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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-21

Nt OFfotF nave tHo uldhcEb VI DOl3
clothing produced more desirable patterns
than this season, The qualities are excellent
and the prices are very moderate.
Young Mems Suits.
Included are single and double-breasted
styles, cut in the latest style aud finish. Of
fine worsteds, thibets, tweeds, serges and
cheviots; sizes 80 to So inch chest measure.
5000 to $3.50 Each.
Young Mems Fancy Worsted Suits, suit.
able for school aud everyday wear. 4 very
attractive suit; sizes Is to 20, or 81 to 80 inch
chest measure.
5000 Each. Regular value. $3.50.
Boys Npgfolk Suits of blue serge and blue
end fancy eheviots; coats are plated to
shoulder and lined with serge: straight cut
and bloomer pants; all sizes.
$3.50 each.
Boys Double-breasted Suits, 10 rich fancy
mixtures. with two pairs of knickerbockes
pants; especially desirable for school wear,
sizes 10 to 10.
1886 eseh.
Boys Doubled breasted Suits of fancy
cheviots; pants are straight cut and bloomer
styles; all Sizes
Special at 1895 each. Value, $500.
Bows Knee Trousers of blue serge and blue
and fancy cheviots; ell sizes.
S9c, $1.00, and 81 so pair.
Boys Sailor Blouse Suits, ia tan and gray
mixtures, with bloomer pants; sizes to IL.
Special price. 1896 each.
Boys Double bre ,sted Suits of fancy chey.
lots, with straight cut pants; all sizes.
1875 each.
Boys Bloomer Pants of blue serge and blue
and fancy cheviots; ell sizes.
$3.50 and s2.Qps pair.
nkL;.1 A. Clavanth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-09-21
LOST.
NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS.

Gas bills for the quarter ending Septem-
Der ]. 1906. having been delivered, this is TO
notify all customeFs that the usual dis
count will be allowed on all bills paid on or
before October 1, 1906. After that da.e no dis.
required to make early settlement. BY order Of
the Committe Oh Light
sepl7td }. B. WALLER, Clerk Of Gas.
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This post marks the spot, where
IS sailors from the British sloop Of
war Fender were dr. owped by the cap
si-;ne Of the ships ca tier fpring the
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Tor sALE.-Two DRArGHT HORSES.
SET DOUBLE Harness, ONr.
NEW BRICK WAGON. Inquire at "A
south Pitt street. sepls 3r
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SAVE MONEY by looking up our COAL
advertisement iE0V,
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.yr .ret IRON the building line on the
east side of Lee street, between King and
Cameron, and forms part of the support
of the southern end of Fl. X. Field
Il Co.'S. p laining mill. Above the post
is the following inscription:
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w ANTED.-BOYs 10 WORK IN
w GLASS FACTORY. Good wages. Ad.
dress P, o. Box, 403, Richmond, Va,
aantQf Iu
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w ANTED TO RENT. SUITABLE
w ROOM OR II 'OMS for the Free
Kindergarten. NJ. c. STABLER, 224 south
Washington street. or WORTH HULFISH,
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WANTED.
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WANTED.

YOUNG LAZY as clerk 10 store. Ad-
dress X, Gazette Office. sept2I Sts
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A GIVE MAN WANTED TO advertise,
n exhibit goods and manage branch of
large mail order house. Salary slS per week,
expenses paid. Permanent position with adj
vancement. Honesty more essential than ex-
perence. NATIONAL c., 720 Chestnut
street. Phila., Pa. ag29 vi. 'oct6
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DRY GOODS.
Woodward & LOtlrOD
10th. | lth,F 4 G Sts.N.W.
WASHINGTON. ID. O.
Hereafter, until further notice store will
clio e at $50 p ID.
Boys New
Clothing,

NeYes before have the makers of boys
clothing produced more desirable patterns
than this season, The qualities are excellent
and the prices are very moderate.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
ONLY sloO


Sunday June 2ith.. via oregon Short
Line Take any train up 10 i05 3. DO.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
YOUNG AMERICAN voLlNlsT

Francis MacmI.en a young violin
artist from Marietta, q, has been max.
Ing a musical sensation in European
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
THE ORIGINAL CARELESS ORCHESTRA OF FORTY YEARS AGO

, earned large sums through the great
popularity 90 Wasner's music iu Sew
! York, 600 Germany the managers of
opera houses io NOT pay high prices to
their own singers Commenting poe
Gently 900 the luck ~ some notable
singers. ,hc New York sun said.
"lhe singers of the Last generation
made their fortunes here, just as
those of tho present day have done.
The noted sopranos with the single
exception uf Nine SeWbrch. who ig
repuicd to Doc one of the wealthiast OF
ADO The singers made their fortunes lu
tfe United States. So did the f,uors,
hEe CWmpanini who died poor.
through his own ratkIessncs~ and Jean
dU 'eszka who 81 stilI O. rich man.
Abbey IS Grau uaid Kline Sembuoh
Sl-..0n1 and beer expenses during her
FIRST visit to This country which was
her second year 0u fhe stage, but her
fortune was earned iu Russia.
'The American prim3 d0uu8s earu-
cd their money lu their own country.
clara Louise kellogg. who sang from
lstl FOR yhout B.. years has ana ample
fortune 0n which She lives now in
great comfort Her home 8t New
Hartford Conn. is not preteutiou- but
has every comfort and Mrs Carl
StrakOsh. as she Us now, spends much
of her tim, iu travel
Slime Lsmc. has q large follow
ing here but -ha practically sing. noe
where else ShH h1 appeared "a, Mcr-
tc Carlo S.. Petersburg. Paris aud
London hut he Is now heard chiefly iu
New York
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
SALT LAKERS IN GOTHAM

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members in rg.f. ana ti.''.....i -
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most pleasing NEWS to his relaffy.t
here.
At the New York school u Art Sir
Ralston s. Gibbs is making guita
name for himself. at ihe ast school
exhibition Dee stood biehcr iu rco,Ti-
mendation from bis teachers thsn .Iy
pupil from The west. and received many
words Of cuc0urIpcmpt fram tha crIt-
les ~. Gibbs Min remain iu New
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
Texas Woman Appreciation Of
Salt Lake Organ Recital.

so life-Hke one can scarce believe they
are not the voices of living singers,
concealed behind The pipes, And then
the vast audience listened! Each one
seemed tO hold his breath lea he
should lose q single note One lady
near mo was sobbiug her face covered
with her handkerchief. others were
as pale as marble and almost faiutiug.
ana MANY even ~ the s,cruer soN.
were yisibly affected.
Then when he changed from this
emotional sympathetic harmony tn the
WILD crash OF chords aud scales that
was like The discharge Of artillery aud
the very seats in the vast building
uuIvered beneath the power of DIS
touch, The effect was almost intoXiCat-
ing The listeners seemed frightened.
as if they thought au earthquake was
coming or some supernatural gisita-
tlou was imminent. Many of them
moved quietly but swiftly t0 the door.
30 as To- escape as soon ae b. was
opened. But the grand finale ceased
without any demonstration. and We
We're out again ON the sunshine. WHu-
deriug n those beautiful ana grand
strains would pass away with tho
touch Of the fingers that called them
forth aud De but a passing memory
or is there some other life. some
spiritual record whore they a.. pre-
served aud will be- waited 0n from
sphere 60 sphere and blend with tho
music of The universe a- when "'ho
morning stars sang together and Che
sons OF God shouted for iuy9'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

former DAYS who sang in their own
country belong 20 The latter cllsstbut
their contemporaries iO other schools
of music have Jared more fortunately.
Nine Tornila and Herr Knote have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
The Ancient and Honorable Order
SEE AMERICA FIRST
bounded 1902
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE
founded 1902
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE.

Copyright 1905 the Ws HOs,setsr Of Salt Is City for which it s
written.
Y TIIN Columbus asst Queen Isabeiy OF Spain
" Fer ship to sail over the sea-
w Sure why should yc do it: Why not take train
An ride around Yurup;" says she.
But Columbus says, no.
Its salin' I1lgo,
Though me luck be the best or the worst
lurrups all very well.
As I've often heard TELL
But / mustn't see 4mtrcy first"
"Who the dv,c i, that dunno" says the Queen;
'Ti, name that nyer have heard"
An Columbus says Maybe yell know what mean
Whn say It's not man, haste ncr bird
but bab,-that young
III, no, yet found a tongue
It ha, niycr been handled or nurscd
An before ycz can hear
Ofthc same ant itclcar
.hat mustn't see .lmeucy first"
SO he sailed an ne sailed an he sailed an he sailed
Till he hardly cud find the way back
An when they all said that he surely had failed
Iii, eve caught a low line Of black.
An thin vhn he found
He had excellent ground
Fer bcayin twas land out he burst
I'm The uckic,t man
Since TINS ouId world began,
Fer now see Americy fsi'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

Al the New York school ~ Art Nr
Ralston s. Gibbs is making quite p
name for himself. at the last school
exhibition Dee stood higher ig rcC1u-
mendation from lis teachers than my
pupil from tha west and received many
words Of encouragement from the cru-
les. Mr Gibbs Wu remain iu New
York AN summer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23
A NOTABLE VETERAN.

General Julian S Carr of North Car
oila WAS chosen recently as Command
Ing Office. ~ the veterans Association
1f The Blue aud lHe Cray and Their
Sons DE was aD omcer in wade
Hamuions corps iurus Che civil WAT
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

Copyright 1906 the Wssrn Hosetsr Of City for which it va,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

a. .hc ST. Andrews. Seventy
and Broadway, a happy family group
Robert Patrick bis daughter Maude.
Will Robert Patrick. Jr. and VIII "a.
PaTlok-is located The Patrick fam
ly have q number OF their Eighteenth
Warl friends IN the Harlem end of the
city. who were delighted TO meet their
counselor. Robert Patrick. Sr.. Of the
former ward bishopric. Seeing New
York of course is the main object but
some little time has been given 10
their friends IN a social way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

KE r. c. Is. ROWLAND Of this
m city hl, just received a letter
FROM his mother. Mr.. Row
land resident Of tho Lone
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

For that tired feeling there's noth-
ing better than a trip to Calders.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-23

On the tables OF all frs, class cafe1
and homes-Vienna Bakery Bread
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-15
FORMERCHAUFFtUR
Is Now the Husband Of Daugher of U.
S. Consul General Wilber-Ro-
mantle Trip Abroad.

Binghampton. n Y. Sept li.-Miss
Edith WILDER. heiress to a large part
Of the fortune of David WILDER. the
Oneonta banker, and daughter of D. F.
Wilber. United States Consul General
10 Singapore this week surprised her
friends by marrying her ex-chauffeu.,
John G. Mix of Sherburne.
Mr. Mix il a young man of excellent
address and last year he entered tho
employ Of Miss Wilbur as chauffeur. A
short time after that when Miss VIII
her and hor mother went abroad for
IN automobile trip through Italy and
other countries OF Southern Europe,
he chauffeur, of necessity. rccompan-
led them. II now develops that while
visiting ancient cathedrals and art
galleries the young woman and the
chauffeur found time to form mutual
admiration society
A few weeks ago Mix resigned his
position as chauffeur and became su.
perintendent of silk mill in which
the WILDER eAate is largely inter
csted. The young couple are now
enjoying another automobile trip
through the state and both are riding
the tonneau, with another young
man In front.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-15
DOCTOR SENTENCED
FOR Alleged lnhuman operatlon--Was
Well Known in Southeast
Missouri.

Bloomfield, Mo- Sept. l4.--Dr. A
S. Harrison of Kennett one Of the
best known physicians in Southeast
Missouri. was yesterday convicted in
| the Stoddard County Circuit Court be
fore Judge Fort of having performed
an inhuman operation on Daniel
Critics. wcll-todo farmer of NAL
den and sentenced to five years In
the penitentiary. The trial lasted
three days, and ITO witnesses were
called.
John Sweeney, an eX-convict, indict-
ed on the same charge with Harrison.
was also tried and the jury is still out,
Tie indictments against Harrison
and Sweeney were mayhem and as
sault with intent to kill.
Dr. Harrison was convicted on pure
ly circumstantial evidence No mo-
tive was shown and from testimony
which was produced in the Sweeney
triaf -tbS--f6lf6wed it is believed by
Harriron's attorneys that the verdict
VIII De SET uSluS duu Il new LlAit
granted.
There was no evidence produced
10 show that Sweeney had grievance
against Cries because of alleged at
tentions TO Mrs. Sweeney. who sued
Sweeney for divorce. Mrs. Sweeney
stated that she had never seen Critics
before.
DR.. Harrison has for some years
been the leading physician in Dunkin
county He succeeded his father and
has a practice that gives him an in
come of about $4,000 year. He has
always been somewhat wild and mauy
stories of his exploits are told. His
offenses have been overlooked by the
authorities because Of his brilliant
mind and his good standing in the
community He Is a brother Of Coun-
~ Clerk c. p Harrison and former
Mayor 0. S Harrison.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-15
THE NEW RADiuM SILKS.
Thoy Are Of the Most Exquisite Tones
and Fine Texture.

Radinm silk has finally arrived.
Somewhat slow have we been to take
up this soft. eXquisitely toned mate
rial which has had such vogue In Paris
for the last few months. The best
gpwned among our women nave al
ready learned the charm for dainty,
dressy costumes, but the fall and WIN
ter promises for 1t regular furore.
Surely, there are few fabrics that
can better stand popular favor. lherG
is delicacy, luster and wonderful
color to the radium silks that make
them peculiarly satisfying to a refined
! taste
Akin to the best foulards and the
liberty gau2es is it, with the best DUAL
| tiles of both. Heavier and finer
weaves than the latter, 1t has all its
graceful cinginess with greater dura-
bility, while the softness and simple
patterns Of the former are enhanced
by high sheen. caused by being
| woven of organzine SO fine that the
single thread Is barely visible.
But the chief beauty of the radium
silks is their opalesceut coloring so In
describably lovely A pink will have
the soft blush of The heart of shell;
tleeting9 cloud on a sunny day is seen
in the blues, while the layenders,
green's, yelows, even the darker
colors, have all the soft undertone that
gives them a beautiful iridescent eff
feet
With all its softness of texture, this
silk does not wrinkle easily. This pc
culiarly adapts it for the elaborate
go~as for afternoon and evening wear,
for which it is chiefly, indeed. one
might say, exclusively. used
For ordinary everyday purposes the
radium silk, lovely as it is, would
scarcely prove satisfactory. even in
the darker tones; but, made up over
material that takes the strain-a
taffeta, for instance---t Is very desir-
able II cleans as we'll as crepe de
chine, and may even be washed, with
great care, in a pure soapsuds This
latter process however is not advised.
as the material is apt to pull with rub.
bing.
Whatever the lasting qualities of
this silk-after All, that is largely de-
pendent on the wearer herself-its
beauty is undenable Whether in the
exquisite pastel tints for evening, she'll
or rose pink, maize bluet or turquoise,
faint pinkiss layenders, sea green or
champagne or in the deeper toned
dove and silver grays, French and
navy blue, a bright dark helotrope,
soft yellow browns and tans, or warm.
rich olivC-a shade by the way. that
promises TO be very good this fall
the plain radum silks have a charm
of coloring rarely seen
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-15
THE ENGLISH
TRANSLATION
Ply MAUD WINIFRED SPENCE

The Sophomore was drawing hi
hands leisurely out Of The pockets o
! his trousers, and reluctantly stowinl
| away under his arm a small Greek lex
icon, a textbook OF Aristotle, and al
English translation,
The books had been lying on ;h'
window sill for over week, unheeded
save when the maid licked the dust Of
them in the early morning.
The Sophomore fingered beside thu
open window, Ii was a fatal mistake
for presently a young girl came from
over the fields across his line of vision
footing the daisies lightly in her pas
sage
She swung open the low gate care.
lessly and tripped into the rose garden
among the butterflies.
"Hello!" she cried, catching sight OF
the face at the window Thought you
were studying, Ralph
80 am, replied the Sophomore
"or rather, so I'm intending What's
it like out, Mollie?"
DIG ASltilt AlpTC " NV NlhhpV Hib
looked in upon him.
It's hot in the sun, and everything
seems sleepy: bur it's nice in the gar
den-quite cool with a breeze, and the
birds are talking-but, of course
you're studying.
Yes, of course, Pm studying" he
answered.
"And you Ike studying don't YOU"
awfully.'
Its very gcod of you, then, to have
denied yourself such a great pleasure
for over a week
Don't mention it,"
TIE girl took up the textbook
which had fallen from Ralph's arm
on 10 the window ledge
It's odd stuff to like so immensely.
Who made it?" she queried, turning
over the pages aimlessly.
Aristotle
who's he?"
"A great philosopher"
oh"
She moved away among the rose
beds She vas pleasant to look at ii
her white summer dress. Even al the
distance of the rose garden he could
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-09-15

! have written, have been very prone to
an oyer-hasty generalization. to argue
from a single instance, or from too
few instances, as to the general habits
of a species and on this inadequate
evidence to convict or to condemn, as
the case may be, the whole class
This is a risk that is specially apt to
happen with the animals that have re-
Gently, and with some difficulty, been
rescued from the black list The time
has gone by, in the more enlightened
places, when every hawk and every owl
arc shot down That which used to be
the rare exception has become the rule.
and owl and hawk are spared II Is
excellently we'll that ii should he 50.
Not only are these two birds beautiful
and harmless, but both species, gem
orally speaking, are actively useful, do
ing much good to the farmer by eating
insects aud small rodents. and some
little good to the e-preserver by
the destruction Of immature rats. But
though this is the rule of these species,
and their general habit. there are in
diyidual exceptions which are very apt
10 lead 70 a mischievous misiudgment
it be not clearly understood that
such cases are the exceptional ones
Now and then an owl. forsaking the
usual harmless and valuable habits of
it's kind, viii sometimes form a per-
sonal habit. all its own, of visiting not
only cOops, but also dovecotes. and
prcying on any unprotected young
thing which IL may find not sufficiently
far grown to protect itself II is per
haps difficult to say whether bird
ever breaks a habit SO formed. or
whether the habit endures for "a sea-
son only; but il seems more likely that
such a habit, once formed, would be
come permanent We may perhaps
oven say that there is q reasonable risl,
of iis being transmitted. by example
and by the taste for a deicdcy once
acquired, 90 the young ~ bird thus
Individually differing from the type Of
its kind. There is virtually no doubt
OF the truth Of the fact that these birds
do learn 90 pres in this way on the
young of other birds The writer l.
nor able to speak Of his personal e&-
perience 10 it's truth. but has been in
formed Of its truth by those who have
hrst-hard experience of it., and whose
testimony is not TO be doubted
The great trouble is thar the person
who fails 10 with an exceptional case
of The kind can hardly. by the most
artiul persuasion. be convinced that il
Is really exceptional. and not the COM
mon habit of the species Perhaps the
best WAY 10 convince him would be 10
insist upon his making a note OF the
contents OF the crop OF every bird OF
the yerminous kind which he kills. II
this were done an over the country.
we should very quickly have great
TO our knowledge, and we
should find local variations of habit
probably much more important than
We suppoec