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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
HOW WE BURN
MONEY.

When Japan was preparing to at
tack Russia and the resources OF the
island kingdom were being taxed to
the limit in procuring ornaments, 4
peaceable Nipponese who was pa
tiently bearing his proportion OF the
public burden, was represented as
standing on his plantation watching
a modern dreadnought which was fly
ing the japanese flag. A neighbor
approached him and remarked, care
you not proud to see your national
colors flying at the taffrail of that
mighty ship?" yes" replied the man
of a pacific nature, "but think of the
many rice fields that magnificent
specimen of marine architecture has
cost"
The amount of money which has
already been shot away during the
war in Europe will never be approx
mated. 1t costs what would be for
tune to the great mass of humanity
to discharge one of; the largest mod
ern cannon.
Shrapnel is costing the countries
now at war about SIS each on the
firing line. Manufacturers in this
country and Canada are getting from
SIS to more than SIG for each shell,
the additional expense to the foreign
countries being cost of transportation
and, in certain instances, filling the
cartridge case with powder abroad.
Close to 100000 pounds of cop
per are being used in their manufac-
ture, or about four pounds to each
Shrapnel.
The complete shrapnel is composed
of three principal parts: (a) The
time fuse. (b) The projectile proper,
hollow steel filled with bullets
and bursting charge of black pow
der. (c)A brass cartridge case fl
leu Will SlhOhcieSS po"uCi " ohooI
the ,projectile from the gun. This
brass cartridge case is similar to the
shell of an ordinary rifle or revolver
cartridge.
The time fuse is very complicated
mechanical device which may be set
to burst the steel projectile any
number of seconds or feet after it has
left the muzzle of the gun. 1t is as a
delicately constructed as a watch or
Il safe lock and is made largely of
brass and alloys of aluminium.
The time fuse is crewcd into the
point Of the steel projecti!c, the pro-
.icctilc is filled with small bullets,
usually about $50 in number, and is
exploded by means of charge of
black powder seated at the opposite
end from the time fuse. When i.
cXplodcs the bullets arc hurled over
q range of about 250 square yards.
The bullets arc eighty per cent. lead
and twelve per cent. aNtimony.
The cartridge case is from foot
to almost two feet long and is made
of sheet brass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
Washington Southern Ry.
Schedule in effect May 80, 1915

Schedule in effect May 80, 1915
For Washington and points north
daily at G:53, sos, 1888 1901, 1916
12:23, 2:3O Through train for New
York, via r. r. r. G:27, 8:53, 1l:35
p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and
points south at l:37, and 1917 a. m.
1916, 1922, 3.32, SIT (locoD G:57,
9:47, p. m. daily.
Accommodations for Fredericksburg
at 9:27 a. M, daily.
NOTE-Timc Of arrival and de-
parture and connections not guaran
tced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat COMPANY,

Every day in the year for Fort
Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and
points south, via suberb powerful
steel palace steamers.
Through connections made at Nor
folk with steamers Of the Old Domln-
ion Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants and Miners
Steamships for Boston.
General Ticket Office 720 18th st.
Bond Building, Washington, D. c.
phone Main 1926.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

William F. Hopkins, Richmond
merchant, is a member of Pickett
Camp of Confederate Veterans. Hop
kins enjoys the reputation of being
the only Confederate soldier who was
buried alive and yet lives to tell the
story. Severely wounded at Cold
Harbor, he was left on the field for
dead and was buried in shallow
grave on that bloody battle ground.
Regaining consciousness in short
while, though almost suffocatcd from
his close confinement beneath Mother
Earth, he easily scratched his way to
light and air and was soon picked up
by hospital squad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

IN THE CORPORATION COURT
FOR THE CITY OF hLEAN-
DRIA, VIRGINIA.
Edward l.. Santmycr
VS. TN CHANCERY
Eva G.. Santmycr.
Upon the written application of
the complainant duly. made and filed
together with ain affidavit made by
the complainant of the defendants
non-residcncc, the said affidavit stat
inc the last known address Of the
said defendant as No. 718 Shepherd
Street, Northwest, Washington, D.
c., and it appearing from the, Scr
reant's return chat the said dcfcn-
daiit cannot be fouIid within his baili-
wick, nor within the jurisdiction Of
the State of Virginia, the Corpora
ton Court Of the city Of Alexandria,
docs on this 5th day Of May. 1915,
enter the following order Of publ
cation against the defendant.
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain for the complainant an absolute
divorce from the defendant, on the
Ground Of wilful dcscrtion and aban-
donment for more than three years
priior to the Institution Of this suit,
and for general; relief.
1t is ordered that the defendant ap-
pear within fifteen days after due
publication hereof and do what is
necessary to protect her interest in
this suit; that d copy Of this order
of publication be published once, q
week for four consecutive weeks in
the ,Alexaldris Gasette, a newspaper
printed and published in the city OF
Alexandra, Virginia. that a copy Of
said order Of publication be posted at
the front door of the court' house
of the said city on or, before the next
succeeding rule day after this order
is entered, and that copy of the
same be mailed To. the last known adj
dress of the defendant. at No. 718
Shepherd Street, Northwest. Wash
ington,%D. C.,.by The Clerk by regis
tered mail.
A Copy Teste:
-.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Con account Of my confinement IN
the printing Office | have fer years
sbecn q chronic sufferer, from indi-
sgestior and liver trouble. A few
weeks ago I had All attack that was
SO severe that was not able to go
to the case for TWO days. Failing 70
get any relief from any other treat
niientc took three Gof Chamberlairi's
Tablets and the next day felt like
a new man.. writes H. c. Bailey
Editor Carolina News, Chaplin, S.
c. Cbtains5ls everywhere.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Valdcmar Christy, 80 years, EN-
ploycd by a. G. Anthony, saloonkecp-
CT at 1904 West Broad street, Rich
mond, was found dead yesterday
morning in gas-filled room at 8
South First street, where he rented
sleeping quarters. Investigation de-
veloped that Christy had arisen and
was preparing to heat some water
on gas stove with view Of shaving
when the rubber tube connecting
with the gas jet on the wall in some
way or other became disconnected. 1t
is supposed that Christy, upon real
izing that gas was escaping, turned
it off and was overcome before he
could raise a window or open the
door.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Heavy fighting on Gallipoli penln-
sula, resulting in the rout of the at
lacking Turkish forces, is announced
in an official statement given out in
London The casualties Of the Turks
are said to have amounted to at least
1000. The British losses arc given
as 800.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
VIRGINIA NEWS

The will of Gustavus Milhiser
president of the Richmond Cedar
Works, who died last week, was pro,
bated yesterday. The appraised
value of the estate is S3,679,947, OF
which s3,049,947 is personal property
and S63O,O0O real To the Richmond
Hebrew Cemetery, in which the bod
les of his mother and father arc bur-
led, is left $4,000. The balance of
the estate is left to relatives. En-
ployes Of his household arc also re-
mcmbcrcd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

and 1sf MISSING total Of l,e27
during the fortnight. Since the be-
ginning of the war 1853 officers
have been Killed.; 5,244 wounded,
while 500 are reported missing. This
is total of 8,S12. 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
PHOTOGRAPHS

Special offer to school
children. 6 post cards and l
folder photo for 49,. 75c
Have your picture made
in your May day costume.
THE JAMESON STUDIO.
425 King Street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

"Give my regards to the man who
made me kill my wie," shouted Vim
cenzo Buoncmsegno as he went to
his death in the electric chair at Au-
burn, N. Y, yesterday. Buonemsc-
cno was convicted Of numbering his
wife in fit of jealousy on April 20,
1914.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Ralph dc Palma, driving d Mcrcc-
dcs, won the fifth annual 50O-mllc
international Sweepstakes on the In
t,ianapolis motor speedway yesterday
in the remarkable time of 5 hours,
33 minutes and So 1-2 seconds. The
victor Travelled at an average speed
of 1884 miles an hour.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

The Danish steamer Soborg has
been sunk in the English Channel by
a German submarine. The British
steamer Dixiana was torpedoed off
Ushant Saturday last, while on her
way from Savannah, Ca, to Swan
sea, Wales.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

The British government has cstab-
lishcd a blockade over the coast OF
Asia Minor from tho Dardancllcs to
the Straits of Samnos. The block
adc will go into effect on Wednesday.
No neutral vessel will be allowed to
enter the blockadcd ports. no matter
when they began their voyage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Frederick Rada, professional bal
loonist, plunged 300 feet to death late
Yesterday afternoon in attempting 4
triple parachute drop at Wilough
Beach Park, Cleveland. His third
parachute failed to open. Three
thousand persons saw the accident.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Charles C. Neal was sentenced yes
tcrday by Justice Daniel w. Doub to
receive seven lashcs on the bare back
in the Hagcrstown, Nd, Jail for beat
ing his wife.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

News from Antwerp states that
the Germans are now experimenting
at Hoboken with new form of ma
chine gun. This gun fires incendiary
bullets which will inflict such wounds
that any one struck by them will be
wounded beyond hope Of recovery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

George l.. Ncwbcrry, profession
al aviator of Kirkwood, N. y, was
fatally injured at Troy, N. T., yes
terday when an acroplanc, with
which he was giving an exhibition III
Rensselaer, Park, fell from a height
of 400 feet into a nearby cemetery.
He was hurried to Il hospital, where
he died in few minutes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

The British superdreadnought
Queen Elizabeth was, it was said,
sunk in the Dardanelles about three
weeks ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
COLONIAL BEACH
Decoration Day Trips
Steamer ST. JOHNS.

The Queen of the Potomac -.
Saturday May 10Th, 3 p. m.
Sunday, May goth, $3.50 a. m.
Monday, May 3lst, $3.50 a. m.
And every Saturday ard Sunday
thereafter until, beginning Of re-
eular schedule, June 25th.
Fare: Adults, returning same day
SOC; Stop over $1.O0, Children one
half fare.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

The Rcichsanzcigcr Of Berlin has
published an order calling to tho
colors all first class members OF the
first class members of the landsturm
or the final reserve forces, not prev
iously summoned. This order docs
not apply to Bavaria. Germans IN
Germany must report between juno 8
and June 10, and Germans outside of
Germany as soon as possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Hearings in the governments suit
against the London Times under the
defense of the realm act were begun
yesterday. The government charges
the Times with bctraying vital infor-
nation through the publication of a
letter from Major Richardson. This
letter stated the need for conscrip-
ton saying that all the army re-
serves have now been called out for
service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
NEWS OF THE DAY

Zeppelins passed over the outlying
districts of London last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
CHARGES AND
CONTEMPORARIES.

Former Ambassador Bryce. of
England. recently published report
Of alleged atrocities by ee-..,.ss,. sod
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

Officers, casualty Hsts.;;for4thc fpEt:-
night ended May il show that losses
in the British army: were heavier
than during any period Of the war.
there Esiag AS k:!ed. LOSE wounded
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
MOONLIGHT SAILS

Evcy day except Saturday and Sun
day and Decoration Day at 1880 p
m. Adults 25c, Children 15c!
Wharf: Foot Of Cameron Street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
PUBLISHED DAILY

PUBLISHED DAILY
By the Alexandria Gazette. Corpora
ton.
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Catered at the Postofice of Alex
andria, Virginia, as second class mat
ter. !,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01
JOHN NJ. JOHNSON
SAMUEL T. FISHER

Commissioners Of sale.
This is to certify that John NJ /.
JOHNSON, ono Of the Special Commits.
sioners has given bond as required
in the above suit with sufficient Sc
curity.
NEWELL S. GRECNAWAY,
Clerk or Corporation Court
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-01

At Corporation Court Of the City
of Alexandria, continued and held at
the Court house of said City OH Teus-
day, May 18th, 1915.
Present Hon. Louis G. Barley
Judge.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
A Strange Punishment.

Professor Petrie, heeminent Egyptolo-
gist, while exploring about thiry-hve
miles from Cairo, discovered tomb OF
the Twelfth Dynasty that thieves had
broken into thousands OF years ago. a
tragedy attended the robbery, as Pro-
lessor Pethe also discovered. The Sun
day School Times calls II "a tragedy OF
providential justice"
I'll appears" says Professor Peire,
THAT the plunderers removed only few
bricks, so that a man could crawl into the
tomb. One OF the men entered. opened
the coffin. lifted the mummy out and laid
il across the coffin, so that he could easi-
ly unwind the bandages. lie first found
a collar OF beads, which he passed out
into the shaft, where we found II. Then
he came to the jewel IA beautiful work OF
gold and colored gems, and took II from
the body. Before ne could do anything
more the roof apparently fell In. and
crushed him and the mummy. The other
robbers, seeing the fate Of their accom-
plice, abandoned the tomb, and filled In
the shaft 10 hide their guilt"
The explorers found the skeleton of The
robber beside the mummy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
Arkansaw's One Product.

The Arkdnsaw farmer gets up at the
alarm OF a Connecticut clock, buttons his
Chicago suspenders TO Detroit overalls;
washes his face with Cincinnati soap in
a Pennsylvania pan; sits down to a
Grand Rapids table; eats Chicago meat
and Tennessee flour, cooked with Kansas
lard on a ST. Louis stove; puts a New
York bride on Kentucky mule fed with
Iowa corn; plows a farm covered by an
Ohio mortgage, with Chattanooga plow;
when bedtime comes he reads chapter
from Bible printed in Boston, says a
prayer written IN Jerusalem, crawlS under
blanket made in New Jersey, only to
be kept awake by an Arkansas dog-the
only home product on his place.-AIkan-
SaS Democrat.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
Faults In Our Senses.

II is fairly we'll known fact that we
cannot hear distinct sounds that come TO
us at the rate OF twenty or more second
III varies for different people; but only
slightly. The result is that we get a
continuous sound or musical tone. The
same deficiency is evident in our sense Of
sight; for we cannot see distinctly OBJ
iects presented 10 our vision at the rate
OF more than about eight second. For
this reason only is it possible to have
moving pictures. For this reason also a
light. waved quickly, appears as a streak.
The explanation OF the deficiency in
both cases lies in the fact that il takes
time for a sense perception 10 90 from
the nerve ending in the particular organ
Of sense (ear or eye 10 the brain; for we
perceive only in the brain. II is caused
by irritation OF the nerve-ending, the
irritation causing wave motion winding
up al the brain. This speed has been
measured, and is not very fast. II is
about an eleventh OF second after a tall
man stubs his toe before he knows il, and
another eleventh passes before he can
send word TO the foot TO be held up. II
man had an arm eighty miles long and
someone cut off finger, il would be an
hour and three quarters before the wave
would cause pain in his brain.
Now, as mans life consists OF abso-
lutely nothing else in the world but these
sensory and motor nerve activities, II
would seem that the smaller man is the
more perceptions he could have in a given
time. and that at the same age in years he
would really be much more mature than
tall man. Albe has calculated that the
entire number Of such perceptions in a
normal human life of seventy years is
about ten to the eleventh power, or ten
thousand million.
OF course if it was not for this so-called
deficiency, two Of our most enjoyable
entertainments would be forever ami
hilated,- that OF music OF whatever kind.
and that OF moving pictures.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
II You Want to be Loved.

Don't contradict people, even II you're
sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the affairs OF
even your most intimate friend.
Don't undenate anything because you
don't possess II.
Don't believe that everybody else Is
happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe all the evils you hear.
Don't repeat gossip. even u Il does In
terest crowd.
Don't ieer al anybody's religion.
Learn TO hide your aches and pains un-
der pleasant smile. Few care whether
you have the earache, headache or rheu-
matism.
Learn 10 attend 10 your own business
"a very important point.
DO not try 10 be anything else but a
gentleman or gentlewoman and that
one who has consideration for the whole
world. and whose life is governed by the
Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you
would be done by."-Christidn World.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
col IS
An nup-to-date remedy for
colds. That is what Peruna
is. In successful use over
SO years.

Colds are caught in many
ways: lily ventilated rooms !;
rooms that have direct draughts +;
crowded rooms: damp houses !;
stuffy school rooms; Offices lily
heated.
A dose of Peruna at the right
time, at the first symptom of
cold, before the bones begin to
ache, before the sore throat
manifests itself, or the cough, or
the discharge from the nose, just
a dose or two of Peruna before
these symptoms begin is gener-
ally sufficient. But after the cold
is once established with the
above symptoms prominent, a
bottle of Peruna, or maybe two,
will be necessary.
For several years I have been
troubled with colds at each change
OF season. took Peruna and have
not been troubled with the slightest
cold this entire season." Mr.. Harry
Fisher. 1928 Mosher ST., Balti-
more, Nd.
4 give the children Peruna If they
have a cold. and il always relieves
them" Mrs. 7. ID. Hayes, 1897 Druid
U!il Ave, Baltimore, Nd.
"WEen I feel q cold coming on 7
take little Fcruna. and it does m
good. ir. Charles 5. Many, Il Vat,
St. Cs.iIil~. y. !.
80 family should ever b. witb"'
Tcruna. for u is an UnfG!ling O.,
Tor colds. Mrs, NJ. Il. Jones. i'-
ing Springs. Ky.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
Got In Her Answer.

Maria" said Mr. Jollyboy very SOL
emnly, thinking TO take rise out OF the
wife OF his bosom, 81 heard OF dread
ful operation which was undergone by a
girl. She seemed in danger OF losing her
sight, and the clever ophthalmic surgeon
who operated on her found"-
"YesP breathlessly inierposed Mrs.
JolIyboy. Found what 2"
"That the poor girl had young man
inhereyeTrejoined in hubby, with a chuckIe.
Silence reigned supreme for the space
of five minutes, at the end Of which time
Mrs. JoIlyboy said quietly:
"Well, of course, it would all depend
on what kind OF young man il was, as
there are many men she would have been
able 10 see through" And, with a serene
smile, Mrs. J. resumed her knitting.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-03-18
'I.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW VOL. 50-No. II.
The Spy.

Although Nathan Hale IS one OF our
national heroes, the character OF the spy
is generally held in little more esteem
than that OF the traitor; the word has an
inevitable implication OF dishonor and
deceit. Yet although the work OF the spy
is essentially deceitful. honorable men
may engage in it-may feel il "a duty to
perform il. There are codes OF conduct
for spies, as there are for soldiers; there
are some things that the honorable spy
does not do, just as there are some things
that the honorable soldier does not do.
The profession OF the soldier eompels
him to kill his enemy in arms, yet he is
not to be stigmatized as a murd.rer; the
profession OF the spy compels him to as
sumo a false character. yet he should not
for that reason be stigmatized asa seoun-
drel.
In various countries where the govern
ments are meusced by revolutionary So
cieties, the political spy is necessary. In
such circumstances the honorable spy
does not make il a part of his work to
manufacture evidence against persons
whom he suspects. or to tempt those who
may be wavenng 10 compromise them
selves. He is not animated primarily by
a desire to increase his own prestige.
The honorable spy is a spy, not because
the rewards that his profession offers
allure him. but because he believes so
enthusiastically in the cause for which he
works that he is willing 10 assume the
risks. An honorable spy will not become
a naturalized subject OF the foreign power.
the affairs OF which he wishes 10 investi-
gate.
Unfortunately. as spying is thing Tor
which honorable men have natural dis
taste, the vena aud unscrupuous spies
are the most numerous. The Duke OF
Wellington used TO say that his Chief spy
in the PeninSular War was also engaged
in furnishing information TO the Freneh.
Only the spy who is also a traitor to
his own people or TO The service that he
has entered in good faith deserves ig-
nominy-deserves TO be thought OF with
Benedict Arnold, instead OF with Nathan
Hale.