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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-05
Potomac & Chesapeake
Steamboat Company.
NEW NORFOLK LINE
On an After October Ia

SIEA VI EIt 81. JOiNos
SoUTHBOUND-Tuesdav Thursday and Sat
urdsy. leaves Washington from Sth st wharf
5p M; Alexaniris, Cameron ST. wharf, 6:sQ
p m; Colonial Beach. Top. m. Arrives Old
Point, 6 a m Norfolk, 7 a. m.
NORTHBOUND---s ldsy, Wednesday and
Friday. Leaves Norfolk, Commerce ST. dock.
40 M; OH Point p. m Colonial Beach,
10 midnight. Arrives Alexandria, $50 a. m /;
Washirg on, & a m.
Connections Colonial Beach and Wash
ipg'on with local steamers for Potomac river
landings At Norfolk and Washington with
lines dive'gipg,
Fare, one wsv, $2.0) round trip, $500.
w. 2. EMNERT. Vice Pres and Gen. Mgr,
w +. CARNE, JR.. Gen. Agt.
REARDON & GRIMES, Agents, Alsxsndris'
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EifiYYears, eXnerif

Fiftyy years experience ofan Old Nurse
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription Of one Of the best female pbysi.
clans and nurses in the United States, ard
has be used for fifty years with never-fsil-
ing success by millions Of mothers for their
children. It relieves the child from pain,
cures diarrhei, gripiug in the bowels, and
wind collie. By giving health tothe child.
il rest TIE mother. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
oct 20 eotd.
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WANTED

LOAN OF 5000 on farm in Fairfax
county. Va, near railroad, with good dwell
ing sud outsuildings, valued at $500. Ad'
dress
NIB. WARD, Gazette Office.
oo4sO >.
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Cameron Street WhQrf.
Call phO1e so. 1y2u
AAsYlAND, DELAWARE AND VIA
clNIA DAilWAV COMpAHV

SPRING SCHEDULE.
atAsmsyp of This Lins ifRvs Alas Rndris
on and after Nav 10, 1909,
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and
SATURDAY st $50 p, IN,
ROR BALTINORE AID ALL III.
USUAL RIVER LANDIEG5,
Cuisine and appointments unexoelet,
Frs;25t for Baltimore, Philadelphia en-
Hsv York solicited and handled with care,
Throggh rates and bills Of lading issued,
Single Siro % Baltimore, $780, round triS
$3.50. %sstsrao'cs, one way, $3.50. Meals, Doc
REAnGCN Z GRIMES, Agents,
Voc ~ Cameron street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-05

mat cuy American rorsste abound n
oaAnts which possess the moss Vaiuaoie
hedicinal virtues is abundantly sttesteo
Nv scores Of the most eminent medical
S1r,ters and teachers. Even the untu'
tored Indians had discovered the useful
meas of many native plants before the
advent Of the white race. This informa-
tion, impaired freely 10 the whites, led
the latter TO continue Investigations until
to-day We have rich assortment OF most
valuable American medicinal roots.
. . -
/Dr. Pierce believes that eur American for
ests htSsnd in most valuable medicinal rooA
foA TIE cufeAQf most obstinate and fatal dis
eases. II we.wo0ld properly investigate themi
IN lsalirRAtfSp Of this conviction. be
uoIrs< WI ~ nrlde>0 the almost -marTelonA
cpres Effected u7ra-s,. I.saiS - - sSo
covery,s which has .A.. IL! t-sS,-o
most eficIent stoInach- tonic Si1alT
6fQr. heart tonic and regulatoL- -ApH -s.SSA
cleanser knQEn 10 medical Scieqc9. Dyspep-
sia. or Indigestion. torpid liver. functional
and even valvular and other affections Of
the heart yield 10 its curative action. The
reason Whv II cures these and many other
affections, is clearly shown in little book
OF extracts from the standard medical works
which is mailed free TO any address by DR.. K.
v. Pierce. Of Buffalo. N. Y. 70 all sending
request for the same. "
- ~
Not less marvellous. in the unparalleled
euPes IL Is constantly making Of womana
many peculiaI affections. weaknesses and
disty6ss,pg defRDgements. Is DR.. Piereee
Esvorite\ \Prescripu0lb>a is amply attested
b. thousands pfflpS pSoSlcl lted testimonials con-
tflbuted by\GSc1eful patferA who have been
cured BY Il Of arrhAl pelH Hle dLa 1sl p2lniuI.
peTlods. ifTsgpl laE!tIes prQlapSys and -olheL
dISpi acements- calsed- BY weakness -ulceI>
sfIon OF uterus and Kindred al eciiQlsL ofteno
alter many other advertised hedicipes' ana
physleia ans had failed
- - ~
uo.h the above mentioned medicines arg
vboiiT made up from the glycerlc extrecbs ot
rstive. medicinal roots. Tho processes epn,
nioved In theirkmanufacture were Yrlgmai
Eith Or. Pierce. tand they are carried On ~
skilled chemists and pharmacists Witn ths
aid OK apparatus and appliances spselalX
Seslgped and built for this purpose bot1
Tnedicines are entirely free from alcohol sn9
ali other harmful habit-formlng oruesl n
nii list OF their ingredients h 9Sinteo &c
each bOttle-Wrapper.
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oct90 Ia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-05

You are nerve-broken" and run down
That's what sils you-y ou need o big bottle 0
Leadbelier's Hypophosphitss One bottle
will 30 you good.
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j. q. Her1Shaw

ll0 South Washington Street.
Now ready for fall business. Judging from
the nraise 7 am receiving the TRY NE must
make YOU feel good all over dYes, IL will do
Il every time, assuring you conf rtlble
stylish az d a we'll bslsnrei garment.
TRY ME.
oct29 3m
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
DEATH OF CoQUELIN.

Coquelin, greatest of French actors,
IS dead. Indefatigable as always, he
was preparing for the leading part in
new play by Edmond Rostand when
the end came We can imagine the
sense Of loss of the French people by
recalling our own feelings when Joseph
Jefferson died.
Like Jefferson, Benoit Constant
Coouelin had become an institution.
His long and successful stage career,
begun In the prime of former genera
ton and continued so far in the life of
It's successor, was calculated to diffuse
sort of impression that he always had
been and always would be. Securing
the first prize in comedy at the con-
servatory in 1850. he made his debut in
the following year at the Comedie
Franchise.
The last opportunity Americans had
Of seeing Coquelin was when be made
his tour with Sarah Bernhardt. 1t is
no secret that he was dissatisfied with
the impression produced on American
audiences, who manifested their pref
erence for the divine Sarah unmistak-
ably. With the exception of Cyrano
none Of his roles seemed to appeal par
ticularly to playgoers over here.
Yet, says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
be might have anticipated that. Wom-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

an, romance and tragedy are universal.
Man and comedy are national. The
comedian. on going to another country,
aas to overcome a host of national con-
.eptions to make himself acceptable.
Few nations boast Of their tragedy as
distinctly national. But all make that
claim for comedy. 1t could hardly be
otherwise. No nation believes that an
other has a real sense OF wit and
humor
M. Coquelin was, Of course, come
lian in the best sense. 1t is urfortu-
aate that the word has been reduced
n this country to serve chiefly as the
designation of farceurs. The fountains
Of tears and laughter lie close together /;
and the great comedian is the real
brother to the great tragedian. No char
acter Of the drama illustrates this bet
ter than Cyrano. one of Coquelin's ia
vorite roles. Cyrano has poignant
suggestion of tragedy all the way
through. 1t is a trick OF the actor,
whether one smiles or signs.
There is something especially pa
thetic in the death Of a great actor.
His is a doubtful Immortality. The
poet leaves his books. the sculptor the
.hiseled marble, the statesman his law,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
Captain of Ship Is Supreme.

The ''unwritten law" in the marine
world that the captain of the ship is
supreme commander of his vessel when
he leaves port, will not be modified by
the fact that the wireless system keeps
him in constant communication with of
ficials of the company. This question
has been raised since the disaster Of the
Republic, because practically all action
taken by the several ships engaged il
the sea drama followed wireless com
munications to the company offices.
Vice President Franklin of the White
Star company said in New York:
The ships captain will ever be sole
and absolute authority in the naviga-
ton of his vessel, no matter whether he
is in communication by wireless with
the home Offices or not"
Ships commanders generally are loath
to consider any suggestions of lessen
ing of authority because of the wire
less. as they desire to preserve the ira
dition of the sea that a captain is mon
arch of all he surveys when aboarI
shin
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bit of always taking them" when she

habit of always taking them" when she
could.
Once, however, she failed to take d
very important one when she was sum
moned to do SO. She had a singularly
bold and firm handwriting, easily mis-
taken for a mans, and often signed
business communications A. H. Glib.
bons, so that she one day found her.
self, as a citizen and a taxpayer, i'm
peratively required, in the name of the
law, to furnish reasons why she should
not serve as a juror.
II know of none," she wrote serene
ly at the foot Of this formidable docu-
ment, and sent it back. But the off
cial who read this apparently imperti-
nent response must have investigated
the record Of his correspondent, and
found reason; for A. H. Gibbons,
householder Of New York, was excused
from service in that fourth box, so i'm
portant in civilized communicating
jury box.-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
FOUR BOXES.
World Governed by Cartridge Box
Ballot Box, Band Box and Jur
ceniunl.

World Governed by Cartridge Box,
Ballot Box, Band Box and Jury
1.-THE world is governed by three
boxes" said an American wit of cen
tury ago, 1.-THE cartridge-box, the bal
lot-box and the bandbox"
Between the first two Of these great
governing powers no one questioned
the natural alliance; but that the sex
whose box was the handbook should
also claim a right to use the ballot
box was, in his day, undreamed Of
Half century later, during the Civil
War, Horace Greeley, the famous edi
tor, held the same opinion.
Madam" he said, bluntly, at pub
lie meeting, to the pioneer Suffragist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1.-The bullet
and the ballot go together. If you
want to vote, are you ready to fight?
Certainly, sir" replied the quick
witted lady, to the delight OF the au-
dience. Il am ready to fight just as
you have fought-with my pen"
Not all the early women suffragists
would so readily have counten<nced
warfare, even in jest: for Notable
number of them were QuakN,s, or of
Quaker ancestry, to whom force was
abhorrent. In the Society of Friends
the rights of men and women have
been always absolutely equal; so that,
as Lucretia Mott declared, it seemed
but natural to wish to counsel and act
with men everywhere on even terms,
as she had always done in Nantucket.
One Quaker philanthropist, Abby
Hopper Gibbons, who had never been
identified with the "woman's rights
women, yet acknowledged with demure
humor that, although she talked little
about Der rights, she had "been in the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

circumstances, that you might assist
me-
''What do you want me to tell your"
she asked.
"In a word-everything he replied
"And that is not much" she answered
recklessly. Charlie and I determined
to try and make a living for ourselves,
somehow-since you wouldn't help us"
'Say-'couldn't,' suggested the Peer
"And SO I joined this Pierrot party,
and he
''Yes-he?"
| HE came TOTO look after mel"
Il did not recognize him in his Pier
rot dress,' remarked the Peer reflective
ly.
No. snapped the Pierrette, because
he wasn't in a Fierrot dress He-he
wanted to be Pierrot, but they wouldn't
have him."
'.Dear me!'' said the Peer "And
why?"
Because he can't sing note," ex-
planned the Pierrette
| Presumably, then, your earnings as
Pierrette continue to support you both
-pending your marriage?"
Nothing of the kind" retorted the
Pierrette. "He has little money to so
on with, of course"
'H'm-of course. I forgot that. And
so he is here, after Alleging on with
his money!"
"Well-naturally! exclaimed the
Pierrette, finging herself back on the
seat with studied Indifference.
eyes," acquiesced the Peer, stroking
his mustache. ever heard of Cyrus p.
Tomkinson, the tallow king?"
"The-what? ?" asked the Pierrette
"Tallow king" repeated the Peer "a
merely commercial form of royalty, by
the way. The name is, no doubt, famil-
lar to you"
81 never heard it in my life" protest
ed the Pierrette. "Who is he?'
''He was my brother. He died last
week, at the comparatively early age of
5O-a bachelor Tompkinson wasn't his
real name, I may add He adopted it
for trade purposes in America He was
a very remarkable mani" The Peer
sighed. Ellis method of coming money
out of tallow, I am told, was surprising.
"Cyrus made more than 91,O0O,00O out
of that foolish compound, tallow, and he
left me nothing positively not even his
blessing"
"Gracious!" exclaimed the Pierrette,
drawing in her breath. ga million
pounds! And he didn't leave you any,
though he was your own brother?"
None" said the Peer sadly.
II call it shame!" said the Pierrette
$50 do l." said the Peer. "He left the
whole fortune, without deductions, to
someone else"
"Oh!" exclaimed the Pierrette indig-
nantly "And it would have made you
.quite rich, and-and then you would
have been able, perhaps, to give a little
to Charlie TOTO marry upon!"
Il should have been most pleased to
make him liberal allowance" said the
Peer graciously. "But it's no use talk
ing about that can't do it now"
"Oh!" groaned the Pierrette again.
Besides" added the Peer, as an after
thought, cts not necessary. For, you
see, the person to whom Cyrus has left
his money happens to be Charlie him.
seif."-Emeric Hulme-Beaman in Sketch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.

Beyond the serried streets and mean,
Beyond the houses grey,
l spread, beneath a sky grown clean,
My apron to the day,
Where men may rest and men may jest,
Where men may dream or play.
Far out, far out, with fingers grim,
1 watch the dark walls spread,
l see the fields 1 loved glow dim,
Grow gashed with black and red,
1 see the lanes like ghosts fit by,
Like ghosts among their dead.
Till / alone, with bosom torn,
Yet ah! what tender hands,
Am left upon a throne forlorn
Above the stricken lands,
One last poor hold of green and gold
Above the falling sands.
All, poet clerks, alb, toilers pale,
All. lovers poor anG fond,
Still, still for you 1 guard the vale,
The fir-tree and the frOnd,
The little paths that bend and dip,
The great white roads beyond,
The crescent moon, the summer dIsk,
The deep enchanted trees,
The little hills that hide the town,
And slumber on my knees,
The magic mirrors, bright and dark
With stars and mysteries.
H H. Bashford in Spectator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
FREEZE TIGHT SHOPPERS.
1t Causes Contraction from Neck of Bot
tie and Makes Removal Easy.

Reagent bottles holding caustic aka
lies. alkaline carbonates, ETC., very fire.
ouently become fixed and the usual
method has been to tap the stopper with
a wooden block or the application OF heat
to the neck, or combination of both:
Results are poor in certain cases and
often result in the fracture of the neck.
The inverse process may be used to
advantage. In other words freeze the
stopper, thus causing a contraction OF
the stopper from the neck. The bottles
which 1 used for experiment had failed
to open under the heating and tapping,
and were bad cases Of fixed shoppers.
The bottles held sodium carbonate that
had formed sodium silicate, an excel
lent cement, and so were firmly fixed:
They were inverted in mixture of
crushed ice and calcium chloride, taking
care that the freezing solution did not
touch the lips of the bottles.
After standing twenty minutes each
stopper was removed without the slight
est exertion. This is the neatest and
safest way to remove shoppers from
bromine bottles and other corrosive
chemicals-Scientifc American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
THE SALMON SUPPLY.
Notable Instance of the Depletion of
Natural Runs.

Perhaps the most notable instance of
this depletion of the natural runs of
salmon due to excessive fishing, is that
of the Sockeye, the great commercial
salmon of Puget sound and the Fraser
river. In days agone, these salmon came
in myriadS, striving toward the head
waters of the Fraser, the only natural
Sockeye spawning stream. First sight
ed off the southwest coast of Vancouver
island, the salmon came in an almost
compact mass, the sun flashing from
leagues of scaly backs ON the surface
of the water. Skirting the Vancouver
shore for miles, these great runs Of sal
mon headed up the straits of Juan de
Fuca, passing through lower Puget
sound and north to the Fraser river
Among the San Juan islands and off
Point Roberts, they encountered the
traps of the cannery men and the seins
Of the fishermen, and entering the mouth
of the Fraser, they were faced by a for
midable barrier of gill nests. In the
summer of 1901 occurred the largest run
of Sockeye in the history of the indus
try. The salmon crowded through the
waters of Puget sound in millions. They
blocked the entrance to the fishing traps,
it is alleged, so that one could walk
from one row of piling to the other on
their backs. One salmon trap impound-
ed 10000 fish in one setting, and the
average catch of the purse Seines and
traps were so enormous that the floors
OF the great canneries were literally
swamped. In spite of the tremendous
capacities of the canneries, the machin-
cry could not pack rapidly enough and
traps were thrown back into the water.
The pack for Puget sound alone that
year amounted to 1,3SO,OOO cases. The
salmon were so abundant that thousands
evaded the traps and nets and passed
on up to their spawning beds, where
by natural propagation. millions Of sal
mon fry were Matched into life, to re-
turn full grown to the fishing banks
four years later.-From Farming the
Seas" by Daniel L. Pratt, in The Out
ing Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
Dragon Ride to Next World

'Our late Emperor ruled the empire
for thirty and four years. He kept on
his clothes through the night and took
himself to the work of government. We
hoped that his glory would be long en-.
during. and that he would live to com
plete the reorganization of government
But the sacred body was too frail. On
the Dist day of the 10th moon of the
34th year of Kuang Hsu', he took the
dragon ride to be guest on high We
have entered on the great succession; the
divine utensils are very heavy; the re-
sponsibility rests upon this feeble body
we think of our youth and scanty merit
and fear we shall be unequal to the
test"
The above are some of the curious an
nouncements in the proclamation issued
in the name of the 3-year-old Chinese
Emperor on the occasion of his enthrone-
ment in December, which has come to
the state department at Washington.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
Origin of Dominoes.

The origin Of dominies has been at
tributed yariously to the Greeks, the
Chinese and Jews, but Paris contem-
porary has discovered that the ever
popular game owes it's invention to the
Benedictines of Mont Cassin. Two of
the order were sent into lengthy re-
treat, and they hit upon a method of
Willing away the spare time without
infringing the rules of silence by NAV
ing with square stones upon which vari-
Gus dots were marked. While perfect.
ing themselves they perfected or rather
evolved the game, and were accustomed
to frequently repeat when playing in
the evening psalms from Vespers. espe-
cially the first, that is Psalm 100.
which begins "Dixis Dominus Domino
meo." When the retreat was over the
game was soon known in the convent.
Then its fame spread to the village and
beyond. The verse was reduced to one
word Domino" hence the name as we
have received it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
He Needed Help.

Little Harry startled his nurse the
other night as he finished his evening
prayers by saying: "God bless papa and
mamma and Margaret and us boys; and
-and-God. please make me strong like
the big bear in the park, cause / got to
lick Charlie White in the mornin'."
--Delineator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

The entrance of E., G. Hartman to the
board of directors of the New York Cen
trail Railroad is another step in the up
ward march of this really remarkable
man. Some Of the newspaper gossips
talk of it as if it constituted a defeat
for the Vanderbilts. The probability Is
that the Vanderbilts are very glad to
have Mr. Harriman's ability enlisted III
the development of their properties.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

I read of Doan's Kidney Pills and be-
gan using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. 1 kept
ON using them, and in three months
was able to get out on crutches and
the kidneys were acting better 1 i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

The mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, who
escorted E. III. Hartman about the city,
to see the sights, says that 'Only twice
during the day did he show a sense of
humor." But perhaps the mayor of At
lanta is the one to be shifted at-per.
haps he did not understand all of Mr..
Harriman's Jokes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

for a witness to future generations.
The great actor, who surely ranks as
an artist with other artists. leaves only
a name, which the. years will make
more ghostly. Nothing becomes more
inconsequential than a dramatic tradi-
ton to the world that faces the pros
cqni11m
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

The life of Americans is more serene
than that of Europeans, and their rival
ries are not so bitter. This is the judg-
ment of Sig. Ferrero, the Italian histo-
rian, who came over here before the
earthquake, and, having fulfilled a prof
liable lecture engagement, yesterday
sailed for home. There are senatorial
candidates here and there who may feel
disposed to doubt that the Signor is fully
conversant with the facts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

While the chief honor for the rescue of
the imperilled passengers of the steamer
Republic, which was sunk by collision
off Nantucket, fell deservedly to wireless
telegraphy, the fact should not be ignored
that the compartment principle of ma.
rine construction was primarily respon-
sible for the rescue. Had the Republic
been without compartments she would
have gonue to the bottom before the help
summoned by wireless telegraphy could
have found her in the fog.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

An Iowa man arrested on a charge of
murder has confessed the crime and at
tributes his downfall to reading bad
books. But a good man would stop read
ing bad books as soop as he had read
far enough to discover that they were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-25

Something of interest to automobile
manufacturers is reported from Great
Britain, where a syndicate is said to
have established a factory for the pro-
duction of leather so treated with liquid
rubber that it becomes absolutely water
proof. This leather has been tested with
success in automobile tires, soles for
boots and shoes, pump washers, machine
betting, miners boots, etc. The elastic
ity of the rubber imparts perfect fexi-
bility and extraordinary toughness to
some skins, notably those of rabbits,
sheep and goats.