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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-31
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Alexandria Water Co
Armour 4 Co
Anderson, T. Nj
Appich, Geo. A
Andrews, VS.
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Beigs, Mrs F c
Bendheim, Chas, residence
Bryan, Albert
Brill,
Bladder, Henry
Baker, III J
Baltimore & Ohio Freight
Ballenger & Bro
Barley, Louis c, atty-at-law Royal
Baggett. W c
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Beach, DR. Chas S
Bell Sons, Robert
Belle-Pre Glass Co
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-31

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-31
The Farmers Paper.

The Suns msrket reports and commercial
columns are complete and reliable. and put
the farmer. the merchant and the broker In
touch with the markets Of the United States
and other countries. All Of which the reader
gets for one cent.
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PR dSEr ONE THE SUN
BALTIMORE, MD.

The Sun at One Cent is the Cheapest High
Class Paper in the United States.
The Suns special correspondents through
out the United States, as well as in Europe,
China, Japan, the Philippines, Porto Rico,
Cuba and in every other part of the world,
make it the greatest newspaper that can be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bureaus are
among the best in the United States, and give
the SUMS readers the earliest information up
on all important events in the legislative and
financial centers Of the country.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
HENRY BELLS COMET.
The First Steamer That Piled For
Hire In Great Britain.

The First Steamer That Piled For
Hire In Great Britain.
Among the curiosities of advertising
may surely be placed the first ad-
vertisement Of the first steamer that
piled for hire in Great Britain-namely,
Henry Bells Comet. Thus ran the adj
vertisement in the Glasgow Courier of
1872:
"Steam passage boat, the Comet, be-
tween Glasgow, Greenock and Helens-
burg. For passengers only. The sub
scriber having at much expense fitted
up handsome vessel to ply upon the
river Clyde between Glasgow and
Greenock-to sail by the power of
wind, air and steam-he intends that
the vessel shall leave the Broomielaw
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days about midday or at such time
thereafter as may answer from the
state of the tide and to leave Greenock
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
in the morning to suit the tide. The
elegance, comfort, safety and speed
of this vessel require only to be proved
to meet the appreciation of the public,
and the proprietor is determined to dc
everything in his power to merit public
encouragement. The terms are for the
present shillings for the best cabin
and shillings for the second, but be-
yond these rates nothing is to be al
lowed to servants or any other person
emDlOVed abOut the vessel"
What would poor neglected Henry
Bell have said could he have seen his
humble little Comet, of whose elegance,
comfort and speed he was so proud,
alongside modern ocean racer or one
of the latest palatial river steamers Of
the Clyde or Thames, all so we'll ad-
vertised ?-Chambers' Journal.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
EYEGLASSES.
How to Put Them on and Take Them
Of Properly.

OFF Properly.
There Is nothing which more COM
pletely changes the effect of pair of
eyeglasses than the habit of crowding
them on the nose with one hand. The
best efforts at fitting and adjusting are
all brought to naught by person who
has acquired that habit.
The proper way to take off glasses
is to take hold of the bridge and lift
off gently without dragging or pulling
out of shape. To take off spectacles
take hold of the right temple with the
right hand and lift it off the ear. Then
turn the head to the right and the left
temple will fall off easily.
The average wearer of glasses when
he is cleaning them takes hold of the
bridge. The consequence is that he
gradually works the bridge out Of
shape, and every rub he gives the lens
gives a twist to the bridge, and in
course Of time the bridge or the lens
breaks when he least expects it. There
are probably more glasses broken in
this way than any other.
The correct way to clean them Is to
take bold Of one of the eye pieces
where the glass is screwed on the outer
edge and clean the lens, and then re-
verse the glasses, take it by the other
end piece and repeat the process on
that lens
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
JAVA'S ISLAND OF FIRE.
1t Is Really a Lake of Boiling, Bub-
bling Mud and Slime.

1t Is Really Lake of Boiling, Bub-
bling Mud and Slime.
The greatest natural wonder in Java,
If not in the entire world, is the justly
celebrated "Gheko Kamdka Gumko,"
or "Home Of the Hot Devils" known
to the world as the Island Of Fire.
This geological singularity is really
lake of boiling mud situated at about
the center Of the plains of Grobogana
and is called an island because the
great emerald sea of vegetation which
surrounds it gives it that appearance.
The island" is about two miles In cir
conference, and is situated at dis
lance of almost exactly fifty miles
from Solo. Near the center of this
geological freak immense columns Of
soft, hot mud may be seen continually
rising and falling like great timbers
thrust through the boiling substratum
by giant hands and the again quickly
withdrawn. Besides the phenomenon
Of the boiling mud columns there are
scores Of gigantic bubbles of hot slime
that fill UP like huge balloons and keep
up series of constant explosions, the
intensity Of the detonations varying
with the size of the bubble. In time
past, so the Javanese authorities say,
there was a tall spirelike column Of
baked mud on the west edge of the
lake which constantly belched a pure
stream Of cold water, but this has long
been obliterated, and everything is
now seething mass Of bubbling mud
and slime.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
BRUNSWICK STEW.
A Gastronomic Triumph With a Ma
tionaI Reputation.

I1Onal Reputation.
This celebrated stew originated in
Brunswick county, Va, from which 1t
takes its name-a county most famous
in antebellum days for its perfect
cuisine and astronomical predilec-
lions. The originator was either Mr.
Haskins or Mr. Stith, each claiming
during a long life the distinction of
having made the first stew and dying
without proper adjustment of the con-
troversy. While made everywhere in
the habitable globe, it is seldom made
properly. 1t was introduced in Paris
by Judge John I. Mason of Virginia.
Only in Brunswick county is this stew
so appetizing, so piquant in the season
ing to be found in all its perfection.
To this remark of the writer made to
a gentleman in the far south he re-
plies, 1.-THE egotism of a Virginian
suggests perfection in all things there,
and the slow pace of the state ample
time to arrive at it." The recipe is as
follows: One of three kinds of meat is
used-lamb, chicken or squirrel. If
chicken, it is first parboiled, cut up as
if to fry, the outer skin removed, then
put on in hot water-a-plenty to cover
it-a large. onion cut fine, a large slice
Of middling meat cut fine, black and
red pepper In abundance and salt
After cooking until the bones can be
extracted, and hot water added if not
enough, corn cut off the cob and to-
matOpS chODDpd fine are added with
half pound Of butter, more pepper
and salt. Before serving add stale
light breadcrumbs. Never add Irish
potatoes or butter beans or any vege-
table save corn and tomatoes. Serve
in tureen. 1t should be the consist
ency Of thick soup and very highly sea-
soned. 1t is considered one Of the
finest of stews and has a national
Observation-Disclosures Times.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
ANATOMY OF AN OYSTER.
The Pivalve's Organs and Where
They Are Located.

The Pivalve's Organs and Where
They Are Located.
Every oyster has mouth, heart, a
liver, a stomach and other necessary
internal organs, including a set of cum
ningly devised intestines. The mouth
is at the small end of the oysters body,
near the hinge of the shell. 1t is oval
in shape, and, though not readily dis
covered by an Impractical eye, it may
be easily located by gently pushing a
blunt bodllin or similar instrument
along the folds of the surface Of the
body at the place mentioned. Connect
ed with the mouth is the canal which
the oyster uses in conveying food to
the stomach, from whence it passes in
to the curious little set of netted and
twisted intestines referred to in the
opening.
To discover the heart of an oyster
the fold of flesh which oystermen call
the mantle" must be removed. This
is fatal to the oyster, of course, but in
the interest of science and for the ben
eft of the ''curious" it is occasionally
done. When the mantle has been re-
moved the heart, shaped like a crescent
or horned moon, is laid to the view.
The oysters heart is made up of two
parts, just like that Of a human being,
one of which receives the blood from
the gills and the other drives it out
through the arteries. The liver is
found in the immediate vicinity of the
heart and stomach and is a queer
shaped little organ, which is supposed
to perform all the functions Of blood
filter.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
The "IfY Is Rather Important.

Here's something that may save
your life when a bull gets after you:
When a bull charges, just before the
final lurch he shuts his eyes, and if
you have the presence of mind to
stand stock still until he is about two
or three feet from you all you have to
do is to step aside, and he misses you.
Any child with sufficient presence of
mind to do this can let a bull charge
all day with perfect safety. This is
not new thing, ms it is one Of the Sc
crets of the bullfighter in the coun-
tries where the sport is practiced. The
bullfighters say that COW does not
do this, and they would never try any
such tricks with mad COW.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07

We cannot help living in some degree
the lives of heroes who are constantly
In our minds. Our characters are con
stantly being modified, shaped and
nodded by the suggestions which are
thus held. The most helpful life sto-
ries for the average youth are not the
meteoric ones, the unaccountable ones.
the astonishing ones, like those Of Ma
poleon, Oliver Cromwell and julius
Caesar. The great stars of. the race
dazzle most boys. They admire, but
they do not feel that they can initiate
them. They like to read their lives,
but they do not get the helpfulness and
the encouragement from them that
they do from reading the lives of those
who have not startled the world so
much. 1t Is the triumph Of the Or
binary ability which is most helpful as
an inspiration and announcement.
The life of Lincoln has been an in
f1nitely greater inspiration to the world
than the life Of Napoleon or that of
Julius Caesar.-O. s. Marden In Sue
cess Magazine,
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
TRIP TO A FIXED STAR.
Would Be n Long Journey Even With
Transportation Facilities.

transportation Facilities.
There is perpetual fascination about
the stars and the immense distances at
which they lie from one another and
from us. To demonstrate the vast dis
popular scientist gives the following
illustration in London Answers: I'VE
shall suppose that some wealthy direct
ors, for want of outlet for their en-
ergy and capital, construct railway to
Centauri. We shall neglect for the
present the engineering difficulties,
mere detail, and suppose them over
come and the railway open for traffic.
We shall go further and suppose that
the directors have found the construc-
ton of such a railway to have been Pc
culiarly easy and that the proprietors
Of interstellar space had not been ex-
brilliant in their terms for right of
way.
Therefore, with a view to encourage
traffic, the directors have made the fare
exceedingly moderate-viZ, first class
at 1 penny per hundred miles. Desir-
ing to take advantage of these facili-
ties, gentleman, by way of providing
himself with small change for the jour-
ney, buys up the national debt of Brit
ain and few other countries and, pre-
senting himself at the office, demands
a first class single fare to Centauri.
"For this he tenders in payment the
price of the ticket, f1,1O0,O00,O00.
Having taken his seat, it occurs to
him to ask:
"'At what rate do you travel?'
"'Sixty miles an hour, sir, including
stoppages,' is the answer.
"'Then when shall we reach Centau.
ri?'
"In 1906, 900 years. sirr"
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
She Didn't Sleep Well.

A woman who lives in an inland
town, while going to a convention in a
distant city, spent one night Of the
journey on board a steamboat. 1t was
the first time she had ever Travelled by
water. She reached her journeys end
extremely fatigued. To q friend who
remarked it she replied:
Eyes, I'm tired to death. 1 don't
know that 1 care to travel by water
again. 1 read the card in my state
room about how to put the life pre-
server on, and thought 1 understood
it, but I guess 1 didn't. Somehow 1
couldn't go to sleep with the thing on"
Ladies' Home Journal.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
PINK LEMONADE,
nc Story of Its Introduction to the
Circus Public

nc Story of Its Introduction to the
Circus Public.
"Old Peter Conklin, the clown" said
Il circus official, twas the first to give
pink lemonade to the world.
1T dates back to 1857, when Conklin
was travelling in the south with Jere
Mabie's big show. Conlklin had a dis
pute with Mabie and jumped the show
down in Texas I've had the story
right from his own lips. He bought a
couple of mules and an old covered
wagon, some tubs, tartaric acid, a
lemon, bushel or two of peanuts and
started in the refreshment business.
He followed the circus with his wagon,
and every time the tents were pitched
he would mount a box and harangue
the crowd with:
Here is your ice cold lemonade,
Made in the shade.
Stick your finger in the glass;
It'll freeze fast.
''The lemonade sold splendidly, and
he couldn't wait on the people fast
enough. One day he was surrounded
by a mob sscrambling for the juice
when his water supply ran out. There
were no wells or springs at hand. He
rushed into the big tent, but there was
neer a drop Of water to be had. In his
excitement he invaded the dressing
tent. Fannie Jameson, the bareback
rider, was wringing out a pair of pink
tights, the aniline dye coloring the wa
ter very pretty shade COnklin didn't
stop to ask any questions. He grabbed
up the tub and ran. Into the tub he
threw some acid and the property lem
on and called out:
"'Come quickly. Buy some fine
strawberry Lemonade
His sales were doubled that day,
and since then no well regulated circus
is without pink lemonade. However,
we do not make it the same way now,
and sometimes Strawberries are used
as we'll as lemons. Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
Why Timothy Grass Is So Called.


The forage grass known to the farm
ers of the United States as timothy is
so called because first introduced and
extensively cultivated in this country
by one Timothy Hanson, farmer of
Maryland. This species of grass is
we'll known in England and all over
western continental Europe, where II
is grown extensively by most farmers
between the Mediterranean and the
North seas. The botanical name Of this
grass is Phleum pratense Timothy is
known in the British isles as cats tail
grass and in several of our eastern
states as herd, or herds, grass. 1t was
grown in large quantities in Maryland
and Pennsylvania long before a spear
Of it had ever been seen in England,
the first seed of it ever seen in the last
named country being imported from
America.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
A. to Row Legs.

A bow legged man usually possesses
more than ordinary strength. Why?
Because his legs in supporting great
weight can bend in one direction only,
whereas the man with straight legs is
inclined to be wabbly. Such being the
case, why should not a knock kneed
man be stronger than a bow legged
one? His knees. being braced against
each other, ought to be more steadfast
than legs bending outward. Yet we all
know that the knock kneed man gener-
ally goes into consumption and is at all
times weaker than his bow legged
brother.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07
0Amerfcanisns.o

Fired out" commonly supposed to
be an "Americanism," has been traced
home to Shakespeare. In one of his
sonnets he says:
Yet this shall ne'er know, but live in
doubt
Till my bad angel fire my good one out.
Say" as an exclamation to attract
attention to the beginning of remark,
is common enough and not very ele-
CANT. At least so thought school
teacher who resolved to break his pu-
pills of the habit of using it. A bright
one quoted, however, this from "The
Star Spangled Banner"
Oh. say, can you see?
If the American people sing "sayw
in the national hymn, say, why not say
Say"
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07

much difficulty, a British surgeon
lately secured few twigs. leaves and
catkins as museum specimens.
The incandescent lamp fed by
equal effect. The energy OF coal
being 100 per cent, it is continued, a
first class engine RECEIVERS Ii per cent
the electric generator of 50 per cent
efficiency makes available II. 50 per
cent, and the incandescent lamp
utilities 80 per cent of this, or I'LL
per cent of the whole. The luminous
rays of the lamp being l per cent,
the light represents about one-tenth
of l per cent of the energy stored in
coal.
CaterpiIIars have been found to be
greatly agitated by musical vibra-
tions, descending from a tree in a
shower at the sound of a cornet.
This should suggest an effective
means of fighting the gypsy moth and
other caterpillar plaques.
Curious bands of light and shadow
have been noted momentarily as the
sun rises and sets. For a special
study of the phenomenon, G. Rozet,
a French observer. has arranged a
white screen to receive the rays on
the rising Of the sun from behind a
hill, and has found the bands very
distinct, usually straight but some
times undulating. They seem to be
parallel to the part of the suns edge
that is just visible. They may be
seen for two or three seconds OF
more after sunrise or before sunset,
are about an inch or an inch and a
half wide, and travel sideways at
greatly varying velocity-one to two
yards and six to nine yards per second
being the extremes. The velocity
seems to bear some relation to that
of the wind.
a new French automatic alarm is
adjustable for small or large rises of
temperature, and may be used to give
warning of fire or to signal too much
heating of any substances, as coal,
fats, etc. 1t depends upon the ex-
pansion of the air in a closed com
partment of metallic vessel. The
increased pressure forces a diaphragm
upward, and this touches the adjust
ing screw, closing an electric circuit.
One bell-circuit may be made to
serve for several of these simple
pieces of apparatus, which may be
distributed in the danger spots of any
establishment.
A growing evil reported by DIR. Aba
Sztankay among the Slovaks of Upper
hungary is the habituaI use of
camphor internally. For fourteen
years he has persistently questioned
buyers of the drug, and he concludes
that at least % per cent of the large
and increasing amount sold is used
by the camphor-ea An increase
in epilepsy seems to be a result of
this indulgence.
The London physicians discovery
that scars may be prevented or re-
moved by cutting the skin sIantwise
instead of vertically Is pronounced
one of the most important of recent
advances in surgery.
Amador ledger., 1906-09-07

Tell me-" requests the young per-
son, entering the study of the gray
bearded philosopher, what is the diff
ference between friendship and lover"
The gray bearded philosopher studies
the table thoughtfully for a moment
or two, then replies: Friendship, my
son, is a mutual understanding; love
is mutual misunderstanding" Life.