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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

1t is claimed that the fines imposed or
Wednesday BY an Alexandria county
magist sts upon automobilists, for moi
having Virginia lice nses we're illegal.
The Cairo Athletic Club, of Wash
ington, defeated the Episcopal High
School second team yesterday In 9
twelve inning game by the score OF .
to 6.
A deed was recorded in the Corpora
ton Court t,day from Lizzie O. Rsed
transferring to Mary K. Doher!y q house
aud lot on the north side of Prince ttree
bstwaen Lee and Union.
Clarence Grady, colored, formerly OF
this city, who wss arrested in Washing
TN, charged with causing thu death OF
Isaac Hackley, also colored, by striking
him on the head With brick, vas yes
terday sent on to the grand jury In that
city.
The strawberry festival held at the
Parish Hall of Christ Church yesterday
evening was we'll attended. 1t was given
by the ladies OF the Sunday school to
raise fands for the installation OF a new
furnace In the church.
The ceremonies In connection With
the laying Of tue corner stone of the new
Ep s,cpsl church at Colonial Beach
will take place on May &c. The exercises
will be under the ausp ces of the Ma
sonic frsternity. 1t Is exptc:ed that
one Of the bishops will be present, also
several members of the G a1d Lodge OF
Masons.
We have received en- inyit ,tion to be pres.
emit at the good roads, agriculture and tenn.
perance rally to be held at Ida, Fairfax
county, May Goth, under the aupices OF the
Fairfax Good Roads Association, and the
Anti-Saloon League of Northern virginia.
Halley's Comet is coming to A. J. Butchers
two produce stands in the City Market 10
morrow for supply Of the most delicious
luscious, Home Grown Strawberries in the
city. Follow the Comet
Duffey's Pure Malt Whisky for medic.
insl purposes, $l.00 quart, at Spinks, corner
Prince and Royal streets.
Fresh Country Butter just received.
2sc 10. Best Elgin Creamery Butter 34c 10,
Fresh Eggs 25c doz., Fancy Japan Rice,
whole grain. &c r., lbs. Evaporated
Peaches 25c, 8 lbs Large Prunes 25c, 8 Cans
Fish Bee 25c. lbs, Laundry Starch f5c, 7
Cakes Star Soap 26c, s Cans Pink Alaska
Salmon 25c, Cans Best tomatoes 25c, 4 Cans
Sugar Corn 25c, Green Mountain Potatoes 55c
bushel, 8 Cans Early June Peas 25c, s lbs.
Pure Buckwheat 25c. VIM. P. WooLs &
Son, Royal and Wolfe strsets-Qaeen and
Henry streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

Never hesitate abe Ut giving Chamber
lsin's Dough Remedy to children. IT
c,nt ,ins no opium or other narcotics and
can be given with implicit confidence.
As quick cure for coughs and colds to
which children are susceptible, 1t is unsu :
passed. Sold by W. F. Creighton &
Do. and Richsrd Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

Glance over the list o. Hi5h Grade
Shoes sold exclu'ively by US: J. & T.
Cousips, Queen Quality, Red Gross,
Linder Shoe Co, n. Hess & Bro. (The
Hese), Taylor & 90. (Tsylor Msdel ,
|Brocton Dc. Operative o., Walk Over,
Regal, Excelsior Shoe %. and many
others. J. a. Marshsll & Bro. 422
King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20
KING STREET IMPROVEMENTS

KIM SlhEEI 1mF ~ lem ENID
The Improvements on King street ex-
tended are beiog pushed rapidly. The
concre,ipg now extends to sprlpg Park
station, aud most of the turbing has
been placed In position. The work OF
laying vitri6sd brick will soon be CON-
msuced. King street extended has pa
dergone metamorphosis 10 recent years.
Ia by.goue days pedestrians generally
walked log 10 passing over Hocf' 3
run at what is now Spring PsrS station,
aud anglers often caught white perch
short distance east of the present station.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

The New York State Senate yester.
dsy voted down the bill which provides
for an appropriation of $4,000, 900 to
condemn property and pay the cost Of
improving and maintaining 100, 600
acres OF land offered to the state by. Mrs.
E. q. Harrinsn for an inter-ssats park
on the west bark of the Hndson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20
PER ONAL.

Messrs. B. A. Kane, j. Wyatt Att.
)kinssou and Ira B. Priddy, OF Rich
moDd, were in the city today. The first
named formerly lived in Alexandris.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

Prompt relief in all osses of throat and
lung trouble it you use Ohamberlsin's
Cough Remedy. Pleasant to take, soosh
ing aud healing In effect. Sold by W.
F. Creighton & Co.,, and Richsrd Glib.
son,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

A large humber of Sunday school
scholars left here on the electric cars al
4:S0 O'Clock this afternoon to participate
Ia the B bic class parade in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

An interurbau car of the Mckinley system
was wrecked four miles from Gainesville,
NJ, early today. Two persons were killed
ana a number injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

No trace of the robbers Of the $4,000 in
cash and checks stolen yesterday from the
Adams Express Compapy's office at 81! City,
Pa, has been found,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20

For this section showers tonlgn1. son Sn.u.
|lay parlly cloudy; light to mopera'e son'nei-
b G ~ .nds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20
AIexanotia Gazette.
FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 20, 1910
LOCAL MATTERS.
Gun and Tide Table
Weather Probabilities.

srn ,.sss tomorrow at 4.43 and sets a. '.lV.
,rater Mt 5.57 q, m. and 70 p. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-20
New York Stock Market.

New York. May 20.-Out OF respect to the
memory of King Edward, many of the stock
exchanges throughout the world were closed
today. The New York Stock Exchange did
not open until noon. The London Stock
Exchange and all the stock and cotton ex-
changes throughout England were closed for
the entire day.
After an interval of dizziness in the after.
noon tie market showed increased activity
and strength, prices moving up sharply all
around,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30

A year ago there emanated from tho
Passenger Department OF the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad folder giving
the time OF trains. with notes dcscrip-
tive OF the points OF interest. the see
merry and the industrial and commercial
Importance of the cities located on its
line together with information regard
ing attitudes and populations. This
folder. at once so simple and under
standable. was such a marked improve
ment over the puzzling leaflets usual
ly handed the traveller that II was re-
ceived with instant favor and attracted
much attention. Its drawback was an
awkward fold. and II was minus =
map. All this has now been remedied.
a new descriptive folder. with a splcn-
did Coast to Coast map and n collaps-
ibIe fold that simply falls together.
having made its appearance day or
two ago. The Rio Grande now enjoys
the distinction OF issuing the simplest
and most readily understood time ta-
BILE OF any railroad in the United
States.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30

the mist. Doris gray eyes ever upon
me. her hand clasping mine: Celeste
lying motionless day after day under
the blankets; De Nova rocking back
and forth, striving to sing, or creeping
aft to the tiller. with his body shaking
as though he had a palsy; Johnson.
never moving. his head sunk into his
chest, his gaze out over the bows; Nc
knight curled up as a dog lies, some
times cursing fiercely. only to break
on and cry like a child. | remember
when the boom swung about. pitching
Sanchez headlong and breaking his
leg; how we pulled it back into posi-
tion with sickening snap. binding It
there firmly. while beads OF perspira-
ton told the Chilean's pain. recall
that other day when Dade suddenly
stood up. his eyes staring duly out
into the fog-bank which wrapped US
about, extended his hands, smiling.
and said: Sure. I'm comm. OIL pal"
and stepped overheard. We grabbed
for him. but he went down and never
came up again. Mcknight was the first
to speak.
He had his pockets full O. gold.
saw him takin' 1t las night"
There was fierce storm OF oaths,
the faces of the men wolfish and saw
age as they glared down into the wa
ter; but Kelly fell on his knees and
began to pray.
1t almost seems to me that this was
the last. though 1t could not have
been. There we're hours after that.
perhaps even days and nights. when
! lived without really knowing that
lived. II was period OF fancies. phan-
toms. dreams. weird and fantastic.
haunting horrors that left all reality
blank. I know that Johnson helped
me at the tiller while DE Nova lay
prone in the bottom OF the boat. some
times talking to himself. occasionally
lifting his head to peer over the side.
What he said had no meaning. Just
a tumble OF French words. and he
smiled like that dead Spaniard In the
cabin of the Donna Isabel.
know that Sanchez. who had brave
ly done all he could In spite
Of his broken leg. fell into the deliri-
um OF fever. screamed for hours that
he was dying. and had at last to be
bound fast In his blankets. know
Kelly came creeping aft with n knife
In his hand. imagining he had been
robbed. and l had to knock him fiat
with the tiller-bar. the boat falling on
into :he trough Of the sea and nearly
capsizing before ] could get her head
about again. Doris was bending over
Sanchez. who seemed to have an in
terval Of sanity at the moment-that
was the last ] remember: then,
think, pitched over against Doris
when she came back to me, and every
thing went dark
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30
.A 4l=444SS
|~R4NZ4ZZ PARRISH
|AU17NPA~ dNSh<az9UYNTfZALZRN.
SYNOPSIS.

Of John Stephens. advsnturer. a Massa:
mining ,oPerations in Bolivia. he was de, de,
ana as esnseqaenee e s sS was as hidins: x KS
hotel his attention was attracted by an
ssephens Rescued the young Ssa"s %eman !reh
sef ocsr He by
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the once OF captain, He
Chilean w vessel. ' s should ' be captured.
sstephhens stepph accepted the. commission; Iis,I n.
was assigned. % He gave i them m final in
structions; They boarded the vessel. They
to be the Esmperaida. sapeH '"i through % strategy.
Sap e. Gays for the de-
and her maid: stephens quickly learned
the lords wife and maid being aboard
!h,, Hs explained 1.-The the situati9n to her her lady,
the plot. saying that the Sea Queen had
t Seen c,snI taken in % order to E3 to the Antarc,
Donna Isabel was lost in 1853. He. had
on IN hs mseh Of sos se
Il ths exPsdition. He told lady
Sea Queen encountered n vessel in the
This CAUSED a fierce strussle and he was
overcome; Tuttle finally sauaring the sit
!hf Tus sss the
Noss .hs nate told % s,ephens ' that 0f. he
Sy sra.sns q
sas mania .as eve Of
him. The sailor upon resaining his senses
BY shooting. Upon vote OF the crew
Stephens n.,ass assumed the Leadership and the
hunt. the isana. us Seins SUPPOSED n reause 10 be
only, 900 miles distant. Tuttie was buried
II II, the .rS .sh Lady
formed the % basis 100 for 'TSris TSttie.s rsilsiaSs
stephens started to probe the ghost.
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez. the drunk-
Eineer Mcknight played ghost" to scare
ns S". as sss sp at
s. The spot % W whsrs ere Tnt,ie,s quest = was =, SUP, p
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
@ snd ssDhsnd Sslns 'Sa af those
sand for life Lady Darlington confessed
neT love 10 StepneHH ana ne ulu hkewise
Lady Darlington told her life story: how
she had been bartered for a title. her
yearning for absent love. She revealed
herself ms the school chum of Stephens
sister. She expressed a wish to die In the
sea rather than face her former, friends
and 20 back to the old life. A ship was
sighted. The craft proved to be dcrc,lct
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds Of years Of Ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel. lost in 1913. l2s
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed. They read
the log OF the Isabel. which told how
the Spaniards had died from cold. one by
one. Lady Darlington sang TO prevent the
commenced the hunt for treasure. They
found the iron chest. said to contain a
part of 3,ooo.Go pesos, firmly imbedded In
Ice. Lady Darlington expressed the belief
that Il would never benefit the men. for
she said the Donna Isabel would never
reach port. The men got a lust for gold
Stephens quelled II by whipping one. The
Donna Isabel showed Indications OF sink
ing. They prepared to denart with what
ing they departed. Stephens went back
TO try to rescue Cole. n gold-crazed negro.
who was hunting treasure in the hold.
Stephens plunged into the Icy sea mo
ment before the Donna Isabel sank His
mates rescued him. the negro being lost
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30
CHAPTER xxIx.-continued.

II anything the women managed to
bear up better than the men, but
whether this was because of their dis
positions. or failure to comprehend full
1y the desperation Of our situation.
Inn unable to say. Yet outwardly they
ASeemed to retain courage longer.
.Sowever. their eyes told me plain
ly enough how heavily the hours
rested upon them. / saw comparative
ly little OF Celeste. as she chose n po-
sition near the foot OF the mast, and
remained there much of the time,
wrapped warmly in blankets, minis
tered to by De Nova. who sat beside
her. But Doris remained aft with me,
resting when I was of duty. but sit
ting wide awake, her head touching
my knee whenever 1t was my trick at
the tiller. 1t seems a strange thing to
say, yet believe 1t was the very GER
tainty Of death which kept her strong.
self.reliant. almost happy. Not for one
instant did she consider our final res
cue as possible. She lived in her love
for me. utterly insensible to the drear
surroundings. and merely anxious to
prolong our life together. 1t was a
revelation 10 me Vi WoHaH neaTt,
a woman's constancy. May I never
forget the clasp OF her hand, the ten
der lovelight in her gray eyes. the
words OF faith and hope on her lips.
as We sat thus through those long
hours battling against the sea, the
motionless forms Of the blanketed
sieepers alone evidencing other hu-
man life within the boat. It was her
presence. her love. her inspiration.
which stiffened me to the continued
performance Of a labor growing harder
with each day.
1t became easy to see what this
meant to US ALL II was neither hun
ger nor thirst. although I felt 1t safer
to put all upon short rations from the
beginning, but rathe.. the awful. con-
Hnuous strain Of hopeless loneliness
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

my little son. boy Of i've. broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc.
tors prescribed for him. but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try q certain medical college.
but its treatment did no good. At
the time l was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was 80 bad that I had to cut
his hair OF and put the Cuticura Oint.
ment on him on bandages. as It was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
Of skin on his whole body that was
not affected. He was one mass of
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and In removing them 1t used
to take the skin OF with them. and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. ! began to think that
he would never get well. but after the
second application OF Cuticura Oint-
ment I began to see signs Of improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications tho sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled of twenty
times. but It finally yielded to the
treatment. Now I can say that he Is
entirely cured. and a stronger and
healthier boy you never cav than he
is to-day. twelve years or more since
the cure was effected. Robert wattam.
114S Forty-eighth St. Chicago. ILL.,.
Oct. 9. 1909"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30
Easy.

A New York poet. at the Authors'
club, in Seventh avenue, told a Conan
Doyle story.
"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" he said.
sat Mt n dinner on his last visit here
beside a lady, who asked leave to con-
suit him about some thefts.
"'My detective powers he replied.
are at YOUR service. madam
"'Well.' said the lady. frequent and
mysterious thefts have been occurring
at my house for a long time. Thus
there disappeared last week a motor
horn. a broom. a box OF golf balls. =
dozen tin pie plates
"'Ahn! said the creator OF Sher-
lock Holmes. the case. madam. 10
quite clear. You keep a goat New
York Times
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30

have understood, for her soft hands
touched my cheek. and SO We rested
for q long time. scarcely exchanging
a word between us.
II was later that same day. Just at
the edge OF twilight. when Kelly
called. a sail!" pointing eagerly out
over the port quarter. Then. some
upon knees. some standing. we NIL
saw II. a misty. white reflection. show
ing vague against the darkening hori-
zon. ] know not what 1t really was
"A CLEAN OF canvas. a speck Of cloud.
or the pinnacle of an iceberg-but as
We swept toward II, the night
dropped down over the waters blotting
the last faint vestige from view. Yet we
hung on desperately. the man staring
out into the black void. grumbling and
cursing. until the long night wore
away with no reward.
That was about the last I recall
clearly: afterwards all grew indis-
tinct. commingled, confused. II was
like a dream rather than reality.
performed my work as before. the in
stincts of a seaman leading me right.
ly. and out OF the mist numerous in
I observed and thought. Never can
forget the sight of that narrow boat.
tossing about on the crests of great
seas. or plunging down into the black
hollows: the green water pouring in
cataracts over the gunwale; the con-
stant bailing: the wet. soggy blankets;
the moaning OF wind through the icy
cordage: the Tapping of the sail: the
gray masses of water curling over US
In continuous threatening: the awful
expanse OF ocean revealed by day
light: the black loneliness through
which We swept at night We ceased
to talk, to think. even. growing more
and more sullen. moody. dull-eyed.
cramped OF limb and benumbed of
brain. We sat silently staring into the
smother, forever beholding the mirages
of distorted minds. Men would spring
to their feet. yelling out some discov-
cry. only to sink back again. with
CHASTITY faces buried in their hands. 1t
was all illusion: the waves. the clouds
mocking us. even our voices sounding
unnatural, our faces growing unfa-
miliar.
Only Doris; Doris did not change
not, at least, to my eyes. Ay. she be-
came whittier. weaker. the shadows
growing darker beneath her eyes, yet
she still sat at my knee. looking up
into my face. yielding me new courage
out Of her heart Of hearts. God knows
believe she saved me. saved me
from going mad. saved me with the
power of her love-held me sane. held
me steadfast, when the very soul in
me had given way. I think OF those
other faces now with a shudder. II
SENS as II all that was human had
gone out Of US; we were no longer
men. only things. We crawled about.
We growled rather than used articu
late speech, bruised by the constant
buffeting Of the sea. sore with the
smart OF salt water. chilled through
by the icy wind. we snarled like wild
beasts, our eyes bloodshot, our faces
haggard and unclean.
l know not how long 1t endured. J
lost all track of day and night. J
merely remember this and that out Of !
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30
The EXCLAMATION.

Old PodkIns lay back in his chair
in calm content. and though his wife
was quite near him he was happy. for
she had not broken the silence for
nearly fivc minutes.
He had been married for five-and-
twenty long years. and Mrs. Podkins.
almost daily during "a Of them, had
disturbed the domestic peace by too
full exercise of her tonf,Ie.
My dear" broke in Mrs. P.
thinking 1t time she said something to
interrupt the quiet. II see by the pa.
pers that a petrified jaw two yards
long has been found in Cornwall"
What" cried Podkins. starting up.
Now I know your secret. But you
never told me your ancestors came
from that part of the world"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-09-30

in that vast desert Of ocean. The con-
temptation OF It maddened us one mo-
ment into frenzy. and depressed US the
next into profound melancholy. We
could not shake It OF: awake or in
dreams 1t held us to slavery. Every
where. everywhere the same eternal
swell Of the seas. the same eternity
OF clouded sky. the same dull, dead
monotony OF scene and motion. hour
after hour. day after night. 1t drove
US mad. crushing down upon the brain
as though 1t was a real weight. merci-
less, agonizing. The air remained
frosty. the southwest wind chilling.
the spray which slapped into our faces
icy cold. Our fingers stiffened with
cold. our bodies shook from the chill:
only beneath the warmth OF the
blankets could we find comparative
comfort Hour after hour the men
lay. curled up and motionless. only
crawling forth reluctantly to take
their turn on watch. Our greatest
effort was to keep the straining cord.
age free from Ice. and to prevent its
formation along the gunwale or at the
bows, over which spray dashed in
constant shower.
Good God. how those hours dragged.
with the same heartless scene with.
out. the same hopeless faces within!
Most of us continued to live merely
because We could not die. Indiffer-
ence took the place of hope. and We
performed our simple tasks automatic
ally. almost unconsciously. johnson.
De Nova and I took our tricks at the
helm. with one man always awake
forward to manage the running gear.
and only once during those first six
days were we compelled to lower
our sail or take a reef in the jib.
Then a fierce squall came tearing
down upon us from out the northwest.
a swift. sharp blow. heralded by a
an ugly sea, lashing us with heavier
stinging spray, and coating every
thing with ice. For seven hours we
fought in a binding smother. every
man awake. crouching beneath blank
cts, the women slowed away under
the thwarts. and De Nova and I at the
tiller. the huge surges pounding
against our backs, as We thus kept
them from sweeping the laboring boat
fore and aft, and swamping her.
never believed we could weather 1t,
the increasing waves tossing us about
like a cork, yet. as the dawn broke.
we succeeded in broaching to. with
canvas drag holding her. and the very
moment I realized she would ride
safely fell forward dead asleep.
Either Doris OF one of the men COW
cred me with blankets. my Icy CLOTH
ing drying on my body. But 1t was
Doris who welcomed me back to life
again. as a little glimpse OF westering
sun grew barely visible through a rift
in the dun clouds. with the mainsail
again spread, and the longboat leaping
to the foaming submits. oh, but 1t
was worth all suffering Just to read
the confession Of her eyes. and to
feel her bend down over me In sudden
l am not ashamed that
the tears dimmed my eyes SO could
scarcely see her dear face or that my
voice choked SO I could do no more
than whisper her name. She must