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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
To Increase British Navy.

London, Nov. 2S.-In 8 sensational
coloquy in the House OF Commons this
af ernoon Premier Asquith declared
tia! the British paVsl plans provide
for The increase of the navy 80 that it
will exceed by 10 per cent the combined
strength of "any two powers wherever
situated" Badgered to declare whether
this meant including the United States,
he repeated his original answer ard de-
clined to state, when asked, II be did
not consider the United States outside OF
any possible anti-Biilish combination.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
The KaYtlen InsurrectlOn.

Port au Prince, Nov. 2S.-It is an
uounced at the palace that the revclu.
tionists under Gen. Simon are isolated
in Les OAyes and that their capture is
but the question Of a short time. The
officials declare that the rebels are
numerically small and but indifferently
armed, while the forces operating against
them ere we'll equipped and carry several
rapid fire guns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Heuey Recovering.

San Francisco, Nov. 23.-The men
responsible for bribery and corruption
and not their tools will suffer If Francis
J. Heney hes his way 10 San Francisco.
So far recovered from his wounds that
be could outline his future action, the
district attorney today emphatlcally de.
clared that his life work will be carried
to completion. Honey is recovering rap.
idly and declares he is anxious to get
bIck to the prosecutions he planned be-
fore be vas struck down 10 Judge Law
ler's court room, November IA.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
ClOthier and Gents FurniSher
OH King Street.
A Famous Beauty Specialist
Olives Advice To Women Lacking Is
Energy and Vitality.

Thousands Of women are using toilet prepa-
rations unsucc ssfully.
Cosmetics fail to improve their thick, mud
dy complexion or to Danish the pimples, "lacS
heads and crOw's.feet.
No wonder. Their trouble lies far deeper
than the skin. They have bad blood, and
bad blood IN 80 per cent Of the cases arises
from inflammation of the mucous membrane.
Their blood is filled with poison which is.
certain to break out in unsightly humors and
blOtches-while pale, drawnf ces, deep c'rcled
eyes, STOPPING shoulders and wesk backs COM
pie r the story Of suffering and despair.
Inflammation ofthe mucuous membrane is
catsrrh. Danish catarrh and complex ons
will clear as if by magic, pain vanish, eyes
will brighten, faces become plump and
shoulders erect Perfect beauty goes only
with perfect hesl'h, and perfect health for
! women can only be obtained through RexslL
Mucu- Tone, the one positive and permanent
cure for catarrh.
Nine. Swift, Jaw 26th ST., New York
City, most famous beauty specialist in the
world and an accepted authority on all Se-
listing thereto, has this to say Of Mucu-l one:
81 can strongly endorse the claims made
| for ReXall Mucu-TOne as a cure for systemic
catSrrh. It's tonic effects are remarkable IL
builds up the strength and restores vitality.
l II women who are tired and run down, lack
ing in energy and vitality, will use Mucu-
Tone, they will prai'e it as do for its
strengthening and healing qualities"
Rexall Mucu-TOue works through the
blood, and acting directly upon the mucO-
cells-the congestion and Inflammation of
which are the scls cause Of cstarrh-causes
them to expel the poison and to resume their
natural functions. Thus the membranes are
clsanssd- the blood purified and revitslized'
We know that Rexall Mucu- Tone will cure
every form of catarrh, no matter whers 10.
Gated, of how long standing, or by what other
nalnts it is known. We guarantee to refund
your money il you sr not satisfied with vigo-
rous health sni clear complexion it brings
you.
Sold only at our stores. Price, Soc and
$lOO per bottle. Mail orders filled. W. P.
Tavlor R16 King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Arrival of Chinese EmIsss,ies.

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-Priuce
Tsai Flu and Shao VI Tang, ChiOs's
special American emisssrles of peace,
good will and friendship toward the
United States, arrived here yesterday on
the liner Mongolia aud received q not
able demonstration OF welcome from
thousauds of Chinese aud federal and
state officials. The Chinese dignitaries
are on their way to Washington to con-
vey to this government the thanks OF
China for release from the "Boxer in
demnity."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

TREASURY officials are pleased be-
cause it cost the government only half q
million 10 redeem $lS, $50, 500 Of Treas.
ury certificates. The Treasury Depart
ment should take lessons from Alexau-
dris. Her debt OF about three quarters
of million dollars has been refunded
and new bonds Issued in exchange for
the old ones at cost of but a few hun
dred dollars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Republican Campaign Expenses.

Albany, N. Y. Nov. 29.-It cost
81, OS5, S6S.27 spent by the republicaa
national committee and 1920, $50 ex-
pended by several state committees to
defray the expenses OF the lsts republic
can campaign, sccording to Tua'urer
SheldOn's report fled with the secretary
of state today. Brother Charles" Taft
heads the honor list, ne having given
$4,000, according to Mr.. Sheldon,
while Larz Anderson, of Boston; j. P.
Morgan and Andrew Carnegie each gave
$40, 900 The Union League Club OF
Philadelphia cont ibuted $22, 500 and
the Union Lesgue Club OF New York
$34,777. President Roosevelt htads the
list of the one thousand dollar contdbu.
tors aud the balance of the amount
raised came in sums ranging down to
twenty-five cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
DIED.

Saturday, November q, at 1l.S0 p. M.
G GORGE l.. MEADE. Funeral from his
late residence, SO5 north Pitt streets, tomorrow
(Tuesdsy) eyenin at 3 O'Clock. Relatives and
friends are respe ,tfully invited to attend
Washington and Philadelphia papers please
copy.
At Providence Hospital, Washington. D.
c., at D. M. Sunday. November y, DR..
WILLIAM E. ROGER, son OF William
Rogers aged 30 yeIrs. Funeral from his late
home. i202 King street, tomorrow tues lay
afternoon at o., lock. Friends Of the family
invited to attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
VIII plead Emotional Insanity.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Sarah Koteu,
the Russian girl who shot and instantly
killed DR.. Samuel AuspitE, whom she
accused Of having brought about her
ruin, today began her fight for life
agsinst the stern tenels Of criminal law.
She was auaIgned before the supreme
court on the cbage Of murder 10 the
first degree. The girls defense will be
emotional insanity.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Negro Murderers Surrounded.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. % The
three negroes who shot Deputy snerifis
John hall aud Richard B1rris, the lat
ter probably ia'ally, while they were try
ing to stop a disturbance at Owl CITY,
Lake county, yesterday, sra surrounded
in q !hicket near that place and If cap
tursd, 1t is probable that they will be
lvnnhad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
New York Stock Market .

New York, Nov. 23.-Au upward
movement In the market continued
through a good part of the forenoon and
at midday the market was generally firm
a. the higher prices established although
few stocks showed some fir sctioral re-
actions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

in which Grover Oleveland's name lie
spelled "Cleavland" throughout. The
letter bears date "Slgsmore Hill. Oyster
Bay, November 10, 1885," and refers
to Olevelaud's attitude toward civil
service reform.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Labor 10 Enter Politics.

B,ston, Nov. 23.-Labor 10 Massf =
chusetts is likely to formally euh
politics BY the decision OF the executive
board of the state branch OF the Aneri-
can Federation of Labor, which J as
voted to hold q convention here early
next year looking to that end.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
Sick Headache.

This distressing disease results from q
disordered condition of TIE s!ou b,
and can be cured by taking Cha nbrr'
lain's S omach and Liver Tablets. G
a free sample at W. F. CreightOn's OF
Richard Glbson's drug store aod Try it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT will leave the
iariff problem for Mr.. TAFT to deal WITH
not mentioning it in his annual message
10 Congress. The election Is over!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

AT New York auction on Friday
last there vas sold letter written by
Theodore Roosevelt to Henry y. BJwen,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

Tue shah of Persis has definitely de-
cided that the people shall not have a
constitution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23
WILL OBSERVE THANKSGIVING.

Governor Swanson has issued his usual
Thanksgiving proclamation, fixing the
date for Thursday next. The proclama-
ton closes all the Safe depar ments
and calls on the people of the state to
devote the day to Thanksgiving for the
blessings which they have enjoyed during
the yesr, to remember the poor and needy
and to gather at the family altar and give
praise unto the giver Of all good gifts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

Pleasant, sure, easy, safe little liver Pill
are DeWitL's Little Early Risers. Sold By
w. 4. Creighton q Co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-11-23

Try KOlol today on our guarantee, Take
it for while, as that is all you will need to
take. Kodol digests what you eat and makes
the stomach sweet. 1t is sold by w. F..
Creighton d Co.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

re;,s of government ably She had paoVe1f 90 the
,.b nf the saving that the marriages VI iguaI
1tings of Portugal had almost always o. a s,enca
aTact for good or i'll the country, her o. y NAV
s, bcen astonishingly beneficial But tor a ni -
;,D mother she showed wild stupdity; 1Ii1 sf o.
iest;ned Catherine from her cradle tor tn ;,nn her
~ King of England. and yet she mao SIse :, ~,
an education absolutely calculated 10 n1tke a,d Of
nssihIe az for her to adorn the POSITION 20 ,bc
po " comnIisbmpnts which the princesseS d. oL e,i0
~ coIrts of Europe were assdu0uS IN IesaI -
inrteod of tact and skill and dlpiofiidtIC .oiigSt
III cha rning address-CatherIne htd Oeei -
-, eirr hymns to the Virgin. or 10 eiiiDi -,
oIotbs She was ignorant of courts Oi 80 tc.-ta
ta,,oy She knew nothing of men, or IiielI .ar1
=. toLite She was uniformed or the III i7t-,
-, H. .rt of charming. in an age Whem " t,,tied
,,.,. to have power over the World- ,'ii0 ,,I,,cd
tnr brevary and told over her De$ids anu t,io,
bor sou in a devotional contemplation OF -
cha IrouId have made excellent anu N IIy -. -
Iyri+l , Iifferent training. given her nat al -,
'f no, son and mind. her sweetness anu IL
et,ndard she would have made a queen ot
- u,ouId have changed the destlneS 81 ILe %
orte and come down to posterlty WIN H.l .ma+baT
~asnIendent as that of Anne or ElizstoeIh ya,.a
,notber more wise than Queen Lulzl "DuI' no -
nryoni her child for the life she was beht on s. 80
cirinc for her The fatal folly OF ner tFAiiiS "S"
70 he the ruin of her daughters he
IT would have been bad enough II CatHeriile
bd baep married to almost any of the princes OF
her time. 1t was of the very essence Oh irony
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

that she should have been married TO Charles
Stuart. He was the one man in the world to get
upon her nerves and at the same time TO cause
her the greater suffering by enchanting her
heart. AS Miss Davidson shrewdly points out
the youue Queens task where the Kings mis-
tresses were concerned would have been infinite
ly lighter if only she had loved him little less
Charles was in the heyday of his debOnair
career Returned from exile and established i'll
the midst of a people half delirious with joy over
his accession he was upon getting out of
life all that it could be made to yield. The soul
of good nature, he was tolerant himself, and
expected tolerance in others When once the
false rumOrs about the personal appearance OF
Catherine had been set at rest, he entered
heartily into the matrimonial negotiations and
from the moment he first his promised bride
he was eager to behave toward her with kind
ness if not with the ardent tenderness of
lover. Indeed il teStifieS to- that streak of
loyalty and lovableness in his careless nature
that at the outset he seemed really touched by
GATHERINGS noble qualities, and in mood TO
follow her lead Unfortunately. as has been
said she loved him. and with her training. she
i'll qualified to bring him 10 her feet with
the arts that alone could have held 50
wayward. She was willing. after she had been
in the country a little while, to modify her un-
becoming headdress. To discard the stiff Portu-
guesc costume for garments more pleasing 10
English taste, and. in short to take pains To ap-
peal to her husbands rather capricious eye She
strovc too. well as she could. to adjust her
cOnventual temperament to the frivolous tone
of the court. But it never occurred to her when
her domestic peace was threatened by the first Of
Charles's light q love; brought to her notice
that the occasion called for the exercise. of tact
Her honor at stake and her temper famed
up magniticently. The easygoinS King never
doubling that she would consent To have Lady
Castlemaine about her household placed the
intruders name at the head of the list prepared
for her consideration. She not only erased IT,
but. ON the King trying To rcmonstratc with
ms usual courtly manner, she imperiously de
clared that unless he granted her th, privilege
oI refusing To admit the lady whose name she.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

she deals not only with Catherine but with the
broad movement of life at her husbands court
and there good enough reason for thus en-
largfng the scope of the book Charles's
happy wife was never an outstanding parsonage
She was not in herself calculated to excite ad
miration while she lived and to stir the imagl-
nations of men long after her death. She is in
teresting to-day largely on account of her re-
Iation to an extraordinary background She ar
rests attention by virtue of a certain incongru-
itv about her career A pure and womanly type
flung like pearl upon the dunghill of the Resto-
ration, she moves us with sense of pathos and
to reflection on the fantastic vicissitudes of royal
life.
over her childhood there is flung the glamour
of romance Born during the Spanish occupa-
ton of Portugal, she unconscious instru-
ment in the Development of those plans which
We're to set her father the Duke of Sraganza.
upon the throne. He heStating to
whether he should seize the opportunity that
came to him TO win back the rights of his fore
fathers when his wife had an inspiration on
the second birthday Of their daughter she had
the child brought in and made to kiss the duke.
At that moment the indomtable duchess muir
INJURED to her lord. How can you find it in your
heart to refuse to confer on this child the rank
Of a kings daughter" This incident fired the
dukes resolution. ana WlthIn Il Few days ne
made himself in very truth King of Portugal
Catherine at once fortunate and unfOrtu-
nate in her mother. Donna Lula was ambi-
tous for the child she adored, and from the be-
ginning she appears to have made up her mind
that she Would give that child to the King of
England. She felt that an English marriage
would bring happiness to her daughter and be
of lasting benefit to Portugal. The story of her
long matrred plans. of her pertinacity and her
diplomatic skill. forms interesting part of
Miss DaVidSOn's book. But this biographer wise
ly laws stress upon the Queens indiSCretiOn in
the formation of her daughters character. The
matter is clearly set forth in the following pas
sage:
Catherine mother had undoubtedly held the
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
4 KING and HIS WIFE.
The Story of Charles IL and Cath-
crime of Bragan@a.

q C,T1r,PINE OF RRAGANZA: Infanta of Portu-
gal Queen Consort of England By 9d All1ts t
trations Svo., PIP xviii 5l7 f. T. Duttoh "
Co.
This is a welcome addition to the apparently
endless series of books celebrating In popular
stvie the personalities of historic courts. Cath-
crime of Braganza one of those figures ms
understood in their own time and grudginSIS
treated, if not quite neglected, by the writers oi
later generations sympathetic biography Oh
the Portuguese consort of Charles IL was needed
and Miss Davidson has produced it 1t Is true
that like most of the busy workers in TINS held
of book making, she has but doubtful sense Oh
proportion, and makes narrative atosether 'oo
long On the other hand she has some excuse
for preparing so stout volume, inaSninch as
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
THE BRITISH PiINTEB$.

From The London Morning Post
That times are bad for the painter Is an 'iy',
secret. and the constant competition ~ iAv '
masters in the picture markets makes t''' H.N
ern man Sympathize with HoPpDer. VE'. AZ
looking at Il canvas Of his own gtri'G. "'"-
say: "ty it Il noble thing. but 10 has one ul'- a.
ming defect-it'S Il thing of to-day trnNe =
be two hundred years old and fro" the orISi. .
a famous man and here's 2tsb EuintaS Tor II
HOppntT'S pictures of u century ago now S'l' -
prOdIEiouS sums. and may those 't S'l"1 -
thu. men whose CanvaStS at present unEeL -
their studios Rut u hundred years Is Il - -
tiEle To wait. and recognizing thar tAe i,uN -.
artist wants money for his present nteuS -.
Royal Institute of Painters IN Water C'iotS -
made. a special effort To help him by eStaollS,,
ing art union in connection WITH us "'
opened exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
GSbe 2gems2lo1:k a1ii E'1a1aaers '1a1aaer'ss
SUNDAY. JUNE IA, 1908.

The right to publish the letters Of Il deceastu
nthor has fer generations been eAerciSeu WIN
..t freedom. but it is 40 longer to be alloNeu
t. nass unGuestioned in every instance ine
recent case involving Mr. NhiStlers $ CORE
sp,ndpnce attracted Worldwide attention.
will ba remembered that his eXecutrN opJecteo
+, the nubIcation of his letters in the DlOSrdpHs
bv his friends. the Pencils. The court heiu
.b.t thcy could use the substance CT the lelielS'
but could not print them word for Wofd Oh pdi'
,,brase Them Now in Paris Nine lielhoh' tile
beir of NfrmGc is claiming $1,000 damages
from NJ Felix ChambOn. librarian or the nor-
banne, for publishing without her autnoriH',oi
some letters by the famous author III the 'i''oi
Cousn Library of that institution her couif
sci argues that the person to whom conhdel-
ti,I letter is addressed only owns the autograph
oud can destroy it, but not publish It. Ii VIII
ho interesting 10 see how the case IS decided.
Anrnpos we may record with ADMIRATION the
oct of Il certain American man OF letters du-
thorized rs literary executor to use MS Iull us
erection in dealing with the papers OF distlh-
ruishpd friend Patiently examining the large
ouantity of manuscript left to his care and look
ing only to the fame of the man he loVeu, ne
becane convinced that the bulk of the materlal
WAS from strictly critical point OF vle"' pet'
ter left imprinted Forthwith he cast II 10 the
flames, disdanng the profit that he might nave
gained from publication
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

This is Il period of anthologieS, and so it is
should have put together book of Nineteenth
Century Prose" 1t contains specimens from the
writings of all sorts of authors, dead and living.
the latter including such men as George Mere
dith, Thomas Hardy, Henry James and Rud
yard Kpling. The idea worth carrying
out. 1t is edfying to reflect upon what has
been made of English prose in the last hundred
years. The anthOlOgist, Mrs Laurence BinyOn
finds that the most obyous thing about it is its
variety. Another interesting thing to be noted
is the steadily growing conflict between Spon-
tancity and conscious artfce. OF course. every
great prose writer has been careful of his eff
fccts. yet genius has always had way of con
ccaling whatever effort it may have made to at
tain given result. Even SO stately Il writer
as Gibbon leaves you with the impression that
he wears his style as naturally as Il garment.
DE Quincey's most organlike periods may he
never So thoughtfully pOndered, but still their
quality seems enforced The elOgucnce Of HaZ-
lit is of easy vigor all compact. 1t was left to
time to make prose terribly sef-cOn-
sciouS affair. The simpcites of the art, So
Supcrbly illustrated in the novels Of Thomas
Hardy for example. have had devoted students,
but the literary craftsman has more often been
influenced by the subtlety of Pater. the glitter
OF Meredith, the bombast of Swnburne the
mctiCuious ingenuity of Henry James.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
SOME GREAT THING.
BY W. G. HOLE.

BY W. G. HOLE.
Our time is not vet come; the hours
The generous hours-will surely bring
The Ionged- for chance by which our powers
Shall reach at last to some great thihS'
For chatting at low estate
We feel on trifing deeds intent.
Spoiling for some more worthy tate,
The best within still unspent'
Nor dream, that Iife's great chance. disguised
AS something mean. for many cay
Lay to our hands, unrecognlzed
Then passed unrecogniZed away.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

U'hn IS the champion author: The question
;S asked and answered. in The Saturday Re-
view" with some acerbty. 1t seems that the
host writer is not by any means the champion,
because for one thing, hardly anybody cares
to read him The champion is the man WHO
has distinguished himself somewhere outside
the realm of literature. His character Is thus
indicated:
When man has made record in anything
he has to write book on the SubJeCt. Idhc
cricket golf. billiards, boating, footpdil' HoloI
ing shooting. travel, for example. NO sooner
has a man made two centuries in first class
cricket in one match or gone round some diff
cut links in sixty three, than clearly, he is IN
for a book He is the champion author or one
of the champion authors. There was a
man who took over a million pills in his life
time. the champion pill-taker. To-day such
man would write most successful work
Why should these things not be thus? Your
charlpion pilltaker could surely qualify as Il
specaIst and It is notorious that there is no
However. the hideh0und saturday. goes on
feeby to argue that there is another side 10
the question: adding these doubtful words
A certain number of obstinate people persist
in the belief that literature is or should he an
from the "A c. the Red Book and the
modern popular novel whose second large I'M
preston is exhausted before the date of publica-
tion-ShOuld only be written by those with the
gift instinct to write. And 1t Is rather nara
TO argue away this belief.
This is all exquisitely naive. The champion
is the champion and he is not to be dep0Sed
from his place by any appeal to the laws Of
literature.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

With this dutifuI service the queen Rad 70 'e
content Her husbands conduct varied As
time went on there We're ftfuI CLEANS 'I S9iiie-
thing like genuine passion in his heart, ou' III
the main he gave her none Of the happiness 'I
which she had dreamed before their IarriaSe
This did not shake her fidelity. His death over
wheImed her with anguish, and she m'urnei I'M"
as though he had been an ideal husband D.
fore she herself died she was u kco" tTi'l's"
of a sort. Merely To return 20 her native "'''
was TO improve her position. and there a-lTf
lifetime of Sights in England she was prlVILrSei
as Queen Regent TO demonstrate her AFFINITY Is =
ruler. But the glow of her success Is tT;tiiS-'"-
Her place in history is fixed thdt Of "''i''"
whose genius was in her heart and Va' WIS
destined to love the wrong