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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29

TIE House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce yesterday agreed
60 report favorabIy the Townsend arbitra-
zion bill. This provides for the appoint
ment by the President of permanent
commission to investigate all disputes OF
moment arising between capital and
Iabor. The bill gives the commission
power to summon witnesses and compel
their attendance ard 10 infict punish
men. for refusal to testify. 1t is not be-
lieyed that much good would result from
the passage of this bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29
cnnfession OF a Murderer.

Detroit, Mich, Jan 20. Percy Boyne,
an lS.year old boy, bs. contested, the
police say, that he robbed and murdered
Mrs. Oornelia WEIGH, an aged woman
who wss found dead in her room two
weeks sgo, with her head beaten into
| a min
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29
sured Of lung Treble.

at is now eleven years since had anaFfov
escape from consumption" writes @. o.
Floyd, q Leading business man Of Kershsw,
s. G. II had run down in veiaht 10 1876
pouEds, and coughing was constant, both By
day end By night. Finally began taking
this FIR about six months, when my cough
and lung tronble vera entirely gone and
wa, RESI- ored my normal weight, 10 pounds. !"
Thousands Of persons are heaied every year.
Guaranteed at ell DING stores. SOs and ii %.
Trial bottle free.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29
rhsIste Cardinal Richard.

Paris, Jan. 29.-rhe remains OF the
late Cardinal Richard, Archbishop OF
Paris, we're exposed to public view in
in the archbishopric today. Immense
numbers are visiting there for las! look
at the sged prelate'S face. The funeral
will be held at Notre Dane Cathedral
Saturday. Cosdjutor Archbishop Annette
will succeed Cardinal Richard as Arch
bishop OF Paris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29
COMMON COUNCIL.

AT regular meet e OF the Common CouH-
Gil Of the city OF Alexandria, Va, held JAN
uary 2Sth, 1908, there we're present. Hubert
Snoyden, esq.,, President, and Messrs Lead
heater, Burke, Risheill, Williams, Strauss,
Monroe, Basder, Hellmuth, Harriscn, Uhler.
Marshall, Spinks and Evans.
The Committee On Streets RECOMMENDED thss
81, 900 be appropriated for the purchase OF
granite curb. The report Of ths committee
was amended by inserting $500 instead Of
81 600 and the report as amended was adopt
cd--ayes 10, noes 0.
A petition from the officers Of the Alexsn-
dria Light Infantry requesting the city 70
furnish the arnory with the necessary amouns
Of gas when used for purposes thst bring =
revenue to the company, was received ana re-
ferred to the joint Committee on Light and
Finance.
10 ere t frame addition at 1913 south Alfred
street was granted, providing there is no OBJ
jection frOm adjoining property owners.
A petition from DR.. G 7. Klipsteia for per-
. mission to erect fraRs dwellings On Pendle'
ten street, at corner OF Royal street, was refer
/ red 10 the Committee ON Streets.
A resolution for q joint meeting Of Common
Council and the Board Oh Aldermen on Feb
rusry 4th, 1908, TO take action extending ths
} corporation limits, was offered by Mr.. Spinks
and lid on the tnbls.
The following was received from the Board
Of Aldermen and their action concurred tn:
A report Of the Finance Committee on the
question of reflnding the bonds Of 1879. which
will he due July /, 1909.
! Also a petition from J. Matthews 10 erect
frame residence in the square bounded by
/ Cameron, Queen. Henry and Fayette streets.
/ Also a resolution sppropriating $3.50 to re-
I pair the chamber Of the Board Of Aldermen.
The board then adjourned
J HUBERT SN0WDEN. President.
5 Teste: DANIEL 3. SrAEsBuRY, Clerk, @. L.
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no faIse pretense has nlarked ths career

of Ely's Cream Balm. Being entirely harm.
less. Il is not responsible like the catarrh
snufs and powd rs, for minds shattered By
cocaine. The great virtue Of Ely's Cream
Balm is that It's speedily and completely
overcomes nasal catarrh and hay fever Back
Of this statement ia the testimony Of thousands
and q reputation Of many years success. All
druggists. SOC. or mailed BY Fly pnss., q
Warren street, New York.
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DIED.

Tuesday, January 10Th, 1868. PETER
HANRArTY, a native Of Ireland, aged q
years. Funeral at 81. Mary's CIarch.
Thursday morning at O'Clock, with High
Mass. The interment will lie in ST. Mars
cemetery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-01-29

A chled Communication OF AnDR w
JACKSON LODGE, No. 1 o. A. F. A.
a. NJ, will be held at Masonic Temple, Pr.
day evening at 1850 o'clock for Work. By
order OF the Worshipful Master.
J. Z. ALEXANDER, Secretary.
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The MARKET.

osOssstOwu D. 6. Jan. 2s--whsst $500
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the be-
pills knowa, Sold By W. +. essghton.
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the discussion over the resolution showed
the Chamber of Commerce as "butting
in" on the rights Of Council. He knew
it was not it's sira, as they we're alive to
the cily's interests and were watching
legislation here and 10 Richmond with
q keen eye.
The chair stated that he had no quar-
rel with the Chamber of Commerce but
thsy were not Law making body. He
thought the removal of the depot the most
strous blow The city had ever re-
ceiyed.
In this connection Mr.. Spinks offered
a resolution that a special jJint meeting
of the Comm Council and the Board
of Aldermen be held February 4, 1908,
to take into consideration the extension
of the eitY's boundary.
10 support Of bis resolution he said
that just such questions as these make
it necessary for legislative bodies 10 take
action. He spoke OF the money the
city had appropriated to the railroads and
ie.erfed to how the railroads bad treated
the ci.y. He said he did not agree with
the Chair as to forcing the railroads to
return 10 the city limits. he would
rather have them whore they are. He
spoke 10 general way s. TO the rail-
roads, abuse Of privileges, and brought
up the Fsyette and Henry street tracks
aud the violation OF law On the part OF
the railroads and said that the merchants
on Union street hsd no mole right to
protection than the man who had his
little money inVesieg ou Fayette street;
that the violation of law on the part OF
the railroad was a. great crime IS Was
that on the part OF citizen. The rail-
roads privileges we're 10 greater than
the individual taxpayers asd be pre-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-20
Mr.. THWING VISITING
JAPANESE OFFICIALS

The Japan Times has the following
on the movements of Rev. E. w.
Thwing:
Rev. E. W. Thwlng, who is on his
way TO attend the Opium Conference
at Shanghai, as delegate from Ha-
wall, reached Yokohama on the Man
churia on Saturday He has been en-
gagged in work for China for over
twenty wears, speaks Chinese fuently,
and has letters of introduction to high
officials in Picking, where he will first
visit, TO consult on the opium ques-
ton.
Mr. Thwing will spend week IN
Toxic. as he wishes to meet some jap
anese officials to whom he has letters,
so that he may secure all the influence
possible from Japan, which he consld-
ers Zone of the leading reform nations
of the world. Mr.. Thwing also
speaks japanese, and believes 'that
the most cordial and friendly relations
should exist between Japan and China.
In education, commerce and trade, and
in real progress, these great nations
of the East must stand together, and
no misunderstanding should be allowed
to spoil their friendly relations. ia
pan 5 splendid example of opium pro-
hibition should aid greatly at the COM
ing conference at Shanghai. Japan
and China should stand strongly to-
gether in this important matter Of
world progress. ~
Mr.. Thwing has lived for many
years in China, and for some years
past in Hawaii, where he is much in
terested in the welfare of the Chinese
and Japanese who lived in the Islands.
He has been pushing to secure legis-
lation, by the American government,
prohibiting the sale and use of opium
Except as medicine) in Hawaii, where
a great deal is used. It is expected
that some new laws may be passed
by the United States before the Shang-
hal conference.
Rev. Mr. Thwing is an American
gentleman, who represents the feeling
of the great mass of the American peo-
pie, in the belief that the present
friendly relations between Japan and
the United States will continue and
grow stronger. He says: "Japan and
American can never be anything but
the best of friends. They have too
many common interests, aims, and
ideas in the line of true comrades in
the world of nations. The two flags
are both light giving, one the bright
rays of the Fright sun" the other the
dear light of the "star spangled ban
ner. These flags, and these peoples,
stand for right, liberty and world pro-
gress. There is to be more and more
friendly alliance of common interest,
commercial progress and mutual de-
velopment between the East and the
Vest
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-20

Christmas. Messrs. Hackfeld & Co.,
Ltd, Wall, Nichols & Co., and L. B.
Kerr & Co., Ltd. will be asked to fix
price on toys and dolls and there
will be about five hundred sacks of
candy. Messrs. Rath, of the Palama
Mission and Rider of the Kakaako
Mission, and Mrs. Jordan of the AS
ISOLATED Charities, and the Salvation
Army will be asked to furnish list
of names of persons who are eligible
and the Board Of Health will be re-
quested to allow the little boys and the
Kalihi Home for non-leprous children
to attend. They do not understand
what a real Christmas means and an
opportunity to be present at a, place
where there is a genuine Christmas
tree decorated as they are in many of
the homes on the mainland will be APP
preciated by them. Tickets are to be
issued to those entitled to come and
only holders of them will be served.
Sheriff Iaukea will be asked to supply
a detail of officers to keep back the
crowd The tree will be placed on
Bishop park. opposite the Young Hotel
and the work of decorating will begin
early Friday morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-20
REAL SANTA CLAUS WILL
REACH HONOLULU ON FRIDAY

"We are strangers here and the pos
sibility of being lonesome on Christ
mas does not appeal to u.s. remarked
a gentleman who called at the Adver-
tiser yesterday with proposition to
make any number of little kids real
ize that there is Santa Claus in Ho-
ro.plr in spite of the fact that an
effort is being made to disabuse their
minds of the story.
ga Christmas tree with coolies of
toys and stacks of candy would be
the right thing" said the tourist,
"and we want the arrangements so
the little tots will have plenty. But
it's got to be a big one and should
be of the ironwood variety such as
grown in the park. If the commission
ers would consent to our having one
of them or if any citizen who has an
extra one in his yard will yield to our
request for it we will be fixed for the
fray"
The object of the gentlemen-there
are nine of them-is to provide pleas
ure for the little tots, boys and girls
who otherwise would not have a Merry
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-20
CHRISTMAS AT HALL & SON.

Halls store is essentially mecca
for the furnisher of homes for every
thing but furniture that is worth while
is to be found there. The assortment
of cutglass is large and the articles
appeal to persons of refined taste.
Crockery of the best and standard
makes is to be found in endless variety
and lamps are not behind in number or
style of the different ones.
There are many things in the Hall
store that will be found suitable for
the Christmas season as gifts, to
friends. There is a wealth of small
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-20

articles on the second floor and the
department for sporting goods contains
everything the heart of the small boy
and the man vearns for.
The store will be open evenings I'M
til Christmas.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Bread That lntoxicates.

In far eastern Russia, in that region
which lies between the sea and the
river called Mssuri. the humidity of the
climate as we'll as of the soil is re-
markable Vegetation Is here dlstin-
guished for Its wondrous exuberance.
to such an extent that the soil never
dries up. The result is that the inhab
ltants In order to prevent putrefaction
of the roots SOW their corn upon Sc
ries OF layers of the soil. Nevertheless
In certain districts the humidity is so
intense that there grows upon the ears
of corn kind Of fungous matter made
up of micro fungi AS a result of this
sporadic excresccnce the bread made
from the corn In question gives all the
results of an overdose OF alcohol. In
very humid climates the phenomenon
Is likewise known. though to nothing
like the extent OF eastern Siberia,
where whole districts are affected by
this strange kind of "alcoholized
bread"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
AT THE SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE

Mr.. Knapp, who has been running
the Irvine blacksmith shop, has re
turned to Mt. Vernon.
Everett Clark of Madison was il
town one day the last of the week.
Lewis Whipple of Waterville was in
town over Sunday; his mother, Mrs
Myrtle Whipple, went home with him
Monday morning.
Thursday Miss Inez Whipple will
leave for New York and the Whipple
home will be closed for the present.
Mrs. Clmena Whipple is in Oakland
for u number of weeks stay.
Clarence Rowell of Winthrop passed
the Sabbath in town.
NJ. E. Barker of Norridgewock lwas
in town the first of the week.
Mrs. Fred Lombard has just re-
turned from few days stay in Rich
mond with her father.
The Ladies' Aid gave a boiled
vegetable dinner and vegetable hash
supper in their yestry Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Miss Beatrice Dunton OF New Port
land, who has been visiting her
cousin, Miss Matte Young, returned
to her home Monday.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08

DR.. Russell Cool of California hap
Rened to suppress an epidemic of
measles while on a vacation trip TO
Tahiti. and Chief Oreaori gratefully
invited him to a banquet in his prilni-
tive palace. The south sea potentate
and his white guest sat amiably on
the floor and dined off roast pig and
other native delica cies served on broad
leaves and eaten with the fingers.
After dinner host and guest adjourned
to seats outside the palace, lit long, fat,
black cigars and gazed out over the
moonlit Pacific. In the eyes of Chief
Oreaori, Robert Louis Stevenson, who
did so much to improve the condition
Of the south sea islanders. was the
greatest white man that ever lived.
The chief related to DR. Cool mary
incidents to illustrate Stevenson s
kindliness. then asked score of ques-
tions about the health of Stevenson s
widow and of his stepchlldren. When
the last question had been answered
there followed long period of silence.
The two friends puffed slowly at their
cigars and luxuriously regarded the
radiant tropic moonlight glowing upon
rustling palm fronds and the silvery
ocean. Then Oreaori turned to the
doctor and dema nded, "Now tell me
about John L. Sullivanr'-Harper' 5
Weekly
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Yhouoht Lia Had Died.

A prominent member of a German
American society told story about a
German friend of his who was taken
Ill. For many days the German was
close to death, but after a time he
showed improvement In condition. The
doctor told the Germans wife that her
husband might have anything to eat
that de liked.
The German expressed a desire for
llmburger cheese, and the wife. being
a generous woman and pleased at the
improvement and In order that her
husband might have a nlbble at any
time he had taste for 1t, put some
cheese In every room in the house. 1t
is easy to imagine the aroma.
The next morning the doctor called
at the house, aud as soon as he opened
the door he asked:
when did he die ?"-Hartford Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
FINDINGS NOT KEEPINGS.
Lost Articles Are Always Crying Out
For Their Owners.

Lost Articles Are Always Crying Out
For Their Owners.
When one is on the public thorough
fare or in the street car or train or
boat and picks up an object that Is
valuable, Is it his?
True, he may find something which
is too small and trifling to warrant
searching to find the owner such as a
handkerchief. a pair of gloves, etc.
But when he finds something OF value
1t Is not his until he has done every
thing in his power to find the owner.
The street railways and trains are
so systema tized today that II. when
one finds an object OF value. he re-
turns 1t TO the company's representa-
tive 1t is almost sure to catch up with
Its owner. Every person Of intelll-
gence knows that the first place to
inquire for 1t is at the lost and found
department.
When, however, one Is on the street
and finds something which, IL he lost
1t himself. he would very much like to
have returned. there are the columns
OF a newspaper In which to advertise.
II he fails to find the owner after
this. then he can rightfuly call 1t his
own and have a clear conscience but
If he avoids looking over the lost and
found columns and fails to do his part
toward finding the owner he Is almost
as dishonest as If he took the goods
Chicago Record Herald
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Ancient Chains.

"Some authorities" says an English
writer, give the Britons credit for
originating the cable chain because
Julius Caesar Is recorded as having
been unable to cut the cables of the
Gauls vessels, as they were made Of
iron This may have been chain in
the present acceptation Of the term,
but 1t Is doubtful, because the first pat
ent for ctainmaking was obtained In
England In 1884 by blacksmith
named Philip White. The patent was
for fourteen years, and In considera-
ton of 1t White had to pay f5 In kw-
full money yearly at the exchequer,
Westminster att the Feast Of the
Blessed Virgin and Saint Michel the
Archangell by even and eual process.
His patent is described as follows:
"A way for the wearing of ships with
Iron chaynes by finding out the true
heating (pre)pareing and tempering of
Iyron for that purpose and that he
hath nowe attayned to the true vse of
the said chaynes and that the same
WILDE for the great saveing of cordage
and safety Of shippers and will re-
dound to good of our Comon Wealth. &"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Some Famous SaIliss.

Great men have been guilty of pun.
ming. and some of the most famous of
these salles have come down in his
tory. There is something melancholy
about the pun of DR.. Thomas Browne
who, having unsuccessfully courted a
lady and being challenged to drink to
her health. as had been his wont. re-
piled. II have toasted her many years,
but / cannot make her Browne. so |
will toast her no longer"
Sydney Smiths jest at the expense
of Mrs Grote had the salt Of malice
in 1t. She was famed for i'll taste
In dress, and as one day she swept by
In an extraordinary headdress Smith
pointed her out to a friend, saying,
THAT is the origin OF the word gro
tesque.'"
Mrs. Grote. however, had her re-
venge. Sydney Smiths daughter mar
ried a DR.. Holland. When the latter
was knighted some one mentioned his
wife as Lady Holland. do you mean
Lord Hollands wife?" asked the lis
tener.
NO" replied Mrs. Grote. "This new
Holland, whose capital is Sydney"
When the barrister Campbell mar
ried Miss Scarlett his friend explained
his absence from court by telling the
Judge that Campbell was suffering
from bad attack of Scarlet fever.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
How IL Works Out.

"T never tell funny stories In my
speeches" remarked Senator Sor-
ghum.
"The audience always enjoys them" D."
Eyes. A man hears you tell funny
story, and he thinks 1t Is so good he
tries to remember 1t. He regards you
as a first rate fellow and feels thank
full to you for giving him new one.
Then he tells 1t to the first friend he
meets, and as he isn't a good story
teller the friend doesn't laugh. Then
he tries 1t on the blase hotel clerk and
the stolid drug store man and several
others. and by the time he gets home
he concludes you have passed him a
gold brick He not only refuses TO
vote for you, but tells all his friends
he doesn't think it's dignltied to keep
in Office a maa who tells funny sto-
ries. Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
ShakespeAre's Name.

II has often been n puzzle TO student:
Of Shakespeare why his name Is spelled
in so many different ways. Shake
speare himself is said to have signed
his name or different occasions "Shak
speare" and Shakespeare" and Learned
disquistlons have been written tC
prove which Is the proper spelling
None perhaps was more amusing thar
the weather reason given in 1851 by
Albert Smith, who averred that he had
found 1t In the Harleian manuscript
1t was as follows:
How dyd Shakespeare spell hys name?
Ye weatherre maybe ye change, we saye
So write 1t as ye please:
When ye some shone he maybe hys A;
When wette he took hys E'es.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Serious For Once.

An army captain on returning home
from India brought with him a goodly
stock OF souvenirs Among them was
a pair OF laughing jackasses. which be
intrusted to one of the sailors. Tom
Pinch.
Alas! The unaccustomed shipboard
life did not agree with the creatures.
and In spite of all Toms care they
pined and finally died.
When he discovered the catastrophe,
Tom was In despair
Il daren't tell the captain!"
Don't shirk it, mate" said his pal.
Break it to him gently You'll find
It'll be all right"
The advice seemed sound. and Tom
sought the gallant captain.
''Scuse me. sir" he said you know
them things below-what you call
lartin' jackasses? Well. sir, they ain t
got muffin to larf at this morning.
London Scraps
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Eraaxind Flash.

1t is a curious fact that although
dwellers In northern climes must have
known for ages that low temperature
preserves flesh from putrefac.ion, 1t
never seems to have struck anv one
that this natural fact could be turned
to artificial advantage until Lord Bacon
stuffed the historic chicken with snow
and thereby caught a chill which killed
him. 1t is perhaps even more curious
that an experiment resulting in the
death of one of the most eminent men
In the world should not have called any
attention to an already we'll known
principle which might have been read
lily turned to great advantage. AS a
matter of fact. it was not until the year
1875. 249 years after Lord Bacon's fatal
experiment. that freezing was prac-
tically employed as method Of pre-
serving flesh This was the commence
ment of the frozen meat trade between
America and England Four years
later dry air refrigerator was per-
fected
The Somerset reporter., 1908-10-08
Spelled In Full.

1--WE had an editor In chief on our
paper years ago who was a stickler for
no abbreviations." said a veteran news.
paper man. He didn't believe in alb.
breviating anything but the word mis-
ter The names of states had to he
spelled out. One time one of the boys
this clause: And Mozarts mass was
played The proofreader who got the
story had been under the exactng di.
rection of that editor for years. too
many years to allow any proper name
TO get by him without being spelled
out. so when he came to this mass he
'rung' the word. and IL came out Mo
zart's Massachusetts. Omaha Bee.