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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23
DRY GOODS.
CLOAKS! CLOAkS!

Our new stock Of winter wraps is now
ready for inspection, and contains large va
rety Of the leading styles, made for this sea-
sons wear Buying as we do from the lead
ing manufacturers and having all our goods
made to order, we are enabled to give some
very desirable garments not found else
where. In very striking garments it is our
policy to buy very few Of STYLE thus avoid
ing making nice garment too common.
We have large range in prices, beginning,
witha good, satisfactory and well-made gar
ment at S375 and up to S25.
A special advantage in purchasing a cloak
from us is the assurance of the latest style,
as we carry no last seasons garments in
stock.
First-class Merchant Tailoring speciality
4 Nm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

WASHINGTON, D c., Oct. ., 1898.
TIHE ANNUAL meeting of the Stockh hold
l. ers Of the CHESAPEAKE AND COLUM-
BIA INVESTMENT COMPANY will be held
at the office of the company in Alexandria,
Va, on THURSDAY, November 2nd. 1898,
at D. IN. 7. D. KELEHER,
oct3 w4W Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

NoTICE-rbe GERMAN Co.oPERA-
~ TIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS,
Nos. and 5. and the ALEXANDRIA PER
PEIUAL BUILDING FUND ASSOCIA-
TONS having moved their offices to No. 1O7
Royal street, between King and Prince streets,
instalment5, shares and loans will be received
at the above named place.
J. SCHNEIDER,
OCG-- oL Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

Bath Tubs for every purpose, Hip Baths.
Infants Baths, Foot Baths, &c
Door Mats, made of best English Coco.
Every style and kind, DC to 50.
Fifth floor ...................11th -st building
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23
local INTELLIGENCE.

c.a rises tomorrow at Gal sun sets
-" High water 6:57 a. m. and
N! Mn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

ur,TuER PRoBABILITIES.-For this
.,s.aa ram probably followed by clearing
s today with . slightly y; ,ower b sempGIn,
ilIy - ~ and diminishing in force.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

EyRUIT SYRUPS-Ginger, Sarsaparilla,
L Lemon, Orange, Pineapple, Raspberry,
Cherry, Currant, Vanilla, and Raspberry
Vinegar for sale BY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

rE1HE ALDEN Salt Shaker is the only
Il one made that is as effective in wet
weather as in dry Have you tried it? Once
used you will never he without it. TO he had
only of Ell. MILLER 4 SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

For SALE,
The FARM on which I now reside about
ono and a.third miles from Alexandria, con-
tanning about 70 acres.
oct2 eotdec1 ANDREW JAMESON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23
DRY GOODS.

DRY GOODS.
v oodVard & IotIIrop.
10th, llth and T SIS, \. ".
FIJI TIL FLOOR BARGAINS.
China, CFockery, Glass Lamps, House
furnishings, &c.
Thousands upon thousands of articles for
every day use-big and little China Ware
from the best foreign rotteries and those at
home, rich cut glass, the finest, including the
famous Baccarat and any number of small
and apparently Insignificant articles you per-
haps never think of till you need them They
ere all here, and the prices never were so small.
-:O:-
STAR OIL HEATERS.
Light, portable, and, attractive, made Of
brass, nckel-plated, with Russian iron cylin-
der. The combustion is perfect, therefore
free from all smoke and odor
3d.
HoUsEFURNIsHING DEPARTMENT.
Brass Goods OF all kinds-Fenders, And
ir)ns Fire Sets, Coal Holds, Coal Vases, UNI
brella Stands, Five O'clock Tea Kettles, Chat
ing Dishes, Bird Cages, &c.
Fire Sets, 81.
Tenders, 81.
Androns, pr, S5.15.
Umbrella Stands. Sl.1S.
Five O'clock Tea Kettles, S195.
Bath Tubs for every purpose. Hip Baths.
Infants Baths, Foot Baths, &c
Door Mats, made of best English Coco.
Every style and kind, &c to 50.
Fifth floor buildng)
CHINA DEPARTMENT.
Decorated Toilet Ware in the newest shapes
and patterns. Handsome sets with jars, six
styles of gold and colorcd decorations, 1913.
is with jars. newest shapes and full ground
decorations $3.50.
Dinner Sets, finest Carlsbad china, 102
pieces, eight styles of decorations, $40.
Jardiniercs of every description
Decorated Plates, about thirty styles, fine
Carlsbad China Formerly 81. $3.50, So,
and $3.50 dozen. Choice for Zoe.
Fifth 10th-st. building.
Out GLASS DEPARTMENT,
Oar fall line Of imported and domestic
makes is in. Lower prices than last seasons
prevail. Table Tumbers, newest cuttings
So. rs dozen.
Fifth floor 10th-st building)
T AMP DEPARTMENT.
Just opened new lot of Parlor Vase Lamis
Undoubtedly the finest line we've ever owned
decorations, 10-inch dome shade |
to match single or duplex burner and chin.
ney, complete, Toe to So
Fifth noor,. 1Oth-st. building.j
-:o:-
s-GOODs DELIVERED IN ALEI-
ANDRLA.
W oodward & Lothrop,
10th, nth & F Sts., n. W.,
WASHINGTON. D. c.
GROCERIES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

A SIX to see the "OTHELLO & DEsDE.
IN MONA TOOTH BRUSHES. The finest
quality of French manufacture. The two
brushes packed together in handsome box
at z. s. LEADBEATER & sons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

TIME Celebrated Red Ribbon Brand Of
i JAVA and MOCHA COFFEE, only sold
by i c, WALLACE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

TUsT RECEIVED a lot of DOOR MATS
u 3 sizes, 40, so and 75 cents, at
II. c. VILLAGES
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

CCREEN DOORS, Window Screens, Fly
y Traps, Dog Muzzles and Fly Fans at
JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

100n YARDS extra good SHAKER
OVO FLANNEL at &c per yard at
CHAPMAN'S 424 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

CPECIAI-Just received fine assortment
y of WINES, BRAND1ES, WHISTLES, &c'
H.C. WALLACE. 900 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

Brass Goods OF all kinds-Fenders, And
ir)ns, Fire Sets Coal Holds, Coal Vases, UNI
brella Stands, Five O'clock Tea Kettles, Chat
inv Dishes Rird Cares ,Sc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

UOU can buy SEAMLESS HEEL half
Il hose for sea pair. usua! price lOc. at
q. AMOS B. SLAYMAKER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

MAXIMUM. Minimum, Clinical, Standard,
W. Dairy and Brewers Thermometers,
Hydrometers, Aneroids, Barometers, &C, for
sale by E. S. LEADBEATER & SONS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23

CHOICE NEW BUcKwHEAT and MA.
" PILE SYRUP just received by
] C. MIR RTrpN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-23
v oodVard & LOt|IIrop.
10th, llth and T SIS, n. ".
FIFTH FLOOR BARGAINS.
China, crockery, Glass Lamps, House
furnishings, &c.

Thousands upon thousands of articles for
everyday use-big and little China Ware
from the best foreign potteries and those at
home, rich cut glass; the finest, including the
famous Baccarat, and any number of small
and apparently insignificant articles you per-
haps never think of till you need them. They
ere all here, and the prices never were SO small.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06
arid LANDS.
CONTINUED from First page !

can Desert, is still dominant one in
the east. Among such, the prevalent
idea of the public domain, west of the
Kansas meridian, is loo often a half
formed picture OF shifting sand covered
with sage brush and cacti; yet, since
the admission of that state into the
Union, the government has passed title
to public lands, whose area is double
that of France, while the character OF
the land thus disposed of, acre per acre,
will surpass in fertility and productive
ness, the lands from which the 50, 000,-
600 population of the last named coun-
try draws its sustenance. 1t is to be
regretted. though, that as this concep-
tion of the west is disappearing its
progress and future destiny are becom-
ing more generally realized-that there
is growing disposition to regard the
public domain as thing of the past,
and to accept the belief that what re-
mains is of such slight significance as
to be of minor Importance in national
affairs. For this, official reports and
semi-official utterances, made by men
having no conception of the magnitude
of the subject, are to a large extent
responsible. How untrustworthy such
authorities can be, is shown by the
statement made by commissioner of
the General Land Office in 1880, placing
the area of public lands, available for
settlement at ten million acres, and ex-
pressing the belief that all the available
public land would be located by the
end of 1883, yet, since that date up to
and including the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1892, under the Homestead
and Timber Culture Acts alone, there
were entered 123, 1856, 500 acres. With
such official inaccuracy, it is difficult
to make the general public realize that
at the close of the year 1892, there still
Observation-Disclosures OF Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, in which, if any public land
remains, it consists of few isolated
tracts-and also exclusive Of Alaska
and lands owned by Indians and other
public reservations-567.5S 6,7S9 acres,
which, according to the statement of
the General Land Office, were vacant
and subject to entry in the public-land
states and territories. OF this area,
541 ,265, 24S acres are located in what is
known as the arid region of the west,
where cultivation is dependent either
wholly or in part on irrigation. These
lands are distributed as follows:
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06

Between the construction OF canal
or reservoir for the encouragement of in
land commerce, and canal or reservoir
for the purpose of agriculture, there ls
practically no difference. II anything,
the argument is more in favor OF the
latter. Aside from being the primal
foundation of commerce as well as all
other industries, agriculture furnishes
direct employment and livelihood to
more than seventy per cent OF our en-
tire population, and on it's prosperity
depends more than on any other cause
the general prosperity of the nation.
Unlike the appropriation made for the
improvement of rivers and harbors,
from which no direct return is received
by the government, every dollar ex-
pended in irrigation works, would be
repaid direct with interest, while from
the sale of lands reclaimed-now I'M
salable at any price-hundreds of mil
lions of dollars would be added to the
national treasury.
Governmental Revenue from Public
Lands.
With the exception OF the moneys
collected from customs and internal re-
venue taxes, there has been no source
of revenue so profitable to the general
nment as that from the sale of pub
lie lands. Every man who has made a
home in the west, has contributed
directly to this sum, which at the end
of the fiscal year 1892. amounted to
1888, 767, 517.1O. In return for this
money, the only direct appropriation
the government has ever made in con-
.nection with the public lands, has been
for their survey. The amount expend-
ed In such surveys, has been minutes
NAL when compared with the amount
of money it has received from the sale
of such lands. 9 .
Arizona will serve as an illustration
of this fact, and it's experience has been
the experience Of every other state and
territory in the west. From it's organ
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06

This problem arising from statecOn-
troll OF streams valuable chiefly f,r ir-
rigation, is one that must be soon solved
or else at no distant day it will eff
fectually eliminate irrigation as lead
ing factor in the development If the
greater portion of the west. There is
but one way apparently in which a
satisfactory solution can ever be effect
ed, and that is by the assumption of the
general government of the contr,l of the
water supplies of the west. Wheeler the
same be running streams, reservoir
sites or cachement basins. No blindly
and without definite policy is to the
future-as was done under tle Act of
Congress OF March 2 1889, making an
appropriation Of $780, 00-th, first and
only one-toward the reclamation of the
west, Gan act resulting in fsl more evil
than good to all, save the nen having
the disbursement of the appropriation
But with definite intentin to render
habitable and preserve to tie people OF
the nation this small remaining fraction
of the public domain. Unless such a
policy is adopted, ninety-,ve per cent.
of the arid region will renain the bar
rem desert it now is, saw in the COM
paratively few instances where existing
conditions sufficiently faorable to in
duce private capital to Undertake the re-
clsmation of isolated aras.
Private Ownership of 'ublic Waters.
While it is not minded to decry
what the private capitlist has, and is
doing in the reclamatia of the arid re-
gion, no one familiar With the subject
will deny that the chef benefciaries
through such reclaration have been
the capitalist and pt the settler, or
that it is engrafting n the sections af-
fected. system tht ultimately can
only result In evil. Every one familiar
with the physical cnditions of the Il
$50, 157 square miIs constituting the
arid west, rsalizeswhat untrammeled
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06
ACRES

AS will be seen by an examination of
this list, many OF the wealthiest men,
bers of the Union assumed the implied
trust of retaining for settlers these
lands-yet the chief benefciaries of the
"swamp land grants" have not been
bona fide settlers, but land spectators,
as no other cause, except the railroad
land grant laws, has been more res
ponsible for the acquisition OF immense
tracts-by individuals and corporations
and the ENGRAVING on our body polite
of the evils of an alien landlordism. So
far as the reclamation Of the lands thus
coded is concerned, the intent of these
grants has been totally defeated, as
probably not ten per cent. of the entire
area is any more productive today than
before the passage OF the act OF March
2, 1S49. Certainly not single state in
the entire list has carried out the trust
which congress thus reposed in it, in a
manner to win national distinction, or
to encourage the belief that similar
cession OF the arid lands would be any
more satisfactory in its results.
Physical Barriers to the Ceding of
Such Lands.
Conceding though that each state and
territory had ample funds and the in
clination to reclaim every acre of arid
land coded it, there would be still in
superable barriers of physical charac-
ter to prevent the reclamation of such
land, ever being successfully accom-.
plished, by states or territories. This
| is due to the fact that all the streams
of great magnitude in the west, have
their source in Wyoming, Colorado and
New Mexico. Under the existing
status of irrigation in the west, eli
three communities have it, at any time
in their power to deprive the irrigablt
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06
10 for White Hills Mining Camp !
Tri-Week1y Stage Line.

ri-Week1y Stage Line.
Through In one day; s-passenger, 4-horse
thoroughbrace wagon; change horses at Cross
ranch and at Mountain Springs leaves King
man Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 7S0 q.
M, and arrives at camp at p. m. same day.
and SATURDAY. ct q. M, and arrives at King
man at D. m. same day.
Fare, 81; frefght3c.
Shortest and most direct route to the New
White Hills mining camp. Stage ofice atst0eo
the W. b, Tsggsrt Mercantile company. Extra
conveyances on application = N'T
GROSS q CO., Props,
Kingmau, Arts.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06

animation of the following statement
showing what each state has received is
invited. A careful scrutiny of the
amounts credited the different states,
will show that of the $3.50, 1850, 567 go ap-
propriated for this purpose, a very
large portion has gone to interior states,
where the Improvements could have
been only local rather than national
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-10-06

In the expenditure of this vast sum
of money, not small fraction of it has
been used in the construction of canals
and reservoirs. In twenty states in the
Union at least, the government has ex-
ercised the functions OF canal builder.
1t has not only built canals, but it has
purchased them. 1t has loaned its
faith and credit to, as we'll as gu Inscribed
for stock in private corporations Great
ed to build them, and it has shared in
the profits from such enterprises. The
states wherein this has been done, and
the amounts so expended are as follows,
attention being called to the fact that
in the statement, no account is taken Of
the sum annually appropriated to main
the canals named, which sum annually
amounts to hundreds of thousand of
dollars:
Expenditures of General Govern
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-10
FISH WITH LUNGS.
But They Cannot 1--we out of Water UnIeSs
Kept Damp

But They Cannot Live out of Water U1lcS5
Kept Damp
There are few more interesting in
habitants of earth in the eyes of the
scientists than the ceratodus, rare
fish. now found only in two rivers in
Australia, although in long times past,
as its remains in the rocks show, it in
habited Europe and other countries.
There are two other rare fishes re-
lated to the ceratodus, one of which,
the lepidosiren, has been discovered
only in the Amazon, while the other,
the protOpterus. is not known outside
of tropical Africa.
The special interest in these fishes
arises from the fact that they possess
lungs as well as giils and consequently
appear to represent an intermediate
condition of life between the fish and
amphibian.
They are sometimes described as one
of the missing links" in geological his
tory.
The ceratodus enjoys the distinction
of having received name through the
discovery of the fossil remains of its an
as:1rs before it was known that any
representatives of its race were still
living upon the earth.
This strange animal is said to deposit
its eggs upon weeds growing in the
Burnett and Mary rivers in Queens
land; and recently Frof w. Baldwin
Spencer, of Victoria, made long jour-
ney in Queensland in search of some of
these eggs.
Though he did not find them, he did
learn some interesting facts about the
animal.
1t is a big fish, he says, sometimes at
tanning n length of ten feet or more,
and is not good for food as has been re-
ported.
Although it is furnished with lung
for breathing, it does not voluntarily
leave the water, and if it gets out of
the water 1t is practically helpless. In
n few hours after being removed from
the river it perishes unless it is kept
damp.
The great use of its lungs seems to be
40 enable the ceratodus to live by breath
ing air without quitting the water en-
tirclv.-Boston Globe
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-10
.clxnowledres that his death was a los,

acknowledges that his deatk was losl
to the whole country:
But our great statesman has been takeu
from rs, and there is not an American tc-GaI
who does not feel that the country has sUS
tanned an almost irrepar able loss -
The most bitter of partisan papers,
the New Orleans States, which was
never known to find any good in the
north, is compelled TO admit that
Blaine was the most magnetic man OF
his day, and it says:
''Mr Blaine was undoubtedly the most mag
netic man OF his day. His generous iInDulses
and grace Of manner made him magnets, but
his greatness as a statesman had serious -.:nt
tati0ns. ard il is too soon now 10 say exactly
where his place in history win be."
The Florida Times-Union says Of him
"Blaine was \ thorough partisan. perhaps ar
extreme partisan. but he would have been ar
able man in almost anv walk Of life. if fate had
not made him a politician He viii oertoinly
rank among the great Americans
New Orleans Picayune admits his
greatness:
Few public men Of his day have made more
impression uroa public affairs of bis country
ana nous Of his associates and compecrs in
political life viii be remembered LONGER
The Augusta Gal Chronicle says:
The country has produced prOi0under Inen
and statesmen of loftcr mold. but il would be
hard to select, perhaps, from the men who have
figured in the past few decades, one who in sc
many phases Cf lis Character ably Illustrated
the American politician and statesman"
The Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-SuI
SAYS:
The whole nation, north and south. win
minEle tesrs OF sorrow over his grave, and viii
in common hold him in memory as one Of the
greatest Of Americans
The Savannah (Ga News adds:
although strong partisan he had many ad-
mirers and friends among democrats In tils
south. Notwithstanding his prominence in az
party, he was held in higher esteem than AM
other Of the republican leaders"
These tributes to Blaine from the
southern papers are but Illustrations
that all brave men love courage. even
when it is against them. It is only the
coward that hates greatness, and the
only attacks now found on the dead
statesman are from those papers which
slandered him in life.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-02-10
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.

@-When Tammany pulls the
throttle valve open and starts the
machine on the 4th of March, Cleve-
land would do well to have a pocketful
of sand to use on the t-ack.-Chicago
Inter Ocean
- President Harrison's judicial ap-
pointments have been so much better
than Cleveland's that the people would
naturally prefer to have him select the
successor to Justice Lamar.-St. Louis
GlObe-Democrat
q To be n democratic governor or
president means you have got to get
away from the anxious and expectant
Office hunters or die Ask Gov. Alt
Chicago Inter Ocean.
= Grover Cleveland apparently
does not approve of allowing political
Offices to be filed by American citizens
of Irish descent. In making this class
distinction be betrays the influence of
the mugwump element.-Albauy Jour-
nal
sS-The latest democratic scheme is
said to be to remodel the constitutional
convention bill, so as to give that party
all the delegates-at-large Why not
make the convention wholly demo-
cratic and let it 90 at that? It might
as well be such in form as well as in
fact.-Troy Times.
Mr. Blaine, like Mr.. Gladstone
and every other aggressive political
leader of pree minent abilities, had
bitter enemies, and they ex hausted the
resources of defamation in vehement
and cynical hostility; but they never
ventured to call in question the genu-
ineness of his Americanism--N. Y.
Tribune.
- The new democratic governors
seem to be sick lot. The governor of
Tennessee was unable to go 20 Nash
vile to- take the oath of Office on ae-
count of ill-heaith. and after taking
the oath Gov. Altgeld, OF Illinois, has
been compelled to leave Springfield
and go to Asheville. \. C.. for his
health.-Iowa State Register.
- The latest talk in democratic cir
cles is 70 raise the internal tax on beer.
The democrats are looking around for
additional taxes to keep MP with their
eXtravagant ideas of running a govern
ment- Wen, as long as they tax only
beer and whisky they will pay the
greater part of the taxes themselves, for
the democratic party consumes most of
the alcohol. just SO they leave the
breakfast table untaxed as the repub-
lican party has established it by remoy-
ing all duties on teas, coffees, sugar,
and so on.-Iowa State Register.