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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
Composers Wife Sentenced.

Lucca, Italy, July Toe sster-
piece of Giscomo Pnccini. the Lucca
composer, is Madam Butterfly, in
which r beautiful little japanese girl,
deserted by her lover, naval officer,
ends her life. Into the family OF Puc-
chi there has come a tragedy which has
shaken Italian musical circles, and when
they mention II they shake their heads
aud whisper MADAM Butterfly" 10 that
instance, the principals were guiltless,
but the ending was the same. ElVirs Dom
tuti, the wife of Pucciui, was today sen.
fenced to serve five months in prison for
having caused the suicide Of Dor Man
fredi, her serving maid. EIvira DOnturi
had accused the pretty little Italian girl
OF having improper relations with Poe.
chi. The girl protested her innocence,
wherenpon Puccini says his wife struck
her 10 the face.
Disgraced by the insulting words aud
the blow, the girl crepl away from her
scorniuI mistress, and in az hour Wss
dead-a suicide. The relatives of the
dead girl easily proved her innocence Of
Nine. PGccinPs cbsrge. They entered
suit for civil damages. The court,
took the matter up and placed the CON-
poser's wife on trial. Today she was
sentenced to prison. In passing sentence
the trial judge declared that IS soon az
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 7. 1909.

MADAME ROLAND, when about TO be
axeouted during the French Ievo'
ludou. exclaimed; 30 liberty, how
mspy crimes are committed in thy
name" Ii can now be said 0 educa'
tion how much foolishuess is permitted
in thy nsme, by demsgogues aud igno'
rsut people. Many are awakening 10
this fact and some are giving open ex'
pressions to their thoughts on this sub
iect AT the session OF the National
Council Of Education held in Denver,
Colorado, on Monday, a discussion Of
conditions that must rule the twentieth
csntury was had aud the opinion of the
leaders was expressed that PrePara-
tory course to the presidency Is not the
object of the public school system OF the
Uoited States, or rather it should not be-
Edwin G.. Cooley, Of Boston, led the dis
CnssiOn and sai0.
While it is the privilege Of every
Amerlcau-boru boy to try to become
president of the United States, 1t doe
not follow thst it becomes the business
of the public school system to fit him tor
that position. Some of these boys art
going to be lsborers, mechanics, artisans
somt thing besides president, aud night
now they are neglected. 1t has come to
pass that we ere educating about 2,OOO,-
600 boys for the presidency and about
80 900, 600 for nothing because our
schools are examining things in tnel'
heads which will be of no use to them
when they begin to work In the factory
or on the farm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
DIES WHEN ROMANCE FLEFs.

The romance of Mrs. Sarah Acton,
Ga years old, of Columbia, Mo, and
q grandmother, who married Turner
Acton, 10 years old, three months ago
ended wien she lost her pension be-
cause of the marriage and when her
boy husband refused to learn to read
Yesterday she killed herself with poison.
Mrs. Acton, who WAS strong and in-
dustrioUs. despite her years and her
white hair, had said she felt sure thst
her husbands love for her would last as
long az she lived, and that he never
would weary of her because CT her age.
Acton aud his venerable bride met about
FIVE months before they we're married.
Young Acton possesses great physical
strength and knows all about managing
a team of horses, but bis intellectual
education has been neglected. Mrs.
Acton decided .hst the early neglect
should be remedied and that he should
learn to read. She tried to teach him
and he rebelled,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
EalconiO to Be Cardinal.

Rome, July The rumor that Arch.
bishop FalcOnia is to be raised to the
caIdnsiate inNovember is confirmed by
several of the clergy who are high in
Vatican circles. The American arch
bishop is generally accepted as the next
cardinal. Vsticau gossip has placed the
date of his induction some time Ia
tho fall
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Bsla,ed reports reached Lynchburg
yesterday of county roadside duel in q
remote part of Nelson county, about
thirty miles from Lynchburg on Sunday
evening, in which J.. d. AstrOp, a mer-
chant and farmer of that county, was
shot and almost instantly killed by John
McOallum, aged thirty, farmer, who
lives near the scene Of the shooting.
Yesterday afternoon McOallum was
given a preliminary hearing before JUS
tees Loving and Perkins, who, after a
long examination, exonersted the &c.
cnsed, the evidence showing that Astrop
drew his revolver and began the firing,
and that McCsllum shot in seli-deiense.
The justices discharged McOallum i'm
medistely upon rendering this decision.
It appears that the men qusrreled two
weeks ago over trivial personal matter
and Sunday afternoon they met near
church, and AstIop Immediately began
firing, McOallum returning the fire, HIT
ting AstrOp three times. McCsilum was
not hurt.
Astrop leaves a wife and eight child
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

ConfessiDg that be bad burned sue
cessiyely his art stores in this city,
Providence, R. l., Quebec, Spokane,
and Amesbury, Mass, James Hunter
Wright, who last night asked TO be
locked up on q charge of arson, told a
most remarkable story to Magistrate
Crane ia the Tombs court in New York
today when he WAS arraigned. He raid
thst be had slept last night for the first
time In years and that be is glad to be
10 jsil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
up.

DISCUSSING the ultimate form Of the
tariff bill. Hon. Chsmp Clark, leader of
the democratic minority in the House,
said the other day:
OF course il is no. positively known
what shape the Psyne-Aldrich-Smoot
'lill will show when the conferrees get
through with it. Enough is known to
enable rational creature to conclude:
First, that the Payne bill is worse than
The DiDgley Law, the proposed reduction
of whose rates brought about this extra
session, ostensibly at least; second, the
Aldrich. Smoot bill is worse than the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
right

IT IS said that these six progressive
republicans will vote against the Aldrich
tariff bill, believing that it violates the
plrty's campaign pledges: Messrs.
Cnmmius and DOlliver, of Iowa; La
Toilette, of Wisconsin; Nelson and
OIspp, of Minnesota; Bdstow, Of Kansas
How many democratic senators will vote
against the bill on the same grounds?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
Fears for Section Men.

Gillsttin, Mo-, Jolly IA gang Of
six men sent out by the Wsrbash Rail
road. to keep driltwood swsy from me
Grand River bridge, last night, is mis'-
ing lodsy. 1t is believed they have been
swept away in the food and drowned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

A. rqnad Of detectives SIRE guarding
the milliOn-dollsr structure Of the New
York Stock ExehsDge today, following
the receipt OF letter by the governors
ct the Exchange last Friday, which
conveyed the Information that an at
tempt would be made to blow up the
exchange.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
SAW MURDERS IN DREAM.

In the trial in Buckingham comfy of
Dallas Wright, Edward Jones and
Richard Perkins, charged with the muir
der Of William and Thomas Stewart end
the burning Of their cabin, Edward Boil
ton, merchant, who was a witness Ia
the case, related emarksble dream
which visited him In the night, on which
the double murder occurred, In Shich
dream he saw the crime committed and
recognized Wright, Jones and Perkins
as the slayers. He also said that q
stout negro boy, whose name he did not
know, helped in the killing.
William Jackson, who answers the
description of the youth seen BY Bolton
10 his dream, already had been arrested.
B)ton says the dream Was so vivid
that be wss awakened and went out into
his yard, from which he could see the
Stewart cabin ablsze. Jackson snd Boz
ton both give the same time OF the night
when the fire occurred, although they
never have seen each other. Bolton
will be given an opportunity OF identify
ing the negro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

Seized with q isinting ct, King Peter
Of Servis today fell of his horse while
riding in Ptopscbider Park, Balgtsde.
He as severely bruised and shaken and
wss carried to the castle BY attendants
in a serious condition,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

DROPO 'ALS. Prop osals for furnishing
the City Council OF Alexandria WITH
wire cut yitrifed brick, concrete, sand and
gravel and Portland cement and basin and
manhole castings for sewer on West and
Cameron street. between King and Henry
streets, Will be- received at the Office Of the
City Engineer until u o'clock nOon July 9TH.
farsieulsIs AMI sVeci6cations can be had
at the City Engineer Office
The right is reserved 10 reject any and all
bids. i, ). iEADBEATER,
Je21 I'd Chairman Committee on Streets,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

Heated protests from foreign govern
mentS are being received by the foreign
Office 10 LONDON following the decision
OF the Cabinet not TO rslify the "decls-
ration of LOrdor," proposed BY the re-
cent naval conference. The Cabinets
decision decision has caused sensation
in official and diplomatic circles, al
though It was exne"'ed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07
Nav York Stock Market.

New York, July There was considera-
bic liquidation after the first few minutes
causing declines in many leading speculative
issues with losses extending, in some case, 10
more than point. A stronger tone prevail
ed in the afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

EXPERTS have figured out that the
Aldrich tariff bill will increase the sv-
ersge cost of living by 10 per cent. This
is the result Of revision of the tariff by
its friends,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

The July number of the Southern
Planter bss been received from It's
Richmond publishers. Among iis con-
tents are we'll written articles on Alfalfa
10 the Vslley Of Virginia; Effects OF
fertilizer On poor land, Flowing, Bligh,
on Irish potatoes, Opportunities for
dsiryiDg in Virginia, Cost of horse,
farm renting 10 Virginia, etc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

Payne bill; third, the Payne-Aldrich-
Smoot bill, when fnished by the con-
ferrees, will be the worst Of all.
Mr.. CLARK knows his political adver-
saries 80 we'll that be expected only the
worst from them and in this he is about
riohf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-07-07

Nine. Puccini was released from prison
she mus. pay large sum as damages to
the dead girls family, the exact amuunt
to be determined later
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
ANOTHER IMPORTANT VICTORY
FOR THE CARTER MEDICINE
COMPANY IN THE UNITED
STATES COURT.

The United States Circuit Court for
the Southern District of New York
sitting in New York City-has just
awarded to the Carter Medicine Com
pany a decree which again sustains
the company's exclusive right to use
the red package for liver pills.
By the terms of the decree, it Is,
among other things:
Adjudged that the Carter Medicine
Company is the owner of the sole and
exclusive right to the use of red col
ored wrappers and labels upon said
small, round packages of liver pills of
the style described in the bill of COM
plant; said right having been &C.
quired by the prior adoption of said
style and color of package for liver
pills by the complainant predecessors
more than thirty years ago, and es.
tablished by the continuous and ex-
elusive use of the same in constantly
increasing quantities by said prede-
cessors and by the complainant, the
Carter Medicine Company, itself, from
the time of their said adoption until
the present day.
The decision just announced is per
haps the most important and far-reach.
ing of all, by reason of the character
of the tribunal which rendered it. Nc
Court in the country stands higher.
National Druggist, st. Louis, Mo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

The Hessian fly is German product
which was conceived in iniquity and
born in sauerkraut. 1t is long, rangy
fly with bite like a steel trap, and 1t
lays a pale blue, oblong egg at the
rate of 10000 an hour. The Hessian
fly will eat anything from decayed
custard pie to a glass inkwell, but its
favorite dish is the double neck OF
fat gent. This bird can perform
two-step on sticky fly paper without
crooking it's toes, and is proof against
rough on rats, the daisy fly killer, and
a strychnine hypodermic. No Hessian
fly was ever known to die of anything
but old age, which accounts for the
color of it's whiskers. If it ever fas-
tens upon your jowl, it will stay until
removed by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
chester Ua.) Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
The Pie Belt.

Every once in a while some one
ar es and laments that our cherished
institutions are passing away, that
the glamour of the good old days is all
that is left of them, and that we as
nation are on the chute to oblivion
because we do not reverence and
maintain the foundations laid by our
forefathers. Yet the pie belt is in
tact, save for section of its eastern
end
There is no pie belt in New York.
Otherwise it spreads it's blissful pres
ence across the same old territory.
Once there was pie belt which in
cluded New York city, but as nobody
ever devised pie which could be sold
for $50 with SO tip to the waiter.
pie has been erased from the menus
in the pink-and-white dining-rooms
along the great white way, and its
plays merry airs while some one
shoots somebody else
Nevertheless, the pie belt begins
where New York leaves off, climbs
the Appalachian range, meanders
across Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois, takes in Iowa and Missouri
and spreads out fanwise until the
whole of the great golden west is
shielded by 1t.
Let no man ever attempt to take
from us our pie, lest Patrick Henry
step boldly into the center of the
ring and say that as for him, he
wants pie or death.
A traveller may know when he is
passing through the pie belt, for
when he awakens for the nine hun
dred and sixtieth time in his berth his
nostrils will be titillated by the aroma
of spices and hot apples and steam
ing berries and delicious custards,
which aroma drifts along upon the
balmy breath of morn, caught by the
fingers of the breeze from the Joyous
ovens and flung broadcast above the
hills and valleys. Peering from the
window, he may see every kitchen
window lined with pies in the cooling
process-some of them, first efforts,
in the annealing process. But they
are pies, and while the home stands
pies stand, and while pies stand the
country stands. as Cataline SO feel
ingly remarked to the reporter for the
Rome Argus. Pie, and peace, and
plenty-of pie-are what make a ma
ton mighty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

My first names 'Lizbeth. Course there's
more
But ats tn name at goes buhfore
My yuther name-but l can't see
How they knew 'zackly it was me
An what my name was. when 1 come
From heaven where l started from.
i was too little then to talk
wy then l couldn't even walk!
But they knew my first name just right
An never guessed tn leastest mite.
They called me 'Lizbeth right away
An so 1 'cluded 1 would stay.
An everybody else, they know
Just what my first name is, an so
1t puzzles me an awful lot,
Buhcause, o course, a persons got
To have a name o. hers or his
Or else she don't know who she Isl
An 'Lizbeth-at's tn only name
For me: no yuther ones tn same.
They might "a made a big mistake
Like lots O. peoples apt to make
An called me somepin else, you see:
Then some one else would "a been NE!
I think your folks Is awful smart
To know your name right at the start
But when ! get a bran new doll,
Wy. don't know her name at all
Until I've thought of what will fit
An tried it on little bit.
So 1t seems wonderful to me
AS wonderful as it can be
That papa, an my mamma, too,
Soon as / come to them, they knew
Just what my name is. an they say:
Here's 'Lizbeth come to us to-day
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

Geve would not be living today" says
Mrs. Hinson. ''My eyesight was poor,
I suffered with nervous, splitting head
aches, spots would dance before my
eyes and at times would be so dizzy
1 would have to grasp something for
support. My back was so weak and
painful could hardly bend over to but
ton my shoes and could not get around
without suffering severely. Doans Kid
ney Pills helped me from the first, and
continued until practically well
again"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. SO cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Sing Sing to Be Removed.

Sing Sing prison is to be removed
across the Hudson river Is or 20
miles northward, just eight miles
south of West Point, where a large
tract of land has been purchased and
gang of several hundred convicts
has been working for two years.
The present prison was also built by
cenvicts in 1926, with material found
on the grounds. but, although it has
been enlarged every few years, and is
now one of the largest penitentiaries
in the world, it is not large enough.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Looking BRIGHTER.

Things are looking brighter now"
says Billville citizen. "The sheriff
is now my brother-in-law, and he won't
levy on my crop; the town doctor
boards with me, and doesn't charge a
cent for tellin' me that if 1 don't quit
eatin' six meals day I'll not live to
be hundred, and last of all, the head
undertaken is my best friend, and has
promised to fix me finally.
81 feel that I don't half deserve
so many blessings, but I've got 'em
and I'm going to hold on to them
Atlanta Constitution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.
itching Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion
Relieved in 81 Hours and
Cured by cuticura in a Month.

II am seventy-seven years old, and
some years ago l was taken with &C.
zema from head to foot. I was sick
for six months and what I suffered
tongue could not tell. could not
sleep day or night because of that
dreadful itching; when l did sleep it
was from sheer exhaustion. I was
one mass of irritation; it was even in
my scalp. The doctors medicine
seemed to make me worse and I was
almost out of my mind. I got a
set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent. 1 used them persistently
for twenty-four hours. That night I
slept like an infant, the first solid
nights sleep had had for six months.
In a month was cured. w. Harrison
Smith, Mt. Kisco, N. Y, Feb. 8, 1908"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Relics of the Stone Age.

During excavations conducted near
Willendorf, on the Danube. by the pre-
historic section of the Austrian Natur-
al History museum, chalk fgurine,
II centimeters high, has been discov-
cred in stratum containing instru-
ments and weapons characteristic of
the stone age. The fgurine shows
traces of having been painted and rep
resents female figure with remark
able precision of artistic execution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
One Was Enough for Johnny. !,

The Sunday school lesson was from
that scripture which teaches that if
your brother strike you on one cheek,
you should turn the other also and en-
dure even for seventy times seven.
Johnny had listened to his teacher
very attentively, while she emphasized
this fact, and after the lesson the SUI
perintendent rose to make a few re-
marks.
Nov, boys" he said, how many
times ought another boy to strike you
before you hit him back?"
"Just about once!" promptly an
swered Johnny.-Delineator
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

that constant feeling
of dizziness and tired
ness, will find hope
in the advice of Mrs.
Mary Hinson Of 81
Strother ST. Mt.
Sterling, KY. Had
! not used Doan's
kidney Pills. / be.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
A Motor H!rt,

Miss Lillian Russell, who looks
younger than her daughter, was talk
ing about age at dinner in New
York. Miss Russell, who is always
witty, ended with this mot:
1T is a sure sign of age in a wom-
an when she begins to get out of her
motor car backwards"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION.
Quickly Cures Rheumatic Pains, Also
Splendid System Builder.

Go to any good prescription drug
gist and get the following and mix
them: If he does not have these in
gradients he will get them from his
wholesale house.
One ounce compound syrup OF
Sarsaparilla, and one ounce Toris COM
pound. Add these to half pint of
first-class whiskey, and use a table
spoonful before each meal and at bed
time. The bottle must be well shaken
each time. This simple remedy is
one of the most effective known. The
restorative action will be felt after
the first few doses.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
The Last Resort.

They're going to increase the tax
on beer!" Then we won't drink any"
And they're going to increase the tax
on spirits" Then We won't drink
any" And they're going to tax
wine" Then we won't drink any
"And they're going to tax inheri-
tances!" Then let's drink up our
money!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
orable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. KINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 70 cents Der
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Ruled by Kindness.

Lucy Burd's success with boys at
the reform school in Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, she thinks, is due sim
ply to kindness. She has reformed
more than 100 boys in her term of
five years as superintendent. Some of
her boys are in the navy some on
farms. Few have gone back to their
old ways after coming under her in
iuence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

man never realizes what a small
potato he really is until he hears in a
roundabout way what the girl whom
he could have married but didn't
thinks of him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Short and UoIV.

Professor, what is the latest word
of science as to there being inhabit-
ants on Mars?" asked the reporter.
Rot" answered the eminent as
tronomer on the other side of the con-
trOVerSy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

The man and the mollycoddle are
like unto the live tree and the tele-
graph pole respectively. The first
sends out it's messages and the sec
ond only carries those of others.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
The Price d Courtesy.

"Politeness costs nothing" said the
man who quotes proverbs.
You are wrong again." answered
Mr.. Sirius Barker. You have evil
IDENTIFY not figured how much 1t costs
to persuade a New York waiter to
look pleasant and say thank you -
Washington Star.