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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
This Week We Offer
Them for Only 1928

Handsome Silk, Wool andIaceDresses.
Leayinglthe price question out entirely
here are a lot of Dresses that will arouse
vour enthusiasm the instant you see
them: made of splendid quality Silks
nanamas. serges, laces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
Steamer Wakefield"

Leave Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday
at a. m. for Wirt's wharf and all inter
mediate landings. Returning leaveWl lrt ; ;
wharf at a. IN. the following Gay anu
arriving at Alexandria about p. m,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
.ATARRH

Taste and Smell. Full size so cts, at Drug
gists or by mail. In liquid form, IS cents.
Ely Brothers, So Warren Street, New York.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
H.x. Dxfs.f ~ n-

UIsts HtIItI dI UIILts
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
AIexan6ria 6azetfe.

PURIIsHED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY AT
GAZETTE BUILDING, 80 and 3l2
PRINCE STREET.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-20
Reardon & Grimes, Agents,

Foot of Cameron Street
Telephone No. 50. JeH iyr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
The Nutmeo Tree.

The nutmeg is the kernel Of the
fruit Of several species Of trees
growing wild in Asia, Africa and
America. The cultivated nutmeg
tree is from fifty to seventy-hve
feet high and produces fruit for
sixty years. The fruit is Of the
size and appearance of roundish
pear, yellow in color. The feshy
part Of the fruit is rather hard and
resembles candicl citron. Within
is the nut, enveloped in the curious
yellowish red arll known 70 US as
mace. Up to 1876 the Datch. being
in possession Of the island produc-
ing the only va, uabl. variety Of the
nutmeg, jealou.ly tn cd to prevent
the carrying Of the tree O. living
seed Of it INTO an .err tory indie
pendent OF Dutch rue.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30

There was a famous British Off
Ger, Lieutenant General Sir George
Murray, who served IN the expedi-
ton to Egypt. When before Alex
sndria, the troops having suffered
severely from want OF water. his
literary requirements we're OF the
greatest service, instructing him
that Caesars army had been in the
same predicament. Referring to his
~Caesar" (which he always carried
in his portable library, be found
his recollection right-that water
had been obtained by the Romans
from wells dug at a certain spot in
the sands. A trial was immediate
w made, and the result was CO
pious supply. The British troops
braced up and conquered Egypt
New York Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
The bird Of Death.

New Guinea is the abode OF the
most wonderful feathered creature
known TO the student Of ornitholo-
gy-the awful rpir n'doob, or bird
OF death" The venom Of this bird
is more deadly than that Of any ser
pent except the cobra. In fact, II"
antidote for the bite Of the creature
is known. 4 wound from its heak
causes exc-uciating pains IN every
part Of the body, loss Of sight.
speech and hearing, commissions,
lockiaw and certain death.
san yne-.lVu a.e pUsInVeiy a~t
ward. sir,
SAYS He-Yes. | know II. seer
20 20 at everything backward--PhAi
delphia Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
IN. ri.trrbina Telephone.

"The telephone has DESTROYED ali
the privacy Of society" said the so
cietv Girl. 1T breaks in on every.
thing. Nothing is sacred to il. You
may be saying your prayers The
telephone. or in the midst OF your
bath. The telephone. Or doing NJ
your back hair or, worse Of all. a
delightful man may be making love
to YOU. when Killing. killing. killing
The telephone breaks of the thread
Of his theme and he fails to resume
jt"-New York Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
To Wash Channels Leather.

Make a weak solution OF soap
and warm water Rub plenty OF
soft soap into the leather and let
il soak for two hours, then rub IL
till quite clean. Afterward rinse
it we'll in weak solution OF warm
water, soda and yellow soap. After
rinsing wiring it we'll in a rough
towel, dry quickly and pull about
till quite soft. 1t will then be bet
er than most new feathers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30

Senator Penrose at the dedics.
ton Of Pensylvania's splendid cap
itol at Harrisburg said Of a certain
speech that had been made at a pr.
vate dinner before the dedicatory
ceremonies:
"That speech was pregnant With
meaning. 1t revealed m every sen.
tence its authors character. Brief
and full and illuminating, it re.
minded me Of the beautiful young
lady who murmured to herself one
afternoon as she paused uncertainty
on q street corner:
"What q bore For the life oil
me | can't remember whether I'm
to meet Morris in Tasker street oil
! Tasksr in Morris street
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
VIVA, Food, Weigh.

Ii may be convenient 10 know
that one quart Of flour weighs one
pound; quart Of cornmeal, one
pound and two ounces; a quart OF
best sugar, one pound; a quart Of
powdered white sugar, one pound
and one ounce; quart OF best
brown sugar. one pound as two
ounces: that ten gs weigh one
pound, though this depends some
what on the size; sixteen large Ia
blespoonfuls make half a pint; n
quart of butter. one pound and one
ounce.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
| EC,lI

u
Deeds, Chattld
T Estate NORTH
Ssuporeas, War
Tor Sale at the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30

IT never saw such a child. Yo.
don't seem to know enough 10 com,
home
"weI. OATS just wot ma says about
your'-New York World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30

'cSatE1
\ Furnishes
ton for II
which putt
head, skill
dollars in|
courses md
\ highly valq
businessa as
I plete busin,
ic courses}
ance agaij
| poverty. i
school in til
ed seventh
5000 suc(
| Write f01
catalOgue.I
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
Fol

On account d
fer for sa'e \
int in I'll
hotel. Saloon,|
very asonabl(
PHILIP ii
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
Florida, o.
ern MOI

Are Near
reached wheI
tie Southern
daily through
Louisville to I
CHATTANOOGA
Jacksonville |
Tourist ticA
ers tickets ar |
Agents Of tho
Call on an
and other inf
Tor copy of |
the South,
booklet and 4
J. G. Bea
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30

:. E1
Story-and.
mouse. Good
ey in rear; gr|
pMavements, Rod
Must be sold \
Ssona6ie Offer
FOURIER Office
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-30
HARRISON I

Notice i nereH
signed Trustee d
will attend 10 tod
Monday OF the VI
2arscns having |
transact are reqTI
on Saturdays.
The township |
my hon Q near n
MARrI|
Jan. ; lgUS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Hrcn County Register
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

SUBSCRIPTION:
oas Year, sl.5o. Sir Months, ,sO.75
RATES OF ADVERTISING
Furnished on application. Special In :
ducements to Home Patrons.
Address REGISTER, Ironton, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
$50
RATS CAUSE OF, GHOST SCARE
Rodents Pull Electric Wire, Causing
the Light to Rise and Fall and
Frightening Men.

There are probably few persons who
would confess to a belief in ghosts,
spirits, specters, or spooks, as told
in stories. But when some mysteri.
Gus circumstance occurs at night time
they are among the first to think of
ghosts, as an explanation of the phe,
nomehon.
This, perhaps, was the case with Ell,
mer Sampson and Art Anderson, who
were startled and mystifed as they
were sitting In the Office of a livery
barn one evening recently when the
electric light hanging from the ceiling
began to rise and fall.
1t Is said that Mr. Anderson, who
thought ghost was In the attic, sug,
gested that they give chase to it with
pail Of water. It was finally decided
that Mr. Anderson should get a Ian.
tern, while Mr. Sampson got ladder,
that they might investigate the attic
for the cause of the disturbance.
The young men felt relieved at find.
ing that two huge rats had been tug.
ging away at an old umbrella, the
handle Of which had become hooked
behind the electric light wire. Every
time the rats pulled on the umbrella
the lamp would rise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
At Leads Lanquaue and scIenc,

Il 49, "-SeA~eS s-sT'' y SNSt9N .sN''ee OSt~''N~s
The fact Is that art is working far
ahead of language as well as Of SCI
ence, realizing for us, by all manner Of
suggestions and exaggerations, effects
for which as yet we have no name:
nay, for which we may never perhaps
have direct name, for the reason that
these effects do not enter very largely
into the necessities Of life. Hence
alone is that suspicion Of vagueness
that often hangs about the purpose OF
romance; 1t is clear enough to US
In thought; but we are not used to con-
slider anything clear until we are able
to formulate 1t In words. and analytical
language has not been sufficiently
shaped to that end. X. It is not that
there is anything blurred or indefinite
in the impression left with us. It is
Just because the impression Is SO very
definite after its own kind, that we
find 1t hard to at 1t exactly with the
expressions Of our philosophical
speech. Robert Louis Stevenson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Health.

The body has rights, and we have
duties toward 1t. The body is the life
long companion of the mind, and 1t
cannot be unimportant how it is
treated.
One unbridled passion is enough to
destroy the beauty of life. One excess,
If 1t does no more, can mar the grace
and harmony Of the whole. HE that
striveth for the mastery must be tenn.
perate In all things"
The duty Sof wise care for health
is bigger than merely adding to our
personal happiness. To large extent
1t determines the efficiency of our
lives. Many man learns after It is
too late that he would have been fit
for better and more work If he had
always preserved the sane and sensl-
BILE bearing toward the laws of health
and life which experience teaches.
No one in these days has any excuse
for ignorance Of the common prac-
tical rules Of health. There are a
good many popular books on the sub.
iect. Hugh Black.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
WORK OF NOTED EXPLORER
LIvlngstone's Geographical Survey
Amounted to More Than His
Preaching In Africa.

Livingstone's field OF geographical
endeavor was the region of the great
lakes Of equatorial Africa His object
was primarily to extend the operations
Of the London Missionary society, un.
der whose direction he was working.
DR.. Livingstone never wholly relin-
quished his missionary character, al
though In 1857 he resigned from the
society and in his later years In Africa
his geographical explorations amount
ed to much more than his preaching
and his medical service. His last
work, after parting from Stanley in
March, 1872, was directed toward the
solution of the Nile problem. After
promising reconnoissances he essayed
such a detailed survey OF the basins
OF the Lualaba and the Laupula rivers
as he hoped might establish the wa
tershed between the river systems of
the Congo and the Nile. Before his
work was finished he died, May /,
1878, at Tshitambo's village on the
shore of Lake Bangweolo. The deter
mination of the fountain-head Of the
Nile was effected only after sitting out
the results of the observations of
many explorers, and this investigation
was not completed until long after
Livingstones time. This fountain-head
Is the source Of little stream situ.
ated Just north of deg. s. in longi.
tude 20 deg. 80 min. E, at height of
ella feet above the sea, in the north
ern extremity of the mountains bor-
dering the northeast coast of Lake
Tanganyika: this stream becomes the
Ruvuvu river, and that becomes the
kagera or Alexandra Nile and empties
into Victoria Nyanza on Its west coast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
HOUSE ONCE USED AS FORT
Historic Structure Was Built In 1892
According to Tablet Bearing
Its History.

In the town of Rensselaer,, N. r.,
which lies directly across the Hudson
from Albany, there stands an old
weather-beaten building to which is
attached great deal of historic in.
terest and import 1t is unoccupied
and is surrounded by tall weeds that
the hand Of neglect has fostered and
raised in abundance. 1t is built OF
brick, Is two stories in height, and the
marks Of many years stand prominent
upon it's battered front.
A large tablet on it's wall stands out
boldly to the public gaze and pro-
claims that the structure is supposed
to be the Oldest building in the United
States. The date of its erection, &C.
cording to the tablet, is 1912. The
building was erected as manor house
and place Of defense and was known
as Fort Cralo Whilt marchinf1 to at
tack Fort Ticonderoga, in 1853, Gen.
Abercrombie made his headquarters
there. The tablet finally declares that
Army Surgeon Re- Shuckburg com.
posed the popular national song, yam
kee Doodle" while upon the grounds
near the old building.
Gun holes may be seen in the front
OF the historic old structure, and the
old flag pole, standing on its roof, is
still prominent to view. Doubtless
there are many stories Of bravery and
courage which have never stolen into
the pages of history connected with
this manor house of the seventeenth
century.
The building is substantial even yet.
1t will see many years of standing be-
fore the hand of decay can tumble 1t
Into ruin. The house is one OF the re-
naming relics of the days when our
nations spirit was tested and tried.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
Points for church-ooers.

clergyman was smoking cigar
under an oak.
my congregation coughed this
morning" he said, Il could hardly
make myself heard. It was most an
noying."
WELL" said the physician, the
next time they cough, tell them to
press the upper lip just beneath the
nose, Pressing the nerves in that guar.
ter will stop the most obstinate cough.
and, by the same token. 1t will stop
q sneeze too.
I'll tell you how to stop the hic-
coughs You press hard on the cheek,
right in front Of the ear. Those nerves
there control the hiccoughs as money
controls politics. You need only press
the nerves will do the rest"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17
ln LIne.

Have you taken any steps to dem.
onstrate that women are fitted for
modern controversy
eyes, indeed replied Mrs. Voting
ton; Eve have already named mum.
ber Of eligibles to a Sapphira club.'s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

For SALE American Steel Poul-
try and Rabbit fencing, strong and
durable, in 10 and 20 rod rolls, al
35 cents per rod.
w. E. BELL & Son,
Belleyiew, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-17

REGISTER once for Job work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
Best Way to Telephone.

when l telephone while sitting, as
| customarily do" said woman who
telephones a good deal, Il habitually
speak in low tone, not very much
above a whisper; when l telephone
standing up don't shrek exactly, but
/ find myself always speaking in a
loud tone. l suppose thhe reason for
these things is simple enough. When
| am sitting | am comfortable and en-
tirely at ease bodily and inclined to
do things easily, and then l can adjust
the telephone to exactly the most con-
venient height and angle and speak
into it quite without effort; it is all
very easy, whereas when | have to
stand at telephone some effort is re-
CURED in that | am more or less rigid
to start with, ard then the telephone
may be one fixed in position. | may
have to bend my face more OK less up
or down to the transmitter, tn stand
in a position more or less constrained,
and then when | come to speak | al
ways find myself, as you might say,
shouting into the telephone. 1t is my
experience that make myself heard
more surely when sitting and tele-
phoning as do then. easily and in a
low tone
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30

began to change the very face OF ma
ture. But that was only the begin
ming.
For a time Chiawassee Coal and Iron
figured buoyantly in the market quo
tations. and delegations OF stockhold-
ers, both present and prospective. were
personally conducted to the scene of
activities by enthusiastic Vice-Presi-
dent Farley. But when these had
served their purpose a thing happene ed
One fine morning it was whispered on
Change that Chiawassee iron would
not Bessemer, and that Chiawassee
coke had been rejected by the Southern
Association of Iron Smelters.
Following a crash which was never
very clearly understood by the simple
hearted soldier iron master, though II
was merely a repetition of a lesson well
conned by the earlier investors In
Southern coal and iron fields. Caleb's
craft was the making of iron: not the
financing of top-heavy corporations
SO, when he was told that the company
had failed, and that he and Farley had
been appointed receivers. he took 1T as
financial matter, of course. some
what beyond his ken, and went about
his daily task Of supervision with a
mind as undisturbed as it would have
been distraught had be known some
thing of the subterranean mechanism
by which the failure and the receiver
ship had been brought to pass.
(To be continued.)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
sRE :! Y R|5Rarea
a4ls%l4(\p7g
FIGHT AGAINST OPIUM CURSE
Reports From All Parts of Chinese
Empire Show Habit Is Being
Rapidly Stamped Out.

Ever since the issuance of an impe-
rial edict In China placing opium and
opium smoking under a ban reports
have been sent out regularly showing
the progress of the anti-opium strug-
gle In all parts of the Chinese empire
From these 1t would appear that the
opium habit is being rapidly stamped
out, but the Picking correspondent Of
the Lancet, after an investigation Of
his own, feels justified in stating that
such is not the case. According to his
report, in some provinces the demand
for opium continues as great as ever
and efforts are being made to meet it
without official interference to more
than a nominal extent. In the prov
ince of Shantung. however, where
there has been of late a very great in
crease OF opium imports, apparently
from Shanghai. the authorities at
Kiaochor (the customs port confisca-
ted 40 cases and imprisoned the own
ers, thus raising an important legal
point as to whether they could CO SC
on an article which comes under
treaty regulations and has paid duty
according to stipulations.
AS far as hospital experience goes
one would at first say that opium smo,
king had almost disappeared. The
Chinese have now become secretive
and deceptive about it and it is now
very rare for man to seek treatment
for smoking or to confess. when being
treated for other complaints that he is
stu addicted to the drug. But among
the people about three-tenths have
stopped and among the officials about
eight-tenths. The latter, however, are
subject to examination and stop for
varying periods, resuming their smo-
king after examination.
An exception must be made in the
case of army officers. The habit
would seem to be entirely abolished In
diffic lit to buy opium in Peking unless
under license. which permits smoker
to buy five drains weight. Each
license costs 10 cents and is available
for three months after issue Gov,
eminent regulates the amount pur.
chasable each time, so that a gradual
diminution takes place each renewal,
AS for morphia, there was undoubt,
edly great rise In the number OF
opium smokers who left off opium
and took to hypodermic injections of
| morphia at the time of the anti-opium
edicts and for some months after their
issue. But this craze has died down.
The reason for the dininution is SIM
ply an inability to procure the drug
II the hollow needles. At the same
.ime there is certain amount of NOR
phia taking still. 1t is sold in an un-
derhand way in japanese chemists
shops. BY those who are willing to
paw the cost Of this comparatively ex-
pensive luxury it can always be got,
but If one were to compare Peking
with other large cities, such as New
York, there would be no difficulty In
proving that the number of morphia
maniacs in the latter city is very
much greater
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
URGES ABSTINENCE IN ARMY
Secretary of War Dickinson Encour.
ages Temperance Movement
Its Rapid Progress.

The movement for temperance is
spreading among all classes. Ii has
extended to tire cadets I'm the naval
school at Annapolis. The members
of the first class got together recently
and pledged themselves not to use
intoXica1ts, also to exert their in.
fluence in this direction with the 9TH
er classes. They are convinced that
the standard of discipline and eff,
cheney can be raised If rum drinking
is stopped.
Secretary of War Dickinson has
commended voluntary abstinence to
all within and without the army.
A letter was read at mass meet
ing held in a Washington church for
the purpose of inaugurating total alb
stinence associations in the army and
navy. In the letter Mr.. Dickinson
says:
Il believe in everything that en-.
courages voluntary abstinence both
within and without the army. All
other things being equal, the man who
abstains is better qualified to be a
useful and law abiding citizen and to
promote his own happiness and that
OF his family and friends"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
Wrong Name for a Card sharn.

When John A. Strosnider was ar
raigned before United States Commits
Eioner Morle in Brooklyn, charged
with aiding young Coleman to rob the
National City bank of Cambridge,
Mass, of a large amount of money. a
policeman of German extraction said:
That's the first time I've heard a
card sharp called by that name. The
Name was surely Strohschneider once
on a time and was Americanized into
what 1t is now. Srohschneider is
German for straw cutter, but when
ever Germans play cards they have
only one name for the man who makes
objectionable mistakes, who trumps
his partners ace. who can't count 1S
and who disregards rules. and that
lame is 'Strohschneider.' If were
in the card business I'd never have
any confidence in a man with that
aame"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-30
The Cocaine Habit.


Probably few readers had any pre-.
vious knowledge of the prevalence of
the cocaine habit SO shockingly ex,
posed in the recent proceedings In.
stituted by the pharmaceutical board.
This drug is of recent introduction,
and in certain limited uses 1t has
been found & highly beneficial agent;
in the rapidly with which its abuse
has spread among various classes of
people It's dangers have come 20 out
weigh greatly all its benefits. The
ve~v properties which make cocaine
4 in skillful hands make 1t ex-
eiy injurious in its continued con-
stitutional effects. says Philadelphia
Ledger. Physicians are aware of this
danger and of the seductive nature of
the drug. and employ it with extreme
caution. but all sorts of quacks have
seized upon II TO pander to a depraved
appetite, 80 that its consumption has
been stealthily extended until it has
become actually public menace.