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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
GARRETT HAS MORE WOES.
Badly Beaten Up In Washington
Says He Was Robbed in Alexan-
dria---Companions Arrested.

Not satisfied with his experience il
Alexandria where he was sued by AR.
thur WEIGH for a saloon bill OF over
$3.50 for whiskey consumed in a few
weeks and on account OF the sale
WEIGH is now in danger of losing his
license.
Robert c. Garnett, former member
OF the bar, distiller and real estate
operator in Madison county, Va, had
q badly battered face and highly dis
colored eyes when he called at police
headquarters in Washington yesterday
morning to give additional information
about an experience he had in Alexan-
dria county, Va. last Friday as told in
Yesterdays Gazette.
He caused the arrest yesterday OF
Mabel Morris and Walter Kincheloe,
alleging that the man had assaulted
him and that the woman had robbed
him OF his watch and small sum Of
money. Lille Carey, colored was ar
rested and held as witness. The trio
were turned over the Virginia aulhori-
ties yesterday.
Garnet says he made the mistake Of
his life when he gave UP his law prac.
tice and became distiller in Madison
county. He lost considerable money
in the distilling business, he said, and
finally he concluded to get away from
Madison county and 60 west to settle
ia Arizona or Oklahoma.
And" he said, when | get finished
with this case I'm going"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
Modern Maps.

There are Egyptian maps dating
from 14OO B. g.. but in spite OF this
long history it has been astonish1ngly
difficult to make progress in charts
until very recent times. Errors are
perpetuated; truth is forgotten; ad-
vance is slow. As late as 1900 charts
Of the Alaskan coast issued by the
United States were said to be thirty
miles wrong. and nearly all CONNER
cial map makers still represent noun
tain chains as caterDillars, and the
fringe of the shore is adorned with a
blue wavy frill. As for railroad maps,
the less said the better. the great rail-
road map Of the northern belt or the
United States adjoining the walls OF
the Broad street Pennsylvania station
in Philadelphia being distorted east
ard west. north and south and otner-
wise. its accuracy in large part not
being over so per cent, get it is more
than usually good railroad map.-En-
cheering Magazine.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
Tho Last Gladiators.

1t was in &. D. 430 that the edict
was passed which forever abolished
the sladiatorial combats In the des-
eyts Of Lydia there lived Il monk nam
cd Telemachus. who. touched by the
cruel stories of the cOmbats, went 10
Rome. leaped over the barrier OF the
arena Of the Coliseum, threw himself
between the groups of fighters and I'M
plored them in the name of Christ TO
1csist. Telemachus fell. slain by the
swords Of the gladiators. but there
never was another fight in the Coli
scum. The spirit Of the monk had ITS
effect, and the above mentioned edict
was soon passed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
crlIikshank's Fauin.

During the time Cruikshank was IL
Illustrating Oliver Twist he spent
days traversing the east end OF Lon
don in search Of a face that would
correspond with his conception Of the
character Of Fagin. One day while
standing before mirror in his dining
room pulling faces at himself, SO TO
speak, for the want Of something bet
ter to do, he accidentally made the
features for which be was looking.
The picture, therefore, Of Fagin Is real
IL that Of Cruikshank himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
LIGHTNING BURNS HOUSE.
Binding Flash Stuns Edward Mel
sons Family and Burns Their
Home.

During the rain yesterday afternoon
lightning struck the residence Of Ed.
ward Nelson, superintendent of Daniel
Thompson's farm, near Wellington
Station, on the Washington Virginia
Railway 4 miles south of this city.
The house and practically all OF its con-
tents was destroyed. The storm ap-
parently had spent its force, when Mr..
Nelson and his wife and two sons
seated themselves on the front porch
to enjoy the cooling breezes that fol-
lowed. A binding flash stunned them
and when they recovered they discov-
cred that the bolt had entered the
house and started blaze that was
burning fiercely. Though still par.
TALLY dazed, the Nelson's made in
effectual efforts to quench the flames
with the inadequate means at hand.
The house was two story frame struc-
ture, containing six rooms. and had
been built in the last few months. 1t
was owned by Mr.. Thompson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
SOLDIERS IN CAMP.

Turning out 10 response to first
CALL" the First Regiment of the Vir-
ginia National Guard began its annual
field practice at Camp Sale, Cuipeper,
at $50 o'clock yesterday morning. The
men were kept busy with drills end
other routine work all day, and it was
tired lot OF soldiers who sought rest
when taps sounded at ten o'clock last
night.
The three detachments Of state troops
will be encamped at Culpeper until
August 4. each organization remain
ing for week. Battle drills for the
men who arrived Sunday began today.
The Culpeper baseball team will play
a game With the militiamen from Lees
burg tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
4 Refreshing RAIN.
Copious Shower Yesterday Brings
Cooler Weather---Nature Again
in Smiles.

While the mercury in the thermom-
eter was holding tenaciously to the
ninety-6ve mark yesterday afternoon
clouds we're gathering in the western
heavens and emitting ominous mutter-
ings. Later rain began to fall and for
about fifteen or twenty minutes one OF
the most refreshing downpours OF the
season was bringing gladness to all.
The heavy shower was followed by
drizzles, which continued almost to the
close OF the day. The clouds in the
west finally passed over, revealing q
bright sky, when the sun once more
shone in his strength, forming one OF
the prettiest rainbows in the west ever
witnessed hereabouts. 1t was all OBJ
iect of admiration for some time. The
temperature had been falling gradually
for several hours, and as night drew
on the change to pleasant conditions
was marked. The mercury at an cary
hour this morning was down TO 70.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

The regular semi-monthly meeting
OF the City Council will be held tonight
at which time the ordinances provid-
ing for the improvement OF certain
squares in the city will doubtless be
passed by the lower board. These or
dinances were received by the Board Of
Aldermen from the Common Council
at the last meeting, and after having
been amended they were passed. I'm
der the law they were laid over in the
lower board. The Aldermen at the
last meeting passed resolution pro-
viding for the usual summer recess,
but the Comman Council refused to
concur in their action. Should the
calendar be cleared tonight, the Com.
mon Council may adopt the resolution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
PERSONALS.

Mr.. j. Armistead Carter, son-in-laS oil
Mr.. P. ]. Dempsey, passed through
this city yesterday en-route to the
home OF his mother, Mrs. Sophy
Deb. Carter, at Crednal. Loudour
County, Va.
Miss Fife Capdore left yesterday fol
a month 8 stay at Idlewile-on-the- bay,
She is accompanied by Miss ElAeds
Payne. OF Washington, d. c.
Masters Lambert and William Berry
man left Saturday to spend the remain
der OF the summer in the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Sinclair and
children are at Round Hill for a fer
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Padgett and
little daughter left today for 10 days
stay at Round Hill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
MARRIED AT WASHINGTON, VA.

A beautiful wedding was solemnized
at Washington, Va, July Goth, in the
Episcopal Church at that place, when
Miss Gladys Miller, the handsome
daughter OF Sheriff H. ]. Miller, be-
came the bride OF Mr.. r. c. Caldwell,
OF Pensacola, Fla. The bride was
given in marriage by her father, and
her little sister, Helen. was ring bearer
and her brother, Walter g. Miller. was
bes: man. DR.. C. NJ. Basgarly and
Attorney w. F. Moffett we're ushers.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Caldwell left for an extended
northern tour, and will be at their
home 10 Florida after September 1st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
POLICE COURT.

Justice H. B. Cation presiding.
The following cases were disposed OF
this morning:
Jack Beach. colorej, charged with
assauting Rebecca Mason, colored, was
dismissed.
Frances Dudley, colored, charged
with assaulting her father. Lewis Drd-
ley, was dismissed with an admoni-
ton.
Richard Williams, colored, charged
with assaulting a little son OF l.. B.
beavers, was fined $50.
Mary Sanders. colored, charged
with defrauding Edward Logan, col
ored, was dismissed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
CAPTAIN INJURED.

Captain John Robey, on the
schooner Martin Wagner Of this port,
is at his home suffering from injuries
he received aboard his vessel Sunday.
In swinging the vessel around to bring
her into Shoots dock she jibed and
the nainshect, the heavy rope that
holds tho largest sail on the schooner,
caught him and threw him heavily
across the deck against the boat davits
at the stern, badly bruising that part
of his body.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
NEW COMET.

The kaiss comet, discovered at Kiel,
Germany, on July Z, has lately been
observed in this country. Its brilliancy
has increased from day to day and will
increase so until it goes south mex,
month. 1t is due to cross the earth's
orbit August TO- With an opera glas:
this comet may be detected about {
O'Clock in the morning in the constel
lation Auriga, now in the northeastern
sky.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
LITTLE GIRL BURNED BY ACID.

Left alone for few minutes yester-
day afternoon, Lyndell, the 4-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. aud Mrs. George w.
Pettey, OF l20 aorth Royal street, yes.
terday afternoon climbed on o chair
and got possession Of a bottle Of car
bolic acid that had been left on the
top OF bureau. As the child at
tempted to descend, the stopper
dropped out and the acid flowed over
her right hand. shoulder aud leg. The
child's screams quickly brought the
mother who summoned DR.. Thomas $
Gibson. The chiid's injuries are not
serious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
FINED FIFTY DOLLARS.

Richard Williams, colored, was ar
rested Yesterday by Officers Reed and
Roland, charged with assaultiug a
little sou of l. B. beavers. According
to the evidence in the Police Court
this morning, the negro knocked the
child down and kicked him in a brutal
manner. 1t was feared that the child
had been seriously injured. Williams,
10 his defense, said white children had
been annoying him for some time.
Justice Cation fined the accused fifty
dollars. Ho will be placed at work on
the roads.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
THE WATER SUPPLY.

The refreshing shower yesterday af-
ternoon did not materially increase the
resources Of the water sheds which
feed the Alexandria reservoirs. Con-
ditions were but slightly improved,
but the caution suggested by the Off
cials OF the water Company yesterday
should DE needed until the sound of
an abundance of rain" shall again be
heard in tho land.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
At Last.

4 we'll known clergyman, called to
other duties, says a writer in the west
ern Christian Advocate, preached his
last sermon before the installation OF
his successor. The local paper, IN
announcing the order Of services. gave
it as follows:
Sermon by the Rev. Blank; solo and
quartet, flushed at Length.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
COUNTY MILITARY COMPANY.

Alexandria county will in all prob
ability shortly have military COM
pany. Frank P. Moncure has been
instrumental in arousing interest in
the organization and he, with the
assistance of Messrs. G. r. Pritch ard
and Paul Gibson, has gotten together
a list Of young men in the county who
have expressed their desire to become
members OF the company A meet
ing will be held at the county court
house Friday night to discuss the mat
ter and elect officers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25

Never leave home on journey
without a bottle Of Chamberlain 5
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t is almost certain to be needed anC
cannot be obtained when on board the
cars or steamships. For sale by W
Creighton and Richard Gibson. Advt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
His Wand erings.

Stranger-What wonderful! tales old
Blinks relates. he must have been
great traveller in his day. Natve-He
was never outside the county In his
life; but you see his mind has wan
dered for years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
lust Like Edcs.

Miss A.-So your wife keeps you con-
tinually in hot water. you poor man.
Mr.. Bob, that's all right. We hus-
bands are like eggs Keep us in hot
water and we become hardened.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
BI,ACKSBURG, VA.

Decree courses in Agriculture, Horti-
culture. Applied Chemistry, Applied
Geology. Civil. Mining. Mechanical aud
Electrical Engineering Metallurgy and
Autobiography. Sixty-four Instructors
Thoroughly Equipped Shops. Labora,,
atorcS and Barns. Steam heating and
electric lights in dormitories. Library
y 900 volumes Farm of 100 acres.
SCHOOL of AGRICULTURAL APP
PRENTICES
zone Year Course for Young Farmers
Total cost Of session Of nine months,
including tuition and other fees, board,
washing. uniforms, medical attendance,
etc, S2sS.3 Cost to Virginia students.
1888. 81 =,
The next session opens "Wednesday.
September 10th, l9ll7
PAUL b. BARRISdEg, NJ. d.. l.. l.. ID.
President.
Write Tor Catalogue.
jy5 dot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
Her Ideal.

What is your ideal man."
Zone who is clever enough to make
money and foolish enough to spend.it."
Variety Life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
a Iona Run.

Property Man-Did your company
have q long run in Sqeodunk: Come
lian-They chased us only two miles
put.-Chicago News.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25

Ladies' $3.50 and $500 fine Oxfcris
and Pumps. Clearing Price $500
J. A. Marshall 4; Bro. i22 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25

Honesty needs no pains TO set itself
off.-Edward Moore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-07-25
Light Up Your Store,
Mr.. Merchant,

and prove TO people that YOU believe
in your city and III your business
Demonstrate that you have con
fidence in your goods by exhi-
biting them under the searching rays
of electric light. Back w your claims to
being wide-awake by making attractive
window displays and lighting tEem up,
so that you will get Is hours service on,
of the window Investment instead OF the
Il daylight hours. Let people know that
YOU stlnd for progress and efficiency
in square dealing and full values. Money
spent for good store window lighting Is
lust as necessary and just as prol1tahle
as money spent for clerk hire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

1t is estimated that fifty million dollars is
invested in various water purifying appa-
ratus for industrial purposes; but this in
vestment pays enormously. By improving
the quality of the goods, and increasing the
efficiency of the boilers and machines, the
hundreds of millions of dollars to industries
annually.
George EthelbeYi Walsh
Measuring Raindrops
THE simplest method yet devised to ascer-
tain the size of raindrops is as follows:
The drops are allowed to fall into layer
of dry -four one inch in DEPTH which is ex-
posed to the rain for a few seconds only.
The -four is then set aside until the pellets of
dough formed by the drops have hardened
sufficiently to be picked out. Experiments
with measured drops of water falling into
the -four have proved that the pellets differ
little in size from the drops that produce
them. The largest drops yet tested by
prominent scientist somewhat exceeded one
fifth of an inch in diameter; but most of
them were much smaller. The size varies
with the kind of clouds from which the rain
falls.
Some Startling Figures
FIGURES are sometimes impressive SIM
ply by being so stupendous that the
human mind grasps them with difficulty.
An instance in point is afforded by the IL
1ustration once offered to his hearers by an
eminent scientist; who, in order to bring to
their comprehension the idea of ultimate
particles of water, stated that if he was to
empty tumbler containing half pint of
water, letting out each second number
equal to one thousand times the population
r. f1o = he
tween seven million and forty-seven million
years to empty the tumbler.
Lord Kelvin has assured us that if drop
of water was nagnified to the size of the
earth the particles would be between the size
of cricket balls and footballs. If that state
ment is correct, the drops of water in all the
oceans are not many times SO numerous as
the particles, or molecules, in single drop.
A Fish Aids Science
THERE appears to be no limit to scientific
curio5ity especially in Germany. Not
long ago a scientist of Leipsic, wishing to
ascertain whether fish are warmer than the
water they live H. stuck needle connected
with a thermoelectric circuit into living
fish in an aquarium. The needle formed one
element Of the circuit while the other ele-
ment was immersed in the same water that
contained the fish. The latter was not Sc
riously injured by the needle, and quickly
became Indifferent to it.
Them as the fish swan about, carrying
the needle, the ingenious savant closed the
circuit and kept watch of the galvanometer.
1t showed no DETECTION whatever; from
which he concluded that the fish and the
water were precisely equal in temperature,
for had either been warmer than the other a
current would have been generated in the
circuit.
An Anomaly of Tides
A CURIOUS fact, to which the construc-
\ ton of the Panama Canal calls atten-
ton, is that great difference exists in the
range of the rise and fall of the tides be-
+xyoa, tho Atlantic and pacific sides Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05

calcium, the process of tanning would be
greatly lessened, or if hard water was used
in tan pits the bicarbonates of lime and mag
nesia would discolor the leather and give an
unpleasant brown effect to it. Even the iron
salts have to be removed from water used in
tanneries.
In the manufacture of paper the purity of
water has an important bearing upon the
color and sizing property. A we'll sized pa
per is difficult to make with anything but
pure water, and this can be had only through
artificial methods of publication. In sugar
refining calcareous water is dangerous, and
hard water of all kinds prevents proper
evaporation.
1t is estimated that fifty million dollars is
invested in various water purifying appa-
ratus for industrial purposes; but this in
vestment pays enormously. By improving
the quality of the goods, and increasing the
efficiency of the boilers and machines, the
water softening and purifying processes save
hundreds of millions of dollars to industries
annually.
ExL IL u L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
An Anomaly of Tides

A CURIOUS fact, to which the construc-
"A ton of the Panama Canal calls atten-
ton, is that great difference exists in the
range of the rise and fall of the tides be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the
isthmus.
The mean level of the oceans is the same
on both sides; but at Colon the mean range
from high to low water is only about seven
inches, whereas at Panama it is more than
twelve feet This great difference is ex-
planned by the existence of tidal node,
which prevents the Atlantic tide from en-
tering the Caribbean Sea.
Panama, on the other hand lies at one
corner of the triangular area of the North
Pacific Ocean, and in areas of that shape the
range of tide is usually great at the corners.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-08
MAKES VIOLIN WITH
USE OF POCKET KNIFE

Spokane, Wash.-E. NJ. Arvin Of
Walla Walla, Wash, a telephone line
man who was struck by $4,000 volts
of electricity several years ago, los
ing his fingers, has completed vio-
lin. He began the work on the vio-
Gin last December and has put in what
he considers two solid months of whit
tling and scraping, polishing and
staining. Arvin has only three fin
gers on each hand and the work was
done with no other tools than his
pocket knife and a flat piece of steel
used for scraping. This is the second
violin he has made and although he
has never taken a lesson on the in
strument he handles the bow dexter
ously. The violin is made with a top
of Washington spruce, a back OF
birdseye maple and sides and neck of
straight grained maple, all parts hav-
ing been prepared by Arvin. The
tailboard rest is a piece of rosewood
from a billy" which Patrolman Buck
broke in an encouter with a captive.
The tail piece and finger board are
of ebony. Arvin took the instrument
to the police station for its dedica-
ton in recognition of the donation OF
the broken stick of rosewood.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-08
Hobson is Still "Seein' Things"

Washington, April 7.-Canadian re-
ciprocity? Tariff revision? Pish!
Also pshaw! What are such trivial
things. when a few years may see us
all the white population of America
as dead as the well-known mackerel,
and a Chinaman patting our universal
grave with his pig-tail? What, in
deed?
If Congressman Rishmond Pearson
Hobson of Alabama, has his way
which the same he will not-the
special session of congress which got
down to business today will cast into
the discard all the presidents recon-
mendations about reciprocity, and
such twaddle, and devote its undivid-
ed attention to the fierce and terrible
Yellow Peril which is now looming
up on the horizon. In short, Repre-
sentative Hobson is still seein' things
and the future of the white race 'r
America, is, from his point of view
already well nigh hopeless.
Just across the broad blue waters
of the Pacific" said Congressman
pointing due west-"there are eight
hundred millions-count EN- of vel.
low men, Chinese, japanese and Hin
dus, who are already looking with
lollong, aant'cipatory tongue toward
America as their land of promise. And
those yellow men are not feeble de-
genrates. When the yellow man me-
the white man on the plains of Man
churia, what happened? I ask you
what happened? We ought to have
a hundred ships on the Pacific where
we have one. But, even then"
In short, things are looking pretty
black-rather, yellow-for America
and they are getting no better fast
according to Mr.. Hobson.
According to Mr.. Hobson.