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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

trouble, thinking that it is nothing
more than erysipelas, but there -
no question but that it is leprosy.
DR.. Bracken thinks that If the chill
dren can be separated from their
mother soon there will be no dan
ger of them contracting the disease.
Mrs. Hanson, 1t is said, contracted
the leprosy while taking care Of her
brother. ,IH
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Southern democratic senators
thought it great sport to stand up
Tor the people" when the PROPOSE
ton to take the tariff from wheat,
oats, barley, ETC., was under consid-
GRAFTON, but when it comes to the
question of a downward revision of
the cotton schedules these same SEN
ators are suddenly seized with Sc
we're case of cold feet.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

1t is noted with considerable sat
isfaction by the Freeman-Tribuna
that some of the big combinations
OF wealth are showing disposition
to obey the law. The latest is the
electrical trust, which, according to
report, is going to dissolve without
fighting through the courts to the
last ditch.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Any man who denounces wrong
in high places invites the charge OF
demagogue.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

We all like to see prices drop in
the things we consume, but when it
comes to dropping 'em in the things
We produce it is mule Of another
complexion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

President Taft. who denounced
the wool schedule as indefensible
some time ago, will put himself in
a peculiar position by vetoing the
LaFollette reduction bill when it
comes to him for his approval. The
Freeman-Tribune believes the pres,
ident will sign it when it comes te
the pinch.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

II the enemies Of President
Taft have nothing more con-
vincing than the so-called "Dick
letter" to discredit the presidents
course in the Controller bay contro-
versy, the sooner they shut up, the
better.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

The esteemed Webster City Her
aid keeps up a continual criticism
Of Senator Kenyon. If Kenyon had
only made that promise to certain
state senator during the session OF
the legislature last winter, how
different the attitude Of that paper
might be at this time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

The Freeman-Tribune cannot
bring itself to believe that an ap-
preparation from the United States
treasury to commemorate anything
done by Confederate soldiers is the
proper thing. 1t Is well enough to
be magnanimous and let the dead
past bury its dead, but 1t is not well
enough to raise monuments at the
expense OF the government In COM
memoration of men who tried to de-
stroy that government. The bloody
shirt has passed and it is well that
it has. But one side was right and
the other wrong In the great conflict
Of 1875 and the Freeman-Tribune
believes the side that was right and
won should not assist in clarifying
and uplifting the side that was
wrong and lost. We admire lie
courage and valor OF the rebel sold
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Col. Roosevelt is doing magnif-
icent job of keeping quiet these
days. This is another evidence of
the versatility Of the distinguished
colonel.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

It might be observed that auto
mobile drivers are not the only one:
who disregard the law. It will be
recalled by those having good mem
cries that there is something some
where in some of the laws of lows
recurring the roads to be dragged
and directing the cutting of weed'
along the highways. One riding
through some sections Of the coun'
try would note no evidence of the
enforcement OF these laws. Still
that is no excuse for reckless driv'
ing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

These are the days of horseless
carriages, wireless telegraphy and
Bryanless Democracy.-Gate CITY.
II we could only add, "and Jack
assless republication" the record
would be all that could be desired.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

State Binder Chassell is receiving
remuneration from the state fol
his duties as binder that should en-.
title the state to his whole time,
but he is apparently putting in this
time that belongs to the state in q
canvass for another soft place in the
state capitol when his term as bind.
er expires.-Eagle Grove Eagle.
The Des Moines Capital, as might
be expected, reproduced the forego-
ing in it's columns without COM
ment. However, when Col. YOUNG
was drawing a salary Of $40 day
as United States senator and was
spending most of his time in Des
Moines promoting his candidacy fol
reelection, neither the Eagle mol
the Capital saw anything demand.
ing criticism in his conduct. And
what is more: Judge Kenyon, the
leading candidate against Mr.
Young, was at that time busily en-
gagged in the service Of the govern
ment and took time for only a few
days in Des Moines during all the
months of the senatorial contest.
The Eagle and the Capital were not
SO insistent then that public Off.
ials should devote all their time to
the duties of their Office. Verify,
"politics is a great game"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Who will the joke be on If Can
ada refuses to ratify that reciprocity
agreement?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Down at Washington they never
seem to tire in trying to pull the
wool over one another's eyes,
Sioux City Journal.
The Journal will not fail to note
that Senate insurgents and Demo
Gratis united to pull a little Of the
wool off the peoples eyes.-Du-
buque Telegraph-Herald.
That's fact, but it might also
be noted that senate standpatters
and democrats united to keep ths
eyes of the people covered with
lumber and it looks as though the
same combination is getting ready
to add little cotton to the band
ages. Lumber and cotton, you may
observe, Ia the product of demo-
cratic states and you may also have
observed that that makes all the
difference in the world.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

iers. They were foemen worthy Of
the steel, but they were traitors to
the United States government just
the same and no government can
afford to. erect monuments to the
memory of traitors.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

The Chicago Tribune has taken
another Of it's celebrated polls Cd
and finds nearly everybody in favor
Of an indefinite crusade of tariff rip
ping. The Tribune is the leading
tariff ripping organ Of the vest
Des Moines Capital.
The Capital evidently now under.
stands the merit of these polls bet
ter than it did before the fraud poll
perpetrated by itself was foisted up
on the people of Iowa. It is safe to
predict that even the author OF the
famous Conger dispatch forgery will
not undertake second poll (?) to
refute the poll of the Chicago pa
per.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

ment is mistake and if it proves
good thing we shall want it con-
tinued indefinitely.
President Taft is not thankin g
the democrats in congress for CIV
ing him such a scare anent the wool
schedule. The president may have
courage, but there are times when
the most courageous falter, even in
the line of duty. Mr.. Taft knows
that if the wool bill passes congress
it will be up to him to endorse or
reject it, and that he will lose pres
tige no matter what he does, hence
a little sidestepping on his part.
Down in Carthage, Mo-, they are
having bitter fight over the post
mastership and one Of the editors
of the town has offered himself as
a sacrifice. He declares that he will
accept the Office if no agreement as
to other candidates can be reached
and he knows his creditors would
receive news Of his appointment
with delight. He hints that If his
creditors are pleased there would be
few to object. He certainly makes
out q strong case for himself.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

eff Des Moines kickers paid their
grocery bills with more promptness,
possibly the grocers could sell
cheaper.''-Iowa City Republican.
Perhaps. But the Des Molnes
grocers or any other grocers should
not add to the price of goods sold
to people who do pay promptly in
order to recoup losses on customers
who do not pay at all. 1t is the
business of the grocer to reduce ex-
penses and he has no right to make
the honest customer bear the bur-
den of his mistakes in permitting
deadbeats to get the better OF him.
Make the deadheads pay cash.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

a year they can do it. Surely the
United States will not suffer much
in that time even though the agree
ment is mistake and if it proves
a good thing we shall want it con-
tinued Indefinitely.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Before accepting any more ad
vice from such progressive newspa
pers as the Webster City Freeman
and Jewell Record, in reference tt
who shall or shall not represen,
this district in con agrees, the people
have right to know why those
newspapers supported Standpatter
Conner, who never voted right, and
are opposing Progressive Woods
who has never voted wrong.-Web-
ster City Herald.
It was hardly expected that the
Herald would confess that Conner
didn't vote right when he voted fol-
the editor of the Herald for United
States district attorney.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

Fine job work at this once.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08

quotations from the speeches. OF Sen
ator Dolliver. Probably nobody II
the audience failed to understand
the course Dolliver had pursued
with regard to the tariff. And YET
Mr.. Cousins succeeded in making Q
record that, taken by itself, would
nut the senator in a wholly wrong
light.
There has never been more
heated dispute in our politics than
over what Blaine meant by reciproc-
ity. Blaine had been the champion
of the protective system SO long and
had made so many arguments suited
to special occasions and special in.
terests that it was easy to secure
from the record almost any sort OF
condemnation of lowering the
bars to foreign trade.
And yet there is no reason tor
this dispute. for Blaine set down IN
black and white just what he aimed
at. and that in formal letter tc
President Harrison, urging upon
him the encouragement of an Amer
lean commercial union. In this let
ter, which may be found on page
6S4 OF Gail Hamilton's life OF her
distinguished kinsman. Blaine said:
To escape the delay and uncer-
tainty of treaties it has been sug-
gested that practicable and
prompt mode OF testing the ques-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
ryTIRCHES.

President Taft, responding to the
greeting OF the delegates of the Federal
Council of the Churchs of Christ OF
America, yesterday at the White House
commended the cooperative move
ment of the churches, characterizine
it as team work for better hui
mainly"
The president declared that while ii
was true the United States had nc
established religion, the government
was favorabIy inclined to the interests
of every church, whatever its creed
AS a result of the encouraging attitude
of the civil government, without direct
support, he said, the churches Of
America we're more independent and
powerful than those OF any of the coun'
tries having an established religion.
Churches will differ as men will
differ and as parties will differ" said
the president. "If they did not We
should all die of weariness. !" The
president declared that he had beer
forcibly impressed by the benefits which
the people of the Philippines had re
ceived from the churches. He added
that the noticeable improvement in thu
worlds civilization was directly at
tributable to the influence Of th'
churches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Truly Answered.

Boats trading In the Midway in for
mer years rejoiced In rather curious
names, and the following was only
one Of the many amusing incidents re-
sulting from this:
A boat named What's That to YOU
Rafeaa as d 9GSYabB9 81 e. &c Cost guards
man.
BOAT ahoy! Your captains namep'
Captain x"
"And what are you laden w1thW
Goals"
where bound forT
Chatham"
"Ship's name|
whats That to You"
II asked you the name Of tho ship"
whats That to You"
You shall be reported fo1 your
insolencew roared the coast guards
man. Again he put the question. and,
receiving the same reply, the boat was
commanded to remain where she was.
In the morning two boats were seen
keeping guard. The officials, as they
boarded the vessel with full authority
to seize the offenders, observed for the
first time the name painted In large
letters. Amid the laughter and jeers
of the crew Of the WHAT'S That to
You? they pulled modify away.-Lon'
don Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Diamonds to Lampblack.

You may purchase equal quantities
cf carbon for cents or a million dol
lars. A bargain hunter might invest
q nickel and get a package OF pure
lampblack. The million would secure a
blazing diamond, easily turned into
lampblack; not so easily-intense heat
would be required. However, coal
and wood are really more valuable
than diamonds. They surrender life
giving heat, while the only use so far
discovered for diamonds is to cut
glass, and for this carborundum IS a
good substitute. All diamonds in ex-
,istence could be annihilated without
loss to mankind; but, then, to vapor.
lie diamonds would be costly. as the
enormous heat Of 1852 degrees T.
in the concentration of an electric fur
mace would be required, and then You
might get enough graphite to make q
lead pencil or q little fine stove polish
Edgar Lucien Larkin in Nautilus.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Druggist.


TTIKCIS1A. In the Clerks Office o.
the Corporation Court Of the City o.
Alcxandria, on the sd day Of December
1910.
Constance Boush VS.. Kate G. Moore
Samuel c, Boush. Anna Turner Beush
widow; Anna Turner Boush and Ma
,thanicl Boush. heirs-at-law. infants un-
der II years OF age OF Nathaniel Z.
Boush. deceased.
The object Of this suit is to obtain 4
, partition and division of the estate oil
which Jane Boush died seized and pos
sessed and if the same is not susceptible
of partition in kind, then for 4 sale ofthe
same and division OF the proceeds
among the parties entitled thereto.
1T appearing by an affidavit filed in
this cause that the defendants, Anna
Turner Boush. widow: and Anna Turner
Boush and Nathaniel Boush. infants UNI
der twenty-one years ofage,are pon-res'
idents Of this State:
tits Ordered: That said defendants APP
pear here within fifteen days after due
publication Of this order, and do what Is
necessary TO protect their interests III
this suit. and thata copy ofthis order be
forthwith inserted in the Alexandria
Gazette, newspaper published IN the
CITY of Alexandria, once = week Tor iouI
successive weeks, and posted ut the front
door of the Court House of this city.
UNEVELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
uSamuel g. Brent, pa.
dscA w4w-t Ia U0
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
AIexanoria Gazette.
FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. q
How ts open a Can Of Corn.


One of the smallest Of the little girls
in a West Philadelphia family had Of
ten assisted her mother in preparing
the meals. She observed that her
mother, who was rather hasty, always
talked to herself when she had any
difficulty in opening cans Of vegetables.
The little girl thought that the hasti-
ness was a part Of the operation.
zone day she was visiting neigh
Dor end went into the kitchen to help
prepare meal.
She watched the neighbor take can
Of corn, apply the opener and remove
the top.
"That's not the way to open can OF
corn" said the little girl.
"Why, what other way Is there|
asked the neighbor.
"We!l, you take the can of corn and
start to open it, and then you bear
down and the opener slips. Then you
say Darn this cant and finish it
That's the way my mother opens can
Of corn Philadelphia Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Mystery of the Egg.

An egg for one thing is succession
Of bags, bagged up in one another, a
series Of envelopes enyeloped in one
another, bags and envelopes without
Joints, seams or openings. Puzzles,
ships built up and full rugged in bot
ties, flies in amber, are simply simple
ity itself as puzzles when it comes to
how these bags wrap one another up,
bag in bag. In hens egg there are
eight or nine or ten Of the sacks IN
sacks ensacked. Everybody thinks he
knows what an egg is, and after weary
reading and study in many languages
he only begins to learn that nobody
knows tiny fraction Of all the world
of secrets and mysteries hidden in an
egg. "As full Of meat as an egg is
not the true comparison, but "as full
Of mystery as nm egg" is nearer the
truth. Eggs are the greatest puzzle In
all nations.-New York Press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS

Northern mails, week days, close at
l 10 a IN and 10 40 m and 80 p IN ) 10
and 10 I0pm. Open at S GOA IN II Ooml
and S 90 D m. On Sundays Northern
mails close at 40 an 80 p III and 10
pm.
Southern mails via Southern Railway
close at 10 10 a IN so and 10 10 p m. Open
at 90 4 III and % m.
Southern mails, via r. +. & 2. r. r.,
close ats 40 a III and II 40 4 m, and 30,
Z 10 and 10 80 p m, Open ut Sand 80 a
IN. 3 and 10 Is p m.
Manassas Division mails close at 5 10 q
m and3 COP m. Open at y M and 10 10
pm.
Bluemont Branch, Southern Railway
mail close at { IS Il m and 80 p IN. open
1T 90 am. and S 30 pm.
Chesapeake and Ohio Mails close
/ 50 p. m. and 10 Is p. M. Open at oa. ID
and 90 p. m.
Washington mails close at s 40 and
10 40 a. M, and 80, s Is, and 10 50 p. m.
Open at 90 a. m, u 90 M, 90 and 300
p. m,
Carriers Standardization made
on inside routes-6 10 and 10 90 4. m. and
8 90 and 5 so p. IN. Full route-G Is a. m.
and 80 D, m. Sunday collection 10 p
m. Carriers window open Sunday 20
n. m. and close 10 % n. nj.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Political Passions of 1914.

There were elements Of picturesque
ness and drama in the politics Of the
before the war time which are lack
ing nowadays. Marion Harland tells
in her autobiography Of Wing rally
which makes the political meetings Of
today seem tame, cut and dried af-
fairs. 1t was in 1874, the year Of
Clay's defeat, and feeling ran high.
at that particular time John Tyler
was perhaps the most unpopular man
in the Union. In the progress Of his
review Of national affairs the orator
at last came to the hated name. In
stantly uprose the majestic figure Of
Captain Coclre, The local eccentric.
clad in the scarlet English hunting
coat he invariably wore. 1.-The Lord
have mercy upon the nation" he
cried, his voice solemn Nth wrath
and sonorous with the mint juleps for
which the Bell was noted Fellow
citizens. i always cry to high heaven
for mercy upon this country when
John Tyler's name Is mentioned!
Amen and amenT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Distilled Gold.

The investigations Of French
chemist show that gold in the electric
furnace boils freely at temperature
of 2,40O degrees c. In two or three
minutes, it is said, from 100 to $50
grams Of gold pass into the state Of
Yapor. In condenslng upon 4 cold
body this golden vapor forms fliforn
masses and cubic crystals. at its
temperature of ebullition gold dis
solves q little carbon. which at the
time of rehabilitation is deposited in
the form Of graphite. In an alloy OF
gold and copper, copper distills first.
In an alloy Of gold and tin, the tin dis
tills more abundantly than the gold,
and when q large quantity OF these
mixed vapors is taken the tin burns
on contact with the oxygen Of the air,
forming oxide Of tin, colored purple
by fine dust of condensed gold. This
is one method of preparing the color
known as purple Of Cassius. "-Har-
per's Weekly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
HEatinu Crow.N

The term "eating crow" comes from
an ante-Revolutionary story. A soldier
Of an English regiment stationed in
Virginia shot pet crow belonging to q
farmer The latter entered COM
plant with the colonel, who sentenced
the soldier to eat the crow. The farm.
err was left alone with the soldier to
see that he did it. After the soldier
had consumed q portion of the bird
he took his gun, presented it at the
farmer and told him to eat the re-
mainder Of the crow or he would shoot
him. This was the origin Of the eat
ing crow story.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-27
Overthrow of Government Inevitable.

Truxillo, Honduras, Jan. 26.-The
overthrow of the government OF
President Daville is believed to be
very close today, following the capure
last night of the city OF Ceibs on the
coast, by the rebel forces led by General
Lee Christmas, the American.
All of the troops garrisoning Ceiba
deserted the Daville colors today and
swore allegiance to the rebel cause.
The attack on Ceiba met with little
resistance, after Christmas forceshed
trained machine guns on the federal
troops from the south and rear OF the
city. The rebel forces are now planning
to attack Puerto Cortez. General Christ
mas is now in Supreme command OF
the rebels, but it is believed provisional
President Bonilla will join them be-
fore the attack on Puerto Cortez.