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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-08
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union Station Alsxsndria
In Eject May goth. 1909.


N. B-FolIowing schedule figures published
only as information. and are not guaranteed
7;E A. M.-Daily Local between Washing
ton and Danville.
S:O7 A. M.-Daily-Locsl for Harrison.
burg, and way stations.s
9:17 A. M.-Daily-U. g. Fast Nail. Stops
only for passengers for points south at which
scheduled TO stop. FRS class coaches, sleep
ers TO Birmingham and drawine.room sleep
ers TO- New Orleans. Dining car service.
4:27P. NJ. Daily-Wasbingto and Floridl
limited. Sleeping cars between New York, Au
gusta Aiken ano Jacksonville. Through
first-cla coSches between Washington and
Jacksonville. Dining car service. Tourist TO
Californi tri-weekly.
4:32 p. N.-Week Days-Locel for Hsr
risonburg and way stations on Hsnsssa
Big P. M.-Dsily-LOcal for WsrrsntC,
and Charlottesville.
1917 p. M.--Daily-Washington and Cha
tanoogs Limited (via Lynchburg,. Firs
class coach and sleeping cars to Roanok
Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis, Slice
er to Birmingham and New Orleans, Wssl
ington TO Roanoke. Dining car service.
1102 P. M.-Dsily-New York and Ne,
Orleans Limited. All Pullman train, clul
and observation cars TO New Orleans. Sleep
ers 70 Asnevllle, Atanta,an' Rev Orleans
Sleeper 10 Charlotte. Dinine car service.
Through trains from the South arrive A
exandria 6:l3 and 6:S8 A. NJ. and:12:23 p. NJ.
8:13, and 1923 P. n. daily. Hsrrisonburg
1908 P. NJ. week days and 9:1S p. n. daily
From Charlottesville 1853 A. NJ.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria Nv. 80. Station, week
days at S:2B A. N. and l:40 and 4:28 p. M.
Ior Bluemont; 6:35 p NJ. week lays for
Leesburg; 5:l6 P. NJ. daily for Bluemont
and 902 and 9:22 AN. local, on Sunday only
for Bluemont.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets, Pull
man reservation, etc., apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHEW. Union Tickle
Agent, Alexandra, Va.
G. II. ACKERT, Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr
s. h. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. Mgr.
W. ID. TAYLOE, Gen. Passenger Agent.
L. 3. BROWN, General Agent.
WashinQton ID. O.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE-Having qualified
IL as executors Of the estate of Eliza c.
Adam, notice is given TO all persons having
claims against the said estate to present the
same for payment, and to all persons indebt-
cd to said estate to settle the same.
G. B. SLYE, '''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-08
SI.oo-sUNDAY EXCURSIONS S1.oo

Effective Sunday, June 18th, Southern
Railway will place on sale at Washing
ton Union Station, Alexandria wv d o
Station), Glencarlyn and Falls Church round
trip Sunday Excursion tickets to stations
Ashburn to Bluemont, inclusive, limited to
date of sale. rate 81 90.
Similar tickets will also be sold to Wash
ington, ID. c., and return from stations Blue
mont, to Ashburn, inclusive. No stOp-Overs
allowed and no baggage checked. These
tickets viii be sold until SeDtember 18th
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GROCERIES.
w. A. JOHNSON & CO..
WHOLESALE GROCERs

WHOLESALE GROCERS
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
And Dealers In
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS
Have on hand Gibson's Xxx, Xxx, XXXX
and Pure Old Rye, Old Cabinet and Mono
gram Whiskies also Bsker'ssnd Thompson's
Pure Rye Whistles, to which they invite the
attention Of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise
Ahall receive prompt attention.
Consignments Of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantees
be highest market prices and prompt returns
N. z corner Cameron and Royal Streets.
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Highest Cash Prices

paid for worn garments; either ladies' or
gents; send postal, will call. Spot cash paid
for second hand furniture OF all kinds.
ALEXANDRIA BARGAIN HOUSE,
my25 In Cor. Cameron and Fairfax Street
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]. K. NJ. NORTON,
r. c. THOMPSON.
Commissioners Of Sale.

I, Newell 8. Greenaway. Clerk Of the Cir
cult Court Of the City Of Alexandria, Vir-
glnia, do certify that the bond. as required
Of the above commissioners ofsale, was given.
NEWELL s. GREENWAY, Clerk.
By LOUIS N. DUFFEY, d. c.
my19 I'd
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-19
AWAITING AT THE CHURCH"

Mena March 1S.-With her we'd ding date fixed and arrangements going forw ard for the celebration of the nuptials, Miss Grace Turk, of Poteau, Okla, has spoiled all of the careful arrangements by leaving Warren Phillips a Kansas City Southern brakeman almost "waiting at the church." She fled from her fiance and the city sim ply because she found some one she loved better although she did not leave in the other mans company. 1t is supposed that her intention was to meet him some
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-19

place else and become his wife, She outlined her motive and in- tentions in a note and warned her relatives that pursuit would be useless as she intended to fOre- stall all efforts to find her.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-03-19
CHANGES IN NEW TARIFF

How articles in which Arkansas is especially interested are treated in the new tariff meas ure.;
 Increases
 Zinc in ore now brought in at 20 per centum ad valorem to 1 cent per pound for the zinc con- tents therein; mercerized cot ton is increased by the addition of 1 cent per yard; paper not Photographic and not especially provided for from 25 per centum ad valorem to 35 per centum ad valorem feathers from 1o per centum ad valorem to 20 per cent.
 Cotton ties from five-tenths to three -tenths bacon and hams from 5 cents to cents per pound cabbages 3 cents to 2 cents; timber from 1 cent per cubic foot to one-half cent; sawed board, blanks, sycamore and bass wood from one dollar per LOGO to 50 cents per 1000; laths from 25 cents per 1000 pieces to 20 cents per 1000 pieces, Ala other sawed lumber from S2 to S1 per 1000; lead-bearing ore on the contents therein from Il 1-2 cents to 1 cent; zinc in blocks or pigs from 1 1-2 ito 1 cent; in sheets from ? to 1 IA cents; lard from ? to 1 1-2 cents; al- minimum in crude form from 8 to ' cents per pound; in plates from 13 to II cents fence posts from 10 per centum ad valorem to free list; petroleum to the free list; fire brick and other brick glazed and enameleI from 43 per cen tum ad valorem to 35 per cen tum; sugar from 1 95-1OO to 1 9O-1OO; hides of cattle from 15 per centum ad valorem to free list iron ore and baslc slag from 40 per centum to the free list; marble, sawed or dressed is reduced about one sixth. and if the marble be rub- bed the additional duty is from 8 to 2 cents; freestone rom r. 12 to cents; mechanically, ground wood pulp from any coun- try not imposing export duty to the free list; printing paper val ued at not above 2 1-4 cents per pound from three-tenths of one per cent to one-tenth of one per centum valued at not over 7 1-2 cents per pound from four I tenths to two-tenths of l per centum ad valorem. Bituminous coal and coke from any country admitting American coal free, from 67 cents per ton for coal and 20. per centum ad valorem for coke to the free list; asphalt
 um and bitumen, not refined ol otherwise advanced in condition
 from it's natural state to 15-1OC
 of 1 cent per pound for the bit
 men contained therein.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

planned how it was they saw it as
plainly as he did. and SO they made
no more complaint. Only Tom fell
a-thinking. and when the others saw
what ne was doing they did the same
the difference being that Tom was
trying to think what be could do to
get the goose anyhow and they were
trying to think what be was thinking
about 50 that they could think the
same-ail except Baby Deb, of course
who being only four years old. gave
herself very little concern about the
thoughts of others. Her own thoughts
took all her time.
Tom finally said an" under his
breath and mysteriouSly vanished into
another room after beckouing his
brothers and sisters to follow him,
which they did almost before they had
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

the postman, the delivery man and 4
ice.
For example. he appoints as depu-
ties at least half a million extra eN-
preSsmen in the United States alone.
Ordinarily the express companies have
about that number Of employees. but
during the two weeks before Christ
mas. when Santa calls on them 10 car
~ SO many Of his packages. they have
10 double their forces. To gain an idea
Of the immensely Of the burdens the
old gentleman imposes on them a few
figures are necessary. The Christmas
packages delivered 10y the express
companies in the city Of New York
alone amount TO over two millions. in
Chicago and Philadelphia about mil
lion and a half each, in Boston over Al
million and in other cities a proper
tionate number. When il is reflected
that this is an average of nearly one
package for every man, woman and
child and that there are something
over eighty millions Of men, women
and children in Uncle Sans domain.
the stupendous proportions Of this
Christmas business can be realized.
On account of the expense Of sending
packages by express ii is estimated
that few If any Of these Christmas
bundles are worth less than 81. while
some Of them are valued at hundreds
of dollars II is thus seen that the
Christmas business handled by the ex.
press companies alone represents a
value Of hundreds Of millions.
This Goes not take into account the
great number Of bundles carried by
the messenger boys. In the four cities
above mentioned these amount to near
ly a half million in number The 10
vial old saint could scarcely get along
without their help
In addition. it is necessary for Santa
Claus 10 enlist the services Of an army
OF extra store clerks. delivery wagons
and teamsters. II can readily be seen
that for a couple Of weeks be is about
the biggest business man on earth. If
his army were one Of war rather than
peace he could conquer the world.
Then be musters in a large array Of
Salvation Army and Volunteer lads
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17
BY JAMES a. ED6ERToN.

copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
" HE usual conception of Santa
Claus is that of rather inno-
cent. unsophisticated. though
benevolent old gentleman who
visits all the houses in Christendom
the night Of Dec. "a and leaves pres
ents for all good children and even re-
members some who are not so good.
But this idea fails TO do the busy old
saint full justice. AS matter Of fact,
he has 10 be quite up to date 10 attend
his numerous customers. He is so
much q man of affairs that ii is neces-
sary for him TO adopt modern meth
DDS. Nowadays il is essential for
every large business 10 be carried out
through an army of assistants and
deputies, and who, pray, has larger
business than Santa Claus? When he
first started in the Christmas line il
might have been possible for him 10
make a personal visit to all the homes
where his gifts were expected. but
now all that is changed. So he drafts
the expressman, the messenger boy,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

For, you see. these parents were
very simple hearted folk, and it seem
cd 10 them very affecting that the
children should make such sacrifices
to procure the goose for Christmas.
And what does Baby Deb contrib
ute:" asked Papa Stoughton by way
of joke.
Il des Is not dot muffin" was Baby
Deb'S reply when the matter was eX-
planned to her. "'cept 90 tate Stulpin. 80
Oh. what 4 laugh there was then,
for If ever there was a MANNED aud
demoralized doll it was SuIpin But
Baby Deb was Rugged and kissed as
if she had contributed a lump of gold
instead of little bundle of rags.
Papa Stoughton and Tom were to
go out to the mainland the first clear
day to buy the goose: but. alas, a storm
came on. and they were forced to wait
for ii to go down. 1t did not go down.
1t grew worse and worse. The wind
shrieked and moaned and wrestled
with the louely tower. and the waves
hurled themselves at 1t and washed
over and over the island, and no boat
could have lived at all in such weather.
II goose be only goose, no matter,
but if it be a Christmas dinner-ah
then,
Yes. they had good reason to feel
dismal at the lighthouse. Ii was no
wonder if five noses were fifty times
a day tiattened despairingly against
the lighthouse windows. Yes; six
noses. for even Baby Deb was finally
affected. and. though she did not know
the least thing about the weather. she.
too. would press her little nose against
the glass in most alarming way, as
if she thought that pressure was the
only effective thing.
1t took some time for Baby Deb to
realize the importance of having p
goose for Christmas. but when she had
grasped the idea she became an enthu-
siast on the subject. She explained
the matter TO her dolls and was par
ticularly explicit with Stulpn, with
whom. indeed. sle held very elaborate
and almost painful conversations.
One thing became very certain.
There was very little prospect of clean
weather within week. and it lacked
only three days of Christmas. The
others gloomily gave up hope. bur not
so did Baby Deb The truth was she
had a plan. and you know whes one
has a plan one has hope too
Mamma Stoughton had only recently
been having a series Of talks with
Baby Deb on the important question
of prayer, and it had occurred to Baby
Deb that the goose was good sub
iect for prayer 1t was a very clear
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

Christmas eve came, and still there
was no goose Baby Deb was puzzled
the others were gloomy. Still Baby
Deb would not give up. 1t would be
low tide about o'clock. she knew
that, for she had asked. She would
make her last trial. She had hope
yet. hut as the others knew nothing
of her plans they had absolutely NJ
hope. TO them it was certain that
there could be no Christmas goose nj
their house that year.
Seven o'clock came, and Baby Del
crept softly from the room and down
stairs. She opened the great door just
little bit and slipped out into the
Enthusiastically did slip, for it was
very icy on the rocks. and she sat
down very hard. However, she was
very chubby and did not mind it,. She
crawled cautiously around to the big
rock, the keen wind nippiug her round
cheeks and peting her with the frozen
drops of spray. She kuet down,
"Oh. please. dood Lord. send us a
dOose. We wants a doose awful.
Won't you, please, dood Lord:"
Thud fell something right alongside
of her.
"Oh. what's datE" she exclaimed.
putting her hand out. why. it's u
doose" she cried. with scream Of de
light, rs her hand came in contact with
a soft. warm. feathery body.
She forgot to give Il thank YOU" for
the goose. but she was thankful, though
not so very much surprised. She really
had expected it.
1t was heavy load for Baby Deb,
but she was excited and did not no
tice it, She made her way into the
lighthouse. and. step by step, patter
patter. she went upstairs and burst, all
GREATNESS. into the sitting room, cry
ing eNultantly It's tummed, its tum
med" rs the great goose fell from her
arms upon the floor
Well. If YOU think they were not sur
prised you know very little about the
Stoughton folks What they said no
body knows. They all talked at once,
but 10y ana 10y Papa Stoughton had Il
chance To he heard.
"Wherc did YOU get it, Baby Deb"
he asked.
"Why. p'aycd bod for it, answer.
ed Deb IN the most matter Of fact way.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

An there's feastin. Think o feedin'
with these stuck up city folk
Why, you have to speak in whispers,
an you dar'sn't crack joke.
Then remember how the tables look
ed all crowded with your kin,
When you couldn't hear a whistle
blow across the merry din.
You see, I'm so old fashioned-like I
don't care much for style,
An to eat your Christmas banquets
here I wouldn't go mile.
I'd rather have, like Solomon,
good yarb dinner set
With real old friends than turtle
soup with all the nobs you'd get
There's my next door neighbor, Cur
ley-fancy how his brows 'u'd
lift
If Id holler: Merry Christmas
Caught, old fellow. Christmas
gift
Lordy sakes, I'd like to try it!
Guess he'd nearly have a fit.
Hang this city stiffness, anyways!
I can't get used to it.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17
Charles Dickens on Christmas.

at is wonderful thing" wrote
Charles Dickens. the period of Christ
mas. | wonder how many hundreds
Of thousands Of parents have discov-
cred at Christmas time, under the
magic of the season-through some lit
tie, little thing done by son or daugh-
ter-that those they thought estranged
from them. by those things which
come between. still loved them with a
memory more tender than they had
dreamed of
81 wonder how many sons and
daughters under the magic influence
Of Christmas. have had their hearts
softened so as TO be moved by some
little manifestation OF love by father
or mother. which they would have
thought little of. perhaps despised. at
any other season"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

Ever since | ION, PLEASE. DooD
was born" he LORD. SEND Us
went on, I'VE DoosE!
have had a roast goose for Christ
mas"
Ever since he was born, 1t might
have been a hundred years before,
from Toms tone and manner. and the
audience was tremendously impressed.
And" continued the orator, we
must have one now. We will have one
now
They almost stopped breathing.
Il have a plan" They shuddered
and drew nearer. I'VE all must com
bine"
OH in chorus.
"Do you want goose, sue?"
Eyes, indeedr.
you Sam?'
yes"
"Ike|
do |? Well"
ANN?
Eyes. sir.'
Me. too said Baby Deb. with
great earnestness, for it was clear to
her that it was a question of eating
and she did not wish to be left out.
"Of course you, too, you deary dunn
ping" said Tom. Now. then" he
continued when order was restored.
what shall we contribute: III give
my new sailboat That ought to bring
80 cents"
His new sallboat. Why. he had only
Just made II and had not even tried it
yet Oh. evidently this was time of
sacrifice Who could hesitate now?
"I'lI give my shells" said Sue hero
ically
"My sea moSses." sighed Ann.
you may take my sharks teeth
said Ike
"And my whales tooth" said Sam.
The sacrifice was general. The light
house would yield up its treasures.
"All right" said Tom. Now let's
tell father"
And father was told. and for some
reason he pretended to look out of the
window very suddenly. but he did
not. He wiped his eyes. and Mamma
Stoughton wiped her spectacles and
winked very hard and said:
'HBless their hearts,
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

eyes and huGGiug and kissing and
making up new pet mines for Baby
Deb.
Papa Sjough;on did say to Mamma
Stoughton that night as they were 60
ing TO bed:
"A wild goose It was blinded by
the bright light ard broke its neck by
flying against the glass And, after all.
who shall say the good Lord did not
send irf'
At all events. not a word Of explana-
ton was said to Baby Deb. and no
one contradicted her when she said at
dinner next day:
"Dod'S dOose Is dOod"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17


nobody can. Why, Baby Deb alone is
material enough of which to make a
Christmas and a very rollcking, jolly
sort of Christmas. too. but when to
her you add Tom and Sue and Ann
and Ike and Sam-well the grim old
lighthouse fairly overfows with Christ
mas every 10Th of December
If it is a lonely. old, one eyed light
house has it not chimney? And do
not children there have stockings
good long stockings? Indeed, they
have And does not Christmas eve
see them all temptingly hung. so in
willingly limp and empty. under the
manteshelf: And does not Christmas
mornng-very early. mind you-see six
graduated. white ROBBED ghosts per
forming mysterious ceremonies around
six bullying stockings?
All. then. if you suppose that that
cunning old gentleman Santa Claus
does not know how to find a chimney.
even when the cold waves are pelting
it with frozen spray drops ten miles
from land. you little know what a re-
markable gift he has that way.
And The Christmas dinners they have
there-the goose, the brown, crisp.
juicy. melting roast goose What
would that dinner be without that
goose? What, indeed,
But once-they turn pale at that
lighthouse now when they think Of it
they came very near having no goose
for dinner on Christmas day.
II came about in this way, Papa-ah.
# you could only hear Baby Deb tell
about It. # would be worth the jour.
ney. but you cannot Of course. so
never mind-Papa Stoushton. the light
house keeper. you know. had lost all
his money in a savings bank that had
failed early in that December.
A goose IS really not a very expen-
sive fowl. but If one has not the
money OF course one cannot buy even
a cheap thing. Papa Stoughton could
not afford goose. He said so-said
so before all the family
Ike says that the silence that fell
upon that family then was painful to
hear They looked at one another with
eyes so wide that it's a mercy they
could ever shut them again.
"No goose" at last cried Tom, who
was the Oldest.
mo gooser' cried the others In
chorus. all except Baby Deb, who was
busy at the time gently admonishing
Sculpin, her most troublesome child
for being so dirty. Baby Deb said
mo dooser' after all the others were
quiet.
That made them all laugh. No doubt
they thought that. after all, SO long as
Baby Deb was there it would be
Christmas anyhow. goose or no goose.
SO they were happy for moment until
the thought came that roast goose was
good on Christmas even with Baby
Deb. and then they looked dismayed
again.
However, when Papa Stoughton ex-
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

Then your heart it keeps a-swellin'
till it nearly busts your side,
An by night your jaws are achin'
with your smile four inches
wide,
An your enemy, the worst one,
you'd just grab his hand an say:
"Mebbe both of us was wrong, John.
Come, let's shake. It's Chris'mas
day."
Mighty little Christmas spirit seems
to dwell tween city walls,
Where each snowflake brings a SCOT.
flake for a brother as it falls
Mighty little Christmas spirit, an
I'm pinin', don't you know,
For a good old fashioned Christmas
like we had SO long ago.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

ing Of families.
no Christmas
trees 10 a d @ d
down with pres
cntS, nothing To-
be seen from the
lighthouse but
the changing wa
ter and uuchanG
inn rOckS-wate
on three side =
ana on the loQHtl
side a bluff bar
rier Of rocks.
with the world
hiding behind 1t
ten miles away.
There are six
children there.
though. and a
mother and IA
Their, and if they
cannot make a
80 ~
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

fairly said All
Baby Deb was
there, too, some
W h a [ westruck
at the mystery
n b out her. but
ready to lend the
help of her wis
dom if necessary
1--WE must have
a goose" said
Tom.
OH gaSped his
audience. moved
by N i n = ! g d
Amusement and
admiration.
Tom looked at
them with great
frmness and dig
nifty.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

~ a ! q Dod.
exclaimed Papa
Stoughton.
"P a / d Dod"''
q h 0ru $ q d the
family.
" Els" respond
ed Baby Deb
con vincin gly.
"Dod-ze d 90 Il
Lord. | p'ayed
20 him He send
ed il to me dess
now
NJ ore ques-
tiunS ana more
Of : Raby Deb's
explanations re-
vcalcd the whole
story. + II Y
70 k s. ( h o s o
StOu.htOnS. but
they spent the
next ten minutes
" iping their
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-12-17

THE SAINT AND THE MESSENGER BOY
and lasses TO gather and cook Christ
mas dinners for the poor and TO help
distribute his presents in the tenement
districts he never forgets the needy.
But among his great array of depu-
Ties let us not forget the postman.
Who has not seen the faithful servant
staggering under his great loads on
CHRISTMAS morning? The business
done by Uncle Sans postofiice for the
two weeks before Christmas Is just
abont double what II is at ordinary
times. All this is because OF santa
Claus. so the extra clerks and postmen
needed must be credited up TO him