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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-17
TIE FAIRFAX STATION MAIL
ROUTE.

On the frat OF this month Mr.. f. W.
Keras comm snced to csrry The mail
twice a DAY between this place and
Swelnam, This contract was held Tex
cept for a brief inierva) by The late
Robert l. Sis on from July l, 1868,
anil his dea b, Nosember %, 1908,
and then assumed By bis son'in-lsW,
Mr. J.mes W. Taylor, who p'riormed
the service until July Is. of this year,
btiog thus held by oUe family almost
COZ tinuously for torly-oue years. Since
the extension Of the electric line to this
place the business Of the old aga liue
bias become less desirable, and Mr..
Taylor reli' quish the contract July
let, as stated sbOve.-F4ir'ax Herald.
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Free Crabpicking
TONIGHT
at JACOB BRILL'S
Foot of King Street.
Open Evenings Until 10 D. m.
Open Evenings Until 10 D. m.

NIRGINIA.-In the Clerks Office Of the
V CORPORATION curt Of the CITY Of A'exan-
dria on the 18th day of July, 1907.
'D''' " vs. In Chancery.
Ella P. Sterling.
Memo: The object of this s1it IS to obtain
an absolute divorce from the defendant, for
the plaintiff
II appearing nv sG afli lav,t filed in this
cause that TIE defend Mt, Elia Z. te'ling,is q
non resident of this State: It's urde e That
said defendant appear here within fifteen
days after due publication Of this order. and
do what is necessary to protect h'r inierest
in this suit, and that copy Of this order he
forthwith inserted n the Alexandria Gazette
a newspaper published in the City OF Alexan-
dria, nee week for four successive weeks.
and posted at the front door Of the Cou't
House Of this city.
A copy-Teste:
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Robinson Moncure p. q.
iyl7 w-4-w-s
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The Red Gross Shoes for tender lee
Che lalies who wear the Red Gross
'hocs always wear a smile. Sold only
" J. A Marshall 4 Bro, 422 King
dreet
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. j. N. Gibbs has been appointed
principal with Mr.. G. B. Kennedy a.
alternate to represent The Second Pres
byteriau Church Of this city st the Pres
bytery of the Chesapeake, which meets
at B ,aletoD, August 81.
Mr.. George Hinking, OF Alexaudrls,
Is visiting his mother, Mrs. S. E. Fish
or. Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens, OF AIexau-
dria, are spending the summer at Mr.
Peter Bly's. Miss Kate Benner, OF AleA'
audria, is visiting Miss Vernon Ludwig.
Agent and Mrs. William LeHew, oil
Alexandria, spent Sunday with rela'
lives here. = 5trssburg News.
Mrs. Ohss. W. Mander has been sick
for several days at her home on Duke
street.
Mrs. W. A. Moore, j., continues
quite sick at her home on FRINGE street.
MIS-. W. A. CLARK is confined to her
home by Illness.
Miss Marion Negley is spending sew
eral weeks with her uncle's family, 10
their bungalow, down the river.
Mr.. l.. Ruben will leave this even
log for Colonial Beach to spend week
or two.
Mr.. d. r. S.ausbury and daughter,
Mis- Blanche, have gone to Bay Oity,
Mich, to join Mr.. Herbert SIsnsbury,
who is nporarily in that city on bust,
ness CONNIE cted with the engineer OF test
department of the Ell Psso and South
western Railway of New Mexico.
Mrs. Benedict Wbestley has returned
from a visit to friends in Winchester.
Mr.. H. B. Oaton left this morning
for a weeks visit to New Jersey.
Miss Fife Smith left this morning
for two weeks visit to Philadelphia
and Atlantic City.
Mics Sallie Stuart, of Alexandra,
president of the Virginia branch OF the
Woman's Auxiliary, visited Orange on
Friday last. She gave a lecture at
Ofapge to the three branches, Orange,
Rapidau and Mitchells, on missions
After the lecture the auxillaries we're
entertained ct luncheon 10 honor Of
Miss Stuart by Mrs. Carter at the rec.
tory. Review.
Mr.. Hubert NJ. Struder and Miss Ora
bella Moore we're married last night
The parsonage Of St. MarY's Church BY
Rev. Father Cutler. Mr.. and Mrs
Sruder we're later rendered reception
at the residence OF Mr.. Richard Roland,
on Wolfe street.
Miss Jennie Hammersley has recover
ed from a weeks Illness.
Messrs. G. s. Hinken and G. V. Pey
ton left last night for Norfolk where
they will attend the meeting Of railway
superinteudents aud agents.
Miss Olive Grove and Miss Sarah
Wilton are visiting the Misses Nc
Dermott on Seminary Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. b. S'quet, OF
Baltimore, aud Miss Fife Sheworidge,
of Wilmington, Del, have returned
after a visit TO Mr.. and Mrs. W. f..
jacobson at the Colonial.
Mr.. Louis Bohraus. who has been employed
ia the Southern Railway Company off e in
Washington for the past nine years, left
Yesterday evening for San Francisco. Tai,
where he has acCep el lucrative position
with the Southern ci6c Railway. HIS many
friends wish him much success IN his I'M
dertAkiDg.
49, ,,r.r nTO.T az nREInRDl
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TIE LAWRENCE MILLS.

The Lawrence Mill Company reports
bu less fairly good. The output OF
Ao1 for the week is 345 barrels. VIII at
ia ring in more plentiful and in bet
tt udilion. The company expects TO
ms ~ double the output the coming
wei (.
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Weather Probabilities.

For this section fair tonight ana SUNDAY
. ighily cooler tonight; light west ana nor'h-
west winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-17

All low shoes at cost price for
a few day only at John A. Mar
shall & Bro 4ll King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-17

The only store where Regal
shoes can be had outside OF
their agency. John A. Marshall
& Bro, Az King street
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CHINA, GLASS AND HOUsEFURN-
ISHING GOODS.
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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.


At the regular meeting last night OF
Alexandra Protected Home o fc'e, NO
42S, the following officers we're installed
Past president, Jas. l. Foster president,
Mrs. F d69ld; vice president, Mrs..
Lucy Caunco; gu rdisr, Mrs Era NJ
Lloyd; secretary, NJ q. Minnie ID. Brad
field; accountant and treasurer, Il. W.
Kerict chaplain, Ar hur L Lilo, guide,
Jno. w. Mason; companion, Jno. p.
Sludds; vstchman, Oha'. E Bliler;
sentinel, Ernest S Davis; trustees for
six months, Arthur L Lloyd, Eva NJ.
LLOYD and Minnie d. Bradfeld. The
officers we're ms allied by Supreme Presi'
dent Vim. f Richer. a'.isied by Su-
prems Deputy, R B HHbaugb, Of
Washington, ID. y.
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Sumner reduction on all low
sh IS at John A. Marshall *
81, 8. All King street
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DIED.

On Saturday, July 18th, 1909, at 20 q. M,
MARY ELIZ iBETH GOODS, daughter OF
the late James c. aud Mary ElizaNeth Goods,
aged seventy six years. Funeral from the
Methodist Protestlut Church tomorrow (Sun'
day evening ,st o'clock. Friends OF the
family invited. ln'erment private.
List of Unclaimed Letters.
The following is list of the letters remain
ing in the Alexandria, Va, postcffice up k
July II, 1909:
Coppage, Miss Elyira Hewett Harvey Y
Desne, Chas ] Madison, james
Dckersen, Miss Addie Mauger, Miss May
Dowlev, ice Means, Miss Mary
Eglin. Mrs. Ruth Mooney, Mrs Mary
Galbreath, Sidney Sullivan, Mrs Walter
Gibbs, Margaret Tucker, X
Gibs,n, Fanny Turner, Miss Lillian
WEIGH, Mrs Katie
THOMAS BURROUGHS. Pm.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
COUNTRY OF FOUR RELIGIONS.
China Seemingly Should Be Land OF
Great Piety.

OF the late Chinese emperor 1t may
be said, as it has been of his subjects,
that he was born a Confucian, lived
a Taoist, and died a Buddhist. China
indeed has four state-established re-
ligions, and in each the emperor ex-
ercises sacerdotal functions. Twice
year the emperor, as "Son of Heaven"
worships before the tablet of Shang
III or Supreme Heaven in accordance
with the ancient imperial monOtheism.
Twice year he burns incense before
the tablets of his ancestors in accord
ance with Confncianism. Twice a
year he sacrifices to the gods of
Taoism and twice a year to the image
of Buddha. The ancient and print.
tive religion of China is monotheistic,
but this first worship was regarded as
too sublime for the people, SO that
it became reserved for the emperor
alone as the Son of Heaven and as
priest of the nation. The people on
their part wOrshiped their ancestors
and it was the ancestral religion
which Conf,cius identified himself
with and reformed. The old supersti-
tons rejected by Confucius were alb
sOrbed by Taoism. which is polytheis-
tic and the religion Of the populace.
Then Buddhism came into China about
IS A. D., and. like the other three
religions. became state-supported and
stateendowed.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
BOTH CHEAP AND CONVENIENT.
Wonderful Living Light That 10 Found
Only In Brazil.

A living light, called the pyrophore,
makes illumination cheap and con-
venient in Brazil The pyrophore is
monster FREELY an inch and q half
long. With one it is possible to read
fine print, and three will light a room.
The Brazilian peasant, when he
traverses by night the perilous forest
paths of his country. fastens to each
shoe a pyrophore. Thus Illuminated.
he has no difficulty in avoiding poison
Gus snakes, pitfalls and wild beasts.
The Brazilian coquette fastens in
her hair or her corsage pyrophore
incAsed in white tulle. The effect is
as of great luminous pearl or opal.
When a pyrophore's light goes out.
it is not necessary to ill him up with
oil, to drop q coin in him or to throw
him away; but q moments ducking
in cold water sufhces. Thereafter his
three little lanterns-one on the breast
and two on the back-emit again as
bright q radiance as ever.
The pyrophore. as all nature stu
dents know. Is called vulgarly cuengo
but scientifically the name os coleop
ter serricorn stermose elaterides.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Separating Listeners.

"One thing must be stated clearly in
the contract" said the woman who
was having party telephone line put
in her apartment, the other party
must be some ono who does not live
in this house. I am willing to share
the line with a stranger. but not with
neighbOrs who know me well enough
to take an interest in my affairs"
You may be perfectly easy in your
mind on that point, madam" said the
agent. I'VE never put two subscrib-
ers in the same house on the same
line. The company learned long ago
that such a plan does not work well.
You are not the only person who OBJ
jects. In fact. everybody objects. and
the company never makes such an
Of lines. We expect to
put you on a wire with q subscriber
in the next block"
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
CHINESE FIRST GREW ORANGES
From That Country They Were Intro
duesd Into Europe.

At Q time when tiny orange trees
are to be seen Is table decorations
and oranges innumerable are for sale
it IL not inappropriate to trace the in.
PRODUCTION Of the fruit into Europe
According to . Paris contemporary
after its Introduction into Europe
from China . Carthaginian conceived
the idea of grating the yellow man.
darine orange upon the grenadier
with the result that We have the blood
orange. Jean de Castro introduced
the orange from the West Indies to
Portugal, and the first attempt to cul.
uvate 1t was made by the Constable
de Bourbon, but after his revolt Fran.
els I continued the experiments. At
the time Louis XIV visited Toulon
the Chevalier Paul, In compliment tc
the king, placed some preserved or
anges on trees in the orangery
Ladies in the retinue, 1t is added
were under the impression that these
oranges grew sugared.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Observing the Amenities.

It is beautiful to see the graces and
amenities preserved in spite Of difncul.
ties. The prisoners in the county jail
in Milwaukee have presented resolu-
tons to Ben Johnson, the retiring jail
er," thanking him for his treatment OF
them during his regime" The maker
of the address of presentation" IL I'm
der indictment for murdsg. "A boy who
beat q grocery collector to death IN
a wagon during q storm" but a tender
heart and sympathetic disposition
We wish to thank you for the little
acts that made us forget for an In
slant that we were in JAIL" the 10
gretful guests say to the parting host
Little courtesies like these light up
the dungeon cell and foretell, perhaps
the roseate day when even the peni
Tertiary shall be cooperative.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Electricity as q Carrier.

Does an electric current when pass
ing through a metal conductor cause
any transportation of PARTICLES? 1t is
well known that it does so in the
liquid conductors known as electro
lytes: in fact. such a common opera
ton as electroplating depends entirely
upon this action. To test the matter
a recent experimenter passed an cleo
trio current continuously for a whole
year through a conductor composed
partly of copper and partly of alumni
mum, the sections being pressed firm
ly together. At the end of the year
they were taken apart and examined
but not the slightest trace of either
metal was found in the other.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31


Are Women less Honest Than Men?
Are women less honest than menu
This palpitating question has become
one of the great subjects Of discussion
in Paris. thanks to q symposium in La
Revue. .,....
There is not one dares openly. affirm
that woman is dishonest. Anatole
France, the master of contemporary
French literature, questions whether
man is so virtuous that he should de-
sire to weigh himself in the balance
against woman. And he speaks OF
masculine arrogance and ferocity and
brutality. And so Misunderstanding
to the judgment Of Paris-is not more
dishonest than man. Whence sprang
that legend that she was?
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
At SUMMIT OF GREAT VOLCANO.
Crater Of Mount Etna Well Worth
Visit Of Traveller.

We were taught to spell 1t Aetna.
but the "a" has been dropped by geOg-
raphers The Arabians who discovered
it gave 1t the name of "Gibello," signi-
flying q mountain. The natives stuck
a monte" before 1t, hence Monte CT.
bello," . mOunt-mOuntain. An abbre
Walton is "Mongibello." A pyramidal
rock forms the summit of the great
volcano. of which the crater is over
nine miles in circumference and $50
feet deep. Many strangers visit the
mountain, but few ever reach its fro
zen top. so much do the difficulties
and dangers increase after passing
the first region Of snow. Not many
years ago an English tourist who
reached the crater was rash enough to
descend it by means of ropes attached
to his waist. He was drawn up suf
located, after having given the signal
to his guides. These were unable
to restore him to life.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Ready Repairer for Automobiles.

Ready Repairer for Automobiles.
There are various roadside expedf
ents possible when a nut has been lost
and no duplicate at hand. Usually -
good q plan as any is to wind the
threads of the bolt tightly with son
iron wire, such as stovepipe wire. Of
which a coil should always be carried
in the tool locker.
The winding should start at the emo
of the bolt and follow the threads ny
to the part 1t Is desired to retain. The
wire IL then wound back In . second
layer over the first and the ends
twisted together. II there is hole IL
the bolt for a cottsr pin one should b
inserted and the ends Of the wire
twisted around it. % that the jmpro
yised nut cannot screw itself Oh from
the bolt.-Scientific American.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Put New Blood into Your Business.

Put New Blood into Your Business.
The up-to date professional adviser
or business doctor, when called to
examine . shrinking, declining bus
mess. often finds the patient barely
alive; the circulation being SO slug.
gish that he can hardly find the pulse
In q desperate case like this he says
to the proprietor: you must put
new blood into this business. There is
no life in It. There is no energy, nc
push, no enterprise here. When .
patient gets rs low rs this one, there
are only two things to do. let him
die, or infuse new blood into his veins
and try to resuscitate him."-Success
Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
NOT THE BARGAIN he THOUGHT.
Discovery That Seriously lnterfsrsd
with MiilIonairo's Joy.

You think our American millioa-
aires buy . good many fake picturssf"
n. Rochefort laughed. Its pitiful!
It's shameful But what can they ex.
pect! It's their own fault for buyins
pictures n they buy lumber or steel
rails-according t. specifications. I'll
never forget the last pictures was
asked to look 1t by . rich American,
He was proud Of them! So convinced
that they were masterpieces! There
were 20 In all, and they had cost him
500, go francs. It was q bargain al
right II they had been genuine. fol-
there were great names IN the lot;
several old masters, q DiaS, Q Theo
dore Rousseau, q Daubigny, and sever
al Corots-tht usual millionaire assert
ment.
"Well,' he said, as I studied them
"'Some of them are well DONE. ]
admitted.
":Ah!' he purred.
"'But they're not genuine
"'What! You mean you've found
q counterfeit?
"'My dear sir, I'm sorry, but-they
are all counterfeits.' "-Cleveland Moi
felt, in Success Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Growing Up Together.


'The size of the pages varies with
the age and Size of the New York
hotels" the woman remarked. That
il, SO it seems to me-. The Knicker
booker, which, while 1t is fairly tall
Is also fairly young, has pages about
10 years of age, who look to be s.
tiny kinds in uniform and buttons
whose baby faces must rake in the
coin by way of tips, all right enough
I came near giving one of them &
quarter myself, he was SO cute and
little. The Hotel Aston has boys .
size or SO larger, being an older hotel
and perhaps a trifle more massive. The
Waldorf-Astoria, older and larger still
has boys even larger to match, while
the st. Regis has full-grown men
However, In the downtown hotels
which are not particularly high, but
can boast of an age considerably in
advance Of the young Knickerbockers
that have grown SO fine and tall. old
men are pages"
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
s6srms eHarM how f,tFkSkE6


The world il now explored. To
last man Is located. With the opening
a Tibet. there Is no longer . hermit
nation. The church knows her task,
and Is confronted by an open world.
A worldwide commerce ID develop
Ing world wide facilities for missionary
undertakings. Livingstone was six
months reaching the ZambeA from
Cape Town. You can now make the
Journey by rail In four days. Railroads
and steamboats, are opening up the
Dark Continent nom four sides. China
II operating $500 miles Of railways,
and has 1890 miles under construc-
ton. The missionaries. long the adj
vance agents of commerce. are now
reinforced by commerce at many
points. An English and German com
pany. engaged in developing the phos-
plate beds Of the Pacific islands, Is
cooperating heartily with the Ameri-
can board. affording the missionaries
such facilities for transportation as to
enable us to do away with the mission
airy vessel.-The Morning Star.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Poetic Justice.

A certain couple in a New England
village. each the parent of six chill
dren. recently had melted out to them
q kind of poetic justice in which they
failed to see the poetry.
The woman, q widow, pleading that
she had no home. and was therefore
unable to care for her children, in
duced the local authorities to admit
them to an orphan asylum. The man.
a widower, pleading he had no house
keeper, and therefore no one to care
for his children. induced the authOri
ties to admit his six also. ThereupOn
being freed from all membranes
these two married.
All went well for a few months.
when the authorities, learning Of the
situation. promptly dispatched the II
children back to their parents, and the
woman, no longer able to represent
herself as homeless or the man as
without q hOusekeeper, they were
forced to receive them.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
MUST PLEDGE GOOD BEHAVIOR
Terms on Which Strangers May Enter
British House Of Commons.

One of the most important altera-
tons which members of the British
house Of commons will notice when
they reassemble will be q strangers
bureau. Its construction, which is now
in progress, is the sequel to the scenes
created by the suffragettes in the
house during last session. In the
last month of the autumn session as
the result of their conduct no stranger
was seen within the house Of com
mons.
A committee was appointed to draw
up new rules for admission of
strangers. The members recommend
ed the passing Of an act making 1t q
criminal offense for strangers to brawl
within the chamber, and they also
recommended that strangers should
be made responsible for their own
good behavior and should sign q pa
per accepting that responsibility. That
being done the committee saw no REQ
son Why women, as well as men,
should not be admitted to the
strangers gallery.
It is In preparation for the change
that the new bureau is being made. As
heretofore, tickets for the gallery will
be balloted for by members in i'd
vance.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Great Man Condemn. Suicide.

"NapOleOn's Writings and Sayings"
Is the title Of little book which has
just been published in Paris. On the
subject of suicide, Napoleon wrote at
st. Helena, Has a man the right to
take his own life? Certainly, as soon
as his death would be an injury to no
one and his life burden. When is life
burden? When 1t offers only tribu-
latiOns, but as these may vanish at
any moment there seems to be no mo-
ment in ones life when he has the
right of selfdestruction. There are
not many men who have not felt at
some time the impulse to end all
through death, but few days later
there comes a change and the cause
for self-infiicted death Is gone. and the
man who succumbs to the impulse on
Monday, could he undo his work,
would be sorry for 1t when the week
end came"
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Advertised letter..

Following u . list OF unclaimed nail
matter remaining in the post once at
Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end
ing March 81, 1909:
Letters-Dick Brown, E D Bonner.
Mrs r G Garter, Julia Davis, Henry
Doersch, Julius Earnst, Mrs. Hattie
Eacker, Miss e Germon, James T Hogan,
J n Hastings BE Jams. Bob jacobson.
Henry Mohluan, Joe Reznik, Miss May
Valentine 2, r B Woodrow.
Cards-Miss May Valentine, Harry
White, John Yuda, Miss Myrtle Young.
Parties calling for any OF the above
will please say advertised.
- .OARL.KRA,rER, +. y.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31

TAs triumpAs q TIE scholar the pub.
!ic EaGards. - lldtvidual;; The prowess
q IL athSses. p popularity held % e.
t4hll1A the name and fame Of .hiS col.
legA OF 2eouzDe. this - unreasonahla.
for tie reputation Of . university -
an Institution Of learning should d.
pend upou the liberal education she
gives TO those within her gates.. But
it IS quite true that. despite the excel
lent reasons why 1t should not do 90,
the public continues to pay homage to
Drawn rather than brain. in 90 far a.
the undergraduate IL concerned.
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
Boys az Glass Breakers.

Its about time," declared the in
dignant citizen, that something was
done with boys who smash the glass
around the street lights. Again and
again l have seen them throwing rocks
at it for ten or fifteen minutes until
one was successful in smashing it
When they play ball, it seems to be
for the purpose Of hitting and break.
ing the glass of lamp either on the
curb or at the steps of an apartment
house. II q house is vacant, you will
notice that the basement windows are
broken half the time. It is all done
by boys, who apparently take great
delight in the sound of a good, hard
smash"
The Columbus journal., 1909-03-31
The New England Spirit.

In every crisis that has come to
this country the 'New England spirit
has risen to the top. It may have
been dormant for time. but when.
ever the necessity arose 1t manifested
itself. In the great internecine strug.
gle It predominated; in moro recent
times 1t has asserted itself. The pill
grim blood and the pilgrim spirit have
overcome all difficulties. Without
them the west would be q wilderness
The pioneers Of the western state.
were actuated by the spirit that set
tied New England.-Denver Repubh
oan.