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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
AUCTION SALES.
By r. +. Knox, Auctioneer.
EIRUSTEE'S SALE OF A HOUSE AND
JOT

N1RUSTEE'S SALE OF A HOUSE AND
LOT.
By virtue of deed Of trust from Crcllon
Maddox and wife to me, dated August Ia,
1891. and recorded in deed book No. DC,
page 252, one of the land records for the city
of Alexandria, Va, and at the request of the
party secured thereby, 1 will sell at public
auction. in front of the Royal street entrance
10 the Market Building, Alexandria, Va, at
u o'clock noon on
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1892,
the following property: to wit:
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND with a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING thereon
in the city OF Alexandria, Va, bounded as fol-
lows: viz: Beginning at point on the west
side of Payne street 216 feet north of Queen
street, and running thence north on Payne
street 16 feet: thence west parallel with
Queen street 115 feet . inches to an alley 16
feet wide thence south parallel with Payne
street 16 feet, and thence east parallel with
Queen street 115 feet inches to the begin
ming; together with the use of said alley in
common with others entitled thereto.
Terms of sale: Cash.
jy6 IS X. KEMPER, Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
at Your Doors

We HAVE so ARRANGED THINGS,
THAT WE CAN DELIVER ALL GOODS
BOUGHT OF Us AT YOUR HOUSE THE
SAME DAY AS PURCHASED. THIS
WILL SURELY DE RECOGNIZED AS a
CONVENIENCE BY OUR MANY Gus
TONERS WHO RESIDE N ALExAN-
DRIA.
REMEMBER, WE CARRY AS COM
PLETE = LINE OF DRY AND FANCY
GOODS AS YOU FIND ANYWHERE IN
THE UNITED STATES. OUR FORTY
SIX DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS BRIM-
FULL OF NEW THINGS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
THE NEW CIRCULATING LIBRARY
FRENCH'S BOOKSTORE
To he oncned in 4 few DAYS.

Most of the hooks for FRENCH'S NEW
CIRCULATING LIBRARY have arrived,
and all are invited to call at his store and ex-
anime the hundreds of beautiful volumes dis
played in the handsome case made expressly
for this library. In making up this assort-
ment Of books only those of sterling worth
have been selected. They arc all neatly and
durably bound, beautifully printed on good
paper, in large clear type, and consist of his
torical and miscellaneous works, American
and foreign classic series, library of select ro
manccs books of adventure and general inter-
est, select novels and poetical works current
fiction and a series Of the most popular books
for boys and girls.
If you are not already member become one
at once. Membership tickets only two dollars
This entities you to free use of the library for
one year.
Do not delay in securing membership
ticket You will deem it great privilege to
enjoy the benefit of reading five hundred of
the worlds best books.
ROBERT w. FRENCH,
All and 419 King street
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For Over Fifty Years.

Az OLD AND WELI-TRIED REAiEDY.-Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used fof
over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS
for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETH1NG, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SoorHEs the CHILD,
SoFrENs THE GUA., ALLAYs all PAIN; CURES
WIND CoLIc and is the best remedy for d.
.ARRHGA. Sold by Druggists in every part OF
the world. Its value is incalculable. BE sure
and ask for Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING ST.
RUP, and take no other.
Twenty-Five cents per bottle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

4 QUEER little man kept an alphabet shop,
Aud out from his counter hippity hop
He danced till he was ready to drop
Singing and shouting with never stop
Come in, little scholars,
With bright silver dollars:
Or if you've not any.
Then come with penny.
| have humble Bs
And marrow-fat Ps,
Some Chinese Qs
And japanese Is,
A flock of is
And lots of Is,
And perfectly beautiful dark blue Cs;
This is the place to buy your knowledge
At cheaper rates than are given at college,"
Then he'd draw long breath and spin like ;
top,
This queer little man in an alphabet shop
81. NicLnlds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14

The following is the substance of the
bill which failed in 1890, but which
would be revived if the republicans win
next fall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
RuckIen,s Arnica salre.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. letter, Chapped Hands, Chilb!ains,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Plies, or no pay required. 1t is guaran-
tecd to give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For sale by
C. G. Lennon, COG King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-07-14
AGRICULTURAL.
SOFT PULV VERIZED D
Florida Phosphate,

The Standard Phosphate Mining and Chem
ical Company of Alexandria, Va, is now sell
ing to the farmers of this and other States,
their NON ACID PHOSPHATE.
This New Natural Fertilizer contains "a
per cent. of Phosohoric Acid, with per cent.
of this amount available on present crops,
leaving as a PERMANENT IIPR0VER OF
the soil 10 per cent. TO be drawn on by sue
ceeding crops.
1t is especially recommended for wheat and
grass. and will bring equal results with any
phosphate now sold.
The price for this new fertilizer is in reach
of every farmer. Write for prices and circu-
lars.
STANDARD PHOSPHATE MINING AND
CHEMICAL COMPANY,
ie16 Alexandria, Va.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
1naudi, the Lightning Reckoner.

The commission of the Academic
des Sciences appointed to consider the
case of Inaudi, the calculating boy"
has now made its report, from which
it appears that he had no education
whatever and that his talent revealed
itself to him. After astonishing his
relatives he exhibited his powers at
country fairs in Provence, and came
to Paris in 1880, where Broca presented
him to the Society of Anthropology.
Inaudi is 25. robust, but small of stat
ure, his height being hardly five feet.
There is nothing peculiar about the
formation Of his head and tie facial
angle is 80 degrees. His ears project,
his sight and hearing are normal, his
countenance is slightly unsymmetrical,
intelligent, and very open. His MEM
ory for colors and places is rather be-
low the average and for words still
more SO, but he can repeat twenty-five
to thirty figures in the same or in the
inverse order to that given. More
over, he can remember them for sew
eral days. He can pick up number
consisting of twenty-four figures in
ffty-nine seconds. He does so best by
ear, having only learned to read four
years ago, and he repeats it to HIM
self. His additions and subtractions
are from left to right, his multiplica-
tions are done by decomposing the
operation into several others, and his
problems in roots or algebra by tenta-
tive efforts. None of his family shows
the same aptitude as in his case, and
this has been a good deal sharpened
by practice.-L0nttO71 Globe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

that can leap from branch to branch or
climb along the viaduct-like cables of
the great Llama vines, and a iaguar
would not begin to regret phenome-
nal deluge till the waters had closed
over the tops of the tallest palms.
The Brazilian ant bear survives the
rainy season in a peculiar way of his
own. His favorite hunting grounds,
the big ant hills of the underbrush,
are soaking under twenty feet of water
and trees, ants hug the hooks of their
dens during the season of constant
showers. In spite of his big claws
their enemy is not prepared to rip big
trees in quest of his food and his pro-
fciency in climbing cannot compare
with that of the big cats, but his
talent for long fasts is unrivaled, even
in this era of Tanner freaks. One
drink per week will do him for period
of ten or twelve weeks, during which
he husbands his vital resources, on the
principle of minimum expenditure.
With his bushy tail coiled about his
neck, he doses away the rainy day
under the roof of a fallen tree, while
his physical torpor is not apt to be off
set by an excess of metal activity.
1t has been asserted that an ant
bears fore legs are powerful enough
to hug a panther to death, but it is
probable that a jaguar could break his
head at the first blow, and at all events
the tyrant of the Brazilian forests
must find it much harder to cope with
the agility of the tree-climbing mon
keys. In daytime they elude the per-
suit SO easily that they will finish a
good meal Of wild grapes before deign-
ing to notice his approach, and in the
exuberance of his confidence the ring
tailed Capuchin monkey will often
turn upon his would-be murderer and
follow him for hours with jeers and
whoops of defiance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
How Fast Can a Fly Fly7

"The speed of fly is something that
1 have always had great coriosity to
know" said J. A. Bascomb. 81 had a
splendid opportunity few weeks ago
to witness an exhibition of the fly's
speed by which it could be approxi
mately measured. rode out of Little
Rock early one morning over the Little
Rock and Memphis Railroad. My
business necessitated my occupying
seat in the engineers cab. The air
was chill and crisp, and as we passed
through stretch of swamp l noticed
that great swarms of little green flies
that abound in the Arkansas swamps
were attracted to the locomotive by
it's heat. They appeared almost frozen.
When we stopped for minute they
fiuttered around the smokestack and
the boiler, and soon seemed to be get
ting thawed out. When we started
again they flew along close to the en-
CINE to keep warm. Going on down
grade of forty-five miles in length we
ran mile minute. The flies easily
kept up with US, and in fact, really
went faster than we travelled, for every
little while they would fly away from
the engine and then come back to US.
I am confident their speed was greater
than mile minute, aud / will ven-
ture the assertion that they didn't
reach the limit. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
LORD ALBEMARLE's MEMORY.
His Vivid Word-Pieture of the Battle of
Waterloo.

When Lord Albemarle was an old
man living in Portman square it be-
came the custom for his friends to visit
him on the anniversary of Waterloo
among them the prince of Wales, the
duke of Cambridge, Mr.. Gladstone and
Robert Browning being one of the
very few surviving officers who could
remember that great day; one, more
over, who had gained the goodwill and
respect of all who knew him. This
visit of friends to Lord Albemarle grew
and grew till it assumed quite the pro-
portions and appearance of levee,
says the National ReUieaO. His un-
assuming, gracious manner of these
occasions, so gratifying to himself, will
long be remembered.
The account he has given in his
autobiography of his Waterloo recol-
lections is very graphic, although he
did not begin to write that book until
he was 70. But his memory had re-
manned, as / have already observed,
wonderfully accurate. So clear was
the account he gave in his old age of
his memorable experience that his
daughter and her husband visiting the
spot by themselves, were able at once
to recognize the exact locality on the
hillside where he had described him
self rs sleeping soundly. wearied out
by the long march, on the eve of the
battle, the floods of rain having turned
the slope where he lay into very
mountain torrent.
What vivid word-picture he has
drawn in his autobiography! ave
were now ordered to lie down. Our
square, hardly large enough to hold us
when standing upright, was too small
for us in recumbert position. Our
men lay packed together like herrings
in barrel. Not finding vacant spot
seated mysels on drum. Behind
me was the colonel's charger, which,
with his head pressed against mine,
was mumbflng my epaulet, while
patted his cheek. Suddenly my drum
capsized and 1 was thrown PROSTATE,
with the feeling of a blow on the right
cheek. put my hand to my head,
thinking half my face was shot away,
but the skin was not even abraded. A
piece of shell had struck the horse on
the nose exactly between my hand and
my head and killed him instantly,
The blow I received was from the en-
bossed crown on the horses Bit"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
ELIPRINo WITH The BANDIT.
An American Traveller In Mexico Who
Won a Tidy Roll of Plunder.

81 had an adventure with bandits in
northern Mexico few years ago that,
while not altogether unpleasant, /
have no desire to repeat" said William
I. Allen, at the Lindell hotel to Globe
Democrat man. Myself and two En-
glishmen were prospecting in the
mountains for silver, when we were
rounded up and robbed of our arms
and about 5000 in cash. A council
was then held to determine what
should be done with us. 1t was bad
policy to turn us loose, as the gang
was new one and did not desire its
presence known until it had an oppor-
tunity to secure rich plunder, Several
of the gang insisted that we should be
shot and our bodies concealed, but the
chief vetoed this and had us conducted
to a cave further up the mountains,
where we were closely guarded for
eight or ten days.
The chief, full-blooded Spaniard of
considerable education, took quite a
fancy to us and frequently came in and
played cards with us. He had pas
sion for gambling and, in order to
crafty it, loaned one of my compan-
ions twenty Mexican dollars, The
latter was an expert with he paste
boards, but before he sat in to play
said: What's the usep If l win you
will never suffer me to carry the
money away The bandit, who i'm
agined himself quite card sharp,
protested that he would respect his
WINNINGS and the game began. In
two hours the outlaw was $1,000 loser
and refused to play further.
During our confinement he abun-
dantly supplied us with Mexican cigars
and pretty good quantity of wine.
One day he came to us and said that
the military was after them and that
they would have to change their base.
He agreed that if we would not give
information to the authorities we
might 90 free, and TO this we readily
consented, as we considered the Mexi-
can military fully as bad as the out
laws. As we were preparing te de-
part the chief stepped before the En-
glishman who had worsted him at cards
and, counting out $500, proposed to
flip a coin for It. The latter consented,
won and pocketed the So, 600, while
the bandit turned with an oath and
led his companions farther into the
mountain Businesses. We fully expect
ed that some of the more desperate
members of the gang would lay fol
us, and relieve US of our gains, but
we were not molested and reached the
railway without accident.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
ONE OF CALIFORNIA; WONDERS.
A. Marvellous Natural Whispering Gallery
in Lassen County.

"The queerest country ever saw"
said Simon Askins, for twenty-eight
years soldier on the American from,
tier, yesterday at the Grand, sis that
Immediately about Dry Lake in Lassen
County. l was a Sergeant there under
Gen. Wheaton during the Modoc war.
Dry Lake usually has no water in it at
all. 1t is almost an arid plain, with
some alkai scattered here and there
over it, and its area is about two and
a half by four miles. On one side are
the Pit River Mountains and on an
other are big pine woods, while to the
west are the famous lava beds in
which the Indians hid during that last
great California struggle with the saw
ages.
"Well. widening road leads up
from the valley below in the curious
basin. If horse walk on this road
anywhere, even two or three miles
outside the border of the Dry Lake, he
can be heard for many and many miles
up in the interior. The ground all
about there sends forth hollow sound.
Reverberations are heard everywhere.
Whether there are any caves or lost
rivers there l cannot say, but though
I have been almost everywhere on the
frontier never found anything like it.
A football may be heard like sound
in great cavern.
"Many night when, as a soldier on
duty, we anticipated an attack from
the Indians or the arrival of couriers
or supplies, have put my ear to the
ground. If horse was moving about
anywhere within miles he could at
once easily be detected. This enabled
us to put ourselves in an attitude of
defense. 1t is a great gallery, whis-
pering gallery it may pc called, where
the acoustics are so perfect that any
thing said is published to the world.
All the country about there has ears.
Even the cav of crow or the notes of
a songster take on a weird sound.
an the Indian-fighting days we were
very cautious how we moved about
there, for the sound of our movements
was carried all through the lava beds,
where Steamboat Charley, Capt. Jack,
Shacknasty Jim and their bloody
hordes were secreted. I know of only
one thing that could have moved
about there, barring a bird on the
wing, without making a noise, and
that possibly would be bicycle with
it's wheels rendered noiseless by thick
rubber bands. I have never visited il
since the end of the struggle, but ar
sure that some day it must attract
great attention.-Sa4a Francisco Ep
| Cr91ojo7ea-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

The Bertilon measuring system for
criminals depends upon the fact that
the dimensions of the ear, foot, fore
arm, ETC., can pc determined more &C.
curately, change less than expressions
of the face as determined by photog-
raphy. French experience in thous.
ands of cases shows that Identification
is made unerring by this system.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
Teachers Examinations.

Il EXAMINATIONS will be held. commencing
IL at O'Clock a. m. and closing at p. m.
on the FIRST SATURDAY of each month; also,
the THIRD SATURDAY in October. November,
February and April.
The examination on the THIRD SATURDAY in
February will be held at atGarrettsVille; that on
the THIRD SATURDAY in April, at Kent All
others will be held at the High School Build
ing, Ravenna.
No certificate will be ante-dated.
ANY applicant! known to cheat, will be re-
.cSed for six months.
By order of the Board.
OF. HAYMAKER, Clerk,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

The spendthrift gets tight occas ion
ally: the miser is always tight.
Grit wins when genius fails.
There is good deal of difference be-
tween getting ahead in the world and
getting head in saloon.
A mans ideal woman is the one he
can't get.
A womon's smile is more dangerous
than her frown.
That is not true charity which only
begins after your own wants are sup
piled,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
Revolutionizing the Art of Angling.

A lone fisherman in the Mississippi
valley, with plenty of time on his
hands, has made discovery that may
revolutionize the fishing industry. By
inserting an objective glass in the big
end of his hollow tishingrod and look
ing through the small end, he finds it
easy to discover the finny prizes in
their hiding places, and by an appi
ance rugged near the glass to capture
them with ease.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

Colonel Powell of the United States
army declares that among the Chey-
enne Indians man is never allowed
to speak to his mother.in-law except
indirectly and through third person.
The figures show that the relations
between Cheyenne gentlemen and
their mothers.in.law are invariably
harmonious ann pleasant,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

1t is peing noised about as a fact of
natural history that single swallow
devours 5000 flies day, and society
for domesticating,swallows at any mo-
ment. Will not some one look ub the
bird or beast that finds the mosquito
just to its taste and has an unlimited
capacity for that especial variety of
songster,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
White Ants in Ceylon.

The famous termites, commonly
called white ants" although they
belong to the order of the dragon fly,
infest Ceylon in countless swarms, de-
vouring everything eatable, and even
quitting the timbers of dwelling
houses so that the latter are reduced
to mere shells.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

Few relics of antiquity are so curious
ly interesting as the charts employed
by the ancient mariners, which have
portrayed upon them eAer so many
extraordinary monsters, horrible
dragons and terrific giants scattered
here and there.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

The most curious among famous
pearls is that which, three centuries
ago, the French traveller Travenier,
sold to the Persian monarch for $675,
600. It is still in the possession of the
present shah.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28
Legal Notice.
Nellie NJ Ellsworth, Adm'Z of the estate {
John Ellsworth, deceased,

Nellie NJ Ellsworth, Adm'Z of the estate OF
John Ellsworth, deceased,
VS.
John May ct ais.
John May, whose place of residence is un-
known, and his heirs, whose names and resi-
dences are unknown, are hereby notified that
Nellie NJ Ellsworth as Administrative of the
estate of John B Ellsworth, late of hudson.
Summit County, Ohio, deceased. has filed her
petition in the Court of Common Pleas for Por-
tage County. Ohio. the prayer of which is that
mortgage given by one John Ellsworth. April
26th, 1910 on lands in Lots II and 70. in Streets
boro, Portage County. Ohio, to said John May.
to secure the payment of three promissory notes
of said date. for $500 each may be cancelled
(alleging that said notes were fully paid when
they became due) and for other order and de-
cree as shall be equitable and proper.
Said petition Will be for hearing five weeks
after the 14th day of September, 1892
j. IL. NICHOLS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
RaVenna, Sept 10, 1872. 1251-5t.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

Oil was used for burning in lamps
as early as the epoch of Abraham,
about 1921 B. G. It was the custom
of the Jews to anoint with oil persons
appointed to high offices, as the priests
and kings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

sDaily. Except Sunday. Alag stop. Meals.
Dark Faced Type denotes time from 10 90 noon to y 90
midnight Light Faced from u 90 midnight to 70 90
JOSEPH WOOD, E.A. FORD.
General Manager, General Passenger AGENT
Rl5-92.-I PITTSBURGH, PENN'A.
For time cards. rates of fare, through tickets,
baggage checks, and further information re-
garding the running of trains apply to any
Agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
W. d. ARMSTRONG. Agent.
Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

It is just one hundred years since
the Cornishman, William Murdock,
dicovered that coal gas might be used
as an illnminRnt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

AS late as 1772 women rode astride.
Side saddles are modern inventions.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-28

The New Testament was first print
ed iu 1902.