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The Washington times., 1909-04-19
OLD HOME WEEK
SEVEN DAYS OFF
Last Arrangements Pushed
For Grand Opening
Next Monday.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA. VA. APRIL II.

AA4r4A<A4NDfSlAs ' A. Afttits "
With "Old Home Coming Week just
seven days or, the citizens OF Alexan-
dria are pushing every effort to whip
things into shape for the large crowd
OF former residents expected to be here.
The exact program of the celebration
has not yet been completed, but 1t will
be reported at the meeting of the exc
cutive committee this evening.
The Ferari Carnival Company will ar
rive in Alexandria Sunday and will have
all the shows in position by Monday
morning. Several Of the side shows
will be located on the streets, while the
animal show will be on the old Fair
grounds at the head OF King street.
On Monday evening there viii be a
carnival parade. during which the king
and queen Of the carnival viii be
crowned. On Wednesday evening the
Young Mems sodality Lyceum win give
a minstrel show at the hall IN Duke
street Thursday evening former stu
dents Of st. Johns Academy viii hold
a reunion and banquet at Odd Fellows
Hall in North Columbus street. On
Friday evening the carnival bali will
be held at Armory Hall. in South Royal
street.
Work of painting the court OF honor
In Washington street was begun this
morning and II is now presenting a fine
appearance. The work of installing the
electric lights will begin in a few days.
The Washington times., 1909-04-19

Captain Finnell. Of the schooner Dan
iel, now lying at the shipyard. report
ed that some one entered the cabin OF the
boat Saturday night and stole pair ~
gum boots. two comforts, one sack OF
-four, and one oil skin coat. The police
are investigating
The Washington times., 1909-04-19
Marriage Licenses.

Ill Doltor Ernesto Mensa. q Venice.
Italy. and Lula Baker, OF Washing
ton.
William ". Rose, OF Fort Monroe, Va,
and Leize II. Weaver, OF Washington.
Raymond Wolfford. Of Chevy Chase,
Md, and Harriette Clemenston. of
Washington.
Arthur K. Yeager. of New York city,
and Eliza A. O'Boyle, of Wilkes
barre, Pa.
Jemes Wright and Mamie O'Brien. of
Warrington
John Taylor and Rose Cooke, OF Wash
ington.
George B. Collins and Mildred L. Dick,
of Washington.
Alfredo Curradi and Barbara Dean. of
Washington.
Robert II. Ryan and Fannie Robey, OF
Washington.
Max Levi, of Baltimore, and Juliette
Meyer, Of Washington.
BALTIMORE. April I9-wedding IL
censes: Arthur B. Coleman and Mary
R Massey, of Washington.
John J. Buckley and Elizabeth ].
Murphy, Of Washington.
Lloyd w. Stephenson and Mary V.
Haswell Of Washington.
Charles r. Buete and Nellie Z. Mo-
riaty, OF Washington.
The Washington times., 1909-04-19

I had q bad case OF Eczema. tt
being especially severe on NY rfRh5
hand. was hardly able co use nv
many things in an effort to rat relief
but vas unable to do 80 until I read
OF 3. 3. s. and determined to <iVe ft a
trial. used several bottles Of this
remedy and it cured the trouble en-
t1re1Y. 3. 8. 8. put my blood In Ane
condition and left my skin soft and
smooth. Though this was some time
ago there has been no return Of the
croub1e- CHAS. J. WOLF, JR-
oo4 8. Second St., st. Louis, No.
The Washington times., 1909-04-19

In this article want explain you the of
diseases and also offer suggestions founded
experience which will enable to yourself if you
afflicted with OF the various forms OF this
The skin receives its necessary nourShmen from the blood
Every kept and every gland kept healthy by continually
feeding the nutritious properties which distributed throughout
the system by rich blood supply AS long
coalition exists the cucle will be soft SMOOTH and free from
eruphons when however the ejaculation
The Washington times., 1909-04-19

For six years 7 was severely
troubled with q bad skin disease,
located principally on the shins. The
trouble would appear in the form Of
small yellow bl1stsrs, characterized
by very severe itching, eto. tried
aarBapar1ilAs, so-oalled blood puri-
nsxsI saves, ointmentS, letions and
nothing did me any good. BecoTntng
discouraged I left OF all this treat
ment, and just about this time saw
3. 3. 3. advertised. One day decided
20 give this medicine q trial and
after using 1t for . short while
began to improve. Of course con-
t1nued s. s. s. and ie cured me- oom-
plstely. Quite q while has elapsed
since was cured and thaPe has nevar
been the slightest indication OF the
return OF che trouble.
4o4 Freedom st., AIlianos Ohio.
The Washington times., 1909-04-19

The drowning OF young Lacey yester-
day afternoon was the first fatality of
its kind this season at the tidal basin
The accident occurred about $3.50 O'clock
The boat IN which the Lacey boys and
young Nell were rowing was overturned
just at The entrance to the basin. Homer
Lacey and Nell were rescued by II. B.
White, Of 1917 Quarry road; r. II. Ber-
nsrd, of go New Jersey avenue south
east; Edward Lancaster, OF 1912 Half
street, and an unidentified negro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

Earl B. Phelps of the department, and
while it is a valuable summary of present
knowledge on the subject it contributes
very little that is original except to point
out the possibility of obtaining dyes from
the waste liquor which will be worth
enough to make their manufacture ad-
visable. 1t is evident that Prof. Phelps
regards the disposal of these wastes as a
most complicated problem, and the only
way to prevent the contamination of
streams by them is to keep them out of
the water.
The manufacture of cement blocks has
been greatly facilitated recently by the
discovery of a process of curing them by
steam which has many advantages over
the old method of using water for this
purpose. A concrete building block
cured by steam is harder and stronger
after twenty-four to thirty hours than
one cured by sprinkling Or spraying that
made in ordinary machines and trans
sun or current of air to cause them to
dry before they start to set. AS soon
as an oven is filled it is closed and within
one to two hours the steam is turned on
and 1t Immediately condenses upon the
block the same dew on grass. The
amount of water applied in this manner
may be gagged to a nicely. One who has
made use OF this method to considera BILE
extent says that a denser block can be
produced. as the steam does not wash any
of the cement from the block as is the
case with the sprinkling system Also
the color of the blocks is more uniform
regardless of the cement used. He has
made blocks using dark as well as light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Universal Languages.

From the indianapolis Star.
IL is not SO very many years since en-
thusiastic but misguided persons who be-
Iieve that a language can he made to or
der were promoting strange form Of
speech which they called Nolapuk and
which they fondly hoped would be adopt
a., everywhere as a means OF interna tional
commuEic ation-not as a permanent sub
stitute for any one language, but a
temporary and occasional substitute for
all.
Ii was ably argued that as IL is impossi-
hle for all persons engaged in interna-
tional traffic who might find travel in
many lands desirable or necessary 10 mas
ter every foreign tongue the problem of
intercourse would be solved if common
language could be universally accepted for
such purpose. and with this end in view
NoIapuk was laboriously devised For a
few years newspaper and magazine read
ers heard a good deal about this new Ian
guage: it's weird characters frequently got
into print and numerous clubs for the
purpose of studying il were formed. A
language already in existence, ii was
thought by some, might have been adopt
cd sax English. whose use would save
tvo popuIouS nations from the trouble
az learning any new speech: but 10 this
suggestion il VAS objected that existing
tongues were too complicated and diff
enlt and that something more simple was
needed.
In III. course of time II appeared that
yolapuk was not sufficiently simple and
sh.ai - WAS not being internationally taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

cement and finds them to be almost the
same color; the steam gives them light
er color than it has been possible to- OBJ
tain before. With steam curing. blocks
can be made all winter, which makes the
concrete block just as available as brick,
and in case of rush orders block may be
delivered in tnirty-six hours, or as quichly
as stone can be obtained.
What is every way the largest chimney
in the world has been recently topped OF
at the works of the Boston and Montana
Copper and Silver plant, near Great
Falls Mont. 1t is 5O6 feet above the top
OF the foundation ring and Is fifty feet
wide at the top. This overtops the next
highest chimney by 40 feet. This great
diameter will give a discharge capacity
of 100000 cubic feet of gases per min
ute. This great construction displaces
another 1856 feet high, the capacity Of
which was far too small for the present
works, which have been greatly increas-
ed in size recently. The ord one suffered
greatly from the corrosive action OF the
gases passing through. but II is thought
that this has been overcome in the new
chimney.
Wireless telegraphy applied to mill
tary purposes has been tested at the
maneuvers conducted at AtasaderO San
Luis ODispo county. Cal, under Col.
Marion T. Mans, U.S.A.. commander of
the Department of California. The signal
corps was provided with portable instru-
ments, which were transported on the
backs of mules, and they endeavored to
keep i'm touch with the headquarters at
the various distances across all conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

A fortune awaits the person who will
find some use for the waste product of the
wood pulp paper mills. When wood is
treated by the sulphite process 1t is d.
vfded into ceIlulose. which is what the
manufacturer wants. and a waste product
known as lignone. Nobody is very certain
about the chemical composition of the
latter and nobody has discovered a COM
merciO1ly practicable method of treating
Ii so that it will not cause offense when
discharged into streams. In Germany
his has grown to be such a serious nuis-
ance that several large mills have been
closed at the instance of the health au-
thorities This subject was recently given
some extensive investigation by the geo.
logical survey of the United States and
a report has just been prepared by Prof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Choice at SOC.

Dutch Collars, of fine quality tucked
net, trimmed with venice lace edging
and inserting.
Allover Eyelet Embroidery Dutch
Collars. finished with German val
enciennes lace edging.
Dutch Collars. of fine quality
Round and sailor effects.
Large assortment of Jabots, Rabots.
of Persian lawn, with lace edging,
tucks and inserting: plain net with
Irish crochet edge. and net with silk
embroidered designs. in all spring
shades. Single, double and triple ef-
fects.
Lace Coat Collars. round and pointed
designs.
Imported Venice and Oriental Lace
Gibson Stock Collars. Large variety
of stylish patterns. In white and ecru
colors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

OF country. The apparatus carried by
| the signal men operates inductively and
| requires no direct ground. II can be I'M
| packed and set up in twenty minutes.
The maximum range is twenty-five miles,
but this can be increased by using q
| longer mast and a grounding system to
13o miles.
The manager of one of the large indie
pendent telephone companies of the middle
| west has devised a coupon book for pa
irons of the ong-distance service which
is likely to be widely II not generally
adopted. A number Of companies have
already agreed to enter into this scheme.
The coupons are for ) cents each, and
as many may be taken out as are re-
quired to pay for a message at the ONCE
OF any Of the companies that enter into
the arrangements. A clearing Office will
, be established at Cleveland. and all cou-
pons will be sent there. where settle
ments with the companies will be made.
1t is understood that all the independent
long-distance companies will become mem
bers of this bureau. In fact, many OF
them have been working for some time
to secure a uniform plan OF some kind
along these lines. The books will Insure
fact that the purchaser pays In advance
for many calls
Fifty years ago there were 1900 distil-
leries in Sweden, but that number haa
now been reduced to 49,.
The fog banks of the North Atlantic
as a rule, are about thirty miles In diam
eter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Store Detectives.
rom the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
Department stores suffer heavy loss
by theft every year" said a man on the
detective staff OF one of the large local
stores. For this reason the manage.
ment is continually spending large
amounts TO check this leakage. which
seems TO spring from every possible
source. The detective staff has TO be
changed or modified every few months.
for several reasons. For one thing. the
professional shoplifter who carries away
in concealment every day considerable
quantities of goods learns to spy out h
detective very quickly. For another thing.
the petty piferer who steals because she
wants more than she can afford. or the
genuine kleptomaniac, is equally clever In
spottinS IA detective. Then. again. there
- the dishonest employc. The clerks nat
uraliy soon learn the store detective. OF
course, the examinations are conducted
as much as. a measure Of protection for
the honest employe as to discover the dis
honest one. and there are seldom any OBJ
Jections to this necessary system. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

the Thames with three men young enough
to be his grandsons. He also acts as
coxswain to a working girls sculling club.
which he founded. Mentally the doctor
is even more active than he is physically.
He continues to work on the great OK
ford English dictionary of which fifty
years ago he was one of the designers.
He is an eminent authority on Shakes
peare. and has founded many literary So
cieties. His advice to men who would
emulate his record Of work and health is:
Keep steady; take exercise; don't drink;
don't smoke" DR.. Furnival would prob
ably also be willing to admit that he has
been favored in his environments and
calling, and that he inherited constitu-
ton of the kind fitted for longevity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Choice at 98c.

Imported Venice and Irish Crochet
Lace Dutch Collars with German val
enciennes lace edging. Complete with
single and double rabot to match.
Finished with deed lace edging.
Imported Lace Cellars. can be worn
as Dutch collars. or with coat suits.
S1.;O Silk Crepe de Chine Head
Scarfs. with hemstitched ends. In
handsome floral designs. Full length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Microbes in Extremely Cold Lands


We are accustomed to think of severe
and continuous cold as being an enemy
to life of every sort. but data furnished
to the Pasteur Institute in Paris by Dr.
Charcot. the antarctic explorer. proves
conclusively that the intense cold of the
south polar regions still allows various
forms of microscopic life to flourish. On
examining the intestines of animals twen-
ty-four different kinds of microbes were
found. and of these fifteen were vare-
ties already known in Europe Even the
microbes found i'm soil taken from the
antarctic continent where the foot of
man had never trod were found to be
Identical with those of the inhabited
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
Remarkably Youthful octogenarian


A remarkable instance of youthfulness
preserved TO an advanced age is that of
DIR. Frederick James Furnival. the famous
English photographer and author. DR.
Furnival. who recently celebrated his
eighty-fourth birthday. has been for sixty
four years noted as an oarsman. and once
u week he still rows a ten-mile spin on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

up lis scattered students lost heart and
presently this .hand-made" language was
heartIessly abandoned. But the idea lived
and 1t was not long before another uni
versar' speech was invented and put
forth to-wit. Esperanto. This was received
aven more favorably than VOlapuk but
now il appears that Esperanto is passing
and that a still newer international Ian
suage. this time known as 'Ro. Is being
offered in its stead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

We are looking for new ideas and i'm
proved methods all tile time. for the
quantity of goods that passes unpaid for
out or a store In the course of year
Is almost unbelievable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08
A Vast Stock of
Easter Neckwear.

To fully appreciate the COM
plete assortment of Easter Neckwear
we have assembled you must pay the
department a visit tomorrow. Moth
ing is missing that is new and cor
rect-everything is priced az low, il
not lower. than equal qualities can be
bought for elsewhere.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Does Not Wear Aigrets.

Queen Alexandra has issued pub
lie statement to the effect that she
does not wear digrets, and this, of
course, is intended as a rebuke to a
cruel and horrible practice The off,
cial statement means something more
, even than that. 1t means that no
lady can venture into the Queens
presence with these feathers upon her
head, and It means that the aigret is
stamped as questionable throughout
every rank in society. Royalty has
its undoubted disadvantages, but
something may be written also upon
the other side of the slate. The
power to make cruelty questionable
is one to be envied, and every country
would be the better for an influence
that is no less real because 1t has no
coercive laws to back it.-Argonaut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

John IT. Fay, mind reader, com-
mitted suicide in Oakland. Cal
DR.. Paul is to settle the disputes
between Venezuela and France and
Holland.
Plans were made for Americas
army of occupation to begin to evacu-
ate Cuba.
Castro said he should put no obsta-
Gle in the way of Venezuela making
her peace with other nations.
Five hundred guests attended the
dinner Of the Pan-Amerlcan Scientific
Congress at Santiago de Chill.
The American Roentgen Ray So
ciety completed plans for its three
days convention in New York City.
Advices from Caracas say that the
people in all parts of the country well
come the policy of President Gomez.
Patrick r. Alexander, an English
experimenter, predicted that aero
nauts would learn to fly without mo-
tors.
1t was announced at Buffalo that
the foot and mouth disease quaran-
tine in New York State had been mod
flied.
Eleven men were killed in riot at
Tungan, twenty miles north OF Annoy,
following an endeavor to enforce the
anti-opium edict.
Venezuelans freed from political
prisons at Maracaibo touched at Car
acao on their way to Caracas and
were enthusiastically received.
The Central Federated Union in
New York City passed resolutions pro-
esting against the sentencing of Com
pers, Mitchell and Morrison to JAIL
Fears of a Balkan outbreak are
subsiding in London, The opinion Is
expressed in authoritative quarters
that there will be no general election.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Sultan's Mangled Name,

American and English newspapers
have a way of mangling the name of
the Sultan of Turkey. often he is
called simply abdul" nothing
more. Sometimes it is "Abdul khe
Artful," abdul the Wary" The
proper way to write the name, accord
ing to the London Chronicle, is ADD
ul-Hamid," or, as some would trans
literate it, bd-ul-'l-Hamid." This
means Servant (or slave) of the
Praised One" i. e., God or Allah. The
"ul" or "l' merely lyrepresents the Ara
bic definite article, which in writing
is always joined to the following
word. "Abd" is a common first name
with Mohammedans, as in Abdul
Kadzir, Abd-ul-Latif, Abd-ul-Aziz.
abdul" with or without the Ha-
mid, makes nonsense, but no one
seems to notice it. On this principle
George du Maurier might be called
'Georgedu" for short, and T. P.
O'Connor would lose his nationality
under the Italian looking disguise
of "Thomaso. kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13

that when / went against them | was
certain to be wrong, and sometimes
dlsastrously and fatally wrong.
Another thing | do Is to lean
shamelessly on any one / have found
capable of supporting my weight.
That, of course, has to be done with
discretion, because 1t is painful to
lean on the wrong person, but when
you have found staff that you can
rely on 1t is foolish not to use it. The
strong like to exercise their strength,
and it must be pleasanter for your
friends to give you the benefit of
their superior wisdom than to see
you come to grief.
ut is also possible to avoid cir
cumstances that call for decision. II
you cant make up your mind quickly
you don't need to drive motor car
or steer boat. Leave that to other
people, and let who will sneer at your
incompetence and lack of courage. -
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Inspiring and Otherwise.

isn't it an inspiring book?" ex-
claimed the enthusiastic woman.
"Oh, yes" admitted the other.
wearily. MANY things are inspiring.
When I see good play or read of
heroic characters, or the organist
plays something from Beethoven S
mass in d. feel that life is grand.
I am filled with zeal and eager for a
chance to prove my noble, elevated
point of view.
"Then l am called up on the tele-
phone by some stranger who asks me
II l will please go up to the top floor
and ask Mrs. Blank to come to the
telephone-Mrs. Blank being a per-
son do not know and to whom am
indebted for nothing-and the broth
erhood of man suddenly takes on a
pale, cold, blue tinge that doesn't in
terest me in the least. wonder why
1t is?"-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
Vainest of Efforts.

Very rash was that young o. S. U
professor who openly announced the
other day that he had a strong aver
sion to the popular rat" mo wom-
an who wears rat shall ever become
my wife" were his exact words. AS
If he knew! AS if he were capable of
understanding the mystery of a wom-
ans hair to begin with, and as if, in
the second place, he knew who was
going to set her cap at him. Why,
some woman with very widely padded
tresses may decide to marry that in
nocent young professor. and in all
probability he will be as helpless un-
der those circumstances as many an
other young man has been. At any
rate he probably will be convinced
that his fiancee has luxuriant crown
of glory all her own.-Ohio State
Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-01-13
SPORTING BREvITIEs.

Gerard Meister, French swimmer,
won from an Italian opponent and
four others in race in the Seine.
G. Greiff won the holiday cup and
r. NJ. owen the monthly trophy at
the New York Athletic Club shoot.
George Standing defeated Peter
Latham, of England, at racquets at
the New York Racquet and Tennis
Club. Il
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club
elected Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
president at its meeting held in Stock
holm.
Arnold Lawson's imported bulldog
champion, La Roche, died in Boston,
Mr.. Lawson purchased her in England
in 1902.
"Jack" johnson defeated Tommy"
Burns for the heavyweight pugilistic
championship OF the world at Sydney,
N. S. w.
New steam yacht building at Nor
ris Heights for NJ. c. D. Borden, N.
Y. Y. c., will have speed of thirty
miles an hour.
Calhoun Cragin was defeated in the
indoor tennis tournament lor tne
championship of the Seventh Regi-
ment, New York City.
F. A. Hodgman broke ninety-seven
out OF possible 100 clay birds in the
holiday shoot of the New York Ath-
letic Club at Travers Island.
At Los Angeles, Cal, James J. JEFF
fries issued a statement declaring pos
itively and emphatically that under
no condition would he re-enter the
prize ring.
Great things are expected from Co.
valeski, the crack left handler Of the
Philadelphia Nationals, who virtually
beat McGraw's men out of the PEN
nant last season.
Matthew Maloney, Trinity Athletic
Club, New York City, won the ANA
teur Athletic Union Marathon race,
twenty-six and quarter miles, in Oh.
36m. 26 1-5s., record.