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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
FIGHT ON SOUTH LEE STREET.

II lOLl1 ON kOOAh AAN
The First ward was we'll represented
10 the a2aiag<9 In the Police Court this
-nSh'nf Wien the case of James Wood,
charged with an ASSAULT on William L..
Woodward, was called. 1t appears that
the latter met Wood yesterday and chsl-
lenged him for fight 10 finish and
proceeded toward Jones's Point. When
In front of the home of Mr.. Wm. Scott,
between Wolfe and Wilkes streets, an
argument wss started and the Washing
tonian called Wood a liar, whereupon
Wood struck him and he ran in Mr..
Scott's house. Later Woodward asked
Mr.. Scott to secure the services OF
policeman to escort him to the train,
and Officer Ferguson accompanied him.
After the trouble young Wood was
standing near the corner of franklin
and Lee street, when his wife and her
sister passed. He remarked to her, 81
have whipped your mar and will whip
you if you give me any provocstion. "
While he was srguing with his wife aud
her sister, a little boy named Crockett,
brother of Mrs. Wood, ran up behind
Wood and struck him with brick. 1t
seems that Woodward Is q married man
and is employed in the Washington
navy yard and the charge is that he lie
paying attention 10 Woods wife, for
which reason Wood and his wife have
not lived together for three years. Wood
was arrested by Officer Ferguson. When
the case WAS called Woodward failed to
appear and the matter was dropped.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Table.
Probabilities

Bun rises tomorrow at 5:2S and set at a.
High wster at GAP a. m. and III p. NJ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24
usES HIS GUN.

For this section showers tonight end Tues
day; fresh winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24

THE annual meeting Of the sto;khol ders OF
L the ARLINGTON BREWING co. will
be held at the Office of the company. Rosslyu,
Virgins, on TUESDAY, September Sth.
1908, at 10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose of
electing directors and for the transaction Of
such other business as may properly be
brought before said meeting.
ARLINGTON BREWING CO.,
aug24 2w ABE KING, Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-24

There are many limitations Of DeWitt's
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salye but jost one
original. Sold By w. Z. Creighton q 90.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
eoeehanded.

Little Katherine had been boarding
on q farm this summer and many Of
the rural expressions are wholly un-
familiar to her. One day she CHANGED
to hear her country hostess praising
the good qualities of q certain thrifty
neighbor
He really amt got much. compared
to some folks" said the farmers wife.
but he makes out wonderfully well;
he's 50 forehanded."
That evening the man thus lauded
happened to drop in, and Katherine
Immediately sided up to him. with
curious eyes. Slowly she revolved
about the chair in which he sat. and
20 persistently did she gaze at him
that the farmers wife finally noticed
It
We'll, Katherine" she said. you
seem 70 ind . good deal to look At In
Mr.. B.. don't you?"
why" replied the child. her little
forehead vrinkling In perplexity. Il
did want to zee his two uvver hands.
but I can't. h he sittin' on 'em?"-
New York Times.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
Went wilI,noIy to Crocodile.

Il has been said that the Australian
blacks never commit suicide; that
self-destruction does not come within
their philosophy. The author of Con
LESSONS Of q Beachcomber" mentions
q case of recent date which he thinks
might be regarded ~ in conflict with
that view: "A member of the Clump
Point tribe. painfully afaicted with
vexatious skin disease. was fishing at
the mouth of q creek when his hook
fouled. To . companion he said he
would dive to get 1t clear. His friend
endeavored to dissuade him, remind
ing him Of the crocodile which they
had seen but q short time before.
But the boy. worn with pain and
weary with never-ending irritation.
said II he was taken. No matter. Good
job, me finished then He dived and
there was a commotion In the water.
The boy appeared on the surface.
making frantic appeals for help while
the crocodile worried him. He escaped
for q moment and his friend clutched
his hand and drew him to the bank,
only to have him torn from his
grasp"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Isaac O'Barns. once pension com
missioner In Boston. appointed by
President Franklin Pierce. was known
for his terse and cutting sayings. II
was told Of him that he promised 70
subscribe for the erection Of . Baptist
church on condition that they should
''baptize EN- in no, water II 10 Of
Mr.. O'Barns the story is told that
when on his deathbed. or when he
thought he was dying. and the doctor
had pronounced his feet warm and
said that no one had ever died With
warm feet. the old gentleman inquired
in a whisper whether the doctor had
forgotten the case Of John Rogers.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

tf;nes Of ths "Pr;nes Of Peace" ever
raised BY human hands. III very ex-
istence is known only to the compare.
lively fev people who read much; but
We venture to aay that if the m.oted
plan Of the actress and Mr.. Angel
come to fruition, the drama which
shall commemorate it will be one Ut
the most brcefol in its application, as
is the statue in conception, of all the
worlds agencies in enforcing its sspi-
rations for "peace ON earth" and good
will to men." -Newbaryport. Mass {,
News, Sept ~, 1908.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

istshing looked up suddenly and.
clasping The colonels had, aid:
II remember that night, colonel,
and that midnight attack which car
ried of % many of my comrades. I
WAS the singer"
There was . second of silence; then
Jesus, Lover Of Ny Soul rang
acros that banquet board q on that
black night in 1864 it had rupg across
the lines ct Bermuda Hundred.-La
Sale Cofbell Pickett.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
The 0oq, the Cat and the Lady.

Yesterday evening. shortly after
seven o'clock, . daintily attired young
lady was passing our galleries in Re-
gent street. where il now on exhibit
ton a collection of old sporting prints
The galleries had just been closed and
the star gone, and the housekeeper's
cat was enjoying the cool of the even
ing outside. when the lady's compan-
iona ferocious bulldog-new at the
cat and both dashed through the win
dow. doing damage to the extent of
many pounds. The cat was almost in
stantly killed, and az the usual crowd
quickly gathered. milady discreetly
hailed a taxicab and, followed BY her
sporting companion. who seemed none
the worse for his dash through q half
inch plate-glass window. drove quickly
from the scene.-London Telegraph.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
iceberg cardens.

We passed many icebergs coming
home from Europe" said . tourist.
and ON one Of them . garden
bloomed.
1T was q beautiful sight The great
berg shone Hike IN enormous emerald
In the sun. and In one level recess.
fenced in by pale green peaks. . yell
low garden cleaned. The captain
said that iceberg gardens are not un-
common. Moss. 1t seems. II brought
On to the bergs BY animals feet The
moss grows. 1t decays. IT forms . soil
for the pollen Of buttercups and dan
deEons that II blown through the air
during the brief arctic summer. Soon
the Incredible spectacle presents It.
self Of Q great. cold berg adrift In the
salt sea With yellow flowers fpringing
from the hard, cold ice" 49,
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

belief that Allied and bis bunch wsre
incompetent and made {, very poor
showing even With . campaign fund Of
$4,000 At their disposal. The entire
credit for the Democratic victory in
Nebraska should be given 70 Mr..
Gruenther and the men who worked
with him, and not to Tom Allen and
his incompetent and discredited assist.
ants. ,5ES
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Governor-elect Shallenberger is
more successful in riding two platforms
of opposite meaning than he is in rid
ing . camel. While taking . trip
across the desert in the Shriner's
degree at Lincoln last Thursday night
the camel on which the new Governor
was making the journey bumped him
self and threw the rider with such VIC.
lence a. to injure him. Until the
bones in the Governors leg knits he
will not be able to start for Oklahoma
to study" Haakell's law guaranteeing
bank deposits.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
eve TIE TERRfr0iafES HOME
RULE.

"A half dosen lines in IN Associated
Press dispatch relating to the death OF
. man Who assisted in counting in"
the Hayes electors in Louisiana in
1876, recalls the carpet-bag days Of
that state. The election Of Hayes
ended the rule of the carpet bagger in
the south, and ushered in the reign Of
the carpet bagger in the western ter
ritories, and it was not until the cleo
ton of Benjamin Harrison that tho
territories obtained relief from the
absolute reign Of . carpet bag govern
ment. After the election of Hayes,
many of the corrupt men Who had
robbed the southern states were ap-
pointed to official positions in the ter
ritories of the west. Nearly every
territory had its carpet-bag Governor,
Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer;
carpetbaggers occupied places on the
bench; U. S. marshas were chosen
from the ranks of ward heelers and
sent to the territories. The executive
and judicial branches of the territories
were turned over to rascals who had
been discredited at home and sent west
to "get them out of the way" The
courts were corrupted by the robbers
who were stealing the government
domain and millions of dollars squan-
dered in the sham attempt to convict
law-breaken. About the only men
found guilty of breaking the law was
the horse thief, and the homesteader
who cut timber on government land to
keep his family warm in winter.
When the Harrison administration
went out of power and the second
administration of Grover Cleveland
commenced, the carpet-bag system of
for territories was revived,
and has been followed by every ad-
ministration up to the present time,
although the carpet-bag area has been
growing less by the admission Of new
states.
1t is hoped that when Mr.. Taft
takes his seat on the 4th of next March
that he will revive the Harrison idea
of home rule in the territories Of
Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico.
The territories should not be made .
dumping ground for the discredited
lawyer who has become q nuisance to
this or that party in the states. Such
men usually make tyranical and cor
rupt judges if elevated to the bench.
That has been the history Of the car
pet-bagger of the south and west.
The territories contain resident law.
yers capable of filing places on the
bench with honor and credit without
importing the ''has beens" in order to
get them out of the way" and relieve
the community in which they reside
from q political ulser.
Give the territories home rule.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
A NOBLE SUGGESTION.

The progress of thought made
among men since the time, little more
than half a century ago, when our
pious and well.meaning fathers frown
ed upon all drama and theatre-going
Is IN innovation from the lower
regions, was never better ILLUSTRATED
than by the fact that Mrs. Minnie
Madden Fiske, the actress, is in con
sultation with President Angel of the
American Humane Education Society,
with regard to developing . drama
founded On the noble figure of the
Christ, made of molten cannon, which
stands on the crest of the Andes
mountains, overlooking Chill and the
Argentine republic, known q "The
Christ of the Andes" and symboliing
the guaranty of eternal peace between
the two countries.
Standing twenty-Gx feet high, at an
altitude Of 14,45O feet above the sea
level, is this famous statue, cast from
cannon taken from IN ancient Spanish
fortress when Argentina declared her
independence Of the since decadent,
but erstwhile powerful nation, which
once held Cuba in her thrail. In the
left hand Of this colossal figure Is the
Cross, lifted Eve feet above the head,
and the right hand Is extended in
blessing. On the base is inscribed:
Sooner shall these mountains crumble
into dust than shall the people of
Argentina and of Chill break the
peace which they have pledged them.
selves 1t the feet Of Christ the Re
deemef.
Il would be interesting to know the
detail Of the erection Of this noble
monument; but Il = there, perhaps
the grandest endoFsement Of the doc.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

The Republican National Commit
tee collected and disbursed 81, 500, 900
during the campaign. Ofthis amount
one-half million dollars was collected
IN tho western states. The largest
individual contribution was made by
Charles p. Taft, brother of the Presi-
dent.elect. He donated $4,000.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
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The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

There are so many different versions
Is to how it happened that one is apt
to become mentally demoralized in the
attempt to keep them all in mind, but
the writer agrees with Champ Clark
who attributes the defeat Of Bryan to
an unusual confederation of unfortu-
nate circumstances, which, on the doc
trine of probabilities, will not be
duplicated in forty years"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

In an interview with an American
newspaper writer, Emperor William
Of Germany, predicted that within ten
months the United States and japan
would be at war. The American peo-
pie sincerely hope that Emperor vii.
liam will prove as unreliable . prophet
as . certain prominent William in this
country, whose prophesies have proven
false for the past eighteen years.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
What will Sballenbercer do for the

What will Shallenberger do for the
county optionists! Surely they are
entitled to something. The Journal
s1ggests the name Of Editor Douglass
of the Osceola Record, - suitable
timber for deputy state oil inspector.
Then there Is the Rev. Dr.. Games to
b taken care Of Chaplain Of the
Ssaats would be just about his size.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Mr.. Chain has solved . problem
which has been bothering MI. Bryan
since November Sd. He knows now
Why it happened, and explains it thus:
"President-elect Taft is the incarnation
Of the liquor traffic. Joseph G. Can-
non will reign over the house of repre-
sentatives for two years more. The
Little6eld bill will not be passed.
This local option non-partisan farce
received it, death blow Novem-
Der 8. Practically the entire strength
Of the liquor traffic has gone into the
republican party, and it will be known
from now ON q the grand old whskey
party" Undoubtedly Mr.. Chain is
not thoroughly posted q to how it
happened in NebraskA Local option
votes slaughtered the grand old vhi-
KEY party" in Nebraska and elected q
Democratic governor.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

The November blizzard Was too
much for Mr.. Bryan and he has gone
TO Mexico to seek Q "much needed
rest" He passed right through Okla
homa without stopping over to call on
his friend, the late Honorable Haskell.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

The Lincoln papen state that Gov
ernor-elect Shallenberger will 90 to
Oklahona to study" the bank guar
antse law. The voters were led to
believe during the campaign that the
Oklahona law had been already
'stndisd" and plank adopted BY the
Denocxatic slate convention endorsing
l. Nov there appears to be . hesi-
fancy a The part Of the Governor
elsut about reooamendi1g such Q law
n hi nsnge. Hence this trip to
OklaAona 10 "stndy" the measure.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Mrs Berry Brown-Wah did nah
black Berry 'eomplish desc heah fowl
he's done brought home to his ovny-
own bridey-
Mr.. B. Bah buyed EN- In so1n.
Liza
Mrs. b. B.-Look heAh. Berry, e
yos gwine TO deceive NE d, vAy
Abs gvine night hone 70 ny ma
Kansas City Journal
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
A MEMORY OF PlCKETT'S
BRIGADE.

TWAS years after the var, and some
veterans of both sides were exchanging
"reminiscences at a banquet given by
the Board of Trade of New York. It
was presided over by the first presi.
dent, Colonel j. j. Phillips, colonel Of
the Ninth Virginia Regiment, Pick.
cts division.
There is nothing else 50 terrifying
as night attach" said Colonel Phil.
lips. "The imagination works with
intense activity in the darkness, and
even in peaceful times adds infinitely
to the fear of perils, real or fancied.
How much more are the horrors Of
warfare increased when the opposing
forces are hidden from sight, when the
first announcement of hostile intention
is the thunder of guns, the crack Of
rifles, the fash through darkness
it is the darkest possible night that is
always selected.
"One of these night attacks in par.
ticular-on the Bermuda Hundred
lines in 1851 shall never forget;
not because of its startling horrors, but
because of . peculiar and sacred cir
cumstance, almost resulting in the
compulsory disobedience of orders, and
obeying, as it were, of higher than
earthly command.
The point Of attack had been care
fully selected, the awaited dark night
had arrived, and my command was to
fire when General Pickett should
signal the order. There was that
dread, undesirable stillness-that
weird, ominous silence that always
settles over everything just before .
fight. It Was 80 thick you could cut
it with . knife; 80 heavy it weighed
you down q if worlds we're piled upon
you; 90 all-pervasive that il 6lled crea-
ton for you. You felt that nowhere
in the universe was there any voice or
motion.
Suddenly that awesome silence was
broken by the sound of . deep, full
voice rolling over the black void like
the pillows of . great sea, directly in
line with our guns. It was singing
the old hymn. Jesus, Lover of My
Soul I have heard that grand old
music many times in circumstances
which intensified it, impressivenee,
but never had it seemed 90 solemn q
when It broke the stiffness in which We
waited for the order to fire. Just a.
it was given there rang through the
night the words
Cover my deeeoselsas head
With the shadow Of thy wing.
"Ready-aim-frs to tie lef, boys,
I said.
The guns we're shifted, the volley
that blased out sverved aside, and
that defeacele0 head W. covered with
the shadow Of His wing"
A Federal veteran Who had been
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
Candid Retrospeetion.

$50" said the young woman. you
advise me to keep a diary
by all means" answered Miss Cav
enne Its good discipline. and yet
soothing to self-esteem- There's moth
ing Ike q diary to convince you that
you aren't near a. silly this year -
you were last"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Put sugar on the free list. Of
oourse someof the southern Democrats
would object to this, but Democrats
usually object to anything and every
thing advocated BY Republicans.
That has been the history of the party
Of opposition for the past fifty years.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Another miscarriage of justice is
rspoEtsa-tAis time from Omaha. A
moor corn husker was fined IS in the
police court Of that city for stealing
copy Of the World Herald. He should
have been sent to the insane asylum
Bridgeport News-Blade.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

Anticipating that the Democratic
Governor and State Legislature will
make good and pass law guarantee
ing hank deposits, james Fox, for
merly county clerk of Greeley county,
in company with other parties, has
made arrangements to open . state
hank in Albion, with . capital of
$4,000.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
HONE SETTER THAN -cAREeR.'
% Declares Woman Who Has Made
Big success In Business.

The distraction Of being the highest
salaried woman In New York, In the
opinion Of Miss Anna Louise Amendt,
who draws something near $4,000
year. does not compensate for the
sacrifice of domestic ties which such
. success exacts.
This ID what Miss Amendt. Who Is
the most valuable employee Of the big
gest real estate concern In New York,
told . writer who visited her beauti-
fully appointed ONCE:
Il suppose many women envy me.
but, to my mind. to be good mother
and wife 10 the grandest Of an success
ses. Home il the natural sphere for
every woman, and no matter In what
direction her lines may be cast she
cannot entirely shake Oh that desire
to reign q its queen some time.
1T II Just this one ruling element
In her LIE that prevents her from At
tanning equal success With men. The
average girl lives in hope that some
day . husband will come along and
shoulder her burden. It Ia only when
she rids herself Of this thought that
definite success In business comes, for
concentration Is one Of the keynotes
to success.
Another thing: Women are doubt
full of their ability to accomplish vast
results, and 1t 10 impossible to do q
thing as long as . doubt rests in your
mind.
when I started out to earn my liv-
ing l began q . stenographer with
salary Of SIC . week. It was not such
. great while until my check was in
creased to $50 That did not look 30
big to me. but 1t would have satisfied
the average woman.
NY checks continued to increase
until they ran into the Thousands. on
course. my usefulness had increased.
for I was not satisfied with being .
stenographer. l had learned every
phase of the business and could put .
big deal through with a much ability
- could any man in the once. pre-
pared all Of the literature. In fact.
there il no part Of the business with
which I am not familiar.
But with al my success I would
not advise the young girl to seek .
career. For In my belief. the girl who
gets married 10 on the right road to
happiness. Success In all lines IL
hard"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25


Fred Pratt, editor of the Humphrey
Democrat, has received . we'll earned
reward for bis splendid work for
Democracy. Governor-elect Shall
leobereef has announced that he will
appoint the Humphrey editor deputy
state oil inspector for the Third Con-
gressional District. It was . wise
move Pratt made when he sold his
newspaper plant in Sioux county,
Iowa, and came to . country where his
efforts in behalf of his party are appre-
ciated and rewarded. The Journal
congratulates Mr.. Pratt.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

There is at least one paper in the
world which is not printed for none
tary gain and that one is Our Dumb
Animals, which has been published at
Boston for the past forty years BY
George T. Angel who is known the
world over Is the great humane edu-
Gator. Mr.. Angel has devoted his
life in speaking for those that cannot
speak for themselves, and with his age
in the eighties he retains all his facul-
ties and continues the good work with
the vigor of youth. He sends his
paper to every newspaper and maya
zine in the country and considers his
greatest work that of talking through
his paper to the thousands of editions
Of the country who in turn talk to
their thousands of readers in the same
way. The following announcement in
the current issue adds to the above
comment: Ever since beginning our
present humane work, forty years ago,
We have made it rule of life to avoid
everything and everybody that might
interfere with our independence of
thought and action, and 90 have inva-
riably refused to take any advertise
ments at any price for this paper, the
first of its kind in the WORLD" Troy
Weekly Call, Oct 10.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25
Mechanical.

Mrs Haymow-Wan. dew tel e
this here iectrie business ala. Axs..
tin' {. beat tn hand.
81 Haymov-Souer,a' ssv y ~
paper!
Mrs Haymc~-weG. I sAs saw,
They've he'd motor vs<ues az nss,r
boats and nesorv they're A<asss n.
tor policemen
81 HAymow-wsC. BY gam
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-25

]. 81. Edmisten, ut one time leader
Of the Populist party in this state, has
ben fined $1,000 and sentenced to
four months in jail for the illegal fenc-
ing Of government land. Porter,
another populist who never put it
hack" d sin 1t large