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Washington, Alexandria 8
Mt. Vernon Railway.


For Washington, from corner Prince ana
Royal streets. week days, at645. go: GO
635. Gas, 200, no.. 720, 7S6, $50, 100,
'sl5. $40, $50, $50, go, $50, 100.
10 10, 10 80, 10 so, IL 10, II rs, II 30, II SO
M, IL 10, IL 20, IL 80, IL so, 10, %, 30,
so, 2 10, 2 %, 2 80, q so, 8 10, 1926, 40. 20,
20, $50. 4 36, 4 80, 10, 5 20, 6S5, 40,
500, Is, 6 80, 6 so, 710, 80, g. 90, 80,
600 $50, 10 o. 1890 II 10 and u SOP opc "a %
8 40. 100 10 20, 10 40. 100. II 20 and II 40
a. M, % 90, II 20, II 40, 100 1 20, l 40, 3 90,
290, 40, 800, 8 20, $40, 400, 4 20, 4 40, s 90,
s 20, 5 40, 6 90. g. 20, $40, 70t 720, 40, 800,
$780, 9 90, $50, 1000. 1919 and IL 10 p. m.
FOB MOUNT VERNON.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Vernon, week
days, s 46, $50, 832, 10 26. II rs a. M, IL %.
l25, 225. 332, 436, S6, 7O5 and $40
sandsys-7Oo, $50. $50. 10 80. II S)am..
12 80, I 80, $50. 3 80. 430. $50, $50. $50,
= As and 10 l6 p.u.
SCHEDULE FOR ALEXANDRIA CITY CAR.
NoRTHBoUSD.
Leave Ferry Wharf 8 Is, al, 8 10, 3 so,
10 %, IL 90, IL IS q. m; IL 80, 90. ! 80.
z 05, 2 45. 8 80, 4 Go, 4 S5. o., 8 5, o 80,
O5. 45, 8 %, 90, 9 40 p. m.
soUTHBoUYD.
Leave Spring Park 90. 80, 8 SO, 3 80.
10 10, 10 46, IL 90 a. m; II IS, - 30.
| / 20, 1 so 2 80, 3 10, 3 80. 20, 4 80, 80,
O5, s so. Z 25. 5 10, 8 20, %. 10 w .. IA.
Washington Southern Ry
Schedule in effect April 18th 1908.
Trains leave Union Station for Washington
and points north at OF and 9 80 q. M, IL OIL
2 80, 807, 8 30, and II SO p. m, week days.
Sundays SO q. IN, 1901, IL IL, sbz,
8 % ano IL SO p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and points
south at 422, 437, aud 922 8. m. 400,
607 (local) and 6 81 p. M, week days.
Sundays 81, s As, and % q. M. 02,
l5G Qocal), and 81 p. m.
| Accommodation for Fredericksburg al 4a
q. m. week days.
MOTIF Time Of arrivals ard departures
and connections not guaranteed.
CIV. CULP, w. p. TAYLOR.
| Genl Supt. Traf. Mgr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-27

Sweet and Sour Pickles for sals At L cent
dozsn. J, q A1LbOhn'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-27
: TY1NnPTz GxZETTE AND VTRGTNTA ADVERTISER.
MEETINGS.

THE GRANT MANUFACTURING COM.
i PANY, June Sth l90S.-The annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the Grant
Manufacturing Company will be held at It's
office, No. III south FaiIf street. Aiexan-
dri i, Va. on WEDNESDAY, July oth,
1913, at IL a. n for the urpose OF electiug q
board OF directors ard transaction OF such
other business as may be presented.
The Grant Manufacturing Company,
FRANKLIN BROOKS. Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-27

Manufacturing Pharmacists and Dealers Ia
Paints, Oils, Window Glass, Dyestuas, Spices.
Druggists Fancy Goods and Specislties. I'm.
porters Of Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes. Per.
hmery, Olive Oil, DC.
Agents for John Lucas & Co.'S, Tinted
Gloes Paints, kasury's Liquid Colors snd
Devoe's Lead and Zinc Paints.
Goods shipped the day order. IL received.
Quotations furnished By return mail. Cor.
,s.nordencA <oliaitas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-12-26
ACQUIRES A FEW
FOSTER MOTHERS

any circumstances, cause you see
what It has brought me to. When you
get back to America tell Roosevelt
that died for my country" Well.
they brought in the wedding feast.
and all the wives helped me and Pa,
and Mr.. Hagenbach, and the COW boy
that throws the lasso. and the fore
man, and we ate hearty. and all was
going smooth when there was . COM
motion at the door of the tent, and
in came the former husband, who had
come out from under the influence OF
the chloroform, and he was crazy and
had club.
He had been told of his death, and
the marriage Of his wives to the old
man who owned the gas bag, and he
wouldn't have it that way.
He knocked some Of his wives down
and some tainted away, and then he
started for the man who had usurped
him in the affections Of his so wives
Pa was scared and started to crawl
under the tent and escape into the
Jungle. when / saw that something
had to be done. 30 ! got right In
front of the crazy husband and look
ing him square in the face. ! begar
to chant, "ene-mene-m iny-mo, catch
Niger by the toe" and before l go
to the end of the first verse, the grea
giant said: Maybe you are right,
and he fell to the earth in q ut, prob
ably from the effects of the chloro
form, but everybody thought ! hal
overcome him by my remarks. AM
then they jumped on the husband an
4 held him down while Pa escaped. an
for Pas safety they put him In Gag
| next to the newly acquired tigers an
lions, who were cross and ugly, bu
Pa said he had rather chance 1t VII
them than with that crazy husoan
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prevention which saves.

Now. put 1t into money. this same
saving to the race through intelligent
observation. Hunter has estimated
the average cost of preparing . man
for usefulness at $500. The loss Of
400. 900 workers, which occurs every
year from diseases that are preventa-
BILE. represents, therefore. an annual
loss to the country Of $500 .0oo, 09o.
On Hunters estimate the lowered
death rate Of England in about ten
wears would mean capital saved OF
81 2s5 .206, 900. The epidemic OF
1se1.,s2 cost Philadelphia an esti-
mated loss Of about $4,000. o0o-to
railways, hotel keepers. merchants
manufacturers-for care Of sick. loss
Of time and expense Of burial A pol
icy OF prevention. on the other hand
would have cost about 100000. says
Ieslie's weekly. The discovery OF the
yellow fever mosquito is supposed tt
save M more money In each single
wear than was spent upon the entire
Cuban war. II We could master tn
berculosis the saving in money In ths
United states would be &sso.00o .0o'
per year. Ii It any wonder, then. tina
the best physicians are heart and sou
in the study of prevention!
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YOUTHFUL M.No iN pIsTREss.


Six-year-old Jackie's mother be-
lleved that absolute truthfulness was
the only rock on which to build that
youthful gentleman's character. ane
the consistent working out OF this
principle did away, of course, with be-
lief In all such things as fairies, santa
Claus, and other illusions dear 10
childish hearts, and they became IN
stead "make-believe" games. Santa
Claus In particular being q pet Joke
between his mother and himself.
Jackie came in from play one after
noon much excited and concerned.
Mother, Jimmie Norton believes
there IL . really and truly Santa
Claus. He says he II sure that Santa
Claus does come down the chimney
He wouldn't believe me at all when
I told him 1t was just q Joke" with
rising anxiety.
Jackie's mother was somewhat non
plused. well, son." she temporized
perhaps Jimmie's mother win tel
him the Joke some time soon. and
then"
~Oh. hope she WILL" broke II
Jackie. forgetting his manners In hi
earnestness, because. you know, J
she don't, when Jimmie has little boy
Of his own they won't ever get an.
Christmas presents"
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vuloarity Of ouarreiins.

There must be q satisfaction In tor
turing human beings. for 1t is done 30
often. Nobody blames q wife for up
holding her seIf-respect and resendns
insult, but Mere IL little sympathy for
one who deliberately drives . man TO
deeds Of rudeness and violence. Ma
ding and indulgence in bad temps
leave indelible marks on the face OF
woman. on her voice and on her char
acter. They shrivel up whatever
sweetness nature has put into her dis
position and make her unlovely. even
IN the eyes Of those who feel In duty
bound to give her affection 1t is often
hard to maintain silence under provo
cation, but there is always the open
door Of escape. you know. A Quarre
does not thrive when fed from one
side only. and what should be impor
tant to every woman with pretense'
to refinement IL the undisputed vui
garity of pickering Education anf
refinement are supposed to lift as q
Tar above vulgarity that even the hem
OF our skirts are MISUNDERSTANDING
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eMERsoN's MEMORY AT FAULT
Had At Times Almost Entire lae'
Of Remembrance.

Emerson was q notable sufferer
from the vagaries of memory. HIS b.
ographer relates that he met him one
day In Boston, apparently at loss Tor
something. and asked him where ne
was going. ITO dine" said Emerson.
with q very old and dear friend. !
know where she lives. but ! hope she
wontsask me her name." and then he
proceeded to describe her ~ the
mother of the wife Of the young man
the tall man-who speaks 80 well.
and So on, until his interiocutor
guessed to whom he was referring.
Even the names of common objects
often failed him completely. On one
occasion, when he wanted an umbret
h, he said: II can't tell its name. but
can tell its history. Strangers take
It away"
This falling of Emerson led TO
pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellow's funeral. and remarked q
he gazed at the conn: "fIe was
sweet and beautiful soul; but ] have
entirely forgotten his name"
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Pa was a hero after capturing the
two tigers and the Hon after they
had inhaled gas from the gas bag
Of the air ship, because the CROWD
didn't know how 1t was done. Every
body thought Pa had scared the wild
animals with the airship until they
were silly, and then hypnotized them,
and got them into cages, but when
the wild animals came out from I'M
der the influence Of the gas and be-
gan to raise the roof, and bite and
snarl, the whole camp was half scared
to death, and they all insisted on Pa
going to the cages and quoting them
by his hypnotic eye. but Pa was too
wise to try 1t on wild animals, and
he had to confess that 1t was the gas
bag that did the work, and they made
Pa Ak up a gas bag under the cages
and quiet the animals, and when the
employees of the expedition found that
Pa was not 30 much of hero as he
pretended, Pa was not 80 much OF
king az he had been, except In tht
minds of the African negroes WHIT
were at work for US. That old Negro
who had 60 wives fairly dotted on Pa
and the wives thought Pa was tn
greatest man that ever was, and tn
wives fairly got struck on Pa, ant
wanted to take turns holding Pa, II
their laps. until the giant husband
of the so big black females got jeal
ous of Pa. and wanted to hit him O
the head with war club. but Z
showed him a thing or two that mad
him stand without hitching.
The black husband had . toothach
| and asked Pa to cure him of the pair
and Pa had him lie down ON tn
ground, and he put some chloroforr
ON . handkerchief and held 1t to IN
mans nose. and pretty soon the n
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petition was settled out Of court. ana
Pa was reinstated In good standing
in our expedition
1t takes hippo quite while to go
to sleep after eating q negro, az you
can imagine, they are SO fndigesfible.
and 1t was annoying to stand around
in the mud and wait. but we finally
got two specimens Of the hippo into
the cages. and we killed two more
for food for the negroes, who like the
flavor of hippo meat after the hippoe
have been fattened ON negroes.
On the way back to camp We sight
ed q herd Of elephants. and Pa said
he would go out and surround q
couple of, them and drive them into
camp. Mr.. Hagenbach tried to rea
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who had accused him of alternating the
affections of his so wives.
The next day everything was fixed
up with the husband Of the so wives,
his toothache was cured. and he quit
being mad at Pa. and we all went to
a river about a mile from camp to
catch mess Of APPROPRIATENESS
The usual way to catch the hippcs
is to let negroes go out In boats and
giva the hippos chance to swim
under the boats and tip them over,
and after they had eaten a few me-
groes they would come ashore and lie
down in the mud for nap. and they
could be tied to a wagon and hauled
to the cages
Pa was to superintend the boat
excursion, because the hippos would
not eat a white man. Pa forgot that
| he was made up like a negro, and so
he went in the first boat, with six
| negroes who had been purchased at
IS apiece for hippo bait
When the boat got out in the mid
die Of the stream, and the hippo heads
began to pop up out OF the water,
with a look who's here" expression
ON their open faces. Pa turned pale
which probably saved him, for when
the boat was upset. and the hippos
took their pick Of the negroes, and
the water washed the pokeberry juice
on Pa he was as white as the drioen
enoro, and when the nearest hippo
got his negro in his mouth and start
ed for the shore Pa climbed on hi
back and rode ashore In triumph
grabbing the husband Of the so wive
by the arm and pulling him on boar
| the hippo, and saving his life, ant
|, right there in the mud, while tn
hippos were eating their breakfast Q
cheap negroes, that husband told p
he felt so under obligation to him tina
, i.he could have his so wives and We
. come. and he would go out In tn
' Jungle and corral another family
II Pa said he was much obliged bu
| | he must decline. as in his own couI
! | try NO man was allowed to have NOR
4 | than Is or 20 wives. But the terriDl
{ scandal Pa had brought upon the e
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The last resting place OF the great
Norwegian composer. Edward Grieg.
Is one OF the most beautiful In Its nat
ural surroundings that could be mag
sined. BY the side of lake. at the ex'
tremity of ford. close to the 'compos'
er's native town Of Bergen. there Is
natural grotto formed in the solid
rock. which fises precipitously from
the waters edge. Here the bones Of
the famous musician are buried. and
As the grotto is only accessible from
the lake. the funeral cortege Will have
70 make the journey by water.
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Pa, Astrlde o. . Zebra. Had Frightened
the Elephants Into Stampede ~
Playing "A Hot Time" on > Mouth
Organ.
son with Pa against the suicidal act,
in going alone into q herd OF Wild
elephants, but Pa said since his ex-
perience with old Bolivar. the circus
elephant, he felt that he had . mys-
terious power over elephants that was
marvellous. and 30 poor Pa went out
alone, promising to bring some ere
plants into camp
Wen, he made good all right. We
went ON to camp and got our hippos
put to bed. and fed the lions and
tigers, and were just sitting down to
our evening meal. when there was
roaring sound on where Pa had sur
rounded the elephants. the air was
full of dust, and the ground trembied.
and we could see the whole herd OF
about 40 Wild elephants charging on
our camp. believing and making >
regular bedlam-
When the herd got pretty near rs.
| we all climbed trees, except tho Ne
gro husband and his wives. and they
took to the Jungle.
say. those animals did not do =
thing to our camp. They rushed over
the tents, laid down and rolled over
our supper which was spread out on
the ground, tipped over the cages
containing the animals we had cap
| tured, found the gasoline barrel and
filled their trunks with gasoline and
souirted It all over the place, and
rolled the gasoline ON the hrest ene
aWay the elephants went with gneo
| line f,re pouring out OF their trunks
into the woods, believing. and wnel
the dust and smoke cleared away. and
we climbed down out of the trees and
righted up the cages. here came "a
astride q zebra, playing on moutl
organ. "There'll be . hot time IN IN
old town to-nigh<, which had fright
ened the elephants into stampede
Mr.. Hagenbach stopped Pas sebra
and Pa said: Didn't you catch an
a. them? l steered 'em right Z
camp. and thought you fellows woul
head 'em on, and catch . few"
!. never saw Mr.. Hagenbach ma
before. He looked at Pa as thong
4 he could eat him alive. ana saio
.sWell. old man, you have raised tn
4 duece on your watch. sure enough
: And then Pa complained because SUI
: NOR was not ready. Gee. but Pa
getting more gall all the time.
II copyright. 1908 by w. @. Chapman
: tCopyright in Great br1tainJ
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Molasses and Sugar.

The term "molasses" Is properly ap
plied to the saccharine product which
is separated from sugar In the process
Of manufacture. A syrup is the direct
product of the evaporation of the
Juice of a sugar-yieldine plant or tree
without the removal of any OF the
sugar. The term molasses applies to
the same process with the exception
Of the fact that the sugar has been re-
moved at least partially by crystalliza-
tion and some kind Of mechanical sep.
aration Of the crystals from the re
manning liquid.
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gro was dead to the world. and the
wives thought Pa had killed their hus-
band with his mighty power. and they
insisted that Pa marry the whole 6O
wives. Pa kicked on it, but Mr.. Ha-
genbach told Pa that was the law IN
that part of Africa, and that he wouio
have to marry them.
I never saw Pa so discouraged az
he was when the Oldest wife took MS
hand and said some words IN the ne
gro dialect, and pronounced Pa mar
ried to the whole bunch, and when
they led Pa to the mans tent, fol-
lowed by all the wives. half OF them
singing Q dirge for the dead husband
and the other half singing wedding
hvmn. and Pa looking around scared
and trying to get away from his new
family. II was pathetic, but all the
hands connected with the Hagenbach
expedition laughed, and Pa disap-
reared in the tent Of his wives, and
thew hustled around to prepare BAN
ouet of roasted zebra and boiled rni'
noceros.
| We went 70 the tent and looked In
and Pa was the picture OF despair
seated in the middle OF the tent, al
the female negroes petting him. and
burging him, and dressing him IN the
African costume.
They brought out loin clothes tina
beloneed to the chloroformed HUSBAND
and made Pa put them on. the1
blacked his arms and legs and bod
with some pokeberry Juice. % n
looked like a negro, and creased hi
body and tied some negro hair on nj
head over his bald spot. and by gosh
when I saw Pa transformed into
negro / looked at myself In . miro
10 see II had turned to negro.
held the mirror up to Pa % ne coui
see himself, and when he got . goo
| look at the features that had Away
been his pride. he shed q few tear
and said: Booker Washington, o
eosh." and when the wives were pr
uaring to bring in the banquet Z
said to me: ~Hennery. let this Be
! lesson to you. Don't ever try 70 !
! | smart. snd don't Be . masher snas
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BREAKS a COLD PROMPTLY

The following formula Is never
failing remedy for colds:
One ounce of Compound Syrup OF
sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris Com
pound and one-half pint of good
whiskey, mix and shake thoroughly
each time and use in doses Of table
spoonful every four hours.
This II followed up will cure an
acute cold in "a hours. The ingre-
dents can be gotten at any drug store
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eay states first Governor.

There was almost score of caDdi-
dates at the first election held to
choose q governor under the new con-
stitution of Massachusetts in 1880.
lanes Bowdoin and John Hancock.
both eminent Bostonians. were the
two men most in the public eye and
estimation for the position. Altogeth-
o. the total poll was about or less than
$4,000. Hancock received more than
ii 900. Bowdoin something over 1000.
ana the remaining ballots were dis
txibuted among Is or Is other can
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-17
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

G. O.. Drayton, of Illinois. has been
authorized to hold seventy dollar wheat"
rallies in the Red River valley.
Frederick Arthur Stanley. earl of De-
by, former Governor General of Canada,
died in London. He was 67 years old.
John B. Lonsdale made a proposal in
tue house of commons that the date for
starting the penny-postage plan between
Great Britain and America be changed to
JULY 4, but it was not adopted on the
ground that Oct. l is lie more u tpedient
date.
The dirigible balloon built for .se of the
signal corps of the United SITS ties army
by Capt. T. A. Baldwin will be tested at
Fort Myer. Wash, about July 10.
The President appointed James A.
Fowler of Knoxville, Tenn, to be Assist
ant Attorney General IN place of Ed
ward L. Sanford. appointed United States
Judge for the middle aud eastern districts
The Louisiana Legislature decided by
a vote of % to ~ not TO change the ex-
else law when it declared n favor OF
postponing consideration Of the Dcusszan
bill providing for a r~eferendun on State
wide prohibition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-17
NEARLY 1000 FOR OLYMPIC
GAMES IN LONDON.
Though Twenty-Four Countries Are
Represented, Experts Are Picking
United States Teams for First Place
in Many OF the Events.
nty-Four Countries Arc

Athletes from twenty-four countries
have been gathering In n near Lon
don for the Olympic games which
opened Monday, and it is believed will
prove the greatest games of modern
times. The competitors from the
four corners of the globe constitute a
small army in themselves. almost ev-
cry country following the example Of
America and Great Britain, having en-
tered in the various events the fun
quota OF men allowed by the rules,
In most cases around a dozen. AS
there are twenty-five events on the
the number of athletes talk
Ing part will total nearly 1000, many
of the men, of course, representing
their respective countries In more
than one event.
The original idea was 10 devote the
opening day entirely to the formal
ceremony. including a parade of the
athletes before the king, but the com
mittee in charge Of the games event
ually decided to run off some of the
preliminaries, and the first heat Of the
1,500-meter race was started as soon
as possible after formalities were
ended.
The parade. which was the largest
OF its kind ever held. was the feature
of the ceremonies. The Representatives
OF the various countries formed int
groups, divided according to the
sports in which they are competing.
and carried their national colors.
The stadium Will seat $4,000 spec
tators, and there is room for 23, 900
more, but no seats. BY making use of
a strip surrounding the stadium stand
Ing room also can be found for $4,000
additional, but this probably will not
be necessary, The grounds within the
stadium proper provide three athletic
tracks. a swimming bath and dressing
rooms for 1000 competitors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-17
ANARCHY ON RUSSIAN BORDER.
Formidable Force Ready to Bombard
Town of Tabriz.


A special correspondent of the No
O Vremya, who has just arrived at
Tabriz, Thursday reports that the Sit
uation there has reached a state of
extreme anarchy and that the bonn
ba~rdardment of the town Is a question
Of a short time.
According to the dispatch sent by
Novos Vremya's correspondent Rachin
Khan, who is in command OF a large
force, entered the city at the head or
several batteries of quickfirers andpre-
sented orders purporting to come form
the shah that Russian subjects evac-
uate the Kiahvania quarter where the
revolutionists are massed and nave
been holding uninterrupted meetings
In the mosques.
After Rachin Khan's arrival the
Russian council, M. Pohitonoff, who
has played a leading part has fled to
his country villa, a few miles from St.
Petersburg, taking along with him as
an escort a majority IF the available
Cossacks. He left a mere handful of
Cossacks in Tabriz to protect the lives
and property of the Europeans and
consular officials.