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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
1912.

1t is u fine characteristic OF man
that he is but little disposed 10 regret
that which ispast. The Creator made
him to look forward rather than back
ward. Man is disposed TO face the
rising sun. He may feel rnmorse over
his errors. but remorsc quickl3 is swal-
lowed up i'll an optimistic resolve to do
better in future. The penitential
psalms Of David are far fewer than his
songs Of hope aud cheer and courage
Repentance OF wrong done il WORTH
less if.it DO not accompanie | by a Dc
termination TO leave of forever tue
evildoing which caused the heart to be
cast down. Regret, remorse, repent
auce each is looking backward
Hope always has her face to the fu-
ture. Hand in hand with hope we
greet 1912. The mistakes, tue mlacar~
riages, the unfuItilled dreams OF l9l !
are in the past. The doad past has
buried its dead. Let not even stone
mark the resting places Of our failures.
The new year is big with promise. The
juture.is radiant and rosy with hope.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
The
Di1ndurnrneriies

"Whachu doin'?" queried the small
boy as he peered cautiously out of the
back gate into the alley where the
apartment house janitor was superln-
tending the cremation of a rubbish
heap. The small boys nostrils
twitched appreciatively as he shifted
the bonfire.
Mike. the ianitor. looked all around
and then cautiously said: Hist! and
crooked a finger.
What is it," sasped the small boy
as he tiptoed hurriedly out and joined
Mike on the windward side of the
blaze.
Its a cilybration. Of mine" the
ianitor explained. Every vance in a
while go through the rites"
What rites?" in an awed whisper.
Mike poked in a recaicitrant wad OF
excelsior and. after swatting the blaze
around the edges, put one fist on his
hip. "You didn't know" he remarked,
that l was chief of the Dimdum'
meries before l came to this country,
did you? Well, I was!'
The small boy dragged up box
that had escaped the blaze and sat
down on it very close to Mike. Tell
me-" he begged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
Get Close TO Nature.

Says philosopher: observe ma
ture. When you come to harnyard
20 in and see the pigs and fowls
and the COWS. Climb fence now and
then and go into the fields and look
at the crops or the cattle. know Of
no place where there is more philos'
ophy than in a barnynrd. You can
learn much from animals. Within
their circle they know much more
than We do"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
Merely Moral Effect.

Some o desc reformers.' said IN
Gle Raspberry, makes me think Oh
'Rastus Pinkley's dog. says to i'm,
',Rastus,' says, is dat dog good ion
ratse'; eAEHs, he says. No; he's mighty
bads foh: rats, IS spoes he keteh EN- an
kin 'em?' 4sNoi ! says Rastus; he
don't ketchf' en-, fnerShe don't kill 'em.
Butt they comes foolin' around him
nell mighty near skeer 'em to
daath' "-Washington Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
Few Suggestions for
Christmas DeiiCaclcs at
Reasonable Prices.

Sweet Florida Oranges dc2 Poe, SOC,
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ooc.
Malaga Grapes pound ........'...... loo.
Layer Raisins, pound................ l5c.
Fresh Alinccmcat, four braEcs,
pound Toe, 12c, l3c, and...,..... lSc.
Atmores Plum Pudding 2oc.
Sweet Cider, gallon ..........-'........"Oc
Send your Jug.
Five Crown Figs. pound .......-.,... loc
Mixed Nuts. pound...... .......-.....loc.
Delicious Candies, pound 1oc TO 2oc.
American Port Wine gallon 800. 81. 90
American Sherry Wine, gallon &l.o0
Blucmout Rye, quart ............... Sl.OO
EDWARD QUINN & SONS,
Pure Food and Tea Store.
St. A So ph and Oronoco S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01

"The Dimdummeries. explained the
janitor is fIourishing society in
the ould country that has communities
shuns with ghosts an fairies-an
an sperits in general. Whenever a
Dimdummery wants to talk to fairy
all he has to do is build magic bon
fire on spot hit by the light OF The
full moon for FIVE minutes on a
Chuesdays night That's very i'm,
portant. picking out the right spot.
And lay the first sticks pointing TO-
ward the north"
The small boy pocred at the base ri
the bonfire but the janitor sighed.
They amt any spots that Tue light
of the moon hits on a Chuesday night
in this neighborhood' he mourned
That is, kept some that is occupied
by buildings aud otherwise engaged
But say the magic words over my
fires and pretind it's glade I'm in
and that there are fairies peekins
out
did you-did you ever truly see 4
fairy. Nike" the small boy almost
whispered - -
!: The ianitor laughed condescending
Is. did I iyer see fairy, now" he
repeated. scornfully We'll. listen &c
that! Ain't%li telling you how ! vas
the chief Of the Dimdummeries and
| r-iastt 81 rsu.5 he. b making 2e
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01

The small boy swallowed apprc
ciatively. still, You had it, he
said phiIosGphicalIy. THAT wasn't so
awful bad. Did you get chGcolute an
carmels and lemon 5ticks?'
cob. all kinds" the ianitor said
Ioftily. Il was sicker'n you ever
dreamed OF being. tell you. It kind
Of soured me on that fairy an gave
him the cold shoulder after that. but
II didn't matter because right away
the prettiest fairy | ever sax began
coming out OF rose bush that"
"Oh, tell me all about it," de
nanded the small boy ecstatically.
"Wili-ie-ie-ie." came down from the
back porch Of one of the fats.
There's your mother now" said
Mike. And snyhow-the magic fires
all burned OUT"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
RAISING the Wind.

There amt a dollar in the town
treasury" said the mayor of Billvisle
to the town marshal, land you'll get
no salary this month" Never believe
It," said the cheerful marshal. There
are six automobiles headed this way.
Just make out the fines for exceedin'
the speed limit, an leave the rest to
me!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
EOreWdrned,

Your father tells me-" said the
earl, that he intends to leave all his
money to charity" "Oh, don't let
that worry you at ALL" replied the
beautiful heiress. I'm sure he doesn't
mean it. He told me last night that
he was going to try to find out wheth'
er You really loved me for myself
alone"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01

chief IT. ! couldn't see nIurc ia,r:LS
than any other man in tho county?
There was one fairy who--look out
you'll be in the fire. now,-who used
10 pop up just as sociahle an smoke
pipe with me ivory time lit fire
for him. Vance nc said: Mike. !
like you--you're a fine lad, au' YOU
may have two wishes-anything you
asl; shall be granted"
81 know what Id have asked for!"
breathed the small boy. AN airship
AM"
"Airslrip," Mike repeated in dis
gust THAT shows your needless dis.
posishun, A real sensible person
would have asked for a wagon load
of money, wouldn't he? An then he
corld-a got a fleet of balloons an
everything.
ooh. of course," agreed the small
boy, much embarrassed "Of course
he would! But what did you do with
all your money, Mike? If l was as
rich as that [ wouldn't work"
The ianitor coushed and was very
busy stirring the fire. What did |
do with it," he repeated. scowlins
horribly. 'I'll tell ycr-much as !
hate to do it. | stuffed it into old
stockings, az coorsa. and TUX a. board
off the wall and chucked 'em into the
cavity. They was hankno'cs-an' the
rats and mice ate 'em up. / should
have wished for bank that cudnt
fail. for my second wish. an then I'd
have been rich man today. Instead
of weighing as did for-for-"
For what?" demanded the small
boy
Candy" confessed the ianitor, sor-
rowfulr. 81 couldn't think Of any.
thing [ wanted so much as plenty Of
candy and got it and ate it all Up
and that was the end OF IT,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
PUBLISHED DAILY.

The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President aud
General Manager.
howard w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer
GAZETTE BUILDING, KING STREET.
Entered at the fostoffice of Alexandra,
Virginia, as second-ciass matter.
TERMS: DAILY year, $500; 8 months,
$3.50; 8 months, $1.25: month, 43 cents
week 10 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-01
a Mica Point.

Ever student Of history knows
that our Christmas customs ale de-.
rvsfSpment of Roman saturnalia.'
.Hs}'".ah. sare3y not afl!."-2
CT think so
no, no. Thers's no reason 10 CUP.
e-se. for instance. that the Romans
uere al the time being hunched TO
60 -25.s SatagcSl.sc shopping earl. :
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
FOREIGN.

Thirty thousand bales Of cotton
burned In one Of the big warehouses
In Bombay.
Reports from San Jose, Costa Rica.
state that the earthquake reported has
been felt generally over the whole Of
the high plateau but no serious dam.
age has been done so far.
The chamber Of deputies at Rome
passed the bill for the annexation Of
Tripoli by Italy by a vote Of 431 to
38. amid enthusiastic cheering from
the floor Of the chamber and the pub.
lie gallery.
While the memory OF George Wash.
ington was celebrated by Americans
throughout the civilized world, the
new Chinese republic took cognizance
OF the event and sent a cablegram Of
greetings to the State Department at
Washington.
Jules vedrines at Pau. France, broke
the speed record for monoplanes, fly.
ing sixty.two miles in thirty.seyen
minutes and 124 miles in one hour and
fifteen minutes. The previous record
for sixty.two miles was made by Ba.
THAT at Douzy Jan. 20, when he GOV.
cred the distance In forty-one minutes
and twenty.four seconds.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
GEN ERAl.

A ten.inch fall Of snow covers Mis-.
souri,. Kansas and parts OF Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
In an explosion and panic in NOV.
Ing picture show at Albrightsvllle, W.
Va, twenty-nine persons were In.
jured.
Never before In the history OF New
York has there been such an epidemic
Of robberies as within the last fort
night.
Capt. Theodore F. Townsend, one OF
the most noted weather experts In
this country died at his home at Cape
May. N. ]. aged seventy.four.
John Harmon, laborer was vic.
tim OF the storm in Chicago. His
body was found frozen in a snow
drift in the yard of his home.
Seven persons are known to have
been killed and score injured in
tornado which swept portions Of Lin.
coin, Jefferson and Arkansas counties.
ARK. The greatest destruction was re.
ported near Almyria, In the prairie
and lice lands Of Arkansas county.
Eight persons are dead and about
fifty injured as the result Of a tor.
nado which swept through the west.
ern part Of Shreveport, La. The dead
includes a two-months-old baby Of A.
]. Mannheim, whose home was demol.
ished.
Unprecedented prosperity is being
enjoyed by the Philippine islands.
principally as result Of free trade be.
tween them and the United States,
and the cry OF hard times there no
longer can be raised. say the members
Of the Philippine commission In their
report for 1911. The United States has
shared In this prosperity by increasing
Its exports to the archipelago to $40,
100000, or more than $12,5OO,OOO dur.
Ing the year.
n biiuuihb phoWptoims uuChcu W
fifty.mile gale swooped down on the
Middle West. blocked traffic. played
pranks with the routine Of human af.
fairs and swept eastward In the dlrec.
tion OF northern Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York. A temperature rang.
ing between twenty.nine and twenty.
four degrees made the wind and snow
bearable and little suffering was re.
ported. Several deaths In wrecks are
attributed Indirectly to the storm. The
storm reached Its greatest intensity In
Chicago and northern and central ILL.
nois. although eastern Iowa and Mis-.
souri,, southern Wisconsin. Michigan
and Indiana felt the blizzard to 3 con
siderable extent.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Important Court Decision.

Montrose.-Judge Shackleford of
the District Court in chambers at Del.
Ia rendered one Of the most important
decisions which has ever been handed
down affecting the U. s. Reclamation
Service. John A. Masters, who had
proved up on 120 acres Of homestead
land in 1904, filed suit for an injunc-
tion to prevent the officers Of the
Reclamation Service from construct
ing large canal through his land. be-
ing a part Of the west canal Of the I'm.
tompahgre Valley reclamation project.
1t was asserted by the plaintiff,
Masters. that the reclamation officials
had established a camp near his land
end had placed force OF men at work
upon his property excavating for the
ditch and that 1t was proving very In.
furious to his property. The Reclama.
tion Service took the ground that all
patents which had been issued by the
government since 1900 contained a
clause which reserved a right Of way
through the land for ditch purposes.
and that the government had a right
under that provision to enter on his
or any ether lands.
Judge Shackleford made the injunc.
ton permanent and held that the res.
ervation In the patent was too indef.
mite to be Of any purpose and that
the only way the government could
construct ditch through the land
would be by due process Of law. Thus
work by the government on the West
canal must be stopped. The canal Is
the uncompleted portion Of the Un.
compahgre Valley project and was to
cost $4,000. The result may be that
the project vii be tied up for many
months. The case will probably 90 to
the Supreme Court Of the United
The question affects every reclama.
tion project In the West.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
WARRINGTON.

President Taft and the German an.
bassador, Count Won Bernstortt. both
heartily favor the earliest consumma.
ton Of an arbitration treaty with
Germany.
An official order for changing the
stars Of the national ensign and the
union jack In use by the navy to show
the addition Of two new states to the
Union has been issued by the Navy
Department.
The Borah bill to reduce the time
for residence on homesteads to three
years and to grant entrymen six
months leave Of obsence annually has
found a new advocate In Speaker
Clark Of the House.
President Taft has informed Con.
gress that he does not approve Of Post.
master General Hltchcock's sugges.
tion that the government buy and op.
crate all telegraph lines as an adjunct
Of the postal system.
A request for American Intervention
in Mexico was made unon the War De.
partment when the mayor and dele
CATION Of citizens Of FL Paso, Texas,
urgently asked Secretary Stimson to
sent troops into Juarez to preserve or.
der and to protect Americans.
The Washington National Monu.
mental Society has sent letters to the
governors Of states which have not
placed memorial stones In the Wash.
ington monument, and urging that
these states furnish memorials sim
liar to those already placed there. The
states not represented are Colorado.
New Mexico. Arizona, Oklahoma, Tex.
as, Washington and Idaho.
President Taft, speaking at the
peace meeting of the Navy league in
Washington declared the time had not
come for this country to be economi.
cal at the expense Of an adequate
naval establishment; expressed the
hope that the present Congress would
authorize the construction OF two bat.
tleships. and said he gladly would
sign a bill that carried such an author
ization.
Authority to send American troops
across the Mexican border to quell
conditions of anarchy or fighting that
might threaten lives or property on
this side OF the line may soon be
given to President Taft. A resolution
probably will be introduced in the
Senate soon.. with the knowledge Of
the administration, which will be sim.
liar to Senator Stones Of last May
which directed the foreign relations
committee to ascertain the duty Of
this government In connection with
the killing Of Americans by firing
from the Mexican side or may pro-
pose to delegate to President Taft au.
thority to take whatever steps he
deems necessary In an emergency.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Price Of Metals.

New York. - Copper - Standard
steady. Spot. $l4OOg14.lO; Febru.
ary, $l4.0594.1O; March. $li.O7hQ
Al2h; April sl4.O7k@li15; May
and June, sl4.O7hgl42O. Lake COP.
per. l4k9l4%; electrolytic, 1iM0
Nhc; casting, l3NaliMc.
Tin-Steady. Spot. $42.9O@43.lO;
February. s42.75Q43.lO; March. s42Go
442.s7h; April, $42.25d42.62h: May,
$A2.25G42.50; June, S42 l2h@42.5O.
Lead-Steady. $i.OO@4.1O New York
md 33.S5@4.05 East st. Louis.
spelter-Quit. s65O9G.75 New York
and $G.37h@ @G.C2is East st. Louis
Antimony-Dull. Cookson's, s7.25.
Iron-Locally iron Is unsettled. No.
! foundry Northern. $If75a15.25; No.
Q, $l425014.75; No. 1 Southern and
No. ! Southern soft. 3ii75Q15.25.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
LATEST NEWS
EPIT0M|zED
FROM rELEaRApHsc REpoRrs
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
lvENrs.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPORTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN.

1t is estimated that fifty residences
were destroyed by fire which swept
the portion OF Houston, Texas, inhab.
tied by the working classes.
A foot of snow has fallen at Lamar,
Colo. with the wind blowing constant
ly. The snow is badly drifted although
the ground is entirely covered.
Tom Gun. the San Francisco
Chinese aviator, had narrow escape
from death at the meet In Oakland
when his biplane fell from height Of
$50 feet and buried him beneath the
wreckage.
A company Of Mexican federal sol.
diers led by Commissario Gales Of
Aqua Prieta fought brief battle with
the rebel band which raided the Elias
ranch at Douglas, Ariz. The rebels re.
treated under fire, leaving two dead
on the field.
To develop more thoroughly the fer.
tilizer and potash resources of the
United States, Secretary Wilson has
ordered the establishment at Reno,
New, of a government laboratory.
where natural materials supposed to
contain potash will be examined with
Out cost. Those sending samples must
prepay transportation charges.
The total area of the public do.
main that up to date has been classi-
fled as applicable to the provisions
Of the enlarged homestead act,
amounts to nearly two hundred mil.
lion acres. Last month, 10000 acres
In Montana and Oregon were desig.
mated as lands from which 320.acre
homesteads may be selected, and
more lands are being classified ev.
cry month.
Gov. Oswald West OF Oregon has an.
nounced that he had obtained full
confession from one Of the men impli.
Gated in the robbery Of the steamer
Humboldt. from which, in September,
1910. was stolen $4,000 worth Of gold
bullion. Twenty-Five pounds Of this
has been recovered and was carried
to Salem and placed in the hands Of
the governor, who turned 1t over to
Steve Connell, United States Secret
service operative.
Eight miners are known to have
been killed and the fate of a score or
more imprisoned in mine No. s Of the
Western Coal & Mining Company at
Lehigh. Okla. which Is aflre, is
doubtful. Seven bodies have been re.
covered. half dozen men had been
rescued, while several bodies, appar.
emily llfeless have been located. At
the time OF the discovery Of the fire
200 men were at work In the mine.
The greater number were near the
mouth and escaped before the fire
gained headway. but others in the
lower workings were entombed.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
House Eavors EIaht.Hour Day.

Washington.-The House went on
record as favoring the adoption Of the
eight.hour work day on all govern.
ment works. when provision for
limitation OF the hours OF labor was
placed on the appropriation for the
manufacture Of armament In the army
fortl'lcations bill.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Americans Are Besleged.

Marea, Textile headquarters Of
the Nelson Morris ranch, opposite
Sierra Blanca, 10 surrounded by insur.
gents, and a battle between American
ranchmcn and Mexicans was carried
on for twelve hours. A band Of
American cowboys. well armed. have
started southwark for the Rio Grande.
determined to release the besiegcd. A
Mexican cowboy brought an appeal to
the Texas cowboys for assistance.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
whit. Slaves" Nam. Denver Deputy.

Ridyway.-On the recommendation
Of the United States district attorney
OF Denver, Lillian Hunt and Clara
Tucker. the two young Denver women
who were held prisoners four days In
disreputable resort in Telluride. filed
affidavlts here. placing the responsl.
billty for their humilating experience
on Ike" Goldman. deputy sheriff
and guard at the Denver county JAIL,
and his partner, Mike Gerry.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
LATE
MAR K E
0U TATIoN S
Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.
Cnffta

SAktlC.
Beef steers, cornfed, good to
ehoiCo .............. .6.UOU w
Beef steers, cornfed fair to
good -. ...............4.5 .4.5O95.5O
Beef steers. pulp fed, good to
choice =. 5.50@6.4o
Beef sters, pulp fed, fair to
good -. ................4 .4.75@5.5O
Beef steers, grass fed, good
to choice ................5.4O96.25
Beef steers. grass fed, fair
to good .................4. .4.7595.35
Heifers, prime, pulp or grass
fed ..................4 .4.75Q5.5O
Cows and heifers, grass fed,
good to choice ..........4 .4.40@5.15
Cows and heifers. fair to
good 80. ..............4. .4.oO94.5O
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
good to choice ......... .4.5O95.25
Cows and helfers, pulp fed,
fair to good .3.S5@4.50
Gamers and cutters 2OO@3.50
Veal calves ................5.OO 5.OO@7.35
Bulls ...... ..............3 .3.OO@4.25
Stays Recommendation
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice .5OOQ5.75
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good .425q5
Feeders and stockers, com.
Hhoh to lalr .............. 3.oUu4.2o
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
SPORT.

Sailor Ed Petroskey. the San Fran.
cisco aspirant for mlddleweight hon.
ors. took terrific drubbing at the
hands Of Frank Klaus. the Pittsbury
claimant Of the championship, at San
Francisco. Klaus won the decision
with nearly every round to his credit.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Guernsey Breeders Association.

Fort Lupton.-The Guernsey Cattle
Breeders Association was organized
here with the object Of promoting the
breeding of Guernsey cattle and the
building up of Weld county dairy
herds. The local dairymen's associa-
tion held meeting with 300 in attend.
ance.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Sugar Beet Acreage Increases.

Pueblo.-In this district alone more
than 1000 acres of beets were planted
last year have already been contract.
ed for which has caused the Ameri.
can Sugar Beet Company to consider
the advisability of erecting a factory
In this city.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-29
Australia Wants lrriqatlonIsts.

Greeley-Looking for $50 expert.
cenced irrlgationists to go to Australia
to demonstrate practical irrigation
there, William Cattamach, govern
ment irrigation commissioner Of Mel.
bourne, is here to meet representa-
tive men and secure the irrigationists