (s1.s0 American currency
made to order; a set of buttons, five
in set, costs 20 cents, and cap from
40 cents TO s2.20; shoes from sl10 TO
$220. Quality in every case is ex-
tremely. poor. This uniform, the con-
sui adds, is becoming fashionable
among the younger male generation in
that part of China, and every child
is now decked out as a miniature stu
dent.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
Champion Woman Bail Thrower.

Miss Margery Belle of the univer-
sity of Chicago high school recently
threw regulation baseball 2O4 feet 2
inches, which breaks the worlds rec
ord for throw by woman by six
feet, two inches. The record was for
merly held by woman student at
Smith college. Miss Belle is the cham
pion woman athlete in her school and
throws a ball like man, with full
sweep of the arm.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
Sacrifice Made bv Judge.

Justice Holmes, of the supreme
court, in order that he may preserve
his mind free from. distractions of in
formation and misinformation that
would impair his efficiency and wis
dom as jurist, does not allow him
self to read the newspapers.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

dropsical condi-
tion without be-
ing aware that
it was due to
kidney trouble.
The early stages
were principally
ba ckach Q and
bearing d o W n
pain, but l went
along without
worrying much
until drOpSy set
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Now doth the little busy mosquito
improve each darkening hour. Coin
cidentally the weeds are sprouting on
the vacant lots and there be many
signs that it is time for the first gun
in the annual summer war of ex-
termination against the pestiferous in
sect that hungers and thirsts for hu-
man gore.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

This selling OF song birds for hats
is pitiful business. There ought to
be no necessity for going to. law to
stop it, and there would not be, if
ali women were as tender and merci-
full as they like to be thought. A dead
ant qualities.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Foreigners, in their ignorance of the
language, SO often mistake the sui
tan's trades for tirades.-Albany Ar
gus.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Eve was the only woman who had
positive proof that she was the only
woman her husband ever loved.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

A man always talks louder when he
knows he is wrong than when he real
ICES he is right.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Defiance Starch-Sixteen ounces for
ten cents, all other brands contain
only IL ounces for same money.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

1.-THE Romans had small regard for
human life in their amusements'
"Yes," answered the man of violent
prejudices. Its a matter of great
surprise to me that they failed to dis
cover ball."-Washington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Count Boni de Castellane has
planned a terrible revenge on the
Gould family He centemp}ates- going
on the vaudeville stage.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Mrs. <vinsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, Boftens the gums reduces In
asmmston, allays pain. wind cole. 25c bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

1t must not be supposed that the
manufacturers of black pepper are
confined to the use of lampblack and
tapioca. They can make an excellent
article out of ground cocoanut shells.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

Charity may cover n multitude OF
sins, but lot more will spring up.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves labor-saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
big 16 OF. package for 10c, at your gro
GERS
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
eLoATED WITH DRoPsY.
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using Doan's.

Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell. of AIS West
Fourth St, Olympia, Wash, says: For
over three years / suffered with
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

1t has been said that the packing
houses use everything but the squeal
ntheir business. And now they seem
to be using the squeal
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

ASIA CIGARS
Will not make you nervous. Ask yonr dealer or lie
NJ Lyman Cigar Co.. $40 18th Street, Denver.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13
E. E. BURLINGAME 6 CO.,
ASSAY OFFICE AND Gae%se4o IasoRsaoav

Established in Colorado, 1856. Samples by mail or
express will receive prompt aud careful attention
Sold Silver Bullion Rehoss os eSsea"sno ss,ss sne is''
Concentration Tests lbs: or car load lots.
I736-l73s Lawrence St. Denver. Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1906-07-13

SHEEP, HOG, CATTLE u
s--S- -GuiCkES FENCE
-f-- in any length. Send for
--- catalog OF cuts. Denver
S@@@ saw Fence Co.. l62s-29
E1<zSsS-@ss<1~s-@-: 18th St. Denver. Colo.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-07-20
500 Reward, 100.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure i'll all stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to the
rnadical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a Consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have 50 much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure Send for list OF
testimonials Address:
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, sc.
Take Hall s FamilyPills for constipation
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-07-20
Consider the Children.

If more people knew the life
long benefits to their children of
vacation trips into the woods, they
would never hesitate a moment,
but consider the children first and
themselves afierward. There are
few things in this life so downright
pathetic as tie common sight Of
three. four and FIVE year-old chill
dreu being wheeled about in little
go-carts when they should be tod
ding along on the feet Nature in
tended them to use.-Ex.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-07-20
A Fantasy OF Far Japan.

I can not profess that every man
of our troops is so high-minded as
you say, or, at least, 1 can not say
so myself, being a Japanese; but,
assuming it to be the case, the
kind of doubt to which you give
expression i. e., that the moral
training of Japan promises a re-
ward in a future life akin to that
of the Mohammedan creed) is
entertained by many Occidentals,
and questions to that effect are
often put to me. l can, however,
give no other answer than to
repeat that there is no such re-
ligious belief in our case as there
is in Mohammedanism. In Europe
one often engages i'll deadly duel
on account of some dispute, some
times for public reasons, but often
for other reasons, which do no
appear commendable to outsiders.
Those who fight surely do not risk
their lives from any religious belief
i'll their cause. They do so be-
cause, as far as they themselves are
concerned, consideration of honor
demands. This sentiment is exac-
tly similar to our sense of honor.
only in our case we have, perhaps.
made it more rational and more
general. To attain this ideal a
long training and preparation is
necessary, but when once attained
there is nothing to wonder at. If
one imagined that a man killed in
a duel on account of a quarrel over
a woman sacrificed his life because
he believed he would be happy in
a future life if he died in that
fashion, everyone else would laugh
at him.
Why, then, is there anything to
wonder at when we say that we
Japanese can be fearless of death,
without connecting it with a
religious belief of the future life,
for a cause which is far nobler than
that of the ordinary Western Gus
tom of sacrificing ones life in a
duel? The morale of our troops
is the result purely of ordinary
ethical training and diffusion of
National traditions. Loyalty and
patriotism arc the highest ideals
of the Japanese Nation. Japanese
ethics have taught for centuries
how to die an honorable death,
and yet one must not think that
Japanese ethics teach only how to
die; they also teach how to live
Baron Suyematsu.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-07-20
Poultry Notes.

Do not increase your focks to
fast.
Let the non-laying hen go ts
the pot.
Better have good birds aud few
of them.
The early-hatched chick brings
the money.
A well bred hen must be well
fed to do her best.
1t costs no more to feed pure
breds than scrubs.
A hen that has its growth is
very easily fattened.
Keep a busting box where the
fowls can get at it handily.
With poultry as with ali other
stock the best is the cheapest.
Have low perches for large
fowls. They save humble feet.
Let the hens have plenty of
water and of good quality each day.
Many a case of indigestion may be
traced TO heavy feed in the morn
ing and the next meal taken from
the leavings after it has been tram
pied i'll the dirt.
Any farmer who has a large or
chard and does not keep large
flock of hens upon it, is wasting
valuably space which could be pro-
ftaDly used with advantage.
Fowls when droopy and generally
indisposed are sometimes suffering
from liver complaint. A pinch of
NORWOOD in the morning mash
will often afford relief.
A large production of the sub
stance of an egg is water Hens
should have a liberal supply of
water from some source. Eggs
cannot be made out of dry grain.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-07-20
Excursion Rates.

Account meeting Sheriff's asso-
citation at Dallas, Texas, August
Oil, round trip tickets will be
sold on August 7 and s at S21.7O
limited for return August Is
Account meeting Grand Lodge
A. Q. U. W. at San Antonio, July
81 20, round trip tickets will be
sold July p and p, at S1O.S5 lin
tied for return on July %.
Child's rate one half OF adult
rate.
And as a rule worthless people
have the best dispositions.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-13
A COOP ACTOR.
aow n Famous rrcnsh Advocnte woa
Hopeless MurS >r Cnso.


n Hopeless AIurs NJ Cnso.
Ma!tre Lacland, the famous advo
cate, was perhaps the greatest master
OF comedy III France. aud not few
eminent actors cnv!cd him his marvel.
GUS powers OF mimicry. He was onci
employed to defend murderer.
against whom the facts were hopelesa
II clcar.
When his pathetic Appeals and hIi
tears which we're always ut .all when
be pleaded befase country jury-faIl
cd TO touch his Sthlid audience, hi 70
sorted to tho most tnpudeut rlccA q
tricicry. ThE,stln5 his moistonei
white handkerchief into his pocket, be
demanded IL the jurors were men. /.
they had human hearts, II they could
bring themselves to condemn 81 fellow
man Ike the accused. whom ho haa
credited with all sorts of chivalrous Il
not sanity merits.
Ills cloqucnce was not merely fruit
less. but the jury responded to 1t az
first with uneasy shuGlinS. then With
biting lips, and finally with loud an6
uncontrolled bursts OF laughter. La
chand, while ilinging about his hands
had Intentionally dipped his fingers into
the great inlipot in front of him. and
us lie drew his right hand across b..
forehead, MS II In agony OF despair NJ
the certain fate Of the accused, he left
upon his brow an enormous black
mark like n crescent mocu nnd drew
two other black trnces down his checks
as he put his fingers to his eyes to dash
away the tears.
Felsning high moral indignation ct
their conduct, he continued: You nrs
about to decide whether cse Of your rcl
low men shall be thrust Ivy you out Of
the ranks Of the living. ana you chooSa
such n moment for inlulsing in crue!
and thougbilnss laughter. Is this ex.
travagant mirth fitting mood IL
which 10 decide whethe: a man shall
or shall not dc?"
The argument actually told upon the
jury. The man was acquitted -PacR
Jonrnnl.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-09-13
Goethe. Last elements.

The story OF the dcathbcd of Goethe
reveals striking picture of fortituJe,
artistic calm and Intellectual activity
under the chilling Gcws OF death. The
information is gathered from Il letter
written on March %, 1882, the day aft
or Goe!ho's death by Fraulcin Louise
seidler. an art student and close
friend of the poets family. On the
evening before his dissolution, with an
ley GOODNESS taking possession of him
and the death rattle beginning to be
audible, Goethe, With his charming
daughtcr-in-law by his side, would talk
of nothing but his pet theory of color,
Of the treaty Of Basic, of his desire
Iiat the children should go to tic thea
Ter, of his plans for tho near future
AS sleep did not come with the night,
he called for newly published volume
Of history. and covered his inability
to read it with n Joke. Even Mt Z
o'clock the naSt morning, just three
and half hours before he died, he
sent for portfolio to talk optics and
was setting himself TO classify some
papers when tie last agony seized him.
He then lay motiorless, notwithstand.
Ing its violence, TIL respiration ceased
and the heart stood still.-London
Globe.