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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
WOMEN AS T|PPLERs
British Reformers Present Some
Startling Facts.
Most Remarkable Development of All
Is Way in Which Those From
Middle Class Patronize the
Public Houses.

London.-Once more the ultra tenn.
perance folk of England are appalled,
by the growth of the drinking habit
among society women" and as if this
were not bad enough the Band OF
Hope conference at Swansea is fairly
aghast at the increase of tipping
among women of the middle classes.
Samuel Manger, one time postmas-
ter general of Australia, while deplor-
ing the fact that the society woman
drinks, says that as a rule she is care
ful-not from any particular morality,
but as matter of expedency and to
preserve her looks-and that, more
over, she usually confines herself to
middle class woman who has become
the dram drinker"
Quoting the vicar OF select resi-
Dental London suburb, MIR. Mang'
declares the reverend gentleman said:
IF only you could see into the draw
ing-rooms of my well-to-do parishion-
ers you would find in IS per cent. of
them women, in many cases young
girls, sitting round playing bridge,
smoking and drinking whisky and
soda
go into any restaurant patrohized
by the middle classes" said Mr. Man
ger, land you will see well-dressed
women and even young girls drinking
spirits, not only at dinner, but at
luncheon"
AS if this were not Efficiently
shocking, the announcement is made
that the most remarkable develop
ment of all is the way in which mid
dle-class women patronize public
houses" In London We are told the
womenkind of even professional and
business men make free use of the
pubs" while thirty years ago the
upper middle class woman rarely
touched wines. and spirits not at all,
and would have been ashamed of her
self If seen in public house.
According to the reformers, this re-
markable change in the customs and
tastes of the middle class women is
the outgrowth of the practice of din
ing at restaurants. Society set the
fashion of restaurant meals and the
middle class women followed their ex-
ample, finding in whisky and soda at
the pub" convenient medium be-
tween the expense Of wine and the
plebeanism of beer.
The hotel smoking lounge, too. we
are told, has made dram drinkers OF
many women. Formerly, according
to the temperance folk, if man stay
ing at a hotel wanted to smoke he
went to the smoking room, but now he
joins the ladies in the lounge and il
he:feels inclined to have drink he
naturally asks his fair companions to
join him, and the modern woman
makes no bones about asking for
peg" or a whisky and"
After declaring that drunkenness in
a woman is much harder to cure than
in a man. Mr.. Manager announces that
of 3,031 persons admitted to inebriate
reforma&ories during the last few
years NO fewer than 2,54S were wom-
en-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
AN ECHO OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Thomas Nelson Page, writing in
Scribners Monthly, says:
1.-The student of the civil war will
be likely to reach the conclusion that
for at least the last two years of the
struggle Gen. Robert E. Lee carried
the fortunes of the Confederacy on
his shoulders.
1T will possibly always be ques-
ton how far Lees military operations
were interfered with by the Richmond
authorities. That he was much ham
pered by them seems quite certain,
both from the nature of his subor-
dinate relation to Mr.. Davis and from
the interference which is continually
disclosed in the correspondence that
took place between them.
The great generals of history have
almost invariably had free hand in
their campaigns and have been able
to call to their aid all the powers OF
their governments. Until Grant re-
ceived command. the union generals
were continually interfered with by
the Washington government, and it
was when Grant stipulated he should
be commander in fact as well as in
title that success, after long delay.
rewarded the northern arms.
ION the southern side, though the
interference. was never so fragrant,
and though Lee appears TO have al
ways had the confidence of President
Davis, and from the time when he as
sumed the command of the Army OF
Northern Virginia 10 have had that OF
the Confederate government. yet it is
question whether the interference
or, what was equally disastrous, the
lack of prompt. practical and efficient
support on the part OF the govern
ment. was not in the end fruitful OIL
misfortune. Colonel Henderson, il
his Life of Stonewall Jackson. de
clares that a true estimate Of Lee!
genius is impossible, for it never cal
be known to what extent his designs
were thwarted by the Confederate
government.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
POWER OF AUTOMATIC RIFLE
binary Infantryman Much More
Formidable in Battle.

London.-A Swede named Svenson
claims to have invented a new auto
matte rifle which may do away with
machine guns on the field OF battle,
while the ordinary infantry soldier,
armed with this weapon, would be-
come much more formidable than he
is with his present equipment.
The new invention has not only
been applied to rifles, but to fowling
pieces and other weapons. AS regards
rifles, Mr. Svenson has invented two
kinds of appliances. one Of which can
be used as an ordinary rifle and an
other as machine gin. Mr.. Svenson
claims that his weapon can at will be
made to perform both functions with
out it's weight in any way being in
creased 1t can be loaded either at
the breach or underneath by inserting
the cartridge magazine.
A company of infantry equipped
with the new rifle and forming front
O! Is PAGES, can fire, it is said, 10
shots per second. or if fitted with
larger magazine $40 to $50 shots in
three seconds A battery of machine
guns. consisting of four pieces served
by 1G men, with their officers. would
occupy a front of ID PAGES and fire UNI
der the same conditions only 50 TO %
shots, respectively, in the same space
of time.
In addition to this, machine guns
are difficult TO transport, or 70 place
in position. or to hide from the enemy.
which is not the case with the rife
Of the Svenson type.
The new weapon is about the same
weight as the A1auser rifle. and has
the same kind OF barrel but its entire
length is five centimeters shorter.
Another advantage Is its simplicity
of construction, possessing, as 1t does,
only seventeen movable parts, includ'
ing the spiral springs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
THE GROWN PRINCES ATTITUDE.

The attitude of Crown Prince
Frederick William of Prussia during
Thursdays debate in the Reichstag
when he openly demonstrated his
pleasure over and approval of the
criticisms of Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Hollweg's policy in the Morroc-
can affair with France and applaud
ed the sabre-rattling passages in the
fiery speeches, is sharply condemned
not only by the friends but. the OPP
ponents Of the Chancellor.
1t is said that Alexander always
carried with him a copy of Homer,
and placed the same under his pillow
at night. Napoleon was close read
er of Plutarch. The German crown
prince seems to be a devotee of Mars
also. The world is beset with enough
sanguinary scenes at present, and it
is gratifying to know that the good
sense of the Germans is frowning
upon the fledgling's alteration Of
Bellona. The prince imperial of
France, who vaunted himself upon
having received his baptism Of fire
at the beginning of the war between
France and Germany, found his mar
tial record was destined to be short
after the French Revolution. His
restless spirit, however, led him to
offer his services to England during
the war with the Zulus. His career
was soon brought to close by an ar
row of one of the savages of the coun-
try he had invaded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
FOR TwoWEEKs
@ TT Tnnt Auctioneer

ny virtue Of deed Of trust made by
Is William NJ. Greenwood, bearing
date IN the 9Th day OF October, 1866. and
duly Of record in the land RECORDS OF me
CITY OF Alexandria. Virginia, IN Deed
Book No. 81, Page Al, andl by order OF
the Board Of Directors. default having
been made in the payment OF the
amount secured by the SAID deed OF
trust, the undersigned trustee viii oiler
FIR sale at public auction. on Saturday,
the 18th day Of November, l9ll. at II
o'clock m, in front Of the Royal street
entrance OF the Market Building. all that
lot Of ground, with improvements
thereon. in the said City of Alexandria.
and bounded as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection oil the
north side of Queen street with lho west
side OF taycttc street. and running
thence north on FRycttc street seventy
(7O) feet: thence west, por;,llel TO Queen
street fifty (50) feet; thence south. in 4
direct line, seventy (T0) feet to Queen
street: and thence west on Queen street
fifty SOY feet 70 tile beginning with all
appurtenances.4
Terms Of sale: Cash: all costs Of con-
veyancing at the expense OF the pur-
chaser.
JOHN ID NORMOYLE,
HENRY BLADDER.
p. NJ. BRADSHAW.
oct 25 I'd Trustees.
The aboAe sale has been postponed to
Saturday, Nov. %, 1911, at the same hour
and pla ce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11

Some young men who stood an eX-
animation at Suffolk for West Point
got poor marks because they were
poor spellers; the explanation is made
that the in the public schols over
there the pupils are taught to read be-
fore they are taught to SPELL and the
inference is that they do mot after
ward learn spelling. At any rate
these boys who had been educated
in the public schools of Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
couldn't spell.

couldn't spell.
We have often wondered whether
the new method of teaching reading
before spelling really contributes to
scholarship. There is lot of evil
dence going to show that the practlc-
es in the public schools generally IN
this country fall short of bringing the
results gained in the academies OF
former days There is a lot OF su-
perficialiaty in public school work,
in many parts of the country at least,
and there is reason to believe it is
largely due to the fact that the pupils
do not get the individual attention
they do under the old system.-Staun-
ton Leader.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
Southern Railway.
1 rains leave Union Station, AIexanarIa
In effect Oct -, 1911.

1fains leave Union Station, AiexanarIa'
In effect Oct. Ii, 1911.
N. B.-FoIlowing schedule figures pu b.
shed only as information, and are OF
guaranteed.
"a? a. M.-Daily local between Wash
inston and Danyille..
SAT A. M.-Daily-Local for Harrison
burg and way stations.
GIT A. M.-Daily-U. S. Fast Mail.
Stops only for passengers Tor points south
which scheduled to stop. First class
coaches: sleeping cars TO birmingham
and drawing room sleeping cars 70 New
Orleans. Dining car service.
11:17 A. M.-Dailv-Mall train. Coaches
for Manassas, ttesyille, Lynchburs
Danville and Greensboro. Sleeping cars
Greensboro to Atlanta.
4:47 z. M.--Week dsys-Limited 70
Warrenton, Charlottesville and harfi
sonburg.
1872 p. M.-Daily-Dirliiing lam spec
ial. Sleeping cars between New York,
atlanta, Admission birmingham.
Through first-cass .uaures between
Washington, Atlanta anG Hirmlnghani
Dining car service. tuuIsI to California
Eve times weekly.
3:52P. M.--Week days-Llrnlted Tor liar
risonburg and way statlons on Manassas
branch. piilol Ctti'
SIP P. M.-Daily-Local for Warren"
ton.
G:37 p. M.-The Southe rms Southeast
ern Limited for Green sboro, Column
bin, Charleston. Aiken. Augusta, say
annah and Jacksonville. Through Pull
man drawing room, sleeping cars.
Coaches Dining ears.
IO.l7 p. MISUNDERSTANDING ana
Chattanooga Limited Via ;-J-"2nnir2J.
First-class coach and sleeping eaGs 20
Roanoke, Knox lille and Chattanooga
Sleeper TO New Orleans, Washington 20
Roanoke. Dining car service.
HOP 2. M.--Daily-New York, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train, club and observation cars 10 New
Orleans. Sleeping cars to Asheyllle,
Atlanta, Macon and New Orleans. sleep
ing cars to Charlotte. Dining car service.
ar A. M.-Daily-Aienphis special.
Sleeping cars and coaches Tor Roanoke,
Knoxville, Nashville. Chattanooga ana
Memphis. Dining car serTicc;;, WASH
lugton sleeping cars open 1000 Z. NJ.
Through trains from the south arrive
It Alexandria 6:l3 and 6:2S, $50 anu III 70
n. m, 2.li. 7.2S. lob and Ills /. VI.
daily, iIarrisonburg lbs a. NJ. week
DAYS and SOS +. NJ. Daily. From Char
lottesyiiIc III 9.33 4. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11

Biliousness is due TO a disordered
Condition of the stomach. Chamber
lain's Tablets are essentially a stomach
medicine. intended especially to act on
that organ; TO cleanse it, strengthen it,
tone aud inyigorate it. to regulate the
liver and to Danish biliousness posi-
lively and effectuslly. For sale by
W. F. Creighton and Richard Gibson.
advt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
Washington-Virginis
Railway.
IN effect November l, 1910.
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA.

For Washington, from corner Primo
and Royal streets, week days: at ;,
605, 81, 6 2N, 40, 6 So, %, 10, ~, : ~
I so, 90. S Is, 25, s So, S so, 10, 30, $50
10 10, 10 80, 10 80, II 10, II -, II 90, II 50
M, IL 10, Il 25, II 80, y 50, 10, Is, I3O
SO, ? 10, 2 Is, , 80, , so, %, %, 3 80, 8 so
4 10, 4 25, 4 80, 40, 4 So, 10, 5 IS, 30, so
s O5, 6 20, 6 80, 45 Z 90, I ID, .: 5 %, SD
900, go, 10 90, 10 80, IL 10 and II So p. m
ssundsy;sooo10 .; Il TO- 90 s 9 eo 90
II 40 .. NJ, Il 90 M, l. %, II 40, U0, II
40, 100, : 20, 40, 8 20, %, 3 40, 90, 4 7
30 5 90, 5 20, 40, 6 90, e ~, 6 40, 90, 720
74O, 500, $50 SOC, $50, loco 10 30 and
HOP. m.
FOB MOUNT VERNON.
8Leave Alexandria for Mount Venom
week days, at IS, 6 Sc. Z Sc, S5l, l0s
ii 25 a. M. - 25, ., = p, 3 80. 40, 81
6 30, 35, S so. 80. 10 80 and II 30 p. ma
Sundays-7 %, 90, 8 50, 10 80, II 80
M, Il 80, so, , 80, 8 30, 80, 80, 6 o,7
e46 and 10 16 I'm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
Get a Job Before Marrying.

Chicago-"Get job and you can
wed" is the advice OF Judge Pinck'
ney to a beardless youth whose plans
OF clipping with his seventeen-year.old
sweetheart we're frustrated b. an irate
father.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
- :. >;
,Mnst Valuable of All. =

MuStt NatuApic VI so
The. world and all, things In 1t are
valuable, but the most valuable thing
In the world is a virtuous woman
Mohanlmed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11
DIRECTORS

BENOlT BAER. JR.
GARDNER i. BOOTHE.
NJ. Is. HARROW.
GEO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-11

The aboAe sale has been postponed to
Saturday, Nov. %, 1911, at the same hour
and pla ce.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21

Joan and Kwaque. me finish along
you, you catch m big fella trouble,
my word. Father belong me big fella
chief along Fort Adams"
THAT will d." Sheldon warned him.
you shut mouth belong you"
me no fright the son of a chief
retorted. by his insolence increasing
his stature in the eyes of his fellows.
Lock him up for tonight" Sheldon
said to Kwaque.> Sun he come up
put m that fella and i've fella belong
him along grass cutting. Savvee?"
'There will be trouble with Gogoomy
yet" Sheldon said to Joan. as the boss
boys marshaIled their gangs and led
them away to their work. Keep an
eye on him. Be careful when you are
riding alone on the plantation. The
loss of those Winchesters and all that
ammunition has hit him harder than
your cutting did. He is dead ripe for
mischief"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONTRABAND.

CONTRABAND.
HELDON did not mention the
subject again. nor did his con-
~ duct change from what 1t had
always been. There was moth
ing of the pining lover. nor Of
the lover at all. In his demeanor. Nor
was there any awkwardness between
them. They were as frank and friend
" In their relations as ever.
The labor situation in Berande was
improving The Martha had carried
away fifty Of the blacks whose time
was up. and they had been among the
worst on the attentive year men
recruited by Johnny Be-blowed, men
who had gone through the old days of
terrorism when the original owners of
Berande had been driven away. The
new recruits. being broken in under
the new regime. gave better promise.
Joan had Joined with Sheldon from the
start in the program that they must
be gripped With q strong hand. ~
Il think It would be a good idea to
put all the gangs Mt work close to
the house this afternoon" she an
nounced one day at breakfast. i've
cleaned up the house. and you ought
to clsan UP the barracks. There IL too
much stealing going on"
Joan and Sheldon. both armed, went
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21

By
JACK LONDON
Csprlxht, RIO. BY Street Z Smith
Cepyvifbt, 1911. sy The mac0jBaa
Company
at4&k& a. akH4k! tit#@@@*
SYNOPSIS

Sheldon. owner Of Berande plantation.
Though desperately III. overawes ana con-
trols 100 head hunting Solomon islanders
BY force Of will and weapons. Chief Seles
calls with forty men.
He returns Arunga, . runaway laborer.
Sheldon has Arunga and Billy whipped to
Quau 4 mutiny. His sickness Increases.
His partner. Hughie. and many iaborers
die
Jean Lakeland. . pretty girl. arrives
comes unconscious, and she takes charge
OF things.
She u . self reliant American girl. Z
lover OF adventure. q native OF aaWaii
and IN orphan. Her ship has been
wrecked She proves to Sheldon that she
can shoot
She resents his friendly suggestions. and
they quarrel. She makes 1t plain that she
10 not matrimonially inclined. She and
Sheldon save two black women from
death.
Tho savage laborers demand tho women.
Sheldon attempts to discipline them, and
Joan shoots Z native and saves hts life
Che scolds him for making her shoot
Satan. a savage dog. arrives. Despite
Sheldon's warnings Joan goes to explore
an island she contemplates buying. Finan-
cial difficulties threaten Sheldon.
: He tails In love with Joan. Left alone
by Sheldon, Joan has trouble with Go
goomy and other natives Armed savages
arrive. and danger threatens Sheldon and
Joan.
Joan routs them with q fake dynamite
cartridge. and satan drives them into
trees. Their chief 10 punished. Morgan
and Ran have Sheldon In their power.
Joan offers to become his partner. His
mention Of conventionalities Anglers her.
She needs no chaperon. she sayA Sheldon
finally accepts her AZ his partner.
Tudor and Won Blk. gold seekers. arrive
on the Martha. Joan and Tudor seem to
interest each other. Sheldon becomes jeai-
Gus.
Jean starts for Australia with her crew
to buy . schooner. but stops at Guvutu
and buys the Martha, which has been
wrecked. for q mere tribe.
Captain Auckland tells how she did It
and applauds her cleverness. Captain
Oleoon tells how she took the Elibberty
Gibbet away from him to save the Mar.
tina.
Joan returns with the Martha In good
condition. Her white assistants describe
her business shrewdness. 9heldon refuses
to lot her run the Martha.
Sheldon proposes marriage, but Joan ~
butts him. They agree to continue %
partners and friends. They discover Q
largo number Of hidden llrearma
(ao~oo,nv st<aoh. 1oan vhn n.can.. AMI
warns Sheldon. 0ogoomy lloes With other
savages. and Sheldon pursued Bushmen
murder al Of Tudors party except Tudor.
Continued from yesterday
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21

through the barracks, house by house,
the boss boys assisting.
A wealth Of loot was recovered.
There were fully a dozen cane knives.
big hacking weapons. with razor edges.
capable of decapitating man at a
stroke. but most astonishing was the
quantity of ammunition-cartridges for
Lee Metfords. for Winchesters and
Martins. for revolvers from 90 caliber
to As. shotgun cartridges. Joan's two
boxes of IS cartridges of prodigious
bore for the ancient Sniders of Malaita.
TASKS Of black powder. sticks Of dy-
Mantle. yards of fuse and boxes OF
detonators. But the great find was In
the house occupied by Gogoomy and
five Port Adams recruits. The fact
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-21

Nv K66R00. throw out his arms, ~
tie same time dropping biz rifle, STUN
BILE forward and sink down on h1s
hands and knees. Between bis naked
shoulders, low down and to the left.a
appeared the bone barbed head OF an
arrow: He had been shot through and
through. Cooked rifles swept the bush
With nervous apprehension, but there
was no rustic. no movement; nothing
but the humid. oppressive silence.
.H'Bushmen he no STOP" Binu Char
ley called out, the sound Of bis voice
startling more than one Of them.
my word: Look m that fella." he
continued. brushing aside the leafy
wall Of the runway. and exposing .
bow 30 massive that no one bushman
could have bent it. %5. 7
The Binu man traced out the me:
chanics Of the trap and exposed the
hidden fiber in the tangled under
growth that at contact with Koogoos
foot had released the taut bow.
They were deep In the primeval for
est. Binu Charley took the lead az
they pushed on, and trap after trap
yielded its secret lurking place to his
keen scrutiny. The way was beset
with a thousand annoyances. chiefest
among which were thorns. cunning1y
concealed. that penetrated the bare
feet of the invaders Once, during
the afternoon. Binu Charley barely
missed being impaled in q staked pit
that undermined the trail. There were
times when all stood still and waited
for half IN hour or more. while Btnu
Charley prospected suspicious parts OF
the trail.
Where slight runway entered the
main one Sheldon paused and asked
Binu Charley If he knew where 1t led.
"Plenty bush fella garden he stop
along there short way little Bit" was
the answer. "An right you like m 60
look IN along. Walk m easy" he
cautioned a few minutes later. "Close
up, that fella garden. S'pose some
bush fella he stop. we catch m"
Creeping ahead and peering into the
clearing for a moment, Binu Charley
beckoned Sheldon to come on cautious
". Joan crouched beside him and to-
gether they peeped out On one edge
Of the clearing was q small grass
house, open sided, mere rain shell
ter. In front Of 1t, crouched on his
hams before a fire, was gaunt and
bearded bushman. The fire seemed to
smoke excessively. and In the thick Of
the smoke a round dark object hung
The bushman seemed alb
sorbed in contemplation Of this object.
Warning them not to shoot unless
the man was successfully escaping,
beckoned the Poonga-Poonga
men forward. Before the bushman
could shoot his swift enemies were
upon him. He was rolled over and
over and dragged to his feet. disarmed
and helpless.
"Why. he's an ancient Babylonian!'
Joan cried, regarding him. Hes an
a Phoenician! Look at that
straight nose. that narrow face, those
high cheek bones and that slanting.
oval forehead and the beard and the
eyes too"
':And the snaky locks" Sheldon
laughed.
my word. bush fella ka1-kai along
that fella boy" Binu Charley remark
ed.
IN ~ NnMfAne,MfA