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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
BGOTs AND SHOES.
WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
THa LADIES TO 0Ug
NeWSpEiDgStyIe BoOtsL Shoes

We offer magnif lent assortment of NEW
Sly LIS which cannot be su, passed for beauty,
dur ability ard price.
Ladies' Fine French Kid Button Boots.
Lsdies' Fine Basket Cloth Fox Button Boots.
Ladies' Fac Diagonal do.
Ladies Fine Lasting Kid do.
Ladies' Pine Goat do.
Ladies Fiae Calf do.
Lsiies Fine Kip : ppers, every description,
Kid Button and Lace Newpor!s, Regent Slip.
per5. Paris Ties, Open Congress Shoes and San
and Slippers of every sty ls and quality.
Misses School, Walking ard Dress Boots ia
variety Of new styles; also large stock Of
Mi;ses' Sandals and Slippers
Cbidren's Boots Shoes aud Slippers in every
quality, style and price.
Gents Fine Boots and Shoes in all Of the new
spring sty lee.
Gents Pumps aud Slippers in all the late
styles.
The above goods are ,st class, ard guaran-
teed to give satisfaction IL every psrtll ulsr, ard
WILL be sold 1t such prices IS cennot fa 10 satisfy
sll.
We have very large stock of Boys and
Youths school and Dress Shoes OF all the new
styles, which sre warranted 30 give satisfaction,
and will be- sold much cheaper than they Can be
bough! in this city or Washington it will repay
you to eIlmin, these goods
IT will afford us Great satisfaction to show
these goods 20 the pubic, and Mi We chn spy is
that they cannot be beat N variety, style, quail
~ or prices.
w. . B. w ADDEY
ITO KING STREAT.
spl ALEXANDRIA, VA.
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ApIil |, 1881
{ HAVE THIS DAY SOLD NY STOCK OF
Merchandi.e to Wh, a. P. BHRKLEl,
WHO will continue the business st the old stand.
invite my fri-Gds 10 Eivs him 8 csi. All per
sons Indebted to nle will ales.e settle their &C.
cjun.s. M. II. BERKLEY.
W. N H. P. BEHKnEY, (Succ assor to Vim.
n: !ie'k'ey) opened to day NEW
: 4 PRINTS, (prettv ard cheap
B!rachcd aud Brown usli1s Shee,ings, Pillow
Esss lot: !ns. with other desirable goods. I in
Vl!e my lf'"nos 10 ca!i hpl-ln
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

i LtBAorlNE, !o- Wallis End GILL
Ia IEU5 pu Snita and . variety OF besG.i
l.. 'i-.s Csa 19 s2pliet ~ ~py ono. snd is
ie,-y .or Use b. m xlA., VIII hr! water. 1t is
's,.Y superior lu hns, n.De. wi rot cn,lk Lor
20 1! sal Is IA; prs!ernoss saI rnucd cAssper
.aaa ~si pspGr. pa! up IA tre 10. boxes At
Big :yr the IAlte sAG 55;. Tor The CoiOIs eMcn
,.f 5HX. lE5 Contents ol one c2x wi! cover
.9J :4-,re es:. Two crta. sam pie Card u sEa les
l'alcI TO any sdt:ess. aH N1f Il Cu,
4y;-.Ssts, - AID l54 nIng street. sp5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
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F;OMM!S&IuNEhS SALE OF VALUA.
~ BILE BUILDlNU LOTS in the town of
Falls Church, Fsirfs1 county. Virginia.
By virtue and il eIs sclton Of decree OF the
Circeit Court for the County Of Fs rta1, State of
Virgins renGarsd 1T the Juae term 1850, hare
IF il tho suit Of Ciovers eir VS.. Cluvers hs'rs,
the udersis ned commissioners appointed In said
decree will of4r for safe, on IU ESDA 7. the ON
Of prl 4. H., 1851, CT the premises. TW ELHE
BUILDING LOIS III the own III Falts Church,
Fairfax county, Virgiala varying 10 siz, troD
one snd one-fourtu acres to Two 8 .es, all
e!igib!y situated IN The centre Of tina town. CON-
venieut tc stores churches and Schools and but
ons-third OF mile ffom East Falls Church
Citation OF the Washington ano Ohio h.lroad
atfordlng double dsi!y rsll communication 1ILh
Washington and alexandra.
The locality IL remarkably healthy, the s0cie-
ty intelligent and persons desiring TO oo!ain s
nome in The cJuntry will hao here facilities sur.
passed By no other locality within easy reach OF
the cauiial.
Ths Commissioners ara au.horiz ID to sell Any
of said lots st privste sa's. Pat. OF the propsr-
ty mIy be sesn at the Cth e OF the hVenlhg Star,
Ale1sndris Gszatte, snu at the PCstCtice Falls
Church.
Terms Ten per cent cash, balance at Biz,
twelve aid eighteen month, from date, with 10
terest secured pY rUt-s + purchaser aud per-
sonal security, ard -. iiIlu IF title until hhGl
payment, or all ca=u 81 opLlon OF pufcnaser
Ali ssies subject to the confirmation Of the
ssid Court Convey anclrg at purchasers cot.
Property subec. to b. resoid At riak and COST OF
detsulting purchaser. Sale 10 commence II
HENRY w. THOMAS,
CASSIUS CARTEh, Comm'rs.
J. G. De PUTkUN,
mh28-W4w
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WrILL BE OFFERED at the ssms time
w and place the TWQ-5 TORY BRICK
BU1LDl'G on the south sioe of riuce street.
between Fairfax and soysl, adjoining Jacqb,'
barber chop on the west. Would sui. for Ia "
yer's Office, or dwelling for SMALL f,mily. Tei ms
at sale. GREEN s. WISE,
aplS-eo.s for owner
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

= WILL CaEAICaL PAINTS, the frat
- sGd W. believe the best ready mixed paint
made. A!=o Lewis Lead Oiis, Brushes and q
full stock Of PAINS Of sll kinds IN store and for
sale at lowest market prices.
mh29 Z s LEADBEATER & BRO,
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EEDaI SEkDol
=
Choice MEDIUM and 5APLING OLOVKE,
ORCHARD 9RAoS and TIMOTHY Sled.
IN store and for sale BY "
tebl6-tf X, N. LAWSON q &JA4lKSON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
By ONesl u Lucas. auctionsers.

DY VIRTUE Z Of decree of the Corporation
ID Court of the city of Alex sndris entered ca
anuary Sth, 1884, IL the chsEcery .use Of kd1-
lIa's admir-. VS. EdelIn ct ais, will sell By pub
lie auction, in front Of the Esirtax st entrsnce
to the Market Building, on SATURDAY, the
30!h day of April, 1851, ut II o clock m. tie fol.
lowing resi- estste VIZ:
The LOT OF GIOUND on the east side OF
Pit! street, betwesn king aud Cameron streets,
fronting on P.tt street tWsn,Y three feat and
ruuniDH hack TO the centre OF n square There
is FOlH STUAY BRICK CAARIAGE
FACTURI I on the front of the lot aud q three
story BklCH BLACKSMITH SHOP On the
back OF II.
Terms of Sale: One third cash. AID the resi-.
due in two equal payments 81 Fix aud twsve
months from date Of SAFE; the deferred pay.
ments to bear interest fron day of sale; the pur-
casser 10 give hia bon0s for ths deferred pay
nouts snd the title TO be retained until the
whole OF the purchase muley IL psii.
a. w. ARMSTRONG;,
su2-W4g Special Com mr.
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tr -. :. Va y 49, > ni.i.i Eos IS r..t l.
~ lie ahA 4 ;oTJHE !iCS 5TOnEno.
:. hl4s :t'r2., :unLiuS b.et: - Market a..ry.
sstlb . - : 10 II s: SONS;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
EEEG UnON'S FIRST SUPPLY OF
II SPhIS{j GtOES

l. Sfhl NJ IOOLS.
Rich Lsces, i'll White, Ecru snd Black; Fan.
cy Ribbons at low rrces; Silk and Linen
H.nckerchlefs, Rich Buttons, Fancy Vei!ipgs
owiss, Null aud Lace Ties our 80, Corset is n e
best Ia N ,rket; $50 q full line OF Gents White
shirts, uuauaullet, 81 SOC celebrated Diamond
Shirt ST. at FEhGUSONS,
nh2j eS King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

TLOURl FLOUKi J B. Fickien = Sons
4 Bridgewater Patent Process. The best in
the market for sale by
isnl2 UH4S. s. TAYLOR, Jr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

GALE OF LAND IN FAIRFAX COUN.
~ TY.-Pursusnt to decres rendered 8! the
November term. 1879. of the Circuit Court of
Fairfax county, in the suit Of o. w. HUNT and
Others VS. Thompson Jsvins e1'1. and devisees
the undersigned commissioners of sale. on MON
l,AY, the 10th day of May, 1881. (cours day. at
Il O o'clock M will sell at public auction before
tbs Court l.ouse door of said county, A TRACT
OF LAND belonging to the estate OF Thompson
Jsvins deceased, lying in said county on the
Rosling Road about FIVE miles from Alexandra.
This land is Of excellent qusity, is we'll watered
and is in proved by a DWELLING HOUSE
and other buildings. The tract contails 4s
acres more or less, but will be sold in parcels 10
suit purchasers
K. w. Gsillysrd, ESQ.,, will show the land to
those desiring to purchase.
Terms of sale: One tenth Of the purchase
money in hand, the residue 10 three equal an
Iua! payments to be secured by the notes Of The
purchaser with good personal security aud bear
lng interest from day of sale; titled to be re-
tanned till las. payment is made.
9 4. STUART cour,,,. of s.,o
THOMAS MOORE. oon 40 ~ SAhe'
The commissioners reserve the right TO expose
the above property TO Sale in lots, in accordance
with plot to bs exhibited on the day Of sale.
spi0-dts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

,NGLISH CONDITION POWDERS
IL wholesale snt retail oy
CHAS. s. TAYLOR, Jt,
uh19 No. q King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

RI EW GOUD S-TtOpc FIuiL LsxALlve,
Hoois ur Me.taufs hesiache Pits. Warmers
Pills, iron Blttuls Csmn's, SCOTS and Bakers
Emu sion Cod Liver Oh, FreLcn Bisckipg.
Warmers Kidney sno Liver Cure, Five Min.
ute cure, Winch ,s:sl's hypophosnhstes, &c.
Arthur's Syrup dypophosphates. Sc just rs
cylvsd.
sp5 ES. .LsADBEATER & BRO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27
AUCTION SALES.
By V Neal s. Lucas, Auctioneers.

nom MMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA-
~ Bib REAL ESTATE-By virtue of de-
crees Of the Circuit Court Of Fairfax county,
Va, rendered at the June term, 1880. and No.
Venber term, 1880 thereof in the chsncery
cause of w. 4. Emerson and wife es ais VS..
Eiva n. Emerson ct als., the subscriber, IS com.
missioner of sale in said Cause, will expose tor
sale at public auction on SATURDAY, the 18th
day OF May, 1881, at IL m in front of the Mar.
get building. on Royal street, in the city of
ale1andris, Va LOT OF G GROUND. with .
TWO STORY FRAME EI,LING
HOUSE. in the village of West End, in Fairfax
county, Va, situated on the south side of Duke
street. extended, short distance west of the
Stone Bridge" ard containing two roods and
twenty five poles, being part of the real estate Of
which harrison lim, rson died s,izsd.
Terms of Sale: one fifth OF the purchase mon
oy in CASH, and the residue in three equal pay
msnts, at six. twelve anu eighteen months from
the dsy OF sale; the deferred payments to bear
Interest from the day Of sale, and 10 be secured
by the notes OF the purchasers, With good per-
sonal security. and the retention of the title
until the last pay ment is msds.
ALBERT STUART,
Bp25-aodts t'ommissioner of Sala
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

enNn LBS OH CAKE MEAL 81 e1
OOOO cellent article for All kinds o
stock, for sale by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

NEW CROP NEW ORLEANS SUGAR
~ and MOLASSES received and for sale by
er- harmon & SMITH.
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METTAUk'5 PILLS tor Headache DJs-
IN pepsi., &C, are for sale BY
ALB 4. s. LEADBEATER s. BRO.
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ssE. $50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-27

TyIdE CRIME DAT MEAL TOILETSOAP
& is ane OF toe incest, best snd moet pleasant
Toilet Soaps The suecsl N ,rit of Oal Ma
81 sosp ingredient il tha. i. will cleanse,
.hitan, soften and su.ooth the ssin. aud prevent
the hands from Camping.
We have Sc, ured the !. gency for the sale of
.hs losu, ard sre selling 1t 81 10 cents box of
,h,ee t3) cakes.
spl5 E.S LEADBEhTsR s. BRO
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
British Soldiers.

Sir George Colley Is dead, shot by the
Beers, whom be whipped 80 easily On paper,
but who beat him and his troops whenever
they met Another story of disaster goes
home to England. First it was the naked
Zulu savages whose impetus onslaught broke
through all the laws of civilized warfare and
wiped out g British regiment then It was
the Afghans with their brass cannon and
fierce cavalry and now it IS the Boer sharp
shooters who proved too much for the Eng
lish soldiers. What is wrong ? is the ques-
ton that naturally occurs. The last Boer
victory is a significant one in many senses
most of ell in the fact that the English had
every advantage that position and disci pline
could give them. English correspondents
themselves confess that the position rather
tre~acherously seized BY General Colley seem
ed ~impregnable. It was 8 natural fortifca-
ton of the strongest kind. The soldiers were
cool and confident. The Beers made q rush
the report saws. and all was over. The fact
is they stormed and took the place, and the
soldiers hardly made a show OF 9 stand
against them. Colley himself was killed and
so far atoned for Q series OF reVerses Wnlcn.
his rashness seelmedWto have invited. lis
death on the field was, in . sense, the most
fortunate thing that could have happened
him. For a general who failed In every
thing he undertook could hardly hope to
escape the penalty OF persistent failure at
the hands of bis fellow countrymen.
What is wrong 2 is the question in every
body's mouth. The truth seems TO be that
the average British soldier q to-day is not
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
THE RIVER PRESS.

the sAboriginsl Races Of America DR.. Ban
croft indirectly afirms that kissing on the sly
is the rule and the converse the exception
among our barbarous brethren and the same
is true of those scientifically interesting peo-
| ple. the Australian Maorles. From these
facts we may reasonably infer that our re-
mote ancestors, the troglodYtes, did their
sparkling ia much the same way that sparkling
is done nowadays-unobstusiVely, and with 9
good deal Of quiet satisfaction. And it Is do
ing them nothing more than justice to add
that their heads were what Is yulgarly termed
~s'level."
Being thus sanctioned by the customs of
the past and Endorsed by the use of the pres
ent, the mystery that is held to be most con-
duciye to comfortable kissing doubtless will
endure until the end Of time. It is right that
it should. Think for q moment what q lot Of
trouble there would be if this old-fashioned
game of addition of lips and division of
pleasure should not be accompanied by a dis
Greet silence. A wise law of nature provides
that kisses leave no mark to show where they
have been. This is not an accident it is the
result of we'll considered design. In almost
any locality the stock Of girls worth kissing
is distressingly short. If every kiss stuck like
court-plaster these girls speedily would be-
come patched all over, to their own disigure-
ment and to the considerable annoyance of
their numerous admirers; and the result
would be almost precisely the same If the
kissing was done publicly. But by kissing
privately, and by saying nothing about it,
thanks to this merciful law Of nature that
keeps kisses from showing, evena small stock
Of girls sufices to produce that desideratum
in political economy, the balance Of supply
and demand. And it is probable that when
the philosophers com to investigate the mat
ter they will conclude that this is the reason
why kissing onthe sly is generally recognized
as a sort of natural necessity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
Rough ON Him.

Gallagher says it is mighty rough. Yes
terday, says the Washington Post, he saw
his wife across the street. He knew it was
her because he recognized the dress, though
| she was closely yelled, and he resolved to
have some 1un with her. SO he pretended he
thought 1t was somebody else and went
| across the street and followed her and tried
| to pick up a filtration with her. At last he
succeeded in getting a nod from her, and
then he spoke to her. She answered in 9
whisper only. It was evident to Gallagher
that she didn't dare to speak aloud, or her
voice would give her away, and that she was
trying to disguise it, as he whispered. So
he pretended not to notice, and chatted with
her, she replying always in q whisper. They
strolled about, and he begged her to lift the
veil and let him see the fair yonng face he
knew was underneath. But she wouldn't.
Then he asked her to go to Parker's and have
go home. He wanted to escort her home
but she told him he could only 60 IS far as
the corner of q certain street. OF course it
was 8 street near his house. He was chuck
ling inwardly at the joke he was playing on
his wife, and laughing to think what his wife
would say when he told her he had known
her all the time. They reached the corner
and she, refusing positively his escort any
further, left him. He was confident she had
gone on mad and was preparing to blow him
up when he got home. His house was just
a block each way from that corner. He ran
the other way, got ahead of her, and when
she came up to the house he stood on the
steps. She didn't speak to him, but rushed
past him in the house. He rushed after her
and exclaimed
my love, I've know you all the time, give
me- q kiss! !" and then tore the veil from her
face, and kissed her. And then he heard q
shrek behind him, and, looking back, saw
his wife just coming in with her coat and
hat on, The person be had kissed was his
wife's maid, who had rugged up in her mis-
tress clothes for an afternoon promenade.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
HREsH LAND
Wny E4and League ER-aefcaEfssn lis TuBt.
xaankDae.
TChicago Tirnes.l

lCnlCagO l1rnes.I .
4 cable dispatch mentions an Irish land
lord who ownes about one-third of one of the
counties in the Emerald Isle" and who pro-
posed to turn out all his tenants and farm his
lands himself. Cases of this kind are calcu-
lated TO give the American people an idea,
not easily obtained otherwise Of circumstances
that might justify some Of the more radical
features of the Land League programme.
The right Of men to own land being con-
ceded, there is not apparently much differ
ence in 8 moral sence between the man h
derives his title to an Irish estate from an
English king, representing the nation that
conquered that country some hundreds or
wears ago, and he who holds lands granted or
sold him by the American government,
which wrestled them from the Indian pro-
prietors by force, fraud, or g pretense OF
purchase founded upon some insignificant
gift made, or annuity promised a tribe in ex-
change for d domain fit for the appenage Of
q king. But the landlord referred to hold,
presumably under q grant from the British
government, title Of q third Of o county.
There are thirty-tWo counties ID Ireland, and
supposing that county to equal the average,
it would be possible for ninety six men
having estates as extensive as his TO W the
entire island, and if they should see their
personal interests in the same light-to evict
its entire population, and turn the kingdom
into ninety-six sheep farms. 1t is true there
are on Corpus Christy bay, In Texas and in
California men who own and farm estates
e~qualing in area an Irish county, but Ia these
cases nc population had been dispossessed,
and the parallel is not complete. To get an
adequate idea of this Irish case, it would be
necessary to imagine an American county
containing many thousands of people, who
had been born and lived all their lives within
its limits that these people had always paid
rent to some person owning the land on
which they lived, and that he now proposed
to drive them ont In mass. Apply this n.y.
pothesis to any rural county in Illinois, and
conceive that perhaps fifty thousand people,
whose father had lived there for q dozen Or
twenty generations before them, were to be
expelled from their homes because the land
owner desired TO make q pasture of the farms
occupied by these people. It would not be
difficult, under such conditions, to create an
opinion thar the ordinary rights Of property
must be subordinated to the rights Of these
people who are the nation. The monstrous
eviction scheme of the landlord in question
will 60 further than all the Lard Leagues in
Ireland to compel radical action on the land
question by the British parliament.
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quite so fine q fellow as was the British sol
der Of q quarter or half a century ago. War
if never popular, 1t is less popular to-day
in England than it ever was. Men seek their
livelihood in other occupations than drill and
| pipe-clay. Sir Frederick Roberts ought to
be an authority on the subject, and before
this disaster occurred at all he addressed
some very plain words to the English people
on the subject Of the English army. The
British military service, he maintains, is by
10 means what it ought to be. The army
needs reform. It's peculiar vice is sending
boys to do mems errands. The reforms of
Mr. Caldwell, a civilian, were all in the
wrong direction. The term of short service
has, in Sir Frederick Roberts judgment, act
ed very badly on the English army. It's
backbone, stamina, discipline esprit du corps,
is ia a great measure destroyed. His expert
ence is that regiments Of boys are useless.
Unless regiments are composed of %full-grown
men Of tried stamina, they dwindle away
very rapidly when they take the field. He in
stanced the case of the cavalry and artillery
during the Afghan campaign Of 1878. These
men were old and seasoned soldiers,
and 'tthey were neither sick nor sorry" In
the Infantry the case was altogether differ
ent, for the reason that the men comprising
it were different. In the case of the Eight
Foot, after q march of seventy miles, the
regiment had dwindled down to the strength
of half q battalion. The men dropped out
by the way through sheer weakness. Was
Sir George Colley's force composed Of such
material? If SO it is easy to understand its
complete collapse before the onset Of . body
Of brave and strong men fighting for their
homes and liberties and fighting to die or
win.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

Drear were the world without q child,
Where happy infant never smiled,
Nor stirr'd a mothers love:
We sooner could the tiowerets spare,
The tender bud and blossom fair,
Or breath of %springtime In the air,
Or light Of dawn above!
No Monarch rules with lordlier grace
Than helpless infancy its place
Soon narrowed to a span;
Outstretching hands that claim asright
All things thatloom upon the sight
And reeking naught of greater might
That viii discrown the man.
o, little king, O, little queen,
You rule not with the golden sheen
And pomp Of larger courts,
But sovereign is your gentle sway,
Strong hearts and willing homage pay,
Love scatters garlands on Your way
When your young life disporte.
No poet utters q daintier word
Than oft from lisping lip is heard,
No wit moves purer mirth;
In mimic satire babes grow bold
And quaint surprises they unfold,
As first their untaught eyes behold
The wondrous shows of earth.