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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-02-28
Long handle BROOMS for sweeping cell.
ings AMI halls for sale By

J. c. MILBURN.
XyIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office of the
/ CORPORATION Court Of the City OF Alex.
andria on the oath day of February, 1908.
Robert Cheeks Tn
vs.. fCbenon.,
Mary Catherine Butler Cheeks, Cnancery.
Memo. The object Of this suit is TO obtain
an absolute divorce from the bonds Of matri-
mony for the complainant from the defend.
ant, aud to obtain such further relief as "
equity nag seem right ~
II appearing by an affidavit nled in this
cause that the defendant, Mary Catherine But.
Ter Cheeks, is nonresident ofthis State 1t is
Ordered that said defendant appear here with
in fifteen days after due publication Of this
order, and do what is necessary TO protect
her interest In this suit, and that copy OF
this order be forth with inserted in the Alex
andra Gazette, newspaper published in the
city Of Alexandria, once week for four suc-
csssive weeks, and posted at the mont door "a
the Court House oflhis city, 81 9
cnbv--TEsTR,
NEWELL 6. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Robinson Monenre: Q. q. feb25 w4w- ia
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Bad 25c at E. S. LEADBEATER q SONS.
Very Gne MARACAIBO COFFEE, freshly
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NEW MACKEREL.--Nos I, 2, 8 Mack.
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10 MfIRcRN.
LOWER PRICES ON BACON.-old Mis-.
souri, Hams, lie; Mild cured Hens, 15o;
Breakfast Strips. l5s. J. G. MIIBNPp
NEW PRUNEs aud EvAPORATED
PEACHES just received By
j. c. kILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-02-28

IN KNEE QUICK DRIP COFFEE POTS
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-02-28

better remedv is not made for Colds and
La Grippe than Guy on. Geta box now. 100
snd 25c at E. S. LEADBEATER d sons.
w., C.. lFADACATpOC nEPFr f-o.hl,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
VALUABLE TIMBER IN ALASKA.
Traveller Tells of Vast Forest Wealth
in the Territory.

although the hardwood men of the
United States may have to witness
with alarm the depreciation of the
area of oak and walnut in the Appala-
chan ranges and the lower Mississippi
there is plenty of the other sort left on
the continent" remarked E. H. Mer-
ties of Spokane, Wash.
THE world has no idea of the re-
sources from a timberman's view
point of the great untouched Alaskan
forests continued Mr.. Mertes. up
from Valdez and stretching on above
the Tanana river the forest growth of
Alaska, mainly pine it is true, but
the biggest, finest pine in the land
is prodigious. The interior of Alaska
is given over to much stunted growth,
owing to the severe winters, but along
the softer climated coast the forests
are simply indescribable in their un-
cut luXuriance. 1t will be many years
before the woodsman's ak is heard
over the thousands of square miles in
cluded in this domain"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
UMBRELLA is MANS ONLY ROOF.
Strange Mode of Life Adopted by Ec-
centric English Recluse.

In a wood about 80 miles from Lon
don, Eng, lives an old man who for
70 years has known no other roof
than an umbrella Twenty years ago
took to the woods he said. Dur
ing the great snow storm last winter
slept soundly, and when | woke up
in the morning l was covered with
snow many inches deep. But | am
never ill. l have not had days i'll
ness in my life. have lived a simple,
single life, and l have no more worry
than that tree has. l have no rates
and taxes to pay, l have no wife to
bother me, and l have plenty of
friends. No one ever interferes with
me. | never light fire, and | never
ask for money. When darkness comes
on | put up my big umbrella, take my
boots off, put my legs into sack and
cover myself up with clothing, on top
OF which | place this macintosh
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
EXPLAINED PRESENCE OF SHOT.
Leaden Pellets Had Been Intended for
Uncle Ephriam.

Polk Miller of Richmond blew into
the editorial Office of the Almanack
like fresh breeze from the south a
few days ago and was promptly asked,
OF course, for the latest darby story in
Virginia He said it was about substi-
tuting a wild turkey for a tame tur-
key. One of his friends bought tur-
key from old Uncle Ephraim and
asked him, in making the purchase, if
1T was tame turkey.
20, yais, sir, it's tame turkey oil
right"
Now, Ephraim, are you sure it's a
tame turkey?"
o, yais, sir, dere's no so't O. doubt
bout dat. It's a tame turkey oil right"
He consequently bought the turkey,
and day or two later when eating it
he came across several shot. Later
on when he met old Ephraim on the
street he said well, Ephraim, you
told me that was tame turkey, but
found some shot in it when | was eat
ing it."
20, dat war tame turkey, oil right"
was Uncle Ephraim's reiterated re-
joinder, but de fac is, boss, Ise gwine
to tell yer in confidence dat dem ere
shot was intended for me."-Ret oboth
Sunday Herald.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
The Woman and the EARRINGS.

Now look at that woman" said a
man in the car, who was evidently a
woman hater. wearing earrings in
this day and generation. Actually
piercing the flesh so as to further
adorn herself, as though enough or
naments could not be hung or other
wise attached to the person. l never
have been able to understand why
they do not still wear rings in their
noses and bells on their toes and put
court plaster beauty spots on their
faces, just as they used to do, and a
bit farther back put paint on their
faces Indian fashion, and a bit farther
back still-indeed, one may go to the
African gold coast to-day and find men
as we'll as women cutting vertical
slashes in their faces as marks of
beauty. However, mind you, | am not
kicking. 1t is just encouraging to OBJ
serve that so few women to-day wear
earrings"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Joy to the Eat Man.

The fat man is never fanatic and
Is seldom an anarchist. He looks up
en- the world with kindly eyes and
finds it good from it's governments to
its beefsteaks. 1t feeds him we'll, it
clothes him we'll, and though he feels
it has crowded a little too much flesh
on his bones, he can puff and bear it.
Your thin, nervous fellow with the
snappy eyes and your grim, close
mouthed man-they are the plotters,
planners and schemers that conspire
and overturn; they are the revolution
lists and insurgents. The fat man may
enter into these things, he may give
his money and moral support, but he
doesn't get up instructions or build
barricades or throw bombs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
ASKED TO WATCH FOR HUBBY.
Cleveland Woman Thinks That Re-
quest Was the Limit.

Il don't care what anybody asks me
now remarked the woman with the
heavily upholstered velvet Jacket.
I'll be prepared now for anything.
Nothing would surprise me- Not after
what the woman across the hall asked
NE yesterday.
1T was after five o'clock, and l was
busy getting dinner, for my husband
is usually home by six. | guess the
woman across the hall must have been
figuring on having her dinner ready
just Oh time, too She knocked at the
door, and when l asked her to come
out to the kitchen she says: o, no,
haven't time to stop only a moment
just wanted to ask you if you would
look out of your window and let me
know when my husband gets off the
car and then tell me so can hurry my
supper on the able. He's always in
such a hurry when he gets home.
You'll watch out for him, won't you,
dear? You know | can't see the car
from our flat
And she was gone before l had
time to catch my breath | can see
myself sitting at the window and
watching for her husband. The ideal"
Plain Dealer
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
How to Help Our Friends.

We often attempt to regulate the
lives of our friends through imposing
our own wills upon them. This we do
under the impression that our con-
ception of truth is superior to theirs,
and that we see more clearly than
they do. This is really but a form of
selfishness, and binds all who indulge
in it, both the strong and the weak.
OF course there is point where
kind and friendly desire to help an
other may be productive of good. But
when the desire to help another in
wolves the subjugation of his spirit
and understanding, then that desire
becomes selfish one For you can
not force knowledge of truth upon
anyone. Only love and patience and
living the truth yourself can bring it
to the consciousness of your friends
From the Nautilus.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
CRAZE Fok TITLED HUSBANDS.
Cynical Bachelor crticizes Aims of
Average Rich American Mother.

Not only an English earl, but an
Italian prince and a German count
proposed to my daughter while we
We're abroad, but
That is the sort of thing" said
cynical bachelor, that we hear on all
sides from the average rich mother on
her return from Europe. What does
1T denote? Why. hang it, it denotes
that the average American mother
feels actually ashamed nowadays if
her daughter doesn't marry into no.
BILE foreign family. To marry into the
foreign nobility is the correct thing to
do, and the girl who doesn't land
duke or count or something feels
ashamed, and her mother feels more
deeply ashamed still.
Il don't want to boast, but. consider
ing the quality of us American men,
| think it's terrible that American
heiresses only marry us as a last re-
sort when they are ashamed of their
failure to get duke or marquis.
If you think I'm eXaggerating, lis
ten to the shamefaced mothers of mar
riageable daughters who have returned
from Europe without a title in tow.
Like parrots they say nothing but:
Yes, Prince Petit and Lord Lac
land and Count Sage all proposed to
Mamie, but"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
The Uniform.

If there is one thing above all others
which initiates against enlistments it
is the sending forth into civil life of
dlshonorably discharged soldiers and
sailors in uniform. How can a respect
for the uniform be maintained and an
interest in the wearerS of it be aroused
ii men who have been adjudged a
disgrace to their uniform" be permit
ted to appear before the American
people in the garb they have dis
graced? Such men are constantly be-
fore the public eye Shiftless and
worthless they wear their uniform I'M
TIL 1t is worn out, and do incalculable
harm to the military profession and
to the reputation of the manly and
worthy men In the service.-Army and
Navy Life
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
NO PLACE FOR A STRAW HAT
Beginner at Golf Quickly Convinced Of
the Fact.

There was good deal of the char
acteristic traits of the Scotsman in old
Tom Morris, the famous golfer. who
has just died He was pawky, canny
and of a religious bent. OF him many
stories are told When asked for his
opinion regarding the playing of golf
on Sunday Tom wisely remarked that
if the player did n need rest, the
links did"
Beginners had always a large share
OF Toms sympathy, and he was ever
ready to give them sound advice. Tom
was astonished one day to find a raw
Gallant who had armed himself with
club and ball out on the links with
straw hat. You'll never get the
right swing wi a thing like that on
yer head" said Tom, and taking club
he showed the young man the proper
swing. On trying it the neophvte lust
struck the back of his hat and knocked
1t on. A cap was afterward found
more suitable.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
The Argument of Gold.

A man who is furnished with argu
ments from the mint will convince his
antagonist much sooner than one who
draws them from reason and philoso
ply. Gold is wonderful clearer of
the understanding; it dissipates every
doubt and scruple in an instant; ac-
commodities itself to the meanest ca
pacities; silences the loud and clamor
Gus, and brings over the most OBJ
stinate and infleXible
Philip of Macedon was a man of
most invincible reason this way. He
refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens,
confounded their statesmen, struck
their orators dumb, and at length
argued them out of all their liberties
Joseph Addison.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Fewer Norman Than Men Color blind

Fewer Women Than Men Color Blind
Where one in thirty women is
slightly color blind one in five men is
So"
The physician continued his expert
ments with the testing machine.
You he said, cant tell green
from blue and are therefore defective,
sir. But you are not absolutely color
blind. Absolutely color blind persons
are very, very rare. l Lave met but
one. He couldn't tell red from yellow
or yellow from blue
why are mems eyes less reliable
than women's as regards coors? Some
say it is the tobacco smoke that dulls
and weakens them. l have noticed
that non-smokers have a somewhat
sharper vision"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
The Will.

Our bodies are orr gardens; to the
which our wills are gardeners; so
that if we will plant nettes, or SOW
lettuce; set hyssop, and weed up
thyme; supply it with one gender of
herbs, or distract it with many; either
TO have it sterile with idleness, or
MANFRED with industry; why, the
power and corrogible authority of this
lies in our wills. If the balance of
our lives had not one scale OF rea-
son to poise another of sensualty, the
blood and baseness of our natures
would conduct us to most proposter-
Gus conclusions.-Wi Shakes
peare.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
African Natives Drum sionaIs.

All through the continent of Africa
the natives have very perfect sys-
tenn of signaling with drums. by which
means they rap out messages from vii
lage to village, and it is quite Won
derful how swiftly and how far they
are able to spread news.
The drumming is always done at
night, when sound travels further,
and as one lies awake on still, clear
night, the ear is often gently assailed
by the low, musical roll from a drum
in the village near, and one waits
with pleasant expectancy till the an
swering echo comes, muffled by dis
lance, from a village sometimes two
miles away.-Wide World Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Givinn Him a Hint

They were walking under a very lit
tie umbrella, and she liked it we'll
enough not to want large spread
OF alpaca. He was modest and
seemed to be nervous, and she finally
remarked, very softly, and with note
of interrogation: Charlie, I'll carry
the umbrella, if you will let me?"
oh, no! can carry it." Yes. Char
lie, but, you see, your arm takes up
so much room that one side of me is
out in the wet" Il know, Fanny;
but what will l do with my arme
Won't it be in the way all the same?"
II don't know, Charlie; Tom Clark al
ways knows what to do with his arm
when he is under an umbrella with
Mary Martin"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Why Cowboys Wear Lono Hair.

the cowboy uttered an annoyed cry
as one of his curls fell into the beer.
1T amt no affectation," he said.
What makes me and Buffalo Bill and
all us plainsmen wear the hair long.
1T is necessary to our health.
You see, we are out in all wealth
ers. Often hatless. the August sun
beats on our heads like fire, and but
for our hair we'd get sunstroke. Often
we sleep on the ground at night and
him that amt got long hair to cover
his ears in sleepin' out invariably
gets deaf in the ear what is slept on.
Often, in winter storms, the hair pro-
tects the face from being friz."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Look Under Foot.

The lesson which life repeats and
constantly enforces is look under
foot You are always nearer the di-
vine and the true sources of power
than you think. The lure of the dis
tant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you
are. Do not despise your own place
and hour. Every place is under the
stars, every place is the center of the
world.-John Burroughs in the Allan.
tic
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
When the Face Is Beautiful

No face is failure" says writer,
which is loved by even the meanest
thing alive. You may be lonely and
desolate, but if your face is loved
by your dog it is magniticently tri-
umphant success. If your face is loved
by one human being then it's success
is more dazzling than that of hated
emperor or loveless millionaire. The
shape of your face has absolutely
nothing to do with the question in
point. You may be worse than ugly
that is to say, you may be plain
but If your features are dear to one
or two human beings, then your fea-
lures are in the highest sense of the
word beautiful"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Mantle Driver,

No man will ever admit that any
woman can drive better than he can.
Even the woman who dances on the
back of horse at the circus doesn't
know AS much about horses as he
does. The only reason he can't dance
on the back of horse is that he can't
dance; it isn't the back of the horse
that cuts any figure. The man who
drives with a woman, and lets the
woman drive, should have one of these
two signs tackled to him if he wants to
keep the respect of other men: Il am
in love-" or Il have rheumatism in my
fingers. "-Atchiscn Globe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
The Ice Nanoleon

The ice magnate was breakfasting
on his yacht in the cool, wind-swept
harbor.
Queer people, the poor" said his
son. How they must stint themselves.
a sweatshop worker dropped in at the
office yesterday-said his two babies
were sick-and paid for weeks ice
in advance"
He could pay in advance, eh?"
mused the magnate over his cham
pagne-drenched grapefruit. Then
wire headquarters to put up prices
twenty per cent at once"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Bismarck's Love of Nature.

Speaking of the country and the
long walks he took daily, Bismarck
said he loved nature, but the amount
of life he saw awed him, and that 1t
took great deal of faith to believe
that an "all-seeing Eye" could notice
every living atom when one realized
what it meant. Have you ever sat on
the grass and examined it closely?
There is enough life in one square
yard to appall you" he said.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing.down feeling, hatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-09
Anticipating Him.

Night after night the exceedingly
quiet and backward youth had called
on neighboring farmers daughter
sitting perfectly mute beside her while
she did all the entertaining. This
night, however, the youth, wishing for
a glass of water, suddenly surprised
her by blurting out: Say, Sal, will
you
Don't exert yourself, Reuben" she
interrupted. Il understand. Yes.
Have you brought the ring?"-The
Bohemian
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-22
armed to kill the woman's husband

armed to kill the woman's husband
that he might claim her flesh. has
committed the crime which public
decency wants punished to the limit.
When women are weak and when
they have been abused, they fall an
easy prey to the prowler who possesses
a hypnotic power over them greater
than that claimed by the fake healers
who would cure disease by the laying
on Of hands. Such man becomes an
outlaw to society and universal sym
pathy condones the shooting Of the
prowler on sight by the agrieved hus-
band, regardless Of the view the stat
utes may take of justifiable homicide.
This man like the man in another town
who sought entrance to another mans
home in the small hours Of the night,
thinking that the husband was absent,
was deliberately following another
mans wife with evil intent His crime
should never go unpublished.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-22

in case OF vacancy in the senate,
should be thrown to the winds. The
way to reach those results is to change
the color of the nominees.
The failure to stampede for Roose-
Welt shows the party purpose to be
we'll poised.
OF course Peaceful Bill will be In
infantile ignorance of 1t all until the
notification committee reveals the aw-
full truth.
Those who were disappointed at the
Chicago pie cutting should take heart
in the fact that strawberry shortcake
may still be bought at the regulation
price per throw.
Roosevelt says he has had "cork-
ing" time. This no sign that when he
leaves office he will be bottled up.
A girl generally loses confidence in
ASA SCH II SAiS AaiiS " IiahS u AOoi Va q
man after she has met him the third
Record Herald.
sss
Francis Schlatter, the fake healer. is
now trying to work on the feelings Of
folks at Mason City, Wonder If his
speciality is still seven treatments for
81, no money. no treatments?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-22
Butler Would Be Busy.
philadelphia Ledger)


Some years ago, says Representa-
tive Champ Clark, he was chatting
with number of senators from the
south In the senate cloakroom, when
Butler of South Carolina, whom Clark
then saw for the first time, came in.
After Introduction to several new SEN
ators and representatives Senator But
Ter exchanged a few remarks with
them and then left the room.
One Of the mississippi Senators
turned to Clark, saying: ITO look at
Butler you'd never suspect he wore
a wooden leg, would you?"
NO" exclaimed Mr.. Clark, sur
prised.
'Fact," continued the other. "Butler
was an officer in the confederate army
as you know. 1t was not long before
he had leg shot off. Before leaving
the hospital he was supplied with an
artificial leg. Eventually he again
went to the front, and this time a bit
of shell blew his artificial member to
pieces. Just think, Clark" refectively
added the senator, "if Butler had been
union soldier he would now be draw
ing a double pension from the govern.
ment"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-22

out here, will heartily agree with Mr..
Weeks. I'm glad he wrote his letter.
Our laws do need reforming.
But Mr.. Weeks makes no charges
against the judiciary. He doesn't i'm
pugn their good faith. 1t is only the
system that he falls upon.
"He told me yesterday he didn't at
tack the judges. He said he held them
in no such suspicion as a Brooklyn
chicken thief held Brooklyn judge
last month.
"This judge, he explained. said to the
convicted thief:
"'What don't understand, Calhoun,
Is how 1t was possible for you to steal
those broilers when they were roosting
right under their owners window, and
there were two vicious watchdogs in
the yard
Calhoun chuckled and answered.:
"It wouldn't do yer bit o. good,
ledge, 70 me to 'splain how I cotched
dem chickens, TO- you couldn' do 1t
yo'se'f IL yo' tried fohty times, an yo'
mout git yo' hide shock full er buck
shot. De bes' way TO yo' ter do,
ledge, is ter buy yo' chickens In de