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t H WinslowUNDE- RTAKER AND EMBLAMER ALL WORK FIRST CLASS TERMS MOST REASONABLE TWELFTH AND R STREETS N W 2fep- W sfcSSS SSfeiVA Sf i fepfev FUNERAL DIRECTOR Hiring Livery and Sale Stable Carriages hired for funerals parties balls receptions etc Horses and carriages kept in firstclass style Satisfaction guaranteed Business at 1132 Third street northwest Main office branch at 222 More street Alexandria VA Telephone for Office Main 1727 Telephone call for Stable Main 14285 OUR STABLES IN FREEMANS AULEY Where I can accommodate 50 Horses Call and inspect our new and modern stable J H DABNEY Prop 1132 Third Street N W Phone Main 3200 Carriages for Hire Even lady era Bare s DentUnl udlozurlont head oi halt if oho mea a BASIC liter a ttuuopoo or bath the 1 Magic dries the lush removing the daadrefft soft It via straloalM Meet hoed of hair The Magic wHl al bush e 6e hair because the comb ia healed steal heas tog bar trhieb Iron it sloaa put Into the flame of the alcohol or goo heater The Aluminum Comb IB euily detached from the heating br taeo attar tobavia heft- ed the oom goes back Into pliceand is hold by tarn of the handle The Made Heater fs also suitable for ourlintr irons baa a cover and oaa bo eozriaa to e handbag Magic Shampoo Drier 31 00 Magic AJoohol LIberal tones Co ascnta Write for literature today Shampoo Co MlmeapoUs Minnesota Dow tt comb easily without DOM It smooth out nicely 1 Caa you do tt up In aa of tfcecharo tag styles It will sta and nakfl you proud of H tong and full of Bfel it you cannot say YES to attcf the above questions these yoasead- t NELSONS HAIR DRESSING I the K pomade oo the fun of tin arti colored people- it makcuyMT heft grow fut it stubborn feiaky and tangUd hail as aoft and tuppto as riOc It cufccsU healthy it kaepa tt keen tpfining or treatise It xaku it rich and gtvtttt that charm o longed for by all latSci Use Nelsons Hair Dressing 5s The toots of your hair amount of oil You will ssaip You will be delighted with pcrfcruc Nelsons Hair op In oureoace tin boisi Dressing like faoku a her head r and agents everywhere It at 25 deata a box D yow eaat get it send us 30 teats and we win mail you a full tit box postpaid Go buy It sow or lit devn and write ua Addreu NELSON MANUFACTURING CO Richmond Va Live Agents Wanted Quick for Terms James James H Dabney L AAcs s Ya4aa uaoR A I I MAnED elgg- E I aa- LA 0 I ES LO 0 K Die The bah Mastic Drier Is Your Hair Beautiful Soft Silky and Long aJdagt- II S atraybt1 ss Nelsons Hair Dressing makes daadarff clean wW mccnary have dtaeaae ate f the lady tB sell right Write s y 1ka D teeswtt u to 9 t- orevcaaaatw i Pnp00 ptN 610 17lllirl lV Grpp e oso QI1rSTRAtiilfTt i- xo rt t m st 1- itTEAGIc I Wore acv Soo a HeaLerS ba F 9 h- Is t y hair foe bat sad i nwa r have Yoga ced vtll kp have tha none fps to put hat mc ego ea aid ¬ > < = + > > OLD ISTANC 491 Penn ave N W OUR xs AN1 83 SHOES ARE THE BEST MADE SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT WM FORELAND PROP Orders Delivered Promptly- J A PIERRE Wholesale and Retail Dealer in COAL WOOD AND ICE 454 New York Avenue N W ENGLANDS LIGHTHOUSES- The Seven Districts Are Controlled by a Board Known as the Elder Brethen The lighthouse service of England la controlled by a board composed of thirteen elder brethren When a occurs one of the is selected by the elder Brethren to fill It The Is for ute and the salary la 500 a year f ny commanding officer of the navy for master of the merchant marine Is ineligible for election as one of tha younger brethren by the elder itaethren There Is no salary attach- ed to the position but they are eligi- ble for election as one of the elder brethren England is divided Into seven light districts each In charge of a superintendent The superintendents are persons who enter the service es apprentices at the age of thirteen anfl worked up to the position of on board of a steam tender They are selected for the position of superintendent by the elder HOL TMANS FINE BOOTS AND SHOES J A PIERRE younger en pos on house thaT ter f2 I t va- cancy i l br- A ulra 8lst yam + Lightkeepers are appointed for life They enter the service between the ages of nineteen and twentyeight mad their salaries are regulated aecGzOig to length of service and not according to station Lightkeepers as writ es the other employees of the service are pensioned when too old to perform duty There is a v alr lightship service also for Ute end the officers are selected from the men The men enter between the ago of nineteen and twentyeight but must been at sea They are than eligi- ble to work up to lamplighter nude sand master These men are psastonsd when too old to serve Story of Origin of a Popular Air In CarniM- Bizet the composer of the world fa- mous opera Carmen and Eatery t s Ifljfettirt once occupied apartments whose outer doors opened on the landing As soon as he had finished an air Biiet would hasten to sobmdt it to his neighbor who subjected It to the most severe criticism From morn tag to night the piano resounded in the composers apartments One night Beet finished a dramatic bit In which be flattered himself he had sucesa tiDy sketched the pride of a teftnn pbant toreador after a successful boa flsnt But Halevy listened in saneo end snowed but a moderate entntt- Bfetam Blz somewhat piqued ask cause of this coldness good I admit said Halevy In fact its too good It lacks move- ment it lacks short itfta not popular enough popular enougnl shouted piqued composer Do you want to write for the slums He went out In hull but soon tented and in aa hour returned with another air list- en to this KM he is m It urea indeed score and seemed to more fis night fiasdtesc tram fits torpor oiif 5 han r B1Z fAN 1B1Erf The the N I same Its snapIn the a Here taRador fdaa women down to level tit sma oft the toRador ford only QIT- 8wbcb on the Cat ntght lm the j right the Not 7O2 the rued ¬ ¬ Lad LeieMte df a centaiy bed no eons by his fret marriage s on In years was anadottf to sea bb her a nephew hap pity wedded leis wish was that a charming daughter of his neighbor the Earl of Albemarle should be too future Lady Leicester With her and her aiateiM he used to enjoy his morn Ing rides One morning she came alone and during the rids he asked thinking to forward his nephews In terests Anne my dear how should you like to be mistress of Holkham There is nothing I should like better she replied Then I shall send my nephew William to court you said the earl glad that the fates seemed to favor his project But the lady calmly gravely answered I shall never be mistress of Holkham on those terms Why exclaimed the aston ished old gentleman looking the lady hard In the face dont mean to say you would marry mel Yes In deed I would was the answer and nothing I should wish better And as- a consequence the nophew did not suc- ceed to the Chroni cle Tlmour the great Asiatic conqueror commonly known by the name of Tam erlane had extraordinary persever- ance No difficulties ever led him to recede from what he had once under- taken and he often persisted in his efforts under circumstances which led an around him to despair On such oreaftVffM he used to relate to h s Muted an anecdote of his life I he said was forced to take Shelter from my enemies n rained where I sat alone many hours Desiring to divert my mfnd from my hopeies condition I fixed my yw on an ant that was carrying A grain corn larger than itself up high wall I numbered the efforts it made to accomplish this object The grain ten aixtynlne times to gnrend but the ingest persevered and RVSBHeth ffc washed the top 5h e jht gave m courage at the EKV- B3SQ4 and I forgot the le on Landscape Near JerueaJ m The ooontry about Jerusalem Is e- BgntfaHy a pale country Indeed I often thought it looked stricken 0 if Its pallor had come upon it abrupt y had been sent to it as a visitation I not sorry that I saw it first BBdsr grayness and swept by winds The grayness the winds seemed to emphasize its truth to drive homo Its reality And there was some- thing noble in its candor Even na tore can take on an aspect of trieki uses at times or at least a certaIn oo- gortry a daintinesa not wholly free suggestions of artificiality The landscape in the midst of which Je rosatem lies is dreary is sad In stottny weather Is almost forbidding Yet it hive a bare frankness that ran danit dignified a large simplicity that ia wary striking The frame ia sober the picture within it to ammrtng and neither once seen can ewer be forgot tan Robert Hlchens in Century What Happened to Bill Mrs Dixon was putting Frank aged six and Willie aged four to sleep with a bedtime story when she was jfft3flynJ7 compelled to answer the doorbell Hastening away with the in of immediately returning MBB Dixon was detained by a caller The boys grew restless Finally running to the top of the stairs where he knew his mother could get a perfect view of him Frank used nearly all his small stock of diplomacy In trying to attract bits mothers attention without disturb- ing the visitor After several futile at tempts at gesticulations he called out in a loud whisper perfectly audible to both ladles below Mamma yood better come up then In a most Inspiring tone adding cause Bills nose Is comin unwipedr Youths Companion Tibetan Penal Code The Tibetan penal code is curious Murder is punished with a fine vary ing according to the importance of the slain theft by a fine of seven to one hundred times the value of the article stolen Here again the fine depends on the social importance of the person from whom the theft has been commit- ted The harborer of a thief is looked upon as a worse criminal than the thief himself Ordeals by fire and by boiling water are still used ss proofs of Innocence or guilt exactly as was the custom in Europe In the middle ages And if the lamas never inflict death they are adepts at torture Taken Literally The tramp approached the pompous gentleman and asked for a copper Go to the ant thou sluggard quot- ed the sent Taint no use mister answered the weary one Me aunts jilt as tight fisted as me uncle and me other relatives Exchange The Boy Told Him Father after a long search Well here it is I wonder why one always finds a thing in the last place one hunts for it Bright Boy I spose its cause after people find it they leave 08 looking She Still Lectures Mr wife used to lecture before she was married Has she given it up now Mr Milds Well er yes that ia in public Tommys Reason Tommy the schoolmaam asked why are you scratching your Cause nobody else knows just whsw- Sb bear fa to artijnar 03 Ywulf tea The beZD8 wen I I r and you earldomLondon Perseverance once a- bu ng of a the the time was to- me from awe TIleYour head It Itehm taR psPer app trreat early never The 1 tan ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ The Carolina Mutual Insurance Company Durham I General Manager of the Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co Durham N C G W POWELL Main Office and General Manager sOffice- R R B Fitzgerald Pres I I P W Hawhins ist VPres J Sec A Dodson Win A Pearson Auditor 1 Dr S L Warren k c = IS FIRST MINT Some of the Rules and Regularises That Were In Force There Over a Hundred Years Ago The first United States mint at Boa adelphia was naturally a very unpre- tentious affair The material for coin- age was secured from abroad Tie was found much difficulty to get any- one of experience to operate the oa2b and the salary list of toe Srs4 mint employees was David ffifefl house director 2000 per anra rq Tristram Dalton treasurer 2 QQj Henry Volght coiner 1500 Isaac Hugh clerk 312 The regular coinage of copper In 1703 silver in 1704 and gold In X33 The following curious extracts gsa taken from the mint rules and tions of the early days The allowance under the name erf drink money is hereafter to be discos tinned The operations of the mint throaghr out the year are to commence at8 oclock in the morning Christmas day and Fourth fli no other days are es s lashed holidays at the mint He watchman will keep in arm chest securer locked a neb ket and bayonet two pistols en3 a sword watchman must attend cooa oclock in the evening to 5 ofee Jp the morning must ring the yszd tjreS every hour and send the wntrTrfag through the yard Immediately x a 8ar ringing the bell Besides the Philadelphia mint tst is now established In palatial jamrtS33 at Seventeenth and Spring Gmflen streets there are minim at San Etm cisco Denver and New Orleans and en assay office at Carson LONDON BRIDGE- It Linked the Twelfth Century the Eighteenth For centuries old London briflgs with its double row of houses was 9 home of generations who lived and traded over the Thames waters Holbein lived and painted there Os borne the prentice lad leaped through a window in the house of his Sir William Hewet to the rescue t Sir Williams daughter who bad into the swollen flood of the river and by winning her for his wife laid the foundation of the ducal house of Leeds Crispin Tucker had his shop on the bridge to which Pope and Swift and many another author of fame made pilgrimages to purcbsss books and gossip with the waggish shopkeeper Crockers Dictionary was printed at the Looking Glass on Lon- don bridge and gigantic corn mills dominated the south end of the strcc ture not many yards from the wonder- ful Nonsuch Rouse a huge wooden pile with turrets and cupolas brought from Holland Such in brief outline was the London bridge which linked the twelfth with the eighteenth century and whiff when it was on its last tottering legs was removed to give place to its fins successor of our day the stone In which is said to be nearly doubt that employed In building St cathedral Montrnal Standard His Danger In these days of almost preeminisnt German music and musicians it is rather amusing to read the opinion of former generations concerning Ten tonic singers Frederick the Great was so linpo- litely unpatriotic as to declare that would rather hear the neighing of a horse than the singing of a German prima donna Perhaps in his 4SE3 was some excuse for such a recast but the times have changed There is a diverting anecdote of an Italian who was convinced that no German could sing A friend induced to go to the opera where Hen riette Sontag sang After hearing her first aria the Italian got up to go The friend urged him to stay ten that he would be convinced soon i I know it repled the Italian and J thats why I go Doves and CoronctfoRs At the ancient ceremonies of coro- nation of the French kings the anointing bad been performed some white doves were let loose in the church This was supposed to symbol- ize the power of the Holy Ghost to H recting the kings actions A similar idea seems to have inspired all early kings for among the English regalia Is the rod of equity or the scepter with the dove This la simply a golden rod with a mound at the top which a cross On this cross is a dove fashioned of white enamel with wings Some tine diamonds Bjunent the rod in various places I n- I I f I I J 5 8 the Julyand The d lam Sb master c fallen j Paul he i 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FUNERAL DIRECTORHiring Livery and Sale Stable
Carriages hired for funerals parties balls receptions etcHorses and carriages kept in firstclass style Satisfaction
guaranteed Business at 1132 Third street northwest Mainoffice branch at 222 More street Alexandria VA
Telephone for Office Main 1727
Telephone call for Stable Main 14285OUR STABLES IN FREEMANS AULEY
Where I can accommodate 50 HorsesCall and inspect our new and modern stable
J H DABNEY Prop 1132 Third Street N WPhone Main 3200 Carriages for Hire
Even lady era Bare s DentUnl udlozurlont head oihalt if oho mea a BASIC liter a ttuuopoo or bath the
1 Magic dries the lush removing the daadrefft soft It viastraloalM Meet hoed of hair
The Magic wHl al bush e 6e hair because the comb ia healed steal heastog bar trhieb Iron it sloaa put Into the flame of the alcohol or goo heater
The Aluminum Comb IB euily detached from the heating br taeo attar tobavia heft-ed the oom goes back Into pliceand is hold by tarn of the handle
The Made Heater fs also suitable for ourlintr irons baa a cover and oaa bo eozriaa to ehandbag Magic Shampoo Drier 31 00 Magic AJoohol LIberal tones Co ascntaWrite for literature today
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OLD ISTANC
491 Penn ave N WOUR xs AN1 83 SHOES ARE
THE BEST MADESIGN OF THE BIG BOOTWM FORELAND PROP
Orders Delivered Promptly-
J A PIERREWholesale and Retail
Dealer inCOAL WOOD AND ICE454 New York Avenue N W
ENGLANDS LIGHTHOUSES-
The Seven Districts Are Controlled bya Board Known as the
Elder Brethen
The lighthouse service of England lacontrolled by a board composed ofthirteen elder brethren When a
occurs one of theis selected by the elder
Brethren to fill It The Isfor ute and the salary la 500 a year
f ny commanding officer of the navyfor master of the merchant marine Isineligible for election as one of tha
younger brethren by the elderitaethren There Is no salary attach-ed to the position but they are eligi-ble for election as one of the elderbrethren
England is divided Into seven lightdistricts each In charge of a
superintendent The superintendentsare persons who enter the service esapprentices at the age of thirteen anfl
worked up to the position ofon board of a steam tender
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been at sea They are than eligi-
ble to work up to lamplighter nudesand master These men are psastonsdwhen too old to serve
Story of Origin of a PopularAir In CarniM-
Bizet the composer of the world fa-mous opera Carmen and Eateryt s Ifljfettirt once occupied apartmentswhose outer doors opened on thelanding As soon as he had finishedan air Biiet would hasten to sobmdt itto his neighbor who subjected It tothe most severe criticism From morntag to night the piano resounded inthe composers apartments One nightBeet finished a dramatic bit In whichbe flattered himself he had sucesatiDy sketched the pride of a teftnnpbant toreador after a successful boaflsnt But Halevy listened in saneoend snowed but a moderate entntt-Bfetam Blz somewhat piqued askcause of this coldness
good I admit said HalevyIn fact its too good It lacks move-
ment it lacks short itfta notpopular enough
popular enougnl shoutedpiqued composer Do you want towrite for the slums He went out In
hull but soon tented and in aahour returned with another air list-en to this KM he is m
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on In years was anadottf tosea bb her a nephew happity wedded leis wish was that acharming daughter of his neighborthe Earl of Albemarle should be toofuture Lady Leicester With her andher aiateiM he used to enjoy his mornIng rides One morning she camealone and during the rids he askedthinking to forward his nephews Interests Anne my dear how shouldyou like to be mistress of HolkhamThere is nothing I should like better
she replied Then I shall send mynephew William to court you saidthe earl glad that the fates seemed tofavor his project But the lady calmly
gravely answered I shall neverbe mistress of Holkham on thoseterms Why exclaimed the astonished old gentleman looking the ladyhard In the face dont mean tosay you would marry mel Yes Indeed I would was the answer andnothing I should wish better And as-
a consequence the nophew did not suc-
ceed to the Chronicle
Tlmour the great Asiatic conquerorcommonly known by the name of Tamerlane had extraordinary persever-ance No difficulties ever led him torecede from what he had once under-taken and he often persisted in hisefforts under circumstances which ledan around him to despair On suchoreaftVffM he used to relate to h s
Muted an anecdote of his lifeI he said was forced to take
Shelter from my enemies n rainedwhere I sat alone many
hours Desiring to divert my mfndfrom my hopeies condition I fixedmy yw on an ant that was carrying Agrain corn larger than itself uphigh wall I numbered the efforts itmade to accomplish this object Thegrain ten aixtynlne times tognrend but the ingest persevered and
RVSBHeth ffc washed the top5h e jht gave m courage at the EKV-
B3SQ4 and I forgot the le on
Landscape Near JerueaJ mThe ooontry about Jerusalem Is e-
BgntfaHy a pale country Indeed Ioften thought it looked stricken 0if Its pallor had come upon it abrupty had been sent to it as a visitation
I not sorry that I saw it firstBBdsr grayness and swept by windsThe grayness the winds seemed
to emphasize its truth to drivehomo Its reality And there was some-
thing noble in its candor Even natore can take on an aspect of triekiuses at times or at least a certaIn oo-
gortry a daintinesa not wholly freesuggestions of artificiality The
landscape in the midst of which Jerosatem lies is dreary is sad Instottny weather Is almost forbiddingYet it hive a bare frankness that randanit dignified a large simplicity thatia wary striking The frame ia soberthe picture within it to ammrtng andneither once seen can ewer be forgottan Robert Hlchens in Century
What Happened to BillMrs Dixon was putting Frank aged
six and Willie aged four to sleepwith a bedtime story when she wasjfft3flynJ7 compelled to answer thedoorbell Hastening away with the in
of immediately returning MBB
Dixon was detained by a caller Theboys grew restless Finally running tothe top of the stairs where he knewhis mother could get a perfect view ofhim Frank used nearly all his smallstock of diplomacy In trying to attractbits mothers attention without disturb-ing the visitor After several futile attempts at gesticulations he called outin a loud whisper perfectly audible toboth ladles below Mamma yoodbetter come up then In a mostInspiring tone adding cause Billsnose Is comin unwipedr YouthsCompanion
Tibetan Penal CodeThe Tibetan penal code is curious
Murder is punished with a fine varying according to the importance of theslain theft by a fine of seven to onehundred times the value of the articlestolen Here again the fine dependson the social importance of the personfrom whom the theft has been commit-ted The harborer of a thief is lookedupon as a worse criminal than thethief himself Ordeals by fire and byboiling water are still used ss proofsof Innocence or guilt exactly as wasthe custom in Europe In the middleages And if the lamas never inflictdeath they are adepts at torture
Taken LiterallyThe tramp approached the pompous
gentleman and asked for a copperGo to the ant thou sluggard quot-
ed the sentTaint no use mister answered
the weary one Me aunts jilt astight fisted as me uncle and me otherrelatives Exchange
The Boy Told HimFather after a long search Well
here it is I wonder why one alwaysfinds a thing in the last place onehunts for it Bright Boy I spose itscause after people find it they leave 08looking
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before she was married Has she givenit up now Mr Milds Well er yes
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IS FIRST MINT
Some of the Rules and RegularisesThat Were In Force There Over
a Hundred Years Ago
The first United States mint at Boaadelphia was naturally a very unpre-tentious affair The material for coin-age was secured from abroad Tiewas found much difficulty to get any-one of experience to operate the oa2b
and the salary list of toe Srs4mint employees was David ffifeflhouse director 2000 per anra rq
Tristram Dalton treasurer 2 QQjHenry Volght coiner 1500 IsaacHugh clerk 312
The regular coinage of copperIn 1703 silver in 1704 and gold In X33
The following curious extracts gsataken from the mint rules andtions of the early days
The allowance under the name erf
drink money is hereafter to be discostinned
The operations of the mint throaghrout the year are to commence at8oclock in the morning
Christmas day and Fourth flino other days are es s
lashed holidays at the mintHe watchman will keep inarm chest securer locked a neb
ket and bayonet two pistols en3 asword
watchman must attend cooaoclock in the evening to 5 ofee Jpthe morning must ring the yszd tjreSevery hour and send the wntrTrfagthrough the yard Immediately x a 8arringing the bell
Besides the Philadelphia mint tstis now established In palatial jamrtS33at Seventeenth and Spring Gmflenstreets there are minim at San Etmcisco Denver and New Orleans and enassay office at Carson
LONDON BRIDGE-
It Linked the Twelfth Centurythe Eighteenth
For centuries old London briflgswith its double row of houses was 9home of generations who lived andtraded over the Thames waters
Holbein lived and painted there Osborne the prentice lad leaped througha window in the house of hisSir William Hewet to the rescue tSir Williams daughter who badinto the swollen flood of the river
and by winning her for his wifelaid the foundation of the ducal houseof Leeds Crispin Tucker had his shopon the bridge to which Pope andSwift and many another author offame made pilgrimages to purcbsssbooks and gossip with the waggishshopkeeper Crockers Dictionary wasprinted at the Looking Glass on Lon-
don bridge and gigantic corn millsdominated the south end of the strccture not many yards from the wonder-ful Nonsuch Rouse a huge woodenpile with turrets and cupolas broughtfrom Holland
Such in brief outline was the Londonbridge which linked the twelfth withthe eighteenth century and whiffwhen it was on its last tottering legswas removed to give place to its finssuccessor of our day the stone Inwhich is said to be nearly doubtthat employed In building Stcathedral Montrnal Standard
His DangerIn these days of almost preeminisnt
German music and musicians it israther amusing to read the opinion offormer generations concerning Tentonic singers
Frederick the Great was so linpo-litely unpatriotic as to declare thatwould rather hear the neighing of ahorse than the singing of a Germanprima donna Perhaps in his 4SE3was some excuse for such a recastbut the times have changed
There is a diverting anecdote of anItalian who was convinced that noGerman could sing A friend induced
to go to the opera where Henriette Sontag sang After hearing herfirst aria the Italian got up to go Thefriend urged him to stay tenthat he would be convinced soon i
I know it repled the Italian and J
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Doves and CoronctfoRsAt the ancient ceremonies of coro-
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