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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-15

Proposals for forage. War Department,
Washington, d. c.. June ID, 1903. Sealei
proposals, in duplicate. will be received here
until 2 D. m. June %. 1908. and then opened.
for furnishing forage for War Depai tment Blu
reaus and Offices during year ending June 30,
1909 InflrmatiOn furnished on application.
Proposals mnst be in envelopes Endorsed
Proposals for Forage, aud addressed NJ. K.
THORP, Chief of Supply Division.
ie1h 1719
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-15
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Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Table.
Weather Probabilities.

Sun rises tomorrow at 4:S4 and set at 7;26
High water st 9:0l a. m. aud 9:37 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-15
PROPOSALS.

Sealed proposals. in duplicate will BIZ re-
ceiyed at Office Of Quartermaster. Fort Wash
ingtou. Md, until June 20, 1908, and then
publicly opened, for furnishing material aud
labor for repairs to Hospital Stewards Quar-
ters, which consist Of painting. repairing
window a1d door screens. installation cleo
trio light and linen closet. Information fur
nished on application to Q. NJ, Fort Wash
ingtoo. Nd jel5, l6.E, l8, 1870
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
Little Boy Blue.

Little Boy Blue.
Little boy Blue, como blow your horn,
The sleeps i'll the meadow. the cows in
the corn.
Is this the way you mind your sheep
Under the haystack, fast asleep?'
Little boy Blue. awake, awake,
And see how merry your charges make!
Through field and garden their course
they steer,
And he mischief they're %doing-oh dear,
oh dear!
I see them now, as they wander far,
With never a thought of a fence or bar.
! hear them laugh-Pm sure L do
AS they think OF the trouble they've made
for you.
Ah. little boy Blue. this wisdom keep.
asleep:
And he who'd harvest his field OF corn
Must Keep his eyes open. and blow his
horn.
The ST. Nicholas.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24

crime and wonla be even,uany an
masked.
Thinking mus. she suddenly resolved
TO Keep friendly with the bragsarf, with
the dim notion that it would be for the
Ultimate benefit OF the man she loved.
NJ llcs,' she saiG. perhaps / was
~o<erlasty. and unreasonable just now;
! did NOT mean 10 be rude to YOU, and
if l said anything which jill any way
hurt your feelings, l must ask you to
forgive met
'"raere.--I knew YOU didn't mea it
when you said it. t}f III forgive
YOU. Why shouldn't /? You're such .;
nice girl. You know, that o fellow would
take Il lot from you AND think nothing
of it,"
1t was as much as she couid do to
Keep calm. and To preserve i'll her policy
of deception, the mans Gears familiar
lily was SO utterly distastefui and re-
pugnant to her. She hraceG herself.
however, to suffer his company back to
Brent street, and to listen ON the way
to talk Which did not interest her in
the least.
Harold was 10 meet her the following;
evening. so thar she was both surprised
and disappointed at finding on her re-
turn a note from him. to the effect
that business of tho most urgent na-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
AN oPTlMisr AT "a.
stedman, Poet, Says There Is Much
That Is Good i'm American Literature.
From the New York herald.

From the New York Herald.
Edmund Clarence S%tedman, financier
and poet. who, as he grows older, be-
comes all the more optimistic, Tues
day celebrated his 18th birthday, and
began his "reminiscences.
at was,' said he, with som hest
tation that I made up my mind to write
my "reminiscences. but in these days,
when authors grow autobiOgrnphical at
35 and 40, perhaps, after all, 1 am not
too young. AS L look back upon my
life, especially that which concerns to
New York city, TO which ] came in
1859, ] am amazed at the many changes
which have taken place in the thought
and ideals of the people.
There appear in the magazines no
remarked, three OF four stories every
month which years ago would have at
tractcd wide attention and would have
been considered in the days when there
was. not so much writing. AZ almost
marking a period in literature. They
are. however, hidden by thu great mass
of material which is proiuced-wood-
pulp literature l call it. There is much
that is good In American letters and
very much that is bad There are ten
times as many magazines as there We're
thirty or forty years ago. Seriously,
1 think that the ext man who starts
Il new one ought to be sent to TAIL.
Writing is ar art these days which is
more diffused, and there are many who
write We'll. There is an American liter
allure and there arc many young writ
crS of ability and geniuSA'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
ARTICLES OF THE
FEATHER MAKER
How He Builds UP PIumagc OF
All Sizes and Colors for
Picture Hats.
From the London Chronicle.

There is an unprecedented demand
for wings and feathers this winter, and
With few exceptions every hat is dec
GRATED with plumes which fiutter in the
slightest breeze.
Composite plunes are the most fash
ionable, and wings are of such remark
able size and hue tina it is obvious that
no bird could have supplied the plum
age. In consequence the ingenuity of
Paris, Vienna and london manufac-
turers has been taxed to the utmost to
meet the need.
1t will interest those h have hui
l?anitarian scruples to know that the
gayest Dlunaage nowadays comes from
the humble ~barnyard, the poulterer's
mop and SportSmanNS guns. The feath-
cry products from these sources are
dyed to magnificent %colors. con.ured in
to the vast erections that decorate the
newest shapes and are softened to the
Mods of the picture hat.
We have agents all over the world"
said a feather maker, who buy up
poultry and game feathers and send
them to the great centers, where they
are distributed for manufacture. Here
is an excellent instance-these mill
ta1y. feathers, that are the most fash
enable are contributed by the farm
yard chanticleer. They are dyed TO al
hand.
This and the manufacturer held
up some exquisite plumage-'is hand
made entirely and is from the neck
feathers of the duck. Turkey feathers
are used the same way and dyed the
required color. Pheasant tails are pre-
ferred in their natural color, while
other game plulnage is made entirely
by hand on mounts each feather being
tach by adhesive gum. Sometimes
indeed plumage from six different birds
is used to secure Il desired effect.
Here again." and a bea f1u4+or-
ing feather was shown somewhat re-
semblins seaweed. This is made from
the least valuable parts Of the ostrich
FEATHER, twisted and mounted.
cu, Ma ,,,io nevi eaiar are used, too, to Sc
a rare feather was lifted for inspection
mas had the color extracted, while
these"-and a vivid box of plumes was
opened-"show the latest triumph in
artistic dyeing. -
There is no need for cruelty or ex-
termination. The birds that grace our
tables can supply the plumage. the
dyer the necessary color and the nimhie
fingers Of English and French work
girls will weave them into deft s1anes
While ladies demand exotic plu1nage
is impossible to initiate the natural
beauties of the osprey or the bird of
paradise or of any of the exonisite
little birds that come from purely tropi-
cal climates. Birds, however. are not
fashionable this year, but a, STOCK ,,,,et
always be kept on hand.
The popularity of the ostrich feather
grows each season, and there is no
cruelty used in securing this plumaee
The output from the South rricar y,
farms this year is enormous. upward Of
a million pIumes being exported. Thasa
are now used in their natural state az
we'll as curled. and are, Of course d,,ad
nearly every color"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
-GkEa1 81,IAN Rights M1KvEp.- W.R.HtARsI.
Harold, Hasolo.-you love me. don

Harold, Harold!-you love INC, don't
yoI%"
Love you Ena!-what a question 20
SIX"
Wei, they say, you know, that per-
feet love hegets perfect confidence.
Now, it is because I feel h a you arc
keeping back from NE something which
closely concerns both of us. that l ask
you the question:
My dear Ella!--all that you say is
very right and true-within limits, but
1T does not. l think, necessarily follow
That because Il man w~ithnoldS anxiety
and tronblc from the girl he loves, he
is, as towards her, wanting in perfect
confidence: in the finest and LeSt sense,
that is"
Then it is some ~trouble:" she said.
quickly.
II did not say so"
"Ah!-but l know 1t. Harold. My
heart tells me that you are engaged III
some desperate undertaking, of which
you we'll know i should not approve"
"Isna!--I assure o that you are
needlessly worrying yourself. BY this
time. surely, o must be aware. that
in my business the risks are more thar
equal to the advantages"
"Yes!-Yes!-but why don't you let
me know of and sympathize with your
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
The Book for Him.

Here, clerk, I'm in a hurry. / want
a book for my husband. It's his birth
day. And l want 1t for a present.
Show me what you have and be quick
about it. Nothing too expensive, mind
YOU. and l don't want anything too
cheap. either; do you hear? He's a
mild man, and not fond of
sports. so don't show one anything in
that line. For goodness sake don't Offer.
ne any of those trashy novels. and no
matter how much o try to persuade
me. | won't take anything in the way
of history or biography. Come, now,
I'm In a dreadful hurry. and i've al
ready wasted too much time here, or
course, you don't know my
but from all I've said can't You suggest
something appropriately"
Yes. ma'am. Here is n little volume
entitled How to Massage a Talking
Machine"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
His Way Of Poppsna Il.

From New York Evening Mail.
Miss DE Smythe," began the young
man., II want TO ask you q Hypothetical
question.
The girl nodded assent.
IF Il young man of good family and
SOUND health. and an assured income
OF e1,000 a year, were to meet the most
charming of girls and feed her on ice
cream for twelve months; if she had
a complexion like a rose, hair a crown
Of golden glory, the hand OF a fairy,
the bearing Of a queen; if she knew
how not to play the piano, how to in.
duce her small brother to absent him
self. was versed in cooking. competent
to superintend q home: and If the
young man, auspiciously catching the
girl alone. We're to murnur into her
ear OF pearl, will you marry me?' what.
in your estimation. would be her con-
dition of mind, and what her answer?'
While not pretending to be an ex-
pert in these highly scientific subjects.
responded the girl coyly. II think
she'd believe him a chump for being
go slow. but she'd say yes"
With the prelilninaries thus settled.
the naming OF the day was a sinple
matter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
Better Part of ualor-

Two Ir:shmcn were on bad terms
with each other. The friends of one
claimed that he had beer insulted, and
urged him to vindicate his honor.
But he p~rudently objected. Look at
the size of him. The mans a giant"
Very Well" responded his disguised
friend, then all the people will say you
are a coward"
We'll, 1 Dunno he replied pacidly.
sayin' that than the day afther toner.
row exclaimin'. How natural Flahertv
lookSl'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24
Erom +ba Ch;c.,o ,rr;h,.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Nan-What broke off the engagement
between Dick Short and Mile Long
Greene?
Fan-she wanted to put off the wed.
ding on account OF the financial striE-
sency, and he insisted %cn having It
RICH: away for the sanfe reason.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-24

The redder you paint things the niphr
before the bluer you feel next morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
BILL IS A MENACE
BANKER OPPOSES ALDRICH CUR-
 RENCY MEASURE.
Mir. Parker Expresses His Views Cam didIy--Committee is DisappOlnt- ed That Few Persons Ap-
 peared at Hearing.

Washington, April S.-"I am here to express my disapproval of the Aldrich currency bill" declared E. Southard Parker. President of the Metropolitan National Bank. of thls city. before the Banking and Currency Committee of the House upon the beginning of its hearing on the currency bill today.
 ''I consider it undesirable and im- practicable" added MT. Parker. The Aldrich bill suggests panies and emer- Kencies but # does not provide the needed relief and remedy. It is a menace to the business interests and especially to the trade and mercantile interests g@
 The demand on the banks made by that bill to purchase $500. 900. 900 of bonds and to increase their reserve s20o, 000. 900. he said. would be danger ous to the country.
 Mir. Parker approved an asset cur rency.
 There was some disappointment on the part of the members of the com mittee over the failure of more people to appear to be heard. Victor Mora wetz and Horace White. of New York wish to make statements as does the Philadelphia Board of Trade through its representatives. but none of these were present today.
 Tn the absence of any definite en- gagement. the committee took a re- cess until Friday but will be called to- gether tomorrow if witnesses appear for 2 hearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
UNEMPLOYED VISIT
 cHIcAG0'S CITY HALL

Chicago, Ills, April s.--A band of on hundred foreigners out or employ ment invaded the City Hall early today to demand that they be furnished with work.
 The majority of the men have been employed in construction work on rail- ways and have recently been laid of. On entering the city hall they de- manded that they be admitted to the ofice of the Mayor. but this was re- fused and they were directed to the Chicago Bureau of Charities. Instead of going there they lined up in Wash ington street opposite the City Hall. The report was soon current that they were about to be jovned by 1000 oth- CT men and a detail of police was sent to disperse them.
 The men departed in column after being ordered of by the police. march, ing west in Washington street. Throughout the demonstration was noisy but they were not otherwise disorderly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
WILL PROBE
 PAPER TRUST Speaker Cannon's Reso-
 lutions Passed. PAYNE SNEERS AT EFFORT Ridicules Movement to Turn on
 the Light. Clayton of Alabama Denounces Manu- fscturers as . "Criminal Trade Conspiraeyr-Unaninao Re-
 port by Committee.

Washington, April s-The House tnis afternoon took up and passed the reso- Iuttons of Speaker Cannon calling Tor information from the Attorney General and the Secretary of Commerce anu Labor regarding the paper trust
 After Mir. Clayton Of Aaoama o nounced the paper trust as "Criminal trade conspiracy and Mir. Williams called attention to the facility with which the resolutions had been re- ported because they had been offered by the Speaker, Mr. Payne. Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means got the floor.
 Does anyone suppose" he said. that by the passage of bill putting wood pulp or paper on the free list in the twinkling of an eye. you can transfer the industry from the United States to Canada and that under these circumstances the Canadian parliament will not impose an extra export duty on pulp logs?
 'If that were done" he inquired. "when would you get your relief! Where would you get your cheaper pa- per? Where in the name Of common sense would you benefit anybody in this country?"
 MT. Payne said he knew there was some 'cheap talk about taxing intel iiRence, but" he added, why not hear this subject as Intelligent men and not Ko into mysteries oversthe natter?
 Addressing the Democrats MT. Payne said the difficulty was that the Democrats felt there were too many votes behind the newspaper people Of the country. Who under protection which comes not from the tarin. but from localities that have a monopoly of the newspaper business of the Unit ed States has the temerity to rush Con- gress into the idea without investiga- ton. without looking into the facts?"
 By unanimous vote the House Com mittes on the Judiciary agreed to re- port favorably the 'paper trust reso- iutions introduced April 2 by Speaker Cannon.
 One of these resolutions directs the Attorney General to inform the House what steps have been taken to inves- tigate and prosecute the International Paper Company of New York. and oth- CT corporations or combinations en- gagged in the manufacture of wood pulp or print paper. The other reso- lutton directs the Secretary of Com merce and labor to inform the House what steps have been taken by the bureau of corporations towards inves- tigating the alleged paper trust"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
EXPEL 300 STUDENTS
WHOLESALE DIsMIssALs BY FAc-
 ULTY OF CLEMSON.
Firm stand fs Taken With sophomores and Frenhmen Growing Out of Insub0rdInation and April
 Fool Franks.

Columbia, $. C., April s.-It was an- nounced at chapel services at Clem- son College today that 257 members of the sophomore and freshmen classes had been dismissed, in addition to the forty-eight juniors expelled on Friday last.
 This probably Is the most wholesale expulsion in the history of the United states. The cause Alleged was insu- bordination in an April fool prank.
 At the time of the last commence ment there was trouble of similar nature with the senior class over a night shirt parade, and Capt. c. M. Clay, of the United States Army, the comusandant, resigned. ..
 Of the 30s participants in the Aprii fool pranks only four were not dis. missed. One Of those was suspended until September,y one acquitted Of the charge and two will be dealt with by the eorHrnandant.
 After tn e regular chapel services this u,;rnsag President Nell made a short talk. stating that though he was sorry for the boys dismissed yet discipline had to be preserved.
 The order of dismissal provided for the dismissal from the college of forty-three members of the ptepara- tory class, 132 members of the fresh . men class and eighty-two members Of the sophomore class.
 The faculty will be compelled to revise the classes now. Many sec- lions in the freshmen and sophomore classes were almost totally wiped out.
 There are about 400 students left in the institution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
MOVEMENT OF FLEET
ITINERARY OF VESSELS AFTER
 LEAVING FRISCO.
VIII Proceed to Puget Sound snd VIII Sail for Honolulu in July
 Date Not
 Fixed.

Washington. April S.-A program for the movements of the Atlantic fleet af- ter the review by Secretary Metcalf in San Francisco Bay on May was made public at the Navy Department today.
 The fleet will leave San Francisco May IS and on arriving at Puget Sound May 21, four ships will visit Port An Eeles, eight will visit Bellingham Bay and three will go to Port Townsend One ship will proceed at once to Brem- erton to be docked
 On Saturday, May 33. all the ships of the fleet with the exception of the one in dock at Bremerton. will rendezvous in the vicinity of Port Townsend and proceed to an anchorage in the vicin- ity of Beattle.
 On. Tuesday, May 2s. twelve ships will leave their anchorage near Seattle and will go to Tacoma. Thence. with out anchoring. eight ships will sail for San Francisco, leaving four ships to go to Bremerton for docking.
 Preparations will be made for the fleet to sail from San Francisco for Honolulu on Tuesday. July '. This date, however. is only tentative and may possibly be advanced if the dock ing Is completed sooner than expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
VENEZUELA'SCOURSE
ABATEMENT IS EXPRESSED BY
 HIGH OFFICIALS.
Conduct of President Castro Causes Surprise and Regret-Commander of Cruiser Tacoma Sends
 |. a RepORf.

Washington, April s.-Administra- tion officials, today expressed amaze ment over the statements in President Castro's official organ, Fl constitu- cional. having as their basis the Ta- coma mail pouch opening incident. The editorial received the closest attention.
 Mingled with the feeling of amaze ment over the sentiments of President Castro is one of regret any mystifca- ton over the whole course Venezuela has pursued in dealing with the United States.
 The United States has been a good friend to Venezuela" said a high of within the last fifteen years we have gone to Venezuela's aid when that country needed assistance."
 For this reason he cannot understand why she has acted as she has. During President Cleveland's second term, when Great Britain was threatening to encroach on Venezuela's territory, he sent a message to Congress which had the result of referring the question to The Hague for impartial determina- tion.
 Again several years later. when the allied powers were threatening blockade on Venezuelan ports to com pei payment of her foreign obliga- tions, the United States, through Min- ister Bowen, stepped in and averted such a step. Again. the question was referred to The Hague.
 The Navy Department today received dispatch from Commander John Hood of the cruiser Tacoma containing de- tails touching the opening of the mail carried by that vessel at the La Guay- ara postofice. It agrees substantially with the published statements and the officials are satisfied the opening was inadvertent.
 All the correspondence on the Vene- zuelan question is now before Con- gross.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
GOV. JOHNSON TALKS
IS WILLING TO LEAD THE DEMO-
 CRATIC PARTY.
VIII Not Make a Campaign for Inc strheted Delegates But Would Accept the Nomination
 Friendly to Bryan.

Chicago April Ex-Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, who Is on his way to the battlefield of Shiloh. Tenn, where a monument Is to be dedicated to the Minnesota soldiers killed in that battle, passed through the city today. He discussed the presidential question freely, saying:
 T am a candidate for the Presiden- cy in the sense, that If gain the nom ination I shall accept 1t, and make ev cry effort to be elected. I am not mak- ing any personal campaign and do not expect to seek instructed delegates. consider the ambition to be President as one of the most laudable aspirations which any man can entertain"
 Any jnsinuations or assertions" said Governor Johnson. that my can didacy Is being advised by James J. Hill and his interests Is absolutely false. have fought him several times and have never received a word of en- couragement from him or any similar source"
 Governor Johnson said that he did not care to discuss William J. Bryan and any differences in policy between himself and Mir. Bryan.
 T have the highest regard for Mir. Bryan, as a man." said Governor John son, land I admire his ability and his honesty. We are friends so far as I know.
 My position is just this: If the members of the Democratic party feel that I would stand more chance of election than would Mir. Bryan. or any other man. will be glad to make the campaign.
 If I am considered the most avail able man. there will be no lack of ap- preciation on my part of the honor conferred on me. It all depends. in my judgment, on the platform and a vigorous campaign.
 "As I view it, the Democratic party has at least an even chance to win this year"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
McCREARY IMPROVES
MAN SHOT BY MIR. HEFLIN STILL
 VERY ILL.
The Negro Wanted Horseman to Join Him in n Suit But Received
 Very Little Satis-
 faction.

Washington. April s.-(special)-- Thomas Mccreary. the New York borseman. accidentally shot by Repre- sentative Hefin. is reported this even ing to be improving.
 He had fine sleep last night which braced him up considerably. The doc tors. however still consider McCreary to be in rather a serious condition.
 It Is learned here that Louis Lundy. the negro with whom Representative Hefin had the difficulty, went to the house where the McCrearys had been boarding for the purpose of asking them to join with him in a suit against the Alabama Congressman.
 It Is said that Lundy was ordered to leave the house instantly.
 Alfred J. Stofer.