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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-07
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SENATOR MARTIN LEADER

T.; ~ 81 , J--.ti,Jsx IL
For many years a large majority
# the voters # Virginia have iilslay
nizea. the worth Of HonslT Thomas s.
Martin ~ keeping; him ii the United
States Senate His conferes have not
been unmindful of his abilities, and
from. the first they have regarded
him as power il the higher. Body Il
Congress. He was: minority leader
when the republicans ruled the body,
but when democratic majority APP
ipoaeeaared in the Senate, for reasons
best known to themselves, the ,Vir-
GINA Senator was chosen leader by
his democratic coadjutors. The la
ter, however, worked as assiduopsly
as ever, and now his conferes have
determined that he is the man above
all others to be the majority leader
of that august body. II
;
The Late. John S. Barbour failed
of election for the Senate in the Vir-
ginia Legislature after he had clear
ed the state of the Augean stables
incidental to the career OF a party
which held the reins in the Old Do
minion for several years In 1899,
however, Mr.. Barbour doomed head
and shoulders above all competitors
for the Senatorship, and Senator and
Delegates took pleasure in reward
ing him for his labor for democracy.
While never displaying .oratorical
powers, he, like Mr.. Martin, was,
power in the upper branch of Con-
70 . -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-07
ALCOHOLIC NosTRUMs

Now that the prohibition law is in
force, attention is again being called
to certain proprietary preparations
which are known to contain 4 large
percentage of alcohol. Druggists are
being furnished lists of such prepara-
tions and attention called to the fact
that in order to handle the products
a LIQUOR license will be necessary.
Forty years or more ago analyses
were made in Richmond of certain
.bitters" and other patent medicines,
which were very popular at that time
Most of them claimed to be harmless
but upon examination each was found
to contain more or less alcohol, and
the bulk of some was found to be
common whisky. One nostrum, which
had great run, was proclaimed to
be a temperance product, and the adj
yertisements were denunciatory of
the use of stimulantS in any form.
The analysis of this preparation
showed that it contained about thirty
per cent. of alcohol.
In recent years amusing stories
are told Of the effects upon persons
who used certain preparations when
the manufacturers claimed strene-
thened and invigorated the users. In
some. cases persons who used the al
legged medicines for time became
i'll and doctors were called in. The
latter threw bombshells into the
households when they declared the
patients were suffering from alco-
hclism.
Now that Virginia is in the dry
column; it is earnestly hoped the au-
thorities will do everything possible
to enforce the law in letter and
spirit. 1t is well-known fact that
many persons have become drunkards
from the use of, certain alleged cures
fenss&srSthing& the basis of which
wssS %cammonrwhisky. 4
Under, the law advertisements of
such nostrums in the state of Virginia
are forbidden. SSs!>e. ~, :~'.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-07

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Congress, and his constituents kept
him. at his post until claimed by
death.
!. ,fhe> many friends Of Mr., Martin,
nots5hly:,in vSrkida, Ybut5t hfsaaas
cut the country, will rejoice with
him in this Hus%etseyidepsa OF con
iiffiidlseinicce his Brother senators have
manifested in him. fF
Is Is (, I I i ,,,.l
s!The ANNUAL ohvsTsion4 af. the sX5fz
ginia Farmers Educational and Co
operative Unig|ns eS q n Lynch saaz
burg yesterday with $50. delegates
present from local nh o4e,l rsbreEeenlt-
ing about so counties. National
President G. s; Barrett was the prin-
cipal speaker at: hesSmesning ses-
sion. The AFTERNOON was sgiven up to
an executive session. 1t developed
that there is a well sorganised, effort
headed by D. NJ, Blankenship, Camp
bell county, who was defeated a year
ago for the State Secretaryship, to
GUST the present: offitefs. > :"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-07

Entered at the Postoffice at Ale1an'
6ria, virginia, as second class matter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-12-07

PUBLIsHED EVERY AFTERNOON
% Except Sunday
BY The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
III King Street. Alexandria, Va.
HOWARD w. SMITH. President and
Treasurer.
WILLIAM ALBERT SHOOT, Jr., vice.
President.
EDWIN BTsADLEY HARD, Editor ano
General Manager.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
WHAT MAKES POPCORN POP.
1t Contains an Oil That Expands I'm
til the Skin EXplodes.

What makes popcorn pop?" asks
the inquisitive youngster.
By the evasive replies he receives
it is evident that the real reason is
not generally known.
The different kinds of corn con-
tain oil in varying proportions. In
popcorn there is a considerable
amount. This expands when heated
becomes explosive and causes the
kernels to pop open. In common
corn the percentage of oil is small
and for this reason IT only cracks,
without exploding, when heated, says
Good Housekeeping.
Popcorn is inexpensive and nutri-
tious as we'll, if not used to overin-
diligence. From soup to dessert it
finds a place on our menus, while a
great variety of sweets may be made
from it. 1t is pleasing conceit of
today to sprinkle large and perfect
grains of freshly popped corn over
light, thin cream soups just as each
portion is served.
Floating on the surface, they are
certainly attractive and are also a
most excellent substitute for waters
or croutons. Another clever idea is
to serve fresh bs.reTed popcorn with
salad. The combination is delicious
and the corn should be tastefully ar
ranged, encircling a mound Of salad
Popcorn, either sugared or butter
ed, may fittingly be served with
plain ice cream and ices and the
combination is both novel and dain,
ty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
NEW MAIL BOXES.
Reported That Postal Department
Orders Uniform Boxes.

Announcement is made that the
United States postal department has
designed a new mail box for rural
routes and star routes and has de-
creed that only this kind of box
can be used by rural route patrons
after July /, 1916. 1t means that
hereafter manufacturers cannot sell
patented mail boxes of different de-
signs and styles, but must make all
boxes to comply with the design and
specifications of the government, with
the approval of the postal depart
ment.
1t may be a matter Of several
months before all the rural and star
route boxes are replaced by the new
style of boxes as the postal depart
ment will permit the continued use
of the boxes now in service, so lonS
as they are in first class condition, as
provided by the rules and regula-
tions of the department. But when
these boxes are worn out and have
to be replaced with new boxes only
one style of box can be used and II
any other style is substituted, the
matter will be reported to Washing
ton and such action as recommend
ed by the postal authorities will be
taken.
The new style boxes will be made
in two sizes; the small size, No. l,
will be for letters and other ordin-
airy mail, not including parcel post
packages. the large size, No. 2, will
be for all mail, including parcel post
packages. This style of box is not
patented and cannot be patented by
any manufacturer, but manufactur'
ers will be permitted to make boxes
subject to the approval of the postal
department. 1t simply means thai
all rural route boxes hereafter are
to be uniform in size, material and
design, and undoubtedly will cost
less. This action is taken for the
benefit of the rural and star route
patrons and also for the benefit oil
the service Manufacturers will moi
be able to make as big profits as be
fore, it is said, as all boxes must be
alike and therefore about the only
competition will be in price.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
THE PRACTICE OF USURY.
Loan Shark is DespOt Controlling
More Destinies Than is Often
Realized.

Social workers express concern
about the growth of usury. This is
an age of hand to mouth living, and
many people consider only the ques-
ton whether there is enough money
to pay the immediate bills. The
desirability of accommodating capital
or making provision for misfortune
never occurs to them. Hence the
loan shark, through whose inter-
vention only is the family able to
tide over it's periods of special dis
tress. He is a despot controlling
more destinies than is often realized
After a household gets in his debt,
he grasps a large share of its total
income His interest return is far
in excess of that to be secured in
legitimate business.
OF course people who live from
hand to mouth can never get low
interest rate. The losses OF the
business are too many. Usury is the
penalty visited on thriftlessness.
These losses have to be charged up to
the honest poor who mean to pay and
do. They carry many dead beats on
their backs.
A we'll conducted loan business
will discriminate carefully between
borrowers. The man who drinks and
CANDLES is never entitled to credit. Il
his family suffers, the loan should be
made to the wife or children if they
are responsible. If not, charity is
the only way out. With dead beats
and ne'er-do-wells eliminated, there
should be good money in loaning to
the honest poor at l per cent a
month.
No regulation of interest rates by
law amounts to much. The business
is done out of sight and after dark.
One mans evidence about it is apt
to be as good as another's, and it is
next to impossible to prove any
thing.
In the city of Boston $4,000 has
practically been raised to establish
credit unions to loan to the poor at
fair interest. Citizens OF the He
brew race, whose people have been
so often accused of practicing US
ury, have been prominent in this eff
fort to check vile practice. 1t is
a needed charity and very worthy
one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
NOTICE OF REFEREES SALE.

BY virtue of an order of sale di-
rected to the undersigned referee,
from the clerk of the district court
of Winneshiek County, Iowa, on a
decree obtained in said court, on the
25th day OF April, 1916, in favor OF
.Gustava Johnson, as plaintiff, and
against Arne Tuskind ct al, as de-
PENDANTS, for the partition of the real
estate named ard described in the
plaintiffs said petition, will on the
18th day of August, 1915, offer for
sale to the highest bidder the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit;
The North Eleven Cd acres off the
East half of the Northeast quarter of
the Northwest quarter of Section A,
Township 90, North, Range 10, West
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
WILL PROTECT THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
American Express Co. TO Look After
Its Soldiers Families Who Re-
spOnd TO Presidents Call.

Telegraphic instructions were is
sued Monday by President Taylor Of
the American Express Company to J.
H. Neff, agent at DEBORAH, stating
that all regular salaried employees
who are married men, as well as all
single men who have relatives de-
pendent upon them for support, who
as members of the National Guard
prior to June 18th, 1916 have re-
sponded to the Presidents call for
military service, will receive suffi-
Gent salary to make up any deficien-
10y between the Government allow
Iance and the rate of pay which they
have hitherto been drawing. For sin
sic men without dependent relatives
an allowance will be made to them
sufficient to make it one half OF the
salary which they draw regularly
from the Company.
This provision will remain in OPP
GRAFTON until December 31st, 1916
after which further consideration
! will be given, depending upon the
political situation between Mexico
and this country.
The American Express Company
has also arranged for welcoming
back into its service all enlisted en-
ployes who make application to re-
turn within SO days after they are
mustered out of the Federal Service
1t was also announced that mill
tary service would not interfere witt
the continuity of the service of thos,
employes who return to the compan!
in regard to the Benefit and Pension
! system, although the provisions o
these welfare organizations canno
be made applicable while employee
are not actually working for tn,
Company
The American Express Compan,
has an organization of over thirt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19

Sioux City, Iowa,
July 9-Pastor
Russell is in our
city, in, attendance
upon the l. B. S.
A. Convent ion
here. Today he
gave a very inter-
esting lie cture
based upon Mat
hew IL: The
Kingdom of Hea-
ven suffereth vio-
lence, and the vio-
lent take it by
force. f"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
of the 5th P. NJ. in Winneshiek

of the 5th P. NJ. in Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Terms of said sale to be cash;
Said sale to take place on the
Northeast corner of the premises
above described, at the hour of o.
clock P. NJ. of said day, when due at
tendance will be given by the under
signed.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, July 18th,
1916.
CLARENCE CHRISTEN,
Referee.
WILLETT & NELSON,
Attorneys. 2S-2w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Sour stomach, clogged up bow
els, pimples, blackheads, foul breath,
are evils Of constipation. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea regulates the
bowels, improves the blood, cleans
the stomach,-a medicine the whole
family should take. 35c. Tea or Tab
let's A ]. SorensOn. PA
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19

thousand employees, a large number
OF whom are young men OF military
age. ass
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19
CHURCH HUMILIATION
PRECEDES GLORY
weeping May Endure For a
Night but Joy Cometh
in the Morning."

Divine Permission of Evil For Six
Thousand Years-Reign of Sin
Soon to End-ChurCh's Present
Experiences of Suffering Violence
Preparation For Future Glory
Apostate Systems Claiming Pres
ent Right to Rule Not the True
Church-IGstinctiO Soon to Be
Seen Clearly-Church In Glory
to BE known and HOnored.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19

Miss Anna G. Lamm, corsetiere
for The Spierella Corset, 22S Water
street, DEBORAH. 5-tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-07-19

-Winneshiek County Fair, Aug.
15-16-11-1S, the best and biggest i'm
its history. 2Stf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-04
"REMINISCENCES
A New York Theatrical Man.
ayers Autobiography

THE FIGHTING MAN. By william A. Brady.
With Many Photographs l2mo pp. 2g7. MIN
neapolis The Bcbbs Merrill Company.
This is a frank book. Its author
takes off his coat and starts right in,
without pose or false pretences. lie
does not claim greatness; he has
abundantly proved what he does claim,
the ability to "pick winners" whether
they be champion pugilists or play
like "'Way Down East" which has
earned more than million dollars.
After all the man who started life as
peanut butcher on an immigrant
train and who to-day pays the rail-
roads OF the United States nearly half
million dollars annually for the
transportation Of his theatrical enter
prises has something to tell that is
worth listening to. A fighting man,
taking big chances for the sake Of
great successes. To fail gigantically
on occasion. saws Mr.. Brady, is less
discouraging than TO fail often and
pettily. There's a mighty stimulation
in a tremendous failure. II is a shock.
a blow in the face. II stimulates one"
And he adds. not altogether as an after
thought. best of all, it's a great ad-
vertisement."
His early chapters. dealing with the.
atrical matters on the Pacific Coast,
are full of bits of odd and curious in
formation. In the theatrical sense. San
Francisco was all there was of "the
Coast" in those days. Los Angeles was
village. San Diego little bit of a
town Seattle Ind orc street and 30
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-04

theatre. 1--WE used to play In the school
hall there, and in Portland we used the
first floor Of a market building" Dan
iel Frohman came out there as the
manager Of calendars Minstrels-all
Negroes and his brother Charles was
agent for the company and doubled IN
the brass.
Mr.. Brady knows that it is not true
that Shakespeare spells failure" His
share of the profits of Robert Mantelfs
Shakespearian tours averages, from
$500 to $4,000 a year. "As long as
the American stage exists" he asserts.
shakespeare is bound to be played
proiitably by at least one or two per-
sons. Booth died rich. and so did Bar
rett and Salvini Mansfield would have
died rich If it had not been for his
extravagaht outlay for scenery and cos
tunes. Sothern and Marlowe earned
$3.50, 900 per annum. In the course Of
time some one will be called upon to
take the place Of Sothern and Marlowe
and Mantell. and know of no one who
is being prepared to do it,"
The fighting man comes TO the fore
in Mr.. Brady's open revelations of his
fights with other theatrical managers.
but most of all in the gusto of his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-04
SAILORS ALL
Some Old Dutch Explorers and
Their Exploits

THE GOLDEN BOOK OF THE DUTCH NAvI-
GATORS Rs Hendrix Willem van Loon. sey-
efty Reproductions Of Old Prints sVo' ~. Ah'
1913. The Century Company.
Mr. van Loon has already to his
credit a frank history of the decadence
Of the Dutch Republic in the eighteenth
century and a decidedly overelaborated
account of the worse muddle and slough
of the country during the years that
elapsed between the coming of the
sans-culottes and the establishment OF
the kingdom of Louis Bonaparte by
Napoleon. What is badly needed in
English is a good history of the Neither
lands in the nineteenth century. The
closing volume of the translation of
Blocks great work, dealing with the
period, is practically unintelligible. It's
American translator evidently had no
knowledge whatever of the material
which he was rendering into Eng
lish. And no wonder, The Dutch his
toran's detailed accounts of Dutch do
mestic politics are as bewildering to
the foreigner as they are unimportant
TO him Perhaps Mr.. van Loon will UNI
dertake the task.
To his present book. however. IL is
hardly what its title proclaims 1t TO be,
but it is useful compilation and con-
densation, at the service of those inter-
ested, Of the narratives of the voyages
made in the late sixteenth and in the
seventeenth century by the Dutch ex-
plorers who helped to found the Dutch
colonial empire. Some of these daring
seamen are not even names to us,
though they rank with Hudson and
Magellan. Others, like van Diemen and
Tasman, have survived on the maps Of
the distant regions of this earth. One
regrets that the author has not seen
fit to complete the story Of Heem skerk's
exploits by a reference to his glorious
death in battle with the Spaniards off
Gibraltar. The couplet which is his
epitaph on his tomb in a Dutch church
is worth translating.
In his introduction Mr.. van Loon
adds the third to Wordsworth's two
mighty historic NOTES.-THE voice Of
the plains beyond the Alleghanies.
And, characteristic of his method of
writing history. he says that il was
during her war with Spain that Holland
discovered that her future lay upon the
waters. The old prints reproduced in
his book have The quaintness Of their
period. There is, for instance, that
engaging early presentment OF PEN
gum, and, again, that exceptionally
well fed plump polar bear which at
tackled the provisions of Heemskerk
and Barendsz's expedition on Nova
Zembla, where il wintered in its vain
attempt TO find the Northeast Passage
TO India.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-04
3y Maud Diver

600 Pages. Color Fronts. Sl.5O net
A glowing tale of AnglO-lndian life. In
GLIDING the true story of the Inah Cam
psign.
"Kiprng at his best neUer peopled
Anglo India better than has Maud
Diuer in this book. "
Boston Advertiser.
AS story ii Is perfect. as a
literary triumph il is Worfhy of the
JCrifer. -Fhuo. kecoTd'
AN extremely well written novel d.
Mrs. Diver has attained a place in the
higher rank of English novelists.'
-PrOVidenoe Journal
"Any one who knew Capt. Desmond,
V. C., as powerfully portrayed by the
same author, in a novel Of strength,
power of word painting and portrayal
Of character and soul, knows what 10
expect Of 'Desmond's Daughter, and
never does she fail. e. Much more real
than ordinary history, for il is written
not only on inside information, but there
is the heart interest of the writer, which
is the KEY to all history. There has
been evolved a masterpiece that is a
classic" Boston advertiser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-04

"reminiscences Of the pugilists whom ne
has brought out. And he talks with
amazing frankness about the tricks,
the politics and the fnanciering OF the
game. There are the "all corners"
whom champion meets nightly on
his theatrical tours. In the case OF
Corbett. whose hands were in bad
condition, and we did not propose 70
take any chances" the "all corners !"
real name was Connie McVey. He
travelled ahead of the show and chal-
lenged the champion all over the coun-
try. an Hartford he was known as
Joe Nelson. the Maine terror; in Roch-
ter he was Alex Conelli. the Canadian
giant; in Columbus. Ohio, he was jim
Durand, the mountain terror from Ken
lucky; in Milwaukee he was jim Olsen,
the terror of the lumber camps; in Los
Angeles he was Mexican and in FL
Paso the Texas Pet. Comics great
value lay in knowing how to be knocked
out better than any other man | had
ever seen"
Mr.. Brady takes US behind the scenes
with a thoroughness that places his
book in a class by itself. IL is as re-
vealing and instructive as it is enter
tanning.